texts: Compare Apache Settings on Different Machines?

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Is there a way to easily compare the Apache settings for two machines? I have a MacBook Air and an iMac, both running 10.9.1. On both machines, I am trying to run a site via localhost.

~/Sites/foo.loc

On the MacBook Air, the site runs as expected.

On the iMac, the site gives me a 403 Forbidden message.

There is no difference between the two sites.

I am using VirtualHostX 4.2.1 to load the site via http://foo.loc/ and both machines are using the built-in Apache.

UPDATE:

Found the apachectl configtest command and it's giving me two error messages on the iMac:

Syntax error on line 15 of /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf:
Syntax error on line 472 of /private/etc/apache2/users/httpd.conf:

Each repeated at least 58 times.

Looked at both lines and nothing stands out. One line points the system to the other.

UPDATE NO. 2

Line 471 and 472 from /private/etc/apache2/users/httpd.conf

# User home directories
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

And complete contents of /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

# Settings for user home directories
#
# Required module: mod_userdir

#
# UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is received.  Note that you must also set
# the default access control for these directories, as in the example below.
#
UserDir Sites

#
# Users might not be in /Users/*/Sites, so use user-specific config files.
#
Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*.conf
<IfModule bonjour_module>
       RegisterUserSite customized-users
</IfModule>

UPDATE NO. 3

And here's the contents of bseymore.conf, the only .conf file in /users/

<Directory "/Users/bseymore/Sites/">
  Options Indexes MultiViews
  AllowOverride All
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>


texts: Finder Search (spotlight) not finding all relevant results

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I'm trying to remove an application manually by deleting it and any extras using the search function in Finder.

As a backup, I also ran the app through AppCleaner to see if it caught anything as well and I noticed that AppCleaner marked some files (.plist, plist.lockfile, and some actual folders) that no matter what keyword I use won't show up via finder search.

My settings are to search 'My Mac' and have made sure system files are included and used both 'name matches' & 'name contains' but I can't pull up these files. I have already rebuilt the spotlight index and don't know what else to do when a custom search that explicitly includes system files doesn't yield the expected results.

Did finder search change in os 10.9?


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My apologies if the question is a bit trivial, but I am new to OS X and Mac ecosystem.

In order to be compliant with best practices at work, I have been requested to disable SMB1 protocol client side. The SMB protocol itself is pretty important for our group's workflow since we use it to connect to a shared drive where all of long-term storage and shared files.

The issue is that with that regards, Google was of no help to me - whereas I found instructions to disable SMB altogether, there is nothing relative to SMB1 specifically.

Is this due to the fact that OSX has no support for SMB1 and never had (migrating directly to SMB2/3 from AFP)? If not, what are the steps to follow to disable SMB1 specifically on a client machine?

Some more information: MacOS in question is a Sierra 10.12.3


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I'm copying my Macbook Pro from its startup disk (Samsung SSD) to an external hard drive (WD My Passport for Mac) on my mid-2012 MBP. Using Chronosync Express. I formatted the Passport before doing this and double checked it was in Ma Extended (Journaled) mode, etc. There is about 369 GB to transfer and we are at about 202 GB copied and it is 10 hours and 42 minutes and counting.

I understand first copies of this sort are slower than subsequent ones, but is this excessive and, if so, is it due to it being an SSD -> HDD transfer, the software I'm using, and/or something else? Thanks.


texts: Gmail account in Mail on SnowLeopard: how well does it work?

texts: I am using a gmail account in Mail (via IMAP) on Lion, and it works well. My dad just set up a gmail account and he is on SnowLeopard. Does a gmail account work correctly in Mail (also via IMAP) on SnowLeopard? If not, what are the issues?


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In the Energy Monitor on my Macbook Pro 13-inch 2017 base model, it shows high Average Energy Impact (~75) for FaceTime. Since the number is the same (a ~0.5 difference) to to another app I was running coincidentally (League of Legends.app), they must be correlated.

Alas, I only noticed this more than (!) 15 minutes after I had shut down League of Legends, unplugged Ethernet and display, unplugged the Laptop from charger, and  took the  Laptop into bed to write E-mail. The fans were still running and it didn't seem to cool down from my gaming session.

As soon as I quit FaceTime.app, it cooled down and the fans turned off.

If I open FaceTime.app now, or in the past, it doesn't use any significant resources at all.

Why did the energy impact seem to hang on Facetime.app?  Shouldn't it just be the processing-intensive League of Legends game that is using so much energy? Once the game was off, why did Facetime.app continue to burden my system?


texts: How to auto-run disk repair on OS X after each system crash?

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How to auto-run disk repair on OS X 10.8+ after each system crash?

Note: I am not looking for a manual solution.


texts: How do you completely disable the space-switching animations in OS X Yosemite?

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Is there a way to completely disable the animations when switching from one space to another in Yosemite? Everything I have found so far is for previous versions of OS X.

I have tried all of these without success:

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock space-animation-duration -int 0; killall Dock

I want to avoid installing a tool like TotalSpace if possible.


texts: How do you restart/force quit the notification center in mavericks

texts: I am referring to the upper right corner (beside spotlight). Somehow my notification center crashed while I was typing a message and it has been broken for a couple of days now. Is there a way besides restarting my machine? (just curious, i can easily restart it but if there's a way for it to go away without restarting then I'd like that)


texts: Account username and password don't match on mac users & group on Mac

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I had to format my Mac and make a new user, the guy who formatted it for me made the acc called "USER" and I changed it to my name from users & groups.
It gave me a message that some changes will happen and I agreed anyway but now I have an admin acc that requests a username and password that won't mach any of what I used since the format, and it won't mach the login information (I have no problem logging in), I have an admin acc only and it won't give me authorization, and I can't copy to my partition drive it require authorization that I don't have and a username not changed.


texts: Xcode 11 option clicking on source files to open them next to the active editor doesn't work

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So, The weirdest thing happened to me...

I got a problem with not being able to option click a source file to open it next to the source file I'm working on.
Weird.... So, I booted back into my pre-catalina OS, and tested there. Option click works there.
So, back to Catalina beta. Created a new user account. Switched to that account, started xcode, created a new project and voila. Option click works. I thought I knew the fix: Use the new user account and work from there. So I open the project I was working on and...... No more option click to open a source file next to another source file.

So, on the same machine, same partition, same XCode, same XCode settings (!!!), I can use option clicking in projectONE on source files to open them next to the active editor, but not on projectTWO.

What could be the problem?


texts: Is it okay to stack an Airport Extreme on top of a Mac mini?

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Is it ok to place an AirPort Extreme base station on top of a Mac mini, or could this cause problems (like overheating or interference) with either device?

As depicted, they do fit together pretty well...


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Really strange problem just started on my 2010 mbp running mountain lion.

I reset my machine because I was having problems with outlook crashing (this is not strange well knows anyone who tries to make microsoft products work on a mac), and upon reset for some reason I can't access the web.

The machine appears to connect and obtain an IP address fine on wifi, but no traffic will come through, can't access web pages in any browser, FTP and mail clients don't work.
I tried plugging in the Ethernet cable and again the machine appears to connect without any issue, but no traffic will come through.

Other machines in my house are working fine.

Any ideas?

Update: I've also since found that if I login on this machine as a guest or as another user, everything works fine... Which seems very odd. Doesn't appear to be a DNS issue.


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Seeking small bluetooth keyboard with Home/End/PageUp/PageDown keys that has same "feel" as Apple wireless keyboard.  Found these:

keyboard1 (Apple-copy-cat silver, which I like)
keyboard2 (regular black, not as aesthetically pleasing)

Any experience with the keystroke quality/feel (for above or other offerings)?  Compared to the Apple wireless/bluetooth keyboard?  How about bluetooth-connection quality to a MacBook Pro/Air?

Love the keystroke feel + overall design/aesthetics of aforementioned Apple wireless keyboard--but it doesn't have the aforementioned keys, which I need to be in my comfort zone in "Microsoft Excel power user" mode, among a few other things.  Yes, am aware of key remapping, but too cumbersome and hard for muscle-memory to remember.


texts: iOS 5 for iPhone secretly contains iPad calendar features?

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The iPad calendar is much better than the iPhone version.
Arguably, with the Retina Display the iPhone should be able to display a similar interface.

All of the current iOS devices have different feature sets, yet claim to support the same operating system: iOS 5.

As of this writing iOS 5 is available for all iPad models, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 GSM, iPhone 4 CDMA, the iPod touch 3rd generation and the iPod touch 4th generation.

When the iPad was introduced, it came with iOS 3.2, which was a version made specifically for the iPad.  It included several features that would later be incorporated into iOS 4 and made available on other devices.

When iOS 4.2 (I think) was released, it marked the first version of iOS that was compatible with both iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

My question is this:

Does each device have a build of iOS created specifically for their hardware with every update release?
Or does the firmware file for the OS contain all of the features/interface elements for the entire product line (Like the iPad calendar interface) and only make available what features/settings the device should have?

Note, I know that iOS 5 can pull small updates and doesn't have to download the entire firmware each time. I'm asking about an initial upgrades and installs.


texts: Weird processes hogging lots of resources on my MacBook

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This is an old screenshot but basically these two processes (eriocaulaceae and stahlhelmer) just popped out of nowhere, and I couldn't find any information online. Just now they were hogging 99% of CPU but it disappeared when I opened stack exchange tab to post this question.

Any help identifying these two processes would be greatly appreciated.

I have mid 2012 MacBook Pro with 10.14.5 Mojaves.


texts: How to use Boot Camp Assistant to create a dual OS X, Ubuntu system?

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I would like to use Boot Camp Assistant to partition my HD, reserving around 30 GB for Ubuntu. I would then have a dual OS X Yosemite and Ubuntu Linux system.

This used to be fairly easy. Boot Camp Assistant would partition the HD, then you could quit, and then using some boot manager software like rEFIt (now rEFInd), you could use that reserved space to install Ubuntu.

Now, I'm not so sure. Boot Camp Assistant gives me three options:

(1) Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk
(2) Download the latest Windows support software from Apple
(3) Install Windows 7 or later version

For (1), I need a Windows ISO image. I cannot do with without a Windows product key.

(2) just downloads Windows support software to a 16 GB USB port of mine, and then...Boot Camp Assistant quits.

