texts: Is there a way to change the typeface used in Safari's "Reader" mode?

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The typeface used in Safari's "Reader" mode (on both iOS and OS X) seems to be some form of Palatino, which, while certainly not the worst screen face, isn't the best either. This used to be a limitation in iBooks as well, until the addition of excellent screen faces like Charter and Athelas.

Is there a way to change the typeface used by Safari's Reader mode?


texts: Ejecting USB-Partitions on boot - works but not entirely

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I have an USB drive with four partitions. SuperDuper uses these partitions to back up my mac. Since SuperDuper is scheduled, I have the USB drive constantly connected. But quite frankly the noise of the USB drive is driving me nuts. So I eject the partitions every time I boot the mac up. SuperDuper is configured so that it mounts the partition when it is scheduled to back up and unmounts it again.

I am trying to find a way so that I do not have to manually eject the partitions. I have two methods that work. I edited the /etc/fstab file with the UUIDs and prevent the partitions from mounting and I tried the method of making a logon script that calls a "do shell script "diskutil unmount....."". Both methods work. The partitions do not get mounted. BUT the drive motor does not "turn off". I have to go into Disk Utility and eject the unmounted (light-gray) drive again for the USB drives motor to be quiet. It doesn't really matter which one of the four drives I choose to eject again, ejecting one does the trick.

I also noticed that if I automatically eject three of the drives on boot and then manually eject the fourth one that the USB drive powers down. So there seems to be a difference between ejecting via script and right-mouse click "eject".

Does anyone know why this is? Is there a way to eject the partitions so that the USB drive understands this?

Thanks


texts: I have .pages document which have been damaged. I tried different methods like  this and that one on internet but no success. My last hope is to read data from .iwa files but I cannot find a way to decompress .iwa files in order to read contents. Is there any way to get my data back through these files?


texts:
This is a new question related to a question I asked previously.

MacBook is sleeping despite being set to "never" sleep

Basically, the MacBook would sleep after 3 hours despite the preferences telling it to "never" sleep.

I fixed the original problem by deleting the Energy Saver plist file.

However, after two weeks, it broke again and the original problem came back.  I have no doubt that I can just fix it by deleting the preference file again.

Obviously something external is botching up the Energy Saver preference file.  I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how I can determine what could be causing this problem in the first place.

EDIT:

Trashing the Energy Saver plist file no longer fixes this issue.  I've removed Caffeine and I'm out of ideas.  I can't even effectively troubleshoot this since it takes three hours just to see if it will sleep or not.  What else can I do?  Where else can I look?


texts: Where did these missing OS X application icons go?

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On my Mac mini, app icons have gone missing for some apps (Terminal, Chrome, Spotify, Skype) from the Dock and elsewhere.

See a screenshot of the Dock. When I hover over the empty spots, I can see the names of the apps and launch them normally.

And here's one of the app switcher (it was kind of challenging to take this with cmd-shift-3, btw):

I don't remember doing anything special to make OS X lose the icons.

At first I thought it was some temporary glitch, but logging out & back in didn't help, and neither did rebooting the machine.

Upgrade from 10.6.4 to 10.6.5 didn't improve the situation either. Anyone have ideas how I could fix this?


texts: How to install Windows 10 on unsupported Mac?

texts: Is there any way to install Windows 10 on unsupported Mac (iMac mid 2011) without resort to various tricks with virtual machines?


texts:
With the new Photos in macOS High Sierra, Apple

restored some of the former iPhoto/Aperture functionality (always-on sidebar, improved auto-organization [into moments, still no user-defined events structure], new editing tools, revamped filters, improved third-party integration, batch favorite and rotate)
and even added some new functionality (people sync over iCloud, over a dozen memory categories).

I've been stubbornly sticking to Aperture up until this point, mostly due to Photos poor selection of built-in editing tools, lack of batch editing (still true except for rotating as far as I know), cumbersome GPS tagging and its monolithic file structure (i.e. no referenced files in user-defined folder structure).

However, I noticed that Aperture is starting to fall behind in terms of performance, face recognition accuracy (and stability? Not a lot of experience with Photos.). Besides, the UI is beginning to feel a little... shall we say vintage?

That is what lead to rethink my position on sticking with Aperture. I'm currently considering moving all my files into Photos and just taking the hit in batch processing, file handling and editing capabilities. Before I make the move for good, however, I'd like to know if anyone has been in a similar situation and took a different path. If so for what reasons? What other software is there that can hold out as a standalone photo library and editing app?


texts: How do I send an image via Bluetooth from my Mac to my iPhone?

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I need to connect my Mac to my iPhone and send a picture via Bluetooth. Can someone give me step by step instructions as in how to do this ?

note: if there's any other way i could do this, then please share it with me


texts: Terminal won't open on non-admin accounts in Sierra

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Terminal works just fine in my admin account, but won't open a terminal window in any of my regular user accounts.  If I choose Shell > New Window > New Window with Settings, I get the following "Internal error":

Exception Name: NSInvalidArgumentException
Description: -[TTView touchBar]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fde735b0710
User Info: (null)

macOS 10.12 Sierra


texts: How to add printer with lpadmin and have it show up in Printers and Scanners in System Preferences?

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I am using Mojave, and I am able to add a printer using lpadmin.  I can then print a test page to that printer using the CUPS web interface.  Additionally, the printer is listed with lpstat -p.  However, the printer does not appear in the Printers & Scanners preferences pane, so it is inaccessible from other applications.

Here is the lpadmin command I am using:

  lpadmin -p MyPrinter -E -v lptone:/path/to/file

This printer is using a custom CUPS backend (lptone) that is a script that generates a file name using a UUID and then writes the printed content into that file, so the /path/to/file portion of the URI is ignored.  I know this part works because I can print a test page to this printer from the CUPS web interface, and I get a file with the test page content generated at the path where the script is supposed to put it.  I have tried doing lpadmin as myself and with sudo.

If I first add the printer using the Printers & Scanners preferences pane (address=localhost:631, queue=printers/MyPrinter), then use lpadmin -p MyPrinter -v lptone:/path/to/file to adjust the output device (i.e., CUPS backend), the printer remains in the Printers & Scanners preferences pane, and I can print to it from other applications.


texts: Suggestd Crash due to SGSqliteDatabaseError

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I'm currently working in an environment with some Openldap users and nfs mounted homes. Everything is working like a charm, but I'm facing some issues regarding some ReportCrash that keeps writing in the users /home/user/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports thousands of logs suggestd_2017-07-12-095040_e5r1p1.crash

When I give a look in /var/log/system.log, it's completely saturated with ReportCrash full log here

  suggestd[2792]: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception
  'SGSqliteDatabaseError', reason: 'Error(5): database is locked (SQL:
  PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL)'

I'm wondering how to perhaps, unlocked that SQLite database ? or simply disable suggestd to write down files every 10 seconds.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7264893?start=15&tstart=0

I've tried to unload theses services, with no changes at all.
I'm looking to either fix that "crash", or simply disable that suggestd once and for all.


texts: Can I make iCloud Preferences forget an old AppleID (mac OS SIerra)?

texts: I successfully logged out of iCloud on mac OS Sierra, but now every time I go to iCloud in Preferences, it shows the old AppleID. Is there any way to get iCloud to completely forget the AppleID and behave as if I had never logged in before?


texts: How to send an email through an outlook.com alias email address on iOS?

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Outlook.com (past Live Mail / Hotmail) allows creation of email aliases associated to one main account, which is very convenient.

Using Exchange ActiveSync with an iOS device works really well on all tasks, but one can't send/reply emails using one of those aliases.

Is there any productive way of using these outlook.com aliases on an iOS device?


texts: Strange text replacement not found in System Preferences

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System preferences⇒Keyboard⇒Text replaces "The Bible" with "the Bible" although neither of those words are in my list of texts to replace. It happened as I was typing this paragraph in Safari:

The replacement happens whether I am using TextEdit or Scrivener, but it does not happen in Word or Pages or PostBox.

However, if I uncheck "Correct spelling automatically" or uncheck "Capitalize words automatically", "The Bible" is not replaced with "the Bible", so the replacement seems to be associated with System preferences and the keyboard.

Quitting Typinator and Keyboard Maestro (two programs that could produce this error) does not solve the problem.


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The iphone 3gs went off (did not use it for a couple of days). I attached it to its power cord but all I can see is green screen.

Tried resetting it with power_btn+home_btn, but still the same. tried connecting it to pc usb via its cable, and it did not help either.

can anyone help?


texts: How do I type the Escape key on an iPad keyboard?

texts: I just got a Zagg keyboard and it is great for typing long sections of text on the iPad.  But a big drawback is that it does not have an Escape ⎋ key.  All the top row keys are mapped to iPad-specific features. This is bad when using vim or remoting into a Windows machine.  Does anyone know how to get the Escape ⎋ key to work?  Or is there a better iPad keyboard out there that has the Escape ⎋ key?


texts: iOS 8.2 iPad mini iCloud login stuck at "Verifying"

texts: All of a sudden today my iPad stopped syncing iMessages. I turned iMessage and Facetime on and off, and reset my device, several times but nothing worked. So I signed out of iCloud, reset my device, then tried to login again to iCloud. The Settings screen has been stuck at "Verifying" for 15 minutes, and I have repeated this process a few times with the same ending. While it's "Verifying" the Settings screen is frozen. I can't scroll or tap anywhere, but screen rotation still works and I can go to the App gallery and all apps work fine. FYI my internet is working just fine as I am writing this post, and I can also login through icloud.com just fine. Note I have 2-step verification on. Thank you.


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I have many tables with two columns (key-value style) and I want to combine all the values in a single table. I lookup key in a first column and insert a value from the second one. I've encountered an issue when a wrong key is looked up. Here is a simple example:

The RBYourselfNotUsedRule is not present in Table 1 and 271 belongs to RBVariableReferencedOnceRule. Does anybody have an idea why RBVariableReferencedOnceRule was looked up for RBYourselfNotUsedRule?


texts: Notes.app asks to verify a certificate each time I start it

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Every time I open Notes.app on El Capitan, I get a popup asking me to verify a certificate.

