texts: Want menu and dock to remain visible when youtube fullscreen and Mission control is NOT set to Displays have seperate Spaces

texts:
I found a lot of people wanting to hide the dock and I need the reverse, I'm a developer and like to watch youtube (I use chrome) on one of my multiple monitors while I work on the other two monitors (I have three total).  And I frequently use windows that need to span multiple monitors which means I HAVE to have the Mission Control option turned off for "Displays have separate Spaces".  The problem is when disabling "Displays have separate Spaces" and entering fullscreen youtube the dock and menu are hidden, this makes continuing to work much harder.

So to be clear, I'm looking for:

Dock and menu stay on the screen while youtube is fullscreen on monitor #1
While still keeping the ability to open a single window that can span across monitor #2 and #3.

Someone please save me!  Even if I have to purchase and app that addresses this for me!


texts: Why does Finder's scp folder disappear when ssh is invoked?

texts:
sshfs 2.5 and fuse 3.8.3  were installed on OS X 10.11.6 ElCapitan

Why does:

sshfs users@fqdn.com:/mnt/CRUZERFIT16/Directory /Users/user/Documents/scpbox

force the folder scpbox to disappear?  I would like to view the contents of the directory in the file manager 'Finder'.  The command:

ls -l /Users/user/Documents/scpbox

lists the contents of the remote Unix box.

What can be done to enable viewing in the file manager?  The remote Unix box has been tested with Ubuntu sshfs and is accessible through Ubuntu's native file manager (Nautilus).


texts: Dock shows on only one screen on OS X Mavericks

texts:
I understood that every display would behave independently on OS X Mavericks, and that it would get its own bar (top of the screen) and dock.

However, the dock shows only on the main screen, and not on the other screen, is it normal?


texts: Install Windows 7 on external drive and boot it from a Mac

texts:
I want to install Windows 7 on an external hard drive, and boot from it when needed.

Is this possible on a Mac? I have heard from some sources that it is not possible to boot Windows from external drives, at least on the new Macs. I found this quite surprising.

Any idea if this is true?


texts: What does it mean when a size is greyed out in Finder?

texts: Some sizes are greyed out in Finder in El Capitan. How come? What does it mean?


texts: Macbook Air screen fading randomly between off and full brightness

texts:
My Macbook Air (2015 model, High Sierra) screen is dead most of the time but randomly fades in and out. Sometimes it fades rapidly in and out non-stop for a prolonged period, before fading out entirely. The backlight is not dead - it works but is impossible to control.

Please see this video for a demo of the issue.

Does anyone know the cause, or solution?


texts: Why my Mac Mini doesn't boot with external HDD attached?

texts:
Ext HDD is 3,5" 4TB WD RED (exFAT) in USB 2.0 box with external power supply (220v)

When I restart my Mac Mini (late 2012, MacOS 10.14) in 90% the boot will end on black screen (no apple loading logo, no progress bar). When I turn off or disconnect my ext HDD (exFAT), or reset PRAM then the system will boot perfectly. Then I can reconnect my extHDD and everything will work (till next restart).


texts:
Here is the setup:
I have an iPad air 2 and a server in my homenetwork that runs torrent client Transmission and a Plex-server.

I use the server to stream media to the iPad while i'm home, direct media to my chromecast etc.

I need to solve two issues:

Sometimes I want to add new torrents to the transmission-client on the server. From a computer, I currently do this using the transmission web-service.
Sometimes I want to download movies to my iPad and watch them while I'm not home.


texts: How can I troubleshoot no audio via Thunderbolt HDMI connecting to HDTV?

texts:
I have a 13" late '11 MBP OS X Lion 10.7.5 I am trying to hook up to my LG HDTV with a Thunderbolt HDMI cable.  Getting the display onto the TV is a snap.  The audio, however, is not working.  The thing I'm noticing is in the Sound tab the TV is not an option for Sound Effect, Output, or Input, only internal speakers and aggregate device.

I have updated my software, reset SMC and PRAM, gone to Audio MIDI Setup (where the TV isn't optional), plugged the Thunderbolt in while the TV was off/on, etc.    Can someone tell me why the TV is not appearing in the Sound options?


texts: Prevent users from deleting iBooks from iPad

texts:
I will be preparing some iBook files to use on an exhibit in a  museum, and I am afraid that visitors accidentally (or not) delete the book from the iBooks app.

I looked at the Restriction Settings, but I didn't find anything that could help me.

Is it possible to do that?


texts:
Until OS X 10.9 I could also run Bootcamp within Virtualbox (through a .vmdk file). In order to do this, I needed to unmount the Bootcamp partition after changing the permissions during the OS X startup process in the rc.local file. Now, with OS X 10.10 rc.local does not seem to work anymore and I cannot start my virtual machine without first manually execute the terminal commands that are in my rc.local script.

Here is my rc.local content:

  sudo chmod 777 /dev/disk0s4
  diskutil unmount /dev/disk0s4

I understood that rc.local is not supported anymore in Yosemite and launchd should be used instead. Source:: How To: Run Windows 7 (Bootcamp) in VirtualBox.

Can someone help me with a valid script and show me how to use it?


texts: How to open terminal in Mac using keyboard shortcut?

texts: Keyboard shortcut to open terminal in mac OSX ?


texts: Turning off Require Password on a filevault enabled MacBook Air 2011

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I am trying to use the product form soma-zone.com called RedHand.  The only catch is you must have Require Password turned off in the Security Preferences Pane.  RedHand won't start until it is turned off, but I have filevault 2 enabled which automatically sets Require Password to true and immediatley.  I can trick it for a few seconds using

sudo defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword 0

This only works for a few seconds then the default is changed back automatically to 1.  Is there a cache file or another work around to disable Require Password when FileVault 2 is enabled?

Link to product RedHand

MacBook Air 2011 running 10.9.5


texts:
I am writing an AppleScript that will be run from a USB drive, but the dive name may change often so I need to figure out how to get the directory path of the parent folder that contains the script.

This gets me the entire directory with directory to the file, I need the directory of its parent folder:

set pPath to path to me as text
display dialog pPath

I came across this (which is what I need), but I need an AppleScript path, not a POSIX path!

set pPath to POSIX path of ((path to me as text) & "::")
display dialog pPath

When the script is run it should detect the directory path to the script, the first example of code does this, but it then needs to go up one folder to the parent folder which contains the script (the second example does this) but I need it converted from the POSIX path to Applescript path that uses ":" instead of "/".


texts: Can I reset app windows to default size/position?

texts:
I was just wondering if there is a way to reset app windows like Mail or Finder to there default size and position. Is this possible and so yes, how?

Thanks in advance.


texts: What is Application Loader and why does it want to open EPUB?

texts:
I just clicked on an EPUB file and instead of Stanza it opened with "Application Loader", which asked me to accept some terms of service.

What is "Application Loader" and can it really be used to display EPUB documents?


texts: How can I open Windows network links on Mac OS X?

texts: I started using a Mac recently in a workplace where most people use Windows. We share with each other links to work files that exist on some server here. So I may get a URL via email that looks like that \\servername\folder\stuff.doc or even just a link to a folder like \\servername\folder - clicking it results in an error on the Mac (Lion). Is there anything I can do so that clicking such network addresses will launch the document or folder?


texts: How to kill the popup in OS X when a disk can't be ejected

texts:
With ZFS-OSX, sometimes when I try to force eject my HDD and it's failing, the following popup appears on my screen – floating on the top with all the buttons grayed out – and no possibility to close it no matter what I do:

  The disk "WD_1TB" wasn't ejected because one or more programs may be using it.

  To eject the disk immediately, click the Force Eject button.

      Cancel    Force Eject…

It's quite annoying. It even appears with full-screen applications.

In Linux, I could easily run xkill, but it doesn't work on OS X.

I've tried  -> 'Force Quit…', but it's not appearing on the list and restarting Finder doesn't help.

Any suggestions how to get rid of it without being forced to reboot?


texts: Why is screentime and app usage reporting different numbers?

texts:
I have screentime set up for managing apps and usage and am having a hard time making sense of the numbers.
In this instance I have set all apps to be limited to 2 hours, and you can see that the time used is around that amount (I changed the limit to 30 minutes just before this screenshot because I was experimenting). However, the used time is nearly 5 hours.
Why does my screentime report 4:42 and usage continues without hindrance. Changing it down to 30 minutes hinders usage but to allow later usage, I have to allow > 4:42. This is inconsistent with the app usage and makes management difficult. What’s being counted and why does it vary so wildly?


texts:
I am working on a project where I need to process 4 channels of audio input, simultaneously, and in real time on an iOS device.  I cannot find any compact 4-input USB audio interfaces claiming to be compatible with iOS. Do external USB audio interfaces connected via the camera connection kit need to be authenticated to work with apple devices?

Will any class compliant USB audio interface work?


texts: How do I enable ntpd to serve ntp clients (using High Sierra)?

texts:
I have some raspberry pi computers on a private network which do not have real time clocks and thus cannot keep time accurately after they are shut off. Because they are disconnected from the internet, they cannot use ntp to update their clocks after they sync.

However, I can connect my mac to the private network and ask the raspberry pi computers to get the the current time from the mac.

When I try doing this, it does not work.

The ntpd launchd service is disabled on High Sierra. When I try to start it, this happens.

$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ntp.ntpd-legacy.plist
Password:
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ntp.ntpd-legacy.plist: Service is disabled

I tried to enable like so, to no avail

$ sudo launchctl enable system/org.ntp.ntpd-legacy
$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ntp.ntpd-legacy.plist
Password:
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ntp.ntpd-legacy.plist: Service is disabled

so I have to start it manually like so:

sudo /usr/sbin/ntpd

When I test on the pi to see if the ntp sync is working, I get this:

pi@jessie:~ $ timedatectl status
      Local time: Mon 2018-05-07 14:53:03 GMT+7
  Universal time: Mon 2018-05-07 21:53:03 UTC
        RTC time: n/a
       Time zone: Etc/GMT+7 (GMT+7, -0700)
     NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: no
 RTC in local TZ: no
      DST active: n/a

Notice that NTP synchronized is set to "no".

When I test to see if the times are synchronized, this is the result:

$ date; SSHPASS='pass' sshpass -e ssh pi@pi1 date
Mon May  7 14:52:23 PDT 2018
Mon May  7 14:52:00 GMT+7 2018

The times are not synchronized.
I am uncertain how to debug.
It is not clear where the ntpd logs are stored.