(3) doesn't work, as apparently I need an installer disc.

How should Yosemite use Boot Camp Assistant to partition their HD? Why is Apple doing this to us?


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So, I'm an iPhone 5c user, who was on iOS 8 for quite a while. I recently was convinced to update to the newest update (which I believe is 10.3.3), and ever since then, my phone has been bedeviled with issues.

It started with my phone constantly deleting my tabs after leaving Safari, then the Camera Roll being wiped (the photos eventually got restored, but this keeps happening multiple times), as well as my music, podcasts, and contacts being deleted off my phone.

The most recent issue, and the main one I'm asking about, is that my phone is absolutely refusing to download anything, which includes the previously-mentioned podcasts and music, but mainly any apps or updates. If I try, after a short while, an error message will come up saying 'Unable to Download'.

I've done a lot of research, and tried basically everything recommended, including:

restarting the phone
force rebooting the phone
force closing the App Store itself
signing in and out of my Apple ID
clearing-the-cache thing on the App Store

None of these actions fix the problem. Any suggestions on how else I can try to resolve this?


texts: Mac OS X 10.8 crashes after Thunderbolt display disconnect and sleep

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At work I run my MacBook Pro 15" Retina (with Mac OS X 10.8.3 Snow Leopard) lid-closed with two Thunderbolt displays.

If I disconnect the power and displays, walk to a conference room, and re-open the lid, everything works as expected.

If I disconnect the power and displays, drive home, and re-open the lid after about an hour, the Mac crashes. The screen and keyboard light up but are unresponsive. The only way out is a long-press of the power key.

Any ideas how to diagnose or solve this?

UPDATE 1 (per Bravado's question): There aren't any useful logs in /Library/Logs or ~/Library/Logs, but the syslog (via Console.app) contains a single interesting line amidst everything else which looks normal:

kernel[0]: DarkWake thermal limits breached. Going to sleep!

UPDATE 2: I remembered that a long time ago I had run sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 in an attempt to disable deep sleep which results in lengthy resumes. I've set it back to the default using sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3... let's see if that helps...


texts: Should in-app purchases transfer between devices?

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Should in-app purchases transfer between different devices that use the same Apple ID? Is it up to the developer?

My situation: I have two iPads. I purchased Monument Valley and installed it on both iPads. No problem. I only had to buy it once. Now there is the expansion, Forgotten Shores, which is implemented as an in-app purchase rather than a new game. I purchased it on one iPad, but the other iPad still shows it as something I would need to buy.

I've tried deleting and re-installing from the second iPad. I've also tried syncing both devices to iTunes on my laptop. It still shows the expansion as something I would need to buy.

If I click buy, is Apple going to realize that I've already bought the expansion, and just tell the game that it is purchased? Or is it actually going to charge me again for the same expansion?

I'm not sure how this is supposed to work... I haven't tried to do in-app purchases across devices before.


texts: How Can I Clear the Website Loaded on Startup?

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On Mac OS Lion, apps seem to persist their state across launches. Generally, this is a good thing. However, I seem to have run into a problem.

In Safari, I must have typed quickly and hit enter after entering the letter W. Now, whenever I open Safari, it opens a window and immediately tries to reach http://w/, which is obviously not accessible. Not that it makes much of a difference, but I'd like to remove this persistence.

How can I remove the last opened window from Safari, so that it doesn't show this window on every launch?


texts: Play count and ratings in iTunes transferred to Music in 10.15?

texts: Will the play count and ratings move from iTunes to Music in the update to 10.15?


texts: Weird remotedesktop folder in usr/local - safe?

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While doing some cleanup of old files on my Mac (macOS 10.12.4, having updated a few days ago) I just discovered a weird file I couldn't find any information on.

In usr/local, there is a folder called remotedesktop with a RemoteDesktopChangeClientSettings.pkg file inside.

drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102  6 Mär 20:10 remotedesktop
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  102  6 Mär 20:10 RemoteDesktopChangeClientSettings.pkg

While I know that remote desktop clients have many legitimate use cases, I am a bit worried where this is coming from since I've never used any on this machine.

Is this file a regular part of the OS or a vendor file that was placed there? Should I try and open it?


texts: Use copied file path in terminal (from applescript and automator)

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I'm trying to create a simple workflow that will be used to help non-technical people use tesseract OCR. I have no problem using it myself, but others probably prefer GUIs, so I'm working on the following automator workflow (image below): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nxiQVt7sQigQwgjpscG-0E9loCRO7Fxe/view?usp=sharing

Script:

set appName to "Terminal"

if application appName is running then
    tell application "Terminal"
        activate
        do script "tesseract /Users/jackson/Downloads/OCRTemp.jpg /Users/jackson/Downloads/OCRTemp.txt"
    end tell

else
    tell application "Terminal"
        activate
        do script "tesseract /Users/jackson/Downloads/OCRTemp.jpg /Users/jackson/Downloads/OCRTemp.txt" in front window
    end tell
end if

The problem is that in the line "tesseract /Users/jackson/Downloads/OCRTemp.jpg /Users/jackson/Downloads/OCRTemp.txt" I would like to replace the first file extension with the clipboard. Not being well versed in how to use bash, I'm not entirely sure what to do. I think part of the confusion is that I'm using an applescript to run a terminal command, so I'm not sure if I use applescript or terminal to get the variable.


texts: Why won't my files import into garageband?

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I'm attempting to import an mp3 into garageband for some basic editing.

I used the media browser to locate the file and then I 'dragged and dropped' main area ('drag apple loops here!')- a quick message appears to say it's importing. However, when the message disappears there is a new track but no music.

I checked the whole track to make sure it wasn't sitting at either end and I couldn't see it but alas that shed no light as to where the 'imported' track had vanished to.

I've attached an image - although I'm not really sure how much use it's going to be.

Facts:
Running Mac OS X 10.7.2, Garageband '11 v 6.0


texts: MacBook Air 2017 Photos App Not Detecting Some Photos From iPad 5

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I am trying to import videos from my iPad 5 (running iOS 12.0.1) to my 2017 MacBook Air (MacBookAir7,2 running macOS High Sierra 10.13.5) through the Photos app and half of my iPad's photos aren't showing up...

What I've already tried:

Using another computer
Using another cable
Using another USB Port on the MacBook
Restarting macOS
Resetting Location And Privacy on the iPad (so it asks if i wanna
trust the mac again)

Hope someone can find the answer


texts: Unable to format sandisk ultra 16gb usb3.0 pendrive in mac

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I have been using Sandisk Ultra usb 3.0 pen drive since Jan, 2016. I live in Mumbai. But previous month, I created bootable usb with mac os Mojave. Then I formatted pen drive. Dont know what happened, since then the pen drive is not appearing on the desktop screen. In the disk utility, the pendrive is showing but its main partition is faded out. In the info box, it is showing,  Mount Point: Not Mounted. I ran first aid, it is showing good condition. Then I clicked on mount in the diskutility selecting the faded out partition, nothing happened.

when the faded out partition of the pendrive selected, I tried to erase with mac os journaled, it says, can not create file system on /dev/disk1s2 and below it, it was written 'permission denied' and at the bottom, it was written, file formatter failed.

I tried to erase the disk with erase disk but no result, some error message is appearing.

If I try to format in windows 10 then error message says the disk is write protected.

Note: Currently I am using mac os x, El capitan IMAC.

Please look into the picture for more details.

Please guide me to get back the pen drive functioning properly. Thanks in advance.


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My wife got me an external SSD for my bday. I'm on a 2013 Mac Pro, so my existing user folder is already on another external. I'd like to move to the new drive and use the old one for backups.

Given that the original user folder is not on a boot drive, can I simply copy the contents over? Is there anything else I need to do, like set the permission or anything?

Most guides say you should do this with Restore in DU, but the Restore... menu items is greyed out when I tried it.


texts: Battery not charging? (Even after SMC reset)

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So, I've seen a couple topics like this that already exist, but none solved my problem. I plug in my charge to my 13-Inch MacBook Air, Early 2015, and the LED light did not turn on, and the battery icon on my mac says that the battery is not charging. I am 8% right now, and am not losing power, but not getting any either.

I tried the obvious: Unplugging and plugging the charger to my computer, unplugging and replugging it into the outlet, both at the same time, flipping the charger upside down, restarting my computer, and tried every different outlet in my house. I have a few extra charger extenders, (where you take out the two prongs and replace it with a longer cable) so I tried changing those out, and changing back to a two prong, all with no luck.

It was working perfectly this morning, and I haven't done anything to my computer or charger, such as spilling something on them or dropping them. I don't know whether the problem is with the computer or the charger, and can't test it because I only have one of each.

So I looked up this problem, and basically every source said to do an SMC reset, and I basically tried every single variation of it I could find.

I would be happy to provide any other specs that you think are necessary to know.

Keep in mind when explaining this, that I am very tech-savvy when it comes to software, but I know almost nothing about hardware or electronics.

Thank you in advance.


texts: iMovie pinwheels (spins) constantly on a brand new MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 16 GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4
macos 10.15.5 (19F101)
YouTube video that demonstrates the problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=445zNM5dcaM
I am attaching a Youtube because using a video is the only effective way to communicate the experience of the pinwheels and show corroborating documentation of the symptom while examining the Activity Monitor at the same time.
Question in written form-- if you really don't want to watch the video you can just read the description here:
When using iMovie, iMovie constantly and consistently starts to pinwheel even though the Activity Monitor does not indicate any "memory pressure," iMovie memory usage is below 2 GB (the machine has 16 GB RAM), there are no other applications running
iMovie memory goes up and down of course. when in 'resting state' it is about 500 MB. when I started editing (After opening Photos and exporting some Videos), it goes up to about 1.5GB or so.
About this time iMovie starts to become unusable with pinwheels. some pinwheels last 5 seconds, other last up to 15 seconds. it appears most but not all actions in iMovie cause pinwheels of about 5-15 seconds.
First aside question:
One thing I don't understand is why the Activity Monitor says memory used 11 GB when the numbers in the "Memory" column (see how it is SORTED DESCENDING so the app using the most memory -- iMovie-- appears on top) do not add up to 11 GB. What deamons are operating in my system that are taking up 9 GB of memory that I can't even see?
(this is not a joke or a disparagement of the operating system — 'deamon' is the correct technical term; please do not flag for inappropriate language.)
Second aside question:
The pinwheels indicate iMovie is using swap memory (to me). Is that an incorrect assumption? The "Swap" in the Activity Monitor says 0.


texts: How to gift an app on the App Store for iOS?

