texts: AppleScript : repeat with each item from end to beginning

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I'm trying to do a repeat form a list but I would to repeat from the last item of the list to the newest instead of the another way.

How can I do that knowing that this will do in the wrong order :

   repeat with each from 2 to count of items of creationDate
        --
    end repeat

What I'm trying to do is to return the item number of the latest item which content the text "whatever"

Update

repeat with anItem from 1 to count of items of (reverse of creationDate)
    set xitemOnMyList to item anItem of (reverse of xID) as text
    set trustitemOnMyList to item anItem of (reverse of trustSource) as text
    set dateitemOnMyList to item anItem of (reverse of creationDate) as text

    if xID contains xNumber and trustitemOnMyList is equal to "whatever" then
        set myResult to dateitemOnMyList
    else
        --
    end if

end repeat

  Can’t make item 14 of reverse of


texts: Automatically maximize windows when cycle through them using cmd + tab

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I'm pretty new to macOS and today I tried to find out how to maximize a window as I cycle through them using Command+Tab.

Here I found that I can maximize window just clicking alt before I release cmd.But I'd like to have Windows/Ubuntu like behaviour.

Is there any way to always hold alt key automatically so that any toggled window will be maximized?
Is there any way to adjust so through standard macOS settings or through third party software, e.g. such as BetterTouchTool?


texts: Highlight and immediately speak selected text in one click - Text To Speech on Mac

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I am a very heavy text to speech user on the Mac.
Every time I use text to speech I have to triple click the paragraph to select it, and then hit option escape to activate text to speech. I wish that instead I could just option click a paragraph and it would immediately start speaking. I imagine this could be achieved using Automator or a similar tool combined with shortcuts? Does anybody know how to make this happen?

Action I wish existed for text to speech:
Option + click = highlight the entire paragraph and immediately begin reading =  triple click + (option + Escape)


texts: LLDB command line installation on macOS Big Sur edition (11.0) beta

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I'm using the following command in order to install lldb without Xcode

xcode-select --install

However, the window that pops up with the progress bar gets halted on task "Finding Software"
Those are the relevant errors I could trace from log stream:
Code Block runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:process]
[daemon<com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand(502)>:843]
Error 45 setting darwin role to UserInteractive: Operation not supported,
falling back to setting priority

runningboardd: (RunningBoard) [com.apple.runningboard:process]
[daemon<com.apple.dt.CommandLineTools.installondemand(502)>:843]
Error 45 setting darwin role to UserInteractiveFocal: Operation not supported,
falling back to setting priority

Any idea how to tackle this issue?


texts: Reverting back to 10.6 from 10.8 , but did not back up my machine while on 10.6

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I need to know how I can revert back to 10.6 while not losing my documents.

I upgraded to 10.8 ML and I did not do a back up prior to upgrading.

I do have a current 10.8 Time Machine backup.

Can I do a clean install from 10.6 CD and then restore my iphoto and other documents? Is there perhaps an easier way to rectify my problem?


texts: Install of NetBeans crashing (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)

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I am trying to install NetBeans but the the MBP crashes with the following log entries

Jan  3 10:39:13 my-osx launchservicesd[89]: Application App:"Installer" asn:0x0-4c04c pid:1593 refs=7 @ 0x7ffc2be19fb0 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x4f04f pid=1608 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
Jan  3 10:39:13 my-osx WindowServer[109]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Installer, psn 0x0-0x4c04c, securitySessionID=0x186a4, err=-13066
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x42803c0
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Found 62 modes for display 0x042803c0 [36, 26]
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003d
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003d [1, 0]
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003e
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003e [1, 0]
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x3f003f
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Found 1 modes for display 0x003f003f [1, 0]
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: CGXMuxAcknowledge: Posting glitchless acknowledge
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x042803c0 device: 0x7ffdfa5093f0  isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Received display connect changed for display 0x42803c0
Jan  3 10:39:30 my-osx WindowServer[109]: Found 1 modes for display 0x042803c0 [1, 0]

Processor  2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory  16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics  Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

Any idea?

Thanks


texts: Big Sur Safari doesn't update passwords in iCloud Keychain

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[Update] This is intermittent . Sometimes does, sometimes doesn't.
Safari will not update the password in iCloud Keychain or create a new date stamped edition of the password even though it reports that it is saved.
I have to delete the current password in the Keychain first, to have the new password saved otherwise next time I log in, the old version of the password is used.
This appears to be the case with all devices sharing the iCloud Keychain: Mac, iPad, iPhone although editing the keychain only possible in macOS

macOS Big Sur 11.1
iPadOS and iOS latest
I am logged into my Apple ID
I have selected to use Keychain on iCloud as I have done for several OS versions


texts: Problems saving changes to /etc/sshd_config

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I am trying to setup my mac mini as a secure git server, I'm following this very helpful blog post, http://www.tomdalling.com/blog/software-processes/how-to-set-up-a-secure-git-server-at-home-osx.
Now I get stuck at number 6 when i am trying to save changes I have made to the /etc/sshd_config file.  I am logged in as my administrator account and can open the file correctly, when I try to save it I receive the following error:

The document “sshd_config” could not be saved. You don’t have permission.
To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

I have tried to change the permissions using chmod but I can't do this either.  I also can't locate it using the finder to be able to change permissions using File > Get Info as suggested in the error message.
Does anyone have any idea how I can resolve this? Please help!


texts: How can I make two applications activate from an AppleScript app?

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So I am playing around with AppleScript and am quite new to it.

How do I make the script quit both apps if:

app1 and app2 are running
or if app1 or app2 is running
and run them if they are not running

My script:

if application "app" is running or "app2" is running then
        tell application "app1" to quit
        tell application "app2" to quit
else
        tell application "app1" to activate
        tell application "app2" to activate
end if


texts:
I'm considering getting an iMac Pro. I'd love to max out the crazy amount of memory but beyond my budget. Thinking of getting 64 GB RAM. If I did want to upgrade after purchasing, would I need to get 3 more 64 GB units to fill it out or does it not work like that for this machine?

Note: I do understand that upgrading is not easy and I would take it to a certified place to get it upgraded - just hoping to save some $$$ this way.


texts:
I'm a complete newbie at macOS.

Bought a new MacBook Air for my eight year old child as that is what the school specified. Followed the online instructions for setting up family sharing then created a child's account. However when I boot it up the initial login screen only shows my own account and not my kid's one.

If I logout then both our accounts are shown on the login screen, but as it's my young 'un's laptop I'd like for his picture to come up at the initial login screen, and preferably be the only account showing there.

I have done some searching and found the Default login drop down in the Users and Settings page but it's greyed out at the moment.

I wondered if it could be to do with the fact that when you set up the account it gives it a user@icloud.com address, so is not a local account. But I can't figure out how to make it a local account, or if that is even part of the issue?


texts: iOS 10 stuck on approve this iPhone from another one of your devices

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I have a MacBook Pro with El Capitan 10.11.6 signed in to iCloud. I also have an iPhone 6s Plus which is also signed in to iCloud. After upgrading my iPhone to iOS 10 I have follow-ups showing notifications and also frequently appearing push notifications about "approve your device".

I push it, then enter my passcode to iPhone and see this:

Approve This iPhone
Go to one of your devices signed in to iCloud to approve this iPhone.

Waiting for approval (spinning wheel)

Sooo... I do not have any popup or window or anything else on my MacBook to approve iPhone. How can I do this?


texts: How do I block power from going to usb without stopping data transfer?

texts: I need an iPad connected to my iMac for a long time, but I don't want power going to it because leaving an iPad charged to 100% all the time ruins the life of the battery(link). I still want to allow data transfer, but with no charge(or extremely little like when it says "Not Charging") going to my device.


texts:
Looking at this image:

You will see a blank space at the bottom. That's actually a disappearing app. Next to it you can see a folder that is missing the icon. Next to that you will notice a folder called PgAdmin.

Now, the missing app in the empty space is totally inaccessible. The folder with the name but missing icon might as well be. Clicking anywhere in those spots just acts the same as clicking in any empty space and closes Launchpad.

The PgAdmin folder I mentioned shows there are apps inside (the PgAdmin app and another folder.) When you open the folder, it displays as empty.

This happened while just trying to rearrange and organize launchpad. I'm using the most current (updated tonight) Yosemite.


texts: Can I use two Airport Express routers to extend an Airport Extreme network?

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I have an airport extreme as my main WIFI router and I have an Airport Express downstairs which is set to extend the network and it works flawlessly. I recently also got a second Airport Express to extend the Airport Extreme network at my top floor and it always tells me it cannot join the network with the exact same settings as the other Airport Express. At the location where the upstairs Airport Express is set up, the network signal strength is good.

My question is: Is it even possible to extend an Airport Extreme network twice with two different Airport Express routers, or is this not supported?

The error I get is the following.


texts: iPhone mail using 700Mb with no accounts

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While trying to clear up space on my iPhone, I deleted all email accounts, as Mail was using well over 700Mb. I was expecting this to also clean up the excessive space being used by Mail, but it hasn't touched it - Mail is still using over 700Mb. I've powered off and back on again several times, and tried re-adding and removing the account multiple times, but Mail still uses loads of space.

Anyone have any ideas how to clean this up?


texts: How to disable three-finger tap word lookup?

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Just upgraded to Mac OS X Mountain Lion, and I'm loving it so far.

One thing I don't care for though is that now, three-finger tapping links—or anything, for that matter—brings up popups with the definition of the word that was tapped.

This is less than convenient since I'm using MiddleClick to set that particular tap gesture to act as a middle-click.

Is there any way that I can disable this behavior?


texts: Intel HD5000 graphics driver renders late-2013 MPB display unresponsive

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This problem has been bugging me for a while now and I'm not sure what to make of it.  When AppleIntelHD5000Graphics.kext gets loaded up the display freezes wherever it was. This usually happens right after the desktop loads but sometimes it will last 2-3 minutes before locking up and sometimes it will freeze before boot up finishes (Apple logo screen).

I know it is this particular driver because I never have the issue in single user mode, recovery mode, or running Linux.  It also won't freeze after a "normal boot" if I don't let it load that particular kext. Animations are very choppy and the computer will run much warmer but that is to be somewhat expected given that there is no "hardware acceleration".

