texts: Preview on Catalina fails to select or copy text in PDF

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After entering the Title for this question, I see numerous links to (perhaps) similar questions regarding Preview's failure to select or copy text from a PDF document. And so this question may do nothing more than document another malfunction.

My current system: The hardware is MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019), my OS is macOS Catalina, ver 10.15.3, the software is Preview, Version 11.0 (999.4). My research turned up this not-so-helpful (at least in this case) document from Apple Support.

I need to copy and paste data from bank statements that are delivered in PDF. I've done this for years, across several versions of macOS (most recently Mojave), and it's always worked. Today, for the first time, I downloaded some PDFs from the bank on my current system. Unfortunately, it seems Preview can no longer be bothered:

Preview was unable to select (or copy) any data from any of the three PDFs I downloaded todayNote1. Here's what I did in an effort to isolate the problem:

On my current system: I opened all 3 documents in both Chrome and Firefox browsers using the File... Open... menu. I was able to select and copy any passages I chose in both browsers.
On my current system: I opened several PDFs that I downloaded and saved from older macOS systems (Mojave, High Sierra, etc). I was able to select and copy any passages I chose.
I fired up my Mojave system, and opened all 3 documents in Preview ver 10.1 (944.6.16.1); I was able to select and copy any passages I chose.
I finally called "Apple Care" (now an oxymoron) to get help. After a 45 minute wait, and a lengthy conversation with "first level" support, "second level" support was summoned. Without hesitation, "second level" said this: "Apple doesn't actually support PDF files with Preview. There is nothing we can do to help you."

I know others have experienced problems with Preview and PDF files, but does anyone have any idea (or cogent theories) re the cause or the cure for this? For example, is it possible to downgrade to an earlier version of Preview on Catalina?

Note 1: While the PDF was loaded in Preview, command A would select a few odd passages from the document - these were the bank's logo at the top of each page, and a long string that had no meaning to me - perhaps an internal document number?


texts: How can I show only certain movies in iTunes on the Apple TV 2nd Generation?

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When I connect my Apple TV 2nd Generation to my iTunes home sharing account I see all Movies, Music etc. I can choose which photos to show, however.

I would like to be able to choose which Movies and Music to show on the Apple TV (and on other connected computers) and which not.

All Movies and Music were bought with the same Apple ID (which is also used for sharing).


texts: How to require password for redownloading apps from App Store?

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Little kids keep redownloading deleted apps, and I can't stop them, because apparently Apple doesn't ask for a password to redownload deleted app, it only requires password when installing new apps.

The only way to stop this travesty is to logout from my Apple ID.

This is driving me nuts.


texts: Tried to install boot camp and now can’t get into my Mac OS hard drive

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So I installed boot camp and then couldn’t get windows to boot. So I ran a program called “gdisk” which I must have given the wrong instructions to.

Now I can’t access my Mac OS hard drive, but it looks like the data is still there in disk0. I have attached a picture of my “diskutil list” from recovery mode. Can anyone help me get it back to the right parameters?


texts: I have an iHome wireless 5 button laser mouse model iH-M130ZR and I can't find any drivers to be able to program the buttons. By default, left/right/scroll clicks work, but I can't get any response from the other buttons. Does anyone know of a program or drivers that will let me take advantage of these other buttons? Even to just be able to use the side buttons for back/forward in browsing would be great.


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When I underline a word with Pages 5.5.3 on OS X.

For the fonts I use, the underline goes very close to the text, much closer than it is common with Microsoft Word.

Just as "tracking" controls how close the next line of text follows the previous, I want to adjust the "tracking" space to lower the underline.

Is there any way to control this and give more space between the text and the underline?


texts: How do I move my iPhoto library to an external drive available through Time Capsule?

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Like many others, the number of photos that we are storing these days is growing.  Also, we have multiple iPhoto libraries on various computers.

So it makes sense to consolidate photos into a single library on an external drive and have every computer reference this library.

For starters, I moved the biggest iPhoto library to the external drive.  Then, using the hold-down-option-button method, I changed the referenced iPhoto library for the iPhoto app.  Aside from some expected extra latency, all seems to work.

The problem lies when I attempt to attach a photo to an email or upload a photo to the website.  The file chooser dialog's media browser does not seem to work with with the new iPhoto library location.  In other words, when I go to the Media section and select Photos, I do not see my photos.

Is there some extra step that I am missing?  Or does the media browser only work with local files?  I cannot seem to find the answer to this question, though I know many will probably run into this.

I am currently using the iPhoto Library Manager to rebuild the iPhoto library, however it is taking a long time.  I'm uncertain whether it will even work once its completed; probably should have tested with a tiny library to see, but I didn't.

Any help or references to resources would be appreciated.


texts: How can I delete a specific line of a .txt file in AppleScript?

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I have a .txt file saved on my computer. This is the location of the file:

  /Users/Me/Desktop/My Documents/My Fruit Log.txt

I want my AppleScript-based Automator application to delete a specific line of the .txt file.

The contents of the .txt file looks like this:

So, if:

set lineNumberToErase to 8

The resulting .txt file should be:

Notice how not only the text on that line is removed, but the entire line is gone as well.

Bonus points if the solution includes some sort of mechanism to ensure that not more than 1 line is removed from the file. My fear when automating deletions like this is that the script somehow erases the entire file (based on me making a small mistake somewhere).


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I'm trying to find an extension or plugin that allows Safari to display XML in a more user friendly form, similar to how its handled by Firefox.

The only relevant information seems to be heavily outdated and not applicable to the latest version (8.0.7).

How can I view the raw XML of an RSS feed in Safari (or Reeder)? had an answer about 'XV XML Viewer', but the answer itself has been updated pointing out that it no longer works in Safari 5.1.

There is also an older .webplugin that could have been used, but then I read that the .webplugin mechanism itself is deprecated and no longer used in modern versions.

Is there any updated extension that can show a formatted xml view in current Safari versions? The ability to collapse/expand nodes would be nice, but atleast basic formatting would still be better than just a giant blob of text whenever I view a web service from Safari instead of Firefox.


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Today I was walking using my iPhone 6S running iOS 9.3 as a pedometer and it shutdown.

When I got home and plugged it in, it said 30% capacity.

That seems strange. I would expect it for 2% or 5% to preserve RAM, but 30%? Maybe there is a setting I don't know about.

My question is: Why does my iPhone power off when the battery is down to 30%?

Edit: this is not a duplicate of the low battery crash as I witnessed the low power shutdown and it was not a crash.


texts: How can I find my Java directory in 10.8.3?

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I'm trying to run a Lejos application on an NXT. For it to work I need to set up a profile page with the path of Java. I know that Java doesn't come pre-installed on my Mac version, so I downloaded a .dmg to install it. I kept looking for what path the installer used, but I never found it.

I know that java is installed because I ran

java -version

on terminal, but still can't find the path. Anyone else know how?


texts: How to upload many iPhone photo albums to iPhoto, Picasa or Google+?

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I'm back from trip to Egypt with 1600 pics on my iPhone. To maintain some coherence and not to lose track of everything I was seeing, I created daily or place specific folders on the iPhone.

I can go back and use the iPhone as guidance for manual album creation, but if I could just grab these albums would save a ton on time.

Is there any way to transfer these albums (not just the camera roll) to iPhoto, Picasa or Google+?


texts: How to receive iMessages sent to the iPhone on Mountain Lion

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I've just upgraded to iOS 6 and Mountain Lion 10.8.2

Since it should be one of the new features, I've successfully set up my iPhone and my iPad to receive iMessages, so that I can now read on the iPad what a friend of mine is writing to me on my phone number.

On iMessage I've set up the same, but adding my phone number to the list of "addresses" to receive from. It's been authorised correctly, but I don't see anything in iMessage while my friend writes to me, even if I'm able to see the messages on both the iPad and the iPhone.

How to set this u properly? Thanks :)


texts: Does migration assistant carry over browser cookies? If a website used that cookie to distinguish you, would they see that cookie?

texts: Basically just that. Does migration assistant carry over browser cookies? If a website used that cookie to distinguish you, would they see that cookie and know you were the same person?


texts: LibreOffice Impress does not load the installed fonts

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I'm trying to use LaTeX fonts in my LibreOffice Impress presentation so I downloaded the lmroman12 fonts from here and installed them via font-book. But when I open a document containing the font it does not load them hinting:

  the current font is not available and will be substituted

I would appreciate if you could help me know what is the problem and how I can solve it.

P.S. I wasn't sure if this is a LibreOffice issue or mac one so I tried here first.


texts: Screensaver lost functions since High Sierra upgrade, can't wake screen with keyboard

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Since the High Sierra upgrade, I no longer can wake my screen with the "esc" key or by pressing any key or moving my mouse. I have to click the mouse a couple of times to wake the screen.

Also, my photos screensaver no longer will respond to backward or forward in order to scroll through pictures while the screensaver is on. Is there a tweak for this so I can get back these functions that I used daily with Sierra? Thanks!


texts: .mov file in external HD, greyed out and won't open: "this item is used by Mac OS X"

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The file won't open, with QuickTime, with the following error message:

Item "file.mov" is used by Mac OS X and cannot be opened.

Tried selecting repair disk on disk utility, didn't work.

I'm under OS X 10.7.5.


texts: MBP Late 2016 Thunderbolt 3 issue: connected cables not recognized after sleep/wake up

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I have a new MacBook pro, late 2016 with Touch Bar, and recently bought some adapters (Aukey) to use my usb mouse, ethernet cable etc.

One thing that really bugs me is that the ethernet connection is lost whenever the computer wakes up. I have to unplug and re-plug it in again, i.e. the ethernet device is "unmounted" and does not get automatically detected again.

I didn't verify this behavior with my other equipment yet, but I guess this could be a general thing?

