texts: How do I get system_profiler output from a lot of machines in a network?

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I need to have a script that will execute "system_profiler -detailLevel full" command in a remote mac machine. While this is going on, the user on the remote machine should not know that there is something happening.

I tried the following applescript:

tell application "Terminal" of machine "eppc://<ip address of remote machine>"
    activate
    do script "system_profiler -detailLevel full >> /$HOSTNAME.txt"
end tell

This activates the terminal app on the desktop and hence a bad idea, as user working on that remote machine is interrupted. I want this to happen in the background.

I want a shell script (not an applescript) that will take the name of hostnames from a text file stored on the same location where the shell script is. It will then go to each host from that list of hostnames, execute the system_profiler command and copy the text file having the output of the command ($HOSTNAME.txt file) back to the machine from where the shell script was executed.

The file copying should be done without ssh,scp etc.


texts: Can I remove original music file after imported into iTunes w/ copy enabled

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I've been putting all my music into a folder 'Music' then going to itunes and importing into library. The copy to itunes/media setting is enabled.

Does that mean after the music is copied I can delete the original? So all it needs is the music files it copies into home > music > itunes > itunesmedia > music. Or are they still used?


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So, I used:

sudo dd if=/Users/****/Downloads/kali-linux-2019-2-amd64-iso.dmg of=/dev/disk2 bs=1m

to flash a bootable usb drive, but it never started copying... So now I can't access/mount/unmount the drive.

What I noticed trying to check it out was, that dd is not working at all...
dd sticks the same way, no matter what command (even just trying to get the list of commands) I try.

Any ideas on what could be wrong and/or how to fix the drive?


texts: Microsoft Remote Desktop client failing to connect via Remote Desktop Gateway in AWS

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I am on Microsoft Remote Desktop Version 10.2.2 on macOS 10.14 (Mojave). The error log looks like the following.

  An error occurred while communicating with the Remote Desktop Gateway.
  If this keeps happening, contact your network administrator for
  assistance.

  Error code: 0x3000062


texts: What is a good way to move my MacBook life to a temporary computer, and back to primary computer?

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I use my MacBook Pro extensively, for work and pleasure. I have a lot of apps and settings. I have a ton of data in my Calendar app and Contacts app. I have a sequence of year-based project directories in ~/Documents/Projects/2019/, ~/Documents/Projects/2018/. I keep backups on two different drives.

And this MacBook Pro is broken, so I have to repair it. Repairs will take a week. I don't want to stop all that activity for a week. I want to move enough of my apps and settings and data to a temporary computer that I can keep working, then move back to my main computer when it is repaired.

What is an effective way to stop changes on my main computer, transfer all of my state to the temporary computer so that I can work without disruption, then transfer all of my state back to the main computer when it returns?

Note that it's important to have a clean way to be able to keep accumulating project data on the temporary computer, and to move all that project data seamlessly back to the main computer when it returns.

I have a file server, which keeps archives of the past year's project directories. Let's assume that I can copy ~/Documents/Projects/2018/ and earlier to that server, and delete them from my main computer. Thus what I really want to transfer is what is in my home directory outside this year's projects, and apps and settings, and the accumulated project data from the time I am on the temporary computer.

Here are some assumptions to clarify the problem:

I have access to the temporary computer for enough overlap time (a day? a week?) before and after, to perform the transfer
The main computer still functions. It can do its part in the transfer. I can delay the repair until a convenient time.
I have access to plenty of storage locally
I want to avoid cloud storage in favour of local storage which I control
I am willing to buy utility software if it helps
I am comfortable running sysadmin tools, using the command line, etc.
I need a way to delete all my data from the temporary computer when I am done
It would be nice, but not essential, to delete the data on my main computer while it is in for repair

The temporary computer might be a rental, in which case let's assume I could install or delete anything I want, because they will re-image the system when they get it back. Or, the temporary computer might be one of my spare laptops, in which case I can create a new user account for temporary use, and delete it after, but I can't completely blow up the contents of the disk.

I especially hope for answers which describe something you actually do, and which has worked well for you.


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I just bought a MacBook Pro with OS X Lion.

I am having a problem with all my saved preferences: for example, in my Finder "General Preferences", the new finder window shows setting keeps resetting each time I turn on my Mac.

I am having the exact same problem with the general system preferences regarding the restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps setting; I disabled it but when I restart my laptop, Lion keeps re-opening the programs that were opened in the previous session.

I am a first time Mac user and I am a bit lost with this problem :)


texts: Can I remote desktop to another user on the same machine?

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On my work Mac, which stays physically in my work office, I want to keep my work stuff separate from my personal stuff by using two different user accounts.  I normally stay logged in as the 'work' user.  But I want to have them visible at the same time, since I have a large screen.  I think I could get a nice setup if I could use the built in remote desktop client or a 3rd party VNC client to connect to the login screen of the existing machine, so that I can select a different user.  Or if I could connect as a specific user, even though the physical machine is already logged in as someone else.

I normally use my system with "remote management" mode enabled (not just remote desktop), and I often use a VNC client at home to access my Mac desktop at work.  Although this is not my daily routine.  In this mode the VNC client immediately connects to the existing desktop.  Is there a way I can force this connection to go to the login screen instead?  When I use a VNC client to connect to the existing screen, I can see it trying (you get the kind of infinite regress that you might expect), so the basic connection works.  I just want it to let me select another user.

Edit:
I think part of the problem is that the system might be running a VNC server session in the background waiting for me to connect.  It connects to the active session.  It seems to happen either when I have "remote management" turned on or just "screen sharing".  Using an alternate user in an "open" command results in an error about not being able to control your own screen.

To be clear, both accounts are on my work computer.  From home I want to connect to my "work user" on my work computer.  From my desk at work, logged in as my "work user" I want to be able to connect to the "personal user" on my work computer.

I think my real problem is related to what happens on the server side of the connection.  I want the OS to fire up the login window even through there is a user logged in on the main screen/keyboard.   I know that is some circumstances a remote-login user can receive the login screen.  It might be necessary for me to give up the idea of sometimes connecting to the logged-in user and sometimes connecting with a fresh login.  If I can switch completely to the fresh-login mode that would be a start.

How does Mac OS decide whether to show the login-screen for a remote connection versus just connecting you to the running desktop?  I thought it was related to having "remote management" turned on vs "screen sharing".  But with just "screen sharing" turned on, I still get the connect-to-existing behavior.


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Sometimes when I take a photo I like to share it with friends and family, so I press the button that points up, which then leads to a screen where I can share the photo with facebook, flickr and several other things that I don't use.

Recently I decided to use instagram as a means of sharing photos, since I had noticed some of my friends on facebook doing it.

I installed the instagram app on my iphone and have used it a few times to share photos, but it is missing from the list of things to share with immediately after taking a photo navigated to from the photo gallery.

How can I get instagram to appear in the list of destinations that I see when I decide t share a photo from my phone?


texts: Can AppleScript get folder contents with file extension exclusion?

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Looking for a way in AppleScript to get the contents of a directory with an exclusion to parse through. I know how to do this using find in a for loop with the command:

find . -not -name "*.bat"

but I'm curious to know if there is an AppleScript only approach to getting a folder's contents without the file extension .bat.

I've built a dummy directory on my desktop, added several files and tried:

tell application "Finder"
    set theFiles to get every item of (entire contents of folder (choose folder)) whose kind ≠ ".bat"
    reveal theFiles
end tell

the .bat files are highlighted. Using does not contain compiles but errors out to:

Error:

  Can’t get every item of true.

Code:

tell application "Finder"
    set theFiles to get every item of (entire contents of folder (choose folder) does not contain ".bat")
    reveal theFiles
end tell

Trying another approach I get an error of:

Error:

  Finder got an error: Unknown object type.

Code:

tell application "Finder"
    set theFiles to get every item of (entire contents of folder (choose folder)) whose type ≠ {"public.bat"}
    reveal theFiles
end tell

If I try to modify the approach I can only get a solid result if I narrow down the name of a bat file using:

Code:

tell application "Finder"
    set theFiles to get (every file of folder (choose folder) whose name is not in {"foobar.bat"})
    reveal theFiles
end tell

In pure AppleScript is there a way to get contents of a directory with an exclusion for file type? I would possibly like to chain the exclusion for multiple file types.


texts: Is Thunderbolt on the same bus as FireWire and Ethernet on a late 2012 Mac Mini

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I use a late 2012 Mac Mini as a music server. My expensive, external audio digital to analogue converter (DAC) was connected to the Mini by FireWire. After a lightning strike the Mac Mini FireWire and Ethernet ports do not work.

Is it likely that the Thunderbolt port is also burnt out. I am proposing to use a TB/FW adapter.

Any suggestions please.


texts: Flickr backup/sync with new OS X Photos app

texts: Searching for a solution how to use the 1 TB free flickr storage to sync my photo library. I use the new Apple OS X Photos app and don't want to sync with iCloud (just 5GB free storage).


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I am trying (unsuccessfully) to get a Mail message (located in the 'Drafts' folder) by its message id.

The following code:

set theContent to getContent(123456)

on getContent(theID)

  tell application "Mail"
    try
      return ((content of message whose message id is theID) as rich text)
    on error errText number errNum
      display dialog "Error: " & errNum & return & errText
    end try

  end tell

end getContent

Generates an error that reads: Error -1723.  Can't get the content of message whose message id = 123456.  Access not allowed.

What am I missing?


texts: How to show file/window names in Mission Control?

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I need to switch between windows often across apps. I have 4 terminals open, 5 projects in Visual Studio Code, 4 github repos open in Sublime Merge, 3 Finder windows, 6 Chrome windows, and on top of that 1 each of Music, Preview, Octave, SlickEdit, TextEdit

I need to switch between VSCode, Sublime Merge, and Terminal most often and to specific windows but as you can see from the screenshot below it's difficult to figre out which window is which

I can hover over each window one at time and it will show a title but it's really tedious to hover over several windows.

Is there a way to get Mission Control to always draw the titles over every window?


texts: All text boxes : The opposite of ctrl+v (like in emacs)

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I like using ctrl + v on mac for jumping with the cursor to the next screen - something like page down but the cursor moves too.

