texts: Cannot boot into osx after partitioning in macos

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So I have Ubuntu and high sierra working fine, but yesterday I decided to expand the ubuntu disk space. So I free up space in the macos by deleting application and then doing a partition(this is how I remember allocating space for ubuntu when I installed it). The partition was done in osx. After a reboot, the option to boot osx is gone, so I can only boot ubuntu with reFind. I'm guessing the macos might have unmounted it self after the partitioning or it might have to do with the new mac file system which reFind doesn't recognise.

Booting into recovery with command-R all I get is internet recovery and error code of -2002F meaning I cannot connect to apple server.

Thanks for the help!


texts: OS X Mavericks: Disabling Smart Zoom In Safari?

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“Smart Zoom” is a feature of the new version of Safari in OS X Mavericks and it’s triggered with a simple double-tap on the track pad. Whilst very useful for quickly zooming in and out of websites etc, its also very easy to trigger, which is irritating.

How can one disable this in Safari ?


texts: How can I stop Yosemite’s Mail app crashing when I click on my sent or drafts folder?

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Since I upgraded to Yosemite a couple of days ago, I’ve had a problem with the Mail app.

Whenever I click on the “Drafts” or “Sent” folder, the app hangs (i.e. won’t accept any input), beachballs, and seems to stay like that until I force-quit it using the Finder (I’ve left it for a few minutes and haven’t seen it crash of its own accord yet).

I’ve tried removing my one third-party add-on (SpamSieve), removing Mail’s saved state, and removing Mail’s container folder, as described here:

http://www.macissues.com/2014/10/19/fix-mail-crashing-after-upgrading-to-yosemite/

I’ve also tried disabling my primary e-mail account (which is with FastMail). After doing that, I no longer have a drafts folder, but clicking on the “Sent” folder still triggers the bug.

Here’s a description of what appears to be the same problem on Apple’s discussion forums: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6623206?start=0&tstart=0

How can I fix this?


texts: Which Macbook Pro Hi-Res screen is better for editing photos?

texts: The Apple shop lists glossy and antiglare options for their Hi-Res screens and I'm not sure what the difference is, and in particular which one is better for editing photos.


texts: Wifi gets disconnected when connecting to VPN via Cisco AnyConnect Client

texts: I have a Macbook Pro 2017 model. Whenever I try to connect to VPN via Cisco AnyConnect Client, my wifi gets disconnected. I have to again restart my router and try with the Cisco client again. In 2-3 attempts I do get connected to the VPN. But till I get connected, I have to retry the steps and manually restart my router. How I can resolve this issue?


texts: MS Office 2011 Word printing range of pages fails

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I tried to print pages 7-8 and 11-14 of a 14 page document. Word decided it was going to print the whole document. No matter what settings I tried; whole document. Except that you can successfully print "current page".

I have seen this issue complained about for about 2 years, but did not find any solution. Only that the problem was "intermittent" and "fixed itself."

Is there any better wisdom than the workaround of printing one page at a time?

In addition, during the attempts to use the different page range settings, I saw the the preview would occasionally report the document had 28 pages. And sometimes when printing, the pages would come out in "random" order. Very strange.


texts: Can't Interact with Second External Monitor

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I have connected two external monitors to my MacBook Pro through USB-C to an Anker docking station.  The displays appear to be arranged correctly in the settings (screenshot below)
In the image, Monitor 1 is my Macbook Pro.  Monitors 2 and 3 are external through the docking station.
The problem is, for some reason monitors 2 and 3 are 'mirrored' in the sense that their displays are identical.  However, I can drag my mouse from 2 to 3 as though they were extended.  I cannot actually interact with monitor 3 using the mouse however.
Any pointers to fix this bizarre behavior would be appreciated!  Thanks for looking


texts: How to solve blank Safari Window / Safari crash (10.1.2)?

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Running Yosemite 10.10.5 on MacBook Air (early 2014), with Safari v. 10.1.2.

New Safari windows come up blank. Typing a URL into them doesn't load the pages.

Quitting Safari and relaunching causes System error:

  Safari cannot be opened because of a problem.

  Check with the developer to make sure Safari works with this version of Mac OSX. You may have to reinstall the application. Be sure to sure to install any available updates for the application and Mac OSX."

Crash report (and launching Safari from Terminal) shows this error:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcrypto.35.dylib
  Referenced from:     /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/Versions/A/MobileDevice
  Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap

Listing the directory shows that files were updated here (presumably because of iTunes update) that are proximate to this problem:

drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel      102 Dec 14 08:52 AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel      102 Dec 14 08:52 AppleMobileSync.app
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  4119552 Oct 16 21:31 MobileDevice
drwxr-xr-x  45 root  wheel     1530 Oct 16 21:31 Resources
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel      102 Oct 16 20:49 _CodeSignature
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel    43936 Oct 16 21:31 reenumerate_ios_devices

(two December 14th files indicate recent update compared to older files)

Timestamps of those updated files coincide with iTunes being updated to 12.8.1.2.

Hypothesis: Updating iTunes to 12.8.1.2
updated /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework to a version incompatible with Safari 10.1.2. Workaround 2 (below) supports hypothesis.

WORKAROUND 1: Install/Use Firefox

WORKAROUND 2: Move /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework to the trash (or somewhere else)
WORKAROUND 3 (not yet verified but presumed to work): Install macOS Mojave.

Posted here in case someone has a direct fix for users who can't update to Mojave, don't want to lose capabilities that MobileDevice.framework provides, and can't (or don't want to be forced to) switch to Firefox.


texts: Connection to Wireless Network always breaks down

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I have a Netgear Wireless Modem Router which I have configured to not broadcast it's SSID and the security level is set to WPA2 with a MAC Adress Filter. When I manually connect to the wireless network through the Wireless settings then my Mac has a hard time to even find the network and just gives the message that the timeout was to long. When I manage to connect with the wireless network then my Mac will hold the wireless connection for sometime until some random time the mac will disconnect itself from the wireless Network and then I will have to repeat the same procedure with reaching the wireless Network.

Does Anyone know what is causing these troubles?


texts: Detach active Chrome tab using AppleScript

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I want to open current active tab in Chrome to a new window.

The intention of this to split tabs side by side (for use with BetterSnapTool).

I am new with AppleScript and find reading this a bit difficult. Can't really discern from methods and properties.


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I have a picture taken with a person in front of a Christmas tree; the lights in the Christmas tree look like small blurry things.

However, I want to make the lights look like stars. Is this possible in Pixelmator?


texts: iPhone 5 Battery - Help me diagnose issue

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I'm having a weird issue with my iPhone 5, that I think is related to the battery, but might be something else.
Symptoms

The battery indicator is wrong. It sticks to the value it fetches when rebooting the phone. Currently, it shows 58% regardless that it's been charging for hours. If I reboot it, however, I get an accurate value, and it sticks to that one.
I get the following error message in the Console when plugging it to Xcode:

    CLTM[14] : CLTM: partial sensors: count 5156, current 39fffe, mask 1b, expected 1b
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get event from temperature service
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get value for gas gauge battery
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get event from temperature service
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get value for gas gauge battery
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get event from temperature service
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get value for gas gauge battery
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get event from temperature service
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: Could not get value for gas gauge battery
    CLTM[14] : CLTM: partial sensors: count 5160, current 39fffe, mask 1b, expected 1b

The value in partial sensors: count XX increases as the iPhone runs.

After rebooting, with the battery too charged or too discharged, the iPhone enters a reboot loop, where it will reboot every 5 minutes. Eventually, when the battery reaches 75% or so, it remains on. At that point, I can use it "normally", with a wrong battery indicator.

Here's the tricky thing: I live in Argentina where the iPhone is not officially for sale, and no authorised services are available. I got it when travelling to the US.
I can easily have the battery replaced (parts are available and not too expensive), but if it's not the battery (maybe the charging circuit?). Since the service is not authorised, however, I'm reluctant to have them open my iPhone if it won't solve the issue.
My question(s) therefore are:

Did anyone experience something like this? If so, was the problem the battery?
Does anyone know what CLTM in the Console log could mean?
Is the battery level meter part of the battery itself (and therefore will be fixed when changing the battery) or is it a separate thing?


texts: iPhone 4S speaker not working for apps but works for ringer

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I have an iPhone 4S and the speakers are not working for applications. The speaker works when doing voice calls on speaker phone, adjusting the ringer, and other default things.

However, when trying to have audio for YouTube and other applications it does not work.

It wasn't working for IOS 6.1.3 and I have now upgraded it to 7.0.4 with no luck. I then restored again with no luck.

I believe the fact that it works for the speaker phone and ringtone would suggest it is not a hardware problem but a software problem.

Any suggestions?


texts: Does iPad 9.7 2019 have a different Touch ID?

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I have 3 devices equipped with Touch ID:

iPhone 7 2016
iPad 9.7 2019
MacBook Pro 13 2019

The Touch ID on my phone works maybe 10% of the time with my sweaty hands, while I have almost 100% success rate with iPad and MBP.

Are different sensors used on these devices?


texts: macOs High Sierra External Hard drive problems

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I have a Toshiba DTC810 external hard drive that was working properly for almost a year. Then, suddenly, yesterday I plugged the drive into the USB port and it wasn't working. I tried to plug him into a Windows PC and everything was fine.

Does anyone have a clue what could be the problem? My mac version is macOS High Sierra (MacBook Pro 2015) and the external hard drive was properly formatted before use.

Thank you,
Nemanja


texts: Why are Script Editor .scpt files not saved as plain text files?

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The Script Editor (formerly AppleScript Editor pre-Yosemite 10.10) saves .scpt files as binary files, not plain text files.

It makes working with them in source code control systems somewhat cumbersome.

