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I created an encrypted DMG on MacOS and sharing with my team (sharing password separate from DMG).
My question is: if this file gets in the wrong hands, can someone figure out the filenames inside the DMG without the password (assuming they can’t guess or crack the very secure password)?
I tried looking this up but couldn’t find a straightforward answer. When I open the DMG on a Mac it automatically asks for a password and starts verifying/mounting...
Thank you


texts: Why I cannot play M4A audio on iTunes, but I can play it on QuickTime?

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I have some M4A audio files, that I can't play on iTunes (e.g. double click the file, and then iTunes fired up, the audio added to the library, but the play doesn't start. Tried double clicking on the audio on the library, still doesn't start the player).

But when I open them in QuickTime, QuickTime can play it. Why that happens? And what can I do about it so I can import those files to iTunes? Thanks.


texts: Errors while trying to install "wireless" with pip

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I have been trying to install "wireless" with pip but I keep getting errors.

sudo pip install wireless
The directory '/Users/student/Library/Caches/pip/http' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo's -H flag.
The directory '/Users/student/Library/Caches/pip' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo's -H flag.
Collecting wireless
/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:318: SNIMissingWarning: An HTTPS request has been made, but the SNI (Subject Name Indication) extension to TLS is not available on this platform. This may cause the server to present an incorrect TLS certificate, which can cause validation failures. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#snimissingwarning.
  SNIMissingWarning
/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:122: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
  InsecurePlatformWarning
  Downloading wireless-0.3.2.tar.gz
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 324, in run
    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder)
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 380, in prepare_files
    ignore_dependencies=self.ignore_dependencies))
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 634, in _prepare_file
    abstract_dist.prep_for_dist()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 129, in prep_for_dist
    self.req_to_install.run_egg_info()
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 412, in run_egg_info
    self.setup_py, self.name,
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 387, in setup_py
    import setuptools  # noqa
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    import setuptools.version
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/setuptools/version.py", line 1, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 72, in <module>
    import packaging.requirements
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/packaging/requirements.py", line 59, in <module>
    MARKER_EXPR = originalTextFor(MARKER_EXPR())("marker")
TypeError: __call__() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py:122: InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available. This prevents urllib3 from configuring SSL appropriately and may cause certain SSL connections to fail. You can upgrade to a newer version of Python to solve this. For more information, see https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning.
  InsecurePlatformWarning


texts: How to sync usernames/passwords between Mac Firefox & iPad Safari?

texts: I use Firefox on my Mac and have hundreds of website passwords saved in its password store. I don't even remember my passwords half the time for the various sites that I use. How can I sync the usernames/passwords between the two devices? I'd also like to be able to sync my bookmarks if possible. I use Firefox Sync to keep my various computers in sync, but of course this will not work with the iPad.


texts: Automator Service that opens URL from rich text

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I would like to make an Automator Service that will open any link in a different browser (i.e. Firefox) than default (Safari).

Precisely: I want to right click on any link in Mac OS and select a service that will open that link in a Firefox.


texts: Can a faulty MacBook be replaced for a brand new one?

texts: 7 months I ago I bought a new MacBook air 2019. Just recently the trackpad of my MacBook stopped clicking. As in, the haptic feedback from the clicking randomly stoped working. I sent my laptop over to an Apple authorized service provider since my country doesn't have an apple store, for a diagnosis. After the diagnosis they called me up and said that I have a hardware issue and they need to order certain parts internationally to properly fix the haptic system failure. However, ordering the parts and then fixing it is going to take a very long time, and time isn't what I simply have as I would be traveling the next month. So, I was wondering if it's possible instead of the repair and since I am within the warranty if I can get my entire laptop replaced for a new one? I hope someone can provide some response.


texts: Where are OS-level crash reports stored?

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I have a machine that has some intermittent rebooting. When it restarts, I get the familiar dialog to report this to Apple. I don't always remember to save the details of the crash. I'm sure that those logs are stored in the FS somewhere. Does anyone know where?
To be 100% clear, I'm not talking about application crashes, which are easily viewable in Console, I mean OS-level panics.


texts: iPhone photos app 'syncing' lots and not showing photos in other apps

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since updating to iOS 8.3 and probably enabling some new sort of iCloud system, all my photos in the photos app showed a white circular progress indicator in the bottom right the first time I looked at the picture, which seemed related to network activity.

No idea why this was happening but ended up noticing that a gif viewing app I was developing was suddenly showing many fewer gifs than before. Upon further inspection i found that those gifs I hadn't looked at in the photos app, and hence hadn't done their white progress indicator thing, were missing. Once I'd let them do their white progress indicator thing they showed up again.

So I went through almost all my photos and gifs in the photos app to let them all get 'synced' (or whatever they're doing) so all my gifs would show up and then I noticed some that I'd previously 'synced' were missing again and required another 'sync' to show up again... What??

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know what's going on?


texts: How do I identify what PowerPC apps I use?

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I have a Mac with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 still installed on it and am seriously considering installing Mountain Lion. I’ve read that from Lion onwards PowerPC apps can no longer run.

My questions are: Is this true? How can I identify what PowerPC apps I currently use?

I don’t want to go to the trouble of cloning my drive and then doing the upgrade only to find some software I rely on will not run in Mountain Lion.


texts: Why aren't iTunes and Windows Photo acknowledging my iPhone?

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My mom must move pictures on her iPhone (not iCloud) to her PC. She's computer-illiterate, and I'm using TeamViewer to access her PC. She has plugged in her iPhone to her PC. Then her iPhone asked her "Trust This Computer?", and she obviously clicked "Trust".

This post links to an Apple website dated Oct 28 2018 that features an ostensibly outdated iTunes layout because it differs from the one below, and I downloaded iTunes today.

This post recommends the Window Photos App.


texts: How to rework a "System Events" command in AppleScript, so that it automatically works in all applications?

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With the following AppleScript code within a "Run AppleScript" action in a Service:

tell application "System Events"
    set theSBounds to {{572, 64}, {332, 515}}
    set position of window "Google Hangouts - myemailaddress@gmail.com" of application process "Google Chrome" to item 1 of theSBounds
    set size of window "Google Hangouts - myemailaddress@gmail.com" of application process "Google Chrome" to item 2 of theSBounds
end tell

the Service will only work if the application from which that Service has been called has been added to the list of applications under "Allow the apps below to control your computer." This list is found at System Preferences → Security & Privacy → Accessibility.

Is it possible to modify the AppleScript code somehow so that adding every application on one's computer to the list is not necessary? Or, so that, one only needs to add one item to the list, as opposed to every application on one's computer?

I thought that something like this might work:

do shell script "osascript -e 'tell application \"System Events\"' -e 'set theSBounds to {{572, 64}, {332, 515}}' -e 'set position of window \"Google Hangouts - myemailaddress@gmail.com\" of application process \"Google Chrome\" to item 1 of theSBounds' -e 'set size of window \"Google Hangouts - myemailaddress@gmail.com\" of application process \"Google Chrome\" to item 2 of theSBounds' -e 'end tell'" with administrator privileges

but this code also requires that the application from which the Service is run is added to the Accessibility list.

Note: I only want to run this AppleScript as a Service, and not in an Automator-created Application, because the code receives selected text as its input (system-wide).


texts: Photos on old iphone being transferred to new iphone

texts: My daughter has my old iphone but photos she takes arrive on my camera roll on my new iphone - how can I stop that happening please? Thank you


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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I take a screenshot on my Mac?

I haven't found any shortcut or application on my Mac which provide such functionality.

I would like to know the keyboard shortcut.


texts:
It is possible to sort emails by sender (“From”) using Mail app on Mac.

Can the native mail app do this on iPhone and iPad?


texts: How do I find out the hostname of my Mac OS X server?

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I'm trying to connect with mysql_connect using PHP.

I was wondering how to find the hostname when I turn my MacBook into a server by turning on the personal webpage.

I have Apache, MySQL and PHP enabled.

Is the hostname what you ssh into? It says that my computer's name is spiderman and it could be accessed with spiderman.local, but it doesn't seem to work. I've also tried using my IP address.


texts: In itunes connect, can the app seller be different than the name on the associated bank account?

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I have a personal developer account and my friend is connecting his bank account to my apple development account.

Because I have developed the app so I want my name to be under the name of my app on app store, not my friend's name.

Can I still be the seller of the app even though payment is to my friend's bank account?


texts: How to reset a mac mini without losing any applications

texts: I am a father of 1 son and 1 daughter. I got a mac mini with a monitor for my sons eighth birthday, and put minecraft on it. I had to code in a function where in between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm everyday he would get time to do anything he wants on the computer, and then starting at 8:05 to 5:58 pm it would log him out repeatedly every two minutes. The only thing is, his twelfth birthday is coming up and I want to suprise him by taking the restrictions off and let him have free reign! For that i want to erase terminal from the entire computer. But i have to reset the mac mini cause i dont remember my password... Can someone tell me how to reset everything in my catilina OS Mac mini except for  minecraft with no administrator permissions?


texts: iPod Touch Not Showing Under Devices in Finder

texts: I'm a software developer that recently switched to a Mac. I am using OS X 10.8.2. I am trying to debug an issue with a website using an iPod touch. I've been told that I can connect the iPod to my Mac mini via USB and use the Safari development tools to debug on the iPod. However, I haven't even gotten this far, as when I connect my iPod it does not show under devices in Finder. Could anyone tell me what I am doing incorrectly?


texts:
How to make OSX behave the same way as Windows in regards to multiple keyboard languages (drives me crazy)?

In Windows, each app starts with default language, unless you have chosen a new language for that app.
In OSX, an app starts with the last selected language.
The problem is that when you use spotlight to launch apps it will always take the last chosen language instead of using the default one. I have to always manually switch languages it drives me crazy. Can't it work like in Windows?

I want each new app (and spotlight) to start with default language, unless I've already started that app and switched language for it.


texts: Need app to read Eudora mail (that mailbox file format)

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I was unable to successfully copy my 20 years of Eudora emails to Thunderbird.  The process is difficult to follow & just seems to hang.

