texts: Stuck in 10.6.8 to 10.11 upgrade installation, no recovery disk available

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In attempting to upgrade from OS X 10.6.8 to El Capitan I've run into a bit of stalemate. The installation is unable to complete(indeed, it seems to barely commence) due to issues "verifying or repairing" the file system, and attempts to reboot to the original OS on the HD are unsuccessful as "Startup Disk could not gather enough information on the selected disk".

The most common answer I've seen to this issue is to reboot into recovery mode, check the HDD for errors, repair the device and/or clone all the undamaged data on the disk to a secondary drive and boot from there. Unfortunately this wasn't working as I tried it, and running diskutil in the terminal revealed this was due to the lack of any recovery disk on the drive. I've also attempted to boot into internet recovery(which an article mentioned was the default path for "Cmnd+R" if a recovery disk was not found) which didn't work, though I'm not totally sure my machine(an iMac11,3) supports this option as I've heard conflicting dates as to when this feature was introduced(2010 and 2012).

Through some small miracle I've tracked down the original OS X 10.6.3 installation disc that was shipped with my computer, and I've been attempting to boot from that to do a fresh installation of the original OS. The alternate start-up disk command, "C", is the only startup command that has done anything to disrupt the normal boot-up sequence into the Capitan install, but it hasn't gone past delaying said boot-up so long as I am physically holding down the key. Numerous attempts to get the 10.6.3 DVD into the drive have been pretty unsuccessful: the drive accepts it, does a little bit of reading, then spits it right back out again without any apparent change to the system state or available disc information. I've tried inserting the disc on startup both with and without attempting to enter the alternate startup command, subsequent to the failed 10.11 installation, in the installation's terminal function, and just prior to a system shutdown in attempts to get the system to at least hold onto the disc through the next boot cycle so that it might be used as an alternative resource.

Right now my main goal is just regaining functionality on my computer, honestly I'm not even too interested in jumping to EC just yet and would prefer to upgrade through Yosemite or Mavericks first, but thanks App Store. Important files on the HDD have all been backed up(so wiping the HD isn't devastating, but also not preferable), though the backup is not a Time Machine copy so doesn't have the system recovery functionality. The external HD they're backed up on has about 2TB of space available so there is free space to move data for disk repair/recovery, however it is not HFS formatted(thus no Time Machine), and reformatting is not an option.

If anyone has ideas on how to recover the OS currently installed without the various recovery start-up options, or downgrade slightly to the installation disc version they would be greatly appreciated! Alternately, if you have an idea for getting 10.9 or 10.10 using a USB-installation that would be nice too, as ultimately that's where I need my system to end up.

Thanks

Edit
I tried copying the 10.6.3 installation disc onto a USB drive using a Windows computer, in doing so found out that the disc features a remote installation program allowing me to use the window's optical drive to read the disc over Ethernet to the troublesome Mac. Attempted to follow that setup, and successfully entered Startup Manager with the Alt startup command, but the only available disk it showed was the 10.11 installation on the local HD, and neither the original OS on that drive nor the networked installation disc.


texts: Disk utility on Mac and free space dispatching

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I have a physical hard drive that is split into 3 partitions. The second partition is running out of space and I want to give it some free space that I have on the third partition. While, this is simple to achieve on Windows, I just can't get there with my Mac.

The problem is that I can create a new partition from the free space but not transfer space from my third to my second partition. This is a common task and I can't believe Disk Utility can't do that so I ask you what I should do in order to achieve this?


texts: Should the top part of MBA mid 2013 (MD711) trackpad click? I recently noticed that mine doesn't. I don't know if it's an issue just with mine.


texts: iPhone won't turn on after screen and battery replacement

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The Problem

I just replaced the battery and screen of my iPhone 5. The phone does not appear to be working at all. There is no response from the phone after doing a hard reset and the phone will not respond to the mute button. There is no backlight.

The only thing that seems strange is that the home button is a bit wobbly.

When I plug the phone into iTunes, it says it can't access the phone because it is locked with a passcode.

I have tried pressing all sorts of different buttons, and the only thing that gives any sort of response is plugging into the computer.

Any ideas?


texts: "Arrange by Kind" classifies .aux as Documents

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In my working folders I have several .tex files alongside .pdf, .aux and .log.

I like the idea that "Arrange by Kind" put .tex and .pdf on top because they are the files I usually need.
But it also classifies .aux as Documents, so .aux is on top.

Is there any chance to classify them as Others, just like .log?


texts: Why were my contacts synced to my mother's iPhone?

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I have recently downloaded the new software on my iphone, iOS 6. My mother and my sister also use my Apple ID to download their apps too.

Today my mother downloaded iOS 6 and all of my contacts were transfered to her iPhone. I would like to know how to remove my contacts from her device. I already tried logging out of my Apple ID from her device but all my contacts are still on her device.


texts: iMac 2012 RAM upgrade with mixed voltages

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Variation of already asked question:

I now understand that I can add two matched 8 GB sticks of RAM into the two empty slots, even though the other two slots are filled with two 4 GB modules. But is there a problem having one pair 1.5v if the other pair are 1.3v?

It would appear to not be a problem, if as reported elsewhere, the iMac has 1.5v preinstalled and Crucial is recommending 1.35v sticks. Is that a faulty assumption?


texts: Adding public key of iOS Prompt app to authorized_keys

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How do I get the public key for Panic's Prompt app to setup auto-login to my Mac?

I have disabled the option to login with a password over ssh as that would be a security risk.

I have tried copying both the public and private key from my Mac to Prompt's Documents in iTunes, however it failed to connect.

If there is no easy way to retrieve the public key in Prompt, can I log all ssh connections to my Mac and get the public key from that log?


texts: Sending USB and audio to LCD through thunderbolt

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It is disappointing to me that in order to use my monitor's USB ports, I have to send 2 Data cables from my MacBook to my monitor: Thunderbolt->DVI and USB->USB.

In order to use my monitor's inbuilt speakers, I require at least one more cable (speaker power), which requires an awkward transformer.

It seems like bad design, the monitor should power its own speakers, and USB should automatically extends through the data cable.

It is sometime since I bought my kit. Is it now possible to do this? Do modern MacBook video outputs at modern monitors support this?


texts: Is there a way to verify the URL of a page loaded in a browser window inside an iPhone app?

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Specifically, I'm trying to make a purchase inside a certain iPhone app using Paypal. Instead of the app opening for me a paypal url in the Safari, it seems to be loading the paypal url in a browser window inside the app. I can't see the url of the page and in general can't be sure that the app isn't intercepting my paypal credentials.

Is there a way to see what the url is of a browser window opened inside an app? Is there to verify that it is a genuine browser window and that the app can't eavesdrop on what I'm typing/submitting inside the window?


texts: How to make bootable ISO of Mac OS X Snow Leopard Install DVD on Windows

texts: I have tried ISOBuster and IMG Burn but I can't seem to make a Mac compatible ISO? All I can see is the boot camp partition (900MB) in both Windows and Linux. When I try and boot the ISO in VirtualBox (my intended goal) it tells me no bootable medium has been found.


texts: Shift + Delete (Permanent Deletion Of File/Folder): Mac Equivalent

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In Windows permanently deleting a file or folder without sending it to the recycle bin, is achieved by selecting that file or folder in Desktop or Windows explorer and then depressing the keyboard shortcut:

Shift + Delete

This is particularly useful for sensitive information.

Is there a keyboard shortcut equivalent within OS X that deletes files or folders permanently before they are disposed of in the trash.


texts: So I just bought a new magic mouse 2 and I noticed whether I turn it off or on, it still keeps working when I move it. Does the switch at the bottom actually do anything now? Or do I have a defective one?


texts: iMac 24 inch - how to connect MacBook Pro to it?

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Could anyone tell me, is that possible to somehow use MacBook 2020 on iMac 24 inch (as a display monitor)?
If not, could you please suggest me a solution how I could do something similar to it.
The reason is: I have my work laptop and do not have a monitor. I want to buy a monitor or iMac and use it for working under my work laptop.
Thanks!


texts: How can I take a screenshot of the app switcher in macOS?

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Pressing Cmd + Tab brings up the application switcher in macOS. I'd like to take a screenshot of this view.

I've tried:

Opening the app switcher with Cmd + Tab, holding Cmd, and then pressing Shift and 3 at the same time to attempt to activate the usual Cmd + Shift and 3 screenshot keyboard shortcut.

It results in the app switcher switching to the next app and no screenshot getting captured.
Changing the screenshot keyboard shortcut to F6 or Shift + /, which were unmapped before. Now after opening the app switcher using Cmd + Tab, holding Cmd, and then pressing this key combination again results in no screenshot getting captured.

Is it possible to take a screenshot of the app switcher? I'm happy to install additional software to achieve this.


texts: How fast does a BootCamp installation wake up from sleep?

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Currently I can't test this myself so maybe somebody could tell me based on their experiences.

If you have installed BootCamp on your MacBook, how fast is it ready for usage when you open the lid? Is it comparable with OSX?


texts: Moving tabs on chrome jumps to the primary display

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There is a new strange behavior with chrome. When I move a tab out of a window on my secondary monitor the tab jumps to my primary monitor then I have to go grab the window and drag it back up to the screen that I was working on. It sounds weird but it's quite frustrating and it never used to be like this.
Anyone know how to revert this behavior or whether this was a Mac update or a Chrome update and what exactly was updated?
Thanks.


texts: Permanently Disable/Ignore Secondary Disk?

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I have a 256G SSD and a 1T HDD in my 27" iMac.

The 1T HDD is dying due to hardware failure.

Is there a file in OS X similar to /etc/fstab in Linux where I can prevent this 1T HDD from mounting?

I'd like to effectively disable/ignore this disk without needing to take it into an Apple store to be removed.


texts: How to set Mail.app to ask what is the sending address on new mail

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I have 10 email addresses (ranging from POP, IMAP, and Exchange) setup in my Mail.app. There are 2 addresses I use primarily. But only one can be labeled Default. Therefore, when "inbox" is selected, and a new email is created, it is automatically sending from Default.

Is there ANY way to set Mail.app to ask me which email address I want to send from if it is a newly created email (and not a reply to an email I've received, in reply situations I have no issue)?

Once I hit send, it should then ask me from what address to send from.


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Ever since I've updated to Mountain Lion, the screen brightness keeps changing automatically. I don't have the setting enabled in Energy Saver.

