texts: How to fix screwed font display in password entry dialog?

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I don't have a single clue how my Mac OS comes to be like this..

Whenever I'm prompted to enter my password for admin rights to make changes to the system, my Mac OS seems to have a hard time finding the correct characters to represent the Roman alphabets it wants to display. Here are some screenshots regarding what it shows:

I suppose there is some bug (it is a Mac OS X version 10.7.5) or maybe I've accidentally deleted some system files required for the encoding..

This isn't really a big problem (since everything else works well), but as time goes by I feel the need to fix it.

I would appreciate if someone can provide me a solution.


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I get the following annoying alert randomly, usually when I launch an application.  I believe I got this bug when I consented to have my disk scanned by some proprietary security application.

The message varies from an offer to enhance disk storage to protecting sensitive information.

Where is its source and how do I get rid of it?


texts: On Windows, this combination scrolls right down to the bottom of the screen in most apps. Does Mac have any equivalent? I know fn-down exists but it only scrolls one screen at a time. I am looking for something to take me down to the bottom in one go.


texts: mavericks 10.9.5 downloaded but not installing

texts:
I recently updated mavericks 10.9.5 from 10.9,
it shows on Update Installed in last 30 days, but when I see About my mac info it is still showing 10.9

Again going to app store and clicking update it ask me to restart, to install the update I have restarted many a times but it is still 10.9 please help as I want to install X code 6.1 for learning swift


texts:
I accidentally installed Mac Cleanup Pro when I was going to upgrade Flash for a web site. I've used 'Little Snitch' to block the sites it connects to. The malware is all signed by a Developer ID 'vijay ameta (3Q3PBWQ48N)' which is issued by Apple Inc.

Is there a way to block that certificate?
(is there a way to get Apple to withdraw the certificate?)


texts: Page-down/page-up from the keyboard in Preview.app's continuous scroll?

texts: How do you page-down/page-up in Preview.app's continuous scroll mode? When I hit the page-down button on my keyboard, instead of showing me the next page worth of the PDF, it scrolls me to a new page -- that is, I'd like to see the bottom of page one when I hit page-down, but I get page two instead. No other app I've ever used has this behavior. (I'm using Mavericks. Would like the old Snow Leopard functionality!)


texts:
I would like to create an automator that converts each page to an image, combines all the images vertically and finally saves the result as an image. I don't know how to combine the images. Could someone guide me through this?

Input: Multiple page PDF

Output:


texts: Using hosts file on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

texts:
I have added two new host entries in

  /pricate/etc/hosts

 127.0.0.1/wys/sub-folder local.wys
 127.0.0.1/les/sub-folder local.les

I have flushed the DNS using

  dscacheutil -flushcache

I now want to access local.wys and have content served from

  localhost/wys/sub-folder

This doesn't work, I have tried 127.0.0.1 and localhost in the hosts file.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jake


texts: How can I increase the time before my external drive powers down?

texts:
I have an external USB drive from LaCie that is connected to my MacBook Pro – almost all the time. So whenever I don't use it for a few minutes, it powers down. That means, it takes a few seconds to spin the disk up again if I need it.

Sometimes, other applications wake the drive up even when I don't want to, causing the applications to hang (i.e. wait for the drive).

How can I increase the time before the external drive powers down?


texts: Help! Lost admin password for Mac OS X server 10.9

texts:
While our netwrokd administrator was admitted to a hospital for an emergency surgery (he is now in coma), being as a temporary delegate, I was ordered by our Institution to turn OFF Mail funciton and to change the admin account password for Mac OS X Server 10.9.2 for security reasons. While changing the password, I took a memo for the new password, but later it turned out to be wrong! My stupidity.

After restart, I cannot open Server.app that controls Mail service because it requires the unknown new password.

Currently Mail service is OFF (it had been turned OFF for security reason before password change), but I' going to need to turn it ON soon after the order is lifted. To do that, however, I need the new password. Luckily, the server still provides access to the Internet. Thus I can still ask you.

Thanks to the following instruction, I find a way to reset the admin password.
http://fixedbyvonnie.com/2013/09/how-to-reset-the-admin-password-on-your-mac-without-a-disk/#.Uz5eM8cT-pe

I carried out a test of the same procedure on another Mac (10.9.2). In the test, although resetpassword command in Recovery Mode successfully updated the account password, it didn't update default Keychain password at the same time.

After restart, the OS asks if I want to update 'default Kecyhain password'. To update it, I need to enter the older Keychain password that I don't know. If I skip the update, Keychain asks passwords repeatedly, and without the old Keychain password, I can't launch and open Keychain Access.

Then I found this. It says you can reset the Keychain password by Keychain First Aid.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24171670#24171670

However, in my test, Keychain First Aid still asks the older Keychain password, so this doesn't work.

In short, I can update the admin password, but not the Keychain password without knowing the old password. So if I carry out this on the server machine, The Server won't run properly and would ask passwords over and over again.

On the test Mac I tried to activate root user, hoping the root user could change Keychain password without knowing the old Keychain password. But I couldn't access to the "login" Keychain of the account in question from the root account.

Does anyone know a work-around?

Is there a way to reset the default Keychain password without the old Keychain password?

Or, is there a way to know the old Keychain password? Probably not.

Or, do you think TimeMachine can undo my failure in changing the admin password and recover the old admin password?

During this mail shutdown period, I assume many people have asked his health status by email. It's an emergency and I really need your help!


texts: Mac App Store: View global reviews and ratings

texts:
The Mac App Store app shows only the reviews and ratings from my home country on the App Store. For instance, Logic Pro X only has 9 ratings, and GarageBand only has 21 ratings.

I am pretty sure that these two apps get way more reviews and ratings. How can I see the overall global reviews and ratings?


texts: Is it possible to send an iTunes gift to my friends using my redeemed iTunes code (gifted) balance?


texts: Google Drive for OS sometimes unable to connect (not a problem in latest versions)

texts:
THis is not a problem in the latest versions of Google Drive sync anymore

Sometimes Google drive for OS X turns gray telling it is unable to connect. The only cure is quit and launch again and it immediately starts to work.

The Resume in menu is inactive.

What causes the problem? How to fix it?


texts: How can I stop losing my screens when I close the lid?

texts: When I close the lid of my MacBook Air, it's almost always plugged in.  When I open the lid, I have to sign in and my screen is clear of all the things I wanted to see or was looking at, but did not finish.  This happens several times a day.  I have to close the lid because of a possible dust situation where I need to keep the computer during the day.  This just started happening a couple of weeks ago.  I am running OS X El Capitan.  I do not log out, but it thinks I did.  Grrrrrrr!


texts:
How can I upload/download files from/on to a jailbroken iPhone 3G?

Are there any apps that allow me to do this?


texts: Boot Camp Assistant can't be used since disk is not journaled even though it is

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I'm trying to install Win7 onto my mid-2010 iMac using Bootcamp. After starting Bootcamp I click "Continue" and get this message:

Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used.
The disk is not journaled. You must enable journaling using Disk Utility before using the Boot Camp Assistant.

However when I Get Info on my HD, under "Format" it reads:

Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

If my HD is journaled then why is Boot Camp stopping me from going along with the partitioning and then install of Win7?
System: iMac, 8 GB RAM, OS X 10.9.2, 3.6 GHz i5 CPU, 1 TB HDD


texts: Endless "enter verification code" loop on old iPad for iMessage and FaceTime signin

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I (well, my kid) has an old iPad with iOS8 on it. His Apple id has 2FA turned on (he also has an iPhone 5S).  Recently we changed his password and now (understandably) iMessage and FaceTime no longer work on the iPad and are prompting for a signin.

I typed in the password and on the phone I get the verification code and on the iPad I get a message saying to type the verification code after the password in the password field.

Since the 5S is showing, say, 123765 as the code, I then type into the password field: ThePassword123765.

However, instead of signing in (or saying it is incorrect) I instead get the "enter verification after your password" prompt.  Interestingly, I don't get the notification on the phone so apparently something in the system realized I had indeed typed a code after the password.

But I can't get past this.  I just keep getting the enter verification code prompt over and over again.  I've also tried getting a code from the Settings app on the phone but the same thing happens.

Also interestingly is that the login to iCloud on the iPad worked fine.  I appended the current verification code to the password and logged in. It's just the iMessage and FaceTime logins that are having problems.

Any idea what to try next?


texts: Can't open an afp network share (but other machines can)

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I've spent the last few months (on and off) trying to get an afp networkshare to work using netatalk on OpenWrt. It takes a bit of work and it's easy to make mistakes so, when I couldn't connect to one of the shares from my MBP, I initially assumed that I made a configuration error. I created two shares that are essentially identical (except that one is for Time Machine and uses different user credentials) and the second share is fine. Strangely enough on my girlfriend's MBP both shares work fine.

Let's call my machine MBP-A and my girlfriend's machine MBP-B, both are running High Sierra. Let's call the share that's not working "TimeMachine" and the working second share "Data".

MBP-A can't connect to TimeMachine using Cmd-K in the Finder "The
share does not exist on the server. Please check the share name, and
then try again."
MBP-A connects to "Data" just fine. I get a prompt
for username and password, I enter them and the machine connects.
MBP-B can connect to both shares just fine. I get a prompt for
username and password, I enter them and the machine connects. I have
also been able to point Time Machine to the "Time Machine" share and
that is running a backup as we speak.
When I try to mount the problematic share in Terminal with

sudo mount -t afp afp://user:password@192.168.1.1/TimeMachine /Volumes/TimeMachine

it does mount it to a newly created local
dir called /Volumes/TimeMachine. I can see the available space in
/Volumes/TimeMachine in the Finder and can see that space decrease
because the other machine is making a backup to it as we speak. If I
want to enter the folder from the Finder, however, I get "The folder
“TimeMachine” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to
see its contents."

This leads me to believe that it's not a configuration problem on the server side as it works fine on the other machine but that it's a local problem on my machine. I thought it might have cached the wrong credentials but they are not in the keychain and the problem persists after a reboot.

Any ideas?


texts:
I feel like my iPhone 7 Plus battery life has gotten seriously bad at the point where I sometimes run trough 2 full charges a day.

I got the iPhone in mid-November.

