texts: How can I programatically remove folder from Finder's Favorites?

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I installed one app which adds special folder to my Favorites sidebar in Finder. I like the app, but I don't like polluting the sidebar. Unfortunately, the app doesn't allow me to turn off the behavior and even if I manually remove the folder, it appears again after some time (didn't do any special tests though whether it's after restart or when...).

My idea is that if I could come with some bash command to remove this folder from Finder's sidebar, I could put it to .bash_profile so it gets executed quite often. I'd fight with the same weapons - from time to time, I'd just remove the folder if present. The question is - is there some command?

I looked for it, but couldn't find any clues. Is there e.g. some text or XML file with Favorites listed I could programatically edit in bash?


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Whenever one of my contacts replies to my message it appears in a separate window. Then all of my replies also appears in a separate window. There is no conversation stream in one window.
I've checked preferences and can find nothing to help.


texts: Keychain: Beachball When Visualizing Password

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I can use the passwords in the keychain when opening a program, but if I try to display the password in the keychain entry I get asked for the root password. When entering the root password the beachball is displayed and never disappears. The program does not completely hang because I can abort the operation with esc. Still while the beachball is present I can't do anything else. Other passwords which are stored in the cloud (e.g. wifi pw) can be accessed.

The file rights are:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 username  staff  442368  8 Dez 18:53 username.keychain

I recently updated my Mac to El Capitan and repaired the file permissions with Disk Utility.


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Does anyone know if we can install Android on an iPhone 4?

I've jailbroken my phone with redsnow, and followed the steps at http://lifehacker.com/5693309/how-to-install-android-on-an-iphone-in-six-easy-steps which teaches you how to install Android on an iPhone.

However when I tried to add the repository http://repo.neonkoala.co.uk into Cydia (step two), I have the error repository not found:

Does anyone know where is the new website for downloading the repository at http://repo.neonkoala.co.uk?


texts: Will i benefit from important features of Lion with a trackpad/MacBook?

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I am an avid iMac user and have no intention of buying a MacBook/MacBook Air or a trackpad.

I have just installed Lion and have seen Launchpad and Mission Control in my Dock. I could see myself using these lots, but I am concerned that it's not going to be quite as natural as finger-gestures. Will I have to learn keyboard shortcuts or is there something I'm missing?

Will I gain the full Lion experience without a MacBook or a trackpad?


texts: Quick Look Window - Pause video shortcut

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Is there any keyboard shortcut to pause the video, that is being played in Quick Look Window ?

Quick Look Window launches when we click space bar on file (say a video file)

I can find the pause button at bottom left of Quick Look Window, but i have to use mouse to pause the video.


texts: Can I customize ANSI colors in Terminal without extra tools like SIMBL?

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I noticed that colors in the Snow Leopard Terminal.app aren't that great (using the Pro theme, but the other themes are worse).

There seems to be no easy way to customize the colors, and googling only showed weird workarounds involving SIMBL and forcing the terminal to 32-Bit.

Is that still the case, or is there a way to change the colors in Snow Leopard's Terminal.app? My shell is zsh, not bash if that makes a difference.

Clarification: I'm referring to the ANSI Colors like Green, Red, Blue etc. By default, the Terminal looks like this:

These colors aren't that great, I want them look like this:

I have found a 64-Bit compatible SIMBL/TerminalColours plugin, but if I can avoid having to use SIMBL, that would be my goal. I know that there are alternative terminals like iTerm, but I want Terminal.app.


texts: Which folders should be copied when performing a manual backup?

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I know that Time Machine and various backup softwares can be used to save some or all Mac data.

However, if I don't want to use any of them and simply copy data to an external hard drive, which folders should be saved?

The only list of suggested folders to backup that I found is this one:

Macintosh HD/Users/ : users data
Macintosh HD/Applications : (optional) applications
Macintosh HD/Library/ : (optional) some applications preferences

Is this accurate or is there any other folder that should be copied ?


texts: Finder does not launch from Dock unless I click on the icon and New Finder Window

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I am using a Mac mini 2010 with MacOS Sierra 10.12.6.

Today, I deleted and re-created my Finder preferences after the originals became corrupted.

Clicking on Finder (the blue smiley-face square) within the Dock did not work unless I went to Open New Finder Window.

The Desktop works, no issue there.

Is there a way within MacOS Sierra to get it to open automatically by clicking on the icon, like with other apps in Dock, such as Firefox or Terminal?

Any help is much appreciated.


texts: How to return the device on MacBook Air on Bluetooth?

texts: I accidentally tap on forgot the device on MacBook Air and delete Beats solo3 from the Bluetooth device list? Any ideas how to return the device? Can you guys help me please, I try everything...


texts: What do I need to do to get my Mac to sleep properly?

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My 2008 iMac/10.10.5 has recently refused to sleep... either automatically or with a menu command.

The internal HD failed some time ago, since which it's been running fine on an external usb hd.

No 'sharing' options are enabled.
'Wake for network access' is not enabled.
'Allow Bluetooth devices to wake...' is not enabled.
The issue also happens with a 'test' account.

SMC and NVRAM have been reset.

'pmset sleepnow', 'osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep'' and 'osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to sleep'' immediately sleep the display but not the system.

The 'energy pane' of Activity Monitor doesn't show any apps preventing sleep.

I'd had an issue with 'addressbooksourcesync' preventing sleep, but think that's now sorted.

'pmset -g assertions' shows '0' for 'PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep' and 'PreventUserIdleSystemSleep'.

Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  1
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0
   NetworkClientActive            1
Listed by owning process:
   pid 195(cupsd): [0x0000004600110135] 00:10:00 NetworkClientActive named: "org.cups.cupsd"
   pid 49(powerd): [0x0000003c0008012c] 00:10:11 ExternalMedia named: "com.apple.powermanagement.externalmediamounted"
   pid 95(hidd): [0x000000a500090183] 00:08:25 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 218 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
Kernel Assertions: 0xc=USB,BT-HID
   id=500  level=255 0x4=USB mod=21/12/2016 12:46 description=EHC2 owner=AppleUSBEHCI
   id=501  level=255 0x4=USB mod=21/12/2016 12:46 description=EHC1 owner=AppleUSBEHCI
   id=503  level=255 0x4=USB mod=21/12/2016 12:52 description=UHC4 owner=AppleUSBUHCI
   id=506  level=255 0x4=USB mod=21/12/2016 12:55 description=UHC3 owner=AppleUSBUHCI
   id=507  level=255 0x8=BT-HID mod=01/01/1970 01:00 description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=BNBMouseDevice


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Is there any possibility of getting the OS X Mavericks installation file after OS X Mavericks is installed? I need to use it on another macbook.

Or is there anyway to retrieve it?


texts: MS Remote Desktop - drives not mapping - broken by Sierra update 10.12.2?

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MacOS Sierra running the Microsoft Remote Desktop version 8.0.36 application connecting to various different MS Windows servers.

Was working fine,  but following the Sierra update 10.12.2 the drives are not mapping,  regardless of the target OS.

Current workaround is to use remote desktop in a VM,  but this is really inconvenient.

Edit: Feb 2017

Another Sierra update,  another broken RDP client.  Microsoft finally updated their RDP client in early January to fix this problem.  Now the Sierra 10.12.3 update's come along and broken it.  So no drive mappings again.

The beta RDP client has too many problems -- I just need a working RDP client -- so have to resort to using a VM running Windosw and it's RDP client.

Edit: Jan 2018

Seems that the High Sierra update on my Mac has broken the remote directory sharing again.  "Microsoft Remote Desktop" version 8.0.43

Updating the "beta" to version 8.2.41 enables me to connect and the drives are mapped.

Checking the Mac Application Store and they've released a new version of "Remote Desktop" (obligatory skipping of version 9 - why do they hate number nine?);  now version 10.1.1.   This works


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Whenever you have more than 4 services, they are put in a dropdown option "Services" on right click instead of just being added to the right click menu itself.

Is this an option somewhere that can be changed?

Thanks.


texts: Can I have my screenshot files written immediately in Mojave?

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In macOS Mojave, whenever you take a screenshot a small preview thumbnail will appear at the bottom-right of your screen, and then it will go away on its own.

I have noticed that the .PNG screenshot file will be written to your Desktop after the thumbnail flies away, rather than instantaneously like it used to be.

This may sound ridiculous but as a very extensive user of the screenshot features, this lag is rather annoying.

The closest solution I have found is that if you manually swipe the thumbnail to the right, your screenshot will be written a bit earlier.

Is it possible to configure the screenshots behavior to write the file immediately? I don't mind deactivating the thumbnail preview - I just want to have the file sitting on my Desktop as soon as possible.

I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.2.


texts:
Does the speed at which the battery of an iOS device charges vary depending upon whether it is being used or not?
For example, when I am charging an iPhone in my car, will it charge faster when not in use?


texts: How to store iCloud Photo Library only in the cloud

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My iCloud Photo Library is 16GB. Because the drive in my Mac is only 128GB I don't want all my photos to be stored locally on my Mac but rather just load the photos when I open the Photos app.

Any idea how to do this?


texts: Changing MAC Address and undoing changes

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I was trying to change my MAC address. I saw an answer that suggested I disassociate my device with this:

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport -z
sudo ifconfig en0 ether d4:33:a3:ed:f2:12
networksetup -detectnewhardware

My question is: will this be permanent? How would I go about undoing this?

Also what's the difference between en0 and en1?


texts: How can I transfer a Large (450Mb) file between two Mountain Lion Macbook Pros?

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I have two identical Macbook Pro Retina laptops.  How can I transfer files between them?

I have looked at the AirPort utility, but don't see a way to "create a new network" let alone make it discoverable by the other mac.

I tried enabling File Sharing, but I don't know how to tell the other mac to connect to that share (they are both on the same Wifi, where should I look for it?)

Also I tried the Bluetooth file transfer wizard but don't see the other device.

I've also tried AirDrop, but I can only send small files this way.  I have a folder with many files that adds up to 450Mb and that just times out.

What other ways should I try connecting the hosts together?


texts: Is it possible to have multiple icons open for multiple instances of an application? For example, if I have two pdf's open, can I have two "preview" icons open in the doc bar?


texts: External Display Issue - iMac Late 2015 Retina with Dell U2520D (25" 2560x1440) - Fuzzy Text

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Computer: Late 2015 iMac 27" Retina (Catalina 10.15.5)
External Monitor: Dell U2520D 25" Monitor.  Connected using mini-displayport to displayport
The text in the mac os is fuzzy on my external monitor.  I've spent hours googling and trying the solutions (RGB force EDID edits, switchresx, etc) with no luck. It's confirmed using RGB, the resolution (2560x1440) and 60hz refresh matches
When I use Citrix Receiver to connect to my work Windows machine (in full screen), there is no fuzzy text issue in the remote desktop window.  So I don't think my monitor has any sort of an issue
Thank you so much for the help!!


texts: Cleaned hard drive, reinstalled OSX- now all my iTunes purchased music is gone

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When I try to download already purchased songs I get this message:

Will I be charged once more if I click "Buy"?

