texts: Missing text highlighting Color when selecting it in Preview

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When I select text in PDF file in Preview it doesn't highlight properly.

This issue is reproducible after a restart. I'm on Mojave 10.14.1

I mean it's not about highlighting words or something, that works. But when I select text to copy it, it doesn't highlight although I can copy it and paste somewhere. Text is selectable, and it used to work like week ago, but now it doesn't. Any ideas?


texts: Ethernet network connection lost after locking or after Screen Saver activation

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I have configured the Hot Corners as shortcuts for "Put Display to Sleep" and "Start Screen Saver".

Both work as expected, but when the monitor stops, the Ethernet connection is lost and I'm forced to disconnect and reconnect the Ethernet adaptor from the laptop.

How can I solve this frustrating inconvenience?


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Is there a way to set default print settings on iOS? Whenever I print, I want to print double-sided and black and white with compatible printers. However, the print dialog forgets my last setting and keeps switching back to single-sided and color.

Is there a way to set the default settings to be double-sided and black and white?


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I need to put some videos online (screencast) I am using screen flow and the output is a mp4 that looks great.

I import them into iMovie to add titles and footers and in preview it looks GREAT but if I do a share to youtube its so blurry on youtube and if I try the export its the same issue


texts: Cannot export pdf highlights from Preview.app using skim in OSX10.8.3

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When I 'convert to notes' in skim, only the page numbers of the highlighted text gets displayed. I can click on those page numbers and it will go to the highlighted part of the document but the actual text does not appear when I export notes. I just get a blank document or a page with the page numbers where the highlighted text is. Can you suggest what I'm ight be doing wrong? I'm using OSX Lion 10.8.3.

Ps. I can copy and paste text from the pdf, so it appears to have recognisable text.


texts: What is the 'relauncher' entry in my Privacy & Security panel referring to

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I see these entries appearing in the panel Unselected but no idea what they refer to?
Anyone?


texts: Can a standard user upgrade OSX versions or does it have to be an admin user?

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I administer several macOS computers, which are a mixture of macOS 10.11.6 and macOS 10.13.6.

10.13.6 is the current maximum version of macOS we can go to without getting software compatibility issues.

I have a local admin account on each computer and the individual users are setup with standard user privileges.

Ive noticed on the standard user accounts they keep getting a notification to upgrade to Mojave 10.14. I think one of them clicked this by mistake as in their applications folder they had the Mojave installer.

Is it possible for a standard user to start the upgrade or will they be blocked by requiring an administrators password ?


texts: What programs are run when in safe mode and waking up from sleep?

texts: I have been having some terrible issues with my MacBook Pro Retina in that it randomly shuts down within 5 minutes of booting up. I seem to have isolated a problem free environment to safe mode immediately after booting up. (i.e. the problem exists when in "normal" boot, as well as in safe boot when the computer had previously gone to sleep.) Since I know the problem is started when the computer wakes up from sleep in safe mode, is there somewhere I can check to see which programs are only run then and not when the machine boots up?


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I am trying to add a Pharos printer to a Mac, running Yosemite, and the command isn't working. The problem is that the printer queue has a space in the name. The genius that set it up didn't think that would ever be a problem. The command is:

lpadmin -p "Pharos Printer" -E -D "Pharos Printer" -P PHAROS_PRINTER.PPD -v popup://pharos.domain.com/Pharos%20Printer

%20 and quotes, or a combination of the two haven't worked yet. Anything else I can try? The above command works on printer queues that do not have spaces in their names.


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I am looking for a way to compress jpeg images on a Mac from Terminal. Basically, a library like pngquant, except it is for jpeg format.

Are you aware of a software that does that?


texts: Connecting to Lync Online [or Skype for Business] using the Messages App

texts: Is it possible to make use of the Messages app to connect to Microsoft Lync / Skype for business ?


texts: What is the typical CPU utilization of idle iMac?

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I am new to macOS. I recently purchased a 2019 iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5 inch).

               .OMMMMo           OS: macOS 10.15.1 19B88 x86_64
               OMMM0,            Host: iMac19,2
     .;loddo:' loolloddol;.      Kernel: 19.0.0
   cKMMMMMMMMMMNWMMMMMMMMMM0:    Uptime: 18 mins
 .KMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWd.    Packages: 28 (brew)
 XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMX.      Shell: bash 3.2.57
;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM:       Resolution: 2048x1152
:MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM:       DE: Aqua
.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMX.      WM: Quartz Compositor
 kMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWd.    WM Theme: Blue (Dark)
 .XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMk   Terminal: Apple_Terminal
  .XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK.   Terminal Font: SFMono-Regular
    kMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMd     CPU: Intel i3-8100 (4) @ 3.60GHz
     ;KMMMMMMMWXXWMMMMMMMk.      GPU: Radeon Pro 555X
       .cooc,.    .,coo:.        Memory: 4009MiB / 8192MiB

I have noticed that the Acivity Monitor reports the CPU utilization at around 75% -- even when I have all programs closed. About 65% reports as "System" usage, 10% "User", and 25% "Idle".

When I sort the processes by "% CPU" the kernal_task process is using the vast majority of the CPU (~250%).

Is this typical, or is it something to be concerned about?

Edit: added screenshot of Activity Monitor

Edit 2: added screenshot of Activity Monitor and output from ps -al command after booting into Safe Mode (see below)


texts: How to Mount extended case-sensitive journaled volume on APFS directory, permanently if possible

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Source:

/dev/disk0s3

UUID=894D79A6-40BD-306A9784-BEBAB444B1A

hfs, local, journaled case-sensitive

Destination:

/dev/disk1s1

UUID=F692F645-EE36-3CD6-AC09-BCD8FFCC6F3C

apfs, local, journaled not-case-sensitive

mountpoint= /Users

=====================

Asking for 1. foremost, a command line entry (I almost never reboot my iMac)

       2. & if possible, a script

       3. & if at all possible, a system modification to make this permanent


texts: How can I get .zshrc to run in its entirety every time I open zsh

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Here is the entirety of my .zshrc.

alias ll='ls -l'
export HOME='/Users/rcorty/Dropbox'

This file is at /Users/myname/.zshrc.

When I start iTerm2, I check whether the home directory was reset by entering ls ~ and I recognize the files in my Dropbox -- success!  Then I enter ll and I am met with zsh: command not found: ll.

Weird.  Then I run source /Users/myname/.zshrc.  Now I do the same two checks and they both succeed (HOME is Dropbox and ll is ls -l.

I'm rather novice with shells in general and zsh in particular.  From my reading of the zsh documentation, it seems like .zshrc should essentially be "sourced" each time I start a shell.

Where have I gone wrong?


texts: Tilde character on Mavericks/Macbook air with Norwegian keyboard turns into >

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After upgrading my MB Air & upgrading to Mavericks, I can't get my beloved tilde character to turn up. I got a Norwegian keyboard, so there is no dedicated tilde character.

Answers from Google and search here has so far not solved the problem for me.

I tried using KeyRemap4MacBook with option Shift+Escape to tilde, which gives me the > character.

This fits what has been mentioned elsewhere: That the tilde on the international keyboard is between left Shift and the Z key - which on mine is >

Is there something obvious i'm missing?


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How can I install the Dropbox app on an iPhone 3GS running iOS 6.1.6? THe newest version of the app is iOS7-only.

I've heard that if the app has been installed under your account, the App Store will let you use the last compatible version, but I have no devices running iOS7 to add it to my account with.

How can I get the Dropbox app onto this phone? The iPhone is jailbroken.


texts: How do you unshare or remove a person from your iCloud photo album?


texts: Wi-Fi on MacBook Air only works within 10 feet of router

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The Wi-Fi on my MacBook Air 11″ 2011 only connects within 10 feet of the router. Other Air works over 45 feet away.  Happened after upgrade to Yosemite, now 10.10.3.

Card Type:  AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0xE9)
 Firmware Version:  Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
 MAC Address:   60:c5:47:02:58:92
 Locale:    FCC
 Country Code:  US
 Supported PHY Modes:   802.11 a/b/g/n
 Supported Channels:    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
 Wake On Wireless:  Supported
 AirDrop:   Supported
 Status:    Connected


texts: Automator service to print a relative path of selected files printing everything twice

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I have a service that copy the selected file's paths and put them on the clipboard.

It kinda works, except everything gets printed twice.

The service is like this:  Get selected files from Finder > run script (as arguments) > copy to clipboard.

The script is:

for f in "$@"
do
   echo $f | cut -c 34-
done

I cut some starting characters because I need the path relative to some specific folder, and the size is always the same. I need this to submit the files I changed when committing files to a svn.

Here's an example, I selected three files, ran the service and this is the output:

layouts_index/f1/cadastro/confirmar.php
layouts_index/f2/cadastro/confirmar.php
cadastro/confirmar.php
layouts_index/f1/cadastro/confirmar.php
layouts_index/f2/cadastro/confirmar.php
cadastro/confirmar.php

Is this a problem in the script? Is there a way to fix it using the script or do I need applescript?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How is Clash of Clans added to the bottom of recent apps?

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If I swipe it up, it opens Clash of Clans.
May I know what feature is this?


texts: Make one MacBook Pro use the screen of another MacBook Pro

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I have two MacBook Pros: a 2011 17 inch  and a 2017 15 inch; both have the latest macOS installed.

Does anyone know if it is possible to make the 15" MBP  use the 17" MBP as an external monitor?


texts: Permanent shortcut keys for Apple Pages text styles

texts: In Apple Pages, I hate having to set F1, F2, F3, etc for each level of style like Title, Body, Heading 1, etc every time I start a new document. Is there a way to do this permanently?


texts: Does keyboard maestro have a trace/verbose log?

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I was experimenting with the "Highlight Location" action of Keyboard Maestro  yesterday. It worked.
Today it's not working.
How can I troubleshoot keyboard maestro?
When I press the play button on a macro, and nothing happens, is there an internal log I can inspect maybe?


texts: How to make executable .py file (for non-programmer)?

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I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and I've created a python script for my colleague - he has MacOS. Assume that he doesn't know anything about bash or python.

So I don't want to make him running this script from bash. I would like him just to double click on file to execute the script.

How would you do that?