I get between 4-5 hours of usage time and maybe 10-12 hours of standby.
And I wouldn't really say I'm giving it a heavy load.

I don't really have much push notifications enabled. The main push notification is Gmail really which I get between 10-15 notifications a day.

What do you guys think? I've read a lot of people getting at least 7 hours of usage under a more heavy load.


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I have an older iPod touch which which supports up to iOS 6.1.6 and nothing newer.  This device is equipped with a Linea Pro barcode scanner and previously had an application called "Web Barcode" installed.  Recently I was attempting to do some work on a web application I wrote and realized that I needed to update to a newer version of Web Barcode - but unfortunately the Apple ID saved on my device was deactivated a few years ago.  So I went to settings and updated it with my current Apple ID.  Then again tried to update the App from the Apple store.  Still no dice - it was asking me for the password on the old account.

So then I figured I'd just remove it and reinstall from scratch.  Deleted the app and went to the store but now I am met with a message that the new version requires at least iOS 8.0.

I feel I followed a very logical series of steps to update this application and while I can understand that I won't be able to install the newest version, how can I get the old version back?  The device is completely useless without the barcode scanning application and the Apple store is now refusing to install any version at all on my device.

What can I do to get the original version of this application reinstalled?


texts: Targeted Display Mode using Henge Docks Vertical Dock

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I have a 2012 MacBook Pro with Retina Display and a Late 2012 21" iMac. I just purchased a Henge Docks Vertical Dock, to use at home, and the plan is to pop my MacBook Pro in and then use the iMac in Targeted Display Mode.

My question is, will this work? Thinking about it, I usually have to wake the MacBook Pro up for it to work in Targeted Display Mode, but as the lid is kept shut by the Vertical Dock, I am not sure it will work.

Has anyone had any experience with this set up?

If not, that's fine, I was planning to go and pick up a 27" monitor anyway (future plan is to run an external GPU for gaming).


texts: Chrome Bookmarks disappear after being used

texts: Only on my Mac Mini this is happening (OS X Yosemite 10.10.2) and it just started yesterday. Whenever I start Chrome it shows all my bookmarks and when I click one of them (doesn't matter which one) they all disappear including the bookmark bar area. If I close Chrome and restart it they appear again, but the problem repeats itself.


texts: Which Personal Hotspot mode uses least battery?

texts:
Both iPad and iPhone's Personal Hotspot mode allows 3 ways to connect:

WiFi
USB cable
Bluetooth

I want to use Personal Hotspot on my MacBook Pro, this means that I can use either of the three. Therefore I was wondering:

Which connection type uses the least battery of the device providing the Personal Hotspot service?


texts: Preview files in finder without quicklook

texts:
I'm a programmer and I use a lot of different file types that are all plain text.  I would like to view the contents of the files in finder, but not in QuickLook, rather in the right-most preview pane, like it does for standard text files.

I'd like the same thing for my codefiles (.scala, .html, .css, etc...)


texts: MS Outlook Calendar with color categories sync to iPhone

texts:
I have a problem with the iPhone calendar and the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendar category colors.

Is there a app which is compatible with the MS Exchange category colors?

I understand that in apples view each calendar must have an color.
But for my plans I need no color for a calendar... I need colors for the categories and I must set them, too.

Thank you in Advance!


texts: Is there a way to reroute files downloaded from a specific domain to a new folder?

texts:
This seems like a really simple issue and perhaps I'm overthinking it.

My specific use case for this is:

I've downloaded a pdf/image/etc. from a website
I'd like to take that file and move it from my default downloads folder to another folder (This would be a start. In the future, I'd like to do different variations of this with rules based on filetype, size, etc.).

I've looked up a number of options that don't quite get me where I want. I've read that applications like Automator, fswatch, etc. are good tools for this. I'm unsure of their specific implementation and was hoping for some insight and/or help in putting something together.

I currently use Firefox and they used to have an extension that would reroute files based on whatever given rules. This is not the case after the release of Quantum.


texts: iOS14: automatically turn on or off second sim

texts: I have an iPhone 12 Pro with iOS 14.2.1 and I need to automatically turn on or off the second sim based on my working hours schedule. Is there a way to achieve so?


texts: Applescript & Javascript to get number from chrome and give a total

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I'm trying do get every totals from an internal webpage and get the total.

for getting a single result I wrote this :

tell application "Google Chrome"
    tell tab 1 of window 1 to set orderTotal to execute javascript "document.getElementsByClassName('total')[0].innerHTML;"
end tell

the output on this example is :

"1,200.00	JPY	"

(PS the currency is not always the same)

for getting every value this work

tell application "Google Chrome"
    tell tab 1 of window 1 to set r to execute javascript "var outPut=[]; var arr=document.getElementsByClassName('total');for (var i in arr) {outPut.push(arr[i].innerHTML)};outPut;"
end tell
 return r

which give me something like this :

"4,000.00	JPY	", "5,000.00	JPY	", "5,000.00	JPY	", "5,000.00	JPY	", "5,000.00	JPY	", "5,000.00	JPY	", "3,800.00	JPY	", "5,000.00	JPY	", "5,000.00	JPY	", missing value, missing value, missing

I would like to clear the text and do a total,

Tried this for clearing the values, but obviously not working :

set theText to Unicode text
property leftEdge1 : ""
property rightEdge1 : "	"
try
    set saveTID to text item delimiters
    set text item delimiters to leftEdge1
    set classValue to text item 2 of r
    set text item delimiters to rightEdge1
    set singleValue to text item 1 of classValue
    set text item delimiters to saveTID
    singleValue
end try

and for the total I'm not sure yet how to proceed.


texts: How to install vim8 without effecting the built-in vim?

texts:
How can install vim8 without effecting the built-in vim that comes with a mac? Like with python2 that comes built-in with a mac, I have python3 separate. So, I can call it with vim8. I am using brew.

My OSX is 10.11.6.


texts: Facing problem to test Energy Consumption by a factorial function with Python module "pyRAPL"

texts:
I would like to calculate energy consumption. That's why I have used the following program, unfortunately it gave errors.

MWE:

#need python3.7 to run this
from math import *
import time # time module is used to delay your program for a bit so that you can get a reading, that is not zero
        #but delay will/might give you more noise from the system
import pyRAPL
a=1

pyRAPL.setup()
measure= pyRAPL.Measurement('bar')

measure.begin()         #to begin a measurement
for i in range (100):
    a=a*(i+1)

print (a)

time.sleep(0.001)       #this time delay (in seconds) is the approximate minimum time of which it gives a reading, any duration lesser                  #than this might yield '0' energy consumption

measure.end()           #to end the measurement

val =measure.result     #output the result by the following

print (val)

#the above result will contain 5 values
#access one by one with the following syntax

print ('label= ',val.label)
print ('timestamp= ', val.timestamp)    #it gives the exact time of initialisation of measurement, (in epoch) needs to be converted to date and time format
print ('duration= ', val.duration)  #gives the duration of program running between begin() and end()

print ('energy consumed by CPU= ', val.pkg[0])  #value of energy consumption by the CPU in micro Joules  <==== We need this

print ('dram value = ',val.dram[0]) #value of RAM energy consumption (in seconds) <--- needs to be converted, not so sure how

Errors result:

How can I fix this problem?


texts:
How can I turn off tmy Mac's monitor. I know I can turn off the display by setting a hot cornet or by using ctrl + shift + Eject but I dont want this.
I want to leave my Mac on and connect to it via teamViewer from another place but when I do that the Mac's display turn's on. I do this with my PC in the office, I leave my PC on but I simple turn off the monitor by pushing the button on the bottom right corner :) this means my PC is still on but the monitor is off and it does not show anything on the screen. I do this sometime in case I have to connect to my PC from home, but without letting anyone know that my PC is on!

UPDATED:
Sorry for not being clear,
It is "iMac" OS X version 10.8.5

Can I do this ?
Thanks


texts: Why doesn't Mail.app ver. 4 recognize Google Apps accounts as Gmail IMAP

texts:
When I add a gmail account with a username of @gmail.com, Mail.app ver 4 recognizes this as a Gmail IMAP account. However, if I try to add a Google apps domain email address ending in @google-app-domain.com, Mail.app does not recognize this as a Gmail IMAP account. Instead, I have to manually select IMAP.

Is there a difference between Gmail IMAP accounts and IMAP accounts in Mail.app ver 4?
Why doesn't Mail.app ver 4 recognize Google Apps accounts as Gmail IMAP accounts?


texts: Messages wont open: the Messages database is being updated

texts:
Recently on my new macbook when I try to open up the messages app it won't let me open it and gives me the error:

Messages is updating...

The Messages database is being upgraded, please wait while it finishes or Quit Messages and relaunch it later.

And no matter what I do it won't go away and work.

I have tried to copy over the messages folder in Library from another computer but it didn't help at all. this is really starting to bug me and I would appreciate any help towards fixing this issue.

My macbook is running the latest version of Yosemite and is the 2014 edition


texts: Simple keystone correction for video output

texts:
I have a video output to a projector, and due to the way our room is setup, I need to do some keystone correction.

Any idea how I can go about this? I essentially just want to be able to skew my display (as I'm mirroring).


texts: How do I find files with no extension in Finder?

texts: I'm trying to find all files that have no extension in a Finder folder.  I know how to search by extension and exclude a specific extension but what do I type in the box if I want no extension at all?


texts:
My muscle memory is very ingrained with Cmd + Shift + 4 to take screen snips, and this has been fine for a while.

However, from now on, I don't need to save my screen snips as files. I need to paste them directly to various places (e.g. online, or in documents).

How do I make Cmd + Shift + 4 save to clipboard instead of files (like Windows with Win + Shift + S)? My fingers are unable to grasp the concept of Cmd + Ctrl + Shift + 4 (that's just too many keys).

