texts: MacPro internal HD unreadable when moved to external USB Dock - and vice-versa

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Since I just installed a NAS, and I want to transfer several TB from my Mac Pro's internal hard disks (4 of them), I wanted to make it faster by connecting those hard disks directly to the NAS using an USB 3 Dock that I have a use regularly.

However, that doesn't work:

1- All my hard disks (internal as well as external used in the docks) are formatted with Disk Utility with a single HFS+ journalized partition

2- The Dock works quite fine with hard disks that have been partitioned and used from the Dock itself, both when connected to the Mac Pro or the NAS. I can transfer data like that, by doing two copies (which actually doesn't save time because there are 2 transferts instead of one).

3- Obviously the internal hard disks work quite fine when inside the Mac Pro. No issues found with First Aid or SMART for example.

4- Internal hard disks are unreadable when installed in the Dock: they do not show up in the NAS, and the Mac asks to initialize them (which I don't of course).

5- Dock hard disks are unreadable when installed internally in the Mac Pro, who asks to initialize them (which I don't of course).

So I suspect the Mac partitions or formats the hard disks differently when it's an internal hard disk vs when it's a hard disk inside some enclosure or dock.

How can I find out? Is there a way (forward looking) to format the hard disks in such a way that work both internally and installed internally in the Mac Pro.

Note that I now run Mac OS X El Capitan, but this is not a new issue. I remember having seen the same problem a rather long time ago in a different context (when upgrading an internal hard disk to a larger capacity one).

Thanks


texts: How to return to previous fullscreen Terminal after closing a fullscreen X11 app?

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I open Terminal app in fullscreen mode, by which Terminal sits itself in a new workspace. Then I run

feh --fullscreen https://i.redd.it/tum2p9hdtex11.jpg

It will open the image in fullscreen in Desktop workspace (Mac OS default workspace).

When I press q, I'd like it to return to my Terminal workspace. However, Mac OS drops me into Desktop workspace.

How can I make Mac OS to automatically switch me back to Terminal workspace?


texts: AirPort Extreme not accepting ISP cable modem DHCP

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I've just recently changed the ISP and now have a cable modem, which only has one LAN port. Connecting here requires to use DHCP to get an IP address. Connecting my laptop works just fine and I get an IP immediately.

When I connect my AirPort Extreme to this port instead (with the intension to get the IP address assigned to it), while configuring it to share this public IP, it will not get an IP from the cable modem. It stays on 169.xxx.xxx.xxx and nothing happens. I have tried many different settings to just see if the router can get an IP from the cable modem using DHCP. No success.

Internally over wireless I can connect all my devices and they get IPs assigned by the AirPort Extreme DHCP, so this works fine.

At this point I don't know what might be the problem, but my guess is that the AirPort Extreme has some problem. I googled a bit, but found nothing that would solve this, so I thought someone might know here.

Thanks in advance!


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I have an existing playlist in iTunes, and I'd like to move some tracks to the top.  But when I drag them up, the cursor get a "+", and the tracks don't stay where I put them.  How can I move these tracks around in a playlist?

In case it matters, I'm using iTunes (v10.6.0.40) a Windows 7 PC.


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Could not sign in to iMessage

An error occurred during activation. Try again.

Also on the iPhone we get:

  iMessage Activation

  An error occurred during activation. Try again.

With also:

  Activation unsuccessful. Turn on iMessage to try again.

These show from Settings -> Messages -> Turn on iMessage

We have an iPhone in the office and we use it through the iMac by using FaceTime on the iMac and Messages.app on the iMac.

This worked well for a week. Then FaceTime stopped working. Now iMessage stopped working. Also, on the iPhone, messages stopped working, we see this on Settings -> Messages -> Enable. It produces the same error there when trying to enable.

We have tried these remedies:

Restart devices
Log out / log in Apple account, iCloud, Messages
Create new user account on iMac

None of these have resolved the issue. What should we try next?


texts: Problems booting from Windows 10 Boot Camp into High Sierra

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Since installing High Sierra I’ve had trouble booting into Mac OS X from Windows 10.

I use a 2016 MacBook Pro, run closed, hooked up to two external monitors.

When I restart Windows, I hold down the alt key to select the startup disk and select the Mac drive.

The next step is that I have to enter my password to unlock FileVault.

After the disk seems it unlock, the boot process stops on a black screen, then the fans go silent and the Mac stops responding. I’ve left for periods exceeding 15 minutes just to make sure it wasn’t thinking about booting.

If I force a restart by holding down the power button, the startup chime sounds twice in rapid succession, then boot up continues.

However, sometimes the external monitors don’t get a signal, but the MacBook screen works.

And sometimes - not always - I have to unplug a USB hub for the reboot to continue. (The hub has a keyboard, mouse and a couple of USB cables in it for charging random gadgets.)

Once started the Mac runs normally.

EDIT: At no time do any error messages appear.

Resetting the PRAM and SMC doesn’t help with this.

Any suggestions for a fix? It doesn’t seem to be a critical error, but it’s annoying.

If you need more details, please say so in a comment.

Thanks.


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Is there a general way extend Siri on iOS 8 to use other apps?

For instance, I am not using the apple E-Mail app but "myMail". I'd like to make Siri use this app when telling her to write an e-mail?

By extension, can non-apple apps for sending instant messages, listening to music be plugged into Siri?


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I took a picture on an iPhone in raw format with the camera app.
When I use the macOS Photos app, dragging the photo thumbnail  to the desktop converts it to jpeg.
Is there a way to export photos in raw format?


texts: Unknown disk found using diskutil, cannot delete

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Using the command line, I wanted to see all available drives on my machine. So, I type

diskutil list

and besides Recovery HD and Macintosh HD, I notice this:

/dev/disk3
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.2 GB     disk3
1:        Apple_partition_map                         4.1 KB     disk3s1
2:                  Apple_HFS                         2.3 MB     disk3s2

Question 1: What is this? How did it get there?

Secondly, I don't know how to delete this disk. I try the following format

diskutil eraseDisk {filesystem} {Name to use} /dev/{disk identifier}

and I get an error in response. Error: -69877: Couldn't open device.

Question 2: How can I delete this damn thing?

EDIT: The full results I have now (updated as I am running Boot Camp Assistant with a USB inserted).

/dev/disk0
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         499.2 GB   disk0s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *498.9 GB   disk1
                              Logical Volume on disk0s2
                              301AF6C2-E123-4901-9BD5-3DD9B1AFD25C
                              Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 GB     disk2
1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              2.0 GB     disk2s1
/dev/disk3
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.2 GB     disk3
1:        Apple_partition_map                         4.1 KB     disk3s1
2:                  Apple_HFS                         2.3 MB     disk3s2
/dev/disk4
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:                            Boot Camp              *1.4 GB     disk4


texts: External drive error while moving files, now folder is inaccessible from Finder

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I was moving some files from one external hard drive to another, while the system froze, and I had to reboot the hard way.

When I logged in again, the folder was looking semi-transparent (as it is when it's moving files, I'm guessing Finder puts some sort of flag to it). I would have done the operation back from the start, but the source folder was smaller than it was originally, which meant that some of the files were already transferred, albeit inaccessible (at least from Finder).

[Mon Oct 01 01:35:00 fede@4v4l0n42-3:/Volumes/data]
ls -lO
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   29 fede  staff  -  986B Jan 25  2012 lectures/

So, I copied the remaning files via Terminal, and they are all there now. I can access them via Terminal just fine. The problem is that Finder still shows the directory as semi-transparent, and I can't open it via the GUI.

[Mon Oct 01 01:48:05 fede@4v4l0n42-3:/Volumes/data]
ls -l lectures/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  20 fede  staff   680B Dec 28  2010 RSA/
drwxr-xr-x   5 fede  staff   170B Dec 28  2010 TED/
drwxr-xr-x   3 fede  staff   102B Jan 20  2011 environmental science/
drwxr-xr-x   6 fede  staff   204B Jan 25  2012 general physics/

(I'd post a screenshot, but this is my first post and I need more reputation points).

I tried looking for some sort of weird flags on the terminal that the folder might have, but couldn't find any. I'm there is something, I just can't find it.

Ideas?


texts: New thunderbolt MacBook Air and external monitors

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Does the MB Air with thunderbolt only connect with Apples Thunderbolt monitor?
What are the options for third party monitors with DVI or VGA?


texts: Reading conflicting information on this one.  iOS 9.1, iTunes 12.3.1.  When I sync, any apps I have purchased recently do not show up in iTunes.  Some things I've read say it's a bug, some say it's by design.  If the latter, is there another way that I can manage apps in a similar way (i.e. see the whole list, sort by name/size/date added, etc., view sizes, date added, select which ones I do/don't currently want installed on the device, etc.)?


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I have a 500 GB hard drive, and I need more space - I want to go up to 1TB of space.

Is it possible to swap out hard drives and carry all my installed software, documents, images, settings, etc. over to the new hard drive?


texts: I have an iPhone 5c running IOS 10.3.3. About 3 days ago I tried to install updates and I keep getting "cannot connect to app store". I tried to log onto my iTunes and Apple Store in my settings, but I keep getting a "Verification Failed. There was an error in connecting to your Apple ID." It also will not allow me to do the 2-step verification for gmail saying "check back soon - there was a problem downloading the latest updates. try again later." I have done a hard reboot numerous times which has not corrected the issue. I don't know what is wrong and how to fix it. Any help is greatly appreciated.


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In my case, I do not want to use iCloud anymore. So I don't want to sync notes, calendar, pics across my Apple devices, and access them through the web (i.e., icloud.com).

So, how I can close/delete my entire iCloud account, associated with my Apple ID? I just want to use my AppleID for the App store.


texts: MacBook Pro (Early 2015) Catalina bluetooth issues

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My MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015 was working without any problems until I've updated it to 10.15.5
Under Bluetooth section in System Report there was "No information found" message.
Tried resetting NVRAM, SMC and reinstalling Catalina from Recovery mode but nothing helped. For OS to start recognizing BT module I had to run the following sequence of commands:
sudo launchctl stop com.apple.bluetoothd
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
rm ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.*

Then, I had to shut down the Mac, wait one minute and start it in Safe mode (by holding Shift button pressed during boot). After logging in, it appeared in System Report and Settings:

But it doesn't see any devices and my Mac doesn't appear in the lists of devices on my phone.