Ultimately, I just want to be able to start ntpd and have it respond to requests for time.


texts:
I have the latest version of OS Yosemite (10.10.5) on a very powerful MBP (i7, 2.4, 16GB RAM).

When I right-click on a file in Finder and choose "Open with", "Other", the dialog window is very unresponsive:

it takes time (minutes) to populate the /Applications folder.
Scrolling the content of the /Applications folder is incredibly slow, the content takes seconds to move when I scroll the mouse wheel and I spend not less than a minute trying to reach the correct application I want to use.
When I finally reach the correct application and click on it, it takes 1-2 seconds to highlight the item I selected and another couple of seconds to enable the "OK" button.

This happens every time I select "Open with - Other" and not only the first time.

Is there anyone who can suggest a solution for this problem, it is incredibly annoying. I have never experienced such a weird behaviour on any OS X version.

Thanks.


texts:
Activity Monitor will show you how much CPU time the current instances of each process have taken. I want an app that will show the total CPU time all instances of each process have taken, so I can (for instance) see what's draining my MacBook's battery the most on average.

If this exists, I can't find it. Does it exist?


texts: I started typing in finder the wrong letter now I can't navigate to a file. How to start from beginning?

texts:
The finder jumps to file starting which the letter I typed. I typed Z, now I want to see files start with Y. If I type Y it will search for ZY but I want to start from the beginning.

How does the system reset search?


texts: iMac 27-inch late 2015 upgrade RAM with higher frequency

texts:
My current RAM memory has 1867Mhz and I want to upgrade with 2133Mhz.

Can this cause any problems?

The RAM is compatible with my iMac, at least the manufacturer says so.


texts: Issues with Scheduling and Outlook Email / Outlook App / Integrated Mail on iOS?

texts:
I have the following installed on my systems:

Windows

Outlook

iOS

Integrated Calendar / Mail
Integrated Outlook Mail

A meeting was scheduled to do an  test install and rollback of a system, and the alarm went off for it, but when I asked my boss about it, he said it was rescheduled to another time.

I don't understand what happened.  Shouldn't the meeting have been moved to another time on the calendar if they rescheduled it?  The Integrated Calendar had the alarm for it go off, the Outlook app did not...and the Windows desktop application also had notification.

I can't uninstall the integrated calendar or email on iOS, and my thought is that  this is what has this paired down, how do I deal with meetings that other people (I'm assuming) put on the calendar and forget to remove when they reschedule them, if they have different names from what they rescheduled the meeting to?


texts: How to switch Karabiner profile via shortcut?

texts: Is there a way to change the Karabiner profile (formerly KeyRemap4MacBook) using a shortcut?


texts: Does iOS 9 Notes no longer sync with more recent versions of iOS/Mac OS

texts:
I have an old iPad running iOS 9.3.5 (the latest version that the hardware will support). I also use an iPhone (iOS 12.2) an iMac (High Sierra) and a MacBook Pro (also High Sierra).

Notes sync perfectly through iCloud between the Macs and the iPhone. However, the sync seems one-directional when it comes to the iPad. Text changes (including note creation/deletion) that I make on one of the other devices are sent to the iPad, but changes made on the iPad are not sent back to the other devices. This can lead to some very weird text on the iPad, as if parts of the text (rather than a complete note) are being stored locally, and combined with the text that is synced via iCloud. The result, on the iPad, is a jumbled mess.

I am presuming that this is because of the changes made and extra features added to Notes app in more recent versions (in both iOS and Mac OS) that prevents syncing from taking place properly, and that there's nothing I can do about it, but can somebody confirm this? All the results I found from googling relate to the opposite situation: a newer version of iOS failing to sync with an old version of Mac OS, which is not precisely the scenario that I have here.


texts: What options do we have to keeping our hard drive secure in case of theft?

texts:
If you have work files on your laptop that are sensitive, what measures can you take to keep things secure?

is it possible to encrypt the entire drive?


texts: How can I "delete" the last word, using iOS dictation feature?

texts:
iOS dictation is a great feature, which mostly works both for Siri and for apps supporting an onscreen keyboard.

However: is there a voice command I can use to backspace or delete the last word?  I found a good guide here, but there is no delete command: http://www.siriuserguide.com/siri-dictation-guide/


texts: Every second in my log: "md5: BUG in libdispatch ..."

texts:
I checked my log yesterday for an issue not related to this one and saw that aprox. every second I get a message like this:

Sep  6 10:54:32 my-mac.local md5[2257]: BUG in libdispatch: 12E55 - 1879 - 0x1b
Sep  6 10:54:32 my-mac.local md5[2258]: BUG in libdispatch: 12E55 - 1879 - 0x1b
Sep  6 10:54:33 my-mac.local md5[2259]: BUG in libdispatch: 12E55 - 1879 - 0x1b
Sep  6 10:54:33 my-mac.local md5[2260]: BUG in libdispatch: 12E55 - 1879 - 0x1b
Sep  6 10:54:34 my-mac.local md5[2262]: BUG in libdispatch: 12E55 - 1879 - 0x1b

Does anyone know what it is? Less advanced forums have proposed re-installing my Mac but that seems a bit too radical to me.


texts: Cannot mask mac address on MacOS Catalina

texts: Ever since updating to Catalina, I have been unable to mask my Mac Address in the same way I used to. Doing sudo ifconfig en0 [mac], while the changes are reflected in sudo ifconfig en0, the changes are not reflected in the broadcasted Mac Address, which is apparent on the router settings, and when alt-clicking Wi-Fi symbol in the corner. Is this a known issue or is something wrong with my setup.


texts: Can anyone say which keys represent the 2 symbols in the Run menu item from the screenshot?


texts:
I have tested my network download speed (hit 132 Mbps, but that was to server within 100 miles), changed the DNS server address to 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, restarted my macbook, but the download time will not change! Please tell me there is something else I can do to fix this. I expected some extra download time with everyone upgrading, but this is ridiculous -- it is 2016, right?

Thanks


texts:
I want to disable AirDrop so that my users do not have access to it but I have not been able to find a place to disable this feature.

The closest thing i have found is this thread but I don't know where to disable it.

Could someone explain to me how to do this?


texts: Second iOS devices getting my iMessages and FaceTime calls

texts:
My brother updated his iPod today but because he connected with my Apple ID, he is receiving all my iMessages and FaceTime calls on his iPod.
How do I stop this from happening?


texts: After upgrading to macOS High Sierra, my Japanese and Chinese input methods disappeared

texts: How do I get them back? They're neither in my Input Sources, nor can I find them if I try to add them.


texts: Dual external display flickering issues with CalDigit USB-C HDMI Dock and MacBook Pro 2017

texts:
Hi guys (my first post)!
I'm having issues with my CalDigit USB-C HDMI Dock. Screen connected to the HDMI port next to the Thunderbolt 3 port experiences random flickering or stuttering when MacbookPro connected to the dock came from sleep state. Flickering seems to be triggered by mouse movement, see video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MydIU1yYMqg
Here's how the issue happens:

Recently started from reboot or OFF state MacbookPro is connected to dock.
Close lid to use in clamshell mode
Use dock with both external displays without any issue.
Disconnect MacbookPro from dock, and let it sleep/hibernate for about 5 hrs. (maybe less)
Come back to dock and reconnect (did both ways; clamshell or open lid)
Flickering issue starts to show on display connected to HDMI port next to Thunderbolt 3 port
Moving the mouse (or trackpad) seems to trigger the issue sometimes (see video)
Issue doesn't go away until MacbookPro is rebooted

Things I tried:

connected each screen to that one port and both experienced flickering (the screen connected to the HDMI port left to power supply did not flicker)
Reset NVRAM, SMC
disconnecting dock from power and reconnected
Disconnecting both HDMI monitors
"Detect Displays" in Settings
Changed resolutions/refresh rates
Mirror and un-mirror displays
bought 2 new HDMI that support 4ka t 60 cables and the issue persists.
new CalDigit dock unit (this is my second unit)

Hardware:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) 2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5
Big Sur 11.3.1 (20D91)
x2 Asus Displays VP239 HDMI 1080p @ 60GHZ
New HDMI cables that support 4k at 60GHZ
CalDigit USB-C HDMI Dock

Any ideas what it could be?
I appreciate your help!!!!!


texts: Time Machine performing a mobile Backup to a location I can't find anywhere

texts:
First of all:
I'm running OS X Lion 10.7.4 on a recent MacBook Pro, have a local USB hard drive (1TB) Time Machine is configured to use for backups – this works perfectly fine.
Additionaly, I once tried to setup a network share to use for mobile backups so I wouldn't have to plug the USB drive in to have a backup ready. I setup Netatalk on my Ubuntu machine which works as some sort of NAS in my local network, chose a Folder I setup on a 750GB disk, tried to use it as a Time Capsule on my MacBook but it would not work, so I reverted to using the USB disk instead since I did not have the time to figure out what went wrong.

Now, when I go to /Volumes on my MacBook, I see a Time Machine configured Drive named MobileBackups, the name I chose for the experimental Time Machine Volume. I can enter the folder and browse the backups, they are updated every few minutes and seem to be working perfectly fine. I can even start Time Machine with the USB backup drive not plugged in and can see previous file versions.
The MobileBackups drive is said to be 749,3 GB in size, the exact size of my MacBook Pro HDD and the size of the network shared HDD I tried to setup as mobile backup volume.
But when I access said network shared volume, there is no indication of my Time Machine backup. I accessed it via ssh on my Ubuntu box which it is connected to and ran ls -la on the location I setup as Time Machine backup folder, I ran du | sort in the root of the volume, but still I couldn't find the Time Machine Backup.
Since my MacBook Pro HDD contains already about 300GB of data, I would expect to easily find a complete Time Machine backup of that, but as I was saying… I have no idea where it is located.

I even ran GrandPerspective on the MacBook just in case I screwed something up and Time Machine is performing a full backup to a folder on the same drive, but that doesn't seem to be the case either.

So… either I have generated vacuum disk space out of nowhere, or I am incredibly stupid.

PS: When I access my Time Machine backup, it says it's inactive since my USB backup drive is not connected, yet the MobileBackups folder is still being updated.
This confuses me the most.


texts: STARTTLS handshake against Apple smtp server fails

texts:
Recently, my email setup using Emacs/24.4 + Gnus/5.13 on OX Yosemite
stopped working against the Apple smtp server: smtp.mail.me.com.  It
has been working fine for years before.

It seems that it times out during the STARTTLS handshake as you can
see below.

