texts: Enable macOS "Dark menu bar and Dock" without password or restarting

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Is there a way to programmatically enable the macOS "Dark menu bar and Dock" option (found in System Preferences > General) via a Terminal command, without having to restart the Mac?

There is a way to change this option in the Terminal, but it requires the use of sudo and seems to require a restart, neither of which I want to use.

I could do this via the Terminal using AppleScript, but as far as I can tell it would require GUI scripting and my having to allow Terminal to control the Mac in the Accessibility settings.


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So my problem is exactly what it says in the Subject: the find/replace dialog in TextMate is not working anymore.

By that I mean that first off, I have to hit ⌘ + F twice to make it even appear.
Then it does not remember any of my settings like "Wrap around" or "Ignore case". But the worst thing is, that it does not give any results on pressing "Next", "Previous" or "Replace" (or any other available button whatsoever).

I already thought it might be a permission problem with some configuration file as it keeps losing my set preferences, but the permissions on the App and both Application Support-folders (systemwide and user-specific) seem to be just fine, as is my_username:admin.

Has anyone got an idea how I could adress this issue?


texts: Can Java 5 be installed on any other OS other than OS X 10.5?

texts: I have a legacy application that requires Java 5. I am using OS X 10.6.8. When I try to install the Apple Java 1.5 update, I see a warning that says Java 5 can only be installed on a OS X 10.5 system. Is this the only OS X version that supports Java 5?


texts: ssh-keygen -R saying (wrongly) no matches found

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I've come across the not-uncommon issue where ssh keys on a host have changed, so they don't match what's saved in my ~/.ssh/known_hosts file. When I connect (in this case via an Ansible playbook), it freaks out with "WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!", yada yada yada.
The usual fix for this is to run ssh-keygen -R <host-ip-or-name>, which deletes the offending entry. In this case the host is an ip:port combo, so I tried to run it like this:
ssh-keygen -R [xxx.xxx.xx.xxx]:yyyyy
Instead of updating known_hosts, I get a message returned that says:
zsh: no matches found: [xxx.xxx.xx.xxx]:yyyyy
I tried running it without the port, just in case (ssh-keygen -R xxx.xxx.xx.xxx). That gives a "host not found" error.
What am I doing wrong?


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I have a Macbook Air that will not boot.
When starting into network recovery mode, I go into disk utility and all that shows up is a 1.2 GB Mac OS X base system virtual disk, and not my SSD.

If I open Terminal in recovery mode and type diskutil list, I get a list including that Mac OS X Base System disk, as well as 10 disks listed, each about 500kb in size.

I have tried running fsck, however it just verifies that the base system disk is OK, but does not check the actual SSD.

Is this confirmation that the SSD drive needs replacement, or are there any further steps I can take to attempt to repair the disk?


texts: How do I download a macOS beta point update?

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What this question is not about

Downloading macOS Developer Beta Access Utility
Downloading a stable/GM release of macOS
Downloading the .0 release of a new macOS beta (when it is released at WWDC)

Say I want to install a macOS beta point update to a Mac that is never online (say if I had a lake house Mac or something). How would I download a .dmg or something so that I could install it on another machine. The macOS Developer Beta Access Utility just starts the update process on the machine it runs on.


texts: Is there way to quickly call the active contact on the Message app?

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Oftentimes, in the middle of texting, I find myself wanting to call the other party instead.

However, in order to do that, I would have to scroll all the way to the top of the message history, just to get to the CALL button.

Is there a faster way to do this? Tapping on the contact name seems to be a logical trigger, but it doesn't work.


texts: Help! Can not figure out syncing and playlists on iTunes.

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I have tried to research this online but can't find anything helpful!  I thought the playlists (and everything else)  on iTunes always overwrote whatever was on the device. This worked great syncing music to both my husbands phone and my phone. ITunes always overwrote what was on our phone with what was on the computer. So if we created a new playlist in the computer then synced, it would be on our phones.

My daughter's phone had been synced and then she edited some playlists, made new ones, and deleted ones she didn't like. The next time she synced her phone, ALL of my playlists on iTunes changed to what was on her phone, meaning my husband and I lost most of our playlists!  We had to go and recreate ines we cared about, which was really frustrating. I did NOT think iTunes ever overwrote the computer with items from a device.

Most recently, I discovered that all my playlists on my phone only have one or two songs in them now. I still have all the music on my phone and have no idea what happened to my playlists. I can only imagine it happened when syncing but I never went and deleted my playlists. I am literally scared to ever sync my phone again. All my amazing playlists are just decimated, and you all know how much time can go into creating playlists.

I am just looking to understand HOW syncing of playlists is supposed to work. Do I create new playlists on my computer or on my phone?  Are they going to disappear the next time I do a sync?  Would appreciate any and all help. I can't understand why this isn't documented in iTunes help!


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I've recently set up a yubikey to login into my laptop, and while doing that I've also changed my account password, so that my default password is pretty long and I can use the yubikey plus a pin to login.
It works fine, sometimes it doesn't pickup the USB key, but mostly works.

The really annoying issue I have though is that I somehow broke the keychain. So now when I login with the yubikey I get a window like this:

The original message is macOS wants to use the "login" keychain, but I also get this message when I first log in to 1password, or, surprisingly enough when I use preview...

I've seen already a couple of posts here, but none of them were helpful to fix this issue.

I've tried to delete the keychain but it didn't work as well, not sure if I did it correctly.


texts: Install old version of Homebrew on Snow Leopard

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So I have a computer that is stuck on Snow Leopard.

How do I install Homebrew on such a old computer? Is this even possible?

I tried the following command:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

However this gives me an error about needing git and I don't know how to install an old version of that.


texts: With the recent Yosemite software update (I updated on 23rd February 2015) the cool 'bubble' sound that the volume keys made when pressed is now gone and replaced with a different sound. How do I get the old one back?


texts: iPhone 6 dropped on my sink no cracks but broken inside

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When I dropped my iPhone on the sink it didn't crack but it did break inside.

I can't use my iPhone. I can turn it on but it isn't fully functional. There are lines and white blocks on the screen.

I am wondering, if I have a warranty, can I get it repaired for free?


texts: calendar sync between iPhone and Microsoft exchange

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My calendar events sync only one way between my iPhone and Microsoft Exchange

If I enter the event in my iPhone, it won't appear in Microsoft Exchange, but the other way around works


texts: Putting Mountain Lion in the Applications folder

texts: I recently upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, so I could put it on a bootable USB using a program. When I tried, it said that Mountain Lion was not found in applications, and I could not move it into applications because it was not found.


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I want to remove the photo library from my mac as it is taking up 25.4GB of space but I want to keep all of the photos on the iCloud so they are accessible from my other devices.

I saw in the settings that there is a Disable and Delete button but I am under the assumption that it will remove all the images from my iCloud too?


texts: How to access iPhone Google Chrome history over 90 days ago?

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How can we access all  browsing history from Chrome on iPhone?

Does Google Chrome on iPhone have a SQLite database I can access?


texts: How to unblock extensions in Safari so I can install adblock?

texts: I'm trying to install AdBlock Plus so pages like beliefnet.com won't have so many ads. Safari says my extensions are blocked.  HELP?


texts: Right-to-Left in Yiddish in Pages for Mac

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Pages for mac now supports Hebrew, which is written from right to left. However, Pages does not seem to support custom keyboard layouts other than the system's Hebrew layout(s). I am using Shoshke's Yiddish Kayboard Layout for mac (I don't have enought "reputation" to post the link here, but it is actually not that important) on Yosemite, by the way, which allows me to type Yiddish with punctuation extremely effeciently.

When writing in Pages using the system's native Hebrew layout, this is what I get:

However, when writing with my custom Yiddish keyboard (which was most probably created using Ukelele), I get this:

As you can see, the period is on the right, while it should be on the left (at the end of the sentence). This is just an obvious example, but when mixing Yiddish and English in the same sentence the result is even worse.

Unfortunately, Pages' paragraph direction controls do not solve the problem. Pages obviously recognizes the input language and implements the right-to-left correcly only for languages it recognizes from the system's native keyboard layouts (e.g. "Hebrew").

Writing Yiddish with the native Hebrew keyboard is possible, but is much much slower for me. Therefore, I am looking for a way to still use the Yiddish keyboard in Pages, which seems very stable and rebust in comparison to other available word processors (not to mention that it was shipped for free with my new mac).

I see 4 ways to go about it:

Editing the native Hebrew keyboard layout, adapting it to my needs (so far I could only find information about creating new custom keyboard layouts, not about changing the system's existing ones; this solution would actually be the best one - as there is absolutely no advanatge of the Hebrew native keyboard over the Yiddish one).
Somehow making Yosemite believe that my custom Yiddish keyboard is a sort of "Hebrew" (currently it puts it under "Others" when installing it from the Keyboard preference pane, which explains why Pages does not identify it as an RTL language).
Somehow making Pages believe that my Yiddish keyboard is a sort of "Hebrew".
Programming keyboard-shortcuts for Pages that would immitate the custom keyboard's behaviour (so far I was only able to find ways to program keyboard-shortcuts for the app's menu items; maybe there is a third-party application that can program such shortcuts?)

I looked for answers online and tried to open the package contents of the Pages app and was just unable to discover how to achieve any of the four solutions... I would truly appreciate if anyone could help me out (and maybe there is another solution?)

Thank you very much!


texts: Using Automator, I want to be able to toggle a folder or file's "hidden" status. How is this possible through the command line? (I'm giving the file's directory to the script via a variable.)


texts: When I try to delete my iCloud account on my iPhone it tells me to sign out using my old email and password. I don't remember the old password

texts: How do I get my iCloud account to let me change my email account without having to give my old password for my other email account? I don't remember that password.


texts: Search result -> filename instead of name (For smart folders)

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Can anybody help me out. I want to create a smartfolder with all my mp3's.
I renamed all my mp3's to correct full name. For example:

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight.mp3

When I create a smart folder. It shows all my mp3's but with the name from metadata (ID3 tag) so only In the air tonight. There is no way to select filename in the colums. This is really annoying.

