texts: Mavericks cannot connect to windows share by computer name, but works fine with IP

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I have a Mac Mavericks and a Windows 7 machines.
On my Windows I have shared some folders, but I can only connect to them using the IP address, but not the computer name.

So Finder -> Go-> Connect to Server… and the smb://my-win/Share does not work, but Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server… and the smb://192.168.1.3/Share works perfectly fine.

If I go into Network (Finder -> Go -> Network), the computer my-win shows up. After I connected to the IP another windows machine shows up with the IP as the name. Going into the IP-named machine works fine again, while going into MY-WIN gives the same error

The error I get is:

There was a problem connecting to the server “my-win”.
The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.

I have tried disabling firewalls which did not help. I have also tried renaming ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist. That did not solve the issue but made my-win disappear from the Network window, so I reverted it again

I can ping the IP of the windows machine but if I execute ping my-win I get an error saying: cannot resolve my-win: Unknown host

It seems like my Mac gets notified of the Windows computer name, but can't resolve it when it tries to. Does anybody know what could be the reason for this?


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Access to a local DNS server is always delayed by ~1 second.

I enabled the DNS server on OS-X Lion and it does indeed work.  However when I query it using 'dig' (or nslookup) there is a delay of about 1 second before the reply is given. This delay is not reported by 'dig', which gives a response time of 0ms.

So for example a query using the OpenDNS servers completes sooner than one to the local server despite the name resolution taking 135ms longer:

$ time dig @208.67.220.220 ibm.com

;; Query time: 135 msec

real    0m0.172s
user    0m0.008s
sys 0m0.006s

$ time dig @localhost ibm.com

;; Query time: 0 msec

real    0m1.068s
user    0m0.009s
sys 0m0.007s

The delay does not seem to be in the named server, as when using named -g to view logs there is also a 1s delay before the request is printed.

FYI: my changes to enable DNS were:

rndc-confgen -b 256 > /etc/rndc.conf
head -n5 /etc/rndc.conf | tail -n4 > /etc/rndc.key
edit /etc/rndc.conf to correct port number
edit  /etc/named.conf to add this to the options:

forward first;
forwarders {
    208.67.222.222;
    208.67.220.220;
};

run named from the shell (/usr/sbin/named -g)


texts: Is it possible to restore individual app data (over iCloud)?

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I am upgrading to a new iPhone 5 from an iPod touch, and I want a shiny new, fresh install.

I would rather not restore the whole shebang from my tired old, disorganized, app-laden, settings-broken iPod data to the new phone.

I'd like to re-download the dozen-or-so apps I actually use… and then restore the data for just those apps (preferably from iCloud, but iTunes would be fine).

What are my options?


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Historically, if you wanted to get the new Windows, you should always wait until Service Pack 2 if you want a stable OS.

So, how is it with Apple OSes? Should we get Lion right away or wait for 10.7.2 or something? I'd bet most people (specially fan boys) will say to get it now. "Simple".

edit: What you guys have to say now that Lion has been around for a while? Is my current accepted answer still the rule? I see sooo many bad reviews as never before from any apple release (other than Final Cut X).


texts: iMac won't let me login with network account

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I have a number of iMacs running Sierra/High Sierra/Mojave, which I'm adding to a client's Windows Active Directory. Everything is going well, but I've hit a tiny snag that I can't work out.

I have one iMac, running Mojave, that I have previously logged into with my AD account with no issues. It is possible that I left the screen locked and myself logged in, and then subsequently have changed my account password. Now I am unable to log back into the iMac - just get the shakey password. The machine has been rebooted a number of times since.

I've tried removing the user profile for my account from the Users folder - no difference.

I've tried unbinding the machine from the AD and rejoining, but no dice. I can log in with other AD accounts, so it's clearly not an issue with the binding.

I can log into the machine over SSH with my domain account creds, and authenticate administrator actions if logged in as a non-admin user with them too, so clearly the machine knows my creds are good and that I'm an administrator.

It's like there's something cached that needs cleared out, but I'm lost as to what.

I'd greatly appreciate any advice - I don't want to have to deal with Users having the same issue in the future without a way forward.


texts: Cannot upgrade VirtualBox installation of Mac OS 10.6.8 to Mavericks - supposedly a processor issue

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I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8 within VirtualBox 4.3.2 on a Windows machine with an i7 processor. I would like to upgrade my OS to Mavericks through the App Store. When I try to do so, I get the erroneous error message that my processor does not meet the new operating system's requirements.

Any ideas on how to resolve this issue?


texts: Finder favourites bar disappeared in "open/save file" dialog box

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when I try to save or open file in e.g. Pages app the "Favourites" side bar does not show up, as shown on the image:

However it's there when using Finder:

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texts: Can I use my iPhone as a hotspot on Wifi (instead of 3G/4G)?

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I would like to use my jailbroken iPhone as a hotspot for my MacBook. It works well when my 3G internet is enabled. But when I disable it, the hotspot menu becomes unavailable... even if my iPhone is connected on the WiFi network.

I disabled the 3G to make sure it wouldn't use my 3G data plan.

Can I use my iPhone as a hotspot on WiFi (instead of 3G)?


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I am discussing about To record sounds from 3.5 - 3.5 mm audio in Audacity here.

I have connected my iPhone to my Macbook Air (2013 model) by 3.5-3.5 mm cable.
My Macbook (OSX 10.9.4) cannot find the device.

I see this in my Preferences > Sound

so there is no port selection for "Line in".
This is strange.

How can you list the disabled devices in OSX?


texts: Is texting required for Apple Watch fall detection?

texts: The Apple Watch Series 4 and above fall detection function transmits your location after a fall.  Is this information sent as a text?  If I have a talk-only phone plan without texting, for example, would the location still be transmitted as part of the emergency call?


texts: Auto-center mouse cursor on specific display, based on used trackpad

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I have a MacBook connected to an external display + external keyboard and magic trackpad.

Because the laptop is placed on the table, while multitasking between the two displays (internal and external) I often find it useful to use the built-in keyboard and trackpad from the MacBook when I want to focus on laptop's screen.

When I start typing with the laptop keyboard or using the built-in trackpad, is there way to:
1) Center mouse cursor on laptop display?
2) Make app switcher (CMD+TAB) icons show on laptop display without having to reveal dock on that display first?
3) Do all or some of the above on external display when I switch back to external input device

This might sound crazy, but still curious if it's possible :-)


texts: I have Outlook 2011 installed, and in the finder "all my files" shows me my e-mail messages, contacts and events. Are these Items saved as files on my mac? can I disable this?


texts: What is the Unknown (0) process with 232 threads on my iPhone?

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Here's a list of the processes on iPhone, obtained with help of Activity Monitor in Xcode instruments.
Is the Unknown(0) process with 232 threads owned by root malware?


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I frequently have to print a 3-page document.  Wanting to save paper, I print it 2-to-a-page, double-sided.  So I end up with the front having "1 | 2", and the back having "3 |  ".

It'd be more convenient if the front had " | 1", and the back had "2 | 3".  Is there a way to have Mac OS X printing insert a blank page at the start when printing?


texts: Why is htop producing different reports than Activity Monitor?

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I'm using htop on my Mac. I put it side by side with Activity Monitor, but the reports are widely different.

On Activity Monitor, I can get finder using up to 100% of CPU, while it doesn't show at all the process on htop. Is there a better tool for monitoring processes for Yosemite?


texts: Can I create 2 "displays" on a headless server?

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I have 2 Mac Minis.  One is to be used as a headless server while the other is a general-purpose user desktop machine.  The user system has two monitors.  I have set up the server to allow screen sharing, which works fine to show its one display on one user monitor.

The question is whether there is a way to tell the server that it should pretend to have two displays (instead of pretending to have one) and allow those to show on corresponding user monitors.


texts: Apple Music: Are recommendations based on local play counts?

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It seems that play counts are totally disfunctional in the latest versions of iTunes (versions 12.5.3 currently).  I know that there have been sync problems all the time, but since I joined Apple Music it won't even increase the count for songs played from the local library in the local iTunes.  Most of the songs in my library are stuck at zero plays although I listen to them often.

Everything else in Apple Music seems to be working all right.  In particular, the "For You" Section does show my latest plays under "Recent plays", just the numbers in the library remain zero forever.  I wonder if it is relevant, or if maybe Apple Music keeps playcounts separate from the local ones.


texts: "Open File in BBEdit" missing from right click menu

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I have the most recent version of BBEdit installed on my MacBook and iMac, both running the most recent versions of macOS. On my MacBook, when I right click on a file, the menu shows the options to "Search Here in BBEdit" and "Open File in BBEdit" at the very bottom (see image). On my iMac, these options are missing.

How can I get these options on my iMac, too?


texts: Stop MacBook from installing applications for multiple user accounts

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I have multiple user accounts on my MacBook. At the moment all of my applications go to a root folder and then there are separate folders for my user accounts.

I'm having a problem with application becoming corrupt because they are being shared between users.

Is there any way to stop this functionality so user accounts have completely separate applications?


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I've hidden Cydia and Poof! With the Poof! Cydia tweak. Now I cannot open either one of both of them.

Is there any way to undo this?
I've tried respringing and rebooting but that does not place them back.


texts: Best file system for an external hard drive sharing between OS X and Windows

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I would like to buy an external hard drive that I'll use on Mac OS X and on Windows, but I don't know the best file system for it (reading and writing on the both system).

I know I can used FAT32 easily, but I have files bigger than 4 GB so I can't use this file system.

So, I think for NTFS or HFS, but I know I can use on the two systems with software, but I don't know the fastest one to transfer files. Also, I don't know if I can use ext3 or ext4.

If someone knows one of the best way to use an external drive on Windows and Mac without used FAT32, please tell me.


texts: After upgrading to High Sierra, Boot Camp partition is gone from Startup Manager

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First time poster here.

After installing High Sierra on my iMac (27", late 2012) my Boot Camp Windows 10 partition is no longer visible in the Startup Manager (accessed by holding Option-key on startup).

When logged into Mac OS, I can see the bootcamp-disk, and it's also visible in Startup Disk. Edit: it's visible in Finder, hence a different problem than described in other questions.

Edit: When I try to boot to Win from Startup Disk, the computer froze on first attempt. On second attempt, it displayed "no bootable device - insert disk and press any key".