Ps. When I click "Check for available downloads" I just get the message

Psps. It might just be that the new Itunes is buggy. I get this startup-screen, but when I click "scan for music", nothing happens.


texts: Cancel iCloud subscription via browser on Windows?

texts: I recently switched back from OSX to Windows on my Notebook and from iOS to Android on my phone. I backed up all my files from iCloud via the app for Windows (which I uninstalled after) and would now like to cancel the iCloud storage service. I can't find a way to to do it via the browser. Do I really have to reinstall the iCloud app for Windows in order to do it?


texts: iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2428 - Possible GPU upgrade for Catalina (Bug Sur)

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Is anyone familiar with the possible options for GPU upgrades for this devise?
I want to upgrade to Catalina and if possible after official patch or release by Dosdude1 to Big Sur and when I browse its website I can see with the current GPU the mac will be unusable due to missing to graphic acceleration.
Do you think this will be possible by updating the GPU?
I'll be grateful for any input.


texts: Can I tell who used iTunes on my iMac to sync while I was away?

texts: Is there any way to see who used iTunes from my iMac with USB connection? Actually i want to see iTunes logs when someone get connected, synchronized or used my books?


texts:
When will the Iphone 7 and Iphone 7 plus be released in Philippines?
Iphone 7 plus is sold out, will the Apple reproduce? I am hoping that it will be available in our Country as soon as possible and  Maybe this month.


texts: How do you set file permissions in Lion?

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I just loaded Lion on my Mac and now cannot access certain files. How can I change the permissions of a certain file?

I've tried to find the HD in Finder but it doesn't show up.


texts: Creating a folder with one icon in iOS 4

texts: Is it possible to create a folder containing a single icon? I guess you could drag one icon onto another, then remove the second one, but is there a more "elegant" solution?


texts: finer control of Preview anti-aliasing (font smoothing)?

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I have just updated to Yosemite and something must have changed in the way Preview renders fonts.

I find that Preview display of text in PDF files is rather sloppy, I am pretty sure it used to be much sharper in Mavericks. At the very least now Preview is significantly less sharp than Acrobat Reader, you can check out a screen-shot to convince yourself of what I am talking about.

In the rest of the UI I am quite happy with how fonts are displayed. So I was wondering if there are ways to control the anti-aliasing of Preview. In the preferences of Preview I can find only a global switch for anti-aliasing, but I would like to play around with the strength of the anti-aliasing so to find the optimal setting.

I am looking into defaults of com.apple.Preview but in my current values there seem to be no setting about Font Smoothing or anything evocative of anti-aliasing. Any suggestion about possible values to edit here?

Thanks for your suggestions,
Roberto


texts: Is it possible to set up Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) on a MacBook Air so that users cannot boot from external media (e.g. a USB memory stick) and cannot restore the OS from the internal restore partition?


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It is a common issue Mac users, when you try open NTFS external storage you allowed only read mode. And of course there are some solution. One of them it is NTFS 3G - free alternative.

I followed instructions

https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G

I set up FUSE then I set up Brew and eventually I set up NTFS 3G

But because lack of experience in Mac and English I can't understand what I need to do after all

According to link

  Even though you have installed NFTS-3G, newly connected NTFS volumes will still be auto-mounted in read-only mode. To change this you need to replace Apple's NTFS mount tool /sbin/mount_ntfs with the one provided by NTFS-3G.

It says that I need to replace Apple's NTFS mount tool with the one provided by NTFS-3G...

How to do it? I don't know any tools provided by NTFS-3G...

Please help me to finish installing process

Edit

I found this two commands to solve my issue

sudo mv "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs" "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs.orig"
sudo ln -s /usr/local/sbin/mount_ntfs "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs"

After I execute first command I got follow output

mv: rename /Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs.orig: No such file or directory

After I execute second command I got follow output

ln: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/sbin/mount_ntfs: No such file or directory

Edit2

Admins-MacBook-Pro:~ admin$ sudo mv "/sbin/mount_ntfs" "/sbin/mount_ntfs.orig"

Password:

mv: rename /sbin/mount_ntfs to /sbin/mount_ntfs.orig: Operation not permitted


texts: Is there a Game Boy Color emulator for Lion?

texts: Is there a GBC emulator that will run on Lion? I've been in the mood for some nostalgic gaming recently, and I'd love to play some of the games from when I was younger.


texts: How to clean an iPhone to guard against Coronavirus?

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I've read several articles that cleaning an iPhone should only be done by a microfibre cloth to prevent damage to the device. But I can't see how that will actually clean the device and kill things like viruses.

This might sound over the top, but we're all being told to wash our hands frequently and effectively and given how often we touch our phones it seems we should be cleaning them just as often.

Is it safe to use alcohol wipes on an iPhone? Or what is the recommended practice?


texts: How to use (home) brew install python 3.6.5_1

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I am trying to install python 3.6.5_1 using Homebrew by running the following:

$ brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/f2a764ef944b1080be64bd88dca9a1d80130c558/Formula/python.rb

I am getting the following error:

Error: python contains a recursive dependency on itself: python depends on sphinx-doc sphinx-doc depends on python

How do I deal with it?


texts: Can I create a formula to provide a value depending on when a timestamp falls in the day?

texts: In column A, I have timestamp values. In a second column, I'd like to have a formula that would return words or strings like "early morning" or "Late afternoon", so that I may count and chart these responses.  What formula am I looking for in Apple's Numbers?


texts: How to download a webpage's all images at once?

texts: For example, I love military decorations, and here's Wikipedia's Service Ribbon, how can I download all the ribbon images at once instead of clicking them one by one and then select "Save image as"?


texts: Can the hard drive in an Apple TV be upgraded? How?

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I own an Apple TV, with 160GB of internal storage.  I'm interested in replacing that hard drive with a larger one, perhaps 640GB, or else the largest 2.5" drive I can get that would be compatible.

Is it possible to replace the internal hard drive in an Apple TV, i.e. DIY?

If so, how, or where can I find more information?

Any tips about the challenges I will need to overcome: e.g. opening the device, copying old drive contents over, etc.?

Thanks!

p.s. I don't care about my warranty; it's long gone.


texts: Who makes compact backpacks specifically sized for Macbook Air 11/13"

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So I'm trying to skate this through as on-topic because I'm interested in items specific to the Air 11" or 13", rather than "what's a good laptop case". (I.e. third party hardware specific to Apple products.)

I'm guess a significant portion of those toting an Air bought it for the portability, which of course is immediately made irrelevant by stuffing it in a backpack with an inch of padding designed to hold a 15.4" beast. So my question is who makes a backpack sized to hold an Air without a lot of wasted space? That is, I'm talking about the laptop compartment itself, not the overall size of the bag.


texts: How do I diagnose the source of crash on my MacBook Pro?

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My Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro 15" has been crashing more and more.
Previously there were various types of screen-freezes.
Now the screen-freeze is being followed by an auto-reboot, which suggests to me a serious memory fault. Auto-reboot is a 3-5 second freeze followed by sudden system reboot, that reloads the OS like normal.
I have backed everything up and run Drive Genius programs to defrag and verify the drive, but the problems have come back.
My current plan is to replace the hard drive.
My question is: what else could be going on here?
Can RAM or CPU chips be the of cause this? Is there any way to check that?

Screen-freezes include any of the following:

everything but the mouse freezes
everything freezes but no graphics distortion
all graphics distortion (whole screen; couple times with trippy mouse tracer effect)
all graphics fade to an eerie pale blue color (3 second fade time)

Specs

Processor 2.16 Ghz Intel Core Duo
Memory 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM
100GB hard drive (profiler doesn't show me the model)
This is the first generation of Intel MBPs; purchased new in 2006 I think.


texts: Moving files >4GB from a Mac to a Windows box

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Normally, when I want to take video files from my Mac to friends who use Windows, I move the files on a FAT32-formatted flash drive or external hard drive, but FAT32 cannot handle files larger than about 4GB.

I could archive the file into some multi-part format (e.g., RAR) or I could use some not-quite-perfect userspace filesystem drivers (MacFUSE) on the Mac to write to an NTFS-formatted disk, but it seems like there should be a better way.  What other options are there?


texts: Video Container for 1080p video for SD DVD (using Apple suite)

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This may be a bit of a stretch to post here (in terms of whether people will have an answer), since this is a fairly specific question about video work, although I am performing the entirety of this work within FCP 7, Compressor, and DVD Studio Pro.

I have 2 hours of footage edited from a HD Camcorder in FCP 7, and I need to get it onto a DVD. I want to use the highest quality container I can, and I want to be able to author and preferably burn the DVD within DVD Studio Pro. Unfortunately, DVDSP doesn't support MPEG-4, which is one of the nicest containers to put 1080p video into. It supports MPEG, which offers considerably less options for compression, and data rates.

Ultimately, my question is HOW can I export my video out of FCP (or Compressor) so that I'm sitting on a high quality file that will fit on one DVD and be compatible with DVD Studio Pro (4.7GB)? I just finished a 24 hour Compressor job with the default setting "HD DVD 60 minutes", but it gave me a 5.1GB file, which is of no use to me. The aspect ratio is also forced and it looks terrible.

HELP!


texts: Notes.app list search in a specified folder in mac

texts: The macOS Notes.app list search will search all the folders in the current account. I am wondering if it can be done in one specified folder.


texts: Why I can’t use zoom+ or zoom- in firefox4 in mac‘s Multi-Touch Touchpad?

texts: I can use zoom function in firefox3 and safari,but when I update to firefox4,I find I can’t use the zoom function ,how can I fix this problem?


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I am having an issue where somehow lion decided that the F1 shortcut should be mapped to opening mission control on my 2011 mbp.

This is a problem because I had F1 mapped to desktop 4 (don't ask) and F5 mapped to mission control.  F5 still worked correctly and even after attempting to revert to defaults the F1 keyboard shortcut is still incorrectly mapped.

Has anyone been having similar issues or do they know how to totally reset keyboard shortcuts at the operating system level?

This is obviously really annoying.


texts: Can the VRAM in my 2013 MacbookPro be used as RAM? Any other way to get more RAM?

