texts: iPad Contacts app incorrectly formats telephone numbers

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Some time ago my iPad Contacts app has begun an odd behaviour of incorrectly formatting American telephone numbers. Instead of displaying "(415)-123-1234", for example, it displays "41 5123 1234". Even when I create a new contact on the iPad, the telephone number is forced into the same odd spacing pattern.

I've checked all of the international settings I can find. I am set up for American telephone numbers, both on the iPad (General > International > Region Format) and on my Mac (System Preferences > Language & Text > Formats). On my Mac, the Address Book displays numbers with the correct formatting, and when I log into iCloud directly the numbers are also displayed correctly. Since the iPad syncs with iCloud, I'm surprised that the formatting isn't carrying over.

I do spend a lot of time in England, so I have quite a few telephone numbers in the British format as well as lots in the American format. I don't recall having ever set the device to British standards, though, and manually entering the correct spacing and punctuation seems to have worked until recently.

I've taken the iPad to the Apple Store and wasn't able to get a very helpful answer (though I haven't yet made a specific appointment for this at the Genius Bar). It's a fairly minor annoyance, but I thought I'd post the question on the off chance that someone can see an answer that I've not thought of myself.


texts: WhatsApp Messages Missing after Reinstall

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I uninstalled and reinstalled WhatsApp on my iPhone 6S Plus.
It appears as if my iCloud backups have not been working for the past month (even though it was set to back up the messages weekly), so I am missing messages from pretty much the entire month of November (some of which were pretty important).
I would imagine that I am out of luck regarding those messages, but I was wondering if there is still a way to recover them?


texts: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 empty trash sound playing repeatedly

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I am trying to figure out how to convert a piece of sheet music to XML file for a student. I heard about Pizzicato app for macOS. I downloaded it, and then attempted to use it (couldn't figure it out). When I closed Pizzicato app, (it was using Terminal.app) and then deleted it, it kept making the trash can sound over and over again.

Did I mess something up by not following a procedure correctly? I don't know anything about Unix/macOS, other than it's reference in Jurassic Park ;) This is a brand new MacBook and I'm nervous something's awry. I restarted it right after it started making the sound and it did it well, and it feels like all the programs are running OK.

Should I take it in to have someone look at it?


texts: What is the name of the iOS browser app that automatically navigates to the URL that is on the clipboard upon launch?

texts: There is an iOS browser app that will automatically navigate to a URL upon app launch if there is a URL on the clipboard but I cannot remember the app. Does anyone know?


texts: I note that on the loudest volume, the sound from my iPhone to 3.5mm stereo jack is distorted. Above what volume is sound distorted/compressed?


texts: How do I fix Siri's pronunciation of a name for all family members at once?

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Summary: How do I correct Siri's pronunciation of my name and have that pronunciation apply to all members of my family?
I have an unusual last name.  (Call it "Weirdlastname", pronounced "Smith".)  Unsurprisingly, many members of my family share the name and I have many of them listed as contacts in my phone.  We all pronounce it the same way.
Siri mispronounces the name.  I know how to correct the pronunciation on a contact-by-contact basis (see How do I get Siri to pronounce my name correctly?, for instance), but that process doesn't scale.
One solution suggests using the phonetic last name field.  I don't want to have to repeat that thirty times.
Another solution goes through Siri to teach it how to pronounce the name.  This doesn't scale either - Siri asks me for each contact to choose pronunciations for both the first and last names.  I don't need to correct the first names - Siri has no trouble figuring out "John" and "Mary".
What I am looking for is a way to tell Siri one time: "Weirdlastname is pronounced Smith, everywhere it occurs, preferably even for contacts I have not added yet."  Is that possible to do?
iOS version 14.1


texts: I want to split an image into small, equally-sized tiles

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I’m an artist with a stupid question, the answer to which might easy…

I have need of a process that can segment an image into a specified number of equal-sized tiles, that will then go through a separate image processor (it can't handle large files in one go; splitting them up into discreet tiles allows this), to be stitched-back together later (I was going to use PhotoStitcher or something like it).

Any ideas as to how to achieve this? I have racked my brains without an answer!

Thanks, guys

MisterGee


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I'm in a very frustrating situation of having my MacBook Pro 15' Retina (A1398) stuck in a boot loop. Well, not exactly boot loop: when I connect my MagSafe charger, it goes in a constant cycle of starting up fans and turning off, with a period as long as 1 second (or even less). I tried resetting SMC and NVRAM so far, but had no result apart from having my charger's led turn green from amber (temporary; only when I hold Shift-Control-Option combination). What could be the possible issues?

I'll be getting it to a diagnostics facility (non-Apple) in a few days, it would help clarifying whether I could be lied to or not (considering the fact it's unofficial).


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I want to know how does my Mac use this disks. What is the difference between this disks (0 and 1) on my Mac? And what is the difference between internal and synthesized?

I would be appreciated if you will tell in details.


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I have a home video that I must have ripped in the early 2000s. I'd like to view it, but it doesn't have an extension and shows up in the finder as a unix executable file. Opening with VLC gives me an error saying it doesn't know the codec.
Any thoughts on how to get this open or viewable?


texts: Can VirtualBox prevent Mac OS X Yosemite to boot properly?

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After a few days of good experience with Yosemite, my Macbook pro cannot boot anymore. After 30 or 40% of boot, it just restarts. Here are what I did to fix it:

Booting to single-user, runnign fsck -fy, since the laptop fallen one day or two ago and I was suspicious about hard drive. But fsck told everything is fine with my hard drive. I don't think it is checking bad sectors.
Resetting PRAM
Booting to Recovery, checking hard disk via Disk Utilities
Reinstalling Yosemite from OS X Utilities

Now it does not even boot into recovery (reboots after 30%).

My last try was to verbose boot, and the last message printed out before rebooting was:

VBoxDrv: Failed to open kernel symbols (rc=-102)

In another try, the last message was:

VBoxAdpDrv: version (some number)

I had VirtualBox installed on my MacBook and worked prior to upgrading to Yosemite (in Mavericks). I did not check it in Yosemite.

So my question is: can VirtualBox prevent Yosemite from boot? Can I uninstall it using single-user boot (which is the only successful boot on my computer now)? Or do you have a better idea to get it fixed?


texts: Going in for an apple repair, do I need to remove my second hard drive for the superdrive?

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The right fan on my mac stopped working, I have scheduled an appointment at the mac store genius bar (its still in warranty).

I have installed a second hard drive in place of the super drive, and also upgraded the hard drive (to SSD) and the ram (to 16GB).

Do I need to restore everything before taking it into the mac store for repair? (ie put back in the superdrive and hdd)?


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I have spilled a glass of beer on my Macbook. The screen and at least some keys on the keyboard no longer work.  When I start the computer and try to log in blind, I can hear that the password is not being entered correctly so so I know that the enter key and the sound work but that's all.
My question is, is there any way I can get into this computer from another computer?  I also have a 2011 Macbook that I'm using now.  I also have a raspberry pi.

Thanks,

Ron


texts: How to open multiple Kindle books at the same time?

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How can I open several instances of the kindle reader at the same time, so that I can have a different book open in each one?

I found this:

Multiple Kindle Windows on PC, Mac

Which suggests using multiple cloud readers, but I want to use the desktop version.


texts: Weird shorcut of Qt Creator for Split view

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Look the Split shortcuts of Qt Creator (installed from https://download.qt.io/archive/online_installers/3.1/).

What is that? Should I Ctrl+E+2? I tried, it doesn't work. Why the command isn't on the right side?

Then I tried to remap to another key like Ctrl+Cmd+J, also doesn't work.


texts: How to download a game twice with an apple ID?

texts: Could you pls inform me How I could download a game twice with my apple ID on my Iphone, since I deleted it by mistake and now I can not download it.


texts: Mountain Lion 10.8 cmd+shif+arrow key bindings not working

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I have switched Cmd and Ctrl in System preferences.
I have the following key bindings defined:

"@\UF702"  = "moveWordBackward:";                            /* Cmd  + LeftArrow */
"@\UF703"  = "moveWordForward:";                             /* Cmd  + RightArrow */
"$@\UF702" = "moveWordBackwardAndModifySelection:";   /* Shift + Cmd  + Leftarrow */
"$@\UF703" = "moveWordForwardAndModifySelection:";   /* Shift + Cmd  + Rightarrow */

But they are not being used, instead of selecting the next word it selects until the next end of line.

PS I used the instructions here http://benogle.com/2010/01/18/windowslinux-developers-remap-your-mac.html


texts: Is it possible to make Finder order on modified at, recursively?

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If I visit ~/code in Finder and order on modified at it does not recursively order. That is, if I have a file X in it which was modified yesterday and a folder with a file Y in it that was modified today, file X would be ordered before the folder with Y in it. Can it be achieved?

If that is not possible, is there a script that is triggered each time a file is saved which touches the parent folder to get same result?


texts: ⌘+↑/↓ for Page Up/Down not working any more in Yosemite

texts: In Mavericks I could use ⌘ + ↑/↓ for Page Up/Down but it's not working anymore. I googled it and some people said it's fn + ↑/↓ but thats also not working. How can I fix that?


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My coworkers use NTFS partitions, and I can't share my data with them, as NTFS on Mac OS X is read-only.

How can I read and write onto NTFS partitions?


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I would like to click and have automatic action with a software,
I can refer to it and get the value of the text but can't manage to click

tell application "System Events" to tell process "app"

    click static text "General Info" of UI element 1 of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of front window

end tell

This return missing value

and if I do   select static text "General Info" of UI element 1 of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of front window then I have a return (but no click obviously)

what can I do to click in this area ?

I have a similar issue with a dropdown menu with I have to select and set a value

set value of pop up button 1 of group 3 of group 2 of scroll area 1 of group 3 of front window to "Open"

I can't manage to select a value (for example the second value inside the menu)


texts: How can I sync my google calendar with my work exchange calendar with my iphone calendar?

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Basically I'd like changes in all of these to be reflected on my iphone... but it would be cool to have all three completely synched.

Google Calendar:
- has multiple calendars (some public, some private)

Exchange Calendar:
- work calendar, access via my mac book pro

iphone Calendar:
- my portable calendar in case I need to add something on the fly/away from my desk... I'd like all my calendars reflected here

Any ideas?


texts: How do I reclaim 36 GB of missing space on my iPhone?

