texts: Is it possible to have bash escape spaces in pwd?

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I'd like to copy the current directory to the clipboard, something like: pwd | pbcopy. However, pwd does not escape the space, so something in "Application Support", for example, doesn't copy correctly. I don't seem to remember this always being the case, so I could have boffed something. Using iTerm2.

Is there bash setting to escape everything? having trouble searching, too many questions/topics about Spaces.app or esc.

Current:

$ pwd
/Library/Application Support/Google Earth/

Preferred:

$ pwd
/Library/Application\ Support/Google\ Earth/

Already seen posts: Copying the current directory's path to the clipboard and How to cd to a directory with a name containing spaces in bash?, which do not address this. I would have made a comment in the former, but I don't have the privileges.


texts: How do I get Launchpad's incremental search to work again?

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Launchpad's incremental search has stopped working for me. I've tried killing the Dock (Launchpad and window management is all part of the Dock) but Launchpad is still unresponsive to the keyboard. I have also found it won't let me rename anything either, though I can re-arrange the icons.

Logging out and back in doesn't fix it and restarting seems to alleviate it (but that is hardly a fix).


texts: Why was my 2016 MacBook Pro keyboard illuminated when I woke up?

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MBP wasn't plugged into anything and isn't scheduled to wake up, the laptop was flipped in the open position all night. When I glanced at it at ~8am the keyboard was illuminated. I didn't touch it.

Did the camera sense movement which caused the laptop to wake up?


texts: MacBook Air doesn't recognize headphone anymore

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I have a MacBook Air, mid 2012 running the macOS 10.12.4 beta. Since recently, my headphones stopped working. If I plug them in, the computer still uses the internal speakers. And if I go to system preferences, I still doesn't recognize my headphones. I've searched the web for this problem, and I saw that some other people have the same problem. I can only fix this by restarting, but that's very annoying.

Can anybody please help me?


texts: Is it true for application that are installed by "dragging" into the Applications folder, it can be copied to other Mac?

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Many apps are installed by the "drag it into the Applications folder".  Is it true that usually, if you copy that app (which is a .app folder`) onto another Mac that you have that has the same OS X version or higher version, then the App should work too?

(unless it is not supporting Rosetta apps due to backward compatibility).

Some apps are installed by running a program, and go through the "Where do you want to install to", and "Agree with Terms?", etc, etc, and probably those apps can't be properly installed by just copying the .app folder to another Mac?

(I need to do this because VLC 2.0.3 can't play some format of rmvb files, and I need to install 2.0.1 to another Mac and the downloaded file is missing, only the VLC.app folder is in the Applications folder.)


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I have a Macbook unibody c. 2012 that will not boot (a coffee spill did it in).  I suspect the hard disk is ok and I would like to connect it to another machine to try to copy data off.  I'd like a "casual" interface, ala USB or firewire, as I may not have a similar laptop to use as a bootable host (I do have an older, non-unibody Macbook, however).

Is there some cabling I can procure that could allow me to do this?

tone


texts: Import nested folders into Photos via Automator

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I have a folder that is constantly updated with new photos.These photos are sorted in (nested) folders per year and per day.

I now want to make a workflow that automatically imports those photos in these nested folders to the Photos application.

I now use the action Import files into photos, but the problem is that only photos in that specific folder will be moved to the Photos app and not the photos in the nested/underlying folders.

How should I tackle this problem?


texts: Keychain: ask for certificate from command line

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Is it possible to ask for certificate (.certificateRequest file) from command line?

I want to mimic behavior like Keychain -> Certificate Assistant -> Request for Certificate in Certificate Buro from command line.

Good tool /usr/bin/security does not provide requests to Certificate Buro. Maybe I wrong here.

Could anybody help with it?


texts: Is it possible to install Flash on a jailbroken iOS device?

texts: We all know iOS devices can't support Flash, but how much is just the restrictions placed on the OS? Is it possible to install it with a jailbroken device?


texts: Is there a way to make a Safari window narrower than the width of all the pinned tabs?

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I use a lot of pinned tabs. So many that the width of all of them is greater than the screen width on my MacBook Pro.
On Catalina if a Safari window got larger than the screen width (typically due to using a VNC-style application on a larger screen), I could make it match the screen width instead by closing and reopening Safari. I then navigate off-screen tabs using the keyboard. This has only worked once for me so far on Big Sur – usually the window opens to at least the width of all the pinned tabs, with a portion of it off-screen.
Regardless, sometimes I would like a Safari window to be smaller than the width of the pinned tabs, for example when taking notes on the other half of the screen.
So, is there any way to make the window narrower than all the pinned tabs, both in Catalina and Big Sur?


texts: How do I direct my Mac back to saving iPhone backups in original default MobileSync/Backup folder

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I tried to get my Mac to save iPhone backups directly to an external hard drive by entering a version of the script below into Terminal, that is specific to me;

ln -s /Volumes/ExternalHardDriveName/iPhoneBackup/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync

I did get the symlink folder but the backup didn't work.

I have since updated the OS to Catalina and now I don't have a MobileSync folder. I have read that you can undo the redirection scripted above, by simply deleting the Symlink folder, but I don't have a MobileSync folder, therefore also do not have the symlink folder I created.

I recreated a MobileSync folder and Backup folder in its correct location, hoping finder would find it and back up to there but when I tried a backup, an error message appears saying "Could not backup the iPhone Liz’s iPhone because the backup was corrupt
Delete the backup for this iPhone, then try again."

Also, next to the Manage Backups button in the iphone Finder window, it says "Unknown"

Can anyone tell me how to tell my computer to revert to saving iPhone backups in the original default location?

Thanks, Liz


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Is /usr/local a per user folder?

homebrew says

/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/etc
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

This can happen if you "sudo make install" software that isn't managed
by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
install will fail during the link step.

You should change the ownership and permissions of these directories.
back to your user account.
  sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/bin /usr/local/etc /usr/local/include /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

Doing so would make those folders belong to a particular user which would mean another user using the same machine would be S.O.L. unless those folders are some magic per user thing.

Are they? They don't seem to be at a glance but I probably don't know how to figure out if they were.


texts: How can I install a working bluetooth library for Python?

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I need to access Bluetooth from Python. I have tried installing lightblue via easy_install. It installs properly, but when I try to import it it fails.

User@Mac:codes$ python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 24 2013, 20:58:05)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import lightblue
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lightblue/__init__.py", line 160, in <module>
from _lightblue import *
File    "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lightblue/_lightblue.py", line 23, in <module>
import Foundation
ImportError: No module named Foundation

That means module called "Foundation" does not exist or python cannot find it.
I continued my research and found this. I followed the instructions:

User@Mac:codes$ export PYTHONPATH="/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/"

And tried again:

Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 24 2013, 20:58:05)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> import lightblue

And got this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File     "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lightblue/__init__.py", line 160, in <module>
from _lightblue import *
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lightblue/_lightblue.py", line 28, in <module>
import _LightAquaBlue
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lightblue/_LightAquaBlue.py", line 32, in <module>
_FRAMEWORK_PATH)
ImportError: Cannot load LightAquaBlue framework, not found at/Library/Frameworks/LightAquaBlue.framework

And I tried installing python from http://www.python.org.
What can I do anymore?


texts: Mac often perceives left-click on Magic Mouse as right-click

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The bug:

All of a sudden, my 2013 rMBP often perceives a left-click on my Magic Mouse 2 as a right-click.

Details:

"Often" ≈ every 30 seconds.
I have 2 different mouses: an Apple Magic Mouse 1 and an Apple Magic Mouse 2. The problem persists when using either mouse. (Only one is switched on at a time.)
The right-click still functions properly.
The built-in trackpad does not have this issue. It still functions properly.
I've read that the problem might be somehow related to Google Chrome. But, the problem persists (e.g., in Finder) even when Google Chrome is not running.
I've terminated the keyboard-remapping software, "Karabiner." I do not have the purportedly-problematic apps, "BetterTouchTool" or "Magnet," installed.
No peripherals are plugged into the computer.
As soon as I notice that the left-clicks are right-clicks, I do not touch the mouse for about 5 seconds, and the mouse goes "back to normal"... until it happens again (and the process repeats).
I plugged in a wired USB Dell mouse (model # 0CJ339). The wired mouse does not have the issue.

What I've tried:

I've disconnected and deleted my wireless keyboard as a Bluetooth device (to ensure that no other Bluetooth device is connected to my rMBP other than my mouse).
Turning Bluetooth on and off.
 shift  +  ⌥ option  + left-clicking the Bluetooth menu bar icon → Debug → "Reset the Bluetooth module" & "Factory reset all connected Apple devices" & "Remove all devices"
Switching mouse on and off. Recharging mouse.
System Preferences → Mouse → toggling the "Secondary Click" checkbox and ensuring that "Click on right side" is selected

I've discovered another bug that could be related: When "Secondary click" is set to "Click on left side" in System Preferences → Mouse, the computer never perceives a right-click (no matter whether the mouse is left-clicked or right-clicked). It behaves as if the "Secondary click" checkbox is not even enabled.

Deleting Apple Bluetooth and mouse preference files found in ~/Library/Preferences/
Resetting PRAM & SMC
Booting in Safe Mode. (The issue still manifests in Safe Mode.)
Logging out of the administrator account and logging into the "Guest" user account (where the issue still manifested).
Repeatedly pressing the  ⌃ control  key on the laptop keyboard to ensure that a small piece of foreign matter is not stuck underneath this key. (When I hold down the  ⌃ control  key and left-click, the rMBP perceives this as a right-click 100% of the time.) Also, opening "Keyboard Viewer" to ensure that my computer does not perceive any modifier keys as being pressed when the issue occurs.
I do not have any other lingering Bluetooth devices in the vicinity that might interfere with the mouse.

Is there anything else that I can try, besides reinstalling the OS?

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: How do I launch Finder from terminal or command line

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I use command line a lot, like most programmers.
I want to be able to launch Finder, Safari or any other application for that matter from command line e.g.

  finder .

where it will start Finder app, and the set the view to the current folder that I am in at the command line.


texts: How to get p4merge to come up when I do git mergetool?

