texts: Sudden change in iOS Safari behavior: YouTube audio pauses if another tab is made active

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On my iPad mini 3, a currently-playing YouTube video in Safari used to continue to play if the active tab was changed, similar to how a tabbed browser on an actual computer functions. This fact was true for the past year that I've been using this iPad.

But, since very recently, video no longer behaves in this manner on my iPad (running iOS 10.3.1.).

For example:

I have 2 tabs open in Safari.
One tab is a Stack Exchange webpage and the other is a YouTube video.
The YouTube tab is the active tab. I tap the video area to play the YouTube video.
As soon as I tap and switch to the Stack Exchange tab, the video ceases to play.
When I return to the YouTube video tab, the video does not automatically play where it left off. The video is paused, so I must tap (i.e., un-pause) the video to get the video to continue playing.

I am assuming that this is an "Apple" issue, and not a "YouTube" issue.

I tried pressing the media control buttons that appear when one swipes the bottom of the screen upward. These buttons do not affect the YouTube video (excluding the volume slider). This is more unusual behavior, because I recall that the media play/pause button used to play/pause a YouTube video, no matter whether the YouTube tab was active or hidden.

I have tried rebooting the iPad by holding the sleep button down for a few seconds, and then sliding the button to power off. Doing this did not solve the issue.

I prefer to view YouTube videos in Safari, as opposed to in a dedicated YouTube app, because having the YouTube video in a Safari tab is more convenient (i.e., it takes fewer taps to access).

Does anyone know how to keep a YouTube video in Safari playing, when another Safari tab is active?


texts: "Put Display to Sleep" with no fade out time

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I've just upgraded from Mavericks to ElCaptain (yes, I'll avoid entering in details why…). Either way, in mavericks the "Put Display to Sleep" hot corner would sleep the display immediately, however now it fades smoothly during about 2 to 3 seconds and this is really slow process.

Do you know how to remove the fade out time? I have tried searching all corners of the internet with no success.


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I want to upgrade my existing MODX install and this is the message that was in the upgrade instructs: "Do Not Overwrite Directories! Make sure your FTP program merges directories and does not overwrite them!"
So when dragging new folders from local server over existing folders in the remote server, Cyberduck is asking me what I want to do but I don't see the option "merge" - there is only "resume", "overwrite", "rename" and "skip". How do I merge files?


texts: How to change background of Dashboard in Lion

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I find the default background of Dashboard in Lion quite boring.  I know how to change the defaultdesktop.jpg for the login screen, and I was wondering if there was a similar process for Dashboard.  Thanks.

Current Background "Texture:"


texts: Shortcut for switching contents of monitors

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I have a three monitor setup: my MacBook screen and two external displays. The first external display is my primary monitor, in the sense that it is directly in front of me; and the other display is secondary. (The laptop screen is used for less important things.)

I often have a full screen terminal on one external display and a maximised web browser open on the other. However, because I prefer the display in front of me, rather than turning my head, I find myself regularly swapping the contents of one display with the other. I do this by swiping up for Mission Control, then dragging the maximised browser to the other screen, then dragging the full-screen terminal over to replace it.

This isn't a difficult or particularly slow process, but it feels suboptimal, given how often I do this (many times a day). Is there a better way?


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Is there any way to remove these arrows from the songs list?
I know they only appear on hover but are still annoying. I always hit them accidentaly when trying to play a song.


texts: Is there a dictionary app that I can just click on a word anywhere (in any app) and it will automatically define it for me?


texts: I found 15GB large file in ~/Library/Safari called ContentBlockerStatistics.db-wal. What is that and what to do with it?

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I run out of space and when was looking what to clean up, I come across ~/Library/Safari/ContentBlockerStatistics.db-wal
The size is about 15GB, I tried to open it with SQLite db manager but it is asking for password.
What is this file about, why it is so large and what the password could be?
I'm running MacOS Big Sur.


texts: Recovering folders in executable drive converted into 0 byte "Unix Executable" files

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I had an, MS-DOS formatted external flash drive connected to my MacBook. It had bent a few files at the next. Most probably because of this, when I accidentally brushed my finger against it, it disconnected from my laptop. I got the "disk not ejected properly" notification from macOS.

I inserted the drive back in and tried opening the folders I was working in – and to my horror, it seems as though all the folders had been converted into 0 byte "Unix Executable" files.

No files in the root of the drive were affected – only the folders in the root of the drive had been 'converted' into this strange 'file'
The folder modified/created dates seem to have been retained, except the folder is not a folder anymore
cd /Volumes/EXTERNAL_DRIVE/myFolder returns the message Not a directory
file /Volumes/EXTERNAL_DRIVE/myFolder returns the message empty
Duplicating one of these mystery files seems to happen instantaneously, implying that the 'folders' contain no information
The drive seems to have a suspiciously large amount of space free

Trying to open one of these files opens a terminal window which outputs the following:

user$ /Volumes/EXTERNAL_DRIVE/myFolder ; exit;
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

[Process completed]

Trying to open the 'file' with Sublime Text shows exactly what you would expect from a 0 byte file – absolutely nothing.

Thankfully I have a relatively recent backup of this drive. However, I am horrified that this happened in the first place.

Is it possible that disconnecting the external drive accidentally caused the folders to become corrupted? Is there any way to recover this data, or is it gone for good?

Appendix

for i in /Volumes/EXTERNAL_DRIVE; do diskutil list "$i"; diskutil info "$i"; df -Hg "$i";done

Below is the output from the above command.

/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 GB     disk4
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 EXTERNAL_DRIVE               2.0 GB     disk4s1
   Device Identifier:        disk4s1
   Device Node:              /dev/disk4s1
   Whole:                    No
   Part of Whole:            disk4

   Volume Name:              EXTERNAL_DRIVE
   Mounted:                  Yes
   Mount Point:              /Volumes/EXTERNAL_DRIVE

   Partition Type:           DOS_FAT_32
   File System Personality:  MS-DOS FAT32
   Type (Bundle):            msdos
   Name (User Visible):      MS-DOS (FAT32)

   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Volume UUID:              1C03C1DE-7B50-3127-8D83-6E40C62142BC

   Disk Size:                2.0 GB (2003795968 Bytes) (exactly 3913664 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Volume Total Space:       2.0 GB (1999863808 Bytes) (exactly 3905984 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Used Space:        27.8 MB (27750400 Bytes) (exactly 54200 512-Byte-Units) (1.4%)
   Volume Available Space:   2.0 GB (1972113408 Bytes) (exactly 3851784 512-Byte-Units) (98.6%)
   Allocation Block Size:    4096 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         No

   Device Location:          External
   Removable Media:          Removable
   Media Removal:            Software-Activated

Filesystem   1G-blocks Used Available Capacity iused ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk4s1         1    0         1     2%       0     0  100%   /Volumes/EXTERNAL_DRIVE


texts: Dictation bug: variations of 'catch' appear without being spoken anything

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Strangely, on my iPhone 11 with latest iOS 13 updates, an annoying bug has crept in. If i use dictation, which I do all day, the word “catch” or variations of it will pop into the message. Frequently this occurs even if nothing has been said. And I can’t speak a paragraph without “catch” showing up in there.

A little paranoia creeps in, and it has me wondering if some kind of surveillance monitoring is involved, like someone is initiating a command of “catch” which is causing my text to to recorded lol. I realize that is probably just crazy talk!

Any idea what’s what the problem/solution might be?


texts:
Is it possible to write an ipfw rule to:

1 - block a specific AFP Share by the Shares Name?

2 - block that AFP Share from access by anyone but the local network, i.e: no external IPs.

And if so could I have an example please based on my AFP Share name of 'CLOUD'
Thx.

MacPro OSX Server 10.7.latest

Netgear SRX5308


texts:
My Macbook has defect RAM, so it won't run correctly. Now it also tells me, that something is wrong with my SSD (M.2-version). But it will not run a complete disk test - probably because of the ram-issue. ifixit shows that you can remove the ssd. Is it possible to place that into an external M.2 USB device and run it on another mac to check the ssd?

I ask that because my idea is the following: If the ssd is still ok, than I probably would try to change the logic board (because I cannot change the ram only), put the ssd back in and have a working macbook again. But if the ssd is defect as well, it does not make any sense to switch that too. That's just too expensive.


texts: Intro to OSX System directory conventions

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I'm using macs since 8 years now and have a computer science background.
I know, that when installing software, OSX is not as nasty as windows.
Meaning, instead of dealing with dll libraries and stuff that is installed somewhere in the system, apps in osx usually - by convention - should only use folders like "Application Support" and "Preferences" for their stuff.

Since, there are apps, that don't follow conventions I'd like to know, what structure is encouraged by the system and what not. So I can know for example which folders in ~/Library/ I can delete without sacrificing system stability.

For example in my user-lib folder I had stuff like "MonoAndroid" from which I know where they came from (xamarin) and from which I know whether I want to delete them, because I'm not using the app assosiated with that anymore.

I suppose that the user directories are not that of a big problem with deleting stuff, but there is always this one app, that keeps files also in higher dir's (like said xamarin).

Additionally, I want to clean up a friend's mac, and since I was not using that, I'd like to have and intuition of "what belongs where" and what not.

Is there a guide or something?
Or a good documentation about where stuff should go and which folders should not been touched? I searched for that, but did not find anything good, really.
Until now I have based my knowledge about osx on knowledge about unix and half knowledge from usage.


texts: Is there a firmware upgrade for the Macbook6,1 from MB61.00C8.B00 to B02?

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This question is directly relevant to my failing attempts to upgrade the RAM in a Late 2009 White Unibody MacBook (MacBook6,1) to 8GB, and the question may be better asked in that context.

It is widely referenced (most authoritatively on everymac.com) that this model can support 8GB (despite Apple saying the max is 4GB), but in the "System Information: Hardware Overview" screenshots of every successful upgrade, the Boot ROM Version is shown as MB61.00C8.B02 while mine is at MB61.00C8.B00. While it's possible that I got bad RAM, I'm wondering if the earlier firmware version doesn't support 8GB. I did find one other person on a forum with the B00 firmware having the same problem I am ("3 beeps and won't boot with the RAM installed"), but no resolution; he did RMA his RAM at least once.

