texts: how remove Apple support screen sharing software

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I contacted the Apple support team and the technician asked me to install a software on my macbook so as to share my screen with him. I granted "record screen" permission to this software.
A few hours later I wanted to uninstall this software but I can't find any trace of it. It is no more visible in the "record screen" permission settings. So I bet it was removed silently at the end of the session.
According to logs it seems to be called something like "apple-scc"
How can I ensure this software was completely removed ?
I'm running Catalina 10.15.6 on a Macbook PRO 2019
thanks


texts: Does ios7 support third-party software keyboards?

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I am a litte confused about iOS 7. Does iOS 7 support third-party software keyboards? There are a lot of rumors around, I watched the last WWDC and read Apple documents but I couldn't hear anything about this. Am I missing something?

Is this a feature in the new OS?


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Possible Duplicate:
  My mac has 64-bit EFI, but it only boots with 32-bit kernel

Why isn't my MacBook running 64 bit mode? It's a mid-2010 model, "MacBook 7,1" , with a Core-2 Duo. why would it run in 32-bit mode? Could it be because I've only got 2GB of RAM?


texts: Gmail-like keyboard shortcuts in Mail.app (keys without modifiers)

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How can I create keyboard shortcuts in Mail.app that do not require modifiers?  For example, I'd like j/k to scroll the message pane.  Maybe n/p to navigate between messages.    Maybe N/P to navigate to unread messages.  Maybe a to archve a message.

The key point here is that the shortcuts should not require modifiers: No Command, no Ctrl, no Option.

The gmail shortcuts are different, but similar in that they don't require modifiers.


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What cable do I need to display my iPhone on my TV?

I have a jailbroken iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.2.1.


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I have a perplexing problem with my Macbook Pro (16GB RAM, OS X 10.8.4). If I use up all my main memory, the computer crashes. The screen freezes on whatever window it was on (not a kernel panic), and is totally unresponsive.

I have also noticed that the "wired" memory usage in Activity Monitor seems to get very high - most of my RAM usage is "wired". And even upon boot, there is a kernel_task process that uses 1.5GB + of memory which seems somewhat high. These points may or may not be relevant.

I know I have needed virtual memory in the past and had no problems, so I have no idea what is wrong. It seems as if the computer just flat-out refuses to use virtual memory - that would certainly explain the crash. In fact, my /private/var/vm/ folder does not even exist.


texts: Parallels desktop keeps creating windows/ubuntu folders in launchpad

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When i remove Windows/Ubuntu folder from ~/Applications i am not seeing them in the launchpad.

But whenever i launch parallels desktop - it automatically creates Windows/Ubuntu folders:

How to prevent parallels from creating these folders again?

EDIT. My question is not about how to delete these folders - question is about how to stop parallels from creating these folders again and again after i launch parallels.


texts: Can apps on an external display be moved to a new space on disconnect?

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I use an external monitor with my laptop while at work but when I'm not working I just use the regular MacBook Pro display. What I would like is for the windows I have open on the external display to be moved to their own space when I disconnect it instead of moving to space 1 on my MacBook. It just gets a little crowded and moving 4-5 windows over to a new space manually every time I disconnect has gotten a little tiresome.

I'm running OS X 10.10 (14A389) on a late 2013 Retina Pro (15") in case anyone was wondering.


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We're setting up about a dozen mac mini's across the city that need to be managed from a central lion-server.

Our IT department is willing to open up some ports and forward them to our lion server but they are not willing to give us VPN access.

What ports do I need to forward to the mini server in order to manage the devices?

I'm thinking mostly of when I update a profile and need it to be pushed out to the other devices.
I also need each device to be able to authenticate via Open Directory when the machine is remote. Of course I'll setup "mobility" but I still need the machines to sync changes like new passwords when they "can" connect.
Lastly, I'd like to be able to connect FROM the server TO each Mac mini via Apple remote-desktop. (The machines will not have static IP addresses on their side.)


texts: Keyboard shortcut or AppleScript to move current tab into a new window

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Recent versions of macOS bring tabs to applications that didn’t seem to support tabs before (e.g. Anki flashcards), via the Dock preference to always prefer opening things in tabs.

Stock apps and some other apps seem to have menu options to “Move Tab to New Window” or “Merge All Windows.” However, Anki (and perhaps others) do not have these menu options. I can click to manually move a tab to its own window, but then the 1-tab window can’t be merged back into another window (there’s also no menu option to show the tab bar

I would like to perform these options via a keyboard shortcut (via an AppleScript if necessary) in all applications, independent of the presence of a menu item.

Is this a possibility?


texts: How exactly do you create a portable cross-platform USB stick with VeraCrypt?

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I originally asked this question which never got an answer beyond the fact that you apparently can't do this on a Mac.  So finally I've given up and have fired up my Windows gaming box just for this purpose.

Now I can run VeraCrypt (a TrueCrypt fork) and use it's "Portable Mode", but I can't for the life of me actually get it to work such that I have an encrypted partition that can be opened on both Windows and OSX.  And the docs basically assume everything "just works" and haven't proven to be very helpful.

At the moment I have created a USB stick with a very small unencrypted FAT partition which can be seen by the Mac, and a FAT VeraCrypt encrypted partition which can be seen on Windows and the mac.  It mounts fine with the password on Windows, however when I run VeraCrypt on the Mac and try to mount it, I'm met with an error:

VeraCrypt requires OSXFUSE 2.3 or later with MacFUSE compatibility layer installer.
Please ensure that you have selected this compatibility layer during OSXFUSE installation.

Some googling on that error message has just left me more confused.

Given that I'm running OSX Mavericks, and this image must be accessible to both Windows (versions >= XP preferably) and OSX (Mavericks or higher) without installing anything special (stock OS in other words), what do I need to do to get this to work?

Note also that I don't care about hiding the fact that VeraCrypt is being used, and I will not upgrade from Mavericks.  I just want to be able to store some sensitive documents securely such that they can easily be moved between workstations and opened on either Windows or OSX by anyone with the password.


texts: Can I use a different AppleID on my Apple Watch?

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I have an iPhone and an Apple Watch. For my elderly mother I want to buy a second Apple Watch, with LTE. This is in case she falls or something else happens and she has to call for help.
However she doesn't have an iPhone and I want to avoid buying an iPhone just for the Watch, since it won't get used at all. Can I associate the second Watch with my own iPhone, but make it use a different Apple ID which I create for my mother?


texts: homebrew PostgreSQL upgraded to 10.1 but I need 9.6

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I did brew update and brew upgrade

Now my PostgreSQL is 10.1
On the server I have 9.6 and I want it to be the same.

I can connect and read my data now still (as I assume the brew service didn't restart, but I didn't run pgupgrade or anything yet)

Also found packages as

brew search postgres

I have

$ brew search postgres
==> Searching local taps...
postgresql ✔     check_postgres   postgres-xc      postgresql@9.4   postgresql@9.5   postgresql@9.6   postgrest

What is the best and safest way to downgrade the package, save my current database and make postgresql@9.6 run? As I would like a version identical with the server we are working on (9.6), and I would like to make sure pg_upgrade never made it "PostgreSQL 10".

Is there any safe way to downgrade? I could do it on Linux from a description but the Mac+homebrew postgres user management works differently (for example doesn't use a postgres Unix user)


texts: Using dictation feature to paste text into Terminal

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With user-created dictation commands, it's possible to paste text into an application. I tried creating a voice command that would paste in a text command into Terminal. However, nothing gets pasted. I can see the command get activated because the "Edit" flashes. I am able to paste text into other applications with voice commands without an issue.

Does anyone know of a workaround to this problem?


texts: Recover Deleted Zip file from macOS High Sierra

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Today I faced a low memory warning on my Macbook Pro 2015.

I opened Storage Management application and started deleting unnecessary files and I accidentally removed a zip file.

I instantly opened the Trash to check whether the file was placed there or not. But the file wasn't there.

Is there any possibility to recover such files which have been removed via the Storage Management application and not manually deleted by cmd+delete?


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I'm using OSX 10.9.5 on my MacBook Pro now and I can't find the QuickTime app/feature anywhere. Is QuickTime only available on OSX Yosemite 10.10.3? If it is on OSX 10.9.5, where is it located? It's not one of my the apps at the bottom of screen, so where can it be?

I want to make a preview video for my app and I need QuickTime and iMovie to do it. But also, where is iMovie located?


texts: Which Remote Desktop works with Control Keys?

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I am trying to control an iTerm2 session on an iPad mini through Remote Desktop using an Apple BT keyboard (Japanese).

When I tried this out with Splashtop, the backspace key and all control keys don't work.

Which Remote Desktop works well with the Apple BT keyboard on iPad mini?


texts: applescript (osascript) for changing Terminal.app profile

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Is here a way to changing the Terminal.app profile from the command line?

Here is already couple of questions about changing colors, but I need change the whole profile from the "Basic" (what is my default) to "Homebrew" or "Pro" from the shell script.

Looking for only clean command-line solution (e.g. without clicks, global shotcuts etc.), so probably with osascript. Need it because want change the Terminal.app behavior when ssh-ing into another computer, e.g. font-size, encoding, colors, emulation - the whole profile - not only colors.

Like something next:

some_commands_here to change the CURRENT terminal profile into another
ssh user@example.com

And no, I don't want use iTerm2. :)

Ps: ok, as the last resort, shortcuts are acceptable, but no clicks. :) :)


texts: How can I display the SSID I am connected to in the Menu extensions area?

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I'd like to also display the SSID I am currently connected to next to the WiFi signal strength indicator.

Running El Capitan (10.11.4)


texts: where is ~/.vim folder? and how to install themes?

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I downloaded color sample pack from http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=625

it says i should unzip and place it into ~/.vim
but where is this folder?
I tried unzip it to my usr/share/.vim folder but it is not working, I don't see themes added to gvim Edit>color scheme menu, and i tried
"colorscheme sometheme",
"color sometheme"
in my gvimrc.
Both not working for new themes

Isn't the ~/.vim should be the .vim folder in use/share? or I should create a new folder under home?