Curiously enough, if I plug an external monitor into the HDMI port while its booting it will run both displays with no issue.

I can also verify that (at least part of) the OS is still running because I can SSH into it.  However, I cannot get VNC to connect.

I have tried resetting both the SMC and NVRAM and that hasn't done much of anything.

At this point I have exhausted my current knowledge. Does anyone have any idea where the problem could be? Or what else I could do to debug?

PS: Diagnostics say everything is fine


texts:
My Mac is showing lots of errors and running weirdly. The battery only lasts for a short time, there is a fan noise when I use it and I feel the temperature is high.

In the report it says the following:

  *** Panic Report ***
  panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801db6ac55): "zalloc: zone map exhausted while allocating from zone semaphores, likely due to memory leak in zone ipc ports (3957835360 total bytes, 24736458 elements allocated)"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.50.9/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:2521


texts: tmutil fails to show the local snapshots on my computer

texts:
I typed

sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

in terminal and entered the password. However, nothing happened. I suppose tmutil to return all local snapshots on my computer, but it only returns xxxs-MacBook-Pro-3:~ xxx$.

Does that mean there is no local snapshots in my computer? I don't believe it. My Mac has updated to High Sierra and my external hard drive fails to backup because Time Machine could not create a local snapshot.


texts: Office 2016 - how can I see which Microsoft Account I use/change Microsoft Account?

texts: In Office 2016, how can I see which Microsoft Account I use with it? The About box just shows a serial number and user details in the preferences is empty.


texts: My 32gb iPhone is irreversibly broken but I have an encrypted backup on iTunes (not iCloud). I want to load it onto my older 16gb iPhone but it's too large. I've found some software that lets you browse encrypted backup files but I need something that will let me browse it and delete large media files to slim it down to <16gb. Any suggestions?


texts: Why are my iTunes factory equalizer presets all flat?

texts:
If I try to select any iTunes equalizer preset, they're all flat. This includes the factory ones.

How do I get them back?


texts: How to stop iPhone from making a specific autocorrection?

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My iPhone almost always replaces the word make (lower-case) with the word Male (yes, with a capital M). I don't get auto-correct suggestion in a bubble. The change happens automatically immediately after I press the Space key after typing make.

I think this has been going on about 3-4 months. I’m wondering if I’m losing my mind. Almost every time I type the word make (including just there; I am typing this on my phone) it just magically changes to Male, and I have to select the word and manually retype it.

I‘ve checked in Settings app → General → Keyboard → Text Replacement, and there’s no such replacement defined.

So it seems my iPhone has just learned to do this, but I can’t think of any time I would have made this substitution myself.

Question: How can I fix this (without globally disabling auto-correction)?

Bonus points for curiosity: Why has my iPhone started doing this? I can’t see how it could learn to replace a very common word with a much less common word (with nonstandard capitalisation, at that). Seems like some kind of broken machine learning algorithm stuck in a weird self-affirming loop. But if so, why would this bug only manifest in a single persistent unwanted substitution? (My iPhone does seem to have reluctantly accepted that I rarely meant to type ducking, so clearly it can learn.)


texts:
I have an US App Store account from when they opened it, 2010 if I'm not mistaken ( I'm an early adopter :) ).
Back then I used "None" as payment method when I created the account because I didn't have a credit card.  I used a fake US address, as I live in Asia.

I've heard that you can do that, but if you buy In-App Purchases your account will disabled forever, because Apple allowed buying apps with gift cards abroad but doesn't allow buying any IAP from abroad.

But that was in 2010, what I want to ask is: are these restrictions true? Will Apple disable your account for buying IAP abroad?


texts: 2017 Magic Keyboard rubber foot fell off

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One of the four "foot pads" on my 2017 Magic Keyboard has fallen off.
There are threads covering the older version of this problem on the pre-2017 version of the keyboard. That version used mushroom-shaped feet that popped into the holes and whose expansion held it in place.
The new version is a flat disk with a raised line across its diameter. It is not at all obvious how this is supposed to be held in. Does anyone know how to replace it properly?


texts: Airplay Apple Music from iPhone or Homepod to Macbook

texts: When I start the music on a iPhone or Homepod via Siri, how do I move the already playing music to my MacBook? Can I only airplay music from the MacBook to HomePod but not vice versa? How do I airplay music from iphone to macbook?


texts: How to block OS X to run only one application

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We need to have two machines for exams with no access to any other application other than Microsoft Word. Is there any easy way how to achieve this? Preferred free solution if possible.

Before you shout "Parental Controls" - I have tried these and it kind of worked but not always and it is prompting for application to run (which is fine but some just keeps asking over and over).


texts: macOS Sierra/High Sierra and IPv6 DNS via SLACC

texts:
In my (dual stack) network, a router provides IPv6 addresses and DNS servers (RDNSS) via router advertising. There is no DHCPv6 server running and I want my mac to accept the DNS servers being provided via RA (RDNSS). Address acceptance out of advertising is well running. Wireshark also shows that the RDNSS addresses are sent properly and the flags are set as configured on the router. IPv4 is configured via DHCP...

I have now played through all combinations of the M, O, A Flags, found this very enlightening article about SLACC on different systems but still can't get managed that my Macs show the DNS IPv6 Servers in the known DNS Servers area of the system control.

Im a still not sure whether I have to look further on the router side or on the client side. While all other systems in this network (Linux, Windows) are working properly, I suspect now the client side (i.e. Macs).

Is there any sysctl parameter I might miss out/consider or any daemon which must run (e.g. a similar thing like rdnssd on Linux)?


texts: How can I create a user account without password?

texts: I'm trying to create a second user account with limited permissions which I can use as a honeypot if someone steals my MacBook, but it refuses to allow a standard user without a password. Is there a way to work around this?


texts:
I have an old MacBook Air, which, when using Thunderbolt cable, I am able to mirror the screen on my iMac.

However, I cannot do the same for my newer MacBook 12".

Any ideas?


texts:
I will admit that i was messing around deleting system files, and deleted bunch of files,system asked permission.

In a stage I wanted to delete something entered password, didn't accept. Well here the panic started. I changed the password from setting and also not accepting the password. I restarted the mac then im stuck at the login page, Even after resetting password in recovery mode the recently changed password not accepted.
I've tried resetting it by Apple Id and same thing not accepted.


texts: Lynx Browser & HTTP Get Ignore Timeout Options

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I'm working on my wifi-wand command line utility that manages wifi on the Mac (https://github.com/keithrbennett/wifiwand), and am trying to better understand how captive portals are managed in Mac OS. I want to implement a test for captive portal success that will fail quickly.

I read at x that one way to test that the portal access has succeeded is to test http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html for the string "Success":

/usr/local/bin/lynx --dump http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html

The problem is when I am connected to a wifi network with a portal, but have not yet gotten through the portal, lynx seems to ignore my timeout settings (as documented in man lynx):

/usr/local/bin/lynx --connect_timeout=3 --read_timeout=3  --dump http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html

I believe it's not just lynx; in my Ruby code when I set an HTTP timeout (sending a GET to different URL's), it seems to be ignored there too.

What's going on and how can I fix it?

[Edit #1: I am aware that the current recommended URL to use for this test is http://captive.apple.com/hotspot-detect.html.]

[Edit #2: The timeout period is 60 seconds (the system default, I presume). I verified that the error raised by Ruby is a timeout error.]


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Every time I open the App Store on High Sierra it cannot connect. I've checked the DNS settings, old certificates, keychain access; in short I've completed all these steps and still:

Any ideas? It appears not even to try to load, i.e., that page is immediately there and refreshing doesn't attempt to load anything.


texts: Spotlight index has ghost app that I cannot get rid of

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Spotlight has ghost entries for an USB disk that I cannot get rid of. It links to a bootable usb disk that is not currently connected. I have added that disk to Spotlight Privacy. Nothing I have tried unloading, reseting, deleting and reloading spotlight. Nothing.

These ghost entries do not show up when using Finder search.

Where are Spotlight caches stored other than .Spotlight-V100 ? There must be a place so that they survive cache rebuilding.

I am on 10.12.1 MBP and it is a clean install from two days. No use of migration assistant, etc. No external disk currently connected. Single partition.


texts: Partition type FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF startup volume Macintosh HD

texts:
I resized the partitions of my Macbook Pro.
it had the following partitions:
Macintosh HD 415GB
Bootcamp 85GB

After the resizing, it still worked up until I restarted. When I did so all the Drives were gone. In the Terminal of the safe mode, I found my startup volume to be this: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFF.

I followed some similar issues from here and used the Terminal in the Safe Mode but ended up with this now please see the image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/R9ywl.jpg

Now all the drives are gone when I check in the disc utilities and the apple core storage is just 220GB large as you can see on the attached image.

— Progress 01

Resized EFI to 409600

Now I need to figure out the type and size of the disks by an inspection. How do I perform an inspection? @David Anderson

— Progress 02

I think it is High Sierra (sorry)

I ran:

dd if=/dev/disk0s2 count=3 | vis -c

https://i.stack.imgur.com/lolKN.jpg

— Progress 03

Corrected the GPT as described and now I see this (like in your screenshot David):

-bash-3.2# gpt -r show /dev/disk0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  830799832      2  GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  831209472  145895555
  977105027         32         Sec GPT table
  977105059          1         Sec GPT header

and:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2: 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC               425.4 GB   disk0s2


texts:
On my father's mac, dataloading.net keeps popping up in tabs. It doesn't seem to be in Safari's extensions (at least not visible in preferences). He has clean my mac 3 installed. Can this problem be solved with that?

I'm having trouble recommending any virus scanner, because there's a lot of crapware out there.


texts: Does using a macbook with an external monitor damage the health of the battery?

texts: I have an (oldish) MacBook Pro that I use with an external monitor, which requires that the MBP power adapter be plugged in all the time. Does that damage the health of the battery? I ask because my battery, replaced about a year ago, will now hold almost no charge after being used almost exclusively with the external monitor during working hours and plugged in all that time.


texts: Is there a dashboard widget that displays Google Maps and traffic data overlay?

texts: Is there a dashboard widget available that displays Google Maps with traffic data?


texts: Is there a formulaic way to reverse the order of a list in Apple Numbers?

texts: For example I have a list of numbers in a column. I would like to have another column that takes whatever is in that list and reverses the order the list appears. Is there a way of doing this with a function in Apple Numbers?


texts: Mac OS X runaway process: AuthBrokerAgent

texts:
I'm trying to pinpoint the problem with a runaway process on my Mac (Lion 10.7.2) and I have a hard time finding any kind of info about that process on the Internet. It is simply called AuthBrokerAgent. I would like to know what is its function.

