texts: MacBook Pro now asking to login with password, but can't do this via built-in keyboard

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I have read a number of threads including this one
How can I reset the PRAM if Recovery Mode keeps overriding the PRAM command?

Where Adriano says "PRAM reset is not working because you turn on Password Firmware Protection"

My daughter's Macbook Pro (around 2011) has never asked for a login, now it asks to login either her or guest. She has not changed any settings - I believe.

She cannot login because Caps Lock is always on causing $%£%£^ characters and backspace key does not work.

Looking online, it seems I need to reset PRAM.

Pressing PROptionCommand   always loads Recovery utility. I have tried many times, and all variations in timings before and after pressing power.

Based on Adriano's comment I need another way to reset PRAM, as I cannot log in to turn off Password Firmware Protection.

Any Suggestions

Thanks Colin K


texts: macOS Sierra on external drive – Mac do not go to sleep anymore

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Since two days I am using an external SSD as system disk (to work with my system on my iMac or on my new arriving MacBook Pro – on demand – without any synchronization process). Just attach the disk and boot my system.

On my iMac this work pretty good. I have tested my Thunderbold 2 case – wich was faster on boot as the USB 3.0 case. But the Thunderbold case need external power – so thats not perfect.

Now I am using the USB 3.0 case just connected via USB. And this morning I noticed, that my iMac didn't went to sleep – just the dispay turned off. So the system will not go to sleep automatically. After 5 minutes with turned off display I can still see some flashing LED on the SSD case – once a minute or something.

What can I do to get my system automatically to sleep again?

Update:

Running pmset -g in Terminal, I get the following

Currently in use:
standby               1
Sleep On Power Button 1
womp                  0
halfdim               1
hibernatefile         /var/vm/sleepimage
powernap              0
autorestart           0
networkoversleep      0
disksleep             0
sleep                 1 (sleep prevented by backupd, backupd, UserEventAgent)
autopoweroffdelay     28800
hibernatemode         0
autopoweroff          1
ttyskeepawake         1
displaysleep          1
standbydelay          10800


texts: MacBook Air wifi NIC: supported channels

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I've had a problem with my Wi-Fi connection to a TP-Link router from MacBook Air. It has been solved by manually changing Wi-Fi channel on the router from "Automatic" to an average value.

What channel ranges do MacBook Air's Wi-Fi NICs support? Is there a way to tweak it to a required channel not visible by default?

P.S. My country is Ukraine and my router does have this value set.


texts: Bootcamp windows install status inactive/idel

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I have Imac Retina late 2014 - Mac OS Catalina and i can't install windows on bootcamp. Several times i tried to create installation disc and bootcamp partition but at the end i get message : status inactive, then mac reboots and installation doesn't start, it launches mac os again.

Here is my diskutil list & diskutil cs list

iMac-Lukasz:~ lukasz$ diskutil list
/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         579.9 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                420.1 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         121.1 GB   disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +701.0 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Stores disk1s2, disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume MAC OSX – dane          280.7 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 86.3 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.5 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk2s4
   5:                APFS Volume MAC OSX                 11.1 GB    disk2s5

iMac-Lukasz:~ lukasz$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

Thanks for help :-)


texts: Do MacBook Pros with TouchID contain TPMs?

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I'm considering a touch bar Macbook Pro, but the majority of the time it will be in Boot Camp. I need to use Bitlocker, so if the machine doesn't have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) I need to enter a second password every time going to Windows which is frustrating.

Historically, Macs have not included a hardware security (TPM) chip, but the Touch ID sensor requires hardware that serves a similar function. (Apple's name for what a TPM does is "secure enclave" and the TouchID sensor comes with one of those) Is that hardware exposed as a TPM to Boot Camp, or will I continue to need to enter Bitlocker passwords on these new MBPs?


texts: How to make bin+cue image of audio CD under macOS?

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As above. I don't mind if it's GUI or terminal app as long as I can achieve what I want.
I did a net search but didn't find what I need.
Thanks!
PS. I  do not want to rip the audio CD into  m4a/mp3 format. iTunes and many others (like dBpoweramp/XLD) can do that already.


texts: On Apple TV, What does signing in with my TV provider and allowing apps to access the subscription actually do?

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I thought the idea was that i could go into the Apple TV settings app and sign in with my TV provider, so that I would not need to sign into into apps individually.

What i find is that even after an app asks for permission to access my TV subscription, I am still required to go to another device, navigate to a URL, and sign in with my TV provider password.

Is this working right?


texts: I have several iPhones / iPads, and when I say "Hey Siri what's the weather tomorrow", only my main phone will respond, how is it designed?

texts: That's is, if I have several iPhones and iPads on the desk for lying there for an hour, and I just said, "Hey Siri..." without touching any of the devices, only the phone that I use most often will respond. Does Siri know which one is my main phone and only use it to respond?


texts: How to pin a video to watch independently from Safari tabs

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There's a feature on Touch Bar in MacBook Pro which allows you to pin the video in Safari and watch it even after changing to another tab.
Here is the button in the Touch Bar:

What's the shortcut for this? How can I do the same in my MacBook Air with no Touch Bar?


texts: Aura Pro X SSD Macbook Pro Retina 2015 issues

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A few weeks ago I upgraded my Macbook Pro Retina 13" Early 2015's SSD to a larger one from OWC: the Aura Pro X. I was pretty happy with the purchase as I was getting 40% higher writing speeds and slightly higher read speeds with the Aura Pro X vs the Apple stock one (might be due to it being almost full when tested).

However, I have noticed several issues recently. Firstly, I noticed that the mouse movement was lagging notably when connected to a certain power outlet in my university, making it unusable. More recently I noticed it overheats a lot (in 3 years I had never heard fan noises), even when it is asleep with the lid down it is notably hot.

Also while asleep, there's a red light on, that can be seen through the air vents. I'm pretty certain this red light was not visible before the upgrade, I even checked with a friend's same model Macbook Pro and we could not see any lights coming through the air vents.

I did a clean install on the new SSD (No Time Machine backup), and I have tried doing an SMC and NVRAM/PRAM reset without any luck.

I was aware of the decrease in battery life that some Aura Pro SSD customers reported , but I was not expecting this. (I have not heard back from OWC after contacting them a couple weeks ago.)


texts: Can I pair 2 Bluetooth headsets to my iPad simultaneously? We watch tv on it when traveling

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We own 2 pairs of the same headsets and wish to pair them simultaneously to watch tv on the iPad.  Only one at a time seems to work.  They have the same name which may be the issue, but I can't find an answer online.

Is it possible to send audio to two Bluetooth headsets simultaneously? If so, how?


texts:
Let's say I want this action to happen on any program whenever I press F10 (or some other custom key combination):

Paste the text: "Hello World!"

There's a similar tool in Windows called AutoHotKey but apparently it doesn't have a Mac equivalent.

Any idea how to achieve this on Mac?


texts:
I was perusing man pages for fun, as I often do when bored, and happened to be playing around with login today. The login man page mentioned that creating a /etc/nologin file would prevent a user from logging in. I decided to try it.

The good new is it works as advertised. The bad news is I can no longer use the Terminal. I can't remove the file with rm for obvious reasons, and I can't even delete it from Finder because I can't see hidden files.

How do I regain control of my system?


texts:
I am looking into buying a used Apple 4s to use as a Tracfone through Tracfone BYOP. I want to be sure that I know my facts before investing money into this venture. Please let me know if I'm missing something or have the wrong info.

Tracfone BYOP Requirements:

Used Apple iPhone 4 or 4s/
Verizon Carrier/
Clean ESN/
UNLOCKED/
Must Have Verizon SIM Card/
Must be CDMA

Question ~~ Does the iPhone HAVE To Have A SIM Card?

ANY Help Will Certainly Be Appreciated! Thank-You!


texts: Recover images from iPhone - creating image

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I am following the steps from this site to recover deleted images from iPhone (I've tried other softwares, nothing has worked so far).

When I follow these steps, at the end I get the iphone.img file, the problem is that it has 0 bytes. Anybody has an idea of what am I doing wrong? Thanks!

The site is: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Recover_data_from_an_iPhone


texts: How to troubleshoot 802.11ac bandwidth problems

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I have a new Macbook Air with 802.11ac, and a new Airport Extreme with 802.11ac.  I'm trying to transfer a large file across my LAN (I have a network drive attached to network via wired ethernet).

If I transfer the file over (wired) ethernet, I'm seeing transfer speeds of 60-70MB/sec, which seems reasonable.  But if I transfer the same file via wi-fi, I'm only seeing rates of 15-17MB/sec.  If have tried to remove as many variables as possible by connecting my computer to the same cable that is connected to the Airport Extreme, and in that case I'm seeing the fast (60-70MB/sec) speeds, but the same transfer over wi-fi -- even if my laptop is right next to the Airport Extreme -- is much slower.  I have confirmed that the laptop is connecting to the Airport Extreme via 802.11ac.

My assumption is that 802.11ac operating properly should have produced transfer speeds just as fast as what I was seeing over wired ethernet.  What am I missing?  Is it possible there's a software bug, or perhaps a configuration problem?


texts: How do I tell Siri to show me pictures I took at a state park rather than pictures of the state park from the Web?

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I took some pictures up at a state park where I was camping. When I tell Siri, "Show me pictures from XYZ State Park", Siri performs a Bing image search. When I say "Show me pictures I took at XYZ State Park", the Photos app pulls up and displays nothing.

However, the photos come up when I ask for photos I took within the state.


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I use a NAS (WD mycloud ex2) to backup my computer with time machine. Usually it works (more or less), but I am dealing now with a quite big issue. Now, I can mount the sparse.bundle file, but afterwards, the backups.backupdb directory seems empty ! I tried to access its content from the finder or with the terminal.

The interface on the NAS keep saying that 400 G0 are occupied in the time machine backup directory. But finder of command line show zero Ko in the backups.backupdb directory.

I can't use the time machine application because I did reinstall my MacBook. However, I used to access the time machine backup directory to copy files, even after the re-installation (so it doesn't seem to be an issue with the re-installation).

Any idea to solve it?


texts: --group-directories-first option for "ls" command

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I am using both Ubuntu 16.04 and OS X.

alias ll='ls -Flh --group-directories-first'

This is an alias in my bashrc, but somehow --group-directories-first option got illegal in OS X after I upgraded my bash with Homebrew. In my Ubuntu desktop, I still can use that option.

