texts: How can two people read the same book on different devices

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I have bought a book on iBooks and my girlfriend also wants to read it. But I was wondering if it would cause any problems regarding icloud remembering where one of us stopped reading.

I have tried searching online but I couldn't find anything that would help. I was thinking about letting her use the bookmark function but that might cause me to lose my point in the book.

Is there any way we can easily read the same book on the same account? Preferably we should be able to use the same device but that is not necessary.


texts: Error message "The location of the document “Social Stats record Spreadsheet.numbers” cannot be determined"?

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I am trying to save my Numbers spreadsheet and this message (as stated in the question) is showing. I am also trying to export the file as a PDF and this message pops up -

The document “Social Stats record Spreadsheet.numbers” could not be autosaved. The file doesn’t exist.

I think this has something to do with me saving the file to dropbox as well as in my documents and the mac has got confused? I really don't want to lose my work as I've just updated it with a lot of info, how can I save the file and export it as a PDF without losing anything?

Thanks


texts: How to prevent Time Machine from backing up while certain app is open

texts: For some reason, InDesign and Time Machine don't play well on my MacBook Pro. Whenever Time Machine starts backing up or prepares backups, I get frequent Beach Balls in InDesign. This might be due to a quite poor WiFi-connection, which I unfortunately cannot fix. My current workflow sees me disabling Time Machine when I use InDesign, and re-enabling it afterwards; however, as you can imagine, I frequently forget one of those things. Thus, I'd welcome a solution where Time Machine just doesn't do its thing while InDesign is running. As there are - as far as I understand – certain conditions, under which Time Machine is prevented from running, I was hoping that there could be some kind of low-level solution (messing with configuration files etc.) I could try? Thanks!


texts: MacOS, how to get folder size (physical size on disk)

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Ok so I have a large folder on disk see the image below

You can see it says the size of the folder is 8.46GB however this is mostly source code, and I think file system will be using file compression under the hood. I'd expect this folder to compress very well, so my question is this. "How can I find out how much actual physical space this folder is using?"

Thanks


texts: Which types of SSD are compatible with mac book pro mid-2012 (not retina)?

texts: I am looking to replace the hard drive of my macbook pro mid 2012 with an SSD from an ASUS taichi laptop will the SSD from the taichi be compatible with my mac book?


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I've bought few months ago a MacBook Pro Thunderbolt 13'. As a Linux geek, I'm really happy with this computer, and it usually works fine.

Unfortunately, three days ago, I wasn't able to restart it. It stucked without booting when I pressed the power button. I look on Apple website, and there was a procedure that describes how to reset the SMC, and I did that.

My computer restarted (yeah), but unfortunately, I had problems with the display backlight (cf pic). So I stop the computer, and did the SMC reset thing one more time. I experienced problem to restart , but for the moment all the backlights issues seem to be solved.

I'm now a little bit afraid about the reliability of this computer, and I have lots of question about this SMC I can't answer.

Why does that thing need to be reset? What is it exactly? As a geek, I like to know how my computer works :)
Can we reset it often without problems, or is there a limit on the number of time you can do it without harming the computer? I read differents advises ont he web saying 'go, on do it every week' or 'do it in last resort'.
If the restart problem still occurs, should I send the computer to the customer service for a global checkup?

Thank you for your help :)

Romain


texts: El Capitan froze and rebooted (Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2012)

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2.3 Ghz Intel Core i7 8GB DDR3:
Was running NetAdmin Pro which is monitoring
my office LAN, processors consumption was at
~15 - 20%. Simultaneously I ran WiFI Explorer,
3.7% no more than 5% CPU usage. And I was
updating Xcode to v 7.3.1 and was browsing and
watching video from playground.ru
Watch the videos until half of it (20mins) the
Video froze I moved the mouse and turned out
the whole OSX is frozen.
littleSnitch v 3.7 has no reaction
I immediately pull the Ethernet adaptor and
MacBook just went to black screen. I then
switch off the wireless router. (My MacBook Pro
is connected to the network via Ethernet
adaptor and via WiFi router bearing different IP,
I was thinking of cutting both network
communication, in case it was an intrusion)
MacBook just restarted itself to login screen,
after 15-20 sec of black screen and total
silence)
I again restarted and booted into Recovery
mode use disk utility. After completing disk
check.
Login and previously opened programs resume
back (NetAdmin Pro, WiFi Explorer, Yandex
browser, Activity Monitor and AppStore)
AppStore doesn't resume the download
everything else is functioning normally and in
Addition I have got my calendar open after login
(I did not launch accidental nor was it set to
start with system login)

Question 1: Are there any way to know what was happening and what was OS El Capitan last reaction before it froze and rebooted?

Question 2: Are there any software better than "Console" v10.11 to interpret what was going on before it crashes?

P.S. Thank you in advance, I will try to upload the Console messages later from the MacBook Pro

DDT-2:~ Chaleune$ syslog | grep -i "shutdown cause"

Jun 22 14:15:37 DDT-2 kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 22 20:34:46 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 23 15:18:23 DDT-2 kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 24 17:58:32 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 24 20:09:52 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 24 22:58:15 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5Jun 25 14:43:36 DDT-2 kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 25 21:55:31 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 3

Jun 25 22:20:57 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Kext com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog failed to load (0xdc008012).Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 26 10:18:44 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 26 12:09:45 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 26 18:00:31 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 27 13:05:58 DDT-2 kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 27 22:56:11 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

Jun 28 14:18:27 DDT-2 kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: 5

*Jun 29 18:56:21 localhost kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: -128*

Jun 29 23:31:22 DDT-2 kernel[0] <Notice>: Previous shutdown cause: -128

Opensource.apple shows the following

dsIllInstErr                  = 3,    /illegal instruction error/
dsChkErr                      = 5,    /check trap error/
userCanceledErr               = -128

macwizard gave the following interpretation:

03 Illegal Instruction
The computer has a specific vocabulary of machine language instructions it can understand. If a computer tries to execute an instruction that isn't in its vocabulary, you see this error code. It's less likely than error 02, but still very common.
05 Range Check Error
Programmers can use an instruction in the Motorola 68000 to check if a number is within a certain range. This error indicates that the number tested isn't in the specified range.
-128  userCanceledErr         User canceled an operation


texts: Apple ball speakers connect to MacBookPro?

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Is there a way to connect my apple ball speakers to my MacBookPro? The speakers have a 2.5mm jack but the MacBook Pro has a USB port.
Thanks!


texts: No Service on new iPhone after updating to iOS 13

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i am new to iPhone. My newly purchased iPhone 8 shows no service after a call ends while wifi is turned on (calling to someone, or someone is calling me either way no difference). This was working fine before updating to iOS 13 update.

Steps to reproduce.

Keep the wifi turned on and mobile data chosen as LTE (4g).
Make a phone call or receive a phone a call.
After ending the call, In few seconds you will notice the no service message.

Few workarounds,

workaround 1: turn off and turn on flight mode (not practical always after a phone call)

workaround 2: always keep LTE (4g) off

workaround 3: always keep WIFI turned off and use LTE (4g) only

is there a way to rollback to previous iOS version until apple find a fix ?


texts: Error when terminal opens; no available formula

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When I open my terminal I see the following message

Last login: Thu Dec 18 22:00:53 on ttys000
Error: No available formula for php5

I have tried to run brew doctor but the error remains. I am using homebrew dd7511b3

If I run brew remove php5, I get

Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/php5

How can I resolve this issue?


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Can somebody suggest a memory tester for Snow Leopard (10.8)?

Command line or other doesn't matter, ideally something that doesn't have to be installed though (doesn't change the machine) and just runs from the downloads folder or even an USB stick.


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I'm stuck on a script to switch a Mac to a different SSID if its already connected to a certain SSID.

What I need the script to do is:

Check what SSID the Mac Wi-Fi is using

If it is on SSID called "CompanyA" switch to SSID called "CompanyB"
If it is not on SSID called "CompanyA" do nothing.

I can get SSID currently connected to with

networksetup -getairportnetwork en0 | cut -d ":" -f2

and I can switch with

networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 "CompanyB"

But I don't know how to do the if on CompanyA then switch to CompanyB


texts: Disk utility on OSX and gParted both fail to format a drive

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I have mac mini mid 2011, bought 14 months back. Yesterday I started my system normally but it was running slow the usual so I restarted it, after restarting system was taking too long to boot but this time it did not show the login screen and stop sign or crossed circle appeared in place of apple logo.

I again restated the system and keep holding option key to use disk utility and recovery-hd(actual name in my sys is recovery-10.8.2) but recovery also didnt worked, after selecting recovey-hd same happen system keep booting too long and stop sign appear on apple logo.

I have bootable mountain lion usb, I get into disk utility check the hard drive by running verify disk and got no issues.

I have 3 partitions

Macintosh HD   (os installed in this) 200gb
Macintosh HD 2 (I keep my important files in this)  200gb
My TimeMachine (I use this for time machine backup) 100gb

I decide to format Macintosh HD and to install mountain Lion again so I started to format this partition, but again after approx 25% formatting got stuck, after restart I also delete the partition and then tried to format but formatting got stuck in middle. I restarted the system and read searched on Internet regarding this issue, some saying hard drive crashed, same saying fan not working but both are fine in my case.

I created a bootable ubuntu on another usb and boot the system from ubuntu, then I tried to delete and format partition using gParted Partition Editor but after too long operation failed message appeared (now I am worried).

I keep searching on Internet regarding this issue and found that this happens when Master Boot Record gets corrupt. And thats why nothing can be write on disk(brief description).

