texts: How to Copy a range of data from google sheets using an Applescript

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I was wondering if someone could help me with a script that would copy a range of data that is constantly updating on google sheets.  The site would be open and active in Safari. So I wasn’t sure if I needed to command activate.
This was my attempt, but I know I’m not doing the Safari part right.

`tell application "Safari"
 select worksheet "Sheet1"
 select range "a1:h1" of worksheet "Sheet1"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke
  "c" using command down
tell application "Safari"
end tell


texts: How do I re-activate the movement in my Emoji-Me emojis?

texts:
I purchased Emoji-Me third party app for my iPhone XR. The emojis move on my phone but not when I post them on Facebook for example.

How do I enable or fix the movements so that they are animated again?


texts: Apple Pages: Use a different header for odd an even pages

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In Apple Pages, is it possible to use a different header for odd and even pages?

I have searched around and found this guide, but I think it's for the old version of Pages (as it is from 2006 and have the interfaces buttons mentioned don't exist).

There are also guides on how to use different headers for different sections, but that is different from odd and even pages.


texts: Is it possible to install my iPhone's WhatsApp on Mac?

texts:
I'm using iOS 8 with jailbreak on iPhone and Yosemite on Mac.

Can I install WhatsApp on my Mac?


texts: Is there a way for the host of a Zoom meeting running the Zoom app on a Mac to admit everyone from the waiting room via keyboard not mouse?

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If I am the host of a Zoom meeting and people arrive at the meeting late and I want to admit them to the meeting without interrupting the flow of my presentation, is there any way to "Admit all from Waiting Room" from the keyboard? This is further complicated by the fact that if only one person is in the waiting room, there is no "Admit all" option.
Things I've unsuccessfully tried:

There is no pre-defined keyboard shortcut for admitting people from the waiting room
There is no menu item in Zoom to admit from waiting room, so I can't assign a keyboard shortcut in System Preferences
The "Admit all" button doesn't appear in the same place on the screen depending on how many people are in the waiting room, so it looks like simulating a mouse click at particular coordinates wouldn't work.

I don't know if there is a path forward with UI Scripting through AppleScript, or if I'm overlooking a simulated mouse click solution, or if there's something else I'm not thinking of, but I'd love to be able to admit latecomers to a zoom meeting from the keyboard.


texts: How can I limit the amount of memory available to a process?

texts:
I am developing a program in go; it occasionally ends up allocating very large amounts memory (>>10G on a machine with 8G of physical memory), causing the system to become unresponsive.  I want to limit the amount of memory the process can allocate.  The usual way I would do this is:

ulimit -m 4000000 ; ./myprogram

...which should kill my program if it tries to use more than 4GB of memory.

On OS X El Capitan this appears to have no effect; even ulimit -m 1 (limiting all programs to just 1kB of memory!) is ineffective.

How can I set an upper bound on the memory available to a particular process?


texts: strange mouse' cursor behavior regardless of usb port and mouse

texts:
a very strange problem has been bothering me for long time, since when I started to use this mac which is not mine.

Often, while I'm moving the mouse the cursor suddenly begin to move randomly. This happens with strange time intervals. Maybe it happens especially when I try to move a window dragging it from the title bar (or this is just my perception, do to the frustration of not succeeding in moving a window where I want it to be!).

Anyway.....

The first try was to change the mouse (a magic mouse) with another one (logitech). The problem persisted.
Then I supposed the reason to be the keyboard's usb port used to connect the mouse, so I connected the mouse directly to the mac. Still the same problem was present.
In the end I noticed an even stranger behavior: when the cursor starts to randomly and suddenly jump all around the monitor (for instance when I'm trying to drag a window around), if I go in mission control (by the mouse itself or by keyboard), the cursor returns to work properly.

This problem is very frustrating and, as already said, it presents very often, regardless of the mouse and of the usb port it's connected to. And this keeps me from buying one.


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I wish to buy an iPad to have some digital interactive books. The requirements for the books are: "To view this book, you must have an iPad with iBooks 3 or later and iOS 5.1 or later".

I don't wish to buy a new iPad (low on cash), and wish to buy a second hand one, as I'll be using the iPad only for using those digital books.

I know nothing about iPads and their different versions. What would be the minimal iPad generation (normal size or mini) I should buy?


texts: Two Apple IDs - one for business and one for personal

texts: Is it possible to have two apple IDs on one device?  I own a business and have contracted iOS developers to create an app.  I set up an Apple ID to use for the company and started using it to create a developer account for them to use to put the app in the App Store.  That way the control of the app is with the company, not with the contracted developer.  When I went to turn on two-step authentication I wasn’t able to because my devices are set to my personal Apple ID.  I would really prefer to not give the programmers access to my personal account.  So, is there anyway to make this happen using the same device with the two Apple ids?


texts: What Apple ID should I use for my work computer?

texts:
I have a Mac for my work computer (that is company property).  Should I use my personal Apple ID, create an Apple ID with my work email, or ask for a corporate wide Apple ID (if that's possible).

I've heard that it's possible to mix accounts, but am not sure of the consequence of doing so.  For example, what if I use my account, but wind up leaving the company?

p.s. The problems I've heard about mixing accounts are automatic updates for only one account and possible iCloud problems.


texts: How to set up encrypted Time Machine backups to a remote drive?

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I have an external drive which I used to do encrypted TM backups to, via a direct USB connection (i.e. the entire drive became encrypted - Lion).

I would like to switch to wireless backups but without allowing the data to become accessible to other people in my network.

I thought about attaching the encrypted drive to a Mac server on the network and to somehow back to there - the problem is how do I get the unlocking of the drive to occur only on my local machine? (I can't allow other users who log into that server to access the files on the drive if it were to be unlocked by the server)


texts: My Dock and Launchpad appear to have died

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So around last month my dock decided to make my notification badges blue and very large. I have no clue why. I’ve tried resetting the preferences, restoring them from time machine, restoring Dock.app from Time Machine and nothing works. Whatever caused this, also broke LaunchPad because the instant I try to open it, it just crashes, the dock quits and restarts, and it never appears. Any ideas?

Retina 5K iMac (iMac15,1) macOS 10.12.1


texts: How can I find an iOS app I had installed once but since deleted?

texts: i had this app on my old phone and when i got a new phone i could never find the name of it. I thought it was called "InstaFollowers" but i guess not. This app specifically has a calender where everyday for 30 days is something different and you get to spin a wheel and everything! If anyone knows what app this is let me know!


texts: Adjust delay for activating Full Screen Mode toolbar

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Is it possible to change the delay on the full screen mode window toolbar in OS X Yosemite?

I'm thinking of something like this, but for the toolbar

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 5

I love using full screen mode, but I'm frequently accidentally triggering the toolbar which covers up whatever I'm trying to access at the top of the screen.


texts: Risks of publishing the computer serial number on the Internet

texts:
I'm searching used Macs to buy in eBay. Some of the offered items show the computer's serial numbers in screenshots and/or plain text.

Reading the Q&A Where to find factory list in apple serial number, we see this snippet from EveryMac.com (emphasis on the original):

Why not? What are the risks of buying a Mac whose serial number has been shared on the Internet?


texts: How to move iPad Safari bookmarks to Safari on my Mac?

texts: I want to move my safari bookmarks from my iPad to my MacBook computer exactly as they are on my iPad. Not the other direction. Not merge. I would like exactly the same contents and order intact. Happy to lose/overwrite the bookmarks file on the computer.


texts: Adding iOS 11 devices to DEP using Apple Configurator

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Until now, only iOS devices purchased direct from an Apple sales channel could be added to the Device Enrollment Program (DEP). But at WWDC June 2017, Apple announced that any device running iOS 11 or tvOS 11 could be added to DEP. (The information is in this presentation - p25 of the PDF or around 05:20 in the video.) Although it wasn't stated explicitly, the slide implies that this requires Apple Configurator 2.5.

Is this functionality implemented yet in the beta releases of iOS 11/Apple Configurator 2.5? And if so, how do I use it?

What I've tried/found so far:

I've got a couple of devices (iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 Plus) running the current iOS 11 beta (build 15A5278f, 5 Jun 17) and a Mac running the current Apple Configurator 2.5 beta (build 3F12, 5 Jun 17) but I can't find a way to add either device to DEP.
If I connect an iOS 10 device to the Configurator I get exactly the same options (which indicates there's no special support for iOS 11 yet).
In the Prepare Devices screen there is an option Add to Device Enrollment Program which is disabled and can't be enabled:


texts: Can ghost app updates be cleared in OS X?

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I have this Twitter application that shows on my Mountain Lion available updates list but I don't have any twitter app on my Mac. I had, but I have deleted it times ago.

Since then, every time twitter updates their app, I receive a notification that a new update is available.

How do I get rid of this ghost app update entry that haunts updates list in the App Store app?


texts: Deleted OS off of macbook. How to reinstall?

texts:
Somehow the OS on a used macbook that I bought has gone missing. When I go to Internet recovery to try to reinstall is says "This item is temporarily unavailable, try again later."

It's been saying this every time I've tried for a month now.

Is there some other way to get an OS back onto the machine?

This is my first time working with a Mac.

More info: Macbook A1342

My best guess is it's this: MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.26 13" (Uni/Late 09)

No, this is my first Mac. I might be able to find a friend who has one that can help me out.


texts:
I bought a new MacBook Air and was able to connect to the internet at first but now it won't connect.  I have other devices as well as other computers on wifi but my Mac won't connect.  When I try and click on the wifi, it tells me that it can't be joined.

How can I troubleshoot?


texts: Force apps to be opened everytime in a new desktop

texts: Is it possible to force an app that is being opened to be actually opened every time in a different desktop, so that the current desktop is not polluted with layered or stacked windows?


texts: How to disable Full Screen Animation on OS X 10.9

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When an OSX window is promoted to be full screen there is a one second transition animation. How can this be disabled system wide? We would like the transition from small window to full screen to be instantaneous - except for the unavoidable lag from rendering.

Here are two for examples of solutions that DONT work, so no need to repeat them:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1691359
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1plzmq/is_there_a_way_to_speed_up_or_skip_fullscreen/

Most popular "solutions" are two:

  Terminal

  Type " defaults write NSGlobalDomain
  NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO"

  Hit enter

  Close all applications before you do this to make sure the
  setting propagates. Any app running when you make this change will
  need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

In reality, NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled doesn't effect OS X 10.9 at all. Nothing will change however you like to set it.

  There is a app called TotalSpace (or Spaces) that I know is able to disable some transitional animations.

