texts: Applescript is inexplicably failing in Big Sur

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EDIT: I've made a much simpler script that exhibits the same problem. The previous script is moved below.
I've been using TextExpander to run this script and it recently started failing after updating to Big Sur. Thinking it was related to TextExpander, I created a similar shortcut to run it in BetterTouchTool but am having the same issue. It's not throwing a visible error, it just plays the error tone when it finishes and doesn't output anything. What's odd is that when I run it from a script editor, it performs just fine. It's only when its being called from another process that it fails.
The basic idea of the script is to take raw number input in a dialog box and output formatted time code in the frontmost app. For example, entering "207" outputs "01:00:02:07"
I've scoured the code and can't find what would possibly be causing the error since it's all very basic text manipulation. Any thoughts would be greatly helpful.
(The "System Events" block is to keep from bringing TextExpander to the front when the "Display Dialog" pops up.)
tell application "System Events"
 set frontProcessName to name of first process whose frontmost is true

 set test_text to text returned of (display dialog "Text?" default answer "")

tell application frontProcessName to activate
 end tell

 return "test_text"

Here's the original script:
tell application "System Events"
--Set process that called text expander aside so it can be returned to the front
set frontProcessName to name of item 1 of (processes whose frontmost is true)

-- Get the raw numbers from the user
set raw_timecode to text returned of (display dialog "Timecode" default answer "")

-- Set the default variables
set user_timecode to "" as string
set rt_length to the length of raw_timecode

--Check to see if the TC field is blank
if raw_timecode = "" then
    set raw_timecode to "01000000"
end if

--Parse the user supplied numbers and replace any "." with "00"
repeat with n from 1 to rt_length
    if character n of raw_timecode = "." then
        set user_timecode to user_timecode & "00" as text
    else
        set user_timecode to user_timecode & character n of raw_timecode as text
    end if

end repeat

--Set to 00:00:00:00 if only digit is 0
if user_timecode = "0" then
    set base_timecode to "00000000"
else
    set base_timecode to "01000000"
end if

set x to the length of user_timecode

-- Trim extra digits off base timecode
if x = 8 and user_timecode ≠ "0" then
    set raw_timecode to user_timecode as string
else
    repeat while (length of base_timecode) + (length of user_timecode) > 8
        try
            set base_timecode to characters 1 thru -(x + 1) of base_timecode as string
            set raw_timecode to base_timecode & user_timecode as string
        on error
            display dialog "Invalid timecode"
            error number -128
        end try
    end repeat
end if
set new_timecode to characters 1 thru 2 of raw_timecode & ":" & characters 3 thru 4 of raw_timecode & ":" & characters 5 thru 6 of raw_timecode & ":" & characters 7 thru 8 of raw_timecode as text

end tell

-- Return the previous app that called text expander to the front
tell application frontProcessName to activate
delay 0.5

return new_timecode


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I love working in new spaces however is there a way to have Dock Icons be specific to each workspace, say for example I have the following workspaces
Workspace 1
Terminal, Safari

Workspace 2
Terminal, Safari, TextEdit

Would it be possible to have each workspace only display icons in the dock for the applications it has within it?


texts: Ooops. How can I re-install the Mac App Store?

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I'm running Mac OS X version 10.7.2.

There's this app called app-zapper. It helps to remove the library and cache files from apps when you want to get rid of an app by "zapping" it. I needed to shave some space. I'm using Pixelmator now instead of Photoshop, so I tried to zap my Adobe folder but instead my App Store app got zapped. I didn't realize it till my trash was emptied. The rest writes itself.

I've tried reinstalling 10.7.2, extracting the App Store.app file from 10.7.2 package (it's incomplete) and re-downloading the snow leopard extracted one (don't work on lion).

How can I re-install the app store?


texts: Can I edit/create a PDF's Table of Contents with freeware?

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I have a PDF with a number of parts. I would like to create a Table of Contents to navigate the PDF with ease. I would like to do on a Mac this with freeware. (A command-line program would be great.)

Is that possible? Similar questions have been asked before, but as far as I can tell, the best answer given has been PDFOutliner, which is not freeware.


texts: Can someone explain what 'diskutil cs revert' does?

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so I was following some instructions to get my windows bootcamp partition to resize in disk utility, because after upgrading to Yosemite I was unable to resize my partition to give one side more space (although I had free space).
I followed the commands I saw on multiple different support links and they all seemed to be the same and worked for those who had problems, so I followed it through and it did indeed work. It was to find the logical volume id though the

  diskutil cs list

then to use

  diskutil cs revert

However, In disk utility my main disk (the one at the top) has been renamed to the name of the SSD hardware with my two partitions underneath, rather than just 'Macintosh HD' with the two partitions.