$ gnutls-cli --verbose --starttls --tofu -p 587 smtp.mail.me.com
Processed 257 CA certificate(s).
Resolving 'smtp.mail.me.com'...
Connecting to '17.172.34.225:587'...

- Simple Client Mode:

- Received[137]: 220 st11p00mm-asmtp003.mac.com -- Server ESMTP (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.10(7.0.4.27.9) 64bit (built Jun  6 2014))
2 STARTTLS
- Sent: 11 bytes
*** Starting TLS handshake
*** Fatal error: The operation timed out
*** Handshake has failed

Does somebody know how to further debug the issue and fix it?


texts: Why do I keep getting this error message after updating to OS X 10.8.1?

texts:
After I updated to OS X 10.8.1, I keep getting this error message when I execute purge:

  [ERROR]    The device-file for this operating system, 'osx-12.1.0.xml', was not found. An attempt to revert to a previous revision of the OS device-file: 'osx-12.0.0.xml' has been made. Please file a Radar report with Apple, on the 'CoreProfile' component, version 'X'.

Is there anything I need to do to fix the error? To what exactly is the error message referring?


texts: Possible to transfer WhatsApp history from Android to iOS?

texts:
I have an Android phone with WhatsApp installed on it. I want to move this Sim-Card to an iPhone and installing WhatsApp on it.

Is it possible to backup/transfer/restore the history over to iOS?

I saw that there are third party apps. So it seems it should work.


texts: iPhone contacts aren't syncing to iCloud

texts: Contacts on my iPhone 4 are not syncing to iCloud even though it is set as on. It is a new phone, and the contacts synced when I first set up iCloud, but not since. I have tried "backup now" and new notes appeared, but no new contacts.


texts: Why would an incoming call from one person show up as a different person from my contact name list?

texts:
I received a call that showed up as someone from my contact list. When I played the message back it was from a completely different business. This has happened once before... a call came in with the Contra Costa County Sheriff listed as the caller and it was a telemarketer not from the Sheriff's office. Why would this happen? How do I fix it?

The last call this happened to was from a legitimate medical office that was trying to schedule a follow up visit. It showed up as a different person's name that is not associated at all with the doctor's office. I can't imagine that the doctor's office is spoofing.


texts: Why is my daughter's iPhone continuing to charge purchases to my account?

texts: I gave my iPhone 4 to my daughter and she keeps charging to my Apple account. She signs in with her own Apple ID, but I keep getting charged for apps she is buying.


texts: How to disable the Macbook internal display and only use the external display on Snow Leopard?

texts:
Preferably without having to reboot etc, use magnets, or open/close the lid + waking it via USB peripherals I would like to have my MacBook display in "projector only" mode. Ideally, I'd like to be able to move already-on MacBook from the lounge to my desk, plug in the external display, and have it work with minimal fuss while still using the MacBook keyboard and track-pad.

Windows 7 really nailed this feature. Winkey + P is all you need to swap between modes.

Is it possible to disable the Macbook display and use only the external display, a la Windows 7's projector only mode?


texts: how to assign keyboard shortcut to buried command?

texts:
In Chrome, if I do cmd+P to print, and click Print Using System Dialog, then click on the PDF dropdown button, I get a command called Save PDF to DEVONthink Pro.

In System Preferences > Keyboard > App Shortcuts, I created a shortcut named Save PDF to DEVONthink Pro. But pressing that keystroke has no effect.

How do can I call this command using a single keystroke?


texts: Mac Mini mid-2011 with 10.9.3 consistently losing bluetooth connectivity

texts:
Several times a day Mac Mini (mid-2011 model) with OS X 10.9.3 losing keyboard and mouse connection. Batteries are fresh, showing level between 73 and 100%. If I'm pressing power button on the keyboard, and clicking with a mouse, and about 30-40 seconds it connects back again. But this if very frustrating, as it happens several times every day for at least couple weeks already.

What could be a cure? Or what should I do to diagnose it further?


texts: How to have Single App mode for a web app on an iPad using Apple Configurator 2?

texts:
I would like to have a web app to be the only thing you can use with an iPad. I managed to make the website (a simple HTML file with lots of integrated JS) open full screen when added to the home screen as a starter, so there are no browser controls, just the app and a black panel displaying battery status and clock. On the other hand I can use the Apple Configurator 2 to lock the iPad to a single app like Safari but in Safari I have all the browser controls.

What I would like to achieve is locking the iPad to use the web app full screen. However, I cannot do this, because in the Apple Configurator I can only choose from the apps installed on the MacBook it is executed on. Since the web app is not a proper app but just a starter on the iPad's home screen, it is not listed amongst the MacBook's apps.

Is there a possibility to have the iPad locked into the web app in full screen, without browser controls?


texts: my mac kept getting stuck on the apple logo when booting up so I went into recovery mode and formatted the disk and installed OS X again. But for some reason it is not booting normally when I switch it on it boots automatically into disk utilities??


texts: How do I get detailed SMART disk information on OS X (Mavericks or later)

texts:
I'm trying to get a detailed SMART status report on the drives in my Mac. I'm not talking about "Verified," I'm talking about the detailed report that's about 100 lines long listing all the vital statistics of the drive.

Anyone know how to do this with diskutil? If diskutil can't do it is there a different free tool I can use?


texts:
I have a jailbroken iPhone 3GS running 4.0.1, and I recently installed git from Cydia just for fun. I've noticed in recent weeks that a number of developers have been throwing their theme/plugin source code up on GitHub, which is theoretically awesome because updating is a 2-command process (cd /private/var/stash/Themes/<theme>.theme/ and git pull) that can be done on the phone itself.

But when I try to clone a repo, this happens:

Dylan:/private/var/stash/Themes root# git clone "http://github.com/dcinzona/LockInfo-Status-Bar-Icons---Winterboard-Theme.git/GMT Statusbar Icons.theme"Initialize GMT Statusbar Icons.theme/.git
Initialized empty Git repository in /private/var/stash/Themes/GMT Statusbar Icons.theme/.git/
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Getting pack list for http://github.com/dcinzona/LockInfo-Status-Bar-Icons---Winterboard-Theme.git/GMT Statusbar Icons.theme
Getting alternates list for http://github.com/dcinzona/LockInfo-Status-Bar-Icons---Winterboard-Theme.git/GMT Statusbar Icons.theme
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Also look at <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lan
Also look at
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Also look at
The GitHub Blog</
Also look at
Support</
Also look at
Contact Us</
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error: Protocol   "http not supported or disabled in libcurl
Getting pack list for <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lan
error: Couldn't resolve host '<html xmlns="http:'
Getting pack list for
Brought to you by GitHub</
error: Couldn't resolve host '
<a href="http:'
Getting pack list for
The GitHub Blog</
error: Couldn't resolve host '
<a href="http:'
Getting pack list for
Support</
error: Couldn't resolve host '
<a href="http:'
Getting pack list for
Contact Us</
error: Couldn't resolve host '
<a href="http:'
error: Unable to find 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 under http://github.com/dcinzona/LockInfo-Status-Bar-Icons---Winterboard-Theme.git/GMT Statusbar Icons.theme
Cannot obtain needed object 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
fatal: Fetch failed.

Can anyone tell me why? Am I missing something?


texts: How to define an array with a single `defaults` command?

texts:
I want a domain com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0 to contain the following array:

(
        {
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 2;
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 0;
    },
        {
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0;
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 2;
    },
        {
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0;
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 10;
    }
)

I can achieve it by deleting the current value and running three -array-add commands:

defaults -currentHost delete -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0
defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0 -array-add '{ HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 2; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 0; }'
defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0 -array-add '{ HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 2; }'
defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0 -array-add '{ HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 10; }'
defaults -currentHost read -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0

What syntax can I use to define the array in a single command?

If I run the following script:

defaults -currentHost delete -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0
defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0 -array '(
  { HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 2; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 0; },
  { HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 2; },
  { HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 10; } )'
defaults -currentHost read -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0

I get an array within an array:

(
        (
                {
            HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 2;
            HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 0;
        },
                {
            HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0;
            HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 2;
        },
                {
            HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0;
            HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 10;
        }
    )
)

If I try with -plist instead of -array I get an Unexpected argument.
If I run the following script:

defaults -currentHost delete -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0
defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0 -array '
  { HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 2; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 0; },
  { HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 2; },
  { HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 0; HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 10; }'
defaults -currentHost read -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-628-0

I get a syntax error defaults[22044:679428] Could not parse: ... Try single-quoting it.

Question again: what syntax can I use to define the array in a single command?


texts: Macbook Mail takes very long to receive mail

texts:
So lately, my Macbook Pro 15" late 2014 has some bugs in the Mail app. It takes hours to receive a mail from anyone. Whereas my phone receives the mail in seconds after it being sent, the Mac takes hours to do so. The recent mail does not show up at all! The only e-mails I can see are from 5 or 6 hours ago. I don't believe the network is an issue since the phone and my laptop are on the same Wi-fi.

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks.


texts: I have an older macbook air and it keeps restarting and wont load pass the apple sign, whats wrong with it?

texts: It just keeps reloading and reloading and it wont load pass the apple sign and it does it for hours. I just want to know whats wrong with it or if im going to have to take it in to a computer place.


texts:
okay so basically I deleted whatsapp and the whatsapp backup available on iCloud but before doing that I backed everything up on my itunes pc
when i reinstalled whatsapp they said that there was no backup available to restore
so I connected my iPhone to itunes to restore and it said there wasnt enough space, I started deleting apps and pics while downloading the newest update.
I thought that during the update it will restore everything automatically but it showed backing up message again and here I freaked out because it will over write my old backup that had the whatsapp messages on it.
Now i tried mulitple times to do a restore and it says that the backup is corrupted!
Does that mean my whatsapp backup is lost? I tried third party apps for extracation and they didnt work
please help im stuck


texts: How can I upgrade my OS X 10.4.11 to Snow Leopard and then Mavericks?

texts:
I am on iMac PowerPC with OS X 10.4.11
Can I upgrade to Snow Leopard and then to Mavericks?
If so, how?


texts:
My wife's iPhone is playing up.  It won't make any noise except for when it revceives a call.  Messages, etc. only vibrate.  Just now it made the unlock sound when I unlocked it, but I can't get it to make the sound again.   When you press the volume keys, the ringer icon appears with no volume bar:

The lock button was also playing up for about 12 hours.  It would randomly press itself, causing the power off slide to appear or the phone to lock randomly.  That problem went away by itself.

