texts: Time Machine started to backup files, it is still working and data is larger than actual disk data

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I cleaned backup disk as it was full and started a clean (empty) Time Machine backup.
On a disk of 465Gb my data occupies 321Gb. Time Machine has started backuping files and I found interesting that estimated backup size was increasing during the day. Left it to work overnight, and in the morning at time of writing it has backuped 485Gb out of estimated 533Gb. The difference between backuped files and estimated full size is increasing as I see.

How is this possible? What went wrong? Should I exclude some folder?

The Mac is OS X Yosemite. Time Machine worked correctly before upgrade.


texts: When writing AppleScript in Automator, what is the significance of "input" and "parameters"?

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When one adds a "Run AppleScript" action to a file in Automator.app (e.g., a workflow, application, or service), the following default code is presented:

on run {input, parameters}

    (* Your script goes here *)

    return input
end run

What is the significance of input and parameters? That is to say,

Where does the AppleScript code get these variables from?
To where exactly does the AppleScript return the input to?
How might these variables be ideally employed in an AppleScript application/service? Examples are appreciated.


texts: Can I test MBP 13'' 2011 battery on MBP 15'' 2011?

texts: My Macbook Pro 13inch 2011(A1276) new battery acting very weird(capacity/health decreasing quickly, slow charging and etc.). Battery has made only 10 charging cycles. I tried to reset SMC multiple times but the issue remained. Before contacting battery warranty service I want to know if it's a battery or a computer problem. I have an idea to test this battery on other Macbook Pro but different model(15 inch 2011 A1286). Connector of both batteries(A1322 and A1382) looks the same, voltage also the same - 10.95V. Can I do this without damaging computer?


texts: Unable to set DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH in shell on OSX 10.11.1

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In shell scripts used for unit testing with dynamic libraries in a directory other than the typical @rpath, I have previously been able to set DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH to set the directory containing the libraries. Under 10.11.1, bash seems to ignore attempts to set this environment variable:

$ sh -x testscript.sh
+ DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/Users/something/testinglibs
+ export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH
+ exec printenv

and DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH is not present in printenv's output.

Is this a security-related hack in 10.11's shell? I haven't been able to find this change documented in man pages or online.


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I want to install java plug-in in firefox .

I read that installing java plug-in is not secure.

EDIT1 : Can anyone please tell me why java installation is not secure, and should I install it or not.


texts: Is it possible to change iPhone X, iPhone XS, XS Max, XR, to display the screen in 16:9 aspect ratio?

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I think most of the iPhone X, XS, XS Max, XR have the aspect ratio of roughly 19.5 : 9. Is it possible to change the phone to use 16 : 9 aspect ratio?

Essentially, I think this means chopping off the top and bottom region, even just for an hour or two, and make it behave just like an iPhone 8 or 7.

One reason that is needed is for some apps, such as Pokemon Go, which are not "tweaked" so perfectly for phones that have different aspect ratio other than 16:9.  So when you catch a Pokemon Gastly or Kyogre, they are really hard to catch on the iPhone X, while they are not as difficult to catch on the iPhone 8 or 7. The reason is that the 19.5:9 ratio make the screen taller, and the Pokeball becomes very hard to reach the Pokemon, so the Pokeball will land an "air ball" and hitting just air. The Pokemon Gastly usually is not so important, but if you watch your friends catching the legendary Pokemon Kyogre fairly easily, and you throw and throw and get air balls or cannot hit the ring to get a Great or Excellent throw, and therefore your catch rate might not be even 50% of your friends, just because you are using a more advanced phone, that is kind of bad.


texts: Force to read aloud only the selected text in Anki

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I use Apple's native text to speech function to read the selected text in flashcards when a selected hotkey is pressed. However this function seems to be incompatible with Anki 2.1, when I tap the hotkey the top banner (the bit that says Decks, add browse, stats, sync, etc) + the entire contents of the card is readout.
Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution?


texts: Apple TV+ (the subscription) - how can I tell what it actually offers?

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I recently activated my one year subscription to Apple TV, after buying a phone.
However, I find it very challenging to tell what it actually delivers.  Not a big deal while it's free, but certainly makes it unlikely I'll renew at $5/mo or so.

Sicario, the movie, shows up.  Great, except that I can rent or buy it.  So, not included with Apple TV.

Game of Thrones.  Great, except that it seems like Apple TV is helpfully aggregating it to itself from my paid-for Crave (HBO's distributor in Canada) subscription.  Sure enough, it sends me to the Crave app and replaces what Crave was previously playing.

Greyhound (Tom Hanks) WW2 movie.  This one seems to be on the level and actually part of the channel, but nothing really differentiates it from Game of Thrones, except for a small icon bottom right.

And so on.  How do I see what a subscription actually buys me?  And how, when I search, do I avoid extra-fee listings like Sicario?


texts: How to automatically import Google Calendar events into an iCloud calendar?

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I have a Google Calendar from a work account, and I have my personal iCloud calendar that I share as a read-only calendar with a few people. I'd like the events from the Google Calendar to show up (and update when needed) in my existing iCloud calendar.
There are a lot of resources to subscribe to a Google Calendar from a Mac or iPhone, but I'm not looking to add another calendar to the Calendar and Fantastical apps. Google offers a private iCal (.ics) URL that the macOS Calendar app can fetch and represent as a distinct calendar from the one I already have in iCloud.
I'm specifically looking for a way to automatically fetch and add/remove events from Google Calendar into my existing iCloud calendar.
Is this possible? Either as a built-in feature I'm missing or as a utility app.


texts: Can I start a new Clash of Clans village on my iPhone separate from my account on my iPad?

texts: If I download Clash of Clans on my iPhone, can I start a new village despite my account on my iPad? I want to make a village for my younger brother.


texts: View desktop of *very remote* Ubuntu box from my MacBook Pro

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So, I’ve searched for literally hours on this subject.  Seen various solutions.  But practically all of them are for people who want to see their Ubuntu desktop on their Mac, with both machines on the local network.

I want to log into an Ubuntu server that lives across the continent.  I can easily log in over SSH, and I managed to get X11 configured such that I can SSH in, run sudo synaptic, and get the Synaptic window to come up on my machine to manage packages.

However, what I would really love is to be able to log in to the remote machine and see the desktop as if I were physically standing there.

Remote machine is running Ubuntu 10.4, I’m on OS X 10.6.8.  I have admin rights on both machines.  I also updated the bundled X11 on OS X to the latest version of XQuartz.

Anyone know if (and how) this is possible?


texts: Does anybody know what the ARP cache timeout is for macOS Sierra?

texts: Does anyone know deafult ARP cache timeout for macOS Sierra?


texts: Removing the taskbar transparency in uBar

texts: Is there any way to remove the taskbar transparency in uBar? (i.e. set the transparency to 0%, i.e. 100% opaque)


texts: iCloud connection after upgrade to High Sierra

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Nov 13th I upgraded to High Sierra. During the boot proces the password for iCloud is asked (I think I entered it correctly). However a spinner started spinning (basically forever). So I shutdown the Mac (button back) and rebooted. Systems works okay. Except for iCloud.

Update:
I managed to delete my previous accounts towards iCloud. However I'm not able to connect/recreate accounts again.

iCloud asks for UID/PW and after that a never stopping spinner occurs.
No difference for wrong UID or Password.

I checked the UID/PW for correctness using different devices/websites.
Also tried other AppleId's.

What can I do to get this working again?


texts: What are the dangers of running Flash on Mac?

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I've heard a lot of articles say how bad Flash is, but what can it actually do? I've played browser games that use Flash in Chrome, and now Firefox. I know I have a real version of Flash, and I haven't ever noticed anything suspicious on my computer. What can Flash do just by being run? (My Flash is up to date, but I've been using it for years, so I've used different versions at different times).

Is there anything specific I should look for? (MacBook running latest version of Mojave)


texts: The password for the account "..." was not changed on macOS Catalina

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When trying to update my user account password on macOS Catalina 10.15.1 in the System Preferences, under Users & Groups, with the Change Password... button, I get the error message:

Of course, I'm sure I entered my login password correctly ;-)

When my system administrator attempts to reset my password using the *Reset Password..." button in the Users & Groups system preferences, they get the error message:

What can I do to change my password?

Just a further piece of information that might be related with this issue:
My account was created in a previous version of macOS and I used my iCloud password to log in and unlock my Mac. This option has been removed in recent versions of macOS. Moreover, I recently had to change my iCloud password.


texts: Why isn't my external monitor's native resolution available in Display Preferences?

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I have 22" external monitor that has a native resolution of 1680 x 1050.  When I open the display preferences I don't get it as an option.  I've tried rebooting.  That didn't help.

I have the monitor hitched up through a mini-display port VGA dongle.


texts: How to or Is that possible to stop mDNSResponder without disable System Integrity Protection?

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I have tried the following:

$ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

$ sudo killall -9 mDNSResponderHelper mDNSResponder

$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist: Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged

None of them stop mDNSResponder from running.

Why do I want to do this? I just want to stop it before closing the lid. Because this stupid app is waking up my system when my lid remains closed. I tried many ways to avoid it running when system is at sleep. But none of them works. So the best option is just to force kill it and re-run it later. Thanks a lot.

Btw, this is not a XY question. I mean I want to stop it. The above explanation is just to clarify the reason why I want to do it, otherwise, people may ask why I want to do it and ask me not to do. Well, I really want to stop it and this is the question. The app is 100% useless to me when my system is at sleep and my lid is closed. Thanks.


texts: What are the /dev/bpf* files? And can I delete them?

texts: I have about 250 /dev/bpf* files in my /dev dir. What are they for and can I delete them?


texts: I can receive but not send any iOS Invitation (Shared Albums / Reminders / Calendar events etc)

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I have tried everything I have found online and all the settings are in place. My wife can invite me to calendar events, reminders, shared albums etc. I, however, with the same settings I can not do it from any of my two iPhones or my Macbook.
I would guess it is a problem with my iOS account itself, but I do not know where the problem is.
Could it be it that I do not have an @iCloud account? My Apple ID is my gmail account.
Best regards


texts: MacBook Pro only boots to grey Apple screen with spinning loader

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My MacBook Pro boots to the hated gray screen.