Does anyone know why this is the case? Is there some long-standing history that necessitated this file format be something other than plain text files?


texts: Connecting MacBook Air external display without using onboard display

texts: My MacBook Air display crushed but rest is ok. The apple authority advised to change the display, but I would like to use external display option. Since the onboard display is gone, is there any way to connect up external display like plug and play sort of thing?


texts: How to install windows 10 using bootcamp?(Hard disk problems)

texts: Here's what I did while installing windows 10 using bootcamp.Firstly,i modified the Info.plist file of bootcamp in order to create a live usb(since I have a MBP with an optical drive).It worked.While installing,Windows needed me to have a gpt partition.So,I converted the hybrid MBR/GPT to GPT partition style using the gdisk tool.(before this,I formatted the partition to NTFS format)Again,I booted back to the usb drive and this time,installation started but while finishing up,it gave me an error saying "cannot access boot manager.Installation failed"-(something like that).Any solution?Also,state a way to go back to the original partition style.(In case i decide not to install windows.Also,I am not able to merge the partition since osx is not able to read the partition style).


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Possible Duplicate:
  Completely synchronise multiple Macs

I've got a MacBook Pro and a Mac Mini, and I want to keep them in sync: all files and folders, all settings, all everything.

Here's what I know won't work: Dropbox, iCloud.

Here's what I know might work: install Mountain Lion Server on the Mac Mini as my "main" computer in an admin account, then use that to create a separate network account / portable home directory / mobile users / something like that, then make that account the default one on my MacBook Pro.

The problem is that I have absolutely no clue how to do this and I'd like to get some help.

I'm aware that I may have to use a few different things to do the full sync - like setting up OS X server to do most of the work, but still using Dropbox for certain files and something like Chronosync for others.

Please tell me where to start.


texts: After add a page to my "read later" list, and go off-line, where's the page for me to read?

texts: I can't find how to access the pages I added to "read later" with Safari in iOS5, any hint?


texts: What does Facebook like button represent for App Store apps?

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On an iOS application's App Store reviews tab, there is a Facebook like button.

Anybody know what it does when a user clicks on it? Does it show on the user's Facebook feed or does it like a Facebook page for the app?


texts: Is it possible to dedicate a space to an app, as opposed to the other way around?

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I always have emacs running in full screen on one of my spaces. Currently, I assign it to particular space, and assign every other app I use to some other space. This is kind of inefficient, as I have to assign every app I use individually, when really, my purpose is to make sure that they never open in the same space as emacs. In fact, I actually would rather not have to dedicate most apps to any space, since I'd generally like to just use them in the space I started from, unless that space is the space with fullscreen emacs in it. As it is, I'm only really able to use two spaces effectively (one with emacs assigned to it, one with everything else assigned to it).

What I'd like to do is make it so that the emacs space is effectively dedicated to emacs, so if you try to open any other app in that space, it opens in another space, without assigning every other app to a particular space. Has anyone implemented functionality like this? I don't mind if I have to use a script or a paid app.


texts: How to map different trackpad gestures in a per-application basis?

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For instance when using Photoshop together with some other editing tool, when I switch between the apps I mistakenly do the gestures to zoom/pan on the wrong application, so I wonder whether there is a way to map different gestures like so:

If working on Photoshop then take a two finder swapping gesture (vertical scroll) as if it where a pinching gesture, otherwise take it as is. Also change the two finger drag gesture while clicking by the two finger drag without clicking.

I know it sounds convoluted but that's the kind of metal burden one has to deal when constantly switching between different editing software.


texts: Unable to install Boot Camp 6 Update for Windows 10 due an invalid signature

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I previously upgraded to Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)'s Windows (former W7) Partition. Sadly I'm unable to install the BootCamp 6 update - it fails during the installation. Following error message pops up:

If I do so, following message shows up:

I couldn't find any Boot Camp 6 installer online... Neither a possibility to update Boot Camp on my OSX El Capitan Partition?

Any solution to fix this problem?


texts: Solution for removing duplicate Chrome bookmarks

texts: My Chrome bookmarks keep duplicating and old ones previously deleted last year are back.  Are there any suggestions on how to stop this from happening?


texts: gpt recover: unable to open device '/dev/disk2': Resource busy

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I am trying to repair an external hard drive that is showing up under diskutil list and the Disk Utility app, but says "First Aid process has failed. If possible back up the data on this volume. Click Done to continue.". I have tried these things:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.8 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.8 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            243.7 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 22.6 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                515.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS MyDisk                  999.8 GB   disk2s2
$ diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk2
Repairing the partition map might erase disk2s1, proceed? (y/N) y
Started partition map repair on disk2
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition's size
Checking the EFI system partition's file system
Checking the EFI system partition's folder content
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking booter partitions
Reviewing boot support loaders
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
The partition map appears to be OK
Finished partition map repair on disk2
$ sudo gpt recover /dev/disk2s2
gpt recover: unable to open device '/dev/disk2s2': Resource busy
$ sudo diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk2
Volume on disk2 timed out waiting to mount
$ sudo mkdir /Volumes/USB
$ sudo mount -t hfs /dev/disk2 /Volumes/USB
mount_hfs: error on mount(): error = -1.
mount_hfs: Resource busy
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
Unmount of all volumes on disk2 was successful
$ diskutil eject /dev/disk2
Volume timed out while waiting to eject

What else can be done to fix this, at least to get it readonly so I can copy the data out of it to another drive.

https://github.com/gcunhase/PaperNotes/blob/master/notes/mymacnotes.md


texts: Mail App Showing As "talagent" in Mission Control

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simple one just wondering why is my Apple Mail showing as "talagent" in mission control?
Any idea how it can be fixed?

I do not realise when it switched to this name
I tried rebooting and resetting RAM but it's still showing the same


texts: Connecting two MacBooks over USB-C for transferring video signal from one to the other

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I have two MacBooks (a Pro and an Air).  Both are modern and have USB-C.
I would like to run the video output from one MacBook into the other, using USB-C, and then use the second Mac to stream the video using OBS.  Is this possible without putting some converter in the middle?  It feels like it should be...


texts: Unable to forward the ssh cert.pub to access the target machine via bastion

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I have a vault setup, which basically uses the signed ssh pub keys to connect to the bastion and the target machines.
After creating a signed id_rsa-cert.pub file, I will be using it like " ssh -i id_rsa-cert.pub -i id_rsa user@ip " to connect to the bastion.
After connecting to the bastion, I will again regenerate the signed key with the same public key which is the authorized_key file in order to access the machine B.
I am able to access the bastion using this. However the private key is not getting forwarded further to access machine B.
.ssh/config :
 Host vault-bastion
        User arunkrishnakumar
    IdentityFile /Users/arunkumarkrishna/.ssh/id_rsa-cert.pub
    IdentityFile /Users/arunkumarkrishna/.ssh/id_rsa
    ForwardAgent yes
        StrictHostKeyChecking no
        Hostname  52.xx.xx.xx

Host arun
 HostName 10.0.0.1
 User arunkrishnakumar
 ForwardAgent yes
 IdentityFile /Users/arunkumarkrishna/.ssh/id_rsa-cert.pub
 IdentityFile /Users/arunkumarkrishna/.ssh/id_rsa
 Port 22
 ProxyCommand ssh -q -W %h:%p vault-bastion

local terminal :
2048 SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx arunkumarkrishna@FDLMC2317.local (RSA)
2048 SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx arunkumarkrishna@FDLMC2317.local (RSA-CERT)

Error log while connecting to the target from bastion usingthe signed key "ssh -i id_rsa-cert.pub -i id_rsa user@ip"
Can someone help me to forward the cert, so that I can use a common cert and private key to access the bastion and target machine B via config ?


texts: If a buy a mac from another retailer, do I get the same warranty that I would get from Apple?

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On this page, it shows that without the Apple Care package, you get 1 year limited warranty, and 90 days of complimentary telephone technical support on a mac.

If I buy the mac from another retailer (e.g. Amazon), would I still get these same benefits?


texts: Cannot update HomeBrew: Permission denied

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I am trying to fix some brew doctor error but now after manually erased some files that brew doctor suggested I get the following error when trying to do a brew update :

error: cannot open .git/FETCH_HEAD: Permission denied

Error: Failed to update tap: homebrew/versions
Already up-to-date.


texts: Get List of Purchased Items on App Store

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Is there a way of downloading a list of all purchases from the Mac App Store?

I know I can see them, and I know I can get a list of apps currently on my system, but I would like to have a list of all purchases ever made.


texts: Is there any way to preserve recent keyboard activity in case something accidentally gets deleted?

texts: I sometimes find things I have written in online forms get deleted without the chance for recovery. Is there any way, on an iPad for example, or Mac, that there could be a mechanism recording recent keyboard activity, so you could recover short-term lost written text?


texts: Upgrading to Lion - Questions about disks, RAID and backups

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I've gone Lion on my MBP and now, having backed up four year's worth of files am ready to upgrade...

A bit of background:

I have a 2007 MacPro and have filled all four drive bays with:

2 x Western Digital 250GB (nearly identical serial numbers)
1 x Hitachi 300GB
1 x Western Digital 1TB (nice fast drive)

Since 2007 I've had the 250GB and the 300GB drives set up as a RAID0 under OS X i.e. software RAID. I had to touch wood before typing this, but so far (touches wood again) its run like a dream and I've enjoyed faster performance than I would have had with apps and software running off a single drive (I ran extensive tests on drive configurations with one and all of the above as single and two/three/four drive RAID and this one was the best all-rounder).

I'm loath to buy more drives - I use a couple of fast external eSata drives for media files and backups (incl. Timemachine ones) so I'd like to devote the onboard drives to performance of OS and apps. A bit of spare space to use as working area for movie editing (this was the primary driver for setting up RAID) would be good too.

Can anyone suggest an optimum configuration with the above gear?


texts: How can I fix Gboard hang after I use google dictation (long press on spacebar)?

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I'm trying to use Gboard dictation on my iPhone 6s+ running iOS 9.3.3.
Dictation pops up when I long-press on the spacebar and it takes dictation BUT - once it decides to switch back to the requesting app - either by timing out or my pressing on the color bars - the colored dots spin forever.

If I switch manually to the other app the text is there.

Anyone know what's going on here? Can anyone else repro it? Is it unique to iOS 9.3.3?

I'm dev-knowledgable but not for iOS. Any tips on debugging this? Wish I could get a stack trace and know what system call Gboard is hanging on.


texts: How to tell what Safari tab requires high performance GPU?

