texts: Delete CoreStorage Volume even as OS X won't acknowledge there is one?

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I installed Yosemite on an external 3TB drive. I made a specific 300GB partition on it to hold the system and a second for data. Installation worked fine. However, according to Disk Utility in both Mavericks and Yosemite there is only a little more than 800GB available on the whole disk.

When I run diskutil list; echo; diskutil cs list it says there are no CoreStorage Volumes, but I knew from the Yosemite installation that there is one.

How can I get rid of the CoreStorage Volume even as OS X won't acknowledge there is one? Do I dare to delete and erase the complete drive from Disk Utility in Mavericks? It seems risky as it can't even show me the lost partition space.

Here's the output:

/dev/disk2
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *801.6 GB   disk2
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
2:                  Apple_HFS X Drive                 320.1 GB   disk2s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s3

No CoreStorage logical volume groups found


texts: App crashes, dock icon remains, can't reboot, yet no process in ps aux to kill

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I've been encountering an extremely annoying problem since I upgraded to Yosemite.
FCPX (but I've been having reports of this problem on other computers with finder.app and safari.app) sometimes will crash on exit (with no detectable log trace) and its icon will remain in the dock with the usual "this application is not responding" menu warning.
Force quit won't work
Rebooting can only be done the hard way because the stuck app is preventing a soft one
yet no single process regarding FCPX is listed when in the activity monitor nor there is one in psaux.
No zombie processes to be found; computer performance is fine.
If I open an FCPX library, I'll get a dialog stating that "The application "Final Cut Pro" is not open anymore", which is quite irritating q:
I'm on a MBP Retina early 2013 15'
Does anybody have the slightest clue what's going on here?


texts: How to view certificate info without installing

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I have a certificate and/or private key file (pfx) on my OS X desktop.  I'd like to look at its information (CN, SAN, OU, thumbprint, etc) but when I double click on it, it attempts to install into my Keychain.  Once its in there, I can see the info and then delete it.

I would like to know if there is a way to "open" a certificate for viewing without having to install it into your Keychain.  Similar to how you can click on the padlock in Safari and see the cert info.

I'd prefer something native to OS X but maybe there are tools out there too?


texts: Viewing dollar sign shares over Samba on OS X?

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I love Finder's built-in "connect to server" functionality. It's great, if not a bit hidden! (Those of you that don't know about it, right-click the Finder icon in your dock and hit Connect to Server) So I use it to connect to Windows shares on several computers; I type in the address of smb://computername and hit Connect, and it prompts me which shares I want to mount, and mounts them. It Just Works, as is typical of Mac.

However, I know that on Linux, you can browse a server and see the shares that end in a $; these, of course, are supposed to be hidden (e.g. in Windows, you wouldn't ever see them) but Linux breaks through the illusion of security (or at least privacy) and shows them all.

Unfortunately, using the Connect to Server method above, I am not able to see any dollar sign shares of my server. I know this particular server has about 20 shares ending in $, and yet I only see these few public shares.

Is there a way to configure the OS X version of Samba to show these "hidden" shares?


texts: Invalid code signature preventing kernel extension from loading on macOS Sierra

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I have an LTO tape drive with a built-in ATTO Thunderlink SH 1068 that relies on an end-of-life(EOL) ATTO SAS/HBA kernel extension, the ATTO ThunderLink SAS HBA Driver 1.25.

Upon upgrading to macOS Sierra, the kernel extension won't load, so the LTO tape drive doesn't show up in the SAS device tree. It was working fine on El Capitan 10.11.6.

It seems that Gatekeeper in Sierra is now blocking this kernel extension.

Running kextutil -t in Terminal as a diagnostic reveals that the code signature is invalid:

MacBook-Pro:~ user$ sudo kextutil -t /Library/Extensions/ATTOThunderLinkSASHBA.kext
Password:
Diagnostics for /Library/Extensions/ATTOThunderLinkSASHBA.kext:
Code Signing Failure: code signature is invalid
Untrusted kexts are not allowed
ERROR: invalid signature for com.ATTO.driver.ATTOThunderLinkSASHBA, will not load

What do I need to do to safely load the kernel extension so that my LTO tape drive will work again?


texts: Changing default email reader does not take effect

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I am trying to use Kiwi for Gmail as my default email reader (for example, when wanting to share a link via email, I want Kiwi to open up, rather than the Mail application by Apple).

In the Kiwi preferences, it says to use the application Mail to change the default email client:

So, in Mail > Preferences, I have set Kiwi as the default email reader:

However, the problem is that, after closing Mail, Kiwi is not the default client., despite I changed it before. In fact, if I reopen Mail, Mail is still set as default email reader. It seems like changing the default email reader doesn't take effect, when closing Mail.

Can anyone help me to fix the issue?


texts: Inconsistent access to Bonjour services on sleeping devices

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This may turn out to be two different questions/answers, but I suspect they're somewhat related. Let's see...

Among other things on my home network, I have a MacBook Pro (mid-2010) and a Macbook (late 2009), both running 10.9.5, and a 2nd gen AppleTV and a 3rd gen AppleTV, both fully updated.

When the Macbook is asleep, provided iTunes was running when it went to sleep, all my other devices can see its iTunes library, and wake up the Macbook to access it if they want to. But when the MacbookPro is asleep, nothing can see its iTunes library until I open the lid again.

When the AppleTV 2 is asleep, all my other devices can see it and select it as an AirPlay target. But when the AppleTV 3 is asleep, nothing can see it until I wake it up.

Obviously, I'd prefer it if all my devices could see the services on all my other devices, all the time—I understand this is what the Bonjour Sleep Proxy service is supposed to do. But I can't figure out why it's working for some devices, but not others.

Any clues?

EDIT: To answer the most common question I'd anticipate, yes, "Wake for network access" is checked in the Energy Saving prefs on both the laptops in question.


texts: Which versions of MacOS/OSX is the voice "Victoria" available on?

texts: Is there a way to find out what versions of OSX/MacOS shipped with which voices?


texts: Upgrade a MBP(8,1) dual i7 to 16GB RAM from 4GB or to a SSD?

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I currently find my new computer a bit slow when it comes to my number crunching requirements. Also, I find my computer painfully slow when it's running VirtualBox.

My budget is around $500. Newegg has 2 x 8GB for ~$220 and the 256GB for around $500.

My uses:

Heavy Number Crunching including calculations, multiple iterations, large matrix development and calculation (Not graphics)
Virtual Box with windows 7 for Visual Studio access and some other windows only GIS and Number Crunching software
General Internet Lamery
Word Processing (Microsoft Office)


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There is a big problem with the EarPods that I get with my new iPhone 7.
Inside the Apple box there was also an adapter for the 3.5mm jack and it works perfectly with other type of headphones (with 3.5mm jack) on my phone.
However the Earpods with the lightning work only on my friend's iPhone 7, not with mine. Someone could help me?


texts: Is there any neglible impact on USB read/write speeds using MBR/NTFS vs. GPT/HFS+ in OSX?

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I have a 3 TB External Hard-drive, however, it was previously used with a Windows desktop and uses an MBR partition table and the single partition is using NTFS. As a result, I've been using various software solutions to mount the disk on OS X.

The full context of the question is this: If I were to purchase a second external hard drive, reformatted using GUID partition table and HFS+, would I see better performance in OS X reading from the disk?

It is typically used for media playback, so it is read-intensive and I was simply not seeing this performance issue on my Windows workstation or the Linux server this device was previously attached to.


texts: On iPhone, don't backup videos in a video app to iTunes

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I've got a video app, AVPlayer, on my iPhone. When I put videos in there, and then sync and backup to iTunes, the videos are also backed up. This can take up a lot of time and space to backup those videos.

How can I instead skip backing up files in AVPlayer specifically? The app, in fact, has a setting to disable backing up to iTunes, but the setting doesn't work for me because I've already got it disabled. Is there a way to control this myself, so that this app and its contents are not backed up to iTunes?


texts: Disable Inverted Scrolling using Mighty Mouse

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I currently use two 2011 iMac's equipped with Mighty Mouse - the round mouse with a rubber scroll ball. When I go to scroll through pages or folders though, it is inverted. By this I mean that down is up, and up is down. I have been told there is a "natural scrolling" option somewhere in the settings, but I have yet to find it, only mentions of using it with the trackpad. How can I disable the inverted scrolling using a Mighty Mouse?

I am running OS X Lion. The mouse is wired


texts: Why am I receiving this error when attempting to unmount external CF card?

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Sometimes I receive the following error when trying to unmount an external USB, CF, or random drive:

dissented by PID 17728 (/usr/bin/login)

I attempted to cd out of the drive directory, and into my home directory, then unmount, but that didn't change it. I've tried opening new Terminal sessions and trying but still receive the error.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: How to assign multiple apps to single focus command shortcut in Slate?

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I would like to use a single keyboard shortcut to focus on multiple applications in Slate. For example, I want to map Command+1 to Chrome and Firefox. Each time I press Cmd+1 the focused application should rotate. Is this possible? If so, how can I do this?

bind 1:cmd focus 'Chrome'
bind 1:cmd focus 'Firefox'


texts: What's a calendar + to do list app that will work on both my MacBook Air and iPhone

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I've looked all over for such an app, however the ones I find are either calendar apps (e.g. Sunrise Calendar) or to do list apps (e.g. Any.do).

I was wondering if anyone knew of an app that had both these functionalities and was available both on my MacBook Air running 10.12 as well as on my iPhone running iOS 10.


texts: Triple boot Macbook (Arch Linux and Ubuntu) from an external SSD

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I have a 2015 MacBook Air and plan to triple boot MacOS, Arch Linux and Ubuntu by installing Arch and Ubuntu onto my SSD. I have looked at this thread and read about installing rEFInd onto the SSD so that the default macOS bootloader is left unchanged. I have also read through this article and plan to do something similar.
From the article I have read that you must install Windows first before installing Ubuntu. I completely understand how to install Ubuntu after installing Windows.
The part that I am confused about is how to do this but install Arch Linux instead of Windows. If possible I would like full list of steps of how to install Arch Linux on the SSD.
Thanks in advance!
TL;DR: Trying to triple boot Arch and Ubuntu from an external SSD using this article but I am unsure how to install Arch Linux first instead of Windows.
Note: I am fine using other methods of triple-booting Arch and Ubuntu as long as it doesn't make changes to my mac.
MacBook Info
Model: 2015 MBA
macOS Version: Catalina (10.15.3)
SIP: Disabled


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Before I made multiple cloud accounts available to backup my Mac, running OS X El Capitan, I saved every file in All My Files onto a 16 GB external SD card.

