texts: Macbook Air 13 - Stuck mid-bar at login, after reinstalling system stuck on apple logo

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My Macbook Air 13 has crashed today.

I've been playing some games on it and the screen suddenly got stuck. After waiting for about 15 minutes I turned it off the hard way (power button hold), unfortunately after rebooting once i entered password for account it got stuck at about 75% of bar. This happened about 5 times before i decided to enter CMD+R boot menu, erased the disk, created new partition with GUID scheme and installed MacOS Scierra.

Instalation went fine, but after Internet Recovery it got stuck forever on Apple logo with about 60% of bar loaded. Rebooting brings no diff.

Is there any way to repair it apart from warranty service?


texts: Symbols appear instead of letters/numbers when typing on Mac

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Im using a Mac book air and when I try to type something, random weird symbols appear instead of texts. The symbols "Œ„´‰ˇÁ¨ˆØ∏" appear when I try to type "qwertyuiop".

I had already found a solution although it is only temporary.

I revert my keyboard through following these steps:

Open system preferences
Select accessibility
Select keyboard
Enable sticky keys
turn it off
Problem solved!

However, every time I close my laptop it makes the same error again and I have to fix the accessibility settings each time. Although everything else is working fine I'm still looking for a long-term solution to this problem. I wouldn't want to go through the hassle of logging into the guest account just to change the settings in order to be able to type the password in my main user account on my mac.


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I waited for about 8 hours to finish my 2.6 GB download to update from Xcode 6.2 to 6.4. After waiting it says it is installed. Opening Xcode it prompted me to install additional files and I accepted it. Once the installation was finished, it still says that my version is 6.2. After restarting my Mac Mini it still says that my Xcode version is 6.2. I checked App store, and Xcode still wants to update to 6.4. Whereas my "Updates installed in the Last 30 Days" tab it indicates that I was done downloading the 6.4 version.

How can I update my Xcode 6.2 to 6.4?


texts: iOS 8 Safari SharePoint 2013 Windows Authentication Support

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I would like to support SharePoint 2013 with default out-of-box settings on iOS 8 devices. I see a lot of forum discussion on both Apple and Microsoft sites regarding IIS Windows Authentication being broken with Safari in iOS 8. Without bypassing Windows Authentication, I'm looking for details on any scheduled software fix in iOS 8, or workarounds like using Chrome on iOS 8 as mentioned in some of the forum posts. Unfortunately the Chrome workaround is a partial fix as iOS 8 does not allow Chrome to be the default browser for links opened from email or elsewhere on your mobile device. Here are the relevant discussions and links I used while attempting to find a solution or verify the problem.

Cannot see Sharepoint with iOS8 (Apple Support Communities)
iOS 8 Safari not working with [...] Windows Authentication (Apple Support Communities)
SharePoint 2013 is not compatible with iOS 8 (Microsoft TechNet Forums)
sharepoint 2013 ios 8 safari (Google Search)

A note regarding Windows Authentication (NTLM/Negotiate) authentication default configuration for SharePoint 2013. For compatibility with various Microsoft products including the SharePoint Search Crawler, Microsoft Field Engineer Brian Pendergrass says "the crawler requires Windows Authentication [NTLM or Kerberos] in whatever zone your [sic] crawl …meaning your Default zone should include Windows Authentication)". Microsoft Office integration also seems to be optimized for SharePoint Windows Authentication. Based on this rationale, the default zone should always be configured for Windows Auth and only alternate zones should be used for alternative authentication like Forms Auth. Our organization chooses to deploy only one zone to require all SharePoint URLs to have the same form (SSL + Fully Qualified Domain Name) - thus we're stuck on a default zone with Windows Authentication.


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After installing macOS Sierra 10.12, I have started seeing these ghost windows across the top of the screen. Unfortunately they are appearing at random and I can not determine if this is the OS, a specific application, or a general bug of some kind.

Has anyone else come across this and a way to fix it without rebooting your Mac?

Example:

Updates

I have tried restarting finder...
It seems to occur after the screen saver is initiated but I can not confirm...

Plan of Attack

Next time is occurs I am planning on running through all of these commands.


texts: ImageMagick install fails on "verification" step in OS X 10.8

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I’ve just tried to install ImageMagick on OS X 10.8. Everything seems to work fine, except the last "verification" steps:

MacBook-Pro-de-Ewan:~ ewandelanoy$ /opt/local/bin/identify -list font
-bash: /opt/local/bin/identify: No such file or directory
MacBook-Pro-de-Ewan:~ ewandelanoy$ display -display :0
-bash: display: command not found

Can anyone explain what’s going on here?


texts: Selectively restore data to iPhone from iTunes backup

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I was unable to find a solution online, so my question to the expert community is:

Can I restore only the health data to my iPhone from an iTunes backup?


texts: How do I diagnose Internet Sharing failures on Mac OS over iPhone USB?

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Internet Sharing stopped working just recently.

Configuration is Wi-Fi shared over iPhone USB cable.

Mac OS version 10.13.2, iOS version 12.4.1.

I haven't updated operating systems of my computer or phone for at least a few months, so it wasn't broken by a software update.

I restarted both my computer and phone numerous times and reset the Internet Sharing from the menu. Nothing works.

The cable is not broken. I can charge the phone over the USB cable, and it gets properly recognized. iTunes opens automatically when the phone is plugged in.

The Wi-Fi connection is not broken. I tested with a browser on the Mac computer and it works normally.

Update: I also reset the iPhone's network settings to factory default and that didn't fix it.

Update #2: Internet sharing works as advertised from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth PAN, so it's the USB internet sharing service/drivers that are broken.

What broke it and how do I diagnose the problem? I'm looking for an error log or diagnostic tool that would pinpoint the faulty link. Probably on Mac OS since iOS is terrible at supporting advanced user maneuvers and diagnostics.


texts: How can I create a Windows password reset disk on Mac?

texts: I have installed a dual-system on my Mac: Windows and Mac. Unfortunately, I forgot the password to login Windows OS and cannot access it. Is there any possible way to create a Windows password reset disk on MacOS，so that I could crack Windows password without reinstall?


texts: Block an Application for a certain amount of time

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Is there any application or any way to make me unable to open a software on my Mac for a determined amount of time (a self-imposed block)?

Why this? It's a poker software, and when things are going bad I want to exclude me from play for a certain amount of time (like 2 hours) to prevent the "tilt effect".

Thanks in advance!


texts: How do I see version numbers of my apps on iOS?

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The App Store is telling me I have an update to an app that is currently installed, and it shows the new version. How do I see the version I currently have?

The closest thing I was able to find is a Cydia app called AppInfo, but I can't jailbreak yet (nor am I comfortable doing so).

Is there another way? The ideal answer could be done on the device itself, but barring that, I'm ok with transferring something to my Mac and viewing it there (e.g. with iExplorer).


texts: How can I triple boot MacOS Catalina , Ubuntu 18.04, and Windows 10

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I currently use the mid-2014 MacBook Pro.
I have read the similar questions asked but as I don't have much technical knowledge I thought I should create a new question.

Device History

I had installed Ubuntu along with macOS
I recently tried to create another partition and install Windows 10
Installation was successful but the problem was with boot entries
I wasn't able to boot into macOS but was able to boot into Windows and Ubuntu.
Then created This question to resolve the issue.
I have backed up data from ubuntu and deleted the Windows and Ubuntu partition
But I am not sure whether I can directly proceed to installations again as I had previous installations that might have done some changes to EFI etc.

My diskutil list output is:

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

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.8 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume MacOSX - Data           105.8 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 80.7 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                529.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume MacOSX                  10.6 GB    disk1s5

  Please guide me for the step-by-step installation without using
  Bootcamp.

  I have .iso files of Ubuntu and bootable USB of Windows10 ready with me.


texts: iMac does not hibernate anymore after Mavericks installation

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I used to be able to press the power button on my iMac shortly and send it to hibernation.

After the update to Mavericks though this ability has disappeared and now only sends it into sleep mode.

What is going on? Help Please!


texts: Browse another encrypted time machine backup that's on a NAS

texts: I have a Time Machine backup of my MacBook Pro pro that's encrypted and saved on a Synology DS212j NAS (OS X detected my NAS as a possible location to save my backup). Right now I'm on my MacBook Air. Is it possible to browse the MacBook Pro's encrypted backup on the NAS? All I see is a "sparsebundle" file. My MacBook Pro is currently being repaired so I don't have access to it.


texts: MacOS Catalina mouse/system hiccups when external monitor connected via Green Cell USB-C Hub

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I saw past posts about this issue but it's still hitting me on the current MBP 2019.
I'm using external iiama black hawk external display monitor connected via Green-Cell USB hub

Whenever I connect external display, the computer seems to stop every couple of seconds - the mouse freezes for 0.5s, terminal also - that's very irritating.
Somehow it seems, that I can get rid of this behaviour by changing the connection order of the external monitor but also not always.

I don't see any drivers/firmware to be downloaded, anyone having the same effect and has any workarounds?
Obviously plugging and unplugging in the right order until it works is quite irritating...


texts: I recently used an app to enter a voucher code and then redeem it to get free stuff. But it only allows 1 code/ phone. I was wondering, what do the iOS apps use when identifying a phone/user?


texts: iPhone can send iMessages without a SIM card?

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I gave my old iPhone 3GS (iOS 5.0) to a friend, and after removing the SIM card, we noticed a peculiar behavior. My friend is able to send texts via iMessage from the old phone number. Likewise, I can receive texts from this number.

Has anyone else noticed this? I am assuming the iMessage servers register phone numbers for compatible devices. But what happens if someone else claims this number?


texts: Does iOS download iOS updates when using a hotspot?

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I can see that iTunes and App Store has in Settings to not automatically download updates.

But what about iOS updates themselves? The recent iOS 11.3 update for example, is near 800MB, and when I use my main phone as a hotspot, then will my other iPhone silently download the iOS update?

