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I found an AppleScript example on a website that I want to use, and the example is rendered as text in the browser (vs., say, being a suitably formatted file to download).

To use this AppleScript, I'm assuming that I need to use Automator somehow to create a Workflow (or perhaps an Application), but I can't figure out the right way to paste the AppleScript (or otherwise enter free-form text) into Automator.

I tried dragging a Run AppleScript action into the workflow window and then pasting the the AppleScript there, and (after I cleaned-up the smart quotes) I was able to use the Run button to execute it from within Automator. Though it popped up a warning about not receiving input while running inside Automator, the AppleScript seemed to execute correctly (i.e., I ended up with the right result). But it seems like this might not be the correct/efficient way to do this transcription (and/or it will result in an inefficient AppleScript).

Is there some way to open a free-form text window in Automator to type in an AppleScript?  Or is there some other way (other than trying to figure out each Action to drag into the workflow window and modify accordingly) to transcribe an AppleScript?

Corroborating my suspicions of inefficiency, I see that the resulting Application bundle/directory has a file called Contents/document.wflow and within that is the free-form pasted text as an ActionParameters member of Run AppleScript -- and this presumably will need to be parsed at every runtime.

I'm using Automator 2.7 on MacOS 10.12.6


texts: Applescript: Detect if Mouse or Trackpad attached

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My script sets the Natural Scroll Direction of either a Mouse or Trackpad (MB trackpad or Magic Trackpad), but instead of allowing the user to choose which one is attached, I'd like to be able to programmatically execute one of the two functions based on what hardware is attached.
Is there a way to check (ie. AS or Shell Script) what hardware is attached?

  For example, this is what I want to accomplish:
  If: Trackpad is attached then run Trackpad function.
  Else if: Mouse is attached, run Mouse function.
  Else if: Mouse and
  Trackpad are attached, run both
  Else: throw error, no input devices
  detected

I am after a robust function but have no idea where to start.

Mouse Function:

tell application "System Preferences"
    reveal anchor "mouseTab" of pane id "com.apple.preference.mouse"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    tell checkbox 1 of window 1 to if value is 1 then click
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

Trackpad Function:

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.trackpad"
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "System Preferences" to tell tab group 1 of window "Trackpad"
        click radio button 2
        if value of checkbox 1 is 1 then
            click checkbox 1
        end if
    end tell
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"

Thank you in advance, any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: How to find itunes cover flow view option

texts:
I'm a new mac user. i want to show my itunes songs view as a coverflow view. but i didn't find any options. i'm using Sierra 10.12.4.

Please don't give a down vote for this.


texts: Extra disk with 0 byte of storage showing on mac

texts: I have a 2017 MacBook Pro 15". I recently removed a windows partition. Now the disk utility is showing an HFS+ volume with 0 bytes of storage. I tried to remove it using disk utility, recovery mode, terminal and by booting into safe mode. But nothing has resolved the issue.


texts: My screen is broken, but perfectly straight along one side and the rest (majority) of the screen is perfectly fine.  I would like to adjust my display so that my computer thinks that the display ends where the screen is broken.  Are there any utilities, command line or otherwise that would help me here?  I have a 15-inch 3360 x 2100 retina display with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB graphics card.  The computer is Early 2013.


texts: Why does my MacBook Pro frequently add another hour to the clock

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20 minutes ago my new MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018 - OS Version 10.14.1 (18B75)) showed that it's 10:37 and now it shows the time s 11:57 (10:57 is the correct time given that I set the timezone to UTC+1). What could cause this odd behvior?
I'm running a Virtual Machine of Windows 10 with Parallels Desktop that shows the same problem.
Over the cause of the day the hour gets frequently added and then again reset which is very confusing behavior.
How do I fix this?


texts: Wifi dropping out for no particular reason

texts:
My wifi connection keeps dropping and I have no idea why. The only network related thing I have installed is ExpressVPN, but I have had it installed for a while and there has been no problems. I rarely use the VPN.
I have reset PRAM and it is still happening. Not sure what else to do. Any help would be nice.
My computer is....
MacBook Pro (16-inch 2019), 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB. MacOS Big Sur 11.2.3
Here is my log file...


texts: Why is Apple hardware test (AHT) not loading when pressing key D on system start?

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I purchased a Late-2011 MacBook Pro 15" used a month ago. At the time of purchase, I successfully ran the Apple Hardware Test.

I've since installed a new SSD and aftermarket RAM. The computer appears to be functioning normally (I'm typing this post on it), but I'd like to run the full hardware test to verify everything is OK.

But I can't seem to get it to load into the hardware test.  I've tried holding down D before pressing the power button on as well as right before the grey screen comes up. I'm confused because I've done this before without any problems.

Is there something obvious I'm doing wrong or is there a way I can check for problems that would stop the AHT from starting?

Additional info by @gentmatt:

The last time I have performed the Apple Hardware Test, my MacBook Pro was running 10.7.2. As of today, I'm running 10.7.3.

The AHT loaded even after I had installed my custom SSD and RAM. But not this time.


texts: Prevent "Google password Required" notification (Mac OS X)

texts: I know in Systems Preferences I can delete the Google account which will stop the notifications. However, I'd like to keep this account and simply stop being notified to enter my password. I deactivated this account on Google so I no longer have my password. I want to keep this account on my Mac because it has email I still want to see.


texts: How to reformat Macbook Pro SSD to regain "Free Space"

texts:
I just tried installing Windows 10 through Boot Camp. Before it actually started installing (but after I had partitioned my disk), I realized I had not plugged in a USB (which apparently you are supposed to do). So I exited the Windows pre-installation program so that I could start afresh with a USB.

I put in a USB and started up Boot Camp again. This time, however, it told me that I need to get rid of the partition. I tell it to do so, but it errors in this process! So now, I am left with 60GB of "free space" that I cannot reformat back into my main storage.

As you can see, there is no partition on the left side that I can remove. I simply have 60GB of "Free space" that I now cannot use. Please help!


texts: Apple ID: How to avoid changing password?

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Whenever I try to log in to iCloud or https://appleid.apple.com/ from my PC I am getting forced to change my password ...

I do not want to change it. Is there any way to stop these messages?


texts: Why is user= giving an imap-login: Info: Disconnected (tried to use unsupported auth mechanism)?

texts:
I periodically get the following lines in the log. Why is this happening? Wasn't Apple supposed to configure this for me somehow?

Apr 04 14:40:17 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (tried to use unsupported auth mechanism): user=<com.apple.calendarserver>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.0.10.3, lip=10.0.10.3, TLS

Can I fix it?

 OS X Server 4


texts: Time Machine says Time Capsule is full even though all backups are much smaller than HDD

texts:
I have several machines backing up via Time Machine to a 1TB Time Capsule.

Lately one of my Macs said he had to delete an old backup in order to create the new backup. I was surprised about this since I formatted the whole Time Capsule not too long ago.

After I check the Time Capsule's network share, I selected all files in Finder, i.e. all machines' backups and opened the combined info panel. It told me that all files are only around 350GB big, which is much less than the capacity of the Time Capsule.
I thought that maybe there are some hidden files so I checked in Terminal (ls -a) and there were no more files than in Finder (that would take up a lot of space).

When I went one level up in Finder and asked Finder for the info of the whole network drive, it told me that the capacity is indeed 1TB and only few GB are left on the disk.

How can I now find out what's wrong with the Time Capsule and what is apparently taking up space on it?


texts: Lock screen occasionally does not show up on BigSur

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I use combination CTRL+SHIFT+PowerButton or just close the lid of my macbook to lock the screen.
It used to work great, and it still works but not great. Sometimes either of methods don't trigger lock screen, which ruins the idea of locking itself. One day I will find out that some just opened my laptop and get all the data from it.
macOS BigSur 11.2.1 (20D74)


texts: Crontab -l command working. No other crontab command is working

texts:
New to crontab, I wanted to experiment.
Running the command crontab -l gave me the following answer crontab: no crontab for User_1
Every time I tried to issue a command like 1 16 24 10 6 ping -D -c 1 www.google.com I got the error "zsh: command not found".
Every time I modified the first number of the crontab command I got an error message saying, if for example 15 is the first number of the command, zsh: command not found: 15.
For info:
Mac OS X 10.12.6.
zsh 5.8
which crontab: /usr/bin/crontab
/usr/bin is in my path.


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I'm running Mojave 10.14.6 on a new MacBrook Pro and whenever my mac is completely off and then comes back on, it seems to take at least 5 minutes to be able to connect or access anything over ssh. The first time it happened, I thought the credentials had been changed, but I'm glad I waited because after multiple attempts with the same credentials, it worked. This has happened a few more times, if my laptop dies or it runs an update and restarts. It's especially frustrating when I'm ready to start working for the day and when it finally does reconnect, all of the files I was in before get closed out.

If I ping the ip, it responds, but if I try and ssh from the terminal, the "connection is refused" -- it doesn't even give me the option to enter a password. If I try and go through my usual interface (Coda) to connect to the server/database, it gives me a similar error, something like "connection failed". I don't believe it's a Coda problem as I've used it on other macs just fine and it also threw and error in the terminal.

Has anyone else had this problem, or does anyone know what could be causing this?

Edit:
Added updated info

I believe the previous photo I posted was incorrect, I think the result of the command must have been right after I was re-connected. The above photo is the correct one.

Here are the results that @FrancisfromResponseBase asked for, though I'm not sure when exactly the connection re-opened, so while I was hurridly running through the commands, it may have re-connected before I realized. I'll try to double check the next time it happens to better pinpoint it and to make sure I'm getting the right results for the before commands I run:

Not working/Before:

Working/After:


texts: How can I take selfie by running a console command on Mac?

texts: I know I can take a selfie with the built-in camera via the Photo Booth app. However, is there a way capture an image via command line, in sort of lolcommits style?


texts: How to gain insight into spotlight index?

texts: I'd like to get a list of all indexed files and their path that spotlight came across. How would I do that ? mdutil does not seem to be of any help.


texts: Quickly swap Apple Magic Keyboard between computers?

texts: I have a Logitech MX 80 wireless mouse that allows me to swap between my two computers quickly by just changing the source on the bottom. I am wondering if the Apple Magic Keyboard has a similar functionality? Currently, my approach is to disconnect the keyboard from bluetooth on computer 1, then turn off the keyboard, then turn it back on, then connect it to the other computer. I swap between the 2 computers really frequently, so currently this process takes up a lot of time.


texts: Early 2011 MBP has odd dots on external monitor

texts:
I have this Mac:

And it's attached to an Acer P191w. It will show an odd grid of dots on the external monitor like so:

When I move the application the dots will get 'refreshed' and go away (they're not stuck pixels) but will quickly 'refill' themselves in 5-10 seconds. The app they're on there is Sublime Text 2, but it occurs on any app. I just put it up for contrast. I don't appear to get the dots on my laptop display, just the external.