I noticed that every few days everything on the SD card would seem to disappear.  Is there any explanation that could be had for this?


texts: When booted up kernel_task gradually uses whole ram and swap

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macOS High Sierra 10.13.1

MacBook Air Mid 2011


texts: Change the thumbnail/preview/top photo for albums in iOS 12

texts: I would like to change the one photo you see for each album when you first open the Photos app.


texts: I'm trying to access a disk, from macOS, that has an Ubuntu installation on it. I was able to mount the disk with Paragon ExtFS tool but I don't know how to go about the encryption part. I do have the passphrase.


texts: How to toggle dark mode on and invert colors using Automator

texts: I am using Automator for the first time and I wonder if it possible to create a quick action to toggle dark mode on and invert colors using a shortcut.


texts: MacBook is displaying the message "no hardware installed" when I click on Wi-Fi

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I have a MacBook Pro 2009 running MacOS El Capitan. Recently the Wi-Fi has stopped working.

When I click on the Wi-Fi icon it displays the message "No hardware installed", but Ethernet still works.

Is there any way of fixing this by using a Wi-Fi dongle or something of the sort, if so do I need a specific dongle and how do I install it?


texts: How can I generate specific text from collection of fonts?

texts: I have text (3 words) that I want to test by generating this text from a collection of fonts ? do you know any way to automate this?


texts: Will iOS app accepted on App Store if 80% of UI is rendered on UIWebView and 20% being native OCR

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I have a mobile website which at high level provides these functionalities:

Sign-in
Sign-up
Few forms where user can fill his additional details
Providing some capabilities to user based on information provided by him

Now I want to integrate OCR capabilities such as:

ID card scan
Debit card scan
Void check scan

So that some of the forms can be automatically filled by information extracted from these.

I am planning to make a native app in iOS consuming most of the forms, flow from my mobile website by rendering respective weburls on webview, and integrating vendor SDKs to provide OCR capabilities.

Will Apple accept my iOS app in App Store if I have 80% of flow, UI rendered on UIWebView and remaining 20% being integration and use of native vendor SDKs for OCR capabilities?


texts: Is it possible to livestream the screen of an iPad?

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I have been looking for a way to livestream the screen of my iPad to Discord or some similar service so friends can watch but I haven't been able to find any clear info if this kind of thing is even possible, let alone which apps support it. Discord and Twitch seem to not support it in their apps at least.
I know Airplay is for streaming to TVs but this doesn't seem to be useful for me. Is this possible to do? My first preference would be streaming to Discord but alternatives would be good as well.


texts: Does buying a new mac also get you Lion on your Apple ID?

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When you buy a new mac, the iLife apps are redeemed with App Store validation codes which means you can upgrade/install iLife 11 on your other macs. (Assuming you have fewer than the current store limit of 5 macs connected to your store Apple ID and the software requirements are met).

Does this also apply to Lion?

I would presume no since the linked MacWorld article clearly only mentions iLife. I'm mostly interested in how the App Store is working and this appears to be a new function where it's allowing a programatic access to an asset that also is being sold under the normal store terms of redemption code or direct payment.


texts: Does remapping modifier keys affect special boots?

texts: I'm running Catalina 10.15.5.  In the keyboard preferences there is the option to remap modifier keys, which I've done.  My question is, do these remappings apply when using the remapped keys for special booting options like NVRAM reset boots (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063), etc?


texts: i just got my hands on lion after some years in previous mac versions. There is a feature in finder that i absolutely hate though. When i select Arrange By -> Date Modified, for instance, i get a categorized, incredibly inefficient view. Is it possible to get what i would normally get on leopard, just a list of last modified files, without the horrendous categories ?


texts: Speed up Mission Control animations in macOS Sierra

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Introduced in macOS Sierra, the user can control how fast the Mission Control animation moves to the “end view”, by how fast the action is performed on a trackpad.

I think the default setting is much too slow, and I don't want to overdo the gesture each time just to get better efficiency out of the animation.

This 2012 article refers to settings like these:

defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0; killall Dock

for fast animations, and to reset:

defaults delete com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration; killall Dock

I have tried them in Sierra and they don't work.

Here is a video of the approximate behaviour of Mission Control (source).


texts: Select and drag text on Mac OS X 10.6 doesn't allow me to drag

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I have just been enlightened on what I previously thought was a short-coming of the whole Mac OS X platform - that like Windows, a user may select a block of text and drag it. This is particularly useful in developing.

However, the reason I thought it wasn't an available option was because it has never worked for me. No programs allow for select and drag, and I've gone through several online tutorials and forums to see if anybody else has the same issue. None of my work-mates can figure it out.

Why would my whole system dis-allow text dragging? Now that I know it's possible, it's driving me crazy not being able to do it.

I've gone through the System Preferences and the Mouse panel has no specific drag option. Trackpad has a single-finger drag option, but that's not allowing dragging, even with the trackpad.

I'm on a Macbook Pro, from around 2008. I'm using an external mouse and running OS 10.6.

Edit: apparently, the cursor should change when holding the mouse button for a second or two, but on my system, the cursor never changes, no matter how long I hold the mouse button down.


texts: How to change MacBook jack only input instead of input and output

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I have a lavalier microphone with 3 pins that I connected to my MacBook. When I connect the microphone to my MacBook, the MacBook thinks the microphone is "headphones with built in external mic". Does anyone know how to make the microphone only input?

Image:


texts: How to mount nfs drive on macOS with read+write access?

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I'm trying to mount a drive from Linux on my macOS El Capitan laptop. I try a command like this:

sudo mount -o rw -t nfs nfs.subdomain.employer.com:/ifs/home/username /private/workspace/
cd /private/workspace/
echo "hello" > test.txt
-bash: test.txt: Permission denied

where username (the text, not the uid) is the same on my laptop as it is on the server (controlled by my employer). Unfortunately, while I can read files, I'm not getting write access. A colleague of mine said he tried that command from linux as my account and said it worked, but he doesn't know much about macs.


texts: Mobile data not turning off for some apps iOS 8.4.1

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I am unable to turn off mobile data for some apps.  Facebook, Cotap, Youtube and some others.  Yet some of the apps I can turn mobile data off for e.g App Store.

I recently upgraded to 8.4.1 on my iPhone 4s.

Any one have any ideas?


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I'm looking for a way to prevent someone from creating a new partition on my hard drive in order to get around restrictions I've set. I've already tried setting an administrator account to no luck. The restrictions ended up blocking the systems I already have in place to prevent certain things, reopening holes I've already filled.

I've found a way to restrict third-party applications that create new partitions but Disk Utility is still accessible. I want to prevent someone else from using it, but I don't want to completely block it. I'd like to let him use it under supervision if needed and use it myself. The fact that Mac OS's restrictions kind of mess everything up makes this a challenge.

Perhaps there's a third party application that allows someone to prevent applications from launching without a password? Not being able to uninstall it without a password would be a requirement as well. Does anyone have any ideas on how I might be able to fix this problem?


texts: How to prevent Wi-Fi from going to sleep? (via Terminal)

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When Im not using the laptop, after a few min, the screen will dim. Returning after >15 min and waking the laptop, the wifi needs to reconnect to my wifi hotspot. How can I keep wifi connected indefinitely using Terminal?

Some related articles that I didnt find helpful:

Prevent iMac from sleeping, for VPN login?

Prevent MacBook Pro from going to sleep

$ pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         4200
 standby              1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                10
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         1
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

sh-3.2# system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 17.5.0
      Boot Volume: lily
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: lily’s MacBook Air
      User Name: System Administrator (root)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled
      Time since boot: 2:03


texts: I recently change my Apple ID and password. However, now I an unable to use System Preference; each time I click on System Preference I am asked to input password for the old Apple ID which doesn't exist any longer. How can I disassociate my MacBook Pro from this old Apple ID which doesn't exist?


texts: Why can't I sync more photos to my ipod touch?

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I am trying to sync all of my photos to my ipod touch. it syncs some of them but now when I add more folders it simply fails upfront saying:

No photos were copied to the Ipod because there is not enough free space on the ipod to hold your photos and photo albums.

I have 12 GB free so I understand if all can't be synced but why doesn't it sync as many as it can until the ipod is filled up ??

Is there any way I can figure out how many photos it will let me sync to avoid wasting time trying and failing ??


texts: 1st Reboot after fresh Yosemite Install - Chime + Apple logo + status bar...then

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status bar goes about 1/3 of the way and then it dissappers along with the logo and I get just the white screen.

When I boot into Safe Mode I have no audio and sometime the screen flickers.  I looks like it flickering rolling up the screen.  It's weird.

I've tried two different HD's and created to different USB installeation disks.
I've reset PRAM and NVRAM.

I'm stumped.


texts: How many finder action undos are possible?

texts: I'd like to understand how deep the queue one can go undoing their previous actions in finder?


texts: Blocking Internet access for a particular user

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On a MacBook that connects to the Internet via wi-fi, how can I prevent one user account from accessing the Internet (with no effect on other accounts)?

Note: i want to block ALL access, not just Safari.


texts: Create a Smart Folder based on an EXIF keyword?

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How can I create a Finder Smart Folder based on an EXIF keyword?

I confirm that the EXIF keyword exists using exiftool. For example, I added the keyword "Mango" to an image and created the Smart Folder like so:

Open a Finder window
New Smart Folder
Click the Plus icon
Change Name to Keywords
Next to Matches I type Mango
Click Save
Save it in the default location (~/Library/Saved Searches)
Click the Mango Smart Folder in my Sidebar but it returns no results

How can I create a Finder Smart Folder that searches the files' EXIF keywords?


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Because the default MacOS mount point for volumes is inside the root volume (i.e., /Volumes/…) find / -iname "hidenseek" searches every mounted volume, not just the root volume.

