texts: Some of my Safari bookmarks don't appear in Spotlight search results

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When doing a spotlight search for my bookmarks, some of them appear in the search result but some don't. I was not able to find a pattern about which ones will show up and which ones won't. Newly added bookmarks are found but some older ones aren't.

I've looked in ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/Bookmarks and found two interesting things:

Some old bookmarks (no more present in Safari) have a webbookmark file in this folder
Some existing bookmarks in Safari don't have an existing webbokmark file there

I tried to rebuild the Spotlight index but the same bookmarks are missing.
The quite basic "Edit bookmarks" menu in Safari doesn't provide any advanced option to manage the bookmarks database further.

Is there a way to force Spotlight to refresh the bookmarks part of its index? Unless it's on safari side that something has to be done?

I have also seen that bookmarks data are stored in ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist. Which location is the correct one? From where does Safari get its bookmarks? ANd then, what is the purpose of the other location?

I have iCloud for Safari enabled (as I want to share my bookmarks on my iPad and iPhone). It may be another parameter in the problem. However, I don't want to deactivate/reactivate it without being sure I won't loose my bookmarks as I don't know which one will be the master (local/iCloud) and not really knowing the content of my iCloud bookmarks.


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I have a Mac, running OS X 10.10.2 and an iPad Mini running iOS 8.1

Both have the latest version of Numbers.

I have a spreadsheet, which I update roughly monthly on the Mac.
I have transferred this spreadsheet (and a couple of others) to the iPad using iTunes Apps/File Sharing/Numbers/Stored Documents.

I recently tried to update, but even though iTunes shows this as being modified, the iPad has an old version. (In fact this is an even older version from 17 November, so my past update mustn't have worked either.) I tried to delete the old, and create a new spreadsheet with a new name, but this doesn't work either.

How can I fix this?

I do have an iCloud account, but only use for Contacts and Calendar. I do not use iCloud Drive - and don't want to as I have older devices which don't support iOS 8.


texts: Enable mirroring on iPhone 4 (over-the-air)

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Through a cydia tweak or otherwise, is it possible to enable over-the-air mirroring for unsupported-by-default devices, i.e. iPhone 4, iPad 1 et al.?

You would think it's a popular question but all google results result in a dead end. The closest I've come to finding an answer is this topic, where an user claims to have come up with a solution, but then dies*.

Considering people managed to even port Siri for the iPhone 4, I'm sure someone must have made a successful attempt at enabling mirroring, which I guess only involves flipping a switch, i.e. no authorization checks, proxies, and missing binary files here. What I'm trying to say is I'm surprised there's nothing out there.

*or which is more likely, goes offline and refuses to share, whatever - the point is, no solution is given.


texts: Limit iCloud Photo Library space usage on iPhone

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Is there anyway limiting the amount of space iCloud Photo Library uses?

It seems to use as much space as is available on my iPhone l

I really like having the HQ pics on my Mac and I like how it's done automatically but I don't need all the photos on my phone.

I have set it to optimise space usage but I notice it just uses all available space.

Can I limit this?


texts: Built-in or FOSS GUI application for generating a file hash

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I would like to know if there's a built-in GUI application in Mac OS X that can generate file hashes (Disk Utility?). If there isn't such a built-in application, does a FOSS alternative exist?  I can accept any application that can generate a file hash as CRC, MD5, or better in the SHA realm.

Additionally, showing how this is done in the application would be a bonus.


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When I click Terminal in Launchpad, it says "The application Terminal is not open anymore." But it shows up in the Force Quit window and it has the open-app indicator on the dock.

I can't quit the app, restart or shut the computer down.

I think this could be the root of the problem:

I was running a program in Terminal overnight and then it said something like, "Terminal is paused...run out of memory." I quit it and when I opened it again, this happened.

Using
MacBook Air
OS X El Capitan v. 10.11.2


texts: Remove or edit a synthetic.conf file in etc/

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I have a Mac in which the user has placed a synthetic.conf file in etc/
The file contains an entry for home creating a synthetic link to some directory. This makes it unbootable. Normally the computer is running Catalina. I can boot it using a Mojave startup that was still on the drive. I have admin privileges.
I would like to delete or edit that file. I can't even find it. This problem is beyond me.


texts: how to get Finder to automatically open a Finder window / or always keep one open?

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Let's say I have all my Finder windows closed. I'm in an application, like let's say Google Chrome. I ⌘-tab to the Finder icon to switch to Finder. But it shows me nothing... no windows, because I have no windows open. I have to then invoke ⌘-N to open a Finder window.

Is there a way to get OSX to automatically open a Finder window when I ⌘-tab to the Finder icon to switch to Finder, since anytime I switch to Finder, I always want a window?


texts: Unable to change volume size on WD My Passport Wireless

texts: I have been trying to partion my WD My Passport External harddrive that has already got data on it. All of the guides I see on the internet tell you to resize the current volume to do so. I don't have the tab to do this in disk utilities.


texts: Copy audio files to iPhone without using iTunes?

texts: I have a few audiofiles on my PCs (Windows/Mac) that I would like to listen to on the go on my iPhone.  Is it possible to copy them somehow onto the mobile without using iTunes?


texts: MacBook Air: Playing 1080p vs 720p videos

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I  have a MacBook Air 13-inch 2013 model and I was wondering if it is worth downloading 1080p movies if I have the option for 720p?

I know 1080p is much more crisp on my TV, but does the MacBook Air have enough resolution to even see the difference?


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Some apps (e.g. Tweetbot) have single-key keyboard shortcuts.

However, when trying to set shortcuts in System Preferences, we’re not allowed to do the same. Is there a user-facing way of achieving this?


texts: Why are my passwords copied to the "Local Objects" keychain after using AutoFill? What is "Local Objects" after all?

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I am thinking about using Keychain to store all my passwords, but am hesitant as I do not seem to fully understand how Keychain works.

I created a new keychain holding login credentials for some websites. Using Safari, I made use of the AutoFill feature, granting access to the keychain.

Now the credentials that have been used for AutoFill have been copied to a keychain called "Local Objects".

What is this Local Objects keychain and why are my passwords copied into it?
Why are they already entries in the keychain belonging to Apple (like com.apple.account.SMTP.asynchost) – is this related to Keychain being deeply integrated into macOS?
Does this have any negative security implications, or: Should I care about this behavior?


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I have Lion on my Mac Air. I wrote some aliases in ~/.bashrc file, which looks like:

# Aliases
alias p='pdflatex *.tex;open *.pdf'
alias bromine='ssh administrator@bromine.org'

I then sourced my .bashrc file from .bash_profile, which I believe is sourced upon startup. My .bash_profile file looks like

# Setting PATH for EPD-7.2-2
# The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

MKL_NUM_THREADS=1
export MKL_NUM_THREADS

# MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-02-27_at_18:19:09: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.

# source bashrc
. .bashrc

Why is it that my aliases work sometimes upon startup, but not always - (sometimes, I have to manually source .bash_profile)?


texts: How can I copy the path of a file in Finder?

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How can I copy the path to a folder or a file? The Info Dialog doesn't allow me to copy the information that stands there ...

Is there an easy way to do this?


texts: Compare two folder structures and list files which exist in both, but are different

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I have a local working folder which mirrors part of a web server’s public folder. I usually work in the local copy and then auto-upload files to the server when saving. Trouble is, I’ve realised lately that a lot of files in my local files appear to be out of date, so whenever I save and upload a file, I’m potentially overwriting a newer version. This is obviously problematic, so I’d like to get all the out-of-date local files up to date.

The best way I can think of to do this is to download the entire public folder as it is and compare each file with my local copy, going manually through files with differences (by comparing them in Visual Studio Code). The public server folder has about 5GB of extra stuff that I don’t need (or want) in my local working folder, though, so I’d have to filter out the unwanted stuff first.

In other words, I’m looking for a way (GUI or terminal) to do the following:

Give two top-level directories as input
Iterate recursively through both directories and pick out files which exist in both (in the same relative location)
Compare each set of matched files and list the ones where the two files are not identical

Is there some reasonably non-complex way of doing this?


texts: Where are the screensaver configuration files (.saver) for the screensavers that are offered in "Desktop & Screen Saver" in Settings on El Capitan?

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I've already looked in 2 places.

I looked in my user folder: /Users/MYUSERNAME/Library/Screen Savers - which was empty.

(where MYUSERNAME is my user name)

I also looked in /Library/Screen Savers/Default Collections and found images, but not the actual Screensaver configuration file itself (a .saver file, I believe):
1-National Geographic   2-Aerial        3-Cosmos        4-Nature Patterns

But this folder only has the photos and not the Screensaver files themselves (.saver I think).

I'm particularly interested in using the Classic screen saver for the general login screen (i.e. the initial overall general start up screen where the user(s) are displayed when left unattended, not for a particular user). Once I know where this is located, I will set it to run at the login screen (for when the machine is left unattended). I believe I can set it with this guide: http://osxdaily.com/2014/03/07/set-screen-saver-login-window-mac-os-x/
(but I first of all need to know where to find the .saver file, hence my question)


texts: Using cat output in osascript in terminal

texts: I want to display a notification using osascript in terminal, but the text I want to display is stored in a text file. How can I display that text in the notification?


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Apple's Messages app is not listed among the apps in Security settings for Screen Recording. This would be the normal place for most apps to disallow screen sharing, but the absence of Messages from the list seems to mean that there's no way to control this in the normal GUI.
How do I disallow screen sharing for Messages?


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I was able to watch Netflix on my TV using a ThunderBolt cable to connect previously, however since the last upgrade all I get now is a picture of a screensaver nothing else.

How can I fix this?


texts: How switch Mac UK PC keyboard layout backslash \ and backtick ` to match normal UK PC layout

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This is the normal UK PC Keyboard Layout:

We can see the backslash is on the left-bottom corner (right of shift).

But the mac configuration for UK PC layout, the backslash is on the left-top corner (left of the number 1), see the setting as follow:

So when I use both mac and windows together, this key always confuse me with different output!