Apple doesn't show any firmware updates at all for the MacBook6,1 model, so there's nothing official for me to try and re-flash.

Has anyone managed to get 8GB working under B00, or upgrade it to B02?


texts: App Store asks me for a password, but won't let me change the Apple ID

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I'm taking over someone elses job and am using the computer he was using. In the App Store there are some apps that ask me to enter a password and have an Apple Id already filled in but won't let me change it.

For example there's an update to Evernote. In the Apple App store when I click on "update" it prompts me for the password and has the e-mail address of the previous employee automatically filled in (and I can't change it). What can I do? Evernote itself is signed out, so there definitely wouldn't be a loss if I reinstall it.


texts: FaceTime continually drops and loses net connection

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Comcast high-speed internet; up-to-date Apple devices. I'm never able to complete a conversation: FaceTime freezes, modem loses Internet connection.

Every.Single.Time.


texts: How can I fix "MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15"?

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For the last few weeks, I've been getting lots of recurrent MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15 error messages in system.log. How can I diagnose and fix this?

I don't know if it's causing any issues, but it's worrisome, and it's spamming the log file so I'm having trouble diagnosing other problems. Time Machine has also been wonky lately, failing to complete backups to external drives attached to my Time Capsule because it couldn't find the backup disk. (Backups to locally-attached drives work fine.) Maybe related, since mtmfs is part of the Time Machine system.

Here's what it looks like, from system.log as viewed in Console. There will be a sequence of errors and restart attempts, which then get throttled.

Nov 28 15:08:18 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: cannot bind custom tcp socket
Nov 28 15:08:18 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15
Nov 28 15:08:19 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server retrying ...
Nov 28 15:08:19 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: cannot bind custom tcp socket
Nov 28 15:08:19 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15
Nov 28 15:08:21 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server retrying ...
Nov 28 15:08:21 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: cannot bind custom tcp socket
Nov 28 15:08:21 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15
Nov 28 15:08:22 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server retrying ...
Nov 28 15:08:22 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: cannot bind custom tcp socket
Nov 28 15:08:22 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15
Nov 28 15:08:24 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server retrying ...
Nov 28 15:08:24 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: cannot bind custom tcp socket
Nov 28 15:08:24 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of error 15
Nov 28 15:08:25 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server retrying ...
Nov 28 15:08:25 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server failed to start because of too many retries
Nov 28 15:08:25 eilonwy.local mtmfs[379]: MTM fs Mount server failed, last error 15
Nov 28 15:08:25 eilonwy com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.mtmfs[379]): Exited with code: 99
Nov 28 15:08:25 eilonwy com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.mtmfs): Throttling respawn: Will start in 3 seconds

This repeats constantly, ending up with about 150,000 mtmfs error messages in system.log every day.

This is on OS X 10.8.5 on a Mid 2012 Retina MacBook Pro. eilonwy is the hostname of my machine.

I've looked through what little doco on mtmfs I've found through man and Google, and while it tells how to start and stop it, I've found no info on what error 15 means, what "custom tcp socket" it might be trying to bind to and how to fix, and what the consequences of mtmfs not running are.

I contacted Apple support and they suggested doing a "Repair Permissions" from Disk Utility, which I did and it didn't fix the problem, and then reinstalling OS X, which is a little aggressive (and Windows-y) for my taste.

Can anyone help me fix this, or point at some resources to help diagnose it?


texts: Add a Google account to macOS 10.14.6 running Safari 13.0?

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Starting on September 20, 2019, my macOS 10.14.6-equipped iMac began asking me to enter the password for two Google accounts I've long had connected to the machine.

I clicked the notification bubble and it took me to the Internet Accounts area of System Preferences. Upon clicking one of the two Google accounts a dialog was presented by System Preferences that informed me I had to complete password entry for the Google account in Safari. Clicking OK opened Safari but no authorization page is every loaded.

I deleted the accounts and attempted to re-add them to the Internet Accounts settings but the problem remains. I'm stuck in a loop.

Prior to this occuring, I updated Safari on the iMac. No changes were made to either Google account by me prior to this occuring (though Google could have made changes quietly without my knowledge).

You can view the problem occuring in this screen capture video I took: https://youtu.be/wIJaBCyp_5I

Both of these Google accounts have long used 2FA if that is of any help helping me solve this problem. I would use an app-specific password here, but that doesn't appear to be an option when adding a Google account in the Internet Accounts pane of System Preferences.

How can I fix this and get these accounts re-added to macOS?


texts: Show limited reminders/notifications on iPhone lock screen (iOS 13)?

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I'd like to be able to show on my iPhone lock screen notifications that I have upcoming events today, timed reminders, and suchlike, but without showing the actual details of what they are. However, I can't work out how to do this.

The "Today View" screen (swipe from the left) doesn't seem to respect the Notifications "Show Previews" setting (ie, "When Unlocked") and shows the calendar event or reminder titles regardless (rather than just (eg, "Event at 15:00"), which is definitely not desirable from a privacy perspective (eg, if your phone is stolen or lost, someone else would be able to see this information, which should be private).

The Notification Centre doesn't seem to be very much help: although it does only show limited information when my iPhone is locked (good), it seems to entirely forget about upcoming events apart from when the set notification time arrives. I'd like to have that reminder of upcoming events or reminders constantly available (albeit with details only visible when unlocked), so that I don't forget about them (that's why my phone is supposed to be remembering these things for me!).

(I've also just spotted that although I have Badges enabled for Calendar, the Calendar icon doesn't seem to show them, which would also be a useful memory jog, if it was working?!)

Is there some way that I can adjust the settings to do what I want?


texts: Are AirPlay2 device retrocompatible with AirPlay

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I've a 2012 MacBook pro running MacOS 10.11. It does not have AirPlay 2 (but AirPlay is running fine).

I wonder if I buy a AirPlay2 device if they are going to work with it ?


texts: Webcam not working after MacOS update to version 11.2.1

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I have a 16 inch MacBook Pro. The webcam on it was working fine before the update. But since the update, when I open FaceTime, it shows I guess what is the first frame, and that's it - there's no video feed from the webcam, just a dark, static image of the first frame:

Has anyone else faced this issue? And how do I fix it? I tried restarting the system a couple of times, but that didn't fix the issue.


texts: Distribute in App Store from a country without Online App Store?

texts: I just received an email from Apple to continue the Apple Developer Program enrollment process, but before I do, I want to know some important details.  I'm a developer for a company in Morocco and we want to distribute apps in the App Store, I know that there is no Online App Store for Morocco, but can we distribute in the App Store of another country even though our Apple ID, D&B and Credit Card information are located in Morocco?


texts: In Numbers, show data (rounding) with a given number significant figures?

texts: In Numbers, show data (rounding) with a given number significant figures (sigfig)? Either purely visually (like it's format setting for decimal plages (dp)), or any other way, without changing the data with a formula?


texts:
My MacBook Pro 13" fell down from a coffee table and its getting heated up after that. Although the laptop is working with no problem of memory or hard drive, sometimes it makes a strange noise and gets hot pretty quickly.

Can I analyze/fix this issue myself or do I need to contact Apple Support (and if the later, would this be free)?


texts: How to remove/eject non-existing External devices from Disk Utility?

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For some reason Disk Utility (16.0) didn't eject my HDDs correctly and show the list of ghosts external drives as per below image:

despite I've no any external hard drives connected. Ejecting them from contextual menu doesn't do anything.

I've tried to use diskutil to unmount these non-existing drives:

diskutil list
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

but it didn't work.

Including this shell command to unmount them all:

$ while read disk _; do diskutil unmountDisk force $disk; done < <(diskutil list | grep external)
Unmount of all volumes on disk2 was successful
Unmount of all volumes on disk4 was successful
Unmount of all volumes on disk5 was successful
Unmount of all volumes on disk6 was successful
Unmount of all volumes on disk7 was successful
Unmount of all volumes on disk8 was successful
Unmount of all volumes on disk9 was successful
Unmount of all volumes on disk10 was successful

but the command doesn't take any (even with force) effect despite the successful message. So these disks are still showing after restarting Disk Utility as per below command:

$ diskutil list | grep external
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
/dev/disk5 (external, physical):
/dev/disk6 (external, physical):
/dev/disk7 (external, physical):
/dev/disk8 (external, physical):
/dev/disk9 (external, physical):
/dev/disk10 (external, physical):

The following log entries shows when unmounting a single disk:

$ log stream
opendirectoryd: Client: <private>, UID: 501, EUID: 501, GID: 20, EGID: 20
opendirectoryd: <private> completed, delivered 1 result
diskutil: (CoreFoundation) Loading Preferences From System CFPrefsD For Search List
diskutil: (CoreFoundation) Loading Preferences From User CFPrefsD For Search List
authd: (Security) SecTrustEvaluateIfNecessary
trustd: [com.apple.securityd.policy] cert[2]: AnchorTrusted =(leaf)[force]> <CFBoolean 0x7fffcc25d578 [0x7fffcc25cbd0]>{value = false}
authd: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG
authd: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG
authd: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG
authd: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG
authd: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG
authd: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG
opendirectoryd: Client: <private>, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0
opendirectoryd: <private> completed, delivered 1 result
opendirectoryd: Client: <private>, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0
opendirectoryd: <private> completed, delivered 1 result
opendirectoryd: Client: <private>, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0
opendirectoryd: <private> completed, delivered 1 result
authd: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.volume.external.unmount' by client '/usr/sbin/diskutil' [30724] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/diskutil' [30724] (13,0)
opendirectoryd: Client: <private>, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0
opendirectoryd: <private> completed, delivered 1 result
opendirectoryd: Client: <private>, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0
opendirectoryd: <private> completed, delivered 1 result
opendirectoryd: Client: <private>, UID: 0, EUID: 0, GID: 0, EGID: 0
opendirectoryd: <private> completed, delivered 1 result
authd: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.volume.external.unmount' by client '/usr/libexec/diskarbitrationd' [97] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/diskutil' [30724] (2,0)
taskgated: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] MacOS error: -67062
taskgated: (Security) [com.apple.securityd.security_exception] MacOS error: -67062

How do I get rid of these non-existing volumes without restarting the system?


texts: My app is showing install size instead of download size in App Store

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My uploaded iOS app is showing 28.3 MB size in the App Store app on an iPhone 5s. As per the Estimated App Store file size from iTunes Connect, my app size will be as shown in the image.