Ideally, and tl;dr, I'd like to swap the functionality of Cmd + Shift + 4 and Cmd + Ctrl + Shift + 4.


texts: Transfer speed much slower in Wi-Fi than Ethernet

texts:
I'm transferring a lot of pictures from my Macbook Pro to a local Synology NAS (DS116), using an FTP software named Transmit.
I noticed that the upload speed is quite different between Wi-Fi and Ethernet:

Using Wi-Fi (ac): ~27 MB/s in FTP mode, and ~22 MB/s in AFP mode

Using Ethernet (via a Thunderbolt adapter): ~110 MB/s, in both FTP and AFP modes

I don't understand why the Wi-Fi transfers are so slow compared to Ethernet. Both of them should handle the maximum write speed of the disk (112 MB/s according to Synology).
Any idea about what could be slowing down the transfers when using Wi-Fi?
Notes about my Wi-Fi :

RSSI: -56 dBm
Noise: -95 dBm
TX Rate: 350 Mbps
PHY Mode: 802.11ac
Router: TP-Link AC750


texts:
I've purchased an "old" Mac Mini (macmini2,1) from a coworker to serve as a media server beneath my TV. It runs 10.7.5 and can't update any further, it's got a 1.83Ghz Core2Duo and 4Gb RAM, and I've stuffed a 128Gb Apple SSD in it.

I'm trying to install nginx on it to act as a small home web server, to quickly share files with colleagues and host some development I'm doing. I'm used to do this on Debian installs, but it's the first time I'm doing it on OSX and I want to do things well.

So I've installed nginx with Homebrew:

brew install nginx

and I'm trying to set it up so that:

it loads at boot, without the need to login (via /Library/LaunchDaemons, though I'm not proficient with that yet) – can anybody help me with the plist?
it runs as www-data, not root – can anybody tell me which is the best way to create this user account? It does not need to be able to login through the window manager, it's just meant to be a unix account. Though I'd appreciate being able to connect to the mini with AFP as www-data and directly share the /var/www (or equivalent) folder on my LAN, that'd help me drop files easily. Probably /usr/local/var/www from what I understand. Again, I'm accustomed to doing that with Debian (with the help of netatalk and avahi).

What's the best setup for doing this? Directory structures, configuration files?

Any pointer appreciated for the nginx.conf too, cause the stock config provided by Homebrew is quite different from what I'm used to on Debian.

Also, won't it conflict with the stock Apache? I want to run it on port 80 (and eventually make it available to the whole world).

(PHP would be welcome too, but for now I just want a solid, plain old webserver, before adding PHP to it).

[Note: I'd rather tag this question nginx, but I can't as I haven't earned enough rep here. Can somebody tag it for me?]


texts: Uninstall Xcode 11 beta 1 Command Line Tools accidentally installed in public release of macOS Mojave?

texts:
Yesterday I ran the system update and mistakenly installed Command Line Tools for Xcode 11 beta 1 in a system running macOS Mojave.

This update is breaking some of my dev applications. I would like to downgrade back to the current public release of Command Line Tools for macOS Mojave 10.14/Xcode 10.2.1.

How do I uninstall them? Is it possible to do without uninstalling Xcode?

I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.5 with Xcode 10.2.1.

➜ ls -l /Library/Developer
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 6 root 192 Jun  5 10:08 CommandLineTools
drwxr-xr-x 4 root 128 Apr 23 11:39 PrivateFrameworks

➜ ls -l /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 5 root 160 Apr  6 02:30 Library
drwxr-xr-x 3 root  96 Apr  6 01:55 Packages
drwxr-xr-x 4 root 128 Jun  5 10:09 SDKs
drwxr-xr-x 7 root 224 Apr  6 02:30 usr

Update:

So it seems that the beta version of the CLTools are messing something up in the mono library. As all mono applications are crashing. Tried different applications build with mono.

I tried the remove instructions and also completely uninstalled / reinstalled xcode.

However, the issue is still the same. All mono applications are crashing!


texts: Unable to install app on new phone because "App is no longer available in the App Store"

texts:
I switched to an iPhone 8 Plus and found out that 2 paid apps cannot be downloaded anymore as they have been removed from the store.

I have copies of the app on several devices - the oldest device that still has this app is an iPhone 4.

I am having trouble transferring the app to my computer so that I can manually transfer it to my new device. Is there any way at all?

I've tried a few online suggestions but none works i.e. Transfer purchases, downgrade to iTunes 12 etc.

I paid for these 2 apps and would really appreciate help in getting them transferred over to my new device. Reaching out to the developer is not an option.


texts: Boot up error prohibitory sign flashing folder with question mark

texts:
3 weeks ago my hard drive failed so I bought a new one. (Macbook pro late 2011)
5 days ago, the new one flashed prohibitory sign, flashing folder with question mark. Every once in a while I could get it to desktop, but I would reboot, and back into the error. I reinstalled the OS through a USB, but still get the error. Is there a good chance it's the sata cable that needs to be replaced?


texts:
I'm getting a strange message each time I boot. For a quick second before the Apple Logo appears I see the text:

BuildError(): error building a user of type 0x20010008

Then the Logo appears, and shortly after the Login screen. After which the following errors appear:

BuildError(): error building a user of type 0x20010008
**** ERROR _CreateMenuWithWithIdentifier no image for file: 1_flag_menu_item.png
**** ERROR _CreateMenuWithWithIdentifier no image for file: 77_flag_other_menu_item.png
**** ERROR UIFlagPickerRestoreState No state found for flag picker
**** ERROR ArchiveViewCreateWithOptions ArchiveCopyPNGImage failed for file: preferences_good_samaritan_message_ribbon.png
**** ERROR ArchiveViewCreateWithOptions ArchiveCopyPNGImage failed for file: logimui_bootprogressbar.png

In verbose boot this is in big text before the usual status messages that show loading of the OS.

I'm was running OS X 10.10.4, and this began once I upgraded to the GM Candidate of El Capitan 10.11, which is the newest and stable release. Haven't a clue about what it is.

Any ideas as to what these messages are?

Update: Fresh Install

I just wiped my computer and did a fresh install of 10.11 GM El Capitan. Still showing up. Seems to be an issue of the new OS.


texts: USB C to DisplayPort hub works with VGA but not HDMI

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I have a Cable Matters USB C to Dual 4K DisplayPort Hub and a MacBook Pro 2016 (No touchbar). I am using Windows on Bootcamp.

The hub works fine with a DisplayPort to VGA adaptor, but it doesn't work with a DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor or cable. I have tried the hub on both MacOS and Windows 10 but the external HDMI display detects power (an icon appears showing there is something connected) but does not detect any signal.

I have updated the graphics drivers, reinstalled the USB C drivers and reinstalled Windows but nothing worked. The hub and HDMI display work with a HP laptop with similar Intel integrated graphics.

Does it not work because the DisplayPort to HDMI is passive?


texts: Setup MacBook to accept ARD traffic over SSH?

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How to access Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) via VNC-over-SSH? asks how to tunnel ARD traffic over SSH. But the answer provided does not detail the steps required to do so.

Would some please provide the steps to setup a MacBook to:

Disable ARD traffic on all forward facing interfaces
Enable ARD traffic over SSH

ARD must be disabled on forward facing interfaces because it has an 8-character password limitation.

About all I have been able to find on Apple's site is Apple Remote Desktop: Connecting through a firewall, NAT or VPN and TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products. Surprisingly, Apple seems to think its OK to hang an ARD listener off the internet with a weak password (sigh...).

According to HowTo: Tunneling VNC Connections Over SSH, the remote client should be able to use the following to connect to the MacBook (this may need to be changed to port 5900):

ssh -L 5901:localhost:5901 -N -f -l <user> <server>

The MacBook is a bit dated circa 2009, but its got 4GB RAM, 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo, and OS X 10.9. So I think it meets requirements for this sort of thing. Its going to being used to donate cycles to open source projects that need access to OS X, so I hope so.

Thanks in advance.


texts: iCloud Drive is always uploading and using resources

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My device is MacBook Pro 15" (mid 2017), macOS 10.14.3 with iCloud storage optimisation turned on and Desktop and Documents folders stored in iCloud.

Recently I noticed bird and cloudd processes using a lot of cpu, and iCloud always uploading some files, it really never stops.

I tried logging in and out of iCloud, turning synchronization on and off, but nothing seems to fix it. I've gone through all similar questions and corresponding answers with no luck.

How to stop that constant syncing and what can be the reason for it?


texts: How to print .docx attachments from Gmail iPad app?

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When I open a .docx formatted attachment with the Gmail iPad app, there's no option to print.

I've installed the MS-Office for iPad app, but so far as I can see, there's no way to change default applications to get my attachment to open with MS-Office.

Is there a straightforward way around this?


texts: Backing up Time Machine to an external disk also used by other machines - no sparsebundle?

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I moved to using an external disk (a Drobo) on 1 machine as a Time Machine backup for all of my machines. I've got 2 of the machines backing up perfectly, but the problem is with the machine that the drive is connected to.

When I start the backup of the directly connected machine, Time Machine creates the folder structure /Backups.backupdb/[computer name]/ instead of just creating another sparsebundle file.

Should I care? If yes, then how do I make Time Machine create a sparsebundle?


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I have a 2008 iMac in which the drive is failing. SMART status seems ok although AHT reported 4hdd/11/40000000 SATA (0,0) which is the code for disk failure AFAIK. Normal boot fails, Firewire target disk mode works, however after a certain amount of disk access the drive stops responding - for example in the middle of a large file transfer it never get beyond a certain point.  After this folder listing stops working and all I can do is reboot the iMac.

I have read similar questions that suggest using Ddrescue. However the behaviour of my drive is that it doesn't report failure, it just never finishes. Will Ddrescue cope with this?

Update: I've made the question title less specific so hopefully more people find this thread - be sure to check all comments below for some useful tips.


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System: SIP disabled, Macbook Air 2013-mid, about 120 GB SSD, 8 GB DDR3.
My current disk state

OS X portion

I want to decrease OS X portion and move it to other but trying to startup partion, I get

Outputs motivated by klanomath

Command diskutil list and its output

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            76.0 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         44.3 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +75.7 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 20C85797-328F-4A27-B0DE-97DB2B14F1D7
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk3 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *128.7 GB   disk3
   1:             Windows_FAT_32 FAT32                   128.7 GB   disk3s1

Command diskutil cs list and its output

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group E7F4DE9D-EFE4-4CEC-BCA3-3A0C20ED47C9
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         76017078272 B (76.0 GB)
    Free Space:   12656640 B (12.7 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 6F9B1342-37C0-4734-8C95-9E20F2344F04
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     76017078272 B (76.0 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family A8F4C470-C0FF-4000-85A9-565FACDA1818
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        High Level Queries:      Fully Secure
        |                        Passphrase Required
        |                        Accepts New Users
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 20C85797-328F-4A27-B0DE-97DB2B14F1D7
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          75652100096 B (75.7 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

Command sudo gpt -r show disk0 and its output

gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  148470856      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  148880496    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  150150032   86566407      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  236716439     261704
  236978143         32         Sec GPT table
  236978175          1         Sec GPT header

I run exactly klanomath's commands in real partions but I get with the last command; everything goes fine before the last command

Error -69722: You can't perform this resize unless it has a booter (target partition is probably too small)

How can you Make OS X Partion Smaller?


texts: What is "icdd" and why is it persistent?

