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After every attempt when the process is finished I get an error saying my mac cannot read the card, when putting it in my cubieboard it says the card is damaged. So obviously something went wrong during the process on my mac.

However. The card isn't damaged. It's new and working for everything else and can be read and formatted just fine.

This is the line I use to "install" the image onto my sdcard

sudo dd bs=1m if=Cubian-base-r1-arm-a20.img of=/dev/rdisk1

According to all the guides I find out there I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, but it fails. Any help? :)


texts: Getting Messages sent to my sister's iPhone on my MacBook Air

texts: My sister and I both have iPhones and whenever someone texts her, I get those messages sent to my MacBook Air. It's really annoying and I haven't been able to figure out how to fix it!


texts: phpMyAdmin 403 Forbidden Error after upgrade to Yosemite

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I upgraded my Mac to Mac OS X Yosemite.

I had a AMP stack installed via Homebrew on Mavericks and it worked fine.

After upgrading to Yosemite, I have the following problems:

when trying to load phpMyAdmin at http://localhost/phpmyadmin I get the following error:

  Forbidden

  You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin on this server.

The error log shows: [Mon Oct 20 11:34:17.235518 2014] [authz_core:error] [pid 70303] [client ::1:50374] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /usr/local/share/phpmyadmin

When trying to load localhost, I get a blank page. The error log does not have any entries related to that.
I had set up dnsmasq, but now it doesn't work.

When I try to ping a domain name under the *.dev structure, it doesn't respond. It doesn't even time out. Just no response at all, and I have to ctrl-C to exit the ping. However, if I try dig, it gives a response as follows:

 ➜  dig cs.dev

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> cs.dev
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 35355
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;cs.dev.                IN  A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.           3600    IN  SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2014102000 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 38 msec
;; SERVER: 172.16.0.1#53(172.16.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Oct 20 12:18:36 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 99

I am at a loss as to how to reconfigure my AMP stack to work properly.

Ali


texts: git doesn't work anymore after moving user home to external drive

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I've moved my users home directory from /Users/romeovs to /Volumes/DATA/home and ever since I get a git error.

Whenever I use git clone or git init it replies:

 fatal: Failed to expand user dir in: '~git/init'

has anyone had this problem?
I tried reinstalling git from hombrew but that didn't fix it (I am using the homebrew installed git from /usr/local/Cellar)


texts: macOS Mojave, Dictionary.app: How to install dictionaries to offline computer?

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Until recently (although I'm not sure how recent), macOS shipped Dictionary.app with dictionary definitions built in.

As of macOS Mojave, this is no longer the case. The first time you open Dictionary.app, you are prompted to download definitions from the internet.

How can I transfer a copy of these definitions to a fully offline computer? I can't seem to figure out where they are stored.

A way to capture the original .pkg file from Apple's servers (assuming this is how the downloads are distributed) would also be an acceptable answer.

Update 10/11/18:

Per answers below, I now know that dictionaries are stored as .dictionary files in /System/Library/Assets/com_apple_MobileAsset_DictionaryServices. However, moving them to this folder on a new machine does not cause them to be recognized in Dictionary.app.

Interestingly, if you open one of these .dictionary files in Dictionary.app, you get a message saying the dictionary could not be imported, because the "folder" format is not supported. Which begs the question, what format would be supported...


texts:
I just got a Macbook air, and I am noticing that audio playback on Chrome is noticeably choppy (e.g. when watching a Youtube video).

Audio playback is great on iTunes and Safari, but not in Chrome. Any ideas on how to fix it?


texts: macOS: Finder constantly restores "Desktop" favorite under Sidebar

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Finder acts weirdly, or I'm unaware of some design or something (like "Enter do not open files by default" thing).

In Finder:

go to Finder Preferences
navigate to "sidebar" tab
uncheck [] Desktop
re-login to macOS and Desktop favorite sill there

Maybe someone can shed a light on this one.  Thanks.


texts: How do I delete qmasterd in Incompatible Software folder?

texts:
I have this pesky file "qmasterd" that has been moved to the "Incompatible Software" folder by the macOS Installer. It must have been lying around on my Mac from years ago when I had Final Cut Pro v6 installed. Anyway, I cannot delete it, and I've tried a lot...

The file has these permissions:

-r-sr-sr-x  1 root  daemon  280688 27 Apr  2007 qmasterd

When I try to chmod, chgrp, or chown all I get is:

bash-3.2# chmod g-s qmasterd
chmod: Unable to change file mode on qmasterd: Operation not permitted

Ideas please?


texts: Eyefinity PCI Express card with Apple Thunderbolt Display

texts: Can I connect the Apple Thunderbolt display to any PCI Express graphics card with Mini DisplayPort v1.2 Eyefinity technology?


texts:
Every time I try to use a sudo or ssh command, it returns with this error:

when:~ jackson1442$ sudo [insert any command here]
-bash: sudo: command not found

I was messing with Python installs, and am not sure what I did to cause this. How can I permanently fix this?

macOS Sierra 10.12.4 16E195
MacBook Pro 2016
13" Touchbar

EDIT: here's the path:

when:~ jackson1442$ echo $PATH
’/usr/local/bin:??

Here is .bash_profile

# Setting PATH for Python 2.7
# The original version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

# Setting PATH for Python 3.6
# The original version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

# Setting PATH for Python 3.5
# The original version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH
export PATH=’/usr/local/bin:��


texts: AppleScript: How to close notification alerts from a specific application?

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In AppleScript, one can clear all notifications from all applications, like so:

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "NotificationCenter"
        set numwins to (count windows)
        repeat with i from numwins to 1 by -1
            click button "Close" of window i
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

(Source)

Is it possible to clear the notifications from a specific application? For example, the script should remove the notifications from Calendar.app, but leave those that are from Google Chrome on the screen.

It may be necessary to explain what I intend exactly when I say, "clear." I am not trying to remove items from the list of notifications found in the "Notification Center" (i.e., the expandable vertical pane on the right side of the screen). I am trying to automate the action of pressing the "Close" buttons of the pop-up notifications that are superimposed in the top-right corner of the screen, so that these pop-up dialogs disappear from view.

This question concerns the "Alert" style of OS X notification (rather than the "Banner" style, which disappear on their own shortly after appearing).

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: Can't send outgoing messages in Mac Mail

texts:
I have a Gmail account which I access using Mac Mail.  I still am able to receive messages but cannot send messages in Mac Mail.  I receive the following message for each unsuccessful attempt to send:

Cannot send message using the server smtp.gmail.com: (and my e-mail address)
The SMTP connection to server "smtp.gmail.com" failed.

I called Google for assistance and was on hold for a very long time.  I don't believe I've done anything wrong lately to cause this dilemma. Can anyone offer some assistance?  It will be greatly appreciated.


texts: Empty /home directory, and I can't delete it?

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I have got a /home directory with no content. When trying to delete it by sudo rm -rf /home, OS X warns "rm: /home: Resource busy" and refuses to do it.   Tried reboot. lsof returns nothing related.

Does anyone know why could this happen, and, especially, how can I remove it?


texts: Cant install php redis extension on Mac XAMPP

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After typing
sudo ./pecl install redis
In terminal I am getting this error:
ERROR: '/private/tmp/pear/install/redis/configure --with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config --enable-redis-igbinary=no --enable-redis-lzf=no --enable-redis-zstd=no' failed
Any solution please ?
Note: I am using XAMPP on MacBook Air M1


texts: Control stays with previous app after four-finger swipe?

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On my mac (Sierra, OS 10.12.6), I have it set so that I can swipe between different desktop screens with four fingers on the trackpad. But when I do this, the "control" stays with the app that was in use on the previous screen.

I.e., if I am using the Messages app, but then four-finger swipe to change to the screen where Google Chrome is open, and then I start typing, the text is entered into a conversation in Messages (only noticeable after scrolling back to the previous screen), not into Chrome.

Is there a setting that can change this behavior? It is always counterintuitive to have the app that's visible on my current desktop not actually be the one I'm controlling.

EDIT

I just found that this issue occurs consistently when switching between screens with Messages and Chrome, but doesn't seem to happen for all apps. E.g., when I switch between screens with Notes and Chrome, the control switches to the new app as desired.


texts: Ways to troubleshoot a Mac OS X kernel panic?

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I'm applying for an IT position and one of the test questions I'm up against requires that I spend 20 minutes looking into all the ways of troubleshooting a Mac OS X kernel panic, then compare it against the answers of other professionals.

I think I'm underestimating the question since I feel that Apple's support article covers most (if not, all) troubleshooting steps.

Is there any other things that I'm missing here? See below;

Note the details leading up to the kernel panic

a. What time was it happening?
b. What error code are you getting?
c. Was a device connected?
d. What application / task were you running?
Start OSX from recovery, if there's an issue here then it's likely a hardware issue

a. Use Disk Utility's "Repair disk"
(Isolating it to Software) Connect an external with 10gb extra space

a. Install OSX on external drive
b. Start up from external drive
c. Use software update to install all updates
d. Use external drive with default applications until kernel panic occurs again
(Hardware troubleshooting) Turn off mac, remove all devices

a. Turn mac back on to see if issue persists
b. If it still occurs, check internal ram and third party hardware (by checking placement / removing hardware)
    i. If issue still happens after checking ram / third party hardware, bring mac to apple store or run diagnostics - https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18765?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US
c. If it doesn't occur, simply connect one external device at a time until you see the issue
(Software troubleshooting)

a. Start mac from OSX recovery and reinstall osx on mac, installing all updates
    i. If issue doesn't occur, continue downloading third party software starting with updates before reinstalling
    ii. If issue still occurs, erase everything and do a clean reinstall
Reset NVRAM (if failed during update)
Do a safe boot on your mac
Do a complete update
Check your disk size (have enough free space?)
If all else fails, take error log and contact apple support


texts: Create and write to a .pages file using Terminal

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Is it possible to create and write on a .pages document file via Terminal.app?

I have tried it as explained below but it didn't work. As I understand, I was able to create a .pages file but the binary format wasn't correct.

 touch file.pages  #CREATE THE FILE
 open -a Pages file.pages #OPEN THE FILE WITH PAGES (Pages can not open file.pages)

I have had the same result with following:

ls -l >> file.pages
open -a Pages file.page

I have also tried using different extensions:no extension, txt, rtf, doc, but Pages.app cannot open the file.