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I have a 64GB iPhone 5S with iOS 8.4, but I'm only able to access 28 GB of space.

iTunes reports a capacity of 55.92GB, but in the usage graph at the bottom of the summary page, I see:

13.61 GB Free
1.58 GB Other
1.09 GB Documents & Data
5.13 GB Apps
248.3 MB Photos
6.34 GB Audio

The Setting->Usage->Storage app says:

Used: 42.9 GB
Available 13.0 GB

I've tried rebooting and updating the OS from 8.3 to 8.4.

I'm hoping to avoid a solution that involves wiping the phone and resetting it. Is there anything else I can do to reclaim my missing 36 GB of space?


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The problem: something is listening on port 8080

If I load the page with Safari I get a blank page (page is white but "Develop → Show Page Source" is greyed out)
If I telnet to port 8080 I get something answering

$ telnet 127.0.0.1 8080
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.

But

lsof does not show any process listening on port 8080

$ sudo lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -P -n | grep 8080
$

netstat does not show any process using port 8080

$ netstat -n  | grep 8080
$

I can open port 8080 programmatically (e.g., with a web server) without any error about the port being in use
nmap does not list the port as used

sudo nmap 127.0.0.1

Starting Nmap 6.01 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-10-03 16:16 CEST
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.000081s latency).
Not shown: 990 closed ports
PORT      STATE SERVICE
22/tcp    open  ssh
631/tcp   open  ipp
1023/tcp  open  netvenuechat
3283/tcp  open  netassistant
3306/tcp  open  mysql
3689/tcp  open  rendezvous
5001/tcp  open  commplex-link
5003/tcp  open  filemaker
5432/tcp  open  postgresql
50003/tcp open  unknown

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 10.92 seconds

The same happens for port 80 but not for other ports (e.g., 81 or 8081).

Question Which process is answering to this ports when no other process is opening them? Which is the purpose of this behavior?

Edit

if I open the port with a program the port can then be used normally. Once the port is closed the strange behavior reappears. Example:

access to port 8080 deliver a connection to an unknown process
I open the port with tomcat
accesses to port 8080 goes to tomcat and everything is OK
I close the port (quit tomcat)
the port is listed as not used (see above)
access to port 8080 deliver a connection to an unknown process

the firewall rules just show that the port is not blocked

$ sudo ipfw show
00001    926004   100891783 allow ip from me to any dst-port 80,8080,3128,5001,5003,443
65535 125057043 94341114828 allow ip from any to any

Edit 2

the listening program is not an HTTP server (i.e., does not react to a GET index.html  HTTP/1.0 request


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I have a FTDI serial cable (C232HD-DDHSP-0) which also supports high speeds (I need 3500000). I want to use this on MacOS with eg picocom (and later on a library). Picocom is build with support for higher baud rates.

$ picocom --help
picocom v3.1

Compiled-in options:
TTY_Q_SZ is 0
HIGH_BAUD is enabled
USE_FLOCK is enabled
LINENOISE is enabled
HISTFILE is: .picocom_history
USE_CUSTOM_BAUD is enabled

I've installed the FTDI drivers, and using kextstat I can also see the ftdi driver is being used (I need to unload the AppleUSBFTDI driver).
But somehow higher speeds are not accepted. Using stty to set the speed results in an error (for both drivers).

$ stty -f /dev/cu.usbserial-FT1UD0JP 3500000
stty: tcsetattr: Invalid argument

I've also found an old blog post and technical note detailing how to add aliasses for the baud rate. But with recent versions of MacOS, unsigned drivers are not allowed. Since updating the Info.plist changes the driver, it is not trusted anymore.

The cable (and device is needs to be connected to) do work fine when using a Linux setup. So the problem is somewhere on the MacOS side of things.

How can I get support for the higher baud rates on MacOS?
And to try things, how can I load unsigned/untrusted kernel drivers?


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I have been trying to unlock my iPhone 6 Plus which is locked to TMobile. The instructions which they sent me read as follows:

  Thank you for taking the time to contact T-Mobile. 24 hours after
  receiving this email, follow the below instructions for unlocking your
  T-Mobile iPhone. If you have a non-T-Mobile SIM card, follow these
  steps:

  If you have a non-T-Mobile SIM card:
  1. Insert non T-Mobile SIM Card
  2. Complete the setup process.

  If you will be using your T-Mobile SIM card follow the steps below:

  Back up your iPhone using iTunes.
  When you have a backup, erase your iPhone.
  When you see the Welcome screen, connect your device to iTunes.

  If successfully unlocked, the message Congratulations, your iPhone has
  been unlocked will display. Additional information for unlocking Apple
  iPhone devices can be located at
  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201328

I performed all the operations, which have been a pain the neck in their own right. Now I have a fully erased and restored phone on my hands. What I am wondering about is how to actually check to make sure it worked. That is, I am planning to use it abroad and would like to avoid hiccups like arriving to a new place and discovering that for some reason this did not work.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Pairing 5th generation iPod touch with Bluetooth-HID dongle and windows PC

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Aim:

I am trying to pair my 5th generation iPod touch with windows PC.
I also have a "Bluetooth to HID" USB dongle(connected to windows PC),
which I am trying to pair with my iPOD touch. The dongle supports
Bluetooth 2.1/2.0/1.2/1.1. It sends out a byte stream, which I want
to read.

Problem:

When I am trying to pair my 5th generation iPod touch with windows
PC, even though everything goes fine on the PC side, my iPod is
giving "Device not supported" error.
My iPod is not even detecting
the Bluetooth-HID dongle. Although my Mac-mini detects it, but I am
unable to pair it.

Findings till now:

When I searched, I read on Apple discussions that "The iPod does not have the necessary BT profiles to pair with a computer." On another thread it says, "It only support bluetooth for stereo headphone/speakers, some peer to peer apps from the app store, some keyboards." Fair enough.

If iPod cannot actually pair with the PC or the Bluetooth-HID dongle, are their ANY Apple devices which are capable of doing the same? Again my main aim is to read the byte stream from the dongle for which pairing seems necessary.

I would be really thankful if you could please share your experience and provide some guidance.


texts: iTerm2 error notification ‘Couldn't log to 2020…’

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Every time I open a new window iTerm2 says "Couldn't log to …"

I restarted my Mac which is on High Sierra but the problem continues.

How can I solve this problem?


texts: MacBook Pro wildly oscillating CPU frequency under load

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I've been struggling a lot lately with keeping a stable CPU frequency under load for my 2.8 gHz 2015 MacBook Pro 15". I've tried numerous methods, including resetting SMC, NVRAM, hardware diagnostics, cleaning out the internals, changing thermal paste, none of which seems to help in the long term. This causes a very stutter-y experience while using the computer. I've noticed that this happens somewhat less frequently when the discrete GPU is not used, but this still happens from time to time.
I've tried booting into BootCamp and checking the CPU status using Intel XTU. It seems like whenever the frequency reaches the top it thermal throttles for a split second, even when temperatures are in check (I'm talking 70 degrees C). I monitored iStat temperature sensor data but it shows nothing outrageous either.
I'm really desperate now, I'll accept any solution, including hardware ones. Please help!


texts: Is there a way to filter or sort my iOS Apps by Account which was used to purchase them?

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Related to this question:

I have used several accounts to purchase/get for free a lot of iOS Apps. I'd like to sort them by account that was used to purchase them, since clicking through all those Apps with the Information Window is infeasible.

The problem I really want to solve is the following:

Sometimes, there are updates for apps purchased from other country stores (other accounts) - these show up in iTunes, but only as nonzero number next to the Apps Category.

E.g.: Today, if I use my main account (Austria) then I see no update notifications, but when I use my US account there is the number 3 next to the Apps category. I just want to find out what all the accounts are that I might need to check. (Yes, there are some that might have slipped my mind)


texts: What is the app used to make this kind of videos? (examples inside the post)

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I'm wondering what is the app that used to make this kind of these videos/screen-casts with awesome 3d effect.

I found these two videos which I guess both made using the same app.

Analog: http://vimeo.com/23201595
KickOff: http://vimeo.com/23480804

Any idea?


texts: Can I stop music on MacBook Pro with TouchBar directly?

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I bought a MacBook Pro with TouchBar and found out that I could not stop the music directly. I have to first tap on the left-pointing arrow on the Touch Bar, and after expanding the menu I finally could tap the stop button.

However, this is quite a lot of work since I stop and start them again at least 10 times a day, which happen every day.

Is there any way to stop the music just one button, much like it is in non-TouchBar MacBook?


texts: Why does `whoami` give a different answer than Current User in Users & Groups?

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I don't recall exactly what info I was asked to provide at the time I set the mac up, which is leading to some confusion.

On my mac, when I run whoami in a terminal, it tells me aerovistae, my general username. However, if I open Users & Groups, it tells me the current user is myFirstName myLastName.

Why is this? Is it the same account, and it has two different name properties? What is the difference?


texts: Remove SKYPE HELPER popup easy way Mac OS X

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I found this and tested it on MacBook. No need to open the terminal. Just do it before the Skype update to be installed.

Go to Skype prefs and check for Update.
If it is available, the popup window for Skype Helper will show up. IGNORE IT FOR NOW.
Go to ˇAbout Skypeˇ and when it opens THEN go to the popup and authenticate it.
The green or blue button will be visible on Skype window for update.
– Click on it. Done.
If it asks you again for authentication, it is normal.


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Using Sierra 10.13.6

I suddenly noticed today that my safari browser has giant tabs

I am pretty sure that earlier I had fixed sized tabs and not the ones which run across my entire screen.


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I am trying to change the email address associated with my Apple ID.  However, whenever I try, I get an error message:

This email address is not available. Choose a different address.

How do I overcome this issue and change my Apple ID email address?


texts: google app on iphone - home screen - what is this icon?

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I have been searching both google and apple support for several days, this feature is explained nowhere. There is no callout with a name for it. The only articles with a general explanation of the main features for the app are for how it appeared several releases ago.

Look at my black arrow pointing to it.

This feature acts 2 ways - same icon.

When you are viewing a search result page, you hit it and it saves the page in a stack of sorts.
When you are in the home screen, it opens up your stack of saved pages.

WHAT IS THIS?