The issue is important because the 800MB can cost up to US$12 at $15 per GB such as on Verizon, meaning that to download the update from iOS 11.2.6 to 11.3, it can cost me $12, and if 2 secondary phones, that means US$24 for downloading an update I wasn't aware of.


texts: Change main desktop to external screen after sleep mode

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I have connected an external screen to my MBP. If I close the MBP the main desktop is switched to the external screen like I want. If the notebook goes in sleep mode and I wake it up with my wireless Apple keyboard than I cannot see a window. The problem is that the login screen after the wake up is on the MBP and not on the external screen. Launching mission control or similar doesn't work when you are logged of. What can I do that my main desktop stays on the external screen?

The only "solution" I came up with is that I open the MBP and close it again. Than I have the login screen on my external monitor. But that is not an ideal solution ... I'm using Lion (10.9.1).


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When running launchctl unload some.plist, what is this command translated to specifically, in terms of UNIX commands, etc.

There is nothing in .plist files that specifies any "command line to run when the user specifies unload", so does macOS simply send a kill signal to the process? Or what does it do?


texts: How long does an iOS device have to be left at the Setup Assistant screen before automatically turning itself off?

texts: When either turning a new iOS device on for the first time or choosing to erase all content and settings from a previously-used device, upon booting for the first time after either of the above has been performed the iOS Setup Assistant is displayed. When erasing a test device, I've noticed that the device appears to turn itself off after being left on this screen for a certain amount of time. Would anybody happen to know what this amount of time is? Is it a case of being left inactive for a certain amount of time, or is this instead triggered when the battery level falls below a certain percentage?


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I've been having problems with WebRoot internet security ever since upgrading to Sierra.  I was told to run the following command from Terminal

sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --verify --standard-pkgs /

When I did so, I got the following message

sudo: /usr/libexec/repair_packages: command not found

WebRoot said they couldn't help me.  They said I should contact Apple ... which I did.  Still no help.

Any suggestions as to why I'm getting this message and how to fix it?  I've already reinstalled Sierra once ... which should have fixed the problem, but didn't.


texts: New USB C MacBook - status light for charging without turning computer on

texts: For the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (and also the old tiny MacBook) that uses USB-C charging - is there something like a "status light" to see if your MacBook is charging (or full) without turning the screen on?


texts: Locate database does not exist, even though it is already loaded

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I am trying to use the locate command because even though I installed postgresql, psql is not recognized on command line:

$ locate psql | grep /bin

WARNING: The locate database (/var/db/locate.database) does not exist.
To create the database, run the following command:

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

Please be aware that the database can take some time to generate; once
the database has been created, this message will no longer appear.

So I run the command:

$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist
com.apple.locate: Already loaded

Output:

$ ls -l /var/db/locate.database
-r--r--r--  1 nobody  wheel  11096658 Mar 25 14:29 /var/db/locate.database

If it is already loaded, then why is it telling me to create the database? I already created it. How can I get locate working?


texts: Mac unable to set rotations of multiple monitors

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Having a little problem with my MacbookPro 2019-15inch-i9 (Big Sur 2020.07.08). I have two vertical monitors(ASUS VG249 1080p 144Hz)(BenQ GW2270 1080p 60Hz) and one normal monitor(DELL 2718Q 4k) set up with it, and they were working fine with a "H-shape" setup.
However I just found after I updated to Big Sur for a week, the setting is failed. I am able to set only 1 monitor rotated. I tried to set the second rotation after the first rotation is successful, but the this operation would reset all the settings of Display, which means the three monitors are all horizontal.
Plus, I've known it can also be a problem to Mac OS 10.15 or 10.14, I've searched it and found these problem unsolved.
Any help would be appreciated.


texts: OSX virtual machines for Visual Studio and Azure

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I will be starting a new job in a couple of weeks, and I've been asked to spec out a machine I'd like to work on. As a UI Developer, I am much more comfortable developing in OSX.

The company I will be working for develops on .NET and deploys as an Azure cloud application. I know that I can run Windows as a virtual machine, but I need to make an informed decision about whether I will be able to smoothly run Visual Studio and run the Azure cloud application.

Any thoughts? Performance issues? Workflow headaches?


texts: Macbook Volume Control Not Changing Volume of Bluetooth Headphones

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For some reason, when Bluetooth headphones are connected to my macbook the volume control doesn't have any effect on the headphones volume. They seem to be stuck on full volume and doesn't change when I lower the volume.

I've tried 'sudo killall coreaudiod' in the terminal but it doesn't change anything. Have restarted and re-paired the headphones but no joy. Any similar solutions haven't worked either.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thank you.


texts: Imported Google Contacts Not Displaying on iPhone

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I recently decided to centralize all my contacts into iCloud (I had them split between iCloud and Google Contacts). I went to Google Contacts, exported them in the vCard (for iOS Contacts) format. Then I went to iCloud and imported them all successfully.
Then I went to my iPhone, disabled my Google account for contacts and removed them from my iPhone when prompted. However, when I view the contacts on my iPhone now, none of the ones I imported from Google show up. They are completely absent.
When I view contacts on iCloud.com and my Macbook, everyone is where they're supposed to be. The only place there's an issue is on my iPhone.
I've tried

Disabling and enabling contact sync on my iCloud account several times on my iPhone
Logging out and logging back into my iCloud account on my iPhone
Made sure when I'm viewing contacts on iPhone, there isn't some additional list that the imported contacts were grouped into

Any suggestions?


texts: After using `networksetup -setdnsservers Wi-Fi "8.8.8.8" "8.8.4.4"` how do I clear them?

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I'm looking to script a temporary DNS server change to override the DHCP response I get from the network. I've figured out I can use networksetup but once we're done testing. Before I push to production, I figure I should know how to undo this.

How can I script to clear these changes and restore the settings the network provides now as if I never ran the following script?

networksetup -setdnsservers Wi-Fi "8.8.8.8" "8.8.4.4"

It's not feasible to save any the previous settings and I'm looking to remove the setting so that the actual new values can be retrieved from the network as opposed to saving what the settings were previously so I don't save an old value that is no longer correct.

Basically, I'm looking to ipconfig /renew on macOS.


texts: iOS 5.0.1 (jailbroken) binutils package or alternative to search for strings in binaries

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I have a jailbroken iOS 5.0.1 on an iPhone 4S.
I checked out if there is a binutils package and haven't found it.
Is there a repository for it?
What would be the next best way to search for strings in binary files (strings command emulation).


texts: macOS Messages.app: How to search by recipient/sender?

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The search box in macOS Messages.app seems to bring up results within conversations but doesn't search just by the name of the conversation sender or recipient.

Often I'm trying to find the latest conversation with a contact and it doesn't appear that I can just enter their name in the search box.

I'm curious if there is a way to specifically bring up a conversation by a specific contact.

Only workaround I've found is to go into Contacts.app and initiate a new message with them - it sends the message within Contacts.app but then when you switch back to Messages.app its the topmost conversation.  Not an ideal workflow.


texts: How to make a custom keyboard shortcut WITH NO MODIFIER

texts: I just bought the super awesome app Sketch 2 and am loving it but I want to create a shortcut for a tool that currently has no shortcut assigned to it. Many other tools have a single letter shortcut (like the vector tool is just "V", no modifiers involved) but when I try to make a single character shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, it won't let me. It appears I have to provide a modifier and character :( Any way around this restriction?


texts: CPU completely occupied by strange programs with person names

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Anyone knows why this happens and how to resolve it?
they show up out of nowhere and stay until I kill each manually.
some of these names change to something new too.
I thought this might be because I left the root access open so I closed it later..


texts: Photos.app does not see DCIM folder on MicroSD card

texts: I have some photos in the DCIM folder on a MicroSD card that normally lives in an Android phone.  When I mount the card on my Macbook Pro using a USB card reader, Photos.app automatically launches.  But the app doesn't seem to "see" that there are pictures inside the folder.  I can access the pictures through the Finder (see screenshot), and of course I can manually import the pictures by dragging them from the Finder window into Photos, but I am wondering if there is some way I can point Photos.app to the directory where the photos are stored so that it can find them and import them on its own.


texts: Opening Track Output Window on pro tools using applescript

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I am trying to create some Applescript lines to do some basic automation in pro tools and I was wondering if you guys can help out.
I am trying to open the Track output window dialog but I can't seem to figure out a way to run the code on the selected track.
For example, right now I am telling system events to check for the first window of pro tools and execute different functions based on the answer it got using an if-else statement. Within that, if statement, I've figured out that it's probably the best to get the dialog by clicking on that UI element. (I can't think of any other way. If there is a way please let me know.)
click button "Output Window button" of group "Audio IO" of group "Audio 1 - Audio Track " of window 1 of application process "Pro Tools"

I currently have it set up like this.
I am wondering if there is a way to make the section of group "Audio 1 - Audio Track " into a variable so that it will apply that in the currently selected track instead of a specific track like how it is right now.
I'll attack the full code below just in case.
tell application "System Events"

    set windowName to name of window 1 of application process "Pro Tools"
    set nameMatch1 to "Edit:"
    set nameMatch2 to "Mix:"

    if (windowName does not contain nameMatch1) or (windowName does not contain nameMatch2) then

        set windowTwoName to name of window 2 of application process "Pro Tools"

        if (windowName contains nameMatch1) then
            click button "Output Window button" of group "Audio IO" of group "Audio 1 - Audio Track " of window 1 of application process "Pro Tools" -- This is wehre I need your help.
        else if (windowTwoName contains nameMatch1) then
            click button "Output Window button" of group "Audio IO" of group "Audio 1 - Audio Track " of window 2 of application process "Pro Tools"
        else if (windowName contains nameMatch2) then
            click button "Output Window button" of group "Audio 1 - Audio Track " of window 1 of application process "Pro Tools"
        else if (windowTwoName contains nameMatch2) then
            click button "Output Window button" of group "Audio 1 - Audio Track " of window 2 of application process "Pro Tools"
        end if

    end if
end tell


texts: "Lost" 300 GB of disk while trying to install Windows via Bootcamp

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Had Windows installed with Bootcamp and for a couple of years it went fine, until I recently fired it up again and when it tried to update it went into a crash -> reset (only option that made it boot, it removed all the apps I had installed) -> auto-update -> crash again.