Anyway – is this a common error? Is there a cure?


texts: Should the internal disk of a Mac be erased?

texts: I saw this post which said that the internal disk of a Mac should not be erased, but it doesn't explain why. Does anyone know?


texts: 2008 Mac Pro w/o Hard Drive - How do I install a new one?

texts: I have a 2008 Mac Pro that I bought w/o a hard drive. I have a hard drive to install, but can't figure out how to get it up and running since the hard drive doesn't have OS X on it... I created a bootable version of Sierra on an external drive and tried to boot from that drive, but just got an error and the machine shut off. What can I do?


texts: Allow button in system preferences not present - macpro 5.1 macOS Sierra 10.13.6 - Line 6 pod 3 Live Driver Issue

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I m trying to install some drivers, (Line6 / Digidesign nd Zoom ) .
These drivers (all latest versions that works with Sierra) are not working and my devices (mainly audio units) are obviously not recognised .
I read everywhere that the solution is goin to System Preference then Security nd Privacy and then on General window click on Allow button .
The problem is that There isn't that button .
I attach the pic to show it .


texts: How to run OS X 10.10 install via command line?

texts: I am trying to create a script that wipes/partitions the hard drive of old macs and reinstalls OS X so that I do not have to click through the user interface. I can run wipe the disk, but I cannot figure out how to reinstall OS X using only the command line/bash script. Any ideas?


texts: com.apple.IconServices taking up large amounts of disk space - why?

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Why does com.apple.IconService take up a lot of MB on the Activity Monitor?
I'm aware this is a new feature, from 10.9 onwards.

I Googled solutions to this, but haven't found anything that works... yet.

I don't want to downgrade OS X, but I am interested to know why this happens

com.Apple.IconServicesAgent uses 140.9 MB, and on the hard drive, the folder /var/folders/randomstring/C/com.apple.IconServices takes up 127.5 MB, although this could grow.

My hard drive is 319.21 GB and I have 284.69 GB left, but it was 284.82 last night (no new apps installed or uninstalled, only some temp files/caches deleted), so I'm not sure if this is part of the problem.

Fixed disk permissions as suggested on some Mac sites; no major issues to report.

Is there a way to keep it manageable without losing the icons off the desktop or menu (I did used to delete the folder, killall Dock, killall Finder, restart when I first learnt about com.apple.IconServices).

I had a look on Apple's website, other people are having the same issue but there doesn't seem to be a solution to this. (I'm not that confident with things like Terminal apart from sudo deletion of trash, but that's as far as it goes!!)

All help is much appreciated.


texts: Quick Look sometimes shows blank panel in Mavericks

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I have OSX 10.9.2 and on some photos the Preview shows blank panel instead of the image. Sometimes it opens the image, other times it's blank (for the same image).

I can't find similar reports on the web. Also is there some alternative way to do that? To integrate some third-party app to show photos when tapping space bar.


texts: How to get a terminal general auto-complete function?

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I'm new in macOS and I'm using macOS Sierra,

In my Ubuntu and other Linux-based system, terminal has an auto-complete that helps to complete commands and their options.

For example for wget and other commands, in additional to command completion, after pressing Tab 2 times, it lists all command options (if any), or in sudo w it list all commands start with w

But on my Mac, it just complete first commands and don't help for options or second part of command like whoami in sudo whoami,

I mean it don't show a list of all command that start with who after pressing Tab 2 times in sudo who

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I found some Scripts for git options at https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/contrib/completion/ , but I want something that do this for all commands and applications.

Is there any solution for that?


texts: What is the command sent by the home button on iPad bluetooth keyboards?

texts: The top-left key on some bluetooth iPad keyboards functions as a home button. What happens when you connect the keyboard to a regular desktop and push the button, ie, what does the computer see? Is this some sort of command that could be replicated, say with a HID like the Teensy?


texts: How do I link and update a .png file in iWork Pages

texts: I have inserted a .png image into my pages document.  Is it possible for this image to refresh itself if the original file changes?


texts: Does the early 2014 MacBook Air use Thunderbolt 1 or Thunderbolt 2?

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I am considering purchasing a new MacBook Air (early 2014 edition). I'd like to drive two external monitors from the laptop.

Based on my reading the 2013 Air only supported Thunderbolt 1 and therefore DisplayPort 1.1. With the semi-model-refresh that occurred in early 2014 was the Thunderbolt controller updated to version 2 and therefore DisplayPort 1.2?


texts: What version of OpenSSH is included with macOS Catalina (10.15) beta?

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I'm interested to know which version of OpenSSH ships today on Catalina beta

Can someone running the beta version of Catalina run the following command in Terminal for me and provide the output?

/usr/bin/ssh -V

For macOS 10.14 the output is OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3

So I'm after the output in macOS Catalina beta.


texts: Mysterious box floats on second display and won't go away

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I don't know where this comes from. I can't click it, it is only present on the second display; when I mirror displays it goes away.
Does anyone have an idea what this could be?

I realise a reboot/logout will probably fix it, but I'm curious as to what this is and whether there is some method which will tell me, to which process it belongs.

System: 10.10.5, Mbp 9,2

Edit: Turns out it was Finder. When logging out, I got a popup saying that some operations are still in progress, although I don't know what.


texts: How to install an OSX application from source

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I'm trying to install this application from source.

http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus

It's not installed the same as the usual way in Linux. I got the source and built in in X-Code.

Now how do I install it into my system?


texts: During iPad setup I configured Gmail as email on iPad, now I want to remove Gmail from my iPad email, how to do it?


texts: All notes mysteriously disappeared across all synced devices. Can I recover?

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All of my notes that are synced through iCloud have just disappeared across all of my synced devices. I use this application every day and would really like to get these notes back, but I can't explain how they disappeared.
Here's what happened:

I went to my notes app earlier today on my laptop
The notes app took a while to sync with iCloud
When it finished syncing, all my notes disappeared and there is no Recently Deleted section.
I went to my iPhone and had the same behaviour.
When I went to my iCloud account in my browser to check my notes, it was empty, too.
I went to my old laptop, disconntected it from the internet and made a backup of all the files in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.notes/Data/Library/Notes. This laptop has my notes up to early April of this year.
When I reconnected the laptop to the internet, it synced as well, and I lost everything (thought I still have the backup).

Several questions:

What could have happened here such that all notes were deleted?
How can I prevent this from happening in the future?
Is there any way of recovering these notes now? (For example, might they be in my iPhone backup?)

I do use Carbonite to back up my laptop files, but ~/Library/Containers/ is not one of the folders being backed up.


texts: Will my old messages appear on a newly synced apple device?

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If I sync my icloud to another apple device, such as an iPad - Will the messages that are already on my iPhone appear on the iPad or will it only be newly received or outgoing messages that appear?

Also if it is the case that my messages on my iPhone already will appear, will texts that I have deleted from the iPhone appear on the iPad once synced.

Hope that makes some sense!


texts: iCloud use as storage and not "reflective" like dropbox

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I hope this hasn't been asked exactly like this before. I tried to do a search.

I am referring to my MacBook (but I think the same is at least partially true for other devices as well).

I checked "optimise storage" so that it will leave some space on my Mac.

I need more storage on my Mac because some apps like Xcode cannot be updated with just 25GB left on the SSD.

So - please let me know if this is true: ONLY desktop and "document" and their subdirectories are reflected back to my MacBook. Is this true. If so this implies that if I make another folder on iCloud like "Documents2" and push a lot of stuff that I don't daily need or want into that folder - this will NOT be copied over to my Mac, even if there is enough space?

Is this correct?

Thanks,
Jeff


texts: Does the iPhone compress emailed videos?

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When you open a video in the Photos app and choose to send it via email, does the video get compressed, or is it sent using the same resolution it was shot in?

I'm mainly wondering about the iPhone 4.


texts: OS X 10.11 El Capitan - Verifying file dialog, every time a file is opened

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Not sure, if this question will be closed, but the situation is quite annoying.

Every time, I open some .pdf or .jpg file, a dialog appears,and it seems to be stuck there for a long time. After I click on close button, and open the file again, it opens without the dialog.


texts: CLI - how can I specify a screen saver with the following options?

texts: Through the CLI, I would like to select the flurry screen saver set to activate in 15 minutes and show the clock.


texts: How can I install hundreds of pkg files?

texts: I have a directory full of pkg files that I need to install.  I tried "installer -packages *.pkg" , but that didn't work.  Any ideas on how to do this?  Do I need to make a metapackage?


texts: How can I install Fritz 16 on a Mac running macOS Mojave?

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I'm new to Apple's ecosystem, and I have one doubt about how to install one software that I had in my old Windows computer.

The software is Fritz 16 (chess software), but it is not supported on macOS.

Is there any way to install it using Wine, or something similar?


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I changed hard drives for my Time Machine backup. I can't delete the backups on the older hard drive. I get an error code after I use "Move to Trash": -8072. It spends 45min deleting some 1,000,000+ files to end in error -8072. A google search didn't turn up the reason for the error.

Also, for some reason creating a backup on this hard drive locked all my other folders and subfolders. I can unlock them one at a time but this will take a while. Is there a faster way?


texts: How can I install Boot Camp drivers in Windows on an external SSD disk?

texts: I am going to install Windows 10 on an external SSD disk, so I will need the Boot Camp drivers. How can I install the drivers manually?


texts: Where can I find the AirPrint firmware update for my HP 8500A printer?

texts: I was excited when my new HP 8500A arrived this weekend because I wanted to try out its recently added AirPrint compatibility. However, I can't seem to find the requisite firmware update for the printer. Since I haven't updated the firmware when I tap print from Safari I'm told no printer can be found. What am I missing to enable AirPrint on my HP 8500a?


texts: Mouse moving vertically up and down, as well as clicking, on its own

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While away from my desk, but the screen still visible, I noticed the mouse start to move. It went up to the current window's top bar, double clicked. This caused that window to minimize. Then it selected something on the next window (it was an Amazon window, it selected a particular shirt color). Then went to that window's top bar and double clicked. The next window was still a chrome window, but the content of the webpage wasn't interactable. On it, the mouse then zoomed in, dragged around a little, then went to the top of the screen and double clicked a running application's menu bar icon. Incidentally, this triggered a macOS dialog box to open asking me if I'd like to grant permission to the application to register all key events from all applications.
At this point I immediately stepped in and started moving the mouse around to prevent it from hitting accept. I think it's important to note here that the mouse wasn't moving like a person would move it, but jumping from point to point. Despite intervening, the mouse just kept exhibiting what seemed like programmed behavior. Then in an effort to prevent any more activity I locked the screen. To my surprise, the behavior continued, then after several minutes stopped on its own.
Not long after — perhaps 20 minutes — it started exhibiting what appeared to be the same pattern of motion (moving up, double clicking, moving to the center, clicking, etc.). This all happening on the lock screen.
I tried disconnecting my trackpad and even my keyboard, but it did not stop the behavior. Now, it has been some hours since it first started, it stopped a couple of times more, but now it seems perpetual (been going on for two hours now).
Is there any way for me to determine what could be causing the mouse to click and move without my input?


texts: I have a 17" iMac that I want to hook-up a 2nd monitor to. I bought an adaptor on eBay, but the plug does not match the back of my computer. It's not a Thunderbolt or FireWire. Not sure what kind of adaptor I need or what it is called. I have a photo, but not sure how to post it here.


texts: How do I send invitations to a family calendar from Outlook?