In what version of Bash, the option is unsupported? The Bash version in my OS X machine says GNU bash, Version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0)

I would like to use --group-directories-first option again. Is there any way to achieve it?


texts: Lower amount of curve adjustment in Pages, when drawing with iPad Pencil

texts: I'm using Pages on iPadOS 14, and I'm trying to add a drawing using the Pencil. I notice that as I draw the line on the screen, it is smoothed out or adjusted slightly. This is not bad for larger shapes, but it really annoys me when I'm creating a finer shape or letters. Sometimes it will shift and move the shape of a small letter when I would prefer that it be true to my actual pencil movement. I notice that in other apps this does not happen as much. (Example: Notability). Is there a way to dial down this curve adjustment or smoothing?


texts: How to prevent AppleScript confirmation from appearing when using Quicksilver trigger?

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When I launch this simple AppleScript from Finder or by using the standard Quicksilver panel selection, it runs without confirmation.

tell application "Flux"
    if it is running then
        quit application "Flux"
    else
        launch application "Flux"
    end if
end tell

But if I launch it with a Quicksilver trigger, it opens a confirmation dialog asking "Are you sure you want to run this script?"  How do I prevent this confirmation dialog from appearing?


texts: Unable to open Google Mail via any browser on Macbook Air

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I just got a help request from a frustrated friend.  She has a new Macbook Air and is unable to access Google Mail via any browser.  Specifically, here is what she reports to me:

She can access other Google Suites pages (Drive, Calendar) with no trouble.

When she goes to mail.google.com she gets the following error messages:

In Safari:  "Safari can't open this page."
In Chrome:  "This site can't be reached, server took too long to respond (err connection times out)."

She said it doesn't work in Firefox either, but I'm not sure what the error message is.

She also reports that she  doesn't have this issue on any other Apple device or on her PC.

Other interesting details:  She had the exact same problem on her old MB Pro.

If it were just one browser, I would think it's a corrupted cookie file or something.  But I don't see how that could affect multiple browsers.

Any thoughts?


texts: Is there a way to permanently affix the error console in Safari?

texts: I would like the developer console to be a permanent fixture in my Safari. Having to hit cmd+opt+C every time I open a new tab is getting old. Rather than using cmd+opt+C to unhide the dev console it would be great if I used that to hide the dev console.


texts: How can I move videos from Google Drive to Apple Photos on iPad?

texts: My uncle has a lot of videos in Google Drive on his iPad. In Google Drive i can’t find a way to export/save to Photos. I can only move to another Google drive but not onto the native Photos app. Is there a way?


texts: How do I remove the menu bar icon associated with an app without deleting the app? (macOS Catalina)

texts: I use a great app called magnet that allows me to use keyboard shortcuts to resize windows to certain portions of of the screen. I would like to remove its icon from the menu bar because my menu bar is already very cluttered. But I still need this app to be running at all times. (Yes, I've checked the app's settings; there's no option to remove the menu bar icon.)


texts: Mojave iCloud Keychain Copy & Paste Error

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I am trying to copy iCloud web form passwords to a local keychain as per this tutorial.

However, I keep on getting the following error.

Text:

An error has occurred. Unable to add an item to the current keychain.

One o more parameters passed to a function were not valid.

[Cancel]                                     [   Ok   ]

When copying and pasting from login, it works successfully so the problem must be related to iCloud Keychains.

Other people have encountered this problem:

Can't copy-and-paste in Mojave keychain
Error when running security in Terminal

but most interesting is this post

One or more parameters passed to a function were not valid. in unlock login.keychain
Ask Question

Update:

Contacted Apple Support. They couldn't figure out so an engineer is gonna take a look at log files.


texts: Does "Erase and Sync" remove photos taken on the phone?

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I don't use iCloud, and I don't want to use iCloud. I see several other questions regarding contacts and settings, but Erase and Sync seems scary for me because I don't want to sync all of my photos, well, anywhere.

I reformatted my computer and now iTunes is telling me I need to erase and sync in order to put new music on it. I've already taken loads of photos and I'm afraid those will be erased if I do Erase and Sync. I'm trying to sync music before I take my flight and don't have time to sync all of my photos

Does Erase and Sync delete photos that I've taken on the phone itself?


texts: Editing com.apple.atrun.plist on El Capitan

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I am running El Capitan on several computers and would like to be able to use at to run scheduled jobs in the background.  Enabling at requires editing /System/Library/LaunchDaemon/com.apple.atrun.plist.  Any way I have tried to do this, I have run into a permissions problem: using sudo, logging in as root or trying to change the permissions from the file information panel all result on a permissions error of some sort.

I have tried:

sudo vi /System/Library/LaunchDaemon/com.apple.atrun.plist and not been able to save the edited file.
Copying to file, editing it and copying back - I am not allowed to copy back using sudo.
Using Xcode to edited the fiel through a GUI, cannot save.
using Property List Editor, cannot save, even logged in as root.
Changing owner, group is not allowed, even using sudo or logged in a root.
Changing permissions of all the subdirectories in the tree above (System, System/Library, etc.) used sudo, also tried changed disk permissions.
Run disk utility.

There must be some way of doing this, please advise.


texts: Non-iCloud backup/export of WhatsApp chats

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WhatsApp doesn’t “natively” allow iOS users to back-up (the term here is rather export) their chat histories to any destination other than iCloud.

For my specific need, I need to have these chats in a readable, or at least recoverable format elsewhere other than iCloud.

There are several services, mainly MacOS apps, that claim to be able to extract this kind of data, however I am very wary of anything that isn’t “stamped” by an authority.

So, how can I export my WhatsApp chats outside of the app and to a file/folder on my HD? Bonus points for readable format.


texts: No window or view controller in Xcode 11.2.1

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I am new to macOS programming, I have Xcode 11.2.1  and Catalina OS. What is strange is I look at tutorials online and they all have Window and view controller in main storyboard, I only have menu there.

Also tutorials have "Cocoa app" under templates for Mac OS, when I choose it, there is only "app" option. What am I missing here?


texts: How would one go about getting Apple to adjust the standard kerning table for a small obscure part of unicode

texts:
Playing around on facebook recently, I typed some old norse runes, and noticed that the kerning is positively atrocious. Not too surprising, since this is very much an edge case. Nonetheless, I would really want to have this fixed, and was wondering what it might take to actually succeed. I'm sure I could get the actual kerning table crowdsourced, but how would I go about getting Apple to incorporate it into the standard fonts?

Here's an example of my name: ᛉᛅᚱᚴᚢᛋ, as you can see, there is way too much space between the ᛉ (m) and the ᛅ (a).


texts: Can I connect my Mini DisplayPort monitor with a Thunderbolt cable?

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I wanted to go to the Apple Store and pick up a Thunderbolt cable, as they seem to be the only store in the area that has a Mini DisplayPort (style) in the Thunderbolt cable. My monitor requires mini display port to broadcast at 60Hz at 4k resolution.

Will the Thunderbolt cable work in lieu of a Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort cable?


texts: Latest version of Firefox Portable for Mac

texts: I would like to know what is the latest version of Firefox Portable for Mac. I just found versions from 2011-2013 and they seem pretty old. By the way, these softwares are not from the official developer (Mozilla).


texts: Error while setting up windows in my late 2014 iMac

texts: Boot Camp Assistance is stuck on create a partition? So I used the procedures in this link to try and set up windows in my iMac , but when it reached the part where they asked where do you want install Windows and after I select BOOT CAMP, I got an error - " We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one."


texts: Connect MBP 2015 to external monitor 2560 x 1080 resolution?

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I need to connect a MBP 15" to an external monitor with 2560 x 1080 resolution (this http://www.trustedreviews.com/lg-29ea93-review ).

I already tried HDMI to HDMI but the text looks very bad (sharp).

I guess I need to use Thunderbolt to Display Port but I don't know which cable adapter is the correct one.

Then my question is which is correct connection and what cable do I need to buy?

The MBP has:

Thunderbolt
USB 3
HDMI

The monitor has:

DisplayPort
DVI-D Dual Link
HDMI
USB 3.0


texts: Mirroring iPhone 6s to MacBook Pro without Airplay

texts: I want to mirror a video-streaming app from my phone to my MacBook Pro (an app that unfortunately is not available for laptops, just iPhone and iPad). Airplay won't work for this. Need the USB port free on my computer to be able to use a projector in tandem with the phone/MacBook. I don't mind paying a few bucks for an additional app, but I need something clean and reliable that is relatively easy to set up for a relative computer illiterate like myself.


texts: Restart OS X if an application has crashed/is not responding/beachballed?

texts:
How can I automatically restart the machine if an application has crashed in any way? It might have cleanly exited, have a quit unexpectedly error, or be frozen with the spinning beachball.

I don't want to relaunch the app, but do a full restart.

Any Ideas?
Thanks.


texts: I'm trying to keep my dock simple - just Chrome, MacVim, and the terminal. Is there a way to run iTunes without it being in the dock (i.e. just show the icon in the menu bar)?


texts: Use MacBook Pro LCD Screen as a standalone monitor

texts:
I have a broken MBP (2009, pre-unibody, 15") with a screen which I know is working.

I took it apart and there's this fancy connector, attached to the screen (sorry for branding):

Is it possible to 'convert' this into a VGA or DVI or anything else, so I can use the screen as external monitor?


texts: MacBook Pro black screen - or reset password

texts:
My MacBook Pro fails to start.
I hear the "ding" sound, the keyboard lights up, but the screen stays black.

After a couple of minutes, I hear the fans growing louder, until after a few minutes, the computer stops.

I tried a few times, also closing the lid, plugging to a TV, options key, etc. Nothing.

Except, once in a while, it seems to start correctly, the screen turns on, and then it tells me I have forgotten my password and offers to reset it.

There is no option to say "NO I haven't forgotten".

When I play along and reset my password, at the end of the process it says my password was successfully reset (including something about FireVault), then it requires me to restart the computer to complete.

Of course, once I restart, I'm back to square one with the black screen. I've managed to reproduce the reset screen 3 times so far - without really coming up with a rule as to when it happens. The rest of the time, just black screen.