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I did setup p4merge using this in my .gitconfig:
[merge]
    tool = p4mergetool
    stat = true
[mergetool "p4mergetool"]
    cmd = /Applications/p4merge.app/Contents/Resources/launchp4merge "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
    keepBackup = false
    keepTemporaries = false
    trustExitCode = false
    prompt = false
[diff]
    tool = p4mergetool
    renames = copies
    mnemonicprefix = true
[difftool "p4mergetool"]
    cmd = /Applications/p4merge.app/Contents/Resources/launchp4merge "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
    keepBackup = false
    keepTemporaries = false
    trustExitCode = false
    prompt = false

When I try to git mergetool in my project it can find the conflicted files and open p4merge tool but it open to choose the files, not with the conflicted file opened. How to solve this?
My versions:
Git 2.23.
Latest p4merge version P4Merge/MACOSX1015X86_64/2020.2/1999419.
macOS Mojave 10.14.6


texts: LogMeIn Hamachi "Network" menu gone in Lion

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I have used LogMeIn Hamachi to play on different game servers, however since I update to Lion I have been unable to change the server I want to connect. The whole "Network" menu is gone.

Here is a video showing LogMeIn Hamachi in action, where the "Network" menu is visible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf2ttAWFrxg (See 1:20)

I have the latest version installed (2.1.0.65)


texts: Check Network requests happening from iPad without any proxy setting changes

texts:
Can we check network requests of an application whose bundle identifier is known?

Note: Application is not created by us - its from another third party. We don't have code we just have ipa and we have installed it on iPad.

I am aware of Charles and other third parties that use proxies. In my case I don't have admin rights and we dont want to play with proxy.


texts: QuickTime add-ons? How to tell what's needed?

texts:
I've been chatting on Chatzy via Firefox on the Mac lately, and every time I go there I get told that I need to update QuickTime components. Here's the dialog that comes up:

It then links me to this site, which offers a range of addons. However, there is no indication which of these things I need to run the page. I don't want to install all the extensions, obviously, but I would like to get the one I need. Is there any way to tell what's lacking?


texts: How can I correctly obtain and install MacOS on a clean reinstall?

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I have an older Mac (2012 Mini) which I am expecting to replace, and use as a spare in another room. It came with OSX installed and has been updated through several OS versions to Catalina, which is the last supported version.
I would like to totally wipe it and start over, changing hard disks at the same time. I don't really understand how MacOS licensing works, or how I can do a clean install. I don't want to find myself in the situation I have a Mac I cannot use to download/run an installer!
What is the correct process?


texts: Apple Push Notification Service: misbehaviour

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On a new test iMac (running Mavericks 10.9.2) I discovered 2 repeated errors related to apsd (Apple Push Notification Service daemon).

Repeated failing connections

A netstat command displays a huge number of not correctly terminated tcp connections. All these dead connections are toward a domain at Apple, and using port 5223/tcp.Actually I have 400 of them:

$ netstat -An
Active Internet connections
Socket           Flowhash Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address      Foreign Address    (state)
[...]
ffffff8024040d88 c23b1438 tcp4       0      0  •••.My_IP.••.50929 17.149.36.133.5223 ESTABLISHED
ffffff8022ef8d88 31793d40 tcp4       0    106  •••.My_IP.••.50604 17.149.32.8.5223   FIN_WAIT_1
ffffff8022cc2d88 c977e8ee tcp4       0    143  •••.My_IP.••.50491 17.172.232.142.522 FIN_WAIT_1
[...]

Repeated invalid certificates

Every each 90 minutes, apsd is telling it can't recognize a certificate. A large grep on system.log logs display this repeated error:

$ zgrep apsd /var/log/system.log.[0-6].gz
[...]
/var/log/system.log.0.gz:May 25 00:48:01 ••.My_name.My_domain.•• apsd[106]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
/var/log/system.log.0.gz:May 25 02:18:22 ••.My_name.My_domain.•• apsd[106]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
/var/log/system.log.0.gz:May 25 03:48:44 ••.My_name.My_domain.•• apsd[106]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
[...]

Related documentation

I found here the way to shut up this daemon:

How to disable Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) on OS X 10.8?

I didn't find here any explanation on how this daemon is working, how it is started or stopped:

man apsd

I found here a correct explanation of the behaviour of apsd seeing a wrong certificate:

Unrecognized leaf certificate.

Questions

This daemon is clearly misbehaving and typical of many security problems
(bad connection, bad certificate validation, data leak…).

How should this daemon work?
Which service is it useful to?
Is this daemon functioning with these repeated misbehaviours?
How may I check it?
How might I have fired this misbehaving daemon?
And finally, shouldn't I stop it definitively?


texts: Unable to update through App Store (OS X)

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I've been unable to update any of my Apple applications through the App Store. Other applications update just fine. I noticed this when I tried to update Xcode yesterday. Upon clicking the update button, it greys out without ever beginning the update process. This has left me unable to update my version of Xcode, OS X or iTunes.

I know that I can just download the DMG files from the developer library, but that seems like an unnecessary step.

Has anyone experienced anything like this in the past?


texts: Creating audiobooks from individual tracks

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I have the following audiobooks in the latest iTunes under Windows 10:

I have imported several audiobooks from Audible into iTunes. Each book appears under "Audiobooks" on my iPod Classic as a single entry.
I have also imported several books purchased elsewhere, as individual MP3 files. I have ensured that the title, author, etc. are identical and have numbered all tracks correctly. I have set the Media Kind to "Audiobooks" and have selected the "part of a compilation" option as well as the "skip when shuffling" and "remember position" options. In iTunes, these books appear correctly, each as one entry, with all the tracks in the correct order.
I have also imported one original CD audiobook (11 disks) and have curated the meta-data as described above. Again, in iTunes, the book appears correctly.

After syncing to my iPod Classic, all the Audiobooks appear, but only the Audible ones appear as a single entry per book. Each track of each of the MP3 books and the CD book appear as individual entries/books. This makes for a very long list, and, of course, makes it very inconvenient to listen to. I would have to scroll to "Chapter 1" of the book I want, listen to it, and then scroll to "Chapter 2" of the same book, etc. "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc. for each book appears in the audiobook list.

I have searched extensively, but have not found a solution. This answer did not solve the problem I describe.


texts:
I have Control+Return key bound to a function that I use very often. This works when i run emacs in x-windows. But when I run emacs in iTerm2 control+return just has the effect of line-feed (i.e as if I have just hit enter without holding the control key down). i have tried different variation of this in emacs

(global-set-key (kbd "<C-return>") 'duplicate-line)

(global-set-key (kbd "C-RET") 'duplicate-line)

(global-set-key  [(control return)] 'duplicate-line)

None of them seem to work in iTerm/emacs. I'm not sure if this a emacs terminal mode problem or a problem with iTerm2. I don't want to bind this to any other complex key sequence as I use this very often.

How to get Ctrl+return key binding for emacs in iTerm2 working?


texts: I have an iMac with Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion). When I open the Mac App store, and try to download an App, it asks me for the login. When I enter my Apple ID's email and password and click login, the button become gray for a moment, and then asks me for the credentials again. There is no error message displayed. The email and passwords are correct, since if I try an incorrect password it tells me that it is wrong.


texts: The situation I face is that I have a wallpaper that fills the screen but shows the wrong part of the actual image. So I am wondering whether I could possibly move the image so it shows me the proper section I'd like to see.


texts:
At my home I have a bundled internet connection and a VoIP landline. These services are provided with a Huawei HG659 Wi-Fi modem.

Is there a way I can connect my iPhone to my VoIP landline via Wi-Fi? I would like to make and receive calls on my fixed landline using my iPhone instead on my old cordless fixed phone?


texts: Is it possible to change the system font to a monospaced font?

texts: Due to declining eyesight, monospaced fonts are way easier for me to read. Is there a way to switch the default font High Sierra uses out for one that's monospaced? If it's not supported natively, are there any 3rd party programs that can?


texts:
I am rather new to iPhone. I have iPhone 3gs updated to iOS 5.0. It's jailbroken, I have Cydia, etc.

I tried to find a solution to video record my screen (video of my iphone's screen). I need to show to my friend how a certain app looks like on iphone. However, I was unable to find a tool.

Which tool do you recommend to record iphone's screen? I'd prefer it be free :).


texts: I can access the youtube Playlist with the default youtube application on an iOS device by tapping "More" then "Playlists", but how can I play those lists? When I tap on a playlist, it shows the list of videos included in it, and I can only play them individually one at a time. I want to play the whole list continuously. I don't connect my device (iPod Touch 4) to a computer, so I cannot use a solution that uses iTunes.


texts: Xcode C++ project adds C style header formate to new files

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I just started using XCode to do basic C++ programming. I have noticed something strange.

When Im working on a C++ project, and want to add a new C++ source file, the automatic generated file is formated as a C file, even though its extention is .cpp.

Im using Xcode 6.1.1. I was a member of the Mac OSX public beta program, but I think I use the released version of Xcode.

Can anybody reproduce this bug, or is it just my system that got this bug? If so, how could I fix it?

This is what a typical automatic created header file look like:

//
//  testfunk.h
//  Test
//
//  Created by Jørgen Rørvik on 16.01.15.
//  Copyright (c) 2015 Jørgen Rørvik. All rights reserved.
//

#ifndef __Test__testfunk__
#define __Test__testfunk__

#include <stdio.h>

#endif /* defined(__Test__testfunk__) */


texts: App Store receipt email, forwarded as attachment, won't open

texts:
New user--just switched from Windows to an iMac running Yosemite. In the Mail app I use 'Forward as Attachment' a lot, with no problems.

However, I just forwarded an App Store email receipt as an attachment, and the recipient couldn't open the receipt. OS X identifies the attachment as a generic document (rather than an email) and can't find an app to open it. So far, this has only happened with the App Store receipt.

Is this problem likely due to something odd about the format of App Store receipts? If that's the case, I'll simply export those receipts to PDF and attach those files. Or is there something fundamental about attachments in Mail that I don't understand?