UK layout keyboard is ISO standard and the Mac also detects ISO. The only issue is the key on the left of z is switched with the key on the left of 1.

The layout of the UK keyboard:

the key on the left of z should be:\ and |
the key on the left of 1 should be: ` and ¬

But mac switches them.


texts: No 3G but have wifi- have been on phone with apple and provider for 5+ hours total. Ideas?

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I have an iPhone 5 that does not take a sim card. It is programmed for StraightTalk which goes through Verizon towers. I've had it over 2 years- finally got the sleep/wake button fixed since that's been a problem and known issue. When I got my phone back, I could no longer access 3G (so no iMessages unless I'm on wifi, no group msgs or photo msgs ever, no web without wifi).

My iOS is up to date. I've called the sat programming repeatedly to update. I took it into a store to check settings. I've been on the phone 4 separate occasions with providers and Apple (who did a remote check through computer and there are no hardware issues- I was told wifi wouldn't work either if there was).  The provider walks me through the same basic steps each time checking dumb things like airplane mode. They always wind up, an hour later, telling me that everything is "fine on their end" and my account is "well provisioned" and it should be getting data. Well, it's not.  Sometimes, they say they'll transfer me to someone else to try to fix it and then they hang up.

This phone doesn't use a sim card, never has, and a card won't work in this type of phone. (I even tested this once with provider and it made nothing work instead of just no 3G.)

I have a friend who had the same issue with the same provider and they said eventually the ST people transferred them to Verizon and they reset something there. So far, I can't get anyone to listen to me to try this, and when I went into Verizon they said it wasn't their problem. The friend didn't have any other specifics as to what the issue was so I can't tell anyone what they did. :/

If anyone out there can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. Seems like a waste to have a smartphone where I can't ever check mail when I'm out (or use browser to look things up or find my way). It's really disheartening to get nowhere after so many hours on the phone with people who don't seem to really know their job other than what the screen prompts them to ask.


texts: How can I get email to "me" to email to my email address?

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If I tell Siri "email me," the right thing happens: a new message is created with my email address as the recipient. But if I open the email app and type "me" as the recipient, I'm told "Invalid Address" when I try to send the message.

How can I get the email app to understand that "me" as a recipient means to use the email address corresponding to who I've told Siri is me?


texts:
I have the following in .bash_profile:

export PATH="/Library/PostgreSQL/9.5/bin/:${PATH}"

I even tried it without the string:

export PATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/9.5/bin/:$PATH

I know for sure an executable lives in that bin directory:

$ cd /Library/PostgreSQL/9.5/bin
$ ./psql
psql: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user

However, when I add the path to .bash_profile and then source .bash_profile (and even restart terminal), I get the following:

$ psql
-bash: psql: command not found

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How not to have click twice to pause youtube videos

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Im a complete new Mac user.

When I have a youtube video playing in safari window, and I'm typing an email in a different safari window, I have to click twice to pause the youtube video, once to focus the window, and once again to actually pause the video. But if I double click the video it will switch to full screen! I have to click twice with a pause...

Is there any configuration I can change so that I only have to click once?

I Googled the problem and I see a lot about "focus follows mouse" plugins, but I'm not sure if that's what I need, I just want the click to go through, instead of a "dedicated focus click", because that doesn't make much sense to me.


texts: Looking for a short cut that allows mouse pointer to automatically go to a specific cell of a (background running) Excel spreadsheet

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Specifically,
A shortcut that allows me to locate the specific cell in Excel (running in the background) quickly.  I would like to be able to hotkey to the cell without having to look at the screen as I'm running 3-4 monitors.  This is for productivity where the 5-6 seconds fumbling around for that cell to input data, whilst needing to focus on the monitors at hand are extremely important.


texts: How to prevent second audio track volume from increasing/decreasing automatically because of other audio track?

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I'm using iMovie (10.1.14) to make a demo video.  I recorded the video and I added voice parts here and there.
Then I added the music as an additional audio track.
The problem is, in the parts when I'm speaking, the music track automatically lowers the volume then goes back up when my speaking stops.
Here's a screenshot showing how the volume of the audio track goes up when there's a break in the speaking:

It appears to be trying to mix the audio for me, but I want the music to be at consistent volume through the whole video.
Is there any way to fix the music track volume level so it doesn't automatically go up and down?


texts: Apple Mail.app does not find any emails when searching (though they do show up in spotlight)

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For a while now, the search function in Mail.app has not been functioning properly. Whenever I search for anything, even if I know that such an email exists, nothing comes up. What is odd is that if I search for email in the main Spotlight search bar, I do get search results.

I have tried the following:

Re-indexing Spotlight
Removing Mail & Messages from the spotlight search settings, and then re-adding it back
Deleting the entire mail folder in ~/Library and then re-importing my email, and re-adding my IMAP accounts to force email to re-download from the server
Removing the envelope index files, to force Apple Mail.app to recreate the index
Synchronizing my email inboxes
Rebuilding my email inboxes

None of this has worked... any suggestions? What is quite odd is that when I create a new user account on my Mac, the same issue presents itself. So it doesn't seem to be a problem specific to my user account.


texts: The easiest way to restart active directory connection (preferable from command line)

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I'm currently testing my software compatibility in macOS Big Sur, and it requires connection to domain controller…
Unfortunately, in this new environment (beta version) the connection goes down after going back from sleep mode.
In order regain connectivity I've found a workaround, by removing and than re-inserting the AD connection... However, this is very time consuming.
Perhaps there's any alternative from commandline to restart the AD connection so I can use it in script automatically ?


texts: iPhone using data despite per-app cellular data being disabled

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My iPhone 5 with iOS 7 is using data for no reason. I have done everything I can think of to stop this.

  Turn off your wifi, then reset your cellular network statistics, let it sit for 5 minutes, then go back to the cellular pane in settings and see whats using the connection

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/22tqhd/what_is_the_spinning_wheel_next_to_the_wifi/

Here are my test results. This seemed like a good idea so I did it. I was extra thorough and did it for 2 hours. During the 2 hours I waited it did not stop at all.

Here is everything I have turned off.

Here is my usage.

I have turned off Background App Refresh. I have also closed all my apps.

What else can I try?


texts: App Not Setup: This app is still in development mode, and you don't have access to it - App downloaded from Itunes Store

texts: NOTE: I did NOT create an app, I downloaded one from the Itunes store (Likie App) and trying to synch it to my FB. I received this error message instead...please help!


texts:
I cant delete or rename current version of git... Even with sudo...

MacBook-Pro-Kiril: $ sudo rm /usr/bin/git
override rwxr-xr-x  root/wheel restricted,compressed for /usr/bin/git?

MacBook-Pro-Kiril: $ sudo mv /usr/bin/git /usr/bin/git-apple
mv: rename /usr/bin/git to /usr/bin/git-apple: Operation not permitted


texts: Does Apple have an email address, or must one call or mail them?

texts: Does Apple have a customer service email address? I have checked their site, and I can only find phone numbers and a mailing address.


texts:
I created a script to send an email before and after a command is run using the mail command this way:

#!/bin/bash
echo "This is the body of the email" | mail -s "The command has started" user@example.com
/path/to/command_to_run
echo "This is the body of the email" | mail -s "The command has finished" user@example.com

But for some reason it's not working, BUT if I run that same command outside the script, it works.

The command shows as running, but neither of the 2 mail lines are working.

Any ideas what can be happening here?


texts: iCloud is not syncing files within Pages and Numbers folders

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Ever since I upgraded to Catalina, I've had a problem where the files within the Pages and Numbers folders in iCLoud don't sync to my Mac, except for files I've created since the upgrade. However, if I go to iCloud.com I can see everything. I have tried:

Turning iCloud on and off again
Re-installing Catalina
Uninstalling Pages and Numbers (properly, with AppCleaner)

Here are my system specs
I'll add any more info if needed.


texts: We have a domain running Microsoft Active Directory and in that domain there is a number of Mac computers running Leopard and later. Sometimes the users are met by a red dot at the login screen, saying "network accounts are not avalible". The user are still able to login, and we can SSH to the computer, but the user can't use all the domain functions. Is there a Terminal command that allows us to check if the user currently logged in is connected to the domain correctly?


texts: Is there an App for determining the current capacity of an Apple watch battery?

texts: I see from Mactracker that a new battery has a capacity of 205 mAh (38mm Apple Watch Series 1). For the MBP and iPhones I have used coconutBattery to show the decay in battery capacity over the lifetimes. Is there a similar tool for the watch?


texts: Keyboard layout editor that works on Lion

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So far I've been using Ukulele for editing my keyboard layout (I assigned some shortcuts to Alt+key and changed a few others). Unfortunately, after upgrading to Lion, it's broken.

The point is, Lion changed behavior of pressed keys -- they don't repeat, apart from punctuation that does.

But I can't fix it, since Ukelele apparently uses some PPC program.

Is there any other keyboard layout editor for Mac?


texts: Complete Specs for Mid-2010 iMac & Early-2011 MacBook Pro?

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OK, so here I am. I've searched anywhere I could but definitely couldn't find what I was looking for.

I'm thinking of performing some sort of upgrade (e.g. SSD or memory or CPU) and I'm trying to figure out the exact specs regarding the CPU.

That's all I know :

My 21.5" iMac has a Core i3 @ 3.06 GHz.
My 13" MacBook Pro has a Core i5 @ 2.3 GHz.

But, what about the exact models? (I was trying to perform a benchmark comparison the other day between the two, and couldn't figure out what to choose...)

Any ideas?

Also : do you have any idea which of those parts (specifically the cpu) IS upgradeable? and up to what?


texts: Office 2011 asks for product key after upgrading to SSD Superduper

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MS-Office has detected that the HDD has been upgraded to a SSD and is now read only until the Product Key is entered.

Is the product key in one of the files, which can be read?

How can the product key be recovered from the existing drive?

OSX: El Capitan 10.11.6    Office 2011

This question is slightly different from:

How can I recover my MS Office 2011 product key?

in the sense that I am seeking to pull the key from the existing system files or database.  I have tried the .plist solution, however, the activation problem persists: not sure why copying the .plist file to the SSD  a second time would work, when Superduper copied it over along with a .lock file.