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I am struggling to arrange work-family life, and a shared calendar seems to be a good solution. However, neither Google Calendar or Apple seem to have a intuitive way to send invitations to a shared calendar and have them automatically accepted.
My simple question is:

How do I send invitations from Outlook (or any other client) to my Apple Family Calendar?


texts: Does this mean my fusion drive has split?

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I've been getting the message that my Mac has run out of application memory.
I've  been trying to clear up some disk space, but some how it doesn't move free space up, in fact it decreased.

Then I saw this article https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT207584 that says:

  If your Fusion Drive appears as two drives instead of one in the Finder, it's no longer working as a Fusion Drive.

Is the SSD below what the quote is referring to?

Don't recall seeing this Container disk2 thingy around before.

Should I follow the steps in the support article to merge the drives back? I would prefer an option that doesn't wipe all my data.

Update:
The article is referring to the Storage tab from About This Mac.

So does this mean my drive is fine? I just need to continue clearing up more stuff?


texts: Can Apple update the firmware on a Made for iPod device using the iPhone?

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I have a Phillips alarm clock with iPod dock and an iPhone 4. When I got the iPhone 4 first, when i docked it with the alaram clock, i got an message on the screen of the iPhone saying that "This accessory is not designed to work with the iPhone and may cause interference", but after the upgrade to iOS5, this message does not occur. I did notice with iOS4 that interference would happen when playing music on the iPhone, but now it does  not seem to happen...

And it started to make me think: How did my device "learn" to play nicely with the iPhone 4? Was it the iPhone that was tweaked? and either way, can Apple push down updates to these devices? I know thats a lot of devices, but could it happen?


texts: How to make an AppleScript to automatically translate emails from a foreign language and redirect them to yourself?

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I receive many emails in Japanese everyday (I am living in Japan). Some are spam but some are important. I would like to have an AppleScript to do the following

Translate the email (with google translate for example)
Forward back the translated email to my own email account

In this way, I will save the time to translate every email every day to understand which one is important and which one is not...

I think this can be done with AppleScript. I can make a rule in Mail to run an AppleScript every time that I receive a message from a certain mail account. I checked and it worked. But the problem is I am not able to write the AppleScript. I am not familiar with AppleScript, and honestly, I don't know where to start!

Edit:
Alternatively, the translation can be also done with another software, which can be installed locally. Free or non free software does not matter.


texts: sudo killall coreaudiod made it so I don't have any sound at all

texts: I ran into an issue where my volume buttons on my mac weren't able to adjust the volume of my computer. I sought a solution and someone suggested using sudo killall coreaudiod. Now I have no volume on my computer at all. How do I fix this?


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The caps lock key in my MacBook Pro (mid 2015, running MacOS Sierra 10.12) is not working. When I press it, the led doesn't turn on and it has no effect. However, if I logout from my account and go back to the login screen, then it works normally, which means it is some user preference setting. (by working normally I mean the led turns on and the sign of caps lock turned on appears in the password field)

The problem is, I have no idea what kind of setting it might be. In the system preferences, under keyboard, caps lock is assigned its normal function. I do have a few apps for remapping system input: Karabiner, BetterTouchTool and USB Overdrive, but I don't have any setting involving caps lock in any of them.


texts: How to prevent Excel files from getting quarantined?

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I'm using Excel for Mac, version 16.16.14 (190909). I'm running Catalina 10.15 Beta (19A558d).

All files I edit with Excel are recently quarantined (checking with ls -la@):

com.apple.quarantine     30B

It does not matter if the files have Macros in them or not, this happens to every single Excel file I edit. It seems like a bug in Catalina Gatekeeper.

Is there any way can I prevent this or how I can find out more about it?


texts: Mac mini set to never sleep, but seems to be sleeping anyway (does not respond to network)

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I've enabled SSH into my mac mini (late 2012 running OS X 10.9.3), and have the energy saver settings set so that the display sleeps after 10 minutes, and the computer is set to never sleep.

If the mac goes unused for a while, then I try SSH into it, the SSH connection is refused. If I go bang on the keyboard or mouse to wake up the mac, then the SSH connection is accepted and it works.

This appears as though the mac is ignoring my energy saver settings and is in fact sleeping when it shouldn't be.

Is there anything I can do to fix this? Is there anything to look for in console to verify if it is actually sleeping?

Thanks


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I have strange problem, my Preview app is not responding and can't kill it.

leo-mac:~ leo$ sudo killall Preview
No matching processes were found

Force Quit button also doesn't give any result.
ps (and Activity Monitor) is empty:
leo-mac:~ leo$ ps -ax | grep -i preview
24793 ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i preview

It's not a zombie because next command is also empty:
ps aux | awk '"[Zz]" ~ $8 { printf("%s, PID = %d\n", $8, $2); }'
I really can't understand what happened. Any ideas?


texts: What are safe or average component temperatures for my MacBook?

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My MacBook has been overheating for over a year now. More recently it has begun to perform alarms and automatic shutdowns.

Also on startup there is (a moment) where I see a black screen with source code of some sort before the screen resumes with the grey bootup screen.

Today I have installed Mac Fan Control, and realize that the fan still works on my computer, hopefully I can prevent anymore burning (smell) from the laptop.
Previously I had smcFanControl but it stopped pushing the fan above 2000 so I just thought that my fan didnt work for a long time

I also had my laptop/fan cleaned with air so I dont believe there is any blockage recently.

I have a screenshot showing the current temperatures, I would like to know what temperatures are ideal, safe or average and I will do my best to prolong the life of my laptop by keeping my fans spinning above 2000+ and being more mindful and keeping Activity Monitor open!

macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB


texts: Why have I stopped receiving weekly Screen Time notifications?

texts:
I used to receive weekly Screen Time notifications regarding my daily averages and such.  However, around a month ago, I randomly stopped receiving these notifications.

I've checked in the Notifications tab of the Settings app, and Screen Time notifications are turned on.  I tried a Google search to see if anyone else was experiencing this issue, but I could only find results about how to turn off Screen Time notifications rather than about not receiving them despite them being turned on.

Does anyone have any idea why I stopped getting these notifications?

(The device that I'm using is an iPhone SE running iOS 12.3.1, if that helps.  Also, my Screen Time settings are locked with a password that someone else knows, in case that makes any difference.)


texts: Is it possible to burn a DVD out of the Lion app store install?


texts: Safari: Can I open all bookmarks in a bookmark folder in a new window?

texts:
Is it possible to open all bookmarks in a bookmark folder in Safari in a new Safari window?

I know that I can do this with a single bookmark, but can I do the same with a bookmark folder?


texts: Can't format 2nd HDD in optical bay on Mid-2012 Macbook Pro 13

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I have recently bought an SSD and a HDD caddy to do a SSD+HDD setup. After installing, I can't format or reliably use my HDD while it's in the optical bay.

I installed the SSD in the place of the original HDD and it worked without any problems at all. Then I installed the HDD in the optical bay with the caddy and it seemed to work as well. This HDD was not changed since it was removed from the main drive bay and it still had OS X(and all my other files) on it.

One thing I realised at this point was I was unable to boot into my HDD which was not changed at all. Still I was able to access my files and copy over the needed ones to my SSD. I didn't try to do more (write, etc) so I don't know if more functionality was present.

Then I tried formatting the HDD and it hanged for a long time until I had to power off the computer and start over. I knew this would corrupt the partition scheme(obviously) but I figured that this would be OK and I can just simply reformat later.

After discovering that formatting doesn't work (with the error message: "disk erase failed with the error wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed") I tried the command line (diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ HDD1 disk1) but this also throws the error (Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed).

At this point I took the drive out of the bay, put it in a USB HDD dock, connect it to Windows and format it as FAT32.

This worked and when I put the drive back in my Mac it appears to be working until I tried copying a file to the disk. At this point it gave an error(something along the lines of: Can't read and write from the SOURCE_FILE) And when I tried to reformat it in my Mac it again corrupted the disk.

At this point I am inclined to think that this is an issue caused by the caddy. To test this I will try putting the SSD in the optical bay and try booting off that.

In short: My problem is that I can't format or reliably use my HDD while it's in the optical bay. Any ideas?


texts: I am running on macbook pro 2015. Since, few days, I have noticed a significant degradation in it's performance. Here is the screen shot of the activity Monitor. Can someone please help me on, how can I get rid of this issue


texts: OS X is repeatedly asking for login keychain password

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I know this has been asked here several times, but I already checked the other discussions and tried their suggestions, but without success.
Is there anything I can do instead of re-installing the complete system?

When certain applications want to access the keychain, I am getting asked for the "login" keychain password repeatedly and never-ending, even though I type in the correct password.

I already tried the following, separate from each other:

Keychain Access > Preferences > Reset my default key chain
reset the password (new password = old password) of the login keychain
Deleting the ~/Library/Keychains/XYZ... folder (as suggested here:  https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/148437/5924)
restarted several times

Now I wanted to simply grant access to all applications to certain keychains, but when wanting to save the changes, I have the same as the original issue: I get asked for the login keychain password, which never gets accepted.
I am definitely typing the correct password, I can even lock and unlock the keychain with it without problems. Or even reset the password. It just won't help.
(And in case it matters: the "login" keychain password is the same that I use for my user account.)

