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I occasionally leave my Mac mini on but with its screens off, the way my power settings is  set.. the Mac should go into sleep mode after 15 minutes of inactivity.

I noticed tonight that this did not happen, and randomly an hour later the Macs fan started to spin up aggressively for a very brief period (5 seconds).

Could anyone tell me what this could be? Or is there a log that I can go through to see what was happening?

EDIT (as suggest by @AnonymousAppDev)

    23/01/2014 01:30:46 GMT
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   PreventDiskIdle                0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   InteractivePushServiceTask     0
   PreventSystemSleep             1
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 182(coreaudiod): [0x000000010000178c] 00:00:57 NoIdleSleepAssertion named: "com.apple.audio.'AppleUSBAudioEngine:Bose Corporation:Bose USB Audio:14200000:1'.noidlesleep"
   pid 1063(VLC): [0x000000010000178d] 00:00:57 NoIdleSleepAssertion named: "VLC media playback"
   pid 72(hidd): [0x0000000a0000178f] 00:00:43 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 557 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 1264(screensharingd): [0x000000080000175c] 00:02:50 PreventSystemSleep named: "Remote user is connected"
Kernel Assertions: 0x10c=USB,BT-HID,MAGICWAKE
   id=500  level=255 0x4=USB mod=22/01/2014 20:59 description=XHC1 owner=AppleUSBXHCI
   id=502  level=255 0x4=USB mod=22/01/2014 20:54 description=EHC1 owner=AppleUSBEHCI
   id=504  level=255 0x8=BT-HID mod=01/01/1970 01:00 description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=BNBMouseDevice
   id=505  level=255 0x100=MAGICWAKE mod=23/01/2014 01:41 description=en0 owner=en0

I suspect it has something to di with either VLC or my USB Speakers?


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I would like to have my web apps show in Launchpad. Is there a way to do this?

I search for something like this but only found one solution, and this is a program not available in the App Store. I think there is more than one solution.


texts: Change default alert sound from terminal in Mac OSX

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The version of Mac OS X being used is 10.8.5.

When I click the back button on an empty terminal windows if give a alert sound which is the 'Funk' sound in the System Preferences -> Sound -> Sound Effects

I tried going to the Terminal Preferences -> Settings -> Advanced where there is a checkbox for turning the Audible/Visual Bell but not change the audible bell.

Can this sound be changed to anything else in the Sound Effects list like Submarine, Tink etc.


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I am trying to run copyq menu which is opening the menu context. This supposed to worked, but I got copyq command not found and struck at this step.
I had tried putting the /Users/myname/.bash_profile but it does not work.
I also had tried do shell script "copyq menu" command not found either

The ultimate goal I wants is I am be able to use shortcut to call copyq menu

OSX: 10.13.4
CopyQ Clipboard Manager v3.4.0 (hluk@email.cz)
Built with: Qt 5.10.1

Question
How to get copyq menu runs by shortcut?


texts: Upgrade to Mavericks wipes out Python site-packages directory?

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As the subject suggests, I recently upgraded to OSX Mavericks, and...

$ ls /Library/Python/*/site-packages/
/Library/Python/2.3/site-packages/:
Extras.pth README

/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/:
README

/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/:
README

/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/:
README

I had a bunch of modules installed there, mostly Django stuff and dependencies thereof under 2.7, and now it seems to all be... just gone. And no, the READMEs don't say anything helpful.

So, questions:

Has anyone else seen this? I can't find any other mentions of it online, so... maybe there's something else going on?
Any suggestions for things I should do or investigate before I just start re-installing it all while cursing quietly to myself?


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I have a filevault2 disk with two partition. One is the boot partition, the other contains data, both are encrypted.

Today, after installing the latest 10.8 update (10.8.4 I guess), the computer reboots, asks for the user password at EFI (filevault2) and starts in verbose mode as usual.

Unfortunately, the boots hangs with a line:

  CoreStorageFamily::unlockVEKs() failed to unwrap the vek, status = e00002bc

I can boot in single user mode and execute fsck_cs. The drive appears undamaged (so says fsck_cs) but again, the error message about the-said VEKs is printed on the screen. The second partition, the one that contains the data is the one causing the issue.

What can I do to get back my precious data ?

EDIT: It appears both volumes can be mounted as external disk from an other MAC computer. So, what's with the VEK preventing the system to boot ?


texts: iCloud Disassociation for a Mac Computer

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I had a Mid-2012 MacBook Pro that recently stopped booting. I narrowed this down based on troubleshooting of the boot device to likely the SATA/hard drive connector/cable no longer working for whatever reason.

I have decided to sell the system. I'd like to know if I remove the hard drive (or in this case, an after-market SSD I've installed) from the system, will there be any other data (i.e. iCloud data) stored on the system on any other chip that I can reset in any way? I plan to reset the SMC/NVRAM before I sell the system off of to someone else.

Additionally, if I remove the hard drive, is the system still associated to iCloud (specifically Find My Mac) or any other service? If so, how do I disassociate it? The system will no longer boot even if I put in my boot device.

Thanks!


texts: Karabiner: screen flashes when I hit shift-ctrl-opt-cmd-W

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I use Karabiner to map my capslock key to a "hyper" key, namely the combination of buckybits in the title, which I map to "word wrap" in a few applications.  This key works fine, but as a side effect, the whole screen flashes white, as if I had the "screen flash" accessibility setting enabled, or as if I had taken a screenshot (no screenshot appears to have been taken though).  It's just this one key combination that triggers the flash, no matter where I hit it (ie. the effect is global).

I'm very well aware of other questions here where the issue was due to just that, the Preferences > Accessibility > Audio > Flash the screen (etc) being enabled, but I've verified that it's not enabled.  It does appear related to Karabiner itself, because the effect stops when I quit Karabiner.  I've searched through my Karabiner config however, and found nothing that would produce this behavior.

So the question is, where is this screen flash behavior coming from?  It seems a harmless effect, but I'm curious nonetheless.


texts: How to set up an iPhone or iPad to act as an Apple TV (4K) remote?

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I can't find the Apple TV (4K) remote, and tried to set up my iPhone or iPad as the remote.  But the Apple TV was on a different Wifi router before, and the iPhone and iPad remote app turned the wheel repeatedly and can't find the Apple TV device.

Is there any way to make it work?  Such as moving the iPhone or iPad 2 feet away from my Apple TV and have them "hooked up"?  I guess one possibility was if that Apple TV sent a token to iCloud for my account long before, and can let me download that token to my remote app to authenticate it is the same user trying to use the remote functionality but I guess such functionality is not there (yet)?  Is there any method at all?

A side note is, if a new remote needs to be purchased, I supposed it can still hook up to my existing Apple TV (4K), or else there really is no point in selling a remote by itself?


texts: Magic Mouse Left-Click Intermittently Doesn't Work Sometimes in Chrome

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I'm running macOS Sierra. Lately, my left mouse click intermittently doesn't work in Chrome. I'll. I have to click a few times for the click to register.

It's worst on the Magic Mouse, but also happens on the Magic Mouse 1.

I tried the following:

Restarting
Cleaning surfaces of Mouse
Reset PRAM
Re-pairing the Mouse
Make sure batteries are fully charged

At first I didn't know if it was the mouse, OS, or a specific app. Now I am relatively sure that the problem exists in Chrome.

Does anyone know what might be causing this and how to fix it?


texts: FTDI USB device not removed after unplugging

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I have an FTDI USB adapter for loading software onto Arduino's, but it comes with a slight problem. 90% of the time when I unplug the USB cable, the device is not removed as a USB device. It remains listed under System Information > USB > USB 3.0 Bus. This does not seem like a problem at first, but the USB port is not usable anymore. So I use the other USB port on my MacBook. Same thing happens and so both USB ports are useless. After a reboot, I can start over.

Not a big problem, but I really hate to reboot every hour or so. Is there a better way to "remove" / eject the device?


texts: iPhone - what does each number of rings mean?

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Let's say someone blocked your number one week ago. When you tried calling them you'd get one ring and it goes straight to voicemail... or no rings and it goes straight to voicemail.

A week later you call and you get two long rings before it goes to voicemail. Does that mean they unblocked your number?


texts: Reconnect to network drive on connection to network

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I have a NAS and I connect to it as a network drive, however when I leave the house with the MacBook Pro and come back I have to manually remember to reconnect to the network drive. Is there anyway to do this automatically?

ControlPlane is not a solution as it currently has problems with macOS Sierra.

System version: macOS Sierra 10.12.5


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I have a MacPro 2010, still going strong. Given the need to access online web conferences, I've been using an iPad. I’d like to plug a phone via USB and somehow have it recognised as the mic/video input.

Yosemite on the Mac
iOS 13 on the iPhone 8+

Is there any way to use the iPhone to function as a web-cam?

Edit: Given the current events, webcams appear to be out of stock. This was the reason for this question. Meanwhile, I've recommissioned an old MacBook that had been replace when the kid went off to college.


texts: I dismissed "For You" in iTunes 12.2 for Mac, How do I get it back?

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Context

OS X 10.10.4 (14E46)
iTunes 12.2.0.145

Question

I just installed iTunes 12.2 for OS X, the first version of iTunes with new Apple Music features.

After installing (which went perfectly smoothly AFAICT), I launched the new iTunes (with the new white icon). There was a new tab in the top center called For You. I clicked on this tab, and was shown a screen with a lot of exciting For You content. Then I clicked a text link on this page that said Go to My Music.

I was taken back to the My Music tab, and the For You tab disappeared entirely. I didn't expect that For You would completely disappear if I clicked that text link. I'd like to get the For You tab back.

I've searched thru the iTunes main menu, and thru the iTunes (modal) Preferences window, and thru my iTunes Account Info page in vain. I cannot find any way to reinstate the For You tab. How can I get the For You tab back?


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Is it possible to change the Support URL for an App at any given time, even during App Review or after it has been approved without having to upload a new version or binary?

I saw this link, iTunes Connect App Properties, it says Editable: Unlocked for Support Url, not sure what that means though.  But I would assume it means I can change the Support URL at any given time.


texts: my Apple ID is ...@mac.com -- can I use it with iCloud?

