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I am trying to understand the algorithm used in basic calculator of Mac OS but I couldn't crack the logic behind certain operations.
I could understand the following operations,
Input: 2+3x3=
Output: 11
Input: 2+3x3==
Output: 33
Explanation: The value of [2+3x3=] is 11, when we press = again,
the following operation is done,

Current Value (11) LastUsedOperator(x) LastPressedNumber(3) [11x3] = 33

But I couldn't understand these and I don't understand why these operations are supported,
Input: 4+3x3x3x=
Output: 135
Input: 4+3x3x3x==
Output: 3645
Input: 4-3x3x3x=
Output: 81
Input: 4+3x3x3x==
Output: 2187
I would like to know the algorithm used behind these operations.


texts: Can't find music transferred from RhythmBox (Ubuntu PC) to iPhone

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I've transferred a single song to my iPhone 5 through RhythmBox from my Ubuntu PC, however, when I open the "Music" app, it's not showing there. But in RhythmBox, it does show it's present.

RhythmBox:

iPhone:


texts: Wanting help creating an applescript that is run when the contents of a folder changes

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I would greatly appreciate some assistance with the following.

My scenario:

I have a Mac app that generates RTF files.
I have an Android app that deals with MultiMarkdown/Markdown files.

The Mac app works with projects, and these have any number of files in them. It can automatically synchronise the files in a given project to a folder. Essentially, it will place into the folder a bunch of files whenever it syncs (on opening and closing, and manually). Any changes to that folder are automatically synced to my Android device.

However, I need them to be converted to .mmd files before that happens, and converted back to RTF when the files come in changed (or new) from the Android device.

So here is what I have in mind. What I would like is to set things up in such a way that when files are synchronised from the Mac app to their target folder, those files are automatically converted from RTF to MMD. I already have the scripts that will do the the actual conversion. AND when the MMD files change, they will be automatically converted to RTF files. I also have a script for this.

The questions I have are these:

How can I automatically monitor a folder for changes to its content, and run a script if files change in that folder?
How could I make this work two-ways, without throwing everything into an endless loop? At first I thought I could do the following:

Two-way conversion:

Create two folders on the Mac. One is for RTF files, the other is for MMD files.
Set up the Mac app to sync its data out and in from the RTF folder
Set the the Mac to Android sync system (Dropbox, Bittorrent Sync, etc.) to sync content of MMD folder with a folder on Android device.
When content of RTF folders changes, convert the files to MMD and put output into the MMD folder. AND vice versa.

But, obviously, this will create an endless loop, because each action will trigger the reverse action, endlessly.

One possible way around this endless loop might be this:

RTF folder has script R assigned to it. When content changes, script R executes.
MMD folder has script M assigned to it. When content changes, script M executes.
When a change is detected in RTF folder, the first thing script R does is disable script M from triggering. The last thing script R does before exiting is enable script M again. That way M won't 'notice' that the folder contents were changing whilst R was updating its content with freshly converted files.
The same would apply in reverse.

But maybe there's a better way?

I am keen to learn more about scripting, and in the process resolve this problem.

Are there any people with feasible ideas on how to achieve what I am hoping to work out here?


texts: How to remove an accidentally dropped file shortcut icon from Finder toolbar?

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I accidentally dropped a file in the Finder toolbar instead of the destination folder (the ZIP icon on the right of the screenshot):

How can I remove it from the toolbar?


texts: Too-long file name: which iOS app owns it?

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I have an iPhone that I back up to a Mac (via iTunes), and the backup is failing. The error shown in iTunes is useless, but the console shows this:

Jan  6 20:53:58 aron-mbp.local AppleMobileBackup[71561]: ERROR: Backup message response: 101 stat error: File name too long (63) at path "/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/C3147DA8-A001-4A6C-BF8D-971DC2678722/Documents/iCache/pinterest.com/nevadamagazine/dataimage/pngbase64iVBORw0KGgoAAAAN....nT+soTf+" (MBErrorDomain/101)

(I've snipped quite a lot of characters out of the file name, as it is, in fact, extremely long.)

So, it looks like some app has created this huge-named file, which is stuffing up the backup process because iOS can't stat it and barfs.

I figure, deleting the offending app should delete the file and fix the problem. But: which app is it? All I have to go on is the unique ID or whatever it's called, C3147DA8-A001-4A6C-BF8D-971DC2678722. Is there a way to determine which app this corresponds to? I'm happy to dig through the ipa files if necessary.

(I've tried deleting the Pinterest app, given the presence of 'pinterest.com' in the path, with no luck. I've shotgunned a few others, again with no luck.)

This is iOS 8.1.2.


texts: How do apps like AppShopper and AppZapp monitor changes to the app store?

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This may be a question for the developers of those apps, but I figure there may be a public API or something which I wasn't aware of, making this question on-topic.

iOS apps and websites such as AppShopper and AppZapp have the ability to monitor changes to the App Store, such as price drops and updates. How can they do this?


texts: iCloud won't allow me to mark some mail as "Not Junk"

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I have a consistent issue of some legit emails showing up in my Mail client (OS X Mavericks) as junk.  They are also marked as junk in icloud.com which is why they are coming in as junk to my mail client.  The problem is, these emails can't be marked as "Not Junk" even in icloud.com.  I can mark them "Not Junk" and they will immediately be marked as junk again and reappear in my junk folder.

How can I get iCloud to accept that these messages are not junk and leave them set that way?


texts:
I have a directory of about 1000 svg files in svgz extension, which resembles a textbook. An example of the svg files can be found here.How would I merge the files into a PDF while preserving as much quality as possible?

As you can see in this image, the PDF rendering of the svg is incomplete, but a quicklook view or opening it in chrome renders it completely. Google Drive preview also does not render it completely.


texts: How to DNS resolve also subdomains to same host as the domain itself using wildcards?

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We have a local DNS server running for development purposes. But it seems not to resolve subdomains to the same destination ip as the domain itself. As I figured out so far, we need to configure each subdomain itself or using a wildcard, so that the following mapping would be possible:

vhost1.example.com => example.com => 192.168.0.22
vhost2.example.com => example.com => 192.168.0.22
something.example.com => example.com => 192.168.0.22

Normally, in the internet, if you bought a domain this works just fine with subdomain (vhost) wildcard on the domain. Until now, there was no need for me to configure it on my owned domains. But locally on a Mac Server we have to configure it?!

After searching hours on the internet I found no solution that works for me. This post here does also not work for me.

We are using Mac OS X El Captian 10.11.6 on the server.

Edit: And yes, I cleared the cache after editing the DNS config by using the command dscacheutil -flushcache;killall -HUP mDNSResponder;say flushed as root user (sudo su)


texts: MacBook can't see Cinema Display USB hub without restart; Is there a way to do a "discover USB devices" without restarting?

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I have a 15" MacBook Pro and a 24" Apple Cinema Display.

The Display has three connectors ... Mini Display Port + USB + Power ...   and I have an Apple USB keyboard and Logitech USB mouse plugged into the USB ports on the back of the Cinema Display.

I have used this setup for years with macOS Sierra (and earlier OS versions).  The MacBook always immediately saw the keyboard and mouse when I plug the Cinema Display's USB to the MacBook Pro.

I recently upgraded to the macOS Catalina (10.15.1) and ever since then, when I plug the Cinema Display USB into the MacBook Pro, the Mac doesn't see the keyboard and mouse until I restart the MacBook Pro.

Why does this happen?  And is there a way to tell the MacBook to do a "discover USB devices" or something without restarting the MacBook?


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I would like to copy a file from one disk (HDD with filesystem NTFS) to another (SSD with ExFAT, if it matters).
The problem occurs in the middle of the copy process, showing me the following message:

I have tried to use cp, rsync and dd without any luck.

The rsync command (with --ignore-errors flag) throws me the following error:

rsync: read errors mapping "/Volumes/HDD/File.data": Input/output error (5)
rsync: read errors mapping "/Volumes/HDD/File.data": Input/output error (5)
ERROR: File.data failed verification -- update discarded.
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-51/rsync/main.c(996) [sender=2.6.9]

dd just copied a partial data (the part before the problematic sector, without skipping it).

Any ideas how to copy this damn file?


texts: Apple TV won't connect to Airport Express

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I just bought an Apple TV last night. I have it sitting directly underneath my Airport Express. I have 2 wifi connections on my Airport, one for my stuff and one for guests.

When I list the wifi connections in my Apple TV it sees both, however when I try to connect to either I get this message:

  There was a problem connecting to the network.

  Check your settings and try again. (-3906)

I tried with a bad password just to compare the difference and I get this message:

  There was a problem connecting to the network.

  The Wi-Fi password you entered is not correct. Try again. (-100)

So it can see it, and tell it is the correct password; but it will not connect.

My MBP, MPA, Android phone, Xbox, and guests' windows laptops have all connected to this airport without any problems.

It does work if I connect the Apple TV to the Airport via ethernet.


texts: Can I copy apps and settings from an old to new laptop, but exclude my iTunes libraray?

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I'm thinking about getting a MacBook Pro with the 128 GB SSD.
It would take days to set up all my software development tools, control panel settings, and download and reinstall dozens of applications.
I understand Setup Assistant can help with this process.
However, there are two main issues (that I can think of)...

The old laptop is running Snow Leopard. New one would be Lion. Will that be a problem?

On my old machine I'm using 185 GB of storage -- more than my prospective new machine's HD capacity. But 131 GB of that is my iTunes library.
Can Setup Assistant copy my applications, control panel settings, and work files over, but leave out my iTunes library?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Also any notes regarding gotchas / things to watch out for with Setup Assistant.
Thanks!

(In case it helps, the control panel settings I'm concerned about are, for example, my network configs for different "locations," my screensaver timeout, security settings, and also control panels I've added like the CP for my Wacom tablet.)


texts: Turn on bluetooth via terminal/command line

texts: How can I turn on bluetooth via the terminal / the command line?


texts: What's the difference between the battery of iPhone 5s vs iPhone 5?