Here is the screencast video: https://www.dropbox.com/home/Public?preview=video3.m4v

[]

(I'm on El Capitan, the Keychain Access is Version 9.0 (55171.20.2))

Related discussions, but none of them helped:

OSX is repeatedly asking for login keychain password
Mac asking for multiple "login" keychain app passwords but won't accept them
How to stop my machine asking for multiple passwords when I log in?

===UPDATE===

I just came across this thread: Keychain does not show passwords after El Capitan upgrade

and indeed, this is also the message I am getting in the /var/log/system.log:

SecurityAgent[877]: Ignoring user action since the dialog has received events from an untrusted source

but I am already using a real mouse (Magic Mouse) and/or the built-in touchpad of my Mac, so the proposed solution there does not help much:

  So a solution to this problem is to use a physical mouse to interact
  with the Keychain.

(By the way: I have all recent updates installed that I got auto-notified about via App Store.)

What's also interesting, looking at the system.log: it shows a lot of these lines quite frequentely, without any user interaction and every few seconds:

secd[292]:  __SOSCCProcessSyncWithAllPeers_Server_block_invoke sync with all peers failed: Error Domain=com.apple.security.sos.error Code=1032 "peer: UQl/Oz6WIs//dOl3o8fSLDAa2p not found" UserInfo={NSDescription=peer: UQl/Oz6WIs//dOl3o8fSLDAa2p not found}
Mar 21 22:40:04 mln-mbp CloudKeychainProxy[344]:  __39-[UbiqitousKVSProxy doSyncWithAllPeers]_block_invoke_2 <UB--s--C---> syncWithAllPeers (null), rescheduling timer

(Now I just removed the keychain from being stored on iCloud and the error in the log stopped.)


texts:
I frequently use the "Show In Playlist feature" to pick songs so I can play songs that I have not played before.  However, I have multiple copies of the same song - some are the same version, some are different renditions.

Is there a way I can select multiple songs and see all playlists that they appear on?


texts: Airport Extreme + USB Drive vs Time Capsule

texts:
The price between an airport extreme and 2TB Time Capsule is quite a lot (£100) and as far as I can see the only different is that the Time Capsule has a hard drive built in.
Is there any problems with buying an airport extreme and a (£70) 2TB USB hard drive and just plugging it in to the back? Will I still be able to use Time machine? And will I be able (like my last question) be able to use the same drive for windows backup?

(I'm not sure why Apple would charge so much more if you can use them separately?)


texts: iphone 3g jailbreak: from 4.2.1 to 4.3.x. Is it possible?

texts: Is it possible to jailbreak to 4.3.x a jailbreaked iphone 3g 4.2.1 (with a foreign locked sim)?


texts: Mac recognizes usb installer, but instead of booting into it, it boots from internal hdd

texts: I've used this usb drive in the past to restore macs and I don't remember what I did to get it to work. I get into the drive selection for booting, the usb with high sierra installer is there, but upon selecting it, it just boots from internal hdd. I remember having to use the command-line in the past due to expired certificate issues, but my goldfish brain can't remember what I did and I can't seem to find anything on Google. What am I missing here?


texts: Configure new IMAP mail account in IOS 10

texts:
I am trying to configure a new mail account for IMAP.

In iOS 10, I go Settings > Mail > Accounts > Add Account > Other > Add Mail Account. After I supply my Email and password at this time, iOS seems to attempt connecting with POP and if this works (which is the case) does not offer IMAP as a choice. So how can I configure an IMAP mail account with iOS 10?


texts:
A while ago, I was eyeballing the MadCatz STRIKE7 keyboard for a new gaming PC I was building...but as it turns out, its not just sold out, EOL'd but also quite hard to get a hold of. And that is rather unfortunate, because I really liked the idea of using my iPhone as a screen to monitor my PC's information.

There are alternatives by Logitech and Roccat - but they always work best in conjunction with their hardware. I wonder, is there a standalone version of this? A secondary display solution which just gives me some numbers to gawk at, like CPU and GPU temperatures, RAM usage and alike?


texts: A building has two APs (Access Points) named Bob & Mary.  An iPhone / iPad is configured to use both APs.  Is there a setting to enable the phone to hop to the other AP if its signal is significantly stronger than the current AP?


texts:
I recently bought a Mac Mini which I knew was missing the hard drive, so easy fix right? Whenever I start the Mac the fans are running really high and the odd thing is I can only start the Mac in safe mode otherwise it will go into a boot loop.

I did a PRAM/SMC reset, but no result. I performed an Apple Hardware Test and I got an error:
4SNS/1/C0000008 TAOP-- 124: Ambient Temperature Sensor

I tried to connect an other Mac Mini's sensor but that didn't work either. The thing is, the Mac runs from an external harddrive connected to the Mac through SATA to USB. It is missing the internal SATA. Can it have something to do with the missing SATA? Or has anyone else fixed this issue before?


texts: Reply from same address as mail was sent to in Mail.app

texts:
I have a single Gmail account that receives mails via forwards from 2 other addresses. The Gmail web UI allows me to reply with the address it was received on.

Is it possible to set up Apple's Mail.app to automatically use the recipient as the sender address in replies (without having multiple distinct Gmail accounts)?

I've set up aliases on the specific account, but Mail doesn't seem to automatically choose the correct one.


texts: Updating iOS version with baseband damaged

texts: I just want to ask if it is okay to update the iOS version even though my baseband is damaged? My iPhone 6 service network keeps on “searching”.


texts:
Right now it's stuck at

  Running packages scripts

And here is the log:

Aug 28 13:48:52 Alejandro installd[9247]: ./postinstall: MacPorts base version 2.1.2 installed,
Aug 28 13:48:52 Alejandro installd[9247]: ./postinstall: MacPorts base version 2.1.2 downloaded.
Aug 28 13:48:52 Alejandro installd[9247]: ./postinstall: --->  Updating the ports tree
Aug 28 13:48:52 Alejandro installd[9247]: ./postinstall: Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar
Aug 28 13:48:55 Alejandro installd[9247]: ./postinstall: receiving file list ... done
Aug 28 13:48:56 Alejandro installd[9247]: ./postinstall: ports.tar

How do I successfully install macports? I don't see any bandwidth transfer and I cannot exit the setup.


texts:
Recently I edited a *.plist file of an App in order to hide it from the Dock. Everything works but I can't click on the menubar anymore when the App is selected..! Any help?

This is what I did

previously:

<key>LSUIElement</key>
<false/>

after:

<key>LSUIElement</key>
<true/>

this is what I get: "resource envelope is obsolete (custom omit rules)" what does it mean?


texts: Any way to open a URL in a script without having it open in a browser

texts:
The situation: My mobile carrier offers for free to send SMS notifications by following a URL.

What I'd want: Include these URLs in various scripts to get notifications when I'm away from keyboard.

The problem: I can't find a way to open the URL silently (that is without opening it in a browser), the simplest thing:

do shell script "open https://myurl"

opens a tab and brings my browser to the front, so I'd have to close the tabs either manually or with some other lines in the script.

Is there's a more elegant way to do as if I had followed the link without showing it in a browser?


texts: Restore system from DMG (original source disk bigger than destination)

texts:
I'm running Lion and trying to restore a Snow Leopard system archived in a DMG file.

The restore destination is an external Firewire disk (160GB) and the original system was installed in a 250GB disk. The compressed DMG has 90GB, and uncompressed it takes 120GB.

Disk utility tells me that there's not enough space to restore. In the post Copying Time Machine backup, there are mentions to Carbon Copy Cloner and rsync command. Would any of these help me? Or is there some Disk Utility option I'm missing?


texts: Does iPad mini 4 also feature the new and faster 2nd-Generation Touch ID sensor featured in the iPhone 6s?

texts:
After I read on multiple websites that the new 2nd-Generation Touch ID sensor in the iPhone 6S is a lot faster, I was wondering if the new iPad mini 4 features the same sensor.

Basically, I'm not interested if it is a new sensor (as I am not sure whether the improvement is due to new hard- or software), but rather if it reacts as fast in the iPad mini 4 as in the iPhone 6S.


texts: iOS 6.0.1 thinks all calendar events are invitations

texts:
Ever since installing iOS 6.0.1, it appears that all my Google Calendar events appear as invitations. Is this happening to anyone else? Is there any way for me to fix this?

The only events that don't appear as invitations are the ones in my main calendar; I've got three calendars, one for personal, one for work, and one for other, and only those in personal are fine. The events in the other two calendars appear as invitations in my Calendar app on my iPod Touch.


texts: Imac stuck on loading screen and key combinations are not working

texts:
I would reset my imac but nothing seems to work. I already tried every key combinations but it doesn't work I don't know what to do anymore. I have made a boot usb, but I don't know how to activatie it. The only keys are working is D and C on de by the start. The imac will land on the loading screen and then stuck on 100%.
I have tried to reset the NVRAM/PRAM but i don't see anything. Than i tried to use cmd + r and also nothings. I have tried all of these commands on this link https://support.apple.com/nl-nl/HT201255 but only D and C was working.
with the program Transmac I made a boot usb for mac but I don't see if it does anything.


texts: How to get colors from 'ls' command on macOS

texts:
I have tried both
 ls --color=auto

and
 ls -G

The first gives ls: illegal option -- -  and the second simply has no effect.  So then what is the way to get color for ls on macOS?  I am using the default bash on catalina
I am using the standard Terminal.app
$echo $TERM
vt100


texts: Mac does not recognize password after upgrade

texts:
Background

This morning I sit in front of the Mac at work and notice that some update is required. Furthermore, the upgrade to Sierra is allowable, but they told me to not upgrade for some reason, so I simply ignore everything.

I go to the toilet for some minute and in the meanwhile the Mac start updating something. I sit again and see the white screen, the grey apple, and the progress bar which is almost full and think "Ok, this is not gonna be the Sierra upgrade, but minor updates".

The Mac reboots and...

