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I have a bunch of routes to my LAN line that won't resolve through my WiFi (which is set as 1st order).

sudo route add 10.999.999.999 10.888.888.888

I have a lot more but that's just a sample. This works great but sometimes I need access to another Network asset which means I have to go add it to the list again.

Can I make it so I route any IP address starting with 10 gets rerouted through the LAN router?

Something like this:

sudo route add 10.* 10.888.888.888

THIS DOES NOT WORK

My Setup:

I have two internet connections.

WiFi - no firewalls - no access to network assets
LAN - firewalls - access to network assets

I set WiFi first in my order of precedence and I force certain domains through the LAN connection using my host file to resolve the IP addresses and a routes table to direct those IPs through my LAN router.

Basically I want my cake and eat it too.

Here is what I ended up with:

#! /bin/bash
sudo route -n flush
sudo route add -net 10 10.255.255.255
networksetup -setairportpower en0 off
sleep 2
networksetup -setairportpower en0 on

This flushes the route table, routes any traffic starting with the ip address 10. to my LAN connection's router, then restarts the wifi router (en0).


texts: Problems integrating Python 3.1 on 10.6.5

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I am beginning to learn Python, and want to "upgrade" my Python installation os OS X 10.6.5.

I know it's a bad idea to directly upgrade the Python install, so I have installed Python 3.1 separately from the default Python install (2.6.1).

However, whenever I use the "python" command from the terminal, it starts up Python 2.6.1.

I have tried multiple recommended ways to get the "python" command to start up the newest version, rather then the default:

1) I have tried running the script "Update Shell Profile.command" script in the Applications/Python 3.1 directory, and get the following output:

    This script will update your shell profile when the 'bin' directory
of python is not early enough of the PATH of your shell.
These changes will be effective only in shell windows that you open
after running this script.
All right, you're a python lover already

2) I have created a file named .profile in my home directory, with the following contents:

#### Let's take care of our $PATH
# A backup of the original $PATH
# /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

# My preferred order - /usr/local goes first, damn it!
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11/bin

As recommended here: https://superuser.com/questions/29652/how-do-i-properly-update-python-on-mac-os-x

Neither one changes the effects of the "python" command; it still starts up Python 2.6.1. I can still start Python 3.1 by using the command python3.1, but I'd like to set Python 3.1 to the default for the "python" command.


texts:
My husband and I have separate Apple ID accounts.  He has gotten old deleted text messages from my iPhone appearing on his iPad. I do not own an iPad; only a Macbook Pro computer.  My son had the same issue but at the time he did share an Apple ID with my husband.  I, however, have a separate Apple ID and have no idea why he would be getting deleted text messages from my iPhone appearing on his iPad.  Thoughts? We are on the same Verizon account and share Wi-Fi in the same house but that is all.

Thank you for your help.


texts: Simcard not recognized iPhone 3GS iOS 6.1.6

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I've updated my jailbroken iPhone 3GS via iTunes restore to iOS 6.1.6, but after the update I am not able to activate my iPhone and its showing no service.

It says no sim card is installed in the device which you are activating, although it is inserted.

My iPhone is stuck on the activation page and I cannot use the iPhone because activation is required.


texts: How to diagnose connection timeouts when connecting to a WiFi hotspot

texts:
I am having difficulty troubleshooting this error message:

I don't get any indication any details about the failed connection attempt.

How can I diagnose such timeouts and resolve the connection issue?

I am aware of and have tried methods like rest your airport, reset the computer, delete profiles, down to install new operating system and rather than have people guess (and then vote for) specific causes like has happened on this thread, I'd like to know how to pick apart the connection process to know where the problem lies.

When I successfully connect, system information has excellent details:

However, without changing anything, at a later time, I will time out again when joining. Can I see the details of the process for the connection and find what is making it fail? What would it take to create or access a log file of the wifi connection process?


texts: How to write an Applescript that shuts down a Drobo when a specific application quits

texts:
I have dabbled with Applescript in the past, but only in a small way, so need help this time please. I am not even sure this is possible...
I have a small server cabinet with 3x Drobo, two Mac Minis and assorted 2.5" HD cases. One Drobo, at the top, is getting too hot (fans on full all day) since I installed 5x 10tb HDs. This is my backup Drobo and I use Retrospect as backup software. Retrospect runs every morning and I can set it to quit when the last backup task has completed.
I would like to create a script that will activate when it sees Retrospect has quit. I would like the script to then shut down the Drobo. This is different to unmounting which would leave the Drobo powered up.
Is this possible and can anyone help with such a script please?
Thanks,
Tom


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I plugged my raspberry pi to my OSX 10.10 and I want to give the pi some static IP. When I run

networksetup -setmanual "Built-in Ethernet" 192.168.1.40 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1

I get :

Built-in Ethernet is not a valid IP address.
** Error: The parameters were not valid.

I followed the man doc. Someone could help ?

here's the output of ifconfig

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether a4:5e:60:d9:e4:51
    inet6 fe80::a65e:60ff:fed9:e451%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
    inet 192.168.1.32 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
en1: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 6a:00:00:1f:0c:50
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
en2: flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 6a:00:00:1f:0c:51
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
bridge0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=63<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6>
    ether a6:5e:60:9d:1f:00
    Configuration:
        id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0
        maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
        root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0
        ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
    member: en1 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 5 priority 0 path cost 0
    member: en2 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 6 priority 0 path cost 0
    nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
    media: <unknown type>
    status: inactive
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
    ether 06:5e:60:d9:e4:51
    media: autoselect
    status: inactive
awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1452
    ether d6:8c:e1:bd:55:69
    inet6 fe80::d48c:e1ff:febd:5569%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9
    nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
en5: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=4<VLAN_MTU>
    ether 20:c9:d0:2a:ee:68
    inet6 fe80::22c9:d0ff:fe2a:ee68%en5 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
    inet 192.168.1.40 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
    media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control>)
    status: active


texts: Modify "open with" list for file type (not for duplicate removal)

texts:
Is there a way to modify the "open with" list for a file type? I don't mean simply to remove duplicates - that's been answered; I'm not asking how to set the default program - I know how to do that. I'm using OS X Mavericks.

Example: I have .jpg set to default to open with Xee, but sometimes want to open it with an image editor, so I right-click in finder. I noticed I then get a very long list including lots of apps that cannot open .jpg files at all. (Some are Fluid Apps which may trigger because they're browser based.)


texts: Not able to Reinstall MacOS in Internet Recovery Mode

texts:
I have a mid 2013 Macbook Air.

Without realizing the effect of my actions, I accidentally typed into my terminal a sudo -rm -rf "Xcode" command, where I intended to delete Xcode but in actuality deleted all files that contained anything to do with Xcode. As a result, my Mac software was corrupted, and I am unable to login to my computer (it goes to login screen, after entering credentials it crashes).

After countless hours with Apple Support, I:

Tried reinstalling Mac OS in normal recovery mode (Command + R) but it doesn't let me because it keeps asking me to enter login info for App Store purchases and never closes that screen.
Then I tried Internet Recovery Mode, which for some reason isn't able to reinstall MacOS because of an Internet issue (although it works in normal recovery mode) and gives the error "Could not connect to Recovery Mode server." I read up on this on Stack Overflow, and it was advised to use an Ethernet cable connection, which I have tried, but it still doesn't work. In the Safari in the Internet Recover Mode, it gives me the error "Localized String not Found".


texts: Mail.app on Lion with Exchange doesn't get updates

texts:
I've noticed since upgrading to Lion that Mail.app doesn't seem to update the mailbox and synchronize properly with Exchange.

Before on SL, or using Outlook now, they always maintained correct state, matching with my iPhone, or webmail. Now, it seems that Lion gets lost. I have to force a sync, open and shut it, or change folders to get it to resync that folder contents.

Is this just me, or is this a known issue?

Is there a work around?

Thanks.


texts: How can I set the location on my macbook from a GPS set when out of range of any WIFI signal (e.g. at sea)?


texts: Pages has stopped continuing a list on Enter

texts:
Can't figure out how to resolve this issue. The previous behavior is that when creating and editing a list when you press enter you will drop to a new line with a new numbered item.

Somehow, the settings got messed up and now hitting enter on any numbered item will give me a line break but does not continue with the list. I have each one set to "Continue from previous" but it doesn't work for me at all.

How can I set it back to continue all lists when I hit enter?

Edit: Here is an image of the format on a list item:


texts: Apple Books app and multiple desktops: How to stop app window to show on all desktops?

texts:
I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.4 with Books.app version 1.18.

I use multiple desktops. When I open the Books app on one desktop, and then switch to another desktop, the Books app window shows on that desktop as well.

Even worse, any open Books app window pop in front of all other windows on that desktop.

I've tried assigning the Books application to a specific desktop, to all desktops and to None, and did not see any change in behavior.

This only happens with the Books app on my system.

What may be potentially causing this? How can I keep Books app window restricted to a single desktop?


texts:
I am trying to connect 3 screens to a 2018 13-inch MacBook Pro. An LG UltraFine 5K plus 2 additional 4K screens.

I am considering adding a Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Puck Radeon RX 560 to my setup to reach that particular goal.

Now, my question, will I be able to connect the 5K directly to the MacBook, as I do now, on one the Thunderbolt busses, and 2 x 4K to the Sonnet on the other bus?


texts: Can I restore an iPhone backup taken from a previous iOS version, or is there a better way to retain my data?

texts:
I just put orders in for a few new iPhone 4S upgrades for the wife and I but I'm not sure how to keep her data (app data mainly, the other essentials are synced with outlook).

She has an iPhone 3G, so can't upgrade to iOS 5 then backup where my 3GS phone can.  Can an iTunes backup of her 4.2.1 (latest she can get) iOS be restored to a newer iOS 5 phone, or will it only work on an equivalent 4.2.1 iOS-running device?  Or...is there another series of steps to make that possible?

If not, is there a completely different way to get her app data off the phone and onto her new one?

Aside: I realize I can test this as soon as the phones actually arrive...but we're sending the current ones off for resale as soon as possible after getting the long-awaited upgrades.  For that, I'm trying to get anything I may need to order for the transfer, etc. taken care of ahead of time.


texts:
I would like to create a service that performs a set of actions based on several parameters
A custom dialog box with multiple radio buttons would be a great way to capture these.
My experience with AppleScript so far only gives me very basic prompts
How can I use a custom dialog box in Automator?


texts: How do I change the profile picture in iTunes 12?

texts:
I'm not even sure if this is possible but there is a profile picture in iTunes 12 that just has a default user icon showing and it's really bugging me. See below:

Is there any way to change this to an actual profile picture?


texts: How to create a recovery disk after using the up-to-date program?

texts:
I used the Up-to-Date program to update OSX to Mountain Lion.