My concern is that it is showing the install size (28.4 MB, the amount of disk space that the app will take on the customer's device) in the App Store app on the iPhone 5s.

I think it should be Download Size instead of Install Size. Is anything wrong with the size showing in the App Store? Or is it so?


texts: How to access windows shared directory for music files?

texts:
I would like to access music files on windows from my iPad.

Is it possible? I really don't think it is a good idea to transfer music files to my ipad since I use ipad at home anyway.


texts: Does Apple Watch automatically stop walk/run workout?

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One problem I commonly have with activity and workout trackers is that I forget to stop recording when I finish my walk or run, and end up including a bus ride or drive as part of the workout. This skews the data and mostly makes it useless for tracking.

And furthermore, most trackers don’t make it easy to trim or crop an activity after it has been completed.

Does the Apple Watch automatically stop recording a walk or run workout when it detects you’re moving faster than a human could possibly run?


texts: File created during maven build can't be copied

texts:
Hardware:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)\
OS:
OS X El Capitan, 10.11.6

Problem:
I have a standard maven project which I build using mvn clean install from the command line. I receive an error on the install process which says Permission Denied for the created jar file so it can't copy it over.

Looking in the directory I see:

$ cd target/
$ ls -al
total 230856
drwxr-xr-x  10 u1  g1        340 Dec 21 16:08 ./
drwxr-xr-x  12 u1  g1        408 Dec 21 16:08 ../
drwxr-xr-x   5 u1  g1        170 Dec 21 16:08 classes/
drwxr-xr-x   4 u1  g1        136 Dec 21 16:08 generated-sources/
drwxr-xr-x   3 u1  g1        102 Dec 21 16:08 jcasgen/
drwxr-xr-x   3 u1  g1        102 Dec 21 16:08 maven-archiver/
drwxr-xr-x   3 u1  g1        102 Dec 21 16:08 maven-status/
-rw-r--r--   1 u1  g1      38239 Dec 21 16:08 rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar
-rw-r--r--   1 u1  g1  118102157 Dec 21 16:08 rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
-rw-r--r--   1 u1  g1      53247 Dec 21 16:08 original-rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

If I do an ls -le I don't see any extended ACLs. If I try to copy the large JAR file:

$ cp rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar ~
cp: rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar: Permission denied
$ sudo cp rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar ~
Password:
cp: rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar: Permission denied
$ cp rules-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar ~
$

It's just that single file that won't copy. I have discovered that I can mv the file other places, but copying just doesn't work no matter where I put it.

What else is interesting is that I can move my code anywhere in the file system, rerun the build, and that single created file has the same issue.

I have booted to the recovery console and reset the ACLs and permissions for my home directory to no effect. I have run Disk Utility and it shows everything to be okay.

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Other Mac folks here are saying I'll need to boot single user and fsck -y the drive.

Additional Info

By default, the maven install step uses the maven-shade-plugin to build an uber-jar. It is this uber-jar that cannot be copied. If I disable the maven-shade-plugin, so that the final JAR is a normal jar, I don't see the problem.

I have Trend Micro running on my Mac if that could make a difference.

I have discovered that if I overwrite the uber-jar with different data (same name) the file become copyable. For example:

cat > rules-0.0.1-SHAPSHOT.jar
asdf
^D

After that, I can copy the file.

I have tried to watch things with opensnoop but all I see is a "Permission Denied" on an open by java.


texts: Installation XCode is not recognized by installer

texts:
I'm trying to install the Free Pascal Compiler for Intel 3.0.5

Althouth XCode and Xcode its command line tools are already installed (which I already use and which was already recognized by some other installations), it is not recognized by the installer of Free Pascal:

Is there any workaround to avoid this error? Is there something like PATH we have to set like in Windows?


texts: Option and Shift keys not working with some combinations, for example (Shift + Option + Command)

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I have a 13' MBP 2012 (non Retina). The problem is that left Option and Shift keys are not working with some combinations.  For example Shift Option Command → would not select any text. I can't do a screenshot as well (Command Shift 3/4).

The problem is with a left side only. The right one works great. Also, if I'm using an external keyboard on it left side is working fine.

The keys work fine with a simple combination (Shift Enter) or Option something. That issue really put me in stuck, because it's so inconstant.

Does anyone face the same issue? As I can remember that behavior appears after I tried to re-assign those keys in Windows Bootcamp (maybe it's just an accident that happened at the same time and it's not actually related). From that time I changed the hard-drive an installed a clean version of latest macOS. The problem still persist.

Any ideas what to do? I don't really want to give it to local services because its price right now is about $400 but they asking $120 for a diagnosis. There are no Apple stores in my or near-by cities.


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Some days ago, I installed Ubuntu on my MacBookPro, I created a new partition shrinking the one I was using for MacOS.

Later I decided to remove it, so I deleted the partition containing Ubuntu, but I didn't manage to resize the MacOS partition back to the start, so I booted in Recovery Mode to do that. Then I realized that my battery was going low and I closed the MacBook lid to do that in another moment.

The day after I opened my lid, I heard the Mac sound and the missing boot icon appeared.

Now if I go to Recovery Mode, I can see the hard drive but the partition with MacOS is greyed out, and I don't know how to fix this.

Here is the output of diskutil list:

 /dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_UFS                         180.8 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.3 GB     disk1
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS OS X Base System        1.3 GB     disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *5.2 MB     disk2
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk3
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk4
/dev/disk5
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk5
/dev/disk6
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk6
/dev/disk7
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk7
/dev/disk8
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *6.3 MB     disk8
/dev/disk9
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *2.1 MB     disk9
/dev/disk10
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk10
/dev/disk11
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk11
/dev/disk12
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk12
/dev/disk13
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk13
/dev/disk14
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *6.3 MB     disk14

and gpt -r show disk0:

    start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  353106320      2  GPT part - 55465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  353515960  136718759
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header


texts: How do I prevent my MacBook from sleeping when downloading apps from the App Store

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When I try to download large apps from the App Store whether on battery or AC power the displays turns off after time set and downloading also stops.

The Energy Saver preferences are set to defaults.

What should I do to continue download even when display is off?

I am using OS X 10.9.4


texts: Numerical Pad dot on "French - PC" keyboard layout

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I have a MacBook Pro with macOs Catalina and an Azerty (FR) keyboard.
I'm using an external Azerty keyboard (PC type, not Mac).
My keyboard setting is "French - PC" and works well for everything but the numerical pad: the dot is displayed as a comma.
Is there any way to change the locale (and having this dot being a dot) while keeping the "French - PC" keyboard layout?


texts: Is it possible to / is there an app that can turn off your iPhone lock when the device is connected to your home WiFi?


texts: Trying to figure out what is causing kernel panic, problem report inside

texts:
Trying to figure this out since it is driving me insane. I looked up my third party kexts and only thing is little snitch, thats not even in this report so it doesn't seem to be the issue.

Can this be a problem with my boot drive? BootROM MP61.0120.B00, I'm not sure how to update since the original apple drive is no longer installed.

Any help would be appreciated. Not too sure on how to read this thing, is it saying "com.apple.iokit.IONVMeFamily(2.1)[26E33FBA-73DC-3D8A-AA62-16A25FA97C8A]@0xffffff7f9af92000->0xffffff7f9afd0fff" is the source of the issue?

https://pastebin.com/GUJBzG7a

thank you


texts: I need a pdf reader for my 4th Gen iPod Touch

texts: iBooks will not download to it, as it requires OS7,which the iPod 4th Gen cannot accommodate... I downloaded Adobe Reader, but can't locate the file on my iPod for it to open (when it's attached iTunes tells me the file is in "Books", but I can't find "Books" on the iPod itself)


texts: Safari is super slow at everything even after clear cache

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On macOS with Safari I am having the issue that Safari operations for boot, creating new tabs and new windows are super slow.
Starting Safari takes between 45 seconds and 1 minute and 20 seconds even with no site from the previous session.
Creating a new tab or window takes between 30 seconds and a minute.
All have been timed.
I have been unable to identify why this happens, I have tried the following to solve the issue:

Disable all extension (I only had Grammarly)
Cleared cache
Cleared history and cleared cache

Additionally I have tried the following:

Create a new user
Start in safe

The issue persists under these conditions as well.
The issue started roughly 3 months ago, but I do not recall and update.


texts: How to add a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac

texts: What key combination do I have to press to create a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac 2011? The Windows combination of Alt+Enter does not work on the Mac.


texts: AppleScript - "Close tabs to right of current tab" in Safari 7

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I have been using the AppleScript below as an Automator service in order to get Safari to close all tabs to the right of the current tab. However I have updated to Mavericks (10.9) and find that this no longer works.

Can anyone advise how this AppleScript should be changed in order to make it work again?

Here's the script:

    tell application "Safari"
  set indexActive to index of current tab of window 1
    repeat until (get index of last tab of window 1) = indexActive
        close last tab of window 1
    end repeat
end tell


texts: Mouse clicks on toolbars (and window close/minimize/resize buttons) don't always register in Mountain Lion

texts: I am using OS X Mountain Lion (on a MacBook Pro). I have noticed that sometimes if I try to close a window by clicking on the red close button or if I try to click a toolbar button (like get new mail in Mail), it doesn't always register the click. Clicking still works as I can click elsewhere, and I can still use keyboard shortcuts to close windows, and if I wait a few seconds clicks on the toolbar will register again. Has anyone else come across this? Is there a fix?


texts: How to install Windows 8.1 on MacBook Pro from USB?

texts:
I'm on a 2011 MacBook Pro trying to install Windows 8.1 from a USB. I tried creating bootable FAT32 and NTFS USBs from my Windows ISO with Rufus, but still I don't see anything in Startup Disk in Windows or OS X:

Update 1:

Attempted to write ISO to USB with Disk Utility in OS X, but it wouldn't let me select the ISO (see JeremyKun's comment).