Does anybody know a solution? Or another program that does the trick? Or a hack?


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Last Week I found that the local backup took about 20-30 GB free space on my MacBook Air and I deleted them using:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

I weekly backup my notebook using my external harddrive with Time Machine. Was it important to keep local backup on my Mac and spare 20-30 GB space or because I weekly backup to the external drive, it is not necessary to leave it open ?


texts: Folders on icloud.com are not on my computer

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I've just restored my MacBook Air.

On icloud.com, I can see all the folders and files I used to have on my computer before the restoration:

But locally I no longer have them:

What can I do to make them appear on my Mac?

Thanks for your help!

edit:
After four days, it finally appeared on my computer! Thank you all for your answers


texts: Configuring ipython notebook for iOS use?

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tl;dr: I'm trying to set up an iPython notebook server on a digitalocean droplet, and it works from OSX but not from mobile safari on my iPad.  But it's just a http interface to execute code on the server, so there's no reason it shouldn't work the same on both devices.  I suspect there's some kind of dependency that it needs to work on iOS, which comes baked into OSX.

To clarify, by request: iPython notebook is a web-based way to run python code in a reproducible way (all the cool data science kids are doing it this way), and it's available in server form.  So what I'm trying to do is run the code on the network through a browser on my server.

-I know that iPython notebooks CAN be configured to run on iPad (128gb air2 with latest ios8 updates), and that none of my local settings (JavaScript, etc.) are prohibiting it, because I can get the demo notebook (available at https://try.jupyter.org) to run and to execute code from mobile safari on my iPad.

I also know that the notebook server I have running on my digitalocean droplet (running Ubuntu 12.04, set up with pretty much everything on defaults, and installed via anaconda package) is properly configured at least to work on full-size computers.  It runs fine on my macbook (2013-edition 13in RMBP, specced out, running 10.9.5).

Yet when I tried and access the notebook server from ipad, it will start up the server, and it will create a new notebook, however, the notebook hangs in "connecting to kernel" status and will not execute code in cells (trying to execute code just gives no response).

I'm pretty bad at networking, so all I can do is take some guesses right now as to why this might be.  To wit, my totally uninformed guesses are:

There's some kind of authentication issue?  I've SSH'ed into the digitalocean server from my Mac, maybe it's using the ssh keys for that somehow to authenticate for the ipython notebook, and since they're missing on my iPad, it's just silently failing there?
There's some kind of dependency for ipython notebooks that exists locally on the Mac but not on iPad, and which the jupyter demo provides server-side?

But I have no clue how to figure out if the issue is 1, 2, or something else, or how to fix.  Does anyone have any insight?  Thanks so much!


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I am currently running two Dell U2720Q 4k monitors connected to my MacBook Pro (13', 2020) via thunderbolt 3 usb-c cables. Each monitor runs at 60hz when on its own but as soon as both are connected they switch to 30hz.
Both when connected alone and together no refresh rate options appear when holding down option and clicking on the scaled resolution option.


texts: Comparing Time Machine backups with Beyond Compare?

texts: Would it be safe to compare Time Machine backups with Beyond Compare? Or would Beyond Compare somehow corrupt the backups? Thanks


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Why are some of the file names in the /Library/Fonts folder, e.g. AppleGothic, missing from Font Book's (top level) font name list?
Why are some of the (top level) font names in Font Book, e.g. Arial, missing from the /Library/Fonts folder?
There are some font names that appear both in the /Library/Fonts folder as well as in Font Book, but with different spacing, e.g. AmericanTypewriter (/Library/Fonts) vs. American Typewriter (Font Book). Why?
Are there any other differences between the filenames in /Library/Fonts and the font names in Font Book that I should be aware of?


texts: How can I take custom printer settings from one computer and transfer them to others on the network?

texts: I have a new printer on the network with four paper trays. If I set custom print settings on one computer. How can I transfer these setting to other computers?


texts: Installed mpv with Brew, but nothing in Applications

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I'm trying to play anime with mpv. I have heard that it's the best player for anime.

https://mpv.io/installation/

I go to the website and I see that there's homebrew.

I run brew install mpv. It seems to complete successfully. Now what?

There doesn't seem to be an mpv app I can use to open my video files in my /Applications.


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I'm newbie with iTunes/Apple Music doomsday machine, so probably my question is absolutely incorrect.

Is it possible to do following:

move Media Library to pluggable external drive
add songs to Media Library - it will sync songs to iCloud and make them available from any device using streaming
unplug external drive and listen music through streaming using same Mac
when plugging external drive again, listen or add music to Media Library on external drive

What I want to do is to have master copy of Media Library on external drive, while on the regular basis using streaming to listen music, to make Mac's disk empty enough.


texts: Purple dot near app which downloaded by iCloud sync

texts: I added my account to my old iPad mini and I downloaded this app on it. Then, I used my iPhone and saw that the app downloaded too on it. Is the purple dot DOES mean that it downloaded by sync? And can I shut this feature off?


texts: iPhone X Face ID while on Enter Passcode screen

texts: Sometimes when I try to unlock my iPhone X with Face ID it fails and goes to the Enter Passcode screen. While on this screen what's the fastest way to get it to retry Face ID? I've found I can tap cancel and swipe up again, but hoping there's a faster way I'm not aware of.


texts: I just used some Rubbing Alcohol (I didn't use too much and I put the stuff on a paper towel first) to wipe and clean the keyboard and backside of said keyboard of my Macbook Air. Now I'm obessively terrified at the thought that I may have just made a costly mistake. I want to say that nothing appears to be happening yet, but I don't want to jinx it. Should I not have done it????!!!!!


texts: Mount network volume as local drive for data recovery

texts: Is it possible to mount a network volume so it's seen by OS X and data recovery tools as a local drive? Or are there any data recovery tools on OS X that work with network volumes? I'm using OS X 10.8.2 and the device I'm trying to recover is a FreeNAS 8.0 volume attached via AFP with no ZFS snap shots. Also, the volume spans 2 * 3TB drives, and ~5 TB were lost due to an rm -rf command in a malicious script.


texts: Will the 3G SIM card from my original 2010 iPad work in the new 2012 iPad, or will I need a new SIM card?

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I have the original 2010 iPad 3G, and when I purchased it I also got a SIM card for Rogers 3G data service here in Canada.

Can I simply remove the 3G SIM card from my original 2010 iPad, and insert it into my new 2012 iPad when it arrives?  i.e. is it compatible and will my data plan continue to operate as before, but on the new iPad?

Then, even if it is compatible, is there an advantage to getting a new SIM card? Are there data features for the new iPad (e.g. higher speed?) only enabled by a new SIM card?


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I want to scrape all the pages and subpages of a web site (by scrape, I mean save all the online content to local HTML files).

What is the best utility to crawl all the pages? Ideally, I would like to specify how many layers deep to scrape.


texts: Automator "Set PDF metadata" window size?

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I have a workflow in automator that "receives a selected PDF file in Finder", then "Open finder items", follow by "Set PDF Metadata"

When running the workflow, "Set PDF Metadata" opens a window that takes some inputs (title, author, and so on), and then requires me to press "Continue" to move on the next step of the workflow.

The window that "Set PDF Metadata" opens is always partially minimized, so I have to manually resize it bigger every time I run the workflow. Is there some way I can specify the size and position that the window should open at?

To replicate this behavior a simple workflow that goes as follows should work:

Get specified finder item, and specify a PDF file
Open finder items (open with default application)
Set PDF metadata, with the "Title" and "Author" boxes checked

Further information and screenshots:
Default PDF application is Preview

OS is MacOS Sierra 10.13.3


texts: How to auto switch DNS settings while connect to different WiFi?

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I have totally different DNS settings when I am at work and when I am at home. I was wondering can I change my MacBook Pro's DNS settings automatically when I connect to different WiFi.
I did a lot of searches, I made a custom Location called Home in the network settings. And I set my Home DNS settings under this profile. And a default profile called Automatic I let the computer automatically get DNS settings.
After that, I can change my DNS settings through:
networksetup -switchtolocation Home

It is very close to my demand. But I hope I can find a smarter way, If I figure out a method If I connect to a WiFi called "Home", and then execute the command automatically, It will be excellent.
20200819 Update
I find an automation tool called Hammerspoon, so I can assign a shortcut to switch different Locations using the command.
Although I did not find a direct way, but Hammerspoon is great and powerful. I tried to watch Wifi change using Hammerspoon, but it remains a little problem, so I open an issue here


texts: What happened to some of the symbols in Mac OS X Lion?

texts: I was trying to make a mock-up for a video player on my browser and couldn't find the character for a speaker with three sound waves like you would normally see at the top of the screen for audio. When I went online to find the character value for it, I found this &#x1F50A; which renders 🔊 (what is now the Emoji speaker icon). How can I get the symbols I knew back?


texts: how to change the day output from 2 days to lets say 50 days

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I read this:
See website visit time in Safari history

In this article, there is something like this

 sqlite3 ~/Library/Safari/History.db 'select visit_time,title from history_visits order by visit_time desc;' \
     | while read i; do d="${i%%.*}"; echo "$(date -r $((d+978307200))) | ${i#*|}"; done \
     | head -n 30

My question:
how could I extend this script from 2 days to 50 days
thanks for answering


texts: Where does Synergy store the crypto setting? I want to turn it off

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I installed Synergy on Mac OS Mavericks, to act as a keyboard and mouse server for a win7 desktop.

Initially when I launched it, Synergy for Mac put up a config screen and I selected the "crypto" option.

The other machines aren't set to crypto, and thus would not connect.

I want to disable the crypto setting on the Mac (at least temporarily) until I get this up and running smoothly, but I can't find where this initial choice is kept.

It doesn't seem to be in the server config settings page anywhere that I can see..

I have fully deleted the Synergy app folder,
Deleted a bunch of Synergy related files via the command line and searching the whole hard drive with find -name *ynergy*  etc,
Then reinstalled from scratch, but the new install found some setting info somewhere and went right to to the server setup and started running with crypto enabled again.

