texts: My girlfriend sent me an invitation from an Apple device to an alias that sends to both my work and home e-mail addresses.  I clicked on the Accept button and it says that I Accepted but I don't see the event on my iPhone or on www.icloud.com.  None of these e-mail addresses -- home, work, or alias -- match my Apple ID.  Is there a way I can get this into my calendar?  I tried forwarding the work e-mail to my home address and adding the event from the .ics file but I get This invitation data is out of date when I try and do this.


texts: Can playing music at full volume on a 15" MBP (2017) damage the speaker irreversibly?

texts:
A few weeks ago, the left speaker on my MacBook suddenly "popped" when I received a notification. The volume was not high and no music was playing. It seems that the speaker was overdriven and pretty much self-destructed. It sounded like a very loud bang and the speaker never worked correctly again afterwards. The moment it happened, I noticed a fair amount of heat coming out of the part of my MacBook's chassis where the speaker is hosted.

As this failure was not my fault (I was not playing any sounds at a volume you'd consider reckless), it was replaced by Apple under Warranty.

Since I now have a fully functional MacBook again, I'd like to enjoy its speakers but I'm very wary of the fact that they're vulnerable.

Are the 2017 15" MacBook Pro's speakers designed to withstand playing music (primarily Electronic Dance Music in my case) at the maximum volume with negligible wear to the speaker?
Given that I generally play music no louder than at 50% volume, will this reduce the risk of damage to the speaker to a negligible level such that long-term use is unlikely to affect the speaker?


texts: What is iLifeAssetManagement, and can I delete it?

texts: I have 5 GB of stuff in ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement and I'd like the space back. What is this stuff and how can I reduce its footprint?


texts: How does iOS app remembers my permission, even though I deleted it?

texts:
I noticed that at least one iOS app, remembered that I earlier gave it permission to send me notification and access my location, even though I have deleted it, and then re-installed it.
What am I supposed to do in order to full delete an App with all related data? I'm using iOS 13.


texts: iOS 11.0.2 - AirDrop not showing up in Control Center even after long pressing the "Network Icon Group" in the Control Center

texts:
Good day everyone, I have this iPhone unit which we updated to iOS 11.0.2. We were trying to AirDrop files to and from it, but we hit a snag when we were trying to go to the AirDrop control through the Control Center. It wasn't popping up even when we were long pressing the "Network Icon Group".

Does anyone know why this happens?

I know we can go to the Settings itself and search for AirDrop settings and turn it on, but it's so convenient to be able to turn it on and off from the Control Center.

Any help is very much appreciated. Thanks.


texts: When I send an email from my iPhone the sent email does not end up in the "sent" box on my Mac, in my mail.  It ends up going into a different box, named"sent messages" under "mobile Me.  I want it to sync properly so all of my devices are the same.  Does anyone know what I need to do to make this happen?


texts: How to make items copied into a folder respect its permissions?

texts:
I shared a folder of pictures on my OSX 10.6 MacBook with my wife, who accesses it from her 10.5 MacBook.

I created an account for her and gave her read/write permissions on the folder (via the Get Info).  However, when Image Capture dumps new images into the folder, they aren't readable or writeable by her.  I have to click 'Apply To Enclosed Items' for her to get access to them.

I want any file created or copied into that folder to be automatically readable and writeable by her.  Is there a way to set this up?

Thanks!


texts: Mail signatures--assigning to specific users

texts: Is it possible to assign a Mail signature to specific recipients? I want my signature to appear in emails I send to some people but not appear in emails I send to other people. Thanks.


texts: Why does OSX always print ApplePersistence=YES to stderr?

texts:
Whenever my mac boots up, each task that is launched prints the following message. See for example

22/09/16 14:13:45.070 TMHelperAgent[6171]: ApplePersistence=YES

Whenever I run an AppleScript, I get the same message printed to stderr as well.

osascript -e 'tell application id "com.spotify.client" to quit'
2016-09-23 08:39:15.084 osascript[1257:28252] ApplePersistence=YES

Is this normal behavior? How can I stop the OS from printing this message every time?


texts: How to download macOS Sierra again from the App Store?

texts:
I need to download the macOS Sierra installer again (latest version, 10.12.6) as my latest installer seems to be corrupted. But going into the Purchased tab in the App Store does not show Download (obviously), but Open.
Even if I move out the current installer, I never get the Download button ... how can I proceed?


texts: How to convert an HTML file with referenced images on the command line to a webarchive?

texts:
Under macOS I want to convert HTML files with referenced images on the command line/programatically to webarchives.

Given a sample file sample.html containing:

File with resource

This file shows text and references an image.

and an image sample.jpg in the same directory, I can view the html file in any browser and it is render with the image. To convert to a webarchive I tried:

textutil -convert webarchive sample.html

but the resulting sample.webarchive does not, when opened in Safari, render the image - though it contains it (see comments).

How can I do the conversion from the command line correctly, so that the result contains and renders the image? After all that's what webarchives are for!


texts: Modify permissions of files created via SMB in a specific directory

texts:
I have a multifunction printer that has a SMB-capable scanning unit. I want to have the printer send scans to an SMB share on my iMac running macOS High Sierra (10.13).

I do not want to store my main user account's credentials on the device (embedded software and its security issues...), so I created a dedicated, restricted user account just for that purpose. This account is used to upload the scans to a shared folder. This results in the following permissions:

/Users/Shared/Scans $ ls -al
total 216
drwxrwxr-x+  4 jstarek      wheel    136 16 Dez 16:41 .
drwxrwxrwt  10 root         wheel    340 16 Dez 16:15 ..
-rw-r--r--@  1 jstarek      wheel   6148 16 Dez 16:34 .DS_Store
-rw-------   1 scanaccount  wheel  99403 16 Dez 16:41 SCAN_000275.pdf

I would like to have the permissions on those incoming files to include r for the wheel group. This is easy to do on Linux file systems using ACLs, and I guess one could alter the umask, too... but I'm looking for a targeted way to effectively change the umask for just this directory.

Since the sender is a embedded server in the printer, I can not change anything in the configuration of the sending side.


texts: Is it possible to upgrade 2012 low res glossy to high res glossy screen?

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I know you can switch the screen assembly from high-resolution matte to high resolution glossy, but can you go from low-resolution glossy to high resolution?

Specifically, if I get a 15" 2012 MBP and take it to an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP), can they upgrade a low-resolution glossy to high-resolution (non retina) glossy screen?

I purchased a 2012 MBP with the anti-glare, but I'd really rather have the glossy. So, it seems silly to pay more for a higher resolution screen and then just turn around and get it switched over at an AASP when I could just return the one I purchased and wait for one like I have but with a lower resolution screen.


texts: MacBook's Wi-Fi stopped working after upgrading to macOS Mojave and uninstalling Parallels

texts:
My 2017 MacBook Pro's Wi-Fi completely stopped working. It's an issue with the Mac because it used to connect to the Wi-Fi just fine, and my phone is still connected to it.

I upgraded from macOS High Sierra to macOS Mojave yesterday, but it still worked then. Today I un-installed Parallels, and immediately afterwards the Wi-Fi stopped working.

How do I reenable the Wi-Fi?


texts: Is there a remote desktop app for iPad that works well with a bluetooth keyboard?

texts:
I am a programmer and I like my new iPad because its screen is fantastic.

I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Adonit Writer Plus for the new iPad in the mail.

Here's what I want to know: Which iPad remote desktop apps have the best bluetooth keyboard support? The keyboard has most of the standard keys and I'd like to be able to issue Ctrl, Alt, Windows (and the *nix and Mac equivalents) keypresses to the host machine seamlessly. This will allow me to use a proper IDE (among many other things) when on-the-go.

I'll of course be able to get light-duty work done in the wonderful Textastic app when not connected.

In addition to this can anybody tell me if there is the possibility of running a full 2048x1536 resolution remote desktop session? It will probably not prove useful due to monstrous network lag. But it would be cool.


texts:
I currently have a Windows partition installed on my Mac, for CptS reasons, and since that took up a majority of my storage space, I've been using an external hard drive to save documents and whatnot. I wanted to know if I can download applications from the App Store to my external hard drive. I've read on other forums that it's possible to change the location of the download folder on a Mac, but you have to delete the application if you were to want to update it. I'm not sure if it's possible to assign the download folder to an external hard drive.

Any input would be much appreciated.


texts: How to diagnose an unknown apache setup?

texts: I've been using mamp for a while now and everything has been working great. Then today I go to start it up and mamp alert tells me that apache is already running on that port and to pick another one. So without starting mamp, I type in local host in the web browser - my usual way to get to the sites that I'm developing - and a page pops up and it reads IT WORKS!, which tells me that I have an index.php file somewhere on my computer that echos It works!. But mamp is not running and I can't find this stupid it works file anywhere. Is there any way to diagnose this and perhaps kill this apache server so that I can start mamp back up without switching my ports?


texts: Is it possible to change the "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse is present" setting with a keyboard shortcut?

texts:
I like to use my MacBook with a USB mouse most of the time, and keep "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present" option checked to avoid accidentally moving the cursor while typing. However, occasionally it's useful to switch it back on for certain tasks, and I'd like to be able to do this with a keyboard shortcut.

I've tried recording the process of switching it on/off with Automator, but when I copy the resulting script and run it, it gets as far as the Accessibility settings and then gives me a syntax error saying 'Can not click checkbox 3 of window "Accessibility" of application process "System Preferences"'.

I've also tried setting "USBMouseStopsTrackpad" in defaults to 0 and 1 in the terminal, but it doesn't seem to do anything. I can see this changing to 0 or 1 when I check/uncheck the box, so I'm fairly certain I've got the right option, but nothing happens when I change it.

Apologies if this is really obvious and I'm just not seeing it! I'm still not too familiar with this machine. I'm aware of this question:

Is it possible to switch off the trackpad in OS X with a keyboard shortcut

but I don't think it's a duplicate as I'm trying to do something slightly different.


texts: iTunes/Mp3-Player and actual multi-tagging of MP3s

texts:
I search for a software to allow multi-tagging.
Meaning, i want to add more than one genre to a song/album to be able to easily access specific songs i.e. ("female singer, jazz" or "duet, jazz") which i can not realy do by choosing just one genre.

