texts: Is a quad-core i5 or i7 27" iMac a viable upgrade from a 2008 2.8ghz octacore Mac Pro 3,1?

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I currently have a 3,1 Mac Pro with dual quad xeon CPUs, 20GB RAM, 1TB SSD (8x256gb in two RAID 10 groups), ATI 5770, running Lion.  I currently have every DVD and BluRay I own ripped to a set of eSATA direct attached storage arrays at about 38TB (76TB in RAID 1).

I'm looking at the new (2011) 27" iMacs and wondering how they would compare.  I'd probably buy a non-SSD version and migrate some of my existing SSD into the new machine, and I'd do the usual "minimum amount of Apple RAM" and max it out on my own.  I'd put the noisy Mac Pro[1] in the basement and use it as a file server as well as a xgrid compilation node, remote Mathematica kernel, and random server.  My main concern is compute speed.

I use a lot of RAM and fast disk for Java/Scala/Erlang/Mathematica/Haskell/R/Rails/Mono/iOS development (often 3-4 of these at the same time), along with a bad habit of keeping too many Safari and Chrome tabs open (Chrome to sandbox Flash, which is otherwise uninstalled on my system).

I've reached a point where I feel as if I've topped out on this machine, and need to upgrade.  Even with 4+ GB RAM free, it can't keep up with my "needs".

The 3,1 was pretty magical in that the price variance from the low-end quad core to the top-end octo was only about USD1k-1.5k.  Now, to get a "hot" Mac Pro, I'd be looking closer to $5k.  With that, I'd still have a machine without Thunderbolt ports, which require motherboard support, according to Apple.  (Take that as you will.)

I'm not up to date with the advances in Intel CPUs over the past few years.  What comparison could I draw between the i5 and i7 options?  Clock for clock, are they significantly faster than my Xeons?  Would the 3.1 or 3.4 ghz i7 zoom past my 2008 (westmere?) CPUs?

I do use all eight cores very frequently, as I write and use a lot of parallel code.  I've been using multiprocessing systems for about 20 years now, so it's my native mode of developing.

Thanks for any/all help!

[1] It's not loud, but it hums at about 35dB at a frequency that causes my ears to ring when I leave the room.  I often wear noise-canceling headphones or ear plugs, but I am oversensitive to noise.  I can still hear the transformers in CRTs from 50+ feet away and behind walls at the doddering age of 39.


texts: How can you listen to Youtube videos on iOS, while the phone sleeps?

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I'd like to listen to Youtube videos without the video, while the phone sleeps, just like we usually listen to music.

Is there an app that will play the audio of a Youtube video, but behave like the music app and continue playing when the user presses the power button to put the phone in to sleep mode?


texts: How can I redownload an episode of podcast which I accidentaly deleted?

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Here is the situation. I have accidentaly deleted a file of an episode in iTunes podcast. Now whenever I try to play it, I get an error message asking me to locate the file on disk.

The problem is, I don't have it anymore, and I can't figure out how to tell iTunes to download it again.

Another problem is, that if I delete the episode via right click -> delete, I can't get it to show up in the list again, or even download it.

Is there any simple way to tell iTunes to get the list of episodes again and redownload the ones that aren't available anymore?


texts: Will EarPods work with my 2010 Macbook Pro?

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Plugging my EarPods into my Macbook pro will not allow me to use the button to control volume, nor will the microphone work.

The speakers work fine though.

Are there specific hardware requirements for the EarPods, when being used on something other than an iOS device?

They work as expected on newer Macbook Pros from the last few years.


texts: Power on and start a terminal automatically at a specified directory

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I can open another terminal from a terminal with this command:

open -a terminal

Also, I can start a terminal at a specified directory

open -a terminal ~/Desktop

I intend to make the computer do it automatically after I power on the machine. How do I accomplish this?


texts: MacBook Pro camera and microphone used by malware?

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Given the increasing number of reports about malware for Apple computers, I am concerned by the fact that there's no simple way to physically block the camera while I'm using my MacBook Pro.

Is it possible an OSX virus or maybe an exploit in Flash could be used to activate the camera, without turning on the green recording light at the top center? Or is this impossible due to the hardware of MBP?

A related question arises concerning the microphone, could it be used by malware to secretly record conversations around the computer? If so, what are the best ways of preventing this?


texts: How can I tell if an email from Apple is genuine? I keep getting asked to verify my identity

texts: How can I tell if an email from Apple is genuine. Have had 2 asking me to verify my identity


texts: Beats Studio 3 Wireless headphones spontaneously disconnecting only from MacBook

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Sorry if this isn't the appropriate forum to ask this question. I have Beats Studio 3 Wireless headphones that I've been using seamlessly for years with my iPhone X (iOS 13.1), iPad Pro 10-inch (iPadOS 13.3), and MacBook Pro (macOS Catalina 10.5.2, Early 2015 retina model).
Recently, I tried switching the headphones from iPad to laptop and it wouldn't disconnect from the iPad and it wouldn't connect to the MacBook; switching to the iPhone however took a few seconds. I was able to temporarily get it to work on the MBP by non-stop clicking on the headphones in the Bluetooth menu but usually the connection would last for a few minutes before disconnecting automatically. I have many other bluetooth devices hooked up to the laptop which work perfectly: magic mouse, keyboard, AirPods, external speaker, and trackpad.

I've tried everything I could think of and read up about (disconnecting/reconnecting, power cycling, Beats Updater software, factory reset, some combination of holding buttons for 10 or 20 seconds) but no luck still.

Anyone have similar issues? Or know what to do? I can't tell if the issue is with the headphones or the laptop, since they both connect to other things without any problem. Would appreciate any advice, thanks!


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Can anybody help me with the following issue.   I'd like an AppleScript that will rename files like these by removing the leading numbers and underscore.
So file names like these:

5111632_The Secret_ Dare to Dream.mp4
5099299_Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1.mp4
5099287_Basic Instinct.mp4
5099283_Before I Go to Sleep.mp4

would turn into:

The Secret_ Dare to Dream.mp4
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1.mp4
Basic Instinct.mp4
Before I Go to Sleep.mp4

I'm going to run it in one folder using Hazel.


texts: My search engine is Yahoo, how can I change it to Google?

texts: I already follow some tips like, trying to find the extensions, but when I open it there's nothing in it. Also my search also already Google, so I'm confused right now.


texts: SSH connection to Mac works from the outside but not locally

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I configured SSH access to my Mac in order to use Prompt on my iPad. That way I can use my Mac from anywhere in the world, as long as I can get my home IP address.

Although the SSH connection works fine from a separate external connection (my 3G iPhone, for example), it times out when I try to connect from a separate device on the same home wifi network.

As a result, I spent two whole days trying to debug a connection that actually works fine.

Why does an SSH connection that works fine from a separate external address time out when I try to connect from behind the same router?

Is there a workaround so I can just use a single SSH setting whether I am in my living room or on a different continent?

Note: a useful way to get your home IP address (if it's not fixed) is to log into your Gmail account from afar and look at "Last account activity" on the lower right corner of the screen.


texts: Are there any apps to diagnose a Macbook battery?

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My girlfriend's battery won't last 1 second, so it obviously needs replaced.

But I just bought a new battery from Apple a few months ago and it seems to discharge extremely quickly.  Are there any apps out there that would help me diagnose if I just need to buy another new one?


texts: Will "backup -> factory reset -> restore" free up space?

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According to iTunes, on my iPhone 6 I have 6 Gb Photos, 2 Gb Apps, 1,4 Gb Documents & Data and 1,6 Gb of Other. I have no idea what Other is and what makes 1,4 Gb of Documents.

I want to free as much space as possible without deleting photos and apps.
If I backup my iPhone using iTunes, make a factory reset and then restore the backup, will Documents / Other be completely restored too or will I gain free space?


texts: How do I stop automatic Bluetooth streaming?

texts: When my iPhone connects to Sync in my Ford truck it automatically starts playing music on my iPhone. This kills the battery. Autoplay on the Sync system is off.


texts: How do I transfer my ePub files from my Mac to iPhone 5s?

texts: I'm trying to read the epub files that I bought from gumroad, and I cannot figure out how to transfer it to my iPhone 5s.


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I want to build a simple service that will allow me to keep any app window always on top or always on the same screen, when switching desktops.
Is there a way to build a global MacOS service-only application (without any windows etc.) and how is the preferred way to do this? (Automator, AppKit, SwiftUI).
The app should also be distributable via AppStore (or if not possible just GitHub).


texts: Show "Activity Monitor" in every "Desktop"

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I find much joy in monitoring my Apple computer's fan roll through monitoring CPU use.

However, I don't know how to make multiple "Activity Monitor" windows, each for one of my "Desktop"s.

I normally fought that by staying in "Desktop 1" as much as possible. However there are moments when I really really need several "Desktop"s, while at the same time being monitoring CPU use.

Got ideas?


texts: Apple Watch: Can it be configured to only send outgoing calls?

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I would like to configure an Apple Watch so that it can only send outgoing phone calls. The Watch would be for my elderly mother, so the ability to call for help (especially if the Watch detects a fall) is invaluable. Naturally, I do not want any inbound calls to go to the Apple Watch and bother the wearer, as it would be tied to my TMO cellular service.

Can the cellular Apple Watch be configured to only send outgoing
calls?
Can the watch be configured to not "ring" when calls are received?
Can the watch be configured to not notify when SMS messages are received?

If you have a device and have configured it as said, please state this in your response.


texts: OS X works perfectly fine on external HD but extremely slow with HD on MBP

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Things get weird when I replaced my HDD with an SSD since my MacBook Pro  (Mid-2012) slowed down horribly. I get beachballs everything I did on my MBP and it was so painful.

I thought it was because of malfunctioning HD, so replacing it with an SSD gonna both speed up my system and help me to get rid of old HDD. I installed OS X to my SSD with and external box, run my computer over that and boom! MBP speed-ed up and it seems to worked out. So, I open my MBP, replaced old HDD with my SSD, I rebooted my MBP and it was worse than before. How could this be possible?!