Update 2:

Managed to write the ISO to USB with dd in OS X, but still I don't see it in Startup Disk.


texts:
For years, I've used screen sharing to connect my MacBook to my iMac. It has always worked like a charm. About a month ago, it stopped working. I can still see my iMac in Finder when I'm on the laptop. But when I try to connect, I get the "busy" bar for a minute or two, then a message telling me I needed to enable screen sharing on the iMac.

Screen sharing is enabled; I never changed the setting, and I've double checked that it is still clicked. I can screen share via my MacBook with my husband's iMac across our home network, so I think the problem rests with the iMac, not with my laptop. I have tried sharing via VNC. I have tried logging out of Mobile me on the laptop. I have tried a screen sharing app. Nothing works. Can anyone think of anything I haven't tried?

I'm running OS X 10.7.5 on the iMac.


texts: Can you set own prices when selling music on iTunes?

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Can you set your own track/album prices when selling music on iTunes?

I was able to find answers on several forums (not on Apple's website/KBs), but they were contradictory (some say that it's $0.99 automatically, some that you can choose the price).

Can someone clarify the pricing parameters an artist can use on the iTunes store?


texts: Display appears different on two accounts using same color profile

texts:
I have 2 accounts on my Mac Pro both are using the same color display profile however on my account it is clearly a lot brighter. I can test this by switching between the 2 accounts with the same image open in both accounts. On account A you can see the light shades of gray on account B the light shades of gray are missing and it just looks solid white.

I removed everything from account B's startup items and looked at the processes running on a clean boot into both accounts and the only differences are processes I expect to make no difference (mysql, perl etc.)

When I login into the account B (with the problem) that does have the problem I see the brightness change 2 times before finder and the rest of the desktop starts, whereas logging into account A doesn't seem to do this.

I would like to know what is causing this and stop it as it's very annoying.


texts: Is it possible to put Windows 10 onto an external SSD and boot it through VirtualBox/VMware?

texts: I am getting a 13-inch Macbook Pro (possibly the 2019 model) on my birthday. I am wondering if I can put Windows 10 onto an External SSD and boot it with virtual machine software on my Mac (ex. VMware, VirtualBox)


texts: iMac won't recognize my iPhone to upload pictures

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When I plug my iPhone into my iMac via USB, Dropbox tries to access the pictures, but won't download them. iTunes recognizes the iPhone, but doesn't have a selection to import pictures, only videos. iPhoto doesn't even recognize the iPhone.

My iMac is running Mac OS 10.13.5 and my iPhone has the most recent iOS update.


texts: Macbook white screen with background visible

texts:
I'm not sure what got into my system. It was working just fine but then this happened.

Strange this is, even after I turn my computer off, when I turn on I can see the background of my mac and some applications opened (feels as if the computer wasn't turned off).
Please help!


texts: When I try to download an app, it says Verification Required?

texts:
I can't update my Apps, or download Free ones. Also when I go into Settings there isn't a None option for payment options.

I tried to enter my credit card but it says "Your payment method was declined"

My iPhone model is an iPhone 5c.


texts: What exactly is the purpose of TimeOut key in launchd plist?

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What exactly is the purpose of 'TimeOut' key in launchd plist? I thought a program specified through the first parameter of ProgramArguments will be executed after waiting seconds specified as the value of 'TimeOut'. But this is not happening. I am using Mac OS X version 10.8.2.

The Plist I used is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
 <key>Label</key>
 <string>script.test2</string>
 <key>ProgramArguments</key>
 <array>
   <string>/bin/sh</string>
   <string>/var/scripts/test2.sh</string>
 </array>
 <key>RunAtLoad</key>
 <true/>
 <key>StandardOutPath</key>
 <string>/tmp/test2_script.out</string>
 <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
 <string>/tmp/test2_script.err</string>
 <key>TimeOut</key>
 <integer>600</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

What I may be doing wrong here?


texts: How to recover files from command "git clean -df"

texts: I accidentally run the command "git clean -df", so I lost many directories and files, I want to recover them, I don't have backup in time machine. I tried some software to recover, but they don't work.


texts: I've upgraded to Yosemite. Now my Screensaver is goofy!

texts: Why does my screensaver continually revert to the default when I've changed it several times, to use My Photos? This is very frustrating!


texts: Can I efficiently use the iPhone with a prepaid Sim card?

texts:
I'm not sure this is the correct place where to ask this. If you can indicate me another Stack Exchange website I can use instead would be great.

Anyway, I'm willing to move to a prepaid sim card for my iPhone to cut costs. That is, I don't want to pay a monthly subscription, but pay per minute/sms/internet traffic.

I'm not calling or texting a lot, just very occasionally. And I sometimes use google maps via 3G.

Also, I would like to receive Facebook messages via 3G, but I don't need to be notified on time, the phone can check every 30 minutes for example for the Facebook inbox.

Can I have this with a prepaid sim card? To have my iPhone to check every 30 minutes for incoming messages / mails, so that it connects just few times per day and it doesn't stay online all the time?


texts: Is that possible to let terminal update autocomplete for new executable files in path automatically?

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I am running MacOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) and using zsh (the default shell).
Whenever I added new executable files/scripts to $PATH, I can not auto-complete the script filename in the existing terminals. I have to open a new terminal to make the autocomplete work for the new files.
Is that possible to make the autocomplete work for new files in $PATH automatically for old existing terminal sessions?
Thanks a lot.


texts: Why are subscribed podcasts appearing more than once on my iPod touch 5g?

texts:
After c. 5 years, I 'upgraded' from a 3g touch to a 5g model. I soon noticed that the list of podcasts shown on the iPod was getting longer and longer. There were at least 3 copies of each podcast source in the list.

I'm on iOS 8.4.1 and I just deleted all the podcasts from the iPod and then also from my iTunes and resubscribed to the podcasts I regularly hear.

It's only been a few days but the iPod now shows 2 copies of each subscribed podcast.

Is there anyone who can explain to a simple software engineer what I might be doing wrong? After all I'm not new to the iPod but I cannot figure out what's going wrong here.


texts: No prompt to accept files when Airdropped to myself?

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Ive just airdropped a file from my phone (iPhone 8, iOS 12.x) to my computer (MacBook Pro, OSX 10.13.x). Both devices use the same Apple / iCloud ID.

The file was received fine, but I was not required to confirm acceptance of the file on my computer. My concern is that someone could send me a file maliciously.

My computers AirDrop settings are set to "Allow me to be discovered by Contacts Only."

If another contact with a different Apple ID tried to Airdrop a file to my computer, would my computer ask me to accept it ?


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I don’t want autocorrect to correct certain “words”

For example, I want to type “ig” without it changing to “if”

I thought I’d be able to do this by adding an “ig” to “ig” shortcut in the text replacement part of my keyboard settings.

But it still autocorrects it every now and then.

How can I completely stop autocorrect on certain words?


texts: I have an iMac running Catalina version 10.15.2 and using Photos version 5.0. I have plenty of photos on my iPhone that are available in my iCloud photo library but not in my Photos application on my desktop. I've tried clicking iCloud sync and I've tried clicking off all Photos activities in the Activity Monitor, and still not fixed. Any other ideas?


texts:
I'm trying to use an Epson Workforce 840 over Wifi with Mac OS X 10.9. This Mac has never used the printer before.

I've tried going through the usual steps but it's not working. My Mac sees the printer over Wifi, and I select it. But the response is that "The software for this printer is currently unavailable. Please contact the printer’s manufacturer for the latest software."

Then I go to Epson, and they just tell me to do the same thing I just did.

If I try to add the printer in System Preferences, it also sees the printer over Wifi, but I get the same result. If I click the "Add Printer..." button, choosing "auto select" for the driver produces a message reading "Software for this printer isn't available from Apple. Contact the printer's manufacturer for the latest software."

Lather, rinse, repeat.

But: I have two Macs running Mavericks, and one of them can use the printer. The one where it works "inherited" its printer driver from Mac OS X 10.8, I believe. The one where it doesn't work has never used this printer before.

How do I break this loop and get the printer working?


texts: At how many battery cycles should I consider replacing my battery?

texts:
My battery has become quite a pain in the neck recently, It's not lasting much more than about 2 or 3 hours and that's usually just using basic programs like chrome or pages etc. It's difficult for me because I use it quite a lot at school, and unfortunately school is a lot longer than 2-3 hours...I also use a lot of very intensive programs like blender and unity, but usually I try to only do that at home with my charger.

At the moment it tells me I've done 621 cycles and tells me its in normal condition (pfft, normal...) Is that actually normal? Also, should I be thinking about replacing it with a new one, if so, is it expensive and will it actually make much of a difference, and if it shouldn't be replaced what can I do to make it better?

Thanks, Matthew

Edit:

This is what CoconutBattery tells me:


texts: What is the file format name `{ key = value }` ( equal sign separated json?) exported by defaults command?

texts:
I see the file which exported by defaults read. However, what extension should I name it?
In other words, what is this file format?
I do not know the file format, like
{
    "******.com.piyopiyo" =     {
        SOMEKEY = 1;
        ANOTHERKEY = 1;
        SOMEOBJECT = {key1 = 1234, key2 = ***** };
...
}


texts: Connection hangs with Fugu cannot connect

texts:
I've seen Fugu questions asked on this site, but I haven't found an answer for this:

My sysadmin locked my account on the server side, due to unexpected activity from my account. My password is now reset, and I can log in to the remote server via ssh in Terminal.

When I try to log in to the same remote machine via Fugu, the connection hangs and after a few minutes, Fugu gives up trying. I never saved a password with Fugu - I enter it each time I connect.

