texts: How to prevent terminal from printing passwords from keychain?

texts:
I currently use the command-line utility security in a shell script to access a password from keychain. I am surprised that echoing my password variable works and reveals the password in my terminal window.

I used the function get_pw suggested here and then simply assign the password to a variable PASSWORD. Is it possible to make terminal hide the password?

My shell script looks as follows:

ACCOUNT_NAME='MyAccountName'

get_pw() {
   security 2>&1 >/dev/null find-generic-password -ga $ACCOUNT_NAME \
   | ruby -e 'print $1 if STDIN.gets =~ /^password: "(.*)"$/'
}

PASSWORD=$(get_pw)

Then when writing echo $PASSWORD, the password is revealed.


texts: Ethernet connection gets self-assigned IP when Wi-Fi turned on?

texts:
I've been having this issue consistently since upgrading my MacBook Pro (late 2018) to Catalina where if I have Wi-fi turned off, my ethernet cable plugged in, and I restart my machine; upon restarting I will have an internet connection. Everything is fine.
Yet if I disconnect my ethernet cable (because I need to change locations) and turn on my Wi-fi, whenever I plug my ethernet cable back in later I always get following error:

USB 10/100/1000 LAN has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the Internet.

If I restart (as described above), everything works fine. This is really annoying. I use to be able to plug in an ethernet cable and get an internet connection in previous macOS versions. How can I correct this?


texts: ExFAT formatted SD card not recognizing space

texts:
I'm trying to Homebrew my Nintendo Wii, and a 2 GB or under SD card is required. However, the Wii will also recognize 4 GB cards if enough junk is put on it. I'm attempting to do this with my Optima 4GB SD Card (goo.gl/qqJn8p) on Mac OS X, El Capitan (v. 10.11.6). After formatting it to ExFAT, I put a 1.28 GB file on the card. Everything went smoothly. The next time I tried, though, I got an error saying that there wasn't enough space, even though there's plenty left. Here's a screenshot of the SD card info.

I know that this is a common problem with USB's, but is there any solution for SD cards?

*As a sidenote, I formatted with Disk Utility.

(ex-post from Stack Overflow)


texts: Excel Data Analysis ToolPak available for download for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011?

texts:
Does anyone know how to download the data analysis toolpack add-in for Excel 2011 for Mac? I have looked around quite a bit and can't seem to find it anywhere... did Microsoft discontinue this completely?

P.s. I am familiar with the StatPlus software and have used it - that is not what I am looking for. I am looking for the native Data Analysis Toolpak for excel.


texts: How do I import a Reminder.app lists into a Notes.app checklist?

texts: I want to transform my list of reminders in Reminders.app into a checklist inside a note in Notes.app. I tried dragging the list from the list of lists from Reminders to Notes and that didn't work. I tried dragging the contents of the Reminders list to a new Notes note and that imported the content with a [ ] before each item. Is there a way to convert theses into Notes' native checklist items?


texts: How do I get my Downloads files back on my Mac?

texts:
I didn't lose the Downloads folder, just the files. When I clicked inside the folder, poof! Everything just disappeared, leaving nothing but an empty Downloads folder. They're not in Trash. When I do Command-R and load an older backup. Same thing! It shows me the files are there, but when I click to enter the folder, everything inside Downloads disappears, again.

I've lost the Downloads folder itself a few times before and was always able to drag it back into the window. Now the problem has a new wrinkle. Dang it! Anybody have a solution?

$ ls ~
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
DownloadsTHAT'S THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS BY JOHN LATINI, YPSILANTI, MI
Dropbox
Library
Movies
Music
Pictures
Public
hewletts 2018.dvdcrtproj
iCloud Drive (Archive)

$ ls ~/Downloads
~$2018_ KATHYFORSTE.docx

Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$ ls ~/Downloads
Downloads/
DownloadsTHAT'S THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS BY JOHN LATINI, YPSILANTI, MI/
Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$ ls ~/Downloads
Downloads/
DownloadsTHAT'S THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS BY JOHN LATINI, YPSILANTI, MI/
Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$ ls ~/Downloads

Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$ ls -lF ~
total 0
drwx------@  4 harryhewlett  staff   128 Dec 20 06:39 Desktop/
drwx------@ 14 harryhewlett  staff   448 Feb  2  2018 Documents/
drwx------+  5 harryhewlett  staff   160 Dec 20 06:44 Downloads/
drwxr-xr-x   3 harryhewlett  staff    96 Dec  5 18:45 DownloadsTHAT'S THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS BY JOHN LATINI, YPSILANTI, MI/
drwx------@ 43 harryhewlett  staff  1376 Dec 20 06:43 Dropbox/
drwx------@ 71 harryhewlett  staff  2272 Dec 24 04:09 Library/
drwx------+ 12 harryhewlett  staff   384 Sep 15 16:12 Movies/
drwx------+ 10 harryhewlett  staff   320 Oct 19 12:39 Music/
drwx------+ 14 harryhewlett  staff   448 Nov  2 22:22 Pictures/
drwxr-xr-x+  5 harryhewlett  staff   160 Jun 29  2015 Public/
drwxr-xr-x@ 10 harryhewlett  staff   320 Jun 14  2018 hewletts 2018.dvdcrtproj/
drwxr-xr-x  21 harryhewlett  staff   672 Feb  2  2018 iCloud Drive (Archive)/
Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$
Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$ ls -lF ~/Downloads
total 8
-rw-r--r--@ 1 harryhewlett  staff  162 Oct 17 15:33 ~$2018_ KATHYFORSTE.docx
Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$

Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$ ls -l ~/Downloads*
/Users/harryhewlett/Downloads:
total 8
-rw-r--r--@ 1 harryhewlett  staff  162 Oct 17 15:33 ~$2018_ KATHYFORSTE.docx

/Users/harryhewlett/DownloadsTHAT'S THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS BY JOHN LATINI, YPSILANTI, MI:
Harrys-iMac:~ harryhewlett$


texts: What impact can a dual monitor setup have in overall performance?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro late 2008 (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo with 4GB memory) and am considering getting a second 24" monitor. I understand having a dual monitor setup may decrease performance, but how much would that be? How can I know if a 24" second monitor would in fact have significant impact on my MBP performance without having to go to a store and test it myself?


texts: iMessage notifications after wake Yosemite

texts: Is there a way to not get old iMessages/SMS notifications that I've already dealt with on my iPhone after I wake up my Mac? It is rather annoying, they are not new messages so why are they behaving as such?


texts: shasum -a 256 on dmg file returns nothing

texts:
I am getting no results when I check this freshly downloaded file from TDAmeritrade.

I have searched for an answer to this but no joy.  Can anyone help?  Thanks.

Edges-MacBook-Pro:Downloads edge$ shasum -a 256 thinkorswim.installer.dmg
shasum: thinkorswim.installer.dmg:
Edges-MacBook-Pro:Downloads edge$


texts: Is it possible to show verbose info on boot/respring?

texts:
I recently jailbroke my IPad mini running 9.3.5 using the Phoenix untethered jailbreak utility. I got some things to work, but I want to have verbose boot output on the startup/respring screen.

Is there any way that this is possible?

If this is helpful,nvram -p outputs:

obliteration   handle message: Obliteration Complete

auto-boot   true

boot-args   -v <--- This is a parameter for verbose that did not work.

oblit-begins   OblitType: ObliterateDataPartition. No reason given.

backlight-level   1679

I hope I can get it to work.

EDIT: It's been days since I posted this and I really want to do this.


texts: Is it possible to enroll Apple Developer program without ID verification?

texts: I tried to enroll Apple Developer Program with a different name, and I got an email that I should upload an ID to verify my identity. Is it possible to enroll without ID verification?


texts: Maps on iPhone gives me completely wrong distance estimates

texts:
Let's say I look up "Coffee Shops". It gives me a list of coffee shops around and their distances. But when I choose a coffee shop and press on it, it gives me a completely different distance.
For example, one of the coffee shops in the initial list Maps shows me is supposedly at a distance of 700m. However when I "click" on that coffee shop, it then shows a distance of 2km (almost 3 times more).
Why is this happening?


texts: Bootcamp "No Bootable device" but windows already installed

texts:
I had an issue in OSX which meant that I had to erase the OSX partition, and after reinstalling OSX, my bootcamp partition won't load. It's not in the option menu on start up, but is still recognised in start up disk and disk utility. I selected it in startup disk but I got there error mentioned in the title. I can see all my files in finder, but just can't boot into windows. Anyone know what's going on?

Thanks,
Mike


texts: Does anybody make an adapter to convert a Mac's eSATA port to USB 3 (or later, or Thunderbolt)?

texts:
When I got my iMac ~10 years ago I had Other World Computing install an eSATA port on it. I've never used it for much, but now I'd like to adapt it if possible to one of the more common ports, like USB 3.x or Thunderbolt.
You can find lots of adapters to convert a computer's USB port to eSATA, but I want to go the other way. Any hope?


texts: I configured a bunch of iPads at my previous job, and I had to do it one at a time.  Granted, there were only like 6 of them, but I am wondering what I would do if I needed to configure a whole bunch of iDevices.  I know at the Apple Store they apply updates on a bunch of them without taking them out of the package, so there must be some sort of way to do this.


texts: Is there a way to disable Contacts > Groups button?

texts:
I have a friend who's not very computer savvy, and uses an iPad. We wind up doing constant IT support for him. His biggest foible is that he goes into Contacts, accidentally selects "groups", and then gets flustered and unchecks the only group he actually has. Then the next thing you know, he's on the phone in a panic because he can't find any of his contacts. This has been known to happen more than once in a single day. It doesn't help that he lives several hundred miles away, so all this support has to be done over the phone. His son helps when he can, but he's not always around.
Is there a way to simply disable the "groups" feature? He doesn't need it, and it's causing everybody involved a lot of grief.


texts: Smart Folder not picking up images in subfolders

texts:
Until recently I used this excellent tip, to create a (smart) folder on my mac showing all the screenshots that I have taken with my iPhone (via the iPhoto directory system and photostream). This was on Lion.

I'm now using a new harddrive with a fresh install of Mavericks on it, and when I try to repeat the tip I get nowhere.

I can see the directory structure in

/Users/josephreddington/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub

as it was before, and it looks just like this:

So all the files are there, but when I put try and search for kind=png, I oddly get exactly one result:

rather than hundreds.  I get no results at all when searching for kind=jpg, and that should pick up all of the camera photos in the subfolders - what am I doing wrong?