I'm not a developer and I didn't installed the developer tools on my Mac.

Thanks a lot!

P.S. I've already started a thread on Apple Community forum.


texts: Finder: go to parent folder while dragging files

texts:
Is there a short(-cut) way to move to the parent file while you drag files? So you can e.g. move them to the parent folder outside of the current folder.

Unfortunately CMD + Arrow Up doesn't work while dragging.

Otherwise what would be the best technique?


texts: Why retina mac book pro won't output signal to second monitor via mini display, but detect it?

texts:
I have 2 monitors, a retina, 15-inch, mid 2014 mac book pro.
I plugged the hdmit output to one monitor, and a mini-display to dvi to the second monitor.

On mac book preference system perferences->displays-> arrangement tab I can see all three screens, however the one connected via mini display port - dvi isn't getting any signal.

Can I used two monitors with a mac book pro, without having to buy some fancy extra device?


texts: Create an Apple Automation to notify power cuts when at home

texts:
I have some electrical noise at home, and would like to use test equipment to verify its absence during power outages.
I’d like to be notified when my power at home goes out, but I cannot find an easy way to script this. I have iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, HomePod) and assorted HomeKit automation equipment (bulbs, sockets). I have plenty on ancillary kit (Pi, Windows PCs, components etc).
The standard automation triggers which might be useful are for WiFi networks, but only when you connect, not disconnect. Likewise, charger disconnect triggers seem to go off when charging finishes and the charge cycle stops - which is not necessarily a power outage.
I would ideally like to know, day or night, when my home power goes out (which is likely to also affect the nearby noise source). I only care about reviving this notification when at home, and do not mind the odd false positive.
Can anyone provide inspiration for an approach please?


texts:
I have an AFP server with netatalk on a Linux box, which maintains CNIDs separate from the actual files. Due to a faulty disk (or rather, three of them in a RAID6), the database with the CNID mapping got corrupted and needed to be rebuilt, which caused new CNIDs to be generated for some files.

The result is that the clients' cache is inconsistent with the server state, as the clients assume that CNIDs are never recycled.

I'd thus need a way to flush the cache on the clients, and ideally also a switch to disable client side caching, so the users can continue working if I ever need to rebuild the database again.


texts: How do I sync contacts between 2 iCloud accounts?

texts: I need to sync my contact list with my husband's phone. We both have our own iCloud accounts.


texts: Old Mac Pro starts randomly hanging - how do I figure out what's wrong?

texts:
I have a 2006 era Mac Pro I've been using as a file server.  It's running Lion Server, the latest version, and all software is up to date.  There's very little installed on it beyond the OS.

When I boot it up it runs fine for some random amount of time, then it freezes.  It is headless but I have left screen sharing attached and can confirm that it's not crashing, it just stops responding.

I've got a copy of the system log and there's nothing out of the ordinary in it.  Of course the log is full of errors, as they always are, but nothing is jumping out at me.  The last line before most of the freezes is

Sep 16 19:16:59 mastiff servermgrd[81]: No requests in 300 seconds, shutting down

But from what I can see in Google that's not likely to be causing the problem.

Unfortunately with it being headless I can't watch it boot, so I'm not seeing the boot messages. It's so old I don't have a monitor that will connect to it.

I need suggestions as to how to figure out what's really wrong, so I can determine if it's possible to fix.  Thanks in advance!


texts:
As per my understanding the file format RTFD > RTF > TXT file i.e. a text file can hold a subset of content and formatting compared to RTF and similarly RTF can hold a subset of content and formatting compared to RTFD.
I can save an RTF file as TXT file by going to Format -> Make Plain Text. Of course I would lose some formatting because txt file can only have a subset of RTF file formatting
Similarly, I want to save an RTFD as an RTF file even though I will loose some formatting that an RTFD can support but RTF cannot. But I am not able to find an option in TextEdit to save an Untitled file as .RTF file. I think the content present in the untitled file has some RTFD related formatting. So when I try to do File -> Hold option key -> Save as then I cannot find an option to save the untitled file as RTF. How Do I save the file as .RTF file using TextEdit even though I am fine with loosing the extra formatting?


texts: Trapped in iPhone 4 and WhatsApp, need help to escape

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I have an iPhone 4 with WhatsApp messenger installed. The iPhone doesn't update anymore, works deadly slow, and does not have any free space.  WhatsApp also does not update anymore, because newer WhatsApp versions require newer version of iOS, which in turn will require me to get a new iPhone.

My WhatsApp conversations contain information that I cannot afford to lose, that's why I cannot just drop this iPhone.

Recent versions of WhatsApp allow synchronizing conversation history via iCloud, but my version is too old and lacks this feature.

I was able to save photo and video files from WhatsApp conversations into iPhone, and then download them to PC via USB cable, but now I cannot do this because iPhone has zero free space, and I cannot free it (this is subject for another question).  Also, this approach does not work for text messages.

Situation becomes worse with each passing day, because as long as I cannot migrate WhatsApp to another smartphone, I keep receiving important information on this iPhone where it become trapped.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: $PATH only shows RVM files-other Path are not shown in Macbook

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When I run echo $PATH I always get Ruby or RVM bin files and does not get any of the path I added in my .bash_profile; I am using a MacBook Pro and running Catalina. I am using the default terminal to review my Path .. I checked .bashprofile, .profile and also .bashrc, what could be wrong here?

echo $PATH results :

/Users/rr/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.0/bin:/Users/rr/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.0@global/bin:/Users/rr/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.7.0/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/VMwareFusion.app/Contents/Public:/Users/rr/.rvm/bin

rr@rr-MacBook-Pro ~ % echo $CLASSPATH -- returns null value

.Bash_profile :

#export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export JAVA_HOME=$PATH:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-13.0.2.jdk/Contents/Home
export M2_HOME=$PATH:/usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.6.3_1
#export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin
#export TOMCAT_HOME=$PATH:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-9.0.31
#export PATH=$PATH:$TOMCAT_HOME/bin
#export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/Library/PostgreSQL/12/bin
export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/Library/PostgreSQL/12/bin


texts: Bulk Changing Application Icons on System

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So the question is pretty straight forward. I've disabled SIP (System Integrity Protection) and I am able to use the "copy paste" method, described in numerous tutorials, successfully to change my Application Icons. I'm wondering however if there is a folder where all the Application Icons are stored. I know that the Trash Icons and the Finder Icons are located at System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources and that I'm able to for all intensive purposes "click and drag" the new trash and finder icons to this folder and it update the icons accordingly.

Is there a central location where all Application Icons are stored so that I can click and drag all 50 of my 'new' icons to a folder and then restart the dock app to refresh the icons?


texts: How do I move my menubar to an external monitor?

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I just asked this question (Using External Monitor and Spaces. Want Mouse to move Up/Down, not Left/Right?) and @calavera gave me a great answer, thanks!

But now I have another question. It seems that the menubar wants to stay with the laptop and doesn't seem to be possible to move to the external monitor. Am I beating a dead horse here or is it somehow possible to achieve the layout I'm looking for? See screenshot:

(source: mikeschinkel.com)


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Good day, I am using Mac OS High Sierra. And I have a piece of scientific software (I haven't written it) which doesn't run. A different version of the same software runs ok. But I need that one that doesn't work, as it has some custom functions/extensions/functionality.

When I am trying to run it, I get a report and a message which says, the s/w is old and can't run on the new OS version.

From the error log I got:

  Library not loaded: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/QtOpenGL.framework/Versions/4/QtOpenGL

I want to find where actually and how should I change the path (most probably to /System/Library/Frameworks/...?) I also have there only a QTKit.framework.

And the Qt page says:

  Qt OpenGL should not be used anymore for new code. Please use the corresponding OpenGL classes in Qt GUI.

I guess I should also have a look at the software's code (there are some C++ .h files and there is only one file containing #include <QtOpenGL/QGLWidget>), but the code is not mine, I guess it is not the full code (just the s/w's package contents) and I wonder whether there is an easy solution for old software on a new Mac OS. I am very confused. I either need to install somehow and old framework but provide a new path (where? how?) or make somewhat else.


texts: iMessage: send from new number in ongoing conversations

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In iMessage, I'm receiving at 2 numbers (and a couple of emails), but I would like to ensure that all messages sent out are only sent from one of them.

As in its name, the setting "Start new conversation from..." will only work with new conversations, not with existing ones.

How would you do this without deleting the conversation?

EDIT: Another important question: how can I find out what number I'm sending out from on an existing conversation?


texts: Can I control the shutter speed of a photo from an iPod Touch 4th gen?

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Is there a Camera app that will let me control the shutter speed of a 4th gen iPod Touch? Camera+ for some reason doesn't support this.

Edit: I mean shutter speed, not exposure.


texts: One email address has two Internet Accounts

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I somehow have multiple accounts for the same email address - they both receive messages sent to that address but one (the POP) has hundreds of emails in the Inbox and Sent, going back years and the other (the IMAP) has four in, going back a week, and none out.

In Mail>Preferences>Accounts they both appear, one with a grey IMAP beneath it and one with a grey POP.

In Settings>Internet Accounts they also both appear, this time with a grey Mail and a grey Notes beneath them.

Is there any reason why I should want this setup, and what is the best way to rationalise it (which I would like to do by removing the POP, but without losing emails)?


texts: How can I mark a thread as read in Lion Mail?

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In Mail 5.0, when I view a message, it's marked as read. No surprises there.

When I get a few messages in the same thread, and I view the thread, the latest message is marked as read, but I can't figure out how to mark the earlier messages as read.

I've tried scrolling down to make sure Mail knows I've seen all the messages in the thread. I've also tried clicking the drop-down button to reveal all of the messages in the thread (in the middle "preview" column, or whatever it's called) and highlighting the message that's still marked as unread.