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When .Mac first came out I signed up for trial and got "myname"@mac.com

I never did subscribe to .Mac or MobileMe, but it appears I still "own" that email address because I just logged into iCloud with with "myname"@mac.com as my Apple ID.

Is there a way for me to use/send/receive mail with that email address?  When I try to set up iCloud/Mail with this email address it doesn't seem to take it.

Any ideas?


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In the process of upgrading to a new SSD in my iMac 2017 Catalina. After setting everything up using Disk Utility, it is asking if I want to restore from “iMacintosh HD” or “Macintosh HD - Data”  I read here of someone having a similar question but his situation was slightly different. I simply want to clone my existing startup disk so I can swap out the old drive with the new one. Can anyone guide me through this?
Many thanks in advance.
-JJ


texts: iMac login screen has inverted colours for 20s before flipping back to normal, what might be causing this?

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On a three year old iMac, whenever the iMac wakes from sleep, the screen is always inverted (think 'coloured negative filter'), this lasts for a 20 seconds or so and then the colours go back to normal.
This never used to happen and I am worried that something is about to fail.
Anyone else have this and know what causes it?
.

iMac 27"
5K 2017
3.5GHz i5
10.14.6 Mojave


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2009 MacBook running OS X 10.7.5,
2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo,
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3.
92.13 GB free out of 499.25 GB.

Logging in takes a couple minutes, opening applications takes anywhere between 5-30 seconds. What can I do to speed it up just like when it was new?


texts: macOS Big Sur Terminal command 'open' behaviour changed and I don't know how to get back to how it was in Catalina

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I updated my macOS to Big Sur 11.0.1 and it seems that they changed the way open command or rather launch services are acting in this version.
I have different versions/releases of my software on my machine in separate folders. Name of my .app is some-app.app (example). If I run this app with open some-app.app then this works perfectly fine and runs my application.
Now if I navigate my Terminal to a different folder with the same .app name and I try to use same command it is actually going to bring up the existing one already running. This is incorrect as this is 2 different instances of app.
I tried renaming one of them thinking this might have something to do with it but no luck, it still brings up already open application.
Please note that I have also checked the process COMMAND by using ps aux and the command of the first app is clearly pointing to correct folder and correct name - which is different then the second instance that I'm trying to run.
I'm also aware of the fact that I could run my app from Contents/MacOS folder inside the package but that is not the solution I am looking for.
Any ideas what could have changed from Catalina that this is happening?


texts: How do I change Mission Control shortcuts from the command line?

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I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. I have a pretty typical Mac OS provisioning script:

https://gist.github.com/ryanpcmcquen/b2e608311f286a4ab3e1

I would like to change the Mission control shortcuts to all be Ctrl+Alt+... instead of Ctrl+.... For example, the default is: Ctrl+Up to activate Mission Control. I would like to change this to Ctrl+Alt+Up, because the current shortcut conflicts with other programs I use.

Note that I am already aware of how to do this through System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, I am looking for a scriptable, command line solution.

EDIT:
Thanks to @user3439894 I went through and made a script to change all the plist keys to what I want them to be. The only issue is, it does not work.  :-(

Here is what I have so far:

#!/bin/bash
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 32 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 126, 2883584); type = standard; }; }"
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 33 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 125, 2883584); type = standard; }; }"
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 34 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 126, 3014656); type = standard; }; }"
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 35 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 125, 3014656); type = standard; }; }"
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 79 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 123, 2883584); type = standard; }; }"
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 80 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 123, 3014656); type = standard; }; }"
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 81 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 124, 2883584); type = standard; }; }"
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add 82 "{enabled = 1; value = { parameters = (65535, 124, 3014656); type = standard; }; }"
chown -Rf `whoami` ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist;
defaults read com.apple.symbolichotkeys


texts: iPhone - How to set up not requiring passcode if recently closed

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I have an iPhone with iOS 8. Is there a way to setup my phone where it doesn't require a passcode to unlock if it has been closed in the last 5 (or some amount) minutes?

I know that my computer has a 15min feature.

Thanks


texts: Option + arrow left/right moves window rather than moving caret

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Normally, I would expect that when I hit option plus left arrow or right arrow the cursor (caret) would move back/forward one word. And if I hold shift I would expect to easily highlight the words as I move along. In fact there are questions that mention this behavior (How to use Ctrl+left/Ctrl+Right (instead of Alt+left/Alt+right) to move to the previous/next word)

The current behavior I have observed is that instead of moving the caret the width of the window is adjusted by maybe 50-100 pixels smaller or bigger by moving the right side of the window.

How can I get the functionality I expect?

Version:
OS X El Capitan
10.11.6

EDIT:
I've also noticed now that command + left/right seems to switch windows rather than going to the start/end of the line. I would like this to be changed back as well.


texts: Why is Time Machine showing a "Preparing disk for decryption" progress bar?

texts: I had an existing USB drive which was already encrypted (at the file-system level) and then I opened Time Machine and also selected "Encrypt backups" when choosing the disk and now I have a very slow progress bar showing "Preparing disk for decryption". I can't cancel it. Why would it be decrypting anything?


texts: Bluetooth Speakers are waking up my MacBook

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I have the Microlab H20 stereo speakers for my MacBook Air and it is connected via Bluetooth.
I noticed that when speakers are connected it’s making Mac to wake up from sleep.
This is causing the batteries of magic mouse and keyboard to drain.
How could I stop this?
In settings allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer is on and I need it to wake mac with mouse or keyboard.


texts: Move Time Machine backup from local disk to Airport Extreme disk and share with others

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I recently picked up a Drobo for storage and light backup, and want to clear the 1TB Western Digital external drive I have off my desk. I would like to still use Time Machine, but possibly off a share from my Airport Extreme, so my wife can use it on her laptop too.

This disk currently has been running Time Machine locally for my iMac. If I move the disk to the extreme, and tell Time Machine to use it - will it just start off from where its at, or will it have to do an entire new full backup and start over again?

And with that, can you have multiple machines backing up to the same disk shared through an Airport? Or should I partition it for the different machines using it?


texts: Sharing mac clipboard with vim inside terminal

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I use vim inside terminal and trying to share the mac clipboard with vim.

Compiled vim with xterm_clipboard support and installed XQuartz.

MacBook-Air:web-ui nagakirank$ vim --version | grep xterm_clipboard
+xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save

Nagas-MacBook-Air:web-ui nagakirank$ echo $DISPLAY
/tmp/launch-ltuLWk/org.macosforge.xquartz:0

But,am not able to get Mac clipboard content inside vim using "+" register "+y.

Now,clueless on why it's not working..Need pointers on how to debug this?


texts: How to run httpd on macOS without Apache

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I'm trying to build a BCHS application. I do have a remote server running OpenBSD, but the network latency is killing me, so I decided to develop on my MacBook Air and deploy to the OpenBSD server later.

I haven't installed Apache yet (and don't think I'll need it), but httpd seems to be a built-in utility of macOS.

~
❯ httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.28 (Unix)
Server built:   Oct  9 2017 19:54:20

I tried to start httpd with the following methods, but they didn't work:

❯ launchctl enable httpd
Unrecognized target specifier. <service-target> takes a form of <domain-target>/<service-id>.
Please refer to `man launchctl` for explanation of the <domain-target> specifiers.
Usage: launchctl enable <service-target>

~
❯ launchctl start httpd

~
❯ launchctl list | grep httpd

~
❯ httpd
(13)Permission denied: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(13)Permission denied: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
AH00015: Unable to open logs

TL;DR

I want to launch httpd as a daemon. How do I do that?


texts: MacBook Pro: Erratic Trackpad behavior when an external 3.5" drive is connected

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When I plug my external 3.5" hard drive into my 13" 2016 MacBook Pro, the Trackpad becomes very erratic and difficult to use. The drive is housed in a powered enclosure (brand Integral). Other external drives don't do this (2.5" without external power). Otherwise the MacBook functions normally, Bluetooth mouse works fine, the keyboard works fine.

I suspect this has something to do with the drive being powered externally. What could be causing this? And is it dangerous for the computer (or me)?

Edit: the drive won't mount when the MacBook is connected to external power. If I plug in the MacBook, the drive immediately ejects.


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When running top in terminal, I can't find a way to scroll down to view all running processes (save for resizing the window, but even then I can't display all). I tried setting and using the page down key command in the preferences, but that didn't work.

Anyone know how to scroll down in the list of processes in top?


texts: What's the difference between "Empty Trash" and "Secure Empty Trash"

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I suddenly notice an option called Secure Empty Trash. While Empty Trash is normally gotten by pressing Right Click on the Trash icon, for Secure Empty Trash, we have to only press Command button at that time.

I also notice that with Secure Empty Trash the System takes longer to empty the trash than normally. Why is that? What's the difference between them? And when should i use "Secure Empty Trash"?


texts: Can user accounts be managed via the command line?

texts: Is there any way to add, remove, or modify user accounts via the command line? I'm not talking about an account for a system process or daemon, I mean is there any way to add a user account, change, user real names, icons, FileVault protection, Admin/normal/limited user status, and basically do everything else that can be done in the System Preferences Users preference pane, but via some command line utility?


texts: Can someone on my network access my Aperture app and how do I prevent it?

texts: I am on a network at an office I am visiting.  I opened my Aperture app and plugged in my camera to import some photos.  When I hit import the tab opened showing my camera and another computer on the same network.  Is someone else accessing my Aperture and how can I prevent that?


texts: Open applications in the background in OS X, I don't want my focus taken from me. Respect my Focus!

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I'm running El Capitan 10.11.4 on a 2014 Mac Mini.

I'm often running 10-14 apps at one time as I work writing reports, word/excel/Adobe/Safari/iTunes/calendar/etc...

Frequently I want to open another app, I want it to open in the background and go back to word/excel and keep working, but the launching app takes away my focus, sometimes 2 or 3 times. once for the splash screen, once for the open dialogue window, and again after I click 'new document'.

Another situation, I update an app in the background, like 1Password (beta) and every step it takes my focus back to the app being updated.