(This also is the case if the search is saved and accessed later)

or even


texts:
I have an iMac from 2007-2009 and I want to upgrade the software to improve performance.

It's running Mac OS X 10.5.8 on an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (2.66 GHz). It displays 4 GB of memory and 451.6 available GB on the harddrive.

Should I try to upgrade to Snow Leopard and then to Yosemite? Snow Leopard requires 5 GB of free hard drive disk space and 1 GB of RAM.  (I don't know how much RAM I have.) Yosemite requires 5.64 GB.


texts: Get Color Sidebar Icons Back in Mac OS finder Window

texts:
Suppose I want to come back to Color sidebar icon for Finder. For Lion I followed these instructions, but seems not working anymore (SIMBL is not working with Sierra):

http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/25/get-color-sidebar-icons-back-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-finder-windows/

So, do you know if there is a way to change from this fantastic soviet union gray sidebar to one with color?

thanks,
Andrea


texts: change HTTP headers of Chrome and Firefox

texts:
Browsers send HTTP Accept headers. This is an example of one:

text/html, */*; q=0.01 gzip, deflate en-US,en;q=0.8,sl;q=0.6

You can get yours here.

How can I change curent headers from terminal app for Chrome or Firefox?

EDIT:

Forefox has a collection(dictionary) of user_pref's you can set in prefs.js. However you first need to know the correct entry you are setting. Is there a list of all entries developer can set?


texts: Multicoloured circle of death since Yosemite

texts:
I have had my Macbook Pro MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 for about 3 years now and it has gradually got a bit slower in responding. I have a very fast internet connection (speedtest 5 mins ago 79Mbs download) and i use chrome. The internet can be very slow on my machine with entries I have typed taking a few seconds to appear on screen. Other functions such as loading programmes also produces the dreaded multicoloured circle. It is very frustrating. It seems to have got worse since I installed yosemite. I was always pretty savvy about Windows, but I'm still floundering a bit with OSX.
Any help much appreciated. I'd buy some software if it would help speed things up. I've even thought about swapping to a solid state hard drive.


texts:
I'm trying to get actual NTP drift on Macs connected to a local NTP server.

When reading /var/db/ntp.drift file I get -37.521 which according to PPM to milliseconds conversion gives -3241ms of drift.
When using ntpq -c lpeer I get something like this:

     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*172-1-1-5.light 164.67.62.212    2 u   57   64  377  199.438   38.322  29.012

which gives me offset of 38.322ms

Finally, sntp 172.1.1.5 outpus this:

2016 Jan 21 18:41:45.248591 +0.019244 +/- 0.022507 secs

which says having about 19ms of drift.

I'm confused which one the approaches gives accurate NTP drift?


texts: Use Automator to copy single folder to multiple locations

texts:
I have several website project folders in a structure like this:

Client Work

|- Client 1
  |- client1site
    |- admin
      |- core

|- Client 2
  |- client2site
    |- admin
      |- core

|- Client 3
  |- client3site
    |- admin
      |- core

The diagram above just shows the key folders, there are others. There are also more than 3 clients, but the structure is the same for all.

The core folder is part of a CMS, and is identical on all sites. This is updated regularly.

I would like to be able to use Automator to copy a single instance of this core folder, stored somewhere else on my computer (can be anywhere), and replace all of the instances of /admin/core in my Client Work folder.

Is this possible?

Thanks for any help!


texts: Is there a way that, when you switch language inputs for your keyboard, the onscreen keyboard will automatically show up?


texts: How to make bluetooth headphones and keyboard play nicely?

texts:
I have a Jabra Move bluetooth headset and a bluetooth Apple Magic Keyboard circa 2010/2011.

I can pair them both with my 2015 Mac Book Pro (running OS X Sierra) with ease. However, as soon as I start playing audio through my Mac to the headphones one or both of two things happens:

1) The music drops in and out

and/or, worse

2) The keyboard disconnects and reconnects frequently.

It's so frustrating that I mainly disconnect my headphones from my mac and stream music through from my phone.

I used to have the same setup with a ~2013 Mac Mini and had exactly the same problem.

I am in a busy office full of computers, phones and bluetooth and wireless devices.


texts: Apple San Francisco font usage for websites as a system font

texts: I lately see many websites that uses Apple SF font as a system font and I very doubt that they have license for it. Is there a trick to do, so it can be used in a site legally?


texts: How do I upgrade to iOS 9.3 without enabling iCloud Drive?

texts:
I am (or rather, my brother-in-law is) trying to update the OS on an older iPad, and he's adamant that we need to do this without signing up/enabling/whatever it is that you do with iCloud Drive. So now we're presented with the following question:

  Are you sure you don't want to upgrade to iCloud Drive?
  iOS 9 requires upgrading to iCloud Drive to update documents in iCloud. Until you upgrade, changes made to documents on this iPad will not be available to other devices using iCloud.
  Cancel   Continue

Uh... mu? Neither of those is a valid answer to the question. What does "Continue" mean? Why is "Cancel" highlighted? Besides forwarding this to the Interface Hall of Shame, what the heck am I supposed to do here? How do I answer this question in such a way that I will not get iCloud Drive foisted on me?


texts: New 2.5" SSD won't fit - my MacBook pro says it's a mid 2012 15" model

texts:
So I just paid £200 for a new SSD hard drive (Crucial said it was a suitable upgrade for my MacBook Pro 15" mid 2012).

But this isn't what I was expecting to see. :(

What am I looking at? Why didn't it look like the iFixit guide?


texts: I want to set up a media server for streaming of my music library via AirPlay and AirPort express to my hifi. Is there any way to use time capsule for this or do I need to get (yet) another device?


texts: Can I use my 2011 iMac as a Thunderbolt display for my PC?

texts:
I have an 2011 27" iMac, it has two Thunderbolt ports. I also have an Asus Z87 Deluxe Quad motherboard which has two Thunderbolt ports. I recently got a Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable from Apple.

I've seen another article on here who was able to connect the exact same motherboard to an Apple Thunderbolt Display (not the actual mac computer but the external display version) and it worked, so I know the thunderbolt port can act as a video output.

I've enabled the iGPU on the motherboards Bios, connected it all up but nothing happens. The mac just loads as normal and so does the Windows pc.

Am I missing a step or is it just not possible?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Keyboard shortcut for moving (not copying) files in Finder

texts:
I copy and paste files in Finder all the time, but when I do I end up with both the original file and the copied file.

Is there another shortcut besides CMD-V that will just move the file instead?


texts: What are the variables needed to access focus properties in split screen view?

texts:
What are the names of the variables (in terms of Applescript variables or otherwise) that track the currently focused application, the layout of applications in spaces, the currently focused space, and whether two applications share a space in a split view rather than 2 applications appearing in a desktop?

How does one (given a variable identifying an application) assign focus to a particular window of that application if that window resides in a split screen view?

To make the reason for asking this question concrete: the goal is to write an Applescript (or other kind of script) that assigns a keyboard shortcut that rapidly allows swapping focus between two applications that share a split screen view?

The simplest algorithm I can think of for accomplishing this (since it appears to not be a built in setting) is to

get list of current spaces (including desktops, full screen applications, and split screen applications)
get currently focused space
if currently focused space is assigned to split-screen applications, get list of those applications and application windows (each should be length 2).
get currently focused application
assign focus to next element in the list of application windows in the currently focused split screen view (which should be the other application window in the currently focused split screen)

I'm not sure if this would work quite as well to solve the problem pointed out in Switch focus in split view regarding two windows of the same application, but at least this would be a start.


texts: MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) screen displaying low number of colors

texts:
My 17-inch, Mid 2010 MacBook Pro's screen now displays a limited number of colors, kind of "fuzzy". See this photo

I search on the internet but I could not find a case similar to mine. Not search on which keywords to use to describe the issue, though.

Does anyone knows this? Is it fixable?


texts: How to transfer whatsapp data without backup

texts:
I want to transfer whatsapp data to another iPhone, but I can’t make a backup due to a lack of storage.

I have deleted all what is in my iPhone, but it still shows the message “there is no enough space”, it seems “Other” or the system files fill up my iphone.

Are there other ways to transfer the data ?


texts: Finder constantly not responding/freezing

texts:
My system

I've read about a dozen similar questions to this. I'm running a 13" retina MacBook Pro and using El Capitan 10.11.6.

System is generally stable.

Model Name: MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed:  2.8 GHz
  Number of Processors: 1
  Total Number of Cores:    2
  L2 Cache (per Core):  256 KB
  L3 Cache: 4 MB
  Memory:   16 GB
  Boot ROM Version: MBP111.0142.B00
  SMC Version (system): 2.16f68

The issue

Annoyingly the same time I went abroad for several months in a region with no Mac stores without taking several flights and unreliable internet access, the system has basically stopped working.

Well, anything to do with Finder doesn't work. Any time you open a new tab or window it freezes (goes Not Responding) in Activity Monitor and Dock. I get spinning beach ball for 10+ minutes but it usually recovers eventually.

Relaunching or Force Quitting doesn't help at all. There is no CPU spike or anything like that.

Other apps freeze/crash/go Not Responding on start too and never seem to recover. Every single time I try to use BetterTouchTools, TextExpander, Excel or uTorrent they cannot run. I suspect it is related to the more fundamental Finder issue. Weirdly, Word will run fine as will Transmission.

Just tried installing Commander One as an alternative. Hang immediately on opening too.

I put some crashlogs on Dropbox if somebody wants to have a look: CommanderOne, Excel, uTorrent.

What I've tried

booting into safe mode to reset Finder settings
resetting SMC
HDD benchmarks and SMART info is fine
killing Google Drive
Nothing obvious in system.log
mv ~/L*/S*/*finder.savedState Desktop followed by killall Finder

Edit: also tried restoring from several Time Machine backups as far back as November and the symptoms persist. Wtf is this????

HALP?!


texts:
I deleted my most current I Tunes back-up file, it had my daughter's BDay photos from last night. I have been on the phone with an Apple agent and no luck.  It seems strange to me that this file would not be in the trash bin or somehow be able to be extracted.  Where could it have gone?  Is there someone out there or a product that can help me locate this back up? BTW, I thought it was an older back-up so I deleted it. (the name confused me- Iphone 3 rather than Iphone 5).  They are not on iCloud and I do not use Time machine, so my only hope is to recover from my iMac.