How do I do it?


texts: how to make default torrent handler (.torrent files and magnet links) a certain Transmission Remote GUI URL?

texts: I've installed a Transmission daemon on one of my Macs.  I'd like to have all torrents and magnet links I open on my other Macs to be opened by the program at that-macs-url:9091 via Transmission Remote GUI.  How can I make this happen?


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I'm trying to decide whether or not to upgrade to Lion.  I use the Dashboard a lot, and I value the ability to get to it quickly by hitting the button on my keyboard.  In Lion, it sounds like I would have to open Mission Control, then use my mouse to open the Dashboard.

Is this the only way to get to the Dashboard in Lion?  Does the old keyboard button still work?  If not, can I set a keyboard shortcut to open it without going through Mission Control first?


texts: Is it possible to extend desktop with mission control spaces (no dock, icons, menubar on second or third space)?

texts: I googled and didn't find anything, I know changing wallpapers is allowed for different spaces, on a single macbook is it possible to have the second and other spaces be different from the first like an extended display? Like having no dock and no menu bar and no icons while the first main space has all of that?


texts: How to avoid external displays limit in iMac 4K?

texts:
last month I asked about how many monitors an iMac 21.5 4k can handle.

So as suggested I went and checked in apple support page, turns out this iMac only supports up to two additional displays and I currently have 3 displays so 1 of them is totally inactive.

I have the adapters but when I connect the 3 displays at the same time it randomly selects 2 of them.

Is there a way to enable 3 display config? Thanks


texts: Can I use a single macOS Mojave installer app on both iMac and MacBook

texts: I have both an iMac and a MacBook Pro. When I want to upgrade to macOS Mojave, do I have to download the installer in both machines? Or is it possible to copy it over to the other device and use the same installer?


texts: iCloud sync of my note deleted some parts by itself

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I am using Notes (the stock app) on my iPhone and on my Mac, synced throught iCloud. I have a note where I put some brainstorming in. Sometimes I add stuff on my Mac, and sometimes I add to it on my iPhone.

However, when I opened Notes on my Mac, it literally deleted a paragraph (leaving only the first letters) after about two seconds opening the Notes.app (probably, after the iCloud sync). It's gone both on my Mac and on my iPhone. I'm sure that I did not delete or write anything on that particular lost part. It just merged incorrectly resulting in data loss. Worse, I can't find a way to recover the lost data. Why is this happening and how do I prevent it (keeping the same iCloud sync functionality and still using the same note)?


texts: Mac doesn't boot: "Failed to create activation request"

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I'm facing an issue that cannot boot to OS because the mac shows the Activate Mac page and with an error message:

  Failed to create activation request

I removed the device from my iCloud account and the strange thing is the Mac is still shown in iCloud find.

also when I'm trying to install new Catalina from USB it's loading first time with apple logo then took me to recovery mode (Activate Mac).


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Here is the problem.

A long time ago, I set my Mac Mini to dual boot (using Bootcamp, but with some third-party repartitioning).

I proceeded to install rEFInd, and eventually, to triple-boot. To find the right combination of partitions was a bit tedious, but I got it to work (using a GPT with a protective MBR disk layout, and a number of partitions, for recovery, for each system - three for Windows, two for OSX, one for Ubuntu Linux).

All was well initially, I could boot to rEFInd, and then move around and boot around as well.

BUT. One fine day, shortly after, my computer stopped detecting the internal HDD at boot time.

I'd get the blinking grey folder. I got out of it by booting from a Linux Live CD, every time, then restarting my way to the rEFInd partition.

That's right: after the Linux Kernel initial load, the whole computer sees the internal HDD once again.

I have tried:

Setting the boot HD in MacOSX, from "System Preferences".
Repairing file systems using Disk Utility, and also, using Onyx.
Resetting the NVRam and whichever equivalent of the PRam, using the reserved key combinations at startup + actions involving
removing the power cable.
Completely reinstalling, repartitioning.
Reinstalling OSX over the network, not using any boot media.

To no avail.

I am now running two systems, Ubuntu and OSX El Capitan, but to this day - and hear me out, the whole hardware is running fine, has been running for over a year just fine - yet, to this day, whenever I shut my Mac down, I have to resort to the Live USB procedure to gain access to rEFInd.

I am looking for:

A way to boot into the supposedly programmable firmware? Tests I can
run there?
A cure?
A way to boot from a nice, special type of USB image (UEFI or otherwise) that pipes me back into my HDD without the whole Live CD shenanigans.

In advance thank you.


texts: Python 3 ImportError: cannot import name 'Config' when importing boto3 after installing with pip3

texts:
Currently trying to configure Python3 correctly with boto3 to utilize the AWS Dynamo Python SDK. I've used HomeBrew to install Python3 and then I've installed pip and pip3 for my python 2 and python 3 versions respectively.

I've also installed boto and boto3 for both Python2 and Python3.

workspace: python -c "import boto"
workspace: python -c "import boto3"
workspace: python3 -c "import boto"
workspace: python3 -c "import boto3"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/boto3/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from boto3.session import Session
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/boto3/session.py", line 18, in <module>
    from botocore.client import Config
ImportError: cannot import name 'Config'

But it's Python 3 that's giving me the problem as you can see above. Here's my full setup:

workspace: which python
/usr/bin/python
workspace: which python3
/usr/local/bin/python3

workspace: brew list --versions python3
python3 3.6.0_1

workspace: sudo pip install boto; sudo pip install boto3;
Requirement already satisfied: boto in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: boto3 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: jmespath<1.0.0,>=0.7.1 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: s3transfer<0.2.0,>=0.1.10 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: futures<4.0.0,>=2.2.0; python_version == "2.6" or python_version == "2.7" in /    Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from s3transfer<0.2.0,>=0.1.10->boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: docutils>=0.10 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0-    >boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil<3.0.0,>=2.1 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from     botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0->boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from python-dateutil<3.0.0,>=2.1->    botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0->boto3)

workspace: pip3 install boto; pip3 install boto3;
Requirement already satisfied: boto in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: boto3 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: jmespath<1.0.0,>=0.7.1 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: s3transfer<0.2.0,>=0.1.10 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: docutils>=0.10 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0->boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil<3.0.0,>=2.1 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0->boto3)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (from python-dateutil<3.0.0,>=2.1->botocore<1.6.0,>=1.5.0->boto3)

The frustrating thing is that boto3 works totally fine on Python 2.7.10 which came with my macOS install. But I'd like to use Python 3 and can't seem to continue with it.


texts: How can I initiate OS X installation from a dmg in Windows on a Mac?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with a working BOOTCAMP partition running Windows 8, and a damaged OS X 10.10 beta partition. The problem is that I cannot boot with the OS X partition, and in order to reinstall the OS I have to set a bootable media.

NB: I already tried to make a bootable usb using TransMac with the InstallESD.dmg extracted from the Install OS X Marvericks.app but it doesn't work

Can I launch the installation directly from the Windows partition?
Is there any other way to make a bootable media?


texts: Finder tags not appearing in Save Dialog

texts:
If I select an existing file with tags in the Save dialog, the Tags field is not showing any pre-existing tags. For example, the check.txt file in the dialog below is tagged (and sitting at ~/Desktop), but the tag does not appear in the dialog when I select the file.

I've seen this behavior across apps (Sublime Text, OmniGraffle), and it is happening on non-networked drives, which makes me think I've inadvertently done something on my system.

The files are tagged in the original Save Dialog, I'm not adding tags later. I've verified the tag with Get Info and the mdls -raw -name kMDItemUserTags ~/Desktop/check.text command.

Without having the pre-existing tags populated I need to remember the original tags or accept that I'm going to lose my tags on the file. Neither of these is really terribly satisfying.

I'm running 10.14.3.

Is there a CLI preference that might have disabled this ability or did mojave change the pre-population of this info?


texts: Wifi hotspot with cell turned on but no connection?

texts:
So, I can't test this because my 6 is not hooked up to my phone line (otherwise I would). Before "closing as duplicate" know that this question DOES NOT ask "while I turned off cell data", so it's not a duplicate.

Cell data is on, but has no reception. Can we form a wifi hotspot still?

The reason being, apple does not give you access to high speed peer-to-peer. They indirectly do it through multipeer, and GK requires an internet connection so there's no real point in using it for p2p. Multipeer is slow, even for small text strings, huge (.33 seconds) lag.

So basically, no bars, data turned on, wifi hotspot work to form a local area network?

Thanks


texts: How can I recover from failed app update?

texts:
Twice now I have apps fail to install during an update and then been unable to restart the process or use the app. I am using the Update All function in the "Apps" App.

Last time it effected only one app. Despite full reboots and going back into the Update screen the failed app was stuck at the "Installing" step. I could not resume the update or use the app. I finally deleted the app and reinstalled and things seem to go fine.

This time it failed installing the Twitter app and the two apps after it in the list now are also stuck. Again I've tried full shutdown and reboot with no luck. I can update other apps but those three seem stuck in limbo. I suppose I can delete them are reinstall as before but is there a better way?


texts: Does the iPod with video have a built in FM radio?

texts: I have an iPod with video and in the Settings there's an option to show "Radio". However, when I tell it to show, it doesn't show up in the home screen. Does it have a built-in FM radio?


texts: Time Machine on slow drive to be ported to new drive

texts:
I have an old multi-partitioned external HDD with one partition being used for Time-machine.
I want this partition with Time-machine moved to a new  SSD.
How do I go about copying a "partition"? unix dd? or rsync (don't believe this would work as hard links and sym links used by Time-machine?


texts: partition all unallocated space Mac Mojave

texts: How do I create a partition out of unallocated space on Mac OS Mojave/APFS? diskutil apfs list in Terminal indicates I have 137.8gb unallocated, but in Disk Utility I can only add a partition up to 68.5gb. I want to make a larger partition. I only have one APFS container that is the same size as the physical disk.


texts:
The folders: desktop, documents, downloads, network volumes and more are protected by Catalina.
Can I protect a folder in the same way as the one so that it is asked whether an application is allowed to access, for example, / usr / local /?
I am happy about every answer
Thanks in advance


texts: I have a spare 256GB SSD from my 2015 Macbook Pro that I would like to re-use in my PC. I have an Acer laptop that comes with an M2 slot. Are adapters available that would allow me to reuse this SSD in my PC?


texts: To be specific, when I try to download an app from Safari, it'll start the download, but then stop and show a message that says, "(App name) cannot be downloaded at this time", then "Done" and "Retry". The Ipad runs on IOS 9.


texts:
I had Refind bootloader in Macbook Air 2013-mid. My disk has OSX and broken Ubuntu. Ubuntu messed up my bootloader such that it starts only.
I cannot go to grub/refind by pressing ALT, ALT-R, ...
My SIP is disabled.

