texts: Log in as different user without logging out

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Is there a way to log in as a different user, leaving all of my open windows and running apps as they are?

All I can find is a way to log off, and then log on as another user.


texts: Safari Remote Debugger on iOS 9.3.5 not working in High Sierra

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I was just wanting to debug a JavaScript error in one of our pages that occurs for users with iOS 9. So naturally I plugged in an iPad 3 with iOS 9.3.5, opened the page in Safari and connected the remote debugger from a Mac Book running High Sierra.

Problem is, that the content of the debugger stays empty. I can see the debugger UI, but there is no network logs, DOM tree, console output, etc.

This problem occurs on every iPad 3 we own. On an iPad Mini running iOS 10 everything works as expected (but so does our website, so no debugging here).

Is there any way to enable the remote debugger again for iOS 9 devices?


texts: Mac doesn't respond after sleep mode: how to Prevent this?

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My mac often doesn't respond after sleep mode. What can be the reason?

There are a lot of articles about what to do in this situation. But I can find nothing about how to Prevent it.

Mac is macbook Air. OS is OSx 10.7.4


texts: Photos on Mac not syncing with iCloud Photo Library

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I have enabled the iCloud Photo Library on my iPad and MacBook. While I was traveling, I uploaded some photos directly into my library at icloud.com using a web browser. The photos I uploaded then appeared on my iPad, but not my MacBook.

I have tried the following things with no success:

Closing and opening Photos
Restarting the MacBook
Turning iCloud Photo Library on and off in Preferences
Leaving the computer on overnight to allow the sync to sort itself out.

What else could I try?

I just enabled iCloud Photo Library on the MacBook and it has yet to complete the upload of all 50,000 of my photos to iCloud. Perhaps this is part of the problem?

I am running Yosemite 10.10.4

UPDATE: Since I reported this problem three months ago, I've upgraded the iPad to iOS 9 and the laptop to El Capitan, but the problem still remains. My only guess, is that the syncing won't start until the initial upload of the photo library is complete.


texts: Flashing folder icon appeared once after changing Macbook hard drive

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About 2 weeks ago, I updated my late 2011 Macbook Pro hard drive to a Crucial MX100 solid state drive. The drive installation and data migration went fine with no issues, but today I found the computer in a state where the screen just showed the "flashing folder" icon indicating an issue with the main boot disk. I restarted the computer in recovery mode and verified the disk, and Disk Utility said the disk was fine, with no issues. I then rebooted into Mac OS X (Yosemite 10.10.2) as normal and the computer is working fine.

Is there any reason why this would suddenly happen like this? Are there any hard drive related settings I should change on my system now that I have changed to a solid state drive from a magnetic drive?


texts: Bought an unlocked 5c how to activate without SIM card

texts: I bought an unlocked 5c for my kid to use without data etc as an iPod to later use as phone when older but it wants a SIM card to activate the phone what do I do


texts: Applescript to automate drop-down selection in Mozilla Firefox

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I'm trying to automate the selection of a value from a drop-down box in Mozilla using an applescript. What I want it to do is to tab to the drop-down box and enter down twice to select the third item in the drop-down.

Here is what I have so far:

  tell application "Firefox"
          tell application "System Events" to keystroke tab
          tell application "System Events" to keystroke down
          tell application "System Events" to keystroke down
  end tell

But, as far as I can tell, when I run the script nothing happens.

What do I need to do to make this script work?

EDIT: I have also tried entering the key code 125 for down in case the keystroke command was wrong.


texts: What RFID options exist for iOS devices?

texts: If I wanted to use an iOS device (iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad) to gather data from RFID chips on equipment in a motor pool, what would I need? Is it even possible today?


texts: In iTunes 12 on macOS, how can I reset the skip count of a song?

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Everything I can find on the internet seems to refer to a different version of macOS/iTunes than the ones I'm running. I want to reset the skip count of tracks without resetting their play counts, as well.

I'm fine with AppleScript, if that's how it has to be done, but something would be nice :)


texts: Does anyone know how the Total minutes are calculated in the lifetime call time info? Are the minutes exact? Does this count include voicemails? Are the seconds or minutes ever rounded up or down for any reason?


texts: I would like to be able to use Finder to connect via (read-only) FTP to a IIS file server. However, I need to log in using the pattern domain\username. I've tried all the combinations I can think of to get this to work (domain\username, domain\\username, domain%5cusername) and none of them work. I have no problem connecting with the command line ftp client (though it's quirky), or any graphical clients. Has anyone been able to get this working for themselves?


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This is the first time using an iPhone!

I used to own a Samsung Galaxy starting with the 5.5.1, S2, Note 2, S4, S5, etc...so I'm defently not used to this iPhone! With the Samsung's I used the Google Play store & or Market, or the Galaxy Apps store to download my music, apps, & games.

Can the Google play store be downloaded on the iPhone with my Google account? If not how do I download games & apps & what do I use to do it?
Do I have to have an iCloud account or iTunes account?
Can I use my Gmail/email account or do I need to have a Apple email account?


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I'm interested in using Apple Maps for an iOS app, and have a couple of questions about it.

Is there any cost associated with using Apple Maps? Is it free, or does it depend on the type of use?
Does Apple Maps have the ability to run predefined queries based on device location? (nearby attractions, for example).


texts: How can I get TextMate's QuickLook plugin to render HAML and YML files?

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TextMate's QL generators are supposed to render QL views for files that TM recognizes, while TM is open. Out of the box, it only renders the basic ones (C, Perl, etc), but this article on Ciaran Walsh's Blog explains how to add other UTIs to the generator, to have them rendered properly.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with Dynamic UTIs which are the only type I can find for HAML and YML files (dyn.ah62d4rv4ge80u2prru and dyn.ah62d4rv4ge81w5pq on my system) using PathFinder's ShowInfo command.

Is there a way to use Dynamic UTIs in the TM QL generator's info.plist? Are there standard UTIss for HAML and YML files? Or am I out of luck?


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I went to Settings and "New mail notifications on" is selected (there was a text as a link above it, I clicked on it).

However, it doesn't work, i.e., I don't receive any notification on a new mail...Any idea(s)?


texts: Toggling iterm2 with F12 hotkey on touchbar doesn't work

texts: Normally I use external keyboard with my macbook pro 2018 and never had any problems with toggling iterm2, I use cmd+F12 as a hotkey. But now I'm using laptop keyboard with the touchbar that shows F1-F12 keys by default unless I press fn. And toggling iterm2 no longer works, it seems iterm2 just doesn't recognize F12 key on the touchbar when it's closed, it works fine however when I type in a terminal. I'm on macOS 11.1 and iterm2 3.4.3 (latest as of now).


texts: OS X Yosemite installation error: File system verify or repair failed

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My Mac has been running fine until I decided to upgrade to OS X 10.10, Yosemite. When it is installing I get the message:

  File system verify or repair failed.

I clicked the restart option to boot into my internal HD but tells me its unavailable. I then rebooted, held Command+R to enter disk utility in order to repair the disk, but it tells me it failed and should backup and restore the HD.

I then tried to create an image on my external drive but this also fails with the message:

  Unable to create Macintosh HD.dmg. (Input/output error)

I am stuck in this vicious cycle of restarting and the installation failing. I cannot escape the installation process.

Is there a way to access my files and copy them onto my external HD, then erase and restore the internal HD?


texts: Since MBP early 2015 use PCIe SSD, do I still need to enable Trim through Chameleon SSD Optimizer or Trim Enabler?


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I'd like to tell Siri change a show while listening to podcasts, while already playing.
Tried many queries like "Change podcast show", "Skip this episode", "Next" and many more, some of them leads to google search, some search the apple music library for some reason and some of them are answered by "Sorry, I couldn't skip this".
Any ideas what command could help me achieveing this functionality?


texts: How do I disable the Notes App on ipads?

texts: My students are using the Ipad Notes app to pass notes in class.  Some are not appropriate either.  Is there a way to disable the Notes app on an ipad?


texts: Unable to successfully format a secondary HDD?

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I installed a secondary HDD in my MacBook Pro in the CD drive tray using a caddy. In my main drive slot I have an SSD which works fine. The 500GB drive I had before, I decided to put in the caddy and replace the CD drive with it.

I can't format my secondary HDD using Disk Utility through the command line tool. I keep getting stuck on "Waiting for partitions to activate" when trying to format using Disk Utility.

Here is some info from the command line I got on the drive:

It seems like it has no partitions. Here's more info from gpt:

I also ran testdisk analysis on the disk:

What should I do? I used to have this disk in an external caddy and used as a backup HD but I wanted it back in my Mac since I needed more space.

UPDATE 1
I've tried the following, as suggested by one of the comments.


texts: How do I manually install an app in iTunes 12.7?

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I foolishly installed iTunes 12.7, and now find that I am unable to install a development/QA version of my company's app for testing.  After downloading the IPA, I am following the steps found on Apple's support page, under "Manually add items from your computer."

There, I'm told to drag the IPA file to the iTunes sidebar, like so:

But when I do exactly that, it tries to create a shortcut, and fails (the section of the sidebar blinks several times):

This is in iTunes 12.7, to an iPad mini 4, iOS 10.3.3.  Manual management is enabled:


texts: Using the command line to show the physical and logical size of a folder contents?

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Background

I can use Finder to view the physical size (bytes) and logical size (on disk). This works for

files, folders (contents), but not volumes:

Alternatively

I can use mdls to get the same metadata information, but that only works for files:

$ mdls Screen\ Shot\ 2018-01-25\ at\ 16.21.06.png
_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "Screen Shot 2018-01-25 at 16.21.06.png"
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "Screen Shot 2018-01-25 at 16.21.06.png"
)
...
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 54319
kMDItemOrientation                 = 1
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 57344
...
kMDItemUseCount                    = 1
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2018-01-25 00:00:00 +0000"
)

Bad luck

I've tried df and du but neither display both physical & logical sizes.

Finally, the question!

Is there a command line method to output the physical and logical file size of a folder (contents) and/or a volume (contents)?


texts: Is there a faster app switcher than a keyboard shortcut linked to an Automator service?

texts: I want to switch apps faster than cmd-tab so I created an automator task to launch an app and linked to to a keyboard shortcut through the keyboard preferences. While this works okay without any third party software it is rather slow, not cmd-tab instant. Is there a fast way to switch to an app using a keyboard shortcut?


texts: How to move Mail messages from Apple Mail back on to Hotmail server?