Please help me what actually happed and how to fix this issue?


texts: Launchct GD Extension with Freetype support not working on php

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I'm Running a .plist php file
previously, I've installed phpbrew and use 7.3.11 php version.
Then I've just installed GD extension with freetype support
I can running my php files into Macos terminal with not problem at all using GD Extension.
As we can see here:
juanpro@MacBook-Air-de-juanpro ~ % php /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/alert/imagen.php
Array
(
[GD Version] => bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
[FreeType Support] => 1
[FreeType Linkage] => with freetype
[GIF Read Support] => 1
[GIF Create Support] => 1
[JPEG Support] => 1
[PNG Support] => 1
[WBMP Support] => 1
[XPM Support] =>
[XBM Support] => 1
[WebP Support] =>
[BMP Support] => 1
[TGA Read Support] => 1
[JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support] =>
)
FreeType Support Enabled

But if I Schedule the same file I don't get the desired output, apparently the GD extension is not running.
What I tried to do
My first thought was a permission problem
So a check all folder and file permissions. Then I check my .plist permissions as well, then Ive use chown root chgrp wheel.
Nothing Works.
So, Ive just wondering about creating a log file in order to see the error output (I'm a lawyer but do my best try), so a Put some lines into the Plist file and finally I can see the output
Array
(
[GD Version] => bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
[FreeType Support] =>
[GIF Read Support] => 1
[GIF Create Support] => 1
[JPEG Support] => 1
[PNG Support] => 1
[WBMP Support] => 1
[XPM Support] =>
[XBM Support] => 1
[WebP Support] =>
[BMP Support] => 1
[JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support] =>
)

This was totally weird to me, Because same file executes with not problem directly into terminal.
So, I thought: Maybe, Launchctl are using another php versión
Then I Use a PHP Code into my file to see what version are actually running and I getting this:
Core => 7.3.11
date => 7.3.11
libxml => 7.3.11
openssl => 7.3.11
pcre => 7.3.11
sqlite3 => 7.3.11
zlib => 7.3.11
bcmath => 7.3.11
bz2 => 7.3.11
calendar => 7.3.11
ctype => 7.3.11
curl => 7.3.11
dba => 7.3.11
dom => 20031129
hash => 7.3.11
fileinfo => 7.3.11
filter => 7.3.11
ftp => 7.3.11
gd => 7.3.11
SPL => 7.3.11
iconv => 7.3.11
json => 1.7.0
ldap => 7.3.11
mbstring => 7.3.11
session => 7.3.11
standard => 7.3.11
mysqlnd => mysqlnd 5.0.12-dev - 20150407 - $Id: 7cc7cc96e675f6d72e5cf0f267f48e167c2abb23 $
PDO => 7.3.11
pdo_mysql => 7.3.11
pdo_pgsql => 7.3.11
pdo_sqlite => 7.3.11
pgsql => 7.3.11
Phar => 7.3.11
posix => 7.3.11
readline => 7.3.11
Reflection => 7.3.11
mysqli => 7.3.11
shmop => 7.3.11
SimpleXML => 7.3.11
snmp => 7.3.11
soap => 7.3.11
sockets => 7.3.11
exif => 7.3.11
sysvmsg => 7.3.11
sysvsem => 7.3.11
sysvshm => 7.3.11
tidy => 7.3.11
tokenizer => 7.3.11
wddx => 7.3.11
xml => 7.3.11
xmlreader => 7.3.11
xmlrpc => 7.3.11
xmlwriter => 7.3.11
xsl => 7.3.11

enter code here

So, this is a mistery to me, because I really don't know why Launchctl refuses to uses the GD extension with freetype support previously installed in that version (it works only without freetype). ¿Am I forgetting something? Thanks in advance


texts: How do I install p4v (previously p4merge) as my git difftool on macos catalina 10.15.3

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Ive found these instructions for setting up p4merge as my git difftool (I've not been able to test these instructions):
brew cask install p4merge
git config --global diff.guitool p4mergetool
git config --global difftool.p4mergetool.cmd \
  "/Applications/p4merge.app/Contents/Resources/launchp4merge \$LOCAL \$REMOTE"

I've learnt that p4merge was renamed p4v. So I now have to do:
brew cask install p4v

but I'm not sure how this impacts the other commands given. Can anyone clarify how to setup p4merge as your difftool when using p4v? thx


texts: Does the oleophobic effect of the iPhone screen wear off over time?

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Unlike predecessors, the iPhone 4 has a screen that is more resistant to smears and smudges.

Is this a property of the glass itself, or is it a coating that will wear off over time? If it wears off, how long does that take?

Update: Some answers address cleaning the screen. I've never cleaned by phone except by wiping it across my shirt or pants-leg.


texts: Google DeepMind Wavenet voices in mac TTS?

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I don't know enough about code to do this, but is it possible to use the Google wavenet voices in the Mac TTS? Under System Preferences > Accessibility > Speech you can chose voices and if you download more, you can use those voices to listen to things. I was hoping that there's a way to listen to things using the WaveNet ones.

Here's some documentation: https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/quickstart-protocol

I know they've been integrated to Chrome Extensions.


texts: How to prevent the battery capacity degrading using a PowerBook G4 with Ubuntu 16.04?

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I have a 2005 PowerBook G4 which I dual-boot Mac OSX 10.5.8 and Ubuntu 16.04 XFCE. The 'book runs both OSs quite well but I have noticed that using Ubuntu has the effect of reducing the battery capacity quite qucikly. For instance today, my aftermarket battery was showing "full" at 64% but after using Ubuntu for 45 minutes it went to 0% and shut down. When I recharged it, it only went back up to 35%. This has happened before and I am writing this post from OSX while I re-calibrate the battery. Is there any way to use Ubuntu but be gentler on the battery? I normally use Ubuntu more than OSX as it is still getting security updates and I like some of the applications that run on it.
Update: The re-calibration seems to be stuck at 37% so not going very well.


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I've been searching high and low for some service that will do this. Looking for something that can be installed on multiple machines, that has a nice dashboard that can tell me at the very least whether gatekeeper is enabled on each of the machines. Bonus to be able to manage it remotely.

The only service I've come across that does this is Casper, but they are super expensive. Has anybody come across another solution?


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In various websites, at random times and with no apparent pattern, the Flash plugin will crash. This has occurred in every browser, and I typically have at least one crash a day. According to Mozilla's plugin check I have the latest version of Flash (10.1.102.64)

This is a new MacBook Pro (17", 2010 unibody version) running fully updated Mac OS X 10.6.5.

Does the plugin just crash for everyone, or is this unique to me? How often does Flash crash for you? Is there anything I can check, or is there a way I can reinstall Flash or some other diagnosis I can run? I haven't been experiencing other issues with my computer or my browser.


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Whenever I try to resize my OSX partition on my SDD from 251GB to 210GB, I get this error:

  Couldn’t modify partition map because file system verification failed.

I've tried

Booting into recovery mode and trying from disk utility there (repairing and partitioning)
Booting into single-user mode and running fsck -fy like seemingly every website suggests

but whenever I try to do this in any situation, I still get this error. This is frustrating because AFAIK only OS X knows how to resize an OS X partition.

How can I get around this?

EDIT:

Apple Diagnostics gave no errors.
I first had this error when I had filevault (full disk encryption) turned on. I have since turned off FileVault and repaired any errors I caused by trying to partition the encrypted disk with Disk Utility in recovery mode. I have checked again that FileVault is off, and it is.

EDIT2:

$diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            248.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             1.7 GB     disk0s3
$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found


texts: Changing file permissions on 10.6.8 after restore

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A friend has a Macbook Pro that had the drive crash.  A new hard drive was installed in the system and the OS was reinstalled.  However, when they restored from their backup (using Retrospect), the User profile folder and system sub-folders all were restored with their original permissions.

So in the User folder, is an "Ash Williams" folder and an "Ash" folder.  And in each of those folders are: Documents, Downloads, Applications, etc.  Since the permissions were restored, the duplicate folders can't be deleted or renamed.

I figure I can enable root and then delete/change the extra folders or I can boot to single user mode and the do a chmod on them, but I wanted to get the collective opinion.


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I've been using/learning iMovie in order to create online classes for my students because of COVID19. Everything has been working fine until this morning.
iMovie just won't export a file.
I've created and exported about 30 videos thus far and I understand the basics. But now, when I select all the clips in a project and select the "Share - File..." option and hit "OK", nothing happens. No error messages, nothing. The little pie-chart progress indicator flashes for a fraction of a second before disappearing for good. The application doesn't bug or freeze (as I can keep working on the video or move to other projects), it just doesn't export the file.
I also can't export any of the videos it previously exported in the last few days and weeks. Nor will it export and brand new video.
I tried deleting the preferences: didn't solve anything.
I'm on 10.13 and iMovie 10.1.6 (and I can't upgrade).
Thanks.
P.S. The only change I made to the computer since yesterday is that I installed iOS 14 on my ipod touch. I had to use the MobileDeviceUpdater in order for iTunes to recognize my ipod touch.  I can't imagine why it would change anything for iMovie, but nothing else changed.


texts: MacBook Pro crashes when two external monitors plugged in

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When I plug in two external 4K monitors into the Thunderbolt ports, my MacBook Pro 2019 frequently crashes. There is no crash report visible.

This can also happen when trying to wake from sleep while the two monitors are connected.

This used to happen with my MacBook Pro 2017 so I bought a 2019 with the highest possible specs on the graphics card only to find it has exactly the same issue.

Is there any solution to prevent this?


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Unless I keep alt keyboard button pressed, the MacBook gets shutdown! After a few seconds of releasing the alt button, a message is popped up saying:

  Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?

  Reopen windows when logging back in

  Restart | Sleep | Cancel | Shut Down

This is a MacBook from 2009. Water poured on the top-right section of the keyboard. Afterwards, it gets shutdown unless the alt keyboard button is pressed continuously! Did anybody run into this issue before?

Also, when booting, the alt button needs to pressed. Otherwise, the MacBook gets shutdown while booting ...

Update

A colleague cracked open the MacBook, he did nothing, and put it together. Afterwards, surprisingly, the MacBook was working good for a couple of days! But got crazy again.

The behavior looks random. Sometimes it doesn't get shutdown for a couple of days and sometimes it shuts down frequently.


texts: How to Assign CTRL-Super-T to BASH Shell

texts: I would like to assign said hotkey to the BASH shell.  How can this be achieved with native High Sierra capabilities?


texts: Backlit keyboard is OFF after recovering from clamshell mode

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My keyboard backlit is ON while I'm working with my Macbook Pro with an HDTV connected as external display. However if I close the lid to enter clamshell mode and then open the lid again, I notice that the keyboard backlit is OFF.

The only way to turn in on again is flash a light right to the Facetime camera.