There must be a simple app that will allow me to open a Eudora mailbox folder, and select an email from an index list, and read the contents.  Its just a "flat file" with a marker to separate each email.  And maybe a separate toc (table of contents) file with the header data and a pointer to the location in the flat file.

And somebody please create the tag "Eudora"


texts:
The 10.9.2 upgrade completely messed up the OpenGL driver and is causing some games / graphics driven application programmed in OpenGL to have a lot of issues with particle drawing. This is unbearable and it is causing me to lose work hours. This issue did not occur in 10.9.1 and I have researched a bit and found this to be an issue in 10.9.2. I would like to rollback to 10.9.1 or 10.9 but my recovery will only install 10.9.2 and redownloading Mavericks from the App Store also installs 10.9.2. Is there a way to roll back to one of these more stable versions?

My main issue is my inability to get a copy of 10.9.1 or 10.9. I am not sure where to get any of these!


texts: iPhone 6 plus - weird horizontal lines on screen, won't stay in DFU mode for updates, iTunes stuck "waiting for iphone"

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I need help with fixing an iPhone 6 plus.

The user(my mom) accidentally booted the iPhone into recovery mode(not sure, but she says she's holding both power and home button) and leave the phone on as she didn't know how to exit recovery mode. After exiting recovery mode, it started to reboot, horizontal lines appeared on screen, pixels flashes, and the phone showed no sign of booting up. iTunes said the phone had some problems, and told me to update it. So far so good. But as iTunes was preparing the phone for update, display screwed up again and iTunes was stuck waiting for the phone.

As far as I know, the phone was using ios 9. It's just a guess though, and I do not know the exact sub-version.

Has anyone experienced such problem? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Change the default system highlight color

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Is it possible to change the default highlight color in Chrome and other Mac OS X Applications system wide?

How do I customize the default setting in apps like TextEdit or Mail?


texts: Why did Siri stop responding to "Hey Siri" on iPhone X iOS 12.3.1?

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Since late March/early April of 2019, which means since iOS 12.2 through 12.3.1 Siri stop responding to "Hey Siri" on my iPhone X. I purchased the iPhone new in January 2018, and it has incurred any damage or misuse.

Sometime in 2017, I began to use "Hey Siri" to do things like play songs from a playlist, call the family, get directions to a new contact's residence, etc. The reason is that I often do not have a free hand to access the phone because I am a parent to a special needs child, and "Hey Siri" was very helpful.

Now I am frustrated, because:

The only way I can access Siri is via the sidebar.

I have reset the phone more than once, Siri still does not work.

I have turned off Siri and turned it back on, no change.

Do any of you have even any suggestions on how I might troubleshoot and get Siri to respond to "Hey Siri?"


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I was in a situation where I wanted to use a tunnel-all VPN, and went to Hotspot Shield's site. Much to my dismay, they ship an installer in order to use their service.

Is there a commercial, high-quality VPN service that supports one of the built-in OSX protocols definable in the Network Preference Pane? L2TP over IPSec, PPTP, or Cisco VPN?


texts:
Is there a way to find Font used in Numbers?

Opening the spreadsheet on my Mac is fine, but I get this error message when opening the same document on iPad (iOS)

The font TIMES-Roman is missing.

I want to find which cell(s) are using this font. It most likely came from pasting in styled text and I need a tool or way to track down the offending cells or text.

How can I find the text using this specific font?


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ALL,
I apologize for this question - it seems that on the SO nobody develops under Mac, so I'm terying to ask here. If you suggest a better place to ask the question and get the answer - I'm all ears.
I have an old Mac laptop where I started my program, which contains of one binary and couple of dylibs. That Mac has OSX 10.8 with appropriate Xcode. Everything worksd correctly there. I'm building the program and can run it from the Terminal as well as from inside the Xcode.
Relatively recently I bought myself a newer Mac laptop with OSX 10.13, installed Xcode, grab my sources from the github and all libraries it depends on, compiled everything (successfully), and tried to run it from the Xcode. That execution immediately failed and it stopped somewhere inside the assembly code even before it hit the initialization routinme of my code (C++). So I tried to run the program from the Terminal and the run was successful.
I didn't try to change anything inside the projects.
I suspect that the newer Xcode changes the way dylibs are handled and now I will have to rebuild the whole Xcode solution from scratch, but I really want to avoid that if I can help it.
So my question to you is - is there a way to set a new machine with the new Xcode so that I can run my project from inside the Xcode?
TIA!!!


texts: Why does my MacBook Pro suddenly die instead of remaining in sleep mode?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo (Pre-unibody) running Snow Leopard that fails to stay in sleep mode when the battery is run down to 0%.

This problem just started a month ago. The battery is new. It runs down fine and I get a warning when the reserve battery kicks in at 10%, but when it reaches 0, it goes into sleep mode for about 1 second and then dies.

When I boot back up, it tries to recover but fails and then just reboots as normal. I tried recalibrating the battery and I also tried resetting the PMU but to no avail.

If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions.


texts: Font color for SAVE button in Open/Save Dialog window

texts: Is there a way to change the font color for the SAVE button in an Open/Save Dialog window? Somehow, the font for this button has changed to white on my Macbook Air (2020). It is very hard to see on the white background of this button.


texts: AirPort Express extending connects in the wrong order

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Recently, after extending a wireless network on a setup with one Extreme and one Express (both AirPort base stations), I've been experiencing issues regarding which base station extends which on a certain iMac. Note that when it actually works, it works great.

I have the AirPort Extreme connected to a modem via Ethernet, but an AirPort Express that is generally closer to all of my devices extends this network (we can't change where our modem is without our ISP having to send someone over to re-wire practically everything).  The screenshot below explains everything.

I cannot use Internet on this particular Mac when it is acting this way.

Any suggestions or explanations as to why AirPort Utility would show it in this strangely ordered diagram?


texts: I am having a problem "Finder isn't responding" on my mac pro retina 10.10.1. All my files on my desktop are gone and the rainbow ball is spinning forever. I've tried many times to relaunch "Finder" by using command + option + esc, yet the problem still exist. So anyone has any idea to fix this problem? Please kindly help.


texts: setting up ipad as new ipad or back up from another device

texts:
I connected my ipad to the computer for the first time. I tunes showed up and asked me if I wanted to set it up as a new ipad or back up from a previous iphone that is no longer working.

Although there are things from that iphone that I would like to be able to retrieve ( some purchased books etc ) I am not sure I want to back it up completely from the old iphone.

However I am afraid that if I set it up as a new ipad then I won't be able to retrieve the stuff from the old iphone I would like to keep.

Main question really is if I set up as new ipad would I ever be able to retrieve any thing from the old iphone?


texts: 2009 Mac Pro Processor Change - how to resolve errors?

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I have a Mac Pro "Eight Core" 2.26 (2009/Nehalem) that I was running with dual X5690 (3.46GHz/6-core/12MB/130W) processors for the last couple years (yes, I've got the 2010 firmware hack on it).  Been running fantastic, but I needed to do swap some hardware around and so ended up needing to take these processors out and put some older processors (that were from another actual 2010 Mac Pro; 2.66 GHz 6 Core Xeon X5650 x2).

After the transplant was completed I fired it up and immediately got a light on the right side of CPUA:

I held the power button in and immediately turned it off.  This light then lit ("OVTMP CPUA"):

I figured something must be up with the heatsink as it seemed as though the screws for the 2009 heatsinks ratcheted down tightly and immediately instead of having some give that would indicate that it was in contact with the CPU (lidded CPU btw).  Made me figure that perhaps the heatsink was not pressing down the CPUA processor enough.  I also recalled that the previous processor that was in here may have been SLIGHTLY taller.

I then took the heatsink back off and put about .5 to .75 mm of copper cut to size for the Xeon lid and used thermal paste again to make up for this possible spacing issue. I repeated this for CPUB. The heatsink seemed to ratchet down better this time as I could feel some pressure being applied and the torque didn't stop immediately as before and thus i could torque it down a bit.

After doing this, I unfortunately found that the same error lights were emitted - no change.

I also went ahead got some additional feedback from the DIAG LED button:

I'm not really sure what to do at this point.  Should I add thicker copper to make the heatsinks apply greater pressure to these Xeon processors?

I believe Intel has pretty good heat protection for these processors, so I don't believe the processor would be "burned out" at this point, right?

Further, would resetting the motherboard by removing the battery and / or pressing the reset button beside the battery (above the 1st PCIe slot / behind the GPU) help at all?

Any other ideas aside from buying a new processor?


texts: Can I capture photos in Raw mode on iPhone 6 without have to pay for a 3rd party app?

texts:
I am looking for a solution (preferably free of cost) to capture photos in RAW mode on my iPhone 6. The solution/tool should be able to capture RAW mode image before camera converts to JPEG/PNG.

I am also willing to Jailbreak the device if required.


texts: Do AppleTVs show up in AirPlay by proximity?

texts:
So it is weird, I cannot find any details online, but we just set up multiple AppleTVs in our office for meeting rooms today. They are hard wired to our network which is connected with our WiFi network. All access points and hardwired devices connect to the same network switch/router.

It seems that somehow devices know which AppleTV they are near, as only the nearby ones (within about 40-50 feet) show up as options in AirPlay. Does anyone know if this is a feature, or is it a problem that we need to troubleshoot? (Don't want to have a big client meeting and then scramble to get a something working to show work.)

Thank you.


texts: A3 printer for small office support / client visuals from CS6 (Mac) CC (Win)

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Looking for a 'yes this will work effectively' answer rather than opinions on brands or particular printers pros and cons. I am working in a small web dev' office currently providing the creative to a team of 6. Good hardware, server and LAN infrastructure internally which, although Win based, talks to the Mac's OK. Presentation is mostly digital although there is a requirement (at times) to paper visualise at A3, for example, to maintain a printed folio, provide client support and internal marketing. The creative output will driven from either of two i7 Quadcore Macs running OS 10.8, Adobe suite. The quality needs to be good to high although I am NOT expecting production print proofing - if I want that I will get it from my external contractors and generally on final stock.