Note:there is a folder vim73 in my .vim, I guess this doesn't  affect anything

thanks for any help!


texts: How can I remove email addresses from Mail's autocomplete?

texts: How do remove or erase the emails that I use befor on iPad email, they are not on my contacts. As soon I start typing one email address I get a bunch of old address..how can I erase or remove that.


texts: How to prevent iPhone from being turned off? (security intention)

texts: Is there a way to prevent the phone from bring turned off while locked? The idea is to prevent thieves power off the phone so I could still track phone location using iCloud Find My Phone tool.


texts: Will my Mac Pro be able to run WebGL applications?

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I've got a 2007 MacPro, 8GB RAM, 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (256 MB). I tried to look at a couple of Google's WebGL demos, for example this one but am unable to do so because my system is not WebGL compatible.

I'm running Lion and the latest version of Chrome - what else do I need to do? Will upgrading my GPUs work?

Or is my 'bleeding-edge' workstation now a relic of the past ...?


texts: macOS Seirra randomly boots me to login screen while I'm working

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This has happened a few times over the years but more frequently. Lately, I'll be using my 13" Macbook Air (2014) and for no reason I can figure out, the entire system will freeze, the screen will go black, and then I will be logged off and returned to the login screen. I have no warning this is happening and no way to stop it. After logging in again all the applications have been closed applications and any unsaved work is lost. I also have no way to MAKE it happen.

Pretty sure this isn't Security and Privacy issue as it happens while I'm browsing or watching a video or sometimes mid-keystroke. I also don't think its a overloaded or taxed by excessive RAM demands by the programs in use, just basic browser, chat, WP and video.

Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.


texts: How to set the Reply-To in Apple Mail exactly?

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I am trying to figure out the possible files that may affect the headers of outgoing emails when using Apple Mail. In particular I want to modify the Reply-To part.

I know that there are numerous solutions on the web, but apparently each one of the solutions that I have found is still missing some information that would work in my case.

Straightforward (manual) and terminal-based (automated solution) is the following. Basically the automated is the elegant solution which includes the command defaults write com.apple.mail UserHeaders '{"Reply-To" = "reply-to@address"; }' The above one is based on the solutions:

manual: https://www.lifewire.com/change-reply-to-header-os-x-mail-1172887
automated: https://www.lifewire.com/add-reply-to-header-os-x-mail-1172899

However, it turns out that in the past the above methods were not really working for me, so I had to follow a different route. (As background info: I was working at an organization where employees would get a strange username by default, something like, jsmit1234 for someone called John Smith, and then I wanted to have a more human-friendly email address in the reply-to part of the email, with something like: john_smith@...) Clearly I am writing this email because by now (4 years later) I can not remember how I did it back then.

Anyway, another idea is to do factory reset to the Mail app. According to the information found here, under ~/Library/ one should be able to delete the following files/directories:

(directory) Caches/com.apple.mail --- I can cd and view all the files. I assume I can delete the files as well.

(directory) Saved Application State/com.apple.mail.savedState --- I can cd into it, but I can not do ls. Interestingly I can not do ls, not even after changing to superuser with sudo su. In fact, if I perform the sudo su while being on the above directory I get the error message:
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Operation not permitted

(file) Application Support/AddressBook/MailRecents-v4.abcdmr --- There is however lots of files in the directory AddressBook and there is two more files like the above one, ending in -shm and -wal (where the latter is an SQLite Write-Ahead Log file according to the command file).

(directory) Containers/com.apple.mail --- I can cd into it, but I can not even perform ls, not even as root.

(directory) Mail --- I can cd into it, but I can not even performls`, not even as root.

(file) Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist --- I can view the contents. Interestingly though, there is another file called com.apple.mail-shared.plist under the Preferences directory and I can not view that file with less, not even as root.

(file) Preferences/com.apple.mail.searchhistory.plist --- There is no such file in my system.

For the record I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and the Mail app is version 12.4 (3445.104.11).

Now, I would really like to avoid doing a factory reset, because this way I would lose about 4 years of emails from my previous organization. So, the question to you is the following: What other files or commands can affect the Reply-To part of the emails? (When I made the change in the past it was another terminal command because the above one did not work as expected even back then.)

I would appreciate any help on resolving this issue and I want to thank you in advance for your time on thinking about this matter and suggesting solutions.


texts: How to change default font size on iOS Mail for outgoing emails?

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I know that you can change the default font through the Format pane:

But if you change the font size, you only changing it for the very email you’re composing.

Is there a way to change the default font size?

My software version is 13.3.1.


texts: iPad 6th gen doesn't connect to android hotspot but connects with another iPhone

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I have iPad 6th generation WiFi-only model. It does not connect to my Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 mobile internet hotspot and other WiFi connections. However it connects to the hotspot of my iPhone SE model.

Interestingly both handsets uses same carriers. Restart, erasing network settings have already been done. How can I connect it to the said mobile's hotspot?


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For aesthetic reasons, I'd like to change the apple-touch-icon (the icon that is displayed in the favourites grid in Safari), for a website that I do not own (such as YouTube).

I thought I would be able to do this by editing the html to include <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="http://url-to-image.png">, then re-adding the website to my favourites. No luck. Although this did work in Windows to create a custom live tile.

Is there any other way this can be accomplished?


texts: Can outlook365 for mac be installed and connect to an email server via a script?

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Back in the old days of windows we would use 'roaming profiles' which were very buggy and unreliable but would autoconfigure some network shares and outlook so they could start using any computer. Thankfully we no longer use roaming profiles, or windows - but want to steal some of it's functionality for use on a mac.
I have created a script which (after they login to a share that only they use) connects their required shares, does some shortcuts etc but I would like to configure their outlook365 so they can start using their outlook instantly.
Is there any method that can autoconfigure outlook for me?


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Even though I have Bedtime turned off in IOS 13, it still appears in my alarms, eating up screen space at the price of all my custom alarms that I do use.

Worse, the IOS update turned on Bedtime wake up and set off the alarm hours before I needed to be up today. I’m typing this when I should still be asleep. Stinks!


texts: Why do local network hostnames resolve only in certain cases?

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I have a linksys router which runs "tomato" Linux and serves as the local DNS server. It runs dnsmasq.

I recently upgraded from OS X 10.4 to 10.6. Since then, resolution of hostnames on my local network works in some cases but not others. Previously, this all worked as expected.

Here's an example:

tesla:~ cell$ ping watt
ping: cannot resolve watt: Unknown host

tesla:~ cell$ ping watt.local
ping: cannot resolve watt.local: Unknown host

tesla:~ cell$ ping -c1 192.168.42.1
PING 192.168.42.1 (192.168.42.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.659 ms

--- 192.168.42.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.659/0.659/0.659/0.000 ms

tesla:~ cell$ host watt.local
watt.local has address 192.168.42.1

tesla:~ cell$ host watt
watt.local has address 192.168.42.1

My guess is that the host command is querying the DNS server directly, whereas ping and any GUI apps (ie. Safari) are using some sort of Mac DNS resolution routines, which are not working properly.

Please let me know if there's any other info I should provide.

Edit: included pinging ip directly in above example

Edit 2: My domain is using .local


texts: How to get 15 seconds forward and backward button on Touch Bar

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While playing any video, Touch Bar media controls almost always include a scrubber. Only sometimes do I see 15 second forward or backward buttons on the Touch Bar, and they are the ones which I find much more useful.
Is there any way I can enable those buttons on every media being played in safari for macOS?


texts: Is there a way to change the keyboard delay when switching virtual desktops in OSX?

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I use OSX 10.14.6, and I use virtual desktops to organize tasks. Often, these tasks involve typing. I will set an app to fullscreen mode and switch between desktops with the trackpad on my Macbook Pro.
When I switch desktops, there is an animation delay, which is fine. However, it seems that application focus does not immediately switch. This means that the first few keystrokes after a swipe gesture are captured by the original app (that I'm moving away from), not the target app. An example for this is Terminal - I may be working with commands in Terminal in one desktop and working with program output, or a website, or some other task in the other. Keystrokes are not captured correctly after the swipe gesture.
Is there a way to change this behavior? Is there a PLIST that can be edited to ensure that there is no delay between application focus, even if there is an animation involved?
Thank you.


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I try to compact Time Machine disk image but i can't find it. TM is in BackupDisk.

$ cd /Volumes
$ ls -1
Macintosh HD
MobileBackups
BackupDisk
$ sudo ls -l BackupDisk/
total 0
drwxrwxrwx@ 0 root wheel 0 Apr 24 11:17 Backups.backupdb

I think result of this last command should end up with ".sparsebundle".

How i can find what i need to put to ??? in following code:

sudo su - root
hdiutil compact /Volumes/???/???.sparsebundle


texts: How to delete all the recordings from the Voice Memos app on iOS?

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I need to delete all the tracks from Voice Memos app in iOS, in order to free up storage on my device. Deleting tracks one at a time is not an option since I have hundreds of them.

I am using an iPod touch 4G.


texts: xcode-select --install not available on update server

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I'm trying to install the new command line tools in OS X 10.9, and I get this weird error from Apple.

  Can't install the software because it is currently available from the Software Update server.

xcode-select --install

  A workaround is to download the tools from here https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action –  nnyby

But that also returns an error.

Can anyone offer an alternative way to download this?


texts: Using multiple screens, how to switch spaces on all screens left or right

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Assuming I am working on 3 screens, having 3 spaces on each screen.

How can I switch to the "left" space on each screen at the same time?


texts: So, on a Yosemite system, I enabled Remote Login (ssh) and added a specific user. When I ssh as this user, my home directory defaults to /var/empty. Was I supposed to do anything else to enable a correct Home directory? (Note that the system has an Active Directory network account server.)


texts: MacBook DNS works behind some routers, doesn't behind others

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I've found WiFi routers where I cannot open domains, but ping IP addresses just fine. This means I can't browse websites. This happens only on my Macbook, and these connections work fine for Windows laptops. How do I fix this?

I have two internet AP at my office, one is problematic, one isn't. I also have a wifi at home that works, but another wifi at my friend's house doesn't work.

Details

These tests were performed on the same machine. I can switch to either WiFi and this always happens.