I do not have Chrome on my phone, only the Google app (google search). It does not appear in Safari as bookmarks or reading list entries on the phone. It does not appear in my desktop Google Chrome Search History  under "Tabs from other devices" or in total google activity (myactivity.google.com). It seems to be its own little bookmark island sitting on my phone.

Is there a Google name for this feature?


texts: How to exchange two keys on the keyboard (El Capitan)

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I am currently using a German keyboard on El Capitan. I want to change the keymap for y and z. I have searched relevant information on Google, but the information which I have found so far is so old that I could not apply them.

I also tried to use the following .Xmodmap:

keycode  52 = z Z z Z leftarrow yen leftarrow
keycode  29 = y Y y Y guillemotright U203A guillemotright

But this does not work.


texts: Deleting iTunes App Store purchases from my account

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So... Over the period of 2 years owning my beloved iPhone 3GS, I have found many useful apps that I use very frequently. However, in the process of finding these apps, I have also downloaded much, much more crappy apps.

With the introduction of the "Purchased" section on the App Store, many of the hundreds of apps I downloaded (mostly crappy) have popped up again. The apps are an eyesore and clutter up the whole space. Is there a way for me to delete them (from my account) forever, or at least hide them?


texts: Will my late 2012 macbook pro - 2.6 i7, 750gb HD, 16gb ram be fast enough for Yosemite?

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My late 2012 macbook pro - 2.6 i7, 750gb HD, 16gb ram OSX 10.9.5 has been running very slow of late.

Ive been trying to trouble shoot the issue for a while now, but together with the time spent trouble shooting and the time spent while the machine is running slow ( can take up to 20 - 30 mins to awake and be usable from sleep).


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I would like to know how to find what apps are minimized in the dock but through the terminal?

The idea is to make a script that pauses minimized apps in order to reduce memory usage but the first step is to get a list of these.

Is there any way to determine what apps are minimized?


texts: Receiving iMessages from a deleted contact

texts: I've recently deleted contact details of a friend. Will this stop them from sending me an iMessage on my Mac? My iMessage is set up with my email address, not a phone number.


texts: iPad boot loop only when powered - brief flash loop when connected to USB - jailbreak gone awry?

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Received an iPad from a customer in an unknown state. Report was "does not power on". Device is out of warranty. It's the 1st generation iPad with a 3G chip.

Symptoms:

when connected to power only, device turns on and shows apple logo, then shuts down, this proceeds in a loop that lasts about 4 seconds
when connected to an Apple machine's USB port, a faint flash can be observed on the device screen every 7 seconds or so but the apple logo is never seen, device does not respond to any key presses
when connected to power only, holding the power button will put device into recovery mode, but it shuts off when disconnected, so it can't actually be restored

If this rings a bell with anyone, please let me know what you think the issue is. My guess is that the battery is dead, but am not sure why it would not behave the same when connected to a computer USB port or the charger.I have tried multiple computers, cables and ports.

Is it possible a jailbreak gone awry would leave a device in this condition, and if so, what , if anything, can be done? I do have various Apple machines and OSs available, and PCs as well.


texts: Extand main APFS partition on MacOS Mojave 10.14.3

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As it can be seen from the screenshot below my APPLE SSD is of size 500GBs, but my Apple_APFS Container disk1 is of size 450GBs. There was a Container disk 2 of size 50GBs before but I successfully removed it using:

sudo diskutil eraseVolume "Free Space" %noformat% /dev/disk0s4

I tried resizing the main APFS cotnainer with the following command:

diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

but I am getting the following error:

  Error: -69519: The target disk is too small for this operation, or a
  gap is required in your partition map which is missing or too small,
  which is often caused by an attempt to grow a partition beyond the
  beginning of another partition or beyond the end of partition map
  usable space

Following some screenshots displaying the current state of the sysetm:

 diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         449.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Apple_KernelCoreDump                         655.4 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +449.3 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            362.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 55.2 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.2 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4


texts: Is the boot time of an iOS device affected by the apps that are running at shutdown?

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I suspect that apps that use system services might take time to register each app in the appropriate places at startup.

Is the boot time of an iOS device affected by the apps that are running at the previous shutdown or the number of apps installed?


texts: Can't play an Online game that requires Java

texts: Some games online require Java to play, however it says that I have a missing plug-in. I am worried that I might get the java-exploit if I downloaded Java, any advice ?


texts: Getting a Text from someone that does not have my mobile number but has my email

texts: I am getting text on my iPhone from clients that do not have my mobile number.  Is it possible that they are sending text using my email address that is linked to my iCloud account?


texts: Should I be worried about a case-sensitive data volume?

texts:
I've got a late-2014 27-inch Retina iMac with a 3TB fusion drive. It's at my workplace, which I haven't been to in over a year as I write this in mid-2021. For various reasons, the machine needed the disk to be reformatted and have macOS reinstalled, which was done in person by a very helpful IT person at work. It is currently at macOS Big Sur 11.3.1.
However, for reasons that are opaque to me, the IT person seems to have formatted the main system data volume (MacHD - Data, which is mounted as /System/Volumes/Data) as Case-Sensitive APFS. This is certainly not the default, although it hasn't given me any issues that I know about. (Indeed, I only realised it because I ran homebrew's brew doctor command which informed me.)
So:

Should I be worried?
Is there anything I can do about it short of wiping the disk and reformatting yet again (which I am loathe to do for obvious reasons).

Update: I have discovered that at least one piece of software that I occasionally use does not work: Microsoft’s OneDrive — I can’t put the synced folder on a case-sensitive volume. (I don’t particularly like OneDrive, but I occasionally need it for work — and the application proper is easier to use than the web interface.)


texts: Is it a good idea to sync .apps so that I can have the same app on multiple Mac's? How often do .apps change, afaik, the app's data is stored the Library folder, so, except for updates, the .app should't change, or should it?


texts: Apple Remote for iPhone won't discover iTunes library without network gateway to internet enabled

texts:
This may be a networking question as much as an Apple-specific question; however it's directly related to configuration / behaviour of Apple Remote, so hoping to find an answer here.

My goal: Build a USB-powered music server to be used in my car. Control it via the iTunes remote app on my iPhone. Enable direct wireless connection between iPhone and music server without any additional network infrastructure.

My setup:

Apple Remote (latest version from App Store) running on iOS 7.1.1.
Raspberry Pi running forked-daapd, an iTunes-compatible media server with support for Apple Remote. It's also running Shairport which is an Airplay-compatible receiver.
Edimax EW-7811UN USB wireless adapter attached to the Raspberry Pi.

The Pi is configured to act as a wireless access point and assign IP addresses via DHCP to any devices that connect to it. It has no other network interfaces, so has no internet connectivity.

My iPhone is connected directly to the wireless network broadcast by the Pi. I can successfully stream music to the Airplay receiver on the Pi, and have also paired the Remote app on my iPhone with the forked-daapd server on the Pi and can control the library from my iPhone.

The problem is connecting to the Pi's wireless network prevents the iPhone from accessing the mobile data network, as it tries to route internet traffic over the wireless network, and the Pi has no internet connection.

This is easily resolved - configure the Pi's wireless access point not to assign a router/dns server. So only an IP address and subnet is provided to DHCP clients. In the case of the iPhone, this means it will continue to route internet traffic over the mobile data connection, and send local traffic for addresses on the wireless network to the Pi.

With this configuration, I can still successfully stream audio via Airplay to the Pi, whilst simultaneously accessing the internet over the iPhone's mobile data connection. However, it prevents the Remote app from finding the library on the Pi. Even with "Stay Connected" enabled in the Remote app settings, as soon as I remove the router/dns settings from the Pi's wireless access point DHCP config and renew the DHCP lease on the iPhone, Remote can no longer connect to the library.

I'm assuming that mDNS is working correctly, as the Airplay receiver is still discoverable by the iPhone. Does anyone know what could be causing Remote to fail to see the library, and how I might go about resolving this issue?


texts: Is there a way to create new desktop spaces from keyboard only?

texts:
We all know there is a way to to switch between desktops using keyboard shortcuts,
but can we create new ones using only the keyboard?


texts: Issue trying to run macOS Mojave off a bootable external USB

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I'm trying to run macOS off a USB drive, so I can troubleshoot some issues I've been having with a monitor. I've followed this how-to video, and can reboot (holding Option + Power On). Once I choose the USB I try to install macOS Mojave, however it stops me when I try to select the greyed out USB.

I get the following message:

  This disk doesn't use the GUID partition scheme. Use Disk Utility to change the partition. Select the device containing the disk, click the Erase button, select the Volume Scheme and then click Erase

I follow the prompts and when I go to erase it doesn't allow me to do it as it's the usb device itself I've booted/started the computer with.

How can I fix this? Have I done something wrong along the way?


texts:
I have several encrypted APFS volumes, some of which have their passphrases stored only in specific users' keychains so they can unlock and mount automatically for those users.
However, when the user logs out, the volume remains mounted. While this isn't strictly a problem (as I set mount points inside the user's home folder, and have volume ownership enabled), I would prefer for the volume to unmount and lock again automatically.
This behaviour differs compared to mounting an encrypted disk image, which is mounted as a specific user (when viewing the output of mount) and which then (normally*) unmounts when the user logs out.
Is it possible to replicate the same behaviour with APFS volumes, i.e- mount automatically for user with the passphrase in their keychain when they login, and then unmount (and lock) automatically when they logout?
*I say normally, as macOS Catalina appears to have bugs related to cleaning up user processes when a user logs out, resulting in many processes still running for logged out users. This currently includes disk-image-helper, so it no longer unmounts automatically as it did under Mojave. I'm happy to accept any answer that replicates the disk image mounting/unmounting behaviour with the caveat that this currently doesn't always work for Catalina, on the basis that it should work if Apple ever fixes these bugs.
Update: I've tried doing the following in a script triggered by launchd, but launchd's kill signal doesn't appear to reach it:
#!/bin/bash
VOLUME=12345678-9012-3456-7890-123456789012
MOUNT_POINT=/Users/haravikk/Desktop/Foo