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Do they have the same capacity and/or run time for certain identical tasks?

I know iPhone 5's battery has a charge capacity of 1440mAh. Has this been improved in the new iPhone 5s and/or iPhone 5c?


texts: which certificate/identifiers/profilers should be used for python script to be distributed as a pyinstaller build/bundle outside the app store?

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My program works as follows
In a while loop, it checks for the active window change - AppKit library used
from AppKit import NSWorkspace

active_window = (NSWorkspace.sharedWorkspace().activeApplication()['NSApplicationName'])

if the active window changes to from some other window to google chrome, I need get the url from the chrome's current tab using apple script as :
url="""tell application "System Events"
        tell application "Google Chrome" to get the URL of the active tab of window 1 as string
        end tell"""

This script is running fine, I can able to get the current window name and also url
I need to know which kind of identifier, provisioning profile, certificate should be used for the same
Im confused of choosing the certificate
I don't have any idea if I need to have a  provisioning profile
Im not going to place this app in mac app store, I just wanted to use this app to support another electron application
Any help is appreciated


texts: How do I transition from a MobileMe account to an existing iCloud account?

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I'm starting to get more messages about MobileMe ending, but despite all the info people have been posting online, I'm still confused as to how to deal with my own situation.

I currently keep all my contacts, calendar, and probably a few other things on MobileMe, and have my devices tied to that account's Find My iDevice function.

However, I use a different email address for my Apple account (app purchases, Game Center, etc.). I believe I've already created an iCloud account using this email, though I'm not sure if I have anything on it yet.  It seems that Apple really only wants you to have one sign-on for iCloud, the app store, etc., since you can store your purchases there.

It sounds like I can't really merge the MobileMe data into my existing Apple/iCloud account.

It sounds like some me functionality is going away (ie, not replicated by iCloud functionality).

What do I need to do to keep my calendar and contacts synced across all my computers and devices, and how do I move them from my existing MobileMe account to my existing iCloud account?

Can I still keep my @me.com email address?

Does iCloud have an email account/address that comes with it?

It seems like I should be able to wrap my head around this myself, but it's still unclear.


texts: Migration Assistant fails on FireWire Mavericks-to-Mavericks migration

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I have the following setup and am attempting the use Migration Assistant over FireWire:

Source machine: Early 2009 24-inch iMac running OS X 10.9
Destination
machine: Latest MacBook Pro Retina running OS X 10.9
Connection:
FireWire 800 - Thunderbolt Adapter

But on both ends of the process Migration Assistant gets stuck "looking for other machines".

I also have made FireWire networking active on the source machine (I assume it comes active on the new destination machine), and turned off LittleSnitch, which I normally have running.

What am I missing? Are there other settings somewhere (unmentioned anywhere in Apple's documentation) that I need to check? I've also tried using a direct Ethernet connection to connect my machines, but have a different set of issues there.


texts: Outlook 2016 error: There is a problem with your account, try again later

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A couple days ago Outlook started giving me this error when I launched and authenticated to Outlook. I've completely reinstalled Outlook but the issue persists. It's not a password issue. I'm out of ideas on this one.

Edit for clarification: It is currently not possible for me to add my Office365 exchange account to Outlook on my Mac. When I type in my email address and password I get the Office365 "Modern Authentication" prompt where I once again enter my email address and password. When I click the "sign in" button the error pops up "There is a problem with your account, try again later". If I purposely type in an incorrect password, I'll get a different error to the tune of "bad password" so I am confident it is not a password issue.

I can add the same account on a different Mac without any issues. This leads me to believe that it is not in fact a problem with my account, but a problem confined to the Mac I am using.

I am wondering if anyone has come across this issue before and was able to resolve it.

I have already tried the steps listed in the following Microsoft article for a full uninstall of the Outlook Application.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Troubleshoot-Office-2016-for-Mac-issues-by-completely-uninstalling-before-you-reinstall-ec3aa66e-6a76-451f-9d35-cba2e14e94c0?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US


texts: Recovery Mode can't see new drive but USB installer can

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I'm having a lot of difficulty replacing a dead SSD in a 2013 macbook pro. Before the drive died the computer was running a fairly old version of OS X, seemingly Yosemite.

I bought an OEM replacement SSD from OWC (https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDA13S128S/) which I've successfully installed in the Macbook.

When I boot the computer from a El Capitan install USB I made, I can see and format the new drive, and go through the installation but when it reboots, the computer doesn't find the drive and I get the missing file icon.

If I boot into Internet Recovery, I can't see the drive in Disk Utility.

I'm guessing whatever issue prevents Internet Recovery from seeing the drive is the reason I can't boot, but I can't figure out what that is.


texts: Print from iPad without AirPrint or Wi-Fi

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Consider the following configuration

I have a Wi-Fi iPad without 3G support.
I also have an HP printer that doesn't not have Wi-Fi capabilities.
My printer supports USB.
I am planning to buy a 3G Wi-Fi Router.

I understand, in order to print from my iPad to a printer I need an AirPrint-compatible printer. I am also aware that for certain selected printers (let say mine is one of those privilege) you can use iOS Apps from OEM such that you can print from your iPad. But even to use it, I need a Wi-Fi enabled printer.

I am planning to purchase a 3G Wi-Fi router so that I can connect my iPad outside a Wi-Fi network.

Now from here I was wondering, if I can use such a 3G Wi-Fi router which suppose has a USB Port to connect my printer and provide me the option to print from my iPad?

Note
I am not sure if this question fits in Ask Different as my target device is an Apple Device but even then there is more than that this question would cover. So in case if you feel this question fits there, feel free to migrate.


texts: How to delete all cookies in safari 5.1.3 on osx lion

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I am trying to remove all cookies in safari 5.1.3.  In firefox/chrome this is controlled by command+shift+delete

In safari I have tried preferences->privacy->Remove all website data.  But this is NOT deleting all cookies despite what it says, Ok so doing this deletes stack exchange cookies but it still leaves me logged in to gmail.

Does anyone know why gmail cookies still stay despite safari saying i am deleting google cookie?


texts: VMware Fusion set host-only (aka private to my Mac) IP address / network?

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I am coming from VMware Workstation on Windows to VMware Fusion on Mac. In VMware Workstation it's possible to configure the host-only ip address / network in the network editor, in VMware Fusion it's not possible in the network editor. So, how can I change the host-only ip address / network in VMware fusion?

Also, if I currently check the ip of vmnet1, it's in the range of my normal Mac IP, like on a bridged network. Isn't that simply wrong / bad? Wouldn't that allow services on the host-only network to be available from outside my Mac?

Update

I am using VMware Fusion Professional Version 11.5.2 (15794494)

Screenshot of Settings -> Network
(as one can see, there is not network configuration possible for "private to my mac" (the blue selected item on the left)


texts: How can I password protect files in macOS?

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I want to start a private journal on my Mac, but I want to make sure that the file can only be opened by me.

How can I put password security on my file without it slowing down my computer?


texts: Messages and FaceTime apps don't log in macOS Big Sur

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Since the Big Sur Betas, I haven't been able to log in to messages or FaceTime on my MacBook. When I open either app, the login screen appears, I log in, for a while it appears that I've logged in successfully, and then the login prompt reappears. Up until now I have restarted my laptop, ran several software updates, and even reinstalled macOS from the recovery menu, to no positive effect. I have also ensured I have RW permissions to ~/Library and all its subfolders. I filed an issue with the Apple Feedback app (FB8615473), but haven't seen a response since I first filed it in September 2020.
This issue only happens for Messages and FaceTime. Finder (iCloud), photos, music, pages etc all have no problems syncing with my iCloud. I have tried removing iCloud from my Mac in system preferences and adding it back, and all that caused is a lot of headache with Documents syncing, but no help with messages, leading me to believe that Messages and FaceTime have their own authentication method separate from the system iCloud login.
I have captured one of the failed login attempts in the Console apps and a screenshot of what looks to me like relevant log messages is attached. It seems like auth for Messages is managed by some identityserviced process, which fails to generate some path (possibly a keychain storage space, I really don't know) for the messages app.
I get no error messages in the messages or FaceTime apps, and iMessage works like a charm across my iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Handoff features including app handoff and clipboard sync also work fine between my Mac and all my other devices. I'd appreciate any help anyone could give me. Thanks a lot!


texts: Can I remove a photo or video from the Memories feature in iOS 10's photo app?

texts: I love the new memories feature in iOS 10 but sometimes it grabs less than great photos. Can I remove those photos just from the memory?


texts: I am debating on purchasing the WD LIVE or Apple TV 3. And I wanted to know if it is possible that the ATV can do .mkv and .avi playback on non-itunes media. (i.e. pulling it from my server)


texts: How to disable DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT) network-wide for Apple iOS and macOS

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I am running an the Open Source OpenWrt router firmware and wish to disable DoH and DoT for the whole network. In my network lots of latest iOS and macOS devices.
To disable DoH for Firefox is used this guide Canary domain - use-application-dns.net. I search for a similar solution for Apple based devices.

Operating systems Apple
Apple's iOS 14 and macOS 11 will support both DNS over HTTPS and DNS
over TLS (DoT) when they are released in the fall of 2020.


texts: iOS-iOS device real time sound transfering

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I'd like to know if there's any way I could connect two iOS devices to transfer sound in real time. Sort of a walkie-talkie device. Anyone would know any apps for that?

Thanks :)


texts: How do I combine these two shell commands into a Service?

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I run the following two commands on markdown files to get a nicely formatted PDF.

pandoc file.md -o file.html --css=markdown.css
prince file.html file.pdf
rm file.html

How would I automate this? I'd like to right-click a markdown file, navigate to services, and choose convert markdown to PDF.