So I was wondering, what does this command do, are there any effects of it changing the name in disk utility and are there any consequences of this command?
Thanks in advance!

--
MacBook Pro 13" Late 2013 Retina 2.4Ghz Intel Core i5 256GB SSD OS X Yosemite 10.10.3


texts: Retina MacBook Pro Running 10.13.5 Can't Connect to Windows Fileshare Servers

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We have several Windows-based file shares and one computer can't connect to them. By default, he should be able to use smb://server.name/share from Finder > Go > Connect to Server... and then get prompted for his username and password, but instead he gets an error almost immediately that says:

There was a problem connecting to the server "server.name".
Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. If you continue to have problems, contact your system administrator.

Here's what we've tried so far in our troubleshooting:

Tried restarting the computer
Changed the server name to use the IP instead. No change in behavior
Confirmed that the server name and IP can be pinged
Tried using cifs:// instead of smb://. No change in behavior
Confirmed there aren't any saved credentials in Keychain Access that could be outdated
Confirmed we get the same error when trying to connect to different servers with different shares and using different accounts


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Since last week I can't open VLC and Google Chrome, it freezes immediately after opening.
It's the report output for VLC:

Date/Time:       2014-01-29 23:10:52 +0330
OS Version:      10.9.1 (Build 13B42)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version:  18

Command:         VLC
Path:            /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC
Version:         2.1.2 (2.1.2)
Parent:          launchd [645]

PID:             2225
Event:           hang
Duration:        4.68s (process was unresponsive for 113 seconds before sampling)
Steps:           47 (100ms sampling interval)

Full output: http://tny.cz/18d1a0a9

Chrome also doesn't respond - could they be related?

The only thing I want is fixing this, not a fresh install of OSX.
The machine is a MacBook Pro Mid2011 running OSX 10.9.1.


texts: How do I rename the Downloads folder (in Lion)?

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For whatever perverse reasons I wish to rename the Downloads folder to Temp. I would also be happy with a way of making it appear to me, in both the GUI and the CLI, as Temp. I am aware I can do this via Terminal with root privileges, but the fact that I need root privileges to do so suggests to me that something might break. Will something indeed break if I rename the folder, and if not, is there a gentler way of renaming it thansudo mv Downloads Temp?

I will also be happy (though less so) with confirmation that making Downloads into a symbolic link to a different folder won't break anything.


texts:
has this issue been sorted out with High-Sierra?

The issue being (in case you didn't want to click the link) that daisy-chained displays were always being mirrored instead of recognised as individual displays.


texts: Inheriting Time Machine Backup: Invalid Target

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So I got myself a shiny new Mac Mini, finally got everything transferred over from my old machine, and want to resume backing up using my existing Time Machine disk and backup history (as I've basically transplanted the dead old machine to the new one).

However I just can't get Time Machine to inherit the backup.

Every time I've done this in the past, I would simply choose the volume as a backup disk, and Time Machine would automatically ask me if I wanted to inherit the backup, but it's not doing this this time.

So I tried running the following command instead:

sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac

But I get the following error:

sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac
Usage: tmutil inheritbackup machine_directory
       tmutil inheritbackup sparse_bundle
/Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks Mac: Invalid target

The older system was running Mojave, while the new one is Catalina.

I've tried associating all of my disks instead (using tmutil associatedisk /path/to/volume /path/to/snapshot_volume, but if I begin a backup, Time Machine is still determined to start fresh (which I don't have space for) and creates a new machine directory (Haravikks Mac 2), even though the machine name of my new computer is identical.

I've also already given Terminal full disk access (because it's basically useless otherwise, thanks Apple) as that's usually the culprit for other mysterious invalid operations, but tmutil inheritbackup still won't take.

Is there any way that I can find out why Time Machine/tmutil consider my old machine directory invalid? There's nothing in the logs, and tmutil doesn't appear to have a flag for giving more verbose output (unless I've missed it?).

Failing that, is there some way can I force Time Machine to inherit a machine directory?

Update: In case it helps any, I've been noticing a lot of Spotlight related (mdworker) activity on the disk, strange since nothing is being added to it. Could this be related? Again, this didn't happen under Mojave (the disk would sleep between backups).

Update 2: Thanks so much to klanomath for an explanation of where else Time Machine stores data, here's the xattr -l listing for my machine directory:

xattr -l /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Haravikks\ Mac
LastModTime: 1574418303756056852
com.apple.backupd.BackupMachineAddress:
00000000  63 38 3A 62 63 3A 63 38 3A 61 33 3A 33 33 3A 31  |c8:bc:c8:a3:33:1|
00000010  31 00                                            |1.|
00000012
com.apple.backupd.HasRecoverySet: YES
com.apple.backupd.HostUUID:
00000000  39 31 31 42 33 43 37 46 2D 35 42 36 36 2D 35 39  |911B3C7F-5B66-59|
00000010  45 30 2D 39 36 41 43 2D 39 31 42 37 35 38 38 43  |E0-96AC-91B7588C|
00000020  44 43 38 46 00                                   |DC8F.|
00000025
com.apple.backupd.ModelID: Macmini4,1
com.apple.backupd.RecoverySetName: 0


texts: Can new Health-app fields be created by 3rd parties?