Also:

iPhone 4 with iOS 5.0.1
Tried power off and hard reset
Silent switch is off
Silent switch mutes all sounds when on
Bluetooth is off
I've cleaned the dock and headphone ports
The water damage indicator is red in the dock port and white in the headphone port (caused by baby drool)

Is there anything else software based I can try to fix this phone, or do I have to pay for repairs?


texts: PDF in paged mode (text split into individual pages)

texts:
When viewing epub files (e.g. with Calibre), in paged mode, the text is split up into individual pages, as in a paper book.

In paged mode the number of pages per screen can be also changed, e.g. to a two-page layout view.

I have not found any MacOs software that has the paged mode for pdf on screen as opposed to splitting them to print

Does anybody knows a pdf viewer that implements the paged mode feature?


texts:
I have been an iTunes Match for several years, since shortly after they introduced the service.  Recently I noticed that entire albums were missing off my phone, or weirder still, that some albums would have two or three tracks present and the rest missing.

After checking that I did not have “Only Offline Music” selected, I did the obvious: I logged out of my Apple ID account and logged back in. A lot more music disappeared. Now roughly 90% of my music is missing.

Some artists are entirely present, some have taken huge hits, and a lot have exactly one song each.

I have also deauthorized my main computer (which has all my music) and reauthorized it in the hopes that would force a resync, but no such luck.

I should also mention that I never signed up for Apple Music, not even the free trial. I know there were some problems there, but that’s not the cause of my woes.

So what is going on here?


texts: How can I create a folder in the current directory in list view?

texts:
I browse to a folder, then expand through a directory tree to find the file I'm looking for.  Now I want to create a folder at the current location within that tree.

"New Folder" from the menu creates the menu in the top-level directory instead of the current directory.
Right-clicking doesn't give any way to create a folder "in-place" - ie with reference to the file or directory I currently have clicked/highlighted.

Simplified example (thanks soulshined):

/Users/user/Downloads/
/Users/user/Downloads/Pictures
/Users/user/Downloads/Pictures/pic1.jpg
/Users/user/Downloads/Pictures/pic2.jpg
/Users/user/Downloads/Pictures/pic3.jpg
/Users/user/Downloads/Pictures/pic4.jpg
/Users/user/Downloads/Pictures/pic5.jpg

The finder window is opened on the /Users/user/Downloads directory, but I have used the tree-expanders to be looking at the files in .../Downloads/Pictures.

I want to add a folder under Pictures, but irrespective of how I invoke it, the new directory will always be created under Downloads.

(Obviously in this example it would be trivial to move it, but imagine the folder is a byzantine corporate shared directory tree,...)


texts: I'm tagging USB and network drives in Mavericks, and I would like the tags to disappear from my Mac when the drives are disconnected. Is this possible?


texts:
I'm getting a replacement Macbook Pro today. I just made a complete backup with Carbon Copy Cloner, and I also have a full Time Machine backup.

Which should I use -- Time Machine backup or CCC -- and how? I want to avoid having to reinstall software and zshell settings and so on as much as possible.


texts: MacBook Pro 2012 - Lagging and slow boot-up

texts:
I've left my Macbook pro to sleep with a lot of programs and memory used (probably lot of swap used as well)

And when I've waken it up, it started to have 60 s lags then 5-10 seconds of responsiveness and again 60s lag (with death beach ball)

When I boot up it takes 30 seconds and around 120 seconds to login. (Earlier it was like 20 s for everything)

The craziest part is that when I turn on the Black magic benchmark test of the hard disk drive - I have Samsung 840 evo with 250GB - it goes without lag... System is not so fast but it goes on without lag.

When o boot to Windows it  lags as well (almost without time for responsiveness)

Is this disk problem ?

The video show it all (skip too the moments when something is changing)

Laging Mac OS X with SSD disk Samsung 840 evo: http://youtu.be/9a7CjKuzzsw

Thank you very much in advance.

EDIT:

Interesting info: I've erased this disk, installed via USB SATA connector the Mac os x 10.9.

Then booted. From USB, NO PROBLEM!

Then mounted it to the SATA connector in the Macbook itself. And the same problem ... Of 5 minutes boot up time and extremely laggy Mac.

Maybe the problem is in the firmware of Mac itself ?


texts: Repeatedly "trying to add a new helper tool" on each restart for same application(s)

texts:
Every time I restart my computer, it tries to "add a new helper tool". For instance I have to reinstall shell commands in Atom on every restart, and it prompts with the "An update is ready to install."  But I see this same issue with other programs too.

Atom installs /usr/local/bin/atom -- but then when I restart it's gone.

I get the same thing from MAMP that it "wants to make changes".

And Slack gives me the same thing as Atom on every restart:

  An update is ready to install. Slack is trying to add a new helper tool.

  Enter an administrator's name and password to allow this.

  Add Helper

Let me know what other information I can give.


texts: I have an iPad and I want to sync it via wifi. That works fine. Sometimes I mistakenly eject the iPad from iTunes and then it does not synchronize anymore ("searching for my MacBook"). Can I instruct iTunes to search for my iPad again? To undo the eject? I use the newest OS on my MacBook and iPad.


texts: How to export photos from Photos.app library to Windows, and retain all metadata?

texts:
I want to transfer my entire photos library from my MacBook to a Windows 10 PC. I am using an external hard drive to transfer, since there is large number of photos (~8k). Is there any way to do this and keep all of the the "Favorite" pictures appropriately tagged?
I tried going to File -> Export -> Export. But this seems to lose all of the organizational info.
I use Adobe Bridge on my PC. Bridge has it's own tagging system, which uses "Stars" from 0-5. Is there any way to convert the "Heart" favorites in Photos to something that can be interpreted on Windows. I also have done some non-destructive editing in Photos, such as cropping and rotating. Is there any way to transfer these changes?
Part of the problem is that since I have so many photos taken over 18 years, I don't remember which photos have been non-destructively edited.


texts: any idea what the heck Microsoft is doing with this brew install?

texts:
I found this install script for msodbcsql at odbc-driver-13-1-for-macos-released

The relevant contents are:

/usr/bin/ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)“
brew tap microsoft/msodbcsql https://github.com/Microsoft/homebrew-mssql-release
brew update
brew install msodbcsql
#for silent install ACCEPT_EULA=y brew install msodbcsql

The part I am confused about is the first line.  When I run it gives this output:

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
==> This script will install:
/usr/local/bin/brew
/usr/local/share/doc/homebrew
/usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_brew
/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/brew
/usr/local/Homebrew
==> The following existing directories will be made group writable:
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/include

The way I read this is that their install instructions are not just for msodbcsql using homebrew, they are geared towards installing homebrew first, then msodbsql.

Is this common practice, or just some MS cluelessness?

Note:  I use macports usually, so I took care to install homebrew in my home directory, so perhaps a standard install of homebrew would not have resulted in their script wanting to trample all over my system.


texts: Two Time Capsules with same disk name - Time Machine settings "mix up" targets?

texts:
I added a second Time Capsule to my network. At first I configured the MacBook Air to use it and everything went well. Then I configured a MacMini Server to use it and Time Machine Settings seem to be confused:

The first (...nw3) has 3TB, so that's ok. The second (TC) has 2TB, so something is not right here.

I know, that I added the first, was confused by both showing 2TB and then removed the 3TB one. Interestingly the 3TB remained, but the 2TB was gone. So I added the 2TB time capsule and noticed, that all show as 3TB. (The ExtHD04 is a USB drive, so the icon is obviously wrong for that.) It looks like as if in the settings the destinations are picked by disk name and with two of the same name, it picks just which "comes first".

EDIT: A few backups later I notice this: The display is sometimes correct on my MacBook Air; the display is always wrong on my two MacMini's. This applies to El Capitan 10.11.1 and 10.11.2. I'll file a bug report and see what Apple says. /EDIT

Q1: Are problems to be expected, when two time capsules with the same disk name are in use?

Q2: Is it recommended to rename the disks?

Q3: Can I fix it in another way and if yes, how?

(Never renamed a time capsule disk - I assume one can do it when erasing the disk in the time capsule settings via Air Port Utility.)

I searched for such issues, but all results gave no hint for problems and I got the impression, that this should just work. However, it makes me a bit nervous, as I would expect the backup system not to show such behaviour.

(All running El Capitan, 2TB Time Capsule is Gen4, 3TB Time Capsule is Gen5; MacBook Air backs up over WiFi, MacMini Server over ethernet cable.)


texts: If I have a file or directory path, how can I list all Time Machine backups of that path?


texts: AppleFontSmoothing Has No Effect On My ViewSonic VX2450

texts:
I've followed the advice in these questions and am not having any luck.  No matter what I try, the fonts are rendered so poorly on the external monitor.

My environment -

MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011
ViewSonic VX2450 External Monitor using DVI.

I've tried values for "X" (0,1,2 and 3) for this command without effect --

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int X

I've also tried each of these values along with various combinations of values for "Use LCD font smoothing when available" and "Turn off text smoothing for fonts sizes X and smaller" in System Preferences > General.  All without any luck.

Can anyone offer me some advice?  Thanks!


texts: How do I move my Health data from one device to another?

texts: I just got an iPhone 6+ and I want to move my Health data from my iPhone 5. I know I can export it, but I don't see any importation options in Health. How do I move all this data?


texts: How do I find the log for the shutdown process?

texts:
I've done some Googling and nowhere do I find where you can log the shutdown process.
The best I've found is a log where it states when the shutdown process begins but that's all.

My computer is hanging on the end of the shutdown process and I'm trying to troubleshoot it.

Have any ideas?


texts: What directory comparison tools can I use on OS X?

texts:
I am looking for a tool that is able to compare directories, not only files. Also it is important to be able to call the tool from the command line.