So I decided to do something else. I put my old HDD to USB converter box, connect it to my MBP, run OS over that. MBP works like charm.

I was wrong, there is nothing wrong with my HDD. Does anyone have any idea regarding to this?

Any input is appreciated.


texts: Unable to use Boot Camp to switch boot device between MacOS/Windows 10

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I have a Mac Pro 4,1 upgraded to a 5,1 with MacOS installed on an SSD and Windows 10 installed via a hacked Boot Camp on a separate HDD.

I'm running a GTX680 GPU which is Mac OS flashed to allow the display of the Mac boot screen over HDMI, but as I run a displayport connection, this is not that convenient when I want to switch from one OS to another.

I can use the Boot Camp option under both MacOS and Windows to choose by boot drive, but the Mac will always boot to Windows unless I switch to an HDMI connection and use the alt-key on reboot to choose my startup drive.

The SSD with MacOS on it is connected to the second optical drive SATA connection; the Windows drive is in the first drive bay.

Any idea why choosing the boot drive via Boot Camp is not working?


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I have a CD-ROM 700 MB, 80 Minute Recordable Disc that I want to burn a video on, and with some help I've found Burn and DVDStyler. However, both do not recognise my CD-R.
When I enter the CD-ROM, a menu pops up asking me what I want to do, and if I select "Open with finder", nothing happens. The drive stops sounding busy after some time.

Finder only recognises my external remote disc drive, and the info is suspiciously empty. Disc Utility, on the other hand, does seem to identify the CD-ROM correctly as HL-DT-ST DVDRW GX40N Media, but it is uninitialised and unwritable. Is there anything I can do in order to get Burn or DVDStyler to recognise my CD-ROM and burn data on it?


texts: Ethernet audio stream drops somewhere en route from Time Capsule through ATV to my receiver

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Hardware configuration is as follows:

Receiver, is connected via HDMI cable to ..
Apple TV, which is connected via Cat 6 ethernet cable to ..
Time Capsule, which is connected via Cat 6 to ..

Cable modem
and also via Ether-to-Thunderbolt adaptor to ..

MacBook Pro early 2013 which is connected via USB to ..
an external WD spinny drive containing all my media.

(No wireless technology in use. All devices are on the same local subnet.)

The MBP is running Plex Media Server to serve recorded movies and music that are stored on the external USB drive.

When I want to hear music through the speakers connected to the receiver, I first power-on the receiver, then screen-share into my MBP, start the Plex Media Client, select music, and start it playing. Then I go to the MBP's Sound item in the Menu bar, and switch it from "internal speakers" to "Great Room" (the name of my Apple TV). Music comes out.

Then, three or so minutes later, it drops out. I go back to the MBP and the Plex Client has stopped. As if I'd punched the stop button -- nothing very out of the ordinary.

Here are the alternate methods I've used to play my music:

Running VLC on the MBP, again directing sound to Great Room using the Sound menu.
Running the Plex app on the Apple TV
Running iTunes on the MBP, but instead of using the Sound icon in the menu bar to direct the sound to Great Room, I use an icon in the iTunes window whose tooltip reads "Choose which speakers to use" to accomplish the same thing.

In all cases, the audio drops out after a short time (3-5 mins).

In what must be a clue of some kind, this doesn't happen for podcasts (which, unlike the music, is coming down from the Internet).

There are so many components, and so much magic involved, that my intuition fails me. Can anyone suggest another experiment that might possibly narrow down the cause any?

UPDATE
After it was suggested that this pointed to HDMI, I have tried both plugging the HDMI cable into a different port on the back of the receiver, and replacing the HDMI cable, without success. This leaves the receiver itself, the ATV, and the Time Capsule/router to be ruled out.


texts: OS X tool to convert MPEG-TS into MPEG-PS

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I have a cable tv settop box capable of recording the MPEG-TS bit stream on to a USB-drive similar to what I can do with EyeTV on my Mac.

Unfortunately I have found that XBMC and VLC are the only OS X tools which can cope with these files, and I would like to have something simple which can convert this into a normal MPEG-PS file compatible with QuickTime for further processing.   I am well versed in Terminal.app, and can compile from source.

What should I use for this?


texts:
When I receive a message there will immediately be a notification, however when opening the Messages app, the message will usually take about 5 seconds before it appears.

If there a known issue with the OS or a quick fix for this issue?


texts: Recover proxy bypass list from System Preferences

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I’ve been using Freedom to block access to the internet. I had a list of sites to bypass within the Proxy tab of System Preferences, effectively whitelisting the sites I need for work.

I installed Charles to determine and whitelist the hosts/domains Evernote Mac was using, allowing the app to sync. In the process, it deleted my rather long and painstakingly gathered whitelist, rendering Freedom useless.

Is there a way to recover that list, and if so, where might I find that file?


texts: An Error Has Occurred: Downloading and installing Keynote

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Update: Looks like the installer is looking for a previous version of Keynote to upgrade, from appstore.log:

storeagent[473] <Critical>: SoftwareMap: No app was found with bundle ID com.apple.iWork.Keynote to upgrade to 6.2

First question here.

I purchased Keynote last night and switched to the Purchases tab to watch the download begin (0K of about 434MB).  Immediately the progress bar changed to the Installed button but I saw (via Little Snitch) that bandwidth was still being consumed by storeagent.

Later, storeagent stopped consuming bandwidth and App Store said Could Not Download Keynote: An Error Has Occurred.  In Applications I saw Keynote with its own progress bar empty.

I've tried emptying the ~/Library/Cache for storeagent, signing in and out of the App Store, restarting the Mac (OS X Mavericks) to no avail.

Any ideas?

Here are the most relevant entries from Console:

6/19/14 6:18:26.767 AM storeagent[401]: *** Assertion failure in
-[SoftwareInstallOperation _startInstall], /SourceCache/Pisa/Pisa-232.9/iTunes Protocol/Built Into App/SoftwareInstallOperation.m:338

6/19/14 6:18:26.768 AM storeagent[401]: error Error Domain=SoftwareInstallOperation Code=0 "The installation could not be started." UserInfo=0x7faae8fa30d0 {NSLocalizedDescription=The installation could not be started., NSUnderlyingError=0x7faae8fa2c60 "NSInternalInconsistencyException"}

6/19/14 6:18:26.768 AM storeagent[401]: underlyingError Error Domain=SoftwareInstallOperation Code=0 "NSInternalInconsistencyException" UserInfo=0x7faae8fa2c90 {NSLocalizedDescription=NSInternalInconsistencyException, NSLocalizedFailureReason=[PKInstallRequest requestWithPackages:(
    "<PKPackageSpecifier>:\n{\n    URL = \"file:///var/folders/3h/gqqtp7fd5b73ct9c40cbxgqm0000gs/C/com.apple.appstore/409183694/mzps4539971783482202424.pkg#Keynote6.pkg\";\n displayName = TITLE;\n    displayVersion = \"6.2\";\n    identifier = \"com.apple.pkg.Keynote6\";\n    options = 0;\n    version = \"6.2.0.0.1.1341568473\";\n}" ) destination:/] failed}

6/19/14 6:18:26.768 AM storeagent[401]: localException [PKInstallRequest requestWithPackages:(
    "<PKPackageSpecifier>:\n{\n    URL = \"file:///var/folders/3h/gqqtp7fd5b73ct9c40cbxgqm0000gs/C/com.apple.appstore/409183694/mzps4539971783482202424.pkg#Keynote6.pkg\";\n displayName = TITLE;\n    displayVersion = \"6.2\";\n    identifier = \"com.apple.pkg.Keynote6\";\n    options = 0;\n    version = \"6.2.0.0.1.1341568473\";\n}" ) destination:/] failed


texts: Is there a case or cover that allows the iPad to stand up in portrait orientation?

texts: Is there a cover that is designed for standing up the iPad 3 in portrait as well as in landscape orientation? I'm not talking about the Apple official Smart Cover. Something, possibly, in leather.


texts: How do I move an app out of a folder on iOS 8? (e.g. newspaper out of "newsstand")

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The news app I use most frequently is buried in Home->News->Newsstand.
How can I move this app up to my first main page of apps?

Here I mean the New York Times app, which I want on my home screen. I've tried holding the NyTimes app until it wiggles, but it won't move out of the Newsstand (violating my expectations of the ability to move anything shaped like an app anywhere I want).


texts:
I installed a Safari extension. I need to allow this extension to access files on mu system. Chrome has option looking like this:

I want the same for Safari. Where can I do this?


texts: Screen captures of windows larger than screen

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Is there a way to capture a screenshot of a browser window / webpage which is larger than the MacBook Air (1366x768) screen it's displayed on?

I need to have captures of how a site displays in a 1280x1024 window. I can use Moom to resize the browser window, but not sure how to get the snap.


texts:
I did some research and still have trouble to find any way to enable Ukrainian language spell check in OS X.

Please advise how to make it happen.


texts: How do I get osascript to parse backslashes and run this command in a new Terminal window?

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Here's a command that works fine when I paste it into the Mac Terminal window:

echo -n -e \\033]0\;My Custom Window Title Here\\007 ; ping www.google.com

In particular, it sets the Terminal's title to include the string "My Custom Window Title Here", then starts pinging www.google.com.

Now what I want to do is have the above command run in a separate Terminal window instead, so I enter this:

osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to do shell script "echo -n -e \\033]0\;My Custom Window Title Here\\007 ; ping www.google.com"'

… but all I get is this error:

dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable
(/usr/bin/osascript) is code signed with entitlements 59:60: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)

If I get rid of the backslashes, osascript will run the command, but then of course the custom window title doesn't get set.

Is there some way I can get my bash command through osascript's parser intact, so that I can have my ping command execute in its own window AND with a customized window title?


texts: Mouse and Keyboard on MacBook Air mid 2009 don't work partially

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My MacBook Air mid 2009 worked for 3 months without any problems on Yosemite.

Two days ago the built in mouse stopped working along with the built-in keyboard. Right after it woke up from sleep mode but the light is still on. After pressing the Power button, it asks me to shut it down, so the system did not crash.