  URL: http://totalspaces.binaryage.com

In reality, Total Space can disable some animation switching between screens, but when you play a video on, say Yahoo Screen, the animation from a small video to a full screen video still remains - and in fact that is the actually annoying animation (takes about 0.5 second to complete therefore breaks the video experience).


texts:
Carbon copy cloner made a few copies of my hard drive when it was cloning some stuff for me, and put them in a SafetyNet folder.

It copied my library directory with some stuff in it, I was able to get a lot of the stuff erased with "Empty Trash."

Other items like these, I can't change permissions on them, I can't get them erased, even with third party tools. I can't get them erased with sudo rm commands.

/Users/Henry/.Trash/_CCC SafetyNet/2015-08-05 (August 05) 12-47-55/System/Library/CoreServices/XProtect.bundle/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeDirectory
/Users/Henry/.Trash/_CCC SafetyNet/2015-08-05 (August 05) 12-47-55/System/Library/CoreServices/XProtect.bundle/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeRequirements
/Users/Henry/.Trash/_CCC SafetyNet/2015-08-05 (August 05) 12-47-55/System/Library/CoreServices/XProtect.bundle/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
/Users/Henry/.Trash/_CCC SafetyNet/2015-08-05 (August 05) 12-47-55/System/Library/CoreServices/XProtect.bundle/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeSignature

Any ideas?

And besides the files being protected, every directory on the way down is protected too. I have about twenty of these.


texts: MACPro restarts one second after shutdown if USB Hub is connected - Why?

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i have added a USB3.0 PCIe card (Inateck KTU3FR-4P USB 3.0 expresskarte 4 port) to my Mac (MacPro Early 2008, OS X 10.8.4 (12E55))

...with this all is working as it should, no problems with shutdown.

To have better access to the USB3 ports i have now bought an USB3 Hub (Inateck HBU3VL2-4 4 port USB 3.0 Hub without extra current needed).

And this is what makes me problems.
If i connect the Hub to the Card, and afterwards shutdown my Mac, it restarts itself after 1 second.

The console log shows some strange info about current and an error (SetFeature(kUSBFeatureDeviceRemoteWakeup) failed. Error 0xe000404f)
...

But the Systeminfo shows well...

And during working with the mac all is OK. Also if i connect a hdd to the hub, it is working as it should...only shutdown doesn't work if the hub (with or without any device on it) is connected to the card.

Shutdown/restart Log:

There is no wake reason...

Any ideas how to fix this are welcome?

Thanks, richard.


texts: Folder disappear from NAS only in Finder

texts:
I'm using a Lenovo ix4-300d has my backup system for my archives and it work pretty well. The only downside right now (and it's not even them fault) is that some folder has disappeared from my Finder view. I still can access them via Terminal (not SSH, just cd into Volumes/share-name/archives) or via the web interface of the ix4-300d. Do someone have an idea how I can get them back on my Finder listing? I've already tried to delete .DS_Store via the web interface and I got no luck.

Here is a screenshot from my 3 views…


texts:
I bought a new MacBook Pro sometime ago. I plug in the charger when using it.
But my MacBook shows Not Charging in the battery icon in the macOS task bar. But I have the charging cable plugged in.
Why does it show that? It appears my MacBook is fine, but I don't know why it shows me Not Charging.


texts: How to stop flood of Non-Local IPv6 events in my Console (system.log)?

texts: For some reason, my Console is filling up with <8/15/11 6:47:12.000 PM kernel: IPv6 Non-Local address> messages. A quick Google doesn't tell me much and there's nothing on some of the usual boards. Any hints? I'm on a MacBook Pro running Lion.


texts: Weird hidden folder and file on desktop as old as the computer, what for?

texts:
I noticed a mysterious hidden folder on my desktop containing one hidden file. The folder's name starts with .E05268AB3AE5F72AF... and the file name starts with DF2CEE62032EFA2196B0B673...

The folder was created on July 19th 2014 and its file on October 22nd 2014

My mac is a "MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)" and I got it sometime in October 2014. So, my guess is that the folder is put on the computer when it's manufactured and the file created on the first boot.

But that's just a wild guess and doesn't explain their utility.

Do you have those on your desktop?

Do you know why they're there?

Opening the file with text edit I get this:

/MG›ÿ“.¥%Pü;Pó¸û-øa]J´âË…≠RÑ€ïÆÀ\ˇ_ÔÅJ•W›Ã†õ‘m
õ'Õ∂Ø≠{a3oP)%<U
6?ó≥$há ÄdY
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9ü”‘–pJÈt∞“≤L »óPØ}˝)YÄeÅôà(zk‹&>O◊>∂:

and then a little bit more of that, probably binary not meant for humans.

As requested, the output of ls -al is the following

Feldev-MBP:.E05268AB3AE5F72AF1E451 feldev$ ls -al
total 8
drwxrwxrwx@  3 feldev  staff   96 19 Jul  2014 .
drwx------+ 19 feldev  staff  608  3 Sep 21:07 ..
-rw-rw-rw-@  1 feldev  staff  242 22 Oct  2014 DF2CEE62032EFA2196B0B67336814E

and the output of file .E05268AB3AE5F72AF.../DF2CEE62032EFA2196B0B673... is data


texts:
When I add photos to TextEdit, they sometimes  appear too big, and I want to make them smaller.

How can I resize or modify photos in TextEdit?


texts: Kernel panic related to DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit?

texts:
I've been having random crashes (freezes or kernel panics requiring hard reboots) but I can't seem to pin down the cause. Looking in Console.app on restart, the only common factor seems to be related to launchd with this message:

The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.

Not sure if the crash is related to this or if it's just a coincidence. Does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? It's driving me crazy! Thanks.

(Computer is a MacBook Pro Retina 2012, 16 GB RAM, running latest version of Yosemite. Has recently been serviced so should be absolutely fine with respect to hardware.)


texts: Can I export an Applescript as a Preference Pane?

texts:
I wrote an Applescript, which uses display dialog and choose from list to allow to me to easily/quickly adjust some settings on my computer via a UI. I exported it from Script Editor as an Application, and it works great!
However, philosophically and aesthetically, I really believe this Applescript ought to live in System Preferences. In other words, I want to make it into a Preference Pane, instead of an Application Bundle.
I noticed that .prefpane's and .app's use a similar folder structure. Is there any sort of file trickery that will allow me to create a prefpane out of my Applescript without using XCode, similar to how a shell script can be turned into an app bundle by adding an info.plist and placing an executable in the right location?
Alternately, if this is stupid and XCode is required, can instructions be provided that do not assume prior knowledge of Objective-C or Swift?

Note: I am imagining something like the Java Control Panel, which launches from System Prefences but opens in a separate window. I'm well aware I can't build a proper System Preferences layout with just Applescript!


texts: Theft of MacBook running El Capitan: Security Implications

texts: My MacBook running El Capitan just got stolen. It was in hibernation, and will display a password prompt on opening the lid next. Assuming a not-very-technical attacker and a solid login password, how likely is it that my account passwords from keychain will leak?


texts:
Back To My Mac recently stopped working for me, so I started using TeamViewer to access my home Mac from the outside world.

It works great, for the most part. One thing that is frustrating me though is scroll speed. Regardless of what I use (magic mouse, track-pad), scrolling in the remote computer is too fast. It just jumps from the top of the list to the bottom instantly. I don't see any speed tuning controls in TeamViewer, and when I'm connected remotely there are no mice or track-pads displayed in System Preferences, so you can't adjust speed there either.

Can I slow down the scroll when my network connection has delays to avoid over shooting?


texts: Unable to add ICS Calendar Invites to iOS Calendar

texts:
Problem
Calendar invites sent to my email (usually .ics attachments, as they originate from a customers' Exchange server) do not add and sync to my calendar. The UI to handle the calendar invite differs from my wife's phone (as evidenced in the screenshots below. Invites work as expected on her phone, but not on mine. This happens to be the case on all of my iOS devices (iPad, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 7).
My devices (all iOS 14.0.1)
iPad 6th Generation, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 7 (no SIM)
My wife's devices (iOS 14.0.1)
iPhone 11
Services (all inclusive and simplified, for troubleshooting)

iCloud Mail and Calendar DISABLED on both of our accounts
Google account connected, syncing Mail, Contacts and Calendars
Default Mail and Calendar on all accounts are not Gmail and Google Calendar

Detail (My devices)
When I receive a meeting invitation, there is an .ics attachment. When tapping on that attachment, I am presented with a card that has "Add to calendar" and "Delete Event" at the bottom.

My name appears in the invitee list with a gray "?"
Tapping on "Add to Calendar" brings up another card where I can choose the calendar to add the event to (in this case, I choose Personal Calendar, but it doesn't matter what calendar I choose, the results are the same).
I then tap "Done" in upper right corner
Card disappears
Event never shows up on calendar, and never syncs back to the cloud (Google, in this case, but could be iCloud, Outlook.com or Exchange)

Screenshot

Detail (Wife's device)
When she receives a meeting invitation (from same source), the same .ics attachment appears. When tapping on that attachment, she is presented with a card that has "Accept", "Maybe", and "Decline" at the bottom.

Her name appears in the invite list with a green "checkmark"
Tapping "Accept" immediately adds the event to her calendar (visible in iOS Calendar app as well as web version of Google Calendar

Screenshot

Troubleshooting

Performed a full factory reset and set up device AS NEW (not restored)
Deleted and re-added iOS Mail application
Installed Gmail application from App Store (to determine if that application provided different sync functionality to default iOS apps)
Installed Outlook app from App Store (Outlook RSVP also didn't work on any calendar)
INTERESTING NOTE: If Siri detects an event in the email message and I tap on the small bar at the top that says "Siri found 1 event", it WILL add to my calendar.

I am at a loss as to what could be different on my device or account that is preventing my Mail and Calendar from behaving as they should, and it is creating issue with meeting invites accepted while traveling. I have to actually accept on a laptop OR hope Siri finds an event and tap that to add it to the calendar.
Any help you all could provide would be appreciated!
Regards


texts: No notifications of new voicemails on iPhone despite being able to play them

texts:
I am not receiving notification of new voicemails on my iPhone 4 (model A1349).  The voicemails are available and I can listen to them if I check but I receive no notification when a new one arrives.

This has been a problem for many months but I've finally missed enough information that I'd like to try to fix it.