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro (2017, 15-inch) running macOS 10.13.6. I am trying to use a new headset in it but the mic's volume is too low.  This problem does not appear when using the headset with my phone (an Android) not does it appear with other microphones (I have tried both cheap and expensive headsets and not had this issue).

I can confirm that the mic is being picked up by the machine and that the system settings has the external input set to the highest volume.

Is there a way to increase the input volume for the microphone beyond just the system settings?


texts:
I purchased a new disk to use as a Time Machine backup.

diskutil list shows it as:-

/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk4
1:               Windows_NTFS                         2.0 TB     disk4s1

But is does not appear in Disk Utility or in Finder.

How should I go about formatting it?

Last time I did something similar I was prompted if I wanted to use it as Time Machine


texts:
Compatibility question
I want to download the BBC iPlayer from the iTunes store on my Mac Book Air (10.9), but it is only available for iPad or iPhone as shown here:

Can I still somehow use it on my MBA ?


texts: Block level copy a NTFS data drive in a Mac Pro to a new, empty drive

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Is there a way I can perform a block level copy of an NTFS data drive (used in Parallels) to a new empty drive?

The source drive is a 750GB NTFS formatted drive used for backing up files from a Windows Parallels VM.

The destination drive is a new 1TB empty drive, which will need to be NTFS format so I can continue backing up files to it.

I considered using the dd command but I'm don't know if it'll work and I don't know what the appropriate command is to do this.

Is there a way to do what I'm wanting to do using software in macOS Sierra or do I need to buy something or install a 3rd party software package?


texts: My iPhone no longer mounts in Windows. Tries to install "MTP USB Device" .. which fails

texts:
When I plug my iPhone 4 into my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop, it syncs just fine with iTunes, but it no longer mounts on the desktop for me to transfer pictures and videos.

When I plug it in, Windows attempts to install a driver named "MTP USB Device" and then fails.

I've tried a number of things, the most drastic being:

Uninstall iTunes
Uninstall MTP USB Device from Device Manager
Restart
Install the latest iTunes
Restart
Run iTunes
Plug in the Phone

When I did that, Windows claimed it was installing a driver named "iPhone" (yippee!) but then it switched to "MTP USB Device" and failed again.

I've searched other forums and found strange and bizarre ideas that include exploding the iTunes MSI so I can get the Apple USB Device driver -- but that driver is installed and works just fine.


texts: How to make older iPhone and iPad with < iOS 8 enter two factor verification code?

texts:
I have some older iPhone and iPad (iPhone 5S and iPad Mini) with iOS 8. When I charged it and powered it up again, and search for app in the App Store, it will ask me to verify the account in my other apple device.

Sure, my iPhone 6 Plus and Macbook both popped up the "Allow or not" and verification code popups, but in the older device, there is no way to type the code in.

If I don't create yet another iTunes account (and want to use the existing iTunes account), and not to be forced into upgrading to the newest iOS, how can I possibly make it work?


texts: Running DiskWarrior from Boot Recovery Terminal for encrypted disks does not work

texts:
The instructions that come with Disk Warrior state you should boot in Recovery Mode by:

Holding ⌘ Command R
Open Terminal
Run command /Volumes/DW/go

If you run this command you get an error saying that the directory cannot be found.


texts: External screen turns off after macOS boots - Mac Mini

texts: When I plug in the screen and I turn on the Mac Mini, I see the Apple logo and the OS loading. After macOS boots the external screen goes black.


texts:
So my Mac refuses to goto sleep because I'm running nfsd service (for work). I have verified this by typing pmset -g on cmd line. Here is my question.

Without having to manually stop nfsd, Is there a way to make the auto sleep function on macOS to be more aggressive. I noticed if I manually goto the  -> sleep or hit the shortcut to sleep, it's far more aggressive and goes through the process of shutting down all services and then sleeps.

Any other ideas on how I can get this Mac to auto sleep while running nfsd? Maybe a whitelist of services to ignore while preventing sleep.


texts: How do I acquire SDKs to build target pre-8.0 iOS?

texts: I have installed XCode 6 and it came with the iOS 8 SDK but i need to test on devices still running 7.1 and cannot figure out how to get the iOS 7 SDK now without downloading an older version of XCode than I already have installed. Where can I find the previous SDKs and can I install them in my newer version of XCode?


texts: Alternate DNS resolution for Safari on macOS?

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I use a Pihole on my network to provide local DNS service to block ads and various websites. I've noticed recently (maybe since Mojave) that Safari seems to bypass this. The Pihole device also functions as my DHCP server, and is configured to broadcast to clients that they should use its IP as the DNS server.

Running nslookup from the console indicates that the OS knows that the Pihole's IP is its DNS server.
Looking up known advertising domains via nslookup properly returns the Pihole's IP address (indicating that an ad coming from there would be blocked).
In the Network preferences pane, under DNS for the network interface, the Pihole's IP address is shown under DNS Servers.
Other web browsers (Chrome & Firefox) on the same MacBook Pro do not display the ads that Safari displays.
I have outbound port 53 blocked at my router for any device but the Pihole - switching nslookup's server to 8.8.8.8 (Google DNS) results in a connection timeout (which I'd expect with the outbound port blocked).
No other device on my network exhibits this behavior - including iOS devices.

networksetup -getdnsservers Wi-Fi reports "There aren't any DNS Servers set on Wi-Fi." If I manually set it via networksetup -setdnsservers Wi-Fi 192.168.1.22 the situation gets better but Safari's behavior still doesn't match Chrome's. And that's not really a viable solution long-term as I'll have to unset it every time I leave my home network.

Does Safari have some other means of doing DNS lookups that's hidden? How could it be bypassing DNS settings?


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I've installed Mavericks and started to us the Mail app from Apple again, but every time I start Mail I get the message:

  Incompatible Plug-ins Disabled

  Mail has disabled the following plug-ins:

    Growlmail

I've tried disabling and removing it in the System Preferences under Growl but the message above keeps popping up when I start Mail.

How can I remove it?


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In setting up a new Time Machine, how can I limit how much disk space Time Machine has access to? I am only interested in answers relevant to Big Sur's change to AFPS for Time Machine.

Before 10.13, a command exists to set a maximum size in Terminal

After 10.13, I believe you can only cap Time Machine by partitioning your external drive.

I have no reason to expect this has changed, other than hearsay this summer. I am asking this question because I cannot find any sources that directly address the issue of limiting Time Machine's size in Big Sur. The change in file format seems like a big enough update that it could change how Time Machine operates.
I am looking for an answer that "definitively" answers how to limit Time Machine in Big Sur. Even if the answer is the same as in Mojave and Catalina, that is still valuable information.
With Time Machine's support of APFS destinations in Big Sur, how can I limit the size of Time Machine data on the external drive?


texts: iMac screen freezes (audio/mic/etc still function but video freezes)

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I've been having a few odd issues with a new iMac. Screen will freeze occasionally (as will my camera if I'm on a video call) but my microphone, audio, and mouse will still move. If it happens on a video/audio call - others can still hear me and I can still hear them.
I've looked through the logs to the best of my ability but cannot see anything that's going wrong (albeit there's a lot of logs to dig through). I've followed all the normal standard troubleshooting steps but to no avail. There's no rhyme nor reason/regularity to the freezes either (I've ran the system with only a video calling app open and everything else killed and yet it still happens).
I'm at a loss, as is Apple Support, as to what's causing this or how to even diagnose it as it doesn't seem to register anywhere.
Specs:
OS: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H524)
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
Processor: 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7
Memory: 32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 8 GB

Additional information: I have 2x Lenovo 27" screens connected to this iMac


texts: How do I disable iCloud without losing all my photos?

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I foolishly enabled iCloud hoping that I could sync photos between my apple devices. However, I do not want the same photos on all my devices and I do not want ANY at all stored long term in my cloud. I had hoped I could delete the ones that were not wanted from individual devices. Can I do this, and if so, how? I can't find any way of manually deleting them from the cloud without them disappearing from my phone, or from my phone without them disappearing from the cloud.
If this isn't possible, is there any way to delete my iCloud without deleting all my photos?


texts: Can't access internet through network share

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I have an MBP with the latest OSX connected to the internet through ethernet. I've created a wi-fi network with the same name as the laptop and set the WPA2 password. I then enabled internet sharing in System Preferences.

I then booted another laptop also running the latest OSX and tried to connect to that network. The network was visible and I made sure I could see the password but my other laptop was unable to connect to the wi-fi network. Both machines are on the same desk.

How can I debug this? Console seems to show nothing relevant.


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I was just wondering was it possible to use the "AMD Radeon HD 6490M " card  of MBP on Windows 7  by installing Win7 either on

a) Boot Camp
b) Parallels
c) VmWare

as I like to play games on Win7 for which I need t graphics card.

Thanks


texts:
Since upgrading to el capitan a couple of days ago, activity window in mail does not work. I do receive emails, but can no longer see or check mail through the activity window when i want, have to wait for 'whenever'; clicking 'get mail' does not work on my demand.

I am on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)

thanks!


texts: Is there an extension for macOS Photos for perspective correction?

texts: I was wondering whether anyone knows of, or can recommend, an extension for Photos on macOS that allows correcting perspective?


texts: Do I have to buy a paid app again or can I delete it on an older device? (Family sharing)

texts: Recently I was wanting to download a paid app (Minecraft) onto my new iPhone, however since it was already downloaded on 6 devices already, I would have to pay again to download it onto my iPhone. If I were to delete Minecraft from one of the 6 devices would I be able to download Minecraft to my phone without paying for it again?


texts: How can I get an image selection programmatically?

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I need to log the bounding box of the selected area from an image to the command line.

This is because I will have to do this across a number of images and then compare and reuse those bounding boxes.

I'd like to be able to do something like this:

get_bounding_box.sh

and see output like this:

+100+20+1400x1000

for a selectionoffset by 100 and 20 pixels from top left, and 1400 pixels wide and 1000 tall.

I can use Preview, Photoshop or Gimp, and am comfortable with Applescript, bash.

For example, in Preview, I would be able to get the selection bounding box shown below:

and get 188x207 (the size of the selection bounding box) plus information about the selection's offset via command line.