This question is slightly different from:

How can I find the product key of Office 2011 after restoring from backup?

Device is Macbook Pro and not a iMac
Hard drive is not recovered (ghosted via SuperDuper)

Any techniques to extract the product key is appreciated.  The laptop was purchased second hand and had office installed / activated on the original HDD.  Office must check to see if drive has been changed.


texts: Are there any solutions available which will allow HDMI input on my 24' iMac?


texts: How to ensure that Mac in network always remains connected to local Mac?

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I have a Mac on my LAN which we use it as server.

From other Macs, we have to always connect it via  Go -> Connect To Server.
Is there a way by which I can have my Mac server always visible rather than connecting it manually via Go > Connect to Server?

Please let me know.


texts: Problem with cmd + tab now that I've loaded macOS Sierra

texts: Loaded macOS Sierra this morning. Now, once VMWare is running, cmd+tab switches me back to the mac environment but system immediately and automatically switches me back to vm. Result? Can't access mac environment when vm is running. Help?


texts: Is there a solar panel to charge a MacBook Pro 2016?

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I want to buy a MacBook Pro 2016, probably the 15" model.

Since I travel around on my bicycle a lot, I'd find it really nice if I could charge it with a solar panel.
Does anyone know how much Output a solar panel would have to have to power a MacBook Pro via USB?


texts: iPhone 6 Plus battery reduced to a fourth of what it was recently

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I have an iPhone 6 Plus - Bought the Plus size because I could really do with a better battery.

The battery used to be excellent earlier - lasting upto 2 days on one full charge

The phone is barely 3 months old, but all of a sudden since last week, the battery drains real fast and the device is hot most of the time - I reset the device, turned of the Location service and the background apps and all such general things.

Here is a screenshot of a fully charged phone at 4 PM discharged to 50% at 8 PM with barely any use meanwhile.

I suspect this to be a hardware issue. Any way I can prove this? Unfortunately, here in India Apple care centres hardly help and just take away your phone for weeks, wipe it and return it as it is.

Can I request a hardware diagnostic to Apple Care on phone, that I can execute?


texts:
open /Applications/"Safari.app" "https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/vikings-war-of-clans/"

This opens both Safari and Chrome, Chrome being my default browser
How can I open specific pages in Safari?


texts: I just got a new iPhone because my other one broke & I was wondering how do I get my information (pictures, contacts) transferred back to my new phone? My broken iPhone was backed up... I've done it before but i forgot the steps.


texts: iPhone app which syncs Outlook memos while maintaining categories

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I am looking for an iPhone app which will synchronise with Microsoft Outlook memos, while maintaining the categories which I have set up in Outlook.  From my understanding, the Notes application which comes bundled in with the iPhone doesn't have any categories.

Any recommendations about an app which will do this for me?


texts:
Can I lock out the iTunes store so no purchases can be made on my iPad?
I don't see that possibility in Settings.
I accidentally purchased music I did not want and tried to cancel it immediately but couldn't. I want to be able to buy apps but no music.


texts: Email Read Status Discrepancy Between Mac/iPad and iPhone

texts:
I recently reset all settings on both my iPhone (5) and iPad (Air) and set them up as new devices, no settings carried across, nothing. I set up my mail accounts on both in exactly the same fashion as I always have done and have no trouble sending/receiving email.

The problem is, I have a few emails on my iPhone that are marked as unread, yet on my iPad and on my Mac (MacBook Pro 13" Mid-2010) they are marked as read. Why is this? Even if I synchronise my Mac with the server (which is iCloud, btw), the read status doesn't change on the phone, but it does on the iPad.

What I want to know is why the status was updated on the iPad and not on the iPhone when they were both set up in the same way at (roughly) the same time? I know I could manually mark the emails on the iPhone as read, it wouldn't be a problem, I just want to understand the cause of this behaviour first.


texts: Why does my Macbook automatically open a browser Window at Starbucks?

texts:
When I open my laptop at Starbucks a Chrome-window is automatically opened. It shows the login-page that allows me to log on to BT OpenZone for free Starbucks-wifi.

What kind of mechanism is used to achieve this? After all I don't get the same effect with my Ubuntu-computer or my Android phone.


texts: Can all files be removed in the user's bash session directory?

texts:
I didn't see this question asked or could find any answers when I Googled but I thought history -c would clear all my Bash history but there are still several files in .bash_sessions located under /Users/user/.bash_sessions.

What is the difference between these files and the bash history file of .bash_history? Can the files in this directory (/.bash_sessions) be deleted safely? There are over 200 files with random letters, numbers and dashes followed by the extensions of .historynew, .history and .session.


texts:
I back up my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 to iCloud.
Is it necessary to keep my Mobile Applications Folder?
There are over 12GBs of space being used by this folder on my Macbook.
Could it be thrown out?


texts: iMac Bootcamp Windows can’t boot after restoring problematic Windows from restore point

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I have a late 2015 iMac running El Capitan version 10.11.4 with a Bootcamp Windows 10.
My Windows 10 was not running well after a Windows update a few weeks ago and I tried to fix it by reinstalling some drivers and nothing worked well. I was also having Windows shut down upon sleep issues.
I decided to do a restore from a past Restore point dated before the Windows update.
But after the restore, I can’t boot into Windows and the Bootcamp disk is not showing in Mac Startup disk either.
I can still see Bootcamp on the desktop and mounted as a hard disk from Paragon NTFS and my personal files seem to be inside the Bootcamp disk.
When I press down the option button to Start my iMac, the Windows partition does show. Upon booting in Windows, it keeps going into System recovery and I tried to recover from other recovery points and it doesn’t boot successfully.
There is an error message related to hard disk not found.
I also tried to use Windows installation drive to repair the Windows but did not succeed.
I then tried using a Windows Recovery drive to restore from another restore point, and still couldn’t boot into Windows after the restore is finished.
I’m not sure if I should reset my Windows or do a fresh install or whether it’s a problem with Mac Bootcamp.
Would it help to upgrade Mac OS ?
Please help.


texts: How can I generate a rendered preview of selected markdown text or files?

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I would like to be able to pop up a window on my Mac displaying a rendered HTML preview of selected text (ideally a completely chromeless window like that used by QuickLook, but an ordinary Web browser window could work if necessary, but the less chrome the better).

What tools are available to do this?


texts: How can I switch option (alt) and command (windows) keys for Windows 7 in Boot Camp?

texts:
Installed Windows 7 via Bootcamp for some work-related projects. I've also installed the Apple Bootcamp drivers from the OS X install disk and updated to the latest version. It mapped all my keys just fine, but I was surprised it does not offer an option to switch the mappings of Alt and Windows keys; ie. Alt is left of Spacebar, Windows key is left of Alt.

The current way directly maps to the physical keyboard layout, but not to the way people are used to working: e.g. OS X's Command+Tab for window switching is equivelant to Alt+Tab not Windows+Tab. I keep hitting the wrong keys because of muscle memory. :)

Is there a built-in way to remap Windows and Alt keys? If not, what 3rd party app is the best way to do this?


texts: There is no photo library but pictures are still visible in Photos app

texts:
I learnt that by default the Photos app maintains a photo library within the pictures folder of my user account on my MacBook Pro. However, there is no such library in the pictures folder. I have searched thoroughly, but cannot find it in any other location either! Even so, my Photos app still displays my photos.

What could be the reason for this? Where's my Photos Library?


texts: When plugged in, does the iPhone use the battery or the external source during heavy use?

texts: I love to play games and do other tasks that quickly drain the iPhone's battery. Sometimes I'll use the phone while plugged into a power supply. Does the iPhone still use the battery when performing these high-performance tasks while connected to the power source?


texts: Delete a specific key value using the defaults delete command line tool

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Having the following .plist file:
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

{
    DisabledPreferencePanes =     (
        "com.apple.preference.general",
        "com.apple.preference.mouse"
    );
}

Using the defaults command line tool, if I want to delete for example only the com.apple.preference.mouse line from the plist how do I do that?


texts: Finding hidden apps on home screen iPhone XR

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I removed a game app from my Home Screen when I wanted to delete it.  How do I get the icon back on my Home Screen?  I looked at iTunes but could not find apps there.  I removed the app on the home screen by clicking on and holding the app icon, then I hit hide app instead of delete app. I can only open app through App Store.  I have software version 14.3.  Thanks!

Update: I used the App Library and found the icon.  Thank you!!!


texts: Printing Error Error: invalidfont Ricoh Printer

texts:
I have a Ricoh Aficio MP 2000 printer. I have macOS Big Sur running on a Mac mini. It is possible to connect to the printer and print graphics, web pages, etc. But I have problems to print PDFs with embedded fonts. I always get Error: invalidfont.
I tried the following drivers.

Generic Postscript Printer
Driver provided by Ricoh
Ricoh Printer Drivers v3.0 for macOS

What else could I do?


texts:
I need to download a pkg(ipa) file from the Apple Store (using iTunes, i guess iPhone apps are only in iTunes not in the Store App).

How can you download the pkg file(ipa)? (Alternatively, if I downloaded it with iTunes, it says downloaded, where can I find it on the hard drive?)

I was running find / on the entire filesystem but still cant find it.


texts: I would like to reduce the scroll surface area on my Magic Mouse. I tend to engage the scroll just by resting my index or middle finger on the surface. Thoughts?


texts:
Since I upgraded to macOS High Sierra, one week ago, I have noticed that each time I wake the computer from sleep, the space left on the drive have decreased by a, somewhat, random amount.

I have very little free space on my drive - too little actually - so I usually keep an eye on it during each session I'm using the computer.

My first notice was that the assumed left space of about 6GB was only about 5. The day after the space was down to ~150MB! I did some cleanup, removed Xcode derived data, cleaned out cashes etc, and restarted. I think I got back to about 3-4GB.