Do you know any way to do the opposite - jumping to the previous screen - like page up but also with the cursor moving?

I'd love a universal solution - i.e. working in all text boxes.

UPDATE: I've refreshed my mind that there's a key binding in terminals that does exactly what I want and that's meta + v but that doesn't work in all Cocoa text boxes as ctrl + v does.


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I tried to configure the Mail App for my Mail Server using STARTTLS on Port 587 but it does not seem to work. The app complains that there is no connection possible whether I check to use encryption or not. In the server logs I see that the iPad connects but does not issue a STARTTLS command.
I found these questions 1, 2 that suggest that iOS does not support STARTTLS but this sounds quite unreasonable. So I would like to confirm that iOS does not support STARTTLS or that the error has to be found somewhere else. Other devices can connect without problems.


texts: Can we simply rename an app if they are different versions and keep them both?

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For example, I have Xcode 4.4.1, and now Xcode 4.5 Golden Master (GM) version is available, but it is also called Xcode (when the .dmg is mounted as an disc image, it shows only one app (or folder), called Xcode)

I think the way is just to double click on the .dmg file, and then drag and drop that app into our Applications folder.  But since the current Xcode and Xcode 4.5GM have the same name, can the new one just be renamed and so we can have both versions on our machine?  I was worried that what if the app writes back data to the /Applications/Xcode folder, then the GM version can write unexpected data for the 4.4.1 version.

And will it work with other software, such as Xcode 3.2, Xcode 3.3, or even different versions of Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop?


texts: How can I delete all Time Machine backups of a given folder?

texts:
The delete all backups of dialog isn’t present when I right-click the folder in question.

I am trying to delete all Time Machine backups of this folder including the ones found in the local snapshots.


texts:
I've installed a new HDD in my iMac, so i reinstalled OS X. I used migration assistant to set back only the settings. I also wanted to set back some other folders, but since my new HDD was smaller than the original one I wanted to dive in this later on.

Now I have setup time machine for my new installation of OS X (with the same computer name). Frankly I can't access the files/folders of the old backup anymore. In time machine the dates of the backups show up, but I can't move to them. Also migration assistant only shows the new backups and not the old ones anymore. I think the old backups are still there, since the time machine backup file is around 500 GB and the backups from the new installation are around 40 GB.

Is there a way I can get to the old backups?


texts: Achieve 60Hz on my AOC U3477PQU 34" Ultrawide Monitor with Macbook Pro 15" (Late 2013)

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I bought an AOC U3477PQU 34" Ultrawide Monitor and I am trying to achieve a higher refresh rate.

I connected my monitor to my Macbook Pro 15" Late 2013 with Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB graphics card via HDMI directly and via Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter and everything works fine but I have a refresh rate of 30Hz. This is quite annoying as I can see the delay even when I move my mouse cursor.

Is there any way I can get a higher refresh rate? Using an Mini Displayport to Displayport cable will solve the problem?

Thanks in advance for your help...


texts: I need to disable my main keyboard as one letter is not working and it's out of warranty

texts:
This is my current setup:

1 year warranty expired.
90 days warranty warranty expired too.
Using external keyboard on top of the internal keyboard for now.
I need to disable the built-in one, because using the external keyboard sometimes triggers keystrokes from the internal keyboard.
Alternatively, I can rebind some key to act as r

I am looking for a temporary software solution; in particular something like this, but it should lock the keyboard instead of disabling the screen.


texts: Big Sur Filesystem: APFS Snapshot Nested in main HD drive

texts: I am running macOS Big Sur, and noticed my filesystem was behaving differently than I had ever seen. Most notably, the nested hard drives with an APFS Snapshot nested within the main HD. Furthermore, all data on the drive is stored in the snapshot. I'm not sure if this is an error that may have arisen from the transition from Catalina or it is a property of Big Sur.


texts: script works in Script Editor but not as app (MacOS Mojave)

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The following Script works as expected in Script Editor:
tell application "System Events"
    set nord to menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "NordVPN IKE"
    ignoring application responses
        click nord
    end ignoring
end tell
do shell script "killall System\\ Events"
tell application "System Events"
    set nord to menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "NordVPN IKE"
    tell menu 1 of nord
        if exists menu item "Disconnect" then
            click menu item "Disconnect"
        else
            click menu item "Connect"
        end if
    end tell
end tell

When I export it to a .app and double click on it to execute, I get the following error:

Can’t get «class menE» 1 of «class mbri» 1 of «class mbar» 2 of «class pcap» "NordVPN IKE" of application "System Events". Invalid index.
System Events got an error: Can’t get menu 1 of menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "NordVPN IKE". Invalid index. (-1719)

How can I change the script so it works as a .app?
Thanks


texts: get link to iCloud file from finder without having to go to iCloud website?

texts: Is it possible to get a remote link to a file via finder? I want to be able to share my screenshots really quickly which are now saved to an iCloud folder. Thanks, D.


texts: Change Preview's default "Move to..." directory

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Is there a way to set the default Move to... directory in Preview?

When a file is opened in Preview and Move to... is selected, the default directory is the directory that the file currently resides in. This directory selection is useless since I want to move the file from it. I'd like to set it to something else.


texts: Credit card numbers stolen. How to check if my MacBook has a keylogger installed?

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My credit card numbers have been stolen recently. I suspect that was because of my MacBook. I'm thinking that because I had never had the issue before, until recently, after I started using a MacBook Pro (and let Safari stored my card information).

List of Safari extensions that I installed:

AdGuard Adblocker
Translate

List of applications that I installed:

MacTeX
TeXstudio
Visual Studio Code
Google Chrome (just to check for passwords that I forgot so that I can use them again in Safari)
Some fonts (Cambria Math, STIX Two, TeX Gyre)

I installed Malwarebytes and scanned my Mac but dit not find anything.

How can I check if my MacBook is keylogged?

Thank you very much in advance for your help!


texts: How can I diagnose my MacBook Pro Start-up problem?

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I have a MacBook Pro 8,1 (Early 2011) / 8GB (2x4GB RAM) /256 SSD  and was running El Captain. One morning I couldn't boot it up.

After doing the Apple Hardware Test which showed faulty RAM I put back my old 4GB (2x2GB) RAM sticks, retested and had no errors. I had all my data on an external drive so I did a complete restore back to Lion 10.7.5. After installing the system, the Spinning wheel of death appears very frequently, but I put that down the indexing which had a remaining time of 5 days. After rebooting the system once, I couldn't boot it again.

I have done the hardware test multiple times since then and everything checks out fine. I have installed Lion twice since then also, but if I do a restart it never boots further than the grey Apple logo and spinning wheel  like the very first time. I have tried all start-up options. Safe-mode never boots. At the moment I am trying the "Choose Startup Disk" option and choose the partition but I only see the wheel of death.

After doing a verbose boot, the system did infact reboot after approximately 3 hours. However, even just entering my login password brings back the spinning wheel of death which runs for a couple of minutes so that the mac is effectively useless and then "kernel panic".

How can I diagnose what is going on here? Processor, Permissions? Other problems?


texts: I lost my iPhone; how can I see my messages?

texts: I lost my iPhone. I have my Apple ID and password, FaceBook password, phone number and email password. Is it possible for me to view my texts, photos etc. and access them through my MacBook Pro laptop without having my phone?


texts: Migration Assistant, rsync, cp and Catalina: How to copy everything in `/Users`

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So I just got a brand new 13" MBP and I started with the migration assistant, but it doesn't copy enough from the ~/Library folder. For example, I'm missing my Apple Notes from that machine and missing Chrome bookmarks and my OneTab plugin and all those bookmarks.

What I want is to get a bitwise copy of the /User/ folders onto the new machine, but when I try either sudo cp -r or sudo rsync -azP I end up with many errors and no confidence that I have a byte-for-byte copy of my previous user folders to guarantee the greatest fidelity of continuity from my previous machine. It appears that the errors I'm seeing might be related to new permissions models in OS X that prevent certain files and folders from being copied and replaced on the new machine.

I obviously know that I probably can't copy the active user without issue because of files in use, but I can't even get rsync -azP to work for a non-active user.

I tried recovery mode as well but rsync isn't available and cp -r gets errors with non-existent files (I'm also not sure if cp copies permissions correctly like rsync)

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to bypass these new OS X security and permissions controls so that I have full permission to do everything with rsync in the terminal without issue such that I have confidence I copied absolutely everything?


texts: BootCamp: error occurred while partitioning disk. Disk Utility's First Aid says volume is OK

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I'm trying to set up a Win10 partition on my late 2013 rMBP through Boot Camp Assistant, however I'm getting stuck on partitioning:

Then after heading to Disk Utility, I try using the First Aid option and everything turns out fine:

Then I try doing a partition via Disk Utility:

However I get operation failed due to the disk size being too small:

I have no idea why this isn't working. I'll try to provide as much information as possible, so here is diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            180.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             70.7 GB    disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Macintosh HD           +179.6 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 B191F8EE-7EE7-40DF-8711-274537FC4103
                                 Unencrypted


texts: Can I Share All Photos in iCloud Photo Library to Family Members?

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With iCloud Photo Library, assuming I have purchased enough storage space to store all my photos, can I then share all my photos to other my family members who are using different iCloud accounts?

(This question here seems to imply there is a limit imposed by Apple that is not publicly-known.)


texts: How can I cleanly remove Homebrew. I might have a faulty older installation, and I'd like to have a fresh start.


texts:
I am placing multiple video picture in pictures in my iMovie project. Is there a function with which, once I find a size I like for the first one or two, I can then apply that same universal size to every picture in picture in the project?

I'm trying to avoid having to do all 40 odd clips manually and I want to be sure each is the same size, rather than just guessing.


texts: How do I create files in Finder without Terminal?

texts:
On windows, when you right click then you have option to create files.

I want to do that too on Mac, how can I do that without terminal?


texts:
My iPhone has been stolen yesterday.
I have put it in lost mode from icloud at same day.

It is showing "Lost mode is pending" because it is switched off.

But my iphone is configured with touch ID so user is not able
to conntect to internet then what are the possibilities to track via icloud.

And any other options to track it ?


texts: Install an app from a simple little Makefile?