Is there an option to do this with iTunes?
If not, is there a player able to do this?
Maybe even with pandora/last.fm/musicbrains interface so i don't even have to tag all the songs myself?


texts: iPhone Upgrade Program without adding line or upgrading?

texts: Is it possible to do the iPhone upgrade program without having to either upgrade an existing line or adding a new one?  Just doing it for monthly payments?


texts: How do I encypt Time Machine with Mac OS X Lion?

texts:
I am thinking about upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, because it offers full disk encryption.

However, if I use Time Machine with on an external hard drive, will the Time Machine backups be encrypted as well? If not it seems to defeat the purpose of whole system encryption. :p

Also, if the Time Machine backups can be encrypted, how does it handle restoring from a Time Machine backup onto a new system?


texts: How can I get Quartz Composer to save files after the first time?

texts:
I'm learning how to use Quartz Composer (Version 4.6 (151.1)) running on Yosemite (10.10.5 (14F27)).

I can successfully create a Quartz Composer document and save it to any folder.  However, after editing the document subsequent attempts to save it yield an error "The document “Untitled.qtz” could not be saved."  How can I get Quartz Composer to save the updates I make to the document?


texts: Mac OS X Server: automount encrypted drive before login

texts:
I have a 4TB Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) hard drive hanging off a Mac OS X Lion (soon to be Mountain Lion) Server that is dedicated to networked Time Machine backups.

I'd like to be able to mount the drive on startup before any user logs in. Right now it's necessary for a user to log in first so the password can be retrieved from the keychain. The reason the drive itself is encrypted is in the event it should ever be separated from the server. I don't mind putting pwd into a boot script (launchd?, fstab?) of some sort if that's even possible?!?

How to do this? Or is there a better way to encrypt network backups to an OS X Server?


texts: The display contrast on my new iMac (the Retina 4k 21.5" model) is too high. Can it be lowered past the lowest setting?

texts:
Just looking at my new iMac was giving me a headache: the "Retina" display was so high-contrast, even at the lowest contrast setting, that it was searing my retinas.

Is there a way to reduce the contrast past the lowest keyboard setting?


texts: Switch to a specific input source in OS X in Catalina with AppleScript

texts:
I use different keyboard layouts and switched between them using a simple script

on changeKeyboardLayout(layoutName)
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
        tell (1st menu bar item of menu bar 1 whose description is "text input") to {click, click (menu 1's menu item layoutName)}
    end tell
end changeKeyboardLayout
changeKeyboardLayout("German LaTeX2")

That worked well until the latest update.
I don't really speak AppleScript, but a bit of testing indicates that SystemUIServer no longer has access to a menu item with name "text input".
Trying

tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer" to get value of attribute "AXDescription" of every menu bar item of menu bar 1

gives me Siri, blutooth, time machine, clock and a few others. So somehow the input source menu is managed differently now, but I have now clue how or how to find out (all searches pointed me to scripts similar to mine)

Update 2019/12/10

The suggested solutions so far both have defects, in one case you always get a delay of 5 seconds which is rather long and the trick with killing  "System Events" as taken from the other posting doesn't always seem to work, sometimes it results in the script getting a timeout (which is even worse then have the 5 seconds delay all the time), so it looks as if this is still in need for a better solution


texts: How to report mindful minutes from macOS to Apple Health?

texts: As an example, I use DayOne for journaling, both the phone and desktop app, but the minutes only count when I use the phone/iOS app. I often have a lot to write, so most of the time it's just easier to use the macOS app. Is there any way for Apple Health to count those minutes as well, not just the ones spent on the iOS app?


texts: Signals sent to command-line programs when exiting terminal.app

texts:
When using tmux, if I CMD-W, or otherwise quite out of terminal, my tmux session persists, as it should.  However, it still lists itself as "attached", whereas on other platforms, (e.g. Ubuntu) when the terminal exits it must signal tmux in some way that it has detached.  (Also works when logged in through ssh and I kill ssh; tmux notices that the terminal connection has detached)

Is there some way to debug this?  I'd like to see what signals terminal.app sends, and compare them with the signals sent on other OS's.


texts:
Running OSX Lion, I have no "connect to server" option listed in Finder > Go menu. Everything I've read about connecting to a Windows file share references that option. Why would it be missing and where did it go? I am trying to connect to a SMB share at work from my personal laptop, so there is no corporate policy file disabling that option on it. The network admin knows of no reason why it would be missing.

I hope someone can help with this.


texts:
I have a 2012 Macbook Pro and a 2013 Mac Mini, both running El Capitan with all latest updates.  The Mac Mini is "headless" as I use it as a media server.  I connect to the Mini from the MBP using the screen share facility from within Finder in Mac OSX.

However I find the screen sharing option to be very unreliable.  I would say there is a 50/50 chance that the "Screen Share" button will be missing in Finder when I go to use it.  Sometimes it reappears after a minute or two.  Sometimes not at all - in these cases I have to plug in a monitor, mouse and keyboard to reboot the Mini.

Does anyone know how to make it work reliably or can suggest a better and more stable alternative.


texts: Why does Apple TIme Machine report transferring so much data?

texts:
I barely used my computer, yet I noticed that Time Machine transferred 2.7G worth of data.. immediately after I ran following:

mbp:~ alexus$ time tmutil compare
- 181B                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/mbp/2013-06-24-124026/Macintosh HD/.com.apple.backupd.mvlist.plist
!         (mtime)               /Library/Application Support/Norton Solutions Support/Scheduler/SchedulerAux/com.symantec.symsched
!         (mtime)               /Library/Caches
!         (mtime)               /Library/Preferences
! 4.5K    (mtime)               /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
!         (mtime)               /System/Library/Caches
! 10.5K   (size, mtime)         /Users/alexus/.bash_history
!         (mtime)               /Users/alexus/Dropbox/1Password.agilekeychain
! 512.4K  (mtime)               /Users/alexus/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/GPUCache/index
!         (mtime)               /Users/alexus/Library/Calendars
! 2.1K    (mtime)               /Users/alexus/Library/Calendars/11367463-CB25-4E29-A258-A374E54A1ADD.caldav/Info.plist
! 3.2K    (mtime)               /Users/alexus/Library/Calendars/1245EE97-E221-42E3-B4AC-FE15BB0B9E38.caldav/Info.plist
!         (mtime)               /Users/alexus/Library/Preferences
! 856B    (mtime)               /Users/alexus/Library/Preferences/at.obdev.LittleSnitchNetworkMonitor.plist
!         (mtime)               /Volumes
!         (mtime)               /private/tmp
!         (mtime)               /private/var/db
! 1.4K    (size, mtime)         /private/var/db/.TimeMachine.Results.plist
!         (mtime)               /private/var/db/ConfigurationProfiles/Setup
! 3.0K    (mtime)               /private/var/db/com.apple.TimeMachine.SnapshotDates.plist
!         (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/messages
! 32.0K   (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/messages/se_SecurityMessages
!         (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/system
! 0B      (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/system/.fl8E6EFC6C
! 0B      (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/system/.flCF600F4B
! 0B      (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/system/mds.lock
! 49.6K   (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/system/mdsDirectory.db
! 4.5K    (mtime)               /private/var/db/mds/system/mdsObject.db
!         (mtime)               /private/var/rpc/ncacn_np
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncacn_np/lsarpc
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncacn_np/mdssvc
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncacn_np/srvsvc
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncacn_np/wkssvc
!         (mtime)               /private/var/rpc/ncalrpc
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncalrpc/NETLOGON
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncalrpc/lsarpc
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncalrpc/srvsvc
+ 0B                            /private/var/rpc/ncalrpc/wkssvc

-------------------------------------
Added:         0B
Removed:       181B
Changed:       623.9K

real    15m4.257s
user    0m56.826s
sys 2m7.513s
mbp:~ alexus$

Why did it say 2.7G then??


texts:
https://miktex.org/howto/modify-path
I did this.
sudo launchctl config user path "$HOME/bin:$PATH"
How can I unset?


texts: How to style notifications in Mountain Lion?

texts:
Growl notifications can be styled using css.

Has anyone made any inroads on styling the notifications in Notification Center in Mountain Lion?


texts: Connecting USB devices wake Mac running Mountain Lion only temporarily

texts:
On Snow Leopard (10.6), I could wake my Mac by connecting a USB device - in my case, switching on a USB external HDD.

Now, after upgrading to Mountain Lion (10.8), when I connect the USB device, the Mac wakes up and then immediately goes back to sleep.

Is this a bug? Is there a reason for this new behaviour?


texts: App Store doesn't show Mountain Lion as installed

texts:
After downloading, and upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion, the Mac App Store shows a "download" link for it; it doesn't show "installed." Secondly, although I have downloaded it twice, it does not show between my applications.

Why does this happen?


texts: Is there a way to force an update to Google Maps' offline maps on iOS?

texts:
On Google Maps for iOS (version 3.2.5.29671 as of the time of writing), I can save offline maps using the hidden trick described here. This works fine. However, Google Maps also wants to update offline maps periodically (every 30 days, I think). It has an irritating habit of popping up a dialog asking for this when I'm not on WiFi (when I don't want to update, because 3G is slow and expensive). I normally cancel the dialog (I'm in the middle of doing something), but I can't find a way to force the update when I'm back on WiFi later in the day. This means I get the same irritating pop-up the next day.

Is there a way to force or manually trigger the updates to the offline maps?

(this is on an iPhone 5s, if it matters).


texts: Time Machine backup to remote disk at night

texts:
I would like to set up energy saving schedule such that my computer is woken up at 2:58 AM.

At 3 AM, stuff that is really, really important to me is backed up to Amazon Glacier.
I'd also like to perform a Time Machine backup at that time to my Airport Extreme that has an HDD attached to it. [I know that Apple does not recommend using an Airport Extreme for that, but it works.]
Problem is that I'm only connected wirelessly, and sometimes there seems to be trouble mounting the backup drive.

I disabled hourly backups, because
a) I don't need them
b) it disturbs me

No backup is not an option either, so I'd love to go for the nightly way.