I usually have my brightness set to 100%, and the system sometimes changes it to 80% (e.g. when I wake my Mac from sleep). If I live it at 80%, it changes it to 60% ... and so on. This is really annoying.

My pmset -g results are:

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1*
AC Power        -1
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         4200
 standby              0
 halfdim              0
 sms                  0
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 disksleep            0
 sleep                0
 hibernatemode        0
 ttyskeepawake        0
 displaysleep         10
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1


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I am running version OS X 10.8.2. In the App Store it shows an update for OS X 10.8.3. I tried to update, but it’s showing the following error: An error occurred while downloading the updates. (102).
Any help regarding this issue will be appreciated...


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Sometimes I connect my MacBook to my TV to watch a movie. I don't use screen mirroring, but have the TV arranged above the Display of the MacBook. Dragging a window with the touchpad to the TV screen is easy enough, but I don't like the user experience. Is there a way to manage my windows with key combinations? Thus, is there a key combination to move a window from one screen to another?
If I could arrange windows between screens with Mission Control that would also be great; but as far as I can tell Mission Control is limited to the current screen. Thus, I found no way of moving a window from one screen to another using Mission Control.
Also I would like the Dock to always stay on my MacBook Display. Usually it does, but often enough it vanishes only to appear on my TV screen. Is there a way to control this on macOS Mojave 10.14.6?


texts: How to sync iPhone songs to MacBook Pro?

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I synced my Windows iTunes with my iPhone 7 and put a lot of songs on my phone.
Today I got a USB to USB-C hub for my MacBook ( I have a windows PC and a macOS laptop ), and my iPhone appears on iTunes on my macbook.

How can I transfer songs from my macbook to my phone ? Apparently there can be only one " source " computer that can be linked to the iPhone. I only want to add a few songs from 2 different devices, not download my whole library to one single device ( my macbook doesn't have enough space to handle all of this ). How can I do that ?

When I do try to " restore purchases ", it tells my I have to authorise the device through the " Account " menu, which I've already done multiple times.

Anyone went through this ?
Thanks !


texts: Just bought latest generation 2Tb Time Capsule that replaced my old USB drive for Time Machine backups and my Belkin G router. Everything runs fine except when I start downloading torrents. With Belkin, I could run several downloads, work remotely on three machines, and my wife could be streaming Netflix over Apple TV. Now, with Transmission running a 2.1MB/s download and no Netflix streaming, my remote connections feel like I am on dial-up. This is really disappointing. Any suggestions on how to fix it? I know I can throttle the torrents but I also frequently download large files for work and I can't just sit there waiting for download to finish before I can continue working remotely.


texts: How to force passcode unlock on iPhone SE lock screen?

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I want to be able to unlock my phone when I’m wearing touch screen compatible gloves. Touch ID doesn’t work with gloves. When I tap the home button to unlock, (sometimes) the phone doesn’t do anything. Just stays on the lock screen. This behavior is inconsistent.
If I hold down the home button it activates Siri.
When this is happening, it doesn’t matter how much I mash the home button, I cannot get the phone to give me the option to use my passcode. I have to take my gloves off and use Touch ID.

On some occasions there is a tap here to use passcode link but I don’t know what the logic is to get that link to appear.

Any advice?

iPhone SE
iOS 11.2.6


texts: I want software to slow down my typing and increase my accuracy

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Problem

I'd like to teach myself to type slower and more accurately.

Solutions?

I was thinking of

playing a sound when I press backspace
displaying wpm/accuracy in the menubar

Aside

The reason I want to do this is I went to a conference the other day where I saw a live coding session where the guy didn't make a SINGLE TYPO for the 30 minutes I watched,  - and apparently, he had not made a mistake for the 30 minutes before.


texts: How to make icons appear at top of MacVim again

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I just upgraded to a new version of MacVim.

There used to be a row of icons at the top of every MacVim window with buttons for opening/saving files, cut/paste/delete, etc. Now that row of buttons is gone.

What is that row of buttons called and how do I get it to appear again?


texts: Daisy chain two dell UltraSharp u2414h to MacBook Air (mid 2012)?

texts: I have a MacBook Air (Mid 2012) and was thinking about buying 2 Dell UltraSharp u2414h monitors. Would it support daisy chaining these two monitors with the mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable connected from the MacBook to the monitor, and the other mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable connected from the monitor to the second monitor?


texts: As you can see in the pictures bellow, this is the palm rest wear I have on my Macbook Air after 1 year of (heavy) usage. I use my laptop professionally, almost on a daily basis for many hours a day. This is the result after cleaning the whole case with a cleaner I purchased from the Apple Store. As you can see it does not really help remove these stains, it does work wonderfully for all other stains... but I'm afraid this wear is actually removing part of the aluminum cases surface, if I'm right, I guess there's not much hope in restoring the finish. I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this and what you have done about it if you have been able to fix it. Thanks!


texts: When I spotlight search for Pages on my mac, it opens "pages panel" but not pages. The only way I can find the Pages application is through Launchpad.  Is this something that I can fix in some way?


texts: Is there a free program to join and cut AVI movie files?

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I have a camera and it creates an AVI file every 10 minutes when recording video. I would like to join files from the camera and sometime trim part of the video. I don't want re-encode the files if possible.

Is there a free program that will let me concatenate a split AVI files?


texts: How much free space do I need to install Mavericks 10.9.4?

texts: I have downloaded OS X Mavericks 10.9.4 which is 283 MB, and I have free space of 168 GB and I am getting an error as shown:


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Recently every time I try to delete files, my OS asks me to type in a password.  After I type in password, the files are deleted from the folder, but it doesn't free up space and the files don't show up in the trash, so I can't empty the trash.  I've tried troubleshooting different ways from searching on Google and Apple forums:

I don't have Time Machine enabled.
I have OS X 10.7.5.
I've deleted over 100 GB of files, but I still only have 7 GB.
I've tried typing in Terminal:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

I've tried typing in Terminal:

resetpassword

I've tried typing in Terminal:

sudo rm -r /.cleverfiles

Any other suggestions will be much appreciated.


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I got a 2011 MacBook Pro and had a Samsung 840 Pro installed running Mountain Lion, then Mavericks for about a year without any problems. Without any apparent reason the MBP just wouldn't boot from the SSD anymore, reinserting the old HDD worked instantly.
After playing around a bit I made the following observations about the MBP:

won't boot from the SSD even after cloning the HDD or making a clean reinstall
not even able to get to the boot menu when the SSD is installed
can boot from the SSD when it is connected via USB and the HDD is used to get to the boot menu
cannot boot from any other SSD (tried one from another MBP and also a completely new one)

Any ideas?


texts: Will a 4K external monitor create a sharper display when connected to my MacBook Pro

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I recently connected my MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013 running 10.12.6 to the Asus PB238Q 23-inch via the mini display cable to VGA cable. The max resolution of the external monitor is 1920 x 1080.

The external display is not as crisp as my retina display, is this due to how I am connecting the monitor, or is it simply because I don't have enough pixels on my external monitor to display it with the same level of sharpness?

If I was to purchase a 4k monitor would this solve the problem?

Thank you for your help!


texts: Bootcamp partiton in VirtualBox returns errors VERR_ACCESS_DENIED and VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR

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I have been using this guide: http://danielphil.github.io/windows/virtualbox/osx/2015/08/25/virtualbox-boot-camp.html

But when I try and mount the .vmdk I get this error:

  Permission problem accessing the file for the medium
  '/Users/jordan/win10raw.vmdk' (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED).

  Result Code:  VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80BB0004) Component:  MediumWrap
  Interface:  IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda} Callee:
  IVirtualBox {0169423f-46b4-cde9-91af-1e9d5b6cd945} Callee RC:
  VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80BB0001)

I have tried this: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Conceptual/System_Integrity_Protection_Guide/ConfiguringSystemIntegrityProtection/ConfiguringSystemIntegrityProtection.html

with no luck mounting it on the ide controller


texts: Enable remote management remotely on a mac

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I am trying to use remote desktop to send a script to all Macs on my network that creates an additional admin account and hides it. I am trying to do this using Apple Remote Desktop. However most of these macs have remote management disabled.

How do I do I turn this on? Each Mac already has an admin account. Does that help? Can I do this through remote login (ssh)? But most of these macs also have that disabled. Thanks for the help in advance.


texts: How to backup live photo as 6s feature in dropbox or other

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I found that live photo is not backup on dropbox or google photo

can live photo (on 6s feature);only backup on icloud?


texts: Change the quota size for an APFS volume

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I created one APFS Container for the whole of my external hard drive.
I created several volumes in that - some with quotas.
I have now discovered that one quota is now too small. I used diskutil apfs list /dev/disk10 to show me the Capacity consumed and the Capacity Quota.
How do I change the quota for an APFS volume under BigSur?


texts: How can I force OS X to update its time more regularly?

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We have a Mac mini build server running 10.9.5 and sometimes the build fails on the codesign command, which fails because of the timestamp on one of the files. The way we usually "fix" this is to simply go on the build server and update the time (either graphically by clicking the clock or in the command line), then the next build will succeed.

In the preferences, the option "Set date and time automatically" is checked and the time server set is Apple Europe (time.euro.apple.com). The machine is always on but usually nobody connects to it for days/weeks (when something goes wrong usually).

This is a bit tedious and time wasting, is there a way to tell Mac OS to keep in sync with the time server more regularly? I could try running a crontab every hour to force time sync but I am wondering if there is something more obvious that I am missing?


texts: Deleted all users with "dscl . -delete /Users"

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I don't know how I put myself in these situations.

So I was fooling around with dscl late last night, making and removing accounts, when suddenly I ran dscl . -delete /Users instead of dscl . -delete /Users/someuser.

So now I have no users on my machine, all that works is single user and recovery HD.

What do you think is the best way to fix this? It seems to me like doing the re-install from recovery HD will restore the system users and leave my files alone. I've found another answer from a few years back (link) where OP says the installer hanged (hung?) when he tried that. However, he was running 10.6, where I'm running 10.9, and the restore mechanism is different. Has anyone else been in this situation?

I'm thinking of doing the re-install and, if everything works fine, re-creating my user with the original home folder with DSCL. What I don't know is how safe that is.

Also, I don't have a backup of any kind.