I'm using OS X 10.9.2 on a mid-2012 Macbook Pro.


texts: Why are iPhone4 and iPhone5 (iOS 7) not recognizing bluetooth devices?

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when I go to Settings -> Bluetooth and turn it on, devices (both iPhone 4 and 5, iOS7) start searching for devices with bluetooth, but never find anything. On the other hand, when I search from Android, iPhones are always found and can be paired, but sometimes not connected because of not supporting some devices (for iPhone 4 is written for me that Xperia Z2 is not supported).

The problem is that I'm trying to discover nearby beacon, but as I've said, I cannot discover anything with iPhones. Android discovers it without problem.

How can I solve it, so my devices find surrounding devices sending bluetooth signals?


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(This is a follow-up to How to improve old, slow iMac -- new SSD? Or more RAM?)

I replaced the HD on our old 2008 iMac 8,1 with an SSD, and it seems much faster.
However, it was running 10.9; now it's on 10.7.4 (which was already on the SSD.)

Should I install 10.9 like the App Store suggests? Or keep the version at 10.7.4?

It only has 3GB of RAM.


texts: Purchased apps lost after Apple ID change

texts:
I received an unsolicited email from Apple telling me that my Apple ID was changed.

Before the email, my Apple ID was, let's say, 'myself'; after it is 'myself@gmail.com'.
After this change I cannot update previously purchased apps on my iPad 2 (iOS 7.0.1).
And I cannot see my old purchases in the App Store.

I can still download new apps. And I can see these new apps in my purchases.

I already tried logging out and in again in the App Store.

Does anybody know of a solution to this problem?

Many thanks


texts: How does google maps know that I've taken pictures?

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Yesterday I've visited a restaurant. The restaurant had a beautiful garden and colorful plants. So I took several pictures there. Today, Google Maps sent me a notification and offered me to share those pictures as I've taken for that restaurant.

How does Google Maps know that I've taken pictures there? Does the app regularly check(while the app is running) my pictures and their location without my knowledge? If so, then Google Maps can also upload those pictures to somewhere without even asking me? So if I allow access to my photos for an app, does that mean the app can access my photos without showing a "BROWSE" or something like that and upload to somewhere? I though iOS API needs photos to be picked by user to be shared by an app. Otherwise any app that has proper access permissions can access to all of my photos and then may upload all of them to cloud, whithout my knowledge, right?

Edit: Ok, I'm having hard time to explain myself. I know if Google Maps has access permissions to photos, then it can access photos. That's not the issue here. The problem is that: My phone is locked and sitting on the table. Then I get a notification from Google Maps, asking to share the photos I've taken yesterday at the restaurant I've visited! Not only that, when I click the notification, Google Maps opens up with a view with already selected photos which all taken at the specified location. This is only possible if I opened the Google Maps app, after taking photos, which I did for getting back to home. The problem is, when I open the Google Maps or any other app that has access permission to photos, does this mean all those app can access all of my photos, any time(if app is running in foreground)? I thought apps need to call some iOS APIs to show me the thumbnails, then only the photos I've checked will be delivered to app. That is, I thought apps can only access the photos I've picked from the thumbnail view and the thumbnail view is mandatory and handled by iOS, just like passcode and touchID(apps can't read users' fingerprint or passcode, it's all handled by iOS).


texts: Samsung G9 not working with MacbBook Pro 2012

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I was using M1 Apple Macbook Pro but had to sell it for some reason but now I am back on my Macbook Pro 2012. I tried using the display port to HDMI on SAMSUNG - Odyssey G95 but my MacBook seems to freeze and when I take the cable off the MacBook it is working. But the monitor doesn't even display.
Why is it happening


texts:
I have such MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), and I noticed such "feature": for example, I have 50 (it could be any number) percent of battery, charger cable does not connect. I can surf the browser and make some light work all nice, but if I try to open (for example) Video Editor or some development tools, something that requires more power from my laptop, so my Mac just suddenly turning off... Then if I try to turn it on again I see standard image(notification) like "You need to change your Mac". That's it.

Ok, then I connect the charger to Mac, wait a minute and successfully turning it on... And see that I still have like 50 percent of battery.

Firstiful I think, that I think that I need to change the battery (actually I have 600 cycles), but I am not sure, because as far as I know this battery can easily work up to 1000 cycles of charge, and secondly I tried to find something in google like "Mac turns off, battery issue" and similar questions, but nothing...

So, question is - how can I check if it is a battery issue or anything else?

Image from CoconutBattery app

Image from DaisyDisk

EDIT

I also tried to run the Apple Hardware Test as @Monomeeth suggested(turn on + hold D or Option D)

The first image that I saw was this one

Then I was asked to choose Wifi and fill in the password and after a few moments I got such message


texts: How to restore operating system on iMac (Late 2006)?

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I got a keyboard for it, but it's not paired and apparently won't because there is no version of OS X found.

I have the DVD containing OS X but can't eject a disc already in it because of the keyboard issue.


texts: How can I retain volume settings upon plugging in different speakers/headphones?

texts: On the rare occasion that I would like to plug in some headphones to my Mac Mini, rather than speakers, I often turn down the volume before plugging them in, because the first "blip" is rather loud, and probably isn't good for my headphones. However, upon plugging them in, the volume will revert to 100%, and I often get an unpleasant pain in the ear because of it. Is there any way to make the volume stay where it was before?


texts: How to remove Windows Operating system from Bootcamp?

texts: I have installed Windows 8 through BOOTCAMP, and now i want to remove it and leave it for a clear OSX. Is there anyone who know how to remove it completely? (I mean nothing related windows left).


texts: How to troubleshoot NIS binding problems on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion?

texts:
I am trying to setup NIS on OS X 10.8 but it fails for some reasons.

I tried to add the NIS domain using the Directory Utility.app but when I go to Directory Editor tab and select my NIS node, I do get an error:

Connection failed to node '/NIS/uk.example.com' (2100)

On OS X 10.8 machine

uk.example.com is the domainname (does not solve in DNS)
nis2.uk.example.com is the ypbind server (does solve in DNS)
I am already on corporate LAN and I can ping nis2.uk.example.com
domainname returns uk.example.com
ypbind -d prints 'ypbind: returned from 10.80.16.129 about uk.example.com' but it does not return, I need to press Ctrl-C.

dhcp-3-130:~ sorins$ rpcinfo -p
   program vers proto   port
    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
    100000    3   udp    111  portmapper
    100000    4   udp    111  portmapper
    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    3   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    4   tcp    111  portmapper
    100007    2   udp    845  ypbind
    100007    2   tcp   1009  ypbind

dhcp-3-130:~ sorins$ sudo automount -vc
automount: /net updated
automount: /home updated
automount: /Network/Servers updated
automount: no unmounts

ypwhich
nis2.uk.example.com

** On a reference Ubuntu, in the same LAN, where NIS works **

ypbind -d
31213: parsing config file
31213: Trying entry: domain uk.example.com server 10.80.16.129
31213: parsed domain 'uk.example.com' server '10.80.16.129'
31213: add_server() domain: uk.example.com, host: 10.80.16.129, slot: 0
31213: [Welcome to ypbind-mt, version 1.20.1]

So Ubuntu works, but on OS X it doesn't. Why?


texts: Spotlight/Finder will not index after Yosemite update

texts: I'm currently working in OS X 10.10.3. I made a bit of a jump from 10.6.9 as our system was falling behind from the person who previously held my position. All of my customer files are stored on an external HD and up until my Yosemite update, indexing has worked fine. I've reviewed several other posts and gone into Terminal and disabled/reenabled all volumes to index and still nothing. It is getting very difficult to find files that I didn't file when I cannot search my drive!


texts: What's scroll performance of MacBook Retina on RubyMine, Eclipse and Netbeans IDEs?

texts:
can someone who owns a Retina MacBook Pro tell me how the rMBP performs in current IDEs like RubyMine, Eclipse or Netbeans? I am worried that it cannot handle long text / source files very well when scolling. Videos welcome.

Cheers


texts:
Imagine I'm in /Users/beauthi/Documents in Finder. I want to launch commands in my default terminal, which is iterm, in that location. Is there a specific trick in the Finder app to launch iterm and get directly to the directory /Users/beauthi/Documents ?
Thank you very much !


texts: Pandora, Spotify Radio, and other music/radio streaming services usually have a limit on the number of skips allowed in a set amount of time. Does iTunes Radio have a similar limit, and if so, what are its conditions?


texts: OS X El Capitan renames Windows volume on every boot by appending increasing numbers to the volume name

texts:
I have installed Windows on a separate hard drive on my MacBook Pro running OS X El Capitan. OS X is running on an SSD and Windows is on another physical hard drive. I named the other hard drive Windows partition as Windows.

On every boot of OS X, I am seeing the Windows partition listed as Windows X. X has now become 10 from 1 (I have rebooted my MacBook Pro ten times into OS X).

Why is this happening and how to prevent it? Because I have some links under OS X to files on the Windows drive they become obsolete with every reboot.


texts: Allowing any keyboard to input for passwords

texts:
I use 3 keyboard layouts: Dvorak-Sougou (Chinese), Dvorak-Kana (Japanese), and Dvorak (English). Whenever I input a password, it always returns me to the EN-Dvorak layout.

The problem is two-fold:

1) I want to remove my plain Dvorak keyboard, but can't because mac recognizes it as the only ASCII keyboard in use, because all my other keyboards are technically "input methods", not "keyboard layouts". This is even though my chinese keyboard inputs all the same characters regular dvorak does just fine, making the first one redundant.

How can I fix this so that I can delete my plain Dvorak keyboard from my list of keyboards in use?

2) I want to allow my Chinese Dvorak keyboard to input passwords. Currently, my computer always reverts to English when I type passwords. The two input all the same characters, but my chinese dvorak keyboard grays out for passwords, and I can't select it to input characters into a password field.

How can I allow a keyboard to be used for password input?