Things I have tried to fix this include:

Booting with CMD-R (boots to a grey screen)
Resetting the PRAM (boots to a grey screen)
Resetting SMC (boots to a grey screen)
Booted in target disk mode.  Able to enter but unable to attach to other devices.
Attempted to boot from an install disk but all I get is the grey screen
Attempted to boot in Safe Mode. This gets about half way and then fails.
CMD-V on boot shows last posted messages as:

SMCREADKEYACTION ERROR SMCREADDATA 8 FAILED
considerRebuildOFPRelinkeKernel prebuilt rebuild has expired

Tried booting to Mavericks Install Pen Drive (same errors in the verbose mode)

I can boot into single user mode. I suspect I need to run the SMC update but I can't get into an OS to run it. Perhaps I've got a firmware bug/virus?

This is a 2008 MacBook Pro A1260 MacBookPro4,1


texts: How does the Eurovision app know where I am from?

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I’m originally from Germany but I’ve been living in the UK for a few years. Yesterday I downloaded the Eurovision app and to my surprise the app greyed out the Germany option for the vote. I am not really interested in the music content but I was curious about the way in which they managed to tell where I was originally from.
At the beginning I thought it was the App Store country I downloaded the app from (the German one). So I uninstalled the app, changed store (logging in with a different Apple ID registered on a different country store). Same thing.
Then I tried VPNning to other counties, still the same.
Does anyone know what they are using to determine the country of the phone owner?
Can they access the IMEI? EAP-SIM authentication? This really caught my eye as I would be surprised if apps were allowed to access these kind of information.


texts: What scenarios benefit from Mac OS X allowing apps to run when no document windows remain?

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As a rule of thumb programs on Mac OS X stay running when you close all their document windows.

This is the behavior I noticed in MacVim, VmWare Fusion, Chrome and host of other applications.

I personally find this of no use and frankly quite annoying, although having had some number of experiences confirming that my opinion is not always the prevailing in a given target group, I assume that there could be a reason for this decision.

What are scenarios where this function could be useful?


texts: My MacBook Pro seemed to get hung up in Chrome. Was able to quit Chrome and all other apps running (Mail and TextEdit) and tried to restart. Screen went black, trackpad still moving cursor but didn't restart. Tried to force it by holding down power button but now it won't shut down either. Also tried command-option-eject with no effect. Can't get to Apple Store until tomorrow. Aside from waiting/hoping for battery to drain is there any other way I can force it to shutdown or restart.


texts: Upgrading jailbroken iOS 5.1.1 iPhone to (regular) iOS 7.1

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I'm trying to upgrade and the new OS downloaded but everytime I want to install it, I get:

Software Update Unavailable

Software Update is not available at this time. Try again later.

I read that this means I should try later, but I tried many, many times yesterday and today and it didn't go through. Supposedly the device needs to contact Apple to sign the new OS. I also doubt there is so much traffic to Apple servers now, this update is not that new (8 days old). So I wonder if the message is because of either a jailbreak or because something is wrong (bug) when upgrading for such an old iOS to 7.1.


texts: How to put animated gif or 'giffy' in imessage?

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I sometimes receive imessages that contain moving images (animated gifs).

How are these imessages created? Do you need an external app or are they supported natively by imessage?


texts: Install Win10 x64 on MacBook Pro mid 2011 with Boot Camp

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I have to install Win 10 onto my mid 2011 MacBook Pro (El Capitan) using Boot Camp.

I have two SSD on my machine (one was switched with the SuperDrive) and they works greatly normally.

This morning I woken up and I wanted to install Win 10 onto one of my SSDs. I use yet VirtualBox and tried also Parallel Desktop. But today I want to use Boot Camp.

The situation is:

my Mac doesn't support USB boot to install Win
I have already installed the drivers (via Boot Camp) on a pen drive
I have a beautiful DVD RW (that I burned at least 6 times only today)
I can use the Superdrive externally
I don't know how to burn correctly the Win10.iso

Step 5.: why?

Because Boot Camp doesn't recognize the Win10 DVD (message: "The installer disc could not be found"). I tried many DVD burning formats such as:

HFS+ (okay, this option failed obviously, t's my fault: it's an Apple format)
DVD UTF
PC (Joliet)
ISO9660
Joliet 103 characters (solo)

using Burn.

I tried also to burn the ISO via El Capitan's Disk Utility. Same error.

The destination disk is correctly formatted Ex FAT Master Boot Record.

I don't know to do.

UPDATE

I noticed that the error message The installer disc could not be found was referring to the USB Boot Camp Drivers.

So, it was not a DVD problem. I didn't plug the USB drive with the drivers. My fault. Now I plugged both Superdrive and the USB with the drivers.

Finally Boot Camp Assistant now is happy and left me to continue. After click Continue the Mac rebooted automatically, but... I seen a black screen with a intermittent underscore at top left of the screen (this is a little good sign: it was the Windows boot).

But the BIOS (?) seems to be locked, no messages, no alert, nothing... only this intermittent underscore. I waited 15 - 20 minutes and nothing changed. I tried to press Enter, Space without any result. So I have to reboot the machine.

From the Mac OS X partition I can see:

So I think the DVD results bootable.

What could be the problem now? :(


texts: Wine issue: Can't quit out of application

texts: I tried running a windows game called KouKou Gurashi lately on my MacBook Air by going into 'Advanced' and putting the KouKou Gurashi.exe in. It worked, I started running it but it froze and now I can't quit it. I deleted WineBottler thinking that would work but it didn't. I tried deleting Wine, but it won't let me delete it. I'm in need of help, and it won't let me shut down my mac.


texts: My icloud account kept telling me it was nearly full. I had only 1 back up listed on my iphone (i don't have a mac etc) and the same on the dashboard on my laptop. I deleted the 4.9gb backup (nothing important- full of photos and videos already saved elsewhere) and now i have the full free 5gb listed in my storage. Does this mean my iCloud storage is now completely empty?


texts: Basic utility to read files with browse option

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Newbie to Mac. I am trying to open a file under /usr folder using Atom editor.
File path : /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3/libexec/conf

I am not able to find an option like windows browse where I can type/paste the file or directory name.

Another option that I am missing is the ability to open files from the network directly from the internet using Text editors within Mac.


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Since the release of iOS 9, I can't view my ad revenue. Every time I try to pull up iAd Workbench, I get this message:

It looks like a Java error. It happens on my phone as well.

Safari on a Mac. Yosemite 10.10.5
Mobile Safari on my iOS 9-running iPhone 6
Google Chrome on 64-bit Windows 7

What gives?


texts: Make Finder treat TextMate .tmbundle as regular directory

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Is there a (reversible) way to make Finder treat TextMate .tmbundle packages as regular folders? Right now, to view a bundle's contents, I need to right-click and select Show Package Contents to view or edit any of the file/folders it contains, which is kind of a pain. Also, opening a file contained in a bundle directly from a program is impossible, as the Open... dialog doesn't have the Show Package Contents option that Finder does.

As an extra, is there a way to (reversibly) do this for other packages, such as .pkg and .app? I imagine the process would be identical, but you never know...

Thanks!


texts: I have MBP 13" 2012, my cpu 2.5 Ghz up to 3.1 Ghz but when I use Intel Gadget, the cpu only reach 2.9 Ghz on render and heavy use situation. Is it possible to make cpu reach 3.1 Ghz by terminal command or by an application ?


texts: Show "All Episodes" in podcast app on Apple Watch, not only older episodes

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I have an Apple Watch (Watch OS 7) with 3G.  It charges every night next to my phone, yet the synchronised podcasts on my Apple Watch are always 2-4 days behind the actual episode list (and even episodes I have listened to on other devices: iPhone, iPad or in macOS).  Even when I go to "Shows" and select "See All Episodes" it lists shows that are 2-4 days old.  When I select the older shows, I can download and play them just fine which means it's not a connectivity issue.
So all connectivity seems to work fine, it just updates once every couple days.
Q: What can I do to listen to recent podcasts on my Apple Watch?  Which setting could be wrong?  I don't mind synchronisation and I don't mind downloading directly on the Apple Watch using 3G, as long as these are the most recent podcasts  (I don't care for 4 day old news...).
My settings:

In iPhone's Apple Watch I have tried using "Up Next" with "Mirror my iPhone" as well as "Custom" with "Most Recent" and selecting a few shows.
In iPhone settings I have enabled "Mobile Data" and "Sync Podcasts", but have also enabled "Block Downloads Over Mobile Data" as I don't mind downloading on data for the shows that I want to listen to in the moment, but prevent pre-downloading unless on Wifi.

These settings work fine for my iPhone and I don't see the issue with stale episodes on any of my other devices.
I have reviewed Apple's instructions like here, but these are very high level and not different from how I have been using the devices.  As an example, I just synchronised the Apple Watch with "Custom" and selected 3 shows.  I included a screenshot of one of them where it's clear the iPhone has more shows available than the Watch.


texts: Terminal not displaying colors for directory listings

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I don't know why my bash session doesn't show colors. I have tried Terminal as well as iTerm.

I have tried:

ls -G
Setting export CLICOLOR=1 and export LSCOLORS=GxFxCxDxBxegedabagaced
Using different themes such as solarized and something else

The versions of my software are:

bash: GNU bash, version 3.2.51(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin13)
osx: 10.9.2

I have Homebrew installed

I don't know what other information might be helpful. I spend a lot of time on the shell, this problem is becoming very annoying :)

edit: in terminal preferences, I have 'Declare terminal as: xterm-256color' and 'Display ANSI colors' along with 'Use bright colors for bold text'


texts: How can I import an iTunes library from XML while preserving the "date added" field?

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I have an iTunes Music Library.xml file and an iTunes Media directory. The "date added" fields in the XML file are correct. The "date created" file attributes are correct. However, when importing into iTunes, the "date added" field is set to today's date. I would really like to preserve this information.

I'm importing the library by deleting the contents of the iTunes Library.itl file. This causes iTunes to rebuild from the XML file. I'm using Mojave 10.14.6 and iTunes 12.9.5.

I think I heard some mention of iTunes Library.itl being a SQLite database. I haven't actually checked this. If that's the case then it might be possible for me to spend a few hours manually changing the fields of each individual song (or spend twice as long trying to automate the process!). If what I've suggested is possible I would be willing to do it (because I really want the information intact) but I'm hoping there's an easier way.