I know I should use Automator and I tried but couldn't link the right steps together. In my example above, file is the filename that needs to be the argument. I got as far as starting a new Automator service, choosing Files & Folders, and Get Selected Finder Items and got stuck there.

Update: Pandoc = http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/

Prince = http://www.princexml.com/

Update #2 for clarity

If I am in a folder with a markdown file named test.md,  then the complete command line syntax would be:

pandoc --from=markdown --to=html test.md --css=~path/to/css/markdown.css -o test.html

(Note: I have been able to automate this as a service and have named it Markdown to HTML)

Here is that code:

 for f in "$@"
 do
/usr/local/bin/pandoc --from=markdown --to=html "$f" --css=/Users/fooo/Documents/Code/css/markdown.css -o "$f".html
done

Now to convert that bit of html to PDF is something I am not able to link in. But the command line syntax for that would be:

prince test.html -o test.pdf


texts: Is it possible to recover a formatted macOS partition

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Backstory: After I went to the Apple Store today, the drive in my Mac was wiped by an employee as I was supposed to have it replaced. The replacement unit had an issue though, so they gave me my old machine back with the SSD already reset to factory.

As the employee probably just used the DiskUtil UI to wipe the drive, I was wondering if there was any way for me to get my data back by rebuilding the HFS volume tables back to their previous state for instance. Using a backup would take days to get everything back and I want to try the other options before restoring a backup that would corrupt the data and prevent any further recovery.

Small issue: I only have a Sierra Recovery USB stick, so I can only use the terminal with whatever is already installed, like gpt, diskutil or pdisk. TestDisk for instance doesn’t work as it seems like it’s lacking some dependencies in this recovery environment.


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I was trying to refresh my MacBook Air because I had just purchased a veikk A15 pen tablet and was trying to connect it to my MacBook Air. The instructions told me to refresh my MacBook Air and so I did. But then a USB and thunderbolt logo appears on my screen and won’t load my computer. This MacBook Air as no thunderbolt or USB port.

What has happened to my Mac?


texts: Putting in place PLC between time capsule and airport base station?

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Here is my configuration:

Living Room

MacBook Pro
NAS
Network printer
All connected to Time Capsule

Bedroom

Hifi System (with line-in)
Laptop, iPod touch (any wireless device)

As of today, the connection between the two locations is too weak (see this question) for me to use devices wirelessly in the bedroom.

What I would like to do is to add a PLC connection between the two rooms and place an airport base station in the bedroom to extend the wireless network.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so check below my existing configuration and the things I want to add (green bullets and green arrows):

I then have a lot of questions...

Will the wireless network created in the bedroom by the airport base station be an extension of the one in the living room or a new one? (first option would be easier to wander in the apartment without having to switch from one network to the other).
Will it still be possible to connect the other devices (printer, NAS) to the time capsule and would they be accessible from the bedroom (I suppose yes if wireless network is the same) and still from the living room wired network (I don't see why it would not be the case).
Do I have to connect the PCL as on the drawing or do I have to connect it between the modem and the time capsule? (edit: yes, replied to this one by myself)

I also then plan to connect the Hifi system line in to the jack connection of the airport base station.

Will it allow me to output on the hifi system songs from my iTunes library stored on MBP?
Will I be able to control it with Remote from the iPod Touch?

You can also propose other solutions which could work in my situation.
My first need was the network connection in the bedroom. The iTunes songs on the Hifi system was a bonus when I thought about Airport Base Station.


texts: Volume bezel faster fade or more transparent on OSX

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Many people are annoyed by the big fat bezels that appear on changing the volume/brightness/etc. and are pretty intrusive. Now, I'd like to still have them appear but make them less intrusive, e.g. by shortening the time until they fade away or making them more transparent. Anybody have an idea how to do one of the two?

Note, I'm aware of this answer that describes how to disable such overlay altogether, but that's not what I'd like to happen.

I'm using OSX El Capitan.


texts: Why does my iPhone make calls to my emergency contacts on its own?

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Sometimes when carrying my iPhone X in my pocket, it starts making calls on its own. It calls the same person every time (my father).

The phone is configured as such:

Phone locked
Face ID activated
Emergency contacts are set up in Health app - my father is one of them, but there are a few others, both before and after him on the list
In Settings → Emergency SOS I have:
Call with side button: Off and
Call automatically: Off
"Today" screen: I do not have the Favorites widget or any other widget for making calls.

I have tried reproducing the problem by holding the right and top left side buttons pressed, but this only gives me the screen with a Swipe to turn off, Emergency info and Emergency SOS. No matter what I do, it does not just set up a call.

I read a Reddit post, where a user experiencing this problem when walking up stairs, describes how the problem is triggered:

  After doing some experimentation, I think I figured it out.

  If your iPhone is in your pocket and the screen is facing your body,
  the motion that your legs make when walking up a set of stairs "taps"
  the bottom left corner of the screen (at least for me).

  the first tap registers as a swipe up, which, because FaceID is not
  recognizing a face (because it's in your pocket), goes to the passcode
  entry screen

  2) the second tap clicks the Emergency text in the bottom left of the
  unlock screen

  3) the third tap clicks the Medical ID text in the bottom left of the
  Emergency screen

  4) the fourth tap clicks the phone number of the second emergency contact at the very bottom

These symptoms match pretty well with what I'm seeing. I have experimented with adding/removing/sorting emergency contacts, and it does seem like it is the second emergency contact, sometimes the first, that gets called.

Another user in the Reddit thread suggests a solution:

  Go to Settings > Accessibility and turn off Tap to Wake

However, in my case, I've already disabled Tap to Wake.

What makes my phone want to call my father seemingly randomly, and what can I do to make it stop?


texts: Compiling / installing shotdetect for OS X

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I would like to find scene changes in a video with this command line tool:

  Shotdetect is a free software (LGPL) which detects shots and scenes
  from a video.

Dependencies are:

  sudo apt-get install libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev
  libgd2-noxpm libgd2-noxpm-dev

What I did already:

git clone https://github.com/johmathe/Shotdetect.git
mkdir -p build; cd build; cmake -D USE_WXWIDGETS:BOOL=OFF ..

I get this error message (full output):

CMake Error at cmake/FindGD.cmake:112 (MESSAGE):
  Could not find GD library
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:85 (FIND_PACKAGE)

I have homebrew installed, but I do not know how to map the dependencies mentioned above to a brew install ... command.

Is homebrew the way to go? If so, what would be the "install" command?

PS. I am on OS X 10.8.5 with Xcode 5.0.2 and Xcode Command Line Tools installed.


texts: URL-scheme details for Reminders application

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The Reminders application understands the reminders: URL scheme, so that you can invoke it, for instance, from Terminal as open reminders: (use of // is optional).

What I'm looking for is documentation of further elements of this scheme. Specifically, I want to construct URLs that allow me to do the following:

open a specific list
open a specific reminder

I've tried things like reminders:74771907-EA34-4848-A935-0C839AE123CC using both list and reminder-item identifiers, but to no avail.

Update:
jeeyul's answer points out that Reminders-related URL schemes are undocumented, which would likely cause rejection of apps that use them when submitted to the OSX/iOS App Store.
For private use, however, this is not an issue.

See:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference/Introduction/Introduction.html for a list of official URL schemes on both iOS and OSX
https://superuser.com/questions/498943/directory-of-url-schemes-for-mac-apps provides good information for examining the schemes defined on a given machine.


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Is there any way to increase the size of the font that is used in the navigation pane in Mac Mail?  For example, where it lists Inbox, Sent, Junk, etc?  I am not referring to the message list or the messages themselves, I already know those can be changes in Mail Preferences.

This is what I am referring to:

I downloaded TinkerTool but have failed to get that to change the Mail fonts.


texts: Drivers not working on Windows 10 installed (CLI process) on external SSD running on Macbook

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I have a problem with the installation of Windows 10 (November 2019) on my MacBook Air 2018. I tried to use a virtual machine the first time, but some drivers did not work (trackpad, audio and keyboard did not work). I used this tutorial on YouTube.

So, I decided to follow this guide (using the Windows CLI) carefully, step by step, at the part "Using a Flash Drive and the Windows CLI to Install Windows 10".

My problem is at this point in step 3:

DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     W   BOOTCAMP     NTFS   Partition    249 GB  Healthy
  Volume 1         Recovery     NTFS   Partition    800 MB  Healthy
  Volume 2     S   EFI          FAT32  Partition    200 MB  Healthy    Hidden
  Volume 3     C   WINSTALL     FAT32  Removable     29 GB  Healthy

Instead of volume WINSTALL, I see a D volume, in CD-ROM format (only 2 Gb). Without that volume, I can not continue with the installation, because the prompt does not find the image .ISO of windows contained in WINSTALL.

Before start, I followed this guide (answer #1) to prepare the SSD for the installation.
I formatted the SSD in the ExFAT format and then I copied the contents of the Windows 10 .ISO image (that I've opened with the Finder) inside the SSD (I did not create any partitions with the macOS Disk Utility application). I want to specify that in the guide a 500 Gb SSD was used and my SSD is 250 GB in size.

This is the content of my SSD before starting the process of installation.

And this is the error at the command

dism  /Get-ImageInfo /ImageFile:C:\sources\install.wim

English translation: "Error 87, parameter not correct. The image management and maintenance log file is available in X:\windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log"

Thank you so much for your time. I am available for any questions.


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I'm a complete Apple newbie - just bought my first mbp two days ago.

I'm trying to connect to my WD my book live NAS (working fine under my existing Linux set-up). The set-up instructions from WD tell me to launch Bonjour from Safari - but I can't find any reference to Bonjour in Safari - or any where else, for that matter!


texts: High Sierra and Bootcamp with Windows 10 not working

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I'm having an issue getting my MBP High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88) to function with Windows 10 on Bootcamp. I've used the bootcamp assistant to successfully partition out 85GB of space from 250GB APFS mac partition and download the windows support software - but then after restart nothing happens. There is a black screen with a delay (where otherwise Windows should load) and then it goes back to loading OSX.