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In the olden days, we could easily pay for an app for a friend to own.

One route for this was through the iTunes app on a Mac. Currently in macOS Mojave, the iTunes app seems to no longer know about apps at all.

Old Answers here on Ask Different talk about using the Share sheet on the iOS device, inside the App Store app. But on iOS 12.3.1, I can find no such item in the Share sheet.

➥ Does Apple no longer allows gifting apps?

I see posts about the Mac App Store not offering the "gift an app" feature. Perhaps Apple has removed that from the iOS App Store as well?


texts: How to see the members of an Active Directory group in the Mail application

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I'd like to find out how to check the members of a group defined in Active Directory from the Mail application in OSX 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion).  I have my corporate AD server defined as an LDAP server, so I can use groups from it in the address fields of an email.  But I can't work out how to see who the members of a group are, to check that I'm sending email to the people I want to.

Am I missing something obvious, or is this not possible?


texts: What changes have been made to bash in Lion?

texts: I am working on some bash shell scripting for a local login script and it works fine on Leopard and Snow Leopard but fails on Lion.  I was curious if there was a place that listed the differences in bash on Lion?


texts: How to remove mails from mail app and maintain google calendar synchronized with Apple Reminders?

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I've got a gmail account and I use the browser to read, write and manage my gmail account.

I wrongly opened Apple mail and it started synchronizing with gmail.

I would like to maintain google calendar synchronized with Apple Reminders, but I would like to free the space on HD used by Apple mail.

Is it possible?


texts: What's fastest: iPhone 4 tethering with bluetooth, usb or the new hotspot feature?

texts: I'm going to use the internet on a MacBook 5,2 and I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3.1 and it's jailbroken (and using TetherMe), if it makes any differences.


texts: Does screen protector really protect anti-relfective coating in Macboon pro Retina display?

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I have a MAC Book pro 15" built in end of 2014. It has a known issue of anti-reflective coating. I got Apple to replace them twice and I am not sure if they change it again as I entering 5 years soon).

Since I got new display recently, I am thinking of protecting my display so it does not happen again.

Now, my question is:

Is anti-reflective coating of the display better protected under display protection or it fades faster since the screen protector is in direct contact with the coating?

Thanks


texts: Photo Stream stopped working on my iPhone

texts: Photo streaming to and from my iPhone 4 (iOS 7) and iPad Mini (iOS 8) was working well, but suddenly photos taken on the iPhone will not stream. Furthermore, in iCloud the phone is no longer listed under "my devices" and the only photos in the iCloud album are those from the iPad.  Yet photos taken on the iPad DO stream to the iPhone, so something is connecting the two devices. I have already checked the relevant settings on the phone, and all iCloud functions are turned on (as they have always been). The only change I know of is that the iPad is now using the latest OS 8, but the new OS does not support iPhone 4. Why is the phone still able to receive streamed photos but not showing up on iCloud, and how can I get photos streaming again from the phone?


texts: Single Keyboard Maestro keyboard macro, but different action depending on active application?

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In Keyboard Maestro I want to create a list of keyboard shortcuts, and then under each keyboard shortcut an action to be performed on a per-app basis if that application is active.

For example, when I press ⌘Left, I always want to switch to the tab to the left.

I want this action to apply in Chrome, Safari, Xcode, and other apps. The actions in each app may have different menu bar item names, but I want to save them as a single Keyboard Maestro macro for easier grouping.

The Select or Show a Menu Item action menu item titles I need to activate are:

Chrome: "Select Previous Tab"
Safari: "Show Previous Tab"

But when I set up Keyboard Maestro as seen in the screenshot, this activates all of the actions. Regardless of which app is active, both Chrome and Safari run that action.

How can I set it so that only the active application performs the action, and give it a list of all possible application/action pairs?


texts: MacOS: Change the profile of terminal app based on whether dark theme is on

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I am trying to write a script in .zshrc to switch the profile of terminal app based on whether Mac is dark mode or not.
Seems like this functionality is already implemented for Basic profile which is the default profile of MacOS. For the profile, if you toggle dark mode, the background becomes dark and white for Light mode.
I would like to do the same thing with different profile specifically for Solarized theme.
Yet, I can not find a shell command to switch the profile and to detect the current theme mode (light or dark).


texts: What's the legal status of my Snow Leopard once I've upgraded to Mountain Lion?

texts:
I've upgraded Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion using the App Store. What's the legal status of my Snow Leopard copy?

Is it still "bound" to that install, i.e. the Mountain Lion only legally counts as an "upgrade" and I'm required to keep the original one, or
it is now "free", such as if I want to use it to install it elsewhere, I can (legally) do it (i.e. I would have one system running 10.6 and another one running 10.8)

(hint: I'm not talking about dual boot)

(hint: I'm not talking about if it is feasable, only if it is legal)


texts: Lost Pages file in iCloud after update to Yosemite

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Recently I upgraded my Mac to OS X Yosemite and after that all of my Pages files which were saved in iCloud in my MacBook are lost and I can't find them in in my MacBook or in icloud.com online.
Is there any way to find them? Or is there any folder in my computer or online which saved iCloud files before syncing?


texts: LyX start every time as a new application

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I use LyX and I installed last version 2.3.5.2 on macOS Catalina 10.15.7.
Whenever I launch the application the system shows a progress bar saying 'Verifico "Lyx.app"...' (this is Italian, in English it should read something like 'Verifying "Lyx.app"...' or 'Checking "Lyx.app"...').
After that a window pops-up saying '"Lyx.app" è un'applicazione scaricata da internet. Confermi di volerla aprire?' (that translated is '"Lyx.app" is an application downloaded from internet. Do you confirm you want to open it?'), and I answer "yes".
This behavior is OK for the first run, but it repeats every time I launch the application, and seems more a problem of macOS than a problem of Lyx. Can someone help?


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In Preview (v 5.3 on 10.6.8), if I search for a single letter such as k in a pdf, the program will find and highlight every instance of that letter in the pdf.

However, if I search for a punctuation mark such as ? or ;, it will report Found on 0 pages, even when the document is littered with such punctuation.

How can I get preview to search for punctuation?

The reason for this is that I wish to locate all instances of missing references (denoted as [?]) in a pdf output from LaTeX.
(Yes, I know that LaTeX will tell me where they are in the source file, but I wish to find them in the pdf.)


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I'm having an annoying issue. I can boot into MacOS but I cannot for the life of me boot into recovery mode, internet recovery mode, startup disk mode, safe mode, etc. I can boot into the OS without any issues, but I want to reset the Mac because I'm getting rid of it soon. I was using a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse so I thought that may have been an issue. I turned off Bluetooth and connected a wired KB + mouse... still nothing. I tried another KB and... still nothing.
I have created a Catalina boot USB... but I can't even get to the screen to try to boot into that.
Any suggestions?
Thank you


texts: So I recently lost an iPhone 6s Plus, and ordered a new iPhone 7 plus through the insurance, once the 7 arrived, I restored it via iTunes from a previous backup, now here's the issue. It is logged into my current Apple ID and iCloud accounts, and it is asking me to sign into the accounts to confirm, but they have a two way authentication that sends a 6 digit code to your main device, so essentially it should be getting sent to the new 7, but I receive no message


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I don't follow sports and am getting too many alerts when I casually started showing an interest.

I'd like to turn them off, but I don't see where in the TV app to disable them.  I tried in settings, but while settings\TV does have a section for ESPN and other channels, when I disable it in settings, it says I need to do it in the app.

I can't find where to do it in the app, and now I'm in a vicious cycle where I feel like I'm in the 33rd inning of a baseball game.  I need a break.


texts: How to create multiple printer profiles on Mac?

texts: I have a Mac, but sometimes need to print with legal/landscape and other times with letter/portrait. In Windows I can create two printer profiles for the same printer to easily toggle between these. How best to do this with a Mac?


texts: Apps Crashing Due to Mishandling of Fetching Fonts

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I recently downloaded two apps from the Mac App Store, and I appear to be having the same problem with both applications. Both applications open, but as soon as I click on anything, they crash. The two apps are called “Tap Forms Organizer 5” and “Aktuell 3.” They are not made by the same developers.

I have contacted the developers for both apps. I provided both with the error reports generated upon crashing. Both indicated it was a problem fetching fonts.

I went into the FontBook and selected all fonts, then validated all fonts. All came back valid.

Then I went into System Profiler, and went down to “Fonts.” Here, I again confirmed all fonts are valid.

It was suggested that I download, install, and run “Font Doctor,” but this is a $69.99 application that I would not get much use out of.

I am on a 13” MacBook Pro with Retina, running El Capitan (10.11.6). Both apps are compatible with my rMBP (the correct versions of the apps have been installed, as there are multiple versions of each of the two apps). The installed fonts appear valid.

In your experience or research, have you come across such an issue and its resolution?

Thank you for your time.


texts: Mac Mini + Thunderbolt Display+ Additional Display?

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I just purchased a 2012 Mac Mini to use with my Apple Thunderbolt Display.

The mini also included an HDMI to DVI converter.  I have a DVI-connected ViewSonic montior that I'd like to use as a secondary display.  Is it possible to use the HDMI-out port as a secondary monitor output?

Like so: (excuse the horrible art)

     Thunderbolt Port          HDMI Port
    /*****************|------|**********\_________
   |                  | Mac  |          |         |
---------------       | Mini |          | Other   |
| Thunderbolt |       |------|          | Monitor |
|   Display   |                         |_________|
|_____________|


texts: How to modify view of sub-directories inside a directory?

texts:
Trying to modify the view of a directroy, I prefer this view:

But I hate the right part where we see the info on each app.
Is it possible to modify it to be on default like this (without the information part on the right):


texts: Is there any workaround to install iOS 7 after Apple are longer signing it?

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Apple are no longer signing iOS 7 for devices which support iOS 8, but I want to jailbreak my iPhone 5.

There is currently no jailbreak available for iOS 8, so I want to restore iOS 7. Is there any solution for this problem?


texts: Can I always allow an app to make changes?

texts:
My MacBook Pro overheats (without this program on) and I am planning on reapplying thermal paste but until then I need this program.