Adding:

#!/usr/bin/env python

alongside

chmod +x filename

Doesn't work on my Ubuntu so I suppose it won't work on MacOS

This is a top of the script:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding=utf-8
import os
try:
    import jinja2
except ImportError:
    import pip
    pip.main(['install','jinja2'])

EDIT: I can't access his Mac so either I have to give him clear instructions or create some executable.


texts: "Unable to load the Parallels driver" after upgrade to Lion

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I have Parallels Desktop 6 (6.0.11994) installed and after an upgrade to Lion, whenever I start Parallels, I get these two messages:

Then Parallels Virtual Machines window appears but neither of them can be started.
How do I fix this?


texts: Is an Archive Mailbox just a regular mailbox? Or is it special?

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Apple Mail 9.3 has an archiving feature. I'd like to better understand what this feature does, how it works, and why someone would want to use it. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time finding detailed documentation about it.

Here's all that I can find in the documentation:

  "You can store messages in an Archive mailbox so you can quickly find them later when you’re ready to take action. [...] Mail creates an archive mailbox in the Mail sidebar for each account whose messages you’re archiving, and moves the messages you selected there. The messages remain there until you delete or move them."
  -Apple Mail Help

Find them later? Well, heck, I can find messages later in my Inbox or anywhere else I decide to store them, right? Does an Archive provide an improvement in that regard?

Other mail apps/services also have Archive mailboxes, which makes me think that they are fairly standard now.

  "If you want to clean up your inbox without deleting your emails, you can archive or mute them."
  -Gmail Help
  "This (system) folder has no additional functionality other than a handy storage place for mail you no longer consider to be current. Mail placed in this folder is automatically marked as read. You may wish to set the folder to Auto-Purge, so that old mail is automatically deleted from this folder."
  -Fastmail.com Help

So, below is a description of my understanding of how Archive mailboxes work in Apple Mail. Can you verify that I'm correct? Or could you expand upon this knowledge, or correct any misunderstandings?

In Apple Mail, an Archive mailbox just a regular mailbox, similar to the Inbox, Sent, and Drafts mailboxes.
When an item is moved to an Archive mailbox, the message will remain on the server where the message originated. It will not move it off the server to a local location, i.e., to On My Mac.
There's not a performance benefit or storage savings to storing items in an Archive. (Because, I presume, Archives are synced via IMAP like other mailboxes, and items therein are not compressed or anything.)
Whereas some mailboxes in Apple Mail can have "behaviors" associated with them, this is not true for an Archive mailbox. Example: In Preferences, I can specify whether messages in a Junk mailbox should be stored on the server and/or deleted automatically after a certain period of time.
If I want to archive messages to On My Mac or a local location, I'd have to manually create a folder and move the messages there; I couldn't do so by using the Archive command.


texts: I'm going insane trying to simply use an external mouse. This can't be as hard as it seems. The external Logitech mouse I am connecting to my MacBook Pro is way too freaking slow and I can't find any settings to improve it. I have tracking set to max and I did some terminal thing where I set scaling to 10 which helped if I move the mouse quickly but if I move it slowly it crawls slower than a freaking snail trapped in molasses. How can I get my mouse to just work normally where a couple inches crosses the screen at a steady rate no matter how fast I move it?


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At some point when I reinstalled Mac OS X Lion, the application switcher started minimizing apps so that when I switch to one all others minimize.

This causes problems when working with my developer IDE and a browser. Many times throughout my day I want to look at two or more applications at once.

How can I fix this?


texts: Touch ID lock screen functionality in iOS 10

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In iOS 10, is it possible to have the lock screen functionality so that you could press the home button to turn the screen on, and rest the Touch ID finger on the home button to unlock, as in iOS 9?

If you don't want to do Touch ID or have just rebooted and want to do a passcode, can functionality be set so that the home button can be pressed once to show the lock screen and pressed a second time to show the passcode entry? Since there's no swipe to unlock I'd like things to be as similar to the way they are in iOS 9 as is possible.


texts: Can anyone recommend a hw/sw combination to allow me to preview a Component input with audio on a Mac?

texts: Trying to find a way to take component video and audio output from a device, and preview it on-screen in a window.  We don't need recording or encoding capabilities, but we would like as low latency as possible.  This would allow us to hook up things like a TiVo or game console and play it in a window of our PC without having to dedicate an entire monitor.


texts:
I am trying to update a mac mini from OS 10 10 5 up to ElCap

App store tells me the app has Downloaded but nothing happens

I have looked at a few posts on this forum so have looked in the Apps folder but there is no El Cap installer there.

Any ideas how I can force another download, or find the installer on my machine(assuming it has actually downloaded)

Any ideas


texts: Mail.app: How to use multiple From: addresses for the same Gmail account?

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This guide explains how to add From addresses to Mail.app:

Use Multiple From: Addresses with an OS X Mail Account

To set up multiple addresses for one account in Mac OS X Mail:

Select Mail | Preferences... from the menu in Mac OS X Mail.
Go to the Accounts category.
Highlight the desired account.
Enter all email addresses you want to use with this account in the Email Address: field.
Separate the addresses by commas (like "me@example.com,me_the_pro@example.com").
After you have closed the configuration dialog and saved the new settings you can send mail from all these email addresses.

I’ve done this for my Gmail account, and indeed, when composing a new message in Mail.app, I can select which From address to use for this mail. However, no matter which one I select, the From: header is still set to my main Gmail address — so the email recipient still sees my main address.

Is there a way to make this work as expected, without adding the secondary email address as a separate account?

Note: I’ve added the secondary email address via the Gmail web interface → Settings → Accounts → Send mail as.


texts: How can I play a song purchased from Google Play on my iPod?

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I purchased the song "What does the fox say?" on Google Play.

I am trying to play this song on my iPod but it won't let me move it from my iTunes library to the device.

What's the problem?


texts: How can I connect 2 headset microphones to my Macbook Pro so that we can both speak AND hear sound effects from the Macbook Pro?

texts: This is for podcasting purposes. I just can't seem to figure it out. We both need to be able to speak and hear whatever noises/sound effects coming from the computer as all of it is being recorded. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Does App Store Review Board allow Photoshopping a screenshot to show fake content?

texts: I am preparing to submit an app that records trails (like Runkeeper) to the app store, and I think that it would be great if the screenshots of my app shows it filled with trails on the main screen. But the problem is, it is very time consuming to record trails and save them in the iOS simulator, and heck, I've got to do this time-consuming task for every iPhone and iPad required. You may think that it is less time consuming if I recorded trails with real devices. But I don't have all the devices. So I've come up with a solution to use Photoshop to fill the main screen screenshot (only the main screen, only one screen) with content, but fake ones, but they look really real, and it's hard to differentiate between a real one and a fake one. But does App Store Review Board allow this? Thank you very much.


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I get into this situation quite often but haven't found a solution. I have a group of CSS files in the clipboard that I need to paste + replace into several different destination folders. My folder structure is similar to

.
├── folderA_11
|   └── CSS
|        └── file1.css
|        └── file2.css
|        └── file3.css
├── folderB_11
|   └── CSS
|        └── file1.css
|        └── file2.css
|        └── file3.css
├── folderC_11
|   └── CSS
|        └── file1.css
|        └── file2.css
|        └── file3.css
├── folderD_22
|   └── CSS
|        └── file1.css
|        └── file2.css
|        └── file3.css
├── folderE_33
|   └── CSS
|        └── file1.css
|        └── file2.css
|        └── file3.css
└── folderF_44
    └── CSS
         └── file1.css
         └── file2.css
         └── file3.css
etc...

There's a pattern: I want to paste to all CSS folders whose container ends in _11 but not any of the others.

The content of the destination folders doesn't matter, I just need to replace them with the new files. Is there a simple way to paste these files into multiple destinations at once? It could also be an Automator flow or Terminal command.


texts: How do you find your facetime call history on iphone/ipad?

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This question is mostly tailored for the iPad. When I got to the facetime app on the ipad, I see a list of people I've called and the last time I called them, but I can't find anywhere that shows all the calls to a certain person. Does anyone know how I can find this information on the ipad?
On the iPhone, there is a similar issue if you go to the facetime app. However, if you go to the phone app, it shows the call history, but there is no phone app on the iPad.


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I have a Dell S2316H monitor which I connect to my MacBook Pro (early 2015) using the built in HDMI port. The fonts are looking very blurry on the external monitor.

I own the MacBook for about a week. Previously I used my monitor with my Dell laptop which had Ubuntu installed on it. When I plug the monitor with my Ubuntu machine, the fonts are smooth and looks good. But when I plug it with the MacBook, the fonts are very blurry.

I know this is a common issue but I'm unable to find a solution. I do not have any DVI port on my monitor so I can't use the solution from External display has blurry fonts on Dell U2312hm- MacBook Pro Retina. Also tried this script
Force RGB mode in Mac OS X to fix the picture quality of an external monitor, but no changes. I tried with different font smoothing level too. Is there really any solution for this problem?


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I have some books in iBooks that were opened from third-party apps, so they are not on my mac. I would like to save them in iTunes and don't find a way to do it.

For example there are some apps, that allow you to copy music, photos or videos from iPhone/iPad, but i found none that could do books.

Any ideas?


texts: Folders disappeared from iCloud Drive following path name change

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So that GNU Make could access my iCloud Drive folder, I removed the space in 'Mobile Documents'.

So I changed my iCloud Drive path from:

~/Library/Mobile Documents/

to

~/Library/MobileDocuments/

As far as I can tell, my Mac has automatically re-created ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ (ie, it has re-created my iCloud Drive folder).

On my Mac, the only folders that are now showing in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ are Preview, Numbers and Pages (ie osx and iOS apps).

On my iPhone, I can access my iCloud Drive folder in all apps, but the only apps in which files are syncing via iCloud are Preview, Numbers and Pages. In apps such as Textastic, which I only have installed on my iPhone, the files are no longer syncing via iCloud.

All my apps and their files that were previously in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ are present in ~/Library/MobileDocuments/. Therefore, I tried transfering apps and their files present in ~/Library/MobileDocuments/ to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/, but my Mac said the files are all present in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/, even though they are not showing.

Can anyone tell how I can revert my changes? Therefore, how can I have all apps and their files returned to iCloud Drive and syncing using iCloud?


texts:
I recently bought an iPod Touch 6 and synced my entire music library, but some of my albums are not showing up under the artist. For instance, I would click on Demi Lovato, and a couple of her albums will be there, but other ones won't be. If I search for those albums, they're on the iPod, it's just really frustrating that they're not sorted with the artist.

