texts: I think this question is fairly straight-forward: is there any way to get Pages 6.x (I have 6.2) to have facing pages? I typically word-process in Pages '09, however that doesn't have right-to-left support and I don't need Adobe InDesign for this project.


texts: Is there a similar functionality of "Get Info" (Cmd+I) from the Mac OS X Terminal.app?

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I would like to ask if in OS X there is a similar functionality of "Get Info" (Cmd+I) but from the Mac OS X Terminal.app? I mean something like finderGetInfo /path/to/a/file.ext which will output the infos for the file but in the terminal console? Like this:

But from the command line:

Machine:~ antony$ finderGetInfo /Users/antony/file.ext
General:
   Kind: Document
   Size: 29 bytes (4 KB on disk)
   Where: /Users/antony
   Created: Today 08:58
   Modified: Today 08:58
   Stationery pad: NO
   Locked: NO
More Info:
   --
Name & Extension: file.ext
Comments: ...
etc...

It would be very useful when creating some automatic tools that need to extrapolate some useful information from a file of any type.

Is it possible in OS X?


texts: I bought music from iTunes with my credit card, but it was my son’s iTunes account.  We shared a pc at that time. Can I retrieve my music and put it into my iTunes account?


texts: Custom shortcut to pause a QuickTime screen recording? + Pushbutton

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I am looking to record my screen using QuickTime on my Mac, but stopping a screen recording requires you to press
ALT then click the Pause symbol on the QuickTime window.

I would like to know if it is possible to create a custom keyboard shortcut,
and then run the command from a usb pushbutton.

So you'll push the physical button to pause, and the push to resume,

Not sure what USB/Bluetooth  pushbutton should I buy for this.

The Pause-resume button should work while any program is active


texts: How to fix the Jerky and jumpy Apple Magic Trackpad behavior?

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My Apple Magic Trackpad has started to move the pointer on the screen with a jerky and jumpy way, that makes it difficult to use it (compared with the macbook pro mid 2010 17inch touchpad).
How can I fix it, and why it appeared so suddenly?
My operating system is Mac OS Mountain Lion.
Thank you.


texts:
I opened my MBP and certainly the system gives the following warning "Cloudd wants to use the "Local items" keychain" and asks me for my keychain-password. After cancelling this warning, it kept coming back, over and over again. After a forced quit and a system reboot the warning was gone.

I never had any idea why my system whould ask for my password at that time, was someone uninvited trying to access my computer? Who or what is Cloudd (double-d)?


texts: How to turn-off the heuristic guessing of (kanji + okurigana) while doing Japanese input?

texts:
The Japanese input method has changed on my Mac. The traditional way on OSX and Windows is:

type hiragana for the word;
press space bar;
use arrow keys to select (kanji + okurigana);
press enter.

Somehow, (95% sure this because of El Capitan) my input method has become:

start typing hiragana;
while still typing hiragana, it continues to take heuristic guesses at the (kanji + okurigana) that I might want. This approach makes most sense on mobile phones, but I don't want to do this on my MacBook!
pressing esc reverts the guessed (kanji + okurigana) back to only hiragana (what I want), but then type another hiragana, and it starts to guess again... this is driving me crazy.

What language settings do I need to adjust so that I can input Japanese as I always have?


texts: Why would port 19421 be open on an iPhone?

texts: Following up on the Zoom vulnerability, I decided to run nmap and scan my local network for devices with port 19421 open. One of the devices turned out to be my iPhone!  What service would use that port on an iPhone, and should I be concerned about it?


texts: Problems connecting to ethernet with El Capitan

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I have a late 2013 MacBook Pro running El Capitan 10.11.6. Recently I bought a USB-to-Ethernet adapter so that I could connect to Ethernet. It was working fine, but now it's not after a few days.

Now, I don't see the Ethernet option under "Network Preferences", and I tried resetting my NVRAM (as I've seen on some other suggestions online) but that didn't work.

Any clue as to how I should proceed?


texts: Mapping signatures to aliases in Mail.app

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Is there any way of mapping a particular signature to a particular alias in Mail.app?

I have 3 email aliases in one account so I've set up 3 separate signatures. When I receive an email to one of these aliases, Mail.app correctly chooses the alias to use when replying, but it won't allow me to tie a particular signature to that alias. Instead it always automatically chooses the first signature, I have to manually change the signature when writing the email.

Is there any way to address this? It seems like a major shortcoming, and at the moment is the only thing stopping me from using Mail.app.


texts: Finder Services - Cannot get specific service to appear/run

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I cannot get the default Finder "New Terminal at folder" service to work, no matter what. I've tried every trick I could find online.

So I created a new service and it appears in the Services list, but again, cannot get it to appear in the actual services menu nor does mapping a hotkey work.

The kicker is that this exact service was working for the last few months with no issues. Suddenly just stopped working. I haven't updated the OS or anything.

I'm on Sierra.

The script is below:

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Finder"

        set myWin to window 1

        set theWin to (quoted form of POSIX path of (target of myWin as alias))

        tell application "Terminal"

            activate

            tell window 1

                do script "cd " & theWin

            end tell

        end tell

    end tell

    return input

end run

I really need this service to work, it saves me so much time and I really hate how it's not a reliable os feature.


texts: I love the big screen on the iMacs, but having to shape the applications so they don't overlap is not optimal. Is there a way to have an autotiling feature, so that with the touch of a (configurable mouse) button the windows get tiled automatically ?


texts: How can I stop this process from trying to launch every 10 seconds?

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In my system.log file, this keeps happening every 10 seconds:

Feb 23 16:26:00 computername com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.AnjoyTunesHelper[759]): Service could not initialize: 16C68: xpcproxy + 11765 [1475][286733C4-18D9-396D-B01B-A096BE5B1DC1]: 0xd
Feb 23 16:26:00 computername com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.wondershare.AnjoyTunesHelper): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

I have read "How do I stop a particular service from running?" and it helped get rid of other wondershare processes, but after restarting, this one still persists.

I've searched on files with "wondershare" or "anjoytuneshelper" in the name, but find nothing. Does anyone know how to stop this process from ever recurring? It's not a big deal itself, but it sure does make it hard to find other events in the system.log file.

EDIT: I've also tried this process but with no success:

Launch RealPlayer
Click Help -> Reset RealPlayer
Agree to EULA
Keep going through each step until it asks you if you want to "Add Agent"
Select "Don't Add Agent"
Restart computer


texts: Are the two SATA bus interfaces in the 2010 Mac mini equal in speed?

texts:
I want to replace the DVD in my old 2010 mac mini with a SSD but first I would like to know if the two SATA interfaces are equal when it comes to speed.

I would prefer to keep the harddrive on the first interface as it is much easier to change it than is to change the one in the DVD location.


texts: Different resolution when connecting to Mac remotely

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I want to connect from a Windows machine to a MacBook Pro remotely. What I tried is TeamViewer and VNC, but at both I'm not able to change the resolution for the remote connection. Only the resolution of the integrated screen seems to be supported (1280 x 800).

Microsoft RDP is able to do this on Windows machines. How is this done with a Mac?


texts: Lost 3 GB memory from iPhone 4s after update to iTunes 11.4.018

texts:
My storage on the iPhone, which I had cleared to 6 GB of free space (I have NOT downloaded 8.0.2) suddenly, after iTunes software update, went down to 3 GB of free space!
This happened just with iTunes software update on my computer, followed by a sync.

iPhone 4s with 16 GB capacity. iOS 7.0. I downloaded latest iTunes version to my computer 11.4.018.


texts: Why does htop show different CPU levels for processes than top or Activity Monitor?

texts:
I installed htop through brew, real pleasure of a view compared with top.

The totals across both CPUs for top align with the sum of totals per-CPU in htop. E.g. right now I see about 40% per CPU in htop, or 80% of CPU, andtop` gives the right number.

But the individual processes are completely different. CrashPlan in top currently gives ~20%, and if I sum up all of the individual tasks in top it gets to the right total.

In htop, all of the individual tasks show 0.0%, even if the total per CPU is high.

In sum:

CPU of individual processes in top do not equal those in htop
The sum of CPU of individual processes in htop do not equal the total CPU used in htop.

What am I misunderstanding? How do I read htop results?


texts:
I have an automator workflow, that is supposed to take a PDF from Hazel, split it into it's single pages and store the new PDFs one level above the input file. The output folder of the single page PDFs should depend on the input file.

Link to workflow in Dropbox

The first action is only for debugging purposes and doesn't contain a file in the saved version.

The last action claims to finish successfully, but it doesn't write anything. Or least I can't find any PDFs where I'd expect them.

When I set the target of the split PDF action to a preselected, fixed folder it works. But then the output location won't be determined by the input file.

How to get it to do what I want?

P.S.

Just found this similar issue (thanks to the issue suggestion bar on the right). I'll try that Apple script over there later, maybe the presentation of my folder isn't as the action would like it

Automator: extract PDF text and save in current directory


texts: Have Automator folder action pass a list of files to AppleScript

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I need to pass to a .jsx script (a Photoshop script written in JavaScript) a list of image files as arguments when they are added to a folder. According to the Adobe documentation, you can call a .jsx in the following way:

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS6"
    do javascript (file "/path/myPhotoshopScritp.jsx") ¬
        with arguments { "path/image1.jpg","path/image3.jpg","path/image4.jpg" }
end tell

I know that when a folder action workflow is triggered, the items that were added to the attached folder are passed to the workflow. But I have problems in referencing these items from AppleScript and dynamically compose the array you see in the last part of the script:

"path/image1.jpg","path/image3.jpg","path/image4.jpg"

I imagine it's a simple task, but AppleScript is not intuitive for me.


texts: iMac black-screened, wouldn't wake up; here's the error message

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I put my 1 year old iMac (running OSX 10.8.2 with all updates) to sleep in San Diego. I then tried to wake it up from Vegas using my other iMac (same OS) using the following command:

Cmd-K >> "vnc://192.168.1.49" #[running over a VPN]

I've done this sort of thing a million times with no problem but today the San Diego iMac didn't wake up. I sent my I.T. guy to investigate. He said the screen was black, and the machine was unresponsive to keyboard or mouse input. The harddisk was still running. The iMac was hot to the touch (as all iMacs are when they've been awake for an extended period).