All that really matters is not losing anything in my home folder. If I have to copy all of my files off to an external HD and do a wipe and install, I'll do it. I'd just like to avoid such extremities if at all possible.


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When bushwalking I use my Garmin GPS to record tracklogs, which I can later download.

I was wondering if the iPhone5 has a similar capability. This could be handy when travelling.

I have searched the web and the App Store. There seem to be many apps which will let you track someone else and display their location, but I have no desire to do this. I would like to be able just to log the location of my phone. There seem to be a couple of apps which seem to be geared at fitness and map display.

I don't need (or want) a Map display on the iPhone (because most of the places I would use it there is little or no mobile coverage).
In particular I want to be able to record locations in remote areas.


texts: Can I use a PC/Mac keyboard as a Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone?

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I'm wondering about the feasibility of using my iMac's built-in bluetooth as a source for keyboard input to my iphone.

There are times I want to type longer messages in my iphone, i keep a bluetooth keyboard around just to have a full sized keyboard to use on the iphone. I don't use the keyboard on my iMac because I have an ergonomic keyboard there that I much prefer. What I think would be great is to use that corded ergonomic keyboard as an input to the iphone via a bluetooth device that uses the iMac.

Any thoughts on this?


texts: Changing yahoo messanger's status using mac terminal

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Does anybody know how I can change my yahoo messenger's status using a command in mac terminal !? Or anything except the regular way to change it !?
thanx


texts: How do I create a Mac bootable USB drive using Windows?

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My MBA 2012 with OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks won't boot anymore - it simply freezes after the initial jingle. I already tried resetting NVRAM and SMC, but to no avail. I don't have any time machine backups.

However, I still have a disc image of Mavericks sitting on an external hard drive, a USB stick and access to a notebook with Windows 7.

I haven't yet found any tutorial on how to create a bootable USB drive on Windows in order to reinstall OS X on my beloved Macbook Air.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: How to change the User/group setting for Apache installed with homebrew?

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I am running an Apache server daemon on my local Mac with Mojave installed. Apache was installed with homebrew. I want to tighten up security on the server as I occasionally make some sites publicly available for a limited time.

One thing I need to fix is that the apache daemon is running under my user name on the mac despite having both User and Group setting in httpd.conf set to _www.

I searched the config directory in /usr/local/etc/httpd but didn't see any config setting that has set the daemon as my user. How do I get the _www setting to take? Where might it be getting overridden?


texts: How to forward iPhone SMS with original received/sent date stamps attached on iOS 6.1

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I receive text messages on my iPhone.
When I forward them, the original sender's contact info and date time stamp do not forward with it.

Is there a way to include this information when forwarding to my email?


texts: Macbook Pro running very slow and Power button needs to be held down for 7-8 secs to turn on

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I have a Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015.I have been using it for about 3 years and was working completely fine. Few Months ago, my charger stopped working and I didn't use it for over 3 months. Later I searched it online and came to know that the charging pins were not coming in contact with the macbook's charging port. Later I fixed it.
After turning it on, I started booting really slow. The Power button needed to be held for 6-7 seconds. The Boot time take at least 3-4 minutes. The app takes 2-3 minutes to open up.
Things I did;

Formatted and Reinstalled Macos Catalina
RESET SMC, NVRAM and PRAM
Took it to technicians but they think its SMC Chip Issue. (I have no idea about it)
I researched it online but couldn't find anything.

I didn't have any previous backup or Time machine which I regret it now.
I Feel like this has something to do Mac Os Catalina. Will downgrading to Mac OS Majave help?
Please Help. Has anyone encountered this issue?


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There's been a few posts on this topic, but none answered my questions (at least the several I took a look at).

I'm trying to figure out how to store photos from my iPhone 5 to iCloud (via Wi-fi). From what I've read so far, it seems that one has to use Photo Stream. But if I'm on a trip for more than 30 days, does that mean they will all be deleted by the time I get back? I don't care for sharing the pictures-- in fact, I don't want my pictures to be shared -- I just simply want to take pictures and

store it in iCloud, and
also have it save to my computer, which is constantly on while I'm on my trip, so that Time Machine can serve as another redundant back up

Then when I get back, I would sort through all the pictures when I get back. So, what I'm unsure of is whether or not the photo's will be saved in both iCloud and my Mac. Apple's website hasn't really provided much help with this. I just see multiple instances stating Photo Stream holds the photos for 30 days (or 1000 pictures). It sounds to me as though one MUST share their photos.


texts: Is there anyway to disable network connections on 3G for some application?

texts: I want some applications connect to Internet only when wifi connection is available. How can I do that?


texts: I accidentally unmounted the External Hard Drive and now I want to re-mount it back

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So I had the external 4TB Seagate Expansion Drive, and at one point I end up selecting unmount in Disk Utility when I tried running first aid.

Now I wish to mount it again, I tried pressing the mount button in Disk Utility. No response.

I tried ejecting, unmounting, and re-mounting the backup drive in Terminal through:

diskutil eject /dev/disk3s2
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3s2
diskutil mount /dev/disk3s2

The resulting response is:

Volume timed out while waiting to eject
Unmount of all volumes on disk3 was successful
Volume on disk3s2 timed out waiting to mount

Insofar the hardware is blinking so I guess it's functional. I just like to ask if there are any solutions possible, or should I just click the mount button and wait for it, thank you.

Bonus: Here is the Disk Utility for the external drive insofar


texts: Why is a secure erase 'not necessary' for SSD's?

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I'm about to trade in a 2010 MacBook Pro with an SSD. However, I'm unable to do a Secure Erase from the recovery disk (as I used to do with mechanical hard drives before selling or giving away a computer) since the "Security Options" button is grayed out.

Based on an article in Apple's knowledge base, the button is intentionally disabled for SSD's because:

  Note: With an SSD drive, Secure Erase and Erasing Free Space are not
  available in Disk Utility. These options are not needed for an SSD
  drive because a standard erase makes it difficult to recover data from
  an SSD.

This sounds good to me, and this view was confirmed both at the Genius Bar and by calling Apple.

The problem is that almost every article I can find on this subject contradicts Apple's optimistic view about erasing an SSD. Because SSD's dynamically remap blocks on write and because they have large chunks of free space inaccessible to the OS, it's impossible to overwrite the entire drive.

The single explanation that could reconcile these two perspectives is that MacBook SSD's are "self-encrypting", i.e. they generate a random key and store it in the disk's metadata and encrypt all data stored to the drive with that key (additional explanation here). When I use Disk Utility's Erase button on an SSD, the Mac clears out that key, so even though the data hasn't been overwritten, it's all inaccessible ciphertext now that the key is gone, and is as good as zeroed-out.

The problem is that all I can find to back this view up is a post by a knowledgeable member of the Apple Support Forums. Does anyone know if this is really true? Could you point me to something verifying that Apple's SSD's do this?


texts: Repairing broken file associations on the Mac

texts:
I installed a download manager (I think folx) on this mac book a few months ago, every time I would download a file folx would pick up and download it.

Long story short, this got confusing, so I deleted folx from the applications.

Now whenever I try to download a file it just does not work right (on either chrome or safari), the browsers complain about a broken plugin when I view a PDF and it seems safari attempts to download the file on the actual page as opposed to going to the download queue.

How do I fix this so file downloads work again in the browsers.


texts: pygame installed through homebrew does not work?

texts:
I ran brew install pygame, it installed it together with all the dependencies. Python v2.7.10 / OS X version 10.11.2

Whenever I import pygame in a script it says this

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "~/Documents/test.py", line 1, in <module>
import pygame, random, sys
ImportError: No module named pygame

How do I fix this?


texts: Sensitivity of 3D/pressure/force-touch sensor in iPhone 6S in real, physical terms

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There are 10 trillion reviews/news-stories about the force/3D touch sensors in the iPhone 6S. But has anyone tested how accurate/responsive it is in terms of exact pressure/force measurements? I have trouble finding such info in the torrent of sources covering this at a churnalism level.
I see there's an app that can weight stuff https://github.com/FlexMonkey/Plum-O-Meter so maybe the answer is in its source code... and/or in the associated blog:

The value displayed is actually the normalised force as a percentage. It's interesting to see that it changes depending on other forces acting upon the screen which to me indicates that the 6s isn't going to replace your high precision electronic scales. What this demo does show is that the 6s can handle multiple touch points each with a decent value for their relative forces.
I did originally build this app for grapes, but they're too light to activate the 3D Touch.

Still it's at a somewhat fluffy level of info.


texts: reattach old mailboxes to apple mail for searching (on macos mojave)

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I have a backup of my ~/Library/Mail/* folder on an external disk and I'd like to search old mailboxes, preferably within the Mail program. I can see a dozen or so folders in there with guid file names that contain INBOX.mbox files for various email addresses I've had in the past. I can manually open all these numbered folders and find individual emails but they aren't associated with their attachments or context.
The domains, servers and accounts these mailboxes were attached to are long gone.
How can I open these old inboxes in an interface and browse the emails?


texts: What is the difference between developer.apple.com and iTunes Connect?

texts: The two sites seem to be related, but I don't understand the conceptual difference between them.


texts: How can I configure multiple different iDevices with different icloud IDs using configurator2?

texts:
Let's say I have 20 ipads I need to configure and lock down with configurator2.
Let's say each of these devices needs their own iCloud ID/password/account.
Finally, let's say that these devices don't get the app store (that's not an allowed app).
I thought that the easy and smart way to do this would be to set the iCloud identity in the Configurator2 profile ... and each device would have its own profile.  Easy.
But I can't see a section, or a heading, to add an iCloud ID in the profile.
The terrible, dumb, time consuming and terrible way to do this would be to log in and out of my laptop for each and every device, configuring them one by one with an ID that should never touch my laptop in the first place ... and do that 20 times.
That cannot be the answer.
So how do I do that ?  Every ipad needs their own icloud ID ... none of them are going to have a corresponding mac computer ... and I need to do it a smart, efficient way since I am doing 20 (and maybe more in the future).
Thanks.


texts: AppleWatch 3 Series shows 4 lines of stripes across the display

texts:
My AppleWatch 3 Series (GPS model) is showing 4 lines of stripes across the screen when it is off and under a direct light.

