texts: Insect inside the display of the iPad Retina

texts:
Yesterday I found a bug inside my iPad display. I mean, literally a bug. My wife was reading some magazine and noticed something moving inside the screen. I thought it was some kind of animation, took a closer look, and noticed that it was a very small bug crawling very slowly.

We shook the iPad to see if it would stop, fall to an edge, or something like that. But instead, it got stuck in the top right section of the screen, and now seems to be dead.

The iPad was bought 3 months ago. I think it's under warranty and currently trying to contact Apple about it.

My questions are:

1 - Have someone seen a bug inside an iPad before?

2 - I know that the iPad isn't waterproof, but is it that easy for a bug to get inside it?


texts: 10.6.8 Update Combo Failed Unknown Error

texts:
I recently received an old iMac 27" aluminum unibody core 2 duo (EMC 2309: 2009 model) that was having troubles with the graphics card after High Sierra installation. I was looking to set it up as a media-station/test-machine, and was thinking Snow Leopard would be perfect. I already have an old mac mini on my desk running MacOSX10.6.8, but rather than copying over my hard drive, I decided to do a fresh install. It was during the 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1, after the install, that I encountered a problem. I found an identical thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6883727 but there was no clear answer to the problem, and I did not want to go through hours of a slower-than-my-normal-internet-speed download from https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399?locale=en_US

I already had saved a copy of the MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.dmg on the same drive with my 10.6.2 Install Volume, and the 10.6.2 install had run smoothly. I went to run the 10.6.8 update, only to get an installation failure with an "unknown error":

It turns out the MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.dmg available online is not quite the same as the one I had previously downloaded, the file size was slightly smaller, and the creation date later.

Is this simply a case a developer signature expiring, and publishing a rerelease? If so, Is my new MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.dmg also going to expire? It's just nice not to have to wait to re-download something from a crappy link for hours only to discover it timed out at less than 5%. I was hoping to make an install media for this, but it seams pointless if it's not going to work the next time I need it. Is there a way to get around installer expiration issues?


texts: How can I place .dmg files away from the desktop?

texts:
Every time I install an app, I get a DMG file showing up on the desktop. It looks like this:

How do I hide it on the desktop or keep them elsewhere to preserve the aesthetic?
When I Control + click on it, I don't see any way to hide it.
Also, when I do ls -al on the desktop, they never show up. Why is that?


texts:
macOS 10.14.4

If I type man say at the command line, I get the error: man: no manual page say.

I've checked and the file say.1 is present in the folder /usr/share/man/man1. Why can man not find it?


texts: My MacBook pro keeps restarting while booting.  I showed it to Apple care.  They said they will check.  But I might loose my data while they do so.  In hardware test they did everything was fine.  Including hard drive.  Is there a way to backup my drive?


texts:
With Lion it seems the mission control is separate for each screen, however I have not found a way to show a different desktop/space on each screen.

Basically I want it so that when a do a swipe on my track pad to change space, it only changes scrolls the spaces on the monitor which the cursor is in.

I have tried to set a fullscreen app on my second monitor but it always comes back to my laptop screen. Yet Apple seems to think this is possible judging by the second image in the scroller on this page (http://www.apple.com/displays/) (This image also shows a menu bar on the laptop and 2nd display, how is that done?)

So how can I individually set spaces per monitor?

(also in the old spaces you could drag windows between monitors as well as spaces, is this not possible in Mission Control?)


texts: 4K monitor with MacBook Pro 2012 Non-retina not working well in 2K resolution

texts:
LG 4K monitor 27 inch (lg-27UK650)
Macbook pro 2012 Non Retina 16gb RAM/256 GB SSD

Using 4K monitor with mini DisplayPort. Display works randomly, and sometime stops working while in use. Monitor keeps displaying no signal. I am using external monitor in 2K resolution. Earlier I used to connect full HD monitor on mini DisplayPort and never had this kind of issue.
Monitor works fine with my other laptop. Thinkpad x260 over same mini display port.
Any suggestions?


texts: No "Manage" button in Storage for my boot drive

texts:
I have two drives on my machine, Fast, the original 256GB SSD in my MP2013, and Bigger, a USB-attached 2TB drive.

I'm trying to download XCode 10.2, but it complains there is not enough room on my drive. There is no way to download to any drive other than Fast using the App Store and there is no XIF available (yet?).

Fast has 27 GB free, but much of this is "Purgable". According to Apple's dox, I should use About this Mac... Storage... Manage... to remove this. However, as you can see, I have no Manage button.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do here?


texts: Starting Keynote presenter mode without an external monitor

texts:
Before a talk, I'd like to try the presenter mode for Keynote - to get familiar with it - on my Macbook Pro, without an alternate display being attached.

Is this possible? How?


texts: Why doesn't defaults read` work for obtaining ShadowHashData key in user.plist?

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I've read how to obtain the user's password hash on OSX using sudo defaults read /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/user.plist ShadowHashData.

However, after giving Terminal "Full Disk Access" on macOS Mojave, I get the following error:

The domain/default pair of (/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/user.plist, ShadowHashData) does not exist.

However, the ShadowHashData key can be read by plutil and dscl, so why don't defaults work?

Edit:

dscl (works for obtaining user's hash):

nlykkei-mbp:~ nlykkei$ sudo dscl . -read /Users/nlykkei dsAttrTypeNative:ShadowHashData
dsAttrTypeNative:ShadowHashData:
 62706c69 73743030 d2010203 ...

defaults (doesn't work for obtaining user's hash):

sudo defaults read /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/nlykkei ShadowHashData
2019-08-07 09:16:32.697 defaults[1123:33825]
The domain/default pair of (/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/nlykkei, ShadowHashData) does not exist

whoami (user's identity):

nlykkei-mbp:~ nlykkei$ whoami
nlykkei
nlykkei-mbp:~ nlykkei$ id
uid=501(nlykkei) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),502(access_bpf),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),79(_appserverusr),80(admin),81(_appserveradm),98(_lpadmin),33(_appstore),100(_lpoperator),204(_developer),250(_analyticsusers),395(com.apple.access_ftp),398(com.apple.access_screensharing),399(com.apple.access_ssh),701(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1)

uname (OS version):

nlykkei-mbp:~ nlykkei$ uname -a
Darwin nlykkei-mbp 18.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.6.0: Thu Apr 25 23:16:27 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.261.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

defaults (works without domain argument):

nlykkei-mbp:~ nlykkei$ sudo defaults read | head -n 10
{
    "Apple Global Domain" =     {
        AKLastIDMSEnvironment = 0;
        AppleKeyboardUIMode = 3;
        "com.apple.sound.beep.flash" = 0;
    };
    bluetoothaudiod =     {
    };
    "com.apple.AppleMultitouchMouse" =     {
        MouseButtonDivision = 55;
 ...


texts: Why have an email address associated with iMessage?

texts: Seems to me like this only confuses, since conversations are separated by address/phone number. Are their any advantages, or is it safe to remove all email address from my iMessage?


texts: What is this menu bar icon with three connected dots and a down arrow?

texts:
It doesn't respond to clicks or right clicks.  I don't recall when it first appeared.

I'm running 10.11.6 El Capitan.


texts: AppleScript: Bulk iTunes work-and-movement

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Here I am yet again with another iTunes AppleScript question. I have a working script in which you select a work (several iTunes "songs"), and tell it what to set the work metadata as for that selection. You also tell it where the the movement name starts in the song name, and it copies everything after that position into the movement tag, excluding all roman numerals. It also of course numbers the movements.

Here's the code for that:

tell application "iTunes"
    set sel to selection of front browser window
    if sel is {} then
        try
            display dialog "Nothing is selected…" buttons {"Quit"} with icon 0
        end try
        return
    end if

    set c to (count of sel)
    set songName to (get name of item 1 of sel)

    set workName to display dialog "Edit for Work name and then click OK." default answer songName --prompt for work name
    set movementLength to display dialog "Edit to everything except the movement name. Do not include the roman numeral if one is present. If an arabic numeral is present, include it." default answer songName --prompt for movement length

    repeat with i from 1 to c --set the movement numbers
        set thisTrack to item i of sel
        set songName to (get name of thisTrack)
        set work of thisTrack to text returned of workName
        set movement number of thisTrack to i
        set movement count of thisTrack to c
        set movement of thisTrack to my delRomNum(text ((length of text returned of movementLength) + 1) thru (length of songName) of songName as string) -- copy movement text from song name and delete roman numerals
    end repeat

end tell

on delRomNum(t) -- the perl command search and delete any roman numeral (must be a word followed by the period and a space character)
    do shell script "/usr/bin/perl -pe 's/\\b[IVXLCDM]+\\b. //g' <<< " & quoted form of t
end delRomNum

You can see my post about that script here: Find-and-replace AppleScript for iTunes Track Names

Anyhow, that script has now not become efficient enough for my use (I process a lot of classical tracks)! Using the above script, I have to select every single work, and trim it accordingly for work, and then for movement.

What I would like to now create is a script that can do the whole process to multiple works at once, say, a whole album.

It would have to find every track that contained I. and set that as the starting point for the script I have outlined above, and also get the position of that I. and trim accordingly for the Work and Movement tags for that particular work - e.g everything before I. and the space preceding it would be set as the work, and everything after it would be set as the movement.

I can see that this is what I have to do, but I'm too much of an AppleScript noob to actually implement it! For me anyway, the real challenge lies in determining whether a string lies inside of another string (e.g. check whether I. is inside song name) and finding its position inside of the song name. If I knew how to do those two things I could probably write the rest of the script!

Any hints/ideas would be very helpful. And I hope my description makes sense. Thanks!

Note: Even though I got the key part answered, and can write the rest of the script myself, I'll add a sample input/output.


texts:
Suddenly started getting this strange error when attempting to run any command via sudo:

sudo: unable to cache user root, already exists

I've tried different Terminal windows, repairing permissions, restarting, and tried creating a new admin user but still get the same issue. As far as OS X is concerned I'm still an administrator and can perform any actions that open an administrator's password dialogue box, but I can no longer run any command via Terminal that requires the use of sudo.