It's a MacBook Pro 15" from 2011 (I think), running Yosemite.


texts: Can I get Genius Bar Support w/o Applecare/Warranty?

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If it is past my one-year warranty, or if I just don't have AppleCare, will I still be able to get Genius Bar support?

To what extent does that support cover? I'm trying to decide whether or not I should get AppleCare, as the price is quite steep. However, I think this laptop (Air) will stick with me for quite a while.

Furthermore, will Genius Bar cover Boot Camp issues? (Like, if I'm trying to install Windows 10)


texts: I'm setting up my Raspberry Pi on my Mac (Big Sur) using this instruction set. I'm currently on the step where I have to edit the recovery.cmdline file on the NOOBS file, but there isn't any app I could find that can edit the file, including Terminal. How can I edit .cmdline files?


texts: Clean Install, or in-place upgrade from Mountain Lion to Yosemite?

texts:
In the old days, doing a clean install was pretty much required for a major Mac OS X 10.x release. Is that still the case? Or should this graybeard let go of his old ways?

The MacBook in question works well. The hard disk gets high marks from Disk Utility app checks. Both a Time Machine and a full clone of the disk will be in place, each on their own external hard disk.

Going from Mountain Lion to Yosemite in this upgrade. Should I try simply running the Yosemite installer as being suggested by the App Store app?


texts: When I use spotlight (on Yosemite 10.10.2), Quick Look doesn't display a preview in the right panel anymore. Only when I click on a folder in the left panel it displays the contents of the map in the right panel. But when I click on either a .pdf or a .pages file in the left panel, the right panel is empty, whereas a few weeks ago it still did display a preview in the right panel in those cases.


texts: Audio issue when HDMI drawing tablet is connected?

texts:
I'm running a 13" Macbook pro 2017 with operating system Mojave 10.14.4.

I have an HDMI connected tablet (Huion Gt-220). When I connect my drawing tablet to my computer, it locks out my sound for the computer.

I've tried going into System Preferences and changing the output to internal speakers. I've gone into the Audio MIDI setup and tried to configure it from there as well.

In the audio MIDI setup I've also tried making a multi output and an aggregated device.

I've tried it with and without headphones. I can't get it to work for the life of me. Does anyone else have any ideas on how to fix this? I'm dying here because I'll need to watch/listen to classes at the same time as I work and I can't seem to set it up.


texts: Names of voice memos wiped after iOS8 upgrade - can I get them back?

texts:
I finally upgraded to iOS8.1.1 on my iPhone 5 a couple of days ago. Everything seemed to be fine, but when I went to record something this morning, I noticed that all of my voice memos were just dated, rather than showing the name/label I'd given them.

I record a lot of voice memos for songwriting, melody ideas, rehearsals, etc. and have recordings going back to 2010, so knowing what they actually are is incredibly important.

I double-checked and it looks like all of my voice memos are backed up to my PC via iTunes with the original names intact. Is there anyway to get them back into Voice Memos on my phone, with those names, or will they just revert back to the dates again?


texts:
I have Macbook Air 2017 running Mojave 10.14.4, so I check every month to find out there is a virus or malware on my Mac, usually I only use CleanMyMacX and Malwarebytes so one day before I check my Macbook my friend says try doing first aid and when I check using the help first aid disk utility appears like this

disk utility asks me to do first aid through recovery mode, I do it or not


texts: How can I completely disable OS X Sierra "Storage Optimization?"

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I want to be absolutely certain that my Mac won't delete any local data. Not documents, not movies, not music. Nothing.

If I leave a 900MB file sitting around for six months or six years and my drive is 98% full, I want that data to remain on the SSD that is physically inside my laptop.

Zero automation. Like it's 2003.

Also, I don't want any data uploaded to iCloud unless I specifically and intentionally decide to upload it. By default, for all data I want only one (1) copy to exist in the entire universe. (I might make exceptions, but I'll decide that on a file-by-file basis as needed.)

(However, I do need to be logged in to iCloud for some things, so just turning off iCloud won't work.)

How can I accomplish that?

I found the dialog below, but the options are ambiguous.

It isn't clear to me what unchecking those boxes and then clicking "store in iCloud" will do. Because what I'm trying to do is not store in iCloud. Where is the option for that?


texts: Looking for an external monitor for my late 2008 aluminium macbook

texts:
I have the above laptop and thinking of getting a new, larger monitor to go with it. I have already reviewed other threads here and elsewhere, but there are a few things I am not clear about...
The Macbook has a mini displayport, so I will need an adapter. If I wish images AND sound to be available, which adapter will work (best)? M-DP to HDMI or DVI? I couldn't find a definitive answer...
Also, if I want to use the laptop in clamshell mode, how am I supposed to connect a new keyboard (I have a bluetooth one in the house) and a mouse to it?


texts: Printing directly from Finder with Print Dialog?

texts:
Looking for a way to start printing a PDF directly from the macos Finder with a keyboard shortcut (e.g. Cmd + P), but instead of sending it directly to the printer, opening the Print Dialog.
Can I change these settings in macOS 10.12 somewhere?
Thank you for any help!


texts: Booted to Windows how do I enable access to a Mac CoreStorage volume?

texts:
I've installed Windows 8.1 with the Boot Camp Assistant on a solid state drive with a CoreStorage volume. Booted to Windows I can't see the files on my Mac volume anymore.

I'm confused since this is the same setup steps I used to install Boot Camp on an iMac previously and that Windows install has no problems to see the Mac volume and read the Mac files.

How do I regain at least read-only access to my Mac files on the SSD MacBook Pro?

Output of diskutil and gpt:

 -bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
 #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         234.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data JZ81p64                 265.0 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.3 GB     disk1
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS OS X Base System        1.3 GB     disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS JZYsmyt                *234.0 GB   disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 E21EC611-3794-4B0D-BFDB-299510FCDFAB
                                 Unencrypted
/dev/disk3
...

-bash-3.2# gpt -r -vv show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 977105059
          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  457756312      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  458165952    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  459435488        544
  459436032  517668864      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  977104896        131
  977105027         32         Sec GPT table
  977105059          1         Sec GPT header


texts: How to take backup of a partition from another partition

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I have two partition one for Yosemite OS as Macintosh HD  and another for El Capitan OS as El Capitan

Now El-capitan part is not booting up and I have to take a data backup of El-Capitan from Yosemite so that I can reformat the El-Capitan partition and later restore from the back up.

I couldn't find any tools that does this.

Any pointers to achieve this is highly appreciated !

Thanks


texts: Need detailed help on how the Apple Business Program works

texts:
I want to ask a question about the Apple Business Manager program, but I need to give some background.

At my job, we are an iPhone Dev shop.  We build our code using ionic/cordova and then compile it down to scope, which I build.  Here is the difference.  We currently use Apple’s Enterprise License to build our product, and then export it to a third party site (NOT the Apple App Store), to get around the stringent Apple review process.  It is what it is.

Ok, so now with WWDC19 (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/304/), Apple has REALLY tightened up the leash for the Apple Enterprise Program.  Both our new clients, plus my dev team’s request for a new Enterprise license (all with unique DUNS numbers), were declined, as Apple is pushing us to to the Apple Business Manager.

I looked at the link found above, but it is rather high level and “assumes” I already have an Apple Developer account and are using Apple Connect.

In short, I desperately need some help.  Before I loose rep points, let me say that I have searched the web for the steps, and nothing quite meets my needs.

Here is my understanding (please help and don’t flame me).  I am not a novice. I just come from an android background).

1) In order to use the Apple Business Manager, we first have to build and publish the app (via Xcode) to Appleconnect to have the app reviewed.

In order to do this, I need the followin:
1) Valid appleid and an enabled $99US Apple developer license (and accompanying provisioning profile).
2) Tax and Billing (credit card info) for my Apple Id in Apple Connect account.
3) I build my app using Xcode 11 using both my valid apple developer license + provisioning profile and team account.
4) Once built, I distribute the app to the AppStore.  When prompted, I DO NOT export it locally.  I upload it directly to the AppConnect portal.  Successful upload assumes that all the previous billing stuff (in #1) has been approved and validated.
5) This begins the Apple review process.

Is this it?  I DO NOT want this app to go onto the public app store, as it is a B2B app (meant to house sensitive client data).  Once the review process has completed, (for lack of a better term), how do I get the app to the Apple Business Manager site of things?

I did some googling, and there is mention of a VPP program.  So once the review is over, do I get the option of getting a VPP link? Do I then have the option of providing this link to Apple Business Manager, or can I provide this link to our 3rd party?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 15", early 2011. Earlier this week, I brought it home and plugged it in, and there was an X through the battery. Did an SMC reset, and it started charging again. The next day it stopped again, and the message in the menubar said "No Battery Available." I opened up System Information, and under Power it said there was no battery installed.

Did another SMC reset and System Information was unable to load information for Power. I recently did another SMC reset, upgraded to Yosemite, and am still getting the no battery available symbol. But now this is what's showing up in System Information:

Is my battery completely dead? Is there any way to recharge it, or do I need to replace it?

UPDATE: I forgot to note, I did an AHT on the machine a couple days ago, and it said there was nothing wrong with the hardware. If the battery was jostled loose, wouldn't AHT flag it?


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I have a MacBook Pro on OS 10.6.8 I have tried to upgrade to the current OS. The download appears to work fine, but when I select restart to install, the Mac starts to shut down, then just hangs.

I can only start the Mac again by holding down the on/off switch to turn off, and then turning on again.

What is the solution?


texts: Close Terminal using 'exit' when only one window is present, close window otherwise

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When I use the Terminal application I want to close it using the command exit if only one Terminal window is open. If more than one window is open, I want to close just the window that executed the exit command.

To achieve this behaviour I use the following function in my .bash_profile

function exit {
    if [ $(who | wc -l) -eq 2 ]; then
        osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to quit'
    else
        osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to close first window'
    fi
}

Everything works great but the usage of $(who | wc -l) -eq 2 seems to be a bit hacky. In particular this only works if the machine is used by a single user only. Are there any other ways to do the job?


texts: Why does (Apple) Remote Desktop, with client ports correctly forwarded, report as "Offline" to administrator's machine?

texts:
Administration Target

An iMac Intel Core 2 Duo:

Mac OS X 10.6.6;
ARD Client 3.4-current;

Router Configuration

WAN-side TCP & UDP 22, 3283 and 5900 forwarded to the iMac.
In desperation, I DMZed the administration target.