It would be great to have a free tool, if not free please specify the price.


texts: Using a bash script to set up Proxies on macOS

texts:
Mojave 10.14.6
My company use Proxy. One Proxy for HTTP and One Proxy for HTTPS and some Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains.
I was not able to reach google.com website because I had to specify the proxy which I did and everything is working as expected.
But I want to automate my process instead of using the GUI.
I have a strange behavior with my script below when I try to set up: System Preferences > Network > "Example Wi-Fi" > Advanced > Proxies.
Again, if I set all the Proxies parameters using the GUI (manually) everything is working as expected but I if try to use my script below I am having issues like I cannot reach web sites, etc.
I am pretty sure I am missing some command lines from my script.  The funny things that when I run the script I can literally see all the parameters being applied to the GUI (Network > Proxies), as if I had to manually inserted. Again they are all there.  I tried to reboot my Mac Laptop, I also try to reset some DNS cache but nothing, still same strange issue.
What could be the issue? What command line from the script I am missing?
See my script below (for security reasons I am faking the IP address and domain name.)
Thank you in advance.
#!/bin/bash

networksetup -setwebproxy "Wi-Fi" 10.10.10.10 8080
networksetup -setsecurewebproxy "Wi-Fi" 10.10.10.20 8443
networksetup -setproxybypassdomains "Wi-Fi" "127.0.0.1,*.local,169.254/16,*.subdomain.maindomain.com,*.maindomain.com"
networksetup -setwebproxystate "Wi-Fi" on


texts: Can I make Reminders text bigger on Big Sur?

texts:
Every year I ask the same question on a new macOS: can I make Reminders text bigger?
I guess it's still impossible on Big Sur too.
Isn't so strange that Reminders app has such small text (smaller than your Safari address bar text)?
thanks


texts: launchctl error "nothing found to load" when run via cron

texts:
On OS X 10.9, I'm running a script (e.g., ~/bin/run.sh) via my user crontab (added using crontab -e). This script, under some specific conditions (not related to this question), will run the following command to launch a menubar application:

launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.opendns.osx.RoamingClientMenubar.plist

When I run this command (either ~/bin/run.sh or the launchctl statement above directly) from the command line normally, the menubar item launches fine.

When this command is run via crontab (again, directly or via ~/bin/run.sh), I receive the message nothing found to load in the cron output (in my mail).

Question: why does this fail when run via cron but not when run on the command line?

I have tried executing it via cron in the simplest way possible:

* * * * * launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.opendns.osx.RoamingClientMenubar.plist

This doesn't work (I get nothing found to load).

I have tried emulating the cron environment:

Capturing the cron environment by having this execute in cron:

env > ~/cronenv

Then opening a shell with this environment:

env - `cat ~/cronenv` /bin/sh

And finally running the command:

launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.opendns.osx.RoamingClientMenubar.plist

It runs find in these conditions (I wouldn't expect it to, if something in the cron environment is the culprit).

I have tried running it from crontab as sudo. Nope (nothing found to load).

I have tried running it from crontab with launchctl load -F and launchctl load -w. No luck (nothing found to load).

Permissions on the plist file are:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  561 Apr 13 20:55 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.opendns.osx.RoamingClientMenubar.plist

What's going on?

(BTW, I know it may seem silly to run a script with a launchctl job from within cron, but because it is run within a shell script it's prevented from being a 100% launchctl-controlled process.)

Update: as requested here is the script that is being run (I've been calling it ~/bin/run.sh), the line in question being #29, and here is the contents of the plist.

Update: the specific solution that works for me, based on @mateusz-szlosek's suggestion to use bsexec, looks like this:

sudo launchctl bsexec "$(ps -axwww | grep Dock | grep -v grep | awk {'print $1'};)" sudo -u $USER launchctl load /Library/LaunchAgents/com.opendns.osx.RoamingClientMenubar.plist

The first sudo is required otherwise the error Couldn't switch to new bootstrap port occurs. The second sudo is to execute launchctl as $USER. The first argument to bsexec is a parent process ID who's context will be used to launch the new process. $(ps -axwww | grep Dock | grep -v grep | awk {'print $1'};) returns the pid of the Dock process, which loads somewhat early in the launchd hierarchy, but under user context.


texts: Songs are continuously being deleted from my phone

texts:
I recently bought songs from iTunes and every time I go to listen to them they get deleted. I'm able to re-download the songs but they don't stay on my phone for more than an hour.

iPhone 5c


texts: Possible to pause audio in browser using keyboard?

texts:
I often listen to news/podcasts through my browser (Chrome) on my MacBook and I'd like to figure out a way to pause the audio that is playing using my keyboard instead of trying to hunt down the tab that it's playing in and pausing it there by clicking a button.  I can do this for native apps like Spotify, but not when it's playing through the browser.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?


texts: Could iCloud be replaced by a personal WebDAV server?

texts:
I like to run all my own data services (for security and confidentiality).
I'm wondering whether anyone has tried to replace iCloud with a personal server.

I presume that a combination of server side WebDAV plus jabber might do the trick together with some client side scripting and sculpting of the hosts file.

The aim would be to as completely as possible replace Apple's services but still use the OS X and iOS integration for documents and messages between a single user's devices.


texts: Is there a way to quickly pretty print large XML files without needing an app? Online solutions don't allow for massive files and I'd like to do this without install more junk on my computer.


texts: Logitech G613 Bluetooth keyboard stops working after first connection on 2019 Macbook Pro

texts:
My G613 Logitech Keyboard connects to my MBP correctly at first. The MacBook ask for a pin code, the keyboard is working and it works without any problems.

As soon as I power off the keyboard just one time, or put the MacBook to sleep, the keyboard stops working.  However, it still shows as connected in the Bluetooth device list.

Some informations :

Keyboard works perfectly on another PC
Macbook is on Catarina, last available update.
Catarina is an update, not preinstalled
Keyboard worked before, can't remember if on catalina or not
Tried a SMC reset
Tried reinit Bluetooth module (shit+option on Bluetooth icon > Debug)


texts: Bootcamp on an external SSD while unintentional interrupt!

texts:
I'm a new Mac user and I wonder what really happens when my external SSD (with Windows installed on it using Bootcamp = Windows To Go) is disconnected while being booted to Windows.

Will my Mac system get damaged or will the files on my external SSD get corrupted?


texts: Calendar invitations can't be accepted on iOS

texts:
My wife an I share to each other our iCloud calendars. When we send an invitation to an event to each other we can accept the invitation on macOS but not on iOS.
We only get a notification on our calendar inbox on iOS on what we can only click OK and if we click it doesn't work.
Are we doing something wrong or this is a persistent bug across versions? It's not the first time I've seen this.


texts: Find devices informations (/dev path, ...) and debug usb devices in CLI

texts:
I recently moved from Linux to Mac OS, and I'm quite a bit lost in some situations.

I'm looking for the /dev name of my USB device (which is listed in the system_profiler SPUSBDataType).

On Linux I used to use dmesg or lsusb to find information about my devices.
The Mac OS dmesg command is just useless, and the syslog (even in debug mode) does not say anything about the plugged USB devices.

Is there any way to monitor in real time (like dmesg -w with Linux) the plugged devices on Mac ?

I found the system_profiler SPUSBDataType, but this command does not help me to find the /dev id of my device.

Is there an easy way to find the /dev name of (plugged) with Mac ?

The only way I found for now is to do one ls /dev before the device plug-in and one after, and diff them...

And finally if I have to debug an USB device like "why it is not recognized on the system ? where is the problem ? how can I fix it ?" what are the commands I dispose of ?

On Linux I used to use dmesg/lsusb/lspci/syslog...


texts: Use same slide number on several slides in keynote?

texts:
As you might know, you can add some notes for every slide in Keynote. Since I want to talk quite a lot about one specific slide, there are a lot of notes I want to add to this slide. In the moderator view, I can view this notes, but since they are so long, I would have to scroll if I place them all on one slide.

So my idea was to copy the slide lets say five times and put a portion of my notes on every of the copies. Then, I can "click through my notes" while the slide looks similar all the time. The only problem is, that if I do so, the slide has five different slide numbers.

Is there a way to set the number of  a slide or any other way to solve this? Thank you!


texts:
1 - Original issue

I own a Macbook Pro 15" from Early 2011, which suffers from the well-known-but-denied-by-Apple GPU problem.
TL;DR: the AMD Radeon HD 6XX0M is dead and the Macbook can't boot, or can boot but with huge graphic glitches on screen.

2 - Workaround

There is a workaround to this problem, which consists to disable the AMD GPU and only use the Intel HD 3000 chipset. The main way to do this is to use a software like gfxCardStatus.

However, since my Macbook wasn't booting (stuck on blue screen after Apple logo), I managed to disable my AMD Radeon HD 6490M by entering single-user mode and deleting the following files from /System/Library/Extensions/:

AMDRadeonAccelerator.kext
AMDRadeonVADriver.bundle
AMDRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle
AMDRadeonX4000GLDriver.bundle
ATI2400Controller.kext
ATI2600Controller.kext
ATI3800Controller.kext
ATI4600Controller.kext
ATI4800Controller.kext
ATI5000Controller.kext
ATI6000Controller.kext
ATI7000Controller.kext
ATIFramebuffer.kext
ATIRadeonX2000.kext
ATIRadeonX2000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX2000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX2000VADriver.bundle
ATISupport.kext

3 - Remaining problems

But, as I said, this is just a workaround to get OS X to boot. I now have 2 main issues:

I can't plug an external screen on the Thunderbolt port
I can't play any avi or mkv video

I know there isn't any solution for the first issue, since the Intel HD 3000 is not even physically linked to the Thunderbolt port.

However, I am looking for a solution to the second issue. The Intel HD 3000 chipset may not be a killer GPU, but I am sure it can handle a simple video, and even 1080p videos.
When I open a video file in VLC, I get the following error:

  OpenGL acceleration is not supported on your Mac
  Your Mac lacks Quartz Extreme acceleration, which is required for video output. It will still work, but much slower and with possibly unexpected results.

And in the logs:

  vout_macosx error: no OpenGL hardware acceleration found. this can lead to slow output and unexpected results

I think Mac OS X is trying to get OpenGL acceleration thanks to the AMD GPU. And since the GPU is supposed to work properly, it never tries to get the adequate features from the Intel HD 3000 chipset.

So, is there any way to get more from this chipset?


texts: Laptop wont connect to internet after sleep but will connect to network

texts:
Ive got a MBP (spec below in screenshot) running OSX 10.10.5

Ive got an issue where every time i wake my MBP from sleep it will connect to the wifi network and my laptop will show up during a LAN scan, but will struggle to load pages it does eventually and intermittently load them, but takes for ever, even though I've got a 200mbps connection.

There are several things i can do to fix the problem, each one of them individually will fix the issue, but none are ideal :

connect to the network through a wired connection
restart my MBP
restart the wifi access point
restart the network switch

Any idea what might be causing the issue and how i can resolve it ? It doesn't happen on any of my colleagues devices only mine.

The below 2 screenshots are from the network tab in OSX :

For reference I've also attached a diagram of our network setup.