Does anyone know where the cache that sudo is mentioning might be located, and whether I can delete and recreate it (and if so, how if it isn't a simple delete)? Is there any other way to solve this issue?


texts: Is it possible to encrypt the boot disk in El Capitan?

texts:
On my iMac running OS X 10.11.3 I'd like to encrypt as much as possible of the built-in disk -- like that I don't need to worry about replacing/sending in a broken disk.

From a casual few web searches it appears not to be possible to encrypt absolutely everything, so right now my strategy is to partition in the disk to have a large, encrypted data partition.


texts:
We have an iPad, two iPhones, and a MacBook Pro.
Three of them run apps that synchronize data with each other via a webserver dedicated to that app (not a general purpose cloud).
Occasionally, this app on the iPad will timeout trying to sync.  When this happens, Apple’s App Store also fails to connect, but websites still work normally.
Also when this is happening, neither the iPhones nor the MacBook Pro have any problems, not even with that app (Anki).  Rebooting the iPad, rebooting the router, and switching the iPad from the router to the iPhone hotspot does not fix it.  It fixes itself after an hour or more.
What might this be?


texts: Move 'Pictures', 'Documents', 'Movies' etc folders

texts:
I would like to move folders like 'Pictures', 'Documents', 'Movies' to a different from the default under the root of user's home location, preferably into a sub-folder under the same user's home folder. For example, user/Music would go to user/stuff/Music.

I'd rather not create symbolic links to moved folders, but change system's behaviour altogether, so it knows where to find those folders.

Please bear in mind that I do not want to move user's home folder, but just those ones, for example, move them to /Users/[user name]/stuff/ since I don't like them polluting the home folder there.


texts: How do I use ffmpeg to convert audible files

texts:
I'm running ffmpeg v2.8.1 from Homebrew, and trying to convert Audible files but there's some trick I"m missing.

This command produces this error output.

ffmpeg -activation_bytes 1CEB00DA -i Volume1.aax -vn -c:a copy output.mp4

[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fc9a4010600] [aax] file checksum == d72f1f04e3c73d0bc68e742db1bc69b58dc3a500
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fc9a4010600] [aax] mismatch in checksums!
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fc9a4010600] error reading header
Volume1.aax: Invalid data found when processing input

I know the file is ok, because it plays in iTunes. I does have the file image/cover art embedded in it as well,

From the ffmpeg docs, I read
Audible AAX files are encrypted M4B files, and they can be decrypted by specifying a 4 byte activation secret.

I'm presuming - probably incorrectly - that the one given is ok. If not, how does one find that secret.


texts: Should I expect restoring Yosemite from a Time Machine backup to take forever?

texts:
El Capitan was a disaster for Office Mac 2011, specifically Outlook. The recent Microsoft update resolved the problem with Outlook crashing, but it didn't fix the problem I had where email sent to me was disappearing into the ether.

After conversations with both Apple and Microsoft support, neither who had a resolution, the final advice was to restore to the previous OSX, Yosemite. I used Command +R to restore from a Time Machine image and after 6 hours with the startup bar stuck halfway, I stopped it and came back in to check the disk and it's OK. So I started the restore again, and it back at the same halfway point and has been there for 6 hours and counting. Should I ride it out? How long should this take? I'm running on a 2014 MacBook Pro. Any reassurance or advice is appreciated!


texts: Are there any new hidden features in the latest iOS update 9.3?

texts:
I just updated my iPhone 5S to the latest version of iOS (9.3). On the official Apple website, they list some of the most important new features of this release.
My question is: are there any other hidden features (even minor changes) that may haven't be listed there? Thanks in advance.


texts: Is it a bad idea to compile Samba from source for Mac?

texts:
We have a Linux NAS and we’re doing some basic Samba sharing. Windows machines are quick and peppy to connect with the device, as are the Linux VMs I’m running on my Mac.

The SMB stack Apple has made is notoriously slow. It freezes, stalls, crashes finder. It’s my single biggest issue with my Mac.

I have experience with Linux/Open Source but I’m far from a pro sysadmin. Have any of you compiled and installed Samba from source? I would like to know if it is a good idea to try or if this will just end up with me reinstalling from a backup.

Is the performance better? Could you find good support online? Can you share these resources with me?


texts:
I need some help with a table of contents.
I'm trying to automatically add dots (take a look at red rectangles) at the end of a phrase with the number of the page, as shown in this example image I have found in the internet:


texts:
Anybody knows any Mac alternative for Linux's APLAY program? I would like to run this script:

echo "main(i){for(i=0;;i++)putchar(((i*(i>>8|i>>9)&46&i>>8))^(i&i>>13|i>>6));}" | gcc -x c - && ./a.out | aplay

Which makes great sound effect, but I don't know how, since Mac OS doesn't have aplay.

EDIT:

Link to Wikipedia, which describes the functionality of aplay.


texts: Restore iphone 5 with broken wake/sleep button

texts: I have forgotten my 4-digit iphone passcode and want to restore it but have a broken wake/sleep button and cannot find a way to do so online, any suggestions?


texts: HFS+ vs APFS: What are the pros/cons of converting HDDs to APFS?

texts:
I've got a few USB 3.0 HDDs I use for backup and game storage, all formatted in HFS+.

What are the advantages/disadvantages of migrating to APFS on an HDD?


texts: My Photos app is not showing the "My Photo Stream" album

texts:
In the Photos app on my iPhone (iPhone 7, iOS 14.5.1) I cannot see the "My Photo Stream" album. I know I used to be able to see it.
I didn't pay this much attention but then I noticed in the iOS WhatsApp app that the photo picker there was displaying the photo stream album.
I have Photo Stream enabled in Settings.
Why can't I see the "My Photo Stream" album and how can I fix it so it shows up in Photos?
Based on this post: Why is Photo Stream not visible in iOS 12? it's being "phased out" but it's supposed to be active and visible. My Apple ID is very old as well. Plus as I said it shows up for WhatsApp, so why can't I see it / modify it in Photos?
I do have iCloud Photos turned on, in case that's relevant. I also can't see the "My Photo Stream" album in iCloud Photos in a web browser.
Can't seem to find it in macOS 11.2.3 either.
Apple's support page on the subject does mention new Apple IDs may not have access but it also doesn't say anything about My Photo Stream not showing up at all.


texts: Can't enable spell checker option in Xcode

texts: Option is greyed out and I cannot enable spell checking in Xcode


texts: Will it damage my iPad if I use an iPhone charger to charge it?

texts:
I have the opposite issue of this question: Is it OK to charge my iPhone with my iPad charger?

I want to use my iPhone charger (plugged directly into main electricity) to charge my iPad. I've noticed that the charger gets quite warm when charging the iPad (not iPhone).

Is it unsafe to charge the iPad via the iPhone 5W charger?


texts: Looking for a 360° object view iPhone app

texts:
I'm looking for a 360° iPhone app that models one object from either a level path around the object or perhaps even a true 360 view from any angle looking in at the object.

This is different than the usual panorama 360° that captures what you see from one point in all directions, but one that allows the illusion of a central object to move and not the point of view (camera) moving.


texts: What is the `installd` process, and why is it eating my CPU?

texts:
My MacBook is frying my lap, and the CPU monitor is going crazy: over 200% CPU being used by a process named installd.
What is it?  Can I kill it?


texts: How to select an entire photo ("select all") in icloud photos

texts:
Command-A is not working to select an entire photo. I am needing to do a manual region screenshot. Why is that? Is there an alternative?
For the following Command-A does not work: a subsequent Command-V into MSWord or Command-N into Preview do nothing. But a partial screenshot does work for both of those.


texts:
Is there a way to prevent the iPhone from locking when "Sleep iPod" is activated as a timer?

I have this alarm clock app (SleepCycle) that needs to be running on an unlocked iPhone to pick up movement during the night. If I also want to listen to music or an audiobook while falling asleep, I set the clock timer to sleep iPod after a certain interval, but this seems to also lock the iPhone, even if I've set auto-lock to never. Any ideas?


texts: Is there a security concern when adding a user to sudoers?

texts:
I want to add an user who is not in admin or wheel group into the sudoers file, but I don't want to risk some kind of privilege escalation.

Are there any additional privileges for users listed in sudoers other than running sudo commands with password prompt?


texts:
My Macbook air has OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 on it. There was a software update notification for it so I proceeded with the upgrade. After installation the computer restarted and during restart it went blank and displayed a black screen with a symbol. Every time I restart now that is what I get. Please see attached picture to see the symbol. How do I recover from this?

thank you,
Shar


texts: After erasing 200 GB I need to repair it using the Recovery HD

texts:
I was cleaning my MacBook Pro, erasing all unused files I had on it. After that I decided to erase the free space, so I will have all my files organized and cleaned the "used space". After that I verified the disk that shows the following error:

  This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.

The questions are:

My mac will go from scratch, means erase all the programs, files, music, pictures etc?
What if I install Yosemite, will it solve my problems?
If number 2 doesn't solve the problem, are there any steps I should take now?

I'm now backing up my MacBook on time machine, just in "case" I lose it all, and before I erased the free space all was fine!


texts: MacBook Air 2017 internal speakers and headphones sound fluctuating - hardware or software issue?

texts:
Problem:

My MacBook Air 2017 (OS Mojave) internal speaker is emitting barely audible audio even at max volume.
When headphones are plugged in, at times the audio suddenly becomes clear of its own accord and at other times does not work at all.
I had Ubuntu installed for a while (single boot) but then switched back by doing a clean OS Mojave installation. I can't be sure but I think the problem started after that.

Fixes Tried:
I have tried PRAM and SMC reset, checking volume through a test user account and other small fixes listed online.
Can I conclude that its a hardware issue?


texts:
I was trying to get emacs minimap to work on the terminal - http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MiniMap

However, the font is the same size as the rest of the screen, which makes it pretty useless. It seems to be the same in iTerm.

The standalone Emacs.app works, but I'd rather not use it.

Is there a mac terminal which supports multiple fonts?


texts:
I have just updated my os to High Sierra after a format. Through the App Store app, a version update was required (namely macOS High Sierra 10.13 Supplemental Update) so I did it.

Then as it was installing I encountered the following error,

The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged

I tried to fix it using some details from here. However the find command couldn't locate the missing file. For the record I entered all the commands in the aforementioned post.

So I went trying some stuff (which I don't quite remember) and somehow I managed to boot my computer normally (boots in the update resulted in a continuous update loop that I managed to exit). And now I have the same update pending in my App Store and of course I want to execute it.

