texts: How to use WiFi and Ethernet at the same time

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Brief Description:

I need my Ethernet card (en0) to see all traffic under 192.168.2.xxx.

However I also need to use WiFi card (en1) for all other traffic.

OS: OS X Lion

I am using a separate network location to deal with this specific use (since this is a for a robotics project that communicates via Ethernet). Ethernet (en0) had to be set up as a static IP (192.168.2.10) per the requirements for the device I am connecting to. All connections on the Ethernet card (en0) should be 192.168.2.xxx as specified above. WiFi (en1) is set up as DHCP to a router since their is no point in assigning it as a static for general purpose traffic. Ethernet (en0) is set up as priority over WiFi (en1).

I would also like to keep this under the network location preferences if at all possible since I do not require this feature to be on all the time.

I would really appreciate your help on this. No one I have talked to knows how to solve this.


texts: My Desktop folder is missing from favorites menu and also from Finder Preferences. How do I restore to the favorites menu?


texts: Horizontal scrolling on nedit with trackpad under XQuartz - MacOS Catalina

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I use sometimes the nedit editor with XQuartz on my MacBook pro. Everything works fine except the fact that I can't do horizontal scrolling with trackpad of the content of the file opened with nedit.

This is relatively frustrating, mostly when lines are long, I am obliged to scroll using the horizontal scroll bar of nedit (at the bottom of the window).

So I am wondering if there is a way to do horizontal scrolling directly wwith trackpad. I am using MacOS Catalina 10.15.1.

Thanks for your suggestions.


texts: Recently upgraded iPadOS. It seems my ability to screen record is now reduced to 1/5th the duration. Any fixes?

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Before the upgrade I was running iOS 12.2.2, which let me record on high quality for two hours of live music or video conferencing without problems (1.5GB was good for for 30 minutes of recording). This worked extremely well.

After the upgrade, 1.5GB now gets burned up in about 6 and a half minutes (cough..). To account for what's going on, I looked into the bitrate, which shows recordings previously averaged around 7,000 kbps, whereas they're now being made at 31,000 kbps. For comparison, I gauged YouTube to be streaming content to this device (an iPad pro) at less than 1,000 kbps..

For the sake of argument, if content streaming to my device is coming through at around 1,000 kbps, am I really being required to record at a quality setting 31x higher than that? I haven't been able to find a setting to change it, which feels a lot like having a camera that's saving 3-gigapixel pictures as 90-gigapixel images :/.

This is more than just an inconvenience, it's become completely destructive to the work I could previously get done. For long recordings, previously I could "set it and forget it", but now I need to be constantly breaking up streams into segments and moving them off the device while a feed is in progress. Reordering and re-encoding these large blocks back into 7,000 kbps segments is cumbersome and time consuming. Seeing the final quality come out worse than what I was originally getting in iOS 12.2.2 (I assume due to the re-encoding) is just pouring salt in an open wound. I don't like to think negatively, but someone floated the idea that this is just a bloat strategy for Apple to cause users to use more cloud storage. I truly hope someone here proves this wrong and saves my sanity.

Now don't get me wrong, I like having the option to record at 31,000 kbps. I'm all for the idea of having such awesome ability at my fingertips. But isn't there some setting, a fix, or even a 3rd party app that I can use to get the more reasonable bitrate and high level of quality that was previously available? I understand I don't have the option to downgrade iOS to a previous version.


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I have a tourist web site I want to archive for off line view on my iPad.

I want to crawl and save it in 2nd and 3rd level depth.

Which application can be recommended to save a whole site recursively off line?


texts: My colleague and I found another screen bypass bug in iOS 7 installed on iPhone 5 Black. How do we report this to Apple?


texts: Kernel Problems randomly restarting MacMini Late 2012

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I have a MacMini (late 2012) running the latest Yosemite version 10.10.4 and I get ocasional random restarts. Sometimes they occur right after I login from one of these restarts, other times it is stable for quite a while (can be hours or days) and then restarts again.

I have unplugged all external peripherals (Firewire HDD and Thunderbolt HDD) but I am still using dual-monitors: one direct HDMI and the other using mini display to HDMI adaptor.

The only modifications I made was to replace the original internal HDD which was very slow (5,400 rpm) to a Crucial SSD 512GB and I replaced the RAM to by Crucial 2x8GB DDR3 - 1600 as well which I believe they are both highly recommended and compatible with Mac machines. The SSD model is Crucial_CT512MX100SSD1. Could it be something related to the hardware replacement?

The two last kernel errors are here: http://d.pr/n/128a5/b5RQaBL8 and http://d.pr/n/1hF51/3BiwFQ6N

I am up to reinstall the whole OSX from scratch if I need to. This was the only way I found to solve a Divx codec issue in the past in a different machine after exhausting all possible

Any help on this is highly appreciated.

Many thanks to all.


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From what I can recall, both 3G and Wifi should consume about the same about of battery when in operation. However, my field testing seems to indicate that 3G is more battery consuming than Wifi.

Is this result general? If yes, why this is so?


texts: List of emoji substitutions for Messages in Mac OS X

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I use the Messages application a lot on my Mac Book Pro. It is lovely! Since most of my friends uses iMessage I could send messages directly to them on their phones.

I use emojis a lot. I know some substitutions for popular emojis like :) gives me a smiley. However I want to be able to use substitutions for all the emojis. I find it disturbing to use the drop-down menu for inserting an emoji. This forces me to switch from the keyboard to the mouse/touchpad way to often :/

Is there a complete list of all emoji substitutions used in the Messages app?


texts: Why are regular Folders in Smart Folders not showing up in Open File dialogs?

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I'd like to create Smart Folders in the Finder favorite bars that I can access from different applications. Those Smart Folders will mostly contain regular folders of current projects I'm working on.

The regular folders show up correctly in the Finder Favorites sidebar, and if using an application (say, Keynote), in the Save dialog. However if I want to open a keynote file that is located in

/Smart Folder/RegularFolder

/RegularFolder does not show up in the Smart Folder when accessed through the Open File dialog.

The same thing occurs if I tag a folder and then try to navigate to that folder from the open file dialog to the Tags sidebar.

Is this the expected behavior? Am I missing something?


texts: Unable to create a smart folder based on Samsung camera model

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Here is the info of a typical photo, captured by a Samsung andriod phone, in my Photo library:

I tried the following condition in a new smart folder to show Samsung photo exclusively.

But it yields zero photo!

I have created similar smart folder before and they work. Here is an example:

Why smart folder fails for 'Samsung'? How can I fix it?


texts: Having more iCloud space than actual disk space (on macOS)?

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I'm thinking of buying a 128GB MacBook Air. I currently have 200GB on iCloud.

Is it possible to use the 200GB on my Mac via the "Optimize Storage" option ?

Let me give you an example: having 200GB of files on your Mac (as references), half of them only on the cloud and the other half actually on disk.

Or is the total 128GB count done even if the files are only present on the iCloud?


texts: Change the function of caps lock to insert underscores when the spacebar is hit

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Is there a way I can change the function of my caps lock key so that when it's on it inserts_underscores_instead_of_spaces_when_i_hit_the_spacebar?

It's fine if it just works in Textmate but would be handy in other apps.


texts: How do I customize the news sources in Spotlight suggestions?  I don't want to disable as others have answered.  I want to remove certain suggestions that require subscriptions to read the articles.  It is not totally location based.  I get results from LA Times and I'm somewhere Louisiana.


texts: iOS 9 Removing Camera Access From Lock Screen

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Some guy took my Son's iPhone and took 1,200 photos within 12 minutes. He was able to use the camera from the lock screen without having access to the locked phone.

These photos completely wiped our family's Photo stream (and replaced our vacation photos with nonsense). Also, the storage was filled and my son couldn't even make a phone call before we deleted the 1,200 photos.

Deleting the photos was even more annoying. Can you imagine the tedious process of deleting 1,200 photos on an iPhone?

This was very annoying, and also a usecase Apple may not have thought of.

Somebody mentioned that you can disable control center on lock screen. (Settings>Control Centre>Access on Lock Screen). To my surprise, this brings back a camera button on the lock screen. So that didn't work.

An old post suggested that the only possible solution would be to completely disable camera and FaceTime. But this is not really a solution (would be comparable to painting the camera lens black).

Back to the question: In iOS9, how do I disable camera access on the lock screen?

Related (but not quite the answer):

Removing camera button on iPhone lock screen – (Feb 2015, AskDifferent)
How do you disable the camera from lock screen on iPad? – 2014, Apple Support Forum
I WANT TO DISABLE THE LOCK SCREEN CAMERA – 2013, Apple Support Forum


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Ok OSX wizards...

I have a dilemma. In order to use handoff/continuity at work I need to connect my Mac  and iPad/iPhone to the same wifi network. Moreover, I also need to be connected to the separate office ethernet LAN to get my job done.

We keep the networks separate for security purposes. I don't want to make my mac the way the wifi network can be used to gain access to the internal ethernet network.

It works when I'm connected to both. But all my Mac's remote services are exposed on the wifi network. No good docs on advanced firewall config. I have no idea how the built-in firewalling interacts with PF. Do I even want to go digging in the depths of PF? Can this be done securely without massive headache? Is there a better way?


texts: Two different keyboard layouts for internal and external keyboard

texts: My internal keyboard has a different layout than my external (USB) keyboard. Is it somehow possible for Mac OS X 10.11.2 to recognize from which keyboard the input comes and to chose the layout accordingly? As far as I know I can only set one layout globally for both devices.


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I swapped the original 80 GB hard drive for a new 640 GB Samsung HM64JI hard drive.
It is not recognized after booting from the 10.5 Installation DVD on Macbook 2.1 with recent EFI updates installed.

Any ideas?


texts: Can't restore from iCloud backup in iOS 10

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I'm having problems restoring an iCloud backup.

I updated my iPhone 6S yesterday from iOS 9.3.5 to iOS 10 by doing a restore so I can do a clean install. I do this for every major iOS version update and I've never had any issues before.

My problem is that during the setup process after updating to iOS 10, I select to restore the phone with an iCloud backup, but the restore process fails every time with a "Cannot restore backup" error.

I've read everything I could find in Apple Support regarding iCloud restore and iOS 10 upgrading and no article mentions this issue.

Is this a bug with iCloud? Is there any other way I can restore my apps to my iPhone from that backup?