At boot I'm able to clear the SMC and VFR (?) RAM. Both did not work. After I reboot, the machine won't respond to mouse or keyboard input. Also a USB mouse and keyboard won't work.

I always had to hard reboot the MacBook (holding power) After some time, it wouldn't boot (black screen). After leaving it off for ~5 mins, it would boot again, but I was faced with the same error. After some research, and the problems at startup, I think it might be an EFI specified problem. Reinstalling has only worked for half an day, then after wake up it wasn't responding.

The problem might be caused after the OS X 10.10.2 update. In the update log I couldn't find any EFI-specified updates (EFI and SMC is also up-to-date).

Anyone able to reproduce this error? I can't get it to work again (without reinstalling it).


texts: Can I compress SMS content to free up storage?

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My SMS on my iPhone is growing everyday. According to my iPhone's Usage function, I have about 1.2GB of SMS data. My phone has been running on low storage and any megabytes are precious.

Is there anyway to compress my SMS data or archive them to free up space on my phone? Although I don't refer to my old SMS messages all the time, I would still want to be able to search for them when I need. Perhaps this could be done either on my phone or on a computer or even over the cloud.

Otherwise, how do you usually manage your SMS data to keep them within reasonable storage space?


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With the Mac Mini getting a new release, what is happening with the Mac Pro (aka the "Trash Can")? It has not had any design changes since 2013, and 5 years later it would seem that Apple would plan to give it a new look. I read some articles that claim how Apple will change the Mac Pro, but are these statements true or can they be backed up by official Apple releases?

A quick search online brings you to either pages that stay on-the-surface of the topic, not going into much detail, or just fan concept drawings. Some places give info that they claim was released by Apple.

What has Apple officially released about there being a new Mac Pro, if they have released anything?


texts:
I am a freelancer programmer and so far I have only worked on projects on Windows platform. I don't have much idea about OS X hardware. I am not looking for a very high end configuration but integrated development environment and one database server should just run fine. I have a Dell laptop i7 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD; I am fairly satisfied with the performance. I am mainly going to use it for app development and not for any rich graphics app development.

What are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for Xcode development on OS X?


texts:
Sometime I just open a doc for viewing, Mac office 2011 keep asking me to save doc that I didn't make change. I've been experiencing this gimmick for the last 12 months. And it got to stop since it was so annoying.

My office build id 14.0.0 (100825) FYR


texts: What is the easiest way to find and delete duplicate songs in iTunes?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Remove all duplicates on iTunes library

A few days ago, I synced all of songs from my iPhone 4s to iTunes. After it finished, I found that some of them have duplicates. I thought maybe I transferred them to iTunes before. Now I want to find and delete them from my iTunes library. What is the easiest way to delete the duplicates?
Thank you very much in advance.


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I have a printer HP deskjet f4210 connected to a windows 7 system, I am trying to connect my macbook pro os 10.7.4 to it, however I get the message authentication required. I tried entering guest/guest as I found this tip from another forum, and it connected. However it goes through the print process and nothing is printed. There are no errors, it shows the progress bar and then the job is removed from the queue as if its printed.

What is the fix?


texts:
I am trying to figure out how can I disable/hide the App Name in MacOS X Lion dock. I've also attached an image so you can see what I mean.

Someone has any idea about how can I hide that?


texts: Can I create an Automator application to start Tomcat when I need?

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I can start Apache Tomcat (installed via HomeBrew) in Terminal using

$ catalina run

But it does not work in an Automator application Shell script using bash

I tried to set up a bash Shell script in Automator like this:

catalina run

When I run the Automator application, it won't work and shows -: catalina: command not found.

What is the correct way to create an Automator application, or do I need to use AppleScript?


texts: Is there an app that will convert a movie to an image sequence?

texts: Does anyone know a mac app for converting a movie (.mov) to a series of images ? I know quicktime could do this in the olden days, but that features has been deleted.


texts: Which video player can play 1080p mkv on iPad Mini Retina?

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The iPad Mini Retina comes with the new A7 chip. However, playing back of a 1080p MKV is still sluggish using VLC. I'd like to know whether other paid video players are better in handling 1080p MKVs?

Some information about the MKV:

1920x1080, x264 10bit
AAC 5.1 720 kbps


texts: Is there a quicker way to pause Photos uploading to iCloud?

texts:
Photos.app on Yosemite takes forever to upload its library to iCloud, and can slow the WiFi network to a crawl while it does so. I know that I can pause it in the app's Preferences, but this is complicated to explain for friends and family who are not good with computers!

I would like to make some sort of easily-accessible icon/button for pausing/unpausing the upload, that I could put on the desktop/dock/menubar.

Is there any way of doing this (for example with Automator or AppleScript)?


texts: Correlative numbers formula in Apple Numbers

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I have text in column B. But there are some columns that are empty. There is no rule the empty raws are at random. This is what I have now:

I want to have correlative numbers in column A. The problem is to detect the empty raws. That should be the result:


texts: How do I get iPhoto's facial recognition to stick?

texts:
I worked with iPhoto for a while, tagging photos with faces. Now when I view my own faces, I see "Steven Fisher may be in 8 additional photos."

I click Confirm Additional Faces, then click to confirm each additional face. I click Done. There's no error message, but I still see "Steven Fisher may be in 8 additional photos." And when I click Confirm Additional Faces, I see the same eight photos.

I can repeat this over and over again. I've recursively changed the permissions on the photo library to 777, changed the owner, rebuilt the library (letting iPhoto change the permissions), but nothing's helped. I once fixed this by completely deleting the library, re-adding all the photos to it, but it died again within a few weeks (and, of course, I lost a ton of metadata I'll never get back). What else could be wrong?


texts: Cydia keyboard that leaves the middle of the screen empty

texts: I can not press the area of the screen where T and G keys are(middle of the screen). As a consequence this makes it impossible to write anything in portrait mode. Is there any Cydia keyboard that doesn't use that region?


texts: iPhone 6 screen touch highlights but doesn't activate controls

texts:
Often, when I touch an iPhone 6 screen control the control highlights, recognizing that it's been touched, but the control doesn't activate to perform its intended function.

Is this an intended mimic of 3D touch?

Is this a feature of iOS (9.3.2), or of the running app?

When it happens I have to touch the control longer for it to take effect.


texts: Cannot remove DevonThink Pro from menu bar

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I installed DEVONthink Pro, then uninstalled by removing the App from the Applications dir, but I can not get rid of the icon/menu in the menu bar.

I've removed every file anywhere that has the name 'devon', but the think just will not go.


texts: Customize Lock Screen to show Sleep button or allow BTT shortcuts to work in Lock Screen

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Use case: I am logged in, at one point I locked the machine, and the Lock Screen is being displayed, prompting for a password.

MacOS catalina - 10.15.3

I am looking for a way to Sleep the machine without having to put the password to unlock. Via shortcut while in the Lock Screen, or via adding a button/menu item in the Lock Screen.

I couldn't find any way to customize the lock screen in MacOS.

I tried setting up shortcuts with Better touch tool - the shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl+Cmd+Options+) work fine while the machine is unlocked, but do not work in the lock screen.
I also tried setting up trackpad shortcuts which don’t work on lock screen
Finally I also tried creating a MacOS "normal" shortcut (Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcut > All Apps, menu item = "Sleep"), which also works fine while logged in + unlocked but does not work in the lock screen

Why I want this: I setup the machine to not sleep while AC power is ON, this is my preferred setting while in the office. On occasion, say at the end of the day, I still want the machine to enter sleep mode. Often, I find the machine in Lock Screen mode.


texts: Distribution of the enterprise iOS application

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We are going to develop iOS application for enterprise. As I see we need take a part in Enterprise Developers Program.  But there is a some points I want to clarify:

Is it right that Enterprise Developers Program allow to distribute the application without the publication of them in App Store ? If it is where the user will get our application ? It will be separate portal ? Or something else ?
Our customers don't want that our (and their) iOS program will be sensed to Apple.  Is it possible to distribute our application  within our customers without the publication it on App Store and event without the sending it to Apple ? How will be working program distribution and the update process in this case ?


texts: Is renting App Store to others for test purpose a good idea?

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Recently someone on Upwork post a job for renting an App Store account to test a tour application. The post is like, they need to test an app with so many devices and they are running out of their UUID limit, hence they need to rent an enterprise App Store account, where they will provide a list of their UUID and I have to create provisioning profile and p12 certificate for them.
My question is, is there any possibilities that they could do some illegal activity using my app store provisioning profiles and p12 certificates? Should I take that job or not?
Thanks a lot in advance.


texts: Set "Load remote content in messages" per sender?

texts:
In the Mail setting (under Viewing) tab, there is a option Load remote content in messages which I unchecked, so for each email that contains remote content, I need to click the Load remote content button.

Is there anyway of a setting (probably not) or plugin that does this automatically for senders you would approve?


texts: Adding a Second IP Address to an Existing Network Adapter

texts:
On linux boxes it is possible to add multiple ip addresses to the same network interface.

It's achived with the following command:

ip addr add 128.133.123.83/24 dev eth0

Is there any way to to the same with OS X ?

I've tried to put multiple ip addresses (comma separated like the dns) in System Preferences / Network with no luck...


texts: How can I sort PDF by date in Adobe Acrobat on iOS? By default the order is lexicographical:


texts: Why are some disk images bigger when burned?

texts:
I've got a couple of DMGs that should fit on a CD (one per CD) but burning softwares (Disk Utility & Toast) say that they are 2 or 3 times bigger and thus need a DVD.
Why is that ?


texts: Mouse wheel deselects text on High Sierra

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This issue was previously reported here: MacOS Sierra; Text deselecting when using scroll-wheel with Logitech mouse., but there is not a solution, the question is a year and a half old, and the issue is closed without higher rep.

Using 10.13.2.

Text selection stops and restarts when using a mouse wheel. This problem does not occur when using the trackpad.

The issue is not Logitech specific--I use a Kensington trackball and work and a Logitech trackball at home, and I have the same problem with both.