I have checked the wire connecting the two, it appears tight and secure.

Occasionally this will prelude a full lockup of the machine forcing a hard reboot.

I'd appreciate any insight into this matter.


texts: In 10.11 is there a way to change the delay for showing the menu bar when auto-hide is enabled? I know for the dock you could use terminal and defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -int 0


texts: iBooks margin is a waste of screen space

texts:
On my 7.9" iPad Mini Retina, I'd like to use the full screen to shown content. Currently, the iBooks app simply wastes too much screen space on left/right margins.

Is there an alternative for reading ePUBs, say, to have an option to define margin size?


texts:
I am using iTunes on a Windows 7 system. Is there an easy way to bath rename the tracks?

I have an audio book I am importing and it is fine but I want to make sure the tracks stay in order and the names provided by iTunes are inconsistent. I want to name them like

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
etc.

I have seen ways to do this on a mac but how on a Windows System?


texts: Alpine CDE-102 keeps iPod awake until battery drains

texts:
I have an Alpine CDE-102 w/iPod cable (professionally installed) with which I use with an old 5th gen iPod Video 30gb. My goal is to just leave the iPod in the glove compartment and only remove it once a week or so to sync.

The problem is that when I turn the car off the iPod doesn't go to sleep, it just stays paused in the low power mode (display dimmed but not off). It will stay this way until the battery drains.

I found that if I just switch the lock switch to unlocked and back to lock while leaving the iPod connected to the stereo, this "wakes" the iPod up and allows it to then go to sleep shortly thereafter without disrupting the "pause". I should note that I do not have any issues with the iPod going to sleep when it is not connected to the Alpine.

After playing with it some more, I discovered how to get it to sleep without touching the iPod. If I just turn the car off after running the engine, the iPod does as described above (paused but not sleeping). However, if I then turn the car back on to accessory (without starting the engine) and wait a couple of seconds for the stereo to begin to initialize (the 'Alpine' name appears on the display) and then turn the car off the iPod will go to sleep. There is something about just turning the engine off that leaves the iPod in an unsleepable pause.

Turning the car back on is a little awkward, but less annoying than opening the glove box and flipping the lock switch back and forth.

Has anybody else has similiar issues and found a better solution?


texts: How to send 'Insert' via SSH from Macbook Pro Terminal to 'Vim' on Linux?

texts:
I have used the Terminal app on my OS X Yosemite Macbook Pro to SSH to a Linux machine.  I have opened "vim" text editor, and want to send the "insert" keypress via SSH to vim, to start editing.  Sure, I can hit "i" to start doing that, but I have been using vim for about 97 years, and have taught my fingers to type "insert".

Other stackexchange questions ask about the insert key, and people have had success with fn+m or fn+return.  Neither work for me, and I suspect it has something to do with Yosemite or the fact that I am sending the keypress over SSH to a linux remote machine.  The fn+m combination simply sends 'm', and the fn+return simply sends a carriage return.  Probably the return or m key is being sent over ssh in combination with a function key, and the remote server (Linux) ignores the function key, but recognizes the unmodified key.  I think I need the m or return keys to be modified before being transmitted over SSH.


texts: How often and for how long does Trim Enabler need to run?

texts:
As of Yosemite, DIY, or non-Apple installed SSDs have Trim support challenges using applications such as Trim Enabler. Assuming one keeps their TRIM supported SSD in Yosemite,

what is a good strategy for using Trim Enabler periodically so there are no issues with kext-signing and potential OS update conflicts while Trim Enabler is disabled?
Can this be worked around by periodically using Trim Enabler?
How long should Trim Enabler be run?
How often?
If SSD usage, e.g. amount of read/written data is relevant to how long/often Trim Enabler should be run, is there a way to evaluate guidelines on light, moderate, heavy use.

An excellent feature for TE would be a scheduler to run based on need, then toggle TE off and turn kext-signing back on after a scheduled maintenance run. At least until/if Apple ever reopens kext-signing to software and hardware devs. Cheers -


texts: How do I delete Java application preferences?

texts: I am running Jabref v2.10 on Mac OS X 10.9.2. After changing some parts of the configuration file manually, I seem to have broken the preferences and now it fails to start. The application stores the application preferences using the java.util.prefs library. Is there a way I can delete java's stored preferences in Mac? (E.g., in linux, I would just delete the ~/.java folder)


texts: Single-button shortcut for "Do not Disturb"

texts:
Is there a way I can bind a single key on my keyboard to toggle "Do not Disturb"?

It would be more convenient that opening up the notification center and moving that awkward slider.

I do think that you can bind a key to a script, so a command line option for "Do not Disturb" would work as well, so if there is a command-line tool to enable/disable "Do not Disturb" then I will take that as an answer (since I am muy familiar with bash and applescript).


texts:
I want to set a keystroke command (Mountain Lion) to trigger the common File menu's Open Recent option.

I've tried the System Preferences => Application Shortcuts => Keyboard Shortcuts. My shortcuts show up in the applications' File => Open Recent menu, and when I type my assigned keystrokes there's a little flash in the File menu bar, but nothing else happens.

Any ideas, y'all?


texts: Can I upgrade an iPhone from iOS 4 to to iOS 5 now that iOS 6 has come out?

texts: If I have an iPhone running iOS 4 that I want to run iOS 5, but don't want to lose Google Maps by upgrading to iOS 6, is this possible?


texts: Reset the password for a user when Snow Leopard is running as a VM?

texts:
Is it possible to reset a user's/root password for a mac image running inside vmware workstation?

I googled for a while and also searched on this site but didn't find anything.

Single user mode (i.e. pressing Cmd+S at boottime) doesn't seem to work under vmware.

Using vmware-fusion tag as the closest possible for this question as I can't create new tags.

----- Adding some notes here:

Finally figured out how to mount the vmdk.

Since my vm is on win7, I shared the vm folder over the network. I used the vmdkmounter (that comes with vmware fusion 3.x ) to mount my vmdk file on a mac. Removed /private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone as mentioned by bmike. I had to use

$ sudo rm .AppleSetupDone

as this file was owned by root.

I followed the instructions here: http://blog.michael.kuron-germany.de/2011/10/mount-ext3-vmdk-in-vmware-fusion/ that shows how to mount the vmdk.

Unmounted the vmdk. Restarted the vm and created a new account.

Before this, I tried a lot of options to mount the .vmdk including
- xmount on ubuntu
- vmware-mount.pl (comes with vmware server) on ubuntu
- winmount application on win7

but none of them really worked for me.

Thanks everyone for your help.


texts: Differences between the three Ask to Join Networks settings in iOS 13?

texts:
Before the release of iOS 13, when navigating to Settings/Wi-Fi/Ask to Join Networks there were two options listed: On/Off. The idea was that if this setting was enabled, if the iOS device in question was out-of-range of any known Wi-Fi networks but there were networks in range that hadn't yet been connected to, the OS would pop up a notification giving the user the option of joining these networks - some users may have found this useful if they travel a lot, for example.

In iOS 13, however, this simple switch has been replaced with three options: "Off" (which I assume behaves the same as it did in previous iOS builds), "Notify" and "Ask". To me, at least, these latter options sound similar and the tooltip displayed when either of these are enabled isn't too helpful.

Would somebody be able to explain the differences between these two latter settings?


texts: Admin in Terminal, logged on Family's session

texts:
I have a weird problem. I'm trying to connect on my VPN with Mac 10.7.5 (Java 7 U45, Citrix Receiver 11.8) but when I do, JSam is not able to write in Hosts file.

So my Mac session is called "Family" but when I go in Terminal and type whoami, I get: Admin.

My question is, is it normal and if not, how can I see "Family" in Terminal? Or, how can I give proper rights to Family or Admin so when I connect on my office VPN, Citrix will be able to write in hosts file.


texts: What is the difference between Interval and ThrottleInterval in launchd.plist

texts: I found Interval key in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-daily.plist from my MacOS  10.13.6. But I fail to find what Interval is by googling. Even man launchd.plist does not have this key. Thanks.


texts: Macbook Pro 13 mouse freezes after wake up

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro 13" bought in December which means it is the latest available version.
(MacBookPro8,1 , 2,4 Ghz Intel Core i5, 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB)
I have problems when waking up from stop: for a couple of seconds the trackpad is frozen, I can see the mouse pointer but it is irresponsive form mouse movement or multi touch gestures.
Everything in the mac is on,screen shows latest open programs and the writing cursor is blinking( thus excluding that for that couple of seconds the system is only showing a PNG of the latest screen before stop).
This issue is very annoying, the system is so reactive that it really seems a usability problem.

Did anyone experienced the same issue? Or maybe managed to solve it?

Thanks,
Nick


texts: Deleting files on sparse bundle disk images doesn't actually free the space

texts:
I used Disk Utility to create an empty encrypted sparsebundle on a FAT volume A. It contains an HFS volume B. I am running on Snow Leopard.

The DMG now pretty much fills A, and I'm fine with that. This is not about space on A.

When I delete files from B, the free space Finder shows for B does not change, and it refuses to copy new files onto B. Emptying the trash doesn't help. Ejecting doesn't help. But verifying (not repairing) B in Disk Utility does, even though no errors are found.

This is a bit of a chore. How do I get better behaviour?


texts: iOS 9.0.1 Unknown Error (-42585) What is it?

texts:
When I try to listen to music on iOS 9.0.1 sometimes an error code comes up. The error is:

  The operation could not be completed
  An unknown error occurred (-42585)

What is it? What can I do to stop it? The music still works but this happens sometimes.


texts: Mouse Button 4 stuck on bind after deleting BetterTouchTool

texts:
So i recently downloaded BetterTouchTool but deleted it afterwards. During the time i had it i binded the keys (Space - w) to my mouse button 4 and some other stuff to other keys. After deleting BetterTouchTool all my other bindings have disappeared except for my mouse button 4. It is still stuck on Space W.