Now I'd like to create a recovery disk, but I can't use the same code to redeem installation package, and from the Apple Store it seems that I don't own a copy of Mountain Lion and that I should buy it to be able to download it. How to get the InstallESD.dmg file?

Or how should I create a recovery disk without this file?


texts: Lion deletes files after copying to shared folder on AFP

texts:
I have an iMac 27" (late 2009) running Lion OS X with all latest patches.

There is an external USB drive (Mac partition, journalled), on which I have created a network share using AFP.

Since yesterday, another Lion machine (the source) trying to save files to the share will copy the files, but at the end of the process the files are nowhere to be found on the target (i.e. my machine).

It was working yesterday because I have a folder there with yesterday's date.

I have stopped and started sharing, tried with different shares and permissions, turned off the Firewall, and various other things to try fixing this.

The only thing that I know has changed since yesterday afternoon is that I upgraded iLife to version 2011 (with associated updates from Software Update).

Behaviour: files can be seen copying (grayed out), and at the end of the process, have vanished. From the source machine, everything appears normal. In other words, the files are disappearing after they finish copying.

Side note: if a folder is copied, the folder itself is created, but the files inside are copied and then deleted but the folder remains.

Further note: AirDrop does work, but I don't want to use it because it's the 21st century and network shares should work by now.

Any thoughts are welcome.

EDIT: When I try to overwrite the folder that has already been created (see above), it tells me (at the source) that the folder is in use and cannot be changed.

SECOND EDIT: After repairing permissions on both iMacs, things appear to be working again, but I will monitor the situation and update this question in a day or two anyway.


texts: What is spotlight indexing and should I turn it off?

texts:
So I want to know what indexing really does, from my understanding it keeps tabs on where all your documents are at. I use spotlight all the time to look for different files or to open programs, and I still want to be able to do this. However, I have a feeling that indexing is killing my SSD.

If I decide to turn it off, what is that going to do for the stability of appfeatures and the OS?


texts:
When I move any Finder or application window on the screen, they won't pass the upper desktop border. When I move them to the left, to the right, or to the desktop bottom, they are pushed outside of the visible area.

Is it possible to change this behaviour?
How can I make Finder hold all windows in the desktop area instead?


texts: Both my MacBook Pro 11,5 and my MacBook Air 5,2 no longer have a keyboard backlight after upgrade to Mojave

texts:
Both upgraded to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 18G103 - It took me a while to notice on the MBP because I use it as a desktop with a wireless keyboard and a dust cover over the built-in keyboard, but I upgraded the MBA, noticed this on the first restart, and then came to see that the MBP has the same issue.
Reset PRAM/NVRAM & SMC on the MBA, no change.

Any idea whether it's a known issue or what else I can try?


texts: Mojave: Trimming video in Finder doesn't work

texts:
When I use the new and convenient trimming option for video files from Finder in macOS Mojave, the changes I made do show in QuickLook, QuickTime and iMovie, but VLC, for example, still plays the old version with the part I wanted to be removed. It makes no difference, whether I replace the existing file or create a new one.
Once I also had the case where first milliseconds weren't cut, but the next few ones where?!
I just need to remove a very short portion at the beginning of the clip, maybe that's too short? I really don't know. Maybe it has something to do with file versions and different applications using differenct versions of the file? I should add the files are all stored on an external HDD in a NAS.


texts:
I updated to High Sierra on my Macbook Pro when it was released.
Since I have updated, a lot of my applications show the attached icon when I open them.
Does anyone know a fix to this?


texts:
I recently got a new monitor Viewsonic VP3268-4K. The monitor installs itself as a sound output device (see picture 'VP3268-4K'). Now I don't want this as it constantly defaults to this sound as opposed to my DAC. How can I remove drivers/sound output device so it is not visible as an option? Few things I have already tried

Checked /library/audio/hal - nothing to delete here
Checked the monitor for any options to disable the speakers and broadcaster as a sound output device. Nothing. All I can do is mute.

I am on Mojave. Any help or guidance much appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Not seeing help content of Windows apps in Parallels

texts:
Configuration: OS X 10.6.x, Parallels-desktop 6, Windows 7

When I press F1 or the help button in any windows app (f.e. MS Office 2010, Delphi 2007/2010), Microsoft Help Viewer or Microsoft Document Viewer try to download content. Accepting this, or canceling, will both result in empty documents, sometimes at least showing an outline of the help file, but no content at all.

How can this be fixed?

Show me offline help ... results in a file not found error message (German).

Help in Notepad works as expected, it's only products installed after Windows that show this behavior. And I do have access to the web, I can call any website from within firefox and retrieve any document from the company network.


texts: Applescript fill up chrome textfield class

texts:
mytexthere

I don't manage to fill up the text from this textfield

here is my script :

set textToSave to "Demo"
tell application "Google Chrome"
    tell tab 3 of window 1 to set theTextInfo to execute javascript "document.getElementsByClassName('search-field has-drop-down-menu component')[0].value=" & quoted form of textToSave
end tell

I have no error on AppleScript but no result on chrome...


texts: Connect a desktop PC wirelessly to a home network via Airport Express

texts:
I have a desktop computer with a non-Mac OS (it currently runs Windows XP Home Edition, but I'm about to replace/add Ubuntu) which I can't connect to my home network (again, the router is not a Mac product): I don't have an ethernet cable where it currently is and it doesn't have a wireless connection option. I do however have an Airport Express and I wanted to know if it was possible to use it as an "antennae" to set a wireless connection to my network.

I mean, the idea would be something like this:

PC <--(ethernet)--> Airport express <--(wireless)--> Router

EDIT: It CAN be done. I was not allowed to touch a lot of things in the router/network, but I managed to configure the Airport without changing things in the current network. I had to set the IP manually but it is currently working.


texts: Hardware requirements for HomeKit compatibility?

texts: I bought some wifi enabled color changing "smart" lights that work with the Google Home app and Amazon Alexa but not with Apple HomeKit. As someone who's heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem, this came as a disappointment and it made me wonder if it's possible for manufacturers to make their devices compatible simply by pushing a firmware update or if there are specific hardware requirements that have to be met.


texts:
I am traveling and as usual, I brought my Vonage box. It blew. So I have a Vonage account and no means to connect to it.

Any ideas? The Vonage App - SoftPhone stopped with 10.4! Vonage Companion doesn't include the global coverage.

Skype only (iirc) handles Skype to Skype calls.

Are there generic apps that can plug into the Vonage ecosystem?

Thanks


texts: How can I recover lost secure notes in Keychain?

texts:
I have been having problems is Messages.  One post suggested chucking your login.keychain.  This caused my secure notes to vanish.

Restoring this file from time machine (~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain) did not help.

In answer to comment below:

Quit Keychain Access
Renamed login.keychain
Restored from the 7:31 backup this morning.
Restored ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple/keychainaccess.plist

Restarted Keychain Access

No secure notes.

Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite


texts: Macbook touchbar pressing some buttons on its own

texts:
I have MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019).

Recently I noticed a very weird touchbar issue. It looks like it is pressing some buttons on its own. I recorded a small video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmxKqdcbo4M

I have no idea what triggers this... Tried to close all apps and restarted the laptop several times but it didn't help.

Any ideas how to fix it?


texts: Early 2015 MacBook Pro battery not charging

texts:
My MacBook Pro battery is not charging for days. It only stops at 8% (not increase or decrease) when I plug in.

In addition, the light at the end of charger does not turn on.

What is the problem of it? How to fix it?

The detail of my MacBook Pro is as follows:


texts: How can I switch back my start up volume from an external to the internal drive?

texts: By mistake my external drive has become the start up volume. How can I revert this?


texts: Couldn't communicate with a helper application

texts:
I upgraded my OSX to macOS Big Sur version 11.1. Ever since I got this problem when trying to sign in in Xcode:

at the time I had an earlier version of xcode (12.2). I upgraded to Xcode 12.3 and the problem disappeared but then I came back up again. What can I do to fix this?
What I tried

rebooting in safe mode, didn't help
upgrading Xcode, solved the problem temporarily
tried to rebuild the dynamic link editor cache as suggested here but it was a dead end:

sudo update_dyld_shared_cache –force
This tool is deprecated.


texts: I have a 2009 MacBook Air, bought a year ago - will I notice much of a performance improvement if I buy the latest version (Late 2010)?

texts: Does the SSD make that much difference? The processor is not much beefier, what are the other factors I should consider/which have an impact? Anyone made the same upgrade and happy with a significant improvement? Or am I just wanting a new shiny thing?


texts: Microsoft Teams for Mac won't forget my account

texts:
Microsoft Teams for Mac has been recently upgraded to v1.4. Since the upgrade I can't get MS Teams to forget my account once I've signed out.
Even if I clear MS Teams Cache (using this post), Teams still remembers my user account.
Now, here is the interesting part:
Option #1:
Quit Teams -> Clear Teams cache -> Attempt to Login Teams => Teams remembers your user account
Option #2:
Quit Teams -> Clear Teams cache -> Close your Internet Connection -> Attempt to Login Teams => Teams DOES NOT remember your user account
... then proceed by open your Internet Connection and estrong textnter credentials
It really seems that Microsoft Teams ability to identify your device relies on Microsoft servers and not on the app. I know that this is common practice in Web Browsing (fingerprinting), but I always thought this was impossible through an app!
Any ideas on how to get MS Teams to forget my user account?


texts:
The Terminal keeps telling me I have mail from scripts that are hitting errors, and then when I scroll through the messages to read them, it tells me afterwards saved x messages in mbox.

Where is my mbox, I cannot find it?


texts: Is there a way to filter MAC addresses on an iPhone hotspot?

texts:
I am using an iPhone 7 as a Personal Hotspot. Every now and then, the line at the top of the screen which says how many connections there are goes up. I don't know if someone else is accessing the hotspot, but I only use it for my laptop and would like to filter connections to the hotspot to drop everything except my laptop.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: How can I control iTunes from another Mac?

texts:
I've got a Mac Mini running Lion that stores my iTunes library. It's hooked up to my receiver and speaker system, so it's the preferred machine for playing tunes from. I'd like to be able to control iTunes from my MacBook Pro, also running Lion, connected to the same WiFi network.