I obviously was not able to fully wipe synergy from the file system since it found that crypto setting and ran it again...

There must be some other file without the word synergy in the filename that's keeping the settings..


texts: What is AXVisualSupportAgent, and why does it eat my RAM?

texts: Since I fresh-installed macOS Catalina on my MacBook Pro, I've noticed a strange process called AXVisualSupportAgent slowly eating up my RAM little by little. Upon a fresh reboot it doesn't seem to be consuming too many resources. However, as time goes on its memory usage starts creeping up. My machine has been on for a week and it's already using half of my available 16GB RAM, which is probably being swapped quite a lot. Any ideas about why this may be the case, and how I can prevent this from happening? I don't want to reboot my laptop every few weeks to give it "proper maintenance" as I would need to with a Windows laptop.


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Something got borked recently on my MBP and now Windows 10 is unbootable - here are the details.
MacBook Pro 2019, macOS 11.2.3, Windows 10 Pro x64 20H2.

I can see all files on the Bootcamp partition from within macOS.
The Startup Disk System Preference only shows my macOS volume as a boot option (when things were working normally, both macOS and Windows were startup options).
In the Startup Security Utility in the MBP Recovery partition, Firmware Password Protection is Off; Secure Boot is set to No Security; Allowed Boot Media is set to Allow booting from external or removable media.

Results of bless:
%sudo bless --info
Can't access "efi-boot-device" NVRAM variable

When I hold down the Option key at startup, the Windows partition is a boot option. When I select
it to boot, I immediately get a blue screen with the message:
Recovery

Your PC/Device needs to be repaired
A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.

Error code: 0xc000000f

You'll need to use recovery tools...

I have a bootable flash drive with W10 on it. When I boot from it and attempt Startup Repair - Fix problems that keep Windows from loading, it returns after just a few seconds with the message, "Startup Repair couldn't repair your PC."

I go to the Command Prompt tools option, and here are some repair attempts and the results:
X:\Sources>bootrec /fixboot
Access is denied.

X:\Sources>bootrec /rebuildbcd
Scanning all disks for Windows installations.

Please wait, since this may take a while...

Successfully scanned Windows installations.
Total identified Windows installations: 0
The operation completed successfully.

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status       Size     Free    Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -----------  -------  ------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online       7663 MB     0 B
  Disk 1    No Media         0 B     0 B

DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label      Fs      Type           Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  ---------  ------  -------------  -------  ---------  -------
  Volume 0     E                      DVD-ROM            0 B  No Media
  Volume 1     C   ESD-USB    FAT32   Removable      7662 MB  Healthy
  Volume 2     D                      Removable          0 B  No Media

X:\Sources>bcdedit
The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
The requested system device cannot be found.

I would really prefer not to have to blow away the bootcamp partition and start over from scratch, although that is an option (albeit the final one) - thanks for any assistance.


texts:
I accidentally dropped my iPhone and part of the screen wasn't functioning. So I entered the incorrect passcode several times (Maybe around 10) and the phone got disabled.

Now, I have replaced the screen but my data is lost. I have some very sentimental pictures taken from this phone which is not backed. How can I recover these pictures ?

I used Dr.Fone and PhoneRescue, it recovered almost all the pictures except for the ones taken on the day I dropped the phone. I am not able to recover these images. Can someone please help me out?


texts:
my MacBook Pro crashed I pulled out my 128G SSD and was able to connect and read it with my HD reader, I would like to locate the iPhone backup created previously I would like to locate it since I'm a PC user I'm not familiar with Mac OS I have both Mac & PC available to use
Thanks in advance
Joe
Hi, and thanks for the repay I was able to follow the steps provided but now it's telling me the folder "Library" can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents. Thanks in advance –


texts: How to remove the download tab still appearing on videos after uninstalling Wondershare AllMyTube

texts:
I've downloaded and installed Wondershare AllMyTube for Mac for a quick look to see if it was any good. Then I decided that I didn't want it and uninstalled it.

However on all website videos (news) when I go to play the video it shows a download bar just above the video and if I click it, it just shows an unable to find link page via finder. I have tried all ways to get rid of this download facility but can't.

Any ideas?


texts: Return only one line per file with grep in Terminal

texts:
Various posts in other forums have suggested that the best way to use grep to return a single line per file is using -m 1, which is the --max-count option. However, when I write the following line, I get only one file, not one line per file:

grep -m 1 "library" ./ -R

Returns a single file on a single line:

.//results/fig/fig_functions.R:# library(plyr)

Whereas

grep "library" ./ -R

Returns many files, each with multiple lines:

.//results/fig/fig_functions.R:# library(plyr)
.//results/fig/fig_functions.R:# library(grid)
.//src/rmd/genevese_params.html:library(sf)
.//src/rmd/genevese_params.html:library(raster)
[many more lines and files...]

I would like the command to return all files containing the text, but only return one line per file. Am I using grep incorrectly or is there another way to do this?


texts: I don't ever use Siri, but it's using too much battery

texts: I never use Siri, but when I look what has been draining my battery it says it's Siri!


texts: Would accessory charging via USB hurt a MacBook Pro?

texts: Is it bad for my macbook pro 2013's battery if I often charge my bluetooth devices via its USB port.


texts: Trying to turn on localhost on Sierra made my Mac unable to connect to internet

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Background

I recently upgraded to macOS Sierra, but couldn't see the typical "it works" page on the local host.

I followed some instructions online, first I did the following to my httpd.conf file:

Uncommenting from /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache2/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache2/mod_vhost_alias.so
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

Uncomment from /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*.conf

In my /etc/apache2/users/$USERNAME.conf file I had ProxyPass configured as well, and to get it working again I had to re-uncomment the following from my httpd.conf.

LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_http.so

the instructions gave me a 403 error on localhost instead of page not found error.

with more search finally these instructions did it:

sudo mv httpd.conf httpd.conf.sierra
sudo mv httpd.conf~previous httpd.conf
sudo apachectl restart

Problem

Things went fine for half a day but the next time I turned on my mac I got this error: ping works and git pull etc work. But I cannot visit websites on chrome/safari etc. I rebooted my mac on recovery mode and the internet worked fine on chrome so I know it's not a hardware issue or an ISP issue.

Here is the output of ifconfig -a

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP>
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether c4:b3:01:d4:dc:d7
    inet6 fe80::1c4b:b2f5:b346:e9cf%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x4
    inet 192.168.43.145 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.43.255
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
en1: flags=963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
    options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 6a:00:02:b2:2f:40
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
en2: flags=963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
    options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 6a:00:02:b2:2f:41
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
bridge0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=63<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 6a:00:02:b2:2f:40
    Configuration:
        id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0
        maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
        root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0
        ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
    member: en1 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 5 priority 0 path cost 0
    member: en2 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 6 priority 0 path cost 0
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: <unknown type>
    status: inactive
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
    ether 06:b3:01:d4:dc:d7
    media: autoselect
    status: inactive
awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1484
    ether 3e:43:f9:8e:ae:0d
    inet6 fe80::3c43:f9ff:fe8e:ae0d%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
utun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 2000
    inet6 fe80::f765:ed4f:b226:f379%utun0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>

What i have tried

loading chrome shows me this error.

initially both the web proxy (http) and secure web proxy (https) were selected.. deselecting them didn't change much


texts: Two-fingered swiping is in wrong direction for webpages

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I have just bought a new Macbook Pro with the Sierra OS. What I have found is that using the trackpad to move "back" and "forwards" between webpages, goes in the opposite direction to what I would expect.

For example, let's say I visit webpage A, then webpage B, and then webpage C. I now want to navigate back to A, and so my natural instinct would be to swipe two fingers on the trackpad from right to left. However, it seems that doing this actually moves the webpages forwards. So, in order to navigate back to A, I actually need to swipe my two fingers from left to right.

This seems odd that it would be the default, because it feels much more natural that swiping to the right is forwards, and swiping to the left is backwards.

Is this really the default setting? And if so, is there any way I can change it to the opposite?

Thanks.


texts: Disk Utility won't erase my USB flash drive ("Couldn't open device")

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I am willing to dual-boot my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) macOS Sierra to install Ubuntu.

I am having some trouble with my USB flash drive when I try to erase it using Disk Utility. It says:

  Erase process has failed. Click Done to continue.

  Unmounting disk
  Couldn't open device.
  Operation failed...


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texts: How to disable coalescing of log messages in OS X?

texts: I've been using Console to debug some things on my Mac, and I keep seeing --- last message repeated one time --- in the log.  Apparently it's not really essential, and you can turn it off on the command line with the -dup_delay switch on syslogd (see here).  But how do I do that so it turns it off in the Console app?  I don't want to start syslogd again, I just want to change a setting on the currently running process.


texts: Command Tilde in Finder, prevent focus on Desktop at end of cycle

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Say I have 2 finder windows open, A and B.

I begin focussed on A, then ⌘ + ~ to focus on B, finally ⌘ + ~ once more, and it still leaves B in front, but B is now slightly grayed out (same style as finder window A when it's behind other finder windows).

This 3rd location is focussed on the Desktop, how do I prevent the Desktop from receiving focus on ⌘ + ~? I only want actual Finder windows to receive focus?


texts: How to connect regular iPad (6th Gen) to external monitor?

texts:
Is it possible to connect an external monitor to a regular iPad 6th Gen?
The goal is to use it to watch Netflix, etc.
I found some Lightning to HDMI cables, but my monitor only has DisplayPort input. Are there any Lightning to DisplayPort cables?
What resolution monitor can the iPad use?


texts: Sluggish cursor movement in emacs in Lion Terminal?

texts:
On upgrading to Lion, I noticed that cursor movement in emacs (^-N, ^-P and so on) while running in Terminal has become sluggish. Cursor movement in vi seems fine and cursor movement in Emacs.app seems fine too.

Any ideas what is going on?


texts: Use Profile Manager (or other methods?) for Network Mounts/Favorites

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We have a few Macs in the office and a server running macOS Mojave 10.14.6 + Server 5.8.

Profile Manager is set up and working, and company-owned Macs are enrolled. Mostly we use it for volume app distribution at this time.