I've noticed that the albums I'm having an issue are albums that I originally ripped from CD's, but I don't think that's the reason because if it was, I'd be having trouble with a LOT more albums than I am. (Right now I'm only having trouble with three albums that I've noticed, but there might be more I haven't discovered yet. My music library is pretty substantial)

Any help would be much appreciated!


texts:
First thanks for reading my post and willing to help.

I'm trying to run a program (MultiWiiConf 2.4, last version now) on my Mac (Sierra 10.12.6) but it won't launch and error No compatible version of java 1.5 is available is raised.

Then, after searching the web, I checked Java parameters and I have version 9.0.1 installed. The main thing that I don't understand is that java is supposed to be installed in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/, but this folder is actually empty.

Moreover command line "java -version" returns :

Unable to locate a Java Runtime to invoke.

So I suppose that Java is not well installed but I tried to uninstall and reinstall it, updated it, problem still the same.

Could anyone help me ?


texts: What's the purpose of directory /private/var/db/receipts?

texts:
I searched and found several steps to remove the redundant files.
Then I found in /private/var/db/receipts there are many config like files, Anyone know the purpose if this directory?


texts: Apple Store Diagnostics say my hard drive failed but my computer works fine - Should I replace it?

texts:
I had my MacBook Pro 17", late 2011, in for a replacement of the motherboard. The technician in the Apple Store told me that their diagnostics said that not only my mainboard had failed, but also both my hard drives (SSD and HDD in SuperDrive slot). I asked them to NOT replace the hard drives. When I got the laptop back, I can boot up normally and all my data is still there and accessible. Should I nonetheless replace my hard drive? Is there any possible damage the hard drives could have that I can't see, despite them working from what I can see?

Thank you!


texts: What is the best option to protect our Laptop?

texts:
Because any MacBook Pro in a table can be easily pick up by thieves, and we do have always our current work there (though all backed up, by Dropbox or external HD), my question is

  Should we protect the access to our hard drive?

You would probably, if you travel a lot say yes, but

  What software should we use to protect our work with a password?

... and, for example, after 3 wrong attempts, maybe erase all folders that we specified without an option to get it back?

Kinda like what iPhone give us in a business environment that we can, remotely, erase all personal data.


texts: Numbers: Possible to transpose Rows and Columns during Import of txt file?

texts:
I have a txt file which has 5,000 data points separated by commas.
i.e. data123,data456,data17,data918,etc,etc
If I open this txt file in Numbers, it creates each item as its own column, whereas I want each item to be its own row.
I can use the Table > Transpose Rows and Columns option, but Numbers is only able to have a maximum of 1,000 columns, and so there are 4,000 points of data that are missing from my spreadsheet using this method.
Is there a way that I can open the txt file in Numbers with the comma separated values each being created as a row instead of a column to begin with?
Thank you so much for any help!


texts: Automatically hide notifications from Notification Center while in fullscreen

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I usually enjoy the notification center and need persistent notifications to bother me so I actually get stuff done.  However, I would like these notifications to be suppressed (not dismissed, but simply hidden or appearing below) while I am in fullscreen mode (either in a web browser or a full screen app).  How can I accomplish this?

Example of desired results:

Regular window mode: notifications on and stay on screen until dismissed
An app enters full screen mode or I watch a movie on YouTube and turn on full screen: notifications temporarily become invisible
I switch back to a normal workspace or exit out of the YouTube movie: notifications appear as normal and stay on screen until dismissed

As far as I know this behavior is supposed to be default in Mac OS.  Perhaps it is a bug.  I am running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.

Update: This behavior appears to be sporadic.  On some days the persistent notifications will disappear when I enter full screen, other days they will not.  This appears to be the case with in browser fullscreen such as YouTube and Netflix using Chrome and Safari.  Other applications, such as Minecraft, always hide the notifications when I use full screen mode.

This is still an issue with Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.


texts: How can I tell iTunes to stop playing a song?

texts:
I do mean stop, not pause. If one navigates to, say, the iTunes Store, the Pause button changes to Stop, but I want something that always works no matter my location in iTunes.

Workarounds (such as AppleScript) are acceptable as long as they aren't too difficult to set up.


texts: Returning my borrowed iPad to work: how to clear of all personal apps/data

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I have an iPad (2?) that is on loan from work. I'm about to leave the company that I work for so need to return the iPad. However before I do so I want to delete all the personal apps and data that I put on the iPad.

How can I make sure I return a clean iPad and what hidden files should I look out for?

The other question I have is: I understand that I'll be getting a new iPad at my next firm, but this won't happen until I've left my current workplace. Is there any way I can 'migrate' the stuff I've got on my current iPad, onto the new one, via my Apple ID?

Thanks in anticipation!


texts: How Can I Mount "Macintosh HD - Data" in the Finder in Target Disk Mode?

texts:
I attempted to install the latest Catalina supplemental update on my 2019 iMac, however, after it downloaded and the Mac restarted it got stuck on the update screen, and it's been that way for 2 days.
I tried restarting and resetting the parameter RAM, which didn't really do anything, and it won't boot into Safe Mode; the system restarts right back into the update screen.
I booted up from an external drive running Catalina, hoping that I might be able to copy files to another external. I can see the Macintosh HD volume in the Finder, but not the Macintosh HD - Data volume, so I can't access my files.
I then booted up an older iMac and put the 2019 iMac into Target Disk Mode, but it's basically the same problem: Macintosh HD - Data shows mounted in Disk Utility, but I don't see it in the Finder.
System Integrity Protection is NOT enabled.
Any suggestions on how to mount Macintosh HD - Data via Target Disk Mode or from an external drive?


texts: The Open With: application settings In Finder's Get Info sheet for a file type won't stay set

texts:
When I set "Open with:" from Finder's Get Info sheet for a file and click "Change All...", it will open in the designated app if I immediately open the file, but the application set for "Open with:" doesn't stay for long.

For instance, for some reason the OS "decideds" that .txt files are to be opened with Numbers. I reset it to BBEdit over and over but Numbers keeps opening these files. The same file set to BBEdit will open with Numbers the next day. Same problem with other file extensions insisting on using e.g. Xcode to open them.

To be clear, if I reset the file with "Open with:" from Finder's Get Info sheet and click "Change All...", it will open with the preferred application I just set right afterwards, but will revert to e.g. Numbers or Xcode etc after a short time.

How can I make the changes stick?

And why is this happening?


texts:
Is the iPhone 4 antenna problem fixed in the iPhone 4S?

Was it secretly fixed for all new models or just the iPhone 4S or none?


texts: Beach ball in Bluetooth in System Preference when trying to connect to Anne Pro 2 keyboard

texts:
I have trouble connecting to my Anne Pro 2 keyboard recently after the latest firmware update (see screenshot)

I have tried to deregister the device and register it again.

When I tried to connect to 28-ec-9a-9b-73-53 (presumably the AP2 keyboard), the Bluetooth pane froze and a beach ball appeared and kept spinning.

I have tried the 'Clean bind' in the AP2 utility:

then retried the connection, but it does not work.

What else can I try?


texts: Set Computer to Sleep Mode for Specific Amount of Time from CLI

texts:
This terminal command sets the computer to sleep mode:

osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to sleep'

How can I make the computer sleep for a specific amount of time, say 20 minutes? Do I need to issue a separate command to wake the computer up at a specific time?

Thanks


texts: How do I close only one Google Chrome window in macOS using mouse?

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Ex: I have 3 Chrome windows (each has multiple open tabs). Pressing on the red button in the upper left corner

closes my whole session and I don't want other instances to also die. Only one of them with 4 tabs.
Command + W works only for the current tab, not the current window.

How do I achieve this with using mouse? How do I achieve it with the keyboard? (Command + Q closes all Chrome windows so, also, not good).

I am running Google Chrome Version 75.0.3770.100 (Official Build) on macOS Mojave 10.14.5.


texts:
My Mac mini is connected to my router/modem by Ethernet. I want to know how fast the connection speed is between the Mac and the router.

Obviously, I can use a website like Speedtest.net to get my Internet connection speed, but that doesn't tell me whether the Ethernet connection is a limiting factor, or how much 'spare' capacity there is for local traffic.

The mini serves to other devices. The Ethernet is over a powerline, and the cables are ancient, so may not be optimal.

If I were using Wi-Fi, then the data throughput is shown by holding Alt and clicking on the Wi-Fi menulet icon.


texts: Is there a way to add Services to the Trash Can's context menu?

texts: I am wondering if there is a way to add custom Services to the Trash Can's context menu (specifically the context menu that appears when right clicking the Trash Can from the dock rather than in a Finder window.). The reasoning is that I've built a series of simple programs to replicate the functionality of the now-deprecated "Securely Empty Trash" option in Finder, but I don't want to put it up for download until it has a proper OS-integrated feel.


texts: How many external displays does a Macbook Pro 13-inch 2016 model support?


texts: How can I recover iCloud Calendar backup to iPhone 4?

texts:
My calendar entries in my iPhone 4 have disappeared. I have no total backup - just calendar and contacts backup in iCloud. I only want to restore the calendar back to my iPhone 4. I already extracted the iCloud calendar backup into my PC.

Most websites only have instructions on how to restore the whole iCloud backup to the iPhone. What should I do?


texts: Changed the user account name; unable to use sudo

texts:
I tried renaming my root user account and for a second after saving it looked like it had no name whatsoever. That was the last time I could use the "lock" icon under Users & Groups.

I followed some instructions by rebooting in CMD+S mode and basically using passwd command to reset it which allowed me to log in but I'm still powerless to use anything that requires admin privileges.

For instance, the "put in your root password" dialogue box is no longer pre-filled with my account name and no variation of the name seems to work.

Using sudo in the terminal results in:

~/lab ~ sudo nano /etc/sudoers
Password:
johnnyuser is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

What do I do to restore things to the way they were before?


texts: Does the Adult Swim iOS app support Chromecast?

texts:
I want to stream Rick and Morty to my Chromecast from the Adult Swim iOS app. However, unlike most media apps, the Adult Swim app doesn't seem to be detecting my Chromecast automatically.

Is it possible to stream Adult Swim shows to a Chromecast from an iPhone?