Now, I wouldn't want to fall back to the bad update situation so I was thinking maybe to download the update again.

How can I delete the files from the bad update?

Is this strategy going to make any difference?

(running on a MacBook Pro 15-inch 2016)


texts: Using "tar" command in Terminal for multiple folders/files

texts:
I have many files like these

SomeDirectory/RandomName.spa
SomeDirectory/AnotherRandomName.spa
SomeDirectory/YetAnotherRandomName.spa

...

I want to unpack every .spa file in SomeDirectory to their each seperate folders, with the same name. I would use something like - tar -xvf, but with what attributes?

Afterwards I want to pack every folder in SomeDirectory again back to RandomName.spa, (keeping the name of folder). The command would be tar -cvf, but with what attributes?


texts: MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt display - Why do programs always start on the laptop screen?

texts:
I have an MBP Retina with a Thunderbolt display. I have them arranged non-mirrored with the thunderbolt display in front of me (bluetooth keyboard) and the laptop to the right.

I'm using the TB display for most things and the laptop for 'overflow' when needed.

The problem is that whenever I start a new program it appears first on the laptop screen and I have to drag it onto the Thunderbolt display.

Why is it doing this, and how can I have it start programs on the thunderbolt display?


texts: How to install apps to Snow Leopard after a fresh reinstall and still keep the MacBook in a pre-first-boot state?

texts:
I'm selling my 2007 White MacBook.

In line with many suggestions I've seen online I've securely wiped the drive and done a re-install but have hit a problem.

The machine came with OS X 10.4 Tiger but I've since upgraded it to Leopard then Snow Leopard.

Ideally I'd like to give the new owner the new MacBook experience with the spinning Welcome text but I'd also like to stick them on the latest Snow Leopard.
The problem is, when I do a fresh install of Snow Leopard the machine won't have the iLife applications (they are on the original Tiger install disks).

Is there a way I can get the iLife apps on there without needing to set up an account on the machine?

If not, what's the best thing to do?
Setting up an account is something I'd rather not do (I know I'd be annoyed if I bought a second-hand MacBook and it already had an account on it).
On the other hand installing Tiger and giving them the upgrade disks also seems a bit poor.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks in advance.

Follow up:
All the answers below were very informative, clearly explained and probably equally effective.
I chose the one that best suited my circumstances but hopefully they will all be of use to future readers of this question.
Thanks to all who contributed.


texts: Restart USB hubs without restarting the whole computer

texts:
I am running MacBook pro OS Catalina 10.15.7.  When I unplug my USB-C modem, sometimes it will no longer work again when plugged in, even after having the computer sleep.  The only solution I have found that works is to restart my computer.
The following question is very similar.  In my case, the USB works the first time it is plugged in, but may or may not work if unplugged and replugged in.  If the following questions was answered, this one would probably be answered too, but there is no answer to this question yet:
Refresh USB port / restart usb service
Both ports have the same behavior, and even when the hub stops working it still passes power to the computer (can charge through the hub).  So my issue is different from this one:
Macbook Pro: One USB-C port only works for charging devices
It seems this may relate to the SMC, but I don't know why, just that others seem to think that  one cannot reset the SMC without rebooting.
https://www.imore.com/how-troubleshoot-dead-usb-c-ports-your-macbook
Reset SMC without power button
Is there any way to reset the USB ports without rebooting my computer.  (Or is it possible to demonstrate that the problem is linked to the SMC?)
The only way I have found to prevent the problem is to not run my power through the USB-C hub (note that an answer to this question suggests this should be acceptable practice: USB C HUB delivery safe?), but rather to plug them separately into the two USB-C ports.  But this is prevention, not the "cure" I am looking for.


texts: Decrypting Login Keychain encrypted with smartcard

texts:
I set up login with smartcard (actually a yubikey, but over
   PKCS#11/PIV).

I restarted and logged in with my smartcard+pin instead
   of with my password, and I was prompted to give my old password to
   update my keychain. I foolishly entered my current password
   confusedly.

I then rebooted again and was asked for my current keychain password
   as it wasn't the password I entered on boot (apparently). I tried both
   my current and previous passwords and neither work. I suspect it's
   been set to something based on my smartcard encrypting something, but
   I have no idea what and can't find it online.

Not only do I not have access to my keychain now, but I'm constantly
   prompted for my keychain password.

Suggestions as to how to figure out my current keychain password? or
   to induce logging in with smartcard/PIN instead of password so it
   magically works?


texts:
While I am using multiple desktops on my Mac, I would like to mirror one of these desktops on a second monitor.

This monitor would keep mirroring this desktop while I could switch between all of my desktops with my main monitor.

Any ideas on how to make this happen?

I am using an iPad as a second monitor if that might be important.


texts: I've been looking into making my terminal more visually expressive. So far I've found , and learnt how to import themes and customize color schemes, but I was wondering how people get these cool icons and visual modifications as seen in these images. Can anyone provide me with some useful links?


texts: How to make ⌘N open a new window in Safari?

texts: ⌘N currently opens a new tab in Safari, but I would like for that key command to open a new window (like in Chrome). Is there anyway to do that?


texts: Macbook Pro 15inch mid 2010 won't detect internal hard drive

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My mid-2010 Macbook Pro displayed the question mark on boot. I bought a new hard drive (SSD) thinking the hard drive failed (had a SSD in there).
After replacing the SSD, I still had the same question mark coming up.
I put my original SSD in an external case and successfully booting off USB.
It still did not recognise the internal disk.
After researching the problem, I have since replaced the hard drive cable as this seem a common issue with this machine at this age. This did not fix the issue.
I have been since using the Macbook Pro using my SSD via USB.
One day I booted up and received a message that there was a disk connected that wasn't initialised. Curious, I opened the disk utility to see if my new SSD was recognised. It was! I formatted it and thought my issue had magically resolved itself!
Then the next day it refused to find it again. Then it found it again. And now, ever since it hasn't been able to read the internal disk.
I was hoping to get this working as the machine runs fine, apart from this issue.
Any ideas?
System: OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
Macbook Pro mid-2010 15" 8GB Ram 2.4ghz Intel Core i5
Tried replacing cable
Tried using 3 different working hard drives (SSD 500gb, SSD 490GB, HDD 320GB)
Tried running on El Capitan using USB
Tried zapping PRAM
Tried booting in safe mode/select disk boot mode


texts: Merging two accounts on a Macbook Pro with OS X Yosemite

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I'm a first time MacBook owner and have recently completed the data transfer from my Windows Laptop to my Mac.

As a result of this, I now have two separate profiles and would like to merge them into one.  Is this possible?


texts: Multi-selection of text in text areas (Chrome, Sparrow) will switch keyboard to "Insert mode" and overwrite too much text

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OSX 10.7.4, MacBook Air

I've noticed that when I select text and attempt to replace it with additional text, some text areas will maintain the selection and cause me to errantly delete data from my text area. I can easily reproduce it in Chrome 19 or Sparrow 1.5, but I cannot reproduce this behavior in TextEdit or Textmate, however.

To reproduce:

Type some text in a text area in Chrome or Sparrow: "This is a test"
Select "This is"
"This is" will be highlighted
Start typing. "This is" will immediately disappear, but the selection will remain and instead highlight " a test". I hit another keystroke, and it deletes the "a test", deselects, and goes back to normal.
Sometimes, however, it will remain selected for an indeterminate amount of time and I'll have inadvertently deleted most of a paragraph simply by typing a single word!

It seemingly does not work if I highlight a single word - it has to do with multi-word select and typing immediately after selecting.

This is kind of insane, bizarro behavior I've never seen from OS X. Any thoughts? It's driving me crazy. I've reproduced it with the built-in trackpad and the Magic Trackpad.

For reference, it's the same issue as reported here, yet unresolved (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3756111?start=0&tstart=0)


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I've upgraded to Mountain Lion und also upgrade to the latest Version of XCode (V 4.4).

I use the iOS Simulator mainly for Webdevelopment and not for iOS Development therefore I'm not that into this matter.

When I launch the iOS Simulator it takes quite a while to load and the "beachball" is rotating. After 30sec or so the beachball is gone and the simulated iPhone is kinda ready - however, it doesn't show any OS. It's just a black screen!

If I see the iOS Version under Hardware - Version  there is only one available option 4.3.2 (8H7) which is checked.

Moreover when I launch the iOS Simulator and the "beachball" appears my fans go crazy and the computer gets really hot.

Any ideas on that?


texts: How to add metadata to log archive, so that `log show --last` works?

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Whenever I run the log show command from the command line, I get a warning message, log: warning: The log archive contains partial or missing metadata.

This appears to prevent me from using the --last option to limit output to the most recent time interval. The failed log command returns an exit status of 65.

% log show --last 2s --style syslog
log: warning: The log archive contains partial or missing metadata
log: cannot use --last when archive metadata is missing
% echo $?
65

What I want to happen is something similar to what I get when I use the --start option with a timestamp in the recent past. The successful command returns an exit status of 0.

% date
Fri 10 Jan 2020 18:43:56 PST
% log show --start "2020-01-10 18:44:00" --style syslog
log: warning: The log archive contains partial or missing metadata
Skipping info and debug messages, pass --info and/or --debug to include.
Timestamp                       (process)[PID]
2020-01-10 18:44:04.459968-0800  localhost xpcproxy[99272]: (libsystem_info.dylib) Created Activity ID: 0x1f9010, Description: Retrieve User by ID
2020-01-10 18:44:04.460147-0800  localhost xpcproxy[99273]: (libsystem_info.dylib) Created Activity ID: 0x1f9020, Description: Retrieve User by ID
…[snip, remaining output elided]…
% echo $?
0

How can I get the log archive to contain sufficient metadata so that log show --last 2s works as I want it to?

This is observed on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. My account has administrator access, which the log command requires to return any content. The access is demonstrated by the log --start command succeeding.


texts: How do I make 1 empty partition out of an external USB disk?

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I made a mistake with dd and now my external USB disk looks as follows:

$ diskutil list

(... output ...)

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS BLA                     268.4 MB   disk2s1
   2:                      Linux                         1.6 GB     disk2s2

Now when I open the disk in Disk Utility, it only shows 268.4 MB, not the full 4 TB it should be. I can't seem to fix it in Disk Utility, but I'm sure it can be done using the command line?