Routers that are fine:

$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=246.502 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=256.395 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=233.746 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=391.504 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 233.746/282.037/391.504/63.709 ms

$ ping google.com
PING google.com (172.217.24.110): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.217.24.110: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=301.756 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.24.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=146.550 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.24.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=159.926 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.24.110: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=160.761 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 146.550/192.248/301.756/63.475 ms

$ nslookup google.com
Server:     8.8.8.8
Address:    8.8.8.8#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   google.com
Address: 74.125.200.113
Name:   google.com
Address: 74.125.200.138
Name:   google.com
Address: 74.125.200.101
Name:   google.com
Address: 74.125.200.102
Name:   google.com
Address: 74.125.200.100
Name:   google.com
Address: 74.125.200.139

$ dig google.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52892
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;google.com.            IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
google.com.     299 IN  A   172.217.24.110

;; Query time: 254 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 20 14:28:26 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 44

Routers that are problematic:

$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=43 time=275.333 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=43 time=167.851 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=43 time=160.801 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=43 time=193.566 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 160.801/199.388/275.333/45.511 ms

$ ping google.com
ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host

$ nslookup google.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

$ dig google.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> google.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached


texts: Macbook pro checkered display, safeboot works

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My Mid-2010 Macbook gone wild since morning.

I was running snowleopard but has Lion (dual boot). The recent changes I've done today is, installed trial version of AirParrot app and tried to use Extended display (it seems to install a virtual driver or something)

The delta of changes I've today are

Installed Airparrot trial
Updated Firefox 13 to 13.0.1
Tried newly bought wireless combo (Logitech K260)

Booting into OSX Lion also having the same issue. I've manually deleted AirParrotDriver.kext & APExtFramebuffer.kext from system and rebuilt kext cache

Another odd issue i notified is preview is not loading images, but quick look display the image from finder. (attached image) throws msg "invalid pixel format" & "invalid context" in console.app

I use acer 23" as secondar monitor, The issue is on both the display. As i said in the title, the display is working fine in safeboot.

I'm running safeboot to post this question.

Update:

It seems to be issue with hardware issue. I reinstalled Lion on separate partition, it doesn't fix it.

Safeboot works on snowleopard and lion
Reason being it doesn't load Quartz Extreme (related to graphics card?)

Update 2:

Disabling Quartz in Quartz Debug utility clears the Yellow grids in dragged/selected area of the screen.

Update 3:

Attaching the GPU-Z info (windows7 with bootcamp)

Btw, Apple authorized service provider confirmed, GPU is the culprit and cost me Logic board upgrade. To add oil to the fire, they also said battery is dead too (Service status)


texts: Bootable pendrive takes lot of time during 'Copying installer files to disk...'

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I am creating bootable pendrive with MacOS_ELCapitan using Macbook Pro 2019(Cataline).
using https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/388508 this thread.
But i am getting Copying installer files to disk... i have waited 4 hours for this.
Attached screenshot

Attached screenshot


texts: Notification Center: Sparrow notifications not removed automatically

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Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, Sparrow (email client) places notifcations in Notification Center.

I'm happy enough with that but when I read the email in Sparrow, the notification remains in Notification Center until I manually remove it which is a pain.

Does anyone know why?

Could it be on the Sparrow side not sending the API call back?

Is there a feasible work around?


texts: Built-in WebDAV client able to connect via HTTPS with client certificate?

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Using Mac OS 10.6.8, I'm trying to connect via HTTPS to a WebDAV server that requires client certificates. Without luck so far. The certificate is stored in the keychain.
Is this possible with the built-in WebDAV client?

Are there alternatives that integrate somewhat smoothly?


texts: Application Exposé with fullscreen window?

texts: Application Exposé (sometimes known as Application Windows) is a wonderful feature. One that I have wished for very hard! However, it seems it isn't available when an using an application window in fullscreen. Is there a way to enable it there too?


texts: Convert ALAC to aac 128k with all metadata intact

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I have about 300 gigs of ALAC files (m4a container) with well groomed metadata, album art, etc. (Original source: CD rips with dbPowerAmp). I want to convert my music library to 128kbps AAC (still m4a) to save on hard drive space on a small server.

The solution I'm hoping for is a command line based option using ffmpeg or the like. There's nothing Mac-specific about doing it that way but given it's all Apple codecs and I'm doing the conversion on a Mountain Lion box I thought I'd ask here. I can manage most of the shell scripting myself but I don't know ffmpeg well enough to be sure that it retains metadata and album art.

I've done a conversion in the past with iTunes 10; there's a trick where you manipulate "Convert higher bit rate songs to 128 kbps AAC". But the conversion quality is not sufficient. iTunes rewrites filenames in various circumstances, particularly when any non-ASCII is involved. Also it takes more than 20 hours to do the conversion and there's no clean way in iTunes to keep track of what's converted if the batch is interrupted.


texts: Display single double width chars in iterm3

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I have a battery-emoji in my prompt when the laptop is on battery power. Because this is a double width char and iterm has issues with it, my prompt is broken. One char after the prompt sign is swallowed because iterm calculates wrong terminal width.

To be clear: I have no issue with the emoji overlapping its next char or anything. I deliberately put it at the end of the line and I'm happy with that. I cannot put anything after the battery emoji because of the double width issues but this is not the problem I need to solve here.

The problem is that iTerm calculates a wrong width for the line where the emoji is (which is my prompt) and I want to know if there is a way to tell iTerm to calculate that correctly.


texts: How Do I Change The Desktop Order in Mission Control?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible to reorder spaces in Lion?

Currently, it doesn't seem possible to just drag and drop the desktops to change their order.

Is there any other way of doing it then?


texts:
When I look at all the processes running on Mac, I see a ton of them I have no idea what they are. Occasionally I google a few and find answers on the web.

However, I was thinking, it would be really nice to have a tool similar to Little Snitch - but instead of network watching, it would instead monitor running processes. Even better if it had a common database of known processes (ie. ones from Apple, things like Chrome, etc) and maybe flagged in yellow ones that were unknown to which I could then add my own notes if it was a process I knew about. In this way, after a short period of time, much like Little Snitch, I'd have identified all the usual processes on my machine and be able to track new ones that pop up that I might want to research.

In all my Google searching, I'm unable to find anything that does this. Anyone know of something that I'm missing that comes close to what I'm looking for?


texts: How to find apps registered to a different iTunes account

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An acquaintance of mine bought a used iPhone. The previous owner was a  friend. They installed some apps that the new owner wanted, but used the previous owner's iTunes account for convenience.

Now she has a new Macbook and wants to connect the iPhone to the iTunes running on it.

iTunes, however, refuses to do so before getting authorization for 10 apps that were registered using the former friend's account. This is what the dialog looks like (in German, sorry):

the friend is no longer a friend, so there is no way to get their password for the authorization. iTunes won't tell me which the 10 apps are.

I have no problem with just removing the 10 apps and reinstalling them, but I'm scared that they'll contain important data (like her Whatsapp which is chock full with contacts and chats).

Is there a way to tell which 10 apps are connected to the previous owner's account?


texts: upgrade iphone 4 to latest iOS as 9 or 10

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Is it possible to upgrade iPhone 4 iOS to 9 or 10 using jail break approach?

Main purpose to install apps which require latest iOS. So is there any method even through security bypass?

Rather throwing the older phone any possibility by experimenting?


texts: Move tilde (~) on macbook to the § (±) key for Brazilian Portuguese. How do I adjust the keyboard?

texts:
Just bought a macbook pro in Dubai with this keyboard layout:

I'm trying to move the tilde symbol to the § key, but I'm not succeeding. Anyone can help?

best,

D


texts:
I'm having a trouble with my Mac. It freezes totally when left idle for an hour or so and I can't get it to work by moving my mouse, pressing keys on the keyboard, etc., and I have to force restart the OS. I've checked my console, there are no logs in that except for one called system.log

Here's my System Information dialog.

I'm using nVidia GeForce 210 1GB graphics card but it's showing unknown

What should I do? I'm experiencing it since I've updated to Mountain Lion 10.8.5

The data in the system.log file before my first freeze is

Nov 24 10:31:38 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.aslmanager[929]): Exited with code: 255
Nov 24 10:31:39 localhost mds[43]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/ExternalHardDisk' (fd=24) left open on device 16777221
Nov 24 10:31:39 localhost fseventsd[52]: unmounting: failed to remove log dir /Volumes/ExternalHardDisk/.fseventsd (Directory not empty)
Nov 24 10:31:39 localhost com.apple.kextd[12]: Error reconsidering volume /Volumes/DATA.

Thanks.


texts: iphone default alert not being set on new calendar events created from mail

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I have the default alert time for events turned on, set to 30 minutes before. This works if I create a new event from within the calendar. However, if I create a new event following a link from email, the default alert is NOT set.

Is this a known bug or is there some other setting I need to turn on? It occurs either with apple's default Mail or with Mailbox.app, so it seems to be an issue with "Create Event" as opposed to with the particular app.


texts: Change battery from MacBook Pro to white MacBook

texts:
Is it possible put the battery from the MacBook Pro 13″ (2009-2012) to the white MacBook (2009)?

Are they same or not and which gives me more battery life?


texts: I need to install cmake for school.  I have tried using the source code but don't really understand where I should unpack it and how to add it to my path.  I also tried the .dmg file but the command cmake is not recognized after I dragged it to the applications folder. I have mac osx version 10.14.  I am a novice at this, any help is greatly appreciated.


texts:
Since I upgraded to Yosemite, the Mail app shows an irritating sort bar at the bottom of the message list. I like to view my email messages with the oldest message on the top. But now this sort bar is overlapping the newest message at the bottom.
Is there a way to move the sort bar to the top, or get rid of it all together?


texts:
During boot, I see the gray screen with the Apple logo, then the entire screen flashes pink for a couple seconds before boot continues normally.

Is this a problem/symptom of something?

MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013, Intel HD Graphics 4000


texts: What's the difference between chat.db, chat.db-shm and chat.db-wal

texts:
There are 3 files used to save Messages on Mac.

chat.db
chat.db-shm
chat.db-wal

What are each of them for?


texts: Have Microsoft Word 2015 remember spelling and auto correct preferences

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How can I have Microsoft Word actually remember my settings for spelling and auto correct? I am using the Microsoft Word 15 (Preview).

I untick all these preferences every single time. Word refuses to remember the settings.