[ ! -e "${MOUNT_POINT}" ] && { mkdir "${MOUNT_POINT}" || exit 1; }

if echo -e "$(security find-generic-password -wa "${VOLUME}" | sed 's/../\\x&/g')" | diskutil apfs unlockVolume "${VOLUME}" -stdinpassphrase; then
    cleanup() {
        echo 'Unmounting'

        attempts=5
        while [[ ${attempts} -gt 0 ]]; do
            diskutil apfs lockVolume "${VOLUME}" && break
            [[ -n "${MOUNT_POINT}" ]] && umount "${MOUNT_POINT}" && break
            attempts=$((${attempts} - 1))
            sleep 5
        done
        if [[ ${attempts} = 0 ]]; then
            if ! diskutil unmount force "${VOLUME}"; then
                if [[ -z "${MOUNT_POINT}" ]] || ! umount -f "${MOUNT_POINT}"; then
                    echo 'All attempts to unmount failed' >&2
                fi
            fi
        fi
    }
    trap 'cleanup' SIGINT SIGHUP SIGTERM EXIT
    while true; do
        sleep 86400 &
        wait $!
    done
fi

The idea was that when the user logs out, launchd should send their processes a kill signal (SIGINT) which will trigger the script's trap and allow it to unmount the volume. But this never seems to happen; the trap isn't triggered at all.
If anyone is interested in using the basics of this script, note that you will need to have an entry in your keychain for the volume (you can do this by mounting with Disk Utility and choosing to save when prompted for the password), and must make sure that security has permission to access it.


texts: Keys no longer responding on Magic Keyboard (A1314)

texts: I have a 17" Macbook Pro 2011 and use my wireless keyboard daily. It's great and I've had no issues until recently. At first I noticed that the right CMD key didn't work, then the tilde / ` key as well as the § key. All my other keys work. I realise it's possible that the keyboard is faulty and want to know is there any way to "reset" the keyboard or any additional troubleshooting step that can be taken to be sure that the keyboard is due for replacement?


texts:
The photo and the title pretty much say it all. I've played with all the display settings on both the Mac and the new monitor but it continues to show the display stretched instead of adding more screen real-estate.
It does appear normal if I unplug the smaller screen on the left.
How do I fix this? It's hurting my eyes?
Mac mini (Late 2014)
Big Sur 11.3
Processor: 3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk: Mac HD
Graphics: Intel Iris 1536 MB

New Screen Specs:


texts: Does anybody know what kind of file are the wallpapers that came with iOS 13 that change with light / dark mode? I’d like to make one myself.


texts: To get Graphical Info reader in El Capitan?

texts:
Graphical info reader is the reader which colorises links in the info pages. I know there are good options in OS X but I cannot find them.
I do home search info and I get

homebrew/science/clinfo    media-info                 shared-mime-info
ipinfo                     mp3info                    texinfo
jpeginfo                   pinfo
homebrew/emacs/pkg-info                  Caskroom/cask/mac-informer
homebrew/games/inform6                   Caskroom/cask/mediainfo
Caskroom/cask/inform                     Caskroom/cask/pdfinfo

but nothing seems to be a info -pages reader.

How can you get a graphical reader of info -pages in El Capitan?


texts: Why Finder opens same folder each time i create new window by tapping finder icon in dock?

texts:
I have created directory in my dropbox.
And i noticed that every time i have no windows of finder created and tap on finder icon in dock it creates new window with this new folder opened.
But my default folder set to another directory.
Also, if i press cmd+n or cmd+t it opens my default folder.
What can i do to fix this bug?

P.S. if i move this folder to another directory, bug disappears
if i change path to this folder (e.g. folderA/folderB/badfolder —> foldeRRA/folderB/badfolder), bugs disappears
if i delete this folder completely, and then recreate exactly same path, bug appears again.
Also, i used git and virtualenv there, if it is important.

Any help appreciated.


texts:
I have installed Ubuntu on my Mac. But then after a few times, neither can I boot to Ubuntu nor can I find where it actually is. Total a mystery. Now I actually try to erase this part in my computer. But I don't know where to start. Even in Disk Utility I do not see the space it takes. Here is a screenshot:

Please advise me how to erase Ubuntu and release the space. My internal SSD has a total size of 251 GB. But now I can only see 165 GB of it.

Thank PSN for his advice.But something weird just happened again.. This is what happened in my terminal when I tried to install the rEFInd:

dhcp-10-176-3-41:~ anthony$ /Users/anthony/Downloads/refind-bin-0.10.0/refind-install
Not running as root; attempting to elevate privileges via sudo....
ShimSource is none
Installing rEFInd on OS X....
Installing rEFInd to the partition mounted at /Volumes/ESP
Found rEFInd installation in /Volumes/ESP/EFI/refind; upgrading it.

**** ALERT: SIP ENABLED! ****

You are attempting to upgrade an existing installation, but it appears that
System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled. If rEFInd is working now, then
this is fine; you can upgrade your existing rEFInd. If rEFInd is not working,
though, re-installing from this boot will not help. To re-enable rEFInd, you
must re-install it from a Recovery system or from another OS. To enter the
Recovery system and re-install rEFInd:

Reboot
Hold down Command+R as the chime sounds
When the OS has booted, select Utilities->Terminal
Change to this directory with the 'cd' command; it will probably be under
 /Volumes/Macintosch/Users/anthony
Re-run this script.

For more on this subject, see http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/sip.html

Do you want to attempt installation (Y/N)? y
Copied rEFInd binary files

Notice: Backed up existing icons directory as icons-backup.
Existing refind.conf file found; copying sample file as refind.conf-sample
to avoid overwriting your customizations.

Could not set boot device property: 0xe00002bc

WARNING: If you have an Advanced Format disk, DO NOT attempt to check the
bless status with 'bless --info', since this is known to cause disk corruption
on some systems!!

ALERT:
Installation has completed, but problems were detected. Review the output for
error messages and take corrective measures as necessary. You may need to
re-run this script or install manually before rEFInd will work.

Unmounting install dir
Volume EFI on disk0s1 unmounted


texts: Photos lost in iCloud due to turning off during backup

texts:
Recently I purchased the .99 cent 50g iCloud backup and attempted to back up my 1000 photos.

Unbeknownst to me my daughter was also logged in under my Apple ID user info. When backup process started I began to see her photos flash thru my photos. Not wanting to have her photos touched I began turning the iCloud backup off and on in a frantic attempt to stop process.

Now not only are my photos gone but also 3000 photos off my daughter’s phone. Needless to say she is VERY upset. I spent four hours on the phone with Apple and they weren’t able to help. There are no photos in my iCloud account and I only have 1 Apple account.

Can anyone help? Has this happened to anyone else where you’ve found a solution to this issue.


texts:
I'm having some problem with my mac (MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)). I freed some spaces by deleting some folders but when I analyse mac HD I get the following:

Available: 79.29 GB (44.52 GB purgeable)

Installing windows 10 on bootcamp still returns the error "not enough space" so I started looking at tutorials on how to get rid of that "purgeable" space. I have tried everything, enabling store optimisation, apple cloud, disabling everything, nothing worked.

I stumble upon a tutorial that suggested to create fake files to fill the hard disk and then remove them (with iCloud disabled).

The problem is that the command suggested in the tutorial:

mkfile -n 10g ./test

Doens't work, it creates a file, but if I analyse the file:

Size: 10,737,418,240 bytes (4 KB on disk)

So it should occupy 10 gigs but in reality it occupies almost no space at all.

What can I do to get rid of that space?


texts: Mac connects to wifi while sleeping in backpack?

texts:
At university I added a few documents to my print queue. A few minutes after I got home with my laptop still in my backpack, my printer mysteriously printed exactly two pages of the document I added to the print queue.

I have power nap disabled.

Why would my sleeping laptop connect to my home wifi? Does this mean my laptop is advertising my MAC address and connecting to familiar wifi networks as I walk around the city?
Why would my sleeping laptop print with power nap disabled?
Do I have any way of disabling wifi activity while my mac is sleeping?

I'm using Sierra OSX on a 2015 MacBook Pro with retina. Thanks for looking!


texts: please how can I repair these scratches on my Macbook pro they made me so sad.


texts:
Problem description:

I have imported an old iPhoto library from an old computer running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 in photos.app running on macOS Catalina (sadly, I cannot state the exact versions of the applications, though). I'm not sure if this has worked correctly. When selecting all events, the status bar says something like "xxx objects in yyy events". Photos.app doesn't know events any longer, but during import, for every event encountered it creates one album. When selecting all those albums, photos.app says "xxx images, yyy videos in zzz albums. The thing is, the numbers don't work out.

My ideas:

I would like to look into that. Is it possible to have iPhoto and photos.app emit a list of events/albums/objects within an {event|album}, perhaps on the command line? With such a list, I could diff them and find missing objects quickly.


texts: Force quit on a MacBook that uses a touchbar

texts:
I have a 2018 MacBook Pro with a Touchbar. Sometimes it will freeze up and I cannot access the Apple menu to run Force quit. Normally, you would be able to use Command+Option+Esc.

However, the Command+Option+Esc method is not working for me. I'm thinking it may be because the Esc key is not a real key. I have no idea whether it is being registered.

Is there any other way to issue a Force Quit without rebooting my system?

PS. Making the Esc key a software-based key is not the smartest thing Apple could have done.

Update

In response to questions, one application that I am noticing this with the most is Audacity. I am processing a few hundred audio files using a macro. The macro is very simple: trim areas of silence, normalize, save as mp3. The script works perfectly on a Windows machine.

Symptoms: Things just slow to a halt. I can move the mouse easily. But if I try to interact with anything on the Mac Desktop (through keyboard or mouse) things are very slow to respond. For example, just to open up Spotlight (Command-space) and type "terminal" takes about 10-15 minutes. Trying to open the Apple Menu it does not seem to respond (or maybe I'm just not waiting long enough).


texts:
Running a Processing sketch which saves .txt files to a folder. Have a folder action attached that prints new files in this folder to a thermal receipt printer.

However, I had to update to Yosemite, and since then the print queue window opens up over the sketch and has to be closed manually before continuing with the sketch.
When I print a document normally the printer proxy behaves and stays in the dock, and doesn't change focus from Processing.

