texts: Turn on/off Portrait Orientation, Depending on the Time of Day

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Compared to the iPad, the Touch's orientation lock is quite clunky. Oh well, I say. I only use it twice a day, on at 10pm and off at 7am—the time I spend in bed with the little gadget.

But it gets clunky, like I said, and it'd be nice to realize that it's nighttime and I'm likely in bed, drinking water and trying to sleep, and turn on orientation lock.

Is it possible?


texts: How to make bootable CDROM or USB from floppy?

texts:
I have a bootable floppy that boots just fine on old PCs.
I want to boot it however on my 2015 Macbook Pro, which does not have the BIOS (whereas my 2013 MBP did).
So I cannot on the 2015 model even boot a Linux CD.

I have an ISO header that will let me create a readable CDROM, but not a bootable CDROM. (Command is: cat isoheader.img floppy.img > cdrom.iso)

The Apple bless command gives an error when I add the --legacy switch.

What to do?

PS: I cannot use bootcamp as I do not have enough free drive space.


texts: Unable to access MacBook Pro as im not the Admin Accountant

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My previous employers have gone into liquidation and no longer provide business or services. I have my work MacBook Pro which have not been requested to be returned.
How can I remove the current Admin/Remote User Access to the MacBook? Ive tried resetting the password, but im unable to.
Is there any hardware that would need to be replaced to restore this back to factory settings equivalent and allow me Admin access?? Its a shame for such a lovely device to gather dust...


texts: Mail.app unable to login to 1&1 mail account after upgrading to macOS High Sierra

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I upgraded my iMac to macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. Since then my email account with 1&1 (that was previously working fine) - decided to work intermittently, then just failed completely. I contacted 1&1 and they couldn't help, saying I was using the right login credentials. They even screen shared and were still none the wiser and said it must be an internal problem.

I deleted the account from Mail.app and tried to Add Account - but it just says Unable to verify account or password. If I ignore that and just carry on filling in the appropriate fields, I get another window Select the Apps you want to use with this account. I check Mail and press next and there's spinning beachball connection icon for a split second and then nothing happens.

How do I get my mail account with 1&1 to work again with Mail.app?


texts: Playing background sounds while talking in Skype

texts:
I'm trying to let someone hear all sounds played on my Mac while talking in Skype. Simple test: call Skype test while playing Youtube music and talking, both talk and music should be recorded and played back.

For this I created two devices in Audio MIDI Setup app:

Aggregate device (Built-in Mic, Soundflower(64ch)) and
Multi-Output device (Built-in Output, Soundflower(64ch))

I selected them as default input and default output correspondingly.

Depending on ordering of Soundflower and Mic in Aggregate device either only talk or only music is recorded.

How to change Aggregate device to record (transfer in Skype) both background music and talk?


texts: iPadOS Files app, search function not working

texts:
The files app search does not work with Dropbox. The search doesn’t not even return file names from the search. This is really poor from apple. Does anyone know how to fix this, or whether it can be fixed?
Please see screen recording demonstrating the issue:
Screen recording of the issue


texts: Keyboard shortcut for "Show Package Contents"

texts:
I know you can use ⌘+O to open a folder, however when you do that on an application it opens the application.

Is it possible to either make ⌘+O always show the contents or is there another shortcut for that?


texts: Use internal speakers while headphones are plugged in to iPod touch 5th generation

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An audio plug that was used to connect to speakers is stuck in the audio jack of my iPod touch 5th generation and I can't get it out.

Is there a way to change the settings so I can only use the internal speakers, or is there an app that would let me switch to using internal speakers even though headphones are plugged in?


texts: Relocated items after macOS update to 11.3.1

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After updating my macOS to 11.3.1 from 11.3, a directory named Relocated Items appeared on my desktop.
A document in that directory explained a bit about what's going on. I will attach the text of the document below.
so I viewed a diff between /etc/group and ~/Desktop/.../group.system_default and saw that
the line containing _trustd:*:282:_trustd exists in group.system_default but not in /etc/group.
Another odd thing I realized is the 'Date modified' on the file on group.system_default is 1. Jan 2020. This computer and the install are both from 2021.
Can somebody explain what is going on? I am not sure which of the files came with the macos-update and which I suposedly modified in the previous version.
I also don't understand what _trustd:*:282:_trustd means.
Document in Relocated Items Directory

During the last macOS upgrade or file migration, some of your files couldn’t be moved to their
new locations. This folder contains these files.
Configuration files
These configuration files were modified or customised by you, by another user or by an app.
The modifications may be incompatible with the recent macOS upgrade. The modified files are
in the Configuration folder, organised in subfolders named after their original locations.
To restore any of the custom configurations, compare your modifications with the configuration
changes made during the macOS upgrade and combine them when possible.
Configuration files with the suffix "system_default" were edited or customised but the changes
were allowed to remain installed. The system_default version of the file is provided to
demonstrate what the Apple-supplied version of this file would look like.
It is recommended you compare the two and evaluate whether you wish to integrate any changes
Apple may have made to the default version.


texts: Why do external hard drives run so hot while mounted and idle on a Macbook Pro?

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When my external drives are mounted and idle on a Macbook Pro, they run hot.  Why?  I do not have the same experience with NTFS volumes on my Windows box, where's the difference in idle disk usage?

No... time machine is not running on these drives.

External HFS+ Drives I use:

Seagate 3.5" 7200rpm in Seagate USB enclosure
WD Green 3.5" 7200rpm in rosewill USB dock
WD Black 2.5" 7200rpm in rosewill USB dock
Seagate 2.5" 7200rpm in macally firewire 800


texts: Unable to partition internal disk on El Capitan

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I'm trying to install Linux on my MacBook Air but seem to have fallen at the first hurdle and am unable to partition my disk.  I open Disk Utility, I have ~70GB of free space and when I click partition at the top it starts the process.

What I then find is that Disk Utility says "Incorrect number of file hard links" and "Invalid directory item count".

I have also tried to run first aid on my Macintosh HD, the same messages come up but then Disk Utility just says that the First Aid process is complete, leaving me still unable to partition my disk.

Is there anyway I can fix this problem?

Thanks.


texts: iPhone shows Personal Hotspot icon as off but it still has users connected

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The iphone 7 on our account turns hotspot off when out of range of wifi but still showing users connected. In fact the users are connected but hot spot icon is off. Huge amounts of Data used. My Wife ran out of Data of 15 GB after a few days, her normal usage is 5 to 10 GB for the Month. Turning airplane mode on will disconnect all users.

This appears to have started after an update last week (Ver 12.0.1) at least we never saw the problem before and I know we never used this much data before.


texts: I have an app that won't open/sync & I can't delete it

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Having trouble with updating my Instagram app.

When it was time for the update, I clicked "update app" of course, but it said the app couldn't be updated. Now I can't access it. Since then, it just says "Waiting…" and I can't do anything with it.

I tried to delete it but the × doesn't appear in the top corner to allow me to delete it.
When I click the app to see if it'll load, nothing happens.
I even hooked it up to iTunes to see if I could delete it there but the × still doesn't show.
I went to my settings to manage my storage and I clicked "delete app" which removed it from the list, yet it's still on my iPod.

I don't get it. I really don't want to have to restore my iPod just to fix a problem with one app. I can update, download and delete other apps just fine.


texts: What are the consequences of having a work and personal iPhone with the same Apple ID?

texts:
I'm considering having both a work and personal iPhone.

The phone numbers will be different, but I'd like to use the same Apple ID for convenience.

But I'm concerned about possible cross-pollination. Presumably text messages will be separate, but things like apps and photographs will be the shared. Perhaps iMessage texts too?


texts: After upgrading to iOS 7, the + (plus) sign on my calendar is grayed out.  I cannot add new appointments. I even tried using Siri to add an appointment and the response is "Sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that."


texts: How do you unschedule a task in automator?

texts: I scheduled an automatic backup with Automator, it has run properly and I receive a pop-up notification every day informing about it. Now, I want to stop the task but I do not know where to find the list of scheduled tasks and how to kill them.


texts: Are messages included in iCloud System backup if iCloud Messages is disabled?

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With iCloud Backup, there are two ways data is stored: Apps Using iCloud and Backups.
The Backups portion is the equivalent of a full backup performed iTunes.
Apps Using iCloud is app data written to the cloud storage, but accessible by apps and services outside of restoring your phone from a backup.
On iOS, it is possible to have your Photo Library backed up with the system backup while keeping iCloud Photo Library feature turned off.
When browsing the system backup options, Photo Library appears as an option but Messages does not. This leads me to believe that Messages could be excluded from the system backup.
If iCloud Messages as a service is turned off, are Messages data still included in the iCloud full system backup of the phone?


texts: Mac OS X Mavericks freezes, stops responding when running out of memory

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It happens every other day and the symptoms are weird to say the least. The computer still responds in some sense; I can move the mouse, the volume buttons on my headphones work. They keyboard does nothing though, neither does clicking. No hover states are presented. It is as if the mouse pointer isn't really moved.

I can use the computer if I log in from another computer using SSH or using a remote from my phone (I use Rowmote.) It is very slow, though - but it responds.

In this state, I can do very few things. Starting new applications is a roulette, for example I could start Activity Monitor (nothing odd to be seen) but starting Console after that was not possible. Closing apps gave odd results until finally it stopped responding to the remote as well. Interestingly, the remote application didn't think it had lost the connection so somehow it still received and acknowledged the remote commands.