I can use Screen Sharing, but that's a tad resource-intensive to leave running all the time on my mid-2009 MBP. iTunes Remote Control does exactly what I am looking for, but - call me superficial if you like - it doesn't blend in on my desktop. I would ideally like something a little OSXier, or at least alternatively to use a utility with no interface at all - just keyboard shortcuts.

That's a lot to ask for, and iTunes Remote Control will probably be my best bet, but I am hoping somebody here has a perfect solution for me.


texts: Do not 'Auto Hide' dock on Cinema Display

texts:
I have my dock preferences to auto-hide. When I plug in my Cinema Display it works as expected: the dock hides when the mouse isn't hovering over it. Is it possible to disable this functionality ONLY on the Cinema Display and keep it happening on the macbook?

For clarification: When my cinema display is plugged in I should be able to see the dock at all times on my cinema display, but it should still auto hide on macbook screen.


texts: How do I create and lock a single photo album in ios10?

texts:
I am looking to lock a single album on my phone within my iOS albums, where I can store things that...

I to remain permanently on my iPhone/iPad
I don't want saved anywhere other than in my backups
I don't want my kids to accidentally see
I don't want to re-save to google photos, one drive etc. repeatedly...
That remains the one and only place, besides a back-up that specific images remain.


texts:
I've got two computers - both using Mac Mojave and I got this error when I try to login to my apple account.

On first computer, I created apple ID, and tried to login on the second computer.


texts: How can I convince Safari to be responsible for ttp:// URLs as well as http:// URLs?

texts:
When somebody sends me a URL in an email, it is opened by Safari.

But often people make a mistake when copying the links (how I do not know) and the URL starts with ttp:// instead of http://.

Is there a way to teach Safari to feel responsible for ttp URLs as well and open them as http URLs?


texts:
I have an iPhone 5 which I purchased (from India) in Nov 2012 and now it is out of warranty. I found an old SIM Card, which I purchased from Singapore when I was visiting that country, and put it inside my phone just to check if it still works or not.

I asked my friends to call me on that number, they could hear the phone ringing tone but my phone was not ringing so after that I switched back to my local SIM which was working before.
Now I am unable to make any calls from my number, all outgoing calls fail immediately with a "Call Failed" message and I can hear 2 beeps. I can receive Incoming calls, send and receive texts and can browse the internet using 3G data connection on the same SIM.

I tried the my local SIM in other phone and it works perfectly fine which confirms that there's no issue with the service provider.
I Tried some other local SIM in my iPhone 5, that doesn't work either.

This is definitely some issue with my iPhone 5. What could the issue be?
I am really worried because it is out of warranty now.


texts: Why won't video from ffmpeg show in QuickTime, iMovie or quick preview?

texts:
I've been using ffmpeg for the occasional video conversion for quite some time, and recently discovered that H.264 (libx264) videos generated by ffmpeg aren't working in iMovie or QuickTime (nor will they play or show a preview in Finder with the quick view feature).

If I generate videos using OS X applications which internally use ffmpeg (e.g. MP4tools or Adapter) the videos work fine, but not when I try to use ffmpeg directly, e.g. to convert a video:

# ffmpeg -i input.avi output.mp4

or to combine some images into a video:

# ffmpeg -f image2 -pattern_type sequence image-%04d.png output.mp4

iMovie just imports the video as black/blank, quick preview just shows the file info, (but no video preview), and Quicktime tells me it cannot play it:

What's going on?!


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My dad1 recently switched to Mavericks. With it came the loss of calendar synchronisation with his iPhone through iTunes.

I thus added his iCloud account to his Internet Accounts system preference pane for it to sync.

Here is how I proceeded to the best of my recollection:

Quit Calendar.app
Launched System Preferences.app and went to the Internet Accounts pref pane
Added his iCloud account to the list
Quit System Preferences.app
Launched Calendar.app again

Calendar.app then displayed a dialog saying it was syncing. For hours, perhaps even days. It still does so every time it is launched, rendering the app unusable. Right now, he makes do with his phone but it’s an uncomfortable situation.

The message reads (approximate translation):

  Moving calendars to the

(yep, nothing after the “the”).

I tried removing the account from the System Preferences and moving ~/Library/Calendars out of ~/Library/ but to no avail.

Any other suggestion?

Unfortunately, this means I don’t have first-hand access to his computer.


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I got a late 2017 macbook pro running the High Sierra update. I am wondering if its possible to auto connect to a smb server. I need to do this manually everytime i start up at work. And as small as it is. It gets quite annoying!

I have found a way to connect to AFP servers using a script (but im not using any) but that didnt work for me.

Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to tell which OS X processes are using the most power over time?

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My Android phone comes installed w/ an app that graphs out power usage of various components over time, so it's clear that the screen is the biggest user, followed by the phone, followed by Facebook etc.

Is there a similar app for the MacBook?  I'm following best practices yet only getting a couple of hours of time out of a new (reconditioned) 2013 Macbook Pro (Mt Lion) with a battery showing only 10 cycles and near max health on it.

Thanks


texts: Can Mountain Lion OS X run on HP G62 series using VMWare virtualization?

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My laptop specifications are:

Intel Core i3 M350 2.27 GHZ
4G RAM DDR2
MS Windows 64 bit is installed

I am trying to install OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.

The setups are:

VMware Workstation 8 is installed.
VMware Unlocker windows version is installed.
Open OS X Mountain Lion.vmx

I got this error message "EFI VMware Virstual SCSI hard drive ... unsuccessful." At this point the virtual machine restarts so I'm at a loss as how to continue to run 10.8 on my VMWare software.


texts: MacBook SSD replacement — sudden motion shock sensor in optical bay?

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When looking to upgrade a MacBook Pro with a solid state drive (SSD), one option is to:

First, install the SSD instead of the spinning hard disk drive (HDD).
Then, install the HDD instead of the optical drive (SuperDrive).

At present, many websites (if not most) suggest to do it this way. However, I am concerned about the safety to the spinning HDD (hard disk drive) when in the SuperDrive slot.

The main bay has a sudden-motion-sensor (SMS). It is an accelerometer that detects when the MacBook is falling and prevents damage to the HDD as it is spinning by retracting the reader arm that could scratch the hard disk — damaging/corrupting data.

Although the SuperDrive bay may have the same SATA connector as the main bay (depends on the year of your machine, some have a combination of SATA II and III), it is suggested that it may not have an SMS, which can be a pretty serious issue:

  Why not install the SSD in the regular hard drive bay? Good idea! The
  only problem is that the regular hard drive bay is the only bay that
  features sudden motion protection. If you drop your MacBook, it’s
  smart enough to safely park your non-SSD hard drive so it won’t be
  damaged by the impact. The optical bay interface has no such feature.
  This is harmless to your ... SSD because it has no moving parts,
  but any spinning platter-based drive [HDD] will be at risk if installed in
  the optical bay.

  You can have it both ways if your secondary hard drive has its own
  native sudden motion detection (the ... factory-installed MacBook hard
  drive [does not]).

But posts on a forum suggest otherwise.

Which do we believe?

If the optical bay lacks the shock sensor, then it would likely be better to leave the HDD where it is, and install the SSD in the optical bay, but this method seems to have an issue with waking from hibernation and sleep.


texts: YouTube app on iPad 1 stopped working again (Error : App is out dated)

texts:
The YouTube app on my iPad 1 has stopped working. It shows an error: Error: App is Outdated.

How do I get the app to work again?


texts: Wifi stops working on Macbook Pro (Lion)

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Possible Duplicate:
  Internet stops working frequently on OS X Lion

Just bought Macbook pro 2011 running on Lion. I connect to my WiFi, but it has started happening frequently that internet stops working even though my DSL modem and wifi router are ON and working perfectly, as I acess it via my phone also. But on mac, no internet. To fix it either I need to restart the machine or turn wifi OFF and then ON.

Is this issue common on OS Lion?

any solutions?

Thanks


texts: Is there a 'non-destructive' way to make mix cds in iTunes?

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I am looking to collect a set of songs from my iTunes Library and build a custom playlist to eventually burn onto a CD. I want the songs to be in a specific order and have the same album title when burned onto the mix cd... but I want to preserve the original album titles and track #s from their albums of origin in my iTunes Library.

Is there a preferred approach to the above scenario?


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My OS X (Mavericks) seems to be setting LC_CTYPE environmental variable to UTF-8 by default.

How can I change the default? I need LC_CTYPE to be en_US.UTF-8.

There's a catch: I don't want to overwrite default with another value by using export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 in my local .profile or .bash_rc. I'm interested in changing the default itself, at the very root wherever it comes from, so that it works without additional startup scripts (and also I'm curious what controls env vars in OS X :)

The reason I want to change it at the very source is that I want to be able to:

launch remote shell quickly in iTerm2, which doesn't run local shell's (slow-ish) startup script
have remote servers inherit my local LC_ variables so that I have UTF-8 support on other machines without having to configure them specifically.


texts: Workarounds for "cp -p" not preserving nanoseconds on High Sierra with APFS?

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I don't know if this affects MacOS versions newer than High Sierra, but it seems that cp -p won't preserve timestamps with nanoseconds resolution.
Because of this, the shell can wrongly tell that a file is older than other even if it was copied by cp -p. This breaks build system dependencies when some files were installed by cp -p: they keep reinstalling and reinstalling again because the nanoseconds don't match.
Can you suggest some workaround for this? I thought compiling my own cp binary, but however cp is usually a shell builtin, and moreover I'm not aware of any nanosecond-preserving cp version out there.
Note: I know of a workaround, but it's not reasonable: Execute touch on the source file before executing cp -p. Because touch doesn't preserve nanoseconds either, it makes them zero on the source file, so the result after cp -p guarantees exactly the same timestamp. However, as I said, it's not reasonable, because I don't like to touch files just for this: you lose their real last saved date.


texts: Would replacing Macbook's HDD to a new one speed it up?

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Macbook Pro 2009 with 500 GB HDD and 4G RAM running Yosemite. Been slow last couple of years or so. Got 30 GB left out of 500 GB hard drive. Opening an app can take minutes and dozens of icon bounces. I shutdown and restart quite often, and run CleanMyMac once a month or so. Those actions only temporarily help before the beachball comes back again. Would replacing my HDD with a new one speed laptop up like new? I though of replacing with SSD but ilthose are still quite expensive. Thank you

Edit:

Apps I run almost everyday:
Safari
Word
Excel
Mail
Transmission

Apps I sometimes run (maybe once a month or less):
Photoshop
Lightroom

Screenshot of current Activity Monitor. Took a dozen or so seconds just to wake up from sleep. Sometimes even takes half a minute to a minute. Just now Safari took 50 bounces to open.