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I have a simple little application written in Python that I mostly use on Linux, but I'd like to get it going on macOS too.  On Linux I have a Makefile to install it - it's not an rpm or a deb or anything like that.
Is there a way of just installing it from the Makefile on macOS too?
On Linux, I'm using desktop-file-install to install the application, which is just a few .py's, a little shell, and an icon file as an SVG or PNG.  I found dockutil on macOS in homebrew, which looks kind of similar, but it seems to want to use a preexisting .app directory under /Applications.
What's the easiest (read: no clickitis) way to automatically add an application to the dock on macOS, if you just have a few python and bash scripts and an icon file?
Thanks!
PS: I'm likely the only person in the world using this, so there's not much point in creating a .dmg or something.


texts: Mac Preview: Search only in current page

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When I search in Preview using cmd+F, I am redirected to the first page of the document.
However, many times I am just trying to find the nearest appearance of a word inside the page I am reading.
Is there a way to go around this?


texts: Display PDF slides via HDMI projector, controlled from iPad/iPhone, either directly or via MacBook

texts:
I frequently give academic conference presentations, using PDF-based slides.  Typically, a projector with HDMI input is available. Currently, I usually connect it to my MacBook as mirrored display, and advance the slides from the MacBook keyboard.

It would be nice to be able to run the presentation wirelessly from my iPad/iPhone, so I can walk around freely while still being able to (a) advance the slides, and (b) glance at the slides without turning away from the audience.  Is there any way to achieve this?  Detailed requirements/desirables are spelled out below, but I guess they’re pretty common for conference presenters with Apple devices.

I’ve found several similar existing questions, such as How to display iPhone/iOS device on Projector? and How to show iOS screen on a projector like Steve Jobs did on his keynotes?, but they are all rather old and their answers don’t fit this use-case, as far as I can see.

Requirements/desirables:

Projector hardware is totally out of my control; all I can rely on is a projector with HDMI input (sometimes VGA on older projectors).
Usually there’s a local Wi-Fi network, often eduroam-based, but the details and quality vary. So a solution using Wi-Fi is OK if it works reliably on most Wi-Fi setups (at least including eduroam) without specific configuration, but not if it needs detailed re-configuration depending on the network.
Usually there are just a few minutes available to connect and test the setup at the venue before the talk.
I don’t want a wired connection from the iPad to any larger-than-pocket-sized device (since the point is to allow free movement).
I’d like the iPad to show the current state of the projection (not necessarily exact mirroring, it’s fine if there’s e.g. a keyboard overlay), and to control the projection, i.e. advance/backtrack through slides.
The solution must work for PDF-based slides, or at least something that PDFs can easily be converted to.  (Working for other formats, e.g. Keynote, would be great but isn’t essential.)
Ideally, a solution should allow full use of the projector display whatever its aspect ratio (i.e. if projector is widescreen, widescreen slides shouldn’t get vertically letterboxed down to the iPad screen which in turn gets horizontally letterboxed to the projector).

Flexibility:

I’m quite happy to buy an adaptor or similar small peripheral, or a paid app, if these provide a good solution.
I’m happy to use my MacBook as a go-between.
I don’t mind whether the slideshow is run from the iPad (and mirrored to the projector, possibly via MacBook), or run from the MacBook (and mirrored + controlled from the iPad).
A solution that works with either an iPhone or an iPad would be ideal; but if it works with just one of these, that’s fine.
Frame challenges are welcome!

What I’ve tried so far:

AirPlay from iPad to Reflector on the MacBook. Pretty good, with one serious caveat: connection seems to break easily if the Wi-Fi is at all spotty. (Less significantly, since it goes via mirroring the iPad screen, one can’t use full width of widescreen projector.)  Good enough to use at venues with very reliable Wi-Fi.
Screen sharing from MacBook to iPad, using Mocha VNC. Seems to require specific per-network configuration for connecting to the MacBook, and on the one eduroam network I tried, I couldn’t get it to work. There are multiple ways to set up the VNC connection, though, so perhaps there’s a more robust approach I haven’t found.
Bluetooth remote, controlling MacBook directly, not using iPad: mentioning this as an example “frame challenge” solution. Excellent in most ways, but doesn’t display the slides on the portable device.


texts: Mac showing Thunderbolt Ethernet as Airport

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My network interfaces are showing different names to others that I have seen and I believe it may be causing an issue when setting up a virtual box.

Isn't Airport the other name for the Wifi? This shows it as the ethernet port.

Has anyone seen this issue before? I think it may have happened because I installed Android File Transfer or plugged in my Galaxy S4.


texts:
What's the difference between the OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.5 and the OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.5 (Combo) packages?

I'm running OS X 10.8.4


texts: Weird Linux and/or MagSafe charger glitch

texts:
This is... confusing to say the least.

A few months ago, the battery in my 2010/2011 MacBook Pro completely died, complete with a Permanent Failure Flag.
Today, I replaced it, and things are really weird now.

After I replaced the battery, the computer no longer has to be jump started, which is good.

When I connect the MagSafe charger, the light on the charger remains off. Putting my ear up to the charger reveals that the AC to DC converter is active and that the charger is putting out voltage. The charger and the MagSafe connector gets warm. Xubuntu 16.04 LTS indicates that when the computer is not connected to power, the battery is discharging. When I connect power, it seems to hang around for a minute or so, then says that the battery is fully charged at 50%, and the entire time, the light on the MagSafe charger is off. I've reset the SMC and zapped the PRAM/NVRAM to no avail.

Any ideas? Thanks.


texts: Replace logic board on MacBook pro retina early 2013

texts: i have to replace my broken logic board on my MacBook Pro retina display early 2013. I am wondering what alternatives I have: since I have to replace it, can I also speed it up with something from the late 2013 or 2014 series? Where can I order replacements? I tried fixit.com, but they only have a used 8GB board.


texts: Is a SSD with the following First Aid report salvageable?

texts:
Barely 2 months old Samsung NVMe M.2 SSD is not readable by my Mac anymore. This is an external disk in an enclosure. I purchased a different enclosure too to confirm that the problem is with SSD only.
Following is the result of running First Aid on it:

As you may have noticed, the device shows up twice in the Disk Utility. When I try running First Aid on the second entry for the device, I get the following result:

My question:
Is there any way I can salvage the data on this SSD?
Does anyone here have some trick up their sleeve to fix this without attempting a format/erase?


texts: The browser doesn't show videos on Youtube

texts:
Today I noticed that Safari doesn't show anymore the videos shown on Youtube; I just see a black rectangle, and when I try to use the popup menu in that area, it doesn't appear.

As far as I can remember, one week ago I was able to see videos on Youtube. Something is changed in this week; for what I can remember, Safari has not been updated, in these days.

How can I find the reason of the problem, and eventually resolve it?


texts: Equivalent of Linux "service" command on Mac OS to stop a running process/service

texts:
I want to stop a running driver on Mac OS then overwrite it with another version then restart. The files are overwritten to the same location.

When I overwrite and reboot the new driver starts as expected, but I would like to be able to do this without the reboot. When I use "ps -9" to kill the processes they start up again. Is there a command similar to Linux "service" to control such processes?


texts: Sending images automatically via email to a specific email address

texts:
I have a little problem. Maybe you can help me with it.
I am shooting many portraits for a client. Like 200 each day.
I have to email every single Portrait via Mail. A gallery with all portraits in one is not allowed because of privacy stuff.
The client wants definitely emails.
I tried to program an Applescript/Automator action to do this automatically.

My plan is to name all the files like so: name@client.com_2847.jpg and let the action do the rest of the magic.

It kind of works, except that i am not able to extract the mail address from the jpg file.

How do I extract the Email from the file (for example deleting the last 9 digits) and putting it in as the recipient?

I saw a similar question here: Automator -> send file to email (from filename)

but for some reason I get many syntax errors.

thanks!


texts:
If I lower the microphone level in the system settings, it stays that way for a while. But after a few seconds it shifts louder.
It is very embarrassing to think that the microphone is muted but it increases by itself.
Can someone please help me solve this problem?
I look forward to every answer


texts: Can I airdrop an image from Chrome to my iPhone?

texts:
I don't want to share the web page or the link. I know we can do that today.
I want to airdrop an image after right clicking on it or opening the image in new tab, airdrop directly to my iphone photo gallery.


texts: Restore data from encrypted iOS backup without respective device

texts:
My iPhone stopped working but I have encrypted backups on my machine. I won't get a new iPhone but I obviously want to extract all my data. Is there any tool how I can extract the data without buying a new iPhone?

I know about many 3rd party tools, but they all have a cost behind it, and I'm wondering if you know a way to do this.


texts:
In Safari 8, after doing a Google search from the navbar, the focus stays on the navbar instead of focusing on the content like any other webpage.

This prevents the use of Google or DuckDuckGo keyboard shortcuts to open the first result quickly, for instance. You need to click on the page content first, and then you can use the keyboard navigation.

Is there a solution to make it easier? Extension, shortcut, setting, anything?


texts: My Mac mini is picking up the same remote signals as my apple TV remote.  How can I turn off Front Row so it doesn't start playing music / videos when I am browsing my Apple TV?


texts: Transfer the Whatsapp Windows Phone Backup file to Iphone

texts:
Is there any way to transfer the backup file from windows phone to Iphone 5S.

Iphone whatsapp restore the data from icloud so is there any way to replace that file with the Windows phone whatsapp backup file or manually restore the iphone whatsapp from that backup.

or a way to atleast open and view the threads

Following is the structure of Windows phone whatsapp backup file i have saved.


texts: Why my Battery status color in the menubar is Red while it is charged more than 20%?

texts:
I left my MacBook Pro 13-inch, Early 2011 running OS X 10.11.6 for half an hour while was charged more than 50%, and when I came back, I saw the Battery status color in the menubar is red while it was at 51%.

My laptop warned me 2 years ago about "Service Battery" but this color misbehavior has not happened before.

Why is the status icon in red color while it is not under 20%?