If the iTunes Library.itl is not a SQLite database then surely there must be a tool out there that I can use to modify it. Can AppleScript do it? Perhaps there's a tool that converts the XML file to an ITL file while preserving the date added field?


texts: While checking out my bugs in Radar on my iPhone, I discovered a "hide" toggle that appears when you hit the arrow at the bottom right if the screen. It is set to hide by default - what is it? How should it be set?


texts: How to prevent iOS 10 apps from "resetting" when activated after being backgrounded?

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Sometimes, I'll get a notification for an interesting story on the Medium app, tap it, opening the story in Medium, but then get interrupted, so I switch to another app, putting Medium in the background. If I'm especially busy, it may stay backgrounded like this for several hours, until I have time to read the story.

Unfortunately, what happens when I bring Medium to the front later is that it "resets" itself to a default landing page, making it difficult to find the story again (the notification is "cleared" by tapping it, so I don't have it to reopen the story.

This happens in other apps, too: I open a specific content item, background the app for some time, then returning to it, only to have my content item replaced by whatever default screen the app thinks I should want to look at.

Is there a way to tell these apps to just open right were I was and stop trying to "help" me so darn much?

I suspect it may have something to do with background refresh or whatever it's called… Thanks in advance.

Edit: Follow-up: Turning off "background refresh" for Medium did not resolve this issue. After leaving an article open in the background overnight, visiting the app this morning "reset" itself again to the home screen. There may be nothing for it.


texts: Can I get service for my Windows PC iTunes at a Genius Bar?

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I have a general question to ask.

If I have iTunes running on my Windows PC, and something was wrong, could I bring it into the Apple Store's Genius bar for them to service it?

Do they service Apple software outside of Apple hardware?


texts: HiDPI: only working with 16:10 resolutions (it seems)

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I'm having trouble making HiDPI work on my MacBook Pro (13" 2015 with Retina, Mojave up-to-date).

I plugged it into a 1440p Dell U2719D, which works fine out of the box, except that fonts look ugly (too small) and the UI is small as well. I tried enabling HiDPI resolution, for example 1280x720 (perfect 2 for 1).

Here are my findings:

HiDPI resolutions are simply not available in the system's menu in this setup. I tried the hack (for example here), but there is no way to make them appear in the system's Display Preferences. 720p is listed there but it's not HiDPI and looks ugly.
Using RDM, I'm able to see many more resolutions, including HiDPI resolutions. However, among HiDPI resolutions, only 16:10 resolutions work (1680x1050, 1440x900, 1280x800 etc.). For all other, HiDPI, non 16:10 resolutions, I click on them in RDM, nothing happens. (I also tried other resolution managers with the same effect).

It's worth noting that the 13" built-in display is 16:10 (at 3360x2100 native, 1280x800 scaled). 1280x800 looks fine but the black borders are weird (and it's not perfect 2 for 1 pixels).

Is this behaviour normal? Is this a bug or lack of feature? Is there a workaround?

Update
After some careless tinkering (notably using this link), the HiDPI resolution "1281x720" appeared (!) which actually works (!!). It's not perfect but it looks sharp and uses most pixels on the display.


texts: How to open a specific pane in system preferences from dock?

texts:
When I add the system preferences to the dock and click it, it opens in the common view.
How can I open a specific pane at once from the dock?


texts: Which format for external disk for performance?

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I'm using OS X Mavericks and just got a new external hard disk. I don't need to share it with a PC (so no need for FAT) but I do want it to have better I/O performance.

I'm a bit confused by the options:

Journaled
Journaled, Encrypted
Case sensitive, Journaled
Case sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted

Which one should I use? Thanks.


texts: How would I architecture Network Attached Storage?

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This is a sequel (1, 2) question.

I'm interested in setting up a home networking solution. One or more individuals would be able to access their accounts from any one of multiple Macs around the house.

Direct Attached Storage is one solution.

Here I'm pursuing the alternative, Network Attached Storage.

What hardware do I need for a minimal installation. Say two Macs are the "terminals". Is a third Mac needed as a server?
Presumably I need some kind of RAID disk. Can you confirm?
is macOS server needed?


texts: Cleaning off packages installed via Terminal on OSX

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I have been learning to use Terminal to install packages (particularly to learn Ruby development). I believe that I'm experiencing some conflicts with things that have been installed and would like to remove them. The issue is, during my trial and error, forgot everything that was installed.

QUESTION:
Is there a way to list out anything that has been installed through Terminal? And what is the best way to remove those items? I assume they need to be uninstalled individually or I would have to a complete reset for OSX.

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you.


texts: Replacing OS X with Windows/Linux on aging Mac

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I have an old 2008 13" Macbook4,1 model (not pro) running Snow Leopard with 4GB of RAM and 160GB of HDD. It is adequate for my needs at the moment but the OS is no longer being supported by Apple (NTP bug for example).

Thinking about the future, I am considering wiping OS X and dedicating the entire disk to Windows 7 or Linux. I've found here that Windows 7 runs well on it and Linux seemed to be ok on it when I used a recent LiveCD to test it.

So, my question is, are there any issues with removing OS X from the system completely? Will it break anything? Is it needed for anything?

EDIT: Upgrade to Lion is out too, according to wikipedia support just run out - Oct '14.

EDIT2: Apparently OS X is needed for firmware updates. But since this is a 2008 MacBook, it is extremely unlikely they will release new firmware for it.


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How to hide the menu bar that shows up on the second monitor? I tried searching in the following settings:

Finder preferences ⌘,
System settings :: Desktop & Screensaver
System settings :: Displays

I thought it would be on SS :: Displays :: Arrangement, where we position the menu in one screen or another dragging the white box, but nope. I'm running OS X 10.9.4.


texts: If jailbreak is for iPhone then what is it for MacBook?

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As we know we can jailbreak any iOS device to loosen the OS rules.

1 Is there anything similar to macOS devices also?
2 If Yes, then what is it?
3 Is it possible to do it from remote?
4 How can I do for preventing my MacBook from getting jailbroken?


texts: Reinstalling OS X 10.6 without losing any data

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My MacBook Pro 13' (mid 2009) won't boot. It doesn't get past the initial grey boot up-screen - and nothing I've tried seems to help that. The only way to get the computer started up is via the installation disc. And through that I've been able to verify that the Hard drive is not corrupt and still functional. But unfortunately I only have access to terminal there - and me being a terminal newbie -I have not been able to send the most critical of my files to another computer.

This would have been desirable as I plan to reinstall the OS to (hopefully) solve the problem.

So my question is: will I be able to reinstall my computer without losing my files. And if not, what kind of files will I be losing?

Also, I've phrased my question to be about reinstalling the OS without losing important files - but of any of you have any other ideas or tips for solving the ubderlying problem (without reinstalling the OS or by backing up important files) I welcome that too!


texts: How to edit sender information in Pages' letter template?

texts: When you create a letter in Pages it creates sender information in the upper right corner. How do you edit this information? If you click it, it just selects everything but doesn't give you a way to change the text.


texts: Swipe between apps but continue to see the menu bar

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What I really like about my Magic Mouse is that I can swipe between apps using two finger swipes.

But it only works for apps that are in full screen. That is okay, but I miss the menu bar when those apps are in full screen. I use full screen a lot, but purely because I want the swiping. I even miss the dock sometimes.

Can I have swiping and the menu bar at the same time?

Note that I have OS X 10.10.1.


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An earpiece of my iPhone headphones felt into a glass of water for 10 seconds last week.

Now the sound volume form both earpieces is lower and it seems the basses are not that strong anymore.

Is there something I can do to fix my headphones or I can only throw them away ? Also, why both headpieces are now damaged if only one ended up in the water ?

Thanks


texts: How to remove slo-mo tags from iOS videos using exiftool?

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I have some slo-mo videos recorded that have been reverted back to normal speed. The problem is that the iOS Photos app still recognizes those videos as "slo-mo", and therefore places them in the "Slo-Mo" folder.

Similar to organizing burst photos in the "Bursts" folder, I can easily remove the BurstUUID using exiftool, which upon re-uploading the photo in the MAC Photos app, the photos are removed from the "Bursts" folder.

However, I don't see something similar to a "Slo-Mo" tag.

Does anyone know if this can be achieved?


texts: How to record iPhone/iPad screen in Windows

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As seen in this question, it's possible to record an iPhone or iPad using a Mac by using Quicktime's recording features. This unfortunately isn't an option on Windows, as Quicktime for Windows was discontinued fo in 2016 without ever adding this feature.

Is there any way to record an iPhone/iPad screen on a Windows PC?


texts: Extracting copy from screen without printing screen

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In preparing academic articles that require quotations from reputable Journals and books I am faced with a round-about retrieval process. First I take a screenshot then print that then scan it and then OCR it into my article document.

Is there a simpler way?

I have an iMac, MS Office and a Canon scanner with My Image Garden.


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I have a strange unexplainable issue with connecting to my home wifi. Let me set this up. I use a Macbook Pro 2016 and iPhone 6S. My router is in the same room that I use the said devices and had always been working fine. Until today.

This morning when I tried to use my MBP, I am unable to join the wifi network that I am usually always on. However, my iPhone is having none of the issues. My iPhone can still connect to the wifi. Strangely enough, I couldn't even connect my MBP to my iPhone's hotspot in the said room. So I did all the troubleshooting methods; delete the necessary network files in the SystemConfiguration folder, reset MBP, reset router, reset NVRAM, and Reset SMC. Still didn't solve the issue.

So I tried moving away from the router, outside my room. Then it worked. I was able to connect to my wifi. When I moved back into my room, the connection died and disconnected. So my question is, what the? There are no new wireless devices in my environment, so I don't understand why as I move away from the router I am able to connect to the network as opposed to moving closer to the router.

Any clues?


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TimeMachine is not removing any old backups.
The disk itself is plenty big enough (1TB, backing up a 500GB main drive), and I have (multiple times) reformatted it to start TimeMachine afresh. After about a month, the TimeMachine disk is full. I last formatted the disk August 19th, and now (September 10th) the disk is full. I can see about 490 backup snapshots, give or take every hour.
The TimeMachine disk is an SSD, formatted Mac OS Extended & Encrypted.
What could be causing this and what else could I try to get TimeMachine to thin out backups as it used to?


texts: How to easily save all open Safari tabs on iOS?