Problem

Before DMZing my administration target (i.e., with only 22, 3283 and 5900 forwarded), the iMac is listed as "Offline" on the Remote Desktop administration screen. However, I can ssh into it from Terminal.app successfully and I can control the screen — I simply can't do any 'special' tasks (copy, install, report, restart, sleep, etc): I essentially can't do anything other than viewing/controlling (and locking) the screen.

Once the host was DMZed, my administration window lists the node as "Screen Sharing Only".

Any ideas?


texts:
I realised that in iOS-5 sms app, if I send an sms to my friend and he is replying, there will be a "..." showing.

How is it possible that I could be notified while he is replying? How does it work?
If my friend types one character and "backspace", do the dots disappear?


texts: How do I print on mac, when needing a printer administrator

texts: I'm trying to print something with my Macbook air, but when I try to print I have to add a printer. When I try to add a printer it asks for a username and a password of some user in the printer administration. How do I solve this?


texts:
With the old firefox, one could force an update by clicking 'firefox' on the menu bar and then 'About firefox' etc. However, with the new firefox 38 this menu only contains the single entry 'Quit' -- there is no 'About firefox' or anything else.

So how can I force an update of firefox? (OS X 10.9.5).

When I go to firefox->menu->preferences->advanced->update->show update history, it says that 38.0.1 was successfully installed, but that 38.0.5 is 'pending'. How can I advance that state from 'pending' to 'successfully installed'?


texts:
In Snow Leopard (10.6), I had an applescript that toggled iTunes between "maximised on Space 2" and "mini-player on all spaces":

set app_identifier to do shell script "echo 'com.apple.iTunes' | /usr/bin/perl -pe 'use encoding utf8; s/(\\w)/\\L$1/gi'"

tell application "iTunes"
    # if it's not already minimised...
    if minimized of front browser window is false then
        # switch to mini player
        set minimized of front browser window to true
        # set it to show on all spaces (the magic here is the "65544").
        set app_construct to (run script "{|" & app_identifier & "|: 65544}")
        tell application "System Events"
            tell expose preferences
                tell «class essp»
                    set spaces_bindings to get «class spcs»
                    set spaces_bindings to app_construct & spaces_bindings
                    set «class spcs» to spaces_bindings
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    else
        # switch to normal player
        set minimized of front browser window to false
        # set it to show on Space 2 (the magic here is the "2" - compare to the "65544" in the "set to all spaces" version).
        set app_construct to (run script "{|" & app_identifier & "|: 2}")
        tell application "System Events"
            tell expose preferences
                tell «class essp»
                    set spaces_bindings to get «class spcs»
                    set spaces_bindings to app_construct & spaces_bindings
                    set «class spcs» to spaces_bindings
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end if
end tell

That's based on scripts from http://soylentfoo.jnewland.com/articles/2007/11/22/spaces-application-assignments-and-applescript .

This doesn't work on Lion.

Does anyone know the equivalent to "assign this app to all spaces" and "assign this app to space 2" in Lion?


texts: macOS not allowing me to change file permissions though I am the sole user/admin

texts:
macOS is not permitting me to change the file permissions of any file! whenever I try to add the admin which is me, finder gives me this error:

you don't have necessary permission - operation not permitted

In spite of the fact that I am the sole user

I have tried chmod, again same error - operation not permitted

The permissions are as follows!

Screenshot of the operation not permitted error I getting


texts: MySQL - Ruby on Rails mysql gem not working on snow leopard

texts:
i have installed mysql 5.5.11 and i'm running on Snow Leopard (10.6.7)

when i create my rails application everything wokrs fine:

rails fooTest -d mysql

then

cd fooTest

then

rake db:create

and i get:

  Couldn't create database for
  {"reconnect"=>false,
  "encoding"=>"utf8",
  "username"=>"root",
  "adapter"=>"mysql",
  "database"=>"fooTest_development",
  "pool"=>5, "password"=>nil,
  "socket"=>"/tmp/mysql.sock"}, charset:
  utf8, collation: utf8_unicode_ci (if
  you set the charset manually, make
  sure you have a matching collation)


texts:
In Numbers, is there any way to make all standard cells of all spreadsheets (including existing spreadsheets created by others) be displayed in dark mode (i.e. have a black background with white text)?
I could imagine this working for all spreadsheets without having to manually set it up for each individual spreadsheet if:

cells are allowed to not have a style, in which case all cells without a style without manual color changes would be displayed in dark mode
a specific style that is used by convention as the standard style, in which case all cells of that style without manual color changes would be displayed in dark mode


texts: Can I get the Media browsers from the File Open dialog in the Finder sidebar?

texts:
The File Open dialog has three very useful Media entries in the sidebar (Photos, Movies, Music). They are backed by the various iLife applications, so that you can select, for example, from your iPhoto albums.

The Finder windows have a "Search For" section in the sidebar, but the "All Images" entry there is just a smart folder that contains all image files from your whole hard disk with no further categorization.

Can I get the Media libraries to show up in the Finder as well?


texts: How to Transfer a SystemRescueCd ISO to a USB Drive for Use on a Mac with High Sierra Installed?

texts:
The instructions the for SystemRescueCd software does not mention how to install for use by Intel based Mac computers. I wish to boot the software from either a entire drive or a partition on a drive. I currently have High Sierra installed.

Once booted, I will be using the software to move an Windows 10 partition on a 2013 iMac.


texts: Getting performance measurement tools from Linux on Mac OS X

texts:
Mac OS X doesn't seem to have the Linux performance tools perf, pidstat, or mpstat.

What other software has equal functionality on OS X? Or, how can I install these?


texts: Download from iTunes to iPod without deleting songs already on iPod

texts:
How do I download songs to my iPod Shuffle without deleting the songs that are already on it?  When I try to download songs, it gives me this message:

Are you sure you want to remove existing music and audiobooks from this iPod and sync with this iTunes library?
[Remove and Sync] [Cancel]

I just updated iTunes to version 11.0.1.  On the previous version, iTunes didn't try to delete the files I already had on my iPod.


texts:
I found that many apps have disappearing scroll bar.
For example, this:

actually has scroll bar if I scroll with my track pad. (and I have no way to screenshot it as it keeps get disappearing).
I found it inconvenient for me, is there any way I can let it stay on all the time? thx
I'm using apple mouse on MBP, and the Operating System is,
$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.7
BuildVersion:   19H512


texts: I live in Korea, where the carriers offer a free and legal country unlock. You have to give them the serial number and IMEI. However, due to the language barrier, the instructions after this are not as clear. They say to insert the foreign carrier's SIM card and then simply sync with iTunes. That's it. My question is how this works exactly, and what happens if I sync before I insert the SIM card. I won't be traveling for another month, and therefore won't have a new SIM. How can I be sure the unlock works once I am abroad?


texts: Check how long it will take for tmutil restore to complete

texts:
I’m restoring my HDD from a time machine backup from the terminal (so I can use my computer while it restores).

It’s working but just seeing if there’s a way to check how long it will take to finish?

I’m not tech-savvy so if there’s an answer out there please explain in basic layman’s terms
Cheers


texts:
When I put the following in ~/.vimrc and save it,

  syntax on

vim get errors while opening. I think there are some vim configuration conflicts. Herewith the errors:

  Error detected while processing /Users/Home/.vimrc: line    1: E484:
  Can't open file /usr/share/vim/syntax/syntax.vim

I'd appreciate if you can help to get rid of this problem. I'm running osx snow loepard 6.8


texts: Built-in card reader in MacBook Pro doesn't work

texts:
As the title says, the built-in card reader in my MacBook Pro doesn't work. It simply doesn't do anything when I instert an SD card. I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.8.

I guess one of the issues might be Parallels. I have it installed, but it's not running. In the properties of Parallels I've set that all USB devices should be loaded in Mac.


texts:
I have recently upgraded to mountain lion and every time I start a new tmux session, I get the following warning:

│warning: unsupported new OS, trying as if it were 10.6-10.7

Is this anything I should be worried about?


texts: Is it possible to make a screen recording of an entire page in a browser window?

texts:
I know how to take full-length screenshots of a given page, but what about video? Audio recording not necessary, but would be interested to know of any tactics or well-hidden browser extension recos for capturing a full page in all its animated glory.

Perhaps there's something about how the viewport handles graphics that makes recording off-screen animation unfeasible, so I encourage sharing efficient ways to stitch multiple videos or other reasonable (free? easy?) workarounds.


texts: What is the 'If Finder Window Open, Then...' AppleScript code?

texts:
I am creating a 'Quit All' keyboard shortcut. I have the Quit All Applications system command and the AppleScript to close open Finder windows (without it, Finder windows stay open). However, if no Finder window is open, an error sound plays every time. I therefore need to code the script to check if there are any open Finder windows, and if this is the case, to then close them. Here is the code I have so far:

tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "w" using {command down, option down}
end tell

Just missing the "if open Finder windows then" part at the beginning. Could someone help me for this line of code?


texts:
So I have been having serious problems with lag(connection ping spikes) on my computer.

I am using Mac Pro (Mid 2010), and I used the “sudo ping -i .2 192.168.0.1” command in terminal to monitor my ping. My ping stays constant at 1ms-3ms, but always rises to 100ms-200ms every 6 to 15 seconds. And these “spikes” happens literally every 6 to 15 seconds, but it doesn’t go crazy until 1000 ping or even over.

The lag hits me a lot since I am playing Counter-Strike Global Offence on Mac, which the ping spike can be clearly felt.

The weird thing is that I am not running any program that uploads or downloads, and the lag only happens in this specific computer.The lag doesn’t happen on my laptop and all. What is going on? My speculation of this problem is probably my computer appears to be sending out files or signals hiddenly, and this is when the ping rises, but I just can’t figure out what is going on.

The connection used to be fine. Is it a problem with hidden network features within my Mac or what? I was about to try to disable SSDP service, which seemed to be the cause of lag of few of my friends, but I just don’t know how to, since its Mac.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts:
my entire HD is now "Mac OS X Base System":

ps: Mac OS X Base System is Disk0s2

I cant delete this partition to install Mac OS X; I already try the terminal, but message reply "you cannot erase the boot disk".