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When I first configured Apple Mail, I mistakenly opted not to keep a copy of mail on the Hotmail server. I've now changed that, but would like to move Inbox items that are on Apple Mail back on to the Hotmail server.

Any ideas how I can do that?


texts: Is there a setting to force Adium to open a new chat in a new window?

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For Adium, a single window holds many chats.

from official link (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/TabbedMessaging)
"A single window might contain 10 different tabbed chats"

Is there any setting where I can force Adium to open new chat in new window?


texts: Can I move pictures from my iCloud library to another

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I have 200G of iCloud storage and about 120G of it is about 12,000 photos. They are all in my account.

I want any pictures anyone in my family takes to make it into this list. However, the only way I can figure out how to do this is to put my iCloud information as the primary iCloud account on all devices, which I don't want to do. I want each family member to use their own iCloud account (which is connected to mine via the family settings.)

To be clear, I want this to be totally automatic, just take a picture and it's everywhere, which seems to rule out shared photo libraries.

Is there a way to do this?


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I'm trying to move my time machine backup files all under Backups.backupdb to another drive. I initiated a file copy overnight. In the morning I saw that only certain backups(folders with dates) got copied over. I then tried to copy over the ones that didn't get copied...but the OS wouldn't allow me to do that. I got and error that "The operation can’t be completed because backup items can’t be modified."

So then I though, ok. I'll delete the incomplete copy from my new drive and then try to start a whole new copy.

I started the delete and it prepared all night (I can see it counting all the files in the delete dialogue box). HOWEVER, in the morning I saw the error "The operation can't be completed because unexpected error occurred (error code -8003).

I tried to search online for info about it and can't seem to find anything.

I also tried to hold down the OPTION key while emptying the trash and that didn't work.
Holding down SHIFT+OPTION while emptying got me the -8003 error right away...I didn't have to wait for it to count all the files.

What is going on? How can I delete these files? I don't want to format my drive because it has other files on their that took a LONG time to copy.


texts:
I have Macbook Pro retina, model 2013. It started to randomly shut down for no apparent reason. The system log always contains this message:

  Previous shutdown cause: -104

I have tried to reset SMC and PRAM several times. It did not help. The hardware test found no errors. I have tried to google the meaning of shutdown code "-104", but I could not find anything.

Can anyone please provide any info about what's going on and possibly how to fix it? Thanks.


texts: Is there a floating-ruler app for macOS?

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I’m working with a notation software and I would need to space certain graphical elements evenly within a predetermined space (e.g.: I set a 5cm space and I have 5 elements, they need to be precisely 1cm from each other), something that the software cannot do on its own (that is, without printing on paper, measuring, then moving the objects, then printing again and so on...).

The ideal solution would be to have a floating ruler on the screen or a superposed grid similar to millimetric paper that would still allow click-through (i.e.: interaction with the program below it).

Is there an app that provides this tool?

Thank you very much


texts: Resolution when connecting to a headless Mac Mini

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My setup is as follows:

Mac Mini 2012 with a dummy video adapter with latest OSX.
Retina Macbook Pro 13-inch, Early 2015 running the default OSX VNC client with the latest OSX.
Display Menu to switch resolutions.

My problem is that I'm not able to get the right resolution such that it fills up the entire Retina Macbook Pro display. Ideally I would have liked 1280x800 or equivalent higher. This way it would fill up the entire screen (though it would be scaled since Retina has a higher resolution, which is fine).

However the only resolution options I see are:

My question is that do these options depend on the dummy video adapter? If so, is there a recommended video adapter to achieve such a setup?


texts: Why doesn't my iPhone 6s plus charge while it is on the cable?

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I plug my iPhone 6s plus into the lightning cable and it will make the "chime" sound to let you know it is charging, but if I move it even so slightly on the table where it charges or pick it up to text, it will stop charging.

I checked to see if my cable was the problem, but it charges my iPad. It must be my iPhone lightning port then?

Sometimes even when I do not touch my iPhone and it is charging, it will keep making the charging sound and light up (as if it was unplugged and the re connected).


texts: Shell Script Commands Work Fine in Terminal But Not Via AppleScript

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I have two commands that I need to run through the Terminal. They are
cd /Users/[my name]/Desktop and curl 'www.google.com'>google.txt.
When running these directly in Terminal they work just fine. However, when running this in AppleScript:

do shell script "cd /Users/Peter1/Desktop"
do shell script "curl 'www.google.com'>google.txt"

It produced the error:

sh: google.txt: Permission denied

Why is this happening? What can I do to fix it?

Thanks


texts: iTunes Store Sign in Failure: "%%appleId%%"

texts:
In the past two days I've tried to make an in app purchase in two apps*. I've successfully made purchases in the past, but not with these apps, and both times yesterday and today I've gotten an odd failure. I'm using an iPhone XS Max.
Here's what I do:

Click on remove adds in either app, which gives the "Double click to pay" dialogue.

Double click the side button

Face ID checks and gives a checkmark with "Done" below

Then I get this

Continue takes me to Settings, checks Face ID and shows my billing information with the CVV not filled in.

Input CVV and click Done, I get another Face ID check and get this

Both Cancel and Buy seem to do the same thing at this point, just drop me back to the Account Settings page.
That "%%appleId%%" seems super sketchy. I'm keeping an eye on my credit card and haven't seen any weird charges. If I manually follow the path from the first dialogue I get to the same "Account Settings" page and get the same dialogue with "%%appleId%%"
Otherwise, this seems like it could be a bug. Can I do anything to get around this %%appleId%% error dialog where it won’t let me enter my password or make a purchase?
*(removing ads for both Sudoku Master Edition and Wordscapes)


texts: Manage external USB drive in iTunes as if it was an iPod

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Is there any way to manage an external USB drive in iTunes as if it was an iPod? Specifically, have it appear as a device in iTunes, and be able to specify which playlists, etc., should be synced to it.

The use case is managing a USB stick that I use in my car. Currently, I have a smart playlist that I want synced to it, and every time I want to make an update, I delete all the files on the USB stick and then copy the playlist over, which is far from ideal.


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To change the MAC address I use the common

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport -z
sudo ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
networksetup -detectnewhardware

It shows the changed MAC address when I run

ifconfig en0 |grep ether

Is this sufficient or should the changed address also appear in System Preferences -> Network and in the extended Wi-Fi details sub menu (alt+click on Wi-Fi symbol)? In both places the original MAC address is still shown although Terminal gives a different address.


texts: How to install apps in App Store with a new Apple ID that was already signed in in my new iPad?

texts: I had buy a new iPad mini 2. The worker of the shop where I bought my iPad was already setting my iPad. He was also created an Apple ID for me. But whenever I want to install any apps, I must enter my password of my Apple ID although I already signed in. Why does this problem happen?


texts:
My SSD has bad blocks, so I get overwhelmed by those messages:

2018-07-07 21:24:03.950826+0000 0xd0       Default     0x0                  0      kernel: (IOStorageFamily) disk1s1: device error.
2018-07-07 21:24:03.950827+0000 0xd0       Default     0x0                  0      kernel: (IOStorageFamily) disk1s1: IO failed, error = 83.

They take too much of the log so log process begins to take more than 90% cpu.

Question: how do I block those messages in the new mac logging system or disable the system completely?

Tried to sudo log config --mode "level: off", but when I do the sudo log config I see no change (when I use levels default or info the change works).

By the way, clearing the log with log erase --all makes the log process hush for a while, but I definitely ain't gonna put this in cron due to religious considerations.


texts: How do I watch Youtube videos without Flash on Safari?

texts:
Is there a way to watch Youtube videos without Flash installed on Safari?

If not, are there any other solutions?


texts: My Mac only boots to internet recovery and doesnt install MacOs

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I have a MacBook Pro Early 2011 and I had it with High Sierra OS, as I'm going to sell it I tried to revert to factory settings via recovery... the thing is that it shows an error and didn't install it.

I was touching stuff in Terminal following some guides I found online and I made things worse, the thing is that now the Mac only boots to Internet recovery, and when i try to install macOS Lion (the only option I have in recovery) it shows an error and doesn't download.

I tried to make an bootable USB from Windows with Sierra but the Mac doesn't see it (I used Transmac because i don't have access to another Mac to make it from there).

The other thing that I don't understand is that when I use Disk Utility to erase the disk it doesn't show "HFS Extended Journaled", just "macOS Plus Case Sensitive, Encrypted", etc.

I'm truly desperate, I don't know what to do.


texts: How can I airplay to my Apple TV without having to turn it on with the remote first?

texts:
I can stream / airplay fine from my macbook or iPhone to my Apple TV, however whenever my Apple TV is on standby (the light is off) I have to manually switch it on with the remote control first, and then choose to airplay to the device.

I was always under the assumption that trying to stream to it would wake the Apple TV up from standby. Is there a setting I have missed? It didn't used to do this in previous years to my knowledge.

How can I stream to my Apple TV without having to manually turn it on with the silver remote first?


texts: I have a late 2006 iMac which I would like to upgrade to mac os x  10.7. What options are available to me, such as download or DVD, and where can I buy it from? Will the seller deliver it to my location in Amman, Jordan?


texts: How do I use ipfw to allow LAN access but deny Internet access?

texts:
How can I use ipfw (or another tool, if one is available) to allow unlimited access between computers on my LAN, but not allow access to the Internet?

(The IPs on my local LAN are 192.168.0.xxx)


texts: Streaming local content from iPhone to Apple TV without WiFi or data connection

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I'm going on a trip abroad - where I will not have a data plan - to a place where there is no wifi. There is a TV, however, and I was thinking of bringing my 3rd gen Apple TV to be able to watch some media on the screen. The plan is to create a local hotspot on the phone; let the Apple TV connect to it and then use Airplay to play already downloaded content from my phone.

Will this work? I can't test it without the data plan without leaving the country.

