texts: Apple ID Two-Factor Authentication: Can't Approve This Mac

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I tried to turn on two-factor authentication on my Apple ID. I did it from my Mac and all went well, until I got to the point where I had to verify my Mac from another device signed into iCloud. Well, the only other one of those was my iPad, which was out of battery power, so I plugged it in to charge and successfully verified it using my Mac. However, no approval dialog ever appeared on it and now I can't approve the Mac for the iCloud account. See screenshot:

When I click "Can't Approve", I have to reset all End-to-End encyrpted data. I don't want to do that. How can I approve my Mac for use of my Apple ID after setting up two-factor authentication, without resetting encrypted data, when I don't receive the approval dialog on another device?


texts:
Google + won't let me see my photos, they ask me to upgrade safari.
My Safari update is ok  I have MacPro Book OS x  10.6.8


texts: How can I trick programs to believe that a recorded video is what is captured from my MacBook Pro camera in realtime?

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When sitting in daily long google meets meetings the thought struck me if there is a way to record a video that I could loop as my avatar. This way I could make biceps-curls while it looks as if I am sitting staring on my computer?! Not just nice for me to be able to exercise during meetings, also nice for my girlfriend who would get a ripped nerd as BF.
Does anyone have an idea of where I should start to look in to this? All the googling I have tried to find a starting point have rendered nothing as it is getting mixed up with kind of "How to use video in a google meeting"
All help is appreciated!


texts: Does running Google Photos in addition to the iOS Photos app cause two copies of each of my photos to be stored on my phone?

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I run both iOS' Photos app as well as the Google Photos app on my iPhone, but I worry that doing this causes two copies of each picture to be stored on my phone.  Does it, or do the apps share the photos they both show me?

I have an iPhone 6 running iOS 11.

Please note that this question is only about storage on the phone. What happens in the cloud as regards Google Drive and iCloud is not part of my question. In case it happens to be relevant, both apps back up my photos to their respective clouds.


texts:
I've accidentally overwritten my ~/.bash_profile file.

Does anyone have a "sample" one I could copy, or know where I might be able to find one?


texts: How do I move mp4 files from fotos to files on an ipad

texts: I airdropped 3 movies from my laptop to the ipad.  Since they were mp4's they ended up in fotos, but I'd rather watch them with VLC.  How do I get these files "moved" from fotos to files so that VLC can deal with them.  I've been working with .avi files up until now so it hasn't been a problem, but evidently fotos is claiming the mp4s and not even giving me a way to control where they go.


texts: Using the ALT key in Windows with Parallels

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I need Windows for my development environment on my Mac. I use Alt-U and Alt-S a lot in this software. I can't do this on my Mac. Is there a way to send the Alt key presses to the virtual machine?

Alt-U shows the Accessibility Utility Manager. Pressing Alt-S just types an "s". At work on Windows XP, neither of these behaviors happen.


texts: Format of .data binary files for parental control logs?

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Looking through the parental control logs on the path "/Library/Application Support/Apple/ParentalControls/Users/max/<year>/<month>/", I am finding a bunch of files with the extension .data. Trying to open them in a text editor, however, tells me that they are binary files. What format are the files in, and what program/programs can I use to edit the content of them? If they cannot be edited, is there way to convert the files back and forth between another file type?

Thanks


texts: The application DGAgent quit unexpectedly -- repeatedly pops up every time i "ignore", "report" or "relaunch"

texts: Before this problem occurred I have been trying to defrag my disk using Drive Genius 3 and repair using disk utiltity.  Than I decided to delete it.  Not sure if that was the reason or not but after that I had this message pops up all the time "The application DGAgent quit unexpectedly".  I have no idea what it is.  This happens every I start up my iMac.  The message pops up every time I click "ignore" "report" and "relaunch" buttons.  Can you tell me what it is and how to fix it?  Also this causes some of my applications such as Skype "cannot be opened because it is not supported on this architecture".


texts: Macos login from terminal (Terminal/iTerm) takes long time with high CPU

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When I open the terminal (iTerm/Terminal), login process consumes %100 cpu and waits for 1-2 minutes before the shell appears.
I have been googling for some time, I tried to remove asl files, reset user permissions, used custom login command with hushlogin flags... But no luck.
I have done dtrace on login process and saw that the process does a lot of file scanning.
Some example lines:
  678/0x1bd8:  open("/.vol/16777220/1716443\0", 0x8004, 0x0)         = 5 0
  678/0x1bd8:  getattrlistbulk(0x5, 0x7FFE4B00AE08, 0x7FFE30050000)      = 2 0
  678/0x1bd8:  getattrlistbulk(0x5, 0x7FFE4B00AE08, 0x7FFE30050000)      = 0 0
  678/0x1bd8:  open("/.vol/16777220/1716352\0", 0x8004, 0x0)         = 5 0
  678/0x1bd8:  getattrlistbulk(0x5, 0x7FFE4B00AE08, 0x7FFE30050000)      = 4 0

I have a large (8MB) dtrace logs file that I can share if you need it.
Any idea what would be happening?
(on Big Sur but the issue was there on Catalina as well.)


texts:
My car stereo claims to support my iPod touch, and has an iPod connector that is round. The car is second-hand, and no cable was supplied. It isn't the specific adapter shown below - nor indeed that specific ipod, but it is the same connector - and simply, I don't recognise it.

Searching for "round ipod cable" hasn't been fruitful. is this a common/known connector type?


texts: Know how many windows are open for an app at a glance

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Is there a way to know at a glance how many windows are open for an app?

In the dock, using El Capitan, a black dot appears under running app icons, but if windows are on top of each other (i.e. Chrome main window, and Chrome Gmail composing new mail popup), there seem to be no way of knowing it without doing an Exposé of the app.


texts: MacBook Pro, Thunderbolt Display and overheating

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I recently purchased a Thunderbolt Display to use with my Late 2011 MacBook Pro 13-inch. I was quite happy with the overall performance until I noticed that the only fan in the laptop started running at overly high speeds (over 6000 rpm) to cool off temperatures surpassing 90C (194F) on the temperature diode/CPU die. This happens every time I watch a video and gets worse if I do so on full-screen mode. Most other tasks produce around 70C (158F) and 4000 rpm.

This of course not only produces annoying noise but reduces the lifespan of any affected internal components. This positively does not happen when the TD is unplugged. I have a couple of questions I was hoping people out there could help me with:

(1) Will any similar (27 inch, 2560x1440) monitor produce the same behavior or is this a thunderbolt interface issue? Can my MBP drive a monitor with these specs without overheating?

(2) How damaging can high temperatures be? Am I slowly killing my computer with the TD?

(3) Am I asking my hawrdware for too much or is Apple basically marketing a 'computer overheater'?

Thank you!


texts: Error when trying to open PNG file with Preview from command line

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I use a bash script to generate a PNG file. At the end the script opens the PNG file, but occasionally I get the following strange error message
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -600 for the file path_to_png_file

The command I use in the bash script is as follows
(osascript -e 'quit app "Preview"' || true) && open path_to_png_file

I often run the script in quick succession and because of that I first quit Preview since otherwise Preview does not always load the newly generated PNG file.
Does anyone know what's the problem?


texts: Can I use Open Office on my new MacBook Air?

texts: I just downloaded Open Office to my Mac Book Air and installed it. When I tried to open it a message came up saying it's developed by an unidentified source and my computer settings only allow installation of programs from Mac App Store or identified developers. I don't know anything about code. What can I do?


texts: How to restore a deleted HFS+ partition table?

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I have an external 2TB hard drive with one HFS+ partition, and accidentally dd'ed over the first ~500 MB of it. I have carelessly placed some new partitions in an attempt to repair it, because I had an online backup in case things went south. The backup fell through, though, and I have to recover the data from this drive now. The readable data in the partition table is most likely unusable or misleading.

I have tried running Testdisk and placing the partition using pdisk and this guide, without success. I don't know anything about the partitioning before the accidental dd except that I selected the standard options for HFS+ from Disk Utility for it and used all the space on the drive.

Is there a way to simply format the drive as a single HFS+ partition again, without losing all the data? How does HFS+ store its files and metadata, and will it be possible to recover the data this way?

Here is the log of what happened from the shell log:

$ diskutil list
[...]
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS WD-40                   2.0 TB     disk2s1

$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
Unmount of all volumes on disk2 was successful

$ sudo dd if=/Users/Felix/Downloads/xubuntu-12.04.3-alternate-i386.img of=/dev/disk2 bs=1m
^C503+0 records in
502+0 records out
526385152 bytes transferred in 16.409358 secs (32078351 bytes/sec)
$ diskutil list
[...]
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                       0x17                         715.1 MB   disk2s1

And the log from the Testdisk scan (Deeper Search), which I aborted at around 40% progress because the drive is so large:

[...]
LVM magic value at 31676/178/3

LVM magic value at 31685/19/35
Search for partition aborted

Results
     MS Data                354087269  354093442       6174
     NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
     MS Data                354093442  354099615       6174 [Boot]
     NTFS, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
   P MS Data                354099734  354120472      20739 [NO NAME]
     FAT12, blocksize=4096, 10 MB / 10 MiB
     MS Data                358938549  358944722       6174
     NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
     MS Data                358944722  358950895       6174 [Boot]
     NTFS, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
   P MS Data                358951010  358971748      20739 [NO NAME]
     FAT12, blocksize=4096, 10 MB / 10 MiB
     MS Data                363749573  363755746       6174
     NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
     MS Data                363755746  363761919       6174 [Boot]
     NTFS, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
   P MS Data                363762034  363782772      20739 [NO NAME]
     FAT12, blocksize=4096, 10 MB / 10 MiB
   P MS Data                371716138  371719017       2880 [EFISECTOR]
     FAT12, blocksize=512, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
     MS Data                371720053  371726226       6174
     NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
     MS Data                371726226  371732399       6174 [Boot]
     NTFS, blocksize=512, 3161 KB / 3087 KiB
   P MS Data                377878122  377881001       2880 [EFISECTOR]
     FAT12, blocksize=512, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
   P MS Data                377881002  377883881       2880 [EFISECTOR]
     FAT12, blocksize=512, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
   P MS Data                421662274  421665153       2880 [EFISECTOR]
     FAT12, blocksize=512, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
     MS Data                421674913


texts: Why "Documents & Data" is consuming so much space in iPhone?

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Looking at the iTunes storage information associated to my iPhone 5S, it seems that Documents & Data occupies around 3.5 GB of space.

