texts: Hard Drive not showing up in Disk Utility

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So I arrived home from school today and wanted to use my iMac, but somehow it wouldn't react. I pressed the power button until it shut down (or crashed...) and rebooted it. After rebooting everything seemed normal, but there was this error, that the keychain login couldn't be accessed. After googling and seeing, that the login keychain was missing in "Keychain Access", I decided to restore my Time Machine Backup from the evening before. After TM failed the first attempt (Shut down at 20%) I tried again, but somehow everything got fucked up.

I don't remember 100% exactly how everything happened, but the end result now is, that I do not see the HDD of my Fusion Drive CoreStorage. The SSD is visible in Disk Utility, but not the HDD. It also is not shown in "diskutil list" and not shown in Parted Magic. I also tried booting while holding the "D" key to enter Apple Hardware Test, but the result was, that everything is okay...

I'm really desperate right now, because I didn't had a very good mood when I came home and now the day is totally trash. I really appreciate every bit of help or information, that could help me..

If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask.

EDIT:
- I tried to reset the SMC (unplug the iMac from power for 15 seconds) and it changed nothing.

The terminal outputs of diskutil list,diskutil cs list, gpt -r show disk0/disk1:

-bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.2 GB     disk1
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mac OS X Base System    1.2 GB     disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk2
   ....

-bash-3.2# diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
-bash-3.2# gpt -r show disk0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34  236978109
  236978143         32         Sec GPT table
  236978175          1         Sec GPT header

-bash-3.2# gpt -r show disk1
    start     size  index  contents
        0  2330500


texts: Do I need to upgrade to get iTunes 10, or can OS X 10.4.11 run it?

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So, I have an old iBook G4 running OS X 10.4.11 (It was a gift for Christmas.) and when I went to download some of my iTunes purchases to my computer, I got this (Basically, it didn't say "What's New in iTunes 10.3", just "What's New in iTunes"):

(Sorry, forgot this first time around :P)

I was reading over this and it looks like Snow Leopard can be installed on my system (can anyone confirm this and what would be the pros/cons of it) and that iTunes would work on that.

However, unless it is something that will improve performance or the like, I really don't want to have to pay $20 for the upgrade disks.

Can I download/install iTunes 10 onto my G4 and will it run without turning my system into a pig in treacle?


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I need to connect to sql server using Windows authentication on a mac.

I want to use kinit but I have problem with generate DC name.
On windows I ran command:

nltest /dsgetdc:xx.xx.com

And output is:

GETTING DS NAME FAILED: STATUS = 1355 0X54B ERROR_NO_SUCH_DOMAIN.

I can log into this server on windows using SQL Server Management Studio so I know the account I want to use is working for the level of access I want to grant.

How can I connect with this server to get kerberos tickets / use an AD account in general with Finder to mount shares?


texts: The Places map in my macOS Photos.app library is empty

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What I did:

Created a custom non-iCloud, non-system photo library and imported my photos from an external camera.
All photos are referenced from external files, i.e. not embedded into the library file.
Each photo has valid GPS information embedded.

What works:

Swiping up when viewing each photo does show it on a map:

So does right-click → Get Info:

When I ⌘+⌥+i the actual file in Finder, it shows the raw latitude and longitude:

What doesn't work:

Clicking Show Nearby Photos shows an empty map, although I know for a fact there actually are other photos that I've taken nearby:

All those other nearby photos had been added to this very library, and when checked individually, they show up on the map just fine.

The dedicated places map shows no photos at all, including the photo we just confirmed has a known, valid and parse-able location:

I had an Apple support rep connected to my Mac via remote desktop trying to figure this out a few months back. After a few hours, his conclusion was that this may be a glitch specific to my machine. He suggested a full OS reinstall or trying one of my photos on someone else's Mac Photos app, which I did a few days ago. I imported a file into my friend's default iCloud library and his every other photo showed up on the Places map, except mine. The swipe up map still worked though. So I have basically reproduced pretty much the same behaviour I'm experiencing on my Macbook.
Please help me figure this out!
I'm on macOS Catalina 10.15.7, and here is the photo I have used (note how Onedrive was able to parse out the location too).
UPDATE
Thanks to the comments, I've taken a closer look at the facial recognition in this library:

It works, but isn't as pro-active as in the system/iCloud library. As in, it detects faces, and sometimes even links them to previously defined people, but most of the time I have to manually assign a face to a person. Could be because these photos aren't originally digital, these are film photos.

Here's the kicker. Once a person has a few photos linked, it does show them all on a map on that person's page, just like it should.

Similarly to an individual photo, this view also has Show Nearby Photos, but when I click it, the new map that opens is once again empty.


texts: iTunes 10.6.3 opens every time I put in an audio CD

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In system preferences> CDs & DVDs I have everything set to ignore. Yet iTunes still opens every time I put in an audio CD - is there a way to turn this off?

As a follow up in iTunes > Preferences > General > When You Insert A CD: I have the following options

Show CD (The selected option)
Begin Playing
Ask To Import CD
Import CD
Import CD and Eject

There is no ignore option within iTunes - is there some other way to disable iTunes opening?


texts: Trying to recover APFS (Sorry I know this has been posted about 1x10^x times)

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Early 2013 MBPr
OSX 10.? APFS (Sorry don't know the exact release, don't boot OSX all that often anymore) - What I broke, also don't see any local recovery.
Kali Linux - Bootable via rEFInd
Windows 10 Enterprise Eval - Bootable via rEFInd
Okie, so background first I suppose, this trouble started when I tried to shrink my APFS volume to install Windows. I did this from the disk utility GUI in OSX and it completed with an unknown error, looking at the GUI partition table it looked ok and I didn't investigate further and moved on because, apparently, I'm a dummy, I was in a rush and yes I should have known better.
I then started getting an error while trying to use bootcamp utility to get the windows drivers on a stick, thought this was a network error so I decided to reboot, and, boom, no OSX.
At this point I went ahead and installed Windows to the space freed by OSX's disk util, broke rEFInd, fixed rEFInd, and now have bootable partitions for Linux and Windows, but OSX was showing FFFF(insert more F's for OSX here) as the GUID.
Where I am now:
From reading this thread found by googling my jumbled hexdump while looking for my APFS magic block I think I'm almost back, but I was getting lost on "switch the bits AND bytes" instructions offered by @klanomath (dude you're a legend answering all these broken partition questions) and I wanted to do my due diligence and confirm I'm doing this correctly before continuing.
firereverie@kaliMBPr:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/sda skip=409640 bs=512 count=1 | hexdump
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes copied, 7.9173e-05 s, 6.5 MB/s
0000000 9bff f313 75f6 5f85 0001 0000 0000 0000
0000010 8ef4 0004 0000 0000 0001 8000 0000 0000
0000020 584e 4253 1000 0000 9fe3 042f 0000 0000
0000030 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0000040 0002 0000 0000 0000 659b 8290 b472 f14e
0000050 23a5 4b63 657f 6bdf f7d5 0007 0000 0000
0000060 8ef5 0004 0000 0000 0118 0000 6c24 0000
0000070 3352 0004 0000 0000 add8 0003 0000 0000
0000080 0078 0000 0acc 0000 0076 0000 0002 0000
0000090 0ab9 0000 0013 0000 f70d 0007 0000 0000
00000a0 3102 000a 0000 0000 0401 0000 0000 0000
00000b0 0000 0000 0064 0000 0403 0000 0000 0000
00000c0 0406 0000 0000 0000 9df4 0001 0000 0000
00000d0 4012 0002 0000 0000 6980 0006 0000 0000
00000e0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
*
0000200
firereverie@kaliMBPr:~$

So if I'm reading this correctly 0000020 should be what I'm looking for but should read as "4e58 5324" (magic) "0010 0000" (4096 size) and "e39f 2f04" (part size @ 3818860292).
At this point I should be able to follow @klanomath's instruction for rebooting to internet recovery and editing the GPT in terminal, but I really wanted to make sure I'm interpreting the linux hex dump correctly first.
Thanks -fire


texts: Why does the fan speed up like they do when there's a firmware update?

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This is purely a question that will only sate my curiosity.

In other systems, when there's a firmware update going on, there is no fan speedup (or none as intense as in the MacBooks). Now, in the case of MacBooks, no matter how fast it is, it just briefly speeds up the fans then when it's done, the fans reduce their speed to their normal level.

Does anyone know why this happens?


texts: Remote login into Windows from Mac using Remote Desktop Client and VPN

texts: I am trying to login into my work computer (Win7) which is in a private network through the Remote Desktop Client (RDC) after connecting through VPN. The VPN gets connected but the RDC does not. It tells me that the remote computer might not be connected or switched on, both of which are not true. The VPN is of Cisco IPSec type. I have tried changing the DNS of the VPN but it doesnt help. I am running OSX 10.9.3.Any solutions?


texts: How to reinstall Mac OS X built in Perl on Mountain Lion?

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I updated to Mountain Lion 4 days ago and then realised that my perl scripts did not work any longer. So I installed ActivePerl 5.14 (newest version) because I thought that perl has been deleted. After installing ActivePerl though my programmes still did not work:

Warning message:
running command 'perl calc.pl' had status 2
Can't locate Excel/Writer/XLSX.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/Library/Perl/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.12
/Network/Library/Perl/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.12
/Library/Perl/Updates/5.12.4 /System/Library/Perl/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level
/System/Library/Perl/5.12 /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-
2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.12 .) at test.pl line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at calc.pl line 3.

In the terminal when I type perl -v it shows that it uses the newly installed ActivePerl. I used sudo clan -> install Excel::Writer::XLSX to install the missing module. However, it does not install it for 5.12 but for ActivePerl 5.14.

The own Mac OS X Perl seams to be installed here:

bash-3.2$ ls /Library/Perl/
5.10    5.12    Updates
bash-3.2$ ls /System/Library/Perl/
5.10    5.12    Extras  lib
bash-3.2$

There is also a version here:

bash-3.2$ ls /opt/local/lib/perl5/
5.12.4      site_perl   vendor_perl

I thought best is to delete the ActivePerl by running its uninstaller. I did that and also removed the 5.12.4 as well as the site_perl directory in /opt/local/lib/perl5.