CPU tab WHILE Safari is bouncing

CPU tab AFTER Safari opens


texts: Save HTML as PDF without metadata (e.g. date/time, URL)

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In Safari or Firefox, saving a web page as PDF (⌘P > PDF > Save as PDF...) includes the page's title, URL, page number, and date/time in the resulting PDF.

Is there a way to generate a PDF without this metadata?


texts: I have just bought a 2560 x 1440 monitor for my macbook pro. I've tried the mini DisplayPort to DVI and the mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables to connect to the display but both will only push 1080p to the monitor. Will a mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable run the resolution or do I need the dual link DVI adapter?


texts: Permanently remove sidebar that pops up every time I open a tab in Safari

texts: How can I permanently remove the sidebar that pops up every time I open a tab in  Safari 9.1.3 on OS X El Capitan?


texts:
I noticed that in the HTML of icloud.com there are meta tags for creating a webapp on iOS devices. However it is impossible to get to just icloud.com on the iPhone, instead it redirects you to icloud.com/iphone_welcome.

Am I missing something? Or is this some future capability?


texts: How can I see all formulae available in a specific tap using Brew?

texts:
Suppose I have added a new tap to Brew using brew tap ....

I've tried looking into brew search, brew tap, and brew tap-info, but none of these subcommand present any suitable options.

How can I list all formulae available within that tap?


texts: Sync Local Folder with NAS storage device

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I have a local folder Photos which keeps growing as I import pictures from the camera. The question: is it somehow possible to easily synchronise the folder with a NAS storage device?
I stumbled over this answer, but I wonder if it is also possible with the "onboard tools" of Mac OSX.

Actually I would not mind using the command line and kicking of the process manually


texts: Attempted to install Catalina in Target Disk Mode.... bricked my mac?

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Ok so I may have bricked one of my MacBook Airs.

I am writing this post from the MB that's working. I have another one with a dead display. I connected them by Thunderbolt and mounted the broken one as a disk onto the working one using Target Disk mode. Then I used the disk utility to reformat the drive as APFS, Guid Partition. Then I tried to install Catalina but it says "You may not install to this volume because it's a Mac in target disk mode" (see screenshot.)

Have I created an irrecoverable situation?

The only solution I can imagine is to remove the HDD from the bum Mac, put it into the working Mac, install Catalina that way, then put the drive back. Both Macs are out of warranty so it's whatever... but I'm wondering there's a less messy way to get myself out of this hairy situation?


texts:
I have a mid 2015 MacBook Pro that just stopped booting suddenly. Thinking, I'll fix it, I formatted (erased) my hard drive and first tried Internet Recovery which didn't work. Then, using another MacBook, I made a bootable USB, which works great until I actually tried installing the OS. It hangs for like 5 minutes then it shows an error:

Failed to retrieve file:///Volumes/Image%20Volume/Install%20macos%20Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg (Error Domain=com.apple.PackageKit.PKFileDownload Code=3)

What could be causing the issue and how do I resolve it?


texts: Who needs to join the Apple MFi program?

texts:
Company X is developing Bluetooth speakers. We outsource our electronic chips from company Y and I'm working on developing a Bluetooth enabled app.

Will the app get disapproved by Apple if the company X is not a part of the Apple MFi program?


texts: Set keyboard shortcuts to move to the next space to wrap around?

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I currently have 4 different spaces open on my Mac. If I hit Control + Option + → three times (my shortcut for moving right a Space), I'll end up in the last Space. If I hit it again, nothing happens.

Is there a way to make it so that going right from the rightmost space wraps back to the leftmost space?

I want it to behave more like the application switcher when I hit Command + Tab.


texts: Unable to install Snow Leopard from original disks

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I own an iMac that was recently updated in error by a family member (I've forgiven them). This was a disaster because some of my hardware and software no longer work! Previously this iMac was running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. So, I decided to install Snow Leopard again. I have the original disks (remember those things) that came with the computer but cannot install Snow Leopard. I have wasted two whole days on this and am now desperate.

My specs are:

Late 2009 iMac
27" model
16GB RAM
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Mac OS X 10.11.6 installed :(

What I have tried:

Booting into Recovery Mode, from both the local HD and internet, but my Mac doesn't seem to support this?
Installing Snow Leopard from original Apple iMac grey disks that shipped with the computer
Installing Snow Leopard from a retail version of Snow Leopard (borrowed from a friend)
Verified the optical drive is working fine (it reads CDs/DVDs and burns DVDs fine)
Verified that booting from the optical drive is fine (booted from a Prosoft Data Rescue II CD)
Followed the steps outlined at http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/upgrading-your-mac-to-snow-leopard-using-your-usb-drive/ to create a bootable installation USB. I did this in case there was some other issue with using the optical drive.
Searched Google, Apple discussions and here for an answer

I am willing to try anything at this stage. I have a function on February 19 to prepare for and I require Snow Leopard for compatibility with some specialized software/hardware.

Pleeeeeeaaase can someone help me? Pretty please with sugar on top…!!! :)


texts: Access an iPad's Photos via the Web or a Linux Computer?

texts:
I have earlier used AirDroid but its quality is unexpected, more here so now looking alternative solution.

I have iPad but I have no other Apple products. Can I somehow get the images from iPad to my Debian computer with the iCloud.com website? If not, how can I get them from iPad to my computers?


texts: Bootcamp not working after partitioning Macintosh HD

texts:
I installed Windows 7 using bootcamp on my Early 2011 MBP. I gave 130GB to Win7 and rest to Mac HD. Once all was done, I created a new partition within Mac HD. The partition was created successfully but when I restarted computer and pressed "option" key, I was not able to see the Windows(boot camp), only Mac HD and Recovery HD.

How to fix that, is it not possible to have further partition after boot camp? Coz if I created partitions earlier to boot camp, boot camp assistant gives error of making one single partition.

need urgent help on this.


texts: Delete cached (offline) email on hard drive in Mail program (El Capitan)

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How can I delete all cached/offline email from the Mac OS 'Mail' program on my SSD in Mac OS El Capitan? I have 2 Gmail accounts and an Exchange account for work. I'm running out of room on my 256GB SSD, so I need to clear out any/all data that I can.

I also want to ensure no new mail get stored locally. Basically, I just want the mail accounts to sync to the IMAP/Exchange email servers via the internet and never rely on any local storage. This is a hardwired Mac Mini, so it's never offline. Thanks.


texts: Why can't I stop the sound effect for adjusting volume level?

texts: If I go to Settings --> Sound, then there's a checkmark that says "Play feedback when volume is changed." I unchecked it, but the sound effect is still there.


texts: I had a couple Logitech mice lying around that I plugged into my new mac book air. It takes the scroll wheel at least a few "clicks" to scroll by one unit. Any idea how to reduce the number of increments or physical clicks required to scroll to one?


texts: List of Macbook Pro's with user replaceable parts

texts:
After finding out that my 2011 macbook pro is slowly dying I am now thinking about its replacement.  However I would prefer an updated macbook pro in which I can replace both the hard drive and RAM.

So is there a current, simple list somewhere that identifies the year/model of a macbook pro and what parts are easily user1 replaceable?

1. [Pedantic mode on] And by user replaceable I mean only with something like a screwdriver.  I am not looking to de-solder/solder items.[Pedantic mode off]


texts: WhatsApp actual size is in MBs but in iCloud backup it is several GBs

texts: My actual WhatsApp back total size is 474Mb but when I go to I cloud back up it is showing 10GB, how is it possible? I mean I have deleted all media files from my WhatsApp and in WhatsApp application the total space is 474MB and also in iCloud storage it is 474MB, but when I entered further in to Backups and then choose my phone, it shows total backup size is 14GB and WhatsApp itself is taking 10GB. Can someone help with this?


texts:
I'm new to the whole Mac world, and the first thing I did when I got my MacBook Air 2015 was I installed Ubuntu, but have regretted it now and want to remove it and get my space back into the Mac partition.

I have tried to do it with Disk Utility in OS X, but it just fails and it's not giving any real error code. So I don't know how I can do it?

This is how my partitions looks:

Update

From Recovery Mode:

-bash-3.2# sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.10.5
BuildVersion:   14F27


texts: How can I know how much I paid for an iOS app?

texts:
I'd like to know how much I paid for a specific iOS app. Is there any way to do this?

I realize that you can see your order history in iTunes, but its really hard to find a specific app using that interface.


texts: Trying to install Xcode on Yosemite 10.10.5

texts: I'm trying to install Xode 7 beta 6 version on Yosemite. I used the command 'Xcode-select --install' in terminal. It says 'xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates.' But i'm using latest version of OS X. What should i do? Please help me...


texts: Allow applications downloaded from anywhere in macOS Sierra

texts:
In previous versions of the OS in the security pane, you are provided an option of:

But in this version there is no option anywhere:

Is there a way that I can turn on anywhere? (via Terminal maybe?)


texts:
I'm interested in a good general overview.

How does iMessage actually work?


texts: Unable to unlock screen if QuickTime was the last app open in fullscreen view

texts:
I noticed that if I leave QuickTime open in fullscreen and then my screen is locked, I have no way to unlock it:

Screen is completely black but for the mouse cursor.
I can move the mouse across the screen and the attached external monitor.
Both the external keyboard and the laptop one have no other effect than to make the system beep by each keystroke.

Is there a better way than to force power off the machine to unlock it?


texts: I bought an old iPad 4 mini which was somewhere in desk with empty battery for last who-know-how-many years. The result is battery in a bad shape obviously, iPad works great but shuts down when battery shows about 45% left. No big deal, I can live with that, considering how difficult it is to replace. But, I'd expect it to recalibrate after some time, that iPadOS will notice and change its 0%-100% range to match lower capacity of the old battery but that didn't happen. After months of usage, it still behaves the same way. Is there any way how to force the recalibration?


texts: iOS 8.1.3 breaks Safari credit card scanning

texts:
Last night my iPhone 4S was running iOS 8.1.2 and safari credit card scanning was working perfectly OK.  This morning I upgraded to iOS 8.1.3 and the functionality is now broken.

I created an HTML file containing a simple form asking users to input their credit number, expiry month and expiry year. If you clicked in the credit card field an additional option to scan your card appeared and if you tapped it you could scan your credit card and safari would employ in-built OCR to recognise your card number and auto fill the field. This is no longer working in iOS 8.1.3, as in when I tap on the credit card field, the keyboard option no longer appears.

Here's a link to the test site I created that WAS WORKING last night and not working after the OS upgrade.