The problem

It does not recognize the user password anymore! Ok, let's first check the caps lock key. It's off. Searching for a solution on the web I find this, and try cmd+R and everything else. In addition I set a hint, which was not present, in order to see with my eyes that the Mac has digested the change of password. I restart it. The hint is now present, but the password is unbelievably still refused!

EDIT:

I see a dot for each key I press, so it's out of question that some key doesn't work at all (it could work unproperly, thus giving wrong output..). Furthermore I followed the instruction of the video I linked, so I had to write resetpassword, which proves that the keyboard is detected as QWERTY, and not AZERTY, for example.


texts: Can I use TimeMachine with a Thunderbolt hard drive?

texts:
The Apple technicians told me that I needed a specific device to use Time Machine... namely a wireless device that had a relatively small hard drive.

Since I use Oracle Virtual Box and have very large files, I think it would be best to backup using Thunderbolt, instead of Wifi.

Can I use a normal Thunderbolt harddrive and have Time Machine work with that?


texts: Error / Hang Installing Yosemite and Mavericks on Mac Pro SSD

texts:
Having had a hard drive failure, I'm attempting a clean install of Yosemite on a 2010 Mac Pro, with a brand new 120GB OWC SSD.

I've tried using a Yosemite boot disk, using both an external hard drive and a USB memory stick, which both suffered the same symptoms, and now I'm seeing something similar with an old Mavericks USB memory stick, which I believe has worked before.

The problem I had with the Yosemite install was that it would start the installation, I'd accept the terms, and it would get to the "Preparing to install" screen. It would then count down from 8 minutes, stop at "1 second remaining" for about 10 minutes, then "0 seconds remaining" for about another 10 minutes, before finally presenting the error message, "An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again."

With Mavericks, I'm seeing the same thing up to the "0 seconds remaining" problem, but then it just hangs - on the last attempt I waited about an hour, and I'm in the middle of a second attempt now.

I've tried resetting the PRAM, and checked the date in the terminal which is correct (albeit the wrong time zone, but I'm guessing that's not important).

The only entry in the Installer system log is:

localhost Install OS X Mavericks[387]: Can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No such file or directory

Any advice much appreciated!


texts:
I have entered Single user mode like 5min ago. Meanwhile I shut down the computer, tried to get back to Single user mode my pressing cmd+S and it doesnt work. It outputs the error saying Builduser() Error building user of type 0xffsomethinggoeshere

It worked 5min ago. All I did was to run some ls commands. What could be the problem?

Edit> Verbose mode doesnt work either.


texts: Differences in path encoding between Mojave and High Sierra

texts:
I have a script (in R) where I specify the path to some data. The script ran on my computer's High Sierra. After updating to Movaje, I get "path non-existent" error messages so my script no longer runs.

So I:

Use the Terminal to go to the folder I want
Copy-paste the path from the Terminal to my R script. I see no differences between the two bits of text, but Mojave seems to see something. My old line doesn't run, the new one -copied from the Terminal- does.

I can work with this, but would like to understand, where could the differences be?


texts: iPad tries to connect to Apple TV but then gives up

texts:
I am trying to set up my Apple TV and running into some difficulties.

I can see the mirroring option on the iPad, and when I select it I can see my Apple TV.  When I select these options it nothing happens. It looks like it's thinking about it for a second, then it just pops back to "iPad" — there is no error message.

I've updated the Apple TV.
Checked the network type (802.11n).
I know the TV is on the network as I can get at YouTube.

Any suggestions?


texts: Share the clipboard with the remote accessed computer?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Share the clipboards automatically when using Apple Screen Sharing?

Is there a way to have a shared clipboard with the computer you have accessed with Remote Desktop ? I tried to use those 2 buttons on the top of the screen to send and reveived what I cut and paste... Can It be set once for all ?


texts: User Authentication in Microsoft Document Connection

texts:
How can I change the username that is used to connect to a SharePoint site in Microsoft Document Connection. When I try to connect to a site, it's showing the authentication screen, but only allows me to enter the password. The username is defaulted to my Mac login user, but I can't change it (it's greyed out). Connecting using these credentials does not work, it always displays "You do not have permission to connect".

For a successful connection, I think I have to prefix my username with the name of our Windows domain, e.g. DOMAIN\username. Unfortunately, Microsoft Document Connection does not allow me to do that.

Any ideas on how I can change the username?


texts:
I'm going to purchase a new MBP (May 2015) Retina 15".

I will be using it mainly for software development and programming, Ruby, Rails, Angular JS, Git, and HTML/CSS3.

This probably gets asked a lot but my question is what would the consensus be on upgrading the processor? For £80 I don't mind going up one notch to the 2.5Ghz i7, but unless I'm doing hardcore stuff i.e. graphics/movie editing, am I just throwing money at a wall? Also will time play an effect on the speed of this? i.e. 3-4 years down the line? Will there be a noticeable difference?


texts: Rainbow Style Loading Cursor On MacBook Air 2017

texts: Is It Normal To Get The Rainbow Colour Loading Cursor Sometimes While Using Safari On The MacBook Air 2017 i5 5th Gen. I'm A First Time Mac User. Sorry If It's Silly.


texts: iTerm unresponsive as xcode attempts (and fails) compiling every startup

texts:
Very recently, iTerm has become unresponsive for me when I open new instances of it. Whenever I open a new window or tab of iTerm, Xcode seems to be attempting to recompile a slightly older version of the operating system on boot. I believe this because if I open another terminal and cancel whatever is causing the window to hang, and run ps, I see the following:

 1117 ttys000    0:00.01 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/as
 1118 ttys000    0:00.22 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -x assembler - -o a.out -integrated-as -c
 1121 ttys000    0:00.01 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang -cc1as -triple x86_64-apple-macosx10.15.0 -filetype obj -main-file-name - -target-cpu penryn -fdebug-compilation-dir /Users/me -dwarf-debug-producer Apple clang version 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.32.59) -dwarf-version=4 -mrelocation-model pic -o a.out -

This is concerning, because:

I'm on catalina (10.15.4), so it doesn't seem like Xcode should be doing anything with 10.15.0
I did not accept any system prompt asking me to update. I've also run Xcode to see if I should install anything that may be out of date and it seems happy enough, so there shouldn't be anything there.
It hangs indefinitely and does not ever finish. It's preventing my shell from loading (zsh) which is annoying.

Has anyone run into this or have ideas about what's going on?


texts:
I have just got a second hand iMac (Core 2 Duo 2.4 20" Mid 2007) Which has been fully wiped. I have connected it to wifi and am trying to install OS X by using the reinstall option but when I log in to the App Store it just says item temporarily unavailable. It seems to have decided that El Capitan 10.11 is what its looking for but cannot access it to download it.

Any suggestions so that I can get an OS on to this computer and actually use it?!

Thanks.


texts: Error 2002F during internet recovery on Mac Mini over WIFI

texts:
I want to roll back to the oldest MacOS version on a Mac Mini.

It displays error 2002F after connecting to the Internet over WIFI during Internet Recovery.

During normal OS operation the Mac has no problems connecting to the Internet over WIFI.

I don't have an ethernet cable.

Help appreciated.


texts: WiFi Connection Lost Periodically - Must Reboot iPod Touch to Restore

texts:
I have a 2nd generation iPod Touch running OS 4 that I (usually) leave powered on 24x7. What I notice that I am unable to go online - I cannot check my email, browse the web, etc. My guess is that my wireless router's DHCP tables have recycled (or whatever the right word is) and that the iPod Touch needs to renew its IP address.

If I go to the iPod Touch's Settings it lists my network and the DHCP-granted IP address, DNS settings, and so forth. If I try to renew the lease the existing settings are erased and the iPod thinks for a while before bringing up a new IP address. However, this new one starts with 169.254 (or something like that) when it should start with 192.168. Needless to say, the connectivity problems persist.

The only way I can get back online is to power down the iPod Touch then power it back on, which takes upwards of a minute. Is this a known problem with the iPod Touch? Is it an issue with my router? Am I stuck rebooting the iPod Touch when this situation unfolds?

Thanks!


texts:
I have Macbook Air 2013-mid which has only Ubuntu 16.04 and reFind bootloader. Now, however, I Would like get OSX back to the whole disk. I find only updates of specific OS Xs here but not whole ISO file, which you can boot for the install. I have had licences of El Capitan on my Apple store but cannot login now to any Apple store.

I started the Internet recovery mode. It asks me wifi password. I gave it but it stays now in the mode where the Earth and you can still change the network settings. I have also Ethernet connection with USB connector to the device but it does not want to use it.
Eventually, it gives the warning sign and the text

apple.com/support
-2002F

Hardware: Macbook Air 2013-mid
OS: Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit only at the moment


texts: How do I create a new playlist when all the options are greyed out?

texts:
I'm running iTunes 11.1.5 under Mavericks 10.9.2. Because I have a very large music collection I keep it on an external drive. I have six recorded lectures I'd like to sync with my iPad. How do I create a new playlist based on the recordings on the external drive. I know it can be done because I've done it before years ago but have forgotten how.

Yes, I too wish iTunes were more coherent and less convoluted.


texts: Apple Music - Some sounds from Album are not available to download or listen

texts: I have Apple Music 3 month free trial and I added an album to my iCloud Music Library. But one sound is "disabled" and I cannot listen or download it. What's wrong?


texts: How to prevent someone accessing my iMac

texts: My desktop is in the living room where anyone visiting can access it.  I'd like to make it secure from those in my home since I have a roommate.


texts: Placing Day O in exact place of where default calendar is placed in Menu bar

texts:
I am using Day-O in place of Mac's default clock in the menu bar. But now Day-O is placed in the left as shown below:-

Is there a way I can drag Day-O to the same location as default Mac Clock in Menu bar as shown below:-

I am using Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6


texts: How to configure resolv.conf options with scutil on MacOS?

texts:
I would like to configure the following:

options rotate timeout:1 retries:1

What is the way to achieve that with  scutil --dns. I can't find it anywhere in the documentation.