An important limitation in my opinion is the classification of my other two keyboards as "input methods" rather than keyboard layouts. That is to say, they occupy a different folder, and use the layouts of other keyboards. But, to me as a user, this doesn't make them less useful -- rather the opposite. They also aren't reliant on dvorak being on my list of used keyboards, so I don't see why removing it should have an effect on their usage.


texts: Renamed an icloud drive folder with the .tmp extension and files have disappeared

texts:
I read that I could rename a folder to have the..tmp extension to prevent it syncing over. I did this to a folder that had some confidential files, but I renamed the folder in my icloud drive and the files have all disappeared.
I found a copy of the folder on the desktop, but that was also empty. Any idea where I could locate these files or are they lost?


texts:
Is there any way how to use laptop as a hands-free "headset" for my Android phone via Bluetooth?

Actually it's very nice to answer on calls directly from computer.

I have tried BluePhoneElite2 for that, but it is a bit slow. I'm thinking that for just a hands free headset, I should be able to use Snow Leopard without any additional software.

I have connected my phone and laptop over Bluetooth already, but what should I do to receive calls on the laptop?


texts: I'm following the procedure on Oracle's website to install Java 8, update 73. When I get to step 5 in the procedure and click "Next," the installer window quietly shuts down without and without an error message and Java never installs. I have tried disabling SIP to no avail.


texts: How do I delete podcasts in iTunes without deleting them from my iPod?

texts:
I'm running into a sync behavior that I need to find a way around.  Here's how it worked before (in iTunes 10):

Using iTunes, I would download a podcast from the internet onto my computer.
In iTunes, I would transfer the podcast to my iPod.
In iTunes, I would delete the podcast from my computer.
Then I would unplug my iPod and listen to the podcast on my iPod.
If I replugged my iPod into my computer, the podcast would remain on my iPod.

Here's the problem I'm having now (in iTunes 11):

I download the podcast to my computer,
transfer the podcast to my iPod,
delete the podcast from my computer,
and it also deletes the podcast from my iPod.

How do I stop it from deleting things from my iPod when I delete things from iTunes on my computer?


texts: Can you mirror an iPad to a TV via HDMI adapter while iPad is locked?

texts:
I have an iPad connected to an HDTV using the [Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter] (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter). When the iPad is on everything works nominally: the iPad screen is mirrored to the TV.

Is there a way to continue to push the screen contents when the iPad is locked or smart cover closed? I don't need to see what's on the iPad, I'm basically just using it as a projector.

I know airplay will continue video playback when a cover is closed (at least in some apps). I'm trying to do the same thing over the Digital AV Adapter cable.


texts:
I have an iPhone 4, iPod Touch and iPad... And I have problems with syncing.

If I download an app directly to my iPhone and put it in a folder, and then sync my iPhone with my Mac, it will pull that app out of the folder and put it on the last homescreen of my iPhone.

If I download a song to my iPhone and add it to a playlist, then sync my iPhone with my Mac, it will pull the song out of the playlist and maybe even remove it from my iPhone.

If I sync the iPad or iPod with my Mac, it will add a bunch of random apps that I either previously deleted or did not request at all.

Any ideas how I can make this a more managable process?


texts: How do I run my automator service without opening automator?

texts:
I created an automator service that duplicates a specified folder to the desktop, but I'm unsure how to run this service whenever I need it without having to open automator.

I was thinking it would be available on right-click of a finder window or the desktop for example, or even via keyboard shortcut?


texts: How to UNLOCK rotation of the iPad 2 non retina

texts:
At the bottom of iPad screen, when I swipe up and that pop up appears, there's no picture of rotation lock. Then in settings under General there is a USE SIDE SWITCH TO:  Lock Rotation  (blue check). How do I unlock rotation? I click on the blue check but it doesn't disappear.

EDIT: Every app I click on that used to rotate orientation, now don't rotate.


texts: Sending Control+Alt+  to terminal in iTerm2

texts:
When I press Control + Command + i I would like iTerm2 to send the shortcut as C-M-i (i.e. ctrl+alt+i) to my terminal.
I have
How can I do that?
I have tried with the following with no luck:

Any thoughts on how to get this to work?
Update:
I read the following here:

To have iTerm2 send "C-M-Space" to the terminal:
1) Open: Preferences > Profiles > some session you wish to edit > Keys.
2) Add a new key binding by pressing the "+" button.
3) Select the "Keyboard Shortcut" field, and press ctrl + option + space.
4) Select "Send Hex Code" in the "Action" list.
5) Type "0x1b 0x00" to the field below the list.
6) Click OK and close the preferences window.

I wonder if I can follow the same approach for my problem. How do I find out which Hex Code I need to send for Control+Command+i?
Update 2
After reading this thread, I installed Key Codes and found the following info for Control + Command + i. What specifically am I supposed to enter as a hex codein iTerm2 for this to work?


texts: DHCP Server stopped responding after switching TB to Ethernet Adapter

texts:
OS: 10.10.2 w/ Server.app

I had created a LAG (link aggregate group) on my Mac Mini server. Since then DHCP services stopped working. This is my current bootpd.plist file. The LAG is called bond0 according to my Mac.

Any ideas what I can do to resolve the DHCP issue? None of the clients can obtain an address. Does DHCP not support bonded interfaces?

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs$
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Subnets</key>
        <array>
                <dict>
                        <key>allocate</key>
                        <true/>
                        <key>dhcp_domain_name</key>
                        <string>example.com</string>
                        <key>dhcp_domain_name_server</key>
                        <array>
                                <string>10.0.0.11</string>
                                <string>10.0.0.12</string>
                        </array>
                        <key>dhcp_domain_search</key>
                        <array>
                                <string>example.com</string>
                        </array>
                        <key>dhcp_router</key>
                        <string>10.0.0.1</string>
                        <key>lease_max</key>
                        <integer>604800</integer>
                        <key>name</key>
                        <string>10.0.0.0/24 Network</string>
                        <key>net_address</key>
                        <string>10.0.0.0</string>
                        <key>net_mask</key>
                        <string>255.255.255.0</string>
                        <key>net_range</key>
                        <array>
                                <string>10.0.0.150</string>
                                <string>10.0.0.174</string>
                        </array>
                        <key>selected_port_name</key>
                        <string>bond0</string>
                        <key>uuid</key>
                        <string>0135C3AF-5933-4316-9FD3-ECE1B2F1A57B</string>
                </dict>
        </array>
        <key>dhcp_enabled</key>
        <array>
                <string>bond0</string>
        </array>
        <key>timeServiceStarted</key>
        <string>2015-03-30 20:03:31 +0000</string>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: Shortcuts - Saving a file to specific folder that is NOT ‘/shortcuts/‘

texts: I’m trying to create a shortcut from the sharesheet to save a file to particular iCloud Drive/Files folder. However within the options for the ‘save file’ action in shortcuts only allows me to save into the directory ‘/shortcuts/‘. How do I change this so that I can specify a file path that is not within ‘/shortcuts/‘?


texts: Does anyone know if it’s possible to swap a MacPro 5,1 into a 4,1 case. My 5,1s feet are damaged beyond repair. I know they both use the same sleds and iirc same trays of sorts. I believe they also share the same power supply size, etc. Motherboards different?


texts: I want to get audio in (from TV or other audio source) into iPhone and use iPhones capabilities to send this audio over Bluetooth (BT) to a external BT receiver. Any possibilities to get audio in via the headphone connector or lightning dock and then output this audio via BT?


texts:
I have a particular contact I cannot delete from Address Book.

There was a birthday event in calendar for a person I didn't recognize, so I tried to delete it.  However, Calendar said that I needed to delete it from Contacts, so I opened Address Book and tried to delete the contact.  Right-clicking on the contact's name did not list the option to delete it, the delete card option was grayed out in the Edit menu, and command+delete just make the computer beep.

I found this page with the below command to try.

{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null

It looks like it goes through and changes the ownership of all your files to make sure they're actually yours.  Should I try this solution, or is there a better option to let me delete the unnecessary contact?

I'm running El Capitan, in case that makes the instructions any different.


texts: Is it possible to purchase hardware using my Apple ID credit?

texts: I know that I can purchase apps, music, movies etc. using the credit that's on my Apple ID. But is it also possible to purchase hardware from the online Apple Store, using that same credit on my Apple ID?


texts: Script/Workflow: Select item, print, save as PDF, name sequentially, down arrow to next item

texts:
Yet again I have a task to do that would be great to automate. Yet after searching for examples that are even close I am nowhere.

Here is what I am trying to do:
First I Perform a search by specific year (Only needs to be done once so I can do this manually) Then I select the first record to get things set to run a loop routing. Next will be the repeated actions;

depress COMMAND + SHIFT + P to print
depress my own defined keyboard shortcut "^P" that's tied to an
automator script which then performs a "Save As PDF..."
depress right arrow to move to the end of the generic name
paste the next highest number
depress the "Save" button (Enter/Return Key press)...which puts me
back into the main window where I need to:
depress the down arrow key then go to step "1."

I can not use AppleScript because the database application is not supported and there isn't a dictionary I can open with supported AppleScript definitions.

Seems like Automator would work but really have no clue about Automator and to be honest every time I try and use it I end up spinning my wheels for days then eventually give up because I just need to get the work done.


texts: icloud said it will not let me in for security purposes.  Suggested change of password.  Told me my birthday was wrong.  Then said it sent me email to change password and no show.  This is ongoing.


texts: Apple BROKE importing "iTunes Library.xml", now ONLY imports playlists - not everything

texts:
As the title says the old "import 'iTunes Library.xml' and migrate everything" trick is no longer working as of iTunes 12.5.5.9 at least.

Does anyone know a workaround or alternate technique for achieving the old behavior? I was in the middle of merging almost a DOZEN older iTunes libraries when I noticed the trick had stopped working!


texts: How can I printscreen in X11 Environment?

texts:
I use Wireshark and it runs under X11 environment I want take some screenshot from wireshark windows but
cmd + shift + 3  or cmd + shift + 4 or ... didn't work there is there any way that I could take some screen shot in X11 environment?


texts: Mac Book Pro Retina Failed to Connect External Monitor via HDMI port with Intel Iris

texts:
I want to connect my MBP 2015 to my external monitor http://www.asus.com/Monitors/VS239H/ through HDMI port. I found out that by using AMD Radeon, my MBP's battery is draining fast and the fan is noisy. So, I try to use gfxCardStatus to use Intel Iris Only.

But, it just doesn't connect at all. The external monitor doesn't detect my MBP (it says HDMI No Signal). My MBP also doesn't detect my external monitor.