Notes:

YES I do have a valid SSL cert on the site (it's NOT self signed)
YES I've set the input elements ID to the correct names (check the page source)

Any advise from anyone on what might have changed here?


texts: Three Apple devices in the same location: Two can connect to a Wi-Fi but iPhone 6 cannot

texts:
I am currently having problems with 3 Apple wifi-capable devices in the same location - in a garage outside a main building.

All three devices can connect to the wifi network with no issues within the main building.

Once moved to a garage, the Mid 2014 MacBook Pro and new iPad 2 are still able to connect to the wifi hotspot and they both indicate strong signal strength: MacBook Pro shows full 5 bars and the iPad shows 2 (out of 3) bars.

The iPhone 6 simply cannot connect to the same Wi-Fi hotspot at all. I have tried turning on and off wifi and airplane mode. They do not have any effect.

Does this indicate a hardware problem?
What can I do to make iPhone connect to the Wi-Fi?


texts:
I have been suffering from some weird issues on my MacBook Pro after periods of usage.

These are a few of the problems which occur once the problem starts.

Software starts behaving weird/stops working correctly
The Mac will sometimes say it can't start the software
Messages semi logs out, it receives messages but doesn't let you send them.

All issues resolve with a restart.

I previously faced an issue with the Mac crashing, except the cursor. After reading the log files, I found Xcode was causing some issue in the background, I therefore removed it. Following this, I have no longer faced the issue.

There is no real pattern other than the issue usually occurring after a period of usage. The issue started in Sierra but has carried through to High Sierra.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.


texts: iPad Refusing to Sync after 4.2 Beta Expired

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I didn't quite get around to updating to the GM version of 4.2 in the iOS developer channel on my iPad and unfortunately the beta I had installed has now expired.

iTunes says that the software on the iPad has expired, but any attempt to synchronise with the device throws an iTunes error along the lines of "no session could be created with the iPad".

Looking at the device logs, I see this:

Mon Dec  6 11:01:36 * lockdownd[16] <Error>: 2ff66000 spawn_service_agent: Service com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy is currently prohibited from running

Mon Dec  6 11:01:36 * lockdownd[16] <Error>: 2ff66000 spawn_and_handle_checkin: Could not spawn the com.apple.mobile.installation_proxy service agent:ServiceProhibited

Mon Dec  6 11:01:36 * lockdownd[16] <Error>: 2ffe8000 spawn_service_agent: Service com.apple.mobilebackup2 is currently prohibited from running

Mon Dec  6 11:01:36 * lockdownd[16] <Error>: 2ffe8000 spawn_and_handle_checkin: Could not spawn the com.apple.mobilebackup2 service agent:ServiceProhibited

Any ideas on how to get up-to-date without taking the iPad to Apple?


texts:
I’m having a major problem with my MacBook Pro 15" (Mid 2012 - non-retina)

In 2012 I bought my MacBook in connection with my education. About 6 month after I've bought it, I got my first Kernel Panic and ever since it's just gotten even worse.

The Panic can happen any time no matter what I do on it like watching videos/movies, listen to music, browsing on the internet etc... But when I do heavy stuff like working in Photoshop, editing videos and such I've noticed that it happens more frequently. Some times it can happen up to 20-30 times a day.

Because of it being a computer I've bought in connection my previous study, I do not have any warranty on it anymore, and there is no Apple Stores in my country where I can bring it to.

At first I thought it could be a software-related problem, so this is what I've tried to fix it myself:

Removed and/or reinstalled apps the Kernel Panic report told was the reason for the Panic
Always made sure that all the apps and the system was up-to-date
Cleaned up all my documents and files
..and followed a lot of different tutorials with no luck

I've also tried to start the computer in Safe Mode, and tested if the Panic would occur on another user. But also here it happened.

Then I tried to run the Apple Hardware Test to test if it was hardware-related.

A few seconds after I pressed the "Test button" the computer froze while testing the memory. I tried it three more times, with the same result. I then tried to remove one of two the RAM modules from the upper slot and run the test again. This time the test was completed, saying that it had detected an error:

Test Results
--------------------------------------------------
Alert! Apple Hardware Test has detected an error.

4MEM/61/40000000: 0x80959f90

Pass Number: 1,
Total Time Testing: 2 minutes 36 seconds

Now I was pretty sure that the problem cased by the RAM, but I didn't knew if it was a faulty RAM module or a faulty RAM slot.

  In my MAC I have 2x8GB Kingston DDR3 1600 MHz RAM modules

So I tried to put the RAM module in the other RAM slot and run the test again. Here it didn't detect any errors. The only thing I noticed were that the test never said that it was "complete" and the mouse and keyboard were very laggy, taking about 1-2 seconds to respond, but I don't know if thats normal or not.

The other RAM module returned the exact same results.

So now everything is pointing the the problem might be a faulty RAM slot.
But a few hours ago while using only one RAM module in the upper RAM slot I had two new panics. Now I am confused.

What is really causing the Panic problem? The RAM modules, the RAM slots or something completely different?

Any one who can help me in this?

Thanks in advance


texts: Is it possible for an application to have undocumented applescript functions. Commands that do not appear in the Applescript Editor Library for the application? Is this common? Is there someway to uncover these functions?


texts:
I've been exploring SSH on my iPod and have noticed that some commands seem to just leave the console hanging or do nothing all together. Some examples are 'simulatecrash' or when I try to launch an app. If anybody has any ideas on why these do nothing, I'd appreciate your input. Thanks in advance.

Also, if it matters, I have a 32GB iPod Touch 4g running iOS 4.3.3 and it is jailbroken.


texts: How do iphone backup extraction programs work?

texts:
There are a plethora of applications (usually expensive ones) that can extract a backup file of an iphone's data.
(examples: drfone,  anytrans)

How are these apps actually accessing the iphone's file system, allowing them to extract a backup database file?

No matter how hard I look for the answer, I'm just pointed to these apps. How can any user extract a backup file from a usb-connected iphone?


texts: Need to find & convert thousands of multi-page TIFFs

texts:
I have a large collection of documents in various formats (PDF, TIFF, JPEG).

Many of the TIFFs are multi-page, like faxes, and the only way I know to see all the pages is with Preview.

Is there some method or app or shell command (via brew) which can find all the multi-page TIFFs so that I can convert them to multi-page PDFs?


texts: How to remove a little "connection" between clips in 2 tracks in iMovie?

texts: This is the square I mean. I know what is it for. It means that two clips have strong connection in these particular places. But now I need to remove these relative connection:-) The question is HOW?


texts: Force images to synchronize from an iPhone to a Mac

texts:
My sister in law would like to synchronize photos from her iPhone to her Mac.
When she connects the iPhone to her Mac, iTunes starts up but photos don't synchronize.

I tried taking a couple of photos and import them using iPhoto. The software did not detect any new photos. Although I can see a bunch of very recent photos on the iPhone, the most recent photos in the iPhoto collection are from last year.

I'd like to manually copy all the photos from the iPhone into her Mac and then re-synchronize the images. Can this be done?


texts: MacBook Pro running 10.15.6 lose .local access. I can't reach my home server until restarting it. Solutions?

texts:
I have a Debian server with a .local address and a dynamic ip served by my router.
I have a number of Macs and iOS devices at home, and I can reach the Debian server with the .local address without any issues in all but one of them: a Macbook Pro running Catalina 10.15.6.
This machine can connect to the server and the connection will work for some time –days maybe– then it will no longer be able to connect. When pinging the server from this machine on those occasions, there is a time-out: nothing comes back. Restarting the MacBook Pro or the router is not enough: I have to restart the server and then I can reach the machine again.
I did this change in the System Preferences > Network > DNS to no avail.


texts:
I used command+option+control+8 to invert the colors on an image. When I open the image in Preview then try to print it, the image does not print with the colors inverted.

Is there another way for me to do this?


texts: iMac OSX 10.8.4 Volume adjusts by itself

texts:
I'm certain that this is user-error on my behalf and not an issue with the software or hardware. I've got the latest iMac (2013) and updated my OSX to the most current version of Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

The problem i'm having occurrs in all applications and affects the volume setting. Applications i use and have experienced this issue with:

Spotify
iTunes
Chrome (Youtube, HTML5 Video & Audio, Flash Players)

Sometimes i stream podcasts that have a low default volume  so i like to turn up my OSX Volume to full in order to hear them. However; when i use either the volume slider in my top bar, or the volume keys on my keyboard and adjust the volume beyond around 60% after about 5 seconds playback the volume automatically goes back down to around 60%.

See image:

I've recorded a 15 second Screencast with sound, here is the Screenr.

I've been into System Preferences > Sound  and taken a look around the output settings but i can't see anything that would restrict the volume to this.

Any and all insight to this problem is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance


texts: iPhoto had it's own trash, and when you've emptied it, files moved to the system trash. I cannot find this in the new Photos app. When I delete files, they don't appear in the system trash.


texts: How does AirDrop retain "Developer Verification" information? And, can this be done with other methods?

texts:
I am trying to share an app. AirDrop successfully completed this task. However, when e-mail is used, the error regarding an unknown developer prevents the app from running. Why is AirDrop successful and e-mail not?

Is there something I can do to share the app and retain the developer information?


texts: Executing commands in PS1 on macOS Sierra not working?

texts:
Recently I had to switch to a Mac for my work. Since I'm used to Unix-like environments, I brought over my PS1 prompt generator from Ubuntu.

I had enough trouble customizing the terminal for it to look somewhat usable (who thought that black letters on white background are an okay solution in 2017?). However one thing won't work...

Namely, the git ps1 extension. Yes, I installed the bash-completion and git packages via Homebrew, and sourced both the git-completion.bash and git-prompt.sh before assigning PS1.

My .bash_profile looks like this:

build_prompt () {
  clear="\[$(tput sgr0)\]"
  blue="\[\033[38;5;27m\]"
  green="\[\033[38;5;2m\]"
  yellow="\[\033[38;5;11m\]"

  export PS1="[${blue}\u${clear}@${green}\h${clear}] ${yellow}\w${clear}$(__git_ps1 " (%s)") \\$ > "
}

source /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash
source /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/git-prompt.sh

export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=yes
export GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS=true
export CLICOLOR=1

alias ls='ls -GFhAl'
build_prompt

As you can see I add the __git_ps1 to the end of my PS1 value, and in theory it should display Git tree info whenever in a git repo folder.

However this script is only ran once, when bash starts up. The same code however works on Ubuntu just fine, dynamically displaying git tree info no matter where I start bash. On this Mac, however, it only displays the value it picks up on launch, so if I start a bash prompt in a git folder, I'll be stuck with its info display until I close the terminal instance.