Please help it is a pain not being able to use it. I've tried my brothers mouse and its the same thing. His mouse button 4 is still recognised as space 2. It's like my laptop somehow recognises this button as Space w now even after deleting the original app. Even when setting the button into a game it is now not recognised as mouse button 4 or 3, it is now shown as ⌘[. Is there anything that i can do such as resetting my mouse options or like how my laptop recognises this one button?

Please help Thanks you


texts:
I am having trouble getting my iPhone to see the notes that are stored on my iCloud account.

So, my computer is running OS X Lion, on System Preferences > iCloud the "Mail and Notes" option is checked, and using the Mail app I can see my notes under the "iCloud" folder. However, these notes do not appear when I open the Notes app on the iPhone.

Now on my phone (3GS running iOS 5.1) I have on Settings > iCloud all options activated (including Mail and Notes). If I go to "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" I also see there my iCloud account registered, and Notes is as well selected. In Settings > Notes I only get an option to select the Font.

What am I missing? What should I do so that the Notes app on the iPhone is able to show my iCloud notes?

Update: Probably related to this issue, I've noticed that even if the phone is set to sync with iCloud mail as well, it only "sees" my gmail and work accounts/inboxes, and not the iCloud inbox. What could be the problem?


texts: OSX: How to compare and merge two folders and their subfolders and differing files of the same origin

texts:
I'm among those unlucky few (I'm hoping there are more than one) that are stuck with truly utterly messy backups from multiple machines, in multiple folders.

I've now managed to figure out that I've got one folder with 18gb and 44000+ files and one folder with 17gb and 34000+ files. They are the same folder, but one is on backup2/ and the other is in backup3/. I've used MacPaw's Gemini to remove duplicates from folder1 - and sometimes used Gemini to remove duplicates from folder2. They could be described as being totally out of sync with eachother - they are from separate times and now with mismatching files - i.e., there are duplicates there, but not really enough to use Gemini easily.

I'd like to compare and merge them, but safely. Without losing folders. One might have a subfolder inside a subfolder with 35 files, the other with 12 files - yet the 12 files wouldn't be in the 35 files, so I'd have to be able to merge subfolders so that I don't lose any files. Also, there are, as you would expect, duplicates there too, files with the same name, but with differing file content. I'd have to make copies of those to compare them, remove lines (in case of a textfile) from txt1 and add them to txt2, etc.

What should I do, and which app should I use to visually be able to combine these folders and their subfolders and their contents, merging the files and only keeping the ones that are absolutely differently sized (maybe I've touched a few of the files, maybe not, it's a total shambles).

How should I proceed? I'm running diff on the folders, but that's really quite complicated work.

I realize this is quite the complex question.


texts: iPhone screen not responding to touch and can't swipe to unlock

texts:
I can't figure out why my iPhone 4s isn't working. The screen isn't picking up on my touch, I can't swipe to unlock. I can't turn the phone off as I have to unlock it first which obviously I can't. My guess is to leave it wait for the battery to drain out to force shutdown.

My alarm is going off and will continue to snooze every 10 minutes until I swipe the phone to turn the alarm off, which as stated I can't. Any tips?


texts: iTunes makes automatic backups each time I want to sync in a different day (if I recall correctly) - what if I want to restore to a backup WITHOUT having to restore the whole operating system? Can it be done?


texts: Photos not synching, macOS 'optimize storage' not working, and 175GB of photos downloaded for no reason

texts:
Suddenly, my Mac stopped synching my photos:

I have tons of free space on iCloud, and optimize storage is turned on:

There's no way that photos should take up 170 GB of space when there's only 250 GB in total of photos on iCloud:

I have tried:

Turning this function on and off in Photos.app
Rebooting apps and the device
Using all available options in the 'manage storage' dialog
Turning off synching entirely: System Preferences > Internet Accounts > iCloud > Photos (uncheck) > Delete from my device

What else can I try to fix this bug?

Running the latest version of macOS.

Update: Super buggy. I tried turning off iCloud completely, and now get this — 170GB of undeletable "Other" photos stuck on my Mac:

I expected more paying for a premium MacBook Pro and $120 a year of iCloud synching. Do I need to take extreme measures and reinstall macOS completely?


texts: How can I update homebrew and upgrade the new packages in one step?

texts:
I often run brew update followed by brew upgrade.

Can I do that in one step?


texts:
When I tried to build a custom iOS 5.1.1 firmware (ipsw file) using redsn0w 0.9.12b1 almost in the beginning of the process I receive a message:

  Custom IPSW creating failed
  Memory Exhaused

What should I do? I tried to run redsn0w on Windows Vista and XP and and as Administrator and with no results. Always the same.


texts:
Using Mail.app, or exporting from same, is there a quick way to print all the emails from a single folder?

I have about 50 email messages in a folder and I need to print a copy of each one.  I know I could

Open each email
Print it
Remove it from the tray (to conform it printing)
Repeat 50 times

That, however, seems super time consuming. I'd rather be able to

Somehow combine all the emails into a single document
Print that
Walk away

I know I can export to mbox, but I don't know of anyway to view a unified mbox as a single logical document (dealing with a combination of plain text, HTML formated, multi-part, attachments, etc)


texts: How to simulate 2-finger tap with keyboard modifier?

texts:
Chrome has introduced a new feature requiring a weird 2-finger tap gesture on a particular button. It's an awkward gesture and difficult to time it right.

Is there any way to make ctrl-tap act as if two fingers had been pressed on the trackpad? Or some other solution that would avoid the need to use 2-finger tap for this.


texts: How can I determine the current brew package count?

texts:
I tried to get the number of available brew packages by running

brew search | wc -l

but I don't know how accurate this really is. What do I need to take into account to get a more correct number?

PS: macports lists 19,889 packages online here


texts: deleting single entry from history in zsh -- Terminal

texts:
Is there a straight forward way of deleting a single entry from the shell history in the "new" zsh shell?

I know fc does not support this and I can't even figure out where Apple now stashes the history file (to cope with multiple terminal sessions).


texts:
I come from the Android world and I have a new iPhone. I am trying to find how to replicate a feature that I am used to, about the browser search autocomplete.

Say I want to search Google for the following phrase: "wikipedia star wars a new hope". Of course in this particular case I could use a Wikipedia search provider, but that is not the point.

In the Android browser, I can start typing "wi" and the browser will search and suggest "wikipedia". I can then click on a button and complete "wikipedia" and keep writing. At this point, maybe I will write "sta" and the browser will suggest "wikipedia star wars". Again, I click and have this phrase in the search bar, and keep writing. I then add "a n" and probably the browser will suggest the complete phrase "wikipedia star wars a new hope" that I can click to actually search.

This is an enormous time saver whenever searching for longish phrases. In Safari, I get the autocomplete, but if, say, after writing "wi" I click on the suggestion "wikipedia", it is searched immediately, which makes impossible to keep writing.

Is there a way to activate this feature in Safari? Does any other browser provide it?


texts:
On rare occasion I'll want to type a whole word in capital letters, but I can't get the iOS keyboard to "stick" it's shift down. In Android I can hold the Shift key and it'll stay in Shift until I hold it again.

How can I capslock/hold shift in iOS' keyboard? I'm on iOS 5.1


texts: I have an Android phone and an iPod Touch.  The camera on the iPod Touch is front-facing and much better than the one on the Android, and with so much communication among my social groups moving towards photo/video I feel kind of left out because my phone sucks at this.  Unfortunately, I can't just switch from my current phone to an iPhone, but really I already have a Touch so ideally there would be some way for me to just get it to act as much like an iPhone as possible.  How would I do this, and is there a way to do it without being reliant on WiFi?


texts: Is it possible to install MacOS Sierra or El Capitan on an external hard drive and boot it from a PC?

texts: I tried it out in Virtual Machine, but it was quite slow, and I don't want to risk losing my Windows by trying to install besides it.


texts: I need to know if I can select some text and copy it, and then paste it on an Apple Watch.


texts: Steps to ensuring data integrity / security of Mac mini prior to sale?

texts:
I've got some Mac minis ranging from 2011 models to 2014 models, which I wish to sell. My concern is with the integrity / security of the data on them.

I don't have a large external HD / server to dump all the data onto, so my plan was to take out and keep the HDDs from each Mac mini, and put in a brand new SSD prior to sale.

Other than doing the above, is there any steps I should taken to ensure integrity / security of the data? E.g. will anything be saved to the RAM or CPU / GPU or other components?


texts:
As titled, is there anyway I can disable it?

Sometimes when I close a TextEdit window or whatever application, I really want to purge it. But when I open the application again, the same text that I didn't want appear again, and that is really annoying.

Thanks.


texts: 2018 Macbook Air hot/slow when using UHD monitor

texts:
So I upgraded from a 1080p 27 inch monitor to the following

Samsung 32" UHD 4K Monitor
Model: LU32J590UQNXZA

I've tried connecting over HDMI using a USB C dock, and over Displayport with a Displayport to USB C cable.

In both cases if I'm doing anything graphic intensive, or even in a video call, my laptop gets hot quickly and starts stuttering to the point of the mouse and keyboard hesitating.

All I've read says the new macbook air should be able to handle a 4K monitor.  I mostly needed more screen real estate, not so much high resolution.

Am I expecting too much of integrated graphics?  I'm not expecting to game on this laptop, but video calls become non-functional, and when I'm using Affinity Photo it also starts screeching to a halt even when working on small images.


texts: I want to block the iPhone users connected to my home network from downloading apps from the apple app store.I used a similar method to block the auto apple updates but I don't know the server responsible for downloading apps.Does anyone know the Domain address?


texts: How does one change the share name with file sharing in Mac OS X?

texts:
In Mac OS X you can create shared folders. Usually the share name is the same as the folder, but it can be different. For example if the is a user with display name "John Doe" and system name "johnd" the system creates a Shared folder named "Public" in the users folder Users/johnd/Public but the share name is "John Doe's Public Folder".

If that Shared folder is removed from the File Sharing folder list and re-added then it just shows as "Public".

How do you change the Share name?


texts: How to stop Gmail app checking emails in background?

texts:
Is it possible to stop Gmail iOS app checking email without me asking for it?
I don't need the phone to check for emails while I'm in from of my computer.


texts: Over VNC, configure the system to not use a second monitor while it's physically connected

texts:
I have two monitors set up at work, with the external one set to a portrait configuration. When I attempt to VNC in to work remotely, this results in a HUGE (something like 1600x3000) because the virtual screen is the compositing of the two (with black bars where  there is no monitor space).

