texts:
I run the following commands for logkext a lot in my terminal and would like a know a way to automate the whole process.

Open terminal
type "sudo logKextClient"
Type in administrator password
logKextClient has its own password which I need to type now
logKextClient is running now. prompt is logKextClient >
I have to type a command here. "open"
Then I need to close a window that opens. Window is titled out_logFile.txt. Usually it opens in TextEdit. I don't mind force quitting it. As a copy of the file is saved on the desktop.

I'd like to be able to double click something and execute the above list of commands/actions flawlessly.

Many thanks for your suggestions.


texts: Intermittent Keyboard Failure when Waking from Sleep

texts:
So after a pretty catastrophic failure (see: Yosemite Upgrades: Lost and Broken User Accounts ) I have reinstalled Yosemite on my old tower-style Mac Pro and begin the work of restoring from backups.

A new strange behavior has cropped up - occasionally, when waking the computer from sleep and attempting to log in, the external USB keyboard (a Das Keyboard 4) won't work. There's no input in the password area, etc. The external USB mouse works just fine, and upon unplugging the keyboard and plugging it back in, the keyboard works again. There's no obvious failings of the keyboard, and I've tried several USB ports in case that was the problem, as well as resetting the SMC.

Any ideas what's going on?


texts: Why can Finder perfom shutdown, when it is a privileged command?

texts: The Finder allows a non privileged user to perform a shutdown assuming there are no other users logged in, however shutdown is a privileged UNIX command. Does anyone know by what mechanism it does this?


texts: Organizing bookmarks in Safari for Windows

texts:
(Please tell me which site to post this on if this is the wrong one.)

My internet safety software is failing spectacularly with Chrome at the moment, and I have to uninstall it.  So I thought I'd try Safari, since that is supposedly compatible with the safety software.

I installed Safari 5.34.57.2 downloaded from File Hippo.  I exported my bookmarks from Chrome and imported them to Safari.  I would like the layout of bookmarks and bookmark folders to look approximately like it did in Chrome.

Chrome bookmarks bar:

Safari for Windows bookmarks bar:

I would like to get my bookmarks up there next to "Google Maps".  Ideally I would like a simple method involving highlighting and dragging groups of items, so I don't have to move things one at a time.  However, I would be reasonably happy if I could drag things individually.  Right now, I can't even do that.

I would also like to get rid of the awful black rectangle shown when I view all the bookmarks.  I was able to resize it slightly but it still takes up a lot of space.


texts: How can I prevent sleep in OSX Recovery mode?

texts:
I'm doing a disk backup in OSX Recovery Mode and it sleeps.  In sleep mode, the backup stops dead.  Hot corners do nothing.  Sleep seems to kick in after 30 seconds - unsupportable for backing up 850 GB over USB 2.0 (sigh).

I found articles about OSX's "caffeinate" command, but it's too late - I'm 1/3 through the backup.

Can't I keep my Mac running while it's doing this actual intended important work in Recovery Mode?


texts:
I mounted a remote directory onto my MacBook using sshfs
sshfs kb@s-kb:/test3 temp_write
kb@s-kb's password:

Post that I only see the option to create a directory but I can't create/copy a file.
Am I missing anything? should I be adding any more options while using sshfs Any help would be appreciated

Also when I try to create i get this weird error.
(base) ➜  ~ echo "something new "> temp_write/three.txt
zsh: operation not supported on socket: temp_write/three.txt

and here are the logs on sshfs while I'm trying to create a file
(base) ➜  temp_write touch three.txt
touch: three.txt: Operation not supported on socket

unique: 3, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 855
getattr /
   unique: 3, success, outsize: 136
unique: 4, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 50, pid: 10975
LOOKUP /three.txt
getattr /three.txt
   unique: 4, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 1, insize: 77, pid: 796
getxattr / com.apple.FinderInfo 32 0
   unique: 2, success, outsize: 48
unique: 3, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 50, pid: 10975
LOOKUP /three.txt
getattr /three.txt
   unique: 3, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 4, opcode: CREATE (35), nodeid: 1, insize: 66, pid: 10975
create flags: 0xa02 /three.txt 0100644 umask=0000
   unique: 4, error: -102 (Operation not supported on socket), outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 1, insize: 92, pid: 796
getxattr / com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags 0 0
   unique: 2, error: -45 (Operation not supported), outsize: 16
unique: 3, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 44, pid: 796
LOOKUP /._.
getattr /._.
   unique: 3, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 4, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 10977
getattr /
   unique: 4, success, outsize: 136
unique: 2, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 50, pid: 136
LOOKUP /three.txt
getattr /three.txt
   unique: 2, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 3, opcode: OPENDIR (27), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 10977
opendir flags: 0x0 /
   opendir[0] flags: 0x0 /
   unique: 3, success, outsize: 32
unique: 4, opcode: RELEASEDIR (29), nodeid: 1, insize: 64, pid: 10977
releasedir[0] flags: 0x0
   unique: 4, success, outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 796
getattr /
   unique: 2, success, outsize: 136
unique: 3, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 1, insize: 92, pid: 796
getxattr / com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags 0 0
   unique: 3, error: -45 (Operation not supported), outsize: 16
unique: 4, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 44, pid: 796
LOOKUP /._.
getattr /._.
   unique: 4, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 45, pid: 10977
LOOKUP /.git
getattr /.git
   unique: 2, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 3, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 796
statfs /
unique: 4, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 45, pid: 10977
LOOKUP /.git
getattr /.git
   unique: 3, success, outsize: 96
   unique: 4, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 45, pid: 10977
LOOKUP /HEAD
getattr /HEAD
   unique: 2, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16

Any help would be off great use thanks in advance.


texts: What's the meaning/use of ?mt=8 and ?mt=12 in iTunes Preview and Mac App Store Preview URLs?

texts:
Examples

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wuala/id417749289?mt=8&ls=1
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wuala/id417749289?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/visualdiffer/id412386481?mt=12&ls=1
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/visualdiffer/id412386481?mt=12

Friendlier URLs

I dislike the effect of ls=1 (launch App Store.app or iTunes.app) so I never share URLs in that format – I habitually remove that part of the URL.

I also habitually remove parts such as ?mt=8 and ?mt=12 – they seem superfluous. So for example:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wuala/id417749289
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/visualdiffer/id412386481

Questions

Does either ?mt=8 or ?mt=12 add value to the end user?

If not to the end user, how do those things add value?


texts: I have an iPhone5 and I have now had the display replaced twice by an Apple Store. But I get a yellow spot in the LCD in the same spot each time. What could cause this?


texts:
I made a launchd service file then started it. Now I want to use the launchctl print command but I'm not sure how.

I read: What is the difference between a `service-name` and a `service-target`? and tried using the id -u command with the user/ prefix but it also didn't work.

How do I use the launchtl print command with my com.foo.http service?

$ cat <<'EOF' > ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.foo.http.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.foo.http</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/local/bin/python3</string>
    <string>-m</string>
    <string>http.server</string>
    <string>3000</string>
  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
  <key>KeepAlive</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
$ launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.foo.http.plist
$ launchctl list | grep com.foo.http
66590   0   com.foo.http
$ launchctl print ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.foo.http.plist
Unrecognized target specifier. <service-target> takes a form of <domain-target>/<service-id>.
Please refer to `man launchctl` for explanation of the <domain-target> specifiers.
Usage: launchctl print <domain-target> | <service-target>
$ launchctl print com.foo.http
Unrecognized target specifier. <service-target> takes a form of <domain-target>/<service-id>.
Please refer to `man launchctl` for explanation of the <domain-target> specifiers.
Usage: launchctl print <domain-target> | <service-target>
$ launchctl print user/$(id -u)/com.foo.http
Could not find service "com.foo.http" in domain for uid: 501
$ launchctl version
Darwin Bootstrapper Version 6.0.0: Thu Apr 25 23:14:22 PDT 2019; root:libxpc_executables-1336.261.2~6/launchd/RELEASE_X86_64


texts: Is there an iOS equivalent of Bonjour for Mac?

texts:
you know how you can search your locally networked devices on Bonjour in Safari on Macs, and once you select a device, Safari asks you to log in with a username and password to get to the device's settings?

Well i was wondering if I can do the same thing on an iPhone or iPad. Since there is no official Bonjour on iOS, is there a third party app or something that can do this?


texts:
Using Yosemite, I want to use CMD + mouse wheel up/down in order to zoom in/out(CMD +/- equivalent).

How can it be achieved?


texts:
My macOS laptop showed a prompt top-right of the screen to restart and install updates. It took about 30 minutes so I guess it was something serious.

Now MySQL (through brew) won't start so I'm looking for clues.

Is there a way to see release notes for recently installed macOS updates?

I found a list in System Information > Software > Installations, ordered by install date, and it shows two entries for "macOS 10.14.2 Update" with today's date but it doesn't give any more information.

Knowing what was updated might point me in the right direction. Thanks


texts: How to disable the Guest account on OS X El Capitan

texts:
About a couple of weeks ago, the Guest user account was automatically enabled on my Mac running OS X El Capitan (by itself, without me enabling it). Now, whenever I start my Mac, I am greeted with a login screen showing two accounts: 1) Mine. 2) Guest user.

I have Find My Mac turned off, as I know people have suggested that the Find My Mac feature may be responsible for this behavior. Beyond that, I have logged out of my iCloud account from "System Preferences -> iCloud," and also disabled the Guest account from "System Preferences -> Users & Groups." Now it shows the Guest user as off in System Preferences.

However, when I start my Mac, I'm still shown two accounts to log-in. And yes, I have tried and have successfully managed to log into the Guest account despite having disabled it in System Preferences.

This is very strange, and I was wondering if anyone has found a fix.

Additional Info which may help: I've never had this issue with any other versions of OS X prior to El Capitan. And I've got FileVault enabled, and it's been enabled since OS X Lion without this issue.

I'd greatly appreciate any feedback.


texts: How to remove EPSON Projector Audio driver?

texts: I made the mistake of installing the EPSON Projector Audio driver. It gets selected all the time, now, even when there is no EPSON Projector around. There's no obvious way to get rid of it. How do I make it go away?


texts:
I am creating some UI designs for an app, but I am struggling to find a template for the time, carrier, battery etc. bar at the top of the iPhone's display.