I've also tried shutting down my router which broadcasting 5Ghz network but it has no effect at all.
Does that mean it's a software issue or my bluetooth is broken somehow?


texts: Using a USB-C dock with older MacBook Pros

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Thunderbolt 2 docks have been quite expensive and they will be obsolete once I purchase the new Macbooks with USB-C ports. I currently use a 2014 MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 2 ports, and I want to futureproof my purchase by acquiring a cheaper USB-C dock now.

The cheapest Thunderbolt 2 dock costs around $200 while USB-C docks cost around $30. Being able to use a USB-C dock with older Thunderbolt 2 Macbook Pros would not only be cheaper but also allows me to use the same USB-C dock if I decided to upgrade to a future Macbook.

For that to work I need a Thunderbolt 2 (male) to USB-C female adaptor, after some searching it doesn't seem to exist. Is there a reason why something like this hasn't been made? Or is the USB-C specification designed such that it is impossible? (hence businesses can still continue to sell expensive Thunderbolt 2 docks...)

I will accept an answer that meets the following requirements:

If there is such an adapter please give a link and some form of evidence that these would have 100% compatibility with USB-C docks.
If there is no such adapter please explain:

Is it impossible to produce?
If not, why hasn't a vendor created one yet? I've explained that its a better financial investment than buying a TB2 dock... surely there's a market for those still using TB2 MBPs wanting to upgrade in the next couple of years. Not only docks but it would open a gateway to cheaper alternatives to those hideously expensive TB2 peripherals.


texts: Is there a way to stream video to an Apple TV without iTunes?

texts: Can I stream video to an Apple TV without using iTunes? iTunes is good, but if I can have another way to stream video, it would be great.


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this is a complicated question that I think has an super easy answer but I've been googling and no success so far.

What happens is that I use my Mac in the office, and the office has three floors. Look at the crappy drawing of the floor distribution.

         |FLOOR-X |
         |Elevator|

 [AP1]   |   WC   |    [AP2]

All the floors are the same.

What happen is that I'm in the second floor at the farest point from AP2... And my Mac tries (or successfully)to connect to the AP on the floor above (which is closer). This of course, makes my pings take a lot of time and a lot of lost packets. The AP from the floor above is closer in distance, but because of the walls, floor, etc. The noise is worst.

IT guys in here made a "costly" solution by adding a new AP with different SSID in the middle between ME and the AP2 (the one on my floor). This of course fixes the problem, but It's not the optimal way. And it's also a waste of APs.

I'm looking for some way to tweak the Mac Hardware or something like that to connect to the desired one. Any ideas?


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One of our Macs is still on Mac OS X 10.6.8 and on that particular Mac, every so often, there is no Apple icon. When this happens, there is no Apple menu either. What I mean is that clicking where the Apple icon should be results in nothing - no menu options at all.

Sadly, this behavior is unpredictable. It can occur immediately after booting up, or it can occur after days of heavy use. We haven't noticed any pattern whatsoever. :(

We have tried resetting the NVRAM and SMC, starting in Safe Mode, quitting the Finder, verifying/repairing permissions, and scanning for viruses.

None of these steps have fixed this problem. I do not recall seeing the Apple Menu disappear while in Safe Mode, but since this issue is not constant it could just be that the Mac hasn't been used in Safe Mode for long enough to occur.

MY QUESTIONS:

Has anyone ever anywhere seen this behavior before?
Any suggestions beyond having to do a full clean install?


texts: Bulk removing Wifi networks from an iOS device

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This article, "What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network", demonstrates how dangerous it is for you to turn on Wi-fi on your phone. It advertises the name of every network it has connected to. And will connect to any network named, for example, “Starbucks”, even if you are not near a Starbucks.

I know you can turn this off when you are in range of a network by opening the Wi-Fi settings tab, clicking a few times and then checking “Forget Network.” But it doesn’t seem like there is a tool for managing these in bulk.

I was wondering if there are any tools—built-in or otherwise—for manually removing networks from the auto-join list.

Mac OS X for example allows you to add/delete/reorder networks:


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Here is my situation: I've only the mouse paired with my iMac because I rent the keyboard to a friend. Unfortunately the startup disk is set to a fallacious Windows partition that don't want to boot. It sucks on "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" so I can't boot in any working partition. So, I've two questions:

There is a way to change boot partition or to go to recovery using only mouse?
If I buy a standard usb keyboard, can I just plug the usb cable and use it to change the boot partition or it won't boot, because of the drivers?


texts: Is there a way to disable Facetime from starting?

texts: I don't use facetime. I'd like to disable it so it doesn't automatically start following system startup. Is there a way to do this? (MacBook Pro, High Sierra)


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A colleague of mine just got his new MacBook Pro and he ran through the set-up process. But as it turns out, he got the wrong MacBook Pro, so now, he needs to completely erase the already present data and account...

How can he completely erase all the data including the admin account? He already tried to boot from the recovery disk and to boot with Command-R. But all he gets is the new set-up assistant. He wants the MacBook Pro in its original state, so that when you open it you see the initial setup steps, and not the account he just created.


texts: Will my macbook pro come back to life with a new graphics card?

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I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010 and it has a problem that it turns off or restarts randomly.

It all started when it began reacting slowly and then it went off when I opened a photo.

A technician told me it was because a manufacturer's fault that the graphics card stopped working.

Q: Where I can get a compatible graphics card with any specifications needed to find repair parts that suit my model?


texts: turn off all animations not working - High Sierra

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I wish to turn off all animations in macOS. I'm following the steps provided in the answers to How to turn off all animations on OS X.

I wish to turn off animations on my MacBook Pro running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D102), but they don't appear to be working. I see no error message or any other message when I run the commands in the terminal. I tried logging out and logging back in but to no effect. How do I troubleshoot this or otherwise find a way to turn off as many animations as possible?

Edit:  I tried the first four commands provided in the accepted answer of the linked question


texts: Is it possible to specify a different root device to a MacOS kernel?

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I have an old iBook (2003, G4) with a burnt-out harddrive.  Being a poor academic, I don't want to bother with replacing the drive.  I'd like to use an external USB drive in place of the harddrive.  I managed to get a copy of MacOSX (it was Tiger at the time of the burnout) onto a USB before the harddrive completely gave out (it seemed to be a problem with overheating so I took it into the coldest part of the house and copied it there).  But all my experiments in the open firmware came to naught: it seems that my iBook is too old to be able to boot directly from a USB.

Under Linux, this is not a problem.  I can put the kernel and boot stuff onto a CD.  The iBook will happily boot from a CD.  Then I can tell the kernel to find its root device from the USB stick (via a UUID).  This works well, and is my current system.

But I miss Mac OSX ... a little.  More so now that I have an iPad and don't want to have to use Windows to sync stuff with it.  Plus, I hate the fact that I got so close and yet couldn't quite get it to work.

So ... is it possible to specify a different root device to a MacOSX kernel than the device it is booted from?


texts: How to implement text editing features in terminal interface?

texts: Sorry if the title is confusing but essentially what I want is to have standard text editor features like Command< to move to the beginning of the line or CommandShiftBackspace to erase a line. Is it possible to implement such stuff in the terminal interface? Preferably, I would not download a terminal emulator like iTerm etc..


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I have Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls selected in System Preferences, so but the tab key isn't working to select different controls (such as drop-down menus and checkboxes) in application dialog boxes. For example, I tried the Preview Preferences dialog box.

I have tried multiple different applications, and I do not to my knowledge have any additional software running that would be intercepting the tab key press.

Is this a problem that is local to my computer, or am I missing something important?

MacBook Pro running macOS Catalina 10.15.2


texts: I have an external Apple Display monitor wit x3 USB ports on the back. They dont charge my phone at all, or do anything at all as far as I can figure out. How can i use them?


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I want to get all the entries I would normally get via Finder, but using command line. So from this:

I want to retrieve at least "celeste-7" and "Time Capsule" (just the label is fine) directly in a bash script or applescript.

Commands like ippfind and dns-sd -B _ssh._tcp . don't show all the devices I see in the Finder, not even half.

Any ideas?


texts: A white line sticks on the top of on my MacBook Pro 15 inch 2016's screen

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Recently I've bought I new MacBook Pro 15 inch and after a while I noticed that a thin white line appears on the top of my MacBook Pro's screen as it's show in the pictures below:

  Please note that I have installed Windows 10 on my device too (using
  bootcamp) and this issue does not show up in windows at all.

My macOS version is Sierra.

How can I fix this issue? Does anybody have any idea?


texts: Add facebook event to MacOS Catalina calendar

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On older MacOS version I used to have a Facebook account so all the events I participated or was interested into appeared in the Calendar application.

What is the best way to achieve this now that the Facebook account disappeared?


texts: Installing Apache Hadoop on Mac Mavericks

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I am having a real hard time installing Apache Hadoop(2.4.1) on my Mac(OS 10.9).Is there any step to step guide that fully explains and more importantly gets Hadoop running on my machine?. I followed a tutorial for installing and currently my issues are these:

I am not sure whether Hadoop is actually "correctly" installed. Typing hadoop version shows 2.4.1 but running start-all.sh shows a long list of warnings.
I thought about checking whether Hadoop is correctly installed by running a sample program(WordCount.java) as is provided everywhere on the net. Now I have Eclipse Luna installed but the guide I followed for illustrating "How to integrate Eclipse with Hadoop" tells me to import all the jars from '../libexec' but for Hadoop 2.4.1 there are no jars, at least none that i could find.
Currently in my /usr/local/ there are 3 directories named hadoop-2.4.1, hadoop(a symlink to this i suppose) and a directory named Cellar. Now all three directories have some subdirectory by name Hadoop and many other subdirectories like lib, lib exec. Now how do I know which ones for which purpose. Every other tutorial refers to a different directory to use, the one that got me Hadoop installed never mentions a bit about how to test a sample Hadoop map reduce application.

I have even tried the HortonWorks Sandbox for Apache Hadoop. But my machines 4GB RAM seems tiny for that mammoth application to run and my system hanged!! I have to get this working for my project related stuff, looking forward for sincere help.


texts:
Every time I install Java updates, I get the following error after the download completes:

  Update Error!

  An error occurred while downloading the update. Please try again later.