Then I wanted to reinstall the XLSX::Writer module using cpan. I thought that it is then installed into the old perl directory. However running cpan now results in the following error:

bash-3.2$ sudo cpan
Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.4/darwin-multi-2level
/opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.4
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.4/darwin-multi-2level
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.4 /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.12.4/darwin-multi-
2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.12.4 /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/darwin-multi-2level
/opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3 /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at
/opt/local/bin/cpan line 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /opt/local/bin/cpan line 5.

I don't know what to do now. I think the best I can do is probably reinstalling Mac OS X's own Perl, how to do that?


texts: Mount a SMB share subfolder as a drive in iOS. IPhone

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On MacOS it's possible to map a subfolder of a shared volume.

Mounting:

$ mkdir /Volumes/togo
$ mount_smbfs smb://someserver/someshare/where/i/really/want/togo /Volumes/togo

As answered here : Mount a SMB share's subfolder as a drive in OS X Lion

Is it possible to do the same on a IPhone or IPad running the latest firmware? it always seem to mount the root of the share.


texts:
How do I downgrade my GCC v5 to GCC version 4.7 ? I currently don't have Xcode installed and I am using the command line tool.

More details :

Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin15.4.0
Thread model: posix

OS X Version : 10.11.4


texts: iPhone brightness gets set to the lowest after restart

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Whenever I restart my iPhone, the brightness gets set to the lowest, so it is very dim. Then I have to adjust it back to around the middle, where I like it.

How do I stop this from happening?

I turn off my iPhone by holding the power button, then slide to turn off, then press and hold power button to turn on.

I have auto-brightness disabled. I'm using an iPhone 6 with iOS 11.2.5.


texts:
How do I reveal a file that I have the path for in the Terminal in Finder? I don't think that open will work for this.
Specifically I want to be able to fzf for a file and then pop it in Finder.
(I guess this would work if you get the path, chop off the file bit and then call open on the rest?)


texts:
What is the best way to loop a number of videos, that are already on an iPad?

Either an app or a built in solution. The slideshow feature of the built in Photos app does not really work - it crops the video, and adds a gray border.

I have tried a number of apps for this purpose, none of which actually seem to do the job very well or at all.


texts: How to make Automator insert "AW" into a Stickies Note

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I tried using "Watch Me Do" in Automator to insert text "AW" and "Return" in a Stickies note. It recorded the following (Events were "Type 'AW'" and "Press Return", the rest is the expansion into code):

-- Type 'AW'

    delay 0.315949
    set timeoutSeconds to 2.000000
    set uiScript to "keystroke \"AW\""
    my doWithTimeout( uiScript, timeoutSeconds )

-- Press Return

    delay 2.538645
    set timeoutSeconds to 2.000000
    set uiScript to "keystroke \"
    \" "
    my doWithTimeout( uiScript, timeoutSeconds )

    on doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)
        set endDate to (current date) + timeoutSeconds
        repeat
            try
                run script "tell application \"System Events\"
    " & uiScript & "
    end tell"
                exit repeat
            on error errorMessage
                if ((current date) > endDate) then
                    error "Can not " & uiScript
                end if
            end try
        end repeat
    end doWithTimeout

In System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Privacy I allowed Automator.app and Stickies.app to control my computer.

I saved the above example as a service and tried executing the service in an empty Stickies note.  Nothing happened.

I'm new at trying to use Automator.  This is such a simple action that I believe that I have misunderstood something.

If I add to the workflow an existing Automator action that launches the Stickies application, then "AW" does get inserted, followed by "Return".

Question How to create a simple keyboard macro with Automator? shows a much simpler Applescript that could be adapted to doing what I describe (I've done such) but I'm frustrated that my simple "Watch Me Do" doesn't work.  What am I overlooking or not understanding?


texts: Fix fan noise and CPU throttling after imac SSD upgrade

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I've replaced the original 3,5" 3TB HDD in my imac (27", late-2013, 3,4 GHz Intel Core i5, A1419, iMac14,2) with a new 2,5" Samsung 860 QVO 4TB SSD-drive.  The system was equipped initially with a fusion drive and the old SSD (PCIe) is still installed.

First, I connected the new SSD via USB and copied over everything.  Then I replaced the drive and checked that everything was working.  After that, I upgraded to OSX Mojave (from High Sierra).

Now everything seems to be working fine, except that the system fan is running at full speed and the CPU is throttled (a process called "kernel_task" is eating up the available performance).  After all, the system is much slower than before the upgrade (so I'm considering of going back to my old HDD/fusion drive).

I've already tried a lot of things:
- installing OWC temperature sensor -> doesn't change anything
- SMC reset
- PRAM reset
- installing different tools to take over fan control -> fixes the fan noise, but CPU throttling remains
- checking the filesystem with fsck when booting in single mode

Note, when I installed the different fan control tools, all reported temperatures of the system, even from all hard drives/disks, are perfectly OK.  I guess it's just some compatibility issue (i.e., the SMC is complaining about the non-certified SSD).

Is there a way to get more information about why the SMC is turning the fan on and throttling the CPU ?

What else can I try to fix this?

Thanks for your help!

[UPDATE:] Running Mac Diagnostics at startup showed error PFM006, which is, according to https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT203747, some error in the SMC.

After doing some further research on the CPU throttling, I found a command line command to display the limit (see below).  Note, both limits are below 100 which means that the CPU is throttled:

 $ pmset -g thermlog
 Note: No thermal warning level has been recorded
 Note: No performance warning level has been recorded
 2019-09-22 12:15:14 +0200 CPU Power notify
    CPU_Scheduler_Limit     = 40
    CPU_Available_CPUs  = 4
    CPU_Speed_Limit     = 21


texts: Start screensaver/ lock screen on screen sharing disconnect

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Is there a way with an AppleScript or shell script to start the screensaver when you disconnect from a screen sharing session?

For example, I connect via screen sharing from Mac A to Mac B. When I disconnect my remote screen sharing session I would like to start the screen saver on Mac B thus locking that screen.


texts: El Capitan, AD2008, NFS strange behavior

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I'm in the process of upgrading a test box to El Capitan and have run into some strange behavior with what may be network NFS share permissions?

Background info:

We currently authenticate to a 2008 AD server and use NFS shares to mount to the server.

Example issue:

One issue that keeps popping up is the use of an AppleScript to jump to a shared network folder.  If I bind the workstation to the AD server, log out, then log back in as a network user.  The AS works just fine.

If the workstation is rebooted we get this error when running the AS:

  Finder got an error: Can't set disk to "pool1" to folder "test" of
  folder "project" of folder "account" of disk "pool1".

Unbinding and rebinding the box, will fix the issue until reboot.

Same setup on 10.8.5 works fine.

I tried to disable SIP, thinking that something may be getting overwritten on reboot but that does not seem to be the case.

Edit to add more info / respond to questions:

ActionScript should have been AppleScript. I've made the correction above.
I do see some write permissions with Adobe CC tools. Adobe Photoshop CC 2016 could not save an update to a file.  The first file save was fine then I'd have to change the name to save again.  Downgrading to CS6 solved this issue.
By bind/unbind yes I mean adding and removing the box from the AD via OSX Directory Utility
Mounting via autofs/auto_nfs
Mounts are in /Volumes
Auth via ACLs


texts: Remote control an iPad to start app and activate Guided Access

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First I need to mention, that I'm not enrolled in the Apple Developer Program but willing to do so, if it would solve my use case.

We administrate several iPads in a museum. All iPads are hooked up in a stand and running the museum app (basically a website on a local server als Homescreen-App in Guided Access).

We are looking now for a way to restart the app and start the guided access without driving to the museum.
Is there a way to do this, without jailbreaking the iPads?


texts: Disable zoom animation in Chrome when going to full screen video

texts: When switching back and forth between full-screen mode for YouTube videos in MacOX Mavericks, I find the zoom effect very annoying and jerky.  Is there a way to turn this off, so such videos can just snap in and out of full-screen without animation?


texts: How can I change default font Notes - Sierra, High Sierra

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In the actual Notes application there are menu choices for changing the font of a note. However, this doesn't change the default font for new notes. There is also no Preference.../Settings... where the default font can be changed.

Does anyone know how to change the default font of the Notes app on MacOS Sierra and/or High Sierra etc.


texts: Can't delete music from iOS device in iTunes

texts: When I connect my iPod or iPhone to iTunes on a MacBook Pro, it will look like this picture attached. When I right-click on a song to delete it, there is no delete option. What am I doing wrong? This new iTunes has been so confusing.


texts: Trying to fit iMac 27 Late 2013 memory into iMac 27 Late 2009

texts: When shoving the memory in, I cannot get it to click (or get it deep enough for the lid to close). Are the dimensions different or do I need to push harder?!


texts: New Lion MacBook Air Address Book deletes all entries from MobileMe Contacts on sync

texts:
Start with a new MacBook Air running Lion. Configure it's address book to synchronize with MobileMe.  The MobileMe contacts list has 374 items, synched from another Mac running Snow Leopard.

After invoking Sync on the MBA, all items are deleted from the MobileMe Contacts, and the MBA Address Book has just two entries: Apple, and the MBA user account.

This behavior is the same whether the user chooses Merge or Replace Data on This Machine.

The desired result is for the MBA to be updated with the 374 items in MobileMe.

Any suggestions?


texts: My App Store refuses to Download and Install the MacOS upgrade from 10.10.5 to 10.11

texts: I clicked on resume download a hundred times, but it still shows up like the picture ("Waiting"). It's been like that for hours. I tried downloading the 10.11.5 Combo Update but I was told I needed 10.11.x to install it. So I downloaded the earliest combo update I could find for 10.11.x, which is 10.11.1, and I got the same message, that I need 10.11.x to install. How can I upgrade?


texts: apps/music/photo sync **after** clean install of iOS 7

texts:
I am preparing to upgrade to iOS 7.0+ via a clean install. From what I've read, this method is best to minimize the chance of taking a hit on battery performance. If I understand correctly, a clean install wipes my phone and puts it into a "brand new, just out of the box state."

My question is - do I just re-sync my clean phone using iTunes to get my music and photos (stored in iPhoto) back on my newly upgraded phone? If this isn't correct, can someone please respond with the best method or direct me to a site that will offer the instructions?


texts: Spotlight search returns no results on iOS (intermittently)

texts:
I'm on 8.0.2 but it happened on 8.0.0 too.