Requirement details as follows:

General

Mac and Windows drivers
Network compatible via ethernet (WiFi fine as an extra although must be wired LAN primarily)
Postscript on board (still a feature? - please see below *)
Print server (?) included in software / drivers. We don't need to admin / manage usage, more for handling the queue if 2/3 people try to print at once - we are all in different rooms.
Ideally with reasonable processor / RAM to cope with small queues (generally not more than two of us printing at once)

Usage / Speed

Web and creative team. Relatively small outputs, we mostly use electronic delivery and are a 'green' office so paper use will be 'light'
Colour and Black / White
Inkjet is OK as long as reasonable robust (we are tired of Canon error b200 print head faults which turn out to be dried ink and cost £80 to replace!)
Speed isn't an issue for us and at the PC / Mac end, we are all high powered hardware for initial file processing.

Quality

Draft = for text documents reasonably quickly (light use again, no manuals or heavy print required)
High Quality = we need a quality output
at A3 for creative visuals - good enough to show a client / takeaway
/ produce minor marketing in the office (posters, info graphics).

(*) Note: the creative work will be coming directly from Acrobat or Indesign CS6 / Cloud on a Macintosh over ethernet. In the past I installed network printers with built in postscript like the Oki B4350n which helped with text rendering. Not sure if this is still required in 2016 or whether the Mac OS / printer driver manages it on the fly, please advise.

Level / Potential Candidates

Canon PIXMA iX6850
HP Officejet 7110 Wide Format
Epson Stylus Photo 1500W

Again, not looking to start a debate on print or build quality, rather a confirm from someone that they have / have used a particular printer in these types of circumstances and it was effective. Any flags, issues or particular models to avoid would also be appreciated.


texts: ._ .DS_store files and so on when syncronizing cloud drive services

texts: Is there a way to prevent Dropbox, or any other cloud service, from synchronizing those ._ and .DS_store files, although they exist in the Dropbox folder?


texts: Is there a way to set the dock height in fixed pixels?

texts:
I want to set the dock size to 40 pixels.

Is there anyway to do it in Yosemite?


texts: Bash subshell in Terminal has Mac OS's session save enabled

texts:
At some point, Terminal started saving sessions. It's controlled with /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal. For some reason, my subshells are also using this feature:

echo $(cd && pwd)
/Users/ehrmann Saving session... ...saving history...truncating history files... ...completed.

As a workaround, I can do

echo $(SHELL_SESSION_FILE= && cd && pwd)

Luckily, it works across platforms, but it's kinda silly.

Did I accidentally do something that turned this on? This can't be the intended default behavior—it breaks all sorts of things.


texts: Mac ignores "Display login window as" setting

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My Mac mini ignores the "Display login window as" setting. I have it set to "Name and password" but it still displays a "List of users" whenever it reboots.

It is a multi-boot setup. Does OS X for some reason store this setting in the vnram?

Update: When I log out it shows name and password field. But when it comes back from a reboot it shows the list of users instead.


texts: What is the max number of SMS & MMS messages that the iphone can store?

texts: iOS currently has a limit of 100 phone calls that can be stored in the call log. Is there a similar limit for SMS or MMS messages? If so, what it is? Where is this documented?


texts: Why does Safari 6 scroll to the bottom of the page when viewing Google search results?

texts: When I use the pagination at the bottom of Google search results pages to browse through the results, Safari 6 on OS X Mountain Lion automatically scrolls to the bottom of the page. Doesn't happen with every page, just most result pages. Why does this happen?


texts:
When I try to follow the procedure laid out in Backup iPhone to external drive on Mac and run

ln -s /Volumes/DriveName/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup

to change the backup location for my iPad and iPhone terminal tells me that the file directory doesn't exist... what am I missing?


texts: iCloud shows that it is full but I am 100% sure it is not

texts:
My iCloud shows that storage is full. I have closed the photo Photo Stream that relates to iCloud and I've double checked the memory using on Pages, Numbers etc and there is not much in there:

Why is iCloud showing my storage as full? How do I check and/or fix this?


texts: How do you edit the favorites list on Lion finder?

texts: Dragging in and out doesn't seem to be working for me, but I can see the ones I dragged in there before I upgraded:


texts: Using a Ukelele-created keyboard doesn't work in Chrome

texts:
I tired to do the following:

Select the original US Keyboard layout as my current keyboard.
Launched Ukelele
Chose New > From current input source
Swapped a single key
Saved the file in my keyboard layouts and chose it as my input method.

Now when I try to type in Chrome, it doesn't output anything. It works fine in other apps such as TextEdit, though.


texts: Quarter circle with self-filling edge when mouse pointer is near the corner in Big Sur

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I am new to Big Sur. While setting it up, I noticed a feature I had not seen before. Whenever the cursor got close to one of the four corners of the screen, a quarter-circle-like shape appeared adjusted to the specific corner and the edge of the quarter circle was gradually being filled up with color.
In the meantime, I have changed a lot of settings in Big Sur and I can no longer reproduce this phenomenon. As a result, I cannot post a screenshot/video and must rely on the verbal description above. If this description sounds familiar to anyone, I would be grateful for the identification of this feature. The closest match I could find is hot corners, but this quarter-circle thing definitely seems to be a distinct feature.


texts: Share folder in VirtualBox Host=Mac OS, Guest=Debian

texts: how can I share a folder in VirtualBox between my host-OS Mac OS and my installed guest-OS Debian 6? I installed the guest additions and created a shared folder, but I cannot find it


texts: Finder does not show Xcode project icon properly after upgrade to Xcode 7

texts: I upgraded to Xcode 7, and in Finder project icon become white icons, why? Pressing i.e. ClangFormat.xcodeproj will open Xcode, but still it is annoying. Earlier it was a blue like icon.


texts: Is it possible to have an external developer in Xcode just using exported cert+prov

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Is it possible to have an external developer in Xcode without being logged in with an account, but using a exported certificate and provisioning profile?
Is it possible to select an imported certificate and provisioning profile without signing in with the account in Xcode?

We do not want him to have access to our Apple developer account, but need him to use a specific provisioning profile, to be able to send out test versions.

How do you solve this?


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How can I remove a "shared" drive from the left bar of MAC OS x mavericks?
I've tried all the suggestions I can find online, but nothing seems to work.  It is a drive called "psce8cef", and I do not know when I first saw it.

Thanks,

--Mike


texts: Buy AppleCare for MacBook Pro in different country than I bought MacBook

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I bought a MacBook Pro 13" in june 2010 in Poland. I want to buy AppleCare Protection, I'm going to Hong Kong where it is 50% cheaper than in Poland. So can I buy it there? Or are there any law/guarantee restrictions?

Mateusz


texts: using a 2009 bricked iMac as an external display with windows

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I have a late 2009 21.5" iMac. It has a mini display port. Its hard drive has been formatted, and I haven't re-installed OSX yet (and don't want to if I don't have to).

I'd like to use the iMac as an external display for a windows PC that has a display port.

Before I buy a mini-display port to display port adapter. How can I tell the requirements for this iMac to support target display mode?


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My Mac keyboard is not working during EFI startup, so I can’t press option to select the boot device. I am dual booting Archlinux, so my EFI binary is from systemd-boot. I configured timeout in loader.conf, it shows the menu but I can’t even change the selection. Fortunately it boots Arch successfully, so I can change anything from inside.

How can I use my Mac keyboard during EFI startup?


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I am trying to install this music reading software: http://www.jalmus.net/Download.html

I downloaded it and double clicked on it and went through the installer. Now there's a file in my Applications folder (OS X) with a bunch of folders in it but no application to run. What else do I need to do?


texts: Disk size smaller than expected on new MacBook Pro

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I have bought two new MBPs in the couple of weeks. One 256gb flash storage and the other is 1TB flash storage.

The 1TB reports a 1TB drive. The 256GB drive reports disk size of of 251GB.

Where did the missing 5GB go?


texts: Is it possible to get OS X to remember my screen arrangement?

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I use my MacBook with an external monitor at work and home. Unfortunately, they are both the same model and this seems to confuse OS X.

At work, I have the monitor on the left and at home the right. But each time I move from one to the other, I have to manually change the arrangement.

Does OS X not remember arrangement for multiple monitors, or is using the same model the source of confusion here?


texts: I would like to be able to copy and paste multiple items on a Mac using keys like ⌘1 would copy 1 and ⌘2 would copy 2, ect. Then ⌘! would paste 1 and ⌘@ would paste 2. If there is already a program for this please let me know or if you can make me one. Also I need it to be a free program. Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there a way to completely erase an iPod Nano 3rd generation without installing iTunes?

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I've had this iPod lying around for years. I'm about to sell it and I'd like to erase all the data. Is there a way to do this without installing iTunes?

I was particularly hoping that there might be a magic combination of click wheel presses and switch toggles, or maybe a menu item I'm missing somewhere that would perform a factory reset including wiping all the data.


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I bought the new Mac Mini and connected it to my HP 3065 screen using the DVI cable + supplied HDMI to DVI adapter. The problem is, that the display settings enable me only very low resolutions (max 1280x800), which is unacceptable for this 30" display.

Is there any way to get the high resolution - 2560x1600? The Apple site says that it is possible somehow, but I don`t know how.

Thank you all very much.


texts: Best way of sharing files over network with linux

texts: I have an iMac running Mac OS 10.7.3 which is connected to wifi network, there is also a linux laptop connected to the same network. I want to share a folder with this laptop, I cannot use ftp since it was removed from system preferences. I don't want to share everything, so remote login is not option, unless there are settings to restrict it, so what is the best way of sharing this folder?


texts: Catalina (10.15.5) Spotlight calculator CPU spike?

