texts: OSX Cant mount existing drive to new mountpoint, only default /volumes

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Have a pre-existing graid enclosure (named localdisk) that Im trying to mount on /localdisk mounting point.
I am attempting to mount manually via terminal because I want to choose the mountpoint, not the default under /volumes.
First things fist, I am making sure the drive is unmounted, which it is.
Next, I am grabbing the name from diskutil list, which is /dev/disk2. Then, I am running , as root :
diskutil mount -mountPoint /localdisk /dev/disk2
This returns: Volume on disk2 failed to mount, if it has a partitioning scheme, use "diskutil mountDisk"
Okay, fine. So then I am running diskutil mountDisk /dev/disk2. This mounts it at the default point, under /volumes, which is not acceptable. So I unmount again, and then try:
diskutil mountDisk -mountPoint /localdisk /dev/disk2.  As expected, this gives the standard "usage" return for when you are using improper syntax.


texts: OS X command line installer track progress

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I am trying to install an application through command line in OS X. This is what I am trying:

hdiutil attach app.dmg
cd /Volumes/appvolume
installer -pkg app.pkg -target "/"

This works fine, however, I am not able to get an output from the installer command from which I can capture the amount of progress made and the time/amount remaining. I tried the verbose option

installer -verbose -pkg app.pkg -target "/"

But this only prints output like installer: Optimizing system for installed software…....., etc, nothing about progress. But it surely knows about progress, because when I install the app via double clicking, the installer window that pops up shows a deterministic progress bar that progresses gradually and reaches full length when installation is complete.

Any way I can capture the progress status through command line installer as well?


texts: Can I wipe a MacBook Air SSD without having a recovery partition and still be able to do a new installation of OS X?

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I tried to update my old MacBook Air from OS X 10.8 to the newest El Capitan. However, now (directly after the installation) when I boot it up the loading bar will stop at 100% and nothing happens.

Then I wanted to reinstall OS X (10.8) but it says that it can't install an older version of OS X.

Now I'm really tempted to wipe the SSD but I'm worried that if I completely wipe the SSD it won't be able to do anything with the MacBook since it doesn't have a recovery partition.

Is it safe to wipe the SSD?


texts: how can i delete system extensions in macOS

texts: I don't know which path this extension exists in


texts: Which APP should I use if I want to draw a workflow with mathematical expressions on Mac?

texts: I want to find a graphic application that can draw basic workflows with mathematical expressions. For example, I want to draw something like the following figure from "Implementation and Optimization of Differentiable Neural Computers" by Carol Hsin.


texts: Does the App Store review team report only the first bug they found?

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If App Store review team rejects your App, can you be sure that the issue they found is the only one? Or they just stop reviewing once they encounter an issue?

I'm asking because I'm not sure whether to double check the whole App or just fix the problem they found and go ahead once again. I'm not really into wasting another 9 days to wake up with another rejection.

So, do they report all the issues they found, or the first one they noticed? Are there anybody out there who got reported more than one bug?

It's worth to add that my rejection happend due to 2.3 paragraph which stands for:

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


texts: Mac use Cmd-Opt-Control-Shift-, (comma) as a hotkey

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Is there a way to use CommandOptionControlShift, as  hotkey?

The same modifier keys (CommandOptionControlShift) work fine with letters, but I can't seem to make it do anything when using the , key.

Is it a system hotkey that needs to be removed from a plist somewhere? Or is it something deeper that can't be reassigned at all?


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I just noticed on my Mavericks' Finder today that there are two different Applications folders. One located under Main HD:

And the other one at Main HD -> Users -> Amit:

What's the difference between the two and why is one full while the other empty? Also, I did notice that my Main HD no longer shows the Users folder even though it's there. The Users folder wasn't always invisible. While it's no big deal, I am really curious as to why it would suddenly go undercover without me doing anything to it!


texts: Increase font size in pop up dictionary window in OS X Sierra

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On my Macbook Air running Sierra 10.12.5, there is no longer a Dictionaries directory under /Library, so the below suggested fix no longer seems to apply:
Dictionary lookup wider and taller (pop-up dictionary lookup styling) in OS X

Is there still a way to do this?


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While adding a new app on itunes connect I'm getting

  Try again. If the problem persists, contact us

Without any other details. I have tried different computers / browsers. If I open the chrome console I see that there is an internal server error on the http request.


texts: How to import X.509 certificates into MacOS?

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I have the file with X.509 certificates and the following preamble:

# This is a bundle of X.509 certificates of public Certificate
# Authorities.  It was generated from the Mozilla root CA list.
# These certificates are in the OpenSSL "TRUSTED CERTIFICATE"
# format and have trust bits set accordingly.
# An exception are auxiliary certificates, without positive or negative
# trust, but are used to assist in finding a preferred trust path.
# Those neutral certificates use the plain BEGIN CERTIFICATE format.

I tried to import it from command line but it fails:

$ sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain /Users/dzieciou/projects/mg/etc/pki/tls/certs/megabundle.crt

readFile: short read
***Error reading file /Users/dzieciou/projects/mg/etc/pki/tls/certs/
Error reading file /Users/dzieciou/projects/mg/etc/pki/tls/certs/megabundle.crt

I was able to import those certificates into Firefox on MacOS but Firefox does not use the system keychain.


texts: How to find source formula of brew package (github repo)?

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How can I find the sources and changes for a given brew package?
I'm having an issue with a package that's installed via brew on a cloud instance whose image I don't control. I'm trying to figure out if the issue is a result of the package installed from brew or not.
I want to find the source for that package in the brew system (that is, the git or other VCS where the formula/cask are maintained) and see what changes were made to the package in the past few days/weeks, look through the commits, and read their CHANGELOG.
How can I determine the repository for a given package on brew and look through its commits over time?


texts: Can anything cause the battery "cycles count" to appear higher than it really is?

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Is there anything that could cause the battery's "cycles count" in the Power section of System Information app to report number of charge cycles greater than the actual number?

I ask because the number of charge cycles displayed for my MacBook Air is greater than the number of days I have owned the computer, and I certainly have not used it every day, nor charged and then used the battery more than once a day. What could cause the number to be so high?


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Quick question that I just can not seem to find an answer for. I am wondering whether or not when using Documents to Go on my iOS device (iPad 2), if I open a file in safari, will this app help safari render the .doc or .ppt, whatever office format, correctly. Currently it can open the file but it does display the information and equations that are present in the document.

Does anyone know if this is the case? I want to know before I go and buy the app and am disappointed in its functionality. If this application does not do what I am asking, does anyone know of an app that can do this?

Thanks in advance for any advice!


texts: How can I install macOS to an internal HD on a different Mac?

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I have a MacBook Pro and my girlfriend has a MacBook Air. Her's is broken, so I reset her HD, which I did it from Disk Utility.

Can I reinstall macOS to hers from my Mac?

I have an attachment that lets me access the files from the HD on my Mac via USB. Can this be done through Disk Utility?


texts: Large (800 GB) Disk Image on Time Capsule as pseudo-NAS?

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I am considering getting a new Time Capsule (2TB) as a basic/pseudo NAS, in addition to a target for Time Machine for two macs.

My macs each have a 500 GB ssd. Neither are currently even half full, but at some point down the road, I assume they'll each have 400 GB. I think I've read that Time Machine should have storage for at least 1.5x the amount of data being backed up, so 400 x 1.5 = 600, x2 macs = 1.2 TB needed.

With the 2 TB Time Capsule, I'd have 800 GB available for NAS, but I need to LIMIT the space used by Time Machine, since it otherwise continues to grow, using all available space on the disk. But the TC disk can't be easily partitioned, so the solution I found is to put my NAS files in a blank Disk Image on the Time Capsule -- which prevents Time Machine from using that space. (See Can I set up quotas on my Time Capsule?)

When creating a Disk Image in Disk Utility, the largest preset is 8.3 GB. But this would require an 800 GB Disk Image. So finally, my question...

QUESTION -- Is an 800 GB Disk Image (and this strategy in general) ok, or is it a very bad idea? Why?


texts: I've just installed the Steam installer on my new iMac 5k, and downloaded the latest version of Steam onto it. When loading Steam, the login window loads, but all of a sudden the application freezes and needs to be "Force Quit". Any thoughts what a solution to this might be?


texts: Whats the most efficient way to switch between 2 open windows on OSX ? (OR What am I doing wrong ?)

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I've recently transitioned to using OSX after using windows/linux for the last 14 years. Few things I like, few things I can't come to terms with. The biggest gripe is active window management on OSX.

Scenario : 2 windows open side by side. Say one of them is a chat. Another is a turn based card game.

Action : Click on a control object of the passive window

In Windows, 2 things happen seamlessly. The window becomes active AND the control gets activated.

In OSX, with the same action, the window becomes active sometimes (depends on which application's window it is). Sometimes it doesn't get activated until you click on that windows titlebar (Happens a lot with the mail app). And then, only after it is activated, I can interact with anything inside that window.

This behaviour pisses me off. This, combined with the fact that there is no window snap available by default. (I installed BTT for this. Works well)
I am ready to unlearn the way I handle windows in Windows if OSX provides a more efficient way of working on 2 applications at the same time. Anybody ?

I have a 15 inch retina macbook pro with OSX 10.10.5


texts: How do I reinstall an app that was deleted but is still showing as installing?

texts: I had Google Maps installed on my iPhone.  Out of the blue it showed that it was "installing".  I deleted the app, but it still shows that it is being installed and the cloud symbol appears next to the app when I attempt to reinstall in App Store.


texts: macbook pro 2017 battery drains even in charge

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I have the strangest problem ever my mac drains even if it's charging. I have attached a picture to let you understand: as you can see the battery level decreases even if it is plugged in. I am not doing anything special than what I used to do with my previous mid 2014 mac but still this machine is not able to cope with it. It's a disaster. Any help appreciated.

Edit

as @Buscar suggested I reviewed my battery info from the menu here is the result:

So the battery number I so it positive but it seems it's not recovering but slowly decreasing...


texts: iOS 9.3 on iPhone 5 (Night Shift option is unavailable)

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I recently updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 9.3 and there is a new functionality introduced as "Night shift" option.