I've been really struggling with getting this working on my mac, before updates to Windows 10 or to OSX, I had a fully functioning system, but then issues on the bootcamp partition (blue screens, driver errors) forced me to wipe the bootcamp partition. After wiping I tried reinstalling Windows but nothing worked. Then I wiped my whole OSX through recovery and restarted the process, and now I am stuck here. So I am installing bootcamp on an untouched, new OSX system.

Output from 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         165.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                85.8 GB    disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +165.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            156.3 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 43.4 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.0 GB     disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk4 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +49.3 MB    disk4
   1:                  Apple_HFS Keka                    49.2 MB    disk4s1


texts: How to set up Mail so To: auto completes based on Contacts info?

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When I type "mom" into the "To:" field, Mail.app doesn't load my mom's email addy:

...but when I click the blue "circle/plus" button and type "mom" it does:

In Contacts.app I have my Mom's contact info set up so that her "title" is "Mom".

How do I get Mail.app's To: field to auto complete based on her Contacts.app title? Or, is there something I can do in Mail.app so that "mom" will autocomplete her email addy from the To: field?

macOS Sierra 10.12.4


texts: App to Ensure Healthy Coffee Consumption?

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If I don't drink enough coffee my brain doesn't function.

If I drink too much coffee, I end up over-percolating my brain.

Is there an app that will recommend how much coffee you should consume to keep your consumption at the optimal rate, so that your brain functions but doesn't over-function?

Ideally, the app would go so far as to slide back your coffee consumption so that your body doesn't get used to an amount so that it requires more.


texts: Where is the microphone for Siri for the iPhone 5?

texts: I thought it was at the bottom left on the phone, but when I cover the bottom and blow on the earpiece, the waveform when Siri is waiting for a response moves.


texts: Why am I unable to change the password on my Mac?

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I recently purchased my Macbook Air from school and they said that they have disconnected it from their server. But when I try to change the password for the admin account it shows me the following message:

  The server is not available. Change your password when the server becomes available.

How can I fix this?


texts: How to fix Mac “file system or verified failed”?

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Mac gets stuck when trying to update and I get the error “macOS could not be installed on your computer, file system verify or repair failed”.

I tried using disk utility and running first aid. I get the following error:
the volume Macintosh hd could not be verified completely.
File system check exit code is 8.
File system or repair failed.
Operation failed.

What do I need to do here to get my computer running again. I have transferred all files I need onto another computer.

Thanks


texts: Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V on a Mac Mini

texts: Is it possible to run Windows Server R2 with Hyper-V virtualization on a Mac Mini (via BootCamp)? I am looking for a new server for my dev enviroment. A Mac Mini would be nice since I can take it with me to a customer site.


texts:
I came from here and already fixed my sudoers: sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by uid 501, should be 0

That allowed me to get sudo working. However, whenever I use sudo, I get a warning:

sudo: /var/db/sudo/ts is owned by uid 501, should be 0

how do I fix this?


texts: How do I get rid of this:(-bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory) from my terminal?

texts:
Every time I open Terminal this is on there like 50 times.

-bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory
-bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory
-bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory
-bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory
-bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory
-bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory

I have no idea what I'm doing, I was just trying to get my Terminal to start with a folder and I found this online:

echo "cd "`pwd` >> ~/.bash_profile

I used that when I was in the folder I wanted to start with on Terminal and it didn't work so being dumb I did it like 50 times so my Terminal always starts with a bunch of -bash: cd: /Users/Dakota/Documents/School/Spring: No such file or directory. It's ugly and I need it gone.


texts: If Macbook has been wiped, will "find my iPhone" still work?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why does a MacBook Pro keep dialing in it’s location through Find My Mac after a clean install?

My MacBook was stolen last week, and I have just realized that I had set up iCloud and "find my iPhone".

It is currently showing up as off-line. I do not know whether it will connect if the thief has already wiped the system. I've set up to get an email alert if it connects.

If my MacBook has been wiped by a thief will the "find my iPhone" app still work to locate that hardware?


texts: How to re-format a deleted volume in macOS High Sierra/Mojave

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After installing Catalina on a machine I realized some programs I want to run on this machine are still 32-bit. So I went to downgrade from Catalina to High Sierra and since there's no way to re-run the High Sierra installer once you install Catalina, knowing that I had to reformat my drive I rebooted into Disk Utilities. (in my case I happened to be booting into a High Sierra installer that is on a USB bootable stick).

Unfortunately I made the mistake of deleting my Volume (not just reformatting the drive), which is on the left in Disk Utility, and now I can't get it back. I don't mean "get it back" is in recover the data (there is no data to recover-- the disk was empty), I mean I can't even see the drive mount at all in the toolbar of Disk Utility.

I now have both a High Sierra and Mojave bootable disks, and when I boot into the High Sierra disk I don't see the 500 GB internal disk "Volume" in the left of the toolbar.

How can I reformat the drive to reformat the 500 GB internal disk (this is on a Mac Mini 2014)?


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I have the MBP 15" model 2017 (macOS High Sierra 10.13.3) with touch bar. What I realized is that the touch bar volume element (mute / unmute / volume up / down) does not work. I press them but nothing happens.

On my apple external keyboard these shortcuts work fine. Also when I try to adjust the volume with the touch bar slider it works like it should.

I tried different things, resetting nvram, removing / adding the controls, killing the control strip, killing the coreaudiod, resetted SMC. but nothing seems to fix it. The only thing that worked is opening a new user account. In the new user account everything seems to be working fine.

Any ideas of what the problem might be or how it can be fixed?


texts: Remove Linux partition on Mac. CoreStorage problems

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I have a Macbook pro 2015 with a 256 GB SSD and a Linux partition. I would like to remove the partition. Following the steps written in here, I got stuck in the Modify step. Once I execute the command gpt add -b 409649 ... and than I do the diskutil list command, it does not appear any disk with the size 60 GB.

Does any one know how to solve my problem?


texts: Empty trash with open files, MacOs Sierra

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I'm watching a movie in VLC and, while the movie is playing, I can move it to the trash and empty it.

At no point MacOs tries to warning me about anything. The movie continues to play, even after I emptied the trash. But if I pause it, the sound goes missing.

Same goes for any other file...

Does this happens to anyone else? Is this the expected behavior?


texts: Why won't Launchpad create a .db file? Restarts reset Launchpad

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Launchpad will not create a .db file in ~/Library/Application Support/Dock to save the state of Launchpad.

It always resets to default upon restart. I have tried many terminal commands, the most recent being:

rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ; killall Dock

defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true; killall Dock

How can I force Launchpad to create this file?


texts: High memory usage, macbook pro retina feeling sluggish

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My Macbook Pro Retina seems to be feeling sluggish and I don't think it should at all.

I'm running: photoshop, 1080p movie on VLC plugged into a Thunderbolt Display.

Looking at the activity monitor there's pretty much 100% RAM usage. I've read that 100% RAM usage is desired so the hard drive doesn't have to be accessed but I usually see max usage of around 8gb, not the whole 16gb... and there shouldn't be any Swap at all right?

It looks more like 8gb usage (as it says is in use in App Memory).

Is this correct or something up? Photoshop is extremely sluggish and it shouldn't be.. surely?

This is my iostat whilst the Mactop is being sluggish:

      disk0           disk1       cpu     load average
 KB/t tps  MB/s     KB/t tps  MB/s  us sy id   1m   5m   15m
40.40   8  0.33   173.17   0  0.06   4  3 93  1.91 1.58 1.43
21.07  10  0.20   951.14   1  1.30   5  4 91  1.56 1.52 1.41
39.87  50  1.93   910.67   1  0.80   5  7 88  1.47 1.50 1.41
17.27  24  0.40   854.00   1  0.50   4  9 87  1.56 1.52 1.42


texts:
When I press ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+⌥ Option+V in Pages Insert\Choose dialog is opened. (This dialog must be opened when ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+V is pressed).

What can I do about it? How can I "Paste and Match Style" in Pages?

P.S. 1. The issue is not stable. Some times ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+⌥ Option+V work for me, some times it doesn't. I don't know why.

I tried both Option keys - this doesn't help. I tried this combination in a row: in Pages (doesn't work) in Numbers (works) in Pages again (doesn't work).


texts: Why does using M1 Macbook air in closed-clamshell mode slow down the WIFI significantly?

texts:
I am using M1 Macbook Air and when I connect it to an external display connected over HDMI cable, the wifi speed slows down tremendously. I don't know how these two are related to each other, but I've tested it multiple times and using it in closed clamshell mode definitely affects the wifi speed.
This is my Macbook book in its regular state:

And this is my Macbook in closed clamshell:

As you can see it won't even connect to the test server for the speed test..... Super frustrating.


texts: Macbook Pro does not mount printers after adding them

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I have a Macbook pro here running MacOS Mojave. When trying to add a network printer, I select the correct driver, and click add nothing and happens. There is no record of the printer being listed under the pane. There is no error message and when going into a browser to try and print there is no record of it there either.

Has anybody else experienced this?


texts: Can I stop my Macbook Pro booting into Windows automatically?

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I've got my Macbook Pro (early 2015) set up with Boot Camp. Normally, when I switch it on, OS X starts. But I can press Alt/Option to get the boot menu, and select Boot Camp Windows from there.

Once I've booted into Windows, though, Windows becomes the default OS! So, after booting Windows, then shutting down, when I next switch it on, Windows starts. If I want OS X back, I have to select OS X from the boot menu, or use the Boot Camp section of the Control Panel to change the boot option.

Is there anything I can do about this? I want my computer to always boot into Mac OS X, even if I last opted to boot Windows, unless I go via the boot menu.  My old Macbook Pro (mid 2009) worked that way, and I've come to prefer it.


texts: Explanation for Ridiculously Slow Copy Speed

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I am backing up data files from one encrypted image to another.  They're text files ranging in size from a few hundred kilobytes to a few megabytes.  The process has become excruciatingly slow and is now clocking in at taking a 2 days to copy 8 gigabytes.