How can I fix this? Things I've already tried:

Installing the update from the website. The error just comes back with the next update and I do not want to install all of these manually.
Running sudo /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater on the command line.


texts: iPhone 4S iOS 6.1.2 Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Add New Shortcut not case sensitive

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My custom shortcuts are not case sensitive (the opposite was claimed here).
Example:
Under Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Add New Shortcut
I specify:
ME : Schorsch
Unfortunately, both ME and me in the text will be replaced with Schorsch. Clearly, the custom shortcut is not case sensitive.
How/where can I fix this?


texts: Create a .pkg file from a .dmg in order to be used for auto-install ( Casper Composer )

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I would like to create a .pkg file using the Casper composer but  i don't know which files of the .dmg to include .

I appreciate your help .


texts: Directory contents into a spreadsheet entry

texts: I would like to turn the contents of a folder into entries for Numbers (or Excel) - is there a way to automate doing this?


texts: How to "require an answer" in a dialog in AppleScript?

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If one inserts an "Ask for Text" action into their workflow in Automator, they will be presented with the option to "Require an answer" of the user:

If the user fails to provide an answer, the user cannot press the "OK" button. The computer will beep at the user if the "OK" button is pressed while the answer field is empty.

Is there a way to replicate this exact behavior in AppleScript?


texts: Difference between network service disabled, inactive and interface down

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There are (at least) four difference ways for me to disable my Wi-Fi on my Mac:

Click on the Wi-Fi icon in the menu bar and select "Turn Wi-Fi Off"
System Preferences->Network, select Wi-Fi, click Cog, select Make Service Inactive
sudo ifconfig en0 down
networksetup -setnetworkserviceenabled Wi-Fi off

The first two are equivalent, i.e. they change the same setting.

What I'd like to understand is, at a low level, what are the fundamental differences between 1, 3 and 4?


texts:
I've used keyremap4macbook for the last few years to turn the right Alt key into a forward delete. Unfortunately, the tool has stopped working in Lion.

Does anybody know of a keyboard remapper that already works in Lion?


texts: Bug - Invisible Window (blue outline only)

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I've had a problem with the Notion desktop app where windows do not open, an invisible blue window "outline" is the only thing that is displayed. This problem has been around for months, it was not fixed by a restart or an uninstall / reinstall of Notion.

Today, this same identical problem spread to the Sublime app. Any ideas on how to proceed, troubleshoot, or resolve would be greatly appreciated. This is on Mojave 10.14.6 on a macbook pro.


texts: How to restore a 10.1 backup to an iPhone with 10.0.2 without updating to the newest iOS available on itunes (currently 10.2)?

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Specifically, my backup is for 10.1 but the existing iOS on the phone is 10.0.2. When I plug into iTunes, it does not even show my backup from the "Restore Backup" option.

While I would prefer to have the full backup, the firmware is the most important to me. Does anyone know if there is a way to do this?


texts: How can I change my Apple ID to a new one? iTunes was taking money out of my bank account in unauthorised transactions. In total over 13 months they took over £1,000. My bank refunded my money & stopped iTunes their end. But now my account won't work & I've 16 apps that need updating & I can't as Apple ID won't let me!


texts: How can you tell / identify which macOS Recovery actually boots with a dual macOS installation in one APFS partition/container?

texts:
This is a question about after installing more than one version of macOS in a dual/multi-boot scenario, all installed in the same APFS container/partition.
In the answer to APFS - Is it possible to install 2 macOS versions inside one APFS container? by @"David Anderson" there is a comment that states:

I can boot to one of the three macOS Recoveries stored on disk2s3 by holding down the ⌘+R key combination at startup. If the default startup disk is a APFS volume containing macOS, then the corresponding macOS recovery will startup. For example, if the startup disk is set to the APFS volume Machintosh HD 2, then holding down the ⌘+R key combination at startup will result in the Mac booting to High Sierra macOS Recovery on APFS Volume My Recovery.
Note: macOS Recovery no longer appears in the Mac Startup Manager. However, macOS Recovery, for a given macOS installation, can be booted using the rEFInd Boot Manager.

The question is how can you be sure which Recovery actually boots up? Is there a way to tell them apart to confirm you are in the desired Recovery tool actually corresponding to the current default startup volume (without having to resort to using rEFInd to select the desired one)?
(context is High Sierra and Mojave...not sure if this can apply to Catalina)


texts: Is it normal to have a hidden ".pdf" file in my "Downloads" folder?

texts:
Is it normal that there is "invisible" file (because I made all files visible) ".pdf" in my "Downloads" folder?

Everything what I have in my downloads folder is:

  170  6 Sep 22:40 .

  1088  5 Sep 12:09 ..

  24580  6 Sep 22:41 .DS_Store

  0  1 Jun 16:06 .localized

  145000 11 Jul 15:52 .pdf

Thank you in advance.


texts: How do I install the VLC Web Browser Plugin in Firefox?

texts:
I am running OS X Version 10.6.7 and Firefox 4.0.1. I am trying to install the Web browser plugins for 10.5 and later (release 1.0.5), there is not a newer version of the plugin at the moment. I downloaded the dmg, ran the installer with firefox closed, then rebooted. Launched Firefox and went to about:plugins. It was still not listed.

I went to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and saw VLC Plugin.plugin which I assume is the location it is supposed to be in. I went ahead and tried the page I needed it for and it still says I am missing the plugin.

If it matters I am trying to use this with a Foscam Networked camera on my local lan. They added support for audio in firefox by using the vlc plugin (supposedly).

I am currently working on the assumption that I doing something wrong. Any suggestions would be appreciated, although I assume it is possible that the plugin is not compatible with the current version of firefox, or foscam has done something wrong.


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My Macbook Pro is using all my bandwidth and making my entire network unstable.

I thought this could be the iCloud Photo Library, so I paused for a day, didn't change anything, turned off iPhoto process, no change. I disabled iCloud Drive, same issue.

Regarding Activity Monitor, this is most likely because of nsurlsessiond,
Regarding my router :

2015-12-21  10:39:48    Kevins-MBP  s3-3-w.amazonaws.com
2015-12-21  10:39:37    Kevins-MBP  gblon-edge.icloud-content.com.akadns.net
2015-12-21  10:39:31    Kevins-MBP  s3-3-w.amazonaws.com
2015-12-21  10:39:24    Kevins-MBP  gblon-edge.icloud-content.com.akadns.net
2015-12-21  10:39:21    Kevins-MBP  gblon-edge.icloud-content.com.akadns.net
2015-12-21  10:39:19    Kevins-MBP  gblon-edge.icloud-content.com.akadns.net
2015-12-21  10:38:41    Kevins-MBP  p04-ckdatabase-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net
2015-12-21  10:38:26    Kevins-MBP  p04-keyvalueservice-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net
2015-12-21  10:38:24    Kevins-MBP  p04-keyvalueservice-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net
2015-12-21  10:38:23    Kevins-MBP  p04-contacts.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:38:21    Kevins-MBP  p04-keyvalueservice-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net
2015-12-21  10:38:11    Kevins-MBP  keyvalueservice.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:38:10    Kevins-MBP  p04-sharedstreams.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:38:09    Kevins-MBP  stats-public.grammarly.io
2015-12-21  10:38:04    Kevins-MBP  p04-escrowproxy.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:38:00    Kevins-MBP  p04-escrowproxy.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:37:59    Kevins-MBP  p04-streams.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:37:59    Kevins-MBP  lcdn-locator.apple.com
2015-12-21  10:37:58    Kevins-MBP  p04-escrowproxy.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:37:56    Kevins-MBP  p04-mailws.icloud.com
2015-12-21  10:37:56    Kevins-MBP  p04-quota-current.edge.icloud.apple-dns.net

I know amazon is probably because of Photo.app / iCloud Photo Library. So is my only option is to turn that off? or could I be wrong?


texts: Preview.app uses large font size regardless of settings

texts:
macOS 10.14 Mojave on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
Preview Version 10.1 (944.6.16)

Preview.app fails to adjust the font size of text entered in PDF text fields appropriately to the text field size:

The first screenshot is an already annotated PDF from a colleague with the last 2 text fields field added by them (with an appropriate font size scaling) and the first 3 fields edited by me, with wrong scaling. However, this also occurs on unedited PDFs as well.

Notice how it starts with correct scaling, and then glitches out, after I exit the text box.

Some mention the font settings of the text annotation tool. This seems to be ignored for text fields in PDFs however (set it to 3pt to test):

This problem occurred even before I updated to Mojave.

This only occurred with Preview on my Mac. Adobe Acrobat displays the values with appropriate scaling.


texts: Prevent guest from reading an external hard drive

texts:
I have a USB hard drive connected to my Mac. I want it to be readable only by me, and not by the anonymous "guest" user. I right-clicked on the drive in Finder, and set the permissions like this:

I also clicked on the gear, and selected "Apply to enclosed items".

But when I log out, and log in as guest, I can still browse the files on the drive. What's going on here? I'm running Sierra 10.12.1.


texts: Options for getting into passcode-locked iPad 2 / iOS 5.1.1 (JB'd)?

texts:
I have an iPad 2 running iOS 5.1.1 and it is jailbroken (though as far as I know, not running SSH). A few hours ago I set a new 4-digit device passcode which I subsequently forgot. I've tried a few times now and it blocked me out for a full hour twice now, I suspect if I try again it will completely block the device.

I last made an iTunes backup and synchronisation about 3-4 months ago on a laptop that I still have, but is currently unusable (the HDD is in another country, I won't be able to use that laptop for at least 2 more weeks).

I have other computers with iTunes, when I connect my iPad to this other machines I get a message telling me that I have to unlock it first before iTunes will connect to it, which means that I cannot browse the filesystem using iExplorer or iFunBox (then I would be able to delete the keychain file and get in that way... I hope). I think that if I connect my iPad to my original laptop (2 weeks away) that I'll be able to get-in without needing the passcode? Is this true?

I found out about the Gecko iPhone Toolkit, however that only works up to iPhone 4 (A4) whereas the iPad 2 is an A5-powered device. I also couldn't find any download links, oddly enough.

I read about a Ramdisk that I could boot from in Recovery Mode that has an SSH server, but the steps looked too complicated and the forum posts don't mention the iPad 2 and iOS 5 which made me wonder if it would work or not, I didn't want to risk it.

I see that commercial forensics tools like Elcomsoft's iOS Toolkit and Cellebrite UFED claim to be able to get into my device, but if they can do it how come the jailbreakers can't?