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Is there anyway to ''borrow'' from my 1.5GB of VRAM to be used for my RAM?

Otherwise, am I flat-out stuck with my 4GB of RAM?

Too bad it's soldered down. :(

Thanks!


texts: OS X 10.10 Copy / Paste Source file count does not match destination file count

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I have folderA and want to make a copy of all the contents within into FolderB.  I select all the contents inside of FolderA then selected copy and went to FolderB and pasted it.  When it is done, there is a difference of ~500 files between the two folders when I check the folder sizes.

When I move the files, everything comes across.

I cannot figure out why there is such a big difference?  Does anybody know what might be happening?


texts: I am using a Macbook Pro (Retina, Mid-2014) running El Capitan. Is there a way to set a shortcut that opens a specific app (in my case Activity Monitor)?


texts: MBP on TB3-Dock ignores USB-Devices until reconnect

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There are two usecases for my MacBookPro15,1: When I am on the road I just use it as it is without any peripheral devices. But when I am at home, I put it (with closed lid) in the book arc and connect it to my thunderbolt3-dock (Kensington SD5000T). The dock is connected to ethernet, two displays (via TB3-to-2x-DP Adapter) and my USB-Audio-Interface (RME Fireface UC). Additionally I use a Bluetooth Kebyboard and a BT-Trackpad.

Everything works fine except the audio interface. That only works after reconnect.

I suspect some security feature of the OS that ignores all formerly unconnected USB-Devices before login. But I am not sure about this.

Its getting on my nerves to reconnect the audio interface every single time. So I want my macbook to recognize this device automatically. Maybe its possible to rescan USB after login or mark this audio interface as trusted device somehow?

UPDATE

As jksoegaard suggested, I tested whether the USB recognition problem is related to the TB3-Dock. It is not. Here is how to reproduce:

Have the open MacBook on the desk with nothing connected.
Make sure its locked
Plug in a USB device, for example a microSD Cardreader with card in it.
Wake up and unlock the macbook (password, TouchID, Applewatch,...)
Notice: The plugged-in USB-Device is not recognized at all (not even unmounted as onik suggested in his comment)
Disconnect and reconnect the USB-Device
Notice: Device is recognized correctly

As I remember correctly, I already know this behavior from my old MBP (early 2013), since I bought it back then.

For the sake of completeness, I also tested this behavior with my MBP from work (Generation 2018, 13" Touchbar). It is exactly the same there.

UPDATE 2

jksoegaard pointed out that my last update was confusing because I used a USB cardreader for testing instead of the audio interface. For clarification: the cardreader was meant to be a generic usb device (which is not the audio interface) for testing. But as it seems, storage devices are something different.

As I tried out to connect the interface to the macbook directly, the problem got weird. There seem to be two cases.

First:

switch audio interface off
connect to macbook (does not matter if locked or not)
switch on audio interface
audio interface is recognized correctly

Second:

Audio interface is switched on and was last used in via the TB3-Dock connect audio-interface directly to macbook (does not matter if locked or not)
audio interface is not recognized
Disconnect and reconnect audio interface (does not matter what port or how often I try)
audio interface is still not recognized

That makes the audio interface look like the root cause of the problem. But I do not understand why it behaves completely different on the TB3-Dock. If connected via the dock, there is no interface power cycle needed, because reconnecting works at the latest.

This leaves me a little puzzled, as i do not know how to pin down the problem further. Any advice?


texts: Are L-shaped and T-shaped Magsafe 1 interchangeable?

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I want to buy replacement Magsafe 1 cable for my MBP 17" Late 2011, and they are available in two options — L-shaped and T-shaped. My computer was shipped with L-shaped connector, however I want to swap it for T-shaped, as I find it more convenient.

So, will it fit? Are there current restrictions on T-shaped connectors, e.g. won't they overheat when powering 85W MBP?


texts: Convert bin/cue image to iso format on OS X?

texts: How can I convert an .bin/.cue image to .iso format? ... preferably free.


texts: Can't connect to mobile internet on iPhone 4s

texts:
The other day I noticed my mobile Internet was not working on my iPhone 4s. I thought I had used it all up.

Turns out I have 1 GB of data, so why is it not allowing me to access the Internet?

I have tried rebooting/restarting phone, resetting Internet settings, turning phone off and on, and still nothing works. I can't seem to find Cellular Mobile Data/Mobile Network Data! I am currently on the EE network.


texts: Why can't I drag columns in Finder's Column View?

texts:
Sometimes, when I'm working with Finder (Mac OS X 10.8), with a folder in Column View, I suddenly notice that the separator between columns has changed to a thick one like this:

When this happens, I cannot drag the separator to resize the columns. I haven't found a permanent fix apart from it seems to go away again after a while.

Edit (clarified question):

Almost certainly I have just enabled some mode or other, but I don't know what I've done. What causes this and how do I turn it off?


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I recently turned Match on in iTunes, and it did its thing and matched/uploaded songs. I then turned it on in my iPhone and to my horror, the tags that I thought I had meticulously organized weren't quite so perfect... mostly due to the "Album Artist" tag.

For example, the artist list in my iPhone now displays both “Smashing Pumpkins” and “The Smashing Pumpkins”.  I went back to iTunes, corrected all the issues I could find, and hit “Update iTunes Match”, thinking this would send in my corrected tags.

Once it finished, I checked my phone to find that nothing had changed.  I then checked back in iTunes to find that it had actually uncorrected the tags I just fixed. They're now back to the way they were when I sent them into Match.

Is there a way to get Match to recognize changes to ID3 tags, or am I forever stuck with what I've got?


texts: Heiti TC in FontBook but not showing as available in dropdown menus in XCode or Word for Mac

texts: I haven't checked if other fonts are missing so I don't know if it is specific to this font. I'm trying to use it for an app.


texts: Struggling to understand the new BBM update

texts: I have an old iPhone that had the old version of BBM (Blackberry Messenger) installed. If I were to charge it and load the app (now that it is off of the AppStore and shut down) will I still be able to access my old chats or see old photos?


texts: My I Phone 5 calendar is stuck on Edit Event -won't allow me to save the event it is displaying or delete the event  What can I do?


texts: Change wrong behaviour of screenshot Shift-Command-4

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Since today Shift-Command-4 gives me the camera symbol, meaning that it will screenshot the active window. Pressing the spacebar then, changes to the selection tool.
Usually the behaviour is the other way around: selection-tool, when pressing space the camera appears.

How do I get back the default behaviour? I already restored defaults in System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcut. Didn't help.


texts: Sync iTunes U between 2 Macs via an iPod

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Is it possible to download lectures (from iTunes U) with iTunes on Mac A, sync an iPod to Mac A, then carry that iPod to Mac B, and finally watch them on Mac B?

That's what I have been doing with my previous iPod (not an iPod Touch) because it allows me to use it as a USB hard drive. Now that I'm using an iPod Touch (which doesn't allow me to see what's inside), I wonder if I can use syncing to do the same job.


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I use Safari on my MacBook.

I'm disappointed the History page doesn't show times a site was loaded.

How can I view the times that a website was visited?

Other answers on this site don't work for me on High Sierra, the path ~/Library/Caches/Metadata doesn't exist.


texts: iOS 11 Field Test Mode permanent signal reading

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Today, Apple released their first iOS 11 public beta. As some noticed in earlier versions (first developer beta), using Field Test Mode to permanently switch your signal rating from bars to numbers (like image below) seems to no longer work (For instructions on how to do this up through iOS 10, see iPhone Field Test mode permanently in iOS 7).

My question is, is there a way to enable this, and what is it? I hope to keep this question/answer updated through the beta phase until the final release, or the option reappears.

This is a random screen capture with the numbers in the corner (iOS 10):

Here it is, automatically reverted to bars with iOS 11:

Edit June 27: I can’t get the Field Test Mode options to finish loading either; has anyone else been able to? My screen just has the "connecting..." circle spinning indefinitely (notice there are bars, not numbers in the top left). If it helps, I’m on AT&T.

Edit July 12: iOS public beta 2 released. Permanent change still it possible, but the options have come back to Field Test Mode:


texts: Why does my iTerm2 launch with an X in it's path?

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After upgrading to El Capitan, then working on installing Rails, my iTerm2 shell now opens with x >, instead of just >.

Can someone please explain why this is happening, and help me figure out how to return it to it's normal home?


texts: Is there a way to prevent simultaneous mounting of a DMG in a shared folder?

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I share encrypted disk images (dmg) over Dropbox to share sensitive information with others (or across my own machines). Is there a way to 'lock' the DMG when it is mounted in one machine so that it doesn't get mounted simultaneously in another?

I'm happy for the solution to require folder actions or any other automator/applescript bits.

Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to move the first few letters in a string to the end of a cell in Excel?

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So if I have a number of cells with something like this in them:

women/colour/type

Is it possible to ask excel to move the women part to the end of the cell? e.g.

colour/type/women

I could really do with some help on this.

Thanks in advance


texts: How do you disable the iOS Storage full alert?

texts:
I've been getting close to filling up my 16 GB iPhone 4 with iOS 5. I have freed up some space and have 1.5 GB available, but I keep getting alerts that are annoying.

Is there a way to disable the alert or change the threshold for which it is triggered? Here's what the alert says.


texts: Can a Mac Pro be upgraded from a 5150 CPU to a 5365?

texts: Is it possible to upgrade a first-generation 2.66 Ghz 2-core Mac Pro (Woodcrest) to a faster model by replacing the CPUs? I've read that some Mac Pro models shipped with 3 Ghz 4-core Xeons (Clovertown).


texts: Downloads from browsers are broken, downloads using wget or curl are not

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I restored my mac after getting it back from Apple. It had a busted logic board.
After getting it back any download from any browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc) is flagged by macOS as damaged and should be deleted.
I have disabled Gatekeeper and still get the same issue.
Any file downloaded via wget or a similar CLI utility work just fine.
Does anyone have any idea about what is going on here?


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I am having issues with header files on macOS Catalina. I get command-line tool errors like the following :

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:443:29: error: parameter name omitted
 int     getiopolicy_np(int, int) __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_5, __IPHONE_2_0);
                             ^~~

and gcc errors

/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@8/8.3.0/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin18/8.3.0/include-fixed/math.h:535:15: error: storage class specified for parameter 'nextafte'
 extern double nextafter(double, double);

I dig into header files and gcc on macOS Catalina use this answer as a reference point. The answer states

Regarding header locations, I have Apples headers in /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/:

$ sudo find /Library -name stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/include/c++/v1/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/sys/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.