Is there anything I can do with Unix/Terminal, etc. to force all app activity to be done in the background, or to keep OS to respect my focus?


texts: If I sign up for the 3 free months of Apple Music, do I keep Match-ed songs when the trial ends?

texts: If I sign up for the Apple Music free trial (which now includes audio fingerprinting iTunes Match), will I keep my (DRM-free but watermarked) Matched music when the trial ends?


texts: Apple Watch Series 3 with Cellular not receiving phone calls

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I think I have a problem with my Apple Watch 3 with cellular. I have set it up with my carrier to use mobile data when away from my iPhone, but even though I’ve followed the setup steps ok, and my carrier says it’s all setup and working, it doesn’t seem to be working! :(

This is how I’ve tested it-

Using another phone I dial my cell number and my iPhone rings.
I then place my iPhone into Aeroplane Mode and dial my cell number again, but this time it goes straight to my iPhone voicemail message.

This confirms my iPhone is off, but shouldn’t the call now automatically come through to my Apple Watch first before it’d go to voicemail?

I’ve gone through the steps and I don’t think I’m missing anything. And yes, Mobile Data is enabled on my Apple Watch.

How can I fix this? Or is my Apple Watch faulty?


texts: Does Catalina device sync log what it's doing?

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Before Catalina, iTunes device sync showed a high-level idea of what it was doing to my ipod, ipad, or iphone. Now sync only seems to show a progress circle in Finder. Is there any more information available?

EDIT: Catalina 10.15.4 seems to have added simple progress messages to the Finder sync window, and less informative messages to the Music app. However the answer(s) here may still be useful.


texts: How can I get the recipient’s Gmail iOS app to show my Google account’s avatar?

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When I added my avatar to:

https://aboutme.google.com/u/2/

it started showing up on mail.google.com. When I signed up for Google+, it started showing up on inbox.google.com. But in the Gmail iOS app, it shows up as a solid-color circle with the first letter of my email address.


texts: How can I get rid of duplicate Sent, Draft, and Trash folders in my IMAP accounts?

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I use several IMAP accounts for e-mail, and, except for iCloud, all of them show duplicate folders for Sent, Trash, and Draft mailboxes:

These duplicate folders are (generally) always empty, and seem to have no special status (e.g. the absence of the special icons used in OS X or iOS Mail):

But there seems to be nothing I can do to get rid of them. Is there a way to delete these folders or configure my IMAP accounts so that I at least don't have to see them in my iOS and OS X Mail clients?

Addendum: Here's what the folders look like through the hosts webmail interface:


texts: Did Mavericks change the Mac's color profiles?

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I just updated to Mavericks and noticed that the Skype icon in my dock is a deeper blue than it was before, and it looks like there's more contrast in general. Did the new version of OS X modify the color profiles?

I do web design work, so color accuracy is pretty important for me. I got used to the old colors, so this change might be problematic for me.

Did OS X change the color profiles? Is there a way to turn them back?


texts: How can I convert a Mac locale file to something human readable?

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I'd like to see what's in the LC_CTYPE files in /usr/share/locale/*, but they are binary files. Is there a tool that will make a human readable version, or a specification of their format somewhere?

I'm mostly interested in seeing what each locale puts in the various POSIX named character classes.

I would have liked to tag this "locale", but apparently that tag doesn't exist and I don't have the rep for it.


texts: Command line program to show contents of memory location?

texts: I want to inspect memory. In Linux I can probably just browse through /dev/mem, but how to view system memory at a specific location on the Mac though?


texts: I want to sign into a different App Store account but keep the same Account in FaceTime

texts: If I Sign out of the Apple App Store, will it sign out of my Facetime too?


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I am trying to transfer some christmas photos from my iPhone to my Mac via airdrop but after the photos are downloaded on my Mac, around 80% of them are transferring as damaged or corrupt files and unable to be opened with any application (I tried different programs).
Its a new iPhone 12 and all the best quality photos (particularly the portrait mode ones) are crashing, whereas videos are fine.
I'm not able to connect it with a manual cable to use Photos or iTunes because the 12 has the new cable which doesn't fit into my Macbook air. I can't wirelessly sync it to iTunes either as the sync option is just greyed out.
If anyone has any advice on how to refresh airdrop, Mac or the phone so that it transfers the photos smoothly it would be great help.
Thank you and happy holidays!


texts: Alfred extension or equivalent that brings a single window to the forefront

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Right now, if I want to switch to a Sublime Text 2 window open to a "project" called foo, I can do option+space, type Sub hit enter and then hit cmd+` repeatedly until I arrive at the window I want.

Is there any way to manipulate this in Alfred, or using any other shortcut so that I can simply type the name of an open window to switch to?

I tried writing an AppleScript, but once I got part of the way done, I realized there is no way for me to communicate this list back to Alfred to make a selection:

on alfred_script(q)
    tell application "System Events"
        set procs to processes
        set windowTitles to {}
        repeat with proc in procs
            try
                if exists (window 1 of proc) then
                    repeat with w in windows of proc
                        if w's title is not "" then
                            set titlename to proc's name & " — " & w's title as Unicode text

                            if q is in titlename is not false
                                copy titlename to the end of windowTitles
                            end if
                        end if
                    end repeat
                end if
            end try -- ignore errors
        end repeat
    end tell
    return windowTitles
end alfred_script


texts: Finder drops connection to server / network attached storage

texts:
I am trying to transfer data that takes days to complete and would like to have a permanent connection to my Network Attached Storage device. I can open finder, then go--> connect to server in order to connect to my network attached storage. However, if I return to my computer and there is a login screen, the connection has been dropped. I would like for the data transfer to continue even while I am logged out, and for the disk to be remounted even if the network connection is temporarily dropped.

I have enabled the connection as a login item as described in https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/20667/1942, but it still doesn't automatically mount the device. An answer to another question, https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/210960/1942, suggests writing an AppleScript to automate this, referencing a blog post from 2008 (>10y ago).

What are my options for automating the mounting in 2019?

I have a MacBook Pro + macOS Mojave 10.14.3


texts: Did iTunes 12.7 drop support for older iPods like 2nd Gen iPod Nano?

texts:
I suddenly am unable to connect to my 2nd Gen iPod Nano via iTunes.

Did they drop support for older iPods in iTunes 12.7?


texts: Is there a File explorer/Finder like tool for mac os, which can sort folders by name?

texts:
I couldn't figure it out how to sort folders by "name" in Finder. Now I know, that it's not possible. At least, according to what I think of, when I say sort by name. So I guess I need another tool.

  Substrings of digits are sorted according to their numeric value, as
  opposed to sorting the actual characters in the number.

Documentation

My task is, to go trough hundreds of folders alphabetically, and look at an image within each folder, and check for errors.

My workflow currently is:

Copy the output of ls -la into excel
get the folder names
copy each row one by one into finder's search box
check the contents of the folder
I have a "notes" column in excel, where I can write my results

This is very tedious.

I would like to get the same sorting logic, as within in terminal.

Here are some sample folder names:

ls -la

...

0629e7bc-8110-4db9-aaa9-b67b0b73743d
06a409e1-98c6-4bf4-afa4-c814f7899d82
0a3a5c12-e459-4aa0-b9cb-30b544013215
0c14581f-31d8-4961-a14f-11afc40e47f9
0fe8970c-6338-46ca-bc16-f7867b271480
129855c4-7dbe-4a9f-a100-28b1d3d02340
1522e288-8a81-4298-aefc-f334cb088a53
180d430b-76f9-401f-845a-cb395bc1eba0
1a01a936-bedf-4758-971a-d4886ee8d281

Could you recommend a tool, which can sort folders by name, alphabetically?
I've tried Commander One, but sadly, it's using the same logic as Finder.


texts: How do I backup an external HDD using TimeMachine?

texts:
I have used Time Machine for years to backup my main HDD, but I would like to back up an external drive at the same time. Normally you would remove an external drive from the Exclude list in Time Machine Options to have it backed up, I have done so but Time Machine still ignores this drive.

How do I get Time Machine to include this external drive in its backup?


texts: Connecting to remote MAC via SSH tunnelling over VPN

texts:
From my laptop, I am trying to open remote desktop in server2:

This is how it looks like:

my-mac-laptop -> vpn. ---> server1(redhat)  ->  server2(mac-server)
                           <----------same network--------------->

Here, I can't access server2 directly. I have to connect to server1 via VPN. And from server1 I can access server2(mac-server).

I have already enabled Remote Login and Remote Management in the server2(mac-server).

Followed to that, I am attempting to port forward the remote desktop ports with the following command:

ssh -L 5900:server2-ip-address:5900 user@server1

My understanding has been this will tunnel all the remote desktop traffic to the server2(mac-server) in my mac laptop.

In the next step, I open screen-sharing app from my mac laptop and type localhost which should forward 5900 traffic to mac-server2 over the ssh-tunnel.

I even get the following prompt which means the port forwarding is happening:

Screen Sharing requires a user name and password to sign in to 127.0.0.1:5900.

Followed to that, I give the user name and password and then it loops for a long time standing "Connecting..." and eventually fails.

I am wondering whether there is logging somewhere that I can check to triage this issue.

I would like to know how I can triage this case, any ideas welcome.

Are there logs in the mac-server2 that might assist me to debug?


texts: How safe is Force Restart [Control-Command-Power Button] keyboard shortcut?

texts:
There have been a couple of occasions where I haven't been able to restart my macbook. Both times I've used this shortcut to restart but I am concerned about the state of the system upon reboot.

The log says:

kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 5

a quick search didn't offer much.

Official Apple documentation lists the shortcuts, even the one to Power Off after 5secs without shutting down, with no explanation as to the consequences.

So, are there any documents that explain what exactly happens when this shortcut is used? Does it simply flush buffers, umounts filesystems and poweroff/restart....?

Thanks.

PS: I've already seen this question as regards to the code in the log.


texts: Do I have to restart the Apple Store iOS app at 3:01 AM?

texts: When the Apple Store goes down for maintenance in anticipation of a preorder about to go live, if I were to have the Apple Store iOS app open during that time, would the "We'll be back" screen automatically disappear when the time comes to preorder those items, or would I need to force-restart the app for the change to take effect?


texts: Preview.app corrupting images when rotating

texts:
Preview.app is corrupting my images when I rotate them. Does anyone know why this might be? I've had issues with corrupt quicklook previews, but not this.

Before:

After opening in Preview.app and rotating counter-clockwise once, then saving:

Simultaneously, I also suffered the issues described here, but I resolved that by clearing the caches as described.