Right now, people in the office have a few locations set as Favorites in Finder's Go > Connect to Server… and some of them have taken the subsequent step of dragging one or more network folders into their sidebar. I am in the process of reorganizing how documents are share and stored. In Windows, I would probably use Group Policy to add or adjust drive mappings.

Is there a way to accomplish any/all of the following:

Add or adjust favorites in Finder's Connect to Server…
Add or adjust shortcuts in Finder's sidebar?

Using Profile Manager payloads or via some bash script that I could distribute via Profile Manager?


texts:
How do I export iPhone Chrome bookmarks to html file?
I have a computer with non-syncing Chrome bookmarks. I have bookmarks stored on iPhone. How do I export iPhone bookmarks?


texts:
On iOS 10 there was a button on the iPhone horizontal keyboard to dismiss it when it wasn't needed, on iOS11 this button seems to be missing.

How do I dismiss the iOS11 horizontal keyboard on the iPhone


texts: How to disable alerts but not banners in mac os x notification center as a global setting?

texts: There are 2 types of notifications, alerts and banners . Banners go away on their own, whereas you have to interact/click  alerts to make them go away. In the System preferences>Notifications, there are some apps for which you can set the notification style as banners. But all apps are not shown in System preferences/Notifications. e.g. this image. The system shows you alerts which you have to interact/click. I do not want to do that. I want the notifications to show and go on their own with no interaction on my part. Is there any way to permanently make the system/mac os show only banners and not alerts. Kindly tell me which system file I have to modify and how to modify it. Because as I understand Apple is not going to implement a global setting to set all notifications as banners (why? because they are attention suckers and irritate in a subtle kind of way folks). Any help would be appreciated.


texts: What do the various USB 'current' labels under macOS System Report mean?

texts:
Could someone please clarify what the following values under System Report > USB mean. I am using an iMac 5K 2019

Current Available
Current Required
Extra Operating Current
Sleep current

Also, what is the maximum power output on this machine on USB-C and USB-A?


texts: I just delated an alias folder and I saw that the size in the bin was around 1.3 Mbit is this normal? Shouldn't be around few Kbyte?


texts: MySQL fails to start at restart after Yosemite update

texts:
I have MySQL installed. When I had the previous version, it used to start after boot automatically. This is not the case after I updated to Yosemite. In System Preferences there is an icon for MySQL and "Automatically Start MySQL Server on Startup" is checked. I tried unchecking - restart - check - restart still the same..

Everytime I boot the computer I will need to start it manually. Any fix?


texts: Using ethernet for iMac and Wi-Fi for other devices

texts: I now use Wi-Fi for my iMac and for various other devices. Can I set up the iMac to use ethernet directly w/o Wi-Fi involvement and have the Wi-Fi continue to connect for iPads, TV and smart phones? Concerned about security as I do banking and other financial stuff only on the iMac.


texts: Using a VPN only for a specific mail account or app

texts:
On my iPhone, I know I can set up a VPN. But if I understand it correctly, it is a global setting. How can I use a VPN only when checking a specific IMAP account?

Alternatively, can it be activated on an app-by-app basis? It would be ok if every mail account used the VPN.


texts: Is there a way to see what time a message was sent?

texts:
There are many websites that incorrectly claim that you can do this by swiping left and holding within the Messages app, but this actually shows the times that the messages were received, not sent.
I'm talking about a situation in which the sender or recipient doesn't have reception, the recipient's phone is off, etc. The Android Messages app shows both sending and receipt time, which I find very handy.
Is there a way to see on an iPhone what time a message that I received was sent?


texts: Inkscape (or other XQuartz) window disappears when using external screen

texts: I have this issue where Inkscape does not appear when my MacBook Pro is plugged to an external screen. I tried several windows management tools (like Spectable, or Stay) but these did not work for the XQuartz app.


texts: How to convert an .iso file to .dmg in terminal?

texts: I want to convert an .iso to .dmg, how can I do this from Terminal?


texts: How to use Mouse's Right Click Manually on keyboard?

texts: I'm using MacBook Pro. My Apple mouse that I only got last year when I right click on the mouse, nothing happens. I'm supposed to get a delete message so I can "move to trash" or "remove reference" my files. Since my right click on mouse isn't working. How do I get the delete followed by "move to trash" or "remove reference" to appear by clicking what on keyboard?


texts: Hidden .DS_Store files not appearing in Finder despite enabling display of hidden files

texts:
Hidden .DS_Store files are appearing in Terminal when using ls -a command, but not in Finder.

I have tried used keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + ., which toggles display of other hidden files and directories such as .gitginore and .git in Finder, but does not do so for .DS_Store files.

What is going wrong?


texts: How can I map a middle click to control click?

texts:
Just started to use a Mac for my new job and not being able to use the middle button to open links in a new tab is killing me. I know I can press control and do a regular click but it's not the same. I know the Mac knows I'm trying to do something because it beeps at me when I press the middle button on my mouse. Is there any hope?

Note I tried the trick about setting expose dashboard to - but it didn't work.


texts: How to stop websites taking control of iPhone audio?

texts:
How do I stop websites from taking control of audio and pausing Music app?

E.g. When I am listening to Apple Music on my iPhone and go to advert heavy websites like perezhilton.com and breatheheavy.com the websites repeatedly pause my music


texts: How to stop AppleIDAuthAgent flooding the console log with messages about expired apple id

texts:
After upgrading to Mountain Lion I have noticed this message being flooded into my system console:

AppleIDAuthAgent[179]: SERVER Removing certificate for Apple ID "...@???.??" dsID="XXXXX" because it has expired or been revoked. (renewCertificateForAccount()/AppleIDAuthd.cpp #143) accountCheckDispatch

Anyone know how to fix this?


texts:
I have OS X Mavericks with the Server software installed. The server machine is an iMac with a Drobo attached via USB. I use the Server Time Machine service to create a backup server on the network, using the Drobo as the storage device for backups.

I am currently backing-up two Macbooks to this Time Machine Server. Some backups will succeed but every other day or so, I will get an error on both laptops that the backup failed with the following reason: The backup on Server is already in use.

I have only been able to clear this problem by restarting the server.

Does anyone know why this might be occurring and what I might be able to do in order to prevent it from happening?

Thank you.


texts:
I'm on the page http://google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html

There is a large blue button "Download Chrome" and below it "For Mac OS X 10.6 or later".

I click on the button. Result: the whole screen goes gray, and all links are de-activated, like a "lightbox" effect, and nothing else?!

Safari Version 8.0 (10600.1.25) On a Mac OS X Yosemite Version 10.10 iMac 27-inch


texts:
I manage an environment that uses portable home directories for users with 10.6 for both the client and server. I've setup syncing via Workgroup Manager of pretty much entire home directories except for ~/Movies and ~/Music directories.

Unfortunately  I have a particular user that insists on downloading a lot of media (movies, tv shows) on the company provided laptop and leaving it in hierarchical folders on the Desktop, which then syncs multiple gigs every day to our fileserver when she gets on site.

How do I specify the exclusion of .avi and .mkv file extensions within just the ~/Desktop directory using Workgroup Manager?


texts: I have downloaded the installer for El Capitan to my mac running Yosemite.  I have placed the installed in the applications folder and double clicked on it to run it.  The installer launches, asks me to agree to a bunch of stuff, asks me to login as admin, closes my open apps and prompts me to restart the mac.  Which I do.  This all seems like normal installer behavior to me.  However, once the mac restarts I am prompted to login, and then the installation never begins.  What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to start a service automatically after openning an application?

texts:
For example, I have a service that I want it to be started automatically when I open Firefox.

I know how to write scripts as services in automator, but I don't know how to make a hook that when Firefox is openned, it started the service.

Does anyone have ideas about this? Thanks!


texts: What are the .mbox files in ~/Library/Mail/Mail Lost+Found/Mailboxes in Mail.app 5.0 (Lion)?

texts:
When I upgraded to Lion, Mail.app 5.0 created a directory ~/Library/Mail/Mail Lost+Found. There were a couple of outdated bundles, which seems logical. But there is also a Mailboxes directory that has a lot (~30-40) .mbox files. Here is the contents of one of those files:

total used in directory 224 available 282057236
drwxr-xr-x   6 kmm  kmm     204 Aug  1 15:55 .
drwxr-xr-x  17 kmm  kmm     578 Aug  2 08:47 ..
-rw-rw-r--   1 kmm  kmm       0 Nov  6  2007 .index.ready
-rw-rw-r--   1 kmm  kmm  109793 Nov  6  2007 Incoming_Mail
-rw-rw-r--   1 kmm  kmm    1860 Nov  6  2007 Incoming_Table_of_Contents
-rw-rw-r--   1 kmm  kmm       0 Nov  6  2007 mbox.SKindex.isValid

Is it safe to delete these files? I haven't opened them all to determine if any contains actual messages. The few I have opened have not.

They only occupy 9.5 mb in total, which isn't much, admittedly. But I have something against cruft hanging around when it's not needed.


texts: Macbook Pro reconnecting WLAN approx. every hour

texts:
I have two almost identical Macbooks Pro (MacBook Pros?) on my desk:
Macbook Pro 2019 with 10.15.7
Macbook Pro 2018 with 10.15.7

I have an expensive router with a very stable connection on all devices.
A few months ago, the 2018 MBP started to sporadically reconnect to the WLAN about once per hour, which is taking roughly 2 seconds to fulfill. No errors or problems, but the internet is gone for 1-2 seconds during that reconnect.
This happens even when actively using the notebook, no sleep mode or whatsoever involved.
It only happens on the 2018 Macbook, both have installed the same software.
Both are working on 5Ghz ac/Wi-Fi 5.
The problem is not due to DHCP lease resetting.
Is there any service running which could cause the reconnects?
Is there any option?
My router is not showing any problems with neither device but I have enabled verbose logging for now.
I'm currently running the Wireless Diagnostics in capturing mode and waiting for the next reset to happen.
Update with verbose log from my router
The router is showing a lot of entries like these:
12.01.21 19:45:53 New wireless device registered itself (5 GHz), 1300 Mbit/s, macbook, IP 192.168.178.1, MAC 38:x:x:...
12.01.21 19:45:51 Wireless device was deregistered (5 GHz), macbook, IP 192.168.178.1, MAC 38:x:x:...


texts: Mac waking for network access (ARPT) even though options disabled in preferences

texts:
My mac just woke up on its own. Checked the logs:

syslog |grep -i "Wake reason"

Jan  2 00:44:51 macbooks-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Notice>:
     ARPT: 451153.297249: ARPT: Wake Reason: Wake on TCP Data
Jan  2 00:44:51 macbooks-MacBook-Pro kernel[0] <Notice>:
      [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason
      Wake reason: Host (0x01)

However I had disabled the "wake on network activity":

So then why is it waking up?  I am on El Capitan.