When I run the same command, the header locations are slightly different:

/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/include/c++/v1/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk/usr/include/sys/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk/usr/include/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/sys/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/sys/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/usr/include/stdio.h
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/sys/stdio.h

As can be seen the SDKs are now split into MACOSX10.14 and 10.15 unlinke before. Another difference is with the header files. According the the answer in reference,

if you install gcc via brew, it will add headers in /usr/local/:

$ sudo find /usr -name stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.2.0/include/c++/8.2.0/tr1/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.2.0/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0/8.2.0/include/ssp/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.2.0/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0/8.2.0/include-fixed/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.1.0/include/c++/8.1.0/tr1/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.1.0/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.5.0/8.1.0/include/ssp/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/8.1.0/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.5.0/8.1.0/include-fixed/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/7.3.0_1/include/c++/7.3.0/tr1/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/7.3.0_1/lib/gcc/7/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.3.0/7.3.0/include/ssp/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@7/7.3.0/include/c++/7.3.0/tr1/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@7/7.3.0/lib/gcc/7/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.5.0/7.3.0/include/ssp/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@7/7.3.0/lib/gcc/7/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.5.0/7.3.0/include-fixed/stdio.h
/usr/local/include/c++/8.2.0/tr1/stdio.h
/usr/local/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0/8.2.0/include/ssp/stdio.h
/usr/local/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0/8.2.0/include-fixed/stdio.h

However, when I run the above command I get:

/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@8/8.3.0/include/c++/8.3.0/tr1/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@8/8.3.0/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin18/8.3.0/include/ssp/stdio.h
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@8/8.3.0/lib/gcc/8/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin18/8.3.0/include-fixed/stdio.h

Where are the other header files? What should these commands return in macOS Catalina?


texts: How can I create a new, empty photo library in Photos, separated from my current library.


texts: My fonts are sometimes displaying as Chinese/Japanese?

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I am getting a problem with fonts on my machine sometimes showing as Chinese/Japanese characters (I'm not sure which).

This happens in many apps, although the ones where it is easily reproducable include Pages '09 (Mac App Store version):

And in the "Type your password to confirm" dialogue box when installing applications:

I am running OS X 10.7.2 on a 27-inch, Mid 2011 iMac. I do not use any "Font management" apps although I've installed a few fonts from Font Squirrel in the past.

(I could not embed the images because I have no reputation on this site).


texts: Is anyone successful with Apple TV in enterprise network?

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In our school environment, we have a WPA2 network with simple username/password for joining all our Apple TVs. Eventually we replaced this with hard-wired Ethernet connections. Faculty and staff join another WiFi network which students may not access. This network allows staff to see Apple TV in AirPlay while students may not.

The problem is we have incredible inconsistency with some users experiencing periodic disconnects while others are fairly consistent. We checked with a number of other schools experiencing the same problem, and we also checked with two outside networking companies to evaluate our network health. Health is good. Pinging many different end points, we see packet loss is unusual. We have come to the conclusion that the problem is in the Apple TV device, not our network.

I read that using Apple TVs in this way is in a sense creating a use case for the device as they were never intended to be used in such an environment. I want to find success stories where relatively large schools (1200+ staff and students) have deployed Apple TVs and used them without the problems we are having.

Some other things we did based on research:
Turn off sleep mode
Disable screen saver
Turn off Bluetooth
Upgrade to Generation 3 Apple TV
majority iPads are 3+ but there are some iPad2


texts: Yesterday, my dad's older Macbook Pro was on the fritz (graphics issues), so he switched to using his newer one.  He set the newer one on top of the old one, and it resisted to boot up, even when we could see the status light on it, and we heard the  drive spinning.  For giggles, I told him to lift the new one off the old one, and whazam, the login screen appeared.  Is this a coincidence, or is there deeper magic at play?


texts: How do I delete xpcproxy executable from /usr/libexec folder on my Mac? When I dragged it to Trash, it did not delete, neither was Command+Shift+Del helpful


texts: Triple booting a modern Macbook (early 2015) with Bootcamp in EFI mode

texts:
So I need to have Windows 10, Linux and OSX on my Macbook pro early 2015 along with a shared data partition. There are several articles on the internet that say Boot Camp only works in so called "hybrid MBR" mode and may lead to some problems when updating OSX and it's generally hard to set up triple boot + additional partitions.

However, all those articles are old and I've seen some comments on reddit stating that for modern macs Boot Camp actually lets to boot in native EFI mode.

I'd like to know if it is true. Does it mean that I can make as many partitions as I want (all of them GPT type) and install not only Windows 10, but Ubuntu as well using only Boot Camp and some disk partitioning tool? Is there a modern guide for this?

Thanks!


texts: Can my messages be synced when I sign in on another iOS device?

texts: I have an iPhone and an iPod and I was using the same Apple ID on both devices but I changed my password on my iPhone. If I sign in on my iPod, will my messages from my iPhone be synced to my iPod?


texts: Bash - moved /Users/me to /usr/local/me - how to move it back and not break anything?

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I was trying to set up Tomcat to use with Java, and somehow moved /Users/me to /usr/local/me.    When I try to open any icons on desktop, they do not open, but everything that was already open still functions / saves fine (at least it seems).

My question: How can i move (user) tori  from usr/local/tori  back to Users/tori where it belongs, without breaking anything?   (I've had enough "fun" for the week).

Everything that follows is just context to how I got there and may well be irrelevant for answering, I am including it in case it is relevant. Thank you so much!!

Current situation:

When I start a new terminal session, I get:

No home directory: /Users/tori
mkdir: //.bash_sessions: Permission denied
touch: //.bash_sessions/817C7D82-8749-4B96-9AC6-CAA07F9CE1B0.historynew: No such file or directory

$USER  / who / w / whoami   output: tori, the right user at least.

$ finger tori  Outputs: .. Directory: /Users/tori  (note: there is not a Users/tori  when I cd into Users).

Commands I ran leading up to current situation:

$ sudo ln -s /Applications/tomcat-apache-9.0.30
--- I did enter password. I realize I did not put the desired name of the link after this, doubt this caused the error.

$ sudo chown -R tori /Applications/tomcat-apache-9.0.30
--- I was NOT prompted to enter password

$ sudo chmod +x /Applications/tomcat-apache-9.0.30/bin/*.sh I was NOT prompted to enter password

$ sudo chmod +x ./bin/*.sh + I did enter password.   Is to make all .sh files executable.  I was trying to execute  bin/catalina.sh start (and variants thereof) to start Tomcat server (I didn't get it to start yet).

$ bin/catalina.sh start    Output:
bin/catalina.sh: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

$ sed -i -e 's/\r$//' catalina.sh Attempt to fix ^M errors (I tried to brew install dos2unix and got errors).

$ sudo chown -R $USER ~/.bash_sessions; chmod 700 ~/.bash_sessions

Output:

chown: //.bash_sessions: No such file or directory
chmod: //.bash_sessions: No such file or directory

EDIT

output of ls -la /usr/local/tori ,as suggested:

total 960
drwxr-xr-x+  66 tori  staff    2244 Dec 24 20:39 .
drwxr-xr-x   16 root  wheel     544 Dec 24 20:57 ..
-r--------    1 tori  staff       7 Nov 17  2017 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@   1 tori  staff   18436 Dec 29 17:20 .DS_Store
drwx------@   3 tori  staff     102 May  5  2018 Applications
drwx------+  44 tori  staff    1496 Dec 24 21:01 Desktop


texts: Why my photos are missing in iPhoto events but not in Aperture projects?

texts:
All my iPhoto events are empty. If I open a event there are no photos in it. But when I use the Photos perspective I can see all my photos!

In Aperture I see all my photos in the Photos perspective and in projects (= iPhoto events).

How I can repair my iPhoto library?

I already tried to repair and rebuild my hole library with iPhoto an Aperture!


texts: Why is the Recovery volume's version of Disk Utility more powerful than that on the main volume?

texts:
I'm running MacOS 13.2 on a mid-2014 MBP (11,3). I have a 2 TB external HD (Seagate Slim, spinning disk, GUID format) that was partitioned into two 1-TB volumes.  Recently, using my main volume's Disk Utility, I deleted one volume and expanded the other to 2 TB.  This action corrupted the drive: (1) while the partition map said the volume was 2 TB, Finder's info. window said its size was unchanged, at 1 TB; (2) Disk Utility's sidebar incorrectly depicted the volume as a separate device, rather than a volume on the existing device (it didn't indent it); and (3) First Aid failed.

I thus attempted to erase and reformat the drive.  That also failed.  I called AppleCare, and the advisor told me I should instead boot into the Recovery volume and try that operation from within its version of Disk Utility.  That succeeded, on the first try. The disk is now behaving properly.

Questions:

1) Why was the version of Disk Utility on the Recovery volume able to succeed where the standard version failed? The AppleCare advisor's confidence in the Recovery volume's version suggests this was not a fluke—i.e., that it's understood the latter is more powerful (and/or that it's somehow able to operate more powerfully from within the Recovery volume).

2) Given that the Recovery volume's version of Disk Utility appears to be superior, is it generally advisable for me to perform any future operations to modify or delete volumes using that version, rather than the one on my main drive?


texts: Does choosing "Reset All Settings" on an iPhone 5 cause re-activation that requires a sim card to be present?

texts:
I have a badly cut sim that was converted to Nano but it was cut slightly too small and damaged. I subsequently went to the Apple shop and they activated the device for me.

If I perform a "Reset All Settings", Will I need to reactivate the phone with a sim card, or will wifi only be enough?


texts: Opening links on Mac Chrome app in Incognito Mode

texts: Is there a way to open a certain link with Chrome app Incognito Mode using the Terminal app on my Mac? (I want to input the link in the command as well).


texts:
When I log into my computer I get this message from my calendar program:

The server responded with an error.
The request for account "iCloud "failed.
The server responded with "412" to operation
CalDAVCalendarSplitDualTypeCalendarQueueableOPeration.

What does this mean and how do I fix it?


texts: Is it possible to simulate multi-touch mouse down events?

texts:
I'm wondering if there's some application that allows you to simulate mouse-down events?

I looked at BetterTouchTool and it can bind to specific actions, but I can't do something like Hold Down a mouse button which simulates "3 fingers being pressed down, then moving the mouse sideways to activate switching between spaces, or moving the mouse up/down to simulate mission control/show desktop".


texts: How to enable third monitor in Macbook Pro 15'' mid 2015 model?

texts:
I have Macbook Pro 15'' and have 3 external displays that I want to connect to it. However when I do connect to it using these ports:

HDMI
HDMI to thunderbolt adapter
DVI to Thunderbolt adapter

All three monitors have a maximum resolution of 1920x1080.