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So, I've been using Apple's Health app, and I think it's wonderful.

My Apple Watch frequent enters my heart rate and steps-taken into the database, and I can manually enter other common things like my blood pressure and weight. Cool.

However, I don't see fields for everything that I may want to track.

For example, there aren't any fields to keep track of so-called 'healthy' fats, like DHAs / Omega-3 fatty acids.

I know that there are 3rd party apps that keep track of this sort of thing. But they seem to store that data in their own internal databases. I haven't found an app that can write data to the Health database. That is, unless the field already exists.

So, that has led me to wonder: Is Apple the sole provider/decider of the fields that can be used in their Health app?

Or, is it possible for 3rd party apps (or just a regular user like me) to create new fields that will work in the Health app?


texts: Trackpad works fine but there is no haptic feedback in Macbook air retina 2018

texts: The trackpad stopped giving haptic feedback suddenly however force touch and other gestures are working fine. Hence, it didn't seem a hardware issue. Also,I did SMC reset and NVRAM/PRAM reset. No improvement.


texts: If you lock out your iphone and put it in lost mode does it still connect to internet?

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I lost my iphone and i locked it out, put a message on the lock screen. But I am wondering if the phone is locked out and they don't have access to it, does it still connect to internet to be tracked?

I have lost my iphone before and gotten it back, and I did see the location of it......


texts: Software to clone / recover data from almost dead ssd on MBP

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MPB 15 2011 with Sierra on an ssd.

ssd is almost dead, Mac OS (Sierra) isn't loading with a folder with question mark showing on boot. The drive is detected in bios though, which gives me hope :)

I've taken it out of mac, connected to a regular pc & checked with mhdd & it shows dead & unrecoverable sectors on it.

Disk utility from mac internet recovery isn't showing any partitions on the drive & cannot make an image because of input/output error.

So I've googled & installed "Data Rescue 4" https://www.prosofteng.com/data-rescue-recovery-software on another MBP & made a bootable rescue usb to try to recover data, but this thing isn't working properly :(

Is there anything else I could use? I'd like to boot from smth which I can put on a usb with f.e. Rufus & either recover data to another usb hdd or make a sector by sector clone of an ssd drive with an option to skip dead/unreadable sectors to work on it on another machine.

Please recommend smth you tested & works well with Macs.

Thanks!


texts: I do two tests - I rotate the scroll wheel on my mouse the same angle very slowly and very quickly. On Mac when I rotate the wheel very slowly it scrolls on the same webpage say 1 line. When I scroll the same angle in max speed it scrolls 1 page. Why the scroll is not consistent on the mouse and how can I fix this?


texts:
I can't get AirDrop to work on my machine running OSX 10.11.4 (trying to send file to and from iPhone 6s)

I'm missing the bottom menu that reads "Allow me to be discovered by..."

Any thoughts?


texts: Songs bought from iTunes and those manually added show up in different albums in Music app

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There was an album with 5 songs, 3 of them was uploaded to the band's BandCamp, 2 were not.
So I just downloaded the 3 free songs and added them to iTunes library, and bought the other 2 from iTunes. Now, when I added them to my iPhone, They are split into 2 different albums with the same name.

I believe there is something to do with the "Copyright" field in the ID3 of those songs.

Any workaround?


texts: OSX High Sierra: Bluetooth audio mutes when a video ends in browser?

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Using iTunes or Spotify to play music through bluetooth headphones. While the music is playing, I watch a YouTube video in Safari. When the video ends, the music is muted. I can see in the music app that it is still playing, just muted.

This only happens when using Bluetooth audio. Built-in speakers behave as expected.

This only started happening since I upgraded to High Sierra.

Macbook Pro
OSX High Sierra 10.13.2 (17C88)
Bose Wireless SoundSport headphones


texts: How can I retrieve passwords from old keychain after a new install?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Move items from old keychain to new keychain

Having reinstalled a clean Snow Leopard. Is there a way to access the old keychain - I still have the old time machine backup -  and copy all the wifi account information to my new keychain?


texts: Macbook, put a few buttons on the right side of touchbar

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I currently have only esc button on touchbar.

Because I keep pressing touchbar above number 3, 4, I disabled them all.

Since I'm not touching right side of touchbar by mistake, I'd like to put some buttons on the right side.

It seemed space in the touchbar seemed to work as a space between esc and some button on the right I'd like to put (maybe volume controls)

But I can't drag space onto touchbar, it just gets deleted.