I have no Applescript experience, but I think I need a script that I could include in the folder action, so these .txt files print automatically, without intervention while Processing is running.


texts: I want to use GIT and directory should be on a network drive (mounted with smb://). Because the software I'm using only supports the file:// protocol I need some kind of mapping the network share as a local drive on Mac OS X 10.9. How can that be managed?


texts: Copy files of specific type from parent to child folder

texts:
I can successfully copy the file from the folder "objects" (the directory I'm in) to it's subfolder "access" with this code in Terminal.

find . -name *.pdf -exec cp {} ./access \;

But the code is also looking into the "access folder" for files to copy and I get this message

cp: ./access/cuid12368.pdf and ./access/cuid12368.pdf are identical (not copied).

Is there a way to not have it look into the "access" folder for files to copy?


texts: What's wrong with my wireless keyboard if some keys doesn't work properly (can't press down) but getting better some hours later?

texts:
I brought a Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad in early 2019. Recently the left-shift left-contrl space keys work very weird. When I press them, they react very "weakly and slowly", it's like there's something like mud beneath them. And if I use some force to push it, it did work, but the rounce is also very weird - slow and stuck.
After a careful check, I can't find anything unusual or dirty under those keys.
Sometimes they're behaving like this in the evening, but getting better the next morning. So I guess it may not be a hardware issue.
What wrong with this keyboard? Does anyone know the reason and how to solve it? I can't find the product page for now and I believe Apple has taken this product offline.
The keyboard I bought looks like this:


texts: Moving the focused window to the bottom/top monitor with a shortcut

texts:
Short version:  Is there a program that can move the focused/active window to the bottom/top monitor with a keyboard shortcut?

Long version:

Sometimes I need to move a window to the bottom/top, in my case between monitors 3 and 4 and between monitors 5 and 6:

I use BetterTouchTool to move a window to the left or right monitor:

But it doesn't have the option to move a window to the monitor up or down.

SizeUp has the same limitation:


texts: Will anything bad happen if I just delete my thumbnail cache?

texts:
I keep data on a thumb drive and sometimes my laptop gets hot running quicklookd presumably trying to make thumbnails of all of the files on the thumb drive. The high runner file types are images, pdfs and JSONs. I am guessing if I kept them zipped I could avoid the thumbnail generation but that's a different question.

I've found index.sqlite and thumbnails.data in the private folder com.apple.QuickLook.thumbnailcache. This answer may address my question indirectly but I don't really know what to do or what will happen.

If I just go and delete index.sqlite and thumbnails.data and then restart, will my computer blow up? Will it have to generate all thumbnails for files on my start-up HD again?

I have never used SQLite so I don't think I should try to modify this pair, even with a script, and I understand that next time I use the data quicklookd may fire up again. Still I'd like to know what would likely happen if I deleted this pair of files.


texts: How to get rid of annoying Non-secure Jabber Login popup?

texts:
My Messages app out-of-blue started to complain that my GTalk credentials are being sent in non-secured manner.

Your name and password will be sent in a way that is not secure.
Do you still wish to connect to this server?

This was working all the time and I didn't change anything (including my network).
How do I fix it?
I've checked my Server Settings for GTalk account, but it seems my 'Use SSL' is greyed out, so I can't enable it.


texts:
After selecting "music" and listennig to an album, every time I wake my IPad3, there is a giant album-cover splash screen which remains until I unlock the IPad.  I really don't like that.  How do I convince the IPad to cease and desist with album-cover art when I'm waking it?

I don't mind looking at album-cover art, but only when I'm explicitly running the built-in music app.   Perhaps I just need to shut down the music app?  Is there a way to do this (to shut down an app)?


texts:
I had been trying to install samsung 850 evo ssd on my 2012 Macbook pro. I tried using CCC, installed a fresh copy of el captain using bootable usb; but for each of these, i was able to boot from ssd when connected through USB but when i install it in the HD bay it won't boot. I read a lot of articles regarding this and there are people facing issues like mine but again there are people who have successfully installed the samsung 850 evo ssd in macbook pro 2012 (without retina).

I have already wasted a lot of time on this, any help will be greatly appreciated.


texts: How can I resize OS X 10.7 Lion display screen resolution during install?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini (2011) with no OS installed currently (drives are RAIDed and I lost Recovery HD partition).

When I boot, I start the Internet Recovery, which I am viewing through a Samsung P50 Plasma TV. The max. resolution of the TV is 1366x768 pixel.
After Recovery begins, it tries to open the installer with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixel and won't let me access some parts of the screen. Unfortunately, that also includes the "Continue" button and progress bar to install Lion.

Is there any way I can force a smaller resolution or get the window to move, so I can start the installation?


texts: Prevent other users from ejecting (or even seeing) my mounted disk images

texts:
I have an encrypted disk image (sparsebundle) where all of my private documents are stored; I mount it to a custom mount point with:

mkdir -p /Users/gabriele/MyDocs
hdiutil attach /MyDocs.sparsebundle -mountpoint /Users/gabriele/MyDocs

Other users see the mounted disk image in the Finder window sidebar and maybe also on their Desktops (according to Finder preferences), but they cannot access the volume because of unsufficient privileges. In any case other users can eject the volume, and this is bad.

Is there a way to prevent other users from ejecting my volumes, or even seeing this volume if they don't have enough privileges to view its innards?


texts: My External Hard Drive's format changed to FAT16 without any reason

texts:
I have an ADATA HD710 1TB external hard drive which I use mostly in my Mac Mini 2011 and I have created two separate partitions for my drive.

One of the partitions has APFS (Apple File System) format and the other has MS-DOS FAT (FAT32) format. I use the second one for Windows 10 that is installed on my computer using Bootcamp. As it's not possible to view files of the drive which is formatted in APSF in Windows I use that FAT32 partition to move some files from my main drive to that and view them in Windows.

Yesterday I plugged my external drive in to Windows 10 and after copying some files I just ejected it. Today when I tried to access my files in macOS I realized that my Hard drive's format is changed to FAT16 and none of the two partitions which I had created are displayed.

I tried repairing my drive using the Disk Utility's First Aid feature but it didn't work. I also tried repairing it via Terminal using diskutil repairDisk command and the result was the same as Disk Utility. Finally, I tried repairing it in Windows (using diskpart commands) and I was unsuccessful again.

How can I fix this issue?

  Please notice that I really need the information inside my main
  partition of the drive (The FAT32 partition is not that important for
  me). Otherwise, I know that if I erase the whole drive, I can use it again.

The exact error message that I get when I connect my external drive to macOS is:

  The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer.


texts: How to copy movie files from old, damaged CDs?

texts:
I have a number of old, old CD-ROMs with large AVI and other movie files on them (usually one file per CD).

When I try to copy the files over in finder, it eventually fails with error -36. I assume this is because some sectors on the CD have become faulty.

Is there an error-tolerant way to copy over the files, including the faulty sectors, to see whether the files work anyway (with maybe a few minutes missing)?


texts: I need a script to delete a folder, only if the folder does not contain media files with extension avi or mp4.


texts: Quicktime Screen Recording doesn't work in Lion

texts:
When starting a new Screen Recording in Quicktime Player in Lion 10.7.3, as soon as I click record I get this following error message:

Here's a video demonstrating the issue: http://db.tt/CROyXgIt

Here are the settings under the triangle on the right:


texts: How do I block all calls from outside my contacts and play them a recording with instructions to text me instead?

texts:
I get about 5 robocalls a day in spite of using robocall blocker apps.  They use a blacklist of caller numbers that is useless because robocallers always just spoof a random number. The only solution seems to be to either change my number, or block all calls from outside my contacts. Both are unattractive because they might prevent legitimate humans from contacting me.  So I want to play all calls from outside my contacts a recording instructing them to text me instead.

If there is not already an app for this, would it be possible to write one with the API that apple provides?


texts:
I'd ask this on Homebrew's own community, but it doesn't seem like there is one.

I'm trying to install wine with Homebrew, but it doesn't look like anything's in the right place.

That is, "which wine" returns nothing, and "brew link wine" returns "Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/wine".

So where did brew install wine to? And where should I put the folder once I find it?

I can post my brew doctor output if you want, but I don't think anything in there was related.


texts: Is it possible to create sub-menus for Services?

texts: If I have several OS X Services set up for "Text," is it possible to organize them within custom-titled menus, within my systemwide selected-text context menu?


texts: How can I move/copy contacts from Exchange to Google within Contacts?

texts:
I'm using the Contacts app on my iPhone, some of my contacts are synced with a corporate exchange account, some with my private Google account. I want to ensure all contacts are synced with Google account as I might loose those who are added with exchange account when I leave the company.

How can I accomplish this?


texts: Upgrading to macOS Catalina with Android Studio

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro mid-2014, running macOS Mojave 10.14.6.
I have built an iOS app using Xcode 10.1, but when I wanted to upload it to the App Store, I came upon the following message:

ERROR ITMS-90725: "SDK Version Issue. This app was built with the iOS 12.1 SDK. As of June 30, 2020, all apps for iPhone or iPad must be built with the iOS 13 SDK or later, included with Xcode 11 or later."

I entered to the App Store, but I couldn't update to Xcode's latest version, as I don't have macOS Catalina installed. The problem is that I need Android Studio on my computer, but according to Android Studio's website, it is supported up to macOS Mojave, not Catalina.
My question is, is it safe to upgrade to macOS Catalina and keep using Android Studio? Or is there another way to solve this? Maybe installing a different version of Xcode that will run on macOS Mojave and supports iOS 13?


texts:
My email address no longer active and valid and I need to change it.

Once I log in and access the "Change Apple ID" page and enter a valid email address, I get an error message "This email address is not available. Choose a different address."


texts: How can I upgrade my iPhone to iOS 11 after accidentally declining the TOS?

texts:
The other night I wanted to install iOS 11 on my 6s+ overnight, but I had to accept the Terms of Service to do the installation.  I woke up at 5, had to be up by 5:45, and didn't want to miss out on 45 minutes of sleep. I did not want to start the installation for fear of my alarm not going off due to the update. When I was fumbling around with my phone I accidentally clicked the install option, which took me to the Accept Terms of Service screen. I tried to exit out of that screen, but couldn't. So I hit Decline. Now when I go to Settings -> General -> Software Update, it says my software is up to date (10.3.2).

