texts: Why do App Store applications transferred into ~/Applications on another machine not launch?

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I have purchased some apps from the Mac App store and installed them on my personal computer. I would like to install them on a shared work computer. Unfortunately, I do not have admin access to the work computer, so I cannot do this the usual way.

I have copied the apps from my home computer to the ~/Applications directory of the work computer, and attempted to run them, with mixed success:

Some apps, when you run them for the first time, open a dialog box that says "Sign in to use this application on this computer" and prompt you for your Apple ID and password, after which they work fine. (Example: DayOne, and most free apps)
Most apps will still show you this dialog box, but for some reason will not work, even after you type in your ID and password. (Example: BBEdit, Soulver, Twitterrific)

The question(s):

Is there something I can do to make the app run?
If not, what is it that is causing the app to refuse to launch?

Edit: When the app fails, it  gives a console message "Exited with exit code: 173". If I understand correctly, this means that the app is not valid (which is to be expected when I copy it from one computer to another). However, the process by which the App Store validates the app, appears to not work when the app is not in the proper location. Furthermore, it seems likely that apps that do work, such as DayOne or the free apps, work only because they are not checking that the app has been validly purchased and would in fact work on any computer without any kind of validation.

The question remains, is there a workaround?

Edit again: I have no problem copying an app into ~/Applications on my home computer, even for a different user. Because investigating (not to mention solving) this problem requires so much hassle (including two computers or at least a virtual machine), I am offering a bounty.


texts: Guest Account with access to Safari only

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I am trying to setup a guest account or a regular account on my MacBook Air M1 running MacOS Big Sur 11.1 so that the new account can only access Safari and Apple TV (and maybe a few other apps including user installed ones).
This does not seem possible anymore. All I have found out are the Content & Privacy settings in the Screen Time by which we can choose the type of content allowed and such but not which applications are visible to a particular non-administrative account.
Can someone please help me set things up properly? Basically I am looking to restrict application access to either a guest account or any non-administrative account. It would be an added bonus if my disk space is not accessible either so that the user only sees internet browsing option and maybe a couple other options.
This feels like a very simple thing which should be immediately available but I can't figure it out.


texts: System restore macbook air with broken screen?

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the screen on my macbook air has broken, It is only hanging on by a couple of wires and it lights up but doesn't do anything else. I want to sell it for parts but obviously want to get all my data off first. I have an external cd drive with the restore cd in but when I press C on boot I obviously can't see anything. Can I somehow connect it to an external monitor? Or is there another way of doing this?

Thanks


texts: How do I batch convert a lot of .doc file to .html?

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I have some archive documents in .doc format, and I want to convert them to a searchable data base. I know that .pdf is searchable, but PC users seem to find .html documents more easily searchable ( I don't understand this).

How can I do this conversion, preferably as a batch conversion?


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There are some effects in osx. For example minimize effect, fullscreen effect, slide effect when changing desktop. But I think these effects taking too long time. For example I'm pushing to CMD+TAB and selecting a full screen application then desktop is sliding about 500 milliseconds. This is slow for me. I want to decrease this time to 100 millisecond. It is time waste and enervator. Can I change time for effects.
I'm using linux in other computer and I can change effect times for compiz. I think there must be same thing in OSX too. Thanks for your help.


texts: iPhone and iPad says IMAP server is not responding after password change, but works on other devices

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I’m having a bit of a brain-scratcher with my parents’ phones and iPads. My stepmum received a notification that a attempt by someone to log in to her Google account (with the right password) had been blocked, so I started changing passwords for the accounts variations of that password were used.
One of those accounts is an IMAP e-mail account associated with their website. The mail server is a simple, bog-standard IMAP server run by the host – no hosted Gmail or anything like that, just plain IMAP. Note: The problems described here also apply to the outgoing SMTP server, which is on the same domain as the IMAP server.
The e-mail account had been working on her iPhone and iPad for years – but when I changed the password in the website admin panel and then updated it in Settings → Accounts on the two iDevices, they both said “The mail server imap.server.com is not responding. Verify that you have entered the correct account info in Mail settings”, and I haven’t been able to get it to work since. All settings and credentials (username/password) have been confirmed in the host’s admin panel and are correct. The error is never “Incorrect username or password”, always that the server does not respond.
Three points that boggle my mind:

I’ve tried completely removing the account, restarting the device and adding it as a new account; it then says “Cannot connect to server using SSL” when setting up the account. Saying yes to its suggestion of trying without SSL doesn’t help; still can’t connect.

Setting up the same account (with completely identical settings and credentials, all verified to be correct in the host’s admin panel) works fine on my and my dad’s iPhone and iPad, even accessing the Internet on the same network as the devices where it doesn’t work.

The host has previously been of the format server1234.servercluster.com, with the subdomain corresponding to which actual server the website is hosted on in the host’s server park (i.e., if they move the site to a different server, you’ll have to change your e-mail and FTP hostnames too). Recently, they’ve added aliases of the format m123456.servercluster.com, where the subdomain is an unchanging identifier that remains the same across server transfers. Both hostnames work just fine on me and my dad’s devices; neither works on my stepmum’s.

As far as empiric evidence goes, then, it seems that changing the password breaks the account – even after deleting it completely – if the account has previously been installed on the device, but the same account can be added to a new device with no problems.
I spoke to the host, who were as baffled as I am. Their only suggestion was that perhaps there was a cached SSL certificate that was screwing things up, which does sound like it’s along the right lines, but I don’t see how it can be right, given that the server’s SSL certificate hasn’t changed: it’s the same as it was a few days ago when it worked fine, before the password change.
What might be causing this? Something cached somewhere on the device (and if so, how do I get rid of it)?
A last option would be to completely reset the device, but I’d really like to avoid doing that as it would take me ages to get everything back the way it was.


texts: Is there a way to make Windows-style SMB share paths launch correctly?

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We have a mixed Windows/Mac network, with Windows fileservers, and an Exchange/Outlook mailsystem.

The Windows users send out emails with links to the shared files that look like:

\\FileServer01\topfolder\subfolder\shared.doc

If you right-click on the link in Mac Outlook 2010, it seems to have a pseudo-URL of:

file://///FileServer01/topfolder/subfolder/shared.doc

Mac Outlook 2010 makes that link clickable, but fails with an error:

The file ///FileServer01/topfolder/subfolder/shared.doc could not be found.

Given that we're not going to be able to get people to stop copy-pasting in Mac-unfriendly SMB links, is there any way to get the Finder or some handler to rewrite the URL into something the Mac can open?


texts: Audio shifting balance to right headphone (MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014 - El Capitan)

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I have no idea when this started as I wasn't using the headphones on the laptop for long time - so it might be since the latest minor upgrade.

After listening to music for a while, the sound starts shifting the balance to the right as if someone was slowly moving the balance bar. Rarey I can hear it moving the balance left and right for a couple of seconds.

Please note this is not the same issue recognised by Apple where opening the sound preferences you suddenly see that the balance is actually shifted to the right (or left). My sliders are always perfectly centered.

Sometimes when it happens and I go to the "Audio Midi Setup" and I move the left slider, the balance restores to the center, but other times it just mute completely the left channel. When this happens, also the test sound in the "Configure speakers..." section stops working, for both channels even if the right one is still playing music.

Sometimes plugging out the headphones and plugging them in again restores the balance, other times it doesn't.

This also happens if I use an external USB amp/dac so it's not the headphone itself nor the jack.

I tried rebooting without re-opening the apps, I've reset the SMC (actually I have no way to know if it worked as the green light in the power plug did not flash?) and NVRAM, several times. Killing coreaudiod too doesn't work.

I used Onyx to clear the system caches (including Kernel and such) and rebooted, still nothing.

I wouldn't like to upgrade to Sierra yet (assuming it would possibly fix it) as it seems there are too many bugs and I need the laptop to work.

Any idea, please?


texts: Keyboard shortcut using 'Mac Driver' in WINE

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I would like to map the Command key to the Control key but, have it affective only while running a WINE application using the new 'Mac Driver', not X11. I tried a registry edit but, I don't know what I'm doing and google hasn't been very helpful.

No third party software! I don't want to hear about anything like KeyRemap4MacBook.


texts: Export Keynote slides with looped video clips to Quicktime movie

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I have put a little video clip in my Keynote presentation, which loops back and forth while other animations beside it are running.

When I export my Keynote presentation to a Quicktime movie, the looping videoclip inside the Keynote presentation just doesn't loop in the exported Quicktime movie. Instead the video clip will just play one time from beginning to the end.

Is it possible to export slides with looped video clips inside Keynote to a Quicktime movie?


texts: Change Apple ID on iPad without losing data

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I guess I confused you, so let me explain. I am a computer technician, dealing mostly with Windows computer and know a little about iPad and iOS in general. A customer called me because a Facebook application didn't work as expected. When browsing to her Facebook account within Safari, everything was OK, so I realized I should update the Facebook app. There was indeed a new version. The problem is that when she bought the iPad some other guy was too lazy to create a new Apple ID and used his own to install stuff. Every time I attempt to download a new app or update an existing one from Apple Store, I am asked to put the password for this guy's Apple ID and there is no option to use a different Apple ID. In the Settings, Apple Store and iTunes, the only Apple ID present is that of the owner! If I tap on it and select Sign Out, I can then go to Apple Store, select "Purchased Apps" and then I am asked to login to see them. At this point I am allowed to use another Apple ID. This does nothing as next time I try to use the Apple Store this annoying dialog asking for the password of the old Apple ID pops up!