Where could I find a copy of this bar so that I can add it to my designs?


texts: Notes Application terminating on every startup

texts:
I have been a heavy-user of the build in Notes Application on OS X for a couple of months now. I am running Yosemite 10.10.4. But suddenly the App crashed on every startup. This is the error message I get:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason:
'Got more than one folder with folderId AQMkADllODE4Yzg1LTM3MjktNGVlAGEtODRkZi1jZDdmMGViMWVjYjcALgAAA2uk2E33q9BMt5S6XXxtY3cBADMZ7DRFZNJAkM1D4wHoODQAAAMKAAAA'
    abort() called
    terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

As it is a build in App I can't simply reinstall it. Any advice on what I can do?


texts: Someone in China tried to log into my AppleID account. What should I do?

texts:
I am a US citizen who volunteers for a human rights organization and noticed my iCloud account had a login attempt by someone in Nanchang, China

I'm not sure if I should fear of my personal safety, or be concerned about the confidentiality of my data.

How can I determine if this is legitimate to protect myself?


texts: Help Deleting 150 Million + Items from Trash on Mac

texts: I have over 150 million files to delete on my Mac, and I've run all the versions of rm -rf ~/.Trash/* in Terminal and nothing has happened. Can somebody please explain to me how to delete these files quickly and efficiently?


texts:
I have a flash drive which was formatted on Mac using the Disk Utility. But when I'm trying to replug the drive it shows up in disk utility but says Not Mounted.
I'm unable to erase as it says

Unmounting disk
Erasing
Couldn't open device.
Operation failed...

It is not visible in the finder.

I also have tried formatting it from terminal using

diskutil eraseDisk free EMPTY /dev/disk2

but this stops with following error:

Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device

Also have tried this link but it also failed with error:

Started partitioning on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Error: -69877: Couldn't open device
(Is a disk in use by a storage system such as AppleRAID, CoreStorage, or APFS?)

After an exhausted online search and trials I'm posting here.

Thanks in Advance


texts: iOS: Adding googlemail account button does not respond

texts:
So I have two google accounts already set up on my phone. These were set up prior to iOS 12 update. Now when I try to add a new Googlemail account, nothing happened a when I tap on the button in “settings > passwords and accounts > add account”.

Any ideas what might be going on? It can’t be a security thing because I don’t even to the screen which asks for credentials.


texts: AirPods volume suddenly too low in Android mobile device

texts:
The volume of the Airpods (Gen. 2) will become suddenly too low on my Android mobile device (Aquaris U2 with Android version 8.1.0).
It usually works all fine, but it just happens (twice so far) that at some point when I start listening to a podcast the volume will be so low than I can barely hear anything, even if I set the volume at the maximum.
The first time it happened, I managed to fix it somehow, but I do not know how and I am not managing to replicate it now.
Other information that might be useful to find a solution:

Both times, the issue popped-up while listening to a podcast on Spotify. However, once the issue appears, also other apps like Youtube have the volume too low.
For other uses like calls, there is no problem with the volume.
I never had this problem with other Bluetooth headphones.
The AirPods work great on my laptop.

Note that this is a different problem than this question, as it is not about a firmware update.
So far I have tried, without success:

Unpairing and pairing the AirPods again.
Restarting the mobile phone.
Going to Developer Options > Disable Absolute Volume and turning the switch to the On position, as suggested here + restarting.
Turning the volume down and up again, as suggested in the comments of the link provided in point number 3. Also turning it totally down, restarting it and then up again.
Roll back the Bluetooth AVRCP Version (also under Developer Options) from 1.4 to 1.3, also suggested in the same comments as above.

Any ideas of what the problem is and how to fix it?


texts: Is there a way to get OSX Finder to search through .ts (textscript) files?

texts:
I really like using OSX's finder to quickly find a particular file and its content based on search, I need to work on in my web projects. We often have 100s upon 100s of separate files and I need to quickly find files quickly.

OSX's Finder works on .html and .scss files wonderfully on my system. However, it doesn't seem to want to search inside of .ts files. Is there a way to enable this in OSX?


texts: Which presentation remote controls are OS X compatible with Powerpoint?

texts: I'm looking for a remote control to use for controlling a Powerpoint presentation, and want it to be compatible and reliable w/ OS X.  Any recommendations on one that functions well with Powerpoint?


texts: I just updated Trim Enabler after updating my Mac to OS X 10.8.5. The new version doesn't have a quit button, option or anything like that. How do I close it? I cannot remove it from the menu bar by dragging it. What can I do, short of rebooting?


texts: Use MacBook Pro's trackpad to control ipad?

texts:
Softwares like typeeto use bluetooth to link a MacBook Pro's keyboard to control iPad. The new iPad OS 13.4.1 also supports using magic trackpad or magic mouse on iPad.

I'm wondering in any way possible to use MacBook Pro's trackpad to control iPad?


texts: Network Caller ID on iOS without a computer

texts:
Network Caller ID (or NCID) allows incoming call information for a regular landline telephone to be sent over a local network to display on computers and other devices. There are programs for OS X that can handle this, and there's even one solution that broadcasts to iOS devices via a computer using the Prowl app.

Is there is a solution to show NCID details on iOS that doesn't involve a computer?


texts: Mac Pro 5,1 - Red LED's On Slot #4 and Slot #8 - No Processor Error

texts:
I have a Mac Pro 5,1 dual processor. When powered on, no matter what slot the RAM is in, I get a light on slot #4 and one on slot #8 even though those slots are empty. No processor warning lights at all.

I haven't encountered this before. I've tried different RAM in different slots, SMC reset and swapping the processor board out for a spare. No joy. Such a state doesn't appear to be detailed in the service source manual for the machine.

Edit: The machine won't boot - so AHT isn't possible.

Any thoughts appreciated.


texts: iPhone 7 Plus randomly wouldn’t let me do things?

texts:
My iPhone 7 with iOS 11.3.1 has a problem with its microphone and headphone jack.

When I make a call, I am unable to click on the loud “Speaker” button, and also am unable to hear the person on the other side of the call. They also aren’t able to hear me. Basically my phone can make calls, but I am unable to hear the other person and the other person can’t hear me. Also my speaker DURING calls is greyed out, so there’s definitely an issue with the microphone, as if it was disabled.

Additionally, my headphones cannot be recognised by the phone when plugged in, however the phone is still able to charge. I know for a fact that the headphones are not faulty, it definitely has to be a phone issue.

I still have three months left on my warranty before I can get a new phone, so any help will be deeply appreciated!

-Cambria


texts: Showing comments when presenting in Keynote

texts: I want to use the yellow "post-it" style comments in my document to show when I'm presenting slides, but they disappear automatically when I start playing the slideshow. How do I keep them there when presenting?


texts: Can't chmod or chown a file in TimeMachine backup directory

texts:
When trying to restore a certain directory from TimeMachine (TM) I'm getting the error The operation can't be completed because you don't have permission to access problem_group_file.png. Looking closer at the files in the TM directory it seems that a file has consistently been getting, an perhaps continues to get, the wrong group ownership. Perhaps other file permissions are corrupt too preventing the restore operation from completing.

My next step was to try to change the ownership to be the same as its sibling files. This is something I've done before to successfully restore from TM at occasions when similar problems occurred. In this case though no matter what I tried I got the same error, Operation not permitted. Not even sudo touch is permitted in the directory. Perhaps this is by design.

Below is a listing of some files in the TM directory in question, with extended attributes and ACLs displayed. At the bottom is the problem file, called problem_group_file.png.

$ ls -aehlO@
total 26184
drwxr-xr-x@ 134 seron  staff  -  4,4K 12 Mar 09:41 ./
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot    50B
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot    50B
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
drwxr-xr-x@   4 seron  staff  -  136B 29 Jul  2013 ../
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot    50B
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot    50B
 0: group:everyone deny

...

-rw-r--r--@ 6 seron  staff  -  4,8K 10 Okt 14:37 good_group_file.png
    com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot    50B
    com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot    50B
 0: group:everyone deny write,delete,append,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown
-rw-r--r--@ 4 seron  wheel  -  3,2K 10 Okt 13:29 problem_group_file.png
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot    50B
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot    50B
 0: group:everyone deny write,delete,append,writeattr,writeextattr,chown

I've read[1] that the file may be locked with the uchg extended attribute, but this does not seem to be so in this case.

At the bottom of each file attribute list is the ACL. I haven't used those before and don't understand how they work. Perhaps it is the cause of these problems.

The TM disk was checked without errors in Disk Utility. This problem appears on more than one TM disk which leads me to believe that it's not a TM disk error. The problem is manifested on multiple TM disks and backups. On the source side they all have the same (and correct) attributes and ownership sans ACLs. Disk Utility found attribute errors on the source disk, but only on files belonging to OS X, and not this file. All partitions are hfs+ journaled.


texts: Files and folders on Desktop automatically get renamed to "?

texts:
I am currently running macos High Sierra 10.13.2 on a MacBook Air early-2014 and a weird thing has been happening for the last 2-3 days. When I turn on my mac, the files and folders on my desktop get renamed to "?.

For instance my folder named Receipts got renamed to "?. And even though I rename these files manually, the next time I start up, they get renamed back to "?.

The files in other directories seem to be unaffected.
Does anybody have any clue as to whats happening ?


texts: Does the Apple Smart Keyboard work for all iPads?

texts:
I have an iPad 7th gen 10.2" and I've been looking for apple smart keyboards for a few days now. I came across one on ebay which was cheaper than usual but the thing is, it says that it's for the iPad 10.5".

How can I know if this works only in a 10.5" air or pro model, or it doesn't really matter?


texts: How to disable local news texts to iphone

texts:
My iPhone 6 receives text messages of local news stories, from a local news source.

I can't discover how to unsubscribe from these messages. How is it done?

This is my first iOS device.


texts: How do I clean behind the trackpad on a late 2010 MacBook Pro?

texts:
Lately I've noticed the trackpad on my MacBook Pro has been getting stuck from time to time and generally isn't as clicky as it used to be. It feels to me like there's something stuck behind the trackpad there that's stopping it from moving freely, but I have no idea how to get behind there and clean it, let alone how anything could have gotten in there in the first place. The trackpad will press all the way down on the bottom left and right corners, but towards the bottom centre it does not press down nearly as easily.