Fast forward to the day before yesterday. Then I cleaned out a lot of junk and I had about 17GB of free space. Yesterday I only had just below 16GB, and today I only have ~10GB. After a reboot I got 12.5GB, but I also removed about maybe a 500MB yesterday, so I should at least have more than 16GB if everything was working the way I was expecting it.

What I have tried to 'solve' the problem is to see if closing apps increases the space - and it does - but not that much so I regain all 'lost' space. I also cleaned out cashes and Xcode derived data. But since I did this the first time, there is usually not much of a gain here.

I have a MBP Retina, i7, with 16GB of memory and ~500GB of disk. The computer is from 2013, I think. I regularly  use Xcode, Safari, iTunes, Messages. Sometimes also Affinity Photo, Aurora HDR, Luminar and qbittorrent.

Searching on google, it seems like I'm the only one having this kind of problem. Or is there someone else having similar issues with decreasing space on the drive?

All help on this issue is welcome!


texts: Macbook pro, black screen with chime only after using Casper/JAM

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Every time I boot the mac I get a black screen, I can hear the chime but that's it, nothing comes on the display even when having an external display connected. In recovery mode it works, i get display.

tried NVRAM SMC resets
tried First Aid on the disk and permissions repair
tried deleting and recreating kernel cache
tried booting in single user mode or verbrose mode and both give me a black screen.
tried reinstalling the OS which worked just fine UNTIL I join the laptop to the domain (using Casper/JAMF) and reboot it goes back to the black screen issue
tried fsck_apfs


texts: TextMate 2: How to permanently default to soft tabs (spaces instead of tabs)?

texts:
SETUP
OS X 10.8
TextMate 2 -r9283
QUESTION
How can I permanently force TextMate to to always default to soft tabs (use spaces, not tabs)?
I want to know how to make TextMate default to this setting so that I don't have to constantly convert tabs to spaces while working on a file.
How do you permanently tell TextMate 2 to prefer soft tabs?


texts: How can VoiceOver users activate links after the first one, in a message with multiple interactive items?

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On selecting a message containing multiple links or other interactive items in VoiceOver, how do I activate any after the default first item?
Suppose an iPhone VoiceOver user receives a SMS message like this one:

Hello! Your order number 12345 is ready, you can check status on our website or app here https://app.example.com/orders/12345

With VoiceOver on, the number 12345 is treated as an interactive item, so most gestures I try on such a message select the number, not the link.
If I open the message's context menu, or swipe down to "Actions - default", or if I do any of the things described in this Apple forum thread "How do I open links on accessibility voiceover?", it only activates the number and gives me the option to copy the number to the clipboard. How can a VoiceOver user reach a link that isn't the first interactive item in the message?


texts: tmutil command to install a new larger Time Machine disk, copying old backups to it

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My old Time Machine backup drive (external USB) is now almost full. I have purchased a larger drive and want to switch to it for Time Machine, migrating all my old backups to the new drive's archive.
I presume that I start by copying the Time Machine archive from the old backup drive to the new one. Then it seems I need to use tmutil associatedisk but the man terminology is rather confusing. Can someone give me the right parameters? Assume my system drive is called BootDrive, the old TM disk is OldTMDisk, and the new TM disk is NewTMDisk.
The iMac runs OS 10.13 (High Sierra).


texts: Defining environment variables with launchd/launchctl

texts: There are different solutions regarding the definition of environment variables that are stored in the launchd process, namely over at StackOverflow and Superuser. How do these solutions differ?


texts: How can I programmatically detect the presence of a VPN?

texts:
I'd like to be able to programmatically detect the presence of a VPN on a Mac. Detecting if a VPN connection is active programmatically shows what the output of netstat -nr will look like when a VPN is active:

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
0/1                10.81.10.5         UGSc            5        0   utun1
...

Some of the information is significant for my purpose, the rest of it isn't. What exactly do I need to check? Only that Netif contains utun1? Or do I need to see 0/1 there too? Or if not, what then?

I am currently testing for the first and last data items in that line, and it seems to be working, but I'd like to reduce the probability of any false positives or negatives. In Ruby it is:

# This is determined by whether or not a line like the following
# appears in the output of `netstat -nr`:
# 0/1                10.137.0.41        UGSc           15        0   utun1
def vpn_running?
  run_os_command('netstat -nr').split("\n").grep(/^0\/1.*utun1/).any?
end


texts: How to fix slow Spotlight and Time Machine after upgrading to  10.7.5?

texts:
Since updating to 10.7.5 both Spotlight and Time Machine are very slow.

To index a normal system drive Spotlight calculates to need several days.
As a result Time Machine takes up to an hour or more for an incremental backup of ~100 Mib.

What solution is there for these slow Time Machine backups and Spotlight indexing?


texts: Can I get a notification on my iPhone when I receive a certain email?

texts:
I need to be able to reply to just 1 email that I irregularly receive within seconds of it arriving.  I want my iPhone to start vibrating etc. when it arrives.

Email is from info@meetup.com (the meetup website).  Problem is I only want to be notified when 1 of about 100 emails/month arrive.

That target email can only be identified based on a text string in its body content together with its email subject line. It's not (not able to be) coming from a special email address nor is it able to be set to go to a unique address for myself.  (They use 1 email they send from and I am limited to 1 email address to use to receive all 100 emails.)

I use gmail and Apple Mail on the Mac and have an iPhone.  But my Mac is not on all the time.

How do I get my iPhone to vibrate at me when this email arrives?


texts: Late 2013 MacBook Pro freezes after StartUp

texts:
Since yesterday, I can’t get past the login screen because my Mac freezes.

I‘ve tried starting in Recovery mode, and run disk repair but this didn’t solve the problem. Resetting the NVRAM didn’t work either. When starting in safe mode, the Mac freezes after approximately 3 minutes.

I have about 50 GB of free space on my Mac and am running macOS Sierra.


texts: How to determine what is intercepting mailto: links and disable the interception to have the default Apple Mail handle the mailto: links

texts:
At some point way back in the past, I set up some utility to intercept mailto: links in web pages and have Chrome compose a message in Gmail rather than having it open the Apple Mail app.

Now, I'm trying to remove it and have Apple Mail open mailto: links, but I can't figure out the utility I used to intercept them.

I thought it might have been Webmailer, but I checked System Preferences, and it's not in there. Also, I looked in my Chrome and Safari extensions, and no extensions that are currently installed have anything to do with redirecting mailto: links. Though it may have been a browser extension I installed and later removed.

I'm on Mac OS 10.7.5


texts: iPhone randomly reboots into safe mode when opening apps

texts:
Today when I opened my Beststream app, my iPhone boots into Safe Mode. This has happend to me alot this year. I don't like this as all because sometimes, I restart into safe mode, and other times, I do normal safe mode. It just happens sometimes. I've been thinking alot about that it is the RAM that's being overloaded, but I don't know. I have alot of junk from other tweaks that I've removed. Anyways, the crash report can be found here: http://pastebin.com/AAn4AZVa

Specs:

iPhone 4 8GB


texts: Can wiping and reinstalling OS damage the SSD?

texts:
Computer is new 13" retina MBP. 2.9GHz i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD.

I have been working on some dotfile setup scripts for my new computer and thought I had them dialed in, but did not really work how I wanted. So I restarted, hit CMD+R and chose "reinstall Yosemite" because I wanted to try again.

It just occurred to me I was not sure if doing that, repeatedly if needed, can cause any issues with the hard drive or anything?


texts: How to access ASL (Apple System Log) from macOS Recovery?

texts:
I have trouble booting the MacOS system. It's in constant loop. I don't know how can I access the logs from MacOS Recovery so I can troubleshoot it. Any suggestion?

Can I do SSH to the system?


texts: iPhone 4S not syncing with my Google calendars

texts: I just purchased an iPhone 4S and I am using iOS 5.1.1. Only one of my Google calendars is syncing. I've searched the web and have tried every suggestion, nothing is solving the problem.


texts:
On MacOS, El Capitan, any file I delete from Finder does not go to the Trash, it is deleted completely.  When I delete a file the warning message says "you are about to permanently delete the file".

So it seems as though, the Trash has been disabled - how do I renable it?

The Mac is a Mac Mini, Core i5, 8GB RAM and 500GB SSD.


texts: Advice to minimize memory usage in iPod Touch 2G with iOS 4.2.1

texts:
Since I updated from iOS 4.0 to iOS 4.2.1 my iPod Touch consumes less memory but still would like to hear some more advices about how to reduce memory leak in my device?

Usually I use Free Memory apps to free up some amount of memory, that is only thing I know.

Note, my iOS it doesn't have multitasking features.


texts: I need to to connect to a VPN for internet access. While I'm connected to that VPN I need to connect to another VPN for accessing local data on that network. When I'm try to connect, the first VPN disconnects and the internet access is gone. Is there any way to connect to more than one VPN at a time on Mac OS X?


texts: make "fit to screen" default window size in Quicktime

texts:
How can I make Quicktime to always open in Fit to Screen option (available at View->Fit to Screen)? It doesn't seem to remember the last window size.

Is it possible to attach a script to a program, so that every time the program launches, the attached script executes? In my case, it would change the window size to Fit to Screen


texts:
I bought a secondhand macbook pro mid 2012 without retina and it has faulty battery. So I have to use 3 pin adapter.

Yesterday, it was okay (able to turn on, browse internet) yesterday and when I got home, I got statics (when I touched it, I feels like getting electric shock) when I plugged it in to power extension cord at my living room. After I tried on a few sockets, it still gave me statics but able to be turned on. I just unplugged it without properly shut down.

Today I tried on power on same living room and it still gives statics with a plus that it cannot turn on again.

I tried upstairs, no statics, but it won't turn on.

Before I bring it to a mac store which would cost a bomb (please not that one USD is at least 4.4 times MYR here in Malaysia), what should I try first?