The output of gpt is as follows:

~$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk2
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1        8191
        8192      524288      1  MBR part 175
      532480     3080192      2  MBR part 131
     3612672  7810357248

I sense that the solution is something like overwriting the whole disk with zeroes using dd and /dev/zero, but after my previous failure I am now scared that I brick the disk permanently.


texts: Do I need the Developer Program to sign an app for my own use?

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I installed iTerm2 from MacPorts; since it was built from source, it wasn’t notarized. If I want to sign it for my own usage (not distributing any app), do I need to (pay $99 and) join the Developer Program? I have not joined the program, but apparently there is a local certificate with name “Apple Development:” followed by my Apple ID. Can I use that to sign? I tried
codesign --force --sign 'Apple Development: foo@example.com' /Applications/MacPorts/iTerm2.app

and saw error message:
/Applications/MacPorts/iTerm2.app: code object is not signed at all
In subcomponent: /Applications/MacPorts/iTerm2.app/Contents/XPCServices/pidinfo.xpc

background
The reason I want to sign iTerm2 is that unsigned version can’t run osascript to control another application. To verify:
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to display dialog "hello!"'

With unsigned iTerm2 I got authorization error (-1743). (Of course I intended to use OSA for more complicated automation.)


texts: How can I reproduce this magnification effect for my own screen shots?

texts: Does anyone know how to make the great-looking magnifying glass, shown in Apple's image, shown below? I really like the shadow! I'd love to know what software Apple uses for this.


texts: Right click in Ubuntu Virtual Box guest VM is not working

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I am running Ubuntu in Virtualbox in Mac OS.

I found that rightclick in the guest Ubuntu, by tapping the trackpad while pressing ctrl key, doesn't work. E.G.

it doesn't show the menu for file properties and removal option, when right clicking a file under Nautilus.
in chrome browser, when right clicking a link, it doesn't show option to open it in a new tab.

when I connect a wired mouse to macbook pro, right clicking works i.e. brings out properties of a file, etc. So does two-finger tapping the trackpad.

How can I troubleshoot this?


texts: MacBookPro / MacBookAir performance question

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I plan to replace my old MacBook with a new MacBookPro or Air but I am not exactly sure what I need. I work as a windows software developer so I need to run Windows with Visual Studio 2010. I am very sure this is no problem on any new machine and Bootcamp but I would like to run my windows only in a virtual machine. So I will be working with Visual Studio while still be able to use all the OSX tools the same time.

Is a MacBookAir powerful enough to do that?


texts: How to upload pictures from Photos app to dropbox

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I was trying to upload a few images from my iPad Photos app to dropbox. However, when I clicked on the share icon(the box with an arrow pointing upward),I don't see any Dropbox to select from. The only options I have are Message, Mail,Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Snapchat, Pocket, LinkedIn, and Evernote.

I don't want to go to the dropbox app and upload pictures there by selecting images from the photos app(assuming that it is possible). I am running the latest version of iOS(8.1) and have dropbox app as well as in the notification widgets. Still sharing to dropbox doesn't seem possible. I've tried the same thing in my 5th gen iPod touch, with the same result.

Could someone please help?


texts: iTunes Match priority between computers and cloud

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I've been cleaning up my iTunes song collection, and recently edited all songs that had 'various' in the field for Artist. Two days later, they're back.

Is there a sequence to use to make sure an edited artist, song, genre, etc stays with the song and updates on the other Mac/PC that's tied to the account? Strange that these edits were lost this way.


texts: How to automatically open files downloaded from Safari?

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When I download mp4 files from Safari, I'd like them to open automatically once they have been downloaded. How can this be done?

Safari Preferences->General->Open "safe" files after downloading is checked.

I want to automatically open file that might not be "safe".


texts: Is it possible to disable cellular data use?

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If I buy the 250MB monthly data plan and share with my wife, but use WiFi for 98% of the monthly usage, will this work for us? We are retired and home all day.

I keep hearing that the iPhone will use cellular data regardless of WiFi, can I keep this from happening?


texts: How can I see which application is using Bin, so that it cannot be emptied?

texts:
How can I see which application is using the Bin, so that it cannot be emptied?

I've so many tasks and projects open, so I'd rather not restart the macOS Catalina.

I have tried looking in Activity Monitor, but couldn't figure it out.


texts: changing in mac battery condition from service recomended to normal by updating os?

texts: i have 2017 macbook pro the battery condition was showing service recommended.after a while i updated my os to Big Sur and now the battery condition is normal should i be worried or its ok and i can continue using it?


texts: Why my logitech blue-tooth keyboard and mouse don't work well with Mac

texts: I bought a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse suite, but they do not work well with my Mac, the mouse usually gets stuck and the there is a large delay when typing with the blue-tooth keyboard. How can I get rid of that?


texts: Web clips on Dashboard not always updating correctly in OS X (Lion)

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I am having problems with Web Clips. Had the problem in OS X Leopard and now in Lion.

My problem is that I have clipped the "Major Stock Indexes" part of this page: http://online.wsj.com/mdc/page/marketsdata.html and sometimes it updates when I go to the dashboard, sometimes not (the timestamp in that section can be up to 24 hours old), which is frustrating. Going to the page in Safari shows me an updated page with a timestamp as of now, so it's not the page compatability with Safari that's the problem but I suspect something to do with web clips / the OS X dashboard functionality.

I have (of course) googled for a solution, but found none.

Any ideas of how I could solve it (or if not, how can one report a bug to Apple so they actually look at it/fix it)?

Thanks :-)


texts: How to "resize" side-by-side windows SIMULTANEOUSLY on Mac?

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I recently switched from Windows to Mac M1 running Big Sur and can't find a feature that I had on my Windows Laptop.
On windows, I had AquaSnap installed, which has really nice features. One of those is that when windows were next to each other, I was able to resize the windows simultaneously when they were next to each other. E.g. when I want to make one app bigger and the other side smaller, I just pressed Ctrl while dragging one app to a side and both sides got resized.
I found a video on YouTube where somebody did this on the Mac, but in the video, both apps went into full-screen mode (and obviously shared the space). However, my Mac does not behave like this (i.e. does not go into full-screen mode and also does not resize both apps simultaneously when resizing) and I think this behaviour was part of an earlier software version.
Is there another (simple) possibility to activate this feature?
It is worth mentioning that on my Mac I have BetterSnapTools installed, but did not find such a feature there.


texts: How to restrict the domain of a function in Grapher?

texts:
In some math software, you can restrict the domain of a function by adding a command and the conditions after the function definition. Example, for Symbolab:

x^2, x >0

But this doesn't work in Grapher. I get this yellow warning:


texts: How to hide the iTerm icon from status menu?

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How can I remove the iTerm icon from the status bar menu? I'm not sure how this area is called, so I provided an additional screen

I've already excluded it from Doc and cmd-Tab Application Switcher but I didn't find what is the way to get rid of the icon from macOS status bar.

macOS verion: 10.15.7
iTerm2 version: 3.4.4

Thanks in advance


texts: Can't disable 'Check spelling while typing' in 'Notes' in OSX El Capitan 10.11.6

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This is driving me crazy.

In 'Notes', with a note text open/active, I uncheck 'Edit->Spelling and Grammar->Check spelling while typing'. Now the red underlines disappear from words believed to be spelled incorrectly, as expected. I close 'Notes', open it again. The same note text is active, but the red underlines are back. Checking the menu item above, I see that it is now checked again.

How come this setting won't stick when closing/opening 'Notes'? If I open/display another note text, then open/display the first note text, the red underlines are not back - it is only when 'Notes' is closed that this setting seems to be forgotten.

I have tried this:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2577594 (changing some system-wide settings, however written for a different version of OSX)
...but it doesn't help.

Possibly a similar problem (not entirely clear) on OSX Yosemite, however no solution:
How to completely, utterly, disable spell-check on OS X Yosemite?


texts: My iPhone isn't playing WhatsApp videos sent from an android device through WhatsApp

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I have an iPhone 5s and it isn't playing videos sent to me on WhatsApp, the sender is a Samsung user so maybe that's why? I can only hear the sound but the image is blank.
Is there a way to fix this or a video player than can play the videos?


texts: Where is the bluetooth antenna located in iPhones?

texts:
I posted this question on the Apple support forum, but no one could give me an answer.

I am researching iBeacons for my final year project at University and I'm interested to know the position of the Bluetooth antenna in the iPhones.

Can anybody give me a reliable source explaining where the bluetooth antenna is located on the different versions of the iPhones? iPhone 4S up to 6 plus.

Cheers.


texts: Damaged hard drive due to magnet damage (Macbook Pro)

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I am able to get internet recovery on my Macbook Pro that I previously wiped with a magnet

I was trying to re-install OS X Mountain Lion again but when I got to the 'choose a disk' there was no 'disk' to be found.

I'm not too sure what this means, could someone please explain if this is something I can fix myself?


texts: How to type foreign currency symbols on iOS?

texts:
Is there a way to type special unicode characters, or more specifically foreign currency sumbols, on an iPhone or iPad?

I mean symbols like ¥ (Yen), ฿ (Bitcoin or Thai Baht), ₩ (Korean Won) etc.

I'm just using a normal english iOS 9. How can I type those e.g. when writing an email or Telegram message or when submitting info on a website?


texts: When I buy an iPhone 6 from the Apple website and select contract-free from T-Mobile, is the phone carrier unlocked?

texts:
When Apple were selling iPhone 5s on the site, the T-Mobile option was a subset of "unlocked".

Are the T-Mobile iPhone 6 unlocked?

If not how does get an unlocked iPhone 6 unlocked?


texts: No bootable device - insert boot disk and press any key

texts:
When I boot my Macbook Pro 13" Retina (running newest Mavericks), it is showing me this error:

However! If I boot holding the ⌥ alt-key, it shows Mavericks as option. When I  press ⌤ enter-key to confirm, it will boot normally. (I'm using this Macbook now to type this question).

Why won't my Macbook boot anymore? I did not use disk utility or something. What can cause this issue?


texts: Getting the longitude and latitude from Google Maps

texts:
I got a friend who sent me his location via WhatsApp. I am also having the navigation software sygic installed, and it accepts the longitude and latitude to specifiy the location.