I'm doing this with a Finder copy in OSX Lion.  I've tried using cp, rsync and ditto from the terminal but speed problems persist.  I've also noticed that the speeds are reasonable at the beginning of the copy process but get very bad roughly 10% of the way through.  They also improve temporarily following a reboot. Here's the io load during a copy:

mac:~ me$ iostat 5

      disk0           disk1           disk2           disk3
KB/t tps  MB/s     KB/t tps  MB/s     KB/t tps  MB/s     KB/t tps  MB/s
9.11  32  0.29   105.94  65  6.71     8.32 342  2.77   119.57  60  7.00
7.03   7  0.05    16.00   6  0.09     4.00 558  2.18     0.00   0  0.00
5.62   6  0.04   117.67  56  6.48     4.62 689  3.11     0.00   0  0.00

So I don't even know where to start in terms of diagnosing the cause.  Some things I've considered:

The encryption keys vary across images, thereby requiring encrypting and decrypting
The image is close to full capacity
The drive holding the image is close to capacity
The file sizes can vary considerably
The destination is highly fragmented

I can't rule any of these in or out though and don't know where to start looking to diagnose the problem


texts: Created a symlink but Finder shows it as an Alias

texts:
When I try to backup my iPhone, iTunes gives me an error, saying that it cannot make a Backup because the backup is damaged or not compatible.
To move the backup folder I have followed the steps as below:

Copy the Backup folder from the original path to the MacintoshHD
Change the name of the original folder (From backup to backup-old) to try to avoid conflicts
Run the command

ln -s /MacintoshHD/Backup ~/Library/"Application Support"/MobileSync

At the end of the process the Mac creates me a backup alias file (the icon looks like a data file with a little arrow on the corner). By the way, when I hit the "get info" option of the alias file, it shows me that the path is on my SSD?!
Sorry guys, I'm quite new and I'm trying to learn something about the terminal.


texts: How to OEM iPod / iPad as controller for our product?

texts:
We manufacture and sell an industrial product (not consumer-grade) that is currently being controlled using a traditional keypad and display. We'd like to replace this with an iPod Touch (smaller systems) and/or iPad (larger systems).

The iPod would act as an embedded controller to our product. It would likely be connected (via serial interface) to an internal control board by something like Redpark's serial cable.

Is this possible?

There seem to be a fair amount of hurdles to this:

Activation - Each device needs to be activated with an iTunes account (and credit card?)
Power - The Redpark cable only supplies signal, not power to the device
App Deployment - Ideally, our custom app would be pre-loaded on the iDevice so our customers can be up and running with our product out of the box. However, it seems you cannot publish an app to the App Store that uses the 30-pin accessory port. "Enterprise deployment" is out of the question as it's limited to 100 installations.

Has anyone successfully used an iOS device as a front-end interface for their product?

Thanks.


texts: How to get rid of booby-trapped pop ups to update flash player?

texts:
I'm coming across a malicious pop up to update my flash player. The message in the pop up:

Warning! Your Adobe Flash Player version is outdated. Security risks. Please update now.

I've seen this pop up across multiple browsers (chrome, safari, firefox) and occurs on all OSX machines on the local network. I've attempted to disable on plugins and extensions in chrome but the problem remains. Clicking ok takes me to a website that appears to be an official adobe website but the link to download the update is clearly wrong.

This problem just happened today across three machines simultaneously and I'm stumped as how to proceed. What's the best way to remove these pop ups?


texts:
Is there an easy way to lock my mac and then immediately sleep, all in one command? I know I can show the login window and then choose the sleep button, but I'd prefer one step rather than two (and a wait in between). There's also the Lock Screen command in the Keychain menu, but that (stupidly) offers no sleep button that I can see. Could a script work for this, or would the script also get stuck after one command?

Update: Forgot to mention that I don't want to always have to enter my password after waking up from sleep, only after I explicitly lock the computer.


texts: How exclude a specific folder from spotlight search but not from search window?

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I'm trying to set up my Mac so that it will exclude files in a folder called 'XYZ' from the search results in spotlight only. The reason is because these files are mostly private, and I don't want them to pop up in a spotlight search.

However, I still want to be able to search them in a finder window, where I have a little more control than in spotlight. (To be clear, search normally with alt+command+space, exclude folder from command+space). Any idea how something like this could be done?


texts: How can I monitor a specific folder and know what processes access its contents?

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I'm working with a complex Chrome Extension. As I debug it and make changes, some other files are created and modified.

I know for certain that are not modified by me and the extension is not being run.
Maybe it's a spun off process from the IDE... I don't know.

I've tried my luck with lsof without great success. I'd like to constantly monitor that directory and after a while check up on it and read something like "X file has been created by PID Y".


texts: MacBook Pro will boot only after a SMC reset

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I replaced the hard drive in my MacBook Pro (mid-2010) with a SSD one. I installed Mac OS X 10.9. At first the installer wasn't able to find the new SSD drive, because of a error: "SerialATAPI device reconfiguration did not complete successfully."

Following a friend's advice I reset the SMC, and the installer worked perfectly.

Now I have a working system, but every time I boot it I have to do a SMC reset, otherwise the system is not booting, and I see a blinking folder instead of the usual Apple.

That means that: "no bootable device has been found" http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2674

Is there anyway to have my system booting without a SMC reset before every boot?

I tried many times with a NVRAM reset, but it didn't help. Also this answer did not help: MacBook Pro Mid 2009 does not boot without resetting system management control (SMC)


texts: Unstable external display with M1 MacBook Pro

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The late 2020 M1 MacBook Pro does not seem to be playing well with the LG UltraWide 38WK95C 38-inch external display directly connected with a USB-C cable. The display blacks out (as if the cable physically disconnects) every hour or so. The issue usually resolves itself within a few seconds but sometimes I have to restart the computer to get it in a good state. The problem occurs with both USD-C ports and does not exist with the late 2016 MacBook Pro.
How can I diagnose and fix this external display issue?


texts: "An unknown error occurred" when signing into iMessage account with Apple ID on macOS

texts:
The Messages app wasn't longer able to send messages saying Not Delivered, so I signed out. When signing back in I see this:

Note that Apple does see the login: I get an email saying so

The information in that email is correct, so then why the error message?  Any ideas on this?


texts: My robust broadcom wifi card interferes with my graphic card

texts:
I have a robust AC1900 Dual band WiFi Card. Its signal is very strong and this causes interference with my AMD RX-650 card, although I had put the cards in as far slots as possible on mainboard. When using the card normally there is no problem. But when using DLNA or AirDrop services, the screen gets a flicker and eventually goes off and on again and is absolutely unusable!
How can I fix the problem without making the card signal too weak and reducing the transfer speed significantly?


texts: What is the difference between 'Capacity' and '%iused' when running the 'df' command in the terminal

texts: When I run the df command I'm getting different values for capacity and %iused. What is the difference between them?


texts: What is Notes.app's iCloud notes database location(s) for recovery (El Capitan)?

texts:
I lost a note from the Notes.app and need to recover it. I have the entire content of my HD backed up (both online and with TimeMachine) so I thought it'd be easy. However, I can't find up-to-date information on where notes are stored on current installations of El Capitan.

It seems that notes are no longer stored in either
/Users/yourUserName/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes or
/Users/yourUserName/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes
which is what other threads on this site and elsewhere claim. (See here. I also tried the solution suggested here but it did not work for me.) Maybe this behavior changed in the meanwhile.
I have checked the versioning entries of the databases in both of these locations an they all didn't get updated since May.

Anyone out there who knows where notes are stored on current installations of El Capitan?  What folder to replace to get them back?

Any help much appreciated!

Note:
– I am referring to an "iCloud" note that I need to recover, not the "On My Mac" note.  I do not use "On My Mac" notes.
– My iCloud notes get synced with my iPad too, but it is not available anymore under "recently deleted notes".  I also looked on icloud.com but to no avail.
– When I opened the Notes.app on the iPad that particular note was still visible on the screen as I had been working on it (I had not opened the app on the iPad for a month). After it refreshed the note was gone.

EDIT  (after a few more unsuccessful attempts):
Since it seems that when iCloud is disabled Notes won't read any "iCloud" notes (which is logical ...) the best strategy would be to close the Notes.app, then download a past version of whatever that magic folder is that holds the current iCloud notes, cap the Internet connection, replace the current notes folder with the backup and then start Notes again, copy the missing note somewhere else, and then reestablish the Internet connection.
But I'd need to know what that magic folder is on El Capitan ... anyone any ideas?

EDIT2:
Could it be that Notes stores "iCloud" and "On my Mac" notes in different places? Via this script I was able to extract the content from the backup of the NotesV6.storedata database within com.apple.Notes, but the missing note did not show up. It seems the notes contained in that database were either even older than May, or they were "On my mac" notes, from some time before. I had moved all my notes to iCloud earlier this year (but before May) so I think the NotesV6.storedata database in com.apple.Notes might contain the on my mac notes.
Now group.com.apple.Notes was also changed last time in May but I have a slight hope that if those are the iCloud notes, some version of that note was already there.  But the data there seems to be stored in a different format, there is no NotesV6.storedata file, and so the script mentioned also did not work.  Any ideas?

I'd highly appreciate any hints what I might try and where I might look!


texts:
When I get warnings that my HD is nearly full (Macbook Air, 64GB SSD), spotlight always loses its index of applications. That means that I can't launch Safari or Mail or other apps, which is the only thing I use Spotlight for. Only restarting helps to resolve this.

Is there a way to force Spotlight to reindex the Application folder?


texts: AppleScript choose file dialog box with default location not working

texts:
So there goes four hours of my life that I will never get back.

I'm trying to do something seemingly simple...