I'm not sure of it's exact model since I only got macbook and magsage with it when I bought it.


texts:
Why my machine, automatically goes to this IP/domains. I have installed VM with windows 7 and I have wordpress site with xammp server and that is all. Is they are safe domains or not? Because I see bing.com in the end of the first domain.
1.foodanddrink.tile.appex.bing.com
2.init-p01md-lb.push-apple.com.akadns.net
IP- 95.180.157.187 or 95.180.157.193
Are anyone has same issue is that are some services from Microsoft, apple or are some bad links. When I googled for first domain I found this.

https://www.threatcrowd.org/domain.php?domain=foodanddrink.tile.appex.bing.com


texts: Quick Look Preview of html files not working after iOS 13 upgrade in iPad

texts:
After updating to iOS X 13, I can no longer use Quick Look on HTML files available in mail – I just get a blank preview window or enable javascript window, and the issue persists through a reboot. But all other files types work fine.

Is there a cache I can clear or something else I can try to get this working again?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to move fullscreen app to second display

texts:
Is there any way I can set up a keyboard shortcut to move full screen apps (i.e., desktops) between my main display and my external display in OS X 10.10? I know about tools like BetterSnapTool, but it looks like it doesn't support moving full screened windows between displays. I also tried TotalSpaces and SizeUp, but unless I missed something, no dice there either.

My problem is that I have several full screened VMs from VMWare, and every time I unplug and plug in my external display, they move from my external display to my main display, and it's a pain to drag them all back every time.


texts: MS RDP client minimum iOS version on Apple iPad

texts:
Kinda new to Apple world so need some clarification here: does official MS RDP client support older iPads or no?

On the official app page they say that minimum required iOS version is 8.0, but in these Getting Started docs they state that iOS 6 is supported too. So I'm a bit confused with what to believe?

Will I be able to use RDP client on older iPads with iOS 4 or iOS 5?


texts: How to make the "Page Down" key on the keyboard move only half the distance as usual

texts:
I'm a computer programmer and use Xcode so I am constantly scrolling up and down. Often times I would like to move the page down but not as much as the "Page Down" keyboard key moves it. I would like to move it half the distance as it usual moves. I feel like I have experimented with every combination of "Page Down" with shift, option, control, command, and fn. Also, I used all those controls with the down arrow keys with no success.

Maybe I missed something? Is this even possible? I use a program called Dragon Dictation that accepts AppleScript so if somebody knows how to code this so I can use it in Dragon Dictation it would be very helpful.

SOLUTION:

Dragon Dictation is no longer supported. I'm using Apple's built-in dictation.

I created the AppleScript code in Script Editor:

tell application "System Events"
    key code 125
    key code 125
    key code 125
    key code 125
end tell

Then from Accessibility > Dictation > Dictation Commands, I create a word and in the "Perform" drop down box select Run Workload, and select the AppleScript file using the code above that was created in Script Editor.


texts: Why the command line does not respect the PATH order on OS X?

texts:
I added an ssh command inside ~/bin/ssh and modified the PATH to include it, before other paths.

When I do run which ssh it will respond with ~/bin/ssh but when I do run ssh it will just execute the /usr/bin/ssh instead.

I have no aliases for ssh.

What's the reason and how can I fix it?


texts: Can I customize the iPad 2 HDMI output or has it just a mirror function?

texts: Can someone tell me if I can customize the HDMI output of the iPad2? I mean that the view on the big screen is not just a mirror of the iPad view.


texts: I have a MacBook Pro 15" around 2009, that isn't working. Is it possible to take its screen and turn it into an external monitor? Maybe buy some controller and do a little soldering?


texts: Can iCloud notes be synced with different accounts?

texts:
Is it possible to synchronize notes with different accounts? For example, if I write something in my notes - my friend will open his notes with his account and see the change.

Is this possible?


texts: Is there an LDAP Server running on OS X Snow Leopard?

texts:
Is there an LDAP Server running on my OS X Snow Leopard deployment?  How do I find it?  Can I connect to it over the standard LDAP port of 389?

The simple telnet test results was not encouraging...

bobk-mbp:~ bobk$ telnet localhost 389
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
Trying ::1...
telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
Trying fe80::1...
telnet: connect to address fe80::1: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

The reason I'm asking is that I am developing an LDAP authentication capability in the webapp I work on and it would be most convenient if I can just test it out on my dev workstation leveraging the user accounts already set up there.  My enthusiasm for deploying and maintaining an LDAP server on my dev workstation is rather low and if my mac already is running one I would just like to use it.

Enlighten me.  Is LDAP already running on my Mac how can I connect to it?

My dev box is plain-jane Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro.


texts: Advice to use a Mac Mini without display, but using an iPad (sidecar / screen sharing / remote desktop?)

texts:
I'm considering buying an iMac mini for storage (to archive my Photo library, so not like a server but to log in incidentally and make backups). Because I will not use it often, I thought of the following procedure to use the iPad as the display for the Mac.

Boot the Mac mini without display.
Connect to the Mac with Screen Sharing (with a different iPad/iPhone/Mac).
With the VNC viewer, connect the iPad I want to use with sidecar to the Mac.
Use the Mac with sidecar.

What are your thoughts on this setup?
One of the things I don't know for sure is if I can directly connect and log in to the Mac mini with VNC directly after booting.

All advice on how to do this is very welcome, also if you have different suggestions for connecting the iPad to the Mac mini.


texts: How can I use T-Mobile unlocked iPhone with different service provider?

texts: I just bought a free contract iPhone 6 with T-Mobile SIM card. I want to use the iPhone with another service provider but i'm worried. Should I plug the device and initialize it on iTunes first or can I simply change the SIM card before turning it on?


texts: How to enable/disable Do Not Disturb from shell on Mavericks?

texts:
I would like to toggle the Do Not Disturb in the notification center with a keyboard shortcut.

I am using BetterTouchTool for some extra keyboard shortcuts but it does not support enabling/disabling the notifications in the default options.

It has an option for executing a terminal command so I'm asking here how to enable/disable Do Not Disturb from the terminal?

I found Schedule ‘Do Not Disturb’ In OS X Mountain Lion With Automator and I tried to run the commands but it didn't seem to work.


texts: Why does iterm2 close new sessions immediately?

texts:
I've made some changes to my .bashrc file in my new MacBook, mainly aliases for common commands.

Shortly after, iterm2 immediately closes every new session or tab with the following cryptic message:

## exec failed ##
argpath= error=No such file or directory

Notes:

terminal works fine.
I've tried to rename .bashrc and relaunch iterm, but the problem persists.


texts: I have an iMac 27" Late 2015 with High Sierra installed. When I bought it, it came with Sierra installed, and when High Sierra was released I made a clean install but formatted my Fusion Drive to APFS. I had some problems but finally I got the 10.13.3 working properly. Now when I try to update to the 10.13.4 it simply doesn't update. Nor via Apple Store, not via downloading the whole installer of the update. And when I try to reinstall the whole system via a thumb drive I receive the “an error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again” message. I have already corrected the date but even though it doesn't install. Any suggestions?


texts: How do I get an old iOS 4.1 iPhone 3GS to sync with my iCloud contacts on my OS X 10.7.5 Mac?

texts:
I have an iPhone 3GS that is unlocked and jailbroken. It is running iOS 4.1. I cannot update because that will undo the unlock mechanism.

I was originally on an iPhone 4S. It got bricked somehow, so I pulled out my old iPhone 3GS. I had already migrated completely to iCloud for my contacts; I run 10.7.5 on my Mac and was using iCloud to sync all of our Apple devices.

With iOS 4.1, it doesn't support iCloud, but I can't get it to sync my contacts manually. I was hoping that when I connected my iPhone to iTunes, that by clicking the 'Sync Contacts' under 'Info', it would just pick up all the iCloud contacts that are stored locally on my Mac and treat them as regular contacts.

Apparently it doesn't work this way. iTunes doesn't see iCloud contacts stored in the Address Book as normal contacts so those don't get synced.

Is there a way to get around this? I'm willing to do a manual sync (i.e. use some other app to copy, en masse, the contacts over), since my contact base doesn't change very frequently.


texts: Recovery Mode: FireVault psswd unrecognised and CoreStorage not found

texts:
Need some urgent help with my unruly Mac (faced with the prospect of erasing my hard drive after 150 days without backup...)

Here is the problem that I have. My Mac got quite slow and I restarted it and upon the restart I got a prohibitory sign, which is like a crossed out circle. I read that the solution to this would be reinstalling the OS in recovery mode (Cmnd+R) which I tried to do. The problem is that my hard drive is encrypted using Fire Vault so I need to unlock it before the OS can be reinstalled on it. Unfortunately, there is a known bug where the Fire Vault password is not recognized in recovery mode (I know a 100% it is the correct one, but the mac just rejects it). Again, upon googling I found that the solution to this problem would be to go to the Terminal from recovery mode and unlock the disk from the Terminal.
(here is the thread where I found the solution https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3348646 )

Now I tried to follow the directions in the thread which are:

find the core storage UUID by doing diskutil coreStorage list
using the UUID of the locked HD, type in "diskutil coreStorage unlockVolume "

Now the current problem that I cannot solve arises when I type in diskutil coreStorage list. I get the error "No CoreStorage logical volume groups found" which means that my CoreStorage has been removed.
This is where I am right now, and I could really use some help of someone who knows how to work with these things. As far as I understand, I either need to make my encrypted HD a core storage unit OR to find a way to unlock it without making it a core storage unit. I am scared to do either though because browsing through help files didn't give a simple answer and I am worried I will do something irreversibly bad.

Thank you very much!!
Attached is the output of diskutil list
diskutil output


texts:
When I opened Terminal after installing Catalina, this appeared:

The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.

So I copy-pasted the code, it made me enter my password, but nothing happened.

bash-3.2$ chsh -s /bin/zsh
Changing shell for HomoErektus.
Password for HomoErektus:
chsh: no changes made
bash-3.2$ echo $0
bash

I can't seem to find any answers. Nobody seems to have experienced this same issue. My User Login already has zsh as the default shell.

edit: terminal was fine the next day. Looks like terminal was just acting up. Guess the old "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" does work.


texts: "Remote Desktop Client" updated, but NOT installed

texts: I just purchased a used iMac yesterday. Today, the app store updated "Apple Remote Desktop Client". I can not find an app called that in my app folder. Could it be hidden? Could this be used to 'spy' or grab info from my Mac?


texts:
I was away from my MacBook Air (Yosemite) briefly and suspected that someone had copied files from my Mac.  Here is what I can see from the system.log under console /var/log.  Could some experts advise whether this "(non-unique): 000000000820 " log may be sign that some one plugged in an USB drive?  What do I need to search for to find out what directory of files were possibly stolen?