So whenever I log in it shows this prompt which it needs to disable turbo boost:

So I have to type my password twice when I log in, is there a way I can just allow it to "make changes" without my password?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro running Lion 10.7.5.  I just got a new mac running Yosemite. I have everything from the old mac backed-up on Time Machine. How do I transfer all my files, apps, email, photos in iPhoto, music, etc., to the new mac? I want to get everything I have on my old mac, plus anything new on the new mac, such as new apps.

Will the old Lion OS get installed on the new mac when I use the migration tool? I do not want that!


texts: How to find out the albums contained in folders a photo is in

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I need to find in which album some photos are contained. I've already tried with a script the script below without success. As the albums are contained inside folders the script doesn't seem to be able to find the albums.

tell application "Photos"
    set selectedPhotos to get selection -- Get the selected photo
    try
        if selectedPhotos is {} then error -- No selection
    on error
        display alert "Select a photo, then run this script to find albums containing the photo."
        return
    end try
    -- Find albums that contain the photo's ID
    set selectedPhotoId to get id of first item in selectedPhotos
    set containingAlbums to get albums whose id of media items contains selectedPhotoId
    try
        if containingAlbums is {} then error
    on error
        display alert "That photo is not in any albums"
    end try
    -- Get names of albums and show them
    set albumNames to name of albums whose id of media items contains selectedPhotoId
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ", "
    albumNames as string
    display alert "Albums containing selected photo: " & (albumNames as string)
end tell

This is a sample structure

My Albums
 - Folder 1
 -- Album 1
 -- Album 2
 - Folder 2
 -- Folder 2A
 --- Album 3
 - Album 4

The script works fine when the photos are contained in Album 4. However, if the photos are inside any of Albums 1, 2 or 3, the script is unable to find them.

When the searched photo is in an album nested in a folder, the result of the script is following two alerts:

The first: That photo is not in any albums

The second: Albums containing selected photo:

One option would be to move all albums out of the folders, but it would be a pretty large job. I was wondering if the script could be changed to include the search within multiple levels of folders.


texts: Does OpenCL automatically use all GPUs in my system?

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Through dumb luck, I've ended up with 3 OpenCL-capable graphics card in my Mac.  I even ran the little "list all your OpenCL devices" sample program from Apple, and it lists all of them.

Do programs that use OpenCL automatically use all OpenCL devices that are available to the system, or is it like CPUs (prior to GCD) where programs needed to be explicitly written to use multiple devices?


texts: Why does the 13" MacBook Pro Retina (Late 2016) have a default resolution of 1440x900 instead of 1280x800?

texts:
Apple shipped the original MacBook Pro Retina 13” with a default resolution of 1280 × 800 pixels (retina).

Why has Apple changed the default resolution to appear like 1440 × 900?


texts:
I have a new MacMini, OS 10.15.3 and I am trying to connect a new Presonus Quantum Thunderbolt Interface to the Mac.

The Presonus has two TB 2 connections, the Mac has TB 3 connections.

I have connected an Apple TB3 to TB2 adapter to the Mac and a 3m Delock TB2 cable from the adapter to the Presonus.

I am using LOGIC recording software and the Mac/LOGIC will not detect the Presonus.

I need your help and advice please.


texts: Is it possible to add Adobe PDF as a printer in Lion?

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I want to add Adobe PDF as a printer in Lion.

I know how to use the "pdf" button in the print dialog, but that unfortunately won't work for the task I have in mind.

Does anyone know how to this?

I'm an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber so have access to the latest version of Acrobat.

Alternatively, does anyone know if its possible to add a different, not-necessarily-Adobe PDF printer?


texts: Trying to use a Canon MP210 printer with OS X running 10.8.2

texts: I am honestly not sure if the problem is with the OS or with the printer. I can use this printer with a windows machine without any trouble. However, when I try to use it with my Mac, is just complains that I don't have any color ink...which is true. I only have black ink in the printer. I just want to be able to print and cannot seem to tell the printer to just use the black ink and ignore the fact that no color ink is available.


texts:
I accidentally deleted my Photos.app from /Applications dir. I looked up the internet but couldn't find a way to get it back.

Where do I download it from?

Update

I held down Option key and clicked on the Photos.app and it asked me to create new Photos Library file. So my original question wasn't correct!


texts: How do I prevent my Mac from resetting the software update download every time i resume it?

texts: I've  had this problem before too but I couldn't find a concrete resolution. I'm running Yosemite 10.10.2 with the latest version being 10.10.5. Since I've had some wireless connectivity issues with the present version, I thought it would be wise enough to install the latest version and see if the issue has been totally dealt with. But every time I resume the download (since the whole package is some 2.36 GB), the Appstore resets it to around 50 MB and all that was downloaded goes to waste. Now I want some advice on how to stop this annoyance.


texts:
Since updating to iOS 11 and renewing my SMIME certificates they've stopped working for encryption.

Please see (Dutch) screenshots for the valid certificates and the grayed out options to choose "Encrypt" and "Sign".

What options do I have, because the free Comodo service offers no solution.
You can get the certificates (in IE only) via https://secure.comodo.com/products/frontpage?area=SecureEmailCertificate

Extra steps: Download the root certificate, because if you don't the certificate will be red "Untrusted".


texts:
I am trying to get our home devices supervised, starting with an iPhone 3GS running 6.1.3.

I'm using a Mac OS X Server (iMac - OS X 10.9 and Server v3) and Apple Configurator 1.4.2.

First step, Prepare. I turn on the supervision flag, accept the rest of the defaults and click go.

6.1.3 is reinstalled on the iPhone fine, then AC errors out with, 'Cannot Conform Activation'.

I tried multiple times, all with the same result. I do see a dialog on the iTunes-like window that appears about a Carrier upgrade, but AC has failed before I see that.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Late 2012 iMac not seeing Bootcamp 6 update

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I would like to install Windows 10 and use Bootcamp 6 to do so on a 2012 iMac. According to Apple's documentation, this should have appeared and been installed by software update. When I check my Bootcamp version though, it is 5.1.4. I have updated everything on the actual computer (10.10.5, etc).

They used to provide access to the direct PKG files to install, but I don't see one for bootcamp 6.

What am I doing wrong. According to their support document, this machine should be supported - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204990


texts: How do I forward iMessages from my computer to my Android phone?

texts:
Last week, I had an iPhone 4s, an iPad mini, and a Macbook Pro. My cell phone plan was connected to my iPhone, and I set up text forwarding so that text messages from my phone would also load on my iPad and my Macbook Pro.

Three days ago, I lost my iPhone. To fill the gaping hole in my life, I swapped my cell phone plan to work with my dad's old Samsung Galaxy S2.

Now I can send texts from my phone, and iMessages from my iPad and laptop.

Two questions:

How can I get iMessage to forward messages as texts to my Galaxy S2?
Is it possible to get my iPad and my laptop to synchronize with texts sent from my Galaxy S2?

All I want is to have my iMessages and my texts in the same place.


texts:
How to check which DNS server was used to resolve particular hostname within VPN network?

I am using company-provided proprietary VPN client and want to see DNS server's IP address, but

networksetup -getdnsservers <service name>

does not list any DNS servers at all. However, I can ping any server in internal network, so DNS is apparently working.

How does DNS lookup work on OSX with/without VPN connections?


texts:
In my Pictures directory I have Photos Library.photoslibrary and iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary.

When I open Photos all my images from iPhoto on Mavericks appear to be there.
Do I need to keep the iPhoto Library.migratedphotolibrary?


texts: How to do Control+Backspace on standard USB Keyboard?

texts:
At work we use Macbooks, so I am trying to adapt :)

I am using to many things, one of them is doing Ctrl+Delete in Mac OSX (In IntelliJ IDEA).

What I expect to happen, that works in Windows and on another external keyboard (Mac one!) is that when you press ctrl+delete, the left most word is deleted.

This does not happen on Mac, I could not find any other key combination to do this.
I need to functionality to quickly move around my code, please help.
My Mac version is 10.12.5


texts: How to restore MacOS Desktop Workspaces, Mouse, and Keyboard (etc.) settings?

texts:
I walked through the procedure of changing my MacOS user short name.  Somehow screwed it up - such that on reboot, MacOS went through the "new user initialization".  I fixed it ... and got everything back ... except ...

All of my multiple desktops settings (number of desktop workspaces), mouse settings (eg scroll direction), keyboard shortcuts, etc. are gone.  I assume that the "New User Initialization" wiped these out.

Fine.  I have Time Machine backups.  But - I haven't been able to figure out how to selective restore just the settings preferences related to my keyboard shortcuts, mouse preferences, workspaces (mission control?), etc.   I've spent several hours searching but my search phrases seem to be far too generic and sending me down many rat holes.

I did find that there is ~/Library/Preferences directory - but that was preserved in my new account - so unless it's a subset of selective files in there that are related - which got reset with the "New User Initialization" baloney?

Any hints would be greatly appreciated.  I simple can not abide by "natural" scroll direction ... :)


texts: MAMP Pro OS X Lion FTP - Cannot Find wp-content directory

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I am trying to develop a WordPress theme locally on my Mac (running OS X 10.7.3) running MAMP Pro, and am having trouble utilizing FTP.

I know in 10.7, FTP has been deprecated, but was able to get FTP up and running via this tutorial: http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/29/start-an-ftp-or-sftp-server-in-mac-os-x-lion/

Now, it accepts the FTP credentials, but says it cannot find the wp-content directory.

Via MAMP Pro, I've got it setup with a bunch of subdomains. For example this wp install is at something like this:

wptest.ryankeefer.computername.local

I'm wondering if it is trying to find the wp-content dir at "ryankeefer.computername.local" rather than where it's actually at (wptest.ryankeefer.computername.local). Any ideas on how to get it pointed to the right place?

I can obviously get around the FTP portion for adding and upgrading plugins to the wp-content/plugins/ directory directly, but would like to have the FTP option as well.


texts:
Has anyone else noticed that in Big Sur the text input areas in Safari are buggy? Specifically, I'll click on the text area, and start typing, and text starts to disappear a few lines away from where I thought I put the cursor. It's hard to get out of this state. I scroll up and down and eventually it resets something and I can type in the text area again.
It may have to do with scrolling, because I think every time I see it I'm in a text area that requires scrolling to show all its text. So people entering smaller amounts of text might never notice this bug.


texts:
I bought a MotoMaster Eliminator Mobile Power Outlet Digital Power Inverter rated for 400 W.

