texts: iPhone 6s keeps rebooting after screen replacement

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One week ago I did a screen replacement on my iPhone 6s. I successfully tested the home button, sensors like the front-facing camera, the speakers and so on.

Two days later the smartphone didn't boot any more. When connecting it to the charger the Apple logo appeared on the screen but after a few seconds it turned off again. I started to remove flex cables to find the origin of the problem. After removing the first cable (the cable of camera, speaker, sensors) it booted again. I reattached all the connectors I had unplugged before and put the screen onto the body. It worked.

I thought the issue was generated by a loose flex cable or connector. So I tested if there were any loose connectors by lightly hitting it once with my forehand. It turned off again.

In my opinion the top speaker came loose because it is connected with just four contacts which are loosely held in position by two small pins.

I had to cut this piece of tape because it didn't fit. This could also be the reason for this issue. Shown in this image:

Can anyone tell me if my suggestion is completely wrong or explain how to fix this issue?


texts: What should I do for iTunes before reinstall win7?

texts: I have backuped my apps, books and songs in iTunes, but how about the data in apps, such as the saved angry birds' progress, the pdf files in adobe reader and so on?


texts: Calls and messages won't come through when screen is locked iPhone SE

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I've been having this issue for a while now and even the newest iOS didn't seem to solve it:

The problem is that sometimes I just won't receive calls and/or messages.

I figured it happens completely random, but in most cases it happens when the screen is locked - that means, even if I am passively using phone - listening to music and if the screen is locked, I'd sometimes get missed messages/calls - It doesn't ring, I don't get any alerts until after I wake up my phone. Then I get the notification of a missed call or that of a message that was delivered x minutes ago.

'Do not disturb' is off, I've also talked to people who couldn't reach me because of this problem and they said the phone was just ringing until the call was eventually dropped.
I've sent the list of missed calls to my carrier in case the problem might be on their side, but they've been unable to find anything out of the ordinary. So I guess the problem must be with the device itself or with the software.
Resetting network settings also doesn't seem to help at all.
Notification preferences in Settings → Notifications → Phone are all good. See comment under answer below: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/379272/313842

I really like this phone, but if it doesn't serve it's main purpose, what can I do with it?


texts: Is there any way to watch Hulu (or Hulu Plus) on the new Apple TV?

texts: I was hoping Airplay might do this, but when I turn it on in the Hulu Plus app, it only streams the audio to the ATV.


texts: Monodevelop on OS X and Displaying UTF-8

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Does using Copy or paste cause monodevelop to crash, or is it just me? If you have Monodevelop installed, please can you test this, I fount that both shortcuts and from the menus cause it to crash. I seem unable to find information about this on google, though would personally consider this quite a major bug.

And how can UTF-8 characters be displayed in monodevelop and mono programs? Although they output fine in Terminal. It is similar to this post , but none of the solutions seem relevant as 2.4 has now been released.


texts: How to change osx's bluetooth mac address?

texts:
I'm running two macOSs on one MacBook. (Mavericks and High Sierra)
There is a Bluetooth keyboard that can be multi-paired, but the pairing is not working because the MacBook's Bluetooth address is the same.
I want to change the bluetooth address of one of the two macOS into a terminal command.
is this possible?


texts: turn off find my iphone without apple ID password

texts: I need to restore my iphone, to do that i need to turn off find my iphone but the apple ID is different to the one i use now, i cant remember the password


texts:
I would like to configure my lynx installation but need the  /etc/lynx-cur/lynx.cfg.  Where is the stored on a mac?  I essentially just did.

brew install lynx


texts:
I have an iPod that has been in use for some time.

I now want to sync it to iTunes on my macbook pro so I can copy some songs from the macbook to the iPod.

when I connect the iPod to the macbook it comes up saying

welcome to your new iPod

The only options are to set up as a new iPod or restore from a backup, neither of which are what I am trying to do.

is there are way to get this to work the way I am wanting? or is there an alternative way to get songs into the music section on the iPod without syncing with the mac?


texts: Dragging in Trackpad's accessibility setting gets randomly turned off

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I enable System Preferences → Accessibility Mouse & Trackpad → Trackpad Options → Enable dragging. However, it gets unchecked (disabled) on its own. It happens after  a few hours, as I face this issue at least once a day.

Does anyone know the cause or the solution? I'm using 13" 2015 MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave 10.14.5. Nothing else is installed that can muddle the Trackpad settings.


texts: Text file line order messed up in terminal

texts:
I was writing a simple bash script for a small task.

 echo starting
 URL="10.10.0.1/api/monitoring/traffic-statistics"
 curl -b cookie $URL

When I executed it using bash script.sh , it just prints curl -b cookie pi/monitoring/traffic-statistics. It's as if the file said echo curl -b cookie $URL and somehow URL got corrupt.
When I type cat script.sh, instead of listing the file contents, it just displays a part of one line in the script.
Note: I was editing the file in vim, and it was displaying it without any issue. Nano editor also showed the same content. But when it comes to bash, it messes up the order, either when executing the file or just dumping the contents. This is the hex dump. (xxd script.sh)

00000000: 6563 686f 2073 7461 7274 696e 670d 5552  echo starting.UR
00000010: 4c3d 2231 302e 3130 2e30 2e31 2f61 7069  L="10.10.0.1/api
00000020: 2f6d 6f6e 6974 6f72 696e 672f 7472 6166  /monitoring/traf
00000030: 6669 632d 7374 6174 6973 7469 6373 220d  fic-statistics".
00000040: 6375 726c 202d 6220 636f 6f6b 6965 2024  curl -b cookie $
00000050: 5552 4c0d                                URL.

I can't seem to find any stray \r character either.
What did I do wrong here and how do I produce a proper file that bash will accept?


texts: Can I update an early Airport Time Capsule?

texts: I have an Apple Time Capsule model A1254. It has a 1Tb drive. Is it possible to replace the drive with a larger capacity unit? It seems a shame to replace the whole unit. Thanks


texts: Mavericks Mail will not save preferences

texts: I have the updated version of Mail, and still having Gmail problems, but one problem at a time here… Currently the headache is that it will not save any preferences: window layout, junk mail filtering off, etc. Every time I quit and re-launch it is back to default settings. Any suggestions?


texts:
I need to buy a new HDD (>2To so no SSD solution, unless you know a very attractive offer) and I was wondering about performance knowing this :

MBP 2011 (2 usb 2.0 - 1 Thunderbolt);
7k2 HDD.

What would be the fastest solution : USB 3.0 on an USB 2.0 port or Thunderbolt (HDD speed is around 100MB/s) ?


texts: Why is my instant hotspot on Yosemite / iOS 8 inconsistent?

texts: Sometimes, instant hotspot works in a split second. Sometimes, it works after 30 seconds, and other times, it just says "failed". In all cases, the state of the Mac running Yosemite or the iPhone is the same. To fix it, I have to restart one or both devices. What is the factor that is causing it not to work so I can always just turn it on without guessing which device to reboot? Is it something with bluetooth?


texts: Keyboard not registering input after replacement

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I just replaced my top case on my late 2016 MacBook Pro Touchbar. Trackpad and Touchbar both work, and I even get backlight on my keyboard, however it doesn‘t register any input when booted into Mac OS.
With the help of an external keyboard I logged in and set the FileVault to off, rebooted but that didn‘t help. Safemode is no help either. Deleted the .plist file, no luck here.
Strangest thing of all: While booting, it registers every keystroke (I can boot into diagnostics, reset SMC and NVRAM). But also when in recovery mode, it stops working again.
Any thoughts?


texts: How do I disable or remove the root account created as a side effect from this High Sierra security bug?

texts:
This article describes a bug where entering root when prompted for an unlock allows any user to unlock system preferences. It warns that:

  There’s no need to do this yourself to verify it. Doing so creates a
  “root” account that others may be able to take advantage of if you
  don’t disable it.

The article does not describe what to do if an over-eager engineer reproduced the problem and now needs to remove or disable the root account.

How can this account be safely disabled or removed?

This Apple page describes how to disable the account but this does doesn't protect against the fault because the fault can just re-enable the account. It will work to restore the system to its normal state with root disabled once the security bug is fixed.

Update 2017-11-29 16:43 UTC

See About the security content of Security Update 2017-001 to update macOS High Sierra to protect from bypassing administrator authentication without supplying the administrator’s password.


texts: Down arrow doesn't work unless holding ctrl key

texts:
As the title indicates, my down arrow key doesn't work with the exception of the keyboard shortcut "ctrl + down" showing the windows of a specific application.

Since it works in this one situation I suspect it isn't a hardware issue.  Additionally pressing the down arrow in an iTerm window makes the terminal completely unresponsive.

Steps I have tried to debug:
 - uninstall all things that may capture keystrokes (karabiner, logitech mouse software, etc)
 - run xev to show key presses, it does not show a key press when the down arrow is pressed

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated!


texts: Airports, Wifi Roaming, and Ethernet Backhaul

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According to Apple's Wi-Fi base stations: Setting up and configuring a roaming network (802.11 a/b/g/n), there's an implicit assumption that I want to use a wireless for everything. That is, the extended base station backhauls its traffic using Wifi.

Wifi is a limited resource, and there's only so much bandwidth in a channel. I'd like to reserve the wireless bandwidth for clients, and backhaul the extended base station traffic using ethernet. But Apple's article doe not discuss how to bridge the APs using ethernet through a switch.

How do I set up roaming between two airports and backhaul over ethernet using a switch (and not Wifi)?

Related (from James' answer below): in the upper diagram, the extended Airport is plugged into the primary Airport base station directly. That's not quite the configuration we have because we can't run the direct cable. We are in a historic building, so we can only use existing cables and run it to the basement and into a switch.


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A few days ago, when I start my OS X, I see that a few key icons are gone: including the clock, WIFI, battery and various other things.

I did the following:

Remove the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist
run killall SystemUIServer in the terminal.

The icons did come back. However after restart the icons are gone again.

Other symptoms include: whenever I connect to my WIFI, and then open any application, they will get shutdown immediately, giving error messages like:

  Please run the gather_files.sh command that's attached to the radar
  sudo gather_files.sh

These disappears after a day, but the icons are still gone. How can I get those icons back?

I am using OS X Mavericks 10.9.2


texts: macOS Catalina drained my Macbook Pro's battery while in sleep mode

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Yesterday I updated to macOS Catalina on my Macbook Pro 13" (i7, 16GB) and something strange has happened.