What I know:
- how to wake up my Mac at a specific time of day
- how to get time machine to only perform backups at a scheduled time
- how to use Airport Extreme as my backup device

What I do not know:
- how would I make my Mac connect to wifi at login screen, so it can connect to the AE
- how, without being logged in, get the Mac to actually mount the backup drive before login

Right now my setup should work (I will see for sure tonight) for when my Mac is sleeping, and my user is logged in. Mac will wake up at 2:58 AM. Will mount_afp the AE drive at 2:59 AM, will start Amazon backups, and start Time Machine backups at 3:00.


texts: Figuring out what IP's and Ports a program is accessing

texts:
I play poker semi-professionally online and live. When I play online I have a hard time limiting the amount of time I play. There is a free application I found called self-control. It allows you to block domains, ip addresses and ports to applications under what it calls a "blacklist" for a specified period of time. I entered into the blacklist the name of the poker website hoping its client side poker software connects through its main domain and even when self control program is blocking access, the program program still connects to its server.

Question-Using terminal or some other utility how do I determine what servers or ports to block to prevent the poker software from connecting to its severs?


texts: How to restore the computer's username in Terminal?

texts:
I would like to restore the previous name (default) in my terminal. How can I do that?

I changed to $ sign only by applying this code:

echo "export PS1='$ '" >> ~/.bash_profile
. ~/.bash_profile

but couldn't manage to restore it.


texts:
Is there a keyboard shortcut / key modifier for adding links to the Reading List from Mail? You can hold ⌘ to open the link in the background, but that seems to be about it.

In Safari, you can ⇧-click links to add them to the Reading List. Does such a shortcut exist in Mail? I'm aware of the Add to Reading List command available in the context menu; I just find it more cumbersome than I'd like, especially for newsletters such as StackExchange's, which are essentially a collection of links.


texts: How to create a spotlight search for all files inside a folder?

texts:
In Lion, you have All My Files to search everything in your home folder. However, when you activate finder's spotlight, via command + F you can start searching only by first typing something.

How can I search for everything in one particular folder (say, external HDD) without specifying a search token?


texts: Only alphanumerics and some other keys work on magic keyboard

texts:
My Magic keyboard is acting very weird.  The caps lock’s light is off and non-functioning. Mainly its alphabets + numbers, Enter , Cmmd work. But the tab, space and delete keys don’t work. The right arrow key works. But if I hit the left arrow key, then it produces the following single quote: '
Is it botched or mis-configured or is some accessibility feature? I already forgot the device and re-connected it. That didn’t do anything
It’s just this one magic keyboard. I have another which works fine. I’ve done a reboot.
Sticky keys are disabled.
When I use the keyboard viewer. Nothing gets highlighted for the space or delete button. Surprisingly when I click on the left arrow key, I got the left arrow and the single quote key highlighted

I also followed most steps from here and here but not worked for me.
I'm starting to think that this is mainly due to the bashing my little one has done on my keyboard...


texts:
I'm putting together a picture book in iBooks Author.

The images for each page are around 3500px by 3500px.

I'm uploading them as square images, and just leaving a margin on each side of the images.

As I understand, the maximum image size on the short side of an ipad is 1536px.

I can reduce my image sizes to 1536px.

But I'd prefer to keep them bigger so any future ipads with finer resolution, are accounted for. I'd drag the images to the pages in the iBooks Author document and then use the handle-drag things to fit them to the screen size.

But if for users it will increase the download time / make my book run slower, then I'll reduce the images to 1536px.

Or if there's another reason to reduce them, then I will.

Is there reason to make the images 1536px and not bigger?


texts: How to find out if an App in the Mac App Store is 64 bit

texts:
I want to buy a game in the Mac App Store.

How can I check before buying if the game/app is 64 bit or not?

I would like to know because 10.13.4 is displaying warnings about 32 bit apps/games. And probably 10.14 doesn't run 32 bit apps/games at all.


texts: Accesing iphone gps position from the macbook?

texts:
I observed that an ipad (wifi) connected to a personal hotspot made by an iphone does get also the GPS position.

The question is how can I get this from a MacBook Pro?

I would like to use it with apps like Google Earth.


texts: Successful jailbroken iPhone ran out of battery and stuck in constant reboot with worn sleep/wake button

texts:
I successfully jailbroke my iPhone 3GS 5.1.1 untethered using Absinthe. I had been using the phone for a handful of days. Last night however the phone ran out of battery.
A few hours later, I plugged my phone to charge to find that when it got to the booting process with the apple logo, it stuck for a good ten minutes and then reboots. I let it reboot all night to see if anything changed.
There are a few things to note:

Before that phone ran out of battery, voice control was getting activated without me pressing the home button. If voice control did not get activated, then the music app would play a track. This happened twice during the day before the phone battery died in the evening.
I don't know if it is related. I blew on the button in case any dust was stuck. I also pressed the home in repeated succession to see if that would do anything. It eventually went away not sure how. Another reason that voice control and the music app activated because both happened when the phone was in a pocket.

Another thing to note is that my sleep/wake button is numbed from excess use. The button does not work and hasn't for over a year.

Finally the odd thing about when the phone shut down, the rotating circle did not appear. Just a black screen appeared and I don't recall a 10% warning coming up either but I am not certain of that.

My question is can I hard reset without using the sleep/wake button? Thank you


texts: Is it possible to hide an app from App Store search results?

texts: We'd like to launch an iPhone app on an invitation-only basis to begin with. We'd like invited people to be able to find the app in the App Store via an email link, but not have other people be able to find it easily. Is this possible?


texts: How to reclaim space after removing bootcamp

texts:
I removed my bootcamp through "Boot Camp Assistant". Some how the 200 GB allocated for bootcamp didnt merged into Standard Macintosh HD drive. so i went for online solution and found following article on web page that looked professional.

How to reclaim your APFS space after removing bootcamp
 so i followed the advise and ran following commands in terminal :

"diskutil list"

"sudo diskutil eraseVolume free none disk0s3" disk0s3 was the unpartitioned space of 200GB from bootcamp. Then I was supposed to run the following command:

"sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s1 0" but it returned some error.

Now even the disk0s3 of 200 GB doesn't get listed and i am left with only 300GB space for Macintosh HD drive.I have posted the latest screenshot of "diskutil list" command.

As you can see GUID_partition_scheme still has 500 GB size(with an *) but i am unable to access the 200 GB out of it. I have tried even resetting the mac i.e deleting and erasing the Mainctosh HD and reinstalling MacOS Catalina but still i got only 300 GB.Any help in this regard would be much appreciated.

EDIT: Problem solved. apparently someone else had exactly same issue and had their problem solved here: Missing HDD space after running diskutil commands
 the solution provided(which worked out too) was same as i followed from article. It turns out that I also needed to run the "sudo diskutil eraseVolume free none disk0s2" command before executing "sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s1 0".


texts: How do I launch a file with the extension .darwin.amd64?

texts:
How do I launch or open a file with the extension .darwin.amd64?

Double clicking it results in: "There is no application available to open the document..."


texts: Is it possible to check the DNS server you're using on the iphone?

texts:
on windows, you'd use something like ipconfig /all to see the dns server you're hitting.

What would u do on an iphone or mobile device?


texts: Audio output device not detected until replugged

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For a few months I have been facing a problem with my audio jack (3.5mm jack) on my Mac Mini late 2014 version - every time I reboot my computer, log out and log back in or turn off one of my monitors, my audio output device stops being detected until I replug it. Is anyone else facing such an issue, and if so - what steps can I  take to fix it?

I am currently using Mac OS X El Capitan.


texts: Minimum volume is too loud when using Plantronics Bluetooth headphone

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I have this problem using an iPhone 6 or iPhone 5s with either of two sets of wireless headphones - Plantronics Backbeat Pro and Plantronics Backbeat Sense.

The volume over bluetooth is much higher for the same number of volume bars compared to wired, to the point where I'm severely lacking accuracy at the low volume end. 1 bar is muted, 2 bars is too loud for when listening in quiet environments. When wired the volume range is perfect.

Volume cap doesn't fix this. Analog control of the volume in the popup control center is not enough.

Within iOS, EQ is off, volume limit is on (EU limit) Sound check off.

How can I fix this?

Further info:

I've tried various manoeuvres with pairing, un-pairing, updating firmware, pairing to different devices, and back again. I don't have a non-apple device to compare with, but the same behaviour occurs with two different iPhones and the two different headsets as described. Plantronics support struggled to see how this was a problem, but acknowledged the discrepancy between wired and wireless volume ranges. I had a similar problem with a pair of V-moda crossfade wireless headphones.

I'm not sure if this is a apple or bluetooth issue (i.e. 'profile' problem) or a hardware issue i.e. the gain is just too high.

I've found that this issue is head-phone specific, perhaps brand-specific or in all likelihood, bluetooth implementation specific. Of the few others I've since tried I found that Bose wireless headphones to not have this issue. However, other problems with distortion sometimes occurred instead!


texts: computer slow to load web pages after uploading from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion

texts: All I know is since I went from snow leopard to mountain lion my macbook pro 2011 13" 2.3GHZ i 5 2410M is slow to load web pages.I am not an expert and that is all I can say.


texts: Mobile Safari updates for older iOS versions

texts:
I am aware that Safari for iOS is updated whenever iOS is updated.

For devices that cannot update to iOS 11:

Can the Safari on those devices ever be update to recent versions (outside of the iOS upgrade)?
Does the Safari for those devices receive any updates at all (e.g. security)?


texts: Finder Bus Error 10/Finder freezes and doesn't open a new window

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About a month ago, my MacBook Pro from 2008 running OSX Lion 10.7.5 booted up incredibly slowly. I reset the PRAM and removed and put back the battery and that issue resolved itself but after that incident, my Finder has not successfully opened a new window when I click it from the dock or when I click on a folder on the desktop. What happens is that the cursor does the rainbow-spinning wheel thing for about two minutes and then stops without opening a new window. The same goes for if I click anywhere in my desktop when Finder is the active application. The only ways I have been able to access my files have been through a spotlight search and through another account on the same computer where Finder does work.

I have thoroughly searched mac support forums for the last month and have found people with similar issues who have resolved them through these things I have tried but have not helped:
*deleting the finder .plist file in Terminal
*doing a "killall" for Finder in Terminal and Activity Monitor and starting it back up
*running Repair Preferences and a Verify/Repair Disk in Disk Utility, which made some repairs but did not change or help my Finder issue

I don't have Time Machine set up and I'd rather not go through the trouble of unlocking all my files on the new Admin User account I set up if I don't have to; not to mention re-setting up/tweaking Firefox to the way I have it now.

Here is a system log.  I've substituted "me" for my computer's name and "myname" for my name that is also on the computer.