EDIT:

Talked to Apple Support, one of the solutions they gave me was to put the device in recovery mode, then restore again to iOS 10 and then attempt to restore de backup. Didn't work for me but maybe it helps someone.

EDIT 2:

I just spoke with Apple Support again and they told me that the backups are safe and not corrupt. They also told me that a lot of users are starting to have this problem and they don't have a solution yet.


texts: How to correctly download WWDC videos from iTunes U?

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I am trying to download WWDC videos from iTunes U. When I click on "Get" it starts downloading but after the download completes it disappears from iTunes U collection.

I tried to download it from my new MacBook Pro, OSX Lion and iTunes 10.5 .

When I downloaded the same video from my office mac running OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.7 and iTunes 10.4 everything worked.

What could be wrong in this case? Should I wait for new iTunes update?


texts: How can 3 different Apple Music users share the same Apple TV? (family or not family plan)

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I have a 4th generation Apple TV, and listen to Apple Music on my watch (with bluetooth) and my iPhone.

I want to prevent anyone who uses the Apple TV from playing or saving music that changes my "For You" playlist on the TV. (this seems to be a curated list of songs that is based on my past listening history).

How can I separate users on a shared Apple TV?  ... or is Apple TV supposed to be used for a single person?


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I'm trying to empty my trash, and it seems that I having some problem with encoding:

MacKassner:501 kassner$ rm -Rf t/t/
rm: t/t//t: Directory not empty
rm: t/t/: Directory not empty

Ok then, let's see what's inside:

MacKassner:t kassner$ pwd
/Volumes/DATA/.Trashes/501/t/t/t
MacKassner:t kassner$ ls -la
ls: 07 The Kids (feat. Janelle Monáe).mp3: No such file or directory
total 128
drwxrwxrwx  1 kassner  staff  32768 Jan  7 10:42 .
drwxrwxrwx  1 kassner  staff  32768 Feb  4 18:12 ..

It seems a problem with the special char on that file. I can't empty trash using Finder either (even securely).

EDIT: StackExchange changes a litte bit the exhibition of the special character. Here's a screenshot:


texts: My 3 years old 13'' MacBook Pro Retina doesn't sit flat

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There are 4 rubber feet on the bottom of MacBook Pro. They worked well before. But recently 2 of them (near the touch pad) cannot touch the flat.

I phoned Apple support and she said that this is most likely because the battery is bloated. And she suggested me send my MacBook to the Genius Bar for repair.

But I use several battery status checker apps, such as coconutBattery, battery monitor and the built-in one, they all say my battery is good.

So what happened?


texts: Does updating the Macbook Air to an Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, and 512 GB Flash Storage negatively affect the 12 hour battery life?


texts: How to recover iMessages sent to main phone number when using a different SIM card overseas?

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I am a U.S. AT&T customer with an unlocked iPhone 6 plus, but am currently travelling through Spain and using a pre-paid Vodafone SIM card.

One major problem I've run into:

After inserting the new Vodafone SIM card, my AT&T number gets deactivated from iMessage and all messages being sent to that number aren't being delivered.

My questions are:

1) Will the iMessages currently being sent to my AT&T number be delivered once I put my AT&T SIM back in?

2) If not, what should I do so that I don't lose all of the messages that are being sent to my AT&T phone number?


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I have a group of ladies that are in the states (not sure if that makes a difference)
that have a group text going.
They see the group when they respond and they respond to the group

I see what the group sends out - but as individual messages and when I reply it only goes back to the person who sent the tect I replied to - not the group

anyone got any ideas?


texts: Set Firefox as default browser to open links in Gmail

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I’m not seeing a way to choose a different default browser in the Gmail App's "Settings" dialog and I want to use Firefox:

How can I circumvent Google's restriction on opening links in Gmail using only Chrome or Safari on iOS 13.3 or iPadOS 13.3?


texts: Can I backup using Time Machine and restore to another account?

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I am planning to re-install the OSX when Mavericks release. I am also actually planning to change my username after re-installation.

I need to backup my whole personal folder under username "a", but if I changed my username to "b", Can I still be restoring my personal data to "b"?

I know generally there is no problem for this, but I am wondering if iTunes library still recognise my new username and locate my every music file location?


texts: Is it possible to copy paste between Mac OS and its virtual machine?

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I am running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3, and I have installed VMware to run virtual machines: Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10.

I have also installed VM Tools.

I would like to know if it is possible allow copy paste among the three systems? It seems that, by default (just by mouse) it is not permitted.

Edit1: I am using VMware Fusion 4.1.2, and the Settings for both Windows and Ubuntu is as follows:

Edit2: I just realize that the copy paste (both two directions) between Mac and Windows work by default. But the copy paste between Mac and Ubuntu or Ubuntu and Windows does not work...

By the way, I just want to copy texts...

Edit3: I just shut down the 2 virtual machines, and rebooted them, and copying and pasting texts among them works fine... It is really odd... So I guess I had done something on my Ubuntu, which disabled copying and pasting, then rebooting Ubuntu reset it...


texts: Automaticly file screenshots in folder on desktop

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I take lots of screenshots that fill up my desktop very quickly, what im trying to do is set a system where all screenshots will automatically get saved to a screenshots folder on my desktop.

Ive tried to set an automator action to do this, but couldn't figure out exactly how to do this, any ideas / guidance much appreciated


texts: MacOS Sierra - localhost not found while using Hugo (not related to Apache)

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note this is NOT related to Apache and I'm not looking for Apache-centered answers.

I am using the Hugo static site generator to create sites and trying to test on a MacBook running Sierra.

I am able to start the server with

hugo server -Dw

And the server starts on localhost:1313, however when I try to access that URL I get a 404. 127.0.0.1:1313 works, but then all of the links fail as they try to resolve back to localhost.

I was able to access by enabling a domain name on my router (foo.home) and then I can open the main page with localhost.foo.home:1313, but all of the Hugo links still try to use localhost:1313.

So, two questions:

Can I change the behavior of Hugo to use 127.0.0.1? I tried changing
the baseURL in config.toml to localhost, 127.0.0.1 and the foo.home
domains, but that didn't seem to do anything.
Or, can I change the /etc/hosts file to resolve localhost?

Right now /etc/hosts has four entries - I am wondering if I can add another entry for 127.0.0.1 localhost but there's a warning about not making changes as it will break configuration of the loopback interface.

127.0.0.1       localhostw
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0     localhost


texts: Error on transferring photos from iPhone onto Photos on Mac

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From time to time I would like to be able to save WhatsApp photos (on my iPhone) into Photos (on my Mac).

Here is how I proceed:

On my iPhone I allowed WhatsApp to access my Photos (read and write).
From WhatsApp within a chat I select a photo, and open the bottom left menu to save it:

.
I connect my iPhone on my Mac, using my USB cable.
On my Mac I start Photos, select my iPhone, select the photo to import, and click Import 1 Selected.

And I get the following error from Photos:

NB: there is no Cloud service involved here.

My question is simple:

What is the real meaning and cause of this error message?

Did I do something wrong?

Is this is a known bug?


texts: Should I install Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server?

texts: I will be using Mac OS X Server to hold an email server, web hosting, DNS and iOS and Mac development and I was wondering if you guys think Mac OS X Snow Leopard would do me just fine or if Server would be the best bet. So far, when setting up server tools on Snow Leopard it seems to be tedious but from the overview page on Apple's website, Server seems to be able to perform tasks with ease. Should I just use Snow Leopard or go for the Server?


texts: How to transfer all contacts from Gmail group to iCloud group on iPhone?

texts: On iPhone I have some contacts in Gmail group, I need these contacts to appear also on my other iPhone, which has only one group, iCloud.


texts: How do I turn off iOS from registering my finger while annotating?

texts: I have the iPad pro 2020 and the apple pencil. When marking up a document (say, in Notes or Files) I want to be able to disable annotation inputs from my finger - When I'm in annotation mode I only want the iPad to detect inputs from the pencil for annotation. Ie, I don't want stray finger movements to result in marks. How do I set this? Notability has this functionality. Surely iOS must as well?


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I have a 2011 MacBook. Along the left edge (looking at it from the normal typing position), near the front, there is a small silver button which is flush with the rest of the case. When pressed, a small series of tiny lights beside it flash green before going dark again. Nothing else happens.

Can anyone explain what this button does?


texts: What privacy setting must be enabled to use Night Shift's Sunset to Sunrise option?

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I'm trying to enable the Sunset to Sunrise option for Nightshift. When I do so, a pop-up informs me that it "requires location for time zone to be enabled," and offers a button to send me to the appropriate privacy settings page. Here's a screenshot of the pop-up.

But the privacy settings appears to have no option corresponding to what's referenced in the pop-up. Here's two screenshots showing my privacy settings:

As far as I can tell, all privacy settings are enabled, but Night Shift still refuses to enable sunset to sunrise. Does anyone know how I can enable it?


texts: I just installed a clean 11.2 and the opening elements in login are very random in Login Items windows. Telegram iTerm and Flux does not start. But Notion yes and 1password, karabiner and other not listed in Login Items. I have removed and put back the elements, but no change.


texts: Will the iPhone 3GS be compatible with iOS 5?


texts: How to have the counter of characters when I am writing a texto (SMS)?

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I have my new iPhone 6S, on iOS 9.

I would like to have the counter of characters when I am writing a texto (SMS). How can I have that?

I have turned on the setting for that. But for some recipients that does not work.

Thank you.


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In iOS6 and before, you could double-press the home button then swipe the bar of running apps right to get to music controls and an icon for the app last playing (or currently playing) music. This was very convenient to quickly get into Pandora/Slacker/Spotify/Beats/whatever and thumbs up or down a song.

In iOS8 (and 7 I'm told although I skipped it), it seems the only way to reach the app last playing is to scroll through the obscenely widely spaced full screen images of running apps and guess the one you think was last playing.

Is there any simple way to get to the app last playing or currently playing music?


texts: How to get rid of the circular speech commands thing?

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This thing has appeared, hovering obtrusively over my desktop (Mountain Lion):

I don't know how it got there. Presumably I pressed some key combination by accident. But I can't for the life of me figure out how to get rid of it again. It has "Esc" written on it, but pressing the escape key doesn't do anything. The arrow at the bottom takes me to "Open Speech Commands window" and "Speech Preferences...", but neither has any obvious option to turn this blue thing off.