I've found suggestions on various websites to use "Reset Network Settings".  I haven't tried this yet because I don't know the full consequences and I'd rather not disrupt the rest of my phone service.


texts: Is there a way to copy the HTML out of an Outlook email?

texts:
The scenario is that I often get outlook emails sent to me with content that I need to paste into an HTML formatted newsletter.
A lot of this formatting is minor...namely bolded text and hyperlinks.
I'd like to be able to select the paragraph in outlook, copy, then paste into my HTML editor with the HTML.
So if outlooks has this:
This is bold and this is a link.
I'd like to paste it like this:
This is bold and this is a link

Alas, it doesn't do that, it just pastes the raw text like this:
This is bold and this is a link

So for every section I have to constantly go into my text editor and re-apply tags as needed. Not a huge deal...except when you multiple this x20 or so and then it just gets tedious.
Is there any way to copy the content from outlook and retain the HTML formatting as actual HTML?


texts: How can I use a favicon for my website that is published using iWeb?


texts: Unknown contacts appeared out of thin air

texts: My contact list op my iPhone 5s suddenly shows hundreds of contacts for people that I do not know with full contact info. I have synced with Facebook and have LinkedIn and Exchange installed, but these contacts are not part of my "friends". Has anyone experienced the same issue? What can I do?


texts: Is there a publicly-accessible changelog for Mojave beta?

texts:
I have an Apple Developer account, but it is not a paid account - I'm not really a developer, I just like to be able to see what's going on.

Therefore, when I try to access https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/ to find what's new in - for this week, public beta 8 - I'm met with a link to developer beta 10, which I cannot access.

Nowhere can I find a similar link to the current public beta.

Do Apple provide any changelog for public betas?

Note: I don't need a blow-by-blow account of every commit, just the broad strokes.


texts: Change or remove artist pictures in iTunes 12

texts:
First, to make it perfectly clear, this is about Artist artwork, not Album artwork, since most of the questions I could find related to Artist artwork had answers referring to album or genre artwork instead.

In iTunes 12 on Windows 10, I don't always like or want the artwork iTunes chooses for a given artist. Sometimes (perhaps only for music not bought from iTunes, but I haven't done a rigorous experiment) I can trick it by changing the name of the artist (e.g. adding a space or extra letters after the artist name). But for other artists, even if I completely change the artist and album artist, it still "knows" which artist it is and uses their artwork.

I've seen suggestions for fixing this in previous versions of iTunes that involved things like changing song ratings, etc., and I even tried using Mp3tag to strip out iTunes-related tags on a song purchased from iTunes, but nothing has worked.

Acceptable solutions would get iTunes to do one of the following:

Display no artwork for a particular artist.
Display artwork for one of the artist's albums as the artist artwork.
Display no artwork for any artists.
Use artwork I specify for a particular artist.


texts: Can Apple Motion export with alpha to bring into iMovie?

texts:
I currently use After Effects / Premier Pro at work. For my home use I need a new laptop and am considering a Mac. The deciding factor will be cost and if iMovie/Motion can do what I want.

(I'll probably eventually get Final Cut but its going to be a while due to budget)

If I use Motion to create lower thirds, title sequences, and playing a bit with other special effects like particle systems and such... afterwards can I export them with a transparent / alpha background to import into iMovie?

I read How useful is Motion 5 without Final Cut Pro X? but it doesn't really cover this. Says I would have to slice up the movie and do the Motion work on top of the exact segment I want it.

Until I can afford to upgrade to FCP would Motion and iMovie give me the tools I'm looking for?


texts: iOS 10 Safari JavaScript setting disabled

texts:
Today, JavaScript in Safari suddenly stopped functioning. I had just updated my iPhone 6s to iOS 10 yesterday. I eventually noticed that somehow, JavaScript had been disabled in the Safari settings. Furthermore, the control itself is disabled!

Why might javascript be permanently disabled? How can I re-enable it?

It obviously makes it difficult to debug javascript when it's disabled on my debug device.


texts: Can I use the built-in camera of my Apple Cinema Display on Windows 10

texts: I have a 27" Apple Cinema Display (non Thunderbolt) working fine on Windows 10, except for the built-in camera that is not being recognized. Is there any way to activate it or any drivers that I can download that can make it work?


texts: Display Entire Album Art Lock Screen iOS 11

texts:
So I have noticed that on iOS 11 my lockscreen displays like this now.

I would like to display the entire album art in full screen.  Is there a way to get the old behavior on the left maybe?


texts: Can´t run VMs on VMware Fusion - MacOS High Sierra - Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to

texts:
macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

VMware Fusion 10.1.3

Error message:
"Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to."

Already clicked Allow on Privacy and Security for VMware Inc. but the button doesn´t work.

How else might I troubleshoot this?


texts: Is there an iPhone App for reading PDF files?

texts:
After having used Eucalyptus and Stanza apps on my iPhone, I really can't read printed books while traveling any more.

What similar app can I use to transfer, store and read my own pdf files on my iPhone?

I know that Stanza has a Windows application that converts PDFs for iPhone, but I am not a Windows user.


texts: How to disable App from launching at startup (not in Login Items, ~/Lib/LaunchAgents, /Lib/LaunchAgents)

texts: I'm trying to prevent an app (Zoom) to stop launching automatically when I start the mac. Could someone suggest a way to prevent it from starting up? It's also not listed in ~/Library/LaunchAgents or /Library/LaunchAgents.


texts:
The scenario is that I've moved six times in the last six years, and can never remember my home number. (Let alone the postcode of my PO Box.) So I have to look it up all the time.

In one of the iOS updates (9.0.1?) - my address was displayed at the top of the Contacts - so I could jump straight to it. Then it went away again.

I'd like this feature back. I'm sure there must be a setting.

My question is: How do I get my address to appear at the top of contacts?


texts: Custom keyboard shortcuts to change active Spaces desktop

texts:
I'm a mostly Unix user that are starting to user OS X for iPhone development. Since I won't (and can't) quit my Linux environment I'm trying out the 'Spaces' functionallity for virtual desktops. But the built-in settings for changing keyboard shortcuts are quite limited. Is there some alternative way to change those keybindings to any combination I'd like? (I want Ctrl-Alt- arrow keys to change to next left/right desktop).

Hacky methods OK, too, even very hacky ones.


texts: How can I run a PHP script by dropping file on icon?

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I have a php script that takes a filename as an argument. When I run it from a terminal window I type

./my_script.php file_to_process.txt

It works great!

What I would like to be able to do is to have an icon on my dock that when I drop a file onto it, it would excute the php script and supply the complete path to the dropped file as an argument to that script.

Is this possible?
Can you please provide step by step instructions?


texts: Hard drive for Fusion drive: 7200 vs 5400

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I have a Mac Mini 2012 with 128 GB SSD on board. I want to buy an additional 1TB hard drive and transform the storage to Fusion Drive.

My Mac use case is running Virtual Machines and Docker containers.

What type of hard drive should I choose: 5400rpm or 7200rpm?
Will 5400rpm affect the performance in case of Fusion Drive?
Will Power Nap trigger the HD spin-up?


texts:
I have several text editors that I use on my 10.9 machine, including TextEdit and Smultron. I also have other programs that can edit text, like Safari and Xcode.

In the last couple of days, all the text editors tight-loop on startup. Opening Smultron, for instance, makes the program menus appear instantly, but then that's it, it's locked up. You can't even use the menus. TextEdit is exactly the same.

Xcode works fine, however. So do other text editing apps like Safari, Mail, etc.

So to test this, I downloaded TextMate, which has never been on my system. It worked.

I suspect there is some sort of very large file, missing, damaged, etc., that both Smultron and TextEdit are attempting to re-open. But I can't figure out where that information might be stored so I can clear it out. Any clues?


texts: How do I change the name of an album in Photos on my Mac

texts: How do I change the name of an album in Photos my Mac?


texts:
I am using a MacBook Air 10.14.6, and I am not able to open Safari anymore.
How can I reinstall this app?
A problem report opens with some lengthy debug information in it. Here is maybe the important part:
Process:               Safari [2245]
Path:                  /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Identifier:            Safari
Version:               13.1.2 (14609.3.5.1.5)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Safari [2245]
User ID:               66702218

Date/Time:             2020-10-07 17:25:11.648 +0200
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.14.6 (18G2022)
Report Version:        12
Bridge OS Version:     4.2 (17P2551)
Anonymous UUID:        F0A08E7C-38FB-79BF-A87B-5A4AE24494E5

Time Awake Since Boot: 280 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Illegal instruction: 4
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0x4
Terminating Process:   exc handler [2245]

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, running initializers
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
Sandbox registration failed: The code signature is not valid: The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -67030.)

Application Specific Signatures:
Registration error: The code signature is not valid: The operation couldn’t b

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_secinit.dylib         0x00007fff70e40ac1 _libsecinit_setup_secinitd_client + 1824
1   libsystem_secinit.dylib         0x00007fff70e40340 _libsecinit_initialize_once + 13
2   libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff70bf263d _dispatch_client_callout + 8
3   libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff70bf3d4b _dispatch_once_callout + 20
4   libsystem_secinit.dylib         0x00007fff70e40331 _libsecinit_initializer + 79
5   libSystem.B.dylib               0x00007fff6dc249d4 libSystem_initializer + 136
...
...


texts: How do I change the speed of Quick Look Slideshow?

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I use Quick Look to go through photos quickly, and I thought the slideshow feature could come in handy if I can change the duration of each photos shown.

https://superuser.com/questions/175509/can-i-change-the-speed-of-slideshows-in-os-x

I tried sameer's answer, but it doesn't seem to work any more with Mavericks. Another thing I noticed was that Quick Look's slideshow duration was 4s, while the mainDuration value of JustASlide is set at 3s, which makes me wonder if this is the right settings file to begin with.

On a side note, Preview has its own slideshow feature as well, but I can't change any of its settings either.

If there's any way I can change the settings of these slideshows, I'd really appreciate it!


texts: How to change (⌘ + O) or (⌘ + ↓) shortcut that is used to open a file/folder to (⌘ + ↵)?

texts: I recently formatted my macbook pro (Big Sur). Before formatting, I had set the shortcut to open a file to ⌘ + ↵. But, now I do not know how to change the shortcut ⌘ + O or ⌘ + ↓ to ⌘ + ↵.


texts: Get Custom HiDPI resolution rendering on non-Retina Macs

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On MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Apple samples image to 2x and then scale it back down. Even for other resolutions found in System Preferences.

However, on other Macs, that doesn't work. They simply provide one default resolution for HiDPI, and then others are all scaled.

Is there any possibilities that this can be configured on a non-Retina Mac?


texts: Preview on Catalina 10.15.7 cannot open PS files

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Does anyone know of any setting that prevents Preview from even trying to open PS files on Catalina?
The PS files are not corrupted, if I convert them to PDF with ps2pdf they open just fine, even in Preview


texts: iPhone EXIF/GPS Timestamp - Appears to be based on local settings?