How can I restrict it to just the root volume?


texts:
I'm trying to launch meld (installed via Homebrew) via an app shortcut, ideally ending up in my Applications folder. A recommended way to launch console apps in Mountain Lion seems to be using Automator.

Running /usr/local/bin/meld in a terminal starts XQuartz and meld launches fine. My Automator script looks like:

But when running all I get is the 'Run Shell Script failed' error. XQuartz doesn't launch. If XQuartz is already running meld still doesn't start.

Is there a way to get more useful (stdout/stderr) from Automator actions?
What does the shell do differently do launch XQuartz and apps within it?

Edit: I can get it to work by using open /usr/local/bin/meld in my action, but I then also get a Terminal window (which I don't want).


texts: How to resume OS X apps that have been suspended by the system

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I often run into the situation where the OS will suspend some of my apps because of low memory.  If I am lucky, a window will appear that allows me to select which apps I want to quit and which apps I want to resume, which works reliably and is fine.  However, often that window does not appear.  This is usually the case when my machine (mid-2015 MBP 15", 16GB RAM, OS X 10.11.2) has just woken from sleep.  In that case, the only symptom is that I have a bunch of unresponsive apps that show as (Not responding) in Activity Monitor.

I have tried to resume processes by sending the CONT signal (either via Activity Monitor or via the Terminal) and for a small number of apps this works, but for the majority of apps it does not.  For example, when this happened to me just now, I force quitted Preview (which was the chief memory hog) and tried to resume the other apps with CONT.  This worked fine for Clear, but not for anything else.  In some cases, such as Emacs, it had no effect - process still shows as (Not responding).  In other cases, such as Bibdesk, it leaves the app in a strange unusable state where the main window refuses to appear on screen and the menus don't work.

So how can I force that process management window to appear, or otherwise do whatever magic it is doing to "resume" apps?


texts: Sorting email in conversations with Outlook in iOS

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In the latest release of Microsoft Outlook for iOS (as of 2/26/2015), is there a way to change the sort behavior of message within a conversation?

If I'm not mistaken, the messages are sorted from oldest to newest, which requires scrolling to see the most recent.  I'd like to change that to be newest to oldest so the most recent message is on top.

Is that possible?


texts:
Apologies in advance if this question is going to annoy the hell out of everyone as I appreciate, it's been asked in various ways many times before.  Please be assured, I have read the archives and have tried at least some of the suggestions but still cannot resolve the (simple) issue. Hopefully someone can provide an answer and I can feel appropriately humbled.  FYI, for the avoidance of any ambiguity, I'm going to use absolute rather than relative paths.

When I log in, I do so as user adam.  The aliases in /Users/adam/.bash_profile are loaded and I can use them immediately upon pulling up a terminal.  I don't use a .bashrc file and that's fine.

Every now and then, I switch to root by typing su into the terminal and then entering my password.  The prompt changes and I am now root user.  My question is this: immediately upon becoming root, can my root bash profile be loaded without me having to manually source the profile file?  The reason I know it doesn't happen automatically is because I have the same aliases in my root profile file and my /Users/adam/.bash_profile.  After becoming root user, unless I type in source [root_profile_file], they don't work.  I have tried setting up the following permutations and then switching to root via the terminal but none of them automatically source the profile/aliases (note, I don't have any of the options below set up concurrently so I don't think I'm confusing the system):

Option 1: put my aliases in /etc/profile

Option 2:

in /etc/profile, insert [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
put my aliases in /etc/bashrc

Option 3:

in /etc/bash_profile, insert [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
put my aliases in /etc/bashrc

Option 4:  put my aliases in /var/root/.profile

Option 5:

in /var/root/.profile, insert [ -r /var/root/.bashrc ] && . /var/root/.bashrc
put my aliases in /var/root/.bashrc

Option 6:

in /var/root/.bash_profile, insert [ -r /var/root/.bashrc ] && . /var/root/.bashrc
put my aliases in /var/root/.bashrc

Please note, with any of the above, if I switch to root and then type source root_profile_file the aliases are loaded but only if I do indeed source the file manually.  Perhaps I've totally misunderstood how bash works and it's not possible to source a profile file automatically after switching to root but I'm hoping there is a simple solution.  Thanks in advance to anyone who's taken the time to read this message.


texts: How to remove restrictions in latest IOS?

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This is probably a duplicate, but the &@$#& app won’t let me scroll through the suggestions.  I keep getting “page is restricted” in Safari for pages that are obviously quite innocent.  (Some of them confirmed so by checking on laptop.)

Multiple web pages say Settings: General: Restrictions, but there is no such path in IOS 12.1 and I have so far failed to find anything anywhere in settings.  Checked Privacy, Safari, and several other places.

One of those pages claimed to be telling us that it was for IOS 13.


texts: What's the best way to back up the list of installed apps on your Mac?

texts:
As I understand, Time Machine or for that matter, any backup solution doesn't backup your apps (for technical reasons, I know).

So what's the best solution to remember/backup the list of apps you have installed on your Mac in case it just stops working one day?

Apart from the obvious "manually write down the name of the app on paper", of course.


texts: How to make certain keystoke in AppleScript?

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I am trying to make a program that records a live stream for a certain amount of time and then saves it on my desktop. This is what I have so far.

TWiT Live Recorder (30 sec version)

tell application "Terminal"
     do script "curl http://bglive-a.bitgravity.com/twit/live/high --ignore-content length -o ~/Desktop/TWiT_Live_Archive.flv"
     delay 30
end tell
tell application "System Events"
     keystroke "^C" (^C is the stop signal)
end tell

But for some reason this does not stop the recording. Why do you think this would be and how can I fix it?


texts: Cannot manually delete favorites in Safari in iOS 10.3.2

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I've got an iPad 4 that I use irregularly, so I was a bit slow to update it to iOS 10.3.2. Since doing so, I've found that Safari takes a few tries to start up normally, and, when I try to delete a site from Favorites after accidentally adding it twice, it freezes up for a moment, and may or may not close, but does not delete the bookmark.

Two attempts so far have successfully deleted a bookmark, but in both cases it was the most recent, and not the one targeted. Hard resetting doesn't seem to help.

Frankly, I'm a n00b when it comes to Apple devices, so any advice would be appreciated.


texts: There are lot of questions regarding audio recording software on this forum, but I didn't find what I need. I am practicing speaking a foreign language, and I want to hear  how I speak. I do not want to save my recordings. Basically I want an application with  a record button and play button, such that as soon as I press record the previous recording gets erased and a new one starts. Quick Time works great, but it always offers to save an untitled file which is very annoying, and I don't find an option to turn that off.


texts: Why does the combination fn+⌘+delete doesn't work?

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As a new user of MacOS - coming from the Windows world -, I'm trying to quickly learn how the Delete key works here and what are the possible combinations with other keys.

However, while listed in this article (recent, Oct. 2016): https://medium.com/productivity-freak/macos-keyboard-shortcuts-41c8184f65a6 the combination fn + ⌘ + delete doesn't seem to work. I tested in Notes, as well as Google Chrome (I thought at first it was a bug in Chrome).

I'm using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73) with an AZERTY keyboard (French layout).


texts: List of factory apps that come with the iPhone5c

texts: What's the list of factory apps that come with the iPhone 5c my neice was playing with it and I realized it's missing a few but idk what ones because I never use most of them.


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I have some trouble with fileserver shares, if the share get's disconnected and reconnected again. The mount dir, e.g. /Volumes/Data isn't removed and when the share get's reconnected again, a new directory /Volumes/Data-1 is created.

However, I need the mount to be available at a static path, so that I can use it in some tools.


texts: Circumvent the App Store to install Fortnite on Mac?

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Is there another way besides the Mac App Store to get Fortnite installed?
While I haven't played it yet, I am interested in trying it. I understand it is free to play, and items like player skins can be bought in-game. So I'm wondering why Epic needed Apple's App Store distribution channel to begin with, but is it available for download by other means (maybe Steam, .dmg download, etc)?
Sorry if I'm asking something obvious to most gamers here. I didn't see a way to download an installer from Epic's site. Thanks.


texts: How to close / remove the "upgrade OSX" notification ?

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I keep getting an "upgrade OSX" notification (see screenshot below) with the only options being to "install" or "details" which provides more info.

I want to do neither, is there a way i can just close it, or better still prevent it coming up in the first place ?

The machine in question is currently running OSX 10.11.6 (latest patches)


texts: Can I convert blog entries to wiki articles for Leopard-to-Lion migration?

texts: We are migrating our Leopard server to Lion. We were using Group wikis and blogs in such a way that I didn't make much of a distinction, so it came as a shock to realize that Lion Server doesn't support group blogs. Hence, we need to convert the blog entries to wiki articles, which is fine. But, what is the least painful way to go about that?


texts: Why a Win 7 usb installer made using Boot Camp, is not working?

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I'm running Lion on an old MacBook, MacBook 2.1 Mid 2007. I want to install Windows 7.

  I have an iso for Win 7 and create the partition and a usb installer
  with Boot Camp but when the machine restarts to install Win 7
  apparently refuses to boot from the usb and then shows a non bootable
  device message.

My CD/DVD drive is dead and I've tested the iso with virtual-box and it boots.


texts: How to make Apple TV play episodes consecutively?

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I have a 3rd-gen Apple TV. I recently started ripping and adding some of my TV Shows from DVD and I've stumbled into a problem.

Some of TV shows episodes are played consecutively (one-by-one without my intervention) while some are not and after the playback the screen goes back to episode selection menu. This happens on iTunes 11.0.5 on Windows and the versions available since mid-2012. Similarly Apple TV is updated anytime a software update is released for that device as I always use the latest stable software available. I play the movies/TV shows on my Apple TV via HomeSharing.

My guess is that I must have tagged some of them badly and they're not recognized as consecutive or of the same titles maybe.

Can someone suggest what I might have done wrong?


texts: MacBook Pro 2016 + 4K 60Hz display maxes out at 30Hz

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Hardware:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016) \w Radeon Pro 460 on Sierra 10.12.2
IOGEAR USB-C Docking Station with Power Delivery
DisplayPort 1.2a cable
BenQ BL3201PT display (4K@60Hz via DisplayPort supported)

Expectation:

Display can always run in 4K@60Hz as a single screen (mirrored to internal display).