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I'm experiencing lower than expected battery life on my 2015 Macbook Pro. I believe that part of the problem is that the High Performance GPU is being activated when not needed by some tab in Safari:

This is NOT a CPU related problem, as the CPU tab in Activity Monitor shows little activity:

How can I tell which tab is requiring the high-performance GPU?
[Update]
After closing all tabs, Safari is still requiring the high-performance GPU.


texts: iPhone 4 doesn't prompt password verification when attempting to connect to AirPlay

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I'm trying to connect to an Airplay device in my class from an iPhone 4 (MD197LL/A) running iOS 7.1.2 (11D257), and when I select the device I would like to mirror to, it only displays the animation of the button being clicked, and displays the blue checkmark as if I had sucessfully connected.

However, the screen doesn't mirror the device, nor does it prompt for me to enter the passcode or display the it on the screen. Not only this, but it also doesn't show the one bar drop-down mirror switch when I select the device.

I am on the same network as my iPad 3 (MD329LL/A) running iOS 8.4 (12H143), which does prompt me to enter a passkey and displays it on the sceeen.

Note: It does this for every single device on the network, not exclusively the one I'm trying to connect to.


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I have a 2015 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11 and I originally partitioned the SSD into two - then I used the Bootcamp Assistant to install Windows 8.1 on the second partition, everything was fine for a few months.

I then made the Mac OS partition smaller and created a third partition, I didn't resize the Windows partition.

Windows 8.1 then refuses to start, I get a blue-screen-of-death with the following message:

Recovery
Your PC needs to be repaired
An unexpected error has occurred.
Error code 0xc000000e

None of the F8 options (Safe Mode, etc) help.

I saw similar (though not identical) issues that people reported fixing using gdisk and fdisk - I went through those instructions and they didn't help.

I've made a new bootable USB stick to reinstall Windows with, the idea being once I could boot from it I could repair my installation, but the Boot Manager (Alt/Option during startup) won't let me boot from the USB stick.

I don't want to nuke the Windows partition because reinstalling all of my software takes a long time (over 4 hours).


texts: Un-jailbreak iPhone without updating iOS?

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I have a jailbroken iPhone 6s, running iOS 9.3.3.

An "Erase all content and settings" will reset the phone, but will not "un-jailbreak" the phone. I know a factory restore will completely wipe the phone and update the iOS to the latest available (and hence remove the jalbreak), but I want to keep the iPhone on iOS 9.

Is there a way I can un-jailbreak my phone, without having to update the software?


texts: I’ve been booting our 2013 iMac from an external USB SSD; the internal Fusion drive is flaky and I’ve associated it with repeated crashes. But after installing Catalina Security Update 2020-001, the external SSD is no longer recognized at boot time. If I restart while holding down the Opt key, the startup manager shows only the internal Fusion drive. I can still boot from the Fusion drive (though it’s not reliable for regular use), and when I do, the external SSD is visible and can be mounted. I’ve tried loading additional drivers from the startup manager (Opt-Shift-Cmd-Period) and resetting NVRAM (Cmd-Opt-P-R), but I still can’t boot from the external SSD.  It was working fine until yesterday.  Can anyone suggest another solution? Thanks in advance!


texts: Why can't i activate facetime on my ipod touch

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i have a new ipod touch and i am on a wifi connection but whenever i try to use facetime i get this error:

"Can't connect to facetime, please check your network"


texts: iMac won’t boot up from internal drive but can boot from external drive, but internal drive can boot other Macs

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I am seeking suggestions on what may be going in with an iMac I am currently troubleshooting, as it’s displaying behaviour I do not recall seeing before.

Short story

This iMac refuses to boot up. It gets the Apple logo, gets past the progress bar, and then gets stuck on the grey screen for about two minutes before rebooting itself. However, what makes this odd is that I can:

Start the iMac in Target Disk Mode and use it to successfully boot up other Macs. In doing so everything seems to work perfectly fine.
Successfully boot the iMac from an external drive and everything seems to work perfectly fine.

Long story

I was presented this iMac about 2 weeks ago as it refused to bootup. That is, it would commence booting up and cycle through the Apple logo and progress bar, but after the progress bar completed it would remain on the grey screen for a couple of minutes before rebooting itself and doing the same thing all over again.

To address this I undertook the following troubleshooting steps:

Resetting SMC - failed
Resetting NVRAM - failed
Starting up in Safe Mode - failed
Starting up in OS X Recovery Mode – failed
Starting up in OS X Recovery Mode via the internet – failed
Undertook an extensive hardware test using Apple Hardware Test (AHT 3A213) - passed
Started iMac in Target Disk Mode and retested hard drive using Scannerz on another iMac - passed
Started iMac in Target Disk Mode and reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install of Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 - successful
Migrated data from a Time Machine backup - successful

After these steps I tested the iMac for four days with no issues in terms of booting up and using the computer. On the fifth day I needed to manually import seven Apple Mail mailboxes. I did these one by one and six of them imported within minutes.

The last mailbox was showing as being 270 GB in size. I knew this was inaccurate, but I decided to import the mailbox so I could do a mailbox rebuild to correct whatever corruption had taken place. This import took over 12hrs to do but seemed to work fine and Mail was displaying the emails.

I then tested the iMac on and off for another day to ensure it had no problems booting up. This was successful.

I then decided to initiate the mailbox rebuild, but as soon as I did the screen went black and stayed that way regardless of any keyboard shortcuts I tried using. I waited an hour, forced a reboot, and ever since the iMac has returned to its original behaviour of not booting up – it would get past the progress bar and stay on the grey screen for a while before rebooting itself and starting the whole vicious cycle again.

I have again retested the hard drive, processor, RAM and Video Ram by starting the iMac from an external hard drive and using a combination of the following packages:

Apple Hardware Test (AHT 3A213)
Scannerz
TechTool Pro
Memtester (under the Homebrew subsystem)

And now I have a situation where I can boot the iMac from external hard drives, and also use it in target disk mode to boot up other Macs, but cannot use it to boot from its own internal drive.

At present I have isolated the internal hard drive and am running a scan to check for any malware.

In the meantime, I am wondering:

Has anyone come across a similar scenario and, if so, what was the cause?
Assuming I find no malware, do I go through the reformat/clean install/migration process again, but this time not import the last
mailbox and see whether the iMac works fine?
Any other suggestions?

iMac specs are as follows:

iMac (27”, mid 2011)
3.1 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB
1 TB 3.5” SATA HD
Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6


texts: How can I disable IPv6 for Docker on macOS?


texts: Stop dialog boxes popping up behind dock

texts: Since upgrading my MacBook Pro to Yosemite I noticed that a lot of programs pop up dialog boxes BEHIND the Dock, making it hard to select buttons. This happens in lots of programs (including some Apple programs). It does not seem to be possible to move the dialog boxes.


texts: on my macbook air M1 the sound is not working in chrome

texts:
The problem is specific to one user and only occurs in chrome:

using safari or another app e.g. zoom there is no problem
logging in as another user there is no problem in chrome


texts: how do i remove the restrictions passcode on my iphone 5c

texts: i just bought a used iPhone 5c from someone and it has a restrictions passcode on it from the owner before me and I would like to take it off but dont know the passcode is  there anyway I could take It off .?


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I would like to join mp4 videos like I join pdfs by pdfjoin.

Is there any default tool to join videos?


texts: Can you swap the keycaps from the Wireless Keyboard with a MacBook?

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I have a bit of an unusual question. I want to know whether it is possible to swap the keycaps of the Apple Wireless Keyboard with the MacBook Air (2017) keycaps. I like the white keycaps on the wireless keyboard on my MacBook and I wondered if it would be possible to swap them?

Would it be easy to do at home? Would there be any repercussions? Should I be aware of anything? Will it even work?


texts: Creating a Windows 8 bootable usb on Mac 10.6.8 without BootCamp?

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I'm running 10.6.8 and when I try to use BootCamp, it tells me I need "at least 10GB of free space", which is interesting since I have 21GB of free space. However, trying to fix this issue has seemed pointless at this rate and I remember there used to be way to create bootable USBs using only Disk Utility during the Vista era. I had tried converting my .iso to .dmg and mounting them and 'burning' them to the flash drive, but nothing has seemed to work. All the tutorials I have found online use BootCamp, which is what I want to stay away from since it does not work for me.

So is there a way to do this? And what is the recommended file type .iso, .img, or .dmg to be used? Should it be mounted or unmounted when I try to 'burn' it?


texts: SSD for Mac Book Pro 2012 optical disc drive

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I'm about to upgrade my MBP mid 2012 with two SSD drives instead of the stock HDD and optical disc drive. I read on different forums that the optical drive link with the motherboard is only SATA 2 and that this will eventually cause problems with a SATA 3 SSD.

I, however,  see lots of videos and articles where the optical disc drive is substituted for an SSD. Are those new SSDs SATA 2 or is this not an actual issue (with the bandwidth)?

Can I use a SATA 3 SSD instead of the optical drive? Can I "switch down" a SATA 3 drive to SATA 2? Or do I need to find a SATA 2 SSD to use in the optical drive?

Added

I specifically want to instal two Samsung EVO 850 500 GB in my old MBP.


texts: El Capitan Realtek 8812au Installation stuck at "Destination Select"

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I'm trying to install driver for my D-Link DW-182 rev. C1 which uses RTL-8812AU Realtek chipset and supports Mac OS X via this ftp link. ( ver. 2.3.1 )

What's the problem? Any help?
At least can I unpack it and install it manually?


texts: My Windows 7 Boot Camp partition is missing. Why doesn't Parallels recognize it?

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I installed Windows 7 on my (month-old) Macbook Pro using boot camp assistant. I basically used defaults throughout, so I don't think there's anything crazy about my setup.

Usually, after doing this, I would be able to see the Windows 7 partition mounted by OS X, but this time it's missing. The option to use my Boot Camp install is grayed out in Parallels, I assume because it doesn't see the Windows 7 volume (since it's missing.)

I am able to boot into both Windows 7 and OS X and use both of them fine. Windows 7 sees the OS X partition.

I can't seem to find any information about this problem, except some whisperings on some forum, which seemed to suggest that my GPT partition map was out of sync with my MBR partition map. Unfortunately, I can't find that forum post again. This might be a red herring!