I run OS X 10.13.2. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
/Johan

Edit: the disk is a "fusion drive".

Edit: As a (at least temporary) solution, would it be possible to roll back the system using Time Machine, to before the High Sierra uppgrade?

Edit: I solved the issue by simply removing the bootcamp partition, starting from scratch with a new Win 10 installation. However, the Win installation failed several times. The installer wouldn't accept the bootcamp partition. After some googling I did a PRAM-reset, which did the trick. I don't know if this was caused by my original problem with the missing partition.

Thanks for the replies and suggestions, guys!


texts: Automator: `command not found` (Python script for command line)

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I am trying to create an Automator application, which allows me to convert Python script files .py files to Jupyter Notebook files .ipynb using Python script for command line jupytext. However, the following in the textbox of Run Shell Scrip of Automator generates an error command not found.

for f in "$@"
do
 jupytext --to notebook "$f"
done

This is despite the fact that no such error occurs if I run the following in Terminal on Mac.

jupytext --to notebook <filename>.py

Does anyone has any ideas about what is/are missing?


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I have an iPhone SE under iOS 12.3.1 and I would like to be able to lock my iPhone using the home button by holding the button for instance. My lock button isn’t responding for a while and Assistive Touch is quiet annoying for a small screen like mine.
Any suggestions? Thanks a lot.


texts: Over the past years, I have removed plenty of songs from my iTunes library, but not deleted the files, and now my Music/iTunes folder is double the size of what iTunes reports as my library size. I don't care about any of the songs I have removed from my library. Is there any way to delete all of them? Thanks in advance!


texts: Applescript: How to download linked files from Google Chrome page

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I am needing to find a way to download linked files on a webpage in Google Chrome.

I am the graphic artist at the company I work for and I have a "project brief" type form that other employees fill out when they need to request design work. In the form they can upload files that relate to the project (such as sketches, or text files). I have an Automator app that sets up the project from creating a folder system for the project to downloading the form as a pdf to downloading all attached files. However it only works in Safari and I use Chrome. So far I've gotten everything moved over and working in Chrome EXCEPT for the file downloads.

Can someone help me figure out how to do this Chrome?

Here is the "download files" script that works in Safari:
(ignore the '\' in Applescript\'s. Without them I was getting weird syntax highlighting.)

-- DOWNLOAD ATTACHED FILES
tell application "Safari"
activate

set num_links to (do JavaScript "document.links.length" in document 1)
repeat with i from 0 to num_links - 1
    tell application "Safari" to set this_link to do JavaScript "document.links[" & i & "].href" in document 1
    set {ASTID, AppleScript\'s text item delimiters} to {AppleScript\'s text item delimiters, "/"}
    set fName to last text item of this_link
    set AppleScript\'s text item delimiters to ASTID
    try
        do shell script "curl -L -o " & quoted form of (destinationFolder & fName) & space & this_link
    end try
end repeat

end tell

When I replace both instances of "Safari" with "Google Chrome" and try to run it I get a Syntax Error message that says: Expected “,” but found identifier. and has the JavaScript in the set num_links line highlighted.


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My macbook was stolen a few weeks ago. When I go to icloud it now has a new name for the device. It alerted me that a sound was played, but there's no address.

Any ideas on what happened? Why did the cloud register the changed name without getting me a location?

Thanks!


texts: 'Filter' failed error trying to print after upgrading to Mavericks

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I made the mistake of upgrading to Mavericks and now my Samsung ML-1710 won't print.

I get Stopped - 'Filter' failed while trying to print a test page for example.

I've tried some of the suggestions here which are in regard to an Epson printer. I've obviously deleted and added the printer numerous times, verified the permissions using disk utility (it did make some corrections), tried a different Gutenprint driver (ML-1750) that didn't work, etc.

Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to use accelerated 3D graphics from NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M in Mac OS Big Sur?

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Since Mac OS High Sierra, Macbook Pro Late 2013 owners complain about the inability of using their NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M dedicated graphics card to speed up 3D graphics or a second display. So after all, I was wondering if Apple, NVIDIA, or some hacker [?] did something to re-enable these old-but-gold graphics card in Mac OS Big Sur.
I know it may be the latest Mac OS officialy released for 2013 Macbooks Pro, however it doesn't mean it's too outdated to be used these days. They're still very nice pieces of hardware, that's why I'm asking.


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Normally when typing `, I have to hold shift down and press ´, and a "dead" version of the grave accent appears. I then have to press space to get the "living" version of the grave accent.

You can see here what I mean by living and dead (dead keys):

If I want to open the console in Sublime Text 2, I can use the menu bar to open it, however, I would rather use the keyboard shortcut ctrl+`

Neither using ctrl+shift+´ or ctrl+´ works.

How would I input this keyboard shortcut?

Note: I already know that you can edit the keyboard shortcut for the menu item in System Preferences, but I have seen other applications also requiring keyboard shortcuts I can't input using my keyboard layout (Danish).

I don't want to change my keyboard layout either, not even temporary.


texts: How to schedule VLC recording with cron?

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I've created the following crontab:

0/5 * * * * /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -I rc rtp://@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5050 --sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=2048,acodec=mp3,ab=192,deinterlace}:standard{mux=ts,access=file{no-overwrite},dst=/Users/me/Pictures/video.ts}' --run-time=10 --play-and-exit >> /tmp/log.txt 2>&1

But in result log.txt contains the following text -

[00000001002300c8] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 2.2.0 Weatherwax
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> Shutting down.
[00000001002300c8] [cli] lua interface: Requested shutdown.

and empty (0 bytes) video.ts.

What is wrong here?


texts: Recently updated to Mojave. When I create an all-day event in Calendar, is there a way to show the whole day as busy?


texts: Is the iPhone X still waterproof if the glass over the camera is damaged?

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Unfortunately I damaged the glass over the camera on my iPhone X

I wonder if it still is waterproof now?


texts: OS X - build a bash function to send notifications via osascript / Applescript

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Hoping some one can point out what I am doing wrong. After looking through several threads, plus lots of experimentation, it feels like something simple is wrong. The threads I read include
How can I trigger a Notification Center notification from an AppleScript or shell script?
and
How to get a notification when my commands are done

This script is intended for minimally technical users to perform mounting and un-mounting shares. Right now it only supports SMB, but will handle NFS and other remote mounts later. We have the constraint that the user's system will be the base OS X installation, therefore we cannot install other tools or libraries.

The problem is popping a notification window when an event occurs, with text that includes a space in the argument passed to the function. If the argument is only alpha/numeric, it works fine.

As a starting point, I am using a piece of code from randomor on How to get a notification when my commands are done. The say command makes it much easier to tell when the script works, plus will make for nice voice prompts.

send_notify(){
cmd=$@
local $@ && say 'Completed!' && osascript -e "display notification \"Completed: $2\" with title \"$1\""
}

As long as there isn't whitespace in the argument string being passed from the calling function, both the say and the notification work. When there is white space in the argument string such as "BAR 3" or in a variable being passed, the send_notify() function throws an error.

When called without whitespace, send_notify() works

send_notify "FOO" "BAR2" <<< This works

This fails because of the whitespace

send_notify "FOO" "BAR 3"  <<< This fails

./sharemount.sh: line 138: local: `37': not a valid identifier

Interestingly, the say command also fails to execute.

Part of the problem is my lack of understanding what role “$@" plays in this command. If anyone has an explanation, it would be very welcome.

Below is one of several functions in the script tha call the send_notify() function.

Pre_Mount_Check() {
    Current_Share="$(df -t smbfs --output=source 2>/dev/null | sed '1d' | awk -F/ '{print tolower($NF)}')"
    Current_MountPoint="$(df -t smbfs --output=target 2>/dev/null | sed '1d')"
    logger -p Info "$DebugLog" "Sharemount:Pre_Mount_Check Checking to see if $Share_Path already exists"

    if [[ (-z "$Current_Share") && (-z "$Current_MountPoint") ]]; then
        logger -p Info "$DebugLog" "Sharemount:Pre_Mount_Check $Share_Path on $Mount_Point is not mounted, we will try to mount it"
        return 0

    elif [[ ( "$Current_Share" = "$Share_Name") && ( "$Current_MountPoint" = *"$Mount_Point"*) ]]; then
        logger -p Info "$DebugLog" "Sharemount:Pre_Mount_Check $Share_Path already mounted, nothing to do, exiting"
        echo "$Share_Path already mounted, nothing to do, exiting 1"
        exit 0

    elif
     [[ ( "$Current_Share" = "$Share_Name") ]]; then
        logger -p Warning "$DebugLog" "Sharemount:Pre_Mount_Check $Share_Path already mounted, on $Current_MountPoint, exiting"
        echo "$Share_Path already mounted, on $Current_MountPoint, exiting 2"
        send_notify "FOO" "BAR2" <<< This works
        exit 36

    elif [[ ( "$Current_MountPoint" = *"$Mount_Point"*) ]]; then
        logger -p Warning "$DebugLog" "Sharemount:Pre_Mount_Check $Share_Name is already mounted on $Mount_Point exiting"
        echo "$Share_Name is already mounted on $Mount_Point exiting 3"
        send_notify "FOO" "BAR 3"  <<< This fails
        exit 0

    fi
}

send_notify(){
cmd=$@
local $@ && say 'Completed!' && osascript -e "display notification \"Completed: $2\" with title \"$1\""
}


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My iPhone 7 just frozen right after the Passcode was entered. So basically it's frozen on the home screen right before the apps animates / slides in on the home screen.

I've tried holding the sleep / wake button + home button down with no luck. Nothing happens. I'm able to slide down the notification center and type and search in the box but then I try to open an app nothing happens.

If I press and hold to activate Siri, she appears for a second then turns off as if I pressed the home button again.

I've tried connecting the iPhone to a Mac but as it's Passcode enabled it tells me to unlock it and then replug it which I'm not able to do.

Any idea on how I can move forward?
I could wait for the battery to drain but since it's at 91% it will take a while and I was hoping for a quicker fix.


texts: My Macbok Pro is wanting me to reset my password.  I know my password but I can't get past this screen because the touch mouse doesn't work in this reset mode.


texts: "this computer has been scheduled to go to sleep" when none is set

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Simple question- My mac regularly & seemingly randomly tells me it has been scheduled to go to sleep automatically- usually (I think) right after I wake it up. I have no schedule for automatic sleep set up in preferences.