I followed the guides here and here.
I am now in grub> command prompt where I managed to get by pressing ESC at startup. In grub, ls gives

(proc) (hd0) (hd1) (hd3) (hd1,gpt4) (hd1,gpt2) (hd1,gpt1) error: failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd2'

where

hd1 is my SSD find out by ls (hd1)
(hd1,gpt1) EFI here, fat filesystem, probably swap size 20kB
(hd1,gpt2) 75 GB here, probably OS X
(hd1,gpt3) Recovery HD, not sure what
(hd1,gpt4) Ubuntu 16.04, 45 Gb here

So I need to setup a bootloader which has (hd1,gpt2) and (hd1,gpt4) in the same table. I may still have refind but not sure, because Ubuntu probably replaced it.
Problem: ls (hd1,gpt2)/ gives

error: unknown filesystem

I cannot configure the bootloader apparently back with Linux grub.
If I could see the contents, I would like to do

set root='(hd1,gpt2)'
...

I really would like to start some live system to fix the thing, but I cannot find any key to boot from USB.

Updates in Linux side

I did many update and upgrade cycles on the Linux side. So the Linux kernel is now 4.4. In startup, I get only Grub menu where is no OS X. Just the Ubuntu and its variations.
So I think the problem is just to link the OS X to Grub but I am not sure about if when I could read OS X filesystem in grub>.

Unsuccessful attempt of installing refind in Linux

In Linux, install refind again

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install refind

and answer yes. Restart. However, Grub is still there but not refind.

How can you fix the bootloader in Macbook?


texts: After getting a Mac, how to install Lion again on another partition?

texts:
After getting a Mac with Lion and creating a partition to install Lion again (to have different versions of Xcode and Xcode beta on different partitions), how can Lion be installed on the new partition?  (Since Lion doesn't have an installation disc).

(update: the Mac already has Lion and so in App Store, it doesn't list Lion as "purchased" but need to pay $29.99 for it)


texts: Just purchased an old used iMac G3 but unfortunately the plastic subframe is pretty brittle. I doubt it's something that I could gorilla-glue back together. Does anybody know where I could buy a new subframe or a new chassis altogether?


texts: Access Raw Disk on Virtualbox with SIP enabled

texts:
I was reading the following question and answers but I'm having trouble and hoping someone can help.
I am dual booting Catalina and Windows 10 and would like to boot my Windows disks in Virtual box without permanently disabling SIP. I have 4 VMDKs in my Documents folder and VirtualBox says access denied. I tried to run some chmod and chown commands as described in the linked post but it didn't work. What is the proper way to create and access raw disk VMDKs in virtual box so that I can run the VM with SIP?


texts: Can't delete files in the Trash in a SD card. Files are both there and not there

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I wanted to delete some files on an SD card but then emptying the trash would take too long so I just canceled it and went with terminal to wipe it manually with rm -rf

But then there are some directories that have some files that show up like they're there, but then when trying to delete or list them I get No such file or directory. Trying to delete the directory with rm -rf gets Directory not empty.

Disk Utility won't fix it.
I'd like not to have to format the SD card if possible.


texts: How can I create a multipage PDF from JPG's in Preview?

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I just upgraded to Lion recently. When I was on Snow Leopard, creating a multi-page PDF document in Preview was simple:

I would open up the image
Save it as a PDF
Open up the PDF
Open up the panel that displays pages (on the left)(Menu:View/Thumbnails)
Drag and drop images on this "page panel" below the first image
Save the file again.

This would create a multi-page PDF file where each page is an image.

I've tried doing the same thing in Lion, but it doesn't produce the same results. Although in step 5 it appears as though a multipage document is created, after you save it, the file size becomes much bigger than the original one page PDF, but after opening it, all you can see is a single page.

Is there any way to do this in Lion?


texts: What makes Time Machine necessary if using iCloud?

texts: Does make sense to use Time Machine with external drive if I already have all my files stored in iCloud? What laptop information is Time Machine keeping that cannot be stored in iCloud?


texts: Why is Preview excessively slow after upgrading to Lion?

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After upgrading to OS X Lion, I noticed that my preview app is now excessively slow, taking minutes to open a file instead of seconds, even when opening a local file. In addition, it is often unresponsive.

What is the cause of tis, and do I have to reinstall Lion to fix this issue? I'd rather not go through the whole process again if possible.


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So I have a playlist with a bunch of albums in it that I would like to sort by album name. This is mostly fine, except where you have two albums from different artists that have the same album name, such as here:

Note that 'Aphex Twin - Classics' and 'Ratatat - Classics' are being merged together.

This is in Album List view, sorting by Album. Album by Artist does not work as it primary sorts alphabetically by Artist instead of alphabetically by Album, which is what I want.

What I would expect to see here is 'Aphex Twin - Classics' first and then 'Ratatat - Classics', because iTunes should know that it has two albums but from different artists.

It looks like you can can set the 'Album Artist' in the id3 tags and it will then sort by that, which means to make this work correctly I'd have to retag all my music and copy the artist into the artist album tag (unless it already existed yadda yadda). This is less than ideal, is there another way?

(Thinking about this I'm imagine it happens because of how iTunes tries to deal with compilations, which imo really needs to be overhauled, but that's another story)


texts: Is 128kbps too low-quality a file size for the iPhone 5?

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I've got a music collection of lossy M4A files at assorted bitrates that I want to transfer to my iPhone, and in order to conserve space I want to make each track as small as possible while keeping the quality of it indistinguishable from the original on my computer. I took a small portion of the collection (30 files) and re-encoded each one to two different bitrates to test: 128kbps and 192kbps (what I've been using up till now without any noticeable lack of quality from the originals).

As far as I can make out, the 128kbps files sound exactly the same on my computer as the 192kbps files do, so I'm considering making all of the music on my iPhone 128kbps, but I'm worried about whether these files will sound the same when I transfer them to my iPhone 5.

Is it at all possible that my 128kbps M4A files will play at lower quality on the iPhone? Is the iPhone's playback quality a common bottleneck when it comes to music playback, or will it be able to play 128k files - or any other bitrate, for that matter - the exact same as on my computer? Just wondering whether others have similar experiences on this that could help me make a decision here.

Thanks!


texts:
For some reason my I can't run sudo, every time I try, I just get the error sudo: unable to open /var/db/sudo/ts/user: Invalid argument

The folder listed in the error (/private/var/db/sudo) is completly empty, which explains why I can't run sudo, but how can I fix it, without sudo?

Things I already tried and other notes:

· Creating new (admin) account: still same error

· Both USB-ports are broken, so know backup of whole system possible (most important files still saved in cloud)

· I'm aware that I can reinstall OSX via ⌘+R or ⌘+⌥+R


texts: macOS Random Networking (Ethernet) Failures

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About once per day (sometimes more or less) and usally overnight, the networking will fail on my Mac mini running 11.2.1. When this occurs all pings in the Terminal fail (to both local and remote IP addresses). So even trying to ping my router fails. Which is strange because in System Preferences it says Ethernet is connected, and it's hard wired into my router. So it really shouldn't be failing.
When this occurs I tried to go into System Preferences and renew my DHCP lease. But that results in it receiving a self assigned IP. Which is weird because my router has this device set to have a static IP (10.0.0.2).
The only way to fix this is to restart the computer. Unplugging and replugging in the Ethernet doesn't work, and restarting the router doesn't work.
At first I thought this could be a DHCP issue or something. So I decided to try to set the IPv4 mode to Manual in System Preferences instead of DHCP, and entered that static IP (10.0.0.1) along with my router IP and subnet mask. This worked for 2 days (instead of 1) then failed again. Not sure if the fact that it worked longer was a random anomaly or if it did make some type of difference.
I had the idea of writing a script to ping my router every 30 seconds and if it fails to restart the computer. This caused the network to fail a LOT more frequently (like after a few minutes), and the restart I couldn't get working due to permissions, but due to the fact that it was failing a lot more frequently, I gave up on this idea.
Has anyone else experienced this in Big Sur? Does anyone have any workarounds to get Networking to be more stable?


texts: Why can't I use Indian rupee symbol (₹) with Arial font?

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I wanted to use Indian rupee symbol (₹) with Arial font, in TextEdit on macOS Mojave.

However, whenever I select the text which includes that symbol and change the font to Arial in the dropdown, rupee sign font changes to PingFang SC font and the remaining text changes to Arial.

Can someone explain this behaviour?


texts: How to create a bootable Mavericks dvd (double layer)?

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my macbook's hard-drive is dead so i bought a new one and i'm looking for a way to install os X on it.

Is it possible to download mavericks on an imac running 10.6.8 and create a bootable dvd ?

Thanks


texts: Macbook Pro 2009 shows USB bootable disk but won't go any further

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I am trying to install fresh OS on my Macbook Pro 2009. I installed Sata SSD.
I have bootable USB from my other Macbook 2012.
Macbook Pro will recognize bootable USB SSD but it will not go any further.
Original HDD is very slow
I have reset NVRAM / PRAM.
I have changed cables, SSD, memory and all it is just it won't boot from my bootable USB SSD.
If I hit enter I get circle with back slash through it.
I tried Command +R for internet recovery it gave me folder with "?" Sign.
I have new SSD installed in the MacBook pro 2009 & would like to format it so I can install the OS.
My other Macbook Pro 2012 will boot from the same USB SSD.
Any help is appreciated.


texts: Do people actually add webpages to their home screen?

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Many web apps and even websites like to prompt users to add their page to their iPad's home screen. This is particularly useful for web apps since if the website is launched from the home screen, it will appear in full screen mode (without safari bar).

Is there data somewhere on whether the add to your home screen prompt actually works? Or how many people actually add web pages to their home screen?


texts: Problem Installing Boot Camp Windows Partition on new Mac Pro

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I am stuck with a Boot Camp installation on a new Mac Pro.