He turned the machine off and turned it back on. Everything looked normal. He ran:

Cmd-Space >> "console"

The log was completely full. There were 4,000+ messages, each with the exact same date/time stamp and message. It was as follows:

2/12/13 11:29:29.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_allocate_cluster - send HI_WAT_ALERT

It's like the machine was trying to wake itself at 11:30pm for some reason. And it failed. Everything appears ok now but this event concerns me. Any remedial action I should take?


texts: Can't reinstall Mac OS X El Capitan because the only partition is a locked OS X Base Image taking up the full HDD

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I'm trying to reinstall Mac OS X El Capitan on a new Macbook Air. Disk Utility lists a single SSD with a capacity of 251GB and a single partition (OS X Base system) that is taking up 250.4GB. When I try to create another partition it says that I need to enable journaling, but the option is greyed out. I also can't reinstall from the internet because the OS X Base System partition is locked.

Any ideas?

Edit: As requested by @klanomath


texts:
I would like to construct a desktop-like solution for someone who is not terribly computer-savvy by allowing her 2011 MBAir to connect to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. I've looked at various docking stations, but none of them appear to power the computer itself (at least I haven't found one), which means it would separately have to be connected to external power (note: this is a Thunderbolt 2 computer). So I've been thinking about just doing this without a docking station, since it isn't obvious that a docking station would make for less work.

The idea would be to just buy a monitor, bluetooth keyboard and bluetooth mouse. Is it the case that once all of these are configured, my wife could just walk up to the desk, plug in the monitor (and computer power if desired), and start to use the external devices for input? If so, can the laptop be closed during that time?


texts: How to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion?

texts: I want to use the photo of a contact in the Address Book/Contacts in another app. What is the easiest way to export the contact photo in Mountain Lion to an image file? Dragging it out to the desktop does not work for me: I always get the photo Resize window instead.


texts: MacBook Pro OS corrupted while upgrading to High Sierra 10.13

texts:
I was updating MacBook Pro to High Sierra and it restart few times and suddenly shows black screen with flashing question mark. I tried to restart it several time and same issue. Then I googled and found that, I need to re-select startup disk and I followed the instructions but no luck.

Unfortunately, I didn't backup machine because of space issues so no time machine option. :(

I have 2 partitions, one for OS and one for Data. The Data drive was encrypted and I never encrypted OS drive. First strange thing I notice in startup menu that OS drive is also encrypted. (BTW, it accepted my user account password when I try to mount drive in recovery mode) And Secondly it is currently showing APFS format type, which is I guess a new format (released in High Sierra) so it looks like the High Sierra was installed (maybe partially). Currently, the OS drive format type is APFS whereas the Data drive is Mac Journaled (encrypted)

When I boot while pressing option key, it doesn't show any drives; just Wifi option. :(

Questions:

Is there any possibility to fix this?
Is there any way to go back to 10.12.3 Sierra? (which I was running)
If I need to re-install OS, is there any way to access user folder and move data? (like in windows we can boot and access/move files using CMD)
Does this happen because of encryption?

Edit:

Model: MacBook Pro 2016 with TouchBar
I am a developer and I have more than 6 months of code in Mamp folder so you guys can understand; how important that would be


texts: TextEdit not closing without asking me for a file name

texts:
Previously, macOS using TextEdit and other apps allow blank documents to be edited and closing them without having to save the files, even for new files that were not giving a name yet.

I have to reinstall Catalina recently, and now, every time I close TextEdit it asks me to save or delete the file.

It appears TextEdit is not working normally anymore and there is no preference to adjust that.

This does not do the trick

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit ApplePersistence -bool yes

Any way to solve that?


texts:
I setup a new lion server, with fully functional dns. Forward and reverse work without issue. I have a forward DNS entry for the server externally. OD is running, and there's 5 network users. Also, all the correct ports are forwarded on the firewall.

AFP works Flawlessly for all users internally and externally, and when the admin logs  into the server with WebDAV, it works fine. Using finder, we use this method: http://server.abc.com/webdav

However, the network users can NOT connect, but the local accounts can. Does anyone have any clue? Has this happened to anyone else?


texts: Stuck in recovery mode and unable to install OS X El Capitan

texts:
Hi to anyone able to help with this / having the same problem...

I use a 2009 iMac A1224 20" with a SSD, running macOS El Capitan (the shop which installed the SSD also installed El Capitan back in 2018.)

I recently been having some problems - spinning beach-ball, white screen / load bar freezing at 50% during start up.

I cleared out disk space, installed updates, reset PRAM and verified the drive - none of this seemed to help.

Luckily it does actually start up every 1/20 times, so I've backed everything up externally.

Initially I tried to re-install macOS, entering recovery mode using Command + R or Command + Option + R but only got in with Command + Option + Shift + R - I don't know if that's because it is an old model?

When trying to re-install El Capitan I keep getting "This item is Temporarily unavailable" with my Apple ID. I've tried two old Apple IDs and had not luck either. I've logging in to my new/current iCloud and Apple ID (made after these problems started happening) and seen my iMac is listed under my devices.

I recently tried erasing the SSD / Macintosh HD but it's not made any difference. Now when I start up I loads straight into Recovery Mode automatically.

Also since erasing my SSD, the newly named partitions do not appear in the Recovery Mode Startup Manager - the section 'Choose Startup Disk: Select The system you want to use' is now blank.

I am stuck in recovery mode and unable to install macOS X El Capitan.

Any suggestions?

Thank you


texts: Deleting a network user profile from computer

texts:
My computer is hooked up to a school domain, and a few people used it to log on. Now, the accounts of the other users are still here. I don't have any of their files, but just the empty shell accounts OS X creates by default. It's still about 250MB per user (from the default stuff OS X puts in, plus caches they used while browsing etc.).

Can I delete these user folders safely (with sudo)? Or do I need to do some Directory Services magic to make sure OS X knows the users are gone?

EDIT: The users aren't in my "/Search/Users" DirectoryServices list, nor are they in /etc/passwd. Their user folders are shown as being owned by numeric IDs, rather than their actual names.


texts: Can't boot after El Capitan Installation

texts:
Partly installed El Capitan on my Mac Book Air and was unable to finish the installation due to time. Now when I go to log into my computer the home screen with my personal icon is white, and when I put in my password the screen fills with code.(black bars with white writing) Then an Apple Page comes up saying my computed wont start because of an error. That it needs to be restarted. Every time I restart it or shut it down the same thing happens.

How can I fix it please?


texts: I am going to buy an iPhone 5s 16GB. Now my query is whether any videos that I still store in my phone can later get transferred into my laptop? That way I can save spaces by not keeping unnecessary videos, images, etc.


texts: MacBook Pro 2016 going to sleep after one minute no matter what my settings are

texts:
My energy saver preferences are as follows:

However, no matter what I set the slider to, my MacBook Pro is going to sleep after one minute. What is wrong here?


texts: iOS In App Purchases and other content deleted every few days

texts:
Every few days, all in app purchases disappear. I have to go into each app and use the "Restore Purchases" option to get everything back.

Also:

My alarms keep being deleted - the alarm page is just blank and I have to add them again.
Passwords/Log in states for apps are being lost - for example I have to log into Instagram, etc, every few days.

It feels like some sort of caching/preferences issue, stuff getting deleted when it shouldn't be? I have an iPhone 7, 128GB, with 35GB free space.

This has never happened in 10 years of using iPhones, and as far as I can recall nothing has changed, i.e., no updates or anything.

Any ideas?


texts: No bootable device found ( Install windows on Mac )

texts:
I'm owning a macbook pro 13 inch mid 2009 and a USB thumb drive Kingston DataTraveler 100G3 16 GB.

I successfully installed Windows 7 on my Mac using Bootcamp ( with a little trick to enable "Creat a bootable flash drive" feature which was hidden in my bootcamp version ).

The problem is, after about 1 month, I followed exactly the same procedure, with the same USB and ISO installation file on my friend's computer ( Macbook Early 2008 model ), it just didn't work. When I tried to boot into USB, it said : "No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key ". Similar to this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWBY6IezQA

And to be even more frustrating, I tested it on my computer again to check whether there was something wrong with my friend's computer, my computer couldn't even boot into the USB again

I'm really desperate now. I feel like there is some mysterious thing going around here. My USB's working perfectly otherwise.


texts:
As the title says, how can I disable websites from being able to open App Store on iOS?

I was reading a news website and clicked a link that opened a new tab (an advertisement) which then went on to opening my App Store and going to an Apps download page.

How can I disable websites from being able to open App Store on iOS?


texts: Time Capsule will not allow allow a guest network in Bridge mode. Why?

texts:
My 2 terabyte Time Capsule used to allow a guest wifi network but since I had to switch to bridge mode to accommodate my cable internet provider (while installing an Exchange server w/o a static ip address) I no longer have the guest option.

Why?

Is there a workaround?


texts: Safari 'find' does not focus on link after looking for a word

texts:
In Firefox I find very useful this feature:
 after looking for a word (cmd+F) it allows to quickly open a new page — if the string I was looking for was part of an  active link - just by pressing the return key.

Is there a way to get this effect in safari too?


texts: Is there a way to easily test the speed and power capacity of a USB-C cable?

texts:
Specifically in a macOS / iOS household (i.e. not looking for solutions that calls for Windows software).