Contents of the Battery status:


texts:
Is it possible to downgrade a bootrom on MacPro6,1 to a older version? I have read a bunch about SMCFlasher tool and How to downgrade SMC firmware (which doesn't seem valid anymore) amongst others, but before I try something irreversible I want to ask if this is the best way to do so.
The problem I'm facing is that I have a MacPro6,1 with errors PFM006 and PPN001 resulting into the CPU going into safe-mode. I have a gut feeling that this is due to the bootrom being incorrectly updated. The current version of this bootrom is at 427.0.0.0.
I have another MacPro6,1 which has the bootrom currently is on 132.0.0, but both have the same SMC version of 2.20f18 and Illumination version of 1.4a6 (if that makes any difference).
I'm not sure if the bootrom and SMC go hand in hand or not, I'm still learning quite a lot about this as you might be able to imagine.
So, therefor my question: Is there some way I can downgrade the bootrom? Can I "copy" it from my other MacPro6,1 and install it on the faulty MacPro6,1?


texts:
I am having problems changing the Permissions on the "username.conf" file in the /etc/apache2/users/ folder.  It needs to have the permission of
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  298 Jun 28 16:47 username.conf
but I am not able to achieve this.

I have tried changing the permissions with the command
sudo chmod 644 username.conf;and it didn't change.

I am using this tutorial: http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/forbidden-403-you-dont-have-permission-to-access-username-on-this-server/

When I check the permission of the file, it's
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  155 Jan 23 23:30 Owner.conf

When I navigate to http://localhost/~Owner/ , I get 404 Not found.


texts: How do I recover a HFS+ journaled drive?

texts:
EDIT: I found a quasi-solution that sort of kind of works:

mount -o loop,offset=209739776,rw -t hfsplus /dev/sdc /mnt/mountpoint/

It appears (via "find /mnt/mountpoint/") that all my data is there, but attempts to access some of my data yields an "input/output error".

I had an external 2 or 3 TB (I'm not sure which) USB drive connected
to my Mac (running OS X Snow Leopard) with an HFS+ journaled
filesystem on it.

The drive was working fine, but was a bit slow and occasionally gave
I/O errors, so I backed up my files and ran fsck_hfs on it.

fsck_hfs died while trying to rebuild the B-tree, and the drive won't
mount at all now. Also, I lied about making backups first.

How do I get this drive working again? Given the redundancy of HFS+,
this should be possible no? Other notes:

If I run fsck.hfsplus -df /dev/sdb3 on a Linux box, I get this:

** /dev/sdb3
        Block 1565298166 is not an MDB or Volume Header
** Checking HFS Plus volume.
   Invalid number of allocation blocks
(-1, 0)
        IVChk - volume header total allocation blocks is greater than device size
        volume allocation block count 732533183 device allocation block count 195662271
** Volume check failed.
volume check failed with error 7
        volume type is pure HFS+
        primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
        alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
        primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
        alternate VHB is at block 1565298166 0x5d4c8df6
        sector size = 512 0x200
        VolumeObject flags = 0x03
        total sectors for volume = 1565298168 0x5d4c8df8
        total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00

Using a Perl script and "seek", I can see some of my filenames
  surrounded by information that I assume is telling me where on the
  drive to find my files. If all else fails, I'll pursue recovering
  files this way, but I'd prefer a "cleaner" recovery option.


texts: Restore new iPhone from jailbreak backup

texts:
In iTunes I have backups of my current jailbroken iPhone (iOS 7).

Can I setup new iPhone (from store, iOS 8, not jailbroken) from this backup?
I don't care about Cydia and Cydia apps.


texts: Is it possible to load an app onto an iOS 11 device using iTunes 12.6 or earlier?

texts:
I have several older apps that are no longer offered in the app store. I am considering upgrading to iOS 11, but I am concerned that I will be unable to recover those apps should they be deleted from my iPhone (or should I lose it).

Many of these apps, of course, are not 64-bit compatible, and therefore will never run under iOS 11 or later anyway. But of course apps vanish from the app store all the time, and I'm wondering whether the massive archive of iOS apps I have sitting on my hard drive becomes useless when I upgrade to iOS 11.

I realize that iTunes 12.7 removes this capability, but I was hoping that I could just stay with 12.6, or, ideally, open 12.6 when I needed, even though 12.7 is installed.

So my question is: Is it possible to use iTunes 12.6 to load apps from my hard drive onto an iOS 11 device?


texts: How do I delete photos just from my iPhone not my iCloud Photo Library

texts:
I have iCloud Photo Library enabled on my iPhone and it is set to be optimised on my iPhone.

How can I delete photos off my iPhone OR is this optimise feature going to do this for me, to free up space on my iPhone?


texts: Messages AIM account regularly stops working

texts:
I have set up iChat with different accounts: Facebook Jabber, Google Jabber, iCloud and an AIM account coming from MobileMe.

My AIM account regularly stops working where Messages will indefinitely get stuck at "Connecting...". I only experience this with my AIM account, the other accounts work fine. I also only started experiencing these problems since Mountain Lion.

Toggling the account back and forth to offline or quitting and relaunching Messages does not solve the problem, I need to completely remove the AIM account and reconfigure it.

Is there any way to solve my problem?


texts: Using `jar` to create “zip” file … Mac won't open the zip, says “It is an unsupported format” … why?

texts:
I have a build system with a command line driven batch file that uses jar (from Java JDK) on a Windows machine to make a zip file like this ...
jar cf c:\target\Application-1.5.zip -C Application-1.5/ .

It "zips" up everything in the Application-1.5 directory into zip file Application-1.5.zip.
I used jar because there's no zip command at the command line on Windows.
When I download the zip file on a Windows 10 machine, Windows extracts the zip fine.
However, when I download the zip file on my MacBook (Catalina), and double-click on the zip file, the Mac won't unzip the file ... it says ... "Unable to expand "Application-1.5.zip".  It is an unsupported format.
Also ... when I use the jar command on the Mac to unzip it like this jar -xf ./Application-1.5.zip it works, so the file is "valid" but Mac's built-in unzipper doesn't like it.
What do I do to make a zip file that Mac will like?


texts:
So i had the FFF.. partition error and followed @klanomath guide but unfortunatly it didnt work.
Now in:

gpt -r show /dev/disk1

I get

gpt show:error:bogus map
unable to open /dev/disk1 Undefined Error :0

Any ideas?I really need the files for college and sadly I dont have a backup i guess i learn the hard way.
diskutil list shows:

Thank you.
PROGRESS :
In order to recover the data it was suggested to install Mac OS in a usb and from there use disk drill.
Formated USB to OS X Extended with GUID map and tried OS X installer.
Cannot instal because:

EDIT 2 : Was able to get the right gpt in my Mac partition I BELIEVE ... it now looks like this :

It doesn’t boot so I tried disk repair but it returned :

"File System Check Exit Code 8"

Tried fsck -fy in online recovery mode and it didn’t return any errors.
I can’t choose the disk as a boot disk it doesn’t show up.
Ideas?


texts: Could we turn on word wrap Safari Web Inspector?

texts:
I think it's a bug for sure.

Older Safari versions, it has word wrap in that area but when updated, it seems there is no word wrap in web inspector console.

Could we reenable it again ?
Is that possible ?


texts: Is there a way to get iTunes to transfer my apps on an offline machine?

texts:
My Music collection is all my own and stored on a PC which doesn't connect to the internet. this has been fine for most cases however recently i've been needing to get a hold of a word processor and learned about Pages, problem is that it appears that the only way to get documents on and off my iPad is to use iTunes.

As my PC is offline so when i connect my iPad to sync stuff like movie, music and images i get the a message saying it can't transfer my apps which is understandable as i can't sign into my apple account.

i could install itunes on my laptop but the documents i want to sync are on my offline PC for when i work on there (ipad work would be for when i don't have access like if i'm in the car for a 2 hour trip) and it's a pain keeping 2 sets up to date, not to mention as i saw in this video i can only sync with one itunes (to which my laptop doesn't have the space for my music and ripped movies)

So I am wondering if there is a way to transfer my apps from my iPad to iTunes on my offline PC? (ie. installing and loging into itunes on my laptop then copying something from my laptop to my PC to trick itunes on my PC that i did sign in)


texts: Location service not working as expected in iOS 8.3

texts:
The recent update to iOS 8.3 on my iPad mini 1 doesnt seem to have gone well with the location service.

The Location Service is enabled in the Settings but it doesnt really get my current location. When I ask Siri about my current location, it doesnt have an answer. Also, if I try to check in on Facebook App, it doesnt get the location either.

Is it a bug? Is there a fix for this?


texts: How can I use launchd to auto update brew?

texts:
I followed the instructions on the page Creating Launch Daemons and Agents and created (as root) my own plist file named com.personal.brew.plist and located in /Library/LaunchDeamons/:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.personal.brew</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>brew</string>
        <string>upgrade</string>
    </array>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

The issue is that it's not doing anything. What I want to achieve is have brew check for upgrades once every week (ex.: each Sunday), after boot. How can I change the script to do this?

I'm on Mojave 10.14.1.


texts: Seeing the desktop while in Unity mode in VMWare Fusion?

texts: When I run VMWare Fusion in Unity mode, is there any way to see the desktop or access the files on the desktop? Or must I switch into Single Window/Full Screen mode?


texts: What is the 'Zzz' complication on Apple Watch?

texts: It is shown here in an image from a Wired article on the watch before it came out.


texts: How do I fix the iOS 11 update not appearing on an iPad Air 2?

texts: How do I fix the iOS 11 update not appearing on an iPad? Oddly, the Software Update menu item in the Settings app is showing a red “1” badge, indicating that an update is available. But when opening the item, there’s only a message that the iPad is running iOS 10.3.3 and is up to date. This seems like a bug? I already tried restarting the iPad, but this hasn’t resolved the problem. The iPad is a family member’s iPad Air 2, and there’s more than enough free space to download the update (> 30gb). Is there anything else I can try or is my only recourse to bring a laptop and use iTunes?


texts:
I have Mac Pro which is running 10.8.5
After I turn on the Mac, I can see the regular apple logo, but after it's disappear, I see white screen (whiter than before) and a loading wheel for a few seconds, and it's disappear for 3-4 seconds and come back again.
And It's continue like that forever.
I suspect that start to happen after tried to attach my second monitor to my graphics card at the mini display port.