$ for i in {1..100}; do dig +trace +ans google.com | grep Received | egrep '192.168.1.10[56]' | cut -d ' ' -f 6 ; done | sort | uniq -c
  99 192.168.1.105#53(192.168.1.105)
   1 192.168.1.106#53(192.168.1.106)

resolv.conf

bash-3.2$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
#
# macOS Notice
#
# This file is not consulted for DNS hostname resolution, address
# resolution, or the DNS query routing mechanism used by most
# processes on this system.
#
# To view the DNS configuration used by this system, use:
#   scutil --dns
#
# SEE ALSO
#   dns-sd(1), scutil(8)
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
domain lan
nameserver 192.168.1.105
nameserver 192.168.1.106

I am not sure when and why is 99% of requests go to one name server.


texts: The other day I noticed a little weather report the minute I picked up my phone. It looked different from a notification. But I haven’t seen one since. It seems like there’s an app or a hidden feature that might have an option to do this but I don’t know which or how to enable or control it.


texts: How to not compress inserted pictures in Powerpoint 2011 for Mac?

texts:
I am trying to make a presentation for a conference, and am facing a problem that I cannot solve. I have a powerpoint presentation initially created with Powerpoint 2010 for Windows. I am facing picture compression issues as described here. In addition to this saving problem, that pictures become worse quality every time I save the file, I am experiencing problems while trying to insert files. All pictures are inserted blurry. This applies for emf, png and, pdf. The solution here does not work as pictures are still inserted in lower quality

I see that it is possible to disable the feature in Advanced settings under Windows, but I cannot find these advanced settings from Powerpoint for Mac 2011. How can I import/insert pictures to Powerpoint in their original quality? How can I control the picture compression?

I am working on Powerpoint version 14.3.2 and OS X 10.8.3


texts:
I imported all of my videos from a Sony HDR-CX550V camcorder into iMovie '11.  I imported the video at the original resolution 1920x1080.  I was planning on converting the video into some other codec so I can view it on both a Mac and Windows machine.

Unfortunately, I learned that this video is an ICOD (Apple Intermediate Codec) format wrapped in an MOV and I cannot use Handbrake to convert the video.

So I created a project in iMovie, added one of the videos to it, and exported it to HD 1080p...and the quality was absolutely horrible!  For instance, the shadows in the converted video had a red tint!  It reminded me of a .GIF animation.

Unfortunately, I no longer have the videos on the camcorder, so I'm stuck with these ICOD files...what are my options?  I want to convert them into something Handbrake can handle.

Thanks!


texts: How to get the path of the selected Image in Adobe Bridge via Applescript?

texts:
I am trying to get the parent file path of a selected image thumbnail in Adobe Bridge CS5.1 to pass it on to a shell script. An Applescript wraps a tiny javascript command in command like this:

set js to "app.document.selections[0].spec.parent.name;" # parent of 1st selected image
tell application "Adobe Bridge CS5.1" # target adobe product
    set theResult to do javascript js # fire away, waiting for return value
end tell

The javascript reports the correct value — I tested the output within Bridge via alert. Alas, the do javascript command does not return any value, so I added an explicit return statement:

set js to "return app.document.selections[0].spec.parent.name;"

throws an error in AppleScript Editor.app:

error "Adobe Bridge CS5.1 got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000

What am I doing wrong? NB: I just need the path, I don’t care about how it is done.


texts: Internet recovery can't install macOS because it "requires downloading important content" which "can't be downloaded"

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I used cmd-option-r to enter recovery mode and reset the MacBook Pro 2017 by reinstalling macOS before giving it to a friend to use.
Issue is, it now refuses to do anything. It won't install macOS as usual and it won't boot from a USB. I've tried formatting everything, resetting NVRAM, and setting the date/time. Is this thing actually bricked?

Installation of macOS could not continue.
Installation requires downloading important content. That content can't be downloaded at this time. Try again later.


texts: Is it possible to connect an iPhone/iPad via WiFi Protected Setup (WPS)?

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I was wondering if anyone know if it is possible to connect your iPhone/iPad to a router via WiFi Protected Setup (WPS)?

I would like to bypass entering my password on my iOS device and speed pairing similar to how printers can get on the router with a PIN or first attempt.


texts: Install Sierra without a recovery partition?

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How can I install macOS Sierra without a recovery partition?

I am installing into a virtual machine, and will make manual backups of the VM. I do no need or want the extra 5 gigs of the recovery partition and its copy of the Sierra installer app.


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A client wants to send me a very large file (3+ GB), but I'm kind of at a loss on how to receive it. My Dropbox is full, and I don't have any other kind of file sharing service. Sites like WeTransfer.com have a file size limit.

So, I looked into using Homebrew to install vsftpd or proftpd, but they're not that straightforward to set up. I really just want a simple FTP server I can launch, make up a username and password, and have my client FTP in to upload the file directly to my Mac.

I need something that will let me specify a different port number other than the standard FTP port.

How can I do this?

I'm using Mac OS 10.9.5, BTW.


texts: How can I remove an application which is preventing me from logging in normally on my MacBook?

texts:
MacBook Air 2015.

Today I installed a third party application. After that my MacBook is stuck loading after entering my password. I remember selecting “allow application on start of MacBook” so that whenever I restart my Mac that application will automatically start.

That application is stopping my Macbook from starting because it is a third party application and created by an unofficial developer (publisher) so whenever that application will start we need to click “run” manually because I am using latest version of macOS and in that there’s no option to allow application from unofficial/unlisted developer.

I am able to login using safe mode, but this application is not showing in safe mode.

How can I remove (uninstall) this application from my MacBook without losing my data?


texts: How can I get Gmail Chat to run in background on my iPhone?

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For my iPhone, is there anyway to have gmail chat ping me, when a new chat occurs, and I am on another app?  Unlike Android or Blackberry, I am amazed that I have yet not found anything that works well on the iphone for chatting with friends.  Am I missing something here?  Or is this just one of the greatest overlooked features that my iPhone does not have.

And any solution offered can be either from the app store or cydia.  Thanks.


texts: OS X Mavericks Upgrade: Wait or Download Straight Away?

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Is there any particular reason(s) why people shouldn't upgrade to OS X Mavericks straight away from Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard, rather than waiting say a period of 2 months eg for reasons of bugs etc (which maybe fixed in this time) ?

Edit:

I am looking for legitimate reasons only (obviously).


texts: Can Numbers use 8 hour long days when converting from days to hours?

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Using Numbers 3.6.2, I am using cells formatted as "Duration" in days. I then have a SUM cell that sums all the durations and shows for example "64d" (Suppose in cell D1).
I then do in a new cell (D2 for example) the following formula: =D1 and change the display days to hours. It shows "1536h".

But I want to use days of 8h (a normal average working day). How can I do this?

If I change the formula to =D1*8, then I get 8 times as many days which is certainly not what I want.


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My wife did something to messages and it left only the picture for each conversation and it removed the name and summary.  We have gone so far as to reboot her Macbook but we can't get it back to normal.  Here is an image of how her Messages looks now.

Any one know how to get her back to normal?


texts: USB external hard drive suddenly refuses to mount?

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I am unable (as of today) to access an external hard-drive (The USB variant). It does not or will not show under my Devices directory in Finder. If I open Disk Utility, the application will forever tell me it is loading the drives unless I unplug the external and plug it in after opening the application (at which point it shows nothing).

I then tried running diskutil in the terminal to see if the drive was being recognized somewhere. And it is, kind of:

CXR-MBP13:~ Owatch$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +120.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 BFDF1A89-7E29-4DEE-92E8-143DA7D4563C
                                 Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS CXExternal              500.1 GB   disk2s1

It's listed as disk2s1. My external is named CXExternal.

I tried running verifyVolume on the drive to see if it could tell me anything:

CXR-MBP13:~ Owatch$ diskutil verifyVolume CXExternal
Started file system verification on disk2s1 CXExternal
Verifying file system
File system check exit code is 8
Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed

I cannot seem to do any more than this. I thought perhaps I should be using verifyDisk and tried that, but nothing seems to get me anywhere. What can I do apple.stackexchange? I want to be able to access this external. You're my only hope.


texts: Possible to increase the RAM on a MacBook Air?

texts:
I have a 13" MacbookAir with 4GB of RAM and I was interested in adding some more RAM.  I have heard some people say that this cannot be done on the Air.

Is it possible to add more RAM to a MacBook Air?


texts: Macbook Pro gets warm while running Android virtual device

texts:
I am trying to develop a Flutter application and for that purpose I created an Android Virutal Device.
However, when I run the app, macbook gets really warm.

Does this happen to anyone of you? What could be the problem?


texts: Phone app freezes after using iPhone for a few hours

texts:
When the phone is switched on and I open the Phone app I can navigate to "Recents", "Contacts" and other tabs there. But after about few hours using the iPhone, when I press the Phone app, it goes to that, but I cannot navigate to any tab or do anything. Everything is frozen there.

If I double-press the home button and close the Phone app and reopen it, it is still not working and freezes. If I restart the phone, then it is working for the first few uses, and after a while it's the same. There are no errors in other apps, just in this, and this is a huge impact for me since I cannot even dial a number.

How can I fix this? I am on iOS 9.1 (the latest version at the time of writing) on iPhone 6 Plus.


texts: What accessories are needed to connect my iphone 5 with iPad Mini?

texts:
I'm looking to connect my iPhone 5 to my iPad Mini to upload pictures taken from my iPhone 5. What adapters and/or cables are needed?

Update: According to this article, it is possible. Has something changed in the iOS to not allow this?


texts: Do you know if there is anyway to turn off the iPod Touch pinging NTP server?

texts: We have a bunch of iPod Touch devices deployed in an Enterprise environment, they are pinging NTP server and it looks like it is for accurate time keeping. Is there anyway I can turn off the devices pinging the NTP server? We are hearing from the network guys that pinging is slowing the network down. The real problem we are trying to solve is the WIFI Drop, for some reason these devices are dropping 5 to 8 times a day and the network guys are saying that this is due to the iPod Touch devices pinging the NTP server. Is that traffic so high to cause WIFI drops?


texts: Can I sort Spotlight results by most-recently-used?

texts:
Like everyone else, I use spotlight to open up OSX apps.  But I also like to use it to open up a particular log file, or a specific remote desktop connection.