And every single time I reopen Word, they are ticked again.


texts: How do I reset ios simulator in the given image back to original even after any number of rotations? Basically how to reset it back to normal

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rotated simulator which has to be reset to normal. If it is in normal state then it turns left or right after my code gets called. How do i write an applescript to always reset it.
Below is my code for rotating it:
tell application "System Events"
      if menu bar item "Hardware" of menu bar 1 of application process "Simulator" exists then
        click menu item "Rotate Left" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Hardware" of menu bar 1 of application process "Simulator"
      else
        click menu item "Rotate Left" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Device" of menu bar 1 of application process "Simulator"
      end if
    end tell


texts: Mac mini won't start in any mode. Looks to be some kind of disk failure

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We got a strange trouble. My sister has a mac mini, and it for same reason stopped working. Tried to restart it in any possible mode. Can't restart even from a bootable USB stick with mac OS, making it impossible to be erased or fixed. Only mode that started is single user mode ( command  line ) where the disk could not be fixed. But, I saw that in single user mode, I can list directories and files. So, the disk looks to be working.

What makes it even more bizarre, is that when plugged this disk as a external disk on another mac computer it restarts immediately and shows the black screen of death. ( that one that says "this computer restarted because of a problem").

Is this a physical disk failure? Any ideas? Never seen anything like that.


texts: OS X Maverick 10.9 Import SSL Cert from Windows Server 2008

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I created Open Directory and ProfileManager with self-signed certificate. Now I try to replace the self-signed certificate with the already Signed Certificated currently use on our Active Directory 2008. I do an Export .pfx cert from this link http://www.digicert.com/ssl-support/pfx-import-export-iis-7.htm

When I try "Import a Certificate Identity" from Certificate Menu on Left Sidebar of Server.app the application is hang.

I also use the keychain to import .pfx by follow this link http://www.digicert.com/ssl-support/p12-import-export-mac-server.htm but it also not available in Server.app Certificate

So Is there any command line that could help or a better way to add a private key + cert to Server.app


texts: Web search with Alfred create new tab or new window randomly

texts: I use google search with Alfred, but after I press 'Enter', sometime the searched content shows up in a new tab in Safari, which is what I prefer. But sometime a new window of safari is created without any reason. What should I do to avoid a new window? I've already set in the preference of Safari 'Open pages in tab instead of windows' to be 'Always'.


texts:
Until recently, when I scrolled in my terminal, it scrolled through the history. However, recently that behavior changed and now it scrolls through the command history.

Where is the setting to change it back?


texts:
For reasons unknown, I cannot get sound to work on any Bluetooth device (have tried several headsets and speakers). It always comes out of my main speaker even if I select another output audio source.

Tried restarting my MacBook Pro 2015.

Tried sudo killall coreaudiod

What's stranger, is that while none of my Bluetooth speakers or headsets can receive the sound, all of my Bluetooth headsets (in particular) will not only unpair but vanish from my Bluetooth menu after I try them. I have to turn them off and back on to get them to show. During the brief period in which the headsets are on, YouTube will lock up and refuse to play until the device vanishes again.

I kept cycling thru my three headsets over and over trying different sources for audio and suddenly my Logitech H800 started getting shitty tin can audio. I tried another and it got intermittent tin can audio. I restarted the different audio sources several times, reconnected each headset, in turn, several times, and eventually, my audio and connection stability returned to all Bluetooth devices.

This isn't the first time something like this has happened with my Bluetooth audio devices on my Mac and resolving it feels like some sort of voodoo rain dance.

WTH really happened here and how do I fix this efficiently when it happens again?


texts: Disk utility, shrink 1 partition, expand the other

texts: I have two partitions on my external HDD, I shrinked 1 partition (Macintosh Lion) in order to expand the other (Macintosh HD), but I can't drag the lower right corner to expand of the 'Macintosh HD' partition, I can only do it with the 'Macintosh Lion' one, ideas?


texts:
I am using a keyboard mapping application on Mountain Lion to map combinations like CMD+v to CTRL+v as I'm from a Windows background.
However its a bit a hit and miss. For instance Finder still uses CMD+v as does Ableton.
Does anyone know how to map these keyboard combinations properly?


texts: size of OSX Yosemite, don't understand who only 40 GB let on HD

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I installed Yosemite 10.4 on my 500 GB MBP hard drive.
I only have 40 Gb left.
Though i have :
Pictures 88 GB
Music 60 GB
Movies 5 GB
Documents 4 GB
Dropbox 6 GB
Desktop 0 GB
Downloads 1 GB
for a total of 164 GB out of 500 GB.
I have 40 GB left so this sum up 204 GB.
What is taking the rest of my space 500-204=296 GB?
Can't imagine that Yosemite+Recovery HD takes 296 GB inlcuding Library and System folders.

Please is there any explanation?

Thanks!


texts: How can I safely backup and remove Photos from MacBook (El Capitan)?

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Sub question: Can this be done without a great deal of manual nonsense?

I have over 100GB of Photos / Videos in my library after a couple years of imports from my iPhone. While I know that most of these have been backed up to Dropbox automagically, I really want to make sure that I have a true backup and then reclaim this space on my machine.

Apart from the fact that these things are apparently stored in more than one 'library' since the migration of iPhotos to Photos, and there's nothing that I have found that sounds a clear 'happy path' to accomplishing this goal short of manually exporting through what seems to be a rather laborious process.

Perhaps I am seeing / making this more complicated than it needs to be, so if someone can recommend the best way to do this without having to spend hours and hours manually exporting things.

Ideally I would like to simply connect an external drive and export everything in its original quality to said drive and then easily wipe them from my MacBook's SSD. Can this be done without fear of losing anything in the process?

My thanks to the community for any help that can be offered!


texts: Fake.app: How to loop thru the rows in a CSV file and use the data in my Workflow?

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I am using Fake to automate some web tasks.

I have a CSV file on disk that contains rows of data which I'd like to use to fill out forms in my Fake Workflow.

How can I iterate thru the rows in the CSV file and access the values found in each column in my Fake Workflow?


texts:
Frequently and inconsistently, emails are being sent to the Junk mailbox. I have set rules for these emails, but they still end up in Junk. The emails that get sent to Junk are subscribed that I have created separate mailboxes for and set rules to send them to their individual mailbox. This works fine for most emails, but for some bizarre reason, emails from senders beginning with the letter M (e.g. Military.com, Medium Daily Digest.com, etc.) go inconsistently haywire. If I click on the email in Junk and use the "Apply Rules" command it is transferred from Junk to the appropriate mailbox.
At what point are the rules applied? How can I keep this from happening to good emails?


texts: How can I write a tab character in Safari?

texts:
I tried using the tab key with the modifier keys, but I didn't get Safari to write a tab character in a text field shown in an HTML page.

Is it possible to do it? If it is possible, how can I do it?


texts: How to click button with applescript using UI Element Inspector

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I am new to applescript. I am trying to open a webpage, and click a button on that webpage.

here is my script:

tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events"
    tell application "System Events" to open location "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8"
    click button "View In iTunes" of window "iBooks for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store"
end tell

here is my info gathered from inspector:

<AXApplication: “Safari”>
 <AXWindow: “iBooks for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store”>
  <AXGroup>
   <AXGroup>
    <AXGroup>
     <AXScrollArea: “”>
      <AXWebArea: “”>
       <AXLink: “View In iTunes
”>
        <AXGroup: “”>

Attributes:
   AXRole:  “AXGroup”
   AXSubrole:  “(null)”
   AXRoleDescription:  “group”
   AXChildren:  “<array of size 1>”
   AXHelp:  “”
   AXParent:  “<AXLink: “View In iTunes
”>”
   AXPosition:  “x=-9566 y=574”
   AXSize:  “w=10105 h=23”
   AXTitle:  “”
   AXDescription:  “”
   AXValue:  “”
   AXFocused:  “0”
   AXEnabled:  “1”
   AXWindow:  “<AXWindow: “iBooks for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store”>”
   AXSelectedTextMarkerRange (W):  “(null)”
   AXStartTextMarker:  “<AXTextMarker 0x100151f70 [0x7fff77fa1110]>{length = 24, bytes = 0x070000000000000078140319010000000000000001000000}”
   AXEndTextMarker:  “<AXTextMarker 0x100177c50 [0x7fff77fa1110]>{length = 24, bytes = 0x9a00000000000000c09de015010000000e00000001000000}”
   AXVisited:  “0”
   AXLinkedUIElements:  “(null)”
   AXSelected:  “0”
   AXBlockQuoteLevel:  “0”
   AXTopLevelUIElement:  “<AXWindow: “iBooks for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store”>”
   AXTitleUIElement:  “(null)”

Actions:
   AXPress - press
   AXShowMenu - show menu

How do I click the "View in iTunes" button?


texts: How to save a .css file from TextEdit or Word?

texts:
I once read you could force the color of visited links in Safari by adding a:visited { color: #6611cc !important; } in the .css file under Preferences < Advanced. In this way, it will turn every link you've clicked on purple and by so override the actual web design.

I like the idea but I tried to do so, but TextEdit or Word won't allow me to save the file. It wants to add .rtf, .webdesign or other extensions behind the .css.
How can I force to add this to the .css file?


texts: How do I delete all of the music on my iPhone 5?

texts: I have tried to delete all of the music off through iTunes and through settings. the computer and settings says it is gone but when i go to the music app it is all still there just not downloaded. all of my songs are shown but they have the cloud icon with the arrow pointing down next to them. I went them all gone to the point that I can't even see them on my phone. How do i do this?


texts: Dashboard massively consume CPU and memory

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I have set my dashboard as overlapped in system preferences, and I despite I have few widgets on it (just a calculator, a calendar and a clock), it takes all my CPU and memory:

For now I've just disabled, but I find it useful and I'd like to know if there's a way to fix it.


texts: In which countries can I use 3G service with a Wi-Fi + 3G model of the iPad 2 that was purchased in the U.S.?

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If I purchase a Wi-Fi + 3G model of the iPad 2 in the U.S., can I use the 3G service outside of the U.S.? If so, in which countries and how would I go about doing so? For what it's worth, I am specifically interested in using the iPad 2 in Japan.