The posted select-scroll-shift-select solution works, but is frustrating.


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My White, Unibody Macbook running OS X 10.8 started to freeze, so I shut it down.

When I went to restart it, it got stuck on the Apple Logo for some five minutes before I just turned it back off.

So far, I have:

Checked & Repaired Disk
Checked & Repaired Permissions
Reset the NVRAM
Reset the SMC
Tried Safe Boot

For Safe Boot, the loading bar appeared and it started to load. Then, it disappeared and I got stuck with the progress indicator (again) for some eight minutes before I just turned it off.

I need my Macbook for school and all, it has all my work and projects...

Any thoughts? Any input is welcome.

Note: My Apple Care subscription expired < 1 month ago, so... :(

Edit

In response to a comment below, I booted up using CMD + V. Here are the results:

...
** /dev/rdisk0s2 (NO WRITE)
** Root file system
    Executing fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-557~393)
FIPS USER Space POST: Integrity test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: AES GCM test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: AES CBC test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: TDES CBC test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: SHA test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: HMAC test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: RSA test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: ECDSA test success!
FIPS USER Space POST: DRBG test success!
FIPS USER Space POST Success!

And then nothing...


texts: Did we lose the Blurred Effect option for Portrait Mode on iOS11? My iPhone X I noticed this morning when I wanted to use that feature, Under Portrait Mode it just as the studio options now.


texts: Apple Music Library Does Not Sync Correctly Between Two Macs

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I use a Mac mini as a server and an iMac to work on. I maintain my music collection on the iMac, but I regularly copy the chances over to the Mac mini using an AppleScript with a rsync command.
This used to work fine for the time I was using iTunes. Now, under Catalina, changes to the library are not noticed by the Apple Music App on the Mac mini.
I know the Music Library file is updated correctly, and also the individual albums and songs get copied to the Mac mini just like they should. For example, Roon is running on the Mac mini too, and it notices the changes. But the Apple Music App just shows the status of the collection of the time where I first copied the whole collection to the Mac mini.
Are there some cache files somewhere I have to take care for? So far, the AppleScript syncs the folders /Users/User/Music/iTunes and /Users/User/Music/Music (only from iMac to Mac mini).


texts: iPad secretly syncing iTunes U slides to my books

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Here's the setting: I am syncing my entire books library on my MacBook with my iPad. On my Mac, there are 122 books (both .epub and.pdf). I also use iTunes U on my MacBook, and some of the courses I download have .pdf slides in addition to videos. However, I am not syncing iTunes U courses on my MacBook with my iPad.

And here's the issue: somehow, all the course slides from iTunes U appear in my books library on the iPad. That is, my books library on the iPad now contains 129 books, and the number is growing with every slide set that I download. So these slides appear in iBooks, but not in my books library on my MacBook. In short, I say sync all books, and it laughs into my face by syncing to different numbers.

How do I turn this feature off? Is it some setting that I've missed, a weird feature, or an annoying bug?


texts: Getting loads of Open error 5's when using Terminal to repair permissions

texts:
My GF's MBP running on Mavericks broke down 2 days ago.
First I tried to copy the contents of her HDD to an external HDD but got the I/O error time after time.

Then I tried all the basic things like repairing the disk in Recovery Mode and try and verify/repair permissions in disk utility, cause I read that that could also help but that didnt do the trick either.

Now I am trying to repair the permissions through the Terminal and getting alot of detailed I/O errors. Also the progress bar is stuck @ 74% now. It doesnt advance only I get every 20 secs or so a new line with a new error. My original plan to try n save the data on the HDD has become too complicated for my skills so I'm in desperate need of help since it has been awhile since last backup.


texts: How do I stop a macOS upgrade while it's already in progress?

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I just rebooted my Mac to find it's now upgrading to Big Sur. I found out that if I hard power off the Mac, it will still work next time, but will begin the update process again.
How can I stop the process and go back to Mojave?


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Is it possible to let the phone ring when received gmail of with title="urgent, please notice"? Gmail App has vibration when emails are received, the vibration sometimes I have missed it.

I need to make sure I got attended for those email. Any other methods could achieve the same purpose other phone ring is also welcome.


texts: How can I get Safari to open in desktop instead of its own space?

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When I open Safari, it opens in its own application desktop, instead of in one of Lion's desktops. The problem this creates is that I have to keep on changing back and forth to the desktop which TextMate uses.

How can I get Safari to open in a "normal" desktop.


texts: I have  followed the instructions •Reset Network Settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. But prior to tapping "reset network settings" I want to be sure that I do not have my data deleted in the process. In other words it will not go back to factory settings will it? I made that error once and cost me much work wise.


texts: When ever i open the Messenger app or the Facebook app, it instantly crashes my iPhone. What can I do to fix this? (iOS 11.3)

texts: What can I do to fix this? I am using iOS 11.3.


texts: How can I create a default dock for all users (Mavericks)?

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I am new to managing Macs. We currently have a lab, and probably plan to create more labs in an enterprise style solution. In the lab, we would like to have a "default profile" created for users who log in.

The users are AD users, and the Macs are bound (binded?) to AD; users can log in fine.

I would now like to modify the dock to display specific installed applications. I then want this dock to be the default dock for any users that log in.

Ideally, I would also like to use this default dock on other machines in the lab, so if there are some files I can transfer to the other machines and a command to run to apply the settings, that would be perfect. Ideally I will be Apple or Bash scripting the entire process (currently Bash scripting the AD bind, default background, apple ID sign-in removal, etc).

We have no management servers. We will be using Deep Freeze for the time being, so there is no problem with users modifying their dock; users will have permissions to mess around.

I have found answers for pre-Mavericks, where it seems to be a case of copying a couple of files which would have been perfect, but it seems Mavericks does it a little differently and I can't find a straightforward answer.


texts: Just installed new screen on iPhone 5s, getting weird ghosting/burn effect

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My wife's iPhone 5s screen cracked and for the holidays I had a friend of mine install a new screen on her phone. The only problem is, there's some weird issues going on. First, the outer edges of her screen are lighter than the center, and second, on dark screens you can see burned in images of her keyboard. She already shut it off for a while and did a soft reset and that didn't fix it.

[Update] Just noticed that the image 'burned in' changes frequently. For instance, if I have Facebook open then go directly to an all black image, I'll see remnants of Facebook. If I have Google open then go directly to a black image, I'll see remnants of Google. There's also a dead pixel on the left side.

Any recommendations?


texts: Show table of contents when opening PDF in Preview

texts: Is there any way I can force Preview to always show the table of contents when opening a PDF? Most of the PDFs I use have a ToC, so this would save me the extra step from having to enable the ToC after opening the PDF.


texts:
I have a program which, when deleting any app, also deletes the extra files and junk as well; including .plist files. Normally this works great though, this time around I've had a few files which won't allow me to empty the trash.

I get the following when I click on "Empty Trash":

  The operation can’t be completed because the item
  “com.justinmind.prototyperfree.plist” is in use.

  The operation can’t be completed because the item
  “com.marketcircle.Billings3.plist” is in use.

  The operation can’t be completed because the item
  “com.opendns.osx.DNSCrypt-Menubar.plist” is in use.

  The operation can’t be completed because the item
  “hewgill.com.Stack-Exchange-Notifier.plist” is in use.

I tried the following without success:

launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.justinmind.prototyperfree.plist and launchctl unload /Users/myname/.Trash/com.justinmind.prototyperfree.plist

Not sure how to stop these things so I can empty the trash. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

OS X 10.9 (13A603)


texts:
My fan on my Mac has been running all the time. I did google some solution for this problem. However, I didn't see any error on the system.log
Could anybody have any better recommendation for my Mac.


texts: Why do some of my programs get terminated when the screensaver runs?

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I have Mac with OS X 10.6.6 running.

When the screensaver gets started and runs for a few minutes (10 or 15?)
Thunderbind, Firefox and a few other programs gets terminated because
OS X seems to want to log me out.
This is very annoying as I have to restart all of these programs again and again.

The interesting part is I have another Mac also running OS X 10.6.6
where I do not experience this behaviour.

Any help is appreciated

Robert


texts: How I could redirect all my traffic to Tor network?

texts: I need to redirect all my traffic to Tor network. I have just installed Vidalia, but I think that I have not correctly configured my Tor-client. I have a Java desktop client that have to access to a website. This allows us to connect 50 times then it reject our connection. I would like to use Tor to  create more conecctions. How I can configure my tor-client correctly? Is there any online how-to? Are there other solutions?


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I am using Version 12.1 (13607.1.40.1.5) of Safari.

If I go to Safari->Preferences->Extensions is shows that I have no extensions installed.

When I visit http://kmlviewer.nsspot.net, I press the "choose file" button and select a kml file. I then get the message:

"Please disable the adblock for free use."

If I go to Safari->Settings for This Website, "Enable Content Blockers" is unchecked, "Auto-Play" is set to "Allow all auto-play", and "Pop-Up Windows" is set to "Allow"

I do not see any other settings that would further disable ad blocking. Is there anything more I can do?

There are several sample kml files out there, but you can take the text from:

https://gist.github.com/EricG-Personal/589b293297f42759ba32dea3df04a7b5

and create your own .kml file easily.


texts: Cannot select "Not Now" under Settings>My Name>Start Using iCloud in iOS 11

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A red badge appears on my Settings panel right underneath my name next to "Start Using iCloud".

Under Settings>My Name>Start Using iCloud, I am given two choices: (1) "Start Using iCloud"; and (2) "Not Now". When I tap "Not Now" nothing happens. I would like to get rid of the badge.

How can I do this?


texts: How do I completely and securely wipe a FileVault (SSD) drive?

texts:
When I follow Apple's instructions for preforming a complete erase and reinstall on a FileVault 2 encrypted SSD machine, and choose a high level of security for the erase, I get an error, and the process (apparently) completes instantly.

Did this securely erase my FileVault machine? If not, what should I have done; and what (if anything) can I do now (that I've "erased" my machine)?