I have a number from varying sources and definitely they are not equal. For example:

The C-to-C cable that came with an Aukey power bank can deliver data but only at ~50Mbps however it can do 45W of power just fine.
The C-to-C came with my Samsung T5 SSD can do 500+ Mbps but I'm not sure how well it can charge power banks.
Apple's C-to-C cable bundled with recent MacBooks can do 87W (assuming from the capacity of the power brick that came with it), but I've read somewhere that it could only do USB 2.0 speed.
A Baseus C-to-Lightning cable that charges an iPad Mini fairly quickly (using a MacBook charger), but never heard of "double beep" when plugging any iOS device indicating fast charging enabled.


texts: iPod 5 stuck on voice over and is locked

texts: My iPod 5 is stuck on voice over, but it's also on lock screen. I do not know how to unlock it and get to settings to turn it off.


texts: Xcode 3.2.6 and iOS 4.3 SDK installation problem on Mac OS X Lion

texts:
I recently brought a new Mac mini running Max OS X 10.7 Lion.

I downloaded the iOS SDK 4.3 and Xcode 3.2.6.dmg from Apple.

The download was successful and I was able to install it without any problem. But after installing, I cannot find Xcode in the /Developer/Applications folder.

All I do see there are performance tools and utilities folders.

Can anybody help me in properly installing Xcode on Lion?


texts: How to clear iPhone's concact cache for text messages?

texts:
My iPhone (model 5, IOS 6.1.2) seems to have some sort of contact cache which it uses when sending text messages: whenever I am sending a message to someone, I start typing the persone's name in te "to:" field, and the iPhone shows me all the contacts matching the letters I typed; but it shows up also contacts I have deleted long ago, and which I don't want around anymore.

How can I get rid of this?

Is this related to the infamous e-mail cache?


texts: What's the differences between the iPod Touch calendar and the iPhone calendar?


texts: applescript to find contacts that are not in any group

texts:
I have been using a script that does not work anymore in mountain lion even though I have changed the words "address book" to "contacts".

If you select all the contacts, and then use the script, it will find all those contacts that are not in a group for you.  The short script is available at MacOSX hints:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20051126084705352

Can anybody modify this to work again? Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there a way to program iTunes to only play all of your songs once?

texts: I'm tried of hearing the same songs over and over when listening to songs via  iTunes DJ.


texts: Submitting iOS app with password protected content

texts:
Is it possible to submit an iOS app to the App Store, where the content requires login/password and the publisher keeps control over who can have the account? It's somewhat like an Enterprise Distribution, except we don't want to be limited to the employes of the company. This way we could also give access to the content to selected clients.

Can't comment yet, so I'll clarify here.
I know about the reviewer account thing and I've used that before. My question is about restricting acces to the application to the general public but not only to company's employees (as in Enterprise Dist.). Also there's no plan on selling the access thus we shouldn't fall under In App Purchase restrictions.

@markhunte: Yes, like FB, except the content is not necessarily online, it may as well be all in the app bundle, and the user registration is at the company's discretion.


texts: How to understand macOS wireless diagnostics?

texts:
I run wireless diagnostics:

to see which channels are best for my WiFi. In log I see:

# --- Wireless Environment
    2.4 GHz Networks            : 4
    5 GHz Networks              : 3
    Current Channel Networks    : 1
    Recommended 2.4GHz Channels : [ 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 ] 11 1 4
    Recommended 5GHz Channels   : [ 40 44 48 ] 36

How can I interpret values in brackets and outside brackets? Which channel should I choose from recommended ones?


texts: RAW images not supported in Aperture after Time Machine restore

texts:
After restoring from a Time Machine Backup all of the RAW images in my aperture library show as "Not supported", even though they did work on my old laptop (where the backup was made).

Here is what I tried:

Downloading and manually installing the latest Camera RAW
Repairing permissions for my Aperture Library
Repairing the Aperture Library itself
Rebuilding the library itself

And it still says "File type not supported"  The weird thing is after I rebuild or repair the database, the thumbnail will work, But expanding will then break it and all of the thumbnails will go back to the exclamation mark.

I have multiple backups, one time machine and one put on a windows server.

My camera is supported by Digital Camera RAW - Sony Alpha SLT-A57


texts: Can I enable AHCI mode of the SATA controller when booting to Windows on a MacBook with Nvidia chipset?

texts:
Is there a way to enable AHCI mode under Windows on a Macbook5,2 (white) on N-Force 730i chipset?
If you want to just say 'no', please put it in the comments instead. Thanks.
Advanced Host Controller Interface mode provides additional features of the SATA standard and can be implemented in BIOS on some motherboards to improve performance.


texts:
I am not having WiFi. To update to IOS 11 iphone needs a WiFi connection.
My idea is to use the Iphone for tethering and connect it "to itself". Will it work? Can I connect my Iphone the WiFi it makes itself and than do the update via mobile network?


texts: System reboots when I disconnect Blackmagic eGPU from my Mac mini

texts:
When I shut down the Blackmagic eGPU using the icon in the Menu bar:

Or if I manually unplug it, the system wants to reboot. All the applications ask "Do you want to close?" Then if I say no, at some point the reboot is cancelled, but half of my applications not asking for a confirmation close automatically. I am using a 2018 Mac mini running MacOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F132)

How do I avoid this?

PS: I found a related question without answer yet.


texts: MacBook Pro Touch Bar 2016 Haptic feedback not working

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with touch bar from late 2016. I was using my MacBook Pro normally by watching video's. After a view video's I closed my MacBook Pro and came back later. When I opened it again I discovered that the haptic feedback was no longer functioning.

My track pad was fully functional, I was able to click, to use right button, to use Force Touch and move the cursor normally. The only thing that wasn't working was the haptic feedback. I didn't change anything in the settings.

A small list of everything I tried:

Fully shutdown, and restart
SMC reset

^ Control⇧ Shift⌥ Option ⦿ Power while power on
^ Control⇧ Shift⌥ Option ⦿ Power while power off

NVRAM reset

By rebooting pressing CommandOptionPR and waiting for 20 secs

Booting while holding D, gave as result: "ADP000", no problems found
Starting in Safe Mode, no result
Booting from a USB stick with a clean install of macOS

None of these procedures worked for me. I' hoping that someone who had the same issue knows a fix. Otherwise, I might contact Apple. I'm able to use my MacBook Pro normally but it just bothers me the haptic feedback isn't working.


texts: Safari keeps losing my sessions / cookies

texts:
I'm a long-time Safari user, without any serious troubles.
As of yesterday, Safari now loses my session data every half hour or so.  Meaning - I get logged out of all of the sites I'm logged into - Google, Twitter, Stack Exchange, whatever.  They all seem to get logged out at the same time, and it happens many times a day.

I don't think that I made any changes that would impact this.

Any insight?


texts: How to solve the flashlight and camera bug in iOS7?

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I recently ran into a very persistent bug on my iPhone 5 on iOS 7.1.2. All of the sudden the flashlight button in the control center is greyed out and the rear camera wont work, i.e. showing a black screen and crashing. According to the Apple forums I am not alone with this issue. For some people playing around with the camera worked. Most end up bringing the phone to the store. I am pretty convinced it is a software bug.

I tried so far (list will be updated):

Play around with camera settings (flash, HDR, ...)
Turn flashlight on/off with third-party app - app crashes
Regular iPhone restore from iTunes
Recovery mode firmware restore

No success. I have no more warranty and so I can't bring it to the store.
Does anyone have further ideas or even the solution?


texts: Open specific links in specific browsers

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Is it possible to tell OS X to always open one site in Chrome, and always open another site in Safari?

In a nutshell, I want to set a default browser per domain rather than globally for the entire computer.

Here's why I ask:  Out of the box OS X does not come with Flash.  The Chrome browser has Flash bundled, however.  So I'd like to have domains that I know require Flash always open in Chrome, but everything else open in my preferred browser, which is Safari.

I'm okay with maintaining a "white list" of which sites need the "use chrome" exception, but right now I can't see any way to make it happen.

Any suggestions?


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I recently got a USB Microphone and no matter what I do, the microphone is way too loud.

I lowered the input level in system preferences to be as low as possible without being off and it's way too loud.

I also tried using osascript -e "set volume input volume .1" but that was a guess and I think it only affects the laptop's microphone, not the attached USB microphone. Here's my full terminal session:

~  $ osascript -e "set volume input volume 1"
dlopen error : dlopen(libjack.0.dylib, 1): image not found
~  $ osascript -e "get volume settings"
dlopen error : dlopen(libjack.0.dylib, 1): image not found
output volume:38, input volume:1, alert volume:100, output muted:false
~  $ osascript -e "set volume input volume .1"
dlopen error : dlopen(libjack.0.dylib, 1): image not found
~  $ osascript -e "get volume settings"
dlopen error : dlopen(libjack.0.dylib, 1): image not found
output volume:38, input volume:0, alert volume:100, output muted:false

When I spoke with CAD tech support they said:

  For some users the issue seems to be the MAC driver, specifically their failure to implement the boost enable/disable feature.
  Since we don't write software we have to rely on MAC's drivers.

I was going to return it and get another one when I realized that it's probably better to figure out what's going on since the same thing could happen with another microphone (I'm a programmer :)

Any ideas? I'm A OK if I need to use the command line to set things..


texts: "Block all cookies" in Safari (desktop) seems to block none

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Safari 12.1.1 - OSX 10.14.5

I want to block all cookies and local storage in Safari and so set that as an option. Yet when I check what data has been stored, there is always an extensive list of cached data (and no way to see any details about that data).

Am I misunderstanding what "block all cookies" is supposed to do?


texts: Sharing internet connection from ethernet to wifi NOT using apple sharing

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I want to share my internet connection on 2 pcs (imac+mac mini), however, the default internet connection sharing stuff, is really unstable.
Is there any 3rd part alternative, working stable?

Thanks.


texts: Converting WAV to MP3 using LAME and Automator

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I'd like to convert many WAV files to MP3 files using LAME and Automator. I need a script that I could right click a folder and convert all the WAV files inside the folder to MP3 files. I've been able to find a script to convert single file but I don't know how to modify it so I could convert many files with a single click.