It has thoses specs:

  AC output voltage: 115 V
  Max Continuous AC power: 320 W
  AC Output frequency: 60 ±1 Hz
  AC Output waveform wave: Modified Sine Wave

I can plug my little iPhone adapter in the inverter AC outlet and it charges.

When I plug my MacBook's adapter, I hear little ticks from the adapter, and nothing happens. I unplug it from the inverter, plug it in the wall outlet, and nothing happens. I have to unplug it from the wall, wait a minute or two, re-plug it to the wall and my MacBook is charging again.

What's happening? I bought this specially to charge my laptop when doing camping. Is there something I can do?


texts: Prevent my Mac from connecting to an unsecure Wi-Fi network?

texts:
How can I prevent my Macbook from connecting to non-secure wireless networks?

I've ticked the "Ask to join new networks" option and removed the offending network from the Preferred Networks list in Advanced > Wi-Fi.

Ideally, I'd like to blacklist a particular network based on its name (rather than on any HW addresses, since there are many access points with this name).

My system: Mac OS 10.8.3, Macbook Air 13", mid-2011.


texts: Possible to remap CapsLock with modifier functionality?

texts:
I want the Caps Lock key to be left parenthesis, as in (, and right shift + Caps Lock to be right parenthesis, as in ).

Is this possible in OS X?  Seil (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/seil.html.en) doesn't seem to be able to do this.

I tried using Seil to map to a garbage key code, and then using Karibiner to map from that key code to another, but it didn't work.  Tips?


texts: How to use CapsLock as modifier key without consuming Alt+Shift keybinding?

texts:
I want to use CapsLock as a modifier key to type symbols like ({\})= using the alphabetical keys in the keyboard.

For example:

CapsLock+a is mapped to =
CapsLock+k is mapped to \

To do this, I mapped CapsLock to Option+Shift using Keyremap4Macbook following the instructions in "A Useful Capslock Key".

<item>
    <name>F19 to F19</name>
    <appendix>(F19 (capslock) to (shift+opt))</appendix>
    <identifier>private.f192f19_escape</identifier>
    <not>VIRTUALMACHINE</not>
    <autogen>
        --KeyOverlaidModifier--
        KeyCode::F19,
        KeyCode::OPTION_L,
        ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L,
    </autogen>
</item>

Note that, before that I mapped CapsLock to key code 80 in PcKeyboardHack which is key code of F19.

Then I mapped key combinations of CapsLock + alphabetical characters to symbols such as =\})( using Ukelele.

So far, everything works properly except that there is a side effect of this setup: I cannot use Alt+Shift modifier for any other key binding. This is pretty restrictive compromise.

I tried mapping CapsLock to more complex key bindings such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt or Cmd+Shift+Alt or Ctrl+Cmd+Shift+Alt. But these didn't work well because then mapping CapsLock+alphabetical keys in Ukelele changes the alphabetical keys too. For example, assume that Ctrl+Shift+Alt+a is mapped to =. Then a alone is mapped to = as well.

I wonder if this problem can be solved somehow? I think there might be two alternative paths to look for solution:

Creating a new custom modifier key for CapsLock without consuming existing modifier keys such as Alt+Shift.
Preventing the mapping of Ctrl+Shift+Alt+a to change the a key all together.

Are these solutions possible to implement?


texts: How to copy every single file and folder in Macintosh HD to an external drive?

texts:
I'm starting fresh with a new install of Big Sur.
I'm trying to make a copy of Macintosh HD. Copy to an external drive. I keep getting this: "The folder “Macintosh HD” can’t be moved into one of its subfolders."
I already have a time machine backup. I'd also like a backup of all the files, including some of the system files, because that's where preferences and set ups are saved. .vimrc is stored in /Users but I'm sure at some point I'm going to need a file found in /System. Otherwise, I would've just backed /Users up.


texts: Is it bad to store a mac on top of a windows laptop due to the magnetic power cord?

texts:
I have a Windows Laptop and a MacBook and I like to keep them both in the same place.  Is it bad to stack them on top of each other?

This has been asked a couple different times (as in What computer components are currently vulnerable to magnets?), but with nothing explicitly addressing the close proximity of a non-magnetically placed power source right next to a mac.


texts:
While my MacBook was connected via HDMI to a external screen it froze and I had to hard-reboot.
Now I have the question-mark-folder-issue-of-the-death.

I reset PRAM and SMC but nothing changed.

When I boot with the alt I have only access to the internet recovery, I can not get the disk util... And I cannot connect to my wifi.

Last, I have a Crucial SSD (2 years old)

Is there a way to know exactly what is going on ? I tried to boot in verbose mode (CMD + V) but it did not work neither.


texts:
The question is all in the title, but I'll repeat it here.

Is it possible to get the date of the last time a password was updated for a user account in macOS? If so, how?

Ideally this would be via a command line tool so I could script these queries and take action when a certain amount of time had passed. If there is a way to check whether or not a particular account's password has expired, that would be just as good.


texts: I wish to set a Wi-Fi access point as default to connect to. I was told to go to Network Preferences and click on Advanced... button to set the default. I am unable to find it. What am I missing?


texts: How can I resolve a permission error when installing gnuplot from homebrew?

texts:
I am trying to install gnuplot on my mac. after trying    brew install gnuplot, I get the following errors:

  You must 'brew link lua jpeg' before gnuplot can be installed

And when I try    brew link lua jpeg I get the following error:

  Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/lua/5.1.4/include/lualib.h
  /usr/local/include is not writable. You should change its permissions.

Any suggestion? BTW, my XCode and brew are updated.


texts: What's the meaning of the exclamation point in the triangle next to my Calendars?

texts:
System details:
OSX 10.11.6 (15G1212)
Calendar Version 8.0 (2092.3)

I have a few Calendar subscriptions shared between my Mac and iPhone, including a few shared with multiple people.  I noticed that on my Mac, when I open Calendar, there are 'exclamation point in a triangle' icons next to two of my groups of calendars.

What are these icons indicating?


texts: Is there a way to update the emoji font?

texts:
As you probably know,  and Unicode keeps adding new emojis, but, if like me, you can't or you don't want to update to the latest version of macOS, you don't have those emojis. I know that there are several emojis fonts such as

EmojiOne
Twitter Emoji (Twemoji)

But, I don't want to have this kind of library, I would like to have the "real" emojis from  (Yes, I ❤ to use the Apple logo and emojis ).

Is there a way to update the emoji list from the  emojis?

This is my question, I think it's technically possible, but I have no idea where to find those emojis and how to update them.


texts: Connect two VGA dell displays to my macbook?

texts:
I want to buy two 17 inch dell displays to use them with my mackbook pro 13 inch with one thunderbolt port but I dont want to buy them until I know that I can use them haha

I want to know which adapter I have to buy (I live in mexico so it might be difficult) or if I can use the normal thunderbolt to vga that I have and this one: http://mlm-s2-p.mlstatic.com/cable-adaptador-convertidor-usb-a-vga-tarjeta-video-externa-14810-MLM20090514678_052014-O.jpg.


texts: Where is the Volume Control in an iPod Touch?

texts:
I have an iPod touch for my teen who continues to put the volume on high. My son has ASD and always wants everything set to high.

There is no volume control password option, how do I get this?


texts: Upgrading to Sierra on MacBook Pro opened macOS Utilities?

texts:
I'm not a expert by any means and am stuck with upgrading my MacBook Pro to Sierra. I checked all the sys reqs before I went ahead and made a full back up - all looked good to go.

I downloaded Sierra from the App Store and followed the on-screen steps to set the upgrade in motion. Never had an issue updating OS so I went and made dinner and came back a bit later to find what appears to be the start up screen with the macOS Utilities window open asking me if I want to restore a Time Machine back up, reinstall macOS, get help online, or use the disk utility. So I'm not sure if there were any error messages during the process.

I can't find any reference to this happening online - perhaps because it's super basic and everyone else knows what to do!

I don't want to make it a bigger mess or do anything unnecessary like restore from back up if this is just a failed upgrade that if I restart all will be as if I hadn't tried to upgrade. I now have a sneaking suspicion that my existing operating sys might not have been the one able to go straight to Sierra. Would that have triggered an specific error message? Otherwise I have seen some reference to permissions being the issue - could that be the case?
Can I fix this myself? Or should just take it into an Apple store and pay for support?


texts: Should I enable Trim for SSD drives in Windows / VirtualBox?

texts: I understand that Trim exists for OSX Mountain Lion, but is there anything I should do for Windows on Virtualbox in this regard?


texts: MacBook Pro shows folder with blinking question mark

texts: I was given a MacBook Pro 13″ A1278 laptop. While using it, a folder with a blinking question mark came up in the main screen. I could not find a way to get rid of it, so I formatted the HDD and completely erased every thing including the OS, but when I turn on the laptop, the folder and the blinking question mark is still there. I do not know the original OS. How do I fix that blinking icon?


texts: Move Time Machine from case-sensitive USB disk to case-insensitive Airport Time Capsule

texts:
My wife's MacBook has a case-sensitive Time Machine backup (her backup is stored on a case-sensitive file system). Our Time Capsule is not case-sensitive.

How can I migrate her Time Machine history from the case-sensitive USB disk to the Time Capsule, without losing the already existing Time Machine backups on the same Time Capsule?


texts:
I was recently hired as an IT supporter on a school for kids with autism and other development issues. They utilize iPads and I have no experience with Apple products.

Now, today a teacher came to me asking if I could block access to the printers from the kids iPads. They are printing some rather unfortunate things, and from a brief googling, I couldn't seem to find any option to do so, apart from setting up a seperate network (not a possibility (the teachers use iPads as well, and they need to be able to print. All tablets are connected to the same network.))