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I am trying to make a transportable charger for iPhones, but before I can start this I need to know how much power my iPhone uses when I make an emergency call.

If nobody knows this, I will be glad to have any information related to this.


texts: Unable to Install Apps Despite Plenty of Free Space

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According to Settings, I (should) have around 32 GB of free space and yet I get "Your device does not have enough available storage to install this app" error.

I have no clue as why this is happening in the first place.

Thanks!

iPhone 8 Plus (MQ8L2TU/A)
iOS 12.1.4 (16D57)


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I've formatted my Macbook, and attempting to reinstall Mavericks, but I have a problem.

I access my Internet via an access point that requires me to log in via the web interface. When the formatted finished, I opened Safari to log in, but it froze. I was forced to reboot.

Now when I reboot and hold 'CMD + R' it automatically ties to connect to Apple, but of course it won't until I log into the web interface. So it fails.

How can I get around this? I have no other computers, apart from my tablet, I have no access to the router to plug in the LAN (not that it would matter because the MBP has no ethernet port). I have no CD/DVD drive, and the Macbook doesn't have one either.

Any advice


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I have several Terminal commands I use for troubleshooting purposes, by typing them in one by one into the terminal window.

These commands require the user's password to be entered.

I'm looking for a way to create a universal (script) file with these commands. I want to be able to run the file on a Mac just by double-clicking on it or dragging the file over the Terminal icon.

I have never done anything like this before. Is there any way to create such a script? Please advise.


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texts: Remove macOS Dock icon with a command in Terminal

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I'm trying to find the terminal command which can remove an icon from the dock, but I can't find the solution.

I tried the defaults read / defaults write command but it doesn't seem to have the delete function.

The plist is com.apple.dock.

It's curious because the graphical function do it well, and I searched in the console, I don't find what the graphical function call..
I need to do find it to create a removal script..

If someone have a solution, it could be cool.

Thanks


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According to the WWDC 2018 Apple Keynote, iOS 12 has brought notification improvements since now message threads and notification topics are grouped together.

Nevertheless, I have noticed that, sometimes, notifications generated from the same app (e.g., from Gmail or Facebook Messenger) still appear "one under the other" and are not collectively stacked on the home screen as they should be supposed to. How should I fix this issue?


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texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I put Newsstand into a folder?

How can I create a folder for the pre-installed apps that come on my ipad that I don't use?


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texts:
How can I move a window so that the title bar of the window is above the menu bar?

I've tried using AppleScript…

tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    set position of windows to {-100, -100}
end tell

…and whilst the x variable works, moving the window partially off-screen, the y doesn't, moving the window up to the menu bar and no further.

I've also tried Keyboard Maestro:

…but have the same problem: the x value works but the y does not.

This question is related, but opposite: How do I move a window whose title bar is off-screen?
I want to be able to cause the title bar to be off-screen.


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I upgraded to iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 and now I cannot play audiobooks correctly.  When I transfer audiobooks to my phone using Overdrive they show up in the book section but are unable to play.  I have to designate each file as Music to be able to play them, but then I am not able to listen to them in chapter format, nor am I able to play in double speed or use the 30 second fast forward button.  I spend more time listening to books on my phone than anything else so this is a major digression in capability.

Is there a fix to this?


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texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut on Mac, which accesses a specific running app on Dock?

texts:
On PC, I could open easily do that by pressing WINDOW + NUMBER.

Win + (NUMBER 1-9) [Open the desktop and start the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.]


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I'm trying to install Windows 10 on my Mid-2012 MacBook Air running OS X 10.10.5 "Yosemite".

When creating the partition, Boot Camp stops after a short while displaying that the partition can not be created.

I have found the following earlier post: BootCamp, can't partition SSD
but my disk does not show a core storage volume and I am hoping that I do not need to reinstall the OS.

Here is the output from Terminal running diskutil list:

Any ideas what else could be preventing Boot Camp from creating the partition?


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I like to use a site that features songs from TV and movies. I have these saved to my laptop into my iTunes library.

Shortly after I place these songs in my iTunes library, they seem to disappear and I cannot find them anywhere on my laptop.

This same thing happened when I downloaded songs from a 'drop card' that I bought from a local band. I downloaded the songs into iTunes and the next day the song was displayed in my iTunes library but the computer said that it could not locate the song and did I want to look for it? Yeah, right, like I have a chance of finding it!

So where are these songs going?


texts: How can I expose the faces data from macOS Photos to iOS Photos?

texts:
I've spent some time teaching Photos on my Mac to know which face belongs to what name and now have a nice set of groups. I'd like to be able to access that metadata on iOS - preferably through automation and the iCloud Photo Library.

Is there any way to see these groups/tags/keywords attached to photos in any usable way on iOS?

 macOS 10.12 - Photos app Version 2.0 (445.1.15)  iOS 10.0.2 + Photos


texts: How can I control an app on my iOS device from Mac or PC

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I would like to take control of my app on an iOS device (mostly an iPhone) from my MacBook Pro or Windows, doesn't matter which one.

I know that it can be accomplished via Veency, and that's exactly what I need - but I do NOT want to jailbreak my iPhone.

Is there a similar legal alternative?

If not - is it something I could develop perhaps, or will I run into some SDK limitations for such a thing?


texts: Fully displaying volume size info on the desktop

texts:
No matter which combination of icon size, spacing, font size I use for the desktop Finder view, the info for my drives on my Mac Mini hooked up to my TV (1080p) shows up as:
999.85 GB, ...06 GB free
instead of
999.85 GB, 152.06 GB free

I've even made a screenshot:

Is there a fix/hack to display this fully all the time? Should I file a bug/request with Apple? Should I give up and use GeekTool or something else? This drives me nuts...

Thanks in advance !


texts: How to add a self-signed root CA and always trust it from CLI on OSX

texts:
I succeeded importing a root CA to the keychain with

sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k "/Library/Keychains/System.keychain" CA.crt

But it's marked as Use System Defaults, like

How can I mark it as Always Trust from CLI?


texts:
Running Apple OS Big Sur 11.3.1.   Warranty on external HD expired March of 2021.  As of April 24th no backups have been made.  It shows in Finder preferences under USB, but not on the desktop, terminal, or disk utility.  The HD is running constantly.  Can not diagnose with WD Utility app and can not erase.  Starts, freezes up midway.
Any recommendations, or just replace with a new SSD?
5/12/21  I did try this drive with a different cable and a different computer and still could not get the drive to show.  The drive looks like it is formatted incorrectly as exFAT.  The drive has worked for the past three years without a problem.  Would like to erase and reformat in APFS, but can not find a way to do so.


texts: Recommended power bank capacity for iPhone 4S

texts:
I would like to know the recommended capacity in a power bank to charge my iPhone 4S on the go.

I've seen power banks with over 4000 mAh of capacity. Wouldn't that damage my iPhone, since I read that the iPhone 4S has a battery of 1430 mAh and the charger is 1000 mAh.

Wouldn't the recommended capacity be around those values?

And one more question, how do we calculate how the iPhone would charge? For example:

I have a friend that has 2 power banks, one of 4400 mAh and other of 2600 mAh. She says that she can charge her iPhone twice to 100% with the 4400 mAh power bank and she can only charge to 80% with the 2600 mAh.


texts: Returning iMac to iSpot when bought from online shop

texts: I bought an iMac from the online Apple Store and now, 2 days after purchase, it broke down. I want to return it/exchange it, but would like to avoid the tremendous waiting time, as this used to be my working tool (I work at home) and make the exchange at an iSpot, is this possible or must I bear that waiting time?


texts: Enable spell check for various languages in Chrome

texts:
I use Yosemite with Chrome version 42.0.2311.135 (64-bit). When writing in a text area the spell checker correctly detects English and French, but does not detect Spanish, and so it marks as wrong correctly written Spanish words:

I don't know why it happens. English, French and Spanish are set in Chrome:

and also in the Mac preferences:

Is there any setting to have Chrome/MacOS detect Spanish like it does for French and English?


texts: Cut and delete a row in Apple Numbers in a single step

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In Apple Numbers, I think that I cut the content and deleted a row at the simultaneously in a single step. I did that by accident, but then I could not reproduce it. I have been searching but I cannot find any command.

I know I can:
- command ⌘+X (cut the content of a row)
- Table > Delete Row (or go to the arrow on the left and Delete Row)

Can I do those two things in one step using the keyboard?
This is something that I have to do many, many times and it would be very useful. Is it possible?


texts: Disable mouse scrolling for specific apps

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I have a Magic Mouse for my Macbook.

I use the Kindle app for macOS, and it is driving me crazy: I barely touch the mouse and it decides I've tried to scroll, so it turns pages.

Plus, it also happens on horizontal scrolls even though "swipe between pages" is disabled in the settings.

I can simply disable scrolling while on Kindle? Or any other trick is welcomed, I'm about to punch the computer.


texts: From which version does Safari not support 32 bit architecture?

texts: I have a problem with Safari on different macOS versions. Is there any information from which version Safari doesn't support 32 bit architecture? Like Firefox (from v.56) and Chrome (from v.74) on macOS.


texts:
When answering this question, please note if the solution is:

For Windows and/or Mac OS X users
The price of the solution
If you have successfully—and actually—used the solution

How can I export SMS text messages from my iPhone?


texts: Dual Time Machine setup: does it make sense at all

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I have MacMini with 1 Tb Fusion Drive. About 800 Gb is used.