Spotlight just won't show anything no matter what I type.


texts: Connecting to Mac Mini via SSH unreliable

texts:
More often than not I am getting this error when connecting to a brand new Mac Mini, firewall disabled:

ssh -l [username] [fixed_ip]
ssh: connect to host [fixed_ip] port 22: Connection timed out
ssh -l [username] [fixed_ip]
ssh: connect to host [fixed_ip] port 22: No route to host

(For security reasons, I have [fixed_ip] and [username] instead of the real values above.)

The connection does work sometimes, though. How can I make it more reliable?


texts: I have 2 seperate photo albums on my iphone.  I have downloades one of the albums to my computer, but can't figure out how to switch to download the other album. When phone is hooked to computer itunes only reccognizes one of the photo albums and I can't figure out how to switch...any help out there?


texts: Switched carriers after ordering iPhone 11

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I ordered the iPhone 11 with Verizon on the day it came out, and a few days later my family switched from Verizon to T-Mobile. When I'm setting up my phone, it's still trying to activate with Verizon, even when I switch the SIM out for my T-Mobile SIM. How do I resolve this problem?

Edit: I forgot to that this was ordered as part of the iPhone Upgrade Program with Apple, which says that the phone should be unlocked.


texts: Presentation software for ipad which works also on windows 7 laptop for remote control

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Very soon I have a presentation at school. and would like a suggestion regarding the application for iOS which can I use for the Powerpoint presentation. I would like an app that allows me to change a slide a page on my iPad, and have that reflect automatically also on my laptop (has Windows 7).

What software I need for tablet and laptop, and what steps do I follow to do remote presentation?


texts:
I use Mavericks with Bootcamp on my iMac.
If I upgrade Yosemite via AppStore, what happens to Bootcamp?
Can I start it as usual or will the Bootcamp partition become unusable?


texts: Recursively converting files from dos line endings to unix line endings

texts:
I am looking for a command that I could use to run on an entire directory and subdirectory that will convert all line endings from DOS to UNIX.

It should be able to detect if a file is text or binary.

I installed dos2unix using macports but it looks that it does miss the recursive option.


texts: On the iOS 12 page on the Apple website, it says that you can add ID cards, however, in the app, I see no option to do this. I am running the latest iOS 12. How do I add an ID card?


texts: Encrypt old Time Machine backup for archival purposes?

texts:
I have a couple of old Time Machine backups (for computer A and B) that are stored unencrypted on an unencrypted drive. I would like to encrypt them for archival purposes but they need to remain working with TM (e.g. browse using the TM interface, restorable to a new computer using TM and so on).
I followed the instructions at https://www.howtogeek.com/305540/how-to-encrypt-your-macs-time-machine-backup/ but since A and B are long gone I used computer C. That didn't work out very well, at the final step, instead of starting to encrypt I got this message:

How can I encrypt an old TM backup when I no longer have access to the machine that was the source for that backup?


texts: The macOS system must be configured so that the su command requires smart card authentication

texts:
I am following some hardening guide and in the specific I am doing the AOSX-14-003051 V-95983
from the following website: https://vaulted.io/library/disa-stigs-srgs/apple_os_x_1014_mojave_security_technical_implementation_guide

You can open the website and search for the keywords AOSX-14-003051 or you can search for the keywords V-95983

If you read the Fix Text Column and the Check Content Column I am not sure why they are telling me to do a back up of the su file and modify the login file?

Should it be: back up of the login file and then modify the login file?

Or I am missing something?

In case you do not want to visit the website, here below what they are asking to do:

Make a backup of the PAM SU settings using the following command:

cp /etc/pam.d/su /etc/pam.d/su_backup_`date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M"`

Replace the contents of "/etc/pam.d/login" with the following:

# su: auth account session
auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so
#auth required pam_opendirectory.so
auth required pam_deny.so
account required pam_permit.so
password required pam_deny.so
session required pam_permit.so

To verify that the "su" command has been configured to require smart card authentication, run the following command:

cat /etc/pam.d/su | grep -i pam_smartcard.so

If the text that returns does not include the line, "auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so" at the TOP of the listing, this is a finding.


texts: Getting notified when someone logs into a server using SSH or Remote Desktop

texts:
I have a mac mini server running OS X Lion Server 10.7.3. It pretty much runs unattended without problems. However, the server is under constant "attack" according to the logs. The firewall and security is holding up it seems.

Is there any application/script that can send me an email whenever someone/anyone logs into the server using SSH, Admin Tools or ARD?

Since the machine runs unattended, headless in a datacenter in a different city, I'm concerned that someone may (through pure persistance) manages to crack a password or find a compromise on the system. Knowing I'll get alerted will put my mind to ease.


texts: How do I sync Google Tasks to an iPhone?

texts: I can sync my mail and calendar to Google from my iPhone via the GMail Exchange interface, but my GMail task list is not synced. How can I sync my tasks so that they show up in the built-in Reminders app?


texts: Macbook Pro boots successfully when using hard drive in USB enclosure but doesn't boot when connected internally

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Apologies for the long question. I will keep it as simple as I can.

Last week my Macbook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) started to act strange.

It started when I tried to open Skype and received an error complaining that the program could not start because Skype could not read (or lock, unfortunately I can't remember) it's skype.plist file.

I restarted my Macbook hoping that would fix the problem (and I hadn't restarted in a while so I figured it was overdue).

My Macbook restarted and played the startup chime but then hung at the grey startup screen  with the spinning wheel. I thought nothing of it and did a hard shutdown but no matter how many times I did, the Macbook never advanced past the grey startup screen.

I tried to boot using Safe and Verbose mode and got the following error in both cases:

BootCacheControl : Unable to open /var/db/BootCache.playlist: 22 invalid argument

I googled the error and tried various solutions with no luck.

The Macbook would boot to the built-in Mountain Lion recovery partition.

At this point I decided to backup my data so I could mess with the hard drive a bit more without fear of losing any data. I booted in to the recovery partition and cloned my hard drive onto another using a USB enclosure. It seemed to work OK and I verified all of my files were on the backup hard drive by plugging it into another Macbook.

After cloning my hard drive I verified and repaired the disk and disk permissions using the disk utility in the recovery partition but that had no effect.

At this point I decided to reinstall Mountain Lion. I tried numerous times to reinstall it with the hard drive inside the Macbook (both using the recovery partition and a bootable Mountain Lion SD card) but couldn't get it to install. Eventually I got it to install, but only when the hard drive was placed in a USB enclosure. I knew this probably indicated a bigger underlying problem but decided to go ahead anyway.

I installed Mountain Lion successfully but now it will not boot with the hard drive connected inside the Macbook, only when it is used in my USB enclosure. When the hard drive is placed in my USB enclosure it boots to Mountain Lion without any problem.

With the hard drive inside the Macbook:

If the Macbook is booted as standard, it hangs on the grey startup screen with spinning wheel
If it is booted in verbose mode, it seems to boot successfully (shows no errors when the white text show up) and then hangs on a black screen with a solid white cursor in the top left corner (I can type at this point but it does nothing, it doesn't appear to be a terminal window)
If it is booted in safe mode, the progress bar appears, progresses to the end and then hangs on the grey startup screen with spinning wheel

I noticed a lot of suggestions on the internet to replace the hard drive cable to the motherboard. I did and it had no effect.

I've tried using another hard drive running a brand new install of Mountain Lion and that behaves exactly the same (boots fine using a USB enclosure but doesn't boot when connected internally).

I've booked an appointment at the Apple store but figured it was worth posting the question anyway, in case anybody has a similar issue in the future (hopefully I'll be able to post the answer, if nobody else does, after a visit to the Genius bar).

Any suggestions?

Thanks for reading.


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Should I charge every night? (Assuming that I consume more than 50% during the day, but sometimes not much more.)
Should I turn off the device during the charge? (Assuming that I don’t need the device as an alarm clock.)

Any other tips are also welcome.


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I want to make a new pdf from my old one: put portrait pages 1 & 2 on a landscape page 1, pages 3 & 4 on page 2, and so on.

Preview.app does this, but I need to do it in the shell.

jPDFtweak.jar also does this in GUI, but for no reason it fails to do it in terminal (for some of my files).

I do not know, how to use lp to print to pdf.


texts: The answer to a previous question (that I share) suggested going to this file ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences.  How does one find that.  I don't know what ~/ references and the Library files that I find on my hard drive do not have a Container subfile


texts: I have a mac, I've never used one before it's only a 128 GB SSD. I have 10 - 15GB of music on my PC. But iTunes is broken, even Apple couldn't fix it. So I can't update my ipod. Is there / what's the best way to itunes on my mac, so I can update my ipod, but not store the music on the Mac Hard Drive?


texts: Incompatible software with newer operating system versions

texts:
I bought a new conputer to replace my aging MacBook Air (2011). I migrated from my Time Machine backup, bringing my old applications. One of the steps in the migration said "identifying incompatible software."

Some applications have a gray slashed circle over them, while others (like OmniGraffle 4) just crash instantly on launch.

What causes some applications to be preidentified as incompatible while other simply fail to work?


texts: I have an external microsoft mouse for my iMac. When I updated to Mavericks it inverted the mouse scrolling but I can't change it back. The mouse has a specific program that controls preferences within system preferences so changing mouse controls to "natural" within system preferences does nothing and the program has nothing to control this setting. The mouse uses bluetooth to connect to a usb connector so I can't connect the mouse directly through bluetooth mouse. How can I change the settings back to normal?


texts: Disable auto suggest typing when using the CTRL key

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Sometimes when I press and release the CTRL key while my cursor is in a text field, the letter "I" gets inserted and an autosuggest list gets opened.

I really really dislike this because I often press and release the CTRL key without wanting to type anything.

How can I disable this functionality?


texts: Erase signatures from the Mac OS Catalina V10.15 Preview app forever

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I've been using the Preview App to generate my passwords and to be able to sign virtually. But now what I want to do is to erase them completely, so that nobody can access them.
For example, if I sell my Mac in a hurry, or if someone accesses my Mac, I want to make it impossible to access those signatures.
I don't mean to press the X (cross) that appears after generating the signature; because I think that by pressing that, that signature must be saved somewhere. I don't know. What I'm saying is to eliminate it in a more strict way, forever.

Is it possible to do this? How?


texts: How to add an account in Apple Mail without downloading older messages?