Is there a way to do it from the iPad, or do I have to setup passwords on the printers?


texts: Is the source code for xnu-6153.60.66~39 available? (iOS 13.3 Kernel)

texts: I cannot find xnu-6153.60.66~39 at https://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/xnu/ ! Does apple still open source the XNU Kernel?


texts: Can you control brightness on two monitors simultaneously via the brightness key?

texts:
I have two Thunderbolt monitors daisy chained together and when I press down on the brightness key (F1/F2) it only dims the brightness / ups it only on one monitor. Is there a way so that when the brightness hotkey is pressed it can control both the monitors without having to open settings to control the other monitor?

Thanks.


texts:
I have a text file that I need to remove double quotes from. I found this question that suggested using the following:

sed 's/"//g' < infile > outfile

I understand what it's doing as I'm familiar with Vim. But the output file has zero bytes in it after the command is run.

I did try the other suggestion from that question:

tr -d \" < infile > outfile

This results in an error:

tr: Illegal byte sequence

Note that when I open the file in MacVim and use

:%s /"//g

it works perfectly.

Is there some difference in macOS's sed? Any other suggestion on how I can do this?


texts: Charge my macbook pro late 2012 60W (A1425) with a 24W usb-magsafe charger - is this safe?

texts:
I have a campervan, and was wondering if I can charge my macbook pro late 2012 60W (A1425) with a homemade 24W usb-magsafe charger.  I am asking this question, because I am planning to build a charger that can charge using the cigarette lighter.

Is it better to have a higher current / wattage capacity - 75W charger for safe operations of MacBook Pro?


texts: Does factory unlock or GSM unlock mean I can put it on any service?

texts: I am planning to buy an iphone4 for my son for Christmas and was wondering if GSM unlocked or factory unlocked both mean that I can put the phone on any plan or service I like? Also,what do each specifically mean when buying a used or new phone?


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I have the IP address of a computer on my network but is there a way that with the IP address I can find the name of computer?

For example, if I know the IP address is 192.154.23.60, can I use this IP from my Mac to see the name, such as Jacob's MacBook?


texts: Why are all the homebrew formulas located in the 'libexec' folder?

texts:
When I install packages manually, the typical layout looks like the following:

├── conf
├── lib
├── bin
│   ├── mvn
│   ├── mvn.cmd

But when I install it with homebrew, almost all the files are placed in the libexec folder:

├── bin
│   └── mvn
└── libexec
    ├── bin
    ├── boot
    ├── conf
    └── lib

Why is this strange layout used? It's a bit confusing when you read tool's official documentation and your paths mismatch.


texts: Manage Guest Account via Profile Manager

texts: I have enabled the guest account for all of the iMacs and Macbooks in my school. I would now like to use Profile Manager to trim down the dock for the Guest user, set a custom homepage for Safari and configure Safari to launch new windows with the homepage.  I am struggling to find a tutorial for accomplishing this.  Any tips?


texts: MacBook Pro 2011 SSD/RAM compatibilities and investments

texts:
I'm a graduating Computer Science student using a MacBook Pro early 2011, 2.3GHz Intel Core i5, RAM of 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3, and running at OSX Yosemite(10.10.2).
I run memory and CPU intensive applications, especially with virtual machines and programming applications, and my MacBook just couldn't these heavy apps (deadly beach ball icon).

So, I was considering in using my savings to upgrade my MacBook's RAM and SSD until I raise enough budget to purchase a newer MacBook Pro with a better CPU and better capacity for upgrades(probably in about 5-7 months). For now, I'm stuck with my current 2.3GHz MacBook Pro.

I'm not really verse with hardware, and since upgrades are very pricey, I kinda need some assurance that my choices are sustainable and the right ones.

I know it's better to upgrade SSD first before RAM. Bu in running multiple memory heavy apps, isn't it better to upgrade the RAM instead of the SSD? Since booting apps or my laptop isn't really an issue.
Is a Samsung 850 Pro (1TB) a good investment and is compatible with my early 2011 MacBook Pro? I was thinking of just installing this SSD into my new laptop when the time comes, so I thought it might be a good investment to opt for one of the 'best' SSD with a larger capacity and longer 'life'/warranty.
Sorry for the ignorance, but when upgrading the RAM, do I really need to strictly purchase a 1333 MHz DDR3 (8GBx2) in order for it to be compatible?

Thank you very much!


texts: Want to revoke permission to access an app which has previously been given

texts: We previously gave permission for our daughter to access Instagram on her phone via family sharing and now no longer wish her to have access.  We have deleted the app and it has gone.  However, in the app store, Instagram displays the 'download cloud' and she can reinstall it without asking for permission again.  How can we stop this from appearing like this and push deleted apps to request permission again?


texts: How can I change the volume level of the dictation sound in iOS?

texts:
In iOS 12, the system make a sound when you start and stop dictating.  This sound is very loud and I cannot find a way to change the volume.  "Problem 1", here describes the issue, too.

In older versions of iOS, this was adjustable with the system volume level.  Now it is not.  Is this a bug, a feature, or is there a way to change this?


texts: What does the blue point before app name in lauchpad mean?

texts: As the arrows point, the little blue points before Evernote and MS OneNote.


texts: Is there a tool to detect log files that have been written to

texts:
This is my first question to apple.stackexchange, hopefully it's on topic :)

As a developer, there are frequently things written to log files (exceptions or other status information) that I'm interested in.  My current workflow is that I simply tail -f /path/to/log when I know that I'm doing something where I may want to see the output of a log file.

But because of the nature of Magento development in particular, and I'd imagine most development work in general, many times you're not exactly aware of which log file might be getting written to, or even if you are, you may not remember to tail it and get stuck scratching your head at why something is happening or where to get some feedback on what's going on in your system.

I've been daydreaming about a tool that I hope may exist - that would pop a little notification bubble when a log file is written to, and maybe when you click on it, it pops a terminal tail -f'ing it for you.  And for bonus points maybe even auto cascades terminals when you tail more than one log file.

Does anything like this exist?


texts:
I'm on macOS 11.2.3 (20D91). I updated VS Code to the latest version which introduces a new icon.
Unfortunately, icon remains the same of before. I have already run killall Dock and killall Finder but things did not change.


texts: Does the macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) installer install a Recovery Parition?

texts:
Just upgraded from 10.12.6 to 10.13.3. Everything seemed to go smoothly... except I see I have no Recovery Partition any more - holding down Option at startup just gets me my macOS and BootCamp boot options. Here is the results of mount:

~>mount
/dev/disk1s1 on / (apfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s4 on /private/var/vm (apfs, local, noexec, journaled, noatime, nobrowse)
/dev/disk0s3 on /Volumes/Bootcamp (ntfs, local, read-only, noowners)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)

So is no Recovery Partition expected with 10.13?


texts: Notification when a special AppleID/device connects to internet?

texts:
I like to know when my wife's iPhone is connected to wifi (Internet). It's for good! I'm not spying or anything! She is in a place where she doesn't have celular data connection. I like to know when her iPhone is connected to Internet via wifi so that we can communicate. Is there an app/website/service for this? I'm sure it's possible somehow using AppleID. I can think of two non-optimal ways now.

I can login to icloud.com using her AppleID user/pass and use Find My iPhone service to see if the phone is connected.
I can send a message via iMessage and check whether the message is delivered or not.

Both of these are polling methods. I'm looking for an interrupt based solution. Computer Engineers know what I'm talking about.


texts: Determining unknown filesystems from OSX

texts:
Years ago I set up a Linux-based multimedia PC for my parents to store all their music and movies on, as that's the OS I use on my home computers and so if/when things went pear-shaped I'd be able to guide them through fixing it over the phone, as they live overseas. Recently that computer died of a hardware failure, and they'd like to access their library of multimedia from their MacBook.

The problem is that the filesystem on the multimedia drive was set up as a Linux one (probably BTRFS or ext4), and I don't remember what I formatted it as. They have a SATA-to-USB bay that they can plug the multimedia drive into, but OS X doesn't recognise the filesystem and we don't want it to attempt to "repair" or reformat the drive and risk losing everything (the backup drive also used a Linux filesystem). I'm unable to visit them and fix it myself, and at any rate I'm not sure what tools there are to use, being totally unfamiliar with what's available for OS X.

How would they go about determining the filesystem on the drive, and/or mounting it from their MacBook?


texts: No Facebook notifications in Notification Center – How can I fix it?

texts:
When I upgraded to Yosemite, I happily used Notification Center to receive alerts upon getting a message or so. I then turned them off at some point and recently changed my password (not sure if that matters). Since then, despite the notification type being set to "Alerts" and having updated the password in Internet Accounts, I do not receive Notifications. I can use the notification center to post to Facebook, which makes it weirder.

The problem does not appear to be exclusive to me (see these discussions). I tried removing and readding the account, turning off Little Snitch, resetting SMC (can't imagine why that would help, but it fixed it for some people), but no. Does anyone have any suggestions what to do?


texts: How can i get my apple id by terminal in MacBook?

texts:
How can i get my apple id via terminal command?
I tested dscl command in my terminal with the following parameters?

dscl . -list /Users AppleID

dscl . -list /Users UniqueID

But i didn't get anything with these commands. I need to get my apple id via command line.
Any suggestion?


texts:
Whenever I open "About this Mac" > "More Info..." and navigate to logs there is an entry with the following content. Any idea what I can do about it?

/usr/bin/pmset -g log:
Description: Power Management logs
Size:    77 bytes
Last Modified:   5/19/11 11:26 PM
Recent Contents: Couldn't locate MessageTracer database (at path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages)

I am on a MBP with OS X 10.6.7
TIA


texts: "Install App" does nothing when trying to install Mavericks

texts:
I'm trying to install Mavricks and it's not working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBExs0UcJ_0&feature=youtu.be

I already did a system update.
I'm currently on lion.

Says it's paused in launchpad.


texts: Replace cracked iOS app with purchased app without losing data

texts:
I've done jailbreak a few weeks ago to try some new apps and games before buying them.
Today I've updated my iPod touch to a new version and I've purchased some apps I liked. To sync iPod touch with new app I have deleted the previously cracked app and then I realized that all data associated to that app was lost.

I don't want to loose data from other apps. How can I re-install with purchased version of the same app without loosing data?


texts: Okay to charge iPad 2 with 14 Watt charger?

texts:
My iPad 2 charger kinda burned. I bought a new charger from a shop near me. It is a 5v 2.8a (14 Watts) charger.