Has anyone had any luck cleaning behind the MacBook trackpad? If so how did you do it?


texts: Zoom in/out keyboard shortcuts for Swedish keyboard?

texts:
I could not get the keyboard shortcuts for zoom in/out in Aperture 3 on my Swedish Keyboard.

According to the documentation it should be Command+= and Command+-

I have searched the Internet, but it only shows the same as above.


texts: I updated to Mojave 10.14.3 last weekend at home. When I brought my MacBook Pro into the office Monday morning it showed it was connected to my office network, but there was no connection. I restarted the MacBook and it connected flawlessly. When I brought it home that night it said it was connected to my home network but it wasn't. Restarted and connected fine. Four days later it's still doing this every time I switch networks. Not a huge deal, but kind of a pain. Any suggestions?


texts: After an update, OS won't let me override the default keyboard layout to my language preferences

texts:
I have an Arteck HB086 bluetooth keyboard that I bought in the UK. I generally type in American English and MacOS's regional settings are U.S.
Until today, the keyboard worked with US-standard key mappings even though the keys are printed with UK-standard keys. For example, on the UK keyboard the @ is to the right of the colon instead of the single/double-quote button; on a US keyboard, @ is on the numeral 2.

My input source is still set to US-english -- https://share.getcloudapp.com/Z4uyqxpp
The keyboard type is set as US-ANSI.

I've re-paired, re-booted, etc. In other words, my system settings no longer seem to override the physical keyboard settings. The keys are still showing up as the UK mappings in both MacOS and Windows (I'm dual-boot). Again, I changed nothing today; something must have updated and now it doesn't work and I can no longer effectively type. Any help is appreciated.


texts: My Internal SSD is Not Showing Up in Diskutil

texts:
I ereased current MacOS system and tried to setup new version from scratch. But Macbook can't show internal SSD in diskutil anymore. I can't access my SSD in Macbook. Whan I tried until now and results:

1) I was have bootcamp in it and I tried to access to Windows on Macbook, I accessed, but Macbook's own firmware couldn't see it anyway.

2) I have tried SSD and tested everything on it (GTP opening, format settings etc.) everything works very fine for SSD.

3) I have tried install a MacOS to my flash disk from internet recover system, it worked.

4) I have booted 2 different USB sticks (3.0, 2.0) they both never seen as bootable but I can see them in disk utils.

5) I tried reset thing on Macbook (CMD + Option + R + P) didn't work for me.

6) I tried 4 different DMG files with 4 different versions of MacOS (by using TransMac) and I tried to boot all of them on Mac but never worked.

7) Everything was fine until I pressed to "Erase" button on Disk Utility in CMD + R at startup. I just wanted to reset everything and install a fresh setup but that locked my whole day.

I have tried everything what I can find on the internet but it never see any internal storage anyway.
(I mean OS never sees it but bootcamp was still working when even OS can't see it. Until I reset SSD on my Windows PC, I can access to Bootcamp Windows from Macbook Pro after Erasing MacOS Catalina.)

Thank you everyone...


texts:
My iPhone 4 doesn't lock automaticaly anymore. It seems that it is since iOS 6 update.

Is it a known bug? someone has noticed this problem? or is there a parameter or something that might be the cause of the problem?


texts: How can I identify and uninstall all apps installed by a certain user?

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I have a Macbook that was also used by a previous employee of my job. I made the mistake of not reformatting the entire thing when I installed it. Now I have a new Mac app store ID, but the apps previously installed under his ID keep asking for his app store password - my assumption is this is to update themselves.

How can I identify and uninstall any apps previously installed under a different Mac App store ID other than my current one?


texts: LG Ultrafine 5K firmware update ZIP search

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Does anyone have access to the LG UltraFine 5K display firmware update ZIP file? LG ScreenManager doesn't recognize any update even though there should be one. LG support rejected me that they doesn't have access to it and this is on Apple side which is nonsense?
Can someone help me?


texts: I have a somewhat old external monitor connected via HDMI to USB-C that has a resolution of 1366x768 which is not available on the extended list in the Display Preferences (holding option). Is there a work around to fix this?


texts: How to unlock admin locked preference panes

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My lovely work locks certain preference panes, but I need to access a couple things. I've found a way to do this before, but can't seem to find it online.

I've dumped the managed preferences plist.  I thought there was a terminal command that could be used to make that work?


texts: Is it possible to airplay content from iPhone to another iPhone or iPad?

texts: I know that we can AirPlay photos, videos and music from an iOS device to an Apple TV or AirPort Express, or AirPlay enabled speakers. But can we also airplay content from iPhone or iPad to another iPhone/iPad?


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Hello,

This question is about the Command Line Developer Tools that are usually installed with xcode-select --install and updated via a software update from the Mac App Store (at least until macOS 10.13). I use the developer toolchain on a daily basis and it has always worked and updated without issues.

Today I've updated my mac from High Sierra 10.13.6 to Mojave 10.14.1, and I've lost the ability to update the Developer Tools.

After the update I've executed a terminal command that relies on the developer tools being installed. It was a command to update Homebrew, although I don't think that the specifics matter, as I believe that any task that tried to access the developer tools would have triggered the same error message.

The error was:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

The phrasing was new (maybe), but I thought that it was caused by the usual need to re-install the Developer Tools after some macOS updates.

Later I tried to dig a bit deeper into the failure, and found out that:

$ ls -l /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/total 0drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  96  4 Nov 19:32 share$ which xcrun/usr/bin/xcrun$ xcode-select -p/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Still, as I normally do, I entered the command to install and update the Developer Tools in the terminal:

xcode-select --install

This started the usual procedure: modal window to confirm, then request to accept the license agreement, followed by a progress bar. Except that it failed very quickly with an unexpected error:

Can’t install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server.

I've tried several times, to no avail. It gets always stuck.

Sometimes, however, the failure causes the System Preferences to report a pending update:

If I open that preference panel it starts searching for updates, and it always finds nothing except the first time that it happened. The first time, it found this:

It literally suggested me to install the updates for macOS 10.11 and 10.13. I have no idea why.

I closed the preference without installing, and as I said it hasn't shown them again. There is also no update available in new Mac App Store.

Is this a known issue? Is there any way to resolve the problem?

Update

Of course I can download the Dev Tools for macOS 10.14 installer from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/.

Before installing them manually, though, I'm wondering if there is anything that's broken with the system.


texts: If I'm using Gmail, can I clean out the space that "Mail Messages" are taking up on my hard drive?

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In looking to make some room on my MacBook Pro's Hard drive, I ran the excellent Disk Inventory X

As I expected, movies, my Aperture Archive and other media-intensive files took up a ton of my space. But I was surprised to find that files that Disk Inventory X categorized as "Mail Message" took up a whopping 22 GB.

I mostly use Apple Mail as my email client, although I've been giving Sparrow another try lately.  But in either case, other than a legacy MobileMe account that I never use, Gmail is my mail provider (and storage facility).

What the heck is stored locally in that size, and can I safely delete it somehow?

(I can't fathom it matters, but I'm running Lion.)


texts: Unable to boot after installing Windows 7 without Boot Camp

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I can't boot into Windows after installing Windows 7 on my iMac. I need help troubleshooting.

Background:
I have an iMac11,1 (27 inch, late 2009, 2,8 Ghz i7, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB FireCura drive). The optical drive is broken so I have been unsuccessful in using Boot Camp. I've tried some alternate approaches to install Windows 7:

1) Modifying the .plist in Boot Camp Assistant allows me to create a USB, partition and reboot but I get stuck on a black screen listing "No bootable CD/DVD".

2) Same approach as 1 but on reboot pressing ALT and choosing my USB boot media. This gives me an error that I can't install on an MBR disk via EFI.

3) Partitioning the drive with Disk Utility, creating a 250 GB FAT32 partition. Launching the installer in the same way as 2. Installer launches, on the disk screen I need to reformat the BOOTCAMP partition to NTFS andafter that all is smooth until reboot where I'm stuck on a grey screen. Holding down ALT I can choose to boot into the USB or MacOS with no problems. After installing there is an additional option of EFIBoot with a regular hard drive icon but if I choose that everything freezes. (Which I guess is the same thing that happens after the installer reboots).

I tried approach 3 with Windows 10 which workes fine but I couldn't find working drivers for everything with Windows 10 so I have since removed Windows 10, partitioned and reformatted the drive. I have tried both with 64 bit versions of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate with the same result.

I would like advice on how to troubleshoot my current situation or tips on alternative approaches to install Windows 7 on my computer.


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What's the name of the temperature sensor closest to the PCIe slots in a MacPro5,1?

I'm concerned that an installed PCIe card is overheating.


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I'm doing a fresh install of Yosemite on my mac, but stopped at format step: I noticed various options:

plain format
encrypted
case sensitive

So, I'd like to know:

Is it possible to install Yosemite on an encrypted partition? If
   yes, there are downsides?
Is this equivalent to installing on unencrypted disk and perform
encryption from OS with FileVault? If not, may you explain the
difference?
I'm tempted to choose Case Sensitive to have a more "true Unix"
environment. May this cause issues with OS and apps?

I googled, but those answers are rather difficult to find.

Thanks a lot.


texts: macbookair 2014-15 model yosemite macos 10.10.5 external DELL HDMI monitor sound and brightness control

texts: I need to control brightness and sound volume in external monitor DELL 2420HS connected thru HDMI cable from thunderbolt port. I downloaded MonitorControl. image (dmg file) is showing 'corrupt image' when trying to open. Tried all versions starting 2.0.0...1.7.1, 1.7.0, thru to 1.5. The same error message. Please help.


texts: Where is the F13 button on my MacBook Pro?

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I was looking through the System Preferences for Mission Control in OS X Lion (10.7). One of the options had F13 in it but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Where is it?


texts: Apple external (magic) keyboard: SHIFT + [ not working

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Im having some weird problem. I have connected my magic keyboard via USB.

When I type "[" its working as you see. Also when I type SHIFT + ] I get "}".