In several online forums, the advice is to go to Speech Preferences -> Speakable Items and turn it off. But as you can see in the screenshot below it's already off, and the blue thing is still there.

Turning Speakable Items on and off again doesn't help. The blue thing just becomes grayed out (the state it's in in the screenshot above) but doesn't go away.

How can I get rid of this thing so that I can watch a movie without it hovering over the top?


texts: How to create a binary plist file from the command line on OS X?

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I am looking for a solution to create a binary plist file from the command line on OS X?

I want to create the ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist and setup the PATH there.

I know that this plist file has to be in the binary format and I know how to write to it using the defaults write command. Still, I do need to create the file before doing this, and creating an empty file does not work.

Note: I need a command line solution.


texts: How do I make `Cmd` as `Meta` instead of `Option/Alt` key on `emacs` runs on terminal(with `-nw` option)

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A lot of questions and articles about this but I can't find a one that works on my system.

Modifying emacs configuration looks working on other people's but it doesn't work for me.

like this

  (setq mac-command-modifier 'meta) ; make cmd key do Meta

Is this working on your system too?

Currently I have no idea except just swap thos two keys using by third party app which I don't want to.

Please help!


texts:
I'm currently exporting a ZFS partition with dedup=on using ubuntu-zfs and netatalk. However, time-machine insists on creating a sparsebundle on it, and it made me start wondering if this would have any impact on deduplication, since the concept of "files" disappear, and probably the block alignment wouldn't be great either...

P.S. My whole idea of using dedup is that I have a couple of macbooks backing up to the same place, and a lot of their files are equal.

Addendum: It seems the block-level alignment is failing dedup. Here's my experience:

Time-machine copies of two different macbooks, with lots of duplicated data among them (total 200Gb)
CCC the two macbooks to two sparse images.

Deduplication factor? 1.01x

Any ideas on how to set up ZFS dedup to correctly work with time-machine backups? Should I start looking for other backup (w/ dedup) alternatives?


texts: Can I watch 1080p torrents while downloading?

texts: Most large torrent files (8-20 gb) take quite a while to download. Is there software for Mac OS X that allows me to watch them while downloading?


texts: Can I connect my MacBook Pro DisplayPort to a Thunderbolt iMac to use as a display?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro with Mini DisplayPort and I want to use target display mode to use a Thunderbolt iMac as an external display. If this works, would I need a Mini DisplayPort cable or a Thunderbolt cable?


texts: How can I get Windows to install in Legacy (BIOS) boot on my mid-2012 MBP

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I've got a 13" mid-2012 MBP running OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite. I've recently repaved it with a fresh install and now I'm getting round to Bootcamp`ing it. I've installed Windows 8.1 in EFI boot mode and discovered the well documented issue with the sound card not working. Following various online guides to install Windows in legacy boot mode, I've held option at boot and selected "Windows" on the USB thumb drive that Bootcamp Assistant created but all I get is a black screen with a white blinking cursor. I've left it for 10 minutes but still nothing (some reports say it boots to the installer after a while).

I believe the disk is hybrid MBR (due to Bootcamp Assistant), here's the output from fdisk

Gregs-MBP:~ greg$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
Disk:   /dev/disk0  geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors] Signature:   0xAA55   Starting       Ending  #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  486812704] HFS+
3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 487222344 -    1269536] Darwin   Boot
4: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 488493056 -  488280064] Win95 FAT-32

How can I get Windows to install in legacy boot mode?

Note, I previously had Windows 8.1 working fine (audio and everything) and if I remember correctly I just ran Bootcamp Assistant and followed the instruction, no trouble.


texts: Lock down OSX 10.7.5 app into kiosk mode?

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I want to run an app in 'kiosk' mode for public unattended access via touch screen (no mouse or keyboard attached). I can already automate a network user logon and then the app launches (but only in last state - not necessarily full screen - which I want) I know with Workgroup Manager you can hide the dock, use simple Finder etc...but need something more powerful. Ideally it needs to monitor if the app crashes out and restart it / log limited user off and back on again.

Thanks

Phil


texts: Have recently upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite 10.10.4, and found that Mail's swoosh sound when sending mail is no longer evident. Anyone know how to get it back?


texts: I have updated to the new 10.0 and now my message screen only shows my messages and an edit option. How can I write a text to someone not in my contacts? I have no box on my message page for new text.


texts: Problems with creating Open Directory Replica on OS X Server 5.1

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Background:

Two Macs which are running the same Operation System: Mac OS X 10.11.6, OS X Server 5.1.

When I try to set up the second Mac as a replica server, it always shows an error as the following picture:

Then I tried to enter the following command in Terminal from the intended replica server:

sudo /usr/sbin/slapconfig -preflightreplica 192.168.8.107 <directoryadminuser>

I always get this error message:

  2016-08-13 07:20:58 +0000 NSMutableDictionary *_getRootDSE(const char *): rootDSE not found
  2016-08-13 07:20:58 +0000 Error: Unable to determine the master's software version.

Both servers are set to be allowed to remote login via ssh as administrators.

Getting the version returns:

$:sudo slapconfig -ver
LDAP Setup Tool (slapconfig), Apple, Inc.,  Version 10.11

And I tried all the methods from these addresses, but none of them worked for me:

Resolve “rootDSE not found” Error in Open Directory
Cannot successfully preflight OD replica
Problems creating open directory replica on Yosemite Server.

Anyone can share some advices with me? Really appreciated.


texts: Why do Automator workflows fail to replace selected text with their actions’ output in Safari 14 (on macOS 11)?

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After updating from Safari 13 to Safari 14 (on macOS 10.15.6),
I have noticed that all of my text-filtering Automator workflows
no longer work correctly when invoked from the updated Safari.
For an example of such a workflow, see the screenshot below.
It shows a simple workflow that takes the current text selection,
pipes it through the fmt command, and replaces the original
selection with that command’s output:

I have a few workflows of this construction, i.e., consisting of
a single Run Shell Script action running a command that takes
the text selection on its stdin and outputs the text to replace
the selection with on its stdout. I have been using them without
any issues for quite a long time (at least, for the last two major
releases of macOS).
However, when a workflow like that is run from the newly updated
Safari 14, it fails to replace the text selection with the output
of the workflow. Instead, it simply deletes the selected text.
The issue is clearly specific to Safari 14 only, because the same
workflows still work correctly (i.e., replace the selection with
the command’s output) in all other apps (e.g., TextEdit).
Is this caused by some security-related novelty in Safari 14 that
can be disabled, or is it simply a regression bug that has been
introduced in this update? Are there any known workarounds aside
from simulating copying and pasting for the command output in
Automator workflows?


texts: My iPad keeps ringing when I get a call on my iPhone.  I have disabled FaceTime and Messages, but it still doesn't work.


texts:
Ok, so here is the deal. I was working on two projects at the same time and I mistakenly:

rm -rf /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib

I have another copy of libxml2 thankfully (the other project, homebrew install libxml2). That copy is in /usr/local/opt/libxml/lib. For the life of me I can not get cp /usr/local/opt/libxml2/lib/libxml2.2.dylib /usr/lib to work. It always says:

/usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib Read-only Filesystem

Please can anyone help? I have tried cp -S, -R, -F and I can't get it to cp or mv. I just need to write that lib back and I should be good to go. I don't know what I was thinking when I did that. Running Yosemite 10.10.2, Late-2011 mbp. Libxml2 from homebrew is 2.9.2 I think if it makes a difference.


texts: What are the differences between Apple Thunderbolt Displays during their production years from 2011 to 2016?

texts: I need to buy a refurbished Thunderbolt Display to use with my (late 2015) MBP. I would like to know what are the differences between Thunderbolt Displays that were produced during 2011-2016?


texts: Search for emails from not a particular user or subject in Apple Mail

texts:
I am using Apples's Mail application for a while.
I know that to search for mails from a particular user, I need to use

from: abc@gmail.com

But I need to search for emails that are not from a particular user or has a particular subject. Basically a negative/negated search.

I tried below search queries using boolean operation, but these didn't work.

 NOT from: abc@gmail.com

 NOT subject: Hello World

Any help on this will be appreciated.


texts: Get video from iPhone Videos app onto Mac/PC

texts:
So a friend of mine has a video in the "Videos" app under "Home Videos" that was created using iMovie on his Mac.

His mac has since been wiped and he's lost the video. It is however still on his iPhone. Is there any way to extract the video from there? I can't see an open in option or anything. The device can't be jail broken due to some MDM software on it.

Thanks all!


texts: Macbook Pro mid-2014 (High Sierra) runs very hot

texts:
My 5-ish year old Macbook Pro Retina running High Sierra runs very hot. I know the battery needs replacing, but I'm trying to work out if it makes sense to do this or if my Macbook is on the way out and I need a new laptop. The EtreCheck report is here: https://pastebin.com/VRaKknrF

The CPU temperature routinely runs above 65, and goes up to 75-80.

I'd be so grateful for any advice.


texts: Uses for an iPhone 2G that can't connect/sync to iTunes, but charges & works just fine

texts:
I have an iPhone 2G (1st generation model) that works fine except that it does not connect to iTunes. I have tried to fix it but it seems permanently screwed (I'm not looking for  a solution to this).

My question is, what can I use this old (jailbroken) iPhone for, given its limitation of not being able to connect/sync with iTunes. Very few apps work on it as it runs iOS 3.1.3.

Can I store and run music and movies on it? Any other creative uses for it?

PS: I have an iPad and an Android phone as well. This phone is a spare.


texts: Is this magnetic connector for iPhone approved by Apple?

texts:
One of the problems with iPhone/iPad cables is that they get bent and damaged. There is a smart idea floating around about a magnetic cable similar to the MacBook one. The lightning connected is attached to the iPhone and the cable gets connected to it because it magnetic

Kickstarter and indiegogo have more than one project promoting this concept.

I would love to purchase one of these cables but from a previous experience I can say that any lightning that isn't approved by Apple will cause endless problems.

One of the projects' developer claim that his lightning is approved by Apple, below is a quote from the FAQs which I failed to understand

  Why have you not chosen to use the original lightning connector or
  have MFi certification?

  Apple has not released a magnetic lightning connector, hence it is not
  possible to apply for MFi certification and by producing a lightning
  connector that is not MFi certified, it leaves that company open to
  legal action by Apple. Any company claiming to have MFi magnetic
  connectors would not be truthful as of April 2016.