So I tried a clean install, but it failed.
So I tried to wipe out the Windows partition and re-install Windows via Bootcamp. FAILED !!!

Followed the advice here: Bootcamp Error: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition (not a duplicate)
Still didn't work, so I kept trying to install it again and again, either via Bootcamp or by manually creating the partition and then booting from an USB mounted SD card.

And now I lost 300 GB.

They don't show up in diskutil list or when running the Disk Utility.

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         121.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         1.7 TB     disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.8 TB     disk2
                                 Physical Stores disk0s2, disk1s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            665.4 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 43.2 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                509.8 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk2s4

The 1.7 TB should be 2.0 or 2.1 TB.

Is there anything I can do to fix this ?

Thanks.


texts: Finding MacBook power status from command line (AC plugged in, or not)?

texts: I want to start some rsync jobs in macOS Sierra 10.12 when the power and home network are connected, I know how to use the ipconfig command to check the IP address, but is there anyway to tell whether the power is connected besides grepping the system_profiler? (Which seems a lengthy exercise to get the small snippet)


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I'm trying to troubleshoot video issues on macbook laptop with no display or a dead? display but can't see what I'm doing. I need a Terminal command to run 'blind' after I boot into Single User mode & enable an external monitor.
Hence-
How do I enable an external display in Single User Mode via Terminal on a headless macbook?


texts: How much data has been written to my SSD over its lifetime?

texts: Is there a Terminal command which will show me how many GB has been written to my SSD through the whole lifetime of the disk? I'm asking because I want to find out how many cycles have been done. SSD are able to do about 1000–2000 cycles depending on type.


texts:
I just clean installed mavericks on my mac and local domains i use for web development still work. Surely clean install wipes the host file, so how is this possible? Its not really a problem, i am just wondering how its possible!

Current hosts file

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost


texts: Retina Pro display gets stuck on startup screen while rest of system finishes booting

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I recently finished replacing the "lower half" (upper case, logic and I/O boards, battery, keyboard, and trackpad) of my mid-2012 retina pro (MacBook 10,1) with an early 2013 "lower half" that I bought. This was intended to be an easier way to replace the logic board, which had fallen to the GPU kernel panics that affect some Retina Pros of that vintage. I had also taken the opportunity to perform a clean install of Mojave, as my Mac had failed before Mojave's release. Unfortunately, I've been been having issues getting the computer to reliably boot into a usable state, which has made the install process far more painful than it should be.

In short, it appears that when the computer is about to finish booting up, the display sometimes stops updating while the rest of the system finishes the boot sequence. This happens regardless of the way I boot the computer, as it happens:

When trying to boot from a USB Mojave installer
When trying to boot using Internet Recovery
When trying to use the recovery partition after an install
During the install process, after the computer reboots prior to starting the post-install setup
When the Desktop is normally loaded
When booting into safe mode after an install

This lack of updating extends to putting the display to sleep and waking it up from sleep. The backlight remains on after the lid is closed, and even though the display turns off after an idle period, it will not turn back on after the computer wakes up.

The reason I know that the rest of the system appears to be working even though the screen isn't updating is because I can still interact with the computer via VoiceOver. I've reformatted the SSD and started the install process at least once via VoiceOver, and can do basic things like open Safari and navigate to various webpages.

At this point, I think I've successfully installed Mojave, but I'm still struggling with this issue. The problem is intermittent; I'll get a series of one or more boots in a row where the display freezes, then a series of one or more boots where macOS successfully boots to the Desktop. Then I'll reboot, and the cycle repeats. I haven't been able to detect any patterns so far, unfortunately.

I have yet to experiment with extended use after the computer boots successfully. I'll update the post as I learn more.

Is this another busted graphics card? If not, how can I convince my computer to boot reliably? I hope it isn't a busted logic board, but I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

As a side note, I've gotten a few kernel panics during the install process when trying to set up user accounts, but the one time I got a panic report it didn't appear to be related to the GPU.


texts: iCloud allows access to files via direct link without authentication!

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I've been testing sharing files from iCloud when I accidentally stumbled onto this bug.

Steps to Repro:

In Firefox preferences, set "Portable Document Format" download action to always ask.

Log into iCloud.com and tap on a PDF file's name (Blue URL) to download it but, instead of saving it, Select Open with  other..  and choose Firefox.app in the app list.
The file will display right in the browser as expected. Now, copy the link in the address bar: https://cvws.icloud-content.com/B/[loooong_string] and
take that link to a different browser altogether with no iCloud login.

The file is still openly accessible. To anyone with that link!

Yes, granted it's not the type of a link to be easily guessed but the file was NOT intentionally shared or made available via a link and NO authentication was needed to access it.

Is this behavior by design? Gaining access to this link appears to be posing a huge security risk, isn't it?


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I'd like to be able to ask Siri:

Start counting time
[Some time later] Tell me how long it was?
Siri: It has been 2 minutes and 10 seconds

or

Tell me the time with seconds
Siri: The time is 3:19, 23 seconds

Any of the above, or any way to count the duration, can work.  Is there a way?


texts: How to find exact location of my lost iPhone

texts:
I lost my iPhone.

I used Find My iPhone.

It is located in a furniture store which I have visited today.

I want to know where exactly is my iPhone located.

I have my portable WiFi hostspot and I can see that my lost iPhone is connecting to the WiFi hostspot.

But still this is not enough, I could not find it.

I used play sound, but unfortunately, I cannot hear anything. It appears that the sound played by iPhone is too low to be beneficial in such circumstances .

Is there an app that let me know the exact location of a devices connected to my WiFi or to my HotSpot?


texts: How can I see in which albums is a photo?

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Photos.app — I can't find a way to see in which albums a photo is in, neither on iOS or macOS.

This seems such a basic thing that should be there but I can't find how to do it.
When a photo is selected, I would expect an indication on whichever albums in the sidebar the photo is in.
At least show it on the info box on mac or info pane on iOS.

But right now I can't figure out if it should be there and I'm seeing a bug, the functionality isn't there, or if I'm too stupid to figure it out.


texts: Listing all the groups to which a user belongs in macOS

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I want to know the groups of some user.

$dscl . list /groups filterByUSer theFindUser

Is this possible (even if I have to enumerate all the groups and then filter by user) in a straightforward manner?


texts: My Finder is not responding and there are no documents on Desktop after downloading OS X Yosemite

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I've just upgraded my Macbook Pro (15 inch, mid 2009) to OS X Yosemite and it is running slowly and my Finder is not responding at all and none of my documents are on my Desktop.

I have tried taking off the transparency and nothing worked. I am not even able to access ⌘ CMD+r to reboot my system. I just went into Terminal and used the:

sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight-V100

trick but it doesn't seem like anything has happened. I do however have a response from:

julie:~my_computers_name  sample_command  client check in failed ... invalid destination port

How can I fix this?


texts: Is it possible to remobe _afpovertcp._tcp.local from ser name?

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I'm connecting to a WD MyCloud NAS over my local network.
When I connect using the IP I get a clean address like afp://192.168.0.20/folder/file, which is nice, but when I connect using the server name, I get this weird ugly afp://Server._afpovertcp._tcp.local/folder/file.

Is there a way to have it just as afp://server/folder/file?


texts: iPhone as LTE "modem" drops its connection to USB-tethered mini-router

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I'm using an old iPhone SE (2016) as a "modem" to access LTE cellular Internet connectivity. I've set up a small, palm-sized router as a USB tethering client of the iPhone (in other words, the iPhone is serving as the router's WAN gateway). The first time I connected the router to the iPhone via Lightning cable, the iPhone asked for confirmation to "trust this computer", which I granted; on subsequent plug-ins, the iPhone recognizes the router and doesn't ask again. (In my use case, this is a remote site where I have a couple of IP cameras installed; the router–iPhone combo provides Internet connectivity to the cams, and this is how I'm able to remotely monitor the cams in real time and download recorded footage.)
The problem I'm having is that the iPhone periodically drops its tethering connection to the router for no apparent reason, and the only way it can be reestablished is for me to personally visit the site, pick up the iPhone, and toggle the "Allow Others to Join" control off and then on again — whereupon the router's tethering connection is immediately restored. (Again, I want to emphasize that no further interaction with the iPhone is required; the router is recognized, and no trust-confirmation dialog is presented).
Of course, visiting the site repeatedly just to manually restore the tethering connection isn't sustainable, so I need a proper solution.
My question in three parts:

Why is the iPhone dropping the USB tethering service to the router, even though the physical cabling connection between them is undisturbed?

Why is the iPhone failing to automatically reestablish the tethering service to the router after the interruption?

How can I make the router–iPhone "gateway" work reliably? What can I do to either prevent the mysterious disconnections, or enable automatic reconnections, of the tethering service?

Thanks.
[Note: the iPhone SE is fully updated to the latest iOS version, currently v14.5.1.]


texts: Is there an app available from the App Store (iOS) to find out the LAN speed?

texts: I'm trying to see if it would be worthwhile to upgrade my PC computer to a 5 GHz wireless adapter. The only device I own that is capable of using the 5 GHz band is my iPad. So, I'm trying to see if it's possible to measure LAN speeds on my iPad. So, any ideas?


texts: Automator service works everywhere except when using keyboard shortcut

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My automator service is as follows:

Workflow receives no input in Google Chrome.app
Input is entire selection (checkbox not checked)

Run Applescript

    on run {input, parameters}
     tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
     tell application "System Events"
      keystroke "i" using {control down, option down}
      keystroke "r"
     end tell
     return input
    end run

In Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility, both Automator and Google Chrome are listed and checked, and under Automation, Google Chrome has System Events.app checked.