I tried doing a Disk Repair in OS X disk utility, but it just tells me it couldn't repair it, and that I should backup everything and reformat (it says that something is broken.) Is there a better way? I am comfortable with commandline tools and doing insane things with partitions, especially if the alternative is to start all over again.

Here is the output of doing sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  708837376] HFS+
*3: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 709249024 -     204800] HPFS/QNX/AUX
 4: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 709453824 -  267317248] HPFS/QNX/AUX

Man, I'm sorry I totally haven't had time to look into this and respond to the many people trying to help me. I will probably have some time over the coming holidays.


texts: For iOS developers, are GM releases eligible for OTA updates on point releases?

texts: The iOS 7 betas are the first set of OS betas I've been through as a member of the Developer Program. Manually installing the beta releases is one thing, but now that a GM has been released will the 7.0.1 release be available to the GM build installed as an OTA update? Or will I have to install that from the image manually, and then get OTA updates for version 7.0.2 and onward?


texts: How do delete selective iCloud book copy?

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I dont want few icloud book copies to be occupying my screen space. Is there anyway possible, going to the folder directly on Mac, to delete the copy of the ibooks?

I can see numerous answers of hiding and some answering that it is not possible. Are there any hacks around?

Is it possible to COMPLETELY delete a Book from my purchased books?


texts: Should I be using Events or Albums? Say I go to the Zoo with my family, take some pictures and then import into Photos. Is that an Event or an Album? I always used Events with iPhoto.


texts: Terminal - Weird spaces included when typing fast

texts:
Whenever I want to use the pipe operator in the terminal, I get a weird kind of "bug":

As is shown in the image above, I can type the exact same command twice and it will sometimes register it or sometimes include some spacing in the command, as can be seen in the error message. The only difference between the two commands was the speed I typed them, with fast typing the char sequence "| " (without the "") leading to the error.
I've checked in the terminal settings if this sequence somehow triggers a shortcut, but I did not find anything.

In case it matters, I'm using a swiss keyboard. The layout is as follows:

To produce the "|" character, I press "alt + 7". Does anybody know what the cause of this problem is?


texts: Mirror (replicate) an iMac to a 2nd iMac

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I have two 27" iMac's running Mac OS X Version 10.6.7 with the following specs:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name:          iMac
  Model Identifier:          iMac10,1
  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:          3.06 GHz
  Number Of Processors:          1
  Total Number Of Cores:          2
  L2 Cache:          3 MB
  Memory:          4 GB
  Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version:          IM101.00CC.B00
  SMC Version (system):          1.53f10

I use one as my primary machine.  It has all the software and files I use (I don't use a server at home).
I currently use the 2nd iMac just as a second display to expand the desktop of my primary machine.

Does anyone know of a way I could also use this 2nd iMac to fully mirror or replicate everything on the 1st iMac?
And this in as close to real time as possible.

I would like to do this because I run time sensitive applications for clients.
I recently had a hard drive failure and while I had everything backed up by Time Machine,
it took me a few days to get everything restored and working again.

So, I'd like to have a perfect duplicate of my first machine, which I could immediately switch to in the event of another
HD failure or similarly serious problem.

Hooking up the 2 machines via Firewire could facilitate this. Not sure where to go from there.

Someone at the Apple store near me suggested setting the drives of the two machines up as a RAID, but I don't think that would work.

Apple's coming "Cloud" would make all of this easier, because (if it works as promoted) I'd only need to replicate the few non-Apple apps
that I wouldn't have access to from the cloud.  I could put all my data and files in the cloud.

Until then any thoughts or immediate solutions much appreciated.

Thx.


texts: Where does the huge amount of "" iCloud Keychain items come from and what is their purpose?

texts:
I just discovered that there is a huge amount (hundreds) of items in my iCloud Keychain that I can not explain. They were all created starting from 7th of January up until 13th January.

When I right-click them to see detailed information,
there isn't any information visible. When I click on "access", under access groups "com.apple.security.octagon" shows up. However I couldn't find anything mentioning that particular URL through googling.

Can anyone explain what purpose those keychains items serve and where they come from?


texts: Downgrading to ios 4.1 from ios 5 without shsh?

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I am looking for a way to downgrade to ios4 without having SHSH.

I found some tutorial one of this a youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMHvRsplnw

That say it's possibile to downgrade to ios 4.1. Has anyone tested?

I just can stay with ios5, everything has become too slow (especially the standard Music Library of my ipod touch)

Thanks


texts: Change title given to Reading List article

texts:
I often use Safari's Reading List functionality to save links to pdf documents from the arXiv.  The URL for the particular paper -- and hence the title given in the Reading List -- is not very informative:

Is there a way to change the title of the item in the Reading List?  Perhaps there is some file that stores metadata for this item?


texts:
Sometimes I notice CPU load for no reason and I see in Activity Monitor that VTDecoderXPCService is using 15-30% of CPU.

After I restart Safari it is ok for some time until it happens again.

Any ideas? Could be flash related? When this happens there is no videos loaded in tabs but maybe one play triggers the problem.

Should I just uninstall Flash from the system? I'm still on Mavericks and Safari 7 - will youtube play without issues via HTML5? I heard they made it work on Safari 8, not sure about 7.

Thank you


texts: How to remove old watch from macOS' "Security Settings", "Use Watch to Unlock"?

texts:
In the macOS Control panel, Security & Privacy settings, under Use Apple Watch to unlock apps and your Mac, I see my current watch and my older Series 4 watch. This is happening since I got the new watch, i.e. since macOS Catalina.
I just set up Big Sur from scratch (erased the SSD and started fresh) on a MacBook 12. I see the same two watches, so this information must have been pulled from the cloud.
The old watch is not present anywhere on the cloud, though:

It is not listed as one of my devices
It is not listed in "find my..."
It is not in my Keychain
It is not one of my Bluetooth devices

Of course, the old watch is un-coupled from my phone and reset to factory settings. It is turned off.
So where does this information come from, and how can I delete it?


texts: How do I solve the problem of “invalid active developer path” when attempting to use Git on VSCode

texts:
How do I fix this issue while on VS Code?

  xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

I've updated my bash profile


texts:
How do I install ss on OS X? I couldn't find the iproute package in homebrew.

  Red Hat recommends ss over netstat in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
   ss is provided by the iproute package.

Red Hat Docs


texts:
I was wondering if core dumps are disabled by default in Mac OS X, or if we have to add the following line to our .bash_profile:

ulimit -S -c 0


texts:
I'm sure this used to be valid:

$ date -d"2013-10-12T09:23:28+0100" +%h
usage: date [-jnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t west] [-v[+|-]val[ymwdHMS]] ...
        [-f fmt date | [[[mm]dd]HH]MM[[cc]yy][.ss]] [+format]

But it seems not to be in Mavericks. Indeed, the example for parsing dates in man date also doesn't seem to work:

$ date -j -f "%a %b %d %T %Z %Y" "`date`" "+%s"
Failed conversion of ``Thu 31 Oct 2013 21:05:29 GMT'' using format ``%a %b %d %T %Z %Y''
date: illegal time format
usage: date [-jnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t west] [-v[+|-]val[ymwdHMS]] ...
        [-f fmt date | [[[mm]dd]HH]MM[[cc]yy][.ss]] [+format]

Any ideas on a workaround?


texts: Opening documents inside Dropbox iOS app

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I have installed drop box iOS app. It syncs with the documents that I have on the pc. Is there any way I can open a word/excel file inside the drop box app with a document editing app like Documents, iSpreadsheet etc inside my iPod touch?

For example, when I select Test1.xls in Drop box app, it should open in Documents free app. Is this possible?


texts: In version 5.2 of Apple's Pages app for OS X (Mavericks), how do I change the page layout?

texts:
I'm trying to adjust a simple template in Pages version 5.2 but can't for the life of my figure out how to change the existing layout such that the text spans the full width of the page.

I've turned on Show Layout and tried adjusting the left Document Margin to 0 but it's still indented by about 4.5cm and that throws the footer and header too far to the left.  The Ruler won't allow me to drag the slider any further left than the edge of the layout.

Changing the Column settings doesn't do it either. My Indents settings are all set to 0. I'm completely at a loss as to how to do this.

I've had no issue changing the top, bottom and right margins, but the left margin seems to have this welded in inset.

The following screen snap of the standard Business Letterhead template (with markup in red) indicates what I am trying to achieve.

My thinking is there is some weird margin applied, but I don't know where it is set. I can not move the blue tip (see image below)

How can the tip to the left be moved? Right now it is 'blocked'.


texts: Can't create a Fluid App due to "Invalid Certificate"

texts: I am trying to create a Fluid App for a work intranet. It says the certificate is invalid, is there a way to get around that?


texts: How can I prevent "Mail" from popping up alerts?

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I don't use Apple's Mail application at all on my Mac OS 10.7.2 System.

Every so often its icon starts bouncing in the dock and an alert comes up complaining about some configuration issue.

I went into the config dialog and set it to check for mail "manually," thinking that would prevent it from checking on its own, encountering issues, and annoying me with dialogs. But that didn't work. It's still unhappy that it can't reach my mobile me account.

One option would be to configure it properly to access my email accounts, but I specifically don't want it messing around with my email. I definitely don't want it downloading tons of email onto my hard drive.

I could just delete the app altogether, but I sort of want to keep it around in case I feel like using it at some point.

Is there a way to get it to just sit there and not do anything at all, ever?


texts: How can I output the number of pages in a PDF in the Terminal? I looked into the lp family of commands, with no luck however.


texts: When am I allowed to drag a space/app between displays?

texts:
When I go into "Mission Control" mode, some full-screen apps and other spaces can be dragged between my two displays, and some cannot -- they just stop at the edge.

I haven't figured out the pattern yet.  Some spaces can be dragged between displays, yet other spaces that seem very similar (same kinds of windows in them) cannot, even in the same Mission Control session.

What's the rule?  Why can't I drag things between spaces, sometimes?


texts: Export iPhoto library onto Time Machine?

texts:
I have Time Machine, and am looking to have iphoto continuously and automatically back up my pictures. (I have so many images and would like them safely on a hard drive).
I had to drag/copy my iPhoto library onto Time Machine, and I can open it and view pictures, but they are only the ones that were there at the time, and none of the new images that have been imported since then.