Here is the relevant /var/log/system.log output from the moment it happened:

Jan  3 10:39:19 knifen.local WindowServer[119]: CGXCreateShmem : mach_make_memory_entry(268453900: unknown error code) : Cannot map memory
Jan  3 10:39:19 knifen.local WindowServer[119]: _CGXCreateWindowInline: Creation failure 1007
Jan  3 10:39:19 knifen.local Dock[15204]: CGSNewWindowWithOpaqueShape: Cannot create window
Jan  3 10:39:19 knifen.local WindowServer[119]: CGXCreateShmem : mach_make_memory_entry(268453900: unknown error code) : Cannot map memory
Jan  3 10:39:19 knifen.local WindowServer[119]: _CGXCreateWindowInline: Creation failure 1007
Jan  3 10:39:19 knifen.local Dock[15204]: CGSNewWindowWithOpaqueShape: Cannot create window
Jan  3 10:39:28 knifen.local WindowServer[119]: BUG in libdispatch: 13A603 - 2930 - 0x1000480c
Jan  3 10:39:51 knifen kernel[0]: IOHIDSystem: postEvent LLEventQueue overflow.
Jan  3 10:40:50 knifen.local Spotify[13941]: Got disconnected: Error Domain=GCDAsyncSocketErrorDomain Code=4 "Read operation timed out" UserInfo=0xfa075f0 {NSLocalizedDescription=Read operation timed out}
Jan  3 10:40:55 knifen kernel[0]: IOHIDSystem: postEvent LLEventQueue overflow.
Jan  3 10:41:50 knifen.local hidd[95]: IOHIDEventQueue unable to get policy for event of type 11. (e00002e8)
Jan  3 10:41:56 --- last message repeated 113 times ---

I am not really wondering anything here, if you have tips I guess that would be good. It seems to be bad engineering on Apple's part.


texts: Is there a way to stop the optimization process behind "Optimizing Your Mac"?

texts:
Using OS X 10.9.5 I got this message after logging out and back in with different UID. Screen is frozen except I can move the mouse courser around just cannot select anything. Display sleep mode does work. How long does this take? Is there a key combination to stop optimization or reboot?

For more context please see link: What is happening when my Mac is being optimized after an OS X update?

Again, the screen is frozen including clock. Can move mouse and trackpad cursor but cannot select anything. Keyboard works only to wake machine.

Ok, so I tried the hard reboot option and that seems to have worked thus far. Then tried two soft restarts and no problems either. Been using Mavericks over a year now and never had a problem, so I''m  gonna run my antivirus software and backup before deciding on what to do with spotlight or the problematic user profile.
Funny, I've waited for Yosemite and iOS 8 to mature and was just preparing my machines for the upgrades.


texts: Home button of ipod touch 4g (32 gb) giving problem

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i have a ipod touch 4th generation 32gb which is around 1 year old. i dint drop it even once but still the home button is not working properly.
it doesnt respond even if i press it hard sometimes. i am using the assistive touch home button but it takes away some part of my screen and is troublesome at times..
can anyone please tell me what the problem is and how can i recitfy it.
i had jail broken the device once. now i have updated to version 6.1 from itunes and no jailbreak.
if i Recalibrate my device’s Home Button by following this method, the button respond better for just a little while

thank you.


texts:
I am upgrading from mojave to big sur and need to know how to keep my mac awake during this time. the terminal command caffeinate did not work, after some time the screen display went blank as usual. Is there a way to prevent the mac from going to sleep? Also, If i went to System Preferences > Energy Saver > Battery and put "Turn Display Off After:" to never, will the update be able to override that when it needs to restart the computer after the update file has installed?
Thank you in advance


texts:
I frequently edit files inside of kernel extension (.KEXT) files on OS X.  To do this, I have to right-click and "Show Package Contents".  To save time, I would like to simply double-click the package and have it open with Finder.
Ideally, Finder would show the full folder hierarchy in column view.  Currently, when I show the package contents, the folder hierarchy is "reset" with the package as root.  As you can see in this screenshot, there is no horizontal scrollbar, so I can't quickly traverse up the hierarchy as I could in a normal directory tree.  I'm working in Sierra, but this question could apply to any recent version of OS X.


texts: My kid set a passcode on the iPad and doesn't know it. Now what?

texts:
My 7-year-old daughter mistakenly set a 4-digit passcode on the iPad and doesn't remember what it is. Now it is locked and useless. What are my options to recover it (if any)?

The answers I have seen online all say to "connect it to the PC or Laptop that you usually synch with for iTunes". But I never used iTunes. I never synched it with a PC or Laptop. When I just connected it to my MacBook Pro, I got the following message:


texts: Install new NANO (2.4) using BREW but still uses old versions (symbolic link not created?)

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I installed NANO 2.4 but my OS X is still using 2.0. I beleive its something to do with the symbolic link that wasn't created.

I first tapped the homebrew/dupes so i could brew install nano

~  brew tap homebrew/dupes
==> Tapping homebrew/dupes

~  brew install nano
==> Installing nano from homebrew/homebrew-dupes

If I do a

which nano

I get

/usr/bin/nano

but the brew installed in the directory below and I have it confirmed as 2.4 by running the program directlt from here

/usr/local/Cellar/nano/2.4.2_1/bin

I think a symbolic link wasn't created becasue nano is already included with mac os x, is it safe to override it ?

I got the following warning on the brew install from

==> Downloading https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ncurses/6.0 --enable-pc-files --enable
==> make install
==> Caveats This formula is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /usr/local.

OS X already provides this software and installing another version in
parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

Generally there are no consequences of this for you. If you build your
own software and it requires this formula, you'll need to add to your
build variables:

    LDFLAGS:  -L/usr/local/opt/ncurses/lib
    CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/ncurses/include

==> Summary   /usr/local/Cellar/ncurses/6.0: 1970 files, 21M, built in 114 seconds


texts:
Is there a way to create a printer on a machine. Then bundle up the Printer bundle and create an installer out of it for multiple users at a location. To avoid having to explain to each user how to install a network printer?

This is one of those enterprise issues.
(10.6 specifically... at least for the next month)


texts: How to use 3rd-party USB Ethernet adapter with El Capitan

texts:
I am plugging a USB Ethernet adapter (not Apple-brand) into my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013). No go.

I do not see any relevant "USB Ethernet" item listed in System Preferences > Network. Should one appear when I plug in the adapter? Should I add an item with the "+" button?

When I use the "+" button, I only get a list of "Thunderbolt Bridge", "Thunderbolt 2", "Thunderbolt 1", "Bluetooth PAN", "Wi-Fi", "VPN", "PPPoE", and "6 to 4". I do not see any option for a USB-Ethernet adapter. Is this no longer supported by Apple?

The Apple menu > About this Mac > System Report (button) > Hardware > USB report shows that I have a product by Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (company web site)


texts: Keynote 6.6: How can I make an object wider by animation, but not higher

texts:
I want to animate a block to be wider, but not higher.

from this:

____________________
|    Some Text      |
---------------------

to this:

______________________________________
|             Some Text               |
--------------------------------------

The scale animation seems to work only with locked ratio and can't figure out how to do it.


texts: Delete user account - High Sierra - 10.13.2

texts:
I have, since I bought my device second hand, an account that was created by the seller. I want to remove it but can't. I have removed the admin capabilities of this account but still the "-" in the account menu is unavailable.
I have logged in this account and closed the session to be sure, doesn't change a thing

You can see the lock is open...
Do you know this problem ?


texts: Can I dismiss a Notification Center Alert using the mouse?

texts: Is it possible to dismiss a sticky "alert" (from Notification Center) from the upper-right corner of the screen by using the mouse?


texts: Is there a Safari extension to provide a drop-down menu listing all tabs, or shows all tabs in the tab bar?

texts:
Safari used to have a dropdown on the right-hand side of the tab bar listing tabs. In Safari 9, that's gone, and instead all tabs are present in the tab bar, with many being almost or completely obscured. It seems to keep a few visible and then the ones on both sides are compressed or "behind" others. (From a UI point of view, this is very frustrating and makes clicking to select a tab very difficult.)

Is there an extension that provides either:

A drop-down menu listing all tabs, so that clicking it will show that tab
All tabs are always shown on the tab bar, and their size shrinks as more are opened? (This matches Chrome's behaviour.)

There used to be extensions to do the first in the Safari 5/6 era, but the ones I googled for haven't been updated since. Ideally, though, I'd prefer to copy Chrome's behaviour - it is useable and clear.


texts: Install a new color profile on Mac OS 10.8

texts:
I have a IIYama screen that curerntly display garbages (very, very poor quality).

On the IIYama website, I found drivers for my screen (ProLite B2409HDS), it contains the following files:

2409hds.cat
2409HDS.icm
2409HDS.inf

And some other files for Windows 7.

But my issue is, on my Display preferences, I can't see any button to add a new profile using my icm file :

If I click on Open profile, I get a ColorSync profile that looks like when I open the given 2409HDS.icm file manually, so I think there is a way to add it... But can't find it!

Any suggestion ?


texts: (MacBook Late 2009) Bootcamp/Win 7: No device drivers were found

texts:
Recently I've been trying to install Windows 7 on my MacBook (Late 2009, macOS El Capitan, 10.11) using BootCamp.

However, when I'm about to install windows 7 it shows an error: "No device drivers were found", I've tried using this which are the drivers for the Late 2009 iMac, and even the drivers that are downloaded from BootCamp are also not detected, the Pen drive that I use is a 16gb USB 3.0 device.

I'm using a DVD to install Windows 7 Professional x64 with SP1.

Error Shown: Load driver: A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver, floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.

Note: If the windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you can safely remove it for this step


texts: OS volume shows as type 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF'

texts:
Yesterday, I have tried to delete an Ubuntu partition. Since, my Mac (13", MBPro mid-2014) doesn't boot. Now, I boot on Mac OS copy with an USB.
i follow different subject of this forum (like this : Partition type suddenly FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF, drive unmountable), and my volume partition change from FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF to 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC.
But I still can't boot to it...

Thank you very much !


texts: Why do subtitles not work when streaming via AirPlay to Apple TV?

texts: Whenever I use AirPlay to watch streamed content (streaming from the web (via an app or Safari), that is, not from a downloaded movie) from my iPad to my Apple TV, subtitles are never carried over. Why is this? Is there some obscure setting to enable subtitle support in AirPlay/Apple TV?


texts: How to upload photos from iPhone to cloud using 3G and remove them from device automatically?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 9.3 and I want to upload photos right after being taken by camera to any cloud storage automatically, then to auto-remove them from the device. I am using 3G only, not Wi-Fi.

From the research, there are some apps:

iCloud Photo Library - it does not work via 3G and does not remove photos form the iPhone (only optimize them)
Dropbox Plus
Microsoft OneDrive
Google Photos
Flickr
PhotoSync

Anybody has tried any of these (or others) and can tell me if it is possible?


texts: Kill processes automatically that get over x % CPU

texts:
I have a (rather annoying) process on my iMac that tends to get out of control.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to get rid of it. Much as I want to.