PROBLEM: But when I try to type SHIFT + [ I cant get left curly bracket.
(Its working on my internal keyboard)

PRAM reseted. Keyboard layout - English. No shortcuts on this combinations made. Sticky keys OFF, slow keys OFF. Dictation OFF.

What could be the problem ? Maybe I could delete some Library/Preferences or something ? I cant code without that brackets


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We have Bell (Canada) as an ISP. Their service works fine, I can also easily see what devices are connected to the home network via their home network settings.

Additionally, I have my own modem, a Zhone 6518-A1-NA. I want to use it as a bridge, so it connects to the home network, and afterwards I can connect my network drive to it.

The issue is that I cannot find the IP of that Zhone modem, which is connected via ethernet cable to my computer directly (not the ISP's modem). I reset it, but I can't find the information as of what its IP would be and I can't connect to it to change its firmware or whatever I wish to do.

Is there a way from the Terminal or the network settings to find out what its IP is? Keep in mind I tried calling the ISP and they said that because I am on a Mac and also because it's not their own product, they will offer no support.

Thanks in advance.


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System Report will display the system's Hardware UUID in the format 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef.

Using the shell we can retrieve the same UUID:

ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -E '(UUID)'

Is it possible to get this UUID in Python without resorting to executing a shell command?


texts: Searching for lost .pem file in time machine back up

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I recently had to wipe my apple mac, and I have been using time machine to back up my mac. I would like to retrieve a specific file (a .pem file) which I use to log in to my Uni server.

I have tried all the usual ways to look for it.

Could someone please advise how I could find it? Or tell me if it would be saved by time machine at all??


texts: How to open two ports (both TCP / UDP) using pf

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I own a MacBook pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), running macOS Sierra 10.12.2 as host computer and VMware Fusion Pro Version 8.5.3 with Windows 10 and Linux as guests  OS's. So my question is how do I open the two ports 1338 (TCP and UDP) and 1340 (TCP and UDP) in my case using my Windows guest OS. Both ports have to reachable from the internet. The whole network is attached to a Linksys X3000 router which connects to the internet.

I have Murus lite, but I must confess that I don't know how to efficiently use it, even I can also buy the pro version anyway.


texts: I wish to delete this container disk 1 and disk utility is not allowing me to. And if I restart my mac it automatoically boots to container disk 1. so I should always boot from the other disk manually. Can some please help me how to do it? Thank You in advance.


texts: Trick mac into thinking battery is connected (if I unplugged it)?

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I'm running Sierra 10.12.6 on a 2015 MacBook Pro and I was wondering if anyone knew a way to trick the OS into thinking the battery is connected when it's actually unplugged.

I'm sure you guys will want to know why in the first place...I keep my mac plugged for long periods of time and it's messed up my battery capacity ( down to 70% in just 300+ cycles).


texts: Start from external disk only if connected to iMac

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I have Windows installed in external SSD; I can choose to start Windows 10 if I press option key and selected that external SSD.

Some days ago I was able to start Windows without having to select the drive, just by having the drive connected before switching on the iMac. If not connected macOS was started. This was very convenient.

Somehow the setting disappeared and I do not know how to bring it back.


texts: How to get xargs not to eat double spaces

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I'm trying to process some files with double spaces in the name. It seems like xargs is removing spaces. Example

$ echo "foo  bar" | xargs -I {} echo "{}"
foo bar

Notice there's only 1 space between foo and bar but 2 were passed in. The example above works in Ubuntu 16.04 bash

Note I'm actually trying to process a list of files as in

cat list-of-files | xargs -I {} echo "{}"

-O doesn't work in this case as xargs sees the entire file as one filename.  Tried -E '\n' but that still ate the extra space


texts: Using Automator to take a screen shot from Adobe Digital Editions, Page Down and repeat

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Is there any way to have OS X's Automator.app repeatedly take screen shots of a book in Adobe Digital Editions? So me doing the task involves:

Cmd + Shift + 4
space bar
mouse click
page down
repeat…

Can this be automated?


texts: Can I pay in shops with my iPhone 6 Plus via NFC using Apple Pay?

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Has the "Apple Pay" service been launched yet? I have googled before asking the question but had no results.

I would like to try the technology to pay a small amount at KFC using iPhone 6 Plus.


texts: Trying to import old video from tape into iMovie 10.0.9, and store it on peripheral drive

texts: I can't control which file or folder to target. I can only name a target an event name, and then that event only shows in the iMovie libraries menu on the left. Cant find the even in Finder to copy it to hard drive.


texts: Can I find just the apps which I have purchased in the App Store?

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I know I can go to the Purchased tab in the App Store on my iPad to see all the apps that I have downloaded, but I have been unable to find a way to see just the apps that I have bought.

Is there a way to sort the apps in the iOS App Store so that one can easily view all the paid apps that have been downloaded?


texts: dtrace/dtruss command to see what files a command tries to open?

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Is there a dtrace one liner that will run a command, and tell me all the files it tries to open?

The Linux strace equivalent of what I'm trying to do is strace -e trace=file -f cat /etc/passwd > /dev/null

I am on El Capitan


texts: using mac book pro (mid 2010) as monitor for a DVR

texts: I recently bought a DVR and set of security cameras. The DVR has a VGA port and an HDMI port. I connected my MBP to the DVR VGA port using a Mini Display port adapter. However, I do not see the DVR display on my MBP. I'm assuming that I cannot use my MBP to view the DVR. Is that right? Or do I have to buy a monitor separately to view the DVR? Thank you


texts: How to determine when an app was downloaded and installed

texts: I'm trying to find out when I last installed a specific app on my iPhone. I know the app's name but I'm trying to find out when I last installed it.


texts: Can not text message most people with iPhones since iOS 8

texts: We do not use iMessage in our house (we have our reasons). My son updated to iOS 8 and now he can not text most people with iPhones. His phone keeps telling him he has to use iMessage.


texts: Select windows in tmux using the numeric keypad

texts: I'd like to use the numeric keypad to select windows in tmux. Anybody do this?


texts: Aborted localhost http requests -- how to troubleshoot?

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I've got a webserver running on localhost (not the one built into OSX -- a different, proprietary webserver).  I do most of my web app dev there, refreshing the browser to reload, etc.  This has worked flawlessly for years.  Lately though I've been having a bizarre problem.

Some of the resources (different ones each time) simply aren't loading -- they show status Aborted in Firebug.

When I enable the deepest level of debugs on the webserver, I can verify that the webserver never sees the requests at all.  The webserver does not see these requests, as if they never happened.

The only way I've found to resolve this is to restart my macbook.  Other things I've tried unsuccessfully:

changing IP and Port - doesn't help
restarting loopback interface (sudo ifconfig lo0 down; sudo ifconfig lo0 up) - doesn't help
Have disabled all plugins/extensions in FF & Chrome - doesn't help

How can I get to the bottom of this?  What kinds of issues may be at the root of it?

Here is some more info that may help:

OSX 10.7.5
Webserver is Webcluster 5.2 (a java based HTTP server my company developed -- you haven't heard of it ;)
The webserver is restarted often through the day -- meaning the IP+port is dropped and then reattached frequently
Happens both when wifi and when cabled
Happens both on our VPN and off it
Seeing this in Firefox 20.0, Chrome 26.0.1410.65, and Safari 6.0.4.


texts: Connected Bluetooth Device Not Recognized as Audio Device

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Short Version:

The device in question is connected according to itself and the Bluetooth Preferences, but does not show up as an output option in Sound Preferences.

Long Version:

I recently purchased an AmazonBasics Bluetooth Audio Receiver with the intention of being able to broadcast from my phone, MacBook, etc. to a pair of non-Bluetooth speakers from across the room. Most of my computer problems are self-inflicted, so I'd imagine this has to do with some changes I made a few months back that I will detail further down.

The computer experiencing issues is a 2012 MacBook Pro 13" (MacBookPro9,2), running Yosemite 10.10.5.

Here's what I know:

The device connects and shows up as a connected Bluetooth device in System Preferences.
The device is not recognized as an audio device on my 2012 MacBook Pro (it doesn't show up in the preferences pane).
The device is able to receive audio from my Android phone.
The device is able to receive audio from my 2010 MacBook Pro running the same OS version (10.10.5), less a security update and various app updates.
I had to manually remove Avid ProTools components a few months ago, so likely the issue is with something I edited incorrectly.
Copying com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist from the 2010 model to the 2012 model does not correct the issue.
Deleting com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist from the 2012 model outright does not correct the issue.
Restarting, etc. does not correct the issue.

I suspect that there is some kext file or similar package that needs to be reset or replaced with a good one, but don't know where it would be.

I do not want to (nor should I have to, in theory) reinstall my system due to a million and a half other reasons.

I realize that this is an unusual issue, as various search engines with various terms yielded nothing fruitful. Any assistance you can offer is appreciated.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)


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Since I updated my iPad 2 to 7.1.1, whenever I try to connect to iTunes the message come up saying the back up

Any help how to overcome this problem. Thanks


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I have a set of redeem codes associated to a VPP purchase.
I went ot my phone itunes and entered the first code.
The app download started automatically.
Unfortunately, due to a network problem, the download failed.
Now returning to itunes I cannot find any way to re try downloading the app.
Also re-entering the code obviously does not work (the code has already been used).
So how can I re-try downloading the app on that phone without using a different code?


texts: View HDMI output from another device on a Mid-2015 MacBook Pro

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I'm looking for a setup that will allow me to view the video output from another device (1080p/60 over HDMI) on my MacBook, at full frame rate and with minimal latency. I assume this would take the form of a Thunderbolt dongle, but I don't know what to look for, or if such a thing even exists.

I don't need to be able to capture or encode video, though being able to save frames would be a plus. I'd also like to be able to view the video output scaled to full-screen, and if there's the option of software filtering (e.g. sharpening / fancy upscaling), that would be a plus as well.


texts: When I select Restart from the Apple menu and get the alert "There is a user sharing this computer...", I would like to know which user (e.g. their IP address or some other identification) is sharing.  Is there a (Terminal) command to discover the addresses of sharing users?  (I'm not suspecting unauthorised users, rather I am trying to identify the source of a problem).


texts: How do I force macOS to update? When I try to open Xcode I get the message that I'm not running a new enough version of macOS. However, the software updater menu says I'm up-to-date.


texts: Do I need DisplayLink software on my Mac?