Thanks


texts: Change an AT&T iPhone 3G to another provider?

texts: How can I change my no-longer under AT&T service iPhone 3G to my new sprint service? Sprint doesn't use sim cards.


texts: Why don't I see a path to etags in PATH when running Emacs from http://emacsformacosx.com/ from the OS X dock?

texts:
This is a follow-up question to the one at "Is /usr/bin/etags severely out of date in Yosemite?"

The Emacs in question is from http://emacsformacosx.com/ (GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.21) of 2014-10-20 on builder10-9.porkrind.org).

If I start Emacs from the dock, then I don't see in PATH:

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-10_9:/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/libexec-x86_64-10_9

If I use the script described at http://emacsformacosx.com/tips then I do see the above entries in PATH. But even in this case, /usr/bin comes first in PATH.  To use the etags found in /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-10_9 I have to give it precedence in some manner. I typically want to run etags in a shell script that is started in the Emacs shell buffer.

Why don't I see these PATH entries when I start Emacs from the OS X dock (I'm using OS X Yosemite)?

At /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs I read:

Emacs.app sticks Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/{bin,libexec} on the end of
the PATH when it starts, so if we stick our own architecture dependent
paths on the end of the PATH then they will override Emacs's paths
while not affecting any user paths.


texts:
I hope this is the right place to post this question.
I'm getting crazy since 2 days trying to enable 60hz on my external display.

I bought a new LG Ultrafine 4k display as suggested by apple to have a kind of retina resolution on my external monitor and yes, it is awesome, it looks like my MacBook Pro.

I have a new MacBook Pro 2018 with retina display and it is running on macOS Mojave 10.14.3 (I did not updated it, I received it with this OS).

The BIG issue is that my display is capped at 30hz and I don't know how to unlock it back to 60hz.

Reading on Google so far I tried:

To install a patch: no success;
To install SwitchResX: it doesn't have a 4k version at 60hz, all custom resolution I created are invalid, so, no success;
Tried to follow a guide to install Lilu + WhateverGreen kexts but it doesn't exist a guide that realy explain how to install it, and how to let it work. People assume everyone speak their language. Running an App called Clover Configurator but I don't know what should I do with it.

Please, can you help me to let it work? What should I do? Thanks.


texts: How to disable the now default "ambient noise reduction" in macOS Catalina?

texts:
In macOS Catalina, ambient noise reduction is applied by default to audio of an external source coming in through the headphone jack. This is not always desired, e.g. when recording musical instruments. In previous versions of macOS, noise reduction could be disabled via System Preferences. However, this option is not present in Catalina. This thread proposes downgrading to Mojave as a solution to the problem (which it is), though this is not desirable for me as I need Catalina for other reasons.
As mentioned in the thread, Apple's audio documentation specifies that ambient noise reduction is disabled if a 4-channel built-in microphone format is selected in Audio MIDI Setup. Unfortunately, my external audio source only supports 2 channels, so this option is unavailable in Audio MIDI Setup.
My guess is that the solution is any of the following:

Some terminal command to disable ambient noise reduction entirely.
Modifying some plist, e.g. in /Library/Preferences/Audio/.

However, I have not yet managed to find a solution, and would greatly appreciate it if anyone could think along. Thanks.


texts:
I had ffmpeg 3.3.4 working very well on my system, then I force uninstalled all versions of ffmpeg including the version above while meddling with a dependency for another application.

Now, I cannot brew install ffmpeg because it  is a 4.0.2 version which gives an error about using macOS 10.9

How can I get back ffmpeg on Mavericks?

This is what I am trying right now:

curl https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-3.4.4.tar.xz | tar xz
cd ffmpeg-3.4.4
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.4.4 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable
make
sudo make install
brew link ffmpeg

The problem is configure command is not working, what should be the correct configure command. Any guidance for getting back ffmpeg on Mavericks?


texts: Location services incorrectly reporting location to app

texts:
I am using a third party financial app on my iPhone 6, and for some technical reason my iPhone is unable to provide the app the exact location. It always shows that I am not in the UK, because in order to run the App the location must be United Kingdom.

I reset my router and tried with a different Wi-Fi but it's still not working.


texts: How do I enable Personal Hotspot in the OS X WiFi menu?

texts:
I have two Macs: my work MacBook Pro (retina, 15-inch, mid-2014) and my personal MacBook Air (13-inch, bought July 2013). Both are running OS X 10.10.3. When I click on the WiFi menu on my Pro, I see "Personal Hotspot":

It's showing my iPhone 6, running iOS 8.3.

But I don't see that on my Air.

How do I enable Personal Hotspot on my Air?


texts: Can I purchase from other sites using my Apple ID?

texts:
Is it possible to purchase from other sites using my Apple ID account like paypal; to pay for items on sites other than the iTunes store?

How would this be done technically? I have came up with a few possible solutions but doubt them. Would Apple even allow this?


texts:
I do a lot of work on Virtual Machines, and have several scripts to help me configure them quickly. I could fully automate spinning up a headless VM, except that I need to know the IP of my host machine for configuring VNC stuff.

I use either of the following two commands to get the current IP address:

ipconfig getifaddr en1      # For IP address assigned to wireless
ipconfig getifaddr en0      # For IP address assigned to ethernet

The problem is that I have to tell my script whether to use en0 or en1. I use wireless at home and ethernet at work, so I can't make an assumption.

I could use:

ifconfig | grep '192'

and parse the resulting line (both work and home assign class C addresses), but I'd rather not have to do that.

Is there a way to determine which NIC is currently connected to the network from the command line? Or at least a better way of determining the host IP?

My machine uses Mountain Lion, if that's relevant.


texts: Mac not accepting Password even with Password Resets

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My MacBook Pro stopped accepting my password. I have reset the password several times by restarting with Command+R, but every time my username is prompted to enter a password, the new passwords are refused.
I am able to log in under the separate Admin login and have made all the available changes to try and login automatically but no matter what is done, switching to my usual username requires a password and the password is refused even when correct.
All my files are under this username so I need to access this specific login, but it seems I have exhausted all the information I am able to find on how to fix this. Any ideas?


texts: How do I sync contacts between 2 iCloud accounts with iOS 8?

texts: I have one iCloud account, and my wife has another.  I have an iPhone, and so does she.  It's easy to share calendars in iOS 8, and I'd like to do something similar with our contacts.  How can we keep our contacts synchronized between the two accounts/devices?


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I was inspired by the question Mac or Macintosh.

What's the proper way to pronounce "Mac OS X"? I've heard the following things used to refer to the operating system on the Macintosh:

"Mac OS Ten" ("OS" is said like "AHSS")
"Mac OS Ex"  ("OS" is said like "AHSS")
"Mac Oh-Ess Ex"
"Mac Oh-Ess Ten"
"Darwin" (People use this to refer to the operating system. Is this correct?)


texts: How can I transfer my Microsoft Office Install to another Mac?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What is the best way to move Microsoft Office 2011 to a new Mac?

I'm planning on reinstalling Mac OS Lion, but I don't have the MS Office install file or disk. Can I move my installed copy of Office to a USB drive and then back, or to another machine?


texts: Taking care of your Mac (put into a sleep or shutting down)

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I have read this article but I would also like to know what are your thoughts and opinions on that point. I have my MBP with 16 GB RAM and SSD drive. I would like to put my Mac into sleep rather than power off.

Question 1: During the night my Mac won't be used and obviously will be constantly plugged into power supply. Is battery drain the only disadvantage (if plugged in then we consider power consumption rather than battery drain).

Question 2: Maybe silly but I want to double check. When my Mac is sleeping and since it has SSD, can I simply take it anywhere and turn / rotate in any direction (when the lid is closed)? Can I put it upside down or 180 degree or whatever? Can I store it vertically like a book between other books on a bookshelf? Is something bad going to happen? I assume that there are no mechanical items so is it like mobile phone (where I rotate my phone bunch of times per day).

Question 3: When Mac is sleeping does it perform some continuous operations / tasks in the background (like checking mail) or is it totally idle? If the answer is "Yes, it does something", does it trigger some sounds? Do I have to mute it before putting to sleep to prevent from hearing "new mail sound" or any other sound from notification center?

Thank you.


texts: How to reverse the defaults write com.apple.Safari CustomUserAgent "\"My user agent string\"" command

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Using the defaults write com.apple.Safari CustomUserAgent "\"My user agent string\"" command, you can set the default User Agent for Safari. This means that the CustomUserAgent key gets written in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist.

<key>CustomUserAgent</key>
<string>My user agent string</string>

But how can you reverse this action? (Manually deleting the two rows from the plist doesn’t work, as they just get rewritten when Safari restarts.)


texts: Is it possible to determine the date a photo (received via text message) was taken?

texts: Is it possible to download a photo received in a text message and determine the date that the photo was taken? I have an iPhone.


texts: Where is the Mac OS X Lion that I purchased?

texts: I bought Lion a year ago, but I downgraded to Snow Leopard because I wanted to play Starcraft, which is not supported on Lion. After Mountain Lion was released, I can no longer find Lion anymore. Does it mean that I can't get the Lion installer anymore?


texts: More colors than ls -G in file extensions

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In the output of ls -G, I can see some extensions get colors like symbolic links or .sh files. What if I also want .jpg, .xml, .wav or .log to have different colors too?

Also, is there any way I can set the color extensions list and set separate colors for different extensions?


texts: When I connect my iPhone 4S to my computer (Windows 7 32 bit), iTunes (11.2) does not detect the device. The phone displays the green battery meter indicating it's charging, I can sync the photos & videos, but when open itunes to copy songs, its not connected yet, i tried various USB cables,Itunes versions, but no hope. But i can connect it with from another Computer with 64 bit windows 7. i tried so many tricks via youtube too, i just purchased the phone last week.so kindly please help me. And 1 more thing, what is bonjour,it is used for?


texts: Surface Pro to Apple thunderbolt display 27

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Want to display the Surface Pro in a second monitor that is a Apple Thunderbolt Display 27.

Surface has Mini Display port
Apple has Thunderbolt cable

both are physically the same but the tech is different.

What can i do to send image to the Apple Display ?

tks for the help !


texts: What is the optimal AirPlay configuration when using two Airports Express?