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I noticed that I would have insane CPU spikes (400%+) whenever I type in a math equation (even something simple like 1+2) into spotlight. The task that spikes is called mds_stores. Does anyone know if this is just an issue with my system/is there some sort of software fix coming?
Attached = picture of the spike


texts: how can I transfer health data from iPhone 5s to my new iPhone 6 plus?

texts: I got iPhone 6 plus and now want to transfer the health data from my old iPhone 5s to iPhone 6 Plus, but I don't know how. I've backed up the old one with iTunes and restore my iPhone 6 with the iPhone 5s backup file, but I can't see the heath data on iPhone 6 plus. Help.


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I have two Macbooks. The second one I did a refresh install from a Time Machine backup and kept it backed up for several weeks on that computer.

I'm going back to the first computer and would like to restore it to the state of the second computer.

How do I do this?


texts: Mysterious GDB hangs after clean & build

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OS: Mac OSX 10.14.6
GDB version: 8.2.50.20190226-git
g++ version: 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.16)

The Problem: Whenever I clean and rebuild my simple "Hello World" c++ application (using g++) and then try to debug it using gdb, gdb will hang indefinitely. But the weirder part comes next: if I go to the activity monitor and kill the running gdb process, then run gdb again (killing it if it hangs again), eventually gdb will work and I'll be able to step through my code. I've followed the steps described here to properly code-sign gdb, so that doesn't appear to be the problem. Mac Experts, any idea why rebuilding a C++ executable would prevent GDB from being able to debug it until GDB has been run & killed a few times?

For reference, here are the raw terminal commands that the Makefile generates:

$ rm -f -r ./build/Debug
$ rm -rf ./dist/Debug
$ mkdir -p ./build/Debug/GNU-MacOSX
$ mkdir -p ./dist/Debug/GNU-MacOSX
$ g++    -c -g -MMD -MP -MF "build/Debug/GNU-MacOSX/welcome.o.d" -o build/Debug/GNU-MacOSX/welcome.o welcome.cc
$ g++     -o dist/Debug/GNU-MacOSX/welcome_1 build/Debug/GNU-MacOSX/welcome.o

And here's what happens when I run gdb:

Starting program: /Users/matthewboyle/NetBeansProjects/Welcome_1/dist/Debug/GNU-MacOSX/welcome_1
[New Thread 0xf03 of process 33622]
[New Thread 0xd03 of process 33622]
(It just hangs after this point, I have to kill the process)


texts: Is Boot Camp still being supported by Apple?

texts:
Boot Camp seems to have become the orphan child of Apple recently - more and more things seem to not be working as of the current Windows 10 (1903) release. These are at least the problems I am now seeing (running macOS 10.14.6 on a Late 2013 15" MBP):

Boot Camp control panel does not start on startup
Trackpad configuration settings are not saved (e.g. tap to click, 2
finger-click for right-click, etc)
No option in Boot Camp control panel to select starting from macOS boot volume (apparently no APFS support) (requires holding down Option at startup to select macOS boot volume)

When I download the latest Windows Support Software from Boot Camp Assistant.app, the most recent "last modified" dates in the files are March 2016.

Has Apple announced either way, whether they plan to continue to update Windows Support Software or not?


texts: I have Apple Pay enabled on my iPhone (6S) and it used to be available on Apple Watch (original edition) too. I wiped and restored my watch, and now there is no Apply Pay available. The instructions say to use the Watch app and select "Wallet & Apple Pay". For me the option is just called "Wallet" and the only option is to mirror the iPhone. Searching for "pay" doesn't help. I can make payments successfully with the phone. Both devices have latest OS releases (3.1.3 and 10.2.1 at the time of writing). Where has the option gone and how can I rectify this?


texts: Youtube audio has echo in Safari on macOS

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When watching YouTube videos I get a constant audio problems. The audio always sounds far off and it has a bit of echo to it. The problem is safari specific as the same videos work fine in another browser. Anybody know what is causing this and how to fix it?

EDIT: The problem appears to occur only when the videos are played at anything other than 1.0x speed.

I'm using safari 10.1.1


texts: Personal information in sysdiagnose dumps on OS X

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Sometimes after I've sent bug reports to Apple, they ask for a sysdiagnose dump, which contains a bunch of files with information about my system.

While it's very useful for Apple to get this information to reproduce the problem and debug their code, I noticed that at least some semi-personal information is stored in these files.

Stuff like recently opened files, various file paths and other things that expose the system owner to some extent, and are irrelevant for the debugging purpose.

I'd like to help Apple improve their products without revealing unnecessary details about my system, at least file paths to personal files, cache data of viewed documents, etc.

But what to do?

My current best approach is to grep the file tree for file paths and replace them with wildcards, but this is cumbersome at best, and there may be a lot more to it that I don't know about.

Is Apple likely to improve their sysdiagnose to be more considerate for privacy if asked?


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I've had a problem today where when I plug my external HDD in, it creates a ghost folder in /Volumes with the same name, causing my hard drive to change it's path to /Volumes/HDD 1. This is messing with programs that direct to /Volumes/HDD.
Is there someway to fix this? Also, my harddrive has an issue where even a small bump can cause it to give the error of it not being removed properly, so this could potentially be the cause of it.

Thanks for the help.


texts: Is there an app to disconnect an iPhone from a Wi-Fi router at a specific time, other than just turning off Wi-Fi?


texts: Does Lightning to 3.5 mm support High-Res headphones?

texts: Since iPhone 7, Apple has switched to Lightning port and provides a dongle for 3.5 mm jack. Does this dongle support High-Res (16/24 bit) headphones/earphones?


texts: How to zip from terminal without creating folder structure of path to folder?

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It is possible to zip a target folder with encryption by the terminal command

zip -er ~/Desktop/myzippedfolder.zip ~/Documents/myfolder/

However, the contents of myzippedfolder will be a folder called Users containing a folder called username containing a folder called Documents containing the folder myfolder and its contents.

Is it possible to zip the folder myfolder only such that when myzippedfolder is unzipped it contains only myfolder and its contents rather than the parent folders?


texts: Can I run iOS 5 Apps on my iOS 3.1.3 iPod touch?

texts: I have an iPod touch 1G running iOS 3.1.3, and I really want to get iOS 5 Apps on it. Is there a way to do this? Can I do it without using a computer?


texts: How do 2 phones share ITunes and Calendar entries?

texts: My husband and I just got iPhones 4 running iOS 6, what we're looking for is to share ITunes and Calendar entries.  We have one computer and right now have Outlook for a calendar.  I want to be able to make one entry on the calendar and have it show up on both phones.  Can I use Outlook to accomplish this?  Or is there an app out there that will sync the computer calendar with both our phones?


texts: I've heard talk of installing a CUDA driver for the new unibody mac (Nvidia 330M) to possibly resolve graphics problems (though it seems it actually doesn't do so). I'm not having problems but I was wondering exactly what the CUDA driver does, if it supplements or replaces the default graphics driver, and if it gives better performance. Please explain!


texts: Slate window manager disrupts text manipulation

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When I turn on Slate window manager with the default configuration, I cannot use Cmd+Left, Cmd+Right, Option+Left or Option+Right to move around in text.

Is there a way around this, or do I need to use a different window manager? I am a dev, but an OS X newbie.


texts: How do I download latest compatible version of an app?

texts:
So, I was trying to download PicsArt and it says that I need a 10.0 IOS version. And that's happenning to almost every awesome app and games in the App Store. And that's the problem, I almost can't download anymore because of that. Now, let's go to the question, How do I download the latest compatible version of an app that I haven't purchased before?

Please answer because I'm trying to download not just PicsArt but many more...


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I have recently set up a server on my Mac mini with the OS X Mountain Lion Server app. I would like to have remote access (from outside of my home's wifi network) to the files and folders in my home folder and shared locations (on the Mac mini), and I understand that to do this I need a VPN connection. I'm not familiar with these kinds of things, and I've been trying to set this up but I can't get it to work.

It's worth mentioning that I don't actually have a registered domain name - the host name is server.example.private (I've replaced "example" with something else). From any computer connected to my home's wifi network I can access the server's wiki by entering "192.168.0.(some number)" into the address box, but I cannot access it by using "server.example.private" (even from the wifi network) - this might indicate what the problem is. Furthermore, I can access my home folder and shared locations using Finder from a Macbook Air (I can only do this when connected to my home's wifi network) by connecting to my Mac mini and logging in - I would like to be able to do this remotely.

I'm probably just doing something really stupid, like not configuring some setting (or perhaps not setting up DNS properly...). Could anyone please explain the steps required to set up VPN (and maybe different aspects relating to/depending upon this)? All the tutorials I've seen so far ask me to register a domain name, and I'm not quite ready to do that yet (I hope that's not the problem). Please let me know if you need any more details.

Thanks.


texts: Reinstall MacOS on a Macbook that doesn't have MacOS anymore?

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I'm new to this site, so pardon me if I do or say something wrong.

I have an old MacBook late 2008 unibody that has Linux installed on it (3 different linuxes, don't ask why). I bought this MacBook second hand a while ago. I wanted to install Linux on my Mac but didn't know what I was doing back then, and accidentally deleted the whole MacOS and everything. Currently, I'm tripple booting my "Linuxes" via "rEFInd". I want to install the latest MacOS available for my model but I don't know how to do it. Where would I find a DMG and how would I install it. Could anyone guide me or help me? I don't have any warranty nor do I have an Apple store where I live.

Thanks,


texts: Can I glue a MagSafe connector broken at the "computer" end?

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On the left is what I have; wire part on the left, broken off part on the right. The right is what I would like.

I can just take the broken off part and hold it against the wire part to make it the same as first picture.  It works to get power to the computer but it keeps coming off depending on the angle I try to remove from the computer.  Anyone here have an idea if it's possible to glue or fix it?


texts: How to put a Macbook Air into "Target Disk Mode"?