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I just upgraded to Mojave and my second monitor would not work. Tried all kinds of things suggested in the top Google results to no avail. Then I read to try and update DisplayLink, which I had not heard of.

I downloaded and installed it but got a security error saying I had to allow it. I thought this can't be a necessary piece of software, since it's not even by Apple. I ran the uninstaller, rebooted, and my second screen worked instantly, even remembering that the application bar should be attached to that screen.

Why was DisplayLink installed to begin with? Why should I need it? My second monitor work fine with just native macOS Mojave. So what benefit am I missing if any?


texts: Installing 64-bit java on Mac OS X Lion?

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When playing Minecraft 1.0, a java-based game, when I switch the rendering options to "Far", the game shows a message saying that memory usage for the game might be too high in Far rendering mode, and that I'm running 32-bit java and should install 64-bit java for the Far mode to work properly.

I can't recall ever actually installing java on this Mac at all.

Is there a way for me to install 64-bit java on my Mac?

This is an June/July 2011 iMac with Mac OS X Lion, all updates installed.


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I am rookie in Mac and I came from Ubuntu

On my previous Dell laptop if I needed to mark some part of text in order to copy or delete it I just made one short touch on touchpad and immediately second touch (not click) and second touch I keep my finger on touchpad and than I can just move mouse and mark text.

or for example how I deleted files:

I have a file on desktop I need to trash it. I put mouse on the file make one short touch and immediately second touch and keep touch on file and now I am able to move file to trash on somewhere on the desktop.

But with mac touchpad I need make click (not just touch) and keep click with one finger and another finger I can move the file somewhere I need. Just remember how you move you file on the desktop, you use two fingers for this.

I hope I describe my problem clearly but feel free to ask

Question is : if there is some settings how to change behavior of touch click?


texts: How to upgrade the ssh program on OS X 10.6.8?

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I would prefer to do this through the command line rather than downloading Macports.
Any help appreciated.


texts: iMessages app is missing after update of OSX to Mountain Lion

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I have updated my Mac Mini to Mountain Lion.

I had iMessages beta installed on OSX Lion but after upgrading it's disappeared and now I don't have any iMessages.

I checked various sources for it with no luck. I also tried to reinstall the beta, but wasn't able to do that, either.


texts: How do I activate my hotspot on my prepaid service I had on postpaid?

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My iPhone used to work for tethering when I had a postpaid account.

Now that I am on a prepaid plan, I need my hotspot back ASAP to use my optus service for my laptop.

Please tell me I can still acsess my Intrenet tethering as I need it or my laptop is useless to me. I was on a plan and I have now as of yesterday changed from dodo to Optus pre paid.

Can u suggest how I can activate the same service to use my laptop through my mobile phone service?


texts: How do I prevent files from being saved as .webarchive

texts: Whenever I want to save files like .csv files that were open in a safari tab, it forces me to either name it as .csv.webarchive or .webarchive. Is there a way to disable this?


texts: Can't open dmg for combo update to 10.14: corrupt image

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I've downloaded macOSUpdCombo10.14.6.dmg from the official apple site twice now in order to update my 10.10 to 10.14, both times when I try to open the dmg I am told that it can't be opened as the image is corrupt.

I'm at a loss, this isn't happening with other dmg files I have, I've run the disk utility function verify on my drive and it reports no errors.
 Is it the file? Am I doing something wrong?  Any insights would be appreciated.


texts: How to maximize Macbook pro retina's battery life when working with AC power?

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I'm working 95% of my time with AC power and Thunderbolt Display. Since macbook pro retina's battery are no longer easily switchable I'm concerned about it's life and would like to maximize it. Before macbook retina I used to charge the battery to 50%, then after removing it I used the macbook without battery on AC power. But it's no longer possible.

I googled a little but didn't find a clear guidance about how to use your macbook mainly connected to AC power and not doing damage to your battery.

From what I know :

Full discharges should be avoided.
Keeping you battery charged to its maximum for too long time is also bad.
Try to keep charging cycles as low as possible. It's battery life (macbook pro retina battery is expected to keep 80% of its charge after 1000 charging cycles).

I try to disconnect AC power once a week until battery indicator goes down to approximatively 75% and then I connect back the AC to charge it to 100%. I don't know if it's the best steps to maximize the battery life but I think it's much better then to keep it all the time connected to the AC power.

What do you think. How to preserve battery life working on AC power ?


texts: Analytics: How to detect 32-bit only devices?

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We need to figure out how many of our users are currently running on 32-bit hardware, however iTunesConnect Analytics doesn't break down the devices by:

Device Model, or
CPU Architecture

The only breakdowns are by device family or iOS version. This isn't granular enough.

An "iPhone" device family could be iPhone 5c or iPhone 6. The former is 32-bit, the latter is 64-bit.
Similarly, an "iOS version 10" metric could be iPhone 5c or iPhone 6. The former is 32-bit, the latter is 64-bit.

Can we identify currently active devices that are on 32-bit architecture and would become obsolete purely by using iTunes connect and data Apple supplies without needing to make any code changes to our application?


texts: I prefer to use Safari but I'm going into web design so I want to have a few browsers on my MacBook to view my work. When I try and open Chrome, it crashes on startup. This has been a problem since I upgraded to Mountain Lion. I have tried removing the application support and libraries and uninstalling but nothing has fixed this issue. Is their a fix for this crash? This crash is making Chrome unusable.


texts: iTunes 12: Is there a way to increase album art size in the Album View

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I remember in earlier versions of iTunes it was possible to increase the size of album artwork in the Album View via a slider - so, for example, I could have fewer albums with large cover art per row or more albums per row, but with tiny cover art.

However, I can't find this function anymore in iTunes 12. Does anyone know how to do this? :)


texts: Unable to map \UA using DefaultKeyBinding.dict

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I am using a german Windows keyboard and want to map the key with <>| on it to actually really write these symbols. Currently it writes

<>| without modifier:        ^
<>| with option key:         „
<>| with command or control: nothing

Using the app Key codesI figured out that <>| has a unicode of 0xA, so I tried these mappings in my DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

"\UA" = ("insertText:", "<");  // forgot what this becomes
"$\UA" = ("insertText:", ">"); // becomes ° instead of <
"~\UA" = ("insertText:", "|"); // becomes „ instead of |

I commented right next to it what's the result after of course logging out and logging in again. Other key mappings work fine, I even disabled them during testing to make sure there are no conflicts.

Can anyone help me with this? What am I doing wrong? Is there any way to debug this?

Note: The key I am talking about can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_keyboard_layout#/media/File:KB_Germany.svg It is the key over the left windows key.

Update:
I think I found one part of the issue: I confused unicode code and key code. MacOS expects the unicode code, I gave the key code. The problem I have is that the Key Codes app gives no unicode code for the key with <>| on it, only a key code (0xA -> \UA in DefaultKeyBinding.dict)

Update2:
found the solution, see my answer below.


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I have three input sources in the menu, one I use 99%.  The others, I switch to occasionally to type a glyph they support and then switch back.
In the preferences, "automatically switch to a document's input source" was checked, but since I always witch back to the main one, all documents should be set to that.  And most of the time, that works as expected.
However, once out of several logins, MacOS seems to be in a mode that requires switching to the first one in the list every time focus is changed to a different window or tab.  And some of those times, it does not allow me to switch back.  Apple is ignoring the bug report.
Any ideas why or how to fix?  I did turn off the auto-switch.  That should help, but shouldn't be necessary (and if ever I have a document that is all Chinese or Greek, I'd rather have it on).
This started with Big Sur, and has been happening from 11.0 to 11.2.3


texts: How do I send an automated reply as soon as I receive an iMessage between a time frame on a MacBook?

texts: I have a MacBook, and I need to have a way to send an automated reply to all iMessages when I'm at work or doing a certain activity. For example, when I'm working, I want a message that could say something like "Hey, I'm busy. Will come back to you later when I'm done." to automatically be sent. Is this possible? I need it hugely, because I receive a lot of messages from friends and family while I'm working, and I can't respond to them. So I need the laptop to send them automatically.


texts: Recover overwritten Encrypted OS X volume (APFS)

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Is there a possibility to recover a 2TB APFS partition that has been altered by a fomatting command to a new 2TB APFS partion (i.e. the real data has not been deleted, encryption password is knonw, even parts of the encrypted data is available as backup).

I tried the approach discussed in Recover deleted Encrypted OS X Extended volume, but it did not work.


texts: Is the only way to update password stored in Keychain, to delete the old/existing stored password & re-add its new "update"?

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If the only way to update a password stored in Keychain, is to delete its old/existing stored password & re-add its new update, then steps like this show how.

But I'm curious if there is a way to update without first deleting the old stored password first?  That is the case for most website/webapp passwords for example.  The extra step of deleting first in Keychain isn't a big deal, but it would be useful to know if that's truly the only way, or if instead I am missing something?

*Note:  I am NOT asking how to update the password to Keychain itself, but instead rather I'm asking about passwords stored IN Keychain.


texts: iMac with black screen, backlight on, no activity

texts:
I'm having a problem with a 5k iMac 27" (mid-2015). When I turn it on, the backlight comes on, but the screen is completely black and there’s no activity.
An external monitor (plugged in with a Mini Displayport / Thunderbolt to HDMI cable) works, but only after I log in. I can do that by selecting the user and typing in my password blind, although it doesn’t work every time. So I restart it, wait a minute, try to login, wait a minute, then if it doesn’t come on I restart and try again.
When it does work, the computer seems to be working fine. It connects to my wifi (again only after login) and everything is fine, except that the built-in screen is black.
The system recognizes the built-in display and thinks it's working (unlike the Macbook Pro in this otherwise-similar question). It is also powering the backlight.