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I have a relatively older Macbook Air (late 2010).  Memory usage is pretty tight on it, and I try to keep things as svelte as possible in that regards.

Lately, I've noticed the process icdd is using up about 50 MB (doesn't seem like much unless you only have 2000 to spare).  According to Activity Monitor, it's from Image Capture, but I don't use that program, and there is no image-related activity that requires daemon activity on my computer as iPhoto's preference on what to do with a camera is set to "do nothing" and I don't use Image Capture or iPhoto —ever— on this laptop.

So what, exactly, is "icdd" and why is it persistent when its associated programs are never run on this machine?  Can it be safely deleted or otherwise inactivated (modifying launchagents)?


texts: Is it safe to wipe off iPhone screen with a wet wipe?

texts: I am wondering if cleaning an iPhone screen with a wet wipe could have any negative impact on the touch-sensitivity of the screen.


texts: Autocomplete across all iTerm2 sessions and tabs

texts: Can my tabs and sessions share the same autocomplete history? Also can this history persist between opening and closing iTerm?


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I login into my own computer as username geoff. When I open a terminal I have as prompt:

Geoffs-MacBook-Air:~ org1$

The org1 is my work username! I have no login of that username for this computer except for when I need a to access work from home, and I do this with VPN. At the moment the VPN is not connected. When I do whoami I get org1. I also did login geoff gave my pword and then did a whoami and still I get org1!

What is my computer doing? What do I need to do to have a normal prompt?

The real problem comes later, when I need (I believe I need) to use sudo and it eventually says that org1 is not in the sudoers list. I don't care for org1 I want me.

@Patrix EDIT

Geoffs-MacBook:~ org1$ id -a
uid=501(org1) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),61(localaccounts),12(everyone),402(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1)

Geoffs-MacBook:~ org1$ who am i
org1     ttys000  Dec 27 17:17

Geoffs-MacBook:~ org1$ w
w: /dev/ttys001: No such file or directory
w: /dev/ttys002: No such file or directory
w: /dev/ttys003: No such file or directory
17:18  up 29 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.52 0.29 0.17
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
org1     console  -                16:49      28 -
org1     s000     -                17:17       - w

The org1 username is for work, which I can use remotely through a browser or VPN. There is no user on my computer with that name.


texts: Lion Server DHCP randomly loses settings and reverts to defaults

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I’ve been trying to set up Lion Server on a Mac Pro with it acting as the router/gateway/firewall/DNS/NAT and DHCP. I’ve been trying to setup an internal-only network named mycompany.something. After having a lot of problems with that I switched to using mycompany.private (as recommended in Mac OS X Lion Server for Dummies).

When I was using mycompany.private and I turned on DHCP for the 192.168.2.x side of things it would distribute addresses and machines behind the server could get to the outside world.

I then noticed that every time I went back to the DHCP settings Subnets panel in Server Admin the subnets were either gone or different.

Looking at the logs it became apparent that the DHCP server was basically losing the settings file (which I assume is created/altered via Server Admin) and was putting a default one in its place.

Any idea what causes this to happen and how I can cajole the DHCP server into retaining my settings?


texts: Why does iOS 11.3.1 insist on reinstalling its defaults apps

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Since yesterday, my iOS 11.3.1 (on an iPhone SE) is in a strange, beforehand unseen state whereby most of its default apps apparently  have become uninstalled somehow (for instance, Maps and Videos are marked with the Cloud-like download item) and iOS proceeds with downloading them from somewhere (hopefully/presumably Apple) anew when I click on their icons (has e.g. happened with Notes and Podcast so far.)

I am wondering: Is this a known phenomenon? For what reason does iOS enter into such a state?


texts: How to download older version of an app for older devices?

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Long story short, I recently deleted the Google YouTube app off my iPad 1 in hopes to fix some weird behavior. I planned to reinstall it right after, but to my dismay, it wouldn't let me download it from the purchased section. I'm aware that if an app no longer supports your ios version, but it used to, you can go to the purchased section of the store and attempt to download it. A warning would appear that says you can download the last supported version of the app for your device.

Well, the YouTube app is completely grayed out. Despite the fact I had a supported version of Google's YouTube app on my iPad 1 just a few days ago, I can no longer download it off the appstore. A few other apps can still redownload older versions just fine, but the YouTube app is still unavailable. This is really all I used the iPad 1 for, so without YouTube it's just kind of useless.

Any help as to what to try is appreciated. I have the up to date version of iTunes, 12.7.4, for a 64bit windows system. If there's any trick I can use to get the app back on the iPad 1, I'll gladly try it.

If Apple/Google removed the older versions of their apps of the store entirely, is there any other way to get a hold of the older app?


texts: Can I install Windows (and if so, which one) on my Power Mac G5 tower? I know the maximum Mac OSX that can be installed is Leopard as I think, so it would be better to run some windows on it. Do you know which one can I install, and what is the maximum version of Windows for it? Thanks guys!


texts: I install apps on OS X 10.9.5, Then They Disappear

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I have a problem with my iMac  where I install an app from the App Store, it says it’s installed, but then I check the Launchpad and the app is not there. Some important details you may need to help solve this are: my OS is OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks, and I’m installing iMovie from the App Store. Do you know how to fix this? Thanks in advance!
Logan


texts: Is it possible to turn off text insertion point blinking on an ipad?

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Is it possible to stop the cursor (text insertion point) blinking on an ipad?
On MacOs, it is possible to turn off (effectively) cursor blink using this in a Terminal?
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn -float 10000000
defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff -float 10000000

(credit:
https://www.defaults-write.com/change-os-x-text-cursor-blink-rate/
Is this also possible in some way on an ipad?
(This is a niche request, I know, but I find it helpful when writing not to have the cursor blink, which I find distracting.) Is this even possible with the ipad SDK? I’m particularly interested in doing so to use a full screen text editing app such as Ulysses.


texts: Spotlight / mdfind raw query inconsistency or outdated documentation?

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I'm just looking for a clue... This is my search (the working one)

mdfind -onlyin /base_dir/ "kMDItemKind == '*PDF*' && kMDItemDisplayName != '*daxem*'c && kMDItemDisplayName == '*digitale*'c"

I borrowed the correct code from some answers in this and other StackExchange communities.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/178603/335313
https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/319888/335313
https://superuser.com/a/1293358/1162716

Though Apple documentation says something different. In fact, they place the c flag just after the comparison operator, wrapped in square brackets, like this:

kMDItemAuthors ==[c] "Steve" && kMDItemContentType == "public.audio"

Or, like they do in subsequent example, in the same page:

((kMDItemAuthors ==[c] "Daniel" || kMDItemAuthors[c] == "Steve") &&

 (kMDItemContentType == "public.audio" || kMDItemContentType == "public.video")) &&

 (kMDItemFSContentChangeDate == $time.this_week(-1))

In the second comparison expression, [c] is located just after the attribute identifier. They never show the c flag after the comparison string.

Therefore, I tried several different combinations, with and without parentesis, with and without spaces (for example):

$ mdfind -onlyin /base_dir/ "kMDItemKind == '*PDF*' && (kMDItemDisplayName[c] != '*daxem*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c] == '*digitale*')"
Failed to create query for 'kMDItemKind == '*PDF*' && (kMDItemDisplayName[c] != '*daxem*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c] == '*digitale*')'.

$ mdfind -onlyin /base_dir/ "kMDItemKind == '*PDF*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c] != '*daxem*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c] == '*digitale*'"
Failed to create query for 'kMDItemKind == '*PDF*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c] != '*daxem*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c] == '*digitale*''.

$ mdfind -onlyin /base_dir/ "kMDItemKind=='*PDF*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c]!='*daxem*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c]=='*digitale*'"
Failed to create query for 'kMDItemKind=='*PDF*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c]!='*daxem*' && kMDItemDisplayName[c]=='*digitale*''.

The version consistent with the documentation seems to be ignored and returns all the results matching PDF format.

mdfind -onlyin /base_dir/ "kMDItemKind == '*PDF*' && kMDItemDisplayName !=[c] '*daxem*' && kMDItemDisplayName ==[c] '*digitale*'"

Is out there, somewhere, any realiable documentations? Or am I missing something?

Thanks


texts: Does anyone know when Swift apps can be submitted to the app store?

texts: Similarly, does anyone know when apps built using Xcode 6 can be submitted to the App store?


texts: Emtpy shares with SMB/Samba with option "smb encrypt=desired"

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If I connect with my MBP (macOS Catalina 10.15.3) to a SMB/Samba share without the option "smb encrypt=desired" on the server side everything works well. Smbstatus says SMB3_02, encryption is turned off and signing shows AES-128-CMAC.

With the option "smb encrypt=desired" on the server side smbstatus shows SMB3_02 and encryption and signing with AES-128-CMAC.

However, the share seems to be empty. After some minutes Finder says that the original object for "sharename" can't be found. I also can't disconnect anymore, as Finder says that the share can't be disconnected being still in use. Then Finder is not responsive and a restart of Finder is necessary.

Does anyone know any solution to this? It seems to me, that this problem is related to Apple's implementation of SMB.


texts: Bootcamping a Mac. Got windows installed correctly but now it cant see the USB that Bootcamp had me make with all the Mac drivers

texts: Pretty much as title says.  Went through Bootcamp Assistant, created the USB with Mac versions of the Windows drivers, and installed Windows.  Can successfully dual boot, however, none of my devices work.  When I plug in the USB to install those drivers, Windows doesn't recognize it.  Any thoughts? Thanks!


texts: How to resolve app uninstall without adhoc

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When I installed the app with help of this link onto my device but this procedure has problems under iOS 7 which i have reported to apple but i'm wondering if someone knows of a fix in the mean time?