Note: I am aware that developers need to manually add Chromecast support to an app for it to be streamed. However, it seems like an odd omission when Adult Swim's sister app Cartoon Network was recently updated to add Chromecast support.


texts: Ordering prints from iPhoto and having them shipped to a different country?

texts:
As far as I can tell, it's not possible to order prints through iPhoto, and have the prints shipped to a different country than the one you chose when you setup your print account.

In the account setup page, you can only choose to setup new shipping addresses which are in the same country as the account you're using (I think).

What I would like to do is to order some prints through my Canadian iPhoto account (and make the payment with a Canadian credit card), and have them shipped to an address in Japan as a gift.

Does anyone know if it's possible to do this somehow?


texts: OS X El-Capitan - /cores directory taking up a lot of space?

texts:
Im using a program called Daisy Disk to see what is taking up space in my Mac and I find that the /cores directory is taking up 77gb.

Is that a problem? Can I get rid of it to regain the space?


texts: Trackpad troubleshooting on MacBook air 2019

texts:
Recently after switching from a 2015 MacBook air to 2019...I have been frustrated a lot. A few days ago, my trackpad randomly stopped clicking things. The cursor was moving around fine, but I was unable to click and drag anything. As a final course of action, I had to force restart my computer, which returns the trackpad back to its normal working condition. Just today, my laptop was on sleep for a while (the lid was closed). Later, I opened my laptop up, and to my surprise, it was not just the clicking issue but the whole damn trackpad. I wasn't able to move the cursor, swipe to other desktops etc. I decided to see if, I get the controls back by connecting my laptop to my mouse and it did work. So, I deduce the issue is certainly with the trackpad.
After a few minutes, I decided to see if I get back my trackpad after closing the lid and finally it works.

Anyways, with all these trackpad troubleshooting issues I mentioned above,
does anyone notice a trend? Do I have to be concerned about anything? Should I visit the apple store?


texts: Why doesn't my system allow me to enter my Admin Password in Terminal when I try to flush my DNS Cache?

texts: I've tried the sudo killall mDNSResponder; sleep 2; echo macOS DNS Cache Reset but when the Password symbol appears its locked and won't allow me to put in my Admin Password? Anyone ever seen this or know what might be going on? The reason I'm trying to do this is that my VPN connects fine but won't allow me to access the internet, which is why I thought I'd try to flush out my DNS cache, but its weird that it won't allow me to type in my password at the Password prompt. Any guidance would be very much appreciated.


texts: What does an Xserve amber flashing LED indicate?

texts:
One of my Xserves has a amber flashing LED. I've pointed out the LED in question in the below image:

What does this indicate and what do I need to do about it?


texts:
I really love Notepad++ and I haven't found an alternative for it yet. TextMate and TextWrangler aren't quite there yet. Specifically,  two things that I want that are not in TextMate:

variable highlighting
bracket highlighting

Can you suggest an alternative editor for OS X?


texts: improving wi-fi connection/reception no router or modem being used

texts:
I believe my issue is different from all that I've read.  I live on a boat in a marina.  The marina has towers (transmitters) placed around in various spots.  The internet provider is Beacon wi-fi.  A big wi-fi provider for marinas around USA, Canada and Bahamas.

So I get my password from the marina and log in. I use a MacBook Pro laptop which has an internal wi-fi antenna.  So there is no router or modem on board my boat.  My problem is the connection is extremely poor. When I finally get connected the reception is weak. Streaming a hockey or football game is almost impossible. Loading a page of text can be fast as times but usually takes 15 to 90 seconds to load when it's at it's best.  A 2 minute utube video can take 30 minutes.

My boat is about 200 feet from the closest tower of transmitters or whatever they might be called. There are several to chose from on my drop down list.  I have to constantly keep selecting a different one to get reconnected. The PHY Mode is 802.11G The RSSI: is sometimes as good as -59  but usually around -80 when I'm actually getting as good a reception as possible.

I've tried this trick. I bought an external wi-fi (looks like a memory stick) and a USB extension cord plugged into one of my ports.  I then got a large kitchen strainer and poked a hole in it at the bottom and fastened the wi-fi gizmo to it.  Then pointed it towards the transmitters on the poles on the wharfs.  It did make an improvement but it was minimal and not consistent plus it cost $100 so I returned the USB extension cord and the external wi-fi. Anybody want a free strainer with a hole in it?

I contacted Beacon wi-fi in Dallas and they say everything is good at their end.  I've contacted the marina and they say everything is good at their end.  Does anyone have any tricks other than what I've tried to improve my internet?


texts: iPhone 6 restored from encrypted iPhone 5S backup doesn't retain passwords

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I have a new iPhone 6. It is replacing an iPhone 5S. I plug this into my iMac every day via an original Apple Lightning cable, and iTunes automatically creates encrypted backups.

I have successfully restored half-a-dozen iPhones in the past from encrypted backups. However, this time the iPhone 6 is requiring all my app and email passwords to be manually re-entered.

Why were my passwords not retained when I restored from the encrypted backup?

Any ideas how I can force a successful restore including passwords?

Possible quirks which may have contributed to this problem:

I had upgraded the 5S to iOS 8.1 before I first tried restoring. The 6 was shipped with an earlier version, so I needed to update to 8.1 before I could attempt to restore my backup to it.
When I tried to restore from a backup the transfer process would hang when transferring apps. I was eventually able to avoid that problem by disabling sync over Wi-Fi first.

(For reasons that leave me completely bamboozled, when I have tried to manually enter email account passwords by copying the passwords stored in my iMac's Keychain, some of them are being rejected. I presume this is simply operator error, but can't work out whether it's a failure to transpose correctly, or a failure to identify the correct password in the first place.)


texts:
I had created a bootcamp partition. I have now removed it using the Bootcamp Assistant. I thought I could then recreate it at a larger size. Bootcamp assistant does not allow me to choose a larger size.

I have now tried to see if I can shrink the APFS partition, but disk utility insists the minimum size is 1.74TB. Only 500Gb is actually used.

Why is the minimum size 1.74TB? Is there any way to shrink it?


texts: Under Snow Leopard I applied password protection to some archives on a Flash drive. Upgrading to Lion and later Mountain Lion did not affect that protection, but Mavericks strips it from some (not all) of these images. Plus, the Images menu in Disk Utility no longer includes the "Change Password…" item. Any suggestions, please?


texts: Numbers - multiple conditions in an if statement

texts:
I am trying to do this:
IF(day(now()) > 28 and day(now()) < 1, A1 + B1, A2 + B2)
However this gives a syntax error. Is it not possible to have more than one operation in a condition?
I don't want to have nested IFs because the other calculations are more complicated than the example and I don't want to have to duplicate the entire thing.


texts: Can I bind two arrow keys to a single shortcut?

texts:
I'd like to be able to bind a shortcut key to perform differently when pressing two arrow keys than when pressing one or the other. For instance, I want to make a new shortcut key for Command+Left+Up that will be different from Command+Left and Command+Up.

Is this possible?

I'm using OS X 10.9 - Mavericks.


texts: How to delete from shared drive without confimation?

texts: Is there a way to delete files/folders from a shared drive, i.e. a NAS drive, without the confirmation dialog popping up?


texts: Timeout/expire a Mac file sharing connection

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I've set up file sharing from my Mac so I can connect to it from my Windows machine. I used to have to enter my password on the Windows every once in a while (few hours), but lately the credentials seem to stay around and I don't need to enter my password.

I want to restore things to the way they were so the credentials are expired after a couple of hours. I'm assuming this can be done on the Mac and maybe on the Windows but I couldn't find how to do it.


texts: How can I expand my remote desktop image size?

texts: I'm primarily a PC/*nix user and just have a MacBook Pro for the occasional iOS dev work.  Rather than clutter up my desk with multiple screens, keyboards, etc, I use my Windows box as my primary and do full screen remote connections to the other machines.  Works great for the various Windows and *nix boxes I need to access.  However, the Mac only allows me to connect (via VNC) at the resolution of the built-in screen.  The built-in screen is pretty low res compared to my large desktop monitor on the machine I'm connecting from.  Currently I can either work inside a small window, or stretch it to fit (making the pixels huge).  What I'd like to do is have a remote session at the full resolution of the machine I'm connecting from.  Any good solutions for this use case?


texts: How can I get iOS 11 to optimize only older photos?

texts:
I don't need my iPhone 6 to store full-res versions of all the photos and videos I've taken over the years, so I've enabled iCloud Photo Library and Optimize iPhone Storage. Unfortunately, enabling optimization means that even new photos get uploaded immediately, and it's not uncommon for me to review my photos at the end of a day only to have to wait a few seconds for each to be downloaded at a suitable resolution to view on my phone. This is very annoying.

I'd like a way to store full-res photos/videos on my phone for some time period I choose--a week, say.  After that, the usual optimization would kick in: keep low-res versions on the phone, store full-res versions in the cloud, download full-res versions on demand.  Is there a way to make this happen, either using stock iOS apps or perhaps a third-party app like Google Photos?

[Update]

I have the use of cellular data to upload photos/videos enabled, because I want to get my images into the cloud as quickly as possible, in case my phone gets lost or stolen between times when I have wifi access. By the time I get to wifi access (e.g., at the end of the day after a hike), my photos have typically already been uploaded.


texts: formatting a toshiba external hard drive for mac and pc

texts: I tried to format my Toshiba external hard drive to accept Asus pc and MacBook air files. I removed everything from the hard drive, put it on my pc.  I used the format MS DOS (FAT} on the mac and erased the hard drive. All was well till I plugged it into the Asus and now I can not open the hard drive to put the files back on it.  It shows it is there but does not open.  Just want to add that I used time machine on the mac and I believe that is causing the problem. I would really just like my files from the pc back on the hard drive.  What should I do? Erase everything and start over? Is it possible to make the mac and pc compatible on the hard drive. I am not computer savvy and would appreciate any help! Thank you.


texts: Should I delete the "Recovered Items" folder?

texts:
When I upgraded to Yosemite in October, it had some problems during the process, but after it finally installed, everything worked great.  It still does, but I just need some more space for Guild Wars 2 (which is around 17 GB since the last time I checked).

Today, I checked my storage status, and it was around 412 GB.  I looked around for some heavy-weight stuff, and I found Recovered Items (probably from that problem during the installation process) which is 26.31 GB.  Huge, yes?  Very...

Anyway, in that folder are 3 more (1 is an alias for /Users), and the other 2 are Library and System.  I suspect these 2 folders must be from Mavericks.  So, I'm wondering, is it 100% safe to delete this monster?