Could the login problem be related to the password change? If not, what else could be the source of this problem?


texts: How to a pull a window to my second monitor that's above the current one when the menu bar is in the way?

texts: The menu bar is in the way so I can't pull one of my windows there. I had to move the bar up to that monitor as well so it wouldn't be in the way.


texts:
I tried to install Windows 7 on my Mac via Boot Camp, but the disk of Windows 7 doesn't work. When I tried to install the Windows 7 it shows a black screen.

Now I want to boot back to OS X, but I don't know how.

Do I have to re-insert the Mac disk? If yes, how can I take out the disk from the Mac?


texts: 2x 4gig + 1x8gig Or 4x 4gig/2x 8 Gig sticks

texts:
So recently some people in the office have been complaining there macs are intently slow.
Now I dont know much about macs but because im one of 2 devs on staff I ofcourse Know all there is to know about IT.
My manager says its a Network/Server issue but I cant see how a server can cause Adobe/General Mac operations to slow.
The only common ground on all of these macs are that as the title mentions they all have the following memory setup:
2x 4gig sticks and 1 8gig Stick
From my windows experience although this works its a bad practice.
I further Believe its this as my Computer is the only one in the office with 2x 8gig sticks and I have 0 Issues with my machine Doing way more intense tasks then any of the designers when I run simulated mobile devices in the few hundreds.
Anyone Can confirm that it is better to use the same Sticks in pairs A.k.a Getting everyones Ram switched so They pair 4's and 8's instead of mix matching?


texts: Mail Cannot Save Information About Mailboxes

texts:
Sorry to come on with yet another stupid question, but when I start Mail.app, I'm seeing:

Mail Cannot Save Information About Your Mailboxes Because There Isn’t
Enough Space In Your Home Folder

I run a df ..
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused       ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk2s5   1.8Ti   11Gi  906Gi     2%  487554 19530667326    0%   /
devfs          207Ki  207Ki    0Bi   100%     718           0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk2s1   1.8Ti  935Gi  906Gi    51% 3295438 19527859442    0%   /System/Volumes/Data
/dev/disk2s4   1.8Ti  2.0Gi  906Gi     1%       2 19531154878    0%   /private/var/vm
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0           0  100%   /System/Volumes/Data/home
/dev/disk2s3   1.8Ti  501Mi  906Gi     1%      42 19531154838    0%   /Volumes/Recovery

So I see /System/Volumes/Data/home and thought that maybe that was similar to the old Solaris thing of /export/home being the same as /home.  But there is nothing in that directory.
If I go to Apple --> About this Mac and look at storage, I see 1.06 TB free out of 2 TB.
This is stopping me from using my Mail client.  I tried the solutions here.
None of them worked.
Thanks.


texts:
Im a new OSX user, and coming from Windows if I click a menu item which has a child popout menu I expect it to open the child not close the whole menu.

This seems to be system wide This seems to be within the main menu bar and not context menus, is there a setting I can change to stop the click closing the menu?


texts:
I am struggling with macports trying to install graphviz tool:

... $ sudo port install graphviz
--->  Computing dependencies for graphviz
--->  Fetching archive for graphviz
--->  Attempting to fetch graphviz-2.40.1_1+pangocairo+x11.darwin_18.x86_64.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/graphviz
--->  Attempting to fetch graphviz-2.40.1_1+pangocairo+x11.darwin_18.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/graphviz
--->  Attempting to fetch graphviz-2.40.1_1+pangocairo+x11.darwin_18.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/graphviz
--->  Fetching distfiles for graphviz
--->  Verifying checksums for graphviz
--->  Extracting graphviz
--->  Configuring graphviz
--->  Building graphviz
--->  Staging graphviz into destroot
--->  Installing graphviz @2.40.1_1+pangocairo+x11
--->  Activating graphviz @2.40.1_1+pangocairo+x11
--->  Cleaning graphviz
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  No broken files found.
--->  No broken ports found.
... $ graphviz
-bash: graphviz: command not found
... $ which graphviz
... $ sudo port installed
The following ports are currently installed:
...
  graphviz @2.40.1_1+pangocairo+x11 (active)
...

Literally have no idea what did I wrong. Any help will be appreciated.


texts:
I use a piece of specialty software that seems to be dealing badly with App Nap. Is there a way to retroactively list when App Nap acted on a specific process?
The Console log shows symptoms (Spindump reports when an app is throttled for excessive wakelocks or cpu use) but I can't find anything related to the third type of App Nap throttling (priority reduction), quoting from developer docs:

For any app that is not performing important user work, App Nap triggers a number of measures, including:

Priority reduction, which reduces the process priority of an app so that it receives a smaller share of available processor time

Timer throttling, which reduces the frequency with which an app’s timers are fired

I/O throttling, which reduces the rate at which an app can read or write data from a device while foreground apps need the device


texts: How do I read developer responses to my app reviews?

texts: Is there a way to view all of your developer responses in the App Store?


texts: Sync ratings bidirectional between iOS and iTunes on PC?

texts:
Is it possible to synchronize library meta-data, specifically the star ratings, bidirectionally between iTunes on PC and iPad?

I am rarely listening to music, but if I do so, it is likely on the iPad (mini) hence ratings will happen sometimes there but sometimes also on PC. In order to make that worthwhile however a synchronization from iPad to PC and PC to iPad is necessary.

So far I have only found threads were adventurous workarounds and many posts said, that synchronizing even ends up removing ratings from their mobile device. Is there really no possibility to get (preferably automatic) bidirectional synchronization of this data?

Another possibility mentioned was iTunes match, but since I don't use music too often, the annual fee seems too high.

PS: I strongly prefer non-jailbreak solutions.


texts: What happens if I plug a 2016 MacBook Pro into itself?

texts: The charging cable on the 2016 MacBook Pro is USB-C both ways, allowing me to plug the MacBook into itself. What happens if I do this?


texts: macOS briefly falls back to console after login

texts:
A few days ago, my 2018 MacBook Air entered console mode after logging in:

and then switches back to graphical mode (full video here).
I didn't install any system updates. I didn't see anything in the system logs. Console output shows nothing relevant (AFAIK).
Also, after this issue appeared, macOS asks me to allow incoming network connections for emlog.pl.
Any idea how to debug this issue? I've already tried to reset NVRAM, PRAM and SMC.


texts: How to buy multiple Lion licenses from the Mac App Store?

texts:
I need to install Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on about 10 company workstations.

If those were my personal computers, I could simply buy one license and then log into the Mac App Store on each workstation to download the installer.

But since according to the EULA I need to purchase 10 licenses, I wonder how to do that using a single Mac App Store account (Apple ID)? Is it at all possible to buy multiple licenses for an app on the Mac App Store?


texts: AppleScript-sent messages pop up as unsent drafts when trying to quit Mail

texts:
I have a spam processing script that I use to forward spam messages as attachments to my spam filter using the 'send' command in AppleScript. Everything processes and delivers fine, but later when I go to quit Mail, I'll have a new message window pop up with one of the messages that was sent in its own window as if it were a draft I was working on.

If I manually send it again, it will do the same with the next message that I had sent with the script, over and over until all of the ones since last open have reappeared. After the last one is re-sent or closed, Mail quits fine. They aren't being stored in my Drafts folder up to this point.

Here's the relevant part of the script:

        tell application "Mail"
            set theNewMsg to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theReportSubject, visible:true}
            tell theNewMsg
                make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theAddress}
                make new attachment at after the last paragraph with properties {file name:theTempFileName}
                send
            end tell
        end tell

I've tried visible:true and visible:false and don't see the message appear either way, I assume because it's processed so fast. Is there something I should be doing after 'send'?

Thanks!


texts: How to set a different encrypted boot volume without unlocking?

texts:
I have two MacOS installs as part of a dual-boot configuration on my MBP.  Both happen to be Mojave 10.14.  They are installed on two encrypted APFS volumes in the same APFS container.

I want to be able to set the next boot volume without supplying a decrypt password or holding down the option key during reboot.  Related, I want the current 'other volume' to be the default volume.  The current default is the second MacOS install that I performed.

The troubles I see:

1) Under System Preferences -> Startup Disk is that the decryption password is needed:  "It must be unlocked to determine if it is a valid startup disk."
   - this can't technically be true.  When I hold down the Option key during boot the decryption passwords aren't known at that time yet two volume options are presented.

2) The examples of command-line bless command are based on a volume mounted under /Volumes which of course means the decryption password is made available.


texts: MacOS: iTunes switches to safe mode occasionally

texts:
Once a week or so, this message pops up on my Macbook Pro:

why?  When I restart iTunes, iTunes seems happy again (for a time).


texts: Transferring all music from iPhone to iPhone

texts:
I recently got a new iPhone and the music I downloaded on iTunes on my old iPhone downloaded on to my new iPhone perfectly fine. But the music I downloaded not on my iPhone doesn't download onto my new iPhone.

Hard to understand but to put it simply, I just want all my music on my new iPhone not just some it.


texts: OpenSSL 0.9.8zg used by PHP does not support TLSv1.2 or TLSv1.1

texts:
As part of the installation a PHP 5.4 cartridge from openshift.com on my Mac with OS X 10.10.5 in the Terminal I noticed a message about it loading OpenSSL 0.9.8 for compatibilty with PHP.

Later, trying to install getcomposer.org it is giving me a warning:

  Some settings on your machine may cause stability issues with Composer.
  If you encounter issues, try to change the following:

  The OpenSSL library (0.9.8zc) used by PHP does not support TLSv1.2 or TLSv1.1.  If possible you should upgrade OpenSSL to version 1.0.1 or above.

openssl version command in terminal reported OpenSSL 0.9.8zg 14 July 2015

Should I update to OpenSSL version 1.0.1?


texts:
I have created a savings bundle and encrypted it with the standard SHA 2 algorithm with the usual hard disk utility.
Can I see the encryption anywhere?
They cannot be found in the disk utility or with hdiutil imageinfo.


texts: Should I have my Mac on until "external" hard drive encryption process is done?

texts:
I have a MBP 2012 and replaced the internal hard drive with an SSD and the SuperDrive with a 1TB HDD. I'm encrypting my 1TB HDD.