I am not able to see one of the monitors. It is no specific monitor. It is the one I end up connecting last. If I restart into Windows I am able to use three monitors. What can I do to fix this?


texts: Connect 2 external monitors with MacBook Pro

texts:
I recently got an MacBook Pro (Retina) 15" from my office. I prefer to use my laptop as a desktop. So I have a docking station for my Dell which I used to connect to 2 external monitors, keyboard and mouse. I use both OS X as well as Windows via Boot Camp.

Is there anything similar for new MacBook Pro (Retina)?

If not a docking station what would be better alternative to connect 2 external Dell monitors (supporting resolution of 1920 * 1080)?


texts: Big emojis in built-in messages app on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

texts: Is there any way to show big emojis when sending 3 or fewer emojis in built-in messages app on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, like on iOS 12 and macOS Sierra and higher ?


texts: What happens to 32-bit apps on a device after an iOS 11 update?

texts:
I have several dozen 32-bit apps on my iPhone.  What happens to them after I update the device to iOS 11?

Is there any way to save these 32-bit apps off of the device? (for use with a spare iPhone 5, for instance)


texts: Stop Safari window closing when only pinned tabs are left

texts:
Love that Safari 9 has pinned tabs, it was the last piece that enabled me to switch from Chrome. However, I often close all tabs except the pinned tabs. However, unless I make one of the pinned tabs active and then close the other tabs it closes the whole window, pinned tabs and all.

For example, let's say I have one pinned tab and one not. If the unpinned tab is active and I hit command+w the whole window closes. But if I make the pinned tab active and then click the close button on the unpinned tab, the window stays open. Any way to keep the window open as long as there are any tabs open, pinned or otherwise?


texts:
I got these great-sounding new Fidelio M2L/27 Lightning Headphones that take the digital signal through the lightning connector and then use the high-quality DAC in the headphones themselves so I can listen hi-fi audio from my iPhone 8. However, I am also a mobile app developer and hence I need to also often connect my phone to my computer to debug. I bought a cheap lightning splitter (1 male lightning to 2 female lightning) on Amazon and it doesn't work with the earphones - even if that's the only thing plugged in.

1) Is this an issue with the splitter not being MFI certified? Will my headphones not work if they are the only things plugged in?

2) If I do get an MFi certified adapter will I be able to use the headphones and have the data connection to the computer at the same time? Do lightning connectors allow two data connections at once?


texts: MacOS 10.14.4 update failing to fully load and cycling through boot attempts but not loading requiring full recovery

texts: Noobie here.  I have tried to update my iMacPro Desktop to MacOS 10.14.4 and each time I do so it stalls part way through the update process and loops between Boot and Shut Down.  Each time this happens my only option is to fully recover the machine from a full backup in Time Machine.  All advice gratefully received.


texts: Prevent menu bar from dropping down while in fullscreen

texts: Though the menu bar is hidden in fullscreen, mousing to the top makes it drop down. This really bugs when switching between tabs on certain programs. Is there any way to change this setting?


texts: How do I disable AirDrop in the macOS Share menu?

texts:
The settings for the Share menu provide no option for disabling AirDrop:

Is there some other way to accomplish this? Instructions at How can AirDrop be disabled? have no effect.


texts: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) Mojave.  I have been using Safe Mode to see if I can find out information about my trackpad. Then I quickly realized that I do not have any audio. In System Preferences under Sound it says No input devices found. Same for Output. Is this normal?


texts: Can't see imported pictures on my iPhone

texts:
I copied the pictures from my USB to the 100APPLE folder where my pictures are. I copied them succesfully, but I cannot see the pictures on my iphone.

Why is this and how can I fix it?


texts:
Is there any way to change the message class of Outlook Mail on macOS?
Outlook for Windows desktop allows users to change the message class of the mail item.
Can I do the same for Outlook for macOS - either using AppleScript or Web add-on?


texts: Juniper Network Connect hangs at “Establishing Secure Session” after upgrading to OS X El Capitan

texts:
I have a problem trying to connect to a VPN using "Juniper Network Connect". It happened after I upgraded from Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) to Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11).

Ever since I upgraded to OS X El Capitan, though, Juniper Network Connect (VPN client) stopped working. First it just wouldn't launch. I also upgraded to the latest Java version from Oracle. Now although Network Connect launches it hangs at the "Establishing Secure Session" step. It seems as though the connection is established (since I lose internet access in this period) but it can't create a tunnel.

Before I had the same problem, and solved it using the solution provided here only making this:

sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1"

But for "El Capitan" it's not working.

Here are some lines of the log:

  20151022170309.742528 Network Connect[p430.t2567] ncsvccontrol.error The service failed to configure the tunnel (ncsvccontrol.mm:262)

  20151022170309.856101 Network Connect[p430.t2567] nc.mac.app.1202.error DSError 0x2cbc0fa0 domain=nc.mac.app code=1202
  "ncproxyd failed to establish a tunnel, status = 4"
  20151022170310.316057 Network Connect[p430.t76719] dsssl.error Cert hash is not SHA256. len=32 (DSSSLSock.cpp:1781)


texts:
Where are services that belong to a certain application stored? E.g., Make New Sticky Note or New BBEdit Document With Selection.

They are not in /System/Library/Services nor in ~/Library/Services or in the application bundle.

I have run opensnoop and launched Make New Sticky Note but opensnoop didn't return any relevant file i/o.


texts: Error stating that I'm running an older version of Mail with a newer version of Mac OS X

texts:
Mail.app stopped working on my Snow Leopard Mac after installing Security Update 2012-004 (Snow Leopard) (Post Date: September 19, 2012). Long ago, I moved Mail.app to a directory different from /Applications/ . At some point Mail.app got upgraded from version 4.2 (the one that came with the original installation discs) up to version 4.5, and it never got updated in my computer because the application was in a different directory - and it never complained until now.

This is the error message that I get when executing Mail.app:

  You can't use this version of Mail with this version of Mac OS X. You have Mail version 4.2 (1078/1085). It can't be used on Mac OS X version 10.6.8 (Build 10K549)

I have tried:

Moving back Mail.app to /Applications/ (same error message)
Running Software update (there was nothing to install, I'm up-to-date)
Re-installing Mail.app from the installation discs (it installed version 4.2 again, the problem persists)

None of the above have worked so far. Any ideas?

UPDATE :

I followed @BSDGuy's advice and managed to update Mail.app to version 4.5. But I'm getting the same error, except that now it's complaining about version 4.5! This is the error message:

  You can't use this version of Mail with this version of Mac OS X. You have Mail version 4.5 (1084/1085). It can't be used on Mac OS X version 10.6.8 (Build 10K549)


texts: How to get rid of erroneously drag-n-dropped folder shortcut in Finder toolbar?

texts: I erroneously drag-n-dropped a folder shortcut in my Finder toolbar.  I tried dragging it off and right clicking, to no avail.  How do I remove it?


texts: Control iPad with iPhone (Netflix in particular)

texts: I have searched all over the internet for an answer to this question and have not found anything. Basically, my iPad is connected to my TV in my room and I don't want to have to get up every time a movie or show ends to go to the next one. This would be my primary use for it, but I'm sure I would find many other uses. I would like to be able to completely control my iPad screen from my iPhone (have it appear fully on the phone). Similar to controlling a PC or Mac from an iOS device. Any suggestions? I have an iPad 3rd gen (not Jailbroken) running 7.1 and an iPhone 5s (Jailbroken) running 7.0.4.


texts: How to configure a complex launchd CalendarInterval?

texts: I have a job that needs to run every hour between 09:00-15:00 M-F. How do I do that in a launchd plist file?


texts: Changing Webcam Feed from EpocCam to Built-In Webcam

texts: I am trying to run a program that accesses my webcam camera. I have used Epoccam before then I deleted it. However, while using the program it tries to access Epoccam camera instead of taking the webcam feed from built-in webcam. How can I change/select the configurations of webcam feed ? I tried to reset SMC, to make my default webcam as built-in webcam but it didn't worked.


texts: How can I make unlocking my Mac with my Apple Watch more secure?

texts: I have turned on the feature to allow my Mac to be unlocked via my Apple Watch. However, there is no interaction required from me - if I am home and asleep with my watch on, my roommate can go to my computer and it will unlock. I'd prefer if I had to tap something on my watch to allow it. This is how 1Password works - it prompts me on my watch and I have to accept


texts: External drive's files not showing, but I know it has been half-filled with data. It works fine on Ubuntu but not on macOS?

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My external hard drive used to work just fine (my OS is Mojave) - I can read and write because I used NTFS Paragon software free trial. But now that I wiped all traces of said software, my external hard drive won't show its contents anymore. I know it's not a problem of the hard drive because when I click on Get Info it says it's half-full. And when I use Ubuntu, I can see and edit the files.

I tried Disk Utility (unmounting,mounting,repairing), booting into Recovery Mode and using Disk Utility to perform the same steps, leaving the external drive for hours, but none worked.

Please help!

EDIT: Solved. I reinstalled NTFS For Mac, restarted by 10-day trial.


texts: What is an easy way to back up MacBook running 10.5.8?

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What's an easy way to back up the files on a Macbook that is running OS 10.5.8  ?

As far as I can see, I think iCloud only works with 10.7.2 and above, and MobileMe is not accepting new accounts...


texts: Chinese and Japanese characters are not shown properly on iOS

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I use Chinese, Korean and Japanese keyboards on my iPhone, but I found out that some of Chinese and Japanese characters are not shown properly. For example, when I tried to type in (せいしん or jingshen), the conversion candidate on the top of the keyboards showed 精神, not the correct Chinese characters.

I think the problem might be that I use Korean as the main language. But then is there any way to type in the correct word on Chinese and Japanese keyboards?


texts:
having to work on a mac and used to Linux like virtual desktops I quickly activated surfaces to get my usual workspace on. Thing is, I recently had to upgrade to OSX lion in order to get XCode and Lion seems to have removed the possibility to create a 3X3 layer of virtual desktop.

Obviously I unsuccessfully googled my problem without finding anything except some people complaining about this removal and so paying software offering a different virtual desktop solution.

Is there any free virtual desktop software that I could use on OSX lion or any settings that will revert the virtual desktop to the way they were before ?

I'm looking for something that allows me to go from one VD to another with Ctrl + arrow ( up down left right ) and Ctrl + numpad. Huge bonus if someone has a solution that get rid of the absurd Alt+Tab mechanism OSX provide.

Thanks in advance


texts: How can I get OS X's Dynamic DNS client to register a local IP address?

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Background: I'm essentially re-creating Back To My Mac.