However it is not available on my iPhone 5
Any thoughts as to why?


texts: Recognize audio vs video podcasts in iOS

texts: When searching for podcasts in the official iOS app, is there a way to see which ones are audio vs video? Or filter the search?


texts: How to get my external and internal drives to show up on the desktop

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I have a 2020 iMac running Catalina. I would like for my internal drive and my external drives to show up on my desktop. Currently I have a blank desktop. I have tried going to Finder/Preferences and selecting the General tab. From General I check the boxes for Hard Disks and Internal Disk but they don't show up. Is there a command line tool to display them?
When I first started my new computer the internal drive and the external drives all showed up on my desktop. Later that day I used migration assistant to transfer the files i wanted to to my new machine. Since then none of my drives show up on the desktop.


texts: Should I use my primary Apple ID for that or create another one to use with Apple Developer account?

texts: I’m thinking about getting an Apple Developer account. But not sure whether I should tie it to my primary Apple ID that I use on all my devices. Will this has an effect on beta testing, or anything?


texts: Can same application be opened in 2 different desktops in MAC

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I am confused about what multiple desktops mean? I created another desktop using mission control plus icon at the top

But I am unable to open same application twice in different desktops. Is this not possible?

So, multiple desktops do not really behave like desktops but are actually just multiple screens that have a fancy name?


texts: Is there a terminal command to restart an application?

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I am having issues with Adobe Dreamweaver on my Mac running Yosemite.

I will be in the middle of saving a file to my server and it just locks up. Nothing will happen after that. I try and force quit the application and it closes fine. However, when I try and re-open it, it just bounces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBgQj_4fcIA

I have to restart the Mac 4-5 times a day because of this.

Is there a way to "clear" whatever is happening on a restart through a terminal command?

Its bad enough it locks up like this but if I could quickly clear the application from memory or cache; it would save a lot of time restarting.


texts: Bad battery life on iPhone 3GS used as iPod Touch

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My spouse got an iPhone 4 recently and we want to use the old iPhone 3GS as an iPod for the daughter.  They switched him over at the AT&T store so I don't know if the old phone has a SIM card in it or not right this minute (not at home).

The WIFI works fine.  On the top left of the screen where it would show bars and "AT&T", it displays NO SERVICE.

The issue is this:  the battery drains over night when it is asleep.  I have charged it the last few days and the next time the kid wants it, the battery is dead.  The iphone was only 1 year old so the battery shouldn't be fading.

Is the phone searching for service and draining the battery even when asleep?

I have disabled the location services and made sure push notifications are set to manual or disabled.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.


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I am trying to work with Docker and a gui application and I need to use the xhost command.

I believe it used to exist but I don't see it. I also believe it is related to Quartz but running Quartz doesn't magically make the problem go away!


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I keep getting the following kernel panic. Can anyone help me, please? As a test I have just change HDD to SSD and update memory from 2 GB to 8 GB. All said to be compatible with Mac. Upgraded OS X to Mountain Lion. Clean install from USB stick. Still the kernel panic happens a lot. What seems to be wrong?

Interval Since Last Panic Report:  1537 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1

Tue May 21 21:49:37 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801d0b7e95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80f8b8be80, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff80f8b8be80, CR3: 0x000000001fd46000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000b672b1, RBX: 0x0000011445eda085, RCX: 0xffffff802f6c2000, RDX: 0xffffff802f6ce800
RSP: 0xffffff80f8b8bdd8, RBP: 0x0000000000000000, RSI: 0x0000000000b672b1, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8:  0xffffff801d601ef0, R9:  0x7ffffffffffffffe, R10: 0x0000000000008611, R11: 0x00000000ffffff80
R12: 0x7fffffffffffffff, R13: 0x000003b8e5dab7ad, R14: 0xffffff80f8b5c148, R15: 0x0000000000000005
RFL: 0x0000000000010096, RIP: 0xffffff80f8b8be80, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff80f8b8be80, Error code: 0x0000000000000011, Fault CPU: 0x0 Kernel NX fault

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80f8b8ba70 : 0xffffff801d01d626
Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.26 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.47f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435434473353313036374D2E4D3136464400
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435434473353313036374D2E4D3136464400
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.16)
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.3f3 11349, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: KINGSTON SH103S3120G, 120,03 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0x26500000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0237, 0x04600000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 3


texts: TrueCrypt mount fails with cryptic error

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I am trying to mount a TrueCrypt file on my Mac (OS X 10.8).
When I do so I get the following error:

hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable file system

That is all there is. I tried running from the command line, but it switches to the GUI and then gives the same error.

The password is correct. It gives a different error, if I mistype it.
The file is mountable and readable on Linux (Kubuntu 12.08 and 13.04)
I have two files were this happens (one is 470 Gb, the other is 300 Gb). One file where this is not the problem and at least reading works fine (haven't tested writing). That file is only 90 Gb.
The external disk where these files are on is formatted as ext4, which I mount through ext4fuse.

Please help me, I am in the process of copying the data onto a Mac compatible external disk. At the moment I am rsyncing over Wifi and it requires two computers running and takes ages.
UPDATE

Yesterday night, I copied the 300 Gb file to my Mac formatted external disk. The same problem happened, thus I'd conclude that it is not an ext4fuse issue.

The TrueCrypt volume is internally formatted as ext4.

It does not contain a hidden volume.


texts: iPadOS: Stop Safari from allowing restricted sites

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I have two iPads set up for children, and I'm using Screen Time to restrict the websites that they can visit to a white list of allowed sites.
When a 'forbidden' website is accessed, both iPads give a page saying: "Restricted Site. You cannot browse this page."
One iPad is running iPadOS 12, and this works well. The other is running iPadOS 14.4, and this one also gives a button on the page, saying "Allow Website". Tapping this button allows the website with no password or PIN.
This makes it 'childsplay' to override the restriction list. Is there any way of improving this?


texts: Does Apple and either AT&T or Verizon currently allow voip services to be used? Essentially, would a user be able to have phone services by using just a data plan?


texts: Edit contents of file from Finder with text editor

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As a developer I need to constantly be examining/editing the contents of text files, and opening them from Finder and the command line.

I would like to right click the file in finder, and have the menu option "Open with Sublime Text Editor" or at least TextEdit!

There even seems to be the option to do this at least with the default TextEdit in Mavericks:

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services > Files&Folders > Open Selected Files in TextEdit

But if I check that, nothing happens!  As opposed to "new terminal at folder" which DOES work.

Instead I:

right click on the file -> Open with -> Other -> "tex"-> (click TextEdit) -> check "Always open with..." -> Open

And...

'foo.bar can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.'

WHAT? All that work for nothing!

Instead I have to launch TextEdit, and open the file.

The command line is no fun either; using vim / emacs is horrible; I don't want any editor where I have to remember some obscure keyboard shortcut to even get back to my terminal prompt.

So how do I achieve a decent workflow as a developer?


texts: Is there a way to combine sound settings on iOS?

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I have discovered that iOS (5) has two sound settings: "Sound effects" and just "sound" with no title. Due to this I often have sound effects muted but not other app sounds, and it's not easy to mute/enable one type of sound and not the other.

Is there any way in iOS 5 to change both sound effects and general sounds using only the volume rocker?


texts: How to configure router for Remote Desktop connection?

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I am currently working remotely due to the pandemic. I am one of very rare Mac user at my university. In Poland Macs are not popular, and our net administrator and our tech support have no or limited knowledge on macOS. I use desktop MacMini (at work) and MacBook Air (at home) both logged in with the same AppleID, running on Big Sur. I have installed Apple's Remote Desktop (v.3.9.4.) on my MacBook Air and want to connect remotely and work on my MacMini at work (screen sharing). I already contacted Apple's Tech Support and learned that to access remotely from different network router at my university's network has to have set a port forwarding (ports 3283, 5900).
Can anyone provide me more details on that? I got feeling that I need a ready solution when I contact my net administrator with that to overcome unwillingness to tackle new problems.
Best regards, Marcin


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I recently switched to OS X from linux. And the thing that annoys me really much is ugly white spaces at the right and the bottom of the screen. You can see it at the picture attached. And I can't resize the window.

Does anyone have the same problem as me? I have MBP 13" 2011. Is there a way to delete these spaces out of the box or should I install some third-party software?

link to pic: http://i.imgur.com/grhQMkP.png


texts: Apple Macbook MB467LL/A gray screen no apple logo HELP please

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New to the site, and I am having a little problem. My wife's Macbook has me stumped. It was working fine, (running Mavericks) and then just powered off. On powering back on we are now treated to a blank grey screen. I attempted resetting the PVRAM, and now we have the chime back, but still the grey screen, nothing else. So far I have attempted safe boot, verbose boot, single-user mode and I still have the grey screen.

I attempted to boot from my back USB, via the startup manager, and bootable media (c key) and same outcome... gray screen.

With the macbook being a few years old, and so far I've already replaced multiple parts (screen/power board/RAM) and with the Apple Care long gone, I really don't want to take it back to Apple. Last time we took it there, they wanted $800 to fix it, and it ended up costing me $10. Any suggestions are appreciated, as I will try anything to get it up and running again.

Many thanks.


texts: What factors are important when selecting an external hard drive for time machine backups?


texts: How to create an Automator service to run a script on all files in a folder

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I want to create a service using Automator to run a shell script on all files in a folder, say delete all log files. What I have done is

Created a new service in automator.
Added a "Run Shell Script" action. I have change this to 'pwd' for now.
Selected "Service receives selected folders".
Tried to run it, but get a message. "To test this service within Automator, add the "Get Specified Finder Items" action to the beginning of your workflow. Remove or disable the action before running the workflow outside of Automator.
OK. So I add "Get Specified Finder Items". Added a 'test' directory to the list of items.

Now, when I run the script, the results window prints out my home directory.

Elsewhere, I have read that I maybe need to add

cd "$1"

to the beginning of my script. I did that but it still prints my home directory. How do I get this thing to print the directory I have selected in "Get Specified Finder Items?"

Edited to Add

Here is a screen shot of a script that works.

Here is a screen shot os a script that doesn't work.

The usual way I would deal with the "no match found : *.log" error would be to redirect error output to null. Replacing the "rm" line by

find . -name "*.log" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf

Does work though. This seems more difficult than it should be.


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I recently updated to macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Beta (16E144f) and it might be what is causing sudo to delay up to 10 minutes as it's the most recent change I recall since this problem occurred. I have never had to wait so long for a basic program and something is clearly wrong. The command eventually succeeds, but after waiting way too long.

I've been using this question as a reference. So far, I've tried adding my hostname to the end of the 127.0.0.1 line in /etc/hosts as well as. I checked /etc/resolv.conf and I did have some extra entries from when I was on a network that needed manual DNS entries, but I removed them and there has been no difference. I used the networksetup -setdnsservers command to restore the original values. Internet still works fine but still a very slow sudo.