When you click the link to install, the app installing icons appears and after a short time a second icon appears with the proper app icon but the install one does not disappear (see image below) even if i delete the app the installing icon stays. Any ideas on how to fix this would be much appreciated.


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I am having a problem with my "a" key sticking. The key is clean, but I looked at some diagrams and compared them to my key, and it seems that the top pin on the scissor mechanism has snapped off or is otherwise gone.

I would like to replace just the faulty key. Is that possible? Do I need to replace the keyboard assembly as well?

Where can I find a replacement?

I looked at iFixit and they did not have the part. I also looked on PowerbookMedic and they had the entire top keyboard assembly, but I don't want to have to go that route if there is only one faulty key.


texts: I have a Mac Pro 2012 running HS and Windows 8 on separate partitions on the same physical SSD.  It also has a data drive, a separate physical platter drive.  When I'm on the Mac side, all is well, but on the Windows side, I can only read from the data drive, I can't write to it. I'm not sure which side I have to change permissions on to change this? I don't want to mess anything up.


texts: Want to add keyboard shortcut to open selected file with specific mac app

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I want to select a file and press a key combo to open the selected file with a specific application that's installed on my mac running Catalina. I don't want to always open this file type with this program so I can't create default settings.

Is there any way to map keyboard shortcut like the above? Please advise. Thanks!


texts: MacBook Pro keyboard and Trackpad not working. All solutions found have failed

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I have a 13-inch early 2015 Macbook Pro with Retina display, and today the keyboard and trackpad stopped working completely. (I have OS X 10.11.5 if that's relevant. I can't update to sierra, as a software I use is not compatible with it). The only thing that works is the power button. Now, this isn't unprecedented. This started happening a few weeks ago, but every time it happened, shutting down and restarting by holding the power button fixed the issue. But today it didn't.

I know there are many questions like this, but I tried every single solution I found. This probably means I won't get one here either, but I want to try this before I have to go to the Apple store.

I plugged in a USB keyboard to my laptop so that I could use it. I also plugged in a USB mouse, but that mouse plugs into the keyboard, not into the computer. Both worked fine. I tried an SMC reset and a PRAM reset, using both the built-in keyboard and the external keyboard for the required inputs, for a total of 4 attempted resets. I can't really tell if they did what they were supposed to or not, but they didn't fix my keyboard.

I booted in safe mode (using the shift key on the external keyboard. Using the one on my laptop didn't work, and it just booted normally), and the issue persisted.

The other solution I saw was to disable FileVault, but it was already disabled prior to this incident.

I also saw people saying plugging in a USB drive during login fixed the issue, but this didn't work either.

The last solution I tried was to let the computer sit while powered off and not connected to the battery. This didn't do anything either.

I did not spill anything on my computer prior to this incident, so I have no idea why it started happening. If anyone has solutions for this that I haven't tried yet, please let me know.

EDIT: I just noticed that if my computer is asleep, clicking the built in trackpad wakes it up. However, the trackpad doesn't do anything else.


texts: Sharing Mac internet connection from wifi to Iphone USB not working (Mac OS Catalina)

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I normally share my MacBook Pro 13 2018 (on OSX 10.15.4 Catalina) internet wifi connection to my iPhone XS Max connected directly with a usb c to lightning cable. But now it stopped working and I see that Iphone USB doesn't appear anymore in the "To computers using:" box.

I tried the solution offered here that says that I should add an new location under the network preference, with no avail.

I also checked the solution offered here but the answer I don't understand why suddenly I would need content caching to share my internet connection.

Bluetooth sharing works, but the speed is very slow. Belkin usb-c lan, thunderbolt bridge and usb 10/100/1000 lan do not work. I was wondering if my cable was the cause, but the iPhone appears in the finder and charges without problem

How do I get the iPhone USB to appear back in the sharing tab and resume internet sharing?
Below find screenshots of my settings with my iPhone connected to the laptop.

Sharing setting:

Network Setting:


texts: How to select and copy a part of the text of an hyperlink in Mail?

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When you receive an HTML mail in Mail.app, how can you select a part of the text of an hyperlink in order to copy it to tha pasteboard ?

The only way I found is to display the mail is to diplay the mail in another form (raw source, plain text alternative), search this and copy ? Is there a better way to do this ?


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I need to connect to iTunes to backup iPhone contents and sync my iPhone XR with new purchases from the Store.

I get the message "Trust This Computer? Your settings and data will be accessible from this computer when connected wirelessly or using a cable."

My specifications are:

iTunes Version 12.10.7.3.
iPhone XR iOS version 13.3.1. Version 13.5 available.
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems (KB4497165).

I have tried previous suggestions:

Reset Location & Privacy.
Tried a different USB cable.
Turned off Wi-Fi.
No personal hotspots defined.
Found this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202778.
Followed the suggested steps with no luck.
Found this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204095. Look at
step four. "If you see a Trust this Computer alert, unlock your
device and tap Trust:. How do I unlock the device? Which device -- PV
or iPhone?

Any suggestions?


texts: VPN in OSX is ignoring the subnet mask from DHCP

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We've set up a VPN in our office, and are having problems connecting the native VPN client in OSX.

Our DHCP subnet mask is 255.128.0.0, but when we check the connection in ifconfig it reports as 255.255.255.0 and we can't ping most of the network to which we are connecting.

About the only thing that searching on the internet came up with is a 3 year old thread on the apple support forums: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2642144?threadID=2642144

We have no problems with any other VPN clients (Windows and Linux).

Update:

1 Mac running OSX 10.8.3 is getting a subnet of 255.255.255.0
1 Mac running OSX 10.8.3 is getting a subnet of 255.0.0.0
Mac running OSX 10.6.8 is getting a subnet of 255.0.0.0

Of course, none of these are correct, but at least the second two devices can access the whole range of our network (even if they go beyond it).

Update 2:

After working with other Mac users out of the office - it appears that this is an ISP thing, as it only happens with this one user, and they are the only person out of 6 tests now that are having this problem (of course, they don't have a Windows machine to try that out on the same connection).

Since this is looking like it isn't the Mac configuration, can it be moved to serverfault or somewhere better suited to networking questions?


texts: How do I stop my computer from crashing?

texts:
Recently, I've been having problems with my late 2009 MacBook Pro crashing several times a day. How can I fix it?

I'm running OS 10.7.3 with 8 GB of RAM.


texts: keyboard shortcut for paste in Powerpoint not command V

texts:
I was trying to figure out if this is supposed to be paste keyboard shortcut in Powerpoint for Mac.  On my system (OS X 10.8.2), it's showing up as a combination of control-option-C, which seems bizarre.  I would have expected command-V (as is the case in Word).  Anyone else have a similar experience?

Just to clarify, this is for copying and pasting text, not shapes like arrows, etc.


texts: Shell Script Synchronise Folder with External HDD

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I have a Back-Up HDD (not TimeMachine) with only very important data backed-up there. Every once in a while, I connect the external hard disk and sync the files per hand. As the files I am syncing are always the same, it came to my mind that I could automate the whole process as a shell script.

However, I could not find a helpful command that compares A to B (which will then ask me to sync if sync is necessary). I have found rsync but the documentations did not explain how to synchronise a single directory.

I also haven't figured out how to change directory to an external HDD connected via USB.


texts: Concatenate two videos recorded with Snapz Pro

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I've recorded two videos with Snapz Pro, and I'd like to concatenate them (i.e., have one immediately follow the other in a single file). What's the easiest way to do that? I have iMovie '08 installed, and I can use it to combine the two into a single movie. However, I can't get it to export the resulting video at the same resolution as the original video.

According to the QuickTime player inspector, the video formats of the two original videos are "Apple Animation, 1164x1153, Millions IMA 4:1, Mono, 22.050 kHz', FPS: 9.97 fps.


texts: Does the music I’ve purchased from iTunes Store stay permanently even if my Apple Music subscription expires,

texts: Not really a big problem I’m just wondering


texts:
I'm looking for a Lion compatible application similar to AirportLocation that will automatically change the Network Location based on my current location.

It's becoming a bigger and bigger pain to change it every day, manually. I have different settings for home and for work. I'll also be adding several new places in up coming weeks.

It's a shame that AirportLocation isn't compatible with Lion because it's exactly what I was after and more!

Edit: I've seen an application called Sidekick, but I'm preferably after a free application, bash script, whatever.


texts: Moving the Caret with OS X Text Substitution

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You can set up text substitutions in OS X in the Languages and Text tab of System Preferences.

Is there a way to choose where the caret will appear after a text substitution takes place?

For example, when I type thx I want it to expand to Thank you |. where the | character represents where I would like the caret to be after the text has been substituted.

Right now when I set the shortcut thx to expand to Thank you ., and I type thx, it gets replaced with Thank you . |


texts: How to find which is my default System font?

texts: Of so many fonts installed in /Library/Fonts/ how does OSX - El Capitan determine which font is to be used system wide?


texts: How do I use a Saved Search as a Desktop Background Folder?

texts:
I want to use my movie library's Posters and Artwork as a cycling background. The problem is movie managers place each movie in a folder, and then a subfolder for artwork (jpgs). And choosing a Folder for Backgrounds is not recursive.

In Finder I ran a search for ‘type:image’ then saved that as "Movies.savedSearch".

Then in the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane, I tried to add that folder, but it won't drag-n-drop, and if I hit the + to select the folder, it is greyed out / not accessible.

Any idea how to get this to work?


texts: Is it possible to use VNC / ScreenShare OS X 10.9 Mavericks OSX Server 3.0.1 Local Network User

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Quite simply, is it possible to use VNC (Windows) or ScreenShare (OS X) as a local network user?

All users are local network users and when I access the server via Screen Share VNC://LOCAL IP ADDRESS I am prompted for a username/password. When I enter username/password of a local network user I am told "Authentication Failed to 192.168.1.1. Please verify you have entered the correct name and password.

I set up a local account and when entering those details everything works fine.