I have a VPN set-up on my VPS, handing out addresses in the 10.x.y.0/24 range, with BIND running and accessible at 10.x.y.1.

There's a zone named xyz with updates enabled. The SOA/NS records for xyz indicate a globally-resolvable name, dns.xyz-public.com, which resolves to 10.x.y.1.  (i.e. the address can only contacted within the VPN.)

When I configure Dynamic DNS (through Sharing: "Use dynamic global hostname"), I set my hostname to mylaptop.xyz, set credentials, and voilà; mylaptop appears in the zone!

... only, it's added with the IP address as seen by the public internet, not as seen in the VPN.  I had assumed that, given the DNS update was happening via a local address, the IP address that corresponded would be used, but it would appear OS X is determining its own public IP address itself before publishing it to DNS.

Is there any way to work around this?


texts: Script to automatically make a new bookmark folder in Skim for each PDF and store every bookmark created in it's respective folder?

texts: Skim by default makes every new bookmark in the bookmark menu for all the pdf's,  even if I create a bookmark folder for the pdf manually, there is no way of making it save the bookmark in this folder automatically because in the save bookmark dialogue by default the Add To field will show Bookmarks Menu as the default location, which I have to manually change to the folder I created each time. So I was wondering if there is a applescript method of automating all this so, a bookmark folder will be automatically created when I save the first bookmark and every consequent bookmark will be automatically saved into this folder.


texts: How to fix the error: "AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "it (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner?

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I have 3 macs that all produce this error repeatedly in the console, and I cant figure out the root cause of it.  It leads to various system stalls and memory issues.

(Currently troubleshooting on Yosemite 10.10.3 on a 2011 imac, 8 mb of RAM.)

  5/6/15 11:21:31.433 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.502) Service "com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000038.AppleSpell" tried to hijack endpoint "it (Apple)_OpenStep" from owner: com.apple.xpc.launchd.oneshot.0x10000004.AppleSpell

Ive read through various forums, some suggest its a hard drive failure, but all tests have shown my drive is totally fine, and because its a problem occuring across 3 different machines, I doubt its a HD issue.

From what I understand, this is created by the systems system wide-spell check system.  This error hits the hardest when I have any mail applications open (mail, outlook, airmail, etc).

Has anyone discovered a fix to nip this issue in the bud?  Id like to avoid disabling it completely - but if it comes to that, is there a way to do so? Ive already disabled the option within Yosmites PrefPane.

Any help would be vastly appreciated.  I miss having my sanity.


texts: Connection protocols to enable external drives to connect to late 2015 27-inch iMac

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I need to connect two 4TB or, better, 5TB external drives to the free Thunderbolt 2 port on my late 2015 27-inch iMac, hopefully daisy-chaining these new external drives together so I can use just the one free Thunderbolt 2 port.

(The machine does have 2 free USB 3 ports as well, but I'm guessing that these would not be as amenable as the one free Thunderbolt 2 port for this proposed external drive expansion requirement.)

I'm not seeking brand recommendations here, just advice as to the possible connection protocols that will enable 2 5TB external drives to be connected to this single Thunderbolt 2 port - if they exist.

What would be the fastest drives/connections to do this, hopefully keeping the external drives bus-powered?


texts: Why is my .trash folder not visible in single user mode?

texts:
So I booted of to single user mode for fun and I was checking whether my trash folder will be present there but it was not and I also mounted / as read and write but when I boot to my Mac and then use terminal I can see my trash with its contents fine. I am just wondering why I can't access my trash in single user mode?

I actually checked if my trash folder exists by typing ls -a /Users/homedirectoryname/


texts: How to run X-code 5.0.0 on macbook pro 2015

texts: When I install x-code 5 and open it, it tells me to update the x-code. Is there a way I can run x-code 5 on my mac?


texts: mount afp drive via terminal like staff profile user

texts:
I was reading this question but the answer is for root or sudo mode profile.

You can see, using finder, something like:

sh-3.2# ls -al /Volumes/
total 40
drwxr-xr-x@  4 root        wheel    136 Oct 19 02:55 .
drwxr-xr-x  28 root        wheel   1020 Oct 15 23:51 ..
drwx------   1 pepito      staff  16384 Oct 19 02:56 HD710A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root        wheel      1 Oct 19 02:42 HDD -> /
sh-3.2#

unmounting the Drive...

sh-3.2# ls -al /Volumes/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x@  3 root  wheel   102 Oct 19 03:08 .
drwxr-xr-x  28 root  wheel  1020 Oct 15 23:51 ..
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     1 Oct 19 02:42 HDD -> /
sh-3.2# exit
exit

Now from like normal user (non privileged mode).

$ mkdir /Volumes/HD710A
mkdir: /Volumes/HD710A: Permission denied
$

I'm forced to use sudo mode

$ sudo mkdir /Volumes/HD710A
Password:
$ ls -al /Volumes/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x@  4 root  wheel   136 Oct 19 03:16 .
drwxr-xr-x  28 root  wheel  1020 Oct 15 23:51 ..
drwxr-xr-x+  2 root  wheel    68 Oct 19 03:16 HD710A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     1 Oct 19 02:42 HDD -> /
$

Let's go to mount the drive

$ mount -t afp afp://pepito:thepassword@MacBook-Air.local/HD710A /Volumes/HD710A
mount_afp: AFPMountURL returned error 1, errno is 1
$

Again forced to use sudo mode

$ sudo mount -t afp afp://pepito:thepassword@MacBook-Air.local/HD710A /Volumes/HD710A
$ ls -al /Volumes/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x@  4 root  wheel   136 Oct 19 03:16 .
drwxr-xr-x  28 root  wheel  1020 Oct 15 23:51 ..
drwx------   1 root  wheel  1316 Oct 19 02:56 HD710A
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     1 Oct 19 02:42 HDD -> /
$ umount /Volumes/HD710A
umount: unmount(/Volumes/HD710A): Operation not permitted
$ sudo umount /Volumes/HD710A
$

The problem when the drive is mounted like root or sudo mode the write/read using copy & paste operation are limited from Finder.

How to mount like staff mode similar to made for/from Finder?


texts: Does Mountain Lion remove headers in /usr/include?

texts:
Is it just me or common to everybody that all the header files that was in the /usr/include is no longer there?

Which is causing boost bootstrap to fail with this error:

### Using 'darwin' toolset.
###
rm -rf bootstrap
mkdir bootstrap
cc -o bootstrap/jam0 command.c compile.c constants.c debug.c function.c glob.c hash.c  hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c object.c option.c output.c parse.c pathunix.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c pwd.c class.c native.c md5.c w32_getreg.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c execunix.c fileunix.c
In file included from command.c:17:
./jam.h:317:10: fatal error: 'sys/types.h' file not found
#include <sys/types.h>
     ^
1 error generated.[/code]


texts: What steps can be taken to recover from rm -rf ~

texts:
Asking for a friend.

Imagine that one has accidentally created a file named ~ and in the process of deleting it, foolishly types:

rm -rf ~

Luckily, I have active terminal windows open, so all is not entirely lost. I happened to have stopped this while it was deleting in the ~/. prefixed directories, too, so I somehow have all my work related content still as those directories didn't get hit with the rm (lucky, I know).

Is there any way to recover from this? What files do I need to recreate while I still have valid terminal sessions?

I'm under the assumption that all my configuration (mostly in ~/. named folders/directories) is permanently gone. I've recovered some of my .bash_profile by looking at env, alias, and typeset -f but I'm sure I'm missing parts of it.


texts: Why such slow download of windows support software?

texts:
I have been trying to download the Windows support drivers for Boot Camp all day, using a wired gigabit network connection.

The indicator gets about half way along then refuses to move. There is plenty of space on the USB hard drive I'm sending the drivers to.


texts: What happens with my external drive upon using Time Machine?

texts:
So I got a USB drive I want to use with Time Machine. This USB drive has some files of mine.

If Time Machine creates the backup in it, what happens to such files? Are they deleted?


texts: Does iOS 4.2 change the voltage on the camera kit USB?

texts:
I want to use my happy hacking keyboard with ipad.

I just read an aritlce about changes on ios 4.2. One of changes I noticed was that voltage changes for camera kit on ios 4.2. I also read that USB keyboards no longer works with camera kit on ios 4.2.

Is that true?


texts: macOS Sierra — Changing the pre-boot login screen profile picture

texts:
Is there a way to replace the (ugly) profile picture on the pre-boot login screen:

…with my iCould profile picture on macOS Sierra (10.12.3)?


texts: Sync Mail app tasks with Gmail/Google Apps

texts: Is it possible to sync Mail.app tasks with Gmail / Google Apps so they appear either in Tasks or as email messages?


texts: How do I programmatically and reliably get the AirPort's interface name?

texts:
I need the en0, en1, enN, enWhatever name of my Airport in a script.

How do I get it reliably?

Here is what I put together, but it looks ugly and brittle as it's "text parsing":

airport_hardware_name='Hardware Port: Wi-Fi'
networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk -v p="$airport_hardware_name" '$0 ~ p { getline; print $2; }'


texts: Hidden processes causing huge increase in ios data usage?

texts:
On my first iphone the data usage was both reasonable and logical at the beginning, but a couple months in and I was seeing a ridiculous increase of >5x usage.  I started off average 5-8 gb/month and by the time I stopped using the phone usage had gotten up to 20 gb HALF-WAY thru the month.  I know modern sites average 1-2 mb insize and I was conscious of my streaming.  My browsing habits didn't change that much and certainly not that much. I tried a few things like turning off vpn (although theoretically this shouldn't matter) but still had the crazy consumption.  I figured I must have picked up a virus.

On 2nd iphone now and like the first usage was reasonable when new, then things started to ramp up.  This time it's to a lower extent and in fact I could be imagining it (or maybe not).  What I'm not imagining are the numbers in the cellular settings.  Usage for anything that uses data is listed individually and they're always supposed to add up to total usage at the top.  Just recently total usage has begun to doubled any app I've used, which is almost exclusively safari.  So I would have 2 gb usage in safari for one day (this still seems high) but total usage is 4gb.  There's no other listed app/process that makes up that remaining 2 gb and like I said I've been on safari exclusively.

The unaccounted for gigs clearly show there are processes going on out of the normal scope of the cellular settings (also my own knowledge that I've only used safari).  Is this a virus or something else?  Can I use an ios task manager equivalent (if there is one) to view all processes and help figure this out?