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On macOS, I can choose Add Bookmarks for These 108 Tabs... which let's me save all open tabs to a bookmarks folder.

Is there an equivalent on iOS?

  My workaround is to use iCloud tabs to copy the tabs from iOS to macOS and then do the above.

edit: as of iOS 13 this function is built in. See answer below.


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I have 3 columns of data that I'm using for a scatterplot.  X variable, Y variable, and Year.  I have the chart working properly for the data but cannot find anyway of labeling each point with the corresponding year.

Am I just being thick here?


texts:
I have a MacBook and recently tried connecting it to my TV with a HDMI cord. I bought the adapter so I am all set there.

My issue was when I plugged it into the TV it only showed my background. I Googled and saw someone suggest dragging the screen all the way to the left which I did and it worked but it took the screen off my computer so it wasn't visible there any longer.

My other issue was the TV picture kept freezing. The sound was good but the picture was not. Any suggestions? Trying not to buy Apple TV at this point but will if I have to.


texts: Change color of balloons and text in Message.app

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In previous versions of Message.app bundled with Mac OS X, we could change the font and color of the message balloons. In Yosemite I no longer can find such options.

Am I simply failing to find the options? Is such customizing no longer allowed? If not allowed, is there any easy hacking tricks to get the same effect?


texts: 2012 iMac boots to prohibited sign after it attempted over night self update? HDD now cannot be mounted?

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My friend's 2012 iMac attempted to self update over night and it resulted in the prohibited sign on a gray screen this morning and so, the iMac does not boot anymore!

Here are all the things I've tried so far:

1) Holding down SHIFT on power up to go to safe mode, results in black progress bar followed by prohibited sign.

2) Holding down CMD-R on power up to go to the recovery console, results in black progress bar followed by prohibited sign.

3) Holding down CMD-OPT-R on power up to go to the online recovery console, this works, it connects to the WiFi and boots into the recovery console successfully.

3a) From that online console, I can go to Disk Utility and I see the internal 1TB HDD, but I cannot mount it as it does nothing when selecting the MOUNT item.  Also, that HDD (disk0) information is very minimal like the drive was inaccessible or something.  However, from the Terminal > "diskutil list" command, I can see two partitions inside disk0, but nothing happens when I mount or force mount any of them: disk0s1 (150MB EFI) and disk0s2 (1000GB APFS)

3b) In Disk Utility, I tried to use the First Aid functionality on disk0 (not the actual partitions since Disk Utility does not show them, but rather the root disk element itself) and it's been sitting there in a popup window displaying "Running First Aid..." without any sort of progress for an hour now.  It does not list or show anything happening in that window and there is no cancel or close button either.  I forced a power down on this one as it was not seemingly working at all.

4) Holding down SHIFT-CMD-OPT-R on power up to go to the online factory reset console, this works, it connects to the WiFi and boots into the recovery console successfully.  In Disk Utility, I GUID partitioned an external 500GB USB HDD and formatted it as HFS+ then proceeded to install Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) which is what the factory reset console suggests and what my friend says the iMac came with in 2012.  It took 3.5 hours and it worked.

4a) I understand that APFS is only available since High Sierra and not Mountain Lion so installing Mountain Lion as per described in 4) is useless even tough it worked, because obviously, the HDD wasn't mountable using 10.8.  So I opened the iMac and replaced the internal hard drive with a brand new one.  I am now attempting the same as 4) with 10.15 Catalina instead, which is suggested when booting the iMac via the online recovery console (CMD-OPT-R) anyway. I am sure this will work (3 hours left to install) but since I want to get the DATA back from the old drive, I'm eager to see if connecting the older drive via USB will make it mountable after booting 10.15 Catalina via the brand new internal hard drive.

EDIT: So, this morning, Catalina has finished downloading/installing (4a, above) on the brand new internal HDD that I've installed yesterday evening.  So the iMac works flawlessly now, and thanks to iCloud syncs, almost every document is back in the computer, it's still downloading documents right now so I'll wait until it's all done (is there a way to know when an iCloud sync back is completely finished anyone?).  The old internal drive, which I've attached via USB DOES NOT MOUNT, still. And Disk First Aid still seems stuck on diagnosing the drive! So it may just be dead, like you mentioned. I'll leave Disk First Aid run for 2 hours and I'll report back afterwards.

I am aware of those 2 interesting ideas, however like I mentioned, we cannot access disk0s2 to browse/delete files.

System won't boot after attempting 10.13.4 update

OSX Prohibited symbol on Boot (High Sierra Update Caused)

Any more ideas? We do NOT have another Mac, this is the only Mac we can use.  However, I have some external drives that we could format and use.  Also, internet is very slow here (booting to online recovery console begins by downloading like 1GB of DATA and this takes almost half an hour!) so the most preferred method would not imply downloading gigabytes of install files, unless it's actually mandatory.


texts: Printing one Pages-page twice on a physical paper?

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I wrote a short text that would be suitable to print on A5 but I only have A4 in my printer. I need ten physical copies of this text, that is five A4 with it printed twice.
Is it possible to print the same page twice on one physical paper? And then repeat that five times?
Please note that I don't want/need to print on both sides of a physical paper.
I found some instructions to setup facing pages here https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/pages/tan026e4c95a/mac but that is not what I want (at least it didn't seem to work the way I wanted/expected).
My current workaround is to create two pages in Pages with identical content and then print two Pages pages on one physical paper (not printing double sided) but this is annoying when I want to update the content and print it again.


texts: Apple Watch no longer displays heart rate after watchOS update

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Yesterday I updated my Apple Watch to watchOS 5.2.1 and ever since my Heart Rate complication has stopped displaying my heart rate on the watch face. I can still tap it and measure my heart rate, but it’s not displayed on the watch face.

Is this a new 'feature' of watchOS? If not, how do I fix it?


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I locked a pages document and forgot the password. I tried looking up on keychain and it doesn't show up there
I've been through a lot of posts on discussions.apple.com (basically did a google search and opened every article until i was tired), including this one where the comment mentions a way through terminal :
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4537649?answerId=20382428022#20382428022
Does anyone know a method to crack or bypass or locate a copy of my password for this file?


texts: I got an iPad from a friend. It wasn't new, but they reset it so I could start again. The only thing is, I need to get into  the restrictions stuff to change the restriction settings. Problem; I don't have the restrictions pass code. There is no way I can contact the friend since they moved and blah blah blah, I don't have or want a backup, and I can't use iTunes. I am wanting to restore like factory settings, so I can make my own passcode. Any help?


texts: Why doesn't my iPhone 6 scan certain QR codes?

texts: My iPhone 6 works fine for common QR codes, but won't scan certain 2D codes (mac parts QR codes, for example).  Are these codes different?


texts: Safari restored a private browsing session after my Mac crashed

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I know where Safari keeps cache information, but my computer froze, and I had to reboot it forcibly.

Prior to the freeze, I was using Safari with private browsing enabled (i.e. I was using a private window). However, after the reboot Safari completely restored the previous session. I did not expect this as I had been using it in private mode.

Where is Safari storing this information?
I am also wondering if it is safe to delete ~/Library/Safari?

My bookmarks are in iCloud, and I don't know if I can assume that directory is a privacy concern.


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At some point in the past, I had a folder on my desktop that I placed temporary music files off of my Aunt's iPod. I imported the files from her old school iPod in order to add to her iTunes library and import to her iPhone.

This specific path to the folder was ~/Desktop/Jean.

I deleted this folder and emptied the trash, but 9 times out of 10, after I login after restarting my computer, the folder named Jean has reappeared on my desktop. I have no idea why this would be the case, what would be causing it, or how to make it stop occurring.

Anybody know?

info: I am running OSX 10.7.1.


texts: Bluetooth slow to turn on after iOS10 update

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I've had my iPhone 6s from new since they came out last year, and recently updated to iOS10 (currently running 10.1.1). Prior to this, whenever I enabled Bluetooth on my iPhone, it was instantaneous: turn it on, boom, it was enabled.

However, since the iOS10 update, it can now take up to a full 20-30 seconds between pressing the button and for Bluetooth to be enabled (with the little icon showing in the top right). At first I thought it was broken, but now I'm used to the long delay and it irks me.

I've tried rebooting the phone, which appeared to have fixed it, but it was just a bit faster in enabling Bluetooth the first time I tried it afterwards; all subsequent attempts were as painfully slow as before (and I'm not convinced that first time wasn't just a coincidence).

Is there any particular reason for this with the latest iOS update? And/or is there anything I can do to fix it?

Update

This isn't a fix fix (which is why I'm reluctant to post it as an answer), but: when turning on Bluetooth via the control pane (flicking upward from the bottom of your iPhone screen), don't immediately dismiss the screen. If you keep it open for just a couple of seconds, usually Bluetooth turns on much more quickly. I've found that if I don't do this, Bluetooth might not come on for 20-30 seconds, and if I then open the control pane subsequently, the Bluetooth icon is highlighted... and then appears to turn itself off again.

Update #2

As of iOS 10.3x this no longer appears to be an issue on any of my iOS devices.


texts: Mavericks install: "there was a problem... try reinstalling", third time in a row

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Mavericks install worked at first. I was able to enjoy Finder tabs and such. I updated Tuxera for Mac to 2013 and rebooted, then I was stuck at an endless spinner. I tried disk repair, safe mode, same problem.

Finally, I tried reinstalling Mavericks. Two more times. Both failed with "there was a problem... try reinstalling". I tried resetting the PROM, now back at the endless spinner problem.

Any idea how to fix this?

I upgraded from Mountain Lion on a 13" mid-2013 MacBook Air.


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I'm using 10.7.4, and I use multiple desktops (in Spaces). When I switch between desktops, the dock does not change.

I open an application in Desktop 1 and its icon remains in the dock after I switch to Desktop 2.

What I want is I open an application in Desktop 1, its icon remains in Desktop 1's dock, When I switch to Desktop 2, Desktop 2's dock only has application icons that I open in Desktop 2.

Is it possible to do that; to have different desktops with different docks?


texts: How to import photos from iPhone to a Mac with OS X El Capitan?

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I started my Photos app on the Mac by pressing the Option key and then clicking on the Photos app icon, so that I can choose an external hard drive to store photos.

However, the Photos app is showing "No Photos" in the Import tab, when there are about 70GB of photos.  The "Photos" tab, however, show a lot of photos, but they cannot be imported into my Mac.