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I was under the impression that the iPhone received timestamps along with GPS location data. While I can't say its not true for the internal database, it seems to be for the EXIF data attached to photos taken by the iPhone's camera.

I ran a test by turning off automatic date/time settings, ensuring my correct timezone was set.

I took a photo (IMG_1692), rolled back the time by two hours and took another (IMG_1693).

Using Phil Harvey's EXIF Editor, I retrieved this output:

$ exiftool IMG_1692.JPG | grep Time
File Modification Date/Time     : 2012:04:29 22:51:46+10:00
Exposure Time                   : 1/15
Date/Time Original              : 2012:04:29 22:51:46
GPS Time Stamp                  : 13:51:00
$ exiftool IMG_1693.JPG | grep Time
File Modification Date/Time     : 2012:04:29 20:51:32+10:00
Exposure Time                   : 1/15
Date/Time Original              : 2012:04:29 20:51:32
GPS Time Stamp                  : 11:40:50

You can clearly see the two hour difference in the file timestamp, as well as the GPS time!

Am I correct in this assertion that the GPS timestamp doesn't come from the GPS at all? Or am I missing something?


texts: When connecting to wifi on iOS via the settings application there are some wifi networks listed that have a second line that says something like “protected by CyberGhost”, does that mean that the wifi option has a VPN built into it? If so does that mean the connection between the iOS device and the router will be encrypted? Or is it just a VPN from the access point onwards towards the internet?


texts:
I am having an issue with Java in my Mac (OS X 10.7.3). Previously I installed it and it was working fine. After some changes in the .bash_profile and .profile file in the course of time, I am having an error like Unable to locate an executable at "/usr/bin/java/bin/java" whenever I try to run "javac" or "java" in my terminal.

echo $PATH gives an output like:

/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/sabya/Documents/Play_Framework/play-2.0:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin

My .bash_profile looks like:

alias start_mysql="/Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start"
alias stop_mysql="/Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop"
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/bin/java

Its bugging me for several days and reinstalling Java did not help. I'm a newbie in Mac and need help to sort out this issue. I Googled before posting this question but did not find anything relevant.


texts: How can I disable MySQL from starting at boot?

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I have a mid 2013 MBA running OSX 10.9.

The process that starts on every start up is mysqld. I believe it was from an old version of MySQL I had installed (via AMPPS). I then installed MAMP Pro and I often have conflicts between these two processes. Everytime I shut down and restart my mac, I have to find the process of mysqld that is running (on activity monitor), quit it, and then start MAMP (via the terminal command: /Application/MAMP/bin/startMysql.sh won't work from anywhere else).

So I'm wondering how I can disable this mysqld from running on every startup.


texts: macOS Two-factor authentication Apple ID limit

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From the Apple Support document, Two-factor authentication for Apple ID

  Two-factor authentication is available to iCloud and iTunes users with at least one device that's using the latest iOS or macOS. Learn more.

I know that on iOS devices there is a limit on the number of Apple IDs that you can use for 2FA which is 3 or 5. Once it's reached you can't link more Apple IDs even if you sign out from a previous one.

Does macOS devices have similar limitations?
Can I un-link Apple ID from my iPhone to use a different one somehow?


texts: Import wav files to iPhone using SD card reader

texts: I have the below SD card reader that imports photos and videos to iOS photos app. Is it possible to import .wav files onto my iPhone using the Apple lightning port SD card reader?


texts: Is it possible to redownload enterprise apps through Apple ID's?

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To me, it seems as if this should be possible. With a normal app, you can go to 'Purchased' and re-download any previously downloaded apps.

Is it possible to do the same with an enterprise app which was not downloaded through the app store?


texts: How can I make iPhone silent for a specific amount of time?

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On Android phones, there are apps (not native functionality) to make the phone silent for the next N minutes starting right now. This is different than setting specific times of day like Do Not Disturb does.

The functionality I'm used to takes one of two forms:

An icon you click that then asks "how long should the silence last"
Or, automatically detect that I turned off the sound to zero (via volume rockers or otherwise); and asks the same thing.
However, I'm not dogmatic, if iPhone has some other approach to solve this problem I'm open to exploring it.

Is something like this available on iPhone? (6, OS version 10 if it matters).

I prefer native functionality if it exists. Otherwise, an App store app is OK as long as it's free (as in gratis) doesn't require jailbreaking and works on iPhone 6.

Extra plus if it supports both modes described above (trigger with the icon or with setting volume to zero); as well as supposed 100% silence or vibrate-only mode.


texts: How do I recompile Bash to avoid Shellshock (the remote exploit CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169)?

texts:
Given that Bash 3.2 (the version shipped by OS X) is vulnerable to the remote execution exploit known as "Shell Shock" (CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169) how do I rebuild Bash and secure my system ahead of an official Apple patch?

UPDATE: Note that Apple has now released the official patch. See below for details.


texts: External monitor VGA detected sometimes yes, sometimes no

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I have this MacBook Pro with OS X El Capitan, and I'm using a LG 20M35 (19", 1600x900) as external monitor. This one has a VGA connection, so I bought a Belkin VGA to Thunderbolt adapter.

At first, it detected the monitor as a generic display of 13.9" and 1024x768. Looking for a solution, one week ago, I installed Display Maestro 2 without any different result.

Yesterday I tried to install a second external monitor using the HDMI port. I couldn't make it work, but for some reason, something that I did trying different things, the first external monitor (that I didn't disconnected from the MacBook) was detected as expected! I could see the first one as LG 20M35 monitor with its right resolution (1600x900).

Anyway, today, the monitor is detected as a generic display again. I tried everything to make OS X detected the monitor as an LG 20M35 but I couldn't. Could you help me please?


texts: Error-"Unable to write to the last block of the device."

texts: I am trying to setup a new hard drive into my Macbook Pro. However, I keep getting an error in disk utility that states, "Unable to write to the last block of the device." I saw another person was able to solve this by replacing a dead hd cable. Could someone explain what they meant by dead hd cable, or have any other ideas on how to fix this? Thanks for the help


texts: I have had my Macbook Air for nearly a year now. I have never had a Mac before but have enjoyed it. I cannot get my keyboard to work anymore. I have read up and rebooted it, have tried it in safe mode but am too frightened to mess around with safe mode. I want to get it back to factory settings......But I can't get my head round how to do it. I am typing this on my Nexus.....Can someone help me, I need it in real simple terms.....PS I am in my sixties..Not Mac Book savvy!


texts: How to search more magazines in Apple Newsstand on iPod?

texts: When I open Newsstand on Apple iPod, I don't find any magazines other than the featured ones, is it possible to find more magazines using the Store part of Newsstand?


texts:
I have a mac mini (Late 2012) 2,3 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 Go 1333 MHz DDR3 with bluetooth keyboard and trackpad.

Since I upgraded to El Capitan many tasks are incredibly slower than before.
For example, the boot time before I get the login prompt is 80 seconds.

Then, once I entered the password it takes 90 additional seconds before the Finder is stable (without the colored wheel popping on and off)

Then when I click on Safari, it takes Safari 23 seconds before I can actually type in the address bar. Note that after that even if I quit Safari, it will restart in a second. So I'm measuring here the first start after boot.

Total: That's more than 3 minutes before I crawl the web which takes me back to the first imac with macOS 9 ages. (Joke: Was it a preliminary information that macOS days are coming back?)

Seriously, I wonder if it's related to my machine or to El Capitan.
Could you answer how long are these timings in your configuration so that I can compare?


texts:
I have iPhoto 8.1.2 grayed out in OS X 10.9.1 screensaver, both internal HD and external on iMac. I have tried reinstalling OS.

How do I use iPhoto as a screensaver?


texts: Adjust external microphone sensitivity on iPhone

texts: I'm using a simple unamplified external microphone (through a firewire TRRS headphone/mic splitter on an iPhone X) to record and over-dub audio with headphone monitoring, but the microphone signal is way too loud relative to all other audio signals.  How can I adjust or otherwise equalize the settings on the mic input?


texts:
I have a command line utility, let's called as: produce_image. So i can do the following in the Terminal:

$ produce_image > some.jpg
$ open some.jpg #opens Preview.app

also, I have ImageMagick installed and Xqartz too, so I can do the following:

$ produce_image | display #the display is a command from ImageMagick suite

The above opens an X11 window with the image.

Is possible achieve such image-view as with display also with Preview.app? e.g. looking for something like:

$ produce_image | Preview.app #of course, this isn't working
$ produce_image | /Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview #nor this

Is possible preview the image with Preview.app without using intermediate file?

Ps: of course, I can create a command such osxdisplay

tmpfile=$(mktemp /tmp/foobar.XXXXXX)
cat - > "$tmpfile"
open "$tmpfile"
rm -f $tmpfile

and use it as

produce_image | osxdisplay

But the merit of the question is about opening images from a shell pipe without intermediate files.


texts: Will MacBok Pro Retina 15 inch late 2013 run one 4k 27" and one QHD 27" monitor?

texts:
Hi i already have one 4k 27" monitor and one 1080p 24" monitor hooked up to my Macbook.
I want to replace the 24" 1080p with a 27" 2k/QHD monitor.
Would that work? one 4k and one QHD hooked up to macbook pro retina late 2013?


texts: Prevent friend's iOS devices from interfering with Bluetooth

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I recently created an account for a friend to log into my Mac (macOS 10.14). In that account, they enabled iCloud and other typical options.

Since then, that person's iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) will periodically connect to the Mac using Bluetooth. It will appear in the Bluetooth menu in the Menu Bar. It will be bold, indicating it's connected.

When the device is connected, especially if the device is not close by but is for example in another room, it interferes with the Bluetooth devices I'm actively using, a mouse, keyboard, and Air Pods. Interference with the airpods is particularly annoying because it will garble the audio and sometimes cause the air pods to drop off. I suspect it may also be causing unnecessary battery drain on the devices.

Because the unauthorized device is connected, I can use the Bluetooth menu to Disconnect the device, at which point the interference stops, but then the device reconnects again, sometimes right away, sometimes minutes later.

The issue doesn't happen reliably. I can't recreate it. It seems the right confluence of factors needs to be happening for the device to connect and interfere with the communication. Because the issue only started after the update to Mojave and the enrollment of my friend's account, I suspect one of those factors is key, most likely the latter.

I've worked with Apple Support on this issue and we've first confirmed a few things:

the device is not present in the bluetooth devices (nor vice versa)
the device is not listed in the wifi settings
the device is not present in iTunes

We've also started a couple of troubleshooting steps:

Paired then unpaired the device
Run NVRAM reset

I've also confirmed:

Neither of the devices are listed in the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist except for in the DeviceCache section.