This post discusses a similar issue, but they seem to have a working data connection.


texts: Remove everything from Mac and reinstall OS X

texts: Is it possible to delete everything from my Mac and then install OS X from a bootable USB? I don't why but somehow AudioAUUC extension was modified a few months ago and my sound isn't working since then. That's why I would like remove everything and install a fresh OS X.


texts: Can't use or change my system password. Lion 10.7.5

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I've been having password problems for the past month or so. I first noticed that I couldn't update Flash because the installer rejected my system password. Today I tried to solve the problem, looking online for fixes, but nothing has worked so far.

Tried to reset my password on the "Users & Groups" System Preferences pane.
Restarted holding Option at the boot chimes > "Recovery HD" > "Mac OS X Utilities" > "Utilities" > "Terminal". Entered reset password on the command line. Kept terminal open. Completed the "Reset Password" pane. "Password not saved. You may not have permission to edit this disk or a general failure has occurred."
Restarted in "Single-User Mode": Command+S at boot chimes. In the command line I entered:

mount -uw /
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist
dscl . passwd /Users/myusername mypassword
reboot

After this third attempt, I attempted to install some software and received the following message: "An error prevented the installation of .... Authorization failed. 100022".

I also used Disk Utility on my "Macintosh HD" to verify and repair permissions, which was successful; however, when I tried to verify and repair the disk itself, I got "Incorrect number of thread records (4, 24418)".

I purchased a new SSD and battery earlier this summer, knowing that I would have to clone my existing HDD to the new drive, but now I can't do much of anything without my password. If I could get a working password, I could try to repair my HDD with DiskWarrior.

Here's another question: how can I create a "Repair Disk Partition" on my new SSD, using existing 10.7 software? Here's an article which seems to say the Disk Utility can do it: "OS X: About Recovery Disk Assistant" https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202294.

If I only had a password! Thank you all in advance for your wisdom.


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I bought a new iPhone for myself. This is my first iPhone and I like it.

It is now asking me to install a Software Update. What is a Software Update and why is it needed?

Is it okay to install it? I have never used an iPhone before, and I want to make sure I am doing it right.


texts: No covers after copying shared iTunes songs

texts:
I got a new MacBook and now I would like to transfer all my media files via iTunes sharing from my old MacBook to the new one. But sometimes the covers are not copied.

Does someone know why and how I can copy my songs with covers?


texts:
Sometime recently some file type names have changed — not the file associations or default application, but the name of the file type itself. "Plain Text Document" has changed to "text", "Rich Text Document" to "rich text (RTF)", etc.

I did a find /Applications -name \*.plist -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep "rich text (RTF)" and got hits in:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk/System/Library/CoreServices/MobileCoreTypes.bundle/Info.plist

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/CFNetwork.framework/CFNetworkCoreTypes-Info.plist

which do indeed list a whole whack of lowercase filetype names along with the offending ones.

And sudo find /Library -name \*.plist -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep "rich text (RTF)" found (along with a bunch of "Permission denied"s):

/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 7.1.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/CoreServices/MobileCoreTypes.bundle/Info.plist

/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS 7.1.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/Frameworks/CFNetwork.framework/CFNetworkCoreTypes-Info.plist

Anyway...is anyone else seeing this? And/or see how it can be fixed/restored? Granted it's almost entirely aesthetic. But if aesthetics weren't important to me I wouldn't be using a Mac. :)


texts:
I have created a "Quick Action" workflow that copies a specified file to a new directory and doesn't require any input:

I added it to the quick panel in finder for the fast access but each time I use it opens the Automator app.

I've solved the issue by converting it to the application but it seems to me there should be a way to use quick actions properly.

As properly I mean: by clicking on the saved quick action, that I added to the panel in Finder, it performs all the steps without opening the Automator app each time.


texts:
My setup is as follows:

I have the Apple Watch on my wrist, and I have an old iPhone 4s with iOS 8.4 sitting on a docking station

Can I control the music playing through the iPhone through the Watch? - I can control the music playing on my mac & newer iPhone 6 but can't figure out, if possible, how to do it on the old one?


texts: Snow Leopard Clean Install - Zero Out SSD?

texts:
I just upgraded from a 2010 13" MBP to a 2011 15" MBP.

When I boot off the Snow Leopard DVD and go into Disk Utility to erase the drive, should I do a simple erase or should I also zero out the drive?


texts: MenuBar doesn't show up in full screen mode

texts: I'm trying to use the full screen mode in Lion, but I can't get the menubar to show up at all.  I push my cursor up to the top of the screen, wait a second, and nothing.  Some apps will seem like they're trying to do something (e.g., Safari will change what's visible in the toolbar), but in no case does the menubar actually appear.  Needless to say, I really effectively can't use full screen mode this way.  Any suggestions on how to get the menubar to show up?


texts: How do I relocate a existing VM with a OS already installed

texts:
I have a VM up and running great with Ubuntu installed onto it. I want to stick it on an external herd drive. How can I do that without breaking it? Do I just drag the files, or is there something special I need to do?

I am using VirtualBox.


texts: Mid-2012 MacBook Pro Key Stuck and always-typing that key

texts:
My built-in keyboard won't stop sending the letter "A" (was planning to replace this key but can't even log into the machine in the meantime). Using an external keyboard, I am able to type, but I can't get the correct password because of the continuous A being submitted.
Is there a way to disable the built-in keyboard without being able to sign in?


texts: I have a program that runs from the command line but not correctly from the icon in the applications menu. While I would like to figure that out, all I want right now is  way to create a link in the dock where I can click that link, and run the command that lauches the program correctly.


texts: How can I make a photo album that stays on my iPhone, even when removing all other photos using windows "import"?

texts:
I would like to create a photo album that

always remains on the phone
is accessible even when I have no internet connection
doesn't dissapear when I sync my phone to my computer
still allows me to take new pictures and sync them to my computer

but I can't find how to do that?


texts: iCloud tabs only shows one iOS device at a time

texts:
I had an iPhone and a Mac connected to an iCloud account, and I recently got an iPad. However, I noticed that I can't see all my tabs on all my devices.

It seems like iCloud thinks my iPad and iPhone are the same device:

On the Mac, I only see one iOS device at a time. If I used my iPhone last, that's what it'll show. Then if I use my iPad, the tabs list is replaced with my iPad's tabs.
On either iOS device, I can only see the Mac.

So far I have tried:

rebooting
signing in and out of iCloud
changing the names of the devices
restoring the devices from backups

Has anyone else encountered this problem?


texts: List Local and Global Key Bindings in Mac OS X

texts:
Can someone help with a solution to list key bindings being used by an OS X application, as well as global bindings being used by all applications?

Ideally, there would be a way to specify bindings for a single key combination, such as:

Ctrl-P or Opt-Cmd-Z

as well as getting a comprehensive text dump of current bindings for all keys.

For my purposes this doesn't need to be fancy: A Bash or AppleScript would be fine. Of course, a dedicated GUI utility would be great, if such a thing exists.


texts: How do I setup application shortcuts to work without opening the menu manually?

texts: I have setup application shortcuts for my signatures in Outlook 2011 for Mac as described here.  However, the shortcuts don't work unless I first click the signatures dropdown.  It seems like the shortcuts aren't loaded until I click the dropdown.  What am I missing?


texts: How can I turn my iPhone into a tv remote control?

texts:
Which software/hardware can turn my iPhone into a decent remote control for my TV?

(Are there any reviews out there that compare the options?)


texts: As I understand it, continuity enables a wifi only device to work in conjunction with an iPhone to make / receive calls.  If an inbound phone call is picked up on the iPad and the iPhone's battery fails in the middle of the call, will the call drop?  I am trying to understand exactly how the call is routed and if the call is a VOIP call through the internet or router through the iPhone's GSM radio.


texts: How to change the default dictionary on iPhone & Mac?

texts:
I'm using iPhone and MacBook. Both there are a default English-English dictionary, which is convenient.

However, I'd prefer a French-English dictionary, while I'm learning French on iPhone or Mac.

Is there a way to change the default dictionary on iPhone or Mac, to a French-English one?


texts: iOS 7 update failed - stuck on Connect to iTunes

texts: I was downloading iOS 7 to my iPhone 4 and the update was going for almost 1 day. I left it overnight and when I was about to use my phone it is stuck on the 'Connect to iTunes' screen (iTunes logo with a USB cord). My phone is still stuck on that and when I try to fix it with iTunes with my PC (Windows 7) the message always pops up saying that my phone needs to restore. Can you help me with this?


texts: How do you install an older version of Postgres (9.6) using homebrew?

texts:
Homebrew's current version of Postgres is 10 when installed with:

brew install postgres

How do I install an older version of postgres? Specifically 9.6


texts: How to 'scroll down' when there's nothing more to show? (cause I like the blank space)

texts:
When I'm working in a text document, I like to start typing at the top of the window or in the middle. I hate when the carat/cursor gets all the way to the bottom and there's no blank space left underneath where my typing will appear. It's especially annoying when I'm adding to the document by drag&drop of outside text - much easier when your target is half a page/screen, not a 5mm line.

So is there any way to push the 'last line' up the screen and create blank space? eg. in TextEdit or Textmate or Coda or a similar app.


texts: Calendar broken after upgrade to High Sierra

texts:
I upgraded from Yosemite to High Sierra and found that Calendar has "forgotten" all entries after the upgrade: no trace of them was to be found in ~/Libraries/Calendar. As I never activated synchronization with iCloud and also suppressed it during the upgrade, there was no direct way of recovering them.

In an effort to get the Calendar entries back, I copied the contents of the ~/Libraries/Calendar folder from my pre-upgrade Time Machine backup (overwriting some of them in the process). However, now Calendar cannot even be started, it crashes right on startup and leaves error messages like

error: (6922) I/O error for database at /Users/me/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache.  SQLite error code:6922, 'disk I/O error'
error: Encountered exception I/O error for database at /Users/me/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache.  SQLite error code:6922, 'disk I/O error' with userInfo {
NSFilePath = "/Users/me/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache";
NSSQLiteErrorDomain = 6922;} while checking table name from store: <NSSQLiteConnection: 0x7f971e01d160>

in the logfile. What can I do to make Calendar work again and get the old entries back?

Thomas


texts: dtmf dial recording for playback to bypass automated dial-in systems

texts:
I'm looking for an app that would offer the ability to (among other things) record your dtmf key presses into a sort of recording or macro.  The reason behind this would be to go through calling a 1-800 number and pressing various sequences of:

1,3,0,# etc

till you get a live person.  Obviously the ability to "pause" for a certain amount of time will also needed to be added.