Things that I've tried so far:
Safe Boot - can't reach to it.
Reset PRAM - same results.
Running fsck –fy at single-user mode - same results.
Repair Disk - same results.
Repair Permissions - not clickable.
Reinstall Mac OS X - I get an error message "this item is temporarily unavailable"

Is there anything left for me to do?
I really hope that I won't have to reinstall everything from scratch, because I have a lot of stuff that I need on my SSD (the one which is running the OS X).


texts:
I am using iCloud and Reminders and since a couple of weeks I am seeing a strange behaviour:

new events are correctly added to all the devices
events marked as "done" are not marked on other devices (none of them)

I am using several Yosemite and iOS devices. Both behaviours are the same independently from the device.

Update

The events are marked as "done" in iCloud (checked with a browser), this means that synchronising from a device (iOS or OS X) to iCloud works. In the other direction, i.e., from iCloud to devices it does not.


texts:
I have all Apple products in my household, and am very security conscious. But the recent articles about ransomware infecting all sorts of computers got me thinking.
Even if I was foolish enough to find a Mac ransomware program, download it, disable Sophos, disable SIP, and give said ransomware program my admin credentials, could it infect my iCloud Drive? I have regular hourly backups to my Time Machine so I am not worried about my data stored locally, but iCloud Drive items are stored on Apple's Servers as well as on my computer. So if ransomware encrypted all of my content in my iCloud Drive folder on my computer, would it update the files on the server, making recovery not possible?

For clarification, my questions are these:

Does the iCloud Drive folder get backed up to my Time Machine?
Does Apple make regular accessible backups of their user's content?
Would the encrypted data be uploaded to iCloud replacing the old files on the server?


texts: Mac Air OS X Mountain Lion - mounting NFS "dscl" freezes system permanently

texts:
I set out to execute the following steps on OS X Mountain Lion to mount an NFS share-

create

sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSLinkDir /Volumes/share
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSOpts resvport ro nosuid
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo VFSType nfs
sudo dscl . -create /Mounts/foo RecordName nfs.example.com:/srv/share

verify

sudo dscl . -list /Mounts
sudo dscl . -read /Mounts/nfs.example.com:/srv/share

After creating, when I tried to list the mounts, my mac air stopped responding. On restart, when I log on to my account, it freezes on a finder window without loading anything else. I can't seem to kill it or start task manager or do anything else.

I can log on to the guest account but not with my own account.


texts: iPhone iOS7 apps stay open in App Store after install

texts:
How does one remove a downloaded and installed app from the App Store Purchases page?

Deleting and re-installing does not seem to work. There is a very long discussion stream on the Apple forums about this particularly minor seeming but very annoying phenomena. Moreover, there doesn't seem to be any applicable, actionable solutions except to wait several days for the apps to go away. The "OPEN" just sits there.


texts: iPhone 5 New iCloud address, but still have iMessage from previous iCloud

texts:
I made a new iCloud address, but when I checked my iMessage, it had messages from my old iCloud. Do I have to manually delete these messages?
Also, would my content in my iMessage app then be connected to my new iCloud address? Since I have synced the new one to my current phone


texts: OS X Mail Mavericks 10.9 Gmail accounts NOT in sync

texts:
In OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 after doing all the updates my Gmail accounts still show messages that are in the inbox but when I login to gmail on the browser, they aren't there.

Is there a way to fix this? I don't remember this happening before. I am using IMAP.

I use IMAP on OS X and use the exchange setup on my phone/iPad. All my accounts are gmail.


texts: How do I export my iPhone Messages to a PDF file?

texts: Is there any app that will allow you to export your iPhone text messages to a PDF file while keeping all the conversation threads intact?


texts: Submitting to the appstore: Once an app is reviewed by Apple, does it automatically go live on the app store?

texts:
I'm not a developer yet but need a quick answer to this question.
I know when submitting an iPhone App to the App Store, Apple is reviewing the App precisely.

I wonder how this works. Lets say the app is fine and Apple says it's ok, does the app go live on the app store immediately or does the developer get a OK-Message and can "publish" the app later on?


texts: Unable to import notebook from my desktop "MAC"

texts: I recently switched from a Windows PC to a MacBook Pro at my job. It's been extremely difficult to try and get my notebooks imported to onenote on my new mac. For someone reason, I don't see any feature that would allow me to import from my external drive/desktop. The only option I get is to import from onedrive but being that there are so many firewalls on the network, this makes it even more impossible. PLEASE HELP!!!


texts: Auto brightness not working correctly on Macbook Pro 13" 2015

texts:
I have problem with set up auto brightness. Everything was fine until I didn't pushed brightness button on keyboard. Now system report says that auto brightness settings are not working but in Preferences everything is set up correctly. Of course, my auto brightness settings are working fine. But why system report says that it is not?

I have also tried to reset SMC NVRAM and PRAM but it is not working.


texts: Running pc only scanners in Paralllels Desktop VM using a macbook air (late 2015)?

texts: I want to use Kodak ScanMate i1190WN with my MBA late 2015. This is a pc only scanner and no driver for mac os are available.  Can this scanner be able to work with a Parallels Desktop VM in my macbook?


texts: OS X Text Replacements sometimes not working?

texts:
This is a weird problem, I write a lot of different languages on my computer, and since my keyboard doesn't have all the keys in the world, I have made certain key-combinations that replaces them with another letter.

For example, "†˛" becomes "þ" and "∂∂" becomes "ð". Now that works fine, but I have also added "œœ" that is supposed to become "ǫ", but form some reason that special replacement does not work while the others do.  EDIT: To be able to type the ǫ letter I must also press space ("œœ "), while the others work perfectly to write in a word without pressing space.

Is there any reason for this? I'm using the Yosemite 10.10.2, the same problem exists on the 10.0.3 DP.


texts: Pause notications in OSX whilst in a meeting

texts:
I use the in built reminders application in OSX 10.10.5 which pops up notifications to my screen, this is also true for mail and iMessages.

This is great most of the time, but when giving a one to one presentation on my laptop or mirroring my screen to an external display via an mini display port to HDMI cable or via an apple TV, this has the danger of flashing up personal information to the screen.

Is there a "meeting mode" i can enable to temporarily pause notifications popping up to the screen. I still want to reminders, iMessages, mail etc to give me notifications but would like to be able to toggle / pause them without having to go through system prefs.


texts:
I use Calendar on my iPhone, for school timetable. So the lessons are displayed in the Notifications. But I have discovered, that after updating my phone to iOS8, there is a weird bug. On tuesdays, I see the monday lessons, (after reseting the phone, it gets back to normal - shows the correct day). Every other day this works without a problem...

Does anyone else have the same problem and any ideas how to fix this?


texts: Docking station for MacBook Pro and HP Probook 430 G6

texts:
I am trying to find a compatible dock to work on BOTH my 2018 MacBook Pro and my laptop HP Probook 430 G6.
I am running 2 additional HP monitors, mic aux, keyboard & mouse,jabra usb.
I would like to unplug the dock from HP (via USB-C) and swap over the my Mac when required.


texts: Mail.app repeatedly loses IMAP credentials

texts:
Recently Mail.app on my laptop cannot connect to Gmail IMAP accounts.  It says Login Failed in the status bar, and no amount of refreshing will make it work.  If I quit and relaunch Mail then it authenticates and downloads new messages, but then after a few minutes it fails again.

This problem happens on both of my laptops, which I guess makes sense because they share the same iCloud account.  I have tried removing the account from System Prefs > Internet Accounts and then re-adding it.  This works for a few minutes but then the problem comes right back.  My iOS devices which also share the iCloud account don't have any problems.
Log file is below, with tokens and IPs redacted.  This is happening on Mojave 10.14.4.  I have two Gmail IMAP accounts, and the same problem happens with both, which makes me think the problem is with the application.

INITIATING CONNECTION May 12 12:51:40.605 host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x600001f59d80

CONNECTED May 12 12:51:41.174 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80

READ May 12 12:51:41.175 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
* OK Gimap ready for requests from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WROTE May 12 12:51:41.175 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
1.323 CAPABILITY

READ May 12 12:51:41.305 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH2 AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN AUTH=OAUTHBEARER AUTH=XOAUTH
1.323 OK Thats all she wrote! xxxxxxxxxxx

WROTE May 12 12:51:41.305 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
2.323 ID ("name" "Mac OS X Mail" "version" "12.4 (3445.104.8)" "os" "Mac OS X" "os-version" "10.14.4 (18E226)" "vendor" "Apple Inc.")

READ May 12 12:51:41.343 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
* ID ("name" "GImap" "vendor" "Google, Inc." "support-url" "http://support.google.com/mail" "remote-host" "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" "connection-token" "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx")
2.323 OK Success xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WROTE May 12 12:51:41.347 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
5.323 AUTHENTICATE OAUTHBEARER xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

READ May 12 12:51:41.496 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
+ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

WROTE May 12 12:51:41.496 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
AQ==

READ May 12 12:51:41.646 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x600002002d00 -- thread:0x600001f59d80
5.323 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Invalid credentials (Failure)


texts: How to upgrade to Yosemite without AppStore

texts:
I just can't add my credit card into Apple Id, I've tried hard, really.

I've manage to find a way how to install xcode, new iTunes and so on, but still not last OS upgrade. I've found information about downloading ISO and performing a clean install, but I don't want to loose my settings and everything.

Is is possible?


texts: Windows Remote Desktop Connection to Mac

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I've Mac OS X (El Capitan) VMs in ESXi 6 on our local network that I can SSH into and I can VNC into and I can connect Xamarin Mac Agent to but I can't Remote Desktop Connection (Windows 10) into. Our developers are all on Windows but need access to the Mac VMs for cross-platform development, particularly viewing the iOS Simulator.

How do you set up a vanilla Mac OS X install to enable remoting into it with Windows Remote Desktop Connection?


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Usually, when I download something, I need to take a template action on it, depending on the file type. Mp3 files get imported to iTunes, wav and rex files to the sample folders, zips get unzipped (and then are going through this procedure recursively), doc files are moved to documents, dmg files mounted, installed and discarded, and so on. But usually, I forget about some of the files, or use them without moving to a more relevant place, and my Download folder gets very crowded as a result.