Normally, the way I use the computer is to be attached to a double monitor setup, with the lid closed and with an external mouse and keyboard. The computer is always connected to the power supply (since if it weren't, I cannot use it like this with the lid closed).

When I finish my day and go to sleep, I send my computer to sleep (I use to switch it off usually once a week). With Mojave I had no problem, when I come back next day the computer is working and with the battery at 100%.

But today, when I woke up, I noticed that my computer did not begin starting, and that the battery level was 0%. It is very weird because the computer is connected all the time to the power supply and because while sleeping is very unusual to drop all the battery while sleeping.

But there is a more strange situation. I have iStat menus installed, and when I went to see how the battery was drained, my surprise is that it went from 100% to 0%.

Does anybody know why could have occurred this?

Thank you.


texts: update_dyld_sim_shared_cache is taking up a lot of memory

texts:
I just noticed that update_dyld_sim_shared_cache is taking up 5.5GB of memory. It is significantly slowing down my MacBook. Would it be safe to force quit this?
I am using macOS Big Sur Version 11.1


texts: Lost partition on WD 1.5 TB external drive

texts:
My 1.5 TB WD drive failed out of nowhere and now it shows up saying "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"
This is how it shows up on Disk Utility

This is what sudo gpt show disk6 shows:

     start        size  index  contents
         0           1         PMBR
         1           1         Pri GPT header
         2          32         Pri GPT table
        34      262144      1  GPT part - E3C9E316-0B5C-4DB8-817D-F92DF00215AE
    262178  2930014957
2930277135          32         Sec GPT table
2930277167           1         Sec GPT header

This is what diskutil info disk6 returns:

Device Identifier:        disk6
Device Node:              /dev/disk6
Part of Whole:            disk6
Device / Media Name:      Initio INIC-1610P Media
Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)
Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)
File System:              None
Content (IOContent):      GUID_partition_scheme
OS Can Be Installed:      No
Media Type:               Generic
Protocol:                 USB
SMART Status:             Not Supported
Total Size:               1.5 TB (1500301910016 Bytes) (exactly 2930277168 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Free Space:        Not applicable (no file system)
Device Block Size:        512 Bytes
Read-Only Media:          No
Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)
Ejectable:                Yes
Whole:                    Yes
Internal:                 No
OS 9 Drivers:             No
Low Level Format:         Not supported

I don't know what to do! I tried using TestDisk, but a full scan would take 14 days.


texts: Add a watermark to a PDF without installing new software

texts:
Can I add a watermark to a PDF without installing additional software?

Ideally, I'd like to do it using a shell script or something but appreciate manual processes at this time too.


texts: Yosemite Detects Faulty RAM Module But Apple Hardware Test Does Not?

texts:
I just bought a used MacPro3,1 on Amazon.  The system came with Mac OS X 10.6 but I downloaded Yosemite and it states that one of the 2GB modules is faulty.

When I installed Yosemite it wiped out diagnostics for Apple Hardware Test (AHT) but this isn't a big deal as it can be downloaded and booted from USB for particular Mac models.  When I ran the AHT in extended testing mode (a test that runs for two hours) it states that I don't have any issues:

Update

The new RAM came in, and I put it in in place of the bad RAM, and the same spot is still showing the EEC errors.  The replacement RAM I was sent had a different number on it then the rest of the RAM, but I'm starting to think it isn't the RAM, it's maybe the Reiser.  Can anyone confirm this?  Can this damage the RAM?  However sometimes, it boots and doesn't have an issue with the RAM.  I'm starting to think it has something to do with sleep mode.

Update 2

Okay so it's definitely the Riser.  I swapped Risers, and waited a little bit and now it's reporting it on the other Riser.


texts: My iPhone show delivered for hours for a message, then shows read but read from hours before

texts:
I sent a message to a contact at 2:46 PM, and for hours it showed delivered. When I checked the message at 9 PM it shows it was read at 2:46 PM.

I tried searching for the answer on Google with no luck. Did the person turn their read receipts off then back on? Does anyone know why that would happen?


texts:
This is the first time I've ever had a computer that didn't play out on me before it needed an upgrade and now I'm lost. This is also my first Mac laptop, and I am running OS X 10.5.8 (Yes, I realize it's old…I had it put up for a while)

Can someone tell me the next step or steps that I can take to do an upgrade?  I have no clue which animal I'm running or what I need to go to. I'm noticing more and more sites/actions are telling me that they are not compatible because my system is no longer up to date.


texts: Copy from `OS X` and paste using `OS X Screen Sharing` to a Raspberry Pi

texts:
I have a Raspberry Pi which I access from my Mac using ssh and VNC (tightvncserver).
I am using OS X Screen Sharing

I want to be able to copy from OS X and paste into a GUI app on the Pi.
(Copying using ssh works as normal).

Share the contents of the Clipboard with another Mac mentions using Edit >Use Shared Clipboard, but this option is greyed out when sharing the Pi.

Is there any way to paste into the Pi GUI?


texts: How do I skip a music video on the Apple TV (4th gen)?

texts: When listening to my music on random on the Apple TV sometimes a music video pops up that I want to skip. Clicking on the right side of the Siri remote skips forwards a few seconds instead of the skipping the entire video. Is there an easy way to skip the entire video?


texts:
What's nobody phrase in Terminal (and iTerm)?

It sometimes changes to my Mac name. But why is it nobody and how to prevent it?


texts: Open AppleWorks spreadsheets in Mac OS X when Numbers won't work

texts:
I have a number of old AppleWorks spreadsheets that I'm trying to open.  I've tried a number of solutions that I've found while searching for an answer (below), but none of them really get me to where I want to be.  Anyone know of a simple solution?
1. Open in Numbers.app
When I try to open them in Numbers.app, I get the following error.  I think the issue may be that these documents were not made in the final version of AppleWorks (many are so old they were made when it was still called ClarisWorks).

Import Error
The document was created with an unsupported version of AppleWorks.

2. Use an old Mac to convert them to the most recent version of AppleWorks, then use Numbers.app
Unfortunately I don't have an old Mac to do this with.
3. Use some hacky solution to extract text from the files
I was able to open the file with text editors, but I'm aiming to keep the formatting and functionality and not spend lots of time parsing text.


texts:
I am a iTunes novice :(
I have various songs and albums on my itunes and would like to get into some kind of order.
My question is:
Can I sort out all the albums from one artist into ascending years and still keep other albums in order?
For example, I have albums by Coldplay and other albums by various artists. If I click on the year column, all the library is mixed. Can I arrange it so only the Coldplay albums are sorted into years and not the whole library is sorted?
Thank you


texts:
I noticed that my Macbook Pro 2015 was making a fan noise in the morning, even though the lid was closed and it had been put to sleep 10 hours ago.
When I looked at system.log in the Console, it's full of these errors (added line breaks for readability):
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.pid.simctl.31402):
Could not resolve origin of domain. XPC services in this domain's bundle
will not be bootstrapped: error = 107: Malformed bundle, taint = missing executable

More keep coming in all the time, roughly one more every 3 seconds.
What is simctl, and what does this error mean? I didn't find much info about this exact error message when googling.


texts: Move data from 1 hard drive to the other

texts: I have a bootable partition on an external drive with some old data that I want to move to a new external hard drive. The partition on the old drive is 500GB however theres only 320GB of data. So i want to keep the partition bootable and resize it so that I don't have 180GB wasted on my new hard drive. How can I do this with disk utility?


texts: Need to re mount usb drive to complete time machine backup

texts:
(24" 2009 iMac running Lion 10.7.5)
I have a Seagate 1t usb hard drive (have done for about 6 months) . I have mounted the drive and set it up as my time machine backup drive.
It will perform the first back up once connected fine but when the time comes for the next scheduled backup a warning is displayed saying "Could not complete backup" or something to that effect.
If i eject the drive and remount or restart my mac it works fine at the next scheduled backup then continues to do what i have explained above.


texts: Is there a way to configure the behaviour of cmd + tab to not wait until they get released?

texts:
To best demonstrate the behaviour I'm looking for, just see how Chrome behaves if you have multiple tabs open in the window, and press control + tab.

So it doesn't wait until you release control, it immediately switches the window. Is there a way to get the same in mac while switching between applications with command + tab?


texts: Does Bootcamp still result in a hybrid MBR/GPT situation?

texts:
I am running Mojave still (if that matters, but could update to Catalina), and want to dual-boot Windows 10 for the odd occasion when i need to run a program that is windows only.. or debug something.. but crucially don't want to virtualise.

Not being a massively experienced macOS user (only switch this past year), i've read that bootcamp does some funky things with the partition table, resulting in a MBR/GPT hybrid? Is this still the case? Even though Windows 10 has been UEFI for ages now?

I was planning to simply do a UEFI boot from a USB drive with Windows 10 it, and go from there... will i struggle with drivers without Bootcamp, and is that partition still going to be available in something like parallels though?

Thanks in advance!


texts: What could be causing the user interface to freeze?

texts:
Recently, the user interface of my Mac Mini started to freeze. I can move the mouse, but mouse clicks don't have any effect: I cannot select a different window, right-click on  the desktop doesn't open any contextual menu, and the menus on the top bar are not opened.

All I can do is clicking the shut-down button, but I have to press it twice: The first time I press it (and keep it pressed), I hear a "click!" noise I thought produced from the external hard disk; the second time I press it, the computer shuts down.

What could be causing this issue? How can I find the cause?

The first two times it happened, I thought it was Spotlight causing it, but the last time it happened, Spotlight was not indexing the hard disk's content.


texts: How can I clean up old notes left in my Gmail account by notes.app?

texts:
I keep my Notes.app notes synced with my Gmail account.

In Gmail, I can see all my current notes in the Notes label and associated sublabels.

I can also see many older versions of current notes, and previously-deleted notes, not attached to any label.

Is there any search I can do in Gmail which will reliably find all messages that were created by Notes.app, so that I can delete old versions / "deleted" notes permanently?  (I can find individual notes by searching for their subject line, but I no longer remember all the subject lines of all the notes I've deleted, and I can't find any search string that will reliably find Notes.app notes which no longer have the Notes label.)