I know that if I reset the device, I can then associate it with the proper Apple ID, but that's the problem! My customer has a lot of downloaded apps and photos she doesn't want to lose! Is there any method to remove this Apple ID once and for all WITHOUT losing data? Calling that guy to do it from his account is not an option, any other method?


texts: Is this impossible to install XP using BootCamp on Lion?

texts: I want to install XP with bootcamp on my Mac running Lion. The only choice that it gives me is to install Win7. Is there a way to install XP on Lion ?


texts: Accessibility on my iphone 3G ios 4.1 has no content please help

texts: I upgraded my iphone 3G to ios 4.1 bad news is the accessibility menu on my settings has no content and i cant change my screen saver its always black everytime i choose a picture help me please


texts: Will Google Photos Backup avoid creating duplicates if I use the app to upload from two separate computers with overlapping photo collections in Mac Os Photos?


texts: Unable to log into new installation of macOS High Sierra

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I recently installed macOS High Sierra on my MacBook Air. After that, it is not accepting the correct password. I also failed to unlock my FileVault. It also shows that the password I entered is wrong.

Later, I discovered that when I type it input some symbols instead of letters, I tried to change it using Input sources on the right most corner of the screen but again it’s not working.

I spend long hours for it, but all in vain. I decided to re-install macOS, and now the problem is I cannot boot from the USB. I tried all possible combinations to enter Disk Utilities, but in vain.

What should I do?


texts: OSX 10.13.4 'Sets up your Mac' every login

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I just upgraded to 10.13.4, and every time I reboot or login I get the "Setting up your Mac" screen. It also adds the default apps to the dock (such as Siri and Downloads folder). If I remove those two and log out or reboot, the next time I log in I get the same "Setting up your Mac" as well as the default apps again. This happens on two machines I have; a MacBook Pro and a Mac Pro.

Has anyone else seen this behavior and, more importantly, have a fix for it? Or is it just a bug in 10.13.4?


texts: macOS Catalina: "file already exists, replace it?" popup, how to select Replace with keyboard?

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When trying to save a file that already exists, macOS typically shows the "File already exists, replace it?" popup, like this:

In previous versions of macOS (like Mojave, High Sierra, etc) I was always able to choose either Cancel or Replace using the keyboard.
However since Catalina, it doesn't seem to be working. As displayed in the screenshot above, the Cancel button is highlighted by default. If I press the Return key it will choose Cancel. However I used to be able to switch between Cancel and Replace by using the Tab key. But not anymore.
Also tried the cursor left and right keys (← and →) but to no avail.
This particular example is from macOS' default Preview app, but it's the same in pretty much any application.
Also in some applications I could previously use something like ⌥+Return or ⌘+Return to choose either the left or right option respectively (Cancel or Replace in this case) but that doesn't seem to be working either.
Is there a different keyboard shortcut or combination of buttons nowadays? Or do I really HAVE to use the mouse to choose Replace ?


texts: Ever since updating to new operating system I cannot delete iMessages from my iPad. I had an Ipad 2 and bought a new iPad Air 2 today, but I still have the same problem.


texts: Configure Memory (Photos) titles to have a specific date format (M-D-Y or Y-M-D)

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Is it possible to change the way Photos is naming the memories?
Basically, it is quite stupid to name it using Day-Month-Year order, since an export of the memories using the option "Create subfolder with the name of the memory" will export the pictures in a folder that cannot be sorted by date later on...

Let's say I have multiple memories of 2018 on the 1st day of each month, then the generated folder will be sorted as follows:

1 April 2018
1 March 2018
1 September 2018
2 January 2018
2 April 2018

That's pretty annoying, isn't it?

Thanks for the help.


texts: Can't start Mac in recovery mode - only get folder with question mark instead

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I can't start my MacBook Pro 2017 using controlR, controloptionR, or shiftcontroloptionR.

For all combinations I only get the folder with a question mark shown.

What can it mean and how can I fix it?


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so I bought a USB-C hub for my MacBook Pro 2017,
specifically, this one:

https://www.aukey.com/products/usb-c-to-4-port-usb-3-0-hub-with-hdmi-port-usb-c-charing-port-cb-c58

it has a power delivery USB-C port, and I'm wondering if it safe for my Macbook to always use that port when I have the hub plugged in (so I can use the other USB-C port on the mac for other purposes) or it is better to plug power directly into the Macbook? any technical differences?


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my launchpad feels congested. each screen displays 35 icons made up of 5 rows and 7 columns. i would like to have more space and wanted to try a 4x6 grid instead.

I tried looking in system preferences but couldn't find any way to configure the launchpad. I also tried right clicking on its dock icon, but this only gave me the option of removing it from the dock or launching it. when it is launched, there's no way to see its preferences.

Can I customize the launchpad grid to try a 4x6 grid?


texts: Unable to delete a folder to disable drag and drop, during screen-sharing

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This answer claims

You can just remove Screen Sharing server's helper tools from here:
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/screensharingd.bundle/Contents/Support/
Quick check didn't show anything bad for the rest of server functions.

I am trying to delete the /Support folder but, I get "operation not permitted". I am in as root and have tried to sudo chown, chmod, mv, rm -Rrf, etc. The only command that worked for me was cp -rv.. Any idea what the issue is?
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  wheel   128 Mar 28  2019 Support


texts: Squeaky Retina MacBook Pro upon pressure to bottom-right corner

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I just got my new Retina MBP that I ordered online. I noticed a minor squeaky/creaky sound whenever I apply some pressure on the bottom right corner and beside the right speaker. The sound also generates when I press on the trackpad on very few occassions.

I am sure this is not normal, is there a way to fix this ? I tried finding a T5 screw driver but the screws used in the rMBP have 5 edges rather than 6. So I cannot really tighten it myself to check whether that fixes it.

I am currently in an international country that does not have a specific Apple Store, just a wholesaler that tells me to go to the service center and check whats the problem there. I do not want my new laptop to be scratched or mishandled, so I prefer doing it on my own. However I am not sure what I can do to fix it myself. Any suggestions ?


texts: Copy file from Terminal and paste in Mail

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I would like to

copy a file to the clipboard in terminal (as a reference like Finder does it) and then
when writing an email, paste it into Mail as an attachment (CMD + V).

I posted an example solution below but I'd prefer a script that does not need to open Finder.


texts: Slightly broken SD card is not readable on macbook

texts: I put the SD card (sandisk ultra 32gb) in the card slot in macbook pro. But it is not getting detected. When I tried to find on Disk utility it doesnt show up. I have very important data in the SD card which I am not able to procure. Please help. Thank you


texts: iPhone 5s: Which consumes more battery, 4G, or 4G LTE?

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Under Settings > Cellular, there's an option to enable/disable LTE. When disabled, my phone reverts to 4G, as indicated by the icon in the status bar.

I've read elsewhere that using 3G causes greater battery drain than 4G (in fact, Apple's own iPhone 5s spec sheet indicates that you only get 8 hours of 3G data, versus 10 hours of 4G LTE data). Which leads me to the following line of thought...

If I disable LTE and revert to standard 4G, what is the effect on battery life?


texts: What OS X tweaks, hacks, or modifications couldn't you live without?

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What OS X tweaks or customization applications do you find indispensable?

Please search before posting in order to avoid duplicate entries. You can search within this question with inquestion:this <search phrase>.

Rules

Limit each answer to a single entry
Include a short description
Include a link to an application website if possible, formatted like ## [AppName](URL)


texts: Running a script as root and presenting a GUI to logging in users

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I am having a programming decision problem and hope, that you can show me a solution or tell me, if my plan on how to solve the problem would be okay or not.

I am managing some macs and want to run a script every time a user logs in. The script (which I haven't written yet) needs to make some changes (or not). The changes need administrator privileges but the script also needs information from the currently logged in (or logging in) user.

Normaly, this would be a job for a LaunchAgent / Deamon, but here comes the problem: Scripts in /LaunchDeamons run as system administrator but start together with the system. They are not aware of users loging in or out and they may not show a GUI. ~/LaunchAgents run as the logged in user and get started when the user logs in. Also they may show a GUI. However they do not run as system administrator.

So this is my problem: running a script as root, but starting it whenever a user logs in and present a GUI to him: My solution would be to write two scripts:

Script 1 runs as system administrator and lies in /LaunchDeamons. This would have a Socket open for incomming connections (AKA "Server Socket").

Script 2 runs as the user beeing logged in and lies in ~/LaunchAgents. It presents a GUI to the user and sends the information to script 1 via a socket connection.

It doesn't seem to me as this would be the most reliable / straight forward solution, but I can't think of anything else. I also tried to find out how other programs solve this problem (munki for example, which presents a GUI to the user but installs programs as system administrator) but couldn't figure out how they did it.

I'd be happy for some comments on this!
Regards, Christian

PS: I plan to use python.


texts: How to install command line developer tools in Yosemite?

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I am trying to install xcode developer tools via this command:

xcode-select --install

and I have this error:

"Can't install this software because it is not currently available from the Software Update Server"

I am trying to install developer tools so I can use the Pillow python module. Any ideas? Thanks.


texts: Resolve SSH hostname / DNS address on different network

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I have a server running at home, and to SSH into it, I run ssh server (hostname is configued in ssh config). When I'm not on my home network, I ssh through the external IP address - which is configured separately - so I run ssh server-ext.
I'm wondering if there's a way I could (either through DNS magic or SSH configuration) be able to always run ssh server and have the proper IP address + port combination fallback. Or perhaps the best option is to have a shell script detect which network I'm on, and handle accordingly? I'd rather not have to do something on my home wifi router, but I could also do that if necessary.
The server is Linux, but I am trying to connect to it from a Mac.
Here's what my Mac's ssh config file looks like right now:
Host server
    Hostname 192.168.0.200
    User eli

Host server-ext
    Hostname [external server ip]
    Port [non-standard external port]
    User eli

Thanks.


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I'm looking for a FREE chat client that supports Windows Live network (Messenger) and is designed for iPad.

The iPad Windows Live Messenger application is designed for iPhone, so when you install it on iPad, you get a iPhone screen application.