How can I fix this situation and upgrade my iOS now?


texts: Where did my documents and desktop go when logging out of iCloud?

texts: I've been using a different Apple ID on my MacBook Pro than my usual ID (for work reasons), but decided to move everything to the same Apple ID. I logged out and...my documents and desktop were gone. I know some of them synced to iCloud, so I can get them off the website, but I had more than 5GB in there,  so many files didn't sync, and I didn't care to upgrade because I just wanted to keep it local. Did it delete my files, or are they tucked away somewhere where I can retrieve them from?


texts: Batch convert BMP to both TIFF and JPEG, then have the converted images moved into respective folders

texts:
I'm trying to modernise a film scanning workflow and need some guidance on how to automate my tasks more efficiently.
So let me first describe the situation and workflow that I need.
The film scanner produces a folder named after the Job Number (eg 2021_1234) with the actual film scans (.bmp) alongside cache/metadata files that are of no use at all (shown here as .xx and .zz). A sample directory is as follows:
~/2021_1234/
    01.xx
    02.xx
    03.xx
    01.zz
    02.zz
    03.zz
    01.bmp
    02.bmp
    03.bmp

I need the final result to follow this structure:
~/2021_1234/
    /2021_1234-TIFF/
        01.tiff
        02.tiff
        03.tiff
    /2021_1234-JPEG/
        01.jpg
        02.jpg
        03.jpg

Essentially the useless metadata files need to be deleted, and the .bmp files need to be converted to both .tiff and .jpeg files in their own subfolders with the Job Number as well.
Ideally I would like to also include LZW compression for the .tiff conversion if possible.
Currently I'm using a combination of manual copy/paste/delete, alongside 2 Automator Applications, 1 each for .jpeg and .tiff conversion. I'm only using a basic Get Specified Finder Items along with Change Type of Images.
It works, but it's not perfect as lots of manual steps still need to be done. Especially when I have to repeat all the steps for multiple jobs.
The ideal solution would allow me to simply drag 1 or multiple Job folders into an Automator Application and have it do all the image conversion, subfolder creation, and deletion of unnecessary files without any intervention on my end.
However, I can't seem to find a way to get the other steps done within Automator, and I get quite confused when I look at sample bash scripts that use sips. Many of the solutions I've seen online only solve one part of the problem that I'm facing (eg, just the image conversion, or just the folder creation), and I'm having trouble understanding the scripting language properly to combine them all together.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you


texts: Mountain Lion upgrade and many sites are not opening

texts:
I've upgraded to Mountain Lion and since then many sites including Google (and all of its related services), facebook and many other sites are not opening. i can't even open gmail.com. the name resolutions seem to be working fine.

  dig gmail.com

  ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> gmail.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got
  answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24840 ;;
  flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

  ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;gmail.com.          IN  A

  ;; ANSWER SECTION: gmail.com.     300 IN  A   209.85.175.17
  gmail.com.        300 IN  A   209.85.175.19 gmail.com.        300 IN  A   209.85.175.83
  gmail.com.        300 IN  A   209.85.175.18

  ;; Query time: 262 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Sat
  Jul 28 11:44:03 2012 ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 91

In the status bar, it says Waiting for domain. and later it shows errors like EMPTY RESPONSE, TIMED OUT etc.

i even can't open yahoo, twitter. i've tested this from Chrome, Safari, Firefox. But all these sites open from my wife's macbook (snow leopard) that is using same internet connection.

however, i can open many sites including all SE sites, github and many others.

is there anything i can do? as i can't google, i'm literally can't search web too :(.

thanks in advance.


texts: What is the 'microcontroler' setting under 'networks?

texts:
I was looking through the network settings on my 2015MBP and I came across this.

What is the microcontroler? It looks like it can be used to make telephone calls from the Mac as shown here

What is this, how does it work and how do you set it up?

Thanks

Edit

Here is the output from the commands that Rogiersuggested

network services output

(1) Microcontroller
(Hardware Port: Modem (usbmodem1422), Device: usbmodem1422)

(2) Bluetooth DUN
(Hardware Port: Bluetooth DUN, Device: Bluetooth-Modem)

(3) Wi-Fi
(Hardware Port: Wi-Fi, Device: en0)

(4) Bluetooth PAN
(Hardware Port: Bluetooth PAN, Device: en3)

(5) Thunderbolt Bridge
(Hardware Port: Thunderbolt Bridge, Device: bridge0)

Hardware Ports output

Hardware Port: Wi-Fi
Device: en0
Ethernet Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

Hardware Port: Bluetooth PAN
Device: en3
Ethernet Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt 1
Device: en1
Ethernet Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt 2
Device: en2
Ethernet Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt Bridge
Device: bridge0
Ethernet Address: N/A

VLAN Configurations
===================

Note:
I have changed the MAC addresses to 00:00:00:00:00:00 for security reasons since they can be spoofed.

If it helps I remembered I created an Wi-Fi hotspot on my Mac by clicking on the Wi-Fi menu and clicking on create network

The 'grep' command did not display anything. (used usbmodem1422 as the argument.


texts: Added new account to Apple Mail, it can't authenticate though webmail works fine

texts:
I'm out of ideas on what to try here.  2018 MBP running Mojave 10.14.6.
I just received a new work email address, that was just created and has never been used before.  I have numerous other email addresses on this machine including Gmail, iCloud (me.com), and personal domains that all work perfectly well using IMAP/SMTP.
This address just refuses to authenticate.  The password is correct, everything is correct and in fact works perfectly at the host's webmail portal (hosts.co.uk).
Specifically in Connection Doctor I get:
WROTE Jan 15 17:42:49.136 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.hosts.co.uk -- port:143 -- socket:0x600002192100 -- thread:0x6000050c7a00
8.1138 LOGIN my_login_id ********

READ Jan 15 17:42:59.137 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.hosts.co.uk -- port:143 -- socket:0x600002192100 -- thread:0x6000050c7a00
8.1138 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed.

WROTE Jan 15 17:42:59.137 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_2] -- host:imap.hosts.co.uk -- port:143 -- socket:0x600002192100 -- thread:0x6000050c7a00
9.1138 LOGOUT

I've tried everything I can think of including manual (Advanced) settings for port, different SMTP account selections, enabling "less secure apps" on Google (since I'd like to use them for SMTP), confirming Google's "I'm really me" CAPTCHA, and a host of other stuff I can't even remember at this moment.
This is my only address that fails to work, and in fact the only address I've ever had not "just work" and I've been using Mail since the beginning.  Any suggestions?


texts: Why do certain packages fail in NetInstall?

texts:
We are using NetInstall to image Macs at work. I build the NetInstall images with System Image Utility, and customize them with the "Add Packages and Post-Install Scripts" workflow item. NetInstall itself works great but I've noticed that several third-party install packages cause the imaging process to fail. A good example is Symantec Endpoint Protection.

My workaround has been to use JAMF Composer to snapshot an installation on a test machine to use that to create a new installer package. This works 99% of the time. However, I was wondering... What is it specifically about certain installation packages (.pkg files) that causes them to fail during the NetInstall process?


texts: How can I install IOS3 to my old iPhone3G?

texts:
Time ago I've changed my old iPhone 3G to my actual iPhone.

I've thought that could be a good idea to recover this old iphone, install an old IOS system (IOS3 worked perfect for this device) and give it to my mother, since she only wants to use it as a "dumphone" and a good camera photo.

How can I remove all actual information of the iPhone3G and then install IOS3?

Disclaimer:

I'm not and advanced user. I've read in this site and in google information about Cydia, redsn0w, jailbreak... but the truth is that I've barely understood how they work.


texts: App Store links don't work when App Store is running

texts:
I have a 32 GB iPad 3 with WiFi. If I try to follow an app store link, like from Safari or AppShopper, it will activate the running instance of the App Store but will not navigate to the link destination. If I force close the App Store and try again, it will launch the App Store and navigate to the right destination.

The problem is 100% reproducible. I have tried restarting the iPad and disabling\enabling Safari.

I've also found this link which describes my problem (here), but I can't figure out how to apply the solution there without losing my data.


texts: Trouble accessing the OS X Lion web server from other device

texts:
I'm developing a web app for mobile phones. To easily get a feel of how it is to use, I simply copied the app into ~/Sites (after enabling web sharing in the System Preferences).

Navigating to http://localhost/~username/myapp.html works perfectly. But if I do an ifconfig to get my IP address and navigate to the URL from my iPhone (substituting localhost with the IP address), I get an Error 404. How can I troubleshoot and resolve this issue?


texts: Can you change the time when iCloud Backup takes place?

texts: I have free data from midnight until 6AM and want backups to be done during this time to iCloud.


texts: Clear "Other Volumes" storage in Disk Utility

texts:
I have around 7 GB of stuff labeled under Other Volumes in my disk. What is using the storage reported under Other Volumes in Disk Utility and how to remove it?

I am running macOS High Sierra.


texts:
I have my iBooks setup on both my iPhone and Mac so that their contents are always in sync. If I delete a book on my Mac, then it gets deleted on my iPhone, too. However, it usually takes 24 hours before it takes effect on the iPhone, after I delete a book on the Mac.

How can I force a sync on the iPhone so that updates are reflected immediately?


texts: How to move window on top of the fullscreen window

texts:
I want to be able to move window on top of the fullscreen window to be able to present in Zoom and Microsoft Teams
It is possible to achieve in case if you have multiple displays just by drag-and-dropping window from one physical display to another or by using tools like Rectangle

In that case you able to share your fullscreen window having your presenter notes on top of it so, you are able to present with presenter notes without any need to connect external monitor to your Macbook
However if you don't have any external monitors connected to your Macbook it is not possible to achieve. In that case only option you have is by using mission control mode but in that case all you get is a split screen which will eventually affect the size of the window you are sharing, if you see what I mean

Is there any solution for that case?


texts: My 5th gen iPod classic and 1st gen iPod nano both skip two entire albums. The iPod automatically skips every song in the album. These albums both play fine in iTunes. Also, both albums played fine a few weeks ago. I have deleted and re-imported the albums into iTunes and the iPod many times. The ID3 tags and the format match the other songs in my iTunes, and I do not know what is causing this problem. What should I do?


texts:
I'd like to create a bedtime shortcut, which activates my alarms and activate Do Not Disturb on my iPhone.

When I choose the clock app inside the Shortcut creator, I only have the option create alarm, which creates a new alarm every time I run the shortcut.