The only thing that seems to work is to right-click and select Mark > As Read.

Is that just a bug or am I doing something wrong?


texts: iMac 2015 27” white fog burn inn on display

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I bought a second hand 27” Late 2015 iMac about 6-8 months ago.
Sellers was a cheerful couple who even offered to deliver by car. The Mac looked virtually unused, and to be honest it was a real bargain.
I took it apart and upgraded the stock HD to an 2TB Sandisk 970 Plus NVMe.
After some time I started noting a white foggy flare, almost invisible.
But. Since I started investigating the issue, it became clear that the issue is in fact quite noticeable.
I’m adding a few pictures, though one would probably only be able to observe the issue with a (certain or) high degree of background light.
Note: the issue persist on the far left of the screen, in addition to just right of the middle of the screen.
Also, solid dark grey and 80-100% background lighting seems to be worst. It looks like the display was “washed” from inside but that’s not possible as it is fused before mounting.
So what is this??


texts: Converting iso to img completes without creating the img file

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I'm trying to create a bootable USB drive for my downloaded Ubuntu 10.04 Server (ppc) iso using my MacBook. I followed the instruction on the Ubuntu website for creating the img using hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/target.img ~/path/to/ubuntu.iso. However, after running the command, this is the output that I get:

Reading Driver Descriptor Map (DDM : 0)… Reading Apple
(Apple_partition_map : 1)… Reading Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS ppc
(Apple_ISO : 2)… Reading Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS ppc (Apple_HFS : 3)…
...................................................................................
Usage:  hdiutil convert -format <format> -o <outfile> [options] <image>
    hdiutil convert -help

Then it returns to the command line. When I check the supposed location of the img file, it doesn't exist.

Questions:

Am I running the right command?
If I am running the right command, where is the img file?

On further examination I noticed the appropriate file is created when I run the command—but as soon as the "Reading Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS ppc (Apple_HFS : 3)" process finishes, the file gets deleted.


texts: Trouble with importing photos from iPhone to Mac when I have enabled iCloud Photo Library and selected "Optimize iPhone Storage"

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I have enabled iCloud Photo Library and selected "Optimize iPhone Storage" on my iPhone. There are 20000+ photos and videos in the "All Photos" album on my iPhone, but since the storage of my iPhone is only 16GB so most of the photos and videos on my iPhone are not full-resolution copies. Now when I connect my iPhone to my Mac and try to import all the photos and videos to a blank library in the Photos app, it says there are only 200+ photos available for importing. Is there a way I can import all the photos and videos on my iPhone to my Mac?

Note that I don't want to turn on iCloud Photo Library on my Mac Photos app, because at some point I will reach the storage limit of iCloud Photo Library and I will have to start deleting photos from it, and I don't want to lose the local copies of them on my Mac.

My situation

My iPhone has only 16GB of storage and it fills up quickly because I take tons of photos and videos. I don't want to import them every week, and I also want to look at photos or videos from one or two years ago, so I purchased 200GB of iCloud storage and enabled "Optimize iPhone Storage". This works great.
I want to incrementally back up the photos and videos to an external hard drive which hosts my Photos library.


texts: User's home folder path displaying problem

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Let's say the name of my current account is johndoe.

Open Finder Preferences, and set "New Finder window show" to johndoe, and add it to sidebar. Then each time opening up Finder after a reboot or log out/in, it will display the full path on the Finder window (screenshot below).

Macintosh HD > Users > johndoe

Rather than display johndoe as the relevant root, the behavior on OS X 10.7 and before (screenshot below).

johndoe

However, close any Finder window and reopen, problem disappears. But after reboot and log out/in problem repeats.

Affecting systems: OS X 10.8 and 10.9, unknown on 10.10

Example (system root):

Example (relevant root):


texts: Is the email notification from Apple that your device has been tracked using Find My iPhone a new feature?


texts: How use 'expect' to runing 'openconnect VPN' in background?

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I'm a newbie to write bash script,I was using macOS catalina, and
I write a bash script which use expect to run openconnect,
#!/usr/bin/expect
...
spawn sudo openconnect --user xxx --protocol=anyconnect
...
send xxx
interact

this works perfectly,but I want to run it in background, when I add '-b'(or --background parameter),
#!/usr/bin/expect
...
spawn sudo openconnect --user xxx --protocol=anyconnect -b
...
send xxx
interact

the output shows the pid is running in background, but the pid is not exit actually, and the connect isn't successful,
Is there anything I'm missing or I did incorrect?
EDIT:If I do not use this script, just using openconnect -b directly in terminal,it works, but I want to use expect so I can connect use script to connect automatically


texts:
Trying to set some policies for Chrome Beta, to disable uninstalling some extensions and incognito.
But editing ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.Chrome.beta.plist seems to have no effect.
$ defaults read com.google.Chrome.beta.plist
{
    ExtensionInstallForcelist =     (
        "eookhngofldnbnidjlbkeecljkfpmfpg;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
    );
    HomepageLocation = "https://www.google.com";
    IncognitoModeAvailability = 1;
    LastRunAppBundlePath = "/Applications/Google Chrome Beta.app";
}

What am I missing? Do policy keys go somewhere else?


texts: Mac OS wont open a file if the App is open - Need to quit the app every time to open files

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Long time Mac user but never had this problem before and it's driving me nuts.

Every time I open a file by double clicking on it, it will refuse to open if the application is already open. Weirdly it will do the quick icon expanding flash you see when you open a file, but it wont load.

I will need to quit the app, then open the file again for it to open. Then, once in the application I can select open from the pull-down menu which works.

It is happening on all types on applications not just one, Photoshop, Excel, Word, Preview, Quicktime etc

I then attempted to show this to a friend and it completely stopped happening for a few hours (sods law) at that moment! It does seem to momentarily start working again.

How might I resolve this weird behaviour?


texts: Checking for existence of hidden files in AppleScript

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I can check to see if a file exists using AppleScript. But I am having trouble with hidden files. Is there a special way to do this?

set home_path to (path to home folder as text)
set hiddenFile to home_path & ".test"

tell application "Finder"
    if not (exists file hiddenFile) then
        display dialog ".test does not exist."
    end if
end tell


texts: "Updates not installed" after updating all applications in app store

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after 4 months I turned on my MacBook Air [2015] and first off all I tried install JDK 8 and Eclipse for developing python.  after all things done, I notified by app store update notification so I clicked to update all of applications. but this things happened.

after downloading all files, iTunes 12.8.2, Safari 12.0.3 and Security Update 2019-001 10.12.6 it shows this message:
ok, now everything is good and waiting for progress bar to complete:
and after downloading things wait for restart:
it shows OS update progress:
and error happened :
MacBook restarted and go to MacOS again
and now this message showing up:
and now if i click on install, it goes to step one again. and everything repeated as I said in this list.

Machine Specs:

MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
MacBook Air (13 inch - early 2015)
8Gb DDR3
and about 20Gb free space


texts: Fresh install of OS X with AppStore version

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I want to make a fresh and clean installation of OS X Mountain Lion, all data should be erased.

I have already tried installing the OS in the "cmd+R" tool, but what it does is installing the OS X and keeping all data and programs.

How can I install and make a "factory reset" with mountain lion?


texts: Install Boot Camp gone bad -- installed windows on a wrong drive

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I tried to install Boot Camp to my iMac and I installed windows to the wrong drive.  Instead of Boot Camp partition, I installed it to OS X :(  So now I cannot repair the drive using disk utility because i grayed out.  The drive is now called "disk0".  I tried to reinstall OS X using the Mac OS X install disk but it cannot see the drive.  the drive is not even on the list.  How can I get it back, PLEASE HELP!!!

FWIW when I boot up my computer without the mac osx install DVD, it says "no bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key".  So it's obvious that the mac partition is overwritten by windows (read first post).  Here is the description info of the main drive and the partition display from bottom of page when i select them from disk utility.

298.1 GB hitachi HDT725032vla360
Disk description: Hitachi HDT7250...
Connection bus: serial ATA 2
Connection type: internal
Total capacity: 298.1 GB
Write status: read only
S.M.A.R.T status: verified
Partition map scheme: unformatted

Disk0 (where it used to be Macintosh HD)
Mount point: /volumes/untitled
Format: windows NT file system (NTFS)
Owners enabled: No
Number of folders: 0
Capacity: 298.1 GB
Available: 127 GB
Used: 489.4 MB
Bumber of files: 3232


texts: Changing hue of blacks/dark colors to a purple/red-ish tint on my Macbook Air

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Why is it that sometimes, the hue of the blacks or dark colors on my Macbook, especially apps that are made by Apple like finder, the dock, the menu bar, change their hue randomly to a purple-ish color (as shown in the photos below). However, third-party apps like Microsoft Word, Opera GX, and etc., aren't affected by this.
I've tried changing a few things on the Display settings on System Preferences, it goes away for a while. But, it still keeps coming back randomly and quite frequently
Hope you guys can help, thanks!


texts: ML Messages not connecting automatically to some accounts

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I love the new Messages app in Mountain Lion, but there seems to be an issue while using it with a Yahoo account. My Yahoo account does not reconnect after the machine goes into standby or after a restart, I always have to manually connect that account, while other accounts work fine.

Does anyone know of a way of getting the Yahoo account to automatically reconnect? An AppleScript that tells Messages to connect the Yahoo account would be great too.

Edit: this seems to happen with my Gmail account as well.


texts: Using Mac as external audio amplifier, while routing its output to USB?

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I've got a Yamaha mixing panel which accepts my Mac's audio output via USB. Great. Now I would like to pipe the output of the mix back to the Mac's input, and have its speakers play the sound.

Is this possible?

At the moment, as soon as I select the Yamaha mixing panel as sound Output, the built-in speakers go grey, suggesting that they are not used.. but the setup I'm after needs them to be used, but in a very non-standard manner.

If it's not possible, then I "just" need to hook the mixing panel to an amp and speakers, and I'm trying to avoid that.


texts: Correct Sierra 10.12.5 file paths to Spotlight and SpotlightNetHelper files to be blocked with Little Snitch?

texts:
The article belowmentions using LittleSnitch for blocking Spotlight and SpotlightNetHelper:

Spotlight makes repeated http requests

It includes two screenshots. The first image shows two separate paths, which are dived by an arrow, to the correct files to block while the second image shows one path.