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I recently took on a position in an organization, and with it I gained access to the organization's e-mail account.  I would like to add the account to Apple Mail.  The organization has been around for a while, though, so there are thousands of e-mails in the inbox.  I want to download all future e-mails to the account, but not past e-mails.

How do you prevent Apple Mail from downloading old messages when adding an account?

I'm running OS X Lion, and the new inbox is on Gmail.


texts: Is there a working alternative for mysql on Sierra (10.12.6) that can be used with php?

texts: Does mariadb function properly on Sierra? I can't get mysql to work and since Sierra isn't supported by mysql I'm giving up on trying to get it to function.   does anyone have Sierra working as a functional web development server because I am just trying to test an ecommerce website. I don't need it to do much.  what database just works I don't care if its free or not


texts: Why does opening from the terminal in MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 fail?

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From a terminal prompt, when I do:
open -a /Users/homer/Applications/Preview /Users/homer/Downloads/test.jpg

I get an error:
FSPathMakeRef(/Users/homer/Applications/Preview) failed with error -43.

But if I do:
open /Users/homer/Downloads/test.jpg

the image is opened in Preview just fine.
What is going on?


texts:
I need an app that does the following:

Allow me to paste multiple snapshots from clipboard. Also resize and move them.
Draw arrows, write texts...

Just what paint on windows does.

I've tried Gimp but is terrible slow and full of bugs.


texts: How I can prevent Safari popups to increase database size on iPad?

texts:
Recently I have been getting popups on my iPad2 when using Safari. They say:

Increase database size?
Do you want to allow "https://mobile.twitter.com" to use up to 10 MB storage on your iPad?
Cancel Increase

where Cancel and Increase are buttons.
This popup just occurred five times in succession. I have seen it for Twitter (as shown here) but also (I think) for other sites (Gmail?).
Is there any way to prevent this? Or should I use another browser?


texts: How long does text stay in Spotlight Search?

texts: The text you enter in Spotlight search stays there if you close it and reopen it, but it automatically disappears after some time limit. How long is such amount of time?


texts: Can I restore only selected files from Time Machine Backup after a fresh OS X re-install?

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I'm thinking to reinstall my Mac OS X on my Macbook Pro and starting fresh (instead of recovering from a Time Machine backup)

The question is:

If I do that, after OS X is reinstalled, will I be able to pick only certain files to be restored from my Time Machine backup?

The scenario is basically I want to start with a fresh OS X install and restore my iTunes library and possibly a few other documents.


texts:
I have an Ipad 1 GSM (it takes a 3g sim) and i've been looking for the IOS 4.3.3 firmware but cannot find it anywhere online.

i found this

iPad1,1_4.3.3_8J3_Restore.ipsw

but it does not work. Itunes says "The ipad "main ipad" could not be restored. this device isn't eligible for the requested build."

So i'm guessing that ipsw is for wifi only devices. Where do i find gsm version then?


texts:
I've noticed that most applications that I use have common keys in their plist files that start with SU. Examples are:

SUHasLaunchedBefore
SULastCheckTime
SUScheduledCheckInterval

What does SU stand for? What do these keys mean? How do their values affect my preferences?


texts:
In this instructions Apple references "Instruments".

However, I don't see them in my Xcode install (version 5.1.1 for OSX 10.8).

Do I need to install something? Or its not available on that version?


texts: How to remount external drive in OS X El Capitan without rebooting?

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I have a MacBook Pro 15 Mid 2014 with OS X El Capitan.
When I accidentally disconnect the external USB disk (without clicking eject), I can't reconnect the disk. If I remove and plug the disk back in it doesn't appear in the Disk Utility.

The solution is to reboot the system.

Is there some command to reconnect the disk without rebooting the system?


texts: Can I get less(1) to display the final line, without selecting it?

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When less(1) is looking at a file with a long name, pressing = updates only the final line on screen.

For example, with the Terminal window at 80 columns and 27 rows (the default, I think), if I do:

less /Library/Updates/ProductMetadata.plist

and then press =, the bottom line says:

ss RETURN)

and the rest of the window doesn't change at all.  I know it knows that the other lines have different text now, though, because if I select the text with the mouse, the last two lines become:

/Library/Updates/ProductMetadata.plist lines 1-22/14295 byte 649/917106 0%  (pre
ss RETURN)

Is there any way to set up less(1) or Terminal.app so it doesn't require me to fiddle with it in order to see longer filenames?


texts: Is there a way to run one application in Full Screen mode on one display and still be able to view and access applications on a second display?

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When I make an app go full screen on my primary display - a 24" Apple Display - everything previously visible and accessible on my second display - my MacBook Pro screen - is hidden by the default Lion background image.

Is there a way to run one app in Full Screen mode on one display and still be able to view and access applications on secondary display(s)?


texts: Can I SSH pictures directly to the iOS Camera Roll?

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I want to upload a picture directly to my iPad (without syncing or downloading from email). I want to SSH into my camera roll (/private/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE), upload an image there, and be able to see it in my Photos app (Camera Roll). When I do this, the pics do not show up. I even followed Apple's naming convention (i.e IMG_001.png).

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!
Thomas


texts: "An account with that identifier already exists" on Apple Watch when signing in with Apple ID

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When I try to sign in to my Apple ID on my Apple Watch Series 2 (watchOS 4.2), I get an error stating that "An account with that identifier already exists".

The Watch App on my paired iPhone seems to think I haven't signed in on my Apple Watch before. (Apple Watch → General Apple ID → Sign In). However, my watch is already registered when I check the manage your Apple ID page.

What does this error mean? How do I fix it?


texts: How can I construct my grep command on zsh to return a specific value?

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I am trying to use the command line to extract a specific value from a web page.

The page is from the VS Code marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=HCLTechnologies.hclappscancodesweep and I am after the number of installs.
I managed to get to a point where I can isolate up to this:

{"statisticName":"install","value":206.0},{"statisticName":"averagerating","value":5.0},{"statisticName":"ratingcount","value":8.0},{"statisticName":"trendingdaily","value":0.0},{"statisticName":"trendingmonthly","value":88.950276243093924},{"statisticName":"trendingweekly","value":28.7292817679558},{"statisticName":"weightedRating","value":4.668447071838485}],"installationTargets":[{"target":"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code","targetVersion":""}],"deploymentType":0}

I am on a mac and using zsh. The command I'm currently using is:

curl -G "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=HCLTechnologies.hclappscancodesweep" | grep -Eo {\"statisticName\":\"install\",\"value\":.+\}

The desired output of this command should be:
206.0 which is the number I'm after. If you can trim it down to 206 that's even better.

I have 2 main problems:
1) I can't isolate the match to start right before my number. I tried \K but that doesn't seem to work on the mac. I did not see an option to use groups either.

2) I can't make the matching after my number stop after the first match of a curly bracket }. Keep in mind the number can vary in length, so I want to stop it where the JSON stops.
I did actually try using [:digit:] and [0-9] to restrict to the number, but that did not work either and that's why I went down the curly bracket path.

I did see some options out there to work with the JSON part and extract things there, but the environment I'm working with does not have the flexibility of installing other utilities, so I need help to achieve this with a "vanilla" environment.

P.S. I'm working on Catalina 10.15.4


texts: 24 inch iMac Early 2009 - Use as monitor via Firewire

texts: I'm trying to figure out how to use my old iMac as an external monitor for a windows laptop.  I've read that it's impossible since its Mini DisplayPort doesn't accept input, but it seems like there's a possibility that nobody has considered.  Firewire 800 seems to be capable of carrying video signals, and the machine has one of these ports.  Is it possible to turn this old machine into a monitor using this port, or is there a good reason why no one has suggested this?


texts: Name of Home directory of previous owner of MacBook Pro

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I purchased this MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard which I upgrade to El Capitan. Then changed the previous Account name to to my name, but still have the previous owner name under:

  System Preference > Users & Groups > UserName > Advance Options, Home directory

What is the correct thing to do with this since I want my own home directory. Thanks


texts:
As a recent switcher from Ubuntu (Well recent switch backer if that's a word) I'm finding myself in the command line a lot more than when I was a mac user before. One thing I really loved about Ubuntu was when I was compiling and running java programs for class my tab completion was really smart. When I needed to compile my class if I had a directory that looked like:

Example.java
Example.class
Client.java
Client.class

and I needed to compile the Client.java to take into account the most recent changes I would type:

javac C [TAB]

and it would complete to

javac Client.java

ignoring the .class files because you can't run javac on a .class. Also when I wanted to run the file typing

java C [TAB]

would result in

java Client

with no period. This was a very smart way of doing the tab completion that I got so used to that now it's driving me crazy when I hit tab and it gives me the Client. without actually completing to what I need it to be.

So is there any way to make the Mac bash completion smarter so that it would have this same effect?


texts: kitty terminal emulator problems with national characters

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I am using the Kitty terminal emulator on three different machines, all using the same .bash_profile and kitty.conf, and all running macOS 11.0.1 Big Sur.
One of the machines (Mac mini M1) does not show special (Danish) national characters such as æøåÆØÅ correctly but shows codes C&, C8, C%, C^F, C^X, C^E instead.
When using Vim or SSH into a remote host, the characters show correctly, and when using the build-in Terminal app, they also show correctly.
All the machines use a US English input source, so I type the Danish characters using the option key.
I must be missing some configuration in macOS itself, I think, but I have not been able to find it.


texts: How do I access files that are owned by another user?

texts:
I recently formatted my Mac Pro and I copied all the files to external drive, I didn’t use TM. After creating a new account on a new OS I can’t open the files, because the old user can’t be located. I can’t copy the files to the new account. I need to access my logic files but I can’t find a solution.
I tried making a new TM and editing the contents and replacing it with my old files, but editing the TM is prohibited.
Is there a way I can restore a Mac using a copied drive or a possibility that I can custom make a TM drive with the files.
Or If there is a solution where I use a windows machine to open the folders.
I need to get to these files


texts: Keep R running while screen is off in Big Sur (11.0.1)

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I've just switched from Windows/Linux to a Macbook Pro, and am having trouble with sleep/screen off. My work involves running very long (multiple day) processes in R, so I need to be able to leave things running for a long time with the screen off, so as not to waste energy. At the moment it seems that if the screen goes to sleep, all processes are paused. Is there a way to get the linux/windows behaviour where the screen can time out but everything keeps running?
(Other similar questions I've found all refer to previous versions of MacOS and/or desktop versions, the system preferences seem to be completely different.)


texts: Spotlight / Finder - search words within files and preview occurrence

texts:
When searching for specific words inside documents, upon getting the results, is there a way to then preview in the document where that word occurs without having to first open the document and perform the search again within the application?