With Google Chrome open (specifically on a Google Sheets tab), this works:

When I run the step from Automator
When I run the entire service from Automator
When I run the service from the Chrome menu

However, it does not work when I use the keyboard shortcut I assigned in System Preferences: command+option+control+n. A cogwheel briefly appears in the menu bar then goes away, and I even added a notification center action to tell me the service ran (it does) - but nothing happens in Google Sheets. I have tried other keyboard shortcuts to no avail.

Any help appreciated. Honestly if Google would just add a two-stroke "insert row" hotkey, that would relieve me of this whole idiotic exercise :)


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I recently bought a UPS for my Mac mini home server. It is a Chinese brand. When I plug the UPS into my Mac mini, the computer successfully detects the UPS and the UPS setting pops up inside the Energy Saver preferences. However, the battery percentage is always at 0% and the UPS menu always shows Unknown Time Remaining.

I'm pretty sure this should be driverless right? The UPS didn't come with any driver, and the computer can detect the UPS. I tried installing APCUPSd, that didn't help, the app shows can't connect to UPS. Anything else I can try?

My Mac is a Mac mini (Late 2014) running macOS Sierra 10.12.4, the UPS is connected via USB.


texts: When scanning a url/phone number qr code, is there anyway to force the iPhone to show 'Copy' menu only instead of asking opening browser?

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For example, when scan a url qr code with iPhone, the iPhone usually asks you to open browser with Safari (or ask you to dial a call if the qr code is a phone number), which is different from plain text that just ask you to search the context or copy the context.

My question is, is there anyway to force the iPhone to ask you to search the context or copy the context only, even if a url or phone number qr code is scanned?


texts: Block emails from specific sender only in Mac OS mail program

texts: I have an email account registered on my Macbook and on two more devices. Is it possible to block / not download all emails from a specific sender just on my device but not touch the server email account settings, so the sender can still send to the two other devices?


texts: How to split a movie into many movie files, split by chapters?

texts: I'm trying to take a movie that I need to analyze for an essay and split it into 18 movie files, one for each chapter (as defined by pre-existing chapter markers), for ease of watching one scene at a time and then stopping to write about it. How do I accomplish this?


texts: Hide a user account from the login screen of macOS Catalina

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I have a Mac running macOS Catalina that has two users accounts, 'foo' and 'admin'. Both appear on the login screen. I'd like to hide the 'admin' account from the login screen.

The following tricks that used to work on earlier versions of macOS aren't working anymore:

sudo dscl . create /Users/admin IsHidden 1
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList -array-add admin


texts: 2017 Macbook Won't turn on - Displays battery icon

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My wife's 2017 macbook won't turn on/charge. It just displays this battery icon, with the red bar of the battery flashing intermittently. It's currently plugged into the charger but this doesn't seem to have any effect.

Does anyone know what this means? Time to take it to the apple store?


texts: What files should I delete before giving my MacBook to someone else?

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I am giving my old MacBook to my daughter. I have changed all the names and passwords and so on, and renamed the computer when starting up, so everything seems fine except for the fact that the harddisk must still contain my stuff.

I have erased my self as a user, so I don't show up in finders front window anymore.
Where am I to be found so that I can erase all my files, photos, films and other documents?


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I am trying to set up my computer (running Windows 8.1) as a headset for answering/making calls for my iPhone 4S. I have connected my iPhone through bluetooth, and can listen to music and create keyboard inputs, but cannot use Handsfree!

I have all of the services enabled for the iPhone:

I don't understand why my PC cannot act as a bluetooth headset, as Hands-free is selected! I have the latest bluetooth drivers installed for my computer. My guess is that it may be two drivers not working correctly (seen in Device Manager):

Could these two drivers (MAP MAS-iOS and Wireless iAP) not being installed be the cause of the problem? I have been searching for these drivers online and cannot find them.


texts: Updating Keychain entry manually prevents next access from GUI tools afterwards: Always asks for permission

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I stumbled upon this using Tunnelblick and Viscosity. Adding a configuration to those VPN tools it is possible in the GUI during the first connect to specify user&pass and save them in the keychain. The next connections will then use the saved credentials from keychain.

However if I change the password in the keychain using the security terminal command (add-generic-password -U-s-a-w) or via keychain access application, afterwards both Tunnelblick and Viscosity will show the "Permission to access keychain: [Allow, Allow always, cancel]"-dialog if I try connecting the next time.

Is there any way to prevent this dialog?

I looked a bit in the Tunnelblick source code, but couldn't find a check for "keychain tampering" or anything that could force this dialog from Tunnelblick's side.
If it is an configurable OS level protection?


texts: Is there a multi-tabbed terminal emulator for macOS that can be run with a different $SHELL on each invocation?

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I have an old application I've been using on Linux for a quite a while that I like very much, and I'd like to use it on macOS sometimes.
It's called hcm, and it lives at https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/hcm/
It's mostly about running commands on remote hosts (mostly X11 graphical applications, but some interactive shells), a little like putty, but with predefined hosts and commands.
I mostly use it to start terminal emulators that'll do a script(1)-like tty log locally, while giving interactive access to a remote host over ssh.  Each new tab from a given terminal emulator gives a new tty logfile, and a new shell on the remote host again over ssh.
Is there a macOS terminal emulator, preferably an opensource one, that will respect $SHELL on each invocation?  I gave iTerm2 and kitty a try, but they seem to ignore a test $SHELL.  Alacritty wouldn't even run, with or without a test $SHELL, saying "Alacritty cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified."
Suggestions please?
Thanks!


texts: How to schedule send/receive in Outlook for Mac using Exchange Account

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How can I turn off automatic incoming emails and instead receive new emails on a schedule only? For example, new emails at 10AM and 2PM.

Version: Outlook for Mac 16.13.1
Server Type: outlook.office365.com Exchange Server


texts: First-time iCloud backup of my iPhone took 26 hours

texts: The first time my iPhone backed up with iCloud, it took 26 hours. It seems like a really long time but I do have a lot of video. How long should this take?


texts: Should iMessage not be silently updating my phone when I'm at my Mac?

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I've been using iMessage with a friend of mine over the past two days. When I get the message on my Mac, I also get the message on my phone. That's great, BUT why all the alerts and buzzes on my iPhone? It's very annoying.

Should iMessage not see me receiving the message on my Mac and silently update my iPhone?


texts: Accessing encrypted FileVault 2 (?) partition from Snow Leopard

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I'm trying to access an encrypted partition on an external hard drive. My dad formatted it in OS X Lion before sending me the drive. I am running Snow Leopard with no access to a Lion install... however, I can only access the non-encrypted partition. Supposedly it works fine on Lion, and I'm guessing it has something to do with the switch from FileVault to FileVault 2, but am at a loss as to what to do or if there is any way to access the partition without using Lion.

Output from diskuil list:

/dev/disk2
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk2s1
2:                  Apple_HFS WD1T                    43.0 GB    disk2s2
3:          Apple_CoreStorage Incompatible Format     956.7 GB   disk2s3
4:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s4

When I plug in the drive, the HFS partition mounts fine. However, I'm not able to mount the disk2s3 partition, and just get an "Incompatible Format" error.

Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance.


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I am using Finder list view in OSX Lion 10.7.3, and I want to size the window to the contents. I click the zoom (green) button which according to the web 'toggles the window between the “user state” and the “standard state”'.

However, I find that OSX miscalculates and makes the window about 2.5 lines too short to fit the whole file list, unless the list is very small in which case it goes no shorter than a minimum size.

How do I avoid this behaviour and size the window to the list correctly?


texts: Is there a common reason for a Macbook battery to disconnect from the logic board?

texts:
I changed my Macbook Air's battery one month ago. It is a mid 2011, 11".
I've changed it for a cheap battery bought on Amazon :

It worked fine for one week, then the battery started disconnecting on a regular basis from motherboard. The little connector from the battery to the board "jumps" pretty often from its place. I then can use the Mac only if plugged in (the battery icon has a little cross on it + message "no battery available"). Until I reopen it, and reconnect the battery. Pretty annoying.

I wonder if it is more likely that :

Shocks do that. Not very likely to me as I tried pulling on the connector with my finger to see if this can happen.
Some "ejection system" kicks my battery out. As if the system detected overheating or such thing and decided to eject the battery.
Any other reason ?


texts:
I have been using a free SSH app on my phone for a little while but stopped because using VIM mostly broke it. Now after some updates I seems to have a limited number of key strokes before it expires. So now seems like a good time to shop around.

There are the requirements:

Can emulate color
Can run VIM, though being able to run EMACS would be cool too.
It does not have to be free.
it must run on a non jail broken phone.

What is everyone else using? What do you suggest?


texts: Test e-mail with previous version of iOS

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The email app on my ipad suddenly stopped working without me changing any settings. I don't know if upgrading to the latest version of iOS might be the reason but I want to exclude it.

Is there a way I could test my e-mail with previous version of iOS? I'm looking for an app or some software to install on my Macbook which would let me test things locally.

Is it possible with xcode?


texts: Mac Mini volume control disabled when using thunderbolt for display

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I have a Mac Mini (late 2012) running the currently latest osx, El Capitan, and as display I use a Dell U2713H connected via thunderbolt (to a DisplayPort on monitor). This configuration is needed to get the maximum output resolution of the monitor, but it seems like it disables the volume control somehow.

When accessing the Sound panel of the system settings, it has disabled the Sound off/mute button in the bottom, and on the Output tab it says (in Norwegian): The selected device has no output controls. And the volume control (on keyboard) doesn't do a thing, neither for the 'global' volume or when playing stuff in iTunes.

My actual audio output is connected through the monitor through to a set of external speakers. The reason for this connection is that I also use the monitor as TV display by utilising the HDMI port on the monitor.