For it can I pull the longitude and latitude from google maps and sent them in Sygic?


texts:
BetterTouchTool keeps exiting. How do I make sure that it reopens when it exits, and that duplicate processes aren't spawned?

Thanks


texts: What friends are listening to not showing up

texts:
I don't have that option on phone, windows itunes, macos music app. Sync Library is on but not showing up. As you see in the photo, Apple says tap to "See What Friends Are Listening To" but I don't have that option on Apple Music app. So I can't create a social profile on Apple Music.

How can I add friends to my iTunes Music subscription so I can see what they are playing and get a weekly friends mix added to my iPhone and subscription?


texts: Removing FileVault2 key from memory on lid close

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I would like to know, how to remove FileVault2 keys from memory, when I close the lid on my Macbook pro 15" running Yosemite.

It works, when I leave the computer as it slowly goes into standby by itself (first lock-screen then the screensaver and then standby). I had manage to do this, with this classic command:

sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1

But the problem is, that when I close the lid when the screen is just locked, or it isn't locked it, wouldn't destroy the keys. It just locks the screen.

Short version: I want to destroy FileVault2 keys when I close the laptop lid.


texts: Strange problems installing operating systems on old MacBook air?

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My Questions

Why is the Lubuntu install not working? How can I make it work?
Why are my Windows partitions not showing up in any partition managers?

Confused? Read below.

What I Did

I have an old MacBook air lying around that I had installed Arch Linux on.
I kinda got tired of Arch Linux, and wanted to see the effects, so I did the classic rm -rf / --no-preserve-root.
Yesterday, I wanted to install Lubuntu. I flashed it to a  usb flash drive with Etcher.
I launched the installer and ran it, choosing to erase disk and install Lubuntu.
It was a success, until the end where I got the error grub-efi-amd64-signed failed installation /target/. Looking at the logs, I also got the errors ubiquity: E: Unable to locate package shim-signed and grub-installer: info: calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed and the installer crashed.
Thinking it might be a lack of internet connectivity, I connected to ethernet. I know it worked because the option to download updates wasn't greyed out. It still didn't work.
I read somewhere that I might need a EFI system partition, so I manually partitioned it. It still didn't work.
Getting tired of that, I wanted to have some operating system, so I created a bootable Windows 10 installation media with Rufus. It installed perfectly, and Windows worked fine after I installed the BootCamp support drivers, besides no bluetooth or multitouch trackpad support.
Again, I wanted to install Lubuntu, maybe install it to another hard drive (an HGST Touro S). So I opened up the Lubuntu installer again and manually partitioned my hard drive (the external one). Of course, it failed...
BUT I noticed a weird thing. The partition manager in the Lubuntu installer said that my MacBook's hard drive was empty. 100% free space. The same thing appeared on GParted in the Lubuntu live OS.
But that's weird because my computer boots, and on the Windows Disk Management app it says that there are partitions.

Note

I am re-posting a question from superuser that is now deleted. This was recommended here.


texts: Can I stop the optical audio out from entering 'time out' when idle?

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In my office I have a surround-sound receiver, and I have my MacBook Pro (6,1) hooked up via a TOSLink cable and adapter, and it works beautifully, except this: if there are no sounds playing for a short time, the optical out port 'times out', and then the optical signal to the stereo receiver is shut off.

It's immediately re-established if something happens to make a sound (I start a song in iTunes, receive an IM or mail, etc) but it takes about 1.5 seconds to sync up with the stereo receiver, so the first 1.5 sec of sound is lost.  After that the optical out port stays up for about  60 seconds, and then goes down again.  So I tend to miss IM/email if I'm not looking at the screen when they come in, which is why I have sound turned on in the first place.

Obviously I could unplug the TOSLink when not looking at the screen, but this is very inconvenient, and seems silly.  I would prefer the connection to just stay on when idle.  Is there a plist setting buried somewhere to accomplish this?  The system preference pane for optical out is very sparse, reading only "The selected device has no output controls." Presumably this is a power-saving gesture but the Energy Saver Preference pane is similarly devoid of properties for this feature.

Where can I find more properties?


texts: Is it possible to send push notifications to the iPhone Simulator?

texts:
I am developing a push notification infrastructure and would like to test it with the iPhone Simulator on a Mac.

Is this possible, or do I need to use a physical iPhone?


texts: How to launch system's "Network diagnostics" from the command line

texts: I would like to launch "Network diagnostics" from the command line.


texts: How can I automate mouse clicks and keyboard input with Automator in Mac Mojave?

texts: If I position my mouse cursor at a certain point on the screen, is it possible to use the Automator or AppleScript to "click" the mouse, enter a keyboard shortcut (say, command-5), press the return key, and then repeat those three things n times?


texts: iOS third-party keyboard with functionality to swipe down on letters to enter numbers/symbols?

texts: On some Android keyboards (for example), the main display is a full QWERTY keyboard with numbers or symbols under the letters. You can either press directly on a letter to type it, or swipe down on the letter to type the associated number/symbol. This allows you to enter numbers/symbols much faster than if you had to switch to a separate numbers/symbols pane. Is there any third-party iOS keyboard with this functionality?


texts: Is Late 2016 MacBook Pro 13" Capable of 3440 x 1440 @ 100 Hz?

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I have a Late 2016 MacBook Pro 13" laptop and I am considering buying the Samsung CF791 34" monitor, capable of 3440 x 1440 @ 100 Hz resolution. I realize I may need to buy an adapter, such as the USB-C to DisplayPort Adapter Cable from StarTech, but I'm concerned I won't be able to get 100 Hz from this cable and/or the built-in video card won't support that resolution and refresh rate.

If I buy this monitor and cable, will I be able to use the Mac at 3440 x 1440 @ 100 Hz resolution?


texts:
I have a iPhone 4s 64GB for 3 1/2 years now. A few weeks ago, my volume bar randomly wasn't showing up when I tried pressing the + or - button on the phone itself.

Also, the volume bar was "grey texted" when opening the music app and it was completely gone opening the screen where you swipe from down the screen.

The problem fixed itself when I had the phone charged over 30% battery power and restarted the phone a few times.

When i'm getting a phone call or setting the timer, the speaker just works, no problems.

When I have a headphone plugged in, the sound also works normally.

When setting the option on to that i can set the calling sound with my volume buttons, the volume buttons work fine.

Questions

How does this come and how can i solve this problem??


texts: Howto change the Apple logo after Filevault login?

texts:
I managed to change the Apple logo that comes up before my APFS encrypted Filevault disk is accessible from...

(That's a white apple on a transparent background).

... to...

After logging in and unlocking the encrypted filevault disk, my account avatar is shown above the progress bar and about half-way it switches to a grey Apple logo. Where can I find the file that is displayed here? It is not in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/LoginUIKit.framework/, but where else could it be?

I'm running macOS High Sierra on a last-generation white polycarbonate Macbook.


texts: Is the 20 cm Lightning to 30-pin adapter functionally different than the shorter all in one part?

texts:
Are the two male Lightning to female 30-pin adapters that Apple is selling functionally equivalent (other than the fact that one has a 20 cm cable between the endpoints)?

 Part MD823ZM/A
 Part MD824ZM/A


texts: How to Stop Website Requests for Location

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This is macOS 10.12.6 and Safari 11.1.

Frequently when accessing a website new to me, I am presented with this dialog:

In System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, the checkbox for Safari is unchecked, presumably blocking this sort of request...but they keep appearing.

Is there another setting I've missed (perhaps in Safari preferences), or some other way to block these Location requests or to mandate a default "Don't Allow?" I think this could be done by turning off Location Services entirely, but then I'd lose "Find My Mac" which I'd like to retain.


texts: Why is this Wi-Fi problem happening to my Mac and iPhone constantly and how to fix it

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I have a dual-band Netgear router, an iPhone 6 and a MBP 13" early 2015 (Both devices were on Beta tester OS but not anymore).

When I try to connect to the 5GHz network from the router I end up connected but having a self-assigned IP like so (Happens to both my devices):

When I connect to the 5GHz using my phone I also get a self-assigned IP

After connected my devices will assign it self an IPv4 that looks like 169.254.xx.xxx) and obviously I cannot connect to the Internet using this IP.

When I connect to the 2.4GHz, the network becomes insanely slow (Even though the signal strength is at the best), I pinged my router (192.168.1.1) and I end up with average latency of 322ms and a 5.4% Package loss (BTW I'm right in front of the router). Speedtest.net and speediest-cli gives up/download speed test at around 3/1 mbs.

All of my flatmates says the WiFi works fine for them (and they are further away from the router than me)

Here are the solutions I found and tried:

Turning WiFi connection on and off
Rebooting my Mac and router
Forgetting the WiFi and connect again
Manually setting IPv4
Setting my DNS to 192.168.1.1
Disconnect, deleted all the .plist files listed in tutorials and attempt to connect again
All of above tried again using terminal with sudo
All of above tried again using terminal with sudo but with csrutil disable in Recovery mode

None of them worked.

Is there another solution that I haven’t tried? Why does it keep happening to me but not my flatmates? Is there a way to stop Apple devices from self assigning IP addresses?

All I want is to be able to connect to the Internet using the 5GHz (because it working for all others) or at least not having such high latency with the 2.4GHz


texts: Apple Remote Desktop over internet "without" port forwarding

texts:
Is it possible using Apple Remote Desktop to connect to computers over the internet (so different networks) ** without ** having to tweak the router settings of those devices?

PS currently using both Mojave and Catalina


texts: What are the downsides to using Time Machine?

texts:
I hear a lot about the good aspects of using Time Machine, particularly the fact that it's so easy to use that people actually do backups!

What are the downsides to using Time Machine compared to other contemporary backup programs? My particular interest is the disadvantages of using it in a (semi)-managed environment i.e. at a university.


texts:
I've just installed a new SSD on my old Macbook mid2010 in the CD unit, so i took away the cds, to upgrade to this new extra Hard drive.
On the other side, I replace my old HD for a new 1tb HD so I can save my Multimedia data on it, without taking place of the space the SSD has for opperational use.
It works great, because I start over with the finder and it runs great booting from the SSD. But I still have the question if it would be better, if I plugged the SSD in the old HD slot. The question came to after i did the whole upgrade.