Jan 27 21:06:19 me com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[124] (com.apple.Finder[237]): Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
Jan 27 21:06:19 me ReportCrash[259]: Saved crash report for Finder[237] version 10.7.5 (10.7.5) to /Users/myname/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2014-01-27-210619_me.crash
Jan 27 21:06:19 me ReportCrash[259]: Removing excessive log: file://localhost/Users/myname/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2013-12-29-160247_me.crash


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I have installed Linux on a second partition on my MacBook, it also installed the GRUB boot loader which is fine however I have the following problems:

When GRUB loads by default there is no entry for booting into OS X, only Linux.

When I hold option on boot to boot from the OS X partition it doesn’t detect that there is an OS on another partition and only gives me the option for my OS X partition or the Recovery partition.

If possible I would like to remove GRUB and add the Linux partition to my OS X Boot Loader so I have to hold option to boot into Linux as I prefer the look of it and will be using OS X more often so would also be more convenient.

However, failing that I would like to edit my GRUB MBR to add the OS X partition and have it set to auto-boot said partition within 3 seconds if no key is pressed.

If anyone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it, I’ve never ran into similar problems and dug my way out of the hole before but this time I can’t seem to, any and all help will be appreciated!

MacOS Sierra 10.12 (Partition 1)
Linux: Debian Jessie (Partition 3)
MacOS Recovery Partition is Partition 2
GRUB also installed on Partition 3


texts: How often does iCloud sync bookmarks, between iPhone 4 and iPad 2

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I've just updated an iPhone 4 and an iPad 2 to iOS 5, and turned on iCloud, with syncing of Bookmarks enabled on both. And they are tied to the same Apple ID too.

For both devices, iTunes says "Your bookmarks are being synced with your iPhone over the air from iCloud. Over-the-air settings can be changed on your [device]"

So I expected that if I deleted a Safari bookmark on the iPhone, the change would get reflected in the Safari bookmarks on the iPad.

This update hasn't yet happened, after around 5 minutes.

(But photos do get updated almost instantaneously, I see)

Do I need to do anything special to force bookmark changes to be rolled out to the other device?


texts: "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" on localhost after (I think) upgrading Apache via homebrew

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I maintain a local web development environment on my Mac via Homebrew, set up in roughly the way described here:

https://echo.co/blog/os-x-1010-yosemite-local-development-environment-apache-php-and-mysql-homebrew

Everything was working fine, but now whenever I try to load a page from my local server I get an "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" error. The other day I upgraded everything that Homebrew was managing, and I think the problem started after that: but I can't be sure.

How can I go about fixing this?


texts:
Is there any way to get the final version of Messages.app installed on Lion?  For reasons I'll not get into at this point upgrading to Mountain Lion is not possible.  I had the beta of Messages.app but removed it because it was buggy.

Is there any way to install the 1.0 version on Lion?


texts: Can I measure time by counting frames and trusting the '240 FPS' of my iPhone 7+ slow motion?

texts: I'm using a slow motion video recorded using an iPhone 7+ to track something but would like to avoid using a chronometer to know the time the process is taking. I need to measure about 10 seconds with an uncertainty of at most 0.1 s. Is this possible by just counting 2400 frames of my homemade video?


texts: How do I force Spotlight to stop corrupting my external hard drive and destroying my time machine backups?

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I am at my wits end with this horrible technology.

I've been through this cycle over and and over again.

I explicitly tell spotlight not to index my external hard drive.

It ignores my wishes and indexes it anyway.

I am unable to eject my hard drive because the OS thinks that some program is still using it.

Spotlight leaves a gazillion file open and never closes them.
Eventually the file system gets completely corrupted and time machine backups stop working altogether.

Not wanting to lose my backup history, I copy my backups to a separate external hard drive.

I then completely reformat the external hard drive that I use for backups and copy my backup files back to it.

Time machine is able to start making backups again. Hooray.

But wait. I cannot eject my disk again.

Why?
Because Spotlight is indexing the damn external drive AGAIN.

Even though I have explicitly added the external drive to the DO NOT INDEX list.

This is so incredibly frustrating.

When Steve Jobs was alive, Apple used to actually CARE about the user experience.

Does anyone know how to safely neuter Spotlight so that it will stop corrupting my backup drive?


texts: How to automatically import new songs from iTunes media folder on different devices?

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I have a few different computers that that use the same iTunes media folder on a network drive. The media folder contains the iTunes library file and thus all my computers share the same iTunes library.

When I make an iTunes purchase, the purchase is downloaded into this media folder, but will only show up in iTunes on the computer I made the purchase. On the other computers, I have to add the file to iTunes using the file location on the network drive.

Is there some way, that when a file is added to the iTunes media folder, instead of adding the files manually, for all the computers automatically have the file show up in iTunes?


texts: How do I use Image Capture to wirelessly scan to my Mac OS X?

texts: How do I use Image Capture to wirelessly scan from Brother MFC-490cw flatbed to my Mac OS X?  I go to Image Capture and get an Overview scan, but then cannot actually scan the image next.  Wher


texts: Most compact solution for external monitor for 2011 MacBook Pro

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My MacBook Pro's dGPU failed and I did the software "fix" where I am forcing the use of the integrated GPU. Unfortunately because of disabling the dGPU there is no way to connect the external monitor to the thunderbolt because it's wired through the dGPU.

Short of replacing/repairing my motherboard what are my options to add an external monitor? Here are my requirements:

I am willing to buy a really compact external gpu. But which one?
I am willing to hack my MacBook Pro, for example to add one in the CD drive slot, assuming such a hack even exists.

EDIT:
Here is an additional requirement: I use the external monitor for doing text editors and development most of the times and the occasional movie. No gaming at all.

----------Config--------------

  Model Name:   MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
  Processor Name:   Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed:  2.2 GHz
  Number of Processors: 1
  Total Number of Cores:    4
  L2 Cache (per Core):  256 KB
  L3 Cache: 6 MB
  Memory:   16 GB
  Boot ROM Version: MBP81.004F.B00
  SMC Version (system): 1.69f3

Intel HD Graphics 3000:

  Chipset Model:    Intel HD Graphics 3000
  Type: GPU
  Bus:  Built-In
  VRAM (Dynamic, Max):  512 MB
  Vendor:   Intel (0x8086)
  Device ID:    0x0126
  Revision ID:  0x0009
  gMux Version: 1.9.23


texts: Everything is noticably slow, restored to new 1tb ssd

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Everything on my computer is noticeably slow. Before I thought that my hdd was dying (which it may have been) and (regrettably) bought a 1tb ssd to restore all of my data to. Before, my computer was so slow that I couldn't back it up, with no other apps open. Now, on the ssd (after re-installing macOS Sierra from the recovery partition), my computer is noticeably slow. It can't even run Grand Theft Auto on low settings, which it should be able to do with ease.

Before I re-installed Sierra, my computer (running on the ssd) began to gradually slow down, until all of the apps stopped responding, and disk utility said that there were problems with the ssd.
 From there, I rebooted into the recovery partition, ran first aid on all volumes (which said that there was no problems), and re-installed Sierra.

Is there any way to make my computer running from an ssd fast, like it was for a while when running on an hdd, or even faster?

This is a '15 mid-2012 MacBook Pro (the model with a superdrive), with the ssd running from an adapter in the superdrive's place (the hdd flex cord died).


texts:
How to open installed gems in editor such Sublime Text or Text Mate or Atom?

I would like to do it from command line like:

open -a Sublime\ Text\ 2 something_here


texts: Mavericks makes files synced to SMB share hidden

texts:
I have a script running by a LaunchAgent to sync a directory with a remote share.

This script is fairly simple, I'll include it here just so nobody suspects the script.

#!/bin/bash
# Hjälpskript för att ta backup.
# Endast för Mac OS, kommandon som stat, date och nc har annat syntax
# på Linux.
# Av Stefan Midjich

# REDIGERA DEN HÄR SÖKVÄGEN
backupTarget='/Volumes/myuser'

# REDIGERA ENDAST HÄR UNDER OM DU VET VAD DU GÖR
destinationFormat="sync" # backar som standard till YYYY-MM kataloger, en för varje månad
rsyncPort=22 # som standard antar vi att rsync använder ssh på port 22
purge=0 # som standard rensas inget gammalt
purgeDate='-2m' # standard: idag minus 2 månader
hostPattern='^([^:]+):(\/?.*)' # matcha värdnamn och sökväg från backupTarget

# Avsluta direkt om mål-katalogen inte existerar
if [[ ! "$backupTarget" =~ $hostPattern && ! -d "$backupTarget" ]]; then
    echo "Backup target looks like directory that is not found" 1>&2
    exit 1;
elif [ -n "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" ]; then
    # Här har vi hittat vad som ser ut att vara ett värdnamn i backupTarget.
    # Så vi ska kontrollera att värden går att kontakta.
    remoteHost=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
    if ! nc -z -w 5 "$remoteHost" $rsyncPort >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "Can't connect to target host on port $rsyncPort" 1>&2
            exit 1
    fi
fi

# Ta backup av samtliga argument som är
# existerande kataloger.
for syncDir in $@; do
    if [ -d "$syncDir" ]; then
            # Lägg till --delete efter -a om rsync även ska radera i
            # destinationskatalogen. Annars sparas allt gammalt som raderas i
            # källkatalogen.
            rsync --exclude 'Microsoft *' -aS "$syncDir" "${backupTarget}/$destinationFormat/"
    fi
done

# Rensa allt som är äldre än purgeDate endast
# om purge är högre än 0.
if (($purge >= 1)); then
    purgeTime=$(date -v"$purgeDate" '+%s')
    for targetDir in "${backupTarget}/*"; do
            lastModified=$(stat -f '%m' "$targetDir")
            if (($lastModified < $purgeTime)); then rm -rf "$targetDir"; fi
    done
fi

And it launches from this LaunchAgent that is installed into ~/Library/LaunchAgents.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.myuser.syncDir</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
            <string>/Users/myuser/bin/syncDir.sh</string>
            <string>/Users/myuser/Documents</string>
    </array>
    <key>WatchPaths</key>
    <array>
            <string>/Users/myuser/Documents</string>
            <string>/Volumes</string>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

This system has been working for a while now but ever since the user upgraded to Mavericks they've been having problems with any file being synced having the hidden attribute set at sync.

So the file is visible in Finder when it is being edited, but once it has synced over to the share it receives the hidden-attribute on the share and can no longer be seen when browsing the share in Finder.