Do you have any suggestion on how to re-enable the volume control with this configuration, if at all possible?  Or any alternate solution to enable be listening to sound (not simultaneously) from both the Mac mini and the TV with only one set of speakers (no dual input available on the speakers).


texts: How to open the Screenshot Folder right after taking the screenshot

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I've changed the folder to which Screenshots are saved on the MacOS (This explains how it is done - http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/06/15/how-to-change-where-screenshots-are-saved-on-mac/).

I was wondering if I can create an Automator script / Workflow so that this custom folder, say ~/Screenshots, automatically opens up immediately after the screenshot is taken. (For reference, I want it to behave like the Chrome Fireshot extension).


texts: Convert image type and save to relative folder with automator

texts: I found a question and working answer here How to create an Automator service to convert images from one file type into another file type using the right-click contextual menu? but it is saving the output file to desktop only. I can understand that this can be saved to relative path(like if source file is in directory /Desktop/Resources/myImage the output file in path /Desktop/Resources/myImage/Converted) with some actions in automator like set value for viable etc. But I am not familiar with that. How to use the set value for variable and get value for variable.


texts: How can I remove all slide transitions from a Keynote presentation?

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I have received a powerpoint file where every single slide has a 1 second dissolve transition applied. I would like to remove all of the transitions so that there aren't any, and the slides just change immediately with no transition.

I know how to do this one slide at a time slowly by hand, but there are a very large number of slides and this would take too long. Is there a way to automatically fix all the slides at once?


texts: Sent text shows email address instead of phone number on IPad

texts: Under IMessage were it states "You can be reached by IMessage at" it shows my email with a checkmark beside it. I can send text but not receive and sent text shows my email instead of phone number. It worked great at one time but something changed, probably by me! If I tap on the email it does not give me the option to use my phone number.


texts: How to start App Expose without using Force Touch or the keyboard?

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I know there was a way to trigger App Expose, by pointing the mouse cursor over an dock icon, and scrolling the mouse wheel.

As far as I remember, it was something I had to enable with the "defaults" command in Terminal.

Unfortunately I don't remember how to enable this feature, and I can't find it on google nor on AskDifferent. Could somebody point me to the right direction?


texts: Two macs backing up to one Time Capsule, first Mac hogging all the space

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I have two Macs backing up to my 3 TB Time Capsule. One mac (250 GB disk) has 2 years of backups saved, the other (1 TB disk) cannot save because it needs 128 GB of space and there is only 25 GB available on the Time Capsule.

Both Macs were backing up successfully for about the last two years. It just seems that recently one has pushed the other out of the backup space.

I have already excluded all the folders I can to reduce the size of both Macs' backups.

Is there a way to reduce the first Mac's backup space so the other one can get at least 1 or 2 days of backup?

I have read about setting up partitions on the Time Capsule. But I am wondering if there is a way to get both macs to work together and share the space?


texts: Can I get notifications for specific emails sent to my Gmail account on iOS?

texts:
I'm trying to find a way to receive notifications on my iPhone when certain people email me to my gmail account.

I don't want to use SMS. Is it possible to configure iMessage to receive emails?


texts: What is this infrared light on my iPhone 4 and how do I turn it off?

texts:
This is a picture of my iPhone 4 that I just took with an infrared-capable camera.
As you can see, there is a light on top, around the middle. You can only see it with with an infrared-enabled camera, and it usually blinks whenever the screen is lit up and turns off when the screen gets turned off.

I find it super creepy, and would LOVE to turn this thing off. Whether I'm in my right mind to freak out about something that is a) concealed (not visible by human eyes) and b) whose purpose is super shady is really mostly my problem, but I'd love to know if it can be done.
Besides from the freaky part, I used to be able to use my iPhone 3gs all day long with the same charge and the battery on this sort of newer iPhone 4 has a much lower duration, maybe because this little light-thing blinks so much all the time?

The information I've found online mentioned Siri being the cause of this, so I turned off Siri. Before I took the picture.


texts: Mapping complex key combination to Volume Down/Up in Karabiner

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Trying to create a mapping from my "Hyper" key to volume down and up and I'm not sure how to capture the complex binding in my Karabiner xml file.

I want to map:
   Command_L+Option_L+Shift_L+Control_L+Bracket_Left to Volumn_Down
   Command_L+Option_L+Shift_L+Control_L+Bracket_Right to Volumn_Up

This is not working, I think because I am not sure how to capture the combination I want to map from:

<item>
    <name>Hyper Bracket Volume Control</name>
    <appendix>Hyper+[ and Hyper+] Volumn Down/Up</appendix>
    <identifier>volume.hyper</identifier>
    <autogen>
        __KeyToKey__
        KeyCode::COMMAND_L, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L, KeyCode::BRACKET_LEFT,
        KeyCode::VK_CONSUMERKEY_VOLUME_DOWN
    </autogen>
    <autogen>
        __KeyToKey__
        KeyCode::COMMAND_L, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L, KeyCode::BRACKET_RIGHT,
        KeyCode::VK_CONSUMERKEY_VOLUME_UP
    </autogen>
</item>


texts: How to downgrade to OS Mavericks 10.9.5 from a new pre-installed Yosemite 10.10.1 iMac late 2013?

texts: I need to downgrade to OS Mavericks 10.9.5 from a new pre-installed Yosemite 10.10.1 iMac late 2013, can you help me out? Is it possible considering Yosemite was pre-installed?!


texts: Connect two USB-C displays to MacBook Pro 15" 2018

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is it even possible to connect two USB-C displays to one MacBook Pro 15" 2018?

Seems like MacOS intentionally shuts down one of them. I'm a bit puzzled why..


texts: Answer a phone call from iPhone screen with airpods in without disconnection from airpods

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Sometimes my Airpods do not respond to my taps, so I have gotten into the habit of answering phone calls from the iPhone screen if a call comes in while I am wearing the Airpods. However, if I answer from the phone, the device seems to think I want to talk through the phone itself, and automatically disconnects me from the Airpods. I have to then press the  "Speaker" button, and then choose my Airpods from the list, and only then am I able to talk through the Airpods.

My question is, is it possible to answer the phone from the screen while the Airpods are connected without being disconnected? With the wired Apple earphones, this does not happen. I.e., if you have them plugged in and answer a call, the earphones are not suddenly bypassed for the device speaker and mic. If this is not a bug, I am sure Apple has their reasons for this behavior, but I wonder if there is a workaround or a setting I can tweak. Thanks!


texts: Is disabling spell check systemwide still possible in Sierra?

texts:
I wanted to comment my question directly in the thread Is it possible to disable spell check systemwide? , but I do not have enough reputation to comment, so I opened a new thread:

I just upgraded from El Capitan to Sierra and wanted to disable spell check as always for years now with this procedure:

sudo mv /System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents/Resources \
        /System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents/Resources.disabled
killall AppleSpell

Unfortunately this procedure doesn't work anymore as the Resources file does not exist anymore in System/Library/Services/AppleSpell.service/Contents

Does anybody know how to get rid of the spell check in Sierra?


texts: Software/utility to completely erase cookies/cache

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What software (or using any other in-built tools) can I use to clear (by clear, I mean scrub from the disk) the cache & cookies in browsers, without affecting the bookmarks etc. I use firefox 4.

Does deleting them from the browser and running disk util to write zeros on the free space do the trick? Also, this is a shared laptop, so not much chance of drastic steps.


texts:
I am using Outlook version 16.16.2 (180910) as a communication program for my company's email address.

When I delete messages from my Inbox, the action done locally on my Mac, but I need it to be deleted from the company's server too.

How can I do that?


texts: Can I create a user that only has Network permissions?

texts:
I would like to create an account that only has permission to modify the Network preference pane in the System Preferences (in it's entirety).

Is such a feature feasible? Comparable to Windows, where you can have an account that serves as a full blown administrator with all permissions, but have various other accounts that only have control over one aspect of operation (in this case the Network (more specifically, all settings pertaining to the Network preference pane in the System Preferences). I'm convinced there isn't any native support for this, and I feel like I'm willing to try anything at this point.


texts:
I usually don't buy content from Apple. I bought some iBooks, only to later find out that these can't be opened on other platforms.

Now, I want to buy some music, and I wonder where I should buy it from. I may buy from iTunes, if it allows me to transfer and play songs on other platforms at a future date.

I usually just buy content from Amazon, at least with Kindle, they allow you to enjoy your content across various platforms. So, I also wanted to know if it is possible to buy songs from Amazon and play them on iPhone from iPhone's music app. I downloaded Amazon's music app, but it does not have any songs. I know that's weird, but the search didn't show any of the songs I searched for, and they were all popular songs.

So, really, given that I want to platform-proof my musical content, and yet play it on the iphone, where it should I purchase it from?


texts: why doesn't my 4th gen ipod have the camera app anymore?

texts: I restored my iPod because it had system failures and even the settings app crashed. Now after restoring it using my backup there is no camera app despite me having it before. Do I have to restore it as a new iPod? Does anyone else have this problem?


texts: What is the difference between a 32 and a 64 bit installation on a 64 bit machine?

texts: I'm about to install Eclipse on my McBook Pro (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo - so 64 bits if I'm not mistaken). What are the consequences of installing a 64 vs a 32 bit package?


texts: Safari 11.1.2 - Discord is not showing entire page or scaling correctly

texts:
Now Discord is not scaling correctly or showing the entire page. I am using Safari 11.1.2
This comes after realizing I can't comment on YouTube or see the notifications on YouTube in Safari 11.1.2. I don't know if these two issues on Discord and YouTube are the result of the same problem.
It just seems like sites are breaking all of a sudden on Safari 11.1.2. But, I don't know if that is true. I tested this out in Firefox and I don't have the problem with that browser.


texts: What file formats of ebooks does iBooks support?


texts: FireWire Target Disk Mode shows wrong storage capacity

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Update: I was mistaken about the hard drive size, there was no corruption of the disk nor a mistake in the displayed size.

This is a question of many parts. The gist is captured by the title: I mounted using target disk mode and the capacity (of what should be a 160.04 gb drive) is 60.01 gb. The question is, how is this possible?