I have tried Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2012 R2. (Can't try Windows 7, obviously.)

All three give me this at the end of setup:

  Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed.

I've tried letting the Boot Camp Assistant do everything, I've also followed the advice in several posts that suggest interrupting the process by booting back into Mac and using Disk Utility to format the Boot Camp partition as FAT, ExFAT, etc. All lead to the same error after rebooting to the USB drive and commencing with Windows setup.

Windows finishes the installation, seemingly, but it just doesn't seem to be able to update the boot data.

So, what's the trick? How did other MacPro6,1 users get Boot Camp paved? Is this a firmware update I'm going to need to wait for?

I tried support, it was a joke. Apple couldn't pass me off to Microsoft quick enough; and Microsoft couldn't pass me back to Apple quick enough. I think that's the most I've ever identified with a tennis ball.


texts: Is there a reason an older Macbook won't run Mountain Lion?

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I needed Mountain Lion because some of the newer software of Apple, such as Xcode, requires Mountain Lion, but besides the iMac 27 I have, sometimes I need to go on trips and need to bring a white Macbook that I bought near end of 2007.

It is indeed a very decent Core 2 Duo notebook (besides the screen dimming a little after so many years because it is not LED type), with an Intel graphics card that is capable of playing all videos and Flash games I tried, but wonder, this Macbook can't install Mountain Lion and so I need to buy either a new Macbook Air for about $1200 or a Macbook Pro for $1800 to $2200 (depending on whether it is Retina).  Is there a reason why Mountain Lion can't be installed on this notebook?  Since it is to run Xcode mainly, graphics card performance is not needed if that may be a reason -- or for other reasons?


texts: How to clear selection in OS X Terminal?

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Usually in Terminal to delete text you have to sit there for an hour holding the ⌫ Delete. This is particularly annoying since I use vim in the terminal for Text file editing.

But anywhere else in OS X or any computer since 1988 really you can just select text and delete. Not in terminal.

I know terminal isn’t meant to be the latest in computing, but batch deletion of text is really essential. How do I fix this? Also, yes, I know about ⌥ Option⌫ Delete to delete full words. Still it's no bueno for text editing.

How can I delete whole lines of selected text?


texts: FaceTime option not showing on FaceTime user's contact

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One of my contacts just switched from Android to an iPhone and they have activated both FaceTime and iMessage. We both have iPhones SE and are both running iOS11.2.1. However, even though we can communicate through both iMessage and FaceTime, the option for the latter doesn't show in their contact card on my phone (their contact details on my phone are their FaceTime details). The option does appear on their contact on my MacBook Pro and all my contacts are syncing via iCloud.

I have tried to restart the phone, turning both FaceTime and iMessage off and on again and even resetting my network settings, but still the Facetime option is not available for their contact.

Further more, when I go into the FaceTime app and to my FaceTime contacts, the only available option is to call them on regular phone. I have no issue with any other iPhone/FaceTime user in my contacts.

I was wondering if anyone came across a similar situation and knew what is causing this?


texts: External drive uninitialized after changing partition scheme failed

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I was recently trying to partition my external drive into two parts, but I seem to have accidentally broken the partition table by trying to make the empty (1.7TB) part of the disk into a new HFS partition using a botched diskutil command. The previous data partition is now not visible on diskutil and does not automatically mount when the hard drive is connected.

Here is my current output of sudo gpt -r -vvv show /dev/disk1:

gpt show: /dev/disk1: mediasize=2000398933504; sectorsize=512; blocks=3907029167
gpt show: /dev/disk1: MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk1: MBR part: type=175, start=357082196, size=3341511771
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1   357082195
   357082196  3341511771      1  MBR part 175
  3698593967   208435200

diskutil list doesn't seem to show the second partition:

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk1
   1:                  Apple_HFS                         1.7 TB     disk1s1

When I attempt to quick search for partitions using testdisk, it gives me a message saying that the partition is unrecoverable:

Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - 3907029167 sectors

The harddisk (2000 GB / 1863 GiB) seems too small! (< 2000 GB / 1863 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumper settings, BIOS detection...

The following partitions can't be recovered:
     Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors
>  HFS                       121948 3907149059 3907027112
   HFS                       122197 3907149308 3907027112
   HFS                       122454 3907149565 3907027112
   HFS                       123023 3907150134 3907027112
   HFS                       123280 3907150391 3907027112
   HFS                       123497 3907150608 3907027112
   HFS                       123866 3907150977 3907027112
   HFS                       124235 3907151346 3907027112
   HFS                       124564 3907151675 3907027112
   HFS                       125045 3907152156 3907027112

[ Continue ]
HFS+ blocksize=4096, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB

Any ideas on how to make the data accessible again?

EDIT: I believe the command I used was this: diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk1 GPT JHFS+ New 512g. It with an error saying it couldn't write to the disk.


texts: Can someone please help me out? I currently own an iPhone and an iPad and my son has a iPod touch 4th Generation. iCloud works well between them, but my wife is looking to get an iPhone as well. If she uses a new Apple ID can she still use my purchased apps? Or if we use the same Apple ID can you separate contacts or would turn it off on one device?


texts: Any way (even if roundabout) of having access to other countries' Apple Books catalog?

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My App Store account is Brazilian, and I find the Apple Books catalog to be very lacking, especially in native language editions.

As an example, the single book by Kurt Vonnegut that's available in native English is Slaughterhouse Five — books such as Cat's Cradle and Sirens of Titan are available only in Portuguese, and others such as Breakfast of Champions are unavailable even in translated versions.

I believe the selection is far better in the US version, so I'd love to know if there's any way (even if hacky or roundabout) of getting access to it without messing with my App Store, Apple News, and other services that are tied to my nationality.

What can I do to gain access to other countries' Apple Books content to buy/download?


texts: Mavericks: Safari does not recognize PDFs and shows them inline

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Since upgrading to Mavericks Safari does not recognize PDFs anymore and shows them inline (as text)

%PDF-1.3 %âãÏÓ %RSTXPDF3 Parameters: D 2 0 obj << /Filter 3 0 R /Length 4 0 R /Length1 772192
>> stream xœì½Ü¥Ey6>çœ§÷rÚÛvØ]úÂB`³j])†"ŠØ5¶(Š ¶Ä***Á5vb"1ˆb×ˆ
%v’hì=ÿëºgæœçœ·ìBòñýòý3Ï{ÏóIOØðÆÅ¯Ü¢ZŸú©RÞýÏyÌÃÎÿôSp™j}èZ\?êa}ücÔP…
[...]

Before upgrading the very same files from the same sites where downloaded as PDFs and shown with Preview (the are delivered with the correct MIME type).

I do not have any Adobe Reader plugin (checked both /Library/Internet Plugins and ~/Library/Internet Plugins.

Open "safe" files after downloading is checked in Safari's options.

Any idea on what could be wrong and how to fix it?

Edit

This is only happening on one machine (I tested the same URLs with other Mavericks installations and they are displayed correctly).

The MIME type handling seems OK. defaults read /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info.plist gives:

    {
        CFBundleTypeExtensions =             (
            pdf
        );
        CFBundleTypeIconFile = "document.icns";
        CFBundleTypeMIMETypes =             (
            "application/pdf"
        );
        CFBundleTypeName = "PDF document";
        CFBundleTypeRole = Viewer;
        NSDocumentClass = BrowserDocument;
    },

On both machines


texts: How do I save a specific AC3 audio channel from an iTunes FairPlay protected movie?

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I am wondering how can I save a specific AC3 audio channel from an iTunes DRM protected movie ? Right now the AC3 audio source is greyed out !
I am on Mavericks !


texts: SD Card will not erase/format or unmount during erase

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I'm trying to erase and reinstall Raspberry Pi OS to an SD Card, with no success. I followed the directions in another thread but am still stuck.
So far here's what I've done (in Terminal after DiskUtility GUI failed, as did SD Card Assoc Formatter)
diskutil list   --(to get the id of the card)

sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 SDCARD MBRFormat /dev/disk7   --(to erase the card and format to FAT32)

I get this error
Error: -69830: This operation requires an unmounted disk

diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/disk7   --(to force unmount)

Get the same error as above.
sudo lsof | grep disk7

No processes running
fuser /dev/disk7

No PIDs present
Also, one final thought. I manually deleted and emptied the trash of the two volumes on this card. When unmounted then mounted all the files returned.


texts: Can't Clear "Form and Search History" in Firefox

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I am attempting to clear the "form & search history" in Firefox, and the box is completely grayed out and will not allow me access.

Any thoughts or suggestions about how to fix this?


texts: MacBook Pro only Charging when Turned Off

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My MacBook Pro (2012, Retina) will suddenly not charge when it's turned on.

If I shut it down, it charges normally (orange led, goes green when full).

After I turn it on it keeps the green led on until OSX starts up, then the light goes off.

I haven't seen anything suspicious in the console. I also did a PRAM/SMC reset.

OSX 10.8.3


texts: How can I tell what version of SMB is negotiated when I connect to a share from macOS?

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I have quite a few file servers at work that serve up files over SMB/CIFS.

How can I tell what version is negotiated when someone says that I need to be sure I'm connecting over SMB version 3 to get best performance?


texts: Do I need to repurchase apps if I moved countries?

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I recently moved countries and had to update my billing address in iTunes (change of full address and credit card info). This went fine, no problems whatsoever. It also meant that I had to change App Stores.

Unfortunately in this process all items from my Purchased list disappeared. If only they're not listed, I don't much care for it, but I'd like to know whether I won't be charged again when I want to update them which would essentially mean re-buying the apps.


texts: Where in macOS High Sierra is the "Updates Installed in the Last 30 Days" information from the App Store stored?

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In macOS Sierra this information was stored in:

~/Library/Application Support/App Store/updatejournal.plist

But in macOS High Sierra this file only contains the 3rd Party Apps from the App Store. The Update Information from Apple Updates is apparently stored somewhere else

Is there a second file somewhere else, or where is this information now stored?


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I was wondering is it possible to use glims on the latest version of Safari under macOS Catalina? If not is there any alternative for it.
I have downloaded it but Glims Agent does not do anything.


texts: Why does Messages on OSX always show unread messages?

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On my iMac running Mountain Lion, Messages is chronically showing that I have 2 unread messages in its Dock icon.  However there are no unread messages at all.  I've even gone through and clicked on every single conversation in my history, just to make sure there wasn't some long-forgotten message floating around that hadn't been read.