Some background:
A few months ago I opened it up and swapped out the HDD for an SSD (with a kit from OWC). It worked afterward, but some of the backlights stopped working, giving a look like stripes of dimness at the bottom of the screen. I needed to order more adhesive strips before I could open it up and re-seat the ribbon cable, so I left it and never got around to it.
It worked for several months. Then one day the screen went black. I turned it off and back on, and the backlight came up but that was all. I tried resetting the NVRAM, reseating the RAM chips, and then gave up and put it in the garage until I had time.
Yesterday I got it out and plugged it in. To my surprise, the screen came on and it appeared to be working fine! I walked away to grab a keyboard, and when I got back the screen was black again and it hasn’t come on since. I plugged in an external monitor and after a lot of messing around figured out I that I can login blind, and once I do the monitor comes on.
I’m assuming there is a hardware issue, probably connected to something I messed up when I swapped the drive. I’m ready to open it up again but I’m not sure what to look for. What are the likely causes of this issue?


texts:
I have a numbers formula used in invoice generation:

="Invoice terms: "&CONCATENATE(Terms)&", please pay by ..."

Which returns:

  Invoice terms: 14 days, please pay by ...

Is there a way to apply a style to only part of the formula? I want the outputted "Invoice terms" to be bolded:

  Invoice terms: 14 days, please pay by ...

Is this possible?


texts: I recently got a new (old) MacBook Air, to help record on the road, and whenever I try to download Logic Pro X, it finishes the download (~800mb from IIRC) but then disappears from the Launchpad. I managed to successfully download and install Final Cut and MainStage with no problems, but Logic just won't stay there. I've got about 100GB of free space and I've tried searching through Finder for the app but to no avail.


texts: How to send photos from iPhone to Windows PC without cable and Internet

texts:
I am trying to send the pictures (and videos) I have to my Windows PC, but don't want to upload them to any cloud services. I cannot use USB because there is a problem with the socket. I can only charge the phone. The phone has internet connection and I can download apps.

An option is to start a server and connect via wifi, but how?

What are the free solutions for that? Or what can you suggest?


texts: MacBookPro Desktop Screen Display Action

texts: I need to know how to keep open windows from disappearing while working with one or more programs.  It seems like they vanish when I linger the cursor too long on one or the other but I can't seem to figure out how to fix this in preferences.  For instance - I'm needing to keep my browser open for reference while I'm typing something in Pages.  Even if I minimize the browser, it will still disappear in some cases.  Of course clicking on the icon in the desktop bar will reopen the browser where it was, but then the Pages window disappears, etc.  I need them to stay open simultaneously.  What to do?  MacBookPro is Retina, 15 inch, mid 2014 with Mojave 10.14.4.  Thanks.


texts: How can I see which files I used some days ago?

texts:
I had a telephone conference days three days ago. I took notes while talking and now I can't find them. It could be that I just tipped them into an open document or maybe I created a new one and didn't save it properly or idk... I looked through the last versions of the last docs I used but found nothing.

I still know the exact time I called, so maybe I would remember where I wrote them if I could see which files I used while the call.

Is there any possibility to see which files I used that time? I already tried to look it up on the console but found nothing. And in the device tab, there are only the events of today.

I'd be very happy if someone could help me because these were very important.

Have a nice weekend,

Daniel


texts: Old MacBook power adapter on new MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have a 60W power adapter from my old 2008 MacBook.

Can I use this power adapter on a new 13" MacBook Pro, which also came with a 60W power adapter?

However the two power adapters have two different modell numbers.

Can there be a problem using the old one on the newer 13" MacBook Pro?


texts: How can I make a script that opens terminal and runs my executable?

texts:
My students and I are using gcc to compile programs which ask a series of questions then display a result.  Right now if we are running a program called "main" for example, we have to open a terminal window then type:
./Programs/main

We would like to be able to distribute these to other students who don't know how to use the terminal, so that they can just double-click on a file.

I have tried to create a .command or .sh file that does this, but they will do "exit;" before the program can get input.  I also tried to use Automator, but this also exits before the program can get input.


texts: Which models of iPhone 5 are compatible with CDMA in India?

texts: Can I use my CDMA sim in iPhone 5 ? I am using TATA INDICOM CDMA sim.


texts: looking for external speaker to amplify my Macbook pro 13" mid 2012

texts: I'm looking for speakers, but every site I go to only refers to the internal speakers. Are there any speakers that can be attached with a USB?


texts: Missing HDD space after diskutil command

texts:
I wanted to merge 2 partitions disk0s2(unused space) and disk0s4(OS volume)

My disk looked like this:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                500.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         199.3 GB   disk0s4
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                300.0 GB   disk0s5

Somewhere here I found a solution so I ran the command

  sudo diskutil erasevolume "Free Space" %noformat% /dev/disk0s2

But then the next command

  sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s4 0

Gave error:

  Error: -69519: The target disk is too small for this operation, or a gap is required in your partition map which is missing or too small, which is often caused by an attempt to grow a partition beyond the beginning of another partition or beyond the end of partition map usable space

So now it looks like this:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         199.3 GB   disk0s4
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                300.0 GB   disk0s5

  gpt show disk0

       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   977979728
   978389368   389234312      2  GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1367623680   585901455      3  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  1953525135          32         Sec GPT table
  1953525167           1         Sec GPT header

The best would be if I could make the main volume to the full space available, but if it's  too difficult it would be enough to have that 500Gb as a separate volume as it was.


texts: How do I keep Last.fm from scrobbling podcasts?

texts: I would like to use last.fm to just keep track of what music I listen to, but I listen to a lot of podcasts as well, using both iTunes and my iPhone.  Is there any way to prevent the Last.fm application from scrobbling my podcasts?  Or alternatively, is there any way to prevent Last.fm from scrobbling any music file longer than 1 hour or something?


texts:
I have an online website that I'd like to move to a new URL.
Therefore I need to edit all website html files (100+ files) to update the URL links inside each file of this website.

I'm thinking of making an off-line copy of the website files to edit.

Is it possibile to use Automator OS X to
- open each file in the website file folder
- search inside the file content for a specific URL link (say "www.website.com") and change it to the new URL (say "www.website.com/old")?

Else, do I need to rely on a text editor + Automator to make this process?

Or, can it be done using a UNIX script that you run in the Terminal ?

Thanks for any advice on how to perform this process!


texts: How big of a HDD can a Mid 2010 Mac Pro handle?

texts: I heard somewhere that the maximum HDD size that my Mid 2010 Mac Pro can handle is 4TB.  Is this correct?  If not, how big can I go?


texts: Apple Mail: Mailboxes with different IMAP path prefixes

texts: For the Apple Mail client (this problem does not appear for Thunderbird Mail), I struggle with the following problem: I seem to have Mailboxes with different IMAP prefix paths. If the IMAP path prefix is empty, I see a bunch of Mailboxes (not under the label "Mailboxes", which has the default ones, like "Inbox", "Drafts", "Sent" and "Trash"). If I change this prefix to INBOX, I see a different set of Mailboxes (again, the standard Mailboxes ("Inbox", etc) are available here, too). I would like to have all Mailboxes show up at the same time (using a unified path prefix). Any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: I have an iPhone 10 but saved my iPhone 6 for grandchildren to play games on. How do I stop messages from appearing on the old phone and the log for incoming calls? I’m hesitant to delete my Apple ID since I purchase games occasionally with it. Is there a way I can still use the App Store and stop the messages from appearing?


texts: Unable to View Web Browsing History in Safari 10.0.2 on macOS Sierra

texts:
Safari recently quit displaying my web browsing history. However, it appears to be storing at least part of my history. (See Photo 1 and Photo 2).

Safari preferences specify keeping history for 365 days.

What might I try to fix this?


texts:
I have a Mac Mini, running OS X 10.7.5, and I try to upgrade it, but I cannot for some reason (in short - I want to install the new XCode and code in Swift).

When I click the "Free upgrade" button nothing happens (pic below). I have triple checked Little Snitch that nothing is blocking the App store or something similar, but found nothing.

Any suggestions.


texts:
In Windows, I enjoy the ability to toggle the "LAN" NIC between a known static IP and DHCP from the command line interface (CLI) via .bat files:

netsh interface ip set address name="LAN" static 192.168.1.88 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.20 1

netsh interface ip set address "LAN" dhcp

What would be the OSX CLI equivalent?   When configuring network devices, I find myself frequently toggling between DHCP <==> Static IP configurations on the CLI.

There seem to be plenty of examples of performing this task via the GUI, however, this does not lend itself to frequent toggling between DHCP and a target static IP.

The ability to toggle between states from the CLI is convenient.  It may be the pinnacle-of-convenience to invoke a toggle-script to a Safari \ Firefox button.


texts: Why is fsck_hfs slow on *journaled* HFS+

texts:
Sometimes my external drives get uncleanly detached, and at the next connection a disk check is necessary.

What surprises me now is to see a slow disk check process on a journaled filesystem. According to the manual, that requires the -f option, but that seems incorrect. Isn't the point of journaling that you never need a full disk check?

In detail, macOS started fsck automatically with -y:

$ ps auxw|grep fsck
root              3792   1.1  2.3  6429668 389400   ??  U     2:09pm   0:05.10 /System/Library/Filesystems/hfs.fs/Contents/Resources/./fsck_hfs -y /dev/disk3s2

Then I interrupted the process and re-run it by hand without -y for greater control, as I usually do:

 sudo fsck_hfs /dev/disk3s2
** /dev/rdisk3s2
   Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-407.50.6).
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
   The volume name is MyPass4T-TM2
** Checking extents overflow file.
** Checking catalog file.
** Checking multi-linked files.

FWIW, this is on a journaled HFS+ sparsebundle, that I use for Time Machine, hosted inside an external filesystem (ExFAT).


texts:
I have been using iCloud for a few months now with no problems until today.

My mobile flagged up that I cannot login to my iCloud email account due to:

Server password has been changed. Input the changed password.

I didn't change any passwords. Can someone help point me in the right direction of where I can find help please?


texts: Does online gaming use up my data allowances? I am constantly running low on data, and I'm wondering if gaming is the contributor.


texts: How can I create a keyboard shortcut to access a specific folder in Finder?

texts:
I have been using Total Commander as a file manager on Windows for years. There is one feature I miss a lot in Finder: a shortcut to one specific folder.

Saying I have a folder ~/Downloads, ~/Dropbox, ~/Code, ~/Books.
Is it possible to setup a customized keyboard shortcut for each of them?

In Total Commander you could do ctrl+D+1/2/C/B/... etc.


texts:
I'm trying to get my Mac to latch onto my friends wifi signal and use Internet Sharing to share it with my other non-wireless desktop, but I'm running into a problem:
Apple Internet Sharing doesn't stay enabled.