I have 5 Tb USB3 HDD connected to it specifically for Time Machine.

I also have ESXi server (connected via Wired Gigabit Ethernet to MacMini) in my setup which have OS X VMs and can (using Apple's macOS Server.app) serve as Time Machine target. I have about 1.4 Tb free space on one of server's HDDs (just regular consumer HDD, all 'important' VMs are on NAS with RAID1 anyway) which I can dedicate to make backup better. I arleady use it this VM as Time Machine target for my Macbook Air (separate disk to better manage space).

MacMini's Fusion Drive is ALSO being backed up by Carbon Copy Cloner on seprate local physical USB3 1 Tb HDD + ~/Documents are being backed up by Arq to Google Nearline).

Does it make sense to setup Time Machine target for MacMini in VM and use both 5 Tb HDD and VM's 1.4 Tb as targets for MacMini? I can't dedicate more space to it and I heard recommendations that Time Machine targets should always be at least 2x space which I can't do here.

Which issues I can encounter using this setup?


texts: How to paste from clipboard into a Preview edited PDF file

texts:
It seems the clipboard does not work - either direction. I can not copy and paste into or from a Preview edited PDF doc.

Why is Preview so unfriendly/ difficult to use with external tools?  Any workarounds on this?


texts: Notes format from Mountain Lion (V1) to Mavericks (V2): how to migrate?

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My previous Mac's hard drive died, but I had backups, so I am migrating all its data to a new Mac. The only problem: my previous computer had Mountain Lion and the new one has Mavericks, so the data in the Notes app seems to be stored in a different format. In my backup, I see the notes in:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes

And I see these files:

NotesV1.storedata
NotesV1.storedata-shm
NotesV1.storedata-wal

In my new computer, in Mavericks, I see the notes in the same path, but the files are:

NotesV2.storedata
NotesV2.storedata-shm
NotesV2.storedata-wal

So, is there any difference between V1 notes files and V2? Can I just overwrite them with my old note files?


texts: iMessage Alternative for OSX El Capitan, with iMessaging

texts: I've been having problems with iMessaging on my Macbook Pro (iCloud account issues, which Apple support hasn't been able to fix over three support calls) for over a year.  I really need to send texts and iMessages from my laptop (it works on my iPhone and iPad fine).  Is there a non-Apple application I can use for this?  I can see multiple reasons why one would not exist, but I thought I should ask.  Thanks!


texts: My SD card slot on the latest MacBook (Mid 2012) won't mount my SD card. The SD card doesn't appear in Finder, Disk Utility, Image Capture or anywhere. I know it's not a software problem, because nothing changed before and after. How do I fix it?


texts: BBEdit - Have the Sidebar closed by default

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Currently whenever I open up BBEdit the Sidebar is open by default.
The Sidebar is where it shows a list of files that were already open in BBEdit. I could shut it down by going to: View > Hide Sidebar

How can I make sure the Sidebar never opens up by default?
I even tried doing in: Preferences > Appearance > Sidebar > Automatically show to Never

Any suggestions?


texts: Handoff of completed Reminder items not working?

texts:
I have a MBP running MacOS Sierra (10.12.1) and an iPhone 6 running iOS v10.1.1. Over the past few months or so, I've noticed that marking a Reminder as complete on either of those devices does not clear the notification on the other, nor does it mark the reminder as complete on the other. I'm not sure why.

Both devices are with me and using the same wifi (the vast majority of the time). Handoff is enabled on my iPhone. The Reminders app on both devices syncs to iCloud.

I can answer calls and texts on my Mac and when I open Safari on iOS, I can access the open tab on my Mac as expected. This makes me think that, generally speaking, Handoff is working as expected, but not for Reminders.

Is there something else I might be missing?


texts: How can I transfer my application to IPad

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I am thinking about development small applications for IPad and I'm just wondering how can I transfer my application to my IPad?

I don't have a plans to sell or to distribute my software among the other users.  All what I want is to use my app by myself.  How can I get it?


texts: How can I remotely control an iPhone from a Mac?

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I'm looking for a way to be able to remotely access an iPhone. I have moved fairly far from home for college, and would like to help my parents with various problems they have on their phones. It would be much easier if I could fix problems for them instead of trying to explain the solution. I would prefer to do it from a mac, but could also do it from another iPhone. I will not have physical access to the device for the foreseeable future.

I have already tried Apple Configurator and Jamf. Apple Configurator requires physical access to a device, and Jamf only allows editing certain settings (security, email, wifi, etc.). Any ideas would be a great help.


texts: Head Mode/iPod Mode Not Working for iPhone 4S in iOS 6

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I've updated my iPhone 4S to iOS 6 and now I can no longer play music when connected to my car stereo via USB.

In the past, the stereo gave me the option to use either "Head Mode", where the function of the iPhone/iPod is controlled through the head unit, or "iPod Mode", where the device functions normally and just sends an audio signal through the USB cable to the stereo.

The "iPod Mode" is no longer available. According to the stereo's manual, it will only appear if the device supports it.  Well, the device supported it until iOS 6.

Is this something that's changed in the new OS?


texts:
Background: Mac Pro 4.1 circa 2009, specs:

OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.3 (just updated last weekend)
SN - H09440CK20H
2 - 2.93 GHz Quad-core Intel Xenon processors
32 GB RAM
2 - 1 TB HD
1 - MacPro Raid Card

The last user of the machine had Parallels 3 running on it and it may be messing up the machine.  I don't need or want Parallels and want to completely remove it and its partition.  It looks like someone has tried to remove Parallels in the past, reset the partition size, and deleted some files - kind of messy.

I ran Disk Utility - First Aid to see what it showed:

You can see that Parallels has some problems.

Commenters have noted the images look too small, but I think the main take-away is that First Aid on the Parallels volume fails.

Additionally, the following screen shot shows what remains in the Parallels partition:

Which just shows an empty Backup folder and some inaccessible virtual machines from the time of Snow Leopard.

How can I get rid of Parallels, its partition, and everything previously associated with it (hopefully, short of a complete wipe of the machine, but I'll do that if necessary)?

Additional things I've tried...  I've tried to use Disk Utility to Erase the Parallels volume.  Doing so gives me an error:

  Unmounting disk

  Couldn't unmount disk.

  Operation failed...

Doing the same thing at the APPLE RAID Card Media that has Parallels under it gives me the same error.

Clicking the Unmount button in Disk Utility doesn't seem to do anything, no message at all.

Right clicking on the Parallels "disk" that shows on my desktop and selecting Eject "Parallels produces the following error message:

  "The disk "Parallels wasn't ejected because one or more programs may
  be using it.

  You can try to eject the disk again or click Force Eject to eject it
  immediately.

I have not tried to Force Eject the Parallels "disk" that shows on my desktop, yet.  Thoughts?


texts: Can I add lyrics to songs and have them synced with the song?

texts:
As of now, I can just copy paste row lyrics, which won't sync with the song!

Edit: I'm on Windows 10 Pro, Version 2004, Build 19541.
iTunes is the iTunes64Setup.exe file install, not the Microsoft Store version, version: 12.10.3.1

I've seen other answers, and tried what they suggested, which worked, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.
See, what I could do right now is, go to a specific song in my song Library, right click it and go to Song Info, then Lyrics, and add Custom Lyrics. This works, and I'm able to view those static, unsynchronized lyrics on my iPhone.

But I wanna see if I can go a step further, adding synchronized lyrics, see how in some services, Apple Music maybe, or Spotify, the lyrics will auto scroll, or slide to the next line/verse as the song goes on. Similar to how Subtitles work in movies.

So is this something that could be done? Either using iTunes or any other software!


texts: Three finger drag not working on trackpad

texts:
I just got the new macbook and the three finger drag does not work in a limited area of the trackpad (between center and top left). I've got a new one and it has the same problem.

Did anyone find the same issue?


texts: Just a quick question, is NTFS supported on El Capitan? I just plugged in my external hard drive and I am able to copy stuff from it, but not write to it. I guess only read mode is supported?


texts: Second Hand Mac Mini Factory Reset with No Password

texts:
I bought a second hand Mac Mini from a friend a couple of years ago. I've only just got round to trying to set it up. He wiped the device before he sold it to me. I believe the device is the late 2009 2.26GHz model. It currently has 10.6.8 Snow Leopard installed.

When the device boots it goes straight into Mac OS, no login challenge. I was trying to set up screen sharing so I can remote into the device and when I attempted to secure the VNC connection with a password, I was challenged for an admin password. I tried the usual basic things to no avail. I then asked the guy I got the mini off and he cant remember what he set it to.

I've spent all afternoon trying all the different options I can find and can't get anything to work. I'm assuming my best option is to try and wipe the device. What I've tried (I'm using a Windows style keyboard) -

Command - R to enter recovery mode. Tried Ctrl - R, Alt - R, Windows - R, Shift - R, none of these work. Each time it just boots straight into OS.
Checked for a recovery partition. Can't see a recovery partition, is this why Command - R does nothing?
Found and downloaded an El Capitan (Mac OS 10.11) image. I believe this is the latest version supported by the device. Then tried to create a bootable USB disk using Disk Utility on the Mac. When I get as far as restore I'm challenged for the admin password which I don't have so can't continue with this
Tried to create a bootable USB on a Windows device using Transmac and another tool that's name escapes me. Did this with 2 different USB thumb drives. Trying them many times in the Mac. Each time booting and holding the Option key (Alt). The device boots to a screen that shows the Hard Drive only, no option for the USB drive. It has the option to log in to WIFI at the bottom of the screen (the device is connected to the network via a cable as well). I tried connecting to the WIFI which worked, but then it gave no further options
Tried the various key combinations I could find to try and launch the internet recovery, is it even supported on a Mac this old? Nothing came up with any of the combinations I tried.
Tried looking for a password hint, doesn't look like he set one

Can anybody offer any advice?


texts: How do I put the dock on the top (external) monitor in a dual monitor setup?

texts:
I have a dual monitor setup with a MacBook Pro (Retina) 13" and 24" external Dell monitor (via DVI). I am using the MBP as the bottom monitor of the setup, and want to be able to use it primarily for full screen app tasks. This means I find it more convenient to put the dock on the top screen, displaying all the time. However, OS X only displays it on the very bottom screen.