I also know how to switch back and forth from the two iphoto libraries, my default one and the external library, but again same problem - only the older images appear when it's under the library of the external hard drive.

For some reason the iPhoto library which should be under Pictures, is nowhere on my Time Machine. How do I place the iPhoto library back into Time Machine, and have it just automatically back it up so that I don't manually have to do it? (I've tried googling this but can't find a black and white answer).


texts: How does finder sort folders when they contain digits and characters?

texts:
I can't figure it out how to sort folders by name in Finder.

My expected results should look like this:

0629e7bc-8110-4db9-aaa9-b67b0b73743d
06a409e1-98c6-4bf4-afa4-c814f7899d82
0a3a5c12-e459-4aa0-b9cb-30b544013215
0c14581f-31d8-4961-a14f-11afc40e47f9
0fe8970c-6338-46ca-bc16-f7867b271480
129855c4-7dbe-4a9f-a100-28b1d3d02340
1522e288-8a81-4298-aefc-f334cb088a53
180d430b-76f9-401f-845a-cb395bc1eba0
1a01a936-bedf-4758-971a-d4886ee8d281
....

But instead it looks like this:

Here are my settings:

Grouping is turned off.

I think this is a bug. Grouping is turned off everywhere (grouping doesn't change anything here). I've deleted .DS_Store files.

I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F132)

Even if I switch to another view, it does not work.

What else could I try to fix this?


texts: Streaming DVDs from iCloud through AppleTV

texts:
I have an Apple TV and a bunch of DVDs that I want to rip and then stuck in the loft. I want to watch them via the AppleTV.

I’ve tried putting them in iTunes and that works but only while my PC is on. My thinking is that if I store them in the iCloud, surely there must be a way that I can then watch them on my Apple TV without needing an iTunes engine running elsewhere?

Is there a simple solution?


texts: Is there an equivalent of Linux's kernel memmap on OS X?

texts:
According to memtest86, there is a persistent single bit error in my MacBook Pro's 16GB of DDR RAM.

Since the error is in the second half of the physical address space, I can work around the problem by running sudo nvram boot-args="maxmem=8192". However, this is a bit of a waste of the other half - a working 8GB minus one bit.

Is there a way, perhaps with an Open Firmware command or configuration, or a special boot-args option (e.g. nvphash?), that will allow me to mark as unusable just the small section that contains the bit error?


texts: How do I I prevent passwords from being saved to the keychain?

texts:
Whenever I use the SVN command-line client on my Mac, it stores the password to os keychains without my permission.

While the immediate issue is with the SVN command-line client, the scope of this question is more general.

There are very few situations in which I want a password to reside anyplace either than (a) my head, or (b) an encrypted DMG whose password is saved only in my head.

Once this unauthorized password capture has been made, then every single time I access that repository via Subclipse, Keychain butts in, asking me (if I remember right) to deny once, allow once, or allow indefinitely, BEFORE I can reach the Sublclipse sign-on dialog. To prevent this, I have to go into Keychain Access, and delete the record -- which then reappears as soon as I use the command-line SVN client. Thus, Keychain defeats its whole purpose of "convenience."

How do I prevent this unauthorized capture and storage? An answer specific to the SVN command-line client would be good; a more general answer would be better.


texts: Macbook Air - Deleting large files but not getting back the space

texts:
I'm running 10.6.8 on my Macbook Air. I have been archiving lots of large files to an external drive, but after doing so, my computer doesn't recognize that the files/data are gone. Even after a restart.

I've tried to use iBoost-up to clean things up, and restarted again but my computer acts like I haven't cleared up any space when in fact I have removed close to a dozen gigabytes. I never used Time Machine, the files are archived off my drive. I want the space I freed up to display, but it doesn't!

Does anyone know why?


texts: Connect to FTP server in Finder not working

texts:
I can get to my FTP server just fine from the command line but I cannot get to it from Finder. When I am in Finder and I "Connect to Server" and enter ftp://192.168.125.128/, then my credentials when prompted, it gives me the error:

There was a problem connecting to the server "192.168.125.128".
The share does not exist on the server. Please check the share name, and then try again.

I can however connect to it anonymously just fine, which is frustrating, because as stated before, I am able to log in just fine and browse around from the command line using my credentials.

ftp 192.168.125.128
Connected to 192.168.125.128.
220 (vsFTPd 2.3.5)
Name (192.168.125.128:name):
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||26727|).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxrwxr-x    3 1000     1000         4096 Dec 12 14:38 yadayada

Is there something else I need to do with Finder?


texts: Missing Faces When Creating iPhoto '11 Smart Album

texts:
I am having trouble creating a Smart Album based on Faces in iPhoto '11. Whenever I set up a Smart Album condition using "Face IS" the third drop-down menu is populated with a list of my Faces. This list contains many of the names of faces I have set up, but there are names missing from the list that always appear if I go directly to the Faces corkboard.

Any idea why some of my Faces are missing from this drop-down list?

The other weird thing is that there are several duplicate listings in the drop-down list that I have merged within the Faces corkboard and are now listed as a single person. Is there some way to force the Smart Album list to update?


texts:
I recently changed an account password by accident, and was wondering how to set it back to a blank password via the shell. I have root privileges. Please help :)

passwd USER doesn't accept blank passwords


texts:
I granted permission for a site to send me push notifications on my desktop, and now I would like to revoke that permissions.
While I can change the delivery permissions in Safari to decline push notifications from that site, my understanding is that this simply prevents them from being displayed, but does not disassociate my device from the specific server sending those push notifications.
How can I completely de-register for push notifications from a given website or service, after originally agreeing to receive push notifications?


texts: How do I create and save multiple iPhone backups in iTunes?

texts:
I had a near death experience this weekend. After purchasing a new 13" MacBook Pro I migrated all my data from my old MacBook Pro over to the new one and in the process with iTunes auto-backup/auto-sync I almost lost all of my iPhone data. By going back to a full back up that I preformed right before the migration I was able to recover the iPhone data but it was too scary for comfort.

By default iTunes keeps only one backup of the iPhone or iPad data. I would feel a lot more comfortable if I knew that I had at least one archive version of my data. Is there a way to create and save multiple backups? If so how is it done?

Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to reorder spaces in Lion?

texts:
I would expect 'Mission Control' to allow me to drag spaces in a certain order (with the exception of the 'Dashboard' space), but this does not seem like an option.

This would be especially useful when re-ordering full-screen apps: for example, opening iCal and then opening Mail fullscreen would result in Mail being 'spaced' after iCal. But what if I'd want Mail to have a higher 'priority', thus wanting it spaced before iCal?

Is there an option to re-order spaces without recreating them entirely?


texts: Importing photos from Photos app on iPhone to Mac

texts:
I'm trying to transfer (make a copy of) all of the photos/videos in my iPhone's Photos app (what I see under the Photos builtin) to my macbook laptop.

If I go to Photos then "Import New Photo" or use image capture, nothing is available for import potentially because these are no longer on the 'camera roll' itself.

What's the best way to do this in bulk?


texts: Airport Express constantly can not stream music from any device

texts:
My older Airport Express (b/g) was cutting off from being seen in iTunes and generally not performing well as a music server or a print server.

Purchased a new Express and still one or some of the computers will see it for an hour or so and then it goes away.

99% of the time I can not see it in Airport Utility when I am 5 feet from it.

Network setup:

EnGenius ESR-9752 with latest    firmware is the main AP.  This has    wired and wireless connections.

Both    Airports have static IPs and are on    the same subnet and all set to the    same channel (1) as the ESR-9752.  I    can see them all from the ESR-9752.    APXn (Maddie) has the latest    firmware, Airtunes turned on and is    connected to my new speakers.

I know Maddie is working, because I am also using the ethernet port to connect our BlueRay player to the internet through it's connection.
Maddie this morning was playing music.

I can not see Maddie from the Airport Utility or when I try to connect using her MAC.

APXb/g (Xena) is sitting in a room 45 feet away pretending to extend the network (bruno) but I think she just sits there with a green light to make me feel better.

We no not have any cordless phones in the apt.  We are a cell phone only apt.

My computer will sometimes see Maddie and play.  None of the others, nor will our iPhones see Maddie.

I accepted the fact that my 5 year old APX may be going and shelled out for a new one - but that does not seem to be the trick.

With 2 AP Expresses here - how can I reliably stream the music from iTunes on all of our devices to at least one of them?


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When a symlink is created, it gets the icon of the target folder (with the addition of a black arrow in the lower left corner). The issue I am having is that the symlink icon does not update when the icon of the target folder changes. Deleting and recreating the symlink does not fetch a new icon from the target folder: the symlink continues to show the old icon.

What's strage though is that if I right click and "Get Info.." on the symlink, it shows the correct icons in the information pane... but in the finder window itself, the icon is out of date. This leads me to believe there is some cache for the actual icon that is displayed in the finder window, and it needs to be refreshed.

The issue can be recreated fairly easily:

Create a folder on Desktop called "Target Folder"
Right click Target Folder, Get Info.. and paste any icon from another folder.
Create a symlink on the Desktop called "Symbolic Folder" that links to Target Folder. (Symbolic Folder will now have the same icon as Target Folder).
Right click Target Folder, Get Info.. and paste a new, different icon. (Symbolic Folder does not update and will continue to show the old icon)
Right click Symbolic Folder, Get Info.. the information pane shows the correct icon.

Any idea how to get Symbolic Folder to show the new icon in the Finder window?

This issue has come up due to Yosemite's change of the folder icon style. I use symlinks to link my main user folders (Pictures, Movies, Music, etc) to folders in Dropbox, and many of my symlink icons continue to show the old, pre-Yosemite folder icons even though I have updated the icons of the folders they link to. I'd like to be able to clear out all of the old folder icons.