Surely the ability to use VNC/ScreenShare is available for local network users?


texts:
After installing Sierra and a number of other fonts from Google Web Fonts, I now see the 'question mark' against any list items either within the actual system UI and other applications such as Chrome.

Edit:
I have already attemped two possible solutions:

Font Book for Mac: Restore standard fonts
How to Restore Default Fonts on Mac


texts: single key keyboard shortcut run-or-raise applications

texts:
I just came from linux world (xfce4), where my keyboard workflow consisted of mapping

F9 to terminal app
f10 to firefox
f11 to emacs

Upon pressing, the corresponding app would a) get focused (raised) or b) started. I achieved that by using wmctrl.

Can I achieve this natively in Sierra or is there an app for that?


texts: sudo and some other system commands not working with platypus

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I am making a shell script that works great on its own, but does not work correctly when packaged with Platypus. It does not want to execute sudo, and a few other system commands. Are there any work arounds to this?

Note: This is when you select the "Run with Administrator privileges" option. Also, this is an answer-it-yourself question, since I would imagine someone else out there would have this issue as well.


texts: Can I upgrade my iPhone from iOS 4.2.1 to iOS 5? iTunes only shows iOS 6

texts: I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2.1. I want to upgrade my iPhone to iOS 5, but iTunes will only let me upgrade the iPhone to iOS 6. I'd prefer not to, since many important apps don't work in India, especially Maps. Is it possible to upgrade my iPhone to iOS 5?


texts: Unable to Print in FileMaker Pro 18 Advanced under Catalina, message "Change the custom paper size to the correct value, or use Scale to fit"

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As of macOS Catalina upgrade, although I am able to see the Print dialog box, I get this error when I try to click the "Print" button:

Unable to Print in FileMaker Pro 18 Advanced under Catalina, gets error message "Change the custom paper size to the correct value, or use Scale to fit paper size", although "Scale to fit paper size" is already selected

Filemaker 18.0.3.317

I am trying to print to a Borther HL-L2300D laser printer and I am running on Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4

2020-05-13
Note; this only happens for me in one file. it happens to be my recipes  (for real!)

recipes.fmp12


texts: How to shade region between polar curves in Grapher?

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I've graphed two polar curves and would like to shade the region inside one and outside the other. When I select the two equations and then select Integrate from the Equation menu, I get the error message

  Cannot integrate the difference between the selected graphs.

It seems simple. Why can't Grapher do it?

In case it makes a difference, the two equations are r = 6 (a circle) and r = 6 - 6 sin(theta) (a cardioid). I want to shade the region inside the cardioid but outside the circle.


texts: My 61W charger doesn't charge my MBP 2017. But when I charge with my friend's apple charger it works. How do I fix this?


texts:
As seen below the given hostname is not pingable presently.

19:42:43/lib $hostname
mellyrn.local
19:42:55/lib $ping mellyrn.local
ping: cannot resolve mellyrn.local: Unknown host

Note that the internet IS reachable:

19:43:02/lib $ping www.oracle.com
PING e7075.x.akamaiedge.net (23.59.198.140): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 23.59.198.140: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=5.872 ms
64 bytes from 23.59.198.140: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=5.735 ms
64 bytes from 23.59.198.140: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=5.824 ms
^C
--- e7075.x.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 5.735/5.810/5.872/0.057 ms

Let us take a look at the net config:

19:44:54/lib $ifconfig -a
    ..
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether b8:f6:b1:15:dd:bf
    inet 192.168.255.170 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 192.168.255.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active


texts: I accidentally removed Terminal from the apps folder. Any ideas how to get that back?


texts: Does the Time Capule support Time Machine backups from multiple macs out of the box?


texts: Remove "AM" and "PM" Suffix on screenshots

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When I take a screenshot I have the default file format as "Screen Shot 2014-05-29 at 4.24.34 pm".
Is there anyway to remove the AM and PM from the end? For what I do it is very annoying to have this sort the screenshots out of order

I'm going to guess no since it's just grabbing the system time but if anyone could help that'd be appreciated.


texts:
Have an app on two test phones (Android & iOS) which is still in beta testing and distributed via HockeyApp. Got an update on the Android and noticed the developer has removed some important core functionality (on purpose), so I'd like my iOS device not to be updated. I haven't lunched the app on the iOS device since the update happened to avoid it but really need access this functionality one more time so I can take some notes before allowing to update. I'm sure once I lunch it it'll immediately update since the update seems to be mandatory, that's what happened in the Android. I'm trying to find a way to block it from checking for updates, any ideas?
Thanks!


texts: How do you fix a non-working key on the Macbook pro 2016?

texts: I have a Macbook pro 2016 and keys keep getting stuck. By "stuck" I mean that pressing them doesn't do anything anymore unless I press them really hard. The recommended way is to blow air into the keyboard while holding it at a certain angle. I never have a can of air laying around, and blowing with my mouth doesn't seem to work. Is there a different way?


texts:
I am trying to install CentOS  8 on my 2019 MacBook Pro 2019 with Catalina 10.15.4. I want to dual boot either with Catalina and CentOS.

Steps so far:

Partition with 500GB for CentOS
Created a bootable USB Stick with CentOS
Installed rEFInd

When I press the ⌥ Option while restarting, I can choose between my normal start volume and the USB Stick.

When I choose the USB,  I receive the message: "That start volume is not verified."

How can I get it to boot CentOS?


texts: How to slow down video, but not sound on the clip in iMovie?

texts: I have a clip I want to show with slow motion. That clip has a soundtrack, but I need to slow only video without sound? Is it possible?


texts: App Privacy: Why does the railroad company need my steps made and other health data? How-To revoke?

texts:
I was surprised to see that the local railroad company, accesses Health and Fitness data. I use this app only as a timetable for trains.

The Health app can track your daily footsteps and the flights of
stairs you climb. You can manually add other information like body
weight and caffeine intake, and track additional data with other apps
(such as nutrition and fitness apps) and devices that are compatible
with Health (such as Apple Watch, AirPods, weight scales, and blood
pressure monitors, all sold separately).

Is there a plausible reason why the railroad company wants to collect my health data? How can I prohibit this (expect uninstalling the app and use web site)?


texts: How to open .cfg and .tex files with different applications on macOS?

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Every time I try to change the default application to open .cfg files, all .tex files are automatically set to be opened with the same application, and vice-versa.
This is problematic since I would like to open .cfg files with TextEdit and .tex files with Texpad.
Is there a way to do this ?
I don't know what causes this behavior, here's what I already tried:

Set various editors as default app using the standard method (File > Get Info > Open With > Change All). I tried with TextEdit, Textmate, Atom, Texpad on both types of files.

Set default app using duti.

Edit ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist to manually add entries then restart, as suggested here. The entries I edited are the following:
{  LSHandlers = (
   ...
     {  LSHandlerContentType = "com.vallettaventures.texpadm.tex";
        LSHandlerPreferredVersions = { LSHandlerRoleAll = "-"; };
        LSHandlerRoleAll = "com.vallettaventures.texpad";
     },
     {  LSHandlerContentTag = "cfg";
        LSHandlerContentTagClass = "public.filename-extension";
        LSHandlerPreferredVersions = { LSHandlerRoleAll = "-"; };
        LSHandlerRoleAll = "com.apple.textedit";
     },
   ...
   );
}

Unfortunately, none of these approaches have worked.

System: I am running macOS 11.3.1 on an Intel MacBook Air.


texts: How to boot into macOS directly in Boot Camp?

texts:
I just got Boot Camp with Windows 10 on my Mac. How can I boot into macOS without having to press the Alt/Option key after the chime sound?

Currently, when I start the Mac normally, it boots into Windows, and then I have to switch from there to Mac which requires another restart. Is there any way I can do this?


texts:
In my Photos library, there are some mysterious "items" that are not Photos/Videos. What are they?

My hunch is that they may be corrupted/unsupported video files, but I couldn't find a way to locate them and/or remove them :(


texts: does anyone know how to adjust the Safari sidebar font size? I called Apple Tech Support and they confirmed there is no user access to modify font size in the Safari sidebar, as you can for Finder, Mail, iTunes, etc. Any other ideas — terminal or anything else?


texts: How to mute the camera shutter sound effect?

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It used to be that I was able to use the lock switch on my iPhone to mute all alerts and sounds (with the exception of any music, video, etc.); and this included the camera's shutter noise. Then when I went to set the switch to the un-mute setting, I could get the camera's shutter noise back.

This was especially useful when I needed to inconspicuously take photographs.

It seems now, though—perhaps even as early as iOS 5.1, I can't recall—the camera noise goes off each time I take a photo, regardless of other mute settings.

And I've already toggling the Settings » Change with Buttons setting, it has no effect.

Is there some sort of hidden option I've lost track of to let me regain this functionality?


texts: iMac 5k internal SSD vs external SSD performance

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Can anyone point me in the direction of a real-world performance comparison between a iMac 5k's internal SSD and an external one (ideally one on thunderbolt and one on usb)? Basically, I want to know how much performance I'd give up by buying a smaller built in SSD and putting most data on an external.

Update

I guess ideally what I want is something like http://www.macworld.com/article/2039427/how-fast-is-usb-3-0-really-.html but for the iMac 5k (so including Thunderbolt 2) and with the internal drive included for comparison.

A comment asked what specific SSD models:

Internal - Whatever Apple ships I guess
External - Let's say a Samsung 850 EVO (http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-ssds).

But if the answer is literally 'there's no performance benefit to the disk being internal; that answers the real question (but I'd still love to see numbers).

Update 2

http://www.newegg.com/global/au/Product/SingleProductReview.aspx?ReviewID=4066303 suggests that reviewer found a big gap between an SSD in that specific thunderbolt enclosure and the MacPro's internal PCIe SSD - Is that more likely a limitation of the case or disk inside it (in which case how can I base avoid that?), or would that be likely to apply in my case as well?


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I've recently been forced to work on a mac book for work. Since I'm a dev I bring my own keyboard rather than just using the macbook one, I had no problem with plugin my keyboard but the mapping are still those of a mac keyboard ( I'm using a french layout ).

A short example to make myself clear, when I press the key labelled 8 / _ on my keyboard the input is ! which is the mac binding on not my keyboard binding.