As a result, the VNC connection is non-responsive.

I'd like to be able to login via ssh and disable the second monitor via some command-line command or script. What commands might accomplish this?

Again, I am remote, so disconnecting the screen is not an option, and mirroring results in a screen that is about 1440x1440 (so it will fit onto both monitors with no stretching), so that is also a non-optimal strategy.

Output from xrandr:

themachine% xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 2970 x 1680, maximum 2970 x 1702
default connected 2970x1680+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1920x1080      60.0
   640x480        60.0
   800x600        60.0
   1024x768       60.0
   1280x1024      60.0
   1280x720       60.0
   1344x756       60.0
   1600x900       60.0
   1680x1050      60.0
   2970x1680       1.0*
   2970x1702       2.0


texts: Where exactly is the Google Chrome sync passphrase? I need it to enable sync between various devices. I've looked through keychain and haven't seen anything that exactly matches.


texts: How do I get the status of the Mac Photo app upload to iCloud?

texts:
I do have many (ca. 59.000) pictures in the photo library.
I switched on the iCloud feature, keep original, it is the system library.
Using macOS Catalina, I do have enough iCloud space.
On the iCloud on the web front end I see only 126 pictures as well on all other devices e.g. iPad, iPhone.
In the Photo App on the mac I see:

"59.717 Pictures and 2.477 videos, 1 object
Updating"

What is going wrong?
Where can I see the status of upload?


texts: Is it possible to make the terminal background live?

texts: I have terminal open for a lot things and added pretty gradient backgrounds. I thought it would be really cool to have stars zooming or green text falling or gradually shifting background colors in terminal. Does iterm or something have that? What is the way to get live backgrounds?


texts: Re-installation from the internet fails with error code -2005F, what does it mean?

texts:
I tried to re-install macOS on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) via the internet (Command+Option+R). After 5 minutes and some progress the following was shown, what does it mean?

apple.com/support does not know this error code.


texts: I have a Mac Pro with an APC UPS supply connected.  I have it configured to shut down the system when we lose power.  What I'd like to do is to have it power up the system when power is subsequently restored, but I don't see any option that appears to do that.  I am using OS 10.12.4 and an APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA.


texts: Mac pausing bluetooth headset used by another device

texts:
I try to use my bluetooth headset (Jabra Elite Active 75t) with both my Macbook (MacOS 10.15.5 19F101) and my Android phone. If I pause all the sounds on Mac and try to play any music on the phone, the reproduction will stop immediately as if pause signal is sent.
This can also be reproduced with another bluetooth speaker.
Any idea how can I work around the bug?


texts: iPhone 6S Plus - Macbook Pro USB Charging not reaching 2.1A

texts:
I've seen various reports of iPhone 6 Plus get 2.1A charging from Macbook Pro.

http://blog.equinux.com/2014/09/iphone-6-and-6-plus-charging-secrets-revealed

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/09/iphone-6-iphone-6-plus-can-charged-faster-ipad-charging-adapter.html

http://9to5mac.com/2011/03/25/new-macbook-pros-get-serious-ipad-charging-juice-in-their-usb-ports/

However, I'm unable to replicated that on my own Macbook Pro Retina 15" 2015.

It stays at 1A as below

Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA):  500
Extra Operating Current (mA):   500

Currently on Yosemite and plugged in.

Anyone having the same issue (or has been able to get the Macbook to power out 2.1A?)


texts: How to force a readonly volume to remount as read-write?

texts:
I have an external Firewire volume with some filesystem problems. One problem is that Disk Warrior can't fix these errors because there is not enough space left on this volume (in fact, it is completely full - 0 bytes empty, which I suspect is the reason for the FS-problems). Another problem is that this disk gets mounted readonly by the OS, hence I can't delete any files on it to make it possible for Disk Warrior (or fsck) to fix the file system. I have tried the commands in this question but they only generate an error message:

% mount -u -w /Volumes/MyVol
mount_hfs: error on mount(): error = -1.
mount_hfs: Invalid argument

I also tried mount_hfs with different options, but something like this

% mount_hfs -o update /dev/disk3s3 /Volumes/MyVol
mount_hfs: error on mount(): error = -1.
mount_hfs: Invalid argument

How do I force mount this volume in readwrite mode so I can try to delete some of the files on it?

And you don't have to tell me to backup and erase the volume.

Update: I just found the hfs.util command and run it like this

/System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/Contents/Resources/hfs.util -M disk3s3 /Volumes/test writable

but it just responds with is "usage" page. On this usage page there is an example that looks like this:

/System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/Contents/Resources/hfs.util -p disk0s2 fixed writable

Can't see any difference between that and my command..?


texts: What is the advantage to buying a carrier-specific iPhone over a sim-free version?

texts:
Apple sells "carrier-specific" versions of their phones, as well as "sim-free" versions.

If paying in full, these are the same price (e.g. a Verizon or AT&T 64GB iPhone SE costs $499, as does a sim-free 64GB iPhone SE).

I understand that the sim-free iPhone does not work with Sprint, so if I wanted to use it on Sprint, I would have to buy the Sprint-specific version.

But in the case of Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, why would anyone buy the carrier-specific version instead of the sim-free version?  Do they offer any advantage?  Why does Apple even sell them?


texts: Is there any way to reset the tunnel in iOS using NE Packet Tunnel Provider when switch between wifi and mobile data happens?

texts: I’m working on an iOS App, where I’ve added NE Packet Tunnel Provider and using Network Path Monitor to detect when any switch between Wifi and Mobile Data is happening. If any switch in Network path is detected then canceling the Tunnel and restarting it again, in between the process  few packets are being dropped. I wanted to know if anyone knows if it’s possible without canceling and restarting the tunnel, can we reset the process so that it works seamlessly.


texts: How can I have a shortcut search for text in a note?

texts:
Lets say I have a note with 3 letters (A, B, C.). I want to make a shortcut to do something if the passed note contains "B" for example. So I need to figure out how Shortcuts finds "B" in my note.

How can I accomplish this?

PS: I tried with "Match Text/Pattern" but don't know which pattern to use.

Note
(A, B, C.)
|
***Match Text
Pattern: 0-9a-zA-Z***
|
If
  (INPUT) - (Contains)
  (Value: B)
  |
  Show Result:
  This Works.
otherwise
  |
  Show Result:
  This does NOT Work.
End IF.


texts: How can I keep Voice Memos out of Music in iTunes?

texts:
I like the fact that sync downloads voice memos to my Macbook Pro.  But I do not like the fact iTunes includes my voice memos in my general music library.  It's a bit goofy to be listening to my music on shuffle and all of a sudden have it start playing my voice speaking!  Is there a way to prevent them from showing up there - but still have them synced?

This has been happening for as long as I've been making voice memos, and is happening in iTunes 11 also.


texts: Downloading Notes app notes without iCloud?

texts:
Is there any way to get notes from the iOS 6 Notes app off of an iPhone without requiring an internet connection (or thus iCloud)?

iTunes Sync, which did Sync Notes on iOS 5 to Mail app on OS X Snow Leopard, no longer works for notes on iOS 6 and Mountain Lion.

Added: I found some commercial solutions as answered below.  Are there any free (built-in, open source or non-expiring) solutions?


texts: Where to find model for downgrade.Is that GSM or Global?

texts:
I would like to know my iPhone's model no. Is that GSM or Global? On the back of the phone it says “Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China – Model A1530”.

I am from India. Where do I find the model number? Is that GSM or Global?


texts: Can't use recovery to reset my Mac password

texts:
Help, I'm currently having a problem with recovery. The PC won't accept my password (it's actually correct but for some reason, the PC wouldn't accept it so I decided to use recovery to change the password). When I got to the recovery menu and the utilities page..
At the prompt, while trying to type 'resetpassword' I clicked the letter R on the keyboard, the code (-bash-3.2) changed to (arg 0) and then non of the letters I type show on the prompt and I can't proceed to reset the password. I've been stuck with this for a while now


texts: How to get overview of keyboard shortcuts from OS X?

texts:
I would like to know about keyboard shortcuts, that is, shortcuts that are mentioned nowhere in the menus, nor anywhere, and must be found by stumbling upon them in sites like these, but still work.

Examples:

⌘⇧., which shows or hides hidden files in a save or open dialog box.
⌘⌥⏏, which causes the computer to go to sleep.
⌘⌥⇧⌃., which runs sysdiagnose and shows the results in the finder.

Does anyone know of more of these or how I can get an overview of these shortcuts?


texts: How do I get image "FILES" off my iPhone with Photos?

texts:
Until recently (2/2015) when I plugged in my iphone to my mac the Image Capture app would auto launch. I could then select all the images and drag them to a folder in the finder.

In 3/2015 apple replaced Image Capture with Photos. How do I get my files out of Photos? I have ZERO interest in using Photos to organize my images. I just want the raw .jpg, .mp4 files from my camera.

The first thing I tried was selecting them in Photos and picking Export but that DOES NOT GIVE ME THE ORIGINAL IMAGE FILES. Instead if writes new files. They all have the time stamp of the moment they were exported out of Photos, not the original time stamp of when they were taken like I used to get out of Image Capture.

How do I get my raw image files out of my iPhone now?


texts: Needing FTP Software with editing and hides system files?

texts:
I am looking for FTP Client software for Mac that

Doesn't show hidden system files on the server
Can edit files using MS Office and then save them back onto the FTP site automatically without the user having to download the file, edit the local copy and then upload the local copy and replace the remote copy.

I have tried various FTP software and only a handful don't show hidden system files on the server which is good, and some automatically open files when they are double clicked using the correct software (Word, Excel etc..) but then when you save it doesn't update the remote copy.


texts:
I have already posted once, but the problem is so weird. Initially, when it started crashing (all of a sudden), I reinstalled iTunes and it was working fine. After a week, it happened again. I reinstalled it again. Two weeks later, it started crashing again. Then after some research on Google, it turns out that when I switch off Wi-Fi, it works fine.

By the way, I tried opening iTunes in safe made (command+shift+click). It crashed on safe mode as well!