I tried to wipe the drive of an old MacBook and install Lubuntu. The install itself failed because I'd accidentally corrupted the boot disk, leaving me with a non-functional laptop. In order to solve the problem, I decided to clone a functional MacBook drive onto it, then start over with a new boot disk. (A clean install without an OS was not working, I'm hoping this will)

I did do a web search, I found someone with a similar issue who was mounting because they had hard drive problems. I did not have hard drive problems to begin with, does this indicate that I do now? If so, what about a bad install would decrease the capacity of a hard drive? How does it actually decrease the capacity of an HDD?

EDIT: some terminal output

admin$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *160.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            159.7 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *60.0 GB    disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            59.7 GB    disk1s2

admin$ sudo gpt -r show disk1
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  116538416      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  116948056     262151
  117210207         32         Sec GPT table
  117210239          1         Sec GPT header


texts:
I cannot ssh to any server.

ssh -vvv joe@ip

OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/joe/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to ip [ip] port 22.
debug1: connect to address ip port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host ip port 22: Connection refused

.ssh/config (pushing/pulling git works fine)

Host github.com
    Hostname ssh.github.com
    Port 443

ssh_config

Host *
    SendEnv LANG LC_*

something strange, I can't SSH to anything however, github works and if I use the "ssh" button in google cloud, it will connect to the server from there.  something wrong with my terminal?

something that maybe important, in the known hosts file, the ports are all 443

when checking logs on the server, no attempt is ever noted for my ipaddress, so my request never hits the server.

[UPDATE]

took the laptop home and tried it, logged in no problem.  so its not the computer, its not the server, its not the router because I skipped it.  verizon and our office line must use the same backbone in the area.  its something with the lines there.  not good!  I'll let anyone know if/when I figure out more, thanks for help everyone.


texts:
Preview use to support adding an outline to text.

Using a black outline with white fill for lettering was really nice for making words visible on dynamic backgrounds. Has this feature been removed in Version 8? Or is there another way to do this?


texts: Imessaging when travelling and not using cellular

texts: I would like to know whether iMessages will revert to text messages when I travel overseas and have my cellular set to "off when roaming". I normally use SMS or MMS to keep in touch when travelling.


texts:
I have several PDF files that I want to merge. I used to do it with Preview in my macbook, where I open all the files and then use the Print -> Save as PDF.

However, this time, the files I want to merge have several Hyperlinks in the text and with this way, most of them get lost from the merged PDF file.

Is there any way to use Preview and keep the hyperlinks or is there another way to do it?


texts: Upgrade a USB install of Sierra to High Sierra. Possible?

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I was recently given a Macbook Air 2012 with a malfunctioning SSD (common problem in this model -- SSD is recognized as 33 kB SandForce disk), so I decided to install and run macOS from a USB stick.

Upgrading to Sierra worked fine with this setup, but when I try to run the High Sierra installer my system drive is not selectable as a target with the explanation that it's missing a "firmware partition".

What is meant by "firmware partition" and what is its purpose?
Is it possible to overcome this obstacle? Can the partition be created manually? Using the original SSD as part of the process is not possible, as mentioned.

Using a USB drive as a system drive is currently an order of magnitude cheaper than buying the obscure type of SSD Apple decided to put in this machine, so that's a requirement. Except if there's a way of fixing the SSD myself of course, but I haven't found one yet.


texts: Finding the mountpoint of an device in shell scripts

texts:
Looking for a correct and simple way to find a mountpoint in a shell script.
This working as expected
tmp=$(mktemp /tmp/my.XXXXXX)
mpoint=$(diskutil info -plist disk1s1 >"$tmp" ; /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print MountPoint' "$tmp")
rm -f "$tmp"

but it needs a temporary file.
While it isn't a big deal, but still would be nicer to do it without of the tempfile.
Unfortunately, the
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print MountPoint' <(diskutil info -plist disk1s1)

doesn't works.
It is a bug of the PlistBuddy or I missed something?
Using zsh in fresh Big Sur installation.


texts: How can I upload HD video from iPhone 4 directly to web?


texts:
I have a brand new Macbook Air and since first start fan is pretty loud.
I've tried SMC restart but that didn't helped.
Now I have installed SMC FAN CONTROL and it's showing that fan speed is currently 6945rpm after the restart, and before it was at 7065rmp.

And fan is pretty loud since I press power button on.
Any idea how to fix it and is it even possible to be 7000rpm?


texts: Can't find Photos Library in Time Machine

texts:
I found some question similar to mine, but not exactly. This concerns how, and even if, Time Machine backs up the Photos Library.
Back in May, I swapped out my old hard drive on my MacBook Pro mid-2010 to an SSD drive and updated to High Sierra (the highest it can go). I only now found out that in doing so, I had no recovery partition installed on the new drive. the new hard dive was formatted with APFS as opposed to Mac Journaled. I needed to swipe the new drive and format it to Mac Journaled in order to reinstall High Sierra with a recovery partition. Then I restored everything from the last Time machine I did earlier that day.
Upon opening Photos, I got the dreaded message that it couldn't find my system folder Photos Library. I looked for it everywhere, but indeed it went missing; not in the Pictures folder, in other words. But the crazy thing is is that it was no where in my Time Machine either, except for the very oldest Time Machine backup, which I made I made, I'm guessing, right before I swapped hard drives in May.
I'm restoring that last Photos Library now, but it appears that that's the latest one TM stored and may have had something to do with changing the drives and it being formatted with APFS. Not sure. In any event, is there any way to find a more current Photos Library on my Time Machine? I'm very disappointed to be finding out now that TM doesn't actually store the whole Photos Library. How could they do that?!
Keep in mind, my Photos Library was not stored on an external drive. I always kept it internal and my external Time Machine backup is used for Time Machine only.
Any chance to get 5 months of photos back? Thank you all for your help!


texts: How to remount an internal drive as read-write in mountain lion

texts: Suddenly a secondary drive with HFS+ partition changed from read-write to read-only. How can I use the mount command to reverse it in mountain lion?


texts: How to empty MobileBackups.trash content

texts:
I noticed that OSX reports a wrong disk space amount, reporting that "Other" space is near to 170Gb.

Digging into the issue here "Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk"
I discovered that the root cause of the issue is the MobileBackups.trash folder that contains some files, really old, and a backup of a VM created more than one year ago.

I tried some suggestions that says to disable local backup with no luck (running sudo tmutil disable local had no effects on disk space).

I can manually delete the above files using for example GrandPerspective, but I suspect that manually is not the way to go.

What is the correct way to purge that folder?

Update: seems to be somewhat related to CrashPlan, that I used to have installed at that time and that seems to not really like to coexist with Time Machine


texts: Help me unlock a German iPhone 4 iOS 5.1?

texts:
I just bought a second iPhone for my sister on the net for almost no money. When I got the iPhone today, I saw why.

It's a German iPhone on iOS 5.1. It's locked and it only accepts the SIM provided by the carrier. It's still on the setup screen (where you have to set the language, locations, etc...)

Since jailbreaking/unlocking iPhone isn't new for me, I tried already a lot.

I tried downgrading it to 4.3, but according to RedSn0w I can't get him into DFU modus.
Restoring using iTunes didn't work out either because iTunes is asking for a valid SIM card.
Selecting a custom ipsw using iTunes didn't work out either. I guess the baseband to high.

I also know it's next to impossible to unlock such a device. But I'm sure someone in this community knows a way around.

I'm prepared to give 50 reputation (whenever I can) to whom can guide me to install the iPhone (so I actually can use it and see the SpringBoard) and another 50 to whom can tell me how to unlock this device.

So any suggestions at all are most welcome!

Here is a picture of the lock-screen:


texts: 3D movies or videogames from MacBook Pro to 3D projector

texts:
I have:

a 3D projector with: HDMI, VGA, S-VIDEO
one of the first MacBook Pros, with a DVI port (with an ATI X1600)
DVI to HDMI cable (and a DVI to VGA)
Active glasses, not the red/green (anaglyph) ones

I would like to be able to watch 3D movies being played on the MacBook and watched on the projector.

Question is:

Is the hardware I have enough?
If so, what software do I need and what video format (.mp4, .mkv, etc.)?

I downloaded the bino player but seems to be for the red/green kind of glasses.


texts: Double click windows to minimise in Lion?

texts:
Before upgrading to Lion I was able to double-click the header bar of windows to minimise the windows. Since upgrading I only seem to be able to minimise by clicking the yellow - button.

Is this a setting that I'm missing?


texts: Is it possible to add a document like a pages document or a screenshot into my launchpad? If so how do I do that


texts:
I have a broadband dsl at home, but my wireless signal isnt that strong in the living room. I am excited with getting one of these 2 devices, but I don't know how it will all work without cable.

If I am working at home or downloading stuff, then the available bandwidth is even lesser. Does that mean bad streaming and buffering? Will these devices let me buffer the movie when I am not at home and then watch the stream later?

Thanks.


texts: I have an iphone 6.  I have tested the microphone and it works in google and voice recorder but does not work in any other browsers, messenger or siri.  I have checked privacy>microphone and it displays Google and voice recorder.  No other applications have requested to use the microphone.


texts: Is there a way to display how much of the hard drive's read/write capacity is being used?

texts:
I am interested in understanding how much of my 7200 rpm hard drive's capacity is being used, because sometimes performance is very slow and choppy.

The Disk tab in Activity Monitor gives information about Data read/sec and Data written/sec – but is there a way to display such information relative to what it's capable of, e.g. a percentage measure.

Maybe there is a separate utility that could assist with this? Or perhaps, for technical reasons, this is not the way you measure drive performance?


texts: Can an iPhone get infected will malware by sharing a wifi connection with an infected computer?

texts: Can an iPhone Xs, not jailbroken, get infected with malware by connecting to the same Wifi network as an infected Macbook on the same apple ID account?


texts: Dual partition a large drive for use by Mac and Windows

texts:
I have a 3TB USB3 drive that I want to use between my Mac and Windows laptops.  A 1.5TB partition will be used for Time Machine and another 1.5TB partition will be used by Windows for file storage.  The Windows partition will be ex-FAT because I want the files to be read/write able from both machines.  The drive will be swapped between the two machines periodically.