Ideally, I'd like to hit spacebar and have the preview jump to that section of the document of the first occurrence of the word.

Would also consider 3rd party search tools if that provided the functionality.


texts: Builtin VNC stops working after waking headless Mac mini from sleep (black screen)

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I'm running a Mac mini (late 2012) with OS X 10.8.2 as a media center PC and streaming server. It's not running 24/7 - instead I'm using a schedule to wake it up in the evening and putting it back to sleep at midnight. So far, so good.

For some reason the built-in VNC server stops working when the Mac wakes up while the attached screen is turned off. I can login and can also move the cursor but the screen remains black.

A workaround is to use RealVNC but I prefer to use the built-in VNC service since it doesn't cost extra money and has better multi-user support.


texts:
I'm doing some Rails dev, and I'm trying to get Pow running. After making the appropriate symlink, if I try to go to idealm_web.dev/ (idealm_web being the name of my Rails project), I get this:

I was told that this was Apache. How do I disable this? I checked under System Preferences > Sharing, and there was no way to disable it.


texts: Macbook Pro Apple logo brightness reacts to sound?

texts:
I was watching a movie on netflix with the back of the laptop facing the wall. It was pretty dark in the room I was in and I noticed that whenever there was nobody talking/less sound the illuminated Apple logo would dim down. Whenever someone started speaking it would light up again. I thought it couldve been the backlight of the white subtitles but in a scene when theres just two people talking I can clearly see the apple logo's brightness lower whenever it goes silent. Its not really a problem for me, I was just wondering if anybody else had noticed it and if it's normal in the first place.

Thanks in advance,

John


texts: Symbolic link in High Sierra breaks when the file is modified

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I have a file named file.ext. I create an symbolic link to this file named file_symlink.ext in other folder.

When I modify file.ext directly (without opening the file via the symbolic link), the symbolic link is transformed to an effective file with the old version.

Is that normal?

I would like the symbolic link to always point to the real file, but I can't use alias because LaTeX does not accept working with aliases.

Is there any solution?

It is the last but one file.

colas-3:sources colas$ ls -li
total 48
...
8592287609 lrwxr-xr-x  1 colas  staff    116 11 aoû 16:15 exercices_relations.tex symlink -> /Users/colas/Dropbox/Maths/Maths_2018_2019/C. Exercices, DM, Interros/7. Relations/exercices/exercices_relations.tex
8592305400 -rw-r--r--@ 1 colas  staff  22016 11 aoû 18:25 exercices_suites.tex symlink
8592287688 lrwxr-xr-x  1 colas  staff    138 11 aoû 16:16 exercices_systemes_lineaires.tex symlink -> /Users/colas/Dropbox/Maths/Maths_2018_2019/C. Exercices, DM, Interros/9. Systèmes linéaires/exercices/exercices_systemes_lineaires.tex


texts:
I just bought an unlocked iPhone 5 and I already own an iPhone 5 on Verizon.

I am transferring the cellular service from my old iPhone 5 to the new iPhone 5 which, from my knowledge, just involves moving the SIM card from old to new. From my knowledge, 4G SIM cards are automatic and refresh every 30 seconds. I proceeded to transfer the card from old to new.

This DID NOT WORK and after talking with Verizon, they said they do not support an unlocked iPhone 5; yet, the Apple store told me I could use this phone perfectly fine with Verizon. Conflicting information much?

I'm not sure where else to ask this question because I feel like I should be able to activate the phone myself from what I've read, but it still is not activating. I don't really want to deal with Verizon or Apple at this point because of the conflict.

Can I use this phone? If so, what am I doing wrong? Or do I need to return it to Apple and get the right phone?


texts: Can I use iPad/Airport/Mac Mini as a development network?

texts:
I am thinking of getting a Mac Mini as an inexpensive development server. I want to install MySql and get up and running quickly. Can I :

Use my existing AirPort to create a wireless LAN so that my Windows PC can use the Mac Mini as a database server?
Use my existing iPad to remote access the Mac Mini so I can install and configure the MySql instance?

If anyone knew of any books or documentation of how to do this, that would be cool.


texts: How to make the "Pictures" folder a folder again

texts:
Question:
Is it possible to change a package directory into an ordinary directory, and how?
Context:
I was copying an old iPhoto library to my "~/Pictures" folder from an external drive, but I somehow made a mistake as only the subdirectories of the iPhoto library were copied over.
I tried making a new ".photolibrary" directory and moving the subdirectories into that, but the system still thinks that my Pictures folder is a ".photolibrary" directory. It comes up as a "package" rather than as a folder now, meaning I can only access it throught the command line or by choosing "show package contents" in Finder.
Also, when I tried renaming the new photolibrary to be the same as the old one, I get an error message saying that there already exists a directory with that name, even though there doesn't. I'm guessing the Pictures folder/package somehow comes up as having the name of my old photolibrary after I copied it over.
Edit:
I am using OSX version 10.9, so I don't think SIP applies.
ls -dle@ ~/Pictures
drwxrwxrwx@ 131 User  staff  4454 19 Jun 01:37 /Users/User/Pictures
com.apple.FinderInfo      32
com.apple.quarantine      21
0: group:everyone deny delete

This is what comes up when I do "get info" on my Pictures folder:


texts: How to lookup disk "Device Identifier" from "Device / Media Name"?

texts:
There are 20+ drives in the system. One of the drives is having issues according to the disk controller. The disk controller reports to me by the drives serial number. That drive serial I can map to a "Device / Media Name" (f.e. HPT DISK 1_7 Media).
Device / Media Name → Device Identifier
Next, I do wish to know the "Device Identifier" (like disk8) or "Device Node" (f.e. /dev/disk8).

Regression
Having to do a diskutil info /dev/diskZZ for all of the 20+ drives is quite inefficient.

What is the efficient way to do a command-line lookup for the disk its "Device Identifier" having the "Device / Media Name" using Lion (Mac OS X 10.7)?


texts: Are iPhone DCIM 1xxAPPLE folders chronological?

texts:
For example, am I guaranteed once 100APPLE is full, it will never change?

I am manually backing up the folders and this would make my life easier. Also when moving to a new iPhone, it means I can continue to only back up the new folders.


texts: Force a specific version of a framework for a process

texts:
So I think it's known that OS X 10.10.5 breaks calendar server because of incompatibilities between the version of Python on 10.10.5 and a specific part of the Calendar Server. It does work in 10.10.3 and 10.10.4. I have determined that by replacing the version of Python.framework in /System/Library/Frameworks that comes with 10.10.5 with a version from another machine (my laptop) that is running 10.10.3, the Calendar Server magically works again! However I am somewhat hesitant about allowing the entire 10.10.5 system to use the Python.framework from 10.10.3.

Is there a way to force only the Calendar Server process to use the 10.10.3 Python.framework, while the rest of the system can use the new one that came with 10.10.5?

I updated the server a few days ago and none of the people who depend on those calendars can access them right now. The fix offered by several other places was to update to 10.11, but I have some other applications that must run on this server that only work on 10.10, and are broken on 10.11. I'm sure there's no way to make them work on 10.11, so the only option for me right now is to stick with 10.10.


texts: How to sort new folders alphabetically in OS X Mail?

texts:
I am running OS X Yosemite and Mail v8.2. Every time I add a new folder, Mail puts them to the bottom folder structure. This is very confusing and I have to go through all folders all the time to find my stuff. I would like the mailboxes to stay in alphabetical order. How can I do that? This was just working fine in previous version.

Any good solution? Disable and Enable the IMAP account is not option.


texts: MacBook Air 2013 battery drained by Dropbox

texts:
I just bought the new MacBook Air 13" (2013) and am experiencing dramatic battery loss when using Dropbox and a few other apps.

While that is a well know issue with Dropbox, I wonder if there is a solution for my Mac (that is build to last long time on a single battery charge).

Nico already posted something about it, and it seems Dropbox drains the battery of the new MacBook Air in about 3 hours.

That defeats the Apples design for long battery lifetime, so is there a way to I fix the Dropbox app.


texts: Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Mouse "Smooth Scrolling Mode" is Overly Active

texts:
The mouse has two scroll wheel options. One is incremental, which seems to work fine. This is where the mouse wheel clicks slightly as it's turned. The second mode is more of a fluid scroll, which can be enabled by pressing the mouse wheel down. When I'm in the fluid scroll mode, many apps misbehave. For example, when I view Google Maps the map starts zooming in and out randomly, and random uninitiated scrolling happens in other apps as well, like Acrobat. Using Mac High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E202)

Update:

It seems that the problem goes away when I disable smooth scrolling, but this really limits the functionality of the mouse.


texts: Using a Macbook Pro as a second monitor for another Macbook Pro

texts:
My parents are visiting us for Christmas, and we'd like to watch a movie together. We have two Macbook Pros between 4 people and no TV or other display, so we'd like to watch the same movie, synchronised, on both computers. We're on the same WiFi network but don't have any HDMI cables, thunderbolt cables, etc.

Is there a way that we can use one of the Macs as an external monitor for the other Mac, in order to achieve this?

Unfortunately, the Bluetooth antenna is broken on one of the machines, so a Bluetooth solution won't work for me. However, feel free to post one in case it's helpful for other users.


texts: How to add additional partitions to Windows under bootcamp

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I have a MBP on which running OS X 10.8.4. Recently using bootcamp I installed Windows 7 on it to use some windows specific software. I wanted to have 3 different partitions in windows, where OS and apps are installed on 1 and my data remains on other 2.

However, due to some restrictions with bootcamp, I wasn't able to create partitions before installing windows (bootcamp require single partition in Mac OS X to setup windows).

Then, I installed windows first and tried to create partition via Disk Utility and then lost my windows installation. Later based on a post on apple discussions, I was able to repair boot partition for windows and get it up, but its no longer showing my mac hd and other 2 partition which I created.