Why does it happen? And how can I do it?


texts: iPad Air Refurbished losing Touch Sensitivity during usage

texts:
After roughly 1 hour of being switched on, my iPad progressively loses it's gradient of touch-sensitivity.

For example - if I'm using Garageband, the drums gradually lose their velocity sensitivity.

The problem disappears only after a reboot. iPad is new (refurbished).


texts:
My father in law has recenly bought himself an iPad Pro and an iPhone X. He would like to give his grandsons his old iPad 3 which he hasn't used for over a year. Wanting to wipe it, I came up across the Activation Lock.

Try as we might we can't work out the username nor the password to be used. The fact that my father in law tends to create new accounts at Gmail with each new device (!) doesn't help, because we can't even work ouy which email address was used to lock the iPad. It could be any one of the following, or something completely different:

john.doe@gmail.com
jdoe@gmail.com
j.doe@gmail.com
john.doe50@gmail.com

and so-on!

The iPad is only showing that we need to use the email address 'j*****@gmail.com' to unlock it.

We have managed to log into two different AppleID accounts on the web using addresses we have managed to work out, and in both cases had to change the AppleID password in order to log in, but:

neither shows the iPad in question in the list of devices, we have found the new iPhone X and his old iPhone 6
these email addresses with the newly created passwords don't let you log in to Activation Lock on the iPad (the iPad is connected to the internet)

I therefore have four questions:

Will the iPad definitely appear in the AppleID devices section of the correct account?
Is there a way to identify the precise email address used to lock the iPad, either:

through trial and error? (perhaps different error messages indicate that it's the wrong address, while others indicate it's the right address and the wrong password) or...
via a tool that is able to extract this information over USB? (I'm not looking for tools that crack the iPad)

Is it the account's original password or is it the account's current password?
Do incorrect password attempts on the Activation Lock screen cause Activation Lock or AppleID account to be locked, either permanently or temporarily?

Sorry for what are probably stupid questions, I come from the Android side of the fence, so this is all new to me!


texts: Very strange partition table: Missing a sector between Main and Recovery partition

texts:
So I have been trying to get Windows 7 on my machine using no DVD or USB (I have only an ISO to work with). I used various combinations of Boot Camp, Toast Titanium, Virtualbox / VMWare, Disk Utility, and rEFIt to attempt this, and after realizing that nothing had worked and getting a DVD-RW, I set about putting everything back to normal, i.e:

Changing my MBR table back to a single EFI protective partition spanning the entire disk (apparently, Boot Camp magically did that for me)
Making my OS X partition fill my whole disk again (in the EFI table, using Disk Utility).

So now everything looks pretty much fine from the outside, but there's on detail that bothers me a little bit. Here's the output from diskutil list:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s4

As you can see, I have no disk0s3 partition. My Recovery HD partition should be in disk0s3 and I should have no disk0s4. But I have no idea how this came about or how severe it is, and only the faintest idea how to fix it (deleting, making a new Recovery HD, not sure if that'll work)

As well, here is the output from rEFIt's Partition Inspector:

*** Report for internal hard disk ***

Current GPT partition table:
 #      Start LBA      End LBA  Type
 1             40       409639  EFI System (FAT)
 2         409640    975503591  Mac OS X HFS+
 3      975503592    976773127  Mac OS X Boot

Current MBR partition table:
 # A    Start LBA      End LBA  Type
 1              1    976773167  ee  EFI Protective

MBR contents:
 Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable

Partition at LBA 40:
 Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
 File System: FAT32
 Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)

Partition at LBA 409640:
 Boot Code: None
 File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
 Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+

Partition at LBA 975503592:
 Boot Code: None
 File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
 Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Mac OS X Boot

Which confirms that my MBR table is in the right place, and also tells me that my disk0s2 and disk0s4 are indeed right next to each other, so there is no invisible partition in between.

Thanks for your help!

Matt


texts: Which app will help me remove limitations on DVDs?

texts:
I purchased an exercise DVD that was created by a local health practitioner. Whoever created the DVD for her used some wonky settings that prevent me from being able to go into fast-forward mode on my DVD player. The DVD is not copy-protected.

Is there a Mac program that I can get that will let me make a copy of the DVD but without silly settings such as "no fast forwarding"?


texts: How to find lost ipod touch that's offline. Bluetooth is still on and can connect to my headphones

texts:
My 3 year old niece was playing with my ipod touch and she can't remember where she put it last. It's still in the house somewhere but i can't find it.

The wifi is off but the bluetooth is still on and connects to my wireless headphones when i turn them on.

I've tried to switch off the headphones while playing a song so it plays through the ipod speaker but it automatically pauses the song.

Is there're any way i can turn on the wifi? what are my options?


texts: Why does macOS Catalina install and/or update fail with "OSStatus error -37"?

texts:
Both after updating from macOS Mojave 10.14.6 to macOS Catalina 10.15.5 and again when updating from 10.15.5 to 10.15.6, the installation failed with OSStatus error -37. This failure leaves the computer in an endless update loop where it tries to perform the software installation, fails, reboots, and tries again. Forcing the computer to boot from the main internal drive fails: the computer is no longer bootable.
A clean install does work successfully. But, installing macOS Catalina (or a Catalina update) in-place fails.
How can I resolve the installation failure without wiping my computer clean and reinstalling from scratch?


texts: Game Center friend invites not working in iOS 10

texts:
When sending a Game Center Friend Invite from the Matchmaking screen of an App the invited player cannot join the Game.

When clicking on the Game Center Invite in iMessage it will open the Settings App instead of launching the Game.

Is this a problem on my end or is it a problem at Apples end.
Does anyone else experience this problem?
If not.
How can you fix this.


texts: Are the files in an encrypted dmg actually in plain text on the hard disk

texts:
It seems standard to use Disk Utility to create an encrypted disk image. I would like to know how secure this is. I can imagine that the "encrypted" files are not really encrypted at all, and continue to lie on the hard disk in plain, unencrypted form. Are the individual files or file chunks themselves encrypted?

If one is lucky, one can recover deleted files from a hard disk. It might, as far as I know, be just as easy or maybe easier to recover files on an encrypted dmg.

My question is: what are the facts here? And how secure are the files in an encrypted disk images?


texts: Mail for Mac will not accept my password

texts:
I have an imac running OSX 10.6.8 on which Mail for Mac 4.6 is installed. I use this app to access my .mac account - this being a MobileMe IMAP account. Since midday today I have been unable to access my inbox or send mail - I am repeatedly told my password is wrong. I have repeatedly reentered my password to no avail. I am able to access my account through iCloud (web based) using my usual password, so clearly I know the password and am not entering it wrongly in Mail. I have checked all the other IMAP and STMP settings - they are correct.
I am also able to access the account through my father's iPad - but have had to set up 2 factor authentication for this to happen. I am wondering if I need 2 factor to access from Mail - but cannot find any way of generating or entering such a password. Help!


texts:
In Pre-Yosemite, I had some finder menu services (i.e. Right-Click, see 'Services' in menu, hover over, and you'd see Services created in Automator) that I made. As a developer, these were very handy as I'd often have to rename a large amount of files to some criteria (i.e. removing/replacing/adding text). I can make services fine now, and even get them to work within Automator (dragging and dropping the file(s) into Automator). However, if I right-click the file(s), hover over 'Service' and select my service, it never runs. In fact, if I check Activity Monitor, I see 'Automator Runner' just hanging there (one for each time I try). I have tried restarting and logging out and in. This doesn't fix it.

Note: I am running OS X Yosemite.


texts: How do I make an AppleScript with a drop-down menu without Xcode?

texts: How do I make an AppleScript that displays a drop-down menu without using Xcode?


texts:
Is it possible to remove all/most offline documentation from XCode 5, to free up disk space?

I would assume it is possible to make XCode (like Visual Studio in Windows) access documentation online, so removing offline documentation doesn't affect any functionality. Yes?


texts:
I've setup one very simple rule that applies to messages from one sender... the rule works just like it should (most of the time).

Randomly, after I've restarted Mail the rule will be unchecked, so all of the new emails that were supposed to have been moved aren't. So I dutifully go i and check it back on when this happens, and drag the emails where they belong. this started when I up graded to Mavericks (a week or two after it was released). It has become very irritating by now, and I wanted to know if anybody else has had this problem and found a solution, or if somebody has a suggestion on what I could do to keep that rule checked off!


texts:
For some reasons I need to disable System Integrity Protection (SIP). But when I try to enter utilities by rebooting my Mac with Command+R, I get an earth icon and a message about recovering from internet.

After an extremely long time waiting nothing seems to happen.

All I want to do is go to Utilities so I can disable SIP. How do I do this?


texts: Severe Wifi dropping on Macbook Pro - Have to restart to turn back on

texts:
I have a 17" Early 2008 Macbook Pro running lion 10.7.2. And about 3 weeks ago, this problem started occurring where my interent would stop working randomly. I go to toggle the Wi-Fi on and off, but when I try to turn Wi-fi on, it does nothing and the wifi icon remains an empty wedge.

Trying to turn Wi-Fi on from System preferences also does nothing - same empty signal.

But if I restart my Mac I can get on Wi-Ffi normally and it will last from a couple hours to a couple minutes till it drops again and I need to restart to get back on.

I searched all over the web for a solution and tried to

reordering wifi above the other service in System Preferences
deleting 'SystemConfiguration' folder in under library>preferences
reinstalling Lion from recovery disk
Reset PRAM
Reset SMC

Nothing works. And I haven't found anyone on the web with the same problem.

Has anyone seen this problem before? Is it a Lion issue? Or is it hardware, like a messed up airport card?

Any help would be so greatly appreciated.

UPDATE

For anyone else who may stumble upon this issue, I've been dealing with this issue for a couple weeks and took it to the genius bar. After having me completely wipe my harddrive and do a fresh install of the OS and manual install of all my programs, It is conclusively a hardware problem. And the fix is to have your airport card replaced. Which is about $120.


texts: Skype for Business has no sound and I am not able to make calls

texts:
So first of all I have checked sounds settings, tested normal Skype client, updated Skype for Business, uninstalled and re-installed it, etc. and my microphone and speaker are working as expected in regular Skype client and in general.