That way I could use that as an input to other scripts - mostly via ImageMagick.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: Get page number from Metadata instead of Index

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In Applescript, we can get the index number of the current page we are viewing in Skim with the following code:

tell application "Skim"
    activate
    set theDoc to front document
    get index for current page of theDoc
end tell

Is there a way to access the metadata page number instead of the regular page index?

Assessibility Inspector Results

Accessibility Inspector just indicates that it is a text field. (Page number has been changed to 1098)

Another way to access the text field

With the following code, in which {350, 55} is the position where the text field is located on my screen,

tell application "System Events" to click at {350, 55}

I've found out that the text field can be accessed with:

text field "Page" of group 2 of toolbar 1 of window "程元敏 - 2013 - 尚書學史.pdf (page 1150 of 1696)" of application process "Skim" of application "System Events"

Hence, the following attempt to get its value.

tell application "Skim"
    activate
    set theDoc to front document
    get value of text field "Page" of group 2 of toolbar 1 of theDoc
end tell

The above script resulted in this syntax error:

  Expected end of line, etc. but found “"”.

Questions:

Besides telling me how to access the text field with code, I would also like to know why Accessibility Inspector failed to indicate any information about the text field?

Is there a way to directly access the metadata in of a pdf document with applescript?

Why do we have to embed tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Skim" within tell application "Skim" for the code to work?


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I want to create a MacOS recovery startup disk on a USB flash drive. In order to maintain the integrity of the drive's contents (and, perhaps more importantly, reduce write wear on the flash drive from tmp files, swapping, SpotLight, etc.), I'd like to be able to have the kernel mount the drive read-only (but otherwise boot into a full-featured desktop environment where various GUI-based recovery tools are available).

This is obviously possible when booting from CD/DVD (and probably when booting from a flash drive with a physical write-protect switch), but I suspect the hardware state just magically causes the kernel/bootloader to do the right thing.

Back in the day, I recall that some systems had the ability to specify boot arguments that would force behavior like this.  Scanning the OpenFirmware command and MacOS boot-args cheat sheets reveals nothing obvious.

Is there any way to request that the firmware or kernel make the boot device be read-only for a multi-user boot?  Or, alternately, is there a way to continue startup from single-user mode while keeping the boot device in a read-only state?


texts: How can I completely uninstall DisplayLink?

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Once upon a time, I installed DisplayLink but have since uninstalled it. I have another program on my computer that keeps crashing and upon looking at the logs, it seems to be an issue with the DisplayLinkManager.

Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager[24073]): Service exited due to signal: Trace/BPT trap: 5
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 5 seconds.
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on awdl0
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook ReportCrash[24057]: Attempt to read info_array in pid 24073 failed, address was 7fff611746e8
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook ReportCrash[24057]: Attempt to read info_array in pid -1 failed, address was 7fff611746e8
Nov 12 00:28:31 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook ReportCrash[24057]: Attempt to read info_array in pid 24073 failed, address was 7fff611746e8
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook ReportCrash[24057]: Attempt to read info_array in pid -1 failed, address was 7fff611746e8
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook ReportCrash[24057]: Saved crash report for DisplayLinkManager[24073] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/DisplayLinkManager_2015-11-12-002831_MoonBook.crash
Nov 12 00:28:31 MoonBook ReportCrash[24057]: Removing excessive log: file:///Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/DisplayLinkManager_2015-11-11-221429_MoonBook.crash

So there appear to be some remnants left, but when I search for DisplayLink in Spotlight, I get no results (just links to Wikipedia, etc). So how can I completely remove com.displaylink.displaylinkmanager?


texts: Is this a potential symptom of a hardware issue? Button visual data is behaving buggy?

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Recently, I opened my Gmail application on my (brand new) iPhone 4S.  I've been using the phone for a couple of weeks, and I downloaded the Gmail application a couple of days ago.

As you can see from the image below, the buttons on the far right started to behave in a funny manner when I launched the application.  I hit the home button and opened the app again, and it still looked like the image below.  So, I double-tapped the home button, closed the app and re-opened Gmail and that fixed the buttons.

I could choose to ignore this is because it could be a one-off error or it could be a problem with Gmail.  However, I am also aware that this type of visual error can be caused by some form of hardware error.

Do I have anything to worry about, considering the nature of the error?  Should I take this image into an Apple store and have them service my phone?

I'd rather get this taken care of if there is something that can be done before to long, especially since my phone is so new.


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Normally I give my passphrase for the private key on the first ssh invocation and then I am not asked for the passphrase (in this and all other bash sessions).

However, under tmux, I am asked for the passphrase over and over even in the same bash (same tmux pane).

I think the problem originated with the Sierra.

How do I avoid having to enter my passphrase repeatedly under tmux?

PS. ssh-add -l prints The agent has no identities. both with and without tmux.

PPS. $SSH_AUTH_SOCK names an existing socket under /private/tmp....


texts: Outlook for 2011 automatically moving messages to on my computer

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Recently upgraded corporate computers to Mac running on a premise Exchange Server (2010) from PC. 8 of the 9 computers have no problem synchronizing between the Exchange Server and Outlook.

However, one Mac will automatically move all messages to 'On My Computer' and take them off the Exchange Server. It is a MacBook Air running 10.8.2 and all updates are up to date. The account is setup as an Exchange account and not a POP.

Is this a user setting or something that needs to be changed through EMC?


texts: Does play count data update on iTunes music is played on the iPhone?

texts: If I listened to a song on my iPhone does it update the value on my macbook's iTunes ? And vice versa ?


texts: Does the CPU of your Macbook Pro overheat when gaming using a Thunderbolt external GPU?

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Does the CPU of your Macbook Pro overheat when gaming using a Thunderbolt external GPU ?
Any feedback from fellow gamers using an external GPU ? Thanks !


texts: Which IP ranges and subnet does OSX internet connection sharing use by default?

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I'm using a TP-Link portable router to share a wireless internet connection from my mac to the router via ethernet. This seems to work but I notice that the IP on a device connected to the router is 192.168.2.14.

I'm curious to know which IP range internet connection sharing will use by default and whether this can be changed via the terminal.

I'm currently on Mountain Lion but also interested in any relevant differences in Mavericks.

ifconfig shows:

bridge0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether ac:de:48:08:15:b5
    inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
    Configuration:
        priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0 maxage 0
        ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
    member: en0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
             port 5 priority 0 path cost 0

Is this bridge the mechanism for internet sharing?


texts: Finder icons without thumbnail preview and a cross?

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Today I imported (MacOS Catalina, 10.15.3) some RAW and JPG images from my Canon EOS R camera using ImageCapture. They are 3 CR3 bracketed (AEB) images and the JPG HDR created by the camera. Strangely, some icons are not visible in the Finder, and have a 'cross' on the upper left corner:

The images are there: all can be opened in Preview, and Adobe DNG converter may convert them to DNG. The view option "Show Icon Preview" is enabled
I tried to create a thumbnail using a newly created 'quick action' in Automator, and to drag that thumbnail to the icon shown in the 'Info' window for the IMR_0138.CR3 file; nothing happened. And, yes, I have write permission on the file.
This is not related to the file type: JPG files in other folders have their icon, and one out of 3 CR3 files here has its icon.

How can I have my files with their thumbnails displayed?  Thank you in advance for any help!


texts: Is it possible to change the position of the on screen display (OSD) of the volume indicator that appears when you change the volume with the keyboard? Right now mine is very low, and I thought it was supposed to be centered vertically on the screen. I'm on Mavericks if it matters.


texts: Record click action and replay via command line?

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Every few minutes I need to click a button on Yosemite's menu bar and select an option. I'd like to automate this task by somehow recording this action and scheduling it to execute via cron / command line.

I've tried creating an Automator workflow using the "Watch Me Do" feature, but although it executes fine inside Automator, when I run automator myclicks.workflow in the Terminal, it gives me this cryptic error message:

The action encountered an error.

How can I get automator action to work?


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Using the default manpage paths (via /private/etc/man.conf), the openssl(1) and related pages (i.e. x509(1), req(1), ca(1), etc.) are missing.

Has anyone discovered if these were placed in a different location or if left out altogether?


texts: Cannot open folders in ~/Documents via alias or recent items

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I am having a similar issue as outlined in this issue but with the added problem of I cannot open any folder located in ~/Documents via an alias or recent items. All that opens when I try is just the root of the Mac HD. All of the folders and data are still present and the OS knows they are there because I am never asked to fix any of the aliases.
Have not had any luck finding a solution getting these working again and welcome any input.
Thanks


texts: Charging suddenly stop when I try to use the device

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It's my first time with a mac computer, I have a macbook pro 2011 .

The problem , charger works fine when the laptop is closed or idle, when I start using it like for example opening Finder, simply the charger lights turns off and stop charging.

Thanks in advance .


texts: Is it possible to enable kerberos on OS X 10.9 without joining the Active Directory domain?

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I would like to be able to take advantage of Kerberos without having to join my machine to the domain.

Why? Because this is a personal machine and we are not allowed to join them the corporate domain (nor we can).


texts: How do I set a localized name for a folder?

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I want to give a folder a localized name.  In one of Apple's articles, I found out that the ".localized" file (e.g., in ~/Downloads) is responsible for indicating this, but all of the .localized files are empty (length 0).  I can't find any documentation for the content of this file, or even if it can have any at all.

How can I make a folder whose name is "One", but whose Spanish name is "Uno"?


texts: External monitor has no signal on first boot — Mac must be rebooted

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I'm on a Mac Pro running OS X 10.9 with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB, and I'm using a BenQ E2420HD as a monitor.

The Problem: Every day I start my Mac in the morning, and every day the monitor has no signal the first time I start the computer. The only thing that works is to shut the Mac Pro off by holding the power button down for a few seconds. As I start it for the second time, the monitor gets a signal and everything works. That happens every day and it's very bothering, and probably also bad for the Mac Pro.

I tried plugging the monitor cable out and in again and manually setting the input in the monitor menu — not working.
I also reset the SMC and NVRAM — nothing changed.
I had the monitor connected via DVI-DVI and then changed to HDMI-MiniDisplayPort because I thought that might help — nope.