So wondering, if there is any safe way to make those 2 partitions available in my windows OS along with HFS+ drive, which was being shown earlier but later no longer accessible in windows. (I even tried re-installing bootcamp drivers with no luck).


texts: Can't access specific websites with Macbook Air (10.7.5 Lion)

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This has really baffled me:

While my internet connection works, I can't access specific websites with Safari (or any other browser for that matter). I don't get a 404 page; Just an error message that Safari (or Chrome or Firefox) can't access the server at some.location.com.

For example, I can't access www.apple.com or www.reddit.com while some other sites I can access come out "broken" (e.g. in imgur or Facebook I get no images, I can't login etc.) I can ping them, nslookup works, traceroute fails. Other websites seem to have no problem at all (e.g. youtube, this one etc.). It also works ok for the guest account, but not for mine.

Things I've tried so far

clearing the browsers' cache
flushing the DNS cache
adding/removing Google DNS servers
restarting the laptop and the wireless router
disabling the firewall
checking the content of /etc/hosts(which only contains localhost entries)
checked for user restrictions (which are not set)
killing/restarting mDNSResponder

and I still have no idea why this weird behavior started so suddenly. I'm not using any proxies like Little Snitch, and a quick search for malware came up clean.


texts: Why does BBC Radio Player fail in Safari on my Mac?

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Sorry this is a UK-only issue.

The BBC have a Flash-based player for their live radio on the following page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_fourfm

This works fine in Google Chrome on my Mac, but in Safari, the Flash elements in this page fail to load, and the radio does not play.

What could be causing this? Do other Safari users see it? How does one diagnose a Flash problem in a web-site?

I have no extensions, nor Safari plugins installed.


texts: Active Directory Network Account does not have login keychain?

texts: I just bound my MacBook Pro to my Active Directory domain, so when I opened Mail and set up my email account, it asked if I'd like to remember in the keychain. Doing this on my other Mac on a local account, I said sure. It could not find nor create a login keychain using my network password. I have tried to make keychains, and they do not show up in Keychain Access.


texts: Is it possible to quick-access apps on iOS 10 without unlocking?

texts: I'm searching if it is possible to quick access apps other than Apple's on the lock-screen widget without unlocking the phone. Currently I can't find enough information, but based on what I know and found, I think it's a no. So I'm looking for an alternative. Would not putting a lock code on the phone suffice?


texts: How do I make NFS automounted volumes visible in Finder?

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How do I make NFS automounted volumes visible in Finder or, in other words, have opposite effect to default option nobrowse?

From mount manpage

nobrowse
     This option indicates that the mount point should not be visible via the GUI
     (i.e., appear on the Desktop as a separate volume).

This is edited mount command output from Mac Pro

mac-pro:~ shpokas$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
map autofs_nfs on /Volumes/nfs (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/VFS HDD 0122 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners)
varaklani:/faili on /Volumes/nfs/faili (nfs, nodev, nosuid, automounted, **nobrowse**)


texts: How to move movie files from iMovie library to Photos library

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I have imported my movie files to the iMovie library (imovielibrary) but want them moved to the Photos library (photoslibrary).

What is the easiest most efficient way to do this without reimporting the from the original source?


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I have a Mac mini which has hdmi and display port outputs. The spec says it can drive one monitor at QHD and the other at 1900x1200. I have a nice dell u2715h QHD monitor and would quite like my 2nd monitor to be identical... When I upgrade I'll be able to run both at full resolution.

But I can't ascertain if I can run such a monitor at 1900x1200 well in the meantime?


texts: Has anyone found a good way to view TiVo Premiere videos on a Mac (late 2012 mini, El Cap)? TiVo Transfer for Mac worked fine for years, but now only downloads partial files and has been abandoned by Roxio. I can't make cTiVo download complete files either - it calls it "Complete" after transferring 25 MB of a 1.6 GB video.


texts: Xcode not letting me open a specific project

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When i try to open a specific project in xcode (i can open my other projects just not the most important one) i get this error

I have gone in "Get Info" and made sure my account had complete access, but i still get this stupid error and i have no idea why. I am also the administrator for my computer and logged into my only account for this computer (i have not made multiple accounts) Can someone please help.
- Thanks


texts: Cannot watch iTunes purchased media with old Apple ID

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When attempting to watch purchased older material on iTunes I have been receiving a prompt stating that my MacBook is not authorized to view material. As the material was purchased unsing my original Apple ID - having since changed ID's twice - I am not able to view this material without entering the password for the old ID. I am then directed through iForgot to the change the password. Here iForgot states the prompting information provided is not recognized. As I cannot enter a password for this old ID I cannot view this material

I am having similar problems with apps purchased on my iPhone under this original ID.

Sounds like others are dealing with the same issue. Any solutions?


texts: Windows keyboard on mac, change combinations?

texts: I have my reasons why I use a Win keyboard on a Mac, I'm interested to know how can I change keyboard combinations like: change  Ctrl ⌃  vs.  Win  key, I want on Mac to have  Cmd ⌘  functionality on  Ctrl ⌃  key and  Ctrl ⌃  on  Win ... it is possible or does any software exist for that?


texts: Can the thief erase and clear my iPhone before "Find My iPhone" has a chance to detect its location?

texts: I have lost my iPhone5 and had a sick feeling that the phone has been erased and cleared before Find my IPhone has even had the chance to detect it. Is this possible?


texts: How do I use separate dock for each monitor?

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I have three monitors. I'd like to use a dock on each monitor that displays the apps / windows open on that monitor. Is this possible?

Thanks!


texts: How to add a .crt certificate to iPhone's keychain?

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I moved a .crt certificate file onto my iPhone device via Dropbox and tried following these instructions to add it to the device keychain:

It suggests to open the certificate file but my iPhone doesn't know what to open the .crt with?

How should I proceed from here to add the certificate to my keychain?


texts: Change arrangement of iPad used as Sidecar Display

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I have an iPad Pro (2018 3rd Gen) that I'm using as 2nd display with my Macbook Pro (2018).  I can enable it and it works well, but it's on the wrong side of my Macbook and there's no options in Sidecar to change the display arrangement.

How do I change the monitor arrangement of my iPad relative to my Macbook?


texts: How to do I tell Quicktime player to start a New Movie Recording with a apple script?

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I have made a duplicate of the application "Quicktime player" on my Mac and renamed it "Reaction" then I have put this copy inside of a applescript. I am trying to write a code that tells the "Reaction" to start a "New Movie Recording" (which is a option of recording) then save the recording within the applescript. (the name of the recording is irrelevant)

Extra: Also if anyone knows how I could then code a way to add the recording to a email and send it to people that would be great.

At the moment I know how to open "Reaction" but not how to tell "Reaction" to start a "New Movie Recording"

So far i'm using this to open "Reaction"

  set appPath1 to path to resource "Reaction.app"
tell application "Finder"

open appPath1

end tell


texts: name of my macbook air changed automatically

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i noticed that the name of my macbook air in terminal changed automatically to "homepc"

This is the log of the console with the exact timeline it happened:

NetworkServiceProxy.framework/Versions/A/NetworkServiceProxy (0x7fffb250bdc0) and /usr/libexec/networkserviceproxy (0x10201e390). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Aug 15 00:57:00 Alexs-Air syslogd[47]: ASL Sender Statistics
Aug 15 00:57:06 Alexs-MacBook-Air findmydeviced[91598]: objc[91598]: Class LocalizedUnregisterErrorKey is implemented in both /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FindMyDevice.framework/Versions/A/FindMyDevice (0x7fffb11a13a8) and /usr/libexec/findmydeviced (0x105338d10). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
Aug 15 00:57:08 Alexs-MacBook-Air com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Aug 15 00:57:14 homepc xpcproxy[91608]: libcoreservices: _dirhelper_userdir: 529: bootstrap_look_up returned (ipc/send) invalid destination port
Aug 15 01:04:08 homepc prl_naptd[90721]: Reloading configuration...
Aug 15 01:04:08 homepc prl_naptd[90721]: vnic0: DHCP/NAT for 10.211.55.1-10.211.55.254 netmask 255.255.255.0
Aug 15 01:04:08 homepc prl_naptd[90721]: vnic1: DHCP for 10.37.129.1-10.37.129.254 netmask 255.255.255.0
Aug 15 01:04:09 homepc timed[88]: settimeofday({0x5d546231,0x3a658}) == 0
Aug 15 01:04:10 homepc systemstats[59]: assertion failed: 18F132: systemstats + 214542 [0A10FDEF-5C7C-3D70-97F1-3A1D67836242]: 0x6d8f
Aug 15 01:04:10 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Aug 15 01:04:10 homepc com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.preferen

What just happened?

EDIT:

The question which this is supposedly a duplicate of says this

It's perfectly normal for this to occur; when you login Terminal remotely bash does a reverse DNS lookup

I have never logged in remotely. I checked in system preference>sharing and all sharing is turned off including "remote login"


texts: How do I disable the Apple ID sign in when logging into my Mac?

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Whenever I restart my Mac, I'm first required to sign in with my Apple ID and after that the Mac (local) account and password. It's sort of a two-step process and I don't remember where I may have accidentally configured this setting, which is really annoying right now.

How do I turn off the Apple ID sign in, so I'm only required to log into to my MacBook using my local user account?


texts: I have an iPhone 6, and my email contacts are in my phone contacts.  I am not using gmail so none of the suggestions that I have seen address this problem.  Would be gracious for some help with this?


texts:
So, I need to show some kids a sequence of YouTube videos (with Automator, because there's no one available to man the computer for 30 minutes), but it's at a school where the YouTube domain is blocked, so I had to use a workaround where I use a website (http://www.safeshare.tv) that will embed a YouTube link for me into a page, and I can view the embedded video from there.

However, it does not automatically start the embedded video. So, I have my Automator configured to open a video in Chrome, then wait for the predetermined  length of the video (AppleScript delay command), then open another video, then wait some more, etc.

However, when it opens each video, they don't start playing. Watch Me Do crashes for anything I try to do, even the simplest mouse movements, so that is out.

How do I make it play the embedded video? Is there anything I can do with AppleScript? Is there a Chrome plugin that automatically plays embedded YouTube videos on a page when the page is opened? Is there a similar Automator plugin?

Maybe I could just ask SafeShare to edit their service for one day so that their YouTube embeds start automatically.