This post seems relevant, but the solution did not work for me:

wrong icon of Unix symbolic link in Finder

UPDATE
The "caching" of the incorrect symlink icon happens only in the "view mode" where the icon of the target folder is changed. So if you follow the steps above in a Finder window where the view mode is set to "icon" then the issue will persist only in Finder windows where the view mode is set to "icon". If you are browsing in a Finder window where the view mode is set to "cover flow" or "list" then the symlink functions correctly and the icon tracks the icon of the target folder just fine (until, that is, you change this icon of the target folder in either the cover flow or list view modes). This explains why the information pane for the symlink shows the correct icon.


texts: How do I burn a bootable CD from a .toast file?

texts: I bought a used G3 couple of days ago and I want to reinstall Mac OS 9. I got the OS in .toast format. Any knows how I make that into bootable CD? Just burning with Disk Utility didn't work, although there might be a way to use that which I don't know.


texts: New iPhone, took a few nice pictures, then restored with the data of old iPhone. Pictures gone - help!

texts:
Bought new iPhone, took a few nice pictures with girlfriend, then proceeded to restore with the data of old iPhone. Pictures gone now. Can I get them back somehow?

The pictures were not backed up by iCloud or anything like it. Already tried Fonelab as a data recovery tool, but no photos showed up.

It's so stupid that the apps that I downloaded before are still there but the photos are gone... just does not make any sense! thanks!


texts: Does "Full Disk Access” include access to "Files and Folders" Privacy settings?

texts:
In MacOS 10.15 new settings have been introduced in Security & Privacy that allow the user to determine access to files and folders for specific applications.
For example access to the 'Desktop' or 'Downloads' folder can now be controlled but also 'Network Volumes' and 'Removable Volumes'.

Is granting 'Full Disk Access' to a process / application sufficient and includes the newer more specific permissions in Catalina for "Files and Folders"?


texts: Terminal.app equivalent of `xterm -e 'cmd'`

texts:
With xterm (and gnome-terminal, terminator, etc), you can run the following command:

$ xterm -e 'vim somefile.txt'

xterm will open and run the specified program (in this case, Vim). When the program exits, the terminal window closes as well. Running the above command, if you were to quit Vim, the terminal would go away as well.

Is there any way to get this (or similar) functionality through Terminal.app (on OSX)? The solution can be in AppleScript, Bash or anything else really, as long as it's achievable via commands I could run in a Bash script.


texts: I know I'm a bit silly here, and I've just recently switched from Windows to Mac. All I would do on a PC is press Win+X and then the F key to get to "Programs and Features" window, and search for the app from the list and then uninstall them. So I was wondering if there is anything similar on Mac as well.


texts: Seeing SMS messages on iPad and iMessages on iPhone

texts:
I receive iMessages on my iPad and not on my iPhone. I receive SMS messages on my phone but not on my iPad. This is really bad and has caused me to miss 2 work leads in the last 24 hours. Where's the syncing in that?
I've read through loads of posts and what people seem to be saying is that as iPads don't do phone numbers, SMS messages will only show up on a phone.  Don't ask me why iMessages can't make it to my phone too. I have spent hours trawling around and have come to the conclusion that my only option to reliably receive all messages is to turn iMessage off.


texts:
Currently I am on OSX 10.8.5, I don't want to upgrade for multiple reasons.
Yesterday out of the blue, the OS stops running after rebooting the machine and tells me I cannot use Opera anymore unless I update to OSX 10.9

I started by downloading older versions of Opera (Currently on 42, downloaded each version back to 37) and in every download get the same install OS X 10.9 message.

Any idea anybody? Thanks for the support.

Note: Upgrading to a later version of macOS is not an option in this case - please do not suggest this as a solution.


texts: Why can't I use the mute button when using Airplay as an output device?

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From my MacBook Pro I send all audio using Airplay to my Airplay Express. I can adjust the volume with the volume buttons (F11 and the F12 keys) but I can't use the mute button on the F10 key. It shows me the following when I press it:

Why is that? Can I somehow make the mute key work with an Airplay device?


texts: How can you install new versions of Ruby, Rails, and Git without running into the old versions?

texts:
I've been having this problem for the past several years where I like to stay up-to-date and install the latest versions of software like Ruby, Rails, and Git. However, I somehow always seem to have difficulty using the latest versions.

For example, I go to the terminal and type

git --version

Which tells me that I'm running git 1.7.3.4

So I go to the git website and pick up the handy installer file (git-1.7.6-x86_64-snow-leopard.dmg). Then I mount the disk image and run the .pkg file... successfully installed.

However, when I go back and type git --version again, it still says I'm running git 1.7.3.4 and not the newly installed 1.7.6.

Generally whenever I've had these problems it has turned out that I had successfully completed the installations of the new software, I just don't necessarily know where it's installed. What is the best way to keep clean installations of these and not have a bunch of different versions lying around in different places on the file system?


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Up until recently my MacBook Pro 2010 worked fine with an external samsung monitor, using a mini display to HDMI cable. At the time I was running Mountain Lion. Then a few months ago, still running mountain lion, the monitor started not waking up with the mac. The only solution now is to unplug the monitor and plug it back in. I have to do this 2 or 3 times now before it will work. Also, now it no longer works in target display mode: if i close the lid of the mac with an external keyboard and mouse, everything sleeps. Then when I open the lid, the monitor doesnt wake up.

Unplugging and plugging in the cable cannot be doing it or the socket many favours. Also I am ending up leaving my mac on all the time so I dont have to go through this routine (set to never sleep).

I dont see why, running the same OS, why this would just start happening. Perhaps Apple updated something that caused this problem?

Does any one have any ideas? this is highly annoying. I was thinking maybe a Mavericks upgrade might fix this issue, but then it might cause others. Ideally I don't want to do that. I have tried resetting the SMC and the NVRAM.


texts: Terminal prompt 'saving' certain commands on up-arrow

texts:
I added a little bit of shell scripting to my prompt for fun. It alternates the colors of prompt items randomly. I did it purely because a gray screen gets boring after awhile. The following is my prompt in .bash-profile:

function next_hue
{
    color1=$((31 + (++color % 7)))   # set 31 to 30 for dark on light
    color1=$((31 + (++color % 7)))
    PS1="\n\e[0:${color}m[\W]\n\e[0:${color}m[\u]-> $reset" # set 1 to 0 for     dark on light
}

This alternates the color of my prompt. Yay!

The problem is that sometimes the shell will get "stuck." For instance, the shell is usually like this:

directory
[username]->

If I have recently run the docker run command, and I up-arrow into the history, `docker run gets stuck and I end up with this:

directory
[username]->docker run

If I add a new command it stacks on docker run:

directory
[username]->docker runcd /some/path

I have to use ctrl-c or some other such option, and I can't use the docker-run command again unless I type it all out. WHat could be causing this error? I have looked over my prompt quite a bit and I think it is okay, but it was confusing to figure out in the first place.


texts: iPhone X - Does wireless charging speed differ depending on the exact location of the iPhone on the charging mat?

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Does the wireless charging speed differ depending on the exact place we put the iPhone on the charging mat?

I mean, if I don't put the iPhone correctly on the charger, it won't start the charge. But as long as the charge is ok and starts, will the speed only depends on the power of the charger, or may it depend on the exact position of the iPhone? Charging faster if the phone is exactly on the good location and slower if it is a bit away from the center location of the wireless charger.


texts: Bootcamp Windows 10 internal speakers don't work, audio port lights red

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I'm having problems with the audio in my Mid-2012 Macbook Pro running with Bootcamp Windows 10. There's no sound coming from the internal speakers, and the audio port lights red.

In OSX, I managed to fix this problem by holding a Volume key and disconnecting the headphone jack, and miraculously, it works!

The problem still remains in Bootcamp Windows 10. How can this problem be fixed?

I installed Windows 10 on my Macbook using Bootcamp Assistant on OSX.


texts:
I have a script to send an email, but I'd like to detect if no email account is setup, and to do something else.

Is there a way to detect or trap for this condition?  Thanks.

tell application "Mail"
    set new_message to make new outgoing message with properties {visible:false, subject:"AppleScript-2014", content:("Success " & linefeed & "user: " & userName & linefeed & "OS: " & (system version of (get system info)) as rich text) & linefeed & "IP: " & IPv4 address of (get system info)}

    tell new_message
        make new to recipient with properties {name:"Len", address:"me@law.edu"}
    end tell
    delay 7
    send new_message
end tell


texts: Having trouble restoring backup of my iPhone

texts:
I'd been having a few issues with my iPhone 4 (one of the main being that apps wouldn't open and turning it off and on again to remedy this resulted in me losing all of my contacts in my address book). When attempting to restore my iPhone, it sometimes causes my computer screen to become distorted and freeze my computer.

I'd been on iOS 5.1 (?) for a while (having put of updating it due to lack of space) and my brother suggested updating to the most recent iOS. I did this, but afterwards, my phone said it had to reset back to factory settings. I reset it, but when I went to restore my backup, I got the message “iTunes could not restore the iPod 'NAME' because the backup could not be saved on the computer.” Having looked around, people seemed to suggest that I needed to clear some disk space on my laptop. I've done this, and I have 217 GB free, so I can't see why this should be an issue now, but I'm still having the same problem.

Can anyone suggest a solution?


texts: Prevent a program (steam) to start for a time period

texts: Out of habit I play games, but it's something that I'd like to change without deleting all of the games I have. So I was wondering if it's possible to prevent steam from starting in the same way there are apps that block you from accessing the internet.


texts: Unidirectional sync from iOS device to iCloud Photo Library

texts:
I have an older iPhone with limited storage. I use it as a "distraction free" version of my main phone for the gym. I've deleted almost all apps except for Music and Podcasts.

I want to be able to take photos with this iPhone's camera, and I want them to be backed up and uploaded to my other devices / iCloud Photo Library.

I do not need to view other devices' photos on this device.

I believe this may be a somewhat common intended workflow for people with multiple iOS devices. Especially older iPhones, iPads, and iPad Touches being used for specific purposes.

I would prefer to use "Photo Stream" so that no iCloud photos are downloaded to this device:

  Upload to My Photo Stream

  Upload your last 30 days of new photos and view them on your other devices using My Photo Stream. Photos from other devices can be viewed in the My Photo Stream album, but are not automatically saved to your library.

But it's unclear if the photos are ever automatically saved into the iCloud Photo Library.

Photo Stream also does not sync Live Photos or Videos, which is not ideal.