I tried the logger 'test' command thinking it would write to /var/log/system.log, but it looks like it totally deleted that file although it was soon made anew.

I was hoping to use the strace command to see what was happening while sudo ran but that command is not available on OS X. Has anyone ran into this problem on this operating system before?

/var/log/system.log has the following messages that may be relevant. Again the command does eventually succeed as normal:

Feb  1 00:07:39 mycomputer com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Feb  1 00:07:56 mycomputer com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.quicklook[2355]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
Feb  1 00:08:16 mycomputer System Preferences[1886]: I can not do what i want
Feb  1 00:11:23 mycomputer com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.opendirectoryd[2335]): Service exited with abnormal code: 70
Feb  1 00:12:07 mycomputer syslogd[54]: ASL Sender Statistics
Feb  1 00:16:35 mycomputer com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.opendirectoryd[2395]): Service exited with abnormal code: 70

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: On previous iPhone devices holding down the lock button brought up the "Slide to Turn Off" screen. From the keynote Apple said that holding down the side button brings up Siri now. How do I turn off iPhone X?


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I've just installed OS X Server. Whenever I try to shut it down (as a local interactive user), I keep seeing a prompt that requires me to enter an admin's name and password before proceeding with the shutdown:

Shutting down may cause other users logged into this computer to lose unsaved changes.

I keep seeing this dialog even though there is nobody else connected to the machine.

Question is, how can I disable this dialog? I mean, let anybody who is logged in locally to shutdown the machine without entering an administrator password (or even without entering their own password?) I see this is not a security issue since with physical access, they can just press the power button.

My original intention is to use the living room's iMac as an Xcode build server, primarily to run unit tests. The machine starts and automatically logs in to a non-privileged account to make it convenient for people to use it to play videos and such. It would be nice to have this machine run unit tests as well, and it's really not critical if a build/run gets canceled mid-way because the machine is shutting down.

Server version: 4.1 (14S1092)
OS X: 10.10.3 (14D136)


texts: How to disable emoji substitution for pictographs/symbols in special characters?

texts: When I try to insert a special character/symbol/pictograph that has an emoji equivalent, it always changes into the emoji instead. Is there a way to make it not do this? I am not asking about how to disable emoji substitution when typing smileys in Messages. This is happening wherever I try to insert a symbol--in Safari, TextEdit, and I even tried symbol and text substitution in System Preferences but the symbols turned into emoji there also.


texts: iMac shows frozen at bootup, but computer running normally in background

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I'm on an Intel iMac running Lion.

I'm having major issues with my iMac. The iMac froze whilst using Chrome, and I was forced to reset it.

After the reset the screen seemed to freeze on the apple logo, with the spinning wheel. I've followed several steps on different sites with weird results.

I've reset the PRAM/NVRAM as Apple suggested.
I've tried a safe boot, the progress bar got to about 35% then gave up and showed the screen I have now
Tried booting from an install disk (Snow Leopard) to use Disk Utility. This produced a Kernal Panic error message.

The weird thing is that the computer behind the screen seems to be running fine. I've SSH'd in from my laptop and logged in fine, it all seems ok.

I've tried running fsck like Apple suggest but it says it can't perform a repair because the disk is in use.

UPDATE
I've tried booting up in single-user mode and running /sbin/fsck -fy and it says that everything is fine, but if I try exiting and booting again the same issue persists.

So any ideas on what I could try next?


texts: How to reinstall Bluetooth drivers on Bootcamp Windows

texts:
I accidentally deleted my Bluetooth drivers from Device Manager and there is no Bluetooth option, even if I select the “Show hidden items” option.
I tried downloading drivers from Apple, but I still could not install it.


texts: mac mini flashing mouse repetitive sound wont let me click on stuff

texts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5NeoGTkkZ4&index=2&list=PLTlfSplem0iX3CLphwxx5fPGD98ydgbpZ

okay so basically half a week ago my computer would start making weird sounds and not letting me click on anything. pretty sure that's not normal for macs, but anyway, i have searched long and hard for the solution tried restarting my computer, using all the computer repair tools built into the mac
literally nothing has helped. now i have two main theories, either my computer has been cursed or hive a virus. no clue what to do.

any help at all would be very very very much appreciated
Ps: i had to use someone else's computer to post this (yes it's that bad)


texts: How can i install "Stardict" on my macbook?

texts:
I tried to install Stardict on my macbook. but it didn't work

What have i tried?

I tried to follow this guide https://code.google.com/p/stardict-3/wiki/MacOSX but it didn't work for me or may be i did something wrong.

Who can install Stardict on mac machine, Can you tell me how to install it?


texts: Not a valid identifier upon terminal startup

texts:
I am getting this line each time I open my terminal. Everything else seems to be working ok but I would like to get this fixed since I don't think it is a good sign.

Last login: Mon Feb 19 09:21:05 on ttys000
-bash: export: `Workbooks.app/Contents/SharedSupport/path-bin': not a
valid identifier
Rachels-MacBook-Pro:~ rachelromine$

I have checked out my bash_profile and this is what it looks like

eval export PATH="/Users/rachelromine/.rbenv/shims:${PATH}"
export RBENV_SHELL=bash
source
'/usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/1.0.0/libexec/../completions/rbenv.bash'
command rbenv rehash 2>/dev/null
rbenv() {
  local command
  command="$1"
  if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
    shift
  fi

  case "$command" in
  rehash|shell)
    eval "$(rbenv "sh-$command" "$@")";;
  *)
    command rbenv "$command" "$@";;
  esac
}

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

test -e "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.bash" && source
"${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.bash"

I think I must have installed something that when awry. If you have any idea of what I installed that could have caused it that would be extremely helpful but mostly I want to correct the valid identifier issue that appears each time I open my terminal.


texts: After upgrade to Lion OS X I've noticed new "Safari Web Content" process which is separate from the Safari.app itself. And after some time it starts using huge amounts of memory (so far, 1.2G real memory logged). Is there a way to limit process's real memory usage to, say, 500M?


texts:
Helping a friend with their computer. They are running macOS 10.9 with FileVault2. Some "helpful" person turned FileVault on for them, even though they have no need for it. It is now preventing us from booting in SafeMode, Cloning their drive for upgrading to SSD, etc. They are not sure if they have the Passkey, but have a few things written down that MIGHT be the Passkey.

Question: If I turn FileVault OFF, try these various Passkeys, and none of them work, can I just cancel the process of turning FileVault OFF and they will be able to carry on as before?

Or is turning FV OFF and failing to provide the correct Passkey somehow going to cause a problem? (I know this is unlikely, and that I can probably just hit "cancel", but I dont want to risk hosing their system, so asking here.)

Thank you.


texts: Accidentally formatted High Sierra operating system, how to reinstall?

texts: A family member has accidentally formatted her High Sierra operating system on her Apple computer. Over the phone, she asked me how to download and reinstall the operating system again. I haven't much experience with Apple ecosystem, can anybody suggest a solution? Sorry if this question looks like a stupid one.


texts: What do I do if I lost my restore DVDs and have a corrupted HD in my Macbook Pro 2010?

texts: I have a Macbook Pro 2010 (Core2Duo), and I lost my original software and OS restore DVD. The one that came with the laptop. Now my HD volume is corrupted (many programs quit randomly now -- like iTunes, XCode, etc). What can I do? Can I just go buy an OS X Lion DVD, reformat my HD, and do a clean install? Or do I somehow have to get the original DVD that came with the Macbook Pro and start from there? Please help. Thank you.


texts: I want to stop gmail messages appearing on my screen as soon as I log on

texts: When I put my password into my mac and log on I get my gmail screen with its messages appearing together with other items how do i stop this happening. I am using OSX version 10.8.5  Thank you IR.


texts:
I'm running on my iMac 10.11.6, using the default email.
The last 2 months or so, I cannot send mail.  All my settings are correct.  I've had them checked by Apple, those who provide my mail service have logged into my computer to check the settings, and I've taken my computer in for support where I purchased it from a certified Apple Dealer.  I've run Malware as well. I receive email with no problem.  No one can seem to figure out why I cannot send.  The connection doctor indicates I cannot access the SMTP server.  Any ideas please.  Thanks


texts: Adding contextual menu item to zero out files?

texts: I want to be able to easily zero-out (make the filesize 0, not fill the existing filesize with 0s) files from the Finder by selecting files from within Finder and selecting an action from the right click menu. I looked at the available Automator actions, but I could only figure out how to delete and recreate files, which would lose any existing attributes. How can I create a contextual menu item to zero out files?


texts: Devanagari text not shown in 2007 ipod Classic 160 gb

texts:
I have a 2007 iPod Classic (160 gb). I added songs from my pc (using iTunes) to my iPod. The songs have id3 tags and lyrics. But when I play the songs on my iPod and try to see the lyrics only English lyrics are shown. When I try to see lyrics of Hindi songs the Devanagari text is not shown and the lyrics page is blank. The same is true for the song titles. The Hindi lyrics can be seen under the song info in iTunes. Is there a software or app which can be added to the iPod to allow it to show Devanagari text?
Thanks,


texts:
Whenever I plug in my iPhone 6, there will lag on everything including the lock-screen, and the touchscreen will detect presses in areas where there is none, and will “end” long presses even if my finger is still on the screen,
The problems continue even after I unplug The phone with the only fix being to restart the phone. If the phone boots while plugged in the problems will still happen.
The touchscreen and lag issues are worse if I’m using an outlet from a car or trailer, and if the phone is hot (I have never got a heat warning from the phone). The issue will still happen even in perfect conditions (Plugged into a buildings power outlet and phone temperature is cold or room temperature)
The iPhone 6 is not running low on storage space and runs iOS 12.4.8 although the problem has happened on previous versions of iOS 12 (I have only had the phone on iOS 12)


texts: MacBook with 10.4.11 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1GB 667Mhz DDR2...... HELP!

texts:
I am afraid I am not a Mac user so please forgive me for not knowing what I am doing.
I work with a charity which has been collecting old laptops to send to schools in Ghana, Africa. All but one have been Windows computers.
As you can see in the title of this thread I have a old Mac in my hands (in fact it looks like new!).
I have, with the help of Apple had it de-registered.
So I now have a computer with old Safari on which doesn't want to do a few things. It will not update Safari. The OS will not update. Apple said they no longer support it. So I thought I would download a different browser. Nope. No luck. I downloaded chrome but that won't install.