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Is there a way to quickly toggle the "use F1, F2, etc as standard function keys" in OSX? I'm a vim user on a MacBook, and I'd like to use at least some of the function keys for vim mappings, but it's a big sacrifice in ease-of-use outside of Vim.

How do most people resolve this?


texts: How to set transparent color in figure in Keynote?

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In Office 2019 Powerpoint, you can click a figure and define a specific color as transparent. You'd go to Picture Format > Color > Set Transparent Color.

How do I do this in Keynote?

Below is a screenshot from what I do in Powerpoint. I have made the blue transparent.

Thanks in advance


texts: MacBook Pro 13" 2020 Bluetooth Connectivity Issue

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My MacBook Pro 2020 (with 2 usb C ports) seems to have a Bluetooth connectivity issue, and I'm curious whether this is something widely acknowledged or it's just me who's having this problem.
I'm using a magic mouse 1st gen, and I don't have any problem using it alone. I also don't have any problem even when I use it with some old Bluetooth headphones (Klipsch R6). But when I have the machine paired with either SONY WF-100XM3 or 1More ANC Neckband earbuds, in addition to the mouse, I get connectivity issues within a minute. The connection is so unstable to the point where I just can't use the headphones anymore.
Interestingly, when I unpair the magic mouse, then everything is fine. So it's not the headphones or the mouse themselves but a combination of them that seems to cause trouble. It looks as though my macbook cannot handle the amount of data flowing through its Bluetooth module if more than one device is connected at the same time, especially one of them demands a lot of data.
Is there anyone who's having a similar issue? What would be a solution to this?


texts: I can't install macOS Mojave because this copy of the Install macOS Mojave.app application is damaged

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I've been trying to upgrade my Mac from High Sierra to Mojave, but I keep getting the error below.

I rang Apple support and they told me to wait a while and try downloading it again from the App Store. I've now done this 2 times and continue to get the same error.

I spoke with Apple again and they said to wait a while and try installing it again. It's now been two days and I've rebooted my Mac a number of times, and have attempted installation many times.

I also tried installing all other software updates in case that was a factor. They all updated fine without any problem. The only thing I can't do is get the Mojave installer to run because it is apparently "damaged".

Maybe this is the universe telling me not to upgrade and I should give up, but now I'm here to ask you good folk.

Can someone kindly suggest other options for me?


texts: Prevent Finder from launching when quitting all applications

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I have enabled the option to quit Finder. However, if Finder is the only remaining open app and I quit it, it will launch again.

Personally I don't find the scenario of having all apps closed that nonsensical... I might want to close everything, and then open a different set of apps (because I switched from coding to making music, for example)

Can I prevent this behavior?


texts: I can't switch text messaging back from my email address to my phone number. iPhone 6 iOS 9.2

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So I just got a replacement iPhone, and activated it. I tried sending a text message and it wouldn't go through. I went to my messaging settings and clicked send and receive, and it had my phone number and email under "you can be reached by message at." However, next to my phone number, it had the loading wheel and there was no option to "Start new conversations from."

I reset my phone and when I try to click "use your apple id for iMessage and sign in, it says that I can't connect to the server.

Is there a way to troubleshoot this or alternate steps?


texts: What is the relation between water damage and a cracked iPhone screen?

texts:
This morning I took my iphone 5c to the genius bar and they refused to repair my cracked screen of the iphone initially agreeing to repair and then backing off citing water damage.

My iPhone is in standard 1-year warranty yet, so I don't understand what the connection between water damage and a cracked screen is.

Can someone explain Apple's reasoning or decision?


texts: I was wondering how do you use find my iPhone?

texts: I was wondering how to use find my iPhone? I mean like the tracking thing where you can track your device how do you do that?


texts: An app downloaded from the Mac App Store re-installs itself after I delete it. How can I remove it permanently?

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The app in question is iCare by Chen Yuhua. I have tried uninstalling the proper way through launchpad and also manually by removing all files and system files that are returned by Searching "iCare" and "Yuhua".

In both cases, the app immediately reappears in the updates tab of the Mac App Store. The developer told me that the problem is with the store, not his app.

So, how can I permanently remove it so that it doesn't reinstall itself?


texts: How to "Ctrl-F" in iPhone's Safari browser?

texts:
Most browsers have a "search" or "find" function (accessible through CtrlF) which allows us to search the webpage for text.

Does iPhone's Safari browser have this functionality?


texts: Can I swap an Apple SSD from one laptop to another?

texts:
I have a liquid spill on my previous MacBook Pro 2014 Retina 15ʺ MGXC2LL/A.
The logic board is dead and fixing it does not make any sense. But the SSD has all data saved and a technician told that it's fine and safe.

If I purchase another MacBook Pro 2014 MGXC2LL/A with same SSD, CPU etc, can I just switch the SSD card? I want to get my profile, apps and all data.
Or is it too dangerous and it can wipe all the data? I heard that every piece of hardware have their own serial number and I can't just switch them between laptops.


texts: Macbook Pro not sleeping when left inactive with lid open

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My Macbook Pro Running 10.8.5 isn't sleeping when left alone. System prefs has everything set up to sleep but it isn't working. I used the command pmset -g assertions in terminal and I get

Assertion status system-wide:
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   InternalPreventDisplaySleep    0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   UserIsActive                   0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   BackgroundTask                 0

Listed by owning process:
  pid 386(Google Chrome): [0x000000010000021a] 22:54:00 NoIdleSleepAssertion named: "WebRTC has active PeerConnections."
  pid 3791(helpd): [0x0000000c00000d34] 11:01:38 BackgroundTask named:
"com.apple.helpd.sdmbuilding"

So I'm assuming that this has to do with Google Chrome but I'm not sure what specifically. Anyone have any suggestions?


texts: Is it possible to create a new note soley by logging into iCloud.com? Also, though I can see my existing notes synced up there, I cannot edit them. Is this the default behaviour or a bug?


texts: iTunes keeps asking about incoming network connections

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Since I’ve upgraded to Mavericks (10.9, then 10.9.1), the system has been asking if iTunes (up to the current 11.1.5) should accept incoming network connections every time it launched it.

I’ve tried reinstalling the app, to no avail. Running the app on a fresh account (hence with default preferences and empty library — does it even need inbound connection by default?) doesn’t display the dialog.

I’ve tried removing the preferences file and the iTunes directory from the ~/Library folder, yet again with no result.

I’ve check the signature of the app with:

$ codesign -v /Applications/iTunes.app
/Applications/iTunes.app: a sealed resource is missing or invalid

It thus seems I have an app signature issue.

What should I try next?


texts: Secondary Click: Click but not tap with two fingers

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On my Macbook Pro, I prefer the secondary click to be "Click with two fingers", but the closest option that exists in the Trackpad Preferences is "Click or tap with two fingers".

Is there any way for me to keep the behaviour that "click with two fingers" is secondary click, but make it so that "tap with two fingers" does nothing?


texts: Script creation of Automator Quick Action and keyboard shortcut

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I love the functionality described in How do I assign a keyboard shortcut to an AppleScript I wrote?, i.e. creating a "Quick Action" (a.k.a. "Service") using Automator and mapping it to a keyboard shortcut.
But, I don't want to manually repeat this procedure on every Mac I use. Can I create a shell script that does all of the above, i.e. a script that creates an Automator "Quick Action", and maps it to a keyboard shortcut?
By comparison, I can make an Application in Automator, which is then by default stored in iCloud, so it is then automatically synced to all my Macs (and thus available in Spotlight). But Services (and keyboard shortcuts) are not synced.
I wouldn't be surprised if this can be done using third party tools such as Karabiner Elements, but I'm looking for a solution that doesn't require any extra tools, just scripting.


texts: I downloaded Norton for my MacBook Pro 2018 13 inch a few months ago, and after uninstalling it, according to the instructions given by the official Norton FAQ, some files remained in my computer that couldn't be deleted by dragging them to the bin. I ran another program designed by Norton to exclusively eliminate any leftover files from the antivirus program itself, and I still can't get rid of one final file: NortonForMac.kext. My MacOS is in Spanish, so the directory in which it appears to be stored in is /Macintosh HD/Biblioteca/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions. Can someone help me delete it?


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My iPhone 4S (currently running iOS 7) seems to delete music by itself, if storage is getting low.

The music has not been purchased in the iTunes store and it was manually copied to my phone.

Is there a solution to stop this, respectively which settings on my phone/iTunes are necessary (without changing iOS-version)?

Thank's for the help.


texts: Using wildcards in Find and Replace (Mac OS app)

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I'm using an app called Scapple which (I think) accesses the built in Find and Replace of Mac OS.

It's a mind map app into which I'm pasting dozens and dozens of paragraphs from Kindle books. Each time you paste from Kindle, it adds the book title and location at the bottom of the pasted section. Like this:

  AuthorSurname, AuthorFirstname. Book Title (Kindle Locations 637-639).
  Publishing House. Kindle Edition.

I want to get rid of these, and deleting them one at a time is getting laborious. I could remove them in seconds with a Find and Replace leaving the Replace box empty, if it weren't for the Location changing every time.

Is there a way to use wildcards in a Find and Replace in Mac OS apps?

So my Find string would look something like:

  AuthorSurname, AuthorFirstname. Book Title (Kindle Locations ???-???).
  Publishing House. Kindle Edition.


texts: I have a MacBook air and want to attach a external graphics card but it's already attached to a monitor, so the thunderbolt port is in use so does anyone know of a hub-like device to make my 1 thunderbolt port have 2 plugs. For clarification I want to take the 1 thunderbolt port in my Mac and add a hub (like 100$ or less) so I can instead have 2 thunderbolt ports. (If it's not clear, I want you to submit possible hubs I can buy (off Amazon if possible))


texts: g++ compiler not working after Sierra update

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I installed gcc/g++ following this tutorial a while ago (version 6.2). Now that I updated to Sierra, it's not compiling anymore.

When checking the version, it respond properly:

g++ --version

g++ (GCC) 6.2.0
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

But when I try to compile a code that has no compilation error (tried to use online compilers like cpp.sh and it compiled successfully) it outputs this weird message (as an image, for readability):

Any suggestions?


texts: Does Java support the retina display with high definition rendering of, for example, text? Or is it treated as an unmodified application, and therefore subject to scaling?


texts:
So, I've been trying to understand networks a little better and I'm playing around with ssh. I've learned how to set up port forwarding from my AirPort Express directly to my computer, but I am confused on how I am supposed to change the port that is used to accept ssh traffic by the router.