What are the correct paths to use for Sierra 10.12.5 as these apparently can't be found via searches:

I was able to find the first path on the first window:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app/Contents/MacOS/Spotlight

The second path is cut off on the first window and can't be determined.

The path listed in the second can be found until the point I get to the "A" folder, but the last bit "/Support/SpotlightNetHelper.App" can't be navigated to.


texts:
Need to ask a question about my MacBook White

It's Early 2009 model (http://support.apple.com/kb/SP504)

My question is, will it support:
1. Snow Leopard with 64-bit
2. Windows 7 with 64-bit

Thanks


texts: My apple ID on my iPad is not the same as my ID on the App Store. How do I change the ID on the iPad for the App Store?


texts:
Whenever I open my terminal there is a line that reads,

-bash: 6ee67d3f2005ceaf5266c966198b7f3c165bf5d7: command not found

This is shown after the line that states my last login information.

I am trying to get rid of this from my terminal since I don't remember how it got there and it serves no purpose to me. How would I get rid of this line? Im new to using the terminal but any information is helpful.

Here is the echo $PATH information:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin


texts: How do I add Unix executables to the Parental Controls 'Allowed Apps' whitelist?

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One example is some of Karabiner's executables, I get popups saying "You don't have permission to use the application "karabiner_grabber." as well as karabiner_console_user_server and a few others. They all appear to be located in /Library/Application Support/org.pqrs/Karabiner-Elements/bin.

If I select 'Always Allow' on the popup, it just comes up again within about 15 seconds.

The executables don't appear under the list in Preferences > Parental Controls > Apps > Limit Applications on this Mac > Allowed Apps

I can drag them in from Finder, but they disappear if I exit the preferences then go back in.


texts: Apple's "sparse bundle" format documentation

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I have on my hands a corrupted disk drive with a legacy FileVault image (.sparsebundle directory) and want to attempt to recover it.

However, publicly available information I could find on this format is... rather sparse. Is there any more or less comprehensive spec available officially or reverse-engineered?


texts: Is it safe to delete ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iLifeSlideshow/Pictures?

texts:
I was just doing a quick audit of the files on my hard drive and noticed that ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iLifeSlideshow/Pictures is taking up 1.57 GB on my machine! This leads to the following questions.

What is saved in ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iLifeSlideshow/Pictures? The files appear to be from my iPhoto ('09, version 8.1.2) library, but it's not clear exactly which pictures are saved and when.
Is it safe to delete everything under ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iLifeSlideshow/Pictures?
Are there any "best practices" for deleting the content under ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iLifeSlideshow/Pictures? For example, is there any way to tell iPhoto to clear its cache rather than deleting the files directly from the Finder?


texts: installation os x on Mac pro 2 from scratch

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I purchased mac pro 2 model no# a1186 few days ago with a new Hard drive . Now im trying to install os x from usb.
i made bootable usb through another mac mini machine  by formatting it through disk utility and transfer dmg OS X lion 10.7 in it.

Now issue is that i cant boot from usb and the Hd is new, nothing in it so how to boot usb on mac pro 2.
I have tried key such as cmd (alt) + R  key but nothing happening. Its just shows grey screen and after few seconds question mark symbol blinking.
And when press and hold "R" key . it just shows a mouse cursor on screen and nothing else.
Please guide me how to install OS x in it. Im in urgent.

PS : am i making any mistake during making bootable usb or whats the key combination for booting mac pro 2 to usb?


texts: iMessage deleted by the other iphone removes it from my thread on my iPhone?

texts: If someone I am iMessaging with on the iPhone-4S sends me a message and they delete it; will it also delete on my phone??


texts: Using the power button to wake MacBook Air 2019 up from a long term sleep

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I have a MacBook Air 2019 running Catalina 10.15.4. Every time, I shut the laptop lid at night and go to bed and wake up the next morning to open up my laptop, expecting the screen to wake immediately, it doesn't. In fact for the last couple of days, I had to hold the power button for a period of time until I see the screen opening up with the apple logo (as seen in the startup).

Essentially, I thought that my mac shuts down every night, but that's not that case at all. After the apple logo and I put in my mac password. I see all my apps and everything working exactly how I left them last night. For example, I was watching a show on Netflix and if my mac really did shut off, I wouldn't have seen all the apps working in the background.

Now this issue, occurs only when my mac is asleep overnight. In the middle of the day when I leave my mac closed, as in the lid closed, and I come back I don't have to press the power button instead all I gotta do is open the lid.

Basically, what I am asking is how can I stop my mac from requiring me to press the power button every time, to wake it up from a long term sleep?


texts: My iPhone 7 has been disabled from too many password attempts. I try to do a force/ hard reset but the apple logo just fades on and off. IS there anything I can do? I really don't want to have to go to the store since it is so far away from where I live. Any other ideas?


texts: Replacing annoying hold music with my own?

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Calling somewhere, being put on hold for 15 minutes and up, is not very pleasant. Especially if you don't like the waiting music. Now I'm not talking about the "on hold" music people hear when they call me; I'm talking about the music I hear when I call customer service, etc.

Now as a programmer, I assume there is no such thing as a "protocol" for telephony that tells the smartphone if the user is on hold or not. But if there was, there would be a way to listen to my own music while waiting until an operator picks up my call.

But maybe someone figured out a way to make this possible? Does such app or feature exist, or is it as simple as that it's not implementable, because there is no way of retrieving information about whether or not the call is on hold?


texts: Time Machine - How can I backup only Documents folder

texts:
I'm trying to backup Documents folder only. Folder contains 10GB. Entire User folder is about 50GB.
When trying to exclude all folders (included hidden ones ), I get to 48GB of backup storage required.
What do I do wrong ?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 15" mid 2014 model. I was attempting to fix catalog issues because I could not install Catalina.  Now, all I am offered is Catalina Beta.

I used the command

/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --set-catalog https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.15beta-10.15-10.14-10.13-10.12-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog.gz

I'm sorry, i'm just not as familiar with this filesystem as I am with Ubuntu.  I don't want to make things worse.  I am a Windows / Linux IT guy that just happens to have a daughter with a MacBook that needs to be updated.

FYI, I attempted the regular update process using Finder about mac and it just stated that Mojave was the latest update and that I was up to date.


texts: My internal hard disk is 0 byte and a flashing question mark

texts:
I have been striving to bring my laptop to life,
however, I am seeing a flashing question mark on my MacbookPro screen.

I tried disk utility and it is just showing me Media and it is 0 byte.

I ran DiskWarrior and it gave following error:
An unexpected error occurred while communicating with this hard drives built in S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics, error -536870210, 28260C-


texts: Can iOS8 QuickType show suggestions in more than one language?

texts:
With iOS8's new QuickType feature (predicting words you're likely to type, based on message context, learning frequently used words), is there a way to show predictions in the language of the message?

I'm frequently writing emails in English or German, depending on who I correspond with, and it would be nice if there was a way to have QuickType show suggestions based on the language I'm using in the email or message.


texts: Preview: Highlights and Notes not showing in side panel

texts:
[Mac OS 10.13.2, Preview Version 10.0 (944.4)]

I have a large annotated PDF document and I would like to see a summary of these annotations on the Highlights & Notes side panel view, but nothing other than the side panel title is showing.  Is this a bug in my version of Preview?

I am able to get a list of annotations using cmd-i but this list does not show the details, like actual text, of annotations, nor does it allow me to jump to the annotation when I click on it.

Any tips?


texts: Mass remove blank spaces from file names and folder names

texts:
How can I remove blank spaces from files and folders names, but just at the beginning and at the end of the files and folders names?

Thanks.


texts: MacBook Pro 17 2009 - fails to turn on after optical drive upgrade

texts:
The optical drive on my MBP stopped accepting discs, so I removed the optical drive and replaced it with the optical drive from my MBP 15 2009. Now it doesn't start.

During the upgrade I disconnected some cables, one of which I failed to reconnect, is this the issue?

How do I make my MBP 17 bootable once more?


texts:
I am using ICS on my Early 2011 MBP (latest version of Snow Leopard) to share a connection to various devices, e.g. XBOX.

Normally this is by manually configuring the network settings on the client, and connecting to the MBP via Ethernet.

I can share the Airport connection wifi fine, but when I connect to a VPN using Cisco client it does not work. The Cisco adapter seems to be hidden when trying to select it as a source option for ICS.

Any possibility to recreate the Cisco connection using Native mac client?


texts: Why does iTunes Match hang on Step 3 on files it has already processed?

texts:
I recently loaded a few hundred files into iTunes, and it's going through the paces of matching and/or uploading those files. But I've run into a problem, the process becomes stuck on Step 3 and never advances after hours of execution.

After opening Activity Monitor, iTunes is taking anywhere from 300% - 400% CPU time, and an absurd amount of memory / active threads. Note that iTunes functions perfectly fine during this time, except for the iTunes Match process.

When I ran into this problem previously, certain songs were having trouble uploading. I had resolved the problem by creating an AAC version via the right-click options and deleting the original version. In these cases, I think the files were ALWAYS mp3.

However, the problem has resurfaced, but with a much more obnoxious issue. When iTunes Match appears stalled and exhibiting the same high-CPU issue, I open Activity Monitor, select iTunes and click 'Inspect'. Over on the Open Files and Ports tab, I see a number of sockets, network connections, and 3 open files. These files are not only m4a / AAC files, but have already been matched / uploaded.

These files will continue to show up each time I Force Quit and re-open iTunes, restarting the iTunes Match process. It isn't until I use the aforementioned workaround on the affected files that a new batch of files is shown, or I actually make some progress on the iTunes Match view. (At least until it hangs on another song...)

Why is iTunes opening, and more importantly hanging, on files it's already processed?


texts: Is there a free and downloadable single-file version of the iPhone XR or iOS 12 guide?

texts: Is there a free and downloadable single-file version of the manual for the iPhone XR or for the iOS 12 that it comes installed with? I mean downloadable (for example as a .pdf) without using Apple's iOS or having logged in to an Apple server from an actual iPhone XR.