I want to open a file select dialog box and specify the default location.

I actually got this to work using the following...

choose file with prompt "Please choose a file:" of type {"XLSX", "APPL"}
default location "/Users/lowken/Dropbox/"

This works and does exactly what I want (the file dialog opens up in the Dropbox folder).

However when I try to use a string variable it doesn't work...

set strPath to "/Users/lowken/Dropbox/"

choose file with prompt "Please choose a file:" of type {"XLSX", "APPL"}
default location strPath

Now the dialog box opens in the root directory of the hard drive :-(

It seems that the default location is being ignored however if the path is not correct Applescript does raise a error.

I've tried casting the value as a string. I even tried to use the POSIX format...

"Macintosh HD:Users:lowken:Dropbox"

This didn't format didn't work at all.

I'm running OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 on a mid 2012 MacBook Pro.

Can anyone help me?


texts: I left my phone on the roof of my car today and drove off and the result was that I reversed over it and smashed the screen. I am insured so that is OK. The only problem I have is I haven't backed it up for 14 weeks as was running low on iCloud storage. I've taken all photos off so that's not the problem, but just need my calendar as I run my hairdressing business off it, and I cannot see all my appointments. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this on my PC?


texts: I have Apple M1 MBP and want to use two external display monitors but out the box it is not possible. Is there a workaround them as I need 2 screen?


texts: Xcode: Archiving a project to generate .ipa but export is not an option in Organizer

texts:
I am a member of the Apple Developer program for my team and I have all the provisioning profiles in place and codesigning, but when I run Product -> Archive and get the Organizer pop-up, Export is not an available button for me.

I only have Distribute App and Validate App available as buttons. I am unclear what to do from here since all the documentation I have seen online says there was supposed to be an Export button available.

I am using Xcode 10.1 on High Sierra.


texts: Temporarily disable autocorrect (in Lion)

texts:
Occasionally, when chatting, it is fun to deliberately misspell words, dyaknowadImean?

OS X Lion is autocorrecting my misspellings into completely random words! Does anyone know how I can temporarily, (e.g. by holding down a key as i type the deliberately misspelled word?) disable autocorrect?


texts:
I want to use launchd to update my MacPorts tree periodically (i.e. port selfupdate.

I have created /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.selfupdate.plist:

$ ls -l /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.selfupdate.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  669  8 Nov 12:49 /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.selfupdate.plist

It has the following contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.macports.selfupdate</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/opt/local/bin/port</string>
    <string>selfupdate</string>
</array>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/var/log/org.macports.selfupdate.log</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/var/log/org.macports.selfupdate.err</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>604800</integer><!-- 1 week -->
</dict>
</plist>

I've loaded it and verified that it's loaded:

$ launchctl list | grep macports
-   78  org.macports.selfupdate

But it doesn't look like it actually run.

$ port info wireshark
Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating them by running 'port selfupdate'.
wireshark @1.12.8_3 (net)
...

What am I missing?


texts: Access localhost on windows 7 VMWare Fusion

texts:
I am developing a .Net API service in Windows 7 box and try to debug API from my Mac OS, however, I am not able to hit the API through the port (3345). I used ipconfig to find out my windows7 IP address, and then try to access it through (address:port), and it never connects.

Anything I need to do on VMFusion to allow me hit the .Net API.


texts: I have available storage, but can’t install apps

texts: For a while now I’ve been having trouble installing apps on my iPhone. Even a small app (50-100 mb) can’t be installed. It says that the device has no available storage left to install this application. I can’t even install a firmware update so I’m stuck at iOS 12.1.4


texts: How can I fix the OS X dictionary lookup feature for StackExchange comments in Google Chrome?

texts:
When I use the "Look up word" right-click menu option on a StackExchange comment in OS X, the system selects other text and looks that up instead:

Step 1: select a word in a StackExchange comment to look up

Step 2: right click & "Look up word"

Step 3: watch OS X select some other text next to yours and look that up instead:

Why?
How can I fix this?

I'm using OS X 10.10.5.

It appears to shift the selected text by 10 characters to the right in all cases, and happens in Chrome but not Safari.


texts: Inspect what a program is doing when it seems to hang

texts: Sometimes, programs (both GUI and CLI applications) will hang, and I don't really know what they are doing. The only thing I can do is to wait or kill them when I get impatient. Is there any way to inspect what these programs are doing, e.g. reading/writing files, system calls, waiting for something, etc.?


texts:
Here is what I learned so far:

# settings on mac
if [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]; then
    # enable bash completion
    if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion ]; then
            . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion
    fi
    # enable git completion
    if [ -f `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash ]; then
    . `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
    fi
fi

What if I have multiple scripts in  `brew --prefix`/etc/bash_completion.d/? How can I enable all of them?

Or, is there a folder in OS X equivalent to /etc/bash_completion.d/ in linux?


texts: How To Make files in `/usr/local` Writable For Homebrew?

texts:
I've been trying to get homebrew working nicely, but it appears everything inside /usr/local isn't writable, and everything falls over.

It keeps telling me to recursively chown /usr/local, and I tried that. Operation denied, so I sudo'd it. It seemed to work, but with an eerie silence that I hear is considered polite in Unix. Unfortunately, any succeeding attempts at brew update meet with the same cacophony of errors.

I reran the command with -v and it looks the operation is not permitted for anything inside.

As much as the answer is probably "learn UNIX" I'm just trying to comply with some job requirements here for a tutorial on Ruby, so that's a few steps above where I'm currently at.

brew doctor:

Warning: /usr/local/Frameworks isn't writable.

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should probably `chown` /usr/local/Frameworks
Warning: /usr/local/Cellar isn't writable.
You should `chown` /usr/local/Cellar
Warning: /usr/local/etc isn't writable.

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should probably `chown` /usr/local/etc
Warning: /usr/local/include isn't writable.

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should probably `chown` /usr/local/include
Warning: /usr/local/lib isn't writable.

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should probably `chown` /usr/local/lib
Warning: /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig isn't writable.

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should probably `chown` /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
Warning: /usr/local/opt isn't writable.
You should `chown` /usr/local/opt
Warning: /usr/local/share isn't writable.

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should probably `chown` /usr/local/share
Warning: Some directories in /usr/local/share/man aren't writable.
This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed
by Homebrew. If a brew tries to add locale information to one of these
directories, then the install will fail during the link step.
You should probably `chown` them:

    /usr/local/share/man
    /usr/local/share/man/man1
    /usr/local/share/man/man3
    /usr/local/share/man/man5
    /usr/local/share/man/man7
    /usr/local/share/man/man8
Warning: /usr/local/var isn't writable.

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed by
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should probably `chown` /usr/local/var


texts: For a Mac OS user, is there a way to configure the shell to refuse any input whatsoever, beyond an SSH connection?

texts:
I am reasonably familiar with the implementation of SSH tunnelling (forward and reverse) for the purpose of creating a secure conduit by which insecure protocols (eg: VNC) can be carried.
On Mac OS, I would like to create a user which will accept an SSH connection but otherwise, zero input. I don't wish to rely on the 3rd party initiator using the -nNT flags.
After searching, I discovered an old thread elsewhere which described how, for a Linux box, a user was added with a shell which accepted no input:
https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058711&cid=41049379
The lines of particular interest / significance being:

Set up a user called "sonarman" on my Linux machine. sonarman's shell
is a script that loops forever, printing the date and hostname, then
sleep 60.
[The 3rd party] can't do any harm to my system, because sonarman's
shell doesn't accept any input.

I'd be grateful for any guidance as to whether this (or something that achieves the same objective) is possible for Mac OS or whether this is a *nix-specific feature.
Thanks.


texts: How to get the Reset Password mac OS notification to disappear

texts:
I recently reset my Apple ID the other day, and ever since my Mac always prompts me with a notification to reset my password from my device. It was annoying me so I eventually re-reset my password just to get it to go away, but it's still showing up.

Any ideas?


texts: Alternative to musikcube on Mac OS X Lion

texts:
I like music to be played on the background and changing tracks by keyboard shortcut like in musikcube: http://www.musikcube.com/wiki/Preferences.
Is there an alternative for musikcube on Mac OS X Lion ?


texts:
My wife and I recently changed to Apple. Our setup includes a Macbook Pro, Apple TV and two iPhones. I have purchased 2 TB of iCloud storage which I am sharing with my wife.

We have ~3000 high-rez images that we want to migrate into iCloud Photos. They are stored on a Dropbox account today, so I installed iCloud for Windows on our old PC and started adding the images to shared albums in iCloud photos.

After quite some time, it seems like they are all uploaded and we can view them on all devices.

Now, here's the thing I can't wrap my head around. Even though it's about 12 GB of images that we've uploaded so far, iCloud still says we only consume 1 GB of disk space, and on my iPhone, the internal disk space says "~180 MB images" and "~5 GB other". The "other" part came when I started syncing images.

On my phone I have both iCloud-images and Optimize iPhone storage enabled. I though this would mean that the images where saved in their original resolution in iCloud, and at a lower kind of "preview" resolution on our phones, but since iCloud usage is not incrementing I guess I have understood it wrong.

The All images folder on my device is empty, but the shared albums folders are full of images. Shouldn't the disk usage on iCloud reflect that?

We're a bit worried that we have done something wrong and that our images might be deleted by mistake. Hence, here's a few questions that you'll hopefully be able to answer for us:

Are our images uploaded to iCloud and not stored locally on my phone?
If they are uploaded into iCloud, how come we don't see an increase in disk usage? Why should one pay for additional iCloud storage when it doesn't increase?
What happens if I reinstall my phone? Will our images still be left "intact" in iCloud and ready to be synced once the phone is back up and running?
Is iCloud photos sufficient as a backup solution for the images? Or is it recommended to use an additional backup (I mean, more backups is always better, but is it overkill?)


texts: Can I search for folders of a certain size (say more than xxx mb)

texts:
I am cleaning up a bit. I know how to search for files of a certain size (see below). Is there a way to search for folders above a certain size? Shell commands are ok, but gui is preferred.