When I search for the osx app, it is usually sorted to the top of the list so I can just type the return key to run it.  However, for the log file and the remote connection, they are WAY down the list, so I have to use the mouse to click them.  (I know, I am lazy)...

I used to use Launchy when I was on windows, and it would sort my most recently used items or most frequently used items to be at the top, so it was nice and convenient.  Is there any way to duplicate this functionality?


texts: How can I see crash log on original iPad?


texts:
I am the administrator of 10-15 computers, most of them Macs. One iMac Intel Dual Core, 3 GB of RAM (more than 3 y old) is running Outlook 2011 as an email client.

The problem is the Mac becomes unresponsive (beachball rolling and cannot do anything on computer) because the Outlook profile email database is 12 GB in size...

I know, I have clean the deleted-spam-send folder, deleted everything... the 12 gig is the result of a cleanup because before it was 20 gig, this is a lot of email...

All email must be keep for references... now what i do, the computer cannot be used with outlook open... any idea ?


texts: Disk Utility works forever at trying to repair partitions

texts:
My computer froze yesterday while I was using a browser. I restarted and never got past a plain white screen. Finally was able to boot from a different drive and ran disk utility on my main boot drive and it made some repairs and then gave me the message "Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required."
The status bar shows it is in process and I get the message Estimated time: 2 minutes. But nothing happens. I stopped it after 20 min. and had to force quit to shut down disk utility. Then I had to restart because the finder crashed and didn't come back. Restarted to the alternate disk again, ran disk utility on the main drive again, it found some problems and repaired them this time (last time it didn't find any) and now it's back to the "2 minute" updating boot support again... now onto 20 minute with no progress.

Any ideas on what to do next? Do I need to buy a new hard drive and migrate my files (which appear to be intact)? This is a TB drive with 800 gigs used... a lot of it for applications so reinstalling everything would eat my life and be virtually impossible. Any ideas on making the boot support partitions update so I don't have to go through that hell?


texts: Where can I buy a replacement Mac pro 2013 SSD drive?

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Having acquired a second hand Mac Pro (A1481) I want to upgrade the internal SSD drive from 256GB to at least 500GB.

I have spent hours searching online, and can't find a provider other than OWC The one I have in place is Samsung, is there no online provider of these drives? furthermore, a few ebay auctions suggest that a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air SSD drive would be suitable.

Can any one point me to a reputable source for these Samsung drives?


texts: Slow read/write speed (40MBps) with USB-C external SSD on Macbook Pro

texts:
I had a Sandisk Extreme Pro 500Gb PCIe NVME M.2 SSD. I got an USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 Enclosure for it. I have tried it on 3 different 2017 and 2018 macbook pros and an iMac. The Max read/write speed that I can get is 40MBps. I thought the problem might be with the enclosure so I tried 4 different enclosures and still same result. I installed the SSD through PCIe to a desktop and read/write speed were astonishingly high.

I got a Samsung T5 External SSD and even with one I have the same problem. I have seen many reviews of T5 on youtube with Mac which all were satisfied. Am I missing something? Do I need some sort of Driver for it? I’m running a 2018 Macbook Pro with MacOS Mojave


texts: Can't sync nor delete photos to manage storage

texts: In My usage -> Storage -> Photos it says that 7.4 GB are used and that I have over 2000 pictures. But I only have 150 photos on my phone. iTunes will not sync because I have no room. What can I do?


texts: Photo Streams from two or more iCloud accounts into same iPhoto library?

texts:
I'd like to connect iPhoto on my MBP to my photo stream and my wife's photo stream. We each have our own Apple ID and iCloud account. Can iPhoto connect to multiple iCloud photo streams?

Thanks.


texts: Recover folder hierarchy, file names, file metadata from drive?

texts:
I'm posting this on AD because I'm using a Mac (Yosemite) to do the job.

This is the situation:

Friend 1 has a 600GB external HDD (FAT 32 formatted) that he has been using with Windows 7.

With hundreds of GB of space already used, Friend 1 gave it to Friend 2 who then used it with OS X Snow Leopard. Friend 2 transferred many more gigabytes to the drive. He then ejected and unplugged it.

Friend 2 now tells me that when he, a few hours later, again plugged the drive into his SL Mac, it appeared to be totally empty, with all the space in it available. He says that all he could see were some weird folders which he claims had Arabic names. The drive was in his physical possession the whole time, and we know that nobody else had physical access to it. Moreover, the SL Mac was never online. He then gave me the drive and asked me to help him recover the data. apparently  the data of Friend 1 in there was important (Yeah, I know, that guy should have had a second backup.)

So, since it was FAT32 formatted, I booted into Windows 8 to have a look at it. But Windows 8 wouldn’t even recognize the drive. The OS didn’t even mention the drive in any way.

So I booted into OS X Yosemite. The drive came up, but, just like Friend 2, I found it to be totally empty. Except for the folders .fseventsd, .Spotlight-V100 and .Trashes. Also, OS X says only 371 MB is used, while the data is supposed to be hundreds of gigabytes. I could not see the folders spoken off by Friend 2 with supposed Arabic names.

I ran an app called Disk Drill on the drive. In a mode called Quick Scan, it finds nothing, except for 33 KB in the Trashes folder. That folder contains a single, 33 KB file called journalAttr.3.

In a mode called Deep Scan, it found hundreds of gigabytes of files. But all the file names and folder hierarchy are missing.

File names and folder hierarchy, as well as file metadata, are important. They are a big part of the data. It would be a huge mess without that information.

Is it possible to recover filenames, folder hierarchy and file metadata in this situation?
What is likely to have caused this data loss? How can my friends avoid it in the future? (Except for the obvious precaution of having a second backup of one's data.)


texts: What video player for iPad mini supports mkv format best?


texts: replacing a toshiba hard drive in a mac mini

texts: I took my mac mini in to a computer repair shop, they said I needed a new hard drive, so I paid them $300.00 to do the repair.  Later on when I went to set up my mini mac it wouldn't work, and I found out that they replaced my apple hard drive with a toshiba hard drive. why would they do that


texts:
I'm the owner of a MacBook Air I bought just a few days ago. I live in Italy, so for the sake of being able to sell the machine when its time will come, I bought it with an Italian keyboard layout.
For programming I'm trying to get used to US layout, I just wanted to know a few things:

what is the current US keyboard layout on Macs? I still can't find an "official" one.
Through Preferences > Languages > Input I selected USA keyboard layout, but what I get is this layout:

I'm pretty sure it's quite uncommon to have that odd glyph in the upper left corner, actually I don't even know its meaning.

Do you know how to access standard US keyboard?

Note I have this theory: since my keyboard has a different number of keys than the US one, maybe that's the reason why \ and | characters are on the extreme right rather than on the upper left corner.

Note 2 I'm aware of solutions like keyremap4macbook, I just wanted to know if this is possible without that.

Edit

This should be the layout I'm looking for.


texts: Configure .local for vhost High Sierra 10.13.2

texts:
Following this guide can't access to site with .local

When try to ping home.local say ping: cannot resolve home.local: Unknown host but have this folder in /www

I'm do everything from guide but not working for me.


texts: dsconfigad returns error "authentication server could not be contacted. (5200)", but GUI domain join works without a problem

texts:
So I've built a "script", to deploy using JAMF. It is pretty much a single command.

It looks like this:

dsconfigad -add "SERVERNAME" -force -computer "COMPUTERNAME" -domain "SELECTED_OU" -username "ADMIN" -password "SOMEPASSWORD"

When run, doesn't matter if from script in Jamf, or typed manually, it failes with error:

  dsconfig: Authentication server could not be contacted. (5200)

The weirdest thing is it works immedietaly when doing it with GUI (preferences -> Users & Groups -> Login Options -> Network Account Server).

I tried to google it, but nothing seems to work (like an implication, there is some problem with time sync between server and MacOS computer). Any ideas, where to find the solution?


texts:
I'm publishing a textbook on iTunes Connect that has facilitator sections as HTML widgets. I'd like to password protect them as sometimes they have answers to quizzes that ideally the student doesn't see. I've created the widget and have it password protected, but I'm not sure how to communicate a password to the iBook buyer.

Is there a way to get an email from iTunes Connect or something unique to the iBook?


texts: Long time for resetting procedure in iPhone 6

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I am resetting my iPhone 6 (Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings) and it is taking a very long time.

I have tried holding the middle button and on & off button but it just results in going back to the white screen with the black apple and the loading bar. The loading bar is loading a milimeter across and has not moved for over an hour!

What should I do?


texts: Does the Nike iPhone Sport Kit will work on a 2nd generation iPhone that has the 3.0 update applied? In the Q&A on the website, some say it will, but others say it only works on a 3GS iPhone.


texts: Bootcamp Windows doesn't start up after 10.7 fresh install upgrade to 10.10

texts:
Hardware: Late 2009 27" iMac (it's the first generation 27")
OS: Mac OSX 10.7, Windows 7 64 bit on Bootcamp

Last night, I decided to upgrade my OS to Yosemite, and seeing how old my Mac OS is (haven't touched it since 2013, I have a MacBook Air that I use as my main machine), I decided to do a fresh install.

Everything went fine for Yosemite, but after that, my Windows stopped working. It's still showing up in the System Preferences.app Startup Disk panel, but not when I hold down the ⌥ Option key during system boot up. However, if I try to boot into Windows from the System Preferences.app Startup Disk panel, Windows will refuse to boot and show an error along lines of

Non-system disk
Press any key to reboot...

What can I do to start up as Windows again?


texts:
I have a strange problem with my iPhone 5 running iOS 9.2.1. When I first join my home Wi-Fi network, it is running nice and fast. I use the Speed Test app and measure 60 Mbps down, 4 Mbps up, which is about my top speed with Charter.

However, after a few hours of using the phone on and off, the speed drops to roughly 1 Mbps down, 1-4 Mbps up. The kicker is that turning Wi-Fi off, then on resets it back to running at full speed.