Should I go to AppleStore to check it? Or that is normal?


texts: My Automator Workflow fails because it fails to find the git command within the 'Run Shell Script' command? Need help

texts:
I have an Automator workflow and one of the actions is to clone a repository. Here's the code for the 'Run Shell Script' action. The command is run within the Bash shell /bin/bash if that matters:

SOURCEDIR="${3/\/Volumes/}"

cd "$2"
REPOURL="bob@somedomain.com:$SOURCEDIR"
WORKINGDIR="$1"

# Capture any errors with cloning process in log file
git clone "$REPOURL" "$WORKINGDIR" &> ./log.txt

// For debugging
echo "exit code: $?"
echo "PPID: $PPID"

open .

Now the Automator App runs fine on my machine. The path to git on my machine (A Macbook Pro) is: /usr/bin/git (I believe I installed git on my machine through Xcode)

But on my co-worker's machine (Also a Mac Pro) the Automator App fails. In fact, the output of the log.txt file says: bash: git: command not found

Now on my co-worker's machine the path to git is: usr/local/git/bin, which, yes, is different because he installed git through the Google Git Installer for Mac OS X, but I didn't think it should matter because in the script the git command is not absolute path to the command and further more my co-worker can run git normally from a Bash script but when invoked directly from the Terminal.

So what gives? Why does the automator workflow work for me but not for my co-worker?

There must be something fundamental about Bash or Unix that I'm not understanding here but I'm lost.


texts: Why does tcpdump not recognise piped input?

texts:
I obtained a packet capture file:

$ sudo tcpdump -w file.pcap

I can then analyse that file:

$ tcpdump -r file.pcap

I can even use file redirection to read from standard input:

$ tcpdump -r - < file.pcap

However, I cannot use a pipe to read from standard input:

$ cat file.pcap | tcpdump -r -
tcpdump: unknown file format

This should work.  What's going on?

OS X Yosemite 10.10
tcpdump version 4.3.0 -- Apple version 59
libpcap version 1.5.3 - Apple version 47

I'm actually trying to sudo tcpdump -w - | tee file.pcap | tcpdump -r -, which gives rise to the same problem—however it appears to arise with any form of piped input.


texts: How to create an Automator service to convert images from one file type into another file type using the right-click contextual menu?

texts: Is it possible to create an Automator service to convert one file type into another file type using the right click contextual menu (eg JPEG, PDF, PNG, TIFF) without the need to install a dedicated app to accomplish the desired file conversion.


texts: Trouble updating Office 2011 on an old MacBook

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My uncle (who is not a tech-savvy person) has owned an Apple laptop for a long time. He bought Office 2011 products a few years ago. He has now asked me to take a look at Office asking him to update to a newer version. It's a MacBook Pro (Retina 13", End 2012), with macOS Mojave 10.14.5.

His Office is on version 14.4.2. I tried running the updater, but it states that it cannot connect to the update server - I'm assuming that is the case because Microsoft has stopped support for Office 2011.

When trying to download updates manually (I downloaded 14.7.7, which I think is the latest one?), the installer says that the update requires a version of office that is not installed.

And while this might sound stupid, I cannot find a list of official updates for the software such that I could install them one by one.

I would appreciate advice on this. I'm really unfamiliar with Macs which makes this a bit more difficult even though it seems like a simple problem.

Furthermore, my uncle keeps getting an error message when he closes office documents, gets asked to save, clicks on save. The document gets saved but Word somehow crashes. I've told him to just press Command + S before closing, which does solve the crashing, but he's used to just closing and then clicking save when prompted.

Does anybody know how I could get rid of this error?


texts: Pulling files off of Time Machine Back Up After Full Reinstall

texts:
I have a MacBookPro, purchased October 2012.  I use Time Machine to back up files.  I was having slow computing issues, so the Genius Bar folks recommended a wipe out and reinstall from scratch, but we decided not to back up the entire disk off of Time Machine for fear that it would only put back onto my computer that which made it run slowly.  I did full reinstall, reuploaded all software, a bunch of files I kept on an additional external drive, and now need to go retrieve a few files (not a full restore) from the Time Machine back up.  I see the purple tag mark for the precise date before I took the computer in, but the machine will not let me click on it to "reveal" that date's back up.
Any ideas how I can get back to those files?
Thanks


texts: ‘The application "AppDownloadLauncher" is not open anymore’ when attempting to open Xcode

texts:
I have just downloaded Xcode off the App Store and now when I try to open it I get this error:

  The application "AppDownloadLauncher" is not open anymore.

What does this mean and how do I open Xcode?


texts:
I have run sudo chown -R Ankur / by mistake and now some apps are not opening and there icons are also not visible. How can I fix this?

Here are some snapshots:


texts: iPhone screen recording is losing sound when exporting on iOS11

texts:
I have a well functioning screen recording with sound on my iPhone. When I try to share it via WhatsApp, save it in Dropbox or upload it to YouTube, it loses the audio. The picture is still there, but no sound is present. When played on the iPhone the audio works as expected.

This problem has occurred many times and the video is not broken. What is causing the issue and how can it be resolved?


texts: Date and WiFi password resets after battery dies

texts:
Weird thing has started happening, basiaclly when your lid is closed and the battery dies, normally your MacBook should "hibernate" itself, yet what started happening on mine is that it completely shuts down. After restarting, the WiFi password is forgotten and date/time are resetted to detaults (year 2000).

Can it be that the PRAM battery already died on a Mid 2010 MBP i7?

Best Regards,
Oskar


texts:
I'm from Switzerland with a FTTH connection. The ISP gave me an Icotera IGW3000 router. The problem is: all my Macs and iOS devices lose internet connection every x minutes.

On my Macs, I have to run Network Diagnostics:

iMac 27'' 2013
MacBook Pro 2016

On my iOS devices, I have to turn off/on wifi:

iPhone 6s
iPad Air 2

On macOS, I see first Dropbox going offline. In my system log I see these lines:

Oct 22 12:06:48 Micheles-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.quicklook[1464]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook

Oct 22 11:58:51 Micheles-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit

Oct 22 11:48:11 Micheles-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.501): Service "com.apple.NetworkDiagnostics.7436" tried to hijack endpoint "com.apple.NetworkDiagnostic.agent" from owner: com.apple.NetworkDiagnostics


texts: OS X terminal "open" command and keeping focus on the command line

texts:
I appreciate the "open" terminal command to launch OS X apps. When invoking the open command for any purpose, it is overwhelmingly likely that I will have at least one other command I would like to type into the terminal before tending to the application I have just summoned.

How do I keep focus on the terminal when using the open command?


texts: Startup disk doesn't show my windows partition

texts:
Macbook Pro late 2011 running High Sierra (10.13.6). I have swapped my HDD for an SSD and placed my HDD instead of my optical drive.

I would like to install a Windows 7 partition on my SSD using bootcamp assistant. For that I have booted a windows 7.ISO on a USB (External physical volume), and successfully created a windows partition with bootcamp assist. Now during the restart I had a black screen saying "...no bootable disk found..." even though my usb was plugged in. I forced manually a restart pressing alt, i can only select my os partition.

Now on my start up disk in system preferences I only see Macintosh SSD. How can I get my macbook to force restart on my Windows Partition and read my usb stick?

PS: I downloaded my bootcamp drivers and have them on a separate USB + on my OS desktop


texts: Early 2008 Macbook Pro won't eject Windows 7 Professional disc when prompted

texts: Im using an Early 2008 Macbook Pro and I am having a problem completing my BootCamp installation due to the fact that when I am prompted to eject the windows disc, I have no clue how to. I've tried plenty times pressing the eject disc button but no luck, and I'm guessing it's because the laptop is trying to run as a Microsoft product and won't respond to the Macintosh buttons. Please help, I really want to install some other disc but they're only for Windows and I'm tired of dealing with Windows computers. Thank you for your time. : )


texts: Without realizing the time it would take to complete, I issued the command sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb . What happens if I kill the process?

texts: Will killing the process cause problems if I shutdown and reboot immediately after doing it? I am running OS 11.2.3 (Big Sur) on Mac Mini.


texts: iTunes can't restore backup but I can find the specific file?

texts:
I backed up my iPhone prior to taking it to Apple for repair, and ended up with a new iPhone.

When I tried to restore the backup onto my new iPhone however, iTunes informed me I have no backups available. I located the backup file under MobileSync/Backup but I can't get iTunes to recognise it.

I really only care about 1 specific Note, since I manually backed up my photos. Does anyone know how to restore the full backup, or even just get my Notes back?

AppleCare couldn't help me either. They said the version of iOS on the old iPhone being older than the one on the new iPhone might cause some sort of backward compatibility issue, but they couldn't offer any solutions.


texts: Local Items keychain and server-based accounts?

texts:
We've been trying to figure out this issue for a long time, but haven't had any luck.  I have two examples of related issues.

Our environment consists of an Apple server that has many user accounts on it (50+).  We have 20+ iMacs updated to Sierra 10.12.4 that users can log in to with these network accounts.  The issue we're having is that certain passwords are being saved to these accounts' "Local Items" keychain.

For example, if I type in a mail password for user Bill at Desk 7, it will save to the Local Items keychain.  Any time Bill sits at Desk 7, his mail will work without having to type in a password again.  But if Bill moves to Desk 8, we have to type in his password again.  With 50+ users at 20+ gets, that's 1000+ times we have to type in a password for someone.  Originally, this wasn't a problem...I believe prior to Yosemite, Mail saved and checked those passwords in the Login keychain, which travels with the user no matter what desk they log in at.  The Local Item keychain does not travel with the user; it is local based on what desk they sit at.

With Sierra, another app is saving to the Local Items keychain.  Our users have SSH-keys created for their some ssh logins.  Originally, these saved to the Login keychain, and now they save to Local Items.  Same problem.  We have to re-type in the passphrase tied to the SHH-key at every individual desk in order for their ssh accounts to log in automatically.

So I ask you, is there a better way to do this?  It would save us a lot of micro-management if there was.

(New user, so if there is a better place to ask this, please let me know.)


texts: Reinstalling MacOS X Snow Leopard on a Mac over a crashed linux Ubuntu

texts:
I have been a given an iMac 24" with a crashed Ubuntu installed on it. I have an install CD of Snow Leopard (not a machine dedicated one). I use a PC keyboard.

How can I install SL onto that machine to replace from scratch the installed OS ?

When I use the combination option-boot, or C-boot, or Option-R-boot, nothing happens... then Ubuntu launches and crashes. I never see the Apple logo.

When I insert the CD into the Mac at boot or before the boot, it keeps it a little time at boot, then ejects it.