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I have an older Macbook Air. I'm trying to transfer the data onto my new Macbook Air using a Thunderbolt cable. The Apple Store employee assured me that you can connect a Thunderbolt cable to a mini display port. However, using Migration Assistant does not recognize that the two Macbook Airs are connected via the Thunderbolt cable. I learned that you might be able to put the old one into "Target Disk Mode" and treat it like an external start-up disk. However, I can't seem to get it to work. I have shut down the old Macbook Air and started it up while holding down the T key. I have also tried enabling it through System Preferences, but there is no Target Disk Mode option. Both Macbook Airs are running Mavericks.

How can I enable target disk mode so this migration doesn't take days?


texts: Retrieving apps and Music from 2 iCloud accounts to one iPhone

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I have 2 iCloud accounts. not because of any crafty idea or security concerns but because I forgot my password and it was easier to just setup anther account.

Now I just upgraded my phone to a 5S and want to get all my apps and music on the new phone but they're backed up on two accounts.

Any suggestions?


texts: OpenSSL installation in macOS Mojave 10.14.6?

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I am getting odd errors that OpenSSL package has some problems. Earlier I insntalled PyCharm IDE that is built on pyenv environment, it may have somehow broken my OpenSSL. I have tried to install OpenSSL again with brew install openssl but errors such as the below persist.

How to install OpenSSL in Mac OSX Mojave 10.14.6?

pip3 install numpy
pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages (1.16.2)
pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='pypi.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /simple/pip/ (Caused by SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.")) - skipping


texts: Can I back up a single folder on time machine?

texts:
Basically, I do a lot of work from home, some of which is confidential work. My company has a policy which restricts me from using any form of 'Cloud' to back my files up, so I have set up my time machine to a partition drive on a work server. This however tries to back up my whole Macbook, but I only want to back up the folder which contains my work.

Is there anyway I can set it up to just back up the single folder, as the partition will not have enough space to back my whole Macbook up, and I also have personal files on which would not be required.


texts: How do you force a “Waiting to Upload” Wav format file, in iCloud Files app

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I’ve read some of the other posts on this issue about forcing "Waiting to Upload" files, but none of the solutions seem to work for me because I am using an iPhone 7 (transferring from iPad) and most answers seem centered on using a desktop/laptop or don't consider the limitations/capabilities of 3-D touch.

IMPORTANT

1. I do not have WiFi at home.

2. iPhone 7 (256GB model) no longer has cellular data (got new iPhone XR 64GB) but I still use iPhone 7 for downloading songs (.WAV) I make on iPad (6th Gen, 32GB ) to VOX app and uploading to iCloud Library through Files App.

3. Because I don't have WiFi, once I've transferred files to Vox and Files on iPhone 7 from iPad using AirDrop, I turn on & connect to iPad's Hotspot to allow the files to upload completely (even though I can listen to the songs in entirety on both apps)

4. The iPad is not connected to the same iCloud account as the iPhone, but the two iCloud accounts are connected by Family Share.

So.... The problem I'm running into is that the .WAV files (on Files App for sure, Vox doesn't provide status) still don't progress past "Waiting to Upload" status after I connect to Hotspot.

If I open the file, the songs just play but still nothing changes.

I've seen solutions like, "two-finger pressing" the file name, then selecting "save song to iCloud Library, BUT two-finger and one-finger long pressing the file only result as a "3-D touch", meaning the file opens in a 3-D manner but the functionality is no different than normally opening the file.

Any advice would help, I really just don't want to lose these files since they're my own songs, and it's basically necessary that I save them to the iPhone 7 since I have so little space on my other devices.

I've thought about transferring the files to my iPhone XR first and then transferring to iPhone 7 (while it's connected to iPads Hotspot) and then just deleting them from my iPad and iPhone XR, but that's kind of a lot of work, and it may not work exactly how I'd like since both iPhones are connected to the same iCloud account.


texts: QuickTime can't play 4k video while VLC can

texts: I'm on mountain lion 10.8.5 and recently my friend gave me a 4K resolution video. When I used QuickTime player, the video is very sharp and some of the text in it can't be seen correctly. However when I used VLC to play it, it played without any errors and I can clearly see the text. I like the UI of QuickTime player, so is there any way to make it appear on QT?


texts: iOS Keyboard Backspace and Foreward-space Capabilities

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Is there an app (or a way in settings, that despite searching I cannot seem to figure out) that can change the keypad on an iOS device to allow for both forward and backward delete (or delete/backspace depending on your outlook on semantics), like the OS X offers? This is the one big drawback for me with Apple vs. other mobile devices. Editing is much more difficult without this feature.

If not, is there a away to do this if I jailbreak my device(s)?


texts: Contextual Menu Plugin for Browsing Folder (or disk) Contents By Right Clicking?

texts:
The title of this post is pretty on-the-money but I'll try to elaborate some anyway. I'm looking for a contextual menu plugin for Mac that will let me browse the contents of any folder or folder like object in the Finder, through submenus, by right clicking on it.

I would envision this working by adding an addition item to the primary contextual menu, maybe an item called "Contents > " or "Browse > ", and mousing-over that item would put you in a full sub-menu tree of the contents. The same submenu tree you get from clicking on a folder in the dock (when you have View Contents set to Menu).


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When looking for a specific type of file from an application (for instance, looking for .ai files inside Adobe Illustrator), the finder makes all the files with the wrong extension not selectable. However, these files are still appearing in the list, even if faded. If you have a folder containing a a lot of files and only a few of the desired format, it can quickly become annoying to find them.

I would to know if there is a way to completely hide (not display at all) the undesired files?


texts: How to automatically transfer all ebooks from iphone to iPad

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I am using my iPhone to download and or purchase ebooks (sometimes pdf sometimes ePub). Those are not all purchased from apple.
I would like to know how to transfer them automatically From my iPhone to my iPad.
What happens now is that I see the title but I have to download it manually.


texts: Play a sound alert when Finder is done copying files

texts: I would like Finder to play a sound alert when it is done copying files. How can I do this? I'm using Mavericks.


texts:
If I play a radio station through the BBC website, e.g. (I believe this is available worldwide):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_two

When I mute the mac the playback pauses.  This doesn't seem to be a feature of the website and has started since updating to Yosemite (10.10).

Sounds pretty cool (like I say, doesn't seem to be something offered by the BBC) however I'm using this as a Alarm Clock, so load the webpage automatically a bit earlier than its needed and fade the sound in - now all the time checks are out (more than usual)!

Any ideas why this is happening and if anything can be done to turn it off.


texts:
I have a calendar with birthdays in them and I'd like to set the repeat to "Every year" -- unfortunately setting each manually seems quite painful. Would there be an easier way to accomplish this?

Im on an OSX 10.8.


texts: Why does it take a long time to upload photos to Flickr using iPhoto '11?

texts:
I take a lot of photos and use iPhoto to manage everything.  I also have a Premium Flickr account where everything gets sent to in order to have an online presence.

Whenever I use the 'Share' option in iPhoto to send them to Flickr, no matter how many photos I try and upload it takes a very long time.  After a while it doesn't seem to be actually uploading anymore, but something is causing the process to hang, but I can't tell what.  It has currently been about 90 mins and with the absence of any progress bar or indicator I can't be sure when this will end, or why it's taking so long.

UPDATE: After checking my Flickr sets online, two of the sets and several photos (about 50) are not yet uploaded

Does anything have any advice to figure this out?


texts: Will installing OS X Sierra mean my Mac can receive two factor authentication codes?

texts:
I managed to get myself in a two-factor authentication pickle.  My Apple id is associated with a Mac (currently running OS X Yosemite), an iPhone and an iPad.

The iPad just came back from repair and I needed to restore it from the cloud.  Unfortunately before doing that I lost my iPhone!  I now have nothing that can receive the two-factor authentication codes.  (Didn't see that one coming!)

My Mac is tied to my iCloud account and Apple Id, and I see that Sierra can receive these codes and that I can upgrade from Yosemite which is what's currently running on the Macbook Pro.

If I upgrade to Sierra will that mean my Mac can then also receive the two factor codes (allowing me then to get my iPad back up and running)?

Or will I be out of luck as I may need to use two-factor to get the laptop properly set up with Sierra?  If that's the case then I do not want to upgrade as it means I may lose the limited iCloud access that I have via the Mac.

Help!

N.B. Yes, have a full trustworthy backup of the Mac on Time Machine.


texts: Slow read performance in Mac OS X terminal, with external encryption enabled hard drive

texts:
Anyone experienced really slow performance with Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) file systems? I have git LFS project on my hard drive and for some reason even as simple as cd project-folder takes minutes to run (or ls -l command). Any other folder is performing well. It seems there is some kind of issue with combining ecryption, git LFS and external HDD?

Tried searching web, but only finding slowness to download the git LFS files. I don't have issues with that, but only when using basic commands in project folder.


texts: Difference between photostream and icloud photos

texts: What is the difference between photo stream and icloud photos?  I have both files on my laptop


texts: Some apps won't run after upgrade to iOS 7.1, how to fix?

texts: I update to the newest 7.1 yesterday.  Now some of my apps will not open.  Is there a way to delete this update?


texts:
Hello,
I would like to upgrade my macbook pro mid 2010's ram so it could run faster. I'm going to be a student next year so i'd like to lower the costs as much as I can.

what would be the maximum ram that i can upgrade it to?

Thank you for your help!


texts: Can Magic Trackpad tap to click be made to work inside Steam games?

texts:
I am notice some games using Apple Magic Trackpad do not respect tap to click as opposed to the physical button click. I run OS X 10.8.4 and specifically Endless Space running on Steam fails to respect tap to click. The only click it registers is the click with pressure in the lower area of the apple magic trackpad.

Is there any way to get tap to click to work inside the games?


texts: iPhone SE2: Strange box with percentage appears when pressing Home button

texts:
I have an iPhone SE2 (2020). When I press the home button, a strange box showing "47%" appears. When I click an app icon, it disappears. The box always shows 47%. To the best of my knowledge, no assistive features are enabled.
How do I get rid of this?


texts: Pass a variable from bash shell into Applescript?

texts:
Using the path defined in bash shell How would i pass the variable to applescript using osascript/applescript? Here's what I have so far.. The path of $FOOD_NUM is subject to change and it must be a variable that I have defined in bash. The "-e open... doesn't seem to like the path. error code 810:815: execution error: The variable input is not defined. (-2753  Thanks!.