This problem occurred in OS X 10.8 as well as it does now in 10.9. It's very frustrating!


texts: Should my MacBook be on charge most of the time?

texts: For optimal battery health, should I charge my Mac most of the time, apart from letting it run through a full battery discharge once a month?


texts: How can I make iOS mail display the sender of an AOL-originated Google Groups message?

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As recently mentioned on this webapps question, Google Groups has started re-writing the From: address information on messages originating with Yahoo & AOL users.

For Google Groups mailing lists that are set to "replies go to the group", the AOL/Yahoo message originator's email address is placed in an X-Original-Sender: header while the textual portion of the email address (if any) is placed in the textual portion of the From: header along with a "via  mailing-list-name" (e.g., "From: myaolscreename via Mailing List Name  <mailing-list-address@googlegroups.com>"). This is apparently done so that Google doesn't appear to the recipients' email servers as having tried to spoof email from AOL or Yahoo.

In iOS Mail, this header rewrite makes it difficult to determine who really did originate the mail-- since there is (typically) already a contact for the mailing list address on the device, the contact information (e.g., "Mailing List Name") is displayed by iOS Mail as the From: of the AOL/Yahoo-originated Google Groups message (obscuring the "myaolscreename via" information).

The easiest workaround appears to be to start to forward the message and scroll down to look at the textual portion of the included original message-- in that case, the "From: myaolscreename via Mailing List Name..." becomes visible.  However, even this is problematic because the screen name might not actually be meaningful (or present); plus there's the need to explain how/why to do this to non-technical google group members.

Another workaround seems to be to require all the Google Group members to use a Google account (and insist that they select a "real name" that is meaningful); the resistance to assimilation makes the first part difficult (and enforcing the second part seems like a full-time job).

Is there any other setting/shortcut/feature/technique that can be used/enabled to unmask the AOL/Yahoo author information?


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I have a CD that when the items are copied to the desktop (OS 10.6) the items are marked as read only. The CD is UDF formatted and I have read the following on another site:

  The Mac simply doesn't understand the UDF format which is widely used
  by many Windows and Linux computers, along with various consumer DVD
  burners, video cameras and other devices. OS X gets confused when
  reading files, thinking they have read-only privileges or locked files
  or different owners, depending on what software was used to write the
  disc. Other systems don't suffer from this problem because they fully
  implement the 13-year-old UDF standard, but OS X doesn't.

Is there any way to get copied items to inherit permission of the folder that they are being copied to? I don't want to have to modify permissions everytime files are copied.


texts: How to determine which process or application is using excessive data

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My 2015 MacBook Pro uses wifi from a 4G dongle. Some process or application is regularly making large download requests, which are very expensive over 4G - it recently used $60 of data in a single day, for an unknown purpose.

How can I detect (and disable) these processes?

To demonstrate, I rebooted and immediately opened Activity Monitor (so I'd have an accurate measure of the network activity), then used the laptop for an hour or so (but without constantly monitoring the activity).

The total Data Received is 428Mb (confirmed on the wifi dongle), but the cumulative network traffic of the processes listed is far less than this:

I assume that one or more processes is running, requesting data, then closing, and that after this they're no longer individually listed in the Activity Monitor, so it's not possible to determine which processes are implicated.

How can I debug which application or process is causing this? Activity Monitor doesn't seem to be precise enough, so is there a better option?

PS I have disabled:

App Store "check for updates" and "automatically download"
DropBox
Google Drive
iCloud Drive
and I haven't opened iTunes.


texts: How to know the macOS version used for most recent clean install?

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Is there a way to know which macOS or OS X version was initially "clean-installed" on a particular Mac computer? (Assuming major or minor OS updates may have been installed later.)

Please note that I don't want to know which OS version originally shipped with the Mac (in brand new condition), as MacTracker has already that info. I'd just like to know which OS version was used the last time someone made a clean install, reformatted the drive, etc.


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I have been making an iMovie on OS X El Capitan for the past few days. Unfortunately, I have not saved even once, I just left it open and it would always be there when I clicked on the icon. Now, I deleted many pictures from the movie, and I saw the spinning wheel of death. I thought it would go away soon as it always does, but twenty minutes later it was still spinning. I can't click on anything in the app.

I don't want to force quit, because I will lose all of my work, right? What can I do to save my work?


texts: Are there any wireless hard drives work well with Lion or newer Macs?

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Are there any wireless hard drives to use with a mac?

I need to copy paste files from and to this hard drive, when the disk on my mac is full. Do I need to look for a specific Apple drive or will any network writable drive work for basic file storage?


texts: What is the "Verifying XXX.app" dialog and how do I get passed it?

texts:
I'm trying to open a new app that I downloaded on OS X Yosemite 10.10.  Specifically, it is Android Studio.app version 0.8.13.

When I open it, I see the following dialog "Verifying Android Studio.app...":

The progress bar has been at 100% for about 10 minutes and it hasn't gone away.  Granted, this app is rather large at about 25gb of SDK that needs to be included in the directory.

How do I get passed this dialog?


texts: Non-existing URLs redirect to "searchguide - level 3" in Safari

texts:
I typed a URL in Safari to check whether a domain name had been registered or not, and was redirected to this page:

(here I made the test with "http://fegiuebnfuybzh.com", a random string of letters and a domain I believe no one owns).

The URL I was redirected to is:

http://searchguide.level3.com/search/?q=http%3A//fegiuebnfuybzh.com/&r=&t=0

I couldn't find much recent information about this website, and I definitely never gave my computer access to this service knowingly.

I can see that the home page has a "settings" link:

I do not want this service to be present in my computer at all, even with "off" settings, so this aren't what I'm looking for.

How can I make Safari display the regular "the address couldn't be found" text page, and get rid of this nasty "level 3"?


texts: What are the differences between Applescripts saved as *.scpt and *.applescript?

texts:
It seems to me that those scripts that are saved as *.applescript are always meant to be the raw, uncompiled text while those that are saved as *.scpt can be either the raw text or the compiled program.

What advantages/disadvantages are there to using each extension?

An ancillary question: is there an analogous extension to *.applescript for the new JavaScript for Automation (JXA) language? Perhaps *.jxa?


texts:
If I setup local content caching on my MacBook Pro as the host as shown in this LINK, I wonder whether this feature will occupy a lot of space on my host MacBook Pro SSD hard-drive?

I have other MacBooks which will be connected to the same network so they will be clients by default I guess or I have to enable it on all of them? And will this means that to use this feature the host MacBook Pro will have to be opened whenever the other Macs are used to use this feature?


texts:
I have a user on a MacBook Pro with Yosemite that tried to install Flash.  She downloaded the installer and ran it.  It said it completed, but Flash is not working in Chrome or Safari.  I downloaded the uninstaller from Adobe and ran it to uninstall Flash.  It said it was successful.  I then redownloaded the Flash installer and ran it successfully.  Still, Flash is not working in either browser.

Ideas?


texts: How can i get a message report that tells me that an email i sent has been received and opened?


texts: Software to find duplicate videos that have been resized

texts: I have duplicate videos in my Photos library, but the videos have been resized so they are not detected by normal duplicate file finding software. Does anyone know if any software for OSX that will find duplicate videos that have been resized?


texts: Mission Control view programme icons missing. How can I get them back?

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When you hit F3 on the keyboard, Mission Control is opening, displaying all active windows in a miniaturized version neatly ordererd. When my Mac OSX 10.8 was newly installed some month ago, there were programme icons displayed together with every mini window in Mission Control. How can I get these icons back?

This is how my Mission Control looks like:

This is how it is supposed to look like, with programme icons:


texts: How to add access to the camera to one app which doesn't appears in the system preferences ->privacy menu?

texts:
Hi I have an app which take screenshoots from my macbook, but I didn't give access to the camera when I installed the app, that's why I am not able to use this app now, which has very nice tools to comment and edit the screenshoots. My question is, how can I give permissions to this app if it doesn't appears in the menu system preferences -> privacity -> camera, how can I add this app to this section or give the camera permissions? Thanks!

The app is lightshot I was able to use it in another mac, where I gave the permissions when I installed it, the another problem here is that when I installed it again it didn't ask me to give permissions maybe for some kind of history.
For more clarity, what I would like to do is to be able to show the lighshot app in the privacy -> camera section, just as in the next picture.

Thanks!


texts: Can an iPad become damaged by leaving it in a bathroom during and after a shower?

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I leave my iPad Mini 3 in my bathroom most of the time. If you must know, I enjoy reading my iPad while using the toilet.

I take daily showers in this bathroom. Showering produces steam and increases the humidity in the bathroom. I run the bathroom fan after showering for about 10 minutes, like one should, to remove much of the humidity.

The bathroom is very small. While I never actually spill water on my iPad, I'm sure that it is exposed to the moist air.

Can this moist air damage the iPad?

Can the moist air find its way inside of the iPad, resulting in the formation of condensation inside of the iPad? I'm sure that the iPad was not designed to have water inside of it.

The bottom line: Is it necessary to remove the iPad from the bathroom every time that I shower?


texts: Windows on VirtualBox and special characters

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I have a standard Apple US keyboard but I often have to type in German. I find the OS X shortcuts easy to remember and I am comfortable with them.

To type the umlauts you have to type option+u (u as in umlaut) followed by the letter that needs the diacritic.

When I use Windows in VirtualBox I have to fall back to the Windows combinations (e.g.AltGr+p for ö) which I find difficult to remember (I don't use VirtualBox a lot).

Is there a way to map the usual OS X key combinations to Windows?


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My new iMac (2017, running 10.12.5) has by default F14/F15 bound to control the display brightness. I can't find any way to disable them, which means that binding them to other functions doesn't work. Using a third party tool like Keyboard Maestro can map the keys, but doesn't override the brightness adjustment, so you get two functions at once.

In my research it seems that some versions of Mac OS had a Display option under Keyboard Shortcuts that had the applicable options:

Unfortunately I don't have that.

So my question is: How do I get that Display section back, or how do I unbind the decrease/increase display brightness shortcuts?


texts: iPhone Mail.app - Showing Disabled Email Accounts

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I have lots of emails on my iPhone from an old account that I no longer use. Mail reminds me often that it cannot connect to the account.