The certificate is about one of the websites I manage, but I don't get why it asks about it when I open such app...

I've tried marking the certificate as secure in the management panel but it still asks me about it each time.

How can I stop it?


texts: Add info to Dock/Menubar from Shell in macOSX

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I'm working on MacOSX environnement, but I would like to tweak it a bit.
I have a few bash scripts I used in Linux to retrieve infos such as IP, average ping and so, that I would like to be displayed in a persistant place. (I.E. the doc, or the menu bar).

I did not found any documentation on this topic, can someone provide a few link or the name of the correct man page to read about that?

thanks


texts: What will happen to iChat in Lion once Messages beta expired?

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Messages will replace iChat on OS X Lion when installed but it will expire at some point in the future.

What will happen to my Lion's iChat application when Messages expire? Will I be able to use/reinstall iChat again?


texts: Freeing up space on external hard drive after deleting time machine backups?

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I had a external hard drive in use for Time machine, but now use a different one, so wanted to free up the space. I removed the HD from the Time machine backup drives, then deleted the Backups.backupdb folder on the external HD. Yet when I view the HD’s "free space", for example in Disk Utility, the drive is still completely full without having freed up the ~500GB the backups took.

How can I get that space to free up?


texts: Does Avast noticeably affect battery life?

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I am thinking about installing the free Avast anti-virus software on my MacBook Air (2012).  Once Avast has completed its first scan of all of the files, does its continued operation noticeably affect battery life?

Is the answer to this question known for alternative anti-virus programs?


texts: How to determine what process controls key combinations?

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I'd like to determine which process is handling a particular key combination. I've looked through the System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts list. I've also looked through another utility (Alfred) I use and cannot find the key combo in question listed.

Anyone know of a tool that will show which processes are registered as global hotkey handlers?


texts: Unable to boot to recovery mode after problematic High Sierra upgrade

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After an upgrade to high sierra, my 2013 mac pro experienced intermittent freezes that required hard restarts to resolve. On every restart I get a black screen with a progress bar, and there is an empty progress bar under the launch pad in the dock (see images).

okay, so something is messed up and after trying to fix it for a while I figured a full OS reinstall was in order. However, when I try to restart into recovery mode using either command-r or option key during start-up, the restart procedure continues as if I hadn't pressed the keys. I can successfully trigger a pram flush using command-pr on start-up, so it doesn't appear to be a keyboard issue at first glance. I've disconnected everything from the computer except the monitor, keyboard, mouse and ethernet.

diskutil confirms that I have a recovery partition:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         1.0 TB     disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.0 TB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            646.0 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 31.0 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                506.6 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +3.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Time Machine Backups    3.0 TB     disk2s2

Is there any other way to get to recovery?


texts: How can I start a Hangouts phone call with Applescript/Terminal?

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I want to initiate a Google Hangouts phone call with Applescript.

Hangouts has an AS dictionary, but with only the default suites.

I want to emulate opening the Hangouts popup, typing in a phone number, and starting the call.

I looked at Hangouts API, but it is beyond me. But I think it could be done by calling python or ruby scripts from Terminal.

(I would like to integrate this into Butler's action-on-phone-number feature.)


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I currently have an Android powered phone but I am considering obtaining an iPhone in the future. Of course, there are multiple precautions I'd like to address first.

One of these is ergonomics. On my Android phone I have an application inatalled that allows me to swipe from the edge of the screen to perform some (configurable) actions - for example horizontal swipe from the edge to the center of the screen allows me to go back, swiping diagonally downwards allows me to go to the home screen, etc. This saves me a lot of time and is way more comfortable than stretching my palm all the way to the bottom to perform these actions.

Is there a similar function for iOS, either built-in or available through a third-party application?


texts: I can't get calendar.app from the iOS app store

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I can't download / get calendar app from the iOS app store. I just updated to iOS10 and when I finished I noticed that something was missing in my home screen. I took me a while to realize that I lost my calendar app.

When I tried to get it from the app store I just couldn't. I can push the "get" button that transform into a install button. When I tried to push install I just can't. I can get any other apps from the app store. Buy or just get it.

Is this a normal behavior?

Thanks!


texts: Way to block specific Security and Privacy Setting within System Preferences?

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I am using some website blocking software that requires the "Automations" section within "Security and Privacy" of System Preferences to be enabled for the software to work.
The software has no utility to me if I can just open System Preferences and disable the access to automations and I don't want to have to block the System Preferences App entirely either.
I know you can block changes to files such as hosts and DNS etc through terminal by doing an equivalent to the following:

sudo chflags schg /etc/hosts
sudo chflags schg /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

I want to know if there's a way of accomplishing the above blocks to either all of my "Security and Privacy" settings or preferably just the "Automations" section in terminal and how I would go about doing it.
I really appreciate the help. Cheers!


texts: AppleScript : do JS on different Safari windows

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I'm using some script which basically get text from safari, click button and fill up textfield.

e.g :

tell application "Safari"
    set texttograb to do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('the_variable_as_text')[0].value;" in document 1
    do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('text-entry')[0].value=" & quoted form of myText in last tab of window 1
    do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('Approve-button')[0].click();" in last tab of window 1
end tell

This work perfectly but I have a change in my workflow and I need to use different safari window.

How can I refer one javascript to one specific safari window and the other to a different window.
Especially when some tab might have the same URL/Name ?

I remember seeing that a while back (when the tab happen to have the same name but I never manage to run a script which refer to the window id

Otherwise I suppose I can use another web browser (e.g one safari the second safari technology preview) as a workaround but that not really ideal and limit to two windows

any idea how can I found the window ID and refer to it in AppleScript/JS ?


texts: macOS Sierra 10.12.3 iCloud email is STILL in system preferences after signing out

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Story: Okay, so I have this "old" Mac which was fully signed in and connected to my Apple ID. But now that I have a newer Mac, I want fully sign out of the older Mac. So I navigate to System Preferences>iCloud>Sign out.

Click Sign out, wait a moment, and it says it signed out.

Problem: However when I navigate back to iCloud in System Preferences, inside 1 of the 2 sign-in boxes is my email I use for Apple ID.

I tried everything I could think of, but the stubborn thing just won't forget my email. And I don't like the fact that if someone were to snoop on it, they would have half of the information they need.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.


texts: 2560x1440 resolution in linux vm with virtualbox or vmware

texts: I've got a macbook air (10.8.2) and want to use an external monitor with 2560x1440 resolution with a Linux (Debian) virtual machine. I want to use the vm in fullscreen mode, with 2560x1440 resolution. Will that work in virtualbox or vmware?


texts: Field test on iPhone 7. Can't locate "rsrp0"

texts: I have an unlocked iPhone 7 on T-Mobile, model A1660 on IOS 14.0.1. I'm trying to find the cell signal strength by running the field test as described here. From my reading, rsrp0 is the best option to get a realistic idea of the true cell signal strength. However when I click on the Serving Cell Measurements, instead of seeing a # of fields like "rsrp1", "rsrp0", etc, I get the below. Would one of these fields (Measured RSRP perhaps?) provide equivalent information to rsrp0?


texts: osascript is not allowed assistive access. (-1728)

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Script:

#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set current pane to pane "com.apple.preferences.users"
    delay 2
    tell application "System Events"
        click radio button "Login Items" of tab group 1 of window "Users & Groups" of application process "System Preferences"
    end tell
end tell

How do I provide assistive access to this script? When running this through 'Script Editor', all it it needs is 'Script Editor' to be enabled under 'Accessibility' in 'Security & Privacy'.

But I need to run this (and some other similar script files) to be executed without user's intervention. I've tried saving the file in .sh, .app, .scpt, .applescript formats and run via terminal as sudo without any luck.

I've gone through other questions like this and other without any help.

EDIT:
Thanks for the response guys. We've already tried these methods and they work without any doubt and that's where problem lies. We've way too many mac machines to go around and enable on them manually. We were hoping for some command that will add Terminal to the list with user's permission (kind of like UAC in Windows) or if possible silently.


texts: How can I create a new Recovery Partition on EXTERNAL disk?

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I want to enable encryption on an external FireWire disk. The disk has been formatted a while ago (2+ years), and when choosing "encrypt volume" from the Finder context menu, Mountain Lion refuses with the message:

  A Recovery system for the targeted disk is required

Turns out: You need a Recovery Partition (RP) on the external disk you want to encrypt. Mine does not have one, as it was formatted when there were no Recovery Partitions.

Reformatting the drive does create a new RP, but I can’t do this because I have no spare disks where I can swap the data to.

This hint is not useful, as it deals with internal disks.

So I am looking for a way to create a Recovery Partition on the external disk so that I can enable encryption for this disk. (How) can this be done?

EDIT: Yes, there is space on the disk for another partition. diskutil list:

/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME           SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme               *320.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI                209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS le_disk        306.7 GB   disk2s2

EDIT II:

Output from an other disk. Here, encryption of a partition (FreeSpace-500) has worked directly from Finder. Note that the (invisible) boot partition created during the process is called Boot OS X, and not Recovery HD.

/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                    *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS TimeMachine         1.5 TB     disk2s2
   3:          Apple_CoreStorage FreeSpace-500       503.3 GB   disk2s3
   4:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X           134.2 MB   disk2s4


texts: Files such as com.apple.finder or com.apple.dock

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Just for my curiosity and knowledge, from a Software or Hardware stand point prospective,

Using Terminal, I discovered once in a while, files that are named for example com.apple.finder or com.apple.dock etc.

What does it mean? Why they are named com.apple.*


texts: Access My Photo Stream photos via finder

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I have searched all over, and can't seem to find if it is possible to access "My Photo Stream" photos via finder. It seems that this used to be possible with the previous incarnation of Photo Streams, but I can't find anything dealing with the new version.

I'm currently using a tool called photostream2folder, which works great, but it is a black box. I'd like to do some scripting of the process, and for that I need to know how to access these photos directly from the stream.