When this happens I just shrug and cancel the countdown box but it is annoying. Is there any way to see what is triggering this message and fix it?


texts: Additional characters when I press longer

texts: How to turn those additional characters off? After updating to macOS Sierra when I hit a key a little bit longer (it's the same amount of time I always did) i get this and it's constantly disrupting my flow


texts: Removing ALL characters with Command+Delete when renaming a file/folder removes/trashes the file/folder entirely

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Reproducible steps:

Open a Finder window (either via an 'open/upload file' in another application or directly)
select a folder with one click
hit 'Enter' to change the name
Use 'Command+Delete' to remove the entire line of text
The folder will be removed completely

Is there a way to prevent the removal of the file/folder from happening when trying to rename a file/folder?

I am OK with removing/preventing the shortcut to delete files altogether anywhere in the OS.

I'm running Yosemite, but also exists in El Capitan and likely before as well.


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I am macOS rookie and now have difficulties with Safari, I would like to find how I can save tabs?

For example some tabs were open, than I close Safari and turn off laptop, next time when I turn on laptop and open Safari I would like my tabs restored and open again...


texts: How to take a screenshot on Mac while keeping the aspect ratio of the capture area

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I know I can open the Screenshot tool by pressing cmd + shift + 4.
I can drag the mouse around to specify the area I want to take a screenshot of, but I am wondering how I can keep the width and height ratio 1:1 when moving the mouse cursor.

In image editing software, the combination is usually to hold shift while dragging. On mac using the screenshot tool, this means to lock one of the axis depending on where you start your drag motion. It locks the width if you start dragging up or down, and locks the height if you start dragging left or right.

Pressing alt on the other hand makes the capture area grow in both direction.

holding either cmd or ctrl seems to do nothing.

I really hope there is a key combination to make the width and height scale the same, but I cannot figure out which key combination to use.

EDIT

My version of macOS is Mojave 10.14.5.

And just to clarify, I want to keep the selection area to grow and remain at 1:1 ratio while actually moving the cursor around, similar to this:

Alternatively resizing the area in equal proportion to each other, meaning the width and the height changes so that the original aspect ratio is intact. The resulting image itself does not have to be 1:1


texts: This PDF displays with question marks instead of letters

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Something is wrong with the rendering of this PDF in Preview (or Quick Look). This is how it looks:

I can see it in Adobe Reader on Windows. I'm not sure what font it is using, and I have Office 2011 installed, so I have all of those fonts. Why is it displaying question marks on everything (except the text in the bottom left)?

I'm using Lion 10.7.1 on a 2010 17" MacBook Pro.


texts: I'm looking for a metronome app for my iPhone with a BPM analyzer, so it should be able to recognize if I play too slow, too fast or just in tempo.


texts: Terminal has been unstable since last upgrade (OSX 10.12.2)

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I have had repeated Terminal.app crashes while working with the command line, whether on the local computer or shelled into a Linux VPS.

Is this a known issue? Are there alternative CLI terminal applications that will behave like terminal, only at least being more stable?

Thanks,


texts: How to rename osascript in the administrator privileges dialog?

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I have used the command.

/usr/bin/osascript -e 'do shell script "echo hello args 2>&1 etc" with administrator privileges'

It asks for password saying osascript want to make changes. What I want is, how do I change the word osascript?


texts: How to make a Mac OS X .app with a shell script?

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I tried following a few tutorials, but I get this:

How can I fix this? I added in a info.plist (I just copied and pasted another app's file, and changed around a few things.)

Also, I used chmod +x myApp to make the script executable.

P.S. I am using El Capitan


texts: After installing Windows 7, my MacMini won't boot Lion anymore

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I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32bits in a MacMini 2,1 using bootcamp. I used a DVD media with multiply choices trough an external sata superdrive with usb adaptor. Windows seams ok, with the exception that I can't eject the disk from that superdrive... things to solve later.

Problem is now it will only boot Windows. I tried to boot with Alt pressed and nothing. So I edited the BCD file with easyBCD 2.3, add the Lion in the list and check it as default. Now the boot stops in a text screen of Windows Boot Manager, both systems are listed in the middle. If I chose "NST Mac OS X", will appear a screen with a strange green animal at the top, the windows logo and a countdown below. I can press F8 to escape to a list os OS. This new screen got "Darwin/x86 Boot v5.0.132" description and three logos: OS X, Windows NTFS, Windows (the second HDD though)... and the strange animal above. If I chose the Apple logo, it will returns to first text screen.

How can I make it boot Mac OS X Lion again?

EDIT. Photos of the screens:


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Back on Mac OS 9 I used to have a great font browsing tool that allowed me to preview hundreds of fonts very quickly. Each font would only take up one line of text and everything was on the same page.
It could take some time to launch but you could simply scroll through all these lines to see every font very quickly.

I have been using FontBook for a long time but I'm not sure if there's a way to do this with FontBook... or with a font browsing app.


texts: Use iCloud files sync: only sync files on desktop

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is there a way to only sync files which are on my desktop?
I don't want to sync my whole ~/Documents/ directory because it's very big.


texts: Finder does not show content of some folders

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I'm running Lion on Macbook2,1 and after I've upgraded from Leopard, I've noticed that some folders including Pictures are shown empty in Finder. Size of folder says otherwise and in Terminal I can see all my files and folders.

Any Idea what's going on?

Terminal:

Iffat:Pictures mac$ cd Photo\ Booth\ Archive/
Iffat:Photo Booth Archive mac$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   94 mac  staff  3196 Nov 22 15:26 Archive up to 91.08.13
drwxr-xr-x    3 mac  staff   102 Nov 22 15:26 Family
drwxr-xr-x   31 mac  staff  1054 Nov  2  2011 First Soheil Setup
drwxr-xr-x   11 mac  staff   374 Nov  2  2011 Mita
drwxr-xr-x    3 mac  staff   102 Nov 22 15:26 Tidy

In Finder's Get Info, there isn't much to tell, everything is normal, except for Kind: Folder which is missing.

Size: 338683879 bytes (339.3 MB on disk) for 278 items


texts: Move Certificates from Server to Remote Computer (MACS)

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So I am trying to push a certificate from a location (server) onto a remote mac computer so that then I can run a script that installs the certificates onto keychain and installs the application. Do you guys have any idea on how to get the certificate onto the other machine?

I have OS X Server set up and Apple Remote Desktop as well if that helps.


texts: Does a Magic Mouse let me use all the multitouch features of Lion?

texts: Does the magic mouse support all of the gestures that the magic trackpad supports, including but not limited to Launchpad and Mission Control?


texts: What does the clear key do on Apple's numpad?

texts: Apple has a keyboard with a numpad. What does the clear key on the top left of the numpad do? Is it different from the delete key, if so, how is it different?


texts: Any way to recover photos from a restored iPhone?

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I accidentally restored my new iPhone 6+ (iOS 9), which didn't have iCloud enabled, from an old backup (iOS 8), with iCloud.

My important photos seem to be gone now. Is there any way to recover photos from a restored iPhone?


texts: iOS jailbroken: native storage on an external drive?

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Since I have a faster internet connection now, and I like watching screencasts, I've started to explore YouTube downloader apps, but there's a lot of apps that I would like to use by downloading data overnight.

There are several iOS Wi-Fi hard drives on the market now, but of course each one provides access to the drive only through its own limited app.

So, using a jailbroken iOS device, how could I take the native filesystem (or the directory where all apps live and store their data) and extend it to an external (networked) drive, so that my apps would think I just happen to have a 2TB iPad?


texts: Broken App Store Connect listing is preventing any changes, how can I fix it?

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My app on App Store Connect has a third picture for the iPad Pro which hasn't uploaded.

Until App Store Connect thinks that this file has finished uploading, or it's removed, I can't make any changes.  Submitting another version for review results in an error saying that pictures are still being uploaded.
Is there something I can do to fix this, or have I encountered a very weird App Store Connect bug?


texts: Downloaded InstallMacOSX.pkg gives an error of "This version of OSX 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer." Why?

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I downloaded InstallMacOSX.pkg to create a bootable USB drive and install OSX El Capitan on a separate computer.  That computer was shipped with El Capitan.

So, I am not installing it on the computer that is creating the bootable USB drive.  Why does it assume that the OS is being installed on the computer that is creating the bootable drive ?

So in order to create the bootable USB drive, I have to run it on a computer that is also running El Capitan, which is weird.

Is there any way around this?  I'm thinking of maybe using Pacifist?


texts: How can I tell if I'm viewing a secure page in Safari (6.0.2)?

texts: Safari hides the http: or https:, so how can I tell if I'm viewing a page over SSL? Some pages show issuer information in the URL bar, but not all of them. So the ones that show issuer info are secure, but I'd rather not have to reload the other pages in Chrome just to determine whether I have a secure connection to it.


texts: Guest login got enabled even though FileVault 2 is enabled and Guest login is disabled

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I rebooted my Mac yesterday after installing the Apple update TS4088. Even though I disabled Guest Logins in my Users Preferences and have enabled FileVault 2 since the start, I am able to see Guest Login which is showing the following notice

  The computer will restart to a secure, safari only system for the guest user

Is there a way to disable the Guest user ? The whole drive is supposed to be encrypted ideally, but looks like there is a bug ?

Related Questions/Articles:

File Vault 2 - Apple KB article

Can FileVault show the login window as 'name and password', not 'list of users'?

Unable to create Guest Account after enabling FileVault

How to create a pseudo-guest account in Lion with FileVault 2?


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My question is where to place Audio book download from Public Library in iTouch and keep chapters in order?

I have done easy download from Overdrive but it is placed in Music and the chapters shuffles.


texts: How to upgrade to the latest iMovie for free?

texts: My iMac was bought in late 2008 and I recently updated it to version OS X 10.9.4. I still have the '08 version of iMovie. How do I update it? And why would I have to pay to do so if it is a built in app?


texts:
I'm trying to install Crypt-SSLeay on a macbook and it failed.