The scenario: I wanted to securely erase a FV-encrypted SSD (to hand of the machine to another user; I will be using the same FV password on a new machine, I have no recovery key), but my attempt seemed to have failed quickly with an error (though the option for secure erase was enabled). Even so, the drive seemed to have been "erased" in some form anyway (there was no OS to boot into; though wifi was still working after the "erasure", so something was left) and I proceeded to reinstall OSX.

I don't know where I am now though. Is this the correct procedure? Have I performed the "official" (secure-as-it-gets) erase procedure for a FV-encrypted SSD after all (error message and nearly instant completion notwithstanding)?


texts: Find all my backed up photos on Time Machine drives

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I have several time machine backups. I want to get all the photos out of them and upload them to Google Photos. I believe the "Backup and Sync from Google" application will do this for me, once I find (and perhaps temporarily copy) my photos.
Although I can browse my Time Machine backups in the Finder, there are, again, lots of them, and the drives being backed up changed over time. I don't see scanning through them manually being viable if there is any automatic option possible.
I'm running macOS 11.1. I can't change into the backup directory or list things from the terminal, even as root:
/V/MacBack ❯❯❯ cd Backups.backupdb/
cd: Permission denied: 'Backups.backupdb/'
/V/MacBack ❯❯❯ ls Backups.backupdb/                                                                                Thu 11 Mar 07:10:07 2021
ls: : Operation not permitted

When I try to see all the settings applied to the folder, I get:
/V/MacBack ❯❯❯ ls -lfde@O Backups.backupdb/
drwxr-xr-x+ 7 clinton  staff  - 238 17 Mar  2019 Backups.backupdb//
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown

I would be happy to strip the permissions (and restore them when I'm done, if possible). Supposedly chmod -a# 0 should work, but it doesn't:
/V/MacBack ❯❯❯ sudo chmod -a# 0 Backups.backupdb/
chmod: Failed to set ACL on file 'Backups.backupdb/': Operation not permitted

This answer seems close. I also tried to give myself access this way, after confirming my user id:
/V/MacBack ❯❯❯ sudo chmod +a# "clinton allow writeattr,writeextattr,chown" Backups.backupdb/
usage:  chmod [-fhv] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-a | +a | =a  [i][# [ n]]] mode|entry file ...
    chmod [-fhv] [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-E | -C | -N | -i | -I] file ...

Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree. Maybe there's a utility that does this. I can see that I could restore files, but I'd run out of space quickly (unless I could only restore photos?), and it'd take forever.
How can I find all the photos in my multitude of backups (or, even all the photos in a single TimeMachine backup?)


texts: Mission Control; how do I correct the order of Desktops? I have 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6, 7?

texts:
I've been playing with Lion and Mission Control.  I'm not sure how I did it, but I seem to have reordered my desktops.

When I open Mission Control, the labels of the desktops at the top of the screen are (from left to right):

Dashboard, Desktop 1, Desktop 2, Desktop 4, Desktop 5, Desktop 3 (in the wrong place!), Desktop 6, Desktop 7, Desktop 8, Desktop 9

How did I relocate 3?  And how do I put it back in the right place?


texts: Mac OS unable to boot with CD after Ubuntu installed

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I had an issue with the MAC OS and couldn't repair the MAC os i have (10.4) on my intel duo core macbook.

So i install Ubuntu 11 on my mac and works perfectly. I am selling my laptop now to get the new macbook pro but the person who wants it needs mac os but every time I try to install it shows a folder with a question mark when I put the mac cd (Original CDs 10.4 that came with the laptop)

so i booted with the "option" and shows my hard drive, put the mac CD and it ejects it, put the ubuntu CD and works perfectly.

I try to clear the nvram: Command + Option + O + F

nothing,

what can i do to install mac os?


texts: Buying AppleCare warranty in a different name than the original buyer's

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A friend has the opportunity to get a recently purchased Apple MacBook from a colleague in exchange for some work.

It was very recently purchased (< 2 weeks). The receipt is in the original owner's name.

The new owner would like to purchase an AppleCare warranty for the machine in their name so there's no trouble in case they would ever need the warranty.

Is this possible?

Is it enough to simply purchase the AppleCare, fill in a form with the new owner's name, and thus connect it to the machine for warranty purposes?

Is it necessary to purchase AppleCare in the first place? Here in the EU, there is a mandatory 2-year warranty anyway. I guess my broader question is how Apple deals with changes of ownership for their products. Would one have to expect any trouble when making use of the warranty if the owner's name has changed?


texts: Have to enter password twice after losing battery power? El Capitan

texts: If I let my mac run flat, when I plug the magsafe back in and power it back up, it boots up with the black background and apple logo, the first logins screen is slightly greyed, after entering my pass, the screen goes black, then the normal login screen appears, I have to reenter my pass to login, this version of El-Capitan is not the public beta. How can I resolve this or is it just a current issue with El-Capitan?


texts: Will ethernet work off of Thunderbolt/mDisplayPort/Ethernet adapter?

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I'm trying to restore from Time capsule (via fresh recovery). Attempting to use Ethernet so the restore is faster.

So I'm using an old mini displayport Ethernet adapter I have. But my MacBook needs thunderbolt. So I have a thunderbolt to mini display port adapter.

Is this form of daisy chain going to work? I ask because it's not getting an IP and the router doesn't light up either (tested both cables by directly connecting router to TC and it lights up so I know the cables and dhcp ability is working) A


texts: Is there a way to lock your Apple device against syncing on other computers?

texts: Find my iPhone is nice, but that doesn't really stop savvy thieves from syncing the device back to factory settings.


texts: How can I disable any external traffic to my port 80?

texts:
I don't want others on the same network (or any network!) to be able to access my machine at port 80, where I have dev websites.

I've tried adding this rule to ipfw:

deny tcp from any to any dst-port 80 in

which works, but it also stops me from being able to access my web root whenever I get a new IP (switching to a new wireless network, for example) until I refresh my network interface.

Is there a rule that I can add into ipfw or (since it's apparently deprecated) into pfctl that disallows any external traffic to port 80?

Edit: bmike's answer is just perfect. Here's what I've done, for others to see:

sudo ipfw add 00100 allow ip from any to any via lo0
sudo ipfw add 90100 deny tcp from any to any dst-port 80 in
sudo ipfw add 90100 deny tcp from any to any dst-port 443 in
sudo ipfw add 90100 deny tcp from any to any dst-port 3306 in

This allows all ports locally, but disallows any incoming connection to 80 (Apache), 443 (https), and 3306 (MySQL, which I already have restricted to localhost, but I still added this just to ensure it).


texts:
Is there an app that will receive AirTunes? I want to use iOS4's new AirPlay capability to send audio from one iOS device to another. I realize I can use Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil and Speakers to stream from my Mac to said iPhone, but I want to send from my iPhone to another iPhone.

What I'm trying to do is avoid buying an Airport Express device by just hooking up an old iPhone and running an app...


texts: How can I create a zip archive for Windows and Linux users?

texts: In Finder, when I create an archive ("Compress items..."), the resulting zip archive has .DS_Store files in folders and files have resource forks. How can I create a zip archive suitable for cross platform sharing from Mac OS X?


texts: What does the Thunderbolt Display offer besides a display?

texts:
Is the Apple Thunderbolt Display just a display, or something more?

The thing that confuses me is that they say it has a Thunderbolt cable and it helps data transfer between your Mac and Display to be much faster. What data transfer? Isn't it just a display mirroring whatever is already showing on the MacBook display?

Does it have a hard drive or something?


texts: Have got this crash report and havnt been able to find a fix for a while now. Hoping someone can read what the problem is. Thanks


texts: Can Gatekeeper be disabled via terminal in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion?

texts:
How can you disable Gatekeeper via Terminal Commands in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion? I am looking to replicate the Security & Privacy preference pane selection to allow applications downloaded from Anywhere to run:

By having a terminal command, I can write a script to do this task remotely rather than manually going to each Mac and changing these settings with a mouse and several clicks.


texts: How to fix Mail stuck importing messages from a Time Machine backup?

texts:
I'm setting up a new Mac from an old one, and everything's working perfect, except for getting Mail set up.

This is what I'm seeing with Mail:

The "Time remaining" figure just keeps increasing, while the "Imported X of Y messages" number gets stuck on 14.

I've tried searching Apple's support community, but none of the suggestions there have helped. Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: keyboard no longer repeats keys when held down

texts:
I just wanted to make some input where I press a key and the auto-repeat function engages so I don't have to press the 0 key many times to make a long number.

10000000000000000000000000000

This has always worked without fail in the past, but it's not something I do often and I'm not sure where to look next to figure out what might be preventing this.

I've toggled the sliders to change the delay for key repeat, but the only thing I can hang my hat on is that perhaps Lion disables this with the new feature where you hold down some keys (like the vowels, but also some consonants) to get alternate accented characters.

s turns into ß or ś or š and so on....

Am I missing an obvious setting, or is this something that has moved to a hidden setting or is simply a bug that these controls are still around since key repeat is now deprecated?

Comments welcome if anyone doesn't have an answer, but can provide specifics where this does work for them. I've checked two Macs so I'm guessing it's not related to keyboard type or connection method.


texts:
Wikipedia says:

"Like the video version, FaceTime Audio is currently only available between Apple devices."

So...I was going to ask how to make/receive SIP calls from Facetime...but that's not an option.

what's a free SIP client for Mac OS x laptops?


texts: Bootcamp windows installation not allowing Windows 10

texts:
Hi I am trying to install windows 10 on my macbook pro 8,2(late 2011), when I open Bootcamp it is having options to create windows 10 installation in usb as seen in image.

Now, I am able to create the windows 10 install disk sucessfully using the iso, but after that the bootcamp popups the error message as seen in image

So after reading the message i decided to make windows 7 install disk which not in the list but i tried checking the same windows 10 option and added the iso file of windows 7 then again the bootcamp pops up the the error as seen in image

As seen it is not allowing me to go in both the cases, if I do the partition manually it is also not seen in startup disks also.