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5822899?tstart=0

These are the results from console at the time of crashing:

04/09/16 7:25:28.805 PM iTunes[426]: ApplePushService: APSConnection being used without a delegate queue
04/09/16 7:25:35.946 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.iTunes.118752[426]) Service exited due to signal: Terminated: 15
04/09/16 7:25:36.060 PM UserNotificationCenter[428]: *** WARNING: Method userSpaceScaleFactor in class NSWindow is deprecated on 10.7 and later. It should not be used in new applications. Use convertRectToBacking: instead.
04/09/16 7:25:37.421 PM spindump[383]: Saved hang report for iTunes version 12.4.3 (12.4.3) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2016-09-04-192537_Ns-MacBook-Pro.hang


texts:
Themes are here.
I do the following and notice that noting change in my presentation

\documentclass{beamer}
\useoutertheme{CambridgeUS}

How can you install Beamer themes in OS X?


texts: What do I save to ensure successful downgrade to iOS 4.1 on iPhone 3G?

texts:
I'll do the upgrade from ios 4.1 jailbreaked (on an iphone 3g with a foreign locked sim) without updating the baseband.
My baseband is 05.14.02 (bootloader 5.9).
So I should to obtain an iphone 3g ios 4.2.1 jailbreaked with the 05.14.02 baseband (I'm not interested to use it for phone calls).

I would to know what I have to save before the upgrade to revert to the original state (ios 4.1 jailbreaked) in case of failure.


texts: Is there a free program that can make floor plans on a Mac? Specifically, I'm looking for something that's fairly easy to use. Doesn't need to have a ton of features, just shouldn't be a headache.


texts: How does encryption work when data is backed up to a NAS Time Machine backup?

texts:
I have a Linux machine which I'd like to use as a NAS backup, so I'm following this blog post by Sam Hewitt.

My MacBook's drives are not encrypted with FileVault, and I'm on El Capitan 10.11.5. I am wondering how encryption works when data is backed up to a NAS Time Machine backup. More specifically:

If I select the "Encrypt Backups" options in Time Machine Prefs, will my backup be encrypted before being transferred over my network?
Is the transfer protocol used by Time Machine secure?
Will backups on my remote NAS always be encrypted, unreadable by anyone who can somehow access the machine?


texts: Yellow pattern all over application windows

texts:
I've been using my iMac (mid-2011, OS X Yosemite 10.10.1) without any problems since I purhaced it. However, today a distracting yellow square pattern started to appear. It only appears over application windows, ie. I can't see any pattern over my desktop, but my browser is covered with it. It doesn't appear on every window, but almost all of them. The pattern moves if I scroll and it does change if I refresh a webpage. It also appears on screenshots I take.

I've tried rebooting and updating my OS without any change.

Example screenshot:

What could cause this and is there anything I can do to fix it?

Update #1 All application windows (including OpenGL games) are either distorted or covered with yellow pattern. I said earlier that not all windows were affected, but I was wrong.

Update #2 Opening my computer using safe mode (pressing shift key right after the boot up sound) removes the yellow pattern, but introduces another screen bug. Now the windows are flashing. A white bar starts from the bottom of the window and moves to the top (at least 2-3 times per second).


texts: How to get photos from my phone to my mac as quickly as possible?

texts:
Right now, the answer would be airdrop as far as I am concerned.
I would just take a photo and press the share button and then wait for my laptop to come up.

However, I have an older phone and I find the share button to be quite slow to use.

Are there any apps or such that would allow me to take photos and send them to a folder on my mac without having to press anything?


texts: Is it normal to have duplicate JVMs or JDKs in a MacBook?

texts:
I just bought my first MacBook Pro a week ago and this morning, I installed the Java for OS X 2012-004 Developer Package at http://connect.apple.com. Right now, I'm encountering a bunch of weird errors in my code and I wonder if what I just did is to blame, since this machine came with Java built in.

So when I click on the .jdk file in the Developer Package, this is what I see:

Is that normal? I think they are exact duplicates of each other and might be causing the bugs I'm dealing with right now. I'm not sure if there were four or only two entries before. How do I delete the other JDK if it's a duplicate?


texts: Disable OS X feature to reopen windows at login time

texts:
In Mac OS X Lion, when I do Apple > Shut Down, there is a checkbox that says "Reopen windows when logging back in".

Even though I constantly UNCHECK the box, it seems OS X doesn't care - and still opens some Finder windows and sometimes Chrome...

How can I turn this feature off?


texts: Way to temporarily disable badge notifications while using iPhone?

texts:
I thought the Do Not Disturb does this, but apparently it only disables calls and notifications when then the phone is locked.

I like playing rhythm games on my phone and idk why everyone suddenly wants to text me when I play, but it disrupts my game play :(. Is there a way to disable it temporarily? I know how to disable it through settings but I don't want to do that every single time I want to play.


texts: Applications on macbook pro close waking computer up after 1 hour lunch

texts:
It's lunch time at work and I put my macbook in screen saver mode by using a hot corner. I return back to wake my computer up, and type in my password to resume work (I have the require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins option checked.)
I then realise none of my applications are active whatsoever and it looks like a fresh restart has occurred.

I can confirm that: System Preferences > Security >> General >>> Log out after ... minutes of activity is not checked.

This is what my pmset -g look like:

System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             1
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                1
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 tcpkeepalive         1
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

Can someone please help me fix this unwanted applications closing after my macbook pro goes to sleep when I return from lunch?

Additional information:
I can confirm that I also have two external monitors connected to my laptop via mini display ports, as well as an Anker usb host.

I have macOS High Sierra installed version: 10.13.4 (17E199)

I have a macbook pro Retina, 15 inch Mid 2015.

Not in clamshell mode.


texts: How to connect Macbook pro's Retina screen with my Mac mini?

texts:
I want to use my Macbook Pro as a screen of my Mac mini(with both OS X and Bootcamp Windows).
I've following cables:
 1. Thunderbolt to Ethernet
 2. Thunderbolt to VGA

Any possible solution?


texts: How to store Mac documents in the iCloud?

texts:
So, iCloud is now available to all Mac and iOS5 users.

I don't (yet) have an iOS5 device, but i do have OS X Lion with iCloud installed. I've set it all up nice and (almost) easy. In iCloud PrefsPane I noticed there's an option to sync Documents & Data. This is what baffles me. How do I do that? How can I share Documents & Data between 2 Macs?

I understand that iOS5 iWork stores all documents in the iCloud, but what about Mac? How do I put files in the iCloud from Mac?

If I share a document via Share button in Pages/Numbers it goes to iWork.com, not the iCloud iWork.


texts: How to export text message data from iCloud

texts:
I've been using iCloud to save text message data for a while now and I'm closing in on 5gb. How do I export this message data into a file or folder for my own personal records?

What I'm not trying to do:

Disable iCloud or stop using it in any way
Backup & restore my data to a different device
Do anything with Android
Mess around with third-party software of any kind (unless it's completely unavoidable)

The only relevant objective here:

Export text message data from iCloud to a file/folder which I control

I spent a while researching this and couldn't find a straight forward/widely agreed upon approach.

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way for me to view my Apple Watch Activity data on my mac desktop?

texts:
I'd like to be able to view my apple watch Activity data on my mac desktop or laptop.
So for example, workouts, steps, etc, today, and for the last week, much like what I can find in the Activity app on the apple watch.
I've logged into iCloud.com to see if it was there, but it's not, and I looked for an Activity app on my mac desktop, but don't see one. I've also googled this a bunch, and found this suggested answer - not supported - on Apple's communities site, but would love to find a third party solution to do this, if one exists.
Is there anyway I can see some of my personal health data secured in the health app on my Mac?


texts: How can deleting pages from a PDF result in an increase in file size?

texts:
I routinely scan pages to PDFs and then use Abbey FineReader to run OCR on those PDFs, creating a new PDF which contains both the original images (further compressed) as well as the recognized text in something like an invisible, searchable overlay.

There's an extremely strange phenomena where if I delete some pages using Preview and save the file, the file size increases instead of decreases. E.g. a 250KB file just turned into a 650KB when I deleted one of its pages...

Any idea why this happens and how to delete pages without such an increase?


texts: iPhone 6s Plus experiencing unexpected touch input

texts:
Recently, my iPhone 6s Plus randomly starts opening programs and games one after the other until I shut it down. Then yesterday when I was on a phone call, numbers started rolling across the top of the screen like it was trying to dial. Today, when I was on a call, it disconnected twice with the message "system failure!"

Any idea what is going on?  It is a little over a year old.


texts: Install windows (bootcamp) without CD or USB Flash Drive

texts:
I'm currently trying to install windows on my macbook (13in, 2011), but without any success.
My CD drive is dead (as a matter of facts its ruining any cds I put in it), and I simply cant boot via USB. Im running Mavericks. I've tried enabling USB burning on bootcamp assistant and codesigning it, and it worked for Windows 8, I could even boot, but couldn't install it on the bootcamp partition. As soon as I get to the screen in which to select the partition, windows refuses to install, with some error code. I've also tried formatting this partition as ntfs from inside the windows installer, but it doesn't work also. After I did that, whenever I restart my macbook, I get an error message saying "No bootable device found" or something like that, and I can only get back to OSX by holding option and selecting it manually. After All of that I've tried windows 7, and this time the bootloader (when I hold the option key) doesn't recognize the usb anymore.
So, as nothing works, how can I install windows? (It's for gaming purposes).
Maybe I can make a small partition, burn the windows installer to it and boot from that?
It sounds like a plan, but I cant find how to burn a .iso to a partition anywhere.


texts: Keeping mail accounts with separate Mail apps on iOS

texts: I have three email accounts that I use two different Mail apps to manage on my iPhone 5 (iOS 10.3.4). I read two accounts with Apple Mail, and one with myMail. This allows me to keep work and personal accounts separate. Unfortunately all three accounts are always available as the sender in Mail even though myMail only sends from the accounts it manages. This means that I sometimes accidentally send mail from the wrong account when using Mail. Is there any way to restrict the accounts that Apple Mail can use, so that Mail can only use the accounts it manages like myMail  only uses the account it manages?


texts: How to make my app only on iPhone 4S and higher?

texts: My app is for a smart device and uses Bluetooth Low Energy. I would like to enable my app only for iPhone 4S and higher. Is that possible ?


texts:
These are the specs of my mac book, currently running Snow Leopard 10.6.8.  I'm trying to upgrade my browser, as Gmail says it's out of date, and I can't access the playlist on amazon prime.

I am not sure how to upgrade my browser.  Can anyone help?