What am I doing wrong here?


texts:
Can anyone help explain why there is 17gb worth of free space on my LVG I can't seem to do anything with this space. Is there anyway to fix this? I have already reformatted the disk then cloned the contents back with CCC. I also have FileVault enabled.

Whenever I see this on others setups it is usually a few KB not 17gb!


texts: command line: unmount a smb network drive

texts:
We use Windows Server for my company network.

I do use Mac has client.  When I mount a network drive, I use the following command line:

osascript -e ‘mount volume “smb://myusername:mypassword@fileserver/department/its”'

everything works fine. I am a user administrator for my network, this is the reason why I guess I am able to mount the network drive in this way and everything works fine.

But my question is: how do I unmount this network drive? What is the command line?

thank you so much


texts: How do you remove the time from the menu bar in Big Sur

texts:
In Big Sur the notification toggle in the menu bar is now the clock.
I am currently using iStat Menu to display the clock in the menu bar, so it looks bad having two times in the bar.
Example:

Is there way to set Big Sur notification back to the Catalina icon as before?


texts: Does customising MacBook Pro 13inch to 16GB RAM, i7 7th gen processor and 1TB SSD affect it's battery life?

texts:
I would like to know whether customising MacBook Pro 13inch (2017 version) to

16GB RAM
i7 7th gen processor
1TB SSD

would have any implications on it's performance, especially in terms of battery life.


texts: Copying files to NAS gives Error Code -50 "Error in user parameter list"

texts:
I had a cheap NAS that I was using that would give me an Error with code -50 whenever I tried to copy certain directories of files to it. At first I thought it was just the NAS device. Recently I bought a Drobo 5N hooked it up to my network, now I am getting the same errors for the same folders which makes me think it is an OSX issue.

Has anyone seen this before and how do I fix it?

My debugging steps:

I have tried the same process from two different computers and both give the same error.

I have tried copying the files to a local drive or another DAS and they copied fine.

I have created an isolated network with a small switch and just my computer and drobo plugged into it and the same error occurs.

I also have tried through 2 different switches and through just a Time Capsule but the error persists.

Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to use iPhone's hardware vibrate button to toggle "silent" / "vibrate only" instead?

texts:
I don't like having my phone ring. I just use two modes: vibrate only (when it's in my pocket) and no vibrate and no ring (when it's on a table/dock in front of me, and I'll see if something happens just by seeing the screen turn on).

Is there a way to use iPhone's hardware vibrate button to accomplish toggling between these two modes? Right now it is not useful to me.

I tried turning the volume to the minimum and treating the ring mode as the silent mode, but the volume doesn't really go all the way down to zero, and it affects the alarms.

What can I do?


texts: Is there a single user mode or safe mode on a Mac?

texts:
Is there any single user mode or safe mode on a Mac? I'm using 10.10 (Yosemite).

I want my Mac not to load some plists in the LaunchDaemons directory and some kext files.


texts: Can I automaticly CC emails to an email address in Mail.app?

texts:
Are there any email clients for Mac OSX (10.6.7) which can automaticly CC an email ID (without writing the CC email field)?

Update 1 - I want to give an email ID to all the team members. I am using a shared hosting for my site where I am going to create all the email ID's. I will configure these ID's in default Mail.app. Now whenever my team send emails to clients I want it to CC to my email ID automatically.


texts: What happens to an in-progress `7-day phased release` on the App Store when a newer version is published?

texts:
Curious what would happen when version 1.1 is on day 2 out of 7 of a 7-day phased rollout in the App Store, and you publish a 1.2 upgrade.

Would it:

A. Immediately release 1.1 to the remaining 80% of users?

B. Leave the 80% of users on 1.0 until they get 1.2?


texts: Videos played in fullscreen on Google Chrome forces window to be viewed

texts:
This is a strange problem that started today. The problem is as follows:

When I start a video in Netflix or Youtube and fullscreen it, either by double clicking, or by pressin the full screen button. Then, I change view by dragging three fingers from left to right or vice versa. A second after that, the screen changes back to the video. This is very frustrating since I want the full screen video to play while I'm not looking at it directly.

Oh, and it only does this when the other screen I switch to is full screened.

Other information:

This is on a Macbook Air.
I am using Google Chrome as a browser
It works as usual with other browsers
It doesn't do this when the video is paused

Thanks for all eventual help!


texts:
I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.5 on my MacBook Pro and love the Voice Commands / Speakable Items feature.

I also have a lot of custom commands that I use by writing applescripts and putting them in either ~/Library/Speech/Speakable Items or ~/Library/Speech/Speakable Items/Application Speakable Items/myApplication. This has worked well for me so far.

However, this does not seem to work when I created a directory in Application Speakable Items called Eclipse for using speech commands with my eclipse IDE. I even tried using the Make this speakable command while using eclipse, but that doesn't seem to work either.

The only thing I can think of now is to put all of eclipse's commands into Speakable Items and call them from there, but that is not a very elegant solution.
Does anyone have any thoughts on what I can do?


texts: What will happen if I copy more pictures to my iCloud account than my iPhone has in spare space?

texts:
I have lots of pictures and videos stored on a NAS (that isn't backed up). I want to move the pictures and videos to my iCloud account since I pay for increased storage on that and it will have better backup rather than anything that I would ever be able to do, and just leave movies on the NAS.

What will happen on my iPhone once I do this? Will it just max out, or is there anyway for it to ignore those? Otherwise what's the point of being able to purchase more iCloud storage than your iPhone has?


texts: Why does location service turn itself off?

texts:
I have an iOS application that has been marked as needing background service (Location Updates). When the app is in the foreground, I see the location arrow in the top status bar. However if I double-click the home button to send my app to background, the location service turns itself off and my app no longer receives location updates.

The same happens with Google Maps and Apple Maps apps.

I am running iOS 7 on iPhone 4S.

How do I ensure that my app receives location updates when running in the background?


texts: Backup entire mac hard drive to a usb drive and later restore

texts:
I would like to backup the entire system drive/partition to a USB hard/flash drive.  I have a 128gb usb flash drive and a 2tb usb hard drive.  I am borrowing a friends macbook air for learning swift/ios programming for a few months.

I figured that I can back it up and restore it later for minimal inconvenience for him.  I would prefer to not have to log in or install anything on it.  I currently don't have his account password but can get it if needed.

BTW the mac is el capitan I think.  It is a different looking disk utility than I have seen in some online screenshots elsewhere.

What I have tried:
Booting to the recovery mode using command +r.
Then I erased the usb drive (name 06192017, format osx extended journaled, GUID partition map).
Then I selected the 06192017 and selected edit>restore.
"Restore from:" I selected "macintosh HD" and clicked restore.
It takes a little while and then fails.  It says "io error" in the details.

I have also tried to select the "macintosh HD" and select file> new image>Image from "macintosh hd"
save as: "macintosh hd"
tags: (none)
Where: 06192017 (my usb drive)
Format: compressed
encryption: none
This also seems to work for a few minutes and then fails. A box says:
com.apple.diskutility error 3

First I tried the 2tb USB hard drive and then I figured there may be a problem with that so I tried the 128gb USB flash drive.  Same results.

I am new to mac OSX.  Am I going about this all wrong?


texts: How to remove configuration profile ios 10?

texts:
Can't remove configuration profile installed from http://altel.kz/mconfig

When i go to "Settings > General > Profile > Altel internet" there's no DELETE button.

How can i remove that profile?


texts: Xcode comment selection shortcut not working on European keyboard

texts:
I have an Apple keyboard (Norwegian) with numeric keypad and I can't get the Xcode shortcut for comment selection (cmd + /) to work. I have to change to Input source = US every time I want to comment out a block.  When I change from US to Norwegian input source the Xcode -> Editor -> Structure -> comment selection shortcut disappears.

Does anyone know why changing input source from Norwegian/Swedish/German (I guess all European languages) have this effect.  What is the "European" shortcut for comment selection ?

Are Europeans not allowed by Apple to comment select..!? ;-)

Any ideas would be much appreciated !


texts: Can homebrew and macports work together to let Firefox-X11 be installed?

texts:
I want to install firefox-x11 but theres no repo in homebrew, only macports seems to have one, hence I'm at a loss how to get firefox-X11 on a system that relies on homebrew for OSS.

The way I'd solve this is:

install software with macports (Firefox-X11 in particular)
remove macports
install homebrew and still use the software installed by macports (firefox)

I fear this will not work.


texts:
This is a really weird one. Anytime I try to update any OSX items via System Update I get a bizarre permissions error.

The screenshots tell the story...

Here is my attempt to run the update:

Here is my console log when I run the update:

Lastly here are my permissions on the folder that is being denied from the console log:

The background info about this system is that it is a work computer that was originally set up for another user. He was set up as the admin, then I was given this machine. His account was deleted and mine was given admin privileges.

Anyone seen anything like this?


texts: Issues with files and folders with names containing umlauts

texts:
I have just noticed some issues browsing my external music collection using Finder, certain artists folders were missing.

Going to iTerm and lsing the folder I got this as the initial report:

ls Music
ls: Maná: No such file or directory
ls: Márta Sebestyén: No such file or directory
ls: Motörhead: No such file or directory
ls: Zoë Keating: No such file or directory

Note that the artists names use umlauts and Double acute accents.

This is a folder on a NAS box (ReadyNAS 204) via smb, I also have back up of the NAS running Ubuntu access via CIFS.

Using Finder on OS X El Capitan neither the NAS or backup show these folders. However using Yosemite I can see the Artists folder but the albums are missing.

Logging in directly to the boxes all files appear to be intact and SONOS can still play them!

Has some thing changed in OS X, I used max to rip these from CD's (Snow Leopard) so I had to be able to handle the files at some point ‽

NB: ‽ is an interrobang

Update with a little more info

Using rsync from the Mac to copy music on to USB (OS X Extended format) drive I see things like:

rsync -av --iconv=utf8-mac,utf8 /Volumes/share/Music/ /Volumes/usbdisk/Music/

file has vanished: "/Volumes/share/Music/.../Márta Sebestyén"
file has vanished: "/Volumes/share/Music/.../Maná"
file has vanished: "/Volumes/share/Music/.../Zoë Keating"
file has vanished: "/Volumes/share/Music/.../Rammstein-2005-Rosenrot-07-Zerstören.flac"

ssh'ing on to Ubuntu server and using convmv as described here:

cd /mnt/Music
convmv -r -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 .