Want to install windows on mac any kind of suggession will be helpfull.


texts: How much data can an app steal from my MacBook if I allow its system-wide execution?

texts:
I'm interested in knowing how to monitor and possibly sandbox an app and its relative background processes in MacOS. Is there some internal utility hidden somewhere in the system tools (even CLI), or maybe some tool from the web? I cannot find anything about this. Furthermore, it looks like everyone still thinks Mac OS cannot get malware and it is not helping.

Let's say I want to install an Android Emulator to play android games on my MacBook. I know that the majority of the emulators are Chinese, therefore I will expect a significant amount of telemetry.
I decide to go with the app Mumu. During the installation, the app asks me to input my password to allow the creation of a new Helper (anyway, what is it and what does that even entail?). In order to do this and continue with the installation, I have to allow the (initially blocked) execution of a "system software", in Security & Privacy >> General (pic).

If I ever decided to play along, how could I monitor the effects of this choice? Can any app with these privileges access any other app data? In particular, I am interested in keeping these safe:

browser history (eg. chrome, firefox...)
KeyChain
files all around my disk (duh... )

What is safe and what is not?
How can I know (in real-time possibly) what a specific service/process/app with granted privileges is doing to my computer?

Thanks in advance


texts: iOS - Which user data are apps able to collect by default?

texts:
On iOS, I'm often considering using the mobile website of services instead of their app because of possible privacy concerns. Now I'm wondering if this is actually unnecessary.

So my question is: Which device or user data are apps able to collect without granting any explicit permissions?

Can they read my phone number, IMEI, can they see other installed apps etc.?

Let's assume it's a freshly installed app that I've never opened so far.


texts: The Notes App is now gone from my Macbook Air. How do I get it back?

texts: The Notes app is now gone from my Macbook Air. It used to be in the doc and sync'd with my iPhone and iPad. Earlier today, I saw the icon still there, with a question mark on top of it, and I could not open the app. Now, there is just a question mark. How do I get the Notes App back on my Macbook Air?


texts: Forced switching between Spaces when opening Microsoft Office files

texts:
Since time immemorial, opening a Microsoft Office file has had the side effect of restoring an already-open window in the same application before displaying the newly opened file's window.  This was mildly annoying for multitaskers who minimized windows associated with tasks other than their current one, forcing them to re-minimize a window not relevant to the task at hand.

I suspect that this same behavior is now to blame for a truly maddening side effect when using Spaces with a different space for each task:  Opening, say, a Word document still causes the most recently active Word document window to be brought to the front, so if that window is in a different space, Spaces switches to that space-- a context-blowing action.

For what it's worth, I'm using Office 2011 on Mountain Lion, though the behavior seems to be the same on Mavericks and previous versions.  I've already unchecked the Mission Control options, "Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use" and "When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for that application."  This seems to work for most apps-- e.g., opening a PDF file in Adobe Reader when another PDF file is already open in a different space doesn't trigger a switch to that space-- just not MS Office.

Does anyone know of an Office setting or hack that would prevent this?

This question is probably related to Microsoft Word Forcing “Spaces” Switching.


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Prior to iOS 9.2, large videos would be resized when sending as an e-mail attachment. After 9.2 introduced Mail Drop however, this resizing functionality seems to be disabled even if I opt not to use Mail Drop.

The recipients I'm sending the video to have very limited bandwidth (3G cellular) and I do not wish to send them the full sized video - even if they could figure out how to open files from Mail Drop (which they can't)

Is there a way to completely disable Mail Drop on iOS like there is in OS X to get this resizing behavior back?


texts: Can iOS apps be safely deleted from iTunes?

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On my PC, the iOS apps synchronized by iTunes take up a pretty substantial percentage of my total disk space.

Since most, if not all of them, can be recovered from the App Store, is it safe to delete them on my PC?

I've already verified that removing apps does not affect any apps currently installed on my device; now I'm wondering if it might cause problems once I have to restore from a backup.

It seems as if the backup itself only contains the data of the applications, and not the apps themselves. What happens when restoring a device with most or all .ipa files missing in the iTunes folder; will the missing apps be downloaded from the app store, or will restoring the apps and their data fail?


texts: Weird behaviour with external USB3 enclosure

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I am having issues where an external USB3 drive(#1) is not showing up after reboot. It also doesnt not show up when holding option during boot. This external drive is a clone made with Carbon Copy Cloner. I have cloned the recovery partition as well using CCC. The external disk is not ecrypted, but the Macbook I am doing this from is with Filevault2. It shows up properly when connected as long as I don't restart the OS. If the OS is restarted, the drive will not show up in Finder, Disk Utility, System Information, or Terminal. But when I disconnect the drive and connect it again it shows up and mounts.

I fixed drive #2 issue by deleting my Time Machine backup from the Time Machine System Preferences and as soon as I connected it, showed up and asked for password. Well now I know nothing is wrong with my USB3, but still would like to know why I can't boot drive #1.

My other issue is another external USB3 drive(#2) from the same company, but more expensive model. This is my Time Machine backup. It is encrypted using the Time Machine GUI in system preferences. It doesn't ask for my password when plugged in. I have used it many times before. This drive will not show up in Finder, Disk Utility, System Information or Terminal when plugged in. Obviously it needs my password to decrypt the volume, but why isn't it asking me? The drive has sufficient power.

Obviously there is something going on with my Mac. Please help and let me know if you need more information. Also both of these external enclosures have worked great with this Macbook and my previous Macbook. Never had an issue. Macsales is not known for low quality or poorly designed products IMO.

System Info for my Macbook

Additional Sys Info

System Information for drive #1

Disk Utility drive #1

Disk Utility filesystem #1


texts: Ball and Stick molecule modelling program for Mac OS

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Does anyone know any good programs for making ball and stick molecular models on the Mac? I'm looking for something to produce high quality 3D models with nice lighting, like this on

from wikipedia.


texts: I have a Magic keyboard with the numeric keypad, how do i use it in bootcamp with windows 10?

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I got a wireless magic keyboard with the numeric keypad. I installed bootcamp using windows 10 and am unable to connect the keyboard. At this point all i can do is use it plugged in. How do i pair it over bluetooth to be used wirelessly.

When adding a bluetooth device in windows 10, i can see the keyboard paired, pressing a key changes the text to 'Connected' and then back to paired. This happens with every keystroke rendering it unusable. How do i fix this?


texts: Fixing a failed full disk Core Storage encryption

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I selected the encrypt disk option from the Finder initially, but after several days without progress (I checked diskutil cs list and it didn't show that it was either encrypted or converting) I ejected the drive, plugged it back in, and tried again from the command line.

First of all, encryption status showed Pending and didn't change, so I tried encrypting it again to force it to start, but that didn't work and gave the error shown below.

I then tried decrypting and reencrypting. But I still get the following two errors (output cleaned up):

> diskutil cs decryptVolume vol
Error beginning CoreStorage Logical Volume decryption: The target Core Storage volume is not encrypted (-69755)

> diskutil cs encryptVolume vol
Error: -69696: The target Core Storage volume is already encrypted

Apparently this was Schrödinger's Hard Drive.

So then, I ejected it, unplugged it after ejecting, and plugged it back in. But now it doesn't mount. I tried unlocking from the command line, and I get this:

> diskutil cs unlockVolume AAAAAAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA
Error: -69774: Couldn't bring the new Core Storage Logical Volume online

From Disk Utility, trying to mount or unlock does nothing. For completeness, here's the complete output of diskutil cs list:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-81XXXX92-XXXXXXXXXXXX
    =========================================================
    Name:         vol
    Status:       Online
    Size:         3000144142336 B (3.0 TB)
    Free Space:   16777216 B (16.8 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume YYYYYYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYY-YYYYYYYYYYYY
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk3s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     3000144142336 B (3.0 TB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family ZZZZZZZZ-ZZZZ-ZZZZ-ZZZZ-ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Locked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       Converting
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume AAAAAAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  -none-
            Status:                Locked
            Size (Total):          2999808593920 B (3.0 TB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-

I also tried diskutil repairVolume disk3s2 and it completed, but didn't help. Also, diskutil cs revert ... gives the following error:

Error: -69854: A disk with a mount point is required

What should I do here? I do have an offsite backup, but if I can get it working it'll save me a substantial amount of downtime.


texts: How do I change the default sound for Reminders in El Capitan?

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It is very important as I use it for medication reminders. I would like to use one of the sounds (.aif) that I already have stored on my computer. Changing default sounds in Calendar would be helpful to know as well.

I've followed the steps at cultofmac previously, but tried again. My ~/Library/Sounds folder is empty. I added a newly created aiff and named that sound of my choice as basso.aiff and placed it in the empty folder. Followed the terminal instructions. But, I get no alert sound at all from Reminders.

Strangely, alert sounds (ie notification of deleting a song from iTunes, as well as certain alerts in other apps use that aiff too.) I could careless about what sound I hear in any app other than Reminders. Suggestions?


texts: Add SD card to Fusion Drive in MacBook Pro 12,1

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I want to know if it's possible to add a 128 GB SD card to my MacBook Pro 12,1 (13-inch Retina, early 2015) and make 250 GB Fusion drive.

$ sudo diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +120.5 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 D3021BC9-8BCA-40BA-9B7C-07F28BDE678B
                                 Unencrypted
/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *129.8 GB   disk1
   1:                  Apple_HFS Transcend               129.8 GB   disk2s1

$ sudo diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

Logical Volume Group 878F63CA-69DB-43F2-8708-271D776049F5

=========================================================

    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         120473067520 B (120.5 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 0303DA39-F711-42D5-AB0B-7C35015763B3
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120473067520 B (120.5 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family EA26D69A-ED32-4088-BBF5-DD4ED4A01FE2
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        Reversion State:         Reverting
        High Level Queries:      Not Fully Secure
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume D3021BC9-8BCA-40BA-9B7C-07F28BDE678B
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          120473067520 B (120.5 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   Complete
            Revertible:            No
            Revert Status:         PV to LV passthrough mode
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

Following an iBook from Carlos Burgues & Pablo Romeu called "Fusion Drive, Crea tu propia unidad Fusion drive en tu Mac" I think the commands would be:

sudo diskutil cs addDisk 878F63CA-69DB-43F2-8708-271D776049F5 disk2s1
diskutil cs resizevolume D3021BC9-8BCA-40BA-9B7C-07F28BDE678B 249,8g

But I'm not sure how to make it work properly and I have some questions about the process:

Can I make changes directly on disk, or I must boot from another source to add the 128 GB SD card?
Is it better to restore a carbon copy (or Time Machine) to a new & formatted 250gb Fusion drive?
Will I loose the Recovery HD?
Is there a better way to do this? (something like tardisk Pear software)

I really appreciate you to try to help me, but please, really, don't answer with something like: Don't do it (SD cards are no reliable, bad speeds, etc), or buy a better laptop, or something similar. The HDD can't be upgraded, so I want to try this solution.


texts: Search page works very well except when it doesn't work at all. In those cases it just stays blank. What's the fix for that?