It seems that this used to be the path to use "/Users/username/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets", but it is no longer the case.


texts: How can I stop keyboard backlight from lighting up when logging out and back in

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On my user I have my keyboard backlight set to off pretty much all the time. But it seems like the default setting is 'on', because when I go to the Login window, to lock my laptop when I leave it for a bit, the backlight is on again.

When I log back in, it still doesn't adjust to my previous settings (even though it seems to store it) I need to adjust the backlight to +1 (because it remembers my previous setting as 0, or off) and then back down to off to make it turn off again.

Any ideas on how to fix this minor annoyance?


texts: How can I share a single page of the pdf or other documents in iOS?

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From time to time I need to share a single page from a pdf on iPhone or iPad into some chat in a fast way.
The shared page is supposed to be printed, so it should be of good quality.
I open pdf's from the "Files" app in a standard viewer.
The fastest way I know is to take a screenshot and remove black borders, but the resulted image has pretty poor quality.
There are many tools which can split pdf into parts, but it is way too long operation when you need to share a page on a call.
I believe there should be some fast way of one-page sharing similar to printing only the range of pages.


texts: Transferring photos and music between Mac and iPhone

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I'm using a 2011 iMac running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 and an iPhone SE using version 13.1.3

I can no longer connect the two by USB or Bluetooth. Is there another was to transfer photos from the phone to the Mac and music from the Mac to the phone?


texts:
I'm looking for something that works like "display size" on Android, "change the size of text, apps, and other items" on Windows or "zoom level" on Linux Mint.
"Text size" doesn't cut it because it leaves a lot of things unscaled and accessibility zoom - well, I'm sure it's nice for severely impaired people but I just want to scale up everything by something like 25 to 50% without having to need to pan around.
(I'm using an iPad Pro with iOS 14.4.2)


texts: Diagnosing why a mac needs safe mode to boot

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"Fresh" install of snow leopard 10.6 needs safe mode to boot. It's a 2006 24" iMac and I can't upgrade the software to lion since it's not availiable on app store (I don't really want to shell out any money on it if I can help it) and the other OS's are too new to run on it. I've fully updated the computer but I have to hold shift to start it up otherwise it just loads to a white screen.

Is there anyway I can find any sort of information on what is causing this. Are startup errors logged anywhere that I can go into afterwards, or is there any sort of diagnostics I can run?

Apple have given up on it, but I haven't! Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How do I get iCloud Two-Factor Authentication to work? (cannot turn on to begin using)

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I click 'Continue', then 'Continue' for the 'Turn On' Radio button, a loading icon rotates for several seconds, then I'm back at step 1 and nothing appears to have happened.

Is bluetooth tethering 4G too slow an Internet connection for this feature to function? Is there a server connection problem so that I must use a different Internet connection? What is the problem?

Two days ago, on Wi-Fi, I tried and instead was getting a six digit code to enter, but despite entering it properly, was told to try entering it again. Both SMS and phone call six-digit code gave the same error, 'try entering it again'. Now I'm not even getting to that step. What is the problem? What is the solution?


texts:
I have a .txt file with URL's on a separate line.

http://www.apple.com
http://www.google.com
http://www.reuters.com

I would like to download these webpages as a page source (a .html file) so  I can open them offline in my webbrowser.

I tried to do this with automator, but it doesn't seem to work properly.
My Automator workflow consists of 2 steps: "Extract data from text" and "Download URLs". I've looked on the web for already existing solutions, but I haven't found anything I understand.

Can someone create a program with Automator or Applescript (or something else) so I can download these webpages?

The program should work as follows:

The program reads a .txt file with URLs on a separate line. (The
filetype doesn't really matter, as long as it is simple for your
program: .csv, .pages, .doc, ...)
The program reads each URL in the file and downloads it as a .html file in order that the webpages are accessible without an internet connection.
All the .html files should be saved in a folder, preferably a folder on my desktop with the name "Downloaded html files"

Thanks in advance,
If there are any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I will respond asap.


texts: I'm using an iPad mini 2 with the latest version of iOS (9.3.2). For several months I have not been able to back up to iCloud because I supposedly don't have enough space available. This seems to be due to the space calculation, not the actual space that should be taken up. I currently have 4.2 GB available in iCloud. I have turned off the backing up of the majority of my apps because there are only a few I care about. However, iCloud still calculates that the next backup size will be 6.3 GB even though, if I add up the data listed, it should be about 753.5 MB. The calculation problems have existed for months, and I'm not sure what to do. I guess I could spend $0.99 a month to get 50 gigs and make it shut up, and iTunes backup works, but I'd rather use this like I have been for years.


texts: Is it possible to route my iPhone calls through my MacBook Pro sound system?

texts: I have external speakers and microphone hooked up to my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard and an iPhone 3Gs connected to it with a USB cord. Is it possible to route calls from the iPhone through the external speakers and mic (with or without bluetooth)? Put another way, is it possible to use my MacBook Pro, external speakers and microphone as a speakerphone for the iPhone?


texts: Where do these Terminal commands come from?

texts:
I don't know any specific term for these Terminal commands, so i want to give an example:

  defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE

With this command, you can enable an iTunes Notifcation in the Dock.
There are a lot of those one line TRUE/FALSE commands around, but i don't know where they are come from.
Is there a list of commands in a manual, or where can i find those things?


texts: Can Mac Preview be set to default to save image as JPEG

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Preview defaults to saving as PNG.  I can change PNG to JPEG, but I have to do it every time.

Is there a way to change the default behaviour?

Is there a way to change the default save/export format in Preview? basically doesn't answer the question, but says that Preview saves it in the form it came in.  Well, sort of.  If I'm browsing google images, and right-click copy image, even though it's a jpeg image originally, when you past as new selection, it will default to save as PNG.

How can the default save format be changed for OS X Preview app? gives two solutions for someone who wants to save as PDF -- one using a python script, and two using a shortcut key mapped to export as PDF.

Neither of these solutions is workable.

A:  In many cases I have a bunch of intermediate steps, editing the image in Preview.  Most images will have a crop, a resize, and an annotate.  I suppose in principle the python script could be modified to save the current buffer in preview as a jpeg after I've done the others, but I don't yet speak python.

B:  The command shortcut doesn't work, as there is no menu command for "Save as JPEG"  Instead the Save menu item opens a modal dialog that requires the input of a name (since New->From Clipboard makes a file with the name "untitled-N") and every time a click on the ribbon control at the bottom of the dialog box to move to JPEG


texts: I deleted my OSX partition, and have no patitions formatted to bootcamp, so I can only access BIOS

texts:
I recently created a windows 7 partition on my mid-2009 mac-book pro. It then corrupted, so I was forced to delete the partition and attempt to reinstall windows 7, but in the process  I also deleted my OS X partition. Now after spending hours and countless DVD+Rs on creating OS X and Linux boot discs (all of which fail to open anything but BIOS), I am still left with a shell of a computer with no OS.
How can I reinstall OS X/Ubuntu.


texts: Dock randomly switches between screens. Any way to stop?

texts:
I have a iMac running OS 10.9.3 that has 2 monitors connected to it.

Randomly, thourhgout the day the dock will flip either to the left or right screen. Its pretty annoying.

Does anyone know what is causing this or how to fix it?


texts: How can I access photos from my camera in Terminal?

texts:
I have been trying to compare the speed of importing photos to my Mac from either the camera or by removing the SD card and using a card reader. I have been using the method on question: "Is there a way to show the speed of copying files on a Mac?".

Using the card reader I am able to access the location of the files in Terminal, but when I attach my camera (Fuji X-T2) the card is not mounted, I am only able to access it as a camera through applications such as Image Capture, Photos, or Photoshop Lightroom.

Is there a way to access the camera images in Terminal?


texts:
I have two questions about Time Machine:

Do I need an access to Time Capsule (or external hard drive) when I want to restore old version of file ?
If I understood correctly if I have turn on Time Machine, but doesn't connect the external hard drive (Time Capsule) to my macbook too long, all the changes in my file system must be logged on my macbook.  Is it right ?  I think they are take a much of disk space. Where they are stored (in which folder) ?


texts:
I have a PDF document which has SWF file embedded (Adobe flash media).
Preview -program does not show it, but Adobe Reader shows it.

How can you have Adobe Flash in Preview?


texts:
I'm using an iPad 2 with 32 GB and SIM-Card-Slot. The sim-card-slot is not in use, so it's empty.
Installed is the latest iOS version (no updates available). I don't use any jailbreak (and didn't used it before). All my apps are installed out of the App Store, so it isn't a development device. There is no "pseudo-background-app" like a anti-virus-scan tool or something like this. The free space is round about 2,5 GB.

Since some weeks ago the iPad is crashing at several usages. I hear music streaming, after some songs it crashes. I write an eMail it crashes after x minutes. I use an app and it crashes after y minutes. The time is always different - sometimes it runs for 2 hours - sometimes it crashes after 2 minutes. If I hear music it crashes in "standby" / "background".

It does not depend on the energy. The effect is the same if it's loading at this moment or it has 100% or 15%.

A crash starts by a freeze. Nothing works, after 1-2 minutes the freeze changes to black background and an dark-grey apple. Then the apple changes to the "standard"-colored (brighter) apple. After some minutes the iPad has restarted. But this is no guarantee that it runs now without a new crash.

Hope anyone has an idea to solve this problem.


texts:
I've had a 13" MBP from late 2011 that I water damaged beyond repair. Today I bought a 2012 MBP, swapped out the optical drive for SSD that was on the old system(had the OSX in there), swaped out the main hard drive that was on old system as well as added back my 8gb of ram that was on old system.

None of these seem to of been damaged by the water(or so my tech guys said).

However once I boot into OSX, after 10-90 seconds current app freezes, I'm still able to use the mouse but nothing else responds.

Anyone could suggest any methods to trouble shoot this?

Thank you!


texts: Is there a way to find a dead or offline iPhone?

texts: I lost my iPhone 5C. It appears to be dead or offline on Find My iPhone. I have tried to get it to notify me when found and to play a sound, but it stills says those actions are pending. Is there anything else I can do to find this phone? It contains important photos that I don't want to lose.


texts:
My girlfriend's iPad Mini has started displaying the videos on the YouTube app home screen incorrectly.
Previously the videos on the homescreen would display in rows, however now, despite the orientation of the device, the video displays at full width. It is almost like the app thinks it is on a phone rather than a tablet.