Is there a tool that would help me move downloaded files to the relevant folders depending on their type?


texts: Has El Capitan Disk Utility Removed Encryption Options?

texts: With Mavericks I would unlock an encrypted disk using "Disk Utility", but in El Capitan the "Unlock" button isn't there.


texts: Open/Reopen dialog regarding Finder keeps popping up?

texts:
After upgrading to Mojave (10.14.4) Finder appears to crash producing the following dialog:

I've also noticed .crash files accumulating in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports regarding Finder since doing the upgrade.

Looking at these .crash files it appears Finder is crashing:

$ ls |grep Find.*.crash | wc -l
     388

Example .crash file:

$ more ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Finder_2019-05-05-105000_smingolelli.crash
Process:               Finder [17433]
Path:                  /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Identifier:            com.apple.finder
Version:               10.14.4 (1143.4.5)
Build Info:            Finder_FE-1143004005000000~4
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Finder [17433]
User ID:               502

Date/Time:             2019-05-05 10:49:44.583 -0400
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.14.4 (18E226)
Report Version:        12
Bridge OS Version:     3.4 (16P4507)
Anonymous UUID:        45606DD2-800B-B008-F8D7-C4E0D1D10A51

Sleep/Wake UUID:       EA3613C3-1281-4C1B-95C1-4380FA6BC430

Time Awake Since Boot: 36000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       31 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        5  Dispatch queue: TDesktopViewDataSource: Sort

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000018
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process:   exc handler [17433]

VM Regions Near 0x18:
-->
    __TEXT                 000000010a179000-000000010a8d0000 [ 7516K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder

Application Specific Information:
dyld3 mode

Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff337193bd CFBasicHashAddValue + 155
1   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff3371fa76 CFDictionaryAddValue + 187
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff33748309 __CFDictionaryApplyFunction_block_invoke + 22
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff337480f2 CFBasicHashApply + 105
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff33748071 CFDictionaryApplyFunction + 130
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff3378a955 ___CFPrefsDeliverPendingKVONotificationsGuts_block_invoke + 289
6   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff33748309 __CFDictionaryApplyFunction_block_invoke + 22
7   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff337480f2 CFBasicHashApply + 105
8   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff33748071 CFDictionaryApplyFunction + 130
9   com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff3378a7bc _CFPrefsDeliverPendingKVONotificationsGuts + 246
10  com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff3378a6c4 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 12
11  com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff3374ddd7 __CFRunLoopDoBlocks + 394
12  com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff3374db34 __CFRunLoopRun + 2772
13  com.apple.CoreFoundation            0x00007fff3374ce0e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 455
14  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff32a399db RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 292
15  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff32a39715 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 603
16  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff32a394a6 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64
17  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff30dd3ffb _DPSNextEvent + 965
18  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff30dd2d93 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1361
19  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff30dcceb0 -[NSApplication run] + 699
20  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff30dbc3f0 NSApplicationMain + 777
21  com.apple.finder                    0x000000010a17f9f1 0x10a179000 + 27121
22  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff5fbc13d5 start + 1
...

How can I resolve this issue?


texts: Can an app requiring ios 7+ be installed on a device that cannot update further than ios 6?

texts: Most instructions show that when there's an opportunity for a software update. However, this is a different case, as the device you want to install on (lets say a 1st gen Ipad and you want to install an app that requires ios 7+). Is that possible, as the device cannot update further? Or does it require special programs?


texts: The Arrow in pop up menu has gone and icons in the menu bar on the top of the screen disappear after clicking

texts: Could anybody tells me how to solve this problem? It's very frustrating to see this from time to time in my laptop. I was trying to post a question on Apple Community, and I don't know why their website won't let me do so.


texts: What processes are using how much of my GPU?

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I sometimes have an issue where something decides to take up 100% of my GPUs clock cycles. Activity Monitor only shows this as a solid block of usage in the activity monitor, but it doesn't give me any information as to who's using it.

With Nvidia/CUDA, I could use nvidia-smi to tell me this, but I cannot find any equivalent on OS-X.

How do I tell what's using the GPU?

I have the rMBP with the AMD Radeon Pro 560 and an external AMD Radeon RX 570. I didn't have the activity monitor open the last time this happened, but the last time I had the symptoms it was the 560.


texts: Which specs to consider when searching for graphics card compatible with Mac Pro 3.1

texts: I have a Mac Pro 3.1 with an ATI Radeon HD 2600 video card which I need to replace. As I don't know much about video card specs: what do I need to look out for when searching for a replacement?


texts: Macbook Pro temp at ~90℃ while gaming, what to do?

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My 2019 base MBP runs at 85-90℃ while playing the game "bad north" which is a simple game, it used to run alright in the past days (at ~60℃)
Today, It keeps jumping to 85-90℃ and sometimes the game just becomes unplayable. The fans are also running at max (7200rpm) the whole time the game is open.
I tried closing all other applications and even turning off Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, not to mention lowering the game's graphics, but it keeps happening... Do I need a cooling pad to game a bit?


texts: iCloud folders visible in Finder but not in 'file upload' dialog in Safari, how to enable this?

texts:
MacOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) / Safari 14.0.3
In Finder I can see the following section and folders in the sidebar:
iCloud

iCloud drive
Documents
Desktop

However, if I open safari, go to a site where I can upload a file and look at the pop up/finder-style window, that whole 'iCloud' sidebar section is missing (but all the other folders e.g. local HD, NAS etc are visible)

How can I upload iCloud files from Safari 14 on macOS 10.14 ?


texts: Can I use a Mid 2011 27 inch iMac (Thunderbolt) as a display for a PC?

texts:
There are other questions on here that are similar, but I believe they relate to older models. If this is a dupe please close it though - I just want to find out if this can be done.

I bought a 27 inch iMac (iMac12,2). The back port cluster looks like this (on the right):

*from apple.com

I wonder if I can use those Thunderbolt ports as inputs from a PC? The PC will be running a Radeon HD 4850 (i.e. it has enough juice to power the display).

Can it be done?


texts: Sending text to an open terminal window with automator

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I'm trying to create a simple workflow to type commands into an open Terminal window that has focus. I want to run the script when I give a dictation command with Terminal open.

I created a simple workflow to run a shell command to test this out. It runs, but doesn't do anything inside the open terminal window. How I can achieve this?


texts: Is it safe to use magnetic Qi wireless chargers with the iPhone 8 or iPhone X?

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There are a number of Qi wireless chargers that are advertised for the iPhone 8 and iPhone X that hold the phone on by a magnet. From what I have heard, Apple said that any Qi wireless charger will work with iPhone 8 and iPhone X. Is there any official guidance regarding whether or not the magnetic Qi wireless chargers could harm the iPhone. Because there has been none, I am led to believe that it is safe to use.

Is there (official or otherwise) reason to believe that magnetic Qi chargers could harm iPhone 8 or iPhone X?

Example: Magnetic QI Wireless Charger Phone Holder

Screenshot in case link dies:


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What I have: macOS 10.10.2(Yosemite) on an iMac mid-2011 + original wireless keyboard.

Suddenly, buttons for controlling iTunes (they are located on F7, F8 and F9 buttons) stopped working. Meanwhile, other buttons (volume, brightness, launchpad, etc.) still work.

The keys work in other applications but not with iTunes.

Where should I look to fix this? Notice, the issue happened before updating to OS X Yosemite.


texts:
I know some devices have two WiFi MACs (one for 2.4GHz and one for 5GHz).

In some network monitoring like Fing.app my iPhone is displayed twice with the same IP but totally different MAC.

PS: but "both" devices have a different bonjour name.

Any more info on this?


texts:
An application that I use, Pomodoro Time Pro, captures ⌘+F2 globally (so I can't use it with any other app). It doesn't use it for any purpose nor is there a way to unset the shortcut. Their support have acknowledged this as a bug but even after four months and multiple contacts, they are "still fixing it as soon as possible."

I'm using Mac OS X 10.11 and was wondering if there is a way to disable ⌘+F2 for this app somehow.


texts: How can I change a Numbers graph x axis to go from the lowest value to the highest value?

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I'm graphing columns A and B, where A is the x axis. I have entries entered in A like so: 1, 3, 2, 4, 5... and so on.

When I select A and B and make a graph, it seems like the x axis does not automatically arrange itself from the lowest to the greatest value, meaning the graph looks quite strange.

Is there a way to make the x axis graph the data as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... instead of as 1, 3, 2, 4, 5...?

Sorry if I am unclear. I will make amendments at the earliest opportunity if clarification is required.


texts: Garageband only recognizes one plugin of three installed

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I have three plugins installed in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components however Garageband only finds the first one I installed, Crystal. The others, Synth1 and TAL-Bassline are ignored, even when I restart Garageband. Crystal works fine, and is available.

Has anyone else come across this? What should I do?

I have Garageband 10.0.3 running on OSX 10.9.5. All plugins are AU (.component) plugins.

Update: This is the what shows up in console when Garageband starts up (this is all of it; there's no filter):

5/11/15 12:37:27.595 PM MIDIServer[5093]: 12:37:27.594 NOTE:      [0x7fff75d32310] MIDIServer.cpp:353: FullInit: MIDIServer [5093] starting; arch=x86_64
5/11/15 12:37:28.665 PM GarageBand[5082]: Application with BundleID "com.apple.ImpulseResponseUtility" is not present on this system
5/11/15 12:37:31.447 PM GarageBand[5082]: Invalid color System, labelColor (warning given only once)


texts: Are Applescript dictionaries shareable or available without access to the app?

texts:
I wish to write (what should be) a fairly simple script for an application on another machine that I don't have on my machine. I do need to know what some of the available command are though. How can I get hold of the dictionary for that app without installing the app on my machine?

Any help or insight will be much appreciated.


texts: How to recover storage from "Videos" pseudo app?

texts:
With the goal of recovering storage space, I attempted to delete the Apple TV App. This app was still taking up 490MB of "Documents and Data" storage after I deleted all videos I could manually delete (the TV app libray screen said "You don't have any videos.") However, deleting the TV app only changed it to "Videos" which still takes up 490MB of "Documents and Data" storage.