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I am thinking about publishing an application for a client,
We are considering two approaches

An application which basically is a wrapper for a responsive website
A native application

I came across this article:
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality
stating that apple will reject my application.
If i try to upload my application will it be rejected?


texts: Why is my ethernet connection between two Macs so slow?

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I'm currently trying to port all my old stuff from an old Power Mac G4 (MDD) to a newer Power Mac G5 (Late 2005). Both have gigabit ethernet and so I decided to connect the two via ethernet cable (Cat6). Both are running OS X 10.5.8.

However... I'm only getting speeds of up to about 40Mbit/s, and it's taking hours (nearly a whole day in total) to transfer about 200GB. Are there any reasons why it might be so slow, and is there any way I can speed it up?

Thanks!

:-Joe


texts: How can my apple watch receive notifications if bluetooth is disabled on my iphone?

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I have an iPhone SE and an Apple Watch series 2.  Just a minute ago my watch got a Skype notification, yet Bluetooth was disabled on my phone.

I thought that the watch had to be connected to the phone to be able to get notifications from apps on the phone.  How was my watch able to receive the notification?  Did it come over wifi?


texts: AppleScript: How to get time without seconds? Alternatively, how to remove text in middle of string?

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If you use the following code:

set CurrentTime to (time string of (current date))

The CurrentTime will be set in the following format:

12:02:38 PM

However, I want CurrentTime to be:

12:02 PM

So, I want to remove the characters in the 6, 7, and 8 positions in the string.

How can this be accomplished in AppleScript? Thank you.


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What are the key features of a homebrew recipe?

If I want to contribute a recipe, e.g. this one for udunits to the the hombrew-science repository, how would I convert a command-line script like this:

wget ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/udunits/udunits-2.1.24.tar.gz
tar -xvf udunits-2.1.24.tar.gz
cd udunits-2.1.24
./configure
make
make check
make clean

into a valid recipe?


texts: What files should be copied to manually migrate a user account?

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The user account I normally use has something wrong with its native OS "Internet Accounts" configuration. It's corrupted or something. This causes login failures within native OS X apps such as "Messages", "Notes", "Contacts", "Calendar". I've tried deleting all temporary files, such as preferences files. Nothing has worked.

I want to create a fresh, new user account and copy over my preexisting user files for non-native applications so that my software licenses and software configurations are restored faithfully within this fresh account.

What folders/files will I need to copy?
Is there anything else I'll need to do, such as set permissions on those files?


texts: Would it be a good choice to use a Mac mini as wireless router?

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I know that I can use network sharing to share my cable network connected to Mac mini and turn it into a Wi-Fi hotspot.

I haven't purchased a Mac mini yet. From the description on Apple Store, Mac mini currently has a 802.11ac wireless connection.

I believe using a Mac mini won't perform as well as a Airport Extreme, but I have very few wireless devices(an iPhone, a Macbook and a Playstation), so would there be any big difference between using a Mac mini and an Airport Extreme?


texts: Prevent Apple Double Format Files on Remote Share/Disk

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I have a web application on a local Linux Apache server that scans a folder for new files and then processes them.

I have an SMB share to this folder and I use Path Finder to copy files over from my Mac (10.6).

The problem is that when I copy files over a whole lot of "._filename" resource fork files get created on the share and then the web application gets confused when it encounters them. I could fix the web application to be a bit smarter and ignore them, but this is also annoying when archiving and copying to external drives.

I have managed to turn off .DS_Store files and I did see a similar question with an answer, but it seemed to be dealing with NTFS Streams and a nsmb.conf file.


texts: How do I set Command-Tab as the trigger for Witch?

texts: I'm using the app switcher, Witch, and I can't figure out how to set it to activate on Command-Tab. When I try to capture the keys, the OS switches apps on me. I can set Witch to activate on Option-Tab without issue.


texts: Is a sim-free iPhone different from a virtual-sim iPhone?

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We read that Apple has a patent on a 'virtual sim' iPhone.

Then we saw that Apple was selling a 'sim-free' iPhone.

Both allow you to choose your carrier later. These appear to be different concepts.

My question is: Is a sim-free iphone different to a virtual-sim iphone?


texts: Automatically Delete Files From Downloads Folder Daily Unless Tagged With "Keep"?

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How can I automate the deletion of files from my downloads folder but keep files I've tagged with "Keep"? I've been able to use Automator to delete files daily, but I can't work with tags in Automater. Most likely this requires AppleScript (I'm fairly new to AppleScript). I've created an AppleScript to delete files from Downloads folder, but it's not working (I can't tell if it's a permissions issue), and I'm lost on how file tags/labels work in AppleScript.
try
    tell application "Finder"
        delete (every item of folder "/Users/wheel58m/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Downloads")
    end tell

on error
    display dialog ("Error. Couldn't Move the File") buttons {"OK"}
end try

Any documentation or resources is appreciated.


texts: I saw a weird thing today, friend of mine after he updated to iOS 7 showed me this and asked why was the Message time stamps not updating properly. Circled should say “Yesterday”. Note it’s only 3:35PM today, we are both in same time zone, etc


texts: How to automatically turn off external hard-drive connected to Time Capsule when idle?

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I have a 5th generation AirPort Time Capsule (3TB) with an additional G-DRIVE GEN4 (3TB) external hard-drive attached to it. The external hard-drive has an on/off switch.

Is it possible- and how can I make it so that the external hard-drive turns off or hibernates after a period of being idle, without turning off the power switch? I don't want it to be always active.

The external hard-drive is not used as a Time Machine backup drive; I'm only using it as a network share/network-attached storage, so that we can share files more easily within the household.


texts: I lost icon for the Health.app (the one with the Heart icon) on my iPhone. How do I get it back?


texts: Can the iPod touch work without a battery?

texts: If you were to remove the battery from an iPod touch, and then connect it to a computer, would you still be able to play music on it?


texts: How to change the Languages value shown under the Information section for my app in App Store?

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I have implemented an iOS application and published in App Store as well. In my iTunes account, I have specifically mentioned that my primary language is Swedish.

In my test device I set my region as India and Language as Hindi. Also I have changed my region for India in my Apple account. But when I load the App Store application, searched and view my application, under Information category, Languages value display as "English".

How that is possible and how can I change it to Swedish (Svenska) language?


texts: How can I protect headphone jack from heavy cable?

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So far I have ruined the headphone jack of one iPhone and one iPod with the the trauma from the frequent yanking of the heavy cable of my Sennheiser HD280 Pro headphones:

I think the damage mostly happens when I keep the iPhone or iPod in my pocket and walk around. Not only will my leg push the plug, but the heavy cord will also yank it slightly with every step. Because the plug is much larger than that of Apple's ear bugs, it becomes a larger lever, gradually loosening the jack.

Apart from getting lighter headphones, how can I prevent it from happening again? The best idea I have come up with is to use a six-inch extension cable with a right-angle plug; this should at least reduce the leverage.

Will this be sufficient to prevent damage? Does anyone have better ideas?


texts:
I've been getting messages of the form

iPhone Not Backed Up
This iPhone hasn't been backed up in 141 weeks. Backups happen when this iPhone is plugged in, locked and connected to Wi-Fi.

I have the basic, free 5GB iCloud plan. I've turned off the storage for many apps, including Photos. Making my iCloud use only 594MB.
Is there a way to make it stop?


texts: What causes garbled window headers and blank menus (see pic), and can I resolve without hard reboot?

texts:
At random times, all the window headers and menus on my Mac become garbled or blank. See picture. The mouse remains responsive but I cannot select or even see any menus, I can't even reboot.  The only resolution I can find is a hard reboot (long press power button).
Has anyone seen this?  Is there a way to avoid it or fix it?
This is a 2017 Macbook Pro 13" running High Sierra 10.13.6


texts: I am trying to change the name of an iPod I bought off the Internet.  I changed it in iTunes, and that seemed to work fine, but when I look at "About" in "Settings" it still has the old name.  Any ideas?  It's an iPod 5.5


texts: IPod touch 4th generation, USB connector is broken and password is lost - how to reactivate?

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The USB connector of my iPod was broken some time ago. I was not able to connect the device to a computer or to charge it. Now - a few month later - an iPod repair store told me that it is not possible to repair the USB connector because it has a fixed connection to the mainboard. But they were able to make some pins working again. Now I can charge the device, but a connection to iTunes is not possible.

Now the problem is that I do not remember the unlock password. I tried some of my most commonly used, but after a few failures the iPod gives me only one PIN try and then locks the device for ten minutes. Resetting with iTunes is not possible because of the missing physical connection. Is there a way To make the iPod work again? There is no important data on it that has to be saved.


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I've been using iCloud for many services such as Notes, Reminders, iCloud Drive and Keychain for a long time withh my Mac, iPhone and iPad.

A few weeks ago, I've noticed that new passwords have not been syncing to my Mac if I've registered somewhere on my iPhone.

I'v disabled iCloud Keychain, restarted, re-enabled it from here:

I've waited for hours on Wifi, plugged in etc, no avail.