On the other hand, on the iPhone, Documents & Data stored on iCloud are around 300 MB (so much less).

Which value should I trust? Moreover, if iCloud just requires 300 MB to store documents and data, what is the meaning of the 3.5 GB data that appears on iTunes?


texts: iPad adjusts brightness when it reaches full charge

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I recently put some iPads up around my office building as conferance room markers.  They're plugged in to USB outlets, and seem to be charging fine.  The screen stays on all the time, running Eventboard Pro.

The problem is that in order to keep the battery from running down while plugged in, I adjust the screen brightness to around 75%.  But, whenever I come back to them later in the day, they brightness slider is back at 100%, causing the battery to drain.  Usually when I arrive in the morning I have to go around the building, manually turning on and lowering the brightness.  Autobrightness is turned off on all of them, and I'm pretty sure the outlets are fine, as it charges during the day with lowered brightness.

Is this auto-adjustment in brightness a known issue, or is there some hidden setting I'm missing?  The iPads are all updated to the most recent iOS as of April 1st, and it's a mix of iPad 2s and New iPads.

If I need to provide any other information, I'll be happy to do so.  Thanks for looking!


texts: Unable to change my email notification sound on iPhone 4s

texts:
So I changed my email notification sound to a custom sound uploaded to the phone via (iTunes). The weird thing is, even though I have the tone selected, and the phone shows it as being the active tone, it still plays the default email notification.

Now here is the really weird part... I also set the tone to be the one for VIPS thinking maybe it was some how over riding the regular notification... it now works for VIPS but still not for regular emails.

I have also restarted my phone to see if that makes any difference (which it does not).

Any ideas?


texts: Shouldn't iPad2 have the "frosted blur" effect with iOS7?

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My iPad 2 looks like an iPhone 4, without 'frosted blur'. Is it correct for the iPad 2 to not have the blur/frost effect?

My iPhone 4S has it and some videos on YouTube purport to be iPad 2's and have it (not sure if release version of iOS7 in those videos). So is it correct that my iPad2 runs iOS7 without this effect? I cannot find any documentation to confirm they left this feature out on iPad 2 but in on 4S.


texts: Why is my Photos application showing over 47GB of space used when my photos library is empty?

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Trying to clear up space on my 2017 MacBook Pro running High Sierra.

I have deleted all the photos and deleted them permanently from the trash folder as well using the "Go" and "~/Trash" command. This definitely cleared up space, but in System Information, it still shows 47.58 GB in "Photos."

It shows just the nominal size (2.1MB) in Documents/Pictures for the photos library though.

How can I reclaim the space?


texts: What is the explorer.exe equivalent in OS X?

texts:
I just started using Mac and would really like to get in depth detail about OS X. I tried disabling the desktop functionality — disabling the dock and other features as right click context menu on desktop etc.

In Windows, we can edit the Registry or can kill explorer.exe so as to kill the desktop environment.
Also, in Windows we have the Task Manager to manage all tasks.

Is there any such thing in OS X by which we can disable these features of desktop environment and also interact with systems with something like Task Manager or just by command line?


texts: Can non-admin users disable bluetooth in OS X?

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I use a bluetooth headset with my MacBook (running Catalina). Recently, my wife (who doesn't have an admin account) was logged in when I turned on my headset (which is also paired with my phone) to make a phone call. It turns out the headset was still pair with my MacBook so her audio stopped playing from the speakers when I turned on my headset.
That's all okay and expected. Here's what wasn't expected. There was no bluetooth icon in the menu bar on her account. I had to switch to my account to disable it. Is it expected that a non-admin user should be unable to enable/disable bluetooth? If so, is there a way I can give her that ability?
Thanks!


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I have found the following repository on GitHub...

https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx

...that has some useful environmental settings I would like to adopt.  It appears they go into a .osx file.  Where is this file located?  Also, when does it 'run'?  Do I have to reboot the machine to get the settings in this to be recognized?


texts: Where did the "sync" button go in iTunes 11?

texts: Ever since it supported devices, iTunes has had a "sync" button, which seems to have vanished from version 11. Where did it go? How do I sync my iOS devices with iTunes now?


texts: Can I add different size RAMs to iMac 5K?

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I have an iMac Retina 5K (27-inch, Late 2014) with 8 GB of RAM (2 * 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 memory modules).
There are 2 memory slots free/available, and I want to add RAM to these two slots.

My question is - Am I required to add only 4 GB memory sticks into these empty slots, or is it perfectly fine if I add a higher capacity RAM (8 GB sticks) in these empty slots?

I don't want to swap out the existing 4 GB RAM sticks. I want to keep these two as is, and add two more RAM sticks of 8 GB each.

I want to do this if I can be perfectly sure this works, and does not affect the system performance/reliability in any way.

I reached out to Apple customer support, and the customer service agent told me he wasn't sure, and that I should just stick to 4 GB uniformly across all slots.

Any of you good people have tried this already and have some advice?

Thanks


texts: iPhone 5 sound not playing through headphones

texts: I have tried multiple working pairs of headphones (tested on other devices) and the iPhone doesn't play any sound through headphones.


texts: Clicking Notification Center Button Makes Dock Hang

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I'm experiencing a very strange issue on my Mid 2012 Retina MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8.5.  All of the sudden I discovered that I was unable to command-tab between open applications, the dock would not unhide, I could not open notification center, and I could not three-finger-swipe between desktops.  I discovered that force quitting Dock from the Activity Monitor would remedy the problem, but if I click the Notification Center button, the problem returns until I force quit Dock again.  The Notification Center does not slide out when I press the button.

I don't click the Notification Center button often, and I know that this problem has started without me clicking the Notification Center button at least twice.  However, I did notice that it seemed like this started when I received a Mail notification this morning.

Does anyone know of a solution to this problem?


texts: What name, format, and scheme should be chosen in order to "factory reset" a MacBook Pro?

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I am following What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac and during step 7 (Erase your hard drive and reinstall macOS), the fourth step is "Click Erase, then complete these items: Name .. Format .. Scheme ..".
In order to emulate a "Factory Reset" of the MacBook Pro (so I can get its state as close as possible to when it arrived from the Apple factory), what are the defaults for all 3 of these options?


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rMBP OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

While chatting with friends on facebook, the text randomly disappears and appears at random intervals. I cannot induce the effect manually. It is very frustrating to see the text suddenly disappear yet show when I press enter.

Is there a specific reason ? Maybe spelling autocheck or autocorrect ?

EDIT

Any updates on this ?? Is there a fix ?


texts: Brand New Mac Mini with OS X Server, Open Directory not working

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I have a brand new Mac Mini I have installed the OS X Server app on it.

DNS Settings report no problems.

OpenDirectory will not stay operational.  I never even had a chance to add any users.  Can't get it do do anything but crash.

I haven't figured out how to restart it, I've followed instructions for resetting everything on the server app and received identical results.

Upon "starting" OpenDirectory it appears to start and then immediately stops.

sudo changeip -checkhostname

Reports no issues.

sudo launchctl unload /System/LIbrary/LaunchDaemons/org.openldap.slapd.plist

Tells me it is unable to unload.

I'm completely lost.

As I mentioned I was never able to do ANYTHING with OpenDirectory, so if there's a way I can wipe and reinstall that'd be great.  I have no data to recover or backup.


texts: Is there a way for AppleScript to detect when a Desktop is switched?

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When I switch desktops, I want to have a way to remind me of the purpose of that desktop.  I'm thinking of using AppleScript to detect when I switch desktops, and show a pop up of sorts.

Desktops / popups would contain a label of some sort ("work", "communication", etc).  I'm thinking of launching a browser window, bring it to front, and update the contents to say the purpose.

In my head this sounds doable, I just need to find the event, if any that is related to Spaces/MissionControl.


texts: Certain songs will not burn to CD in iTunes

texts: First time I have tried to burn a CD since I was upgraded to 12.2.  All will burn to CD except for three songs, two of which I just purchased.  They show up on the playlist, but are darkened, not highlighted to copy to CD.  I tried going back to the earlier iTunes version, but then it would not open my library at all, saying it had been created on a later version.  Any help to be  had?  It would certainly be appreciated.


texts: how to make everything open on external monitor

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I m using MBP with a external screen. I want everything I open to open up in external monitor as I got really bad neck pain, so If I look down at laptop screen I can't do anything else due to pain.
ATM I can drag the window of application on external monitor but the contextual menu remains on laptop as well as dock.
How can I make sure that external screen is used or/and the laptop screen isn't used.


texts: Create an automator service calling a bash script and passing arguments

texts:
I am trying to automate a bash script which calls pandoc. I would like to highlight a markdown file in finder, then select the 'md2tex' service, which will turn the markdown file into a .tex file. I have got this to run fine in the terminal. However, when I try to automate it, it doesn't work. When I open Automator, I create a new service, then a drag and drop 'run shell script' into the window on the right. Other options are shown in the window below. I have used the $@ symbol to refer to the variable name (name of file). The screenshot shows all of the options / settings.

I get a weird error message 'syntax error at -e line 1'. Any help appreciated.


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My friend accidentally deleted (moved to Trash) all the files listed in "All my files" in Finder. Instead of using the "put back" option, he moved these files from Trash to Desktop using Finder. Now he has lost the directory structure! Is there a way to put these files where they were deleted from originally? The problem is that "All my files" lists the files in one Finder window and when they were moved to the trash, the files appeared as if they were stored in one directory. So I was wondering if there is a way to figure out where these files once were. Any ideas?

PS Time machine is disabled and no other backups; Mac OS X 10.9.1


texts: AppleScript runs, but does not seem to work

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I have an excel workbook open, with old file names in column A and new file names in column B. I am attempting to use the applescript below to rename my files. It runs without errors, but doesn't rename the files. Am I missing something? Any help is much appreciated.

set theDirectory to "/Users/admin/Desktop/test/copied images"
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    tell active sheet
        tell used range
            set rc to count of rows
        end tell
        set theList to get value of range ("A1:B" & rc) as list
        repeat with theItem in theList
            try
                do shell script "mv " & theDirectory & "/" & quoted form of item 1 of     theItem & space & theDirectory & "/" & quoted form of item 2 of theItem
            end try
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell


texts: OS X: How to get Reminders.app to stop asking for permission to determine your location

texts: Every time I add a location-based reminder to Reminders on iOS, the Reminders.app on OS X asks for permission to obtain my location. Is there any way to get OS X to permanently give permission to Reminders.app to obtain my location? Since I want to use Reminders.app this way it is unnecessary for it to ask every time.


texts: Move file with specific extension from a directory hierarchy to a destination

texts:
I have a directory hierarchy containing many images with .jpg file-extension, and there are multiple folders containing these images. There are many .json files as well in these folders.