On what OS should I create the two partitions so that it's usable by both OSes?  I started by creating partitions in Windows.  The Mac can see the Windows partition but when I try to format the parition for Time Machine, Disk Utility says:

Volume Erase failed with the error: MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation.

Help.


texts: Unable to log in to open directory account

texts:
I'm in the process of setting up my Mac Mini with Lion server. Everything appears to be working fine on the server, but I'm having problems logging into any open directory account that has a network share set as the home folder. If I change the users home folder to just a local folder, I can log in fine. I've confirmed my client is correctly connected to the directory server, because if I enter the password incorrectly, I get the password incorrect error.

The error I get when I attempt to log into the account is this, in a message box: "You are unable to log into the user account "testaccount" at this time. Logging in to the account failed because an error occurred."

I can't even log into "testaccount" locally from the server, I get the same error.

Is there some step I'm missing?


texts:
I have a Linux server with a number of NFS exports. I have been mounting them on my Mac by setting up an auto_nfs file, and mounting them in /nfs/… folders.

I think this may the cause of some peculiar behaviour with some applications, which don’t seem to be able to fully traverse these volumes (see Applications Not Working Properly with Networked volumes for details on what I mean by peculiar).

When I mount a SMB share, it appears as a separate volume under my computer, but not so with NFS.

I conclude that things would work better for me if I mount the NFS shares in the /Volumes directory. But I can’t:

The settings in auto_nfs require existing directories, and in Sierra, I can’t create one.
I cannot mount an NFS share using the nfs: protocol, since apparently this isn’t supported.

Apparently Sierra changed a few rules regarding the /Volumes directory.

How can I mount an NFS share as an ordinary volume? Mount NFS share in /Volumes as a drive, but:

It’s an old one and not applicable to Sierra
The suggestions don’t work here


texts: How can I store 15 years of older MacOS Mail on an external drive?

texts:
I started with Eudora files and converted them to Mac Mail files. Now I have the Eudora files, which I can easily locate onto an external disk because they're flat files.

But I also have that decade+ of converted mail taking up a huge amount of room on my Mac.

I don't want to delete the Mac Mail files, but I want to move them off of my computer and onto an external disk. They are in mailboxes since the Eudora files were sorted into mailboxes.


texts: I wish to know what the purpose of item "Nike + ipod" is in the Settings app on my iPhone?


texts: How can I forward web traffic from Mac to iPad?

texts:
I am trying to setup the iPad as a development station. Managed to ssh from it to my Mac, but the thing is, on the Mac I need to connect to a VPN to be able to access some websites. Those websites would be accessible from the Mac, and I would like to use the Mac as a proxy somehow, so that also the iPad would be able to have access to the same kind of resources.

Does anyone have any tips as to how I could get them to work on the iPad?


texts:
Uploading of Desktop and Documents to iCloud hasn't worked for me for months (macOS 10.12).

I have now started from scratch with a brand-new install, and am trying to sync just ~70MB of files that are sitting on the desktop.

It's been stuck on "77.8MB of 77.8MB" for 3 days.

Why does this happen, and how can I fix it?

I've looked at possible solutions (like logging out etc.), but this is a fresh install, shouldn't it just work?


texts: I need help re-setting up iMessages.  I think I entered the wrong ID because now I can't get in.  It keeps telling me the Id or password is wrong, but I can't enter a new ID, just a new password.  How to re-set it up Please??  Thank you so much


texts: Unknown wifi connection in my Connection dropdown menu

texts:
My problem is that I have this strange wifi connection name as shown in the attached image below among my wifi connections. Each time the name is different which is always a randomly generated haphazard mixture of letters and numbers. Is it possible that my system be infected with some malware. I have reinstalled the OS, El Captain, to get rid of this particular issue but at times I can still see the connection there. Do I need to worry about this?

Any ideas will be appreciated.

Regards


texts: Since wildcards aren't recognized by the GUI, is there another way?


texts:
I just bought a bluetooth Headset (this one). I paired it with my iMac and set it as "use as audio device".

Now it works with some application but not with all applications:

It works fine with:
+ music played with iTunes.
+ system sounds

It doesn't work at all with:
- online radios played with my browser (Chrome)
- Skype

I want to use the headset as the device for Input and Output audio.

Do I need to set those app (Chrome, Skype...) something like to grant permission to use the headset.


texts:
Often when I open an X11 application (Wireshark, GIMP) it has to build some sort of font cache, which often takes 30 seconds or more during application launch. I don't change my fonts often and Wireshark definitely doesn't need access to hundreds of fonts.

Can someone explain what this font caching is, why it impedes the launching of applications (instead of being some background X11 process), and why it needs to happen so often?

I'm not sure whether this is specific to OS X.


texts: Copy file from Debian to Mac OS X or Windows

texts: I'm new to Linux. How can I copy a file or directory from the Debian OS to Mac or Windows?


texts:
I can connect the iPhone to my Mac via USB. The photos.app opens but my pictures are not displayed and I cannot download them.

Is there a way to fix this? I already reset the permissions but this did not have any effect.


texts:
I have a Dell 27″ monitor with the DVI input connected to my Windows machine and the DisplayPort connected to my MacBook Air. I can change the input manually but it's fairly tedious.

I'm looking for a software KVM that works on both. I've found ShareMouse and Synergy which do the KM part very nicely. There's Input Director which only works on Windows machines which also can switch monitors using DDC/CI (haven't tried this yet). Would anyone know of something that switches all of KVM in software? Like ShareMouse does but with the monitor as well and runs on Windows and OS X.

I have a couple of other monitors connected to the PC so could perhaps use input director on the windows box and switch somehow but seems a bit messy.


texts: Contact's numbers not formatted correctly on my Verizon iPhone 4S

texts:
I setup my Verizon iPhone 4S by restoring from a backup of my 3GS.

Now my contact's phone numbers aren't formatted at all. They now look like 5555551234 whereas they used to be formatted like (555) 555-1234.

In the Messages app, most conversations are no longer linked to a contact's name, only phone numbers are shown.

Creating a new contact exhibits the same problem.

Adding +1 to the beginning of each contact's phone number(s) seems to help, but I'd rather not have to manually edit all of my contacts.


texts: dictionary look up highlighted word NOT mouse hover

texts:
I am going to ask this question again because I haven't been able to get this to work yet. Is there a way for looking up words that are highlighted only without hovering the mouse?
I am using macos Catalina currently.


texts: Macbook Pro 2015 barfed during Boot Camp partitioning, rebooted to uninitialized APFS drive

texts:
I was trying to run Boot Camp to have access to the windows Steam library. Boot Camp kept failing and it would then hang on "error: please wait while we reset the partitions to the usual configuration," more or less. This hung forever and I ended up just quitting Boot Camp and deleting the Windows partition that was created. I thought that maybe getting the latest MacOS would fix bootcamp so I upgraded from Sierra to Catalina but got the same error, only this time, after quitting Boot Camp during the "let's clean up the partitioning" phase, I restarted and now I have the question mark folder at boot and eventually arrive at this:

What makes me hopeful is that 365gb sounds like the amount I left allotted for MacOS, so hopefully my data is just sitting there but it's "uninitialized." The "mount" button does nothing.

My other thought: can I just buy an enclosure and grab my important files? Would they just show up in finder?


texts: USB 3 connection speed between MacBook and iPad

texts:
I have a 2018 MacBook Pro with 4 USB 3 ports, supporting USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps)
And an iPad Air 2020 (4th Gen) with a USB 3 port, supporting up to 5 Gb/s apparently.
And I directly connect the two with a 10Gb/s rated USB 3 cable.
System Information tells me the two are connected with a «Up to 480 Mb/s» connection.
What’s wrong?
EDIT: tried same cable and same MacBook with an HTC mobile, and get «Up to 5Gb/s».  So it would seem that the USB port on the iPad doesn’t do more than 480Mb/s for data transfer to the Mac.


texts:
It's a few weeks now that I repeatedly find events similar to this in my calendar, everyday the same, forever:

I don't know how it gets there
I'd like to cancel it without notifying anyone (just to limit feedback to the guy)

has anyone got a clue?


texts: Why is my Mac "falling asleep" when it's told not to?

texts:
MY power settings are for "NEVER" when it comes to sleeping with AC power. AC power is always on. So why always when I come to the Mac after hours of being away, it awakes from sleep, loads up all the programs, signs back into skype etc. Where is the hidden setting that causes it to do that?

It only does it at home, another MBP I have at work doesn't exhibit this strange behavior.


texts: How to transparently mark a picture in preview?

texts:
I've successfully marked a picture with preview. The only part left is to make that mark transparent so it doesn't block the whole picture. How do I do that?

Here's an example of what I'm trying to accomplish:

The "highlight" I am getting is this:

As you can see, the red marking I am trying to put over the picture is blocking everything, and I am not able to "see through" the marking. I hope it's more clear now. :)


texts:
I have an old Macbook Pro for which I bought a new SSD and replaced the HDD with the SSD. Can't go further, see below.

I really don't know what to do. I could

return the SSD which, finally, might be broken
use a Linux distrib and gparted or fdisk, but the partition table they generate are not OS X compatible, I heard...
Tell me which distrib I should put on my USB stick (GRML, Ubuntu,...)

Booted to both Recovery and El Capitan off a USB 64Gb Stick.
The computer sees the SSD: Disk Utility shows "Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB Media"

Only accessible button "Erase" (no Partition)
to:

OS X Extended (journaled), GUID Partition Map

gives

Erase process failed

details:

Unmounting Disk
Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing
failed.
Operation failed....

retrying it doesn't work again: the mbp pauses for 30" at 'Unmounting Disk' and then:

Unable to write to the last block of the device.
Operation failed...