Interestingly, both devices appear by name many times in the DeviceCache, all with different Bluetooth addresses (93 times and 170 times).

I'm going to continue investigating, but if anyone has a clue how to proceed with troubleshooting this issue - how to prevent those devices from interfering with basic usage on the mac, I'm open to suggestions.

Follow up: Pairing and unpairing and NVRAM reset had no impact. It continues and pair silently.

Edit: My next troubleshooting step is to delete the Bluetooth preferences file (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist) and reboot. Doing so did unpair all devices, but did not correct the issue.

Edit: I did some other troubleshooting steps with Apple. They had me log in to the friend's account and delete the devices from Bluetooth. I forget exactly what we did, but it did not solve the issue.

I've since deleted the friend's account and rebooted the machine, but that also hasn't remedied the issue.


texts: How to check the VPN setting created by an app on an iOS device?

texts: Many VPN apps would create VPN profiles on the iOS device. Unlike VPN profiles create by the user, they cannot be edited, and therefore the user cannot see the setting of said profile. With a jailbroken device, is there a way to hunt down such profile and read the setting in file?


texts:
I want to write an Apple Script that converts me Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into PDFs. I started with a small version, but strange enough, already that very short stub fails:

on run arguments
    tell application "Finder"
        set fileAlias to POSIX file (first item of arguments) as alias

        tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
            open fileAlias
        end tell

    end tell
end run

The argument provided refers to a valid .pptx file. But when calling the script via

osascript path/to/script.scpt ~/path/to/file.pptx

PowerPoint 2016 opens, but shows an empty presentation instead of the presentation in file.pptx.

When I slightly change the script, it actually opens the file:

on run arguments
    tell application "Finder"
        set fileAlias to POSIX file (first item of arguments) as alias
        open fileAlias
    end tell
end run

Why is the file opened when the open command is not issued within the PowerPoint application block, and is not opened when issued within the block? Is it possibly a timing issue?


texts: In Macbook, what are Thunderbolt MAC addresses for, if ethernet adapters provide ones?

texts:
I think this answer and this one say that each ethernet adapter, such as USB-C-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, has its own MAC address. So, that means Macbook (Pro) doesn't have a built-in ethernet card.

But I'm curious, what are the Thunderbolt MAC addresses then? In my MBP 13" (2015), networksetup -listallhardwareports command shows ethernet (MAC) addresses of Thunderbolt 1 and Thunderbolt 2. Also, the result of ifconfig -a contains bridge0 which has a MAC address.

What are they for, if every ethernet adapter decides the MAC address? Can I just ignore them?

Thank you.


texts: My MBP will sometimes drop 4 of the 8G of RAM I have after recovering from sleep or a reboot.  One (or more) restarts later I'll have all 8G again.  Is this a memory stick going bad?  Could it be something worse?


texts: Can sudo's annoying message be removed from Mountain Lion 10.8.0?

texts:
After the upgrade to 10.8.0, whenever I do a sudo, I always get this message:

dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/sudo) is setuid or setgid

I have checked my .bash_profile, .zshrc all I could think of, and I don't see anything related to the DYLD_ environment.

After googling for hours, I tried to put these two lines in my .zshrc:

unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
unset DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

But the annoying message still appears.

I go to a guest account and did a sudo but didnt' get this message. So I guess I have some custom library installed... But I don't know how to debug this.


texts: How to turn off Find My iPad without Apple ID password or security questions?

texts: I have a previously school-owned iPad that I would like to restore but in order to do that I need to turn off 'Find my iPad.' I can't figure out my Apple ID password to do this and I can't reset it because it requires that I use my school email which no longer works and I can't answer the security questions correctly. Is there a way to turn off 'Find my iPad' without an Apple ID password or is there a way to reset my iPad without turning off 'Find my iPad?'


texts: I received an Ipad from my employer for work.  I also have a personal Ipad.  I set up 2 different apple ids, one for work and one for personal use.  I now want to return my work Ipad but tranfer the apps etc to my personal Ipad.  How do I do this?


texts: 'The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer' when connecting external hard drives

texts:
I have a Synology NAS that has failed and I won't be replacing it. It had two 4TB Western Digital Red hard drives. I've bought a dual hard drive disk reader on Amazon and inserted both hard drives  but my Mac shows this error (below)

I want to be able to retrieve our data as it has family pictures and a lot of other valuable data stored on it.

When I check both disks with the DriveDx application they pass all tests, however I still can't seem to mount them.


texts: Getting Automator file selection from multiple windows

texts:
I've created an automator action (service) which looks at two different files or folders and then performs an action based on their paths and filename.  The problem is, each pair of files/folders is in a different location.  I can open up two Finder windows and select the file or folder in each one, but when I then try to run the Automator action, it only passes the name of the file from the currently selected Finder window.

How can I make Automator run the action on files from different folders?

My automator has a single action, "Run Shell Script" with the following script:

for filepath in "$@"; do
  P4TH=`echo "$filepath" | rev | cut -d/ -f2- | rev`
  FILE=`echo "$filepath" | rev | cut -d/ -f1 | rev`
  echo "P4TH=$P4TH, FILE=$FILE" >> /Users/michael/debug.txt
done


texts:
I am working on my macbook pro (2012). I let a colleague borrow it for some work, and they did some weird things with it, but it looked ok when I shut it down yesterday. When I tried to boot it up this morning, it did not load my admin profile for me to log in to, but after about a minute a picture of a file folder with a question mark appeared and was blinking on the screen.
After rebooting it several times and then trying safe mode with the same results, I tried to start it in recovery mode with cmd-R (and eventually three other key combinations for recovery mode, but it would only start in internet recovery mode). I can’t use internet recovery right now because my only source of internet is on my phone hotspot, and it won’t even allow me to connect to my phone.
Please help.


texts: List of preinstalled Python packages in Yosemite?

texts: I have installed many python packages via sudo pip install and some of them have messed up the system by overwriting or updating preloaded python packages. Now I want to revert all the damage done and install my own packages only in a virtualenv. Is there any way I can obtain a list of python packages, preferably with their version, that comes with a clean Yosemite?


texts: iPhone cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items

texts:
I'm trying to clean up some space on my iPhone, for this I need to sync it with a new Mac.
The Mac doesn't have the files on the device, so sync will erase everything on the device.
So I want to backup first, and then sync.
But the backup complains there's not enough space (where? Mac has 55GB free).
Errrrr. Pretty stuck here!

This is the message I get from iTunes (12.3.0.44) when trying to manually backup my iPhone 4S (iOS 8.1.2)
to my Mac (Mac Book Pro Yosemite 10.10.5).

This is what happened until now:

Last sync was on another computer (old Windows laptop), this is the
first time trying to backup/sync on this Mac
iPhone is full (I want
to backup the data and then to cleanup)
Mac has 55GB free space
Backup wouldn't start, reported not enough space (a different
message!) to sync
Cleaned the lockdown folder as suggested by Apple
Backup had started but reported an error about a "session could not
be started"
Restarted the device while connected to Mac (as
suggested on some forum)
Backup had started but reported this
message ("iPhone XXX cannot be synced because there is not enough
free space to hold all of the selected items.")

Any ideas?

EDIT 2017: I no longer use this phone, eventually I didn't find a solution.


texts: Does my sound card support hardware volume control?

texts:
I would like to check whether one of my sound cards supports hardware volume control, and whether MacOSX has detected it. Under linux I would use:

cat /proc/asound/Audio/usbmixer

And I would get a response like:

USB Mixer: usb_id=0x262a10e1, ctrlif=1, ctlerr=0
Card: HiFimeDIY Audio SA9023 USB Audio at usb-musb-hdrc.1.auto-1, full speed
  Unit: 9
    Control: name="PCM Playback Volume", index=0
    Info: id=9, control=2, cmask=0x3, channels=2, type="S16"
    Volume: min=-14080, max=0, dBmin=-5500, dBmax=0
  Unit: 9
    Control: name="PCM Playback Switch", index=0
    Info: id=9, control=1, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="INV_BOOLEAN"
    Volume: min=0, max=1, dBmin=0, dBmax=0

That shows I do have a hardware playback volume. Is there an equivalent command in OS X? I tried using system_profiler command, but it returns more than 50,000 lines of response with tens of entries related to my sound card, and I don't exactly know what keyword I have to look for.


texts: Does a .DS_Store file contain view settings for its own folder, or does it describe the view(s) of the sub folder(s) contained in its own folder?

texts:
I'm having major issues figuring out how to get my arrange/sort settings to "stick" for my Finder windows—both in Lion, and now in Mountain Lion too (with a completely fresh system).

I created an AppleScript app that sets the size and other view settings for the front Finder window—and I've added it to my Finder toolbar, which makes for a convenient and consistent sizing/positioning of any window with a single click.

The arranging/sorting thing still perplexes me, unfortunately.  I understand the concepts 100% ("arranging" is like a first-level grouping, and "sorting" is second-level sort, applied within each grouping).  What I don't understand is how the heck to get my settings to stick on a per folder basis.  Too often, I'll open my Library folder (for example), only to find that it's no longer arranged and sorted the way I set it up the last time it was open.  The need for constant resorting is so aggravating, and it's made even worse by the lack of available documentation for such a basic function of the most-used app in all of OS X.

I'd love to learn what I'm missing.  In the meantime, I've decided to try to side-step the problem a bit by locking the .DS_Store files for the folders in question so they always maintain the settings I desire.

My question(s):

Does a .DS_Store file in Directory contain the settings for Directory_A, —or— does it contain the settings for the directories within Directory_A's sub-directories (e.g., Directory_B, Directory_C etc.)?  If it's the latter, then I have an additional question: can settings be read/applied recursively down through the directory structure (i.e., can I set up a parent folder the way I want, lock that .DS_Store file, delete all the .DS_Store files from all the directories inside, and then prevent the creation of .DS_Store files from that point forward—thereby ensuring that any folder's view settings will always be derived from that "Master" parent folder?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-J


texts: Having video issue, not sure how to describe it

texts:
I have a mid-2009 Mac Pro with dual video cards.  About a year ago I started noticing an odd video artifact on one of my monitors.  I'd be scrolling something vertically and part of it would freeze, then catch up with the rest.  I'm now seeing it happen horizontally as well, while watching a video.  In each case it seems to be isolated to one area of the screen, though I'm not sure of that.

What could be causing this, and/or what are the right keywords to research it online?  Searching for video and split was not helpful at all. :)


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I have all my pictures locally stored on my Macbook in a folder called Pictures. I use the Photos.app to search and filter my pictures.