It's not causing any major problems, but it is annoying to constantly think I've got a new message when i don't.  Anyone know why this happens?


texts: Cannot install OS X from OS X Utilities on early 2008 Macbook Air

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I recently acquired an early 2008 Macbook Air with a completely wiped hard drive, so there's no OS currently on the machine. It boots up into Recovery Mode I think it is, and a window comes up saying 'Mac OS X Utilities' and has the following options:

  Restore from Time Machine Backup
  Reinstall Mac OS X
  Get Help Online
  Disk Utility

Now I've purchased a copy of OS X Lion and it's attached to my iTunes account, and it was my understanding that going on the 'Reinstall Mac OS X' option would let me download Lion from my account onto the machine. However, when I click on it, I get a window saying:

  To download and restore Mac OS X, your computer's eligibility will be verified with Apple.

This seems reasonable enough, and I click 'Continue' but then after loading for a few seconds, I get the following error message:

  An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again.

And then it sends me back to the Mac OS X Utilities screen where I have the 4 options again.

Does anyone know how I can resolve this?

Thanks


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Previously (before iOS 13) I was able to attempt to begin a WiFi sync from my phone by going to Settings > General > Wifi Sync

I no longer see that option. On my computer (currently on macOS 10.15) I'm at the mercy of the phone showing up in the Finder (just as I used to be at the mercy of it showing up in iTunes) whenever that strikes the phone or the computer's fancy (I'm unable to determine what makes it appear or not.)

Is there a way to tell the phone to begin a sync? (or alternatively tell Finder to look and show me the phone which is connected to the same WiFi network and ready to go if it would just show up ok Finder)


texts: iPhone - Edited photos reverting to original state

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I am facing a strange phenomena on my iPhone X running iOS 11.3. Whenever I edit a photo in the Photos app, the edits simply disappear the next day. Any photos I edit, all of them revert to the original state the next day. I've also noticed, when I take a photo in the Portrait mode, it reverts to no portrait bokeh effect, as well.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on and how to fix this issue? Is it a possibly bug of iOS 11.3?

Edit: This question is not a duplicate! The issue is the same, however, the question is different


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Having installed Mountain Lion 10.8.3 I can not get the sidebar in Finder to display Favorites.

Finder > Preferences > Sidebar shows a number of boxes against Favorite folders, but these can not be selected

Any suggestions?


texts:
Since upgrading to Yosemite, Apache httpd is no longer started at boot time.

I've tried: sudo launchctl load org.apache.httpd.plist but I'm getting a service is disabled error.

I've modified the plist file and set Disabled key to NO but I still get the error. What am I missing here?


texts: Iphone 4 Verizon. I cannot find Itunes Radio

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I updated my Iphone 4 and I was playing Itunes Radio for the first couple of days. All of a sudden it disappeared and I no longer have access to Itunes Radio. It is no longer in my music app. I live in the US so this cannot be an US only issue.

Please help


texts: Can I use FaceTime video with an MacBook and email address only?

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I have a MacBook and set up FaceTime with an Apple ID, email only.

I can call from the MacBook FaceTime to another iPhone FaceTime user.

However, the iPhone FaceTime cannot make call the to MacBook's FaceTime, as the video icon is dimmed.

Is email-only FaceTime a/c not good for receiving video calls?


texts: How do I convince iTunes to play a podcast item I've manually replaced

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I'm subscribed to a podcast which recently had two episodes listed with links to files which were only a few bytes big. I have no idea what went wrong on their end, but my copy of iTunes downloaded these, and I could 'play' them.

Now the songs on the server have been updated, but I cannot convince iTunes to re-fetch the files. Removing the podcast is not an option as I have 4 years of history from that podcast saved locally and I don't want to lose it.

I'm a software developer myself, so I figured, I'll just use curl and manually get the updated files, copy them over the originals, restart iTunes, and all will be well. Not so. iTunes is still playing less then a second of the file before stopping again. However, I can hear the start of the actual podcast now, so it's playing the new file, and it has also updated the length of the file (as displayed in the podcast's list of items in iTunes itself) to something I assume is correct, much longer than the 0 seconds it was before.

The mp3 files themselves play fine in VLC. How can I get iTunes to normally recognize the new files?

(if it matters, I'm on Lion with all the latest updates. iTunes version 10.5.1. I'm not syncing with any other devices.)


texts: How to determine that macOS is having difficulty reading an external drive?

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I am running a 2017 5K iMac running Mojave 10.14.6.  I have been experiencing complete system freezes periodically, where nothing on the desktop responds to mouse clicks or keyboard presses.  Note that the mouse cursor still moves, but does not grow larger when "wiggled".  When it happens, this state can persist for 30 seconds or more.
I suspect the cause is that one of the many USB drives I have connected is starting to experience read failures.  By process of elimination, I have determined which drive seems to be the culprit.  I have attempted to diagnose the disk by using Drive Genius to do a Physical Check and it was able to read the entire disk with no problem.  I have changed the USB cable and used a different USB port, neither of which has resolved the problem.
I have backups of the disk, so I am not immediately concerned about the data.  I would like to verify that the OS is indeed seeing errors before replacing it.  What method might I use to verify my theory?  I'm guessing that the system logs would indicate a problem, but what would I look for?


texts: Migrating from MacPorts to Homebrew. Is there any specific advice in how to minimize disruption?

texts:
I want to stop using macports, and use homebrew instead, I have been reading on their approach and it makes more sense to me.
Now, I don't care much about having to reinstall my packages, even if some of them might not exist yet -- apparently, creating a new formula is straightforward.

But I'm a bit concerned about data which is installed in system-owned directories, like the data in MySQL or PostgreSQL. I'd like a bit of advice on how to proceed so as to have the less amount of problems migrating data from one installation to another.

I'm also curious about start scripts for daemons. Macports have complicated wrappers for launchd, but I don't know how homebrew manages that aspect. Can anyone clarify this for me?

Also, any generic advice you can provide regarding this migration will also be welcome. Things to look for, what to avoid, etc.


texts:
I have just looked on MacRumours and found out that Apple have stopped support for installing Windows 7  with BootCamp on the 2015 MacBooks (Air and Pro) (link). Since I am going to get the new 12" MacBook I am guessing that too doesn't support Windows 7 using bootcamp.

Since Apple are stopping the drivers for the 2015 models as well, is there still a way to install Windows 7 on the 2015 versions of the MacBook? (I sometimes need Windows 7 on my Mac for college)

Edit

Thank you for the replies.

I ended up getting the MacBook Pro since they didn't have any MacBooks in store. Since I have the MacBook Pro I can now run Windows 7 in a virtual machine (as suggested by you) because I do not have heat and performance issues.


texts: After a few days, my Macbook's connection to the PC will go bad, how to solve it?

texts:
I use smb to connect to the PC to look at the files:

In Finder,  Go -> Connect to Server

and I use

smb://mypc      <-- this is my pc's name in the config

to be able to look at the shared folders on my PC from the macbook (wireless).  But after a couple of day or sometimes a few days, the connection goes bad, and reconnect is waiting for 10 minutes and it still tries to connect.

Is there a way around this?  Using a different method?  For example, if I set up a webserver on my PC, then the files can be more easily accessible because the macbook has no problem accessing any websites, but i just don't want to need to set up a webserver to do file access.


texts: I have disable find my iPhone from icloud on to the internet and from my phone as well, but it still showing on from apple website, tried turn on and off again tried so many things but its is still sowing that its on, and I am unable to reset the phone on to factory settings, when I try to reset the phone after apple bar it  goes to the spining wheel and it spines for ever but does not reset the phone on to factory settings


texts: Can an admin account on Mac access user's data?

texts: I am using a Macbook pro (Sierra 10.12.1),  under a non-admin account and I do not have the admin password. I was wondering how much of my data (passwords, files, etc) is accessible by the admin?


texts:
I'm trying to get OCRmyPDF to work on my Mac. I installed it successfully by running:

brew install ocrmypdf

But when I tried using it by running:

ocrmypdf --redo-ocr input.pdf output.pdf

I get this error:

  ERROR - (pdfminer is required for this feature. Your distribution may not have installed it.)

I tried installing PDFMiner by running pip install pdfminer and pip install pdfminer.six, but neither of those have done anything to make the error go away.

I don't really use Python/pip all that often, so I'm not sure what else to do.

How do I resolve this error and get OCRmyPDF working?


texts: HDD connected to mac with thunderbolt 3 to USB 3 adaptor is not recognized

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I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) running High Sierra. I usually leave my HDD on with the adaptor, then plug the adapter into the same port every time I need to use it. However, usually the HDD will not show up in Finder, diskutil list, or lsusb. Replugging does not work. Connecting it to another port will work, as well as plugging in another device (in my case, Belkin USB C to LAN adaptor) to the port not working before reconnecting the HDD to the same port. Is there any way I can troubleshoot what is happening? This problem is really annoying because I need to unplug the Belkin adaptor to make the HDD connect, and I lose internet for a period of time which means I need to reconnect network mounts and open YouTube tabs.
I've tried to connect the HDD through another adaptor, but that didn't work. I've also tried to connect the HDD to another port, but after some time the same behavior appeared. It seems like it is a general issue with thunderbolt 3, not specific ports or adaptors.


texts: How do I close window(s) in MAC without re-opening the window

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How do I close windows from dock or anywhere else without needing to open the window each time just to close it

If I have 10 windows opened(of the same application) and want to selectively close 7 of them belonging to the same app, is it possible to close them(without needing to re-opening those windows) by right clicking the app icon in the dock/mission control/App Expose/etc and then closing the ones I don't need? (I also have windows of other apps opened and I don't to want to navigate through them)

Re-Opening each window and then clicking the close button(or a keyboard shortcut) seems to be too much work. Looks like a useful feature that is missing in MAC


texts: Are there pin differences on the audio jack between a 2015 and a 2017 MacBook Pro?

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I have a pair of these headphones:

They work fine for audio input and output on my Android phone (LG G5) and my 2015 MacBook Pro (tested with Quicktime recorder).

But when I plug them in to my 2017 MacBook Pro and record audio the sound is barely detectable, even when turned all the way up (on input and output). They are fine for audio output though.

Did Apple change something between the two MacBook Pro models? Is it more likely that my MacBook Pro has a defective connector?