Is there a way to scan all these subfolders and move the .jpg files to a specific destination/folder?


texts: Recommendation for method to archive email

texts:
I use Apple's Mail application. I have IMAP email through an ISP, which comes with a limited amount of server space, which I am near filling (before greater payments are required).
I therefore have several thousand email messages which are still 'synced' to the IMAP server. I want to 'archive' some proportion (let's say, all emails prior to a certain date) by storing them locally on my Mac and removing them from the IMAP server.
What's the best way to achieve this? Particularly in an automated way?
Using Rules is the obvious candidate, though I have to set criteria for both Date Sent and Date Received, and only in number of days. It could be possible to set up a Smart Mailbox based on age, and then apply some action to the contents.
For extra points: I have two Macs, whose emails are currently in sync via the IMAP server. How can I archive email to local folders on both Macs? I'm suspecting having to turn off internet connection before archiving on each one, then re-connecting.
Any thoughts on the best way to achieve this would be welcome. Macs are on Mojave and Catalina.


texts: Should I delete pictures from Photo Stream or Camera Roll to free up space on my device?

texts: Can I make more available memory by deleting pictures? Do I delete them from Photo Stream or Camera Roll? I want them saved but can I remove from one of those areas.


texts: How do I fix this annoying Chrome for macOS scroll bar issue?

texts:
Sometimes when I navigate code-formatted text that is long enough to have scroll bars, the bar doesn't disappear after I've finished scrolling and stays stuck inside the block of code, obscuring it.

Is there a way to get rid of this for good? Sometimes refreshing the page works but not all times.

Here's a block of text formatted as code if you want to give it a shot.

this is a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong block of pre-formatted text

Here's what it looks like when it happens:


texts: Clicking on external link opens a tab in wrong Chrome window

texts:
The setup

2 monitors are connected to my Mac Pro 4.1 running El Capitan 10.11.4
Monitor 1 is a desktop monitor
Monitor 2 is a TV
My default browser is set to Chrome (Version 46.0.2490.71 (64-bit))

How I use the computer

I usually have multiple Chrome windows opened at the same time. At least a window for each monitor, but sometimes more.
When I'm watching movies/tv-shows and other entertainment stuff i use the tv and use the Chrome-window on the tv for stuff related to entertainment.
The desktop monitor is used for school/work stuff and researching different things, so i use the Chrome window there for that kind of stuff.

Problem scenario

Now lets say I have a Powerpoint slideshow or an email with a link in on the desktop monitor, and I click  that link, then a new tab would sometimes be created in the wrong Chrome window on the tv, even though i just used the desktop monitor Chrome window.

How I normally work around the problem (in a less than optimal way)

I normally resolve it by right-clicking the Chrome Dock-icon -> Settings -> "assign to Desktop on monitor x", which will move all the Chrome windows to monitor x. But it's becoming a bit annying because i would have to setup the window size everytime i do this.

So I'm wondering if someone in here knows of a better solution to open windows in the "current" Chrome window.


texts: Bootcamp Partition Erased and Partition is Gone (Now it's FREE SPACE)

texts:
I removed my Bootcamp Partition and now I suddenly lost about 75GB of space on my Macintosh HD drive. I had 256GB of internal default storage; now I have about 174GB. Bootcamp partition does not show up on disk utility. In the terminal disk lit below, you can see it under "/dev/disk0" that it doesn't even have a disk number or identifier. It's literally just "(free space)". HELP! I need to reunite the partitions into a normal 256GB storage.
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         174.9 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
                    (free space)                         75.7 GB    -

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +174.9 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            14.9 GB    disk1s1
   2:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 14.9 GB    disk1s1s1
   3:                APFS Volume Preboot                 288.3 MB   disk1s2
   4:                APFS Volume Recovery                655.5 MB   disk1s3
   5:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   6:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     151.9 GB   disk1s6

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         1.5 TB     disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk4         500.0 GB   disk2s3

/dev/disk3 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.5 TB     disk3
                                 Physical Store disk2s2
   1:                APFS Volume Samsung Y3 Media        526.5 GB   disk3s1

/dev/disk4 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.0 GB   disk4
                                 Physical Store disk2s3
   1:                APFS Volume TIME MACHINE            133.8 GB   disk4s2


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Time Machine + FileVault on Lion or Mountain

During a Time Machine backup, is the backed up data at any time unencrypted?

If yes: can I disable that at the cost, perhaps, of time/space?
If no: why does the system say "Encryping..." when I stop a running backup before returning the Time Machine state to "waiting for next backup"?


texts: What is the default URL for Software Update on OS X 10.5.x?

texts:
I am fixing my mother-in-law's computer, and when I ran software update I found that the computer was looking to https://storeserver.local:8088/indes.sucatalog to get it's updates...   Clearly she has brought this machine to the Apple Store for some help at some point.

What is the correct URL for OS X 10.5 to get updates directly from Apple?

I know how to set the URl using:

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL "_insert_correct_url_here"

Thanks for your help in advance.

Bill


texts: Mountain Lion no login field after booting

texts:
My 2012 MBA (no bootcamp) just shows a bare splash screen without user avatar nor password field after booting. Now I've seen this problem twice, I can type my password and then hit return on keyboard to login, but the login field never shows.

What's the problem here? Any fixes?


texts: OS X 10.10.. . backup program does not recognize/read prior backups

texts:
The backup program does not recognize data I copied to a new 3T TimeCapsule disk. When I select the folder containing the data, the program tells me there are no prior backups, but there are over 875MB of data there.

What do I need to do to fix this?


texts: What is the max amount of RAM that Windows 7 64 bit Boot Camp partition in my late 2011 2.4 i5 MBP 8.1 with OS X Lion can utilize?


texts: How to make the notification text more readable?

texts:
I find it very hard to read the notification text especially when it appears on top of a black content.

It is more legible if it is against a lighter background:

Is there anyway I can make it more readable regardless of underlying content?

Also added the accessibility settings screenshot


texts: Is there a way to save notes to the iPhone itself and not to any account for syncing?

texts:
On the iPhone and presumably applies to the iPad as well, running iOS 5.1.1.

Right now, I've got my iCloud and Gmail account on my phone syncing everything including notes. When creating a note using the stock Notes app, notes are saved to my default account (which happens to be my Gmail account). However, I would like to save some notes to the phone itself and not synced with any account. I do not see an option to explicitly enable this option.

But I've also discovered a funny quirk that seems to allow this option to unexpectedly show up:

Disable the syncing of notes for all accounts
Add a note (which I'll refer to as "the note") to the Notes app (making sure there are no existing notes)
Re-enable notes syncing with accounts
Go back to Notes and the option to save to the iPhone only will show up

Quirk: Delete the note, reopen the Notes app, and that option to save to your iPhone only disappears.

Is this supposed to be normal? Is there a way to keep the "On My iPhone" option on at all times?


texts: What happens to applications if I sign in with a different account

texts: My brother gave me his iPhone and I downloaded a bunch of non-free apps he purchased. Now I want to create a new account for me and sign in with it. What will happen to non-free applications I have downloaded?


texts: Migrating Local Folders from Thunderbird to Mail.app

texts: I am moving from Thunderbird to Mac mail on my iMac running OSX. If I uninstall Thunderbird will the local folders I created in Thunderbird remain on my computer for importing later?  I don't want to bring all of them over now, but would like to have the option of doing so at a later date.  I don't want to uninstall Tbird and then have the local folders disappear.


texts: Applications in Dock not showing 'open application' indicators

texts:
Since up grading to High Sierra 10.13.6 I've had all sorts of issues, one of them is:

Being unable to tell which apps are open in the dock on my MacBook Pro. The black tags/arrow heads showing which apps are in use are gone!

How can you tell which Apps are open in the Dock now? Really really annoying problem and I can't see a fix anywhere.


texts: Can I use Linux in a 2011 Macbook Pro with a defective discrete GPU?

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I have an early 15" 2011 Macbook Pro that is affected by the defective discrete GPU.

I know there are workarounds in OSX to force the use of the integrated Intel GPU, or disable the drivers for the discrete GPU. However these workarounds either make the computer too slow to use or are not reliable: although initially disabled discrete GPU may be activated when using some software and then the computer would stop working.

I have found these instructions for Arch Linux that look promising, because they mention a way to enable only the Intel GPU:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBookPro8,1/8,2/8,3_(2011)

This is a similar question, that would achieve the same goal, but it is unanswered and does not mention running Linux:
Macbook Pro: How to disable discrete GPU permanently from EFI?


texts: Joining Video files and adding chapters for each

texts: There have been a few similar posts asking my question in the past but either the apps are only 32-bit or the apps do not exist for download now. Any application suggestions that could preferably merge multiple mp4 video files and add chapters for each video clip would be helpful.


texts:
I am trying to block animated gifts in Safari.

I installed Deanimator, but it is dated and it does not always work.

I also searched for Saft, but it seems this extension was abandoned.

Does anyone knows an alternative way of doing it?


texts: How can I access preview documents saved to iCloud from 10.8 on an iPad?

texts: As of OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) one can move Preview documents to iCloud, how do I access these documents from my iPad?


texts:
I am buying the new iPad in US. I am going to be sending this to India for my mom. Now, what do I have to do to ensure that if and she purchases Apps from the App Store, the currency is in the local currency, i.e., INR and not US $. I understand it really does not make a difference other than the fact that the credit/debit card will be making the payment but it would still be useful for me to see the pricing in the local currency.

Is this based on the Country/ Region that I specify when creating a new Apple Id?

Is this based on the Country/Region we pick when we setup the iPad for the first time (I cannot remember exactly if we do specify the Country while setting up the iPad or just the language).


texts:
IF(AND(B13≤74,B13≥75,B13>90),"0","3, 5")

I'm trying to generate an if statement that outputs either 0 if under 74 or under 3 between 75 - 89 and 5 if over 90. I have been trying the above however I'm getting both 3 and 5 displayed. Could someone help me find the fix?


texts:
I'm not sure what a CPU-specification like "3 GHz Intel Core i5" really means.