Coincidentally, I contacted a local data recovery company and they left me a voicemail just now saying that they wouldn't be able to recover data from an iPad 2, only a first-generation iPad, which is a bummer - but I don't know what tool they use.

I'll try contacting other data recovery companies in the meanwhile, but is my situation really helpless?

Update:

I tried another passcode attempt and that caused my iPad to be disabled. Ho-hum. I returned home today and plugged my iPad into my laptop and while iTunes did not offer to remove the passcode I was able to access the raw filesystem using iFunBox, which I could not do when my iPad was connected to any of my other computers.

I deleted the keychain-2.db and com.apple.springboard.plist files and rebooted my device, however the passcode prompt still persists.

I'm not too bothered about the passcode on the device preventing me from logging-in because iFunBox gives me the raw filesystema access so I can grab the files and data I need (such as my iMessages database) and wipe the device at a later date if I can't get the passcode back.

Still, if anyone knows why deleting keychain-2.db didn't work, please let me know.


texts: Possible to use Apple Watch to adjust volume of TvOS or Safari on MacOS?

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I want to use the wheel on the Apple Watch to adjust the volume of whatever I'm listening to... it could be

Air Pods paired to MacOS (iTunes works, but Safari or other apps don't)
Apple TV speakers
MacOS speakers on a MacBookPro

How can I use Apple Watch to change the speaker volume in the above situations?


texts: Why does the iPhone 4S treat a generic 30 pin cable as a line out source?

texts: I have an iPhone 4S, the original iPhone 4S AC to USB adapter, and a generic Dynex brand 30 pin cable. When ever this cable is connected to the iPhone sound will not play over the built in iPhone speakers. If headphones are plugged in they work fine, but when they are removed sound will not play on the iPhone's built in speaker. If I swap in the original cable that came with the iPhone it works as expected. Any ideas why the iPhone 4S thinks this cable and configuration is a line out source?


texts: How to "scan disk" or "repair disk" by booting up in single user mode and scan disk?

texts:
I think when we are using the Mac, we can't choose "Repair Disk" in Disk Utilty to repair the current hard drive, as the drive is being used.

If "Verify Disk" is used, it only takes about 3 to 5 minutes for a 120GB hard drive, so it seems not the whole drive is scanned.

It seems that we can boot up using the OS X Installation DVD and use Disk Utility to do Repair Disk.  But is it equally possible to boot up the Mac in a single user mode (or is it called the command line mode), and use fsck or diskutil to do it?

The use is mainly to repair the hard drive (just to double check) that the whole hard drive is ok, after the Macbook is dropped from the bed about 3 feet tall.


texts: How Apple EarPods send the volume up/down signal?

texts:
I am trying to trigger an iPhone's camera with my own development board. I figured it out volume up/down signal is trigging the iPhone's camera, but I managed it at an Android device with touching an 220R or 600R resistor from mic pin to gnd pin. iPhone didn't even recognize my board as a headphone.

A 10K resistor from mic pin to gnd pin gives me the recognition as a headphone for iPhone but touching an 220R or 600R resistor from mic pin to gnd pin does nothing.

I noticed there is a 2.4V between mic and gnd pins and when volume up/down event happens this voltage drops to 2.2V.


texts: AppleScript / Shell Script to read 'curl -L' data

texts:
I have Dropbox file with two lines of data that I'd like to parse into two variables. The following function should have the right logic but doesn't seem to work:

set versionFile to do shell script ("curl -L 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/5eugzgr1alfgsp9/version.txt?dl=1'")
set lineDelimiter to read versionFile using delimiter return
repeat with oneLine in lineDelimiter
    if length of oneLine is greater than 0 then
        set variable to oneLine
        log "variable: " & variable
    end if
end repeat

Error:
error "Can’t make \"1.0.0.2
 www.example.com/download-link-here\" into type file." number -1700 from "1.0.0.2
 www.example.com/download-link-here" to file

Any help is greatly appreciated. Cheers.


texts: Can't format my Macbook, HDD and macUtilities won't load, "blocked" sign after trying to boot usb

texts:
I just got my macbook white (2009) back again from fixing (batteries were swollen), and was trying to format it to OS El Capitan.
I've been trying to do that all day,

at first I tried with a bootable USB that I made on my on Mac (before formating for the first time). It didn't work, when I began the installation process - after formatting my MacOS drive, an error occurred. Ok, I was kind of expecting that.
the second time, I had already formated my HDD, so I made a bootable USB from my Windows 10 PC, using "TransMac".
I dind't work this time, and the next.
The error is: I plug the USB, Mac iniciates and while I'm pressing the "Option" key, it only shows the USB drive, and when I click on in to begin the install/format, the "blocked" sign appears and it stops there, on that loop.

edit:
This is what happens when I turn on the computer holding the option key (with the USB plugged in):

My MacOS drive doesn't appear, only the USB.
When I click on the USB, it begins to load (I couldn't load all images).
Then, when the bar loads, the "blocked" sign appears.


texts: I want to forward Apple mail to G mail account

texts:
I am running OS X Mavericks.

I want to forward my apple mail (happens to be verizon.net) to my gmail account.

I want to read all mail in gmail.

Is this possible?


texts: How do I reset/change my security questions on my Apple Id

texts: I have an Apple ID and I know my password, but forgot the answer to the security question. I tried to change it at appleid.apple.com but we don't have a link to reset it. See the picture. Please help me ASAP.


texts: How to Format APFS drive using a PC so I can replace my Mac drive?

texts:
I have an older iMac (Late 2012, A1418) that has a defective hard drive. I need to replace the drive and put in a fresh OS (Catalina).
I have the install media on a USB flash drive. My problem is that the drive needs to be formatted APFS and to do this I need another Mac running High Sierra which I don’t have.
Is there a way to format an external disk to APFS using a PC?


texts: Lets say I want to save my screenshots as a .jpg instead of .png. How would I do this? Is there a bash command I can enter or a setting I can toggle?


texts: Yosemite: Disabling inertia scrolling using scroll wheel for the mouse

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Is there a way to disable inertia scrolling (scrolling speeds up the faster you scroll the mouse wheel) for Yosemite for only the mouse? I understand the reason for inertia scrolling for the trackpad, but makes no sense on the mouse.

I've tried various fixes in regards to this issue:

Downloading Scroll Reverser based on this thread.
Tried this thread's fixes.

But none of them disable the inertia scrolling for mouse. I would still like the default Windows mouse-scrolling behavior where one scroll is the same distance no matter how fast you spin the scroll wheel.

EDIT: Apparently you can disable inertia scrolling by enabling/disabling it in Mouse Options under Accessibility, but mine does not have the dropdown like other people seem to have:

This is the thread in question about mouse option inertia scrolling.


texts: Adobe Photoshop error message about display driver with my MacBook Pro

texts: I have just installed Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.  When it came up, after lots of time and annoying spinning colored disk, I got the message "Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver, and has temporarily disabled enhancements which use the graphics hardware.  Check the manufacturer's website for the latest software."  I bought my computer January 2, 2011.  After reading here about display problems, I don't know where I fit in.  Since I am using Photoshop for a class, I don't think I want enhancements disabled.  Can anyone tell me which way to turn?  Is my 2011 MacBook Pro, running Yosemite 10.10.5, now considered "old"?


texts:
I have been looking for a way to take a 412 page PDF on my Mac and split it roughly into thirds.  The googling that I have done suggests that you copy individual pages onto your desktop, and then combine them all using Preview, but doing this with 136 pages seems like a terrible idea.

The alternate method I have seen is to "Print to PDF" but print selected page ranges.  This seems like a doable method, but many of the pages in the front of the PDF do not have page numbers, also, the "Save to PDF" in the print dialog does not have the option to select a page range on Sierra!

What am I missing?  How does one split a large PDF into chunks on a Mac?


texts: How to limit audio volume on iPhone for all apps?

texts: I looked at restrictions and volume limit, but it does not limit volume for all apps (eg. youtube or VLC). Is there any way I can limit volume for all apps?


texts: Do Banners always slow down an app when they appear?

texts:
I have an iPad 2 and I've noticed every time I receive a Banner style notification (the temporary pop in bar at the top of the screen) inside of a game app the game visibly stutters for half a second.

Is this just how banners always affect performance? If I disable banners for an app will that eliminate the speed hiccup or is this a problem with the behind-the-scenes notifications too?


texts: Macbook pro 13 mid 2010 external monitor

texts: I'm about to buy a external monitor to Macbook pro 13 mid 2010, I really like Dell U2515H, can my mac support it without being slow ? I will use it for developing (sublime text) and Videos/Movies.


texts: How can I put the folder containing my iCloud documents in the Finder sidebar?

texts: iCloud documents live in ~Library/Mobile Documents. But if I try to drag said folder to the Finder sidebar, I get a "do not enter" sign, and it won't add. How can I put my iCloud documents folder in the Finder Sidebar?


texts: Is there a way to access "local snapshots" without a configured time machine backup drive?

texts:
Our security posture recently required that we cannot connect any external drives ever (USB, etc.), enforced by some software we have installed.  Now, we're doing SW dev, everything is regularly committed to various repositories, local git, github etc.
But sometimes I just make a mistake with uncommitted files, or files in random places not in any git repository.  It would really be nice to have local snapshots for transient things, to look back a few hours.
Is there a way to turn on local snapshots without a backup drive ever connected?  (I still have a backup drive configured I can just never connect it now.).


texts: How to get back iPhone messages overwritten by restore?

texts:
I was planning to put some songs on my mom's iPhone, then when I opened iTunes and accidentally clicked the restore backup. All the files (photos, msgs, contacts, notes, etc...) of my friends, were transfered.

The iPhone was new and it wasn't backed up yet. All mtg mom's  important messages are gone. Can I still retrieve everything and how?


texts:
Stocks.app on my Mac always uses the time zone GMT+0.
Is it possible to change the default time zone that the stock or currency prices are reported in?


texts:
Is there a way to require a password to login to single user mode? I don't want to use a firmware password, because that will not only disable single user mode, but also Startup Manager (which I use to boot from a USB). I don't like the idea of anyone with physical access to my computer having more privileges than my user does.