I am running the latest iOS 9.2.1 and Mac OS X El Capitan.  How do I make this work?


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I know that .DS_Store files are created in every directory I enter with the finder in Mac OS X, and that keeps track of the folder's metadata (including how is it being displayed). I also know that this command:

sudo find /Users/[USERNAME]/ -name ".DS_Store" -depth -exec rm -f {} \;

... will recursively delete all .DS_Store files insite the /Users/[USERNAME]/ folder.

Also, I know that when pressing CMD+J inside a finder window, selecting the configuration I want (40x40 icons, small-medium grid space, arrange by kind, text size 10px, show item info, show icon preview, background white) and selecting "use as defaults" will.. well, make it the default, and holding OPT will restore it to THAT default.

The thing is that, when I create a new folder, it doesn't take those parameters. And the folders that HAD .DS_Store files deleted keep that previous configuration, not the "default" one.

What can I do to set a system-wide, consistent finder look?

I'm on Mac OS X 10.6.6.


texts: MacBook Pro only turns on at specific times after cleaning

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My MacBook Pro has been running fine for the past year. Two days ago when I tried to clean my MacBook Pro with a dry cloth, I heard a half chime sound while I was cleaning the keyboard. Since then my MacBook is not turning on during specific time.

I tried to turn it on until 2am (GMT+5) and nothing happened but when I turn it on after 3am (GMT+5) it turns on normally. When I try to turn it on in the afternoon (after returning from job) it doesn't turn on. This sounds really stupid but I have observed it for two days. I don't what has happened or what to make of it.

It charges normally no problem with that. It doesn't turn on even when battery is fully charged.


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I have been running Apple Mail for years (too many to count) and I have never had a situation where messages won't un-flag. But currently I have about 12 messages that are stuck in "Flagged" state. They reside in various folders in Mail, but they always show up in the Flagged folder. I have tried flagging them with different flag color and unflagging them but after about a second or two they the number in the flagged folder bounces back up. When I select them and "clear flag" no flag appears on them but they stay in the flagged folder.

Any clues on how to permanently remove the flag from these message?


texts: Fastest way to split a video file into two?

texts: Does anyone know of software for OS X that can quickly split a 2 hour H.264 video file into two 1 hour files? iMovie estimates 2 hours just to import the file. I was hoping for something that could do it quicker.


texts: Issue with SD card format - won't unmount

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Below is the 2 screenshot that I have tried after searching on so many places on net, but nothing worked for me until now.

First one is via using DiskUtil :

And second one via terminal :

Both the method is having issue and unable to format the sdcard, could anybody please help this out.

Highly appreciated your help in advance thanks.

Update the current snapshot of the memory card from disk utility :


texts: How to configure mobile Safari to show closed captions on videos in webpage

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I have a closed caption video embedded from YouTube on my website that will show the captions when viewing in Safari on a desktop computer. When I view the web page in Safari on iPhone 6, the captions do not show.

I have clicked the little icon in the bottom right of bottom grey bar for "Subtitles and CC" and have it set to "English".

I have set my iPhone settings > General > Accessibility > Media > Subtitles & Captioning to on and default type.

Clicking the video and viewing it with the YouTUBE app on my iPhone will show the captions but I would also like them to show when viewing from the webpage directly.

Not sure if this is an iPhone issue, Safari issue, YouTube issue or if it requires a simple edit to the iframe/embed code on my webpage.

I do have "&cc_load_policy=1" as part of my src tag.

iOS/Safari and iOS/Chrome also do NOT show closed captions for video-js videos on webpage either.

Anyone out there run into this?


texts: Facebook log-in in macOS "Internet Accounts" suddenly stopped working

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As of about a week or two ago, I started getting notifications in macOS (High Sierra, 10.13.4 17E202) that I need to sign in again ("Facebook Password Required"). It seems to accept my (definitely correct) password but then a moment later it asks for it again and I cannot get Facebook features like photo sharing to work at all.

I have not had this problem in other Internet Accounts (e.g. Twitter)

On the basis of answers here and online I tried removing and re-adding it, removing all Facebook related items in my login Keychain, and using an app-specific password.

I noticed that Facebook has updated its security settings page a lot, I suspect because of GDPR… So maybe they actually broke logging in from macOS? It seems unlikely, albeit possible, so I figured I'd ask on here to see if anyone has another solution or is experiencing the same issue as of late.

Note, if I look at my activity in security settings on Facebook it shows all these logins but it's from an unknown device.

Edit:
Marked as a duplicate?… as I stated in the question this seems to be a new issue and previous answers don't seem to help. Seems to be specific to Facebook.


texts: How can I open a Terminal window directly from my current Finder location?

texts: I was wondering if there was any was I could right click inside any instance of a "Finder" window such that I have an option that says "Open Terminal Here". It would be really helpful.


texts: How can I limit the number of results returned by an expensive filter expression in AppleScript?

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In my Apple Notes automation on macOS Big Sur, I’d like to load any 5 notes whose name contains a substring. For example, if I know that I actually have 5 notes that match the query, I can write something like this:
tell application "Notes"
  set matches to id of (notes 1 thru 5 in default account whose name contains "a")
end tell

This runs relatively fast (< 1 second on my account with thousands of notes), because it terminates as soon as it finds those 5 matches and doesn’t look any further. For comparison, a query without such "1 thru 5" clause (or a count query) times out before it even returns any results, which is understandable. However, my problem is that if there aren’t enough (i.e., fewer than 5) matches, the query will error without returning any results:

Notes got an error: Can’t get notes 1 thru 5 of default account whose name contains "a". Invalid index.

Thus, my question is whether there’s a way for me to get "at most 5 results" in a single query?


texts: Software (not app) To Read Underlying iPhone Data

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About a year ago I came across a piece of software that was around $30 that said it could read the underlying data in an iPhone.  I bookmarked it and still I cant find it.  It said it could read and export any of the Notes, SMS Text Messages, Call History, etc.  Essentially, if it was on the iPhone it could get to it.

Does anyone recall seeing such software?  Its not an App.  This is installable software and it ran on the PC and Mac.  I've got both so if anyone knows of anything else then I'm open to investigating that too. Its for the iPhone 3G.


texts: What does it mean when I get a server failure when connecting to a router with DNS protocol

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I'm currently attempting to debug a Super Duper startup problem where it takes between 10-15 seconds to start up on my machine when wireless/internet is turned on. I have communicated with Dave from Shirt Pocket who advised that Super Duper usually has a lag like this when there are network drives mounted on my machine (i.e. Super Duper would attempt to scan these resulting in the lag). When I turn wifi off, Super Duper starts up immediately.

I don't have any network drives mounted on my machine and so this has all been very mysterious.

Last night, I installed WireShark and tried to see if there's anything interesting going over the wire. I noticed that roughly around the time I start Super Duper up, I see the following in WireShark:

Source    | Destination | Protocol | Length | Info
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My IP     | Router IP   | DNS      | 66     | Standard query 0xd574 A System
Router IP | My IP       | DNS      | 66     | Standard query 0xd574 Server Failure

The server failure is usually returns between 10-20 seconds (hence the correlation with the Super Duper start up lag). The request from my machine to the router sometimes happens repeatedly (i.e. 2 or 3 times) before the notice of failure returns from the router.

I'm not very familiar with using WireShark and reading information off packets in this way (indeed, it's very odd that this is causing any issue with Super Duper at all given that it shouldn't be going out on the network to look for stuff as I don't have any network drives setup at all on my Mac) - my question here is: does anyone know what is happening here and why do I get a server failure from my router? Internet is working with no apparent issues.

In case it becomes relevant: this is on a 2012 MacBook Air with OSX 10.9.4 plus the latest versions of Super Duper and WireShark.


texts: What could cause windows to "swap" desktops?

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I recently migrated to a new 2019 MacBookPro, 16" ... running 10.15.6 ... now I notice something I have never seen with my old Mac with the 3 desktops I am using:

Desktop 1 takes terminals, IDE, ...
Desktop 2 takes browsers
Desktop 3 takes my mail client, slack, ...

Meaning: when I startup my mac, and start my applications, I place the windows like that.
What I have seen now repeatedly: desktop 2 and 3 seem to fully "swap" at some point. Not sure, but I just come back and find: mail client, slack, ... are now showing up on desktop 2, and my browser windows are all on desktop 3.
Any idea what could be causing this, or how to prevent it?
(I am not running any fancy additional "desktop related" apps, the only "special thing" I am using is the contexts window switcher).


texts: Resizing a window to a specific size, for screen recording?

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I want to record an application window for a demo/tutorial, and I'd like the video to be a particular resolution.

Is there a trick/tool already installed in Lion that allows me to take a window and resize it to a specific resolution? For instance, take a window and resize it to 1280x720 in preparation for a HD 720p video recording?

If not, is there a tool I can get from the internet that will do this for me?

It just occured to me that perhaps Automator would help me here, but I'm not able to find an action to resize a window. An Automator script is OK as well.

Basically, any free/cheap tool/trick/script that would do this.


texts: Can I increase RAM from 8GB to 16GB on this model?

texts:
I have this Macbook Pro with the following specs:

anyone know if it's possible to switch out the RAM for an upgrade to 16GB?


texts: Can I set Lion scrollbars to always be off? (Except when a mouse is plugged in)

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I like the fact that scrollbars disappear in Lion, but only if I don't have an external mouse plugged in to my MacBook Pro.  Is there a way to have this behavior always be on?

I know I can set the vanishing scrollbars to be "always off", but I'm basically looking for a way to do the opposite.

Asked in other way: I know we can set the scrollbars to be Always On in the System Preferences, but looking for a way to do it Automatically NOT based on input device. I don't want to see a scroll bar unless/until a mouse is present on the system.


texts: Export iPad2 Slideshow with Origami Transitions

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I'm trying to export a slideshow from my iPad2. I can email or share single photos, of course, but how do you share or export a slideshow?
I especially want to retain the origami transition effect to share on YouTube or export to iMove. Is there a way? Or a program that creates the origami effect?
Thanks for your help.


texts: GUI unresponsive or slow, but CPU and RAM healthy

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I've go two MacBooks:

MacBook Air, 11-inch, 2013, running 10.11.6, 8GB RAM, 1.7 GHz Intel Core i7, integrated graphics
MacBook Pro, 15-inch, 2018, running 10.13.6, 32GB RAM, 2.9 GHz Intel Core i9, Intel UHD Graphics 360 and Radeon Pro 560X

I have the same problem for both MacBooks but under slightly different circumstances: After my Mac is used for a while, the animations (eg. when opening a window or clicking an icon or scrolling a terminal window) on my macOS GUI become jerky and not smooth, and it takes a while to respond to a click or key press. This happens OS-wide, and not specific to any app.