Is he saying that his cable is approved by Apple or not? What about other products?


texts: Is the iTunes Match Limit for ALL Songs or just Matched Songs?

texts:
On the iTunes Match page, I see this text:

  iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to listen to anytime, on any device. Since there are more than 20 million songs in the iTunes Store, chances are your music is already in iCloud. And for the few songs that aren’t, iTunes uploads what it can’t match (which is much faster than uploading your entire music library).

and:

  You can store up to 25,000 songs in iCloud (more if songs are purchased from the iTunes Store), but only what you want to play is stored on your device. So you have immediate access to a huge music library without taking up storage space.

I was under the impression that this means (my interpretation):

  iTunes will scan your whole library.  Anything found that matches something in the iTunes store will now be cloud-available for you from the iTunes store.  Anything that doesn't match will be uploaded to also be cloud-available, up to 25,000 songs.

But it looks like my interpretation is in error.  I have a library of approximately 32,000 songs, and I would estimate that a lot of it is "available" on iTunes (even though that's not where I originally obtained it... most of it is ripped from CDs).  And when I try to enable iTunes Match, it immediately tells me that I can't use it because I have over 25,000 songs.

So, it doesn't actually "scan" and "match" songs, it just blindly uploads whatever I have to cloud storage?  Or am I doing something wrong?


texts: 2.4 ghz WiFi not working after installing Samsung Evo 960

texts:
I have MacBook Pro 2014 with latest High Sierra 10.13.5.

Month ago I've replaced my SSD to Samsung Evo 960 with Sintech adapter. When I boot recovery to install Mac OS I tried to connect to my home wifi but it didn't connected. Then I connected to 5 ghz wifi. Mac connected and I forgot about it.

But some days ago I've tried to connect to 2.4 ghz wifi and it didn't connect. I again tried to play at home with 2.4 ghz and found that signal is weak (NetSpot). Mostly it don't connect (write that password is wrong. But if disable password - simply don't connect). It connecting time-to-time, work a bit and then Internet disappears.

I started think about SSD, so I replaced it back to original and all works fine!

So the question is.. What might be wrong? I read something about kapton tape. But first of all I don't understand what to isolate. Secondary I didn't found it in stores. Maybe I can use something another instead of kapton tape?


texts: OS X / Finder - Right Click “New Folder with Selection” - how to Increase the Animation Effect Speed?

texts:
10.9.x Finder

The effect that pulls all the selected items into a new folder from the right click "New Folder with Selection" is really nice, but way too slow for me.

Anyone know a terminal command that would increase the animation rate?


texts: Why does iTunes continually ask me to authorize my computer?

texts: I just recently bought an album on iTunes and I have a weird problem. All of the songs (18 in all) except for one, play perfectly fine. When I try to play it, it says "This computer is not authorized to play "". Would you like to authorize it?" It prompts me to sign in with my Apple ID, which I did. Then it says "This computer is already authorized." I have no clue how to fix this! I've tried the steps outlined in iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization and iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases, but neither of them work. Any suggestions?


texts: Finder don't save/remember new window default size

texts:
I got an issue that's driving me crazy - I can't understand how to permanently change finder window default size.

I'm running Mac OS X High Sierra 10.13 (17A405) (latest stable).

When I'm open new window from Finder dock icon, resize it as I want to, close window, relaunch Finder all new windows I open this way (from dock icon or CMD + N) opens in new size, but if I open Finder another way (for example - by connecting to network share, or from Go in upper menu, or by creating a new folder and open it with double click) - all this windows open in another "default"size (not what I set).

When I open folder view settings (CMD + J) and all I have changed is window size button Use as default is greyed out (I have to change something else, for example - column wight)

Also I have tried (in every possible order with window size change & Use as default for view options):
deleting all ".DS_Store files"
deleting all Finder .plist's
many reboots, log off/login combination &
many Finder restarts
Some combinations with cmd & opt keys when resizing and closing Finder windows.

Also I created a new user, for test Finder window size behaviour for him - and behaviour is just like I write in upper text - the same.

I'm actually spent about two days for this experiments.

So, the question is - is this Mac OS X standard behaviour, and there is now way to change Finder default window size for all ways to open Finder without 3-rd party apps? Or I have something broken in my system, that prevents my Finder setting to save my changes?


texts: How can one use /etc/paths.d to add a path with spaces in it to $PATH?

texts:
I recently installed VMware Fusion 10 on a Mac running macOS 10.12.6. After doing so, my bash PATH is broken.  I traced the problem to a /etc/paths.d path file that Fusion installed; it contains the following entry (with no newline):

/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public

Note the space in the pathname.  With this present, on starting a shell I get an error:

-bash: export: `Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/Library/TeX/texbin': not a valid identifier

And my resulting PATH is corrupted.  I tried adding a newline, putting the path in double-quotes, and putting a backslash before the space; all of these produce an error (sometimes different errors).  For example, adding the backslash or wrapping with double-quotes gives the same error.  Both changes together gives:

-bash: test: /Users/loredo/Library/Commands:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/VMware: binary operator expected
-bash: test: /Users/loredo/Library/Commands:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/VMware: binary operator expected
-bash: test: /usr/local/var/rbenv/shims:/Users/loredo/Library/Commands:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/VMware: binary operator expected
-bash: export: `Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/Library/TeX/texbin:.:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/cuda/bin': not a valid identifier

I'm beginning to wonder if path_helper may be unable to handle such a use case.  Is there a way to handle this?


texts: Where is the iCloud data on a third-party iOS app stored?

texts:
I would like to see the data stored by a third-party iOS apps via iCloud. I tried to access the following filepath on my Mac:

  ~/Library/Mobile Documents/APP-IDENTIFIER/

However, under the app-specific directory there is no file but an empty directory named Documents. That said, there should be a file at other part, since the iCloud data must be stored and synced elsewhere.

So where is the iCloud data that the third-party apps use on iCloud stored, and how can I access it?


texts: How can I recover my old Prime Video settings on iPad after returning from abroad?

texts:
I use the Prime Video app on iPad. I am normally based in Ireland. Over the summer I spent a few weeks in France. There were many videos that I could not watch in France that I could watch in Ireland. I know that this is because of licensing restrictions. This is not my problem. My problem is that I have now returned to Ireland--I've been back two weeks--and I cannot watch the videos here that I used to. My iPad is behaving as if it is still in France. How do I convince it that it is in Ireland, for this purpose?

In case it's relevant I will also note that my iPad actually changed its name (in Prime Video > Settings > My Account) when I was in France. Assume it used to be called 'X'. It is now called 'X 2'. It has not changed back to 'X'.


texts: Finder folder icons look like document and image files

texts:
I've got an annoying issue for a couple of weeks now. My folder icons got corrupted from time to time:

Left side is the view I get when I'm switching between views, but when I open finder or navigate to a folder I see its content as on the right side of the image. When I have multiple files and subfolders in a folder, icons of the folders appear as icons of images, and documents around them...

I have the latest updates and I've never used any app that customises Finder.

Has anybody experienced something similar?

Update: I have Tuxera NTFS 2012.3.4 and OSXfuse 2.5.4 installed. Removing OSXfuse and disabling Tuxera doesn't affect this behaviour.

Update: Same behaviour with OSX 10.8.3


texts:
Basically, I want to chain arbitrary commands sequentially into one command: ⌘+R ⌘+S ⌘+W all into a custom shortcut ^+R Is there a way to do this natively on mac? If not, is there an application that can do that for me?
Using a MacBook Pro running Catalina 10.15.6


texts: Automator: combine images as PDF with useful file name

texts:
I have an Automator service (see below) which takes a folder of images and combines into a PDF.
But I would like the name of the PDF to be based on the name of the first (or any) of the images.
I.e., if the images in the folder are

ProjectFoo-Frame1.png
ProjectFoo-Frame2.png
ProjectFoo-Frame3.png

I want the PDF to be called something like "ProjectFoo-Frame1.pdf"
Been scratching my head with Automator variables and can't make sense of it. Maybe I need to do this with pure Applescript.
Thanks.


texts: How Does FileVault 2 Full Disk Encryption Affect SSD Garbage Collection

texts:
I'm trying to learn how full disk encryption using Filevault 2 will impact SSD garbage collection.  My understanding is that garbage collection involves moving pages in blocks with free space to empty locations on the drive.  However, if Filevault 2 encrypts the entire drive, will the SSD recognize free space as free?  And if not, won't that dramatically increase write amplification and decrease the life of the SSD?

I've found a lot of posts on FileVault 2 and TRIM (consensus is it works) and FileVault 2 and SSD performance (consensus is so long as your SSD doesn't have a Sandforce controller - which uses compression - the performance impact is minor), but I'm having less luck learning about how FileVault 2 and garbage collection.


texts: How to activate voice dictation on ipad 3?

texts: There is no option like that on the Keyboard option. How can I start it, I thought it was an inbuilt feature and reading other pages they have it. The iOS version is 7.1.2


texts: Using Terminal to order SSID preference in System Preferences

texts:
I'd like to find a way to add a specific SSID to the top of the preferred WiFi networks in System Preferences > Network > WiFi > Advanced. (10.9 Mavericks and beyond)

According to the man page, this should do it:

  -addpreferredwirelessnetworkatindex hardwareport network index securitytype [password]

However, it doesn't appear the 'index' aspect actually sets one network name above the other. Is there a way to set this via terminal and/or run via bash?


texts: Delete broken unrecognised external partition

texts:
So the situation is as follows, I have a 2TB external USB drive partitioned into 2 halves, 1TB each. The first half was used for Time Machine, and the 2nd half a generic ext. USB HD.

Midway through a Time Machine backup the drive ejected itself and I got the "Disk was not ejected correctly" message. This seems to have broken the TM partition as it doesn't appear in Disk Utility, or System Info, or the Desktop.

The 2nd half however does appear on the desktop, and I can check the info and see I have used 250GB etc, but it can't be opened, and won't appear in Disk Utility, or under the USB section of sys info.

It seems then that the 2nd partition is fine (of sorts), however the first half is broken, and stopping the 2nd being read/written etc. I don't mind loosing the Time Machine backups as I have taken a spare on another drive, but I do need the data from the 2nd half.

Does anyone know how I might go about deleting just the broken partition, not using Disk Utility (as its not visible)?