Does anyone know if I can make this computer worth sending to Ghana or should I bin it! I have equally old Windows computers which are now running Linux beautifully but because I don't normally use Mac I don't really understand the language used for installing on a Mac.....it is definitely not as simple!

If anyone lives in the Wigan area of the UK and want's to have a bash at putting Linux on just for the fun of it (with a working camera, touch pad, bluetooth and wifi...the CD drive is not so important) and knowing that you achieved something for a good cause I would be happy to drop it off!


texts: CPU usage is too high with Yosemite and an external monitor

texts:
I use Yosemite 10.10.4 on my MacBook Pro (2012).

I used to work with an external monitor: Apple Thunderbolt 27" monitor.

The issue is that, according to Activity Monitor, the kernel_task process consumes more than 600% of CPU even when no tasks are running! The computer becomes totally unusable.

The workaround is to disconnect the external monitor, but I really need this secondary screen to work.

Why didn't Apple fix this issue in the latest Yosemite update?

Is there a fix for this?


texts: Is it possible to have Aperture import videos alongside pictures when importing from a phone. It can handle videos, but when it shows me the list of things to import, only pictures are displayed.


texts: Replace Apple In-App purchase with custom bitcoin based prefill system?

texts: Am I allowed to use in my iOS app a prepay system, where user can upload bitcoin to use in-app premium services? I want to avoid pay 30% for Apple.


texts: What documentation exists to explain TheVolumeSettingsFolder on OS X?

texts:
Searching Google for the following I only found uninformed crap. What is this?

looris@Palace-of-the-Nine-Moons:/tmp $ tree /TheVolumeSettingsFolder/
/TheVolumeSettingsFolder/
└── HFSExtentTables
    └── OVDBHDR4R6PVQJPJRE6QTLCBNS
        ├── 8PHMGCTSVNFUN915KNSCRDST3K
        └── UBNUIHU3QNGCTMAO8ECAQ65960

2 directories, 2 files

The two files are binary data (file just says "data" and strings returns nothing useful).

If they are, as the name would imply, actually "volume settings", how can I know which volume they refer to?


texts: Sandbox Apple ID disabled in the App Store and iTunes

texts:
I am attempting to test macOS In-App Purchases via a Sandbox Apple ID.
When I go through the purchase flow, I get the error:

Your account has been disabled in the App Store and iTunes.
For assistance, contact iTunes Support.
[Environment: Sandbox]

Why was my Apple ID disabled, and how can I use it for this transaction?
Additionally, I now always get this error and am unable to sign-in with a different Sandbox account. Is there a way to reset back to a clean slate?


texts: Permission denied problem on just one NTFS folder

texts:
I have an old (Maxtor One Touch) 300G drive that years ago I used for backing up files from a Windows PC. It's NTFS.

On my (MacBook Pro, Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013, Yosemite 10.10.2) system I can easily access it as USB, and copy over all of the files - except one folder.

Almost 20K files with over 80G of content copy over fine. Except this one directory. There seems to be nothing special about that directory - 112 files, 63 MB worth, all with the expected "You can only read" access rights since it's NTFS. But not a single file in that directory can be copied. I can list the files, but can't read them.

Suggestions?


texts: Per-application selection of correct spell checker language on Mac?

texts:
I am Norwegian, but I set up my new iMac with English as the primary language.

My question is this:

  Can I configure Mac OS X (possibly through a 3rd party application, free or not) to pick the right spell checker language depending on which application I'm typing in?

I went and downloaded a Norwegian spell checker file, and for some reason, when I opened up Trillian (IM/chat) directly afterwords, and started typing, it gave me Norwegian spell checking hints. ie. Any Norwegian word I mistyped, and right-clicked on, it showed up a list of other, correct and similar, Norwegian words.

After a few reboots and whatnot, Trillian is apparently back to English and will only list English words when I misspell them.

Now, after this I've discovered how to pick which language to use the spell checker against, it's under Language & Text in System Preferences, Text tab, Spelling setting.

However, when I'm in Chrome, as I am right now while typing this question, I rarely type in Norwegian, and when I'm in Trillian, I rarely type in English. Most of the time when I'm typing in Chrome, it's for emails or Stack Exchange-related posts, all in English, and only 1-2 of all my IM-friends are English so I only ever type in Norwegian there.

Thus, my question; can I configure Mac OS X to automatically use the right spell checker when I'm typing in a particular program, so that when I'm typing text in Chrome, it uses the English spell checker, and when I'm typing in Trillian, it uses the Norwegian one, and so on and so forth?


texts: why modified pictures lose the little white frame as thumbnails in finder?

texts:
Let's say we have a picture. We open it with photoshop and save it a copy. If we open the folder with finder, the original picture has a white frame, but the modified doesn't. Why is this happening? is there any way to prevent this behavior?

Note: I don't know if this happen with all the formats, or with modified images by different softwares. Any idea?


texts: iPhone 5 problem, "No Service" and not being recognised by iTunes

texts:
I've recently purchased a second hand iPhone 5. They demonstrated the phone making calls before I purchased it.

Unfortunately the phone isn't being recognised by iTunes, and is also very frequently showing me the message "No service". I did however very briefly have service earlier today, enough to send and receive a couple of SMS's.

The things I have tried are:

Restarting laptop,
Trying another laptop,
Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes (on both laptops),
"Reset Network Settings,
Rebooting phone,
Airplane mode on / off,
4G on / off,
Updating all software,
Trying to turn off automatic carrier selection, but I get the message "Unable to load network list",
"Reset All Settings",
Trying many mixes of restarting with cables in and out and every different USB port available to me,
Offering my lunch to the gods.

The software involved is:

iTunes 12.1.50
iOS 8.1.2
OS X 10.10.2

I've also checked and the phone is definitely unlocked, and marked as last activated yesterday when I first tried to use it.

I would be greatly appreciative of any further suggestions.


texts: Is there a way to move the OS X notification center, or at least the notification alerts, to the left side of the screen?


texts: Can I add a status icon for thunderbolt ethernet to the menu bar? (Mavericks)

texts:
As the title suggests, I'm using a mac book pro with os x 10.9.2 and I connect to the network through the ethernet adapter thunderbolt.

Is there a way to get a reference icon in the menu bar, as is the case for the wifi?

I'd prefer not to use applications such as iStatsMenu or similar ..


texts: Is there a faster way to insert text at cursor in AppleScript than "keystroke"?

texts:
This is for a .scpt file, triggered by a keyboard combo in FastScripts, entitled "Type As Single Line Plain Text."

The AppleScript code takes the clipboard text, removes all rich text formatting, and then removes all line breaks and indentations, setting this new string to a new variable, theClipboardTextWithoutAnyLineBreaksOrFormatting. Finally, I want the AppleScript to insert this new text at the blinking cursor.

But, I don't want to overwrite the original clipboard with this new, plain text string. I simply want the new string typed out at the blinking cursor, system-wide and in any application. keystroke does accomplish exactly what I want. It is just slow.

Here is the full script:

set theClipboardTextWithoutAnyFormatting to (the clipboard as text)

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {return & linefeed, return, linefeed, character id 8233, character id 8232}
set theClipboardTextWithoutAnyLineBreaksOrFormatting to text items of (theClipboardTextWithoutAnyFormatting as text)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {" "}

tell application "System Events" to keystroke theClipboardTextWithoutAnyLineBreaksOrFormatting

The problem with this method is that if theClipboardTextWithoutAnyLineBreaksOrFormatting contains a very long string, for example 2000 characters, then it will take a while for all of the text to be typed out, since it is being done manually in real time.

Is there a better way?


texts: iCloud is re-creating empty folders for old iOS Apps

texts:
I recently navigated to:

Users/gruberbastian/Library/Mobile Documents

There I saw tons of old iOS Apps I installed on my iPad over a year ago. Those folders are empty, but no matter how often I try to delete them (rm -r 'foldername'), they re-create themselves.

I even cannot find them under the

  System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive

So for example I find a folder called

iCloud~com~FireproofStudios~TheRoom3

I type this in the command line:

rm -r iCloud~com~FireproofStudios~TheRoom3

Now the folder is gone, but after a few seconds, it reappears again.

  How can I permanently delete old iCloud Apps and data?

UPDATE
This is the Library/Mobile Documents folder

Apps like readdle~scanner~pdf (and many more) are not part of the iCloud Drive overview:


texts: What is Catalina (and no other OSX) doing with/to the disk?

texts:
My question is at
Mysterious disappearance of disk space on Catalina (and not any other OSX)
Tetsujin closed it pointing to How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?
but just look at the very different O.S.s in the two questions.
Also, my question is vastly different in that I have expressly identified that the Case of the Vanishing Disk-Space is solely attributable to Catalina as no such thing was happening in Sierra, and there are also further particulars stated in the question.
In one line, What on earth is Catalina doing with and to the disk that other OSXs didn't?
With due respect to 'One-Percenters' of apple.stackexchange, please try to read and understand the question and its specifics and don't keep being so trigger-happy in shutting down questions/threads/discussions.


texts: How can I gift an iPad app from iPhone OR via Web?

texts:
I would like to gift an iPad app to my friend. I don't have iTunes installed on my work laptop and right now I don't have my iPad with me.

All I am trying is checking it on App Store on my iPhone, but the search is not listing the iPad version, instead it's only showing iPhone version of the same app.

I also tried via browser, but no luck.

Do I have to wait until I go home and do it from either iTunes on my Mac or iPad?

Looking for some solution!


texts: USB Drive Will Not Mount, Not Listed in Disk Utilities, but Found In System Profiler

texts:
I have a Seagate FreeAgent Go drive with the optional docking station.  I use it to keep files that I don't access on a regular basis and as a place to do "quick backups" of things like my Paperless library or my Lightroom Catalog.  This morning, I saw a message on my desktop (I didn't shut down) that I failed to eject it properly.

Now it will not mount.

If I run

diskutil list

it dosen't show up at all.  It's not there.  Period.

However, in system profiler, it shows up under the USB, but not under the storage.

Ok.  So I thought my drive is dying.  If I plug it into another computer, it works perfectly.  In fact, I plugged it into a Surface RT of all things and I was able to read and write with no problem.  It also works on another Mac (MBP 10.10.3) I go back to my iMac with 10.10.3 and nothing—it's like it dosen't exist.

Here's the kicker: I have another FreeAgent Go drive, exact same model and size as the one that dosen't work, and if I plug it in to the exact same dock, it works.