Here is a screenshot of a speedtest on my machine, this is with LAN cable attached, on wifi if i get the 5ghz band im getting c. 150mbps down, on the 2.4ghz band im getting c. 40mpbs down, either way it would be plenty fast, but when i have the issue with connection as above its more like <1mbps down. Even though all other machines on my network can achieve full speed.


texts: How do I avoid compilation when running brew install

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My internet connection sometimes drops packets (its a 4G connection), so when I download stuff sometimes it fails.

So when doing "brew install" on something this occasionally happens:

==> Installing ffmpeg dependency: libogg
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/libogg-1.3.4.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/0a/0a03b8a7307aeac70762fd4ee9837fff4ed523c34063a6aec52c5cf34c54695f?__gda__=exp=15884933

curl: (35) LibreSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to akamai.bintray.com:443
Error: Failed to download resource "libogg"
Download failed: https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/libogg-1.3.4.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
Warning: Bottle installation failed: building from source.
==> Downloading https://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.3.4.tar.gz
...

That SSL error is caused by a dropped packet. What brew should do here is preferable just try downloading again. What it does is however try to compile from source. That of course delays stuff tremendously.
I would rather have brew just fail if this happens, so I can just rerun the command, and (probably) get the bottle the second time.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: Why does my Terminal command line screw up like this? (bash's fault?)

texts:
When I use the command line history ( CtrlR , CtrlP )

The command line screws up like this:

The cursor is supposedly located at the end of the line ( just pressed CtrlE )

If I press enter, just source ~/.bash_profile is executed, the rest is just rubbish on the screen.
Although it works as it should, I'd like the terminal to not  be visually broken.

edit:
This is my PS1:
PS1="\033[0;31m[mac] \033[0;37m\w\033[1;36m> \033[1;0m"


texts: How to bring back files that are deleted from trash? [without using external software]

texts:
I have an external hard drive that contained some folders and I had permanently deleted that by mistake. Is there any way I can get that folder back?
MacOS Version: Catalina 10.15.5
Disk Drive: Transcend
I have tried software like Disk Drill, AnyRecover, iBoySoft and other types of similar software and none of them are legit. So please don't recommend such type of software. And the backup on Apple Time Machine has not been done for this device.


texts: How do I install Pillow on my mac without pip?

texts: I installed python using homebrew. It didn't come with pip, so I'm having trouble getting pillow installed. I tried to get xcode and build it from the source, but I can't get xcode because it requires software version 1.14 (or whichever the newest version is), but my macbook doesn't update to this. How do I get pillow?


texts: How to determine if my iPhone XS is Fast Charging?

texts:
I recently got myself a USB Type C to Lighting Cable and a 30W USB Type C Adaptor(USB-PD). When I plug in the charger to my iPhone, I find my phone charging noticeably faster than normal but there doesn't seem to be any indication on the screen regarding the device being Fast Charged.

I read online about a "Double Ding" sounds when plugging in, but I don't think it seems to happen for my device.

I have a iPhone XS Max running latest version of iOS 12.


texts: How can I fix Virtualization not being available in bootcamp windows?

texts:
Virtualbox complains that VT-x isn't available and running securable confirms that it's not available. My 2012 rMBP has an i7 and intel clearly states the CPU does have VT-x, nevermind the fact that Virtualbox works just fine under OSX. This is where if I had a PC I'd check if it was enabled in BIOS.

What can I do?


texts: So, I wrote a review for an app. Both positive and negative thoughts in it, then I refreshed it and its not there. Help? Do I need a review account because all the people who review have some kind of username.


texts: Creating a Service with automator, caffeinate

texts:
First of all, sorry for my english, not a native speaker.
Since I'm a bit fed up opening Termninal and ^C I want to create a shortcut for activating caffeinate -d on my Mac OS X 10.11
I've been trying a simple Automator Service but with my noob skills it doesn't work.

This is the settings:
I chose Service as type of document

Library->Utilities->Run Shell Script
Service receives: no input
in: any application
Shell: /bin/bash
Pass input: to stdin

CAFFEINATECHECK=`ps | grep caffeinate | cut -d ' ' -f7,8`
if [ $CAFFEINATECHECK == 'caffeinate -d' ]; then
killall caffeinate
else
caffeinate -d
fi

Problem is that such a short scrip keeps running with no response and I have to stop it after a minute
I hope someone could give me any tips necessary


texts:
I would like to put my wifi network and my wired network (in a small office) on separate vlans to cut down on broadcasts/multicasts on the wifi.
(right now it's all in one big vlan, and it's getting out of hand.)

One problem that's come up is that wireless devices cannot see the Bonjour announcements of wired devices if they are on different VLANs.  eg. a wired printer, or apple tv for airplay...

It seems potentially possible to setup a mdns/bonjour repeater that sits on both networks and let's some announcements flow back and forth..

Has anyone attempted this sort of setup?

Ideally I would filter/whitelist which devices would be echo'd to both networks...


texts: Hi I have a pretty tough question it's because all my friends text with imessage and I feel kinda left out is there a way ANY WAY that I could get imessage on my iPod touch 3G     There is this boy at my school that has it on his touch 3


texts: How to convert a pdf file into a text file?

texts:
Is there an easy way to extract plain text from a pdf file?

On *nix systems I used to have a command ps2ascii that would do the job, but it seems that this command is not installed by default on my Mac.

What would be the easiest way to extract text from a pdf file or, alternatively, how to get ps2ascii on my system?


texts: How to restart or shutdown a Mac when it says app running but cannot force quit the app?

texts:
I have a Macbook Air running Yosemite 10.10.4, and I am trying to either to restart or shutdown this Mac.

But it will say the app VLC Player is running, but if I right click the VLC icon at the dock and choose Force Quit, nothing happens. (the neon light under the icon is not lighted up by the way, so doesn't look like the app is running).

If I press Command Option ESC, and choose Force Quit for VLC, nothing happens, and restarting the Macbook still says I need to Force Quit the app VLC.

In Activity Monitor I don't see a VLC app running either.

If I open up the Terminal app and use ps aux | grep -i vlc then nothing show up except for this grep command line.

So how do I restart or shutdown this Macbook when I need to Force Quit an app but Force Quit doesn't work?  I don't want to do those extreme things such as pressing the power button for 5 seconds or Command CTRL SHIFT PowerButton (or something like that) which is like to yank the power cord if it is a desktop.


texts: Photo Delete from PC but not from iphone

texts:
What if I want to upload 10 photos to iPhone from PC, without using the internet. I don't want to keep the photos on the PC and want to maintain only one copy at the mobile. How do I do that?

1) Since it's not mac I don't think I can use the airdrop
2) Syncing via iTunes will remove pics from mobile as soon as I clear them from PC, so what's the solution??

Is there any way to "unsync" the photos I have synced via iTunes. Since there are 10-20 photos from different dates, making a duplicate is too tedious, that too, when I have to go in Photos collection and search for them.


texts: External (Thunderbolt 2) drive keeps changing to read-only randomly

texts: I'm running macOS 10.14.2 on a 2018 Mac mini. I have an Akitio enclosure, connected to the Mac via a Thunderbolt 2<->3 adapter. At random, one of the drives in the enclosure becomes read-only (the other drives are fine). I'm not really sure where to begin troubleshooting this. This also happened on my 2013 Mac Pro running High Sierra.


texts: What do you think about Apple's Ping service?

texts:
Personally, I have not signed up the Ping service that is included in iTunes 10.  My main reason for avoiding it is the fact that Apple requires you to use your real, full name for registration.

What are your opinions of the service?

pros/cons
privacy or security concerns?
things you wish they had done/not done
things you'd like to see added
things you'd like to see removed

*note: this question is serious but also meant as a sort of experiment to see if a discussion question can be useful or relevant on the site. if you hate it or don't want any sort of discussion other than the occasional list question, vote to close but please post a comment explaining your reasoning


texts: What's behind the "hairdryer" fix for broken iPhone 4s WiFI?

texts:
So for all of the iPhone 4Ses that got the grayed out WiFi problem after upgrading to iOS 7, the only fix that seems to actually work is basically heating up the iPhone up (till about the point it gives a heat warning), then chilling it, and then restarting it. (I've seen this solution in various places, such as this Apple Discussions thread).

But what exactly is happening? Is there still a physically damaged WiFi chip in these devices that the software has been tricked into using? Or is it a weird work around that tricks defective software into working properly?


texts: How to set up a local calendar while using iCloud for other calendar on mavericks

texts:
I would like to have some additional calendars that are not synced through iCloud on one of my computers. I have been using this calendar to run small programs at certain times. These programs are however only (a) available on this one machine and (b) would not even be allowed on e.g. an iPad.

As I am currently forced to sync the calendar to all my devices however my iPad is turning the custom alerts into normal standard alerts. Breaking the entire calendar.

Is there a way around this? Thanks!


texts: Can I safely use my Macbook battery on another MacBook?

texts:
A friend needs a battery for his MacBook and I do not use my own MacBook battery, having changed to another laptop. My battery is fairly recent.

Is it safe to use my MacBook battery on his laptop? I cannot see any reason why it would not but thought I would check with a few knowledgeable users first.


texts: Manually cleaning up a threat detected by Sophos Anti-virus?

texts:
I was viewing another answer on this website and one of the links lead me to a malicious website. I have Sophos Antivirus installed, and a warning immediately popped up telling me that a threat was detected:

  Threat: Mal/Badsrc-M
  Path and Filename: /Users/USER/Library/Caches/Google/Chrome/Default/Cache/f_000e36
  Action Available: The threat cannot be cleaned up. Please click the threat name above for manual cleanup instructions.

On the website, there are no instructions as to how to cleanup the threat. Even though this seems to be only a Windows virus, I still want it removed on my Mac so that it can't infect any other computers. Is it as simple as manually deleting the file listed above, or is there anything else I need to be worried about?


texts: Slow/laggy rMBP (mid 2014) - nVidia card not being used?

texts:
I have a mid 2014 MBPr & it is very sluggish (2-3 second response times moving between applications/slow chrome rendering) to the point that i did a full re-install of OS (High Sierra) at the weekend to see if this would speed up the laptop. There has been no significant speed increase with a fresh install

I downloaded XRG to benchmark the system to see if there is anything obvious & it shows that the  nVidia graphics card (GPU 2) wass not being used at all. Is this normal - i tried using chrome with graphic intense operations (maps, JS rendering etc) on the expectation it would kick in but has not.

is there anything obvious that could be causing this issue? Is there a way to 'switch on' the nVidia card to be used?