Can someone help me?


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I recently buy a MacBook pro 13' M1 2020 and a USB-C to USB 3 hub to plug my old hard disk, old usb mouse and my old apple cinema display monitor (with usb, vga and firewire).

As you can see on the screenshoot, my macbook knows that monitor exists but can't detect it.
I read i have to reset SMC but i don't see how to do that with a MacBook pro 13' M1 2020.
Perhaps there is another solution to detect it.


texts: Is the logo on the back of the iPhone 5S a mirror like on the iPhone 4S?

texts: I have my iPhone 4S, and the logo on the back is like a mirror. (I like it because if I get an eyelash stuck in my eye, I can use it to look into my eye up close and get it out.) Is the logo on the back of the (silver) iPhone 5S a mirror as well?


texts: Third party youtube app as default on iOS 5.1.1 (iPad1,1, jailbroken)

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Is there any way to set up third party youtube app as default on iOS 5.1.1 (iPad1,1) i.e. ProTube?

I've heard about TubeSelector, but it's only available for higher iOS versions.

(By "Default" I mean ability to open youtube URLs from mail or from sites.)

N.B. The reason is: native YouTube.app by Apple is not supported by youtube servers anymore. And it recommends to upgrade (what is impossible - as far as iOS 5.1.1 is the latest OS for iPad1).


texts: Getting error code -128 on a late-2015 iMac

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Late 2015 iMac is rebooting on its own. Only Finder running, OSX 10.11.6. (2) 8GB RAM sticks. Got to catch it in the act today.

After reboot I find
kernel: Previous shutdown cause: -128

That doesn't appear to correspond to anything useful in the old MacOS error codes documentation from 1998:

-128  userCanceledErr         User canceled an operation

http://www.macwizard.com/errors.html

The is a refurb unit, hoping it doesn't need to go back for another refurbishment.

thanks


texts: Can I replace my charger twice if its under warranty?

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I have a problem: due to high power electricity my charger was damaged and I had to replace it - an Apple 13 inch MacBook Air charger. This has happened already once before, a month ago, and now it has happened again.

I want to know if, having replaced the charger previously one or two months ago, and now that the replacement charger has been damaged via the same issue (i.e. high power electricity), can I replace it again under warranty without any cost? What can I do if the Apple Care Centre in my city refuses to replace my charger the second time around?


texts: How to host Etherpad (node.js) AND create a closed Wifi network from the same Mac?

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I have a successfully running Etherpad install running on my Mac, and when clients on my network connect to my node.js server through the IP address assigned by my router, all is well.

But I'm going to take this Mac offsite to a location which might not have Internet access, so I'd like to create a closed local Wifi network, allowing clients to connect to this same Mac running the server.

But without an active router connection, I don't have an IP address. How should I proceed?

I fumbled around trying to create custom network interfaces and trying to make them available through both 'Create network…' and 'Internet sharing', but no luck.

(I'm aware I can bring a router, or set up another Mac to act as one, but I'd like to figure this one out.)


texts: i have an iphone 5s with ios 8.1 and would like to silent my phone at night and only to sound when i receive and email sent to my specific email address. Is this possible?


texts: I have a font that I use with a custom input to use my own glyphs. Is it possible (and if so how) to set the default font for this input to use across my OS (in a similar fashion to how the Japanese input works)?


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When I opened the box of my new MacBook Pro (damn it smelled so uniquely!!), below the laptop there is a black case, where the charger and another long (looped) cable (I don't know what this is suppose to do..) lie.

There is also a black packet, with the sign:

  Designed by Apple in California

Inside that, 2 booklets lie with Instructions, etc. and a black soft envelope, which is inside transparent latex(?).

What is that soft envelope for?


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After the Update System is still showing the Old OS check the screenshot

and if i click on the system update there is no os update just some other updates.check the screenshot

please help me out


texts: Why is iPhone adding a '1' to my phone numbers when sending a text?

texts: I sent a text message to (123) 456-7890 and an error message immediately appeared to "use a valid 10-digit phone number" and showed the number I used with a 1 before the area code. I tried deleting the contact's number and re-entering it, but the same thing happened. Why is the phone adding a 1? I've searched through settings (and I did turn off international dialing help to no avail). Is this a setting issue or...?


texts: High Sierra: WindowManager and kernel_task - Now you see it, now you don't!

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I have long had issues with both Window Manager and kernel_task taking up seemingly inordinate amounts of resources on my systems going back in the OS release cycle for as long as I can remember, but since I had my MacBook Pro 13" i7 back from the shop with a new SSD, screen, and battery, I did a restore from TM and updated it to 10.13.3 and I actually don't even see either WindowManager nor kernel_task running at all! I will add the this machine has performed better than it ever has, this is likely attributed that to the fact that its puffy batteries were replaced. Who knows what impact those things were having besides warping the chassis.

As I mentioned in another post, on my i7 Mini, suddenly had performance issues while running Sierra for a machine that hitherto been a wonderful machine for the 5 years she's been running without hardly ever a beachball. Honestly, it's been faster than even the newer MacBook Pro 15" 2015 I was issued at work- even though its still the 2012 version. (It was the highest end CPU chipset available - 2.3 GHz - and I maxed out RAM to 16 GB and swapped in a fast SSD with a dual disk kit so it was even at baseline a fantastic machine for the price.)

Unfortunately, as I reported in that other post, it suddenly started suffering from the notorious kernel bloat issue where those familiar processes became the machine's sole purpose as they were generally up top of the proc table as I have seen it on many other troubled Macs in the past. I was downright emotional about it and I received some great suggestions as to how I might resolve it, but since the machine had been upgraded so many times (it literally has not gotten a fresh install since Mountain Lion, yet no performance issues until just now, oddly) I opted for a full install. It was due. I had my installation checklist well defined along with settings (I just need to Automate it next!) so the mini is now running on what is effectively a fresh install of High Sierra. While right off performance is so much better, once I installed Chrome and it synced up with my Google account, crazy things happened and I am now picking its mess off so I can start fresh. Dunno if its an bad extension or what, but its a sloppy mess.

The bigger mystery is that I still see WindowManager now kernel_task near the top of my process table frequently, and though my machine is not limping like it was before, the mystery continues: why are they not even visible on my rebuilt MBP? Is there something hiding those processes when in fact they really are running? It doesn't seem like it as resource usage remains very low. The fact both machines are running the same version of High Sierra I simply don't get how they could be so different. They have practically flip-flopped in their behavior. Even without Chrome my mini gets slammed by the evil duo (WindowManager nor kernel_task) like by Safari. It's a mess!

Signed,
Confused in California


texts: Should I delete an old Photo library having created a new one?

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Have just created a new Photos folder as the old one was failing to download recent photos from the cloud.

With the new library working fine, should I delete the old (I think there are two or three) one to avoid further conflict?


texts: When directly unzipping a file attachment in Apple Mail, where does it go?

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Whenever I get a zip file as an attachment, I can't figure out where the file is actually stored.  If I click the file, it is quickly unzipped but I can't for the life of me find where the unzipped file was placed.  It's not in Documents, or Mail Downloads, or my Home directory, or anywhere else that I can find.

Does anyone know where attachments are stored, BEFORE they have been saved anywhere else explicitly?  I'm using IMAP.


texts: Deploy Studio Error - Network Unreachable

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I am deploying some laptops for the users in our company but there is an error which occurs every time.

When I enter the recovery mode, the device tries to connect to the deploy server to retrieve an IP address. Indeed, this fails and shows a message which says

  "Network is unreachable".


texts: Error when overwriting hard drive with terminal

texts:
Tituss-MBP:~ tituswong$ diskutil secureErase freespace 0 /dev/disk1
Started erase on disk1 Macintosh HD
Creating a temporary file
Securely erasing a file
Creating a secondary temporary file
Mounting disk
Error: -69847: Couldn't create temporary file
Underlying error: 1: POSIX reports: Operation not permitted

This was the error. I tried sudo but it didn't work. I'm using OS X El Captain anyone know how to fix this please?


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I have a MacBook Pro with two external monitors connected. I also use Spaces, so I have three displays visible at any time, and a couple of virtual desktops, and a couple of apps running full screen.

Every now and then Chrome will pop up a dialog somewhere that I can't see - sometimes it's off the screen, sometimes it's hidden behind another apps window, and sometimes I don't know where it is. If you don't find it and dismiss it, Chrome won't allow you to close tabs or windows, minimize or full-screen a window, or close Chrome.

Sometimes I can get the missing dialog back with some combination of command-tabbing between apps, or using F9 Expose to show all the displays. The "Show All Windows" option in the Dock icon never works. That's how I know what's causing the problem. But sometimes I can't find it for love nor money. When that happens, the only solution I've found is to Force Quit Chrome using option-click on the Dock icon.

Is there a better way to find this errant window?

(I had a look at How can I find alert-type dialogs that prevent other windows of the same application to be focussed? and those solutions don't work either.)


texts: I recently bought an iBook and OS 10.3.3 iBook recovery discs. I have inserted the disc to restore the iBook but after booting with the disc inserted the screen in just black. There has been no dialogue to, for example, start the system restore. I have no experience with apple products of this age. Is this the usual experience? Is something going wrong? It has been like this for probably half an hour at least. I inserted the disc while logged in and started the Install OS X programme which restarted the computer. I had previously inserted the disc and help the C key to start it but encountered the same thing.


texts: If I delete my backup on my old phone, will anything happen to my new phone?

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I broke my iPhone 5, so I got a iPhone SE but I still have the iCloud backups for my old iPhone. I cannot backup my iPhone SE before I delete my old iPhone backup because my iCloud storage is full.

Would deleting my old iCloud backups ruin anything on my new phone?


texts:
Is it possible to run OS X in VM Ware? I want to setup a virtualized OS X for testing instead of going to buy another mac. Can I do that technically and legally?