This problem has been plaguing my Macs for a long time.

Why is this so and how can I improve this? I hope to get an answer from a computer architecture / "under-the-hood" perspective eg. Has it got to do with RAM, disk writes, GPU.

Some notes:

My Mac usually starts off pretty fast. It's only after a while then it slows down
When my Mac is slow, and I check the Activity Monitor, there are cases where I get something like the following:

9.64 of 32GB memory in use, 0 swap used
94% CPU idle
Disk Utility check - no issue

And it's still slow.
When I restart my Mac, the problem usually disappears, but the problem recurs after a while after I use the Mac.


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I'm trying to install Windows by using VirtualBox on mac, but the size of VirtualBox don't fit the size of my mac.

The window size is too small, how can I make it fit my computer?

By the way, I'm using Retina macbook pro.


texts: Outlook 2016 Reminders in Mac Notifications

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Mac version: 10.11.6

Outlook for Mac version: 15.26.1

I have reminders as a separate app, but I would like show them in native Mac notifications (i.e coming from top right corner) How can I do that?

Thanks!


texts: How does Mac gather printer information (mainly driver) after a printer is selected in the list of printers to add?

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When we want to add a printer to mac, we go to "Printers and Scanners" in system preferences. There we click on "+" button and click on "Add Printer or Scanner". In new dialog with title "Add", we see a list of printers.

When we select one of the printer: printer-x, we see status: "Gathering printer information...". And its driver is automatically selected. How is Mac gathering printer information? What is this whole process of adding a printer in details? Is there any tutorial/article that can help? I have tried google search, could not find something of good interest yet.

I want to debug a situation where Mac is choosing driver for a printer sometime and sometimes it does not (for the same printer). Expected driver to see there is AirPrint. The printer is being added from a print server. So, want to have a look at what is happening in the background.


texts: How do you EXIT full screen mode in Yosemite?

texts:
I just discovered the new green button behavior in Yosemite that causes the window to go to full screen instead of maximizing it.  That's fine, and I can live with option+click to get the old behavior, but I can't figure out how to exit full screen mode.  I'm doing it in Chrome 38.0.2125.104, if that makes a difference.

The Esc key certainly doesn't work, and there's no longer the blue double arrow when you move the cursor to the upper right hand corner.

How do I exit full screen mode after entering it by clicking on the green window button on the upper left corner of the window?


texts:
I need the following tools for Finder.

Launch a Terminal from Finder.
Copy a path information from Finder.
Make a new file from Finder. (not a new directory)

Any hints?


texts: Software Update doesn't show available updates

texts:
OS X 10.8.4 (although this started in 10.8.3). When running Software Update GUI (that switches to App Store), it shows no updates, although some are available (e.g. Java when this was posted originally, or Security Update or Airport Utility later). Running

softwareupdate --list

returns

Software Update found the following new or updated software:
       * JavaForOSX-1.0
        Java for OS X 2013-004 (1.0), 65205K [recommended]

and then

sudo softwareupdate --install JavaForOSX-1.0

installs the update.

I tried cleaning the Software Update cache, it didn't help.

Any ideas what may be going on and how to fix it?

Edit: the same problem with Security Update 2013-03and currently with a new update that is available -- Airport Utility.


texts: Does macOS provide a way to capture the output from a sound card?

texts:
I do software FX on my guitar using my Mac and a USB interface, but the produced output sound goes back to the interface - I can listen to it but I can't record it on my Mac, only the input sound device pre-FX.

I'm aware of "virtual cables" and "virtual sound cards" but I understand Windows for instance can allow direct capture of a sound-card output.

Is this something available on macOS and if so, which versions - and any general information I should know?


texts: Can a mac be infected by a microsoft trojan?

texts:
My friend owns a Mac with Microsoft Office installed and executed (with macros enabled) a trojan horse, AFAIK a W97M/Downloader variant. By fetching some information from the wild, that trojan usually tries to install some executable and/or script file specifically crafted for a Windows OS.

My questions are:

is it correct to assume that this kind of threat is mitigated by being run on a Mac OS?
Is it enough to say him to just remove the doc file?
Any suggenstion for handling this kind of malware?

I'd like to avoid installing a malware removal tool as I have absolutely no experience and I'm fearing of worsening the situation.


texts: How to drag the last Safari tab to another window?

texts:
When I have five windows open and want to consolidate two windows into one I usually manually drag & drop all tabs from one window to the second one. The issue is that you can’t drop the last tab onto another window.

My current workaround is to create a new (empty) tab, to drag & drop as usual, and then to close the window with that empty tab.

Is there a way to drag the last tab in Safari to another window like in Chrome or do I have to continue using my workaround?


texts: Facebook and Twitter sharing is missing in Notification Center

texts: On Yosemite the direct posting of both Facebook and Twitter is missing in Notification Center. How can I put it back?


texts: Automatically convert video podcasts to "ipod or iphone version"

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I'm downloading a regular video podcast for use on my ipod.

I like that the podcasts download automatically, but the problem is that I have to manually select all the videos I want to sync and then select "Create an iPod or iPhone version" from the advanced menu in iTunes.

This is a real pain, and if I forget even one video then iTunes comes up with a message saying that 100+ videos aren't in the right format for the sync to work (if they were converted they sync fine though).

Is there any way to get iTunes to do this conversion automatically once the download is finished, so then whenever I sync my iPod the videos will be synced automatically?


texts: How to bitset the Book Type when burning a DVD on a SuperDrive?

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Does anyone know how to set the Book Type when burning a DVD (DVD+R DL in my case) in OS X? I'm making a backup copy of my car's navigation DVD, and it will only work right if I set the booktype to DVD-ROM.

I'm using a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, with a "MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-898" SuperDrive, and I've confirmed that it supports the Verbatim DVD+R DL medium I'm planning to use.


texts: How can I set Mail.app *back* to the mailto: protocol handler?

texts:
After following the steps in:

How can I use Gmail as the default mail client app in Mac OS X?

How can I undo these settings?

How can I set Mail.app back to being the default mailto: protocol handler?

I tried unsetting the mailto: protocol in chrome://settings/handlers, but the only result is that now mailto: links don't open at all.  (They still switch focus to Chrome.)

According to this answer, the file that needs to be edited is ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist.  However, checking the file contents with the file command shows that it is a binary file:

$ file /Users/(me)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
/Users/(me)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist: Apple binary property list

What else can I try?

(I am running Mac OS 10.7.4.)


texts: How to add icons to the Opera browser's toolbar?

texts:
I'm a longtime Opera user, and, now that I'm moving to Mac, I want to install Opera on it.  On Windows and Linux, I can add icons to the toolbar - such as turn images on/off, control the zoom, wrap the text. Yet, on Mac, with the latest Opera (26), there doesn't seem to be any way to edit the toolbar.

How can I add icons to the toolbar?


texts:
I download virtual box from http://www.modern.ie/en-US/virtualization-tools#downloads and extracted it. When I tried to run ova file, I couldn't.

$ sudo ./"IE11 - Win8.1.ova"
./IE11 - Win8.1.ova: ./IE11 - Win8.1.ova: cannot execute binary file

$ ./"IE11 - Win8.1.ova"
-bash: ./IE11 - Win8.1.ova: cannot execute binary file

$ ls -l "IE11 - Win8.1.ova"
-rwx------  1 alex  staff  3834711040 Mar 28 15:02 IE11 - Win8.1.ova

The same failure from Finder, it said

There is no application set to open the document “IE11 - Win8.1.ova”.


texts: Will HFS+ extended attributes be lost on FreeNAS?

texts:
I have FreeNAS server partially set up on an HP Microserver, but just realized that I may lose all my extended attribute metadata on the files that come from my Macs (which is what most of my computers are).  This metadata is somewhat important to me, so if FreeNAS will lose this data then maybe I need to rethink my strategy.

I was going to use FreeNAS for both Time Machine backup and as a file server, so the metadata would be relevant in both cases.

Will FreeNAS keep the metadata if I connect to it using AFP, or will it lose the metadata?


texts: How's battery life of the Oct 2013 Macbook Pro 15" Retina?

texts:
I am using a Mid-2013 MacBook Air 13" and the battery life is great!

Now I am considering upgrade to a bigger screen and is checking a refurbished Oct 2013 MacBook Pro 15" retina.

Everything seems perfect except I am not sure whether it is energy efficient as the Haswell CPU in the MacBook Air. Any experience to share?


texts: How do I change the virtualbox "Host Key"?

texts: I'm not using an apple keyboard and don't have a Left ⌘.  Can I change the "Host Key" to be the Right ⌘?  How?


texts: How do I delete a saved wifi network, when unable to use the Network panel/GUI in System pref?

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I need to delete a saved public wifi network, which my computer keeps trying to connect to when I'm at home, but I can't open my Network preferences and do it trough the GUI, due to an error in my MacOS installation (see linked question below for details).

I'm guessing there might be a way to do it, through Terminal or digging into a .plist, but haven't been able to find any non-GUI guides to this through searching, so how can this be done?

Why does my Network preference pane freeze every time I open it?

System info:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29)


texts: USB flash drive doesn't remount automatically

texts:
I have a USB flash drive connected to a Dell monitor that's connected to my MacBook Pro with a Thunderbolt 3 cable. If I unplug the MacBook (screen closed), then plug it back in, I'm notified I didn't unmount the disk (it's journaled, and I'm lazy), but wasn't remounted. USB through the monitor still works (my keyboard works), and the device is still recognized:

$ sudo ioreg -p IOUSB
+-o Root  <class IORegistryEntry, id 0x100000100, retain 23>
  +-o AppleUSBVHCIBCE Root Hub Simulation@80000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x1000004e2, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (2 ms), retain 15>
  | +-o ...
  +-o AppleUSBXHCI Root Hub Simulation@14000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x100000535, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (2 ms), retain 10>
  | +-o IOUSBHostDevice@14400000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000231bd, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (0 ms), retain 15>
  |   +-o IOUSBHostDevice@14450000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000231d8, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (1 ms), retain 11>
  |   +-o Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.1@14430000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000231f3, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (2 ms), retain 15>
  |   +-o <b>USB3.0 Card Reader@14440000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000233be, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (1 ms), retain 11></b>
  +-o ...