Should I leave my Mac on until it's done?

Does OS X pause the encryption process if I turn my Mac off (or put to sleep) or does it start over every time I turn it back on?

I'm running El Capitan 10.11.5.


texts:
Feel free to call me crazy or paranoid, but sometimes I feel like the camera LED turns on briefly (for approximately 0.1 seconds). Maybe it's just odd reflections, or me confusing the LED for the camera itself with my peripheral vision, but it piqued my curiosity; how would I find out if some utility is turning on and off the camera very quickly to snap a picture? Is it even possible to do it that quickly? How would I diagnose this? Does something like this actually exist?

Edit: Note, yes, I do know of the existence of trojans and so on. The point of my question is: as a sysadmin-level user (advanced), how can I perform this diagnostic, hard core? Also, the question about the timing is: when the camera is turned on by any utility, is it possible to turn it on, snap a picture, and turn it off in such a small amount of time? Does the driver allow you such a quick round trip?


texts: Can I use the Mac OS X Install DVD that came with my Mac Mini on my Macbook?

texts:
I just bought a new hard drive for my Macbook and want to install a fresh OS X 10.6. I looked through all the CDs that I have and I could only find the Mac OS X Install DVD that came with a new Mac Mini I bought a couple of months ago.

Can I use that disc to install Mac OS X 10.6 for my Macbook?

Normally I would think it'd be no problem, but the install disk prominently says "Mac mini" on it. I'm wondering if the OS is specially tailored for Mac Mini's and won't have the drivers necessary for Macbooks.

The rest of the disc says:

Mac Mini
Mac OS X Install DVD
Mac OS version 10.6.4
Disc version 1.0

Any thoughts?


texts: Scaling all UI elements when using an external monitor

texts:
When I use my Macbook Pro's internal monitor, I have the following options in the Display settings menu:

The best thing here is the Scaled option, which means that I can use the native resolution of the screen and rescale all UI elements bigger or smaller depending on my taste and they still look very sharp.

However, when I connect my Macbook to a 2K monitor, the Scaled option is not available, I can only set the resolution. The Display settings menu looks somewhat like this:

I don't want to change the resolution of my external monitor since I always want to use the native resolution of the monitor to achieve maximum sharpness. However, in my opinion the default UI size of the Mac is a bit too small on a typical 27" 2K screen so I would like to scale all UI elements bigger (I mean all, not just fonts) as it is possible to do using the internal monitor.

According to some screenshots that I found, the scaled menu is available at least for this 4K monitor:

So my question is: Why isn't the scaled option always available when using an external monitor with Mac?

By the way, the equivalent option in Windows is to change the DPI settings, which causes all elements to look bigger and sharp and it works on all displays:


texts: Can I use Applescript in Automator to remember/recall variables and folder locations?

texts:
I am a total noob when it comes to using Automator (so late to the party), but I'm trying to create an app that imports, renames, resizes, and duplicates images.

I've already created a workflow that does all of this, but I'd like for the user to be able to input certain variables only the first time they use the app, and then have the app draw on those variables for subsequent uses.

Is there perhaps a way to do this with Applescript? (noob with Applescript too)

Below is a simple example of what I'd like to do, however I'd like to set up multiple "remembered" variables.

Example:

1st run

Choose file destination [result=Import folder]
Choose images to be imported

2nd (and later) run

(remembers destination as Import folder, doesn't ask for this input)
1. Choose images to be imported

Since I'm new to all of this, I have this idea that maybe I could build one app (only to be used to set up the variables) that would create a text file with all of the relevant variable info, and then the second app could "read" this file. I have no idea how to do this though.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much!


texts:
How do I install sudo insults† on Mac terminal?

Apparently Apple has cleaned it up from Darwin, so adding Defaults insults through sudo visudo does not help.

† The insulting things sudo command says when you enter wrong password.


texts: macOS Sierra broke SSH Kerberos authentication

texts:
I have used Kerberos GSSAPI authentication together with SSH to connect from my Mac to work servers. However, ever since the macOS Sierra upgrade, I'm forced to enter passwords again.

My ~/.ssh/config looks like this:

Host MYSERVER
    GSSAPIAuthentication yes
    GSSAPIDelegateCredentials yes

I originally had there GSSAPITrustDns yes as well, but after the Sierra upgrade, SSH refused to start up saying that it could not parse the config. Removing the line fixed that.

Is there any way to get this working again?


texts: What happens when the Mac OS menu bar fills up with too many icons?

texts:
When the Mac OS menu bar fills up with too many icons on the upper right side, and begins to encroach on the space of the menu text, will the OS begin to make the menu bar taller and wrap the icons?  Or will the icons simply overflow / overlay the menu text?

This question assumes that Bartender is not installed.


texts: Is there a safe temperature definition for the Macbook Pro Retina?

texts:
I'm using a grid-computing software to donate my CPU time, so every core is always 100 Celsius degrees (212F), all day.

Is there a reference, from Apple or other source, indicating a safe temperature for this notebook?


texts: How to fix a Macbook that does not always draw its internal screen after waking from sleep and having unplugged external display while asleep?

texts:
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro (Retina) which I mostly use on my desk. The computer is "docked" via a Thunderbolt display, and additionally a third-party DVI display, which I have hooked up via an Apple Mini Display Port to DVI adapter (the active one, doing 2560x1440).

I use the MacBook during the day with the lid closed. So I work on the two external monitors. Via the Apple menu I put the Mac to sleep in the evening.

Sometimes, later in the evening, I like to take it downstairs and use it on my lap, so I unplug everything while the Mac is still asleep. I take the computer down and open it up.

Sometimes, when I open the lid up (not always) the internal screen does not come on. The back light illuminates, but there is no display.

I know the MacBook is alive because I can SSH into it.

Plugging the external monitors back in, in this state, has no effect.
My only workaround at the moment is to wake it up and do my replugging while it's awake but I don't think I should need to do this.

So, what might be causing this how to resolve it?


texts: What can you tell applications to do using AppleScript?

texts: I know that you can use the tell application "" command in AppleScript to do many simple things like open a website in Google Chrome, play and iTunes song, or do keystrokes with System Events. Are there any other things that you can tell applications to do that might come in handy in some way? (I already know the iTunes and Finder tells... please don't include those).


texts:
How can I convert a WMV (Windows Media Video) movie file to QuickTime MOV on OSX El Capitan?

If possible I would prefer to use an installed program rather than an online program.

Neither VLC nor Handbrake can convert WMV to MOV. A Google Search reveals some other options, but I'm dubious about installing these unknown 3rd-party applications without a recommendation from people I trust (ie StackExchange users).


texts: Why Doesn't OSX root user automatically default to the same shell as other users

texts:
Why doesn't the root user on OSX automatically default to the same shell as other users?

Seems like this would avoid a lot of complications, but I guess there must be complications with the shells being the same for root as others, but I just don't know what they are.  I have googled this and searched Stack Exchange, and have not found an explanation for it.


texts: To remove email address of sent messages from Mail

texts:
I have tried to find how to remove the email addresses to which you have sent emails in Mail.
They are not in Contacts -application.
Not in Settings.

I type masi.mathiasen... and I all the time get the contact which I removed from Contacts, just because I sent there one message before.
Then, when he has got new email address it is annoying because I am writing his name there first and get the old one as autocomplete.

How can you remove an old email-address which Mail -application uses in OSX, which is not found in Contacts?


texts: Is it possible to get Keynote/Pages/Numbers for El Capitan?

texts:
I received an older MacBook Pro 5,1 (MacBook Pro 15” Unibody, Late 2008 / Early 2009), but it came without a hard drive. I installed Mountain Lion from DVD, then updated to El Capitan, which is the latest version of macOS supported by this laptop.

I am now unable to install Keynote—or any iWork app—because they all require macOS Sierra. What can I do?


texts: Native Youtube app suddenly stopped working on iPad 1

texts:
It's been some weeks now, whenever I try to used my Youtube app, it tells me it's impossible to connect to Youtube. Since it's an iPad 1, I have had trouble finding information online.

Did Google or Apple stop supporting the app? Is it finally obsolete? Is there another app I could use that works on iOS 5?

Just to be clear, I did not tinker with my device. I did not change its parameters, I did not jailbreak it, it connects to the Internet just fine and I've tried the app on different Internet connections. Also, this is not a login problem, the app just refuses to let me browse videos, whether I'm logged in or not.

Thanks for your help.


texts: Is is possible to add tag, notes or labels to backups made by Time Machine?

texts:
Is it possible to add label, tag or notes to Time Machine backups. Lets say after fresh reinstall of OS X - label it as "Base System 1" then after few days (at some point with more software/work) "Designer Workstation - Base System 2" etc.

So, in case if system needs to be restored to a known good state (because of crash or otherwise). It would be easy to look at tag/notes and decide which one to restore. Than to just look at date-time stamps.

I know full bootable clones are the way to go. In addition to one bootable clone, it will be great to have multiple tagged restore points in Time Machine.

Is there a way to achieve this?


texts: Cancel Grab screenshot while taking screenshot with »selection« option«

texts:
One of the standard mac-applications I use a lot in my work at school is Grab, which allows me to take screenshots on for instance graphs and figures displayed on my screen. A minor annoyance with this particular application is the inability to cancel the screenshot when using the »selection« option (ie. the one that allows you to mark a specific rectangular portion of the screen, to be saved as an image). When I click the selection option, a pop-up window appears, stating that I with my mouse can pick an area to be saved as screenshot; this pop-up window also includes a cancelletion button, which can be used to cancel the screenshot before I start marking the area I want to save – after I start marking the area of the screen I want to save, there does however not seem to be any way to cancel the process (since there is no way to click the cancellation-button without releasing the mouse, and thus saving the screenshot), which is problematic when I, for instance, try to take a screenshot of a graph, only to discover that I have chosen my place of origen, such that some of the labels can't be included in the screenshot.