Is there any simple way to have a standard pc keyboard working on a mac the same way it work on a PC ( I'm not talking about inverting command and control key, just mapping as the keys are labelled )

Thanks in advance

Some refs :
- Keyboard -> 7G steelseries
- Layout -> Standard french AZERTY layout


texts: Strange situation in making backup on an external disk

texts:
As the screenshot above shows, tonight, while trying to make a backup of the files on my Mac OS X, Version 10.7.5, Processor 2.4GHz Intel core i5, Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 laptop computer, I got this strange message:

The item "Documents.zip" can't be copied because it is too large for the volume's format

Now, the file in question, as the home window shows, is 32.68GB, and, as shown in the window just behind it, the hard disk I'm trying to copy it onto has 191.58GB available, so it should fit. So what is the reason of this complaint? Is this linked to apple (Mac) or is it the Hard Disk, which is a LACIE disk? How can I overcome this problem, if possible, or raise the "too large for the format" threshold to at least 8GB, from the ~4GB it currently sits at?
And have I chosen the appropriate SX for this, and if not, which SE would be more fit?


texts: Add contact as a Homescreen shortcut for the iPhone 4S?

texts: Is it possible to add a contact to the homescreen as a shortcut ?? (like the Nokia and Android phones ).


texts: Network folder in finder sidebar disappears

texts:
I have added a couple of network folders to the OS X finder sidebar as a shortcut. This is working great as long as I don't shutdown or restart the system. Once the system has been restarted they are no longer visible in finder sidebar. I have also added a Automator script that auto mounts my afp network drive on startup.

Why do network folders disappear? What can do?


texts: A way to change NIC's MAC-address except with CLI ifconfig's "ether" option?

texts:
Some ISPs do MAC-address port locking or/and use DHCP to assign IP-addresses to clients' network interfaces. Assuming you don't wanna bother calling them, what are your options then? If ifconfig's is the only one, where should it be called from so early during boot time that no Ethernet frame would ever went to wire with its original MAC-address?

P. S. Alas, there's no 'mac-address' tag yet and you need at least 300 reps to create one.Thanks to @gentmatt, now we have one. ;-)


texts: Adding external photos to iPhone library in correct order

texts:
The last 3 years I've been making photos on my iPhones which have now turned into a nice collection on my phone. I love looking at those photos as they are all sorted by date, which is nice to scroll back into time.

Now I've also had another portable cam those years, which has made some nice pictures which I've got stored on my computer.

What I would like to achieve is: Add those photos which I've made on another none Apple devices to my library on my iPhone. And have them show up around the dates that they were taking in the library on the iPhone.

So external pics taken in Dec 2012 should show up together with iPhone pictures taken around those dates in my iPhone library.

I currently have an iPhone 5 and the latest iTunes on my Windows computer. How could I achieve this?

Many thanks!


texts: No NTFS Access Using Paragon and Tuxera in Yosemite

texts:
I earlier used OSXFuse/NTFS-3G method to access my Bootcamp Windows partition and my portable drive while using Mavericks. Recently when I upgraded to Yosemite I noticed that NTFS read/write access was not present as is, so I decided to use the opportunity to try out the trial version of Paragon NTFS 12 (latest).

I uninstalled both OSXFuse and MacFuse but noticed that Paragon does not even recognize either of my NTFS drives in both the Finder and in the System Preferences section. I've tried disabling/enabling, uninstalling/re-installing to not avail. I even experienced the same when I tried the trial version of Tuxera.

What might be the issue here? Is some remnant from the earlier NTFS-3G installation causing this issue?


texts: Problem seeing shared drive when connected via 802.11ac

texts:
I have a late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina, with the current update of Yosemite, and I have an odd problem. To be honest, I'm not sure if it's laptop related, or somehow related to my router.

The issue is, when I am connected to my wireless network via 802.11ac, I can't see a shared drive that is connected to my router via ethernet. However, when connected via 802.11n, I can see it just fine.

For the sake of clarity, when I say "see my shared drive", I mean when I open Finder, I see the shared drive listed in the left hand menu under "Shared", I can navigate it's file system, etc.

My router is an Asus RT-AC68U, and the shared drive is a Bubba B3 (basically, a Debian based media server). This is frustrating, as I have to shut off 5 GHz on my router to do backups via Time Machine. Regardless of what protocol my MBP is using to connect, the laptop and the shared drive are on the same network, and in the same subnet. I can connect to the B3 via ssh, and I suppose I could just do a tar based, command line backup of my MBP and scp it over to the B3, but I'd really rather use Time Machine, as it does what it's supposed to do quite well.

Any thoughts?


texts: The Messages app doesn't recognise numbers that are saved in Contacts app

texts:
I am using Contacts OSX and iOS app's and they both synced into iCloud and I have opened them to check if the contacts are the same on my phone and Mac and they are.

However when I receive an iMessage or Text message in Messages OSX it doesn't recognise the number even though that number is saved in Contacts.


texts: Utility to save current selection or clipboard to a file

texts:
Is there a utility that saves current selection (from terminal, web browser, ...) to a text/html file in a specific location?

I want to use it as a quick note taking tool so I do not have to "create new file, paste, save file" each time I want to take some note.


texts: Quickly dim the iPod Touch by hitting the power button twice on the lock screen?

texts:
I've always wondered if this was a feature or not. When I'm on my iPod Touch's lock screen, then I hit the power button twice, the first hit will sleep the device, the second will wake it again but this time the screen is dim.

Is this an intentional feature? Is there anywhere I can read more about this?

This happens to me way too often because I'll often hit the power button one too many times.


texts: Different file kinds for same kind(/type) of files

texts:
I am seeing this weird thing on Mac (OSX). I have a PHP project where the file kind of certain PHP is listed as PHP where as other listed as TextWrangler text document; although all PHP files are associated with TextWrangler.

The problem I am facing with PHP files being listed as different kinds is when arranging/sorting files based on file kind.

Is there a way to fix this - make the file kind of all PHP files as PHP?

Thanks
Vivek Ragunathan


texts: Can closed (not running) apps access background app refresh?

texts:
Can closed apps (i.e. not running, or suspended) access background app refresh or modify their program state to gain access to background app refresh? And conversely, if background app refresh is disabled, can apps only access data in the foreground?

Example 1: Chat apps still get notifications if they are in the "not running" program state. How do they do this?

Example 2: If I'm saving a note (with background app refresh off), and I return to the homescreen before the note is finished saving, will it continue to save?

From the iOS docs, the app life cycle is pictured below.

iOS Developer Guide: The App Life Cycle


texts: Control a device output volume without setting it as default output device

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Is there any application or command line tool that allows controlling the output volume of each device without setting it as default output device beforehand?

It would be great to be able to control the loudspeaker volume before switching to it.

A while ago i used to use PTHVolume, but it doesn't work on macOS Sierra.
It didn't require to install virtual output devices, it just controlled the volume.


texts:
Is there a way to keep in app always in front of other apps?

The tool referenced here - Afloat - doesn't work in El Capitan. Would love to keep iTerm2 always in the forefront but can't find a way to do this.


texts: iOS 13 requires double clicking home button to Apple Pay

texts:
As the title suggests, iOS 13 somehow requires double clicking on the home button to open wallet and execute a payment.

This usually, almost always actually, unlocks the phone instead. And wallet doesn't open.

Is there a way to enable the previous way of just resting finger on home button without clicking?


texts: How can you force Applications that open Safari by default to honor the selected non-Safari default browser?

texts:
For example, when I use a specific VPN application, the authentication path opens the Safari browser, which cannot work with Yubikey.

Is there a way to convince the application to use a different browser to conduct login activity whether modifying the OS or adding a third party tool / setting?


texts: How do I prevent iPhone from alerting twice when a text message arrives?

texts:
How do I prevent the iPhone 5 from beeping twice when a text message arrives?

It beeps twice when there is a new message. I only want one notification. How do I have only one notification instead of two? It plays the notification sound, waits about 2 minutes, then plays it again if the phone is not touched. How do I turn double notification sounds off?


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I live in a country which has few registered Apple Maps addresses.
All that i want is to store GPS coordinates in contacts to use those at the Reminders app.
I came from diverse forums like this and this
but it seems that there isn't a final answer to this issue.

This is what i tried so far.

If i set an URL field with the following text maps://=&q=35.000000,-119.000000 it seems that solves the problem since if i tap on that url it redirects me to that specific coordinate in the apple maps app. But it doesn't work at reminders since reminders looks at the address field instead of the URL one.
So i set the coordinates at the address field then (street section) like the following 35.000000,-119.000000 which seems that solves the problem but there is a mandatory country name that breaks everything because when i tap it finds the coordinates plus the country which returns a completely different location.

Any extra help is appreciated. Is simple, all that i need is to use the Reminders app location feature with specific contacts GPS coordinates, not geocoding address ones.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Change Finder Icon in macOS Catalina without rebooting?

texts:
On previous versions of macOS, it was possible to change the Finder icon in /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/. However, this doesn't seem possible in Catalina anymore, even if I try disabling SIP.
I’d love a process that works immediately, but any solution will be considered.
Are there step by step instructions how to place the new image for Catalina systems?


texts: Is it possible to STOP the 'Upgrade to macOS High Sierra' message that keeps stalking me?

texts:
Every few days or so I keep getting this notification:

I always click on Details but there is no option to stop this from stalking me again.

And I’ve tried System Preferences > Notifications and nothing there stops it, nor does changing the App Store preferences.

Is there a way to stop this? Please tell me there is and how.


texts: SSD with PCIe 3.0 compatible with MBA which uses PCIe 2.0?

texts:
Have 13", 2017 Macbook Air currently with Mojave OS. Is an SSD with "Ultra-Fast PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 Interface" (for example recommended SSD from Tom's Hardware) likely to be compatible with a Macbook Air if I use a physical adapter designed to handle the Apple proprietary blade configuration to the M.2 blade standard "conversion" (e.g. Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD Adapter Card? I'm wondering whether the PCIe 3.0 protocol on the board is going to be backward compatible with the PCIe 2.0 that the MBA uses.

I found a similar question, but I thought the answer was specific to that questioner's situation, since the suggestion to use a USB access to format an M.2/PCIe board would require an extra enclosure. I'm pretty sure the more general answer would be to construct  a bootable USB stick and format the board once it's in the computer (and that's not really my question, since I found lots of instructions on how to do that.)