Does it mean that there are five cores with 3 GHz each? Or are there 3 GHz distributed between the five cores?

What would be the equivalent, if it would have only one single core?
I mean: One can not say, that it is equal a single core with fifteen GHz, I guess ...


texts: Can I use a USB headset with my iPad's camera connection kit?

texts: I know the camera connection kit can be used with USB microphones, but I'm wondering if USB headsets will work as well — both the speakers and the microphone — and whether this requires special applications (as with a MIDI USB device) or if they work natively with all audio apps?


texts: My mum spilt water on her laptop and now the shift key does not work

texts:
A few months back my mum spilt water on her laptop. Not knowing much about what to do, she turned it back on a few hours later rather than let it dry. Since then the left shift key does not work.

I do not know if it is related but now the mousepad occasionally stops working.

Is there anyway i can fix this?

It is a Macbook PRO SnowLeopard


texts: Filter/archive SMS messages from specific senders and send them to PC without going to computer

texts:
A friend stumped me with an odd request.
His platform is iPhone 4S with iOS 7. His computer is a PC with Windows 7.

The question is: how can he have SMS messages from a specified set of phone numbers to be sent to his computer and not appear on his phone?

He does not want to block calls from these numbers, and he wants to be able to read the text messages on his PC, but not on his phone.

My first thought was Google Voice, but I only see how to filter calls and not text messages.

I have found some iOS apps that will blacklist/block text messages from some numbers, but not any that will block them on the phone and send them to a PC (or a Mac, but he doesn't use a Mac).


texts: MySQL and server settings when upgrading Mac Pro from 10.6 to 10.7

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I have my web development environment on a mac pro running on OS X version 10.6.
I'm considering upgrading it to Mac OS X 10.7.

Will it upgrade smoothly or do I have to reinstall mysql, perl and so on?
I am especially scared for upgrading MySQL and the databases.

To answer remarks here below, I don't remember how I installed MySQL in the first place, but for what I remember, it didn't came out of the box. That's why I am scared it might get removed.

Concerning the os version, I tend to say as close possible to the version that came with the mac at the time. The more recent the OS the more resource hungry they are. I prefer to have a fast mac then an up to date OS. I would stay to 10.6, but there are some applications could help me and are only running on 10.7.


texts: Putting files outside the home folder on Catalina

texts: I have some large files in my home folder which are causing issues with Finder, and I need to store them elsewhere, but as of macOS Catalina, the root filesystem is Read-Only. I've seen some solutions involving using Recovery Mode to modify your root folder's permissions, but is there honestly no-where you're supposed to put stuff outside of ~/ without doing this?


texts: Can I delete any of the default apps the come with OS X?

texts:
Is it possible to delete any of the default apps in OS X? I suppose it is possible, but will anything break if I do?

There's some, such as Stickies, iChat, Dictionary, etc. that I either have no use for, or have replaced with my own apps that provide similar functions.

Thanks guys!


texts: Can I use a Time Machine backup to recover deleted Notes that were stored in iCloud?

texts:
I removed the Notes app from my iPhone and thereby lost all the notes that had been stored in iCloud. (Stupid, I know.) I have a Time Machine backup from shortly before I lost the notes. I've tried restoring the contents of ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/ and ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes/ but that hasn't worked.

From opening the NoteStore.sqlite file under Group Containers I can tell that at least some of the lost content is in there, but it's hard to make much sense of. I tried opening the same file in an SQLite app but I don't really know what I'm doing and can't find the content that way.

Any suggestions? Thanks.


texts: How to configure local apache virtual hosts?

texts:
Configuring Apache for local development on Lion I've managed to clue out this much:

/private/etc/apache2/ and /etc/apache2/ are symlinked
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf is authoritative
httpd.conf draws on the confs in extra
original is a red herring of unknown origin - presumably Apache

Coming from Debian, I've become accustomed to handling apache virtual hosts by adding files to /etc/apache2/sites-available/ and symlinking them to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/. But that looks to be the special reserve of 'Lion Server' peoples. It's probably relatively trivial to set up that way but I'd like to know what other people have done;

How do you configure your vhosts?
Where do you put the code and docroot for your vhosts?
Where do you put the log files?
Where do you put the local application configuration?
How do you resolve the name service?


texts: Easy solution to resize, crop and print a passport photo of 35x45mm?

texts:
What is a simple solution, and preferably free, for cropping and printing a photo to 35x45?

Somethink that would ease the generation of a photo that does match:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@motor/documents/digitalasset/dg_078280.pdf


texts: Accessibility: Rotate part of the screen

texts:
I was hoping someone knows the utility/app, perhaps a macro that can help to rotate part of the screen.

Primarily I was looking in the Zoom option in Accessibility settings.

Zoom Style: Picture-in-picture

Now the only setting I am missing is if I could change the orientation of the preview Picture-in-picture. It is unfortunate that Illustrator doesn't support 'Rotate Artboard' function (Like Photoshop do Rotate Canvas) hence the question.

Anyone?


texts: Is it possible to generate promo codes for in app purchases?

texts:
I have a free app with one in app purchase option, and I'd like to offer that IAP for free to some helpful users. In iTunes Connect it appears I can generate promo codes but those codes appear to be for the app itself (which, again, is free so I don't get it.)

Google searching brings up all sorts of claims that Apple doesn't allow you to create promo codes for in app purchases, but those threads are a couple of years old now. Can promo codes be created for IAP or is it just for apps themselves?


texts: I'm curious, does anybody have a decent solution for sending e-mails via Mail.app at some scheduled times? I'm badly in need of something like that :)


texts:
How do I delete all the music on my iPhone.  I tried doing it through iTunes but it says my collection is not managed by iTunes and I don't want to erase and sync because all my apps are nicely backed up and sorted with iTunes.

I have only seen a way of deleting song by song on the phone.


texts: (Pages, iWork) Weird table / figures movement (disarrangement) along the text

texts:
I have troubles with keeping the tables and figures between a specific text. I have an extensive document (50 pages) and if I write any longer text before or put a new page addition image or table before in the middle of the document, all of the following tables and figure got disarranged and don't follow the text movement, which means that I have to repair them all one by one, which is very frustrating.
I tried every styles, but nothing helped.
Do you know any effective solution?


texts: Why is my script editor coming up with connection invalid after running it for a while?

texts:
This is the script I've found on the web I'm trying to just have the script drop items for me by pressing 1, but it works only for a little while before script comes up with an error "error "System Events got an error: Connection is invalid." number -609"

I use this script

delay 3
tell application "RuneScape" to activate
repeat
    delay 5
    set mydate to current date
    repeat while ((current date) - mydate < 1)
        tell application "System Events" to keystroke (key code 83)
    end repeat
end repeat


texts: Server/machine name on desktop background

texts:
I've seen that single-color desktop background with the familiar serif font showing the computer's name since the 1990s.

I very much doubt that all of the server admins I've come across in that time have painstakingly created actual image files with the same font treatment.

How the heck does one set that up? (I'm in a Yosemite environment with Yosemite servers, and I'm trying to put their names on their desktops. Shouldn't be that difficult, right?)


texts: YouTube video quality list not showing 720p or higher resolution on iPhone XS Max

texts:
I recently switched from Android to iOS.

I have installed an YouTube app from App Store on my new iPhone XS Max.

Now, when I'm playing any video on YouTube, the default max resolution quality is showing as 480p in video quality settings of the YouTube.

Therefore, I'm not able to watch the higher resolution videos in higher resolution.

Question :

Is there any extra setting that I have to make in iOS 13 to enable watching videos at higher resolution as I'm not finding it anywhere ?


texts: Is it possible to display an indication that audio is playing in Keynote?

texts:
I have a presentation in Keynote that has some audio files interleaved with the slides. In composition mode, the audio icon is viewable, no doubt to allow me to click on the item and be able to manipulate it as necessary, but in presentation mode, it disappears.

Is there a built in way to display some sort of icon where the audio file is, and illuminate it whenever the particular sample is playing? There are sometimes multiple files per slide.

I know that I can always put an icon of my own on top of it, and change it when the sample is playing, and change it back automatically whenever it's completed with transitions, but I can't figure out if there's a built in way to handle this already.


texts: How to prevent notifications of old Messages when I log into my Mac?

texts:
I use Messages on my Mac as well as my iPhone.

Whenever I log into my Mac, notifications pop up for each Message I've received since the last time I logged in, even though I've already checked them on my iPhone.

How can I prevent this?

I like having new message notifications appear, but it's annoying to see the whole day's message history every time I log in..!


texts: I keep getting a pop up saying, congratulations iPad user' saying I have won something. I have tried hard reboot, I have factory reset my iPad and still I get the pop up.


texts: If I write an app for iOS and it's accepted by the AppStore, how do I know if the app is actually the app I compiled and has not being substituted/altered by, say, a "Man in the middle" style interception/attack? Is there a way to do a checksum either after the fact or from inside the app itself?


texts: how to open fiddler saz files on mac or online?

texts:
a friend sent me a fiddler record for me to watch.

I have mac and the file he has sent is X.saz

I could install fiddler on mac. How can i open these files to watch?


texts: Disk utility detecting error in single user mode, but not when disk utility is opened via recovery mode

texts:
I verified the integrity of my Macintosh HD (MacBook Pro 13" 2012, OS X Yosemite) with Disk Utility when I was logged in as a user and it reported this problem:

  Invalid volume free block count
  ...
  Error: This disk needs to be repaired

Then a window popped open and said that I had to repair the disk with the Disk Utility in Recovery Mode (cmd+R immediately after restarting the Mac). But when I do this, it doesn't find an error, so when you press the 'repair disk' and you check the disk in single mode once again, the error isn't changed.

Update: What I see, when I open User Single Mode:

Update 2: The solution worked, disk utility also doesn't generate an error anymore:


texts: How do you get Mac OS Finder to group folders together when sorting?

texts:
I have Mac OS 10.7.4 and I'd like Finder to use "Is Folder?" as its first sort criteria, or in other words, group folders before files regardless of the sorting method.

Windows and Linux both do this by default.


texts: type of emails from Contacts.app in AppleScript (on El Capitan)

texts:
I want to work with a list of all email addresses that appear in my address book. I thought I could simply set such a list with AppleScript, and use the elements, maybe after casting the references to strings, as this answer suggests. However, the code below runs into a casting error, with or without explicit casting (e.g. as string):

  error "Can’t make «class az21» 1 of «class azf4» id
  \"C74972A5-88D4-4B0F-8DEA-304914926EE6:ABPerson\" of application
  \"Contacts\" into the expected type." number -1700 from «class az21» 1
  of «class azf4» id "C74972A5-88D4-4B0F-8DEA-304914926EE6:ABPerson"

tell application "Contacts"
    set allEmails to every email of every person
end tell
repeat with anEmail in allEmails
    display dialog anEmail
end repeat

This problem, of course, also inhibits any more meaningful uses of the email addresses.