There is no option to delete this "Videos" pseudo app. As far as I can tell, there is no actual "Videos" app I can start from the home/search screens.

I also tried to locate the media file(s) taking up storage via iTunes. There was one file under "Movies." There was no option to delete this file from iTunes. I think I uploaded the file to my iPhone via CopyTrans Manager. So I tried deleting the file via CopyTrans.

Now the file does not show up in iTunes or CopyTrans, but the "Videos" app still consumes 490MB of storage. How do I recover the 490MB of storage taken up by the "Videos" app?

I have a feeling this file was orphaned somehow because it was uploaded a long time ago on different versions of iOS/iTunes/copyTrans before the Videos app became the TV app.

I read syncing may result in files that cannot be deleted. Since I manually manage the media on my iPhone, all sync settings have been set to disabled.

update: Now I have the same problem for the Music app: no files in library, but "documents and data" takes up 318MB of storage after I tried toggling the Movie sync on/off. Even though I only enabled syncing for movies there was a warning that the music would also be deleted since the library was empty. The music was deleted, but the storage was not...


texts: How do I prevent macOS from thinking a folder is a file?

texts:
I am usually copy/pasting the name of the projects my team works on into a folder's name, so that they match.
This allows me to be organized and fast, and to find folders that match project names easily.

However, it doesn't always work, since some project names will have words and some won't.

For example the project that ends in "-lists" was named without an error message, but the second one gave me an error message:

Now, I need the names of the folders to be as close to project names. Which can contain dots. This way, I can copy the folder name to search the database and find the corresponding project.

But I cannot manually change every single . into a -, I feel like this would be a lot of trouble.

Should I add the word "folder" at the end to make sure macOS doesn't think my folders have file extensions?

When does a folder's name turn this folder into a file I won't be able to open anymore, and what are ways to name folders freely, without the system assuming they are extensions?


texts: How can I delete contact relationships in Siri?

texts:
Today something really stupid happened to me. To show the new iPhone I gave it to a friend at work. He activated Siri and said:

"Call my father"

Siri said : "Who is your father?"

My friend said his name and since he was in the address book contacts the phone called his number. Now every time I say "Call my father" my friends number is called. How can I delete this "relationship" and where is it stored?


texts: iOS Developer Account With VISA Debit Card

texts:
Can anyone confirm whether Apple accepts VISA debit card to buy iOS Developer account that costs $99.

I can use the same card to purchase apps from the App Store but is this card can also be used to buy iOS developer account?


texts: Does MagSafe 2 T Connector get really hot when charging?

texts:
I've a Macbook Pro Retina 15" Late 2013. My MagSafe 2 connector (T connector) gets really hot when charging.

Is it normal ??


texts:
In an attempt to save some space on my ssd, I used SuperDuper to clone Recovery HD to a USB drive. But when I booted up my Mac holding the option key I only got the ssd and Recovery HD as alternatives.

Does anyone have an idea as to how I can clone Recovery HD to an external drive/memory stick and then remove it from the boot drive?


texts: What mapping application also leaves digital Breadcrumbs?

texts:
I've moved into a new area of the city and it would be nice to feel like I've explored the area properly. I'd like to be able to say that I've walked down every street within, say a mile.  I'm looking for an app that might help me track any I've missed.

Esentially I want an app that overlays a gps breadcrumb over where I've been walking. Googling for this hasn't got me very far because there is a app called 'breadcrumb' that let's uses mark about eight locations they want to come back to.  I'd just like to start the app, leave the house for a bit, and then see where I've got to.  Any ideas for what would be a useful app for me?


texts: Downloaded Songs/Music Videos Stopped Playing After iOS 10.3.1 Update

texts: After upgrading to iOS 10.3.1, my iPad Air 2 is no longer playing music videos (TV icon), which I downloaded using Syncios. I can see that the music videos are there on my device, but they won’t play.


texts: Why do chrome pages appear without styling?

texts:
The Reddit homepage appears like the below screenshot sometimes.

It happens across all different pages and at different times eg Facebook/Google etc - can anyone shed some light on why?


texts: Add admin username & password to the keychain

texts:
How can the admin's username password, be remembered or added it to the keychain so these annoying prompts would be less frequent?

The app referenced here (Anvil) is not relevant.
I'm looking for a way to loosen up the the prompts for credentials.


texts:
I just restarted my MacBook Pro and I am now getting a blue and white rectangle near the top right corner of my screen. Does anyone know what this is or what is causing it?

MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch, Late 2013, Version 10.11.3.

After restarting my laptop again, the box was not there immediately, but showed up before everything was fully loaded in a slightly different location.

I am unable to click on the box, and trying to drag it just creates the regular selection box as if nothing is there.

Update: I ran Apple's diagnostics and it claimed there is nothing wrong with the machine itself.

Update 2: I attempted to restart my machine into safe mode a couple times but it did not seem to work. It looked like a normal load sequence, just hanging before asking for my login credentials. However, after a regular login, I no longer seem to have this issue. Hopefully it stays this way.


texts: Did Oracle remove the Java System Preference in macOS?

texts:
I recently updated my Java install on macOS 10.14.4 from Java 10 to Java 11, and the Java System Preference pane disappeared after Java updated. I updated Java again on a different Mac running the same macOS version (10.14.4), and again, the Java System Preference disappeared. I check to see if Java was still installed using $: java -version, and this is the output I get:

java version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS, mixed mode)

This tells me Java is still installed.

Did Oracle discontinue the use of the Java System Preference pane in macOS? I couldn't find anything in Oracle's documentation that would indicated they did.


texts: Will installing/ running Bootcamp on my Mac require reinstalling OS X?

texts:
I'm not getting a clear answer out of Google and would like to know if I'm going to have to reinstall my Mac operating system when attempting to get Bootcamp going on the system.

Thank you.


texts: Booting into macOS installer; possibly stuck

texts:
I'm trying to boot into a macOS Sierra installer that I made today. For the last about 20% of the progress bar, it was booting extremely slowly. Now, the progress bar has been stuck for the last ~20 min at what appears to be 100%

This happened yesterday and the day before that too. I've tried restarting into this thumb drive multiple times, and it always get stuck here.

Mid-2012 MacBook Pro

Update: this seems to happen when trying to boot to any external device


texts: How to go higher DPI by lowering 5k iMac's resolution?

texts:
I started using 1440x810 or 1280x720 resolutions on my 5k iMac. I somewhat expected better quality because I thought it would be 2x Retina. It looks like that is not the case.

I would like to know..how come lowering resolution on my 5k does not enable HiDPI and..is there a way to do so if this is configuration issue?


texts: When I download a text file, .txt gets added to filename. How do I prevent this?

texts: When I download a text file with extension .mac (or any extension but .txt) the file downloads but the extension .txt is added to file name. How do I prevent this from happening?


texts: Moving my iTunes library file to a new machine

texts:
I have machine x (running Windows) that has my iTunes library file on it in the My Music folder.  All the media files in the library are on an external hdd.  I use machine x to sync my iPod on a regular basis, and have built up quite a history of songs played, recent songs, etc.

I now want to replace machine x with machine y (also running Windows).  Is it a simple case of 1) Installing iTunes on machine y; 2) moving the iTunes library file to the My Music folder on machine y and 3) then connecting the HDD to machine y (ensuring it has the same drive letter)?  Then launch iTunes.  Will machine y now know about all the song history (like play and skip counts, ratings...) as it was on machine x?  The thing I'm most afraid of is sync'ing my iPod on machine y only to have something go nasty wrong and I lose my history?

Any pointers?


texts: Windows 8.1 Bootcamp USB ports have power, but don't work

texts:
I have (according to Apple) a "MACBOOK PRO (RETINA, 13-INCH, LATE 2013)". It has Windows 8.1 on itm installed via Bootcamp with the latest drivers from Apple Bootcamp Assistant on it. Possibly Intel display drivers have been updated via Windows Update, but I have no memory of any USB drivers being updated and it appears it is using "Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 0100" (6.3.9600.17797).

When I use a USB 3.0 ethernet dongle or my portable hard drive for the first time after restarting the computer, they work fine. I can plug them in and out and they continue to work each time. After the computer lid has been closed (sleep) for awhile and it turns off the hard drive, and then I open it again, my USB devices are no longer recognized by Windows. The key here seems to be the hard drive turning off part. The USBs still have power running to them (e.g., the hard drive spins and still has a light on it), but there is zero evidence I can see of them being connected to my computer (e.g., the hard drive doesn't appear in My Computer and the dongle doesn't appear in USB or network devices at all).


texts: Did you have issues using a Microsoft 4000 keyboard with your Mac?

texts:
When I had a iMac (about 3 years ago), I tried connecting my Microsoft 4000 keyboard to it and I remember that there were some issues with key mappings.

I do like Mac keyboards, but at times I like the more relaxing feel of my 4000.

Is it possible to make the keys match 1:1 so there is no difference between which keys I press for each keyboard?


texts: My ipod is stolen, will i be able to retain progress on games

texts: My ipod 5 got stolen and I was wondering if, when I get a new device (iPhone 5s) will I be able to keep my progress on the games on my ipod that I have through game centre. I'm hoping that when I get the new device, I'll log into gamecentre then install the apps and games I had on my ipod and have them up to speed with where they were on the ipod, mainly because I had progressed very far in the game 'clash of clans'. Is this possible?


texts: When I woke my MacBook this morning, it was frozen. The screen came on, but it didn't respond to keyboard, touchpad. I forced a shut down by holding the power button. Is there a log file or set of diagnostics I can use to determine what was happening before it froze?


texts: How to preserve tray icon position on reboot?

texts:
The issue seems to occur after updating to macOS Sierra.

After the update, the position of the tray icons changed (from what they had been before the update). Redragging them works, but they are reset to this certain position if the system is rebooted. This didn't seem to happen before upgrading to Sierra. (Either that or the icons are somehow always placed to the position I wanted whenever I install new applications, which is unlikely)

Is there a way to make the tray icon positions persist on reboot?