Hardware Overview:

  Model Name:   MacBook
  Model Identifier: MacBook1,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core Duo
  Processor Speed:  1.83 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores:    2
  L2 Cache: 2 MB
  Memory:   1.5 GB
  Bus Speed:    667 MHz
  Boot ROM Version: MB11.0061.B03
  SMC Version (system): 1.4f12
  Sudden Motion Sensor:
  State:    Enabled

Thanks!


texts: AppleScript for counting messages in Inbox fails with "Can't get mailbox"

texts:
Here is my first attempt at an AppleScript program, which met with ignominious defeat:

tell application "Mail"
    tell mailbox "INBOX"
        count messages
    end tell
end tell

It compiled, but when I ran it, I got the error message

error "Mail got an error: Can’t get mailbox \"INBOX\"." number -1728 from mailbox "INBOX"

Can someone tell me what is wrong, and if there is a short introduction to AppleScript, written for someone used to programming?


texts: macOS launchpad icons became blurry as compared to those in the dock. See System Preferences for example. Resolution has become really low. I don't why. What could be the reason for the same?


texts: Are there leftover files when I uninstall an iPhone app?

texts: If I remove an app then will the preferences/caches/logs be deleted as wel?


texts: Will OSX Server coordinate parental controls time limits across machines?

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I have kids with set daily time limits via Parental Controls (e.g. they can only use the computer for 2 hours a day during the week between certain times). At the moment, they have separate accounts on the different Macs in the house and thus inconsistent settings and time limits. If they use up time on one machine, they go to the next and get more.

If I used OSX Server and established their accounts as domain (?) accounts, would the time restrictions be coordinated across the machines? I would naturally assume that they would need to be actively on the network for the synchronization to work, but the idea being that if they use up 1 hour on one machine, they'd only have one hour left on the others as a result.

I haven't purchased or installed Server yet as it hasn't been compelling enough to do so, but not exactly keen on buying it to experiment :-)


texts:
My m4b audiobook will NOT sync to my ipod. Can play in iTunes but shows up grayed out in the list. Why?

iPod 5th gen and iTunes latest


texts: How to Change USB Thumb icon using Terminal or Bash/other scripting language

texts:
I'm looking for a method to change USB or External Drive Icon using bash or any other command line method. I know how to manually chnage them like this

I am using El Capitan


texts: How update to latest Beta software of Mac OS X without having to update incrementally

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I'm right now on Beta 2 of Mac OS X 10.11 "El Capitan" (15A204h)

The Mac App Store wants me to update to Beta 3

I know that the latest Beta is Beta 7 (15A263e)

Redeeming the code for Beta 7 doesn't work.

It seems that this is the same code that got me Beta 1

Image from Purchases section of App Store:

And I cannot see in "Purchases" section of App Store Beta 7 available.

Is there a way to upgrade from Beta 2 (or any earlier version) to Beta 7 directly. Without having to upgrade 5 times?


texts: Disabled Spotlight indexing on USB drive and Finder search doesn't work on it

texts:
I'm using macOS 10.15.4. I recently disabled Spotlight indexing on an external exFAT formatted USB drive with Tinkertool as it was reindexing every single time I connect it.

I thought that disabling indexing just meant that every time I would have used Finder search box I would have just ended up waiting for it to search the files by their name. Unluckily what happened is that search doesn't work at all on the drive.

Is there any way I can disable Spotlight indexing on the volume without losing Finder search function?

Thanks in advance.


texts:
After I erase the mac and reinstall Catalina, this problem came out. I have used few methods I found online:

login another user
Turn off content caching for "Cache iCloud content"
Clean cashes

But none of them worked.

Does anyone has same issue here and can give some advice? Thanks.


texts: Home folder name changed but terminal prompt is still showing last name

texts:
I changed the name of my home folder in 2 ways. First I change it using the instructions from the official Apple website:

sudo mv /Users/old_name /Users/new_name

and then I also changed it going to System Preferences > Users & Groups > Advanced Options.

My problem is that the prompt on the terminal is still showing me the last name I had

name-mbp:~ old-home-folder-name$

why?

Is it possible to make changes have effect also on the terminal?


texts: Unable to send email from Mac Mail App to one specific email address (all emails to all other emails addresses are sent)

texts:
We have been trying to send emails to a specific gmail address that certainly does exist for many months now but we are unable to and receive this message: 'Cannot send message using the server x...x@x...x.com' - a message we usually get when our internet connection is off. We are still able to send emails using any of the servers to all other email addresses except this one. How could we fix this issue?

Thank you!


texts: Macbook Air can't connect to internet after updating to Mojave

texts: I recently updated my Mac to macOS Mojave, but it can no longer connect to the internet. It can connect to a Wi-Fi network (sometimes) but there is no internet connection. I have no Time Machine backups. When using my computer, it has been crashing quite often and it is really slow. I can't reinstall macOS Mojave because when I try restarting while holding Command+R, it is not connected to the internet and I get the error: The recovery server could not be contacted.


texts:
Hi have a Bowers & Wilkins Z2 which supports AirPlay.

When I see DVDs on my MacBook Pro I would like to stream the audio to the speaker.

Is there a way for doing it?

While iTunes provides an icon for AirPlay, the same is not true for QuickTime.

VLC 2.1.0 has a command in the Audio menu (Audio->Audio Device->Airplay) however it doesn't work for me.


texts: Macbook Late 2011 Reinstall Upgrade from Lion

texts:
I've got a Macbook Pro late 2011 which has been (and still is/was) great. I was running High Sierra and decided to do a reformat and reinstall from USB. However, something went wrong and it hanged on the last part of the install.
I rebooted and used the recovery option but I guess I'd managed to wipe something as it now only gives me the option to install Lion (which I think it shipped with). I've gone ahead and done this but cannot now upgrade to anything later. I think I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion first but cannot find this in the app store. The only OS I find in purchased is El Capitan and trying to install this doesn't work.
Sorry for the rambling post but any help would be much appreciated I'd be really sad to lose this it's been such a great workhorse for last (nearly) 10 years!


texts: How can I view hidden files in the Finder?

texts:
I noticed that whenever I add files and delete them, their physical space remains on the disk drive. I uninstalled NTFS Tuxera and I still have the same problem.

So I had to insert the disk under my other Windows laptop to locate the ./#### files and delete them. I was surprised that I couldn't locate those files in Finder, but windows allowed me to view them.

Is there a way to have more control over what files are viewed in Finder?

Platform: retina MacBook Pro, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8)


texts: How to map Option+X but not change Option+Shift+X in KeyRemap4Macbook?

texts:
I want to map Option+X to something. But this mapping effects Option+Shift+X key binding as a side effect. Is there a way to prevent it?

Here is an example mapping that I use:

<item>
    <name>movement home</name>
    <identifier>private.movehome</identifier>
    <not>VIRTUALMACHINE</not>
    <autogen>
        --KeyToKey--
        KeyCode::C,ModifierFlag::OPTION_L,
        KeyCode::CURSOR_LEFT,ModifierFlag::FN
    </autogen>
</item>


texts: How to stream video with subtitles from computer to Ipad?

texts:
I would like to stream some movies with downloaded subtitles from my hard drive to my IPad mini.

What are some ways I can achieve that solution?

I use Ubuntu 15.10 or Windows and my IPad is updated with the last iOS.


texts: Adding application to "Open With" context menu - QNapi problem

texts:
I have tried many available solutions (searched through similar questions), most of them was quite obvious - like editing Info.plist in the application package, but oryginal application Info.plist data seems to look fine (it has correct file type definitions):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
            <array>
                <string>rm</string>
                <string>mpg</string>
                <string>mpeg</string>
                <string>mov</string>
                <string>avi</string>
                <string>rmvb</string>
                <string>mkv</string>
                <string>m4v</string>
                <string>mp4</string>
                <string>asf</string>
                <string>divx</string>
                <string>ogm</string>
                <string>wmv</string>
            </array>
            <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
            <string>qnapi.icns</string>
            <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
            <string>None</string>
            <key>LSUIElement</key>
            <false/>
        </dict>
    </array>
    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
    <string>QNapi</string>
    <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
    <string>Created by Qt/QMake</string>
    <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
    <string>qnapi.icns</string>
    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
    <string>APPL</string>
    <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
    <string>ttxt</string>
    <key>LSUIElement</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Whatever I do, I can't force OS X to show this application in "Open With" context menu after right clicking on a supported file.

I have also tried to reset settings with:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

but it didn't work.

Updating, removing and reinstalling etc didn't help either. Above is original application plist that works well on other Mac. It seems like only on my OS X it doesn't work.

Do you have any idea what else could I do to make this application available in the "Open With" context menu (the problem is QNapi related only)?


texts: Is this possible to link the value to a database in Apple's iWork suite?

texts: For example, I would like to make a Pages document that has a value that's linked to the company information and Keynotes and Numbers as well. So, when our company information changes, all the reference value can be changed. Is this possible to do? If not, does any office suite have this ability?


texts:
Sometimes I try to connect to a Wifi network and the only things that connect are the IP Address and the Subnet Mask - the other fields (DNS, Router, Search Domains) are still blank. My iPhone shows it's connected to the wireless network (three blue bars in upper left corner) but I never get connection in this case.

What is actually happening when I only get Subnet Mask and IP Address? What can I do to troubleshoot the issue? I feel like I have a really vague notion of how to troubleshoot any sort of Wifi issue besides "turn everything off and back on again."


texts: How to get Spotlight to default to Internet search?

texts:
Spotlight default to open web browser and search Internet for [string].

  Command Space [string] [Enter]

How can I do this?

browser choice irrelevant
search engine choice irrelevant
keystrokes in between [string] and [Enter] preferably zero, else preferably always the same post-[string] pattern.

2013 Macbook Pro Retina OS X 10.10 Yosemite


texts: Change the icon of a single, specific file

texts: I want to change the icon of a single, specific file, eg. not all the docs file, only one .doc file (and this change should even persist). Is this possible? How?


texts: applescript : add clipboard content to list

texts:
Can I create a list from the clipboard?

Let's say my clipboard is `name email phone and any random number of text

Can the words be separated and added in a list?