This process is fine at first - using 1-2 % of my dual-core CPU.

Then it happens. The entire machine slows down. If I can manage to get Activity Monitor open, I can see that the offending process is using 200%, even 300% of my CPU.

Not fun.

If I can get Activity Monitor or Terminal open, and kill the process, it will restart itself and behave like a good little process. For a while. The it goes crazy again.

Being an iOS developer, I'm thinking that the best way to combat this process is an automated assistant.

What I have in mind is a background process that would kill the offending process as soon as its CPU usage hits X%, say 50 or 75%. The the process will restart and become sane without my intervention.

Is it possible? I can write code, AppleScript, anything to make the machine usable again.


texts: How can I see theme variation images in Keynote?

texts:
I was emptying the trash and noticed some images in a "recovered files" directory named something like sotryboard-paper-green-flat.tiff with variations for colour, gradients, etc. - These seemed to be variations of the default background and shape-fill images for the Keynote "Storyboard" theme, I had recently been making a Keynote using that theme so I figured it was some temporary files relating to that. "Great!" I thought, "I'll go and check out how to use those variations later."

So now back in Keynote using the Storyboard theme, when I create shapes they have a blue (tiled) fill-image and if I select Choose... it takes me to my own PresentationAssets directory from where I've loaded up images before. I don't know where to look for these built-in textures which are designed to fit with the theme, how do I find and use these images?


texts: gptsync showing blank GPT and MBR partition table

texts:
background

I have Lion 10.7 and Windows 7 64 bit (Boot Camp) installed on my Mac Mini.

They both boot fine. But when I tried to run Windows 7 from Parallel using existing Boot Camp, I encountered problem stating PRL_ERR_DISK_FILE_OPEN_ERROR (0x80021014).

After some googling, I found it is caused by GPT and MBR misaligned and can be corrected by using gptsync tool of rEFIt.

I installed rEFIt in my Lion partition and Partition Inspector shows a report with GPT and MBR misaligned.

    Current GPT partition table:
     #      Start LBA      End LBA  Type
     1             40       409639  EFI System (FAT)
     2         409640    740644007  Mac OS X HFS+
     3      740644008    741913543  Mac OS X Boot
     4      741914624    976773119  Basic Data

    Current MBR partition table:
     # A    Start LBA      End LBA  Type
     1              1       409639  ee  EFI Protective
     2         409640    740644007  af  Mac OS X HFS+
     3      740644008    741913543  ab  Mac OS X Boot
     4 *    741914624    976771071  07  NTFS/HPFS

problem

The problem is when I boot Mac mini in rEFIt and run gptsync in shell it only shows

    Shell> gptsync
    Error: Not Found returned from gptsync.efi
    Current GPT partition table:
    Current GPT partition table:

So...

What was I doing wrong? And how could I sync GPT and MBR table with or without gptsync.

Update

I manage to run gptsync on Mac using enhanced gptsync from here. Now the problem changed to

Writing new MBR...
gptsync: Data write failed at position 0: Bad file descriptor


texts: I was wondering what this app was called that i also saw during an Apple video.


texts:
I live in a remote area that has very good 3G and Edge coverage. I have bought and returned every other device but NOTHING seems to have reception to ANY Internet except for an iPhone.

I have the HP B210 Photosmart All-In-One printer that says: "print, anytime, anywhere," but it will not. While it printed from the iPhone while I set it up, once it was not on WiFi, it would not. It possibly would in an area that is readily 3G to all devices, it will not in my "remote, stubbornly unfriendly to all-but-iPhones area."

Is there a Bluetooth option? Is there an Apple type printer that has something like an iPhone receptor to the internet? Is there any hope?
Please help me. I need to be able to print. I have the app Print n Share (iTunes link), but that assumes that I have an Internet connection


texts: Is there a way to get information from email using the Terminal and without external software?

texts: While I do not understand the Terminal or how email works well enough to know if this question is well-formulated, I am curious if there is a way to use the Terminal to access information from one's email account without using special software (such as Mutt: http://www.mutt.org). Can I tell the computer simply to go to that part of the internet and bring me back the information I want? If not, why not?


texts: Only hibernate when closing the lid, display sleep otherwise?

texts:
I am looking for a way to hibernate (i.e. RAM saved to HDD then turned off) only when closing the lid. When the lid is opened, I expect OSX to simply turn off the screen after X minutes (i.e. everything keeps running). Mostly what a Windows PC does out of the box.

pmset does not seem to make possible controlling what happens when closing the lid.


texts: Is there any way to increase the input volume on an external headset microphone on a mid-2017 MBP?

texts:
There is a similar question but it's for a different model.

I use these TRRS headphones with my Android phone and they sound fine when recording audio. But if I record audio on the MBP (Quicktime or Whatsapp) it's barely audible, even with the input volume turned all the way up. The headphone jack seemed defective so I took it in to the Apple store and they replaced a logic board (which was a bit of a time sink since they wiped the hard drive).

I tested the repair at the store with a set of headphones that they had (bluetooth earbuds plugged in to a headphone extender cable that had a mic pickup on it) and everything sounded fine, audio pickup volume was fine. But when I get to work and test with my earbuds the volume pickup is far too low. But the mic pickup works fine with my phone.

Also worth noting that the audio level is about twice as high when recording with the same earbuds and a 2015 MBP with the same audio settings.

It's hard to believe that the headphones that work fine with my phone simply won't work with my fancy Mac laptop. Is there something I'm missing here? Is this machine defective?


texts:
I recently bought a HP Envy 5000, and annoyingly it came without a cable to plug directly into my Mac. I must connect it to my WiFi network.
I live in a large shared building of around 12 people, but we all use the same wifi network. A couple of times I've noticed random documents getting printed on my printer that clearly weren't my own.
Is there a way I can set my printer so that it is connected to the network but so that only I can use it?
Currently I must unplug it, which isn't ideal. I even tried turning the printer off but I still found someone else's documents getting printed, it must have turned itself back on somehow.
Also, here are the settings I have under Sharing:


texts: Why does Automator need the discrete GPU?

texts:
My 15" MacBook Pro with Retina was getting quite hot while I was just browsing the web, so I opened Maverick's Activity Monitor to see what was using so much energy. I discovered that the discrete graphics card was active, and the apparent reason for this was Automator was open (but without any windows/documents open).

Why on earth does Automator need the discrete graphics card and not just the integrated graphics?


texts: Can text messages sent via Global.AQ Lite (iPhone App) be traced?

texts:
I'm used the app Global.AQ Lite on my iPhone to send an anonymous text message.

I used my home Wi-Fi network while sending the text, and I used fake Global.AQ account details. I now have a different account logged-in on Global.AQ.

Can the recipient find me? If so, how?


texts: How to I list applications sorted by modified time in Finder on OS X 10.8?

texts:
I discovered that on 10.8 the Applications folder does not allow you to change the sort order, it's always listed by name.

How can I change the sort order?


texts: iPhone Wireless Sync and iTunes remote management

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I've managed to finally get wireless sync working between my iPhone and main server in my house. Now I'm trying to manage what syncs to my iPhone from the device itself rather than having to do it from iTunes on my machine. I checked out the Remote app, and while that hooks up to the library, I'm not able to select anything to sync.

Is this even possible, or if I want to add any media from my library to my device do I need to select it in iTunes directly and then launch the wireless sync?


texts: How do I format a (non-formatted) drive when the menu options in the Disk Utility are greyed out?

texts:
So I tried installing Lion on an old (white) Macbook, but first I wiped by my drive clean. Just to find out that I only had 1GB memory and Lion requires 2GB.

Now the drive is clean, with no filesystem (I think), and it won't even allow me to install Snow Leopard.

Keeps saying 'Can't install OS X' on this computer - that happens after I boot to the install Disc and choose English.

I am assuming it is because the drive is not formatted for an OS X friendly filesystem....but the Disk Utility option is greyed out.

How do I fix this?


texts: How do I combine a JPEG and MOV into a Live Photo?

texts: I received a Live Photo in the form of a JPEG and MOV files. How do I combine the two into a proper Live Photo that I can use on my lock screen?


texts: Is it possible to trigger keyboard shortcuts on non-English keyboard input via Dvorak key position?

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I use Dvorak layout on my macOS and have other keyboard input including Simplified Chinese and Korean. However, to trigger a keyboard shortcut such as Command + w on Korean keyboard, I must use the key position based on QWERTY.

On Dvorak layout, 'w' is typed via the ',' position and ',' is type via 'w'. So in order to close the current window:

On Dvorak, Command + ,
On Simplified Chinese, Command + ,
On Korean, Command + w

This is quite stressful and thus I want to make them consistent. When I'm in Korean input the shortcut opens the preference pane. I didn't check other keyboards but at least Korean keyboard input is based on the QWERTY layout while Chinese is based on Dvorak. Is there any way to make Korean keyboard (and maybe others as well) react based on Dvorak layout?


texts: IPhone: too much disk space is used for unknown reason

texts:
Here is a full list of all applications installed on the device:

I have already used Battery Doctor (and other apps) and cleaned cache. So what is 7.2 gb used for? How can i clean it?

I don't know if it can help but the phone was already in use before.

Update: Settings -> General -> About screen:


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I am trying to sync a 60GB mailbox on Outlook for Mac v15 over a VPN connection. Sometimes the VPN drops out and the sync is interrupted. When I come back to it and check the Sync Status window, it shows nothing, ie sync is complete and the main windows status bar says all folders are up to date.

When I look at the Identity/Profile folder where the data is stored, the size does not reflect at all what the Exchange server is reporting.

If I come back later and try again, it might start syncing folders again and the status windows shows for example 1/2000 in a given folder are syncing.

How can I get force Outlook for Mac to get on with the sync and complete it instead of these dribs and drabs?


texts: How do I edit custom repeat intervals for events on iOS?

texts:
I created an event on my Mac's calendar that was scheduled to repeat every Tuesday and Wednesday. Later, on my iPhone, I wanted to change the repeat interval to Wednesday and Friday instead, but I couldn't figure out how to do so.