I assume my goal ends up breaking Apple's mental model for how the dock (the dock attaching to a corner of the screen) works, which is why I haven't found a way to do this yet.

Any ideas on how to make this dream happen? I've attached a screenshot of the arrangement of the monitors (from the OS X Display system preferences).


texts: Replacing alert file in app package contents?

texts:
Probably a strange question - not sure if this is possible or not....I purchased a utility app for Mac recently to manage my NAS and external hard drives.  Works great, only thing that's really annoying is the music/finished "beep" it plays as the "confirmation" beep.  I'm fine with regular notification alerts, but this gets very frustrating after a while.  I could, of course silence the speakers, but with how frequently I use the app, it will often come on without me remembering to silence it (and it's just plain inconvenient, if I want to listen to something else.)

ANYWAY.....I finally had enough of it and went into the "Package contents" of the app to locate the music file, which wasn't difficult (it is a .mov file.) I thought that simply deleting the file would fix the issue, but then the app wouldn't open (said it couldn't load all resources.)  Next thing I tried was replacing the music file with an inaudible track (same length, etc...) still didn't work.  It seems to only accept the original audio file.  Is there any way to remove/replace this?  There's no option to silence it in the (scarce) Preferences panel.  Ordinarily I would find another app, but this has worked much better than any alternatives I've found (aside from the mentioned issue. :P)

Is this possible?  Thanks.


texts: Why can't the account password be same as the iCloud password?

texts:
When you install macOS (10.12 Sierra), enter your iCloud credentials and then get prompted to create a local account on the computer, if you try to enter a password that matches that of the iCloud account you will get an error stating the the local account password cannot be the same as the iCloud account password. Why does macOS install not allow you to set matching passwords?

(It is however possible to enter a different password at first and later change it to match the iCloud account, so it appears there is no technical obstacle to using matching passwords.)

Please note: I'm not interested in comments about using the same password being a good practice or not. I'm interested in knowing why the macOS installer enforces different passwords in this specific case.


texts: On iPhone 6+ my text message shows my husbands name as sender, not mine

texts:
How do I have my name show as text message sender?
I have tried Settings, messages but have not found the place to change it.


texts: How can I transfer pictures from a Macbook Pro to an iPad I don't own?

texts:
My parents would like to have a copy of most of the photos that are stored within iPhoto.

I can't find the files on the hard drive, and don't know the best way to transfer them to an iPad that isn't mine.  (There is no iCloud account in common between the devices)

What is the best way to send iPhoto images to an iPad?


texts: Can't change photos in Preview.app – permission problems only in ~/Desktop

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After upgrading to Sierra I can't change any document with Preview if it is saved under ~/Desktop. I get the error "The original document can't be chnaged, so a duplicate with your changes has been created."
However, if I copy the same file to my Documents or Dropbox folder I can edit it.
The folder permissions for ~/Desktop my Documents folder are the same:

drwx------+  54 myname  staff   1836 Oct  4 10:41 Desktop
drwx------+  26 myname  staff    884 Oct  4 10:40 Documents

Permissions for the file is

-rw-r--r--@   1 myname  staff      247097 Aug  9 09:45 picture.jpg

Even if I change the picture and Desktop folder to 777 I can't edit it.


texts: How do I make an iPad app free for certain users?

texts:
I would like to know how to make an iPad app for free for users buying a Mac app, via the appstore.

My goal is to do a promotion like "Buy Mac app and get an iPad app for free!"


texts:
iMac power supply died, and I decided to replace instead of fix.  The day after I ordered the replacement, my iPad screen failed to light the screen.  That I intend to fix, but I didn’t want to touch until I could load the backups form the old disk drive onto the new computer.

Took nearly a month (long story) for the new computer to arrive, during which the iPad has been untouched on the coffee table.  Every once in a while, including today, it makes the new mail sound.

And I just confirmed with the iPhone that it is still online and reporting its location.

When it was in full use, it was down to 20% or less every night.  I expect sleep to use less power, but that really surprises me.  Is that big a difference typical?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to show hidden files on macOS Big Sur

texts:
How do I toggle hidden files on/off?
In previous versions of OSX this was  ⌘ Command⇧ Shift.
It's not working anymore for me on macOS Big Sur.


texts: Conkeror as default browser on Mac OS 10.6

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I'd like to use Conkeror as default browser in Mac OS 10.6. Selecting conkeror.app as default browser with Safari does not work. While it is possible to start Conkeror via Firefox command line arguments (-app), opening additional URLs with that instance is not.

If anyone has been able to setup Conkeror on Mac OS 10.6 in a way that...

uses Conkeror as default browser for all applications
reuses a running Conkeror instance when opening an URL (either current or new buffer)

..., could you post the steps necessary to do so?

P.S.: Feel free to retag with 'conkeror'

EDIT: In addition to the Info.plist solution posted below, you also need the line

url_remoting_fn = load_url_in_new_buffer

in your .conkerorrc, if you want to open URLs in an existing window.


texts: My download button has moved too far to the right for me to download podcasts directly to my phone

texts:
I used to download new podcast episodes by going to the podcast on my phone and pushing the "get more episodes" button. I have done this for years now and had no problems.

Suddenly on June 14th the download button has moved too far to the right so that I can't access it to push it and download the podcast. It doesn't work to flip the phone and I can't pull the screen over to access the button.


texts: How do I fix mura issues on my 15 inch retina Macbook Pro with a Samsung display?

texts:
My 2.3 Ghz 15 retina Macbook Pro with a Samsung display, seems to have some "mura" spots on the display.  I have owned this laptop since July, and just recently have become aware of it.

You only really notice the spots on light backgrounds.  It is very hard to see on dark backgrounds.   Is there a remedy which I can perform, or does the panel have to be replaced?

Thanks


texts: How do I copy (or clone or duplicate or make a template) user account?

texts:
In Mac OS X Lion (10.7.3), is it possible to create a new user account with settings identical to an existing user account?  Or put another way, is it possible to set-up a user account template?  I do not want to duplicate all of my documents, music, and photos.  Rather I would just like to create a new user account that has all / most of the settings and preferences that I have customized and tweaked over many months in my existing account.

My goal is to maintain two separate accounts:  one for personal use and one for work use.  My office shares files over Dropbox, and I'd like to sync all those on my Mac, but I'd rather not intermingle them with my personal documents.

I've seen a few suggestions online that use Terminal to copy my existing account's home folder to a new directory with a different shortname.  But (1) that solution might be outdated, and (2) it seems like it might duplicate documents, music, and photos.


texts: Where does Ulysses store its local content?

texts:
I'd like to backup my local content with my own scripts. But I'm not familiar about how OSX apps works. So I can't find where does Ulysses stores its local content.

Or generally, where usually does an OSX apps, stores its buffer content?


texts: How to stream live Apple Event on Apple TV (4th gen)?

texts:
Apple provides this web page announces live streaming for tomorrow’s Apple Event on 2016-03-21.

  Join us here on March 21 at
  10 a.m. PDT to watch the keynote live.

  Requirements: Live streaming uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. HLS requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Safari on iOS 7.0 or later, a Mac with Safari 6.0.5 or later on OS X v10.8.5 or later, or a PC with Microsoft Edge on Windows 10. Streaming via Apple TV requires an Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation) with software 6.2 or later or an Apple TV (4th generation).

That last line mentions streaming on an Apple TV. But how? What app to use?


texts: What pointing devices can be used with iPadOS 13?

texts:
For reasons that are beyond incomprehensible to me, Apple is not supporting Apple pointing devices for use with iPadOS 13.  Nor are they providing a list of supported devices.  I spent a great deal of time trying to get my trackpad to work before discovering the fine print that Apple won't even support its own hardware.

Googling 'bluetooth pointing devices compatible with ipad' does not yield any useful results.

How can I know what to buy without wasting immense time and money through trial and error?

Update: I am not asking how to enable the feature.  That is readily available in the search results.


texts: How can I disable the delay + minimum distance when deleting icons from the Dock by dragging in Mountain Lion?

texts:
As you all know, Dock icons can be removed by simply clicking them and dragging them out of the Dock. As soon as the “poof” animation appears, you can release the mouse button to remove the icon.

It seems like in Mountain Lion there is a bit of a delay plus a minimum distance required between when you start dragging and when the “poof” animation appears, i.e. when you can release the mouse button to remove the icon. If you release the mouse button before the “poof” animation appears, the icon won’t be deleted from the Dock. If you don’t drag the icon far enough away from the Dock, the “poof” animation won’t appear at all, and again the icon won’t be deleted from the Dock when you release the mouse button.

Is there a hidden setting (defaults write-style) or some other way to disable this delay and/or minimum distance setting?


texts: Shortcut to boot into different startup disk

texts:
I often boot into an external startup disk. In order to do this, I need to access the Startup Manager by holding alt/option while rebooting and then selecting the disk I want to boot up into.

Since I do this so often, I wanted a more streamlined way to boot into the external drive. Is there a way to boot up into a specific external drive, without having to use the Startup Manager?

I could change the startup disk to something else, but the problem is that this is common to both disks – i.e. while I am starting up from Macintosh HD 1 and select Macintosh HD 2, when I boot up in Macintosh HD 2 the startup disk will also be Macintosh Disk 2. have to change this every single time, so I'm looking for something more like a shortcut to boot into the startup disk Macintosh HD x.


texts: Partition alert message when using Boot Camp Assistant: "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition."

texts:
I have a 13" Early-2015 MBP Retina in which I am trying to install Windows 8.1 on. When I went into bootcamp, I received the ever so common error of:

When I went to the newly designed disk utility, it told me I had 2 partitions. Of course, I knew this couldn't be true, so i went into terminal and typed diskutil list and got:

bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh SSD           81.0 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Data                    39.3 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh SSD          +80.6 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 9839618F-7659-4E0C-BF5C-48B0C94D5E37
                                 Unencrypted

I want to know:

Which partition to delete
How to delete it in a (preferably safe) way that would make my hard
disk "clean" of everything but my main Macintosh HD partition

Thanks!


texts: Cannot open Mail Preferences in Mountain Lion

texts:
I have a user that whenever she tries to open mail preferences it consistently locks up with the pinwheel icon and requires her to force quit mail. Mac mail was fine until a gmail account was added to her list of accounts.