_____________________BEGIN______________________

Mar 31 21:18:41 This mac kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 000000000820 0x5ac 0x8406 0x820, 3
Mar 31 21:18:41 This mac kernel[0]: en0: channel changed to 1
Mar 31 21:18:41 This mac.local FinderSyncAPIExtension[1051]: Pipe path is a symbolic link, connecting to target.
Mar 31 21:18:41 This mac kernel[0]: IOBluetoothUSBDFU::probe
Mar 31 21:18:41 This mac kernel[0]: IOBluetoothUSBDFU::probe ProductID - 0x828F FirmwareVersion - 0x0103
Mar 31 21:18:41 This mac kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][start] -- completed -- result = TRUE -- 0xb000 ****
Mar 31 21:18:41 This mac kernel[0]: **** [BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][start] -- Completed (matched on Device) -- 0xb000 ****
Mar 31 21:27:27 This mac kernel[0]: USB (XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation):Port 12 on bus 0xa connected or disconnected: portSC(0xe4202a0)
Mar 31 21:27:27 This mac kernel[0]: The USB device Card Reader (Port 3 of Hub at 0x15000000) may have caused a wake by being disconnected


texts:
Is there a way for safari to not download something if it already exists in my Downloads folder? Or if you can't do that, can you make it so that it asks you if you are sure you want to download it?

I know I have the downloads history button, but that doesn't show the pdfs you download when viewing them online. I always have trouble figuring out if I pressed the arrow to download them or not.

It is very annoying because I end up downloading 5 copies of the same file and the only way I have of checking if I've downloaded it is by checking the folder itself, which is a hassle when the point is to read them online and keep a copy as back up and nothing more.

Just to reiterate, I am talking about pdfs that you are reading in Safari and press the download button to get, not things that show up in your Download's history.

Thanks for any help you might have!


texts:
Have been backing up an iMac to Time Machine on an USB drive for some time.

I now find that in the System Preference for Time Machine the toggle for OFF/ON is grayed out and cannot be shifted to the ON position.

Selecting "back up now" from the menu still works fine.

The user is an admin, running 10.9.2.  The user login is managed by Active Directory (I know very little about this, but my Windows admin assures me that they have no policies in place that should stop Time Machine from working).

I have two machines that are exhibiting this behavior, one has had it for many weeks the other just surfaced.

Problem persists across restart, and permission repair.

Update to add:

I've tried the following at the command line:

sudo tmutil enable

And have also downloaded, installed and configured Time Machine Scheduler

Neither was a path to joy for this issue.


texts: Run TeamViewer on demand, instead of at startup

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I installed TeamViewer Host (v. 10.0) for making remote connections back to my Mac. It loads on start up automatically, and there doesn’t seem to be a preference to disable that behavior*. TeamViewer also does not appear in the “Login Items” system preference pane. I only need TeamViewer periodically, so for performance and security, I’d rather run it manually.

I see three related processes in Activity Monitor: TeamViewer Host, TeamViewer_Desktop, and TeamViewer_Service. I don’t just want to stop the UI / menu item from showing on startup, I want to stop all of these from loading.

How can I disable them from running at login, and then how should I run them when I want them?

* The “Show Computers & Contacts on startup” preference under Advanced isn’t it.


texts:
Can you pause app downloads on the new Apple TV?

I can't find any way to do that except deleting the entire download.


texts: About this Mac - Storage information on terminal

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I am trying to reproduce the About this Mac - Storage window in the terminal.

Is there any easy way to do this ?

For the moment, the following commands are working (quite fast):

mdfind kind:music -0 | xargs -0 du -k | awk '{sum += $1} END {print sum}'

mdfind kind:image -0 | xargs -0 du -k | awk '{sum += $1} END {print sum}'

For the Applications, I use the metadata as du is way slower:

mdfind kind:application -0 | xargs -0 mdls -n kMDItemFSSize | awk '{sum += $3} END {print sum}'

When using the mdls -n kMDItemFSSize command on each application separately, it provides the same result as the Get Info window. However, when running the above command, I don't have the same result as the About this Mac - storage graph.

Also, I did not find any way to get the other types of data (movies, other, backups..)

Do you guys have any idea ?

Thanks !


texts: Install Mavericks on second partition in Yosemite-only system?

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I have a 2012 MacBook Pro (so yes it's capable of Mavericks). I have only Yosemite currently installed on the drive. I have an app I need to run that does not seem to properly support Yosemite, so I want to install Mavericks on a second partition to setup a dual boot environment.

I do not presently have access to a spare USB drive that can be erased to create installation media nor do I have any blank double-layer DVD discs.

I have already used disk utility to resize and create my extra partition. However, I am not able to actually start the OSX Mavericks installation. The error is "This copy of the Install OS X application is too old to be opened on this version of OS X."

I need to get this done for a college project due in the next couple of days and won't have access to a flash drive that can be erased and used for install media within that time. Is there anything I can do, say from the terminal, to force the installation of Mavericks to proceed onto the second partition?


texts: Looking for specific help with networking iTunes with Air and Home Theatre PC

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Let me explain my set up. I have a home theater PC that houses all my music files (about 500 gigs worth of music) but right now it just works as a server in that regard since I play all the music using my macbook air and itunes that streams the files to my receiver.
I have quite a good sound system and so I guess my first question is how much fidelity am I losing by streaming the signal? Almost all of my music library is lossless and obviously I would like to get the most out of that quality. Does anyone have any expertise or insight to quality lost via streaming?

If it's the case, I would like to look for solutions to get the most out of my set-up. I love using my macbook air as a "remote" for itunes as from anywhere in the house I can browse the library and play an album so I do not want to lose this fuctionality. Is it possible for me to, say, set up itunes on my home theater PC and host the library there (since it has a direct optical audio output straight to the receiver and would not need to stream) and then still use my Air as a "remote?"

Also, if I need to switch the host iTunes to the PC, is there an easy/headache free way of doing it so the PC iTunes will immediately recognize the old library and I won't need to do any new importing?  Especially since the old library is already stored on the PC.

Thanks for your help.


texts: Printing to Windows Server shared printers from an iPad

texts: We have a VP who wants to print from his iPad. We have a few printers shared off our DC running Windows Server 2008 r2. All of the iPad apps that I've found have not worked very well. Has anyone had any success with getting iOS devices to print on a Windows network?


texts: Okay so I talked to somebody and I didn't really get it. Is there a way to get a App Store on the iPod Touch 1st gen?


texts: How to access USB External Drive on iMac from Macbook Pro?

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I have an iMac with an external USB 1TB harddrive, running Mountain Lion. Under File Sharing I have added this external drive to my list of "Shared Folders".

I have a MacBook Pro also running Mountain Lion and I want to be able to access the external drive on the iMac, but it's not showing that drive when I access the iMac via Finder on the MacBook Pro.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: MacBook Pro 2013 keyboard and trackpad completely freeze

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The problem

Every once in while the keyboard and trackpad completely stop working and I have no way to affect the software. The mouse pointer is left frozen exactly where it was when the problem occurred and nothing on the keyboard works. The only solution I currently have is to push and hold the power key triggering a forced shut-down - implying keyboard funcitonality, but I'm wondering if this bypass is actually separate from the keyboard processing for the reason I am using it.

I really don't know what this is as it's impossible to diagnose with no interaction tools!

My system

MacBook Pro Retina, 13 inch, Late 2013
Processor 2.4 intel core i5
8gb 1600mhz ddr3
OSX Yosemite 10.10.2

Usage

typical developer machine: ITerm; Sublime; browsers; FileZilla; Slack; MAMP; Sketch
frequently have 30 or 40 Chrome tabs open
ten or so applications in total running at any given time
rarely restart formally, just sleep, I kind of assumed Macs are good at handling this

There are no obvious signs of overload like sluggish responsiveness.

My hunch

Is that it's something to do with overheating, there seems a flaw in the design that means it doesn't handle sitting flat very well (work bought us stands for this purpose) though I haven't noticed a correlation between the fan noise, heat and this event yet.


texts: Can't connect to a specific server via http or ftp on macbook/imac (ok on iPhone)

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More often than not I can't connect to my clients server via web and ftp, it may occasionally work (once every couple of days) but then after a couple of page requests it stops responding - it's like it's not there. I've attempted this on three different macs and four different internet connections.

The resources in question:

web front end: www.avenueevents.co.uk
http control panel: cp1.oosha.co.uk:xxxx
ftp or sftp: avenueevents.co.uk

all resolve to the same server IP and when the issue occurs I see request timeouts in browser (Safari, ff, chrome) and over ftp (terminal, interarchy, filezilla).

Seemingly, after the first couple of requests on any of these protocols, the server stops responding across all protocols.

This is an odd one  - I've been a freelance web designer for a few years now and I've never seen this before.

When the server isn't responding, and I then use my iPhone over the same internet connection, then I also get timeouts. However, over 3G everything works fine - web, control panel and ftp/sftp. It's as if a piece of equipment somewhere along the route is just going dead to my macs.

I've tried many restarts, resetting browsers, clearing dns cache and even tried clearing my ssl cache (although I'm not confident that this was down properly) and all to no-avail.

Tech support for the hosting company (oosha) are adamant that everything is working fine, and if I can connect ok with my iPhone then this surely confirms that. So what is up with these macs?

I'm running OS X Lion on one of them and OS X Mavericks on the other two. I have kapersky installed on one of them, but nothing on the other two. On my macbook I have tried with three different internet connections (BT, sky, talktalk) and still the same result.