EDIT
This is the results of diskutil list, and its disk1s2 that I think is causing the issue.

Timothys-Mini-2:~ timothywilkinson$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE      IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            428.6 GB   disk0s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
4:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             70.5 GB    disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk1
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
2:                  Apple_HFS                         1.0 TB     disk1s2
3:                  Apple_HFS External HD             999.9 GB   disk1s3


texts: I have an Iphone 5s, the screen randomly went black and shut off, it wont turn back on, I cant hard boot it because my home button is broken and it wont turn on through charge. Any suggestions?


texts: Using automator or script to turn on wifi in case of ethernet cable failure, and vice versa?

texts:
For the moment, I have slightly faulty thunderbolt port on my 2013 mac book pro that I use to connect to the internet. My wifi works fine, but I prefer the increase in speed with the direct line. My concern is that if I accidentally bump anything there it may disconnect. While it doesn't take long to go to network pref. and connect to my network, I'm wondering if there would be a way to use automator or some other means to configure so that in case of a failure on either side for any reason I could automatically connect to the other?
Any advice appreciated!


texts: Delete Application from iPhone 5.1 Simulator

texts:
Strange Moment !!!

I was testing my iPhone App on iPhone 5.1 Simulator. App ran very fine. But got strange situation at the time of removing App from Simulator. I followed these steps to remove the App from Simulator :

1) Long Press on App Icon.

2) Step-1 resulted in this Situation. (that's usual) :

Problem :

When Clicked on that "X" mark , to remove the App , I didn't get Alert (usually with title "Delete yourApp" , Description "Deleting yourApp will also delete all of its data" and two Buttons of "Delete" and "Cancel").

The Screen got hanged. I tried several times but same Result.

Why this happens and what to do to solve the Problem ?

Note :  I have tried to Reset it but Resetting the Simulator removes all the Apps from the Simulator. I am curious to find some way to remove that single App from Simulator.


texts: How do you mount a rw APFS volume in / on Big Sur Beta 3

texts:
Create a mount point in /etc/synthetic.conf, e.g. /Foo
Create a new APFS volume
???

Previously you could mount as rw via FSTAB.
UUID=<FOO_UUID> /Foo apfs rw

This no longer works in Beta 3.
Any help, much appreciated.


texts: Messages goes unresponsive a couple of seconds after launching - any fix?

texts:
I am running OS X 10.9 on a late 2009 iMac with 12 GB of RAM.

Until a couple of weeks ago, Messages ran fine. But as of a couple of weeks ago it goes unresponsive (spinning beach ball) a few seconds after startup. There is enough time to do something quick, like logout of my AIM account, or go into Preferences. But not enough time to actually check different preferences before it beachballs.

I must force quit. The error report for Apple says it is in a hanged state. Below I've included part of the (long) report. From all the indents it looks like something recursive is happening.

I've deleted everything I could think of from Library - all the im and ichat related plist files. The entire Messages folder. Nothing helps. Nobody at the Apple support forums seems to have any ideas.

Of course I've restarted. And deleted the imagent process from active processes too (it immediately reappears).

At this point I don't care if I lost all old messages and account settings. I don't mind setting things up again. I'd like to just get Messages to work again.

Any ideas?

Date/Time:       2013-12-14 22:33:02 +0900
OS Version:      10.9 (Build 13A603)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version:  18

Command:         Messages
Path:            /Applications/Messages.app/Contents/MacOS/Messages
Version:         8.0 (4218)
Build Version:   16
Project Name:    iChat
Source Version:  4218000000000000
Parent:          launchd [246]

PID:             28662
Event:           hang
Duration:        1.02s
Steps:           11 (100ms sampling interval)

Hardware model:  iMac10,1
Active cpus:     2
Fan speed:       999 rpm

Free pages:      304622 pages (+21114)
Pageins:         0 pages
Pageouts:        0 pages
Swapins:         0 pages
Swapouts:        0 pages

Process:         Messages [28662]
Path:            /Applications/Messages.app/Contents/MacOS/Messages
Architecture:    x86_64
Parent:          launchd [246]
UID:             501
Task size:       27616 pages (+498)
CPU Time:        0.743s

  Thread 0xa6ee94   DispatchQueue 1          priority 0          cpu time   0.742s
  10 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib) [0x7fff9643d5fd]
    10 NSApplicationMain + 940 (AppKit) [0x7fff92ecb803]
      10 -[NSApplication run] + 553 (AppKit) [0x7fff92ee09cc]
        10 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 122 (AppKit) [0x7fff92eec8db]
          10 _DPSNextEvent + 1434 (AppKit) [0x7fff92eed28e]
            10 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 65 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff9233cabc]
              10 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 479 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff9233ccb7]
                10 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 226 (HIToolbox) [0x7fff9233cf0d]
                  10 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 340 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93acc294]
                    10 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 391 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93adb017]
                      10 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23 (CoreFoundation) [0x7fff93adb0a7]
                        10 CA::Transaction::observer_callback(__CFRunLoopObserver*, unsigned long, void*) + 71 (QuartzCore) [0x7fff90f277a1]
                          10 CA::Transaction::commit() + 388 (QuartzCore) [0x7fff90f17016]
                            10 CA::Context::commit_transaction(CA::Transaction*) + 236 (QuartzCore) [0x7fff90f1737c]
                              6 CA::Layer::layout_and_display_if_needed(CA::Transaction*) + 35 (QuartzCore) [0x7fff90f178f1]
                                6 CA::Layer::display_if_needed(CA::Transaction*) + 590 (QuartzCore) [0x7fff90f181a2]


texts: Macbook Air 11" mid 2013 keyboard backlight doesn't work

texts:
I've bought a Macbook Air mid 2013 trough a secondhand website. After test it all I told the man that I'm interested. So I payed.

Once at home, I realize the keyboard backlight doesn't work. I've reseted PRAM and SMC. It's not working.

I've opened the computer to see if could be something wrong just like a wire disconnected but nothing seemed not right.

The computer is no longer covered by Apple guarantee and I wouldn't like to pay for the repair.

Is there any other option to get my computer fixed or something else I could do to make the backlight work?

I have run AHT (Apple Hardware Test) and it tells me there's an issue with my battery, that needs maintenance. The battery only has 160 cycles and it last 8-9 hours from 100% to 0%, so I don't understand.

I run the next command:

ls /System/Library/Extensions | grep AppleBacklight

and this is the output:

AppleBacklight.kext
AppleBacklightExpert.kext

When I got home I restored everything from my Time Machine backup, so I don't know if that's the cause.

One more thing: when the macbook is shut down and I press the power button, the boot screen is usually gray color with the Apple logo. In this computer the screen is black with the Apple logo.


texts: Shared folder suddenly not visible for Windows 10

texts: I have this shared folder on macOS and it was visible for a long time for Windows. Suddenly not. And somehow my mac has become invisible for my windows machine. What can be the problem? I am not a very technical person.


texts: Can I play Blu-ray discs directly on a MacBook using an external drive?

texts:
Is is possible to use an external drive to play Blu-ray discs on a MacBook? It has a Core2Duo processor and 9400m graphics.
does it need any software, either paid or free?


texts: No new mail notification at apple mail dock icon when rules apply

texts:
I've set a rule in apple mail. It's very simple. If a specific individual sends me mail it moves it directly to the destination folder. The problem is that it does not notify me that a mail arrived! If I open mail program I see that I have one new massage in the directory, but the apple mail icon at the dock have no notifications at all.

Is it possible to configure Mail.app so it shows unread count in specific other mailboxes, in addition to the inbox?


texts: VGA monitor no longer recognised on MacMini

texts:
I have a late 2012 MacMini. I was previously running with two old VGA monitors both using adapters from HRMI/DP ports on the Mac.

I replaced them with a large, QHD monitor running off the DP/Thunderbolt port. When I wanted to add one back using an HDMI->VGA converter, it doesn't work... the monitor light flashes to indicate no connection, nothing shows up in display settings.

I've tried multiple cables and adapters which as far as I know are all good.

In the intervening time, the changes to my system are:

add the large Dell QHD monitor
upgrade the OS from Mavericks to High Sierra

Could it be an OS issue?

UPDATE I looked at "about my Mac" and saw it is listing the 2nd one... plugging it in and removing it my screen momentarily blanks as if it were working... but nothing is shown on the screen:

On Windows you can set the 2nd screen as pair/extend/replace the main one... I see no option on MacOS but is it possible I just need to enable screen sharing to this monitor somehow?

Though it claims it sees both monitors, nowhere can I see the SyncMaster in order to change its settings.


texts: Unable to SSH to OS X Server over alternate port

texts:
Mac mini running OS X Server 10.11.6, CommuniGate Pro, and nearly no other stock OS X Server services.

Server's owner recently found himself on a network that blocked ports for both VPN connections and SSH, so we're trying to set up the server to allow for an SSH tunnel via SOCKS proxy to port 443, which is nearly always left open. (We have no plans on running web services over that port on this box.)

Research indicates this should be a two-step process: 1) edit /Library/Server/Web/Config/Proxy/apache_serviceproxy.conf to remove web listeners on ports 80 and 443; 2) edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config to add an SSH listener on port 443; then reboot.

Upon doing so, HTTP services indeed are turned off on 80 and 443, but I can't connect to SSH on port 443. Works fine over 22 still. Nmapping the server indicates that there's nothing open on port 443. Is there something else I need to do to open this up?


texts:
I have an iPhone 4s running iOS 8.3. I am trying to send a file from a Mac to the iPhone through AirDrop. Mac notifies that

  if I want to share a file with someone using iOS, he/she must open Control Center and enable AirDrop.

However, I tried to follow these steps, but there is no AirDrop option on my iPhone.


texts: Extension cord or "hub" for USB-C / Thunderbolt 3

texts:
The picture below shows how my desk looks after I got my new Mac Book Pro (2017). The bright adapter is for USB, HDMI, USB-C and Ethernet. The darker adapter is from USB-C to Mini Display Port.

It's not quite satisfying to have a bunch of cables and adapters right in the middle of the desk. So I'm looking for a solution so that I can put all the adapters and their connected devices to a hidden spot, and just connect them with one (or two) cables to the laptop.