What is this about, and what is a workable way to collect and access all email addresses in my address book?

I am running Public Beta 5 of El Capitan, though I did not test whether the behavior is any different on older (= actual) releases.


texts: I keep having to re-add my printer to macOS every time I want to print something

texts:
I've been experiencing this issue a lot lately. First off, I have one of those wireless routers with a 2 GHz and a 5 GHz network. I'm not sure if that's what's causing this problem, but I have a feeling it has something to do with that.

I added my wireless printer to my Mac. All works fine, I print something, and then I don't need to print anything for a while.

The next time I need to print something, my printer can suddenly no longer be found on the network. The Mac remembers the printer, but it can't find it. I switch between both the 2 GHz and 5 GHz networks, same result: no printers found. I can't even add the printer again without having to disconnect the printer itself from the WiFi and have it rejoin the network. Since the printer itself is not compatible with 5 GHz networks, it always defaults to the 2 GHz network.

Needless to say, this issue is extremely irritating, and I don't want to keep having to re-add the printer every time I need to print something.

I have had this issue with 2 different printers now, both completely separate brands (first Epson, now HP). I didn't have this issue before I started having two separate wireless networks on my router, which is what makes me think that is what's causing the problem.

Has anyone else experienced this issue or know of a permanent solution?


texts:
When I turn it on it says "starting" for a split second and then turns back off. I reinstalled Lion and it still happens. Trying to start it from the command line:

cade:~> sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons /org.apache.httpd.plist
org.apache.httpd: Already loaded

Okay... But...

cade:~> ps aux | grep apache
cade            1137   0.0  0.0  2434892    540 s000  S+    2:32AM   0:00.00 grep apache

I replaced httpd.conf with the default one, and that didn't help either. Any ideas? Thanks.


texts: Why would dsenableroot NOT work on a 10.7.5 OSX Server?

texts:
So i want to enable root...
I've tried under /System/Library/Core Services/Directory Utility (ie., "enable root)....

The problem is that root (or "other") never becomes a login option.. nor does it allow me to ssh into the box as root...

In Terminal, when I try dsenableroot, I get:

'dsenableroot:: ***Failed to enable root user.'

If I try to DISABLE (dseneable -d).. I get:

'dsenableroot:: ***Failed to disable root user.'

Any thoughts?

I should mention that this server HAS been used with ssh "as root" previously - it seems to have mysteriously lost the ability for other systems on the network to see it or ssh in as root.

Edit:  Please don't waste bandwidth trying to convince me of a client/user level work-around.  I'm a senior netadmin, and am able to wear my big-boy pants. I've successfully NOT f'd up my dozen-ish servers over the past 2 decades operating as root.

This is a back-end support server sitting inside a DMZ, running a specific appliance package - it will not be upgraded, will not be exposed, and no, i have no intention of upgrading to a newer OS in the next decade. in fact I've got 2 spare servers sitting beside it if/when this server dies, to replace it immediately..

I'd prefer to just know how to fix the issue at hand, which is that this 10.7.5 server is failing to enable root...


texts: I'm currently running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 on a mid-2015 MacBook Pro.  I have tap to click enabled and have enabled dragging without drag lock.  Currently I am able to double-tap to start dragging, and then the drag stops when I raise my finger.  I want to be able to also end the drag by clicking, so the full sequence would look like tap-tap-drag-click instead of tap-tap-drag-release.  I can do this on my 2011 Macbook Air, also running Yosemite.  It feels really unnatural to me to have the drag continue after clicking down, and I keep intending to end the drag this way habitually.  Do I need to break my habit or is this possible?


texts: How to correctly handle two different versions running commands from Terminal?

texts:
I've download ctags from Homebrew, which was installed in /usr/local/bin/ctags. Currently I have an older version of 'ctags' which is located in /usr/bin/ctags/.

I want the new version to be the default when executing ctags via the Terminal.

How can that be achieved?


texts: MacBook Pro asks to reset password, but neither keyboard nor mousepad are working

texts:
When I turned on my MacBook pro, I saw a screen titled: "Reset Password", and I was asked to choose between three alternatives: I forgot my password, My password doesn't work, The keyboard doesn't work. Here's a photo of the screen.

I have no idea why this screen was shown. I remember my password quite vividly, and all I did was turn on the laptop.

However, this is not the worst part. The worst part is that the computer doesn't react to either the keyboard or the mousepad. I'd choose "the keyboard doesn't work", except the keyboard doesn't work and therefore I can't choose this option...

Computer: MacBook Pro (mid 2012)
OS: macOS Catalina, v. 10.15 (possibly 10.15.1, I don't remember if I upgraded)

EDIT: I'd like to clarify the statement "my mousepad doesn't work". When I move my finger on the mousepad, the cursor follows the movement on the screen, however when I click in order to choose an option or hit one of the buttons "Next" or "Restart" at the bottom of the screen, no action takes place.


texts: How can I see the history of stories I've read on Apple News?

texts: Sometimes I'll be interrupted in the middle of reading a story on Apple News and later when I open the app, it didn't save the story I was previously reading. I want to be able to resume reading the article, how can I find it again?


texts: How much Safari history is kept on iPad?

texts:
How many Safari history entries are kept on iPads until automatically deleted?
(Not sure if this depends on iPad model or version of iOS…)


texts:
I need to set the Mac clock to a specific date and time, to perform some testing.

I'm new to AppleScript.

Is it possible to write a double-clickable script to set the clock?( By “double-clickable”, I mean a script that appears to be an app, double-click from the Finder to launch, run, and quit. No need to open the AppleScript environment/tools. )
Does anyone care to post some example code?


texts:
Instead of sending an SMS right now, I would like to send a "delayed" SMS. For example, delay it by 45 minutes, or 60 minutes, etc.

Is there any way to do it?

I have tried the apps txtot, FutureText, and SMS Scheduler, but they don't work. The default iPhone "Messages" app cannot receive SMSes sent by these apps.


texts: Identify why I get a connection to ransomware server

texts:
I received some waring that my 'PC' might be infected because it supposedly tried to connect to two ransomware server:

http://45.33.9.234/
http://79.170.40.167/

In practice I have a MBP with MacOS 10.12.6  Malwarebytes cannot find anything.  I am on a network but to print I need to switch to a different one, and I get these warning only when I switch to the printing network.  I am at loss why

I get the warning to start with
I get warnings only when I am on a specific network and not in the other

So, how do I check what is going on?  Get little snitch and keep an eye on what is doing what?  any other way to scan the system that is better than Malwarebytes?  Any log I can look into?


texts: "Suspicious Activity Might Have been Detected" malware in Safari or other browsers

texts:
Did you navigate to a page that produced a popup that says (among other things)...

Suspicious Activity Might Have been Detected

...and then asks you to call a toll free number? As you might have guessed, this is a scam, and seems to be going around for a while now. It happens on iOS and MacOS, and in different browsers.

How do I fix it?


texts:
I have enabled Home Sharing on a PC (Windows 7). I am successfully streaming Video and Music to my iPad.

Now the fun things is that I have found out that I can't stream photos from PC to iPad normally. I have the way for it via DropBox but that's not a WiFi. It could take sometime for me to normally stream photos.

I can't belive that I can stream Video and Music but I can't stream Photos.

There was a menu item on iTunes -> Advanced -> Choose Photos to Share...

But this seems not what I want (it works great but with Apple TV, but not with iPad)

How is that possible???

Alright, that's possible. But is there a way to stream photos in a such simple and logical way?

P.S: Similiar looking question "http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/26250/can-you-stream-photos-from-a-pc-to-an-ipad" is not really similiar.


texts: How can I blacklist filetypes from Spotlight search results?

texts:
Spotlight has a quirk that I want to fix, if possible. When I search for certain keywords, such as categories in System Preferences, Spotlight will place a document as the "Top Hit" in the search results, even though System Preferences have a higher priority over Documents in Spotlight's preferences. I want to be able to blacklist certain filetypes while preserving the "Documents" category.

For example, typing "sharing" will return the top hit as "sharing.qml" from the Qt5.1.1 directory, followed by Sharing in System Preferences. I can't then immediately press enter to open "Sharing" without first pressing the down arrow.

What I am able to do to fix this individual issue is blacklist the Qt5.1.1 examples directory.

You can see that it returns "sharing.html" from the gtk-doc directory now. So I blacklist that directory as well.

Now I am able to search for "Sharing" with no issues. However, there are other search results that exhibit similar behavior, such as when typing "mouse". It is too tedious to block each directory that I find.

I want to be able to blacklist individual filetypes from Spotlight. I have set "System Preferences" to have a higher priority than "Documents" in Spotlight as well. Nothing seems to affect the "Top Hit" other than individually blacklisting each directory that holds a file that I don't want to see.

Is there a better way?


texts: Fixing damaged hard drive after OSX update

texts:
I recently tried updating my Macbook Pro Retina to OSX El Capitan, however believing this to be a simple routine update, I did not backup my computer. Of course, the update was unsuccessful, somehow damaging my OSX partition and rendering it unbootable. I tried booting into my Recovery partition and then reinstalling OSX from there, but this did nothing. I also tried using First Aid on my partition (from disk utility) only to be met with the error:

  Invalid extent entry and incorrect number of file hard links

Its clear that my OSX volume is damaged, but my bootcamp windows partition works fine. Now, I have a ton of important files on my drive so a clean install is my last resort. I tried finding a bootable Diskwarrior USB file to try and fix my drive, but I couldn't find one which could be set up on windows. Furthermore, now my "Macintosh HD" partition doesn't even show up on the boot menu.

Right now, I only have access to my old pc, and my damaged mac. Is there any way I can fix this? At this point Im very desperate.


texts: Can video input over thunderbolt connection be used for Facetime and Skype?

texts:
I have a HD camera. It outputs HDMI to a device (a Blackmagic Intensity Extreme) which then outputs the signal through a thunderbolt cable and into my iMac running Catalina.

I can capture video from the device with the software that comes with the Intensity Extreme device.