So Can I have esc on the left, and volume button on the right and nothing inbetween on touchbar?


texts: How to automatically start a VirtualBox VM in OS X Lion?

texts: I have a VirtualBox VM set up on OS X Lion. How do I have it automatically start when I log into my account?


texts: What does using right/left/up/down key and option/command key together mean?

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Using right/left/up/down keys with Fn key can do the same as page down / page up / home / end on a PC.

Some mentioned about using right/left/up/down keys with either option or command key in http://www.apple.com/shop/question/answers/mac/how-can-i-make-the-home-and-end-keys-on-the-apple-extended-keyboard-work-as-line-commands-rather-than-page-commands/Q7HY7K2UFDTUK7J7C .
What do they mean under OS X?

Thanks.


texts: I have a very large window on Mavericks. The window is so large that I can't seem to get the mouse to the lower right corner to shrink the size of the window. How can I reduce the size of this window? Is there some keyboard shortcut?


texts: iOS 6 Facebook Integration: How may I extract contacts from iPhone?

texts:
iOS 6 has a new feature that allows my facebook contacts to be synced as a separate group.
I would like to extract the contacts, is it possible to do somehow?


texts: Keyboard shortcut for locking screen in macOS Sierra?

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In previous versions of OSX, I could use Ctrl Shift  Power on my built in keyboard, or Ctrl Shift  Eject on my (old) Apple bluetooth keyboard to lock the screen.

After upgrading to Sierra, that shortcut stopped working. Using Karabiner-EventViewer I discovered that pressing the built in power button triggers SysKey 0x6, and the Bluetooth keyboard Eject triggers no events.

Whats going on, and how can re-enable that shortcut?


texts: Sync / Transfer Spotify Playlist to Apple Music

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Is it possible to transfer all my Spotify playlist to the new Apple Music?

I have like 10 playlists with more than 5000 songs, I would hate to lose them.


texts: Shortcut to open just saved PDF in Preview

texts: I find myself often having to search for a PDF I just created to open it in Preview.  This waste of time is begging for automation, though can't figure out how to do this in Keyboard Maestro, for example.  Any ideas on how to automate this so that a keyboard trigger will open it?


texts: How does Apple's Podcasts app's Auto-Download of podcasts work?

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1) In the Apple Podcasts app, one of the subscription options is Keep Most Recent Episode.  Is this the most recent unplayed episode or the most recent episode in the feed? If the former, is there any way to get the latter behavior?

I subscribe to a couple daily news podcasts that I may not want to listen to every day. I just want the latest episode to be downloaded to my phone, so on the chance I want to listen, I'm listening to today's news and not last week's.

2) How often does it check for new episodes?  How do I ensure that it does check?  Sometimes I turn my phone off, and when I turn it back on again, the Podcasts app won't check for new ones until the next time I open it.  This seems weird; I would expect it to work more like the calendar which is running in the background syncing silently.

3) If 1 & 2 are not possible, is there an alternative app you can recommend?  Can I use the iTunes app without syncing to my computer, for example?


texts: How is it possible for certain retailers to link Apple Pay transactions back to the original card that was used to make the payment?

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From carrying out some research over the last several days, my understanding is that when adding a card to Apple Pay and when using the just-added card to make a transaction, the retailer only sees the specific Device Account Number (DAN) rather than the actual card number to increase privacy.
Within London in the United Kingdom, Transport for London operate the travel network throughout the region. If a card is added to Apple Pay and that same card is then added to a TFL account, it appears that it's then possible to view travel history if Apple Pay is used - see the below discussion threads on this subject:
https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/anpjw4/is_it_possible_to_register_apple_pay_contactless/
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/apple-pay-how-do-details-get-onto-your-tfl-account.123607/
So - my question. Since Apple Pay transactions are conducted by using the DAN rather than the actual number of the card used to make the payment, how is it possible for Transport for London to link Apple Pay transactions back to the originating card if the card number is never shared with retailers?


texts: Does Mail on OS X mark mail as read on the server or just locally?

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Back when I used the Mail app on Leopard and Snow Leopard, it never seemed to tell the Gmail server that to mark as read the messages that I read. This had the annoying effect of requiring me to go to my web browser and mark everything as read there.

Needless to say, I didn't use it much since I would have to go to my web browser to mark it as read anyway.

Does the Mail app in El Captain have this problem? (I switched back to Windows a while back)

EDIT: I want to clarify that I want Mail to automatically mark messages as read as I read them, without having to do anything else. You know, how it normally works with every other email app.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to switch between Songs, Albums, Artists, Genres, Videos, Playlists in iTunes?