To be explicit I do own a mac already.


texts: Equivalent to alt-. in terminal explains how to uses the Alt key in Terminal. Is there a similar solution for bash in xterm (without having to use Esc)?


texts: Why Preview's annotation distorts in other pdf application

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I have found that hand written notes will be transformed into corresponding shapes by preview's shape detection. This seems handy. However, when those shapes are opened in other pdf applications, they behaves different.
Example 1
Originally, the annotations are an oval, a tilted rectangle, an arrow, and a freely written character:

If this is read by GoodReader on iPad, everything except the free form distort:

Similar behaviour will happen when it has been edited by Adobe Acrobat.
Example 2
Text annotations changes oddly:

Question

Why does this happens?

Since PDF = Portable Document Format (PDF)
= a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. (wikipedia)

why should the annotations behave so differently?

Can we fix/avoid it?

Note
Preview Version 10.0 (High Sierra)


texts: How can I delete photos from my iPhone and still retain them on my desktop?

texts: How can I delete photos from my iPhone and still retain them on my desktop (OS X El Capitan)? I am not sure if it is possible to delete from my iPhone once the photos are on my desktop.


texts: How to find the speed and CL settings of DDR3 SODIMM?

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I bought a pair of Crucial 8GB DDR3 1866MHz SODIMM for my iMac 27 5K Retina Late 2015.  I suspect the SODIMM that I received is 1600MHz, potentially counterfeit.

Here is my question

Is there any way to read the SPD data for the speed, CL settings, and manufacturer ID?
How do I find the actual speed.  Is the System Report -> Memory the actual speed or reading from SPD?  I need both information.
How do I check if it's a genuine Crucial memory? (EDIT: I called Crucial.  They said the material number 310536 isn't matching.  They are investigating)

The Crucial part number is CT102464BF186D.C16FN.

The marking on Micron DRAM chip is D9QBJ.

According to Micron the part number is MT41K512M8RH-125:E. Here is the link for datasheet. -125 means 1.25nsec speed grade.  1/1.25nsec = 800MHz which is 1600MHz since DDR is "double data rate".

FYI: Crucial web said CT102464BF186D is not compatible with Mac, but many people reported success and stable with their late 2015 iMac while small number of people reported random shutdown.  It's my wild guess they hit the counterfeit DIMM that has the SPD programmed for 1866MHz when the DRAM chips are 1600MHz rating.


texts: What setting enables split screen mode in OS X El Capitan?

texts:
I just started using OS X El Capitan on a new Mac Book Pro.  I was looking forward to using split screen mode but I cannot get it to work.  I have read online (cnet and apple) that there are two methods:

By pressing and holding on the green circle with two outward pointing arrows.
By making a window full screen, then using mission control to move another application to the same workspace.

Neither of these options work for me.

I did find this post which says that you must have 'Displays have Separate Spaces' enabled (found in System Preferences > Mission Control).  Is this really required?  I often work with an external monitor and it is more intuitive for me to have this setting off.


texts: Can't connect bluetooth headset to mac mini

texts: I just bought sony ch500 wireless bluetooth headset and I can't pair it with my mac mini. I was able to pair it with my android phone though. What could be the problem? The bluetooth menu doesn't show my headset.


texts: How does one take complete control of the MacBook built-in webcam?

texts:
Zoom is able to adjust the MacBook Pro's built-in camera (I think it raises the ISO) for low lighting, either automatically or manually (user-controlled). This is the only application I am aware of that can change any of the camera's settings.
I would like to be able to take full control of the video settings (i.e. brightness, contrast, color temperature, ISO, [digital] shutter speed, iris/aperture, etc.) on the MacBook's built-in webcam.
Are there any apps, utilities, terminal commands, plugins, frameworks, etc. that can allow me to customize said settings for all video outputs?


texts: Does a Diagnostics & Usage entry imply an app was installed?

texts: If an app has an entry in Diagnostics & Usage on a particular day, does that imply that it was installed on that day?


texts: Does Voice Dictation on the New iPad require a network connection?

texts: Does the the new iPad's voice dictation require a network connection? I ask because Siri does require an active network connection and I am wondering if voice dictation works in a similar manner.


texts: External HDD keeps ejecting by itself from MacbookPro 2018

texts: I have a 2018 Macbook Pro and am trying to connect an Icydock external HDD (in raid 1 configuration). This external HDD connects without any problems to my older 2014 MBP. On the new MBP, it is initially recognised but after a few seconds, I see the "Disk Not Ejected Properly" message. I am connecting using USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter to a USB 3 to USB 3 A to B cable.


texts:
I have been looking around to turn off "CMD + , (comma)" opening password manager in Safari but there appears to be no option to do so (maybe I missed it). The same shortcut is used as subscript shortcut in Google Docs and it is really annoying during essays. Does anyone knows how to do such thing?
Thank you beforehand!
PS: The same question is marked as duplicate but the answer is not relevant.


texts: Some "sources" in Cydia are empty - how to get the content?

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I've just upgraded my iPhone 4 to iOS 5.0.1 and also jailbroken it. I've waited with the upgrade until the jailbreak because there are some tweaks I don't want to miss. Now that I have iOS5 jailbroken, I want to re-add those tweaks, but I don't find them in Cydia.

Looking at the sources in Cydia, I see that Modmyi.com and Cydia/Telesphoreo are listed and they do contain lots of items, but Big Boss and Dev Team and cydia.zodttd.com are also listed, but when I select each then there's nothing in there.

So it would appear that some of the repo's are not properly set up. To test this, I removed Big Boss and hit the "Add" button to add it again, but got an error message "Did not find repository".


texts: In the disk of an iPhone, are both HFSX slices journaled?

texts:
The question

Is journaling enabled for the system partition?

Background

Answers to three questions show that both HFS slices of the disk are HFSX:

What is the file system on iPhone? (2011-10-12)
What filesystem does iOS use? (2013-02-27)
What file systems does Apple use in iPhones? (2013-11-01).

At least one of the two HFSX slices is journaled.

Table 3.4 of iPhone and iOS Forensics shows that journaling is enabled for the user data partition.

As Apple sometimes distinguishes between

JHFS+X (journaled, case sensitive)
HFSX

– so we can't assume that HFSX is always journaled.

Types of HFS Plus

iOS and iPhone aside for a moment … Apple's hdiutil(1) Mac OS X Manual Page lists four HFS filesystem types for creation purposes:

HFS+
HFS+J (JHFS+)
HFSX
JHFS+X

The less commonly used expression JHFSX is probably an informal abbreviation of JHFS+X.


texts:
Upgraded from Maverick. It froze every 60 minutes, exactly (yes, I timed it). Had to long press power button to force it to shutdown.

Then I erased the whole hard drive and did a fresh installation. No third party apps installed. Same issue.

The only way I found to get around this issue is: shutdown the computer 59 minutes (or less) after it boots, and then turn it back on. Clicking "Restart..." in the top left Apple logo menu doesn't help -- the 60-minute timer is still running.

Mid 2012 Macbook pro. The system is installed on an external USB3 SSD, not the internal SSD.

I've fired a radar with Apple a week ago. No reply so far.

Anyone has the same issue and/or know how to fix it?


texts: Will non-USB 3 Lightning to Camera Adapter work for new iPhone Migration?

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Will the Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (pictured below, with no additional Lightning port) work for the new iPhone Migration, where data is transferred from old to new iPhone via cable?

Apple’s support page for migration links specifically to the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, which is visibly different with an additional female Lightning port. I currently have the older adapter, and am wondering:

Will this older adapter work for iPhone Migration?
If so, will the data transfer speed be capped to USB 2 speeds?


texts: Homebrew - brew docter command not working

texts:
When I installed wine I followed all the instructions, but then when I went to type 'brew docter' into terminal a error appears saying
Error: Unknown command: docter I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but the same appears.
what should I do?


texts: Delete invisible files on removable media

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I have an external hard drive. macOS automatically saves files like ".Trash" and ".DS_Store" ".fseventsd".
I was able to delete some files using the terminal. However, ".Trash" remained, which I cannot remove.
What should I do?
root@home Volume # sudo rm -rf .Trashes
rm: .Trashes: Operation not permitted
root@home Volume #


texts: Starting `pf` Firewall at System Startup

texts:
I have a particular machine that I keep buttoned down very tight. Only a few specific ports/protocols are allowed. I have a pretty basic set of rules that work very well.
While working on a different problem, I realized I could add a few more rules and button things down even tighter by specifying specific ports on specific network interfaces. So for example, on one network interface, only access to 80 & 443 are allowed, no mail or vpn access to that interface.
So here is what one of the old rules looked like:
pass in quick proto tcp from any to any port { 80 443 } keep state

And this is what one of the new rules looks like:
pass in quick proto tcp from any to en1 port { 80 443 } keep state

The difference is subtle but I'm specifying a specific network interface, not just in to 'any'. This particular server has three connections to the internet.
The problem is... pf will no longer start up right at boot with these new rules. When I specify the interface, my pf startup script fails to start pf. And I have to do it manually through the terminal.
At first glance, the problem seems like my script is probably just trying to use network interfaces that aren't up yet. But I'm already waiting for them to come up. Here is my pf startup script, it has been working perfectly for years, until this rule change.
#!/bin/bash
ipconfig waitall
/sbin/pfctl -e -f /etc/pf.conf

With the new rules, nothing gets loaded at system startup when this runs. But if I run the same pfctl command once the system is up, it loads the rules and starts the firewall just fine.
I modified my script to save multiple copies of ifconfig so I could see how the status of the two interfaces en0 and en1 progress. Before the ipconfig waitall command, they are there with no IPs. After the command, they still have no ips and they show up as 'inactive'. Over the next few seconds, the various IPs start to load up. But the two interfaces show up the whole time.
So the easy patch solution would be to just run ipconfig waitall followed by sleep 6 and call it a day. But I'd rather learn exactly what is causing the hangup so I can wait for that exact 'thing' to be ready, instead of leaving the firewall completely open for 6 seconds. It is a high traffic server and gets lots of hack/ddos attempts so every second may count.


texts: How to check what keyboard type is installed in MacBook Air by serial number?

texts: I have unpacked MacBookAir 13". How to check using serial number or other information from the box if MacBook is equipped with English keyboard layout or with other?


texts: Did Apple remove the zooming feature from the Magic Mouse in a recent OS update?

texts:
Mac OS X has a 'zoom' action which can be used in various views in applications e.g. Photos.app when looking at a photo, zooming an entire Safari page, zooming in an NSScrollView.