Does something like this exist? If not how hard would it be to make an app that does this function?


texts: What versions of the OS X support Safari 6?

texts: Our webapp requires Safari 6.0 or higher. What versions of OS X support Safari 6 or higher?


texts: iPhone connects to public Wi-Fi but Mac doesn't - why?

texts:
In so, so many cases my iPhone and iPad can connect to public Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi at cafes, restaurants, metros, and other free Wi-Fi in the city) but my MacBook can't.

This keeps happening after I purchased a new Mac, so it would not be a problem on individual machine but on the entire Mac.

Household Wi-Fi never experiences this discrepancy; when my Mac can't connect, neither does my iPhone. And in most cases, both can connect without any problems.

My Mac can recognize the signal, and I tap on the specific network from the list of networks available on the menu bar. However, it hangs out for a while and shows "cannot connect to the network" error or just switches to the successful connection icon but nonetheless you can't (this is the most likely case).

What makes this discrepancy occur? What can I do to have my Mac connect to the public Wi-Fi after I find my iPhone connects to it successfully? (I execute sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder but it usually doesn't resolve the problem...)


texts: Starting VPN Connection without Keychain Password Prompt

texts:
My IKEv2 VPN client certificates are stored in Keychain. When I initiate a VPN connection, I'm immediately prompted for my Macbook administrator account password before access to the Client certificate stored in Keychain required for the connection is allowed:

You'll note from reviewing the dialog, there's no option to persistently allow future access by retaining the password

Given that mobile workers use VPNs in public places with cameras everywhere, re-keying this password is not ideal.  Even more so if one's business takes them to countries with authoritarian regimes.

I could allow it always in keychain, but this requires you choosing the binary that is calling the Keychain.  This is where I'm stuck:  What binary is responsible for initiating the VPN connection?

When I double-click the cerrt in Keychain and choose the "Access Control" tab, I'm offered the option to choose a application to persistently allow Keychain access to.  This is why I need the binary that Apple uses to make VPN connections:


texts: Google Hangouts on Mavericks in Safari or Chrome: how to adjust audio settings?

texts:
I could have sworn that Google Hangouts used to provide a settings panel for testing and adjusting audio settings.  I know I've used it in the past: it was a facility that showed volume levels, let you play a test sound, etc.  Now I cannot find it anywhere.  After starting a video Hangout in the latest Safari or Chrome on OSX 10.9.5, clicking on the gear icon in the top portion of the screen brings up a dialog that has only the following options:

The only feature now is "Play test sound"; none of the submenus, or elsewhere in Hangouts as far as I can see, is there any ability to adjust volume, test that the microphone is working properly, etc.

I feel I'm either a complete idiot now or dreamt the whole thing. What am I missing? How do I adjust sound settings for Google Hangouts? I really believe there used to be a more extensive preferences/settings panel than the one (the only one) I can find now.


texts:
My MacBook Pro 2013 no longer boots. I've tried different modes like safe boot, utility menu, boot from other device,... but I instantly get a white screen. Wiping the NVRAM, removing the battery or the SSD does not work.

Has anyone an idea what I can do or how I can reflash the firmware maybe this will solve my problem?


texts: How to access a folder which name is composed of more than 1 word via shell?

texts:
I have tried with a simple command:

cd Name of the Folder

but it's not working, of course.

I have also been searching on the web, but the methods I found are not actually working.

How can I accomplish this?


texts: I want to show previews of my mail. There was a tip to drag on the thick vertical line but i don't see where that is located. I have already unclicked the classic layout view in preferences and can see my mail topics but there is no viewing preview to the right, where i would like it to be.


texts: How to type ə (the schwa character) on macOS?

texts:
The wikipedia article for ə says, “In MacOS with the U.S. Extended keyboard, the letters Ə ə are made with Option+Shift+: followed by shift+A or a respectively.”

When I follow these instructions (on a Macbook Pro) I get: ÚA or Úa.

I know I can get it from the Emoji & Symbols panel, but I need a way to type it quickly.


texts: List all playlists that include a particular song

texts:
I would like to replace a songs that I have in my iTunes library with a higher quality version (and different filename).

These songs are listed in various playlists in my iTunes library, what would be the best way to update them on the playlists as well without manually going through each playlist to find find and replace?


texts: App Store still shows download option for Mac OS High Sierra?

texts:
I have already installed macOS High Sierra.

But it still shows download option in the App Store.

  Also, the some of the new features that High Sierra is providing like Automatic stopping of videos with sound in Safari, was already updated in my system before I even clicked the download button for installing macOS High Sierra.


texts: 2 iPhones, 1 computer. Why are they now both running on the same iTunes account?

texts: I have recently synced my partner's iPhone to my computer because his computer crashed. He has his own iTunes account so we backed his phone up to iCloud, wiped it a re-synced it to my computer.But when he tried to access iTunes through his iPhone (to download music or new apps) it takes him to my account and asks for my password.In settings on his iPhone under iTunes account it still has his user ID. How do we get access to his iTunes account from his iPhone back?


texts: macOS new logging api (unified logging) log stream

texts:
Questions:

1) How can we redirect the log stream from stdin to, for example lnav? Currently, I use bash | (pipe), but I would like to hear if there is a better way to do it - the pipe buffer flow is too fast for lnav to process and format it properly –  any ideas/solutons here?

I don't know how to set a bridge (I don't want to write/read to the filesystem) between log and any other shell process without pipe in bash directly.

2) How can I properly use the stream from log stream to put the JSON direct into mongodb?

log stream --style=json output  makes it a lot easier to hack some awesome node analytical/statistical or visual parsers.

log stream --style=syslog --level=info can make one dizzy, with
--predicate you can narrow it down to more readable flow:

log stream --style syslog  --predicate \
'senderImagePath contains[cd] "TimeMachine"' --info

The API is a good step forward – but I'd like to have more transition time with syslog until I forget about it and the uhmmmm the new memory persistent log since 10.12.1 public beta is not entirely to my liking since I simply don't get any new log files in /private/var/log (can also be my config error/mistake though)

update 1 – https://developer.apple.com/reference/os/1891852-logging#1682426


texts: Does latest iOS versions support 2G auto connect?

texts: I am working on BTS insecurity PoC right now and I would like to make a demo on client`s iPhone. I wonder if newest iOS versions (>=12) support automatic connection to 2G networks in case there are no 3G\4G networks left in region?


texts: Apache slow to find localhost -- how can I fix?

texts:
I'm running XAMPP on my Mac, which is just an Apache and MySQL server running as my local host. When I set it up, I found port 8000 (the default) was already taken (maybe by the Apache that ships inside OS X?) so I just reconfigured the httpd.conf file to tell it to listen on port 8080.

Anyhow, it all works, and I even have put in some settings in /etc/hosts so I can just type "mysite.local:8080" into my browser.

Here's the ONLY problem: often when going to fetch a page from the local host, my Mac takes a while (1-10 seconds) on the "sending request" or "looking up" step of retrieving the page, and then finally the page loads and renders. It's actually faster for me to access my production server (that is several states away!)... obviously that's absurd and my local server, all right here on the same machine, should be lightning fast. Any ideas why it's so slow, and how I can fix it?


texts: How to stop CorruptPowerlog eating up my disk space?

texts:
I am running 10.14.6 (18G3020) on a 2018 MacBook Air.

Every 15 seconds or so a triplet of files is created in /private/var/db/powerlog/Library/BatteryLife/Quarantine. For example

30144 -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    15M Apr  1 17:02 CorruptPowerlog_1585785775.350699.PLSQL
   64 -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    32K Apr  1 17:02 CorruptPowerlog_1585785775.350699.PLSQL-shm
    0 -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     0B Apr  1 17:02 CorruptPowerlog_1585785775.350699.PLSQL-wal

This means that my disk space is shrinking by 60MB per minute.

I can delete these files as root, but they keep coming back.

What program creates these files? How can I stop this?


texts: SH script calls Perl script. Works when I double click, but Perl script fails when I call from terminal

texts:
Severe newb here.  I have a shell script that simply calls a perl script to create a file.  It works if I double-click the SH file, but fails if I call the file in a terminal. here is the entire SH file:

#! /bin/bash
# Run Will's JSON Script

perl /Users/j.douet/Documents/JSON/pbmJson.pl -i /Jaspersoft/tmp/output/hospicemed/hhcsys/hhcsys_hospicemed_201711251121140465.txt -m newPatient -n 1234 > /Jaspersoft/tmp/output/hospicemed/hhcsys/hhcsys_hospicemed_201711251121140465.json;

It really is that simple. No arguments yet as I am testing. When I double-click, my output file is created, but when I execute

sh runhmJSON.sh

I get errors within the perl script, all similar to:

/Users/j.douet/Documents/JSON/pbmJson.pl: line 3: use: command not found

Thoughts?


texts: Boot Camp Assistant can't install Windows after partition made and booted to USB installer?

texts:
How do I install a bootable copy of windows on my older macBook Air with Boot Camp Assistant?

Per Apple's list of supported devices, "Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp" I have an 11" mid-2012 2GHz i7 macBook Air with a 500GB SSD (running macOS Sierra 10.12.5) which I would like to install a bootable Windows partition on and make use of Windows 10.
Per Windows recommendation I downloaded the "Windows 10 Anniversary Update ISO" selecting the "Windows 10" edition (not "N" or "Single Language"). Note to self: other options for Windows .iso files
Per "How to install Windows using Boot Camp" & "Install Windows on your Mac using a USB hard drive or flash drive" I mounted a USB 2.0 drive (SanDisk Cruzer) and started the Boot Camp Assistant process. (Note: I do also have a Time Machine backup).
After setting up the USB installer, partitioning the Boot Camp disk and once rebooted into Windows 10, I see the "BOOTCAMP" partition but there is a warning message saying the driver's are unavailable. Rescanning the available volumes for the driver's does nothing. I am unable to proceed.

I was able to ⌘+r restart into recovery mode and remove the Boot Camp partition. This resulted in the startup process ending at the No bootable device, insert boot disk and press any key screen. I then used option+restart to get back into my macOS 10.12.5 partition, where I reset the startup disk in System Preferences.