I'd simply like to have it ask for the root password before logging in as root, or ask for any username and password, and log them in normally. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Convert bash script to a compiled standalone binary executable, not text

texts:
I want to make a Bash script executable by the kernel. I have already used the chmod +x command and #!/bin/bash to make it executable and it works, but that I want to do is make it an executable without an interpreter, like an executable from a compiled app.
Is there any way I can do this? All I need is a way to make by Bash script executable from the macOS kernel itself and I do not need to specify a shebang. I also do not want anyone to be able to open it with text edit or similar and be able to see the code.


texts: Accidentally deleted private/var/folders on macOS Big Sur

texts:
I’m using macOS Big Sur and accidentally deleted private/var/folders while trying to clean up my storage. Now I’m stuck at the Apple logo on the boot up page (the white bar won’t move). I’ve found some solutions from similar questions which did not work for me. I guess the old commands don't work in Big Sur.
Under single-user mode I tried:
/sbin/mount -uw /

It returned:
Volume could not be mounted:resource busy failed with75

I’ve also tried reinstalling macOS but it failed and automatically returned to recovery mode. Sadly I just deleted my back-up a few weeks ago so Time Machine won’t work.
Is there any other way to fix the problem?


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I have a playlist of 180 songs that I downloaded from the internet. I imported it into iTunes, but all the data for the songs was put into their name. for example: 001 - artist - song title was put into the ‘song name’ section and the rest of the data fields were left blank. I tried getting track names from gracenote or whatever iTunes uses, but it said that I need to import the songs through iTunes in order to do that.
So basically, what I want is a way that I can burn the 180 songs (1.5gb) onto a virtual CD and then have iTunes import from the CD.
I have tried using Toast Titanium’s burn to .dmg function but it has a 99 song limit for burning CD’s. I have also tried using Virtual CD-RW but Finder wouldn't let me burn the files to the virtual CD it had created because there was ‘not enough space on the disk’
Is there an app that can create a virtual CD (CD-R/CD-RW) that I can burn 1.5gb of music to?


texts: Is it possible to downgrade to ios 4.3.3 without SHSH?

texts:
I am trying to downgrade to ios 4.3.3 but each time I try this, my iPod Touch 3g goes in a recovery loop with an all black display and I can't do anything but restoring ios5.

Is it possibile to downgrade to 4.3.3?


texts: Systems crashes sometimes with VLC media player

texts: It has been 'bugging' me for a while now, sometimes when i open or put VLC media player on fullscreen on my MacBook Air, my screen freezes,audio keeps playing, cursor stops moving and I am not able to do anything, cannot even open Task manager(Force quit applications), and I am forced to shut down my system using the power key. Not necessarily with High definition videos. Opening and closing multiple videos seem to fuel the process. No issues with any other app. I am using VLC 2.2.8 on High Sierra 10.13.2.


texts: How to make Windows 10 run GT120 and GTX 980ti

texts:
I can't make both cards work properly on Windows 10. Here's what I've tried.

I've got a successful Windows 10 installation over my Mac Pro (mid 2010) over Sierra, installed the boot camp drivers as recommended on this site. Everything is perfect.

My monitor is hooked to the GT 120 (to get access to EFI boot screen), Windows couldn't find the driver for it and found the GTX 980ti automatically. After the reboot request I could notice it wasn't working properly, the resolution screen was ok but you couldn't open any windows, they got stuck on the bottom bar and the icons beside the clock were missing.

Through the device manager, I uninstalled the GTX 980ti, asked for Windows to update the GT120 driver, it worked like a charm. After reboot Windows, it found automatically again GTX 980ti, installed it without asking for permission and requested to boot. Again, after booting we returned to the ground zero, GT120 didn't load the driver, and GTX 980ti remained with the same issue.

I'm not the Windows guy, so I do not even know if that is possible.

Please, any help would be welcome.


texts: Who is hosting the remote disc when reinstalling OS from remote disc

texts: I have a used mac book pro and have to reinstall the OS from remote disc. My question is: is the remote disc in this case (OS install) hosted by Apple or is it hosted by some other users' laptops?


texts:
Since lately, I am using an AOC 32 inch monitor. A Decent piece of hardware, but alas, one thing really sucks:

When I come back from a break, and screen lock kicked in
I press a key on my keyboard: my older lenovo monitor immediately goes from black blank to my background image, but the AOC just sits there blank, black. For 10 seconds, 20 seconds.
Most of the time, the Lenovo monitor turned black already again. When I press keys on the keyboard again, then finally the AOC tells about HDMI signal, and then shows my background image and I enter my password and log in.

In other words: there is a terrible lag before the monitor goes "alive" (10 to 20 seconds at least). Any idea anybody what I could do to change this behavior?

( for the record: both monitors are connected to my Mac Book Pro 2017 using a Lenovo ThinkPad TB3 dock, and this is not a duplicate of my own question, that one was about an external monitor never going alive )


texts:
Good morning everyone, these days I'm trying to install gdb on MacOS Big Sur 11.2.3, and then use it in Eclipse. I have Xcode and Homebrew configured correctly. I have tried several methods but none of them works. Here are the errors I have encountered:
brew install gdb
Error: gdb: no bottle available!
You can try to install from source with:
brew install --build-from-source gdb
Please note building from source is unsupported. You will encounter build
failures with some formulae. If you experience any issues please create pull
requests instead of asking for help on Homebrew's GitHub, Twitter or any other
official channels.

brew install --build-from-source gdb
Download, ecc...
../configure --enable-targets=all --prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gdb/10.1_1 --disable-debug --disable-dependency-tracking
make
make install-gdb maybe-install-gdbserver
Error: Empty installation

I also tried downloading the tar.gz and tar.xz files but the error I get is always this:
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-target'

In case it helps, I'll leave you the output of the "brew doctor" command:
Unexpected header files:
  /usr/local/include/ansidecl.h
  /usr/local/include/bfd.h
  /usr/local/include/bfd_stdint.h
  /usr/local/include/bfdlink.h
  /usr/local/include/ctf-api.h
  /usr/local/include/ctf.h
  /usr/local/include/diagnostics.h
  /usr/local/include/dis-asm.h
  /usr/local/include/plugin-api.h
  /usr/local/include/symcat.h

Thank you in advance for the help.


texts: Altering speed of podcast playback on iOS 11.4.1

texts: How do I alter playback speed on podcasts when no speed adjuster is shown? The previous x1 was a solution but this is no longer apparent.


texts: Multiple-partition hard drive on Airport Extreme

texts: Is there a way to have multiple partitions on a hard drive plugged into an Airport Extreme? I have a 3TB hard drive, and would like a 2TB partition for storage, time machine backups (mac formatted), and then a 1TB ntfs formatted for stuff accessible to windows computers. However, if I have more than one partition, the disk doesn't show up at all in Airport Utility or in Finder. Is there a way around this limitation?


texts: Profile Manager not sending email invitations

texts:
After installing a new copy of OSX Server I started the Profile Manager and wanted to add some users and enroll them for the VPP Managed Distribution (I am already registered for VPP).

In the VPP Managed Distribution section I hit "Resend invitation..." and a success message is displayed, but no invitation is received.

The possible causes:

Missing SSL certificate
Misconfigured e-mail in OSX server
Misconfigured DNS

I tried different email addresses and checked spam, but none of it helped.

Why are my invitations not sent?


texts: Delete file in PKInstallSandboxManager folder

texts: I scanned my Mac SSD with DaisyDisk. And in this folder  -/Library/InstallerSandboxes/.PKInstallSandboxManager I found this file  - 13C0DF80-42F3-4228-B301-C0913855E2FA.activeSandbox with 8GB size. I open this file and see 2 folders - root and boms. In root -> Applications I found Xcode.app . After searching on web, I found out that the PKInstallSandboxManage folder is responsible for updating applications. It turns out that in my “updates” folder there is an Xcode package that takes up 8GB and is not used? Can I remove it?


texts: MB Pro instantly gobbling up 70+ Gb SSD - How to track culprit?

texts:
Mac OS 10.10.5, MB Pro 16 GB DDR, 500 Gb SSD.

Probable culprit app MS Excel for Mac 2011?

It seems that when I open up a spreadsheet with lots of formulas, within a few minutes I'm getting "Out of Disk Space" warnings. (before starting I have about 66 GB space)

How can I verify Excel is the culprit, and how can I manage it, other than buying a (very high priced) bigger SSD? I do keep my trash emptied, usually.

Are there any tools/utilities which show files accessed sorted by bytes-written first, then date?


texts: Remove Bookmark and Reading List Sidebar

texts: Tapping the book icon to the left of the address bar does not remove the Bookmarks/Reading List Sidebar. How does one remove the sidebar?


texts: How should I give my old iPhone 3GS away to be used as an iPod touch?

texts:
I want to give my niece my old iPhone 3GS so she can use it as an iPod touch. I don't want it connected to my iTunes.

Should I buy a new SIM card for it or should I leave my old one in?


texts: Developer ID Installer certificate "unusable" on another iMac

texts:
I asked our Team Agent to produce a Developer ID Installer certificate in order to sign our Mac OSX installer. He sent me the developerID_installer.cer file via e-mail and I added it to my Keychain. However, when I try to sign the installer I get the "productsign: error: Could not find appropriate signing identity for [common name]" error.

productsign does not complain when I sign with a 3rd Party Mac Installer certificate that I requested (which of course is not the Developer ID required by Gatekeeper), while it does complain with another 3rd Party Mac Installercertificate requested by another member and freely available for download.
Therefore I figure it has something to do with the private key of my Team Agent missing, but I don't like one bit the idea that my Team Agent has to share HIS PERSONAL PRIVATE KEY with any developer wanting to sign a Mac Installer. Is it alright to ask my Team Agent his private key? Will it solve the problem?
Can someone confirm this is the right way to do things?

[EDIT] I thougth right now that maybe the right way is to ask my Team Agent to generate a new Developer ID Installer with a .csr (CertSignignRequest) file coming from my Keychain. If my intuition is correct the .csr file contains the private key so that the resulting .cer is valid for that particular user. Is it so?


texts:
If one holds down Option and Control whilst clicking an icon in the Dock, the resulting menu contains a Hide Others command, such that only the clicked application is visible on screen. This is helpful when making a presentation, recording a screencast, or in other circumstances. The one problem is that the programs running in the background can still generate errors, etc., that might awkwardly cause them to reappear during the screencast, presentation, etc.