EDIT 1
I have rebooted holding command-option-P-R. No display, the Mac makes THE sound, and auto-reboot.

Then I hold the option key: nothing happens, no image onscreen (power button of the screen is blinking), even if I wait 5 minutes. If I release the option key (alt on my PC keyboard, the Windows key should be the Command one), nothing more. If I then press the power button on the Mac, it shuts down instantly.

If I then reboot in a normal way, Ubuntu launches and crashes as usual.

TIP : I use a Dell 27" screen.

EDIT 2
I've burned a linux boot CD onto my W7 x64 PC (Ultimate Boot CD), inserted it into the booted Mac under crashed Ubuntu (no ejection of the CD, the drive tried to read things onto the CD), Hard reset, then kept the C key during boot. The CD drive did not tried to read the CD (no sound), and Ubuntu started/crashed as usual.


texts: How to restore Macbook Air to factory settings?

texts:
I am not a pro-Mac user (I am a Windows user)

Here's what I did with my old Macbook Air,

Press COMMAND + R while booting and it went into the mode shown in the picture
Selected Macintosh HD to (hopefully) install Mac OS X again
Entered Apple ID credentials

However, upon logging in, a message box shows saying that the Apple ID has not been used with App Store then the install won't proceed.

What can be done to format the Macbook Air into factory settings.


texts: Is there a spec or standard for .mobileconfig?

texts:
I see a lot of talk about mobileconfig files for standing up new boxes. It seems as if they're a configuration file for Profiles. Is there a spec or standard from which they're generated, or can be parsed?

Is there any where this is documented?


texts: Thunderbolt display "disconnects" after 17" MBP 2011 goes to sleep

texts:
My Thunderbolt display was working flawlessly until I upgraded my 2011 17" MBP to OS X 10.9. Now, when the MBP goes to sleep the display will not wake, the MBP wakes fine. The USB drive plugged into the back of the display is disconnected as well.

I have to unplug the thunderbolt cable and plug it back in.


texts:
I have disabled mail notification sounds in Mojave 10.14.6:

However, the Notification sound still plays for new mail. Even setting notifications to None does not help. The alert is gone, but the sound is still there.
Is there anything else that can be tried?


texts: Can I suppress the visual/audible bell in Mail when I press ⌥ (option) plus a symbol?

texts:
I've configured BetterTouchTool to allow me to toggle read/unread status of an email when I press ⌥/ (option slash, a convenient shortcut near the arrow keys), using the "Trigger menu bar menu item" action.  (See below screenshot.)

The shortcut works—when I trigger it, the read/unread status changes.  (BTT is smooth as glass, I LOVE it.)

However, Mail.app also makes an audible and visual bell (screen flash and a sound) when I trigger the shortcut.  It does this whether or not BTT is running or configured.

Is there some way I can suppress this bell sound and flash for this particular keyboard shortcut for Mail?

(I'm running Mail 9.3 on macOS 10.11.6, and BetterTouchTool 1.912 (523).)

P.S.: I tried several other unbound keyboard shortcuts, without configuring them in BTT but just pressing them in Mail, and all made the same flash and sound.  I have no reason to think they will not make the same annoying sound if configured to actually do something through BTT.


texts: How to get Night Shift on both external monitors?

texts:
I just surprisingly find that only one of my two external monitors gets Night Shift effects. Can anyone tell me how I can make both work with Night Shift?

MacBook Pro (15 inch, 2017)
macOS 10.14
Both monitors are LG Ultra HD (27', 4K), connected with USB-C <-> mini DP cable.


texts: Mounting SMB network share from Mavericks recovery mode

texts:
I would like to be able back up my macbook on a weekly basis doing the following:

boot into recovery mode
mount a windows SMB network share
use disk utility to save a disk image to the network share
possibly automate this process

This seems like it should be possible however when I try and mount the SMB share I get this error message:

-bash-3.2# mount_smbfs
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SMBClient.framework/Versions/A/SMBClient
   Referenced from: /sbin/mount_smbfs
   Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap: 5

I have also attempted to copy the framework folder from the main system volume. However the recovery partition is read-only.

Am I incorrectly trying to mount the SMB share or do I have to make a custom recovery image thats supports SMB?


texts: Create Wi-Fi access point in macOS without Internet connection

texts:
I want to use Keynote.app on my iPhone to operate a Keynote presentation on my MacBook Pro. In order to do that, both iPhone and Mac needs to be on the same Wi-Fi network. But sometimes, there is no Wi-Fi available or it is really unreliable.

I used to solve this by creating Wi-Fi access point on my MacBook. But with macOS High Sierra, it looks, that you cannot create proper Wi-Fi access point without tethering Internet connection. Because, in case I am not connected to ethernet, after creating the Wi-Fi access point in MacBook, I can see it on my iPhone in the list of available Wi-Fi networks, but it says, it has no Internet connection. So even if I try to connect to it, it shows this little tick icon next to the name of the wi-fi, but there is no Wi-Fi icon in the iPhone status bar. And it acts like it is not connected to the Wi-Fi as I am not able to manipulate the presentation through the Keynote app.

The same counts if I want to control some game with my iPhone (like Real Racing 2, which needs both iPhone and Mac to be on the same Wi-Fi network).

Is there any chance to creating a Wi-Fi access point on MacBook that is not otherwise connected to the Internet? I have tried searching for a solution on StackExchange and on the Web but to no avail.


texts: OS X 10.11.6 Missing over 200GB of disk space

texts:
I have a problem with disk space - all programs report that I used up 470GB out of 512GB, but all my files take about 245GB. Storage tab in "About this Mac" reports this space as "other".
Where is the missing space?

This is a Mid 2014 MBP with built-in SSD running OS X 10.11.6.

I tried already without success:

Repair disk permissions
restarting :)
Cleaning Spotlight cache
Removing small files that resulted in many inodes
Checking SDD health (is ok)

Grand Perspecive shows this space in gray and describes it as "Miscellanous used space" - what is this?

Daisy Disk and Path Finder reports 470GB used, whereas the sum of all folders is 245.3GB:

And here is the output of df -h:

$ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity   iused    ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     465Gi  438Gi   26Gi    95% 114982849  6860861   94%   /
devfs          334Ki  334Ki    0Bi   100%      1156        0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0        0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0        0  100%   /home
/dev/disk3     931Gi  605Gi  326Gi    66% 158652305 85363725   65%   /Volumes/Toshiba Backup

Maybe a related question: Missing hard disk space


texts:
What happens when multiple apps access the M7 motion chip? When one app reads a step count, does it zero the counter for other apps, or will other apps also be able to access the step count and double count the steps?

For example, I use MyFitnessPal and RunKeeper. At work today, while fairly sedentary, I enabled access to the M7 processor in MyFitnessPal. It tracked about 1500 steps. This evening, I went out for a walk and turned on RunKeeper. It logged my activity in MyFitnessPal when I was done, and the steps in MyFitnessPal dropped to zero. I lost the ~1500 steps from earlier in the day. What's going on?


texts: How do I make a command run automatically when I open a new terminal window?

texts: How do I make a command run automatically (in my case: alias t="todo.sh") whenever I open a new terminal window? I've looked for many posts but they all have personalised commands, which then led to personalised answers. Can anybody help me with this?


texts: Why does the Terminal app icon show an unread message?

texts:
For the first time in roughly three years, the Terminal app icon in the dock shows that red new message overlay.

To the right, the same happens with Thunderbird which I am used to as I do have three new emails. But what does that new message overlay in Terminal app mean?

I have no new mail in /var/mail/$USER nor does Terminal show any message when started.


texts: Can you merge two conversations from the same contact if one is sent from an email and the other from the phone number?


texts: How do I disable automatic media (image/movies/music) discovery in finder?

texts:
Finder may not be directly responsible for this, but it appears that OSX crawls my filesystem and indexes all of the images, music, movies, and whatnot that it can find everywhere. It is represented in the "All My Files" location in Finder where it has various categories for all of the files it has found somewhere in my home directory.

For various reasons, I wish for this behavior to stop completely. If it can't be stopped completely, though, I can live with simply removing these inconvenient previews from Finder and allow the index to sit unused somewhere on my disk (though, I'm sure it's taking up precious space).

OSX Version is 10.10

Here is a picture of the sections that I am referring to in Finder. I have circled points of interest to draw your attention to my specific example of images. Less than 20 images are in actual Pictures folders or whatnot.. the rest are in my system from git repos and whatnot that contain content that I will never wish to surf through from Finder.


texts: How to tether a 2014 MacBook Pro 15" Retina to two Dell Ultra HD 4k 27-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitors (P2715Q)?

texts:
I've attempted to connect my 2014 MacBook Pro 15" Retina laptop to two, 27" Dell Ultra HD 4k screens via OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock, however, I was only able to tether one Dell screen instead of two; I've tried several combinations, which include the following:

MacBook > Thunderbolt > [OWC](HDMI to Dell_1 + Thunderbolt to Dell_2)
MacBook > HDMI > [OWC](Thunderbolt to Dell_1 + Thunderbolt to Dell_2)
MacBook > Thunderbolt > [OWC](Thunderbolt to Dell_1)+(HDMI from Dell_1 to Dell_2)

Apparently, Hengedock would be a great solution for tethering two 27" Apple Retina displays but I don't think the Hengedock is compatible with subject Dell monitors; I'm currently standing-by for my inquiry placed with customer-service.  I'd appreciate any insight or recommendations for OWC, Hengedock, or any other successful implementations-thank you!


texts: What does this Wifi trend by iStumbler mean?

texts: Can anyone interpret what this graph is telling me ? It was created using iStumbler. My wifi connection is really bad and it keeps dropping (still connected to wifi but no connection to the internet). Resetting my wifi solves the problem for a few seconds until it starts dropping again. Any help is appreciated.


texts: Disable iSight Indicator LED on El Capitan

texts:
I use a lot my camera and sometimes I need to do a lot of meetings. I don't like to let people around see that I'm in a video call.

Do you know how to disable the indicator light to always be green when the camera is on?
I'm using a Macbook Air mid-2012 with OS X 10.11 El Capitan. If need, I can disable temporary the security from El Capitan.

Thanks,


texts:
I use top-notch MBPRO15 Late 2011 with the latest OSX and all the recent updates installed. I had booting problems before which I managed to solve through command+option+P+R. I'm not sure what exactly caused the problem, but it helped a couple of times. But starting from yesterday I'm failing to make it boot whatever I do with it.