Reality:

Initially (every startup/boot) the display did not get a signal, while the MBP recognized the display as if it was functioning correctly. In that situation, repeatedly sleeping/unsleeping the computer served well in order for the display to receive signal and run 4K@60Hz. But as of late, it went straight to 4K 30hz mode (without other problems) and I have not been able to get 4k 60hz mode out of it ever since. Highest frequency supported via 4K in the display menu is 30hz.

What I have tried:

Installed SwitchResX and tried forcing 4K@60Hz, yet it says it was a 'possibly invalid' configuration that it cannot handle.
Connected a direct power source to the MBP in order to rule out possibility of the docking station not having enough power to drive the monitor.
Reset NVRAM
Reset SMC

Further information:

I have never owned a MBP nor any Apple computer before, so I might be overlooking something. Out of frustration I ordered a direct DisplayPort to USB-C cable which is due in a week, but unsure whether that will solve the problem. Your help is much appreciated!


texts: Trying to compile thttpd 2.27 on Mac OS X 10.11

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I'm trying to compile thttpd 2.27 on Mac OS X 10.11 from source, but when I issue:

./configure

It shows:

creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one

I try to search online, someone said I should copy some files from /usr/share/libtool/config* but the path does not exist in Mac OS X 10.11.

How can I resolve this problem?

p.s. I have Xcode (with Command Line Tools), Homebrew, libtool, automake  and other build tools installed, but I still can't configure & compile this.


texts: Can a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) have their hard drives upgraded

texts: My friend has a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) -- she wants to install a magnetic 2.5" HDD. Can I install any such drive or do they have to be apple compatible hardware.


texts: What are the key-names for the PressAndHold.app keyboard plists?

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To avoid ambiguity in this question I will use key to mean a plist-dictionary-key (look-up string); and key to mean a button on your keyboard.

This answer to another question identified a great way to edit the special characters you can insert using the press-and-hold method on your keyboard.

You can edit the Keyboard-xx.plist files of the PressAndHold.app to add your characters to existing press-and-hold keys. The plist dictionary keys for each press-and-holdable key look like this: <key>Roman-Accent-a</key>, and <key>Roman-Accent-A</key>, etc. but if you want to add some press-and hold characters to a number key, or a punctuation key then you need to know the key name for the dictionary in order to add it.

I want to add press-and-hold characters for the 2 and 3 keys and possibly others, I have tried the following formats for the key names in the plist file:

2
Number-2
Roman-Accent-2

None of these add a press-and-hold popover for the 2 key. What are the correct key names for all of my keyboard keys that I can add in Keyboard-en.plist?


texts: What prompts breathe reminders on an Apple Watch?

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WatchOS 3 included a breathe app that gives occasional reminders to "take a minute to breathe".

What prompts these reminders? Does it monitor your heart rate to know when you're stressed, or does it remind you at preset times?


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Is there a way to enable delivery reports on the iPhone on the Vodafone network in Western Europe?
This is a feature I sorely miss on my iPhone, being able to tell whether a message is delivered.
The functionality is available on my carrier network as I've enjoyed this functionality on my N900.
Thanks.


texts: E-mail sent from Mac Mail with an attachment is adding the message body text as an attachment rather than 'In-Line'

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Mail sent from a Mac (OS X Version 10.7.5 using Mac Mail, via Office 365 / Exchange) is appearing as it should when the mail consists of just text.

However, when there is an attachment added (in the case of my example a word document, but it's been the same for any file type) the email body text does not appear in the recipient's mail program (Outlook 2010 in this case) but is present as a .htm attachment - as is the signature added in Mac Mail.

If anyone's come across this or even better knows how to stop it from happening (My only thought so far was an encoding issue?), I'd be pleased to hear from you. There are a couple of open questions on this site which I think concern the same issue.


texts: Arrow sign appearing in top bar after upgrading to OS X El Capitan

texts: After upgrading my Mac's OS to OS X El Capitan, an arrow sign appearing in top bar, Nothing happens whenever I click on this icon.


texts: How can I get Apple Watch style Activity reminders on iPhone / iPad

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Example: watchOS reminds users to that it’s “Time to stand!”.

Is there any way to leverage the default apps provided by Apple to get these notifications on iOS devices?

The default reminders app is a bit too tedious for this and 3rd party apps seem to require you to open them regularly to prevent their notifications from being disabled.

Preferably, this can be accomplished without owning an Apple Watch, but I'll accept an answer which requires one if no other options exist.


texts: Is there a limit to amount of bluetooth devices connected to a MacBook Pro?

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Problems arose today when I connected the 5th bluetooth device to my MacBook Pro.

1 new Apple keyboard
1 new Apple trackpad
1 old Apple keyboard
1 old Apple mouse (most recently connected)
1 Beats Wireless

After connecting the mouse, I suddenly started hearing skipping through the headset whenever I clicked keys on a keyboard or moved the mouse around. Reverting back to 4 bluetooth devices "fixed it". Interestingly, using the Trackpad did not have the same effect.

Any thoughts on how to fix this? Or is this simply a hardware limitation?

Due to pair programming I actually do need to have all devices connected (although I can use a cable for some if this is a wontfix).


texts: How to automatically close an app when I shut down the mac?

texts: My father would always scold me that so many applications are open when he turns on the computer which he says consumes computer memory. I always forget to close the app by right -clicking>quit Is there any way to automatically close an app when shutting down? When I searched at google. They talked about iCalendar, but it was too confusing so I came here to ask.


texts: How do I sync Safari's Reading List between multiple Macs and an iPhone?

texts: I would like for Reading List to automatically sync between an iMac, MacBook Air, and an iPhone 4S.  The Macs are both running Lion 10.7.2 and the iPhone is running iOS 5.0.  All three devices are signed into the same iCloud account and have 'Bookmarks' checked.  It appears that some syncing has occurred at some point between them, but it hasn't seemed to be working lately.


texts: Mouse pointer intermittently jumps to corner of screen

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I recently got two new Macs, an iMac (with magic trackpad) and a MacbookAir (both the most recent models - mid 2011 and both with Lion). They are both suffering from the same issue so I don't think it's hardware based.

Basically approximately every 10 or 15 minutes I'll be trying to move the mouse pointer or click and suddenly the pointer will jump to the corner of the screen (normally the bottom left but sometimes the top right). It might do it three or four times in a row and then not for half an hour.

I wondered if it was some sort of gesture I was accidentally performing (maybe more than one finger is touching the trackpad as I click?) but I don't seem to be able to reproduce it on purpose. It doesn't seem to be tied to one particular app but happens whatever I'm using.

The only mentions of a similar problem I could find online talked about hot corners and I've made sure all hot corners are disabled in system preferences.

Has anyone else run into this? It's driving me absolutely crazy (because when I click in the bottom corner the active app loses focus and I lose my flow!).

Edit: to add further information which may help.

I started to suspect that it might be something to do with applications that I have running all of the time. So I started trying to change things (as much as I can while still being able to work). The first potential culprit was Terminal running in fullscreen mode. So I took it out of fullscreen mode. And for a while it seemed to fix the problem. But unfortunately it is still happening but it appears to be less frequent!

I don't have anything else running fullscreen and I also don't have Dashboard running in a space (the problem still happened when it was).

Other apps that I am prettymuch always running:

Alfred (launcher)
PhpStorm (IDE)
Firefox

Does that help at all?

Edit: Another update.

At the suggestion of @mspasov I checked the logs in Console.app just after it happened. Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be anything that shows up in the logs at the point when the jump happens. I warnings like this:

osascript: Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types:  dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper

But that is happening frequently and happens lots of times when the jump doesn't.

Trying to think of software which could be causing the problem it suddenly occurred to me that Growl is also constantly running on both machines which display the problem. However, disabling Growl hasn't stopped the problem from happening...


texts: How can I execute sudo commands as a cron job?

texts: I'm trying to execute a shell script as a cron job. The problem is that my script needs to be run as a super user. I tried it with just writing sudo infront of the command in my crontab file, but it didn't work.


texts: Activating Titanium Apple Card: iPhone XS/XR vs iPhone X and earlier

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The process of activating a Titanium Apple Card differ based on model of iPhone.

Specifically, for a 2018 iPhone (iPhone XS/XS Max/XR), one is required to open the Titanium Apple Card packaging, wake the iPhone and hold it near the card. While, for a 2017 or earlier (Apple Card supported) iPhone (iPhone X or earlier), one is required to launch the Wallet app to activate the physical card.

From the Apple Support document, Request and use your titanium Apple Card:

  How to activate your Apple Card

  You need a compatible iPhone with the latest iOS version to activate your titanium Apple Card. When your titanium Apple Card arrives, it's easy to activate.

  Activate on iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS, and iPhone XR

  Watch the video to see how to activate your titanium Apple Card >

  Open the packaging that has your titanium Apple Card inside.
  Wake your iPhone and follow the instructions inside your card holder.
  Tap Activate.

  Activate on iPhone X or earlier

  Watch the video to see how to activate your titanium Apple Card >

  Open Wallet on your iPhone and tap Apple Card.
  Tap Activate Your Card.
  Wake your iPhone and follow the instructions inside your card holder.

  Your card is ready to use as soon as it's activated.

What specifically is the difference in terms of hardware (or software) between 2018 and earlier iPhone models which necessities the difference in activation process?


texts: Delete all files of a resolution Apple Photos

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I have recently, imported various photos from both iCloud Shared Album downloads and directly from my iPhone. The problem is that some of these photos are duplicates, however the iCloud Shared Album duplicates are exactly half the resolution.

Duplicate scanners I have tried fail detecting these duplicates because of their different resolution. Additionally, I want to make sure I delete the low-res versions.

Is it possible to batch-delete photos by resolution in Photos.app?


texts: How to sniff packets between a iOS device and an ethernet (via USB) device

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I have a USB camera that does work with iOS devices only on a specific application made by the manufacturer. When connected, it creates an ethernet interface for which I'm always assigned the same IP address and then when launching the app the camera shows up.
There is no documentation for this device or known API to make it work on other devices or apps.
How can I monitor the traffic between the device and the USB camera in order to find out endpoints (wether HTTP/HTTPS or not) to be able to use the camera on other devices?
If a proxy is a good option, how can I set up a proxy in between the usb "network", my computer and my iOS device?
The option of the virtual network created by MacOS is (at first glance) not the good approach because my iOS device port is already in use by the USB camera.
What could be the solutions? (If I need to tweak the iOS device in a jailbreak-way option it's ok)


texts: Recovering the settings of Preview app from a previous installation

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I made a backup of my entire drive before performing a clean install of Mac OS X.