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I've bought iMac 27' in 2017 since the beginning I'm having a very annoying issue with it. On average every two weeks, my mac will freeze to the point where the mouse is still moving, audio continues to play and it even advances to the next songs. Besides the moving mouse and audio in the background, I'm unable to click anything. Usually, it happens when I close an application or when I decide to install updates from apple. Rarely it just happens out of anything.

I've tried a few things like removing programs cache, unused apps, reset SMC and NVRAM but so far nothing fixed the issue. After upgrade from Sierra to High Sierra it became more often but after updates (I remember that WindowServer had memory leaks), it got back to normal so I can live with it but it's still annoying. Also, I've run Apple's diagnostics to check if everything is okay and it's.

The only thing that I've changed in my mac was RAM upgrade so I have 2x4GB (Apple) and 1x16GB (Crucial 16GB DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200)) so in total, I have 24GB of RAM.

I've MacBook pro as well which has basically the same set of applications installed and even more and it never happened it so far and I have for over 2 years.

The last time it froze was today and I've decided to enable SSH so maybe when it'll happen again I might be still able to SSH and list processes list.

Besides the issue that I just described I have no other issues.

Does anyone have an idea what's going on?

Additionally, bellow is the list of apps that I use:

- Android Studio
- PyCharm
- Goland
- Magnet
- VirtualBox
- Vagrant
- Google Chrome
- Minecraft
- iTerm
- Slack
- Discord
- Intelliji Idea
- Magnet
- Clocker

One last thing, after it froze today I've decided to check DiagnosticReports and I've noticed that the last report is about WindowServer and when I checked the date when it happened the last time there was also WindowServer. I'm starting to suspect that it might be a bug in WindowServer but what would I have to do to fix it?


texts: My Dad just got an iPod touch and raised an interesting question. Are there security risks for an iOS device? He was planning on storing sensitive personal information on it, but wasn't sure if it was completely safe. Is it even possible to hack into an iOS device and retrieve information?


texts: Different colors between Monitor -> Display

texts:
I just got home from buying my 2nd 4K monitor. This time, I bought a Samsung 4K monitor, but, I recently returned a 4K monitor from LG due to the same problem.

The problem is that the colors are noticeable different on the monitor respectively the Macbook Pro display.

Which leads me to my question, would the 4K LG UltraFine monitor solve this? If I purchased that monitor, could I be guaranteed that the screen would look the same across the monitor?

Here's a picture of my problem:


texts: How do you skip forward/back while watching a movie in iTunes for Windows?


texts: iPhone 4 will charge in wall, but won't sync or charge via USB

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 that is showing its age.  It will charge when plugged into the wall charger.  However, when I plug the same cable into a USB port on my computer it will not charge or be recognized at all by iTunes.

When I plug my new iPhone 4S into the same cable it is recognized and syncs just fine.

Is there anything I can try to get the iPhone 4 syncing via USB so I can update the OS and sync with iTunes, etc?

Edit: I will occasionally get the "This accessory is not optimized for this iPhone" message when I plug the iPhone into the cable connected to the USB port.


texts: Possible to disable internal SSD on Macbook Air?

texts:
Is it possible to temporarily disable the SSD on a Macbook Air?

I want to install XP on an external USB drive to work with my Late 2010 Macbook Air.  This technique requires detaching your hard disk in order to make the image.  That's obviously a problem since my disk is soldered onto my motherboard.. but on the same token I imagine there's a way to disable it (what if there was an actual malfunction?  perhaps it just renders the unit useless but I'd hope not).

I have a MBP I can do this on, but XP will surely NOT like to be transferred from one machine to another..


texts:
We have a web design agency and we're wanting to test development on an ipad air 2, we have a couple of ipads that we often test our builds on but of course new devices are being regularly being brought to the market that feature newer technology, higher resolution screens etc. and it becomes counterintuitive to possess an endless array of older and new devices for testing on.

So, my question is, what are the currently available services, paid or otherwise, for Apple device emulation?


texts: Apple Watch 3 - How to track movement in tennis?

texts:
I have both an Apple Watch and iPhone. When I play tennis, my iPhone lays on the table. What setting do I need to set, in order for the watch to track my movement?

Currently it tracks the movement of the iPhone, so during my training, it stays at 0KM for the whole time. It works like this regardless if I use Endomondo or the Workout app.


texts: Server app. How to fix / re-enable broken VPN after update to Mojave?

texts:
After updating to Mojave, the "Server" app no longer included a GUI for VPN.

I found others having the same problem, and there is an official PDF-file that goes through the migration progress.

How ever, the instructions in the PDF included at least one incorrect command to run in the terminal, and the others where (due to line-breaks) not usable by just copy-paste.

I also had permission problems leading to not being able to edit/save a newly created file.


texts: Turn all windows transparent in Mavericks

texts:
I have been looking around for over an hour now trying to find some way to make all my windows somewhat transparent / translucent ...

I found the app Afloat, however that app doesn't work with all other applications, only some

Any ideas on how I can turn all my windows semi-transparent in OS X Mavericks?

Thanks!


texts: Fan on Mac Book Air & Finder crash always

texts:
This is my first question here. So I hope to be clear in my explanation.

I own a Mac Book Air 13-Inch Mid 2013, 1,7 GB, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3.
OSX Yosemite. Version 10.10.2

FINDER CRASH
Every time I turn on the Mac finder crash.
OS show this message
"the last time you opened finder it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows"

Any ideas whit this issue?

I had tried  Solution

Open the Terminal app.
Type: sudo update_dyld_shared_cache -force
Press Return.
When prompted, enter your OS X user password, and press Return.
Wait until the text prompt returns, at which point the process will be complete.
Restart the computer.

FAN
The Fan stay lot of time on and there is no software open.

Thanks in advance for your comments

Pablo


texts: Mac OS X 10.6.8 won't start up after kernel panic

texts:
I got a kernel panic.

When I restart the laptop the system gets stuck in the loading screen (Apple logo and loading gif) with the fans spinning as if there was no tomorrow.

I tried booting in safe mode (power the computer holding shift) but no changes.

I've been waiting for 1 hour in the loading window already—this is not normal.


texts:
How can I add numbers to pages in pdf document?

Is there a free software for this?

I found in google only full version of Adobe Acrobat, which can make it.

This works, but I need to add number in right corner for each odd page and in left corner for each even page.


texts: Your calendar couldn't be refreshed (Operation: CalDAVRefreshDelegateListQueueableOperation)

texts:
After upgrading to the latest Mojave update [10.14.3[, I got this error prompt when attempting to sync my calendar.

Temporarily, I'm using Fantastical as my Calendar, But really prefer the Calendar.app over Fantastical.

Anyone got it too? How should I fix this?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Use terminal to get Mac battery manufacture date/age

texts:
How do I get the manufacture date or age like what's shown in CoconutBattery using the terminal? I tried ioreg -cr AppleSmartBattery which gave a ManufacturerData (data, not date, but it was a date format) that's way too old to be correct for my computer. system_profiler SPPowerDataType doesn't show anything related to what I want.
EDIT: there is a ManufactureDate line in ioreg, but it's a 5 digit number – how do I decode that?


texts:
Is there a way to use an iPhone as an external monitor for a computer?

I'm particularly interested in the potential of using an iPhone with Google Cardboard as a VR device.  But instead of using it just with iPhone apps, I'd like to be able to use it with programs that run on my computer.

I've never seen anything that allows an iPhone to be an external display, but that's what I'm looking for.


texts: Opening Notes.app threw "kernel panic" like error and logged me out, now Finder will not load until reboot - macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

texts:
I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 on my mid 2011 Mac Mini.

Very strange issue that just started yesterday. I think it happened when I opened Messages.app yesterday (got a warning about it crashing last time "do you want to open it?" today), but today it was Notes.app that caused the issue...

When I opened the app my left monitor went black and there was an error message that flashed across the screen (almost like a kernel panic), then I was at the login screen. Now I have logged back in but Finder will not load. Yesterday after rebooting everything was back to normal for awhile, but I can't have this happening in the middle of my work day. :(

With the issue happening, when I try to launch Finder from terminal I get this:

MacMini:~ KidUsr$ open .
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -54 for the file /Users/KidUsr.
I also tried (from ~/)...
MacMini:~ KidUsr$ open Documents
...but that failed with the exact same error.

Just like most of you, I'm working from home and this is my primary machine. So I'm in big trouble if I can't get this fixed ASAP. Are there some logs that can help me here? Much TIA.

Update: I found this bug report on GitHub which seems related since I'm indeed on macOS High Sierra and I have Python 3.6.1 installed, but I am not really sure...also I've had Python 3 installed for a long time, over a year at least: https://github.com/beeware/briefcase/issues/66


texts: Not getting a notification of only one of my contacts

texts: I have the problem of not getting notified of only one of my contacts message but the moon isn't there


texts:
I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones with a microphone and I want to use the microphone on the Bluetooth headphones to record some audio into an audio recording app on the iPad. I have tried multiple apps so this isn't the problem.

My problem is the iPad won't pick up the audio from the microphone on the Bluetooth headphone. I know that the audio from the microphone can be picked up by the iPad as there is an option when you are face-timing to change the input source.

How can I change the input for the audio in the iPad settings?


texts: Is it possible to encrypt an HFS+ disk in MacOS 11.2.1?

texts:
I use USB-connected, mechanical disk drives as Time Machine backup media. I have a lot of data. I encrypt them. They are all formatted as HFS+ .
In this post, I use the expression HFS+ to mean "MacOS Extended, Journaled".
In MacOS 11.2.1, I am not able to create an encrypted HFS+ partition. I would like to do so. Is there a clever work-around to get this done?
Encryption of APFS volumes or partitions is still possible. If I try to encrypt an HFS+ partition, MacOS immediately converts the partition to APFS.
Motivation: I would like to continue using Time Machine. I find that performance of USB-connected disk drives is abysmal if the drive format is APFS. The performance degradation is at least 10x.


texts: Multi-Boot Windows 10 & Various Linux Distro on External SSD

texts:
Running Mojave on MBP 2014.  Just purchased a Samsung T5 SSD 1TB drive and want to run Windows 10 and various other linux distros (Elementary, Mint, Parrot Security, Kali) on it so I could take the drive with me and either boot from my mac or another computer.  I got Windows 10 to work by following

https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/31/how-windows-10-mac-boot-camp-external-drive-video/

I was successfully able to boot between Mojave (on MBP HD) and Win10 (External SSD) by holding down Option key as it boots.  I then made a bootable USB stick with Elementary OS and booted to that stick.  I had already created a partition for the Elementary OS but went ahead and allowed it to partition it the way it wanted to during the install menus.  I chose the partition that I had made before to which it changed it to EXT4.  Then I created another smaller partition for swap.  Once Elementary was installed, it asked for me to reboot.  I held down Option and saw my MacOS drive, Windows (External SSD, which was actually the Elementary OS) and then EFI (External SSD, which was the Win10).  I tried to boot into Elementary OS and just had a flashing cursor at the top and nothing else.  Trying to boot into Win10, it would not get past the choosing where you want to boot from.  Like it was locked up.  Any ideas on how I can get this to work?


texts: How can I get my iPad 2 to view a website on a laptop over an adhoc network?

texts:
I have setup a laptop with iis and have a test website running on it.  I have created an adhoc network between my laptop (running Windows 7) and my Ipad 2. On the laptop I can enter a url in firefox and it knows it is a local site, by entering details of this into the hosts file.