The network is running on Ubiquiti's Uni-Fi AP-Pro. Other devices don't seem to be experiencing these types of issues. I already tried resetting network settings, then re-joining the Wi-Fi network. Also, turned off Wi-Fi assist.

Has anyone experienced similar issues? If so, has anyone found a fix?


texts: How can I associate a file extension with a content type?

texts:
I have some files with extension "module" and "inc," which are PHP files. When I try to open them, the list of applications that can open them shows only the application I have set as default application, even though there is another text editor that can open PHP files, and for which I have set the files with those extensions to be highlighted as PHP files are.

If I open the "Get Info" dialog, select another application in "Open With," and then click on "Change All..." what I get is the following.

What I want to obtain is what shown in the following screenshot, which shows the "Open With" menu for another type of file:

Is there a way to associate those extensions to the content type used for PHP files?
Alternatively, how can I show, in the list of the applications shown under the "Open With" menu, all the applications that can open PHP files, when Finder doesn't do that already?

I will explain what I want to obtain using a screenshot of RCDefaultApp.

A file using "module" as extension is a PHP file, in my case (it is a Drupal module); what I want is adding that extension to the ones reported for the "public.php-script" UTI.


texts: How do I clear individual types of browser data in Safari?

texts:
Prior to upgrading my MacBook Pro to OS X Yosemite, I was able to clear individual types of browser data (such as cookies, visited URLs and website data) in Safari. However, the  "Clear History and Website Data..." option in the new version of Safari only lets me choose how far back I want to clean the data; it doesn't let me choose what types of data to clear. How do I enable the option for choosing the data types?

I'm sure the solution is very simple, but I can't seem to figure it out for the life of me.


texts: What apple device takes photos with a resolution of 2250px x 3000px?

texts:
I'm trying to figure out what kind of mobile apple device took a certain photo that was sent to me, and I'm hoping you guys can help.  The dimensions of the photo are 2250px x 3000px.

Thanks!


texts: My MacBook Pro will boot up but won't login

texts: My 2013 MacBook Pro will turn on fine and go to the user profile page. When I click my profile type password and login it gets to 50% on the loading bar and freezes.


texts:
I have several PDF ebooks in my iBooks.

Some of them have their titles & authors visible. Some only displayed as "untitled".

Is there any PDF metadata editor for iPad?


texts: Is it possible to send mail using Command + Enter in Mail?

texts: I can't think of any reason why Command ⌘ + Enter ↩ would not send a mail draft, instead of the current shortcut, which is Command ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + D Is there a way to change this?


texts: MBP hangs after reboot for Security Update Installation / High Sierra

texts:
I have an old macbook pro (late 2011) with High Sierra installed. All was good since I downloaded security update 2020-005 10.13.6. Tried the install, and during reboot the mouse cursor hops in the top left corner, still moveable, but no progress at all. Only hard reboot helps. Machine comes back again, but with every shutdown/reboot wants to install this update again and hangs.
The update is listed in the AppStore, with only a reboot button to install it.
Is there a way to get rid of the update in AppStore update list, maybe download it again? Any hints on how to find out where this update hangs?
Any other hint? Thank you!


texts: Trim MP4 video downloaded from YouTube in Keynote

texts:
I have downloaded a YouTube videoclip (using Firefox), it's a MP4 file. I have inserted it in a Keynote slide.

Can I trim this MP4 file in Keynote? I can do that with my music from iTunes library.

I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.5.


texts: Kingston SV100S2/128G on MacBookPro 6,2 (late 2010) issue

texts:
I just upgraded the harddrive with the Kingston SSD (100V series), did restore with Time Machine, immediately noticed the battery doesn't seem to play nice, it charges, but the time estimate is quite off. On a 100% full charge, it shows it can run shy of 3 hours, with the computer doing nothing. Another thing is it seems the battery drain is crazy fast.

Does anyone else have the same/similar issue?

another thing is, I am running Snow Leopard, and Trim support says "no", but it is supported on my drive. is that normal?


texts: iPhone: Disable vibration for all notifications except for phone calls

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How can I disable vibrations for all notifications except for phone calls on an iPhone? This is for an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.

For instance, if I receive a notification such as a new email, my phone vibrates. And when I get phone calls, my phone vibrates. But when I disable vibration, it disables vibration for both notifications and phone calls.

So I'd like to separate the two, so that I don't get vibrations for notifications, but I do get vibrations for phone calls.

Is there a way to do this, without needing to enable vibrations and disabling vibrations on an app-by-app basis?


texts: No java installations was detected, although I have Java

texts:
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-462-11M4609)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-462, mixed mode)

$ which java
/usr/bin/java

$ ls /usr/libexec/java_home
/usr/libexec/java_home

But when I run some application from the terminal, is says in terminal:

No java installations was detected.
Please go to http://www.java.com/getjava/ and download


texts: iTerm2 captured output with watch script

texts:
iTerm's Captured Output is a great feature: I can run a build and open any files with problems, focused on the troublesome line in whatever editor I choose.
The one problem I've had with it is running a watch script that rebuilds my application when files change. In this case, when I click captured output, it sends my trigger command to a terminal prompt that is already busy running another process. Does anyone have any clever ideas to make this work?


texts: How can my iPhone status change to online if it was locked when stolen

texts:
My iPhone 6s was stolen a few days ago, however because I was running out of data I switched off my mobile data before that happened.

When I got home I tried to track my phone and lock it using Find My Phone, but it said my device was offline, I tried to activate Lost mode but it said it was pending and would be activated when it is connected to the internet.

My question is, if my phone was locked as per usual (i.e. requiring my thumbprint or 6 digit passcode) when the phone was stolen, and the thief doesn't know my password, how could they gain access to my Settings and connect to the internet, so the Lost mode can be activated?


texts: Help writing AppleScript with Mail rule to keep most recent

texts:
I've created a rule to move mail from specified senders to a new mailbox called "News."  I'd like my AppleScript to go through the "News" folder and only keep the most recent emaisa from those senders, deleting prior messages. (This is like one of the Sweep functions on MSLive/Outlook.) I've tried writing a script as follows, which is invoked by the rule:

using terms from application "Mail"
    on perform mail action with messages these_messages for rule this_rule
        tell application "Mail"
            set dateToday to current date
            set TargetInbox to mailbox "News" of account "iCloud"
            set EveryMessage to every message of TargetInbox
            repeat with eachMessage in these_messages
                repeat with this_message in EveryMessage
                    set eachSender to the sender of eachMessage
                    set this_sender to the sender of this_message
                    set messageDate to date received of EveryMessage
                    if messageDate < dateToday and eachSender = this_sender then
                        delete this_message
                    end if
                end repeat
            end repeat
        end tell
    end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

I see that the script is called by the rule, because of the spinning gear on the menu bar, but none of the desired deleting occurs, and the script seems to hang in some kind of loop.

I'm an AppleScript n00b, do much better with JavaScript.  I'd appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Betalantz

macos 10.13.5 | Mail 11.4 | AppleScript 2.7


texts: How do I limit calendar notifications to certain calendars?

texts:
In Calendar, I have a number of "iCloud" calendars that I share with my wife.  ("Family", "Me", "Her", etc.) so we can see when we're both free/busy.

While I do want to see her whole schedule on my calender, I don't necessarily want a pop-up notification every time she has a surgery. (I'm not a bad husband; she's a surgeon.)

Is there some way to set different notification settings for individual calendars within a calendar account (in this case, iCloud)?


texts: Is there a way to transfer a Launchpad layout to another machine?

texts: If I spend time grouping apps in neat folders in Launchpad on one machine, is there a way to copy that mapping to another system without having to manually organize everything all over again ?


texts: macOS Bluetooth menu bar show BLE Devices

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My Bluetooth menu (the one in the menu bar) do not show the Bluetooth Low Energy devices, from example my Razer mouse, it just shows up if I alt/option + click the icon.

Does anyone know how can I make the menu show all Low Energy Bluetooth devices in the menu bar?


texts: Windows 10 partition disappeared after resizing

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My Windows partition disappeared after resizing it. I found a post on NERDr with a walkthrough for how to fix it and I did everything. This is what I got in my terminal:

Enter an MBR hex code (default AF): 07
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): y

Unused partition space(s) found. Use one to protect more partitions? (Y/N): n

Recovery/transformation command (? for help): o

Disk size is 490234752 sectors (233.8 GiB)
MBR disk identifier: 0x0566FE4C
MBR partitions:

Number  Boot  Start Sector   End Sector   Status      Code
   1                     1    133448879   primary     0xEE
   2      *      133448880    489972567   primary     0x07

Recovery/transformation command (? for help): w

Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!

Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/disk0.
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Unable to open device '/dev/disk0' for writing! Errno is 1! Aborting write!

Recovery/transformation command (? for help):

The problem is the second to last line, says the action was aborted because the disk cannot be opened.

Some partition map details:

Andrews-MBP:~ Drew$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  490234751] <Unknown ID>
2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
Andrews-MBP:~ Drew$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=251000193024; sectorsize=512; blocks=490234752
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 490234751
      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  131769704      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  132179344    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  133448880  356523688      4  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  489972568     262151
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header

I also have some replies in Official Apple Support Forum, but in a hurry to fix this so I also posted it here.


texts: iPod Touch 5: Start new messages field doesn't show up

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http://i57.tinypic.com/30kysfl.jpp

Hi, my iPod Touch 5th gen dosent have the start new messages field, and its not there when I scroll down. Also, my iPhone's phone number wasn't an option when the field was there, only my emails.


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Unicode characters appear in regular old vim in the terminal (iTerm), but not MacVim. Is there a way to get MacVim to handle Unicode characters appropriately. If it helps, I installed them using homebrew.

I grabbed these lines from the Vim Wiki:

if has("multi_byte")
  if &termencoding == ""
    let &termencoding = &encoding
  endif
  set encoding=utf-8
  setglobal fileencoding=utf-8
  "setglobal bomb
  set fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,latin1
endif


texts: Is it possible to launch and use Itunes with the command line on windows?

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Is it possible to use iTunes with the command line on Windows?

I want to pass actions to the program like to play a playlist.

Is it possible to use any iTunes functionalities in the command line?