Per this 2016 9TO5Mac article and video, "How to install Windows 10 on your Mac using Boot Camp Assistant" I was under the impression that I could install Windows 10 and use the "Windows 10 Insider" option without a registration key. See also the article, "You Don’t Need a Product Key to Install and Use Windows 10" for some notes on the limitations of the free "Insider" install.

Do I need to purchase windows 7 first, then install that and then upgrade with the Anniversary Edition installer (and then upgrade to Windows 10 Creators)?
Is there a more appropriate .iso file I should be using?

Thank you.


texts:
My keyboard is working oddly. The right side shift does not work, but the left side shift command button will. The trackpad will click, but it stopped working to move the cursor around.

The trackpad works perfectly if I start up computer using Command-D, so for the 2 minutes it takes for the diagnostic test to complete I can move the cursor using the track pad, so it is not the hardware. Today I did not have my mouse near my computer to be able to choose my user at startup so I just pressed the arrow key on the keyboard and it moved my cursor over to my user icon for me to sign in.

This shows me that something is telling my computer to listen to the keyboard and not the trackpad. It is not the setting in Accessibility that says ignore built in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present - that is unchecked. This is something going on with keyboard settings. Can I use terminal to set default settings?

MacBook Pro Retina 13 inch mid 2014 - Mojave


texts: Does iPad mini gets scratched easily without a case?

texts: I got my iPad mini a Belkin case for protection, but it made the iPad mini twice as thick.  The iPad mini without the case is so slim and I love it, so i'm wondering if it can do without the case and not get scratched in the back and front easily..


texts: In countries where the Emergency Services can be called without a SIM card, what caller ID is shown to them when called from an iPhone?

texts: In countries where it's possible to make calls to emergency numbers (911/999, etc) from an iPhone that has no SIM inserted, how is it possible for the emergency services to track a device - would it be possible for them to call you back, even if the phone didn't show a caller ID due to one not being present?


texts: Is it normal Mountain Lion behaviour to save changes in Preview without asking?

texts:
I just opened an image in Preview, selected a rectangle, hit delete and then quit Preview. Now I have a grey rectangle missing from the middle of my image but at no point did I get a chance to say whether or not I wanted to save my changes.

Is this normal?

(I made the edit just to have a quick play with Preview, see what it can do. Needless to say I'm not impressed)


texts: iTunes suddenly decided my mp3s are mpga movies that iTunes won't play. What happened?

texts:
I have a bunch of music I ripped from CD myself. I haven't played all of it recently, mostly listening to my iPhone instead. I went to play some old tracks only to be told by iTunes "this movie requires QuickTime, which is not supported by this version of iTunes".

It's not a movie.
It's not like I changed anything. (Might have upgraded iTunes.)
Other tracks off the same CD are still playable.
Why doesn't iTunes support QuickTime?

Have you run into this? How would I get around it, short of re-ripping all those CDs? And is there a way to determine which tracks have been affected short of trying to play every one of my thousands of songs?


texts:
For a few weeks, I've noticed that my keyboard layout keeps reverting to U.S. each time I reboot. To be precise: each time I reboot, my System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources window looks like this:

I keep changing it to this (but it doesn't stick around for long):

NB: MathUnicode is a .keylayout file of my own making, which I've used for several years now, without any problems.

I'm running OS X Yosemite (10.10.1) on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011).

Does anybody know how I can stop it reverting to the U.S. keyboard layout?


texts:
I have problems with my iMac 21.5" -2012 (13.1 model).

The machine is not starting like normal.  The fan turns on max from the begining, lasts over 6 minutes and then the system is very slow.

I changed the HDD to an SSD but it did not improve.  I put macOS Catalina, Maverick, High Sierra and the results are the same.

What can I do to troubleshoot this problem?


texts:
I am trying to write an AppleScript to open a Numbers document, which is stored in the Numbers folder on my iCloud drive, so that I can access a cell value and create a reminder with it (or otherwise notify myself of this value).

When I try to access the file directly using the symlink to my iCloud I created in my home folder, Numbers says the file doesn't exist.

I found the following on a blog post, though I am not sure I am using it right.

set the defaultDestinationFolder to "/Users/luketimothy/Desktop"
set filePath to "/Users/luketimothy/Library/" & "Mobile Documents:com~apple~Numbers:Documents:Budget.numbers"

tell application "Numbers"
    activate
    try
        open filePath
    on error

    end try
end tell

This script also results in a "file doesn't exist" error.

I tried copying the file into my Documents folder, but I got the same error (and the file doesn't show up in the Documents folder in finder either, even though if I try to copy it again I am asked if I wish to overwrite)

I can't seem to access the Numbers folder in my iCloud folder from the terminal either, which might allow me to use pwd to get an absolute path.

What can I do? Is there some restriction on access to this Numbers folder?


texts: How can I send focused window beneath other windows like Alt+Esc do in Windows?

texts: I don't want to minimize it (⌘+M) or hide it (⌘+H). I want other windows to be on top of my focused window when I press some shortcut or fire some macro/script/whatever. How can I achieve this?


texts:
I've recently experienced issues with my Mac. It seems all menus and buttons lose their text and icons. If I rightclick anywhere I just get a blank grey box, the entire top menu bar is empty (including the Apple logo top left) and any new windows I open are just black entirely.

I managed to get a screenshot of the top left menu while trying to reboot it. See image:

Has anyone experienced anything like this before? It's happened a couple of times now. Mac Pro 2017, 15", 10.13.6


texts: How to setup two OS X boot partitions plus Bootcamp and Data?

texts:
Is it possible to set up he following combination of partitions; how?

two OS X partitions, each bootable (one for the main system, another for testing new OS X releases)
a Bootcamp bootable partition for Windows 7
data partition shared between OS X and Windows?

I don't need access to either of OS X boot partitions from Windows. And vice versa: don't need to access Windows boot partition from OS X.

I use MacBook Pro 13" 2010, Windows 7 64-bit, OS X Mountain Lion.


texts: Mac Calendar does not sync to google - error CalDAVMoveEntityQueueableOperation

texts:
I have setup my calendar (Mountain Lion) to sync with google calendar, and it loads all items in without problems. But when I change something locally, I get an error message:

Access to “New Event” in “XXXXXX” in account “Google” is not permitted.

The server responded:
“403”
to operation CalDAVMoveEntityQueueableOperation.

This happens whenever I do local changes, confirm an event or add a new event.

Everything else is working nicely, including contacts.

Googling did only yield information about this error in relation to iCloud, which I am not using for calendars.


texts: What is the equivalent of netsh wlan hostednetwork on MacOSX?

texts: With Windows is is possible to setup a netsh wlan hostednetwork even if the computer is already using a wlan connection for itself. However, a Mac's inbuilt Internet Sharing functionalities only support generating a wlan from a wired connection. What application/settings can I use to construct a wlan hostednetwork the same way it is done on Windows?


texts: Which Mac Mini is the earliest able to run Yosemite?

texts: I plan to buy a used Mac Mini, my only requirement is to be able to run on in Yosemite.


texts: Installing macOS 10.12.4 beta 2 breaks OpenSSH installed via homebrew

texts:
ssh: OpenSSH_7.4p1, LibreSSL 2.4.5 (installed via homebrew)
System Version: macOS 10.12.4 (16E154a)

Error:

me@mymac:~$ ssh foo@bar.local
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _arc4random_buf
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/ssh
  Expected in: /usr/local/opt/libressl/lib/libcrypto.38.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: _arc4random_buf
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/ssh
  Expected in: /usr/local/opt/libressl/lib/libcrypto.38.dylib

Abort trap: 6

Any advice how to solve this problem? This also breaks my git pushes (using ssh, obviously)


texts: Does macOS still use Yarrow as it's cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator?

texts:
I'm trying to understand if the XNU underpinnings of macOS (BSD) still use the Yarrow cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator?

I have looked through the source and it seems as if they switched to a DRBG NIST generator?

https://opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-4903.221.2/osfmk/corecrypto/ccdbrg/src/ccdrbg_nisthmac.c.auto.html

There are very few references to Yarrow in the 10.14 XNU code compared with older versions of the Kernel, but 10.14 still contains this string in key.c :

/* Our PRNG is based on Yarrow and doesn't need to be seeded */

That said if you looked at older XNU Yarrow is littered everywhere.

Source code for XNU:

Lots of Yarrow references in XNU 2782 - macOS 10.11

Very few Yarrow references in XNU 4903 - macOS 10.14

So, are Apple still using Yarrow?

I ask because Yarrow is only capable of generating 160bit strong keys.


texts: IMAP account stopped working after upgrade to iOS 9 - problem with CAcert certificate?

texts:
After upgrading my iPhone 6+ from iOS 8 to iOS 9, my IMAP email account stopped working. When the Mail app tries to connect to the server, it fails and displays an alert with the title "Cannot get Mail" and the message "The mail server x.y.z is not responding. Verify that you have entered the correct account info in Mail settings.".

I did check the account info, and it is indeed correct. Interestingly, I do not get any error messages from the settings app when I try to save the account. I have tried entering wrong information on purpose (wrong username, wrong password, wrong TCP port), and whenever I do that and try to save the account, the settings app shows an alert "The IMAP server x.y.z is not responding.". So I am really sure that the information I have entered is correct.

Moreover, I have two other iOS devices in the household (an iPad 2 and an iPhone 4S) which are configured to use the same account and which are still on iOS 8 - from these devices the account works properly, so I also know that the problem is not something basic like the IMAP server is down.

I have tried various things (see below), but without success. The only thing I know for certain is that the problem is somehow connected to TLS and/or certificates. Taking into account the information from this AskDifferent question I suspect it's a problem with the CAcert certificate, but I am not sure.

Do you know anything about changes in iOS 9 regarding the handling of certificates (untrusted or otherwise)? Or do you have other clues that might help me solve this problem?