Relatedly: is there any way I can configure Notes.app so that when it removes a note (or older version of a note) from the Notes label (or a sublabel) it moves it into the trash, rather than leaving it cluttering up my messages archive?


texts: macOS Catalina constant shutdowns, works only in Safe Mode (Thunderbolt kext issue?)

texts:
I have a mid-2015 Macbook Pro (11,4) which suddenly started to crash randomly and extremely often (running Mojave) - as it was running fine in Safe Mode, I figured it was a software/OS error, so I made a clean install upgrade to Catalina, which didn't change anything.
Digging around on the Intertubes, it seemed likely that the culprit was a the AppleThunderboltNHI.kext, possibly in combination with failing hardware (SMC controller and/or CPU) - the computer doesn't hold charge, but has been working fine when connected to mains up until now (I have reset PRAM, SMC etc) - nothing makes any difference.
Sometimes the computer works for a short while if I first boot in Safe Mode, then let it sit for a while, then boot normally - but the crashes/kernel panics will come sooner rather than later.
I've tried to follow instructions to remove or rename the offending extensions, but haven't been successful, beyond managing to rename the AppleThunderboltNHI.kext, but it doesn't seem to make any difference, as it appears though it still gets loaded.
When I follow the steps provided by @user3439894 and @hellmaca
for Catalina:
How to delete kexts in Catalina?
While I'm finally able to rename AppleThunderboltNHI.kext, I'm unable to unload it using
kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleThunderboltNHI.kext

as it gives me the following error:
(kernel) Can't remove kext com.apple.driverAppleThunderboltNHI.kext; services failed to terminate - 0xe00002c7.
Failed to unload com.apple.driverAppleThunderboltNHI - (iokit/common) unsupported function.

Also, I'm unable to run kmutil. This is what happens (not using sudo, as this is in Recovery Mode):
-bash-3.2# kmutil
-bash: kmutil: command not found

If I try to reboot normally, I get the reboot loop. If I boot in Safe Mode, no crashes.
The only way I'm able to boot normally is after having booted in Safe Mode first, and then the panics come sooner or later (immediately if I use adjust an image in Photos, and quickly if I run Safari - Chrome works much longer).
I've worked with Macs since 1986, and while I'm no command line wizard, I've diagnosed and solved all types of issues, hardware, software, OS and firmware, and I've never been stumped like this. I've tried to get around this for two days now.


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro running Yosemite, but no iPad or iPhone.
Photos.app transferred the entire contents of my iPhoto libraries, but I cannot see how to delete an unwanted event.  Although I am using Photos.app, and iPhoto has now gone, the events are still referred to as iPhoto Events.

It is my belief that the lack of "iPhoto" as an app anywhere on my system means that I am running wholly on "Photos" despite the events being referred to as iPhoto Events.

Am I correct in this belief?


texts: Only one USB-C port will charge my MacBook Pro?

texts: I've had my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) for over a year and I've never had any problems with charging until now. I was always able to use both USB-C ports for charging, but I just tried using the port that I don't usually use for charging (the one closest to me) and it just doesn't charge. I can use this same port to charge my phone, but when I try to charge my MacBook with it, it just does nothing. How can I fix this?


texts: Switching desktops / full screen apps on multiple displays?

texts:
I have kind of a weird case on Catalina (10.15.7, MBP 13" 2019). I have two external displays and a laptop screen. The laptop screen mirrors to Display 2.
For some reason, I can switch between virtual desktops and full-screen apps on Display 1 (both three-finger swipe or ctrl-left/right), but not on Display 2. Even if I've selected a window on Display 2 AND have my cursor on Display 2, if I three-finger swipe or ctrl-left/right, the desktop changes on Display 1. I have "Displays have separate Spaces" selected.


texts: iMac 21.5 Core i3 mid 2010 optical bay swap SSD

texts:
I've read a few suggestions that you get worse performance placing the SSD in a caddy in place of the optial drive rather than swapping with the main mechanical.

Is this true?

Can I have my boot drive in the old optical bay, and will I still get SATA II speeds for a supported/ or rather a modern SSD?


texts: Catalina recent items stack in dock no longer working

texts:
I have been using a stack of recent items in my dock for some time now, following the instructions here.  Since upgrading to macOS Catalina, I've noticed that the stack has disappeared from my dock.  I've tried re-instating it by using the code supplied at the aforementioned site (code included below), but to no avail (no error messages or anything, and nothing changes in the dock).  Is anyone aware of a way to reinstate this or an equivalent alternative?  I have looked at using a recent folder by creating a smart folder, but this doesn't appear to enable me to limit the number of items included.

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'

(Note that I did include the killall function following this as well, so it's not a matter of restarting the dock)


texts:
For some reason, whenever I start iTerm or press CMD+N, it starts small in the top left corner, but instantly minimizes to my dock

Is there a config that could be causing this?

Where should I look for commands that execute on iTerm start? Thinking maybe one of my coworkers pranked me??

Thanks


texts: May I register with ©copyright my songs made mixed with just apple loops or must be copyleft, creative commons, royalty free, etc...?

texts:
I'm starting to use GarageBand for making music, and I have several songs of my own; but I find xtremly funny mixing loops, so, I have another ones that are only loops mixes.

I know that they are royalty free if you mix the loops, I've read a lot, and I didn't find the answer to my question in the web. (February 2016)

I want to sell the songs, but I don't know if I can put my ©Copyright stamp in the only loop ones.

Can somebody help me understand the licensing terms?


texts: OSX native equivalent to jdownload (app to download files from various sites, streaming, etc.)

texts:
I'm using jDownload which is great from a functionality standpoint, what it does, does it great, has plugins to download files from a lot of sites, like youtube, megaupload, and the like.

But it takes too much to open, and when trying to stop a big list of downloads it most of the times hangs (at least on my machine), and it takes up a lot of resources, not to talk about the cumbersome user interface, which is the smallest problem.

Do you know any OSX native equivalent that can download files from sites like megaupload and youtube?


texts: audio clip bounds not remaining fixed when clip is moved

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I had a clip which I detached the audio from.  I then trimmed the audio clip, and tried to copy and paste it so I would have two identical clips of the audio one right after the other.

However, the copy doesn't sound anything like the first clip.  Instead, it appears that the audio is offset from the original clip, possibly by the exact length of the first clip.

If I try moving the clip, it appears that the bounds of the audio clip (the starting and ending point) don't remain fixed, but instead acts as if the audio clip is fixed to the timeline and moving the clip is just exposing a different part of the clip.  But the first thing I did was detach the audio.

How do I make the clip behave properly so I can paste it to multiple locations?

I am running iMovie version 10.1.14 on Mac OS X 10.14.6.


texts: Time machine cannot see a external drive

texts: I just replaced my time machine drive with a larger unit. Now it cannot see the external thunderbolt drive  I use for all my photo editing that I need to backup. On time machine options it is missing. Yet shows up fine in finder and is working great in lightroom etc.can anyone help?


texts: Make the dock show only the apps running in the current space

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I'd like to have multiple spaces for different purposes, for example, one for work, and one for entertainment. However, I found out that in mac, even if you have different spaces in which different kinds of apps are running, the apps in the dock are just lumped together from all those spaces and look messy. It only seems sensible to me that boundaries are drawn between different spaces or else it's easy to be distracted by irrelevant things.

Also, I cannot use the default app switcher as it also cannot show the apps running in the current space only, plus the app order is constantly changing, and holding the shortcut key is simply tiring.

So, is there anything I can do to show only the apps running in the current space in the dock? Or maybe not necessarily the dock, but any kind of app switcher interface where I can switch between apps running in the current space. Thanks!


texts: Migrating from Old to Less-Old Mac - any other specific issues?

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Scenario - I have a new Mac, and am giving my old one to my father-in-law.

He now has an old Gx Gumdrop iMac running 10.3 (I think), and the new-to-him mac is an older Core2 iMac running 10.6

From How can I transfer data from a G5 iMac to an i7 iMac? I have an idea of how to connect the two machines.

Other than deleting my old data, etc.; any specific gotchas to watch out for, given that I am targeting not a brand-new mac, but an old one?  Can I just trigger the migration assistant (because normally it is triggered as part of the initial install process)?

Thanks


texts: Macbook keeps ejecting OSX install disks

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I have this 15 inch Macbook Pro (Mid 2007) with OSX Tiger 10.4.11.

I am trying to upgrade OSX to Snow Leopard (10.6) but all CDs and DVDs keep getting ejected without my doing anything.

How can I prevent this automatic ejection of install discs?


texts:
How do I make the FaceTime.app sound output louder on my MacBook?

It's too quiet for me to hear what the people on the other end are saying. Way quieter relative to every other app I use (YouTube in Safari, Discord calls, Microsoft Teams calls, etc.)

macOS Catalina 10.15, FaceTime 5.0


texts: Is there a way to play music on an iPhone which is connected to a DVD player using iTunes on my PC?


texts: Game Center, can't sign up IOS 6.1.6 Ipod touch 4th gen

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I have an Ipod touch 4th Gen on ver 6.1.6, it is not jailbroken. Whenever I try to sign in I get these results

I don't know why it won't work, I have tried factory resetting it, using 3 different Wi-Fi networks, and a bunch of other stuff, but it won't get past that third picture.

I have a old Game Center account, and I can sign in with it, but I refuse to use it because the nickname is hella embarrassing, when I sign in with it I can play games fine, however there is one thing when I try clicking on "account: (my old email)" then "View Account" and then it just loads, then gets stuck on that same green screen I would get stuck on when trying to sign in with my new Apple ID

Edit: I am editing it to show you all what I meant in my last paragraph

Signed in with my old account

Selecting "view account"

and then I get that same blank screen, and it doesn't load anything, I waited for 5 minutes.

So I think both of them stem from the same problem, any help would be appreciated.


texts: Reminders badge shows wrong count on different devices

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I have an iPhone, iPad, MacBook and Mac mini and am using Reminders on all my devices synced through iCloud. I have several lists created and no incomplete items at the moment. However, the Reminders badge count on MacBook shows "2" while on Mac mini it shows "1". On both iPhone and iPad the count is none ("0"), which is correct. If I check on my iCloud.com account the count is also none.
Where do these phantom alerts come from then? And how do I get rid of them?


texts: Determine when an application last launched

texts:
I need to have a script return a date that a particular application launched (in this case Parallels, but solution should be non-specific) so that our asset management system can mark the license for re-use.

So far I've tried using the Spotlight metadata tag kMDItemLastUsedDate with

mdls /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_client_app \
    -name kMDItemLastUsedDate

but this does not always return dates that match the last time an app was used.