When I went to edit the repeat interval for the event on iOS, the only options were (a) the custom interval for Tuesday and Wednesday (selected), (b) none, or (c) the default intervals like daily, weekly, etc.

I thought that tapping on the custom interval would let me edit it, but instead it just re-selected it. However, when I selected a different repeat interval instead, the custom interval disappeared entirely, and there was no option to create a new custom interval.

(I also created a new event entirely and found that the Repeat settings don't include a "custom" option in that case, either).

So it is just not possible to create or edit custom repeat intervals on iOS? I'm running the latest iOS 7.1 on an iPhone 4.


texts: Tabs opening in a minimised safari window, not the active one

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I’m often using multiple windows in Safari minimizing the windows I’m not working in. However, when I click on a link i.e. in Mail it opens it not in the active window but in the minimized one instead (the one that has been created first after opening the Safari).

How can I set the Safari to open links in the currently active window, not a minimized one?


texts: How to change attributes of ALL master slides in a KEYNOTE theme at once?

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Is there a way to change multiple masters at once in Keynote.  Examples

Change the background color for ALL slides from grey to green.
Change all fonts from Copperplate to Garamond
Insert a company logo onto all slides simultaneously.
Change the default background to all text boxes to #6699EE

There is a similar question but the accepted answer explains how to do it for ONE master.

This question was asked once before, in November 2011.  Has this situation changed?


texts: How can I convert iPhone .m4a recordings to a more common and lossless format?

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what's the best way to convert .m4a to a more common song format, like mp3 etc.

The m4a files are recorded by the iPhone and my machine runs windows vista home premium 32-bit sp2

I want it to be as lossless as possible. (hopefully possibly 0%)


texts: OS X partition doesn't show up after dropping iMac, Windows still works

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I physically dropped an iMac tonight, shattering the protective screen. The computer was sleeping when it got dropped. The drop was from a couple feet high, and booting up looked promising until I realized that I am no longer able to boot into the OS X partition, only the side-by-side bootcamp Windows partition. On holding down alt during boot, only my Windows option is displayed for system to boot into.

This seems like a strange way for things to break due to physical damage given that the Windows partition is working perfectly and there is a single physical drive.

Where can I go from here? What information can I provide to help in diagnosis?

Additional info:
All data is backed up to a local Time Capsule.
This is an old (2007?) iMac running I believe ~10.6.5, though I'm not totally sure on exact version.
The bootable partition is Windows 7.


texts: My iPod touch takes gigantic videos; how come it takes such tiny photos?

texts: Is there any way to take higher resolution pictures with it?  The videos are massive!


texts: Apple TV 3G can't connect to Windows iTunes home sharing library

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I'm trying to connect my 3rd generation Apple TV to iTunes on Windows 7 via iTunes home sharing, but when I "click" the Computers icon on the Apple TV, it shows an error message stating that it can't connect to my iTunes library. Connecting to the iTunes library on my Mac works. The only thing that doesn't work is using home sharing to get data from my PC iTunes to the Apple TV directly:

Here's what works:

Streaming data from my Mac to the Apple TV via home sharing
Streaming data from my PC to any device except the Apple TV (Mac iTunes, iPad Music and Videos apps)
Streaming data from any device to the Apple TV via AirPlay
Remote controlling my PC iTunes via the iPad remote app. I can even tell it to stream the data from my PC to the Apple TV via AirPlay.
When remote controlling the Apple TV via the remote app, it shows my PC's

What I've tried:

rebooting the Apple TV
rebooting the Windows PC, reinstalling iTunes there and checking
disabling the firewall on the PC (even with the firewall enabled, all other devices connect to the PC flawlessly)

Any suggestions?


texts: Why AppleTV displays "An error occurred loading this content. Try again later" error?

texts:
I bought my AppleTv a couple of weeks ago (Black Friday) got it set up and running just fine. I've been enjoying Netflix and video podcasts, overall its been great.

Then unexpectedly starting sometime yesterday and with increasing frequency today I've been getting the error:

  An error occurred loading this content. Try again later.

All the videos start playing, and play for usually a minute or more but then stop and that message appears. I can get back to the previous screen and hit play again and it plays the content, again for just a minute or so.

I've noticed it with video podcasts, Netflix streaming and Youtube streams.

Could this be a problem with the AppleTV or might it be my ISP? Thoughts, solutions appreciated...


texts:
I currently have elementary OS installed alongside Yosemite. When I try to resize Macintosh HD to give space for a Windows installation, I get the "filesystem support for resizing required" error even though the OS X partition is HFS+. The disks are like this:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            230.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         20.7 GB    disk0s4

The recovery partition is missing, it seems to me. Anyway, how can I resize Macintosh HD to give space for Windows as well? Boot Camp Assistant would only create a mess and Disk Utility gives the error I mentioned.

sudo fdisk :

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE    0   0   1 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
*2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  449218744] HFS+
 3: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 449628384 -     262144] HFS+
 4: 83 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 449892352 -   40341797] Linux files*


texts: Intempestive remote server/connection failed windows

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I have the following connection failed message on OSX 10.12.4. I'm used to access to a distant hard drive through a VPN (Cisco Anyconnect), but I removed that connection and the vpn software about two months ago. Everything was fine until yesterday where that message always showing up.

I've been in touch with Apple customer support, but so far, they were not able to help. There is no trace of the former server in network system preferences, finder, etc.

By monitoring the console, I noted that I have the following logs when the error windows show up :

Regarding the logs, I checked in keychain if they were any references to the remote server, but I did not find anything. Would someone have an idea about how to solve the problem ?


texts: Does OS X Mavericks have Activation Lock like iOS 7?

texts: I have bought a used MacBook Pro Retina, and after three mounths using it, I think I could do a clean install for my Mac. However, if it has an activation lock will that stop me using my Mac after a clean install as it could ask me for an iCloud account?


texts:
I want to mount a SMB share with different user credentials. Therefore I want to use

mount -o nodev,nosuid -t smbfs //user:pass=<word@host/share /mnt/share

However, this command fails:

-bash: word@host/share: No such file or directory

When trying to pass the password via a variable, I get:

$ export PWD="pass=<word"
$ mount -o nodev,nosuid -t smbfs //user:$PWD@host/share /mnt/share
mount_smbfs: URL parsing failed, please correct the URL and try again: Invalid argument

mount on other systems seems to accept username and password as mount options, like:

$ mount -o nodev,nosuid,domain=mydomain,username=user,password="pass=<word" -t smbfs //host/share /mnt/share

or via a credentials file:

$ cat credentials.txt
username=user
password=pass=<word
domain=mydomain
$ mount -o nodev,nosuid,credentials=./credentials.txt -t smbfs //host/share /mnt/share

However, both ways are not available with macOS' mount:

mount_smbfs: -o credentials: option not supported
mount_smbfs: -o domain: option not supported
mount_smbfs: -o username: option not supported
mount_smbfs: -o password: option not supported

So the question is: How to provide the password to macOS' mount_smbfs? I'm aware that changing the password would solve the problem, but for reasons this is not an option.


texts: Why is my Apple Watch noise monitoring suspended?

texts: I have a new Apple Watch Series 5 running WatchOS 6.  The noise monitoring feature seemed to be working fine yesterday but today the complication shows a microphone with a line through it and when I open the Noise app I get the following screen telling me that measurement is suspended because the Watch is in Water Lock or the microphone/speaker is in use.  The Watch is not in Water Lock and the mic/speaker are not in use so I don't understand what the issue is.  I've tried restarting the Watch with no success.  I also tried enabling and disabling Water Lock.  Nothing I've tried so far has enabled the Noise monitoring feature again.  Has anyone any idea what might cause this and how to fix?  I guess I could try a factory reset but that's a bit of a sledgehammer approach so I thought I'd look for alternative suggestions before I go that route.


texts: Is there any way to reliably get rid of the caches in com.apple.MediaLibrary safely?

texts:
I found >10 GB of files inside a folder on my internal drive. It comprised of photos and videos which I recognized from my system photo library (which is synced with my iCloud Photo Library):

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.MediaLibraryService/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.iLifeMediaBrowser.ILPhotosTranscodeCache

Upon Googling why this was occurring, I came to the conclusion that this was likely due to there being HEIC/HEVC media in my iCloud Photo Library (from my iPhone). Apparently macOS High Sierra converts these media files and stores them in the aforementioned folder so that other apps can "select media from the Media Browser." Source 1, Source 2

In the interest of saving internal disk space I store the system library on an external drive. I don't want these caches to also take up space on my internal drive. I have no interest in being able to "select media from the Media Browser."

I additionally noticed that this huge folder is backed up by Time Machine, which is absolutely horrendous. Why would I need a large folder, full of cache files which I will never use, to be backed up?

There are a couple of ideas I came up with to fix this. Each idea has its cons. My main goal here is to get rid of these cache files once and for all (since I'll never actively use them) in a safe way. I am not sure which one would be the best idea:

Delete the files inside the com.apple.iLifeMediaBrowser.ILPhotosTranscodeCache. I realized that the media was simply converted and put into that folder again; this does not work.
Delete the folder completely. I'm not sure if this would cause the folder to be recreated, but I don't want this to mess something up; this probably will not work.
Change the permissions of the folder to prevent the process from writing to it – this seems like a very forceful way to prevent the process from dumping converted media into the folder; I'd prefer a cleaner method.
Downgrade to macOS Sierra. I do not want to go down this route.
Transfer the whole folder to the external drive, and then create a symbolic link on the internal drive pointing to it. This is probably the safest method, but could be unreliable – what if I disconnect the drive? What would the process do to handle this?


texts: How can i get itunes to backup my iphone with limited disk. I linked the backup dir to an ext drive with space yet still won't backup?

texts:
On OSX yosemite, a machine with limited disk space free.

In order to backup my iphone, I've linked the  ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup dir to an external drive.

iTunes, correctly displays the existing backups in that dir.

But iTunes backup, fails with an insufficient disk space free.

Is it failing to check the free space on the volume that the Backup folder is on?

The boot volume certainly does not have enough free space.

How can I work around this, without deleting data?

osx: 10.10.3 (14D136)
iTunes: 12.1.2.27

update: have tried on another machine (with sufficient space) still received the same error.