Then I've tried logging out of iCloud on my Mac completely and logging in back again. I've got a confirmation on my iPhone for 6-digit number, took a few minutes to re-enable it, entered my passwords etc. In a few minutes everything including my iCloud Drive files, Notes, Reminders were back on my Mac, but my keychain is still not here. It's again been hours (plugged in, connected to Wifi) but here is my keychain on my Mac:

All the contents of my iCloud Keychain is available on my iPhone, and it has iCloud Keychain enabled too:

I've left both my Mac and iPhone plugged in, fully charged, connected to Wifi for hours, but I'm still not getting anything on my Mac.

How do I get my keychain back on my Mac (without resetting, of course)?


texts: MacBook Pro Retina problems Wifi connection

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i recently bought a power Mac but it recognizes my dedicated wifi but when I got to open a window no connection.
And that's when it connects on wifi after many attempts.

My iPhone and iPad are working online fine.

I am using xfinity as my internet provider.

Any help?

Henry


texts: iPhone 6: Mobile data activation when on international roaming

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I am travelling to a different country. I'll be turning on my iPhone only after landing in the visiting country.

I'll be turning off my iPhone before I leave my country and will be turning it on after landing at the destination airport.

I have disabled mobile data and background app refresh in Setting app, as I am concerned about Mobile data consumption and charges when on international roaming.

My SIM card service provider says that the roaming will get activated automatically when I turn on the phone in the destination country.

My question is, will this also automatically enable the mobile data and/or background app refresh?


texts: Running launchd agent not preventing macbook from sleeping

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I have an agent/daemon that runs a backup script (I use restic) at 4:05am on a StartCalendarInterval. My understanding is that if a launchd agent is running, that should prevent osx from sleeping. Is that wrong?

I can see that my script partially worked as a snapshot was created in the repository, but when I went to check the snapshot, the repo had a lock on it which indicates to me something happened mid-run.

Here is my plist file for the agent.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
        <dict>
                <key>Label</key>
                <string>backup.restic.username</string>
                <key>ProgramArguments</key>
                <array>
                        <string>/Users/username/Documents/scripts/backup.sh</string>
                </array>
                <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
                <dict>
                        <key>Minute</key>
                        <integer>5</integer>
                        <key>Hour</key>
                        <integer>4</integer>
                </dict>
        </dict>
</plist>

Is there something I can add there to prevent sleeping? I will say the macbook wasn't plugged in and was at 35% battery when I woke up.


texts: Super slow browsing on rMBP until reboot

texts:
I've just experienced a couple of days of incredibly slow browsing (using Chrome mostly, but changing browser didn't help) on my home wi-fi. After trying many things like rebooting the router, removing devices from the network, diagnosing with iStumbler, requesting new DHCP leases, setting manual IPs, I eventually rebooted the machine and everything is back to normal.

What could cause this behaviour?

It's a mid 2014 Macbook Pro with Retina. The wi-fi is an ageing Dynalink that only supports 802.11b/g. I have a VPN installed but not active, and many apps:

It had probably been a few weeks or even a month since the last reboot.

Throughout all these problems, a Macbook Air on the same network worked just fine - so it's not a question of some weird network saturation.


texts: I just updated my mid-2014 MacBook Pro to Big Sur and I thought one of the features was the ability to watch YouTube videos in 4k now. However I don't see that option for any videos that I know are 4k. How do I enable it?


texts: How to wipe my iPhone that's stuck in the update process?

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I've got an iPhone that is not locked down via the cloud, just PIN.  Unfortunately, the PIN has been lost.  I did the home button down, plug into the computer thing to get it to attach.  I then tried to do the wipe from the computer, but it said the software had to be updated first.  After allowing the update process to go along for awhile the phone rebooted.  It's now at a "swipe to update" screen.  If I swipe, it asks for the PIN (which I don't have).  I'm unable to power it off now (it doesn't respond to the power button).  Attaching it to the computer just gives the backup (PIN required) screen, no wipe option available.

Is there any way to recover from this point?  Is it worth trying to run down the battery to kill it and then try again?  Even if I do, how can I do a wipe without getting stuck in the same place again?


texts: Is there an auto-login setting for Filevault? (To avoid asking for password)

texts:
Is there an auto-login for FileVault?
I ask because I think I had this but now I don't: I am now asked for "Disk Password" on startup of my Mac, but didn't used to be.
The reason why I think I had this is because I had stored the FileVault password in my password manager a long time ago which does actually work when entered in for "Disk Password".
So, on that basis if this password works, and that I vaguely recall setting up FileVault, then I believe my Mac's disk was encrypted but I have not had to enter this password. I would therefore presume that I had some kind of auto-login setup.
I do not recall turning on FileVault recently either, so I assume it has always been running.
Also, I have now turned FileVault off and the Mac is in the process of decrypting the disk which it says will take "2 hours", sometimes says "3 hours". To support my thinking that I had not only just turned FireVault on then I would not have expected the decrypt to happen much quicker.
It seems to have started asking me after I logged into another one of the admin accounts on the same machine, though I'm not sure it is that.
I have searched for further information about this setup online but cannot find anything.
So could you advise please: Is there a setting which provides for auto-login of FileVault.
My system:
MacBookAir 11" Early 2015, 2.2Ghz Dual-Core intel i7, 8Gb RAM, 500Gb SSD. macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Thank you for your help.


texts: OSX: how to add a right click option to a folder which opens the folder with an app like VS Code?

texts:
Is it possible to add a service to a folder so as to open it with a specific application?
As shown in the screenshot below, an application named Evernote has done this. I want to do it manually for VS Code and Brackets.

Let's take VS Code for an example. It is a text editor that opens a folder in it and allows a user to edit the text files in the folder and its subfolders. There are so many other applications in the market like Sublime, Adobe Brackets and so on.
The folder hierarchy looks like this:

In order to open the folder in the app, I have to open the app, then go to the open folder option, then find the folder, then select and click on the open button.
Instead of this, I want an option in the right click menu of the folder to open the folder directly with the text editor. Just like you can open a folder in Terminal by adding a service.


texts: Is there a way to copy mp3 files directly over to an ipod from the command line?

texts: Can you copy mp3 files directly to an attached ipod from the command line and have them show up on the ipod for listening?


texts: How is it possible for Maps in iOS 13 to have location permissions set to "Whilst Using" but provide navigation instructions in the background?

texts: Whilst taking a look at the apps that have permissions to view my location in iOS 13.2.3 from Settings/Privacy/Location Services, I've noticed that the stock Maps app is only listed as having access to my location "Whilst Using". Interestingly, however, whilst a navigation is in progress I can appear to be able to navigate away from the app to my Home Screen and still receive navigational instructions. Is this due to this app using a different location model to apps downloaded from the App Store? My assumption would be that as soon as I navigate away from Maps, location access should then be withdrawn.


texts:
I need to enable VT-x on my MacBook Pro, but I don't know whether it's enabled or not. Are there commands for checking the status of, enabling, or disabling VT-x?

Those are my device specifications:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

OS: OS X El Capitan 10.11.2
CPU: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
RAM: 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3


texts: How to unmount a disk mounted using "mount" and not hdiutil or diskutil?

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I wanted to try to mount a Linux ISO in Mac and later mount it in a docker container (all for learning) but I wasn't able to mount the disk using hdiutil command as it kept on giving error -

$hdiutil mount rhel-server-7.4-x86_64-dvd.iso
hdiutil: mount failed - no mountable file systems

So I found a workaround here and I was able to successfully mount the disk at mount point in /tmp

Output of mount command:

$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
/dev/disk5 on /private/tmp/rhel-installer (cd9660, local, nodev, nosuid, read-only, mounted by username)

Output of diskutil list command:

$diskutil list
/dev/disk5 (disk image):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        +4.1 GB     disk5
1:                       0xEF                         9.2 MB     disk5s2

How do I unmount this ISO mounted at /tmp/rhel-installer?

I have used diskutil unmountDisk command which runs successfully but doesn't do anything.


texts: Screenshot no longer works on my iPad Air 2. Tried turning on/off, resetting, resetting settings, rebooting. Both the home button and power button work individually and my iPad used to take screenshots. How can get my iPad to take screenshots again.


texts: Two times now, over the last 3 weeks my Mac Pro is failing to boot. Once on, it stays on the blue screen with the spinning icon and never gets to the login screen. To remedy this I boot from install dvd, re-install Leopard and only then will it boot completely. COuld this be my HD is getting ready to fail?


texts: How to keep original "date created" when copying via Terminal?

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There are many questions online asking how to make the commands rsync and cp go about copying a file while keeping the "date created" attribute the same as the original instead of the time of copy. I understand this is Mac's added information and is separate from the file's metadata "date created" attribute. Anyways, as I played around with rsync -a, it did everything I wanted except, as everyone online notes, it changed the "date created" to the time of copy instead of original make. With rsync and cp it changes due to "a change to the inode". Command-c command-v, however, keeps the "date created" time the same.

Here's my question: How is it that Cmd-C Cmd-V keeps the date created attribute the same on the copy, yet no command in the terminal will yield this result? If Cmd-C Cmd-V can do it, it seems there has to be some command in the Terminal that replicates this?


texts: How to set folder icons of multiple folders automatically?

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Setting up folder icons in macOS is a tedious process. which is "okay-ish" for small amount of folders but not feasible for large directories.

is their a script or an app that can do this automatically? like this or this


texts: Repairing/ Fixing/ Finding parts for very old Macbooks?

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I'm using a Macbook Pro 13" mid 2010 model and I recently had a visit at the service centre to purchase a new battery. Out of curiosity, I initiated a conversation to understand more about repairing older, or very old Apple products and the technician mentioned it "could" be hard or impossible to find parts for very old Macbooks. She referred to very old macbooks as Vintage macbooks. So any apple product whose manufacturing date exceeds 5 years from any current date qualifies as a Vintage product.

I'm not sure about the technician's words. I understand not many might want to continue with very old hardware, and rather buy a newer product. But, is it really hard or impossible to find parts and repair very old macbooks? More precisely, how easy would it be to find parts for, or get a 12 year old macbook repaired?