The spec of the machine is;

--Edit -- Memory footprint


texts: How to execute python script by terminal?

texts:
I wanted to learn Python, I installed some software. I created a little execution files and none of them will execute. So I've checked my terminal and type basic things like Is, cd etc. None of them work

:Users me$ cd
:~ me$ cd
:~ me$ cd /
:/ me$ Is
-bash: Is: command not found
:/ me$ cd ~
:~ me$ cd desktop
:desktop me$

If I type echo $PATH, here the result:

  /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

I read many things about how to fix it but I don't understand. For example:

I don't know how to find the User Folder
I don't know how to get to the bash.profile

Bear in mind that I am very new to this.


texts:
I'm creating a symbolic link with the following applescript:

on run
    do shell script "rm /usr/bin/ant" with administrator privileges
    do shell script "ln -s /Users/hordine/software/apache-ant-1.8.2/bin/ant /usr/bin/ant" with administrator privileges
end run

The symbolic link is created but when I try to execute ant -version from a terminal window, I get a permission denied error.

How can I create this link so that I DO have permission to execute it later?


texts: Mac terminal command returns permission denied, ran again and it worked fine

texts:
I ran the following command in the terminal of a Mac Pro running Mac OSX 10.6.8.

rm -rd /Users/Shared/SomeFolder

This command resulted in

rm: /Users/Shared/SomeFolder: Permission denied

Without changing anything, I immediately ran that command again, and it worked. What caused this to happen?


texts: How to tell VLC 2.3.0 to scan a local folder on an iPad

texts:
I'm trying to load some of my son's favourites videos on his iPad (7.0.4).
When I plug the iPad on my Linux Box (mint 17), the iPad folders are automatically mounted in read and write mode. So no problem to transfer the files on the iPad.

Strangely enough though I can't get VLC to detect the files. It's a breeze on android's version of VLC but the IOS version of VLC has a different UI.

All sorts of ways are available (itune, wifi upload, dropbox and gdrive) but no way to scan a folder apparently.

Am I missing something here?


texts: How to insert a vector notation in Keynote/Pages?

texts:
This is different from an overbar. A vector can be any letter topped by a small arrow like so:

Is there a way to do this in Mac Keynote/Pages?


texts:
I'm using Mail on iOS with an IMAP account. When I flag an email and choos "move to junk" the emails disapears from my inbox. After syncing the account again the email is back in the inbox.

Checking the inbox at OSX shows it marked as spam and it's still in the inbox.

How can I make Mail on iOS doing what the label states: Mark the email as spam and move it to the junk folder?


texts: Why am I receiving the error "Photos for the iCloud account [username] cannot be accessed"?

texts:
I'm receiving this error message periodically:

  Photos for the iCloud account "name@email.com" cannot be accessed. Review your account information in System Preferences.

Photo Stream is enabled on my iPhone, and the Photo Stream in iPhoto 9.4.2 is updating absolutely fine. iCloud in System Preferences allows me to manage backups, buy more storage and change Photo Stream options with no errors.

This feels like an OS X bug?


texts: Kill TCP connections on a Mac in Terminal

texts:
I just want to kill a specific tcp connection on my mac (similar to tcpkill on linux). By port or ip, preferably port but i'll settle. I don't want to pay for a service or download another software, I want the simple terminal command that will allow me to do this like tcpkill.

I've tried fixing up the rules on my firewall, and tried to make a bash script so it would run but to no success because the tutorial I found was very old.

Why does this seem to be such a difficult task to find information on, or do?


texts: Someone is using my Game Center account; how can I secure it?

texts:
I shared my Game Center details with my friend. He betrayed me and changed the primary email address of my Apple ID.

When I persuaded him a lot he gave back my Apple ID and Game Center and I quickly changed all my info. However I have found out that he still uses my Game Center.

I have another Game Center ID and I saw my own Game Center ID active 2 hours ago when I woke up in the morning. How can I log off the other device from my Game Center?


texts: Once backed up iPhone to iCloud, can I delete an app and redownload it with same data?

texts:
Let's say I'm sick of Angry Birds, I delete it from my phone. I back up my phone daily to iCloud.

In a few months when I want to play it again, will all my data be there (or is it different implementation every app)?

I know there might be two answers since I may either: 1) go to the App store and download it from there, or 2) Sync back the app from iTunes. What would happen in either case?


texts: "There was an error importing this build" on iTunes Connect

texts:
For some reason the build that I uploaded to iTunes Connect shows the following message:

  There was an error importing this build.

There is no additional information about the error nor searching for the issue helped. Can anyone point me why this kind of error occurs?


texts: How to prevent iTunes from stopping when switching users?

texts:
iTunes stops playing when you switch users under Mac OS X. This has been the case for rather long.

I agree that this is the most sensible behaviour. After all, the user that has switched herself in might want to use her own iTunes and music.

However, there are still valid use cases where you'd like iTunes to keep playing. I have two: I personally have several users for different kinds of activity. Or even when I am together with my SO, we share the same iTunes library and choose together. So when she logs in to her account, she still wants my iTunes to keep playing. And the other way around.

So whether this is appropriate or not, is there a way to trick iTunes into keeping playing when the user account is switched out ? (not logged off of course).


texts:
How to get into the split screen mode in Maxthon?

I have tried pressing F10. Also I google it but can't find another way to split it?

Maxthon's version 4.1.3.5000


texts: Is there a way to have an interactive / editable desktop background (E.g.: A spreadsheet) on a Macbook?

texts:
The title basically gives the gist of what I am curious about, but to explain more: I wanted to set up a system where I track various things, such as my habits, mood, and tasks every day. I was planning to keep all of this in an Excel spreadsheet. I thought that it would be great if I could make the document where I keep track of this easily visible, so I will remember to edit it every day, and also because it would be easier to access and edit.

Through Googling, I found that at one point in time it was possible to embed an interactive spreadsheet as your desktop wallpaper in Windows. It involved saving the Excel spreadsheet as a webpage (.htm or .html), checking an option called "Add Interactivity", and the document could be set as the desktop background, and it would be editable from there (allegedly). The feature(s) that allowed this in Excel back then don't seem to be available in the 2016 version of Excel for Mac. So, is there a different way to do this now? Or is there some type of desktop Widget I could use as a Spreadsheet? I'm flexible about solutions, so any ideas would be appreciated!


texts: is there a notification on find my macbook?

texts: when you use find my iphone to locate a macbook does it notify the macbook that you are online?  If I sign into Find My Iphone on my phone and my macbook is in use by someone else, will they see that I have signed in?


texts: Image files made with Disk Utility creates parent folder

texts:
I'm using OS X 10.5.8., updated from 10.5.2. which I installed from the two installation DVDs that came with my MB404 MacBook.

I recently found my original 10.5.2. installation DVDs, which I thought I had lost. So I want to save them as image files on my backup drive in .iso format (since I normally use Windows).

I created .iso files from the DVDs in Disk Utility (> New Image > Image Format DVD/CD master > Save, then later renamed the .cdr file to .iso).

When I create an image from my DVD "Mac OS X Install Disc 1", it (as expected) creates an image called "Mac OS X Install Disc 1.iso":

But when I inspect this .iso file with 7zip later, I notice that the image file contains a parent folder with the same name as the image file, i.e. a folder "Mac OS X Install Disc 1":

Inside this folder there are a range of folders and files pertaining to the installation of Mac OS:

This is not what I expected to find. I expected to see what you see in the third picture here directly when I looked inside the .iso file. But for all I know, that is how .dmg image files are and are supposed to be.

The reason I am asking is this: If I burn this .iso image file to a DVD, will it be bootable on a Mac computer?

EDIT:

I tried what Gordon suggested. It seems counterintuitive to me to burn an image of the DVD drive and not the DVD disc, but I gave it a try.

My resulting .cdr file now looks somewhat different from the .iso file discussed above - at first sight.

The file is now a MacOSX1052Disc1.cdr file:

Its content is different from the .iso file. The content looks like this:

I see that there is an Mac_OS_X.hfs file here. HFS is basically an Apple image format. Opening this file reveals the identical content of the .iso file discussed above:

In other words, my initial concern with the .iso file was that the content seemed to be inside the parent folder rather than at the top of the file hierarchy. Using Gordon's suggested approach, however, the content in question is buried even further down the hierarchy. I doubt, therefore, that this is the right approach to take here.


texts: How can I find and edit my external hard-drive's .fseventsd folder?

texts:
While changing my 'file directory' preferences on Vuze, I accidentally created a folder in the .fseventsd-folder on my Seagate external hard-drive.

I can't even find the .fseventsd-folder using search Spotlight, in fact the only way I can see this folder is when I go back to the file directory preferences from Vuze and I can't edit anything from there.

Is this going to damage anything, delete my data or anything weird like that?
Is there any way of deleting this folder (the accidentally created folder not the .fseventsd-folder)?


texts: What's the best text editor for use with large files?

texts: What are your recommendation for opening large text files on OS X? I found both BBEdit and Textmate to be struggling in this department.


texts: Homebrew warning: "No developer tools installed" even though Xcode is installed

texts:
After installing Homebrew the "brew doctor" command returns:

Warning: No developer tools installed.
You should install the Command Line Tools.
Run `xcode-select --install` to install them.

…and I do have Xcode installed.

Anyway, after running xcode-select --install the Xcode installer appears, then I click "install" and the installer closes.

Is this normal? …and do I have to install Git from Homebrew, or can I use the one that comes with Xcode?


texts: What is the ppi of the MacBook Pro retina 13" when at a resolution of 1680x1050?

texts: I know the resolution when it's at the retina resolution of 2560x1600, but what about when it's scaled to 1680x1050?


texts:
I am using a Macbook Pro Version 10.10.2, and I have OSX Yosemite. I've been trying for hours to get Wine, and I downloaded the 1.6.1 version of Wine. Then, on the Windows file, Pokemon Uranium Beta 4.0.msi, I right clicked the file and opened it with Wine. Then I followed the instructions How to run Uranium on Mac OS X

And I did everything except for the 6th instruction, because I couldn't find d3dx9_36, directplay, and directmusic on Winetricks. So with just until the fifth instruction, I launched the game.