I enable wireless networking and connect to my friends network on my Mac Mini, enable Internet Sharing on the same machine, and go to my other computer to start using the internet, but when I get to my other machine I find it has no internet. Going back to the Mac Mini shows that Internet Sharing has been disabled. This is most frustrating, I'm not the only one who uses the non-wireless machine but I am the most tech savvy and as such I'm expected to make sure the network works properly. I need Internet Sharing to stay enabled so that when I go to work, my room mate can continue using the internet.

How can I set Apple's Internet Sharing to stay on permanently?

PS, I suspect that Internet Sharing is disabling itself when the Mac Mini temporarily loses connectivity with my friends wireless network, but I don't understand why it doesn't (and why there is no setting for) automatically re-enabling it when reconnecting to the same wireless network.


texts: How can I configure OS X Mavericks to use a UK PC keyboard layout?

texts:
I'm using a non-mac USB UK keyboard with Mavericks.  Because Apple's idea of a UK keyboard is different to a non-apple UK keyboard, some symbols are wrong, e.g. " and @ are swapped.

How can I get set my keyboard layout to match a non-mac UK keyboard?


texts:
iPhone 8, iOS 13.6.
I took a photo from my lock screen, and even after unlocking my phone I can’t share it. The share sheet icon is greyed out:

The same is true for the Edit option.
Photos I’ve subsequently taken can be shared OK, even when taken from the lock screen. Things I’ve tried; force killing photos app. Rebooting phone.


texts: In Microsoft Word 2011, Shift seems to be acting as a Command - how do I make it stop?

texts:
Some specific behaviors I'm observing in Microsoft Word 2011 on my Mac:

Shift + F moves the cursor into the Find box on the toolbar, instead of typing a "F" character.
Shift + 9 opens help instead of typing a "(".

It seems like the Shift key is functioning as a Command key. I haven't made any changes to my Word settings to customize keyboard shortcuts. I did install another IME last night and configure the shortcuts to switch between IMEs, but the behavior only occurs in MS Word.

Any ideas on restoring default functionality?


texts: Does Time Machine fail gracefully if I eject the backup disk during a backup?

texts:
I'm using an external USB HDD as my Time Machine backup disk for my MacBook. I have it plugged in as long as I'm working at my desk. I don't have it with me when I take the laptop somewhere else. However, I'm afraid that at some point I'm going to need to go to a meeting or something that requires me to bring my laptop, which means I'll have to unplug my backup disk. What if I can't wait for it to finish because a client is here? Time is money, you know!

My question for you is whether Time Machine fails gracefully if I do this while a backup is running. And I'm not talking unsafe unplugging; I would use the "eject" function.

Normally, I would try something like this myself, but a lot is at stake here if it fails!


texts: What is the max resolution output by the HDMI port of the MacBook Pro Retina?

texts:
Does the MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) output 2560x1600 to the HDMI port?

The reason I ask is that I would like to drive 2x30 inch 2560x1600 monitors while still using the Gigabit Ethernet adapter. (My backup plan is to get the USB 2 to 100 Mbit adapter and use that and then just use the Thunderbolt for graphics). So I would appreciate any additional caveats to this plan as well.


texts: Yosemite taking too long to show login screen

texts: When I turn on my iMac ( 16 GB, Intel Processor 3.1 Ghz, Fusion drive year 2013) now it takes too long for the log in screen to appear. Before that I see a gray screen with a progress bar at the bottom but it takes about 2 minutes !! That did not happen with Mavericks


texts: Why can't I change my desktop background?

texts:
I had a nice background, a photo from the internet. It had been there for quite awhile. Then I tried to set it to a different one, another picture from the internet, by right-clicking and doing "Set as desktop background...", but it instead set my background to blue. And now I can't change it.
I also tried downloading this photo (and a number of others, all jpegs) but when I tried to open them to set as background directly from the downloaded file, it just said it couldn't, because the file was damaged or had an unrecognized format. JPEG?? Now the Mac can't open JPEGS?


texts: What time does iOS use for Messages notifications?

texts:
According to this question notifications are based on the phones clock, but since that was a few years ago I'm wondering if it's changed.  Yesterday I actually got a notification 1 minute in the future.  This was from a friend with an android phone if that makes any difference, after it happened we checked the synchronization of our phones clocks and they showed the same time.

I'm wondering if Apple is doing something more complex now to determine the time?


texts: Unable to enable development on iOS 10.1.1

texts:
I am currently having an issue with Xcode 8.2.1 not being able to activate developing on my iPhone 7 Plus (on iOS 10.1.1). Whenever I try to deploy an application, it gives me the following error:

  An error was encountered while enabling development on this device. Please try rebooting and reconnecting the device. (0xE8000076)

In the iPhone's console, I found the following errors:

Does anyone have an idea what I could possibly do to solve this issue? Any solutions I have found so far did not work at all. And yes, I did already try rebooting and reconnecting multiple times.


texts: Modifying Apple Photos script for duplicating folder hierarchy (including subfolders)

texts:
I've found this piece of script online to automatically duplicate a smart album in a folder (with a name containing <!>) to a normal album in a folder 'SmartAlbums' (so it can sync to iPhone & iPad). Unfortunately this script seems to work only for smart albums sitting at top level folders with the name <!>. How can I modify this script so it duplicates the hierarchical level of subfolders as well into the 'SmartAlbums' folder?
For example, let's say I currently have this folder hierarchy:

So how can I duplicate this complete folder hierarchy automatically, but with the smart albums duplicated as normal albums?
Code I've found:
tell application "Photos"

    set allFolderNames to name of folders
    tell folder "SmartAlbums" to if exists then delete
    tell folder "SmartAlbums" to if not (exists) then make new folder named "SmartAlbums"

    set targetFolder to (get folder "SmartAlbums")

    repeat with FolderName in allFolderNames
        if FolderName contains "<!>" then
            set allAlbumFromFolder to (get albums of folder FolderName)
            repeat with albumToSync in allAlbumFromFolder
                set srcAlbumName to name of albumToSync
                --log "Album : " & srcAlbumName

                tell album srcAlbumName in targetFolder to if exists then delete
                set targetAlbum to make new album named srcAlbumName at targetFolder
                add (get media items of albumToSync) to targetAlbum

            end repeat
        end if
    end repeat
end tell


texts: In garageband ducking audio was a one-click operation.  However I cannot find how to preform the same action in Logic Pro X.


texts: I have a ton of mail to catch up on and a flight coming up.  Does Sparrow (for Mac, not iOS) support an "offline" mode?  If I read, respond to, label, and archive GMail messages on Sparrow while unconnected to the internet, will Sparrow correctly "sync up" to GMail once an internet connection is re-established?


texts: Do you have to fill in all contacts in order to add in-app purchases?

texts:
I'm following this guide on setting up in-app purchases for my React Native app. I set up the “Agreements, Tax, and Banking” info, but didn't add any contacts in the Agreements -> Paid Apps -> Contacts section. Right now I have this under Agreements:
I assume the reason Paid Apps is Active (Pending User Info) is that I need to fill out these contacts.
When I go to the page for my app and go to Features, the guide says there should be a section for in-app purchases. It isn't visible there.
What I Want To Know:

Is the reason Paid Apps is Active (Pending User Info) that I haven't filled out the Contacts?

Do I have to fill out all the contacts, or just one of them?


texts: Running parallels with Bootcamp image, getting validation/"Genuine" errors

texts:
I'm running Windows 7 on bootcamp on my mid-2009 MBP.  I've been doing this for a few years now, originally on Parallels 6 and now on 9.  I'm on Mavericks on the Mac side.

When I upgraded to 9 (to allow me to upgrade to Mavericks), I started getting warnings on Bootcamp that my Windows wasn't Genuine.  I hadn't actually done anything of significance in Bootcamp in a while, so I ignored it; Parallels side, it worked fine.  This had not been an issue for the previous years with Parallels 7 and 6.

I finally spent some time in Bootcamp last night, and it resolved by itself after five minutes or so - except now the Parallels side says it's not genuine, and it wants to activate Windows again.

Anyone experience anything like this?  I remember being warned back when I started doing this that Windows wouldn't really care much for this (as it looks like I'm on two different machines, even though I'm not), but it worked fine for years (and I used to switch back and forth a lot more frequently).

If it matters, I set this up under 10.6 originally, I think, and was running Bootcamp Tools version 3, but have now upgraded to version 4.

I did see this question, and that answer mirrors what my experience used to be.


texts: Accidentally clicked restore backup instead of backup! Can I still recover my recent photos?

texts:
I accidentally clicked "restore backup" on iTunes when suddenly all my latest photos were deleted instead my past and deleted photos and videos were restored back and I wasn't able to backup my latest photos.

Can I recover my latest photos?


texts: How to quit from a group conversation iMessage?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to “unsubscribe” from group texts in iOS 5?

I am trying to quit a annoying iMessage conversation. You know, when someone send messages to multiple users, so everyone receive the same messages. It's like a group chat.

How to quit a conversation?


texts: Can not setup open directory due to host name

texts:
In activing Open Directory on a new install of OS X, I am able to put in a diradmin name/password, and they I get the following dialog:

  This computer's host name is invalid.

  The host name does not resolve to any configured address of this computer.  Please ensure the host name is correct.

I have checked

scutil --get ComputerName
scutil --get HostName
scutil --get LocalHostName

Each has returned what I expected (the machine name...the domain we are on, and the LocalHostName which matches the ComputerName.

My goal is to restore a backup of a live OD server to this one along with passwords.


texts: Data Recovery options for iMac late 2013 1 TB Fusion Drive

texts:
My friend's iMac crashed. He took it to an Apple Store and they said the 1 TB HDD was failing. They got him to boot off an external and told him to go home back his stuff up and they can order and install the exact same Fusion Drive. As he was backing up, the drive dismounted and didn't show up again. We got a new SSD and swapped out the old 1TB seagate HDD. OS installation was successful.

My friend is a photographer and unfortunately he didn't use Time Machine or have any backup procedures in place. I connected the HDD to an external port through USB to the iMac. I ran the command,

diskutil coreStorage list

Tried it in Recovery Mode as well and the drive was not listed.