Is there any problem using that charger to charge my iPad 2?


texts:
I've been doing a clean out and I found an original Apple clock. It's over 13 years old at least and is in mint condition in a metal apple box.

I can't find it anywhere on the internet, could anyone tell me how much it is worth or more about the product? (Is it rare or limited edition?)


texts: Can I unplug my Mac mini from power once it's in hibernate mode?

texts:
Suppose I want to work on my Mac mini here, reach a certain point in my work, then put it in hibernate mode and unplug the power.

From what I understand the hibernate mode will save the status of the Mac into the disk, and will unpower all devices. So, from what I understand, I can now unplug the Mac mini and no damage will occur.

In principle I can take my Mac mini into my messenger bag, drive 2 hours to home, and once at home attach it to a power plug with its cord and power it back on. At that stage the Mac will take some time to restore from disk, but I will have got the same status of my Mac as when I switched it off.

Please note this is not the same as "reopen current windows", because certain programs have a more complex status than just having an open window and its position. For one example (and there are several) you can think to Terminal.app. If you have multiple tabs open each history of commands is preserved separately until you quit the Terminal.app, once you quit only one tab history is saved to file and persist to your next reboot (btw, I am aware there "fixes" to this behaviour, but they do not apply to my actual case, I just need to carry an example).

Do you see any flaws in my story? Is it really possible to unplug the Mac mini once it has gone into hibernate mode?


texts: Automator slows down to a crawl following a simple AppleScript workflow?

texts:
Context: I am trying to use Automator to turn the pages of a web-based e-reader open in Google Chrome, copy their respective HTML code from Chrome Developer Tools (which is already kept open), save it to a file already open in Visual Studio Code, and repeat the steps a specific number of times.

This is the AppleScript code I wrote to do that (EDIT: and the Automator workflow runs just this script, nothing else):

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Google Chrome" to activate

    tell application "System Events"
        repeat 3 times
            key code 124 -- right arrow
            delay 0.5
        end repeat
        delay 1

        key code 50 using command down -- cmd + `
        delay 6
    end tell

    repeat 6 times
        tell application "System Events"
            repeat 2 times
                key code 124 -- right arrow
                delay 0.5
                key code 125 -- down arrow
                delay 0.5
            end repeat
            key code 125 -- down
            delay 0.5
            repeat 2 times
                key code 124 -- right
                delay 0.5
                key code 125 -- down
                delay 0.5
            end repeat
            delay 0.5
            keystroke "c" using command down -- cmd + c
            delay 1
            repeat 5 times
                key code 125 -- down
                delay 0.5
            end repeat
        end tell

        tell application "Visual Studio Code" to activate
        delay 1

        tell application "System Events"
            keystroke "v" using command down -- cmd + v
            delay 1
            repeat 2 times
                key code 36 -- return
                delay 0.5
            end repeat
            keystroke "s" using command down -- cmd + s
            delay 1
        end tell

        tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
        delay 1
    end repeat

    tell application "System Events"
        key code 50 using command down -- cmd + `
        delay 1
    end tell

    return input
end run

Problem: The workflow is very simple, and as far as I can tell, so is the code I wrote. But for some reason, when I run the code in Automator, it slows down to a crawl. Monitoring the process closely, I can tell that it's slowing down while attempting the steps under repeat 6 times (in the code) for the 2nd or 3rd time.

What am I doing wrong here?

Please note that the code runs flawlessly the first time.

I've tried:

Removing return input, which I felt wasn't necessary.
Removing all repeat blocks and coding all the steps manually.
Restarting my computer and applications.

That didn't work.

Update

Without the first and the last 2 lines from the code block above, I am able to run the AppleScript in Keyboard Maestro (demo) without any issues whatsoever.

Now I am not sure if my code is bad or Automator is.

Update #2: Did the same as above with the Script Editor (pre-installed) app, and it went smooth as well. (Also meaning installing Keyboard Maestro wasn't necessary at all.)


texts: how to add button to Finder toolbar to call python script with current folder as argument?

texts:
Recently I added context menu under services to execute python script but I think it would be convenient if  I add a button on the Finder toolbar, like next to New Folder Button in below image.

Is this possible at add button on Finder Toolbar that triggers a python script and passes the current folder as argument  ?


texts:
I've got an iPhone 4. One sunny day the receiver stopped working (the headset. the part where I hear the other side).

The speaker mode will work just fine, the headphones will work just fine, in any case the other side hears me as needed.

The only problem - I can't hear the other side if I don't use headphones or speaker mode.

I've tried restarting the iPhone - didn't help.

Any ideas? :)


texts:
This issue starts to annoy me too much, time is passing, I have been changing laptops and the problem persists (didn't have this issue with the old keyboards), therefore wondering if there are any accessories, covers that could help alleviate this problem.

For now, I am using a small piece of cloth but sometimes the lid doesn't close properly, it may not be the best solution but is by far less annoying to see keyboard marks in the display.

I am not an expert on fabrics but would like to know the names or properties to search for something thin and absorbent that could help also eventually to clean the display.

Any ideas, products, etc.?


texts: What are some cheaper alternatives to Airport Express that allow music streaming?

texts:
I have a Windows desktop and laptop (no Macs) and an Airport Express for listening to music in the living room. I also have sets of speakers in two other rooms. I don't want to spend another $200 just to redirect sound to other rooms.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Airport Express that would allow me to stream music from iTunes (on a Windows computer) to these distant speakers?

(I intend to control the music playlist/volume remotely via a mobile device)


texts: What should I do if my iPod keeps saying "Connect to power"?

texts: I have an iPod Nano (6th generation). I bought it 10 months ago. I fully charged it and it started to work. Since then, I left it 10 months without using nor charging. Now, when I connect it to PC, it charges, but after detaching from PC, it says 'Connect to power'. What is the problem? Is its battery damaged? What should I do?


texts: Does Apple provide notifications if device is hacked

texts:
I recently used an app that was for live wallpapers and then got a pop up that made a beeping sound (like the typical bomb from movies).  I read some reviews of the app which describe the message as a scam, but for the future does apple even provide this type of message?

Link to the google search of the app cover for the app I was using when the incident occured

Link to img search of app cover of app I downloaded minutes before this one that may have also caused the incident (This one did lag which is a symptom listed for a virus, but also my device is sort of outdated and doesn't get updated any more so maybe the app is too updated

1st link used for research

2nd site used for research


texts: Can I specify file associations at a more general or specific level?

texts:
Can I set Mavericks to do things like:

Open password-protected PDFs in a particular app (Skim), and other PDFs in another app, like Chrome or Preview?
Open all videos in VLC? Currently I have to do this again and again for each extension, like mov, m4v, avi, etc. When I double-click a video file, it's anybody's guess what app it opens in, depending on what the extension happens to be. Can I tell OS X to open all videos in VLC?
Building on (2), can I ask OS X to open all files that VLC can open, in VLC? This goes for both audio and video files.


texts: Like so many others, I am working at home and trying to make my space more comfortable. I have a work-issued Windows laptop and am wondering if there is a way to use my 2018 iMac as a larger monitor. From what I have been reading it seems like "no", but I am hoping someone on here as a suggestion. My neck is killing me!


texts: What could cause two different iphones to incorrectly show my address as their location?

texts: Two different people have come my door today looking for their lost iPhone. Both seem to show the exact same location, the middle of my backyard. Both said they lost an iphone 5, one on tmobile, the other on sprint. Besides being annoying, it got me thinking - What could cause this?


texts: Where do my notes written in the Notes application on my Mac get saved?

texts:
I'm using the Notes app that comes with my Mac, but I can't find where the notes are getting saved in the Finder.

Where can I find these files?


texts: Incorrect keyboard mapping on OS X guest in vmware fusion

texts:
I have installed OS X Mavericks as a guest on a macbook pro with vmware fusion 6.

To do this, I followed the instructions at the following:

Creating a new OS X virtual machine from the recovery partition in VMware Fusion 6.0 (2056798)

How to install Mavericks in VMware Fusion?

I have installed the vmware tools.

After completing the installation steps I started using the vm and found that the § and ` keys are the wrong way around.

I tried adding two keyboard input sources, US and British, switching between these does not help.

I searched around a little and found the following on the vmware communities

incorrect keyboard mapping in OSX 10.7 guest

This seems to be the problem that I am facing, I could not find any solutions on that page. It is marked with the following

  This question is Not Answered.

What do I need to do to get the keyboard on a guest os x mavericks on a macbook pro host respond to the same keys as the host?


texts: Is it possible to hide the name of the desktop icons?

texts:
I know it is possible to hide the name by renaming the file/folder to something else. The problem comes with my cloud showing in the desktop. I want it to show and I don't want to change the names of my folders.

I made a cool icon set for the few things I've got in my desktop and the names there just don't fit.


texts:
I changed the motherboard of a MacBook Air A1465 because the previous one was faulty and the Mac didn't even start.

Now the machine starts but when I try to install, neither the macOS installer app nor Disk Utility seem to recognise it.

I then searched online and found out that you can use the terminal and see if the computer recognises the SSD by using the command:

diskutil list

The SSD gets listed but just doesn't show in the Disk Utility (maybe because it's not formatted in the right way) so I used this command to initialise the SSD as JHFS+ volume.

diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ myDisk /dev/disk22

the process starts but it is interrupted by this error

Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

after this error the disk disappears even from the terminal

disk22 info's are:

Device identifier : disk22
Device node: /dev/disk22
Whole :   yes
Part of whole :   disk22
Device / Media Name: APPLE SSD TS0128F
Volume Name: Not applicable (no file system)
Mounted : Not applicable (no file system)
File System: None
Content (IOContent): None
OS Can be installed No
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: PCI

macOS Recovery software version:

ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion:  10.15.2
BuildVersion: 19C57

It's a MacBook Air Mid 2013 without any OS installed yet since I just changed the motherboard, but is suitable for installing Catalina.


texts: Why does Back To My Mac work for my Time Capsule, but not my MacBook?

texts:
I'm having problems using Back To My Mac from work to my home network. Initially, I thought it was something to do with the way the work network had been set up, but recently I realised that I have no problems connecting to my Time Capsule… It's just that I can't connect to my MacBook Pro. It is showing up in the devices on the left panel, but when I try to connect to it, I get this message:

So why is it I can connect to the Time Capsule HD okay, but not the Mac?