ISP / infrastructure detail:

TalkTalk FTTC home router (Huawei HG533, Lan connection) with standard settings except for port forwarding. I have a couple of nix/win servers on this network and have no issue with ftp/ssh/vnc/rdp/wol protocols - outbound or inbound.
Corporate Lan - don't know much about the setup on this lan but it's pretty unrestricted for my iMac due to the nature of what I do.
BTWiFi - cloud wifi connection.
Sky - cloud wifi connection.

On all 4 internet connections I can ftp to another server within Oosha's network (successfully connect and transfer files).

Traceroute info:

Result for the server concerned:

14  188-39-74-246.static.enta.net (188.39.74.246)  136.949 ms  157.357 ms  166.347 ms
15  * * *

Result for another server with no issues (same hosting provider):

14  188-39-74-246.static.enta.net (188.39.74.246)  23.193 ms  14.492 ms  15.177 ms
15  ns1.oosha.co.uk (213.190.161.200)  17.560 ms  101.319 ms  132.516 ms


texts: Will the iPhone Lost Mode override disabled location tracking?

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We have an iPhone that has location services disabled since we've usually been able to find the device simply with the Find My Phone "Play Sound" function.

Unfortunately, we think the device might be hiding in one of our bags and thus we can't locate the phone by listening for the sound.

I've never used Lost Mode, but I have read ambiguous information that leads me to wonder: if I turn on Lost Mode for a phone, will it temporarily enable location tracking for the device so I can figure out where it is?


texts: Do prices of older iPhones decrease after the release of a new model?

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I want to buy an iPhone 8. However, in a few days new iPhone 11 will be released. Can I expect older models to become cheaper at that moment or soon afterwards? Or does the price drop happen before the release?

Since shopping questions aren’t encouraged here - the scope of this is official Apple list price - historical behaviors, and not speculation about some future Apple release cycle even if one is imminent.


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I have a MacBook Pro plus an external 24" monitor. I'm also using 4 virtual spaces. With the external monitor they double, so I have 8 virtual spaces.

What I'd like to achieve now, and I don't know if it's possible at all, is to have 5 virtual spaces. 4 on my MacBook and only 1 for my external monitor. The reason for that is, that I have different applications (IDE, Terminal, chat, etc.) on my MacBook spread over the spaces, but on my external monitor I'd like to have always my web browser (the exact same window) showing, regardless on which virtual space I am on my MacBook.

Anyone an idea if that is possible?


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This is a follow-up question for  Lost my APFS partition after using EaseUS partition manager on Bootcamp
I did the same thing - used EaseUS to reformat a windows drive to be larger, and made my APFS unbootable. I followed the instructions:

From Windows, you can open a Command Prompt window as an Administrator. Next, you could enter the commands given below to change disk0s2 to an APFS type.
diskpart
select disk 0
select partition 2
set id=7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC override
gpt attributes=0x0000000000000000
exit

Which recovered my APFS drive perfectly. I also had a partition (number 3 on disk 0) and it was an OS X Journaled Extended drive (Which I think is HFS+). Frantically, I ran the same script above changing that drive to APFS, which is still unusable.
I'm so clueless and trying to scour the internet to figure out how to change the drive back to HFS+ so it can be accessed again.


texts: Emoji and symbols input panel weird behavior

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I am talking about the text input panel Emoji and symbols that could be opened thorough ctrl+⌘+Space.

It could be opened as a bubble:

or as a window:

The problem is only in the bubble mode: when I try to select an emoji (or special char), the bubble body automatically slides at the top while clicking and so this will force me select another unwanted emoji.

This happens only at the first click.

I encountered the same problem with Sierra and on two different Macs.

See this video for further details.

Please note that:

• in this video I clicked for three emojis. First and third attempts demonstrate the bug (dog and snow man), the second (cat) doesn't instead,

• this happens in every Apps such as Telegram, TextEdit, Safari, ... .

Probably it's a bug. There's some workaround?


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Is there a way to keep the application Dock closed. Every time I do:

killall dock

It closes for a bit then automatically reopens.
I want to be able to make an AppleScript program that keeps it closed. I remember I had to repeat killall dock again and again in a loop to keep it closed, but I find that stupid as the computer could lag which allowed dock to open for a split second.

I also want to hide/close the top bar, thus hiding the apple logo on the top left, but I could not find a way to do this. I could only hide the mini icons on the top right.

My essential task is to close finder, dock, the top bar and open a specific application of my choice, like a guest account, except that you can't turn off the computer. Can someone guide me to make such program? Specifically how to turn off the parts as mentioned (except for finder which is simply just killall Finder)?

Preferably, I want to be able to do this using Terminal or Applescript.


texts:
I'm having some trouble configuring my localhost with xampp.

I installed de xampp, removed the # to include httpd-vhosts and then, I set a vhost, like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/teste.pp”
    ServerName teste.pp
</VirtualHost>

Also, on my /etc/hosts I set 127.0.0.1 teste.pp

When I access to teste.pp, it does nothing, but if I try to access on localhost/teste.pp it show my test page.

I restarted apache after changing the vhosts.

I'm using sierra.


texts: What differences are there between using the Server.app Time Machine server and simply sharing the attached backup HDD?

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I'll get a Mac mini next week and apart from other things, I'd like to use it as a backup server via Time Machine and an external HDD.

As I want to be able to access the HDD from remote anyway, I thought about simply sharing it and selecting it as a backup drive on my Macs. Then I found about about the Time Machine server included in OS X Server. What differences and advantages are there in using either one?


texts: How do I prevent iOS device from going out of low power mode?

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If my iOS device is in low power mode and I am charging it then at a certain percentage iOS automatically turns off low power mode (and it always tells me) but I'd like to keep low powered mode on all the time.
How do I prevent iOS from turning off low power mode all the time?
Note: This is the opposite of a similar question I asked a while back.
I never want the phone to go to the " lower power mode" even if the phone battery drops to 10 % .


texts: Do Apple laptops use FileVault encryption by default?

texts: Has Apple ever rolled out MacBooks with FileVault enabled by default? If yes, which version(s)? If no, is there a reason why they wouldn't?


texts:
I have a Mac Pro (Early 2009) in which I am running two OS's.
10.10 on a Mercury Accelsior SSD and Snow Leopard on a conventional drive. Before upgrading the SSD from Mavericks to Yosemite all was hunky-dory. I could restart between the two OS's using the start-up drive selector in the system folder. Now I have gone to 10.10.3; when I switch from Yosemite to SL and restart from the conventional drive I cannot see the SSD Yosemite Drive in system prefs only the Snow Leopard drive is visible (and the network option)
Restarting FROM SL and resetting the PRAM eventually brings me back to Yosemite.
OR
using the sudo bless command -mount /Volumes/"name of 10.10.3 start-up drive" -setboot
followed by a sudo shutdown -r now
also gets me back into 10.10.3
However I dont like doing this as it feels rather the same as pulling the plug; the Mac is not going through it's correct shut-down process.
A long conversation with Apple arrived at the suggestion I should re-install SL something I do not want to do - too drastic + I may not be able to get back to what I have.
So two questions:
1/. is there a 'gentle' way in terminal I can 'command' the mac to restart from the SSD
and
2/. Is there a way I can 'replace' the start-up info for SSD


texts: On occasion I need to look at an image at fullscreen so it doesn't have anything else around it to distract me. Is there a way to do that? I can't seem to find a way to do it with preview.


texts: How do I activate middle-click to close browser tab?

texts:
How do I configure FF or Chrome to close a tab when I middle click on it?

(I'm in the midst of migrating to OSX from linux)


texts: Can a Mac boot when the right shift key is broken in the pressed position?

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Here's the thing, the right shift key of my macbook is stuck, so it always boots in safe mode once I turn the machine on. Worse, I cannot log in since my password has lower case letters.

I tried resetting the NVRAM by holding Command - Option - P - R and also went into the disk utilities, however nothing I can do there helps.

I looking for a way to disable the right side shift key or alternatively enable the bluetooth via command line, since I have a wireless keyboard, but I cannot make either work.

UPDATE:

I woke up today and the key was working fine. However I do not trust on it. Probably when the MacBook gets warmer it will stuck again.

I downloaded a software called KeyRemap4MacBook, which can be downloaded from here. I followed this tutorial in order to deactive the key, this is a temporal fix while I make some saving to buy a new one.


texts: iMac 2008 24" 3.06 ONLY starts in Windows SafeMode

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In Mavericks I get a reboot immediately on the grey screen after Verbose. Same in Safe mode with shift key down.
Will start to Target screen. (but don't have a compatible computer to connect to)
Will run ASD from usb showing no errors other than Sound card on logic board which shows on most machines.
Wont run bootable OSX usb for Mavericks reinstall (well it did once, but crashed soon after. Disk util said no errors on that attempt.
Will run Single user more where fsck -fy first run says modified then next run all ok. After next reboot modified again)
Wont start windows 7, crash when enter details at login screen.
WILL run Windows 7 Safe Mode stable! I've left running overnight and is fine.
Starts up Hirens boot cd but crashes on tests. Will run Linux and mini xp from cd.
Wont start up Diskwarrior from eDrive (external usb hard drive)

Any ideas how to get my iMac up and running? Its most odd that safe mode Win7 runs perfectly.

Thanks


texts: How to capture still frame from video on iOS?

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I have a video on my iPhone that I recorded using my iPhone. I want to extract a single frame as a still image, preserving the full quality and native resolution of the recording.

I know it's possible to take a screenshot of video, but I'm not sure if that ends up being a lower resolution image. Also, it just feels clumsy to use a screenshot because HD the time I end up with UI controls over top the image.

Is there a way, without third party software, to extract a full resolution still image frame from a video on iOS?


texts:
I am an indiviual developer (I also have a company too).

Some of our clients want to publish apps that can support their business. We have created a template app for one of the customers, and for others I have had the idea to change the look, appearance and a few bit features for each and publish them on the App Store.

The problem is, will Apple allow to publish similar apps? If not how can I do that?


texts:
I want to create a bash alias on OS X, because I need to type on a really large command.