Disk Utility reports my file system is healthy. I'm using a home-made fusion drive combining a 250 GB SSD and 750 GB HDD, not sure if that's relevant. Also, I don't think my memory is corrupt as I have no problems with system stability otherwise.

I tried some other pictures, some were garbled, some weren't:

This image rotated OK (only rotated shown):

This image got garbled and mixed in parts of the previous image:

Original:

Rotated:


texts: iPhone SE running iOS 9.x won't recognize Bluetooth 5.0 devices

texts:
I'm trying to connect my iPhone SE to a MacBook Pro that has Bluetooth 5.0, that's supposed to be backwards compatible to Bluetooth 4.2 that the iPhone has.

I can see the iPhone in the device list on the MacBook's screen suggesting that it is able to discover the iPhone. However the MacBook won't appear in the device list on the iPhone.

I am able to tap connect to iPhone on the MacBook and I see a popup in the iPhone's screen saying that the MacBook wants to pair with the code 123456. Yet after accepting the pairing, it immediately disconnects.

I don't know where to start debugging.


texts: Outlook 2011 won't open, fails with exit code 255

texts:
Outlook 2011 keeps closing about 2 seconds after launch. There is brief flashing in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen but then nothing. I have checked the console and I am seeing error 255. I have pasted the error below.

Does anybody know how I can correct this error or at least get Outlook working again?

15/08/2011 14:46:48 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[105]
([0x0-0x2a02a].com.microsoft.Outlook[303])
Exited with exit code: 255


texts:
If you "Record Slideshow" in Keynote then it'll listen to your computer's microphone and make well-sync'd presentation you can save to .mov and share, but it's pretty damned big, even for a short presentation.

Is there any way to export only the audio and the slide timing info from Keynote once your recording has been made?

The options I can see are iPod, HTML, Images, PDF, PPT and Quicktime. With a bit of faff I can extract the audio from the Quicktime, but I'll have lost the timing info.

Ideally I'd be able to export "Images with Timing info" which would give me the images and a file of timestamps linked to filenames which I could use to pair the two up.

Does such a thing exist?


texts: Why does iTunes and my iPhone not agree on how much free space I have on my iPhone?

texts: Ok so I have a 32gb iPhone 4s that is updated all the way. When I plug it into my computer (PC) and run iTunes it (iTune) will tell me that I have a ton of free space on my phone howeer, when I look at my phone it says I barely have a Gig of free space. I am really confused. I don't have a lot apps or a lot pictures anymore so how do I sync iTunes with my iPhone so it will tell me how much storage space I have?


texts: What service to restart after modifying /etc/sudoers for macOS to make changes active without reboot?

texts: What's the service that needs to be restarted after modifying /etc/sudoers for macOS in order to make changes active without a system reboot?


texts: Mimic gestures on iOS and macOS by key codes

texts: I want to send BLE key codes to mimic gestures on iOS and OSX such as swipe up and down. Is this possible?


texts:
I replaced my CD drive with a Western Digital 750GB hard drive using the iFixit guide.
My Mac for some reason throws error on any interaction with the hard drive,
for example on disk utility when I tried to create 1 partition of FAT:

When I try to setup BootCamp I get this error:

I have successfully managed to erase and format the hard drive while booting up to GParted, but I want to install windows on it.
Do you have any suggestions? Ideas?


texts: Why can't I airdrop my notes from my mac to my iDevice?

texts:
In Notes app I have some notes stored: On My Mac

my share menu though only gives me the following choices:

when I click More...

AirDrop is selected and at the top!

Mail and Messages shows up, but no AirDrop.

How can I AirDrop my Notes from mac to iDevice?

edit: already fixed in macOS High Sierra.


texts:
Keeps asking me for my keychain password. Here's what I've tried!

Reset my default keychains
Enter my login password
Says "Created a new empty “login” keychain with no password. Please change password using
Edit.
Changed the login keychain. Can access that fine.
Restart mac
After logging back in there are several prompts for the login keychain which I get past
When opening keychain access again, I unlock the keychain system. It prompts for domain pw.
If I try to change the access controls to allow all apps to access the vpn, it asks for the system keychain again, which I don't know.

I don't know what to do. Can someone please help!


texts: How can I set an animated gif as user picture in OS X? Is it possible?


texts: Language setting for spell-check in Pages

texts:
I'm new to Pages (from iWork) and have troubles with the spell-check function. It's simply not working for me.

Almost everything is underlined red. No matter what language I write in. I did not write paragraphs with mixed languages when checking. I used one language per trial.

How can I check what dictionary I'm using? (I fear I might have none installed.)
Can I change the language for spell-check, without changing the system language?


texts: How can I create a smart playlist in iTunes that updates weekly?

texts:
I have about 1100 songs in my library from CDs in itunes which are matched in Apple music/iCloud music library. Some of them are loved in terms of Apple Music and others not.

Here comes the challenge: I want to create a smart playlist with still not loved songs(love is none rule) limited to 25 and it should live update every week.

What I’ve done is to set the following rules:

Plays < 15
Love is none
live updating
Limit 25 songs

But this will make songs never return back to the playlist. Do you have a better idea?

Thanks in advance.


texts: keyboard shortcut in google docs is same as safari

texts:
Google docs uses the ⌘-, shortcut, I can't type this in Safari because it opens Safari's preferences.

How can I work around this?


texts: How to save the contact from who I received an SMS?

texts: I received an SMS from a phone nr that I don't have saved in my iPhone. How do I save that number as a new contact?


texts: I was checking my activity monitor for Safari, and I see this number as its average energy usage. Is it normal?


texts: How can I stop earpods from falling out in the cold?

texts:
I have a nice set of Apple earpods, but I have a problem with them falling out of my ears. All earbuds have some tendency to fall out, but the Apple ones, while comfortable and nice sounding, are particularly slippery. I can't use the in-ear variety because they give me painful ear infections.

Some earbuds I've used have a stickier rubber layer around the circumference that help them not to fall out. Especially in very cold winter conditions when my ear skin is less supple and sticky the rubber holds on well enough to keep the buds in my ear.

I wonder if there is any kind of mild adhesive I can wrap around or apply to the earpod to make it stickier. I'd really like to have a nice reliable way to use these otherwise wonderful Apple ones through the cold months.


texts:
I am trying to install convex optimization package OBOE:
https://projects.coin-or.org/OBOE/wiki/MacosxOboe

I followed its instruction, but I run into errors in this step:

fink install g77

I think fink is properly install because:

fink install atlas

is run successfully;

while

fink install g77

tells me:

Information about 10346 packages read in 1 seconds.
Failed: no package found for specification 'g77'!

does someone know what happened? Thank you


texts: How to clean pip installed packages on MacOSX?

texts:
I try to remove all pip installed packages from MacOSX. I'm doing it to ensure I'm using homebrew pip from now on (to avoid problems with SIP).

Following zsh loop removed most of them, but some resists.

for i ($(pip freeze )) {pip uninstall -y $i}

For example matlibplot hasn't been removed. When I try to run uninstall it find matplotlib, print related paths, but fails.

pip uninstall matplotlib
Uninstalling matplotlib-1.3.1:
 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/matplotlib
 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/matplotlib-1.3.1-py2.7.egg-info
 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pylab.py
 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pylab.pyc
Proceed (y/n)?

I got following very long error message. It seems that files cannot be removed. Error sample:

error: [('/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/matplotlib/__init__.py', '/tmp/pip-PK6UUB-uninstall/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/matplotlib/__init__.py', "[Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/tmp/pip-PK6UUB-uninstall/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/matplotlib/__init__.py'"),

What should I do?

To make clear, commands are run from root account. Pip can find package metadata:

pip show matplotlib
---
Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: matplotlib
Version: 1.3.1
Summary: Python plotting package
Home-page: http://matplotlib.org
Author: John D. Hunter, Michael Droettboom
Author-email: mdroe@stsci.edu
License: BSD
Location: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python
Requires: numpy, python-dateutil, tornado, pyparsing, nose
Classifiers:
  Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
  Intended Audience :: Science/Research
  License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License
  Programming Language :: Python
  Programming Language :: Python :: 2
  Programming Language :: Python :: 3
  Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization


texts: What happens when you make a free app paid?

texts:
My app has always(4 months) been free and I am wondering if I make it paid, will it be in the new paid apps category?

It is not new in sense of app but new in sense of paid app.


texts: Hundreds of filepaths reference to one genuie file

texts:
I have one file,to which hundreds of filepaths reference to.

In [96]: len(paths_list)
Out[96]: 191
In [97]: paths_list
Out[97]:
['~/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.CloudPhotosConfiguration/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.PressAndHold/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iCal.CalendarNC/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.languageassetd/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.photos.VideoConversionService/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iCal/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.share.Video.upload-Youku/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 '~/Library/Containers/com.apple.PassKit.PaymentAuthorizationUIExtension/Data/Desktop/Dev/sample.txt',
 ...]

They are of the same file.

What's the mechanism behind it?


texts: How can I check that my Apple Watch is backed up before upgrading to iOS 9?

texts:
I'm looking to research what to do to back up my Apple Watch settings and such before I upgrade from iOS 8 to iOS 9 on my iPhone. Is there an Apple support article or other information on how to make sure everything is successfully saved.

I'm especially keen to not lose my health app data, but the watch app settings and screen layout also are of interest to keep.


texts: How can I diagnose my iPhone 4-Time Capsule wifi connection problems?

texts:
My CDMA iPhone 4 (model MC677LL) running iOS 5.0.1 (9A405) doesn't have any problems connecting to my Time Capsule's Wifi Network (firmware: 7.6.1), but most of the time, the connection doesn't seem to be of any use. The phone shows good signal strength, but attempts to use that connection- Mobile Safari, Tweetbot, syncing OmniFocus- mostly time out. Note: the connection will still work for laptops/desktops running OS X while the phone is having problems.

This used to happen before updating to iOS 5, fwiw.

The only other thing that might be of any use in diagnosing this is knowing that I also have an Airport Express (firmware 7.6.1) in the living room which joins the Time Capsule's network so I can AirPlay right to the stereo.