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I wasn’t able to find keyboard shortcuts for switching between Songs, Albums, Artists, Genres, Videos, Playlists in iTunes. This is the only thing that is missing in order to have a complete keyboard experience.

Are there any shortcuts for this? And if not, can they be created and how?


texts: Mac won’t get connected to internet even it has signal

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My MacBook Air 2018 won’t connect to the internet even I’m using the same WiFi net on all my other devices and they work well.

It started after I deleted some daemon files that were signaled as malware.

Before that everything worked fine and I’ve already tried everything like changing dns, Ipv-6, restarting the computer.

Please help I don’t Know what to do anymore


texts: iCloud setup on Mac - What password to use in last step

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I have iCloud turned off on my Mac, and now I want to turn it on. In the first step, it wants my Apple ID and password, in 2nd step it wants my Mac user password but in 3rd step it wants password to unlock my Mac.

To be honest, I'm not pretty sure what password should I use in last step - is it FileVault password or maybe some other password?

Screen from last step looks like this (sorry it's in Polish language)


texts: What is the default folder structure for an iTunes library?

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I have OS X 10.7.6 and I run iTunes 11.1.3. (8)

I moved my iTunes library to a NAS and kept the indexing files on my Mac.

The folders I find on the NAS looks as follows on the same level in my Music folder:

#recycle, iTunes Media, Library

Should I not just have one folder, iTunes Media?
If so can I delete the other two, #recycle and Library?


texts: Is the CT3309352 Crucial memory the same as CT2K4G3S1067M?

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I am trying to help my brother and sister in-law upgrade their 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mid 2009 MacBook Pro (MacBook Pro5,5) to Mavericks.

The Mac is currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8 and has only 1 GB of DDR3 memory. I know that Mavericks requires a minimum of 2 GB of memory. Therefore I'd like to upgrade the installed memory to at least 4 GB if not 8 GB.

According to the Crucial website I should upgrade to a 8GB Kit (4GBx2), 204-pin SODIMM, DDR3 PC3-8500 memory module. In searching for this module's part number on Amazon I am given the result Crucial 8GB Kit (4GB x 2) DDR3 1066 MT/s (PC3-8500) CL7 SODIMM 204-Pin Mac Memory. The specs appear to be the same but the part numbers are not:

CT3309352 - Crucial
CT2K4G3S1067M - Amazon

Given the mismatched part numbers I am unsure if they are the same memory module. Is the module from Amazon the same? Which should I purchase to upgrade this aging MacBook Pro?


texts: Add to home screen button closes browser / does not add to home screen

texts: I've recently come across an issue when adding a link to home screen on iOS 12 ( Safari browser ). Once I click the button to add it will close the browser and do nothing. I've not seen much detail on this online and am not sure if apple has changed something or not. any help is appreciated.


texts: iPhone 5s speaks the words I type when I text

texts: My iPhone 5s speaks the words I type while texting.  How do I stop iPhone 5s from speaking the words I type when texting?


texts: How can I correct a wrong 'Personal Profile' address when enrolling in Apple Developer Program?

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When enrolling in the iOS Developer Program as an individual, I reach a step "Review your enrollment information & submit". It shows an old address of my under "Personal Profile". You can see the old address (Durham, NC) below.

I logged into My Apple ID to correct my old home address, yet My Apple ID shows an updated (correct) primary address. You can see the correct address (Renton, WA) below.

So, how do I correct my personal profile address before I submit my iOS Developer Registration?

Additionally, I realize I can Contact Apple to change my address after I am registered, but I would imagine things would be much faster and more streamlined if I correct the address before I finish my registration.


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I have a new Macbook Pro 13 (I think its the 2011 issue) which has a firewire 800 port with an unusual form factor.  It's different to the FW800 port on my older macbook pro 17.

Can anyone tell me the name of that form factor so I can find a adapter or cables?


texts: Why does using Passbook with the App Store result in a connection error?

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I upgraded my iPhone 4S to iOS 6.0. Every time I open Passbook, then touch the 'App Store' button, the App Store app is opened, but then I see the error "Cannot connect to iTunes Store". The App Store app works fine for other purposes if I open it from the home screen.

Does anyone know why I might be getting this error? If it's relevant, I'm in the UK.


texts: Only show minimized windows from current space

texts: I'd like to be able to only see minimized windows from the current space on the dock. Currently it shows all minimized windows from all spaces. Is there any setting or tool that I can use to accomplish this?


texts: How can I change the iTunes U folder on Mac?

texts: I want save all files from iTunes U in a device. How can I change the destination folder only for iTunes U and continue using the actual folder for all other files?


texts: How do I disable auto swoosh (automatic space switching) in MacOS Sierra?

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I don't ever want to be switched between spaces except when I request it explicitly.

In Yosemite, this could be solved by:

disabling "Group windows by application" in Preferences -> Mission Control
typing defaults write com.apple.Dock workspaces-auto-swoosh -bool NO in the terminal.