I do acknowledge that it only takes a few seconds to delete a failed screenshot and try again, but this is still quite annoying the times when I need to get a graph or figure just right and end up trying to make the selection many times. In such situations, it would be very helpful if only there was some keyboard-shortcut to cancel the selection, but as far as I have found, there doesn't seem to be any.

My question is, therefore, does any way of canceling the selection screenshots exist.


texts: How to list content of .Trashes folder in single-user mode

texts: Is .Trashes folder suppose to be empty when computer is launched in single-user mode. If not, how do I see its contents? I tried ls command, but it doesn't list anything. It could be that the Trash simply is empty, but due to an error I am working on, I cannot login into my user account to check it myself.


texts: How to turn off your MacBook Pro 2016 with Touch Bar via keyboard shortcut

texts:
Since my new MacBook Pro 2016 with Touch Bar I'm unable to turn off my MacBook using the keyboard CNTROPTIONCMD + Power. I saw this question about the screen lock: Simular question but there is no button in the Touch bar for turning off the Mac completely. Is there a new keyboard shortcut for this?

These are the only options to drag into the Touch Bar:


texts: Mount a disk image as physical USB drive?

texts:
I have an certificate manager ("BankID") that allows me to export certificates from its certificate store. However, for some stupid reason it only allows me to export these certificates to USB drives, not to a local file system, or, as I want to, a cloud storage unit with file system integration (I use Wuala which use MacFuse for its file system integration).

Is there a way to make my Wuala volume behave and look like a USB drive?


texts: How to transfer iTunes library between user accounts on Windows?

texts: I have Windows 7 and the latest iTunes. My original user account, where my library is, seems to have contracted a virus so it's sky-rocketing my internet usage. I created a new user account, but I need to transfer my library, since I want to delete my old account to delete the virus. I've tried using an external hard drive, home sharing, and changing the library location to a public file, but nothing seems to work.


texts: 7th gen iPod radio with a bluetooth headset in motorcycle helmet

texts: I have just bought a 7th generation iPod and I have a bluetooth headset in a motorcycle helmet. Is there any way to listen to the radio through bluetooth given that the headphones are the antenna?


texts: iPhone 11 Touch Hit or Miss the Sweet Spot Bug

texts:
I have a new iPhone 11 and I just switched from Android.I noticed some touch issues with the phone
1.The calender month view touch is a hit or miss .I need to tap again to open the month.
This also happens when I need to go back from the month using the back option on the top left corner.Need to tap again to make sure it hits the sweet spot.
2.Noticed this when using Apple Chat support too on safari, the send message button is a hit or miss.
3.I updated to IOS 14.1 as per apple's advice.Does not help.
Basically the the touch is not working as intended when I tap sometimes,it seems I need to focus and apply the right amount of pressure to hit the sweet spot.
Did any one experience this issue?
Kindly advice.


texts: Frozen touchpad on iphone 6 having a passcode

texts:
Is there a way to get into your iphone 6 when

the touchpad is not working and
I have set a passcode so, doing anything with the phone (like a reset) needs logging in first.


texts:
I'm migrating data from a 525GB drive to a 1TB drive. Part of the reason I'm doing this is the APFS container got messed up on the 525GB drive (I have backups).
The first thing did was dd the data from the 525GB drive to the 1TB drive (partition table and all). Of course, the partition table was wrong (and diskutil verifyDisk reported this) since it was too small for the 1TB drive. I fixed that with diskutil repairDisk.
Then I deleted the APFS container (since it was messed up and I plan to copy the data from a Time Machine backup). The space where the APFS container was is the Untitled partition.
So now the partition table looks like this:
/dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                           SIZE        IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                               *960.2 GB    disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                            209.7 MB    disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                       314.0 GB    disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS UEFI Boot Manager              1.0 GB      disk2s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                       209.6 GB    disk2s4

As you can see, the sizes of the partitions don't add up to the size of the disk. I'd like to resize disk2s2 to fill the remaining space on my 1TB drive. However, diskutil resizeVolume won't expand that partition any further because it's already up against disk2s3 and disk2s4. I'd like to move my disk2s3 and disk2s4 partitions to the end of the drive (right now they're at the end of the first 525GB of the drive.
How do I move partitions in macOS?


texts: Is there a way of making iPhoto's Photo Stream one-way sharing? As I don't want all the pictures I download from my regular camera on iPhoto to be shared with my iPhone or iPad.


texts: Replacement for obselete OpenDNS Umbrella App on iPhone

texts:
I have been a Prosumer OpenDNS Umbrella customer for years, but their App isn't being upgraded to 64-bit, so it won't work with iOS 11. It provides Umbrella's protections and also allows filtering by category of all internet traffic to/from an iPhone. This has saved me multiple times when I've mistyped web addresses and it reassures me that my child won't as likely stumble across inappropriate content.

Is there another similar product to OpenDNS's prosumer Umbrella for iPhones? I've searched online and keep coming across OpenDNS Umbrella or simple VPNs that don't have the same filtering capabilities or that go overboard (in my opinion) requiring jailbreaking the iPhone so that it can "spy" on all of your users' iPhone activity for you.

Simply blocking adult content in Safari is possible (as suggested here, go to Settings->General->Restrictions->Allowed Content->Limit Adult Content. But that only automatically blocks one category and doesn't necessarily block malicious sites and so many other features I like about OpenDNS Umbrella.

I'm not a company, so I don't think I can use Cisco's other VPN commercial products to do the same thing. And if I could, it would cost a minimum of $380/year for a minimum of 10 users. Prosumer OpenDNS Umbrella has been only $20/year per user who can put it on up to 3 mobile devices.

cross posted on Software Recommendations


texts:
After a brew upgrade every time I try to compile a .c file I get the following error:

ld: library not found for -lgcc
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Wrappers like mpicc still work though. I tried relinking with brew link --overwrite gcc, but got no working results, as it is already linked. brew doctor doesn't give me a hint.


texts: Turn iPad into a one-click youtube player

texts:
My grandma has an iPad but she doesn't know how to use YouTube to play her favorite songs. I'm trying to create a one-click solution that'll open YouTube and start her playlist. At the moment, I can create a home screen schortcut from Safari which loads the playlist in Safari. There're several problems with this:

For some reason it doesn't auto play the songs, even with the &autoplay=1 attached to the URL.
It doesn't load in the YouTube app. The webpage is not very grandma-friendly: she has shaky hands, her touch action to play the video tends to scroll the page instead. I've tried with youtube:// URL scheme, but it's impossible to add this URL to the home screen. Safari only allows me to do that after the page is fully loaded, and the URL textbox is not editable.
I live in a different country. It is best if I can change the playlist remotely upon request. I've tried creating a bitly short URL with the hope to be able to reconfigure it to a different playlist remotely. However, I haven't figured out how to add this bitly URL to the homescreen yet -- same reason as above.

Any suggestions? I have a hunch that there's an app to do this!


texts: Spotlight search returns no results on iOS 9

texts:
The bug mentioned in this question continues: Spotlight search on iOS 9 returns no results.

I've tried

Sending myself an e-mail (yes really; this occasionally works for a few minutes)
Toggling off all entries in the settings for Spotlight (takes forever)
Restarting
Rebooting
Toggling contacts on and off (suggested in several places, at least of iOS 8)
Re-enablining only Contacts in Spotlight search settings (said to work for iOS8)
All of the above in every possible pairwise combination

None of these work for more than a few minutes. Most do not work at all.

Basically, for practical use, especially "in the field", this effectively bricks my iPhone.

Has anyone had reliable success with iOS 9 fixing this issue?


texts: What are some good .mbox viewers / editors for OS X?

texts:
I have some .mbox files containing thousands of emails that were exported from Gmail. I'd like to be able to view mails, by conversation and by label (Gmail label), search, delete some mails, etc.

Essentially, it's a mail app in terms of UI, with labels on the left and with threaded conversations, but it works with a static mailbox file instead of talking to a real server. Sort of like how you can open a text file in a text editor, read it, search, delete things from it, and save it back.

What are some good apps that let you do this?


texts: Is there any way to upload screenshots directly to FTP or image hosting and give me the url?

texts:
Is there any application for screenshots that could upload directly to FTP or any image hosting site and just give me the URL?

I come from the Windows world, where I got used to FastStone Capture, where you basically press print screen, click on FTP and it copies the URL into clipaboard so you can immediately paste it for example on IM.


texts: How can I make SwiftKey the default on iOS 8?

texts:
I've recently upgraded my iPhone 5s to iOS 8, and installed SwiftKey. I really like it, and I'd like it to be the default, but my keyboard keeps switching back to the default. I can switch back to the SwiftKey keyboard with the "globe" icon, but this is annoying, especially since the two look similar.

Is there a way I can either make SwiftKey the default, or remove the standard Apple keyboard?

My Keyboard settings page looks like this (note that SwiftKey is already at the top, which is how I assumed the default was set, but the default doesn't seem to be sticking):


texts:
For no clear reason, since a recent OS wipe & reinstallation of iTunes, songs in my music collection are ending early.

This is not merely a case where the song's metadata makes it appear to be 30 seconds longer than it is; the song rather abruptly ends in the middle of lyrics/music/etc.

The songs are marked "played" (their "plays" number increments, and their "last played" date updates) as though I'd listened all the way through them, but they're ending early.

I'm on Windows 7, iTunes 10.5.3.3.

This does happen with songs I am streaming via iTunes Match but doesn't just happen with those songs.

Anybody run into this before or have any suggestions on how to prevent it?

edit It appears that for certain specific songs, iTunes has "decided" that their end time is early.  My example song here is 'Sentimental Johnny' by Flogging Molly (not that it matters).  This song's track length is 4:47.  At 3:13 into the track, it ends abruptly. If I try to "fast forward" past this point by clicking on a further-forward moment on the "track time" bar at the top of iTunes, the song ends (and its "plays" and "last played" update as described above).