Is there any way to restore the rows of videos? I checked the settings and couldn't see anything.
Any ideas?


texts: Does cloning with SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner clone everything from a HDD to a SSD?

texts:
I recently purchased a Crucial M4 SSD 256GB for my Macbook Pro Early 2011. I bought the transfer kit that includes the USB to SATA cable. After I initially format the new SSD to be Mac compatible, I will use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my HDD to the new SSD.

Now my question is before I install the SSD internally in my Macbook Pro, will SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner, clone everything I need for it to work?

Do they copy the OS and literally everything my old HDD had?


texts: Don't see the option to select my mobile number in 'Send & Receive' option of iMessage [iOS 13.3 iPhone 11]

texts:
I recently got a new iPhone 11 and have inserted the sim as part of the setup. Whenever I send text messages to a person, they see my email ID instead of my phone number.

I went to Settings > iMessage > Send & Receive but I do not see my phone number there and just see my apple Id. Same for my FaceTime settings. No one is able to FaceTime me using my number and they can do it through only email Id.
I have also verified my phone number under Settings > iCloud > Name, Phone Numbers & Email and I do see my phone number added there.

I checked this similar question but as the answer suggests, I have already waited for more than 24 hours. Also checked Apple's support article but still no luck: https://support.apple.com/en-nz/HT201422

I can see that a good number of people have faced this issue and can see posts across the internet but nothing seems to be working for me. I have also verified that my carrier does let me send and receive SMS.


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My 3GS keeps having a strange issue, but I think I've found a pattern.

First let its battery get low enough to where it turns off on its own
Recharge it enough to come back on
After coming back on, every 5 minutes the 3GS just reboots randomly

To fix it, the only thing that works is to do a restore from iTunes (which sucks if the backup is kind of old)

It is out of warranty, has anyone had this issue? Would a new battery help? I'm also wondering if jailbreaking it might help to where there is something I can do command line to fix it (I'm proficient with Linux/SSH).

My wife uses this phone, and it's hard to get her to keep it charged. I'm running iOS 5.0.1.


texts:
Does Textmate have a function to nicely indent HTML?

HTML Tidy indents it - but it seems to delete tags as well. (This isn't completely proper HTML, but still!)

        <title></title>

Test


texts: How do I disable text antialias (font smoothing) in Terminal and globally for all apps?

texts:
I'd like to disable every kind of text anti-aliasing and font smoothing globally in OS X.

With OS X 10.8 on a mid-2013 MacBook Air 13", I've tried quite a few options:  the Turn off text smoothing for font sizes … and smaller, which corresponds to AppleAntiAliasingThreshold in NSGlobalDomain, doesn't seem to cause any effect — I've tried setting it to 12 through the interface, and to 24 through defaults, to no effect.

defaults read | fgrep Smooth returns nothing, but manually setting AppleFontSmoothing -int 0 or AppleSmoothFixedFontsSizeThreshold -int 24, for NSGlobalDomain, as per https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11660895/disable-anti-aliasing-fonts-in-xcode-4-4-in-mountain-lion, doesn't seem to cause any effect, either.

For example, with Terminal, if I go to preferences, in Settings, Text, Text, there's an option Antialias text, and it's ticked, and there's no way to untick it, because the whole option is greyed out.

How do I completely disable antialias in Terminal and globally for all apps?


texts: Is there a way to use video files from other sources on iMovie on iPad/iPhone?

texts: I have been given an assignment to create a video in school and I would just like to know if and how you go about getting movies not recorded on the iDevice into the camera roll and then into iMovie. I have tried everything I can think of but I am stumped.


texts: Using sqlite browser to extract OSX contacts

texts:
This is following up on this previous useful answer; I'd have left a comment there if i had the rep(:  In case you have the same questions i did:

First, i had to rename  AddressBook-v22.abcddb to end with a .db suffix before i could get my sqlite DB browser (Version 3.8.0) to recognize it as a SQLite database, even though sqlite3 could open it from the command line.

Second, the biggest hassle i had was figuring out the data model used in this database.  For me, the DB Browser GUI made fishing around across the tables worth the effort.

The primary integrating table is ZABCDRECORD (Why did Apple have to add ZABCD to all table names?!)
The name of the other tables' attributes which allow them to be joined varies, eg:

LEFT JOIN ZABCDPOSTALADDRESS ON ZABCDPOSTALADDRESS.ZOWNER = ZABCDRECORD.Z_PK
LEFT JOIN ZABCDEMAILADDRESS ON ZABCDEMAILADDRESS.ZOWNER = ZABCDRECORD.Z_PK
LEFT JOIN ZABCDNOTE ON ZABCDNOTE.ZCONTACT = ZABCDRECORD.Z_PK

Note that while I'm able to get existing Contacts data in these tables, I haven't found anyway to have Contacts take up any subsequent edits to the sqlite database.  @bmike suggests using vCard import/export, and that is certainly a workaround.


texts: Spotlight does not index folders or subfolders

texts:
After upgrading to OS X 10.9, spotlight only show result for files but not folders. I have checked the preferences and also reindex the parenting folder by adding and removing it to the privacy tab.

If I search for a file name, spotlight shows the file, but if I search for the folder that contains the file, spotlight display nothing. This has never been a problem with 10.7 or 10.8, but only since 10.9 upgrades.


texts: ⌘ Command+ C doesnt work and I cant do an "E" by holding ⇧ Shift

texts:
I already tried:

Force quit Finder
sudo launchctl start/stop com.apple.pboard
System Preferences> Keyboard> Modifier Keys > Restore Defaults
System Preferences> Shortcuts> App Shortcuts> + (when I tried to write the shortcut in "Keyboard Shortcut" Command C doesnt work)

When I try to paste it's  ok, it works. The problem is to copy, the shortcut doesnt work and the edit flash doesnt work too. Its the same with Shift + e
The keys Command, Shift, C and e work separately. They dont work like shortcuts
Model: Macmini6,1


texts: How to modify the CSS of the Google Hangouts extension window in Chrome (e.g. TamperMonkey)

texts:
I'm trying to remove the SMS badge from the avatar icon in my Google Hangouts conversation list. I can open the Developer Tools and make the change in the DOM, but I want an automated way to do it.

I have TamperMonkey installed, and I have a CSS declaration that works (.Dkouue {display:none}), but I can't get it to apply no matter which @match declarations I try.


texts: Can the identifier of a partition be changed without modifying the partition?

texts:
Currently when I try to use BootCamp Assistant on 10.11.5 it gives me the error "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition." My drive only contains the necessary partitions for OS X to run.

Running diskutil list in Terminal outputs:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            3.0 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   ...

I suspect that the issue may be caused by the fact that Recovery HD is not disk0s3, causing BootCamp to think that there are extra partitions on the disk.

Is there a way to change the identifier of the partition without affecting its contents? (Or if this is not what is preventing BootCamp from working, what is?)

Edit:

Running sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0 outputs:

       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640  5858853952      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  5859263592     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  5860533128           7
  5860533135          32         Sec GPT table
  5860533167           1         Sec GPT header

Running sudo fdisk /dev/disk0 outputs:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 97451/255/63 [1565565872 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 - 4294967294] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

I am using a late 2012 iMac.


texts: Is there a Mountain Lion dashboard widget that displays notes from iCloud?

texts:
I am using the notes functionality in iOS as well as MacOS. My notes sync through iCloud. Works super.

Now, I'd like to have the notes displayed in my MacOS dashboard. Is there a notes dashboard widget that connects to iCloud ?

Thanks :)


texts: I can't load websites but I can ftp and play spotify, how can this be?

texts:
I have a late 2009 Mac Book Pro 13" running 10.6.8. Using WiFi I can not load websites in any browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) it is as if I am not connected to the computer. I can do FTP transfers (most of the time) and stream music via Spotify (pretty much all of the time.) Everything functions properly when connecting to the same network with an ethernet cable. In the house we have one more mac, a linux box and an assortment of iOS devices, none of which have any problems connecting to the same network via WiFi.

Resetting the PRAM generally solves the problem, but it reapears everytime, sometimes in days, sometimes in a matter of minutes. I tried wiping the hard drive and reinstalling a fresh verison of OS X, which didn't help at all. I also tried connecting with a cheap USB Wifi dongle. That worked, but was very slow, and stopped working after about 45 minutes of use.

How can this be? What can I do about this? Can anyone recomend a good USB WiFi adapter compatible with OS X?

UPDATE: I fixed this by switching to DHCP with manual IP address and selecting a new IP address. The problem then migrated to my iPad2 (iOS 5.x) when it claimed that IP, but the same fix worked there. It never effected any of the iPhones in the house (iOS 5.1 jailbroken and iOS 6.x not jailbroken) or the other MacBook (10.8.x). The mystery remains, but the internets work so I try not to worry about it.


texts: Paste a formula in numbers 4.2 without altering format of recipient cell

texts:
How do i paste a formula in numbers 4.2 without altering format of the target cell? I’m sure this used to be easy, but can't seem to do it.

I want to paste a formula from a colour filled cell to a column of different colour filled cells without changing the colour formatting of those cells (all on the same spreadsheet).


texts:
I'd like to access my Time Machine backup files using a little bash script. As I understand it, this requires a two-step process.

First, I have to mount the Time Capsule "Data" partition:

mount_afp afp://user:pass@10.0.1.1/Data ~/Data

Then, I have to mount the .sparsebundle on the Data partition that contains the backup files of my Mac. I'm not sure how to do this.

It also seems rather awkward that I have to do two mounts to access my backup files. Perhaps I can do it in one step?

I'd love to hear the best solution for this.


texts: Is a bootable USB drive with Yosemite OK for different macs?

texts:
This might be obvious, but probably worth a question: I took my MBP (Early 2011 15"), downloaded Yosemite and created a bootable USB device from which I later clean-installed the OS.

Can I use this same USB device with a different MBP (i.e., Late 2011 13"), or do I have to download the installer again from that macbook app store?