I manually downloaded Crypt-SSLeay from cpan and issued:

 perl Makefile.pl

The error is

openssl-version.c:2:10: fatal error: 'openssl/opensslv.h' file not found
#include <openssl/opensslv.h>
     ^
1 error generated.
Failed to build and link a simple executable using OpenSSL

The file exists and it's located at:

 /usr/local/opt/openssl/include/openssl

How do I go about fixing this, thanks.


texts: Problem With the Click Command - AppleScript

texts:
I'm trying to do some GUI scripting with AppleScript but every time I try to use the click command, it will work but cause an error. If I use a try statement it works fine, but I shouldn't have to do that. Here's some code that I started to turn on Speakable Items:

tell application "System Preferences"
    set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
    reveal anchor "SpeakableItems" of current pane
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    click radio button "On" of radio group of tab group 1 of window 1 of application process "System Preferences"
end tell

The 'On' radio button gets clicked, but I get this error aswell:

error "System Events got an error: radio button \"On\" of radio group of tab group 1 of window 1 of application process \"System Preferences\" doesn’t understand the “click” message." number -1708 from radio button "On" of radio group of tab group 1 of window 1 of application process "System Preferences"

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?


texts: Is there any way to expedite a MBP 2011 discrete GPU failure

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I have an early 2011 MBP 15" with discrete AMD GPU. This is the same model that has the free repair/warrant described here: https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/

I've already had to replace the logic board twice because of graphics issues. Is there any way to expedite the failure of my current logic board to get a replacement before the free repair expires at the end of this month? It's already showing a small amount of artifacting after heavy use. I'm afraid that the Apple Geniuses won't repair unless it's a complete failure (like my previous two).

Thank you for the help!


texts:
When trying to shutdown or restart my Mac it just keep on showing the spinning wheel with the white background. I have waited for at least 15 minutes but nothing happens.

When safe booting I can successfully shutdown OS X so I guess it is probably caused by a kernel extension.

How can I find out what is hanging the shutdown process?

Result of doing kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 } ':

com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn
com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice
com.intel.kext.intelhaxm
com.rogueamoeba.InstantOnCore
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower
org.pqrs.driver.KeyRemap4MacBook
foo.tun
foo.tap
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp


texts: macbook doesn't recognize internal HDD, only when connected via USB

texts:
yesterday something weird happened. After my 13' macbook pro ( early 2011 ) was running all night while playing music, in the morning I just closed it and went home from my friends house. When I got home and opened it, it just froze completely, so had to shut it down with the power button. After turning it back on, it just showed me this folder with a question mark. When I tried to do internet recovery, I couldn't, because no HDD was visible. So I couldn't do anything at all, even in DISK UTILITY computer wouldn't show any disk at all. So I took the lid off and disconnected my HDD and put it in enclosure and connected it to my macbook via USB and booted from there. It booted perfectly fine, as nothing happened.I did time machine back up just in case something will go wrong again. SO, basicly it will boot from USB but not when the HDD is actually inside my macbook. Any advice ? I read some forums and it looks like it could be HDD's controller that failed, disconnected HDD's power source, disconnected HDD's date cable,SMC, NVRAM, or PRAM need to be reset, the drive's indices are corrupt, a logic board problem exists .. Just wondering if anybody had similar problem and could give me some advice. Another thing, my macbook was overheating a lot and after I opened it, there was quite a lot of dust.
Also I want to ask, if I will buy a new HDD ( looking at Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB ), can I get it all look like my old system. Do I just plug in my time machine disk ? Sorry I am not very good at this technical stuff. Thanks a lot for any help.


texts: How Does El Capitan Improve Application Load Times?

texts:
One of the claims for El Capitan is that it improves load times for applications up to 40%, but has anyone identified what this actually means?

Are only specific applications affected? For example, have Apple only reduced the load times of their own apps by up to 40%? Or is there some new feature at work that allows applications to get into memory faster, or load shared libraries faster or what?

So, does anyone know how the claimed improvement is achieved? Should all apps be expected to load a bit faster (even if it's not the full 40%)?

I've been unable to find any technical details about what has been done in terms of performance, except that Metal now exists, but that shouldn't impact load times really.


texts: How do I prevent Lion Mail from marking a message as read after deleting/archiving another message?

texts:
This is driving me nuts. I go through my mail in reverse chronological order. This means I look at the newest mails first and then go back from there. So this scenario happens dozens of times a day:

Check out message, decide to mark it as unread to review/act on later
Proceed to next, older, message
When I decide to delete/archive the current message, Mail will highlight the message from 1. and mark it as read (because it is selected)
This forces me to REmark this last message as unread before proceeding

Any ideas on how to solve this?


texts: Setting default sound output device on Catalina and making it stick

texts:
I don’t recall if this has always been an issue, but I’ve only really started noticing it fairly recently, so I suspect it may be Catalina-specific.
In my System Preferences → Sound settings, under both Sound Effects and Output, I would like my Mac to always use the internal speakers as default, unless I actively choose my external speakers. But every time I restart the computer, both are reset to the external speakers (which I usually discover by accidentally hitting a wrong key and getting the “duhhn” sound blasted through my stereo speakers at high volume and nearly suffering a heart attack).
Is there some way to let macOS know that I want a specific device to persistently be the default Sound Effect and Sound Output device, even after a restart?


texts: How to get output from the console.app from a non-admin account?

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I almost exclusively use a non-admin account for everyday use. Only for installing software, etc. I log in with the admin account.
This normally works very well, however, there is one issue I haven't been able to resolve so far. The Console.app will only show the few log files it has access to. That means, for instance, /var/log/system.log will not be displayed.

I know I could log in with the admin account (either in terminal or the desktop environment), but I am looking for a more convenient way to open logs from the non-admin account.


texts: Can I make my iPhone to show name and number on incoming calls?

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When I recieve a call it only shows the name of the contact. Is it possible to shows the number as well?

The same applies when I call a contact, it only shows the name, but I'll watch that thread for options on outgoing mods or apps.

The reason this is important to see is that I have 2-3 numbers for many contacts and it is very important for me to know at a glance if they are calling from work or home or mobile.

My phone is jailbroken, so don't feel tied to the stock iOS if a good solution exists in a jailbroken app or modification to the OS. Clearly a non-jaibreak solution would help the most people, so I'd prefer that if possible.


texts: How to delete a podcast from new ios6 Podcast app?

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The new ios 6 has Podcasts broken out into their own application.

I've got a bunch of old podcasts there for some reason. I can figure out how to delete all the episodes, but I can't figure out how to delete the podcast itself from the app. Is there any way to do this?


texts:
I have a 2009 Macbook Pro, 4GB RAM, 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Check battery warning but nothing else overtly wrong.

Since I updated to Mavericks (from Snow Leopard), it has been running incredibly slowly and the fan has been spinning up constantly. Icons bouncing for a long time in the dock before launching (especially Skype), really slow to type in the new Pages (old one is fine), etc., despite Activity Monitor showing low or medium memory pressure and the CPU being at relatively low usage.

Resetting the SMC brings it back to the speed it used to be at, but after a couple of hours of usage, my MacBook has slowed to a crawl again and the only thing that will speed it up again is another SMC reset.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I create a well-structured PDF with macOS?

texts:
I'm trying to put together a text-based PDF that will be read with a screen reader. In order to make the reading process as straightforward as possible I've used a hierarchy of three levels of headings. I originally created the document in Google Drive, but if I try to export a PDF from there all my headers disappear in the PDF document. If I export from Drive to Word then the headings are retained, but they disappear when I create a PDF from Word by using the built-in macOS PDF creation function.
How can I retain my headings when I create a PDF in macOS?


texts: accountsKeychainExport inside Keychain - malware?

texts:
After few months I opened Keychain Access and suddenly there is a new keychain which points to non existing file with path /private/var/folders/14/vvg4hynx6n3dkcv78dll_c5r0000gn/T/accountsKeychainExport~~~JRuSmO/accountsKeychainExport.keychain
I open keychain few times a year.

I protect myself with Little Snitch but I run my Mac (10.14.6) with sip disabled (developer here).

I am looking for any explanation/things to check on my system or if I should revoke all my certificates and passwords.

Checked running processes + "launchctl list" and all is clear.

PS: I have recently traveled to China.


texts: Can a version of Windows newer than Vista be installed on MacBookPro2,2 2006 Core 2 Duo?

texts:
Apple documents state my MacBookPro2,2 2006 Core 2 Duo 2.16 MHz will not run Windows versions newer than Vista. However, I burned a 32 bit Windows 7 ISO to a DVD, after converting the ISO to DVD/CD master in the Disk Utility. The resulting DVD worked. I tried same procedure with a 32 bit Windows 10 ISO. The Mac froze at a black screen with a message asking for a boot choice 1, 2. Why did booting from the Windows 10 DVD fail?
I understand that my Mac has a 32 bit EFI, but the processor is 64 bit. I also understand there are issues with booting from an USB flash drive, which is why I used a DVD. Are there other methods to install newer versions of Windows on my Mac?


texts: USB 3.0 Card on a 2008 Mac Pro running Yosemite 10.10

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I have a 2008 Mac Pro that I used to have a USB 3.0 card installed on that has stopped working with each OS release and is dependent on the use of a Kext Wizard which can create compatibility and sometimes other issues that make it more difficult to troubleshoot and lag a couple months behind a release of the OS update as well as getting rid of the kexts can be a pain if they are creating conflicts. It also is an issue when doing clean installs.

The card I have does not have an FCC ID or brand label on it and is simply labeled as "USB 3.0" with 2 USB 3.0 ports. The single chip on it says:

  D720200AF1 112EV073G CHINA

Those that I have looked at already:

The LaCie USB 3.0 LaCie ExpressCard for Mac has not had a driver update in 2+ years.
The Sonnet Allegro USB 3.0 on Amazon card looks physically the same as the unmarked board I have but with additional printing.
There are some cards on eBay that claim to use the NEC/RENESAS chip or same specifications but it looks the same as the card I have and as the Sonnet card and sound like they require a Kext. Note I got my card from eBay years ago as well

I am looking for a specific card by an established vendor for the 2008 Mac Pro to get USB 3.0 speeds (not just a 2.0 with some boost, but true USB 3.0) that doesn't require the use of Kext Wizards and as much chasing of emulation drivers used in Hackintoshes and has been confirmed to work with Yosemite.

Has anyone found that that exists?