FOOD_file=~/Desktop/FOOD/FRUIT/
FOOD_NUM=012345
osascript -e 'tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2017"'
-e 'open "'$FOOD_file/$FOOD_NUM/apples.psd'"' -e 'end tell'


texts: Is there a way to open files from Transmit in Sublime Text 2 as new tab, not new window?

texts: I use Transmit as FTP-client and Sublime Text 2 as text editor. When I open file from Transmit to edit it in Sublime Text 2 it opens in new window. It's pretty awkward. Is there a way to open files from Transmit in Sublime Text 2 as new tab of same editor window, not as new window at all?


texts: Is it possible for me to use my iPhone4 microsim dataplan on an iPad2?

texts:
I have the new iPad2 and am wondering if intead of buying a new microsim/connection from AT&T, I can just use the microsim from my iPhone4.

Please advise.
Thanks


texts:
I have an iMac12,2 with Mac OS X 10.6.8. I want to upgrade to the newest possible Mac OS. If I click the Software update button it says "Software Update doesn't have any new software for your computer at this time.". If I want to download High Sierra from the App Store it says "This update requires macOS version 10.8 or later."

What should I do? How can I upgrade my mac?


texts: How to enable / disable accounts for Filevault2 pre-boot authentication?

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I just upgraded to macOS 10.14.3 from High Sierra. My Mac has multiple user accounts and so far (i.e. macOS 10.12) I could always manage which users were allowed to unlock the encrypted Filevault2 volume pre-boot (image downloaded from this website):

However, in Mojave I cannot find the option to do so anymore.

(How) Can I enable and disable individual accounts for FV2 unlocking in Mojave?

Update: After disabling one user using the command line, the dialogue is now available in the System Preferences.


texts: Smart Playlist that includes all song that are/were in another playlist

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I have one active playlist which contains about 50 songs. But I remove and add songs very commonly at this playlist. I want to have another playlist that includes all song that currently are and have been in the active playlist. Can someone help me to create that smart playlist?

Here is a screenshot of my first attempt but this creates a live updating clone, which is not very helpful.


texts: Can I edit an iPad photo and save both the edited and original version?

texts: I have an iPad 2 running iOS 8. Is there a way to edit a photo and save both the edited and original versions? Does it matter if I make the edit from the photo stream or camera roll? Thank you.


texts: Manually Copy music from Windows PC to iPhone

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I tried using the charging/USB data cable and Windows Explorer to copy music to an iPhone, however it doesn't do anything and there are no error messages.

I'd like to avoid using iTunes as it loves wasting time converting music files to Apple's proprietary format.

Videos I've come across on YouTube use what seems to be shady software.

I also turned on Bluetooth on a laptop and the iPhone and the laptop did not see the iPhone on the Windows Bluetooth program. So, how do I manually copy music from Windows to an iPhone?


texts: How to recover a folder deleted in Notes app?

texts: My saved Notes on my iPad  were accidentally deleted.  I tried to find a folder for the "recently deleted" and there is none listed, how do I find it?


texts: iOS prompting for AT&T employees credentials on setup

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Very strange issue here. Around the time the 5s came out I went into AT&T to grab a new phone. For some reason I couldn't get logged into my apple account during setup so the AT&T employee completed the activation while using their account.

Ever since then when I did factory resets and after I entered my own apple credentials it would always ask me to log in with their account as well. Didn't bother me too much and I figured it was something particular to the phone.

However, I just bought a new 7 and the same issue has come up! After I log in with my account it asks me to log in with this strangers account. Obviously the accounts are linked in some fashion but I've checked every single account setting I can and I have no idea how this could have happened.

Anyone have any ideas?

Edit: It's not a used phone, but were new out of the box at AT&T. Also, doesn't sounds like it's an activation lock because it has followed me across phones. Definitely seems like an iTunes/Apple ID account issue.

Here's the popup that shows up right after a restore and when I open various apps following a restore. For what it's worth, this appears to be their personal email and not a corporate email:


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Frequently I cannot stop the timer for a run in the Workout app if I am too sweaty - the touch screen does not recognize my finger press, and neither the side button or Digital Crown help.

Is there a combination of buttons or maybe even gestures that can be used to stop the timer?


texts: Can I delete the Apple_KernelCoreDump partition in High Sierra?

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In MacOS High Sierra's Disk Utility, the partition is listed as Kernel Core Dump Storage (655MB). Its type is Apple_KernelCoreDump in the result of diskutil list. There is also a description, "You can not remove this volume because the previous volume can not be resized." However, if the partition is simply a collection of core dump files, it should be safe to remove the partition.

It does not take too much space but it is in between some free space and the partition I want to increase its size. There is no other easy ways to resize it unless I remove the Apple_KernelCoreDump partition.


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High CPU consumption, 33% battery, suddenly MacBook Pro Retina shuts down saying it needs to be plugged in.

I plug it in and then Mac works fine and battery level is at 33%.

I googled this, found nothing.

Any idea what might be wrong ?

Battery needs replacement ?

Battery looks ok:

Battery Information:

  Model Information:
  Serial Number:    D863016Q037F9Y2A9
  Manufacturer: SMP
  Device Name:  bq20z451
  Pack Lot Code:    0
  PCB Lot Code: 0
  Firmware Version: 511
  Hardware Revision:    000a
  Cell Revision:    1150
  Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):   2656
  Fully Charged:    No
  Charging: Yes
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):   6827
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:  587
  Condition:    Normal
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    2711
  Voltage (mV): 12002

System Power Settings:

  AC Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   0
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    5
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Wake on LAN:  Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  Current Power Source: Yes
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  1
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:   0
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  1
  Battery Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 30
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   0
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    2
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  0
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  Reduce Brightness:    Yes
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  1

Hardware Configuration:

  UPS Installed:    No

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  ID:   0x0aa1
  Wattage (W):  85
  Family:   0x0085
  Serial Number:    0x00935697
  Charging: Yes


texts: Why does Apple iCloud photosharing use googleapis.com?

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I found that my network monitor, Little Snitch, was blocking my Apple iCLoud photostream from my iphone to my Mac.  When I stopped the filter the photos were sharable.

Why does Apple iCloud photos use googleapis.com?


texts: Hard Disk has no partition map, cannot be unmounted or erased

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I have a 2Tb 2.5" hard disk that was formatted for a PC (but had errors), and have now connected it to my Mac. It is connected externally via a USB to SATA cable - I have tried two different USB to SATA cables that both work with other drives.

I first tried to erase the disk in Disk Utility (HFS+, GUID Partition Map), and got an error, saying could not write to last block. Since then the disk will now no longer show in Disk Utility, but will show in Terminal, like this:

    /dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                                                   *2.0 TB     disk11

Nothing else. No Partition Scheme.

Trying this:

diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT DiskName /dev/disk1

Or this:

diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ DiskName /dev/disk1

Gives:

Started erase on disk1
Unmounting disk
[  \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \  ]

Error: -69888: Couldn't unmount disk

So then:

sudo diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/disk1

Gets:

Forced unmount of disk1 failed: at least one volume could not be unmounted

But then despite that error, the disk has been unmounted - it does not appear in diskutil list. But then repeating:

diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ DiskName /dev/disk1

Gives:

Could not find disk for /dev/disk1

There is a post with a roughly similar issue here.

This command:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk1 bs=4096 count=8

Gives:

8+0 records in
8+0 records out
32768 bytes transferred in 0.000559 secs (58609362 bytes/sec)

Nothing happens for about 2 minutes, then the Terminal prompt reappears. diskutil list then does not show /dev/disk1

Unplugging the USB cable and reattaching it then starts the whole process as before!

Any assistance would be most welcome! I can't find an exactly equivalent case on the forum here, hence posing the new question here now.


texts: How can I use the TrackPad's force touch as copy paste function in terminal?

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Since MacBook Pro 2015, Apple introduced the "Force Touch" in the Track Pad. When you click it in the Terminal, by default it gives you dictionary/Wikipedia search results.

I would like to change it to a "middle button"-like function as in Ubuntu: copy the selected text into the prompt, without passing via the clipboard and without the need to use the annoying ⌘C ⌘V sequence. Any ideas?

edit: shift  ⌘  V   does the part of copying without passing via the clipboard. now I need to have force touch doing this.


texts: How do I transfer Phonegap app to my iPhone

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Apple removed the ability to transfer apps to your iPhone via iTunes, which is the workflow I was using before.

What is the correct way to do it now? Is there some way in Xcode? I typically use a Windows machine for development (but have a Mac for certificate signing and other good stuff that Apple requires), so I'd prefer to not have to transfer my app over to the Mac machine in order to transfer it to my phone, but if I have to do that, I'm willing to.

What is the current workflow?


texts:
I would be extremely grateful to anyone pointing me in the direction of the Mac OS X analogue for the free Windows image-editing software Paint.NET.

Basically the way I use it is I take lots of screenshots for work, then put arrows in there, some ovals and text - it's all for documentation purposes - mainly for Confluence.

The feature I can't live without is the arrows - they have points where you can easily curve them creating a very good visual e.g. for tutorials.

And of course it's great that you can do all of that in a lightweight app, couple of clicks manner.


texts:
I acquired an external hard drive that came preformatted with NTFS. My MAC quietly mounted it read only. After some conversations with google, I discovered that MAC couldn't write NTFS by default, but actually did have the ability to write NTFS on Lion

I think Lion < 10.9.5

So is it possible to use this drive on 10.9.5 without reformatting ? And will it be possible to read the results on (currently existing) OS X variants >= El Capitan (=? 10.11.0)

And if I do need to reformat, what's the least-likely-to-be-broken choice of file systems?