Skype detects the camera as Blackmagic Intensity Extreme but I just get a black screen. Facetime and zoom software don't see it at all.

Is there some kind of software I can install to get the video signal recognized by these other applications?


texts: I don't think my macbook can sense the right temperature

texts: I downloaded fan control recently due to my macbook heating up quickly however the fan control app keeps saying my macbook is 0 degrees even when it is burning hot! so the fan can only go up to 3500 rpm which is the fastest i can make as the base fan level.


texts: How to Edit a website URL for existing App password on Safari Password manager?

texts:
I have saved some items to my iPhone.

How can I edit and replace URL for existing Password on iOS password Manager?


texts: Can the "new book" tag be restored in iBooks (iOS)

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I'm wondering if is possible to restore the "new book" tag that you can see on the top right corner of the new books uploaded or bought within iBooks (iOS) (visible on the following image)

My use case, is that often I upload a book in whatever format I have it and checks if it has been uploaded fine, however as soon as it was opened for the first time the "new tag" vanishes and since this is still a book I will read I would like to restore the tag.

Does any of you know if there is a way to do that?


texts: Apple 2015 fiscal year accounting calendar

texts: I was wondering if anyone know where I can acquire Apple's 2015 fiscal year accounting calendar?  I have tried a few varieties of search term and nothing is showing up.


texts: I have the wireless bluetooth connecting keyboard for the iMac and it continues to disconnect even when the batteries are brand new. Is there anyway to enhance the bluetooth connection so that it will stop disconnecting?


texts: My MacBook Pro screen cracked and can't connect to external display

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My MacBook screen cracked (very minimal tiny crack) and at first it was showing something, a few minutes later the screen is completely black. Now, I didn't have an issue with that the first couple of days because I was using an external display so I didn't really mind the cracked black screen.

The problem is, one day I restarted the computer and now it won't connect to the external display and won't even get past the login screen (I was using voice over to login but after that nothing works, I'm assuming since voice over is not saying whats on screen).

Is there a way to fix the external display issue? I tried Command F1 to connect to it and I also tried resetting the NVRAM and SMC, but it didn't work.


texts: Safari 7 user agent defaults on redirect

texts:
I have recently seen that when there is a redirect on the webpage that you are browsing and your user agent is set to iPhone3 on the page that did the redirect, Safari defaults to Automatically Chosen on the newly loaded page.

How does one fix this?


texts:
I'm trying to install the latest beta on my MacBook and always get the message at the end:

  macOS Catalina beta could not be verified

Any suggestions how to solve this?


texts:
This may be a broad question, but I think the lack of widespread interest in text-to-speech warrants it:

What are some apps for OS X that do novel things with text-to-speech; i.e., more than just take some text and speak it?

One example might be an app that has a "rewind 30 seconds" feature, or highlights the word currently being spoken in an on-screen document, has a hotkey I can press to "bookmark" the word currently being spoken, etc.


texts: Will an IOS App get deleted/ Remove itself if Developer's license expires?

texts:
Similar questions have been asked by Developers in regards to availability on the store. My question is, if i buy an app today, 2 months later, the App's developer decides he's not making enough revenue from his app, and doesn't renew his yearly subscription, what happens to the app i bought?

Thanks.


texts: How to paste files using Applescript (or bash)?

texts: I want to paste a file copied by Finder in the terminal. Sth like pbpaste but for binaries. (pbpaste itself just returns the basename of the copied file.)


texts: What's the BSD equivalent of the linux date command for adding subtracting days/weeks/months from a given date?

texts:
I have a given date, such as 2013-10-31 and I need to accurately determine the next day (taking into account DST, leap years, leap minutes, timezones, etc).  I have no way of knowing whether the date is at the end of a month/year/etc, and I sincerely hope not having to care about that.

In Linux, I simply type:

date1="2013-10-31"
day_after=`date -ud"$date1 1 days" +%Y-%m-%d`

echo "$day_after" => 2013-11-01

However, when I try the same in Darwin/BSD:

date1="2013-10-31"
day_after=`date -v1d -ujf"%Y-%m-%d" $date1 +%Y-%m-%d`

echo "$day_after" => 2013-10-01

How can I get BSD to do proper date calculations?


texts: So I want to backup my Ipod Touch 5 because I'm gonna have to exchange it for a new one and I have tons of photos and notes I would like to back up. I tried backing it up to itunes but its taking a long time and nothing seems to be moving. I deleted all my apps and all the non important photos and decided to try icloud instead. Most websites said I needed to make sure I was under my 5.0GB mark and my Ipod said I had 5.0GB available but when I try to back up it said there wasn't enough available storage. I deleted more photos but it still couldn't backup. I dont want to buy more storage or contact the Apple Support until I'm sure of what's happening..can someone please help me?


texts:
Building an application from source (yikes), I get this on cmake:

-- checking for module 'gdk-x11-3.0'
--   package 'gdk-x11-3.0' not found
CMake Error at /usr/local/Cellar/cmake/3.3.1/share/cmake/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:340 (message):
  A required package was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/local/Cellar/cmake/3.3.1/share/cmake/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:502 (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
  src/CMakeLists.txt:12 (pkg_check_modules)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

I have already homebrew install gtk+3 and a bunch of other things that came to mind (and were listed as dependencies), so I have no idea what this is and where I can get it, or if it is, indeed, missing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Config and Steps Taken

brew doctor is clean: Your system is ready to brew.
homebrew is upgraded and updated
I am running OS X 10.10.5

Brew's got:

atk 2.16.0
atkmm 2.22.7
autoconf 2.69
automake 1.14.1 1.15
bison 3.0.4
boost 1.58.0
brew-cask 0.53.3 0.54.0 0.54.1 0.56.0
cabextract 1.5 1.6
cairo 1.14.2 1.14.2_1
cairomm 1.11.2_1
cloog 0.18.1 0.18.3
cloog-ppl015 0.15.11
cmake 3.3.1
ctags 5.8 5.8_1
ffmpeg 2.6.3 2.7.1 2.7.2 2.7.2_1
fontconfig 2.11.1
freetype 2.5.5 2.6 2.6_1
gcc 4.9.2_1 5.1.0 5.2.0
gcc46 4.6.4
gd 2.1.1
gdbm 1.11
gdk-pixbuf 2.30.8
gettext 0.19.4 0.19.5.1
ghostscript 9.15 9.16
git 2.2.1 2.3.6 2.4.0 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.5 2.4.6 2.5.0 2.5.1 2.5.2
glib 2.44.0 2.44.1
glib-networking 2.44.0
glibmm 2.44.0
gmp 6.0.0a
gmp4 4.3.2
gnutls 3.3.17.1
gobject-introspection 1.44.0
gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.16.1
gst-plugins-bad 1.4.5
gst-plugins-base 1.4.5
gst-plugins-good 1.4.5
gst-plugins-ugly 1.4.5_1
gstreamer 1.4.5
gtk+ 2.24.28_2
gtk+3 3.16.6
gtk-mac-integration 2.0.8
gtkmm 2.24.4_1
gtkmm3 3.16.0
harfbuzz 1.0.3
hicolor-icon-theme 0.15
icu4c 55.1
isl 0.12.2 0.14.1
jasper 1.900.1
jbig2dec 0.12
jpeg 8d
lame 3.99.5
libepoxy 1.3.1
libffi 3.0.13
libgee 0.16.0
libgpg-error 1.13 1.17 1.19 1.20 1.20_1
libgphoto2 2.5.7 2.5.8
libicns 0.8.1_1
libksba 1.3.0 1.3.3
libmpc 1.0.3
libmpc08 0.8.1
libpng 1.6.17 1.6.18
libsigc++ 2.4.1
libsoup 2.50.0
libtasn1 4.5
libtiff 4.0.3 4.0.4
libtool 2.4.2 2.4.6
libusb 1.0.19
libusb-compat 0.1.5
libvo-aacenc 0.1.3
libyaml 0.1.6 0.1.6_1
little-cms2 2.7
makedepend 1.0.5
mpfr 3.1.2-p11 3.1.3
mpfr2 2.4.2
nettle 2.7.1
node 0.12.7 0.12.7_1
openjpeg 1.5.2_1
openssl 1.0.1g 1.0.1j_1 1.0.2a-1 1.0.2c 1.0.2d 1.0.2d_1
p7zip 9.20.1
pandoc 1.13.2 1.13.2.1 1.14 1.14.0.2 1.14.0.4 1.15.0.4 1.15.0.5 1.15.0.6
pandoc-citeproc 0.6 0.7.0.1_1 0.7.1.1 0.7.2 0.7.3
pango 1.36.8_2
pangomm 2.36.0
pcre 8.36 8.37
pixman 0.32.6
pkg-config 0.28
poppler 0.35.0
ppl011 0.11 0.11_1
py2cairo 1.10.0_1
pygobject 2.28.6
pygtk 2.24.0_1
python 2.7.10_2
qt 4.8.7
readline 6.3.6 6.3.8
ruby 2.2.0 2.2.2 2.2.3
sane-backends 1.0.24_1
sqlite 3.8.11.1
tcl-tk 8.6.4
tree 1.7.0
unrar 5.2.6 5.2.7
vala 0.28.1
wine 1.6.2
winetricks 20150316 20150416 20150706 20150810
x264 r2533 r2555
xvid 1.3.3 1.3.4
xz 5.2.1


texts: Bootcamp: Bluescreen after installing drivers

texts:
For a week now I have been trying to install Windows on my late 2011 MacBook Pro 15". After struggling through the whole installation part (see here), I finally managed to boot into Windows 8.1.

First thing I saw was the Bootcamp drivers installer. The first few times I actually tried running it, but It would always result in a BSOD when trying to install the Intel HD drivers. The BSOD would always say SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (igdkmd64.sys). My Windows installation was broken every time this BSOD occurred (Boots into blackscreen and reboots after 5-10s).
I eventually found out that removing the IntelHDLegacyGraphics64.exe file from /BootCamp/Drivers/Intel on my installation device would (temporarily) fix that screen.

With the bootcamp drivers installed (actually without them too, but I couldn't use things like wifi then), I was now finally able to actually boot onto the desktop, but there would always be this little error message from AMD catalyst that there was some kind of error with my graphics drivers. At first, I tried to fix this by going to device manager and updating the drivers of my graphics card, but I would always get the same igdkmd64.sys BSOD, which rendered my Windows installation useless. Also, I did not find any "Intel HD" devices in the device manager, even with "show hidden devices" turned on.