Note: It is my assumption/opinion 10.10 Yosemite will likely (based on its age and is already oldest version supported and the hardware unique to the 2008 and not as upgradable as the 2009+ doesn't support many of features of Yosemite {airdrop, handoff, support for current version of Bluetooth, USB, CUDA, etc...) be the last to support the 2008 Mac Pro but the system still is going strong and close comparable benchmarks to my 2012 & 2013 ones so I would like to continue to use it as long as possible. I am only noting this to try to mitigate some of the editorial comments and keep the discussion 'on topic'.


texts: How can I locate an iMessage from 1-2 months ago? Possible?

texts: I am trying to find/locate iMessages from a certain day back at the beginning of October. Is this possible? Scrolling back on the history on my iMac in Messages goes back to 10/19/15 but no further. On iPhone it is more recent than that.


texts: Can't mount (Core Storage) encrypted volume anymore

texts:
I use the following setup:

SSD: System
Internal HDD: Data (Documents, Music, etc.)
Both disks are encrypted via the Core Storage utility.

It seems I can't mount the "Data" disk anymore.

I wanted to download a random pdf which failed. ("Downloads Folder" is on "Data" Volume)
Restarted the machine and now all aliased folders which refer to the "Data" volume have a question mark overlay rendered on their icon.

It's not possible to mount/unlock the "Data" disk through disk utility a.
The "Data" volume is, according to DiskUtility quite full (only 16MB left).
I have the suspicion that this small amount of space left in combination with the encryption causes some trouble.

What to do?

edit: output of diskutil cs list

+-- Logical Volume Group 5898542B-F53F-46A6-B529-C31152081292
=========================================================
Name:         Data
Status:       Online
Size:         499763888128 B (499.8 GB)
Free Space:   16777216 B (16.8 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume C6AAFA40-7F30-40C3-BC1E-A71A3C3DA757
|   ----------------------------------------------------
|   Index:    0
|   Disk:     disk2s2
|   Status:   Online
|   Size:     499763888128 B (499.8 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 77CFA80C-6CEA-4FA5-8855-567C90FD2513
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    Encryption Status:       Unlocked
    Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
    Conversion Status:       Complete
    Conversion Direction:    -none-
    Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
    Fully Secure:            Yes
    Passphrase Required:     Yes
    |
    +-> Logical Volume E2DB4126-C04C-4AE1-B1AC-CDFF0218D537
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Disk:                  disk3
        Status:                Online
        Size (Total):          499428339712 B (499.4 GB)
        Conversion Progress:   -none-
        Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
        LV Name:               Data
        Volume Name:           Data
        Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

Strange that the status says "Online" as well as that the encryption status is "Unlocked". If it's unmounted and not accessible it shouldn't be in unlocked state.


texts: Can Lion detect 1920x1200 screen resolution?

texts:
I own a MacBook Pro, 17", MA897D/A, A1229, Mid 2007, with a display resolution of 1920x1200 which worked seamlessly under 10.4.

As I upgraded to Lion I sadly noticed that the maximum resolution now is 1680x1050.

Did anybody experience similar behaviour?
Is Lion unable to detect the native resolution?
Are there any 'power settings' I could use?


texts: What's this CSSM Exception in my macOS 10.12.1 logs?

texts:
I'm trying to clean up my mac a bit and therefore always check through logs to see what maybe unexpected or otherwise strange. This time I see way too much going on in the logs in terms of lines per second and one thing that catches my eyes quickly is these CSSM exceptions. Here's an example:

Standard    19:46:21.455829 +0100   syncdefaultsd   CSSM Exception: -2147411889 CSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_TAG

In this case it's from syncdefaultsd but they happen to be from differenct processes every few seconds. I've also seen them from com.apple.iCloudHelper, quicklookd, mdworker, launchservicesd and other macOS native services.

I found through google that some people posted about them already but didn't get a real answer. Thought I might find someone to help here.

Within Minutes i get thousands of these (just captured 10 minutes with nearly 9000 lines of CSSM Exceptions.


texts: Installed gcc with Homebrew, now how to use that gcc instead of clang?

texts: I installed gcc with brew install gcc, but when I type gcc the default behavior is still to use clang.  How do I set things so that typing gcc in the terminal automatically uses the gcc installed by Homebrew?


texts: Can I use bootcamp to install another instance of OSX?

texts:
Can I use bootcamp to partition my HDD and install another instance of OSX?

I want to run a test instance to try out untrusted software.

The boot camp assistant seems to insist on installing an instance of windows.


texts: Where can I read the full notification log text

texts:
My question is related to How can I show the full notifications in the notification center?, but I do not necessarily need to "show" the full notification text, only to acces its content somehow, for example by finding its source log so I can read it with vim/grep, etc.

I'm missing some critical information because the notification text is truncated.

Where is the macOS log file where I can read all those notifications ?


texts: Is the MAC address of my VM different to the MAC address of the host?

texts:
My landlord provides my connection to the internet and they are changing their network which requires me to register my iPhone and MBA. The instructions require me to use my MAC address at some point in the process. I run a VM using Parallels and all my mail goes to MS Outlook.

Do I provide them with the MAC address from the VM (Windows 7) or from Mountain Lion? Might they be the same?


texts:
I just updated my iPhone from iOS6 beta 4 to the final release, I restored via iTunes.

I made an iCloud backup right before doing this, seeing this is what iCloud is for I figured I didn't need to backup using iTunes.

The restoring process went fairly smooth, but after I started restoring from iCloud the problems begun, restore my settings took almost 2 hours, even though the Time Remaining said it would only take 45 min.

Once my iPhone booted up all my apps popup up, waiting to be downloaded, now I'm not sure what they're waiting for, but they've been waiting for hours.

I noticed a few apps started downloading, I also saw a few apps which downloaded very quickly and then just got removed from the screen ...

Now one app is just stuck on "loading", preventing other apps from starting.

I've already tried all the solutions given online, but nothing is helping.

Anyone else experiencing this?


texts: Is it possible to send HEIC files through WhatsApp Web with the Safari Web browser?  .JPG images are 'lit' and ready to be sent, whereas .HEIC photos are 'greyed' out.


texts: How can I gain access to the Windows 10 BitLocker encrypted drive on Mac OSX?

texts:
My friends send me a USB drive which has been encrypted with a password in Windows 10 before. There are many important photos for our travel. But when I inserted it on my MacBook. It gave me the windows that the disk was not readable by this computer. I have the password and can not access the drive to get what I want!! Bad mood.

Can anyone give me suggestions? I search online and found there is a tool called iSunshare BitLocker Genius. Did anyone use it before? I know nothing about computer, just want the simplest way to get the photos and share the happy times with my family. Help!


texts: How can I set up a private virtual LAN for my laptop and its guest VMs

texts:
I have two VirtualBox guest VMs running Linux under a MacOS X host.

I'm using bridged networking mode but I am not in control of the DHCP server and can not give my host+guests static IPs. Any time a DHCP lease expires, or I join a different network, I have to deal with my VM IPs changing, and consequently change all my firewall rules and /etc/hosts entries, etc. which is a pain to say the least.

So I want to set up a virtual LAN on my laptop like 10.20.30.0/24. Then make my host OS (the laptop) be .1, and the guest VMs be .2 and .3. The VMs need to be able to access the Internet through the host's connection. Sometimes that would be out the wired interface, other times out the AirPort. It would be ideal if, when the host's internet connection changes from wired to wireless, guest internet access is not interrupted.

Can I do this on OS X? What commands do I run, sysctls to set, etc.


texts: Mail Quits unexpectedly every time it opens

texts:
I have a serious problem with the Mail application. It just won't open. I've seen some 'remedies' for example, resetting rules and settings, but this can't be done if the app doesn't even open.

Process:               Mail [7832]
Path:                  /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier:            com.apple.mail
Version:               9.2 (3112)
Build Info:            Mail-3112000000000000~7
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Mail [7832]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2016-03-27 13:50:44.435 +0800
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.3 (15D21)
Report Version:        11

Time Awake Since Boot: 52000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       11000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        27  Dispatch queue: Task Manager Serialization Queue :: NSOperation 0x7fc5c84d2430 (QOS: LEGACY)

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Attempting to perform a synchronous operation while on the serialization queue'
abort() called
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

Please help! Mail is a reasonably important part of doing business
(Full error log here).

  This is different from Mail.app crashes constantly, even after deleting mail profile and cache,
  because users are able to open
  the app to commence remediation activities there. As stated, I had tried
  this but each time the the app opens it crashes immediately. The
  resolution in the other thread is not possible to implement in this
  case.


texts: Insecure connection and stored passwords disappear

texts:
I am troubleshooting my dad's computer and I am confused about what's going on, sorry if the symptoms are a little bit all over the place.

I am connecting the computer with a wifi that all other computers seem to have no problem with.

On his computer I have the following trouble and the following symptoms:

Webbrowser: trying to open "https://google.de" claims to be an insecure connection.
Dropbox also cannot connect because it is supposed to be an insecure connection
Mail asks for passwords that it previously remembered. They also still seem to be stored in keychain.
Every now and then the computer seems to also forget the wifi password and I have to manually enter it.
A weird dialog pops up rapidly and then quickly closes by itself. I had to try a few times by taking a screenshot to capture what it says. It is saying (roughly translated from German): "Do you want 'nmblookup' to accept incoming connections"

The Mac is running OS Version 10.6.8


texts: Configuring Apple Mail with Gmail Aliases

texts:
I am trying to use AppleMail and trying to configure to using gmail alias.

My primary email address is sid@mydomain.com and I have configured this in Apple Mail and able to send / receive messages properly. This primary email has an alias on my google apps for business sid-sales@mydomain.com

Whenever someone sends an email to sid-sales@mydomain.com, I receive it on sid@mydomain.com and on the Apple Mail. So far good.