My question is related to Will an iPad 2 3G from UK work on a Poland's (or another country's) 3G network? I was a bit troubled by the following quote in the answer.

  The broader situation is that the only problematic (less interoperable) 3G iPad is the Verizon-specific model sold in the USA

Does this mean that any iPad 2 purchased in the U.S. is incompatible with 3G service abroad?


texts: iOS 13 not recognizing contacts with country code

texts:
This morning I downloaded brand new iOS 13 (Official Release) and found it very cool, specially dark mode.

The thing is that I started receiving calls and the contact names are not being identified, Ive found out that this is happening cause some contacts are registered with country code, for example:

In above image my friend Antonio is registered with country code: +52 1 (55) etc...

Before iOS 13 the number was formatted with parenthesis but now it doesn't.

And before iOS 13 the call identifier perfectly recognizes all numbers with that format, but now it doesn't either:

Coincidentally this exact thing happened to Antonio on his own iPhone so I suppose maybe its a very common issue.

Am I missing some new configuration or what can we do? Thanks.


texts: How to choose on which display Application Switcher shows?

texts:
I always have a lot of applications open at the same time. In order to quickly switch between them, I use CMD+Tab shortcut. In order to switch even faster, I sometimes use CMD+Tab and then select the app I want with my mouse pointer and have a gesture to open Application Switcher with my Trackpad.

I just installed OS X Mavericks and realized it always shows Application Switcher on my laptop screen instead of "main" external display. This makes it hard to switch fast between applications since my cursor is on the external display and App Switcher is on laptop's screen.

Is there any way to change this? I tried swapping the menubar "block" in System Preferences => Display => Arrangement, but it didn't help.


texts: Connect iPad/iPhone to WiFI, but not MBP?

texts: I have an iPhone and iPad that have permission to connect to WiFi W (Work).  I have a MiFi device (M), and I want my MacBook Pro to connect to M and not W.  How can I do this?  It seems that when Apple remembers a WiFi password (e.g., for W), it does it for all your Apple devices, including laptops.


texts: Before Lion I used Exposé daily. Now with Lion it's gone and Mission Control is in its place. Now when I use MC it groups all my open pages instead of showing each page. This is kind of a pain when swapping between applications.  Is there a way I can use a Hot Key or pointer swipe to show ALL of my open pages, spanning different applications?


texts:
I have GuizmoDNS installed on my iPhone (it can lock in DNS settings for WiFi and Cellular data). This is great for when my kids browse the web, as it can block most inappropriate sites, and the settings themselves are password protected.

But removing the tweak itself is an easy way around this. Is there any way to password protect the removal of Cydia tweaks?

I would very much like to not have to password protect Cydia itself.


texts: Dismissing Notification on one device persists on other devices

texts:
I don't recall the exact OS version I had on my iPhone and Watch, but starting with a recent update it seems like if I clear/dismiss a notification on my iPhone, it does not clear on my Watch. I'm pretty sure it used to clear everywhere, as I don't recall seeing very old notifications on my watch like I do now.

I don't recall changing any settings, but perhaps I did and forgot.

In general, is there a way where dismissing notifications on one device dismisses it on all linked devices?


texts: App Store won't install apps I'm trying to re-download, I see the iCloud icon instead of INSTALL icon

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Once I've deleted an app from my iPad, I only see the iCloud icon with a down arrow rather than the "Install" button.  When I click on the iCloud icon, nothing happens. I've looked at App Store sometimes can't install, iCloud icon instead of INSTALL icon, but I know my iCloud and App Store passwords and they've been updated in my settings, but I never get asked for any password.  On rare occasion, when I click on the iCloud icon I see the timer circle that indicates something is downloading but it goes away in a second and the iCloud icon returns.

I have no problem downloading new apps, but ones I've deleted I can't re-download. How can I fix that?


texts: How do I remove a server iTunes is complaining about?

texts:
Every time I launch iTunes I get this pop-up message:
iTunes can’t verify the identity of the server “www.EXAMPLE.com”.

I have no idea where that's from! I'm guessing it's maybe a podcast I added a long time ago? But I can't even see podcasts in the UI any more! (I'm on Version 12.9.5.5)
How do I find this so I can remove this and stop the pestering?


texts: iTerm2 settings are reset upon app close

texts:
If I change a setting within iTerm2, using the Preferences panel ex. under Window i set transparency and blur. This works as long as I do not close iTerm. Once I close the app and reopen, everything is reset to as it were before.

Also the Theme i am using is not showing properly. Some of the colors wont change even if I change to different themes.

I am using oh-my-zsh. as well!

This problem has persisted in all versions of OS X I have tried.


texts: How to disable the scrolling on OS X Safari?

texts: What I would like to be able to do is set a certain part of a webpage in the viewport of Safari and then "Lock" the scrolling temporarily so that I can't accidentally scroll up or down and move what I have set up in that window.


texts: Terminal/ZSH Problems & Permission problems

texts:
I downloaded something out of the Internet and executed it, which might could have malware. After that I deleted all of that and i opened my Terminal and it gave me this error:

/Users/flawn/.zshrc:.:1: no such file or directory: /usr/local /etc/profile.d/z.sh
flawn@osx: ~|master⚡ ⇒  open .zshrc

These files exist and i could open it . I also tried to chmod all Files, but it didnt fix it. My fear is, that my system might not boot because of that permission errors...

Greetings


texts:
If VLC is running, playing a movie at file path X, is there any way I can know what file path X is from a Bash script? (For simplicity's sake we can assume that only one instance of VLC is running.)

Update: I now know this can be done using the following methods. Are there other ways, perhaps a way of asking VLC directly?

AppleScript (macOS only)
lsof (All Unix)


texts: I have created a spreadsheet on numbers to track profit/loss of cryptocurrency investments. I have taken the data for the current value of the cryptocurrency using stock quote so it updates every few minutes. I have a total profit amount at the bottom of the spreadsheet that changes as the figures do. I’d like to create a line graph that shows the profit going up and down over time. I’m not sure how to make the x axis correspond to a date and how to link this with the profit, I don’t really want it to update every few minutes as the figures do but possibly once daily. Can anyone help please?


texts: How can an iPad in airplane mode detect iOS update?

texts:
I have an iPad Air 2. It only has Wi-Fi capability and I keep it in airplane mode as I don't want it linking to my iPhone or other Apple accounts and disrupting any in progress memo recordings.

Well, the iPad has been in airplane mode for the last 1 week. This morning I saw on my iPhone that an update was available so I went ahead with that update. When I accessed my iPad to update and went into settings to turn off airplane mode I noticed that it had already detected that an update was available!

How is that even possible when it had been in airplane mode all week?


texts: Mac App Store apps without internet connection

texts: I want to set up a Mac running a recent version of OS X but I don't want it to be connected to the internet because of security reasons. Is it possible to copy and activate apps bought and installed from the App Store on an other computer to the one with no internet connection? I know that the App Store validates the license to install such apps and it actually needs an internet connection to do so. But maybe there is a kind of license key file that can also be coppied over to the air gapped box.


texts: How to set-up Airport Timed Access Control such that Airplay keeps working?

texts:
I just tried using Airport Utility's Timed Access Control for my Airport Express and MacBook Pro.
Unfortunately the Airport Express cuts out all communication with a device during the restricted time, including the Airplay "channel".

Is it possible to configure the Timed Access Control such that only WAN access is blocked and the Airport Express is kept working in "LAN-mode"?


texts: Siri is draining my battery since upgrading to iOS 11

texts:
A few weeks back I upgraded finally from iOS 10 to 11 (I got an Apple Watch so had no choice if I wanted to use it).  Ever since then, my battery life has gone to crap on my iPhone SE.  The worst culprit is apparently Siri.  I've found other questions such as this one dealing with the same thing, but the proposed solution seems to be inconclusive since others have the same problem with different "solutions", and also I actually use the suggested apps quite often so don't want to disable them anyway.

Why on earth is Siri suddenly consuming so much battery since upgrading, and what can I do about it?  Is it related to Siri use on the Watch?  I do use Siri there quite a lot as it's extremely convenient, but it's not like I dictate books or something... just the odd short iMessage or Skype reply.

EDIT:  After disabling Hey Siri for a couple of days, my battery drain has slowed way down and Siri is only a very small part of it.  I'm not convinced however that this is actually the culprit however because this had never happened before.  I've turned it back on now and will see if anything changes again.


texts: Problem fixing my corrupted USB drive on OS X

texts:
I followed your tutorial How do I fix a corrupted USB drive on OS X?
and got the final message:

  dd: /dev/disk2: Permission denied

Then I tried it with a sudo command and got the message:

  dd: /dev/disk2: Resource busy

Do you have an idea how I can successfully fix my corrupted USB drive?


texts: How to change DNS on macOS CLI (if i don't know interface name)?

texts:
macOS (Catalina) and I want to start IKEv2 VPN client (CLI). Bad luck, ipsec can't change DNS servers. I can add UpDown script and run several commands on VPN up/down.
For example, I like networksetup -setdnsservers <interface> <DNS>, but there is a problem. I need to send this script to users who will use my VPN server. And I don't know what interface they are using to go to the Internet.
Is it any way to change current DNS servers on macOS by CLI commands?


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I have an iPhone5 that was synced to a PC when I first got it.

I had an older BlackBerry that had hundreds of pictures and I wanted them transferred to the iPhone which is why the sync happened. I had a friend do it, and now I'm trying to upgrade the phone to iOS 8 but I don't have enough space.

I tried to delete some photos but I noticed that hundreds of these photos are in albums that are labeled "from My Computer" and are unable to be deleted.

I no longer have access to that original computer that synced the photos, what can I do if I want to keep the photos, but remove them from the phone?


texts: Harmonic noise introduced when using an iPhone dock extension cable connected to a mic peripheral

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I am using a Tascam iM2 stereo mic connected to the dock of an iPhone 4S. When the peripheral device is connected directly, there is no problem. Hoever, when I use a dock extension cable, a strange harmonic noise is introduced. I have tried extension cables from different manufacturers, and even the highly rated dockXtender extension cable made by CableJive introduces the noise.