Would it be possible to create some sort of command (or Service, or something) to "Quit Others" -- that is, a command that would quit all applications except the frontmost one?


texts: i've a problem, i'm able to search for string in messages.app. It actually tells me all the matches for every conversation, the problem is that is shows only the last match, how can i go through all the results?


texts: I am not sure that is this the place to ask this question, but I heard of Lemon Experience on Mac. What does it mean? is it some hardware failure or software issue?


texts: How do I remove Twitter and Facebook from Mountain Lion?

texts:
I want to remove Twitter and Facebook (in the future) from Mountain Lion.

Is it enough to simply remove Twitter.sharingservice from

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/Plugins

What about all these other entries:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Social.framework
/System/Library/Accounts/Access
/System/Library/Accounts/Authentication
/System/Library/CoreServices/SocialPushAgent
/System/Library/InternetAccounts/
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.twitterd.plist
/System/Library/Messages/Plugins/FaceTime.imservice
/System/Library/SocialServices


texts: How to add a AppleScript file to the Finder toolbar to execute the AppleScript?

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I have written an AppleScript to do a little task in the current folder of Finder. I added it to the Finder toolbar by dragging it while holding CMD-ALT. But when I click it, it opens the AppleScript in the Script Editor instead of executing it.

The AppleScript file has following rights: -rwxr-xr-x@

The owner is the same user which is using it.

Of course, it's my intention to execute the file, not to open it on button click. What do I need to do to execute it?


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I constantly keep touching my MacBook Pro's Touch Bar by accident. I have larger hands and my fingers accidentally press buttons on the Touch Bar without me noticing all the time.

I like the Touch Bar and I'd like to use it, but I can't seem to find anywhere that will allow me to enable a lock screen type feature on the Touch Bar.

I'd really like to disable input unless explicitly enabled. How do I do that?


texts: On iOS, how can I insert a date/time stamp while I'm writing something?

texts: I often write short text documents on my iPhone, and want to insert a date stamp in the format YYYY-MM-DD.  Is there a utility or other means by which I can quickly insert a date stamp instead of typing it manually each time?


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I've set the locale:

$locale
LANG="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

However, while this mount works:

$ mount -t smbfs "//Mercury/Echo" "/Volumes/Echo"
Password for Mercury:

This mount fails:

$ mount -t smbfs "//Προκρούστης/DiningRoom" "/Volumes/DiningRoom"
mount_smbfs: URL parsing failed, please correct the URL and try again: Invalid argument

Any suggestions as to how to fix this?


texts:
When traveling the calendar shows my appointments in local time, where I am at the moment. If I'm in Tokyo, for example, my 8 PM appointment next week in St Paul will show up as 5 AM. The settings are not the same for Mac and iOS, and there seems to be no way to globally force these applications to simply act as a paper calendar would, nor can I find any apps that will do that. It's crazy, frustrating and incomprehensible. I certainly understand why some people need that feature, but with computers this powerful those of us who don't need an option. This issue has been going on for years. I've dealt with any number of Apple support people both on the phone and at Genius Bars, and there's simply no way to get this to work.

On the Mac, there's a feature called "floating" which does that, but it has to be engaged for each appointment that I make, and it doesn't exist on iOS, so if I make an appointment on my phone I can't do that...

The question is, is there ANYTHING out there that can work as a simple paper calendar? Set it and forget it, what you put in is what you get. If I haven't explained myself clearly, I just want to ignore time zones completely, deal with absolute times.


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I just bought an iMac and want to max out the memory on the machine. I have received two conflicting answers to my question so I'm bringing it to the community.

Can I install 4 8GB memory chips for a total of 32GB? The technical specs say it supports up to 16GB (4x4GB) but it hasn't been updated since May 2011 and was wonder if a firmware update allows it to support my proposed configuration.

The iMac has an i7 processor.


texts: Will Mountain Lion install and run on a second drive (SSD) inside a MacBook Pro?

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I currently have a standard MacBook Pro from 2010. I bought an SSD drive and a caddy and I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion on the SSD, and stay with the other drive as secondary boot option.

Can I just put the SSD on the place of the optical drive, or do I need to put the SSD in place of the current HDD, and put the current HDD in the cadddy (and connect the caddy instead of the optical drive? I would like to stick with the data from the old HDD around.)

The laptop is a 13" model "Core 2 Duo" 2.4


texts: This window does not have a tab, so once you alt tab away you can't alt tab back. Is there actually a way that I do not know?


texts: Remove iCloud Downloads from recovery terminal

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I am stuck with MacOS Big Sur, that tells me on startup that it needs to be reinstalled before booting, and only allows me to enter recovery to do so.
When trying to reinstall it, I get a message indicating that there is no sufficient disk space to do so. It turns out that most of the space is taken by local copies of iCloud folders for which I would like to delete the local copies in order to free up space to be able to proceed with the installation without data loss.
I cannot find a way to do so from the terminal, without brctl.
Where are these files stored, and how can I delete the local copy without causing it to delete the iCloud version when the computer next boots up?
Thanks


texts: Using Apple's IR remote to simulate a left/right mouse click or navigate presentations

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I have a 2009 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7 with an Apple IR remote. Since I create my presentations with LaTeX, which generates PDF files, I cannot use the remote to control my presentations (it only works with Keynote out of the box, not with Preview).

Some searching around led me to this app that allowed one to extend the remote to other programs. However, this was last updated in 2009 for Snow Leopard, and it doesn't work with Preview on Lion. Some apps like Spotify, have dedicated addons/scripts  that will let you do this (for that app).

Is there a way to get Apple remote to work with either Preview.app or Adobe Reader/Acrobat? At the very least, can it be made to simply do a left click and right click (i.e., Next → Right click, Prev → Left click), so that I can have the most basic navigation capabilities?


texts: Possible to use the same ssd for a Windows and a Mac laptop via different partitions?

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So my main laptop is a MacBook which runs on a Samsung 850 evo ssd, has 2 partitions- one runs El Capitan and other is formatted as exfat.

My questions is - how can I use this very ssd to run Windows 10 on my other (HP) laptop off the exfat partition?

Situation as of now - I have a bootable usb of Windows 10 but it asks for a cd disk, and I can't seem to find a way to use the usb.

What I fear is that by using a recovery cd to install Windows, the program might overwrite over all my existing data. What I want is to just install Windows on the exfat partition

I understand that unlike Mac, Windows has to be installed separately for each and every computer, I can't use some other laptops ssd to boot this laptop.

Any help or comments are appreciated. Thank you!

Edit: Im gonna use the ssd as an internal ssd on the HP laptop,  not as an external with an enclosure. Its my fathers old work laptop and i have standing instructions to not to edit anything on it (but the damn thing is  running windows 7), since there will come a day when he'll have to return it. This is why i wanna 'preserve' the partition with el capitan. I will not be connecting-disconnecting it again and again. Jist twice. I have since formatted the partition in NTFS.

**so my ultimate question is this : I have a drive with two partitions,  I want to install windows 10 on just one while the other partition remains untouched. Since its too messy to install windows on 1 device and then port it to other,  I have inserted the ssd in the new laptop.  How do I move forward with the installation? **


texts: Any way reinstall the old iWork in Mavericks?

texts: The new iWork is an big step backward. Many transitions removed from the Keynote and so on... Is here any way to remove the new iWork and get back the old one?


texts:
Like many people, I’ve received today an email from Google telling me that Google Notifier Beta is no longer supported and will stop working on January 31. That is too bad. (BTW, I have 1.10.7, not a Beta version. What are they talking about?)

What are some simple alternatives to Google Notifier?

I’ve looked at Gmail Notifr and at GmailStatus but they are not really the same as Google Notifier. Are there any Google Notifier clones around?

I’m looking for a menu-bar app, not a browser add-on.

EDIT (Mar 10): Google Notifier seems to have stopped working today. That's sad.


texts: Create 2 resizable logical drives from one physical drive under Catalina

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I have partitioned a drive to create two logical partitions from one physical drive in the past, but the partitions were not resizable after I initially created them and it ended up being a nightmare to undo.
I have a new MacBook Pro that I'd like to set up two logical drives that can be resized. What is the correct way to go about doing this? I see articles online about it, but they discuss El Capitan and older OSes.


texts: How to report spam that appeared in Messages on iPhone that's marked "Text Message" & thus sent via my carrier, NOT Apple, & NOT from a phone #?

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How do I report spam like this, which appeared in Messages on my iPhone? My carrier is AT&T. As I understand it, we can tell from the screen shot (because of the "Text Message") that my carrier delivered the message via SMS, not over Apple's secure iMessage protocol.  Which means this is a very different situation from Spam on iMessage - What are my options?.  (I think the originator can have whatever email addresses they want appear both above and in the text "Text Message" - they could easily have been, and likely are, forged - the email addresses ending in .ec and .com.)
I've had no success getting cooperation from AT&T.  Just stonewalling and deception.     And the volume is going up.


texts: Buying iPhone 4S under another family member's name

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I would like to buy an iPhone 4S under a different family member's name as their eligibility to purchase the phone is available and furthermore, they're on a different bill.

If I purchase the 4S under my family member's name and activate it under my name... will the "required" text messaging plan, etc. still hold on the purchaser's bill even though the iPhone was not activated under that name?

Note:  This isn't to unlock the phone to use it on a different network -- it would remain on AT&T.


texts: Is it possible to configure a work iPhone to have the company user and the personal user separated?

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I have a company's iphone, and I would like to use it for personal purposes, as well as a testing device.
The problem is that this is the only test device of the company, and since I'm allowed to use it with my personal phone number and data, the problem is that any day, somebody can request the phone to use it for test something (it's very improbable but posible)
For this reason, I would like to know if it's posible to "lock" my personal user/data and/or switch to another user (the company's user) in a safe way so I can share the phone without having to be worried about somebody else seeing my what's app push notifications, my personal camera roll, etc...


texts: How can I silence the screenshot camera sound?

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The sound effects for screenshots can be really annoying and loud at certain times.  How can I turn this off?  It makes the noise even when my volume is all the way down?

Update: I want to simply silence the sound effect, without any other side effects.  Turning on the phone's vibration mode means it will make noise when something causes it to vibrate, so this defeats the purpose.


texts: Why is my Mac constantly trying to connect to another server?

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After logging on, I see this dialog box pop up. Whenever I dismiss it, it reappears 30 seconds later. (Stealing focus at the same time! Grrrr!)