Together, these prevented all involuntary Space changes.

However, these measures don't seem to work in Sierra.

Clicking in the Dock takes me to another Space if there are any windows for the application on another Space. I don't want this to happen.

How can I change it so that clicking in the Dock cannot move me to a different Space?

note: I've checked ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist -- the value of workspaces-auto-swoosh is NO.


texts: MacOSX Big Sur - Terminal ZSH Shell Command's Execute Sometimes With "!" Exclamation Symbol In Front

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Is this normal behavior for MacOS Big Sur ZSH (Z Shell) terminal?   Sometimes shell commands such as find and or launchd as just a simple example execute properly. This is with the exclamation symbol "!" in front, leading with the expected output and no privilege escalation.
For example, running: !find / will still work.
Or !sudo will execute.
But !echo '@' will not. But lead to the next command sometimes.

Output for !echo

zsh: event not found: echo

Output for !launchd

launchd
launchd cannot be run directly.
It seem's weird !sudo outputs sudo syscallbypid.d


texts: How can I download iTunes U courses simultaneously?

texts: For example, MIT's 18.01 Single Variable Calculus, I want do download all the video courses simultaneously instead of clicking each of them(that cute little free button), how can I do it?


texts: Streaming with Videos app fills Other memory

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Recently I bought a film in iTunes and streamed it using the Videos app. Afterwards I found that my 'Other' memory usage had jumped massively (to the point I couldn't watch or download anything else).

I do know that when I download films and then manually erase them the memory is reclaimed.

Eventually I had to back up the iPad, erase and restore it. This is a very drastic fix every time I watch a film! Is there any other way to force the Videos app to remove the streamed film from memory?


texts: Vertical lines on left side of MacBook Pro screen

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I've got a 2016 MacBook Pro. Since this morning the left hand side of the screen has an issue. Almost two centimetres are black with an occasional coloured line. I'm guessing this is a hardware issue rather than software (I've tried a restart).

What's my best course of action? I'm fairly adept at computer hardware maintenance, so if it's a simple case of opening it up and jiggling a cable I can do that.

I don't have apple care, but my company would pay for the repair anyway (assuming it's not so high it would be a write off).


texts: importing Apple Wiki - error 27 when running wikiadmin command

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I exported Apple Wiki data on an Apple server running 10.10 using the command 'wikiadmin'. It exported successfully.

I copied the exported data over to a new Apple 10.13 server and am trying to use wikiadmin import to import the data.

I'm getting this error:

    sh-3.2# wikiadmin import -all -path /private/tmp/wikiexport

Converted requested path /private/tmp/wikiexport to absolute path /tmp/wikiexport
        Found Exported.wikis contained in /tmp/wikiexport
        Import path is a recognized Wiki export bundle
        requestedWikiName b25a226e-6c1e-4664-a114-7002b29d3fee is a guid
        Wikis to import: 1
        Importing from /tmp/wikiexport/Exported.wikis/Contents/Resources/b25a226e-6c1e-4664-a114-7002b29d3fee

Error: Caught top-level exception: [PGCQueryError] Error executing query [INSERT INTO file_entity (entity_uid_fk, content_type, data_uid_fk) (SELECT entity_uid_fk, content_type, data_uid_fk FROM file_entity_scratch_20180328T141641)]: ERROR:  insert or update on table "file_entity" violates foreign key constraint "file_entity_data_uid_fk_fkey"
    DETAIL:  Key (data_uid_fk)=(c50dbd5c-e40a-46e9-9d41-3fe158b2f507) is not present in table "filedata_entity".
    , exiting
    Error: Exit with status: 27

I've tried changing the export options as well, using "-format legacy" which I think is the default anyway.

I'm at a loss as to what else I can do.

I tried just manually replacing /Library/Server/Wiki with the same folder from the old server and the new server did show the wiki but I'm afraid that's going to introduce other problems so I'd like to do this correctly.


texts: How can I make preview stop wrapping around when paging?

texts:
If I open a PDF document in Preview and navigate through the pages normally using Page down and Page up, then if I hold down the keys to trigger auto-repeat, when I reach the bottom (or top) of the document, Preview wraps around and shows me the top (or bottom) again.  For example, if I press and hold Page down to page forward, then when it reaches the end of the document, it doesn't stop there; it starts back at the top, going around in a kind of loop.  The behavior only happens if I set my key repeat rate (in system preferences) to the maximum possible.
What could cause this, and how can I prevent this from happening (short of reducing the keyboard repeat rate), so that Preview stops when it reaches the top or bottom of a document?
This is on macOS 10.13.6, on an iMac. This happens both with a Kinesis Pro keyboard and a bog-standard Dell USB keyboard; both have dedicated page up/down keys. In Preview settings, "opening for the first time" is set to continuous scroll. Example of a random PDF file where it happens: https://www.apple.com/procurement/pdf/impact-accelerator.pdf  Here is a video recording showing the behavior: https://share.getcloudapp.com/8LubXNo5


texts: Changing the default folder for opening a new Finder tab or window in macOS High Sierra?

texts:
When I press ⌘+T or ⌘+N in Finder to open a new tab or window, for some reason it always starts in this folder:

  /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocuments.cannedSearch

I know on other macOS systems it typically opens in the user's Home folder.