P.S: When I moved the Users alias to the trash, I checked its info again, it said the original is located in /Users/(username)/.Trash/Users.  I haven't deleted it yet, but I don't think it'll affect the parent.


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro MD101 with 2 x 2GB RAM. I want to upgrade to 2 x 4GB but, I don't know where to buy it from? All online shops I've found only sell Corsair PC10666.

I think I want to upgrade my MacBook Pro to 2 x 8GB with PC12800 (1600 Mhz) so I tried to get Corsaire with PC12800. Can my MacBook Pro support this configuration? I read that officially Apple MD101 only supports a maximum of 4 GB RAM for 1 slot.


texts: How to turn on Hardware Virtualization on Late 2013 MacBook Pro (for Windows 8.1 using Boot Camp)?

texts:
I am trying to turn on Hardware Virtualization for my new MacBook Pro for Windows 8.1 setup using Boot Camp.

I have searched online and I know that we can not just go to the BIOS like windows and change settings. Unfortunately, most of the solution I have come across are for Parallels or VMs.

Can anyone kindly let me know how to enable Hardware Virtualization on MBP for Windows 8.1 installed using Boot Camp?


texts: What is the best Shared Calendar implementation for machines running OS X?

texts:
I would like to set up a shared calendar system for our office of 4 people. Optimally, I would like all (or as many of) the features from Exchange but built in such a way that it all ties together with our Snow Leopard/Lion machines.

What solution should we go with? I think these are our options:

Lion Server: I tried setting this up last month (after launch) and it was a disaster. It was terribly slow on our MacMini server and Wikis just stopped working suddenly, which worried me that other services (such as calendaring) would stop too.
Exchange Server: Lots of overhead and pretty much overkill, as we already have an email solution and wouldn't use the other Exchange stuff. That said, I guess you can get hosted Exchange accounts for $10/mo from RackSpace.
MobileMe: Not really shared calendar because I can't easily see a coworker's schedule.
Google calendar: No.
...?

Apple fans, help me out! What are your suggestions?

If I'm making incorrect assumptions or completely glazing over something please let me know!


texts: How to print one Numbers row per page, formatted nicely

texts:
I have a Numbers spreadsheet consisting of data that I would like to print.

However, I would like to have each row of the table printed out on its own separate page. Moreover, each row contains a lot of data items, including one that is a few paragraphs of text - it doesn't make sense to print it in a single row. Instead I want to print out each row as a separately formatted table.

So for example, if the first row of my table looked like this

then I would like to print it something more like this:

including using conditional formatting to colour the cells, if at all possible.

Is there any way to do this. I.e. to create a new table from each row of a table, and then print them all out, one per page. My table has about 100 rows, so doing each one by hand isn't really feasible.

If this can't be done in Numbers, is there another easy way to do it on a Mac?


texts: bash completion in terminal - files vs folders

texts:
I just recently started out with MacOS, but there one some strange completion behaviour with the bash shell (compared to OpenSuse Linux with tcsh where I come from) that is bugging me:

For example, when I am in $HOME and write Pu on the command line, followed by tabbing for completion, I expected that one of the options shown would be my Public/ directory. However, as long as there are executable files, the completion never shows directories that share the same prefix. Only after entering Publ, the tab completion gives me Public/ as there are no more executables with that prefix.

So my question would be, is there an option to have the completion directly show executables and directories with the given prefix?

I already tried upgrading to bash 4 and installing bash-completion via homebrew but that did not help. I suspect that either the MacOS readline behaves differently or that there are some more setting for .inputrc which I do not know about.

I further know that by starting with ./ I only get directories. This is the bandaid that I use at the moment.


texts: Avoiding Spotlight to spin up external drive

texts:
I have Mac Mini with an external hard drive. The external drive is indexed with Spotlight. Whenever I use Spotlight to start an app on the local machine, the external drive spins up, because obviously Spotlight wants to check the spotlight files on the external drive for search hits. The drive makes an audible noise, and stays running for some five minutes until it idles to a stop.

Is there any way around this, apart from disabling Spotlight or disconnecting the drive? Obviously, I understand that Spotlight must access the spotlight files to check for search hits, and can't tell the difference if I want to launch an app or find a file, when I just type "Sa" for Safari.

The only cure I could think of was if the entire spotlight database was cached in memory, or was placed on the local hard drive, or if I used a different hotkey for finding files and launching apps.


texts: How to reinitialize i-mac 2007 OS X 10.4

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i am trying to reset the i-mac from 2007 OS X 10.4. with command plus R or alt.  These commands are not working, the computer restarts and do let me get to disc utility.  Is there something i can do ?  Is there anyone out there that knows and is willing to share their knowledge about doing this with command plus S mode ?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Credit card purchases no longer shown in Wallet

texts:
In the past, purchases I made with my American Express card would show up in the iPhone's Wallet. But now the transaction history is empty, even though I've made a number of purchases in the past few days.
I updated to iOS 14 last week. I don't know if this is when the problem started, as I don't check Wallet very often. Today is probably the first time I looked at it in a couple of weeks.
For some of the cards in my Wallet, Settings->Transactions says

Transactions shown are purchases made with this iPhone.

But it doesn't say that for the AmEx card. It just says "No transactions are available". I haven't made any purchases with the phone in a week or so, so I can't tell if they would show up or not.
I do have "Show History" enabled.
UPDATE:
I made an Apple Pay purchase today, and it shows up in the Wallet. So it seems that AmEx is like the other cards, only showing purchases made with the phone instead of all purchases.
Is this a recent change to the Wallet app?


texts: Can i create a bootable clone for my mac using diskwarrior?

texts: My mac book pro (mid 2010, running 10.10.1) is currently operating normally. I would like to clean it up and create a bootable clone to an external hard drive. Diskwarrior seems like a good cleaning/maintenance software from what I have read, I can't find a simple, clear answer if it can be used to make a bootable clone of all my software, files and operating system. Thank you for educating the newbie.


texts: macOS Catalina LogOn Screen Password is selected and overwritten

texts: When waking up my MacBook Pro (Early 2015 Retina) with newest macOS version installed, I am usually very quick typing in my password. However, when in the middle of entering my password the whole password that I have typed so far is selected and as I press a new key, the part of the password that I have already typed is overwritten. Has anyone had similar problems or knows some solution to this problem?


texts: Why does Big Sur change my custom Mail keyboard shortcuts, and how do I make it stop?

texts:
One of the keyboard shortcuts that annoys me the most is Cmd + Shift + D to send an e-mail in Mail. Clunky, illogical, ergonomically awkward, hard to remember – there’s just absolutely nothing good about it. I use, and have always used, Cmd + Enter instead.
I do this by adding a custom App Shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts:

This has worked fine for as long as I can remember, and still works fine on my desktop computer running Catalina (10.15.7). On my new M1 MacBook Pro running Big Sur, however, it doesn’t work so fine.
I can still add the shortcut, and Mail also picks it up, but in the Message menu, my Cmd + Enter has suddenly and auto-not-so-magically become Cmd + Shift + Enter. Not what I asked for. Better than Cmd + Shift + D, but still an unnecessary third keystroke and a lot more awkward than what I actually specified.
Why does this happen? Are we no longer allowed to add custom App Shortcuts with only one modifier key? Is it a bug? Does Cmd + Enter conflict with something else that it didn’t use to conflict with before? And more importantly, can I fix it?


texts:
After reinstallation, my left shift key has the same behavior as the option key. Is there any setup to disable that? I mention that right shift key is working properly.
Thank you!


texts:
Is there a way to keep the archive of a downloaded file/folder? Currently, the archive is moved directly to the Trash can as soon as the content is expanded.

Thanks

Update: screenshot following MK's instructions:


texts: Running (Perl's) CPAN in OS X: error "Can't open perl script –MCPAN"

texts:
All the instructions I can find for running CPAN on Mac OS X (eg. 1, 2 & 3) say to start by running this command in terminal:

sudo perl –MCPAN –e shell

However when I do so I get this error:

Can't open perl script "–MCPAN": No such file or directory

Why is this and how can I fix it? I'm running Lion (10.7.3) and have installed XCode 4.2.1.


texts: Does upgrading my iCloud plan extend my previous subscription?

texts:
If I upgrade my iCloud storage subscription, do I basically lose my previous upgrade?

As of today, Apple's iCloud storage upgrade options look like this:

  10 additional GB (15 GB total): $20/year
  20 additional GB (25 GB total): $40/year
  50 additional GB (55 GB total): $100/year

If I purchase the 10 additional GB plan today, I pay $20. Let's say that six months from now I decide I need more storage and so upgrade to the 20 additional GB plan.

Do I pay $40 at that point (as opposed to an additional $20 upgrade of the first plan, or some kind of prorated thing)?

Assuming that I do have to pay the full $40, do I drop down to the free level a year after that, or do I drop down to the 10 GB level for six months and then down to the free level?

I've not had much luck Googling this or searching through Apple's support pages, so I'm hoping someone here has experience or (better) can point me to something definite.


texts:
I know that this is a recurring topic but wondered if any one of you is experiencing this issue with mac os high sierra?

I don’t know what really happened on the eve; but the day after when i switched it on i got stuck on the boot screen with the apple logo and progress bar completed.

I did run the disk utility tool and found no issues with the hard disks. I also notice that holding down the shift key to enter the safe mode does nothing to it; still same screen.

Other key combinations are failing like resetting nvram.

I got work to complete and this is costing me too much time.

Thanks and kind regards,
Avinash


texts:
I have a strange problem with my new MacBook Pro running Sierra.
After visiting some web sites (such as stackexchange, gmail, and web.whatsapp.com), the F4 key stops to work in all applications. All other function keys continue working normally, as well as starting launchpad (which is also on the F4 key). It seems pressing the F4 key does not generate any key code anymore, according to Key Codes.

This happens both with the internal MacBook keyboard as well as the apple wireless keyboard.
Logging out and logging in again (or rebooting) fixes the F4 key, only quitting Safari does not fix it.
Disabling Javascript (via Safari preferences) leaves the F4 key enabled.
Other browsers (Chrome, Firefox) are not affected by this issue.
It is a completely fresh installation of Sierra and happens without installing any additional programs or modifying any settings.  Tested with 10.12.2 and 10.12.3.

Did anyone notice the same issue?

Does anyone have an idea how to debug or prevent this issue?