Using "iCloud Photos Library" would be fine, but Photos has already downloaded 16.49 GB of photos and caused an iPhone Storage Full alert, despite having "Optimize iPhone Storage" turned on.

It does not appear to be possible to strictly limit the size of an iOS Photos Library:

Limit iCloud Photo Library space usage on iPhone

Is there a way to enable unidirectional iCloud Photo Library?

Photos should be uploaded from this device, but ideally should never be downloaded to this device from iCloud / other devices.


texts: How can I get the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro volume control to work?

texts:
I've been using the X-Fi for some time on Windows and it works great. However, on my MacBook Pro I can't get the volume control to work.

I see the device in "System Preferences -> Sound" and in "Audio MIDI Setup" and I can switch output to it and it works great, except for volume control. Is it possible to get it to work too?


texts: Alfred 2 fails to launch after upgrade to Yosemite

texts:
I just upgraded to Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 and Alfred 2 fails to launch.

In Activity Monitor, it reports that it is not responding, and the only thing I can do is Force Quit it.

Console doesn't report any messages except the kill message from my force quit.

Any advice would be appreciated.


texts: Cannot trim HEVC videos in Apple Photos on macOS

texts:
It seems that I cannot trim HEVC videos in Apple Photos on macOS Catalina.
Is that normal?
I recorded those videos with my iPhone 12 and just sync'ed them over iCloud.
Also, I can trim videos in H264, which I recorded earlier with my old iPhone 6S.


texts: Contacts in Mavericks Messages display phone numbers instead of contact names

texts: Since updating to Mavericks the Messages app doesn't display the contact names for people I've been communicating with iMessage, it shows their phone number instead. My messages thankfully still stay synced between my iPhone and Messages on Mavericks.


texts:
I have an Apple Store Gift Card that was found in a drawer from 2009 (8 years ago). The associated papers said it was for $150. The scratch-off material covering the PIN had never been removed.

When I checked the balance, the PIN and card # were recognized, but the site said the balance was $0. I checked the balance here: https://secure1.store.apple.com/shop/giftcard/balance

Do these cards ever expire?  If not, how did it lose its value if the PIN had never before been uncovered?

Note: This is not an iTunes gift card. That's different.

Additional information: This is an OLD card. It doesn't appear to be the type that can be recognized by scanning. It does have a bar code, but the bar code is not in a box like the new cards. It also has a magnetic stripe. I couldn't figure out how to enter it into Apple Wallet or Apple Store apps. The front of the card is blank silver with white apple logo. The gift card number is 16 digits and the PIN is 8 digits.


texts: iPad Air 2 iOS 9/9.0.1 multitasking split view won't work

texts: My IPad Air 2 (model number: MGKM2LL/A,  Apple iPad Air 2 ‑ Wi‑Fi ‑ 64 GB ‑ 9.7" ‑ Silver) will not go into split view mode half of the screen, it will only go to the smaller bar 1/3 of the screen. I used the split view mode once but now the slide bar doesn't show up, I can't make the smaller bar get more than 1/3 of the screen, and I can't use two apps simultaneously. This problem occurred when my iPad was on iOS 9 and I updated it again to iOS 9.0.1 and the problem is still happening.


texts: How do I emulate iOS Clash Royale on Windows?

texts: I have no experience with apple devices. How do I emulate iOS Clash Royale on windows? i mean, emulating Clash royale but the ios one.


texts: Fast switching bluetooth Sony headphones between Mac and iPhone, One touch NFC

texts:
Sony WH-1000MX3 unlike some other headphones can't connect to two devices at the same time.

I like to stay connected to my Macbook pro, but would like to receive a call on my iphone, when I get a call.

Is there a way to quickly switch the bluetooth connection to iPhone?
I thought Sony one touch NFC makes it easy to quickly connect to iPhone, in this case when I am receiving the call.
Were anyone able to get such fast switching working with iPhone and any headphones?

Edit:
 I am open to workarounds.


texts: Strange output at end of terminal session in OS X El Capitan

texts:
Yesterday, I upgraded my MacBook Air from Yosemite to El Capitan.

I am getting strange output at end of terminal session after upgrade.

Last login: Mon Nov 8 11:12:50 on ttys000

My-MacBook-Air:~ user$ exit
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

[Process completed]

Anyone getting similar output? Is this some kind of virus? or it is OS feature?


texts: Option + b results in ∫ Instead of Jumping Back a Word

texts:
Just got a new MacBook Pro and can't seem to recall how to get the emacs bindings to work in the general MacOSX GUI.  On my old Mac Option + b went back a word and Option + f went forward a word.  Option + d deleted a word.

Still works fine in the terminal.

For Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/162896/emacs-on-mac-os-x-leopard-key-bindings


texts: How do I get Pages for iOS 7/8 to use the TAB key on a bluetooth Keyboard to change the indent level?

texts:
So Pages for iOS 7/8 has a software TAB key that changes the indent level of an outline. It also has forward and backward indent keys. Great.

However, when I press the TAB key on by Apple Wireless Keyboard, all it does is put in a tab character. The TAB key works fine on Pages for my MBP, with Shift-TAB back indenting it.

Is there a way to get the TAB key on the Wireless Keyboard to work like the software TAB key for iOS?


texts:
I reset my MacBook to factory settings 4 weeks ago, after I started having issues with missing libraries, etc., after messing around with a few 3rd party applications (SDKs and such).

After resetting I recognized that my device wouldn't connect to a particular network. It keeps asking me for the WPA2-Enterprise credentials, although previously provided credentials were 100% correct.1

Today, in addition to previous problems, I can't connect to a specific access point including when in "Recovery Mode".1

On top of all that, I cannot connect to certain websites, such as iCloud or DropBox, although both services are available when using a different device.

I already tried to flush my DNS cache and changed the DNS server.

At this point I have no clue what is left to do. Apparently this issue arose a few times in the past, with older setups, yet none of the solutions posted for those times did work out for me.

Has anyone run into these issues before and been able to solve them?

In case it is needed, my device:

  macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.2

  MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016)

1 I can access both devices using my mobile phone, even though I never connected to these devices with my phone before.

UPDATE:

I disabled the 2.4ghz bandwidth of a router I used previously, as well as the password. Now it seems to connect; although having an unsecured connection is not a good option.


texts: I have a 2014 iMac 5K. I find that the fans seem to have two speeds - slow, or top speed. Using SSD Fan Control, the optical drive seems to sit around 1200 rpm on startup at 43 degrees, and hits 100% max rpm when I launch anything taxing on the CPU. The other fan is the Hard Disk fan, which sits at the same temp of 43, but permanently reads 65,535 rpm, no matter what. It hasn't changed once! What is the reason for this?


texts:
I'm running OS X Lion in VirtualBox on Windows 8 (I know, that's cheating, sorry :) to be able to use Xcode. Everything worked fine, until Apple decided that they don't accept apps to the App Store from Xcode lower that 5.1.1. But it just won't update.

After two days of unsuccessful attempts to update Xcode, I finally know what the problem is, but it's very strange. I followed some advice here, enabled debug menu in App Store, set 2nd debug level, and install.log file finally revealed the issue. Turns out, there's not enough space for Xcode to update.

When I check free space in Finder (right click -> Get Info), it says there's 4 GB free (was 6 GB before I tried to update). But here's the strange part, when I check with Disk Utility, it says that the partition is completely full (no white space). I tried to expand the partition with Disk utility and gParted live cd, and it does not want to expand. But there should be that 4-6 GB of free space, I don't know what is going on, it downloads all 2 GB of Xcode just fine, error occurs during installation. I really need some help here, I can't release an update to App Store because of it.

Here's the last entry from install.log:

Jun 29 09:51:06 localhost installd[229]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=640 "You can't save the file "MainPartition" because the volume "MainPartition" is out of space." UserInfo=0x7fdde5a5ddd0{NSFilePath=/} {
    NSFilePath = "/";
}


texts: Binding modifier key to mouse button 4 using KeyRemap4MacBook

texts:
I'm wanting to do this so when I'm gaming I can use the mouse button as my modifier "shift" key instead of having to actually hit ⇧+1 or ⇧+2. This will prevent me from having to take my fingers off of the "1-4" or "Q-R" keys in order to modify them to ⇧+1.

Some notes:

No Mouse Software Available from what I could fine.
KeyRemap4MacBook doesn't have the ability to directly let me do it, so I was hoping there might be someone who could help me with the code needed to add it to the program.
It doesn't just have to work for this mouse only as I'll essential always use it as a third shift key.
I think a global remap might be best.


texts: E-Mail with attachments (3,5 MB in Entourage. Why?

texts:
I just added two files as an attachment to an e-mail in MS Entourage 2004.
In Finder, the files have a size of 2,5 MB respectively 205 kB.

When I send them as an e-mail, Entourage tells me that the sent mail has a size of 3,5 MB!

Why? Does this have to do with AppleDouble encoding?
Is there a way to avoid that increase in size?


texts: Macbook Pro Retina with more than 2 external displays

texts:
I have an Macbook Pro with retina display and want to connect additional displays/monitors to it. But sadly 2+1 isn't enough for me, so I'm searching for solution:

I want to buy two USB3.0 to VGA/HDMI adapters and my questions are:

Will it blend... ekhm I mean will it actually display anything (I'm asking if are there any forced/purposed limitation on the macbook itself to only allow 3 monitors at any given time)
Will it be smooth enough to be usable?


texts: Apple Watch: Is Apple Watch series 3 wireless speed faster than Apple Watch series 1?

texts: One of the problems I have with Apple Watch series 1 is the connection speed. Sometimes it takes a while for the weather, events near me or apple map to appear. I assume this is because of the wireless connection speed. My iPhone can load these data almost instantly when sharing the same wifi network. I wouldn't mind upgrading my Apple Watch series 1 to 3 if the wireless speed is much faster.


texts: df -h yielding what looks like a strange output: /home, /dev, and /net have 0% free space

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with 1 TB of disk space.

When I run df -h I get the following:

It tells me I have 702 GiB available on / which I suspect is true -- but nothing on /home.