Also the item can be either text and numbers, but I guess the best way would be to do a text delimiter by space?


texts: I recently sent my 2012 MacBook Pro to a technician to repair it and he said he replaced the disk but I do not believe he did so. Is there any way I could prove he didn't?


texts: Time Machine backup of home directory is missing

texts:
2 days (on Sunday) ago I performed clean OS X Yosemite installation over OS X Yosemite that was upgraded from Mavericks previously. I have a time machine backup. So, latest backups in time machine was written by Yosemite.

In new system I have an account with the same username.

Now I tried to restore some folders from time machine but I was not able to find my home directory in time machine. It has my home directory from new OS installation, but not previous. I tried browsing using time machine and Finder as well. There is no home folder for my account.

What's interesting is that it has this directory after reinstall and I restored several directories even yesterday, but not it is missing.

Any ideas what happened and how to restore it?

I can't think of anything other than VERY SERIOUS Time Machine bug.


texts: General commands for getting help and/or documentation for command line utilities in terminal on macOS?

texts:
Some command line interfaces or command line utilities give some comprehensive documentation or help when --help is appended to the name of the command, for example git:
git --help
# shows comprehensive help docs

Some others show only the command and its arguments (that's all), for example grep:
grep --help
usage: grep [-abcDEFGHhIiJLlmnOoqRSsUVvwxZ] [-A num] [-B num] [-C[num]]
    [-e pattern] [-f file] [--binary-files=value] [--color=when]
    [--context[=num]] [--directories=action] [--label] [--line-buffered]
    [--null] [pattern] [file ...]

And others give some assistance, but only because --help is not recognised as a legal option, for examples ls:
ls --help
ls: illegal option -- -
usage: ls [-@ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1%] [file ...]

and netstat:
netstat --help
netstat: illegal option -- -
Usage:  netstat [-AaLlnW] [-f address_family | -p protocol]
    netstat [-gilns] [-f address_family]
    netstat -i | -I interface [-w wait] [-abdgRtS]
    netstat -s [-s] [-f address_family | -p protocol] [-w wait]
    netstat -i | -I interface -s [-f address_family | -p protocol]
    netstat -m [-m]
    netstat -r [-Aaln] [-f address_family]
    netstat -rs [-s]

Question
Are there any generally safe way(s) of getting documentation or help with a CLI or utility without having to google (i.e. from within the terminal)? I currently try --help or -h, but other than that I go straight to google, but would like to know if there are other things to (safely) try before going to google.


texts: Can the Kinect be used as a control interface for Mac OS X?

texts:
Is there software and/or drivers that support using the Kinect to replicate the same behavior triggered by the Multitouch gestures? Would it be possible for me to swipe my hand leftward in the air and switch to a different desktop or space, for example?

It would seem there's two steps to make this work. The first would be to establish Kinect-to-Mac communication. We know this is already possible by the various hacks already available.

The second component we'd need is to translate one form of USB input (the Kinect's) to be assignable to the multitouch gestures. We know this may be possible because software like BetterTouchTool allows nearly infinite customization of multitouch gestures.

So... is this possible?


texts: Can spotlight be reset when it misbehaves, is wrong or constantly indexing?

texts:
On my 4-month old mid-2012 MacBook Pro I observe that Spotlight seems to want to ALWAYS re-index. I frequently notice that the performance will get unbearably slow and I can hear the hard drive clicking away. Then I go and click the Spotlight icon and sure enough, "Please stand by while we index your hard drive." A few minutes later, it finishes and things return to normal.

Please be aware, I'm NOT talking about the first indexing that can take several hours (or all night). "Just let it finish" is not the answer. This is an issue that has plagued my computer for months. The re-indexing jobs pop up every few minutes and finish a few minutes later.

I found an article where somebody is apparently having the same issue, and tried his suggestions to no avail.

I'm at my wit's end! Spotlight is constantly saturating my I/O with its indexing and making my shiny new Mac unbearably slow.

I am grateful for any additional ideas, including more open-ended suggestions about how to go about trouble-shooting such problems in general. Perhaps a command/tool or particular log files which could help me pin down the root cause.


texts:
I would like to restore my 9 year old MacBookPro6,2 to its former glory. And to get rid of anything that might be slowing it down.
I have original discs. Do I have to go down that path to original OS or is there a way to restore it to some  intermediary OS online?

Once I do that can I update it straight to High Sierra (highest OS that my configuration supports) or do I have to go through all the updates one by one?


texts: Does the 21.5” mid-2010 iMac support the full 6 Gbps SATA III standard?


texts:
So I have recently updated from iOS 6 to 7, but in the process, I did a clean restore. Beforehand though, I have done a backup in iTunes before the update.

Something I forgot to grab when doing the restore was a voice memo that I somewhat need. And my question is, is there a way to get the voice memo without restoring my iPhone to iOS 6 and restoring from the backup just to get the file?


texts: How to use iPad as presenter for MacBook?

texts:
If I have a MacBook connected to a projector, how do I use my iPad as the presenter for slide switching?

There are solutions for using Keynote here

But how do I do it just with PDF slides?


texts: The SUM function in Numbers 3.6.1 on my Mac OS X10.10.5 isn't calculating correctly. Why?

texts:
You can see in the attached screenshot that I have used the SUM function to add the values in column E. There are several "1" values (you can see one in cell E126) but the SUM always comes out at "0". Why is this?
To create this spreadsheet, I duplicated a Numbers spreadsheet in which I used "x" to denote a positive value (presence of different types of bees), then I used Find and Replace to change each "x" to "1" in this spreadsheet so I could use Numbers to compute a sum for each column. Would this find-and-replace maneuver make the values unable to be counted by the SUM function? How can I get Numbers to return a correct SUM for each column?


texts:
I've had a look already on the forums for an answer to the problem but most of the time it is in the context of batch converting files (with disparate names). I only want to just open a range of JPEG files in Preview.

I capture images of particlar items in my workshop using "Workflow" for iOS. That has a script of its own that saves the files in the format 00000-0.JPG where the first five zeros are the article number and the final zero is the sequential order of that particalular item. e.g 78934-4.JPG is the 4th photo of item "78934". The number of images for given item can vary a lot.

These all wind up in a folder (on my Mac) with several thousands other images, all with the same naming convention. I would like to speed up the process of finding and opening these (akin to being in Finder, selecting a range of images by hand and double-clicking the range and having them open in one "instance" or window of Preview - to minimise having to drag windows about) with AppleScript.

Here is what I've written so far...

tell application "Finder" to set myFiles to folder "Macintosh SSD:Users:me:ownCloud:Bilder_neu:Einzelbilder"

set file_extention to ".JPG"

set articleNumber to display dialog "Please enter article number" default answer "" with icon note buttons {"Cancel", "Continue"} default button "Continue"

I am not sure how to manage the "for loop" to find and then open the images.

Thanks for any help given


texts: Apply "Reduce Image Size" in mac mail to attachments only, not footer

texts: In Mac Mail on OSX 10.11 is it possible to reduce the image size using the inbuilt image size tool (see screenshot below) without it effecting any images that may be in my footer. So that it would only reduce the image size of attachments ?


texts: Open URLs without prefix 'http://' from command line

texts:
I can open a URL from command as:

open http://www.google.com

If I tried:

open www.google.com
The file ~/www.google.com does not exist.
Perhaps you meant 'http://www.google.com'?

Nevertheless, it works on Windows like:

start www.google.com

It's not convenient to add 'http://' every time.
How to solve the problem?


texts: How can I remove "zombie entries" from login items when the controls are dimmed?

texts:
How can I get rid of zombie entries in Login items?

In this case BambooCore App doesn't respond to the - control even when I select it. Also the hide checkbox is disabled on this item, just like the delete control.


texts: Erroneous "Installation Alert" upon installing Xcode 3.2.6

texts:
I am on a clean Mac OS X 10.6.8 machine (I erased the hard drive and reinstalled the OS yesterday). I do have to re-download a few apps, and Xcode happened to be one of the first.
I completed the configuration and it started the actual installing . It said 'estimated time: 1 hour' but when I checked after twenty minutes it was almost ready, though it had stopped. I was greeted with this:

OK, an informative error message. Just close iTunes and complete the installation, right? Wrong, iTunes wasn't running. (I do know the difference between closing a window and quitting an app.) So I tried opening and quitting iTunes, but that didn't work either. Then I had a look at the Activity Monitor, but I couldn't find a process from iTunes. What do I do now? Even the buttons to cancel the installation are greyed out, so I don't even know how to retry the installation.
PS: Clicking on the find symbol next to iTunes in the alert screen just starts iTunes.
Update
I found a process called 'iTunes Helper'. I assume that's what's causing the alert. Is it safe to just kill this process?
And I found this: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/02/cant-install-xcode-because-itunes-fix/! That fixes it, restarting the computer will relaunch iTunesHelper. That should have fixed it, according to the linked article, but sadly, I still have the alert opened, the installation doesn't progress.


texts: Can Aperture open/view/edit a Photos library?

texts:
I'm currently using Aperture for all my photos, but I'm considering migrating to Photos to get better support for Burst photos and other such features.

Once I've migrated, will I still be able to open the library with Aperture, and use it to edit my photos?


texts: iPhone (And iTunes) shows 1GB of photos, but I don't have any

texts:
iPhone 5S, running iOS 8.0.2. For some reason, I've got 1GB of photos that show up on my iPhone and in iTunes, but I can't delete them. I used iPhoto to sync them off my phone. I also had iPhoto delete them.

When I go into photo albums, it's empty. So, how can I delete them?


texts: Is there a way to find the line in which I performed my latest change in Xcode, even in other files?

texts: Sometimes I commit changes that I forget about and would like to find those right the way.


texts:
Apologies but I don't have enough reputation points to post into the original thread
The answer to seeing/getting to the iCloud Books folder is here
What is not clear is if you edit in this folder - does this then edit/make changes to the iCloud Books folder or is this just a local change to my copy of Books on my Mac?


texts: Boot Camp script broke after El Capitan update

texts:
I have a script that I call from Terminal to boot into my Windows partition:

#! /bin/bash
sudo bless -mount "/Volumes/BOOTCAMP" -legacy -setBoot
sudo reboot

After updating to El Capitan (10.11.1) I can’t use it anymore. The error message says something about being unable to set a disk property, so I’m guessing this is related to the security features that were added in this update.


texts: No keyboard in recovery mode on MacBook Pro so unable to mount encrypted drive

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010 running OS Sierra. I recently put a new SSD in, it is HFS+ Journaled and Encrypted. When I use Disk Utility's First Aid, it tells me, it needs to be repaired:

The problem is when I start in Recovery Mode, my SSD is encrypted so does not mount. When I click on it to mount it, the password box comes up, but the keyboard is not working at all. I have looked at other answers on the site but they seem to be for USB or wireless keyboards, not a laptop inbuilt keyboard.