I have checked my console logs and the only thing that comes up when plug in the failed drive is the error message

  USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 0x00000000 0xbc2 0x2100 0x0, 2

I have removed all USB drives, did a warm reboot, a cold reboot and even a reboot in safe mode: no joy.

Everything I have searched for has something about not being able to boot and the fix is repairing the disk via recovery console.  That's not my issue.  I can boot just fine.  I just can't read this USB HDD.

Anyone else run into this?


texts: How to encrypt external network drive timemachine backup

texts:
I am following this:
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/turn-nas-windows-share-time-machine-backup/

Which basically says that you have to create a sparse disk image and put that on your external network drive and mount it.

I create the sparse image with disk utility:

Notice that I chose 128 bit encryption for the sparse image.

I add that to my network drive and mount it.

Once I do that I have to tell timemachine to use that disk:

  sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/TimeMachine

That works great, when I open timemachine it is setup with that disk and I can perform backups.

However when the backup starts I get a warning that I am backing up an encrypted drive to an unencrypted disk:

Normally if you can find the drive on the network through the TimeMachine UI, there is a checkbox to encrypt your backups.  However when using tmutil on the command line I do not believe that there is an option for that.

Is there a way I can get time machine to perform encrypted backups using this method?

If not is there a way that I can mount this external network drive in such a way that the TimeMachine UI will be able to see it on the network so I can select it as a backup drive?


texts: Connect firewire MacMini to thunderbolt MacBook Pro

texts: I have a MacMini that only has a firewire port, I want to connect it to my MacBook Pro via its thunderbolt port, can I do this so that I can then (using target mode) display my Mac mini on my macbook pro)? What equipment would I need todo this?


texts: Mac graphical glitch, UI replaced with gradients?

texts:
I'm currently running on a Mac Mini (2014 Model) and recently although rare I have been experiencing some strange graphical glitches, it seems to replace parts of my UI and whenever I open an application with a green and red gradient. I'm not sure if this is driver related or memory perhaps? - Regardless any help or info as to what is causing this would help!

Edit:
The resolution is 1440p (Thunderbolt -> DisplayPort Adapter) and is running on OSX 10.9.5 (Mavericks)


texts: I am stuck in a situation here. I am migrating my email database from Apple Mail to Windows Outlook. Plenty of my emails were on the online web mail that were automatically downloaded when I signed in Outlook for windows but there are many emails that are offline and stored in apple mail. How can I migrate those emails from Apple mail to Windows Outlook?


texts: Replacing The Blue Folder Icon With A Customised Image?

texts:
How can I select a JPEG image and use that to customise/replace the usual blue folder icon for a given folder (which additionally may even make it easier to tell folders apart, when looking for one)?

If this can be achieved without the use of a specific App, then all the better.


texts: How do I cancel an update on my iMac sierra that i don't want to install?

texts: I installed an iMovie update on my iMac however now i have another iMovie update that is the exact same as i just installed..how do I cancel it?


texts: Applescript won't play movie when waking from sleep

texts:
I have the following AppleScript, which is triggered by iCal to act as my alarm clock:

set musicPath to the path to me as text
set musicPath to text items 1 thru -12 of musicPath as text
set musicPath to musicPath & "drumsolo.aif"

set volume output volume 90

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    run
    open musicPath
    tell document 1 --
    play --
    end tell --
end tell

I've also used 'play front document' and 'play document 1' for the block marked with dashes.
The problem is, System Preferences wakes up the computer on time (from sleep, 5 minutes before the script is triggered). The script works, opening the file and turning up the computer's volume.

But, when actually running the script for real, and ONLY then, the darn sound file won't play. It just sits there.
When I tested it w/ Applescript editor, it opens and plays fine.
When I tested it w/ iCal (resetting the event to a new time), it opens and plays fine.
When I reset the computer's sleep time and the day's event, it opens and plays fine.

It's only when I actually put my computer to sleep, rest for 8 hours, and the script wakes the computer that it doesn't play. Help!!


texts: Accidently upgraded from iOS 13.2 to latest iOS 14, how to revert?

texts: iPhone popped the new update ready to install screen and I accidently hit install instead of later as I always do. It's now in the process of installing. How may I revert back to previous 13.2 once installation is complete?


texts: This window keeps popping up and wont go away.. help?

texts:
This window keeps popping up on my Mac ever since I updated the OS to Catalina.

I tried searching for the file and selecting "show in finder" but nothing is there? Can anyone help me fix this problem? Very irritating to have this little box on my screen all the time.


texts: Installing Windows on a Mac Pro 5.1 on top of open core

texts:
I'm running a Mac Pro 5.1 (original 2010) with Big Sur on open core with the following specs:

CPU: 2 x 2,9 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon

Memory: 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

GPU: Radeon RX 580 8 GB

SSD 1: 500GB SSD running Big Sur/opencore

SSD 2: 256GB SSD currently containing Catalina, will be the Windows disk

HDD 1: 80GB HD used for data only.

I want to install Windows next to Big Sur on my 256GB SSD SSD2) and every now and then boot into it, preferably via open core.
I found some various guides/posts that concerned me a bit on the approach. One stated that you should not use a USB drive for installation as it might temper with the firmware an potentially corrupt it.
https://crystalidea.com/blog/classic-mac-pro-and-windows
I've also found tutorials that explicitly say to do use an usb drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRuLPQCzOXQ
Other suggest using Rufus (http://rufus.ie) to install Windows.
I have a few questions:

Does anyone have experience with installing Windows on a Mac Pro 5.1
Is any of these procedures up to date?
If I corrupt the firmware, will I be able to recover it?
Can I use the RX 580 while installing or do I need to fit in a boot screen gpu for the installation?
Does anyone have more recommendations/advice suggestions for this?


texts: Mount two disks/directories into a single point

texts:
I want to mount two disks or directories into a single mount point. I saw some article online which mentioned bindfs, I had a look at it but I don't understand how it can help.

Another article shows how to mount two disks into a single directory using this mount option: -o union. I tried those instructions and they don't seem to work.

My goal is to mount a disk into an existing directory of an already mounted disk and see both files from the mounted disk and the directory.

Edit:

The solution proposed is not working, the content of the disk hides the content of the target directory.


texts: How does MacOSX 10.5 chose between networks with the same SSID?

texts: I have a Linksys router with dual-band networking. I set the 5ghz band to WirelessN and the 2.4ghz band to wirelessG. If I set them both to the same SSID, will the Mac automatically chose the faster WirelessN band? Is there a preference I need to set for this?


texts: Switching "primary" imac in Target Display Mode

texts:
I work in an office with a bunch of old iMacs sitting around. I thought I'd get clever and strap a few together to make a couple extra workstations. The goal has been to pair a 27" mid 2010 with a 21.5" mid 2010, using the 27" as the primary machine since it has much better specs. Both machines have mini DisplayPort, rather than thunderbolt, and are connected with mini DisplayPort cables.

The problem I'm running into is in pairing the machines, the 21.5" imac becomes primary machine and I can't seem to reverse this using Target Display Mode. I can toggle between the machines running separately, or the smaller one acting as the primary.

Is there something I'm missing? How do I switch them?


texts: Close all open finder windows from terminal?

texts: I want to close all open finder windows from my terminal. I suppose I should use killall.. but then what?


texts: Reset iPhone 3GS with broken power button and touch screen

texts:
I've got a broken 3GS and both the power button and touch screen are broken and there's a passcode I forgot on it.
It's also no longer synced with iTunes.

So basically I want to get this thing in recovery mode but how?
Can't reset it with iTunes.
Can't power it off to get it in recovery mode.

How can I shut off the device (preferably with voice commands or USB)
It's not jailbroken so no SSH either.

I've also got an iPod Touch (4th generation) and was wondering if I could steal the power button and/or screen from that, even if it's just to format it.


texts: What is pingsender and why does it wants to connect to?

texts:
I use Firefox and I got this message from Little Snitch.

What is pingsender and why does it wants to connect to incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org?


texts:
This strange icon decided to appear in my menubar this week, and I have absolutely no clue as to what it is. Could anyone help with this?
What steps should I take to finding out what process that owns this icon?

The icon doesn't interact with any single, double or right clicks, and does not drag out with a command+drag.
It comes and goes, but recently it decided to stay a bit longer. I'm a bit concerned, because I don't recall installing any new apps.


texts:
I am trying to add Gradle to my PATH.  I have used the command

export PATH=/myUsername/Applications/gradle-2.6/bin:$PATH

but when I type

gradle

I get an error "command not found."  So I went to look for .profile or .bash_profile, but neither file existed.  So I created .bash_profile, and added the line

export PATH=/myUsername/Applications/gradle-2.6/bin:$PATH

This still did not work, and I have no idea what to do from here.  When I type $PATH, I see the lines added, so I have no idea why it isn't working.  Any help would be appreciated.


texts:
I am about to upgrade my mid-2012 MackBook Pro with a 500 GB SSD, and use the current HDD as external storage by placing it in an appropriate case that would allow me to connect it through USB later.

Rather than backing up my whole system and data, I thought I would just do the SSD upgrade, and hookup the external hard disk later and copy over my files and projects as I need them (one of the reasons I am considering this is that I have lots of files that I may not need now, but that might be useful to keep for the future... sort of hoarding but that's just how it is...rather be careful than sorry).

my question, is there anything I should consider, before converting my current HD to external? Like file system config or something? Is it really this easy as I am picturing it or should I really think ahead of time and plan for failures to access my HD as external drive, for example, for not having read/write rights or privileges.

EDIT: In the current HDD, I only have one partition used both for OS and Data.


texts: MacBook screen flickering and glitchy when HDMI is plugged into AV receiver

texts:
I have a mid 2015 15" MacBook Pro. Since updating from Yosemite to Mojave recently, whenever I plug my Denon AV receiver into the MacBook to listen to music on my sound system, the MacBook screen flickers and is glitchy. This only occurs when the display settings are set to "Optimise for: Built-in Retina Display". If I set it to "Optimise for: DENON-AVAMP", the flickering stops (but it is then annoying to use, with the size of text etc. reduced). This occurs regardless of whether I am using a secondary display - usually I just want the audio through the speakers and and want to use the built-in display like normal. Prior to the upgrade to Mojave, there was no issue. Just wondering if anyone might know what's causing this behaviour since the upgrade?
Thanks,
Simon


texts:
My MacBook locks up and shuts down. I have read numerous threads but haven't been able to get the info to fix this.

I do get this error;

Root disk errors: "Could not recover SATA HDD after 5 attempts. Terminating."