An easy way to test if you have this issue is by:

Log in.
Start the terminal.
Press Control-v and F4 in the terminal. It should print ^[OS.
Start Safari, go to stackexchange.com.
Repeat step 3, nothing gets printed on the terminal. Pressing Control-v and F3 still prints the correct code for F3, ^[OR.


texts: Behavior of hard-coded date in AppleScript

texts:
I am designing an AppleScript which contains a hard-coded date to which the script refers multiple times throughout the duration of the execution.
An example is as follows:

property someDate : date "Monday, 1 January 2018 at 01:00:00 PM"

As one can see, the format of the timestamp is appropriate for my region and country. Another example would be: Saturday, April 15, 2006 4:29:04 PM or 12/25/04 - which is the format for other regions such as the US - mm/dd/yy.

The following questions arise

If my AppleScript will be run in other regions/countries
(those with different timestamp formats eg. mm/dd/yy instead of my
dd/mm/yy), how does AppleScript behave with the above declaration?
How should I ensure that AppleScript will correctly convert the timestamp from my format into the respective format used by the end user's device?

The proper conversion becomes critical if the format of the date changes to the previously mentioned dd/mm/yy and is then used in a mm/dd/yy environment (region or country). In that case, the order may not be apparent.

Example Case

property someDate : date "02/01/18" as dd/mm/yy would be hard-coded with the intention of representing 02 January 2018, but when used in a different region (those using mm/dd/yy); naturally, this will become 01 February 2018. See the issue?

As my research into this leads nowhere fast (and should be specific to AppleScript), I hope somebody who has implemented similar code could assist me in clarifying the two points above. Thank you.


texts: iTunes plays songs one at a time when stored on external drive

texts: I store all my music on an external hard drive. When I click on an album iTunes opens but only plays one track. Is there any way I can play a whole album or multiple albums?


texts: How to add a keyboard shortcut for Insert Equation for Word 2016?

texts:
I tried Word >> Tools >> Customize Keyboard >> EquationInsert, but I can't seem to modify the "Press new keyboard shortcut" box.

I also tried System Preferences >> Keyboard >> Shortcuts >> App Shortcuts, but adding "EquationInsert" or "Insert an equation" did not produce any responses.


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Everytime I boot up my iMac (OS X 10.9.3) it doesn't find my mouse. If I unplug the mouse and reconnect it after around 20 seconds, it works.

It's an USB mouse. Every other USB device works fine.

I think this is the entry for the mouse:

  AND :

  Produkt-ID:  0x0001
   Hersteller-ID:   0x13ee
   Version:  0.10
   Seriennummer:    @ɌAB
   Geschwindigkeit: Bis zu 1,5 MBit/s
   Hersteller:  MOON
   Standort-ID: 0x24310000 / 5
   Verfügbare Stromstärke (mA): 100
   Erforderliche Stromstärke (mA):  100

My system language is german but I can change it, if you need this in english.


texts:
I’m trying to recreate the experience from earlier macOS (Mavericks? Not sure if it still worked on Sierra), where recent files showed you the files you touched, created or changed, but no irrelevant system files. On Catalina Recent files only a fraction of the files I need. My smart folder does show the files I need, but it’s also littered with system files that I can’t filter out with „no system files, no invisible files“ that used to work.
Example: my recent files shows me 4 files for today.
My smart folder only with „created today, edited today, no system files“ criteria shows 77, among those the files that were downloaded, renamed, tagged that Recent files misses. But it also shows plists and xmls from user library and system folder.


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Recently I've been trying to record the screen of my Mac. I would like to record some video games and coding projects that I have made but I could not find any way to record the screen without lag.

I have tried some programs but they all lag. Therefore I decided to move to OBS but even tweaking many options I could not find a way to not have a laggy recording.

I have a MacBook Pro 2015 and I think it is just not made to do these type of things.

Any good software suggestions?


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When you connect to the mac as administrator and you want to reboot after changing some settings. It was possible to use the command: fdesetup authrestart
This command asks for username and file fault password and reboots the machine. After the reboot, the machine logs you in automatically (using the credentials entered before).
But this did not work anymore when one user on the system enabled the use of touch bar authentication.
On my system I can reproduce such behavior. When I totally disable the touch bar. The command works again.
So, is there an additional way to automatically relogin after reboot without disabling touch id?


texts: Memory/CPU usage comparison between two MacBook Pros

texts:
I recently switched from a 2014 mid MacBook Pro Retina with 2.7 GHz and 8 GB of RAM to a 3.1 GHz and 16 GB of RAM. I noticed something very strange which is that 1) when I am dong very basic tasks such as downloading something for the new MacBook Pro, it occupies 6 GB of memory used and 2) the CPU usage seems to be high compared to my MacBook Pro with 2.7 GHz when doing the same thing (i.e.: downloading same sized files and size).

Why is this the case? Most curiously, I'm wondering why the memory used for the new MacBook Pro is at 6 GB when simply downloading something.


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After I've created an iCloud acc then sign in to App Store the status is shown that (your Apple ID was created for a different country. Go back and select that country, or choose a new Apple id. You must switch to the U.S store to create an id.

Noted : my country is Cambodia.


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I'm having trouble with this. It seems the standard way is to have the OS X install file in your Applications folder and then run the following in Terminal

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app --nointeraction

But when I do that, all I get is the error

  command not found

I can't see how it could be the file path because this is the line of text given in various online tutorials for people to copy and paste?

On a different note, I then tried to create a bootable USB the more 'old school' way purely through Disk Utility, but then found that my USB drive doesn't show up when I hold down the Option key when booting up my Mac... all I see is 'Macintosh HD' or 'Recovery HD' (or whatever they're called).

Might that be related to my problem?


texts: How to export Text replacements from the Keyboard System Preference from shell?

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There are a few users here that use the same replacement text between several machines. We'd like to be able to sync up the replacement table between the systems.

Right now the manual way of doing this consists of selecting all items from System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text entries on the table below this tab and then drag them out to Finder. Here's the table I'm talking about:

This creates a plist that can then be shared and dragged back onto this table for importation.

I suspect that there's a way to manually capture the plist or a portion of this configuration wherever it exists and then simply set up a sync script that keeps us all in sync every day.

EDIT: For what it's worth, I did a little digging and found that these values are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist. If you look you'll see these stored in the NSUserDictionaryReplacementItems key.

I found that you can pull out these keys with the following command:
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :NSUserDictionaryReplacementItems" ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist

So now it's going to be a matter of storing these and reinserting them into another system's plist key.

Any ideas on how to do this manually from the shell so as to be able to automate?


texts: macOS Sierra - iMessage corrects me despite spellcheck is turned off

texts:
Good day!
iMessage on my mac fixes my typos as I type despite the fact that I've disabled spell check in settings.

Here is how it looks:

Is there any way to fix that? Thank you in advance.


texts: Youtube's HTML 5 player freezes all the time, how do I disable that and force flash on Safari

texts:
I hate Flash but Youtube's HTML5 player stinks on Safari.

See this video it freezes all the time on Safari (El Cap). I watch movies from this guy, almost every movie he posts freezes on Safari. It is annoying as hell.

Any way to solve that?


texts: iCloud, created @me.com email with wrong Apple ID, how to claim it with correct Apple ID?

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I logged into iCloud with an old Apple ID (abc@mac.com) because I was hoping I could use that old email address with iCloud.  However, it told me I had to create a new @me.com email address in the iCloud setup tool so I did (abc@me.com).

The thing is, my preferred Apple ID is actually different (abc@gmail.com), that's the Apple ID I've been buying iTunes music with for years, so I want to keep using it for iCloud too.

So I logged out of iCloud, and logged in with the "correct" Apple ID abc@gmail.com

Then I went to configure Mail for iCloud to use my newly created abc@me.com, but it's prompting me to create a "new" @me.com email.  It won't let me use the abc@me.com that I just created under the abc@mac.om Apple ID. :(

Since I already have and like abc@me.com, I want to use that one, but it won't let me.  It insists on creating a new @me.com

Is there any way to associate the newly created abc@me.com email address with a different Apple ID than the one I created it with?  Or am I stuck creating yet another @me.com email address?


texts: Is it possible to search within a PDF document using Kindle for iPad?

texts:
I am trying to use the Kindle iPad app as a storage base for all of my PDFs.  But I'm disappointed that I can't seem to find a way to search the text within a PDF using the Kindle iPad App.  Am I missing something?  Seems like a critical, missing feature.

Note that it is possible to search within a book on both iBooks and Kindle. This question is specifically about PDF. It is also possible to open these files in Acrobat Reader or OSX Preview, and the text is searchable within those applications.


texts: Two entries with identical name and inode in same directory?

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I have just seen the most remarkable thing in a deep corner of my large archive disk: a single directory containing two entries (subdirectories) with the same name and same inode number.

% ls -liaF path/to/directory/with/duplicate/entries
total 56
1227293 drwxr-xr-x  1 jdlh  staff    264  3 Jan  2016 ./
1227288 drwxr-xr-x  1 jdlh  staff    264  3 Jan  2016 ../
1227364 drwxr-xr-x  1 jdlh  staff    264 20 Feb  2009 .externalToolBuilders/
1227364 drwxr-xr-x  1 jdlh  staff    264 20 Feb  2009 .externalToolBuilders/
1227367 -rw-rw-rw-  1 jdlh  staff    859 20 Feb  2009 other_files

There are two entries named externalToolBuilders/ in this directory. They appear to share the same inode number, so they refer to the same thing, not just to two things which share the same name.

When I try to copy this directory to another file system volume using Finder, I get an error that "a directory with the name .externalToolBuilders already exists". The copy aborts at that point. I can refer to both entries with a single wildcard like diff -rq .ext*, and the command treats this as expanding to two arguments.

However, I can use some command line commands like cp -r, referring to the duplicate subdirectory, and only one of the entries gets copied.

It looks like this directory was expanded from a .zip archive. It is possible that the .zip archive was constructed incorrectly to have two entries with the same name, that the archive utility did not catch the mistake, but that Finder did.

[Update after more investigation: the problem is observed in directories which were not expanded from a .zip archive. The problem is observed in several locations, but all observed examples are on a volume hosted by a QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance, served to Mac OS through netatalk AFP support.]

Has anyone seen this on a Mac OS file system before? I find it most curious. How can it be constructed at will? Are there known drawbacks of it? How can one clean it up?


texts: Set volume control for each app individually

texts:
I'm capturing video with Final Cut Pro and I'm hearing the sound of the recording.