I've found some answers about the same issue on ubuntu, like this one, but they mention the ~/.bashrc file, which doesn't exist (at least by default) on OS X.


texts: AFP can't write because of locked volume

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I'm trying to write contents to my shared folders on my Raspberry Pi over AFP.
However I keep getting the same error/warning regarding permissions and locked volume:

I'm fairly sure permissions are right, I'm logged and as the default pi user and used chown -R pi /mnt/seagate on the pi to own my HDD mount for the pi user.
This didn't work so I tried setting permissions for my /var/www folder with chmod -R 777 /var/www, resulting in the same error pictured above.

Checking the permissions in the Finder for the home folder (which should be no issue, being logged in as the pi user) I see that everyone has RW permissions.

I think the issue isn't my pi's fault (hence why I posted this here and not on raspberrypi). I think there must be something wrong with my AFP configuration on my Mac (also note that I used this method of sharing folders from pi with AFP to mac before and it always worked before).
I attached a screenshot of my afp configuration below since I have no clue what could be wrong. If needed to help, I can also provide the configurations for netatalk (afp protocol on the pi).


texts: I deleted songs right off my iPod, why are they again in my iPod after syncing?

texts: I have 887 songs in my iTunes library, and last night I deleted some of them right off my iPod touch, 4th generation. At the end I got 769, and in the morning I connected my iPod to iTunes, I did some changes that had nothing to do with my music, because they were fine, but then I clicked sync and again, the songs I deleted from my Ipod were again in my iPod! how do I sync my iPod to actually "update" my iTunes library, I don't want to delete the music again or do I need to delete the same songs from my iTunes library too?


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I thought it sounded quite cool that you can connect an eGPU to a Mac Mini to boost it's performance, but had no idea just how expensive those things are!
Here is one I found recommended on a YouTube video, almost £800:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-08G-P4-2182-KR-GDDR6-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B07GQTRH9W
I've tried looking for alternatives but struggle to find any... are there just not that many eGPUs out there or something?
It would be good if I could find one for around £200–£300 — I would mainly be using it for the likes of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects... maybe some 3D software too. I'm not after anything too hardcore, just something to improve on what I already have.
Are those really unrealistic expectations price-wise?


texts: Problem with qlmanage -p not working for most (but not all) files

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I'm trying to invoke quicklook from the command line via

qlmanage -p filename

Images like jpegs and pngs and pdf files work fine

qlmanage -p test.jpg
qlmanage -p test.png

However invoking the same command on any html file

qlmanage -p test.html

results in the program briefly hanging followed by:

  Segmentation fault: 11

under bash and

  'qlmanage -p test.txt' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)

under the fish shell.

The level 4 log output runs through registering most of the QL Generators but then just halts unexpectedly and produces no more output.

It works fine invoking through the finder.

I have tried deleting all of my 3rd party QL plugins and resetting. Does anyone have any ideas on this?


texts: When setting up a new laptop, Setup Assistant doesn't see all the data

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I'm trying to set up a new Retina MacBook Pro, which is running OS X 10.10, by transferring data from my old MacBook, which is running OS X 10.8.6, via Thunderbolt.  My old laptop is in Target Disk Mode instead of using Migration Assistant due to the OS mismatch (the new machine wouldn't let me migrate with Migration Assistant).  As far as I can tell, this all matches what Apple says should work.  However, I have ~350 GB in my home folder, and my new laptop can only see ~50 GB.  What's going on, and is there any way to fix it?

A few things:

I tried copying my data once already, but almost nothing got copied (I think even less than the ~50 GB).
I can't update my OS on my old laptop, because I don't have enough space.
I could try restoring from a Time Machine backup – it seems to see everything that way – but I don't have the right cables, so (until I can get those) I'm looking for a laptop-to-laptop solution over Thunderbolt.  (I have too much data to use Wi-Fi.)


texts: Triple boot Catalina 10.15.7, windows 10 (not bootcamp but NTFS), Ubuntu 20.10

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I am using a 1 TB SSD with a macbook pro 2012 initially split into 2 x 500g: Catalina and Windows 10 NTFS (NON bootcamp partition). To install Ubuntu, I had to use the Catalina partition because the Windows partition would not allow me to partition it. So I end up having a 250G Catalina partition, a 250g Ubuntu partition along with a 500G Windows 10 partition.
Both, Catalina and Windows 10 (non bootcamp) partitions were running perfectly before the Ubuntu install. The Linux installs went very well. I have used David Anderson install process. Here is the link:
How can I triple boot MacOS Catalina , Ubuntu 18.04, and Windows 10
I did follow the step very carefully. The result was a fully working and fast Ubuntu partition. This thing shot down in less than 3 seconds and boot in less then 10. Anyway, I manage to install Refind which made all 3 partitions appear on startups. After booting Catalina and Ubuntu with success, the Windows partition fails to do so, showing instead this message:
** No bootable device, insert boot disk and press enter. **
This is usually called for a bootcamp partition problem but it seems the Ubuntu install, particularly the step where we use grub, and the step where we need to prevent hybrid disk use, may have or probably did broke something into Windows NTFS partition.
I am new to all this stuff so bear with me.
What I did next? I install the third party software gdisk and ran the thing into recovery mode. Here is a link of the procedure :
Bootcamp: no bootable device – insert boot disk and press any key
I followed the steps carefully hoping the hybrid state would fix the window partition and keep Catalina and Ubuntu running. It was a long shot I guess. The result was as expected: bad. Ubuntu is not showing up into the boot menu ; refind does not work anymore, and when I use the Mac option startup menu, Catalina and Windows hard disk do show up but Windows won’t boot. I get this message:
** Error loading operating system_**
No doubt the hybrid part seems to have broken both Windows and Ubuntu along with Refind. Nothing can be done from that message window except restarting the mac from the power button.
Once I boot into Catalina, the Windows 10 partition still shows up on the desktop. All files are there. The Ubuntu partition is still visible in disk utility partition view. It is located right between Catalina and Windows partition as you can see on the screenshot. By the way Windows partitin is the "OS" one.

Even when Ubuntu was booting perfectly, it did not show up anywhere except in disk utility partition view or on startup when Refind was still working before the gdisk process.
So, I guess the problem may come from the fact that Ubuntu was installed in second position because the NTFS Windows partition is non-partition-able.
Any idea to fix this?


texts: How can I run Windows applications on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have a friend that wants to buy a Mac Book Pro and he has some windows applications that he needs to run. He doesn't want to buy the applications again.

Can he run the Windows applications on his MacBook Pro? What ways to accomplish this are available?


texts:
I use the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client (ver 8.0.31) to connect from my 2013 Retina Macbook Pro (OSX 10.11.4) to a Windows 10 desktop machine. When in fullscreen mode, I get the following experience:

The display is shifted up by about 10 pixels, resulting in a black bar at the bottom of the screen and the top of the screen being cut-off.

Does anyone know why this happens and how to fix it?


texts: Failed "Unable to complete Touch id enrolment"

texts:
Recently I updated my Macbook Pro 2019 2.4 GHz to Catalina-10.15.4. Suddenly I realized that my Touchpad not working properly. I even can't add a new touch id after entering password showing following error
Unable to complete Touch id enrolment.
Then googled about this problem and did try several ways such as
i) Reset SMC
ii) Run safe mode
ii) Removed old fingerprint
Not a single solution worked for me.
Is there any better solution for this problem without resetting OS or I just have to wait for the next update.
I should mention that's I am new to MAC. I don't know a lot of stuff about OS.


texts:
I buy a new one. I am trying to format support for my mac air. I tried all the way by seeing some procedures showing on the youtube even no luck.

I disk is appearing like this:

Need help, please


texts: Run siri commands in a shortcut, connect to airplay

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I can ask siri to connect to my apple tv through airplay with the command “play on bedroom”.

“Bedroom” is the name of my apple tv

Is there any way of doing this with a shortcut?


texts: How can I delete Time Machine backups, moved into trash?

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I was going to delete the Time Machine backups. I made a mistake and instead of deleting them using Time Machine, I just moved the Backups.backupdb folder to the trash. Now, if I try to empty the trash, Finder attempts to count the number of files that will be deleted, and this process is incredibly time-consuming, because the Finder tries to count each file in each backup. The same thing happens if I try to move the Backups.backupdb folder from the trash back on my hard drive where it was before.

What can I do in this situation? How can I delete the backups?


texts: Yosemite /etc/resolver/env.domain.com not working

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We have a site to site VPN connection setup in the office to two development networks

dev
stage

I want to be able to let people in the office not be on VPN for dns resolution to work. Each environment also has its own dns server. So I can't give the whole office a single dns server via dhcp and call it a day.

I tried the following

echo 'nameserver 10.122.3.10' > /etc/resolver/dev.domain.com
echo 'nameserver 10.121.3.10' > /etc/resolver/stage.domain.com

the OS seems to be picking it up

ip-10-1-1-116:~ username$ scutil --dns
DNS configuration

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : google.com
  nameserver[0] : 8.8.8.8
  nameserver[1] : 8.8.4.4
  if_index : 4 (en0)
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : Reachable

resolver #2
  domain   : stage.domain.com
  nameserver[0] : 10.121.3.10
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : Reachable

DNS configuration (for scoped queries)

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : google.com
  nameserver[0] : 8.8.8.8
  nameserver[1] : 8.8.4.4
  if_index : 4 (en0)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records
  reach    : Reachable

The issue is I can't resolve anything on the stage.domain.com domain search

ip-10-1-1-116:resolver username$ nslookup mongo-arb.stage.domain.com
Server:     8.8.8.8
Address:    8.8.8.8#53

** server can't find mongo-arb.stage.domain.com: NXDOMAIN

I can hit it going right to the server

ip-10-1-1-116:resolver username$ nslookup mongo-arb.stage.domain.com 10.121.3.10
Server:     10.121.3.10
Address:    10.121.3.10#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   mongo-arb.stage.domain.com
Address: 10.121.15.116

EDIT

I'm using 10.10.4


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