It returns :

Starting a dry run without changes...
Skipping, already UTF-8: ./Márta Sebestyén
Skipping, already UTF-8: ./Maná
Skipping, already UTF-8: ./Michael Bublé
Skipping, already UTF-8: ./Zoë Keating
Skipping, already UTF-8: ./Rammstein/1999-Live aus Berlin/Rammstein-1999-Live aus Berlin-10-Bück dich.flac
Skipping, already UTF-8: ./Rammstein/1999-Live aus Berlin/Rammstein-1999-Live aus Berlin-03-Weißes Fleisch.flac
No changes to your files done. Use --notest to finally rename the files.

It looks like the main files having issues are already utf-8 but note the file "Rammstein-2005-Rosenrot-07-Zerstören.flac" that rsync had issue with is not listed in the above report.

I also used brew to install the latest vesion of rsync 3+ rather than the 2.6 version that is used be default.

brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew install rsync

And then edit /private/etc/paths to put /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin

Trying out AFP

Enabling AFP on Ready NAS (OS 6.4.2), well this was a little freaky for me. Structure is Artist/Album/Tracks.flac. Artists are there, album was there, expand the album to see tracks the Artists folder disappeared.

ReadyNAS smb.conf

[global]
 dos charset = CP1252
 unix charset = UTF-8

Related Info

Folders not showing up in Finder?
CIFS & MAC problems with special characters in folder names
.


texts: Can someone who's gained access to my iCloud account prevent me from receiving text messages?

texts:
Can someone use my iCloud account to prevent me from receiving messages on my devices from specific people?

I can get calls from a particular person but no text messages for a few days now.


texts:
So I dun goof'd up (tm) while updating a friends iPhone 4 to the latest OS.
I obviously started by creating a back up of the device, but I think I messed up and after the device had factory reset due to the update. I think what happened was after I did the update to the phone I backed it up again because when I went to 'restore' the iphone from a back up (which completed successfully) the iphone was put in its factory state, even asking for a username/password and giving me the whole 'welcome' screen thing.

So either I didn't back up properly the first time or I backed up properly the first time but then I backed up the device again AFTER the update was installed meaning the back up is of a factory reset install of the iPhone.

is this reversible or have I just lost everything (except for photographs which for some reason I was smart enough to back up myself).

I'm mostly trying to get his contacts back at this point...


texts: Deleting empty Directory with File's Ghosts?

texts:
I am trying to delete bunch of  directories appearing to be empty

    amr@MacBook ~/folders> ls -la -R
total 24
drwxrwxrwx   6 amr  staff    192 Mar  9 14:37 .
drwx---r-x+ 40 amr  staff   1280 Mar  9 14:12 ..
-rw-r--r--@  1 amr  staff  10244 Mar  9 14:37 .DS_Store
drwxrwxrwx@  5 amr  staff    160 Feb 27 19:06 a
drwxrwxrwx@  5 amr  staff    160 Mar  9 14:01 b
drwxrwxrwx@  3 amr  staff     96 Feb 27 19:00 f

./a:
total 0
drwxrwxrwx@ 5 amr  staff  160 Feb 27 19:06 .
drwxrwxrwx  6 amr  staff  192 Mar  9 14:37 ..

./b:
total 0
drwxrwxrwx@ 5 amr  staff  160 Mar  9 14:01 .
drwxrwxrwx  6 amr  staff  192 Mar  9 14:37 ..

./f:
total 0
drwxrwxrwx@ 3 amr  staff   96 Feb 27 19:00 .
drwxrwxrwx  6 amr  staff  192 Mar  9 14:37 ..

amr@MacBook ~/folders> rm -r a b f
rm: a: Directory not empty
rm: b: Directory not empty
rm: f: Directory not empty
amr@MacBook ~/folders> rmdir *
rmdir: a: Directory not empty
rmdir: b: Directory not empty
rmdir: f: Directory not empty

with every possible way i could find like this , boot into recovery and trying from there , tried mv to USB and formate it with not like either and got the same message "Directory not empty" until i found this python script

import os, stat, shutil

   def remove_readonly(fn, path, excinfo):
#removes readonly tag from files/folders so they can be deleted
if fn is os.rmdir:
    os.chmod(path, stat.S_IWRITE)
    os.rmdir(path)
elif fn is os.remove:
    os.chmod(path, stat.S_IWRITE)
    os.remove(path)

shutil.rmtree('/Users/amr/folders/'',
          onerror=remove_readonly)

which gave me a new output

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'folders/a/0c26d4c3daf0b26cd91366caf1df3eca0bad5611e9742a0f8b409d6b80fc6a53--pixman-0.38.0.mojave.bottle.tar.gz'

other directory

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'folders/b/libpixman-1.dylib'

the thing is those files i already deleted manually when i tried to fix brew but wasn't able to delete the empty directory  directory

Update :
it seem that  somehow i deleted the files but not it's extended attribute and when i try to deleted folder it tries to delete files with it's attribute but it found the attribute but not the file

sudo xattr -rc *
Password:
xattr: No such file: a/784a181552c10546bdab9595d963a36fa65d6e17cc04609285349cb81be623b9--harfbuzz-2.3.1.mojave.bottle.tar.gz.incomplete.lock
xattr: No such file: a/pixman.formula.lock
xattr: No such file: a/0c26d4c3daf0b26cd91366caf1df3eca0bad5611e9742a0f8b409d6b80fc6a53--pixman-0.38.0.mojave.bottle.tar.gz.incomplete.lock
xattr: No such file: b/libpixman-1.dylib
xattr: No such file: b/libpixman-1.a
xattr: No such file: b/libpixman-1.0.dylib
xattr: No such file: f/pixman


texts: Is there anyway to avoid redundant cleanups of photos across apple devices?

texts:
If I take a picture on my iPhone, it shows up when I open up "Photos" app on my mac when I click on "Photos" in the upper left.  This integration is quite nice to avoid having to do a manual sync but it has created a bit of overhead and confusion.

In most cases I like to groom my photos to get rid of lots of fuzzy or duplicate pictures but since it seems like a copy of the photo on my mac, If I cleanup these bad pictures on my iPhone, i also have to clean then up on my mac.

First, I am trying to confirm that my mac has a "copy" of the picture (or a reference to the picture on the phone) and if I go and delete that picture on my phone, can I also get it to delete that picture on my mac.

Is this behavior configurable?

I am trying to find a balance between enjoying the integration of things showing in mac photos without me having to do a manual sync with the overhead of doing these redundant cleanups.


texts: two external drives suddenly disabled after connection with macbook pro (big sur)

texts: I purchased two external drives of 5Tb from Western Digital. I formatted the drives using disk utility program (OS with journalling). I connected the first and started to make backups using time machine. I thyen connected an unrelated disk to transfer my movie library from my macbook pro to, to diminish the data on mu macbook pro. This failed, somehow the unrelated drive seemed to disconnect by itself, thereby unabling the transfer of data. I thought maybe something was wrong with the connection of this drive to my computer. Therefore I decided to use the second 5Tb drive for this large movie library file. When I connected the second 5tb drive, it immediately indicated that it was dedicated to time machine, but I did not enter this drive in the TM preferences. I could not undo this, and the drive was not available for anything else. When I connected drive 1 again, it was not recognised by my mac any longer. And thereafter neither was drive 2. When I checked about this computer I could see that the drive was listed under USB. And when I opened disk utility it was seen however no modifications nor disk first aid could be done. Basically both disks were suddenly totally useless. I posted this on a facebook page and someone suggested: could mac os incidentally have put this disks in raid. What happened, does anyone have a clue?


texts: Could not create a Preboot Volume for APFS install

texts:
So I have this issue when trying to reinstall macOS in the recovery, but when I tried to reinstall "Could not create a preboot volume for APFS install" comes up.

I came across this solution which requires you to completely wipe your drive but I don't want to do that since that would mean my BootCamp installation would also have to be gone.

Is there a way to fix this issue without completely wiping my disk?


texts: Disappearing and reverting events in Calendar

texts:
Calendar on OS X, which has always had trouble with disappearing events, is now waiting several minutes to perform its disapparation magic, so I an enter an appointment, wait a while to confirm that it stuck (a habit I've learned is essential over the years), be sure it’s safely recorded, and even then; poof! — it’s gone (or turned into a generic “New Event”).

I simply can’t rely on Calendar for anything any more!

Is there a way to configure Calendar so that appointments that I enter don't disappear or revert in this way?


texts: Safe to remove - .rnd and .CFUserTextEncoding

texts:
As a cleanup routine, I remove files from ~/Library/Logs and ~/Library/Caches directory.

I also remove ~/.Trash and ~/.DS_Store

My question - Is it safe to remove ~/.rnd and ~/.CFUserTextEncoding?

What are these files/folders for?


texts: How do I delete the "half-cooked" Sierra installer?  The App store and "About this mac" show that Sierra is downloaded, but I still have that installer hanging out in my Lauchpad.  How can i get rid of it?  Is it safe to do so?


texts: Is there a way to have Snow Leopard match the scrolling behavior of Lion?

texts:
I can see that I will quickly come to love the Lion way of scrolling.

My brain will soon become rewired to think of moving the content with my gestures instead of moving the controller down to slide content up in my fixed viewport.

I have several macs that need to remain on Snow Leopard for some time, and would love any suggestions on how I might change them to better fit Lion's new model for scrolling.


texts: UK spelling dictionary - teach OS X *all* -ize spellings

texts:
The British spelling dictionary in OS X is customized to UK spellings, a very useful feature. However, the designers have made the unfortunate choice of only listing -ise endings for words such as advertise, customise, etc. Many Brits, such as myself, prefer the -ize spelling.

In Lion, auto correct keeps changing all my -ize spellings to -ise. Not what I want!

Can any of you suggest a clever way (perhaps a perl script?) to quickly add all -ize variants of corresponding -ise spellings to the local dictionary?

Note: the suggestion "switch to US spellings" is not acceptable!


texts: Best practice to maintain high charge count

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro, always plugged, I put it to sleep during the night. Is  that the best thing to do if I want to maintain a high number of remaining charges, while also keeping a healthy battery?

Or should I turn it off at night instead of sleep, plug it off, or something else?


texts: iPhone calendar error edit?usp=drive_web when opening attachment

texts: When I attempt to open a file attached to an appointment in Calendar on my iPhone it has replaced the file name with and error, "edit?usp=drive_web" and the application crashes when the attachment is clicked. Any ideas?


texts: I just bought a new iPhone. I had an old Apple account with a lot of data but I don't remember my email. Do I have to create a new account for using my new iPhone, losing all my data? Is there a way to restore my email?


texts: Can't download 'already purchased' app after device crash

texts:
At one point I tried to download an app (game) and it started well, but my iPad crashed during the process. When I now try to re-download the app, it shows the following message:

  You've already purchased this, so it will be downloaded now at no additional charge.