After 5 or so more installations, I noticed that the BSOD would occur 5-10 Minutes after boot regardless of what I would do, as long as I didn't do nothing. I couldn't even run Windows Update for the same reason (I unchecked the Intel HD drivers update).

The frustrating thing for me is, that even if I do not have a igdkmd64.sys driver installed (I checked) it still crashes with this file given as as reason. I some installations, I actually found that file and tried deleting/renaming/moving it, but it would always reappear after a reboot.

Edit:
I installed Windows 8.1 64 bit from a USB flash drive created with the BootCamp Assistant, which also downloaded the support software. I also tried installing Windows 8, but this resulted in it blackscreening after ~20s and restarting in the setup (where you are asked to enter your username and such).


texts: How can I install development tools (e.g. git, python, gcc) for a single user without requiring admin privileges?

texts:
I've just done a fresh install of High Sierra and was about to embark on setting my development environment back up. However, I wanted to ask the community if anyone's investigated a way to do this that can be isolated to a single user account and doesn't require administrative privileges.

I'm trying to avoid installing Xcode and the command line developer tools since that seems to be something that eventually needs to be worked around rather than actively used. My meaning there is that, in the past, I've had to deal with installing my own versions of python, git, etc. that may be different versions and conflict with the "xcode versions" of these tools. I don't want to be beholden to Apple's upgrade cycle for Xcode to determine which versions of some of those core tools I'm using.

I've used both MacPorts and Homebrew in the past, but I seem to recall both either (a) requiring Xcode command line tools or (b) not having an easy way to install it without requiring administrative privileges so it can write binaries or symlinks somewhere outside of /Users/<my-username>.

So, how can I freely install native, packaged macOS versions of common development tools without being beholden to Xcode or having to give some installer administrative privileges?


texts: How do I switch off/shutdown an iPhone with a broken power button?

texts:
The title says it all. I have an iPhone 7 with a broken power switch. Just now I needed to switch off my iPhone, but realised I can't because the switch is no good. I did ask Siri to do it for me, but she said sorry she can't do that.

Is there another way?


texts:
Is there a FoxToPhone or Chrome2Phone app for the iPhone?

Chrome2Phone is an app for Android OS, and goes hand in hand with a Chrome or Firefox extension.

Basically lets you send the url of the web page you are surfing to your phone, or some text on the web page. Very useful. Easier than emailing it to yourself.

But I haven't found equivalent for the iPhone.


texts:
I have a 2016 15" MacBook running Catalina. I've noticed that if the battery gets low (under 10%), then it charges only very slowly, regardless of whether I have battery health management set or not. If I reboot the machine, then things work as expected and charging proceeds pretty quickly.
Coconut Battery reports charging at 50-60W and the battery health is at about 95% of nominal.


texts:
I set an app (Mutify) to hide, assuming it would then no longer show its window at startup.
But it's still showing the main window at startup. Am I misunderstanding the use of "Hide" in this context?
How can I properly set an app to start minimised without showing the main window but only launch the tray icon in the menu bar?


texts:
I can sort (without using sections) in list view just fine, by clicking the column header. But I can't find any way to do this in column view, as there's no equivalent to the View Options panel (the View menu varies depending on the app).

Note that the Arrange By button works differently, so it is not a substitute. It controls the sections of files, while Sort By controls the sorting within those sections.

I'm open to things like defaults commands, but I'd rather not install external software if I don't have to. (But if you have something that works, by all means put it here!)


texts: Mirror only one window on a second monitor

texts:
For presentation purposes, I would like to reproduce the above setup in a dual monitor context.

Each color represents one window meaning the two safari windows should belong to their own screen while the code editor window should be mirrored to the external display.

Is that something one can do?


texts: Retrieve image coordinates at mouse cursor in Preview.app

texts:
I want to measure the precise pixel coordinates within an image where the mouse cursor sits.

Are there stock OS X or third party tools that can easily do this?


texts: iOS & macOS / USB Soundcard: Enabling SPDIF out

texts:
I have an external USB sound device (C-Media CM6631A) connected to either

a) my iPhone (iOS 13.5) via a third Party Lightning-to-USB adapter;

b) my MacBook Pro via USB C to mini USB A cable or

c) my Raspberry Pi (also goes for a „normal“ Linux notebook computer.

When connected to Linux, the SPDIF output is on, as is the analog output.
When connected to either Apple device, only the analog output plays sound whilst the SPDIF out stays silent (not even the red light is visible, so I assume it is actually off and not just muted).

Is there a way, in iOS and macOS, to enable the digital output together or instead of the analog output?
Linux (alsamixer) shows no specific output or toggle to enable digital out, just front, rear, center and bass analog outputs.

—- edit—-
I do get sound under iOS and macOS, I just can’t enable the SPDIF output, which remains silent. Is this output I would like to enable.


texts: Installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Mountain Lion

texts:
I'm working on a MacBook late 2008 Unibody Aluminium with Mountain Lion on.
I'm trying to mount Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit on a USB stick in Mountain Lion but it seems impossible.

I've read all the documentation on how to install it on the Ubuntu
site with all the command lines etc., but it's not working. I get errors like "No mountable file detected" when trying to open the .iso file.

I'm specifically looking to have an OS that doesn't make high frequency noises. Has anyone been able to install 12.04 LTS Ubuntu on their Mac (with Mountain Lion)?


texts:
MacBook Pro, Late 2011 2.5Ghz. The Mac works perfectly fine, however, every so often, the Mac simply freezes and doesn't respond. Therefore I turn it off, and when turning it back on weird lines appear.

The Mac loads up and then shuts down again as soon as the loading screen ends. We tried replacing the RAM because we recently had a RAM issue, but that did not fix anything. Has anyone had a similar problem?


texts: Cannot make or receive calls on my Mac from my iPhone

texts:
I'm trying to make and receive calls that come into my iPhone on my MacBook.  Both devices are on the same Wi-Fi and have the same iCloud account logged in on the device (plus I had to log-in separately on FaceTime on the Mac).

I've tried turning FaceTime on and off on my phone, but that didn't work.  I have been using iMessage to text from my computer, but I can't figure out how to make calls.

This screen only shows my iPad but not my MacBook:

Devices:

iPhone 5s (Verizon) iOS v10.0.1

MacBook Pro (2013) OS X Yosemite

Facetime (on Mac) preferences window:


texts: What's the best iPhone SIP apps work internationally and allow recording?

texts:
So far, Siphon is the best SIP app I've tried.
MobileVOIP and TruPhone are very nice too (and don't need jailbreaking).
Other apps offer at least some SIP features such as Nimbuzz, Fring, Viber and even Skype.
Apple's FaceTime audio clearly is an option for some

While I have all of these, I hardly use any of them, for a variety of reasons.

I'm looking for a more ideal third party app that should:

Integrate with both Address Book and the iPhone's native recent calls
Replace phone.app and load rapidly to place phone calls
Have international number support
Allow call recording

As a plus,
- Support Skype, Google (talk, voice, etc) and integrate with other options if possible


texts: Android USB C phone not working without adapter

texts:
My Android USB C phone (Google Pixel) is not recognised by 2016 MacBook Pro (macOS Sierra 10.12.2 and Multiport driver installed) as long as no adapter is plugged in at the same time.

It is working when

the phone is plugged into the adapter using a Standard USB A to USB C cable
the phone is plugged into the MacBook directly using an USB C cable and an adapter (e.g. Multiport adapter or simple Standard USB A to USB C adapter) is plugged in beside. The phone is NOT connected to the adapter (nothing is plugged into the adapter).

Is there a known way to resolve this problem?


texts: Mail sent on iPhone via Safari or Twitter or other apps is never received, but email sent from within Mail is fine

texts:
I am using iOS 6.1.4 on iPhone 5, and I've noticed that at some point in the past few weeks - I do not know exactly when it began - any email I try to send from within any non-Mail app, such as sharing links from within Safari, InstaPaper, Twitter, or Tweetbot, are never received by the recipient. The email does not show up in my Sent Items folder either. There is no error message displayed when trying to send these emails - I press Send and the email window is animated into the background as normal.

I do not have any problem with sending emails from directly within the Mail app itself, these are received fine by recipients and show up in the Sent folder as expected. I have verified that the emails that originate from within Safari or other apps are not simply ending up in a Spam folder.

I have two email accounts set up on my phone, Gmail and an Exchange account for work that I leave disabled/inactive most of the time. The Gmail account is set up as Exchange and the server name is listed as m.google.com with Use SSL enabled.

Has anyone seen anything like this before or know what might be the cause?


texts: Change the Bluetooth device volume from my iOS device

texts:
I paired my iPhone with speakers connected to my laptop running Ubuntu and I am streaming audio via Bluetooth.

It works fine, but I cannot change the volume from my iPhone. I am not sure if this is a bug or that's simply how the Bluetooth devices work (maybe each one has its own volume controls?).

But anyways, I would like to be able to control the volume from my iPhone.

Is there any chance to do that?

Otherwise, I can simply set up a local server on my Ubuntu machine and change the volume via a web interface, but I would avoid that.


texts: USB 3.0 Ethernet dongle (AX18879) not working with 10.11.4

texts:
I have been using the StarTech USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet dongle which was working until I upgraded to the latest OSX Beta 10.11.4. Now it has stopped working--not even showing any indicator lights when plugged in.

I reinstalled the latest drivers on their site but still nothing.  When I try to check kernel extensions with kextstat but didn't see the driver there. However, when I check extensions in the system profiler, and i see this

Does anyone know what I could do to make sure the driver is loaded so I can use the dongle? Thank you!


texts:
I've upgraded my apple tv to ios 5.1 only to have it now reject my youtube login.  I've previously had this same Apple TV login just fine, but I accidentally hit log out.  It just gives me the "This account can not be used with Apple TV" error.  I've tried multiple login types.

Youtube Username
Google Email Address
Normal Password
2 Factor Auth Password (after entering the normal password first and it failing, hoping to trigger the 2 logins required for Google sometimes)
I even created a brand new YouTube account without 2 factor auth and it does the same thing.  Using a simple password even.
Reset All Settings on the AppleTV
Tried a restore, but it failed. I plan to try another one, but dread hooking it up to iTunes.

I'm on my last attempt and I feel it likely won't work.  Any ideas?  Anyone willing to logout and try to replicate ;) ?


texts: View detailed data usage/consumpotion on an iPad (running iOS 11 or later)

texts:
I want to keep an eye on consumption of the 4 GB data available on a mobile data plan.