Here are the audio settings on my 2017 MacBook Pro:


texts: How do I resume the iTunes queue from when I last quit?

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iTunes 11 appears to be saving my queue from when I last quit it with ⌘-Q—all unplayed songs remain in the queue, listed under "Up Next".  However, I cannot determine a way to resume this queue.

Steps to reproduce:

Start iTunes and verify your queue is empty and you are on the Albums view.
Double-click an album to add it.
Press ⌘-Q to exit.
Restart iTunes.

If I press Play at this point, the queue appears to fill with my entire library and start with the first album shown.

How can I resume my queue?


texts: How to publish an app internally for users of my organisation and not publicly?

texts:
I want to build and deploy an iOS app only for my company specific users.

I do not want to publish it for normal users on the iOS App Store. How can I do this?


texts: How do I move all my account settings from an old Apple TV to a new one?

texts: I have an old Apple TV ("2nd generation") and have just purchased a new one as a replacement. How do I move all my settings from the old one to the new one?


texts: Free RSS reader client for Mac with new post notification?

texts: Is there any free RSS reader client for Mac that can give me a notification if there are new posts to read?


texts: Does DevonThink Pro Office support the Macbook Pro Retina display?

texts: I'm considering getting a Macbook Pro with retina display, but I can't seem to figure out if DevonThink Pro Office, which I use for my research, will support the retina display. Since it is a program which primarily processes text I will be very disappointed if it doesn't display properly.


texts: Making A USB Drive Bootable in Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion

texts: I own copies of all three operating systems and would like to have a single drive that enable me to boot from and use Disk Warrior etc under each OS. Is this possible?


texts:
I have a little issue with my airport extreme. I'm using the device in my corporate network which has two DNS server for resolving intern and external names.

When I do an nslookup "public adresse" (such as www.google.com), everything works fine.

...But, when I try to resolve an internal name, for exemple bardo1, I get:

;;SERVFAIL reply from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX trying next server
;;connection timed out; no servers could be reached

When I try nslookup internalservername my.internal.dns.server everything works thing.

Where is the problem ??? I don't get it.

Is it because apple uses a different way to resolve names then microsoft ?

How can I fix that on the router ? Not on client side...

My PC Config IP: 10.0.1.3/32 Gateway: 10.0.1.1 DNS: 10.0.1.1

Airport Extreme IP WAN: 172.16.1.117 DNS1: x.x.x.13 DNS2: x.x.x.45 domain: mydomain.local


texts: Why does my phone say my photos are like 9Gb out of my phone yet I've deleted thousands of it and I still have no memory left?

texts: Is it because I have 40,000 pics in iCloud? But I still have 1 terabyte of storage. Can someone PLEASE explain to me how iCloud works. My phone will randomly gets rid of a whole photos albumn but then only a fraction of the pictures are left. Also I CANT SEE MY PHOTO ABUMS IN THE ICLOUD APP only online   Someone please help me. I would like to be able to download apps and have my music play without stopping because it "cannot download song". Thank you ☺


texts: Most effective way to backup contacts from iPhone to plain .csv - format

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I got a corrupted iPhone 5 with latest iOS 10.2

Before I will start over from scratch I would like to backup all my contacts and notes.

I would prefer to store them to .csv format, because they are corrupted. The plain text format re-usable in Excel offers me the most possibilities in unifying my contacts from different sources and to correct them if necessary.

For the notes backup .txt would be most appropriate to me.

Which trustable tool should I use, preferably free, but if not available I would pay for it.


texts:
I have MBP 2017 (MPXT2) bought about 3 months ago.

I noticed that when it heats enough, only right fan starts blowing away hot air.
On the other hand the left side is not that hot and it is probably ok that I have never seen left fan working.
I wonder is it expected behaviour for new MPB 2017 or the left fan is probably broken?
I do not even know what can heat the left side because the GPU is built-in.

Update: Used Macs Fan control as suggested. It shows only one fan.


texts: Unable to delete a User Account on Yosemite

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I had a user account of my ex boyfriend installed on my Mac. I want to completely delete it but it has been over a week now that it has been saying "deleting account.." under the user name. When I want to restart my mac it won't let me. It just says:

  System Preferences is busy and can't be closed. Users & Groups preferences is removing a user account and saving the Home directory to a disk image.


texts: Why would Apple configure MacBook Pro to use inferior graphics card when a better one is installed?

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The symptom of this was freezing streaming that Apple Support took 1.5 hours to diagnose and another hour to attempt to fix.

Apparently, MacBook Pro 16" 2019 comes with two graphics card: the advertised ATI Radeon and an integrated one by Intel. ATI Radeon is supposed to be much better; thus MacBook Pro is advertising it; why do they have the integrated one I don't know.

Anyway, my brand new MacBook (Catalina) was setup to use the integrated graphics card, while the more powerful ATI Radeon was staying idle, doing absolutely nothing. As the result it's freezing for a fraction of a second every few minutes.

Did anybody else see this? If you have a MacBook Pro, and in About This Mac / System Report / Graphics/Displays see multiple graphics cards, which one is used by MacBook, according to About This Mac / Graphics?

More importantly, is it possible to reconfigure which one is being used? Apple Support tried things such reinstalling OS, which changed absolutely nothing.


texts:
I upgraded a VZN iPhone 4's IOS version and noticed that it configured itself for VZN.  I think that IOS examines information on the phone (someplace in memory) to determine which carrier it should provision the phone with.

If this is the case,

Is the carrier ID memory location a "known quantity"?
How to access the addressable memory space and view this memory location?

If you have performed 2, please state this in your response.  Ideally, there would be a good step-by-step procedure to perform the view memory exercise


texts: Can't find or use San Francisco in apps like Sketch

texts:
I understand that the font is only available for developers, but i'm not one at the moment, but when trying to use facebook sketch template for ios9 i get a prompt saying this

My question is if there is a way a round this without messing with the system default fonts as this repo does https://github.com/supermarin/YosemiteSanFranciscoFont or is it the only way?

system: macbook running osx el-capitan


texts: Simplest way to capture "keystroke representation" to clipboard

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I'm trying to create a cheatsheet for an application I use frequently. the cheat sheet will contain the shortcut keys so I can know what to type.

Is there a simple way to capture keystrokes using Mac keyboard symbols into word or pages. Directly copying the combination to clipboard would be even more convenient, or a way to automate this entirely would be the best.

Eg: when I press "OPTION + COMMAND + P" it should save ⌥ + ⌘ + P to the clipboard or to the document.

Can I automate this documentation effort?


texts: Can I safely charge&use my macbook with the adaptor below?

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I need to use an Ethernet cable, VGA monitor, usb connection and power cable in same time with my macbook. That's why i need an adapter because my macbook has only one usb-c port.
Let me share a technical specifications for the Adapter:

Compatible with devices using the port-Type C.
Data Transfer high-speed 5Gbps: provides you with a fast transfer, you can save time.
Multifunctional design: Type-C to HDMI, USB 3.0 and VGA, USB-C,
1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet.
Type: Adapter
Interface: VGA,Type-C USB3.0,USB 3.0 ,network port
Output Voltage: 5 - 20V
Output Current: 0 - 3.5A  DC Port: 3.5 x 1.1
Brand : Xiaomi
Model : ZJQ04TM

So I have two questions:

Can this adapter charge macbook?

Safe to charge the macbook with this adapter?

Technical Specifications for my macbook (macbook retina, 12 inch, 2017)


texts: How to see the latest apps released in the App Store?

texts:
I seem to remember that you could view the latest apps/games released in any category of the App Store. I used to love trying out new games and you could usually find a few gems that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to find.

So is there anyway of finding an true list of the latest released apps/games? And if there is, is there a way to find a list of latest releases within a certain category (such as the latest action games). The closest I could find is ‘new games we love’ in store and in the RSS feed.

Also I have seen a section in the App Store for ‘pre-orders’ but have never found the section since (it was one the main page of the App Store with the apps of the week etc) any ideas on how to find this again would also be a massive help!


texts: Notes loss caused by email-account deletion

texts:
I got a new Macbook yesterday, so I was trying to configure an email account.
At the same time, I recorded some important notes in the "Notes", which were automatically bound to this email account by the system. (which I was not aware of )

This morning, I just found that the email account was not configured correctly, so I deleted it and re-configured a new account.
Then I found that all the notes I recorded yesterday are gone.

Is there any method to recover these notes?


texts: kernelmanagerd using 50% of the cpu constantly

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After upgrading to macOS Big Sur my MacBook Pro 2017 constantly heats up even when it not in use which was not the case before upgrading. I have A MacBook Air which do not have this problem.
When compared kernelmanagerd process is constantly using 50% of the CPU in my MacBook Pro in MacBook Air its almost 0%. I have uninstalled all third-party kernel extensions still the problem exists.
Is there any way to find which extension is using the CPU?


texts:
I'd love to understand more about how Rosetta 2 works. The Apple Developer article is brief. Has anyone done a deep analysis on how Rosetta 2 works, how it is invoked and whether it's possible to use it via an API?
Some questions:

How are x86_64 applications launched under Rosetta?
Is it possible to dynamically invoke translation for a portion of x86 instructions?
Might it be possible to bridge Rosetta to QEMU or similar to allow fast virtualization of Intel Docker images?


texts: How can I use AppleScript to see if a specific line of a .txt file matches a variable?

texts:
I have a .txt file saved on my computer. The contents of the .txt file looks like this, for example:

I want my Automator application to read the first line of the .txt file and to put that line into a new variable. This is so that I can check if this variable matches another variable.

My ultimate goal is to have my application automatically write today's date to the top of the file and add an additional blank line beneath today's date. But I only want this to occur if today's date has not already been written to file, of course.