But when I join a meeting with Skype for Business, I can't hear anyone speak and they don't seem to see me as a participant in the conversation. My mic is muted right away and the button is disabled. I have tested meetings created by my self, and ones created by others. I also seem to being having troubles calling others (one to one). It gives me the classic sound from Skype when calling but the others are not receiving the call. My college then tried to call me and that worked fine, calls and sound was fine.

I just experienced that when joining the meeting my colleague says I have a status as "Not in the call" when he howers over my icon and after waiting a bit I actually got a message from Skype saying that the call could not be made. So maybe when I am joining the meeting I am actually not with the voice call - and I cant make calls directly to others.

Making calls/joining meetings from my windows laptop works.. but not from my macbook.

Any ideas how to resolve this?

I am running Skype for Business version 16.26.19 on a 15" 2018 MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave.


texts: Why does iPad Video App Not Group TV Shows Correctly?

texts:
I have iTunes (10.6.1) running on a mac mini with home sharing enabled. It also syncs to 3 1st gen Apple TVs. On my Apple TVs, the shows are sorted properly by series name, with the episodes listed when I select a series. However on my iPad (1st Gen, running IOS 5.1), when looking at my shared Library, I see an image for each episode, which when I click it, shows a list of the episodes for that season of the series. I can select and watch an episode from there.

The problem is, I have way too many episodes to make this efficient, even to get to the Ds takes a lot of scrolling, and my list is cut off at the Ds.

I have seen other questions that sort of address this issue, but not quite directly, and none of the answers solve my problem, although they do point me at the meta data for the shows. I have removed artwork from each episode of several series and added the same image to each episode of a series and I still get multiple images for a given season of a series.

Any suggestions so I can group each series season under one (and only one) image when viewing the shared library on my iPad?

edit 4/9 07:40 I checked on a 2nd Gen Apple TV, accessing the the same home sharing library, all TV shows were grouped appropriately.
Most of my TV shows are ripped from DVDs. The ones purchased from iTunes do group correctly, There are a couple of ripped shows that seem to be grouped properly, but I have not yet figured out what is different about them.


texts: Apple Mail search & smart mailboxes stopped working

texts:
Since I upgraded to macOS Catalina this weak, the following features of Apple Mail no longer work:

Search
Flagged Mail
Smart Mailboxes

I have tried reindexing everything using Spotlight and also rebuilding the mailboxes, but neither of these things works. What can I do? This seems like a real mess-up by Apple.


texts: Is there software that allows me to use my Macbook Pro as a second monitor for iMac?

texts: I'd like to do monitor spanning with my Macbook Pro next to my iMac, I haven't really found a good solution, anyone use anything they can recommend? I'm using Lion. Thanks.


texts: Disable startup sound when turning on my Macbook M1

texts:
I am looking for a way to turn off that useless sound every time I open / turn on my Macbook.
This is a Macbook Air (M1, 2020) currently on Big Sur 11.0.1
I already tried something without success:

this script:  https://github.com/matteoacrossi/nobootsound
the simple command  "sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80"

Someone can help ???
Thank you !


texts: keyboard cover for iPad Mini 2019 (gen 5)

texts:
I recently bought an iPad Mini 5. I'm now trying to find a keyboard cover/stand that I can use to more easily watch videos and play games without having to constantly support the screen. I know Logitech makes them but they haven't yet come out with a model that supports gen 5 (reference?), and I was told by a store clerk at a local retailer that the Gen 4 models aren't compatible since hardware buttons have moved (which buttons - the key caps?). Per this chat thread, here are my requirements.

The must have is connectivity and one standard USB charging connector

Nice to have are:

printed AZERTY keyboard layout (even better if it's Belgian AZERTY) so I don’t have to use software layouts or modify the keys
reliable bluetooth wireless connection to the iPad
reasonably long battery life
major brand that's known for quality and honoring warranty service without hassle
charging port is lightning, micro USB second preferred

What brand and model would you recommend if you have experience knowing one works. Better, how can I understand what requirements / features are needed to evaluate which keyboards will work at all so I can then shop for price on the nice to have?


texts: How can I change the order of messages in Mail for Lion?

texts:
Suddenly the most recent message in Mail is at the bottom of the list instead of the top. How do I change the ordering of messages?

I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5, Lion.


texts: Xcode 5.1.1 crashes on 10.9.5 Mavericks when run in User Account but runs in Guest Account

texts:
Model Name: iMac
  Model Identifier: iMac9,1
  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
  Number of Processors: 1
  Total Number of Cores: 2
  L2 Cache: 6 MB
  Memory: 4 GB
  Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
  Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
  SMC Version (system): 1.37f3

Xcode 5.1.1 does not load up on Mavericks 10.9.5 when logging in from my User Account. However it does run from my Guest Account. I have deleted Xcode preferences , reinstalled Xcode 5.1.1 from the App Store and still the same behaviour occurs. Have also tried if changing the security settings Mac App Store only, Mac App Store and Registered Developers and Anywhere ; regardless of the security setting chosen the Xcode application doesn't load. This is truly annoying and stymies my productivity. I am not currently registered on a Mac Developer program but am registered with an Apple ID and can log into the Developer centre.

I would really like to get this solved.


texts: iMac (early 2008 macOS 10.11) showing colourful lines during startup

texts:
I recently fixed an old iMac (early 2008) that was showing lines during boot and then going into white screen, I installed Ubuntu Server first and the problem seemed to have gone away, then i tried installing Debian but it broke it so I reinstalled it with Ubuntu Desktop. The problem seemed to be gone, so then I reinstalled it with OS X 10.9 and updated it up to 10.10 and then 10.11, it ran ok, even supporting Minecraft OptiFine 1.9. Then after shutting it down normally, it started showing lines (sometimes CYMK, sometimes RGB, sometimes black and cyan) again as if I hadn’t done anything. Help?

UPDATE: It seems to work perfectly when i hold the escape key during startup (but not when i don't), im not sure whats going on...? Doesn’t Work anymore, ig I’ll have to turn it into parts


texts: When I add a contact from my keypad screen and save it the contact doesn't show up in my contacts list.  But if they call or text me it recognizes the contact.  Why is it doing this and how do I fix it?


texts: What type of connection does a Macbook Pro DVD Drive use?

texts: My DVD drive isn't working at the moment. I attempted to put another drive in instead, but that didn't work either. My friend suggested that there might be a problem with the connection. What type of connection do I have to obtain?


texts:
I would like to use Jabber with OTR Encoding on my iPad. Which clients are supporting this?

Apps already tried:

ChatSecure doesn't seem to work with XMPP.
IM+ Pro is not recommended.
Trillian has no OTR support.


texts: How long does it take to Erase All Content and Settings on iPhone 5?

texts:
Corporate policy at my job requires a lockscreen passcode on iDevices with corporate email on them, even personal. Yesterday, I set my password, then 5 minutes later had to use it. When I entered it, the phone says it was wrong. I entered it the magic number of wrong times, and so began the Great Purge of 2013 (data wiped from device). I stopped this from finishing (power + home button until it shut down).

I'm willing to let this process complete, as long as I'll still be at 6.1.2 when it finishes. Does anyone know how long the process takes with a 16GB iPhone 5 (A1428)? I've read the Apple article about it, which tells me that it supports hardware encryption, and the process should only take minutes, but I let it go for about 2 hours, and nothing. I wonder if, by "minutes" Apple means like 600 minutes or something.

Does jailbreaking affect the amount of time the wipe takes? Any input would be helpful. I'm just really trying to avoid 6.1.4.


texts: Mavericks - Safari 7 - BROKEN Animated GIF

texts:
Animated GIF are things of the past (remember 90's web site) ... but some cool kids are still using it : 9gag

Well they are seriously broken when display in Safari 7 ... has anyone an idea.

Running Maveriks on my MBA 11".


texts: iPhone: Settings > Safari > Databases no longer visible

texts:
All,

I'm trying to see the local storage databases on my iPhone.

A variety of Google searches made this clear - if you go to "Settings", then "Safari" - you'll see a "Database" panel (just under "Accept Cookies...")

However, on MY iPhone - "Databases" is not listed.

I'm 99.9% sure that I HAVE databases on my phone:

I'm testing an HTML5 application that uses a database. According to the app, the database exists, and I can write to and read from it
I use Gmail through Safari - I'm virtually certain that it uses a database

I'm also virtually certain that I recall seeing the "Database" options in the past.

I just upgraded to iOS 4.3.5 - is it possible that this version moved the function to view the databases to someplace besides Settings > Safari? If so, where?

Or, is it a bug that the databases aren't getting displayed?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
My team is starting to get large enough (9 and growing) that I'm looking for some thoughts on best ways to support our MacBook Pros & Airs. I'm fairly new to Macs though, much more comfortable with Linux. But now I'm looking for best practices to:

Configure and deploy new Macs (or repurpose existing ones)
Install and manage software of Macs that are in active use
Install software updates from Apple & third-party developers
Provide secure login and user experience management on each Mac
Inventory or asset management

I don't think I need enterprise solutions (and don't have a enterprise budget) but would like any pointers on best way to go about this.


texts: How do I show a certificate's detail in OS X Mail (Lion)

texts:
I run my own mail servers and have them set up to support SSL connections over IMAP/SMTP. They are GoDaddy SSL certificates and are recognized by Mail and IOS since the root authority (godaddy) is trusted.

However, I suspected that I am coming up on my expiration for the SSL certificate on one of my mail servers, so I want to look at the certificate's expiry date - I can't find where to do this in Mail and I can't find a certificate for my server in key chain. I suspect it's not there since there is nothing to add - the root certificate (godaddy) is there, so there is no reason to add my child certificate.

How do I look at SSL certificate attributes in OS X? Where can I find my certificate? In Thunderbird you just click on server > security and hit certificates.


texts: Where did this iCloud profile avatar come from?

texts:
I created an iCloud account for my daughter, and her profile has an avatar assigned to it that I didn’t choose:

I think it’s Stitch from the Disney film Lilo and Stitch and appears in my daughter’s contact record and in the family iCloud settings. The picture has been on the account since the moment I created it, and my daughter does not currently know of the existence of this account (or currently have any iOS devices), so can not have uploaded it herself.