All I found thus far is consumption in GB, counting from a certain point in time (which one can easily reset) under Settings app.

What I'd like to see is:

A smaller unit then GB (MB's would be good).
Data consumption on a per day basis.

Is there any way to achieve this?


texts: Deleting formula sources without destroying formula output, using Numbers for Mac

texts:
I would like to delete the source column for a formula in Numbers 3.2.2, without destroying values in the formula's output column. Specifically, I have a column of "Last, First" names, which I parse by comma and output to two separate columns, "Last" and "First". How can I delete the "Last, First" column without destroying the output values in the "Last" and "First" columns?

An image of the current state of things is shown in the link after this paragraph. The formula used to generate the First Name column is shown for the "Example, A" entry. I'd like to lock the output column's values in place, such that they no longer draw on the source column, "Full Name".


texts: Downloads folder grid view showing artifacts

texts:
When expanding the Downloads folder from the dock, in grid view, tooltips shown for long file name are leaving graphical artifacts after they disappear. There is a link below with a screen recording showing the issue.

If you have any hint on how to fix this, please leave a comment.

Screen recording


texts: How can I run unzip silently in terminal?

texts:
I have a lot of Zip archives that I want to unpack in a script. Is there any way to run them silently?

Here is what I have:

bash> unzip  02b852e3571e46f25fdfc79f43ceb726ddff9ba7.zip
Archive:  02b852e3571e46f25fdfc79f43ceb726ddff9ba7.zip
02b852e3571e46f25fdfc79f43ceb726ddff9ba7
  inflating: .editorconfig
  inflating: .gitattributes
bash>

Here is what I want:

bash> unzip <something to silence zip> MyArchive.zip
bash>


texts: How to provide a default value to the "Ask For Text" automator function?

texts:
I'm working on an Automator app that receives folders. So far it looks like this:

Set Value of Variable (var1)
Ask For Text (default answer set to "00000 Sample Job Name")
Set Value of Variable (var2)
execute bash script

Right now one issue that is bothering me is that when I run the app, the dialog that appears for "Ask for text" does not offer "00000 Sample Job Name" as the default, but rather the file path that was passed to the app and assigned to var1.
Why the heck would that be?
Automator 2.5, Mac OS X 10.10.5


texts: Building a Xcode project downloaded from GitHub

texts:
I am just starting to learn about code and programming apps.

I downloaded Xcode project source-code for a mac app that I wish to use from GitHub.

How can I turn that code into an executable application?

The repository readme states 3 steps to build the project. I am done with the first 2 steps, but I don't know how to complete the last one.

Can someone help me understand the difference between an archive build and a run/debug, and how to do them in Xcode?


texts: Mouse cursor jittery when hover state on browsers in OS X Lion

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I recently upgraded to OS X Lion from Snow Leopard. One bug I've found is that in browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera), when you hover over any link, the cursor doesn't only change, it jitters around for a second before changing.

Since the bug is annoying but difficult to explain, I tried to make a short clip of it. This is weird: it doesn't show up on video when recorded with various screen recording softwares. How odd.

It's driving me nuts. Does anyone have a fix for this, or have experienced this problem?

I'm using:

MacBook Pro 2010
Trackpad
All web browsers
Hovering over links
Quickly


texts: iMovie does not open anymore with error in Console: -10699

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I used iMovie a lot in the past days (Mac Mini Late 2012 - Mac OS X 10.10) but now if I press the icon in the dock it just does nothing. With spotlight search the same and opening it from the Finder makes no change either. I looked at the Console and the error was the following:

18:51:18 Dock: LSOpenFromURLSpec(file://Applications/iMovie.app/) failed with -10699

In some other forum it said to deinstall and install the Adobe Flash but that did not work. Also I rebooted my Mac which made no change.

Has anyone got an idea how to fix it without reinstalling (if possible)?


texts: Shutting down 2009 MacBook Pro with new install of 10.7.5, results in restarting?

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I've just installed a new 500GB hard drive in a 2009 MacBook Pro and then cloned a clean install of OS X 10.7 on to the new drive.

I then updated to 10.7.5, and when I shut the MacBook Pro down the machine just restarts.

Any solutions anyone?


texts: What devices can receive an iOS AirPlay audio stream?

texts: In addition to printing, the other feature in iOS 4.2 that I'd been looking forward to was AirPlay. My understanding from the keynote when it was introduced was that it allowed iOS to stream audio to existing AirTunes equipment (as well as provide video to the new Apple TV), but I can't get my iPhone 4 running iOS 4.2 to stream audio to my old Apple TV like iTunes can. Is this a known problem? Are there any workarounds, besides buying one of the new Apple TVs (which I can't because my TV is component, not HDMI)?


texts: Need better performance: best alternative for Lion's built in VNC server?

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I'm connecting to my work's iMac through VNC. On the client side I use JollysFastVNC (on my Mac at home) and as server I use Lion's built in VNC server.
The appearance is just great but the overall performance sucks.
I would prefer less quality and gain a bit of performance instead.
Unfortunately Lion's VNC server only allows high-quality connections. Only thing I can adjust is the color depth.

Is there a better free VNC server for Lion?


texts: Is it Safe to enter Google Password in 3rd party apps?

texts: I would like to get a RSS reader application for my iPad.  It will need to be able to sync with Google Reader because I use Google Reader on my phone and at work.  However, I am concerned about providing my Google password to a 3rd party application.  If I enter my Google password in a 3rd party app, I am assuming that the app could easily send my password back to a home server, store it, and then do anything they want with it.  Is that not the case?  Do Apple or Google provide some kind of password hiding scheme so that 3rd party apps can use passwords without actually being able to see them?


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I installed VirtualBox on my new Mac mini, running macOS Mojave, and it randomly crashes the computer (sometimes it does, other times it doesn't).

The last time it crashed such that both my monitors (that are plugged into the Mac mini through USB-C to HDMI adapters) were not working. I spent close to 2 hours trying to figure out what happened. I was sure it was something internal, and not the USB-C ports, because I was able to open recovery (by pressing and holding Command + R during boot) and see what's being displayed, but I wouldn't see anything when I'd normally turn on my computer.

After 2 hours of trying different things, I plugged one of my screens into HDMI (instead of USB-C) and saw the password screen, logged in, and the USB-C ports started working again.

Can someone explain what is going on here? I started to think that this was the computer trolling me. I never had these problems on either Windows or Linux.


texts: Time capsule - external drive via Ethernet

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I just bought a Time capsule. At home I have a USB hard drive that I typically use to read divx from connecting it to my tv that is able to play avi files. I'm wondering if I can connect it to the TC via an Ethernet port (that the external drive has) so that it can stay connected to the tv and I can manage movies wirelessly through the capsule.

So:

Mac --> wifi --> time capsule.                    ## CONNECT
time capsule --> Ethernet --> HD.                 ## SHARE FILES
Tv --> USB --> HD.                                ## READ MOVIES
Mac --> wifi --> time capsule --> Ethernet --> HD ## TRANSFER FILES

Hope this makes sense :)


texts: System Preferences in Sierra seems to know when a UPS is present. How do I check this from the command line?


texts: How can I activate iPhone without a SIM card?

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I've just changed the screen on an iPhone 4S with iOS 6.0.1. Everything went fine until I noticed that the phone was not detecting any SIM card. It doesn't matter what you do with the SIM bay, the phone is always showing "No Sim" at the top.

I've tried to reboot several times with and without the SIM card inserted, different SIM cards, all that stuff with no luck.

After a few hours and with no exits, I've tried to restore the phone but still the same problem. And now, as the SIM is not detected, I can’t activate nor access the phone at all.

A friend of mine just told me today that he had a similar story but he fixed the problem setting the correct date and time manually. I can't try that now because Apple decided to make this stupid activation process but, as he said, is a common problem with iOS 6.x.x and iPhone 4S.

Now, do you have any ideas on how can I activate the phone or set the date and time to the correct one just to try if it helps?


texts: how to change the carrier name in my iphone 6 without Jailbreak? Can anybody help me?


texts: As of Mountain Lion, Google Chrome has asked for permission to view my contacts. Does this mean that it has likely had unrestricted access before?

texts: I'm not sure why Chrome wants this access, but since prior to Mountain Lion there wasn't a prompt for this, it makes me think that it must have been looking at them this whole time. Right?


texts: How to correctly hide app icon from Launchpad via Terminal?

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I have Launchpad with database just reset and I want to remove from it the iBooks icon.

Getting database path using...

echo $(find /private/var/folders -user $(id -u) -name com.apple.dock.launchpad 2> /dev/null)/db/db

Trying to remove the iBooks icon...

sqlite3 {PATH} "DELETE FROM apps WHERE title='iBooks';"
killall Dock

Now the iBooks icon really removed and everything looks good. But if I restart Launchpad again or reboot the Mac, all icons in Launchpad are mixed. How I can to fix it?


texts: Open an application periodically in Mac OSX

texts: I want to open a GUI application (most likely Electron based) periodically on a Mac Book. The period will be configured (daily, hourly etc..) within the application. How would I go about achieving this?


texts: Calling AppleScript routine using osascript

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Given the following AppleScript code
on myHandler()
    display dialog ("I'm your Handler!")
end myHandler

How do I call myHandler from osascript (using Terminal), plain without parameters, but also with?


texts: iCloud Contacts web interface on Windows - How to copy an address?

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I maintain my contact list on an iPad/iPhone and use iCloud's web interface on my desktop PC.

I cannot find any way to copy any data that is also a link, such as a person's address or email, from the iCloud web interface.  The usual Alt-hilight to bypass link-following does not highlight, and right-clicking does not provide any "copy" option.

Is there a way to highlight and copy information from the iCloud web interface when that information is also a link?


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Ok I need to install Apple Configurator because a colleague of mine is developing some kind of app and as far as I understood he needs it to put the app on his phone to test it.

I am running Yosemite on a late 2013 MBP and don't plan on updating to "El Capitan".

Apparently Apple has updated Apple Configurator to v2.2? and since v2.0 they don't support Yosemite. They have deleted every link to older versions of the program and I can't find it anywhere. There literally is no trace of v1.72(supposed to be the last version that supported Yosemite).

Do you have any idea how can I install whatever version of Apple Configurator on Yosemite? If you have other ideas about transfering an app from yosemite to iOS8 that'd work too. Thanks!