How can I get the device to be remounted?


texts: Will using only onboard Intel GPU to connect to external monitor harm my MacBook?

texts:
I have a 2010 MacBook Pro 2010 with a faulty Nvidia GPU that used to crash the laptop every now and then.

I than ran a program called MBPMid2010-GPU-Fix-0.6.1, which bypassed the Nvidia GPU. So far, I haven't had a single crash. I read somewhere that after bypassing Nvidia GPU, I won't be able to use external monitor.

However when I tried, it worked. I want to know if it is safe to use an external monitor using only onboard Intel HD Graphics (288 MB)?


texts: iPhone sends iMessage, but doesn't show that it was "delivered", even though it is

texts:
So after switching to my new iPhone 6s, I have been sending messages through iMessage. I haven't had any major issues. What has occurred though is that the messages send with the blue bubble (informing me that they are sending as iMessages) and the recipient receives the message and is able to respond without any issue. But the actual messages never displays the words "delivered" under them. While this isn't a major issue as they are sending without any problem, I am wondering why the words "delivered" do not show up.

P.S. the words "delivered" appear for the recipient when they respond to me.


texts: Relocated Home directory to exFAT partition => Skype freezes

texts:
Do you have a fix for this particular scenario:

1) Two partitions boot drive, the second one formatted exFAT
2) Relocate Home directory to Partition2 using the default way:

System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Advanced Options -> Home directory

3) Install Skype
4) At first launch Skype will freeze / not connect / CMD + Q will also freeze Skype
5) Any other app except Skype works fine

I've tried installing Skype on two different systems (El Capitan & Mavericks) with Home directory relocated to another partition and the problem persist.

If you want to experience this and hopefully find a solution you can create a small partition of a few GBs and another OS user and move its Home directory to new partition created then try to install Skype.

UPDATE: I've just learned that the issue is related to how the second partition is formatted. Skype freezes while partition2 is formatted as ExFAT but if I format it as Mac OS Extended, Skype works fine.

I am ready to any kind of solution but is very very relevant for my that Desktop + Documents + Downloads folders to remain on partition2 formatted as ExFAT.

Thank you


texts: Which wifi repeater to buy that can be OS X configured?

texts:
I need to extend my Wi-Fi and would like the type that just plugs into the mains.

I cannot find a repeater or extender that does not use Windows to configure.

Is there a repeater or extender which can be configured with OS X?


texts: Connect two monitors using DVI and/or VGA to USB-C

texts: I have a new MacBook Pro 15'' and want to connect two older 1080p monitors. Each monitor has a VGA and a DVI port. Is it possible to connect both to a single USB-C port of the MacBook? If so, how do people do this?


texts: Reuse App ID with freshly created Developer Team

texts:
I have two apps on one Developer account which have been tested through TestFlight feature, but never released.

Now, the customer accidentally decided to release them via absolutely new Developer Team. I'm Admin in both of teams, and have email/password access for Team Agent of new account.

As far as I know, you can delete/transfer your apps if you ever released it to the AppStore. But it's not our case. Also, I can't change App's Bundle ID due to existing uploads to it with Bundle ID being linked. Since these apps using their App IDs, I can't remove them in the Member Center. And moreover, I can't use them in new account.

I know we could change App ID, but it's linked to a bunch of various 3rd-parties to which I don't have an access, and this would take sufficient time to retrieve the credentials.

Is there any option for me to solve it having only what I got?
Or will it be enough if I catch email/password for Team Agent of current team?
If not, then only way is to first release the app under current account and after transfer it to new one?
Or I can't do anything but use different Bundle ID?


texts: Getting Music NOT purchased from iTunes, from an old computer to new computer

texts:
I am trying to get my music NOT purchased from itunes into a new itunes/computer (the music I purchased from iTunes is on the new computer). i authorized it but keep getting an error message that says "authorization is needed to access "insert song name here".

i tried previously posted settings to get the autofill there to see if that works, and when i hit "apply" i get a message saying "The iPhone “Denise's iPhone” is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library? An iPhone can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes library."

I do not want to "Erase and sync". In fact I want just the opposite. how can i get this music off an older phone/computer, onto an new computer (not just shared), then on to my new iphone?


texts: Optimize Mac Storage: Keep local copy AND iCloud backup of directory

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My active projects in a directory under ~/Documents/, which puts it in the path of iCloud's Optimized Storage. Often, I'll open a project folder to find files replaced with .icloud placeholder files.

Current workaround is either waiting for iCloud to re-download my project or resetting workspace changes via git.

Is there a way to force a persistent local copy, while still keeping a backup in iCloud?

I'm not trying to omit directories from Optimized Storage, I want the best of both worlds.


texts: I am looking for a password manager that is compatible with open-source password database files, such as those used by KeePass (.kdb) or PasswordSafe (.psafe3). Both of those projects have terrible Mac clients - I'm looking for something a little more polished, but can still share password databases with Windows and Linux users.


texts: High CPU and GPU temperature, high fan speed, low activity

texts:
Macbook Pro early 2011 model - 13" - running El Capitan.

I've been seeing other people reporting this left and right and mostly they don't look at the activity monitor first. I can say I have and my activity on my computer isn't high at all most of the time.

Here is a screenshot of a typical situation

I did SMC reset, PRAM reset,... all to no avail.

Looking at this Ask Different post it says temperature sensors may be defective. So I ran the extended hardware test and it showed 'No troubles'. Can temp sensors still be defect despite the so called no troubles from the hardware test?

I also booted into a clean install of Linux and that's where I will have the loud fans as well while there is hardly any activity at all.

EDIT: almost forgot but I did clean out the dust from and around the fan.

EDIT: Here is also a screenshot from the Intel Power Gadget;


texts: How to fix columns in future playlists view?

texts:
I'm using Music.app in Big Sur and curious how to make playlist view by default everywhere?
And, in this view, how to make a default set and position of columns? For example, i always need duration and BPM before track name, for all existing or newly created playlist.
Is that possible? Thanks!
And how to remove that big bannel to actually see the songs inside?


texts:
I had thousands of photos tagges with face info for family in Picasa (on Mac).

I thought this info was stored online.

Now I switched computers, and all the face info is gone. I'd hate to have to 'retrain' Picasa.

Is there any way to recover/restore this training?

I have a backup of old computer -- is it stored there somewhere?


texts: Recently the colors on my Iphone 3g have started looking inverted or negative, I havent dropped my phone or had it damaged, but I cant seem to make it go back to normal.  i have also done some research on this and found out that you can purposely do this through accessibility but my phone doesnt give me that option....HELP!


texts:
I'm not very computer savvy. I recently got my MacBook back after getting a new hard drive. I've now just starting using Time Machine to back up everything. I live in rural Texas and I only have 10 GB of satellite internet data to use each month and I've used it all in 2 days while barely using the internet.

Does Time Machine use data? If not, any ideas on what could be eating all of my data up? My Wi-Fi is secure, even if it wasn't there is no one around to use it anyway.


texts:
How to make 2 or more users to use the same Mac OS at the same time? As I know for windows there is Aster, for linux there is Xorg.
I researched this topic for quite some time and cannot find a satisfactory solution for mac. The only thing I could find is connecting through remote desktop to the computer in a special way. But there are a lot of problems with it:

You still have to use a spare PC to connect to the mac
Remote desktops are very slow and buggy, even video encoded like Nomachine is not suitable for gaming at all
It takes some time to connect to the remote desktop each time. Especially because of the special way you need to connect


texts: How to highlight changes when comparing versions of a document in OS X?

texts:
I've been exploring the versions functionality of the new document model in Mac OS X 10.8. It's mostly similar to what was in Lion. In the title bar of a supported document choose "Browse all versions…" from the drop-down menu.

It seems handy enough, but how can you easily tell what has changed between each document without having to manually scan each line? I assumed there must be a feature to highlight the changes but I can't find it. Has anyone figured this out?


texts: CPU usage is too high with Catalina when macbook-pro connected to an external monitor

texts:
The same problem was occurring on the High Sierra. I was hoping it will be fixed on Catalina but unfortunately, I didn't.

I use Catalina 10.15.1 on my MacBook Pro and work with an external monitor that is connected with HDMI.

The issue is that, according to Activity Monitor, the kernel_task process consumes more than 600% of CPU even when no tasks are running. The computer becomes totally unusable. I cannot switch between screens and everything freezes.

As a solution, I disconnect the external monitor.

Why didn't Apple fix this issue in the latest Catalina update?

=> Is there an alternative solution for this?

I have followed for the rMBP kernel_task spikes when connecting more than one external monitor [duplicate]

I managed to disable system file protection using csrutil disable, but on Catalina now I am having the following error:

mv: rename X86PlatformShim.kext to X86PlatformShim.kext.disabled: Read-only file system


texts: Can I use Apple Earphones with Mic on Mac Mini?

texts:
I read on Apple website that Mac mini audio port supports the apple earphones with mic. Does it support the mic as well? Can I use the mic for Audio input on applications like Skype?

I tried plugging it in but the audio input did not work...

Update: Here's the apple website where its written that Support for Apple iPhone headset with microphone is there. Mac Mini Specs Page

Update: I think I've got what the problem is. The specs page I referred to above is about the latest Mac Mini. What I have is the Mac Mini mid 2007 model. I checked its specs and there is nothing about support of Apple earphones with mic. I think this is the reason its not working.

Regards


texts:
I don't know why but recently all SD cards mount as Internal on my Mac

How do I solve this problem?

PS. Only SD cards mount as Internal all pen drives mount as external.


texts: Can I allow text messages from certain contact through when in Do Not Disturb mode?

texts: The iPhone allows you to say that calls from certain contacts can get through when the phone is in Do Not Disturb mode. In my experiments it seems that it's not possible to allow text messages to get through as well. Is this true, or is there some setting that I am missing?


texts: switch back to clang after installing gcc through Macports on Mavericks

texts:
After I installed Macports (and after that I have installed several versions of gcc through Macports), whenever I type gcc, one of those gcc installed through Macports will be invoked.