When I try to enter the url into the browser on the Ipad 2, I get a message of: Safari cannot open the page because it is not connected to the internet.

Any suggestions on how I can get this to work?

Many thanks.


texts:
I am new to coding and I am attempting to learn about R using online resources. I am wondering how to use R from an iPad when I’m away from a desktop/laptop (or if this is feasible at all)?

I also don’t know much about operating systems, or the differences between a Mac and an iPad (particularly differences that would affect software installation). So I’m thinking it will be quite difficult for me to learn to use R from an iPad if it’s at all possible. But if someone else happens to have done it and is willing to post instructions, I would give it a shot.


texts:
When I double-click "Installer.app" in Macintosh HD ▸ System ▸ Library ▸ CoreServices, a dialog pops up that says "You can’t open the application “Installer.app” because it may be damaged or incomplete."

Also, the icon for "Installer.app" has a white circle over it.

I have no idea how this happened.

OS X Yosemite version 10.10.2


texts: How do I delete a locked, invisible file in the Trash?

texts:
On an external disk (that contains a clone), the /.Trashes/501/Users/myusername/Desktop folder contains (within some subfolders) a locked invisible file that I cannot delete. The whole folder starting with 'Users' is visible in the Trash in my Dock.

I have tried:

secure empty trash (it asks whether I want to delete locked files and I say yes)
empty trash via Cocktail
launched Terminal as root and went down to the file (admin user alone cannot cd into ./Trashes)
files has these properties: -rw-------@ 1 myusername  myusername  4635 Mar  3  2010 int10923.ris
rm asks me whether I want to override override rw-------  myusername/myusername sappnd,arch,schg,hidden for int10923.ris?
I say yes, and it answers: Operation not permitted
a get info on the file (in the Dock trash, first enabling viewing of invisible files for the Finder) shows it as locked but unchecking the box, it immediately re-checks itself, it permissions are myusername Read & Write, everyone No Access, trying to change that immediately reverts back to its previous state
trying chflags nouchg or chflags dump on the file changes nothing (with Terminal running as root)


texts: Can I use GPS and GLONASS on an iPhone 6S without a wireless network?

texts: I have a hiking trip coming up and I was wondering whether the iPhone 6S can be used for GPS tracking if there are no cellular networks available? Or does the phone not have the same GPS/GLONASS support that you would get from a hiking GPS device?


texts: Sync Music but Manually Manage Videos on an iPhone?

texts:
After switching to wi-fi sync with iOS 5, I've been running into problems with it syncing videos that are already on the device. It slows things down too much, so I thought I'd try manually syncing videos. This also has the advantage of not having to keep videos in my iTunes, I could just drag them from my network file server, saving space on my MacBook.

I did a bit of research and found Apple HT1535: Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod, which says (emphasis mine):

  Even when you have enabled manual management, you can still sync some content automatically. Select any content tab, such as Video, to enable automatic syncing for that type of content.

That sounds like what I want to do: manually manage video, but select music for auto-syncing. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. I followed the steps in the article, but any time I try to select the sync option in the Music tab, it deselects the Manually manage option. This is true for the opposite as well, which they describe in the article: manually manage music, but automatically sync video. Selecting Sync Video deselects Manually Manage.

Is there actually a way to do this in iTunes, or is the Apple article simply wrong and I should just add it to my list of awful things about iTunes?


texts: How long does Mobile Safari keep read items of Reading List in cache?

texts:
In iOS 6 the Reading List features has the ability to cache pages for offline viewing. I'd like to know how long these pages stay in the ever-growing cache of articles. Since I use this feature quite a lot I wondered if I have to delete this cache every so and so often. That's not very practical though since it will also delete the cached copies of unread items.

I know that Mobile Safari keeps its history only for 7 days, so I assumed that there might be a similar mechanism that clears out read items from the Reading List cache. However, I found an item that is probably 9 days old today while I turned on Airplane Mode and browsed through the list of all items only to find old ones that still have their data in the cache.

So in short: does anyone know if (and when) this cache clears read items?


texts: Does OSX have a nice feature to quickly drag windows via key press?

texts:
Synopsis

On linux one could hold alt and then drag any window around from any point within it's focus.  Is there similar functionality on OSX?


texts: What dowload speeds is the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter capable of?

texts:
I have a 2014 MBP running 10.13.6.

The first two pics show my baseline ethernet performance, with the Speedtest desktop app, and with Fast.com, respectively.  I get this same performance with wireless, ethernet→thunderbolt (Apple Thunderbolt Ethernet Adapter), and ethernet→USB (Monoprice [Realtek 1853] USB Ethernet Adapter, advertised as USB 3.0, 10/100/1000BASE-T).

The next pair show what I get with ethernet→USB with the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter (advertised as USB 2.0, 10/100BASE-T).

Both the Monoprice and Apple USB Ethernet adapters were plugged directly into the USB 3.0 port on my Mac.

Summary, and other info.:

My question: It seems that the Apple USB Ethernet adapter should have a ceiling of either 100 Mbps (100BASE-TX) or 480 Mbps. But I'm only getting low-30's Mbps download speeds with the Apple device.  What should be its actual peformance?

BASELINE PERFORMANCE WITH MONOPRICE (REALTEK 1853) USB ETHERNET ADAPTER PLUGGED INTO USB 3.0; GET SAME PERFORMANCE WITH BOTH APPLE THUNDERBOLT ETHERNET ADAPTER, AND WIRELESS:

PERFORMANCE WITH APPLE USB ETHERNET ADAPTER PLUGGED INTO USB 3.0:


texts: I keep deleting files but my Macbook Pro hard drive is still full

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (late 2011) with a 500Gb SSD hard drive.

Today suddenly it said that my hard drive was full, so I started removing the files. Got rid of lots of Gigas, even the sleepimage file, emptied all the trashes, etc.

Still, it shows like nothing was deleted, only has 500 Mb free and nothing is changing.

Do you know what the problem could be?


texts: Accept Invite in iCal - without Mail.app

texts: Whenever I want to reply to an iCal event it opens up Mail.app to send the response.  I don't use Mail.app and use Sparrow instead.  Sparrow is set as the default mail client but that doesn't seem to make any difference.  Is there any way to make iCal not open up Mail.app and use "Insert any other mail client here" instead


texts: Why do I receive notifications and missed calls only when I open the chat apps on iPhone?

texts:
My iPhone 6s plus is connected to Wi-Fi but I only receive notifications when I open an app (WhatsApp, Messenger, viber, FaceTime and iMessage). Actually I receive e-mail notifications and I surf on Safari, that's it.

When I turned on the LTE I received notifications and when I turned off and then on the same problem happened. So I tried with Wi-Fi, turned it on and then off many times to get worked. I reset and erase all the settings. I also flashed my iDevice and updated the new iOS beta 5 13.4 and it doesn’t work. I changed my Apple ID. Same problem.


texts: Setting Color Tags in iCloud Drive for iOS

texts:
I am currently using iCloud Drive with my Mac and iPad. On the Mac, I am able to add color labels to documents and folders to better organize my files.

I am wondering if it is possible to add these kinds of labels and colors to documents and folders in iCloud from my iPad?


texts: Text-selection on PDF in Preview on Mojave too dark

texts:
Selected text on PDFs in Preview shows up in dark brown since upgrading to Mojave.
When selecting text on a PDF with black text on light background, Preview uses the dark highlight that I assume is meant for white text on dark background in Dark Mode.

I am inclined to believe that it's a problem with PDFKit as the same behavior is observable in Skim, which also relies on PDFKit.

However, when viewing the same PDF in Safari, the selection shows up fine:

I'm on a 2016 MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14.2.
Dark mode selected in System Preferences.

What I have tried and which did not resolve the issue:

Restart
Manually choose a lighter color in System Preferences.
Select Light Mode in System Preferences and restart.
Delete com.apple.preview ~/Library/Containers/ and restart.

When choosing a lighter color in the preferences, it does change the color of the selection to a more blue-ish or more green-ish brown or whatever, but it remains dark. Even when choosing white it shows up in brown.

EDIT:
I just came across a non-Apple and non-PDF (edit2) program where the same thing happens: BBEdit. Text on white background while in Dark Mode appears in dark brown when selected.
It does not happen in TextEdit.


texts: Can you use a USB Wireless mouse with an iPad through the lightning to USB adapter?

texts: just wondering, on my iPad Pro 9.7 running iPadOS 13.5, could I connect a usb wireless mouse using the lightning to USB adapter? And will the mouse provide the same functionality as a bluetooth mouse would?


texts: Can I track my workout and listen to music with Apple Watch Series 2 without having to carry my iPhone?

texts:
I do not have any experience with the Apple Watch, currently I am just using an iPhone. Before I buy an Apple Watch I would like to verify my question.

I know I need to pair it with an iPhone. But from what I have gathered, the new Apple Watch Series 2 is much more independent then the previous version.

Tracking should be possible with the GPS module.
Pairing a bluetooth headphone is possible.
Playing music without iPhone is also possible.