When I uncheck the account from email preferences, the  account disappears completely from Mail.

How can I keep the emails in my application so I can browse through them, while configuring Mail not to try checking for new mail?

iPhone 5s iOS 7.1.2


texts: Is disk image encryption slower than partition encryption?

texts:
I am considering two options to encrypt some data:

add a new encrypted partition
add an encrypted disk image

Which option is faster in terms of disk read/write speed? I suspect that an encrypted disk image would have a worse performance than using an encrypted partition, but I am not sure.


texts: Implications of changing who pays for family sharing

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My Apple Family includes 3 Apple IDs
Apple ID | Role
---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
Alice    | Organizer
Bob      | Has a payment method added and is responsible for paying purchases
         | but doesnt have any device. Essentially a ghost account.
Charlie  | Adult in a Family

Now I want to remove Bob from the Family, add Bob's card to Alice and end up with
Apple ID | Role
---------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
Alice    | Organizer; pays for stuff
Charlie  | Adult in a Family

The services our family uses is Apple Music, iCloud storage with couple purchased apps.
When I tried to change the person who is billed from Bob to Alice, I got a warning that the purchases will be lost and I wont be able to share purchases with other accounts for 90 days. I do not completely understand the implications of this change. Can someone please elaborate on this? Is the action reversible? Do we lose purchased apps, but keep all iCloud/Apple Music data?
According to this answer the person who purchased (not necessarily paid for) keeps the apps, so if Alice made all the purchases (paid for by Bob) I think it should be safe operation, but wanted to double check first.


texts:
I've noticed that my Mac no longer opens applications I've specified on my second screen. When trying to set the option again via right clicking on the icon and going to Options, the "Assign to Desktop x" is no longer displayed.

What could be the cause of this? There is definitely two screens attached to my Mac as they both display different desktops.

(I am using Mavericks)


texts: How do I show the High Sierra upgrade setup assistant again?

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I just updated to High Sierra, but managed to hang the setup assistant after install (I tried to open a URL). I force-rebooted the Mac, and the setup assistant was gone. How do I bring it back?

Removing /var/db/.AppleSetupDone brings back the initial setup assistant, but that's not what I'm looking for. I tried removing /var/db/.AppleDiagnosticsSetupDone, but nothing happened after I rebooted.


texts: Mail.app OSX wont receive email and email gets stuck in the outbox

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Ive got an intermittent reoccurring issue on mac mail. I have this issue on 2 machines. Both machines are macbook pros, one is running 10.10.5 and the other 10.12.latest sub version.

The issue/s are that :

a) some emails that are sent will just sit in the outbox and not send, if i close down mac mail and re open it it will start sending these emails. This doesn't always happen but at least once a week it occurs.

b) an email will be received but wont show up in mac mail, its definitely received as it will show up when viewed online in gmail, and will show up on my phone (iOS mac mail) but wont show up on the OSX mac mail. Whats strange is that this wont happen to all emails, but a select few, eg. i might receive an email at 11am which doesn't show up on OSX mac mail, but at 11.30 and 11.45 two more emails may come through that i do get.

Each machine has access to some of the same accounts (but not identically the same)

Most of these accounts are google apps for business gmail accounts, but some are also IMAP accounts with my web host.

For the most part this seems to be happening with the google apps for business gmail accounts, because we use those more, but i think it also happens a bit for the web hosted IMAP accounts.


texts: Apple Mail: can I block spammer using 'Authentication-Results' header?

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I have been getting similar spam from a variety of email addresses. Looking at the default headers, I find that the only similarity is in the Authentication-results header. For example, here are the headers from two different emails:

Authentication-Results: atlas204.aol.mail.ne1.yahoo.com;
Authentication-Results: atlas208.aol.mail.ne1.yahoo.com;

Is there any way I can set up Apple Mail to block, say emails with Authentication-Results=atlas???.aol.mail.ne1.yahoo.com? Or is there another way I can block this?
I didn't want to publish the entire header from each email, but I don't know whether this is enough information, either. I'll be glad to post any further header info on request. TIA


texts: How to merge lecture notes from the web into a single PDF file

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I have some lecture notes which are located at:

www.mywebsite.com/Lecture1.pdf

www.mywebsite.com/Lecture2.pdf

etc

In Automator I currently have done the following:

Get specified URLs
Download URLs
Combine PDF pages
Open Finder Items

This works, however, I have to manually type in all the URLs in step 1. Is there a simple way to automate all of this (maybe using AppleScript?)? I want something like

$list = 0
for $i = 1; $i <= 25; $i++
add "www.mywebsite.com/Lecture" + (toString)$i + ".pdf" to $list
end for
return $list

Edit: I managed to write this code:

on run {input, parameters}
    set i to 1
    set myList to {}
    repeat while i is not 26
        set ur to "http://www.website.com/Lecture" & {i as text} & ".pdf"
        set myList to myList & ur
        set i to i + 1
    end repeat
    return myList
end run

But for some reason the lecture notes are not merged in the correct order. What I get is Lecture 1, Lecture 3, Lecture 2, Lecture 4 etc. I also removed Step 1 from above.

Edit2: It seems I had to put a sort between Step 2 and 3. Now it works!


texts: Can iPad 3 play 2048×1536 video in its native resolution?

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Can the third generation iPad play 2048×1536 videos in its native resolution?

I've converted some 4K footage to 2048×1536 mp4s using Apple Compressor. These files play correctly on my Mac, but iTunes refuses to sync them over to my iPad.

How can I achieve 1:1 pixel perfect Post-HD videos on my iPad 3?


texts: Lion (10.7.2) -- CPU heats to 90-degrees and Java apps crash -- why?

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MacBook Pro 15" quad-i7.  Been running Lion since day one.

Just started this week, Eclipse and Oracle SQL Developer crash unexpectedly, then a moment later the MacBook cooling fans kick in and the machine is hot to the touch.

I installed iStat Pro and it looks like the CPU temperature approached 90-degrees at the time of the crash.

Any ideas why this would suddenly start happening?

Rob


texts: How much difference between i5 and i7 13" Macbook Pro 2014 especially for XCode & Visual Studio compilation?

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I have been trying to decide if there will be a substantial difference between the i5 and i7 processor for compiling and running VMs. I expect to run Windows with Visual Studio in a VM as well as a lot of XCode. I don't know how much difference the following benchmark and processor differences will translate to in compiler performance, especially if running them in a VM.

I looked at the Geekbench3 and pulled out the following figures from the averaged charts at Primate labs comparing the two Macbooks against my current desktop.

Benchmark           13” i5 2.8 GHz      13” i7 3.0 GHz      iMac 2.5Ghz i5 21” Mid-2011

64 bit multi-core    6880                7209                 10073

64 bit single-core   3294                3466                  2663

32 bit multi-core    6151                6373                  7103

32 bit single-core   3131                2971                  2466

XCode can compile using multiple cores as can Visual Studio (at least if I boot with Bootcamp, not sure if will work under a VM).

Note that a common mistake is for people to think the i7 in the 13" Macbooks is a 4 core - it's not - both the i5 and i7 in 13" Macbooks are dual-core. The difference is the i7 adds hyperthreading. (The 15" i7 model is quad core.)

The other difference that may be very significant is the 3MB vs 4MB cache.


texts: What exactly does this “palm tree” icon under “Recent” in iPhoto (9.6.1) represent? Is there a way to disable it?

texts:
I’m sorting through photos in iPhoto (version 9.6.1) on my Mac OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) machine and just noticed this odd “palm tree” icon listed under “Recent” and utterly have no idea what it represents or means.

In my case it’s showing exactly one—seemingly arbitrary—photo from March 7, 2016 and for the life of me I have utterly no idea why this would be the case; see screenshot below.

The “sorting” I am doing encompasses simply renaming photos so they have a human readable name—instead of DSCN_ or IMG_ and such—and nothing else. I’ve rebuilt the iPhoto database by holding down the Command+Option keys a few times, but it doesn’t seem to affect anything.

Does anybody know what it means? Is there any simple way to disable it? Some online forums seem to suggest exporting all photos (!) and reimporting them again (!!!) which seems insane to me. Heck, I’m planning on moving over to the newer Photos app when the dust settles on my iPhoto sorting so I’m sure that would clear things up.

What what the heck does this thing mean now in iPhoto?


texts: Can I create a boot disk for 10.6 or 10.7 on a PC (to be used on a Mac?)

texts: I have a Macbook Pro that had a hard drive failure, I've replaced the hard drive but I don't have a boot disk of any kind.  I could just order a Snow Leopard DVD, but I have to wait a few days for this.  So I'm wondering if it would be possible to download either Snow Leopard or Lion to a DVD from a PC that I have access to, that I could then use as a boot disk on the Mac.  Is this possible?


texts: How can I let Windows XP read Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drives?

texts: How can I let another PC using Windows XP (Service Pack3) read Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volumes? Windows XP shows nothing.


texts: Forgot email associated with my itunes account

texts: Is there a way to find out what email address is used on an itunes account. I have my password but can't remember the email address! Help please!!


texts: I just turned on my Macbook air this morning and now the top keys aren't doing anything (F1, F2, etc). I can't turn down my keyboard light or anything. I tried going to system preferences and checking "Use all F1, F2, etc keys.." option but I am still not able to do anything like turn down volume or anything. I am using OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.1 .


texts: MBA 2008 Model - Mac OS X 10.6.8 is sluggish and I want to revert back to factory settings (OS) but don't want to loose my Office for mac 2008, how?

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I just got a used Macbook Air (The original 2008 model) for writing purposes only. It came with Mac OS X 10.6.8 installed + Office for Mac 2008. However it's very slow and I have tried tools (like TinkerTool and Onyx) to speed it up and turn off the 'eye candy' but it still goes sluggish after around 20-25 minutes of usage. I have tried turning off 'indexing' by 'spotlight' and usual tricks I could find online but nothing worked for me.

I think it's best if I revert back to the original OS version this shipped with (OS X 10.5?). Here are my questions:

How would I revert back to the original OS? (I don't have any installation disks and I think before giving it to me the original owner wiped the hard disk clean and just installed the Office for mac 2008)
How would I make sure I don't loose my 'Office for Mac 2008'? Do I need to write down the key from somewhere?