Now, I want to configure Apple Mail so that I am able to send emails using both my primary email and the alias (and with different names). So, I want to have two email configurations -

- Sid <sid@mydomain.com>
- Sid from Sales <sid-sales@mydomain.com>

I am not able to get this working. I tried adding both the emails separated by a comma in the Accounts section. After doing this, both the emails appear in the From field and I can choose from one but the receiving side is always getting my email from my primary email address. So, if I choose sid-sales@mydomain.com in the From field, the receiver still sees sid@mydomain.com

I also tried changing the plist file by adding EmailAliases - I was able to change the Name but the email address is still sid@mydomain.com

Can somebody please help me with this? I tried searching a lot on the internet but I am not able to find anything which will solve the problem.


texts: Based on the responses to my earlier question about memory replacement, I plan to upgrade soon.  That said, once I've acquired and installed said memory, what is the recommended Mac software I should use to burn in and test the new memory?  Are there any free options?


texts: Connect to Mac Mini without sharing the screen

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When I connect to my mac mini (from my Mac Book Air) what happens is that the connection is made as a regular screen sharing. So if someone connects a screen to the mac mini then all the activity is seen.
But if there's already another user connected then I get a message saying that another user is already using the display, and then I can choose to share the screen or to "login as yourself", and that's great!
How can I always connect as login so each user get his privacy?

MacMini: macOS Sierra 10.12.5
MacBook AIr: macOS Sierra 10.12.5
Thanks!


texts: Why does the Messages.app alert me to new messages quicker than my actual iPhone?

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The notification center clearly posts its alerts visible on my screen faster than my iPhone alerts me.

Does the path of my incoming texts change when I have the Messages.app configured to sync with my phone or does the Messages.app just alert faster, or is something else going on?


texts: How to remove iPhone music from Amazon Music app?

texts: There's an setting in Amazon Music app "Add playlists from device" which lets you select from playlists in your iTunes library. I enabled this once and music from my iPhone added to the Amazon Music. However now I turned it off but the device music still in the Amazon Music app, how can I remove these songs without going to each one individually and remove it?


texts: I can't restore 'library' with support files from Time Machine

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Due to an accident, my entire applications folder with all the support files, including plists and caches got deleted.

I tried restoring by files from the most recent Time Machine backups but I cannot retrieve my applications with the support files.

I even tried it with migration assistant on a new image.

Is this impossible?

Must I start from scratch?

Details of the ‘accident’

I was using this app called ‘AppCleaner’ that also  automatically deletes related support files which are normally left behind if one simply trashes an Application.

In the search view, I typed the app name and I selected all the apps in the results using Command + A. Unfortunately, this selected every single Application in the Applications Folder in the background and I trashed and deleted all files.

Anyway.

I tried to restore the applications and library from my Time Machine Back-ups but failed to do so because I didn’t have enough space to restore. (I have a 11inch Macbook Air 2012 64GB SSD

When I tried to restart in recovery mode, I had the same problem, I was disallowed the option to restore using my time capsule backups because my SSD didn’t have enough space for the backup.

I then tried to restore it to a totally different but new image on a 64GB USB3.0 Sandisk USB Stick, but the process stopped after hours of being stuck around 30.4 percent and the computer was unable to boot, leaving me with a persistent verbose message suggesting it couldn’t identify the os, kernel or anything.

I finally tried restoring the state using migration assistant on the very same SSD that had my files missing. This happened successfully and I have all my applications in the applications folder.

But now I have 13GB free (I had 2GB before) and all my application support files, saved states, preferences, caches and customizations are gone.

Basically, it feels like I just got a new macbook with my documents and itunes folder loaded on to it.

How can I get my apps back to the pre-deletion state or is this impossible? Do I have to start from scratch? I thought my Time Machine Backups would restore it to exactly the same state, am I wrong?

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I installed Colloquy and then LimeChat IRC clients. I realized Colloquy opens automatically when clicking on a link like irc://irc.freenode.net/kolab
How can I changed these links to open in LimeChat?


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I am new to Mac's.  I have a new MacBook Air OS X 10.9.5. I was given and told to get it on our active directory domain. I was able to figure out how to bind it to AD. I have allow network users to log in at login windows checked. When accessing options, I have allow all network users.
Directory Utility User Experience, selected create mobile account, selected Use UNC path from Active Directory, Network protocol to be used smb, Administrative, allow administration by checked and allow authenctication from any domain in the forest checked. I have also checked remote login in sharing.  When i log off or restart, I am never prompted with login to login to Active Directory.  Can someone help me.

Thanks in advance
Mike


texts: Mac Mini powerful enough to play any 1080p movie?

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I have a Mac Mini (Mid 2011) with 2,3 GHz Intel Core i5 8 GB RAM with SSD, that I use to watch videos. The machine is great in all respects, except if I play 1080p encoded with H265 or VP9, the fan goes to full speed (and CPU tops around 100%). 1080p at H264 plays fine without fan noise.

What is the minimum upgrade that will let me play any current 1080p file without audible fan noise? I realise the problem is caused by a slow CPU / lack of GPU support, which means replacing the entire unit, which I am willing to do. So which (second hand) Mac Mini is strong enough for this?


texts: Caps lock + letters A to l not working on mac USB keyboard

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I am on the verge on snapping my brand new 27" iMacs keyboard. It's the latest USB model. I can't even login to my system because my password contains the letters I have said are not working. All was working fine yesterday.

I can confirm caps lock and letters A to L are not responding. Every other key works as expected.

Has anyone got any ideas before the keyboard becomes two and the iMac goes out the window?


texts: Unable to figure out required (to be deleted) Documents as information is not consistent

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I am trying to free up some space (around 20GB) in order to install Big Sur on my 2019 Air, 128GB.
Under Storage Management, I select Documents that are shown to occupy 36GB of space. However, there are no Large Files, Downloads, or Unsupported Apps. When I click the File Browser option, the files and folders listed don't sum up to the size mentioned in the Recommendations.
The pic below showcases my situation:


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I used my nickname on iPhone 5's Game Center before I changed my Apple ID to [appleid]@cloud.com. After changing my Apple ID to an @icloud.com account, I then deleted my old Apple ID from my iPhone. Now both my nickname and scores disappeared.

Is there any way to get my nickname and scores back?


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How do I install the mainstream Microsoft Hebrew true-type fonts (David, Arial, Times New Roman Hebrew) in Mac? I would like to use these fonts both in MS-Office and Latex documents.

In the Linux\Debian world there is a package called msttcorefonts, that fetches these fonts from the Microsoft site. I'm not sure where I can download these fonts, is it legal to use them in Mac, and whether there are copyright issues with documents created with them.


texts: Can I upgrade the Radeon Pro graphics card in my iMac early-2008?

texts: I have a 20″ early-2008 iMac with Radeon Pro (256 MB) and I wish to upgrade it. Are there any suitable (and more powerful) replacements for it (the video card)?


texts: Preview randomly removing spaces between words

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Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,4
System Version: macOS 10.15.2 (19C57)

I have a document that I scanned with ABBYY FineReader (OCR). I need to copy some sentences/use text to speech on the doc. In preview, however, many of the words are mashing together (the spaces are being removed. Thus:

  "This statement introduces highly complex feature Romans. On the one
  hand, Paul is insistent"

becomes:

  "ThisstatementintroducesahighlycomplexfeatureofRomans.
  Ontheonehand,Paulisinsistent"

Now, it's very possible that that is how the metadata is normally read. For example, Skim also has the same problem. On the other hand, Adobe Acrobat Reader is including the spaces. Chrome also functions the way that Adobe does. The problem is that I don't know why preview is functioning the way it is.

My question(s) are the following (any of which will satisfy me):

why is this happening? Does Preview process text differently (or does Adobe have some kind of spell check)
is there a way to fix this (either by getting the metadata from adobe into preview or by getting preview to work correctly).


texts: Which sides of an iPad does Apple Pencil 2 attach to?

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I have tried to deduce this from comparing product images online, but did not yet find a definitive answer to this:

Will the Apple Pencil 2 magnetically attach to (and charge at)

only the portrait-mode, right-hand side (where the volume buttons are located),
both of the "long" sides, or
also the "short" sides of an iPad?

Furthermore, is it correct that the orientation of the pencil when attached (to whatever sides support it) does not matter for charging?


texts: I dropped my iPhone 5c and it cracked; now the screen is changing colors

texts: Can I just get a new screen and is it not covered under AppleCare?


texts: How to add a set of keyboard shortcuts for document/text applications in System Preferences with Automator?

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I have a MacBook Pro that is using the 10.10.5 (Yosemite, the second one, I believe) operating system, and I want to change some "text"/"document" keyboard shortcuts for specific programs to have a unified shortcut functionality across all software I use.

System Preferences doesn't seem to have any way to change them, and I had called a technical support person at Apple to see if there was any way I could. There was not, and I simply continued to search online if there was ANY way they can be changed.

I came to a website, seeing someone wanting to add a new shortcut, for documents (not as simply as I would want, but...), using Automator. It is actually a big surprise what it can do!

I was wondering how may I add two keyboard shortcuts of the same thing, just different directions (they involve Ctrl+Up / Down arrows, doing what Cmd+Up / Down arrows do in text-type applications. Again, that is the thing I can not change in System Preferences | Keyboard Shortcuts.

I do not want to switch around Ctrl and Cmd as the other's modifier key for any type of text documents; the prominent ones I have that I simply use most are Notes, Pages, and Scrivener (I would think there can be an option for adding for all text-type applications, but that is why I'm asking, that I can know).

What would I select in Automator (the services document in it, as the start), and then what to type in to add those two commands (and I can answer what the commands are in more detail).

Those shortcuts will help me immensely, since I also do much writing and typing, and would like some uniform cursor-movement options.


texts: What brand of SSD does apple use for their LATE 2011 MacBook Pros?

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The ones that came out on October 2011. Models #:

  MD311*/A,  MD313*/A,  MD314*/A,  MD318*/A  or MD322*/A

The SSD options are listed here with no detailed information:

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MD322LL/A?select=select&product=MD322LL%2FA

Note that https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/9113/what-brand-of-ssd-come-optional-on-macbook-pros is NOT a duplicate question as the answer is not specific to these model #'s


texts: How to select an operating system to boot without a keyboard?

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I'm in a pretty sticky situation right now...

The USB keyboard that I've always used broke.  I do have the wireless keyboard that came with my iMac.  However, my iMac is dual-booted.  When I turn it on, the cursor for the operating system to boot is over Linux by default.  Therefore, because I don't have a keyboard connected, I can't select to boot OS X.  If I was able to boot OS X, I would be able to connect the wireless keyboard.

Is there any way I can boot OS X without a keyboard?

Thanks.


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I have an iMac running Catalina (10.15.2) that I don't have a keyboard or mouse plugged into. I just want to use it via screen sharing and SSH.