Information about the server:

The IMAP server runs on a Debian machine over which I have full control
The IMAP server is Courier IMAP
The IMAP server accepts connections on the standard IMAP port 143
The IMAP server requires STARTTLS to enforce that all traffic is encrypted via TLS
The IMAP server uses a wildcard certificate
The IMAP server provides the whole certificate chain to the client
The root CA is CAcert.org (link to root and intermediate CA certificates)
Because CAcert.org is not, by default, in the trusted CA store of iOS 9, I have manually installed the root and intermediate CA certificates on the iPhone 6+
Courier version = 0.73.1 (/usr/bin/imapd --version)
OpenSSL version = 1.0.2d (/usr/bin/openssl version)

What have I tried?

The first thing I did is, I deleted the entire account configuration in the iPhone's settings app, then created a new account and re-entered the configuration details. No success.
I upgraded various packages on the Debian machine, including Courier and OpenSSL, to make sure that the server has the "latest and greatest" security capabilities. No success.
I read somewhere that iOS 9 might require TLS 1.2 on the server side, so I double-checked that the IMAP server indeed offers that version of TLS to its clients. It does. This is the command I used for verification: openssl s_client -connect mail.herzbube.ch:143 -starttls imap. If you run this you will see a block with information about the SSL session towards the end, this block contains a line that shows the TLS version that is used (Protocol  : TLSv1.2). Note that in order to get TLS v1.2, your client-side version of OpenSSL must also support this. For instance, OpenSSL on my Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10.3) laptop is too old, i.e. it is only version 0.9.8.zd and does not seem to understand TLS 1.2, so I get Protocol  : TLSv1.
I deleted the CAcert root and intermediate certificates on the iPhone, then re-installed them. Nope, didn't help.
I temporarily disabled the requirement for TLS on the server-side, and this solves the issue, i.e. now the Mail app can connect, login and get emails from the server. Obviously this is not a real solution, since I don't want the traffic to the IMAP server to be in clear-text, but at least now I know that the problem is somehow connected to TLS (and/or certificates).
I updated the iPhone to iOS 9.0.1. No success.


texts: IPad app to annotate PDF without showing a toolbar

texts:
I want to find an iPad app that allows me to annotate a PDF with an Apple Pemcil while all the app’s toolbars and navigation menus etc. are hidden.
Ideally, I would like to select an annotation tool (say a highlighter or pencil), hide the toolbars, and then just go through the document (a lecture that I am recording) occasionally highlighting or writing a few words here and there. I don’t want the mostly-unused toolbars to clutter up each and every slide.
Apps like Notability and PDF Expert hide their toolbars while in “presentation mode”, but ONLY when the content is being mirrored by HDMI or AirPlay, and not when connected to the Mac (doing the recording) by cable.
Basically, I want an PDF annotation app with a “presentation mode” equivalent that the user can choose to enter when they want, regardless of how the iPad is connected externally.


texts: Apple Music adds music to playlist which isn't really added to the list

texts:
I currently using Apple Music since it's release and I encountered a strange problem. The first times I just thought that I've made something wrong. But now I tested it many times and won't work as expected.

I've had a song, which I wanted to be added to a playlist on my iPhone while listening to a self defined radio station. The song before that song could be added to my playlist (clicking ... > add to playlist > choose playlist). I rechecked it and it's added to my playlist without any error. The iPhone stated that the song is successfully added to my list.

The next song, I tried the same thing. I tried to add it, my iPhone stated again "added successfully". After that, I went to the playlist to check it, and it's not there. I go back to the song and tried to add it again, again successfully but no song in the list. I tried it even on different lists and no list work!
I tried another song and it is added successfully again and... it is really added to the playlist. Just this one song (which is normally available in the store) can't be added to my playlist.

Is there a limit which songs can be added per day? Is this an bug? Can some songs just be streamed but not added to a playlist (I don't talk about offline availability)?

Thanks in advance for your help. I don't have any clue whats going on there.


texts:
As you may have noticed, the time in iPhone/iPad advertisements has always been 9:42 am, and it's recently (?) switched to 9:41.

Why the original 9:42, and also, why the switch?


texts: Why isn't my ipad saving videos I was emailed?

texts:
I have an ipad mini and a freind recently emailed me a video.
When I go into the corner and click save video it then does not appear in any of my photo albums.I have been trying for ages and it is very important at I save this video.


texts: If I buy an iPhone 5s, will I still be able to go on the appstore and download apps?

texts:
Just don't know if the appstore will allow phones that aren't running the current OS to go on it

(I'm really only interested in this app - https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview )


texts: Unable to enable PHP in OSX 10.8 mountain lion

texts:
I have enabled php according to PHP's instructions and uncommented,

#LoadModule php5_module libexec/httpd/libphp5.so

in /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf. However the line,

#AddModule mod_php5.c

does not exist in that file, nor do any #AddModule lines.  This may be the root of my problem but regardless I restarted apache with,

sudo apachectl restart

and attempted to open ~/Site/page.php

<html>
<head>
<title>My First PHP page </title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo "<h1> Hello World! </h1>";?>
</body>
</html>

in multiple web browsers.  Safari and Chromium just gave me the raw text of the file and Opera gave me

Hello World ";?>

Do I need to configure apache to add that module and how do I do that, or is there some other problem?

PS, I couldn't even open page.php with safari when it was in my home directory and other browsers tried to download it.


texts: Mirror my iPad 2 screen on my Windows PC?

texts: I can't find any app which mirrors my iPad's screen to my Windows computer screen. Since iDisplay has been removed from the App Store I have no other ideas. Any recomendations (up to $15) for a solution to mirror my iPad screen on my Windows PC display?


texts: MacBook Air Early 2015 SSD > MacBook Pro Early 2013?

texts:
BLUF: Can I use the SSD out of a MacBook Air in a MacBook Pro 13?

I have a road worn but otherwise fine MacBook Pro 13"/Early 2013. About a year ago it started having issues with crashes and hangs. I reformatted its drive and reinstalled macOS, which worked for a little while. But now that machine will not fully POST. It will boot, but almost immediately indicates that it can't find a startup disk. That indicates an SSD failure to me.

I happen to have an Air, but I'd rather have the Pro up and running——so can I swap out the drives? Both were running identical versions of Mojave.


texts: Is it possible to remove Emergency call feature on the lock screen?

texts:
Is it possible to remove this feature? It's really annoying when you miss-click on it. Since my iPhone lags a lot this happens too often.

iOS version: 4.2.1
iPhone: 3G


texts: AppleScript to find and delete a folder inside an FCPX library

texts:
I need to write or find a simple script to find, select and move to trash, folders within a Final Cut Pro X library. Because these libraries are bundles you can't search them in the normal way.

What I want is a script that runs every day, searches the libraries finds Folders (and their contents) called "Render Files" and then moves them to trash.

I can use automator to find the bundles, and to list the contents, but then I cannot get it to select only the 'Render Files' folders.


texts: How to disable swipe navigation on Edge for Mac

texts:
Like Chrome, Edge for Mac supports browser navigation by dragging horizontally left or right with two fingers on the trackpad. I know how to turn this off in Chrome, but is it possible to turn this off in Edge? Bonus gratitude for a command-line solution.
I've tried, without success...

to access edge://flags/#overscroll-history-navigation, which appears to have been removed
to deduce an equivalent of defaults write com.google.Chrome AppleEnableSwipeNavigateWithScrolls -bool FALSE
to find an equivalent of Windows 10's HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EdgeUI\Allow Edge Swipe


texts: Turn On Air Play on iPad Without Double Tapping Home Button

texts:
Is there a way to enable Air Play Mirroring on the iPad without (!) double tapping the  home button?

I'd like to physically lock away the home button to use the iPad on a booth but still be able to mirror the screen on an Apple TV. Is this possible?


texts: Turn on iCloud Photo Library without creating duplicates or zombies

texts:
I turned on Photo Library on my iPhone and uploaded everything, now I want to enable on my Mac. Is it going to duplicate all the photos that I've already uploaded from my iPhone to the Mac?

What about photos that I deleted on my iPhone because I don't want them anymore, but they were already saved on my Mac? Is there any way to make sure those are not uploaded to iCloud from my Mac?

More details: I have been using Photos on iOS and Mac for years, and now I want to use iCloud Photo Library to reduce iPhone storage space and still have access to my entire library

I had Photo Stream enabled, but since that doesn't support Live Photos or Videos I would periodically manually upload by plugging my iPhone in to my Mac.

So I have:

Photos on my Mac only, not taken on an iPhone
Photos and videos on both Mac and iPhone
Photos uploaded from iPhone to Mac that have since been deleted only from iPhone (don't want these)

Any ideas? Thanks.


texts:
I'm getting back into Perl; several months ago I had to have a new hard drive installed and so had to start over again. When I try to update CPAN, I get this message:

Your configuration suggests that CPAN.pm should use a working
directory of
    /Users/lolajl/.cpan
Unfortunately we could not create the lock file
    /Users/lolajl/.cpan/.lock
due to 'Permission denied'.

Looking at /Users/lolajl directory, I'm seeing this:

drwxr-xr-x    4 lolajl  staff    136 Nov 27  2014 .config
drwxr-xr-x    8 root    staff    272 Jun 14 20:14 .cpan

When I try  to run "sudo chown root:lolajl .cpan", I get:

chown: lolajl: illegal group name

How do I get this corrected so that CPAN can run properly?


texts: Which iPhoto folders are least useful to save space?

texts:
I'm cleaning up my iPhoto folders since I am short on HD space. Looking inside iPhoto, I see four folders that consume a lot of space: Masters, Modified, Originals, Previews. Which of these are must keep and which can be deleted or recreated?

For example, I did do some editing but I would rather have the original since I can reproduce it.

PS: I do use an app called PhotoSweeper to help me clean up my iPhoto library. I used it to remove duplications and photos that look alike.


texts:
I am trying to create a bootable filesystem filename.fs from a directory that contains all the OS files.
My problem is that I cannot create a file that contains a filesystem. I found a explanation for doing this on ubuntu but macos does not have mkfs and newfs_* gives me the following error.
> newfs_msdos ./clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-amd64.fs
newfs_msdos: warning: ./clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-amd64.fs is not a character device
newfs_msdos: ./clonezilla-live-2.6.6-15-amd64.fs: Cannot get partition offset: Inappropriate ioctl for device

I may be going about this all wrong but I have not found any instructions on creating a bootable filesystem from a directory that contains all the files for my OS.


texts: Due to a mishap during disassembly, I managed to rip the cooler fan's wires from the on-board connector. The connector itself appears intact, as do the ends of the wires. Is there a way of re-inserting the wires into the connector? It's a 2010 model A1278.


texts: Removing a news source from iOS Spotlight Search

texts: I like the headlines from Spotlight Search, but I hate that fact it displays many sites that have paywalls (e.g., LA Times, NY Times, etc).  Is there a way to tell iOS not to show certain sites in the headlines?


texts: Unable to connect to SMB server after Mojave update 10.14.5

texts:
I used to be able to connect to a shared folder on a local Windows PC from my MacBook Air (Early 2015) by doing Finder > Go > Connect to Server or ⌘+K and then typing smb://hostname/folder and connecting as Guest.