Only using the shell can it be seen, also ls -O shows it has the hidden-attribute.

Connecting to the same SMB2 share using a Windows PC I can see all the files, so this hidden attribute is only in Mavericks. I can also un-hide the files from a Windows PC, which is even more weird.

The files that are hidden on Mavericks are shown on the Windows client as having a slightly different color, until I unset the hidden flag on them and they return to normal on both Windows client and Mavericks.


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This morning I needed to reset an administrator's account password on my Mac, because I had forgotten the password.

I used the steps listed on this article to accomplish this, but after restarting the Mac, I found that it was taking a while to boot. I shrugged this off, let it sit for while, then came back around half an hour later and it was still booting. I tried to restart it again, but to no avail.

References:

the computer is an iMac 2009
running OS X 10.7.5 Lion
no Recovery partition or capabilities

Other notes:

When I run the fsck -fy command in single-user mode, the computer returns:

/dev/rdisk0s2

Root file system

Executing fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-540.1~34).

Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.

Invalid B-tree node size

(3, 0)

The volume   could not be verified completely.

/dev/rdisk0s2 (hfs) EXITED WITH SIGNAL 8


texts: Moving folder to Trash in Finder is not synchronized with Terminal

texts:
I tried to delete a folder which I access via terminal.app. Though the Finder moved the folder to the Trash, I was still able to see the contents and edit the file from terminal.

created a textfile

Moved the entire directory to the Trash via the Finder

I see files even after moving the folder to the Trash

I still managed to edit/append content to the file

The file is not available in Recent menu of Textedit after being moved to the Trash, but can be viewed in terminal with cat command. Even after moving to the Trash, the directory PWD doesn't update path (with trash/tmp path)

View the complete screencast (5.20 min / ~24mb)

Is there a way to synchronize the command line with Finder for this scenario?


texts: Would I receive a confirmation email when I turn off iCloud backup?

texts: Will I receive a confirmation email (to Gmail, the email I registered my device) in case I turn off the iCloud backup function on my device?


texts: How to prevent OSX Mail PDF export to split sentences (horizontally) at the end of the page?

texts:
When I export an email to a .pdf file in Mac OSX 10.9.5 it often splits sentences horizontally:

This also happens with images. Is there a way to prevent this (e.g. to push the last sentence to the next page)?


texts: SataIII SSD and 1,5 negotiated speed MBP5,1

texts:
I bought today a SSD hard drive (Kingston HyperX 3K 120Gb) and the problem is the negotiated velocity speed is set to SATA I (1.5 Gigabit), but the negotiated velocity should be SATA II (3 Gigabit). My MacBook Pro is a late 2008 (5,1).

What is going wrong?


texts: Mac has become insanely slow : Processes SystemUIServer, UserEventAgent and loginwindow using a lot of memory

texts:
I have been using my Mac for for many months without any problem. But recently all of a sudden the Mac became insanely slow.

I opened Activity Manager to see what was happening. For three processes SystemUIServer, UserEventAgent and loginwindow, the memory gradually increases and reaches upto 2 GB for each process. This completely hangs up my Mac.

I tried the following:

Restart Mac
Restart Mac in safe mode
Manually kill the processes
Remove Date and Time from Menu bar (this was supposed to be the problem for the SysteUIServer process's memory according to many users)
Removed the externally connected keyboard and mouse(some had suggested this for UserEventAgent's memory)

No luck with any of those. The moment I log in, the memory spikes up.

Any idea what the hell is happening? Please help.


texts: My scrollbars will not hide. I've set Show scroll bars (in General) to When scrolling, but it has no effect, and when I re-open System Preferences, the option has changed back to Always. Is this a known issue? I'm running OS X El Capitan (10.11.0) on an early 2011 MacBook Pro. I've tried rebooting, but the issue persists. Ideas?


texts:
I can't copy into my own Public folder neither with my finder nor from terminal 'sudo cp ~/temp/gyongyinek/* ~/Public/'

If I execute the above command from terminal I got this:
Operation not permitted
If I want to copy from finder then the crossed out mouse cursor appears suggesting that the operation is invalid...

This is my Public directory access flag:
drwxr-xr-x+  3 boti  staff     204 Jan 11  2012 Public

If on finder I hit Command+I then I have the following access rules:
Fetching: Read Only
Fetching: Read Only
boti(Me): Read & Write
staff: Read Only
everyone: Read Only


texts: How to get dark menu bar and dock in Mojave light mode?

texts: I prefer light windows with dark menu bar as in High Sierra. However, it seems I can only choose all-dark or all-light in Mojave now. Are there any way to hybrid or customize it?


texts: How to repeat a dismissed notification in Apple Watch?

texts: I've read and accidentally dismissed a notification in Apple Watch. But I want to see it again. How can I do it?


texts: Can you pull up the context menu in a Stack (e.g., Downloads)?

texts:
My Downloads folder is on my Dock, and sometimes when I want to open a file, I don't want to open it in the default app. For example, I want to open a jpg in Pixelmator instead of Preview.

Anyway I can do that from the Dock and not have to open the folder, find the file, and then open it?

I thought that you might be able to right click on the icon as you would in windows, but it doesn't work?


texts: Making Hidden Apps Appear Faded Whilst Sitting On The Dock?

texts: Sometimes it can be quite difficult for me to tell which of my apps are hidden on the dock and which are not. Is it possible to make those Apps which I have hidden (either by terminal command or otherwise) to appear as those they have faded into the background whilst sitting on the dock ie to have lowered or reduced opacity.


texts: Typed text showed on central-top part of screen

texts:
I have a brand new MacBook Air, last night I updated to 10.15.6.
Now, every time I type something, it gets replicated on the top, central part of my screen, above all other windows.
I can even select it, delete/copy/cut, and even write some new.
If there's nothing on it, I can double-click in that area and get a cursor to type new letters.
I've posted two screencaptures to see what I mean.
Any hints?


texts: Is there a way to convert audio files in Mac OS X or the command line without using iTunes?

texts: Now, I know I can use iTunes to convert music. But it's quite a pain.. All I'm asking is: Is there anything built into OS X or UNIX for converting files? Right now I simply want to convert .mp4 to .mp3..


texts: Late 2013 Macbook Pro turns off at random times

texts:
I have a late 2013 15' MacBook Pro I've had since it was new.

Starting about two weeks ago it randomly shut down without any notice. It has since shut down multiple times. Sometimes 5 minutes will go by and sometimes it will be multiple hours. The screen goes black and when I turn it back on there are zero notifications about it shutting down improperly or having a critical issue. It happens while using an external HDMI display or not, power adapter plugged in and not.

I have tried:

SMC reset
PRAM Reset
Diagnostic mode boot up

I recently tried booting up to Windows 10 through boot camp and it hasn't powered off once, which is odd.

I've read around the net and a number of posts on this site, I don't see any solid solutions yet and I haven't brought it into Apple or an authorized repair center.


texts: Is there a way to get the TV sound being played on a MacBook Pro via HDMI?

texts:
I have an LG HDTV and a 2019 MacBook Pro with a thunderbolt to HDMI adapter. What i would like to do is to watch tv normally but playing the tv's sound on the Mac's speakers. Is this possible? Does someone knows a way of doing this?
Thank you very much in advance


texts:
How can I set up keyboard shortcuts to put a tab into a position?

⌘1 for example selects the first tab, can I make a keyboard shortcut like ⌘⌥1 to make my current tab the first tab in the tab bar?


texts: Should I put Android/iOS project folder and Dropbox/Google Drive folders in SD card?

texts:
I would like to ask if I should move my Android/iOS project folders to SD card. Assume that I work with them every working day.

Same question for Dropbox and Google Drive folders, but I'm much less likely to use anything there compare to the Android/iOS project folders above.

Thank you


texts: How can I remove the Parallels icons from Launchpad in Lion?

texts:
I have Parallels Desktop 6 installed and after an upgrade to Lion I got a whole bunch of Windows app icons on Launchpad:

They look ugly and don't have a remove button.
They also don't exist in my Applications folder so I can't delete them from there either.

How do I get rid of them?


texts: How to disable auto spellcheck options programmatically?

texts:
I would like to write a shell script that runs on macos BigSur where I can access and modify settings you set in System Preferences.
I basically want to disable any nuance of auto-correct.
In order to disable auto-correct I need to use the UI and go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text then unset the following boxes

Correct spelling automatically
Capitalize words automatically
Add full stop with double-space
Use smart quotes and dashes

How can I access then modify these values?


texts: What is the fastest way to unlock iPhone X to the homescreen? (rather than double tap, Face ID, swipe up)

texts:
Needless to say every 0.1 second counts, I want to stay in the flow as much as possible.

Current method of unlocking iPhone X pisses me off is really annoying - it requires 3 independent interactions.

Related: Is there a way to unlock to Home screen without swiping up?


texts: iPhone 4S restore from backup 64 GB to 16 GB

texts:
I am trying to restore a new 16 GB iPhone from my old 64 GB backup, and am getting the error message that the old backup is too large (for the record, I don't believe it's very much over 16 GB)...the old phone is broken, so I cannot try to make a new backup smaller (this was one solution I found here).

Any idea how I might go into the backup that is saved in iTunes and eliminate portions manually? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How do I drag (and drag without holding) and drop with the force touch trackpad?

texts:
I just upgraded from a 2013 MBP to a 2018 MBP, which has the force touch trackpad.

I used to be able to "Drag and Drop" by simply double tapping (not clicking down) an item and then dragging it to a new location. Additionally, I did not have to hold down my finger continuously on the trackpad to do so. I am neither able to achieve the simple drag nor the drag without holding methods on the new force touch trackpad.

How do I drag and drop on the new force touch trackpad?
How do I do so without holding my finger down continuously?

I can't find anything useful under the trackpad settings.


texts: My brother downloaded some books on my iBooks account and I want it permanently off my purchased and all books thing. I have iOS 8.1.2 so none of the answers in the previous question.


texts:
I want to start an game from the beginning, so I deleted it but when I load it back on my iPhone, it starts where I left off before. It is not in my iCloud or Game Center. Help!
It's not listed in setting, general, Usage, manage storage.


texts: How can I change web page requests coming from an application?

texts:
I'm using an app that makes http requests for content. I'd like to capture those requests and change them on the fly, so that a different request goes out to the http server, and thus different content comes back. I could do this with a full fledged web proxy, but I am hoping for a simpler and more transparent solution, possibly something that hooks into the OS to catch those network calls.