I've been using script which I found here for single files. Here is a similar question but instead of using "Run Applescript" it uses "Run Shell Script". I've tried to replace LAME parameters between "do" and "done" but haven't succeeded to convert anything.

So, how could I convert folder full of WAV files to MP3 files? For me it doesn't matter is it done by using Applescript or Shell Script in Automator if both ways are possible.


texts: Can I manually connect my Facebook contacts to my AddressBook contacts?

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I have the following:

Facebook friends
iPhoto faces
Address Book contacts

Faces and contacts are already linked. Some friends are also linked to the contacts. There is a problem with the friends that don't use their full name in their Facebook profile. They just don't.

Is there a way to link them manually, so when I tag someone in iPhoto with his/her full name it will appear in Facebook (given the photo is shared from iPhoto) as tagged with the correct friend?

PS: I have the iPhone Facebook app, if that helps (I think it has some kind of sync function).


texts: What does "each user must type in their password before they will be able to unlock the disk" mean?

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I am setting up File Vault 2 on my Macbook Pro under Yosemite and I see the following message,

  each user must type in their password before they will be able to
  unlock the disk

I don't actually have the password for the other account on the computer to verify the behavior to expect from the Admin account.

What exactly will this user see when they login? Will they be able to use the computer or will I have to unlock the disk for them and reconfigure FileVault?


texts: Will upgrading my 2007 mac-mini from Tiger to Snow Leopard be a performance upgrade?

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I'm cleaning my old 2007 mac-mini and am wondering whether I should upgrade it to Snow Leopard while I'm at it?
I want to do this only if this will be any performance upgrade.
Note that I have upgraded it's memory from 1GB to 2GB.

Thanks in advance,
Ittai


texts: My photos file names have the date in them e.g. 2015-05-15-123.jpg so when I do a Search in the iOS app for say 2015 I get all photos taken in 2015 but they are shown in a flat list. Is there a way to group them by Album instead?


texts:
Here's the terminal command and output:

douglas@machine Desktop % shasum -a 256 /Users/douglas/Desktop/TinkerTool.app
shasum: /Users/douglas/Desktop/TinkerTool.app:

which shasum:
/usr/bin/shasum


texts: How can I disable media playback in Finder document icons?

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I'm on Lion now, and hoped that Apple would have added the option to disable the quick preview buttons on the icons some way. Here's the problem I have:

When I click on a video in Finder just to select it, I often hit the tiny triangle (see screenshot above), making the video play inside the icon. This is very irritating, since I have to click the teeny tiny triangle again to stop that.

Finder has a "Show Icon Previews" setting in the view options, but that does not do what I want, as it disables the whole thumbnail preview all together, like so:

This clearly not very helpful. I'm looking for a way to keep the previews, but disable the controls on the icons, so that whatever I do, the icon looks like this:

I'd like to do this for all file types with these silly tiny controls on a 32x32 icon.


texts: What iOS camera apps produce realistic HDRs?

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Many HDR photos have an over-processed look with colors that are oversaturated and otherwise unrealistic, halos, excessive texture and local contrast, and so on. I don't like that.

What camera apps exist on iOS that capture realistic HDR photos?

They can use exposure fusion, or tone-mapping, or some other algorithm, as long as the result is natural-looking. I care about the result, not the algorithm.


texts: https (ssl secured) local websites are not working in Safari and Chrome in Mac Yosemite. How can I fix this?

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As a developer, I will be running and testing the web apps that I am developing locally.   But Chrome and Safari are not allowing me to hit my local server with SSL enabled.

https://localhost:8443/ is not working saying SSL error with the following error message.   I think,  it is something to do with adding my certificate to OS X Keychain Access,  but I couldn't figure what actually needs to be done!

Could some one please help me out!

  SSL connection error Hide details Unable to make a secure connection
  to the server. This may be a problem with the server, or it may be
  requiring a client authentication certificate that you don't have.
  Error code: ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

Update

I was generating the self signed SSL keystore and certificate using the below command

keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -sigalg SHA256withRSA -keystore /path/to/keystore -keysize 2048 -validity 365

My problem got resolved,  when I generated my self signed certificate with below simple command.

keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore /path/to/keystore

I am not sure why!?


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I set the 30 day Premium subscription for LinkedIn through iTunes. I cancelled the subscription but i am not able to change the plan from premium to basic. I reached LinkedIn which advised me to get in touch with Apple. Apple Support is redirecting me to Linkedin.

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/topics/6156/6157/49845/canceling-a-premium-subscription-purchased-on-your-apple-device?lang=en

How to change the Subscription plan for third party app purchased through iTunes?


texts: Is there a hidden preference to get Mission Control to show application icons when grouping is turned off?

texts: When I turn on grouping in Mission Control to I get the application icon overlaid on the windows that belong to the application. Is there a hidden option to show icons on ungrouped windows?


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I use Smart Invert (Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Invert Colors > Smart Invert) extensively. But when I enable Smart Invert colors become slightly dull, especially reds, see image:

On the left is the Health icon with Smart Invert, on the right is the Health icon without smart invert. The icon on the right is slightly brighter. The effect is really visible when you toggle Smart Invert a couple times while on the home screen.

This is on an iPhone 8+, on a brand new installation of iOS 11.2.1. I have no color filters enabled and True Tone and Nightshift are turned off. My iPad Air, that doesn't have True Tone doesn't have the problem.

I want this effect to go away, ideally the icons on the home screen look exactly the same with of without smart invert. Also, I'm using icons as an example, but the effect is visible everywhere, also on photos or YouTube videos for instance, which is a bit annoying.


texts: Is it possible to use airdrop on iphone4?

texts: I have ipad mini and iphone 4 and i want to transfer some music from ipad to iphone. Is it possible to use Airdrop?


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I tried looking for the "guest" password by doing the command dscacheutil -q user and found the guest account. I saw that there was a "password" (I know that the usual guest account does not have a password) so may I ask what is the "guest password"?

Terminal output snippet:

name: Guest
password: ********
uid: 201
gid: 201
dir: /Users/Guest
shell: /bin/bash
gecos: Guest Account

By the way, I want to use my knowledge to show off Terminal's sudo without using login or su. (I do not want the commands passwd or anything similar from that)

Edit: As of El Capitan, the Guest user will output one star as below:

password: *


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Where do unsaved files go in Lion?

I quit TextEdit without saving since I had no intention of saving, but with autosave the file still got save somewhere since when I reopen TextEdit the file I was working on is there (even tough I disabled resume >.<). So I was wondering were did that file get saved?


texts: Upgrade from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion in non personal & large scaled development environment

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My company is still running Snow Leopard and we're thinking of upgrading to Mountain Lion soon. We are developing iOs and MacOsX applications and have a small break between the old projects and the new projects. What this means is, that we can start over with the new applications on the new version. But what happens to the old versions? They don't have ARC, Storyboards etc... I know you can switch off ARC but we want to make sure that we will still be able to commit updates to our old projects and we can't efford to put lots of time and effort in the conversion process.

I spent some time reading the user comments below the xCode update on the AppStore and read that the new Version deleted old projects. Of course we have a backup but this makes me uncertain if it's the right step.

Does anybody have experience how this works in a non personal environment? At home I'm running Mountain Lion and xCode converted small projects by itself. I'm just not sure about large scale projects...


texts: Making MacPorts Think A Dependency Is Already Installed

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I like to install some packages by hand that are also available through MacPorts. When I do this MacPorts still wants to install that package even though its binaries are in the path.

Is there any way to install let's say Python without MacPorts and than install a package that depends on Python via MacPorts without installing MacPorts Python?


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Is there a way to set different modes on my Macbook Pro. For example, I use my MBP for work, school and home. When I am at school I do not have my macbook plugged in to a charger and have to choosy as to what apps/services I can run so my battery does not drain. However, when I am at work or home, my MBP is plugged in and the apps/processes running are inconsequential.

What I would like to be able to do, is have like a school mode, which would automatically turn off iCloud Drive sync, OneDrive, Dropbox, Bluetooth, and some other services, all with the click of a button. Then, with another click of a button, turn on, or reenable these app/services when I get to work or home.

Is there a way to achieve this, or do I just need to manually do it?

Thank you.


texts: Why isn't Disk Utility is not giving me consistent reporting?

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Disk Utility is not giving me consistent reporting (Mojave 10.14.6 on a Macbook Air, Early 2014).
Most of the time (9 times out of 10) disk utility states there is a problem and I need to fix it in safe mode. When I run Disk Utility in safe mode, it states all is ok.
And then, once out of safe mode and back in “ordinary" mode, it repeats there is need to fix it using disk utility in safe mode.
System information states the disk is “verified”.
I have tried running the trial version of DriveDX to look at the health of the disk and it says it’s “ok”.
Does anyone have an idea what I can try to fix this before I get to the point where I try formatting the disk and restoring everything?
Many thanks.


texts: sidecar unable to connect deviced timed out

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I have been trying to use Sidecar in the public betas of macOS Catalina and iPadOS 13.

I have a 2019 Macbook Pro, and a 3rd generation iPad Pro, so I know I have supported devices.

Both devices are on the same Wifi network, and both have Bluetooth enabled.

Both devices are logged into iCloud with the same AppleID.

Both devices have two-factor authentication enabled.

I have tried this both with and without a USB-C cable connection between the two devices.

The Sidecar preference pane in System Preferences does appear, and when I go into it I can see in the "Select Device" dropdown that my Mac can "see" my iPad Pro.

However, when I try to connect to it, I get the following after a pause:

I keep watching this page for troubleshooting tips, but none have been useful for me thus far.

FWIW, I have been a "good citizen" and reported my problems to Apple via the Feedback Assistant apps on both devices, so in case this is a temporary bug, I've reported it.  I'm just asking here in case someone else has encountered this issue.