I want to activate an existing alarm and not create an copy of an existing one.


texts: Sending HTML mails (without a 3rd party app)

texts:
I've been trying to send an html mail with images embedded.

Same as you would do if you embedded items into your stationary folder in outlook.

I don't want to use a 3rd party app...because i need to send this to a client and then they will forward to a whole bunch of people...so i can't send it via a 3rd party app because once you do, if you try forward it then all the images and formatting etc don't come with the mail.

Any ideas?


texts: Can I "restore" an iso image to my hdd to be bootable?

texts: I removed my superdrive a while back but now I want to install a linux partition on my macbook. I installed rEFInd as my boot manager but now I need to boot into the arch linux iso. Normally I would just burn it to a disk and boot... but I dont have a cd drive... so can I clone the iso to my hdd so I can boot off of it?


texts:
I have somehow managed to replace the default movie player, with my FTP client. I'm not sure how that happened, but now every time I double click a movie file in Finder, my FTP client launches.
Can someone tell me how I can go about changing the default application that launches for certain file extensions?


texts: Does Apple TV support Netflix/Love Film in the UK?

texts:
I was playing around with my in-laws 2nd Gen Apple TV and I couldn't find any way of getting to these services.

I'm fairly sure I remember seeing iPlayer and the like in the old UI when I was playing with one in an Apple store but the UI seems to have been updated since then and I couldn't find any features aside from streaming from a computer on the network.

Have these features been removed are are they just well hidden?


texts: How can make my macbook wake up from sleep mode automatically ? That is I will fix up a time for it to wake up and when the time will come it shall automatically wake up from sleep mode. Can this be done?


texts: Scheduled startup/wake while on battery power

texts:
I would like to automatically turn my Macbook Pro on at a certain time in the future (preferably with Terminal). However, I found out that this does not work when the computer is not connected to a power source. Is it possible to be able to do this on battery power?

I tried to use pmset schedule wakeorpoweron but that also only works on AC power.

(I need to be able to do this so I can run a program at a certain time of day. And I do not want to use caffeinate because it would drain the battery significantly more)


texts:
I am looking for a way in Bash to run something within Emacs. For example, if you run emacs, press esc+X then type "life," you get a little simulation of Conway's Game of Life. How could this be done via Bash?

Don't have much so far:

#!/bin/sh
emacs

I've read about using ^] and such but doing

#!/bin/sh
emacs
^]

does not work (neither does ^[)

Basically, how can I simulate all of these key presses in Bash, with the default Mac Emacs (22.1.1)?


texts: OS X Yosemite permanent environement variables

texts:
Since I upgraded to OS X Yosemite I do have massive problems with environment variables that I really, really NEED for development of some projects.

The Problems is:

Every time I install some kind of update from the app store and my macbook restarts in order to install it, it will delete all, but really all of my environment variables which then costs me nearly an hour to set it up again.

I've tried so many different solutions until now (I don't want to start listing them up here, I really searched the www for some hours...) and nothing has worked as permanent/persistent environment variable.

What I need to do:

System wide environment variables that are NEVER reset without my action. They have to be persistent/permanent!
Environment variables have to be readable by shell as well as GUI applications

I feel helpless and somehow stupid.
It's so easy on all linux distros I know and also in the Windows world. Why does it seem to be so hard for OS X?


texts: Can one Mac boot up to several OS X installation?

texts:
Since there will be iOS 6 / Xcode 4.5 Beta or Preview and Mountain Lion Beta or Preview, I wonder if using an iMac with 1TB of hard drive, can it be partitioned using its Disk Utility into 4 or 5 partitions, and install Lion on each of those partitions except one partition for Mountain Lion Beta?

Or alternatively, if it is a Mac Mini with 500GB and it is partitioned into 3 partitions?


texts: How do I open a file from Spotlight in Finder?

texts:
When I search for something e.g. a PDF file, in Spotlight and has i displayed in the search results list. How can I open the file in Finder? If I click on it, the file is opened e.g. in the pdf reader, but I would like to know where on the file system it is.

Any suggestions?


texts: I moved from iPhoto to Photos, and now I can't see the albums arranged by name in the sidebar. All that organizing is gone! Is there a view where I can still see my list of albums?


texts: How to get Mountain Lion to recognise modifier keys from external Windows keyboard

texts:
By default, Mountain Lion maps Windows-key to Command and ctrl to ctrol. I changed the modifier keys under the "Modifier Keys" menu in System Preferences, but it had no impact. I can tell this because I changed all modifier keys to "control", but still was able to use the Windows-key as the Command key and the alt key normally. Does Mountain Lion not respect these settings with Windows keyboard??

Should I be doing something else?


texts: How to get OpenVPN details from macOS to iOS

texts:
I have a VPN which I connect to on my MacBook with Tunnelblick. I would like to setup my iPhone 6 to connect to the same VPN, however I am struggling to find an app or way to do this.

In Tunnelblick, I can see the configuration file which looks like this:

dev tun
proto udp
remote vpn.crmpicco.co.uk 1194
cipher AES-128-CBC
auth SHA1
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
client
verb 3
auth-user-pass
<ca>
 [Security-related line(s) omitted]
</ca>
<cert>
 [Security-related line(s) omitted]
</cert>

<key>
 [Security-related line(s) omitted]
</key>

Can anyone advise me on how to connect to this VPN on iOS?


texts: Easiest way to override a font in Safari 11?

texts:
In Chrome or Firefox we can use Stylish. There seems to be an unofficial extension for Safari but I’m put off by its use of Google Analytics.

In my case I am only interested in changing the font on one particular website. Specifically, I want to override the monospace font on a given website to eg, Menlo. For instance:

@font-face {
   font-family: monospace;
   src: local('Menlo');
}

I'd rather not use an extension for this and I do want this to apply to one particular website, so a manual toggle to globally apply a piece of CSS is the last resort I can think of.

Is there an easier way to automate this that doesn’t require installing an extension?


texts: How do I give options to Homebrew install

texts:
Is it possible to give options to a Homebrew installation package from the command line, something like this (which does not seem to work):

brew install tesseract --all-languages

Or do you have to use brew edit tesseract and actually edit your desired options into the file that opens?

(If the latter is the only way, why did they choose to do it like this? It seems very cumbersome.)

EDIT: I did uninstall, then install again with the option added, and now it seems to react. 1. Homebrew should have been able to understand the change without uninstalling first. 2. I can't see the option thing documented or mentioned anywhere.


texts: Using the Apple Battery Charger with non-Apple batteries

texts:
The Apple Battery Charger's product description page states:

  The Apple Battery Charger can recharge one or two batteries at a time. It's optimized for Apple-supplied batteries and it works with AA NiMH batteries from other companies, too.

Does anyone know the required specifications for using non-Apple batteries?

The Apple supplied batteries are AA Ni-MH Min. 1900 mAh 1.2V HR6.

I have some Powerex AA Ni-MH Min. 2500 mAh 1.2V, so I'm wondering if they are compatible. I'm also curious what other non-Apple batteries are compatible.


texts: Find files with the same content in one folder (and all its sub-folders)

texts:
Say I have a folder named container and there are many files/sub-folders in it. I would like to find all the files with the same content (they can have different names but the content should be the same).

Is there any way I can do this on Mac?


texts: Where can I find the old version of the Mint app for iOS 4?

texts:
I'm on a jailbroken iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3.5. There is still not an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5, so I am not able to upgrade yet.

Mint has gotten a bit ahead of themselves and released a new version of their iOS app that requires iOS 5. The old version supported on iOS 4, but it is no longer available. There has been some talk on their support forum about the issue, but there doesn't seem to be a solution.

Where can I find the old version of the Mint app that supports iOS 4?


texts: Multiple users working remote on one mac?

texts:
we want to develop some iOS apps in our company. Since we use windows-pcs, we think about buying only one Mac and all working remotely from our windows machines on this single Mac. Is this possible? What type of Mac do we need for this scenario (Mac Mini or something bigger?). It would be enough, if only two users could connect at the same time to the mac.
Or do we have to buy a Mac for every developer in out team?

Thanks
Konrad


texts: Apple Watch deletes all songs from its internal store after iOS sync

texts:
I have an iTunes playlist with 150 songs set to sync with Apple Watch. I sleep, let the Watch on its charger, then by morning I have all 150 songs on it working fine. I can confirm this by going into the Watch app then General > About. However, whenever I sync my iTunes with my iPhone, all songs are automatically deleted from the Apple Watch, even if the playlist is still the same (on the iPhone nothing happens, everything is still fine). Then the songs will only be synced again when I put it back on the charger.
Anyone knows why it might be happening?
Thank you!
Info:
Apple Watch Series 3 - WatchOS 6.2.6
iPhone 7 128 GB - iOS 13.5


texts: How to copy many emails to a specific folder rather than copy/paste the contents of each message?

texts:
I'm trying to create a project folder for some woodworking I will be doing over the next few weeks. Among the first items into this folder is a collection of ~25 emails containing photos and measurements of components on a similar project.

Is there a quick way to copy each of these emails to a specific folder rather than copy/paste'ing the contents of each one?


texts: Time Machine not starting when I connect the HDD

texts:
I have a 500 GB WD My Passport with two partitions on it, one of which is set as a Time Machine backup drive. The problem is that the backup doesn't start automatically when I connect the HDD. Any idea why?
If it helps, the only thing I did was to partition it, I haven't formatted it, so the SmartWare drive kicks in every time I connect it.

Environment: Last generation MacBook Pro; Mac OS X 10.6.8.


texts: Since I encrypted my external hard drive it does not stop running after I press eject. It disappears from the sidebar in Finder but it does not stop running. I have removed it and connected it again several times and the same thing happens every time. Can this be harmful for the drive or is it ok to remove it even though it is still running? Is there anyway to fix this so that it stops running when ejected? Or is there another safe way to remove it if eject does not work? I have a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.5.


texts: email is missing from my settings on iphone 5c.  The icon is also missing.  I don't know how it disappeared.


texts: Sharing an HFS+ volume from Mavericks to Windows 8

texts:
Does anyone know if it's at all possible to share an HFS+ volume from OSX 10.9 to Windows 8?

(I'd like to try and isolate any plugins and or extensions to the Windows platform, and keep my OSX box as clean and stock as possible.)

Thanks.


texts: Ping command with parameters from iPhone

texts:
How I can execute ping command with parameter -s (size of package) from iPhone device. I need it for access to my router with help of knocking mechanism.