Should be better the other way around?


texts: What is the fastest connection between two MacBooks

texts:
What is the fastest way to connect two MacBooks? In my case I want to connect an MacBook Air (2011) with a Retina MacBookPro and use Screen Sharing.

Options I'm thinking of:

Thunderbolt/Ethernet and connecting both MacBooks directly?
something else?


texts: Alert time discrepancies when synchronizing calendars between iOS 6 and OS X 10.8

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Mac running OS X 10.8.2 and iPhone running iOS 6. There is an issue synchronizing the alert times of events created on Calendar. Both devices are set so that the default alert times are 30 min before the start of the event.

When creating an event on the iPhone, with alert (say 5 minutes before the start) which is different than the default 30 min, after synchronizing it appears on the computer with alert time equal to the default (30 min before start) and not the 5 min as created on the iPhone.

When creating an event on the computer, with alert (say 15 min before start) which is different than the default 30 min before start; after synchronizing, it appears on the iPhone with two alerts, one equal to the created on the computer (15 min) and another, equal to the default (30 min).

In both cases, after synchronizing, the alert time stays as created on the device on which the event was created. After the second synchronization, nothing changes on either device, although there is discrepancy between the alert times on both devices. In iTunes, the checkbox in front of Calendars in "Replace information on this iPhone" is unchecked.

I am not sure if this started after upgrading to iOS 6 or OS X 10.8, as I upgraded within 1-2 weeks and didn't notice the exact time when the problem started, but the problem didn't exist with iOS 5.1.1 and OS X 10.7.

Any ideas how to fix that?

Edit: iTunes either via USB or Wi-Fi is used for synchronizing. Nothing in the settings has changed since upgrading the computer to 10.8 and the iPhone to iOS 6 (at least not changed by me, the new versions of the operating systems may have changed something).


texts: My SATA hardrive was ejected, and is unable to be remounted due to issues

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I have a Mac Pro 2012, so it's running Mountain Lion :( but it has a few partitioned drives. I have tower 1 and tower 2. Tower 2 just recently froze my computer, this has most of my videos for editing, so losing it would be quite the shame. I restarted the computer and the tower 2 icon on the left side was gone. I tried repairing it in Disk Utility, and then also in Terminal. This is the response I'm getting from my trusty ole Apple:

Last login: Tue Sep 13 18:34:11 on ttys001
DAJ-ROMMs-Mac-Pro:~ andrew$ diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk1
Repairing the partition map might erase disk1s1, proceed? (y/N) y
Started partition map repair on disk1
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Problems were encountered during repair of the partition map
Error: -69770: Partition map check failed because no slices were found

I've tried a lot of other things, like redownload the OS, and disabling spotlight through the terminal. I always end up on this response. I would really like to continue my editing, so if this rings a bell for anyone, I'd be forever grateful.

Last login: Wed Sep 14 14:03:44 on ttys000
sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk1
      start        size  index  contents
         0           1         PMBR
         1           1         Pri GPT header
         2          32         Pri GPT table
        34           6
        40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    409640  1953115495
1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
1953525167           1         Sec GPT header
gpt show: /dev/disk2: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
     start        size  index  contents
         0           1         MBR
         1           1         Pri GPT header
         2          32         Pri GPT table
        34      411614
    411648  1953112064      2  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1953523712        1423
1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
1953525167           1         Sec GPT header


texts: Macbook Pro Early 2015 (A1502) Keyboard not Working Sometimes

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I'm currently using a macbook pro 2015 early, i updated to macOS Catalina 5 days ago, on the first day the keyboard was working fine, but they keyboard started freezing at random times (Only the power key works, others don't work) the touchpad works with force touch as normally.

I've resetted the PRAM,NVRAM & SMC also
Replugged the battery connector
Replugged the Touchpad flex connector also

So i decided to downgrade to macOS Mojave, after downgrading the issue still continue as i was faced in the catalina also. Then i decided to replug the battery and i did that also along with re plugging the track pad flex connector. but nothing is fixed.

So if you are a Macbook pro 2015 early user and faced a similar problem like this please tell me what you did to fix this issue? Because on lots of the forums and youtube i saw some content that this is a common issue with Macbook pro 2015 A1502 models, and they fixed the issue with replacing the trackpad flex connector.
and i'm ready to go with their solution, to replace the flex connector and see.

Please help me if you faced a similar issue like this.

Thanks


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A couple months ago I thought I'd switch from Thunderbird to Outlook, I thought it would make sense seeing as I'd started paying for MS Office.

However it reminded me on just how bad Outlook is and I stopped using it a few days later.

Seeing as it downloaded a pretty hefty amount of emails (there didn't appear to be a way to limit the sync like in Thunderbird) I would like to remove any files it generated from my hard drive.

Does anyone know how I can do this? I imagine it is just a case of deleting the necessary file(s) folder(s)?


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I recently installed wget on my Mac using the instructions listed here: http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/22/install-wget-mac-os-x/
and lorcan's instructions here: How do I get "wget" for Snow Leopard?

However, I realized that I installed an outdated version of wget.

Is there an easy way to uninstall wget from my system?


texts: New version of iOS is out & I have upgraded my iPad to iOS 5.1 from iOS 5.0. I didn't realize that some other software will not work with iOS 5.1 so I would like to go back. How can I downgrade iOS version on my iPad?


texts: Video Transitions Stopped Working in Final Cut Express 4.0.1 on OS X 10.6.8

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A 40-60 hour project has hit a brick wall because FCE 4.0.1 will not create usable video transitions. (It was working a week ago & no new software or updates have been installed). Even a simple Cmnd+T generic transition doesn't work, except for one whose time code is always <00:00:00;01>. When I do the typical "tricks" to lengthen the duration of the transition (like right click, select duration, then type in a longer value), all I hear is a bump sound signifying an error of some kind. No error code is generated. The duration value remains unaltered.

I've deleted the plist. I did a complete uninstall from AppDelete; redid permissions; then reinstalled the app. Didn't change a thing.

Anybody got a clue how to restore this functionality?

2010 i7 2.66 GZ 17" w/ 8GB of RAM & an NVIDIA GeForce GE 330M.


texts: How can I replace certain strings of symbols automatically?

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Please, read the description of my problem, I already know macOS can change certain individual strings. What I want is different.

I bought a MacBook from Ebay.com with macOS High Sierra, and being Spanish, I normally use the Spanish keyboard distribution (because I need to type things like ñ, á, é, í..., which would be very slow to type using Option + e + letter). The problem with this is that most symbols don't match what I see on my physical keyboard, and using the Spanish distribution I actually have to memorize which keys do what. Therefore, I've tried to change the keyboard configuration so that something like 'a (easy to type, uses the same keys as á in Spanish) gets changed automatically to á. But it only works when 'a is typed like that, and not when it's part of a word (like lloverá).

Could I somehow use the English distribution (so that I can actually see in my keyboard what every key does) but have things like 'a or 'n automatically changed to á and ñ?

Thanks.


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Can we install windows on Mac mini?

Also, is it possible to  Install Mac OS on PC's rather than Macs ?


texts: MacBook Air logs off automatically since Yosemite

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My MacBook Air mid-2012 model running OS X Yosemite logs off automatically without any prior warning when I am working on it.
This has been happening since the latest update, to Yosemite.

The logs from the moment of logout are here:

http://pastebin.com/embed_js.php?i=u3TaFSWH

To be more specific my Air has been connected to an external monitor both times and has been charging both times too!

Similar problems have been discussed on Apple Support Communities:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2742595?searchText=automatic%20log%20off


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This message keeps on popping up again and again. I tried restarting my Mac and did no good. I thought it was steam causing these problems but deleting it did not make any difference.

Do you think this is a problem with MacOS Mojave? Please help me.


texts: How to identify a missing datastore for com.apple.securityd?

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My fans are blowing constantly, and some investigation of my Console shows this error being spit out at a fantastic rate

CSSM Exception: -2147413737 CSSMERR_DL_DATASTORE_DOESNOT_EXIST

and

dbBlobVersion() failed for a non-existent database

The following applications are producing it, but I seem to remember a few more during different log watching sessions:

Twitter
com.apple.WebKit.Networking
1Password
accountsd

I've tried the following things to work the problem:

Some digging showed this error might be related to a Keychain issue. I completely nuked my Keychain in an attempt to get it to rebuild whatever was missing to no avail.

a. I have a crlcache.db reference that appears dead, but no number of deletion attempts makes it go away.

b. Before nuking everything, I tried wiping away dead certificates without luck.
An Instruments run with File Activity watching the Twitter process in hopes of finding out which file it thinks it is looking for (too noisy and I'm not sure what I'm looking for).
A full over-install of a fresh 10.12.4 Sierra download burned 30 minutes but did nothing else to remedy the situation.
A Recovery-Mode Disk Repair First Aid session did find a catalog issue with my disk (late 2013 1tb SSD) and successfully repaired it. This is possibly related to whatever file is missing, but no log or notice tells me which file it is looking for.

Any tips for other things to try? I'm running Sierra 10.12.4 on a Late 2013 15" MBP with a 1tb SSD.


texts: APFS Fusion Drive with external USB on 2018 Mac Mini

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For fun, I've bought a USB thumbdrive from a reputable brand, and was able to build an APFS fusion drive (with the internal SSD as the main, and the USB thumbdrive as the secondary) on my 2018 Mac Mini, which came with Mojave, as follows:

Reboot into Mojave's recovery
In Startup Security Utility, choose "Medium Security" and choose "Allow booting from external or removable media"
In Terminal, list all disks

$ diskutil list | head -40

Then delete the APFS volume:

$ diskutil apfs deleteContainer disk0s2

Then create a Core Storage Fusion Drive:

$ diskutil cs create "Fusion LVG" disk0 disk4
$ diskutil cs createVolume <identifier> jhfs+ "Fusion" 100%

Exit Terminal and go to Disk Utility. Format the drive as APFS.
Reboot into internet recovery mode with Opt-Cmd-R and install Catalina.

The problem is as follows. The installation finishes correctly, and leaves you with a running system. However data gets corrupted when the fusion drive contains too much data to solely exist on the internal drive. I've checked this by copying one file multiple times and then checking the MD5 sum.