To search for files above a certain size:

If you don't see the "file size" option, select "other", it will be there.

then:

This is great for files, but it does not include directories/folders. Also, please don't delete files that you do not know what they are for. Some are low level system files and can cause problems.


texts: AppleScript to Choose Files from Folder Automatically

texts:
Newbie question. I've created an Applescript that looks at the selected Folder name, copies the last term of the Folder name, and appends that to the beginning of the File Name of the files inside the Folder. I'd like to do choose the Folder automatically instead of manually. I'm sure it's a small change, just not sure how...

tell application "Finder"

    set selected_items to selection

    repeat with this_item in selected_items

        set current_name to name of this_item as text

        set current_extension to name extension of this_item

        set length_extension to length of current_extension

        set name_no_ext to text 1 thru (-length_extension - 2) of current_name

        --set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"("}

        if (number of text items of name_no_ext > 1) then

            set z to last text item of name_no_ext --get the number at the end of the name before the extension

            --set comments of this_item to z

        end if

        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""

    end repeat

    repeat with this_file in (get files of (choose folder))

        set the_name to name of this_file
        set name of this_file to {"(", z, ")", " ", the_name} as string

    end repeat

end tell


texts: El-Cap Mail app intermittent IMAP connection issues

texts:
The issues started occurring after upgrade to 10.11 but not sure if related or not.

I have 2 gmail accounts defined on my Mail app. Most of the time (around 70% or so) all is healthy.

But every few minutes, the alert signs show up next to both of the accounts. The connection doctor points the blame at IMAP

This lasts for a while, usually a few minutes. I immediately check my internet connection by pinging various public IPs - all is rock solid. After a while this goes away.

Any idea why this may happen and how I can troubleshoot? I'm tending to not suspect an account setup issue as all works well most of the time. BTW - both of the accounts were set up very basic - just selected Gmail as the account type and added user and password. Did not mock around with anything else more advanced.

Thank you.


texts:
I seem to be able to charge my iPhone 5 on a variety of USB chargers (car ones included). My iPad retina (iPad 4) seems to be very fussy about which chargers it will actually charge up on. (The charging icon will come on, but the charge won't increase even after two hours).

My question is, what causes this? Does the iPad draw more current when charging?


texts: Can I install apps bought on the Mac App Store on multiple computers?

texts:
If I buy an app on through the Mac App Store, can I install it on both of my Macs?

I use the same iTunes account on both of them.


texts: I noticed that for the past few days my MacBook Pro has been running the fan non-stop. I dont know if this is a problem, should I be worried? Is this something that I can solve on my own? Should I bring it into the Apple store?


texts: How to reinstall OSX from single user mode?

texts:
Running macOS High Sierra (iMac mid-2011 21.5 inch), stuck in boot-loop, white screen at Recovery and Internet Recovery.

I do not have access to another Mac nor USB boot.

I can boot in to SingleUserMode.

How do I reinstall macOS from SingleUserMode which may fix the problem?

I contacted Apple a few weeks ago and they suggested that it may be a hardware problem (they weren't specific as far as I remember, I can't find the conversation email) and suggested a local repair shop because they do not carry parts for old computers.

I ran diagnostic test and it says it is not a hardware problem. Then I asked a local repair shop: it is not the hardware.

Then I contacted apple again and told them it is not hardware problem, what can I do? They suggested going to a nearby technician (Apple authorized).

Not willing to spend money on it.


texts: Why is the GarageBand recording level greyed out and how to fix it?

texts: Has anyone who has experienced this problem found the actual answer to how to unlock the recording level settings?  Audio interface is set up correctly, system settings recognize and are set to the audio interface in both GarageBand and Mac system.  Thanks.


texts: having trouble with  macbook pro 2012 graphics problem it flickers when starting after the os loading os and also after putting my password. after login in it cant display videos and also display shakes on moving items like sound waves on the computer. am using mac os 10.10 . i have tired changing mac os but still the same problem ...i have tried recovery , i have tired control - command - r-p but still nothing have worked yet..please help me solve this please


texts:
I am new on Apple world. I have a MacBook Pro mid 2014. I have an issue and don't know how to solve it.

When I am at home and turn my Mac on, it tries to connect on the first free wifi network which is a low signal one. I want to force it and connect on my home network instead. Now, I do it manually by disconnecting and connecting to the right one.

Is there any solution?


texts: How to see all the open folders I have currently?

texts:
I have a folder icon in my icon list that opens my 'Downloads' folder.

The folder isn't visible on my screen after a while because I have other apps open and they get hidden under them.

How can I see all the folders I have currently open?  I usually just open another one and its a pain.


texts: How to view public Exchange calendars from iCal?

texts: In my company, people use shared Exchange calendars to organize their work. They see all the public calendars in Exchange after they login. Sadly, this doesn't work for me on Mac: after adding the Exchange account in System Preferences I see only my own Exchange calendar and none of the shared ones. I read here about using delegation, but I don't know what e-mail to type there, as others see these calendars just as "public". Any hints?


texts: AppleScript and Numbers: Copying from one spreadsheet to another?

texts:
I'm new to AppleScript, and I'm trying to find a way to use it to copy a value from one Numbers spreadsheet and paste it into another file.

The situation is that I've been using Numbers to run a personal budgeting spreadsheet, which has worked fine for many months. However, I've recently moved in with my partner, and so we've created another Numbers spreadsheet for joint costs (electricity bills, shopping trips etc). This joint file is shared between us, and so I can't set it up as an additional tab on my existing budgeting file.

I know that Numbers formulas cannot reference cells in other files, so I'm hoping I can use AppleScript to automate this instead. I'm trying to copy the current monthly balance from the joint file to my personal one. I've already used SUMIFS and a few date formulas to provide a monthly total in the joint file (so the value I want to 'export' will always be in the same cell), and I'll be able to create a specific cell to 'import' into on my personal file.

So my problem is simply getting AppleScript to copy a value is a given cell and paste it into another given cell in different file.

Is this possible?


texts: How can I screen share into a remote coworker's Mac?

texts:
I have a coworker who should do some testing on a Mac but is a Windows user who has no desire to learn the Mac. If I could just log in to his Mac, which is on a wireless network, and do his work for him I would be so much better off. I am about 2000 miles away from him, however and we are not on the same network (it's a small company).

So...is it possible to remotely take over his computer by enabling remote administration in Settings, without being on the same network?


texts: Yosemite not displaying external HDMI monitor at full resolution

texts: I have an HP Pavilion 22xi, which is 1920 x 1080, but my external display settings only go up to 1080p, even with the option click trick on the scaled button.


texts: iPhone 5s Phantom Photos Will Not Delete

texts: I  have about 14GB of space taken-up by photos that aren't there.  I've seen the date reset to delete recently deleted photos, however that does not work for me.  I do not want to reset my iPhone to fix this problem if I don't have to.


texts: How long does a login to "Find my Friends" persist?

texts: I understand the purpose of the login is to keep nefarious people who 'obtain' your phone from knowing the whereabouts to your friends.  Does anybody know how long the iPhone keeps the session open after you enter the password?  Is it even user-configurable the time-out period?


texts:
I just got my 4S yesterday (thanks AT&T for the early upgrade date!).  I've noticed two problems with Siri and I don't know any good methods to troubleshoot.

1) When I hold the phone up to my head from the home screen, Siri starts, beeps and etc.  When my wife holds the phone to her head, nothing happens.

2) I've tried to set "geofenced" reminders -- "When I leave here, remind me..." sort of stuff.  I've not yet actually gotten the reminder to trigger, even though Siri told me it was set.

I'm sure I'll run into further Siri issues as it becomes a bigger part of my life.

What I'm asking for is not specific answers to the problems listed above (though they would be cool).  I'm trying to get a better feel for generalize Siri troubleshooting techniques.


texts: Installing the Festival Speech Synthesis System with Mavericks

texts:
I am trying to install Festival onto my Macbook Pro running Mavericks. I tried installing it on my own, but that didn't work.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any up-to-date instructions out there on how to do this properly.  There are these dated instructions from 2007, and these slightly less dated instructions from 2011, but neither worked for me.

When I download the 4 different packages I need and then try to use the less dated instruction set, I run into this error (along with some other warnings) with GCC 4.9:

../include/EST_String.h:576:16: error: friend declaration specifying a default
      argument must be a definition
    friend int fcompare(const EST_String &a, const EST_String &b,
               ^
../include/EST_String.h:579:16: error: friend declaration specifying a default
      argument must be a definition
    friend int fcompare(const EST_String &a, const char *b,

So I go into the source code and change the declarations where it sets const unsigned char *table=NULL within the function call and remove the =NULL.  I then keep compiling and run into this error:

../include/EST_TIterator.h:292:7: error: no matching function for call to
      'begin'

Can someone provide a complete instruction set on how to install Festival onto a more recent version of OS X? I have Homebrew 0.9.5 if it helps.


texts: Will OS X ever install anything suspicious without my express permission?

texts:
I clicked a link (turned out to be Breitbart) that said "your Flash is not updated", despite the fact that I just installed it yesterday. The two choices were "Update" and "Ok". Strangely, there was no ability to simply dismiss the popup without clicking one of those buttons. I should have force quit Safari, but instead I clicked "Ok". Then it tried to download something! I immediately dragged it to the trash, but when I tried to empty the trash it said that file was in use! I don't recall clicking on it or giving it any instructions to open so I immediately pulled the plug on the computer. I was able to delete it once I restarted.

Three questions:

1) Why did the computer download software from a random site without being given permission?

2) Why did it say the file was in use when I very clearly did not open it up?