This action is easily performed on a trackpad by using the 'pinch' gesture.

I cannot for the life of me, work out how to enable it for the Magic Mouse (when running Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite).

The closest that I can get is in the 'Zoom' section of the 'Accessibility' pref pane.  This allows you to zoom the entire screen which is not the behaviour that I'm looking for.

You used to be able to perform the zoom action using the mouse (see this video at 1:26 - https://youtu.be/UXbwOIsXNL8?t=1m26s )

So - have Apple removed this feature?  Or is there a way to enable in-app zooming with the Magic Mouse?

Thanks


texts:
I foolishly let my iPhone 6 rest on my counter in my bathroom while I took a shower. A little while later I went to use my phone and all I got was an illuminated black screen. I plug it in. 10 minutes later I notice it's illuminating, but black screen present.

So I try to hard-reset it. Now all I have is a really black screen that does nothing. BUT I know it's on! It's working (somewhat) because my car's bluetooth picked it up today. So what can I do? I have it sitting in rice. Whether this is helpful or not at this point I am terrified of losing it.

Another dumb thing is I never backed my phone up, like ever.
So if I do take it in and they say they can't fix it, I've just lost everything.

Is there any hope this can be fixed? 2 stores have told me there's little they can do but run diagnostics and see what works and what doesn't.


texts: How can I prevent iPhoto from opening everytime I plug my iPad/iPhone?

texts: How can I prevent iPhoto/Photos/Image Capture from launching everytime I plug in my iPad/iPhone?


texts:
Up until recently, multiple iTerm2 windows showed up as tabs for me, as if they were themselves tabs. That is, I had two tab hierarchies, one for windows (like a super tab) and one for tabs. Here is my artist's impression of it:

I just updated to the latest version, and now my windows all open up as regular windows. How can I get the old behaviour back?


texts:
I would like my iPad to connect to the internet via a bluetooth modem (in this particular case, a Samsung Omnia with a more convenient pricing plan.)

The iPad has been bought full price and thus should be carrier unlocked. However, when I go Settings → Bluetooth and tap on the device name, the only available option is "Ignore this device."

Is there a way to make this happen?

To be crystal clear:

                                   GPRS/EDGE/3G                 Bluetooth
(Internets) - - - (Mobile Carrier) - - - - - -  (Samsung Omnia) - - - - - (iPad)


texts: What is the difference between the sudo and su command? Why does OS X handle these different than Linux?


texts: Black rectangles in menu bar that randomly appear

texts: I recently purchased a MacBook Air M1 and it runs the latest OS version. I noticed that sometimes there is a black rectangle in the menu bar. I have attached two screen shots. I am now worried if this is a known software bug or if my device has a defect. I have not been able to find the problem on the internet. Should I replace my device? The size of the rectangle is changing in size.


texts: Is it possible to insert a 8 GB RAM stick and a 2 GB RAM stick into a Mac?

texts:
I'm buying a Mac mini with 16 GB of RAM on board. The other Mac I have is a 4 GB MacBook Pro. I'm wondering if it would be possible to shuffle the memories between both of them, so I have a single 8 GB RAM stick in the MacBook, and in the mini I would put a 8+2 GB RAM?

The specific models in question are:

a Mid-2010 model MacBook with 2x2 GB of DDR3@1067Mhz.
a July-2011 model mini with 2x8 GB of DDR3@1333Mhz.


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 15” with Retina display from early 2013 which I am unable to run Diagnostics on. Due to ongoing problems with crashing, I recently wiped the hard drive and reinstalled macOS, but I am continuing to have the crashing and hardware issues.

I attempted to run Diagnostics, but it did not work and I found I had lost the “.diagnostics” folder when I wiped the hard drive. I followed the instructions in this post (Replacing "apple hardware test" with "apple diagnostics") but the problem that I’m having is I get to the point where I’ve installed the AHTxx.dmg file and found the .diagnostics folder, but I am unable to copy it onto my hard drive. It appears as a faded, grayed out folder which I cannot touch, even though I’ve double checked and it is not locked or anything.

My question is, how can I copy this folder into my /System/Library/CoreServices folder in order to be able to run the diagnostics?


texts: I'm trying to install High Sierra 10.13.3 Supplemental Update. But I'm getting an error, which is 'The request timed out. (-1001)'


texts: How can I change the iTunes login for my iPad?

texts: I am giving my iPad to my wife. How do I change the current itune login which is my ID to my wife's itune ID so she can perform the updates or download any apps?


texts: How to set different pictures for Ken Burns screensaver?

texts:
I recently started using the Ken Burns screensaver on my MBP with an external monitor. Up until today, the same image was presented on both screens. Then, without any setting changes, different images were on each screen. It only happened once and would like this as a permanent setting.
Is there a way to set different images to be shown on different screens while using the Ken Burns screensaver?


texts: Using clamshell MacBook with external monitor with no speakers - will there be sound?

texts:
If I connect my MacBook to a monitor with no speakers, and use it in clamshell (with the lid closed) will there be no sound / volume? Or will any sound be muffled becaused the lid is closed?

How will I hear error noises or new mail sounds or music? Will I also have to buy speakers? Or only buy a monitor with built in speakers?


texts: Least annoying slideshow export format for iPhoto to iMovie

texts: When percolating slide shows from iPhoto '11 to iMovie '11, what is best format to choose for export to minimize wasted disk space and time, given that I do not want to carry any audio? I've been using QuickTime, on the theory that Apple's programs would behave best with Apple's format, but I'm beginning to wonder.


texts:
As the most people, I also googled after setting the hibernatemode, and found the following command:

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0

... which should enable the RAM-only sleep mode. I also deleted the sleep image, but the result is not that what I expect.

Hardware config:
Apple Mac mini

Intel i5 (GPU: HD4000)
HDD: 500 GB (5400RPM)
RAM: 4GB

If I put my machine into sleep mode by choosing the Sleep Button after the power button is pressed. It goes into sleep mode in couple of second. OK. If I wake it up, it returns in couple of seconds. Still OK... BUT:

if I let my machine for some hours in sleep mode, it turns into hibernation, which is both unnecessary and slow with a HDD 5400RPM. And because of that if I turn on my machine, it takes about 1-2 minutes to come back.

How to turn out hibernation FULLY? - i really don't need power failure safety feature for a desktop configuration.


texts: iPhone Photos app adds random people to the people album

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When I take photos of a crowded place, I often get random strangers in the shot, facing in my direction. The iPhone Photos app then adds these strangers to the People album.

How can I remove these strangers? The only solution I’ve found was to hide the photo, but that hides it from Moments, which I don't want.

I'm using an iPhone 6, iOS 10.3.3.


texts: Mavericks - ssh to host under search domain

texts:
I am VPNed in to a network which has its own search domain, and it mostly works - I don't have to type the domain in the browser, and the host command resolves to the correct IPs.

However, when I try to ssh to a host on that network, ssh tells me it could not resolve the hostname.

This is very perplexing as I have never seen this issue before - the system is either resolving correctly or not at all.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks.


texts: How to tell which Launch Agent is running

texts:
I'm a script kiddie noob so sorry if I get some of the jargon wrong or if this is a dumb question but...

I have written a launch agent that runs an application I also wrote at specified times to launch iTunes and play music to act as an alarm. The problem is that I've turned it off over Christmas and this morning it still went off. The launch agent I turned off with

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/wake.up.plist

doesn't appear in the list when I use

sudo launchctl list

so I'm fairly sure that either it's loaded in some other place (is that even possible?) or it's loaded under some other name that I can't pick out of the list.

The system.log at the time the alarm launches has

  com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.iTunes.1636[1646]): Service exited
  due to signal: Terminated: 15 sent by killall[1803]

But my gut tells me this isn't the thing I need to be unloading.

Has anyone got any suggestions for how I can work out what launch agent is running here?


texts: Copying music from iPod to OneDrive for accessing via iTunes

texts: I have an old iPod that has plenty of music on it.  My iTunes on my Wintel laptop has all my songs on it, but when I click on a song, iTunes can't find it.  So, I'm wondering if I can take my iPod, copy it to OneDrive and then direct iTunes to that location for playing.  Has anyone done such a thing?


texts:
Macbook air mid-2012 w/ Mountain Lion.

Whenever I wakeup from a long sleep and also on some random moments when it's on, i get DNS resolution failures for every server, with nslookup saying ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached; however, direct connections to IP addresses work correctly, since (among others) Skype works perfectly.

This resolves by itself after more or less 5 minutes, when DNS resolution gets back to work correctly, both with nslookup and in other applications (browser etc.).

I have Google's DNS servers (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) configured both on my network preferences and on my wireless router's settings.

Possibly related but still unsolved: DNS gone after wakeup

Any ideas?


texts: Alter cmd-tab behaviour on OSX to group Parallels applications?

texts:
When running a Parallels virtual machine (i.e. Windows 7), cmd-tab behaves as the Parallels icon showing the list of virtual machines (which can be closed) and a separate icon for each open Windows application.