I tried different apps in AppStore - no success.
Apps List:

Ping - network utility

Termius - SSH client

Maybe, someone know appropriate one?


texts: Launch iTunes and iPhoto when external USB drive is connected

texts: Is there a code that I can just copy an paste into Terminal or Automator? If not what is the best Application to download?


texts:
My MacBook Air has issues maintaining an internet connection at home. I think my access point is at fault, as this also happens to other devices.

Reconnecting to the WiFi or running Network Diagnostics fixes the problem, only for it to happen again 5 minutes later:

How would I diagnose the problem? Are there any tools that would tell me what/where the problem is?


texts: Can Bluetooth be disabled on the Apple Watch?

texts: I understand that the Apple Watch needs a connection to an iPhone for most of its features to work, but am curious if Bluetooth can be turned off on the Apple Watch. Does the Apple Watch provide an option to disable Bluetooth?


texts:
I "think" I understand that all firewalls are software. However, I am splitting the monthly internet bill with a roommate who has the ISP modem/router in his room. I would like add (if possible) more security measures. (I cannot get my own ISP in my room; as the house is designated as a “heritage house” and the landlord won’t agree to any “drilling”).
I have my macOS firewall turned on to “block all incoming connections”. I also use Tunnel Bear VPN.

Are there any recommendations (hardware or software) available considering my situation?


texts: Can I play ARK: Survival Evolved on my MacBook Air?

texts:
I bought my 13″ MacBook Air a couple months ago. I usually check the compatibility with Can You Run It before purchasing the game on Steam. In this case, I'm buying Ark: Survival Evolved. Unfortunately, that site doesn't support Mac.

Is there any other website where I can check game compatibility for Mac computers?

My system's specification:

Software: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Processor: 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5

With these can I play any of these games on my system?


texts: New Photo app - upload speed to iCloud photos really so slow?

texts:
I installed the new Photos app and imported my Aperture library (about 50.000 photos altogether. As I had a bad experience when my hdd with my pictures was stolen, I want to upload all of them to iCloud. (I am not a professional photographer)

So far so good: but in the last three days, only about 5000 photos were uploaded. In other words: 30 days to go...

Is this to be expected?

Does anybody has any experiences with uploading that many photos?

I am obviously uploading via ethernet (1000 baseT) and the internet connection is not nearly saturated.


texts:
I'm running High Sierra on my older iMac. I recently loaded the Karabiner-elements.app but when I tried to delete it, a message appeared that said it was locked and couldn't be deleted. So I opened Get Info for it and confirmed that the app was locked. I couldn't uncheck the locked box so I clicked on the  icon at the bottom. The box where I can uncheck the lock feature is still greyed out.

I also opened a terminal window and navigated to the /Applications folder. I determined that the Karabiner app was there and I typed sudo rm -r Karabiner-Elements.app but I got a message that said Operation not permitted.

How do I delete this app?


texts:
In Snow Leopard alt-3 used to print a #, in Lion it doesn't.
I'v tried different key combination keyboard viewer but still no luck.
Any ideas were the # key went?


texts: Formatted an NTFS partition to Mac extended Journaled by mistake

texts:
I was creating a bootable Mojave usb for a friend on my Mac and by mistake instead of formatting the USB drive I formatted an NTFS partition on an internal disk to macOS Extended (Journaled). The format did not complete though and ended with an error but the damage was done and the partition is just greyed out in the Disk Utility and is not visible in the Finder. The disk in question is a GPT 1TB drive which has a Windows 10 partition of ~225GB, one that Windows makes itself during installation, while the rest was the data partition which got wiped. I haven't touched the partition in any way except running testdisk analysis on the drive.

This is the output from the testdisk analysis

The selected partition is the Windows 10 partition I think. I cannot find the ~700-750GB partition in this list. I don't have linux installed on this system although I had 2 images of backed up Ubuntu on this partition.

Can you guys please help me in figuring out what the safest way to recover this partition is?


texts: Cannot toggle between YouTube on full screen and other apps in Google Chrome

texts:
I recently switched by browser from Firefox to Google Chrome and now when I have a YouTube video on full screen it won't let me toggle between the video and other apps using the ⌘ Command ` shortcut any more.

My OS is Mojave.

Has anyone else had this problem and know of a solution?


texts: What information does iPhone 4S Log-Aggregated 2012-12-12 contain?

texts:
On the iPhone under the Settings > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage Data > log aggregated, what does this mean?

<key>appActivationCount.com.apple.MobileSMS</key> <integer>9</integer>

Does it mean the number of text sent or received or both?


texts: MacBook hangs on shutdown. It shows a progress spinner on black background. (Verbose printout included)

texts:
I have a macbook air 1.4 Core i5 with macOS sierra.

It hangs every time I shut it down. Thus, I cannot update it to high sierra.

Using command+v I was able to screenshot the printout during the shutdown sequence.

Failed to send exception EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY. error code: 5 for pid 97
Process mds_stores [210] disabling system-wide I/O Throttling
Process mds_stores [210] disabling system-wide CPU Throttling
AppleActuatorDeviceUserClient::stop Entered
IO88211Inferface::updateReport _peerManager is missing
awdl0: promiscuous mode disable succeeded

Then no more progress. (see screenshot)

Edit:

After some Googling, I read that peerManager is connected to the wifi. Thus, I disabled the wifi before shutdown. The peerManager error went away but the system still hung. It displayed no printout. See image:

Hangs on this.

As additional information, the problem has been occurring for over 3 years and survived multiple major OS updates.


texts: I am looking for a voice modulator software that runs on OS X and converts a voice into scrambled and distorted sounding audio (like the ones in the movies).


texts:
3 weeks ago I installed Yosemite public beta onto a brand new Macbook Air which arrived with Mavericks pre-installed. To carry out the installation I created a new partition for Yosemite and so had the option of a dual boot.

Last week the public beta 4 came through and my existing Yosemite partition was not big enough to allow installation.

I figured that because it was a brand new machine with no data to be lost I could risk using Yosemite as my only OS, and so I decided to remove Mavericks with the intention of having one single partition with Yosemite. What has happened is that I have now 2 partitions - one prescribed Macintosh HD and the other my Yosemite partition. But I am unable to merge the two partitions or to grow the Yosemite partition from it's initial 20Gb, furthermore the partition entitled Macintosh HD is inaccessible.

Through using Terminal commands I was able to resize the Macintosh HD, but I am still unable to resize the Yosemite partition drive.

I have discovered that then Yosemite partition was made into CoreStorage, and so have used the Terminal commands to try to resize this - both the Logical Volume Group and the Physical Volume - but the Physical Volume command reports the volume is too small to be made larger, whilst the resizeStack command on the Logical Volume Group generates the following report "60DF5D65-41F2-41D1-A56E-9C74FFFD3E6D does not appear to be a valid Core Storage Logical Volume UUID or disk"


texts: How can I move files to different Dropbox folders on my iPad?

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My specific need came from using a plaintext editor (Plaintext, although the issue is similar in IA Writer, Byword, etc.) where I can create new folders to organize my .txt docs, and I create new docs in them, but I can't move existing ones into or out of folders.

So I thought, surely I can switch over to the Dropbox app, move the files to the desired folders there, then come back, but that's not the case.   There's not even a move function in the Dropbox app.

Is there some way on an iPad to move a file in Dropbox to a different folder in Dropbox (that doesn't involve logmein or some other VPN app that lets me access my Mac)?


texts: How do I mount an SSD I got from an old Macbook?

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I ripped a perfectly fine SSD out of a Macbook with a broken display.

So far, all my attempts to access the file system on the SSD have failed.

I've tried to put in a nearly identical Macbook. This Macbook booted into recovery mode but I was unable to access the SSD's filesystem from there. (Specifically, following this answer didn't work as the output of diskutil list does not include any lvUUID)
I've tried to boot from the SSD on the nearly identical Macbook. The SSD isn't even an option in the boot menu.
I've connected the SSD via a USB to SATA connecter to my main computer. I am still unable to mount the SSD as the option for "mount" in disk utility is greyed out.

Note: I need to access this SSD so that its files have names. While programs like photorec will recover data from the SSD, they will give the files random names i.e. f2839048.png.

How do I mount this SSD so that I can browse it normally?

Edit 1:

Here's the output of diskutil list on my new Macbook. The SSD in question is hooked up externally.

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         121.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            72.5 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 45.6 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                522.7 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      4.3 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            249.2 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s3

disk2 is the SSD that I'm having trouble accessing.

Edit 2:

The SSD was indeed corrupted. I ended up using Photorec to get all relevant files and sifted through them to get what I needed.


texts: Update Yosemite to El Captain : PANIC ERROR

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I have updated my MacBook pro Yosemite to El Captain. During the update my macbook put an error message saying it failed to load the update. So I rebooted the MacBook now he puts me this error message (see screenshot) and restarts repeatedly.

Do you have any ideas?


texts: Let me understand the Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports of the new iMac

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The top model of the new iMac to be launched by the end of May 2021, is said to come with 2 Thunderbolt/USB 4 ports and 2 USB 3 ports.
In my mind, Thunderbolt is a physically different connector compared to the other 2 USB 3 ports, but looking at this picture they are apparently the same port.
I have an old 2012 iMac connected to two external TVs through the thunderbolt port. Each port using a thunderbolt to HDMI dongle. I am not mirroring the main screen. I have 3 independent monitors, the iMac one and each TV.
So I thought, I could do the same to this new iMac. I disconnect the dongles I have on the old iMac and connect to this new one but apparently these "thunderbolt" ports of the new iMac are in fact USB-C ports that deliver thunderbolt. So, In fact I need USB-C to HDMI dongles, right?
So, physically speaking, this new iMac only has 4 USB-C ports, two of them being able to deliver "thunderbolt", right?
This new iMac has two of these "thunderbolt" ports but apparently if I use both, I will not get two external independent monitors right?
Why?


texts: In iMovie, can I suppress the visual portion of a video clip?

texts: I'm using iMovie 10.1.12 on Mojave.  I have a video clip that I want to play at the beginning of my slideshow.  However, I only want the audio portion of the video clip to play and would like the screen to be black while the audio is playing.  What is the easiest way to achieve this?