Was this automatically selected by Apple? I created an account for my son last year and it didn’t have an avatar, and neither does my own, so I was wondering if this could have been picked up from another service she has a profile on (although I checked Gravatar and she doesn’t have one on there).


texts: Triple boot on Macbook Air with external SSD

texts:
I own a 2015 Macbook Air running Mojave. I plan to triple boot Mac, Windows 10, and Linux by installing them (Windows and Linux) on an external SSD and booting from there. Preferably, I don't want to use rEFind or similar, as I don't want to make any (major) changes to my Mac.

In my search for answers, this thread in particular caught my eye as a viable solution, however a full explanation on how to resolve the problem was not given.

Basically, I would like to have a full list of steps (doesn't have to be too detailed) that would allow a new-ish user like me to complete a triple boot from start to finish, elaborating on this step:

  Use more than one EFI partition. A drive can have more than one EFI partition. Additional EFI partitions do not have to reside at the beginning of the drive.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I have found a good resource over here which covers how to setup up all the boot files, and installs rEFInd on the external drive rather than the internal one. I will edit again to confirm if it works :) In the meantime, I am satisfied with existing person's documentation of the beginning steps.

EDIT 2: I have successfully triple booted from an external SSD, so thanks to everyone who helped me plus the random writer on Medium. It seems like Linux distros are getting better every day, because apparently by mounting the drive's EFI partition to /boot/efi during installation, Manjaro's boot manager handles both the Linux and Windows operating systems. To be honest the hardest part was writing Windows to the USB. I still have a few problems with Linux to sort out (no wifi drivers, Nvidia graphics card causing GRUB to not boot) but everything's well documented.


texts: What hardware do you need to buy in order to publish apps to the iTunes/iOS App Store?

texts:
For a company, in order to be able to publish an app for iPhone/iPad to the App Store what hardware does it need to register?

I know that you need to register your development devices. What is the minimum that you need to register? Is a MacBook Air enough? Or do you also need to register an iPhone, iPad?

I am just starting and I prefer to test it on friends devices, as I don't have the money to buy them now...


texts: Keyboard shortcut not working in yosemite

texts:
Here is the screen shot and it's not working anymore after upgrading to Yosemite

NOTE: Although if I add this shortcuts under all applications then it works.
I don't know why it's not working, wasted my time and I found on apple discussion forum that in Languages there should be only one language and that doesn't work for me.


texts:
On Linux file manager, I think Dolphin (not sure right now, sorry) I can open Konsole just hitting F4. I would like to have the same on MacOS/Finder, openning Terminal instead. Is it possible?

I'm on El Captain.


texts: Why do editors such as BBEdit and Textmate have the option of ending your file in a newline (line break)? Why is that important?

texts: Sorry about the n00b question but why is this an option? Is there any caveats to not ending a file with a line break?


texts:
I want to rename multiple files at once. For example:

Picture1.jpg
Picture2.jpg
Picture3.jpg
Picture4.jpg

into

Vacation-Picture1.jpg
Vacation-Picture2.jpg
Vacation-Picture3.jpg
Vacation-Picture4.jpg

I am quite familiar with the terminal, if there is no app which is quite good in renaming files.


texts:
I want to edit MKV video files (anime). Naturally I want to use iMovie / Final Cut. But sadly they can't import MKV?

What is the recommended thing to do? Should I convert the files first or use a different software that does support MKV?

I'm a total newbie to video editing so I have no real attachment to any software, thanks!


texts: Youtube videos will not play under OSX 10.6.8

texts:
I get a black rectangle with the "f" icon, but it won't play when I click on it.

Apple stopped updating OSX 10.6.8 so is its Flash too out of date to run?


texts: Can iOS devices be connected to the Thunderbolt port on Macs?

texts:
I saw an image on a rumor for a new Apple connector to attach the new iOS devices to my Mac using the Thunderbolt port.

This would be great because the one port on my MacBook Air that isn't in use all the time is the Thunderbolt port. The image looks badly doctored, however, and I can't find any substantiated evidence that this product exists.

Is there a way to connect new iOS devices to the monitor port on new Macs?


texts: Terminal command to determine the last time a MacBook Pro was unplugged from AC Power?

texts:
We have multiple users that are assigned MacBook Pro's who we know never take them away from their desks. We need some sort of proof to repurpose this hardware and issue them an iMac. We would really like a terminal command we can send or a script we could run to determine the last time the laptop was unplugged.

So far everything we've found just tells you its current state, but not "timer"?


texts: How do I disable DVD player auto start when a DVD is inserted by using Terminal

texts: If anyone can help me with this it would be the best! I have just installed 150 Mac minis in a hotel and I'm using remote desktop management to control them. Now I need to disable DVD player auto start when a DVD is inserted. I would like to know if it's possible to do this by using Terminal?


texts: Open fullscreen apps to left of Desktop 1 space

texts:
In Settings -> Mission Control, you have the option to open a new space to the far right or to the right of the current space via the "Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use" checkbox.

What is a way, perhaps through a terminal command or otherwise, to have new spaces open to the left of Desktop 1 (primary space)?


texts: Using 3 external displays with the rMBP 13"?

texts: I would like to replace my main dev machine (currently a custom built desktop machine) with a Macbook Pro. I have been using three external 24" 1920x1200 displays for many years now and found this setup to be very productive and want to keep using it after switching to a Mac. Now, with previous Macbook Pros such a setup was problematic, but I saw that this is now possible with at least the rMBP 15" by using 2 Thunderbold + 1 HDMI connections. Is this also an option with the rMBP 13"? If so, would this work well or is the Intel graphic chip in the rMBP 13" too slow for this?


texts: How can I check if my iCloud email address or Apple ID has been compromised?

texts: We have 8 Apple IDs made up of 4 iCloud email addresses and 4 other email addresses. Is there an Apple service or other way for me to check if any of these addresses have been hacked?


texts: How to copy and paste styles with Keynote?

texts:
I am using Keynote'09 and have to change a lot of text to specific styles. Since I can't define text styles I have to work around this missing function.
Here is a simple example with a style I would have named Important if I could. But I can't.

To use this style on another location I use the Copy Style (⌥⌘C) and Paste Style (⌥⌘V) of the Format menu.

Here is a starting document where word1 is using the style Important:

I select word1 and copy its style (⌥⌘C). Then I select word2 and paste the style just copied
(⌥⌘V). word2 is correctly modified, but the style of the whole line is also changed:
.
The bullet was eaten!

Since this is something I would like to do about a hundred times on a normal presentation this is a real nightmare.

My question is 3 (but they are highly related):

Did I made an error in my use of this function: copy & paste style?

Is this a known bug?

Is this bug fixed in more recent versions of Keynote?


texts: iTunes Connect - Use different bank account in the Agreement, Tax and Banking

texts:
I wanted to buy an Apple developer account, I live in Pakistan and my country is not in Apple supported countries.

I asked my friend who lives in the United kingdom to buy an account for me and thanks to him he did. Now, I have an account, but I need to setup Baking and Tax information in iTunes connect. That is where I need your guidance! Can you help with these questions?

Can I set up my bank account instead of my friend (whose credit card
was used to buy account and the account is in his name) to receive
money in? (My Pakistani bank is available in supporting banks)
Do I need to fill US tax form? If yes, then which options I should
select?    I find it very confusing. (I want to sell my apps at all
Over the    World)

Thank you in advance!


texts: Multiple Enterprise Developer License account for a single DUNS number

texts:
We are a small startup with only a single DUNS number.  However we need to make apps for each of our clients. As part of our business model, we do all the licensing for the clients.

Is it possible to have multiple Enterprise Developer License account for a single DUNS number?

For example:
Apple ID Client - Derek's Company XYZ
Enrollment ID: 1TL2Z8535Z
D-U-N-S® 1111222334

Using this DUNS number, I was able to get an enterprise license for Apple Developer account: Derek.company@xyz.com

Using the same DUNS number, can I create an second and a third enterprise license for Apple Developer account, Derek.company_two@xyz.com, and Derek.company_three@xyz.com?


texts: How do I replace an alias by the original file it is linking to?

texts:
I have a folder containing several alias for pdf's that each have > 200 mb. Each pdf is in a different location on my drive.

I need to compress all of those files.

What is the fastest way to do it?

There is always the slow way of going to each of the alias, right clicking it, copying the original to a predefined folder, repeat this procedure for every alias and finally compress the folder with all the original pdfs

Evidently this will take forever! Is there a fastest way? For example using Terminal.

Related, Is it possible to copy the original file of an alias using keyboard shortcuts?


texts: Asign unallocated free space on external volume to (new) partition OSX

texts:
I formated a external USB drive to mount with 10 different volumes. (Actually I forgot how i made this work)

The drive will not show as being partitioned in drive utility in OSX but show all volumes(MBR) on this drive as kind of individual ones which are not related like partitions are.

With diskutil in terminal I was able to delete the unnecessary volumes. But now I have a 2TB drive with only two volumes left, which share 400GB together. So the unallocated space is missing and I do not know how to reallocate it either asigning it to one of the volumes or by creating a new volume which takes all unalloacted space. Does anybody know what to do?

I would realy want to avoid erasing the whole disk, as the two volumes keep backups of different machines.

Disk

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS Name1                200.2 GB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Name2                200.2 GB   disk2s5

sudo gpt -r show disk2

       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1   390965066
   390965067   390965064      1  MBR part 175
   781930131  2345790390      2  MBR part 5
  3127720521   779308647

Is there any way to keep the two left volumes and allocate the free space?