As an aside, another behavior I feel was not present originally on both phones but now is: the browser has to constantly refresh tabs as I switch between them, without ever closing safari.  Could be related.


texts: change sudoers to stop asking for password when running a systemsetup comman

texts:
To what exactly do I need to change sudoers file to prevent asking for password when I change system time zone?

This is the command I am going to run:

sudo systemsetup -settimezone timezone

I know I need to change it, but I feel uncomfortable changing sudoers on my own due to not knowing exactly what I am doing.


texts:
I know it is possible to enable root user and then logging in as the root user. But is it possible to get root access with your admin account in OSX Mavericks?

It is kinda annoying to always type the password whenever you are installing stuff and using the terminal.

Last resort would be to always login as the root user?


texts: Time Machine alternatives to clone one mac book to another

texts:
Due to nature of how Time Machine works, backing up or restoring large backups is incredibly slow, even with a USB disk instead of a network attached backup unit.

As a result, I am looking for a faster alternative to backup one mac book pro and restore the data on another, in the same manner the Time Machine does.

Can you suggest any tools/apps to achieve this?


texts: What is the Sixth Step of MacBook Repair?

texts:
My Macbook has crashed once or twice daily ever since I installed Lion. I am unable to return to Snow Leopard because my Time Machine is now coupled with Lion.

I went through the sequence:

Reset the PRAM: Hold down Command ⌘+Option ⌥+P+R on boot. Release after hearing the computer chime twice. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Reset the SMC:
Shutdown. Disconnect power adapter. Remove the battery. Press and hold power for 5 seconds.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Verify/Repair disk
Reboot into the recovery partition (press Option ⌥ while booting) and run Disk Utility. The disk had two problems, which are now fixed. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782
Run the hardware diagnostics:
Reboot with the original OS X Disk 1 while pressing D. The hardware diagnostics (memory only, apparently) says all is well. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
Reinstall OS X from the recovery partition:
Hold Command ⌘+R while booting.
Slight reduction in the rate of crash (but that's only an impression). http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

What would you try next?

Edit:
The machine is out of warranty and out of Apple care.


texts: Paste operation while running Parallels Desktop causes Yosemite to hang

texts:
I don't know exactly how/when/why this behavior started, but recently whenever I perform a paste operation (mostly this happens in a browser, from one tab to another), my entire system (2013 MBP running Yosemite) will hang for a number of seconds (~30-60sec).

I'll copy some text from one page then paste it in another (e.g. a form, a gmail compose window, etc.) and on the paste operation, instead of the text getting pasted, the mouse cursor becomes the circular, colorful "waiting" icon. At this point the entire system appears to be "hanging", although I can move the cursor. For example, during the hang, even my Parallels Windows VM is unresponsive. When the system returns from the hang, the text is not pasted.

I also tested this with a non-browser application (Notes) and it still causes a hang, so that's why I'm implicating the OS.

This is obviously a fairly serious and limiting bug, so your help is appreciated.

edit 1: I tried disabling the auto-correct spelling setting (under Keyboard), but this doesn't appear to help.

edit 2: This appears to be caused by Parallels Desktop. I shut down my VM and closed Parallels Desktop and the issue goes away. After restarting the VM, the issue persists. Parallels has fairly tight OS integration, so this does not surprise me. I'll take this up with Parallels and report back if there is a solution.


texts: How can a keyboard be shared with an iPad?

texts:
What are the ways for both an iMac and an iPad to share the same physical keyboard?

If it's possible to share a regular Apple bluetooth keyboard between both devices without jailbreaking the iPad, I think it would be my favored option.


texts:
I have a macbook pro running Mountain Lion. I have a problem with the maximum window height. It looks like all the windows have to be in between the menu bar and dock. I sometimes need to have simulators which runs for iPad retina size and doesn't fit in my widescreen. Is there any way I can let them resize to their full height and width without OSX forcing them to resize?

Thanks


texts:
Is anyone aware of official nVidia drivers for 9x series cards and OSX Mavericks?

I'm aware of these but they only seem to support 8 series cards and I have a 9800GTX+


texts: How can I duplicate a pdf page without doubling the file size?

texts:
I have a large single page PDF file of a poster that is 200 megs. How can I duplicate the page nine times (so it's a 10 page PDF) without increasing the file size to 2,000 megs?

Basically what I want to do is duplicate the page and only reference the original assets without actually duplicating the image files.

I specifically need multiple copies of pages in the same document. I am aware how to compress the image...this is not the solution that I am looking for. I am also aware that I can simply print a single page 10 times...again, this is not the solution that I am looking for.

Thanks.


texts: Periodic Backups to a remote Windows Server folder with OS X

texts:
I need a tool that will allow backups of specific folders to a remote Windows Share. The Macs connect via SMB or CIFS, meaning AFAIK rsync is out of the question.

I only need it to backup on folder, but having it automatic would be preferable.


texts: What happens if I upload an incomplete app on the App Store?

texts:
I am in the process of creating an iPhone app. Someone, very recently, stole all my app files and I'm afraid if that person will submit my app before I do.

Can I upload my app, without the major features and, maybe, a little unstable, to the App Store? So, even if it gets rejected, I'd have the app name and design registered to me, and I can upload the full iPhone app, later, when it's ready. I just don't want my weeks of effort to be used by someone else.

Also, could my rejection have any impact on the future submissions?


texts: Why are tracks of the same title failed to uploaded to iCloud/iTunes Match?

texts:
As the screenshot above shows, some tracks of the same title are failed to be uploaded to iCloud/iTunes Match.  Even they have different time lengths and belong to different discs.

For example, in the above screenshot, SHOW (3:32), the first track of the second disc has an iCloud status icon Duplicate, whereas SHOW  (3:30), the first track of the first disc is successfully uploaded to iCloud/iTunes Match.

Why does this situation happen, and how can I successfully upload these tracks to iCloud/iTunes Match?


texts: What is /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port and /dev/cu.iPhone-WirelessiAP

texts:
So I was flashing my ESP8266 using Arduino and when selecting  the port for flashing I saw this:

I don't know what the red highlighted ports mean? What are they? And what happens if I flash them?


texts:
I ve installed the latest version of MacPorts and Xcode CLI tools for OS X 10.10 - I don't want download 4GB of data because I need only GCC.
Everything looks fine - I can download and compile ports, except the one thing - every time when I try to install new port I get following messages:

Warning: xcodebuild exists but failed to execute
Warning: Xcode does not appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail to build.

But as I said before everything works fine. Should I worry or just ignore these messages?


texts: Guide on removing unused Agents and Daemons to speed up MacOS

texts: Can you point me to a good guide on spotting and getting rid of running Agents, Daemons and Processes that aren't useful to me anyway and are taking up memory and CPU cycles?


texts: How to remove an application that has been deleted but remains in the Status bar?

texts:
I've recently deleted the Citrix Receiver app from my computer, but I've noticed that despite doing this (As well as deleting the plugin), my status bar has the Citrix roundel icon every time I boot up. I can't find a way to set it to not do that in the limited preferences menu I can open from it, but that is a bit besides the point. I want all traces of the application permanently removed, not just hidden from my view.

How can I remove this application from my status bar (And from my computer), clearly deleting the App itself from my Applications folder wasn't enough. But where is the rest persisting on my computer? I've tried searching through finder but nothing turned up.


texts: External HD serve media through iMac or do I need standalone media server?

texts:
I am running out of hard drive space on my iMac which I use to serve my AppleTV, AirPlay stereo and second iMac with music and movies. I have a time capsule and tried using that to store the library but it didn’t work because it is not always mounted.

Can I buy an extra external HD and use it to serve the libraries to the other devices through my main iMac? Or should I be looking at some type of media server setup?

Does iCloud help me at all in this?


texts: How to create an ISO from a file (not a directory)

texts:
I'm trying to perform some testing on old platforms. In this case, its Fedora 1 (circa 2002 or 2003). The VM software (VMware and VirtualBox) can't handle distros that old, so the guests don't have a network card.

I found I could transfer stuff to them through the CD Rom drive. However, when I attempt to build an ISO with a file I am trying to transfer:

hdiutil makehybrid -o ~/image.iso ~/make-4.1.tar.gz -iso -joliet
Creating hybrid image...

hdiutil: makehybrid failed - Operation not permitted

I also tried with create, but that result in an error, too:

hdiutil create -ov ~/make-4.1.tar.gz  -iso -joliet
hdiutil: create: unknown option "-iso"
Usage:  hdiutil create <sizespec> [options] <imagepath>
    hdiutil create -help

I've also tried with and without the option makehybrid.

How do I create an ISO of a file (and not a directory)?

I want to avoid unzipping and then building the ISO because filenames and permissions are changed (This is older software that's not as stable as it is today).


texts: XCode 7.1.1 update, missing otool and git

texts:
I recently installed Xcode 7.1.1
After installation there seems to be problem with it.

git is missing

  Kaunteys-MacBook-Pro:~ Kaunteya$ git 2015-11-26 13:44:03.369
  xcodebuild[2118:134190] ### Failed to load Addressbook class
  CNContactNameFormatter sh: line 1:  2120 Segmentation fault: 11
  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -sdk
  macosx -find git 2> /dev/null git: error: unable to find utility
  "git", not a developer tool or in PATH

when i tried brew install git

  Kaunteys-MacBook-Pro:~ Kaunteya$ brew install git Warning: You are
  using OS X 10.11. We do not provide support for this pre-release
  version. You may encounter build failures or other breakage.
  2015-11-26 13:45:16.185 xcodebuild[2144:137218] ### Failed to load
  Addressbook class CNContactNameFormatter sh: line 1:  2146
  Segmentation fault: 11
  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild -sdk
  macosx -find otool 2> /dev/null otool: error: unable to find utility
  "otool", not a developer tool or in PATH Error: Failure while
  executing: /usr/bin/otool -L /usr/bin/install_name_tool

I also tried on other login on same Mac, but every thing is working fine there


texts: Join a wifi network only on macOS but not iOS

texts:
I have a WiFi network that I want to use from my macOS device (Sierra 10.12 / 2012 Macbook Pro), but not from my iOS device (iOS 10.2 / iPhone 7). The two devices use the same iCloud Keychain.

When I join from my macOS device, the iOS device joins the network as well. When I "forget this network" from the iOS device, the macOS device leaves as well.

Is there a way to decouple this? It's a corporate network, and I don't want to use it on my phone.


texts: a and c keys not working on macbook, even on an external keyboard

texts:
It's a 2011 MacBook pro and the a and c keys are not working on both the built-in keyboard and the usb keyboard.

Because of this i can't bypass the firmware login screen.
Now the weird thing is that that cmd + a works (select all) so the key is being recognized, but a by itself doesn't.