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I have two Airport Express base stations in my abode:

an AirPort Express 802.11n (2nd Generation) – A1392, and
an AirPort Express 802.11n (1st Generation) – A1264

Call the former (the newer model) A and the latter B. They are in the following configuration: A is wired to the cable modem and is the primary wireless base station; B is in a different room, configured to join that wireless network, and is connected to a stereo system. The goal of this setup is to provide the fastest possible internet to laptops, iPhones, etc. while enabling AirPlay music streaming to the stereo.

Unfortunately, I can't run a long ethernet cable between rooms (in a practical manner) – though if I could, of course I'd be able to remove one of the base stations from the setup entirely. Naturally, I would also like to keep the two base stations as part of the same wireless network, so I can use the internet while also playing music over AirPlay.

This Apple Knowledge Base document suggests that B joining A's network (the current configuration) is better than B extending A's network, for "overhead" reasons:

  Connecting to an existing Wi-Fi network as part of a legacy WDS or Extended Network

  AirPort Express extends Wi-Fi network range and streams iTunes music simultaneously using Extended Network for AirPort Express with 802.11n, or legacy WDS with AirPort Express 802.11g from another Wi-Fi base station.

  Due to the overhead required for this configuration, you may expect AirPlay drop-outs such as intermittent loss of audio.

I'm not sure if that's really an issue since they're both 802.11n routers. Then again, B is a "Draft 802.11n" device. I'm not sure how that affects things.

Problem

Streaming music from a laptop, regardless of the source (iTunes, Pandora, etc.) tends to stutter, intermittently cutting out for a few seconds. This seems to be a common issue. I haven't tested whether higher-bitrate songs causes the audio to cut out more frequently.

Question

How should I configure my wireless network(s) to reduce, and ideally prevent entirely, the audio from cutting out when I play music to my stereo using AirPlay? All of the hardware involved is Apple-made, so I can only imagine this is not a terribly exotic setup.

I haven't tried swapping the base stations yet. I'm willing to do that, but I'd really prefer to avoid trial-and-error with every combination of physical and software configurations. What can I say – it's not exactly my idea of a fun weekend project.

I have tried setting up a 5GHz wireless network on A, and having B join that, but it doesn't appear that B can. It looks like A1264 can broadcast at 5GHz, though I don't know if that implies it should be able to join a 5GHz network. Either way, it sure doesn't seem to be able to join my 5GHz network.

Potentially relevant details

There is a printer connected to B with USB.
No computers in the room have Bluetooth enabled, though there is an iPhone 5 and Pebble watch that are paired with Bluetooth. I mention this because BT supposedly can cause problems with AirPlay.


texts: If I were to set/reset the root account password on osx 10.8, will I be increasing or decreasing the security of my system?

texts: Are OS X systems with manually set, complex (128 character), root passwords more, or less, secure than the vanilla system freshly installed?


texts: Annoying prompt keeps popping up: 'The "cc" command requires the command line developer tools.'

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After 4 years of use, I decided to reset my Mac, cleaning up years of garbage in some folders. Surprisingly I was able to recover 20 GB of free space (which is a lot on a 128 GB SSD).

My workflow is quite simple, and I don't have a lot o apps installed. Besides the built-in and 1st party apps, I have, from the App Store: BBEdit and WhatsApp; and from other sources: Matlab, Skype, TeXShop, MacTeX, and OpenVPN.

I am not a developer, so I never installed Xcode, nor the Command Line Developer Tools (CLDT). So why would my two days old fresh installation keeps bugging me to install either the full Xcode or CLDT, when I'm sure I'm not running CC (or any other compilator, for that matter).

I doubt that among my handful of apps, one may be the culprit. But does any one know of any similar behavior.

P.S.: Just to make this point clear. I've made a clear from scratch installation. The only thing carried over was my iCloud content. No recovering from backups of any kind.


texts: I purchased my Iphone 5 in New-York but i live in London, may Apple restrict me from replacing the Power/Sleep button outside of the US?


texts: What can I do if the past purchases page does not load in iTunes store app on iPad?

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I have an iPad 3 and an iPhone 4 with the same iCloud account. On my iPhone I can load the past purchases page in iTunes Store app. The iPad does not load that page. It is light grey for a few seconds until it turns to a darker shade of grey. Nothing else happens.

Both devices run iOS 6.1.3. System language is German (if that matters).

I already restarted the iPad, logged out from and in to my account, activated Genius for apps (only to be able to deacivate it as suggested by some users with the same problem).

I have not yet completely restored my iPad. I only want to do that if nothing else would help.

Any ideas very much appreciated.


texts: Delay in receiving e-mails on MacBook Air

texts: When receiving e-mails on my three PC-s (all with the same e-mail address), on the other two e-mails arrive within 2-3 minutes while on the MacBook Air e-mails come in with a one hour (60 minutes) delay.


texts: The Function (fn) key keeps bringing up Mission Control. How do I disable it?

texts: (fn) Function Key keeps bringing up Mission Control. How do I disable it? I have looked all around and have found no answers? any ideas?


texts: Can you use the iPad to manage your iPod?

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I am about to get an iPad. My only other apple product is the iPod, and I do not have any windows computer (all Linux).

The iPod has been shelved for some time: I don't sync it very often with my music collection (which is on a NAS).

My question is: can I use the iPad as an interface to sync my iPod with my album collection in the NAS?


texts: The command for alias local='...' gets run on terminal open

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I have an alias set up in my .bash_profile file: alias local='npm run start-local', and for whatever reason when I open a new terminal session it is trying to run that command  npm run start-local immediately. It works fine if I rename it to "local2". What could be causing this?

I got this alias from my coworker who uses it regularly, and the only difference I know of is that he is not on Mojave.

Edit: something interesting I noticed is that if I change it to alias local='echo ' then I see

NVM_AUTO_MODE
NVM_CURRENT
NVM_MODE
VERSION
-bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

Which adds evidence that it is running my local command when something is trying to  use the local variable.


texts: How to display photos during iOS Shortcuts script

texts:
I am trying to build a workflow in iOS Shortcuts app that helps me sift through and clean up my iOS photos. The idea is to randomly select 20 or so non-favourite photos from iOS Photos app (I have that part working) and pass the result into a loop which - for every photo - displays the photo and then brings up a menu that asks me to either do nothing or sort the current photo into one of two albums (I have the menu and sorting part working, too). I can’t seem to find an action in the Shortcuts app that displays a photo object inside a workflow, though.

Can anyone help?


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I open my Mac's message app (I also get the text on my iPhone, iPad, & Apple Watch), and wish to add this caller to my "blocked" contact, but don't see how to do this.  Some of my SMS text spam don't appear to have phone numbers.   Maybe "SMS with 9564489646" is something I can add to my contact "blocked" number, but if so, I have to write it down by hand and transcribe it.  But it appears that I would need to re-add my "blocked" number to message/preferences/iMessage/blocked every time I make a change.

I pay for "RoboKiller" on my phone, but that just looks at phone calls.

Is there a practical way of marking a SMS text sender as Spam?


texts: Share Clipboard with VNC Server on Ubuntu from Mac OS X Mojave

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I am unable to share clipboard from my Mac OS X 10.14.6 Mojave MBP to the remote Ubuntu 16.04 desktop running x11vnc or vino VNC server. I am able to copy/paste from remote Ubuntu to MBP. Cannot copy/paste the opposite way. I have already tried viewers from RealVNC, Tiger VNC and Chicken. Chicken works but it exits claiming the server is sending unknown tiles. It is unreliable.

I connect to remote using SSH tunnels. I have already set to True the following RealVNC properties: ClientCutText and ServerCutText.

Are there any reliable solutions?


texts: How can I modify the hosts file on MacOS Catalina?

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I need to test out a site before it's actually live for customers, and doing so with a specific hostname. For this I'd like to modify the well-known hosts file, however it doesnt seem to work.

An answer here mentions to do a copy of the file and modify, and then paste it back to the original /etc/hosts location. I've tried it but doesnt work.

I've tried the guide here too, with restarting the DNS services (sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder) on my computer. Doesnt work either. I've made a complete reboot too, to no avail.

Have Apple prevented people in MacOS Catalina (10.15.X and later) to modify this file? It seems a lot of people are having problem with this.

Thanks for your help!

Update: To clarify: I can successfully change the hosts file and save it, but it seems to have no effect.


texts: Is it possible to migrate keyboard shortcuts for all my applications via an export?

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I have a bunch of keyboard shortcuts setup for Pages, Keynote, and several other programs. Is there a way to export and then import these shortcuts? I just reformatted my home computer and am now going through the painful process of re-creating all the shortcuts.

Paul Irish's dotfiles got me thinking about this: https://github.com/paulirish/dotfiles


texts: Can I disable transitions and animations system-wide?

texts:
I liked the transitions (fade-in, fade-out, sliding) and animations (when switching pages, or apps) when I did not know them. Now, I´d like to disable them everywhere. Is that possible? Is there an app for that? Could an app at all do such a thing?

Good example is:

Lock the Ipad. The screen fades out.

Switch it on -- screen fades in.

Gimmicks like that annoy me meanwhile. Imagine an Ipad that boom! just shows the locking screen, and does not fade it in. I'd prefer that meanwhile.


texts: ERROR: AUCTeX cannot find a working TeX distribution (macOS Sierra)

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I have installed MacTex and GNU Emacs on my iMac. I have created a simple tex file (the one suggested here) and tried to run LaTeX on it by hitting C-c C-c, but the following message appeared:

  ERROR: AUCTeX cannot find a working TeX distribution.
  Make sure you have one and that TeX binaries are in PATH environment variable.
  If you are using OS X El Capitan or later
  remember to add /Library/TeX/texbin/ to your PATH

Opening Terminal and running

  echo $PATH

yields

  /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin

Operating system: macOS Sierra, Version 10.12.4
Emacs version: 25.1.1
AUCTeX version: 11.90.0
MacTex distribution: MacTeX-2016


texts: Anyone know of a single-pane Markdown editor for MacOS

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Just looking for an markdown editor that is one pane, and will let me toggle back-and-forth between "edit mode" and "display mode" with a keyboard shortcut.

I really how the cells in python's Jupyter notebooks can be toggled back and forth between markdown content, and want to duplicate that behavior.


texts: Replace "Shift" key cap on MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch mid-2014

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After spilling tea on the corner of this MacBook Pro we tried using a blow-dryer to warm and dry it. We over-warmed it, melting the upper edge of the right-side Shift key cap. It melted downwards, and stops the key from traveling. So that Shift key no longer works.