"Slate" is my old iMac, which is sitting on the desk next to me, turned off. How can I stop my new Mac from constantly trying to connect to my old one? Both are running 10.7.1.


texts: iCloud Photo Library doesn't load any photos (iOS)

texts:
When I try to see some "old" photos on my iPhone (iOS 13.3), Photos just shows an exclamation mark icon:

This happens all the time. If a photo loads, it's a miracle.

Summary:

Internet works
All photos are uploaded successfully
I have 40GB available on iCloud
macOS Photos and iCloud.com work correctly, they let me download the originals
I even upgraded my iPhone and restored from iCloud
I have the latest iOS (13.3, same problem since the beginning, with 12.x)

Any solutions?


texts: All photos are gone after updating my iPhone to iOS 5

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After installation of iOS 5, once it was done restoring my settings, apps, etc I got an error message -19. All apps restored successfully. But I don't see the photos. I tried to revert to iOS 4.3.3 again but I got stuck again with error -10.

At this point, I just want my photos back. After that I can update the iPhone to the latest version. Is there a way to restore the photos from the iPhone's file system? I tried accessing the phone's contents using Ubuntu, there I got error message 15.


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I'm having problems connecting over VPN on certain networks and I'd like to look at the VPN log.

According to https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/mac-help/set-advanced-vpn-options-mh11941 I can set the "Use verbose logging" setting via Network Preferences > VPN > Advanced. However the only options I get under Advanced are the ones for DNS and Proxies; there's nothing specific to VPN in there.

How can I enable VPN verbose logging on High Sierra?


texts: Any recommendations for a before&after software installation scanner/uninstaller?

texts:
I'm trying to decide on an uninstaller that does before and after system scans.

So far, I've come across these three:

CleanApp (syniumsoftware.com/cleanapp/) - which I saw someone recommend in this post
Yank (matterform.com/mac_software/uninstaller/index.html)
Uninstaller (macmagna.com/)

So I was hoping if anyone on here has any tips or recommendations on these or any others.

Thanks!


texts: Can Browsers on iOS use Content Blocking?

texts:
Can any of the third party browsers use the content blockers that are available in Safari? Is this an API limitation?
For example none of the browsers like Firefox or DuckDuckGo apper to use the filters from AdGuard.


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I'm certain that I saw a notification from Thunderbird that I had an email from someone in particular. Yet when I looked in Thunderbird, there was no such email.
I checked each of my email accounts including the spam folders, including searching for their name... and still nothing.
When I click my notifications panel, it only gives me my most recent notification as per the below screengrab.
Is there a way I can view all my notifications? e.g. all of those that I've had today from Thunderbird?


texts: Why is my OSX client having so much trouble connecting to our SMB server?

texts:
I've already asked this question on ServerFault, but I'm beginning to think that this might be an issue more with my OSX client machine than our SMB server.

I'm using 10.9, but this problem happened when I was on 10.8 as well. When I first connect to our SMB share (hosted by some recent-ish windows server, not linux or osx server), the Finder seems to lock up for a good 30 seconds while it fetches the root folder of the share. Navigating the share is extremely slow at first as well - it takes about 30 seconds to open each folder. In the system log, I see this message repeated many times:

Apr  9 15:14:37 teds-mac-mini.teradici.local NetAuthSysAgent[2139]: smb_mount: mount failed to teradici.local/data, syserr = Permission denied
Apr  9 15:14:39 teds-mac-mini.teradici.local NetAuthSysAgent[2139]: NAHSelectionAcquireCredential The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.NetworkAuthenticationHelper error -1765328228 - acquire_kerberos failed tmiddleton@LOCAL: -1765328228 - unable to reach any KDC in realm LOCAL, tried 0 KDCs)
Apr  9 15:15:11 --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Apr  9 15:15:11 teds-mac-mini.teradici.local NetAuthSysAgent[2139]: smb_mount: mount failed to teradici.local/data, syserr = Permission denied
Apr  9 15:15:13 teds-mac-mini.teradici.local NetAuthSysAgent[2139]: NAHSelectionAcquireCredential The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.NetworkAuthenticationHelper error -1765328228 - acquire_kerberos failed tmiddleton@LOCAL: -1765328228 - unable to reach any KDC in realm LOCAL, tried 0 KDCs)
Apr  9 15:15:16 teds-mac-mini.teradici.local NetAuthSysAgent[2139]: smb_mount: mount failed to teradici.local/data, syserr = Permission denied

Eventually the delay in opening folders goes away and I can successfully navigate the SMB share. When the SMB share is responsive, no new messages like these show up in the system log, so I'm inferring that they're related to the problem I'm seeing.

I'm using a local account on my mac - I don't know whether its possible to log into a mac with ldap or active directory, but I'm not doing either of those. I do, however, have an active directory account here at work, and I can use that to access network resources at work (indeed, that's how I'm logging into the SMB share).

Any ideas what might be going wrong here? Is it an OSX/client issue? Could it be an issue with the SMB server? Active directory?


texts: How does Safari (on iOS) decide when to present an SSL client certificate

texts:
I've installed a SSL client certificate into the version of Safari that comes with iOS 11.4.1. It apparently allows me to access a protected site as expected.

Are there any specific privacy issues that may result from this installation? In particular, how does Safari decide when to present certificates such as mine to web sites? I'd ideally like to have a configuration where Safari ties the certificate to a particular site (or URL) and presents the certificate (i.e. attempts authentication with it) only when I visit that site. Is that possible?


texts: Videos in Messages chats look terrible on iPhone 11 Pro

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I seem to be having an issue with my iPhone 11 Pro. Videos sent from my Mac to iMessage chats look like garbage (tiny, really low-rezzed down, pixellated when viewed) on my phone. Videos sent from my phone look like garbage on my Mac in the same chat thread. Videos sent from other people’s phones look like garbage on my phone, but fine on the Mac in the same chat, and fine on other people’s phones (no iPhone 11s though) in the same chat.

It’s definitely not a storage issue - I have several hundred GB free. The low-res image setting in Messages is off.

Update: I have isolated this to only happening in group chats. Regular 1:1 message threads seem to have fine videos.

Has anyone else seen this?


texts: MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) Freezes/Lags when connected to TV via HDMI

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I've been trying to connect my TV to my Macbook via HDMI cable so I can use it as a second monitor. Every time I connected it, when I check 'Activity Monitor' a task called 'kernel_task' shoots up to like 500% CPU, the fan starts spinning really fast and the whole laptop lags/freezes. The bottom of the laptop feels like it could melt glass.

I've tried a few things like:

Different HDMI Cable
Unchecking 'Automatic Graphics Switching'
Resetting the NVRAM

None of these things have made a difference.

Details of my laptop are as follows:

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

OS: Sierra 10.12.3

I have a much less powerful Windows laptop and it can be connected to the TV without any problems. I have also tried connecting when running Linux Distros and never experienced any issues. It appears to only be on this Macbook.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to navigate lock screen using keyboard?

texts:
On the lock screen, I need to use mouse to select the user to login. I would like to navigate using the keyboard.

I tried Tab key, and combination with Ctrl and Option key, but can't find a way to navigate using keyboard.

Any ideas?


texts: How to resize Safari address bar on macOS Sierra or newer?

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It seems that the Safari address bar width is locked to a maximum size that may make some URL impossible to read, especially if the domain part is longer, like in many intranets, or when the the of the URL is longer and when it  contains essential information near the end.

I fount no way to change the width of the bar using Customize Toolbar option.
I am using Safari 11 on macOS 10.13 (high-sierra) but I am pretty sure that the same problem would apply for macOS 10.12 (Sierra).


texts: Change Application folder presentation w/out disabling SIP

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I keep my apps organized in the /Application folder by arranging their icon manually.
But in El Capitan, SIP prevents the modification of this folder privileges so I cannot set it to read and write for my user and change the presentation options nor arrange icons manually.

I do not really want to disable SIP because of all bugs that seems to happen by doing it (even if I quite manage OS X since a while).

How can I manage to arrange my Apps icons without having to disable SIP?
Thanks


texts: How can I export a video to WMV format in Lion?

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I used to use Flip4Mac, but because QuickTime X doesn’t provide a plug-in mechanism for video exports, Flip4Mac doesn’t work with it.

How do I export videos to WMV in Lion?


texts: How to setup TeamViewer wake up on lan on MacBook Air

texts:
I wanted to setup TeamViewer on my MacBook Air (2015, macOS Sierra 10.12.1) to wake up on LAN.

Does MacBook allow wake up on LAN (WOL)?


texts: When you allow 15 minutes for, say, YouTube, does the clock only run while the child watches YouTube or will YouTube time out after 15 minutes even if they don't watch it?


texts:
I'm interested in using a variation of Markdown for my work, but my target format is Word files (this is what my clients use, it's non-negotiable). Most implementations of Markdown would leave me with a circuitous route at best to get a Word file.

Perhaps more importantly, I'd want to be able to format things like footnotes/endnotes, which don't have any representation in Markdown or Multimarkdown, as far as I know.

Is there anything like this out there? Basically a flavor of Markdown oriented toward print rather than the screen?


texts: How can I remove the explicit label from a song?

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I bought a song from iTunes that is marked as explicit. However, the song is not actually explicit. When I try to edit the song's info in iTunes Music Library.xml, it simply reverts to the original information upon opening iTunes. Is there any way to remove the explicit label?

Edit: I would prefer to do this without any third party software, but it doesn't matter too much.


texts: iMessage speech (applescript) timing out after upgrade to yosemite

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When I receive an iMessage, chat or Message on my desktop (iMac), it is read out loud.

After the upgrade to Yosemite it does not work. I continue to receive the message that "AppleScript timed out." I click on "wait" and it will read it. This occurs when I SEND as well as when I RECEIVE messages, although reading aloud is only on receive. - I would love if someone might address this issue! It still works great on my previous OS version on my laptop.


texts: On iOS, how do I explicitly download a photo or video that's in iCloud while using iCloud Photo Library?

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I'm an iCloud Photo Library user.  How can I specifically ensure that a specific video/photo is downloaded locally on my iOS device?

Basically I'm looking for the equivalent of a "Download" button available on a photo or video so that it will be available locally on the iPhone.

Basically, there are some apps that don't really handle deal with iCloud based media well, so I want to ensure that the media is available locally so I can accomplish my task in the 3rd party app (Magisto).


texts:
unable to install homebrew
I am using this command.