Here's the code that I have so far:

# Part 1
# Get and format today's date.

set TodayDate to current date
set y to text -4 thru -1 of ("0000" & (year of TodayDate))
set m to text -2 thru -1 of ("00" & ((month of TodayDate) as integer))
set d to text -2 thru -1 of ("00" & (day of TodayDate))
set FormattedTodayDate to y & "_" & m & "_" & d & " -"

# Part 2
# Get the first line of the .txt file.

set Target_Filepath to quoted form of "/Users/Me/Desktop/Documents/My Fruit Log.txt"

set FirstLineOfTxtFile to <this is where I need your help, Ask Different>

# Part 3
# Check to see if the first line of the .txt file is today's date.

set TodayDateAlreadyWritten to false

if FirstLineOfTxtFile contains FormattedTodayDate then
    set TodayDateAlreadyWritten to true
end if

# Part 4
# Write today's date to the first line of the .txt file (if necessary).

if TodayDateAlreadyWritten = false then

    set TextToWrite to FormattedTodayDate & "
    "
    set OriginalText to quoted form of (do shell script "cat " & Target_Filepath)
    set TextToWrite to quoted form of TextToWrite & "\n" & OriginalText
    do shell script "echo " & TextToWrite & " > " & Target_Filepath

end if

It is Part 2 where I am in need of assistance.

I may have made some mistakes in any of the parts of the above code (but none to my knowledge), so please feel free to correct me as you see fit.

These are my sources:

Part 1: Formatting short dates in AppleScript

Part 4: How to prepend to text file in AppleScript?


texts: Running Dragon Naturally Speaking on MacBook Pro

texts: I am looking for the best way to run PC applications on my MacBook Pro (one being Dragon Naturally Speaking Medical which requires a fair bit of RAM and memory) and am wondering whether Boot Camp or a virtual machine in the Parallels environment would be most effective. I would like to have easy access to medical reports that were written with Microsoft Word:Mac so I am assuming easy navigation between the systems is a must.


texts:
I am using 10.10.2 and I have limited experience with Terminal. I would like to create a script which would notify me (on screen) when all of the startup processes are completed, post-login. The boot process on my MBP (mid-2012) is not excessive but I would like to know when the OS is ready to start an application through the dock or other means, e.g. a notification which flashes Ready as a notification: maybe by detecting a certain percentage of CPU idleness?

Are there any simple guides available or can someone direct me to an online resource that could provide a guide to a script that might do that?


texts: Why can't Preview Export 16-bit HEIC images?

texts:
When I open a Nikon RAW .NRW file (16-bit image) with Preview, and select "File > Export...", when the Format setting is set to HEIC, the Depth option for "16 Bits/Channel" is grayed out.  Why? I can export as PNG or TIFF with 16-bit depth, so why not HEIC?
And, what software can I use to convert .NRW files into lossless 16-bit .heic files?
(I am using MacOS 11.3.1)


texts: Is it possible to use the Magic trackpad on Windows?

texts: Is this possible to use the Apple Magic Trackpad on a Windows Computer ?


texts: Time Machine Backup over WiFi Causes Erratic Magic Trackpad Behavior

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My Setup
I have a mid-2010 13" MacBook Pro running OSX 10.4.8.
TimeMachine is configured to run hourly backups over WiFi to a TimeCapsule.
I also have a Magic Trackpad linked to my computer via Bluetooth.

The Problem
When TimeMachine begins its backup, if my computer is not connected via ethernet (WiFi connection only), the cursor controlled by the Magic Trackpad moves erratically to the point of being unusable for the duration of the backup.  When the TimeMachine backup completes, normal movement/responsiveness to Magic Trackpad gestures is restored.

Current Workaround
If I repeat the process but use an ethernet connection, there is no erratic cursor movement.

What I've tried
At first I presumed a hardware issue was to blame, but I tried with my dad's trackpad and got the same behavior.

--

Has anyone else experienced this?Is there any workaround besides keeping my laptop connected via ethernet?


texts: How do I configure Yosemite to be able to resolve DNS ending in ".local"?

texts:
Yosemite doesn't seem to understand any domain that ends in .local

My DNS server is pointed at the ip of the debian box, which runs dnsmasq.

It has a ton of apache sites configured that all have names like clientname.debserver.local - all which resolve fine from the other machines around the lan (not Yosemite).

(tried flushing cache, resetting network, rebooting, all the usual suspects)


texts: Connecting MacBook Pro Retina late 2013 with Thunderbolt 2 ports to USB-C hub

texts: Can anyone confirm that if I purchase Apple Thunderbolt 2 adaptor I can connect my MacBook Thunderbolt 2 port via Thunderbolt cable to adaptor and then connect to USB-C hub. Will it provide power to the hub when connected?


texts: What iOS apps will take pictures and not send them to Photo Stream by default?

texts:
I'm looking for a way to take pictures without them going into the Photo Stream. Rather than have to remember to toggle it on and off as I adore it for my personal pictures, I'm looking for an app that lets me control this.

I don't really care if it stores the photos in it's own storage space or somehow can toggle a "do not send" status before it gets added to the normal camera roll.

Has such software been released for iOS?

I will still want this if Apple releases a way to delete select photos from the stream. I am in the habit of documenting work sites using my phone's camera that I really won't ever want to see in my personal photo stream. I'd rather pay for another app than have to remember to enable/disable the stream in the Settings App before and after a work photo session.


texts: Do I need to keep any cautions in mind when transfering an external SSD into my Macbook?

texts:
Hi I am now successfully running my MacbookPro off of a bootable external SSD (which is runnung Yosemite and onto which I cloned my whole system) and I would like to switch it out with the old HDD inside my laptop (just have to wait a few days until I can borrow the screwdrivers).

I assume I can just follow the normal steps of replacing a hard drive since everything is operating off the SSD at the moment and the HHD is prettymuch dormant, but I am not well versed in this area so I just want to check before I go doing it.

So, do I need to do anything special in this case?


texts:
After trying to install an application on my iPhone 4, I just saw this popup for the first time:

  Security Info Required

  To help ensure the security of your Apple ID, you must confirm your password and answer your security questions.

       [Cancel]        [Security Info]

Why is this dialog popping up?

Does it happen randomly? Or is it because I connected to a new Wi-Fi hotspot, and the App Store has never seen this IP address before? Or could it be because someone tried logging in with my account several times and failed?


texts:
I want one of my applications to use Tor; however the app itself does not have proxy setting and it uses the System proxy. The problem is that I don't want to set my system proxy and I just want this one application to use tor.

I searched a bit for a solution, I came up with torify. I have installed tor and torify using brew and everything works fine and for example I can force curl to use tor like this: torify curl ifconfig.me 2

To use torify, I need to start my app from Terminal. For this, I use open -a myapp. However, this does not make myapp to go behind the tor proxy.I think it's because of the open command and I think I have to open myapp somehow directly. By the way, myapp does not work when I try to run it by opening the executable file inside the /Contents/MacOS folder.

Do you guys have any suggestion?

Thanks in advance


texts: Paste clipboard data as plain text Service?

texts: Is there a Mac OS X service that takes clipboard data and pastes it as plain text? Or an easy way to create one?


texts: Notify the system that preferences were changed

texts:
I disabled SIP (How do I disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) AKA "rootless" on OS X 10.11, El Capitan?) and started editing the file /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

I successfully edited the entries HTTPProxy, HTTPPort, HTTPEnable and save the file. Then I checked my IP address on the web, and it doesn't change. The file is set correctly, but the system doesn't know it changed and therefore it uses the old settings. When changing settings manually, hitting Apply in the Network Tab notifies the system that preferences.plist has changed and that it must use the new settings. Same goes for turning wifi off and on. I changed the file, checked the IP (it is the same) turn wifi off/on, checked the IP and now it has changed.

How can I trigger that event of notifying the system of changes programmatically on a Mac?


texts: Parrallels 10 and Windows 10 keyboard typing incorrect characters

texts:
When I type a double quotes on Parallels 10 with Windows 10 I see the following character.

Does anybody have any idea how to fix this?


texts: folder copy in Finder labels it as incomplete, though copying is completed

texts:
I am getting this error much too often. I am copying a big number of files from a slow device (external hard drive) to my Mac. When the copy is completed, the last top folder is still marked as "incomplete".

I only managed to clear the mark by creating an empty folder with a different name (say "Folder2"), moving the contents of the folder (say "Folder") there, erasing the (now empty) folder "Folder" and renaming "Folder2". That all looks weird to me. Any suggestions?

Update: External drive is formatted in FAT32.


texts: What are next steps when fsck reports "could not be repaired after 3 attempts"?

texts:
My Mac Book Pro 13.-" doesn´t get past the grey booting screen with the apple and the spinning wheel (The loading bar appears but when it´s done nothing happens)

I have 220 GB in one single Partition (Macintosh HD) and there is all my work my music and the only copy of ALL MY PHOTOS. I´m so stupid I don´t have a backup of anything but know I have an external HD with 300GB space. I would like to repair my HDD but more important I need to save my files but I don´t know how to do it in Disk Utility Mode. I read there is a Diskwarrior but I don´t know how to install it without booting the mac. Please help!!!

When I start on Single User mode and enter /sbin/fsck -fs this appears

Executing fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-557-393)
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
The volume name is Macintosh HD
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file
Incorrect number of thread records  (4, 23745)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy
Invalid volume directory count (It should be 175703 instead of 175701) Checking extended attributes file.
Incorrect number of extended attributes (It should be 340062 instead of 340064)
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD could not be repaired after 3 attempts.

*****The volume was modified *****

What are the next steps if fsck fails to repair a drive?


texts: "Missing Quartz Composition" displayed on TotalTerminal

texts:
I started using TotalTermianl on Mountain Lion.

But the background have Missing Quartz Composition error.

I have found some people had the same as mine here

Do anyone know how to fix it??


texts: MacBook Pro SSD - Very High Wear_Leveling_Count Value?

texts:
I have a 512GB Samsung SSD in a 2014 MacBook Pro that I purchased new around 2 months ago. I installed Smartmontools via Homebrew to take a look at some of the SSD health / SMART data. Everything looks fine for the most part, but one thing that I'm not understanding is the Wear_Leveling_Count which currently has a value of 12895125514.

This really isn't my area of expertise but I thought Wear_Leveling_Count was typically reported as either a percentage (indicating the life remaining according to the endurance specifications of the manufacturer), or as a raw P/E cycle count. In either case, the value I'm getting seems extremely high.

Does anybody know what's going on here? Am I misinterpreting / misunderstanding something here? Could this potentially be a bug in Smartmontools or the SSD firmware? Smartmontools is also reporting the Wear_Leveling_Count ID as 173 when it should be 177 shouldn't it?