Is it possible to replace a key cap on this keyboard?

How to gracefully remove a key cap?
Where to buy a replacement key cap?
How to refit the replacement?

I seemed to have successfully removed the Shift key cap, after watching a couple videos on YouTube. But I am confused about what is correct operating position of the white circle-in-square scissoring parts on the left and right. The left one seems stuck up in the air, not flexing down. And the right one seems flat with no scissoring at all.


texts: I have a twenty minute project containing hundreds of clips and stills. I'd like to apply a Ken Burns effect to all the stills without affecting the clips. Is there an easy way to select only the stills in the timeline?


texts: Set default skin tone for all Emojis in Emoji keyboard in iOS 11?

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It appears that it is only possible to change each Emoji’s skin tone individually by tapping and holding on the Emoji key and selecting another skin tone in the pop-up menu.

Is it possible to set a default skin tone to be used across all the supported Emojis?


texts:
I used to be able to copy and paste a section of a webpage from Safari into Anki (so for example tables and such will come through). But I don't know what setting I've inadvertently changed whether on the Mac or on Anki, because now I cannot paste the entire HTML anymore. It pastes without any formatting. I've gone through all the preferences various times and still cannot see anything that will make it go back to the previous behavior.

Any suggestions?


texts: What software can find close duplicates from 2TB worth of pictures?

texts:
I have collected all of my photographs onto one hard drive. I'm looking for software that runs on Mountain Lion to assist in finding similar photos so I can review and eliminate redundant files.

My picture store is currently 2 TB, so batch and/or efficient software would be ideal. I know for certain that there are a lot of duplicates, and there are lots of programs out there which can find exact duplicates.

What I am looking for is something which will find:

pictures which are identical except for rotation
pictures which are identical except for size (i.e. an original vs a thumbnail from iPhoto, or an original vs a downsized version for the web, etc)
pictures which are similar

I assume #1 is possible, but I am not sure about #2 or #3. What software can do any or all of these tasks?


texts: Google Calendar will not WorK or sync with Calendar.app after Yosemite or IOS 8.1.2

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Just in last 3 weeks:-

Have new computer 3 weeks ago, Yosemite. Had trouble with ical. Would open and load. After perhaps an update, realised the CPU was working hard, fan working hard, activity monitor put iCal 100% CPU usage. Have tried (with Apple support) correcting the library, ical plist; reinstalling software; apple then replaced the new computer. Enabled, disabled, deleted, installed gmail 'internet accounts' on all devices. Cannot deactivate on the phone as it crashes, can't even turn calendar off on the phone setting.

I got replacement computer. Clearly, Not a hardware problem as happening with new computer.

New Computer, 3 days ago and have now spent Spent 4.5 hours last night with iMac and then iPhone apple support again (1.5 week before). Apple remotely connected to the new computer, took stats and usage info activity monitor while running ical with google calendars.

We determined iCal is working with iCloud.Can create appointments both ways and shows on different devices of different software and OS.
Google Calendar is working with iCal and with Mavericks fine.
Google calendar DOES NOT WORK Yosemite and IOS 8.1.2

ical and Google calendar are NOT working with Yosemite and with new iOS for iPhone and heard iPad.

I had also updated my iPhone few days ago. Noticed the timezone had changed on the calendar appointments. After working with Apple support last night, suggesting restoring phone to earlier back up when it worked. I did a restore last night, but still have the version 8.1.2. Big issues. Can't turn off google calendar. it freezes completely (when trying to turn off calendar). Calendar is blank then crashes.

So iCal on mac PC does not sync, if it loads, it is causing huge issues and is crashing.
Google calendar doesn't even load on the iPhone. It is crashing.

Apple are working on it their end. Have said it is not an Apple issue, have suggested it
more likely a Google, Calendar issue.


texts: How to fix ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR for only one specific site

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Working on a site for a client, and for some reason I keep getting the "can't provide a secure connection" error in ALL browsers. Everyone outside me seems to see it fine. If I log in to my work computer with a VPN, it works fine.

I've look at tons of articles on this error. Yes, my time is set correct, I've cleared my cache and so forth.

I even tried copying over the SSL cert to my login keychain and select trust always, and this didn't work. It seems like browsers have been updated and they don't allow you to "trust anyway" anymore.

This is my friend's company, it has a valid certificate and I know the site is fine. I need to allow this site to work in order to get my work done.

I'm on a late 2013 iMac running Catalina 10.15.1.


texts: Maximum current that could be drawn out of iPhone 4 headphone Jack?

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Any clues regarding this value? I couldn't figure it out. I am trying to find the power budget for devices such as Square (www.squareup.com)

Thx


texts: I'm no longer able to control the visibility of formatting marks in MS Word documents using the "paragraph" button on the top menu/ribbon.  I'm unable to locate an override setting that specifies to always display formatting marks.  Is anyone familiar with how to remedy this issue?


texts: Catalina upgrade breaks Henge Stone docking station

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I have a Late 2016 MBP 15' that I have been using with the Henge Stone dock for almost two years with little to no issues. When upgrading my MBP to Catalina, the Stone dock starting behaving erratically. It does not consistently reconnect USB/Displayport devices when plugged in to the running MBP. It fails much more often than not now. It requires a full reboot of my MBP to work properly.

Anyone else with a Henge Stone experiencing this with Catalina?


texts: Where is Metadata of Encoding in Plain Text Saved from TextEdit

texts:
TextEdit allows for plain text .txt files to be saved with a particular character encoding:

Is there any meaningful change to the file's metadata and if so, how do you see it?


texts: Is there a way for OSX to auto-copy a file somewhere whenever it's updated?

texts:
I can't figure out how to get Automator to automatically recognize when a specific file/folder has been changed or updated then automatically copy it somewhere else.

Suggestions?


texts: Copying to targets where the files already exist: skip or stop

texts:
I noticed that sometimes, when I tell Finder to copy files to a location where some of those files already exist, Finder gives me the option to "skip" those files and then proceeds to copy the rest.

But at other times, more often I guess, Finder gives me the option to "stop" (or to "replace") and there is no "skip" option.

I cannot figure out what triggers either behaviour.

Today both happened within the same hour when I was copying files from an internal disk to an external disk. The first time I could simply drag and drop all the files and tell Finder to skip the files that already existed on the external disk. The second time Finder didn't give me that option.

Any ideas what makes Finder decide to offer or not offer the useful skip option when copying files?


texts: How do I use ls command with a variable for a directory in zsh?

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I set a variable named $G2_HW_sci. This is the output with echo.

user@192 SS % echo $G2_HW_sci
~/Documents/trabalho/SS/G2/science/homework/student_work/

Then I tried to access the contents of this folder with ls but I am getting this error:

user@192 SS % ls $G2_HW_sci
ls: ~/Documents/trabalho/SS/G2/science/homework/: No such file or directory

user@192 SS % ls "$G2_HW_sci"
ls: ~/Documents/trabalho/SS/G2/science/homework/: No such file or directory

user@192 SS % ls "${G2_HW_sci}"
ls: ~/Documents/trabalho/SS/G2/science/homework/student_work/: No such file or directory

user@192 SS % ls $"G2_HW_sci"
ls: $G2_HW_sci: No such file or directory

Now, if I just use ls with the absolute path to the directory it works:

user@192 SS % ls ~/Documents/trabalho/SS/G2/science/homework/student_work
2A          G2C_johnny.jpg      G2D_leonidas_1.jpg
2B          G2C_boris.jpg       G2E_angeline_1.jpg
2C          G2D_hellen_1.pdf        other
G2C_jerry_1.jpeg    G2D_leonidas_1.2.jpg

Another option that works is:
echo $G2_HW_sci | ls

I read some materials around here but they all seem to be using bash and by trying their solutions it didn't work for me.

I believe it may have something to do with the fact that I'm using zsh instead of bash.

What can I do to see the contents of the folder with the ls command?


texts: Is it possible to install OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in VirtualBox on an iMac (i3) running OS X 10.6.8? I have the 10.6 install CD, DMG, and ISO, but can't get any of them to boot from VirtualBox.


texts: Virtual Hosts Not Working on OSX Mavericks

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In Mac OS X 10.9.3 I've Included http-vhosts in httpd.conf

# Virtual hosts
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

I've commented out the DocumentRoot and the Directory in httpd.conf

# DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
# <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">...</Directory>

I've added the following to my httpd-vhosts.conf file

<VirtualHost *.80>
    DocumentRoot /Users/gdboling/Sites/rocket-gen
    ServerName local.rocket-gen.com
    <Directory "/Users/gdboling/Sites/rocket-gen">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

And I've added the following to my /etc/hosts file

127.0.0.1    local.rocket-gen.com

I've restarted Apache

sudo apachectl restart

There is an index.html in that directory but when I access http://local.rocket-gen.com from the browser I get a 404. I am getting this in the error logs

[Tue Jun 17 19:09:10 2014] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /usr/htdocs

I can't figure out why it is not working. If I create that directory as the DocumentRoot in httpd.conf it works. But I need to have several Virtual Hosts, so I'd like to get the vhosts file to work.


texts: Cannot SSH into Cisco switch or pfSense router from Mac Mini (macOS High Sierra 10.13.6)

texts:
Errors message in Terminal are (switch 1st, router 2nd):

MacMini:/ MacAdmin$ ssh NetAdmin@192.168.3.2  #Switch
Unable to negotiate with 192.168.3.2 port 22: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
MacMini:/ MacAdmin$ ssh NetAdmin@192.168.3.1  #Router
Unable to negotiate with 192.168.3.1 port 22: no matching key exchange method
found. Their offer: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256

UPDATE 1:
Using Pete's suggestion below, I receive this error about "no matching MAC found"

MacMini:/ MacAdmin$ ssh -oKexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 192.168.3.1
Unable to negotiate with 192.168.3.1 port 22: no matching MAC found. Their offer: > hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160->etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256,hmac->ripemd160,umac-128@openssh.com

Here is the output of my SSH config file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config):
MacMini:/ MacAdmin$ cat /etc/ssh/ssh_config
#   $OpenBSD: ssh_config,v 1.33 2017/05/07 23:12:57 djm Exp $

# This is the ssh client system-wide configuration file.  See
# ssh_config(5) for more information.  This file provides defaults for
# users, and the values can be changed in per-user configuration files
# or on the command line.