Suspecting bugs, or permissions issues.


texts: Disable shrinking spaces bar in El Capitan

texts:
I can't find a single piece of information about my issue. Is it possible to disable the 'feature' that the spaces bar reveals the content only if I hover with the mouse on it? It drives me nuts and I want the spaces bar to act like with the Yosemite update.

I want less space for the windows and more space for images of each virtual desktop by default.


texts: Does Apple maintain a public list of known serious bugs?

texts:
Is there somewhere public that Apple (or a third party) maintains a list of known serious bugs with Apple's software?

For example it would have been nice to have known:

That the reason that iCloud Calendar is silently failing to send any invitations to events I create is that for many users (for some years apparently) invitations for events with locations simply don't send.
That Apple Pay does not integrate with App Store accounts so that users are logged out of their App Store accounts when they pay with Apple Pay and are thus unable to track or change their order in any way.

These seem like things users would benefit from knowing. Is there somewhere that such issues are listed?

Note that Apple Support is well aware of these issues, recommending, respectively, (1) that users should "either not use locations or not send invitations" and (2) "not to use Apple Pay with the App Store". But I had to contact support to get this information, only after much confusion and frustration with each bug.


texts:
I have installed the latest version of ffmpeg (3.1.2) through homebrew, and I have gone to Preferences -> Libraries and located the ffmpeg library in Audacity (/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.0.2/lib/libavutil.55.17.103.dylib).

Nothing happens when I load an m4a. If I import it through ⌘ + I it says "FFmpeg not found".


texts: Shared calendars over multiple OS X Servers

texts:
I would like to share my calendar with someone who does not have a user account on my server. We both have our own OS X Servers, both running 3.2.1.

When I right click the calendar, I select "share calendar" and type the email address of the other person. I then get the message that the calendar could not be shared - no details no nothing.

I can share calendars with people who are hosted on the same server as I am, but it would be practical to share it with someone on a separate server.

Thanks


texts: How do I find out which app uses which distribution certificate?

texts:
I want to build the app using Expo React Native. Expo can handle all credentials for me automatically: distribution certificate, push notifications key, and provisioning profile. Unfortunately, we cannot have more than three distribution certificates, and we already have three.

I want to revoke one of them, but without breaking any of the existing apps. How can I find out which app uses which certificate?


texts: What meta-data does iCloud drive save and restore for each file or directory?

texts:
Observation: Machine A had HPFS+ with iCloud drive subscription. Machine B had APFS and joined the same iCloud drive. When the content was downloaded, all the directories had a fresh modification date on them.

Experiment / Observation 2: Machines A and B are using the same iCloud drive. Disconnect the network connection on B. Create and empty directory on A. After some time connect B back to the network. The empty directory gets downloaded on B but with a fresh modification time (time of download on B). This does not happen for files.

Setup: In the above "experiments / observations", machine A is running macOS 10.12.6 on an HPFS+ (case-sensitive and encrypted). Machine B is running macOS 10.13 beta on an APFS (case-sensitive and encrypted).

Question: I would like to know what metadata are saved and restored for files in iCloud drive. For example what kind of time stamps are kept (creation time, last read time, last modification time, ...)? Are file names case-sensitive? Are they normalised?

Has Apple published any reference on this?


texts: How can I force a Photo Stream sync on the iPhone?

texts: The Settings page says that Photos will automatically by sent to Photo Stream when I am connected to Wi-Fi, however I've waited several minutes and don't see them in iPhoto. I believe they haven't been sent to iCloud yet. Is there any way to force them to be synced to iCloud from the iPhone?


texts:
I want to create a live USB to run a Linux derivation and followed these guides:

Make and create Live USB Linux for Mac? How?

Making a Bootable USB Stick on an Apple Mac OS X from an ISO

Everything just went fine following the tutorial, but when I restart my MacBook Pro I cannot choose the USB drive, it just doesn't show up.


texts: How do I merge keywords in Apple Photos? I've tired various common methods (e.g. renaming to the same keyword); but none have worked.


texts: macOS partition startup Volume and Recovery Disk type FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF plus part of the disk corrupted?

texts:
I have a situation very similar to the ones depicted in two previous questions I found (this and this), but still different (I address why my situation is different later on in the question).

The problem

I am really panicking, my computer has been in unbootable status for two days now and because of coronavirus lockdown, in Italy there is no any opened tech shop, at this point I do not know what to do and any help is very much appreciated.

I had a ~50 GB linux partition on the SSD (total ~250 GB) of my 15” Macbook Pro mid-2015.
I created this partition to boot ubuntu back in 2016 and I used it regularly alongside macOS.
About one year ago I updated to Mojave 10.14, and this is the macOS version my computer is running now (I am mentioning it because I suppose that the update changed the file system of my macOS partition to APFS, keeping unmodified the ubuntu partition, I guess).

Today I decided to remove the ubuntu partition, I started the computer on macOS, opened Disk Utility, find the ~50 GB partition assigned to ubuntu on the pie chart, I clicked on the “-“ sign to remove the partition and then “Apply”.
Disk Utility returned to me instantly with an error (not remember exactly the text, but I remember that no error code was given) saying it could not perform the operation, so I googled a bit some solutions (MY COMPUTER WAS PERFECTLY WORKING) and I found a post suggesting to perform some operations from ubuntu, so I decided to restart my computer in order to open ubuntu - I repeat, it was perfectly working, many apps opened and fully working, etc. - and...

It booted into “GNU GRUB version 2.02”

I tried to restart my mac keeping “option” pressed, but it could only find the “EFI Boot” disk (picture attached) which is the one I usually select to boot Ubuntu.
Also, Ubuntu now doesn’t even work anymore, because if I select “EFI Boot” it starts “GNU GRUB version 2.02”.

Now I really started panicking, I don’t care about data of the ~50 GB ubuntu partition, but so foolishly I haven’t backed up the ~200 GB macOS data, and I am just so affectionate to them, I would really like to recover them.

Data Recap

15” Macbook Pro mid-2015
Right now I am booting from the network.
256 GB SSD partitioned in:
~200 GB APFS macOS partition - FileVault encrypted - running Mojave 10.14
~50 GB ubuntu partition - don’t remember the file system (data here doesm’t matter to me)

Photos Attached

diskutil list
gpt -r show /dev/disk1
disk1 information from Disk Utility
Disk Utility overview of the physical disk
booting situation with only the “EFI Boot” partition

Why my situation is different

My situation is different from other questions because of 3 reasons:

The ~50 GB ubuntu partition is disappeared, maybe corrupted, indeed if you add up all the disk's size in diskutil list, you still miss ~50 GB.
I have 2 disks at the same time (index 2 and index 3) that are in the FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF status
When I call gpt -r show /dev/disk1 I don't get any "Suspicious MBR at sector 0" message unlike others users that wrote other questions.

Update 1

I just wanted to confirm that I am booting the mac from Network Recovery and also my Disk Utility version.
Disk Utility Version is: "Version 13 (606)" - "Copyright 2002-2014 Apple Inc.". Is seems, indeed, pretty old.


texts: Stuck at the login screen syncing home share

texts: It’s stuck at the login screen syncing home share. I have confirmed that it’s connecting to the wireless network. The beach ball just keeps spinning. I’ve tried time machine-no backup, repair permissions and disk-no dice.


texts: Mail on Big Sur does not reliably find dollar values

texts:
As an online shopper, I regularly use Amazon to purchase lots of stuff.  When I reconcile my credit card spending, I use Mail.app to search all mailboxes for specific dollar figures (e.g. command-option F, then type 24.95).
Prior to Big Sur, finding dollar figures in Mail.app worked perfectly, whether the email messages resided "On My Mac" or on iCloud.  However, since Big Sur, doing a global Mail.app search for numeric strings, especially with a decimal point, doesn't work reliably.
For example, I'll do a global search in Mail.app for 65.88 and I'll get one result from a locally archived message from years ago, however a very recent message in my InBox containing that figure is not found.  When I do a single message search (command-F) looking for 65.88, the value IS found.
Unsurprisingly, using Spotlight delivers the exact same results.
Using mdutil, I've manually erased and rebuilt the Spotlight index, rebuilt my Mail.app mailboxes, deleted all ~/Library/Mail/V8/MailData/Envelope* files to force the Mail.app to re-import everything, and reinstalled Big Sur.  I've also confirmed all my Spotlight settings to assure that Mail and Messages are included in searches, and that the volume where my mail resides is not excluded.  Nothing worked.
I should note that I am using one SSD for macOS, and a separate SSD for my Home directory (c/o "Advanced Options" under Users & Groups).  I've had this setup well before Big Sur, again, without any issues.
Interestingly, I tried using the Spark email app, which DID successfully find dollar figures without any issue.  I suspect that Spark is not relying on Spotlight to obtain search results, and that's why it works.  (I would use Spark, however it doesn't support local mailboxes.)
I've already sent Apple a report using the Feedback Assistant, and I can only hope something will get fixed.
Can anyone else confirm this issue with Mail.app on Big Sur?  Any ideas on what else I can do?


texts: OSX Yosemite network-popdown suddenly have a permanent Device entry

texts:
After the latest minor Mac OS-X upgrade to Yosemite, I discovered I suddenly have a new and permanent entry in my network-popdown menu, located under a "Device" heading named SETUP.

It's permanent in the way that as long as Wi-Fi is on, it's visible with the same signal-strength - no matter where I bring the computer (also far away from mobile devices).
I can connect the Mac to the SETUP node without problems...

Questions:

What's that Device entry?
What's that SETUP node? - I guess it's something running on my Mac?
How do I best scan the SETUP node, to learn more about it?


texts: try to run 'exiftool' from applescript but get 'command not found'

texts:
this is my first attempt to run a shell script, namely 'exiftool', from applescript:

    set cmd to "exiftool -" & tag & "='" & myName & "' " & myFile
    do shell script cmd

cmd looks like this:exiftool -Artist='myName' myFile.jpg
and works perfectly when directly inserted in Terminal.
exiftool was installed by the standard installer!