This method worked without fail for years but it suddenly doesn't work anymore since the Mojave update 10.14.5 (18F132). I can still get to the name/password prompt as usual, but after I pick Guest and click Connect I get the following error:

  There was a problem connecting to the server "hostname".

  Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. If you continue to have problems, contact your system administrator.

I have tried to reboot both machines, without success
The same thing happens when I try to connect with an actual user account instead of Guest
The same thing happens when I use the server's IP address instead of hostname
The server can be pinged
The server doesn't show up in Finder's Network page

To confirm this is a mac-side issue I installed the FE File Explorer app on my iPhone and was able to instantly find the server and connect to the shared folder as Guest.

Any ideas on how to solve this?


texts: Can I stream any video played with VLC player to Apple TV?

texts:
Can I stream any video played with VLC player to Apple TV ?

Any additional plug-in for it...?


texts: How to get a list of the installed app on my Mac?

texts:
How I can parse the list of all Mac applications? I am executing:

ls /Library/Preferences/ > apps.txt

But still there are some apps that are missing from the list. I think it parse only user apps and do not parse common apps


texts:
I was doing some work and accidentally changed permissions in /private/etc and some other folders in private using the Terminal.

From there I wasn’t able to sudo because /private/etc/sudoers had a wrong owner.

I tried to solve it by rebooting with commandS and changing owner and group to /private/etc/, /private/tmp/ and /private/tftpboot/ recursively. When I try to exit to continue in normal mode I get a lot of Process[XXX] crashed: opendirectoryd. Too many corpses being created. messages, being XXX secuentials numbers starting from 170, do I make myself clear?.

Does anybody know what this error means? I’m running on a MacBook Pro mid 2012 with Mac OS High Sierra


texts: What's a good iOS app for quickly posting screenshots on the web?

texts: Something analogous to photobucket for the desktop - whose iPhone app is a bit useless to me because it doesn't enable importing from the camera roll. I'm looking for something that easily allows me to share a screenshot (to embed somewhere, for example in a forum, or on a Stack Exchange question) but don't want to junk up my flickr, Instagram, etc.


texts: What is the reference number needed for the Tax Info in iTunes Connect?

texts: I look at the instructions but there's nothing there. As if it was obvious but I'm really clueless.


texts: Better notification in Safari when a download starts?

texts:
I'm wondering if there's any way to make Safari be more "obvious" when it starts a download.

Ever click on a link on a website which turns out to be a download of, say, a Word document? And you keep clicking, and clicking, and clicking wondering why the browser won't move forward? And then you notice (sometimes, for me, after writing to the webmaster telling them their link is bad!!!) that you downloaded 10 copies of the Word document?

Not all sites will make a download obviously a download. It's very common for me to find a site where a link may simply say "click for more information" and turns out to be a link to a PDF or Word doc or similar.

The little quick animation of a Safari icon flying up to the Download icon is very easy to miss if you're not visually focused on the download icon, or if (like me) you have some vision loss. This is a consistently frustrating experience.

Ideally I'd like to see Safari work more like Firefox or IE, where a dialog pops up or a large flashing bar appears asking if you're sure you'd like to download the file you just clicked on. This would not only make it extremely obvious that a file is about to be downloaded, but also give you the chance not to download it if you accidentally clicked or change your mind.

Apple may try hard to make their software intuitive, but certain things like this just make it frustrating. Are there any modifications, extensions, tweaks, etc. that can enable something like this?

(Safari 7.0.6 on Mavericks 10.9.4 - all current software)


texts:
Short Question :
Is it possible to use an Apple Time Capsule just as a network attached backup drive and not a router?

Background :
We want to use a separate router to manage a more complex network. We where looking at not using an Apple Time Capsule and instead a 3rd party NAS (probably Synology) for Time Machine to backup to but as I've read in multiple places that backing up to a 3rd party NAS can cause the Time Machine backups to become corrupt / miss files due to the fact the HDD in a 3rd party NAS is ext4/NTFS/... and can't be OS X journaled (or what ever Time Machine prefers)

We've got a network as follows :

TP-Link Gigabit Load Balance Router with VPN (we will also set VLANs, static IPs etc on here)
48 port Netgear gigabit network switch
multiple in wall RJ45 ports
4x Ubiquity UAP Wi-Fi access points (some indoor some outdoor)


texts:
I can't use safari and continue using chrome only because of 1 reason:
chrome doesn't hides tabs (when there are too many of them)
I just want to act safari like this

And not like this

Is there some plugin or workaround to make safari better ?


texts:
I tried Lion a few months ago, but had to revert to 10.6 because of the "coreaudiod bug" – where audio via QuickTime would stop working every few minutes, requiring a killall coreaudiod each time. Since I'm a video editor, this would interfere with Final Cut and After Effects, making Lion unusable.

Does anyone know if this issue has been fixed yet in Lion?


texts: When and how does FileVault decrypt a SSD on a T2 Machine

texts:
Based on what the T2 chip, on user log in, decrypts a SSD with FileVault enabled? Bypassing the user password will result in a possible decryption of the SSD? As several years ago there where tools that bypassed the user password.
Around the web I have found:

Turn on FileVault, however, and a T2-equipped Mac engages in the same boot behavior as one that handles disk encryption in software. Instead of loading macOS directly, the Recovery partition boots in a special mode that requires entry of the password of any account allowed to use FileVault. Until that password is entered, the disk’s contents remain encrypted just as if it were at rest.

From this we can understand that logging into your mac user - an user that is approved by the T2 to unlock the drive on which FileVault is enabled - is enough to decrypt the drive. From this the question, bypassing the user password using some sort of tool will decrypt the drive?
I am curious because prior to the T2, depending on your configuration you could end with two password requests at log in:

One for the user
One to decrypt the drive

That seemed a much stronger and secure approach.


texts:
I have a Mac running OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), and I just noticed this today:

I haven't installed anything new, and I have no reason to believe that there's a specific application responsible for this issue. I rebooted my Mac, cleared the NVRAM and ran CleanMyMac 3, but it's still there. Killing the dock or restarting SystemUIServer doesn't help.

Question: Why is there a yellow bar over my Finder icon?


texts: Where did my "Default Group" preference go?

texts:
In iOS 4.x.x, I remember having a preference in:

Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Contacts

that would allow me to select a Default Group.

Now that I've upgraded to iOS 5, that preference is no longer visible.

Was it removed?  Moved?  Do I have to have a specific setup in order to have that preference available?

I need to select a "Default Group" in order to reproduce a bug reported by a beta tester, so it'd be handy to be able to set this preference.


texts: Need help deciphering TestDisk results to fix HDD

texts:
Background -

While trying to use asr in terminal to copy a failing HDD's contents to empty external HD #1, I facepalm set the target as BACKUP HD #2.

When I hit enter, asr went through it's normal steps, and then hit PSTT 0 100 start restore and hung there for longer than I expected it to. Then I realized that I put the wrong target volume, and terminated the window.

Now, when I plug BACKUP HD #2 into my laptop, it doesn't mount. I can see it in Disk Utility and can run repair on it, but get the following:

"Problems were found with the partition map, that may prevent booting"

Trying to mount it in the terminal fails too.

I have Disk Warrior, and it can see the hard drive (and even shows the name I set for it, whereas Disk Utility shows it as Untitled) but it says the drive is too big.

I have Drive Genius, but it shows up under devices and not volumes, so I can't repair it there either.

I bought Disk Drill, scanned the drive, but it categorized the found files by type - video/pictures/audio/etc and dumped all file name info - they're now file 000001.jpg etc. So I've lost file names and folder structure. I'm so grateful and happy to be able to have my files back, now hoping there's a way to get my structure/names back on the old drive...

After 4 days of scanning with TestDisk, here are the results, but I don't know what to do next.  Any ideas?

Thanks!

 TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 3000 GB / 2794 GiB - 732566645 sectors
     Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors
 P EFI System                     6      76805      76800 [EFI]
 P Mac HFS                   156013  271598000  271441988
>P Mac HFS                280526626  282014439    1487814
 P Mac HFS                288815421  288905227      89807
 P Mac HFS                288931061  289023226      92166
 P Mac HFS                289086265  289190956     104692
 P Mac HFS                290295252  291221714     926463
 P Mac HFS                486080570  486424828     344259
 P Mac HFS                489985809  490029384      43576
 P Mac HFS                701675873  709084595    7408723

Structure: Ok.  Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
                P=Primary  D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type,
     Enter: to continue
HFSX blocksize=4096, 6094 MB / 5811 MiB


texts: How to view high-res images in iPad 3 without downsampling?

texts:
I'm Korean and I like reading web comics on the web. Korean web comics (or as called here "webtoons") tend to have large images, and something like 500x12000 JPEG images are not uncommon. But as you know, Safari on iOS downsamples JPEG images larger than 2 MP (or 5 MP in iOS 6) and even 5 MP is not enough in this situation.

I tried several alternative ways to view large images in my iPad with no luck.

"Save Image" in Safari and view it in Photos app
Use other browsers (Chrome, Opera Mini, Terra, Mercury, Puffin, etc.)
Use other apps (GoodReader, Evernote)
Download the image in PC, share it using Dropbox, view it in iPad using Dropbox app: the worst quality ever

I haven't tried the iPhoto for iOS yet since I don't want to pay for something that I'm uncertain whether it can solve my problem or not.

The image I've tried to view on iPad is this one, which is about 7.6 MP. Although the dimensions of the image are huge, the size of the image is only about 3.9 MB. I don't understand why this image should be downsampled to be viewed on the new iPad, considering its computing power.