Now, having done the fresh installation, I'm restoring the settings that my apps had on my previous installation. I've so far been successful with most of the apps, but now I'm having trouble with Preview.app. It doesn't want to restore the condition it was in in my previous installation (i.e. all the PDF documents that were open and the pages they were open at).

I've already copied all the possibly relevant files from ~/Library/Group Containers, ~/Library/Containers, ~/Library/Application Support and ~/Library/Preferences, but to no avail. Preview.app still launches like it's never opened any files.

Can I achieve what I'm trying to do? If so, how would I go about this?


texts: What does the Finder or browser icon marked "From Mac" in my Dock mean?

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Sometimes this appears in my Dock:

I've seen it with Finder and Chrome icons as well. When I click on it, it brings the app to the foreground. Sometimes, it says "Handover failed" or something similar. What does this icon represent and what is supposed to happen when I click it? This is on macOS 10.14.6.


texts: Is it possible to launch a Linux application running under Parallels from OS X?

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I am looking for a way to launch an individual application (e.g. Firefox) on my Ubuntu installation which is running under Parallels.  I am open to any method of launching such as a shortcut (like how Windows applications can be launched under Parallels), shell script, AppleScript, etc.

At this point in time I am just not sure this is even an option.


texts: How can I boot back to Mojave from Boot Camp 6 with password-locked boot manager?

texts:
The situation is as follows:

I have a MacBook Air 13" (early 2015), which was corporate but the employer allowed me to buy it when I was changing jobs. I have installed Windows 10 from an official ISO, using Boot Camp Assistant. Everything went smooth, but now I can't boot back to macOS.

Windows Boot Camp helper can't find the macOS boot partition (AFAIK Boot Camp 6.0 doesn't support APFS). Booting into Boot Manager won't work because there is a password in place (didn't even bother touching it for years, didn't know it was there). I've tried installing Boot Manager 6.1 (which is told to have APFS support) using brigadier, but brigadier downloads 6.0 no matter what I try to do.

I have no means of contacting my previous employer and I have no proof of buying this Mac.

Is there anything I can do to boot back to macOS and/or fix the boot order?


texts: What are the reasons that an imessage would send as a text message instead?

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I think my girlfriend is using facetime to talk to an ex-boyfriend so that it does not register as a call on our joint phone bill. (Or I'm the one worried about my secret relationships being spied upon and don't want to have someone knowing with whom and when I'm communicating to others by reading a phone bill).

Can someone explain if iOS can be set up to force and/or eliminate the possibility that something being sent as an iMessage would cross over into being sent as an SMS message?


texts: Top row on keyboard has a different behavior when pressing alt and using a non mac keyboard

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I use a MacBook Pro as a Laptop and mainly Linux to work. Mostly i like to use the same Keyboard (Ducky one 2 SF) for both devices. I chose the same keyboard settings (German) in Mac OS as in all other Systems. My Problem is, that the top row on mac doesn't work as expected. It still works as if I use a Magic keyboard.
For example, I want to get [ with alt 8, but instead I get {.
One solution would be to remap all the different keys, which doesn't look as the best way for me. Is there any way to just use the natural keyboard layout of my selected keyboard?


texts: How to obtain the external IPv4 address via Terminal

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I'm trying to figure out how to obtain my external IP (IPv4) via Terminal without connecting to a remote website or service.

Here's what I've found so far - these all use remote/external checking:

curl ifconfig.me
curl icanhazip.com
curl -s checkip.dyndns.org | grep -Eo '[0-9.]+'
dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

Is it even possible without checking some external source?


texts: Preview notes/highlights offset and uneditable

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Recently, I have had a problem with highlighting and adding notes in preview. When I highlight, the correct words show up highlighted in the document, but the side panel shows a set of words which is offset by some variable number of characters. Additionally, there is no way for me to edit my note in the sidepanel. And when I try to click on the yellow square of the note, it starts to appear and then disappears very quickly. So I can't actually see the note when I click on it. Sometime if I try clicking many times very quickly the note will pop up and stay and it will allow me to edit.

I have tried quitting/restarting preview; rebooting; many different documents from different websites. All have this problem now.

edit: Another symptom of the problem is that when I highlight text, I can no longer click on any links that were active in the text (e.g. an in-text reference).

Can anyone please help?

Similar to this question, but I'm not seeing duplicate highlights. Just offset highlights and unusable notes behavior.

I am running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6


texts: MSFT Word window won't resize in office 2011

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My MSFT Word document won't resize, beyond a point.  I'm trying to compared multiple documents on the screen at once.  Thus, I'm trying to shrink them to fit on my screen.

The window doesn't shrink past four inches or so length.

Any ideas?


texts: How to connect to Microsoft Windows machine using host name only via Microsoft Remote Desktop

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I'm using Microsoft Remote Desktop to connect to a Windows 7 laptop. Sometimes it will connect using the laptop's NETBIOS name. Other times it will only connect using the IP address of the laptop.

I'm doing this on my home office network. I have a macOS Sierra on the network and I assume I have to enable WINS or something like that.

How can I always connect to my Windows computers from my Mac using Microsoft Remote Desktop by specifying the host name only, and not having to specify the IP address?


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I used to backup on a USB flash drive, it was slow, and the drive became very hot in the middle of backup, so I bought a fast external SSD drive (2,800MB/s) which connects through Thunderbolt 3.
But a 60GB backup with Time Machine still takes about "1:30-2 Hours"...
Is this normal? I thought it would be a matter of minutes with this drive :(
macOS is Mojave if that matters, and I'm taking Encrypted backups on a Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted) formatted drive.
P.S. I found this command: sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0 while googling for this matter, but it is for 2017, not sure if it is still useful and a good idea on macOS Mojave?
Edit:
I am using a 2019 Macbook Air, my read speed is 650MB/s using this command:
time dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k of=tstfile count=1024
That's still 38GB per minute.
I also tried reformatting the drive to:
CoreStorage Logical Volume • Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) (not case-sensitive)
Edit2:
After running: sudo sysctl debug.lowpri\_throttle_enabled=0 it became much worse... even though I returned it to default enabled=1 , still 6 hours remaining.


texts: OS X Server: Open Directory PasswordService crashes

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I'm running an OS X 10.9 Server (it's a Mac Mini) that is providing a few services (iCal, VPN, file sharing, etc.) to a small group of Local Network Users.

After we installed a security update today, the machine did not reboot properly. When it came back up, the LDAP server seemed a bit confused; the users were nowhere to be found.

After a lot of trial and error, we ended up cleaning it up using db_recover, and openldap appears to be running fine again.

However, not all is well yet. While the users do show up, they cannot actually use any of the services. Adding new users is also a grayed-out button at the moment.

Based on the Console output, it appears that PasswordService is not starting properly. The following error appears in the Console every few seconds, and it does not seem to be very helpful so far.

com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.PasswordService[2141]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11
com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.PasswordService) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
ReportCrash[2137]: Saved crash report for PasswordService[2141] version 400.1 to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/PasswordService_2016-04-12-000455_miniserver.crash

I'm at a loss here. A segfault in Passwordservices.. what can I do to debug this?

Naturaly, when I disable OpenDirectory, the error goes away. But that's precisely the point.

Edit: turns out, even when I start PasswordService directly from the shell, I get the segfault straight away:

sh-3.2# /usr/sbin/PasswordService -n
Segmentation fault: 11


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I've been googling for hours; everything I can find either is for Bootcamp or doesn't work.

So, I have a clean PC that I want to install Win10 on; I also have a Mac with a Win10 ISO and a flash drive; how do I put the ISO onto the drive? I've tried using Unetbootin, but the PC doesn't boot from it.

My Boot Camp Assistant does not support burning ISO's to USB; it just installs from ISO directly.


texts:
Is there any way to convert Apple Music M4P files to MP3?

iTunes doesn't allow to burn discs with Apple Music files, is there any other method?


texts:
I want to upgrade to iOS 13 but just in case my CarPlay doesn't like it, I need to be able to revert.

This will be before Apple stops signing iOS 12.4.1 which I imagine I'll have a few days to deal with.

I have a saved 12.4.1 ipsw & the new 13.0 ipsw.
My data is synced & backed, with encryption, to iTunes as of right now.

If I upgrade then change my mind immediately [within minutes/hours at most], how difficult is it to persuade the phone to restore to 12.4.1?

Is it simply a case of turning off Find my iPhone, then choosing which ipsw to restore from, or am I going to be in for a fight?


texts: Select disk destination on app installation with keyboard

texts: On most app installers you have to select a disk where you want the installation. Is there any possible way to select it without the use of the trackpad or the mouse?


texts: What happens to the data for an app that gets removed during the update from iOS 5 to iOS 6?

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I have been using Mile Tracker app for logging business miles. Today when I updated my phone to iOS 6, that app disappeared.  It also no longer appears in the phone app store or in the iTunes 10.7 store app section. i assume there is no iOS 6 version.

I have found instructions for reverting to iOS 5.

I am wondering where to find my Mile Tracker data?

If an app gets removed during an iOS update because it is not compatible, does the data get deleted from the phone as well?  Is still on the phone? (In that case, how much other cruft is still taking up space). If it is still on the phone, will it get saved into a backup before I do the reset and restore to iOS5?


texts: How do I install Windows 10 on an external drive?

texts: I'd like to use an external USB3 drive for Windows 10, but I don't know how to install it. Booting the Windows installer errors out saying that it can't be installed on an external device.


texts: How to update Java from 8 Update 31 to 8 Update 51 when install fails?

texts:
I'm trying to update Java on my Mac OSX Yosemite.  In the Java Control Panel, it states:

A critical Java security update is available.

8 Update 51 (57 MB)

Your current version is Java 8 Update 31. It is recommended that you update
now to keep your system secure.