It would improve my productivity for Windows to appear as a single icon that just switches to whatever is open on my Windows VM. How do I do this?

I am running OSX 10.9 and Parallels 9.


texts: How to use iOS device as a Bluetooth controller for Android device?

texts:
I was wondering if there's an app that allows an iOS device to be used as a Bluetooth controller for an Android device.

I've seen this setup made possible in a game, BombSquad. My Android device was running the game, while my iPod touch ran the controller app made by the same developer.

Is a way to have a similar, yet more universal setup? I imagined this being realized one of 2 ways:

An iOS app that emulates a normal Bluetooth controller
An iOS app that connects to an Android receiver app, similar to what Joypad Legacy and Ultimate Gamepad do for iOS/PC connections.

Do either of these exist? I've searched but I cannot seem to find a solution.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Why does the message icon show only for one number

texts: In one of my contacts I have added two phone numbers. I want to know why the message icon that let's me text to this number show up only for one of the two numbers as well as how can I fix this.


texts: Contacts does not read properly from LDAP and/or Zimbra

texts:
I can't get Contacts to work with an Open LDAP server in OSX 10.9.2, apparently regardless of the settings that I use.  I can query it from the command line, so it's definitely working.  I have also tried using the Zimbra server (CardDAV is disabled). Does anyone know a way to get this working, or see a problem in the settings below?

Zimbra of course uses the LDAP server for auth/contacts (apparently via a mirror).  My colleagues using Outlook have no issue getting this to work, but I can't seem to get it to go.

LDAP

Command line works against OpenLDAP w/o auth or with auth
Command line works against Zimbra server with auth
Not many error messages
Tried all scopes (base,onelevel,subtree)
Tried many combinations of accounts
Server does not use SSL

LDAP Server: (notice the -D difference in the identifier & host address)

# also works without authentication
ldapsearch -vLx -H ldap://ldap.company.com -b "ou=people,dc=company,dc=com"
-D "cn=Andrew Backer,ou=people,dc=company,dc=com" -w secretpassword

Zimbra Server:

ldapsearch -vLx -H ldap://mail.company.com -b "ou=people,dc=company,dc=com"
-D "uid=andrewbacker,ou=people,dc=company,dc=com" -w secretpassword

A filter of (objectClass=person) works to just pull out the people
Base and subtree queries work (e.g. without ou=people)

I don't get many messages in the log file, most of the time.  The few I have gotten seem to come when querying zimbra w/o a password, or when typing in the contacts search box.

# these two events occurred right after each other
Mail[72056]    : -[ABAddressBook save] failed.(<ABAddressBook: 0x6080000dd2d0>)
sandboxd[74206]: ([74205]) Contacts(74205) deny file-write-mode
      /Users/andrew/Library/Application Scripts/com.apple.AddressBook
#=> Full Report (head 4)
Process:         Contacts [74205]
Path:            /Applications/Contacts.app/Contents/MacOS/Contacts
Load Address:    0x1006ef000
Identifier:      com.apple.AddressBook

#permissions on that folder:  (it is empty)
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 andrew  admin   68 May 20 11:56 com.apple.AddressBook/

com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts.remoteservice[74659]:
    An instance 0x7fd1a49d3860 of class ABLDAPSource was deallocated while key
    value observers were still registered with it. Observation info was leaked,
    and may even become mistakenly attached to some other object. Set a breakpoint
    on NSKVODeallocateBreak to stop here in the debugger. Here's the current
    observation info:
<NSKeyValueObservationInfo 0x7fd1a49d56b0> (
<NSKeyValueObservance 0x7fd1a499fdd0: Observer: 0x7fd1a49c5dd0,
    Key path: uidNext, Options: <New: NO, Old: NO, Prior: NO>
    Context: 0x7fff8a59d43b, Property: 0x7fd1a27d3840>
)

** Additional Info: **

I realized now that these errors are related to this.  When I set up a new account (ldap) I get these two errors.  They both came up the last time after changing from a host name to an IP for the server.

secd[173]:  SecErrorGetOSStatus unknown error domain: com.apple.security.sos.error for error:
The operation couldn’t be completed.
    (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)
secd[173]:  securityd_xpc_dictionary_handler com.apple.sbd[71987] DeviceInCircle
The operation couldn’t be completed.
    (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)

CardDAV:

Alternates between "can't establish secure connection" and "invalid account"
No error messages in console
Tried using both ldap dns above, plain user name, etc
CardDAV works fine with goooooooooogle
Gave up

I don't much care if the contacts come from Zimbra or from LDAP (of course, Zimbra is preferred since it's also the mail server).


texts:
MacOS Sierra

I have enabled remote for user git and able to change to that user from terminal with “su - git” command, but not with “ssh git@127.0.0.1”

Verbose ssh as below:

mcb:~ grepmaster$ ssh -v git@127.0.0.1
OpenSSH_7.4p1, LibreSSL 2.5.0
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.4
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version     OpenSSH_7.4
debug1: match: OpenSSH_7.4 pat OpenSSH* compat 0x04000000
debug1: Authenticating to 127.0.0.1:22 as 'git'
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: algorithm: curve25519-sha256
debug1: kex: host key algorithm: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
debug1: kex: server->client cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: kex: client->server cipher: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com MAC: <implicit> compression: none
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:5X8jxUlWln82ByrzHfUmUyXIij67LH62fS1HPVRDtf4
debug1: Host '127.0.0.1' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/known_hosts:60
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: rekey after 134217728 blocks
debug1: SSH2_MSG_EXT_INFO received
debug1: kex_input_ext_info: server-sig-algs=<ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521>
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue:publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/grepmaster/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug1: Authentications that can continue:publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: password
git@127.0.0.1's password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue:publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
Permission denied, please try again.
git@127.0.0.1's password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue:publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
Permission denied, please try again.
git@127.0.0.1's password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue:publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).

Any specific steps to be done?


texts: Can I force finder to open without loading previous files?

texts: Finder crashed recently and I had to force quit it. Problem is that now when I open something with it, all of the files that it had open previously (including the one that caused the crash) try and open, and it crashes again. Is there a way to force Finder to open (one time only) as a clean slate?


texts: Xcode error The maximum number of apps for free development profiles has been reached

texts:
I am under the age of 18 so I can't get into the Apple Developer program. I am forced to just use my free developer account and I have been for the past year. Today for some reason I am getting this error:

The maximum number of apps for free development profiles has been reached.

I've had a similar error to this before when I was creating new apps left and right and it said I had too much profiles for the week, so I waited and continued development. This error on the other hand isn't giving me any actions to fix the issue and I can't solve on myself.

Is there a way to possible delate some of the developer profiles that I have registered? Do I just need to wait a couple of days? I don't know what to do because the error message has no recommended action. Thanks!


texts: Organizing user home directory between SSD and HDD

texts:
I've installed an SSD into a new Mac mini. I've installed ML, and used the migration tool to copy programs and user settings from the stock 500GB drive.

What doesn't fit onto this 64GB SSD drive though, are the Pictures, Music, and Movies directories. Maybe 200GB worth. I use the Finder's shortcuts often for these directories, and like the different icons.

How can you configure OSX to take advantage of the large HDD for these directories that won't fit onto the SSD?

How can I wipe that HDD of the previous OSX install? A simple 'move to trash'?

I've got external drives to help shuffle directories and files around if need be.


texts: ssh -A doesn't properly enable forwarding of authentication agent connection

texts:
I love ssh -A, which allows me to use my local ssh key when establishing a connection from a remote server. For example, I ssh -A host1.example.com and then from there I can ssh host2.example.com (or use git) and it uses my ssh key from the original machine, which in this case should be my mac. Although this has always worked for me on Debian/Ubuntu, it doesn't work on my new mac (Lion).

What am I missing here? How do I configure ssh to work correctly with -A? Do I need an ssh that is not the standard MacOS one?


texts: Cannot see certain network directory on MacOS

texts:
We have a Windows domain with a few Macs connected. They can see the network shares no problem but there are some directories where the name begins with a full stop. The Macs cannot see these for some reason.

Does anyone know why?


texts:
I have a solar panel that emits 5 volts, and I would like to try to charge my iPhone with it. Should I connect the I/O wires directly behind the lightning plug, or is the big transformer block important?

I guess the block is used to change the voltage to 5 volts so that the iPhone can handle it, but I'd like to be sure.


texts: Macbook Pro Application Switcher automatically moves to far right?

texts:
Apologies if this has been asked somewhere. I tried searching for a solution to this for a while to no avail.

When I press CMD + TAB on my Macbook Pro (Yosemite 10.10.3) to open the application switcher, normal behavior allows you to release the TAB key and hold CMD to keep the switcher window open, then tap TAB as necessary to reach the desired application. Instead, my machine continues cycling to whatever application is on the far right, as if I were also holding down the TAB key.

I haven't noticed any odd behavior anywhere else. I tried repairing my disk (which did need to be repaired), but now everything says OK and the behavior still persists.

Let me know if any other information would be applicable. Thanks.


texts:
I've messed up my system yesterday. On my iMac I have installed OS X and Windows 10 using Boot Camp Assistant. The Windows MBR is damaged and I can't start it anymore. I get a black screen with the error message:

  No operation system found

Luckily I can still start up OS X. I'm looking for a way to repair the MBR in the Windows partition. When I start Disk Utility in OS X and click "Check" on the Windows partition, it prints the following error:

  Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 000000

I've already tried to repair it with fdisk, but also when I create a HFS+ MBR it gives me this error. I've tried to figure it out for multiple hours now and nothing seems to work.
I do not want to wipe the whole partition because then my whole data would be lost.


texts: How do I add data to the maps app introduced in iOS 6?

texts:
Is there a way to add new data to the maps ecosystem introduced in iOS 6? For example, is there a way to add my own business to the map so everyone can find it? Also, can I add other point of interest like landmarks or a café that isn't on the maps to the publically visible maps?