To fix this, I've tried:

switching the connection's DNS server(s) between the Time Capsule (10.0.1.1) and Google's DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4), plus switching the Time Capsule's DNS server(s) between the default for my ISP and Google.
Forgetting the network on the phone
Doing a hard reset on the phone
Hitting "Renew Lease" on the connection through the Settings panel on the phone
Switching the Time Capsule's wireless settings from a specific radio channel to automatic and back again
Turning interference robustness on and off

Like I said, though, the problem isn't that I can't connect. The problem seems to be a level or two up from connecting, but I can't think of any way to diagnose that. I guess the next time I catch it happening, I can try opening a site in Mobile Safari using a known IP address, but where could I go from there?

I'd love to get some good recommendations for diagnosing this on a deep technical level, including suggestions for specific tools, or links to helpful walkthroughs.


texts:
I decided to try to turn on Filevault; the problem is I can NOT log into my Wordpress websites back end.

It keeps saying that my passwords are wrong.

I go to another Mac that has Filevault turned OFF and try and I get in with no problems.  Is Filevault messing up with the data?

It's saying it will take 2 days to encrypt.  I'm ready to just erase the damn hard drive and start all over again.


texts: Is there any way I could lock up my Mail client so that only I can read my emails(which are present locally on the machine)


texts: Pages document saved in MS Word format is not well-formatted?

texts:
I use pages but most of my friends/clients don't. If I save a Pages document in MS Word format and send it over to them, most of them see it all garbled.

Even when I open the doc file in Pages, it is messed up (text over graphics and so on). So to fix this, I open the doc in Pages, fix every thing and save it again (which is a very cumbersome process)

Is there any setting which we can use to ensure this doesn't happen?

Thanks


texts: iPhone Apps pause update when screen is locked

texts:
It seems that when updating multiple Apps and locking the screen, updates are not completed until reopening the phone.

Once I used the 'Update All', which started updating, before going to sleep, only to find hours later that most of the Apps are waiting in some 'installing' stage. Once I unlocked the phone, it took 5 minutes for them to finish.
Can't tell if this is intended and what are the reasons.

It use to be that when I used the 'Update All', close the phone (locked screen) and come back 10 minutes later and everything is updated.


texts: Can I get power from my Belkin Express Dock HD (Thunderbolt 2) for my MacBook Pro Retina?

texts: I plug my MacBook Pro to my Belkin Express Dock HD via Thunderbolt, but I see that my battery is getting down. I was hopping to get power from the Dock. Is there any solution to this problem?


texts: Running a linux Multiseat configuration on Mac Mini hardware

texts: Does Mac mini hardware support multiseat configurations? I don't think os x supports it, but assuming I used ubuntu or fedora, are their any hardware limitations?


texts: Can iTunes now play HD music files in high definition?

texts:
A record company is offering free downloads of high-definition music. I downloaded several music files encoded at 24 bit, 192 kHz ALAC. To my surprise, iTunes 12.0.1.26 on  10.10.1 Yosemite imported the track and played it successfully! And it lists that high-resolution information in the file information.

I had thought that iTunes could not play high definition files. I understood it to be limited to 16 bit, 44.1 kHz files. And so I had thought that special software is required to play anything higher than that.

So my question is: When iTunes is playing such files, is it actually playing them at full resolution, or is it down-converting them? (Or whatever the technical term would be for storing or playing the files at something less than full resolution.) I can't tell by ear because I don't have my computer hooked up to good speakers.


texts: Mac mini-hosted WordPress websites won't load on any of the Macs on LAN

texts:
I have three Mac minis on our LAN, all of which have Yosemite and OS X Server, but only one is enabled as a web server. My problem is that I can see the WordPress-based websites hosted on this web server externally, and on all the Windows machines on our LAN, but not on ANY of the Macs on our LAN.

One of our company's most important applications is based on being able to have one of the Macs query the webserver with http_get from time to time, and lately this query gets timedout or rejected also.

Pic of our LAN

All of the websites used to be view-able in Safari on the Macs, but sometime in the last few months they quit loading. The only really big change we've had is the installation of a new router (a Mikrotik that's a little tough to navigate). Here's what I've tried so far:

Scanned the web server for malware and viruses, nothing bad reported, no website proxy changes, etc.
Removed all cookies, etc. from Safari and reloaded website, no luck
Installed Chrome to see if it was just a Safari problem, same errors but slightly different message ("ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE")
Checked to see that the router/DNS entries in networking settings of the Macs were configured well to the new Mikrotik (but again, not an expert on the Mikrotik end)
OS X Server Websites dashboard says that all websites are available on local network (green dashboard lights)
The webserver's default website (with the cute "Welcome" pic) IS accessible.
Checked the permissions on the website folders to ensure that _www permissions are good, etc. (again the WordPress websites work externally but not internally on just Mac machines, except for the OS X default website)
Checked apache access and error logs on the web server. Nothing showing up there - the attempt to access the website isn't even listed.

My guess is that there is something about the new Mikrotik router that is not allowing the Macs (based on how they're all configured) to see the locally hosted websites. But it could be a variety of other things too... I'd really appreciate any help.


texts: Remove OSX shortcut to switch between spaces (ctrl + number shortcut)

texts:
On MacOsX Lion (upgrade from Leopard).
Working with some 3d application, I would like to temporarily turn off the shortcut ctrl + [numberOfSpace].

I went to:

 Preferences > Keyboard > Mission Control

and unchecked every checkbox;
However, the shortcut is still active. I cannot find the place where it's defined.
I also tried

Preferences > Mission Control

and unchecked all checkboxes in the bottom section, but the shortcut still works.
Is there a way to set/unset those shortcuts ?


texts: Apple Repair Service Image of cracked bezel -or- what am I looking at?

texts:
A simple battery exchange for a 2014 15" Macbook Pro turned into a major repair - at least that is what Apple's Repair contractor claims. All I got after a very disappointing chat and call with Apple's Support Hotline was this blurry image - apparently the reason why they claim not replace the battery is that they would only to this along with repairing this:

Now, this image tells me nothing but hopefully someone here has an idea what I am looking at. Would I have been able to see the defect prior to sending it off? Would the Genius at the Apple Store have seen this? MBP ran perfectly fine with the exception of the bloated battery.


texts: iChat showing contacts from people I've emailed once

texts: In my iChat (now Messages?) buddy list I have a lot of buddies that are not buddies but people I've emailed once. It used to not do this. Is there a way to go back to that previous list?


texts:
Since I did this OS update my Wi-Fi will not stay on all the time, it has trouble (dropping). Also, once I turn on my laptop it will search for Wi-Fi for a while and in turn sometime never find the saved Wi-Fi network. I am doing this all from my home and trusted network.

OS X Yosemite 10.10.3
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)


texts: Photoshop CS3 won't install: Component Failed to Install

texts:
I got a new iMac and I'm trying to install Adobe Photoshop CS3. I'm using the original install disk, but when it gets to the end of the installation it says that the Shared Components were installed successfully but Photoshop CS3 failed to install. I contacted Adobe, but they only support CS4 and CS5 now, so they won't help me. I've searched the web and followed a bunch of suggestions, but nothing is working. I'm hoping you might be able to help me.

I've tried:

Used Disk Utility to repair permissions on my disk
Used Adobe Cleaner Tool to ensure that no partial installations are present
Copying the install directories to local disk and installing from there

I really don't want to fork over more money for CS5 since I already purchased CS3. Any ideas?


texts:
When using iOS 14 to browse SMB shares that reside on macOS 10.14 (Mojave) I am able to swipe to delete just about any listed item. This is a problem since there's no recycle bin mechanism when using SMB, and all deletions are final. It's too easy to make an irreversible mistake.
Since I log in to SMB with my regular admin account I am given access to every single volume on the machine, regardless of which folders are shared in the system's sharing settings. And even if I weren't, and I was only given access to write-protected folders, subfolders would still be writable.
Considering that I can't seem to use the simple sharing settings panel to configure this kind of access control, how would I go about treating every item as write-protected when accessed through SMB?
Would I need to create a regular user account just for safer SMB access, or can the SMB server be configured for this use case?


texts: why does `brew search` need github credentials all of a sudden?

texts:
This is not really expected or very reassuring from a package manager.

brew search postgres

gets me this credentials access request:

if I refuse, it does search and eventually provides the output:

2020-05-21 13:36:58.473 defaults[94976:1504467]
The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleLanguages) does not exist
==> Formulae
check_postgres               postgresql@10                postgresql@9.4               postgresql@9.6
postgresql                   postgresql@11                postgresql@9.5               postgrest
==> Casks
navicat-for-postgresql                postgrespreferencepane                homebrew/cask-versions/postgres-beta
postgres                              sqlpro-for-postgres

Is this linked to brew somehow linking itself to github, as it seems to be saying in the version info?  How do I get rid of this behavior?  I suppose I can try updating brew, but it is already behaving in a risky-seeming fashion, so I thought I'd check here first.

(venv) jluc@sql$ brew --version
Homebrew 2.2.9
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision 79b2f; last commit 2020-03-05)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision efcf9; last commit 2020-03-05)


texts: MacOS terminal switches computer name from “macbook-pro” to “huawei_p_smart”: should I worry?

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When opening a terminal, I noticed that the laptop's name displayed in front of the username changed from something like "myname's_MacBookPro" to "huawei_p_smart-XXX". Why did this change happen, and should I worry about this? I do not own a Huawei, nor did I change any of my laptop's settings myself. I'm running iTerm on MacOS Catalina v10.15.7.
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I would like to have iTunes display the lyrics while playing and auto-scroll to synchronize with the audio.  I am willing to add ID3 tags or XML or some other such thing to lyrics to support the sync, but I am not aware of a format/syntax to do so.

“Cover Version” will display the lyrics (and any embedded codes) but no auto-scroll (and it is unsupported since Yosemite and iTunes 12.6.1)

Get Lyrical and LessLyrics sound useful, but I would really like to do it in a visualizer in iTunes on both iPad and MacOS.  And neither (nor "Get Lyrica") is in the app store.

As I was typing this, a couple of possible duplicates appeared in the "similar questions" list, but just as I was about to click one, both links disappeared!


texts: Apache doesn't recognize a local zone (BIND) unless restarted frequently

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Apache does not recognize the local zone .dev -- returns 404 Not Found. If Apache is restarted it will recognize the local zon. If inactive for ~1hr it no longer recognizes the local zone -- returns to 404 Not Found.