I click the Update Now button and it brings up the Software Update dialog that indicates I must relaunch the browser to update, but it will not need to reboot the computer.  I click the Install Update button which brings up the Updating Java dialog that downloads 60 MB, extracts it, and then very briefly says ready to update before disappearing.  Returning to the Java Control Panel shows I'm still on Update 31, repeating the process has same result.

How can I get the update to actually install?


texts: Font rendering issue with Word 2011 and 3rd party font (Admiration Pains)

texts:
I downloaded the Admiration Pains font, installed it via Font Book, and verified it works fine in applications like Adobe CS and TextEdit. Unfortunately, when I try to use the font in Microsoft Word 2011, the font renders as some generic font (e.g. Times New Roman).  When I highlight the text, Word still reports the font family as Admiration Pains.

Things I've tried with no success:

Restarting Word;
Deleting the Font Cache file and restarting Word;
Changing font size;
Looked for "enabled duplicates" in Font Book;
Confirmed font is enabled in Font Book and that it Validates w/out issue;
Using Font Nuke to remove all caches of fonts and restarting computer.

Any ideas on how I can get this font to render properly in Word?

Here's a screenshot of the font trying to be used, where it renders fine in the font drop down, but not in the document:


texts: Is it harmful for the battery to use a 60 W instead of 45 W charger?

texts:
So, my dog bit through my MacBook Air charger and i just ordered one online without really knowing what all the specs meant.

Now my question, does it hurt my battery to use a charger with a higher charging capacity?


texts: Are there less expensive alternatives to Apple-branded Mini DisplayPort adapters?

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I have a 2 years old 13" macbook pro, and I admit I can't use my 6 months old PC when I just surf and code, since it's quite noisy and hot in the summer.

I still have a nice 20" flat monitor, and it'd be nice to use it, but Apple sells their adaptor 30 euros, isn't that a little bit expensive ? I'm reading this connector is not patented or licensed, do you think I can find cheaper ones ?


texts: Jailbroken iPhone 5s stuck in boot loop and can't be seen by iTunes

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I got my iPhone stolen and I'm guessing he tried to do a factory reset, but I know jailbreak does something differently with that but it's stuck in a bootloop and I've tried just about everything I can do with iTunes and putting the phone in different modes.

Power + home for 10 sec then just home = Apple update logo then crashes and goes back to boot loop.

Power and + volume = nothing

The computer can't recognize the device, it did once but I don't know what I did but it stopped and went back to unknown.


texts: I have an old MBP that refuses to see the HD in its normal slot , but I can boot from an HD in the optical drive slot using OSX 10.6.8. So far so good and it runs quite fast enough for my use , but if I put it to sleep it won't wake up. It won't respond to the power button either on a press or a hold. I have to power off and remove the battery to start it up again, and then it starts, switches itself off and then starts again and chimes. I have tried replacing the hall effect sensor for the sleep switch but the result is the same. One guess is that the computer needs to switch on the HD first and then the rest of the system follows on and without the HD in the main slot it hangs. Anyway , anyone else experienced this or can think of a solution?


texts: How to manage multiple ssh sessions with ease on Mac OS X

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At my upcoming job i will handle many servers with SSH access. It will be like ~100-120 hosts, with different username on most of the hosts, and i'm pretty sure i will not remember each host domain name, not to mention which username is on each host.

Is there a tool for Mac OS X (Lion preferably) which would allow me to define a session for each host (in a session i mean username and some ssh options), show list of such sessions and connect on click/select automatically?


texts:
There is a stubborn folder in my trash bin that apparently cannot be deleted because "something is using it". I know how to force empty the trash bin, but rather than doing it, I'd like to know exactly who is using this file.

Is there a way to determine what application/process is supposedly using a file/folder?

Mac OSX Yosemite.


texts: MacBook Pro suddenly started to freeze with any action (using SSD)

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I'm having a trouble with my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012).

I have upgraded it (5 months ago) to use a Kingston SSD instead of a SATA, and everything was perfect. Very fast and smooth...until yesterday. I was working and then when it was time to go home, i just pull down the monitor and the macbook went to sleep. When i came home and open my MacBook, it was just a disaster, EVERY SINGLE action, even click on any button, causes to freeze and the apple colorful ball (loading) appears.

Today i tried to put another SSD (samsung) to test if was my SSD that has a problem, but the problem remained. Then i tried to use a simple SATA and everything is normal (i'm asking now from my macbook with a SATA HD).

What do you think it could be?

This are my configs:
 - MacBook Pro Mid 2012
 - 13"
 - i7
 - 12Gb RAM
 - Intel graphics 1024
 - El Capitain OS X

p.s.: My SSD is almost full.


texts: MacBook Pro randomly waking up from sleep after Catalina update

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Since the upgrade to macOS Catalina 10.15.0, I've noticed that my MacBook Pro is randomly waking up from sleep.

I use the MBP connected to an External display, BT mouse (MX Master), an external keyboard and the company ethernet through a third-party USB-C docking station.

Here the output of pmset -g log

At 12:01 I stopped the MBP and closed the lid, and apparently at 12:34 it woke up. Can anyone address the issue?


texts: How to Uninstall System Apps by AppCleaner?

texts:
I know there is the graphical method by which you can individually remove each system app such as Chess, Safari, Mail, Game Center, Photo Booth, FaceTime, iBooks, iTunes, Maps, Dictionary, Automator, Notes, Messages, and ImageCapture.

However, this is taking too much time and I would like to control their removal better because my SSDs are only 120 GB and I need more space.
I am considering the application AppCleaner enough smart capable of doing the process because it can well decide which is a system app and what is not.
So the thing what remains is to make the system apps look like normal apps, probably.

A terminal approach would probably be most appropriate if not possible otherwise.
I would like leave the removal of those applications for AppCleaner in the end.

I see these locks on the icons of my systems apps in AppCleaner

Space taken by OS X applications

I run patrix's command

sudo du -sm /Applications/{Chess,Safari,Mail,FaceTime,iBooks,iTunes,Maps,Dictionary,Automator,Notes,Messages,ImageCapture}.app

I get

5   /Applications/Chess.app
40  /Applications/Safari.app
28  /Applications/Mail.app
4   /Applications/FaceTime.app
27  /Applications/iBooks.app
219 /Applications/iTunes.app
8   /Applications/Maps.app
12  /Applications/Dictionary.app
du: /Applications/Automator.app: No such file or directory
6   /Applications/Notes.app
16  /Applications/Messages.app

where you see that I close more than 300 Mb because of them.
That is too much with my 128 GB SSD.

How can you remove system apps by AppCleaner?


texts: running a command stored in a bash variable

texts:
So I'm trying to capture the IP address of a Parallels VM guest (Win8) from the host (OS X).  I thought a bash script would be good for this.  The ultimate goal is to have a single command that will fetch the IP address and then initiate an ssh port redirect.

I am aware of the prlctl enter command, and I do not believe it supports port redirection.

My script thus far:

#!/bin/bash

VM="Win8 Dev"
CMD="prlctl exec \"$VM\" ipconfig | grep "IPv4" | grep -m1 -o '\d\{1,3\}\.\d\{1,3\}\.\d\{1,3\}\.\d\{1,3\}'"
echo $CMD
IP=$($CMD)
echo $IP

output:

prlctl exec "Win8 Dev" ipconfig | grep IPv4 | grep -m1 -o
'\d\{1,3\}\.\d\{1,3\}\.\d\{1,3\}\.\d\{1,3\}' Failed to get VM config:
The virtual machine could not be found. The virtual machine is not
registered in the virtual machine directory on your Mac. Contact the
Parallels support team for assistance.

So it appears that the CMD variable is being populated correctly, but something is getting lost when trying to assign the output of the command to the IP variable.

Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong?


texts: How do I remove the .local domain from sent mail?

texts:
I am running OS X Server on Snow Leopard (10.6), but I believe this same issue affects newer versions as well. (If the problem can be resolved by switching to a newer version, that would be welcome information.)

My server identifies itself as xxx-com.local rather than xxx.com. For example:

This is the mail system at host xxx-com.local.

Although I have not had problems (other than the ugliness of this) in the past, I have recently had mail bounce because of this problem. For example:

Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.7.1 <xxx-com.local>: Helo command
   rejected: ACCESS DENIED. Your email was rejected because the sending mail
   server does not identify itself correctly (.local)

I understand that this is the Bonjour name, but Bonjour is not applicable outside of my local network. How can I force my email server to identify itself correctly?


texts: OS X Finder not showing correct file size - why and how "fix" it?

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I have a file that is 237153620 bytes long. Interestingly, Finder shows it as 237.2 MB. But we all know that's not true. Obviously it divides size in bytes with factor of 1000 (base 10) to get size in megabytes, instead of 1024 (base 2). Why is this so?

Some screenshots:

Edit: It was mentioned that switchDiskSizeBase could be used to switch between base 10 and base 2 file size, but it seems broken in El Capitan. (code sign failed when launching) Any idea on alternatives?


texts: Bandwidth shaper or bandwidth controller application for Mac OS X

texts:
I'm looking for a bandwidth/packet throttle/shaper program with the following features:

Similar to Windows-based Netlimiter.
GUI based and not terminal or command line.
Shows list of all applications communicating over network its connections, transfer rates and more.
Set download or upload transfer rate limits for applications, connections or groups of them.


texts: Can't boot into or mount Mojave APFS partition after repartitioning for Linux

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MacBook Pro 2015, 256GB SSD disk
I have created a second partition on my disk to try Linux. Everything was fine, but at some point, macOS disappeared from the boot menu.
After some googling and trying some things, I thought it was a problem with the boot manager. I installed rEFInd but it didn't help. So I tried torecover everything using recovery mode. But there was no option to reinstall macOS on the first partition. I could only erase it. I also couldn't mount it to macOS Recovery.
I installed OS X 10.10 Yosemite (base for my MacBook) on the second partition and updated it to macOS 10.14 Mojave (to be able to mount that first APFS partition). But I still can't mount it:
daniils-MacBook-Pro:Volumes daniilkk_yose$ sudo mount -t apfs /dev/disk0s2 plz/
mount_apfs: mount: Inappropriate file type or format

Also, diskutil outputs many F's instead of type and name:
daniils-MacBook-Pro:Volumes daniilkk_yose$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF               129.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         121.6 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.6 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s3
   1:                APFS Volume disk1s3                 12.8 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 43.1 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.4 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

Disk Utility doesn't show this partition at all:

Is there a way to mount it and get my data back?


texts: How do I set Google as Safari Homepage on my iPhone?

texts:
I wish to set Google as Homepage for Safari on my iPhone. I’ve tried to do it through Settings app, Safari settings and notifications but to no avail.