This is somewhat strange as the analogue-to-digital (bear with my British English) converter is built into the peripheral device. This is not analogue noise picked up in the cable as the signal is pure digital on route to the iPhone. The noise seems to be introduced in the digital domain. I recorded a sample of audio in my office and analysed it using Matlab. The noise fluctuates in amplitude, but it is clearly a harmonic complex with a very precise 1-kHz fundamental frequency. The ADC reportedly samples at 44.1 kHz, so it is particularly strange that the harmonic noise comes in with a periodicity that is not even an intiger multiple of the sampling period. As a side note, I have heard a similar harmonic noise in the past emitted from some laptop sound cards (specifically Vaio C1s models).

Given that the noise never fluctuates in frequency, testing has shown that I can remedy the problem by pre-processing with a fractional delay filter based on the information here . . .
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=951433
. . . but this is a computationally expensive filter to implement.

Prevention is better than cure. My question is, what is the origin of this strange harmonic noise and if possible, how do I remedy it so that I do not have to waste processing power implementing an additional filter?


texts: Macbook 16" won't extend desktop with Display Port Chaining

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I have a new Macbook 16" running 10.15.3 OSx with an AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB for the graphics card and I'm unable to get the desktop to extend using just Display Port chaining.

The monitors I'm trying to chain together are a Dell P2719HC 27-inch (1920 x 1080) and a Dell U2415 24-inch (1920 x 1200).  The 27" is a new monitor that I received with the laptop however the 24" I've had for several years and was using in a chained model with my Lenovo laptop that I'm moving away from.

I have tried the following configurations without any success and the best that I've been able to achieve is that the 24" mirrors the 27" but will never extend to it's own desktop.

Chained

MBP USB-C -> 27" USB-C (MST Enabled) -> DP -> 24" DP (DP 1.2 Enabled) = "Mirror"

MBP USB-C -> 27" DP (MST Enabled) -> DP -> 24" DP (DP 1.2 Enabled) = "Mirror"

MBP USB-C -> 27" DP (MST Enabled) -> DP -> 24" DP (DP 1.2 Disabled) = "Mirror"

MBP USB-C -> 24" DP (DP 1.2 Enabled) -> DP -> 27" DP (MST Enabled)  = "Out of Sync Error on 27"

MBP USB-C -> 24" DP (DP 1.2 Enabled) -> DP -> 27" DP (MST Disabled)  = "Out of Sync Error"

UnChained (Using two cables to drive them at the same time)

MBP USB-C -> 27" USB-C (MST Enabled) = "Extended"

MBP USB-C -> 24" DP (DP 1.2 Enabled) = "Extended"

What is causing the chaining to only allow mirroring?

** UPDATE ** (3/22 @ 13:27 PST)

I've attempted to go back to a know good configuration using the original two monitors that I used with my Lenovo setup to try chaining those two monitors together removing the 27" from the equation and even with that configuration the two external monitors will only mirror each other.  It seems like the USB-C ports on the new MacBooks are not true Display Port 1.2+ compatible and requires individual connections to each external monitor that you want to extend your desktop to.  What gives apple?


texts: "Item not available" error when trying to upgrade to High Sierra

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I'm trying to upgrade my Macbook Pro late 2011 from Sierra to High Sierra via this link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-high-sierra/id1246284741?ls=1&mt=12
However, when it opens the itunes store shows this error:

To be safe I tried it with the Mojave update via this link here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12
and it gave me the same error. I read on this forum (and tried their solutions) that this might mean that it's not available for me to download. Where can I download the High Sierra update?


texts: How do you log out of the Mac App Store?

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When you are logged in with into the Mac App Store and it prompts for the password like this:

how do you log out without entering the password?


texts: Is there a way I can use the force click on my MacBook trackpad as a right click (secondary click)?


texts: How to restore an iPhone backup from an external hard drive (windows)

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I backed up my phone on itunes and it took a lot of space on my laptop so I put the backup on an external drive, however, not knowing any better, I did not create any symlink.
Is there any way I can restore the backup to my new phone from the external drive?
Thank you for any help.


texts: Is it possible to view two Apple IDs at the same time on the Find iPhone app?

texts: Do you need the same Apple ID to find my iPhone ? I have 3 iPhones 2 with the same Apple ID 1 with a different I'd can it be done?


texts: Is it possible to AirPlay from Mac to iPhone?

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I'm working on a native macOS app. I need to test some multi-monitor issues. When I'm at home I use AirPlay to my TV to test multi-monitor issues. But, when I'm at a cafe or co-working space if I could AirPlay to my iPhone then I could continue to work on multi-monitor issues.

I suspect people might suggest Air Display but I'm not sure it lets me display to iPhone and reviews are very poor.

Ideally I'd just like "AirPlay to iPhone" to show up as an option on my Mac.


texts: System Integrity Protection breaks DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH for python scripts

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I have some custom modules that are generated using SWIG that are installed in a a local path eg:

catkin_ws/devel/lib/python2.7/site-packages

When I try to run a python script that uses one of these modules, I get an import error:

"/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
ImportError: No module named _mag_manip

I've figured out that this is due to the shebang at the top of the python script:

#!/usr/bin/env python

Because /usr/bin/env is protected by System Integrity Protection (SIP), the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable is not loaded and some modules cannot be found. A fix is to replace the shebang with the hardcoded path of python ie:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

Since my code runs on Linux and Mac OSX, replacing the normal python shebang with a hardcoded path on mac is not a really good solution. Does anybody know what the best solution is here?


texts: Trying to find what driver my printer is currently using on OS X

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I have two Macs, and one (with Mavericks) is working with a Sharp printer no problem, the other Mac (also with Mavericks) on the same printer cannot print to it.

The mac having the problem can see the print can add it, and for all intents purposes it believes it is printing to it. I want to confirm what driver each Mac is using and I cannot locate that specifically. I have looked at all the drivers on each machine and they both look to have the same driver options on each computer.

So how to I tell which driver they are each currently using? In case it is a simple as they are using different drivers.


texts: Set Find my Friends so it shows my laptop location instead of my iPhone location?

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Find my Friends currently shows my iPhone location. I would like to change it so it shows my Mac location instead. I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.6.

Is this supported directly by Apple or a 3rd party tool or app?


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Ever since upgrading to Yosemite 2 days ago my notifications no longer work. I can't even open the notification center by clicking the icon in the menubar. Nothing happens when i click it.

Anyone know what's going on or where to look to further investigate the issue?


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I have just installed a ssd drive into my iMac mid 2010 formatted the drive and installed Maverick and migrated only my applications from the old system drive which is now in a dock station. all when well but I cant save an image from Photoshop or any onto the new drive, an image from the firefox....

message:
"Could not save as “Untitled-1.jpg” because the file is locked, you do not have necessary access permissions, or another program is using the file. Use the ‘Get Info’ command in the Finder to ensure the file is unlocked and you have permission to access the file. If the problem persists, save the document to a different file or duplicate it in the Finder"

Info on the new drive has sharing & permissions- System (R&W), Wheel (RO), Everyone (RO)

what do I need to do??


texts: Sharing common folder in OS Mavericks and on Windows 8?

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I have many PCs with Windows 8.1 and a Mac with Mavericks. I have a folder on the Mac that is shared with the PC. "Share" folder which is shared over network .
I want help regarding this :

1) I want to share this folder to Windows 8.1. with the guest user so that I don't have to create a new user for sharing, and also give the password and username to every user who is going to be connected to my network.

2) Secondly , I want this folder have Read & Write permission over network so that anyone can write and read to this folder.

I am able to view the folder in Windows with the username and password, but when I try to write some data to shared folder in Windows, I am not able to access the written data in the Mac. I get the permission issue "You don't have permission to read this data."

I am very new to Mac and help would be appreciated.

I followed this guide.

http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/08/share-files-from-mac-to-windows-pc/


texts: How do I make iTunes 'forget' a device in Mavericks?

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Before Mavericks it seems it was easy to make iTunes forget a device as per this question: Can you make iTunes forget a device?

However according to this Apple support article Sync Services doesn't exist anymore in Mavericks

  Note: OS X Mavericks does not use Sync Services. Instead, Mavericks supports sharing your information using several network-based and cloud-based solutions. If you want to sync your information across multiple devices and computers, you should use one or more of these methods. These include iCloud, CardDAV servers, CalDAV servers, or servers that use the Exchange ActiveSync protocol.

What is the new trick in Mavericks to make iTunes forget a device?


texts: Upgrade from iOS 12.4.1 to 12.4.7 on an iPhone 6s

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There's a critical exploit in the iOS Mail app that was just recently patched in iOS versions 13.5 and 12.4.7. (BTW, if you haven't updated your iOS version to either of these builds, you should disable the Mail app on your iPhone as an interim fix to avoid getting pwned.)

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/05/21/apple-ios-135-release-should-you-upgrade-new-iphone-update/

iOS 12.4.7 was supposedly pushed out for older devices that are incompatible with iOS 13.

I am using an iPhone 6s, running iOS 12.4.1. Checking for Software Updates via Settings app → General → Software Update only offers to install iOS 13.5.

I assume there must be some sort of download link where I can get an iOS 12.4.7 installer package and load it onto my phone via iTunes, although I wasn't able to find one.

Is there a way to install iOS 12.4.7 on iPhone 6s?

IMPORTANT: For anyone who didn't know, there's a big difference between the iPhone 6s and the original iPhone 6. The 6s has significantly improved hardware specs, most importantly double the RAM (https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/26/9401563/iphone-6s-teardown-ram-confirmed-2gb) which often makes the difference between "running the latest apps properly" and "puzzling, bizarre random crashes".


texts: Can an iPhone stream to multiple Airplay devices at the same time?

texts: I really love AirPlay so I thought about buying a second AirPort Express for another amplifier in the apartment. But will my iPhone5/iPad2 be able to stream to both AirPlay devices simultaneously?


texts: Software // System/library/frameworks -> deleted QTKIT.framework

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Deleted by accident -> QTKIT.framework folder. Finder crashes on start-up as do most applications.

Any idea how I can restore this? No time-machine back up.