Edit: Eventually, Sidecar started working for me (sometimes) after some of the later public betas came out.  I'm not sure exactly which version(s) of Catalina and/or iPadOS made the difference for me.  So far it has worked without any timeouts in the final versions. I didn't need to downgrade and then re-upgrade as the submitted answer suggests, although I'm glad that has worked for some.


texts: OS X 10.5 upgrade to OS X 10.7 with data saving

texts: They gave me macbook for development, it's quite powerful, but I need to upgrade i to OS X Lion because otherwise I can't run Xcode 4.X. How to upgrade but to save existing data somewhere on the hard drive? Thank you


texts: Apps Stuck in Security & Privacy > Accessibility

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I was messing around with using AppleScript for GUI manipulation so the apps I was making had to be granted access. The very first one I did showed up in Security & Privacy > Accessibility as 04F05B1B-23E7...6027D697DF.app (not the name of the app). So I copied it's contents, deleted the app, and made a new one with the same name. That worked (it showed up in Security & Privacy > Accessibility as the correct name), but the other name was still there, even though the app was gone. AND if I tried to check the box to allow it to control my computer, it would instantly uncheck itself. So not only should it not be there, but it performs weird as well. Now that was my only problem until today, when I noticed that every single one of the apps I had made had its name transformed into some string of numbers, capitol letters, and hyphens. So I copied the folder the apps were in to some other spot and deleted the originals, that didn't make them go away. Then I zipped up the copy folder and deleted the unzipped one, that didn't work either (yes I have restarted my computer). I have no idea how to fix this and I didn't have any success trying to google it, so here I am. Here's four of the five that exist.

EDIT: Also, could anyone tell me if files related to those applications left on my computer is the reason the apps won't leave.


texts: How to set default application for special link types (e.g., ssh://)?

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Some applications will signal to the OS that they can open special link type, such as ssh:// or github-mac://.  They get automatically opened for such links by the web browser (or when using open in a terminal).  If I have multiple such applications, how can I set which one should be the default?

For example, both GitHub Desktop and SourceTree can handle github-mac://. When I installed GitHub Desktop, it became the default handler for these links.  How can I set SourceTree as the default handler without uninstalling GitHub Desktop?


texts: No space left on device while 50gb is available

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I have a problem with my free space. macOS started to run slow, all apps reports that there is no space of device, while I have a lot.

From System Information:

Available:  53,51 GB (53 506 232 320 bytes)
Capacity:   238,71 GB (238 711 107 584 bytes)

df -h

Filesystem                          Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1                         222Gi  172Gi   50Gi    78% 3962602 4291004677    0%   /
devfs                              181Ki  181Ki    0Bi   100%     626          0  100%   /dev
map -hosts                           0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0          0  100%   /net
map auto_home                        0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0          0  100%   /home
map -fstab                           0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0          0  100%   /Network/Servers
localhost:/FC-07iTrTX6rKeriMneLyb  222Gi  222Gi    0Bi   100%       0          0  100%   /Volumes/MobileBackups

macOS version: Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29)

Filevault: no

APFS: no (at least I didn't do anything to convert)

First aid: Incorrect block count, Invalid volume free block count

Tried to fix it while restarting (cmd + R)
Tried /sbin/fsck -fy
Tried to install mac OS while reinstalling, fails with error (can't find a folder)
Can't update to High Sierra, fails to download

Any ideas?


texts: Why isn't the mute key working for an external output device?

texts:
I have an external sound card (Line6 Studio GX) connected through USB. I have selected this device as the output device in sound settings:

Now, when I press Mute (F10), the mute overlay is shown:

However, the sound continuous to play. The 'mute' checkbox is also not checked in Sound settings. When I check 'mute' through the settings, the sound is muted. Mute key does work for internal speakers. How can I restore the mute key for this external device?


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Fullscreen video played from youtube, also happens in VLC

The white areas of the video glitches
Doesn't show up in a screenshot
Goes away when you replay the video

System specifications- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015), OS X Yosemite.

Any ideas? Google wasn't helpful


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I'm being forced to use my Macbook more and more with my metered 4G connection. I really need to keep data usage limited. Windows has an metered connection mode which really helps with this.

What's the best way to handle this issue in the OSX world? Perhaps some use of the firewall? Is there any sort of logging happening as to what is using the network?

Thanks for your help :-)


texts: Is there a drag-n-drop SVG to PDF converter?

texts:
I use Inkscape quite a bit to produce presentations. Since Inkscape doesn't handle multiple pages, I end up with a lot of individual .svg files. I then have to open each one and 'save as' a PDF to then import them all into preview. Which is kind of a pain.

Ideally preview would support SVG, but until then, I was wondering if there was a native OSX app I could use to just drop SVG files onto and have it spit out PDF versions. Anyone know if it exists?


texts:
I use iCloud photos, on a new Catalina MBP and on iOS 13.6.
on both of those devices I see 7201 photos.
yet, on iCloud.com I see 7200.
there is always a one photo difference.
Adding and removing photos made no difference, iCloud and the Apple devices just gain and lose photos normally. Yet the difference is always there.
Any ideas how to debug?


texts: How can I use siri to add tick box items to a note?

texts:
I have an elderly relative that can no longer write legibly due to a tremor.

Can we use siri to add tick box items to a note?


texts: Dock Folder Stack - I want ascending order

texts: Before I upgraded to OS X Lion, when I click a stack, it would show the very top. Now, it shows the very bottom of the menu meaning you would see the "Open in Finder" option after you click it. Now, I sorted my download folder by "Date Added" and its very annoying that I am seeing the oldest files first rather than the newest ones. I would have to scroll all the way to the top to access the new files. How can I have the newer files be shown first aka ascending order?


texts: GarageBand play head not visible when streaming

texts:
When recording in Streamlabs OBS window capture I do not see the play head

It should look like this:

However you can see the play head when using display capture


texts: Can launchd be made to set a different owner on files it creates while executing a .plist job?

texts:
I have a launchctl .plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>david.ports.slocate.home.updatedb</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/opt/local/bin/slocate</string>
        <string>-U</string>
        <string>/Users/david</string>
        <string>-o</string>
        <string>/Users/david/slocate_david.db</string>
    </array>
    <key>Umask</key>
    <string>077</string>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>5</integer>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>45</integer>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

For those who are wondering, I use the slocate port from MacPorts instead of the native locate database that ships with OS X.  This .plist job updates the slocate database specific to my home directory at 5:45 AM daily.  The Umask setting of 077 makes the output file readable only by me.  However, the file is created with the ownership of root; not what I want.

Is there a way to specify the ownership of the output file instead of the default of root?  I realize I can run this as a LaunchAgent under ~/Library/LaunchAgents, but I prefer the job to run whether I am logged in or not, hence installing it as a LaunchDaemon.

I'm running OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite.


texts: Finder Advanced Search - Only within directory

texts:
I have an advanced Finder search criteria to show everything modified within the last X days. I'm not seeing an option that would let me restrict this search to only files within a specific directory (and sub-directories).
The Finder preference that controls where to search does not apply to advanced searches.


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I want to connect a camera (web cam or just regular digital camera) to the iPad and download the pictures from the camera and showing it on the iPad. I need it to be live - take a picture with the camera and than download it from the camera into the iPad. any suggestions?
Is there a way to connect the camera to the iPad and connect the power supply of the iPad at the same time (the iPad should be connected to power supply all the time).

if it is not possible is there any other tablets which can make these requirements?

Thanks in advance,
Shahar.


texts: Delayed image on second monitor, MacBook Pro 13 inch i5

texts: I have a 2011 MacBook Pro conected to a LG Flatron L19WS monitor through a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter and the image is delayed from the MacBook Pro to the actual monitor. How can I fix this?


texts: using iMac 2008 (display port) as external monitor with MacBook Pro 2013 (thunderbolt)

texts:
I am trying to connect a MacBook Pro 2013 to an iMac 2008. The latter is a 24 inch model and has no thunderbolt, just a Mini Display Port.

Any idea how to connect the iMac to the MacBook Pro, to use as an external monitor?


texts: Changing terminal colors for normal files when ls -G or within .bash_profile

texts: So I followed this thread (Changing terminal color) and got all of the colors working for directories and such, except however, for normal files such as a Gemfile or .txt files or .java files or .rb files etc... I was wondering how I can get normal files to show up in color, even better if I can get different extensions of the file to show up in different colors as well. Let me know if you guys have any resources for this.


texts: How to monitor and control thermal CPU throttling in OS X?

texts:
I recently came across the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility for Windows. I tried it under Bootcamp Windows and it was very interesting to learn in what situations my MacBook Pro's (mid2012) CPU is doing thermal throttling. The tool is also designed to change the CPU's voltage, in order to reduce thermal throttling. However, this option was not available.

So my questions are:

Is there a similar tool to monitor CPU (thermal) throttling under OS X (Yosemite)? Answering this part will qualify to accept the answer ;-)
Why was the option to alter the CPU voltage not available under Bootcamp? Is this feature not supported by my CPU (i7 2.6 GHz Ivy Bridge 3720QM)?
If my CPU is capable of changing its voltage, is there a way to reduce CPU voltage in OS X?

Disclaimer: Yes, I know that this may potentially break my hardware. No warnings necessary ;-)


texts: Different keyboard for different programs?

texts: I'm looking for a Mac program that will change the keyboard layout based on the program that is currently in use. I want it to re-map certain keys to new mappings, not change the whole keyboard layout. For example, when I'm in the finder, I have a normal Mac keyboard layout. When I'm in Vim, I want to remap the escape key to one that is more reachable. Ideally this would just happen when I'm in the program without having to choose a modified layout from the keyboards option in the menu bar. I have several programs that I'd like to be able to do this with.


texts:
I'm trying to convert a .iso to a .img using

server:~ user$ hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/Downloads/ubuntu-12.04-alternate-powerpc.dmg ~/Downloads/ubuntu-12.04-alternate-powerpc.iso

Usage:  hdiutil convert -format <format> -o <outfile> [options] <image>
        hdiutil convert -help

Every time I run the command it creates the file on the desktop, then when it finishes running the file's gone. It's clear that there is an error somewhere, but I get no information.