As I mentioned, I'm a bit of a novice in this particular area so any info / suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Update: I came across this reddit thread regarding Wear_Leveling_Count: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/31btmz/what_is_your_177_wear_leveling_count/

About halfway down the page there's a Samsung XP941 user (which I believe is the same SSD used in the 2014 MacBook Pro). He reports a Wear_Leveling_Count value of 197, which is much more in line with what I'd expect. It also looks like the Wear_Leveling_Count ID should indeed be 177 (as I mentioned, I get an ID of 173). This makes me think it might be some sort of OS X / Apple specific bug.

Does anybody know if Samsung does something different to the SSDs they manufacture for Apple? Smartmontools reports the SSD as an APPLE SSD SM0512F (which as I mentioned, is supposedly just a Samsung XP941). Could something unique to Apple SSDs be confusing Smartmontools?

Thanks


texts: Movie downloaded from iTunes store on iPad, not available on Mac

texts: I downloaded the movie "Hugo" from the iTunes store during Apple's "12 days of gifts", on my iPad. I have iTunes match for my music (and presumably also for movies), however when I go to see the list of movies on iTunes on my mac, it doesn't show "Hugo." Why would this be the case? Normally when I download something on my iPad (apps, music) I can also get them on my computer. Both my mac & iPad are signed in to the same iTunes account.


texts: I have an imac running OS 10.8.2 with a bluetooth keyboard.  I have had it for about 8 weeks.  When I hit the right shift key, all the open windows run off the screen and I am looking at the desktop.  When I hit it again, the windows come back.  I have taken the batteries out of the keyboard and restored the keyboard shortcut defaults.   I don't have a trackpad and nothing seems stuck.  Suggestions?


texts:
So I am trying to wipe an old Macbook clean before giving it away to charity or recycling but I am having some issues.
For my PCs I have used DBAN successfully and I was hoping to use it here as well.
But Macbook refuses to boot from my DBAN Usb drive! When i restart and hold the "alt" button I get into the "boot menu" but I can only choose from my standard HD. Any suggestions?


texts: How can I know if my MacBook pro supports 8 gb or not?


texts: Faint clicking noise in trackpad in Macbook Pro

texts:
I recently purchased a Macbook pro, and I have some issue with my Trackpad. I notice that if I lightly press on it, I can hear a click (sometimes faint, sometimes clearly audible) but no click action is performed. If I firmly press, then the click goes through as expected, but instead of one clear click noise, I hear a faint click followed by a louder click.

Has anyone heard of this before? Is it normal behavior? If not, how should I go about fixing the problem? The laptop is under warranty, so do I simply go to an Apple store and ask them to fix it for me? If so, how long does it take to replace a trackpad?

Thanks.


texts: MacPro Early 2008, how to hook up yellow power cords to the graphics card?

texts:
I'm tearing apart my MacPro Early 2008, cleaning it, and putting it back together.

Most of it seems to be going back together fine but one part confuses me and that's the two bundles of yellow wires that connect from the motherboard to the giant red video card;

The two little black plugs on the end are where the yellow cables connect:

I'd like to know in which order they connect or if it even matters at all since they have the same plug adapter head on each of them.  The yellow coated wires come from the upper front of the case (towards the dual fans up front) on the motherboard and used to connect to the video card on the side closest to the CPUs.


texts: All applications got paused after disk space usage got near 99% and back to normal. What's next?

texts:
Mac does some pretty fancy background stuff to try and keep enough disk space for whatever it needs. In my case, 512 gb ssd, it needs to have at least 20gb free to run smoothly, so I usually have 40. If it goes less than 1gb for whatever reason (and boy, it isn't that hard to happen), all apps get suddenly paused without a warning and even if I immediately free up space, all apps get into a weird paused state for ever. This is the second time it happened (because I keep on constant manual monitoring with CMD + F3) and first time I gave up on finding a simple and good resolution (the first time it ended up rebooting after some update after some days, and I even forgot I hadn't gave up on improving this question, among so many others)

So, one simple solution is rebooting. But then you can lose whatever you were working on. No good.

Another better solution is going to terminal and typing killall -CONT -c "app name" for each app and service. Nothing simple here and good luck finding them all with ps, activity monitor, Force Quit Applications (FQA) window list or whatever. Even if you do find 'em, this can't take less than a couple minutes for most heavy users.

Also, for whatever reason, some apps will continue to be listed as paused (on the FQA window) even if they seem to be running fine. Continuing the "odd enough" route of what status is this, there's a GUI'ed app for pausing and unpausing apps that won't even see them as being paused. Even if you go ahead and pause them to later unpause, they never get back.

Finally, I was looking for ways to write a script which would find the paused apps and kill -CONT them back again, but couldn't get such list in any way. launchctl or ps won't bring the "paused" or sometimes "not responding"-but-still-paused status.

I do remember unfortunately closing a window that did show up when the applications were first paused by the system which was very similar to the FQA window and did bring an extra button to unpause apps, but now I've got no clue what was its name or how to find it / trigger it again.

That's all I've got right now, and I'm almost giving up for good on this. Maybe the only good and simple solution is mixing up what I've got:

  Unpause the important apps, save stuff and reboot.

Any better idea?


texts: Apple Mail always needs to "rebuild" Exchange mailbox for new mails

texts:
I'm experiencing problems on macOS Mojave 10.14.2 with an Exchange Mailbox in Apple Mail. The Exchange Mailbox account only updates once I click Mailbox > Rebuild.

According to the Connection Doctor (Window > Connection Doctor), all connections work properly. Outgoing mail also works. With the same setup on my iPhone 6, iOS 12.1.13, there are no issues and the inbox updates promptly. The issue seems to be related to the Apple Mail on my Desktop computer, and to Exchange accounts only. My Gmail (IMAP) account in Apple Mail works as expected.

How can I troubleshoot the issue, when one of several mailboxes won’t show new mails?


texts: I'm getting kernel panics referencing IOUSBHostFamily, and drives unmounting

texts:
It may be two different problems. I am getting kernel panics where the Mac shuts down and restarts with the multi lang screen. I thought it may because of too many hard drives hanging off a USB bus.
2018 21.5" iMac 10.14.6 (18G6032)
I unplugged all the drives.
Still get the KPs.
Reset the PRAM and the SMC.
I Googled IOUSBHostFamily but it's greek to me.
Anonymous UUID:       260B9651-5258-EA90-10B9-01BA57C390E0

Mon Dec 28 10:48:24 2020

***** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 6 caller 0xffffff7f8ceb106a): @/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/IOUSBHostFamily/IOUSBHostFamily-587.270.2/AppleUSBXHCI/AppleUSBXHCITransferRing.cpp:220


texts: "Time Machine must erase your existing backup history and start a new backup to correct this." Why is that?

texts:
I seen this message for the past two days:

"Time Machine detected that your backups on “SynologyDS216.local” cannot be reliably restored."

"Time Machine must erase your existing backup history and start a new backup to correct this."

I can access the backup history just fine. The NAS (which have RAID 1) is fine as well.
When I look at the backups:
~ ᐅ tmutil listbackups | tail -n 5
2020-10-15-144522
2020-10-15-151447
2020-10-15-154125
2020-10-15-184439
2020-10-15-195406

We can see that it stopped doing backups exactly 2 days ago, so I decided to do a check:
tmutil verifychecksums /Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Backups.backupdb/Thomas-MBP

and an error that popped up is:
/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Thomas-MBP/2020-07-08-200220/Macintosh HD/System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB/Default: error 257 enumerating path

The directory exists:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel   102B Aug 25  2019 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 root  wheel   170B Sep 29  2019 ..
drwx------+ 7 root  wheel   238B Aug 25  2019 Default

but the permissions are an issue. This file has extended attributes, so I look to see what's up:
/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Thomas-MBP/2020-07-08-200220/Macintosh HD/System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB ᐅ sudo ls -le Default
total 0
drwx------@ 2 root  wheel   340 Aug 25  2019 aliases
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwx------@ 2 root  wheel   102 Aug 25  2019 computers
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwx------@ 2 root  wheel  4420 Aug 25  2019 groups
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwx------@ 2 root  wheel   102 Aug 25  2019 networks
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwx------@ 2 root  wheel  3468 Aug 25  2019 users
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown

When looking on the host machine:
/System/Library/DirectoryServices/DefaultLocalDB ᐅ ls -l

    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel    96B Jan  1  2020 .
    drwxr-xr-x  5 root  wheel   160B Jan  1  2020 ..
    drwx------  7 root  wheel   224B Jan  1  2020 Default

the permissions are not the same and the data can be accessed.
It looks like TimeMachine claims it can't use the backup due to some permission issues...
I tried to ask about it on the Apple forums but my post got removed because I'm running a beta version of the OS...
Has anyone seen this problem before?


texts:
I loaded the My Meetups Calendar from meetup.com into my gmail account which I synchronize with Calendar.app. The My Meet up a calendar is in the calendars list in the menu, but not in the sidebar, and that means I have to specifically open a separate window to see the events on my meetups.

Illustration:

How can I fix thhis?


texts: Is there a way to force Safari on my iPad to always display desktop sites?

texts:
I'm trying to change some of my Gmail settings on the mail.google.com site through my iPad, but Safari is always showing the mobile Gmail site rather than the desktop site.

Is there a way to force Safari to not send the fact that it's a 'mobile' device, or always show the full site?


texts:
I have a problem specifically with Photoshop Elements 12 Organiser and the ability to write to the internal drive on an iMac 5k with El Capitan.  I have full read write access to the files on the disk but when I try to write the metadata to the photos I get the error "An error occurred while reading files or writing files to disc.  The disc may be full or there may be a problem with the source media".
I also have other issues accessing and erasing from SD cards.


texts: Can I jailbreak my way out of a passcode request?

texts:
My father owns an iPad 1. He forgot his numerical access code and tried enough times that the device now reads "Connect with iTunes."

Apple assumes you sync your device frequently with a computer  but the only time I recall him doing that is when he upgraded to iOS 5. iTunes on that computer, however, says "no can do, put in the code first."

Apparently the only way out is to boot in recovery mode and flash the device clean, which means losing permanently access to all apps ever, backwards and forwards in time. (We have been unable to install any new app at all for a year or so.) This means being stuck with a version of Safari that, as you well know, runs out of memory and crashes and burns on most websites.

Hooray.

Can I jailbreak the device now? Would that help me get out of this situation?


texts: Which application is this icon? it looks like a paw

texts: Which application is this? I tried using Google image search to identify this application but was not able to.