How do I accomplish this?


texts: Catalina Trusted Root CA certificates are revoked - Chrome

texts:
I have a trusted self-signed root CA named CA and I use that to sign a certificate for my local website, before I install CA's certificate and trust that, chrome shows me an error about the site SSL certificate ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID:

So I install the root CA certificate and mark that as trusted, now chrome gives me an error about ERR_CERT_REVOKED but shows the certificate as a valid certificate!

After I installed my CA certificate, firefox trusts my website's certificate with no problem.

I'm using macOS Catalina and Chrome 78.


texts: Facebook Birthdays in Notification Centre

texts: I'm a big fan of the Facebook integration in iOS 6, but it brings with it birthdays for all my Facebook contacts. I've figured out how to remove it from my calendar (de-select the calendar) but it still shows above my regular entries in notification centre. Any suggestions for getting rid of it?


texts: Customizing Guest Account under OS X Lion

texts:
I am customizing the guest account under Lion. Several questions here, any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Currently after opening the user panel in sys prefs, some of the settings saved for the Guest Account in the workgroup manager are lost. How do I prevent this from happening?

Is there a way to copy all the settings from an existing regular user account into the guest account? If that's not possible I'd like to define standard settings for the following:

Turning off "natural scrolling" when using the trackpad
Turning off "welcome screens" for Firefox, iWork and others
OS language


texts: Web fonts look worse after deleting MS Office

texts:
I recently deleted my MS Office 2011 and decided to use only iWork or Libre Office or LaTeX. The problem is, now fonts on all browsers look worse than before. I have no idea why this is so, it only started after I deleted Office and its fonts, and I don't even remember how they looked like before I installed Office.

Is there any way to enhance the fonts used for web browsers? Fonts in all other applications look fine.


texts: How can I know which formula create this file

texts:
$ brew link binutils

Linking /usr/local/Cellar/binutils/2.24... Warning: Could not link binutils. Unlinking...

Error: Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/binutils/2.24/share/info/configure.info
Target /usr/local/share/info/configure.info already exists. You may need to delete it.
To force the link and overwrite all other conflicting files, do:
  brew link --overwrite formula_name

As I see I can not link binutils because there is configure.info file in my filesystem.
I am just wondering if there is any way to know which of installed home-brew formulas had installed this file ?


texts: What Database programs/tools are included with OS X?

texts:
Many years ago I believe Apple included a copy of Hypercard with it's OS.  That's before my time, and I have never used it.

But, I do have occasional requirements for very simple databases.  I am not talking full relational database systems necessarily, a flat file "cardview" system would be suitable for most of my needs.

My question is simply what tools does are provided that enable simple database style data files to be created and accessed.  Graphical would be preferred, (although I am fairly sure that no such thing exists) but command line tools may be fine also, and there are a vast range of Unix/Linux style tools included so it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that some are either suitable, or at least able to be co-opted with a bit of scripting to provide a minimal database app.

I am aware of (and indeed own) third party database software such as Bento, and I am not looking to replace it or acehive it's levels of customisation.  They key is that the tool must be pre-installed with Mac os X 10.7, and not require me to download anything extra.

I have experimented with creating a custom Address book datafile with custom fields and using the Address Book front end for entering data and searchign etc, but with limited success (mainly in that I cannot subsquently use my real address book easily).


texts: I have an App Store update indicated on my App store icon, but when I click on it to go to the App store I get the message >Cannot Connect to App Store


texts: Two different apple id 's contacts sync together

texts: I have sign out my apple id and deleted my contacts then sign in my friend's apple id and merge his contacts.Then sign out his apple id.But the problem is when i have sign in my own appID,contacts were combined together.now our contacts are synced.i don't understand why this has happened and i don't want him to have my contacts.what should i do now???


texts: Apple account's password and iTunes for Windows gets auto-reset every few weeks

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I am using my iPhone mainly for calling, chatting, checking mail and browsing the Internet. I almost never use purchasable or downloadable content. I connect my iPhone to my PC and launch iTunes for my PC about once every 1-2 months.
Every time I connect to iTunes:

I get an error that my password is incorrect and I must reset it.
After I reset it and access iTunes, I see a completely empty library and all sync settings "reset" to "no auto sync".

What am I missing? I never heard about any Apple's auto expiration policy. And what is the reason for my iTunes to have all "Sync" options switched  "off" each time I visit? Is this some kind of weird way of forcing me to visit it more often?
At first I thought "the think" that everyone thinks in this situation. It's my imagination, since I am using iTunes so rarely then I am also asked for password on very rare basis and I simply forgot what password I have set previously. But that's not true.
Breaking all possible security advises, this time I had noted down the password on some piece of paper and hidden it in my shelf. Next, about 2-3 months after I last time visited iTunes for PC, I have launched it again, wrote letter-by-letter my "current" password from that piece of paper and... it was rejected as invalid.
I have also recall that during past 9 months (since I purchased this phone) I have visited iTunes for PC about 6 times and I was forced to reset / change my password... 6 times. Because each time iTunes claimed that it was incorrect. I have also recall that each those six time I had to enable sync "again", because it was turned off once I actually got to iTunes.
Can someone tell me what is going on here?


texts: Why are the iOS keyboard settings changing on their own?

texts:
I have an iPod Touch -- my first iOS device -- and I'm trying to figure out how to set up the keyboard layouts, because I'm going to be typing almost exclusively Japanese.

I went into the preferences, added the Japanese 10-key, added the Chinese (traditional) handwriting recognition, and removed all the others.  (I'm indifferent to the emoji keyboard layout, since it doesn't ever seem to appear, even when it's in the list.)

After a few minutes of using my iPod, the keyboard settings will have automatically changed.  The Japanese romaji keyboard will have been added, and the Chinese handwriting will have been replaced with the English keyboard.

I find this confusing and frustrating.  If I add these extra keyboards myself, then it doesn't muck up my preferences, but then I have a bunch of extra keyboards I'll never use, including the default keyboard.

I've been trying for a couple days to find a pattern (a particular app or operation that causes the keyboards to spontaneously change), but I've not found a smoking gun yet.  One symptom is that when the keyboards change, when I go into the preferences, it's back at the top of the main screen, instead of wherever I was last (regardless of whether I was in the keyboard settings or not) -- but I don't know the significance of that.

So a few questions about this:

Is this new in iOS 4 or 4.1?  Is it the sort of thing that Apple would recognize as a bug and fix in 4.2 (or even 4.1.x)?
Is there a workaround?  (I'm completely new to iOS so I haven't figured out all the workarounds for the OS bugs here yet!)
Is there a way to set the default keyboard?  (This wouldn't be nearly as bad if I could make the Japanese 10-key the default keyboard, but whenever 'English' is in the list, it makes itself the default, no matter where it is in the preferences list.)

Thanks!


texts: Bootable Sierra SD card that doesn't show up in Startup Disk but does mount in finder

texts: I have a bootable Sierra SD card that doesn't show up in Startup Disk but it does mount in finder. I can boot other MacBooks with that SD card but on this one it will not work. I've also tied to burn InstallESD.dmg to a dual layer DVD and that doesn't show up in startup disks either but I can boot from an old Mountain Lion DVD just fine. I have also tried booting from a thumb drive no luck there either. I know it can handle Sierra as it's on there now but the user wants it securely erased and reinstalled.


texts: Client certificate required after installing certificate

texts:
Using safari on OS X 10.8.2 to connect to an internal server via https:, safari indicates a client certificate is required.  Tried dragging the certificate from the url field to the desktop and adding it to the system keychain which did not work.  Went to the server and exported the certificate then added it to the system keychain which did not work as well.
What could be the problem?  The server is a windows machine running IIS.
Any suggestions to try something else?


texts:
Using PuTTY on my Windows laptop, I am able to ssh into my Mac desktop, but once I've logged in, I can't find any sshd process running on the Mac.  E.g. running the following right after ssh-ing into the Mac:

% ps -eo pid,command | grep sshd | grep -v grep

...produces no output.  Of course, needless to say, I get the same results (no output) if I use ps -ef instead of ps -eo pid,command.

Also, there's no /var/run/sshd.pid file.

What's going on?  Does OS X use a different program to handle incoming ssh logins?


texts: How do I boot to safe mode in Mac OSX 10.9.3?

texts: I followed the instructions here but it did not seem to work. How do I boot to safe mode? I am on Mavericks 10.9.3.


texts:
Yesterday a person texted my phone through a Gmail account and I thought it was just an accident or a bot or something. I reported it as junk and it deleted their initial “Hi.” But since then they’ve messaged me 2 more times, so now I’m assuming is just a creep.

How would I go about blocking this Gmail, so I can no longer receive messages from them?

I tried looking up how to block numbers, but when I click the Information button and scroll down, “Block this caller” doesn’t even appear to be a button..?
I then looked up how to block Gmails, but nothing came up that would help.


texts: Is there an AirDrop client for Microsoft Windows?

texts:
It would be nice to have an AirDrop client for Microsoft Windows. Does anyone know if such a program exists as a shipping product or an open source work-in-progress?

I'm aware that there are many other file sync options, but I'm looking for something that works with Apple's implementation from the Windows OS.


texts: How to interact with notification center alerts using keyboard?

texts: if a notification shows up in mac os via the notification center, how can i focus on it to select the choices using only the keyboard?


texts: Make spotlight open new instance of application instead of going to application

texts:
I recently moved from Windows to OSX, and find it frustrating that typing Chrome, Sublime Text or Terminal in Spotlight do not allow me to open a new window, but instead takes me to an open window of the application.

There's the option of running open -n "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/" from terminal but, that defeats the purpose of Spotlight. I'm also aware of Alfred, which is not a solution for me.

Is it possible to change the behaviour of Spotlight to suit this?


texts:
I just decided to dig out an old white mac book I have sitting around to poke around with.  I'm fairly certain it is a lost cause, but I thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas.