I would like to use the computer for other things while capturing.

How can I disable the sound for a specific application?

Please don't give solutions for paying apps.


texts: Where to find VNC access logs with IP addresses on Sierra?

texts:
I'm looking for logs on attempts by someone to access one of my Macs on a previous day. I have remote management running and I allow VNC access. In the logs I have found, I see the attempts they made, but there's no IP address logged. Where can I see this?

An example of a console log I have is "system.log.0" (backed up the last day). I have tons of these log events from when someone was connected:

  (com.apple.screensharing[2323232]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch (3) API's

There is no other logged info.

Also, I don't have a "secure.log" file.

I just want to know what IPs were connected to my Mac during a specific time frame. Is there any other log or source of info in macOS Sierra I could harvest for this?


texts: How can I change the cellular DNS server on iOS?

texts:
Is there a way to set a global DNS server that will be used for all connections (both Wi-Fi + cellular data)? If there isn't a uniform manner to specify DNS, can I just change the DNS used by the cellular connection?

Ideally, I am looking for an answer for vanilla iOS; however, I'd welcome any solution, including one that requires a jailbreak.


texts: how can I prevent conflict of wifi and ethernet

texts:
I have a 2018 MacBook Pro—retina, no touchbar, 13", two USB-C ports.  I have a USB-C 'dock' with HDMI and three USB 3 ports.  I want to use hardwired Ethernet to offload the wifi, but I don't want to be manually disabling and enabling wifi.

I bought a j5create USB 3 - 1G/T adapter and plug it into the 'dock.'  So it's MacBook to dock to adapter to Ethernet.  This works for a while, but sooner or later all network traffic slows and stops.  The assigned IP addresses are different. My older Macs with built-in Ethernet never have this problem. Any suggestions?


texts: "A descriptive string set at run-time. Don't localize."?

texts:
When I open Safari, in my Bookmarks tab it shows me a pop-up:

What does this mean?


texts:
Inside htdocs if I create a folder, I can see it using mkdir test. However, if I use git clone {address} MAMP does not detect it. The permissions are the same (I even tried chmod 777 the files) but it still does not show up.

Unlike it not existing (NOT FOUND), it shows up as FORBIDDEN.


texts: Word stop when navigating text with option-key

texts:
I use option and command to navigate text (which is awesome). I've read somewhere that you can specify the characters that constitute a word stop (underscores for example). However I can't find this anywhere.

Does anyone know where to set this?


texts: How much does Hardware Growler affect performance?

texts:
I'm interested in knowing how much Hardware Growler affects performance.

My MacBook's performance at some of point in time became terrible and I could not figure out the reason. The Beachball of Death was spinning most of the time and I was thinking of getting a new machine because the current one was almost unusable.

I thought that the problem was related to hardware as the Activity Monitor was not showing any intensive CPU usage. Finally, I had a brainwave and removed Hardware Growler and all my performance problems went away.

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem or would be helped by this observation.

If anyone knows the exact reason why this would be that would be a bonus.


texts: Publish an Aperture smart album to Facebook

texts: I can easily create a smart album with the 5-star rated images on a certain date. I would like to share those with a Facebook photo album but the share command is greyed out when I have a smart album selected. What are some other techniques I could try?


texts:
I have an iPhone 5c and I need to determine the carrier for it. How can I do this?

The phone is not currently activated and I do not have a sim. I need to determine the carrier so I know what sim to obtain.


texts: How to re-sync photos from my iPhone to iCloud?

texts:
My iCloud storage got depleted because of my habit of never deleting photos. I’m on a free plan having 5GB of space and the iCloud reporting 4.7GB is taken by photos.

So, on my iPhone I’ve deleted several thousands photos and now on my phone I’ve got only 3GB of photos. But when I visit iCloud.com I can still see all those photos I've deleted.

How do I re-sync iCloud with what I’ve got on my phone?

I have an iPhone X with iOS version 13.1.2 on it (the latest one as per the time of writing). Most of the time I'm on a Wi-Fi connection (50mbps at home and 150mbps at work if that matters at all... I mean sync should be noticeable at the very least, it's not like 1 photo per minute).


texts: iMovie 10.0.1 Upgrade/Install Fails With "an error has occurred" Message

texts:
The download in the App Store can't be installed, restarted, or deleted.
This is for iMovie 10.0.1 as of December 23, 2013. I followed a discussion forum and tried a suggestion that said remove the application from finder. Unfortunately, this left me without the iMovie application and did nothing to change the status of iMovie from "downloaded". So, I can't even start over or resume. Is there a clean way to get out of this mess? The forums go on and on with various solutions and responses that say that one "...worked for me!".

My system software is OS X 10.9.1 running on a MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch, Early 2013.


texts: What is the small slide button located to the upper left of the main connection panel of the late 2013 Mac Pro?


texts:
I have a Mac Mini hooked up to my television. On occasion I have to use my MacBook to screen share onto the Mini. Something happened where when screen sharing, the screen is zoomed in. It is NOT zoomed in when switching the TV input to use it as the monitor. It only happens when screen sharing.

How can I get this back to normal?

Thanks!


texts: Get System Profiler Information without a macOS Installation

texts:
I have a bunch of factory reset MacBooks. I want to know the CPU, memory and storage configuration for each of these machines. What is the fastest way to get this information without to go through the initial setup and resetting the machines again?

I have a USB installer of macOS 10.13 and a macOS installation on an external hard drive, which needs unusually long to load on each machine.

What are my options?


texts: MacBook Pro (13 inch, early 2015) crashing after use of Dual External Monitor

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recently I have had a rather odd issue concerning the MacBook Pro 13 inch (early 2015) where it would crash after being unused for periods of 60-80 min when connected with a DisplayPort Cable to an external 4K display. It was plugged in every instance where it would crash. Additionally, when I disconnected the DisplayPort Cable and opened up the MacBook to use its normal display, it showed a black screen. However, the trackpad appeared the show functionality, but using the screen and keyboard brightness buttons yielded no responses.

Any ideas as to why?


texts: Command-delete shortcut is not working for me

texts:
How do you delete a file you have selected in a Finder window, without using the mouse?

delete doesn't do it.
When I looked it up, I was said that command-delete is supposed to do it, but it doesn't work for me.


texts: Mac running Windows 7 unable to detect Mac hardware, Windows Support Software issue...how to fix (no USB)

texts:
At wits end here. Been following David Anderson's tutorial and never truly had success with it. First time, years ago, keyboard and cursor never functioned but external variants circumvented the need. Now, I can't get it to work at all, internal or external.

Main issue has been acquiring the Windows support files from BootCamp.
help.apple.com list many "tutorial installation" like this but most are fake as no installation button exist. On older Macs, BootCamp doesn't allow only installing the files and additionally require an external USB.

So...I used this incredibly-difficult-to-find compatability reference by Apple and determined I needed...5. A Google search narrowed it to BootCamp5.1.5640 which I acquired from CNET.com. Sadly, files were dirty; lacked tracker & keyboard drives. A random search lead me to a seemingly amazing utility called Brigadier which automatically detected my Mac spec' and installed a clean BootCamp5.1.5640. Unfortunately, keyboard and tracker still non-functioning.

Running the BootCamp files manually in Emulator after having created Window 7 (merely for error-testing) had error messages claim it to be the wrong version for this system. Additionally attempted to manually run the .exe drivers via command prompt in Step #8 but returned "The subsystem needed to support the image type is not present."

I, too, like mentioned in comment section of first link, had the error "this version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair." I fixed it in step #7, after setting up settings--prior to accepting them--by rearranging the SATA Ports in following order:
Windows version.iso -- SATA Port 0.
bcss.vmdk -- SATA Port 1.
bootcamp.vdmk -- SATA Port 2.
Makes sense Windows.iso can't repair bcss.vdmk if latter is loaded first, I suppose. I mention this in-case of relevance, but it was either rearrange or get a new .iso.

I thought too that it may be possible to trick...the whole shabang to accept the tracker/keyboard exe driver of the Windows Support SoftWare by renaming it to one of the drivers that actually work (like screen) and hope it make a go. Untested, due to likely chance of failing.

If I had been able to boot Windows 7 with a functioning key-board In reckon I would have fixed this but stuck with Mac I'm forced here.

Details:
Operating systems is Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate & Mavericks (10.9.5).
Computer is Macbook Pro11,1 Retina, 13-inch, mid 2014.
BootCamp5.5640 is suggested by numerous sources to be compatible; action disagree.

EDIT #1:
Improved Mac to Yosemite 10.10.5. Tested a new Windows 7 .iso from Apple, same result (both internal and external equipment non-functioning--with exception of in advanced boot menu). Additionally, I tested Windows 8.1 and it appeared non-functioning at Step #10 (internal keyboard giving no results) until I connected an external USB mouse (which worked) then suddenly internal keyboard and mouse worked too. I continued the steps but the Windows 7 activation key didn't allow installation of 8.1. Have Windows 10 too but assume it will be same results (what's worse is if it works and voids key for use of activating Windows 7 later). Like mentioned in comment section, I will attempt to use Window's 8.1 dism command to install 7 but a little jiffy on the details. Additionally, with the new .iso images; I was able to arrange them in order of SATA ports as in the tutorial posts, results are the same.


texts: Dragging file at the Dock creates a copy of a file?

texts: When I drag and drop a file from Finder to Dock, it creates a copy of the file somewhere? I would like to create some type of link as I know from Windows. Until now I created a link (context menu -> Create a link) and used a this link instead of using original file. What procedure is correct?


texts: MacBook Pro won't recognize my analog audio jack headphones. Help?

texts: Periodically, my MacBook Pro 17" stops recognizing my headphones. No amount of unplugging and replugging seems to help. The sound settings never show headphones as an output device. How can I fix this? The only thing I can find elsewhere on the Internet are people saying, "Reboot!" This works, but is impractical and annoying.


texts: When you get a new mail in Entourage then a small window appears with some basic info about the new mail you receveid. Is it possible to do the same thing with Apple Mail?


texts: Wikis on OS X Server - How do I include or embed content from one wiki page on another?

texts:
How do I include or embed content from one wiki page on another in Wiki Server on OS X Server?
The other wiki page resides on the same server.