What are my options for data recovery? I'm not sure if the drive has completely failed because Apple was able to give him access to the drive when it failed the first time.

The 128 GB SSD is there but not shown in target disk mode. Is this related to some config issued because of the way the Fusion Drive is mapped out. For example, if I were able to boot off the 128 GB SSD will I be able to read the 1 TB HDD. Or, is it possible for me to mount the HDD to my iMac and salvage the 100 GB of data needed.


texts:
I use international keyboards which have ` (~ with shift) next to Z key. I'm used to having `/~ key next to 1 (currently, this key produces § or ± with shift, which I don't use at all). My goal is to remap §/± key to `/~.

I have found several key remapping tools for Mac OS, so I want to ask which one do you have best experience with. (I use Mac OS X 10.6)


texts: How to fix "You are not allowed to use "Application""

texts:
How do I fix this message, I am Admin, Mobile. Even if i login to a root account this message still appears. I have iTerm so if any commands need to be inputted to fix this problem I can still do it. This also happens with activity monitor.
Mavericks


texts: Add attached filenames to subject in my applescript?

texts:
i'm a newbie with applescript. I managed to get together a little script that add selected files from finder to a email attachment as a service workflow. Now i stuck on the last issue.
I'd like to add the filename to the subject.
Here 's the applescript. Could anyone help?

property mailSubjectPrefix : "Datei(en) für dich: "
property subjAttNameSeparator : ", "
property attachSeparator : "*******"
property attachPrefix : "Anhänge:"

set theSubject to "Datei(en): "
set theContent to "Datei(en) für dich:"
set recipientAddress to {}

tell application "Contacts"

    set recipientAddress to "mail@mail.com"

end tell

tell application "Finder"
-- Make a list to gather the names of the selected files
set fileAliases to {}
-- Get the selection of the frontmost Finder window
set fileSelection to the selection
-- Iterate of the selection
repeat with fileItem in fileSelection
    copy the fileItem as alias to the end of fileAliases
end repeat
-- Check if the selection is not empty
if the number of items of fileAliases is 0 then
    -- Audible feedback, so the script always does something.
    beep
else
    -- Now talk to mail to create the message
    tell application "Mail"
        set newMessage to make new outgoing message at beginning with properties { content:theContent, visible:true}
        set mailSubject to {}
        -- Set a recipient

        tell newMessage
            make new to recipient at end with properties {address:recipientAddress}

        set MailSubject to fileAliases

        set oTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to subjAttNameSeparator
        set subject to mailSubjectPrefix & (mailSubject as string)
        set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oTID

        end tell
        -- Attach all the selected files
        repeat with fileAlias in fileAliases
            make new attachment with properties {file name:fileAlias} at after the last paragraph of newMessage

        end repeat

        -- Put Mail in the foreground
        activate

    end tell
end if
end tell


texts: What is the recommended partition scheme for mac os x?

texts:
I did a clean install of yosemite on my MacBook Pro. I have not partitioned my hard drive and have left everything by default.
I would however like to use the recommended schematic for Linux systems (Partition for the OS (root directory), Partition for /Home and one for my data).
Is there a way to do this with mac? I am not aware that i could have done this during the installation process especially choosing a partition for the OS. Furthermore I wonder if it would be possible to partition the HD after the installation and move all the data later. I'm looking for some kind of guidance how I can do that clean.


texts: How do I get the photos off my iPhone to my Windows PC without using iCloud?

texts:
Used to be I plug in my iPhone and there was a drive under This PC for the iPhone and I use Windows photo synchronization to copy the photos from the phone to the PC. However, now when I plug in the phone, it's not showing the phone at all! iTunes pops up and I can back up the phone in iTunes, but I don't see the phone in Windows Explorer in order to copy the photos! It worked just last month.

Windows 8.1, iOS 8.4


texts: How do I block notifications from a specific person (or in general) in OSx on Skype?

texts: I have an office computer with Skype running on it, and some of the contacts are personal. I don't want the messages from them to appear on my screen or pop up on the top right, even when I am in Skype (talkign to someone else). Is that possible? I don't mind blocking it for all contacts, if necessary, though I would prefer to do it in a more refined way.


texts: Tried to download windows 10 to my late 2012 mac mini but after restart it only shows me "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key"

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I've been trying to download windows 10 onto my late 2012 mac mini through boot camp. After I went through all the steps to downloading through boot camp, it gave me a series of logins that I had to enter my system password in order to complete the installation and then it restarted. Now every time I restart my computer it leads me to a screen that says "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" and I don't know how to fix that.
My main monitor also isn't connecting to the computer for some reason?? I've already disconnected it and reconnected it but to no avail, I'm looking at this black screen through my huion display tablet, which is connected through the thunderbolt outlet of this computer.
How do I fix my computer?


texts: Enabling Things iPhone legacy sync messes up recurring tasks and areas - can this be avoided?

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I'm trying to enable Bonjour Legacy Sync in Things iPhone (so that I can sync with an old and unused version of Things Mac on Snow Leopard).

Having followed the instructions linked above, when I restart Things in Things 1 mode it shows lots of instances of a recurring task in Today which weren't there before, and doesn't show a large number of changes I've recently made to Areas.

I've now turned off Things 1 mode and restored the Things 2 database. Is there a way to enable legacy sync without disordering my tasks and losing some recent changes?

Running Things 2.2.3 on iOS 6.1.1 (deliberate non-upgrade to avoid battery problems on a beaten up 4S).


texts: Accidently installed Catalina I did not have a time machine back up and want to go back to High Sierra 10.13

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While installing a security update I accidentally installed Catalina. I do not have a Time Machine backup for my High Sierra 10.13. So now I have made a Time Machine backup in Catalina and my plan is to wipe the HD and re-install High Sierra. The thing is, is that some of my software will not work with Catalina and I really need them.

Now my question is, once delete everything from my Mac and reinstall High Sierra, what process can I use to bring back the files and apps since Time Machine won’t restore a backup from Catalina to High Sierra?


texts: Xcode doesn't show up in spotlight results, neither search results

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I haven't noticed exactly when it happened but previously I was always using spotlight to run Xcode. Now if i'm typing "Xcode" in it, only folders containing this name show up, or some xcode projects, not all though.
I've tried search in finder and even choosing kind of files - Application, still no luck.
Did Anybody face this problem before?


texts: How to stop AppleScript application content files from appearing in "Recents" folders?

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I'm a big fan of AppleScript and am currently utilising it for a range of different tasks on my computer. However, one thing I have noticed is that after I have created an Application in AppleScript, many of the content files including the main.scpt and the applet.icns files begin appearing in my "Recents" folder in Finder. This can be rather annoying as it quickly clogs up my recents folder especially if I have been working on a number of different apps.

My question is: how do I make sure that only the application itself can be viewed in the recents folder and not some of its content files as well. If so, how would I do this? Is it possible to do when creating the application itself?


texts: know how many watts a USB device is consuming

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I know it's possible to do some electric hack to know how much current a device is using... but that would be a 1 time usage so it would be a waste of money and parts.

Is it possible to know that using software in Mac OS?

There's no BIOS in Mac OS, but I presume through EFI the OS should be able to access that kind of low level info.


texts: I'm able to see the device I'd like to airdrop to, my iPhone. The transfer starts but stays stuck as shown below.


texts: Can a developer change the minimum payment threshold?

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Is there a way to change the minimum payment threshold generated by inApp purchases?

Google allows to change the minimum threshold (i.e.: 3.000€) and also to postpone the payment till 1 year.

This is very useful for starting indie studios in countries with a bad entrepreneur tax policies. Even a small invoice will force the studio to pay 600€ taxes per month to remain legal.


texts: How to add image to file format .mp3 on a Mac?

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I use a Mac and have artwork I would like to add as images to sound .mp3 file.
I am aware that I can create a .mov file using QuickTime media player which is already built-in on my Mac, but I’d just like to attach art, not translate the whole file into a new format.
What tools or scripts or apps can do this task?


texts: How to find a file which can't be found on macOS Big Sur

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After updating to the latest version of macOS Big Sur, I've noticed strange system behavior. Now while opening the system I'm getting a popup where there is the information:

The file can't be found.

I want to file this file, but the difficultly about it is, I cannot find out what file is the problem about, or at least narrow the problem to the program or location, where I should look for it.
Any tips on how narrow the problem would be appreciated.
PS. Clicking the question mark icon is not helping, opening a blank page without any content.


texts: iPhone 5c SIM card switch and have data on new one?

texts: I have an iPhone 5C, and my grandpa pays my bill. If I buy at new iPhone 5s and put my SIM card from the 5c in, would I still have data and service? From just switching the SIM?


texts: Automator > modifying an URL before downloading it?

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I'm trying to automate a download process for images on multiple webpages.

So far, my actions are :

"Ask for text" > i paste multiple URLs
"Extract URLs from Text"
"Get Image URLs from Webpage" (I get all images)
"Filter URLs" (I filter the one i want, for instance the ones ending with "_small.jpg")
"Download URLs".

It works fine, but I'd like to download the images ending with "_large.jpg", which are not present on the webpages I submit in 1).

So how would I go from 4) to 5) while changing the URL, i.e. replacing "_small.jpg" by "_large.jpg" ?

Thank you


texts: Limit - not disable - Remember joined Wi-Fi locations

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I'm building an entirely new corporate infrastructure - ATM I have ~200 macs expanding to over 600 in the next year.

I need to configure the Wi-Fi with two locations:
Corporate Network
Off - Site

I'd like the Corporate Network location to - not remember joined networks and the Off-site location to be able to remember if they're at home then roaming.

The reason is - when in the office - there are open access points at nearby buildings that the Macs sometimes pick up - therefore the system doesn't join the corporate Wi-Fi. The users find they're unable to route anywhere and open a ticket

They're all on 10.13.6

By default - the remember joined networks apply to any location.

Can I do this with a configuration profile?

If so - how? I haven't found the correct commands

Or - is there a - defaults write - statement to do such as thing


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I had an app on my ipad a while ago. I cant remember the name of it, but I can explain it.

It starts with thousands of moving specs. You can change the amount of dots, the thickness, color etc.. you can also made them move in different ways by the placement of your fingers.

Does anybody know what I'm talking about and can you help me out?