Basically, I would need either an USB-C extension coord or a hub from USB-C to USB-C. Is there anything available?


texts: What's a good graphics card for Yosemite on a Mac Pro 1,1?

texts:
I'd like to upgrade my Mac Pro 1,1 (using the EFI workaround hack) to run Yosemite so all my Macs are running the same version of OS X.

This old box is only used as an HTPC, so smooth 1080P video playback and good UI response is all I need -- I don't game or do anything serious on it.

Can anyone recommend an inexpensive card? Or barring a specific card, anything I should avoid or look for in a card so it plays nice with Yosemite?

I'm currently running 10.7.5, so ideally I'd like a card that has no trouble with that version as well.

I'm leaning toward an XFX HD 6670 (link below), since I hear it works OOTB on these boxes with Lion, but I have no information about whether it works well with the final version of Yosemite.

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-650MHz-PCI-Express-Graphics-HD667XCLF3/dp/B00AHV7NNE/ref=cm_cd_ql_qh_dp_t


texts: What user behavior is necessary to make Filevault 2 maximally secure?

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Situation: Filevault 2 passwords can be stolen
Passware has released the Passware Kit Forensic 11.3 which is able to steal the FileVault 2 password from the RAM by performing a DMA Attack via the FireWire port.
They state that their software:

recovers Mac User Login passwords and FileVault keys from computer memory and
decrypts TrueCrypt and FileVault volumes in minutes.

Various suggestions have been made trying to describe how to protect a Mac with Filevault 2 from such an attack:
sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1 hibernatemode 25

This will remove the full volume encryption key from RAM when the system is put into sleep mode and forces the system to immediately write RAM to disk and remove power from memory upon sleep.
Question:
What user behavior is necessary and what steps does one have to take for maximum protection with FileVault 2 on the Mac?


texts: Latest OS X update causes Finder crash (SIGSEGV)

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Does any one know how to fix an error like this?

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000102e50cf2

My Finder keeps crashing after updating my Mac this morning. I've tried TotalFinder but this also crashed as if it was Finder.

Any ideas?

The tickets shows OS X 10.8.3… but my Terminal shows this:

jycr753:~ hakunamatata$ sw_vers -productVersion
10.8.5

jycr753:~ hakunamatata$ system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 12.5.0
      Boot Volume: hakunamatata
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: jycr753
      User Name: jycr753 (hakunamatata)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      Time since boot: 2:01

I've also tried looking at kextstat to make sure that I dont have any kernel extensions, and it all looks fine…
Log error


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I have a case where my Parallels .PVM file appears to become corrupt.  This has happened 3 times over the past 9 months.  I’m wondering if this is possibly a hardware issue.

Here is the normal course of events:

While working in Parallels the VM freezes and becomes unresponsive. I get the spinning beach ball of death.
Eventually the Mac becomes unresponsive and a forced shutdown must be
performed.
After rebooting the Mac, Parallels does not start.  It
keeps spinning but the VM window never opens.  Any attempt to do
anything in Parallels makes the Mac unresponsive.
After another Mac reboot, attempting to copy the .PVM file to an external hard disk results in “The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code 100034).”
To fix the problem I have to delete the .PVM file and restore a backup of the file.

After this initially happened I did a complete reformat of the Mac SSD and reinstall of the OS.  But the problem has resurfaced 2 times since.  I now regularly back up my .PVM file to an external SSD so I don’t lose everything.  I do regular backups with Time Machine but the .PVM file is excluded.

Running Disk First Aid shows this error:  “invalid file extent (id 0x….) logical address 193… (expected 192….). It does not provide an option to repair the disk.

This has happened with multiple Parallels versions and multiple Mac OS versions.

I have contacted Parallels support but they have not provided any help.  I’ve searched for answers regarding the 100034 error code when copying the file but can’t determine anything definitive.

Does this sound like a hardware issue with the SSD?  Any other ideas of what might be causing this issue?

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), 16 GB, 500 GB SSD
macOS Mojave 10.14.1
Parallels Desktop v14.1
Guest OS:  Windows 10.


texts:
I need help fixing AppleScript for an app called "Transmission"

I am trying to write code to get it to quit once downloads are finished

Is this the proper code:

    -- Quit Transmission, if running
tell application "System Events"
    if ((count (every process whose name is "Transmission Download")) = 0) then
        tell application "Transmission"
            -- Quit Transmission
            quit
        end tell
    end if
end tell


texts: What does Mail do when it sends Windows friendly attachments?

texts: What does Mail do to the file or files differently when it sends attachments that are Windows friendly?


texts: How to add app inside application bundle (CrashPlan menu bar.app) to Spotlight index?

texts:
The CrashPlan Menu Bar item app, is located as a sub item within the package of the main CrashPlan app: /Applications/CrashPlan.app/Contents/Resources/CrashPlan menu bar.app

Applications are indexed by Spotlight, but applications within Application bundles are not on Mac OS X 10.7.5.

How to manually (Terminal) add such an app within an application bundle to the Spotlight index?


texts:
Running time machine and High Sierra, my MacBook Air got invaded.
So I want to restore it to the backup on Time Machine from earlier this morning.
But it’s not clear how I can specify from when I want to restore the machine.
I’ve tried using the Migration Assistant.
So, how do I recover the entire system from a specific point from my Time Machine backup?


texts: Shortcuts for the application switcher in OS X

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When I press Cmd + Tab in OS X (e.g. Catalina) I can access what I believe Apple calls "the application switcher".

Is there an entry for this shortcut in the System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts menu ? (screenshot below). If so, under what name?
What about the shortcuts to actually go left / right (i.e. choose different applications) within the application switcher?


texts: Using single Apple ID with multiple Apple Developer Program memberships

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My company has an Enterprise account to which I am enrolled under Developer role. The invitation was sent to my personal Apple ID.

Now, I want to enroll into Apple Developer program as an individual, just for my apps (have nothing to do with my company) using the same Apple ID.

Is it that possible or do I have to leave the team to create it?


texts: How can I fix the "pops, cracks and hissing" sounds from iPhone audio played on Ford Sync over USB?

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When I stream audio from my iPhone 4 into my Ford Sync audio system over bluetooth, the audio quality is excellent. However, if I plug in a USB cable to get access to the hands-free features, then the audio quality degrades almost immediately. Sound comes out with "hissing" sounds, pops and cracks. This is even more noticeable when listening to spoken word or podcasts.

I have tried different USB cables and have verified that the same audio files do not play with the same defects thru the iPhone's speakers when using headphones. Also, the same files played over my Mac sound just fine. Any pointers would be appreciated. If you are experiencing this same problem with your Ford Sync system, please add a comment to know that at least I am not the only one experiencing this issue. Thanks.


texts:
An iPhone is bent and broken and does not turn on:

Apple says that it only offers data recovery through software, not hardware, and several Authorized Service Providers say that they don't do it either.
This blog post mentions it's possible:

Jones simply made the broken iPhone functional again — or at least
functional enough to retrieve the photos — by replacing water-damaged
parts.
Once the iPhone could turn on, the iPhone functioned as it normally
did before suffering water damage, and the photos could be extracted
from the iPhone.

How could I, or a tech shop, recover the data from this broken iPhone?
Update: I talked to several repair shops. The one that seem most knowledgeable mentioned that as of now, it's impossible to recover data from the memory of an iPhone 6 because of data flow encryption between the logic board and the NAND memory chip. For the iPhone 4, people had discovered how to reverse engineer it, but no one had done it for the iPhone 6 yet, so no one in the world would be able to recover data. They suggested I call and check again in a few months. Is this true?
Second update: Here is a photograph of the motherboard after dismantling the phone. It seems intact to me:


texts: Mavericks OS recovery behavior - is default always to go to internet to recover?

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Is the normal, default behavior for an CMD-R based Mavericks OS Recovery to always pull the image over the internet?

(I am not talking about a deliberate "Internet" recovery CMD+OPT+R)

Back story -- I just purchased an open box 2014 Macbook Air.  It was nominally wiped and recovered with os 10.9.3 -- (although I also am pretty sure I am seeing the previous owner's name appearing as default bluetooth options (probably need to PRAM reset as well)).

In any case, I immediately booted again with CMD-R to perform a Full OS reinstall.   It immediately let me know installation would take over an hour.  Looking at the full logs, and my wifi logs, it  spends about 15 minutes downloading "506 chunks", of what I presume is the recovery image.

The first time this happened, I figured it was doing so possibly because there 10.9.4 is now the current OS version, so perhaps it just does a simple check and downloads a new recovery image if the version has changed.   I let it complete the full install by default.

However, for giggles, after it was fully complete with the install (fully default), I decided to perform another OS install.   Interestingly enough, the same behavior, 15 minutes spent downloading the same 506 chunks.

I would have expected that the recovery image on the disc would be the primary means of recovery, with deltas possibly being downloaded.   The behavior I'm seeing seems very "wasteful" OF bandwidth.

I'm just wondering the the prior owner did something that is permanently causing this behavior.


texts: Office Word 2011 for Mac scrambles hyperlinks with different schemes

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I have a very urgent question.

I made my dad buy a MacBook Air just 3 days ago, I configured it completely and installed Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, so far so good.

There is only one bad downside: Every Word document (.doc) which has hyperlinks with custom schemes (i.e: test://, whatever://) gets converted automatically to some weird file pointer scheme stuff. For example:

Example 01: "testing://onetwothree/" -> "file://localhost/testing/::onetwothree::"

Example 02: "one://two/" -> "file://localhost/one/::two::"

However, using "http://", "mailto://", "file://" works with whatever you put after them.

Typically, I'm looking for one simple solution: tell the Word not to validate the hyperlinks present on the document, whether the document is opened, saved, a hyperlink is created or edited, so they will not end up being converted/changed.

PS: This behavior is not present on Windows Office (any version), only on Mac Office 2011.

I have heard that Word Macros CAN overwrite the behavior for built-in function callbacks, something like VBA Scripts (correct me if I'm wrong).

Any help?


texts: Upon boot up why is there usage in Inactive and Page In for memory?

texts: I understand the concept behind the various memory usage, but I don't understand why there are Inactive memory and Page In upon boot up.  There are no applications that have started which hasn't quit, and what was in RAM that was written to HD that is being brought back as shown in Page In?


texts: What is the most reliable ATSC TV tuner for use with OSX?

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I'm looking for an OTA (over the air, eg. no cable) ATSC USB tuner to use with a Macbook. There appear to be a few options, all of which seem to have ugly hardware and buggy software. Does anyone have a recommendation? Elgato seems like the biggest manufacturer, but I'm reading mixed reviews.