I don't use CLoud or anything else so disabled 'Copy pictures to picture library'. Then I imported all the pictures into Photos.app.

Now when I have new pictures I copy them into my Pictures folder but Photos.app does not add those new pictures. I have to import them every time manually.

Whats the best way to get new pictures automatically into photos.app?


texts: How do you prevent a process from automatically restarting? (specifically, sophos antivirus)

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I am required by my VPN software to have Sophos anti-virus installed and running.  However, when I'm NOT on VPN, I don't want it running at all - I want it dead.

However, killing the tasks is ineffective:

ps -ax | grep -i soph
40972 ??         0:07.34 /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/SophosAutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/SophosAutoUpdate -d
41069 ??        28:08.48 /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/InterCheck.app/Contents/MacOS/InterCheck -d
41078 ??         0:02.42 /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/SophosAntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/SophosAntiVirus -d
$ sudo kill 40972 41069 41078 41084
$ ps -ax | grep -i soph
44344 ??         0:00.03 /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/SophosAutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/SophosAutoUpdate -d
44345 ??         0:00.02 /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/SophosAntiVirus.app/Contents/MacOS/SophosAntiVirus -d
44347 ??         0:03.03 /Library/Sophos Anti-Virus/InterCheck.app/Contents/MacOS/InterCheck -d

It just automatically restarts.  What do I need to do to prevent that?


texts: What software alternatives support streaming via AirPlay?

texts:
The Apple TV arrived! I'm slightly bummed that I can only stream from iTunes, and therefore only use formats that iTunes supports. I haven't found a single other video player that supports AirPlay, though to be fair, AirPlay has only really been around since the new Apple TVs started arriving.

What other software supports streaming audio and video to AirPlay devices? If none, is AirPlay one of those closed Apple standards or have other projects pledged to support it?


texts: Enable Parental Controls but allow Google Drive and game playing

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I am administering the laptops of 2 of a friends's boys (13 and 15, so ...). I have put Parental Controls in place but this is playing havoc with Google Drive and Steam, possibly also Minecraft but not sure yet.

I have no answer for Google Drive at present, it can browse folders OK but on opening a doc the contents can be seen briefly then Safari crashes. Odd bits of voodoo I found to add exceptions to the web filtering do not seem to make any difference. Steam seems to have an unpublished set of IP addresses it contacts and whitelisting here seems like a hopeless task. So rather than trying to fight it I was going to circumvent the whole thing.

My proposal is to create a gamer account on each boy's machine. This has parental control enabled but is set up to allow access to all websites but restricts the user to run Steam, Minecraft (and any other parentally approved games) only. One advantage is that time limits can be set on the gamer account while leaving the main account free for homework.

Does this seem viable? Any answers for Google Drive?


texts: Where are USB serial drivers installed on the Mac? How can I check which drivers are installed, and how do I remove a driver?


texts: Is there a way to disable passwords for free apps on iPhone 4?

texts:
Under Settings > iTunes & App Store there is no Password Settings option for me on my newly activated iPhone 4. From reading this article, it seems this might be a bug and that I have to turn off Touch ID to access this setting. But iPhone 4 has no touch id. The hardware isn't there, nor is the software.

How can I turn off password prompting for free apps? Is there any way?


texts: MacBook Pro (Late2011) fails to boot and repair HDD volume:

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I have a MacBookPro ("late 2011"/ MD313LL/A) (i5, 4GB, 500 GB Toshiba HDD) with MacOSX 10.9.x on it.
The MacBook won't boot. In verbose mode I see the following information:

During boot, after mounting the drive fsck_hfs is being started, and it states "Incorrect number of thread records (4,23121)". Then the machine enters a repair, checking, failing loop that doesn't end successfully. It aborts after 3 or 4 attempts and machine is shut down.

(I have also started recovery mode and ran the Disk Check Utility from there but same result, Volume could not be repaired.

I booted a Linux live system and checked the HDD with a tool that read S.M.A.R.T. data. According to this, there is no issue with the drive at all.

What does Incorrect number of thread records (4,23121) mean?

Any ideas what to do will be appreciated.


texts: My external monitor goes grayscale on the non moving parts of the screen (mid-2014 Macbook Pro Retina)

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I have a mid-2014 Macbook Pro Retina 15". I also bought a 27" Acer K272HUL and I've connected the 2nd monitor to my Macbook via HDMI.

So now I have 2 screens, my 15" and my "27". I usually play videos and streams on my larger 27" and periodically the stream is in color and the rest of the screen is in shades of gray. More specifically my external monitor goes grayscale on the non moving parts of the screen.

Is that normal?


texts: How to remove wireless network utility icon from the menu bar?

texts:
I installed the driver of TP-Link's wireless network adaptor, and it ships with a wireless network utility which shows an icon on the menubar.

It is invalid to click or drag this icon, and I even can't find any switches to turn it off.

It looks like this:


texts: Will my files be deleted if I update OS X?

texts: I have version 10.6.8 now but it says that its too old when I try to buy some apps..


texts: App Store download progress doesn't go away after successful download

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Even after I successfully download any apps from App Store, the progress of that download doesn't go away from dock.

How can I fix it?

The problem is on macOS High Sierra, 10.13.4.


texts: How to trace what is re-entering jet.com super-cookie?

texts:
In Safari (Version 10.1.1 (10603.2.5)) on OS X Yosemite, in the Preferences... -> Privacy [Manage Website Data...] I have an entry:

jet.com
Databses

If I delete this entry, it disappears, and returns in two seconds or less, even with no other windows open, certainly none open to jet.com, and even with Cookies and website data set to Always Block. Any ideas how to trace what is re-entering this super-cookie?


texts: Keyboard viewer in macOS Mojave dark mode

texts:
I upgraded to macOS Mojave and switched to dark mode.

I use Accessibility Keyboard. I am wondering if the keys on it are supposed to look like this in Light mode.


texts: How can I change the text colour and font of the username and password in Lion login

texts: I would like to change the text you type your username and password in with on the Lion login screen. I have a Command and conquer login screen and I would like to change the colour of the username and password Green and change the font. Is this Possible and how would i do it ?


texts: Script / Automator for conversion of Apple Works docs to .odt docs

texts:
With about 2500 AppleWorks docs, dating back to 1995, which I cannot open in the newly purchased Apple Pages ( but with LibreOffice), I need a script or some other automation to do it. (Most of the AW docs are textdocs, some are spreadsheets, those LibreOffice cannot open yet).

So I need some (shell?) Script / Automator assistence.

Something like this:

-> go to folder XY (this can be done manually)

-> find next Apple Works doc > open it with LibreOffice > save it as .odt in some folder > open next one…

/
Wouldn’t it be nice to let the computer do the work?!

with best regards,
Omar K N
Stockholm, Sweden


texts: Prevent services from prompting for imported keychain password on login

texts:
I have a new Macbook, I exported my old Keychain and added it to my new account. I have a couple of these keychains that I've brought with me to each new machine over the years.

When I login, it asks me several times for the password to these keychains, how do I prevent this?

Note these keychains are not my login keychain.


texts:
I have tried to copy an ISO file to a USB drive. I am unable to do it with Disk Utility. How can I copy the ISO file to a USB drive?

But I get the below. I have enough space in the 16GB USB drive for the 2GB ISO file. What am I doing wrong?

Debugging

Bmike commented "You can isolate the scanning of the image from the restoring to see if the problem lies with the image or the copy. Images -> Scan Image for Restore... from the menu of Disk Utility." but the procedure fires the error below. What does it mean?


texts: what is the proper bootcamp software for windows 10 on macbook pro early 2011

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when i install bootcamp drivers on double booted windows 10 on my macbook pro early 2011, after restrating blue Screen appears and windows won't load.
i think it's because of bootcamp software version(5.0.5033)
so what is the proper bootcamp software ?


texts: Can't add custom keyboard layout in System preferences

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I've created the custom keyboard layout using Ukelele and save an obtained bundle to /Library/Keyboard Layouts folder.

Unfortunately, when I try to add any new layout in System Preferences app (having something in "Keyboard Layouts" folder), it just crashes. Has anyone encountered this issue?

P.S. macOS 10.13.6


texts: iMac and HDMI display - not turning off properly

texts: I'm using iMac on my work and when i said to my boss that i need 2nd display for work he ordered it and it arrived. Philips Gioco 27" But that display has only VGA and HDMI ports, no DVI. So we bought adapter Mini Display Port to HDMI and connected 2nd monitor to my iMac. Everything seems working fine but when i turn off 2nd display (by pressing power button on it)my mac still thinks that display is turned on and not collapsing desktop area. When i turn 2nd display on it blinks (like normal with 2nd display). Is there a way how to make desktop area collapse when turning off 2nd display?


texts: Windows are slightly "transparent" in such a way I can see underlying windows show through slightly to the current window

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I don't know how to explain it too well. Here are some places I see this happen:
On the Minecraft main menu, I can see through to the desktop,
While watching a youtube video (in full screen) I can see remnants of the previous page,
etc.

How the heck do I fix this? It is really bugging me.

EDIT: It appears to be because of the hardware, since this also happens under Ubuntu.


texts: How can I swap the Cmd + Option keys on my external keyboard when using Ulysses for iPad?

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I have an external Bluetooth keyboard, the Filco Majestouch MINILA Air.

I'd like to use it to write documents in Ulysses on my iPad Pro, but it's confusing because the Option and Cmd keys are in the wrong position. They need to be swapped.

I haven't been able to find a global iPad setting which can do this even though there does seem to be a lot of options for accessibility.

The keyboard has dipswitches for swapping all sorts of things, but they didn't include one for this pretty obvious need!

The app I use for ssh, Blink, allows for remapping of all the special keys, but I couldn't find anything in Ulysses for this.

tl;dr is there a way to swap Cmd and Option on iPadOS generally or even just in Ulysses?


texts: I can't install “lockfile-progs” which is necessary for “log check” by HOMEBREW on YOSEMITE

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I have upgraded my Mac OS X to 10.10, Yosemite, but things go wrong. For other commands, I've succeeded to re-build those programs.

However logcheck, which is installed by homebrew can't work well since the lockfile-progs is a prerequisite. The error message is:

fatal: lockfile-progs is a prerequisite for logcheck, and was not found.

But I can't find the way to install the lockfile-progs to Yosemite. Is there any advice for this situation?


texts: I'm looking for a file manager application which helps to organize a large amount of movies, pictures, music, text documents, databases, audio-books and ebooks. Right now I only use the Finder which doesn't work well, because I really need a function to put single files into multiple categories. Simply using the file system for this creates a confusing nesting of files.


texts: How to delete cookies for a specific site on iOS Chrome

texts:
"How to delete cookies for a specific site" is a good question but seems to be about Chrome on a computer rather than on iOS.