Tapping OK, the app refuses to download. How can I download the app?

Edit: Instead of resetting my iPad, please let me know if there is any other option?


texts: `brew install openvpn` vs. Tunnelblick for OpenVPN client

texts:
I recently switched to Macbook pro (Mojave) and would like to have an OpenVPN client installed. In Linux systems I've been always using openvpn from within command line. I just want to know if it would work flawlessly as in macOS.

I see that everyone recommend Tunnelblick, or paid options such as Viscosity but i prefer free and open source solutions.


texts: Minimal driver installation for Wacom tablet?

texts:
I have a CTH-680 digitizer. Wacom all-in-one driver seems to install unnecessary stuff to the system. What can be removed? Or how to do a minimal installation?

├── Applications
│   └── Wacom Tablet.localized
│       ├── Wacom Desktop Center.app
│       ├── Wacom Display Settings.app
│       ├── Wacom Tablet Utility.app
│       └── aft.tar
└── Library
    ├── Application Support
    │   └── Tablet
    │       ├── TabletDriver.app
    │       ├── UserHelp
    │       ├── WacomTabletDriver.app
    │       └── WacomTouchDriver.app
    ├── Extensions
    │   ├── FTDIKext.kext
    │   └── SiLabsUSBDriver64.kext
    ├── Frameworks
    │   └── WacomMultiTouch.framework
    ├── Internet Plug-Ins
    ├── LaunchAgents
    │   ├── com.wacom.DataStoreMgr.plist
    │   ├── com.wacom.IOManager.plist
    │   └── com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
    ├── LaunchDaemons
    │   ├── com.wacom.UpdateHelper.plist
    │   └── com.wacom.displayhelper.plist
    ├── PreferencePanes
    │   └── WacomTablet.prefpane
    ├── Preferences
    │   └── Tablet
    │       └── Wacom App Specific Settings
    └── PrivilegedHelperTools
        ├── com.wacom.DataStoreMgr.app
        ├── com.wacom.IOManager.app
        └── com.wacom.UpdateHelper.app


texts: Copy documents to iOS devices via the command line

texts:
I have a couple apps which I directly copy data in/out of using iTunes (iPhone->Apps->(scroll down) File Sharing. Once there you can drag/drop, but I'd really like to be able to automate this process.

Is there any way to copy new "Documents" into an App on my iPhone via the command-line without using the iTunes GUI?

I'm dreading doing it with AppleScript, but if that's the only method so be it. My device is jailbroken if that helps, but I'd much prefer to do it with standard interfaces.


texts: Mac Mini (summer 2011) and Dell U2711 - How to get the maximum resolution 2560x1440?

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I've been using the Mac Mini with Dell U2711 monitor for couple days and only now I've realized what is wrong: The display isn't using its maximum resolution 2560x1440 but the 1080p which the OS reports as the max resolution. I then read from the Apple's site that for some reason 1080p is the maximum resolution when using the HDMI-connector.

The Mac Mini contains only HDMI and Thunderbolt connectors, at least according to Apple's site. The Dell-monitor doesn't have Thunderbolt but instead it has VGA, DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI.

So my question is: Is it possible to get the maximum resolution out of my monitor?


texts: How to clear out a saved password on iphone

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I have used the ESPN app using my Facebook credentials for quite awhile (years). Recently I logged out and let my friend log in, also using Facebook.

After she did her stuff she logged out. I went to log back in and when I clicked "Log in using Facebook" it automatically logged in using her Facebook account. I can't figure out how to clear this from the app's memory. There is no 'log in with a different account' option.

I have tried restarting my phone, deleting the app, deleting a few other ESPN related apps, made sure I am logged into my account on the Facebook app. I have looked in app permissions in Facebook and found nothing for either my account or my friend's.

I am confused why I could log off then my friend could log on and now it won't work in the other direction. How can I get the ESPN app to forget my friend's Facebook credentials.

I am on an iphone 6 running ios 10.2.1


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I just install macOS 10.13 High Sierra and after entering my password to login a progress bar starts running.

What's different is the background turns black and shows only a stark progress bar running.

I search on internet and some said it's about fileValt but i don't want that. I try with turn off fileValt this bar not show up and take less time to boot up. may be i'll try with re-install should be fixed this.

Is this something I can avoid or fix?


texts: Transfer big videos from iPhone to Windows PC

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To transfer files from my iPhone 8 (running iOS 11 and iOS 12) to my Windows 10 PC, I use a USB cable and simply copy the files with Windows Explorer.

If I try to transfer a file over 500MB in size, I get the following Windows 10 error:

Can't read from the source file or disk.

Then I have to unplug the iPhone and restart. I tried with iTunes.
I tried changing cables, ports (USB2 and USB3) and computers.

It has been working fine before Apple introduced the HEIF/HEVC formats in iOS 11.

What is causing this and how can I resolve the problem?


texts: Removing User from Single User Mode Fails - MacOS 10.14

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So I’m trying to delete a specific user account while avoiding the traditional SysPrefs method. I do have FileVault enabled and am running 10.14.
This is what I’ve tried in Single User mode:

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
sudo dscl . delete /Users/username

This gives me the errors:

Could not read path = /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServicesLocal.plist, error = 2: No such file or directory
No task-access server configured! The system will not get very far.

When I try the dscl command in Recovery Mode I get the DS error -14009. Any clue as to why this is?


texts: 16" Brand new macbook pro not charging / booting up

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I'm an IT guy of a company. We have ordered some 16" macbooks for our developers but they're not charging/ booting up. When I try to boot up, a battery icon appears on black screen just like empty battery situation despite being charged for hours! I'm attaching a photo. I've tried SMC reset and other stuff mentioned in Apple website but no luck. I've 6 macbooks like that! Very disappointing... I'm just wondering, if anyone else come across this issue before or solved?

Regards!


texts: How to keep music in iCloud but not downloaded?

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I bought an album via iTunes on my Mac. On my iPhone, the album is not stored locally (I need a wireless connection in order to play it). However the album got downloaded onto my iPad automatically.

How can I remove the album from iPad? And of course not delete it from my library?


texts: AppleScript “delay” command not working since switch to Yosemite

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Note: The issue with delay was fixed in OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

Ever since I upgraded to Yosemite, Applescripts that use delays have stopped working.  How can I fix this?

Here's the world's simplest Applescript, for the sake of an easy example:

set volume output volume 0
delay 5
set volume output volume 20
delay 5
set volume output volume 0
delay 5
set volume output volume 20
delay 5
set volume output volume 0
delay 5
set volume output volume 20
delay 5
set volume output volume 0

That should take 30 seconds to complete.  If I run it in Script Editor (formerly Applescript Editor) it takes 30 seconds to complete.  But if I save this script as an app, when I launch the app, the delays are ignored and the app takes a fraction of a second to complete.

How can I force Applescript to delay for a specified amount of time before moving on to the next step?  Is this a Yosemite glitch?  Is there a reliable workaround?


texts: How to get Mac to give Ethernet connection priority?

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I have the following issues / question. I use WIFI and Ethernet through each other like most people probably.

Certain things like ripping a blu ray I want to do through the Ethernet connection so that is when I plug it on.

However, I first have to turn WIFI off to "force" the mac to choose to route the data through the Ethernet connection.

In system settings under network / priorities I have the proper order, so Thunderbolt Ethernet above WIFI.

Any idea how I can make the Mac use the Ethernet cable without turning off the WIFI? THANKS!


texts: How to change the playback speed (video speed) in Photos app on macOS?

texts: Is there a way to change the video playback rate for videos viewed in Photos app on macOS?


texts: How do I invert the scroll direction on my Magic Mouse?

texts: I'm used to Windows so I'm not used to the natural scroll with the Apple bluetooth mouse.  How do I change this to be the standard, scroll down goes down functionality?


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Often I find myself needing to take many PNG images and join them into a larger image.

Specifically, in this particular case, I'd like to take 2 PNGs of roughly equal width (±2px) and different heights and create a new PNG where the first is above the other. E.g.

The join should be seamless.

Is there a command line tool/app that does this? Best would be if Preview offers a solution.


texts: USB port not functioning on a user account, works on another

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This is a 15" MacBook Pro (Early 2011 model).

In one user account, only a single USB port works. When logging into another user account, both USB ports work. What could be causing this? What would you advise as a fix (short of rebuilding the user account)?


texts: I am transition from Windows to OS X: Can one configure the Safari browser with a socks to tunnel through a SSH tunnel (Putty in MS-Windows).  Can a SSH tunnel be configured from the command line and command the Safari browser to direct request / responses through the tunnel?  If yes, an example is appreciated.


texts: How does iWork for iOS know what account to use for icloud?

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I saw a student selling a used iPad with the offer of including Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. They said they would wipe the device then reinstall iWork.

Wouldn't logging in associate the iWork apps with that iTunes account for icloud purposes? If not, how do these apps figure out which account to use?

If I was seing my used iOS device, I would want to be sure that my icloud account isn't on someone else's iPad. Can I be sure that this won't happen?


texts: Can't sync a song purchased with an old iTunes account that I don't use anymore

texts: Is there someway I can get this song to sync onto my iPod?


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I just upgraded my Mac Pro 4,1 (5,1 firmware) to dual X5690s. I was very careful and followed directions throughout the whole process.

When I put the CPU tray back in, the computer wouldn't post. There are no hardware errors, but it won't boot. I have tried an SMC and NVRAM reset to no avail. Upon pressing the power button, the power light turns on and remains lit. No red LED problem lights appear in the computer. The GPU fan speeds up to full, like it always does on a boot, but then instead of slowing down, it remains at full. All other fans are at normal speeds. My boot drive is an SSD on a PCIe SATA adapter.

Everything was working normally this morning before my project. Any troubleshooting suggestions?

(I've heard maybe tightening the heat sinks down more, but I don't want to over tighten them.) Also, the first time I tested the upgraded tray, the power button was flashing, so I tightened the heatsinks a bit more.

Any help would be appreciated!


texts: Is it possible to upgrade a Mac Mini to OS X Lion?

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I read that the upgrade to OS X Lion is not intended for Mac Minis, is this true?

Is there a way to upgrade a Mac Mini with an Intel CPU to OS X Lion?