I would primarily be using this in the US.


texts:
I have disks burnt commercially on a windows system, which my 2010 iMac (OS X 10.8.2) refuses to read.

I know the disks are correctly burnt for windows (tried them on the vendor's win machine - probably xp) but os x says:

  "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

I've no idea what to try (short of accessing them on an at work win machine.
Any pointers out there?

Cheers


texts: I'm new to MacOS command line/UNIX and trying to learn about it and the zsh shell. I have a book on Zsh shell and in an early section it describes use of the "prompt" command. However, my system does not seem to have this command. Any help as to how I can move forward would be appreciated.


texts: Do iPhone 5s LTE bands vary from country to country?

texts:
From this article,

  The 5s and the 5c are compatible with more 4G LTE frequency bands — up to 13, instead of a maximum five before. That means the phone is more likely to work with higher speeds wherever you go. However, there are more than 40 cellular bands worldwide, the bulk for LTE, so a version bought in one country might not work for high speeds everywhere around the world.

Say one were to buy an iPhone 5s in the United States and take it to Europe (specifically, Belgium). Would there be any performance impact, given the purported differences in cellular bands?


texts: how do i make iphone sync all contacts from Google Contacts into IPhone?

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http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Mobile/thread?tid=1b27fcd343e0544a&hl=en (rephrased):

  if you want to sync google contacts with iphone over the air using
  google sync, you can... sync all contacts... this way you can leave
  your already existing contacts on iphone and sync all google contacts
  (remember that every email which contact you except spam is put into
  all contacts... this means veeeery lot of contacts and some people
  find this very frustrating)

Ok it basically claims that we can sync All Contacts (all people we have ever contacted) to our IPhone over the air.

But right now my IPhone is syncing only My Contacts group and is not syncing anything outside that group. How do I make it sync All Contacts ?


texts:
Whenever I run codesign from the command line (or a pre-existing script tries to run it) – e.g. by running codesign -s "Local Developer" foo the following dialog appears.

Clicking 'Deny' cancels it just fine, but clicking 'Allow' or 'Always Allow' does precisely nothing. The only way to get rid of the dialog is then to click 'Deny', which is of course not what I want. What's going on here? How can I solve this problem?

N.B. There are no messages in the log (via Console.app).


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I currently subscribed to Apple One and I'm on macOS 11.0.1.  I never used Apple News prior to subscribing so this is my first experience with it and trying to tune it to the stories that interest me.
The sidebar contains a section titled 'Apple News' and it contains several topics, screenshot below).  I'm not able to customize this section (I can customize sections like 'Following' and 'Suggested by Siri').  I have zero interest in the topic named 'Racial Justice' and want to remove it.
I went thru Preferences and can't find any way to delete that topic.  I know I can right-click on stories and block channels as well as 'suggest less like this', but that doesn't impact this section of the sidebar.  Does anyone know of a way or a hack to remove items from this section of the sidebar?


texts:
I'm looking for a software for designing 3D graph (graph with x,y,z axis).

I found OmniGraphSketcher but it seems that it allows me to design only 2D graph.

I don't want to use Matlab because my graph will not be a "mathematical" graph. It would be a graph with text and not dots or line or numbers.

I have to do something like the picture below but in a professional way.


texts: Proxy username and password not remembered in system preferences

texts:
I am trying to set a username and password for my http proxy in the network panel in system preferences, I select the "Proxy server requires password" checkbox, enter a username and password and click ok and apply but when I go back to the proxy page the checkbox is unselected, how do I make osx remember my proxy username and password?

I am running 10.6.7

Thanks
Mark


texts:
So I removed bootcamp and now there is a partition called "free space" that I can't remove.

Here is my output from diskutil list:

Here is the screenshot from disk utility showing the partitions:

And here is the error I get when I try to remove "free space":

Heres the output when I run

sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0


texts: Is it possible to cancel file dragging on a Mac? I've noticed that with the escape key, you can cancel file dragging within the Finder, but if you're dragging the file onto another application you can't cancel it (which in my opinion seems very annoying when you really just want to cancel the file dragging). Is there any way to cancel the file dragging in such circumstances?


texts: How can I zoom in TextEdit without breaking word wrap/wrap to window?

texts:
I am using the TextEdit in the default mode i.e wrap to window mode for the rtf files.

How do I zoom in(using 2 finger zoom gesture on trackpad) to view the text without breaking the wrap-to-window feature?


texts: Apple Server - how to exclude a subdomain?

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A client has an internal Apple Server setup in their office that manages their domain (let's say it is example.com).

I have setup a subdomain of example.com (test.example.com) on Google Apps as I want to use email addresses under test.example.com for an app that I am building. The reasons for needing GMail aren't important - but I need it.

The problem arises when someone from their office tries to email bla@test.example.com.

For some reason the Apple server seems to be saying - "I am setup to manage example.com and hence all subdomains of it. I have looked - but I cannot find a subdomain of test.example.com - so the email is undeliverable".

How can I get the apple server to ignore test.example.com and all of its email?


texts: iPod touch bad battery performance after updating to iOS 4

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Hey, I own an iPod touch 2g which worked great until I updated to iOS4. After I did the update, it takes just a few hours for the battery to run out. Even if I´m not doing anything with it. I noticed that if I turn off wifi the battery life is great. So I´m hoping you guys can help me with either a solution to this issue and get it to work normally even with wifi on, or some way to get the wifi turned off when blocking it.

Some things I already try: - fully discharge the vattery and then charge it to 100% - restore the iPod - Updated iOS again to 4.1 now

Thanks in advance!


texts:
Can anyone identify this menulet please? I can't drag it off the menu like others and I can't see it in any of the locations that a google search has suggested like /System/Library/PreferencePanes/.

It doesn't appear for other users on this machine.

Thanks


texts: Can an Open Directory (10.8) user's home directory be changed from the terminal?

texts:
I'd like to use SFTP/SSH for users (students and faculty) to manage their web content. The default home directory is "/Users//". I'd like to point them to something like "/Users//web" to block access to the other folders that are created in the home directory.

I want to use terminal in order to avoid manually changing the setting for > 400 users. Is this possible?


texts: How do I find out the system temporary directory?

texts: I'm testing an app that uses the System temp Directory. Inside of the app, there is some call to a Cocoa function to query this. Is there a way for me to query for this directory name outside of having to write a Cocoa app of my own? Possibly a command that I can issue in Terminal?


texts: Creating a new contact in contact list but it doesn't show

texts:
I've found lately that whenever I add a new contact it then doesn't show in my contact list either in the app or the phone. If I receive a call from them their name shows and if I want to send a message I can type in their name but I can't search for them if I want to call them for the first time.

I haven't changed any settings in my phone and wonder how to make this change.


texts: I changed the root user password in phpMyAdmin and now it cannot connect to the database. Does anyone know where, in the MAMP folder structure, where to hardcode the new password in?


texts:
Whenever I log on, I get the "Your computer crashed previously, do you want to restart the running programs?" error; regardless of whether my machine crashed or not. Whether I press OK or Cancel, it comes back the next day.

While my machine crashes quite regularly, it usually shuts down cleanly. Presumably, therefore, this error is flagged via some stuck setting.

How do I "unstick" it?

EDIT The actual error message:

  You shut down your computer because of a problem.

  If you want to open the applications that were open when you shut
  down, click Open.

  If you do nothing, the computer will continue the login in [countdown]
  seconds.

I don't know what to look for in the logs, but I can isolate the time down to the nearest minute and this is what I get (hopefully this doesn't expose any compromising data!):

06/07/2015 10:00:54.477 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: Background: Aqua: Registering new GUI session.
06/07/2015 10:00:54.503 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: (com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert) Unknown key: seatbelt-profiles
06/07/2015 10:00:54.504 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
06/07/2015 10:00:54.514 am distnoted[327]: # distnote server agent  absolute time: 18.231856073   civil time: Mon Jul  6 10:00:54 2015   pid: 327 uid: 15022  root: no
06/07/2015 10:00:59.471 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: (com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae[376]) Job failed to exec(3). Setting up event to tell us when to try again: 2: No such file or directory
06/07/2015 10:00:59.471 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: (com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae[376]) Job failed to exec(3) for weird reason: 2
06/07/2015 10:00:59.472 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: (com.user.boot2docker[375]) Job failed to exec(3). Setting up event to tell us when to try again: 2: No such file or directory
06/07/2015 10:00:59.472 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: (com.user.boot2docker[375]) Job failed to exec(3) for weird reason: 2
06/07/2015 10:00:59.555 am WiFiKeychainProxy[347]: [NO client logger] <Nov 10 2013 18:30:13> WIFICLOUDSYNC WiFiCloudSyncEngineCreate: created...
06/07/2015 10:00:59.555 am WiFiKeychainProxy[347]: [NO client logger] <Nov 10 2013 18:30:13> WIFICLOUDSYNC WiFiCloudSyncEngineRegisterCallbacks: WiFiCloudSyncEngineCallbacks version - 0, bundle id - com.apple.wifi.WiFiKeychainProxy
06/07/2015 10:00:59.702 am ReportPanic[351]: ReportPanic could not stat /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-06-22-170843_mib107490i.panic
06/07/2015 10:00:59.709 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.15022[322]: (com.apple.mrt.uiagent[355]) Exited with code: 255
06/07/2015 10:00:59.953 am Flux[389]: Invalid color System, labelColor (warning given only once)

My guess is it's the ReportPanic line, but that's just a hunch!


texts: Can't sign into App store from my Macbook

texts:
I'm running High Sierra on my Mbp. I want to download an app from the app store but it keeps asking me to sign in. When I sign in, nothing happens. I have tried ABSOLUTELY everything that I could find in all the forums and still nothing works! Changed DNS settings, checked certificates, erased old caches and yes, even checked my internet connection (duh?)

Don't know what else to do. updates downloads and installs properly, but I cannot see previous purchases or download any new apps.
PS: It works fine on my iphone...


texts:
I have created a safari extension with tool button icon of 64x64 pixels. its not as crisp as the safari buttons. I have tried higher resolutions and lower resolutions which are rendered worse than 64x64 size.