Yosemite 10.10.5
macbook pro 2011


texts: MacBook Pro freezes and shows console error messages

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When I log in to my MacBook Pro (Mac OS X 10.5.8 w/ Intel 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, and 4 GB of DDR3 ram with a few bad sectors), it started entering my desktop but returned me to the log in screen.
So, I took my MacBook Pro to the nearest Apple Store (where they were holding the memorial for Steve Jobs and I had to wait for hours) :'(, where they determined that one of my launch preferences was corrupted. They created a new account, and they transferred data from my old account to the new one without the bad preferences.
After I got back, my computer continued to work and Spotlight started its indexing again. However, the MacBook Pro started to spontaneously panic (but not a kernel panic) and shows console error messages over the desktop (which freezes). This happens out of the blue without provocation. Here is a screen shot from my iPhone:

Does anyone knows how to fix this??? The problem is I need to do some critical tasks on this computer for the next 7 days, and won't have access to any reinstallation media before then. So I hope I can apply at least a temporary fix for now...
Thanks!


texts: How does one update a Jailbroken 4S on 6.1 to 6.1.1 and preserve their jailbreak?

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I'm running a iOS 6.1 on a jailbroken iPhone 4S. I was one of the many to jailbreak my phone when evasi0n came out. As some of you may know, Apple has released iOS 6.1.1, an 'emergency' update for some battery and other issues experienced on the 4S. I'm one of those affected by the battery issues (its not the jailbreak's fault, I'm very conservative with what I install).

I'm hesitant to just hit update in iTunes. Do I need to restore my phone first to a fresh 6.1.1, restore all my data then re-jailbreak? Am I going to have to install all of my tweaks again? Thanks for any input on this.


texts: How to activate my iPhone with a broken home button

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My iPhone says "press home to restart" but my home button is broken so there is no way to press home.

I can't use the answers in How do you activate an iPhone with broken home button iOS 10 as my iPhone isn't linked to my computer, and I can't activate Assistive Touch.

How can I activate my iPhone nevertheless?


texts: How to add (programatically) a custom icon in the Finder's sidebar favorite list?

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When Dropbox (for example) is installed, it adds a “Favorite Item” in the Finder Sidebar Favorite Items List with his own icon and pointing to its custom folder.
How do they do it ?

I’ve tried adding with PlistBuddy modifying the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist, but this is too limited, since I cannot add binary data, the bindings, TemplateSystemSelector, and other stuff needed in the array of the dictionary.

Maybe it’s a simpler way through Xcode coding…

Notice that with "Favorite Servers" is easier since it has just a Name and URL, and the icon is not customizable. So I'm not asking about Servers, but Favorites Items ;-)


texts: Can the cp command be used to restore a hard drive?

texts:
My cousin contacted me for tech support because her computer was refusing to boot to the startup drive, and the issue turned out to be a corrupted drive that Disk Utility refused to fix, telling us to format the drive. I looked for a way to back up her files and found this answer, which says that you can use Recovery HD's Terminal's cp command.

Her computer is currently running cp -pRv "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/" "/Volumes/EHD" and it seems to be working, copying every file on her computer to her external drive. Since it's not Time Machine, though, putting everything back in its place is going to be a hassle. I was wondering, once we format the drive, could we just use cp again? How much of the setup process would that get done for us?

To clarify, could we, for example, not even bother reinstalling OS X or anything, just run cp -pRv "/Volumes/EHD/" "/Volumes/Macintosh HD"? Would that restore everything and make it functional?


texts: Cannot unlock Users & Groups in System Preferences

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I was making some changes recently, trying to rename my user account in macOS High Sierra System Preferences, and it seems I've locked myself out from making any changes to Users & Groups now.

When I click the lock icon (Click the lock to make changes), I am prompted for a User Name and Password. No matter what I input in these fields I am unable to unlock the preferences. I am sure I know my User Name, otherwise I wouldn't be able to log into the computer, and there is only 1 user on my Mac.

I've also tried with:

sudo dscl . -merge /Groups/admin GroupMembership <username>

Password:

<username> is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

So it seems the name change is causing a mismatch between what's in the sudoers file, so I basically have no user with admin access right now.

Does anyone know how I can reset these, even from the command line?


texts: Installed Snow Leopard on VirtualBox but can't install guest additions

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My host machine is Windows 7. I installed Snow Leopard on VirtualBox but i am having problem installing the guest additions. The guest additions iso is mounted in /Volumes/VBOXADDITIONS_4. But if I run the install command sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditons.run I get Unable to determaine library path.

Is installing guest additions for Mac OS X on VirtualBox even possible?


texts: Remotely access hard disk of my Time Capsule being used a primary router

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I tried to follow methods 2 and 3 outlined in this guide https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3413 on accessing my Time Capsule hard disk from outside of my network.

Unfortunately, both these methods are not working for me. When I try to connect I get a "There was a problem connecting to the server" message.

I suspect it may have something to do with the fact that I also use my Time Capsule as my primary router.

More details below:

For the Method #2 in Setup section I skipped steps 1-2 because I have a static IP address and thus I don't need a dynamic DNS service. I continued with step 3 "Enable file sharing" & "Share disks over WAN". Then I followed the "To access the AirPort Disk:" section and tried to connect from another Mac connected to the internet using my iPhone data connection. When I tried to connect from Finder's "Connect to Server" and input afp://mypublicstaticIPaddress:8888 I got the "There was a problem connecting to the server" message.
For Method #3 I followed the Setup section to the letter and when I tried to connect as per the "To access the AirPort Disk:" section, which I also followed to the letter I got the same "There was a problem connecting to the server" message.

Can anyone suggest what else I may need to do to get either of these methods working?

UPDATE August 30, 2019: now, when trying to connect from Finder by pressing CMD+K and not inputting any connection type prefix like afp or smb, I get a different error: "This file server will not allow any additional users to log on. Try to connect again later."

UPDATE January 11, 2020: The issue was that I didn't have a public IP address, my ISP uses carrier grade NAT, so I had to ask for a public IP address.


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macOS Catalina Version 10.15.5
I have downloaded XQuartz from following page (https://www.xquartz.org/). The application installed and shown on the Utilities folder. When I open it, it is shown a second on the docker and always gone away (quits itself). It does not show up on the running applications, so I crashes due to some reason.

I don't know how can I fix this issue, since I am not able to open the application. Is there any way can I fix this issue?


texts: I would like to confirm that iPhone 8 256 GB rear camera Apple part number 661-08936 fits phone model MQ7Q2LL/A. Thanks,


texts: How do I use an Apple Card to pay for iTunes and App Store?

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Currently I have iTunes and App Store payments on my account set up to use a credit card. I would like in future to use my App Card to do this, but when I enter the Apple Card number and information provided (on iOS in Wallet), the card is rejected. I've had no trouble using the same information to make purchases elsewhere, and the description associated with the information suggests that this ought to work:

There is no option in Wallet to achieve this either.

How do I use an Apple Card as the default card to pay for iTunes and App Store?


texts: Deleting all keychain passwords on MacBook Pro

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I want to delete all keychain passwords. I want to use my computer without any keychains.

Is this possible? If so, how do I do this?


texts: how to set 'arrange by' for all the folders in the finder

texts:
In finder, we can 'arrange by' for each folder separately, but how to set these settings for all folders.

NOTE: i have tried 'Use as defaults' in info dialog but of no use


texts: How to save photos from iCloud to external hardrive

texts: My iCloud is full and i would like to move the photos from my icloud on my macbook to my external hardrive. I do not have a desktop or WINDOWS


texts: Does erasing Macintosh HD then restoring from Time Machine result in the HDD being reformatted?

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I recently had a problem with the Macintosh HD that could not be repaired using the disk utility so I erased the disk (using disk utility) then restored from time machine (most recent backup)

Does this result in the HDD being reformatted or could any potentially bad disk areas be reused inadvertently?


texts: How can I use iCloud's 5 GB space with a 64 GB iPod?

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I am trying to understand iCloud backup and how the data from a 64 GB iPod might fit in a 5 GB account.

I just updated to iOS 5 and the latest iTunes. Now, when I sync, I get a choice to backup to iCloud (instead of backing up to the computer). I see it offers me 5 GB of space, but my as stated my iPod is 64 GB.

Does this mean I need to pay for 64 GB of space to be able to use iCloud? What is 5 GB going to do for me?

Also, I have an iPhone. Is it 5 GB per device or 5 GB per Apple ID? I use the same Apple ID on all of my devices.


texts: Connecting 4 DVI (or VGA) monitors to the Macbook Pro Retina

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I have an existing four monitor set up connected to my PC via two video cards. If I move to a Macbook Pro retina, what is the most strait forward way to preserve this monitor set up?

These monitors are all Dell monitors that only have connectors for DVI or VGA (although my largest appears to support HDMI).


texts: File launches in Launchctl with PID - Status 1

texts:
I have a Python program that writes to the /etc/hosts file. It works correctly manually entered using the sudo command. I want it to open automatically. I can load it into sudo launchctl but it returns PID - Status 1.

How do I fix this?


texts: Will the new iPad (bought in Korea) work in the USA?

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I want to buy the new iPad (iPad 3) in Korea with both the WiFi- and cellular service, but I was wondering if this configuration will work on the Verizon Network in the US?

According to Korea's Apple Website the WiFi + cellular specs are:

Wi-Fi(802.11a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 4.0 기술
UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
4G LTE (700, 2100 MHz)

Also, I was wondering if it would be unlocked?


texts: Can you use any application whilst it is being updated

texts: Is it possible to use any application while it is being updated from the Mac App Store?


texts: MacBook Pro 2020 with 2 x Dell U2518D monitors

texts:
I looked thoroughly, but could not find a configuration for the 2020 MBP. Here is the setup:

13" MacBook Pro 2020 (2 x USB-C ports)

2 x Dell U2518D monitors (not Thunderbolt-equipped)

I tried connecting everything together with a Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock, but it does not seem to work, unfortunately. I connected one monitor via HDMI-HDMI cable to the dock, and the other monitor via Thunderbolt-DP cable (that came with the monitor), and then connected the dock via USB 2.0 to USB-C to the laptop.
I think the problem might be the link between the dock and the laptop, but I have no idea how I could connect it otherwise. Any ideas?


texts: Microsoft Word locks up - "Problem connecting to server"

texts:
I just started experiencing this problem. I go to Microsoft Word -> Open Recent and I get the spinny beach ball. After a long wait, a Mac OS dialog pops up saying "There was a problem connecting to the volume 192.xxx.xxx.xxx". I click "OK", the dialog goes away, but Word is still unresponsive, the beach ball still spins and the message eventually pops up again. And so on. The only way out is to force-quit Word.