So I'm having this:

I turn on the Mac
Chimes go as expected and the initial login screen appears
I put my credentials and booting progress bar starts up
After like 30-60 secs the progress bar disappears leaving me only with a grey screen.
Two options possible afterwards (i) the screen stays grey for as long as I wait or (ii) the mac reboots leading me to the initial login screen.

When try to go to the Troubleshooter with command+R the sequence is exactly the same. Instead of the Recovery mode I get a frozen grey screen.

If you need any more information to localise the problem please ask.


texts: usb3 case with ssd: extremely weird behaviour

texts:
I have an iMac Retina 2017 (and a Mini, 2014) running Mojave and Sierra respectively. I had a spare Samsung 850 EVO (250 GB) SSD from another computer that is dying. I got a new USB3 case from Amazon (Orico). Fitted the SSD and plugged it in. Weirdness begins.

Wouldn't show up in Finder, Disk Utility, Terminal (diskutil).
Unplugged and replugged. Showed up once allowed me to reformat it.
Ejected and wouldn't show up again.
Tested on both machines. Same problem.
Placed the SSD in an old USB2 case. Mounted and worked without an issue.
Placed an old 160GB HDD in the USB3 case. Mounted and worked without an issue.
Tested the USB3/SSD combo again: wouldn't mount.
Changed the USB3 cable with a cable from a Seagate 2TB, 2.5" drive mounted. Allowed me to install Mojave. And then halfway through installing apps, it hung. Hard reboot of iMac.
Tried plugging into the Mini. Mouse cursor disappeared!

My conclusions:
the case works, the drive works, the cable works. They just don't work together.
I would be very grateful for any help or pointers.
I've already returned one case because it went through these issues.
Thank you
Ashok


texts: How to search PDFs and extract matching pages with Automator?

texts:
I am trying to make an Automator workflow that will alllow me to:

Specify a folder to run the actions on
Search all PDF files in that folder for a certain word (my client's name)
Create a new PDF file with just those pages on which my client's name appears
Save that file on the desktop

Thus far, I can do steps 1 and 2. But is there any way to see what pages the matches were on or to create a new PDF for the matching pages?


texts: Encrypting data string using public key then save to variable

texts:
My scenario is a little different to existing Q&As on this topic and perhaps belongs into more than one category but as the following code is AppleScript / Shell based, I figured this is the place to start.

Scenario
I am working on an authentication method that involves encrypting an authentication password on the client side using an RSA public key that matches my (the server's) private key. A random salt is hashed with the authentication password to reduce the possibility of duplicate encrypted text.
The encrypted string is then passed as a parameter into a PHP page where it is decrypted, the salt discarded and authentication password read.

So far...

set public_key to "MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDoq9oD/YlxvkvYcKAd06Pn0nKb4bwGYiXFVkL6LGI3gzDFwxAKjt4AVE3pRHgi0tTPVHkGZRfH723+mF0Fe5Vdq7mGDzKB7EAWzkPLThxIRmvCbnbI3o/OCcRlDuBa7+GIjlnqRoQywg7PTYWXUEls5P/12TC7znhwmjk++9KWOwIDAQAB"

set theData to "This is my auth password."
set salt to generateSalt(random number from 10 to 50)
set dataToEnc to salt & "-" & theData

--set encrypt to do shell script ("openssl rsautl -encrypt -inkey public_key -pubin -in \"" & dataToEnc & "\" -out encrypt.dat")
--log encrypt

on generateSalt(numChars)
    do shell script "generateSalt() {
[[ -c /dev/urandom ]] || { echo 'ERROR: Random source /dev/urandom not available.' >&2; return 1; }
LC_ALL=C tr -cd '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' < /dev/urandom | head -c $1
}
generateSalt " & numChars
end generateSalt

Generating the salt and concatenating the string to it is simple, but this is where I am stuck:

How do I implement the correct encryption script with the hardcoded key defined at the top, INSTEAD OF referencing the .pem file that was generated through RSA gen creation?
How do I store the encrypted outcome into a variable INSTEAD OF a file?

I know there are variations of my questions which have already been answered but after hours of researching I am still no closer and am hopeful that somebody could assist. Please let me know if anything requires clarification.


texts: How to record camera with sound from external source on an iPhone 7?

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Pretty much what I'm trying to do. I want to record the camera's picture but the sound shouldn't come from the microphone directly but via an external audio signal.

What are my options?

I have either an analog audio signal via a jack cable or using a Windows laptop on the other hand.

The problem is: even though AirServer works on Windows and thus I can see my iPhone's picture on it I can't record audio with it from the PC nor record fullscreen video.

I see that the only way to do this is to buy a Mac and use Quicktime?

What about analog audio to USB going directly into the iPhone, would that work?

Obviously I could edit the two together (video and sound) but I don't want to do that if I can avoid it.

Thanks


texts:
I have a Mid-2012 15" Retina Macbook Pro running 10.13.5 which I have been using my AirPods with successfully since I got them over a year ago.

For some reason, today, when I try to connect them, nothing happens.  I've tried rebooting.  Un-pairing and re-pairing them.  They still work with my iPhone.

I noticed this in the Console when I try to connect:

default 14:21:52.245048 -0600   bluetoothd  ***** Temporarily stopping all scans *****
default 14:21:52.331071 -0600   SystemUIServer  [openConnection] self=0x6080002e3c00 EXPANSION.authenticationRequired=0
default 14:21:52.331518 -0600   SystemUIServer  [openConnection] self=0x6080002e3c00 target=0x60c000279ec0 return=0x00000000
default 14:22:02.659245 -0600   bluetoothd  Create connection failed (0x4) for device: 7C-04-D0-A6-1D-CB
default 14:22:02.659318 -0600   bluetoothd  DaemonHCIEventNotificationHandler_ConnectionComplete - 04
default 14:22:02.661284 -0600   SystemUIServer  Failed to connect to the device: 0x4
default 14:22:04.246890 -0600   bluetoothd  ***** Starting after temporarily stopping all scans *****

Is there some other place I can look to see what may be causing this?


texts: "Your full-resolution photos and videos stored in iCloud may not fit on this Mac." even with 45 GB of free space on internal SSD

texts:
Somehow I accidentally activated iCloud Photo Library and about 5 GB of my photos now reside there. Since I use other cloud services for my photos, I wish to take these off iCloud.

macOS Photos, however, doesn't let me download my photos:

  Your full-resolution photos and videos stored in iCloud may not fit on this Mac.

I have 45 GB free on internal SSD. And iCloud has at most 5 GB of storage. What is happening?


texts: Neither dock or bar appears on external monitor when I move an app to it How can I fix it?

texts:
This just started recently.  I have a MacBook Pro 15 2018 16 GB ram 512 GB HD. The external monitor is a Dell 24 inch with a 3820 x 2160 resolution.

I use it primarily for Azure development.
If I position Safari against the top the monitor, the bar does not appear. It stays on main screen.


texts: What does repeating beeps mean during charging?

texts:
During a software update to 7.0.6 this iPhone 4S abruptly turned off and would not turn back on (screen blank).

When plugged into the charger or computer it beeps on a regular basis with the default system ding sound.

iTunes recognizes it, allows photos to be backed up, but requires that I unlock the phone to refresh it or back it up, which I can't do because the display is off. Find my iPhone shows it in its correct location - which just verifies the wifi chipset, I suppose.

Performing the reset and restart procedures on Apple's website doesn't do anything.

The display is black the entire time.

While I'm pursuing other things, I'd like to find out why the phone is beeping while charging or plugged into the computer.  Does the beeping indicate something relevant to the issue I'm facing?


texts: Merge several folders, but keep only the newest file when conflicts are encountered

texts:
I've hit a bit of a wall with my backups. I have three backups, each is different, some contain newer files than other backups. I want to merge these three folders into one, but when a conflict arises, keep the newest version.

I've tried Path Finder with two test folders. One folder had Two sub-directories, and in each sub-directory there were two files. Each file had been modified at different times. I then worked out what the resulting merged file tree should look like, and then ran an actual test, which did not work...

You can see it overwrote the newer file (/One/Sub 1/File 1) with the older one (/Two/Sub 1/File 1), even though I selected "Keep Newer (modification date)" for files with the Path Finder merge. But, for some weird reason, it kept the newer file in the "Sub 2" folder.

This is obviously not right. And before I go ahead and write my own program to do this properly, I'd like to know if there are any existing, reliable programs to do this for me?

There is about 4TB of data, several million files, at stake here.


texts: Opening .msg file in Outlook for Mac 2011

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Most of my colleagues use Outlook on Windows and I need to access emails stored in .msg format (don't ask, it's complicated).

My understanding is that .msg is an Outlook file format, but Outlook 2011 on Mac can't open them.  When I right-click on the file and ask to open with Outlook, it creates an email with the .msg file as an attachment.  Using various dragging and trying to open with the file menu also don't help.

Any ideas on how to open these on Mac?  Preferably without having to install additional software.


texts:
Is it possible to merge to Time Machine Backups?

When I look inside the sparse-bundle which Time Machine generates then I see that the folder-structure ordered by dates. So theoretically I could copy the files from my old TM sparse-bundle into the new one. Is this possible?


texts: iMac mid 2011 reboots when connecting an external display

texts:
I'm new to apple, and finally got my second hand iMac booted.
I try to connect an external display to the iMac with an mini display port adapter.
I have 2 adapters, 1 does nothing, the other makes my external display working (FHD and 4K), but then, the iMac reboots.
I think this has something to do with the switching of the graphics adapter.
I searched for a workaround to disable the AMD graphics adapter, but can't find this.
Does anyone has another solution, or tips for a work around?


texts: Safari can't connect to the server "localhost"

texts:
Okay, I am a beginner with all this, so don't expect me know much. Let me know if this is the wrong place to ask this. What tags should I have used? THANKS a lot for your time.

Background

I have a CGI script saved in /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables.

I used to be able to run the script using the URL: http://localhost/cgi-bin/filename,

Problem

But now, Safari can't connect to the server?!  Once or twice it begins to load then stays for a long time and eventually the same error comes up.

What could the problem be?

Extra Q's

I found my apache2 folder in /private/log/apache2 should this be moved?