# Configuration data is parsed as follows:
#  1. command line options
#  2. user-specific file
#  3. system-wide file
# Any configuration value is only changed the first time it is set.
# Thus, host-specific definitions should be at the beginning of the
# configuration file, and defaults at the end.

# Site-wide defaults for some commonly used options.  For a comprehensive
# list of available options, their meanings and defaults, please see the
# ssh_config(5) man page.

# Host *
#   ForwardAgent no
#   ForwardX11 no
#   PasswordAuthentication yes
#   HostbasedAuthentication no
#   GSSAPIAuthentication no
#   GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no
#   BatchMode no
#   CheckHostIP yes
#   AddressFamily any
#   ConnectTimeout 0
#   StrictHostKeyChecking ask
#   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
#   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_dsa
#   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
#   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
#   Port 22
#   Protocol 2
   Ciphers aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc
   MACs hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com
#   EscapeChar ~
#   Tunnel no
#   TunnelDevice any:any
#   PermitLocalCommand no
#   VisualHostKey no
#   ProxyCommand ssh -q -W %h:%p gateway.example.com
#   RekeyLimit 1G 1h

Host 192.168.3.1
HostkeyAlgorithms ssh-dss,ssh-rsa
KexAlgorithms +diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
MacMini:/ MacAdmin$

Update 2:
I don't know how to properly edit my SSH config file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config) but I have a decent workaround with this command:
ssh -oKexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 -oMACs=hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com RouterAdmin@192.168.3.1


texts: I am a new Mac user trying to set up spelling checker for MS Office. I have downloaded the .dic & .aff files that I have to add to my /Library/Spelling folder. However, I have not managed to find this folder. I have looked it up in my Finder and also used Terminals to make files shown, in case it is a hidden one (even though that would not make much sense..), I still havent found the Spelling file.


texts: MacBook Pro 13" 2016 - How to set up dual monitors?

texts:
I own the MacBook Pro 13" 2016 model. It has two thunderport 3 ports on the left side of itself.

I have two Samsung monitors with a HDMI IN on both monitors.

Do I need to buy two Thunderbold 3 to HDMI adapters, to connect both my monitors?

I just tried connecting them with a HDMI Splitter, but it only shows the same content on both monitors. I just found out, that a single HDMI cable can only show content for one monitor or split the same content to two monitors. So that just failed hard.

But the only option is to then have two adapter connected at the same time, to get use of both my monitors...?

EDIT: I've tried to search for similar answers but could not find anything. Also I have a HDMI splitter, which just simply displays the same content on both monitors, so that was little to none help.

I've got on Thunderbolt to HDMI, 2x USB and another Thunderbolt port.

Best solution would be a adapter with one Thunderbolt port but with two HDMI ports.


texts:
I have an iPod Touch 3G 64GB with 4.3.3, and, with just 5 videos loaded i get a problem with this symptoms:

When I tap Videos, it takes ages to load, crashes, then I can load again, still slow
Every video has the same preview thumbnail, taken from a genius playlist
When playing a video, I tap on it, the menu appears after several seconds. I press pause, the video will stop playing after 10 seconds
If a video has closed captions, will show a subtitle every 3 sentences (slow)
No problems at all with Music/podcast/books/apps

I tried to remove all videos but even with no videos, the video app continues to crash
This behaviour started from day one, not happened suddenly

What i can do?


texts: Reinstall Thunderbolt Firmware on a 27" iMac Late-2012

texts:
I have a consistent issue with the "Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2" showing up endlessly in the App Store, but more importantly, after installing it earlier today, my Thunderbolt ports no longer work.

System Report says "No hardware was found," so the OS isn't seeing the ports themselves. I've tried using my Windows 10 partition, but they won't function, meaning the issue isn't OS specific. PRAM/NVRAM and SMC resets had no impact.

In addition, I did a full clean install two months ago where I know I did all Software Updates for 10.11.

According to the App Store, I've installed the 1.2 update 8 times now today.

I investigated the installer for my model's firmware at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518, but the iMac13,2 with firmware IM131.010A.B09 (2015-002) installer requires 10.9. I'm on 10.11.2 and trying to install 10.9 for the express purpose of getting a firmware update to reinstall seems rather foolish.

When I found the package installer, it warned me that it was an expired certificate and designed for 10.8.5 and that it would damage the machine if I ran it on 10.11.2. I decided to try this anyway and the install failed almost instantly (Never even rebooted). I also cleared my App Store cache to attempt to remove the previous version of the update done on the App Store to redownload it. No effect.

I've gone though the various steps in https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203758, but I've seen no change.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

(Please note this is for a 27" iMac and not the Thunderbolt Display. Apple decided to have v1.2 for both.)


texts: When can I recycle my Macbook Air (mid-2013)?

texts: I was interested in recycling my Macbook Air Intel Core i7 1.7 GHz 13" (mid-2013), however, when I went to get started on the recycling program, this model was not listed. I was just wondering when it would be available to be recycled or if I was doing something wrong or missed something.


texts: How can I sync notes from the Mac OS Notes app to plain text?

texts: I'd like to sync my notes in the Mac OS (Mountain Lion) Notes app to plain text files. E.g., if I have a note called "shopping list" in the Notes app, I'd like to find a way to automatically export this to, say, shopping_list.txt. Is there a way to do that?


texts: How do I download photos from icloud photo library onto my PC?

texts: My iCloud storage has run out. I want to transfer all photos/videos to my windows laptop, but when I log in to my iCloud account online cannot view any photos or videos in order to download. I also don't know if I can now turn off iCloud photo library without losing files, as I don't have sufficient phone storage (at least until I can download these photos/videos and delete them!)


texts: After reboot system time changed and menu bar items changed position

texts:
I'm new to Apple Mac OS, just Bought a new Macbook pro 13" Mid 2012 a month ago. Yesterday everything was good and working fine. I shut down system and went to sleep. Today when I Started my system I found some significant changes.

My system time went wrong from AM/PM to 24 hours which I fixed from apple Date/Time preferences. The but it just worked for the Menu Bar Display. System time is still 24hour format I can see in Terminal and start up Login Screen. In the Menu bar it is now showing the day number of the Week not the name as it was doing previously.

2nd is that in meny Bar the time is now shifted to left of Battery which was by default to right most and right to battery:

What is wrong with my system. I installed Macports yesterday. Don't know what else has been changed :(.


texts: Professional Data Recovery solution: what to use?

texts:
I have a LaCie P9227 2TB drive partitioned 500GB for Time Machine and 1.5TB for Archive purposes. Two days ago the disk started failing (DriveDx utility indicated it as Failing), the TM partition unmounted during the First Aid trial via macOS Recovery mode and, since then, I have kernel panics every time I attach the disk to my 2016 MacBook Pro and try to do anything with it. The repair failed with "Error at -8".

I would purchase DiskWarrior but if I have only a 2-minute window I fear that will not be enough (Seagate Recovery software ended in a kernel panic before completing the first scan).
Seagate asked me EUR 850 for recovery and I do not want to discuss the price here, just assume I cannot pay.

Professional data recovery is still done by humans—I guess—so I would like to know what I can do on my own: what software / hardware do I need? It should be possible to learn.


texts: How can Find My iPhone be working with no data plan?

texts:
We have an iPhone4 and replaced it with a iPhone5s. In the process of setting up iCloud we registered both of these devices. Now that the phone number has been transferred to the new iPhone 5s, the old iPhone4 only has WiFi and no cell data plan. However, on Find my iPhone in iCloud it still shows the iPhone4 has been updated a minute ago and the location is correct as it is sitting in our house.

Is the GPS in the iPhone4 sending data of it's location via WiFi?


texts: How to can I upgrade Xcode 4.1 to 4.5.2 properly?

texts:
I'm trying to get Xcode up to date... but i think i have a little problem.

I go in the Mac App Store. I find Xcode. I click on free button, it asks me to connect with my Apple-ID. Done.

I get the "install" button... I click and nothing happens. I have a loader spinning during few seconds at the right of buttons Prev/Next in the top bar... but nothing else.

Where is a process bar ? Mac App says to me that Xcode takes 1.50 GB but is downloading ? How can I follow the download ? Is really downloading ? Do I have to uninstall the Xcode 4.1 ?

I am a bit lost with the changes to this program and the new App Store.


texts: 3 Terabyte hard drives in Mac Pro Mid 2010?

texts:
I got the Mid 2010 Single CPU Mac Pro and want to add a 3 TB hard drive, specifically the Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX.

Does anyone know if that drive will work? Not looking to boot from it, just need a large data drive and got all 4 bays in use already.

Mac is running OS X Lion and windows 7 64-Bit, so GPT partition scheme is no problem.


texts: Issue with PG_CTL command in Macos -- Could not start server as FATAL: data directory "/Library/PostgreSQL/12/data" has wrong ownership

texts:
I am unable to start the Postgres server and whenever I use pg_ctl I am getting the following error - can some one help me to fix this. I changed the folder permissions using CHmod and tried running with Sudo -s also but still the problem exists.

one error I did was, I deleted the Postmaster.pid when the server was running- post this I am getting this issue when ever I try to start the server through pg_ctl and another error when I use the pgadmin.

Any suggestions here will be really helpful- thanks.

Using Macos Shell command :

pg_ctl start -D /Library/PostgreSQL/12/data
waiting for server to start....2020-05-05 11:40:04.838 IST [1216] FATAL:  data directory "/Library/PostgreSQL/12/data" has wrong ownership
2020-05-05 11:40:04.838 IST [1216] HINT:  The server must be started by the user that owns the data directory.
 stopped waiting
pg_ctl: could not start server
Examine the log output.

Using pgadmin the error is as follows :

could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5434? could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5434?

p.s. : I modified the hba.conf and also the postgres.conf files to allow connection from the local ip


texts: Is there a way to know which rule filtered an email?

texts:
My Mail.app has at least 100 rules with thousands of conditions and sometimes I get mail filtered that was not supposed to be filtered.

All my filters work by moving unwanted stuff to the trash.