I wish to know whether iPhoto can help or there is any way to view large images in my iPad at all. Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.


texts: WiFi connected but not working after a while, unless i turn it off and on again (macosx sierra)

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) MacOsX Sierra 10.12.3 (16D32) and I have a weird issue with my office's WLAN: I can connect to WiFi, and navigate on internet, then (usually after around one minute) it stops working: I'm still connected (the top-right icon shows the wifi interface it's still on and connected to the network), but pages don't load anymore and request end up in timeout errors. If I turn WiFi off and on again everything works again for a while then it stops and I have to turn wifi off/on again. So the loop takes place.

I can't figure out what the problem is and isolate it, everything seems ok. I guess this is likely a network (router) problem, since it only happens at work, but my colleagues apparently don't have this problem. Plus, if it were a routing problem, why does everything works again after a simple wifi interface reconnection laptop side i.e. without doing anything router-side?

EDIT:
I've done some test and it turns out after apparently loosing connectivity to internet it's still possible to ping public hosts. So, I guess, network is up,  DNS work correctly, and the problem should be limited to http data forwarding on port 80 (so, likely a routing problem)


texts: What is the recommended (official) way to backup apple books (iBook) purchases?

texts:
What is the recommended way to make a backup of all the books I have purchased with Apple books (formerly known as iBooks), preferably using macOS?

Or may there is even an official way recommended by Apple?


texts: How to clone CD or DVD from the CLI so it can be accessed in VirtulaBox Windows VM

texts:
How can I clone a CD or DVD to an ISO or DMG, using just the CLI, so that I can attach it to a VirtualBox VM.

I often clone CDs or DVDs using the following commands:

diskname=`df -kh /Volumes/* | grep -o Volumes.* | cut -d"/" -f2`
diskname=`echo $diskname | sed s/\ //g` # remove spaces
device=`df -kh /Volumes/* | grep Volumes | cut -d" " -f1`

sudo umount $device
dd if=$device of=~/Desktop/$diskname.iso bs=2048
hdiutil eject $device

The result is a .ISO on my desktop that is, as far as I can tell, a bit clone of the CD or DVD.

However, when I boot a VirtualBox Windows XP VM and attach the ISO, Windows says it cannot read it.


texts:
I recently bought a used MacBook (a1181, early 2009) for extremely cheap and I was curious to ask if there was a way to exceed the 4gb ram limit. I was actually trying to get 8gb in it. I know, kind of a dumb question.
It currently has 4gb in it.

I also patched it so it could run OS X High Sierra if that helps any.

Thank you!


texts: What happened to my Macbook Air's battery?

texts:
A year and half ago (in Nov. 2019) I bought a second hand Macbook Air (early 2015 model), with a new battery. At first it worked really well... but a few days ago, after only 200 battery cycles, I suddenly noticed a "Repair battery" warning in the status bar. After that, one day the computer shut down when it still had a 49% charge, and then I started noticing that the battery discharged itself much faster than before.
I installed CoconutBattery, and noticed that it said that its current full capacity is only 4600 mAh, while its original design capacity was 7150 mAh. The battery is a Dynapack one and was manufactured in March 2017, but as I said above, it only has 200 cycles.
My questions are:

What happened? The only explanation I can think of is that during the last year (during the lockdown) I've seldom discharged more than 10-20% of the battery in each use. Since I was at home all the time, my usage pattern was pretty much: unplug computer, use it for a couple of hours at most (until the battery was around 80-90%), and then plug it again. (Most times I just used the Macbook plugged in). Could this have affected the battery somehow?

Is there any way to "Repair the battery", as the warning says? If I take it to Apple's official store, will they "repair" it somehow, or will the solution be just a full replacement?


texts: modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found.on Macbook Air running Kali Linux 4.3 trying to setup Wifi

texts:
Trying to setup Wifi on Kali Linux 4.3 for Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03)

I keep getting stumped with the 'modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found.' error

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!! Details of steps and output below:

root@kali:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
root@kali:~# uname -a
Linux kali 4.3.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.3.3-5kali4 (2016-01-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@kali:~# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
root@kali:~# lspci -nnn | grep Broadcom
02:00.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Broadcom Limited 720p FaceTime HD Camera [14e4:1570]
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03)

root@kali:~# apt-get update
Ign:1 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian jessie InRelease
Hit:2 http://debian.mirror.constant.com/debian jessie Release
Reading package lists... Done
root@kali:~# apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-headers-amd64 is already the newest version (4.6+74+kali1).
broadcom-sta-dkms is already the newest version (6.30.223.271-3).
linux-image-amd64 is already the newest version (4.6+74+kali1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.
root@kali:~# modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac
root@kali:~# modprobe wl
modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found.

I've tried multiple iterations and continue to get stuck on this
modprobe: FATAL: Module wl not found.  error.


texts:
I tried to shrink my Windows Bootcamp partition using third-party software which led to my Macintosh HD partition missing from startup options. Unfortunately I don't have a recent backup for the whole drive to restore from. If I try to reinstall macOS from scratch it doesn't see the partition either.

Disk utility sees it but it's greyed out and is being shown as Unmounted without the option to mount it back.

Is there a way to fix this without wiping out the whole drive and reinstalling everything from scratch?


texts: RBENV managed Rubies: VIM upgrade forcing homebrew to install Ruby

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I've recently switched from RVM to RBENV as my Ruby manager under MacOS Sierra.

$ rbenv version
2.3.1 (set by /Users/meltemi/.rbenv/version)
$ which ruby
/Users/meltemi/.rbenv/shims/ruby

I've used Homebrew to install packages like vim for years and never had Ruby version be installed via Homebrew.

Now when I brew upgrade vim I get a forced dependency install of Ruby.

==> Upgrading vim
==> Installing dependencies for vim: ruby
==> Installing vim dependency: ruby
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/ruby-2.3.1_2.sierra.bottle.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring ruby-2.3.1_2.sierra.bottle.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink bin/rake
Target /usr/local/bin/rake
already exists. You may want to remove it:
  rm '/usr/local/bin/rake'

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite ruby

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run ruby

Possible conflicting files are:
/usr/local/bin/rake
/usr/local/bin/rdoc
/usr/local/bin/ri
==> Caveats
Emacs Lisp files have been installed to:
  /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ruby
==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.3.1_2: 1,261 files, 18.8M

How can I get Homebrew (read: vim) to use the rbenv version of Ruby?


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I have iTunes family sharing with several members of my family.

Apple TV: I see the TV shows and movies I've purchased and I can stream them. I can also see the purchases from other members of my family sharing group and stream their movies and TV shows.

iTunes on the Mac: Under the Library tab, I can see the TV shows and movies I've purchased, and I can stream them without downloading them. Other purchase done by Family Sharing members aren't there.

TV App on iOS: Under the Library tab, I can see the TV shows and movies I've purchased, and I can stream them without downloading them.
Other purchase done by Family Sharing members aren't there.

What I cannot seem to do on my Mac or my iOS devices is to stream TV shows and movies that family members have purchased. I can go into iTunes, then into the Store, and see all the purchases. I can download, but not stream movies and TV shows purchased by members of my family share group.

So, I have access to the content of family sharing purchases. I can download them. And, I can turn on Home Sharing and stream from my iOS device, but only once I downloaded the purchase on my Mac first.

Is there anyway to stream content on the Mac or on iOS devices purchased by family sharing members without having to download them first? I can do this on Apple TV, but I can't seem to find out how to do this on a Mac or iOS device.

I am on the most recent OS version for MacOS and iOS.


texts: Why I'm getting "macOS can't repair the disk"

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I'm using Macbook Pro Mid 2012 on Sierra. It has two partitions without OS partition. Four times those 2 partitions getting corrupted(can't copy files). And I tried to repair disk, And got this message

After I restart my MBP got this.

So as they said I copied the data and reformat it to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". Again in 2 days one partition got corrupted. So then I realize File system was "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and now it shows only "Mac OS Extended".

Rashs-MacBook-Pro:~ rashmendis$ sudo gpt -r show disk0
Password:
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   781975184      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   782384824     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   783654360   715947032      4  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1499601392      262144
  1499863536   453399448      5  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1953262984      262151
  1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
  1953525167           1         Sec GPT header

Rashs-MacBook-Pro:~ rashmendis$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage MacOS                   400.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Backup                  366.6 GB   disk0s4
   5:                  Apple_HFS Data                    232.1 GB   disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            MacOS                  +400.0 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 6E77AA56-7B2E-4388-9640-F34D7E92164C
                                 Unencrypted

Issues having with disk0s4 and disk0s5.

I need to know is this a problem of my HDD drive or a issue with the OS.


texts: How to check what causes iPhone battery to drain out?

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Last night before I went to sleep my iphone battery was at 30% and the active usage was about 6 hours ( since last full charge). However this morning when I woke up I found that my battery went flat. Upon some checking I discovered that it was on active usage for 12 hours. Which means that when I was sleeping either

Someone played with my iphone for 6 hours, or
Some rogue apps that ran in the background were silently draining my battery even though they shouldn't

Possibility 1 is very remote. So I would like to investigate on possibility 2. How to know what causes the iphone battery to drain out even when it is not in use?

Edit: I switched 3G and WIFI off when I was sleeping.


texts: After resetting iOS 7, and having my volume disappear, how can I re-enable it?

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I just did a hard reset on my iPhone 4S by wiping the phone and restoring an iCloud backup. During that process, I used my iPad charger to make sure it stayed charged while it was being wiped and restored.

However, after the restore was complete and my phone was back up and running the volume control was gone. It was simply non-existent in Control Center, grayed out in Music.app, and the volume buttons didn't work. It looked like what happens when the phone is connected to a car stereo, for example. Interestingly, the ringer control in Settings -> Sounds, worked.

I have tried:

Rebooting the device
Playing music, and a video (which work through headphones, but not the speakers)
Tested Siri to confirm that it wasn't a hardware problem in the speakers actually malfunctioning.
Closed all apps, except one.
Tried testing sounds with an alarm app, which didn't play as well.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?


texts: How to install Ubuntu on a 1st gen Apple TV?

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I want to install Ubuntu on my 1st gen Apple TV.

How should I go about doing this, using as little third-party software as possible?