Any ideas?


texts: Will restore from iCloud backup erase podcast.app queue (iOS)?

texts:
My iPhone is sluggish so I want to restore it.

Concerned I’ll lose my long podcast queue if I restore. Would iCloud/iTunes restore retain my queue?


texts: How can I mount Google Drive File Stream before launchd user agents start?

texts:
I have a simple backup bash script that dumps the output of pg_dump for a PostgreSQL database into a Google Drive File Stream directory.

This bash script is referenced by a launchd user agent.

The XML file for the user agent runs the script with a StartInterval key.

In theory, this means that the script should run once at login, and should then repeat according to the StartInterval key's integer.

My issue is that Google Drive File Stream doesn't seem to be mounting the relevant volume in /Volumes in time for the first instance when the script in the user agent is supposed to run. I'd like the script to run at login successfully.

The now deprecated Google Drive desktop app used to have a permanent folder on the filesystem, but now the Google Drive File Stream seems to need to mount at login, and it's no mounting quickly enough for the launchd agent.

Manually stopping, unloading, loading, and restarting the agent a few seconds after login works fine, once the directory in /Volumes/GoogleDrive actually exists.

How can I reliably mount the Google Drive File Stream folder in /Volumes before this other launchd agent starts?

I'm on macOS 10.12.6 (16G1212).


texts: Disk Utility stuck at exit code 0 during partition restore (in Recovery Mode)

texts:
I have an iMac running OS X El Capitan.

I tried to use the disk utility in normal boot to restore two partitions into one but it would exit with an error (exit code 8) and delete the second partition. I then tried to restore the partition in the recovery mode. It seemed to have gone fine but it has got stuck at the last step for ~20 hours now (please see attached image).

I realize it's a foolish thing to have done this without having my data backed up! So, I'm not sure if I should try a hard reset.


texts: Running a Windows VM from external flash drive

texts: I'm using a MacBook Pro Retina 15" with only 256 GB SSD storage, however, for my new job I need to be able to run Windows on it. I'll need to install Visual Studio and some other tools on the Windows system, so I need quite a bit of storage, maybe around 100 GB should be enough. There are very small USB flash drives with capacity of up to 256 GB, would it be a good idea to run the VM on that? I want to avoid using a big external hard drive, since they are not really convenient, just too big. Also, I don't have enough storage on the local SSD drive.


texts: Back up my Photos library from Recovery Mode in macOS Sierra

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My 2012 MacBook Pro will not boot up properly. I decided to start it up in Recovery Mode, using Command-R. There, I can access Disk Utility, Time Machine and Reinstall macOS, and Seek Help Online. Being the idiot that I am, I did not back up my important data on Time Machine or on an external hard drive.

I managed to save my important stuff onto Dropbox by using Safari in "seek help online". However, I would really like to keep my Photos from the Photos app, but these seem impossible to move anywhere, mainly because it is a .photoslibrary file.

Does anybody know a way to do this, for example opening Finder from Terminal, which I cannot seem to manage to do?


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I installed an app, called Matlab drive connector, however, I cannot uninstall it.

I tried to uninstall in the Applications, however, I even did not find this app.

I also read this tutorial: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlabdrive/ug/install-matlab-drive.html  however, I did not find "Mathworks" in the path mentioned in the tutorial, so I failed to delete it.

This App just pops out every time I restart the Mac, it is really annoying.


texts: I am new to Mac as well as Xcode. I have installed Xcode. When I click on Xcode on the toolbar or on Mac HD --> Applications --> Xcode, I do not see any editor opening. Please advise if I am doing anything wrong.


texts: How can I add fonts to GIMP 2.8.2 on OS X?

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Starting with GIMP 2.8, the application is no longer visibly dependent on X11, so suddenly all the advice I'm aware of for adding fonts to GIMP don't seem to work.

(This worked with GIMP 2.6)

Now what's a reasonable way to get GIMP to accept new fonts?  Preferably I'd like it to use all the same fonts I've got installed in the system Font Book.


texts: Application Keyboard Shortcut not overriding

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I want to always paste text without its format. Many applications, like Numbers in my case, have a shortcut for that being shift+alt+command+v. Now, that's pretty many keys to press at once so I wanted to override that with a custom keyboard shortcut as suggested in this answer.

[sorry for German language, please assume that the shortcuts' names are correct]

I flipped Paste's and Paste and match style's keyboard commands.
Since that did not do it, I also added shortcuts for Numbers individually.

This is what Numbers' Edit pane shows:

Again, sorry for German language. the first one reads "Paste" and second reads "Paste and match style". The keyboard commands are still the wrong way.

I have restarted Numbers a number (no pun intended) of times but that didn't help. For other applications it doesn't work either.

Any ideas why it doesn't work?
Thanks in advance"


texts: Is there a list somewhere of all the special characters I can type using the option key?

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OS X lets me type special characters directly on the keyboard by holding the Option. For example: — is an em dash, “ and ” are curvy quotes, etc.

Is there a good cheat sheet listing all these keys somewhere? I tend to find myself holding option and running my hands up and down the keyboard looking for a specific character.


texts: Which php.ini file do I have to edit on Mountain Lion?

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I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and reconfigured my apache2 (https.conf) file in the terminal to load PHP and start automatically.

My localhost/~username/phpinfo.php page comes up to show my PHP configuration (php.ini).  I see that upload_files is set to ON and the max_size_upload is set to 20MB.  However, the upload_tmp_dir isn't set (it says NO VALUE).  I assume the default tmp directory is "/tmp".

When I do

$ cd /etc/
$ sudo nano php.ini.default

goto the upload_tmp_dir and I remove the ; in front of it and enter the value /tmp (save and exit).

I still see NO VALUE for the upload_tmp_dir when I load my phpinfo.php.  I just wonder if I'm doing something wrong.  Any help is appreciated.


texts: How to not show birthdays from Contacts on Apple Watch?

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This becomes a more relevant problem with the new Siri watch face. I ended up deleting most birthdays in Contacts to stop birthdays from clustering my Apple Watch screen daily.

I tried the below but failed to achieve my goals:

In the watch app on iPhone, go to calendar and mirror my iPhone's setting. I also make sure birthday is unchecked on the calendar settings of my iPhone. I confirmed this by going to my calendar on iphone to see no birthdays are showing.
I then checked my watch, the birthday is still showing in calendar. I gave ample amount of time (15mins) for the Apple Watch to sync. Look again - the birthdays are still there.
I then restarted my Watch - the birthdays are still there.
I double checked my calendar app on iPhone, no birthdays are shown and the birthday calendar is still unchecked. The calendar setting in the watch app is still set at mirror iPhone.

Then I tried with using custom instead of mirror iPhone in the watch app->calendar:

Uncheck the Birthday calendar
The birthdays are still showing on watch
Wait 15mins - the birthdays are still here

So I ended up deleting most birthdays in Contacts and the birthdays stop showing on my watch instantly - except those birthdays I have kept.


texts: How do I remove files from iTunes which have been deleted on disk?

texts: When cleaning up my disk I deleted a couple of files from my music collection which iTunes was managing. Now when I try to sync a device I get an error message that it can't sync these files because they don't exist. The problem is that I can't find these files in iTunes any more to delete them. They don't appear when I search for appropriate terms. So, my question is how do I find them, and is iTunes hiding them from me in some "smart" way?


texts: How to activate built-in PHP in macOS Server 5?

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On our macOS Server 5.2, I want to run a PHP site. So my idea was to use the built-in PHP in OS X Server by simply ticking the checkbox "Enable PHP" in the Server app at the Websites general configuration page.

However, when I open a page like test.php with some PHP code in it from a browser, the PHP code is not being interpreted but just delivered as is.

What am I missing?


texts: Aperture : unreadable JPEG on Mountain Lion

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After upgrading to Mountain Lion, some pictures in my Aperture library are unreadable. Aperture says the format isn't supported.

I made some test and noticed that even the Finder, QuickLook or Preview can't read the picture either. However, Photoshop and Xee open it just fine.

It appears that system libraries can't read those pictures. With this in mind, I tried to take a faulty file to a Lion machine, and Aperture, Finder, QuickLook and Preview can open it without trouble. So, it's Mountain Lion related.

Not all my pictures are concerned, just some of them (but enough to care, and maybe many more : I have to open them to notice they can't be read) and I couldn't find common properties such as the camera, the import tools or something like that. Most of them seems to be a few years old.

Here's one of those faulty picture : http://6x7.be/DSCN5706.JPG

What's the cause? How can I fix it?

Notes :

I know I could recompress them, but I don't want to lose quality. In addition, finding them is very time consuming.
I performed my tests on multiple machine (for both Lion and Mountain Lion), I even tried on a clean install of Moutain Lion.


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Some time ago I downloaded a QuickLook plugin that allowed me to look at the files in an ISO called Suspicious Package. I used this to inspect the contents of an ISO and it displayed this:

And Finder says that the ISO is 428.1 MB. So the ISO definitely contains some files, but when I mount it by double-clicking on it, there's nothing in it; I get this:

I went into Disk Utility and clicked "Verify Disk" and I get this:

Verifying volume "PROSHOW DVD"
Checking file system
fsck_udf: Cannot read directory entry at offset 236: Undefined error: 0
fsck_udf: Directory Checking was bad!
** Checking Hierarchy
** Filesystem is dirty and non-repairable
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.

The "Repair Disk" button is grayed out though. My question is, how do I get at the files in the ISO?


texts: In which part of iOS is the auto-erase feature implemented and how does it work?

texts: I followed the Apple vs FBI case a bit, and I'm super curious how Apple implemented the auto-erase feature. Reading their documentation, it seems like it is as simple as erasing a key that is used to encrypt all the data. Is it actually a microkernel or something?


texts: How to exit Recovery Mode on jailbroken iPhone

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What I've searched so far says that my iPhone had goes to Recovery-Mode (Am I right?) because it stuck on Apple Logo and won't start.

What I've tried so far :

What is Soft DFU mode, and how do I exit it
How to Exit iOS Recovery Mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX9VM590pvo

But problem still remains.

Please tell me how do I get rid of this Apple Logo on my jailbroken iPhone 5s?


texts: Detect USB thumb flash drive insertions?

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Is there a way to get a list of recent times when a USB thumb flash drive was inserted? I'm using Sierra.
Thanks


texts: How to inspect HTTP requests in Safari 8

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I can't seem to find a way to view the raw HTTP requests sent by safari to the webserver. Does anyone know how you can do this in Safari 8.

I did manage to find some HTTP headers in the resource tab of the web inspector  But I want to see the raw (in plain text) HTTP request

Thanks in advance