Please help me out, I'm a Linux guy (and geek at that) but very new to Mac OS (This is my first Mac)


texts: How can I repair the scroll ball on an older Mighty Mouse?

texts: I have a Mighty Mouse that came with an iMac nearly four years ago, and the scroll ball won't turn anymore. Is it possible to clean that or do something to make it usable again?


texts: Force Spotlight to index a hidden directory

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Microsoft pwsh stores its artifacts (scripts and modules) in the ~/.local/share/powershell.
I've noticed that Spotlight doesn't index the content of this folder.
Is there a way to get Spotlight to index selected, hidden directories?
** edit **
I have a symlink on my desktop to the powershell directory:
$ ls  -al ~/Desktop

...
lrwxr-xr-x   1 me  staff      36 Sep 24 08:52 powershell -> /Users/me/.local/share/powershell

This does not appear to have any effect on the indexing.


texts: How to stop OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) from using keychain

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I really despise the keychain "feature" in OS X. I do not want my computer or my browser to know my passwords.

How do I stop keychain from being active completely?

Everything I've looked at discusses how to change your password or make it more accessible, but I want to disable this altogether.


texts: How do I select the right iPhone carrier

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I have seen a lot of people asking about what carrier to use and what features they have.

Also people have asked about Visual Voicemail, which confusingly is not available on some networks, although Apple highlight it as one of the iPhone features, without mentioning it is not available to all carriers. Source

Also I have had many people ask about using a Personal Hotspot or unlocking the iPhone.

Where can all this information be found?


texts:
OKay I've noticed that when I play an WMV on my Mac using VLC player the quality is terrible in comparison when i play it on Windows

I have tried "unchecking skip frames" on VLC, but no change at all

Anyone have any idea how to fix this on VLC?

Thanks


texts: The OS X upgrade couldn't be started because the disk is damaged and can't be repaired

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My relative was attempting to upgrade her Macbook Pro and it failed. Everytime the laptop boots up, it brings up OS X Installer. The Installer never completes installation because it says the disk is damaged and cannot be repaired.

I cannot boot into recovery mode. Probably because there isn't a recovery partition? When I hold down option on startup, the only disk that shows is OS X Installer.

I am Windows/Linux user and not very familiar with Apple computers. What do I do to recover the data and revert everything back to normal?


texts: navigating Big Sur Battery pane w/AppleScript

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Prior to Big Sur I used scripts to toggle the sleep function on my MacBook, for example:
tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.energysaver"
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "System Preferences"
        repeat until exists tab group 1 of window "Energy Saver"
        end repeat
        tell tab group 1 of window "Energy Saver"
            click radio button "Power Adapter"
            tell checkbox 1 to if value is 1 then click
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

delay 2
tell application "System Preferences" to quit

Obviously, the pane is now called com.apple.preference.battery, but I'm not sure how to navigate the new "buttons" on the left side.
->g.


texts: Writing to a samba share from Yosemite - v. weird

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Yosemite 10.10.1 on a 2012 MBA

Samba 4.1.13 on a d-link NAS via the miracle of fun_plug

What works:

Saving a file to the share from an app's save dialog
Making new directories on the share from Finder
deleting files and directories on the share from Finder
Moving a file from one directory on the share to another in Finder

What doesn't work, and how:

Copying a file from my mac to the samba share in Finder: Finder Error -36 and a 0-byte file
Duplicating a file on the share in Finder: Finder Error -36 and a 0-byte file
cp $file /Volumes/$share/$file: "could not copy extended attributes to /Volumes/$share/$file: Operation not supported" BUT file is created properly on share.

my smb.conf:

[ global ]
netbios name = stuffbox
server string = DNS-325
workgroup = workgroup
security = user
unix charset = UTF8
encrypt passwords = yes
hide unreadable = yes
null passwords = yes
guest account = nobody
max log size = 10
local master = no
log level = 0
dns proxy = no
ldap ssl = no
use mmap = yes
use spnego = yes
socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=131072
max xmit = 131072
disable netbios = yes
strict allocate = yes
csc policy = manual
allocation roundup size = 1048576
create mask = 0777
directory mask  = 0777
force create mode = 0777
force directory mode = 0777
use sendfile = yes
deadtime = 10
smb passwd file = /ffp/lib/smbpasswd
disable spoolss = yes
nt acl support = yes
acl map full control = yes
strict allocate = no
load printers = no
admin users = sam
vfs objects = streams_xattr
unix extensions = no

[ Media ]
comment =
path = /mnt/HD/HD_a2/media
browseable = yes
public = yes
oplocks = no
map archive = no
read list = "nobody"
write list = "nobody","sam","@utmp","@sshd"
invalid users =
valid users = "nobody","sam","@utmp","@sshd"

I've played around with the veto files setting, to no avail. Totally at a loss here.


texts: Is there a way to write a custom apple script or any other way to get a Alert or Desktop notification when the battery on my Macbook Pro reaches a certain percentage of charge?


texts: syncing reminders with due date in the reminder app into the calendar app in catalina?

texts: I was wondering if it was possible to have reminders with dates in my reminder app to also appear on the calendar app?


texts:
Basically, tonight my mac crashed so I re-started and got a flashing folder.

I have searched around online for the commands that I need to press when I first hear the chime to get into the disk utilities so I can do a fresh install. What are they?

I have not got the fresh install disks, however, I do have Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 installed onto the system.

Hope someone can help.


texts: Can't extend Macintosh HD partition after removing Linux

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I toyed around with Linux, and after discovering that the offical Linux NVidia drivers doesn't have EFI support which makes it impossible to make it work optimally on my system (bummer), I wanted to remove it.

I deleted the partitions with Disk Utility, except the swap partition which I deleted with GParted.
My disk looks like this now in Disk Utility:

Now when I try to extend the Macintosh HD partition to fill the entire disk and click Apply, it gets stuck at checking the catalog file and gives me an error.

Translation (I don't know what it's exactly like in the English version of OSX): Partitioning failed - The partitioning failed with the error: The partition-layout cannot be changed, because the file system could not be checked.

When I try it with GParted, I can't move the handles for some reason.

How can I make Macintosh HD fill the entire disk again, other than formatting the disk and restoring a Time Machine backup?

EDIT: When I click the button to check the disk for errors it says there's nothing wrong.


texts: How to disable Private Browsing in Safari on a 10.8.3 without Xcode

texts: I am trying to delete Safari Private Browsing on a 10.8.3.  It requires the Xcode App that is only available for 10.9.4 or later.  Is there another App I can use or some other way around this that will allow me to disable the Private Browsing?  Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: How to vertically align a text block at the bottom of a page in Pages?

texts:
Using Pages ’09, I would like to vertically align a block of text at the bottom of a page, in Text Edition mode.

The idea is to have a series of paragraphs that should behave as a block, and always be at the bottom of a page, and be pushed to the next page whenever the content above does not leave enough free room.

The behavior would be just like tab stops, but for vertical alignment; a “bottom align” tab stop, so to speak.


texts: Why is Time Machine backing up to .sparsebundle file?

texts: In the past, I had used only an external hard drive for my backups. It worked great, and it backed up to folders, in a way that I could go to individual files in the backup. I decided that since I was on a laptop, I should be backing up wirelessly (so I don't have to keep it plugged in). After my first painfully long backup to my old Time Capsule, I realized the file was not a folder but a .sparsebundle file. What is this? How do I change it back?


texts: Why does Lion mount a network volume twice at login?

texts:
I just set up a new NAS at home and created a few volumes on it, along with enabling  access to those volumes (i.e. enabling the Mac File Service on the NAS), and creating an account for myself.

On the iMac, I went into Finder and provided credentials and stored them in my keychain. No problem - I can see and access the NAS volumes.

I then went into System Preferences, Users & Groups, and added those volumes to my Login Items so that they'd be mounted automatically when I log in. I did this with my previous network storage (a Windows Home Server) and it worked fine.

However, in this case, I'm seeing the volume I want mounted at login get mounted TWICE... the "Home" volume, which is unique to my account on the NAS, gets mounted twice and appears twice both on the Desktop as well as in Finder when I click on the NAS' name in the sidebar.

Why would a volume get mounted twice like that? Is there some other place I should be looking to find the duplicate mount setting?


texts:
How can I take an animated gif or mp4 screen capture of work I'm doing, as is seen in the gif below?

I need the capture to span more than a single window.
I prefer not to pay for software to do this, but I'm open to installing open-source with homebrew Cask.
Bonus points if the tool is written in golang, like screenshot (but I'd rather have a nice capture UI instead of manually defining capture coordinates in golang source as screenshot does)
I have a MacBook running Catalina.


texts: Applescript: Automate Excel to convert .xls to .csv

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I'm trying to batch process converting a folder of .xls files to .csv using Applescript for MS Excel V15.15. I'm using a sample I found online to model it :

set theOutputPath to (path to desktop folder as string) & "My Saved Workbook.csv"
  tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    tell active workbook
      save workbook as filename theOutputPath file format CSV file format
    end tell
  end tell

This is the script that fails consistently, though it seems to most closely resembles the model:

set csv_folder to "Macintosh HD:Users:Me:CSV:" & file_name as string
    tell application "Microsoft Excel"
        open Source_file
        tell active workbook
            save workbook as filename csv_folder file format CSV Mac file format-->
           (*This generates error "Microsoft Excel got an error: Parameter error." number -50 *)
        end tell
    end tell

I have also tried:

set csv_folder to "Macintosh HD:Users:Me:CSV:" & file_name & ".csv" as string

tell application "Microsoft Excel"
    open Source_file
        tell active workbook
            save workbook as filename csv_folder -->
           (*This usually generates error "Microsoft Excel got an error:
            Parameter error." number -50 the first time it is run,
              then works the 2nd time *)
        end tell
end tell

EDIT:This latter script, though it completes does not result in a true csv file, as when I open it with BBEdit it is showing code, not the file contents.