Whats going wrong?


texts: I know that I can globally swap the Control and Command in Mac OS and this is not what I need. What I would like to do is keep both buttons as they are and only and make Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, and Ctrl-X work as if they were pressed with the Command button. What is the easiest way to do this?


texts: Getting endless "This webpage was reloaded because a problem occurred" errors

texts:
After some indeterminate amount of time (or some unknown event?), I can't open a new Safari window or tab, without getting the message "This webpage was reloaded because a problem occurred" animating down onto the window in an endless loop.

I can reload pages that were already open, and I can browse within a window/tab that was already open, but can't open a new window or tab. Even command-clicking a link from an already-open tab to open that link in a new window results in an empty window, as if I had just opened it (no URL it's trying to load).

I've tried disabling all extensions, but that doesn't help. Ultimately, quitting and relaunching Safari solves it, but then I need to move a bunch of windows across different spaces back where they belong. That's a pain, and I'd rather not have to do that. Any ideas?

I'm on an up-to-date High Sierra (10.13.6), with the stock version of Safari (12.0).


texts: Unmounted hard drive times out ejecting or mounting

texts:
I have a Drobo connected via Firewire to my MBP which is causing me some issues.  Here is the diskutil info:

Device Identifier:        disk2s2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk2s2
   Whole:                    No
   Part of Whole:            disk2
   Device / Media Name:      MacDrobo

   Volume Name:              Mac Drobo

   Mounted:                  No

   File System Personality:  HFS+
   Type (Bundle):            hfs
   Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended
   Journal:                  Unknown (not mounted)
   Owners:                   Disabled

   Partition Type:           Apple_HFS
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 FireWire
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Volume UUID:              A97C9EAF-E18F-3BE3-80CD-8A8C6FB6E8E7
   Disk / Partition UUID:    3776B4B3-8530-495E-A413-AFB0A221281B

   Total Size:               2.2 TB (2200000000000 Bytes) (exactly 4296875000 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (not mounted)

   Device Location:          External
   Removable Media:          No

It is not mounted but it is still very active in reading and writing...I can hear it thrashing about.  When I try to eject or mount I get time out errors, when I try to run verifyVolume, I get a bit more of a complex error.

MacTravis:~ travis$ Sudo diskutil eject disk2
  Volume timed out while waiting to eject

MacTravis:~ travis$ Sudo diskutil mount ReadOnly disk2
  Volume on disk2 timed out waiting to mount

MacTravis:~ travis$ Sudo diskutil verifyVolume disk2s2
  Started file system verification on disk2s2 Mac Drobo
  Verifying file system
  File system check exit code is 8
  Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed
  Underlying error: 8: POSIX reports: Exec format error

I assume my computer is doing something in the background as when I unplug the drive it stops being active, and becomes active again when I plug it back in.  I have tried using Disk Utility to see what is up but if the drive is plugged in then DU never loads completely, if its open then I plug in the drive nothing shows up.  Is there any way to see what is going on with the drive, if OS X is fixing it in the background, or what is going on?


texts: How to create a custom repeating reminder?

texts:
I want a reminder that goes off on Mon, Tue, Wed and Thu at 5pm.  I haven't found a way to do that.  I can ask Siri to do a reminder on Weekdays, but that includes Friday.

Is it possible?


texts: Forcing use of SSL connections in web dependent applications

texts: Many websites allow it, to use an SSL connection. But how can I force my web dependent applications (Safari e.g.) to establish such a more secure (I know, that SSL is not the solution for all security related problems) connection, and to fallback if it isn't possible?


texts: How to remove icons showing question marks of deleted apps from Launchpad?

texts:
I updated GIMP from MacUpdates since then I got two Gimp icons in Launchpad. I also deleted the Gimp.app from finder but now i get this question mark on the gimp icon in Launchpad. How to completely remove both of these icons?

What is the cleanup step, here?


texts: If I uninstall Terraria on my son's ipad 2 will he lose all his work and worlds done to date? I haven't done anything yet as I want to know before I uninstall if everything will be lost when I reinstall Terraria.


texts: How does Google Photos work with Apple Photos?

texts:
I have my photos in Apple Photos (both on iOS and my Mac), synced with iCloud, and I'd like to keep things that way, but I'd also like to have all my photos available in Google Photos at the same time, without disrupting my Apple Photos. Is it possible to do this?

I understand that, when given access to my Apple Photos on iOS, Google Photos works like any other app, and provides a view on the Photos that are stored in Apple Photos: The photos remain "in" Apple Photos and Google Photos is just providing another way to access them.

But I'm not clear on what happens if I enable "backup & sync" in Google Photos (on iOS). Initially I assume this copies all of the Apple Photos to Google's servers, but a few things are not clear to me:

Does Google Photos also make an additional local copy of each photo, or are any Apple Photos just present locally in Apple Photos?
What happens if I delete a Google Photo that came from Apple Photos, is it deleted in Apple Photos as well?
Can I independently organize photos in Google Photos that are synced from Apple Photos into Google-only albums?
If I edit or change an Apple Photo, is that change synced with Google Photos (just as it is with iCloud).

In short, what I'm hoping for is that Google Photos just serves as another synchronized backup for my Apple Photos, alongside iCloud, with it's own album structure. Is that the case?

All this assumes that I don't enable the innocent-seeming "free up space" setting, which (I think) would delete all Apple Photos on my iOS device.


texts: How can I reinstall Snow Leopard when my DVD drive is not working?

texts:
How can I reinstall Snow Leopard when my external firewire DVD drive is not working?

A few weeks ago I got the typical signs of drive failure so I got Scannerz and tested it (http://www.scsc-online.com/Scannerz.html) and the drive was certainly full of bad sectors so I decided to replace the drive. Today I finally had time to go to a local electronics store and get a drive. I installed the drive, which was a piece of cake.

Unfortunately, about a year ago my optical drive failed (do these things EVER last???) so instead of opening up the unit and replacing it I bought an external FireWire optical drive. It works great, it's a half-height drive and if it goes bad I can easily replace it. It's easy to work with. I've made music CDs, backups etc. etc. without any problems

Well, after putting the new HD in, I plugged in the FireWire optical drive, started the system while holding the alt key while booting, picked the optical drive with the original install media in it, and it starts booting. However, it never gets beyond the Apple with a white background with the spinner running underneath it. I hear noises coming from the optical drive that sound likes it reading, but it never gets beyond that.

I thought maybe the media was bad, so I put it in another Mac and it could be read. I thought maybe the optical drive had gone bad, so I tested that in another system and it too is working fine. I finally put the media in the FireWire drive in another system and it reads it (won't install it, but I didn't expect it to since it's not the orignal system). Therefore, there is no problem with the FireWire drive or the media.

Is there some trick I don't know about to get this thing to use the external FireWire optical drive for booting the install media? It's almost like it isn't being allowed to boot the system. I was thinking maybe I need to reset some parameters to make the FireWire a valid installation unit. Does anyone know anything about this?


texts: How can I find a changelog of core utility versions in OS X?

texts: I often research what utilities are available on different POSIX-like operating systems in the interest of portability, but I haven't been able to find a stable listing of what versions of various utilities are included with different releases of OS X. I usually just keep the latest version of OS X on my own machine, so I can't simply read the manpages of older versions to see what features are available. Is there a listing or some other way to find out what UNIX features have changed between releases?


texts: This is my first time ever trying to use Boot Camp Assistant.  I've watched like 50 tutorials and every had a choice to pick/locate an ISO image. I don't (see 2nd image). Is there a solution to this?


texts: Why ALT+. (last parameter) does not work in Bash?

texts: I am used to it from Linux terminals. Using both Terminal and iTerm.


texts: How to get the window id with title of every process?

texts:
I'm using the following simple script:

tell application "System Events" to get the title of every window of every process

Which works by printing titles of every window.

tell application "System Events" to get the id of every window of every process

The above script prints missing value

{{}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {missing value, missing value}, {}, {missing value}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {missing value, missing value}, {missing value}, {}, {}, {missing value, missing value}, {missing value}, {missing value, missing value}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}}

How can I get the window id of every window?

Is it possible to get the window id and window title at a time?


texts: How can I see the year in the entries in install.log in Macs (/private/var/log install.log)?

texts:
I noticed that in some Macs, the entries in install.log don't display the year:

Such as:
Oct-10 04:49:55+00 localhost opendirectoryd[186]...

Is there any way to see the year?:
something like:

2018-10-10 04:49:55+00 localhost opendirectoryd[186]... (I manually added the year to this one)

Any help much welcome.


texts: What is the best way to make a conference call/broadcast video from an iPhone?

texts:
This is the scenario: there's a wedding and a couple of friends can't make it, because we're in different countries. One friend is willing to transmit the wedding live with his iPhone, but we haven't found anything that allows us to conference call (Facetime and Skype conference call seem to not be supported on iOS devices, but I'm not sure).