This question seems to be just about iOS Safari (rather than Chrome).

(And this forum doesn't seem to have an answer yet.)

I found a note from myself (dated more than 1 year ago) saying that this bookmarklet from http://ostermiller.org/bookmarklets/cookies.html should work, but I haven't been able to get it to work on iOS Chrome today and don't know what my note was referring to.

Any suggestions for how I can clear cookies on iOS Chrome for one particular domain (rather than erasing all cookies)?


texts: 2019 MBP 16" 2.3Ghz i9 severe thermal throttling (Catalina 10.15.5)

texts:
Brief Summary
2019 MBP 16" 2.3Ghz i9 shows severe thermal throttling

CPU Frequency hovers around 1.9-2.0 Ghz
Power draw doesn't exceed 30W
Max Temperature only 76ish degrees Celcius
Exporting a 5min clip on Adobe Premiere Pro which slams all 8 cores

I've attached screenshots below showing just how much the new MBP 16" i9 throttles.  I haven't really had a problem with it until recently... but there are 2 variables:
What's Changed?

Catalina upgrade to 10.15.5 recently
Applecare service replaced the logic board

Questions

Is it likely that the replacement logic board is not up to snuff?
I haven't heard any complaints online (reddit, stack exchange, apple support) of thermal throttling lately.  How does one test abnormal throttling?

Screenshots

terminal output after running pmset -g thermlog
intel power gadget showing the aforementioned stats holding steady despite high CPU Utilization.


texts: Home - Switch appears on my Login screen

texts:
I need to know what to do because I was looking at accessibility settings today and now the log in screen has this on it:

Is this called a prompt? I was trying to learn the VO modifier commands and I was looking at Trackpad commander. I'm not sure what to do about this, or what has happened here.

How do I remove it?


texts: How to call a phone number on a picture?

texts:
How to call a number on a picture without typing it over by hand into the phone app (because it is faster and more convenient that way)?

Like:

phone number on a piece of paper I hold in my hand (like a business card)
on a bill board
on a photo stored on my device

For information, I found the following apps that do or promise the sought functionality:

VisuCaller (payable)
Camera Dialer (not available any more?)


texts: Respringing after updating Mobile Substrate in Cydia bricked my phone?

texts:
I currently own an iPhone 4S running 6.1.3. I jailbroke it a week or so ago after being forced off of 6.1.2 in July. This isn't my first time jailbreaking, and I am pretty computer savvy, so don't be afraid to get technical.

My issue first started when I had five new updates in Cydia for some of my packages. I distinctly remember Mobile Substrate, Pdanet, iCaughtU, and then there were two others I can't recall now.

When I first started, the download seemed to get stuck and after a few attempts of canceling and restarting the download, I finally got them to update. I was greeted with the Tap to Respring button as always and I proceeded with respringing.

Immediately once my phone comes back on, I am greeted with the iOS 6 Welcome Screen. It asks me to choose a WiFi network, and then it starts to activate my phone.

Every time, without fail, my iPhone gives me the following message:

Could Not Activate iPhone

Your iPhone could not be activated
because the activation server is
temporarily offline. Try connecting
your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try
again in a couple of minutes.

If the problem persists, contact Apple
Support at apple.com/support

Obviously, I can't walk into an Apple Store without them turning me away once they find out I'm jailbroken.

The most confusing part is whenever I plug my iPhone into my iMac, the computer fails to recognize it in any form or shape. It's not even charging the device, let alone acknowledging it in iTunes.

Right now, I'm extremely afraid that I've been locked out of activating my phone because I'm jailbroken. I don't know what to do, and my LAST RESORT is to do any kind of force-resetting that would require me to update to iOS 7.

iOS 7 eats my battery life and would essentially require me to get a new phone with how I use my device, so I consider any kind of restore an absolute LAST RESORT.

Hopefully it's an easier issue to solve than that.

If any more information is required, I will happily provide.

Edit #1

I tried seeing if I could rerun the process from p0sixspwn, but as soon as I open v1.0.7 of the app (freshly downloaded one hour ago), it tells me the attached device is unsupported, even when there's nothing there?


texts: USB disks not properly ejecting on sleep

texts:
My Late 2012 iMac, used to have a spinning disk. Last week I took courage and replaced that vintage disk with an SSD.

Now, every time the computer sleeps, it unmount all USB disks without properly ejecting.

I guess the problem is appearing now because the computer is sleeping fast with this internal SSD disk. I am trying to run a daemon that can detect the computer going to sleep and eject all disks before that.

I have tried to install the SleepWatcher without success.

Any idea?


texts: Brand new hard drive encryption taking too long on time machine

texts: I have a brand new hard drive with nothing on it. I also bought a brand new external hard drive to use with my MacBook Pro. I'm in the process of backing up to time machine and the encryption is taking forever. Why is it taking so long when there's nothing on my hard drive?


texts:
I have a new Apple Keyboard, up until recently pressing the F4 key used to activate Launchpad (Fn keys are set to do as the image on them) but mow it does nothing. I tried the keyboard with another mac and it worked as expected (pressing the F4 activated launchpad). How do I reset the settings on my mac so the F4 key works as I want it to?

PS. I tried going to System Prefs->Keyboard-> reset defaults with no luck.


texts:
How can I force OSX Lion to boot into 32bit mode without having to hold 3 + 2 down on boot?

I have to use the Cisco VPN Client to connect back into work and since upgrading it no longer works on 64bit. Cisco have dropped support for the client as well.


texts: No matter what I try, it always goes into recovery mode (Connect to iTunes screen) after restoring the device. The progress bar under the Apple logo becomes full, the device reboots, then it goes back into recovery mode. Same issue when trying DFU restore. I've tried Finder on macOS Big Sur, iTunes on Mavericks, iTunes on Windows, and 3uTools. No dice.


texts: I have three Macs I want to upgrade to Mavericks.  Is there a way of re-using the install files, so I don't have to do three separate 5gb downloads?


texts: El Capitan Finder shows 10 GB more disk space

texts:
I'm running 10.11.2 on a MBP 15". Since a few weeks ago I am observing a strange phenomenon: all disks show roughly 10GB more free space than they really have.

E.g. I plug a USB drive in that has 32 GB. Finder shows me 42 GB.

Other example: Finder shows that I have 11GB free. I pull a 2 GB file to the Finder and get the message: not enough disk space.

What could be the reason?


texts:
I was given a Boxanne bluetooth speaker as a present and have been trying to pair it with my Mac but have so far been unable to.

I just get a message saying:

  Couldn't connect to the device

Is there another way to do this? I'm running 10.12.6 Sierra.


texts: I often shoot a photo with my phone and then want to see it on my Macbook Pro. Sometimes the iPhone is actually supplying the Net connection for the MBP, so I cannot use AirDrop! What's the easiest way to get a single photo from my phone to my Mac without sending a message to someone?


texts: Google sync with iPhone causing incorrect dates on phone

texts:
If I add a event in Google Calendar the time comes out wrong on the iPhone.

When I add an event on the iPhone the time on Google Calendar comes out wrong but the date is right?

Anyone got any ideas?


texts:
How exactly does iPhone's Compass app work? Is there some kind of chip sensitive to Earth's magnetic field or does it deduce the device's orientation from GPS and other location data? Or a combination of both?

If there are differences among different models of iPhone, of course I'd be interested in learning them. Is the iPhone 7 different in this regard?


texts: How to delete system file in Mac OS Catalina 10.15.3?

texts: Can't use sudo command in Terminal for destroy some unused system files. How can I do this? Who have a working answer for this?


texts: Is there a way to configure the Magic Trackpad with tap-to-click without having tap-to-click on the built-in trackpad of a MacBook Air?


texts: Can we still set a "highlighting mode" in Preview on the Mac (for PDF documents)?

texts:
I remember in the past, we can double click the "highlighting icon" and make it a highlighting mode, so whatever we select in the PDF document, it'd be highlighted permanently. Select something again, and it is again highlighted permanently.  (highlighted as if it is marked by a highlighter).

But now in Mojave, it doesn't seem to have this mode? We have to select something and move the mouse to click that highlighting icon, and select some text, and move the mouse to click that highlighting icon again?


texts: Is it possible to change an adult account to a child one?

texts:
My son's Apple ID has his birthday entered, cough accidentally cough, incorrectly, so it appears that he is 28, when he's actually <13 (it was created when <13 accounts weren't possible).

With iCloud Family Sharing, this is problematic.  I'd really like to use this, but an adult gets to purchase items without asking permission, so he needs to be a child first.

Attempting to change his birthday in the security settings in desktop Safari gives a "this cannot be changed at this time" error, and attempting to do so in the Settings app in iOS gives a "permission from a parent or guardian is required to create an Apple ID for a child of a young age" error.

Is there any way that I can correct the year of his birth?  (It would be nice to not have to create an entirely new Apple ID).


texts: Can I use outlook web access with mail app on iphone 4?

texts:
My company runs an exchange server which also provides outlook web access.
The thing is that I cannot connect using activesync from the iphone because the exchange server is only reachable through a VPN. But OWA is not, so I can use it with safari.

Is there any way to configure the mail app to connect using OWA instead of activesync/exchange somehow?


texts:
I guess it has been asked a couple of timed before in various settings, so I am going to make it more general.
There are some shitty applications ( like "Android File Transfer" for example ) which are stealing the focus / bring themselves to the front, whenever they are programmed to assume it's neccessary, even if a notification would do and especially since notifications can be muted.
That is extremely annoying, especially when you are in a very concentrated state.
Is there any way to turn this off system wide? ( I am still on High Sierra, but the question is also for other OS-iterations. )

Thanks a lot for all tips!


texts: Google Drive won't start, odd 'Butt' menu bar icon

texts:
I just reinstalled OS X (10.11) and am now unable to get Drive working.

When I start the application, a menu icon () appears, which seems to be the word 'Button' clipped short to fit, but I can only see the first three and a half letters, so it may be something else.

Then.. nothing. Nothing more happens. Completely repeatable, I've killed it and tried again, rebooted, shut down and turned on, deleted the folder in ~/Library/Application Support/, nothing.

It was fine on this machine (2013 MBA) with 10.11 prior to disk wipe and reinstall.

Any suggestions?

Months later, this is still an issue. My only workaround is to launch it via:

sudo /Applications/Google\ Drive.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Drive

then it's fine!