Configurations

# /etc/named.conf
...
zone "dev" IN {
    type master;
    file "dev.zone";
    allow-update { none; };
};
...

Used wildcard subdomains to enable this feature.


texts: Can I extend my guest network with an Airport Time Capsule?

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My Apple Airport Extreme (3rd generation) is configured as a router and creates a main network (dual band: 2.4 and 5 GHz)) and a guest network. My Time Capsule (1st generation), configured as a bridge, connected by ethernet to my Airport Extreme and using the same wifi network name and password (roaming) will extend (on 1 band only: 2.4 GHz) the distribution of my main network.

I know that, if I configure it as a router, I cannot use it to create a guest network. Here it is just a bridge.

Will it distribute the Aiport Extreme's guest network ?


texts: Changing the dictionary used by OS X Dictation

texts: Is there any way to alter the dictionary used by OS X Dictation, i.e. add/edit/remove a word? I use OS X 10.10 a.k.a. Yosemite.


texts: Will Time Machine restore the "Date Created" field along with the restored files?

texts: If I use Time Machine to backup my Mac and then have to restore it later, will it retain the "Date Created" attribute of the files?


texts: Can't install inkscape on Yosemite with homebrew

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It seems like I should be able to install inkscape with something like

brew install inkscape

based on what I've seen online. Unfortunately, when I try this I get

Error: No available formula for inkscape
Searching formulae...
Searching taps...

What am I doing wrong?


texts: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch) El Capitan

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I have a Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch.
I have recently lost my notifications in the notification centre. The "
today" tab functions but my "notifications" bar has nothing. The banners from notifications pop up but they are not saved in the "notifications" tab. I have attempted killing and restarting the notifications centre through Terminal but to no avail. Please help! TIA


texts: At the command line, how can I 'arrow along' faster using words instead of chr's

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I am at the command line and I have

. /this/set/of/directory/this_command "parm1", "parm2", "parm3"

When I 'up-arrow' to recall previous lines, how can I move along the line from "word to word". Ideally a directory separator slash ("/") will also count as word demarcation.

On other OS's I can use things like ctrl-[left/right]arrow or alt-[left/right] arrow to move "a word at a time" but I haven't yet found any keystroke combination on a mac that will let me do that.


texts: Is there a way to rename "Remaining" to "Apple Juice Remaining"?

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On a MacBook Pro, is there a way to change the text in the battery life drop down?

Specifically, where it says "X:XX Remaining" I want it to say "X:XX of Apple Juice Remaining"

Why? Because a good pun is its own reword.

Yes, this is a serious question.  Yes, I tried googling first.

I'm currently running Mavericks, though an upgrade to Yosemite is probably in my near future.


texts: Is adding root to the user group staff safe?

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So it seems my library folders are owned by my user, and staff is the user group.

When I run commands in sudo, I get warnings from programs like pip that root doesn't own the folder/file.

To avoid these errors, I was thinking of filing root as part of the staff user group, then I wouldn't have any issues.

Is this safe? Why shouldn't root be a part of all user groups?


texts: Installation of Adobe Creative Suite 6 hangs at AdobeHelp on Mac OS X El Capitan

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I have been attempting to install Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium after upgrading to Mac OS X El Capitan.

The installation seems to go along flawlessly until it attempts to install "AdobeHelp". Running ps -aux shows the the following command remains executing:

/Volumes/CS6\ ProdPrm/Adobe\ CS6\ Production\ Premium/payloads/AdobeHelp/InstallAdobeHelp appVersion=4.0.244 appId=chc pubId=4875E02D9FB21EE389F73B8D1702B320485DF8CE.1 installerArg1=-silent installerArg2=-eulaAccepted installerArg3=AdobeHelp.air

I tried killing the process, (As suggested for the same issue on Windows) however this had no effect.

I tried manually running the command, (With sudo) which output the following on first attempt and then ceased execution:

DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0x29441d0, fPowerNotifyPort= 0x29437f0
DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0x29497c0, fPowerNotifyPort= 0x2949090
2015-10-02 12:10:28.713 Adobe AIR Installer[564:9294] !!! BUG: The current event queue and the main event queue are not the same. Events will not be handled correctly. This is probably because _TSGetMainThread was called for the first time off the main thread.

And then this on the second attempt and remained executing indefinitely:

DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0x282c2e0, fPowerNotifyPort= 0x281af40
DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0x282e110, fPowerNotifyPort= 0x282d9e0
DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0x422b90, fPowerNotifyPort= 0x421ee0
DVFreeThread - CFMachPortCreateWithPort hack = 0x423470, fPowerNotifyPort= 0x423450


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I'm looking to export emails from Outlook and Entourage from Macs, and import them into Gmail (Google Apps).

Any suggestions? Found really simple solutions for Mac Mail and Outlook for Windows, but nothing for Outlook on a Mac.

Alternatively, is there any way to export Outlook emails (Mac) to either Mac Mail or Outlook for Windows? Then, I could upload to Gmail from there (risk loosing email quality, attachments, etc.)


texts:
Could anyone recommend me a free tool to use on OSX for keeping my CVS projects?

I am using the integrated SVN on OSX for all my SVN projects; maybe there are similar commands on the terminal to access a CVS repository.


texts: How can I get Safari to set kMDItemWhereFroms when using "Save Image to Downloads"?

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Specifically in Safari 9.0: when I save an image via right clicking and selecting Save image as... I can specify the downloads folder and the kMDItemWhereFrom data is saved just fine, as revealed both by selecting the file in Finder and using cmdI and also via Terminal using mdls.

However, when I save an image via right clicking Save Image to "Downloads" the kMDItemWhereFrom data isn't saved. This occurs even when selecting exactly the same image. I'm pretty sure it did work back in previous versions of Safari, as I have older images saved that have this data.

I can't find any documentation referring to this change. Is there a way to restore the functionality? It was far more convenient before.


texts: Can a Mac be set up to dial arbitrary numbers by connecting to an iPhone?

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I normaly listen to music on my iPhone while working, and regularly I also have to be able to make calls.

What tends to happen is that I google for the contact details of the place I'm calling and then have to type the number into my phone. It stikes me that there is probably a much more effective way of doing this - is there a utility that either lets me select a number on my browser and automatically call it? Or even just a shared clipboard between my phone and my MacBook?


texts: Trackpad on MacBook Pro 8,2 (15'' early 2011) goes crazy on power

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Whenever I connect the AC power cord the trackpad behaves erratically. If I disconnect the computer sometimes returns to normal, sometimes not.

Some background:

My computer is originally from the Americas.
I'm currently using it in Europe with a European charger.
It is running macOS Sierra.
I modified some trackpad configuration on my other partition that I use for  Ubuntu.
I already tried resetting NPRAM and SMC and nothing changed.
I repaired my disks using the Disk Utility, however I can't use the Recovery Partition.  The loading bar appears but doesn't go away.  (I have tried waiting over an hour.)
The charger was given to me from my employer and it appears to be original and it also appears to be ok (in fact it was still wrapped in plastic as it appeared to be brand new).
I don't have a way of testing it with other chargers and I don't exactly remember if it was happening before this charger. (It could have been).
- Currently in my battery menu there is a legend saying "Condition: Replace Soon". I just replaced the battery for a new one and still is not working.
Sometimes when this happens I run the following commands to recover my trackpad

sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBMultitouch.kext to disable

sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBMultitouch.kext to enable

However sometimes a Kernel Panic error appears.
- The last thing I noticed is that somehow only when I use two finger gestures I "lose" the trackpad.
- A new discovery is that the keyboard also behaves erratically sometimes like ignoring key presses.

So that's basically my story. I don't really know what to do next, also I don't really have a way to replicate the problem. I just know that only happens when the charger is connected.  Of course my MacBook is old but is really powerful.

To conclude, I ran Apple Hardware Test (extended) and everything appears to be fine!


texts: How to stream videos from icloud to iphone

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My Documents and Desktop folders from my Mac have been backed up to iCloud. I would like to watch some videos from iCloud, via my iPhone without downloading. But when I open Files app from iPhone, it just downloads the media file to my phone. I know even though I streamed, I'll consume the same amount of data, but if I stream rather than downloading I'll save some time.
So, in summary, my question is:
How to stream a video file from Documents, from iCloud to iPhone?


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I have a 21.5-inch, Late 2013, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 iMac
On the built-in SATA Hard-drive I have High Sierra OSX installed - I retain it because I have several applications which don't run on anything more recent.
I have an external SSD with Catalina OSX attached via USB which is my boot drive for everyday purposes. (also this SSD is divided and has Mojave as well)
Everything was running fine until recently - I could reboot, hold down the OPTION key and select which disk to boot up in.
But now when I restart (from the Apple menu) and hold down the OPTION key it only shows the internal HDD - no SSD nor Time Machine Drives (SATA connected via USB). I have to press the Power button and physically restart, and then hold down the OPTION key - only then does it gives me the full range of bootable drives.
Selecting which startup disk in the system panel isnt the issue. It seems to be something to do with it not recognising external drives (even time machine ones) from the Menu Restart.
I've tried resetting PRAM, also left it unplugged for a time. No joy.
My only other piece of info is that this seemed to start when I was updating Catalina - always a bit of a pain when located on an external disk. I wonder if there is something left unfinished - but that might be a red herring.
Any ideas?

UPDATE
I unplugged all my drives/peripherals and reset SMC and NVRAM. As I plugged each back in one at a time and restarted - it seems that one of the external drives is causing the problem.
It has no OSX on it, but it seems to prevent the SSD from being recognised without going into a power off/on restart.
Any thoughts?


texts: Unable to upgrade from OS X Mavericks to OS X Yosemite

texts: I have a problem upgrading the system from os x mavericks to os x yosemite. I tried to update it through the app store, but it says that it is unavailable in the UK? Can anyone explain to me what this means?


texts: Keeping music only on iDevice and not in the iTunes Library it syncs with

texts: Is it possible to sync music onto the iPhone and then delete it from the iTunes Library to save hard drive space, without having it be automatically removed in a later sync?


texts: Change send mail shortcut to tab + enter in Apple Mail

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I'm looking for a way to change the default "send" shortcut in mail to "tab + enter" (like gmail)

I've found a way to change it to cmd + enterwith the following:

defaults write com.apple.mail NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Send" "@\\U21a9"

but doing something like:

defaults write com.apple.mail NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Send" "\\u21E5\\U21a9"

Does not work.