And if 10.9.5 can write to NTFS, how do I enable it? Will option 3 from http://www.howtogeek.com/236055/how-to-write-to-ntfs-drives-on-a-mac/ work on 10.9.5?


texts: “Warning: SUID file has been modified and will not be repaired” after repairing disk permissions

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Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent” has been modified and will not be repaired.

I keep getting this after running Disk Utility to repair permissions.
Will this cause problems?


texts: select ALL pdf in Books on iPad to upload to Mac

texts:
Is there a way to select ALL pdf in Books on iPad to upload via AirDrop to a Mac?
In fact I would welcome suggestions for ANY means of bulk transfer.


texts: Can I connect an iPad and an Eye-Fi Card?

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I have the Eye-Fi Pro X2 Card and an iPad. I just wonder if there is a way to transfer pictures from my camera wirelessly without going through the Internet or a real wireless network - basically I want an ad-hoc connection between the iPad and the card.

I do own the iPad camera connection kit which works, but that kinda defeats the purpose of an Eye-Fi Card in the first place :)


texts: How to Restrict iOS Wifi Settings from being Changed?

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I have iPad Mini 3 with iOS 8. I set the restrictions under Settings > General > Restrictions but some important settings are not covered like WiFi, Proxy and DNS settings.

How can I restrict WiFi settings from being changed to some other values other than mine? I need this for parental controls. If possible how can disable or hide Settings app all together?


texts:
I just got the following popup:

Is this a legitimate update from Adobe?

The reason I'm concerned:

The Flashback virus started off as a fake Adobe Flash update.
The UI on the application does not look like it is using native components. It seems like it's running Java or something similar.
I didn't run anything to prompt this. It just popped up on its own.

Other notes:

This is an actual application (it appears in the dock).
The application has no about menu.
I do have Adobe Reader installed, but it wasn't running at the time. (In fact, I haven't launched it in a while.)
There is nothing related to Adobe Reader (or the updater) in my login items (System Prefs > Users > Login Items).
The process name shows up as Adobe Reader Updater in Activity Monitor.
The Details link goes to http://www.adobe.com/go/update_details which redirects to http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/release-note/release-notes-acrobat-reader.html (However, that doesn't say much. Malware could just as easily link to the official website in order to appear legitimate.)


texts: How to search for a file by a hash value with bash script (terminal)?

texts:
I am writing a script for Mac OS X Lion 10.7 and I would like to know how I can search for files based on their SHA1 hashes. I would like to search the whole file system for the file(s) I will be looking for.

For example the SHA1 value 0d882ff2d5edd7d045c1b57320d2e046793868f8 corresponds to the file MacOSXUpdCombo10.7.2.dmg How can I search the hard drive for the file with its SHA1 value without needing to compare the file?


texts: Touch Bar to only showing my customized layout at all times

texts: How do I configure the Touch Bar on the new Macbook Pro's to only show my customized layout at all times?  Forgive for the question if I can't.


texts: Is it possible to change the way Terminal displays files' permission?

texts: As you can see, they are -rw-r--r-- and so on. I would like to change it to 644 or 755. How could I do to change it? (Please, this is not a question about sudo chown.)


texts: macOS Server calendar delegation not finding users

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We're running a Mac Mini in a small business network, which hosts (among other things) a calendar server using Server.app. We have set up accounts for each user, so that they can sync calendars with the server.

In Calendar (on a user's Mac), one can supposedly share calendars with other users on the same calendar server. This is done by right-clicking a calendar, choosing 'Share calendar' and typing a user's account name. Alternatively, the calendar can be delegated via the 'Accounts' preferences (Caldav > Delegate > Edit..). However, neither of these actually find any of my server users! The dropdown only shows names from e.g. Mail.

I've tested with both 'local directory' and 'network directory' users (i.e. with and without Open Directory), but neither show up. Preferably this would work without using Open Directory (as I have no other use for it, and simple is better than complex), but I'd set it up if required.

What does this delegation depend on? How does it do user discovery?

EDIT: When attempting to do user discovery, I do see the following log entry:

"REPORT({http://calendarserver.org/ns/}calendarserver-principal-search) /principals/ HTTP/1.1" 207 1229 "-" "Mac+OS+X/10.11.6 (15G1217) CalendarAgent/361.2" i=3 or=1 t=80.2 fwd=<client IP here> unix=true

And browsing to /principals (i.e. HTTPS on 443) shows a bunch of stuff, but gives me a permission error when clicking /principals/users.

EDIT2:

When browsing to https://mydomain/webcal, I can actually add delegates using the web interface! However, it appears that these delegates are 'per user' rather than 'per calendar', and the delegated agendas show up differently in Calendar.app. They do not appear to sync to iOS Calendar at all, either. Not ideal, but closer.


texts: Why does the iPhone's iPod app sometimes forget playback position?

texts:
I often listen to podcasts on my iPhone 3GS over several sessions. Occasionally the iPod app will forget the playback position, which drives me nuts because I have to remember where I was and fast forward to that point. Does anybody know what causes this? I can't seem to find any pattern to it.

I switch my iPhone off overnight and sync with iTunes every other day or so, but most of the time it's fine and I don't have the problem and the podcast shows up as part of the way through in iTunes itself. Also, I'm not playing anything else on the iPod in the meantime.


texts: AppleScript - mdfind kMDItemTextContent script to find specified content from display dialog query

texts:
I have this AppleScript find all documents whose content matches the text 'theMessage' and it works perfectly fine:

set matchText to paragraphs of (do shell script "mdfind \"kMDItemTextContent == 'theMessage'\"")
set targetMatch to (choose from list matchText) as string
if targetMatch ≠ "false" then tell application "Finder" to open (POSIX file targetMatch) as alias

but I would like to improve it so that I can search for any text I specify

For example:

set searchText to text returned of (display dialog "Enter your search text:" default answer "")

and then continue on with previous script, with this simple change:

set matchText to paragraphs of (do shell script "mdfind \"kMDItemTextContent == searchText\"")

I just can't seem to get it to take searchText as a variable


texts: Find the starting row of a sequence of values inside a column of more values

texts:
The formula that I am trying to write in cell C1 will look for the first (or all, if multiple matches) starting row number of any given sequence of any number of row values written in column A amongst all values written in column B.
A will have less or equal values than B and the vaues given in A are contanined in B starting from position C1.


texts: How can I build an installer for a single data file?

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I need to install a single file in ~/Library/Spelling/voikko/, and I want to use Apple's software for it, to get signing and all that stuff correct.

Problem is, so far I have found no way of installing a single file. All options and solutions assume you are installing a bundle.

I need an installer since the ~/Library/ dir is hidden - it is too much to ask regular users to open that dir, find the correct subdir, and then create another dir manually.

Any help appreciated :)


texts:
My current workspace setup is a black MacBook that is plugged into a 21" monitor, with a Wireless Apple Keyboard and Magic Trackpad, both connected with Bluetooth. The issue is, I cannot take the two input components more than 12 to 18 inches away without either adding a delay or losing the signal entirely.

Is this normal? Is there anything I can do about it?


texts: Using an iPhone 5 (Verizon version) in Europe and India?

texts:
I am going to try and consolidate all of the questions I have here:

Can I use the Verizon iPhone5 with a GSM carrier in Europe (Vodafone) and in India (Airtel or Aircel) with both calling and cellular data working properly?
Question 1 extended: Could I use it on the GSM carriers whilst on a 2 yr contract with Verizon? (The way I understand, it does come unlocked??)
On ending my contract will I be able to pop in a t-mobile sim and use it in the US?

Please advise


texts: How does Apple Watch Activity app deal with timezone changes?

texts:
I have noticed very strange behavior of the rings and Activity.app when traveling.  Thus the question:

How does the app deal with time zone changes, and how should it deal with time zone changes?

Some comments

I live in Germany and I'm currently in Japan which is 8 hours ahead.
The health database that can be accessed through the health app is timezones aware. This data is displayed in the lower part of the activity app and it changes if you change timezone (e.g. the non-activity of the Germany night is now displayed in the middle of the Japanese day).
The rings are not recomputed: Now that I'm in Japan, the rings for a day in Germany do not agree with the data that is displayed below.
On the travel day all hell breaks loose.  There are several bugs, including the rings being shifted by one day and activity being recorded randomly for either the day that is still running in Germany, or the new day that already started in Japan, and display on the Watch and in Activity.app disagreeing significantly.
My awards got messed up. I did a perfect July (and got the 7/2016 award), but now that I am Japan the award changed to a perfect August:

I got a perfect October (which I really did), but I did not get the perfect week for the travel week(which was in October):

Update: After a few days in Japan, something strange but illuminating happened: I got the award for July back, but I did not lose the award for August.  I now have both (although I was slacking in August):

At the same time I also received the missing "perfect move week" award, credited on Sunday October 31.  In tandem with this, I also got many many new perfect week awards: All the way back through my time with the Apple Watch I got a perfect week award on Sunday and another one on Monday. It appears as if it recalculated all the awards in the new timezone, and now they were credited on Monday morning, because the European Sunday night happens to be Japanese Monday morning.  It did however not remove the Awards that were credited on Sundays, leading to a huge increase in awards.
I possess my Apple Watch since March, for about 35 weeks that is.  In that time I have no gathered a total of 24 perfect move weeks, 30 perfect exercise weeks, 57(!) perfect stand weeks, and 30 (yes, more than 24) "all perfect" weeks.  Maybe when I return home to Germany I will be credited a perfect November award...

Update2: I'm being showered with undeserved awards.  Today I got a "longest streak for 38 days, although 34 days ago I did not finish the move ring.