Aside from the prefs issue, Mac mail runs fine. She has 10.8.2 installed. When she called Apple, they suggested reinstalling the OS by using the recover option at bootup.

Is there a trick we can do at the terminal, finder or elsewhere to fix mail? The same issue exists in safe boot.

Does mail have a way to easily reset preferences while retaining the accounts configured and rules.


texts: Transfer values between tabs in Numbers for iPad

texts: I have two tabs in one spreadsheet in my Numbers for iPad. Is there a way I can transfer a value between those tabs?


texts: Can I find a driver or something to make the EarPod buttons work on Windows 10?

texts: I have several pairs of Apple EarPods, and I want to be able to use the buttons with music players and the volume on my PC. Is there a piece of software I can install to my computer to let the buttons work?


texts: Can I update an existing Apple ID with a newly created MobileMe email address?

texts: I've had an Apple ID for a while now and have many iTunes purchases associated with the account. Yesterday, I created a MobileMe account. I tried updating the existing Apple ID account e-mail with my new MobileMe address, but get an error about the MobileMe address already being associated with an iTunes account (I'm guessing it's automatically created when you create a MobileMe account). Is there a way to update my existing Apple ID to use my new MobileMe address so that I don't have to repurchase all of the apps and things I've downloaded on my original account?


texts: Print PDF as-is, no scaling, no added margins

texts:
I have a generated PDF with precise dimensions. I verified the dimensions in Preview.

When printing on my HP Officejet Pro 276dw I cannot get it on the paper with the same dimensions. When choosing "A4" I get it scaled down too much. When choosing "A4 borderless" I get it scaled up too much.

The PDF is in A4 dimensions without a crop edge.

Is there any way to force printing directly as-is?

A few examples of the behaviour:

A4 at 100% is reduced slightly (about 98%), but placed at the correct height on the paper.
A4 at 102% is slightly enlarged, and placed about 2mm too high on the paper.
A4 Borderless at 100% is enlarged just slighly an placed about 5 mm. too high on the paper.


texts: tmux on Mac, how can I enable vi mode for the command line

texts:
I want to be able to hit escape and then use vi navigation keys like b (back a word). I can do this in my regular terminal sessions by setting set -o vi in my .bashrc file.

However it's not working in tmux. I added set -o vi in my .tmux_conf file, but it only works for 1 "hit" then I get switched back into insert mode after hitting the key.  So if I press [escape] i can go back one word with [b] but then the next [b] just inserts the b character.

How can I make that 'vi' mode work in my tmux sessions the same way it does at my 'plain' bash shell.


texts: How do I prevent truncation of my Mac browser history and sync history between devices?

texts:
Recently something strange happened with my Safari browsing history. Suddenly one morning com.Apple.Safari.History started burning CPU and a zero-byte ClearHistoryInProgress file appeared in ~/Library/Safari.
Before this happened, I had history

through 2020-01-12  on my MacBook, and
through 2021-04-15 on my iPhone.

After this happened, I now have history

through 2021-04-15 on my MacBook, and
through 2021-04-15 on my iPhone.

though these two histories aren’t the same: Each appears to contain only local browsing, with no (or incomplete) syncing between devices, though in some cases I think recent items from the iPhone are synced to the MacBook, while none are synced from the MacBook to the iPhone.
I don’t know why the history on the iPhone ends on 2021-04-15, but it shouldn’t (I didn’t erase history there).
In an effort to recover from this I have repeatedly tried restoring a backup of my History.db through 2020-01-12 on my MacBook (after deleting all …History… files from ~/Library/Safari), but eventually (some time after browsing to a new site on my iPhone?) the process repeats.
I have also tried toggling Safari use of iCloud on both devices, even deleting all iCloud info on the iPhone when I turn iCloud off there, but this has no effect.
How do I prevent my MacBook browser history from being truncated in this way? Better: how do I get the histories on both devices to sync fully through 2020-01-12 (or whatever the history file size limit dictates)?

If I can get this solved, I'd then like to recover the history that has been lost from various backups of days where this occurred, but that's really a separate follow-on question.

iOS 14.4.2; macOS 11.2.3; Safari 14.0.3


texts: We have a web application that uses SSO to authenticate users. On Windows everything works well. Now the question is how to make it work on OSX and IPAD? Is this possible in principle. I don't have much experience with OSX. Any help would be useful.


texts: Macbook Pro Retina 15" nearly burning my fingers, is this normal?

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A few months ago I bought the new Macbook Pro Retina 15" with a 2.7GHz I7 cpu.

So far it's been working fine, but as soon as just 1 of the cpu cores is at 100% the thing heats up like crazy. Heating the keyboard area up to the point of being uncomfortable to type on. Is it normal for Macbooks to heat up to the point of being painful to type?

My previous laptop (IBM Thinkpad) would only get this hot when running at 100% cpu + 100% gpu load in the burning sun... otherwise it wouldn't get close to being this hot (and noisy...).

The temperature indicates about 65 degrees Celcius right now with slightly more than 1 core filled up (i.e. 15% cpu load).


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I used to be able to do this without any problems. Create an HTML signature in Apple Mail by pasting code into the .mailsignature file and then locking it to prevent Mail overwriting it.
But for some reason it no longer works. I lock the file using Get info - the lock icon shows, but it still gets overwritten. I tried a tutorial using terminal, but that resulted in an error saying operation not permitted. Mac OS is 10.15.7
Anyone with any ideas?


texts: MySQL Preference Pane control for MySQL installed via Homebrew

texts: I have installed MySQL via homebrew: brew install mysql. I'd like to get the MySQL preference pane hooked up to my installation of MySQL through homebrew. How can I achieve this?


texts: Check the version of an app installed on iPad

texts: Is there anyway to check the version of an app installed on a iPad without connecting back to iTunes on my desktop / laptop?


texts: How to have multiple (wireless) network profiles?

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is the following scenario possible in Mac OSX?

I want to assign specific TCP/IP configurations for different wireless networks that I connect to, and I want the system to remember the settings.

For example:

When I'm at work, I have two networks that I frequently connect to and switch between. The first one is the internet-enabled network, the TCP/IP settings in this network is configured automatically using DHCP. The second one is the internal testing network, this network is not connected to the internet and the TCP/IP settings must be configured manually.

Every time I switch between them, I set the TCP/IP settings manually from Networks preference pane. Since I do this quite frequently, it gets quite annoying. Moreover, I can't use cables because I need to be mobile when I use the internal network. I want the configuration to be automatically configured for every known wireless network.

Is there a way to do this, or are there any third-party tools for this?


texts: MacBook - WiFi won't connect in macOS but rebooting into Windows does?

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I have a MacBook Pro 2017 running macOS 10.14.3.

In my home I have a WiFi router which multiple devices connect to, including my MacBook. Recently for some reason my MacBook has been having trouble connect to it. When I manually select the network in the WiFi menu, it tries to connect to it for a few seconds and then fails with the helpful error message "Unable to connect, try moving closer" (or something like that) with no additional error information about what exactly the issue is.

After numerous attempts, it eventually manages to connect to the network but running ping 192.168.1.1 (my router's IP) or ping google.com, most of the packets time out or take 1s to reply.

Moving closer to the router does not fix the problem.

Other devices (e.g. my iPhone) can connect and work fine.

I can connect to my iPhone via hotspot, but the network performance is more or less the same. pings are terrible, even though browsing the web using mobile data on my iPhone works well.

I have Windows 10 installed via Boot Camp on my machine too. If I reboot into Windows, it connects fine and ping works great. So this leads me to believe that there is something wrong with macOS that is causing this issue.

I understand this is probably one of those questions that can't easily be solved since it could be any number of things that is causing the problem, but can anyone suggest things I can try to diagnose the issue? Can I "reset" the network stack somehow?


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Do the Mini 2014 mechanical hard-drive versions have an M.2 ssd slot on their mainboard?

EDIT: Let me clarify: the fusion version have a M.2 SSD on the mainboard slot and a 2.5" mechanical drive. Will I find this M.2 slot even on the mechanical-only version?

I'm referring to both 1.4 and 2.6 GHz versions.

Thanks.


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After having clicked on an attachment in an email to download and see/read it... is there a way to remove it again? I don't want to delete the email or the attachment from the email server, I just don't want it to take up space on the iPhone.

And also, is there a way to remove all downloaded attachments, so I don't have to go through each email and find which I have downloaded earlier?


texts: IMAP files trashed and greyed out - can't recover in Mail.app

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A few days ago, my IMAP files were sent to the trash (if I did it, it was by accident, but I really don't remember doing it...) So the main file is there in the trash but I cannot scroll down the files, and its greyed out. And also I cannot recover the files, or put them back on the inbox!! Any ideas?

Here's a picture of what it looks like!Thank you for your help!


texts: Programmatically 'auto hide menubar' in El capitan

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I really love the 'auto hide menubar' option in El Capitan, but sometimes I like it (private) sometimes I don't (work). Is there a way to show/hide it programmatically by changed it's value in a plist file? If so, in which plist file is that setting found? Any help is appreciated.

Update

A bit more details about the circumstances: I use applescripts or bash scripts a lot to automate certain mundane tasks, like opening all my professional applications when I arrive at work. Usually I even export an applescript as an application so I can run it with spotlight, thus by entering one simple command in spotlight, all the relevant apps open. I'd love to do be able to toggle the auto-hide feature like this. It doesn't matter that much to me if this is done via editing a plist file with bash commands or automating it in some way via applescript.