Note: thought PCIe would be a reasonable tag but my low rep on this forum prevent creating a tag.)


texts: How to position a window (e.g. iTunes Mini Player) next to the Dock?

texts:
I like to keep the iTunes Mini Player in the bottom left corner of my screen, since it doesn't overlap anything else there and I can always see it. This works fine, with the following exception:

When I change iTunes to the standard iTunes window again to select a different playlist or  browse my selection, and then switch it back to the Mini Player, it's still in the bottom left corner, but is now positioned a bit too high, basically above the dock, instead of to the left of the dock. Which means I have to move it down again.

It seems like Windows have a natural tendency to avoid positions next to the dock, with the bottom of the window at the very bottom of the screen.

Is there a way to work around this, to force the window to stay at the bottom of the screen?


texts: Can a MacBook's Thunderbolt port be used as an HDMI "in" to view a feed/signal from a video camera?

texts:
I am a filmmaker who wants to be able to use my macbook as an external monitor for a video camera in a studio-interview type setting. The camera is decent, but its screen is small and I don't have any external monitors handy (money is tight). Is there some software that would be able to receive an HDMI-out signal from my camera and then display it on the macbook screen via an HDMI → Thunderbolt adaptor (I have one)?

So the flow would look like this:

Camera → HDMI Cord → HDMI-to-ThBt Adaptor → Software to look at what the camera is sending → my eyes.

Recording the feed is not necessary.


texts: Can I create a private calendar appointment with an iPhone?

texts:
I understand that private is an Exchange concept, but I was hoping Apple would have implemented this feature since they are making use of ActiveSync. If the option is available it is certainly not obvious from the calendar creation screen. A bit of cursory searching turned up this whiny Apple forum thread, but alas no solution.

On the iPhone is it possible to create calendar appointments that are marked as private?


texts: How to type a blank password in terminal in Mac sierra

texts: I use Sudo commands  in terminal but it always asks for the password.This is annoying because I always have to set a password.So how do I type blank password in terminal in MacOS Sierra 10.12.5


texts: How can I get my own apps onto my jailbroken iPhone?

texts: I want to be able to test the apps I am creating on my jaikbroken iPhone 3Gs, and I want to know how I can get my apps from xCode onto my device without a developer account.


texts: Cleaner for Xcode needs permission clean files

texts:
The app in the App Store called "Cleaner for Xcode" displays the following warning message after trying to "clean". I understand it has to do with permissions, but not sure how to fix it. I'm also not sure how to get any support for this app nor contact the developer.

The error is:
"Need ~/Library/Developer permission to analyze and clean Xcode files"

I assume this means I need to give the app permissions to edit the Developer folder, but not sure how to do that.


texts: Does official AT&T unlock also upgrade the operating system?

texts:
I have an AT&T iPhone 4 running iOS version 5.1.1. My contract with AT&T is complete, and they have authorized my unlock. However, the process is to backup and restore from iTunes, according to the instructions they sent.

It seems like an obvious question, but I couldn't find the answer searching. Does going through that process upgrade the operating system? I do not want to upgrade the OS because I am concerned it will make the phone slow.

UPDATE:  I followed the instructions from M K, with the results described EXCEPT no iTunes unlock message.

However, even though I had received an immediate response on the AT&T portal with instructions how to unlock, 24 hours later I received an email from AT&T, containing the same instructions as the portal, but now asking me to wait 24 hours after receipt of the email.  So I will wait and try again tomorrow.

UPDATE #2: I followed the instructions from M.K. again on the following day, 48 hours after I had submitted my request, with the results described EXCEPT that when I reconnected the phone, iTunes gave me a spinning beach ball, and then crashed.  Then I got a message box telling me that iTunes quit unexpectedly.  I took the "restart" option.  iTunes came up, processed for about 20 seconds, and then gave me the message that my iPhone had been unlocked, in the main iTunes window.  No OS update (still version 5.1.1)  Thanks!

UPDATE #3: The unlocked phone is, in fact, unlocked -- I took it to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.  In each country, I was able to buy a cheap GSM card, only about $3 in Sri Lanka, which let me surf the Internet and make and receive local calls for the week I was there.  And I am still running iOS version 5.1.1


texts: How to add a Google Drive directory to my computer

texts: I downloaded Google Drive, clicked on it and dragged the application to the Applications folder. When I clicked on it, it opened up in my browser. There was no further installation process. It didn't add a Google Drive directory to my computer. How can I add such a directory to my computer?


texts: SSD is not recognised with the internal SATA cable (13" 2010 MBP)

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It's pretty weird, seeing that HDD's are recognisable, and that SSD works when in an enclosure (Crucial M500).

I've read somewhere that it could be an issue with the cable, but I bought a replacement cable, and it doesn't recognise the SSD either.

One idea that I have might be the issue is that the SSD needs 1.7 A of current, while the HDD I tested it with only 1 A.


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How can I get export the call log (incoming and outgoing calls) from my iPhone, preferably as a CSV file?

I found

MobileLog Jailbreak needed, $9.99
PhoneView $19.95
calLog Doesn't work with iOS 5, $9.99

but none is free and/or open source and none offers a command line interface to automate the process.


texts: If I purchase an app for my iPhone can I download it for free on my iPad?


texts: I was wondering if I could use a display connected to another machine (Linux Mint XFCE) to extend my OSX desktop. Is this possible, and if so, how?


texts: Troubleshoot internet connection over wifi in public on iphone 5C

texts: When I am in public places my iPhone 5C will not connect to the internet. An exclamation point appears next to the wifi name.


texts: MAS showing an application I never bought (CodeBox)

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Mac Os  X version: 10.11.6

Since a few months, the Mac App Store application keeps telling me there is an update available for my system. Some application called "CodeBox" (website).  If I try to perform the update, it tells me it is linked to another account and thus cannot perform it. But I can't remove it neither, as it is nowhere to be found on my machine!

I tried to find it via a full text search: grep "CodeBox" -R -l / but it only showed a few irrelevant files.
Also tried:
- mdfind "CodeBox"``
-softwareupdate -l` (returns "no new software available).

Note that this is a legit version of Mac Os X (some forums threads say it could come from a cracked version of Mac Os X found on torrent sites).

I'm at loss here. Any idea?


texts: Reference book or websites on how Mac OS works

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I'm looking for a good book or other set of reference materials on how MacOS works.  I'm not concerned with the GUI tools or advanced Finder tips or things like that.  Rather, I'm interested in the UNIX underpinnings.

I primarily used Linux for several years and still have a few Linux machines around, and much of my Mac use is in a Terminal.  But I have a basic grip on how a Linux machine works that I just don't have for a Mac.  For instance I know most Linux distributions use systemd, so I can poke around in that documentation.  I know the Mac uses launchd.  What would be nice is a book that explains these sort of technologies.  Other examples would be how application bundles work, or how kexts work.

The rough equivalent of "How Linux Works" from No Starch Press for the Mac would be good, but I can't find any books like that.  Even some decent webpages would be good - I can't find any on Apple's site.  Right now the best I can do is rummage around through the manpages on my system.


texts: App Store just ate all my mobile data trying to download Xcode. Is there a way to tell OS X that WiFi I'm currently using is expensive and it should not download its stuff without asking me first?


texts: Creating a keyboard shortcut to pause Youtube video in a Google Chrome tab

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Here is what I want to do: hook up a keyboard shortcut with an action to play/pause the video that is currently open in a Google Chrome tab. Would it be possible on Mac OS X?

I was thinking about keeping Youtube always in a particular tab (e.g. the first one) and creating Automator script with a keyboard shortcut. I know it would be possible by simulating user actions (switch to particular tab, simulate click, go back to last tab) but I'm looking for more smooth way.


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So I accidently removed iBooks from my installation. Is it possible to reinstall that app again without reinstalling Mavericks?

If so, how?


texts: Many applications are one-window app. When I switch to the app it does not appear on current desktop but my view is moved to the desktop where target app's window is located. I wish to change this behaviour: on switch move target app to current desktop. I wonder how to do?


texts: How does the Touch-Bar interact with HTML5 videos, and other media on the web?

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How does the Touch-Bar control an HTML5 video? When a video or other media plays a slider comes up with a slider that can control the timing of the video. How does the touchbar interact with an html5 video to change the time? Is it using javascript or what?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Has Mountain Lion broken the ability to show Desktop with a gesture, begin dragging an icon, and unshow the Desktop?

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I have just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Despite my initial concerns relating to the new gestures, I am actually getting on pretty well and many of the new features are welcome.

I do however have one real gripe. Back in Snow Leopard I used to use a nifty trick with the touchpad show desktop gesture...

Say for example I had a window open and wanted to drag an item onto it from the desktop, but that item was obscured by the window. What you would normally have to do of course would be to move or resize the window out of the way and then drag and drop the icon, and then put the window back where you had it. Highly tedious.

What I had worked out was that if you used the four-finger swipe up to show the desktop, you could then click down on an icon and if you didn't begin to move it, you could then perform a four-finger swipe down to restore the window to its original place, and then with one finger still held down I would drag the icon onto the window where I wanted it.

It sound pretty complex when you describe it, but it's actually really intuitive and I used that pretty much all of the time. In fact it is only since I have upgraded that I realise how much I depend on that little trick in my day-to-day use.

The problem is that this does not appear to work anymore in mountain lion, using the pinch outward gesture to display the desktop - fine. But if you try and grab an icon it is impossible to restore your windows with the gesture, only allowing you to move the icon.

Is there anybody out there who has this same experience. Can the trick I know and use so much be replicated on Mountain Lion? If not suppose I will be going back to Snow Leopard, because this is a deal-breaker for me!


texts: I didn't know this iCloud Music Library thing was automatically turned on in iTunes on my iMac. I do like this feature but I only want to have it turned on with my Macbook and iPhone. Now I have a lot of tracks from my iMac mostly recording or audiobooks that cluster up my iCloud Music Library. I don't see an option to clear the iCloud Music Library, and manually deleting 1,201 tracks would take me two and half hours. Is there a way to remove all tracks from iCloud Music Library?