The problem isn't resolved, though. I am inclined to reinstall iTunes and see if that makes the issue go away.


texts: How can I solve a mathplotlib error on BigSur?

texts:
My build and version of Big Sur is undetermined. I’m using homebrew which says submit a pull request rather tan ask them for support on prerelease macOS.
I get this:
> pip3 install matplotlib
Collecting matplotlib
  Using cached matplotlib-3.3.2.tar.gz (37.9 MB)
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: /usr/local/opt/python@3.9/bin/python3.9 -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/private/var/folders/1y/2wcx2c056m9d591zqdyv50mw0000gn/T/pip-install-zly4xiti/matplotlib/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/private/var/folders/1y/2wcx2c056m9d591zqdyv50mw0000gn/T/pip-install-zly4xiti/matplotlib/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /private/var/folders/1y/2wcx2c056m9d591zqdyv50mw0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-mafx0kq9
         cwd: /private/var/folders/1y/2wcx2c056m9d591zqdyv50mw0000gn/T/pip-install-zly4xiti/matplotlib/
    Complete output (62 lines):

    Edit setup.cfg to change the build options; suppress output with --quiet.

    BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
      matplotlib: yes [3.3.2]
          python: yes [3.9.0 (default, Oct  6 2020, 04:17:54)  [Clang 12.0.0
                      (clang-1200.0.32.2)]]
        platform: yes [darwin]
     sample_data: yes [installing]
           tests: no  [skipping due to configuration]
          macosx: yes [installing]

    running egg_info
    creating /private/var/folders/1y/2wcx2c056m9d591zqdyv50mw0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-mafx0kq9/matplotlib.egg-info
    writing /private/var/folders/1y/2wcx2c056m9d591zqdyv50mw0000gn/T/pip-pip-egg-info-mafx0kq9/matplotlib.egg-info/PKG-INFO

 ....

      File "/private/var/folders/1y/2wcx2c056m9d591zqdyv50mw0000gn/T/pip-install-zly4xiti/matplotlib/.eggs/numpy-1.19.2-py3.9-macosx-10.15-x86_64.egg/numpy/__init__.py", line 286, in <module>
        raise RuntimeError(msg)
    RuntimeError: Polyfit sanity test emitted a warning, most likely due to using a buggy Accelerate backend. If you compiled yourself, see site.cfg.example for information. Otherwise report this to the vendor that provided NumPy.
    RankWarning: Polyfit may be poorly conditioned

    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

I guess the Accelerate backend doesn't work on bigsur, but then how can I install it with another backend?


texts: Can I set artist image for podcasts in iTunes

texts: I have a podcast which has all the necessary artwork but not the artist/podcast image under "artists". I want to know how I do this? Thanks in advance.


texts: Apple Music songs when canceling account and starting a new one

texts: If I cancel my Apple Music membership and start a new membership will I be able to play the songs I downloaded from my previous membership? Will they still be in my library?


texts: Run script as root at startup - macOS 10.12 Sierra

texts:
I've tried everything and can't seem to get my script to run at startup. Modifying the .bashrc, .bash_profile, etc that route got me no where. Then I tried cron jobs, no luck. Then I've been pulling my hair trying to use the launchd function. I've made a launch daemon, which is allegedly the root functions, but that's no luck either. As a last try, I even tried Automator with no luck.

The file I want to run as root is: "/Users/CURRENT_USER/Dev/my_script.sh"

Here is what I have in my LaunchDaemons folder:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.startup.script</string>
    <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>sh</string>
        <string>-c</string>
        <string>/Users/CURRENT_USER/Dev/my_script.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>root</string>
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texts: Possible to create a blockquote in Apple Notes?

texts:
I'm using Apple Notes for lots of things lately (especially after discovering the Safari note taking workflow described here). Often I want to indicate a section is a quote, much like I can with Markdown, here in Stack Exchange, in GitHub, Slack, etc.

Like this

Is there any way to do a blockquote in Apple Notes?


texts: Is 4GB of RAM enough for a new Retina MBP?

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Today I have a new rMBP (bottom of the range latest MBP with 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD) coming and I've just found out that annoyingly they have an upgraded model out just £100 more than I paid, with 8GB of RAM and a 200MHz upgrade to the processor (which the latter I'm not bothered about). This is an upgrade to my 2012 Macbook Air 128GB, also 4GB, which I used for Xcode, Terminal, VIM, browsing the internet (same for the rMBA). I always look at my RAM to find that it's usually nearly full, but I don't have any issues what so ever (no slow downs, no crashes, no panics), and it never changes. I don't multi-task (I don't need to). The prime reason for buying a rMBA was for the Retina screen -- I could have got a MBA for the same price.

I would like to use this for 2-4 years.

My question is whether to get the RAM upgrade or not.


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I have my Android phone set up with Bluetooth tethering and it's sharing its WiFi connection. I use this WiFi connection on my iPad (iOS 10.1.1). I have paired the devices via Bluetooth and switched off WiFi on the iPad, but I don't see any option to use WiFi via Bluetooth? How do I set this up on the iPad?

Excuse me for my bad English.


texts:
I am literally unable to free up any space on my iPhone 5S (iOS 10.1.1). I delete apps and photos and emails (when I have enough space to use mail), but it stays saying I have 0KB available. Even if I do delete an app or even 300+ (in one instance) photos, I STILL somehow manage to have no free space. Even if it does free space, it's often not a lot of space and it often runs out very quickly. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I've also tried turning my phone on and off again. Doesn't do anything either


texts: Installed provision profiles not seen on iOS8?

texts:
I have installed a few profiles from third-parties, now I'd like to remove them from General - Settings - Profiles, which is the way I did before prior to iOS 8. However, I don't see them there on my iPhone/iPad(iOS 8.0.2) any more.

Is this something new from iOS 8? Any clue how to remove my installed profiles?

ps. I know I can remove profiles from Xcode - Devices. But that's only for the ones installed with my associated development account. I need a general way to remove all of them.


texts:
Using the iStat Menus app, I can see (some) network activity connected to certain applications. Some, because Google Chrome, for instance, does never appear in the list of apps.

Since I had forgotten my internet gateway that I usually use in my dorm (a construct of a Raspberry Pi and an Airport Extreme plus a wifi dongle) back at home, but had the dongle with me, I plugged that in my mac and connected. And while this is a dongle, it has an LED that flashes on activity. On my Pi, the activity LED is re-routed to a GPIO LED - but for the time being, it sits next to the side of my macbook.

So at some point I noticed that it was blinking a lot, and all that I was running was ssh and Atom, plus some local daemons like MySQL and PHP-FPM. So I went to see what iStat Menu had to say, and it reported:

cloudd        755 kb/s

... Where is that coming from?

I did a google search to see if it was possible to observe iCloud activity on my Mac, but it didn't turn up anything useful.

So: How do I know what cloudd is doing, that requires so much downstream?And that came out of nowhere too. I haven't touched my phone the entire day, except for a call or two.


texts: Identifying PowerPC applications that will not work on OS X releases beyond Snow Leopard?

texts:
I understand the issue with migrating away from the Snow Leopard release of OS X to anything newer is that applications compiled for the PowerPC architecture will no longer function.

Is there a way to identify applications that are PowerPC-based without opening each and every application and looking at Activity Monitor? It would be great to know in advance which ones need updating so I can check if they've been recompiled for the x86 architecture.


texts:
I set Mission Control to "Show Application Windows" (Expose) with a mouse button or hot corner.  Great, it shows all of the windows of the current foreground app across all spaces/desktops.

However, I can't seem to get it to switch to the desktop containing the window I select, making it rather useless.   Is there another hidden option to do this?  How else are you supposed to use Expose to find app windows across spaces and bring the found window to the front?!

Also it would be great if there were a way to go directly from the Mission Control display (multiple apps, pile of windows, scroll to spread 'em) directly to the Expose showing all of the windows unpiled for the selected app.  Anyone?

Seems Apple is about 80% of the way there on this one but despite the fancy graphics is missing the most basic use case. No wonder people want to revert to Snow Leopard.

Update:  seems there is a problem with the settings, perhaps due to the system being migrated from a SnowLeopard machine.  Creating a new user acct on Lion does not show the problem--Expose works correctly (it switches) for the new user.   So, now I've updated the question to  "How to reset the MissionControl/Expose/Spaces settings to defaults on Lion?"


texts:
Is it possible to create some script to show all the finder-tagged items in terminal/shell?

I'd like to create something like this:

ls-tag "Music" to display all the items of Music tag


texts: How do I enable a standard account to SSH in?

texts: I have SSH working fine on my Mac.  I created a new "standard" account but I can't ssh in with it?  Why is this and how do I remedy it?


texts: Stand Minutes data empty on Activity App on iOS

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I recently noticed that under the TRENDS Tab in Activity App on my iPhone that the “Stand Minutes” Trend isn’t being calculated.

I am getting “Stand Trend”, which has been calculated ever since I have had a Apple Watch.

What could the reason for trend not being calculated ?


texts: I have a Windows 7 Media Center machine for our family's DVR.  It creates recorded TV files in a .wtv format (used to be .ms-dvr in the Vista days).  We have a laptop running Lion that I'd like to watch TV shows on occasionally.  Obviously it has no idea what .wtv files are.  I checked out Adapter, but it doesn't look like .ms-drv or .wtv are supported for conversion.  What's the easiest approach to getting these files to play on my Mac?  I'd prefer to run a converter on the Mac if possible rather than the DVR just because it's not often that I'd want to watch a show that way.


texts: How to retrieve photos from iPhone 5 with broken screen

texts:
I have important photos on an iPhone 5 that got severely damaged during a trip several years ago. The photos weren't backed up to iCloud because there was no wifi during this trip. The screen is cracked and since it wasn't showing anything, I assumed the phone was dead beyond repair. It sat in a drawer for the last 5 years.

However! I put a new battery in it and plugged it to my Mac. While the display did not turn on, I think the iPhone tried to boot, as the Finder in macOS showed the iPhone along with a message to reset it to factory settings (which I canceled out of).

From this, I deducted that the logic board is still functional (unless it's just the boot rom?) and that (hopefully) the user data is still on it.

Are there tools available that can help me retrieve photos that are on this iPhone?