Why have I been able to create a fusion drive that actually corrupts data? Why did it go wrong?


texts: Diary App for Mac OS X (equivalent to Chronories)

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I am looking for Diary App for my MacBook (Leopard) and MacBookPro (Snow Leopard)

One of the famous Diary App is Chronories (link), but I need something else (if it's free, it would be good)

EDIT: I basically need a diary, that's my only requirement. But I need some free alternatives too. BTW, I have never used Chronories, I just knew about that app, so I mentioned it here.


texts: How to print screenshot with "fit to page" option?

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When I use "Grab" to take a screen shot and then print it I have to manually adjust the "scale %" to make it fit on one page.
I'm looking for an "fit to page" option.

I'm also using the "awesome screenshot" app but it doesn't have a print feature


texts: Why is a new website/domain restricted on iOS Safari?

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Edit 1: I'm sorry, but the answers provided in the duplicate question do not answer this question.

To clarify: I'm not asking how to whitelist a domain, I'm asking WHY a domain is blacklisted - seemingly without reason - in the first place when no explicit nor mature content can be found on it. It's imperative that the website can be acccessed on any iOS device, even if web content restrictions are in place, with no further user intervention.

EDIT 2: I've found that not all pages on our domain are blocked by this setting, so it seems iOS blocks a page based on specific content (words, images, etc.), maybe even certain HTML. Would be grand to know what exactly triggers the block.

EDIT 3: it's definitely the content. Once I remove all the main content from our website and just leave the header, footer, HTML tags, scripts etc. in tact, the website is accessible even with "Limit Adult Content" setting turned on. I've scoured the content but can't fathom what exactly causes this. The website text is in German (the HTML lang tag is set accordingly) and there's imo literally nothing that could be seen as adult content.
Guess we'll just have to get in touch with Apple to figure this one out. Thanks though!

Original question:

I just launched a new website for a client. The website is aimed at teenagers from 12-14 and doesn't contain any explicit content whatsoever.

If web page content restriction are turned on in iOS, the website cannot be accessed with Safari and the following message is displayed instead:

You cannot browse this page at
"domain.com"
because it is restricted

Why does this happen and what can we do about it?
This makes no sense. The domain name in question is brand new, hasn't been used before and isn't on any blacklists as far as I can tell.

Any help is appreciated, we really need to get this website rated appropriately.


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Before I installed Lion opening a terminal window placed the cursor at the end of the prompt like so:

Wed Aug 31{shirsch4@Susan-Hirschs-iMac}/projects/perl/perl/lib/Utils--><cursor>

Now when I open a terminal window I get the cursor somewhere in the middle of the prompt like so:

Wed Aug 31{shirsch4@Susan-Hirsch<cursor>-iMac}/projects/perl/perl/lib/Utils-->

How can I correct this?


texts: When I connect my iPhone to my pc, it shows that the internal storage of the phone is almost full, however when I click the subfolders, there are no photos or videos inside the folders to delete.  How can I delete what I can't find?


texts: Find commande doesn't list existing file

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Ok so! I search the file latexindent. The command typpe latexindent given me latexindent is /Library/TeX/texbin/latexindent.

I execute find /Library/TeX/texbin/ -name "*latexindent*" but I don't have any result. So ok! I goinge to /Library/TeX/texbin/ and execute ls *latexindent* for checking if file exists with this name. My ls is an alias of ls -G and ok, the file exist, and I see it.

Except that ! If I run find / -name "*latexindent*" or find /Library/TeX/texbin/ -name "*latexindent*" I don't have any result ! But, if I am inside /Library/TeX/texbin/ and run find . -name "*latexindent*" I see ./latexindent

I have this.


texts: How to set Spotlight Search default input source?

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I want to always use English language input source in Spotlight Search(Command Space), when I was typing in a different language input source in a app, the Spotlight search will pop and with that language, I want to use English always.
I’m on macOS 10.15.7 and my system language is set only to English (US) primary.
How to do this?


texts: Is there a better photo application than iPhoto for managing iPhone videos and photos?

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I've been using iPhoto for my photos and videos.  However, it's become so slow, I'm lucky if it can download my 2 or 3 photos/videos when I leave my computer on overnight.  And then I have to often force quit iPhoto even after unplugging my iPhone because it just makes my computer unbearably sluggish.

I'd love it if I can solve this problem, but really iPhoto is not ideal for me anyway.  Backing up through dropbox is not seamless.  I need to create aliases and each computer needs to have their own folders and cannot share the organization.  The organization of the photos and videos is not great either.

I think I have pretty common needs for photo/video management.  I also love the iCloud photostream.  What's the best photo/video management tool?


texts: How to hide FaceTime audio macOS High Sierra Version 10.13

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Is it possible to hide FaceTime audio?

It certainly was possible to hide or move the window in earlier macOS versions but with macOS High Sierra I can't select the window nor can I hide it with shortcuts.

The old version:

The position in the top left corner is very annoying and sometimes I have to resize windows to click on something (for example Safari buttons).


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My laptop became unresponsive yesterday and so I forced it to reboot. When it turned on again my user account didn't pop up as it usually does, neither did guest. There was only the option for "Other..." and it prompted me to enter 'User' and 'password' so I entered my name as it would usually appear and my admin password but it wouldn't accept it!

I followed other steps online suggesting I use Terminal to reset my password (although i'm confident I am typing the correct password), but then it says to select a user account and won't give me any options!

I haven't backed up my photos and I'm worried I will lose them all!


texts: What causes PDF file size to increase when saving in Preview?

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It seems that making edits, annotations, or even just opening and saving a PDF file in Preview will cause a significant increase in file size. I've noticed that for some books I've scanned this also happens to improve page rendering time.

Can anyone shed some light as to what is going on to cause these changes? I am interested in synching annotations of PDF ebooks between Preview and the iPad (maybe GoodReader) but this may be too impractical with large PDF files.


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Given that I have 'mission control/displays have separate spaces' unchecked: is there a way to swap spaces between displays (and assign a shortcut to it)?

For example: if I have 'Desktop 4' on the left monitor and 'Desktop 2' on the right monitor, I'd like to end up with 'Desktop 2' on left and 'Desktop 4' on the right.


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I have tried every option to get apache2 to work in Mountain Lion, and I am baffled by how impossible the task seems to be.

I just got a new iMac and on a fresh, clean install, I went about setting up apache to serve local sites.

Using the usual suspects of possible configuration changes, I can get apache to actually "start" but then things go downhill from there.

No matter how I define the local server root, I always get a Forbidden error. I can chmod the directory structure to 777 and I still get a Forbidden error.

I have set the server root as the default /Library/WebServer/Documents/, set it to /Users/myUserName/Sites/, /Users/myUserName/Documents/Sites, /Volumes/ExternalDrive/Site/ and any other possible combination, modifying /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and/or /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf as well as the vhosts file and the myUserName.conf file. Nothing makes a difference.

I have restarted apache with sudo apachectl restart as well as sudo apachectl stop followed by sudo apachectl start.

Nothing works.

Can someone help me get this issue resolved? I am beginning to want to throw my brand new iMac against the wall.

Note, I am not a novice at this and I have set up dozens of Macs. However, nothing seems to work this time. I even reformatted and reinstalled the system again.


texts: iOS cannot play "slow" or "veryslow" h.264 videos

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I have encoded a video that I want to transfer to my iPad.

Using FFmpeg, the settings are:

ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -crf 32 output.mp4"

When I have tried the presets veryslow and slow, I get this message when trying to sync the video via iTunes to the device:

  "[Your File] was not copied to the [Device Name] because it cannot be
  played on this iPad."

However, I have tried encoding the same video using the preset medium and sync and playback in iOS's Videos app works.

Is there a work-around to get the "slow" preset videos onto the iPad?


texts: APFS - Have I reinstalled MacOS correctly?

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I tried to dual boot into linux the other day and accidently ended up messaging my boot volume - the machine ended up booting only into Grub resuce.

I ended up using diskutil to erase the Linux filesystem and swap memory but was forced to erase my MacOS boot volume. I keep backups of everything so it wasn't a huge problem.

My question is have I reinstalled MacOS (High Sierra this time thanks to internet recovery) in the correct location. As it currently stands I think I've installed it directly onto the disk rather than a volume - is this normal with APFS containers?

Output of diskutil list is as follows:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         2.4 GB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         248.3 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +2.4 GB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +248.3 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk0s3
   1:                APFS Volume MACOS                   15.1 GB    disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 22.8 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                506.6 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      3.2 GB     disk2s4

Do I need to change anything based on the above disk configuration?


texts: How to do voice chat with iChat by configuring Google account

texts: I have a Gmail account. I have configure it with my iChat. I can do normal chat, but I can not do voice chat with my other friends who have a Gmail account or are using Google Talk. So, how can I configure my iChat to do voice chat with them?


texts: starting mysql from the console and my.cnf

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Is this possible to start mysql from the console.

I tried with mysqld start but it fails to start, how to start it?

I didn't find my.cnf in Mac, I wanted to change datadir settings, if there any way to do this?

Thanks!


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Alright, so I think this is a fairly common problem with apple products that have closed in fans: I have a 2012/13 Mac Book Pro 15" that I got 5 months ago with the following specifications:

Processor:  2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory   :  16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics :  NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
Software :  OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks)

I mainly use the system for programming, email and other work/school related projects.

My main problem/concern with it is how hot it gets right above the function keys and on the bottom of the computer. I have tried cooling pads & fans but they don't seem to make much of a difference by any means. I don't have excessive processes running either, for the most part I'll have a text editor, terminal and a web browser running.

Does anyone have solutions? And is it odd to see this happening with such a relatively new system?


texts: Fixing Netbeans 7.3 freezes (on startup) on OSX Mountain Lion Macbook Air

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I encounter the following issues with my Netbeans 7.3 installation on my OSX Mountain Lion Macbook Air.

When launching the app, it bounces in the Dock for about 2 minutes before it simply stops. When you click on the icon nothing happens and when you right click on it, OSX says the app is not responding.
After Force Quitting Netbeans, I am successfully able to get the "loading" message to come up while it attempts to open. 8 times out of 10, it loads properly but other times it simply hangs while trying to load modules.