Does anyone have any idea how can I fix this?


texts: Where can I download previous version of itunes?

texts:
I am looking to download previous version of iTunes (iTunes 10.2.2). When I tried googling, all the webpages direct to apple site which has only the update iTune 10.3 for download.

Can any one let me know, how can I get older version of iTunes?


texts:
I recently updated to macOS Mojave, after update sometimes my wifi is using more than GB of RAM (seen in a process named "Wi-Fi" in "Activity Monitor.app").

Now I want to know why it is consuming so much RAM ?
and how can i stop it from eating up free memory ?

Here are some details form the respective detail page from "Activity Monitor.app":

cwd
/
txt
/System/Library/CoreServices/WiFiAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/WiFiAgent
txt
/Library/Preferences/Logging/.plist-cache.dIA1EUHh
txt
/usr/share/icu/icudt62l.dat
txt
/System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources/AppleKeyboardLayouts-L.dat
txt
/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx
txt
/private/var/folders/jw/p_n01_pj0pz83nqp62m9l5cc0000gn/0/com.apple.LaunchServices-231-v2.csstore
txt
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/SystemAppearance.car
txt
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/DarkAquaAppearance.car
txt
/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemAppearance.bundle/Contents/Resources/DarkAppearance.car
txt
/usr/lib/dyld
0
/dev/null
1
/dev/null
2
/dev/null
3
/dev/io8log
4
/dev/io8logtemp
5
*:*

right now it is using only 70 MB


texts: Does Apple change iPhone serial numbers when they refurbish them?

texts: Does Apple change the serial number of iPhones they take in when they refurbish them?


texts: How can I disable and/or uninstall "Messages" from OS X Yosemite?

texts:
This "Messages" application on my Macbook Pro, OS X Yosemite 10.10.4

I would like to uninstall the "Messages" application entirely. How can I do this?


texts: How do i know exactly what is taking up space in iCloud?

texts: Got an email from Apple saying that my iCloud account is almost full. I'd like to know with what exactly


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to show/open the Trash?

texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut for the Trash? I know how to create one, but I want to know if there's a built-in shortcut. To clarify, this is to show the Trash, not to empty it.


texts: Why can't ripped movies import to into iTunes on Windows XP when they work on Mac?

texts:
I am unable to copy movies or videos into my iTunes library. I have had the concerned videos converted using Handbrake (version ??) with Apple presets but still when I try drag and drop to iTunes (10.1 on Windows XP) it shows no error (like "cannot be played" etc) and neither does it show up on the list.

I can copy songs/ebooks/apps got a problem with video only.

So I updated to iTunes v 10.5.3 still can't drag drop video/movies. I even tried adding the files to the Automatically add to iTunes folder (as suggested in one of the comments) but got a Not Added folder. The files work when copied to the library on a friend's, so I can't tell if the problem is iTunes or Windows XP or my computer.

Am I missing something?


texts: A baby, playing with my iphone 5, made a folder disappear.  I don't know if she deleted it or not but if I spotlight one of the apps, it is still on the phone and shows the old folder name.  However, none of the apps that were/are in that folder have icons on the screen and I have to spotlight each of them to start it.  Any ideas for restoring the folder or the individual icons so I can make the folder again?


texts: Why am I being asked to sign in on itunes on my computer?

texts: I am suddenly being asked to sign into itunes on my computer before the download procedure can continue on my ipad...why is that?  It has never happened in the past.


texts: How difficult is it to manually replace an Early 2015 Macbook Pro's battery?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015). My battery health has deteriorated, and I may replace the battery some time this year. A full charge still gets me about 3-4 hours of use time, and I keep it plugged in most days, so getting a new battery is not an urgent need at the moment.

I think Apple told me that it would cost about $200 for them to replace the battery (battery + labor fee). If I do it myself, I think I can do it for under $100. How difficult is it to change the battery manually assuming no prior experience? Also, how easy is it to screw something up during the process that will make the macbook permanently unusable?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to select the address bar for the current page in Safari?

texts:
When I want to navigate to a new page using the address bar in Safari without taking my hands off the keyboard, I use the keyboard shortcut Command + T, which opens a new tab and places the cursor in its address bar.

This is fine when I want to keep the original page open in another tab. But sometimes I want to replace it with the new page. Sometimes I can get back to the address bar by pressing Tab or Shift + Tab several times, but the number of times depends on the amount of tab-selectable fields on the page.

Is there a keyboard shortcut to select the address bar for the current page in Safari?


texts: Is there an alternative client for Homebrew?

texts: Lately I've found myself increasingly frustrated with how long it takes for the standard brew client tool to do anything. I understand its being written in Ruby is the cause of most of its inefficiency. Are there any alternatives to the standard client? Has anyone written an alternative client in a faster language like C or Go?


texts:
Where can I put Entitlement?
Of course, they can be inserted as part of the plist file of the app, but,

can Entitle be created only for binary? (Single binary without app)
Can Entitlement be created for a file that is not binary and is not part of an app?
Is the Entitlement associated with the running process? (If so, how can I pull the entitlement of a process that is currently running?)
Can I put Entitlement on script? (Let's say Python script)


texts: Spotlight indexing appears stuck, what can I do?

texts:
My Spotlight index got corrupted, preventing me from searching messages in Mail.app. I added my HD to Spotlight's privacy list to delete the index. I then removed it from the privacy list so Spotlight would reindex the drive from scratch.

I have done this before with no real problem.

However, this time Spotlight appears to be stuck. It's been "Estimating indexing time" for about 6 hours now.

What can/should I do?


texts:
I create an alias behavior

alias chrome="open -a 'Google Chrome'"
chrome foo.html

Nevertheless, It refuses to work when I restart the terminal.

$ chrome foo.html
-bash: chrome: command not found

As a solution, I place the command to ~/.bash_profile

# Add to ~/.bash_profile
# shortcut for chrome
alias chrome="open -a 'Google Chrome'"

Again, it report similar error

$ chrome foo.html
-bash: chrome: command not found

How to solve such a problem?


texts: OS stops receiving left (primary) mouse click

texts:
I've got a frustrating problem that seems to have cropped up within the last two months or so.

Infrequently, the left (primary) click stops registering with the OS, so I can't really click on anything.  My mouse moves around the screen, I can right (secondary) click, but I just can't perform a primary click.

I'm running 10.6.8 on an Early 2011 MacBook Pro (http://support.apple.com/kb/SP619). The click stops registering both on the trackpad and my Magic Mouse.

A restart solves the problem.

Any ideas?


texts: Want to use multiple email addresses for one contact

texts: I am updating my address book on my MacBook, and filling in all the information on the cards for each contact. My contacts have both work and home email accounts listed under their name. I'd like to ensure that both are copied when I send out a mailer to them. Is there an option that will activate all emails on their card or only the one in first position?


texts: iTunes Connect payment made on a closed account

texts:
My iTunes connect is linked to an old account that closed on September 4 or 5, so I have no more access to it to check if the payment has been made on it.

I changed bank so I updated my banking infos in iTunes Connect in order to receive the next payments on my new banking account and received a mail on August 30, 2017 that saying my banking infos has been processed. But when I go to the Payments and Financial reports part in iTunes Connect for July, it is marked that the payment was made on September 7 on my old account, not the new one.

Will I receive an email from Apple saying that my payment has been refused and reported on the next month or something like that, or should I contact my old bank ?


texts: Searching in iTunes 11 no longer filters column browser options?

texts: In iTunes 10.x, if you searched for items (top right) it would filter the column browser to only show values that matched your search query. Now when I search, it filters the list of items, but not the column browsers. Is this an option somewhere?


texts: How much free storage should we maintain so that iOS can work properly?

texts:
It was strange that yesterday, the iPhone worked really slowly. The screen can freeze for a few seconds. It was like the Processor or the graphics chip went bad or something.

It was like that when playing Pokemon Go, or just using iOS and the Settings as well, and it was the same even when I restarted the iPhone and used the Settings app -- it was really slow.

And I checked the free storage left, and it was 1.9GB.  So I thought it should be plenty. In the past I have 500MB left and iOS was running all fine.

But this time, it is the iPhone 6 Plus, with 128GB storage, and 1GB of RAM, as opposed to in the past, when my iPhone 5 was just 16GB and it was common to have just 2GB free remaining.

And turning off the App Refresh and restarting the iPhone didn't help either.

So I deleted some big apps like Angry Birds and PvZ 2, which I play on the iPad instead of the iPhone anyway. And when it was 3GB, everything ran smoothly.

And since then, I uploaded some photos to Google Photos and freed up about 2GB of space last night, and made the free space about 5GB, and everything was running really well.

So 1.9GB seemed like not enough and 3GB was enough... what is the amount of free storage that should be kept for iOS itself to work properly?


texts: How can I simply and reliably track my computer usage?

texts: I'm not after time tracking for the purpose of invoicing. I'm not even interested in which apps I use. I just want to know how much time I spend each day at my computer. One big pitfall I see is that many apps will suspend tracking when the user is watching a longer video or reading a long article. Are there any apps that work around this successfully, maybe by using the FaceTime camera as an additional source of data?


texts: I’ve been using Windows 10 via Boot Camp and it worked fine. I’m not sure if there’s any relation since I just noticed recently, but I upgraded my OS to macOS Big Sur and my Windows Partition became EFI Boot. Whenever I try to access it, Windows logo just shows and loads for a bit then restarts to start Mac OS.


texts: How to get rid of the stocks app from spotlight?

texts:
I run OS running on german - there the stocks app ("Aktien") clashes with the activity monitor ("Aktivitätsanzeite").

I prefer to launch apps via spotlight.  Often just a millisecond before I press enter a new suggestion jumps to the top of the list and is launched instead.

Suppose something uses up all CPU and I want to investigate by activity monitor (german: Aktivitätsanzeite). I start typing "Akti" - see the correct App (top suggestion) and hit enter - but (half the time?) "Aktien" (the stocks app) pops up and jumps the top of the list - and I end up in the setup for the stocks app.  Very annoying if something else already grinds your system down.