The problem is that often when I want to use it I can't. SSH hangs, screen sharing won't connect. I've tried restarting it via the power button, but even when it gets to the login screen I can't use SSH or screen sharing.

The only thing that seems to work is plugging in a keyboard and mouse, and logging in the normal way. Then SSH and screen sharing start working. They continue to work for a while. Eventually I come back and it's back in a bad state.

In Energy Saver settings I checked "Prevent computer from sleeping" and "Wake for network access" as well as "Start up automatically after power failure", power nap and hard disk sleep are unchecked.


texts: How can I iterate through a folder and move/copy every Nth item

texts: I want to make a time lapse from a folder of images, but there are too many and the time lapse progresses to slowly.  How do I select, for example, every 10th item, and either copy or move the items into a separate folder?


texts: Can I install/upgrade from SL to Lion on RAID0?

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I have a 2007 Mac Pro with a 3-disk RAID0 bootdrive.

I want to do a clean Lion install on the RAID volume but I'm not sure if there are any known issues with doing this. I seem to remember that last time I did something like this the installer crapped-out when it encountered the RAID. I got round this by doing a clean install on a different (single) drive, backing it up and then reinstalling it onto the RAID volume. Quite painful.

I understand that I'll have to create the Recovery HD on an external drive but this aside, does anyone have any knowledge they can share? I'm hoping that the lack of info online means that its perfectly fine and I'm worrying unduly ;-)

Thanks.


texts: How does keychain restore work in other idevice?

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app A stores passwords in keychain programmatically. One password is stored in one keychain item. Keychain item is a class of type Generic Password. app A is installed & used in idevice1 & idevice2 (ios4.0 & later). Now take the encrypted backup of device1 and restore it in device2.

Does it overwrite the keychain items of same match in device2 or stores the keychain items from backup alone?


texts: How to enable/disable Do Not Disturb from shell on Mojave?

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I've searched far and wide, but obviously not enough, to find a solution for this on macOS Mojave.

I found the answers here, but they don't work on Mojave: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/303400/193408

It appears to not do anything; the Do Not Disturb toggle in the sidebar doesn't change.


texts: Bash script - Delay cp command until after file write is complete

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cp /Folder1/*.mov /Folder2/
cp /Folder1/*.mov /Folder3
rm /Folder1/*.mov

This runs every 60 seconds using Chron that copies any *.mov file from one folder to 2 other folders and then removes the file.

If the file takes longer than 60 seconds to write the script executes and copies anything in the folder and corrupts it. (Or if the script just happens to execute when a file is being written.)

How can I make a conditional statement to make the script wait until the file write is complete?


texts: Are there any virtual machine emulators for the Ios? When I mean virtual machine emulator for the Ios, I mean virtual machine software that can be used on an Ios to emulate something like a mac or linux. (like a port of qemu) Can anybody help me?


texts: Why is Adobe Lightroom 6 incompatible with the upcoming macOS 10.15 (Catalina)?

texts: I receive a system warning that Adobe Lightroom 6.14 (perpetual license) is incompatible with future versions of macOS when starting it under macOS Mojave. Lightroom 6 is a 64 bit application, so where is the incompatibility?


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I have a MacBook Pro from 2010 with 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4 GB of RAM.

Lately I am getting many kernel panics when my MacBook Pro is under high load, such as when copying, playing video's, editing etc.

Sometimes, it won't start anymore, it would just beep, and give a blackscreen. Hitting the powerbutton a few times helps.

Sometimes during crashes I get crazy colour patterns on-screen. Making me suspect the video card. Another clue is that the MacBook Pro sometimes crashes when it is moved.

Can it be the RAM (which would be nice since it is replaceble). Is it worth a try? The log is included below.

Help is much apreciated!

Fri Mar 28 20:40:17 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2abf6a): Kernel trap at 0x00134f9b, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00134f9b, CR3: 0×00100000, CR4: 0×00000668
EAX: 0x090bcf80, EBX: 0x0908d400, ECX: 0×00000000, EDX: 0x08ef6c00
CR2: 0x00134f9b, EBP: 0x52bb3f28, ESI: 0×00000001, EDI: 0x00134f9b
EFL: 0×00010246, EIP: 0x00134f9b, CS:  0×00000008, DS:  0×00000010
Error code: 0×00000010


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I have a newer model (2013) Airport Extreme and have activated remote logging with level 7/debug messages going to a Linux box. However, I find the messages actually getting logged seem minimal, and I do not see anything from the firewall. I have even thrown nmap probes against it, and nothing gets logged.

I know logs can be viewed using Airport Utility 5.6, but I want to use a remote logger instead. Does anyone have a good case study of getting logs from an APE to a remote logger?

Are there keys in the plist I'm missing other than the entry for the remote logger's IP address and the log level?


texts: How to copy a file and replace (if necessary) in the target directory from terminal

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If I'm on my Desktop and I have a file called 'test.txt' on there, and I want to copy that file to say '~/Library/Folder 1/Folder 2/' how do I do that? Also, if there's already a file there called 'test.txt' I'd like to replace that file.

I've tried running

cp -R ./test.txt ~/Library/Folder 1/Folder 2/

but that didn't do the trick.


texts: Do I have to run a disk integrity check after a kernel panic?

texts: Relatively new to Macs, I'm used to Windows wanting to verify HD data integrity after an unexpected shutdown. I know they use different file systems, but do Macs need to do anything like this?


texts: Replacing HDD with SSD; what about non-APFS/APFS?

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iMac 27-inch, Late 2013, macOS up-to-date

I would like to back up my internal HDD (non-APFS) with Time Machine. Then erase the HDD. Then have the HDD replaced with a new internal SSD. Then restore from Time Machine.

Should I take precautions for the simultaneous switch from non-APFS to APFS? For example, must I convert the HDD to APFS before the steps mentioned above?


texts: Is there a way to safely eject a USB hard drive from the lock screen?

texts: Often I come to my mac sitting on my desk in the morning and need to simply unplug it and put it in a bag. While maybe not strictly necessary to properly eject the attached USB drive, it sure would be nice if there were a way to do so without first logging in.


texts: How to force spotlight to reimport index

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I have a large remote (fuse-mounted) drive that I would like to be indexed with spotlight. After executing sudo mdutil -i on </path/to/volume> spotlight creates the .Spotlight-V100 directory which I presume includes the index for the folder.

When this drive is unmounted and re-mounted, it seems to lose the index. Is it possible for me to force spotlight to import the already-existing index instead of re-indexing each time?

EDIT: The mounted volume is xfs, and I am running OS X 10.11.4


texts: Mac doesn't reboot after reinstall of OS X

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This it what I did

Select the recovery partition
erase your whole disk using disk utility...importany you erase all partitions.
After deleting all the data, select "Reinstall Mac OS X".

Maybe i did something wrong with erase options,i really don't know, after the reinstall all partitions removed and (Mac OS X Base System ) only remain, with this screen

what should i do now ?


texts: Is migrating using a Time Machine backup the same as using the old Mac in target disk mode?

texts: If I migrate to a new Mac using Migration Assistant, when it prompts about connecting a source disk, is using a fresh Time Machine backup equivalent to using my old Mac in target disk mode?


texts: How to upload my iMovie project to iCloud drive?

texts: I would like to get my iMovie project on my iPad. My iCloud Drive is turned on on every device. I mean the project, not the result from the theater. Video from theater is there on my device. But what about project? In my iMovie preferences my checkbox Automatically upload... is checked...


texts: Enabling OS X 10.9 support on 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?

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My MacBook Pro is running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and I have been literally advised by an authorised vendor not to install 10.9 due to its bugs.

(I would appreciate not to be given the advise to upgrade to 10.9 or higher, that would be a major disruption for my system running bug-free for many years. That is not what I am asking and is not helpful in my case.)

However,
 I have noticed the following entries in the System Information under Software/Developer:

SDKs:
  OS X:
  10.8: (12F37)
  10.9: (13C64)

Does this mean, some of the 10.9 functionalities are available on my machine that aren't currently enabled?

Is it possible to enable these, so that some 10.9 software can be used that currently refuses to install based on my OSX?

As an example, I wonder if that could help me install a more recent C++?


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It looks like iWork's Pages supports Open XML - however, I can't find any good information on this on either developer.apple.com or on the web. Is there a good resource for this that I'm not aware of? I see http://openxmldeveloper.org but this is clearly MS-specific. Is there a comparable resource for Pages?

I'd like a trivial example of how this would work such as a "Hello World" type document. Does this exist?


texts: Which ios devices support offline speech recognition

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Which ios devices allow a user to do speech recognition (the microphone in the keyboard to type) when there is no internet connection (or a slow connection).

My brand new iPad mini cannot do it but some other devices can.

Is there a list or some other way to know?


texts: When I click on an incoming message instead of enlarging to fill the screen as always has been the case, I now get a postcard sized enlargement of the message superimposed atop the Message List and the Preview Screen.  How do I change the setting so a click on the message will go directly to enlarging the message to fill the screen?


texts: What's a good, actively-developed status-bar-hosted mail client?

texts: I currently use Notify, but it has gone out from under active development and there are a few bugs in Lion. Is there something that does an identical or nearly identical thing, but hasn't been abandoned? Free would be preferable.


texts: Can I avoid windows snapping to main screen when I briefly lose my second screen?

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I have a Macbook Pro and almost always use it with an external, larger monitor, which I have set up so that it is right above the MBP's built in screen.  I have this same setup at home and at work.  This is my arrangement:

with the Dock at the bottom of the lower (built-in MBP) screen.  Usually I have most of my important windows positioned in the upper (external monitor) screen.  This provides the best ergonomics for me because I can look straight ahead instead of down.

When I leave one of these locations the MBP goes to sleep.  Then when I plug in at the other location, there is usually a moment (maybe 5 seconds) where the external monitor is not plugged in.  If that moment is too long, then all my windows reposition into the lower, built-in MBP screen.  Sometimes the windows end up shrunk in height to be very short as well.  So then, if I want to get back to where I was I have to drag all my windows (for umpteen apps) back up into the upper screen and expand the shrunken ones.

Is there any way to avoid this?  For example, can I cause the windows to have a preferred location that they could snap back to when possible?

I'm on OSX Lion (10.7.5).  This is a 15-inch MBP, new in spring 2011.