If this is not possible, can I do the same thing just for me and share it with friends?

Update

When I look at the attribution acknowledgements for that app I see that data is coming from overwhelmingly many sources. Some of them might even allow user contribution. If that works we just have to figure out which one to choose.


texts:
I have just discovered that System Preference panes such as Mouse and Keyboard cannot be locked, this is a problem as one user could log in change the strings and then another user would log in and could become confused as to why they have changed.

Is there anyway of blocking or locking these preference panes? I need access to them as an administrator but I want all other users not to have access just like any other preference pane.


texts: Failed to upgrade to OS X High Sierra with two non-descriptive errors

texts:
I've downloaded "Install macOS High Sierra.app" from the Apple App Store. On launching I get:

"This copy of the Install macOS High Sierra.app application is damaged, and can‘t be used to install macOS."

This error can be fixed by following the steps (from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7675283?start=0&tstart=0):

Go to your applications folder.
Find the installer.
Right click on the installer and click "Show Package Contents".
Click on the folder named "Contents".
Click on the folder named "SharedSupport".
Delete the file named "InstallInfo.plist".
Enter your administer password to confirm.
Now open the installer.

After deleting InstallInfo.plist, the installer runs. When it gets ready to restart, I get the error message:

"An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again." (see screenshot)

Searching for this error online suggests it can be linked to a mismatch between the system time and the time server, but my computer has the correct time and is set to update the time automatically.

I am currently running:

OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6. (Note that I was also not able to upgrade to Sierra 10.12, with similar errors)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
Processor 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3


texts: Will an iPad with more RAM experience fewer app suspensions?

texts:
My workflow requires me to frequently switch back and forth between Google Docs and other apps and this leads to my Google doc being repeatedly closed.
My understanding is that the cause is “app suspension”. There’s not enough memory for both apps, so, instead of using virtual memory, the brilliant engineers at Apple decided to just reclaim memory from the app not currently being used (as described in iOS always "resets" my apps after a while when they are minimized. How can I change that?)
My feelings / assessment include:

Multitasking was SOLVED by OSes in the 1980s.
This is intolerably frustrating.
I can't change the way the OS is written.
I can't change the way the app is written.
To my knowledge, all I can do is buy new hardware.
This iPad Air 2 has a measly 2GB of RAM.

My intuition is that an iPad with more RAM will experience app suspension less frequently, so I am considering purchasing a new model.  However, depending on the memory management scheme of the OS, I may or may not get the fewer app suspensions I desire.
I require more technical knowledge to help me make a good decision. How can I tell if paying for a newer iPad will address my needs?


texts:
I understand how Apple advertises Time Machine to work, but I want to know more in-depth.

Does it keep track of all file changes in a database or flat file that you make as you work so that it knows during the next backup process what to copy? It seems as when it does begin to backup, it happens so quick, so there must be some knowledge of file changes.


texts: How to write in Georgian on your iPhone?

texts:
I'm looking to write using the Georgian language script Mkhedruli on my iPhone. I can't find Georgian Mkhedruli on the keyboard options anywhere. Just in case you don't know what Mkhedruli is, it's the script which looks like this:

მე და სჰენ. ქართველი ენა ლამაზი.

Do you know how I can write this on my phone?


texts: Macbook Air's keyboard malfunction after spill. How to work around it?

texts:
I spilled coffee over my mac's air keyboard yesterday. The computer seems to work but the keyboard doesn't. The symptoms:

The laptop boots into the drive selection screen every time (alt key constantly pressed?)
The caps lock, arrow, enter, esc keys all seem to work
I can't enter my password at the boot screen. Some key-presses seem to be registered but obviously not the correct ones. For example, pressing the N key once doesn't show a keystroke, but pressing it twice does. It feels like there's some function/alt/ctrl/shift key that might be constantly pressed, but I can't tell which one, or make it behave differently by pressing those.
An external keyboard (either bluetooth or usb) doesn't behave differently
If I choose the guest mode, the computer will boot into the Safari only mode. The same thing will happen there - some keys will show wrong signs when typed in the address bar, and at some points the keyboard stops responding.
The external keyboard however seems to work in that guest mode.

Questions:

Can you help me understand what exactly is the problem with the keyboard?
Can anyone think of a way to log in to the regular mode?
Assuming the keyboard is the only thing broken, can it normally be serviced on a Macbook Air?

Thanks!


texts: What folders can I delete from Mac's "Updates" folder?

texts: I have currently run out of space on my mac for any new updates. I've been using OmniDiskSweeper to find the culprits of my space issue, and I found that Library/Updates is taking up 19.1GB, so I'm wondering if there's any chance I can safely remove some of these subfolders. Included below are screenshots of the folder and also my OS details (I am currently running Catalina version 10.15.1)


texts: how do you backup iphone when some of the apps have the old style appleid?

texts:
i have an iphone 4s.  some of my apps where installed with my original apple id from years ago. at some point apple required/changed everyone to use email as their apple id.  Now when i try and back up my phone it asks for password, but it never succeeds because of the mismatched appleids. i cannot complete a backup in itunes.

anyone elese run into this issue?


texts:
MacOS Sierra on macbook pro 2015 15'' retina

After upgrading to Sierra the font looks blurry and I tweaked AppleFontSmoothing and font looks very thin, then I googled for a solution

defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO

and ticked 'Use LCD font smoothing' option in system settings, now everything looks normal again except the font of login menu:

as shown in pics the menu bar font looks thin before login but normal after login.

I've tried method in

All pages in Google Chrome are rendered with a very thin, bad looking serif font

but no luck, hope anyone could help thanks!


texts: Safari 12 Mac: does IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1 still work?

texts:
I am trying to enable the "Debug" menu in Safari 12.0.1 on Mojave 10.14.1, the command should be:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1

However, nothing happens.

For reference a "Debug" menu should appear in Safari in the menu bar as described for example in this blog: https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-enable-debug-menu-in-safari-on-mac/

Does this command still work on Safari 12? Is there a new way to show the Debug menu?

Thank you


texts: iPhone 4S message to enter password for CalDAV

texts: My iPhone is asking me to enter the password for the CalDav account "Yahoo".  What does this mean?  Do I have to do it? Can I stop it from asking for it?


texts: Using (Shared) Reminders on iPhone - Any Way to Recover?

texts:
So, my wife created a Reminders list on her phone and added me.  When I accepted the share and went into it, it wasn't loading the list items, so I deleted the list and she removed the share and readded me.  But now I can't get the list.

If I log into iCloud it says that I've already accepted the share.

Any thoughts?


texts: How do I transfer text messages from my old Blackberry to my new iPhone?

texts: I recently bought an iPhone after using the same BlackBerry for 4 years. I have 25,000+ texts on it, that I would like to get on my iPhone. Does anyone know how I could accomplish this?


texts: Audio doesn't work in OSX but the start-up chime does

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010 MacBookPro6,1 ) that the audio stopped working on.

The audio jack has a red light on in it. In Sys Pref, under Sound, in the Output tab, only Optical digital-out port is listed.

I have reset the PRAM and Reinstalled the OS. Why? Because when the mac is restarted, I can hear the start-up chime. So I know the audio does in fact work. Alternatively, I can plug up some headphones to the jack and it works fine. I have read where you can try to keep plugging a headphone jack into the cable in hopes of hitting the "switch" inside; did it for an hour. No luck.

Anyone have any suggestions before I buy a replacement logic board off eBay and replace it?

I love having a 17-inch MBP and do not want to downgrade to a new 15.


texts:
I'm in the same situation as Recover deleted Encrypted OS X Extended volume

but the recovery process did not work, understand there still a potential way to fix this but I need to view part of the disk.

This is a big drive 24TB

After accidental FAT32 partition.

            0            1         PMBR
            1            1         Pri GPT header
            2           32         Pri GPT table
           34            6
           40       409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
       409640         2008
       411648  46874546176      2  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  46874957824         2015
  46874959839           32         Sec GPT table
  46874959871            1         Sec GPT header

After attempted recovery

        start         size  index  contents
            0            1         PMBR
            1            1         Pri GPT header
            2           32         Pri GPT table
           34            6
           40       409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
       409640  46874288048      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  46874697688       262144      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  46874959832            7
  46874959839           32         Sec GPT table
  46874959871            1         Sec GPT header

Did not ask me for password and nothing shows up with diskutil cs list other than my main drive.

Attempted to comment on original post but do not have enough reputation.

These are the commands I used:

diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2
sudo gpt destroy /dev/disk2
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2
sudo gpt create -f /dev/disk2
gpt add -b 40 -i 1 -s 409600 -t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B disk2
gpt add -b 46874697688 -i 3 -s 262144 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC  disk2
gpt -r show /dev/disk2
gpt add -b 409640 -i 2 -s 46874288048 -t 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk2

I did make one mistake when doing this the first time and did

gpt add -b 46874697688 -i 2 -s 262144 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC  disk2

"-i 2" instead of "-i 3" could have this messed up the drive, I have a bin backup that I can restore from?

Any addition details would be helpful, I have the password to the encrypted volume.


texts:
I have time displaying like this:

in some my videos in .mp4 format (not at all of them). What is it about & how to change it to normal view? OS X 10.11.4

P.S. All is fine in Elmedia Player (it's the same video opened).


texts: OSX 10.7 File Sharing does not respect Group: Everyone "No Access". Share publicly displays

texts:
As the title says. I have a folder, which I added to my Shared Folder list under System Preferences > Sharing that I do not want to broadcast publicly. I'm the owner of the folder and my access is "Read & Write" and the Everyone group is set to "No Access".

Using a second computer I can navigate to this share, logged in as "Guest", and I can still see and navigate this private share.