UPDATE 1: I'm not sure if it's relevant, but I do get a warning message on my work connection:

However, this states that the connection might be slow, not non-existant. I have no control over how the work network is setup, but considering I can access the Time Capsule at home, I don't imagine this is the problem.

My home machine is running OS X 10.8.2 and my work machine is running 10.7.4.

There are certain troubleshooting tips that deal with Keychain Access if coming from MobileMe to iCloud. I will look into this next.


texts: How can I get Itunes on Mac to see all of my music?

texts:
I setup itunes on a new mac and downloaded all of my purchases songs.  I now copied all of my music from an external hard drive onto the directory:

 Music/Itunes Media/Music

I then restart Itunes but it doesn't recognize any of the new music that I just copied over.

What is the best way for itunes to detect all of this new music?


texts: Need AirPlay and a network drive - is having two devices my only option?

texts:
I am replacing a PC in my house with a Macbook Air, and there are two primary functions that the Air won't replace:

Streaming music to a whole-house audio system.
A home-base for my main photo/video/document hard drive.

I'm interested in the AirPort Extreme for the network drive feature.  But, sadly, it doesn't have AirPlay and audio out like the AirPort Express does.  I can buy both... but I'd like to be able to take care of the two functions in one device.  Are there any other solutions that might work for this?

I thought of buying an Apple TV instead of the Express — if I had to have two devices, am I missing anything by getting the TV instead of the Express? It seems like an obvious choice, so I feel like I must be missing something.


texts: iCloud features requiring use of @icloud.com account versus actual account name

texts:
My wife and I use several features of iCloud, like calendars, reminders, and more. We are also using the new Family Sharing features of iOS 8, but this issue existed before then, and still happens today.

For some reason, if I want to connect anything between our accounts, I must use her @icloud.com account associated with her account, not her general gmail account. This gets to be annoying, because we never remember, and she doesn't use that @icloud.com account for anything.

She can sign into iCloud on her devices and the web with her gmail account.

If I share to her gmail account, it never gets to her. If I share to her @icloud.com account, she gets all invites, and actually gets the notifications in her Gmail.

How do I get this to work without the extra account?


texts:
I currently have a an iPhone 5 64GB I am using and a iPhone 3 16GB I am not using. Planning to upgrade to the iPhone 6 when it comes out later this year.

I've heard Apple will give you cash off purchase for trade in. Does anyone know what they might give me if I trade one or both in, and whether a combination trade would even be considered?

Or, would I be better off selling on my own?


texts: Disk Utility can't find free space and Recovery Mode can't resize

texts:
I had Linux installed on my Macbook in dual boot with MacOS.

Today, I uninstalled Linux, so I erased the partitions on which it was installed from Internet Recovery Mode. But, now, when I want to resize my Mac partition to its original size (250GB) ( now it is 200GB, Linux had 50GB in total) one of these 2 things will happen:

If I try to resize it from inside the OS, in Disk Utility, it won't find any free space. It will show that I have 200GB available (my current partition) which is not true.
In Recovery Mode, I am able to see the free space of 50GB but I can't add it to my current partition, nor can I format it as another partition. It would get stuck on "Preparing to partition disk".

disk0s2 is the Recovery partition. Don't ask me why it's name is FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF.

Please, tell me that the solution is not to re-install/format everything. Thanks!

Edit:


texts:
I have a "MyPictures" folder in which I keep my photos. I do not want iPhoto to manage my photos for me by copying them into its "Library", I just want to use the program "pointing" to the "MyPictures" folder. As I take photographs, I add them to the "MyPictures" folder; every now and then I'd like to update my iPhoto library "adding" the new photos just by "reimporting" the "MyPictures" folder.

Whenever I do that, iPhoto re-imports the whole set of photographs, unable to detect obvious duplicates.

Could you kindly help me fix this, please?

My settings:

Operating system: Snow Leopard (10.6.8)
Application version: iPhoto '11
iPhoto library location: $USER/My/Application_Data/iPhoto, same problem when using defaults
Home folder: uses FileVault, same problem when switching it off

iPhoto preferences:

Importing (Copy items to iPhoto library): No, but also tried saying yes to that
Look up Places: Automatically, but tried many times to switch this off to no avail

Failed attempts:

Repairing library database
Rebuilding small thumbnails
Rebuilding all thumbnails
Recovering orphaned photos
Repairing library permissions

I am at a loss as to what to try next.

It seems like iPhoto itself "adds some data" to the photographs so that it does not recognise the original as such anymore. Whatever the cause, it is very frustrating for the app not to know it has already "seen" that photo and to re-import it every time.


texts: How do I upgrade a mac mini from OSX 10.4.11 to 10.6.8

texts:
I have an old 2007 mac mini that I am using as a media/music hub, and I'd like to be able to sync it with my iphone. But to do that I need to upgrade its old itunes (v8), but to do that I need to upgrade 2 steps from OS 10.4.11 to OS 10.6.8.
How do I do this?
thanks!


texts: Cannot unlock Users & Group in System Preferences

texts:
I was making some changes recently, trying to rename my user account from within macOS High Sierra System Preferences, and it seems I've locked myself out from making any changes to Users & Groups now.

When I click the lock icon (Click the lock to make changes) I am prompted for a Username and Password. No matter what I input in these fields I am unable to unlock the preferences. I am sure I know my user account, otherwise I wouldn't be able to log into the computer, and there is only 1 user on my Mac.


texts: How do I get iTunes to see my iPhone 4S on Windows 8.1?

texts:
When I connect my iPhone 4S to my Windows 8.1 laptop, iTunes doesn't see the phone.  I can browse the DCIM folder via Windows Explorer, but iTunes doesn't see the device.

Which is particularly unfortunate for me, as I don't have a Windows 7 PC to try and although I've been told that the phone has (just) been unlocked from the network, I think I have to sync it with iTunes in order for the phone to apply the unlock... is that right?

Is there some work around for this?


texts: Even as admin, I cannot edit DefaultFonts.plist for Notes.app. What am I doing wrong?

texts:
I want to modify DefaultFonts.plist for the Notes application. I've tried a few different ways since what worked on old OS doesn't on 10.14 Mojave:

I've navigated to the file through finder, went to Get Info, unlocked the file (via the lock icon), and tried to change permissions.

I get the message "The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission."

I've tried this command:

chmod 777 /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/DefaultFonts.plist

I get the message: Operation note permitted

I've also tried:

sudo nano /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/DefaultFonts.plist

I'm able to get into the editor, but when I try to save I get message: "error writing /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/DefaultFonts.plist"

also, I cannot cd to /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj. (And I cannot see Notes.app when I'm in the Applications folder.)

The application is closed while I'm doing all this.

I have admin permissions on my computer. What in the world am I doing wrong here?

UPDATE: I'm now able to edit the file thanks to @bmike. However, changing the font size values in the file doesn't seem to affect the application. I think I have the correct file. (btw, not sure if I should be writing this follow-up here or just in comments...or creating a new post. Feedback welcome.) Created new post to address this: Notes.app reverts back to default font when using bulleted list


texts: Does Photos upload have builtin throttling?

texts:
I have Photos creating a shared album.  It seems to upload five or six photos, wait ten to fifteen minutes, then upload some more.

Judging by web search results, this is new behavior (or limited to my situation).  Many hits of people wanting to know how to slow it down; none (in the first page of results) complaining that it is slow.

Has Apple recently done something to limit the Photos bandwidth?

A similar question seemed to have an answer.  The difference is that they were sharing photos already uploaded, while I was sharing new ones.

But if Apple is merely resizing them locally, and then uploading, the speed is still unexplained.  GraphicConverter resizes an image in one or two seconds, not ten/twenty/thirty.  And an upload of a 2048-pixel wide photo should be fast as well.  (After all, images taken by an iPhone appear on other devices as fast as I can open the device.)


texts: How can I reinstall Mac OS X (Lion) without erasing data?

texts:
My Lion installation ruined. Everything doesn't work. Even my Mac doesn't sleep. I want to reinstall whole OS, but I have no spare backup drive. So I want to reinstall OS without erasing or repartitioning to keep my data on disk.

I know it's not clear enough, but it should be a lot better than my current installation. So I want to try anything if it keep my data without backup.

Is this possible? How can I do this?

Or is there any way to repair current installation?


texts: Calendar that is able to send invites from different email adresses

texts:
I am looking for a calendar app for mac, where I can choose email address that is used for sending invitations. By default, ical sends invitations with email account that is "hosting" the calendar.

For example, I import my business email into Gmail account, then I add this business email into System Preferences -> Internet Accounts. I create a new calendar in my Gmail account and add this calendar into iCal. If I send an invite in iCal, invitation is sent by default gmail account and I don't have any option to change that.


texts: My Photo Stream still uploads pictures after iCloud fills up?

texts:
Please correct me if I'm wrong:

It's a good idea to turn on My Photo Stream in iOS or Mac if your iCloud is filling up because, if it fills up, your last 30 days of pictures will still upload even if your iCloud has been full.  So, if you lose/break your device, at least those last pictures should be in iCloud.


texts: Can iOS 11 beta users update to stable iOS 11 when it’s released?

texts:
I would like to know which of these two things would be required to get the stable release of ios-11:

Upgrade from the iOS 11 beta to stable iOS 11
Downgrade from the iOS 11 beta and upgrade to stable iOS 11


texts: Desktop notifications for phone calls on iOS 7

texts: Is it possible to send notifications to my Mountain Lion desktop when my iPhone receives a phone call?


texts: Parallels taking up over 300GB but Parallels disk is only 128GB. Why?

texts:
In Parallels Desktop 12.2.0 on MacOS 10.12.4, a Windows 10 VM is taking up over 170GB of mystery space. Windows only sees a 128GB drive. But Parallels claims to be using 300GB on hard disks.

It's not snapshots-- Parallels reports only 22GB for snapshots. It's not multiple disks-- Parallels reports only one hard disk. It's not unpartitioned space on the Windows side-- Windows reports no significant unpartitioned space. It's not multiple VMs because Parallels reports only one VM, which I've confirmed by seeing only one 346GB VM file in Finder.

But the space is definitely getting chewed up, because my Mac is low on disk space. WTF?  Anyone know where that mystery 170GB is being used, and how to free it up?