Before I installed Macports, whenever I type gcc, clang that comes with XCode will be invoked. (not sure this is true)

Now I need to compile a 3rd-party package with clang, but I don't know how I should do.

My question is: now that Macports (w gcc48) has been installed, what should I do to switch back to the setting where gcc is linked to clang that comes with XCode?


texts: What happens, exactly, when an iPhone app is run on an iPad at 2x scale?

texts: When I run an iPhone app which supports retina displays on an iPad, does it have increased clarity when shown at 2x size? I've noticed text appears pixelated, but photos do not. Is there a complete list of how iOS handles this scaling?


texts:
I was organising my app screen on my iPhone SE. I move the apps around till I am satisfied. Once I was done, I got this app icon (red circled on the screenshot) on my main screen.

It doesn't open, if I touch it for long, the other apps start to wiggle in their place, but this doesn't respond at all.

What is this and How do I get rid of it?


texts: Determine valid iMessage address on a Mac?

texts:
On my iPhone, I can try messaging someone by tapping on a contact entry or enter a phone number or email address. If the person has iMessage enabled, the text entry field will say "iMessage" instead of "text message", and I'll know if the person can actually receive iMessage.

On my Mac, however, there is no way to tell. I can enter an email address, type in the test and send it, and attempt to send it. If I don't see the status as "delivered", I can guess maybe the other party doesn't have iMessage, but i never know, maybe the person's device is simply off line, or I can wait for a few hours to be sure.

Is there a way to determine whether the address is valid on a Mac like I can on the iPhone?


texts: More than 100 GB disappeared on MacBook Pro 250GB SSD

texts:
I was installing a software on the MacBook Pro of my girlfriend when I have found that in " > About this Mac > Storage", it says that she have 134 GB of space used by "Applications"...

I have then looked at what she installed, and I see that the only apps she installed are Caffeine, Kindle, VLC, Google Chrome and Skype (along with the default applications of OS X).

I've downloaded Disk Inventory X to see what's happening, and it says that the Applications are taking up about 9GB.

The question then is... Where are all these gigabytes gone?

PS: Using the "Disk Utility" app, it says that 130 GB are used by Applications, but it also says that there are 202 GB of free space... I wonder how this can be possible since the SSD is just 250 GB...


texts: I've lost administrator access and /var/db/.AppleSetupDone is read only

texts:
I have lost administrator access  after trying to change my username in system preferences and restarting.

I have followed the directions by rebooting in Single user mode, ⌘S and typing the following commands:

/sbin/fsck -fy

/sbin/mount -uw /

rm /var/db/.applesetupdone

It then asks if I want to override rm /var/db/.applesetupdone and if I then type "YES" it says that it is a read only file and nothing happens.

I have also tried typing rm /var/db/.applesetupdone in terminal and again it asks me if I want to override, and again answering YES I get the reply Permission denied:

override r--------  root/wheel for /var/db/.applesetupdone? YES

rm: /var/db/.applesetupdone: Permission denied

I am using MacOS High Sierra Version 10.13.4

How do I remove applesetupdone or get administrator privileges back?


texts: Can I import photos from iPhone to Mac without a cable?

texts:
Often I don't have a cable to connect my iPhone to the Mac.

Can I use Bluetooth or Wifi to import photos and movies from iPhone to iPhoto?


texts: The volume control on my iPhone 4S is not responding after update to iOS 6.1.2

texts: After downloading music from iTunes, audio suddenly stops and become uncontrollable with volume controls.


texts: SSD on OSX Mountain Lion says it's almost full but isn't

texts: So, first things first, my mac is a hackintosh so my issue may be some weird issue due to that. However, I was wondering if what I'm experiencing is signs of ssd failure. I have a 128gb ssd in the rig for the os, applications and active projects. Over the past 2 months the drive has been slowly losing free space. I first chalked it up to filling it with projects but all of a sudden it has 100gb used so I check how big my projects and applications are and they are 30gb. I know the os isn't 70gb so I was wondering if this may be a sign of a failing ssd or if it may be something else.


texts: Is there a way to share photos from one iTunes account with another?

texts:
I would like to share my photos that I have in my iTunes/iCloud account with another account. Ideally, I would like to be able to have anything that is in my photostream to be automatically sent to another iTunes account or that account's photostream.

Is there any way to do this? If not, can someone recommend a good way to automatically share my photos with other accounts?

Is there an application that I should consider to make this happen to iPhones and iPads linked to 2 different iTunes accounts?


texts:
On my MacBook's 'About This Mac' pane there is a section that is taking up a lot of storage it is titled 'Backups'.
Now I do use a Time Capsule but I don't know why it would be labeled under my MacBook's hard drive.
Can anyone help me identify and solve this problem?
Here is a screenshot of what I see.


texts: Why the system takes up almost all the storage of iPhone

texts:
I barely installed apps on my iPhone, but it is obviously the system takes up almost all my storage?

iPhone 6: 15.9GB of 16GB used.

I do not know why. How to find the lost space on my phone?

I think it's fine before I started to try the iOS 12 Beta. How can I do it now?


texts: Why do movies sometime lag on my 15" MacBook Pro (2011)?

texts:
I have a new 15" MacBook Pro with the highest specifications, running Lion version 10.7.2. However, when I watch movies they sometimes lag on my computer: frozen screen (for 3-4 s) with lots of broken cubes and with the audio track still playing).
What could be possibly wrong with my computer?

For example, today I watched the Fast Five Blu-ray movie (which is almost 50 GB) with the VLC media player and suddenly it started lagging on some episodes (especially on intense action ones with lots of special effects). Moreover, it lags not only on Blu-ray movies but movie files ripped from standard definition DVDs and other formats as well.

I play all those movies with the power plugged in from downloaded files, not from optical DVDs. Even Stanford University lectures from iTunesU sometimes lag for me.

UPDATE: I was in the Genius bar several times, reinstalled Lion by my own and also in the Apple Store.

After the fresh install I tried to test videos. I watched House, M.D. season 8 episode 2 (395.9 MB) yesterday, and it started lagging all over again.
I do not really know what to do. Is this a bug in VLC, iTunes, and other media players,  or it is something wrong with my hardware (they actually tested my Mac in the Genius bar with their cable plugged in but did not find any problems)?


texts:
I am on macOS High Sierra 10.13.3. I created a file with Python but when I search for its name inside Spotlight (or Finder), it's not there. When I os.getcwd() and manually follow its path, it is where it should be.

Why is this happening? What am I missing? Btw in order to manually find it, I turned on the hidden files visibility with (⇧⌘.⇧).

Edit: Assuming it has something to do with the fact it's inside hidden folders, is there a way to make Spotlight or Finder also return these files, or another way to search them by name (third party app maybe)?


texts: Mountain Lion - Cycle though windows not working on Terminal

texts:
Since updating to Mountain Lion, the keyboard shortcut for cycling through windows is not working for me in Terminal (and is driving me nuts!).

Is there any known fix for this issue? The keyboard shortcut shows up on the Window menu as expected, but doesn't work.

I am, of couse, pressing CMD-`, and is not cycling. Selecting the option from the Window menu does cycle through the windows, though.

Update: Although not resolved in Mountain Lion, this got fixed in Mavericks. It was weird: it works properly on Lion and Mavericks, but breaks on Mountain Lion.


texts: I've submitted my first app to Apple and waiting for approval. My MAC was hanged while I was submitting. I needed to restart MAC. After restarting, the state of app on iTunes connect was 'Waiting For Review'. I am not sure whether binary was uploaded correctly or not. Will Apple Review Team contact me in case binary was not uploaded properly? If yes, how much time it usually takes?


texts: How to reset Calendar and Reminders on OS X Yosemite?

texts:
I just hit a nasty bug in Calendar.app and Reminders.app on Yosemite.

For some reason, calendars also appear in Reminders.app as empty reminder lists and reminder lists also appear in Calendar.app as empty Calendars. Even if I delete all of my calendars and reminder lists (I've got them all backed up), they get created back again.

I've noticed both calendars and reminders get stored under ~/Library/Calendars. I've been trying a lot of things to fix this up. As suggested in other articles I've tried deleting these files:

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iCal (didn't exist)
~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache*
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.CalendarAgent/
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.CalendarAgent.CalNCService/
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iCal/
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iCal.CalendarNC/
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCalExternalSync.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.helper.plist (didn't exist)

I've also tried deleting the whole ~/Library/Calendars directory and I've restarted my mac many times during this whole process.

Yet every time I go back to Calendar.app or Reminders.app, the buggy calendars and reminder lists keep creeping back again.

I don't know what to do anymore now... any suggestions would be welcome!

Edit: I seem to have reached a state of sanity out of this mess... at last!

Searching up the ~/Library/ directory, I found what appears to be the culprit causing me this problem. There is a file that's being generated by some sync services from Apple located at ~/Library/Application\ Support/SyncServices/Local/TFSM/com.apple.Calendars/data.syncdb. I'm not sure what process is updating this, but I'm using iTunes to sync local calendars to my iPhone and I suspect it probably has something to do with this. So perhaps the bug is not in Calendar/Reminders but really in iTunes or the SyncServices.

So I've deleted that file as well as all files under ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.CalendarAgent/Data/Library/Calendars/ and restarted OS X. When I opened Calendar.app, the calendars one should get by default on a new user account were there: Home and Work, and in my case Birthdays and Holidays too. Reminders.app also showed an empty Reminders list, which is fine too. So then I proceeded to restore my calendars and reminders from my backups.

Synchronization in iTunes is now OK, but the reminder lists still shows up as calendars for some reason (seems like a bug here too). If I manually select calendars from Calendar.app, everything seems to work just fine.

My last resort would have been to move all my stuff to a new user account (assuming the problem was due to a buggy state with my current user account - as suggested by bmike), but luckily I don't have to do that tedious task, at least for now.

Using OS X 10.10.5 and iTunes 12.2.2.25.


texts:
I got a weird warning message in Safari 5.1.2 :

Safari support is very limited and should be considered experimental.
So there is no need to even submit bugreports on this early version.
You can disable this message by setting: safari_warning option to false

Where i can find safari_warning option to change it to false ?