What did i miss?


texts:
I did some partitioning to install Linux. Then I decided to erase that partition altogether. Now I am left with a configuration like this:

How can I add the free space to main partition?


texts: activity monitor – "0 bytes" swap used always reported

texts:
Whenever my system gets slow, I open Activity Monitor to check my RAM usage and close any apps that are consuming a lot of memory, but that I don't absolutely need to be running. RAM usage is always completely maxed out. I'm used to seeing this:

Now I would assume that when the system gets slow, it's from all of the overhead from VM paging, but Activity Monitor always reports my "Swap Used" as "0 bytes". This can't be the case, could it? The only reason I can imagine is if Mavericks introduced some kind of intermediary solution to RAM exhaustion before falling back to using a swapfile, but I haven't heard of anything like that.

What I want to know is:

Is this actually an error in Activity Monitor, or is it correct?
If it's not an error, what mechanism is being used to maintain the RAM in place of the swapfile?
Is this mechanism verifiably faster than using a swapfile, and is there a way to disable it and use the swapfile by default?


texts: How to enable/disable suggestions for character alternatives?

texts:
I'm talking about the suggestions you (usually) get after you hold a key down for a few seconds. See image:

For some reason they suddenly stopped working for me. I honestly don't recall changing some preference directly related to this.

I would to re-enable it again but I cannot find a way to do it. Does someone know how to accomplish this?


texts: Any solution for Windows 10 sound problem on MacBook Pro Late 2011?

texts:
I have been able to install windows 10 on my MacBook Pro Late 2011, thanks to all your earlier posts, however i have been unable to fix the sound problem after installation. Please if anyone can give me workable solution for this problem.
Thanks All.


texts: Automator Calendar and Events Dissapears after OS X Update

texts:
I have some Applescripts that I schedule to run weekdays to do various things.  I record radio programs for offline listening, I download CSV files for analysis, and do file folder cleanup.  These actions run at different times of the day.  These are scheduled in the "Automator" calendar as Events.

For the 4th time, I have noticed that all of my Automator events are gone and I have traced this to an OS update.  Prior to going on a short vacation, I updated OS X from 10.11.5 to 10.11.6.  When I came back, I noticed that none of the Automator actions had taken place.  Upon investigation, I found that all of the Automator Events were gone, even past ones; it was like they never existed.

After some reflection, I realized that this usually happened after an OS X update.  The Automator scripts were still there, they just didn't exist in Calendar.  Strangely enough, my Exchange, and Holidays calendars with all their events were (and still are) completely intact.

Has anyone seen behavior such as this and if so, have you found a fix/workaround?


texts: How to get the hash linked to a GeneratedUID in El Capitan?

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Trying to find the GeneratedUID in OS X still works (see example below):

dscl localhost -read /Search/Users/<username> | grep GeneratedUID | cut -c15-

But entering the following into the command line, replacing <GeneratedUID> with the GeneratedUID found above:

cat /var/db/shadow/hash/<GeneratedUID> | cut -c169-216

leads to nowhere. This worked in earlier versions of OS X.

Where is the hash located in El Capitan now?


texts: Using a MacBook as a Bluetooth speaker for a Windows PC

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I was wondering if it would be possible to use the Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro as a Bluetooth speaker for another computer?

The MacBook could act as a Bluetooth speaker that plays the other computer’s sound, similar to Airplay but from a Window’s computer.

Unlike the the other questions, I actually want the sounds of the Windows desktop to play through a Mac. It’s basically replacing a standard desktop speaker.


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I tried to sync my photos... what a huge mistake. I knew this would be a disaster before I started but I had to go attempt anyway.

Luckily I had backups of my multiple photo libraries because it completely obliterated all my organization, uploaded thousands of duplicates, won't let me delete anything..

I'm nuking everything and starting fresh.

I have all my libraries restored from 3rd party backups but the problem is I have all these photos in iCloud Photos web.

Is there some kind of automation/javascript I can run in the console to select all photos?

I can't do it from offline because those libraries are so messed up now beyond repair. The only way to do it from the online version is control+clicking every photo. So stupid


texts: How can I keep a macbook running when the display is closed?

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I bought a macbook pro retina 13" few days ago. I have never had a mac before and I don't know where can I set the computer to keep running when I close the display.

The laptop came with os x 10.8.4.

Any help?


texts: Safari giving "kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 303" when visiting a site

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I am currently having problems visiting archive.org

example link

Safari 12 (and 13 b4) on Mojave shows the following error:

kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 303

Things I've tried:

disable all extensions
Develop > Empty Caches
trashing Safari.plist
booting into Safe Mode
recovery mode + Disk Utility First Aid
different DNS servers

All have had no effect.

Strangely, the problem does not appear in Safari Technology Preview, Chrome, Opera or Tor.


texts: Can't add PDFs to iPad Air without losing ones already there

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I added some PDFs from iTunes to my iPad and the ones already on it disappeared. When I tried to sync them back, I get the message they weren't transferred because they cannot be found. They are all showing up in the iTunes library now. Now all I have on the iPad are the ones I just added.

There can't be anything wrong with the ones I lost because they worked fine on my iPad before they were lost to it. How can I get the lost PDFs that are in iTunes to sync to my iPad Air?


texts: screencapture util doesn't return window contents

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I'm using the screencapture command line util to capture window contents of a MS outlook window. I have two macs, one I've had for a while and upgraded to 10.13.3 gradually; another I installed MacOS 10.13 recently from scratch.

The one I've had for a while captures all windows correctly when I run

screencapture -o -l ###

Where ### is the ID of the window gleaned from applescript. However, on the other mac, contents of the window are missing on some windows (MS Outlook and Terminal).

When I capture the entire screen the window contents are present. Is there a configuration option that would change whether a window's contents are returned or not? Is this a permissions issue?

Some windows capture and show their contents (Contacts App, Calendar) and some don't on the affected Mac (Finder, MS Outlook, Terminal do not)
Same behavior happens with Shift-Command-4 and then space to capture a window directly.


texts: Linking MacBook Pro and iMac as single system

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As I’ve moved to working from home during quarantine I’ve found myself in a bit of a situation which I’m hoping you can help me out with. Traditionally I have one workstation (a MBP connected to an external monitor) for video editing, and an iMac for video editing. However I’m hoping to link all 3 of them to make a single workstation like the picture I just took: where I am using the iMac as the base of the system (for its performance) and the MBP and secondary monitor as additional external monitors while being able to use the keyboard and trackpad from the MBP as it’s what I’m most comfortable with.
Is there any way that I might be able to do this?


texts: Installing drivers before installing Mac app - rejected by apple review team

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I have developed a Mac desktop application and need to have our users install few drivers to run our application on OS X.

Due to sandbox constraint, I am not able to get the user access permission to install the drivers within /Users/System Name/Library/ folder.
(i.e.,) It will ask user permission to install the drivers from a single Mac package installer to install the drivers before accessing the Mac App.

Also, I am not able to bundle drivers in a single package to install the drivers and the Mac app due to the Sandbox constraints.
So that I will have to separate driver installation and Mac app installation as two step process.

I have submitted the app to Apple review team with the instructions of installing the drivers, then installing the mac app to perform the desired functionality.
I have detailed the video to perform the steps as well. But review team has rejected with the following reason:

Reasons:

  2.3: Apps that do not perform as advertised by the developer will be rejected

  We are writing to let you know that the App Review Board has
  completed their review of your appeal and determined that this version
  of your app is in violation of Guideline 2.3.  We have determined that
  your application requires the user to download and install additional
  software in order for the application to perform as advertised.
  Applications should not require the user to install additional
  software in order for the app to work. We will continue review of your
  app with this in mind.

I understood that users should not install additional software for the app to work, but need to know the possible ways to submit the app in Mac store to avail the Mac store benefits instead of releasing outside the Mac App Store. Your valuable suggestion would be helpful to make any design changes for this solution.

Update:

Here is what my Mac app design and technical flow :

Product is actually used to store the documents on the Server and would use the documents for storage and cloud printing. I do have two options to send the documents to cloud :

a) Users can right click any document, pass it to Mac app to send the document to cloud server.

b) I do have another option which is to send the documents from print option (ctrl+P), I would convert the documents as generic format to understand by cloud servers. This feature would bring more value to the users and I want to stick into this approach as well.
User can pass any document via document print function and mac driver files and few other supporting files will communicate to Mac app for further processing.

Mac App will show the list of uploaded files / status of each documents.

Why do you need the drivers in the first place?

ANS : Driver files have a lot of functionality on handling the document formats which would help on cloud, so I must have driver files in my architecture and based on my business requirement.

Can't you integrate that functionality directly into your application? and what kind of research you have already done on the topic of bundling device drivers with App Store downloads (besides this post of course).

ANS : Yes, I have tried to integrate the driver files in the app itself, pushed to install in the /Users/System Name/Library/Printers/ folder as well and design works fine with no sanboxing.  After I enable Sanboxing, It does not do any user permission checks and system level updates because it will get user permissions to install drivers to list out on the documents print options.

I have also tried splitting the driver installation as separate application and the actual Mac app as another application, for which the application has been rejected by the review team with the above mentioned reasons.


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After updating to High Sierra on my Mac, I realise that Apple had changed the media(play) button to unified all the media that playing everywhere including Safari webpage. Previously the button only affect songs playing app like Spotify or iTunes, now it stop my video instead of the song when I pressed it.

I already sent feedback to Apple, https://www.apple.com/feedback/ so I’m looking for a workaround /  fix / script or tool to revert the play pause change that Apple has made.

To be clear, I'm using MBPnTB 2016 version which means I have the physical media function button.

Can I get the play physical keyboard media buttons back to controlling iTunes only?


texts: In Safari, is there a way to use the keyboard to select and click links/buttons on web pages?

texts: When I use Firefox, I can tab through buttons and other links on web pages and then use the space bar or enter key to "click" the link or button. Is that same feature available in Safari? I think it's something in the preferences in Firefox that lets you do this, but I don't see that option in Safari's prefs.


texts: How do I disable command-control-up/down from doing anything with spaces?

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I'm trying to use some shortcuts in Sublime Text 3 (on OS X 10.9.5), but every time I press command-control-up or command-control-down, I get a Space Above or Space Below message. It doesn't do anything, and I don't really care about spaces, and I want to disable this so that OS X stops hijacking the keyboard sequence that I'm trying to use.