So I can move the mouse around the screen, but I cannot click anything on the screen.  Rebooting into Lion recovery I seem to be able to click, but I loose that as soon as I connect wifi.

Here's the kicker, using an external mouse I get the same behavior.  I can move, but clicking does nothing.

I think it's hardware, but I don't think it's the trackpad.

Any ideas?


texts: Ethernet via Thunderbolt display with MacBook Pro 2017 (A1707)?

texts: I've connected my new MacBook Pro to my Apple Thunderbolt display using the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter. The display and USB are working as expected but I'm not getting any ethernet. Ethernet is working fine with my old Thunderbolt 2 MacBook Pro. Has anyone been able to get this working?


texts: Voice memo does not use the digital output socket

texts: iPhone 4 voice memos will not play on my docking station. Is this normal or do I have a problem? The iPod app plays fine, and of course I can connect to the headphone jack, but what about the dock socket?


texts: How to make macOS open RAR archive in Terminal using unrar on double-click?

texts:
I want to make macOS open RAR files: On double-click macOS should open Terminal with command unrar x /path/filename.rar

Is there any way to do this?


texts: View Time Machine backup drive on Windows 7

texts:
I use an external hard drive to regularly backup my Mac using Time Machine. However, I wanted to copy the data on this drive to a Windows 7 machine which does not work. It seems, that the PC recognices the external dirve, but does not list it.

Is it even possible to run the hard drive on a PC? I suggest this might be due to the formation. Is there a way to overcome this problem without re-formatting the disk?


texts: Change the default application (for a file extension) via script/command line?

texts:
Is there a way to define the default application for a file extension via an Apple script, command line command (like defaults write [...]).

I know that you can change it manually via the information panel or by using RCDefaultApp but as I have to setup many machines and user accounts I would like to find a way to automate the process.


texts: How to connect to 802.1X authentication automatically?

texts:
Currently, we're implementing 802.1X authentication in the company, but having some trouble with getting an IP address when using some Macs (MacBook Pro).

So, I created a profile through Profiler Manager of macOS Server. After the profile installed, I was able to get an IP address by manually clicking "Connect".

PS: We are using the EAP-TLS.

But I have to manually click "Connect" to get an IP address, every time I disconnected the Mac from the LAN cable or reboot the Mac.

So my question is: Is there any way to trigger the 802.1X authentication to get an IP address automatically or is there is any way to click (without interaction or silently in the background, maybe command line or plist files?) the "Connect" button automatically once a user logs in?

Any ideas would be appreciated.


texts: Where is the Apple Air Port Utility 'Use dynamic global hostname' option?

texts: I just can't find the "Use dynamic global hostname" option in Apple Air Port Utility 6.1 (610.31). Where can I find this option now?


texts: macOS Sierra Administrator Account Missing

texts:
My Mac used to have 2 Admin accounts:

Admin1 which is the original one and has full access and
Admin2 which is managed.

Admin1 is now missing. How can I recover Admin1? Admin2 doesn't have the rights to create another account. Guest account is also turned off.


texts: Downgrade from iOS 11 (beta) to iOS 10.3.2 and restore iOS 11 backup

texts:
I've upgraded my iPhone to iOS 11, but I regretted from doing this. I've a backup saved at iCloud from Yesterday, and I would like to know if I reset my phone back to iOS 10.3 it's ok to restore this backup, even if it was made at iOS 11. There is something that I have to take careful or something that I will lose during the process?

Im okay about having to download all the apps again, I just dont want to lose the phone data (WhatsApp chats, Contacts, Photos).


texts: how to see all files on external hard drive

texts:
I have 200g of content on my 500g External Hard Drive but according to "get info" 471g of space is being used up, what am I not seeing?
(To arrive at 200g I manually added all folder sizes using 'get info') Could it be hidden trash?


texts: How to restore iPhone contacts lost after an app crash?

texts:
After a crash/reboot I lost all contacts on my iPhone.

I have an iTunes backup, but it is several months old. The iPhone was set to sync with my Windows Contacts list, but it also appears to not have been modified for several months. iCloud wasn't ever enabled.

How can I get (most of) my contacts back onto my phone?

A normal iTunes restores all data types at once, which means loosing all non-contacts data I added since the last backup.

I tried an iPhone recovery tool without any success already (Wondershare Dr.Fone; it has many clones, published across several pseudo-"how-to" sites: Asoftech iPhone Data Recovery; Recovery-Android: "Restore iPhone from Backup" and "Restore iPhone from Backup"; iPhone-iPad Recovery). The tool found no contacts at all, although correctly displayed deleted items of all other types available on iPhone.

Is it possible to either pull contacts only from iTunes backup file and restore those, or just sync my existing (although possibly out of date) contacts from Windows? Are there other tools which have chances to recover directly from iPhone storage, even if Dr.Fone failed? Any other ideas?


texts: Installing Windows 10 only on late 2009 Macbook with 32gb ssd?

texts:
Bootcamp says there isn't enough space to create the partition (must have 28gb), but there would be enough without MacOS.

Also, when removing all the MacOS Partitions with the Windows 10 Installer USB and finishing the install, I can get windows running, but it fails to boot again, always going to the windows recovery.


texts:
I am using Fail2Ban to dynamically add rules to IPFW. The offending IP addresses are added into IPFW, but for some unknown reasons they can still get through to Apache and make requests.

Is it because the ordering is ruined? Should the dynamic rules >12407 be placed before 12304, 12305?

00001 allow udp from any 626 to any dst-port 626
01000 allow ip from any to any via lo0
…
12300 allow tcp from any to any established
12301 allow tcp from any to any out
12302 allow udp from any to any out keep-state
12303 allow udp from any to any in frag
12304 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 80
12305 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 443
12306 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 5113
12307 allow ip from 192.168.0.0/16 to any
12407 deny tcp from 94.23.148.61 to 192.168.1.3 dst-port 80,443
…
65535 allow ip from any to any


texts: How to prevent TextMate from overwriting symbolic links?

texts:
In a web project I have multiple environments and a .htaccess.<env> file for each of them. In each of the environments I've made a symbolic link from .htaccess to the right file.

Now, whenever I use TextMate to edit the file through the symlink, the link gets overwritten by a copy of the link's target file. How can I make TextMate to preserve the symlink?


texts:
When I change the volume using the buttons on an Apple Wireless keyboard (with a Mac Mini) I almost have a huge delay between the key press and the action (up to several seconds and from time to time even several minutes).

using the slider on the menu works perfectly (without delay)
resetting the PRAM does not bring any improvement
I do not have any sound-related third party utility as boom (see an Apple Support discussion)

Any idea what the cause could be?

Edit

Brightness is affected as well
I also noticed that the process loginwindow is not responding and uses 100% of one core
The console shows no errors


texts: How do I set a window to be "Always on Top" like in Linux (ie, even if you switch to another application the current window will not go to the background, but it will stay "on top")? I can't seem to find it anywhere.


texts: OS X file permissions prevent me to delete files

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I installed easy_install on mac wityh the following command:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | sudo python

After that I tried to install pip but couldn't.
After checking here is what I have in /usr/bin

$ ls -l easy*
-rwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  925  7 Jan  2016 easy_install
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  454  7 Jan  2016 easy_install-2.6
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  461  7 Jan  2016 easy_install-2.7

Probably it does not work because I have 2 versions installed now. I am in the list of sudoers but even with sudo I cannot delete these files:

sudo rm -f easy_install-2.6
Password:
rm: easy_install-2.6: Operation not permitted

When I log in to this MacBook there is my username and also Administrator which I do not have access to now.

Is there a way to be able to delete these files without having to wait until the person that has the password for Administrator comes back from vacation?

Here is my MacBook info

  System Version: OS X 10.11.6 (15G31)
  Kernel Version: Darwin 15.6.0
  Boot Volume: Macintosh HD


texts: Hard drive free space discrepency between System Profiler and Finder

texts: System Profiler says the amount of space used on my hard drive is different than what Finder Get Info says. Why are they not the same?


texts: What apps require cellular data turned on so that (i)Books can open a book already added to my library?

texts:
The other night I had finished a book I'd been reading and still had an hour to kill. I went to the next in the series which had already been added to the library. It would not open. I realize that Books is doing some sort of syncing in iCloud... and I keep cell data turned off for most things (not on an unlimited plan).
This morning, when I'm connected to wifi, I open it up and the book is instantly available.
Note that I need tried to redownload the book (having turned cell data back on temporarily for Chrome). But once it was locked trying to do whatever it wanted to do, this wouldn't help open the book.
I have cell data turned on for Books and for iCloud on my phone. What's missing that it does this (not the first time it happened, but the first where I realized the problem, tried to debug it).


texts: How can I read the video input from a game cube on the iMac screen

texts:
The Game cube has a video output wire that looks like this :
How can read the video input on an iMac with this? What do I need to buy? What software should I use?


texts: Get current app from two instances with same name by Apple Script

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How to address an active window of an active app by AppleScript when two instances of the same app are running?

The script below addresses the other app. Probably because the name and id of the app is the same and it picks just the first one from the list by name.

tell application (path to frontmost application as text) to tell front window...

I use that script to maximize the current window but it does not work for the two instances of the same app:

tell application "Finder" to set {0, 0, dtw, dth} to bounds of window of desktop
try
    tell application (path to frontmost application as text) to tell front window
        set bounds to {0, 0, dtw, dth}
    end tell
on error
    tell application "System Events" to tell (process 1 where it is frontmost)
        try
            click (button 1 of window 1 where subrole is "AXZoomButton")
        end try
    end tell
end try


texts: Network issues between El Capitan and Mavericks

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I've just updated to El Capitan from Yosemite on my main machine. If I connect to a 10/100 router, I can get a 100Mbit/s link to it. However, if I connect to a Mavericks machine over a LAN cable (direct connection), I get only 10Mbit/s. Before the upgrade, I could get GbE to it without issues.

Could El Capitan not connect at 100Mbit/s or Gb to Mavericks over direct connection? Does anyone know how this could be fixed?

Thanks

UPDATE

I've managed to get 100Mbit between the two boxes now, but it had to be forced. However, I still can't get GbE like I used to. One thing though: Mavericks doesn't offer GbE flow-control but El Capitan does - could this be an issue?