I have also tried setting the cv_folder without using "as String". Any ideas why this fails? It does not seem to like the syntax "save workbook as filename theOutputPath file format CSV file format".


texts: How to charge the MacBook Pro from 12 Volts?

texts:
Aim: I would like to charge my MacBook Pro (MBP) form a 12V lead-acid battery. However there are no official chargers from Apple for that purpose. There exist quite some alternative products on the internet. For example this one simply comes with a MagSafe adapter and lets you choose 18V. However I am afraid that such a solution might hurt my battery.

Does anybody know how exactly the MBP battery is charged? Does it require a particular charge line? Is it OK to simply connect 18 Volts and see what happens?


texts: Set different settings for different Wi-Fi networks

texts:
Can I set IP address manually on one Wi-Fi network and "Using DHCP" for another? So when I connect to the first one my mac uses static IP, when I connect to 2nd one - use DHCP.

Edit 1.

What I do all the time is.
When I come at work I set DHCP for Wi-Fi.
When I come home I set "manually" and specify IP, subnet mask, and router.
I don't have problems with Proxies. I need to setup my Mac's IPs correctly.

Edit 2.
Location works just fine.
Thanks to people in comments.


texts: Safari switching websites back and forth

texts: Sometimes, mostly in summer, Safari will start to suspiciously jump from one website to another. For example, on Google, when I click on a link of Wikipedia, it jumps to a weird "tune up my Mac" site. Then after about a minute, it switched back. Is it a virus or a settings problem?


texts: External USB3.0 4TB HDD is not recognized by Mac OS X

texts:
I've bought an external 4TB HDD. It is this this one. The problem is that my Macbook Air 11" 2013 (with Mac OS X 10.9.2) does not recognize it.

The device is ok. I can use it from other computers with GNU/Linux. But I don't know what happens with my Mac. Disk utils app does not show it in the volumes list, diskutil command either.


texts: How to get an iPad to switch automatically to the strongest network?

texts:
I work in an office that has 3 WiFi networks, the strength obviously depending on where you are in the building. All 3 networks have been set up on my iPad 3. I often move around in the office, but find that my iPad never switches to the strongest network, but always stays on the network I have manually selected (assuming there is even a slight signal of that network). I have to manually go to the Settings app to switch over to the strongest network, which is a hassle.

Is there a way to get the iPad to switch automatically to the currently strongest network?


texts: Profile installation can't authenticate to the MDM server

texts:
I'm using Meraki Systems Manager as a solution for mobile device management, and lately I've been getting this error message from System Preferences(Profiles) when trying to enroll a new macOS device into the system.

  Profile installation failed.
  Could not authenticate to the MDM server. The credentials within the enrollment profile may have expired.

This workflow was working fine for me as recently as a couple weeks ago, which is the last time I enrolled a device. What steps can I take to troubleshoot this or verify the error message?

How can I confirm (or refute) that the credentials within the profile are expired?
Is there some place I can find additional log entries with more details about the failure?
Is there any other way to test authentication to the MDM server, other than repeatedly trying to install the same profile?

For what it's worth, this laptop is running macOS Mojave 10.14.5.


texts: Allowing cookies from a specific site in Safari

texts: I'm a new Mac user and I have a financial site which says I must allow cookies...and I'm okay with that, I just don't know how to do that. I've looked in my settings and preferences but it appears I have to allow cookies for everyone or no one at all. Would someone be able to help me? I'd rather not add additional programs if I can avoid it... OS X must be able to do this, right?


texts: In Numbers 3.0 is there a means to have a dark or heavier line every (5) lines for both the columns across and rows down?


texts:
Hi I was thinking about adding an SSD drive inside my iMac mid 2011. I found that you can have both two drives in the iMac as long as you remove the dvd drive.

I want to color correct a short film. The footage is Apple ProRes HQ (data rate around 300mb/s) and the total size 45GB (i found this using tha aja datacalc application).

Would this be a good idea? Or should I buy an external SSD thunderbolt instead? Which set up would be faster?

Also if I buy an external SSD, would a size of 256GB be suitable for the job?

Thank you all in advance,
Rafael.


texts: Using A Windows PC To Recover User Data From HFS Drive (dead Macbook)

texts:
I'm a Windows guy. I've worked with Macs at times over the years as an IT guy, but they were always small parts of my environments and this is a new challenge for me.

A friend's Macbook is dead. Old, out of warranty for years, "loved", etc. Now dead.

I'm trying to pull the data off of the still-good HDD (150GB SATA drive) and am having trouble finding the actual user data on the drive.

The free trial of MacDrive mounted the drive quickly and easily and I've copied all the data from the drive to my working drives (so I'll still be able to access it once the trial expires). However, I cannot find any files that correspond to the data the user said was on her system.

Where do I need to look to find the user's files?

I though they might be in the \Users directory where there is a Shared folder with a few hundred KB of data, a Username folder that is empty, and a .Username folder which has 50GB of data mostly contained in \Users.Username\Username.sparsebundle\bands in progressive hexadecimal named files (files named 0 to fff) each 8192KB in size. So I'm pretty sure that's not what I'm looking for.


texts: Is it possible to have a range of values for a cell in Numbers? E.g. for financial calculations involving income and costs, is it possible to have a "vague" value like $ 1,000 - 3,000, and base a calculation in another cell on it like =SUM(A1:A3), and that sum will output as a calculated range like $ 10,000 - 40,000?


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Is it safe to unplug a drive while MacBook is asleep? (i.e., does sleep unmount drives?)
I think probably not, at least if a file operation was running when you put the computer to sleep, I guess it expects the drive to be mounted when it wakes up. Does it?


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I'm running Aperture 3.6 on Yosemite on a Mac Pro.

In aperture-tip-rapid-keywording Scott claims that command right-arrow moves the selected image to the next image, while leaving the cursor in the keyword box at the bottom of the screen.

Alas, it doesn't do this.  It does move the selection to the next image but leaves the browser as the active receiver of keystrokes.  I have to click again in the keyword box.

Addendum:  Turns out this works for the keyword box in the info panel in the inspector, but NOT for the keyword box at the bottom. In addtion all the text in the box is selected.  Gotta love consistency.
So it never did work like this.

I've dropped Scott a note about this.

I tried with other command arrow options, in case I had command right arrow set to something.  If so I've set all 4 arrow combinations. (Up is the same as right, down the same as left in terms of selection)

How can I use the keyword box to add keywords to a sequence of pictures without using the mouse?

If this is an arrow reset issue, where can I find out what other app is mucking about with this.


texts: Upload specific Photo photos to Google Drive

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I have a relatively large photo library (30 GB) stored in Photos.app, stored as one big 'Photo Library'. It is setup to sync to iCloud. I have taken some pictures on my iPhone, which is also synced to iCloud.

I want to upload a few specific photos into Google Drive. It seems there are a couple different ways I could do this. I could either access the actual photo file within the 'Photo Library' (perhaps by following this guide) and upload it directly. Alternatively, it seems that I can upload the entire photo library and then select specific images (as explained here) but that process was slow because my library is large.

What is the best way to upload a few of my specific photos stored in iCloud, accessible via Photo, to Google Drive?

An ideal solution for me would be to right click on the photo (or a group of photos) and 'share' to Drive, or something of the like.


texts: How to sign out of Gmail on iPhone X in the iPhone mail.app

texts: The iPhone mail app has changed. I cannot figure out how to sign out or switch email accounts.


texts: I went to https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/offerOptOut to remove the album but it still won't go away! I signed in with my apple ID and when i hit "sign in" it just prompts me to sign in again straight after. It also did prompt me to sign in on my phone 4 but that also didn't do anything. when will it go away??


texts: See a log of all DMG files that were mounted

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Today I saw for a very brief moment (like a fraction of a second) an alert telling me that some “BaseSystem.dmg” file was being mounted, even though I wasn’t trying to mount anything, nevertheless a strange image.

So my question is: Is it possible to see a log of anything (and everything) that was mounted on my system?


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If I create a Whatsapp Chat backup on my iPhone and save it on ICloud, how can I find it again?
I couldn't find it on my Mac via ICloud Drive or on icloud.com. Where exactly does Whatsapp save this backup?


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Let's say I have a list of items like so:

default
cube
page
concave
zoom
linear
fade
none

and I want to change it to the following:

'default'   => t('default'),
'cube'      => t('cube'),
'page'      => t('page'),
'concave'   => t('concave'),
'zoom'      => t('zoom'),
'linear'    => t('linear'),
'fade'      => t('fade'),
'none'      => t('none'),

Are there any GUI based projects that could let me do this. I know the Mac has Grep Built in and there is also Text Wrangler that allows for GREP, but I find that these are too complicated (especially for short simple lists). Are there any GUI solutions?


texts: On new iPad, "notify me" button does not function in Find My Friends

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I want to use the new notify me feature in find my friends, so I can know when they arrive at XX or leave from YY.

I have two friends set up in Find my Friends.

I have upgraded to the new iOS 6. This is a new iPad.

When I am in the find my friends app, I can see the "notify me" button, but it is greyed out slightly and pressing it does not work. Weirdly, if I hold my finger down on it, the classic spinning clock flower icon thing briefly spins as if it started to try something.

Any ideas?


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When using an iPad if you download and use an iphone application, an iphone outline will appear on the screen with the application inside.

I'm looking for a way to switch between viewing websites normally as they would appear on the iPad and iphone view.

What would be the best way of going about this?


texts: Public Wifi spot + "Not trusted" = Danger?

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Occasionally, when trying to connect to open Wifi spots (unknown to me)...

... my iPhone gives me a warning about the server identity...

... and shows a dialog that looks like a certificate confirmation to me.

Needless to say I cancelled the operation, and made a mental note to ask you, dear reader:

Am I in danger? What is happening here? And why does it say www.apple.com in the second screen?


texts: Terminal: Switch between panes after vertical split

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I'm using Terminal.app version 2.9.1 which is built into macOS. I just learned that I can split the screen vertically using Command + D (and un-split it via Command + Shift + D).

However, I do not understand how to use the two views differently. In fact whenever I type a command in the lower screen, say ls, the same happens in the upper screen.

Also, I do not understand how to use the upper screen. I read somewhere that Command + Alt + ↑ should do the job, but that doesn't seem to work.