As far as I can tell, I don't use spaces at all, and would be totally cool with disabling that completely if that's an option (unless I am using it behind the scenes without realizing it).


texts: Can I create two different keyboard shortcuts for the same command?

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The Preferences.app > Keyboard > Shortcuts pane allows for the creation of shortcuts to activate menu commands. However if that menu command already has a keyboard then that shortcut is overridden by the new shortcut.

For example, the Paste menu command - I would prefer to use more than one shortcut to execute that command.

Command + V
Shift + Insert

How do I prevent the second addition from removing the first that so that I can create as many keyboard shortcut aliases as I want for a given menu command?


texts: Send push notification to iOS without a native app?

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I have an external service (a website), and would like to be able to send myself a push notification to my iPhone when certain events require my attention (e.g. webserver crash, when fraud is detected etc).
Is there some Apple API built for this use case, that is, for an external service to create a push notification to iOS without developing a native iOS app for that very purpose?


texts: Interface third-party device to Apple Health?

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I have a smart plug which can monitor the power usage of a medical device while I sleep.   I would like to know if I turn off the device during the night.

I have a proof-of-concept client which can monitor the power draw over time (see graph), and I am looking into using Homebridge to interface it with Siri to see if I can make the "power draw go below 20 watts" trigger an alarm.

The question is, if there is something similar to Homebridge for the Health app, so I can write some glue code that will register this easily like pulse, steps during the day or similar?

I am experienced with Java on most platforms but not with XCode even though I have it running on my Mac.


texts: Mac App Store opens to blank screen; cannot switch between menu options

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Today I tried opening the App Store to update some software, but when it opens I am left with a blank screen:

Also, when I click on the menu items in the top bar, multiple items will highlight in blue (but the blank screen will not change):

Does anyone know why this is happening? I am using Mac OSX 9.1 (Mavericks).


texts: Could running laborious code for many hours damage my mac?

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I'm building a deep neural network, which will take a long time to train. It's just started training and I can see that there will be roughly 7.5 hours of run-time, and my computer is making quite some noise and is heating up.

Could this damage my computer if I leave it to run? (I'll also have Caffeine switched on to stop the laptop from going to sleep.)


texts: Need to connect mac-mini and thunderbolt display to a Dell U2713HM for dual monitor 2560x1440

texts: I need to run a dual 27" 2560x1440 mac-mini. I already have a thunderbolt display and I tried connecting a Dell Ultrasharp with 2560x1440 to the HDMI port of the mac mini - that doesn't work.  There is a spare Thunderbolt port on the back of the Apple display, so do I use that and connect to the Dell?  If so, what port on the Dell do I use to get the full resolution - HDMI, DVI, Ethernet?


texts: Forgot to remove sim card and possibly sign out of icloud before selling!

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A couple of weeks ago, I sold an old iPhone 5. It hasn't been used for 3 years, and I can't remember what version of iOS it was running.

It just occurred to me that I did not remove the sim card.

I looked into it and apparently iPhone sim cards don't store any data, everything is stored on the cloud. That's fine. Then I realized that I don't remember actually signing out of iCloud!

I selected the erase all content and reset option. It asked for my password (I think twice) and maybe my 4 digit pin?

The phone erased within a minute and I saw the "welcome" page.

I honestly don't know if I signed out of the cloud or logged out of find my iPhone!

I tried to gain access to iCloud online (I'm using android now) and while I have my apple ID and password, I had set up a 2 factor authentication to my phone number that no longer exists, as I cancelled the number when I changed provider and did not need the cloud as I'm using android! I also have no other trusted devices.

As far as I understand I can now no longer access my cloud.

I checked the find my phone section as it wasn't locked and it shows nothing? Maybe I did sign out of it, or maybe the phone is off?

As I said the phone definitely did reset, would it have automatically signed me out of cloud? And is the inactive sim card in the phone ok?

Feeling stressed out, what are the chances the person I sold to can access the content on the phone?


texts: Problem with displaying file path in Finder's Get Info -> Where

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I occasionally need to check some file's location and copy it to the clipboard. I used to use Finder -> Cmd-I then I used to copy the content of "Where" section.

Ever since updating to macOs Mojave, the format of the path displayed in the "Where" section has changed. Instead of "/" forward slash character now I see "triangle" character.

How to solve this?

Thanks!


texts: How to send all the messages under a contact to an email

texts: I need to send all my messages under a contacts name to an email. Is there a way to select all and then send to a given email?


texts: Test iPhone 4s hardware without battery. Possible?

texts: So, I have this iPhone 4s, which was broken. So i replaced the screen. While I was replacing it, I accidentally broke the black wire that connects the battery to the motherboard. So I dont know if it works, and I dont want to spend money on new battery if the screen doesn't work. I also want to test the motherboard, since I replaced the screen because the old one showed blue vertical lines. So I need to be sure both screen and motherboard is functioning. Can you test it somehow without battery?


texts: Developer setup install script, with Homebrew & Dropbox?

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Installing development tools is not too hard these days, with the likes of Homebrew - http://brew.sh ... So I thought I would try to write a script with the homebrew installation and various tools, which I could use whenever I set up a new Mac.

Some people have already done something like this, see some examples here: http://www.justinball.com/2011/12/03/script-your-development-environment-setup-on-your-new-mac/

But before I do this, I had another thought. Could I simply install, via Homebrew to a folder within my Dropbox... and then when I start using a new Mac, just install Dropbox on it and point my .zshrc  script to the folder .. to get the exact same developer environment?


texts: In MacOS, how can I bypass a VPN for a specific site using its hostname?

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I'm setting up an IKEv2 VPN in macOS 10.12.3. It's working, but I'd like to configure specific websites to bypass the VPN.

I'm aware of a method using the route command to add a static route, but that only works for a specific IP address. If the site I'm connecting to changes its IP (which is a distinct possibility) then its traffic will start going through the VPN again.

How can I bypass the VPN using the site's hostname? e.g. any request to www.somewebsite.com will not use the VPN, regardless of what IP address www.somewebsite.com resolves to?


texts: Browsers unable to connect to Internet, other apps can, Parallels can

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This has been happening in the last few days: Chrome or Safari on the Mac (OSX Lion/10.7.2) are unable to connect to the Internet. Other apps are able to (Dropbox...). I am able to browse through IE on Win7 on Parallels. Terminal is able to ping to www.google.com.

I first thought it was a problem with Chrome, but Safari and Firefox have the same problem.

I am able to connect to the internet from my wife's laptop (Windows 7) and from my iPhone (over same WiFi network).

This problem gets resolved after I restart the Mac.

What can be wrong?

Update: When I use the IP address (173.194.37.50 for www.google.com) I am able to reach Google, from Chrome.
But even when I change the DNS to Google DNS, I still get the same issue when I use www.google.com. (This cannot be a DNS problem anyway right? ping is able to resolve google.com to its IP...)


texts: In Mavericks' Activity Monitor, what is a "Zombie?"

texts: I have Nginx installed; compiled via MacPorts, and configured to launch on start-up. When I go to the Disk tab of Activity Monitor after installing Mavericks, the nginx process(es) is listed with a kind of "Zombie," or sometimes "64 bit, Zombie." What does this mean?


texts: Is it possible to keystroke special characters in AppleScript?

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The Bug:

For certain special characters and symbols, AppleScript will fail to keystroke the actual character, and will instead simply type the letter a.

An Example:

The following AppleScript code:

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "² ³ é ½ ₭"

types the following string of text (no matter what application that I am in):

a a a a a

A Workaround:

One can effectively "type" the text by placing the special characters on the clipboard, and then pasting the clipboard, like so:

set the clipboard to "² ³ é ½ ₭"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down

I avoid using the above method to put text on the clipboard in AppleScript, because it necessarily converts the clipboard to rich text, in the process.

I prefer to employ the method provided here, to ensure that plain text is placed on the clipboard. But, this method converts special characters to mojibake.

For example, using the same string as above, this method puts the following text on the clipboard:

¬≤ ¬≥ √© ¬Ω ‚Ç≠

You can manually account for this issue, however, by adding a replace_chars statement for each special character.

The Question:

Is there a way to type special characters via AppleScript, without having to involve the clipboard?

For example, is there some way that I can add the desired special characters to a "bank" or system file somewhere, so that the System Events application is familiar with them?


texts: Is there any tool that will make it dead-easy to quarter the size of an image (i.e., de-Retina it)?

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Problem: when I take Screenshots on my retina mac using the built-in screen capture tool and attach them to certain tools (Outlook 2011, HipChat, etc.), they are enormous.

Usually to get around this problem, I'll resize them using Preview or I'll take the screenshots using Skitch.  But I'd love it if there was a way that I could simply select something from the right-click menu on the image and it would reduce the size to 1/4 (i.e., half the width).


texts: No audio on FaceTime on iMac (OS 10.13.6)

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I am not getting any sound on FaceTime.  The picture is fine but audio is neither sent or received.

How would I troubleshoot this on macOS 10.13.6?


texts: Moving by word no longer working in Word for Mac 2011

texts: In Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, previously Ctrl+arrow moved the cursor one word left/right. Recently, this function no longer works on my iMac. Is there a fix?


texts: Limit iPad data when tethered to iPhone (iOS equivalent of "Trip Mode" or "Little Snitch")

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I am using an old iPhone to create a Wi-Fi hotspot when I need to work at my cabin.

I found "Trip Mode" for limiting data usage from my MacBook; however, my iPad seems to be a little data-hog.

Is there any way to limit the apps (directly on my iPad) that can use data while tethered to the iPhone?

i.e. Is there an iOS equivalent of Trip Mode that I could install on the iPad?

This seems like something that many folks would need, but I can only find really old threads discussing it when I Google it.


texts: Create a bookmark to a webpage through non safari browser?

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Is it possible to create a shortcut or bookmark to a webpage directly from an iPad's main page
which opens in a non-Safari browser.

i.e. Readledocs or GoodBooks?


texts: Why are some shortcuts modified with the Shift key while others are modified with the Option key?

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I have used Windows for all of my life. In Windows, shortcuts are (almost) always initiated with the Control key. Modifications to those shortcuts are then done with the ⇧ key. So, for example, you move to the next tab using ControlTab ↹ and move to the previous tab using Control⇧Tab ↹.