I've followed this answer, but I am unable to add the tab key in the shortcut dialog, and would prefer to do it from the command line.

Thanks!


texts: Disable expanding scroll bars in Mountain Lion

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How can I stop the scroll bars in Mountain Lion from expanding when I move my curser over them?

Sometimes when I try to click on the bottom item in a finder window the scroll bar expands, covering the item, and not allowing the item to be clicked. I have to move the curser away, wait a couple seconds for the scroll bars to hide, then click the item.


texts: Photos stopped uploading to iCloud. What can I do?

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After updating to OS X 10.10.3, I opened Photos.app and imported my iPhoto library. Around ~3,000 photos were uploaded to iCloud, but the upload process stopped before the remaining 7,200 photos were uploaded. I can't figure out how to get the rest of the library up into iCloud. The screen capture below shows is from the Photos app. It has displayed the "Uploading 7,200 Items" for days now.

I've tried to pause and resume the upload in preferences but all I see is Uploading 7,200 Items there too.

Before I began this process I upgraded my iCloud storage plan to 200GB. I still have > 180GB of space remaining, so there is plenty of room for my photos.

Just to confirm, I'm on the latest release of OS X.

Any help will be much appreciated.


texts: Do files copied to an encrypted disk image (dmg) encrypt themselves?

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Disclaimer: I'm not sure whether or not this belongs in Ask Different or security.stackexchange.com, but I'm using a .dmg and Disk Utility, so I'll put it here. End of disclaimer.

The title says most of it. I created an encrypted .dmg in Disk Utility and I'm wondering: if I copy a file to it, is the file automatically encrypted and locked under the .dmg?


texts: Double sound notification when plugging in iPhone X with Fast Charge

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I recently purchased an iPhone X, and along with it I also purchased a 29W USB-C Power Adapter and a USB-C—Lightning cable. This setup is supposed to enable Fast Charging of the iPhone X.

However, always when plugging in the iPhone X to this setup, the phone gives a way the "charging" sound notification twice. Is this normal behaviour?

I don't get the double sound notification when plugging in via normal Lightning-to-USB-A to another 12W adapter, nor when connecting the phone with a Mac.

I'm thinking the second sound notification may have something to do with switching over to Fast Charge, but I haven't been able to find a definite answer. Or perhaps some component is faulty?

This thread (external link) has people asking the same thing:
https://forums.imore.com/iphone-x/396144-fast-charge-apple-ac-adapter-cable-double-sound.html


texts: How to uninstall LibreOffice from Mac OS Catalina?

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Can someone let me know how can I completely uninstall LibreOffice from Catalina ?

I have moved LibreOffice under Applications to trash and removed the LibreOffice folder under /Library/ApplicationSupport/

Is this the recommended way to remove LibreOffice?


texts: change curser color according to selected language

texts:
I'm sure there are a lot of users who type in their native language + english.
After they type a sentence, they realize they typed in the wrong language.

Is there a way to change the curser color to match the currently selected language?


texts:
I have some trouble with my partitions on my Macbook Pro.
I created 2 partitions. One named "Yo" where I have installed Yosemite release. Another one named "Save" where I put all the stuffs I need to keep secure for work.

I want to create a 3rd one to re-install Mavericks just because one of my app is not working on Yosemite.

The trouble is that I can't do it through the Disk Utility GUI because everything is disabled. I saw a post here where they talked about using diskutil command in the terminal. I tried to follow it but I have something weird when I try to list all my disk. Here is the output:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         224.9 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Save                    24.5 GB    disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Yo                     *223.3 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 C5EE25C4-6BC6-4E56-961A-F43335118355
                                 Unencrypted

What I want to achieve is having these 3 partitions:

"Yo" -> 180GB
"Mavericks" -> 45GB
"Save" -> 25GB

Is that achievable without having to reinstall Yosemite and if so how can I succeed to do that?


texts: Disk scan shows account Guest uses 74 gigabytes; Can I reclaim space?

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The DiskExpert Utility shows 74 GB of disk space allocated to user "Guest", yet Finder only shows less than one GB.

Can I reclaim the space, or is DiskExpert "lying"?


texts: Anyway to obtain list of Application that can open a file via Terminal?

texts: In the finder you can control click on a document to get the contextual menu, this has 'open with..' with a submenu of all apps that can open that document. Is there a way to get this list via Terminal? Many thanks.


texts: Are there any native tools for SVG conversion on OS X?

texts: How can I convert SVG image to something raster? Are there any native [command-line] tools on OS X that can do that? I am able to open them in Safari or Firefox, but doing "Save as..." only proposes original (.svg) or web-archive formats and no rasterized image format.


texts: Mac OS X freezes while choosing a keyboard after reset Lion back to the Setup Assistant

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I have a problem with my MacBook Pro, which runs Mac OS X Lion.

I have reset it back to the Setup Assistant.

After I executed the following commands, I need to select the region when I boot; this works fine, but when I choose the keyboard, the whole Mac gets stuck, and I see the loading icon on the screen. Even if I wait one hour, nothing happens.

$ mount -uw /
$ rm -R /Library/Preferences/
$ rm -R /Users/username/
$ rm /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/username.plist
$ rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

How can I solve this? I have no Mac OS X disc to reinstall Lion.

Can I create a user via the command line, or skip the setup assistant?


texts: Saving documents from Word directly to SMB share makes them invisible

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When saving a Microsoft Word document directly to a SMB share which was mounted using a bookmark and authenticated with an Open Directory "Network User Account", the saved document becomes invisible.
This seems to be caused by the quarantine flag, which all network shares have when mounted with a bookmark (or AppleScript, for that matter). The flag can be seen by using the mount command in Terminal.app:
% mount
//test@someServer.local/test on /Volumes/test (smbfs, nodev, nosuid, quarantine, mounted by someUser)

Questions:

Is there a way to create a SMB bookmark that doesn't result in the mounted volume having the quarantine flag?
Is there a way to prevent Word.app (or whatever process is responsible) from making the file invisible?

Affected Environment:

macOS Server versions: macOS 11, 10.15, 10.14, 10.13, 10.12 and possibly others
macOS Client versions: macOS 11, 10.15 and possibly others
Word versions: 16.48, 16.46, 16.45 and possibly others
Local user account type: irrelevant; happens to admins, regular users and guests
User account type to connect to SMB share: "Network User Account" via Apple Open Directory and possibly other directory accounts

Steps to reproduce:

Open Finder
Press Cmd-K to connect to a server
Enter server address "smb://someServer" (where someServer can be a domain or an IP address)
Select the entered server address and drag it to the desktop, thereby creating a bookmark to the specified SMB server
Double-click bookmark the open it. The typical dialog prompting for user credentials should appear.
Enter your user credentials (of a network user account from Open Directory)
Mount any share
Open Word.app
Create a new document and enter some text
Save the document on the mounted share

Result: The saved document might appear for an instant, but will then vanish. It can be made visible again using chflags nohidden, so it actually is saved but just made invisible by some unknown process.


texts: My MacBook's "System" storage keeps growing

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I'm using a MacBook Pro, macOS 10.14.6.  Ten days ago, my System storage size was 86 GB.  Since then it has been growing and growing.  Today it's at 161 GB.  What could be causing this?
Here's the full story.  This MacBook was purchased in April 2019.  It has a 251 GB of flash storage.  Ten days ago I started getting warnings that "Your disk is almost full".  I checked the numbers, and the figures were:

System  =  86 GB
Parallels VMs  =  92 GB
Documents  =  21 GB
Applications  =  19 GB
Other categories about 3 GB
Free space  =  28
GB

So I started reducing these.  I reduced Parallels, Documents, and Applications over several days.  But when I did this, the System size grew, almost as if it was gobbling up anything I freed.  Today the figures are:

System  =  161 GB
Parallels VMs  =  49 GB
Documents  =  3 GB
Applications  =  15 GB
Other categories about < 1 GB
Free space  =  17 GB

I performed a search for large files that have been modified in the past 14 days.   The only one bigger than 1 GB is this one:
~ > sudo ls -la /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.coresymbolicationd
total 33486912
-rw-------   1 root  wheel  17145298944 Oct 30 13:37 data

That's a 17 GB file, which is huge.  But it doesn't account for the entire 161 GB in my System folder!
By the way, is it safe to delete all the files in the /System/Library/Caches directory?


texts: Keyboard shortcuts for new window in Chrome or iTerm2

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Is there any functionality in Chrome, iTerm2, or a keyboard shortcut app that will let me open a new window (Chrome or iTerm2) in a global environment?

It should open a new window regardless of whether previous windows exist or not.


texts: Macbook Pro 2012 i7 - Keyboard/trackpad not working in Bootcamp

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I have a 2012 Macbook Pro 15" Core I7 8gb ram and Nvidia 650M. I have been running bootcamp on it for over a month when last night my keyboard and trackpad stopped working after a reboot. I immediately booted into OSX and was able to use the option key to do so, they also worked fine in OSX. First thing I did was plug in a flash drive and use the bootcamp util to download the drivers for it. I then rebooted into Windows safe mode and was able to use the keyboard to select safe mode. When it booted it still would not work. I plugged in a USB keyboard and mouse and was able to use those.

I uninstalled all of the Bootcamp software in Windows 7 Ultimate X64 and then reinstalled. When this did not work with version 4 of the software, I went out to the Apple site and downloaded version 5 and tried that as well to no avail. The backlight on the keyboard works but the keyboard itself along with my touchpad do not work.

How can I fix this?


texts: What would be a good application on macOS to record calls and meetings in Skype, Hangouts, etc?

texts: I want to be able to record all kinds of calls and video conferences, such as those done in Hangouts, Skype and more.


texts: Installing MacOS 11.3 creates a Relocated Items.nosync with changes to private/etc/group

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I just installed MacOS 11.3. I now have a folder on my desktop called Relocated Items.nosync. It contains a file called group.system_default inside Configuration/private/etc which the docs says is the default Apple would normally have installed but it left my modified file in place.
I compared the two files. The difference is that the system default file Apple would have installed includes one additional line: _trustd:*:282:_trustd
I have read that this process relates to security certificates and so this causes me a little concern.
Does anyone have any insight what the best course of action is? Install Apple's recommended file including the trustd line? Or leave my modified file without that line in place? Do something else?
Related thread on MacRumors:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/newly-assigned-objects-nosync-folder-on-desktop-after-updating-to-11-3.2293368/


texts: Touch Bar no longer allows for switching between media controls in High Sierra?