Is there a way to discover what rule in particular put the email there?

thanks


texts: Why is .bash_history periodically wiped?

texts:
This is the second time it's happened.
I just tried grep-ing some historical commands and came up empty. a look at my bash history shows that it's practically empty. Like it's been wiped clean.
I use iTerm2 and on MacOS 10.13.6.
I see there's a .bash_sessions directory with some sessions saved but I guess this is probably an iTerm2 thing to preserve sessions for some reason or another.


texts:
I am using a script and I have a secret code to input within the script (If that makes sense) after I input the code, it is supposed to open the script within the application, the main.scpt. I don't know how to do that considering that I am an amateur so I thought I should ask the pros. How do I open a script that's inside the application's packaged contents using applescript

here is the script im tryna use. I feel like Im being stupid. It may help to know that I am trying to open the same script in the application Im running.  I made a secret message to use in a textbox to open the script to edit it, but it says Apple Event Timed out. Can I run an application and open the script at the same time? Swipe to the left of the code to see the whole thing. Here it is-

if mainReturned = "∆" then -- Special keyword that opens the script
    display dialog "Keyword '" & mainReturned & "' is being executed." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "Maccist Auto-Web" with icon file "Macintosh HD:Users:<Insert User>:Documents:robot-icon.png" giving up after 1
    open file "Macintosh HD:Users:<Insert User>:Desktop:<Insert Name of Application>:Contents:Resources:Scripts:main.scpt"
    with timeout of 600 seconds
    end timeout
end if


texts: Why does only one episode show up under "unplayed" in Podcasts when I haven't heard any of them?

texts: I have this issue on my iPhone, iPad, and the iTunes app on my computer, which leads me to believe that it's not just some bug in the app. This happens for all the podcasts I have. The weird thing is that it actually knows which episodes are played, and indicates this with a little gray circle next to each unplayed episode, but for some reason the "unplayed" menu only shows one episode.


texts:
Am I going mental, or does the number in the following image make no sense at all? my top 10 apps seem to account for barely ~15GB, so why is my used space so high?

So, I'm calling this a bug. The "other" section of my phone is taking up 40GB of space. I figured I'd just take a backup and restore my phone but due to there being no available space, I couldn't take a backup through iTunes. So I deleted my Spotify music, and the 40GB "other" grew almost instantly to take up the remainder of the space. I tried putting my phone into airplane more, but the button didn't put it into airplane mode - I had to restart and do it (I also temporarily lost use of my lock button and home button). I used a 3rd party tool to take a backup and deleted all my photos, and the storage has stopped growing at 42GB. Here's my iTunes screenshot for giggles:

I tried updating my iOS, nothing. I checked using iMazing at my phones directory structure (it allows you to view folder sizes) and none of my folders had 40GB, the total amounted to what my phone was reporting (~15GB).

I have no idea why it's doing it, so I'm going to go for a full restore from my newly created backup.


texts: How do I know what changes a programe wants to make?

texts: We've all gotten the popup dialog box that says "[Some App] wants to make changes, type your password to allow this", but is there a way to get more information about what those changes are?  It's always from an app I "trust", but I'd still like to know more about what it's doing that it needs my password for.  Seems an aweful lot like Windows Vista's uber-useful security popups.


texts: What is causing softwareupdated to use excessive resources and kill the responsiveness of my Mac?

texts:
Usually my Mac performs pretty comfortably but for the last hour or so it's been almost unusable. When I type it takes a few seconds to actually display what I've typed or just beachballs for a little while. If I try to open a new tab in Safari it takes about half a minute to actually appear.

When I opened Activity Monitor to see if I could work out what was happening "softwareupdated" was taking 100% CPU and Memory Pressure is in the red. I tried opening the App Store application to see if that would tell me but the application just opens but won't draw any content.

I didn't tell my Mac to update anything, and the App Store app seems useless right now, so how do I find out what is it doing that is causing this?


texts: Is there a way to generate a kernel core dump file after a kernel panic occurred on OSX?

texts:
I need to debug a kernel panic and the current information in the kernel panic log file is insufficient.

The only information available on that matter is in the following link:  https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2004/tn2118.html

but it talks about creating a server for core dump and it must be done locally (user's computer). Both Windows and Linux support local dump file.

So, is there a way to generate a kernel core dump file after a kernel panic occurred on OSX?


texts: MacOS terminal "login: illegal option -- e"

texts:
Whenever I open my terminal on my Mac I get this:

login: illegal option -- e
usage: login [-pq] [-h hostname] [username]
    login -f [-lpq] [-h hostname] [username [prog [arg ...]]]

[Process completed]

All of the fixes I've tried aren't working. I've tried deleting my preferences for the terminal, changing my shell, and deleting my terminal profile.

How can I resolve this error and get a working shell?


texts: how to overwrite control+shift+power to start screensaver instead of lockscreen

texts:
or how to start your screensaver?
I've tried few things but most of them show login screen instead of screensaver


texts: Windows on BootCamp cannot start upon a fresh installation

texts:
I have a Windows 7 .iso I always use for BootCamp installations. It works.

I have a MacBook Pro Retina 15" Mid-2014, and I have installed Windows 7 in it successfully in the past. Throughout the latest months, for a number of reasons I have uninstalled the partition, and installed Windows again, and uninstalled again, and so on.

Today I currently don't have Windows installed, and decided to do so. The installation was apparently successful as always: BootCamp partitioned around 40GB for Windows, downloaded the Support Software, booted from USB flashdrive, and then it restarted (as always).

But then, when my Mac tries to boot into Windows, it doesn't seem to work anymore. I am met with a black screen and the following text displays:

  Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be
  the cause. To fix the problem:

  Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
  Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
  Click "Repair your computer".

  If you do not have this disct, contact your system administrator or
  computer manufacturer for assistance.

  File: \windows\system32\drivers\AppleSSD.sys

  Status: 0xc0000428

  Info: Windows cannot verify the digital signature of this file.

Now, something different must have happened compared to all the many times I installed Windows on BootCamp... I do have an idea. The last installation was removed by deleting the partition using Disk Utility (instead of using BootCamp assistant). That's the only difference I can think of.

I have read that I could delete the AppleSSD file. And I did. But now many things seem to be wrong: for starters, the OS doesn't seem to be able to connect to my Wireless network (so it seems like the drivers were not properly installed).

What should I do? I deleted the partition and tried again, but the same occurs. A friend has another .iso I borrowed, but it didn't work either.

The problem can't be with my .iso - I've used it so many times before. It works fine. Something must be wrong somewhere else.

I am using OSX Yosemite.

Edit

As requested, I deleted the Windows partition and ran diskutil list:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            250.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s4

Then sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  488555536      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488965176    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  490234712          7
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header

And sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  490234751] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused


texts:
Hi I am using MacBook 2008 model.

I've installed Win XP using Bootcamp.

For past few weeks I notice that when running Win XP, after few minutes (approx 15 to 20 mins), laptop gets shutdown automatically.

This does not happens when running OS X.

Any Suggestions...??


texts:
I have Mac book pro with OSX-10.7.3, which has to be give back to my company. I bought a new/personal mac book pro and I'd like to copy all the data including  bootcamp images.

Is it possible to take the image/backup of entire disk including bootcamp images??

Do we have to worry about any applications if you take a backup on one mac and restore on other mac ??(for e.g parallel software)

Please suggest the best possible backup/copy method to transfer all the content/data/applications from one mac to other.

Thanks,

Kiran


texts: Macbook Pro suddenly running extremely slow

texts:
I have a 2010 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro running Sierra with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD.

The SSD and RAM were changed in 2013.

The macbook pro was running amazingly well for its age and I was quite happy with it until yesterday. When suddenly while I was typing and on battery power, the screen went blank though the Macbook was still on (as I hear the fan humming and see the keyboard lights on).

After that I tried to force restart it using the power button. But it won't boot. I tried resetting the PRAM, NVRAM, and SMC controllers then restarted. Now it restarts but has become extremely slow.

The SSD is encrypted and as far as the SSD decryption password login screen and apple logo with loading screen after that the macbook pro behaves as expected and is very fast.

But once it goes to desktop it slows down like crazy. I am unable to even launch any programs. Once I was able to launch activity monitor and see that the CPU was running at 95% and kernel_task was taking up 400% or something.

I haven't been able to check the RAM (but I suppose the RAM should be fine if it boots up and loads the OS?)

I also tried to boot using a USB drive MacOS backup disk and that too is extremely slow and in fact even slower than the inbuilt SSD boot up that I am unable to do anything.

The computer isnt heating up very badly or anything. On switching on the power light blinks 5 times and it doesn't detect the battery (but that may be because I tried to remove the battery and put it back again and I believe I damaged the battery sensing cable or pins I guess just adjacent to where the battery cable and pins itself go on the mother board) as pressing the button to show power left on battery shows no lights now and I am stil able to run the macbook taking away the external power source only after I boot up.

What could be wrong?


texts: Open iBooks files in other PDF viewers in iPad

texts:
iBooks permits easy file sharing and import of Pdf files to iPad through iTunes, however it lacks annotation/highlighting. After import, I prefer to open PDF file with 3rd party PDF viewers like Foxit. However I have no idea how to bring my PDF file from iBooks to Foxit reader.

Do you have any idea?


texts: How can I open a port (not application) in the macOS Sierra firewall?

texts:
I am trying to follow up on this thread and to update it for macOS Sierra (and probably all versions since Yosemite).

In that thread, a way to open a single port in the OS's firewall was suggested:

sudo ipfw add 40000 allow tcp from any to any dst-port portnum

However, since Yosemite, ipfw was replaced with pf and, unless I am mistaken, pfctl should therefore be used.

What would the above command translate to?


texts: Why is emptying the trash so much slower than rm?

texts:
If there are a lot of files in the trash, sometimes the Finder will display a progress bar saying (for example) "Preparing to delete 62,736 files", then another progress bar for the actual deletion. By comparison, deleting those same files from the command line is nearly instantaneous.

What is the Finder doing that takes so long? Is it detrimental to my system to skip that by deleting files via rm?


texts: Is it possible to turn off both 3G and LTE and only use 2G on an iPhone?

texts:
Tomorrow, I am leaving the US and traveling internationally.  I added Sprint's "Global Roaming" plan to my phone.  The details of the plan are as follows: "Unlimited basic data with speeds up to 2G and unlimited text in any of our Sprint Global Roaming countries at no charge with calling for just $.20/min. For a full list countries, visit sprint.com/globalroaming" (emphasis added).

My question is - how can I turn off both 3G and LTE and only use 2G on my iPhone?  As far as I can tell, the only options are to turn off LTE or to turn off data completely.