There's five of us that want to be connected simultaneously, perhaps the best option is to "broadcast" the call to a service such as justin.tv?


texts: Can I use SketchUp with a Macbook's trackpad?

texts: Sketchup is designed for use with a third mouse button (particularly the pan and orbit functions).  Can I emulate the third button for SketchUp using a MacBook's trackpad or user gestures?


texts: Trying to use network home under macOS with Samba AD (Synology) fails with permission errors

texts:
We setup a Samba AD on a Synology NAS using their Synology Directory Server. We successfully bound two iMacs to the AD. However, when logging in, the login process hangs because of permission errors:
Application Specific Information:
Event history:
(
    "ACDServerCreateDirectory('file:///home/test2/Library/Accounts/') failed: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 \"Du hast nicht die Zugriffsrechte, um die Datei \U201eAccounts\U201c im Ordner \U201eLibrary\U201c zu sichern.\" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/home/test2/Library/Accounts, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f99ffd09120 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 \"Operation not permitted\"}}",
    "ACDServerMigrateDatabaseIfNecessary('file:///home/test2/Library/Accounts/Accounts4.sqlite') failed: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513 \"Du hast nicht die Zugriffsrechte, um die Datei \U201eAccounts\U201c im Ordner \U201eLibrary\U201c zu sichern.\" UserInfo={NSFilePath=/home/test2/Library/Accounts, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f99ffd09120 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 \"Operation not permitted\"}}",
    "Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=512 \"Die Datei konnte nicht gesichert werden.\" UserInfo={reason=Failed to create file; code = 2}"
)
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Unexpected number of persistent stores (0), expected 1'
abort() called
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

The error occurs under both SMB and AFP.
Anyone any idea on how to get this working?


texts: Backing up to an Airport Timecapsule over non-Airport WiFi

texts:
I recently upgraded some gear and I am no longer using my Airport as a wireless host. Instead, I now have another device acting as the primary server for DHCP, Router, and WiFi.

The old Airport is connected via Ethernet to the new device (plugged into the LAN port on the Airport). I have turned the Wireless feature off on the Airport, and set it in Bridge mode.

After making these network changes, my Time Machine is no longer able to find the Time Capsule.

My question is, can Time Machine backup over a Wireless network to a wired Airport device?

Simplified diagram of how I'm trying to connect:
[Mac] -- Wireless Network -- [Router] -- [Airport]


texts: Wrong number of items displayed when moving or copying files

texts:
When copying or moving files in Yosemite, Finder says it is preparing (for example) 400 items, when there is actually only 200 items in the folder.

This has been happening a lot recently, on both my computer and external hard drives.

Once the files have been copied over or moved, it has the same original amount of items in the new folder (200).

I am just perplexed as to what these other secret files may be?


texts: Error creating bootable Catalina USB installer "The file “InfoPlist.strings” doesn’t exist." (actually it does exist....)

texts:
Just bought a new 64gb USB stick so I can roll back to Catalina from Big Sur, which is causing problems.
Going through these instructions:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
I ran this command:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

And received this error message:
Copying to disk: 0%...

Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “InfoPlist.strings” doesn’t exist." UserInfo={NSSourceFilePathErrorKey=/Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/ja.lproj/InfoPlist.strings, NSUserStringVariant=(

  Copy

), NSDestinationFilePath=/Volumes/Install macOS Catalina/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/ja.lproj/InfoPlist.strings, NSFilePath=/Applications/Install macOS Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/ja.lproj/InfoPlist.strings, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f9d09ecf0d0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}}The copy of the installer app failed.

Seems a bit strange that a file wouldn't be found following Apple's instructions using the Catalina app from the app store??
Even more strange is that, upon checking the package contents, the "missing" file in question is actually in the folder:


texts: Changed home directory of OSX Server user account, user disappeared, access remains

texts:
I'm dealing with my company's Mac Mini (with loads of data I cannot risk on an external drive, but cannot plug out because of below) running Mac OS X Server 10.6.4.

My problem was that I needed to share a local folder with a client (giving him write permission). And my idea was that I could create a local account with very strict permissions.

Having found the option to change the home directory (system preferences > accounts > right-click > advanced) my thinking was that this would make the account unable to access anything but this directory (which may very well be wrong I now see).

Thus I changed the home directory to the directory I actually wanted to share (which is on this crucial external drive), which worked almost accordingly when logging in to the mac mini remotely (another shared folder was available as well).

But since the change claimed to require a reboot I rebooted the mini. Now I realized the account I had just created was no longer available under System Preferences > Accounts. It's still possible to access the mini using the accounts details remotely, but not when trying to log in on the actual mini itself.

What I find puzzling is that the account neither exists under:

$ /Users/

nor:

$ /path_to_external_drive/dir_i_chose_as_home/

However, when entering the Server Admin and assigning File Sharing permissions, I can see the new account in the users list when clicking add (the + sign) to assign permissions.

Now I could just leave this account there but this feels highly irresponsible.

I do understand it was very ignorant of me, changing the home directory without understanding it's implications. You are welcome to comment on whether or not this whole idea actually was unfeasible and unsafe but I would highly, highly appreciate if you could help me safely get rid of this newly created account (which essentially is my question).

How do I remove an account I can no longer see via System Preferences > Accounts (because I have changed its home directory)?

Thank you in advance


texts: Tool to objectively test performance various external drives on my Mac via USB & Thunderbolt

texts:
I would to test the relative performance of various external storage devices:

Thumb drive

Samsung MUF-256AB/AM FIT Plus 256GB - 300MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive (256 gigs)

Spinning metal drive

Toshiba Canvio Advance 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Blue (HDTC910XL3AA)

NVMe M.2 solid-state storage adapter

EXMTE M.2 NVME USB 3.1 Adapter M-Key M.2 NGFF NVME to USB Card High Performance 10 Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 Bridge Chip
Samsung 970 EVO Plus Series - 250GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V7S250B/AM)

I do not care about free-of-cost or not, I'd be okay with paying a fee.

I understand benchmarking tools are always biased and unrealistic as compared to real-world usage. Nevertheless, I would like to get an objective sense of the reading and writing throughput on these devices. In particular I would like to see if the NMMe M.2 can saturate the USB 3.0 port on my MacBook and the USB 3.1 port on my Mac mini.

Testing on:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
Mac mini 2018

I found a couple similar Questions (here & here), but they are 7-8 years old. I imagine things may have changed, now in 2019.


texts:
I want to be able to reboot my mac mini with a wireless keyboard (non apple keyboard) and not by using terminal/ssh. I don't want to pull the power or set a scheduled time - just be able to accelerate the shutdown without using a mouse or trackpad.

Is this possible by using some pre-arranged combination of keyboard commands or shortcuts?


texts: Input devices connected by cable are randomly freezing

texts:
I got a MacBook Pro 2020 with the lates MacOS installed.
I generally use it with 2 Monitors and a Mouse and Keyboard connected via USB-C Kabel, or Dongle (Happens for both options). I can use everything without problems for a certain amount of time (10min- 5h). Suddenly all my input devices connected via cable freeze and I can't use them without rebooting. The lights of the keyboard and mouse are still on, so i guess the usb port is still powered. Everything else (Monitor, Bluetooth Keyboard (used for reference), Headset) keeps working perfectly fine. After rebooting the Mac, everything is working fine again.
This behavior is rather annoying when I'm working. For reference: My MacBook is closed and connected via USB-C to the charger and the Monitors.


texts:
The double "Fn" button is starting Apple voice-dictation but it never comes up with a single word when i close the operation with "Fn" key. If I open the System Prefs for Audio Input I can see my voice is getting level so I don't understand why it won't parse anything I say.

Any ideas?


texts: There is a broken Sophos entry in Keychain Access after uninstalling the program - how do I remove it?

texts:
I've followed the official instructions and also tried running the official removal tool (which btw hangs) for Sophos anti-virus for Mac but I still see a "Sophos" entry in Keychain Access.

I have also see errors in Console when system services try to open /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/Sophos.keychain which is a non-existant file. I've even tried recreating a file in that path followed by sudo security delete-keychain "/Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/Sophos.keychain" but the entry still remains in the list of keychains.

How can I remove this annoying Sophos leftover?

(can't remember which Sophos edition I originally installed, maybe it was called "Home", maybe that is the only one for Mac)


texts: Can I use a Shure Beta 58 vocal mic with my PowerBook MacIntosh laptop?

texts: I have an older Shure Beta 58 mic purchased in 1996 that I would like to use as an external microphone in lieu of th built in mic on my PowerBook laptop.  What interface do I need?  I would like to use it for conferencing software like Zoom.  I am also supposed to make an audio recording of some songs to send to a virtual choir project.


texts: Can i use a 3rd party USB C cable to charge a Macbook pro?

texts:
Ive got a 2017 MBP which requires a 87 watt charger.
I use the official apple charger, but can i use any brand USB C cable to connect the charger to the MBP ?


texts:
I have noticed that when accepting a meeting arranged for my work, the default behaviour is that it gets added to my Home calendar, while I want it to be added automatically to the default Work calendar.

Is any way to configure the calendar to schedule to a specific calendar the invitations from a certain person, or even better, a certain email domain?


texts: New Mac User needs help installing Picasa and then importing all i photos into picasa with correct titles

texts: Have i photo with pictures in named folders. Want to install Picasa. When I did this picasa imported all the iphotos with goofy names, not like the iphoto names. would like to install picassa then put the iphotos into picasa the same as it looks in i photo. BTW, i am a new mac user, and recently copied all my photos from picasa to i photo. now i want to put picassa back on new mac. I prpbably should have installed picassa first on to the mac and put the photos from thePC to picassa on the mac. Now iam stuck. So, how to put picassa on mac and then put all (4,000 pictures in named files)from the iphot back into picassa for mac. Help


texts:
In recent times handoff/continuity stopped working for messages on my iMac & iPhone. Messages coming into my iPhone no longer appear on my iMac, & I can no longer send messages via my iMac.

It has stopped working since updating to iOS 11 & High Sierra, however it still worked while I was using the developer betas of both.

I've checked the following...

Both are on the same wi-fi network.
Both have Bluetooth turned on.
Both are logged into the same (my only) iCloud account.
Both have handoff turned on.

Messages is the single biggest area where I use handoff & I'd really like it to be working again.


texts: Removing entries from the MobileMe synchronization list

texts:
Some applications can synchronize data using MobileMe synchronization; the problem I have with those applications is that they are still listen in the MobileMe preference panel, under the "Synchronize" tab, even when they have been uninstalled. I use a tool to remove any files associated with an application, when I don't need it anymore.

Is there a way to refresh the list of settings to synchronize, and avoid that removed applications are visible in that list?


texts: How can I disable Mail.app when I click on an email address?

texts:
By default, clicking on an email address from another mac app (such as Slack) launches the Mail.app application in a compose view to that email address.