And it worked just fine, but at the part where there is a problem in the power room, and the Mum says "What's happening...?", the game starts freezing for a few seconds and then it says,

  Program Uranium.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I clicked for the details so I can mention the details in the post, but Wine just quits and I can't view the details. Is there any way I could fix this? Or, is there a problem with Wine that I can't find d3dx9_36, directplay, and directmusic on Winetricks?


texts: Can’t pair Magic Keyboard due to numerical keys not working

texts:
I bought a iMac 27” off eBay and included in the sale was an Apple trackpad and Magic Keyboard.
I am trying to pair the keyboard but when the screen asks me to enter the numerical confirmation code, the number keys on the keyboard do not work.
The trackpad paired perfectly though.
I have plugged in a wired USB keyboard and everything works fine there.
Have I inadvertently activated a keyboard shortcut on the Magic Keyboard and disabled number keys or something?
Can I hard reset the keyboard back to factory settings?


texts:
I downloaded Mountain Lion from App Store and installed it.

I have not set Time Machine and I installed Mountain Lion one hour ago (since posting this question).

The dmg file is not in Applications folder anymore.

How to recover Mountain Lion's dmg file after installation?


texts: How to open Mono GUI applications on OS X?

texts: I tried Fiddler and Keepass on Mono and both these applications start, their icons jump on the Dock, but no window is displayed.


texts: How do I reduce the delay when unlocking my Mac?

texts: There is a ~1 second delay every time I input my password to unlock the Mac, regardless if it is correct or not. I'd like to turn this off, or at least reduce it. How can I do this?


texts: Mac often wouldn't sleep nor show screensaver

texts:
If I manually ≪Menu → Sleep≫ or ≪Screensaver settings → Preview≫ it will work, but it wouldn't do sleep/screensaver with the set hotcorner nor automatically.

Every now and then I'll have this issue. How do I fix the problem or investigate what has went wrong?

(Its usual settings: https://i.stack.imgur.com/RcJH5.jpg)

(Refreshing the settings (eg by toggling ≪Enable power nap while plugged into a power adapter≫) would temporary fix the problem—until it comes again.)


texts: Why does my phone get stuck "Searching..." and requires a DFU reset?

texts:
I have an Iphone 8 plus, very well looked after, and about 3 months ago i changed my carrier.

Two weeks ago, my phone "failed to activate mobile network" a few times, and i restarted it, which put it in some weird mode where everything was working fine, but it was stuck "Searching..." for the mobile network.

I went to their branch and after reseting my phone settings to factory default and failing to fix it, they suggested I put it in DFU mode and reset it because the firmware has somehow been corrupted.
A painstaking 6 hours of backing up, resetting, troubleshooting, and restoring later the phone was working once again, connecting to the network just fine.

Fast forward to today, and my phone loses reception for a couple of seconds, finds it again going into "EDGE", and then switches to 3G as i moved but fails to activate network in the very same place  I restart it, and it is stuck searching once again... Exactly the same sequence of events as last time...

I have tried:

Hard-resetting
Resetting network settings
Turning off, Putting in an old inactive SIM, turning back on (no change whatsoever)
Putting my current SIM to an old phone (works like a charm)

Any ideas on what could be going wrong and how to fix it once and for all?

Update #1: Contacted the provider (VOXI) and they told me it is a "known problem with IPhones" and that "They can't do anything about it"...


texts: Why iOS settings and iTunes report the storage usage differently?

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My iTunes shows me that there is about 7 GB of free space, while iOS settings shows me that there is only about 80 MB of available space.  How do free space and available space differ?

Additional note: I tried to sum all used sizes of apps in Manage Storage list; its total (about 2925 MB) does not match to iOS settings’ Used size report (11.7 GB), but match to iTunes’ storage usage chart.


texts: What's the fastest way to get data off Time Capsule and onto an external drive?

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I plugged an external drive into Time Capsule using the USB input on the back.

Then I used Finder to move data from the Time Capsule's drive to the USB drive.

Finder says it'll take over 24 hours to move that data.

There must be a faster way. Do you know how I can do that?


texts: Quicksilver accessible script for disabling and enabling Time Machine?

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I'd like to disable and enable Time Machine at will via Quicksilver.

'nuff said.

Do you're thang, nerds. :)


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I have trouble with iTunesConnect.

Since yesterday my Apple developer account is activated.
When I sign in the Dev Centers it's working fine.
But on iTunesConnect, when I try to sign in, I'm connecting to an account where I'm admin AND NOT legal (it's the same apple id, I'm connecting to an account where i'm just a user not the owner).

How to sign in my own dev account ?


texts: How long can my MacBook Pro sustain greater than 100% CPU usage?

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The Activity Monitor app says my macbook pro 10.7.5 is at 300% CPU usage when I'm trying to install and sync my Bitcoin-Qt client.

I let in run like this with the fan going crazy for 4 hours without incident, but stressed about it the whole time.

Is that level of CPU usage sustainable? Is this 300% number even accurate to what is going on?

details:

Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB


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I am composing an Email in the native Mac.app in OSX Mojave.

I drag the image and as soon as the image is dragged the whole text-area turns grey and becomes unresponsive:

The image I wanted to drag is this


texts: Keyboard Shortcut to Right Size All Columns Individually in Finder in OSX Lion?

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Is it possible to set a keyboard shortcut for resizing all columns individually in Finder in OSX Lion?

The way to do it without a shortcut is right clicking a column divider and choosing the second option (Right Size All Columns Individually). The problem is the option gets reset when I open a new window.


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I have a 27 inch late 2012 iMac with 32GB of RAM and a 3TB Fusion Drive. The hard drive was replaced in June 2017 so only has a year of wear on it and should thus be in good condition.

For the last couple of months, however, I have been experiencing strange and infuriating performance problems with my machine that are seemingly unexplainable. These problems are most noticeable when using Finder - whenever I try to move or copy more than one folder at a time, Finder will slow down, freeze, beach ball and be rendered all but unusable until the task is complete. The more files I am attempting to copy, the worse this phenomenon is. Upon checking activity monitor I noticed that during these instances, Finder's CPU usage clocks up to 100% + and its memory consumption will instantly balloon from 120MB up to around 1.4GB. Once the process has finished, the CPU usage goes back to normal but the memory consumption does not - yet Finder is noticeably slower.

Finder also has trouble browsing large(ish) folders and is slow to scroll and display new results. This ultimately means that I have to relaunch Finder multiple times a day.

I have done SMC, PRAM, and Safe Boot resets. I have done several clean installs of macOS Sierra and High Sierra. I have removed and tested my RAM modules one by one to no avail. I have taken my iMac to Apple, who tested it for a week and said they found nothing wrong with my machine's hardware and that this was 'normal behaviour' for my machine.

My iMac does occasionally make a soft, croaky/rumbling noice - especially when searching for files. I also noticed that, when I received the computer back from Apple, it was making a quiet ticking noise for a couple of days but this seems to have stopped by itself.

Has anyone encountered problems like this? Are there any further diagnostic or trouble shooting measures which I can undertake?

Kind Regards,
James


texts: Screenshots take forever to appear in Finder

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Fresh install of macOS Catalina 10.15.2

In screenshot's options I turned off that "show floating thumbnail" thing and set the screenshot folder to ~/Downloads.

Sometimes I take a screenshot and it takes upwards of 10 seconds to appear in Finder.

This is with command+shift+4 screenshots (draw a rectangle ones), I haven't tested others.

Behaviour seems random.

How do I make the screenshots consistently appear within at most half a second?


texts: How do I easily convert an audiobook (.m4b) to a standard audio file?

texts: I have several audio dramas that are in the audiobook (.m4b) format in iTunes. My problem is that when I sync my 5th gen iPod to iTunes, they don't show up in Music>Playlists, they show up under Music>Audiobooks. This is really driving me crazy, because I want the audiobooks in Music>Playlists, but the only workaround is to convert them to a different format. How do I easily convert the audiobooks to a standard audio file format that will show up in Music>Playlists on my iPod?


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The new Gmail iOS app (version 5.0.4) no longer allows me to edit quoted text in reply and forwarded messages. This is a serious limitation.

Is there a fix or a workaround, short of copying the entire quoted text, pasting it into Notes, editing it, and pasting the result back in Gmail?

(Despite the new look, version 5 seems to be a step in the wrong direction. The previous version worked just fine.)


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I am running in recovery mode to save the data from disk( I cant login due to deletion of private/var folder). I opened Terminal and went to Volumes. This folder should be populated with the Macintosh HD subfolder. It isn't. It just lists the OS X Base System, the external hard drive I have connected and .Trashes. I ran First Aid on Macintosh HD Parent folder called APPLE SSD... in Disk Utility panel. Nothing changed. How can I copy the data if there is no Macintosh HD to navigate to?

This is the output from diskutil list


texts: iTunes trying to sync every app I have on my Mac?

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This is driving me mad.

I've been keeping my iPhone and iTunes in sync for ages, and today all the the sudden iTunes tries to sync every single app on my Mac to iPhone, instead of just the one I installed.

I reset all contents and setting, restored my phone from iCloud, saw the list of my old apps, then plugged the phone back in. Again, iTunes starts syncing every one of my app back to the phone.

Any idea to get rid of this crazy behavior?


texts: Send Wired Keyboard Keystrokes Through Bluetooth

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I'm looking for a way send keystrokes from a wired keyboard through bluetooth, preferably with an OS X application. I want to be able to type things on my iPad using this keyboard so I can quickly switch back and forth between it and my computer. Is there an OS X app that can do this?

Note that I'm running OS X 10.10.3 on a 2010 iMac.


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I know that 32-bit apps will not work on MacOS Catalina. Unfortunately, I use Hangouts very often and the plugin requires the use of a 32-bit app.

As far as you know, is there the possibility to make Hangouts work on Catalina?

Thank you so much in advance.


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I'd like to free up some iMovie space but not sure how to do it.

Here are a few files I have associated with iMovie:

389MB: /Users/snowcrash/Movies/iMovie Events.localized/Pads/IMG_0760.mov

and

1.81GB: /Users/snowcrash/Movies/iMovie Library.imovielibrary

Is there anything I can to do save some space?

E.g. for the first, can I delete this? Is this a scratch file or a master?

for the second, can I examine (and potentially delete) what's taking up the 1.8GB of space?


texts: How Many Different Ways Are There To Force Quit An Application?

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Although it is not a common occurrance, sometimes my cursor has a continuing spinning beach ball, which I believe to indicate that an app has frozen (correct me if i'm wrong). When this happens I usually perform an action called Force Quit as shown in the screenshot below:

This then displays the Force Quit application window, allowing an app to be selected.

What other ways exist that allow for an application to be Force Quit, especially in the case that the mouse or trackpad may also becomes frozen in the event as well ?