AdMuncher is my program of choice for this task on Windows.


texts: Time Machine backup: Does it create a disk image? Or replicate data on the backup drive?

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When I use Time Machine to backup my MBP hard drive: Does it create a disk image? Or replication data on the backup drive?

Am asking because I wonder whether erasing the hard drive, reinstalling OS, and then restoring from a Time Machine backup ...  would help free up space (occupied by dropped databases) or get rid of conflicting bits left by package managers like NVM, NPM etc.


texts: How do I "Approve my iPhone" for ios 10.2?

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I just upgraded my iPhone 6s to iOS 10.2. But I came to this thing where I had to approve my iPhone. I have no other Apple device so I'm stuck.

How do I approve my iPhone?


texts: Disable iCloud after changing Apple ID email address

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I previously had my Apple ID set up with the email address old@a.com, and I enabled iCloud and Find my iPad on my iPad with this Apple ID.  Then, at some point later, I changed the email address on my Apple ID to new@b.com -- it's the same Apple ID account, I just changed the email address on it. Now I'd like to disable iCloud and Find my iPad on my iPad, but it won't let me.

In particular, Settings >> iCloud on my iPad still lists the old email address old@a.com.  When I try to sign out of iCloud or disable Find my iPad on my iPad, my iPad prompts me for the password corresponding to old@a.com.  However, no Apple ID for old@a.com currently exists, and my iPad won't accept my password.  It's prompting me for the password for an email address that no longer exists.

My current hypothesis is that the iPad got confused when I changed the email address on my Apple ID, and never updated the email address it has associated with iCloud on the iPad.

How do I fix this?

(Even more confusingly, I can log into the new@b.com iCloud account via a browser and see my iPad listed under Settings >> My Devices and listed under Find iPhone via the web iCloud interface for new@b.com.  I went to Find my iPhone via the iCloud web interface and removed my iPad from Find iPhone on there, but back on my iPad, iCloud and Find my iPad show up as enabled on my iPad's Settings app.)


texts: Possible to search Safari's "Reading List"?

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Anyone know if there is a way to search Reading List?

Not necessarily the full text of the pages — but at least the titles/descriptions that you see when looking at the Reading List pane within Safari:


texts: Using MacBook Pro's monitor for Windows PC

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I want to use my 2014 macbook pro 13's monitor for my windows 7 pc .
How can I do this ?

my MacBook is running yosemite.


texts: Purchased an entire season of a show, but newest episodes are requesting payment of $2.99

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We purchased 'How I met your mother, Season 8' through iTunes.

and this worked well for Episodes 1-14, however episodes 15 and 16 are not viewable, and are requesting to be purchased for $2.99/ea.

What's the best way to proceed?  The situation is the same both through iTunes and our AppleTVs.


texts: Tunnelblick VPN is blocking internet even when not using it

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I installed a custom tunnelblick to access my University VPN.
Now I can't access internet (DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG), even if the VPN (or tunnelblick itself) is off.

Any suggestion?


texts: Is the bending issue a problem in iPhone 6 or just iPhone 6+?

texts: Obviously, the bending issue is a widely known problem with the newest iPhones. Is this a problem with just the iPhone 6+ or also the iPhone 6?


texts: Fluid: when I try to login, my Fluid App launches the default browser instead

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I've created a Fluid App for my favorite website.

But there's a problem when I try to login to the website in the Fluid App I created: my default web browser (in my case, Safari) launches instead.

Why can't I login? Why does my Fluid App defer browsing to my default browser when I try to login to the website?


texts: How many 27" Thunderbolt Displays does the 2020 M1 Mac mini support?

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Apple's website does state that "One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt" so it's probably not possible as per this question regarding how M1 powered MacBooks supporting only a single 27" Thunderbolt Display as follows:

However, would an M1 Mac mini support dual 27" Thunderbolt Displays if connected as follows?

If they cannot be daisy chained via Thunderbolt 1 would a second Thunderbolt Adapter perhaps change things if used as follows:

I've seen how the M1 can be connected up to 6x displays in total using Display Link. However, I'm specifically interested in using the 2x 27" Thunderbolt displays I already have.
If you've got this working with a Mac mini, please share your experience. Thunderbolt 1x supported daisy chaining up to 6x 27" Thunderbolt displays and it would be very interesting to know if this is at all a possibility?


texts: Is there a way to update parallels without using automatic updates?

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I need to be able to download updates to Parallels on one machine and then distribute the update to multiple, other machines, on a separate network.

Is there a way to do this? I've tried to both search kb.parallels.com, as well as Google this.  I can't find anything explicitly stating whether this is or isn't possible.

If I can download updates from an external source for manual installation, where do I go to get these updates?


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Does the universal dock allow full tv out?  I have read on a few pages that it might.  But I don't know if it really does and if it supports more than just videos and Pictures.

If I use an iPhone 4 will it work?

Again I am looking for full video out. Not just videos and pictures.  I got the cord that says it is for tv out but it only supports videos, slideshows and selected apps (tv genie).   I am looking for more support than that.


texts: How to stop OS X Lion automatically asking me to join a network

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I'm on a school network so I have to sign in before I can use the internet. Before in OS X 10.6 it would just connect me to the network and let me signin on my own. Which I made a script to login for me.) However, now with this new join dialog that pops up asking with the login window, I can't have my script automatically log me in.

So how can I prevent OS X Lion from attempting to join the network? I looked into this and it works like on the iPhone. The computer will try to access http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html and when that fails it will show a pop up window asking for my login.


texts: CLI to copy to clipboard but still output to term ?

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I know that piping to pbcopy copies command line outputs to the clipboard.

How can I still show the output in the terminal ?


texts: How do I find out the applescript commands available for a particular app?

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I'm trying to find out if I can get iTunes to do something complex, but don't know what can be scripted.

Is there a way to find out what applescript commands an app will respond to?


texts: How do I create a menu shortcut which involves the delete key?

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In Addressbook I want to create a keyboard shortcut for the Menu entry Delete Group using the key combination option-command-delete.

So I went to System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Keyboard Shortcuts and added an app-specific shortcut entry for "Delete Group". But when I tried to assign the key combination option-command-delete, my input wouldn't get accepted. (Combinations with letter like option-command-D work, though.)

How can I enter a shortcut combination involving the delete key?


texts: How do I get my Mac to do nothing when I insert a cd?

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I recently got an older MacBook Pro that has an optical drive. Every time I insert a CD, iTunes will always respond in some way.

I have already tried changing the setting in iTunes > Preferences > General, but I don't see the option I want.

How do I get this Mac to absolutely do nothing when I insert a CD?


texts: How to change the Shift+Click hotkey in Safari?

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I want Shift + Click to open hyperlinks in a new window. The default Safari hotkeys are quite bad:

Shift + Click adds a hyperlink to the Reading List.
Command + Option + Shift + Click opens hyperlinks in a new window.

How do I customize these hotkeys? The usual Keyboard UI for customizing hotkeys doesn't appear to handle hotkeys involving mouse clicks.


texts: Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter and Widescreen (FullHD) Monitor

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Just got myself Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA to connect my early 2011 (pre Sandybridge/Thunderbolt) 15" MacBook Pro to Samsung SyncMaster 2494HM monitor.

The monitor is currently connected to my PC via DVI, so I wanted to use its VGA port to connect my MBP as I frequently need to use them both at the same time and want to avoid shuffling cables.

Anyway, I have a problem with making it work in FullHD (1920x1080 Widescreen, monitor's native resolution).
The widescreen part in particular.
Basically if I choose its native resolution it doesn't fill the whole width of the screen. When I selected it for the first time it was on full width until I clicked Refresh Rate dropdown menu - no changing involved as was only able to use 60Hz anyway). Then, oddly enough, it switched to something between 4:3 and 16:9. So everything is a bit... too narrow.

Interestingly full width widescreen works perfectly on other 16:9 resolutions, but the res is basically too low for the 24" screen.

Anyone has any idea why's that and how to fix it?


texts: Does the iTunes Affiliate Program work with the Volume Purchase Program?

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Can one earn affiliate commission through the iTunes Affiliate Program for purchases made through Apple's Volume Purchase Programs for Business or Education?

In case it makes a difference, we're based in the U.S., so we would be using the LinkShare-powered program.


texts: Why does macOS Mojave change a group's name automatically?

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Created a user group called "Duo". When I add it to a directory, macOS Mojave (10.14.6) automatically changes the name to "Dev".

Even id says my user is group "Dev" (and not "Duo" as it was named):
$ id
uid=502(s) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),505(Dev) ...

What's actually happening here?


texts: Animations are choppy and jerky after a day (Mountain Lion)

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After my 13" MacBook Pro (2010) has been on/sleeping for a day, the changing desktop animation and mission control gets choppy. Only a reboot fixes this problem and it stays good for several hours. I've already reset the SMC but it didn't work.

I have 8GB RAM and 4GB is always free.

How can I fix this problem?


texts: Plist in /System/Library/LaunchAgents not loading on reboot

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I have created the plist and placed it in /System/Library/LaunchAgents/. However, when I reboot my Mac it does not load like it is expected to. I am able to load it from the Terminal with launchctl load and unload commands and it is perfectly loaded from there. And also I have checked the console after reboot and it does not have any entry related to the plist.

How can I get this plist to run on boot?


texts: I see my iTunes playlists (from my computer) in Remote but when I play one of them the sound comes from my computer but not from the iPad. How can I hear the sound on my iPad? Thank you.                                            iPad Pro Wi-Fi, iOS 10.3.1


texts: Can I store and run applications on an external drive?

texts: I am thinking of getting a this MacBook but the hard drive space is not sufficient. I was wondering if I bought an external hard drive for it would i be able to download apps and things onto it.


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Two macs:

maxed out 2017 MacBook Pro (MBP)
base model iMac Pro (iMP)

Using the MBP standalone, the internal drive gives me read & write speeds of about 2600 & 2000 MB/s respectively.

Using the iMP standalone, the internal drive gives me read & write speeds of about 2500 & 2900 MB/s respectively.

All pretty darn good, obviously.

Now, in separate tests, I connect each to the other in Target Disk Mode over Thunderbolt 3 (using a short 1 foot cable so as not to lose the maximum 40Gb/s speed).