Any other ideas?


texts: iTunes Store Doesn't Recognize iTunes Library

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About two weeks ago, iTunes stopped recognizing my iTunes library. I get this message when I go to either File → Library → Update iCloud Music Library or Update Genius:

There is no such option under File → Library. I tried disabling Genius Recommendations under my account, then turning them back on, but with no success. What is causing this and how can I fix it?

I have iTunes Match, but not Apple Music, if that matters.


texts: constant zoom in the Photos app on Mac when switching between photos

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I am playing with Photos app on my Mac and I would like to have fixed zoom while switching between photos. This is the option in Photos app:

Right now, it jumps to 0% every time I switch to another photo. I would like to have it fixed all the time. Any idea how can I achieve this?


texts: For a MacBook Pro mid 2014 macOS High Sierra in the System Report I just want to verify that -Auto Unlock - Supported- is telling me that it is possible for me to set up a Apple Watch and it is not telling me that it is on or setup. Correct?


texts: X11.app disappeared when upgrading 10.15 to 10.15.1?

texts: Yesterday I upgraded from 10.15 to 10.15.1. Today when I tried to launch an X-window application  I realised that X11.app had disappeared. Does anyone recognize this? Why did it happen?


texts: Low storage space and 65gb in System dir?

texts:
I have noticed lately that I've been lacking any space on my MacBook. I've looked at the storage data and noticed my System dir is taking up 65gb, on looking up online this issue the culprit is usually the snapshots/backup folder however mine is empty.

I then ran sudo du -d 1 -x -c -g / to list the files and their space usage and got the following:

1   /home
0   /Developer
3   /usr
du: /.Spotlight-V100: Operation not permitted
1   /net
0   /.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
1   /bin
0   /Network
1   /sbin
du: /Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC: Operation not permitted
9   /Library
7   /System
1   /.fseventsd
4   /private
1   /.DocumentRevisions-V100
0   /.vol
46  /Users
10  /Applications
1   /opt
1   /dev
0   /Volumes
3   /anaconda3
0   /cores
80  /
80  total

Most of it seems somewhat normal to me (I have 120gb available net), do any of these dir's seem slightly off to any of you?


texts: shimo l2tp vpn not connecting to racoon daemon

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I am unable to get shimo to connect to l2tp sites as it keeps saying 'unable to launch ipsec backend racoon'

system.log is showing the below

May 17 21:28:48 SiMacBookPro Shimo[735]: Requesting Authentication for Modes: 2048
May 17 21:28:48 SiMacBookPro Shimo[735]: Modes after account check: 2048
May 17 21:28:48 SiMacBookPro Shimo[735]: Modes after Keychain check: 0
May 17 21:28:48 SiMacBookPro Shimo[735]: Modes after message-only check: 0
May 17 21:28:48 SiMacBookPro Shimo[735]: Modes after ignore-missing-values check: 0
May 17 21:28:48 SiMacBookPro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.system): Caller not allowed to perform action: launchctl.817, action = service bootout, code = 150: Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged, uid = 0, euid = 0, gid = 0, egid = 0, asid = 100000
May 17 21:28:48 SiMacBookPro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.racoon[762]): Service exited due to signal: Killed: 9 sent by pkill[818]
May 17 21:28:50 SiMacBookPro Shimo[735]: ERROR: Shimo was unable to launch the IPSec backend service 'racoon'. Could not start racoon daemon.
May 17 21:28:51 SiMacBookPro Shimo[735]: Reloaded racoon.conf due to changes to files in /private/var/run/Shimo/configs.

i can disable System Integrity Protection but i would rather not,

any ideas people?


texts: How to fix the OS X Server "LibClamAV Error: mpool_malloc(): Attempt to allocate 8388608 bytes." reboot loop?

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Since last friday (October 21st, 2016) a reboot of both 10.6 (Snow Leopard Server) and 10.7 (Lion Server) result in numerous repetitions of the logged error message:

LibClamAV Error: mpool_malloc(): Attempt to allocate 8388608 bytes.

and

WARNING: [LibClamAV] mpool_malloc(): Attempt to allocate 8388608
bytes. Please report to http://bugs.clamav.net Log size = 1048612, max
= 1048576 LOGGING DISABLED (Maximal log file size exceeded).

Workaround (not a fix)
After disabling "Server Admin" > "Mail" > "Settings" > "General" > "Filters":

[ ] Enable junk mail filtering
[ ] Enable virus filtering

the error message was gone and the reboots stopped.
Regression
It seems that the ClamAV engine ($ /usr/bin/clamscan --version ... 0.97.8) is too old according to ClamAV.net bug 11647.
How to fix?
How to fix the ClamAV "LibClamAV Error: mpool_malloc(): Attempt to allocate 8388608 bytes" error permanently and having email junk and virus filtering functionality? In other words How to upgrade the built-in clamav scanner of Mac OS X Lion 10.7 server (without installing Xcode on the machine running the outdated ClamAV)?


texts: Making Apple USB SuperDrive work with other Apple Hardware

texts:
At the time it shipped, the System Requirements for the Apple USB SuperDrive said it worked with precisely three models of computer:

MacBook Pro with Retina display
MacBook Air computer
Mac mini computer

The questions and answers linked to from its page are fairly explicit that it only works with Apple hardware that ships without the option to include an internal Superdrive.

My question is what the limitation is (firmware? drivers?) that would preventing it from working with, completely hypothetically, a mid-2007 24" iMac with 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo processor running Lion (because performance slowed down too much when I tried ML on it) that has an unreliable internal Superdrive? Are there drivers, kernel extensions, or hacks to fool the OS as to what machine it's running on that would let it use the external Superdrive?


texts: Can an iPhone be used after a Find My iPhone erasure?

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My sister in law's iPhone 5 just showed up as online in Pakistan 4 months after it was stolen from Australia.

We have locked the iPhone remotely from the Find My iPhone function on icloud.com

If we choose to erase the iPhone remotely, will the person with the stolen phone then be able to use the phone, but with all her personal data gone?

Ultimately  she just wants her personal photos and whatnot gone from the phone. But it would be nice if we could do that and stop the person with the stolen phone from just re-activating it with their own iCloud account.


texts: How to install Linux & Windows on a Macbook

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I've been contemplating on buying a Macbook Pro, but what I want to try and do is to have Linux, Windows and Mac (Primary) running on the Macbook. I feel this is a good idea for me, as I'm in my first year of Computer Science in Uni, so I would like to get a serious feel for Linux and Mac, as I've been using mostly just Windows up until now. As well as the fact, I can carry the Macbook about and so forth.

I'm a bit of a newbie still when it comes to Macs, but shouldn't be a problem picking up on things. I have just been looking at different ways to install all three Operating systems, some use Virtual Machine, whilst others opt for partitioning the hard drive.

I basically want to know which method would be most fluid for me, as well as what precautions I should take should anything go wrong. I need to have it running smoothly, especially since a lot of important work will be on it.


texts: How to start an application when a specific disk is mounted

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I store all my music on an external drive.  I have iTunes set to start when I login.  However, iTunes always starts before my encrypted drive has mounted, and so iTunes complains it can't find its library.

I've tried writing an Applescript which repeatedly checks to see if a drive is mounted, and when it is launches iTunes.

tell application "System Events" to set diskNames to name of every disk
set iTunesDiskName to "Media"
set iTunesDiskIsMounted to false
set iTunesLaunched to false
if iTunesDiskName is in diskNames then set iTunesDiskIsMounted to true

repeat while iTunesLaunched is false
    if iTunesDiskIsMounted is true then
        tell application "iTunes" to launch
        set iTunesLaunched to true
    end if
    delay 5
end repeat

This does work to launch iTunes if I run it with the drive mounted. However if I run it with the drive unmounted, it keeps running and never detects if the disk is subsequently mounted.

What am I doing wrong?


texts:
I do not have an AppleTV, but I have a TCL tv with Roku which has an AppleTV app. The TV says the app is up to date but I see no way to view fitness+ workouts.
I have also tried using AirPlay from my iPad and my iPhone which does put the audio through the TV speakers but the video stays on the device.
Do I currently need AppleTV hardware to put fitness+ workouts on my TV?


texts: iPhone 6 status bar, what is this symbol? See pic

texts: What is this symbol? On my iPhone 6, it's on the top by the Bluetooth symbol.phone with keyboard?


texts: Delete all calendars and contacts in iOS

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I'd like to delete all calendars and contacts on an iPod Touch with iOS 5.0.1 without affecting calendars and contacts in OS X.

I've read guides that instruct to disable calendars for accounts in order to delete calendars. In my case none of my accounts have ever had calendars enabled. Calendars have only been transferred by cable using iTunes.

Can this be done without a third party app? If not, what would be needed to accomplish it?


texts: Mac mini Apple bluetooth keyboard DELETE key can't do 'backward delete'

texts: I have mac mini and I bought an original apple bluetooth keyboard from ebay. The problem is that the DELETE key always do 'DELETE' action and not 'Backspace', even if I use the function key with it. The same problem is occurred on both windows and osx 10.8 in my mac mini. Please help me guys. Thanks!


texts: Creating A Shortcut/desktop Icon To Run dotnet console application

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Total newb to macs here...
I've got a dotnet application that runs on my macbook. I can manually open a terminal and run dotnet myapp.dll and the application runs.
I've put that single command into a shell script and I can run that shell script in terminal. I had to run sudo chmod 755 myscript.sh to allow it to run.
I read a few other questions which mentioned using apple script and automator. I've tried both and I get an error
"dotnet command not found"
I'm stuck at the moment.
How can I make this work? Second, If I'm trying to distribute this application to a few computers, is there a better/simple/easy way to package this all up so it just works?
Per Comments:
echo $PATH yields
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/share/dotnet:~/.dotnet/tools:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands


texts: Have second user in window and not whole desktop

texts:
I have to use a different user on my mac for some tasks which include regular switching between users. I know about quick user switching, but this has two limitations for me:

I have to enter the password each time I switch users
I would like to have the second user in a window and not the whole desktop (as in a virtual machine)

I would prefer the solution 2.

Is there a way of logging in to the local machine as user2 while being logged in as user1 so that the desktop of user2 is shown in a window and I can easily switch? Do I have to use VNC or is there a build in option which I could (ab)use?


texts: How to access previous support articles?

texts:
I picked up an older G5 with a PowerPC for software testing. Its not booting, and I am experiencing the issues described at 3 Beep on Powermac G5 on the Apple Forums. Unfortunately, the links provided for support articles were broken by Apple's webmaster. For example, this was cited at least 5 times, and it appears to be the canonical reference for this issue on the G5:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302527

Now, here's the best part. On the new support site, there is no search box. So it appears I can't even search for it based on the previous article number.