I have an aftermarket HD. I installed this a few years ago. so other than the HD going bad not sure what else it could be.

I had El Capitan installed when this originated. I just recently installed Sierra.

Anonymous UUID:       DB85C25A-DACB-9477-FE00-F424E6DDED2F

Fri Aug  4 14:19:36 2017

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff801336b46f): initproc exited  -- exit reason namespace 2 subcode 0xa description: none

uuid info:
 0x110bb6000    uuid = <322c06b7-8878-311d-888c-c8fd2ca96ff3>
 0x10791a000    uuid = <0ac314b8-c89c-3912-8bb7-e3f92c847169>

Thread 5 crashed

RAX: 0x000000010791a000, RBX: 0x00007fffcc0eb108, RCX: 0x00007fffcc0eb108, RDX: 0x0000000110bf5978
RSP: 0x00007000060527e0, RBP: 0x00007000060527e0, RSI: 0x00000000000016f7, RDI: 0x0000000110bf8b18
R8:  0x00007fffcc0eb139, R9:  0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000004001080, R11: 0x000000010795e188
R12: 0x0000000110bf8b18, R13: 0x00007ff8b202fa00, R14: 0x00000000000016f7, R15: 0x0000000110bf5978
RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0x0000000110bc9fd4, CS:  0x000000000000002b, SS:  0x0000000000000023

Thread 0: 0xffffff801f0c34e8
    0x00007fffcc216386
      Could not read LR from frame at 0x0000700005dc3ca8

Thread 1: 0xffffff801f5e5050
    0x00007fffcc21e1e6
    0x00007fffcc0c724f
    0x0000000000000000

Thread 2: 0xffffff8020c0ddf0
    0x00007fffcc21f6ae
    0x00007fffcc0cea16
    0x00007fffcc0c4a6c
    0x00007fffcc0bc13b
    0x00007fffcc0cf7db
    0x00007fffcc0c2306
    0x00007fffcc0bb6b5
    0x00007fffcc0bb48c
    0x00007fffcc3085a2
    0x00007fffcc30807d
    0x0000000000000000

Thread 3: 0xffffff8023349b90
    0x00007fffcc308070

Thread 4: 0xffffff8023c19510
    0x0000000110bc9fd4
    0x0000000110bd2f8b
    0x0000000110bba86d
    0x00007fffcc0eb282
    0x000000010795e188
    0x00000001079459cd
    0x00007fffcc0b98fc
    0x00007fffcc0cea16
    0x00007fffcc0c4a6c
    0x00007fffcc0bc13b
    0x00007fffcc0cf7db
    0x00007fffcc0c2306
    0x00007fffcc0bb6b5
    0x00007fffcc0bb48c
    0x00007fffcc3085a2
    0x00007fffcc30807d
    0x0000000000000000

Thread 5: 0xffffff8023c14b90
    0x0000000110bc9fd4
    0x0000000110bd2f8b
    0x0000000110bba86d
    0x00007fffcc0eb282
    0x000000010795e188
    0x0000000107929510
    0x00007fffcc0b98fc
    0x00007fffcc0cea16
    0x00007fffcc0c4a6c
    0x00007fffcc0bc13b
    0x00007fffcc0cf7db
    0x00007fffcc0c2306
    0x00007fffcc0bb6b5
    0x00007fffcc0bb48c
    0x00007fffcc3085a2
    0x00007fffcc30807d
    0x0000000000000000

Mac OS version:
16G29

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: D3314D98-5D40-3CD8-98A4-F1DD46C20E03
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
Root disk errors: "Could not recover SATA HDD after 5 attempts. Terminating."
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B1C, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f17
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384A53463235363634485A2D314731443120
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x384A53463235363634485A2D314731443120
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.26)
Bluetooth: Version 5.0.5f1, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: SanDisk SDSSDXPS960G, 960.2 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: USB Receiver
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Built-in iSight
Thunderbolt Bus:


texts: New Corsair ram beeping on late 2008 MacBook

texts:
I purchased Corsair RAM memory (2x4GB) CMSA8GX3M2A1066C7 from Amazon.com. According to the description it "Works with any Mac computer that supports 4GB DDR3 SODIMMs". My MacBook supports 6GB officially and 8GB with the firmware that I am running.
However when I inserted my MacBook sounded three beeps at start-up. I tried inserting only one stick in both of the slots but that didn't help. I also tried it with both sticks but that does not work either.

When I plugged in my old RAM it worked perfectly. I also tried another 8GB RAM stick from Crucial with the same specs (CT2CP51264BC1067) and it also worked as expected.

I tried the 2x4GB sticks with my HP laptop (dv6) but I got a blue-screen when booting  with the messag IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL. The 8GB Crucial RAM works fine in the HP so there must be something wrong with the 2x4GB sticks

Has any of you experienced a similar issue? Is there anything I can do? I already tried PRAM reset.

Unfortunately I cannot return it as I am not in the US anymore.


texts: iPhone was unable to locate for nearly five hours on find My Iphone app on a synced device.

texts: How can I find out when my Iphone was turned off, and it's location during the time it was turned off?


texts: Can Numbers create stacked column charts with two columns for each category?

texts:
I'm trying to create a column chart in Numbers where each column is also stacked. For example, consider the following data.

Here we have numbers for the total sample and numbers for how that total is actually the average of two segments. I've already graphed a stacked column chart of the total sample, which looks something like this:

Now I'm trying to create a chart that shows the differences in the segments while also displaying the stacks for each individual segment. For the above data, it might look something like this:

I've successfully created the column charts in Numbers that show the total sample stacked or that show the segments, but unstacked. I'm trying to create one that shows the segments comparison with the stacked totals.

Is this possible in Numbers? Excel? Or should I just do it manually (which will really suck, because eventually I'm going to have dozens of these) in OmniGraffle?


texts: Is using mid 2012 MacBook Pro RAM in mid 2011 iMac 27" an option?

texts:
I recently came into possession of a 27 inch mid 2011 iMac. It only has 4GB RAM and I have been pricing compatible memory modules online.

I  then remembered I also have a 13 inch mid 2012 MacBook Pro that was damaged some time ago. It has 8GB RAM that I have no reason to suspect has any faults as it worked fine before the damage which was not anywhere near the bottom case. So I thought I would investigate the types of memory modules the iMac and MacBook Pro use.

I found the iMac uses 204 pin PC3-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM modules.
I found the MBP uses 204 pin PC3-12800 (1600 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM modules.

Obviously I'm thinking that if I can use the MacBook Pro RAM in the iMac I can save some money and it's a good way of recycling.

I understand this RAM would not operate at 1600 MHz in the iMac. My questions are:

Would the MBP RAM work okay otherwise?
If it would work, does it make a difference if I add them to the original RAM so I have 12GB in total, or will I have to remove the old modules and just use the 8GB instead?


texts: Why is the width of `~` different than `➜` on iTerm2 when using zsh with spaceship-prompt?

texts:
Using iTerm2. Installed zsh, spaceship-prompt and FiraCode.

Why is the width of ~ different than ➜?


texts: Complete system hang, graphics-card related ("IntelAccelerator: bad busy count (255,1)")

texts:
I have just upgraded my machine to Yosemite (as of three hours ago), and I have encountered my first hang (on this laptop, which is about a week old). The system locked up quite hard, with only the mouse pointer movable; after a few seconds, the mouse pointer stopped moving too.

After waiting for the fans to spin down, I rebooted and was told my GPU crashed. The system console log shows endless repeats of the following:

10/17/14 5:30:57.000 AM kernel[0]: Trying restart GPU ...
10/17/14 5:30:57.000 AM kernel[0]: IntelAccelerator: bad busy count (255,1)
10/17/14 5:30:57.000 AM kernel[0]: Backtrace 0xffffff80008aff15 0xffffff80008afcd3 0xffffff7f822cd564 0xffffff7f822a6936 0xffffff7f822ae1c1 0xffffff7f822ae15d 0xffffff7f822c2999
10/17/14 5:30:57.000 AM kernel[0]: Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
10/17/14 5:30:57.000 AM kernel[0]: com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(156.4)[20DDCE61-E3EC-3CC1-8B79-170CEF2B603A]@0xffffff7f822a4000->0xffffff7f82310fff
10/17/14 5:30:57.000 AM kernel[0]: dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff7f80b24000
10/17/14 5:30:57.000 AM kernel[0]: dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0xffffff7f80eb0000
...
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: SYSCONFIG_GTVTD13                   : 0xffffffff
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: SYSCONFIG_GTVTD14                   : 0xffffffff
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: SYSCONFIG_GTVTD15                   : 0xffffffff
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: ===========================================================================
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: End Hang Analysis
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: ===========================================================================
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: Trying restart GPU ...
10/17/14 5:30:58.000 AM kernel[0]: IntelAccelerator: bad busy count (255,1)

Evidently, it was attempting to restart the GPU once per second, to no avail.

Has anyone previously encountered this issue? Are there any known workarounds?


texts: how to restore Desktop files from iCloud

texts:
Basically I signed out and in my apple Id to fix some handoff issues....
But I just noticed that all my files on Desktop DISAPPEAR !!!
I have the desktop folder in my iCloud but not sure what happens..
I restarted the laptop but won't fix..
Trash bin doesn't have the files from desktop either...
2018 Macbook Pro, OS: latest Big Sur


texts:
This is more of a curiosity question that's been bugging me and I can't find an answer to. With the new MacOS Sierra, if you open the System Preferences, and look at the Date & Time icon used, the it shows the date July 18th, 10:10:30.
In the past, Apple has typically been purposeful about their use of dates in icons, whether it's the day Steve Jobs came back to Apple, or the release of a new product.
So the question is, why is July 18th used?


texts: How does Time Machine backup files that have changed?

texts:
As I understand it Time Machine will create the folder structure and create a copy of all of the files that are to be included in the Time Machine backup during the first backup. After that a hard link is created during every subsequent backup for files that have not been changed.

The question that I have is how files that have been changed since the last backup are backed up in the subsequent backup. I thought that it copied the entire modified file to the TM backup, but it appears that that isn't how TM works and I was hoping for some clarification.

During a recent practice test that I took for ACSP 10.12 it asked if, for a 5MB file if it was modified such that the new version was 6MB, would the TM have a separate 5MB and 6MB file or would it backup the 1MB difference between the two files and just retain the 1MB addition in the most recent TM backup. I figured that, though it may take up additional space to have a separate copy of the 5MB version and the 6MB version, it would provide a safety net in the event that an early version were deleted or corrupted - effectively ruining every subsequent version of that file. But the practice test said that it just saves the 1MB difference.