Booting the iMP from its internal drive and then connecting the MBP in Target Disk Mode, testing the MBP (Target Disk) I get read & write speeds of about 450 & 700 MB/s respectively.

Then the reverse: Booting the MBP from its internal drive and then connecting the iMP in Target Disk Mode, testing the iMP (Target Disk) I get read & write speeds of about 200 & 250 MB/s respectively!!

What on earth is going on?  Thunderbolt 3 in real world tests with any other fast enough drive is capable of at least about 2800 MB/s.  Does anyone know why Target Disk Mode is so slow?

I understand there's the obvious speculative answer of "Well something else relating specifically to Target Disk Mode is obviously bottle-necking it."  Ok... obviously.  But I'm wondering if anyone knows anything specific on the technical level of what's going on, and if there's anything that can be done to improve it.

Given the iMP drive over Target Disk Mode being so slow, even significantly slower than the MBP when really it should be the reverse, I'm guessing there's something the T2 chip is doing that's bottlenecking it, but again, just wondering if anyone knows anything official or definitive, rather than just speculation.

Thanks!


texts: Tagged Folder Not Appearing in Tags List OS X Yosemite

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I have tagged a folder about a dozen folders down the hierarchy but the folder does not appear in the tagged folders in the finder after tagging it with right click and tag color selection.

How can I create a link to a folder using tags that works?


texts: Setting a different picture for each Messages account

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I have recently retired Adium in favor of Apple's own Messages app, because it makes my life easier in some ways (especially ever since getting an iPhone). However, there is one feature that Adium had which Messages apparently does not - the ability to set a different user icon on each account.

I like having some of my accounts have a different picture for various reasons (for example, having a more professional icon on my work account and a more fun one on my personal account); is there any way to get this functionality back, without having to use both Adium and Messages?


texts: Stocks widget will not let me add new stock

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I'm trying to add new stocks to my stock widget but it won't let me do so. It validates the symbol and then does nothing. I have to remove a current stock and then only will it let me add a new one.

Is there a max number of stocks I can watch on the list? I only have 20ish stocks right now.

I tried to add/remove the widget and that did not work.


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In order to avoid some non wanted modifications or corruption of pictures files, one possibility is to change the permissions of the files (in ~/Pictures).

Do you think that this idea is a good one? And which permissions? 644 on files and 755 on directories?


texts: Set "Terminal.app' to administer the computer

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Every time I apply command at, there prompt a admin confirm window

$ echo "open non-technical.pdf" | at now + 1 minute
job 28 at Wed Oct 31 10:23:00 2018

How could I set ok as default


texts:
I want to have an extension, named .content, to store all files in it that are linked to the filename. The extension ".content" should be recognized by the OS as a file extension rather than a regular map. The files in the extension should be only reached by opening the extension by the option "Show Package Contents".
I hope someone can offer me a solution to my problem.


texts: How to sync videos between a PC and an iPad?

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I have edited a video on my computer and I want to upload it to my Ipad. The problem is that the video does not end up on my photos/videos library, hence I cannot reuse it in an ipad application or upload it e.g. on youtube. I can transfer it through the file sharing option of iTunes to iMovie and other apps, but it is still useless as the filesharing enabled apps are limited. Is there any "native" way to upload a video and access it from any iPad application?
PS: My desktop is windows, but I wonder how this can be done through itunes.


texts: Can I use 1333 MHz RAM in a 1067 MHz MacBook Pro?

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I've got a MacBook Pro from mid 2010 (6,2) and there is 2GB DDR3 RAM at 1067 MHz installed. I want to upgrade to 8GB but with 1333MHz as speed. Is this possible? Can my Mac support this kind of speed or will it generate a lot of erros and kernel panics?

I already saw there were multiple topics about this, but none of them seem to answer the 1067-1333MHz clearly...

EDIT: Will this memory fit my Mac with 100% certainty and without any issues?


texts: Can i use my old MacBook charger on my new Mac?

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I have a 2011 15" MBP, that uses a 85W power supply.
My old 2008 MBP 15" also has a 85W power supply, but I cannot get it to work. Shouldnt it? Its the same watt power, and the adapter fits.


texts: Why is Terminal complaining "-bash: export: `PATH;': not a valid identifier"

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When I start terminal I get the error

  -bash: export: `PATH;': not a valid identifier

Why?

I've looked in the two files which I think bash uses at startup, and I cannot see an issue:

/etc/profile

# System-wide .profile for sh(1)

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
        eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
        [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi

~/.bash_profile

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/autoconf/bin"
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/automake/bin"
export VISUAL=vscodeeval $(/usr/libexec/path_helper -s)

(N.B. The file /usr/libexec/path_helper is binary, and /etc/bashrc does not contain the text 'PATH'.)

Where is the error coming from? I cannot see PATH; with the trailing semicolon in either startup profile.


texts: Screenshot tool that uses current state of web browser?

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I'm looking for a screenshot tool that will snap the current page, in its current state. So if I've filled out a form, or changed the page from its default state in some way via DHTML, or I'm using AdBlock, that's what the screenshot looks like. SnagIt Pro on Windows works this way.

But the screen shot utilities that I've used on MacOS that do scrolling captures of full web pages all seem to send the URL of the desired page via Applescript and then snap the page using their own browser-like engine, which doesn't give me the state that I want.

Recently I've tried Skitch (Safari only), Littlesnapper (my current tool), and a few others that I can't remember any more. I don't mind paying a reasonable amount for a good tool, so I don't need it to be free... app store is always a plus. And I like having a screenshot-only library, the way Littlesnapper does it. Really, Littlesnapper would be perfect (odd interface behavior aside) if it just snapped the current page state.


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I'd like to monitor how much power is being used by my Mac.  The tools I've found so far either list the maximum power (85W for my laptop charger) or the processor's usage (Intel's Power Gadget).  I'd like a number that would be the same or close to what a Kill-a-watt meter would read.

Does a utility like that exist (preferably CLI)?


texts: How can I find which account I used for downloading my iOS apps?

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I use three different accounts for downloading from the App Store, each in a different country.

When there is an update, I have to connect to the correct App Store to download the update, but sometimes I can't remeber from which store an app was downloaded and so I need to connect to each one in turns.

I would like to be able to find the account I used to download an app so that I can connect to the correct App Store immediately. Also, this would enable me to verify if the app already exists in the App Store of my main account and buy/download it from there.


texts: "Instagram could not be downloaded at this time. No matter how I try I am not able to download the app. Pls Help

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So I currently have an iPad 3 and I download Instagram regularly using the iPhone only option option in the AppStore. I've downloaded it many times before but this time I keep getting the same message over and over
(Other apps I have been able to install as usual it's just this one)
I've tried a VPN,I've tried a reboot, I've tried changing the date/time
If there are any solutions to this please do help.


texts: What's the current state of delta updates for iOS apps? Were they ever promised? If not, any word from Apple on if it will come?

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I'm quite sure that I read, in more than one place, that one of the features of iOS 5 was to be delta updates for apps. However, the massive download that was required for an update to Infinity Blade II (a great example of just the sort of app delta updates would be tremendously useful for) suggests to me that its update was done the old way, by a complete download of the entire new version of the app.

To make perfectly clear, I'm asking about when and if we can expect delta updates for iOS apps. Mac programs in the Mac App Store do not interest me. Another thing that might have confused reporting in the run-up to the release of iOS 5 is the fact that over the air updates for iOS itself are delta updates. Could it be that Apple never even promised delta updates for apps, and the press simply got these two things confused?

Edited to add:
Since my original question wasn't clear, I'll try again. I know that right now, there are no iOS app delta updates. What I'm curious about:

Had Apple ever explicitly told developers or the press that they would be doable in iOS 5?
If so, does anyone know why it hasn't happened?
If not, has anyone heard if it's being worked on for the future?


texts: Is there a way to query the system to tell if the caps lock is on or is off from the command line in terminal.app?


texts: Connect automatically to VPN when connecting to wifi access point?

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Is it possible to automatically connect to a VPN when one is connected to a WIFI access point?

To manually connect to a VPN after connecting to a WIFI access point works, but it is so easy to forget.

I am using Mavericks on a Macbook Pro Retina.


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I am connected to my university's internet. Internet websites open perfectly fine. However, university-related sites do not load. When I try to open those sites, it tries to load for a long time and then throws a "could not find server" error.  However, when I switch to a non-university internet connection, publicly hosted university sites (like the university homepage) load.

I am running macOS Catalina.

Although, I have found a hack that worked. If somebody has a proper solution that works or why this hack worked, let me know.


texts: 2009 MBP goes to sleep 15 seconds after powering on and can't be woken up

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So, what happens is after a turn on the macbook, it goes through the normal startup sequence, then shows a blue screen, and shows the desktop, just like normal. but then, after 15 seconds, the screen, keyboard backlight, and apple logo power off and the sleep light starts pulsating, i can wake it sometimes, but everything stays shut off. I tried resetting the nvram and the smc countless times. i ran a hardware test and it gave me back an error that says that there is a damaged thermal battery sensor. i cant run internet recovery mode, safe mode gives me the same problem, single user is the only way i can get it to stay on.

The strange thing is, when i brought it to the computer repair place, he gave it back the next day saying it just needed a new battery, 2 days after that it worked with the charger plugged in, i replaced the battery with a factory new one, and the problem came back.

What the heck can I do about this?


texts: Is there a significant reduction in cooling fan noise level in recent MacBooks?

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The MacBook Air 11'' (Mid 2012) I am currently using has a fairly loud cooling fan. It doesn't help that it's on most of the time.

Are the cooling fans in more recent MacBook Airs and Retinas significantly quieter?

The question is not about how often they activate, I understand that newer, faster machines are likely to require less cooling. It's all about the cooling fans noise at full speed.


texts: Dead battery is replaced and recognized on MacBook Pro – processor speed is still cut

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Just replaced dead battery on MacBook Pro Late 2011, and it is seen by OS (el Captain) and charging OK.

Though, processor speed is still being cut and ticks only at 0.8 ghz and Apple Hardware test shows 4xxx error with the battery.

Did reset to all that possible, any ideas how to make Macbook see battery on a hardware level?


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I've upgraded to El Capitain and since then I can't login to the App Store.
The App Store prompts me for my login details and once I try to sign in, it just shows a spinner for ever. I have to eventually force quit.