I removed all my shares, turned off and back on again (AFP file sharing service) and instead of defining my share points in the System Preferences, I used ⌘I (Get Info) and checked the "Shared folder" checkbox. I then applied the same permissions at the bottom of the Get Info window with the same results. I can still see and navigate the private share over the network.


texts: How to type keyboard shortcuts like ⌘Ä, ⌘Ö, ⌘Ü, etc. on a US keyboard?

texts:
I'm using a Mac laptop with German set as the preferred language (the keyboard, however, is a standard US keyboard).  With this setting, some keyboard shortcuts include the characters Ä, Ö, and Ü.  E.g. ⌘Ä (command-Ä), ⌘Ö (command-Ö), ⌘Ü (command-Ü), etc.

Now, I produce Ä by first pressing ⌥-u (Option-u), and then pressing ⇧-a (Shift-a).  I can't figure out any way of using this method to produce the equivalent of ⌘Ä (command-Ä).  The same goes for for Ö and Ü.

Is there some way to produce these keyboard shortcuts on a US keyboard?


texts: Where is the Launchpad database stored and is there a way to edit it directly?

texts:
When exploring the new Launchpad feature, at first, it would seem as is it draws it's content primarily from the Programs folder.

It seems to be the case, however, that the Launchpad database is drawn from somewhere else.

For example, when installing a game through Steam, the game itself will not show up in the Programs folder, but will show up in Launchpad. In this particular case, I want it to be in Launchpad. The drawbacks, however, are that I am unable to remove the game from Launchpad and am unable to change the icon.

Where can I directly view and modify every Launchpad occurrence?


texts: Apple Battery Charger Not Charging Sanyo Batteries

texts:
I've had the Apple Battery Charger for a good long while now. After I bought it, I also bought a couple 8-packs of Sanyo Eneloop HR-3UTGA batteries, known to be the same model of battery included with Apple's charger. They worked great until a couple days ago. Now, with the Apple-branded batteries in the charger, it works fine. But when I put the Sanyos in the charger, nothing happens. No status light comes on. Nothing. Zilch.

I've tried swapping out different sets of batteries, and it seems that my charger has suddenly taken an intense dislike for the Sanyos, completely without warning. But when I put the Apple batteries in, no problem.

Can anyone suggest a course of action? Is it a bum charger now, or is something weird going on?


texts:
I have a MacBook with an SSD, so space is limited.

I've been using a single external drive to store my overflow, but would feel a lot more comfortable if it was on a RAID 1. So, I've bought an 2 bay USB 3 drive case, and an additional hard disk (same exact disk). What I want to do is create a RAID without having to the move the data on the external disk to a new temporary home, if at all possible.

I have:

Disk 1 - contains files.

Disk 2 - empty.

What I would like to be able to do, is create a new RAID 1, with Disk 2 as the only member. It will therefore show that its in a degraded state.

Copy all my data from Disk 1 onto Disk 2 (which is RAIDed). Reformat Disk 1, add it to the Enclosure, and make it a member of the RAID, and have the OS silently replicate the data from Disk 2 to Disk 1, so that it becomes a mirrored set.

Is this possible?

Or do I need to find a 3rd disk to use as a holding area for all of this?


texts: I am trying to go into target display mode on my iMac. Its a 2012 iMac which does support TDM. However, I don't have a standard iMac keyboard because I bought a refurbished Mac which comes with a different keyboard & mouse. That being said, I can't use the Command + F2 key combination to go into TDM. How am I able to without doing that?


texts: Is there a calorie-counting iPhone app that knows about UK foods?

texts:
Are there any calorie-counting/nutrition/exercise-tracking iPhone apps that include significant numbers of foods from popular UK stores (e.g. Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose) in their databases, please?

I've tried out MyNetDiary, and it has very few (a couple of dozen or so) items from each of the stores mentioned above.

I've looked at UKPoints, and its UI looks quite primitive.

I've also looked at PureLifeStyle, and the reviews don't sound overly promising. Also, I can't get the demo to work on their website (in IE 9) which doesn't fill me with much confidence.


texts: I am trying to save a picture onto my camera roll, but when I message or email the picture to myself and try to save (click on the box with an arrow) the only options I get are to copy, print, or save to Dropbox. I want this picture for my wallpaper, but will need to get it off of camera roll to do that. How do I save the photo to my camera roll?


texts: Finder error after taking screen shot, apple button not working either

texts:
So I've had this macbook pro for maybe 4-5 years and I think it's on its way out. Startup is sluggish as hell, I cannot open EVE Online Launcher or Steam at all, Microsoft Word hangs on startup, Chrome sometimes beachballs and I can't even open the right-side options menu, and I cannot click the Apple icon on the upper left without spinning-ball every single time (hence why I cannot even check what version I'm on!)

I've reset NVRAM, but it fixed nothing.

Is there anything left I can do that doesn't involve replacing physical components?

EDIT: Taking a screenshot made Finder go unresponsive.

EDIT2: after another crash from clicking the apple button


texts: Deleted Safari and now I cannot get it back. Mavericks

texts: I deleted my Safari browser and now I would like to download it again but it seems that this option is not as easy to be done. I'm running OS X Mavericks at the moment, and there is no download for Safari on the Apple page except for those before OS X Lion.


texts: When moving a file to another volume, where does the original go?

texts:
Today I moved (CMD-Drag) a folder from my laptop to my desktop across my LAN.  The resulting file (an Ableton Live project file) opened on the desktop but is missing things that were present when it was on my laptop.

I can't figure out how this could have happened, and it got me thinking... where does the "original" actually go when you move as opposed to copy something?  It doesn't just go in the trash so, is it just flagged for overwriting and made invisible?  Wondering if I can somehow get the original back.  I checked my Time Machine backups and somehow the folder in question is not there either (or actually, it's there but also missing things once restored).


texts: How can i see a list of developers I have allowed for apps on my Mac (Mojave)

texts:
I have recently used "system preferences, security & privacy, general" to allow an app downloaded from an identified developer.
However, I was a bit quick and don't believe the developer name (which I have forgotten) corresponded to that on the app in question.
How can I see a list of developers that I have allowed and "un-allow" one of them, if necessary,?
Thanks.


texts: Windows shortcut support for macOS Sierra

texts:
I recently have to work with both a mac and a windows PC. Because I have worked my whole life with PC, I'm used to work with default Windows shortcuts.
So I'm trying to get these shortcuts running on macOS, because I'm obviously too dumb for switching my typing behaviour between both systems.

My main focus are following shortcuts: Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Pos1, End, Ctrl-left arrow, Ctrl-right arrow

I found the great software called "Karabiner" which should support all of these shortcuts. Unfortunately it is not working on macOS Sierra
and the new "Karabiner Elements" does not support all functions I would need.

Does anyone know a good replacement for "Karabiner"? Or any other way to get the Windows shortcuts running on macOS Sierra?


texts: Is it possible to force the MacBook Pro HDMI output to specific resolution/refresh rate?

texts: I have a MacBookPro11,2 connected via HDMI to a 4K television. I would like to try driving the display at various resolutions and frequencies, to see if that might alleviate some problems with signal stability. However the Displays prefpane only offers me a list of "scaled" resolutions, all of which are interpolated up to 4K, meaning the HDMI signal and monitor are still operating at 4K. Is it possible to foce the HDMI output to a specific (lower) resolution/refresh rate?


texts:
I'm running macports on a late 2013 MBP. I'm having problems with macport being unable to download the package files. I tried installing 'git +svn' and not only did the entire dependency resolution take a bit more than one hour, once it got done and moved into the fetching phase it couldn't find any files to download.
I checked in safari and the files are there sure enough but the port installer can't seem to find them.
I've tried at home as well and my mac mini there has no problems finding the packages and installing them but the MBP can't. And the mac mini is much much faster at dependency resolution as well.

I've googled around without really finding anything so I'm at wits end here.
There must be something strange with my installation but I can't figure out what.

The log:

info:fetch --->  expat-2.1.0.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/expat
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://osl.no.distfiles.macports.org/expat
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30003 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://skylink.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30002 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/expat
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30004 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30001 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://mse.uk.distfiles.macports.org/sites/distfiles.macports.org/expat
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30003 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://nue.de.distfiles.macports.org/macports/distfiles/expat
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30004 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://fco.it.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports-distfiles/expat
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30005 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30003 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30005 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30003 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://netassist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30004 milliseconds
:notice:fetch --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.1.0.tar.gz from http://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.1.0
:debug:fetch Fetching distfile failed: Connection timed out after 30003 milliseconds

EDIT:
It seems like there is a problem with curl:
The following doesn't work:

  curl http://nue.de.distfiles.macports.org
  it just times out.


texts: How can I sync photos and videos from iPhoto to my windows server

texts:
I've historically kept all my photos and videos on my Windows Home Server (WHS). I've now got an iMac and I'm using iPhoto to manage all my photos (linked to the server, not managing the files locally).

How can I still use iPhoto to import my photos and videos from my iphone and camera, but keep the files on my server for backup purposes? I don't want to fragment my collection over many machines

Thanks

James


texts: No builds available for individual testers in testFlight

texts:
I have uploaded the first build of my react-native app to AppStore connect testFlight.
The invitations to App Store Connect Users are sent and they have received the email. But the individual testers that I add with their email address, not receiving. any email and in the console I see the No build is available.
What is going wrong here. I am totally new to the app store connect environment


texts: Why does my iPhone ask for a screen time password when I’ve never set up one?

texts: I literally set up screen time on my iPhone this morning and went through all the app limits, “this is my iPhone” etc. However I have never set up a screen time password on that device before and when I tried to change the app limits “enter screen time password” popped up on my screen and I have no idea what the password is. I have other Apple devices (with the same Apple ID) with screen time set up I think, so could this be part of the problem? Thanks