I have recently moved to OS X and I'm having a hard time remembering when to use ⌥ and when to use ⇧ in combination with ⌘. I almost never get it right. It is like it is random, but I want to think there is actually a rule.

So, does this rule actually exist?


texts: Catalina: After some hours various things start to crash and/or stop working

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I have noticeg that after some hours or so, Google Chrome starts giving a crashing extensions message, and at that time everything starts acting weird.

If I try to open an application it says "Can't open X Application". Even the screenshot shortcut CMD+SHIFT+4 does not work.

Furthermore, terminal won’t even start at this point:

[forkpty: Resource temporarily unavailable]
[Could not create a new process and open a pseudo-tty.]

How can I troubleshoot this?


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Can't enable iCloud Drive on OS X Sierra. Going to Sys. Preferences > iCloud , can enable every feature, but not iCloud Drive. Can't enable it and icon has a fade out effect. Tried to log out and login again - didn't worked.

What could be the problem? My Mac was issued me by my company - could they block that feature?

macOS Sierra 10.12.5 Beta (16F43c)


texts: Can I bulk delete songs no longer on my hard drive from iTunes?

texts: Does anyone know how to do an iTunes windows bulk delete of files for songs no longer on my hard drive?


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I've added several automator applications to the scripts editor folder and I'd like them to be available at all times in the menu bar dropdown menu.

However they're only available in the Finder Scripts section of the dropdown menu only when the Finder window is open. If I close all finder windows then the Find Scripts section disappears from the drop down menu.

How can I keep my customs applications / scripts visible at all times in the dropdown menu?


texts: Boot camp can’t find the iso partition when I am in windows

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I installed Windows 10 64 system on my MacBook Pro 16 / 13 Retina
I used to switch simply by clicking on boot camp and clicking on the partition I want to use.

But since today I can’t see the Windows partition anymore

I looked only and I tried to restart my Laptop and press and hold the Option key but when I do that, after my PC starts I reach a black screen with a locked sign as you see in the picture I uploaded.

I have to hold the power again to lose this screen and it restarts to my Windows again

Any help to how I can access my Mac iso again
I have a lot of important files there


texts: Magsafe problem: only works in certain positions

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I recently bought a brand-new, genuine Magsafe 60W charger for my mid-2010 MBP (my previous charger died suddenly after months of extreme fraying). Within a few hours of using it, strange and bad things started to happen. First, the battery intermittently stopped charging despite an amber light. Then the light started dimming and flickering, and the connector started heating up a lot. Finally, it started completely failing to charge, with no light.

However, I then discovered that if I very carefully hold the cord in certain positions and apply tiny amounts of force in various directions, it charges completely fine. I thought this might be a Magsafe port problem, so I replaced the Magsafe port, but the problem persists. I also tried resetting SMC many times to no avail.

What could be the problem here? Is it more likely to be a charger problem or a logic board problem?

One thing I did notice is that the pins don't quite seem to line up exactly with the connections in the port: they're offset sideways by 0.3mm or thereabouts. It's a long shot, but it might explain why the charger only works when pulled in a certain direction. Is this a known issue?


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I have a long running problem with Wi-Fi Sync and haven't been able to solve it.

My iPhone will not sync over Wi-Fi. On my iPhone, when I go to Settings app → General iTunes Wi-Fi Sync, the Sync Now option is greyed out, and I get a message saying Sync will resume when (computer name) is available.

I've checked that both the iPhone and the laptop are on the same network, logged in with same account in iTunes and enabled Wi-Fi Sync both in iTunes and on the iPhone.

To solve the problem I have a so far tried:

Updated to latest version of iOS and iTunes.
Turned off firewall and antivirus.
Tried to sync at different locations, different routers, different ISPs, etc.
Uninstalled iTunes, cleaned registry with CCleaner, reinstalled iTunes.
Cleared sync history.

I also found a few months ago that even when I upgraded to a newer iPhone and transferred all my files and user data to the new phone using iTunes back up, the new phone would not sync over Wi-Fi. Maybe there is a bug in some setting that is getting transferred across.

I'm out of ideas.  Does anyone have any suggestions please? Preferably without totally wiping my iPhone and losing everything on it.


texts: Cloud-sycning MS Office documents on OS X/iOS

texts: I understand that iCloud does not synchronise MS Office Docs. What other options are available to synchronise and back-up my MS Office Docs across MacBook, iPad, etc.


texts: Created a second OS X partition, erased the first, now can't delete old partition

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I bought a secondhand macbook pro (early 2011). It was running Yosemite, but I wanted to do a fresh install, as initially I didn't have the password.

I created a 2nd partition and installed a clean Yosemite on to it. I then wished to use that partition, so I "erased" the original partition in Disk Utility, so that it would let me erase it.
Once I did that, the "-" button was selectable, but it will not actually delete the original partition, or modify the 2nd one at all.

I believe part of this is due to the the fact that the startup disc partition is on bottom and not on top, therefore I wouldn't be able to drag the partition to expand it to the max capacity of my computer.

That's all i'm trying to do. I realize that what I did was actually the long way (and pointless) to the results i'm trying to get. But how can I do this? I'm not worried about losing any info, as to me this comp is brand new. However, I don't have a USB stick with more than 8g, so I can't create a bootable disc for Yosemite, and pretty much need to install from app store download.


texts: OSA Script failing for JavaScript All the Sudden

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I'm running a simple Alfred 3 workflow as I always have but the osascript portion of it is failing all the sudden.  I've restarted my machine and of course Alfred 3.  This is the error I get in the debug panel:  [ERROR: action.script] osascript: no such component "JavaScript".

I'm on OSX 10.12.5

If it helps, I actually submitted the question to Alfred first and they sent me here, see the original Alfred forum post:  https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/11058-osa-script-failing-for-javascript-all-the-sudden/?tab=comments#comment-57404


texts: Mount SMB share without 2GB filesize limit on OSX Lion

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I want to mount a network attached drive onto OSX Lion with Samba.

Usually I do this in Finder with "Go>Connect to Server" and type "smb://192.xxx.xx.xxx" in the Server Adress field, however doing this i ran into a problem with transfering files larger than 2GB (SMB limit).

To bypass this issue I need to mount the drive with LFS (Large File Support), there are many posts online that show how to do this in terminal in Linux, but I cannot find nowhere how to do it in OSX. How can I do this?

Thanks!


texts: Why Did Time Machine Delete My Old Backups?

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I recently upgraded my hard drive from the stock Hitachi 250GB to a Western Digital 320GB. I restored from Time Machine.

I plugged in my hard drive today and left my hard drive to back up. Surprisingly, when I came back, the backups were being deleted.

Why?

It was the same installation. Now my unrecoverable backups are gone.


texts: How to auto-adjust the resolution of a Windows 7 VM using VMware Fusion?

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Recently, I have acquired a MacBook Pro Retina. Previously, I had always used Windows, and I still need it, because of Visual Studio. Hence I installed VMware Fusion and Windows 7 as a virtual machine.

The problem is that whenever I launch the VM, VMWare automatically sets the resolution of the guest to the maximum available on the Mac (that is 2880x1800). So I changed the resolution from Windows and set it to 1440x900, but, when I restart, on the login screen, it automatically reverts back to 2880x1800. I thought it was due to the VMware Tools, so I uninstalled them. It now works correctly, however I lose a lot of features without the Tools installed. How can I solve this?


texts: Is iTunes the only way to interface with an iPhone on a PC?

texts: I'm generally not a fan of iTunes for storing/listening to music (I use MediaMonkey). Is iTunes required for syncing between an iPhone and a PC?


texts: Does OS X's Disk Utility create hardware RAID or software RAID?

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I created a mirrored RAID (RAID 1) using 2 Western Digital 2TB external hard drives before, using Disk Utility on a Mac.  For this, it should be software RAID.

And then I got a WD Thunderbolt Duo 6TB, with two 3TB drives in it.

The question is, it seems that I can just create a RAID set inside of Disk Utility, as RAID 1, and then I will have a 3TB mirrored drive.  It doesn't say it is software RAID or hardware RAID, and I assumed it is software RAID.  Let's call this Process 1.

But when I go to Western Digital's website and downloaded the drive's utility and use it to erase the drive and configure it as RAID 1, close the app, and then use Disk Utility to view the drive, it appears exactly the same as before, as in Process 1 above.

So the question is, did Disk Utility create it as hardware RAID?  Can it create it as software RAID too, and how to I tell the difference?

I assume Western Digital's app should have created it as a hardware RAID, as there is no point in making it a software RAID when the RAID hardware is present inside the drive.

(I am using OS X Mavericks if that makes any difference).


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I have an iPhone 4 that's currently on AT&T. My 2-year contract will be fulfilled in January, and at that point (if possible) I'd like to switch my service to Straight Talk or some other less expensive alternative, since I hardly use up my data/voice/text allotments on AT&T.

A few questions:

First, I assume my phone needs to be unlocked. Can I simply request that AT&T unlock it once my contract is up? How does that work?
Since I already have the phone, can I buy just a SIM from Straight Talk (or whoever)?
Does any of this require that the phone be jailbroken? I do not want to jailbreak


texts: macOS High Sierra restarting by itself during sleep

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I have a 2017 MacBook Pro 15″ with High Sierra. I never turn off my laptop, instead I simply put it to sleep, so next day it's easier and faster to turn it on.

But often when I wake it up the next day, it has rebooted by itself. How can I see the shutdown/reboot cause, to try to fix it?

Here is the result of command "pmset -g"

System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 0
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                15 (sleep prevented by nsurlsessiond, nsurlsessiond, sharingd, coreaudiod)
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         0
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         15
 tcpkeepalive         1
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1


texts:
In the iPhone photos app, there are now special folders (Places, People, etc.). Unfortunately, photos in these albums will not import automatically into Windows when the iPhone is connected via USB.

Photos in the Places album do not show up in the "All Photos" album or the "Camera Roll".

Does anyone know of a procedure for getting photos from these albums (specifically, the Places album) onto a Windows PC?


texts: Please share your hidden macOS features or tips and tricks

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