Best, hirschferkel

Disk: /dev/disk2    geometry: 243201/255/63 [3907029168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 390965067 -  390965064] HFS+
 2: 05 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 781930131 - 2345790390] Extended DOS
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [2736755457 -  390965064] HFS+
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused


texts: How to mount a .sparsebundle after External Hard drive mounts

texts:
I have an external hard drive, with which there is a .sparsebundle that I use for TimeMachine backups. I want to automatically mount this .sparsebundle after the external Drive mounts. I've tried making an AppleScript app to launch on startup, however, it doesn't work. Here is what I have so far.

tell application "Finder"
try
    (mount volume) / Volumes / External
on error
    return
end try

if exists disk "External" then
    do shell script "hdiutil attach /Volumes/External/TimeMachine/TimeMachineTest.sparsebundle"
else
    display dialog "Unable to mount TimeMachine"
end if
end tell

edit:

I made an AppleScript application that mounts the .sparsebundle, but only when its launched. I want this to run whenever the external drive is mounted.

 set mountedVolumes to do shell script "ls /Volumes/"
   if (mountedVolumes contains "External") is true then
     do shell script "hdiutil attach /Volumes/External/TimeMachine/TimeMachineTest.sparsebundle"
 end if


texts: The folder containing your music library cannot be found. Appears even after finding my library

texts:
When I attempt to open my Music app on my MacBook Pro (Early 2013), MacOS Catalina version 10.15.7, this message appears.
When selecting Choose library, it takes me to my Music Folder where my iTunes folder is stored. Clicking on this folder and then selecting on iTunes Library.itl file as per the screenshots below simply takes me back to the original message.

I would prefer not to have to Create a new library from scratch or to use an older iTunes version (next oldest version was 2018, and I have used Music multiple times since then). The last time I used Music was in late 2020 or early 2021.
How I can get around this message and use my current iTunes library?


texts:
A friend asked me to help her with her old iPhone 4 (she has upgraded to a 7). When I turn it on, it says, "iPhone is disabled" and "connect to iTunes."

When I do so, iTunes reports that it is locked with a passcode, and that I need to type that in to continue. However, the iPhone does not display a keypad or allow any sort of input.

Apple suggests the only solution is a wipe, but this will lose all of her photos.

Can photos be retrieved (at a minimum) from a disabled iPhone 4?


texts: Terminal/Safari Cannot Resolve Host But Chrome Can Connect

texts:
I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with OS X 10.11.5.

Internet connection works only for Chrome. Safari and several terminal apps cannot connect to internet due to resolve host failure.

I read the following posts in stackexchange that describe similar connectivity issues: My native mac apps are not connecting to the internet, but Google Chrome does and works correctly. Why is this?

On the terminal:

ping google.com: ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host
ping 8.8.8.8: 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
curl google.com: curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'google.com'
curl 8.8.8.8: curl: (7) Failed to connect to 8.8.8.8 port 80: Operation timed
ssh {servername} : ssh: Could not resolve hostname {servername}: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
nslookup google.com: This works correctly.
dig google.com: This works correctly.

I tried the followings a lot of times to no avail:

Renewing/turning off&on/inputting manually DHCP.
Restarting/resetting the router and the macbook.
Turning WiFi on/off. This fixes the problem for a few minutes but then the connection drops again.
Set all network configurations except wifi to "make service unavailable" in network preferences.
Checked and copied all network settings from another macbook pro that's connected and online on my network.
Ran network diagnostic and assistant tools
Set Network > Wifi > Advanced > DNS > DNS servers to OpenDNS ip addresses: 208.67.222.222
No Proxies is checked or set under Network > Wifi > Advanced > Proxies.
Set TCP/IP > Configure IPv6 to "Link-local only" as suggested here:  Constantly dropping internet on El Capitan?
Logging in and connecting to internet with guest user account.

I tried running the following commands to reset DNS but they didn't run neither

$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist: Could not find specified service

$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

I didn't try the followings:

Resetting SMC
Removed the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration folder.
Removed network password from keychain.

Other information that might be relevant:

OS X Firewall is off.
I tried the following commands on terminal:

$ ifconfig en1
en1: flags=963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
     options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
     ether 4a:00:03:bd:de:d0
     media: autoselect <full-duplex>
     status: inactive
$ ifconfig awdl0
awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1484
     ether 76:aa:18:a6:c9:49
     inet6 fe80::74aa:18ff:fea6:c949%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
     nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
     media: autoselect
     status: active
$ sudo ifconfig awdl0 down

I did the last command because it was suggested here: Constantly dropping internet on El Capitan?

My modem router has no black/whitelist for any MAC addresses.
skype app doesn't connect. It is stuck in "connecting" state.

flushing DNS cache didn't help neither:

$ sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
$ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
No matching processes were found

Here are the DNS server settings:

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
nameserver 192.168.43.1

I run sysdiagnose command to produce the following report:

sysdiagnose_2016.12.19 (Dropbox d/l)
I can run mDNSResponder command on terminal. It returns no message back.


texts: getting text messages on my computer from my iphone

texts: can i look at my text messages from imessage on my computer? because im grounded from my iphone and need to check my messages from friends. any ideas on what I can use?


texts: So, my iPhone 4 just decided to restore itself

texts:
Well, I left it plugged in via USB and charging.  iTunes was open.  Nothing unusual.  Until an hour or so later, out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a zooming shiny apple animation, picked it up and was prompted to "Set up my iPhone".  Ugh.  I haven't backed it up for 10 days or so and there's stuff on there I really want to keep.  So I went through the setup, enabling location, selecting my router, and then trying to activate the phone, all the while hoping once completed everything would be just as I'd left it, right as rain.  But I can't get past the activation stage.  And when I opt to activate through iTunes, iTunes complains that the iPhone's software is too old.  At this point I should mention I'm a registered developer, and my iPhone was running iOS 5 beta 3.

When plugged into iTunes it displays 8.7 GB of space taken, all marked as "Other", and it's still on build version 9A5259f, i.e. beta 3.  So I'm reasonably optimistic my precious data's still on there.  But I can't use it to see.  And when I try to back it up now, nothing happens.

I'm guessing this could be because beta 3's expired?  Maybe?  I didn't get around to updating it because for some reason over the air updates wouldn't work.  Any advice on what my next move should be would be very greatly appreciated!


texts: Alert says "iTunes can not be opened while it is being updated." but nothing ever changes

texts:
For the past week I have been getting this message when I try to open iTunes.

It doesn't matter how long I wait, nothing ever changes. If I reboot my computer and try to open iTunes immediately after startup, iTunes will open normally. But eventually this same message will appear again after closing iTunes and trying to open it again later. I am running El Capitan 10.11.6 on a late 2012 iMac. Has anyone else experienced this or a similar issue and does anyone know of way to resolve this problem?


texts:
I got new headphones, namely Sony wh-1000xm4.
Audio quality is terrible versus if played from a samsung phone.
I have downloaded x-code developer tools including Bluetooth explorer.
Through Audio Options I can select Force use of aptX, but that doesn't do much after viewing in graphing utility.
If I open microphone settings in audio I can drop the codec to SBO, but there is no way to have aptX.
I have set higher quality audio as in this answer in the sony app but it hasn't changed anything.
Is this a persistent issue for all bluetooth devices with mac?
Alternatively, is there another codec setting that can be enabled so the audio sounds normal?


texts: Why does Keychain ask for the same password twice?

texts:
For security reasons, I have a different password on my keychain than my user account password.  I have achieved this by opening Keychain Access.app, right-clicking on the Login keychain, choosing update Keyring 'Login' settings and then changing the password and selecting lock keyring when computer is sleeping.

What I expect when I unlock my computer, when an app such as Mail.app tries to access the Keyring, I am prompted for the Login Keyring password.  This does occur.  But since multiple apps request the password, multiple dialog windows pop up asking for the Login Keyring password.  Even though entering the password into the first dialog window unlocks the keyring, the other dialogs cannot be dismissed until I put my password into each one.  Any idea how to get prompted for the password only once?

I am running Yosemite.


texts: My Mom wants to be able to use Firefox Sync to sync her bookmarks between her laptop and her iPad. What browsers support Firefox Sync?


texts: Exporting all file locations that could not be found on iTunes

texts:
I'm running Windows 7 64 bit and am using iTunes. I previously had an issue where when iTunes organized my media library (after transferring all my music over), the file names were auto-truncated to 40 characters. This effectively broke a large portion of my library.

To see all the songs that were broken I created a smart playlist of "dead" songs and exported that playlist information. Unfortunately, the dead locations did not get exported when I chose File -> Export Playlist, only the other metadata was exported. This is strange because when I actually select Get Info on the song, I can see the file path it is looking for.

Is there some way to get this information exported? I'm trying to write a script to auto-rename the files it finds to the correct (longer) file names.

Edit:

Here is an example:

Let's say I have a song that is broken in iTunes (the file path is incorrect). In iTunes this appears with the correct metadata. I can check the metadata by right clicking on the song in question and selecting Get Info.

My song structure looks like this:

Artist: DJ Rashad
Song: Last Winter
Album: Double Cup
Genre: Footwork
Location: C:\My Music\iTunes\DJ Rashad\Double Cup\DJ Rashad - Last Winter.mp3

In this case the Location attribute is incorrect, which is fine. But I still need this data when I export the information about the track. So I drag this track into its own playlist and export the information via File -> Export Playlist. I expect to see the structure above but instead what appears in the corresponding file is the following:

Artist: DJ Rashad
Song: Last Winter
Album: Double Cup
Genre: Footwork
Location:

Since iTunes does not find the location, it exports an empty location. Since I am writing a script to correct some broken paths, I do not want an empty location. I want the last known location of the file (the one that is displayed when viewing Get Info). How can I export the complete information under the Location attribute?


texts:
The application Disk Utility /Library/Utilites/Disk Utility.app which is part of the applications that ship with the Mac OS allows to reformat an external disk.

Options include:

Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (journaled HFS+)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
MS-DOS (FAT)
ExFAT

I'm aware that using the MS-DOS (FAT) format offers the good compatibility when sharing the flash drive with Windows users. But for this question I want to rule out compatibility preferences of the different options.

What are the advantages of formatting an external disk as journaled HFS+?


texts: How can I remove or disable Bonjour on OSX Lion, is it safe?

texts:
I have the only one computer with OSX (wife hates OSX) so I have no other computer to bonjour with. I never needed neither network zero-configuration nor printer sharing or whatever it does. Windows it causes MDNSResponder problems.

How can I remove or disable Bonjour service?
Is it safe?


texts:
Is it possible (natively, or with a 3rd party tool), to lock the position of fullscreen apps in Lion?

My problem is... whenever I click on a fullscreen app in the dock, it takes me to that app, but it jumps to the front of the queue of fullscreen apps.

I would very-much like these apps to be locked in-place, so their positions can't be changed.

Is it possible? Thanks!