I have a similar issue with other apps - but not as annoying as I can just delete the unwanted ones
I experimented using the "original" name - but it is a guessing game as the only way to figure the name out is to guess the name (it's nowhere mentioned in the apps).


texts: Removing IMAP mail on iPhone not visible in Outlook trash

texts:
If I remove an IMAP-configured mail from a custom-domain (I've bought it via a domain-registrar), it should throw it in the trash-bin. However, these deleted mails are not visible in Outlook 2010.

Am I missing something, or is this a bug?
The mails I've deleted last (about 3 of them) are still visible in the trashbin on the iPhone, the others (about 20 or 30 of them) are gone.


texts: Locally save photos and delete from iCloud

texts:
So I'm trying to delete some photos from iCloud but keep them stored locally on my Mac (and ideally iOS devices but that doesn't really matter so much). Is there a way to do this?  All research I've done shows me how to delete the photos locally but keep them on iCloud!

Running El Capitan 10.11.6 and iOS 9.3.5


texts: What software is best for taking notes fast and keeping in sync between iOS and web?

texts:
My requirements are very simple- I want notes that I can access quickly and easily via the web (from my Mac or PC) and also via iPhone and iPad.

For iOS, it's critical that I can go from having an idea to typing it out immediately- think the level of speed of the default "Notes" app in iOS app.

A rich text editor would be nice, but not necessary at all.

The iOS built in Notes app would be perfect if I could sync it to Google Docs, but I don't think it can. Google Docs itself is great on Mac/PC, but takes much too long to get started writing a note on iOS devices. I've tried Evernote, which is almost good, but unfortunately I've found that editing notes back and forth between web and iOS usually tends to revert back changes and get other very bad behavior.

Any ideas very welcome. Bells and whistles like rich text, tagging, etc. would be swell but not necessary at all, all I really care is being super fast, and able to sync.


texts: Is it possible to use multiple flags on a single email in Mac Mail?

texts:
I'm still using El Capitan, for a number of reasons.

So in Mac Mail, I have a choice of six different colored flags. I want to be able to flag emails more than once - that is, with multiple colors.

Actual use case - I run an online literary magazine, and I'm flagging emails as Orange (to read), Green (accepted) and Red (rejected). BUT I would love to be able to add a Gray tag to accepted and rejected emails (eg, Green and Gray - accepted and published, Red and Gray - rejected and recipient notified). Anyway, there are multiple cases where this would be useful.

Is it possible?

Strangely enough, when I've sent emails back and forth to other folks, I have seen multiple flags! But they're not in the usual spot (left side of user's email, top email) but to the right of the user's email (bottom email, green and gray!) I have no idea how this happened and have not been able to replicate it, but it's exactly what I want.

Thanks!


texts: How to sync OS X Reminders with Android?

texts:
OS X Reminders doesn't sync with my Google Account although Calendar and Mails work OK.

How to sync OS X Reminders with Google (or GTask Android App) to have it Android device?


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I was bored one day an thought it would be cool to follow this tutorial to make my Finder windows look like Retro Mac OS Finder http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/20/simplify-os-x-finder-retro-mac-os-classic-style/.

I thought it would add to the effect if I made my Mac Grayscale by going into System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Use Grayscale.

And then, as usual, I got annoyed by the theme and changed everything back.

Everything switched back nicely including grayscale. But then I noticed that on login, the color of files in Finder Windows and on the Desktop, when selected, was gray, the same color when in Grayscale.  See pictures.

Grayscale Unchecked:

Grayscale Checked:

What it should be

What I've tried so far:
- Restart

Reset SMC
Reset NVRAM
Disk Utility First Aid (Permission Errors in Plists)
Safe Mode
Deleted Bunch of Plists in ~/Library/Preferences

Other Info

I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.6.

Also, when I change any of the following options it fixes the problem until next login:

Accessibility > Display > Use grayscale
Accessibility > Display > Increase contrast
Accessibility > Display > Invert Colors
General > Appearance

My Question: How do I completely stop grayscale so that it remains fixed even after a restart?


texts: Safari 8.0 web process at 100% CPU every time I start Safari after resuming from sleep

texts:
Whenever I start Safari 8.0 (on Yosemite 10.10) after resuming my Mac from sleep, it kicks off a web process which consumes 100% CPU and soon gets the fans on my MBA going:

What's strange is that it's always the same URL (http://www.saudecuf.pt/) which is a site I haven't visited for a very long time, certainly not since I upgraded to 10.10. I have no idea why it's picking up that URL. The only solution is to force quit that process and from then on Safari behaves normally until the next time I put my Mac to sleep.

Very frustrating.

BTW: the site is the site of a local private hospital, nothing special.


texts: How can I speed up SD card writing speed (using /dev/disk*) on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
I've been installing some linux distributions onto an SD card from my MacBook, although they take over an hour to transfer a few hundred MB (using dd and /dev/disk1).

If you look at the above output it's working at roughly 0.31 MB/s! The SD card is a Class 10, and my MacBook Pro is the 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, and OS X Lion 10.7.4. Here is the hardware report for the card reader:

  Built in SD Card Reader:

  Vendor ID:  0x05ac
  Product ID:    0x8403
  Revision:  1.00   Serial
  Number:   9833

  SDHC Card:

  Capacity:   7.97 GB (7,969,177,600 bytes)
  Removable Media:  Yes   BSD
  Name: disk1
  Partition Map Type:   MBR (Master Boot Record)
  S.M.A.R.T. status:    Not Supported
  Volumes:

  PI:
  Capacity: 7.96 GB (7,964,983,296 bytes)
  File System:  MS-DOS
  BSD Name: disk1s1
  Content:  DOS_FAT_32

Any ideas why the transfer to /dev/disk1 is so slow and how I could speed it up?


texts: Itunes Match ... how do I see the music that's been downlaoded to device?

texts:
I've looked a lot on the web for this and done a lot of trial and error on my end but I cannot for the life of me figure this out...

I have itunes match installed, it works great!  I can stream all of my itunes collection using wifi or celluar network.

It also has a neat option to download music to the device so that you can enjoy it when there's no data connection. However, how can I actually SEE what music is on my device and delete some music or manage it??  So confusing. If you scroll down a songs list, you can see indivdual songs that are downloaded to a device and delete them that way... howver, I just want to ideally be able to plug my iphone into my computer and see EXACTLY what music is on my device so I can delete some songs to add room.

I already have seen this link, but it doesn't exactly help me since I already everything listed for the information. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202675


texts: What is a good App for OSX that locks your Macbook when outside "known" wifi area

texts:
I am looking for an app that locks my Macbook when not connected to a known wifi network. And I am the only one who can manage my known networks: I'm asked for a password to add networks to my "known list".

Who knows a good app for that?


texts: How to stop macbook from playing youtube videos at login screen?

texts:
When I opened my macbook this morning, a youtube video I had been watching earlier started playing at max volume.

Combine that with the touch keyboard, so there's no way to adjust the volume until I log in..

Basically a terrible user experience. Is there any way to not autoplay media when I open the laptop?


texts: Can iTunes be configured to have the 'Store' be default screen at startup?

texts:
I like to use iTunes predominantly to check things out on the iTunes store (and make the occasional purchase), not to browse a library of downloaded media by default.

Is there a setting or way to make the store be the default initial screen in iTunes for Mac?


texts: Apple Remote Desktop not working on Sierra

texts:
I'm having a lot of troubles getting Apple Remote Desktop to work in Sierra.

Downloading the client (version 3.8.5) gives me the error:

Remote Desktop Client Update can't be installed on this disk. This update required Mac OS X 10.10.5 or later.

When I try to generate the installer on Sierra (a Mac Mini), I get the error:

An unexpected error occurred: the required components were not found.

The Application appears to be installed incorrectly.

I have the feeling that Apple Remote Desktop is on it's way out, but is there an alternative to use? Preferably one that doesn't have a monthly cost (per device)


texts: Mac OS Sierra 10.12.1 Dock behaviour and command tab issue

texts:
I've got a brand new computer which I bought last week. I've noticed that sometimes when I cycle programmes using command and tab, some of the icons don't appear, even though the programme is open. The only way I can get to them is to click the icon on the dock or find the window manually.

I've also noticed that quite often when I quit a programme it remains as if it were open in the dock, even though it has been quit.

To fix it I can run killall Dock in terminal, but it then later happens again. Not ideal.

Can anyone else report something similar? I'm trying to diagnose if its an issue with the computer or Sierra; I don't want to have to send it back but shouldn't be having problems this early on. I even did a clean reinstall this morning and the problem still persists.


texts: Why is iphoto creating un-deletable albums?

texts:
When I sync all my photos to my mac mini iphoto then goes and creates albums on my iPhone like: Events, Last 12 Months and Last Import among others. I do not want these albums on my iPhone at all....

How do I get rid of them


texts: Is there a way to circumvent the 20MB file limit on iOS without jailbreaking?

texts:
I travel often enough that I decided to activate tethering through AT&T. I'm not on unlimited data, but I do have a fairly high limit now (tethering comes with more bandwidth) I am often downloading new podcast episodes over 3G, but find I am still limited by the 20MB file limit. So I have to tether to my Mac Book Pro to download the podcast (over the iPhone), and then sync it to my iPhone.

I guess the reason for the 20MB limit was when AT&T offered unlimited data, but now it is just annoying as it requires me to take an extra step to download the same 20MB file over the same 3G network.

Short of having another iPhone and tethering them together, is there a way I can download a file over 20MB directly to my iPhone? I'd prefer not to jailbreak it, but I guess I am not completely opposed to it if that is my only solution.


texts: Is it not possible to use Preview to highlight text or a portion of an image from a screenshot? macOS High Sierra

texts:
I am trying with both a PDF and/or a PNG file, but this does not seem possible. Nothing I am trying works. Is it possible to take a screenshot natively in macOS, then highlight a portion of said screenshot? If so, how can this be done exactly?

To be clear, I want to just use native tools that are build-into macOS, so Preview in this case.


texts: In Photos, can you crop and scale original to save space?

texts:
I often take photos of documents, receipts, or product packaging; to have as a record. These photos usually waste space because they are higher resolution than I need, and they have extra space around edges that can be cropped.