Can I somehow run this script on something else without a server? Terminal works, but it is too hard to read.


texts: Is there a software program which is basically a custom dictionary for mac

texts:
My wife translates legal texts from language a to b (and back).
She has her own phrases which translate to specific other phrases.

Is there a tool on the market where she can add these lists, and quickly look them up? (by just typing a word and all relevant phrases pop-up)

When I look for dictionaries, it finds software pre-filled with terms/translations we don't want. Or they can be used to spell check, which we don't need.

The default Dictionary application for Mac does allow custom dictionaries, but to make them you need to be a developer.

I've been looking into textexpander-like apps as well, but still it seems like a poor fit.


texts: Auto-correct in Mavericks for Romanian Dictionary

texts:
I installed a Romanian dictionary on Mavericks in two ways:

by using the cocoAspell and,
by copying the OpenOffice dictionary files {aff|dic} in the ~/Library/Spelling/.

The Good: In both the cases, the the spell checker works well and underlines incorrectly spelled words. I report on my experience with TextEdit, but the same is probably true for other apps.

The Bad: It seems that auto-correct only works for non system dictionaries. For French if I type "bbientot" the system automatically fixes the word by removing the double b and adding the missing accent -> "bientôt". When I try the same thing for Romanian (e.g. "ddomnule") although the word is underlined, and the first suggestion in the contextual menu correctly removes the double d, the word is not automatically fixed.

The Uncool: This works well on the iPad and it's a shame that it does not work on my more powerful machine. If this would work one would then be able to write without diacritics and get them for free through auto-correction in languages that make heavy use of them (Romanian being one such language).

Is there anything that I am missing?

Note: System Preferences>Keyboard>Text>Correct spelling automatically is checked I still can't get the auto-correct to work. The "Check Spelling While Typing" and "Correct Spelling Automatically" from the Edit menu are also checked.


texts: How long do Apple retain notifications to be pushed to iOS devices until they expire?

texts:
If an app attempts to send a notification to an iOS device that is either powered off or has no network connectivity push notifications need to be kept in queue.

For how long does Apple retain notifications to allow the device time to contact the APNS servers?


texts: Why does my Time Machine external drive unmount overnight after upgrade to Mojave?

texts:
I use a LaCie Quadra RAID drive as my Time Machine drive. It's directly connected to the USB socket on my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014, macOS 10.14.1). It's been fine for years.

It may be a coincidence, but I upgraded to Mojave recently, and the LaCie drive started sometimes unmounting overnight, when the iMac is sleeping. It doesn't do it every night. All I get from the iMac is a message in the morning telling me to eject drives before unplugging. The RAID drive is still properly mirrored when I power cycle it to remount. I use the iMac almost all the time during the day and the drive has never unmounted in the daytime.

How can I find out more about what is going on? I'd like to understand whether my drive controller is breaking or some software has started idling my USB or...

Thanks!


texts: Is there a decent icon editor for OS X capable of editing .icns files?

texts: The software for editing icons needs to run on OSX Lion.


texts: Apache 2 `UserDir` problem in OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) Server after upgrade from Lion (10.7)

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I had a Mac under OS X Lion. I upgrade it to Mountain Lion, and buy the OS X Server software in the AppStore.

Since the beginning, I use the Apache version bundled in Mac OS, and it work fine.

But after solving some problems (like the change of location of the main directory from /Library/WebServer/Documents to /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/Default), I can't figure out how to configure UserDir to work again!

As explained here:

  Please note - the Mountain Lion install removes the contents of the directory
  /private/etc/apache2/users
  so if you counted on those configuration files working for you, oops.

So, I follow advices found here, and finally my file /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf look like this:

#
# UserDir: The name of the directory that is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is received.  Note that you must also set
# the default access control for these directories, as in the example below.
#
UserDir Sites

#
# Users might not be in /Users/*/Sites, so use user-specific config files.
#
Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*.conf
<IfModule bonjour_module>
       RegisterUserSite customized-users
</IfModule>

<Directory "/Users/*/Sites/">
Options Indexes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

But, event after some sudo apachectl restart or reboot, impossible to acces again to my UserDir /Users/utilisateur/Sites/ through http://127.0.0.1/~utilisateur

Can you provide me some advice for the configuration please?
Remember: I've installed the Server software from the AppStore.

Thank you in advance!

[EDIT] I also tried these recommendations: Mountain Lion, Apache, Sites folder, htaccess and mod_rewrite, but it dosen't help…

[EDIT 2] In response to the possible duplicate with "How do I get my user directory working for web sharing again?", I will say that in my case, it's not a permission denied, but a 404 Not Found. It is probably due to the concomitant installation of the OS X Server application from the AppStore, so, it's a distinct issue IMHO…
In fact, I've tested the solution provided, and it does not work at all for me.


texts: How can I disable the "Welcome, Name!" banner notification for Game Center?

texts:
As per this question I've found banners to cause slowdown on iOS 5, it turns out the "welcome, you have been signed in" Game Center message does this too, and on occasion it will interupt me several times in a game if I switch in/out of the app while playing as it logs be in/out repeatedly.

Is there a way to disable this notification while leaving Game Center enabled? I tried revoking the banner notification rights from Game Center but the pop up still appears.


texts: What is this annoying popup when I try to edit text:

texts:
Recently in some apps when I select a word to edit it, I sometimes (not always) get this annoying popup:

Once this popup appears, I cannot edit the text selected, and have to click away from it and start again. Where does this come from, and can I suppress it?

The exact behaviour is: I select text by sweeping with the mouse. Then I move the cursor back into the selected text without touching any mouse button. As soon as the cursor is in the selection and before I can click a button, the popup appears. The same thing happens using my trackpad


texts: Import photos from external disk into iCloud Photo Library via MacBook Air with not enough HD space

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I have 60 GB of photos on an external hard disk.
I also have a MacBook Air with an empty iPhoto app. The MacBook has 15 gigs left of HD space.

Can I import these photos directly into the iCloud Photo Library?

I can only find articles which explain how to upload your complete library to iCloud, after which it starts optimising for storage. However I don't have enough space to fit all  my photos on the internal hard disk.


texts: Apple Watch is taking heart rate readings while being held in the air, not pressed against skin. How is this possible?

texts:
While holding the watch in the air, the heart rate glance provides a heart rate that jumps around.

How is this possible?  The sensor on the back is pressed up against nothing.


texts: Is it possible to approve a Family Sharing purchase on a Mac?

texts:
I have family with iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) but I personally use Android.

I do however have a Mac Mini for development - is there any app or web site from where I can approve App purchases (Ask to buy)? The idea is that I won't need to confiscate an iOS device and log into App Store using my "organiser" account just to approve.


texts: Can I convert an IPA file to support a higher version of iOS?

texts:
I bought my iPad 2 in 2012 which currently runs iOS 7. I have this amazing app through which I am able to download any video I find online. I was able to retrieve the IPA file through my iPad, but each time I try to transfer it to my iPhone 8 Plus running the latest iOS, on iTunes it says that the app I want to copy is not compatible with the higher iOS version on my iPhone.

When I try to use my iCloud back up from the iPad, it simply does not even show up in my apps. This app is not even in my purchases on the App Store with my Apple ID. I have tried using Cydia Impactor, CopyTrans Manager and iMazing, none of it has worked so far. Is there any way I can change this IPA file to support a higher version of iOS? I do not have a MacBook, I do not know if Xcode would even work with this but I am unable to use it if there is any solution on Windows I would love to try it.


texts: How to share a (non-iCloud) library in the new Yosemite Photos App?

texts:
In iPhoto, I put a shared iPhoto library on a network external hard drive accessed by multiple computers in the family.
Even though two computer cannot access the library at the same time, the whole family can add to and edit the same (huge) library.

In Photos, I can't seem to select the "Photo Library.photoslibrary" from a second computer (via network shared drive).

If it's no longer possible to share a library from multiple computers, that would be a huge functionality loss for us - to not be able to keep one library for the whole family.

Our library is too large/expensive for iCloud Photo Library, which also would require all computers to sign in with the same iCloud account (no good for everything else).

UPDATE: since my shared Photo Library resides on an external hard drive, I tried attaching it directly to the second computer and then was allowed to select it (Option-launch Photos App) as well as setting it as the system library.

So it appears that the difference with iPhoto is that I can no longer share the library via network File Sharing (tried both smb and afp with no luck).

I really hope Apple allows this again as it's a hassle to detach/attach hard drives when we have high speed home network.

UPDATE 2: following Kevin's suggestion below, I tried creating a new Photos Library with only one photo added, and was able to access this library from another computer via network share. When trying to open the much larger library (converted from iPhoto library) from network share, Photos app showed a spinning wheel for a while and then returned an error message saying it could not open the library. The spinning wheel can persist for a long time, so I suspected it might be the sheer size of the library choking up the app. Indeed when I brought the computer into the same room as the wireless router, it did successfully open the library.

So bottomline is it still "works" provided the network speed is able to handle the size of the library.


texts: I have a folder in ~/Downloads/Media with lot of media files backed up in time machine. Since I moved the files back and forth it has taken so much space in my external drive. Can anyone tell me a way to remove the location from Time Machine completely? I want to remove the location permanently.


texts: View all ratings and reviews in iTunes for PC

texts:
I have iTunes installed on my Windows 10 PC. I have written reviews for some podcasts and albums.

I can see my own reviews if I look up the specific podcast and album and go to the Ratings & Reviews section. However, is there a way, maybe within the account menu, to check all my ratings & reviews in one place?


texts: Does FileVault 2 encrypt keys in sleep mode?

texts: I have an early 2015 13" MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11.2 and I'm considering enabling FileVault 2. I realize that the disk is always encrypted, even when the machine is in use and only parts of it are decrypted, but the decryption keys are stored in RAM (I believe) when the machine is on. When I close the lid and the machine goes to some sort of sleep state, is it possible for an attacker with physical access to the device to obtain the decryption key granted that they don't know my user login password? User login password is set to be required immediately after waking from sleep. I got the idea that in newer versions of OS X FileVault keys are encrypted with user login keys, but I couldn't get any confirmation on this. I want to avoid enabling destroyfvkeyonstandby if possible as fast and reliable wake-from-sleep is important to me.


texts:
At the moment i'm trying to switch from Outlook to Apple Mail / Cal.app and
would like to know if anyone here has found a way to batch import Calendar events
consistently from CSV files.

The usual CSV -> Google -> iCal route is not what i'm looking for.