Has anyone else encountered issues like this? Are there any known fixes out there? For reference, here's what Java version I am using:

java version "1.7.0_21"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_21-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.21-b01, mixed mode)


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I couldn't make my infinity sign on my phone. Does anyone know how to make an infinity sign on iPhone phones?
infinity


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During my daily work, I tend to receive large files (up to a few hundred GB) which are only used for a few hours and then deleted.
I am not sure how Time Machine works, but I suppose that every file written on my drive will become a part of my backup history and that this could have an impact on TimeMachines operations and performance.
Would it be helpful, in this use case, to have a work directory that is excluded from TimeMachine's backup sources? What, on the other hand, would be the impact of allowing all those large files to become a part of the backup?


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I have a MacBook Pro with macOS 10.8.5. I am trying to update to High Sierra with a new Apple ID. After entering my Apple ID it says 'This Apple ID has not been used with the App Store, please review your account information.'

When I click Review, it says 'Software update required, to make changes to you need to upgrade your mac to the latest version macOS.'

I dont have any other apple devices to set up my Apple ID with.


texts: iPhone: Safari and Chrome stop working when I connect iPhone to MacBook

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Whenever I connect my iPhone to my MacBook using the USB cord, the Web browsers on my iPhone stops working. I can't browse the web using Safari or Chrome. However, I can still surf Instagram without any problems.

Another weird thing I notice is that the Wi-Fi symbol turns into LTE when I connect to my MacBook.

However, once I disconnect the cable, the Wi-Fi symbol comes back. If I refresh the page on either Chrome or Safari it loads.

What is going on?

I don’t have a Personal Hotspot section under Settings app:

When my cellular data is shut off, neither LTE nor WiFi show up:

Also noticed that the iOS Stack Overflow app does not work either when connected to my MacBook.


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I have a Mac Pro running macOS Mojave. I installed NEdit (using Homebrew). When I type nedit in the Terminal, I just get the message:

NEdit: Can't open display.

I am running bash. I check my display and I have indeed display :0

echo $DISPLAY

:0

I have no idea what's going wrong.


texts: How can I keep the same desktop arrangement on two different multi-monitor setups?

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My machine is a late 2012 rMBP which happily powers two displays at home and two different displays at my office in what is essentially the same arrangement. My laptop is on the right with the two additional displays to the left. I consistently plug the same monitors into the same ports.

The problem that I always have is the desktops appear on different monitors depending on my location. Example:

At home, I open Google Chrome and put it in full screen mode on my leftmost display. I open iTerm and put it in full screen on my middle display. I open Mail and put it in full screen mode on my laptop display.

Now I disconnect the monitors and go to the office. I plug in my office monitors to the same ports in the same order, and Mail is on my leftmost display while the Chrome browser appears on my laptop monitor. What the heck? So I go to expose mode or whatever its called and switch them around. No big deal, right?

Well, in reality I have about 5x that many programs open at any given time and I always want them to appear on the same displays. I never want Chrome on the tiny laptop display and I never want Mail on the enormous leftmost display. After two years of dragging windows back and forth twice a day it has become the most infuriating thing in my life! (pretty good life, no doubt)

Is there any way to save the desktop arrangements so that they consistently display on the desired monitor? Ideally, any monitor plugged into the same display port would display a specific desktop.


texts: Back up iCloud Notes to Time Machine or Optimise Mac Storage

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My original question was: are my iCloud notes automatically backed up to Time Machine?
Online I came upon the answer, yes, as long as Optimise Mac Storage is turned off. Is this true?
But Optimise Mac Storage means full content of the iCloud Drive will be stored on the Mac.
So it seems that's already a way to backup the iCloud.
Does this mean I have to choose whether to back it up to the Mac or to Time Machine?
Which would be better?
Edit:
One reason for my confusion is because before I posted here originally, I was searching online, and I read that Time machine will backup iCloud drive , even if "Optimise Mac Storage" is turned off ...... and that it actually -should- be turned off for time machine to backup iCloud Drive more effectively ....
Here is the original quote I had read: "Time Machine will backup iCloud Drive, as long as you have not enabled "Optimise Mac Storage". If "Optimise ..." is enabled, it will be a game of chance, which documents have been downloaded from iCloud are locally available on your computer, when Time Machine is running."
Another edit :
So if that's true, and optimise Mac storage is turned off, time machine backing up iCloud, from the answer below, it still wouldn't be backing up Notes specifically ?
Clarifying:
From the answer below, I can conclude that optimise Mac storage turned on won't save notes to time machine,
but what if it (optimise Mac storage) is turned off, would time machine backup iCloud (or iCloud Drive?) (as wrote before someone else said it would, and would be a better backup), and would that include Notes ?
Thank you and sorry for the confusion I tried to make this as clear as possible


texts: What's the maximum length of a SIM card PIN that iOS supports?

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I've seen conflicting information on this, so was wondering if somebody could help clarify.

Generally, whenever I've seen references to setting a SIM PIN on an iOS device, articles/instructions suggest a length of 4 digits are used - however, I've seen elsewhere that up to a maximum of 8 digits can be entered. Taking the above into account, what's the maximum length that can be used with a SIM PIN in iOS?


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I am using OSX - Snow Leopard on my Mac.
I could find the Application folder is empty, please help.
Thank you!

Regards,
Krishna


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My setup is a MacBook Pro 2013 (Big Sur), connected to Scarlett 2i2 via USB.
The Scarlett has two channels, and I'm using two external microphones. My goal is to record music video with stereo sound.
QuickTime would only produce mono sound - I can see the bars on the L and R channels moving in sync when I tap either microphone (and of course can hear the mono result in the video).
If I record with Audacity, I get stereo sound. So it must be a software issue. In fact, I can record via both QuickTime and Audacity at the same time, and use iMovie to move the Audacity soundtrack to the movie clip, but it's such a pain.
Is there a way to convince QuickTime to record in stereo? Alternatively, is there another video recording software that can record stereo sound? I tried vlc, and couldn't get its weird recording interface to work.


texts: My iMac Doesn't boot it. Hangs with spinner and verbose mode can't boot

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I have my iMac and I have to install Yosemite because I got iMac with older version when I got it. Then I did too many updates but I had my iTunes account and I had my credit card option set to "None" so that's where I started. My iMac froze!!! I can't boot anywhere! I haven't plugged any USB devices at any side I can find. So I used my second but it's non-mac computer. "Yes I have PC and iMac" but I gonna online and searched how I can boot to verbose mode "Learned when I got it". And then I hold "Command" key wich is "Windows" key on pc keyboard and I press "V" as well to boot to that mode but then I noticed this error came up.

xc240 -- 0xd000 -- 0xbc00 *****

And i did look in Google but there are no results for the error so i was worried that i should reinstall it. But i hate that because its waste of time. What command can i do in "Single user" mode for bringing OS X back to life?

  Specs of my iMac

 - 5024MB Ram = 4.9 GB Ram

 - 150GB of hard drive space


texts: Slow safari download speed with MacBookPro (Wifi and Lan)

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As the title indicates I have huge problems when I want to download files with the Safari web browser. I have a MacBookPro late 2013 with macOS Catalina (10.15.7). I have to say that we basically have a very bad internet connection. Our provider promised a bandwidth from 6-16 Mbit/s but we only get approx. 2,5 Mbit/s when I run an internet speed test.
It is very strange because when I run an internet speed test with cable or wifi I get the value mentioned above. But when I download files with Safari the download speed drops down to approx. 0,2 Mbit/s and I don't know why. It happens both with wifi or cable no matter what I use. The speed test tells me every time that we should have a higher download rate.
Attached you'll find some additional info about our internet connection.

I already searched for help on the web and found this one: Link
The first time I deleted the existing wifi preferences the speed went back to full speed. But after rebooting I had the same problems. Deleting them again has unfortunately not improved the situation.
I have the same issues with my iPadPro 3rd generation and iOS 14.3. The same download speed with the internet speed test and the same slow download speed when I download something with safari.
Additionally, I have to say, that sometimes I have the same download speed of 2.5 Mbit/s with the internet speed test and the actual download speed in safari. But most times of the day the download speed is slower than the measured one by the internet speed test.
I guess it should then be a problem with my router? For your information, we are using a Fritz!Box7430.
It really sucks especially when you want to download larger files ... I would be very grateful for any help. If you need additional information feel free to ask. Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Daniel


texts: MacbookPro Won't Boot without Live USB-Key. Screwed up bootloader?

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Following a Hard-drive crash, i replaced the Toshiba original HDD With a brand new Seagate ST500LT012-1DG142 Media Hard Drive.

The OS X Mountain Lion installation went fine, however i'm stuck at the white screen durring boot. after a few minutes the question-marked folder shows up.

The workaround i've found is booting with a Ubuntu live USB key. In that case, the HDD is seen in ubuntu, i can browse it just fine, and if i reboot after opening a session in Ubuntu, MacOs Boots up normally.. oO
So i assume it's not a hardware problem. Partitions seems to be okay as well, diskutil list output :

/dev/disk0
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

Any ideas? Is there any way to check the EFI Partiton? OS X works fine in itself, and i'd appreciate to avoid a re-install, as my bandwith is not so good it takes a lot of time...


texts: Ways to scroll with a mouse without the wheel or dragging the scroll bar

texts: Is there any other means of scrolling using a mouse besides the wheel or dragging the scroll bars on the right side of the window.  Using the wheel is not good for me ergonomically and it is a hassle to move the pointer to the narrow scroll bar and drag that up and down.  In Firefox you clicking the middle button goes into a special mode that enables scrolling by moving the mouse up and down.  But as far as I know Chrome and other applications don't have that feature.


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A pal has an external, 1TB, Glyph HDD.
It has two partitions; one has his Time Machine backups & the other has a clone of his internal HDD.
He is running OS Mojave.
His plan is to purchase another external HDD, erase the clone of his internal HDD from its current partition on the external HDD.
What he is trying to determine is if, using using Disk Utility, he can go to that partitioned external HDD and resize it so he can use it in its entirety for his TM backups without destroying/harming the TM backups currently residing on the other partition of that HDD.


texts: Native RSS reader which allows to set explizit the status of an article

texts: I am looking for a native RSS reader for Mac OS which allows me to mark an article as read or unread explicitly by a short cut. All RSS reader I found mark an article as read immediately after viewing them. So I lose the overview which articles I have read and which not.