But it doesn't seem to be a permissions issue. I've reinstalled Drive countless times; I've wiped my disk and reinstalled both OS X and Drive too. I also tried disabling SIP. Nothing.

I contacted Google support when I first had this issue, after hours of being told to do what I told them I'd already tried they watched my screen as I did it again, but unfortunately had nothing to suggest. I've been waiting 5 months and occasionally following up on the promise of "a specialist" getting back to me, nothing yet. (Spiel about the jeopardy of my subscription package goes here.)

Extremely grateful for any suggestions - I don't really want to be running it with sudo.


texts: Pass keyboard input to cli after exiting vim

texts:
Some irritating thing when doing git commit - what I'd like to type (really fast :))

git commit -a --amend :wq<CR> git push -f

My problem is that after :wq<CR> I have to wait until vim exits... And as I have a big vimrc - it takes some time... I know, I'm spoiled...

I'm pretty sure there is a flag to git commit that will not open vim at all, but I'd prefer a more generic vim solution that will make vim not eat my input...


texts: Allow apps writing to iOS Health - duplicate records?

texts:
If I allow an application to write data to iOS Health, e.g. a number of steps; would it corrupt the existing tracking made by the phone itself? In other words:

iphone is tracking the number of steps and writes data to iOS Health
app is tracking the number of steps and writes data to iOS Health

Would that double the value of the steps counter? What's the purpose of allowing apps to write the same data as iPhone is already tracking?


texts: How do I change Software Update server to official one on OS X Lion (or later)?

texts:
I recently bought a new macbook pro with Lion, had some problems and had it checked by Apple people. It was returned to me but the software update server seems to have been changed and will not update. How can I change to the official one? I would like to avoid the 2 hour drive.
Thanks!!


texts: Purchasing rMBP now - will come loaded with Mountain Lion?

texts:
I wanted to purchase the new rMBP, but I was waiting for Mountain Lion to be released so that Mountain Lion comes already loaded on my computer.

Now, I am going away to college on August 16th, so really, I'd want to be able to have my computer by the time I head off to college and as of now, Apple Store's website says 3 - 4 weeks (I need to order it online because I want to upgrade my RAM from 8 GB to 16 GB).

So what do you guys think? If I order it now, by the time it comes in 3 - 4 weeks, it will be pre-loaded with Mountain Lion?  Or is that a risk depending on when Mountain Lion is released vs. my computer shipped?  Or is waiting for Mountain Lion a silly thing to do as the update will be seemless/not a big deal at all and if I don't order it within the next week, I am risking not getting my Computer in time?


texts: How can I not have Command Line Tools installed, yet still have it?

texts:
$ type git
git is hashed (/usr/bin/git)
$ /usr/bin/git --version
git version 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128)
$ pkgutil --pkgs | grep ^com.apple
com.apple.update.fullbundleupdate.19H2
com.apple.pkg.update.os.10.15.7Supplemental.19H15
com.apple.pkg.EmbeddedOSFirmware
com.apple.update.fullbundleupdate.19H15
com.apple.update.fullbundleupdate.19G2021
com.apple.pkg.update.os.10.15.7.19H2
com.apple.pkg.SecureBoot
com.apple.pkg.update.os.SecUpd2020-001Catalina.19H114
com.apple.pkg.update.os.10.15.6Supplemental.19G2021
com.apple.pkg.Core
com.apple.update.fullbundleupdate.19H114
com.apple.pkg.XProtectPlistConfigData_10_15.16U4147
com.apple.files.data-template
com.apple.pkg.XProtectPlistConfigData_10_15.16U4145
com.apple.pkg.MRTConfigData_10_15.16U4142
com.apple.pkg.MRTConfigData_10_15.16U4146
com.apple.pkg.IncompatibleAppList.10_15.16U1923
com.apple.pkg.Pages10
com.apple.pkg.iMovie_AppStore
com.apple.pkg.Keynote10
com.apple.pkg.Numbers10
$ ls /Applications/Xcode.app
ls: /Applications/Xcode.app: No such file or directory

As you can see, I have neither the Command Line Tools, nor Xcode installed, yet I still have Command Line Tools. How is this possible? Is there something that I'm missing?


texts: So I have an iPhone 4s and it has the new updates, but the apps stopped working. When I clicked on the app it flashed on the screen but then went back to home screen. I deleted the apps and tried to download them again but when I click the download button it goes to the square in a circle for one or two seconds then goes back to the download logo. I don't want to reset my phone but I don't know what to do. Other than that, my phone is perfect and it's not slow and never freezes.


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In Photos, I can press the 'Places' button and see a map with all my photos.
How do I get the map to show the photos of only one album?


texts: OS X - Create a personal bin directory (~/bin) and run scripts without specifying their full path

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So, what I am trying to do is to create a personal bin directory at my home folder. I created the following folder:

/Users/thi/bin

I put my scripts in this folder, but if I type in the Terminal:

myScript

It doesn't run.

I was told I have to export this bin path, something related to echo $PATH, but I don't know how to do it.


texts: Can I use Apple's San Francisco font (and other fonts) in my own text editor?

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Can I use Apple's fonts in my Atom text editor. This seems to suggest I can't. Can anyone confirm this?
I know, of course, Apple has no way of finding out if I do. I just don't want to use it if I'm not allowed to.


texts: When installing command line tools using Terminal, I am getting "Software currently unavailable from Software Update server" error

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I have downloaded Xcode on my Mac running macOS Mojave and trying to install the command line tools using the following command:

xcode-select --install

But it is giving me the following error:

Why am I getting this error and how do I overcome this?


texts: Login Screen Not Appearing on External Monitor in Clamshell Mode

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When in clamshell mode, locked, and with display asleep, I expect to be able to wake the display and see the login screen on my external monitor by moving the mouse or typing. Instead, the screen stays dark while I enter my password and hit enter--and for many seconds after that if and only if I successfully login. This is not the end of the world, but without feedback I can spend a minute before I figure out the computer is actually off, or that I've been typing my password into an email I was working on before I stepped away since the display can sleep before locking me out.

I think this is happening because my Mac--even in clamshell mode--is not sending the login screen to the external monitor. Does anyone know a way to ensure the login screen appears on the external monitor? I would think I would do that by mirroring in the arrangement tab of the display preferences, but it's not available to me in clamshell mode.

My question is similar to this one, but there are a few differences, e.g., I'm running El Capitan:
Change main desktop to external screen after sleep mode

rMBP, El Capitan, Acer B326HK


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I can find this here but I cannot find it in iPad. How can I use Google Voice in iPad?

  Perhaps related

  Can the iPad 2 be used for everyday telephony?
  Is the 3G network used by the iPad the same as the 4G network used by the iPhone?


texts: Recovering a Password on FileVault2 Encrypted Mac

texts: I changed my admin (login) password on my Macbook Air and subsequently forgot it. The disk is encrypted using FileVault 2. And the resetpassword command in the terminal did not show any disks available to reset the password. Futhermore, the fdesetup command is not found when did a simple 'man fdesetup' command in the terminal. I remember all but the last 3 or 4 characters of the password. A brute force solution might not take too long. But I prefer not to go down this route if this can be solved another way. I also strongly prefer to solve this without going to the Genius Bar. Anyone know how to gain re-entry?


texts: How to use an array as a condition in a COUNTIFS or SUMIFS formula

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This question could be tricky to follow so I'll split it out with examples

Given I have this table of overpriced fruits;

Item          Price
Apple         £0.80
Peach         £1
Pear          £1
Apple         £1.20
Banana        £1
Orange        £1
Orange        £1
Apple         £4

I then have another table using the COUNTIFS and SUMIFS formula;

My Item       Count     Total Price
Apple         3         £6
Peach         1         £1
Pear          1         £1
Banana        1         £1
Orange        2         £2

The formula used in the second table are;

Count: COUNTIFS(Item,"*" & A2  & "*")
Total Price: ABS(SUMIFS(FirstTable::Price,Item,"*" & A2  & "*"))

where "Item" references the first table (A2:A9), "Price" (B2:B9) and "A2" references that particular row in the second table (A2:A5).

As you can see, the Count simply counts up the number of times "Apple" appears in the table. In my use (not delicious fruits), I do a wildcard search before and after the string, so in this example "Pineapple" would be counted in with "Apple". The Total Price calculates the total "Price" of fruits where the "Item" name contains the string in A2 (again with wildcard).

However, the first table is no longer a list of fruits, imagine it is thousands of items bought from a  shop. So amongst all the fruit names are vegetables, meat and other foods.

Is there a way to use an array where we have previously used "A2"?

So now we have a table called config which is as follows;

Fruits        Veg           Meat
Apple         Pepper        Pork
Peach         Carrot        Beef
Pear          Onion         Chicken
Orange        Mushroom      Fish

So now our new table, rather than summing up each individual fruit will be;

My Item       Count     Total Price
Fruit         7         £10
Veg           0         £0
Meat          0         £0

So the formula for COUNTIFS would be something like (in pseudo) COUNTIFS(Item,"*" & array of config::Fruits & "*").

I am aware that you could list each test-values and conditions, but that is not very maintainable when new items are added. Additionally having separate tables for fruits, veg and meat is not a perfect solution either because I would also like to add a column for 'other', where it can sum up all items which have not already been accounted for in either of fruits, veg or meats.

So basically I wish that a user can add "Banana" to the config table (which was purposefully left out), and the summary table will update fruits to show a count of 8 and a Total Price of £11...without having to amend any of the formula. Hopefully that all makes sense and I appreciate any comments or help - I am not even sure there is an ideal solution.


texts: iPad 10 locked up trying to open HTML file from dropbox

texts: My iPad 10 on iOS 12.0.1 locked up when opening an html file from Dropbox. Flashing sign: “Leaving Dropbox This file is trying to open another app.  CANCEL CONTINUE.” Cancel or continue buttons are not functioning. I can’t clear this. I’ve tried tapping, closing and rebooting both Dropbox and the iPad but none of them clears this error.  I also tried to update the iOS software.


texts: Windows File Sharing for Local Network Directory accounts in macOS Mojave

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I'm struggling with how directory services and local Mac accounts interact. I'm hoping to not have to specifically assign the 'Windows File Sharing' option to each user individually or Network Directory group access.

Is it possible to share files to Windows clients who have a Local Network Directory (Open Directory) account in macOS Mojave?


texts: Why cannot I see any browsers in system preferences?

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Already filed a bug in Apple's bug reporter, ID is 25949722

What I want to do is to set Canary as default browser, but when I opened system preferences, I cannot see any browsers listed.

What's wrong with my Mac (OS X 10.11.4 - El Capitan)?