I was just looking for some clarification to help improve my understanding. Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: How to select keyboard input file for Add Input Source

texts:
Here is the dialog for adding an input source.  Nowhere does a "choose file" file chooser dialog button appear.

Then hitting Add (+):

And there is NO Choose File dialog here either.

So then what is the correct process?


texts: Connect both Cinema Display and Thunderbolt Display to a 15" Macbook Pro?

texts:
Here's what I have:

2011 15" Macbook Pro (with Thunderbolt)
27" Apple Thunderbolt Display
27" Apple Cinema Display

From what I've read, I cannot connect both displays by daisy chaining:

MacBook Pro -> Thunderbolt Display -> Cinema Display

What are my options for connecting both displays to a 15" Macbook Pro?


texts: How to map left CTRL key to win key on external keyboard?

texts:
I have an external keyboard (Wired microsoft 200 if it metters).
The current status is that the win key (between left CTRL and the left ALT) can be used for copy paste. WIN + C, WIN + V does copy and paste. I want the same functionality for the left CTRL.

This is what I want:

I've tried changing it on the keyboard settings, but you can't choose another key on the keyboard for it:

I've tried to add shortcuts:

But it doesn't work well - it demands to re-configure in additional applications.

I had a more sophisticated keyboard before, and I could just map left CTRL to win, as showed in the first image.
This way every press on the left CTRL is the same as pressing WIN, and that's what I want.

Is there any way to do so? Some external software that allows it? Thanks


texts: Numbers error: not enough space in iCloud

texts:
I recently maxed out my iCloud storage for a few weeks, meaning things like backups and photo uploading would not work. Eventually, I deleted some unwanted files, and now there is plenty of free space (>20 GB).

During this time, I made some edits to a Numbers spreadsheet that is stored and shared via iCloud. Now, whenever I open the document in macOS, I get this error (next to the word "Shared" on the title bar):

  There is not enough space to save this document to iCloud. Purchase additional storage or remove some documents from iCloud.

I can dismiss the error, but it comes back every time I open the document.

There is also a dotted cloud with an exclamation mark that appears next to the document in Finder.

I can make a duplicate of the spreadsheet and delete the old one, but doing so will invalidate existing shared URLs, etc.

Is there a way to force iCloud to refresh its "not enough space" check?

macOS: 10.13.6
Numbers: 5.3

If it's relevant, I'm using shared family storage—my account is not the one that purchased the iCloud storage.


texts: Mail App search not finding recent emails in inbox

texts:
Mac is running Sierra and using the mail app.

When I try to use the mail search function in the top right of the screen it doesnt find recent emails.  Ive tried changing the search context and looking in different mailboxes to no avail.  I've rebuilt the mailbox and also re-indexed the spotlight searc (because this is having the same issue but with files) to no avail.

Any ideas on what I could do to fix this?


texts:
I've recently purchased an iPad and I'm looking for an app that will allow me to resize and crop photos to specific dimensions.

There are plenty of editing apps that I have seen but nothing seems to have the ability to edit to set dimensions.

For example I have a photo that is 800x600 and I need to edit it to be 660x300.


texts: How to prevent the black screen on iPod Touch?

texts: Is there a way to not let the iPod touch switch the screen off? I want to use my iPod as a "count down" timer with the built-in clock app. But after some time, the screen turns black thanks to the energy saver policy. I actually want to see the count down until the time is up!


texts: Can I get my text messages back from my lost iPhone?

texts:
I lost my iPhone so I bought a new one. I am now wanting to get my text messages back.

Can I get my text messages back? If I get my old mobile number back will my text messages come back? Does iCloud store text messages?


texts: How to share keyboard and mouse in Target Display Mode

texts:
Recently I've discovered an excellent software for MacOS, which provides an opportunity, among other things, to share the wireless keyboard and mouse between different computers. It is called Teleport and it works pretty neat.

The thing is that I'm trying to use this feature with iMac as target display and each time I'm switching off to target display mode cursor is lost on my macbook, and I just don't know what to do with this issue.

The question is - how can I share my mouse and keyboard in Target Display mode By phrase  "in target display mode" I mean tha if cursors has been teleported to macbook before switching to Target Display mode then it remains there after changing mode). With Teleport (preferable, since it is already in my private ecosystem) or without it.

UPD: Currently I'm just switching bluetooth on one device and switching it on on the other one. The only problem with this solution is that all my input devices are wireless, and thus I can not switch of bluetooth (MacOS just refuses to do that). So only for that purposes I've plugged in an USB mouse.


texts: How do I know my last Recently Watched Movies in iTunes?

texts:
In windows I go to file, and then recent files and it'll show my most recently seen movies or document. How do I do so in iTunes?

I got these many movies. One of them told me how to convert to objective-c code to use the new object literals. Which movie is the one I last saw?


texts: Is there any way to organise movies into separate playlists in iPad Videos / iTunes?

texts:
I come from an Android background where dragging movies in folders across remains in that same format from laptop to tablet.

Now, on my Macbook Pro, I drag TV series folders with their sub-folders into my iTunes. Everything arrives completely disorganized and jumbled all together.

This makes it painful to find my way from series to series when I previously had neatly arranged folders within folders.

I also don't want to have to spend time dragging each file into place, checking against the original organised structure.


texts: How do I stop marking mail as read caused by looking at the preview pane?

texts:
I use Mountain Lion.

How do I prevent Mail.app (6.0) from marking a message as read automatically, just because I have looked at it in the preview pane?


texts: I am using an Iphone with iOS 8, and just installed the latest version of WhatsApp, which allows for voice calls from inside the app. Everything is fine... except that I don't see where are the calls logged. They don't appear in the calls log of the Phone app, nor there's any icon in that person's chat history. Where are they?


texts: How to disable USB Mass Storage in Mojave to free up device for libusb?

texts:
I am trying to use usb_modeswitch via libusb to switch a Huawei HiLink USB LTE modem to Ethernet mode from mass storage mode. It fails with the following error.

  libusb: error [darwin_claim_interface] USBInterfaceOpen: another process has device opened for exclusive access

In previous macOS versions, an available solution was to unload the relevant kext, but com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver is now linked by com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTDM which is linked by com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore, and unloading the latter causes a kernel panic. (Ask me how I know.)

I am looking for another way to get the Mass Storage driver to let go of the device, so that it can be claimed by libusb. That can be both by disabling the driver, or by instructing it not to interact with this device.

There are similar questions like How to disable USB Mass Storage Device in macOS Mojave which are looking for a way to stop USB storage from mounting, but that's not sufficient for my use case, if it does not enable libusb to claim the interface.


texts: Can I use non-apple headphones with an iPhone?

texts: Is it okay to connect non-Apple headphones to an iPhone (a 5s, in this case) or do I need to use apple branded or authorized headphones for some reason?


texts: Button labels missing from security confirmation for installer

texts: When trying to install software and prompted for username and password, button labels are missing as well as the stored username:


texts: brew openvpn-connect on macos fails to upgrade or remove

texts:
I installed openvpn-connect with brew install --cask openvpn-connect
all good
Today I run brew update; brew upgrade, there was an upgrade for openvpn-connect, the upgrade failed.
I have since tried to uninstall it completely but the uninstall fails with:
    ==> Removing launchctl service org.openvpn.helper
    ==> Running uninstall script /Applications/OpenVPN Connect/Uninstall OpenVPN Connect.app/Contents/Resources/remove.sh
    Warning: uninstall script /Applications/OpenVPN Connect/Uninstall OpenVPN Connect.app/Contents/Resources/remove.sh does not exist; skipping.
    ==> Uninstalling packages:
    org.openvpn.client.pkg
    find: /Applications/OpenVPN Connect/OpenVPN Connect.app: No such file or directory
    Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/bin/sudo -E -- /usr/bin/xargs -0 -- /bin/bash -c set\ -euo\ pipefail'
    ''
    'for\ path\ in\ \"\$\{@\}\"\;\ do'
    '\ \ if\ \[\[\ -e\ \"\$\{path\}/.DS_Store\"\ \]\]\;\ then'
    '\ \ \ \ /bin/rm\ -f\ \"\$\{path\}/.DS_Store\"'
    '\ \ fi'
    ''
    '\ \ \#\ Some\ packages\ leave\ broken\ symlinks\ around\;\ we\ clean\ them\ out\ before'
    '\ \ \#\ attempting\ to\ \`rmdir\`\ to\ prevent\ extra\ cruft\ from\ accumulating.'
    '\ \ /usr/bin/find\ \"\$\{path\}\"\ -mindepth\ 1\ -maxdepth\ 1\ -type\ l\ \!\ -exec\ /bin/test\ -e\ \{\}\ \\\;\ -delete'
    ''
    '\ \ if\ \[\[\ -L\ \"\$\{path\}\"\ \]\]\;\ then'
    '\ \ \ \ \#\ Delete\ directory\ symlink.'
    '\ \ \ \ /bin/rm\ \"\$\{path\}\"'
    '\ \ elif\ \[\[\ -d\ \"\$\{path\}\"\ \]\]\;\ then'
    '\ \ \ \ \#\ Delete\ directory\ if\ empty.'
    '\ \ \ \ /usr/bin/find\ \"\$\{path\}\"\ -maxdepth\ 0\ -type\ d\ -empty\ -exec\ /bin/rmdir\ \{\}\ \\\;'
    '\ \ else'
    '\ \ \ \ \#\ Try\ \`rmdir\`\ anyways\ to\ show\ a\ proper\ error.'
    '\ \ \ \ /bin/rmdir\ \"\$\{path\}\"'
    '\ \ fi'
    'done'
    ' --` exited with 1. Here's the output:
    find: /Applications/OpenVPN Connect/OpenVPN Connect.app: No such file or directory

The application appears to be gone, however brew still tracks is as installed.


texts: How to remap F4 to Dashboard or Notifications on a MacBook Pro in Yosemite?

texts:
I had this working fine in Tiger thru Mavericks, but it broke in Yosemite. Pressing F4 now launches Launchpad, and only fnF4 triggers Dashboard.

Launchpad is useless compared to Spotlight or even the Dock. I'd much rather have the F4 key triggering Dashboard again, or even Notifications (which is really starting to come along).

I have:

System Prefs / Mission Control / Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts / Show Dashboard set to F4.
Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Keyboard / Use all F-keys as standard function keys unticked.
Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts / Launchpad & Dock / Show Launchpad unticked.
Syst Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts / Mission Control / Show Dashboard set to F4.