I would like to disable this - I never use the Mail.app and most times I encounter an email address I'd like to copy/paste it somewhere else, not compose an email to that person.

Is there a way to disable that behavior?


texts: I updated my iPad Air to iOS 8 and keychain not working correctly

texts: After updating my iPad Air to iOS 8, keychain is not working correctly.  It will occasionally ask to save new login data but never offers to fill in that info when I go to that website.  All the logins from iOS 7 are in the password file but it never uses any of the old data nor ask to save those websites again.  The password file has the four digit password which I did not have on iOS 7.  I have checked the settings several times and tried different settings and nothing works.  The settings appear to be correctly.


texts: In Inbox by Gmail, where is the new "Swipe to delete" setting?

texts: At the I/O conference yesterday, it was announced that Inbox would no longer require an invitation, and there were some feature improvements released. One of these was "swipe to delete," a feature I've been pining for for a while now. However, I can't figure out where the setting exists to enable this. I've checked https://support.google.com/inbox. I looked in both the Settings app and the settings option in the sidebar of Inbox itself, and no luck. Anyone managed to figure this out?


texts: How to quit "Force Quit Applications" using AppleScript?

texts:
I've been learning lots of different programming languages when I came across AppleScript. Since I'm technically new to it, this question may seem dumb.I need an AppleScript script to quit the "Force Quit Applications" app.
The following code doesn't work:

  tell application "Force Quit Applications" to quit

Probably it's because the process has a different name. What is the "Force Quit Applications" process name? Many thanks in advance.


texts: How to jump to most recently used desktop space in MacOS?

texts:
I saw from the below article that MacOS used to have a "hidden gesture" that allowed users to go back to their most recently used desktop space.
https://osxdaily.com/2011/12/15/jump-to-the-most-recently-used-desktop-space-with-a-hidden-gesture-in-os-x-lion/
You could enable this functionality with the following script:
defaults write com.apple.dock double-tap-jump-back -bool TRUE;killall Dock

Unfortunately, it appears this no longer works in MacOS Catalina.
Does anyone know of another way to have this functionality?


texts:
I just got myself a MBA and I am wondering how do I install Xcode 6 on my MBA?

In the Mac App Store I can see Xcode 5.1.1 so I have started installing that on the MBA. But, I want to install Xcode 6 and more specifically Swift. How do I do that?


texts:
I have to use the mouse a lot, but have to keep hitting enter as well. It would really help if I could use the mouse to send a global/system-level "enter" key event via triple click or something.

Why? Various programs and website forms I work with do not have a submit button to click, they rely on an "enter" keypress event. It's quite awkward to constantly move my hand from the mouse to the keyboard for one keypress every 20 seconds or so.

Is this possible?

EDIT

Not Virtual Keyboard or Mouse Keys.


texts:
I accidentally copied a very large folder on my desktop. I saw that iOS started copying my large folder to the iCloud

I googled and found that if I removed the folder it should stop copying. So I went to the terminal and did a "mv" command to move the folder back to its original location

But iCloud is still copying that folder and the dialog above cannot be dismissed because the "x" sign at the end of the status bar is greyed out. I cannot stop this copy operation in any way.....


texts:
So after working on my Macbook for a while. Menus will start blanking out.

Right click on Chrome in dock:

Top menu bar totally blank:

Right click on desktop:

Clicking the black Apple icon in the top left corner of menu bar:

Any idea what's causing it? I have to reboot or log out each time, which is no easy task given menus are blank.


texts: Would it be possible to create iPhoto "repository" on an external USB hard drive, so that every time I would plug the drive I launch iPhoto, I could manage my photos?


texts: How to renew my Apple Developer Program Account after it has expired?

texts:
I'm having trouble renewing my Developer Program Account which expired a month ago.

I have emailed Apple about this issue a few times but their help was, at best, unclear.

I log into the Member Center, click on the Your Account tab, and under Account Summary (on the left) I have 3 sections: Apple ID Summary, Contact Preferences, and Memberships.

The Memberships section tells me (currently) that my Developer Program Status Enrollment was Withdrawn, with a button to "Join Today".

Previously this section told me that my Developer Program Status had expired, and the button invited me to rejoin. I clicked on the button and went through the process, filling in all the same information that I had previously put in over a year ago. I eventually arrived at the part where my application was under review.

A day later I get an email saying I cannot enroll in the Developer Program because there is already a Developer Program Account out there with my details. I responded back telling them that I am simply trying to renew my Developer Program (not start a whole new Account), and they tell me that I can renew my Developer Program in the Member Center.

Now I've gone through the Member Center again and again and for the life of me, I cannot see anything that relates to renewing my Developer Program other than the section that tells me my enrollment has been withdrawn.

Can anybody help? All I want to do is renew my account.


texts: Divvy application not opening or showing any error message

texts: The window manager divvy is a big part of my workflow. When restarting my macbook yesterday it failed to open entirely. It doesn't give any feedback as to why it's not opening. I tried deleting the app and reinstalling it(via the appstore) to no avail. Was wondering if there was some sort of way to diagnose and fix a stubborn application. I'm on el capitan v10.11.1.


texts: share image with black background in iMovie

texts: I have a split screen frame in my movie, and it has 2 side-by-side images on a black background.  When I share the frame using File -> Share -> Image... the jpeg file that is produced has a white background.  How can I get iMovie to generate a jpeg with a black background?  Thank you.


texts:
I am just now coming to know the hard limits of water destroying equipment. I don't know if it's realistic to be able to have my Macbook as a floatable rubber ducky in the bath in this day & age, but products like Liquipel and commercials of scuba divers using iPads have me curious.

Is liquipel the best protection on the market? Are there other custom shops that could do anything to make a MacBook either resistant to liquid or even waterproof?


texts: Startup Disk full - Read-only- cannot boot Mac Mini

texts:
I'm at my wits end with this issue.  Hours of searching various forums have produced glimmers of hope, but nothing works.

First - mea culpa - I have only myself to blame.  Short Version: I wiped my (time machine) external backup drive due to problems it was having.  Before I could create a new TM backup, I left for a couple of days, came back and my startup disk was full and my Mini (mid-2011, Running Sierra) wouldn't boot.  So now I have no backup to restore from.

Tried recovery mode, disk won't mount.
Tried Target mode - no way no how.
I've read where some people went into Single User mode and used the command line to delete some files they don't need.  I've gotten as far as the command line.  tried all the fsck stuff - nothing.
Tried /sbin/mount -uw / (as per this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554227) but I'm getting a long error message that ends in:
mount_hfs: error on mount (): error = -1
mount_hfs: Invalid argument.

I've tried various rm commands, but keep getting various slaps on the wrist that end in "Read-only file system"

For obvious reasons, I'd like to try to clear enough of the clutter on this drive in hopes of rebooting and then wiping out all the clutter I should have gotten rid of a while ago before going nuclear on it and risking losing everything.  I feel like I'm so close, but can't get past this pesky read-only issue.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Please note I'm not a power user-and had never typed anything into a terminal command line before I ran into this problem and started searching - i.e. I'm competent enough to follow directions very well, but only if they're dumbed-down a bit. (After all - I was dumb enough to let this happen in the first place!)


texts: My AppStore Updater wants to install the latest RAW update over and over again

texts: Somehow my OS X AppStore is caught in a loop. It wants to install the RAW updates for Aperture and iPhoto over and over again. What should I do?


texts: Changing AppleScript-created date-based folder structure

texts:
I have an AppleScript that has been written and it works as such, but I need to change the way it creates the folder structure. The script does the following:

Folder is selected which contains files (in my case it will be photos).
It will then look at the pictures created date.
Create a YYYY (Year folder if not already created).
Create a MM (Month folder if not already created).
Create a DD (Day folder if not already created).
It will then move the photo into this folder and repeat for the next photo and repeat until completed.

The current folder structure is created as follows:

2018 "YYYY"
├── 2018-01 "MM"
├── 2018-02

This is great and works as designed, but I have changed my mind on how I would like the folders to look like. I would like the following structure (which is almost the same just a different naming structure:

2018
├── 001 January
│   ├── 20180101
│   └── 20180102
├── 002 February
│   ├── 20180201
│   └── 20180202
└── 003 March
    ├── 20180301
    └── 20180302

Now I have tried to work out where the script generates this but I have failed, so now I am turning to this great place for some help.

on run
    SortFiles(POSIX path of (choose folder))
end run

on open (DroppedFolder)
    set DroppedFolder to POSIX path of DroppedFolder
    if text (length of text of DroppedFolder) of DroppedFolder is not "/" then quit
    SortFiles(DroppedFolder)
end open

on SortFiles(SortFolder)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
    set SortFolderContents to the text items of (do shell script "find '" & SortFolder & "' -type f")
    set FolderMakeList to {}
    repeat with ThisItem in SortFolderContents
        set ThisFile to ThisItem as string
        if ThisFile does not contain "/." then
            tell application "Finder"
                set DateString to text 1 thru 7 of ((creation date of ((POSIX file ThisFile) as alias)) as «class isot» as string)
                set ThisFilesFolder to SortFolder & text 1 thru 4 of DateString & "/"
                set ThisFilesSubfolder to ThisFilesFolder & text 1 thru 7 of DateString & "/"
            end tell
            if ThisFilesFolder is not in FolderMakeList then
                try
                    do shell script ("mkdir '" & ThisFilesFolder & "'")
                end try
                set FolderMakeList to FolderMakeList & ThisFilesFolder
            end if
            if ThisFilesSubfolder is not in FolderMakeList then
                try
                    do shell script ("mkdir '" & ThisFilesSubfolder & "'")
                end try
                set FolderMakeList to FolderMakeList & ThisFilesSubfolder
            end if
            try
                do shell script ("mv '" & ThisFile & "' '" & ThisFilesSubfolder & "'")
            end try
        end if
    end repeat
    return FolderMakeList
end SortFiles


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