Maybe an alternative (calendar) app for the Mac?


texts: iTunes not accepting me to download apps from the App Store

texts: I was bought an iPad yesterday. I'm actually a 12 year old and want to download Subway Surfers but can't. I always have internet but whenever I try my account is not verified. What's the step foward guys?


texts: What has caused the CTRL + x + e shortcut to stop working in the shell?

texts:
The CTRL+x+e keyboard shortcut allows you to open your favorite editor, as defined in the $EDITOR shell environment variable.
This has stopped working for me recently, but I am not sure what changed.
I have $EDITOR in my .zshrc set to VS Code like so:
export EDITOR='code'

Previous(Expected) Behavior
Earlier, triggering the above shortcut in zsh on iTerm2:

It would open a tab in an active VS Code window.
It would allow me to type my long command.
I would then close the tab, VS Code would ask if I wanted to save the file, I would click on No and it would return to the zsh tab with the long command already entered.
I just had to press the RETURN key then for running the pasted command.

Actual Behavior:
Now, if I follow the same steps as above, the typed command is no longer entered in the zsh shell, even though the VS Code tab closes.
Environment specs:
macOS Big Sur - 11.2.2
VS Code - 1.55.2
iTerm2 - 3.4.4
zsh - 5.8
Note:
I could replicate the same erroneous behavior on the natively-available Terminal app.
Has anyone else faced this problem? Could someone help please?


texts: Using the command-line / Terminal, is it possible to determine if this Mac has Touch ID or not?

texts:
I am trying to find a way, using the Terminal/command line, to determine if the Mac I am using has Touch ID or not.

So far web searches have not turned up any answers.

I would have thought that either ioreg or system_profiler might have the answer, but my attempts to use them have not uncovered anything useful.

(I did find one reference to Multitouch ID but I believe that has to do with the trackpad not Touch ID.)


texts: Extended Desktop to Mac book from Macbook pro

texts:
I have two Mac one is mac book and other Is Mac book Pro and i am looking for a way so i can use macbook as a extended Monitor for MAc BOok Pro.

is there a way to do it .

thanks in advance


texts: Upgrade available for Open GL graphics card

texts:
Is there a compatible Open GL graphics card for my 17-inch iMac
(MA590LL) to support 3D software?


texts: Is there any way to bring back H.264 support in Chromium

texts:
I'm using Chrome on a daily basis or to be exact, latest-builds of Chromium. I recently uninstalled Flash, in order to increase battery life on my MBP and in general rid my laptop of the evil Flash imply.

Now with Chromium's drop of H.264 codec support, enjoying the web is becoming harder and harder. Is there any way to re-enable H.264 support in Chromium?

I know Microsoft (of all players) released such a codec plugin for Chrome recently. Safari isn't really an option although it's sweet.


texts: Keep my music on my phone but not in iTunes

texts: I use a MacBook Air with limited storage space, with a 256 GB phone. Is there a way I can download music and sync it to my phone, then delete the files from iTunes afterwards?


texts: Can an iPhone6 automatically dial 911?  I was in a horrible traffic accident where I lost consciousness.  I obtained cell phone records and was surprised to find two 911 calls originating from my iPhone about the time of the accident.  I do not believe anyone else made the two calls (first call was 1 minute, second call was 3 minutes) and I feel certain that I did not.


texts: The App Store app update kept asking for Yahoo password

texts:
I was trying to update YouTube on an iPhone 5S with iOS 7.0 but it asked me for Yahoo password, not iCloud password.

How am I supposed to solve this problem?


texts: OSX Yosemite uses over 500mb daily, without me using it. And only the total data received shown in Activity Monitor - no detail in specific process

texts:
Almost every day, about 560mb of data is received and I'm not downloading anything. When I check in the Activity Monitor, it shows the 560mb usage, but in the list of processes, there is hardly any usage at all. If I sort by Rcvd Bytes, the most used by any given process is something like 2.7mb, and the total amount is less than 5mb (if looking at the details for the processes in the list)... I cannot find what process is using the data! Highly frustrating seeing that data is massively expensive in this country (South Africa) and I am using a wifi router with my 3G contract, and within a couple days, I've exceeded the limit.
I have seen a similar post and there was a process called nsurlsessiond which was addressed. In my case, this process name does not appear at all. I've followed the advice that was given in that post otherwise [like for Spotlight - Prefs > Spotlight > Search Results & switch off Spotlight Suggestions & Bing Web Searches], but nothing has changed.
How can I find out what is downloading the data and how to stop it?

Please help.


texts: Display forwarding - for non-X programs?

texts:
I ask this anticipating the answer is 'no', but - is it possible to forward graphics windows on mac the way you would forward X11 windows, i.e. via ssh?

I'm thinking specifically of the python display windows generated by matplotlib, which I'm guessing use cocoa or something similar.

A workaround for this question is to use Screen Sharing with ssh tunneling, but I'm asking if the direct solution is possible.


texts: Finnish spell checker for Pages.app '09?

texts: Can anyone tell me where I can find a Finnish spell checker for OS X Pages '09 as it is not available through Apple?


texts: Update from os x 10.4 to 10.9 with time machine backup

texts:
I have a iMac (compatible with os x 10.9) running 10.4 Tiger.

How do I upgrade this to OSX 10.9 as AppStore is not available under 10.4.

I do have a time machine backup from my macbook pro running mac os x 10.9. Is it possible to import the 10.9 time machine backup to my old imac running tiger?


texts: Queries for Third Party Content in the iOS App

texts: Will this app https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/repost-for-instagram/id570315854?mt=8 come under the category of displaying & accessing third party content?


texts:
My computer recognizes my iPhone 5 but not my iPhone 4 and yet both are recognized by iTunes.

I've tried all the received suggestions: restarting the computer and iPhone 4, changing the USB cable, changing ports- but to no avail.


texts: Set default notification preferences, or batch modify them?

texts:
My Notification Center is a vast wasteland of unwanted alerts. I really don't want to open the Preferences pane and go through Every. Single. App. and click around to change things -- I'll give myself RSI.

Is there any way to:

Batch modify the settings from the command line, and/or
Configure default settings for new apps?

I want everything except a few selected apps to basically disappear. This is my work computer, I need to know when I get email or IMs but being notified about an update to some random app I use once every 6 months is a serious productivity killer.


texts: Increase size of sparsebundle for TimeMachine

texts:
I am using a sparsebundle store on a linux server. It worked well until today.

Today Time Machine tells me that the size of the sparsebundle (500gb) is not sufficient. So I use hdiutil command for increasing the size of the sparsebundle: hdiutil resize -size 600G xxx.sparsebundle. The command works fine but Time Machine seems to not see the increase of the size of the sparsebundle (it only sees that the size is 500gb and so it can't continue to backup).

Do you have any idea for solving this issue?

NB:

the sparsebundle is encrypted
Time Machine mounts automatically the sparsebundle (linux server configured with afp and netatalk).

Version:

ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion:  10.10.1
BuildVersion:    14B25


texts: Demo account for Sign in with Apple for App Store Review?

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Does the Apple App Store review process require a demo account for signing in via a "Sign in with Apple" button? For example, if that is the only sign-in method, how would one create a demo account?
The App Store Review Guidelines state to "include demo account info [...] if your app includes a login."


texts: Why does GPS on the iPhone use so much power?

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I keep reading in articles that GPS on the iPhone, or any cell phone for that matter, uses a lot of power, but I've never heard an explanation of why.

Why is this? The phone doesn't have to transmit like it does with 3G or WiFi.

Does the actual act of receiving and amplifying the signal take a lot of power?

Or is it used by the CPU? I find it hard to believe that the computation necessary to process the GPS signal would tax a modern processor.

So where does the power drain come from?


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I'm trying to send e-mails using applescript
I can't seem to find a way to create a hyperlink for the e-mail content
Im on Big Sur 11.3.1
  set NewMail to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject,
               content:FinalContent, visible:true, sender:mailSender}

In my situation, content:FinalContent is the concatenation of many different lines for the email paragraph. I want to insert a link to my website into the e-mail content. I can't seem to create a hyperlink to my site and insert into FinalContent.
Does anyone know how to do this?


texts: macOS: Safari: Full screen mode: bringing focus to address bar in a new window

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When we open a new tab in Safari, it automatically brings focus to the address bar. But in full screen mode, after pressing alt-cmd-N(or the private mode counterpart), the new window that opens is completely blank due to my preferences, but neither is the address bar visible. I want to have focus in that by default instead of pressing cmd-L.

Safari 12.0.2 on macOS 10.14.2


texts: Time Machine starts backup but stop and never starts again

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I had Time Machine configured and working, then one day it stopped working and got stuck on preparing backup. I ended up wiping the backup drive and had Time Machine start new. It finds the drive and begins to back up but then it never finishes, in fact it will start every hour but never finish.

I have exhausted everything on Google that I could find. Is there a way to wipe the Time Machine config files and start fresh on Mac OS?


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I want to see the list of the recent iCloud backups my phone has made. By going into Settings->iCloud->Backups I can see that my most recent backup was at 1:04am, but I would like to see all of my recent backups! This can't be seen on iCloud.com, nor on my iPhone.

The only place I know I can see all the backups listed is after a factory reset, as in the image below, but I really would not like to do a factory reset.


texts: Javaws unable to locate JRE on 10.9 Mavericks

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From the command line, running javaws results in the message:

$ javaws
No Java runtime present, requesting install.
Unable to locate a Java Runtime to invoke.

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_40"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_40-b43)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0-b56, mixed mode)

$ /usr/libexec/java_home -V
Matching Java Virtual Machines (3):
    1.7.0_40, x86_64:   "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_51-b11-457, x86_64:   "Java SE 6" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_51-b11-457.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_51-b11-457, i386: "Java SE 6" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_51-b11-457.jdk/Contents/Home

I'm running OSX 10.9.

What's the matter?


texts: After update OS X EI Capitan, external hard disk format changed

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I always use the same external hard disk on my Mac formatted as OS X Extended (Journaled). After upgrading my OS, it's recognized as NTFS volume now.

What should I do?


texts: How to block "Twitter’s Promoted Tweets" on iOS

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How could I block "Twitter’s Promoted Tweets"? I use the official iOS client. I also use the official OS X client, but so far didn't notice on OS X "Promoted Tweets".

Is the solution to switch to other iOS client? Which one without ads?