Short of totally unencrypting the drive, so that I don't have this keyboard mounting issue, then re-encrypting it, what can I do to get keyboard working in recovery mode / mount this drive so the OS can do these repairs?


texts: Use Time Machine via AirPort Disk without using sparse bundle?

texts: Is it possible to use Time Machine via AirPort Disk without storing the backup in a sparse bundle? I've had bad experience with sparse bundles and would like to avoid them.


texts:
I have shared my App Store account with my family member not to purchase the same app twice. It has been simple so far. Just enter the same Apple ID in two devices.

Now we have iOS 5 and iCloud. Is it possible to use two different Apple ID in App Store and iCloud in the same device?

If it is not possible, how could we share App purchases with personally using own iCloud functionality?


texts: Spotlight Euro Exchange rate seems stuck to 2 weeks ago

texts:
I use Spotlight to currency conversions several times a day.

E.g. I type into Spotlight

100 EUR to GBP
or
500 USD to CZK

However I have just noticed that the exchange rate is stuck to that of 2-3 weeks ago

For example, spotlight returns:

1 GBP = 1.34 EUR ---> should be ---> 1 GBP = 1.39 EUR

1 USD = 0.66 GBP ---> this is correct

1 EUR = 136.45 YEN ---> should be ---> 1 EUR = 132.19 YEN

The strange thing is that Spotlight's data source is Yahoo, but checking directly the exchange rate with Yahoo the correct rate is returned. So it seems like there's an issue with Spotlight.

Can anyone try it from their end? And if it's only an issue that affects me, any ideas of what to do to get it fixed?


texts: I have a lot of old QuickTime VR cubic panorama images which I want to view with my Google Cardboard, preferably using Google Cardboard iOS app. I think for this I would need some converter, which makes a flat image from the cubic projection, then import this image somehow. Do you know such kind of a converter application?


texts:
I've been having trouble sending messages (SMS and iMessage) from my Mac for a week or so now. I'm not sure if it exactly correlates with my upgrading to Sierra (10.12.1) but I have a suspicion that it's related to that.

Everything used to work flawlessly but now I can't send from my Mac. New messages that I receive appear on my Mac and iPhone (it's a 6 running 10.0.2) just fine. And new messages I send from my phone also appear on my Mac just fine too.

The below screenshot shows what happens when I click the (!) icon.


texts: Mavericks: Preview pane spontaneously reappears when switching spaces

texts:
Sometime my preview pane spontaneously reappears whenever I switch to another (non full-screen) Space, e.g., with CTRL + → . This behavior continues even after I close the preview pane. Sometimes it continues even when I have closed all Finder windows. Moreover, when this is occurring, I cannot reach Spaces with full-screen applications open. It seems to happen when I am switching spaces with the preview pane open in the first place.

How can I change this behavior? What is causing it?

Set-up: Mac Mini, Mavericks.


texts: Cannot browse App documents after upgrading to iOS 8.3

texts:
I just upgraded my iPhone 5s to iOS 8.3. I found that I am unable to access the contents of Apps using software like iTools, iFunbox and PhoneView.

Does iOS 8.3 change security settings in App document folders?

Tried software:

iFunbox
iTools (latest version & version 2013)
PhoneView (demo version)
iMazing (trial version)
iExplorer (trial version)

UPDATE Here is the security content change log of iOS 8.3 regarding the document access (CVE-2015-1087):

  Backup

  Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation)
  and later, iPad 2 and later Impact: An attacker may be able to use the
  backup system to access restricted areas of the file system
  Description: An issue existed in the relative path evaluation logic of
  the backup system. This issues was addressed through improved path
  evaluation.

  CVE-ID

  CVE-2015-1087 : TaiG Jailbreak Team


texts:
I've got my iPhone set to use the Telegraph alert noise:

But whenever I get an alert from Twitter, I always hear three noises: Tri-tone, then Telegraph, then Tri-tone.

The triplicate of alerts is slightly bothering, but not overly. I think they're due to both the Mail and the GMail apps announcing I have mail.  I'm not sure which is which, but I hear Tri-tone and Telegraph when I get mail.

I'm just sick of Tri-tone, and would rather not use it at all.

Is there any way I can change the Twitter alert and the GMail(or Mail) alert to use Telegraph rather than Tri-tone?


texts: How to unlock iPhone with special characters in passcode, but no keyboard to input them

texts:
I have an iPhone 7 locked with an alphanumeric passcode containing special (non-ASCII) characters. After this passcode has been set up, I removed from the System Settings the only keyboard that allowed me to enter those characters.
Is there a way to unlock the iPhone now?
It is not possible to add the keyboard back, because System Settings access requires the iPhone to be unlocked. Touch ID is disabled.


texts: Migration Assistant failing with strange password issue

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One of my bread and butter jobs for clients is replacing bad/old disks in their Macs. I have a standard procedure:

Install new hard disk
Install latest possible OS and create account called "Admin"
Using Admin, do all updates.
From Admin account and using old disk as an external, use Migration Assistant.

In all the years that I've done this, I've never had a problem with the process. At the end of the process, I would see the Admin account that I created (so I didn't have to ask the client for their password) and the user's account(s). Worked like a charm, every time.

Until this one.

I did the same procedure as listed above, but at the end of the Migration process, before rebooting I see the following:

The password I used several times before the Migration isn't working. I tried several variations based on different keyboard layouts. I also booted into recovery mode and Very. Carefully. reset the password. Still no luck. I did that again and changed it to "55555" thinking that it would be very hard to mess that up or be affected by keyboard layout issues. No dice.

Last night, I started from scratch: erased the new disk, installed OS, performed updates and let the migration go during the night.

When I woke, same result.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be and what I could try?


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We're only a very small company, we don't have a proper Windows server, but we do store central documents on a Windows XP Pro machine via Windows file sharing.

The boss's MacBook Pro will connect and use the shares, but often will get itself into a state where the shares no longer work - navigating to the "server" in the Finder shows zero shares, yet all our Windows machines still work as they should.

I've asked a question elsewhere (serverfault, I believe) about trying to fix the connection problem, but I've not managed to find a solution yet.

We currently only have one Mac in the office, but that may soon rise if we land a certain project, so I'd like to find a workaround, perhaps by using a non-samba sharing system.

Is there an AFP-compatible server that will run on Windows XP?

Alternatively, are there other file sharing technologies that we can use?


texts: Google Earth coordinates and Aperture place

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I'd like to geo-tag some already-imported photos in Aperture.

To get the correct location, I'm using Google Earth. However, when I copy/paste the coordinates into Aperture Places, the maps shows a completely different location.

Here's an example. The coordinate is

4°15'13.02" N 118°38'00.54" E

I use this converter to get a LatLon coordinate

04.2536167°, 118.6334833°

but when I paste this value in Aperture, the Place doesn't match on the map. The location seems to be correct, because when I use this in Google Maps it shows the same point.

Any hint on geolocating a photo in Aperture?


texts: Handoff webpages in Safari from iPhone to MacBook without the Dock

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I have a webpage loaded on my iPhone. Now I want it in Safari on my MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid-2015).

The only way I found so far: Click the icon in the Dock (on my MacBook). But I don't want to use the Dock.

How can I Handoff a webpage from my iPhone to my MacBook without needing to look at the Dock?


texts: With Homebrew, how to check if a software/package is installed?

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I'm installing a set of softwares/packages/formulas via homebrew with command like

brew install <formula1>
...
brew cask install <formula2>
...

I wonder if it's a good idea to verify if the softwares <formula1>, ..., <formula2>, ... are already installed and only trigger the above commands for the ones NOT already installed. If so, how?


texts: How to make "Go to Folder" show current path?

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One thing about MacOS I don't understand is how to quickly navigate the Finder in terms of quickly editing your file path.

I.e in a centralised Version Control I may have

/Software Projects/My Project/Branch1/Solution/Models/

and I want to get to

/Software Projects/My Project/Branch2/Solution/Models/

In Windows, I would just quickly go to the file path and swap the 1 for a 2, but in Mac "Go To Folder" always retains the last folder I used, and it appears I either have to type the whole path out, or open a second Finder window, "Go to Folder", drag the folder from my first window in and then swap the 1 for a 2.

There MUST be a way for "Go to folder" to just load the current working directory...but I can't seem to find a way anywhere!

Thanks


texts: How to tell Mac OS Messages.app to go online from the command line?

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I observed that quite often some accounts on Messages.app (Mac OS Sierra) may become offline and I want to automate the reconnection when I connect to VPN.

So, the question is: what command line commands should I run in order to start Messages.app and restore connections. Note: Messages.app may already be opened but my account may be offline.


texts: I am running OSX Yosemite. I had free space on my partition, (see picture below) but now it wont delete. I change the format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and then when I hit the " + " button it loads for about 1/100 of a second, and then shows on the screen that it partitioned it. When I click away from the partition tab onto the first aid tab, it goes away and becomes free space again. (NOTE: I am trying to MERGE the free space with my first partition, not make a new partition, but i have to make a new one to merge it with my first partition.)


texts: Is less(1) missing lesskey functionality?

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less(1), the terminal file pager, seems to be missing lesskey(1) and the ability to rebind the keystrokes in less. The docs claim it's there, but it doesn't work. Am I crazy or is Apple's version of less broken?

$ less -k ~/.less /etc/fstab
There is no -k option ("less --help" for help)
$ less --help | grep lesskey
  -k [file]  .  --lesskey-file=[file]
                  Use a lesskey file.
$ which lesskey less
/usr/bin/less
$ less --version | head -2
less 418
Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Mark Nudelman

I'm running Lion. It seems odd that Apple would mess with less(1) at all, it's such an old and standard Unix utility. (Less compiles easily from sources on MacOS, so I'm now using my own version.)


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to move a window from one monitor to another?

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Is there a free app that I can use to move a window from one monitor to the other monitor (assuming only two monitors) via the keyboard? I shouldn't have to use the mouse at all (e.g., for selecting the window or the monitor, or for dragging).

I know this can be done in Linux using compiz; I'm surprised there isn't a (free) option for OS X.