It's important for me to figure this out because I don't want my phone accessing 3G and/or LTE while I'm abroad in case it puts outrageous charges on my phone bill due to 3G and LTE not being part of the "Global Roaming" plan.

Does anybody know if what I'm asking is possible?

(In case it helps, I have an iPhone SE running iOS 10.3.1.)


texts: Can I permanently disallow OS upgrades on an iOS device?

texts:
Is there a way to prevent OS upgrades on an iOS device, such that the user is unable to remove the restriction (without going into full "kiosk mode")?

We will be loaning iPhones or iPads to people, and don't want them making ANY changes to the devices, but we do want to let them use all the applications that are on the device. I see that parental restrictions will let me prevent users from adding or deleting apps, but there isn't an option for OS upgrades.

If I tell iTunes to stop doing updates, and then prevent the user from accessing the iTunes store, will that do it?


texts: "# is not registered with iMessage" error

texts:
Let me clearly establish that I am not trying to send a sms to a non-iPhone user. On my OS x Mountain Lion macbook pro I was sending iMessages from the Messages application just fine until all of a sudden my Messages application is claiming that all of my iPhone-using contacts are not actually iPhone-using contacts. On my iPhone my messages are being sent and received just fine, it is the computer I am typing this on that has the issue.

I floated through the apple forums and saw a few suggestions - signing in and out in Messages(tried and could sign in fine but my application still thinks it's everyone else with the problem), checking to see that my macbook still knows its own serial number (it does), restarting my computer (no effect), and changing wifi networks (no effect).

Has anyone else had this issue with their Messages app on their apple computing device and, if you have, how were you able to fix it? Did it vanish at random as suddenly as it appeared or are there some missing settings that I couldn't think of?

Thank you.


texts: Adding "Delete" and/or "Mark as read" to mail notifications in Mavericks

texts: By default maill.app notifications has two buttons. One for replying to the email and the other one for closing the notification. This is very nice, although, I was wondering if there is any way that I can add either (or both) of the "Delete" and "Mark as read" buttons to the mail notifications. Applescript, hacking some settings, third party apps or any other ways are fine, however, I prefer some native built-in solutions.


texts: Simplest way to get a public URL for a photo from Photos App?

texts:
My phone already syncs photos to my laptop Photos App. I'm looking for the simplest way to share photos from the Photos App to the internet. I don't want albums or anything, just to get the URL of an individual photo. Ideally it happens automatically, and I just right click the photo in the Photos app and click "copy image url"

I tried using Imgur, but you can't even drag and drop photos from the app to the website.


texts: Does the Gmail app automatically upload photos to Google Photos?

texts: Does the Gmail app on iPhone having access to your photo gallery automatically upload photos to Google Photos or Drive? Did any version of the Gmail app did this before if not now?


texts: Why does the cursor on my Macbook Pro 10.13.6 not respond when clicked?

texts:
The cursor on my MacBook Pro does not respond when clicked. The cursor appears on the screen and I can double click, so I think its a software problem. When I try to restart, it works for a minute but then stops working.

I can see the cursor on the screen and I can feel the trackpad clicking. However, nothing occurs on the screen. I can still type, scroll, and use the touchbar.


texts: Is there an alternative to downloading Lion from the net?

texts:
I have a 13 inch Macbook Air 2011. A couple of days back, I was deleting some files and I landed in the Macintosh HD folder (root) and from there I ⌘+Deleted everything. Needless to say, my Mac does not boot up now.

After searching, I found that ⌘+R goes into recovery mode. Now, I'm on this screen (screenshot not mine):

and my Mac says 23 hours remaining. This is my 4th attempt at re-installation and I just can not get it to finish quickly. Sometimes I lose my net connection in between and the whole process starts over again. I have spent at least 72-90 hours reinstalling the whole thing 3 times, but it just doesn't finish. I'm on a 2 Mbps connection.

Is there an alternative to downloading OS X Lion from the net?

EDIT: I don't know anyone who has a Mac, and the Mac store is in another city. If I somehow do get the "Mac OS X Install ESD.dmg" from someone, is it possible to burn this into a bootable USB using Windows 7?


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I have a Synology NAS and there I have several services running. E.g. my Unifi Controller, Home Assistant, Plex, ... So all of them have the same IP address, but a different port. Safari though thinks it's all the same and gives everything the same favicon. Is there a way to change that?

Thanks, Georg


texts: Bypassing Enrollment Server Reinstalling MacOS

texts: I have an iMac from my organization to be used at home. I'd like to reinstall its MacOS, however, when I reinstall it, it takes me to "enrollment server". I guess I need to either take it to my company or somehow connect with VPN. But, Is there a way to bypass that?


texts: Powerline Theme in OSX terminal have a strange color

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I configure the powerline theme on OSX like zsh vim and emacs

But it has a strange colour in the ">" character

How can I make the the ">" character colour match with the powerline bar


texts: How do I prevent iOS devices from being backed up in iTunes when plugging into a friend’s computer?

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Say you plug your iPhone or iPad into a friend’s computer. If iTunes is installed on this computer (which it will be on every Mac, for instance) it will automatically open and take a full backup snapshot of the device onto the computer.

The backup will be obfuscated but everything will still be totally accessible on that computer.

How do I prevent this from happening from the iOS device side? (As I do not control the computer in this scenario.)


texts: How to run shell script from MacBook Touch Bar

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I have a simple shell script command like this which can be run via automator or workflow:

cd /Users/myuser/Documents/Code-Files/scripts/;
/usr/local/bin/node code_upload.js

I'd like to add this as a Quick Action to the MacBook's Touch Bar, how can I achieve this?

Thanks!


texts: Rendering MathJax Codes In Chat Rooms With Some iPad Web Browsers

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Introduction
For rendering MathJax codes in chat rooms, a JavaScript code has been written in the installation page. This code works perfectly with well-known iPad web browsers such as Safari and Chrome. However, because of some reason I need to run the code in chat rooms with some other browsers such as this browser (From now on, I consider this browser as a typical example for the main issue of this post).
The Main Issue
The browser can render MathJax codes well in the installation pageby tapping the "Start ChatJax" link, so this means that the browser allows JavaScript codes to run. However, after being added to the Bookmarks, the JavaScript code cannot render MathJax codes in chat rooms. So, my question is,
I attempted to solve this as follows. Having observed that the JavaScript code renders MathJax codes well in the installation page by tapping the "Start ChatJax" link, I guessed that the problem would be resolved by adding the "Start ChatJax" hyperlink in the description of a SE chat room. But, that way could not solve the problem because when you tap any link in a SE chat room, a separate window will be opened.
My question is whether the JavaScript code needs changes or I can effect settings on the iPad
or the browser itself is needed to be improved by its developer?


texts: Verifying Xcode is installed on High-Sierra

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I am having pip3 difficulty installing hidapi: a question was asked if Xcode is installed.

To verify Xcode Installation instructions provide two commands for verifying Xcode command tools:

My tests:

$ ls -l /Applications/Xcode.app/
ls: /Applications/Xcode.app/: No such file or director

$ ls -l /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs
ls: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs: No such file or directory

$ /usr/bin/xcodebuild -version
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

$ xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

$ xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

$ gcc
clang: error: no input files

$ xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

$ gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 10.0.0 (clang-1000.10.44.4)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0
Thread model: posix

QUESTIONS

Can I eliminate Xcode as the problem?
Maybe Xcode is installed but
needs to be configured?


texts: How do I view which devices are connected to my AirPort Extreme using AirPort Utility v6.0?

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I recently upgraded to AirPort Utility v6.0, and I can't find where to check what devices are currently connected to my AirPort Extreme. I know that this was possible using older versions of AirPort Utility, and hopefully that feature wasn't removed.

How can I find what devices are connected to my Airport Extreme?


texts: Can I install dual-boot OS on the external USB drive?

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I have a MF839 MacBook with Mojave and I want to install Linux as my dual-boot system on the external USB drive.

I have one USB with 8GB and one with 64GB. On 8GB I will burn my .iso file with Debian-based Linux and then I am going to select my 64GB drive as place to install Linux.

Will it work?


texts: Deprecated “natd” and “ipfw” in El Capitan

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I want to share my internet connection and VPN connection but Tunnelblick/OpenVPN doesn’t play nice with internet connection sharing in OS X.

There was a suggestion on a workaround on how to route all traffic over VPN as per this post: Using (and sharing) a VPN connection on your Mac

The script is:

#!/bin/sh

natd -interface tun0
ipfw -f flush
ipfw add divert natd ip from any to any via tun0
ipfw add pass all from any to any
sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

I am not a UNIX expert – so I am just wondering if anyone can help me with the alternative for the above deprecated commands please?


texts: 4K: option to revert back to 1080p on Macbook Retina?

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I've got a 2012 Macbook Retina talking to a Samsung 4k TV.

I'd actually like to revert back to 1080p.

All the google searches I try talk about going to 4k, but I actually want to go the other way, back down to 1080p.

Although I do get the font-size option to make the fonts larger, it's still only 30 hertz, and it's SUPER choppy when I do screen mirroring.  Also I'm seeing actual rendering bugs.

I bought the TV because it was large, not because it was 4k.  I've used MacBooks with 1080p TVs for years and generally like it.


texts: How can I see where a program writes to my disk?

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If I want to uninstall a program and remove all trace of data it stored on my computer,
is there a tool to see where a program has written data? I expect it isn't going to be possible after the fact, but perhaps there is something that can run when a program is first launched to monitor all the locations to which it writes?

I think I'm looking for something that does for local storage what Little Snitch does for the internet.


texts: Extracting photos out of very old iPhoto Library to import directly into Apple Photos on El Capitan

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I have many many photos on a very old version of iPhoto (pre 9.0) that's proving a pain to upgrade into Apple Photos on El Capitan.

Question is - can I simply copy the "Originals" and "Modified" folders that are inside the iPhoto Library out into the Pictures directory itself, and then import these into Apple Photos directly?

EDIT

Also - if I do this, will the copy necessarily take up twice the space in my hard disk, or will disk level de-duplication help to reduce the disk used? If it takes up twice the space this may not work as the photos take up more space than I have free at the moment.


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OS X El Capitan 10.11.3 - USB mouse (steelseries Sensei)

When trying to move the cursor, the movement is limited only to vertical direction. What could be the possible problem?