Update3: Back in Germany for a few days already.  The undeserved August award is gone and the numbers for the weekly awards have also normalized to the correct values.  The currently running streak is still 3 days too long.


texts: Rename/delete files in Mac OS X save window

texts: Is it somehow possible to rename/delete/copy files when saving a file and the Finder window pops up? I know you can do it with Windows, is it possible with Mac OS X?


texts: How can I set and use a PATH component with blanks in bash?

texts:
I have Mathematica 8 installed on my OS X Mountain Lion laptop. I want to set my PATH so that I can run either MathematicaKernel or Mathematica from the command line. To this end I have configured my .bash_profile so that it reads:

$MAC_Mma="/Applications/Mathematica\ Home\ Edition.app/Contents/MacOS/"
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/Users/comerduncan/newipython/ipython/build/scripts-2.7/:/Users/comerduncan:/Users/comerduncan/Sandbox/sympy/sympy/:$MAC_Mma:$PATH

When the .bash_profile file is read when the terminal is created and I try to execute MathematicaKernel, no such executable is found. However, if I create an alias:

alias math='/Applications/Mathematica\ Home\ Edition.app/Contents/MacOS/MathKernel'

in the .bash_profile file, then when I run math the kernel starts up as usual.

Alas, this alias way does not fit my need in another case where a bash script is run which needs to find the MathematicaKernel in the path. SO, my question is why does the alias way work and my way via the PATH not work?


texts: macbook air: unable to assign static IP on USB ethernet adapter

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I want to connect to a USRP X310 device via ethernet. The apple USB ethernet adapter is plugged in and is shown by ifconfig:
en3: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=4<VLAN_MTU>
ether 00:f7:XX:XX:XX:XX
nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
media: autoselect
status: inactive

However in Network Settings it is shown with a red dot and the following text.

Status: Cable Unplugged
Either the cable for Apple USB Ethernet Adapter is not plugged in or the device at the other end is not responding.

I want to set a static IP as it is stated here. I set the following parameters:

Configure IPv4: Manually
IP Address: 192.168.10.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

When I check ifconfig it does not show any changes to before. A ping to 192.168.10.2 returns "Request timeout". So I guess that the IP address is not assigned.
When I connect the mac to the PC which has a static IP of 192.168.10.1 the mac first sets a self-assgined IP of 169.254.145.146. When I set the IP of the mac ethernet adapter to 192.168.10.1 and the two machines are connected, I can ping both machines from the other machine (when firewall is turned off on mac).
Am I missing something? What can I do to assign a static IP to connect to the device? When I connect the device to my PC running Arch, I can set the static IP and ping the device! So I guess that it has something to do with macos or the adapter.
I am running Mojave on a late 2013 MacBook Air and am using a A1277 USB ethernet adapter from apple. The ethernet cable is connected to the port "0" on the USRP X310 device, which is turned on.


texts: How to upgrade gnu make in OS X El Capitan

texts:
Currently I am at:

mhoggan-C02S81PRG8WM:c_velodyne mhoggan$ make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free
software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty;
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for i386-apple-darwin11.3.0
mhoggan-C02S81PRG8WM:c_velodyne mhoggan$ make --version GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free
software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty;
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for i386-apple-darwin11.3.0

Is there a way with Homebrew to upgrade to 4.1 or 4.2?


texts: External display resolution changes upon display sleep?

texts:
I have a 15" MacBook Pro with Retina Display and a ShiMian QH270-IPSMS monitor (2560x1440).

The first pitfall I ran across when setting this up was that the HDMI port doesn't support my display's resolution. Instead, I am using a Monoprice Mini DisplayPort to DVI Dual Link adapter, which supports the display's full resolution at 60 Hz.

However, when my computer sleeps the displays to save power (or I press ⌃+⇧+⏏), and I reawaken it, suddenly my external monitor is at a very low resolution (640x480?) and the laptop's display is black. With full sleep (or ⌥+⌘+⏏) the problem usually does not occur, although I have seen it occur a couple times. Whenever it happens I can put the computer to sleep and wake it up again and it will most often return to the normal 2560x1440 resolution.

I thought it might be because the adapter is USB powered from my computer, but I plugged it into a powered external USB hub and that makes no difference.
I tried resetting PRAM and that didn't help either.
I previously installed SwitchResX when attempting to get the display's full resolution working via HDMI; this could perhaps affect what's going on, but I did fully uninstall it so I doubt it's causing problems.

Has anyone seen this behavior before, or might know what's going on or how to fix it?


texts: on iOS, will reinstalling Skype delete my chat history?

texts:
I'm having an issue with Skype on my iPhone, that appears to have been solved for many people by deleting and reinstalling the app.  But I'm hesitant to do this for fear I will lose all my conversation history.

Does anyone know for certain if the chat history on my device will be deleted if I delete the app?


texts: Trouble signing in as admin account after change of Apple ID email address

texts:
I had to move to another mail provider therefore I changed my Apple ID.

Unfortunately a while ago I've linked my admin account on my MacBook Air with my Apple ID. Now my account is still stuck with the old email address and I can't login as admin to make changes, delete apps or change system prefs.

Luckily I still can sign in after booting the Mac but only after trying it multiple times and switching to sleep mode (some kind of weird auth bug). It looks like that the same problem occurs on all my devices as well but for now I really like to get my mac back to work properly.

Any idea on how to achieve that?


texts: Mac Mail.app (Yosemite) - preview pane on right WITHOUT individual message previews on left

texts:
I want something simple - and I have found how to have preview pane on right (as opposed to bottom half of screen) OR remove individual message previews in the email list - but not both.

I just want a list of messages on the left (without preview of their text) - and to show the message on the right. This is simple in Thunderbird - but apparently impossible in Mac mail?

Can I do this?

Thanks.


texts: iCloud Books: Failed to Load Book Because the Requested Resource is Missing

texts:
Since updating to iOS 9.3 and 10.11.4, I've decided to finally try and get my eBooks all fixed up and synced between my devices, since I swap between my iPhone and iPad often when reading.

I'm using ePubs. They work fine on my Mac. When I download them directly to a device through "Copy to iBooks" through mail or through iTunes, they read fine on the iPad and the iPhone.

However, when I activate the new iCloud Books, half the time the book opens on the cover with the spinning gear. After a short time (10 seconds or so), I get the error: "Failed to Load Book Because the Requested Resource is Missing."

I am pulling out my hair trying to figure this out. I've run the ePubs through the Calibre ePub covert and even edited them in Sigil. The ePubs are perfect in direct download to the device, but about 85% of the time, they give that error whenever downloaded from iCloud Books. I've compared the ones that work to the ones that don't and can't find any differences.

I'm totally lost. Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell I'm doing wrong?


texts: App Recommendation for automatically stitching screenshots together on iOS

texts: As per this marvellous screenshot on another question, is there an App available (preferably an iOS app, but a Mac OS X one might do) that will take a series of screenshots that are produced by taking snaps of various sections of a scrolling App or Webpage display, and automatically create a conjoined single image file.  The example below was done in Photoshop, but the effect is what I would like to achieve.


texts: AppleTV Gen2 will connect to unsecured wifi, but not WPA2

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I have an old AppleTV Gen2 that's decided it doesn't like secured networks. I can connect just fine to an unsecured network, but the moment I enable WPA2 the appletv fails to connect with the infamous "There was a problem connecting to the network" error message and code (0).

It's like flipping a switch on and off. Same router, same SSID, same frequency, same band, everything in the same position in my apartment, the only difference is whether the network's secured or unsecured.


texts: Keynote 6.2 - hyperlinks on shapes without filling

texts: I created a presentation that I need to use frequently, using the prior build of keynote and used rectangular shapes to create my links. I superimposed these rectangles on images, so they have no filling, only the border. Previously, when I clicked on any part of the rectangle and its inner area the link would work. But since the update to 6.2 the link is only active when I click on the border, which is not how I want it to be. Is there any way I can get this to work again, preferably without having to click on each of the over 200 links I have in the presentation?


texts: Can I get AVX support on my new MacBook Air (M1 CPU)?

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I have an Intellij plugin which requires AVX, but when I launch IntelliJ it opens a window stating that my computer does not support AVX.
Is it at all possible to fix this?


texts: Why do PDFs disappear from the Books app on iPadOS?

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I have five magazine issues in PDF format in my Box account. I wished to keep them in my iPad’s Books library and read them there. So for each I did the following.

Opened PDF in the Box app and waited for it to fully download.
Used the sharing action Open in Books.

They all opened in Books and I could page through them. But when I exited the PDFs there, only two of them remained in my library. The other three immediately disappeared from my library.

Why would that happen? Is there anything I can do about it? I can make them available offline and read them in the Box app but I prefer to collect all my reading material in Books.

This happened on an iPad Air 2 running iPadOS 13.3. I doubt this is caused by the Box app; could it be some property of the PDF that causes Books to remove it immediately on closing?


texts: Is Time machine able to restore my Windows Partition?

texts: I have 2 partitions on my computer. One with mac os x, another for Windows XP. I want to replace the disk with another one and I  wanted to know if Time  Machine will be able to restore the Windows partition too?


texts: How to control the right browser based on used workspace?

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My default browser is Chromium.  I tend to use different browsers and assign them to a Space.  So for example Chromium is space 1 along with an item, Firefox in space 2 with terminal, Safari 3 with virtualbox, and so on.  Browser plus terminal, for me gives a functional workspace. So far, so good.

However, I would like to have a different default browser in each space.  So when I click on a link from some other app, it opens in the default browser in the current space, not only Chromium.

Also acceptable would be "open in the browser based on space number"  or similar.

How can I make this happen?


texts: How do I get my AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire TV screen?

texts: I have a 2011 27" iMac that currently has Mountain Lion installed on it, and I am trying to get the AirPlay mirroring to take up my entire 1080p widescreen TV.  How do I get that to happen?


texts: Can a firm with encryption keys decrypt iCloud keychain data of Chinese users?

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Apple has already given all data of Chinese iCloud users to Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data Industrial Development Co., Ltd., (GCBD),  as well as their encryption keys, which means it can decrypt these users' data. However, some iCloud services such as keychain use end to end encryption, which according to Apple: even Apple itself cannot decrypt this data on server. But Apple does not mention whether GCBD can decrypt keychain data of Chinese users or this end to end encryption mechanism is as secure as that for non Chinese users.

So, can GCBD or any third party decrypt iCloud keychain data of Chinese users?