I have Bartender 2 installed, but I don't think it is causing the issue.


texts: How can I use a keyboard shortcut to go to my Dropbox folder

texts: How can I change the Finder keyboard shortcut command + shift + D to open my Dropbox folder instead of the Desktop folder.


texts: Can I get the ipsw file off my iPhone 3gs and install it on my iPhone 4s?

texts:
I still have my old iPhone 3gs (AT&T) with iOS 6. I have a back up of it as well. I also have a iPhone 4s (Sprint) with iOS 7.

Can I grab the ipsw file off my iPhone 3gs and install it on my iPhone 4s?

I will not install any ipsw from the net. It is not worth the risk of getting an infected or spyware file.


texts: Do people who have my number see if I install WhatsApp

texts:
If I install WhatsApp on my iphone, will other other people, who have my number in their address book, see that I installed it?
And if yes, is there a way to prevent that from happening?


texts: Compress folders with lots of duplicate files

texts:
I have a hierarchy of folders which contain lots of duplicates files (it's a series of versions of a LaTeX document, and while the evolved a lot, many of the figures are identical in multiple versions).

I tried to compress it with Maverick's native “Compress” right-clink menu item, but it doesn't seem to take advantage of the duplication (it leads to 15% compression, though I have at least 30% duplicated files in size).

So I'd wondering: are there common compression formats which would be good enough to take advantage of duplicated files? What app should I use for compression in that particular case?


texts: Target Display Mode using 2019 MBP and 2012 iMAC

texts:
I currently have:

2019 MBP on MacOS 10.14.6
2012 iMAC on MacOS 10.14.6 (thunderbolt 2)

I am connecting them to each other using a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter, both of which are brand new.

I was able to trigger target display mode ONCE. Then cmd + F2 stopped responding entirely.
Things I've tried:

reset the PRAM/NVRAM on both devices
cmd + F2 + fn
every combination of the ports on each end
booted the iMAC in safe mode (can't do it on the MBP; it's a work laptop)
tried initiating TDM by connecting iMAC to MBP 2014, still no dice on cmd + F2

I've perused all the Apple support pages and similar stackexchange questions to no avail and now I'm at my wit's end. Did anybody face something similar and was able to resolve?


texts:
I am setting up my parents with an Apple iPad.  I was wondering if I can configure it so that they share a single iCloud account for email, calendar, contacts, photo stream, FaceTime calls, etc.  Is there a better way than a shared iCloud account if I want them both to be able to use it and there is only 1 device?

I do not think the IOS on an iPad natively supports multiple user accounts like Mac OS X.


texts: How do I confirm that my Mac has hibernated?

texts:
I believe I've correctly configured my MacBook Pro to hibernate (after a delay) when I close the lid, with the following settings

 standbydelay         900
 standby              1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                1
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        25
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        0
 displaysleep         2
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

However I'm not sure that my machine is actually hibernating as expected and would like to be able to confirm that it has.

Is there a way to do this?

I've tried things like

pmset -g log|grep -e " Sleep  " -e " Wake  "  -e " DarkWake " | tail -n 5

which gives, for example

2016-11-17 08:39:03 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Standby [CDNVA] due to EC.LidOpen/Lid Open: Using BATT (Charge:93%) 1630 secs
2016-11-17 09:06:13 -0500 Sleep                 Entering Sleep state due to 'Idle Sleep': Using Batt (Charge:83%) 868 secs
2016-11-17 09:20:41 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Standby [CDNVA] due to EC.PME/User: Using BATT (Charge:83%) 462 secs
2016-11-17 09:28:23 -0500 Sleep                 Entering Sleep state due to 'Clamshell Sleep': Using Batt (Charge:80%) 4586 secs
2016-11-17 10:44:49 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Standby [CDNVA] due to EC.LidOpen/Lid Open: Using BATT (Charge:79%)

and

pmset -g log | grep LidOpen | tail -n 5

which gives

2016-11-16 18:10:07 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Deep Idle [CDNVA] due to EC.LidOpen/Lid Open: Using AC (Charge:35%) 95 secs
2016-11-16 18:27:04 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Deep Idle [CDNVA] due to EC.LidOpen/Lid Open: Using AC (Charge:53%) 675 secs
2016-11-17 07:50:59 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Deep Idle [CDNVA] due to EC.LidOpen/Lid Open: Using AC (Charge:100%) 174 secs
2016-11-17 08:39:03 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Standby [CDNVA] due to EC.LidOpen/Lid Open: Using BATT (Charge:93%) 1630 secs
2016-11-17 10:44:49 -0500 Wake                  Wake from Standby [CDNVA] due to EC.LidOpen/Lid Open: Using BATT (Charge:79%)

or

pmset -g log | grep sleep | tail -n 5

which gives

2016-11-17 09:28:10 -0500 Assertions            PID 198(coreaudiod) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "com.apple.audio.context2626.preventuseridlesleep" 00:01:46  id:0x0x1000087fe [System: DeclUser SRPrevSleep kCPU kDisp]
2016-11-17 10:44:24 -0500 Assertions            Kernel Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler
2016-11-17 10:54:12 -0500 Assertions            PID 198(coreaudiod) Released PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep "com.apple.audio.context2629.preventuseridledisplaysleep" 00:09:04  id:0x0x500008862 [System: DeclUser kDisp]
2016-11-17 10:54:12 -0500 Assertions            PID 198(coreaudiod) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "com.apple.audio.context2629.preventuseridlesleep" 00:09:04  id:0x0x100008861 [System: DeclUser kDisp]
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

but I'm not sure any of these are the right commands, or how to interpret their results.

How do I confirm (ideally from the command line) that my Mac has hibernated?


texts: Is there a way to capture popovers in macOS?

texts:
I want to capture popovers in macOS, to use them in my blog.
But I couldn't find a good way to do it: whenever I try to capture them as windows (CMD+Shift+4, then spacebar), the area will include the windows they attach to.
Is there a better way to capture the popovers (clean, but including their shadows)?


texts: Disable Escape key in Safari for getting out of full screen mode

texts:
I use Safari in Full Screen mode on OS X Mavericks all the time.  I also use the escape key in web pages fairly frequently for various things (depends on the webpage).

One unfortunate side effect of these two facts is that I will occasionally turn off Full Screen mode inadvertently by hitting the escape key on a page that doesn't intercept the escape key.

Is there a way to disable the "Escape turns off full screen mode" behavior in Safari?


texts: Apple Script: keydown doesn't affect game

texts:
I'm trying to use keydown to press a key in an emulator and a game however it is not being picked up.
However, notepad does pick up the keypress.

My Code:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to key code 13'

What can I do so my game/emulator can pick up the keydown?


texts: My iPhone has recently started deleting my email automatically from my Phone after a couple of weeks. I am wondering how exactly I can keep all emails that come to my phone as I need them.


texts:
I have a Dell LCD monitor connected to my Macbook Pro with Retina display (late 2013) via Mini DisplayPort/VGA adapter. It was working fine at the end of last week when I took my laptop home. When I came back to the office this morning, I have the following symptoms:

Powering on both devices from cold powered-off state, my Mac boots normally and the LCD power indicator goes from amber to green as normal as it detects a signal
The LCD backlight turns on
The display is completely black
OS X (Mavericks, 10.9.4) detects the display, because I can arrange the two screens in System Preferences and even move my mouse pointer off the internal display
I can even change the resolution of the external monitor (when I do, the power indicator goes from green to amber back to green as it re-syncs)
The LCD panel's menu works fine, so the panel itself is OK

I have tried:

resetting SMC and PRAM
changing resolution of the external
closing the lid of the MacBook Pro
booting into the Yosemite Beta on another partition
resetting external monitor settings to default

I think it's either the Mini DisplayPort adapter or something in the monitor's signal processing electronics? But until I can get either an additional monitor or another computer to check things...any suggestions?


texts: Disable mini Calendar pull out in iOS 5 on iPad?

texts: I've noticed after upgrading to iOS 5 that a little pull-out sheet for the Calendar app appears on finger swipe near the top edge when inside other apps. I already disabled multi-gestures but this still occurs. Is there way to turn this off? It's annoying when using full screen drawing apps for example.


texts: Is there an app that can save dual-display window states and automatically save/restore them when I disconnect/reconnect the dual display?

texts:
I have a dual-display setup, and I have many open windows on each of my displays. When I disconnect the display and reconnect it, all the windows are positioned on my native display in an unordered fashion.

To avoid having to continually redistribute my open windows among my two displays after disconnecting the external one, I'd like to have two "profiles," one for when the display isn't connected and one for when it is, such that all windows have a state associated to one profile and they are automatically changed back to that state when that profile becomes active.

Does anyone know of an app that can do this?

Note: I'm looking for an alternative to Stay; it didn't work properly for me.


texts: Does app store filter out NFC apps for iPhones which do not have NFC?

texts:
I'm developing an iOS app based on NFC technology.
As I learn, NFC card read support has been introduced pretty recently and older iPhone models (iPhone 8 and below I guess) don't have it.
So when my app goes live on the app store, will the app be displayed for people having older iPhones?
Will they be shown a message like "this app is not supported on your iPhone" or will they have to face post-installation frustration?


texts: Selecting all files in Finder with column view

texts:
/folder1/folder2/file1
                /file2
        /folder3
                /file3
        /folder4
                /file4
                /file5
                /file6

Given a folder structure such as this one. When I've got folder2 selected and press Cmd + A or Select All the expected behaviour is that all the files within folder2 will be selected, namely file1 and file2. This happens most of the time, but sometimes when folder2 is selected instead of selecting all the files and folders below folder2, all the files and folders of the same level are selected, namely folder2, folder3 and folder4.

Does anyone know what causes this? I run Finder with XtraFinder on Mac OS X 10.8.4.


texts: APFS encrypted volume, how to get actual free disk space

texts:
I have a APFS volume running macOS Mojava. When I right click on the volume and click Get Info it shows:

Which in iteslf is confusing because available says 73.99 GB, but used shows all the disk is used 211 GB.

Even more confusing, when I run the unix command df -h command it outputs:

MacBook-Pro ➜ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1   233Gi  197Gi   34Gi    86% 2991853 9223372036851783954    0%   /

So df says I have 34 GB available.

What is the actual amount of free disk space I have? Also, how do I reclaim space and purge the disk?