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

getting this error. i have already installed updated command line tool


texts: How to open/upload hidden files in apps or webapps?

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I can't view .DS_Store, .localized, ._.* and ._* with Finder: Show ALL files starting with a dot in Finder
user3439894 commented there that it's impossible to do so with Finder:

Some dot files, e.g. .DS_Store, you can see in Terminal using e.g. ls -a however the ones you used to see in Finder and cannot now see them is because Finder is programmed to not show those files files even with it's set to show hidden files. The ._* and ._.* are extended attributes/resource fork files and normally cannot be seen in Terminal or Finder when properly associated/linked to their normal files or if created on a filesystem which does support them and either viewed from Finder or brought back to an HFS+/APFS filesystem.

And an answer on SO Unable to show .DS_Store file on Mojave also says it's impossible with Finder.
So my question is, how can I send my handwritten file ._. to people on Discord?
I can't drag-and-drop the file to Discord, because I can't see it in Finder in the first place, and also the upload dialogue uses macOS' Finder file browser as most apps do so I also can't select the file manually after clicking the "Browse..." button.


texts: Some audio (but not all) coming out of MacBook speakers instead of Display speakers

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My 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is connected to my Apple Thunderbolt Display via a genuine Apple Thunderbolt to USB-C adapter. The audio from the MacBook is piped through to the built-in speakers in the Apple display.

Music, movies, YouTube videos… all that audio comes out of the display's speakers. What's weird is that certain system sounds come out of the MacBooks speakers… like Messages notifications and the screenshot camera click sound. What's more, is that I can't seem to adjust the volume of the sounds coming from the MacBook's speakers. Adjusting the volume on the MacBook's Touch Bar and on my Apple Bluetooth Keyboard only affect the Apple Display volume, not the MacBook.

This is a problem, of course, and quite annoying. I've done all of the typical troubleshooting things: restarted, unplugged and replugged, set, unset, and reset the output destination in the Sound preference pane.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I assign a custom icon from a graphic file to another file in Lion?

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Suppose I have a graphic file (a .png, for instance), and I want to make that graphic the icon for another file or folder. Previously, I would copy the image to the clipboard (either in Preview, like in the instructions in this post or in the Get Info window in the Finder), then open the Get Info window for the target file, select the icon, and paste the image in as the new icon. In the past, this has worked for me.

When I do this in Lion, the result is that the target file now has the default .png icon (document with folded corner, blue-ish image in the middle, and the letters "PNG"), rather than the particular .png image I intended to paste. If the image I am pasting is a .pdf, I get the same results, except that the resulting target file icon has the letters "PDF".

Is there another way that I can assign a custom icon from a graphic file to another file in Lion, because I'm still unable to do it?


texts: How to mail link from mobile Safari to an Exchange address book entry?

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When selecting Mail Link to this Page from mobile Safari, no Exchange address groups are available when attempting to insert a recipient ("Choose a contact to mail").

Also, Outlook Personal Contacts are listed as part of the displayed All Contacts view, but not the Global Address List group. Contrast this with the mail-link case with Photos (native app) or Mercury browser.

Thank you.

ATT iPhone 4, iPad 1, iOS 5.0.1, 3G, WiFi


texts: How to hide desktop icons on a single desktop

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I'm a big fan of multiple desktop spaces on OS X 10.7 (see image).

I'm wondering if you can hide desktop icons on just one of the 4 spaces I have setup. Is that possible?


texts: Itunes says "I do not have enough access privileges for this operation" how do I fix this?

texts: A year or so ago I was mucking around in my privacy and shared settings, trying to make it so my computer was "secure" when on a college network. Now with my fiddling i've screwed something up and I am running into problems with my shared files. Any ideas to fix?


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I occasionally work with iTunes Music Store packages. These packages have a .itmsp extension. Like .app, .itmsp is essentially a container directory. .itmsp folders contain XML and media files.

The latest Xcode and/or Mac OS X update (Xcode 4.6.1 on Mac OS 10.8.3) has hijacked the filetype association for directories with the .itmsp extension. Previously they were treated like normal folders -- no double-click required to see inside. Now, I have to double-click them to interact with them. When I do, a program called Application Loader tries to open them. In order to see inside I have to right-click and select "Show Package Contents". I'm dealing with thousands of these files at any given time, so that won't work.

I've tried changing or removing the filetype association using Get Info and RCDefaultApp. Neither works. Removing the filetype association simply turns .itmsp directories into blank files. So does deleting Application Loader.app entirely. In either case I still can't browse the contents without right-clicking.

The previously accepted answer worked a treat for a while: lsregister -u /Applications/Contents/Applications/Application\ Loader.app/ It's stopped working since I updated Xcode and/or Mac OS X. If you have Xcode installed, you should be able to test this yourself by naming a directory foo.itmsp.

How can I make it so .itmsp files are treated as folders once again?


texts: MacBook Pro Late-2013 SD card reader not loading cards after 10.10.2 update

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In my Macbook Pro 15inch, late 2013, the SD card reader doesn't work after installing Yosemite 10.10.2. Doesn't load cards at all. Tried to blow out slot, fiddling with switches inside port, nothing.

How can I analyze and fix this issue


texts: Yosemite One User Hangs After Login, Other Works

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I turned on my computer yesterday to have it hang after login with user A. The desktop loads but (sometimes my icons appear, sometimes they don't) but as soon as I try to do anything with my mouse, it goes circle wheel of death.

However, when I login with a user B, everything loads fine. (Of course, all the files I need are on the user A login. I barely even knew I had a second user account until I started trying to fix this as I had an auto login setup.)

I've done the disk utility repair disk and repair permissions, as well as the PRAM reset and SMC reset. Also did a "reset home folder permissions and ACLs" and the parental controls tricks per this post: One user can't open anything after Yosemite upgrade   I've even uninstalled a ton of apps.

None of it helps. I've also booted into safe mode. And it's the same problem, user A hangs after log in.

I'm currently re-installing Yosemite (5 hours left, this is ruining my day).

If this doesn't fix the problem, does anyone have any other suggestions? Or if you've had this issue, how do I prevent it from happening again?

I'm using an iMac if that makes a difference.


texts: spaces and dual monitor: separate setup for each monitor?

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I have two monitors and I would like to handle the virtual spaces separately on each. I.e. changing the space on one monitor shouldn't change the space on the other. (I wonder why this isn't even the default because it seems to me like it makes more sense.)

Is there any way to do this?


texts: MacPorts 2.0.3 uninstalling package gives error "this entry does not own the given file"

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I'm hitting an error while trying to uninstall some packages in my MacPorts 2.0.3 installation, and I can't figure out what's causing them or how to resolve them.  Googling around lead to nothing addressing this case, so I'm hoping that fellow users here will have an answer.

Here is an example of the command and the error (where this is all done in a sudo'ed shell, so the problem is unrelated to root permissions):

port uninstall sleuthkit
--->  Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
Error: Target org.macports.deactivate returned: this entry does not own the given file
Log for sleuthkit is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+universal/sleuthkit/main.log
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
--->  Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
Error: Target org.macports.uninstall returned: this entry does not own the given file
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
--->  Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
Error: Target org.macports.deactivate returned: this entry does not own the given file
Log for sleuthkit is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+universal/sleuthkit/main.log
Warning: Failed to execute portfile from registry for sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
--->  Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
Error: port uninstall failed: this entry does not own the given file

Looking in the file /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+universal/sleuthkit/main.log reveals nothing particularly useful to me:

version:1
:debug:main Executing org.macports.main (sleuthkit)
:debug:deactivate deactivate phase started at Tue Jan 31 19:18:24 EST 2012
:debug:deactivate Executing org.macports.deactivate (sleuthkit)
:msg:deactivate --->  Deactivating sleuthkit @3.2.3_0+universal
:error:deactivate Target org.macports.deactivate returned: this entry does not own the given file
:debug:deactivate Backtrace: this entry does not own the given file
    while executing
"$port deactivate $imagefiles"
    invoked from within
"registry::write {
            $port deactivate $imagefiles
            foreach file $files {
                _deactivate_file $file
            }
    ..."
    (procedure "_deactivate_contents" line 37)
    invoked from within
"_deactivate_contents $requested [$requested files] $force"
    (procedure "portimage::deactivate" line 54)
    invoked from within
"registry_deactivate $subport $version $revision $portvariants [array get user_options]"
    (procedure "portdeactivate::deactivate_main" line 3)
    invoked from within
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:deactivate Warning: the following items did not execute (for sleuthkit): org.macports.deactivate
:notice:deactivate Log for sleuthkit is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_registry_portfiles_sleuthkit_3.2.3_0+univ\
ersal/sleuthkit/main.log

Does anyone know what is behind these errors?  More importantly, how can I fix my installation so that this doesn't happen anymore?


texts: How can I use iPhone screen hardware as a standard monitor?

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I have an old iPhone 4s and I can fully disassemble it. I was searching for a control board to connect the screen and use it as a standard monitor, but I found nothing.
I'm not searching an app or a software to use my phone as a second display, I would rather disconnect the screen from the mother board (which is dead) and use it.

Does anyone know how to connect it to a VGA or HDMI standard input?


texts: Cannot change region (locale) on MBP running OS X 10.9.2

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I'm running OS X 10.9.2 on a MacBook Pro (Mid-2012) and cannot change its region (locale) via System Preferences -> Language & Region:

Changing it ostensibly works, but revisiting the preferences pane later shows the region reverted to its previous value.

In terms of what tools and apps report, the story is inconsistent:

defaults read -g AppleLocale does show the NEW locale
locale, by contrast, shows the PREVIOUS locale
Similarly, Calendar.app shows holidays from the PREVIOUS locale

Thus, for the most part, the system behaves as if the region changes was ineffective - which is at least consistent with the preferences pane reverting to the previous value.

Here's what I've tried:

Reset the NVRAM
Repaired the disk with Disk Utility
Booted into single-user mode and ran fsck -yf
Cleared most caches with OnyX
Checked the syslog for telltale entries

All to no avail.

Any help is appreciated.


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I recently picked up the new Magic Mouse 2.  Since then, the 'Swipe Between Pages' has started working on it's own.  With the old mouse, I turned it off, as I was constantly flipping through web pages accidentally.

Even though the prefs say it is deactivated... it won't stop!  I tried turning it on and back off... no luck.