I got worried for a second thinking that it might need different drivers, or something like that. Second MBP does not even belong to me, so it will be used with a different Apple ID (i.e., different from the one through which I got my Yosemite).


texts: Wi-Fi always requires manual choice to select desired network

texts: We have Wi-Fi at home but each time I turn on my Mac it goes to an unlocked Wi-Fi not our own and I have to go into Wi-Fi on the menu bar to select our own home Wi-Fi. I just want to eliminate those competing options and save the step of always choosing our home network.


texts: How to properly sync Gmail with Apple products - OS X and iOS, via iCloud or Exchange?

texts:
I am a happy @gmail.com user and do not plan to switch to @me.com in the foreseeable future, still I do have a Mac and an iPhone and I do want to keep all my info in sync.

So far I used the Gmail Exchange setup (m.google.com method) because this allowed me to sync calendar and email.

What is the best way to use Gmail contacts and calendar with Apple OS X and iOS?

As I do have an active iCloud account, does it bring any new functionality for a gmail user?

How can I sync tasks and notes from Gmail with iOS?


texts: Why won't Google Reader load in Safari 5.1.4?

texts:
Ever since I updated Safari to v5.1.4 on my MacBook Pro (Lion) I've been unable to load Google Reader. I can load and view Google Reader in Chrome on my MBP, but not the latest version of Safari.

When browsing to Google Reader, the normal yellow Loading box displays, but eventually this is all that shows up:

I'm running Safari 5.1.4 on Mac OS 10.7.3. I've tried all of the suggestions listed on the page, and nothing works. How do I get it to load?


texts: I got married and my surname changed. How do I change the surname part of my iCloud email address?

texts:
I’ve searched similar questions on this site but don’t find one the same as mine.
Basically, I want to remove my old surname from my iCloud email address, which is mpumemthembu@icloud.com.
My surname changed from Mthembu to Mabuza, and I want my email address to reflect this e.g. mpumemabuza@icloud.com
I don’t want to loose the emails because my bankers, accounts and government have been using this address. All I want is to change part of the address.
The iStore shops have not been able to assist. Can you help?


texts: How can I open multiple URLs in a new Chrome window from the terminal

texts:
I can open multiple URLs in the current Chrome window from the terminal:

open https://www.apple.com/ https://www.apple.com/ https://www.amazon.com/

When I tried to open them in a new window using

open -n https://www.apple.com/ https://www.apple.com/ https://www.amazon.com/

Chrome responds with only a blank new window.

How can I open all of the URLs in a new window?


texts: Using "Microsoft Surface Keyboard" on Mac Sierra

texts:
I know the Microsoft Surface Keyboard isn't compatible with the lastest Mac OS. But was wondering if anyone has found workarounds to some of these problems.

1) It's not recognized as a keyboard but a bluetooth device. And I have to re-pair the keyboard everytime after long idle period or computer restarts.

2) I am able remap command/option keys using Karabiner-Element, but now the function row doesn't work at all. And with Karabiner turned off, I can use some of the built in function keys such as brightness/volume controls but can't seem to remap them with something like Keyboard Maestro.

I enjoy the feel and travel distance of the keys, and would be nice to have this keyboard working fully and help those that feel the same.


texts:
EDIT: As of Facebook v10.0, this question received a lot more views as the option has moved again.  See the new answer below.

Original Question

I'm using Facebook v6.8 on iPhone 4 running iOS 7.0.4.

In previous versions of Facebook, I could tap a cog icon in the NewsFeed box and select whether to sort by Top Stories or Most Recent.  I can't find that icon any more.

How can I sort by Most Recent?


texts: Modify existing Little Snitch rule to be Effective in all profiles

texts:
I've been using Little Snitch for a while. I have several profiles set up (e.g. Home, Work, Public, etc). I've been working to generalize some of the rules. E.g. Instead of specifically allowing Firefox on port 80 to each of a thousand different websites, just allow Firefox on Port 80 to anywhere. However, I still end up with duplicates of many of those same rules across profiles.

Is there an easy way to modify an existing rule to be effective in all profiles?


texts: How do I block cookies just on Medium.com?

texts:
Pardon the interruption.

Medium is tracking me and I don't care about Medium. How can I block their cookies in Safari?


texts:
I just upgraded to Yosemite today and found that mirroring my laptop to my apple TV is very stuttery... It's not lagging but every second there's a slight delay, both audio and video.

Anybody else encounter this? I was messing with my router a bit today unfortunately so I'm not sure if this is a Yosemite issue or not...

Anyone know what I can try to fix it?

Edit: MBPr Late 2013, ATV 3


texts: How do I use terminal to change the desktop wallpaper folder and enable "change picture every minute" plus "random order"

texts: I have wallpaper folders called Day and Night, and I am working on a script that will toggle dark mode and change the wallpaper folder accordingly. However, I can't figure out how to programatically change the wallpaper folder, and enable "change picture every minute" and "random order".


texts: Installing Aperture from the App Store when a previous version is installed

texts:
I have installed Apple Aperture some time ago using a serial (likely pirated) that I searched for on the internet.

Now, I want to purchase a legal version through the App Store, but it is seeing the prior version as installed. When I try to buy it, the App Store will not let me complete the purchase or download.

Ive tried to completely remove it and reinstall using this tutorial:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1259711?start=0&tstart=0

The steps listed did not work for me and I would appreciate additional steps to help.


texts: Applescript play track does not add to "Up Next"

texts:
I'm having an issue with the play command.  It seems that if I use this command to play a song within a playlist, it will play that song and then stop.

What I'm seeing is that it will play that song but the "Up Next" queue will be empty.  If the queue is not empty, it will play the next song in the queue and not the next song in the playlist.  The only way to get this to work is by manually double clicking on the song.

My goal is to start playing a playlist from a specific song specified by a variable.

Any ideas?

I'm running OS X 10.10 and iTunes 12.


texts:
I'm trying to install "Belkin USB PDA Adapter Driver" and I'm getting message:

You can't open the application Belkin USB PDA Adapter Driver because the Classic environment is longer supported.

What can I do in order to get it to work?


texts: What's the best place to post suggestions for Apple to read?

texts: As mentioned in this post, I'm wondering where I should put UI suggestions for apple.


texts: Discrepancy in hard drive space; can I delete these files?

texts:
While trying to clear space from my MacBook Pro hard drive, I noticed a 12.4 GB discrepancy between the amount of free space shown in Storage Bar in About This Mac and the total sum inside my Macintosh HD using OmniDiskSweeper (or du -sh * in Terminal). I’ve managed to account for 9.1 GB of that by running ODS as the root user.

Where could the remaining 3.3 GB be?

Can any of the major offenders be deleted to free up space? They are:

/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.coresymbolicationd/data (4.3 vs. 0 GB)
/.DocumentRevisions/.cs/ChunkStorage/0/0/ (1.5 vs. 0 GB)
/private/var/folders/zz/ (1.3 GB vs. 9.5 MB, mostly in the file CFNetworkDownload_L4uNTH.tmp)
/.MobileBackups/Computer/ (1.1 vs. 0 GB)
/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/ (0.6 vs 0 GB)


texts: How do I change my default "from" email address for the iOS Mail app?

texts:
I changed my "Default Account" in Mail Preferences:

And this changes my default "from" address when I send an email from (say) the Twitter app

But when I use the Mail app to send an email, it uses my old "from" address by default.


texts: iPad PDF Reader with annotation support?

texts:
I have to read lots of PDF books on my iPad but I also need to make notes (annotations), notes that I want to be able to transfer to the Mac later.

What solutions do I have for this?

Please do not not provide more than one suggestion per answer. Also include link and pricing information in the first line.

Example: ## [SomeApp](http://...) 4$


texts:
I live in Shanghai for last 5 years operating a microsoftonline.com email account on my macbook (version 10.10.2) and iphone6.

Until few months ago, it always went well. Lately,  many a times I can’t open/see mails on my macbook while the same mails are visible on my mobile. Some of these mails are the ones that I have opened on my mobile first but some of the mails still do not open on my macbook even if I dont open them on my mobile first. In fact, few mails are still clearly visible in my macbook even if I’ve opened them on my mobile earlier.

This problem never happened before. The gmail has been banned in China so I can’t check some mails sent on my gmail accounts unless I connect to VPN. For microsoft outlook, there is no such problem but still I can’t open mails on macbook.

Also when I’m in office I use same wifi connection both on iphone and macbook. Still some mails are not visible in macbook but all the mails are visible in iphone. I dont understand where is the problem ?

Kindly help !!!


texts: How to redirect MacBook 2009 audio to my Sony TV?

texts: I can't connect audio from my MacBook 2009 to a Sony HD LED TV, need some help.


texts: Is there a way to delete the last 3 backups from Time Machine?

texts:
I just updated to Sierra. As I am having problems to setup my Exchange email I want to reinstall El Capitan and use the Time Machine to get all the systems back.

I already used my Time machine to backup 3 days of to Sierra.


texts: Older versions of Xcode Command Line Tools on macOS Catalina

texts:
I have a project that requires the Command Line Tools from macOS
High Sierra. The specific installer I’m running is Command Line Tools (macOS High Sierra version 10.13).pkg.

When I run it, I get:

  “This package is incompatible with this version of macOS. The package is trying to install content to the system volume. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.”

I haven’t contacted Apple about this yet. My queries are:

Should I just install this on a different drive?
Is there a way to get this to install to my main internal SSD?
Once installed, what's the easiest way to switch between the old Command Line Tools and new Command Line Tools when I need to?


texts: There is an issue with the time in my macbook air

texts: My laptop displays the time correctly in the menu bar, but when it records an activity, like the creation of a file, a sent message in iMessage, a reminder, it always shows the time as 7pm with whatever minutes are accurate. So if I send an iMessage at 3:22pm it would appear as sent at 7:22pm. And if I make a folder at 10:00am it appears as created at 7:00pm.This is driving me crazy. How can I solve this?


texts: Shortcut for dragging and dropping a tab on terminal

texts:
Not sure if this is possible. But I was wondering if there is a shortcut for physically moving a tab on my Terminal.