When I set up the port forwarding to my static IP address, I also wanted to change which port the router uses to accept ssh traffic. However, each time I change the public and private TCP ports on the base station and try to connect with ssh by specifying the router port-something like ssh Kyle@123.45.678 -p 1234-I get a connection refused.

Here is my question. How do I change the port that accepts ssh traffic for the AirPort Express router, and if I change that port and the port accepted on my computer, how do I specify the particular port for the router and the particular port accepted by my computer in the ssh command?

Both the AirPort Express and my computer are currently accepting ssh traffic on port 22 (when I have remote login activated, that is). I am trying to change each of these to a different port.


texts: Double contacts after syncing with Outlook

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I have duplicate contacts in my iPhone, not knowing their source or how to safely delete them.

I synced my iPhone contacts with Outlook via iTunes. I have 220 contacts in Outlook. I estimate 100 of these are duplicates in the iPhone i.e in both the Contact and Phone app. They are apparently exact duplicates.

The strange thing is that the duplicate ones do not get synced to Outlook so there are no duplicate contacts there.

I don't know which of two contacts is linked to the respective Outlook contact, so I fear that simply deleting one contact may delete it in Outlook as well, which would be bad.

Does anyone have any ideas on the cause and cure for this behaviour?


texts: Can a connected Thunderbolt display be put to sleep while the MacBook Pro remains running?

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Does anybody know a way to sleep the Thunderbolt display if I don't need it for a short time? Like if I'm going to watch TV, normally I've just got my MacBook Pro's display turned on, while my old external then got turned off.

I'd like to do the same with the Thunderbolt display - to sleep it, or at least turn off the display, but still keep the screen on in my MacBook Pro.

I don't care if I need to use a program or something to do so. I would just like to be able to actually sleep the Thunderbolt display because there's no power off button.


texts:
It appears that by switching iCloud accounts on my MacBook, ALL the notes stored in Notes.app have disappeared/been deleted. These notes were not synced with iCloud -- and Time Machine was disabled.

I understand that there's a possibility that these notes still exist somewhere on my Mac HD.

Where would I look for these notes? How can I restore them?


texts: "Software update failed. An error occurred downloading iOS 9" - weird message after clicking 'Download and install'. Restarting devices didn't help. What's the problem?


texts: Count pages in a folder full of .doc files

texts:
I recently found this very helpful link to count the pages in a large folder full of PDF files:

Count pages in PDF (for non-technical, mac using person).

It worked like a dream. Now, however, I need to do the same for a folder full of Word files. Does anyone know how I change the script provided in that link to do that? Or is there some other utility that I can use?


texts: How to recover files from an iPhone backup without restoring to an iPhone?

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I have a backup file of an iPhone that was backed up to a Mac. It was not an iCloud backup.

Is there a way to browse that backup on the Mac and recover selected photos, etc.? (Without restoring it to another iPhone.)

The backup is encrypted, and I know the password.
The backup is of an iPhone 5s.


texts: Macbook Air 2017 - does not turn on, battery charging and seems to work

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I have a 2017 Macbook air that is giving me problems since last month. The laptop when it goes to sleep while not charging won't come back to life.

At first, the SMC reset worked but now that doesn't work either. I have tried so many things I saw online to boot it back up but it just looks like it won't come back to life after only 2 years of using it. I do not charge it all the time and when and if it does turn on, the battery holds hours of usage still. Not sure battery is a problem.

I have tried SMC, first it did work, but now it does not work.
I left it alone and sometimes it will turn on by itself after a few hours.

The problem is when I click on the start button, I hear that the fan starts for a second and turns off. Then it starts again and turns off again. In the end, I hear a little whizzing sound from the inside that can go on for hours and magically it will boot. But if it goes to sleep while not charging, same thing happens.

I have also tried unplugging the battery and running it on just the charger but then I only get the fan running really high and the laptop still would not boot.

I put it to never go to sleep once during this time but then bluetooth has problems and I feel like that can totally kill the laptop.

I don't really know about mac laptops that much and apple probably would say the logic board is the issue. I am just wondering if anyone came across something like this. I feel like some people have had similar issues but I have all the issues at once.

Update: I also think it does not completely shut down. Everytime I turn it off by holding the power button down while not charging, if i plug the charger back in, the fan just comes back on without me clicking the power button. There may be a perfect explanation to this that I do not know though


texts: broke my python easy_install how to fix?

texts:
Any idea how to fix:

-bash: /usr/bin/easy_install: No such file or directory

I kind of deleted it by accident before I realized that being behind a proxy was my issue not easy_install


texts: Movies that I cannot find are taking up 200 GB on Mac

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Movies that I cannot find are taking up 200 GB on my Mac. I tried looking for these movies but I cannot find them. I believe that this is being cause by a video editing software I use called "VideoBlend". I think that it creates backups of the videos onto my mac, but I cannot find any them. Not sure what I should do.

Note: I've searched countless of questions on this site and I was unable to find a solution.

Update: I also used to manually insert movies into my devices on Itunes. Could there be backup files of these movies?

Update 2: I completely missed out on the fact that my mac has storage space of only 128GB'S. So could this just be an error. If so, is there a way for me to fix it?


texts: Default macOS certificates not trusted and not verified by third party

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When I start a new Mac OS system from scratch, inside the keychain application I notice there are 3 certificates that are not trusted or not verified yet. I know I can double click each one of them and make them trusted for the entire system.

But my question is what are those certificates for? What is the purpose of these certificates and should I make them trusted? or not?

One certificate is located inside the Keychain under the Login section: member: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx (expire in one year from the current date) (this certificate has not been verified by a third party)

The other 2 certificates are located inside the Keychain under the System section: com.apple.kerberos.kdc and com.apple.systemdefault (expires in 2040) (this certificate has not been verified by a third party.)


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When I press the left shift key a ± appears on the screen. It is a bit hit and miss, but for the most part it happens.
Googling I found this seems to be a common problem.  The common recommendation is to reset the NVRAM and SRAM.

I did both of those things
It was recommended to try to reset the NVRAM several times so I did that
uninstalled my logic mouse driver (which uninstalled the related kernel extensions)

How can I get this fixed?
[EDIT] This is a 16" MBP.  I am using a matias keyboard. It is a $100 keyboard from Fry's.  Pretty high end; the action is really good.
[EDIT] I plugged in an old MS keybaord I had laying around.  IT was working when I traded up to the new keyboard. IT throws garbage on the screen when I press the shift keys.


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I have Apple Music subscription. I am able to hear and download music on my Mac, but I cannot download music on my iPhone. I can hear it on iPhone, but when I press download I see endless round animation.
Here is what I have already tried to do:

Reinstall Apple Music.
Use different WiFi and cellular network.
Reboot iPhone.

My settings:

Music - Show Apple Music = On
Music - Sync Library = One
Music - Mobile Data = On
Music - Downloaded Music → Zero KB
Music - Optimize Storage = Off
Music - Automatic Downloads = On/Off (tried both)

What can I check more ? May be I something miss ?


texts: Do some apps prohibit mirroring through VGA?

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I have an iPad 2, which was running iOS 5.x. I could mirror every app on a TV using a VGA adaptor. I recently upgraded to iOS 8.3 and, unbeknownst to me, the new OS's default settings also updated all my apps. Now I find most apps still mirror, including YouTube, but a couple apps (the kind requiring a monthly fee for streaming video content) no longer mirror video content.

I've looked here and elsewhere to figure out what's going on, but it's confusing. Did the content providers behind the apps change their policies about projectable content recently? Are the apps now providing content at a resolution too high for a VGA connection? ... Most importantly, of course, do I have any options to once again mirror these video outputs to a TV screen?


texts: Can I rescind the choice to share data about my iTunes library contents with Apple?

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I installed the new iTunes 11 on my Mac and I accepted to share my iTunes library with Apple. There were some initial welcome screens and I opeted in when I started the new version of iTunes the first time.

How can I cancel this sharing of data with Apple?


texts: I've downloaded IOS 6.0.1 from direct link(not using iTunes). My download can't complete in iTunes as my internet disconnects before completion. So, guys, can anybody help me how can I install downloaded IOS on my iPhone 4S?


texts: New Macbook Pro - remove "high sierra", install "sierra"

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How do I get past the "do not enter" traffic sign that stops me from installing "Sierra" instead of "High Sierra"?

I booted into rescue mode and deleted the original "High Sierra" installation, but booting from the USB stick with the "Sierra" installer on it still gives me the "no".


texts: I use OSX 10.10.5 need to compile some c++ code with an old version of gcc, namely 4.3.4. I don't think XCode provide that kind of tools. I suppose there is a way to do that by hand. How can I do that ?


texts: Can you stream music from an iPhone to an iPad?

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I'm playing with the idea of installing an iPad in my car.

Ideally, I'd like to save the storage space for video and buy a smaller model, so I'm wondering if there is a way to play the music I have on my iPhone on an iPad via streaming or an app or other means?


texts: How to disable Safari's new "feed://" redirection for feeds?

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I'm sure some people really love that new feature, but I use Google Reader so it's driving me batty. Not to mention that as a tech guy, I might want to actually view an XML feed once in a while (like for instance, Sparkle update feeds).

So how do I stop Safari from redirecting the normal XML feeds to their "feed://" pseudo-protocol?


texts: Can I charge a DC 5V - 2.15 A power bank with an Apple Macbook charger?

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Can I charge the following power bank with a macbook chager?

Power bank input: DC 5V - 2.15 A  (Input port: Micro USB)

Macbook charger: Apple 29W USB-C Power Adapter: 5.2V @ 2.4A, 14.5V @ 2A

(with USB > Micro USB cable)

thanks


texts: How to print an ASCII file that is 80 characters wide

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I have a file that is 80 characters wide. I am using OS X.  The problem that I have is when I open the file and try to print it in TextEdit, the lines wrap before the 80 character mark. I'd like the file presented in the same way printed as it is in the file. So, my question is this;

How do I print an 80 character wide ASCII file (and preferably specifying margins) such at the font will be fixed-width and sized appropriately to fill the entire page while still retaining the position of original line breaks and not additional wrapping. If the resultant file is a PDF or other format convertible to PDF that would be fine. If anybody could answer this question I would really appreciate it.