3) Can the Mac actually install this kind of garbage without my permission?


texts: Which Exchange Email apps for iPhone 5 allow advanced font and layout controls?

texts:
What I need in my Microsoft Exchange 2010 mail client:

send e-mails in the text font I want
send e-mails with my HTML signature
reply to e-mails without unformatting the e-mail being replied to
having the sent e-mail look just as it was sent by Microsoft Outlook itself
no artifacts like having the replied e-mail sent as an HTML attachment

Coming from an Android, I had this with Touchdown.

What do you recommend for iPhone 5? What's the best, well integrated with the device, Exchange 2010 mail client?


texts: dyld: Library not loaded, even though path is specified in Makefile

texts:
I have a Fortran program which I run on my macOS 10.12.6. The code is compiled using a Makefile, in which all the libraries included have their path included as well. For one of the libraries (and only one) my executable can't seem to be able to find it. My code compiles correctly but I get this runtime error at the beginning of the program:

dyld: Library not loaded: libslatec.so
  Referenced from: path_to_PWD/exe/executable
  Reason: image not found

Here's how I am adding my library:

LIB_SLATEC = -L$(HOME)/usr/lib/slatec/lib -lslatec

If I do ls $HOME/usr/lib/slatec/lib I get: libslatec.so.

Running otool -L path_to_exe | grep slatec I get: libslatec.so (compatibility version 0.0.0, current version 0.0.0). I see that there is no path specified there. If I copy the library into my $PWD the code runs as expected. I have also tried adding the library path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH but that did not change anything.

Any idea what the problem is?


texts:
I have Time Capsule of the 1st generation (the flat one) wherein I changed the hard drive for one with 3TB capacity. This was 2 years ago. Now, the time having passed, I don't have any information regarding the hard disk I put into my Time Capsule and I would like to know exact, specific type of hard drive that resides therein.
I tried using Disk Utility but it won't display any information regarding Time Capsule. I also tried Airport Utility but I could not find any information regarding the hard drive type and manufacturer.
Would should I do?
Thanks in advance.


texts: iPad randomly restarts every few minutes

texts:
Starting from a few days ago, my iPad mini(1st gen) was restarting every 3-5 minutes. I tried to normally restore, then recovery mode restore, and today DFU restore mode. None of these methods worked. My warranty is already expired, so I cannot bring it into an Apple store. How do I fix this problem?

EDIT: I jailbroke my iPad today, hoping to find a solution to the problem in Cydia. When I was downloading a tweak, the "restart springboard" after downloading would restart my device. Could there be a problem with springboard?

EDIT 2: I realized that it would have a period of time that it wouldn't autorestart(usually 2-3 hours), then restart approx every 30secs-2mins.


texts: How can I get all photos in PhotoStream on my iPhone?

texts: I recently had to completely reset my iPhone, and now the only photos present in PhotoStream on my phone are the ones that have been added to my PhotoStream account after the reset. How can I force my phone to re-sync all the previous photos as well?


texts: Xcode on a classroom image asks students for admin password

texts:
I'm teaching a college class, and IT has installed Xcode on the image for the iMacs in the classroom/lab. In theory we should be good to go.

However, when running a project or playground, there are multiple dialog boxes that pop up asking the students for admin passwords. Here is a screenshot of one of the dialogs from a student:

An administrator was present during the first class to enter these for students, and he and I had tested that future logins on the same machine by a different user should no longer prompt the request for this information. However, students are continuing to report that they are running into these dialogs intermittently. I need to resolve this problem to ensure students can complete their coursework.

Is there a way to install Xcode on an image such that it doesn't perpetually ask users for an admin password?


texts: Would it be security risk to not upgrade to Sierra?

texts:
Due to not getting Sierra upgrade work, I'm using El Capitan.

Could this pose security risk due to El Capitan already too old to get updates?


texts: How do I log in to my Game Center with nickname?

texts:
I created an account some time ago and I could sign in through a username. I have the correct password and username but it took me a few tries to remember. The account got locked and it tells me to go to the Apple ID website to recover the account. I have to type in my Apple ID but I cannot because the username isn't an Apple ID.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: Automator apps as Login Items not working

texts:
I have two automator built applications which I want to run when a user logs in. I tried adding them to the Login Items of the user. But when I log that user in, both automator apps fail to run.

If I run the apps by double clicking them they both work just fine.
If I add just one of the apps (tried this with both) to the Login Items, they run successfully on the user logging in.

Looking at the Activity Monitor after  logging in with both set in Login Items I can see that both apps have been started and appear in the list. As both the apps are designed to perform a maintenance function and then exit they should not be there.

Also present in the list of running apps is "Automator Launcher". If I kill this app, then both of my apps run and exit as normal.

When just running a single app on login the "Automator Launcher" does not appear in the list.

My current guess is that running two apps at the same time is causing the Automator Launcher to hang and thereby also hanging the apps.

Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Stream music from iPhone to another phone over Bluetooth

texts:
Can you send music data from your iPhone to Android with Bluetooth? I've got an Android Phone plug on my stereo and I want to use my iPhone to play music on it.

Is it possible?


texts: Macbook 15" showing green distorted logo and wont start

texts: I have macbook pro 15" (late 2011). Its showing a distorted green logo and loading bar on starting. Its taking around 10 min then showing just white screen. I tried resetting pram, but its still the same. What might be the issue ? How to fix ?


texts: Photos app single library with Sierra and High Sierra

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I have two Macbooks, one is running High Sierra, and one is running Sierra. My problem is, that I cannot open my Photos library with Sierra since I've opened it with High Sierra, it says that I need to update my Photos app.

Is there a way to update this app without changing the OS?


texts: Is it okay to run two instances of SuperDuper! at once?

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It's quite easy to start two instances of any app from the command line. In this case:

open -n /Applications/SuperDuper\!.app

However, I know that this isn't always a good idea because most applications are not meant to share resources with themselves. I was hoping to back up two different drives with SuperDuper! (a hard drive cloning application) at the same time. I was wondering if this is safe.


texts: Is there anything similar to Bitlocker/Veracrypt for Mac besides Filevault?

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My objective is to prevent someone from logging in my Mac via bruteforce or using some deep underground security vulnerabilities that's not disclosed to the general public. With my Windows PC, I was able to setup Veracrypt where I have to type an initial password when I turn my PC on then I have to type a 2nd password just to login.
With Mac, I already have Filevault and firmware password turned on. Is there a way I can have my mac ask for an initial password similar to veracrypt to decrease my chances of someone bypassing my Mac's login screen? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to get Wi-Fi/LAN working in Recovery Mode?

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I want to reinstall macOS on my MacBook. But when it says "To download and restore macOS, your computer's eligibility will be verified with Apple" it doesn't proceed though I have pressed Continue.

Then I realized that the Mac isn't connected to any Wi-Fi network. Attaching an Ethernet cable doesn't work either.

What can I do now? I have no backup. I need to either restore or proceed installation.


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When we create 'new folder' in finder it will automatically named 'untitled folder'.

Is it possible to change that default folder name to current date name,
for example "20151223"?


texts: Is there a way to close all ports using iOS

texts: Is the a way I can block the use of all apple devices in my network either thru router or my fing box specifically iphone and apple watch


texts: Completely deleting an app from my iPhone to download a clean copy

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I'm trying to delete the Firstrade (financial brokerage) app from my iPhone 8 (iOS 12.3.1) so that I can re-purchase it cleanly from the App Store.

I believe the app I originally purchased was somehow corrupted during original download. The app works on my iPad but does not start on my iPhone, only flashes the splash screen.

How do I get rid of the suspected corrupted copy and download a clean copy of the app? After I delete the the app from my device by going to Settings app → General → iPhone Storage → Firstrade: Trade, Invest, Save, the App Store always shows it with a down-arrow-cloud.

Does anyone know of a way to completely and fully delete this (any) app?


texts: Easy way to toggle some settings on iPhone

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If you jailbreak iOS, there is an app that gives you quick access to toggle settings such as wifi, 3g, data, location... by just swiping the top bar.

Is there a similar solution without jailbreaking? an app or a setting?

I have iPhone 4S, iOS5


texts: Breaking pdf to various images, compress, and recombine

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I want to save each page of a PDF file as separate image, compress them, and recombine back as PDF.

Some PDF files I often use are strangely large in size.
I mean, some 100 pages but some 200M.
I suspect this is because some PDF files are saved in graphic manner of too high resolution or in a way not properly compressed.
The fact that files having similar condition, in terms of resolution and legibility, have often smaller size, make me wonder there is still room of compression.
(I have no knowledge in image processing, so this is just my feeling.)

My plan is as follows.
I ask of 1 and 3, and it is desirable that I can do all of these on command line, so that I can write a wrapping script myself, which shall be easy matter.
Screenshot does 1, and Preview can do 3, but it is not clear whether they can be done with CLI.

Save each page of the PDF as image.
Filter each image.
I do not ask for this part, since image processing tools are abundant.
I can explore appropriate filters myself.
In terms of legibility, I find it reduces file size if the image is turned black and white.
Recombine these images

If you have totally different ways to compress a PDF, you are also welcomed.
Perhaps there is somebody who have wrapped the whole process, and I need not reinvent the wheel.


texts: My LED light on my MacBook Pro flashes off for about 0.1 second then turns back on and will flash off again for the same amount of time while I'm using Skype.  Is someone spying on my camera?


texts: How to create input language (e.g. english) with different input keyboard (e.g. Danish)

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I use onenote on OSX and it uses the input language as proofing language so I have two input langauges (English and Danish) however I use both langauges with a Danish hardware keyboard. Any possibility to tweak the English input language to use Danish HW keyboard?

(I know this is possible on Windows but I cannot find the option to do it on OSX)


texts: Does iOS's native image editor lose image quality?

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I used to use my iPad to crop JPEG's from camera roll, and auto enhance them, etc.

It occurred to me that since the photos from iOS's camera app are JPEGs, it would be hard to edit them without losing quality. Is that the case?

How much quality loss is there when editing photos in the native iOS app?