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I'm unable to permanently delete an IMAP account under MacOS 10.12.2.

Deleting the account from System Preferences > Internet Accounts removes it, the entry in Mail,and the related keychain item, but they all reappear after several seconds.
Using Keychain Access to remove the related keychain item achieves the same frustrating result.
Disabling iCloud Keychain allows removal of the offending account, but it returns when iCloud Keychain is reenabled.
Repeatedly resetting iCloud Keychain according to Apple's instructions hasn't helped.  I've disabled the security code option, then disabled iCloud keychain on all my devices following the instructions to reset and empty it, and then removed it using Keychain Access.  Reenabling iCloud Keychain causes it to reappear.

It seems the problem centers around the removal of a single item from iCloud Keychain and none of the techniques my research has discovered work.

Suggestions?


texts: How to remove open documents from the dock in Mac OS Catalina

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My dock in Mac OS Catalina shows icons for all open docs in my open apps (Finder, Word, Skim,...)
If I right click on any of these apps and press "Hide" the doc icons disappear from the dock, but the moment I use the app again, they all reappear again. Is there any way to make the doc icons disappear completely. They are shown to the right of my apps in this screenshot:


texts: Toggle default between Imessage and Text for specific recipient?

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My wife currently has no roaming data available and so I need to text her rather than imessage.  I know I can hold down on the blue imessage and choose Send as Text, but is there a way to toggle my phone to default to sending as a text until she has roaming availability?  And then toggle it back to default for imessage?

I have XR, she has 7+, both fully updated.


texts: How can I import my Skim bookmarks so that they can be restored on a clean installation of OS X?


texts: Can I control my Mac with my iPhone -- over Bluetooth?

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There are about nine thousand apps that will allow me to use my iPhone to control my Mac over wifi.

I just moved, and I don't have an internet connection in the new place yet. Additionally, I can't tether with my iPhone's connection (thanks to my carrier's rules).

Can I turn my iPhone into a Bluetooth trackpad somehow? This would need to be a standalone solution on my phone, since for obvious reasons I can't download client software onto the Mac.


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I have following versions of Java:

$ /usr/libexec/java_home -V
Matching Java Virtual Machines (4):
    9.0.1, x86_64:  "Java SE 9.0.1" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.8.0_131, x86_64:  "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.8.0_121, x86_64:  "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.7.0_80, x86_64:   "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home

Then I want to set Java version to 1.7:

$ JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home
$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home

Seems OK, but:

$ java -version
java version "9.0.1"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)

Why?


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Our fully operational Internet-facing OS X Server with its own OD Master needs to be moved to a new Mac with newer, larger disks.  How do we achieve this with the minimum disruption to our users?

Would this strategy work?

Temporarily take the old machine offline whilst we 'recover' the old OS X Server to the new Mac either from Time Machine or directly from the old machine.
Put the new machine online with the same network name and IP number as the old machine?


texts: Is there a way to print a webpage as PDF in landscape mode using Safari?

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Short question is: can I use Safari to print out a webpage as PDF, but in landscape mode, if no printer is added whatsoever?

Details:
First of all, I cannot use Google Chrome to print out the document
https://redux-toolkit.js.org/usage/immer-reducers
and be able to highlight it, because the highlighting is about 1/3 inch off (try highlighting the header or text and we can see).
So I am using Safari.  On my other MacBook Pro, I added a printer, and was able to choose Landscape Mode. But I have a MacBook Air M1 and don't always use that MacBook Pro, and if I use the MacBook Air M1 to print out that webpage, there is no way to choose Landscape Mode, seemingly because no printer is selected, and there is no printer "capability" of printing in landscape mode.
So is there a way to make it work, other than to somehow find a real printer and add a printer?


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There is a reason for me (testing) to turn off FileVault encryption on the boot drive on my Mac running macOS High Sierra (long story, off topic).

So, I turned it off in System Preferences. I also ensured that the system doesn't go to sleep.

It started out with saying it would take 3 hours. Then when I looked again a while later it said it would take 'more than one day'. After reading horror stories on this taking forever, I started looking into why and into ways to speed this up.

And what surprised me was that the system is 98% idle. Core i7 with 4 cores doing nothing. So, somehow the system decides that it should not do anything about it now. But under what circumstances does it do anything about it? If nobody is logged in? If there is no activity of a certain kind? Or the other way around: if disk data is accessed do it anyway and do the rest in the background, slowly? I also looked for a process to renice, but there is no obvious candidate.

Is there a way I can get the system to actually use CPU power to do the decrypting?


texts: Catalina 10.15.5 Bluetooth (Keyboard) Connection Not Working

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MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
Catalina 10.15.5 update (last night when I went to bed)
Bluetooth: 7.0.5f6
Firmware Version: v150 c9318 (from About Thus Mac; System
Report;Hardware; Bluetooth).

This morning, 2009  Wireless Keyboard not connecting, not even seen.

Also posted with another user at Apple Communities here.


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I just bought an iPhone 5, and was planning on listing my (what I thought, was) 5th generation iPod touch I bought last year, but Glyde and Apple support both claim there are only 32GB and 64GB 5th generation iPod touches, where as, mine is only 8GB.

My girlfriend has the iPhone 4S, and my iPod's screen is bigger than hers, which leads me to believe it is an iPod touch 5th Gen, but I can't find any documentation on it existing in the wild. It also has no rear camera, only a front facing one.

The model number laser etched on the back is: A1421


texts: How can I add all users to Print Administrator group but not full administrator?

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Gordon Davisson offered a solution to a "standalone user" in another question

I'm facing the same issue in an office environment.

Printer paused and System Administrator needs to be called to enter admin password to release the printer.

Is there a terminal script that would allow me to effectively give ALL our users these Printer Admin privileges AND would follow them to other desktops as they move around from office to office, site to site.

(Although using various desktop macs, they are ALL on mobile accounts to allow them to work locally should server go offline for any time.)


texts: While activating my iphone, I accidentally skipped the section where you call and activate your phone. My phone isn't sending messages or calls, and cellular isn't working. Is there any other way I can make it work?


texts: Batch print with printer preset in MacOS

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I have 50+ documents to print with the exact same printer settings and I'm trying to batch print them using the existing printer preset. What I've done so far:

open all documents in one preview windows on El Capitan -> doesn't work, prints all documents as one document instead of separate ones (e.g. if the documents have an odd number of pages, the next documents is printed on the back of the last page)
Try a python script to create a pdf made of all my needed documents in the right format, so that I could print it and separate the documents manually -> unsucessfull as my python skills are not that great + needs to be done again everytime the situation happens again.
change the cups settings and hit cmd+P in the finder -> doesn't work as I can't get the right margin settings in CUPS + the solution is not a long term one as one would need to tinker with CUPS every time a new batch job with different settings has to be done, eventually loosing the overview of what has changed.

In short, I would need the preview printing dialog batch applying to a bunch of documents or an applescript/automator etc. that can use existing printer preset (those must be stored somewhere in the system, I don't know where) and apply it to selected documents. Any idea?
System: 10.14 but I can use 10.11 if needed.


texts: Can the amount of power Pandora uses be reduced?

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My iPhone 8 is about a year old.  I've run this test several times on it, recently, and months ago.  I'm getting the same results I got on my old iPhone 6s.  In my testing, I've used Apple Music, Simple Radio (an internet radio streaming program that's very simple - no buffering, just straight streaming), and Pandora.

I found that Pandora uses power at about 1% a minute.  If I start at 88% at 2:00, then at 2:45, I have about 43% power, give or take a few percentage points.  With Simple Radio, if I start at 2:45 with 43% power, I still have 43% power 5 minutes later.  In fact, today when I was watching, by 2:55, I still had 42%.  So it's using 1-2% every 10 minutes.  Apple Music is about the same as Simple Radio: 1-2% every 10 minutes.

When I do longer trails, Apple Music does seem to use a little more music than just streaming with Simple Radio.  (And, interestingly, using TuneIn for testing, if I recall, it used more power than Simple Radio, but maybe because it buffers content and that may take more CPU resources to handle.)

So Pandora can drain my battery in under 2 hours.  If I'm not taking calls, Simple Radio would take about 500 minutes, or over 8 hours, to drain my battery.  Apple Music would take about the same length of time.  This seems about right, since I'm often out 6-8 hours during the winter and 10-12 hours during the summer, when I have more daylight.  During the summer, on long days, I have to stop streaming after a while.  During the winter, I get down to 20% or even 10% on sme longer days.

I've also tested these programs while working on my tractor, with my cell phone in a cradle, and hooked up to the tractor's cigarette lighter with a lightning cable.  With Simple Radio and Apple Music, the iPhone would charge up at about the rate of 1% a minute.  With Pandora, it could take 5 minutes or more before I see the charge start to go up as much as 1%.  (I forgot just what the amp rating of the adapter I was using at the time was.)

I think this proves that Pandora just burns through battery power.

Any idea why Pandora uses so much power?  I would think it might be due to the need to decrypt the stream, but doesn't Apple Music use an encrypted stream, too?
Is there anything I can do to reduce Pandora's hunger for power?  Any settings I can change that would help with this?


texts: How restore my Mac with boot camp partition from time machine

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I have my Mac boot camped with windows 7, unfortunately my hard drive was corrupted on the Mac partition, the windows partition is OK, I fixed the Mac partition but right now I can restore my Mac from time machine backup.
The time machine backup process works almost 40% and then stop and appear an error:

  An error occurred while restoring from backup.
  Restart your computer and then try restoring again

Do I need to format all my hard drive and then restore my mac from time machine or is there other help available?


texts: Get iPad/iPhone info using only its UDID?

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Is it possible to get an iOS device info by just using its UDID?
Info such as the iPad model, OS, etc.

I have a developer account where I register apple devices using its UDID, but how do I extract information for such devices?


texts: Recording video on mac without mirror inversion

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What's the best way to record a video on Mac without the camera flipping right and left?

QuickTime doesn't seem to have this option. I tried QCamera as it was posted as the answer to a similar question How do I prevent the mirror-effect in video recordings in Photo Booth?
but it doesn't have an option for recording video, only displaying video.

The only way I have access to the camera where the video is not flipped is FaceTime, but I have no way to record it (unless I did a screen capture on top of FaceTime, which just seems unnecessary).