To save space I export the image, scale and crop in Preview, and delete the original from Photos. This is a pain. Can I accomplish the same thing in Photos on macOS?


texts:
I'm using oh-my-zsh and iTerm2. I've also enabled the zsh-vim-mode plugin from oh-my-zsh. One of the annoyances I've encountered is my right prompt (RPS1 & RPROMPT) doesn't seem to show up. I'd like it to indicate what vim mode I'm currently in.

I'm using the robbyrussel theme. It seems my $RPS1 variable is set. I'm wondering if there's a configuration option I'm missing.

I'm running 10.7.

Same issue in 10.8.


texts: Why scutil always try to modify system network configuration

texts:
I set a global sockets proxy via 'Settings'-'Network'.

Then scutil always tries to revert my setting, then prompt a dialog to ask my password to allow this change. I can cancel it, but it will be popped up in few seconds.

Does anybody know why scutil wants to do it? And how to forbid this change forever?


texts: How to switch input languages with different key combination?

texts:
I don't like to switch languages with ⌘ + space. Is there any way I can use more common keyboard combinations:

Control + Shift or
Control + Opion or
Caps Lock

I'd preferred the simplest solution possible. Can I just change some system settings instead of installing a software to solve this problem?


texts: Can I create a bootable DiskWarrior disk?

texts:
I'm in trouble. My Mac won't boot (frozen on gray apple logo with spinning wheel), and it appears to be a disk problem. I ran disk utility from Lion's recovery disk, but it says it can't repair my disk and that I should erase it.

I want to try diskwarrior, but before buying it I want to know if I can create a bootable disk with the downloadable version. I can't wait for the DVD to ship -- it'd take at least two weeks if not more, and I need it right now.

I searched on alsoft's site and the web, but I don't understand if it's possible or not. I'm guessing it is, otherwise buying this program is useless in case of emergencies (I'd rather get a new Mac than wait for the DVD to ship).

So the question: has anyone managed to create a bootable diskwarrior disk?


texts: I've got two Macs, and I only use one keyboard and mouse thanks to Teleport. The problem is that I have to activate it every time I turn my computer on. Would it be possible to do it automatically?


texts: Keyboard Fn Function key switchUsing language

texts:
Using Macbook Air M1. The keyboard Fn (Function) key has a globe icon to switch between languages. It works but a bit quirky. When it's not working, it tries to switch language but couldn't, and when I switch screen, the language switching dialog keeps popping up.
To make the keyboard Fn key work again in switching language, I have to restart my computer. See video attached - the Fn key is not even pressed.


texts: CSM support on 2010 macbook pro with high sierra?

texts:
I have a 2010 macbook pro with Mac OS X High Sierra (10.13, and I can't go any higher). I'm wondering if it has CSM support natively (without installing rEFInd), or if I have to install an alternative boot loader. I know that my mac has EFI support, I've used it before. I plugged in an external USB drive with a legacy OS on it (Debian GNU/Linux 10 with grub-pc), pressed the option key while the computer was starting up, and the USB drive did not show up in the boot manager. I detached and reattached the drive but again, nothing showed up.
Please let me know if I have to install some software to make ths work.
Thanks, Lennon


texts: How to change a table cell from $ to € in Pages?

texts: I'm using Pages' Invoice templates, and it's been grand so far. Now I need to send an invoice to Europe, and the sums need to be in euros rather than dollars. How can I change the currency type in the table?


texts: Changing default email color in Mail.app does not take effect

texts: I have parametered  my Mail (Mac) so that the font color of all my emails are Green, yet each time I write an email, I must change the color myself.   Why didn't it take?  Which box should I have/not check(ed)?


texts: How do I upload specific Apple Photos albums to Flickr?

texts: The Flickr tool wants to sync my entire Photos library and Apple Photos only want a to share a small number of photos to Flickr at a time.


texts: What was the format for personal sites hosted with (deprecated) .Mac?

texts: I can't find any leads on what the URL formatting was for websites hosted as part of the .Mac offerings. I'd like to find my old one and see if it was archived by the Wayback Machine, but don't remember the syntax (i.e. http://web.mac.com/~handle).


texts:
Equipment & OS:

Apple TV 2
Mac Pro (circa 2013 - the cylinder)
MacOS Sierra Version 10.12.6
DAC (digital to analog converter, this only has USB and TOSLINK connections)
HDMI cable connects Mac Pro & Apple TV
TOSLINK (digital optical) cable connects Apple TV to DAC

What I want to do...

I want to use the Apple TV to stream iTunes music from my MacPro to the DAC which then connects directly to powered speakers.

Previously I have connected an earlier Mac Pro (circa 2009) directly to the DAC via TOSLINK.  This worked GREAT!  The earlier Mac Pro had a TOSLINK output.  The new Mac Pro (2013) doesn't.

Prior to that I has streamed iTunes wirelessly to the Apple TV which in turn connected by TOSLINK to the DAC.  This worked GREAT too!  When I set up this solution I had a TV monitor available that connected by HDMI to the Apple TV.

Unfortunately, I have no other monitor or TV display available to connect to the Apple TV.

Problems

<< System Preferences >> << Sound >>

If I go to << System Preferences >> << Sound >> and look to "Select a device for sound output" I don't see the Apple TV connection via the HDMI.  Note, the Apple TV via the HDMI doesn't show up as an input either.

I do see the Apple TV available for AirPlay, but when I select it a pop-up window appears asking me to: "Enter the AirPlay code for "Apple TV"

I assume the "AirPlay code" is not a "password" for the Apple TV (my Apple ID password doesn't work).  I think the pop-up window wants one of those 4 to 6 digit "codes" that pops up on the device to which one wants to connect.

As I don't have a monitor connected to the Apple TV I don't have anything that can display the "AirPlay code".

Seems like the HDMI connection to the Apple TV should get me something, but I can't think of a way to make the Apple TV display appear on the monitors connected to the Mac Pro;-(

Suggestions appreciated.

iTunes

I have similar problems in iTunes.  If I open iTunes and try to select an output device, I can select the Apple TV but the same pop-up window requesting the "AirPlay code" that I don't have a way to see appears.

Note: I have a 27" Apple Cinema Display, but it has not way to connect directly to the Apple TV.

Again, any suggestions much appreciated.

Footnote -- If I had a shorter distance between the Mac Pro & the DAC I could use USB, but USB doesn't do well at distances beyond 20 feet.


texts:
I am using a PC keyboard with a Macbook Pro, and I'm trying to get Sublime Text to behave like it does on Linux in terms of keyboard shortcuts. I copied the default keybindings file from Linux, which mostly worked, with the exception of Ctrl + C for copy.

I can't figure out why Ctrl + C doesn't work, since Ctrl + X cut, Ctrl + V paste, etc. all work. It seems like only copying is broken. I also tried going into Preferences > Keyboard > App Shortcuts, and added a shortcut for Sublime Text with ^C mapped to "Copy". Unfortunately, that didn't work either.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?


texts: Will my dead iphone still erase if it were to ever get revived even if it were removed from my icloud?

texts:
Long story short, iphone 7 died suddenly, apple store confirmed it dead, i suspect logic board problem but in the end i don't know, now my question:

I am thinking of selling the dead iphone as a parts phone, and since it died suddenly i was never able to properly unlink my icloud and factory reset it.
If i sent an erase request from icloud and then remove the device from my icloud through "Find My Iphone"(with the erase still pending), will the erase request still go through in the case someone was able to fix it? Or should i not remove it from my icloud at all?

the phone is passcoded with a very strong password so i know the data will still be protected by encryption to an extent but i am thinking worst case scenario.


texts: Install OS X replacing Windows on a Mac without losing data

texts: My brother installed Windows 7 on my Mac. Now I am trying to install OS X Lion  but when I select Reinstall OS X, I am not able to select any drive. One of my drive has 1.27 TB of data. Is it possible to install OS X without losing data?


texts: iCal allows 25,000 events on iCloud. How do I get more?

texts: iCal allows 25,000 event entries to be backed up on iCloud. I need more. Is there a way to go over this limit, or segment the iCal file into years, and only activate locally (on my desktop Mac) the years I need at that time? I only need the last 12 months for my iPhone and iPad, but I need the last 10 years of iCal on my desktop. Any solutions? Note: A good solution for me would be to only back up to iCloud my desktop iCal events going back 12 months, and leave my desktop iCal untouched. The problem appears to be when I go online, and iCal attempts to sync with iCloud, and can't - because the desktop iCal has over 25,000 entries.


texts:
My mac terminal prompt is:

wbk-er-10-132-118-162:~ johnjara$

I did echo $PS1 and got \h:\W \u\$, which would be the hostname: the basename of $PWD, my username, respectively. My  computer name in System Preferences > Sharing is Copper's Macbook Pro.

So what is \h here for my Mac if not computer name? How do I change it?
 Also, why my IP address would be there in hostname?


texts: MacBook Pro Function key + Command/Option hotkeys problem

texts:
I'm using Intellij Idea on Mac, that heavily utilizes hotkeys including Function keys + the Option and Command keys.

While hardware keys + the Option and Command keys work okay, Touch Bar keys + the Option and Command keys pressed don't register the combination, essentially breaking so many hotkey commands in Idea.

Has anyone been able to resolve this problem?


texts: can i close my apple id account and open a new one?

texts:
My apple id is associated with a .me account that i use for nothing else.  I would like to have an apple id associated with my most active email account (a work account, but i am self employed).  I see that a .me apple id cannot be changed but can it be closed and could i then open a new account with the better email address?  What would i lose?  Contacts?  Notes?  Old .me emails?  Apps purchased under the .me account?  The last two are not a problem, but the first two are...
THanks


texts: Is there a way to change the icon(s) or text from the Apple Startup Manager on the new Macbook PRO 2019?

texts:
I have a MacbookPro16,1 (2019) configured in dual-boot (MacOS Catalina 10.15.3 and Windows 10). I would like to change the icons presented on the Mac Startup Manager and, if possible, the text as well. Even if I choose a volume name when creating the partitions before the Bootcamp installation, the "Windows" label automatically appears like in the screenshot below :

Maybe it is worth mentioning that FileVault2 is enabled on the MacOS side, and Bitlocker on the Windows side. But I can start from a clean install and make those modifications before enabling both.

Thanks in advance


texts: can I upload photos through mobile safari?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible to upload files to a website from Safari on iPhone?