Ideas? Hopeless? Thanks!

2014 13" Retina MacBook Pro
Mac OS X v10.1 Yosemite (14B25)


texts: How to access Greek symbols on macOS from a basic keyboard without copy/paste?

texts:
I write mathematical computer code.

I frequently need Greek letters such as ø

My current workflow is terrible: hold down OPT and run my finger across the three rows of the keyboard:

œ∑´®†¥¨^øπ“‘«
åß∂ƒ©˙∆˚¬…æ
Ω≈ç√∫~µ≤≥÷

... And see if I can find what I'm hunting for.

Failing that, typing 'alpha Unicode' into Google hope for some symbol I can copy and paste.

I discovered that in system settings -> keyboard -> keyboard, I can "show keyboard and character viewers in menubar".

The character viewer looks like it will come to the rescue, but ... no Greek symbols! ARGH!

What can I do?


texts:
What are all the ways to kill a buggy GUI app?

I can't right-click on its icon in the whatever-its-called bar, or use the top-of-window menu.  The app does not respond to anything, and does nothing but eat more and more memory as times goes on.

In Linux, there's xkill.  Is there something similar on OSX?


texts: How do I encrypt an external HFS+ drive without erasing it on Big Sur?

texts:
I have a Time Machine backup drive, which has to be HFS+ for Time Machine to work on it, and which I don't want to erase since it has a long history of backups. I would like to encrypt it.
What I find online is to control-click it and select encrypt. However there is no such option. I can't find anything in Disk Utility or the diskutil command to encrypt a non-APFS drive.
How do I encrypt this disk without erasing it?


texts:
I am following the instructions at the bottom of this article article to add the Webster's dictionary to my dictionary.app list. It does not seem to be working (the new dictionary does not show up in the dictionary.app preferences pane.

I think the problem might be because I am on Mavericks but the dictunifier app is from 2011. Does anyone know of a workable way? The dictionary tar.bz file contains files with the extension .dict.dz, .idx, and .ifo.


texts: How to store new iWork (2013) documents in a flat file (for version control)?

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With the October 2013 iWork update, the new UI is great but it seems one cannot store documents as 'flat file' any more. This really limits my ability to store the files, essentially ruling self-hosted version control (git, hg etc.) out of the picture.

The problem is:

adding a new picture to a document creates a new file within the bundle, which should be explicitly added to the version control
removing pictures removes them from the bundle but - again - version control should be notified.

I tried the trick of zipping the bundle and renaming it back to '.pages' (the way iWork'09 handled flat files) but it does not work.

Has anyone else been bit by this - do you have work-arounds (other than using iCloud, Dropbox - I'm fine with some of the documents living there but for some others I'd like to keep closer to my chest)?

Workarounds can be either on the iWork side, or ways that I get i.e. 'hg' (Mercurial) to version the bundle directories nicely.

Addendum

As the SO item says, I solved this by hg addremove. Other suggestions and discussion are still welcome. :)


texts: Apple pulled Mojave 10.14.0 -- Where can i get it? -- 10.14.4,,,10.14.6 etc., are still available from Apple

texts: I cannot upgrade to MOJAVE.  After spending a lot of time searching through Apple's download site, I contacted Apple support and they told me that I cannot download Mojave 10.14.0.  That version has been removed from their download files.  Other later versions are still available.  However, I CANNOT INSTALL 10.14.4 OR 10.14.6 without first installing 10.14.0.  Are there any non Apple sites that make that 10.14.0 download available?????


texts: Does Mail support multiple email accounts? If yes, how can I set them up?


texts: Save screenshot with document name and page

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Is it possible to add the document name and document page when I do screenshots?

So, if I open a PDF and do a screenshot at page 6, I will have:
Document Name | Page 6 | Screen Shot 2012-06-12 at 8.02.40 AM


texts: Change the default action to open executable files in the editor instead of Terminal

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When double clicking an executable file (without a file extension) in Finder, it opens in Terminal by default. I can change that to any other application for this single file, but I cannot change the default for all files.

Is there any way to do that?
I never want to open executable files in Terminal, and I'm missing that functionality since NeXTStep, which had a hidden default for that.


texts: Why does resetting to factory settings not restore 2019 Macbook to Catalina?

texts: My Macbook 2019 came with Catalina. I upgraded to Big Sur. When I restore to factory settings, it seems the only option is for me to go back to a fresh install of Big Sur, and not Catalina. Why is I can't reset to the operating system that the macbook came with? After all, it is a "factory reset," and when it came out of the "factory," it had Catalina and not Big Sur.


texts: Can I access a secondary hard drive on another computer via AFP

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I am on machine LOC. I would like to connect to a directory on the second hard drive of machine REM. Both machines are running Lion 10.7.1. I use Finder on LOC and Command-K to connect to a server. I type in afp://192.168.1.3 (IP Address of REM) and authenticate as a user on REM with Admin priveleges. I am presented with an option to connect to any of several different folders, all of which reside on REM's primary (boot) hard drive. I would like to connect to a folder which resides on a second internal drive in REM, but I am not given this option. The folder on the second hard drive is owned by the Admin user I am connect to REM as, and has 755 permissions. I have created a symlink on REM under the home directory of the user I authenticate as. When I am logged in to REM locally as that same user, clicking on the symlink takes me to the folder on the secondary drive.

How can I access this folder via AFP from another computer?


texts: How to unblock an application with socketfilterfw?

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I am compiling a software from scratch and running its tests. I do this often. The tests open ports and expect connections.

Whenever I run the tests, I get the

  Do you want the application “run-tests” to accept incoming network connections?
  Clicking Deny may limit the application’s behavior. This setting can be changed in the Firewall pane of Security & Privacy preferences.

dialog box. I click on Allow every time. To avoid this I am trying to unblock the application with socketfilterfw. So, I am trying the following commands in a script file

SFW="/usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw"
TESTS_DEBUG="/Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests"
${SFW} --remove "$TESTS_DEBUG"
${SFW} --add "$TESTS_DEBUG"
${SFW} --unblock "$TESTS_DEBUG"

Whenever I execute the script file, it always gives the following

The application is not part of the firewall
Application at path ( /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests ) added to firewall
The application is not part of the firewall

If I run my tests after this, it still shows the dialog box.

The TESTS_DEBUG file is not a link, it is an executable binary file.

➜  libuv git:(v1.x) ✗ file /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests
/Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
➜  libuv git:(v1.x) ✗ ls -ltrh /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests
-rwxr-xr-x  1 thefoutheye  110095815   1.1M Nov 29 17:32 /Users/thefourtheye/git/libuv/out/Debug/run-tests

My operating system details

➜  libuv git:(v1.x) ✗ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.12.6
BuildVersion:   16G1618

My questions are

Why does the ${SFW} --add says the application is added and ${SFW} --unblock says application is not part of the firewall?
How can I fix this?


texts: Can I backup a device to a Mac iTunes and iCloud

texts: I want to back up my iPad and iPhone to iTunes on my Mac. I also want them to back up to iCloud in case anything goes wrong with the Mac. Is this possible and how?


texts: How to prevent window positions from automatically rearrangement while I switch between applications?

texts: I have one space(Desktop) with 10 applications open under it. Is it possible to keep application window position in mission control? In other words how to prevent window positions from automatically rearrangement while I switch between them? Or is it possible to set a fixed custom(pin on a desired location on the desktop) position using D&D?


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I have an iPhone with iOS 13.2.2. Until today, my wifi connection was totally normal. After I turned wifi off and back on again, it keeps saying "Incorrect WiFi password". I tried the following steps but still nothing.

Reset my router.
Made my wifi router open (no password). Then iPhone says "Unable to Connect".
Reset network settings in my phone.
Forgot the network and tried connecting again.
Turned off the Location Service related wifi settings and wifi assist.
Tried connecting to other routers but got the same messages.
Turned on Airplane mode and switched back to wifi.
Did a hard restart on my phone.
Reset my phone using settings
Reset my phone with iTunes. (finder in Catalina)

I am totally frustrated with this issue. Other android devices and my MacBook connects to my wifi without any issues. Please help if anyone can.

UPDATE:

I restored my iPhone from 13.2.2 to 13.2. But the issue still persists. Now I'm out of options.


texts: iMac has two internal drives, what is the best setup?

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My iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2014) has a permanent internal 120GB drive on the main board and I just added a 2TB SSD internal drive as well.
I'm essentially starting over with a clean system.
I'm wondering what is the best setup for these two drives? By best I guess I mean 'safest'. I just went through having a dead fusion fusion drive and losing data so I'd like to be careful and smart about how I set this up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: macOS Catalina: execute bash script on boot with launchctl

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Before updating to Catalina (10.15.1) my agent based on a bash script was working perfectly.

I had set the agent in order to execute the bash script on boot.
Here is the plist file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>mark.battery.info</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/Users/mark/Dropbox/Exec/BatteryInfoOnBoot.sh</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</plist>

After the last update I noticed that the script (BatteryInfoOnBoot.sh) was no longer loaded at boot and if I execute the command:

launchctl list | grep mark
-   1   mark.battery.info

I read that the status 1 means:

  PID - Status 1 means that the process doesn't have enough privileges
  to access some files

ref

The script BatteryInfoOnBoot is very simple:

#!/bin/bash

echo "~~~~~~~~~"  >> /Users/mark/Documents/battery-log.txt
date  >> /Users/mark/Documents/battery-log.txt
/Users/mark/Dropbox/Exec/BatteryInfo.sh >> /Users/mark/Documents/battery-log.txt

instead BatteryInfo.sh is used only to get some useful info:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Current battery percentage:"
pmset -g batt | grep -Eo "\d+%" | cut -d% -f1
echo ""

echo "Cycle count:"
system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep "Cycle Count"
echo ""

echo "Capacity stats:"
ioreg -brc AppleSmartBattery | grep -i capacity | grep -v Legacy | grep -v BatteryData | grep -v AppleRaw
echo ""

PS: the script is still working if I exec it manually:

/Users/mark/Dropbox/Exec/BatteryInfoOnBoot.sh

Any suggestions?


texts: AirPods case flashes orange and doesn’t charge

texts: I recently bought a brand new pair of AirPods about 3 weeks ago. 2 days ago I was using them all day until they died (both the case and the AirPods). When I charge them, it blinks amber and doesn’t charge at all. I don't know if they’re broken or not.