This is known as an "include", Redmine has it:

Include a wiki page. Example:
!{{include(Foo)}}
or to include a page of a specific project wiki:
!{{include(projectname:Foo)}}

MediaWiki has it under the name of "transclusion":
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Transclusion

Commercial wikis like Confluence have it:
https://wiki.mq.edu.au/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=79103996

Edit: The pages are in the same wiki, actually. I don't want external content, it's just that a lot of information in one page has to appear exactly in other pages.


texts: Why does Xcode 4.1 installation ask me to close iTunes when it isn't open?

texts: I am trying to install xcode 4.1 with lion. Apparently at 3/4 of the installation problem, it says to close itunes, which is not open. How can I fix the problem?


texts: What's the best memory upgrade option for a mid2007 macbook running 10.6?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can an 2009 iMac have an odd total amount of RAM?

Yeah, I'm still trying to kick it old school.

I have a Macbook 2.1 (2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB of Memory, 667 MHz Bus speed) that I recently installed 10.6 on (thanks to help from stack exchange). Unfortunately, between snow leopard and upgraded internet browser, I have about 20 MB of free memory just when checking my email. Lots of loading time and spinning wheel (aka Steve Jobs' eternal flame).

I've heard that since I have a dual core that I should always keep the two memory modules paired for best performance, which would make my best option two 1GB modules. But then I read on Crucial's website that the mid2007 macbook has a max of 3GB of memory, and that the an upaired set of 1GB and 2GB would be better than two 1 GB.

On a related note, will I notice a big difference with 3 GB vs. 2 GB of memory?

Thoughts? Answers?


texts: Is there a way to use automator/write an apple script to change the font in several powerpoint documents?

texts:
A recurring issue at work:

A powerpoint file needs to be moved in to illustrator and saved as an .eps file. The files are almost always submitted with the font set to Calibri which Illustrator doesn't like for whatever reason. I select all the type and change it to Univers which usually enters Illustrator quite well. I'm looking for a way to speed up this process. I'd like to be able to put all my .ppt files in a folder, select that folder, have all the documents open, the type selected and changed to univers (Univers LT Std 55), then have the file save and close. Any advice?

Thanks!


texts: How to remove, but not delete, podcast episodes?

texts:
I want to remove podcast episodes on my iPad to free some space. But I don't want to lose them nor do I want to remove them from the saved episodes. I want to "re-cloud" them basically.
Is here any way to do this without factory resetting the iPad regularly?


texts: Which Macs cannot upgrade to Mountain Lion?

texts: As everyone already know, Mountain Lion was released today. I am eager to get my Mac ready for Mountain Lion, but I know that a number of Macs do not support Mountain Lion. Is there a list of Macs that won’t support OS X Mountain Lion?


texts: Can't get my USB-C to Display Port Adapter to work on new iMac; works on MacBook Pro

texts:
I bought a new 2017 iMac 27", but I still want to use my 4K monitor. I was using the monitor with my 2012 MacBook Pro just plugging in the mini-DP cable into a Thunderbolt 2 port.

I tried the "All Smart Life" USB Type C to Mini DP adaptor, which advertised that it worked on the new MacBook Pro, but it didn't work on my iMac.

Does anyone know what adapter I can use to connect my new iMac to my 4K monitor?


texts: Macbook Pro late 2011 version won´t boot up

texts:
Hi guys I have been searching the forum and haven´t seen a solution to my problem therefore i will start by explaining what happened. Last night all of a sudden my mac froze, the mouse would move but i couldnt work minimise or close any programme. Neither could i turn it off or restart it. Therefore I decided to press and hold the power button. There after my macbook won't turn on all I see is the grey screen with the apple logo with a little fan like thing spinning at the bottom. I tried entering in recovery mode and verify the Hard drive on disc utility i get the following message:
Invalid content in journal
Invalid record count
The volume could not be verified completely.
Error: The disk needs to be repaired. Click repair Disk.

So I clicked on repair disk and I get the following message:
Invalid content in journal
Invalid record cound
The volume could not be verified completely.
Invalid content in journal
Error: Disk Utility can´t repair this disk...disk, and restore your backed-up files

Also a pop up box with the following:
Disk utility cant repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed up files.

As a note I see on disc utility when my internal HD is selected:
Mount Point: Not mounted
Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

I have very important documents and other stuff which I havent had a chance to back up yet so it is important for me to recover these.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks.


texts: Automount NFS shared home directories and other shares

texts:
I have a problem with autofs on mac. I made some shares:

auto_home:

*   -fstype=nfs,rw  roskilde:/space/home/&

auto_remote:

public  -fstype=nfs,rw  roskilde:/space/public
mosek   -fstype=nfs,rw  roskilde:/space/mosek
vmware  -fstype=nfs,rw  roskilde:/space/vmware

auto_master:

+auto_master        # Use directory service
/net            -hosts      -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home           auto_home
/remote         auto_remote
/Network/Servers    -fstab
/-          -static

so the problem is this. The shares mount fine, I think, but the problem is that everything mount with permissions like this:

dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 andrea
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 eda
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 hap
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 joachim
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 ruben
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 sandvik
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 tomas
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  1 Nov 20 14:30 ulfw

where the owner should be username:users

when I try logging into the server:

$ ssh tomas@lyngby
Password:
Could not chdir to home directory /home/tomas: Operation not permitted
-bash: /home/tomas/.bash_profile: Operation not permitted
lyngby:/ tomas$ cd /home/tomas/
-bash: cd: /home/tomas/: Operation not permitted

What causes this, and how do I fix it?


texts: How to see the log of specific activity on Mojave?

texts: There are applications (eg. timing app.com) which once installed can log one's daily activity (websites visited, docs opened, time spent on an app etc.), but how can one do this without installing software - ie. on console. What are the specific commands for listing which apps were open when, and history of network activity.


texts: Force Keynote in presentation mode and quit after last slide

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I need to open Keynote files programmatically via Node.js. using

open -a Keynote -W "path/to/file.key"

everything works well. But there are two tasks I cannot solve:

the presentation needs to start directly so no further user interaction is necessary.

As I have no control over the presentation itself, I cannot alter the files to start in presentation mode. Somehow I have to tell Keynote. In Powerpoint this is possible via the /s Argument (powerpoint.exe /s "path/to/presentation.pptx" will go directly in presentation mode). Does something similar exist for Keynote?

After the last slide I need to quit Keynote

Is there any possibility to tell Keynote to quit after the last slide? My Application needs to know when the presentation is finished and I can track when the program closes, but as default it only closes the presentation, not Keynote itself.


texts: Is it possible to quit TextEdit by clicking the red x of the last open file (w/o add'l software)?

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If you open TextEdit and then click on the red x in the top bar of the document, TextEdit will remain open. This is evidenced by the little black dot under TextEdit, despite no TextEdit documents being open. Why Apple designed it like this? I haven't the slightest idea.

I've found a piece of third-party software that offers this functionality called "RedQuits."

Is it possible for TextEdit to automatically quit itself when the x is pressed, without installing additional software?


texts: Prevent Image Capture from opening when a memory card is inserted

texts: Every time I plug in a SD memory card, Image Capture launches, is there a way to disable this? I am running OS X Mavericks.


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut for 3 fingers slide?

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I really like having applications in full screen mode and switch between them using the 3 finger swipe feature.

But can I have a shortcut for it?
Maybe like command + -> , something like this?


texts: Has anyone managed to put a GeForce 980m inside iMacs with MXM slots?

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Here you can read about people trying to put non-Apple MXM GPUs inside iMacs:

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2011-imac-graphics-card-upgrade.1596614/

Of course, there are issues due to EFI incompatibilities (I hope someone will resolve them in the future), but e.g. a GeForce 780m seems to be working in some cases. I wonder whether anyone tried to use a powerful GeForce 980m for this.


texts: How can I upgrade Silverlight so that I can stream Netflix /

texts: How can I install/upgrade Silverlight so that I can run Netflix?


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I ran this command in Terminal, which supposedly clears all duplicate applications from the "Open With…" menu and now many of my files are just showing up as blank images (.zip files, .dmg files, .rar, etc.) and they don't open with the correct application. I did log  out and log back in after doing this. Help!!

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


texts: What is barred circle icon in dock after install to new HD?

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I just bought a SSD for my MacBook Pro and installed Lion on it and restored from a Time Machine backup. After a few updates and configuring a few things I am mostly good to go. However, Xcode and Aperture have a ghostly barred circle over their dock icons. I needed to download some components for Xcode to get it to run, but it seems fine, but the icon is wrong:

I assumed that it meant that there was a problem restoring the application, but I can't find any information on this. I guess I want to know what it means and how to get rid of it.


texts: How can I enable Brother printer's two-side printing functionality?

texts: My Brother DCP-7055 Printer’s two-side printing functionality does not work (the “Two-Sided” option is greyed out) on macOS Catalina 10.15.4. I have not tested it on any other versions of macOS but it works as expected on Windows. I've installed the macOS driver from the official Brother website, and the installed driver is Brother CUPS as it is stated by Brother. Is there a workaround to enable this option of the device?


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2 kids with iPhones... Parent wants to setup controls. The two things I've seen are

SL (SmartLimits) for AT&T
PC (Parental Controls) on the iPhone.

Using SL would limit Time, Numbers, Data, etc from the phone itself... while the PC would limit access to stuff like porn and other bad sites within Safari.

If I use PC do I still need to pay for SL? Does SL do web filtering (IE: XXX) now or does it still not block Safari? Are there any limitations to using these two together?

Are there any other options worth noting? Or is it really limited these two options?

Edit:

As a clarification... Parent has 2 "tweens". Boy & Girl. Associated issues - XXX, "Sexting", up late, using during school hours, etc. They aren't "Technically minded" so trying to look into "simple" options.

What I see available is SL and PC... but neither seems a silver bullet. Neither also seems to offer super-granular control (Which is, I guess, okay for non techies) nor all the options in one place (SL can't block Safari and PC doesn't seem to have hours of operations, that I can see).

For example, one specific question is "How do I block Instagram after 10?". Personally, I would block data on the phone via SL - but that doesn't block WIFI access to those services if I'm not mistaken.

So... my "edit" is more... how does one handle "Parental Controls" and are there any "all-in-one" options? If not, SL & PC it is... SL for texting/calling/cell-data during inopportune times... PC for more control of the iPhone and applications such as Safari - but not super-granular such as "Block Instagram after 10".