How do I reference previous support articles on the redesigned site?


texts: Can someone who registered my iPhone read all my text messages?

texts: My ex-husband registered my iPhone and I have found out he has been using iCloud to check up on my every move (the iPhone he got me is connected to his iCloud account).  Will he have been able to read all of my personal text messages exchanged through the iPhone?  And is there anything I can do to prevent him from reading my messages in the future?


texts: How to change behaviour of function keys when launching Steam game?

texts: Is it possible to toggle the setting for the F1, F2… keys behaving as function keys programatically or via some 3rd party software? I tried looking for the option in the .plist files for Preferences but could not find it.


texts: How can I convert a .mov into a .gif (or a .apng)?

texts:
I want to put a .mov file I have as the background for a website. I am guessing the best way to do this would be to convert it to a .gif file but I can't find any programs that do it.

I have tried Handbrake, Graphic Converter and Gif Builder.


texts: My iPhone died but it hasn't turned on for hours. Its stuck on the low battery screen and I've been charging it all day and it still hasn't turned on. What am I supposed to do?


texts: Remove duplicate files from TargetFolder that are also in SourceFolder -- if they have same filename

texts:
This is a clarified version of a question asked two days ago.
I'd like to remove files from TargetFolder  that are also in SourceFolder  (what I was calling a reference directory) --  but only if they have the same name.  I'd like it to operate recursively,  on a Mac (high sierra).  Thanks.


texts: Safe to unplug external HDD that has spun down?

texts:
I often can hear that an external HDD has spun down, and figure it would be safe to unplug since it won't be writing any data.

Am I wrong in this assumption?


texts: macOS cannot boot. How can I add trailing loader space?

texts:
I am running El Capitain on a MacBook Pro and I decided to add a Ubuntu dual boot to the system. To do this I installed rEFInd, partitioned 100GB for the linux file system, partitioned 2GB for the Linux OS (as Mac is very funny about booting from USB) and partitioned ~20GB swap space for linux.

The install went successful and even though I had to fiddle about with the boot order to ensure rEFInd was shown instead of going straight to ubuntu everything worked fine. My issue was the extra Linux OS partition still existed and I wanted to get rid of it.

To do this I used this command eraseVolume deleteme JFS+ /dev/…, which renamed the partition as 'deleteme'. Stupidly, I assumed the Recovery OS partition which seemed to have appeared was part of this process and so I ran that command on that partition too. From this point onwards I could no longer boot into Mac OS.

When booting into Internet Recovery and looking at diskutil I found the partition type of my main partition had become FFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFF. To fix this I used the instructions detailed here: OS volume shows as type 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFF' after attempting to delete some Linux partitions—cannot log in, which seemed to work. But after this rEFInd still wouldn't load and macOS wouldn't show on startup disk or when holding Option on boot, in fact nothing shows in these menus.

When trying to fix the partition via diskutil I obtained these error messages:

Specifically diskutil firstaid says:

  Volume on disk1s2 has 0 bytes of trailing loader space and it needs X bytes. Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting.

And diskutil repairDisk says:

  Partition map repair failed file system check when creating loader space for the partition. You should repair that specific partition and then try repairing the partition map again.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to restore the macOS partition?


texts:
My finder sidebar items have all disappeared apart from Google Drive, network and my laptop disk...
Everything else has gone e.g. desktop, downloads, applications etc etc. I have been into Finder preferences and all items are checked and cannot work out what is going on...
Any help appreciated!


texts: Why do OTA updates require so much space?

texts: Why do OTA updates for iOS always require at least 3GB of free space? It's kind of a pain to have to delete apps and then to have to reinstall them again.


texts: No edit button on events in Apple Calendar with shared Google Calendar (iCal)

texts:
I'm using google calendars with 2 different calendars on my account. I added the calendars to Apple Calendar via the Internet Accounts options.

All events turn up as expected in Apple Calendar but I cannot find an edit button to change an event.

What am I missing?


texts: How to fix Mountain Lion that is very slow after sleep by timeout?

texts:
I have updated to Mountain Lion on Mac Mini (mid 2011), and now my Mac is very slow after sleep. I am waiting for several minutes before the next selected program is working properly.

I have tried:

resetting SMC,
check disk and permissions,
disable disk hibernation
but have no result.

When I put it to sleep manually everything okay (in 1 minute), but when it going sleep by timeout I have hyper-lags and slow and low-low-low performance.


texts: I've seen a lot of discussion about this through googling, but found no answers. In GIMP for Mac, I just want to keep all the dialog windows above my main document window. Is it possible?


texts: Using rsync with path names containing spaces

texts:
I am trying to use rsync (on macOS Catalina) but have trouble with spaces in file path names. I have used -s or --protect-args but they do not do anything (when I look at the help for rsync, these options are not listed).

I am running rsync 2.6.9 in zsh. Can anyone help please?

Here is what I get when I run this rsync command:

chris@cgimac ~ % rsync -ahv /Volumes/G_5TB_general/Backup of CG-nas/mac drives/Fitness and health /Volumes/G_5TB_general/temp dump
building file list ...
rsync: link_stat "/Volumes/G_5TB_general/Backup" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: link_stat "/Users/chris/of" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: link_stat "/Users/chris/CG-nas/mac" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: link_stat "/Users/chris/drives/Fitness" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: link_stat "/Users/chris/and" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: link_stat "/Users/chris/health" failed: No such file or directory (2) done

I get the exact same result if I modify the command to

rsync  -ahv  ‘/Volumes/G_5TB_general/Backup of CG-nas/mac drives/Fitness and health’ ‘/Volumes/G_5TB_general/temp dump’

I have looked elsewhere and there are many examples eg st

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rsync-transfer-filename-that-contains-whitespace/

where the -s (or --protect-args) option for rsync apparently work.


texts: Rate a track directly from Apple Music - stars / hearts vs My Music and syncing

texts:
I just bought my first Mac, started Apple Music subscription and moved my music library (1500 liked tracks) from spotify.

I'm trying to make some sense of rating system iTunes/Apple Music has and I think I need some clarifications.

When I'm listening to a track on Apple Music I can heart it but I can't star-rate it.
When I click on the same track and add it to My Music I can later find it in my collection on iTunes and I can see the heart. I can star-rate it.
But if I only heart it I can't find it in my music. It is necessary to do 2 interactions (heart&add to My Music) to find track I like later.
On mobile (Apple Music for Android) I can heart a track, I can browse My Music collection, but I can't add a track to it.
But on mobile device I can add it to a playlist, so it appears in My Music collection.

What I'm trying to achieve is to be able to mark music I like from any device and be able to find it later from any device.
Also, I like the feature to star rate tracks to distinct music I love from music I like.

So, my question is: how to use starring/hearting/adding to my music correctly?*

*preferably like Apple intended it to be used to avoid complications when some features are changed


texts: OSX Terminal "last" does not show more logins before todays

texts:
In Mac OSX 10.12.1, using Terminal

last

does not show logins before today? I did read the earlier article and tried

sudo last

which did not reveal anything earlier.


texts: Why does /var/vm on MacBook Pro tend to show sleepimage and nothing else?

texts:
2020 edition, Catalina 10.15.7 on MacBook Pro.
I've looked at /var/vm (not touching anything in there per advice).
It used to fill up with 1GB files and they'd be deleted upon reboot, but now it's just sleepimage as the only file in there; is this usual, even when doing web browsing or using Pages etc.?
Also, why does it have the option to eject it when it never used to?
I'm slightly confused by this, having used Mac desktops since 2011.


texts: How do I fix a file that crashes Numbers?

texts:
A long time ago, I made a relatively simple Numbers document with some tables containing text and images. It lives in iCloud, and I can preview it using Quick Look.

But now when I try to open it, Numbers crashes, 100% of the time. Here's the crash log.

The file is only 1.4MB in size; its filename contains only ASCII characters; nothing else seems out of the ordinary. Another Numbers document, right alongside it in iCloud, opens just fine. The crash happens no matter whether I open it from Finder or the Numbers Open dialog.

What can I try in order to fix the file or work around the crash? (Unfortunately I'd rather not share the file here.)


texts: So I am learning apple development but I want to know that how am I going to earn once I'm done learning? If its the apps only then I don't have any guarantee that they'll be downloaded and stuff right? so I don't thin that'd be so fruitful. Would it? I'd be really helpful if anyone could help me with this.


texts: Disable alarm options on lock screen [iOS 14.2]

texts:
How can I disable alarm options (stop and snooze buttons) on my lock screen?
I want to be able to stop or snooze the alarm only once I have unlocked my phone (with faceID or password).
Is it possible without using third-party apps?
I have an iPhone Xs with iOS 14.2.


texts: How can I choose a specific location for Logic's 40GB of additional content?

texts:
I have an SSD onto which I've installed the operating system OS X 10.10.1, as well as my applications. I also have a much larger and much slower internal HDD for storage and other rarely-accessed files.

I use Logic X for audio editing, and I have historically enjoyed having access to the 40GB of instruments and sounds referred to as "additional content" optionally available for download from the program menu.

When attempting to download the additional content, Logic informs me that there is not enough free disk space to download all 40GB, which is just as well, because even if I had the space I would prefer that these 40GB of additional content files remain on the HDD rather than the SSD.

How can I specify an alternate location in which to keep Logic's 40GB of additional content files?

If there is no such setting, would it be possible and/or advisable to create some kind of file system pointer for the additional content's folder, à la unix-style symbolic link, across different physical media? (or at least to another partition on the same physical disk?)


texts: Issues & Errors with Restore from ios7 Backup to ios9 on iPhone 5?

texts:
Steps & Insights:

iPhone 5 GSM - iOS 7.1.1- 64 GB
Backup using iTunes 12.3.0.4 on Windows 8.1 Pro
Shift + Restore the Apple Firmware iOS 9.0.2 .ipsw file into iPhone via DFU mode
Setup as New - iPhone iOS 9.0.2
After bit of play, iOS 9.0.2 felt stable, so I tried to Restore from my iOS 7.1.1 Backup
Left to do what it wants: iTunes took 10+ maybe 15 hours to finish Restore + auto App Sync after restore

Problems:

During the iPhone Restore from Backup:

iTunes auto created multiple backups for some reason - Which Backup to use for restore now?

iTunes auto created multiple backups, and as restore failed once, due to lack of extra drive space for the additional instance/ copy of Backup. {I had 30 GB open but iTunes filled it all up}

So I "cloned" my SSD to a bigger HDD to do this and my Restore went through after 10/15 hours, with some caveats:
Bunch of Apps would not restore i.e. could not be sync'ed back to iPhone due to Error that was like (0xBE00000E or 0xBE00000E). Googling it nothing came up

Which Backup to use for restore now?

After the iPhone Restore from Backup:

Sync is stuck for several Apps that are in "Waiting" "Will Install" state as outlined in this split question.

Restore from Backup: Apps in iTunes library were not installed on iPhone because Unknown Error occurred 0xE800002D

How to Resolve stuck "waiting" "Will Install" Apps?

Additional Details on Backups & its Copies:

New Backup folders are identical to original Backup except for the following:

Owner permissions are different; I did try & use "Run as Admin on iTunes"
1 file in both folders info.plist is different, with further tinkering found to contain identical data in XML vs Binary formats, except for 2 small strings:

1:30 | 32 MB | plist XML
-- <string>AS_iPhone5_711</string>
-- <string>01b4384a905a10b3061004b3281a915aca60c362</string>
4:30 | 22 MB | plist Binary, 99% Identical when converted to XML using putil
-- <string>AS_iPhone5_711 - Oct 23, 2015, 4:06 AM</string>
-- <string>01b4384a905a10b3061004b3281a915aca60c362-20151023-040611</string>

Screenshots of Backups Folder with Timestamps & Comparisons (using Beyond Compare):
Images will not show clearly until you click to Zoom in.

C:\Users\..MyUserName..\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup


texts: I don't want ios 8 on my ipad mini running ios 6. Is there a way that I can update to ios 7?

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I have an iPad Mini running iOS 6.0.1.

I want to install iOS 7 instead of 8.

Is ther a way to do it?

The iTunes update shows update to iOS 8.4.


texts: What are the "Overlapping Squares" icon in status menu on login screen?

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On El Capitan's login screen the status menu (top right near time) shows an icon of two overlapping squares, one square is to the top left and looks behind the other.
It doesn't show once I login.
What does this icon represe


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I want to install HideMyAss VPN software, but after login they suggest to me to install the tuntap driver.

The software worked before, but lately they want to install extra kernel extensions?

  My question is: With UNIX under the hood, why do I need such a kernel
  extension to make VPN work?


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Ever since the latest update of MacOS 10.15.4, Finder seems to open one folder behind where it is supposed to.

For example, in Xcode's Preferences->Locations, I click the arrow to take me to the Derived Data folder, it opens Finder at the ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/ folder and not the ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ folder like it used to.

The same happens when I uncompress something and have it set to open the uncompressed folder in a new window. It opens 1 folder behind the actual folder.

This only started happening after the latest MacOS update.

Does anyone else have the same issue and know how to fix it?


texts: iTunes unable to change Artwork for Albums

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With iTunes 12.7.0 and OS 10.13 I cannot change the Album Artwork. Checked permissions and its all Read & Write. The tracks of the Album are my own creation and in AIFF format. I've tried cutting and pasting, dragging of jpegs, and software select - but even though the image appears - when I select OK it reverts to previous image.
I tried deleting the image  - which was deleted, but still cannot paste my own jpeg (small 100k). Frustrated.


texts: If I remove Apple Loops, will reinstalling Garage Band from the App Store later restore them?

texts: I'm attempting to save some space on my new Mac, which had iLife preinstalled. I can confidently delete GarageBand and iMovie for now, since I can easily reinstall them later from the App Store should I need them. However, I'm trepidatious about removing their associated data (which are quite hefty) from /Library/Application Support/GarageBand and /Library/Audio/Apple Loops. Since these are outside the .app, I'm worried that they won't be included along with the App Store bundles. Does anyone know for sure one way or another?


texts: Displays won't stay off when I put them to sleep

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when I press Shift + Control + Eject the displays go blank for a second, then they turn on again.
There's no way I can get them off permanently.
I also don't want the computer to sleep as I leave it downloading over night.
I have a MacBook with an external monitor attached.


texts: TextEdit can't save RTF documents on 10.14.6: "The plug-in returned an error"

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I wrote an RTF document in TextEdit and I get errors when I try to save.

In fact, I can't use TextEdit to save in any other format but TXT, all return the same, vague error. I think I pinpointed it to a broken alias in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks named PDFKit.framework. It doesn't show the intended path, so I assume it must've been corrupted somehow. Am I right to assume this? Is there a way to fix it? Tried googling to no avail.


texts: Does it matter from which country i buy New iphone?

texts: I originally live in Europe but for study purposes i'm staying in Seoul, South Korea for 6 months, i want to buy the new iPhone 11 pro from here and i don't want to wait until i go back to Europe. Does it matter from which country i buy the phone from, or is there any differences in any case, regulation wise or product wise. Thank you!


texts: MacOS keeps asking for notifications permissions

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I have MacOS version 10.15.6 and each time I launch any app that uses notifications - system keeps asking me for the notifications permissions. Every reboot I have a couple of alerts for the apps that run on startup :(
Tried reinstalling the apps but it does not help and it happens regardless of the app.
Could you please advice?


texts: What Lion maintenance utility should I use?

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Im a huge fan of AppleJack, but I realize it doesn't currently support Lion.  What is an lion supported equivalent?

Im looking for a one-stop shop for all my Mac cleaning needs!

Bonus marks for software that can be deployed an managed remotely (on the same LAN)..

Thanks in advance!

Dev


texts: MacBook 2,1 OS X 10.6.8 - Boot screen loop

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My  MacBook2,1 is stuck in a loop on boot screen. It flashes from ?Folder, to an also flashing net recovery globe, and every so often an Apple logo for a few seconds, but never actually boots into the OS.

After an extensive internet search, the only results were to use the Mac OS X (command-R) recovery process.

I’ve tried everything I could find online regarding MacBook recovery, but they all refer to a globe to network restore, but I have yet to see a flashing globe like what I'm experiencing.

This MacBook is the only one I have, so if possible I need this fixed.

How can I go about fixing this, or should I just give up?


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Error message "could not unmount disc"

Only tried Time Machine one day with new Snow Leopard install on MBP.  Have been happy with CCC & want to use the space for a bootable CCC clone.

Time Machine won't let go of the space!!!


texts: What will I lose if I let iTunes Match expire, and instead subscribe to Apple Music?

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EDIT:  I just discovered that an Apple Music Family Plan actually requires OSX Yosemite and iOS8, which is a non-starter since we will not be upgrading past Mavericks (Yosemite caused me massive problems and I had to remove it and downgrade immediately) and my partner despises iOS later than iOS 6 and won't use it.  So I guess this means I'm stuck with only an individual plan regardless.

EDIT 01.31.2016:  Turns out that there is a VERY significant, but somewhat subtle, reality in dropping iTunes Match and using Apple Music instead.  ALL music you add in the future, will become DRM-encoded if you ever download it from the iTunes Music Library, including your own non-DRM CD rips!  Looks like the only actual "solution" is to have both iTunes Match and Apple Music.  =(

I've been an iTunes Match subscriber for a couple of years, and I have my ~15,000 songs all uploaded and also local on my Mac.  I don't really use it for mobile devices much at all, and primarily got it so that I could update my library (much of which was ripped from CDs long ago at 96kb to 128kb) to 256kb versions.

Now I've been playing with Apple Music during the initial free trial period and I have to admit, I like it a lot.  I've been discovering music like crazy including many albums by artists I like a lot, that I had no idea were even still releasing albums (OMD anyone??  WOW!)

But now, iTunes Match wants to renew again in a few days, and I'm really unclear on if I need it or not.  Info online seems to be incomplete and conjectural, since Apple Music is still so new.

What exactly will I lose if I let iTunes Match expire, given that I already have all of my library downloaded locally?

I understand (correct me if I'm wrong please) that with Apple Music, all matched music that is downloaded will have DRM.  I can live with this.  I also believe that any music that is not matched and instead is uploaded by Apple Music to my iCloud Library, will stay in the original format i.e. DRM-free.  This is good because some of my library is music I composed myself or by other musicians that I know or work with, and I wouldn't want that stuff to suddenly be locked down.

Given this, is there actually any reason I'll regret letting iTunes Match lapse and instead signing up for an Apple Music subscription?  I know the cost is significantly higher, but I'm so enjoying the music discovery process in iTunes that I'm actually thinking it's worth $15 for a family plan for myself and my partner.


texts: What is the best way to modify Apple keyboards for alternate layouts?

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I would like to permanently modify my keyboard's button labels to match the non-default keyboard layout that I have set on an Apple computer, so that others who do not touch-type can use the keyboard.  How do I do this?

I have the "Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English)".

Why?  I don't use the QWERTY layout on my US-bought Apple computer, and Apple does not sell anything except QWERTY keyboards.  This is not a problem for me, as I touch-type, so the labels on the keys are basically unused by me.  But other people (mostly children) use my computer, and I would like to allow them to "hunt-and-peck" with the system-wide keyboard layout.

I have tried using stickers to "relabel" the keys, but this is obviously not very durable and looks terrible and makes it difficult to touch-type since it obscures the little nubs on the "home keys".  Most of the stickers have been worn off.

I am willing to disassemble the keyboard and reassemble it if the keys are physically separate from each other.  But I am not willing to disassemble the keyboard to discover if this is true or not.  I have looked at several Mac "tear down" articles, but none of them illustrate the keyboard mechanism.  If I could simply re-arrange the existing buttons, I would have to remove the "home key" nubs on the "F" and "J" keys and add something to the "U" and "H" keys, but I think I can handle that.

I am also willing to use paint and/or chemicals to modify the labels, but I know nothing about where to start here.  Are the labels painted on?  Or are they a different kind of plastic somehow injected into the button plastic?  Can I paint over the existing labels and then re-paint new ones?  Or would I have to somehow dye the keys to be some single color and then paint on my labels?  What would be a type of paint that is durable enough for a keyboard?

I am not willing to buy a third-party keyboard, unless it is nearly exactly equivalent to the Apple keyboard.  I suppose I am willing to buy a second third-party keyboard and rotate them if that is simple to do with OS X.  But ideally, I want one keyboard with labels that match the default layout, and touch-typers can use whatever layout they want, and hunt-and-peckers can still make do.

Are there any other options?


texts: High quality drivers for Huawei E160X modem?

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I am using a Huawei E160X mobile dongle on OS X (10.6.8). I am connecting via Orange in the UK using the driver/GUI which is supplied on the device (it's rebranded Huawei software, I believe). If it helps, it is Internet Everywhere 2.0 (build: 090924.164852).

Unfortunately, this software is terrible. It opens the Orange home page upon every connection, and this "feature" cannot be turned off. It dumps errors every few seconds into the logs, and has a memory leak that means its memory consumption rises to 500MB-1GB if left on for an extended period of time.

I tend to prefer OS-based or open source drivers for modems, since they are less likely to contain phone-home or diagnostic transmission features. However a good googling has not revealed any such thing - any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Addendum: ages ago, I tried using the network settings (e.g. here) but that didn't seem to connect successfully. Tips on getting that to work would be much appreciated!


texts: AppleMail can not remove specific emails

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I'm trying to delete obvious (virus, spam, scam) email anyway from Apple's Mail.app.

Getting error: File 7936.emlx could not be opened, because the file doesn't exist.

That's rough translate from the Finnish error I get.
However, when I click that mail in trash I can see it warning from trashmail.

I'm using Avira but disabling it didn't help, also avira can not remove it because of the same error, however avira shows it as quarantined thread as well...

OSX El Capitan 10.11.6 and Apple Mail 9.3 (3124)


texts: How can I backup a second iPhone 4S to my PC? Both are backed up in iCloud but only one in iTunes store.


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I have rEFIt installed.  Is there any way to choose a default OS to launch which would in turn suppress the load screen from showing up when you start up the computer?

I'm looking for a way to make it more like the native boot loader of Mac OS X's. Where by default it will launch the last OS you ran without showing you the menu. The menu will only be shown if you hold down option while the computer starts up.

If there's no way to do this, is there a way to customize the time it automatically selects the OS to boot? That is, by default I believe you have 20 seconds to choose an OS. Failure to do so will cause the highlighted OS to launch. I would like to change this 20 second interval to something like 2 seconds.


texts: How to pinpoint cause of disk I/O errors

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I am getting (seemingly random) disk I/O errors on my bootdrive. At first I thought it was caused by a faulty hard drive, but now I've replaced it and I still get those errors.

These are the steps I have followed beginning from the first time I noticed something was wrong:

Laptop hangs with just Google Chrome and Postbox (an e-mail application)
I restart the laptop, but it never gets past the screen with the grey apple.
Started Apple Hardware Test by holding "D" during startup. This came up with no errors
Through Verbose mode, and Disk Utility of the install CD I saw that it had disk I/O errors.
I switched the Momentus XT drive for the stock Apple HDD.
Installed a fresh copy of Snow Leopard
Recovered everything from a Time Machine backup

After a day it started giving disk I/O errors again in Console.
This makes me think that an app or a setting is causing this as it is unlikely that both the hard drives are corrupted.

How can I pinpoint which application is the cause?

Below are my system details:

MacBook Pro 5,3
2.66 Ghz / 8GB RAM
Snow Leopard 10.6.8
First HDD: Seagate Momentus XT 500GB
Second HDD: Stock Apple Hitachi 320GB


texts: How do I move iTunes synchronised photos out of the 'From My Mac' section on iPhone?

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I've synchronised many of my photos to my iPhone using iTunes on Windows. However, they are not compatible with iCloud Photos nor any other app such as Google Photos since all the photos are stuck in the 'From My Mac' section in the iPhone Photos app.
The only method I have tried to get them out is to select them all and then duplicate, which copies them to the actual camera roll. However, the album information is lost, and since I have several albums and thousands of photos, it's impossible to manually add them back into albums.
Is there a way to move them from the 'From My Mac' section to the actual iPhone camera roll while retaining the albums? Thank you!


texts: Unable to upgrade to python 3.6 from python 2.7

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I'm trying to remove python 2.7 and replace it with python 3.6. The main thing I want to do is type "python" and my terminal use python 3.6, but for some reason I'm being restricted from upgrading python.

I installed python 3 with:

brew install python3

Below are the commands I'm running. Would some one please help me out?

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ python --version
Python 2.7.10

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.5

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ whereis python
/usr/bin/python

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ whereis python3

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ pwd
/usr/bin

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ ls -l | grep python
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel     66880 Mar 27 23:03 python
-rwxr-xr-x   4 root   wheel       925 Oct  7  2017 python-config
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel        75 Apr  2 15:56 python2.7 -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel        82 Apr  2 15:56 python2.7-config -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7-config
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel     66880 Mar 27 23:03 pythonw
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root   wheel        76 Apr  2 15:56 pythonw2.7 -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2.7

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ ls -l /usr/local/bin|grep python
lrwxr-xr-x  1 guy  admin  43 Apr 16 15:25 easy_install-3.6 -> ../Cellar/python/3.6.5/bin/easy_install-3.6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 guy  admin  31 Apr 16 15:25 pip3 -> ../Cellar/python/3.6.5/bin/pip3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 guy  admin  33 Apr 16 15:25 pip3.6 -> ../Cellar/python/3.6.5/bin/pip3.6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root           wheel  69 Apr 16 12:42 python3 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root           wheel  76 Apr 16 12:42 python3-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root           wheel  71 Apr 16 12:42 python3.6 -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3.6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root           wheel  78 Apr 16 12:42 python3.6-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3.6-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root           wheel  72 Apr 16 12:42 python3.6m -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3.6m
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root           wheel  79 Apr 16 12:42 python3.6m-config -> ../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3.6m-config
lrwxr-xr-x  1 guy  admin  33 Apr 16 15:25 wheel3 -> ../Cellar/python/3.6.5/bin/wheel3

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3 python
ln: python: Operation not permitted

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ sudo su

sh-3.2# pwd
/usr/bin

sh-3.2# ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3 python
ln: python: Operation not permitted

sh-3.2# exit
exit

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin guy$ sudo su -

Guys-MacBook-Pro:~ root# cd /usr/bin

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin root# ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3 python
ln: python: Operation not permitted

Guys-MacBook-Pro:bin root#


texts: Is Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 (type C) possible?

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Apple released Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter. Is it possible to connect an external device using type C (ie ASUS MB169B+) by connecting the Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter with an Thunderbolt cable into the Mac (this is an older Mac before 2015)?

Can the MacBook (which only supports Thunderbolt 2) fully access the device which supports type C? The transmission traffic still won't compare with the real Thunderbolt 3 speeds but at least the Thunderbolt 2 ports are not useless!


texts: Re-download OS X iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)

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Apple introduced Pages, Numbers, and Keynote as a Mac native platform for documents such as letters, spreadsheets, and presentations. These applications come pre-loaded with OS X, as they did with my computer, however, after re-installing OS X after having unrelated issues with my computer, I found that these iWork applications were simply no longer there. So, I transferred the suite from a colleague's computer to my own, however, said applications soon became obsolete, as I couldn't update them without my colleague's password. So, I deleted the applications once more, as they were rendered useless.

This wasn't too much of a problem until recently, as I began to need the applications for other projects. Whenever I visit the Mac App Store, I'm not able to simply download them, rather, I have to pay money for them. Which, eventually I succumbed to, grudgingly paying the $15 for Pages, but it didn't download. I lost the $15, with no result from the App Store. Pages doesn't show up in the Purchased section of the Store, and there's nothing in my Applications folder that would suggest that it did indeed download.

Any suggestions? Or does this warrant a visit to the Genius Bar?

Specs: iMac 27" Late 2013 running OS X 10.11 El Capitan


texts: What does the shortcut picture with x within bounded right arrow mean?

texts: This is the shortcut I am interested in:


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I'm not completely sure what happened, but in Console I get the following errors repeating endlessly every few minutes:

28/07/2013 12:32:10.009 SystemUIServer[304]: Unknown error finalizing or resetting statement (11: database disk image is malformed)
28/07/2013 12:32:10.009 SystemUIServer[304]: DB Query: begin exclusive transaction
28/07/2013 12:32:10.018 SystemUIServer[304]: Error calling sqlite3_step (1: cannot commit - no transaction is active) SQLITE_ERROR
28/07/2013 12:32:10.019 SystemUIServer[304]: DB Query: commit transaction
28/07/2013 12:32:10.019 SystemUIServer[304]: Unknown error finalizing or resetting statement (1: cannot commit - no transaction is active)
28/07/2013 12:32:10.019 SystemUIServer[304]: DB Query: commit transaction

It seems like some database that SystemUIServer uses has become corrupted, and I'm looking for a way to repair it or, more likely, force it to be re-created. I've had a little poke around in /private/var/db but I haven't seen anything that looks likely, and of course the last thing I want to do is try moving/deleting things at random as I'm pretty much guaranteed to make things worse :)

Currently the errors don't seem to interfere with anything, but I figure if this database is corrupt then I should really fix it if I can. At the very least so it stops filling my console with thousands of message a day!


texts: Video file does not appear under Windows Explorer

texts: I have a Windows 10 pc and attached an iPhone 6S to it. All files appear in Windows Explorer except one. It is a 4K Video going over 13 minutes. Is it too big? Is the file system the problem?


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I just recently purchased a refurbished MacBook Air from Apple running Sierra.

For the most part it is functioning just how I would expect it to, except for the following: for certain networks (it appears to be limited to just wpa2 personal networks. wpa2 enterprise with RADIUS authentication connects automatically just fine) it will not remember the pass.

I leave the network, rejoin, and get prompted with the message:

  A keychain cannot be found to store "NETWORK."

It gives me an option to reset the keychain, which I would love to do (there are no custom CA/client certificates on here yet, just a stock certificate bank), but when it prompts me to put in my password, I can't type anything in the box.

I have tried the solution listed here, but still get the same result.


texts: Cleaning a MacBook Pro keyboard that's been covered in juice

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My lovely son spilled apple juice on my laptop keyboard.

It works, but it feels like it has grit under the keys and sticks a bit.

How do I clean it out?

I remember old keyboards could be just banged hard against the desk... I presume thats a bad idea though...

It's a macbook pro 15 inch laptop


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Is A-GPS also working without an active 3G contract?
Say I buy an iPad 3G with an operator SIM card in place but don't pay for 3G service, will A-GPS still work or not?


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I'm using Forticlient to connect to a customer's VPN. It used to work on my MacOS, but it suddendly stopped with apparently no reason. After that I never managed to make it work again on my computer, even it it connects fine with every other device I try (Android, Linux, Windows, another MacOS).

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, but it still fails to connect. I tried removing every single file accessed by the app (checking with lsof) but still fails. Enabling debug I found the following:

20170720 08:27:22.523 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 current uid: 0
20170720 08:27:22.525 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 get current proxy auto config settings
20170720 08:27:22.530 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 use tty:/dev/ttys006
20170720 08:27:22.533 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 connecting to 1.2.3.4:10443 - 10443
20170720 08:27:22.533 [sslvpn:DEBG] unknown:0 tcp connect 1.2.3.4:10443 timeout -1
20170720 08:27:22.542 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 shuting down the running tunnel
20170720 08:27:22.542 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 the tunnel is shut down
20170720 08:27:22.542 [sslvpn:EROR] unknown:0 connect failed
20170720 08:27:22.542 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 tunnel shutdown -2
20170720 08:27:22.543 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 sslvpn starts to clean up
20170720 08:27:22.547 [sslvpn:INFO] unknown:0 sslvpnd terminated

How's possible it returns timeout right after trying to connect?

I have no firewall enabled on the Mac (10.12.5), I just installed some objective-see apps but none should interfere with network connections.

What else can I check to understand why the connection returns timeout?


texts: What SATA does an early 2011 MacBook Pro has?

texts: I want to get a SSD for my early 2011 MacBook Pro 15" and I'm not sure what SATA interface it has and what it would be the best price/performance blend.


texts: Boot Camp partition is on lowest brightness and will not change

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It all started this morning, since I listen to podcasts on YouTube before bed. I barely use my Mac partition, but still update it. I use my Windows partition for most of my stuff.

I went to bed with the screen dimmed all the way down and went to sleep. When I woke up, my computer was shut down but still perfectly fine. I started up Windows and after the "Starting Windows" screen, the screen went black since it is dimmed all the way down and now I can't brighten it back up.


texts: How to evolve trade Pokemon on a MacBook Pro?

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I am playing Pokemon Fire Red on VBA emulator mac.

I can’t seem to find an emulator that I can plug and play and evolve traded Pokemon for MacBook.

I have tried to install 2 versions of VBA on my Mac, however, they fail when trying to trade Pokemon and have connection failures.

Is there an easy way of doing this?


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I have upgraded to El Capitan, but I was having this problem for a while, where the desktop background doesn’t display. The folders have white letters, and the background is white, and this makes everything difficult to read. The background image doesn't change immediately, I have to log out, and log back in. I can see it has changed, on the login screen, and after I have logged in. But at some point, the screen turns white, and thus the problem.

I have turned off all the start up applications, and the problem remains.

I have looked for view options in Finder, but I cannot figure out why the desktop remains white.

I have tried the normal ways of changing desktop background, but it doesn’t work. Alternatively, I can not see it, because something is blocking it? That is a guess.

Inverting colours in the accessibility menu doesn't help, as inverted colours mean I'm looking at black on black instead of white on white.

I created a new user. The new user doesn’t have this problem, their desktop is visible.


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I use ParagonNTFS on my Mac that I can write to ntfs drives.

I have two very large NTFS drives that I try to keep in sync. I'd like to be able to do this quickly with rsync:

rsync -rvh --delete /Volumes/Archive/ /Volumes/MobArchive/

Unfortunately, this command re-copies every file every time, including those that have not been updated. As a result, it takes all night to complete.

As a result, I have to use the --size-only option, which generally works as desired, except for files that have been updated but whose size has not changed.

I have read elsewhere that a common solution to this problem is to use --modify-window=1. In my case, however, this still causes all files to get copied. I have tried modify-window values all the way up to ten.

Any possible solutions?


texts: Pages - multiple paragraph styles in a single paragraph

texts: I'm trying to write code snippets inline with prose text, much like the back ticks (``) in markdown in Pages (version 5.6.1). I have a "code" paragraph style, and a "body" paragraph style. Is there a way to intermix the two on the same line/paragraph?


texts: Homebrew - OpenNLP installing to hidden folder

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I used this command to install OpenNLP and it installed to a hidden Library folder (Users/me/(hidden)Library/Caches/Homebrew).

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null

Is that possibly due to having just upgraded to Catalina? And, how can I change it to being in a non-hidden folder?


texts: How can I get safari to show me the pixel dimensions of the browser window, without an extension?

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I have once seen safari showing me the pixel dimensions of the browser window, even when I resized it dragging left or right, it showed how many pixels in the x axis and how many pixels in the y axis.

But now when I resize the window it doesn't show the number of pixels of any current size.

How can I get the resolution / number of pixels in x and y, to show when I resize the safari browser window(as I've seen it do before)?

note- (was formerly - mistakenly - titled as safari has stopped showing me the resolution when resizing a window)


texts: How can I force Mac OS X to treat my Mackie Onyx Blackjack as a mono input device?

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I have a Mackie Onyx Blackjack audio interface, and my microphone is plugged into the first of two inputs ("left"). The other input doesn't have anything plugged into it. What this means is that whenever I record audio in QuickTime, it produces a stereo file with my voice on the left track and silence on the right track. However, Mac OS X sees the device as a 2-channel stereo device, and I can't seem to convince it otherwise.

Here is a screenshot from Audio MIDI Setup to show what I mean:

The only thing I can change is the "Format" from "44100.0 Hz" to "48000.0 Hz". Everything else is greyed out.

I investigated creating an aggregate device, but I see no way to eliminate audio channels from that either. How can I get Mac OS X to see this device as a mono input?


texts: I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 12.1.4, and a MacBook Pro running OS 10.13.6. I am running iCloud using the same ID, syncing contacts from both devices. This should sync seamlessly, but it doesn't. I have duplicates on the Mac, and the iPhone; contacts that appear on the Mac, and not the iPhone; and contacts that appear on the iPhone, and not the Mac. I want to merge the two databases into iCloud, and eliminate duplicates. I have tried logging out of iCloud on both devices, waiting 30 minutes, and re-connecting. I still have the same issue. Any suggestions as to how I can get my contacts in sync in all three locations would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Change default browser based on location?

texts: I use Chrome for work stuff and Safari for my personal stuff (each signed into my respective email). Is there a way to easily switch the default browser based on location? In the past I've used both ControlPlane and Sidekick for this - Sidekick is no longer available and ControlPlane hasn't been updated in years and crashes on a regular basis. Thanks for any suggestions. There is also Objectiv, but it also hasn't been updated in years.


texts: iPhone 5 keeps on turning off even in DFU Mode

texts: I'm trying to restore my iPhone, since I've read that it could help me solve the continuous apple logo loop. But when I'm trying to restore it via DFU mode, it still shuts down and restarts. What could be the cause of this?


texts: Upgrading OS on an internet-less computer, Pro Tools compatibility

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I've a computer strictly devoted to recording that I do not connect to the internet. I just upgraded to Pro Tools 12HD (12.8.3) and my OS is Mountain Lion (10.8.2). Which installer(s) should I download to upgrade to the newest version of High Sierra?

Thanks for your time!


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iPhoto won't open on my computer, insisting I need to update before using it, but when I click "check for updates" it informs me that there are no updates in the Australian store!!

Very frustrating, I don't use it a lot, but annoying that I can't use it until I update with a non-existent update!

Is there anyway around this? I'm not sure if I can download it from another countries store?

Lou


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How to open multiple windows of Foxit Reader on mac?
I am using Foxit Reader on my mac to read pdfs. I am trying to figure out how to open multiple windows. For example, in preview  we can open separate window for every pdf we want to view.
I don't get the settings as suggested online by Foxit


texts: Problem with two-finger swipes on my magic mouse. Is there any form of fix?

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Recently, I've migrated from a strict Windows to a OSX environment.  I'm using the Magic Mouse as my pointing device and so far I've been satisfied.

The only problem that I am having is that I can not get my mouse to consistently recognize my two-finger swipes to swap between my full screen apps.  It does work but only occasionally.  Specifically, I have to swipe about 30 times before the screen will actually switch to the other application.  Also, I know that the mouse is partially picking up my gesture because the window will begin to barely transition, but I usually can't get the screen to shift any more than a couple inches on my 27" display.

This is unusable.

Are there any gesture sensitivity settings that I may be able to tweak, buried in some form of an initialization of configuration file?  Or, am I stuck and I'll have to simply avoid using this gesture?  I think this functionality would be very useful.  For now, however, it's not an option.


texts: Imagemagick installed via Homebrew, convert missing

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I tried installing Imagemagick using 'brew install imagemagick'. The end result I was hoping for was the existence of commands mogrify and convert. It had apparently been a long time since I ran Homebrew; tt thought for a long time and then went about updating a positively frightening number of packages. It ran for perhaps 45 minutes, and I really have no idea how much it updated. Dozens, scores, perhaps hundreds of packages. Including Ruby and Python, which was pretty scary in its own right.
After all that time Homebrew reported failure because something it was trying to instlal required a later version of Xcode than was installed. It turns out that the version it wanted was part of Catalina, and my OS is still at Mojave, so I can't upgrade Xcode to satisfy Homebrew.
When all was done, the mogrify command exists and works but the convert command is nowhere to be found.
I have tried redoing 'brew install imagemagick' -- it says the package is already installed and refuses to do anything. 'brew upgrade imagemagick' worked once but there is still no convert command to be found.
Do I have to uninstall and start over?


texts: How can I change DNS providers without needing to type in my password?

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On Mac OS X Yosemite, you need to enter in your password to change DNS entries. Otherwise the entries are all greyed out.

I change DNS frequently (Gogo Inflight among others doesn't work with custom DNS resolvers) and I'm the only person that uses my computer. Is there a setting I can flip to disable password protection?


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I have a MacBook Pro 17" Late 2011.
Today I removed to optical drive and installed a SSD (where the HDD was) and moved the HDD to the optical drive location.

Now I want to make the SSD my primary drive, and use the HDD for storage only.
the problem is that I can't clone all the HDD to the SSD because the former has 750GB and the latter is 250.

I only want to install the OS to the SSD. I don't mind installing all other apps manually afterward, but I'm just not sure what should I do next.

How do I install only OS X on the SSD and make it the main boot disk?


texts: MacBook Pro - Only runs while MagSafe charger connected

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My 2013 MacBook Pro only runs while the MagSafe power charger is connected.

Model Number: A1425 (EMC 2672)

When the charger is disconnected system immediately powers off (no
shutdown).
MagSafe LED is always amber.

Is this a common problem? What is the most likely cause?