I am designing a website. I want users to be able to upload photos from their iPhone to my website, as such I need to know:

Can users upload from their phone gallery through Mobile Safari to my site?


texts: Share iPad internet connection to PC over USB

texts: Can I use my iPad to connect to my PC over USB and receive internet? My iPad has Internet but at the moment my PC doesn't and I don't have a wireless router yet.


texts: MacBook Pro will not shut all the way off

texts: When I tried to shut off my MacBookPro, the Apple Insignia, on the outside case, is still illuminated, and the screen is black, but I have the outline of the mouse pointer.  It will not turn back on.  None of the keyboard keys do anything.  It seems to be locked up.  Has anybody experienced this issue, and have a solution to fix?


texts:
I've had my original iPad for a while now, but haven't used it that much (other than for couch browsing and stuff like that). I was wondering if there was a way I could be using it to it's full potential during my University run. I'm in computer engineering and that requires me to be programming alot (java, c, python, etc), building circuits, project management and stuff like that.

Is it worth buying a stylus (one that is precise and that can be used to draw circuits on the fly)? I was thinking of using it to program quick python scripts by VNC'ing into my desktop at home and using vim to edit.

Is anyone using the iPad for the same thing? Hopefully someone will know how to help me with this issue.

(Sorry if this is off-topic. I feel like I'm legitimately asking for help here)


texts: How can I set a different scrolling direction for mouse and trackpad in Lion?

texts:
I want to give the new scrolling behavior in Lion a try (both on the built-in as well as on the magic trackpad).

But on my Mouse (a Logitech Anywhere MX), I don't want reverse scrolling. In preferences, it seems as if there were two different settings (one in the mouse prefPane, the other in the trackpad prefPane), however changing one always changes the other.

Is it possible to set this behavior independently?


texts: Why does running afconvert result in error -43

texts:
I am trying to use afconvert to convert a .mp3 to .m4r. I am entering the following:

afconvert -f m4af -d aac -o input.mp3 tone.m4r

However, this gives me an error:

Error: Couldn't open input file (-43)

I am in the directory of the input file. Could someone please shed some light on what I am doing wrong?


texts: iPod Shuffle 4th generation - red light and not charging

texts: My iPod Shuffle 4th generation for a long time it doesn't charge and when I charge it, it only shows 5 second red light. When I plug in and out, it only shows a continuous red light. So what I do next because I put the charger in the wall plug off mobile charger and now it is not charging?


texts:
Its possible to block turning off the iPhone/iPod or iPhone?
For example, in case of loss, theft?
The point is that the thief could not turn off the iPhone, so I could find iPhone through Find my iPhone always..


texts: Can I make FaceTime the default audio- and video-call app when other call apps are installed?

texts:
I installed Microsoft Teams on my iPhone because I need it for work. But now when I click a Favorite in the Phone app so I can call someone, the default in the list for making an audio call or a video call is Teams. I have to click the tiny drop-down button to select mobile for calls or FaceTime for video calls. Is there a way to move Teams down the list so I can default to regular phone calls and FaceTime for video calls?

Also from any Contact screen, clicking Video to make a video call defaults to Teams at the top of the list.

Not jail-broken. iPhone 8. iOS 13.4.1


texts: How can I wipe a disk from a Mac with firmware password set?

texts:
I'm in a somewhat odd situation: I need to wipe the disk of a MBP, but I can't boot into Recovery Mode/from a CD/etc. as there is a firmware password set.

Is there a way to wipe the disk from within the OS? (I guess the answer will likely be no, but I had to check). Or maybe just to "remove" the encryption password from the HD so as to make it unreadable?

I've been looking around and have found several ways of wiping files (srm, "Permanent Erase", etc) but if possible I'd like to be more thorough.

PD: A bit of background to explain how I got to be in this situation: I've been doing some work for a company where they use Macs so they've loaned me a laptop configured as per their policies (encrypted drive, firmware pwd, etc); once but I've finished the project I have to return the laptop but I'd like to clean it up as much as I can before handing it back.


texts: Extracting diagnostic logs from iPad 2 with macOS Catalina

texts:
I have an iPad 2 from wich I want to extract the diagnostic logs.
The use case is a failed activation that blocks me from using the iPad or restoring it with my Laptop. I have a separate question for that.
The iPad probably has iOS 9.3.6 installed but I can't say that for certain as I can't check.
The MacBook has macOS 10.15.7 (19H114) installed.
When connecting the iPad Finder just shows me the failed activation message after trying to activate it. I can't figure out how to get the logs as suggested by @bmike in the other question.


texts: How to make command run in terminal? Command not found

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I've installed couchbase on my Macbook and now I'm struggling to import data from the csv file.
If I go to

  /Applications/Couchbase
  Server.app/Contents/Resources/couchbase-core/bin

where I installed Couchbase - in terminal and run cbtransfer command I have the response "Command not found".

I tried to add this path to the $PATH. No result.

I tried to create a symbolic link and use it. No result.

I spent several hours and started to hate my Mac. Please help.


texts: How to not let the system sleep when putting display to sleep with Ctrl+Shift+Eject in Mountain Lion?

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In Lion I always used Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Eject ⏏ to put my display to sleep when I walked away from my computer. The system would continue running and not go to sleep.

Now in Mountain Lion when I put the display to sleep, the system sometimes decides to go to sleep as well.

It does not happen all of the time, it has been rather unpredictable. Some times I walk away for 2 minutes and come back and it went to sleep entirely. Other times I walk away for hours and come back and it did not go to sleep.

Very odd. Any ideas?

EDIT

Screenshots for both Power Adaptor and Battery Energy Saver settings.

Also I just experienced the issue again. I walked away for about 3-4 minutes and came back and WiFi was disconnected so it does not seem like the Energy Saver settings are being respected.

Unless... Energy Saver is considering the 15 minutes have elapsed being that my Display has gone to sleep and is therefore kicking in the computer sleep Energy Saver setting? I will up the Computer Sleep and see what happens.


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I happily saw that I can use external USB storage with my iPad Pro (2018 3rd Gen) using iPadOS 13 either directly from a drive with USB-C or a Flash Drive using the Apple USB-C-to-USB adapter.  So far so good.

But how do you unmount the external USB storage from the iPad?!?!?


texts: Sierra won't connect to more than one SMB server simultaneously

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Background

In our environment we have a login script that runs to connect users to the network shares. This worked flawlessly until some of the Macs were upgraded to macOS Sierra, when we were suddenly unable to connect to one of the SMB shares using the server's IP address.

There are three Windows servers that the Macs need to connect to on login - one with IP address 192.168.65.3, one with IP address 192.168.65.30, and the final one with IP address 192.168.65.25 (this one connects using Acronis Access Connect and AFP).

The first SMB share from 192.168.65.3 connects successfully with no issues, then when attempting to connect to the second SMB share - 192.168.65.30 - the Mac fails to connect. Finally the Macs completes the login script by connecting successfully to the AFP share - 192.168.65.25.

What I've Done

I have discovered that there is no issue when attempting to connect to the hostname of the second SMB server - server2. Using the connection string smb://server2/share_name works perfectly where smb://192.168.65.30/share_name doesn't work at all.

Next I attempted to capture the packets using Wireshark - I set the filter to ip.src == 192.168.65.30 or ip.dst == 192.168.65.30 but when I attempted to connect to the share there were no packets that were sent from/to that IP address.

So I removed the filter and tried to connect again - I could see that there were packets being sent to the network address 192.168.65.255 to resolve the IP address 192.168.65.30 to a hostname using the NetBIOS Name Service (NBNS) instead of treating it as an IP address. When it failed to resolve the IP to another IP, the process of connecting failed.

TLDR

Sierra thinks an IP address is actually a hostname during SMB connection and is attempting to resolve it to an IP address, which is obviously unsuccessful. It doesn't treat all IP addresses this way as another IP on the same subnet connects successfully.

This occurs on all Macs that are upgraded to Sierra.

So...

Why is macOS treating this IP address as a hostname? Is there a way I can force it to treat it as a normal IP address?

Update

I've noticed that after a while (maybe 10 minutes?) of the machines being on and logged in, it will actually connect successfully to the IP address that has been causing issues.

Update 2

So - I have noticed that I am able to connect to the second IP address - 192.168.65.30 - if I am currently not connected to the first IP address - 192.168.65.3 - and vice-versa.

On the second connection it attempts to connect to the share name on the first server that was connected to. For example, if I connect to smb://192.168.65.3/share_1 first then attempt to connect to smb://192.168.65.30/share_2, the packets say that it actually attempts to connect to smb://192.168.65.3/share_2, which doesn't exist, and hence the connection fails to be established.

In fact, I've found that any second SMB connection attempt fails! This is reproducible by upgrading to Sierra and then just attempting to connect to two different SMB shares.

Update 3

The name resolution was a red herring - I now know this issue to be related to opening a connection to a second SMB server. Sierra will attempt to use the same IP address it used for the first connection, and the share name specified in the second connection. A workaround would be to use the hostname, however there are issues associated with this for us when connecting from outside the office using VPN.


texts: Odd Problem: Duplicate user with identical name listed twice

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I restored files onto my new computer using Time Machine (from my old computer). I manually restored specific files and folders. The user name was the same on the old MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Pro. Now some files have the same user name listed twice in the Inspector! It causes problems, such as being unable to properly compress these files (and directories). Here's a screenshot of an example:

I've tried using "chown" in Terminal. I can add another user this way, but it doesn't solve the problem (and isn't recursive meaning it would take forever to do properly).


texts: How to best move / import my previously received email from Outlook Express into Mail.app?

texts: This is a question often asked by switchers (Windows PC -> Mac)


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I know in recent years the Java development cadence has changed, becoming much more rapid and more predictably scheduled. New plans were announced for regular Long-Term Support (LTS) releases. And I have heard Oracle changed their licensing terms for their Oracle-branded releases.

All of this has left me confused as to how and where I can obtain Java 11 or later for my Mac. Can someone give some general overview of my options?


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I have an unusual problem: I have a small ball of silica gel stuck on my Macbook Air headphone jack.

Any ideas how I might get it out of my headphone jack?


texts: Using an external HD as my applications folder

texts: I need to install more applications - can I use my external HD (samsung T5) and add an additional applications folder? I have loads of space on it and it the speeds are great.