Do I have a virus or something?


texts: Weird red square box appears in foxit reader pdfs upon clicking in that region

texts:
How to disable or get rid of this red square box? It appears when I am single clicking the text "connected" (however, it will appear upon single clicking anything in that square region)
This is how the issue looks

This is how it normally looks (when I haven't clicked in the red square region)

Note:
This issue is common for all pdfs, only most of the pages. This doesn't happen when viewing the same pdfs in other pdf viewers, for eg, preview.
It started around 6 months, only decided to post this today.


texts: What are the sharingd and sharedfilelistd processes?

texts:
What are the sharingd and sharedfilelistd and why are they running?

I'm on OSX El Capitan 10.11.6


texts: How to scan with Canon TS 5150 Printer/Scanner

texts:
I just purchased my TS5150 printer/scanner. I can print wirelessly just fine. However I cannot SCAN. I cannot scan using either "printers and scanners from the "system Preferences" menu OR from the IJ scan Utilities.
Each time I get a 21345 error "failed to open a connection to the device"..
I have removed and re-installed the entire application.  I have a Macbook Air Catalina 10.15.7.
How can I make it work?


texts: Unable to send text to another iPhone on same account

texts:
I'm having issues sending messages/texts to my to wife's iPhone but she can send them to my iPhone and they show up with my ID?

Can anyone tell me why and how I can fix it?


texts: Cannot select "Tile" in Desktop system preference

texts:
I just upgraded from macOS 10.14.6 to macOS 10.15.4

Previously I had both my desktops to display a random picture and to tile them. Now the option to tile them is greyed out :

I have two Hp 27" monitors and I am running them with a  MacBook Pro closed.

I know there is something I am missing but can't figure it out.


texts: Snow Leopard installer ISO on USB flash drive

texts:
I have the setup ISO file for my Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
I need to be able to boot this and install it to a USB drive (from a windows pc by booting the USB drive).

I can't run it in a virtual environment and I can't burn it to a DVD (it doesn't work for some reason. It only makes a ~120KB of data on the DVD).

So, I need to make a bootable USB installer from the Snow Leopard ISO so I can boot that and install it to another USB/hard drive (this has to be done from a windows machine).
I have tried Multiboot ISO but it requires the USB to be formatted as FAT32 and as the ISO is over 4GB, this won't work.

How can I create the bootable installer?


texts: Cannot maximize a window by simply clicking on the Photoshop CC app icon

texts:
My OS is Yosemite and I work in CC apps daily.
I minimize several ways (clicking on the minimize button in the window, command + M, etc.) but I used to be able to just go down to the Photoshop app icon in my dock, simply click once and all my windows within would maximize.
Please note: I'm not trying to zoom.
Currently I have to go to the icon, click and hold then highlight "Show all Windows" in order for the windows to maximize again.
Does anyone know if there is a system fix? I prefer NOT having to add a source app. Thanks


texts:
I want to block certain websites for a user account - but at the same time still allow all the other accounts on the computer to access the sites - whats the best way to do this ?

I was looking at Firefox add on but these are pretty easy to get around - ie. just change the browser, is there a user account wide way to do this ?


texts: Lost screen on Panasonic 55 inch with Mac mini

texts:
I tried to set the screen from the Panasonic to best fit.
When I did that on my Mac mini the screen went to snow.
I tried to get it back by on losing the HDMI cable power of the Mac. Nothing helps. When I start up the Mac the screen is going to snow. It works well on 720p and 1080i but can't go back there.


texts: How to install an Adobe app from another Mac using Remote Disc?

texts:
I recently deleted some Adobe files & now when I try to reinstall Photoshop Elements I get the error message: "installer failed to initialize."

Adobe is no help at all.

I can't restore the files I deleted (not even sure which missing files are needed), so the Adobe installer won't work at all.

I'm told I can use Remote Disc to use my Macbook Pro to install it on my Mac Mini. Or maybe use Migration Assistant to transfer Elements from my Macbook Pro to the Mini.

How does this work? Suggestions?

Thanks for any assistance!


texts:
My sisters iPhone needs to get unlocked. A previous topic didn't help me out, despite the great answers and suggestions. So a colleague of me advised I should buy the
iphonejailbreakunlock.com.
It's a $27,99 software bundle which claims to be able to unlock any baseband on any device on any cellular network with a 100% money back guarantee... If you ask me, it's a bit to good to be true.

So, is there anyone with experience concerning this software (or any other paying service to get your iPhone unlocked)?


texts: macOS Sierra, Security, and Tex Live Utility

texts: After a fresh install of macOS Sierra, I installed the macTex distribution without any GUI programs. After that, I installed the latest release of the Tex Live Utility to update my tex distribution via a nice GUI. However, I cannot start the Tex Live Utility because macOS complains about that the program has not been signed by a verified developer. After I tried opening, there is a button under System -> Security to open the program anyway, but I keep going to see the same error message. This worked with another piece of software but with Tex Live Utility, this approach fails. Any idea on how to solve it?


texts: What's the 'followupd' in notifications?

texts: I'm currently running OS X 10.11.1 and find this weird thing in Notification center. So what it stand's for and how to remove if it's not necessary?


texts: How to repair/recover Snow Leopard when the installation DVD has been lost?

texts:
So I seem to not have my Snow Leopard DVD available anywhere.

I can't use a newer version like Lion.

What can I do to repair/recover Snow Leopard now that the installation DVD is not available?


texts:
Today, I found a phone I thought I had lost a few years ago (an iPhone 5s).
 I was wondering if I could extract the saved WhatsApp conversations from the iPhone to my PC and be able to read them?

I don't have the same phone number anymore, so I don't know if I could use another number and restore my chats.

Is there any way to extract those threads and read them? As it turns out, I also have them Backed up in iCloud, if that helps.


texts: Catalina disconnecting SMB shares from Synology NAS during the night. How to troubleshoot?

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I have an issue since upgrading Mojave to Catalina (10.15.5): my Mac disconnects all SMB shares mounted from a Synology NAS during the night and without any user interaction.
It only happens when my Mac and the Synology NAS are on different networks (on the same network the mounts won't disconnect).
Can someone point me to a SMB/Finder log and how to increase the log level so that I can troubleshoot this issue?


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My macBook 2010 uni-book white never seems to find a bootable USB, but it finds a cloudready USB.
is it possible to change iso to BIN so chromebook recovery utility can use it. i did try dd but it does nothing. Is there any way to do this with cloudready OS.
edit: i use dd to make the usb bootable, like this
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb
on crosh, not linux on cloudready OS


texts: macOS Catalina - problems detecting external monitors

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I am using MacBook Pro 15-inch, 2018 with Catalina 10.15.4.

I am trying to connect 2 external monitors (Samsung S24C450) via USB-C -> DVI converter. Both monitors are then connected via DVI interface.

From both monitors only one is detected (one of two randomly) or none of them works. Disconnecting usb-c converter from laptop, DVI cable from converter or DVI cable from the screen - doesn't help. Disconnecting screens from power source, does not help either, nor restarting laptop.

This seems to work completely randomly. How do I force Mac to re-detect screens and use both of them, not only one?


texts: How to find the running TFTP Server process name?

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I can use command sudo launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist to start TFTP Server on mac. But what is the process name of the running TFTP server?

I tried ps aux | grep tftp and pgrep tftp, neither give me anything...

My goal is to use script to track if tftp server has been turned on OR not...


texts: How to remove shortcuts from Launchpad installed by Windows through Parallels 10?

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I installed Java in Windows 8.1 through Parallels Desktop 10 and got ugly Java shortcuts in my Launchpad.
I tried to launch "Java configuration tool" right click then remove from Launchpad, but it's still here.

How can I remove it?

updatetool and Java Control Panel should be removed.


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I have an iPhone 3g running iOS 4.2.1 with no SIM card. I'm attempting to jailbreak it so I can use it, but it will not enter DFU mode, even though I have tried repeatedly. I am attempting to use redsn0w 0.9.15b3, but my mac should recognize an iPhone in DFU mode anyway, so the jailbreak's probably not the issue.
The home button is connected to the board, I opened it up and checked.

Please do not just parrot the instructions from the redsn0w jailbreak, as I have already read them many times. I am looking for advice on what may be preventing the iPhone from entering DFU mode.


texts: iPad 1st generation, using as full screen browser (kiosk mode)

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I have an old 1st generation iPad, which I want to recycle as a family photo/info display. I plan to create a website with the required info and want to have the iPad to display just that site, refreshing periodically.

Now, in it's safari browser, it always displays the top navigation bar.

Is there some kind of full screen mode, I am not aware of?
Or is there a 3rd-Party app (Kiosk app or something), that I can actually
install and use on this old device today?


texts: How do I edit (remove frames from) an animated GIF using Preview (Mountain Lion)

texts: I've been able to access the animated GIF, similarly to this thread, but I want to remove frames from the GIF. Is this possible with Preview, or do I need to use a different software?


texts: VMware Fusion 5 with Windows 8 64 bit on MacBook Air Constant High CPU usage

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I have set up Windows 8 64 bit on a MacBook Air using VMWare Fusion 5 Professional.

The MacBook Air is from Oct 2012 and has an Intel Core i7 2GHz and 8 GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 RAM.

I have Windows 8 running with no other programs open but it constantly uses around 50% CPU on the Mac and the fan is running at full tilt. The VM is set up with 4GB of RAM and 2 CPU's with 2 Cores.

Is there a way to make it not overheat the Mac? Is anyone running a Windows 8 64 bit VM on a MacBook Pro or other Mac that can give me an idea if that works better?

Thanks.


texts: Want to cancel a 'Pending Erase' on iphone... Any suggestions?

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I lost my phone on vacation and activated 'Lost Mode' for a couple of days. The night before heading home I decided to do the Remote Erase ´cause I thought there's no way I'd get it back, I also called my carrier and canceled the data service on my number. The phone has been offline ever since but the hotel just called to say they found my phone at the spa and they are mailing it back to me. So I want to cancel the 'Pending Erase', all I care about is recovering all the pictures from that trip that I hadn't backed up on iCloud yet...
Will removing the device from my iCloud account work?
And if I don't have service on the phone, will the 'Erase iPhone' command still go through when I turn it on?
Please help! I have two days to figure this out