Am I right? Or are there any limitations I have missed?


texts: iPad: Using iTunes to restore causes automatic sync?

texts:
I had a iPad mini(miniA) several months ago, and I got a new iPad mini(miniB) recently. On miniB's first run, when I was asked whether to set it up as a new device or restore from a backup, I chose to restore from miniA's backup and have iTunes to do the restore. Some days later, I find a problem: When I assign miniB to use a different FaceTime email address, miniA's original FaceTime email address gets lost and be automatically set to miniB's! Also, changes to miniB will be sync-ed to miniA -- quite unexpected.

Is there any Apple official document describing this restore-and-sync behavior.

Yes, I really want miniA and miniB to use different FaceTime email addresses -- and I know of course they can, because my iPhone is using a different FaceTime email address than that on miniA . And the worst way I can imagine is factory reset my miniB then set it up as a new device. I'd like to know, is there other solution without wiping off miniB?

BTW: miniA, miniB and my iPhone all use the same Apple ID to access FaceTime service.


texts: Convert .bat command for mapping shared drive to AppleScript

texts:
To get access to FTP file shares on a windows web server.

I need to run this batch code. I'm on a MacBook so how do I make it so I can run this sort of code?

net use W: /delete
net use W: \\10.0.2.3\web /persistent:no badPassword /user:office


texts: Apple's Profile Manager (MDM) and Guided Access

texts:
I have a few hundred iPads that are suddenly unable to enter Guided Access mode locally on the iPads. When we triple-click and triple-click is set to Guided Access, nothing happens. When I add something like voice-over to the triple-click functionality, I get the menu where I can select Guided Access (or voice-over), but again when tapping Guided Access nothing happens.

I'm fairly confident this is related to the restrictions we placed on the device group, but for the love of me I can't seem to figure out what restriction is stopping this from working. We don't have Single App Mode turned on due to the fact that the devices move between random wifi-networks and we need to be able to configure them on the device, but I added the apps that we need guided access for in the "Allow these apps to enter Single App Mode" list anyway, without that helping.

Which restriction is stopping us from entering Guided Access Mode?


texts: ram upgrade works in safe mode but not in normal mode

texts:
I have new installed 8 gb ram in to my 2010 imac i3.

It kernel panic when booted, but worked when I start it in safe mode.

It also shows as 12 GB ram. ( 4 Gb original and 8 gb new. )

How can I make it work in normal mode ?


texts: Is it possible to have many simultaneous remote desktop sessions in MacOS?

texts:
I  maintain a 40 seat lab of iMac's can't be used due to the pandemic, but people who still need access to MacOS to do their work. For Windows, we are solving this problem with a server that supports multiple RDP sessions. Is there a similar way to serve many desktop sessions in MacOS (server)?
Notes:

I would anticipate buying a MacPro to support this kind of workload.
It is possible (but inconvenient) for me to physically access the lab, but approvals are required so each visit takes time to arrange.

PS: There is another ancient orphan question (Simultaneous user accounts using remote desktop / LMI
) about supporting 1 local and 1 remote user simultaneously, but that isn't my use case.


texts: How can I disable the 2nd hard drive in my 27" iMac?

texts:
I have an 2010 27" iMac with an SSD and a regular hard drive. Now that I've been using the machine for some time and have not come close to filling the SSD, I'd like to disable the spinning hard drive completely. Why? It makes a loud humming sound when it runs, and I don't use it for anything. Anything I can do short of taking apart this monster and ripping it out?

UPDATE: As of 3-Apr-2012 and OS X 10.7.3, the solution below works. Some programs occasionally spin up the drive, but it only hums for about 5 minutes then goes back to sleep.


texts: Reminders App Hangs after Mavericks Upgrade

texts:
A couple of people on twitter share this issue, but I cannot find any discussions of it nor solutions.

Since moving to OS X 10.9, Reminders app keeps pinwheeling, and won't respond. It doesn't crash, so I have to force-quit it. This happens on both my 2008 iMac and my 2013 Air. On my Air, I can tell something weird is happening because upon launching Reminders the fans kick on loud.

The data seems to be syncing fine from iCloud, so it doesn't look like a sync issue is causing this.

Any ideas about what could be causing this issue and how to fix it?


texts: E-Mail on iPad and E-Mail on Computer not connected

texts: I have my Hotmail account setup on my iPad and everything is working. However whenever I go to my computer and login to my Hotmail account all messages are unread even though I read them on my iPad. This never happened before. How can I fix it?


texts: My iPhone 5 frequently and randomly decides to turn itself off. When it is about to go, it freezes, shows the 'turning off wheel/circle' and then goes black, with the exception of a tiny red dot in the middle. Then after a few seconds it goes completely black. My lock button is also broken so without a charger and a powerpoint, I am unable to revive it!


texts: On mac, chrome is not centered, and shifted to the right. How to fix it?

texts:
This is its behavior.

Also, I was able to maximize the window and see the screen properly. However, as soon I exit the maximized window, it shows the same issue again. Refreshing the page obviously does not help.
Also, if I open a new window, that window is also showing proper. Just every tabs in the previous window are messed up.
How to fix this behavior?


texts: MMO mouse buttons can't be used as shortcuts (Big Sur/M1)

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Have a g600 mouse on my Big Sur Mac.  It has 12 buttons you can click with your thumb.  I essentially have them mapped to everything under your right hand on the keyboard (y-,).  Mac recognizes the and they work.  If I click one of them now, it will put the appropriate letter in this textfield.  However if I try and use them when setting up shortcuts, It no longer recognizes them.  I just the bonk noise.
Anyone see this.  Is there a log I can check that will show me what is causing the bonk noise?


texts: macOS Messages app: how can I undo the deletion of a conversation?

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I deleted a conversation by mistake. Restoring ~/Library/Messages from Time Machine doesn’t undo the deletion. Something else must have to be restored. What?

I'm on macOS 10.15.5


texts: Deleted Bootcamp Partition and Mac boots into broken windows

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problem

So i got windows 10 on my mac and realized that i barely had partitioned enough space on windows so i booted back into Sierra and messed with the partitioning so i decided to delete the bootcamp partition, now everytime i boot up my mac it boots into windows but it gives me an error page so i have to hold "option" everytime i boot up my macbook.

Would reinstalling windows with bootcamp again solve this?

Btw when i open disk utilities, the bootcamp partition isn't even there which is weirder


texts: Can I make all viewable windows active (responsive to mouse clicks)?

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For example, if I have 2 monitors and 3 opened browser windows, and I want to click a link on inactive window I have to click 2 times—first to activate a window and the second time to click a link.

Is there a way to make all viewable windows active so that they respond immediately to mouse clicks without having to be focused first?

I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.6.


texts: Flipboard-like iOS app for "reading" the whole web

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I like reading stuff online, and I like flipping through "pages". There's some apps with great UIs like Flipboard, but they only work on pre-curated content.

Is there any app like Flipboard that will let me search Google and open any URL I find?


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I have an Apple iPhone 6 A1586 from the US which was a replacement device from Apple, but the previous handset would've been locked to TMobile (always GSM and never CDMA I believe).

I've inserted a new UK (GSM) SIM into the device and it's telling me the SIM is unsupported. I've checked https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/ and this tells me the device is not locked and can be activated by a new user but I'm unable to do that.

I've wiped the phone and attempted to set it up as a new device but as soon as that new SIM goes into the phone it locks up saying "SIM not supported" but it will still work when I put the old TMobile SIM into it.

Any ideas? Am I missing something here?


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On some sites, when I click on a button a pop-up appeared, taking me to another website. The original website is still there, just that a new tab with ad site is opened and that interrupted my workflow. I had both enabled Adblock Plus (no whitelists) and disallowed pop-ups and redirects in the website setting (Google Chrome), but  the pop-ups are not stopped. How can I prevent them?

System: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
Browser: Google Chrome 72.0.3626.119


texts: MS Outlook Version 16.16 doesn't show calendar event reminders

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For some or other reason MS Outlook doesn't show reminders when calendar events occur.

Generally, my meetings' reminders are configured for 15 minutes before events occur, however I never ever get any popup reminders that events are about to occur.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Microsoft Outlook for Mac Version 16.16
Product ID: 03109-000-000001
macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6


texts: itunes software upgrade not syncing music

texts: I made the mistake of upgrading itunes software and when I plugged in my iphone 4 it erased all of my music. I have since tried to resync but it is stuck on the 2nd song copy and I cant seem to figure out why? All of my songs are still on my computer and on a separate hard drive but I dont understand why it wont sync?


texts: How to connect 2 external monitors to MacBook Pro 2015

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I've an external monitor connected through HDMI and thinking about getting another external monitor for my MacBook Pro 2015.

How can I connect a second external display to my MacBook Pro?


texts: Ability to automatically dim secondary monitor when focus on primary

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Is there a 3rd party app or combination of system settings and scripts that dims a secondary monitor until focus is brought to a window displayed on it? I like having multiple monitors but I would work better if there were a strong contrast between the two, where the contrast would invert based on which monitor had focus. (I can and do manually adjust the brightness when I know I won't need anything on the secondary monitor for awhile).

Running El Capitan with primary of a Thunderbolt display and secondary of a Macbook Pro.

I have looked at questions such as
Show a screensaver on a secondary display and
Adjust brightness of secondary display and have a sense that some of the tools might, with a additional scripting, get me close to what I'm looking for, but I am hoping someone has already solved this specific issue.


texts: DNS Zones not working after OS X 10.8.5 upgrade

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Prior to upgrading from OS X 10.8.4 to 10.8.5, I had the following DNS zone file in place that worked perfectly fine - now it's failing:

;
; BIND data file for dev sites
;
$TTL    604800
@       IN      SOA     dev. root.devcs1. (
                     2013092058         ; Serial
                         604800         ; Refresh
                          86400         ; Retry
                        2419200         ; Expire
                         604800 )       ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@       IN      NS      devcs1.
@       IN      A       10.10.4.15
*.dev.  14400   IN      A       10.10.4.15

And by "failing" I mean that when I try to ping foo.dev, I get:

Cannot resolve foo.dev: Unknown host

"nslookup foo.dev localhost" returns:

;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 127.0.0.1, trying next server

What can I do to get this zone working again? I'm trying to figure out what's changed in OS X 10.8.5, but has anyone else run into this yet? Suggestions?