The login details are correct (I've check on the web App Store and they work)
I've tried deleting the cache for the App Store (no luck)
No VPN / Anti-Virus / Firewall running
I've check some other suggestions such as checking the serial number, and the number is in place.

I don't know if it gives a clue, but when I tried to run Tweetbot (bought through the App Store) it prompts me for my details saying "This App was purchased on another computer, please sign-in to continue using". This is not true, I'm using the same machine I bought the app with.

This is quite annoying since I have a bunch of updates (many security ones) which I can't download and some apps don't even work.

Any suggestions? Thank you.


texts: How do I avoid selfcontrol to stop just by changing time settings on mac?

texts: I loved selfcontrol, until stupid me found a way to go around it simply by changing the time settings. Then its the easiest thing to stop selfcontrol. Do any of you have an idea how to make this impossible? Password protect time settings and through the password away? Or... Anything, thanks!


texts: Read data from Quicken Essentials for Mac

texts: I have a relative who has thirty years of personal finance records stored in Quicken Essentials for Mac, which runs on operating systems no later than Mac OS El Capitan. The Mac running this software has gone the way of all silicon and is now defunct. The data is all backed up; the issue is reading it: the problem is that current versions of Quicken cannot import data from Quicken Essentials for Mac. The data seems to be stored in five binary files in the Quicken folder, and just poking around at the bytes of the file doesn't give me any particular hope of decyphering them manually. Is there any current personal finance software that can import the data from Quicken Essentials for Mac?


texts:
I have discovered, through personal experience and checking online forums, that the software for my 10-year old, CanoScan 8800f, film and negative scanner is no longer supported for High Sierra users.  Users of this particular scanner, a wonderful workhorse, are furious.  I know that one solution is to purchase VueScan software for about $50.  I have seen that another solution would be to find an open-source driver.
As I continued my search for an answer, someone noted that scanners should work with Image Capture, but Image Capture does not recognize this scanner.  Further searching revealed (and I hope I have this right) that Image Capture does not "see" this scanner because the scanner is not TWAIN-compliant. Is there some way I can make this scanner TWAIN-compliant?


texts: Configure the OS X Server from .pkg postinstall script

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I make a .pkg-installer for a product that extends the Apache server in OS X.

From the postinstall script in the .pkg I'm currently able to configure the default setup of Yosemite and El Capitan, by adding a product.conf file in the /etc/apache2/other folder.

To load the new configuration I simply do the following from the postinstall script:

launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist #if not loaded
apachectl stop #if already started
apachectl start

Installing the OS X Server changes the way Apache is configured, so the above approach fails.
So, how can I configure the OS X Server from my postinstall script to do the same?


texts: Can I use iPhoneBrowser to upload a directory structure to Office Connect?

texts:
I want to use my iPod touch to view and edit word documents.  I've found a free app (Office Connect) that seems to allow this.  However, the way that this app wants you to upload files is to connect to an IP address and upload files one at a time.  I have a while directory structure for my files that I want to maintain, and I have too many files to upload them one at a time.

I've come across another app called iPhoneBrowser, which appears to fill this gap.  However, I can't fathom the directory structure of my iPod.  For example, the OfficeConnect app comes with a sample document called "QuickOffice.doc", but I can't find this in iPhoneBrowser.

Am I missing something here - can I use iPhoneBrowser for this, or if not, is there another app that does what I want?


texts:
Background
I've been using Google Voice for about a year. During that time, I've been also using a Mac app called GrowlVoice that appears in my menubar. It allows listening to voicemail messages and also sending text messages.
Error
Now when I launch Google Voice I get an error:

Unable to sign in to myemailadress@gmail.com
Unable to build JSON object from JSON string"

What I tried
I deleted GrowlVoice's app using an CleanMyMac, an app that supposedly deletes apps and all their associated files. I then re-downloaded GrowlVoice from the App Store, but I'm still getting the error.
Further Research
I also went to the website of the GrowlVoice developer and sent him a message. I'm writing here too because the developer's site hasn't been updated since 2012 and GrowlVoice is no longer being sold on the App Store so it's apparently no longer in development.
Questions
So, my questions are:

How can I fix the JSON errors?
Is there another app that would have similar functionality as GrowlVoice?

Update
Apparently today Google made changes to Google Voice which broke GrowlVoice, which is why GrowlVoice was pulled from the Mac App store. Now I have to log into my Google account in a browser if I want to listen to voicemail messages or send texts on my Mac.


texts: Is it okay to install a second RAM chip?

texts:
I have a 2010 MacBook Pro with a recently replaced logic board and SSD upgrade. I haven't yet upgraded the RAM.

Currently, RAM is 4GB, one slot, Apple RAM (whichever manufacturer they use). I am thinking of buying some Crucial RAM to bump it to 8GB. Would it be better if I did 2x4GB from Crucial and put them both in the slots available, or could I get just one Crucial 4GB RAM chip and install it in the empty slot? Would there be any advantages/disadvantages to either?


texts: Installing stuff: brew vs. official installer - which one should be used?

texts:
I wonder how programs should be installed on Mac? Via Homebrew or an official installer if there is one?
Let's say I want to install Node.js on my Mac.
The official macOS installation guide offers different alternatives to do so.
So first, I installed it via its official installer file.
I then switched to Homebrew and installed it via brew install node.
So now it seems that I have two installations of Node on my system. When I run the command which node it outputs /usr/local/bin. So clearly the official installation is in favour here (maybe because I installed it first? I don't know). The node installation from Homebrew is in /usr/local/Cellar.
So my questions are:

Should I use Homebrew or the official installer? Why? For me it seems like Homebrew has some advantages over an installer like an easier uninstalling process and a better possibility to update the installed software packages.
How can I switch my system from the usage of the /usr/local/bin Node installation to the /usr/local/Cellar one?


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Is there an easy way to scroll up and down in the left hand pane in e-mail?
I have my ipad set to display 500 emails and its a pain to get from an email at the bottom of the list to one back at the top again.
There is an indicator bar that goes up and down as you scroll but you don't seem to be able to drag it. Please help.


texts: What steps can help burning an iMovie '09 project to DVD when the program crashes?

texts: I have been working on an iMovie multimedia (picture, music, titles, etc.) project for six months using iMovie '09. Six months later it is not allowing me to further add anything to the project, and iMovie keeps crashing on me. I decided to stop, and burn it to iDVD. I have now tried at least 3 times to export project to iDVD to burn this disk, and after two hours of supposed copying; I come back to my computer to find out iMovie "Quit Unexpectedly"! The project is approximately 200MB. I just deleted the iDVD preferences playlist, and did verfy and repair disk permissions in Disk Utility.  Any ideas on what to do next?


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I'm investigating bringing OS X onto our windows network at the moment, which, despite a few hiccups, has been going pretty well! (A lot better than some of my colleagues suggested it would!).

I've got network drives mapping and functioning fine, however one of our corporate policies is that the machine goes to sleep/locks every 15 minutes.
I'm finding that on wake, the drives are still connected, however I have a prompt that the network connection was interrupted and to disconnect the drives:

I can click to disconnect the drives, or open finder and re-access the drive, which clears the message.
This is the state exactly after wake:
(You can see the drive is actively mapped, but there's still a prompt to disconnect)

It's no hassle for me to open finder, but in the context of end users, I'm hoping to be able to stop that disconnected drive message from appearing on wake.

Any suggestions?

Note: Using OS X 10.10.1


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I have a Mac Book Retrina Pro.
My mouse seems to drift to the right of screen all by itself. It doesn't matter if I am using the track pad, a bluetooth mouse or a USB external mouse (or no mouse at all).

It makes it very hard to scroll using the scroll bar arrows, because the mouse drifts while clicking.

How can I fix this?

I have searched on Google, but all the threads are from 2011. The consensus was then it was a software issue, but of course the OS is different now (I am using 10.11.2)


texts: I have a folder that I need to copy into 400 other folders. Instead of writing code to do this is there an easy way to paste into multiple folders?


texts: How to change the document language in Keynote and make the red lines disappear?

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I am working on a slideshow in Spanish. Pages has the "More" tab on the inspector which allows you to change the language of the selected text / document, but Keynote lacks it.

I know you can spellcheck using Edit > Spelling > Spelling... but apparently this system spellchecker is independent from the document language. The checker will check in spanish, but spanish words in the document are still be underlined in red.

Is there any way to change this? Not only check for spelling in another language, but actually change the document's language and make the red lines disappear?


texts: Turn off automatic download of attachments on iOS Mail

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I have "Load Remote Images" turned off on my phone and "Load remote content in messages" turned off on my mac.

I got a suspicious message on my phone, but wanted to check it out because not many make it through my filter these days. I noticed that there was a .pdf attachment and that it was immediately downloaded (not ideal). The message was sent to a gmail account I was accessing through IMAP.

Then when I went to my mac to mark the message as junk (I can't remember why I didn't mark it on my phone) the .pdf showed up inline and it was definitely spam. At this point I was irritated and then remembered that my phone had downloaded the .pdf when I opened the message before.*

What setting keeps my phone from downloading attachments automatically? I know it would be better to not open messages that might be spam, but sometimes I can't tell from just the subject.

*I'm assuming because it was downloaded on my phone, the mac Mail decided it was ok to download, or possibly accessed a version that the phone downloaded. Otherwise I need to ask a separate question about how to keep macOS Mail from downloading attachments.


texts: Are there any advantages to using zsh vs bash shell in Terminal app? Also, can you use zsh from the terminal? My understanding of zsh is skewed.


texts: Forcing the wifi password entry dialogue to display

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When the administrator of a wifi network changes the network password to something new, previously associated devices that have the old password saved will no longer be able to connect until they re-enter their wifi passwords.

Unfortunately OSX handles this situation in quite an unpredictable way:

Whatever happens seems to have to do with the network security protocol in use and also differ between vendors. Sometimes it will just fail silently, sometimes it pops up a "connection timed out" alert box, sometimes it seems to get stuck, forever animating the

Is it possible to force my MacBook to forget and/or bring back the network password entry dialogue?


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I am using nested disk images to secure some of my files.
But I am getting read/write errors on a disk image that is inside another disk image.
Around 95% of the files are OK, but occasionally I cannot read or write a file any more but it is listed in Finder with the correct size.
This is what happens when I try to copy the file outside of the Disk Image (can't complete the operation because some data in $x can't be read or written, Error code -36):

This is what happens when I run Disk Utility first aid: