texts: Is there any way to get the Multi-Safari version of Safari 2 working on Snow Leopard?

texts:
Michel Fortin’s Multi-Safari actually makes it possible to test websites in old versions of Safari, should you feel the need.

Unfortunately, the Multi-Safari version of Safari 2 doesn’t quite work properly in Snow Leopard. For me, it worked for a few minutes. Then, for no apparent reason, it stopped loading web pages — the progress bar would stay stuck at a fairly short length, and the status bar would say it was waiting for the web site.

Is there any way to get it working reliably on Snow Leopard?


texts: AppStore looks too slow. Is there any way to download El Capitan without AppStore?

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I am downloading OSX El Capitan through AppStore and it runs already 10 hours. I have downloaded 1,5 GB so far. I fear I can't work next week because of this slow download process. I need it because of the new XCode.

I already tried to download a torrent with this OS, which took me only 30 mins from a Windows System. But I had problems installing it, because it seems to be corrupt.

Is there another way to upgrade without using the AppStore ? I think about the dmg, which could be simply downloaded.
Or how can someone upgrade an Apple OS in one day ?

I added a new speedtest herer, because it seems not to be clear enough.


texts: iPhone "Trust this computer": How to re-trust

texts:
I have just connected my iPhone (4s/iOS 7.1) to my old MacBook. When the "Trust this Computer" message came, I chose accidently No.
Is there a way to trust my mac evev whan I already said No?


texts: "More Info" always "Fetching..." when I "Get Info" from a file

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I'm having this issue with the "More Info" section of the Info window of a file (Cmd + I or "Get Info" in contextual menu):

I'm running Sierra 10.12.3, and I'm not sure when this started to happen, but it happens with all kind of files.

Any idea on how can I track the root problem?

Thanks!


texts: Does Tiger have one install CD for both architectures?

texts: I'm eyeing an unopened set of 2 tiger install DVDs on eBay. When they were originally shipped, did 10.4 DVDs support both Intel and PPC on the same disk?


texts:
What is the difference between FileVault 2 and Disk Utility Encryption?

Also, what is the better/safer option encrypt disk when reformatting then install mac OS or install mac OS without encryption and setup encryption with FileVault 2?


texts:
I have an external monitor with USB ports which is connected via mini DVI cable to my laptop and additionally via usb for the hub. An external hard drive is connected to this monitor.
Normally, when I connect my mac to the monitor, I first connect the mini DVI cable so the monitor switches on, as well as the USB hub within the monitor. Then I connect my USB cable.
My problem is, the Harddrive is not recognised by the system. I have to unplug and replug the disk so it gets mounted.

Is there something I can do about this?


texts: Swipe between full-screen apps by a non-apple mouse

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I just bought a Magic Mouse, but I find its sensitivity is not great (we obviously cannot play a shooting game with that). So I want to buy a gaming mouse.

But one thing I am worried about is how to do Swipe between full-screen apps in a gaming mouse.

Does anyone have an idea?


texts: Finder Window flash and disappears on unminimize

texts:
You can clearly see what's wrong with Finder in the GIF. When I click the Finder window, it appears to restore the window, and then it's gone. This usually happens after a while. It's very annoying, a quick fix is to Force Quit Finder, and I can restore those windows again.

There is only 1 Desktop spaces enabled
I have tried removing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
My MacBook's version is macOS Sierra 10.12 latest version. If my memory is correct, I have seen this kind of problem before updating to Sierra (when I was using El Capitan)
I also tried removing the saved state from ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.finder.savedState

Is there anyway to fix this? Please tell me if more information or log files are required. Thank you.


texts: What is difference between network service and network interface

texts:
I'm a little bit confused about the difference between a network interface and network service. For example, the ifconfig utility documentation talks in terms of the network interface:

  ifconfig en0

While "networksetup" is using network service:

  networksetup -getinfo %network service name%

Can a single network interface have multiple network services?


texts:
I have a mid 2012 non-retina mac with El Captain. It is starting to get slower, especially due to the absence of the SSD, but it never gave me any problems.

It has been a couple of days now that seemingly at random, the screen flashes for just a moment. I mean that I can see the flash of the screen, usually white or blue, and then everything goes back to normal.

This happened 4 times already; what could be the cause? Should I be worried about a virus? Or maybe a hardware failure?

Thank you in advance!


texts: Can I use boot camp to install windows if I already have two versions of macOS?

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I have a MacBook Pro with a 1TB SSD, it currently has two APFS volumes one I boot into for high Sierra (for when I need to use legacy software) and my normal one for Catalina.

Is it still possible to use the boot camp utility to install and boot into windows or is that not a good idea? There’s plenty of information about dual boot and dual operating systems but I just wanted some clarification before I go and ruin my machine and have to wipe it and restore everything

Thanks for your time and consideration any help is much appreciated

output of diskutil list


texts: Is the hard disk of a late 2015 27" iMac 5k still replaceable?

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I'm getting different information from the web vs. Gravis. I'd like to know if the HDD of a late 2015 iMac 27" model can still be replaced.

According to Gravis it's soldered.

My idea was to get a cheap HDD based model and replace the HDD with a fast/large SSD, like I did in my 2012 model.


texts: file transfer from Tiger (10.4.11) to Mountain Lion (10.8)

texts:
Will Migration Assistant let me transfer my files from my old Mac running Tiger 10.4.11 to Mountain Lion?  I've read that it does not support moving files from 10.4 to Mountain Lion and didn't know if the .11 on my version made a difference as to it working or not.

Also my old Mac only has USB 2 and firewire, new Mac USB3 and Thunderbolt.  So I don't know how I would make the connection.

Thanks.


texts: XQuartz cannot start on macOS Mojave 10.14.5

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Recently the XQuartz cracked after I open it from the Utilities folder. And I try to install it through different methods like the pkg and "brew cask install xquartz". However, it cannot work by each method.

Now I open it from the Terminals, it can open. However, it cannot open display automatically.

After I install the Grace, the problem I met as follows.

$ xmgrace
  Can't open display
  Failed initializing GUI, exiting

Then I tried to use "echo $DISPLAY" to show the display setup, it gives nothing.

$ echo $DISPLAY

I tried to open the Xquartz program and use another program which needs the graphics platform, it gives the error report as follows:

 $ kfmf
   dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/X11/lib/libxcb.1.dylib
   Referenced from: /usr/bin/xwininfo
   Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
   /opt/X11/lib/libxcb.1.dylib: code signature in (/opt/X11/lib/libxcb.1.dylib) not valid for use in process using Library Validation: mapping process is a platform binary, but mapped file is not /opt/X11/lib/libxcb.1.dylib: stat() failed with errno=1
   Xinfo: Subscript out of range.

I want to know how to solve this problem. Please give me some advice. Thanks a lot.

This problem can be fixed by reinstall the OS system. If you have the same problem, you can use this method.
And I find that the "xinfowin" program in /usr/bin folder is installed repeatedly. The old one cannot run. Then I decided to reinstall my OS system.


texts: Keeping MacBook Pro on Sleep Mode for days

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I usually use my MacBook Pro for programming purposes and is mostly open about 14 hours a day, with 2-3 hours being plugged in until the charging is complete and then I disconnect from power afterwards to cycle the battery. When I leave for home, I just put the machine on Sleep Mode by closing the lid and not actually shutting it down. I only shut it down every Friday for the weekend.

Will this harm my MacBook Pro in some way? Will the battery life get reduced if this is done? It is also connected to Wi-Fi the whole week, if that matters.


texts: I have some manuscript notes written in iPad Notes with Apple Pencil, which I need to export to PDF. Unfortunately the generated PDF is useless: For some reason, the text is squeezed in the left, occupying just a small fraction of the page, and the resolution is so bad that the text is unreadable even if zoomed: see the screenshot below.  What can I do?


texts: Logitech mouse recognised but not functional

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I'm running version 10.12.6 of macOS Sierra on a 2013 MacBook Pro. I have a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse combo M310 and K520 which I've been using for a few years. Both work through the same USB receiver as intended when plugged into a Samsung Notebook and PlayStation 4 console, but for whatever reason, only the keyboard works when plugged into the MacBook.

I have the latest Logitech drivers installed, and the Logitech Control Center software recognises that the mouse is switched on, and even knows what level of battery it has:

Despite this, none of the buttons work and moving the mouse doesn't move the cursor.

I've tried:

Updating the Logitech drivers.
Switching the mouse off and back on.
Replacing the battery in the mouse.
Un-pairing the mouse, restarting the machine and then re-pairing it.
Un-pairing the keyboard, so only the mouse is paired.
Plugging the receiver into a different USB port.

This is my work laptop, and at work I use a wireless Microsoft mouse. This does not experience the same issue. The Microsoft IntelliPoint software states "no Microsoft mouse devices found", so I'm certain this driver isn't interfering with the Logitech one.

I've been using this mouse and keyboard combo now for at least 4 years, so I'm really eager to get the mouse working on my MacBook. Does anyone know what I can do to resolve this issue?


texts: Duplicate birthdays in Calendar but only on Mac

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I have my birthdays stored in my contacts. As of late I see duplicate entries for each birthday in my Calendar on the Mac. On my iOS devices they only show up once. When I deactivate my contacts account (macOS Server account) the birthdays are removed from my calendar as expected. When I reactivate the contacts account the birthdays re-appear but only once. After a few hours Calendar on my Mac will then show them twice again. If I try to manually delete one of the events I get the error message: "You can't add or change events in the Birthdays calendar".

Is there a why for me to reset my "birthdays Calendar" on my Mac? What else can I do?

I am using the Sierra 10.12.2 and Calendar version 9.0

Thanks for any advice.


texts: Can I show percentage change instead of price change?

texts: Can I show the percentage change instead of price change in the new stocks app?


texts:
I have 5 different email accounts: iCloud, GMail, Hotmail and two others which my iPhone does not give the option to sync its contacts.

So, I have only synced my contacts with iCloud and since barely a month ago, when I edit a contact it appears immediately a copy of it and if I delete one, both of the are deleted.

Does anyone know what is going on?


texts: Windows 10 Boot Camp on Mac mini Fusion Drive is running very slow. How to replace HDD / upgrade disk to SSD without reinstalling OS?

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Hardware:
- Mac mini (late 2014)
- Core-i5
- 8GB

Logical drive:
- Fusion Drive 1,15TB

Physical drives:
- 128GB PCIe
- 1000GB HDD

Partitions and systems:
- 250GB HFS+ macOS High Sierra
- 850GB NTFS Boot Camp Windows 10

Scenario:
macOS is running fine but Windows startup takes many minutes. Overall system performance is also unacceptable. Need to quickly replace 1TB HDD with an SSD without unpairing a Fusion Drive nor reinstalling any OS. How to do it?


texts: 53 GB in iLifeAssetManagement folder but only 5 GB in Photo Stream

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I've got a 128 GB 11″ MacBook Air running Yosemite which I use for travelling and managing photos while on the move. With only 128 GB I try to manage the disk space carefully. But now I find there is only 10 GB left. About This Mac → Storage shows that photos take up 61 GB of this.

Drilling down 52.7 GB of this is in the folder ~/Library/Application\ Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub which I understood to be Photo Stream. It shows in a very large number of folders, each containing a single jpg file.

But if I pull out the images by using the Finder window searching for "image" and then selecting from kind "image" (I understand the standard way to pull out Photo Stream) the resultant file is only 5 GB large

Why is this folder showing nearly 53 GB when Photo Stream is only 5 GB?
What constitutes the other 58 GB?
How can I identify them and delete those I don't need to free up some much-needed disk space?


texts: stop iTunes from auto-playing after import

texts:
I drag a movie onto the iTunes icon. iTunes imports the movie, and then begins playing it for me automatically.

How do I stop it from playing the movie automatically?


texts: I've had an SDcard lose its partition table, so I want to run a surface scan of the sdcard to make sure it's physically okay. Can you suggest a disk surface scan tool that runs on the Mac? Free, preferably. Thanks.


texts: How do I force iOS to check for updates?

texts: I've got an iPad2 that's supposedly susceptible to the latest encryption hole in iOS 7.  However, it's not offering me the update automatically.  Where can I go to force it to check for updates?


texts: Are wireless speeds on Laptop and iPhone the same?

texts:
This might be a network forum question, nor sure but here is my question:
My router is AirPort Time Capsule, the new model that has wireless ac.
My laptop is Retina Macbook pro and looks like it also supports wireless ac
and my phone is iPhone 6 and I think that one is also wireless ac.

Why when I go to SpeedTest application on the iPhone my speed does not show higher than 20 or 30 Mbps but when I do speediest on browser on MacBook then it goes to 50, 60, or 70 Mbps?


texts: Any way to enable File Vault for just one user?

texts:
At the office, I use a machine which is used by several people.

Is there any way to enable File Vault ONLY for MY user folder?
(I.e., /Users/me)


texts: How do I remove a specific link in the shared links list? I have some links in there that I do not want to keep since it's taking up a lot of space and it makes me hard to search for the links I actually care about.


texts: How to convert internal boot SSD from HFS+ to APFS?

texts:
Many web pages claim that when you install 10.13 on an SSD, you have an option to convert to APFS.  Many others claim that when you install 10.13 on an SSD, you will be converted to APFS whether you want it or not.

Neither was the case for me.  I have an internal SSD that upgraded to 10.13 and continued to the current 10.13.6.  Default disk utility knows it is SSD and HFS+ but will not convert it.  Recovery partition won't convert it either.  And in none of my upgrades was I ever offered the choice.

I don't want to erase and do a multi-hour install, then have to do a multi-hour restore from backup.  Especially since I recently did (10.13.6) from recovery partition and it did not convert.

One page said you can't do it on your boot volume till 2017.  But 2017 is long gone.

SSD was in this refurb when I bought it from the Boston Apple store January 2017.  I used Migration to put apps and accounts on it, Software Update since then.  Never used FileVault nor RAID nor Bootcamp.

UPDATE: As detailed in the question and the "half-answer," there was never an automatic update nor an offer to do so nor were any of my attempts to get around it successful as of August 2018.  I gave up on the idea at that point.  However, I noticed in disk utility today (13 Aug 2019) that my boot SSD is now APFS.  I have no idea when Apple did the conversion without asking, but it was after the updates to 10.13.0 through 10.13.6.  Now I have 10.14.6

Configuration info (when the question was asked—before the surprise conversion):

MBP-WWG:Desktop Admin$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage ISSD                    1.0 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS ISSD                   +1.0 TB     disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 1687664E-6E25-4DBD-9293-A6B0E4D90B0A
                                 Unencrypted

MBP-WWG:Desktop Admin$


texts: Is it possible to sync the Do Not Disturb mode between Mac and iPhone?

texts: So when I turn on the Do Not Disturb mode on a mac it would be active also on my iPhone?


texts: Why is it that my 2014 MacBook pro faster than my 2017 iMac

texts:
My MacBook is old and overheats a lot, and my iMac is new, has 4k resolution, a quad core CPU, but it's slow.
The main difference is that my new iMac has a 1TB HDD, and my old MacBook has a 128GB SSD.
Why is the older computer faster than the new one?
What can I do to speed it up?


texts: Spotlight randomly chose Chinese as dictionary language after El Capitan upgrade

texts:
After upgrading to El Capitan, suddenly Spotlight dictionary searches only show results in Chinese (I think). I have absolutely no idea why it chose Chinese, as I am not a user of that language.

This happens when my keyboard is set to Norwegian (as usual), but when it is set to US English, the dictionary seems to correctly give English results.

What is wrong? How can I fix this?


texts: What explains intermittent I/O errors for all attached volumes?

texts:
Two external volumes that are both having I/O errors. This is a small bit of console output. One is an SSD and the other is a regular hard drive. Both are relatively new.

default 18:46:56.035095 -0800   kernel  disk2s2: I/O error.
default 18:46:56.084555 -0800   kernel  disk3s2: I/O error.
default 18:46:56.133860 -0800   kernel  disk2s2: I/O error.
default 18:46:56.182963 -0800   kernel  disk2s2: I/O error.
default 18:46:56.232262 -0800   kernel  disk3s2: I/O error.
default 18:46:56.288224 -0800   kernel  disk2s2: I/O error.

What would explain I/O errors for two different volumes?

Both are directly connected via a USB-C hub. The same problem occurs when they are each separately connected via a USB-C to A cable to my MacBook Pro.

Every diagnostic tool I have tried says the drives are fine. This includes Techtool Pro, Drive Genius and DiskWarrior. Console shows no I/O errors while these tools are doing a surface scan or rebuild.

When they are first mounted both drives appear normal, but after 30-40 minutes they both remain mounted but all the files are missing from the Finder window. du -h from a terminal shows all the top level folders as being empty but no subfolders. After remounting each drive all the files are intact.

Is there any way to rule out/in hardware issues and if so how? Could it be an HFS/AFPS issue? Both drives are HFS but the startup volume is AFPS. At this point I don't think it is the drives themselves.


texts: Setting to open new TextEdit document window in center?

texts:
I use TextEdit regularly as a scratchpad and to open script outputs. Annoyingly, TextEdit insists on opening a new document window in the top left corner of the screen. Is there any setting I can change to make this the center of the screen or to make it remember the last position of the window?

If this is really not possible, I could 'fake it' and create a script that creates a new TextEdit document and changes the position to the center. But I'd prefer not to do this.


texts:
kmorrison@Karls-MacBook-Pro ~ $ xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates
kmorrison@Karls-MacBook-Pro ~ $ xcode
-bash: xcode: command not found

How do I open Xcode?


texts:
This is on IOS but it has happened on OS X in the past.

No matter how many messages I have received, read, or replied to, every time I open Mail, the same five-week-old message is selected, and I have to scroll a long way to get to the new ones.

Not earth-shaking, but I'd like to find a way to make it always go to the new messages like it used to.

I moved the message to another folder, which made the inbox not have any selected.  But that's probably temporary—last time this happened, Mail soon began stalking another message.


texts: How much RAM is recommended to be assigned to a virtual machine in VirtualBox?

texts:
I have installed Ubuntu in VirtualBox under OS X on a MacBook Pro.

The laptop has 16 GB RAM, and I assigned about 11 GB to Ubuntu, because I thought that most work would be done in Ubuntu anyway.

But some said that I have to give OS X sufficient RAM, to maintain Host regular operations.

Is 5 GB too little for OS X?

I noticed that when the guest Ubuntu is running, waking up of OS X from sleep can take 30 secs or so. If OS X can have more RAM, will it wake up sooner?


texts:
I have the infamous "battery not charging" problem on my 2014 Retina MacBook Pro. The power source shows as "Power source: power adapter".

I checked system info and I have 1100+ cycles, which I guess is a lot. So my guess is that the battery is dead, and so it stopped charging.

Right now, the battery percentage shows 6% and seems to be staying that way. It is not increasing at all.

What worries me is every time I reboot, the battery seems to drain a bit, meaning that after sufficient reboots the battery will eventually reach 0% (as my MacBook isn't charging), and at that point I won't be able to boot up again at all.

Should I set all my energy settings to "never sleep", "never turn off", etc. to prevent any rebooting, so that the battery does not drain any further?

What can I do short of buying a new computer? I don't think there is Apple service where I am for the next few weeks. I would buy a new charger, but it appears that the charger is not the problem (or at least there is a good chance it isn't).

Coconut Battery status:
8440 mAh, Full charge capacity 6973 mAh (guess that means my battery is 82% healthy?), Cycle count: 1177, macOS battery status: good.


texts: text messages forwarded from my google voice number aren't recognized as being from my iPhone contacts

texts: I set up my google voice number to forward to my AT&T number, but when I get texts from some people who are in my contact list, the text appears to come from phone numbers I don't recognize.  The text message itself will be prefaced by the phone number the text is coming from, but even though that number is in my contact list, the message does not offer me the name of the person.  I have an iPhone 4 and I'm running iOS 6.1.  Any help is appreciated.


texts: Can a MacBook Pro be tracked when disconnected from the Internet?

texts:
My MacBook was stolen. I just want to know if I can find it even if the thief shut it down permanently.

On my MacBook I have an automatic session opened and the Airport is turned on by default.

I want to know if I can trace it even if the Airport-detected WiFi hotspots but the thief didn't connect it to the Internet.

What will happen if the thief turns off the airport and only works offline?


texts: How to stop Safari from hijacking Amazon app links?

texts:
Apple iPhone SE with iOS 13.5.1:
When I open an Amazon hyperlink from an email or imessage it will launch the Amazon app and before it can fully open, Safari will hijack the link and open Amazon in Safari.
I don't want Safari to do this. I want to view Amazon links in the Amazon app. Safari does not do this with other app links like Yelp and Quora. Quora links launch and open Quora app with no Safari hijacking.
I have tried clearing all cache and web data in Safari. I have deleted and reinstalled the Amazon app. It still does the same thing.
Google searches have become fruitless as it seems most people prefer to view Amazon in the browser vs. the app, which puts me in the minority and makes it difficult to find information on my problem (Opinion: Is it just me, or has the Google's search function degraded over the past few years?).
I haven't been able to isolate whether this is an iPhone/iOS problem or it is an Amazon app problem.
Edit: (Requested information)
I have the latest Amazon app installed v15.12.6
Here is the example link that gets "hijacked":
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635616271/
Additional info:
Rebooted my phone and it made no difference.
For some reason I thought being on wifi vs LTE 4G would make a difference. It didn't.
I tested a few links from the "amazon.com/apple-app-site-association".
These links launched the app and were not kicked to Safari:
https://www.amazon.com/deals
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/h.html
This is a link found in the "apple-app-site-association" and it was kicked to Safari:
https://www.amazon.com/products
These links were kicked to Safari:
http://amzn.com/1635616271
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635616271
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635616271/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
In the "apple-app-site-association" I found this:
"/dp/??????????"
So according to the "apple-app-site-association" this link should not be kicked to Safari, but it does:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635616271
This link:
http://amzn.com/1635616271
opens in Safari and is then kicked to the Amazon app and then the Amazon kicks it back to Safari and Safari opens it up to:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635616271/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
Does all of this testing indicate a bug in the Amazon app with its URL handling? Declared associations are not being properly handled. Can anyone else confirm the behavior?


texts: "iTunes can’t verify the identity of the server ..." after a Security Update in Mavericks or upgrade to El Capitan

texts:
Prior to the security update released early April my system was working fine. After that, I'm getting invalid certificates everywhere:

iTunes says "iTunes can’t verify the identity of the server “init.itunes.apple.com”." and "iTunes can’t verify the identity of the server “xp.apple.com”." when I open it.
Chrome gives me warnings for many https sites (e.g. Google is fine, Twitter isn't).
Most importantly I can't connect to the App Store anymore, which I was planning to do to upgrade to Yosemite given that Apple decided to not fix one of the security vulnerabilities for the previous versions.

I checked my certificates in the Keychain Access and I don't see anything wrong with them. I've also tried deleting some files related to certificate caches as I've seen mentioned somewhere else, but it didn't help either.

I'm using OS X 10.9.5 in a MacBook Air, Late 2012.

Update

This problem also applies to some systems updated from OS X 10.10 Yosemite to OS X 10.11.1 (15B42) El Capitan.


texts: Clone strategy - alternating partitions on USB drive?

texts:
I clone my Mac weekly to an external USB drive, with Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC).

Ideally,  I'd use 2 separate USB drives, and alternate which I clone to each week.

But SSDs are expensive, so with just 1 drive, should I ...

have 2 partitions, and alternate which I clone to each week?
have just 1 partition / 1 clone, no alternating?

Does the alternating-partition method really provide any benefit? Any physical issue would effect both clones. And for any corruption, I could just redo the clone.

Your expert thoughts?


texts:
At least a few times a day I get disturbed by high Chrome CPU usage... I have to open Chrome's Task Manager and see which tab is taking up CPU.

For example https://www.ethereum.org/ always takes 20-30% CPU.

Today I had the same happen on a TechCrunch url.

Could it be some extension? I just checked https://www.ethereum.org/ in Incognito tab with almost no extensions and it was the same - high CPU load (30%!)

I'm seriously considering swithcing to Safari because of this and some other issues with Chrome recently :/

Any comments / solutions to this?


texts: How to list all files with Finder Comment using unix?

texts:
How i can get path of all files, folders which has Finder comment and also the comment.

Like this:
/path/here/file.txt TAB finder comment is here
/path4/here2/folder TAB finder comment is here

I could first use this to find all items with comment:

mdfind kMDItemFinderComment == '*'

And then find the comments:

mdls -name kMDItemFinderComment pathhere

But is there a way to get all in single command?


texts: Where to target when doing a Brute Force attack on an extended mac OS drive?

texts:
I forgot the new password to my external hard drive (Mac OS Extended Journal Encrypted). I know. Stupid.

I got my hands on John the Ripper and I know some parameters that will help narrow down the possible passwords. I just have no idea what file I'm supposed to tell john the ripper (or any brute force program) to attack.

My question: What location do I ask my brute force password cracker to target?


texts: Does macOS Mojave comes with java pre-installed?

texts:
I just ran which java command and got the output /usr/bin/java

I also executed java -version command and also got version information output. So I believe that there is an actual java executable and not just a placeholder kind of thing. I may have installed it at some point, but I cannot remember doing that. Or does it comes pre-installed with the macOS Mojave?

If it doesn't come pre-installed, how do I get rid of it?

Edit:
Below is the output of ls -l /usr/bin/java

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  74 Sep 25 01:45 /usr/bin/java -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java


texts: Mac OSX Lion: Reverse scroll on only mouse

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I set a different scrolling direction for mouse and trackpad in Lion?

Is there possible to disable reverse scroll only on the mouse, and not when using the touch on my macbook.


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My wife's iPhone 4 has some albums synced on her iPhone that are not selected to be synced in iTunes.

She has "Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres" selected.

She is using a wired sync and Wireless Sync is disabled.

/edit
All her content in iTunes, and that synced to the iPhone, is ripped from the original CD.
/endedit

No playlist contains this album
the artist is not selected
the album is not selected
no genres are ticked at all

How is the album still there after sync?

Please note, I told her about the ability to remove the album from within Music on the iPhone, this question is purely about why the album is still there after a sync with iTunes.

/edit
All her content in iTunes, and that synced to the iPhone, is ripped from the original CD.  She is not using iTunes Match.
/endedit


texts: How do I get the name of the wifi network I'm connected to?

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I know how to find it out in Objective C, but I need to do this in a shell script.

(I could compile and install one of the example programs given in the link, but surely there is already a command line program installed that will give me this information?)

I have MacOS X Yosemite, 10.10.2.


texts: Free software for mounting an FTP share as a writeable folder in Finder

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Transmit and Forklift are paid, we can't use finder, macfusion doesn't work... so I'm wondering...

Is there any free option left to mount an FTP on finder so that I can write files to it? Maybe using scripts or automator? Maybe fixing my issue with macfusion? I don't even know why my installed macfuse is 2.1.7 (beta) while it asks me to "update" to 2.0.3 or, if I tick "Show Beta Versions", 2.1.5! In general, it looks to me the whole thing is too unstable yet.

Last case, I'll just stick with CyberDuck. And yes, I've  just tried them all except automator.


texts: Using the -Bless Command on Multiboot Macs with 10.11 El Capitan

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As part of our standard deployment, we tend to deploy multiple OSs on Macs, from 10.7 to 10.11. However, with the new SIP (System Integrity Protection), the -bless command no longer works properly.

I need the Macs to boot to each OS during the initial configuration to properly name the OS for Active Directory binding and then do the actual binding.

I've tried to use the "csrutil disable" command recommended in some other places, but that requires booting into the Recovery OS and that change is stored in the NVRAM, so it's local to whatever machine I'm using. Meaning that it won't be part of the 10.11 image deployed.

In the end, I need to be able to script multiple -bless commands, telling the Mac to boot to different OSs on separate partitions on the internal hard drive. It's critical to the image process.

Does anyone have any idea on how to do such a thing?


texts: What is the small microphone icon floating on top of the screen in macOS and how do I turn it off?

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I'm not sure how I did this, but I now have this floating over everything:

I'm curious what it is, and how I can turn it off.
I'm currently running macOS Catalina.


texts: 6 sec audio delay when screen recording on iPad

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When I do a screen recording on my iPad Pro generation 2, the sound that goes with the video is reliably delayed 6 seconds.  This means that there's 6 seconds of silence, and that the last 6 seconds of sound that should have been recorded are cut off from the video.  I believe that this problem used to either not happen or to be much less pronounced, but I can't think of anything that I might have changed to cause this delay.  What might I try to diagnose the cause of, and fix, the error?

EDIT:  It's been getting longer over time.  For a while I started getting 7s delays, and now the delay is up to 10s or more.  It stays mostly constant on groups of takes, but has been creeping up over time.  (I'm recording lots of screencasts for an online class.)


texts: Table of contents for only a section in iWork Pages?

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I have a master table of contents that works like a charm, and each section is broken out appropriately with page breaks v sections.

For each section, I would like to have another table of contents for only that section. Is that possible? I'm in Pages '09.


texts: How to extend the time that a screenshot remains on screen on macOS Mojave?

texts: After taking a screenshot. The screenshot goes to the bottom right hand corner. It disappears after 5 seconds (yes I timed it). How can I extend this time?


texts: Need help to add a 3rd partition to external drive

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so I have a WD external drive with 2 partitions and I'm trying to reclaim some space from one of the partitions and make a 3rd partition.  Im using disk utility.  Ive tried 3 times and I get the same message....   After the 1st attempt I reduced to the size to 1TB and lower and got the same message.  Is it possible to do this some other way and how?  Tks

what it shows before I attempt


texts: How do I safely disable iCloud Drive and restore the documents back to my computer?

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Apparently when I upgraded to Sierra I enabled iCloud drive storage for my documents.

Recently, when searching for some files which I've had for months/years now, I discovered that they were no longer on my computer, but instead "in the cloud". Notice the devilish iCloud symbols in the screenshot:

This is extremely distressing - I was not aware that iCloud drive storage would actually DELETE my files from my computer. Honestly this is ludicrous that this would happen, and I suspect it's probably screwing with my other syncing software (Sugarsync).

Now, I want to disable it, but it I've heard to that disabling it will delete all the local files from my computer. Thus, I'd like to back up all my files, but how can I tell which files actually exist on my computer and which files are "fake placeholders" for the real files which only exist now on iCloud?

Even if a particular file doesn't have the little iCloud symbol as in the linked screenshot above, do I really have to examine every single file in every single subfolder of Documents/Desktop to ensure that it's real? For the last hour I've been clicking that iCloud symbol, which appears to download the real files from iCloud, but I'm not sure if I've finally got them all. Is there a way to check file there are any files which haven't been downloaded?

EDIT: Okay, even after clicking the iCloud button on all my documents, which I thought would download them to my computer, after disabling iCloud storage of Desktop+Documents folder in settings, it STILL DELETED ALL MY DOCUMENTS (Why in god's name would Apple do this to their customers data?). Now I'm trying to move them from iCloud to my local drive, and for the last 9 minutes now I've had a dialog box saying "Preparing to move to 'Documents'..." with no sign of progress. At this point I'm too scared to cancel it, or even bring my computer to an Apple store for fear of losing everything.

EDIT 2: It's been over 20 minutes now and the process seems to have hanged. It's managed to move 3 small folders (even though it's still saying "Preparing to move to 'Documents'"), and a few files, but hasn't moved anything in about 10 minutes.


texts: com.cisco.anyconnect.macos.acsockext hogs Mac CPU but cannot be killed or stopped from launching. Nothing online works so far to solve this

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MacBookPro16,1 running Big Sur 11.3.1 (20E241)
This job consumes huge amounts of CPU off and on (see attached image from my Activity Monitor), often causing my laptop fans to engage to cool the processor. This is generally when the App itself (Anyconnect) is not running. The program launches automatically and relaunches every time I kill it, restart, etc. I have tried fancier things like removing the Cisco elements from launch directories etc, but it does not have any effect.
There are several discussions online about this problem, but none of the proposed solutions have helped me:
Stop Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client from starting up automatically
https://dannyda.com/2020/10/28/how-to-disable-cisco-anyconnect-secure-mobility-client-autostart-on-macos-stop-cisco-anyconnect-start-on-boot-on-macos/
I've tried all the solutions I've found online (including those in the above links), but nothing stops it. Only uninstalling AnyConnect works, but I need the Cisco VPN to work remotely with my organization.
Anyone worked this out (for real?)
t3s


texts: How can I block all ports with PF except port 80 and 443?

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How can I block/close (or drop all the packets coming from) all ports with PF except TCP port 80 and TCP 443?
So I only want to make use of port 80 and 443 via TCP.

I tried this, but I receive an error

sudo gedit /etc/pf.conf

Content:

scrub-anchor "com.apple/*"
nat-anchor "com.apple/*"
rdr-anchor "com.apple/*"
dummynet-anchor "com.apple/*"
anchor "com.apple/*"
load anchor "com.apple" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple"

set block-policy drop
pass in all keep state
pass out all keep state
block in proto tcp to port 80
block in proto tcp to port 443

block drop from any to 93.184.220.29
block drop from any to 93.184.220.70

The error:

sudo pfctl -v -n -f /etc/pf.conf
pfctl: Use of -f option, could result in flushing of rules
present in the main ruleset added by the system at startup.
See /etc/pf.conf for further details.

set block-policy drop
/etc/pf.conf:8: Rules must be in order: options, normalization, queueing, translation, filtering

I also tried the approach described in the link but that did also not work.
Link to repo


texts: How to disable/restrict any and all music on my iPhone 5c?

texts: I have an iPhone 5c and would like to restrict any and all music, including the music app in the restriction settings or just plain delete the radio all together.


texts: I have problem when I make Apple ID using iTunes

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I have problem when I make an Apple ID using iTunes.
The email with a code arrives, but I can not create the id.

What are the password complexity rules to get past this error?


texts: Determine source of ⌘⌥\ being an alias of ⌘C

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TL;DR, somehow ⌘⌥\ has become aliased to ⌘C on High Sierra (possibly earlier). I cannot for the life of me determine the source of this.

I first noticed this when invoking 1Password Mini began producing a system bell tone. I finally started to dig into the problem today. In the Keyboard preference pane, there are no conflicts with the ⌘⌥\ shortcut. So I disabled the shortcut in 1Password Mini. Tested, and system bell still sounds. When I attempted to re-add the shortcut, I get the following:

To be clear, this dialog displays when I carefully type ⌘⌥\ — I am not typing ⌘C.

So something has apparently aliased ⌘⌥\ as ⌘C. I have tested this further. If I highlight text, click on the Edit menu, and type ⌘⌥\, I briefly see the Copy item flash, and text is copied to the clipboard.

Any ideas? This is driving me nuts. I've quit all other applications, including menu items. I've checked the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane for conflicts. And everything has come up short.

Update: I've installed Key Codes from the App Store, and even this application indicates I'm pressing ⌘C! However there's some slight differences that might provide useful information for debugging:

⌘⌥\:

⌘C:

Update 2:

As additional information, this happens with both an external Apple Wireless Keyboard as well as the internal keyboard on the MacBook Pro.

Update 3:

This is the full log from Key Codes, including modifier keys being pressed, up to and including pressing the \ key. It indicates immediately after the \ key is pressed (which it identifies as the c key), the c key is released and a modifier change is made as well (despite no keys actually having been released).


texts: Download multiple videos at the same time in the iCloud Drive iPhone application

texts: I copied some video files to a folder in iCloud and when I opened the iCloud Drive app on my iPhone and selected a file, it started downloading. But if I went back and selected the file again, the download started from scratch. So if I have 100 movies, I have to select a file, wait for it to download and select the next one, and so forth. I searched for an option to download offline all the files but couldn't find one.


texts: Cannot print from Mac Sierra to Canon 7550

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A question on behalf of my Swiss neighbour

She has a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) running Sierra, and a Canon 7550 printer (MG7500 series).

WiFi router is configured on Macbook (browsing works fine).
The printer (Canon 7550) is configured on the MacBook, with the
correct print driver version installed and a little green circle
showing beside it's name (suggesting the installation is good).
The printer IP address is configured (listed) on the WiFi router.

Nevertheless, every time a print job is started, we get the message: in German: "Drucken - Der Drucker reagiert nicht" (English equivalent: "Print: The printer is not responding").

Despite a superficially correct end-to-end configuration, the Mac doesn't seem to "see" the Canon 7550.

It also fails to "see" the printer using a direct USB cable connection, and using Airprint.

Strange is that my neighbour went to a friend with her MacBook, and could print to her neighbour's Canon printer with no problem.

We've deleted and (in all but results) correctly reconfigured everything quite a few times - to no effect.

Would be grateful for a couple of further troubleshooting suggestions or tweaks.

Tks


texts: Why do settings disappear? Mail, usuallly

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Long-time Mac user, curious why, from time to time, Mail settings just plain disappear.

I only discover this when Mail suddenly can't connect. Have to input passwords again.

And not the same password or place (several email accounts.) Could be the server p/w missing, or the POP3. One of life's little mysteries, has persisted since at least Lion.

The keychain entries are fine, the keychain and in fact whole system well-maintained. So where do they go? What erases them and why?


texts: Can't remove bluetooth iPhone 3GS from OS X Mountain Lion

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I paired my 3GS for network tethering and it worked fine until I closed my MacBook.  Now it says that I'm connected to my phone when I am not.  Clicking the 'Disconnect from Network' button does nothing. And in the Bluetooth preferences I can't delete the device.

Can anyone tell me how to force the removal of the device?


texts: Apple Configurator 2: Cannot skip "Written and Spoken Languages" in Setup

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I am using Apple Configurator 2 in combination with MDM from MacOS Server to erase and prepare a supervized iPhone running iOS 14.2.
I can successfully run erase and prepare the device. My goal is to suppress all setup dialog panes. I can suppress all of them with the sole exception of "Written and spoken languages" which is still shown despite all my efforts. I use the Gui of Apple Configurator 2 to configure the prepare step and have ticket "Don't show any of these steps" box. The device is enrolled, Apple Business Manager is setup and linked with the MDM an everything looks fine.
It seems to me that this should work. Somebody have an idea or has successfully achieved this?
MacOS Server 5.10 20S2015
Apple Configurator 2 Version 2.13.1
iOS Version 14.2


texts: Internet connection is getting lost on MacOs Big Sur

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Since the update of my MacBook Pro 209 to MacOs Big Sur, my (WiFi) internet connection gets lost every now and then. My router works - all other devices have a stable internet connection.
Since I am mainly a Windows user, I don't know how to troubleshoot and the only thing I can do is a reboot - which is bad because OneDrive starts a full sync after every reboot.
But after a reboot, the connection is back again.
Any idea what this might cause or where and how I have to check?


texts: iPhone messages to iPhone number to manage account

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I followed directions on getting iPhone messages to iPad. When I clicked on receive only my email addresses showed up- my cell number not there
How do I add phone number. I have iPhone 6


texts: How to overwrite global policies for a home user account with sudo access?

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I was trying to overwrite global policies and I found a way to do it, like this:

Redirect existing global policies in a new XML file:
pwpolicy -getaccountpolicies > ~/globalPolicies.xml

Edit ~/globalPolicies.xml and remove the first line, "Getting global account policies".

Modify the rules in globalPolicies.xml and save it as ~/globalPolicies.plist

Load it:
pwpolicy -setaccountpolicies ~/globalPolicies.plist

Even though the above procedure is initially successful, as I can see by checking the policies, when I logout and login back again or restart my computer, the original global policies are restored. The outcome is the same either with sudo or not.
So, what I should do in order for my changes to have a permanent effect?
My computer is a Macbook Pro 2017 with macOS Catalina version 10.15.6.


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tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
    tell (menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 where description is "system sound volume")
        click
    end tell
end tell

will open the sound menu bar item, but I want to delay one second then close it.

I tried:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
    tell (menu bar item 1 of menu bar 1 where description is "system sound volume")
        click
        delay 1
        cancel
    end tell
end tell

but that didn't work


texts: How to deploy Automator workflow to clients?

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For a specific use case, I've developed a Folder Action workflow with Automator. When a file gets created in a folder 'abc', the workflow kicks of and executes a shell script.

This workflow needs to be installed / deployed to many client machines in corporate environments. While end users could be provided the setup instructions, this approach is prone to errors so I'm looking for a better approach.

I'm aware that the actual workflow definition gets stored in:

/Users/[user]/Library/Workflows/Applications/Folder Actions/*

While the *.workflow/Contents/document.wflow does includes the folderActionFolderPath, copying the workflow from one client to another does not work as the Folder Action does not get enabled. It still needs to be enabled in Finder (Home folder --> right click on the folder --> Selecting 'Folder Action Setup...' from the drop down menu). I haven't found a way to automate this configuration step from the command line.

How can a system administrator install a Folder Action workflow on several client machines?


texts: Can’t clean install High Sierra on my mac

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After downgrading to El capitan to test if my MBP mid-2010 would be faster ( which proved to be not significantly so), I decided to upgrade again to High Sierra, but I have found out that I cannot use my earlier downloaded High Sierra Installer to clean install it through a USB stick.

The createinstallmedia works, but I get failure when I run the installer.

When I removing the installinfo.plist file I get “This copy of the Install macOS High Sierra.app application is damaged and can't be used to install macOS”

The only solution is to upgrade it through a 20Mb installer from app store. Still, I am puzzled as how to do a USB clean install. Any ideas would be appreciated.


texts: How do I reset/recover my superuser password without the boot disk?

texts: I lost the superuser password for my iMac and I don't have the boot disk.  I already tried the second answer on this page, but every time I type su from the command prompt, it still asks for a password that I don't have anymore. Is there another way to reset the superuser password?


texts: Can an iPad 3 connect to a Windows 7 adhoc network with internet connection sharing enabled?

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Is it possible to connect to a Windows 7 adhoc wireless network without jailbreaking from an iPad 3 running iOS 5.1?

I have tried these instructions, including the Manual IPs (with my own IPs and subnet mask etc)

The iPad can see the network but will not connect (unable to connect or similar generic error).


texts: Quickly open your favorite folders on OS X?

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What are the options which would be faster than opening Finder and browsing the folder, to open it?

(I like to keep the desktop completely clean so will avoid Desktop shortcuts if other options are available)

Usually what happens with me is that there are a few folders (favorites?) which I need to open very frequently like multiple times a day and almost daily (and get landed to some other folder while browsing through Finder).

Can imagine something like 'pinning' to the Finder icon on the Dock could be of great help, like one can pin favorite folders on the taskbar on Windows.

What do you do to quickly go to your favorite folders?


texts: Application displaying "The last time you opened_____, it unexpectedly closed..." error

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A while ago, I bought a GOG game titled "Enter the Gungeon". One day, while I was playing it, the game suddenly crashed. Now, the game had crashed before and I had opened it up again without any worries, but this time was different. Whenever I tried to open the game, I always received the same error message:

The last time you opened Enter the Gungeon, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?

It doesn't matter which option I choose, the program always crashes. Whenever I open the game on any other user, it works. I have tried messing with the .plist file of the game, restarting my computer, updating my OS, and reinstalling the game (even with updated versions). I have a MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017), and I am one macOS Mojave (version 10.14). I have 8 GB of RAM.

What could be done to fix this error?


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Today I got a new 13 inch mac book pro. I have a 30 inch asus monitor which I use as a secondary display. The resolution of the monitor is higher than the macbook pro.

when I move the mouse from my secondary display (the asus monitor) to my macbook, it gets stuck. I think the mouse can only move when you are in the resolution area of the macbook.

So I have to move the mouse in the center of the screen and only then I can move it to the macbook.

This is very annoying. Is there a way I can move the mouse between two monitors without really centering it first?


texts: How to convert pdf file to tiff, then tiff to pdf with automator?

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I have a lot of pdf files with different type of data in it: text, images, stamps etc. And I need to  convert them to look like it's a scanned pdf, i.e. bitmap pdf. I need the same file with the same name in the same folder, but as a bitmap pdf. To do so I:

First open pdf file I want to convert in preview.
Convert that file as tiff.
Then open converted tiff file in preview.
Convert it back to pdf.
How to automate this process with Automator?


texts: Why does software update re check after updates are installed when you show updates

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When updates are available you have the choice of install or show details.  When you click install the updates are installed then you have to close the updater.  When you click show details then install after the update it checks again for updates then shows you the updates you just installed but they are unchecked.

Is this just a flaw in the UI or is there some reason for this?  How come the updater doesn't alert you after the install then close itself.  This has always really annoyed me for some reason.


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Ok so I'm trying to work with swift on XCode but every time I start to run my code I get this

Thread 1 Queue: com.apple.main-thread(serial)

What does this mean?, and how do I fix it? Also i've started a new project with the same code to make sure theres no unnecessary code mistakes. However I still get the same error.


texts: How to unload a disk in mac os x Mavericks so that you can partition? (failed to unload disk)

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I want to expand my startup disk space from 25gb to 40gb using this guide:
http://blog.kyodium.net/2010/11/increase-disk-and-partition-size-in.html

But if I do umount /dev/disk0s2 as the article says then it says the disk is busy.
If I do diskutil unmount /dev/disk0s2 like the terminal advices then it says it failed to unmount.

I can't go to disk utility and do this either because then it gives this message:

That's why I'm using this article that says you need to use the terminal to expand the disk instead and here is what I've tried:


texts: Buzzing noise after reassembling iMac 20" 2009

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I changed my iMac's hard drive to a SSD, following the iFix It guide. It all worked well, but after some hours using the machine, a buzzing noise appeared in the top left corner of it.

I read in the forums people having problems with defective PSU, but mine was working fine before disassembling the iMac. What do you think I could've made wrong in the assembling?

Thanks

-- edit --

curiously, after keeping the computer some minutes unplugged, and turning it on again, the sounds disappears. It's actually working for a few hours and the noise didn't come back yet. Weird.


texts: Is it possible to manually buy an In-App Purchase from the Mac App Store?

texts: Let's say we have an app, and there's an in app purchase that unlocks something, let's say for example a pro subscription. You can't buy it from the app itself, because the app is glitched or broken. Is it possible to manually buy this in-app purchase through the App Store?


texts: How to create USB Ubuntu boot disk in OS X so that it boots on *non-Apple* computer?

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While this seems like a straight forward task, the few methods I've tried so far don't create a USB device that my Dell computer will recognize as a valid bootable USB drive.

Here's what I've tried so far (using a cheap 2gb thumb drive, along with the 64-bit Ubuntu Desktop 13.10 ISO from Ubuntu's website):

Insert USB drive, and format it to MS-FAT32 using Disk Utility; then follow this How to create a bootable USB stick on OS X Ubuntu guide verbatim (update: I wasn't as verbatim as I thought! see comment under accepted answer).
Insert USB drive with existing formatting; open Unetbootin, using the same ISO, create a USB installer disk.

In both cases, when I explicitly tell my Dell computer to boot from the "USB Device", I get an error along the lines of "Can't find valid boot disk; press F1 to try again".

I ended up creating the boot disk with the same ISO using a different computer running Ubuntu, using the Startup Disk Creator -- thus I have confidence the ISO is fine -- but I'm stuck wondering, how can I do this with my OS X computer (currently with 10.8.5)?


texts: Is it possible to use 2011 iMac as display for Windows 7 PC with DVI?

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I've seen this question asked before but the answers either didn't quite seem to address the question, or were very old so I'd like to see if there's any way to do this today.

I have a mid-2011 iMac that does support Target Display Mode, but since I want to connect it to a Windows (7 Home) PC I understand TDM to be irrelevant and it won't work.

So, is there in fact any way at all to physically connect my iMac and use it as the display for my Windows PC?  A software solution won't do since this PC is almost exclusively for gaming and decent performance is required.  My video card is a GeForce 1050ti and has DVI and HDMI options on it.  I know this is a long shot but... is it possible at all?


texts: What voltage readings should I get from my 60 watt Magsafe?

texts: What voltage readings should I get from my 60 watt Magsafe if I check the pins with a multimeter? My readings are all below 1 volt (I checked all combinations of pins), but I don't know if this is correct since there is no load. Also what pins should I check? My computer is a MacBook Pro 2011 early model.


texts: Is there device that will extend the range of Bluetooth? We currently have a Mac Mini setup to control a board room, but we have problems with a magic mouse when it is on the other side of the room from the mac mini.


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Is there a way to tab through all active windows in Mac OS (Mojave 10.14.5) like in Win 7,8,10? I would like to do this on my work computer, so a native solution would be appreciated; rather than one where I would have to install a 3rd party service.

Sorry if this has been asked/answered before; I couldn't find a proper response.

Thanks


texts: Normally, when I have apps on two separate monitors, I can switch focus to an open app (on either screen) using Command+tab. I can then switch spaces on that specific screen using Control-arrow keys. However, I am unable to do that: Despite the fact that the screen will focus on a specific monitor, I can only switch spaces on the screen where my mouse resides.


texts: Will it be fine to charge my iPad with 61W MBP charger

texts: I have a MBP charger which is 61w. I normally use it for charging my MBP. Can I use it to charge my iPad 5th Generation? Will it cause any damage?


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When I click on "Log out User A" in the Apple menu, then click the Log Out button, the current user is logged out.  After I get back to the user selection page, I can pick another logged-in user (call them User B), but almost as soon as I see their desktop they start logging out as well.  By the time I return to the user selection page, all users including User C and User D are also logged out.

I saw this a few times when using they keyboard shortcut (CMD-SHIFT-Q) for logout, where I'd quickly switch after logging out a user and see the "log out" popup prompt for an unrelated user, but I figured that somehow the keyboard input was being relayed to a background user's account (which would also be crazy, I grant you, but less crazy than this).

I think it started happening when I upgraded to 10.10, but I wouldn't swear to it.  It's happening almost every time I log anybody out now, and I'd really like to make it stop.  Help?


texts: Terminal command to check for iOS updates

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I have an iPhone paired with iTunes on my MacBook, and I would like to use Terminal to check whether an iOS update is available for that iPhone (using the last known state if the phone is not connected).

Is there a Terminal command that can do that?


texts: When I'm in Accounts and I select the dropdown of SMTP servers I get a long list of servers (as I manage a lot of accounts). But when I go to edit the SMTP server list, not all of the accounts in the dropdown are listed. Any ideas what's happening?


texts: Can't find uninstaller in Folx downloader.mac.dmg

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I'm new to OS X and I don't know too much about it.  After installing Folx on my Mac I realized I didn't like it.  I tried to remove it but the plugin didn't remove.  When I download any file with Safari it gives an error for the Folx plugin. I've searched and found this website that shows how to uninstall Folx.  I can't find the uninstaller file in downloader.mac.dmg.

How can I remove Folx completely?


texts: What is the best way to make backups on my MacBook Pro?

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What is the best way to make automatic backups on my MacBook Pro? It's more preferable that synchronization will perform via Wi-Fi.

I heard that Apple's Time Capsule has short-living time, so I thought that there exists alternate way.

I would be glad to see any recommendations and success stories.

Thanks.


texts: Possible to choose Screenshot output method with Keyboard Shortcut?

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The revised Screenshot utility in Mojave brings the handy option of choosing if the resulting Screenshot should be copied to the clipboard or saved as a file, or saved to email, etc.

However this requires that I first press Cmd+Shift+5 to bring up the options, then select my desired option using the pointer. I find myself often needing to switch between saving to a file and saving to the clipboard and wondering if there is a way to do this by a keyboard command or modifier.

For example it would be great if I could use Cmd+Shift+4 to capture a selection, but modify the command to save-to-clipboard or save-to-file.

Grateful for any suggestions.


texts: Sourcing a replacement graphics card for an iMac

texts:
I have a Early-2009 2.93 GHz 24" iMac, which has a faulty graphics card.

I'm keen to try replacing it myself using this excellent guide. Unfortunately the guide doesn't mention any advice on finding/buying a replacement card.

Where can I find a card to buy online (or locally), and what do I have to check to know that the card will be an appropriate replacement?


texts: Which account is "Downloading Messages" in Mail.app?

texts: Mail.app has an "Activity" floating window. That window has a list of tasks being performed. One typical task is "Downloading Messages". How can I tell which account this task relates to? I have an iCloud account, a Google account, a POBox.com account, and more.


texts: MacOS Catalina ldap browser supporting certificate authentication?

texts:
I’m looking for an GUI based ldap browser here that supports certificate authentication
I previously used softerra on windows.
I’ve looked into: PhpLdap admin, Jxplorer, Ldapadmin tool.

I checked into LdapSofts ldap browser but their product doesn’t support cert auth
I am aware of the Directory Utility on the Mac but I don’t need a full directory and also don’t know if it can be configured as just a client with cert auth
I have Apache Directory Studio but It doesn’t support cert auth

I’m specifically using certs from a smart card.
I need the GUI to look at specific attributes of user accounts without having to convert them; which is why I’d prefer not to use CLI.
Does anyone have a GUI tool they know works with certs?


texts: What determines a local file's MIME type?

texts:
When a local file is opened in Safari or -- more important to my situation -- a custom application that uses a WebView for display, what decides on the MIME type to associate with the resulting file URL?

I see that there are MIME registration files associated with Apache and CUPS but experiments seem to show that neither of those is used for direct file access.


texts: Charging an iPhone, difference between USB port and power outlet

texts:
The power outlet has more power obviously, but maybe the computer USB is suffice to charge it at maximum speed.

Is there a difference between charging an iPhone using the computer USB port and using the power outlet?


texts: How to stop iTunes from syncing voice memos from my iPhone?

texts: iTunes 12.8.0, iPhone with iOS 12.1.2. Sync over wi-fi enabled to sync photos, everything else is manual. Every time iPhone syncs over wi-fi it imports voice memos in my iTunes library and I delete them every time. I don't want them on the computer. Just in the cloud and the phone, that's it. Is it a bug or I need to configure something differently?


texts: IOS 12.1.4 - Apps bugged, can't delete or reinstall

texts:
I recently changed to a temporary iPhone 6, while my main iPhone is being repaired. Because this phone has a lot less RAM, I deleted some apps (from Settings -> General -> Usage.) Two of these apps are Spotify and LinkedIn.

Both Spotify and LinkedIn haven't deleted properly -- they're still listed on the home-screen, but won't open and have a white app icon. If I delete them they just re-appear on restart. After they're deleted the appstore only gives me the 'open'-option, I cannot reinstall them (nothing happens when pressing 'open'.)
I tried a hard reset, several restarts, and the apps both do not show up in Settings -> General -> Usage so I can't uninstall them from there. I have 4GB of free space on the phone so that shouldn't be an issue.
I'd love to have Spotify back. Any suggestions?


texts: How to insert a "pop-out image thumbnail" into a cell in Numbers?

texts:
I have a Numbers document where I would like to insert images into each cell in one of the columns, in one of my data tables. The images are quite large, so I would like to insert the images as a thumbnail, and have them "pop out" when I click or mouse-over the image, so that I can see the full-size image. How can I accomplish this effect? Is this at all possible?

It was fairly simple to add an image to a cell via drag-and-drop from Finder, by using the "Image Fill" and "Scale to Fill" options. However, in order to see details in the image, I would need to make the cells very large. I'm looking for a way to "zoom in" or make the image "pop out" somehow, either on mouse-over or when I click on the cell.


texts: iPad Air won't turn on only after charging

texts:
My iPad Air works fine until I charge it.  Then it won't turn on no matter which methods I use. I've tried them all.
After two or three days of non use you can turn it on and no problems until next time I charge it. Two different Apple repair store have run diagnostics when it's working. Can't find anything wrong.

Full restore as a new iPad didn't solve the problem. Their best guess is small amount of heat from charging slightly expands battery causing it to press upon some connector. I'm using only original Apple products to charge.


texts: Night Shift & Flux not working on MacBook Air 6,2 (early 2014) since macOS 10.13.2

texts:
Hope anyone might have an idea how to troubleshoot this problem:

Since I updated my MacBook Air 6,2 (early 2014) to macOS 10.13.2 both Night Shift and Flux have completely stopped working. Meaning no matter how often I start or restart or (re-)install Flux (or change any of the settings), or no matter how often I change the Night Shift switch, I am not getting any kind of red shift whatsoever anymore.. Both used to work fine before.

I've found a lot of discussions online regarding similar problems but all seem to boil down to either:

Too old hardware, which shouldn't be the case for a 2014 MacBook Air.
Deleting ~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.backgroundtaskmanagementagent/backgrounditems.btm as discussed here.

I tried the solution mentioned by point 2 but unfortunately it didn't do anything for me.

Does anyone know a way to pinpoint more closely what might be the cause of this problem?


texts: Many apps missing after restoring iPad backup to migrate to iPad 2

texts:
Needing to migrate an original iPad user to an iPad 2, I used the backup and restore mechanism in iTunes (on a PC)

However, the following steps resulted in many of the apps being missing on the destination device:

Backed up an original iPad to iTunes on a PC
Factory-reset an iPad 2
Connected the iPad 2 to the same PC, and restored from backup

Some time later, the iPad 2 claimed to be set up, but many of the apps were missing. Instead of there being 3 screen-fulls of apps on the restored device, there was only one, and this was mostly the original Apple apps.

iTunes didn't report any errors throughout this process.

What can I do to fix this?


texts: Unable to use Remote Desktop to connect to Windows 10 virtual machine on macOS host

texts:
I am using a MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14.5 and VirtualBox 6.0 (with Extension Packs) to create a Windows 10 virtual machine (downloaded from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/).

It runs fine locally, accesses the Internet, but I want to connect to the VM from another Mac or iPad using Microsoft Remote Desktop apps.

To achieve this:

In VirtualBox configurations for that VM, I have enabled server (remote display) on port 3389, null authentication method.
In Windows 10 in the VM, I have enabled "Allow remote access to this computer", without requiring network level authentication.
In Remote Desktop app, I have pointed to the host IP and the specified port (e.g. 192.X.X.X:3389, following instructions on https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html).

Unfortunately, it does not connect. I have tried to ping 192.X.X.X:3389 from the host MacBook and from another Mac, but got "Unkown host". Pinging only the host MacBook IP, without the port, from the other Mac gets a normal response.

I imagine that I need to configure something else to allow access to the VM in macOS.

Can someone advise what I might be missing here, or what else I can try?


texts: Is AirDrop possible between iPad, iPhone and MacBook?

texts: A new MacBook came with something called AirDrop and worked between many MacBooks such as MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. Can I also use AirDrop to exchange data between Macs and iOS devices?


texts:
How do I use MySQL from the CLI?  When I use the terminal, I get:

Darrens-MacBook-Pro:~ thufir$
Darrens-MacBook-Pro:~ thufir$ mysql
-bash: mysql: command not found
Darrens-MacBook-Pro:~ thufir$

As you can see, MySQL is installed and running:

this system:

System Software Overview:

  System Version:   OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510)
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 14.1.0
  Boot Volume:  Mac OSx
  Boot Mode:    Normal
  Computer Name:    A MacBook Pro
  User Name:    thufir (thufir)
  Secure Virtual Memory:    Enabled
  Time since boot:  2:08


texts:
On the M1 MacBook Pro, when I am typing it will frequently jump to another part of the text area. This is most pronounced when selecting text using the keyboard (shift-left..., shift-option-left...) and results in letters going where they are not supposed to.
Operating systems have "accidental click protection" to prevent touchpad taps from counting while typing. But this M1 suffers from a lot more accidental taps registering.
Is this a common/known issue with M1 portables?
I have used maybe every portable Apple has made since the black-and-white PowerBooks. This is the first time I've seen this problem to this degree.


texts: Why does free + active + inactive + speculative + wired not equal total RAM?

texts:
When I run vm_stat on my 10.6.8 MacBook Pro with 2 GB of RAM I get the following:

Mach Virtual Memory Statistics: (page size of 4096 bytes)
Pages free:                          90518.
Pages active:                       205479.
Pages inactive:                      32417.
Pages speculative:                  134461.
Pages wired down:                    61009.
"Translation faults":             26323651.
Pages copy-on-write:                177180.
Pages zero filled:                15230394.
Pages reactivated:                       3.
Pageins:                            388108.
Pageouts:                                0.
Object cache: 14 hits of 797355 lookups (0% hit rate)

If you add up the free, active, inactive, speculative, and wired memory and multiply by 4096 (to turn the pages into bytes), you get 2,145,828,864 rather than the expected 2,147,483,648.  There are 1,654,784 missing bytes (or 404 pages).  This isn't a constant number though, it fluctuates:

$ vm_stat 1 | perl -MList::Util=sum -nle 'next unless /^\s*\d/; print 524288-sum((split)[0 .. 4])'
193
147
146
60
57
220
215
385
379
285
283
194

Are these missing pages just a reporting inaccuracy because the amount of one type of page has changed by the time vm_stat prints the next type of page?  Or is there some other type of memory that I am missing?


texts:
I tried to restore a G5, something went wrong and now I have this at startup:

dyld: library not loaded: /usr/liblibconv.2.dylib
Referenced from /bin/sh
Reason: Incompatible library version: sh requires version 7.0.0 or later, but      libiconv.2.dylibprovides version 5.0.0

Can anyone help please?

I don't have a Tiger cd as I was restoring using Disk Utility.  I;ve tried various methods for booting from USB but the G5 doesn't seem to give them any power at boot.


texts: Could anybody tell me the steps to install Tomboy notes on Mac?

texts: I have been using Ubuntu since few years and have stored many notes on the Tomboy note application that comes pre-istalled with it. Now, i've migrated to Mac and finding it difficult to install Tomboy Notes app on Lion. The instruction given on Tomboy's website doesn't work for me. Could somebody please help me out?


texts: How to toggle Target Display Mode on iMac using a non-mac wired keyboard?

texts:
I have a new Late 2013 rMBP and a Mid 2011 iMac. I want to use the iMac in Target Display Mode so I can operate it as a second monitor for the laptop.

I have two questions:

I can easily turn on TDM on the iMac using ⌘ Cmd+F2, but cannot turn it off the same way. I have to unplug the Thunderbolt cable. Anyone know why?
I only have one Apple keyboard and mouse, and both are bluetooth wireless. Right now they are paired to the iMac. I will instead pair them to the laptop so I can use them on that, but I need a keyboard that can toggle TDM on the iMac. I tried using a Dell keyboard (which in my experience, Apple treats the ⊞ Win as the ⌘ Cmd key) and using ⊞ Win+F2, but it doesn't toggle it. Is there any hope to use a non-Apple keyboard to toggle TDM on the iMac?


texts: Multiple versions of VS Code on Apple Mac

texts:
VS Code 1.15.0 and 1.15.1
macOS 10.12.6

Hello, I seem to have managed to install multiple versions of VS Code. I currently have 1.15.0 and 1.15.1. These can be accessed separately by right clicking a file in macOS Finder and selecting either version. However, only one copy of VS Code is showing up in Applications and that seems to be 1.15.0. I've downloaded the latest Darwin build but before installing that, I'd like to get things cleared up so that I don't end up with three versions installed!


texts: I'm having a bad time trying to delete a subscribed calendar. I am running OSX 10.8.4 on my iMac and IOS 6 on iPhone and iPad. Whenever I delete this calendar it reappears, usually within a few seconds. I have tried deleting from each device and from iCloud, without success. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most welcome.


texts: DNS lookups fail with e.g. `ping`, but work with `host`

texts:
I'm using pfSense 2.0rc3, and I've set it up as a DNS forwarder and enabled "Register DHCP leases in DNS forwarder" and what I understand are all the appropriate settings to get DNS server for local lookups.

It works as expected with Linux and in particular I can run host abc and ping abc (and other applications) and they all work as expected.

However in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 it does not work as expected. In particular, only lookups with the host command seem to work, i.e.

$ ping abc
ping: cannot resolve abc: Unknown host

$ host abc
abc.local has address 192.168.1.128

$ ping abc.local
ping: cannot resolve abc.local: Unknown host

$ host abc.local
abc.local has address 192.168.1.128

Why does the lookup for abc work when using the host command but fail with ping (and other applications)?

Thanks for reading.


texts: iPhone app to point me back to a waypoint (like a computer game)

texts:
I'm looking for an app which I can use to find my camper in the desert after going for a walk, or find the b&b i left my bags in after exploring a new city. I'm hoping for something really simple which just points in the right direction and perhaps tells me a distance, like your next target on a computer game. I'm imagining opening a compass and clicking a button to record a place then having a needle pointing north and another arrow point back to the waypoint.

Does this exist?


texts: How can I get an iPhone to play songs in order

texts:
I'm trying to listen to an album on my iPhone. The play plays the songs randomly. I would like to hear the album in sequence.

I also have playlists that I'd like to listen to in sequence.

When I look at the list of songs in the playlist the controls at the top available to me are "Edit" "Clear" "Delete" and under that "Shuffle". But "Shuffle" doesn't seem to be a toggle switch. It's more like it means "reshuffle."

So anyway where do I set the music play to just play the songs in order?


texts:
After installing Catalina, my in-built TextEdit doesn't work anymore, neither by clicking the icon nor from the application. It says
The application “TextEdit.app” is not open anymore.

Please advise me.
Thanks


texts: iPhone won’t install previously deleted default app

texts:
I’ve been trying to reinstall some default apps I had previously deleted such as “Watch” and “Files” through the App Store however with all of them I get the message:

  Unable to install ‘app name’ Please try again later.

All other apps download fine, it’s just the default Apple apps that won’t install.


texts: locate command with regex equivalent in OSX

texts:
I'm learning linux bash on my mac.  Is there an equivalent to this command in OSX?

locate --regex 'bin/(bz|gz|zip)'


texts: How to find if a USB has been plugged in on a certain date?

texts:
Starting from this great script offered by Daniel Azuelos

cd /Volumes/suspicious_USB
/usr/bin/sudo find . -atime -21 -exec ls -dluT {} \;

How is it possible to modify it in order to find if a USB flash was plugged in, on any random computer, on a certain date?


texts: When MouseKeys are on, how do I click or move the mouse using AppleScript?

texts:
This post suggests that the command tell application “System Events” to key code 37 in AppleScript should move the mouse pointer one pixel down and to the left if run when MouseKeys are enabled. In OS X 10.7.2, however, it has the effect of generating a lowercase l, and not moving the mouse at all.

Similarly, I had hoped tell application “System Events” to key code 34 using control down would sent a control click at the current point of the mouse cursor, but that does not seem to be the effect.

Does anyone know a way that works in Lion on a mid-2011 MacBook Air to generate a click or control-click at the current mouse location using AppleScript? It is okay if it relies on MouseKeys and/or UI scripting.

I would prefer if it did not involve installing compiled command line utilities, but if such utilities exist and are Lion compatible, that is far better than nothing.


texts:
Can I download some apps if Apple loans me an iPhone?

Apple is repairing my iPhone so they loaned me a device to use while mine is being repaired.


texts: How to revert to Lion from Mountain Lion?

texts:
I'm running a Mid-2011 Macbook Air, my first Mac.  When I bought it, it had Lion pre-installed.  Yesterday I picked up an external hard drive, and made my first Time Machine backup.  In the next few days I plan on going to Mountain Lion, but am trying to be cautious.

If I have issues with Mountain Lion, and want to revert to Lion, what steps can I take now to ensure that I don't lose anything when going back to Lion?  Will a Time Machine backup + the Lion Recovery disk maintain all my documents/data/settings?  So, I'd have a Time Machine backup of my post-update Mountain Lion system, will Lion/Time Machine be able to take all the documents and data that were created under Mountain Lion and restore them to my system after reverting to Lion?

Essentially, I'd like to know what other steps I can take now, while I have Lion, that will make this hypothetical reversion a smoother experience.  Is my plan of Time Machine + Lion Recovery disk fundamentally flawed in some fashion?

edit:  As discussed in the comments, I've made a TM backup, and made a Lion Recovery disk.  I went forward with Mountain Lion's install.  I see in the Mac App Store, that I have ML available to redownload, but there's no option there for Lion (which I was sort of expecting, but now have confirmation).  Looks like the only way to reinstall Lion at this point is to use that recovery disk.


texts: iTunes Connect: No options when trying to add IAP

texts:
I'm helping a client set up their application profile on iTunes Connect and am running into a strange issue when trying to create in-app purchases.

When I go to the Features tab and select "In-App Purchases", then hit the "+" button, a dialog pops up asking "Select the In-App Purchase you want to create." There are no options to select, and there are only two buttons, "Cancel" and "Create", of which "Create" is greyed out.

The account is up to date with all agreements and IAP is enabled in the app's provisioning profile. There is no error message displayed. There is a notice "Your first In-App Purchase must be submitted with a new app version. Select it from the app's In-App Purchases section and click "Submit".

According to the official documentation, I should just be able to hit + and then select a type of IAP to create. Is the dialog bugged out or did Apple forget to document a step? This issue occurs under Firefox, Edge, and Safari, so I don't think it's related to my browser.


texts: My iPad didn't charge after a complete battery drain, so I tried the hairdryer trick and it worked, but after a few hours it unfortunately automatically turned off again. Is there a permanent fix for this or do I have to do the hairdryer trick every time?


texts: iPhone 5/iPad 3/4 Failing to Renew DHCP Lease

texts:
I just setup a Airport Extreme gen 6 (f/w 7.7.1). On it I have several Apple devices including two iPhone 5s, iPad 3, and iPad 4 all on iOS 6.1.4.

I am able to open web pages through Safari on all devices but unable to connect to the internet through any third party apps which is strange enough. For example, I can open google.com but cannot refresh Twitter, Facebook, Kindle, or Instagram through their respective apps. After spending hours researching, I noticed that the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Router fields are blank on the network's setting page while the DNS and Search Domains fields are populated.

When attempting to renew the lease by pressing the Renew Lease button, nothing happens. Even more strangely, settings flash in the blank text fields when tapping in the fields but they never persist.

The Airport Extreme has been reset to factory settings (three times) and I have only set the basic settings during the setup and extended the DHCP lease duration. I am able to connect to the internet through the Airport Extreme through a wired connection and my Mac Book Pro is able to connect to the internet through the wireless connection.

What I've tried:

Factory reset of Airport Extreme
Reset of Network Settings on all iOS devices
Hard reset of all iOS devices

Any thoughts on why this is happening and what is the fix?


texts: I set up my child's phone with my Apple ID.  Now all of the text messages come over with my name instead of her name.  Can I change this on the iphone without setting up an apple id for her?


texts:
I'm wondering if it'd be technically possible to have someone FaceTime a bot and the bot serves as a proxy to FaceTime another number? Similar question with iMessage?
By Proxy I also mean calling the end user from a different number than the call came from.


texts: Disable the file extension change prompt

texts:
When I change a file extension in Finder.app, I get prompted for confirmation.
How can I disable all of these? I always want to confirm the change.


texts: What is the difference between "all unplayed" and "all new" podcasts?

texts:
When configuring the syncing of podcasts between iTunes and a device, it's possible to automatically sync "all unplayed" and "all new" podcasts.

It's not clear to me what the difference is between unplayed and new podcasts. An Apple Support Communities post explains it as follows:

  Unplayed podcasts, are those that have previously been synced to your iPod, but have yet to be played while new podcasts are those that have been synced to your iPod for the first time.

If this is the case, what's the difference in sync behavior between the "all unplayed" and "all new" settings?


texts: WiFi problems: com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[1552]: CGContextGetCTM: invalid context 0x0

texts:
Yeah, I'm having a lot of WiFi reliability issues and am seeing this log message, which I can't google either

com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[1552]: CGContextGetCTM: invalid context 0x0.

The WiFi works in the location where I see this but often is extremely unreliable (connection drops suddenly), while in the same place, my Android phone connects fine.

Since it's only a specific location, it might be that the Mac OS is kind of sensitive to a router problem. But it would be nice to get rid off.