MacBook Pro9,2 (13” Mid 2012) original Snow Leopard
2.9 GHz Intel Core i7
8GB 1600 MHz DDR 3
13,3 inch 1280x800.

Also initialized the NVRam (ex PRAM).


texts: How do I install Intel's ifortran and MKLs on Mac OS X?

texts: I need to install Intel's ifortran and Math Kernel Libraries (MKL) on OS X 10.7 Lion, available (for non-commercial use) here. Has anyone experience in doing so? Or should I rather setup a virtual Linux instead?


texts:
How can I make the ls command in Max OS X Lion sort files and directories similar to how Ubuntu Linux does (case-insensitive, directories NOT on top, dot files NOT on top)?  Ideally I'd like to do this without piping output to another command such as sort.

For example, I want to see:

foo
Foobar
MyStuff/
.stuff/
test.txt

instead of:

.stuff
Foobar
MyStuff/
foo
test.txt

In Linux, ls sort order is controlled by the system's locale, specifically LC_COLLATE.  When LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8, ls will sort items like I want.  When LC_COLLATE=C, ls will sort similar to OS X.

LC_COLLATE is set to en_US.UTF-8 in OS X, but ls still sorts the old POSIX way.  Does anyone know how I can make this behave more like Linux?


texts: Connect to a VPN server through a Raspberry (connected VPN client)

texts:
I'm trying to connect from my MacBook to the VPN server, which is accessible from the Raspberry as it's a connected VPN client.

MacBook (172.25.0.139) ---> Raspberry (172.25.0.14) ---> [INTERNET] ---> VPN Server (172.26.0.x)

Raspberry is already connected to that VPN server, so I can reach it and connect to it via ssh FROM the raspberry.

As I'm connected to the same LAN than the raspberry, I'd guessed that it should be as simple as adding a route on my Mac to tell my MacBook that it should reach the
VPN Server through the raspberry.

✅ Raspberry connected to VPN server (172.26.0.99).

✅ Raspberry is able to connect to the VPN server via ssh using the VPN LAN address (172.26.0.99)

✅ MacBook (172.25.0.139) can connect to Raspberry (172.25.0.14).

❌ MacBook (172.25.0.139) CANNOT connect to VPN server (172.26.0.99) THROUGH Raspberry (172.25.0.14).

MacBook

I set the route using networksetup

networksetup -setadditionalroutes "Wi-Fi" 172.26.0.99 255.255.255.255 172.25.0.14

I think I did it properly as I can see the tcpdump:

tcpdump -n |grep 172.26.0.99
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
11:02:51.053672 IP 172.25.0.139.53549 > 172.26.0.99.22: Flags [S], seq 2856180432, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 6,nop,nop,TS val 718632786 ecr 0,sackOK,eol], length 0
11:02:52.058006 IP 172.25.0.139.53549 > 172.26.0.99.22: Flags [S], seq 2856180432, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 6,nop,nop,TS val 718633786 ecr 0,sackOK,eol], length 0
11:02:53.059068 IP 172.25.0.139.53549 > 172.26.0.99.22: Flags [S], seq 2856180432, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 6,nop,nop,TS val 718634786 ecr 0,sackOK,eol], length 0
^C63 packets captured
84 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel

Raspberry

 ✘ raspberrypi ✝ ~  netstat -nr -f inet
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
0.0.0.0         172.25.0.1      0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth0
169.254.1.0     169.254.1.13    255.255.255.0   UG        0 0          0 tun0
169.254.1.13    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0          0 tun0
172.25.0.0      0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0
172.26.0.0      169.254.1.13    255.255.255.0   UG        0 0          0 tun0

 ✘ raspberrypi ✝ ~  ssh 172.26.0.99
Linux OpenVPN Host server 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.130-2 (2018-10-27) x86_64
Last login: Tue Jul 16 11:50:01 2019 from 169.254.1.14
 user ✝ ~ ✅


texts: Not able to extract any .gz or .tar file (Mac OS X 10.5.8)

texts:
I have Mac OS X 10.5.8. I am not able to extract .tar or .tgz files with any of the extractor utilities (Mac OS Default Archiver or WinZip or 7zip or any other, I have tried almost all possible).

Each of them give same error:

  "Unable to unarchive. (Error 32 - Broken pipe.)"

There is no problem with archived files, I can extract each of them when I use same extractors on Windows.

Would someone please help me with this?


texts: Aperture library won't sync through iPhoto to an iPad

texts:
I used to work on Aperture in an old computer.  Then, I got a new Retina MBP, and decided to just stick with iPhoto and test it out.  Since now iPhoto could just natively open my old Aperture library, it was essentially no problem at all.

However, I am now trying to sync a brand new iPad with this Retina MBP, and can't do it.  I get the error that my iTunes library cannot be found.

I'm assuming this happens because it's, technically speaking, an Aperture library, not an iPhoto library, so as far as iTunes is concerned, there is no iPhoto library.  I also don't have Aperture installed on the new computer (and I'm not really planning on installing it), so I can't tell iTunes to sync with Aperture and its aperture library.

Is there a way around this? Converting the aperture library into an actual iPhoto library, maybe?  Is there a way to tell iPhoto to turn this aperture library into an iPhoto one? Or to tell iTunes to sync using the aperture library, open in iPhoto?


texts: I have a display connected via Thunderbolt port to my MacBook Air. The cable is Thunderbolt to HDMI. Whenever I wake the computer up, it freezes intermittently, until I either reconnect Thunderbolt cable or reboot. Is there a process to kill or a service to restart that does the same thing?


texts: How to get photos to sync in order on iPhone?

texts: I understand how to sync photos to my iPhone but they seem to be placed on the phone in a rather random order. I've tried numerous changes to the photos but they don't appear to be organized by date, size, or alphabetically by name.  Am I missing something?


texts: The iPhone "xyz" could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (4000)

texts:
Using iTunes to update my iPhone, I got:
Das iPhone "xyz" konnte nicht aktualisiert werden. Ein unbekannter Fehler ist aufgetreten (4000)
English:
The iPhone “xyz” could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (4000).

I could not solve it with the Apple recommended answer at I got Error 4000 when updating iPhone asking you to:

update iTunes
update the pc
plug in the cable directly (I have not done anything else anyway)
Restart both pc and iPhone
Switch off antivirus and firewall in all possible options

How to fix this?


texts:
On OS X 10.9.5, the Calendar.app toolbar sometimes adds this button:

There's no tooltip, and the Calendar toolbar isn't editable so there's no way to show a label for it.  I can't find anything in the online documentation about it.

I think it has something to do with remote/subscribed calendars, but what, exactly?


texts: Variable and slow internet speed on my Mac compared to other devices connected on the same network

texts:
Background:
I have a 40 Mbps Ethernet connection hooked directly to my iMac running on Mojave.

I use the Mac as a router to share the internet connection from Ethernet to other devices using WiFi.

Problem:
WiFi-connected devices are easily hitting 15-20 Mbps download speeds, but the Mac, being directly connected to Ethernet, only reaches download speeds up to 4 Mbps!

I don't know what's the reason behind this.


texts: Closing an application in full screen leaves a black box in Mission Control

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I have a MacBook Air with OS X EL Capitan 10.11.6, when I use an app like Safari or email and so on, in fullscreen mode the app work very well. But when I close the app and restart the mac I see this:

or

Thank you for your help.


texts: How can I stop wrong autocorrect suggestions?


texts: Interference on 4k Samsung display connected to Macbook Pro 2016

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We have a Samsung 4K 28" UE590 display that's connected to a Macbook Pro 13" 2016 with an Apple USB-C to HDMI multiport adaptor. The whole setup is on a glass table.

We're getting huge amounts of static that interferes with the image on the display. When using the same setup on a normal wooden table, it works fine.

Except selling the glass table, what can be tried to avoid the static electricity problem?

thanks for the help


texts: Are there any physical differences between the Verizon and AT&T iPad (3rd generation)?

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Should some buyers in the US be concerned which iPad they buy?

Assuming you don't prefer AT&T over Verizon while in the US, but instead want to be sure the device will have the correct antennas, not need messing with APN settings, configuration profiles and/or jailbreak the device when the time comes to use it outside the US of A.

Are there any internal antenna, firmware, or chipset differences to allow the Verizon iPad to work better with the legacy Verizon (non LTE) data networks? If so, is this better or worse for world usage or specific countries or locations?

My impression from Apple's marketing is that they are identical devices made from the same parts and manufacturing process and only get differentiated when the micro sim is inserted and it gets labeled a Verizon or AT&T iPad for sale in the US. Note: although I'm focused on US iPads, if an answer is general for iPads worldwide, awesome! However, I don't need that information for the purposes of this question.


texts: Cannot ssh to remote hosts on any port other than 22 from macOS

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I recently switched the ssh listen port on my OpenWRT server running Dropbear from 22 to a random one to prevent the system log from being flooded by someone brute-forcing.
Everything is fine and I am able to connect to the server from the wan side using termux(a terminal simulator that you can install packages).
Until when I try using my MacBook to ssh into the server(under the same network with my phone, was previously able to ssh into the server when dropbear was listening on 22). The connection immediately drops and ssh throws this at me:
kex_exchange_identification: write: Broken pipe

The verbose output does not really show anything helpful(and cut really abruptly may I add):
OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/my_username/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 47: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to remote.yhaoquan.top port 2123.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_rsa type 0
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_xmss type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/my_username/.ssh/id_xmss-cert type -1
kex_exchange_identification: write: Broken pipe

Telnetting to port 2123 shows that I actually successfully made the connection to the server:
>telnet {hostname} 2123
Trying {host IP address}...
Connected to {hostname}
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-2.0-dropbear
|

��]J044��d����curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,kexguess2@matt.ucc.asn.aursa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa3chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes256-ctr3chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes256-ctrhmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256nonenoneM�'�Rf

When I change the port back to 22 on my server, everything works again.
Does anyone know where the problem might be?
Thanks in advance :)