Say I have these tabs on my terminal:

| tab A | tab B | tab C | tab D |

If I were to move from tab A to tab C, I would do command + ] or [ two times.
Well, I'm very lazy, so I would like to just do command + ] once. (This becomes especially useful when I have several tabs open) The only way to do that is to have tab C right next to A.

So, I'd like to have tabs in this order:

| tab A | tab C | tab B | tab D |

My question is, is there any way to get this done with a shortcut?


texts: Using a 60W charger to charge an iphone 11?

texts:
I have a 60W charger that I've been using to charge my iPhone 11. Based on my Googling, it seems this won't harm the phone.
Has anyone had issues with using such a high wattage power adapter for iphones?


texts: Remote File and Application access from iMac to Macbook (Not screen sharing)

texts:
I use an iMac (2017, 27 inches) and a MacBook Pro (2013,13 inches) for software development and UI design. My work is remote 90% of the time and I use GitHub and other cloud services for sync.

Problem:
The problem I'm facing is that my iMac and MacBook both need to have the same software suites like Xcode, Adobe Suite, etc. to run the projects themselves. I have to keep multiple licenses of same software, not to mention my MacBook has only 128 GB and only 4 GB RAM, it takes a hell load of time to compile the same application too.

What I have tried:

Screen Mirroring: Numerous screen sharing services (Native
screen/file/remote sharing, Screens Viewer, Team Viewer, many others!) but the lag is HUGE and the aspect ratio is completely messed up to the point that I cannot see text.
Server OS: Bought MacOS server with a hope to have complete "native"
file system and application (Xcode, Photoshop) access from my MacBook
but it doesn't let me access the whole file system and 0 application
access even as an admin with login privileges granted.

Can anyone direct me to a solution that I can use?


texts:
I have a disk with almost no labeling.  I can tell by looking that it's a CD and not a DVD.  I can tell by looking closer which side is which (mfg. part/batch number) and that it is blank (writing makes a band of different appearance).

I can also have my MacBook Pro tell me all those things by putting it in the optical drive.

But is there a non-invasive way for MacOS to tell me whether it's CD-RW or just CD-R?  (ReWritable or Recordable.)

drutil can only tell me the drive's capabilities, unless I try an erase, which may make a CD-R unusable.

Web search for the part number(s) found nothing.

If I try to re-write, I’ll know.  But at that point, it will no longer be usable, and I’ll have to go buy another.

My nephew stopped by and found it by Properties in Windows, but it would be nice to know a MacOS or Darwin method.


texts:
I have an applescript that utilizes a named pipe and pipes data over to it.
I have my script passing said data in a while loop, which is working, but I find that I am unable to stop the script manually without quitting the Script Editor program.  I do not need to force quit.

Here is the relevant snippet of my script (d is a QT movie reference that is active and playing; aname is a valid POSIX path that specifies the location of the named pipe):

repeat while d is playing
    set currtime to (get current time of d) as string
    get currtime
    do shell script "echo " & currtime & " > " & aname
    delay 0.125
end repeat


texts: Search contents of files within specified directory

texts:
I aim to search the contents of files at a specified directory.

take an example in spotlight search

'Marked important question' in dir('/desktop)

How can such a task be accomplished?


texts: Set default Finder window size when opening directory from Terminal

texts:
I'm wondering if there is a solution to opening a directory from Terminal so that it opens with my preferred saved window size. It never works when I'm opening a folder for the first time using Terminal, although if I use open ., then resize the window, and then do open . again, it will open to the desired size.
I have followed the steps in the following two posts

How to set default finder window size?
Set default Finder window size

And I've also tried running find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete to ensure my preferred view options are applied to all folders I open, but I am not sure if that applies directly to the window size.
These steps work when I'm opening Finder from the dock, but it seems like changing the window size does not work or apply when I am opening a directory from Terminal for the first time (using open . or open subdir/). I'm very irritated by the large and wide window that it opens with in Big Sur (running 11.0.1). I just did a clean install of the OS, deleting my data as well, and I don't recall the Finder window being this wide automatically in any previous versions of macOS.
Is there any solution to this? Could the fact that I did a clean install when upgrading to Big Sur have anything to do with why my Finder window is so wide?


texts: Could I trust such a FlashPlayer update?

texts:
On the same track than this old question:
How do I tell if the Flash Player Installer is a virus?

I see a new proposal regularly poping up during my web browsing:

Nothing within this installer tells me which version is here proposed.

If I check within:

Adobe Flash Player Player Install Manager >
About Adobe Flash Player Install Manager

I can see that this is the version: 11.8.800.168

At the same time, the actual version distributed on one of the official
Adobe web servers:

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

is announcing Version 11.9.900.152.

How may I verify the seriousness and origin of the popup window I got?

How may I check the version which is proposed to install on my system?

If I can't get a simple answer to these 2 fundamental security questions
(which are more extreme since we know how Adobe consider security
questions),
how may I get rid of such unusable popups ?


texts: Boot Camp Windows installation interrupted by an error. Disk divided into 2 different containers. I am unable to combine them

texts:
My disk was only 1 part. I tried to install Windows using Boot Camp. I followed the steps mentioned on the official Apple website, but I got an error message while installation.

When I checked my disk status, I have 2 disk part now:

Container 1: 86.55 GB, empty
Container 2: 156 GB, MacintoshHD

I want to make my disk only 1 part again. The screenshots show the current state of the disk.

How do I combine the two parts?


texts: Whenever I right-click on a file and go to the Open With> menu, it always takes forever to  load. I know I'm not the only one with this problem (at least I think so), so I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to speed it up. Is there a way to speed it up or to remove certain application from the menu?


texts: MacBook Pro Retina 2013 memory frequency limit

texts:
I would like to replace the 2x8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 of soldered memory in my 15" 2013 MacBook Pro with some faster RAM. Is this MacBook Pro compatible?

This is not a duplicate question (Allan, patrix marked) because it about different device. Question about RAM frequency for specific device, not in general...


texts:
I use my dock without any applications ever kept in Dock. Only applications that are open are in the Dock.

When I move an application within the Dock, OS X thinks I want it kept in the Dock.

Does anyone know how to disable this 'keep in Dock on move' feature?


texts:
I installed Meld using homebrew on a stock OSX 10.10. It works, but it doesn't seem to understand the size of my screen (actually two screens, same behavior on both built in and secondary display). Meld window only occupies lower 2/3 of the screen and can't be moved above the invisible line. When I maximize it - it takes full lower 2/3 of the screen, upper 1/3 is available and I can drag other apps there.

This must be some known issue, sorry if my description is too vague.


texts: Win7 iTunes no longer sees new iPhone SE

texts:
I recently upgraded from an iPhone 4S to an SE and successfully transferred everything.

Today I took a photo using the new phone and wanted to download to my Win7x64 system. Previously all I had to do was plug in the phone and it would appear in my devices and as a removable drive in Windows Explorer.  The iPhone SE did not appear in Windows Explorer, and in Devices and Printers it showed up as "Apple USB Driver" instead of "iPhone".  At this point it was appearing just fine in iTunes.

I deleted the device driver and let the system reinstall it, which restored desktop access to the photos on phone.  It appears in Windows Explorer, but curiously no longer as a removable device.

However, since that point, every time I plug it in I get the "Allow this device to access photos and videos" prompt on the phone, but the phone does NOT appear any more in iTunes.  I suspect somehow Windows is treating it like a permanent device instead of removable and is preventing iTunes from seeing it.

So far I've rebooted both the phone and the computer (several times each) and reinstalled iTunes.

Not sure what to do next.


texts: Is this a loose part of MacBook Pro 2010 (15" version)?

texts:
Upon opening a MacBook Pro (15" Mid-2010, 2.67 GHz i7, 8GB, GT330, Hi-Res anti-glare display), I noticed a small loose plastic part. Its diameter is ~5mm.

Does this plastic part belong to the MacBook Pro?

Should this plastic part be attached to something?

Below are pictures taken from two opposing sides, and from the lateral side (object leaned to watchmaker's screwdriver)


texts: Apple Airport Extreme AC True Wireless Roaming?

texts:
Just a quick question to people who use airport extreme's / express's to extend the coverage of their wireless. I've seen this referred to as wireless roaming..

My question, is this true wireless roaming? Will the clients automatically roam between access points without any packet loss (like some small business of enterprise solutions with a wireless controller) or is there a brief period of re-connection while you move around to your closest access point?

Cheers!


texts: Prevent the Siri Watch Face from displaying Photo Memories

texts:
The Siri Watch Face, introduced with watchOS 4, automatically suggests content, including "Photo Memories" from the iOS Photos app.

I'm not keen on having year-old photos on my wrist, I much prefer stuff that actually are day-to-day relevant there.

I've tried to get rid of these Photo Memory items, but haven't succeeded:

Turned off Photos notifications in the "Watch" app.
Turned off Photos notifications in the iOS Notifications settings.
Watched the "Memory", did not help.
Deleting the "Memory" helped getting rid of it, but a day later I get a new one.

Help! I really don't need to see some random old party pics with people I don't even know that well, as opposed to upcoming calendar items, alarms, stocks, or whatever.


texts: How to supervise an unsupervised iOS device keeping the users Data?

texts:
I'm pretty new to the whole Apple story, so i'm not sure if this is possible at all.

The story is that we have unsupervised corporate-owned iPhones at work. Now we are about to enroll an MDM (specific MobileIron) and the devices need to be in supervised mode.

What we tried so far:

Backup the iPhone (iTunes), supervise the device in Apple configurator 2, and push the backup back onto the iPhone.
Somehow my Instructor managed to get it working: the iPhone was now supervised containing all user data.
New day, new iPhone, he did all the same steps again (iTunes and iCloud Backup), an reproductibly we couldn't get the backup back to supervised mode. We've tried it with 3 iPhones 5s and on one iPad mini 2, it was either wiped and supervised, or it was only the unsupervised user backup.

I've been searching https://discussions.apple.com and other boards since last friday, no success so far. What i found were instructions for new, wiped devices, which didn't help.

My last hope is that you can help me solving this problem.