Any ideas?

I'm on a Macbook Pro '15 2011 with El Capitan.


texts: When my husband opens his Mac my account appears

texts: How can My husband stop my account appearing when he opens his Mac instead of his own appearing without having to change the user


texts: Script to check to see if certain applications were installed

texts: I am very new to Macs however I did hear that there was a Bash script that can be utilized to check to see if certain applications were installed on a machine


texts: My husbands account is also showing my Bookmarks, how can I disable?

texts: All my bookmarks are also on my husbands user page, I would like to remove them and read one question as to sign out of my Apple ID when in his account but its asking me if I want to make a copy otherwise all my data will be removed from this mac but will still be available on my other devices .... I just daren’t risk losing everything on the mac either in my user page or his ... has anyone come across this problem and how did you solve it ?


texts: Sign in to iTunes store pop-up keeps displaying

texts: Tthis has suddenly started happening but it is for an old Apple ID that I haven't used for years. I cannot remember the password so I click on 'forgotten password'. I re-enter the old apple ID as prompted but am told that this is an invalid apple ID.


texts:
I have a full size Apple keyboard attached to my MacBook Pro. The left ⌘ + Z key combination isn't working since a while.

The problem only occurs when using the left Command key. ⌘ + Z is working fine.
The left Command key works fine with other combinations, such as left ⌘ + X.
The problem only occurs when using the external keyboard. Left ⌘ + Z is working fine on the MacBook itself.

I tried restoring the keyboard settings to its defaults, to no avail. This could be a hardware problem, but I can't understand why the left Command key works fine in combination with other keys.

I'm clearly lost here. Any ideas?

Edit: Tested the keyboard on another MacBook and it's having the same issues. So, it's most likely a hardware issue. Can this be fixed?


texts: Can I change which day I get the Activity.app weekly summary?

texts: I always get it on Monday but I would like to get it on Sunday.


texts:
So I'm new at Applescript and am trying to create a script to forward emails sent to a specific recipient in a specific folder in Outlook. It's failing for some reason but doesn't throw any errors so I don't know what's wrong. Ideally I would like it to check for a specific recipient anywhere in the chain of recipients. Could someone help point me in the right direction?
tell application "Microsoft Outlook"

    activate
    if view of the first main window is not equal to "mail view" then
        set view of the first main window to mail view
    end if

    --set inbox and subfolders

    set myInbox to folder "Inbox" of default account
    set DONE to folder "DONE" of myInbox

    --set subscribed folder and subfolders

    set subscribedFolders to folder "Subscribed Public Folders" of default account
    set Webcast to folder id 259 of subscribedFolders

    --set main view to Webcast folder

    --set selected folder to Webcast
    set selected folder to inbox

    -- Get the messages selected in Outlook

    set currentMessages to current messages

    -- Check to make sure items are selected, if not then quit

    if ((count of currentMessages) < 1) then return

    -- Iterate through selected messages

    repeat with aMessage in currentMessages

        -- Get the account for the message

        set messageAccount to account of aMessage

        --log messageAccount
        -- Get the sender for the message
        -- set messageSender to sender of aMessage
        --log messageSender
        -- Get the recipients for the message. A message can have multiple recipients.
        -- Try to get the first to recipient
        try
            set messageRecipient to email address of to recipient 1 of aMessage
        on error
            try
                set messageRecipient to email address of cc recipient 1 of aMessage
            on error
                set messageRecipient to email address of bcc recipient 1 of aMessage
            end try
        end try

        if messageRecipient is "specificaddress@email.com" then
            set fwdMessage to forward theMessage without opening window
            make new recipient at fwdMessage ¬
                with properties {email address:{address:"forwardaddress@sendit.com"}}
        end if

    end repeat

end tell

end run


texts:
I have an older Samsung 840 SSD which I have connected with a USB-C to SATA III cable to my (2018) MacBook Pro. In Terminal, I've tried erasing it and always get an error that it's unmounted, so I try to unmount it and it's busy. I used to use it for a backup disk but I erased and reformatted it for Windows (ExFAT) because I was going to put it in a friend’s laptop as an upgrade.  Then the friend moved away after I had reformatted it back and forth from exFAT to Fat32 to JHFS+ so many times - can't even remember.  Now it only shows up in Terminal after a while (~1 hour), listed as single volume with no name or type. There's no data on it - I just want to be able to create a partition and load macOS on it again.

I just installed gdisk and here's what it says:

Warning! Read error 16; strange behavior now likely!

Warning! Read error 16; strange behavior now likely!

Partition table scan:

MBR: not present
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: not present

Creating new GPT entries in memory.

Command (? for help): p

Disk /dev/disk2: 976773168 sectors, 465.8 GiB
Sector size (logical): 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 306AFDDD-FE4D-4DAD-8F2A-C955BCBDD664
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 976773134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 976773101 sectors (465.8 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
[blank]

Command (? for help): o

Partition GUID code: 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC (Apple HFS/HFS+)
Partition unique GUID: 047050C3-8055-4BE9-8D2C-8D9960335A55
First sector: 2048 (at 1024.0 KiB)
Last sector: 976773134 (at 465.8 GiB)
Partition size: 976771087 sectors (465.8 GiB)
Attribute flags: 0000000000000000
Partition name: 'Apple HFS/HFS+'

Command (? for help): v

No problems found. 2014 free sectors (1007.0 KiB) available in 1
segments, the largest of which is 2014 (1007.0 KiB) in size.

Command (? for help): w

Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!

Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y

OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/disk2.
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Unable to open device '/dev/disk2' for writing! Errno is 2! Aborting write!

What should I do?  I'm completely ignorant and have no idea whether the drive is salvageable or if I should put in the trash and move on.  Any help would be much appreciated!


texts: MacBook Pro 15 2017 Battery Condition: Replace Now

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My 3 months old Retina MacBook Pro 15 2017 is telling me to replace the battery

The system report metrics seem normal

I've tried all four USB-C ports, done an SMC and NVRAM reset, still not charging.

With only 46 cycles and 6400 out of 6830 mAh, so 93.7% of the original capacity, I really doubt the battery is dead. It was lasting about 7 hours of normal usage before this occurred.

The power button does not work to power on the mbp, I have to close and open the lid, but the power button does work to shutdown the mac... It's also not playing the charging sound when I'm plugging the adapter. I'm successfully able to NVRAM reset, since after releasing the keys, the mbp boots, but SMC reset seems to do nothing, and I'm not sure it's resetting anything, and since there is no more LED on the USB-C charger, I can't know for sure...

What can I do?

I know it's still under warranty, but I'm far from any Apple store or Apple certified shops, maybe there is a procedure to SMC reset my Mac other than pressing ^ Control⇧ Shift⌥ Option ⦿ Power?

Would opening the mac and unplugging (not removing) the battery for a while reset the SMC? Would it void the warranty?

Could I use rEFIt to flash the SMC firmware? I'm not able to find the right firmware to flash for a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2017) -MacBookPro14,3 on the official page...


texts: "securityd: keychain reference in server mode" in console

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I am experiencing a strange issue when starting Adobe Creative Cloud 2017.3 applications (Photoshop, Illustrator,...). The applications hang the system completely for a minute or two (50% System-level load across all 8-cores, reported by iStat) and there are many securityd messages "keychain reference in server mode" (700 in quick succession when app is starting up) in console. So it seems, there is something wrong with either keychain or the apps. This happens on my Mac Pro, but does not on Macbook Pro, both having the most recent macOS and the same settings.

I've traced the message to https://opensource.apple.com/source/libsecurity_keychain/libsecurity_keychain-55035/lib/StorageManager.cpp but I have no idea, what does it tie to, as gServerMode seems to be some global constant set via SecKeychainSetServerMode() function in https://opensource.apple.com/source/Security/Security-57336.1.9/OSX/libsecurity_keychain/lib/SecKeychain.cpp.

But I have no idea, if there is something I could do to mitigate the issue (i.e. if it is damaged keychain or something like that).


texts: Startup Manager not showing Bootable USB drive

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I am trying to create a fresh install of OS X on a MacBook Pro (2009 - A1278 - El Capitan 10.11.6 - 2.26Ghz - 8GB DDR3 - 240SSD) so I can sell it.
My problem is, I have created a USB bootable drive with Yosemite, which does not show in the Startup Manager.
I have formatted the USB to Mac OS (Extended Journal) and made 1 Partition in the GUID format. I used the file command in Terminal from Apple (for Yosemite) which all appears to be working. I tested the USB on my 2011 iMac and can view it on that Startup Manager. However on the MBP 2009 running EL Capitan I am not given the option to boot from.
Can anyone help?
P.S I upgraded the HDD to a SSD and cloned an old version of my El Capitan off my Time Machine Backup I had.


texts: What's the easiest way to do a screen recording and get a small file?

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I've used http://screenr.com/ before but for company things it's not appropriate since it becomes public. I need something that lets me record my screen and gives me a small well encoded file that I put into dropbox.

What's my options?


texts: What is the relationship between Lion's Resume feature and Safe Sleep?

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I have disabled the "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" checkbox in the General preferences pane in Lion, but after a recent sudden power loss (no battery) my iMac restarted in exactly the same state as I had left it the night before. What feature of Lion is making this (miracle) possible, and how do I ensure that it remans enabled?

I read for example that I can "disable Resume", because it "duplicates" something called "Safe Sleep", but I'm not sure what any of these features are, how they are related, or how I can control them. For example, does the behavior I saw in my recent power loss mean that my machine had gone to sleep between my last use and the power failure, or is some kind of snapshotting taking place continuously in the background? I also understand that there are different "kinds" of sleep. If sleep is indeed necessary, do different triggers (keyboard, script, idle, etc.) for sleep result in different "kinds" of sleep.


texts: Migrate my Bluetooth device pairings to a different Mac

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Context: I am in the process of migrating from an old MBP (10.6.8) to a newer MBR (10.9). This is not an in-place upgrade or Time Machine restore; it is a manual migration to new hardware, new OS, new disk partitioning, and new user accounts.

Specifics: My old MBP has a significant number of saved/remembered Bluetooth devices that it has paired with in various times and places. I would like to find a way to export these settings from my old MBP and then import them to my new MBR. I do not want to have to go through the manual pairing process for every device again. (yuk!)

The more automated the process is, the better.
The more general the process is, the better. (Both for my own future migrations and for others.)
If there's a way to see these settings in plaintext, extra points because it's a learning opportunity!