In below image notice how my custom tab switch icon on the left differ with the safari's on the right.

the difference is much clearer on an low res external monitor

How to make crispier and darker images like that of the default safari buttons?


texts: CloudMagic is about to stop working on September 30th. Can I prolong its life?

texts:
As you may know, a great email client for Mac, CloudMagic, was recently renamed to Newton and switched to a subscription model. The last CloudMagic version is supposed to stop working on 30th September 2016.

Is there a way to prevent it from happening? Maybe I can block some IP address? I really like it, but I'm not going to use their new subscription.


texts: Copy file to iPhone app from Mac OS terminal

texts:
Is there a way to copy a file from macOS into an iPhone app via Terminal? For example copy movie from Mac OS into the VLC Player App on iPhone.
Like iphone and mac os connected via cable, you run copy /macos/file.mov /iphone/vlc and it's all done.
Not share, copy, so it will be physically stored on iPhone and accessible anytime without internet.
I would prefer a solution through command line so as to be able to script it.


texts: Split Quicktime Clip Collection Into Individual Videos

texts:
For whatever reason, my camcorder saves recorded videos as "clips" all bundled into a massive AVCHD movie file. I can open each clip individually and manually export it through Quicktime, but this is a time consuming process I would prefer to automate. What is the best way to automate exporting each of these individual "clips" into their own movie files?

For reference, the "clips" view that shows upon opening the huge AVCHD file looks like the following:


texts:
I am trying to test my AWS git code commit:

ssh git-codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

But I keep getting a mac password dialog for ssh key. I enter in my password, but I keep getting Saving password to keychain failed error. Does anyone know what might be going on?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Why does my home directory location keep reverting to the previous setting?

texts:
I have two hard drives in my MacBook Pro: one is a solid state drive that holds the OS and Applications, the other a spinning platter drive that holds my home directory.

I currently have /Users/ian as a symlink to  /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/ian.

And in my user profile my home directory is /Users/ian:

When I change the Home directory field to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/ian and perform the requested restart of my machine, after I log back in, my home directory is set back to /Users/ian.

Why won't my changes to this setting stick?


texts: Shortcut to switch off and on individual cellular network

texts:
iPhone iOS13 w/ dual SIMS: T-Mobile (EU) & AT&T (US). I need help shortcut script:

IF I arrive home THEN

turn on airplane mode and WIFI
GO To Settings -- Cellular (Cellular Plans)
1 Cellular plan (T-Mobile) Turn ON / 2 Cellular Plan (AT&T) Turn ON

IF I leave home THEN

turn off airplane mode and
GO To Settings -- Cellular (Cellular Plans)and
1 Cellular plan (T-Mobile) Turn ON / 2 Cellular Plan (AT&T) Turn OFF

This allows the user access to WIFI calling only while at home location and local cellular plan use while outside of home.

[Turning off Network completely: Not just 'data' but the complete network mobile line. Ex: T-Mobile is 'active' and AT&T turns off.]


texts: Preview Crashes Repeatedly on Yosemite 10.10.1

texts:
I installed Yosemite 10.10.1 about a week ago. Preview crashes all the time whenever I try to perform a search on certain documents. Unfortunately, I can't upload this document because of copyright infringement issues. I never experienced this before (in the many times I searched) with Mavericks but it has happened quite often with Yosemite.

Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?
What is a possible solution?

Kind regards,

polarise

I would happily securely send the actual document to an Apple employee to reproduce the fault.


texts: Mail.app won't launch Skim in Mountain Lion

texts:
I have been using Skim for a while as my standard PDF reader. After migrating to a new MacBook Air with Mountain Lion (currently running 10.8.2), I can no longer launch Skim from Mail.app.

This same issue was reported to the Skim community ( http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3557462&group_id=192583&atid=941981 ) and closed as invalid, as it was considered a problem with Mail.app, not Skim.

Does anyone know how to get this to work again?


texts: Mojave 10.14.4 update causes mail passwords not to work

texts:
After 10.14.4 my hotmail and ntlworld mail accounts will not login. Have checked passwords and theses are the same ones that still work on the iPad and iPhone . But re-entering on iMac says "unable to verify account name or password".
The question "mail for mac will not accept my password" has an answer about "app-specific passwords" and talks about 2-level authentication .
What should I do ?
Do I have to make new passwords for hotmail and ntlworld?
Or is there a bug fix coming?
Help!!!!


texts: How do I remove all the tags at once from the Finder sidebar?

texts: I have nearly 1,500 tags. Somehow, they are all marked to appear in the sidebar. My MacBook Pro is 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB of memory, but it still takes 7 seconds for Finder to remove just one of them via Finder Preferences. Is there anyway to remove all of the tags from the sidebar using Terminal or by some other means? I do not want to delete them, just remove them from the sidebar. Thanks!


texts: Updating / Upgrading Xcode to 6.0.1 does not work

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so I tried to upgrade my Xcode to 6.0.1 from 5.6 or something. I'm running on Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 yet.

The problem is that it starts downloading Xcode form the Mac AppStore and already
replaced my old Xcode. So in the dock it is shown like a normal icon and when I click on it it says

"Xcode is being updated. Xcode can not be launched while updating"

When I open the AppStore it restarts the update and so on. So what I did was to download Xcode from the Developer's Resources site. Then I opened the .dmg and it gave me the image like opening a CD (I don't know how to call it, sorry). Then I copy the program to the desktop and it starts copying (preparing to copy) and nothing happens...

Then I tried to open it directly from the opened .dmg but just literally nothing happens...

Also I tried to deinstall "Xcode 6" with CleanMyMac2 but it starts deinstalling and says it finished right a second after.

Sorry for the long text but I thought an exact description might help you. Thanks for taking your time reading this, i'd appreciate an answer if you have one ;)


texts: Will I need a Magic Trackpad to take advantage of OS X Lion?

texts: From what I have read and/or seen about OS X Lion, it sounds like many of its new features rely on gestures.  I have a Mac Pro and do not have a trackpad of any kind.  Will I need to get a Magic Trackpad to take advantage of many of the new features in OS X Lion?  What kind of user experience can I expect in Lion if I don't have one?  What will I be missing out on?


texts: How can I add shells to the list in Run Shell Script in the Automator?

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If I select the Run Shell Script action in Automator, it has a drop down menu filled with possible shells:

/bin/bash
/bin/csh
/bin/ksh
/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/zsh
/usr/bin/perl
/usr/bin/python
/usr/bin/ruby
/Users/iain/Library/Frameworks/zsh/Programs/zsh

I reckon that some of that list came from /etc/shells, especially as it has tacked on my custom zsh at the end (unless it's read the currently selected shell from somewhere else). I also have an updated Ruby in /opt/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/ which I'd like to use for this shell script action.

Would anyone know how I can add it to the list? I've tried adding it to /etc/shells which didn't work (and seems like a horrible hack). Doing that removed the custom zsh from the list too!

Also, when I first pull in the action my current shell (the custom zsh) is automatically selected. If I try to use the drop down and re-select the custom zsh, it selects /bin/bash instead and removes the custom zsh from the list. If, however, I leave the custom zsh select and I save the workflow and restart automator, the custom zsh is missing and there is no shell selected for the action.

I could use one of the existing shells to call the custom Ruby, but it would obviously be easier to remove a layer of redirection

Any help with this will be much appreciated.


texts: Creating a second background session with Apple Remote Desktop

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Is it possible to access a remote Mac using Apple Remote Desktop and run a second session? Eg. while the main user is still in there account I could either go into their account or login with another account without interfering with what they are doing.

For example I sometimes need to dip into other people's machines and update settings, but I have to work around when they are not working on their machine, if it could run a second session in the background then I could make changes, update etc. without having to kick them off.

I don't need to run complex programs or even multiple browser tabs; it's just to login and admin the computer, add printers, make sure updates are applied etc.. so it shouldn't use many resources.

Is that possible ?


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I am getting kernel panics on reboots for a few weeks now. They seem to be caused by an Oracle kernel extensions(I will add an image of the stacktrace).
I am using a MacBook Pro 15" retina mid 2014 model with MacOS Sierra.

I assumed that it was caused by VirtualBox, however I uninstalled it and removed the kext with their script and I ran in a kernel panic once again.
I scanned my SSD with the Disk Utility tool and it showed no errors. Reinstalling MacOS helps temporarily until I restart again.

I appreciate your help.

Attempt to clean up photo

original here for ref


texts: What are pros and cons for installing apps natively vs. through MacPorts?

texts: Given some applications that can be installed natively as well as through MacPorts (such as MacVim, iTerm2, Gimp, etc.), what are pros and cons for choosing one installation method over the other?


texts: Can I watch a video on my Mac but have the audio go through my iPhone?

texts: I would like to get the sound from my MacBook Pro to play on my iPhone. For example if I watch a video on my Mac I would be able to view it on my Mac but get the audio through my iPhone. Is this possible?


texts: Which OS X Lion features would not be available on a late 2008 MacBook model?

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Which OS X Lion features wouldn't work on a late 2008 MacBook?  The system in question has a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and has been upgraded to 4GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive, so it meets the hardware requirements.  (Oh, and the MacBook is white.  ;-)

Am I right in thinking the only major thing not supported would be the lack of some multi-touch gesture functionality, assuming no external trackpad is attached?

Or, is there something else I'm missing?  Thanks.


texts: External hard drive not recognised by MacBook Pro.

texts: Recently my segate 1tb external hard drive has been playing up on my late 2013 MacBook Pro with retina. It has been very inconsistent. sometimes it works fine for a day or two or only 2 minutes, and then other times it doesn't even show up. I have looked in disk utility and I cannot find it there. I tried to run 'first aid' on it in disk utility yesterday but got a message saying something along the lines of "cannot perform first aid because the drive cannot be un-mounted. Thanks in advance for your help!


texts: How to change default path for photo booth?

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By default, photo booth save videos in

/Users/UserName/Pictures/Photo\ Booth\ Library

Is there a way to change this default path?

I am on OSX 10.11.5


texts: Set environment variable for the process before startup

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I have the following situation: I have Mac OS bundle with application which uses some 3rd party dylib's and those dylib's depend on some env variable, let's name it ENV_VAR. I want to set ENV_VAR to some value for my application only because if I set it for the whole system it may breaks some other apps. And it should work transparently to the user i.e. he just run my app from the Application folder by double clicking it. How can I achieve it?

NOTE: dylibs are loaded before main functions starts hence setting this variable in the main doesn't help