It makes no difference whether I already have other windows or tabs open, or if I close everything and then open a fresh new window, the above always happens.

Is there some way I can change this? Is there a configuration setting somewhere for a default folder for any new Finder window?

P.S. I'm using macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.


texts:
I've installed MacZFS, I've read the FAQ and Getting Started section, but I've still troubles to understand how to simply format the external drive into ZFS on OSX. I'm confused with zpools, can anybody explains what are the zpools and how to format the drive?

I've tried also to use Disk Utility ZFS-Dumodule, but without success.

Is there any simple command to format the hard drive or to use Disk Utility for that?

My drive is: /dev/disk5.

Related:

Solaris tip of the week: file-based ZFS for development and test environments


texts: How to download orginal photos from iCloud Photo Library to PC?

texts:
I'am an iPhone + PC (Windows/Ubuntu) user. Nowadays, I'm used to download photos from iPhone to local folder, sort them and then backup them by myself (by syncing to remote disk and burning onto bluray discs also).

I like an idea of iCloud Photo Library + optimizing a storage on iPhone. For me, this also means that original photos are moved from iPhone storage into cloud, so I won't be able to download them via USB.

So, will it be possible (and easy and comfortable) to download all new photos (100+ at once) from iCloud Photo Library to local disk on PC? I mean a) download and keep on iCloud (copy), b) download and delete from iCloud (move)?


texts: Avoid data plan being added onto AT&T iPhone 3GS

texts: I gave my jailbroken iPhone to my parents to use.  They don't need the data plan however AT&T keeps adding on the data plan since they detect it being a smartphone.  Is there any way to avoid the plan, with this being a jailbroken iPhone?


texts:
I need a PDF reading app for my 2nd generation iPod touch. I downloaded Adobe Reader, Cloud Readers, iBooks and PDF Reader iPhone edition from the App Store, but all of them require iOS 5.

Please suggest the best PDF reading app for iOS 4.2.1, or suggest some steps to upgrade to iOS 5.


texts: Is it possible to stream an RTSP feed to an iPhone?

texts: A co-worker of mine wants to stream an RTSP streaming video feed to his iphone so he can tap into his child's daycare center here and there. Any ideas on how to do this?


texts: Is it safe to create a tarball of a Time Machine backup?

texts: Is it possible for me to create a .tar.gz, .tar.xz, etc file of a .backupdb? Are there any precautions I need to take to ensure that all permissions, hardlinks, etc are preserved? Will tar destroy the de-duplication used in Time Machine's backups?


texts:
Back to Mac OS 9, there was a way to create startup configs (to include or not some extensions to the OS). This was a built-in feature of Mac OS.

Is there a way to manage this on OS X ?


texts: Are Google services backed up by iCloud?

texts: I saw that on my iPhone under iCloud settings Mail was turned off but under iCloud Drive it's turned on and Google Drive is turned on as well (didn't mess with those settings before). Are my Emails from GMail and Google Drive files backed up by iCloud? That would make no sense and only steal my space.


texts: Time Machine Backups taking too much space?

texts:
Yesterday, I installed an external hard disk for my Time Machine — well, a 1.6Tb partition of a 2Tb hard disk. I am running a new iMac with 512Gb SSD. The internal drive is about half full.

After a day, I have about 5 backups, and I find that I only have 448Gb available.

I am still trying to get the other folder sizes (understandably, this is taking a long time), but the first backup folder is about 250Gb. At a rough estimate, this suggests that the subsequent backups are about the same size. At this rate, I will run out by tomorrow.

I understood that the Time Machine backups are sort of differential, and that subsequent backups are mostly links to the original backup files.