Is it possible to supervise a device without wiping it and restoring or keeping the users data for it?

Thanks folks!


texts: Purchased video on iTunes rather than gifting, can this be corrected?

texts:
My friend tried to gift me a film in the iTunes store but he says that somehow he "received" it by mistake (his mistake, most likely).

What are his options now.  Can he:

Return the purchase
"Gift" the purchase to me
Call someone to correct the error and reassign the item to me instead?


texts: Mac storage is full but iCloud is not, what to do?

texts:
I have got a MacBook pro with 500GB of total storage and an iCloud subscription for 2TB.

iCloud is synched with my MacBook, this means that any file in my desktop and documents will be stored automatically in iCloud.

With time, however, the MacBook storage is getting full and now I have got only ~2GB left (in the Mac) but >1.70TB available on iCloud.

How should I deal with this?
I desire to keep iCloud on all my Mac devices...MacBook Pro included but how can I avoid to save files in both MacBook storage AND iCloud? I would like to save them only on iCloud.

I still cannot get around this.
Any suggestion?

Thanks


texts: Setting environment variable for all launchd services

texts:
I set the following global environment variables to launchd derives services :
sudo launchctl setenv CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS 1
sudo launchctl setenv CA_ASSERT_MAIN_THREAD_TRANSACTIONS 1

and indeed I saw that SecurityAgent (of type launchAgent) got them :
sudo ps eww 3194
  PID   TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
 3194   ??  Ss     0:00.19 /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/MachServices/SecurityAgent.bundle/Contents/MacOS/SecurityAgent
LaunchInstanceID=00000000-0000-0000-0000-00000001873A XPC_SERVICE_NAME=com.apple.security.agent.login
CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS=1 CA_ASSERT_MAIN_THREAD_TRANSACTIONS=1 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin XPC_FLAGS=19 LOGNAME=_securityagent USER=_securityagent HOME=/var/db/securityagent SHELL=/usr/bin/false TMPDIR=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000bh00002w/T/

But unfortunately, his helper XPC Service doesn’t get them :
sudo ps eww 3195
  PID   TT  STAT      TIME COMMAND
 3195   ??  Ss     0:00.53 /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/MachServices/SecurityAgent.bundle/Contents/XPCServices/SecurityAgentHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/SecurityAgentHelper XPC_SERVICE_NAME=com.apple.SecurityAgentHelper PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin HOME=/var/db/securityagent TMPDIR=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000bh00002w/T/ XPC_FLAGS=19 LOGNAME=_securityagent USER=_securityagent SHELL=/usr/bin/false

Any idea how set it in the helper too even if it’s an xpc service and not an agent, since they both runs by launchd:
   92  3194     1   0 11:42AM ??         0:00.19 /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/MachServices/SecurityAgent.bundle/Contents/MacOS/SecurityAgent
   92  3195     1   0 11:42AM ??         0:00.53 /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/MachServices/SecurityAgent.bundle/Contents/XPCServices/SecurityAgentHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/SecurityAgentHelper


texts: Is there a way to remove a server account network entry from terminal?

texts:
I have a Mac mini running Mac OS X 10.10.3. It has an open directory server configured in the server account network configuration in 'Users and groups'.

Is there a way to remove that server account network entry from terminal?

To be more specific, I want to log in with the local user and remove the connection with the directory service for that particular server using the terminal.


texts: How can I find the PPPoE password configured in Airport

texts: I'm connecting to internet via PPPoE with a AirPort Express. Now I want to replace AirPort with another router, but I don't remember the password of my PPPoE account. So I'm wondering how can I extract the password from the provisioned AirPort Express.


texts: Is it possible for two users to mount the same Shared disk on Time Capsule? (On one Mac.)

texts: The situation is this; 1 shared Mac Mini with user switching.  If I leave the Shared disk mounted and the other user logs in, they get prompted for Administrator credentials (which disconnects me.)  We both need to be able mount and use the share without disrupting processes running under each user.


texts: How do I transfer my iOS developer profile to another computer?

texts:
I got a new MBP and would like to transfer my certificates and profiles from my old computer.  According to TN 2250, under "Transferring Your Identities," I need to transfer three sets of items:

all iPhone Developer certificates in your keychain
all iPhone Distribution certificates in your keychain
all Provisioning Profiles in the Xcode Organizer > Devices tab > Provisioning Profiles section under "Library"

TN 2250 suggests I click a link entitled "Transfer Your Developer Profile to Another Computer" to find out how to do said transfer, but that link effectively gives a 404 and refreshes to a page called "About Xcode"

How do I transfer my developer profile to another computer?

My old machine is running OS X 10.6.8 and Xcode 4.2 (4C199).
The new machine is running OS X 10.7.4 and Xcode 4.3.3 (4E3002).


texts: Data Recovery for Accidentally Erased Hard Drive

texts: I accidentally erased my hard drive in my 2010 MacBook Pro that had all of my information, photos, contacts, you name it... is there any way I can recover my data that was on my MacBook before I erased anything? I'm in desperate need of help to recover all my files.


texts: iPhone 12 mini losing brief data connection after turning off hotspot?

texts: Okay, so I will try to explain this the best I can. I just switched from an iPhone 11 to an iPhone 12 mini. I was on FaceTime last night (on the mini) and had the hotspot turned on so I could watch something on my iPad. I turn the hotspot off (on the mini) and all of a sudden my FaceTime connection messes up and I lose my data for a few seconds, so I had to call back obviously. But this is happening every time I use the hotspot and turn it off. Today I connected the hotspot to my iPhone 11, and when I turned it off I went to Safari on my mini and it said it couldn’t connect to the internet, then I refresh and it’s back. I know it’s not the biggest problem in the world, but Apple wasn’t very helpful and I am wondering if anyone here knows anything. I tried restarting the phone, resetting the network settings, none of that worked. Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: I want to lend my phone to my bro. How to save data that I can restore some other times?

texts: Is there a way to keep all data backed up? It's iphone. I want all data, like save games for my infinity blade to be stored somewhere.


texts:
I got a ssd, and I am trying to clone it with the hard drive. I am trying to use super duper! When I plug the ssd in, it says that the drive is not initialized, so i cant select it to copy to. When I go to disk utility, the partition option is greyed out. What do I need to do to make the drive readable so that it can be selected in the program? It's a wd blue 1tb.

Edit:


texts: How to Confirm Vibrate Motor is Dead on iPhone 5S iOS 7.1

texts:
My iPhone 5S running iOS 7.1 will not vibrate at all.  I've run through numerous setting suggestions and combos (hardware and software switches), but it won't vibrate for e-mail, for texts, nor will it vibrate when you select a new vibration tone (IIRC, that usually demos the vibration when you do that).  It's not the 'do not disturb' on the control center either.

To me, this sounds like the motor is broken.  Is there a means of verifying that the motor is the problem, other than going to the Apple Store?


texts:
One of the top results in Google: "How To Remotely Sign Out Of iCloud"
https://www.addictivetips.com/web/remotely-sign-out-of-icloud/
I cannot find the Settings app:

The reason why I need it: I'm signed in on my work laptop. I don't want my employer to know. I prefer to log out remotely.
EDIT: Found it: https://www.icloud.com/settings/


texts:
I haven't logged out of any apps, and no apps were running on the iPhone when I picked up the iPhone and pressed the home button to check the battery level.  It had a notification to "verify Apple ID."  I wondered whether somebody was trying to steal my password.  It appeared to be the actual settings app, and I used the double-home to see what applications were running.  Only settings.  But the ID it wanted to verify was a previous Apple ID that I changed several months ago.  I didn't do it, but if I did, it would have failed.
What would be the reason for this?


texts: Safari 6's show/reveal in Finder stopped working

texts:
The other day Safari 6's "Show/Reveal in Finder" command in the downloads window suddenly stopped working. Whether right-clicking or clicking the magnifying glass/loupe button, I can't get the Finder to jump immediately to the file in question. Double-clicking to open the file works, but I don't want to do that immediately with all my downloads.

What can be done about this?


texts: iPhone iCloud contacts and over the air sync

texts:
As I understand, the "over the air sync" is different from iCloud sync (for the contacts). Is it the case?

Is the over the air sync just a sync with my Mac itself? So it is just an cordless version of the iTunes sync?


texts: iOS 13 - Mail auto-fetch will not disable

texts:
Since iOS 13 Mail seems to auto-fetch new mail every time the iPhone is plugged into any charging source, either Mac or simple wall-wart.
I've always had my iPhone set to manual Mail fetching for all except my actual Apple iCloud account, which is my only IMAP account & only used for official notifications from Apple.
My main email is done over a POP3 structure, intentionally so I don't have a phone-full of emails. These have always been set to only fetch if I launch the Mail app.
I've always had the main Push* setting on, but then setting each individual account except iCloud to Manual. Switching off this main Push seems to have no effect.
*Settings > Passwords & Accounts > Fetch New Data > Push

This has affected every iOS from 13.0 & continues in 13.6
Edit May 2020 - no fix but a rapid workaround  -
iOS iPhone/iPad Mail - rapid mass delete/delete all


texts: How to connect unlocked iPhone 5s to Verizon

texts:
I have a fully unlocked iPhone 5s bought in New Zealand, and I wish to use it in the US on the Verizon network, however when I gave them the IMEI number they said it was locked and they couldn't connect it to their network.

I have been able to use it on several networks in each of New Zealand, USA, and Mexico, and Verizon is the only one that seems to think it's locked.  They've said this on two separate occasions, at different locations, months apart, so I don't think it's just inexperience or operator error from the Verizon representative.

Why isn't my iPhone able to be connected to Verizon, and is there a way around it?

I have read a few other Q&As here that mention that Verizon was a CDMA network, however these were older questions, and some more recent ones suggested that is no longer the case.


texts:
Simple question, big problem. I evaluate a solution to sync calendar together but not FULL calendar.. just part with cloud here is the spec : I have 3 person

person #1 = have a calendar with personal, professional, account, prospect
person #2 = have company and personal
person #3 = have company, internal, account

now, i like to be able to share personal calendar between person 1 and 2, company between person 2 and 3 and account between person 1 and 3... all the rest should be absolutely private !