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Prior to updating to High Sierra, the touch bar would display any media that is currently playing (such as iTunes) and allow me to expand it and control it.

As I'm typing in Safari, the touch bar displays no options to control the music that is currently playing in iTunes. Obviously I could expand the control strip to display the play/pause button but previously the blank space would display the media.

It's annoying when you have two sources playing simultaneously such as iTunes and YouTube. Previously I could switch media control between the two of them so that when a YouTube video is playing I could pause iTunes from the touch bar without switching to the app. Currently there is no way to switch media control without having it in the active window more recently than all other media.

Is this something others are experiencing or an issue with my machine?


texts: iMessage delivery status different on iPhone and iPad?

texts: I sent today an iMessage through my iPhone, and on the iPhone there is still no "delivered" status, but when I checked on my iPad which is on the same AppleID there is status "delivered" indicated beneath the same iMessage... What is actually the right status??? How is this different status in the same iMessage possible???? Thnx Alen


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On OSX Catalina, I have deleted a user and did not set aside a backup. However, going back on Time Machine, I can find the user directory.

I am considering creating a new user with the same name as the old user, and then replacing the new user's directory with the old user directory from Time Machine. Are there other setting  or files from the old User I should also be restoring?

Is there a better way of doing this.


texts: JXA JavaScript for automation How to make JXA click something

texts:
What is the JXA equivalent of

--AppleScript
    tell application ("System Events")
        click at(x,y)
    end tell


texts: Mac keyboard layout incorrect when using Windows 7 and VMWare Fusion

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I have a Macbook Air (Late 2010) and am running Windows 7 Home Premium via VMWare Fusion. It works great, except that I have to press the key labelled as '@' (i.e. shift 2) to get a quote mark ", and vice versa - press the quote key to get an @.

How can I configure Windows to know that I am using a Mac keyboard? It detects the keyboard currently as a standard PS/2 keyboard. I live in the UK so the keyboard might be set up for UK as well.


texts: Why isn't Startup Manager showing Ubuntu Netboot USB - mid 2010 imac 21.5"

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Apologies if this question is inappropriate for this forum I am not sure whether I should be on the Apple or Ubuntu StackExchange.
I am trying to turn an iMac mid 2010 21.5" into a home server by installing Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS on it. Startup manager is not recognising the bootable USB that has been loaded with the Ubuntu Server Netboot ISO, though it is recognising a USB that has been loaded with the standard Ubuntu USB - does anyone know why this might be? I am using the same program to create both bootable USBs and I have tried different USB ports.
For context there isn't a functioning OS on this machine. An earlier attempt to install Ubuntu Server crashed so when I boot the machine it goes to blank screen with just only '_'.
The standard Ubuntu ISO can't be installed due to a GPU issue:
'no UMS support in Radeon module'
is the error that I receive and I have tried editing the GRUB settings to include 'nomodeset' as suggested on forums such as this one:
E.g.  Installing Linux on 2009 iMac, black screen after bootloader


texts: How to get Torch browser to stop prompting me to update to new version?

texts:
I have the Torch browser (Version 29.0.0.7181 (7181)) installed on my Mac (10.11.4). It's no longer updated or supported on the Mac but I use it as a tester browser for some things so I like it.

But Torch periodically asks me to install a new version of Torch. There's a modal window that says:

A new version of Torch is available.
Would you like to install it now?
"Remind me later"      "Install now"

I have to click the "Remind me later" to dismiss it. And if I click "Install now" nothing happens.

How can I get the Torch browser to stop prompting me to update to a new version? There is no new version. There is nothing in the Torch settings to disable this. Is the prompter a binary I can just delete from my Mac? Anyway at all to disable this annoying dialog from ever appearing again?


texts: USB-C Ethernet adapter no longer working

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I have two USB-C Ethernet adaptors:

AmazonBasics USB 3.1 Type-C to Ethernet Adapter

BENFEI Type-C (Thunderbolt 3) to RJ45 Gigabit 1000 Mbps Ethernet Adapter

I've used the AmazonBasics one for a while and I've no idea when it stopped working. I automatically get connected to the Wi-Fi, so I'm unsure when the adaptor become useless.
It may well have been after I upgraded to macOS 11 Big Sur. I purchased the second one, assuming the broken adapter, this week.
I have two laptops, with exactly the same behaviour:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

The Ethernet cable does work; I am able to use it, without the adaptors, on my PC successfully.
However, on my Mac machines, "Network Properties" doesn't show that it's connected. I removed the additional network interfaces, hoping that it would readd them when it was the device again, but no such luck. Creating a new Thunderbolt Bridge simply shows as "Not Connected".
I've read in other question:

How to use 3rd-party USB Ethernet adapter with El Capitan

that a possible (although frowned upon) solution would be to disable the authentic certificate check Apple does to secure hardware. However, in my System Information, none of the four Thunderbolt connectors are connected to anything.

"USB" lists only the internal devices, like the keyboard and web cam.
Any ideas what could be wrong?


texts: I am looking for a program that works on Mac OS X 10.10 and can open and display an LMDB file (Lightning Memory-Mapped Database). Ideally, gratis, can also edit the file, and supports large files, like HDFView for HDF4 and HDF5 files.


texts: Lowest output resolution for external display in Mountain Lion?

texts: I am trying to plug into an external display through a VGA -> Component and need the resolution to be lower than 800x600...is this even possibly with Mountain Lion?


texts: What features of iOS 7 are available to iPhone 4S users?

texts: What features from iOS 7 are available on the iPhone 4S? Is it any more sluggish that iOS 6?


texts: how to trace which request creates ping spike?

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I have a ping spike problem and according to some topics, I write on Terminal:

ping 8.8.8.8 -i 0.1

And I see some spikes on this screen like this:

64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5283 ttl=52 time=18.724 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5284 ttl=52 time=120.788 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5285 ttl=52 time=43.184 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5286 ttl=52 time=48.199 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5287 ttl=52 time=25.121 ms

My question is, how can I trace icmp_seq=5284? How can I know which request does that?


texts: In Terminal, when the the “cd” command is called, libwww-perl's “head” command is also executed

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Currently, in Terminal, when I execute a cd command, it also executes LWP's head command.

A copy of the Terminal output follows:

laptop:bin user$ cd ~
Unknown option: n
Usage: head [-options] <url>...
    -m <method>   use method for the request (default is 'HEAD')
    -f            make request even if head believes method is illegal
    -b <base>     Use the specified URL as base
    -t <timeout>  Set timeout value
    -i <time>     Set the If-Modified-Since header on the request
    -c <conttype> use this content-type for POST, PUT, CHECKIN
    -a            Use text mode for content I/O
    -p <proxyurl> use this as a proxy
    -P            don't load proxy settings from environment
    -H <header>   send this HTTP header (you can specify several)

    -u            Display method and URL before any response
    -U            Display request headers (implies -u)
    -s            Display response status code
    -S            Display response status chain
    -e            Display response headers
    -d            Do not display content
    -o <format>   Process HTML content in various ways

    -v            Show program version
    -h            Print this message

    -x            Extra debugging output
laptop:bin user$

I've reviewed the ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc but there are only three export statements and no alias or something like that. It's as follows:

[[ -s "/Users/user/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "/Users/user/.rvm/scripts/rvm"  # This loads RVM into a shell session.
### Added by the Heroku Toolbelt
export PATH="/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin:/usr/local/heroku/bin:$PATH"
export PATH=/Users/user/bin/Sencha/Cmd/3.1.2.342:$PATH
export SENCHA_CMD_3_0_0="/Users/user/bin/Sencha/Cmd/3.1.2.342"
export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/acquia-drupal/drush

From reading, it seems that installing LWP might have overwritten the /usr/bin/head command, but I've checked and it's the OSX one. However, when I call head from Terminal, it invokes the LWP head command instead.

Per patrix's request, here are the contents of ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm: http://pastebin.com/7rZVQAcy

I'll keep out trying things, and I'll update the question with new information if relevant.

Additional information:

laptop:dir user$ alias cd
-bash: alias: cd: not found
laptop:dir user$ which cd
/usr/bin/cd
laptop:dir user$ which head
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/head

The output of echo "$PS1"; echo "$PROMPT_COMMAND" is:

\h:\W \u\$
update_terminal_cwd;

The output of type -a update_terminal_cwd is:

update_terminal_cwd is a function
update_terminal_cwd ()
{
    local SEARCH=' ';
    local REPLACE='%20';
    local PWD_URL="file://$HOSTNAME${PWD//$SEARCH/$REPLACE}";
    printf '\e]7;%s\a' "$PWD_URL"
}

The output of type -a cd is:

cd is a function
cd ()
{
    if builtin cd "$@"; then
        __rvm_do_with_env_before;
        __rvm_project_rvmrc;
        __rvm_after_cd;
        __rvm_do_with_env_after;
        return 0;
    else
        return $?;
    fi
}
cd is a shell builtin
cd is /usr/bin/cd


texts: OS X Messages.app, cmd+shift+w not working

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On my new mac,

I have noticed in Messages.app, I can no longer purge message threads via cmd+shift+w like I could on my old computer.  Every time I have to manually hit the "x" and delete them.

Update:  I am trying to "close the conversation" not delete it.

Thoughts on how to fix this or add the binding?


texts: Change what app the command "Open ." opens

texts: How can you open another file manager with the command Open .? I've tried the command, and it opens Finder. I'd like it to open another file manager, if this is possible.


texts: Is it possible to use an Apple gift card toward repairs?

texts: I have a gift card whose balance should just about exactly cover the cost of some repairs Apple is doing on my computer. Is it possible to spend a gift card on repairs? I assume so, but I cannot find any confirmation on Apple's website. Just wondered if anyone on here had any experience to confirm or disconfirm.