I'm having the same problem with Excel.

I'm running High Sierra on a MBP, and the latest MS Office (all up to date).

If I directly open a file it seems to work (mostly, though Word was having a problem with it today).

The only fix seems to be to actually connect to that server.

Seems like something somewhere is "stuck" looking for that server. How can I find/unstick it?


texts:
Is it possible to run 32-bit only screen savers in Mountain Lion?

Just opening /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app in 32-bit mode doesn't run 32-bit only screen savers.


texts: Recovering Notes from Water Damaged iPhone

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I washed my iPhone SE with my clothes in the washing machine on warm for about an hour. It didn't go through the dryer, but sat in the wet clothes for an extra hour after the cycle was complete.

I know there is a ton of information out there on the internet for recovering a water soaked phone, but many of the tips seem to be contradictory. (Use an oven on low temperature. No, an oven will damage it more, use a hair dryer! Wrong, a hairdryer will mess it up, use compressed air and rice. etc...) Its been sitting in a bowl of rice last night and today, but I'm concerned that it won't be enough. Any suggestions?

If not, I would desperately like to try to recover the notes from it. I keep a lot of very important notes on my iPhone, including all of my ideas and lots of information for business and school. The notes are not backed up on my computer or iCloud. The notes are equally(if not more) important than the phone itself.

Is there any way to recover my notes from the phone?


texts: Migrating from Time Machine without Migration Assistant

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I want to change my mid-2010 iMac with the latest iMac of my parents. Because we both use Time Machine, well, the easiest way would be to restore both of them from the backups.
However, there is a bug in Lion that causes my mac to hang just before completing the file transfer. Is it possible to just drag all contents of the backup to Macintosh HD without problems or are there any workarounds?
Thanks in advance!


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There is only one .tex file which I would like to restore in my system.
My system is El-Capitan 10.11.5 in Macbook Air 2013-mid.
Problems

I have Time Machine backup but it is 3 days old and does not have the latest .tex file that I need.
There is no sufficient tools in the Internet recovery mode started by ALT-CMD-R. I cannot mount my normal Mac HD partion. There is FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:... in the type. I can detect its size correctly however. I cannot reach the HD. I cannot even duplicate it to external HD i.e. in the internet recovery mode.
When I start to reinstall the system in Internet recovery, I see no discs in the stage Select the disk where you want to install OS X. So something badly wrong with partitions.
I cannot bypass refind because I cannot choose the startup disk. I contacted the developer but he has not provided yet the exact directories/files which to remove for the uninstallation.

Final move in Linux Live USB

Copy data. Open it in another OS X installation.
Install Debian Linux on the whole SSD disc.
Install OS X on the Internet Recovery.

Find OS X disc by lsblk and do

http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/11264/16920
sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/media/ubuntu/ntfsDisc/sda.hfs.dmg bs=512 status=progress

so it took 64 minutes about for 70 Gb. You do not need status=progress. You can ask the status also by pkill -USR1 -x dd.

I did now full install of Debian for the whole SSD disc. Started internet recovery mode and installed OS X in very small partion of the disc because you cannot resize it easily afterwards. Trying to do any disk partition operations on OS X side etc Disk utility was horrible. Trying to resize also the OSX partition with Ubuntu installation media was horrible, never finished.

How can you recover data when OSX cannot?


texts: How can I remap Caps lock to both Escape and Control?

texts: I generally run Linux. I use Vim a lot, so the Escape key is extremely important. I also use other keyboard shortcuts a lot, so Control is "key" as well. On Linux, I've solved this by using xcape to map the Caps lock key to Escape if pressed by itself, or Control if pressed in combination with another key. This puts the best of both worlds within quick reach of my pinky finger. Is there any way I can do this on a Mac?


texts: How can I add > 200Mb/2h tracks to iPhone with iCloud Music Library enabled?

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I have a bunch of music tracks that are either longer than two hours or larger than 200Mb (DJ sets) that I'd like to play from my iPhone, along with a whole lot of "normal"-length music. These large tracks are not supported by iCloud Music Library.

How can I sync these large tracks to my phone once I enable iCloud Music Library?

(I realise this may functionally be a duplicate of some previous questions but I'm hoping the "long DJ sets" framing is a solved problem for somebody.)


texts: iOS 14 Maps: Share ETA contact list order

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I find that the list of contacts under "Share ETA" in Apple Maps appear in a seemingly random (but mostly fixed) order.  It is not alphabetical, it is not in order of recently contacted, and even contacts pinned in Messages appear far down the list.
This makes it difficult to quickly choose contacts when using Maps from within CarPlay.
I cannot find any means of editing this list.
Using latest (as of Feb 2020) iOS 14.4.


texts: Is there a terminal command to open applications in a specific Desktop?

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For example when I run open -a Kodi I'd like to be able to specify which Desktop I'd want the application to launch in.

Trying to avoid dragging/dropping to the desired workspace.


texts: Recieving Error Code 60 connecting iCal to OS X Server

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I have a problem with my Mac mini running OS X Server 10.6.6. I want to use iCal and Address Book on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro.

I started the two services without SSL.
I installed port forwarding on my router: 8008, 8800, 8843, 8443
I added the account on my iPhone and iPad

But now, on my iPad and Mac I get the error: Code 60.

What did I do wrong?


texts: iPhone restarts frequently whilst tethering via. USB

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When tethering via. USB on my iPhone 4 (4.2.1) with my MacBook Pro (10.6.5) I frequently encounter:

my iPhone freezes with either a black screen (hard reset) or a frozen screen (hard reset)
my iPhone restarts itself and reestablishes its internet connection

I can go for an hour or two without a problem, or it might happen after a few seconds. There seems to be a correlation between the amount of data I'm pulling and the frequency of the crash.

I'm using Vodafone New Zealand's 3G network. Tethering is a free feature (using our existing data) here, and we don't need to do anything to enable it. Tethering worked a charm on my old iPhone 3G.

The problem seems to be a common one.

Has anyone encountered this problem and found a fix, or, has anyone called Apple about it to submit a bug report?


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I'm not understanding how my Java environment is getting set up.  If I have multiple versions of Java installed how does the correct version get selected when I start a Java dependent application?

I have both Apple's original 1.6 version of Java and Sun's more recent 1.8 installed.

If I type java -version I get

java version "1.8.0_05"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_05-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.5-b02, mixed mode)`

ls -l /usr/bin/java produces lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    74 Jun 16   2014 /usr/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java where Current is pointed at Apple's 1.6 Java install.


texts: MacBook Pro Mid 2012 (MD101) makes weird sound on wake up/start up

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I have this weird sound when I open up MacBook or when I run it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIUVbq25uvY

What is the problem and how to solve it?


texts: I loaded iOS7.0.2 on my iPhone and all of the purchased apps I had have disappeared from the screen

texts: I finally downloaded iOS7.0.2 on my iPhone 4s (I didn't want to do it because I expected something to go wrong).  It worked fine on my ipad which is a much newer version but on the phone all of my purchased apps have disappeared from the screen. If you go to the app store I can open them I just can't get them to reappear - how can I fix this?


texts: Will using a temporary travel SIM affect anything on my iPhone?

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I'm off to Japan for a couple of weeks and wanting to take my iPhone 4 as I need to contact a few people while I'm there.

If I use an international SIM to save massive roaming charges will it affect anything on my phone? i.e the apps or notes or anything else? I'll be putting my normal sim back in after 2 weeks.


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I have a 2018 MacBook Pro and am using an Asus VA327 monitor as a second screen.  The monitor's native resolution is 1920x1080, but for some reason, the mac won't output content at this resolution.  This results in everything being pretty big on the screen (i was hoping to use it as almost 2 screens, since there is so much real estate on it).

Does anyone know how best to do this?


texts: Partition issues after deleting Core Storage Logical Volume Group. Everything prompts an unmount error

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I followed the instructions in Restore Macintosh HD to its original partition configuration to delete the Core Storage Logical Volume Group via terminal while pressing Cmd+R during startup.
These are the functions I used in terminal:

diskutil cs list
diskutil cs delete <Logical Volume Group UUID>

Now I cannot resize the partition via Disk Utility. The post mentioned that a red error message would appear when selecting the drive, but that didn't happen.  I'm stuck!

When I try entering "diskutil cs list" in Terminal it returns:

No CoreStorage logical volume groups found.

These are screenshots from the errors in Disk Utility:

After resizing the top partition by dragging down and clicking "Apply", an error message prompts: "Couldn't unmount disk". Also happens after I repair the disk.

When restarting the computer, a grey screen with error icon appears.


texts: Partition hard disk not working on El Capitan

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Here's my situation: I currently have a Macbook running OS X El Capitan. Prior to my upgrade to El Capitan, while running Yosemite, I had two partitions of my hard drive: one for my base Yosemite install and one that I was using to test El Capitan (the Beta version). After I upgraded to the GA version of El Capitan earlier this week, I deleted the old partition of the Beta version. That was fine. Now, however, I have an unused ~120 GB of space formerly allocated to that partition. So, I attempt to use the new Disk Utility to resize my partition to get that space back.

I'm able to drag the control so that now it says my device will have the full 480 GB size. I click Apply. The utility starts to do the resize, and then...fails:

Checking extended attribute files.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
File system check exit code is 8.
File system verify or repair failed.
Operation failed...

Any ideas?


texts: Finding Music folder after updating with OS X EI Capitan

texts: We are having trouble locating iTunes music folder. Prior to updating with OS X EI Capitan, we could easily find the music folder in the Finder sidebar, but now we don't know how to get it back with all our music, media, etc.


texts: Prevent terminal tabs from auto-renaming

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I like to name my tabs when I'm using Terminal so I can keep track of what's inside of them. I do this using the inspector.

Unfortunately, whenever I ssh into a machine, my tabs get renamed. Is there any way to prevent this from happening? Perhaps there's some kind of shell script I could run in my bash profile to prevent this?