I have research.. and i cloud and i cal share ALL and you HIDE some color in the calendar... that's NOT what i want... hide is not private...

so my research get me to : Google calendar with busy sync or BusyCal wich is an application that do the sync (i think !)

You guy's do you have solution, what have you try and what work ?

thanks in advance


texts: How do you stop screen sharing in Mac OS?

texts:
I want to know how to stop screen sharing in Mac OS, once I've enabled it by clicking "share screen" in the dialogue that pops up.

I don't want to disable screen sharing, since I'd still like to allow future requests for sharing. I just want to terminate the current sharing session.


texts: How can an old Apple ID be merged into the newer ID?

texts: When I first creed an Apple account, years ago, I used a password which I've been using ever since. Later I joined Me.com and I was assigned an email address that also became another Apple ID for me. More recently, with the new iCloud it looks like only my email address will be accepted as the ID t... So, how do I merge my now "old" ID into my newer @me.com address? Thanks.


texts: Improve applescript to open New Private Window with Safari

texts:
I made this AppleScript to use with the script tool. It can be saved as the application to launch from a click. I have to approve the application though in the Security edit tool.

This open the private browser by clicking the menu items. Then it closes the first window by looking for the unthinkable URL in the Window menu. It is working but flashy as the windows pop open and close.

I wish it can be improved by some way to allow clicking the shortcut then see that only the Safari window is launched in private mode without so much "macro" like appearance. Can you help improve this for me?

# Start or bring forward Safari window
tell application "Safari"
    activate
end tell

# Open a URL that cannot be found
set theURL to "http://localhost:38"
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Safari"
        open location theURL
    end tell
end tell

# Launch a new private window
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Safari"
        tell menu bar 1
            click menu bar item "File"
            tell menu "File"
                click menu item "New Private Window"
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

# Close the first launcher window
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Safari"
        tell menu bar 1
            click menu bar item "Window"
            tell menu "Window"
                click menu item "Failed to open page"
            end tell
        end tell
        tell menu bar 1
            click menu bar item "File"
            tell menu "File"
                click menu item "Close Window"
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell


texts: How to connect to wireless TV satellite receiver from Mac OS X

texts: How could I connect to my satellite receiver from Mac OS X and be able to watch TV and navigate through channel list? Is there any free software that could do this?


texts: MacBook Pro Intermittent internet connection

texts:
Some of you may know about some weird issue with some MacBook Pros (MBP) not working properly with a router (SuperHub) supplied by Virgin (a UK ISP).

In all my attempts to resolve this, I finally got a little mini-like router/AP. Turned the SuperHub into a modem and used this mini-like device as a router. Then I was able to narrow down something I can't get my head past.

The puzzle:

2 computers (an iMac and a MacBook Pro) connected to the same network - wirelessly. Only the 2 systems on the network.

How is it that one of them constantly looses connection to the internet and the other doesn't?

How did I figure this out?

I opened 2 terminal window on both machines. One window constantly pings the router and another window pings google.

On the MBP, the connection to the router hardly drops. but the connection to google drops constantly. Stays down for almost a minute sometimes - if not more.

On the other hand, none of the connection on the iMac drops at all - hardly.

How is this possible? What could be the cause?


texts: Force iTunes update overnight using cron

texts: I was wondering if anyone knew a command line 'command' I could use in a cron to force the iTunes podcast updater to run overnight. I'm running 10.6


texts: how to stretch a single wallpaper image across multiple monitors

texts: I would like to stretch the same image across multiple monitors.. how do i do that?


texts:
I'm on Yosemite 10.10.1

I was trying to install the Tor browser, but instead I mistakenly installed some general Tor proxy or something, which didn't come in the form of a normal application.

Basically I first installed MacPorts and then I sudo port install tor which didn't give me the Tor browser, but some other Tor thing (I think it's something that allows you to use Tor proxy with any application, but I don't need that.)

So anyway, that command installed a bunch of components that I don't want or need on my system. How can I purge all these components from my system?

Here is the output from sudo port install tor (I have ran sudo port uninstall tor now, but I'm thinking some of the other stuff is still left behind.)

Fiksdals-iMac:~ Fiksdal$ sudo port install tor
Error:
Error: No Xcode installation was found.
Error: Please install Xcode and/or run xcode-select to specify its location.
Error:
Warning: xcodebuild exists but failed to execute
Warning: Xcode does not appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail to build.
--->  Computing dependencies for tor
--->  Fetching archive for tor
Warning: Your DNS servers incorrectly claim to know the address of nonexistent hosts. This may cause checksum mismatches for some ports. See this page for more information: <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MisbehavingServers>
--->  Attempting to fetch tor-0.2.6.9_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/tor
--->  Attempting to fetch tor-0.2.6.9_1.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/tor
--->  Installing tor @0.2.6.9_1
--->  Activating tor @0.2.6.9_1
--->  Cleaning tor
--->  Updating database of binaries
--->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
--->  No broken files found.
Fiksdals-iMac:~ Fiksdal$

Edit: I opened MacPorts.txt and found the following. Was this added during my installation of Tor?

libevent @2.0.22_1 (active)
  openssl @1.0.2d_0 (active)
  zlib @1.2.8_0 (active)


texts:
I have connected an HDMI cable between my Samsung Smart TV and MacBook Pro running Sierra.

The option for output displays lists my TV but it says “display port” where I believe it should say HDMIi. I tried a lot of the methods I found online with no success.


texts:
I have a new macbook pro, got it in january of 2014. I am trying to connect 2 USB ASUS MB168B monitors via the separate USB ports on my macbook pro. One will load up and they other one goes black. The system preferences recognizes that there are 3 displays but one of them is completely blacked out. I know both monitors work because when i only plug one or the other, they work fine, however when i try to have both plugged in, one goes black outed (the first one i plug in gets overridden by the second one)

thoughts?


texts: Can you save the current desktop background as an image?

texts: I've deleted a photo by mistake. I have the photos as my desktop background. Is there any way that I can take it and save it?


texts: External Monitor Periodically Flashes Blue with 2016 MBP on High Sierra

texts:
I'm running into an issue with my 2016 MBP with touchbar, after updating to High Sierra, where my LG 27UD69 external monitor will periodically have the whole screen turn blue for a split second before going back to normal. The monitor is connected to my MBP using the provided HDMI cable which then goes through an Anker thunderbolt-3 to HDMI adapter. I'm outputting 4K at 60hz.

Everything was working fine prior to the high sierra update and continues to work perfectly when running windows 10 under bootcamp. I would really appreciate help with solving this issue.

Edit (more detail)

I'm running macOS version 10.13.12. Also, my Macbook is connected to power at all times while using the monitor.


texts: Problem after moving iTunes libraries between NAS drives

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Brief Summary of Problem
Transfer of an iTunes music library from an old NAS drive to a new one resulted in message of the type “unable to connect to old NAS drive address” when trying to play music from MacBook. Attempting to add music, clears library listing completely.
Details
iTunes library originally installed on LaCie NAS drive for wireless access via Sonos iPhone app to play on Sonos speakers. Music all ripped from CDs on MacBook where iTunes pointed to the LaCie drive.
Replaced LaCie drive with WD drive, copying whole iTunes folder across. Removed LaCie drive. Music plays on the Sonos speakers from iPhone app OK.
All music still listed in iTunes library viewed from MacBook, but attempt to play results in a message that it can’t find the LaCie drive.
Although not important for playing on Sonos speakers, attempt to add new music from MacBook resultrf in error message saying the iTunes Library.itl file was damaged, and was being replaced it with a new one. After this the listing of the iTunes library is blank.
I assume that the MacBook was initially using an old iTunes Library.itl file with an absolute path to the old LaCie drive. Would that have been copied over to the WD drive or is it on the MacBook, and is there any way to restore or regenerate a library of the music that is on the new NAS drive? (The music is only on the external drive, not on the MacBook.)


texts: How to run tests showing code coverage in Visual Studio for Mac Community 8.3.4

texts:
I'm new in C# after a brief use of it in 2010.

I'm asking an Internet search engine - one claiming not to track me - how to "visual studio for mac show tests coverage".

That would link me to Use code coverage to determine how much code is being tested.

I think that's no use to me, because they command to:

  On the Test menu, select Analyze Code Coverage for All Tests.

I don't have such a menu to begin with.

This is Visual Studio for Mac Community 8.3.4.

How to?


texts: How to use Microsoft Office 2016 behind a proxy?

texts:
I've just finished a fresh install of Microsoft Office 2016. When I run Microsoft Word, I obtain the start page with different propositions for creating a new document.

But the cursor is a spinning wheel and I can't use the interface. In the Activity Monitor I see Microsoft Word (Not Responding) with a CPU usage of about 27%.

What can I do?

P.S.: I'm using OS X 10.11.6 and Microsoft Word for Mac 15.26 (160910)

P.S.2: I'm working behind a proxy


texts:
I am new to SE, so I apologize for possible duplicates.

I have a problem with my Photos library. It works fine on my iPhone and my iPad, but when I try to open it on my MacBook Pro (with macOS Mojave), I get a warning saying that the library has inconsistencies and needs to be repaired, but when I click the “ Repair” button, nothing happens.

I tried to fix the problem by quitting Photos (and I had to do the Force quit because it would quit otherwise) and reopening it while holding the option and command keys. Some repair process started, but it stopped after reaching 5% (whatever that means). All in all, I cannot open my Photo library and I cannot repair it. Does anybody have a suggestion as to how to fix it?


texts: When I click the Appstore button in Passbook I receive the error: "Cannot connect to the iTunes store"

texts:
When I click on App Store, which rests below all of the features that Apple touts for the service, I am given an error where a prompt tells me that my phone can’t access the App Store. The error looks like this:

Is there a fix for this problem?


texts: How do I install Xcode if I'm getting this message "Xcode can’t be installed on “Mac HD” because macOS version 10.14.4"?

texts: So I'm programming on a MacBook from mid-2010, and I have the most recent update (10.13.6) but when I try to install Xcode it says I need to update again, but it's not listed as an update in the AppStore.