The question is: is the size, being mis-reported, or is that a correct estimate of the space used?


texts:
I've been messaging with someone from my iPad to their phone for over a year, but now they show up in red. My messages cannot be sent.
I know it's not on their end because it happens with other people too.
How do I correct this?


texts: Unable to understand the instructions for building a symlink

texts:
I am not able to solve my problem using the instructions below:
Change the default Quicktime screen recording cache in OSX Mojave to be on an external flash drive instead?
I'm trying to change where QuickTime saves its temporary recordings.  I'm pretty sure I have the symlinks set up correctly and still when I do a screen recording, the space on my hard drive decreases quickly and the space on my external hard drive stays the same.
When I execute these commands:
$ cd ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/
$ ls -alF

I get:
drwx------  12 kylefoley  staff   384 Apr 24 21:30 ./
drwx------   5 kylefoley  staff   160 Apr 24 21:27 ../
lrwxr-xr-x   1 kylefoley  staff    31 Dec 24  2014 .CFUserTextEncoding@ -> ../../../../.CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r--@  1 kylefoley  staff  6148 Apr 24 21:30 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x   4 kylefoley  staff   128 May 20  2015 CloudKit/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 kylefoley  staff    19 Dec 24  2014 Desktop@ -> ../../../../Desktop
drwx------   3 kylefoley  staff    96 Dec 24  2014 Documents/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 kylefoley  staff    21 Dec 24  2014 Downloads@ -> ../../../../Downloads
drwx------  30 kylefoley  staff   960 Apr 24 21:31 Library/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 kylefoley  staff    18 Dec 24  2014 Movies@ -> ../../../../Movies
lrwxr-xr-x   1 kylefoley  staff    17 Dec 24  2014 Music@ -> ../../../../Music
lrwxr-xr-x   1 kylefoley  staff    20 Dec 24  2014 Pictures@ -> ../../../../Pictures

I should also add that I'm sure I have the final recording going to my external hard drive.  What I really want to know is how can I find out for certain that where my temporary QuickTime files are going? Also, I was successful in building a symlink that automatically put my screenshots on my harddrive so I sort of know what I'm doing.

UPDATE ##################
$ ls -alF /Users/kylefoley/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/
total 16

drwx------   4 kylefoley  staff   128 Apr 24 23:36 Autosave Information/


texts: AX88179 ethernet adapter keeps dropping connection

texts:
I am running macOS Catalina 10.15.3 with a USB-C hub from Minix, which has an ethernet port. Inside is an AX88179 chip for which I installed the correct driver. When I start my MacBook or when I plug in my USB-C hub everything works fine. The interface is called 'AX88179 USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet 2'

However, after a few minutes the connection stops working. In the network overview it shows the green dot with 'connected'. When I use the 'Renew DHCP Lease' option the dot becomes orange with the 'Self-assigned IP' message. I see a wrong subnet mask and get an IP that is not within the network (169.254.44.151). The cable is running straight to my modem/switch. WiFi is working just fine all the time.

What I tried:

check if my Firewall is off, it is
deleted the com.apple.alf.plist file
removing and re-adding the ethernet interface in the network pane. This does not work at all.
Running sudo tcpdump -i en9 port 67 or port 68 (running sudo ifconfig tells me it is en9) and then renewing the DHCP lease. I get the following line a few times: [time] IP 0.0.0.0.bootpc > broadcasthost.bootps: BOOTP/DHCP, Request from [MAC address I suppose] (oui Unknown), length 300 and am still stuck with the 'Self-assigned IP'.

How can I fix the issue of the dropping ethernet connection and/or the self assigned IP?


texts: How to clean Mac OS X before selling (Lion from App Store)

texts: I have MacBook Pro (late 2007) which I planning to sell. Currently it's running Lion. Is it possible to clean all data but leave Lion?


texts: How do I ensure the messages get to my iPhone?

texts:
I just got an iPhone 8 and I noticed if someone writes to me via their iPhone messages app, I only get it on my MacBook Pro, but I would not be able to get it on my iPhone.

I would I rectify this?


texts:
I have 2 Xserve servers running OS X Server 10.6.4 with the following hardware configuration:

They each have Xserve RAID cards and drives. I have recently moved them from a data center, where they sat behind a pair of firewall devices and they had originally been configured for failover between the two machines. At the data center they had fixed IP addresses.

Now I have the machines set up at home, connected by Ethernet to an Apple Time Capsule that serves as my primary home networking device.

Finding and removing or disabling all of the legacy settings on these machines has proved daunting. I keep having conflicts that arise when I attempt to install new software and services.

So I thought I'd cast about for options and advice.

I have backups of all critical data these machines hold.

I primarily use these machines for parallel processing of Mathematica based applications (lots of number crunching). No web services, email, or anything like that.

Can anyone recommend a way to identify and remove or disable all of the legacy configuration and then set up the servers to to operate in their new simplified environment?

If not, do I need to wipe them clean, reinstall OS X, and configure them anew?

If so, how long does a reinstall take?

Do I need anything other than the original installation disks?


texts:
I am a programmer and I would like to map all the unused function keys (from F13 to F19) on my Apple Keyboard to some useful chars like parenthesis: {, },  [, ] and quotes

Is there a free software for Mac OS X 10.7+ that I can use?

Thanks!


texts:
Is it possible to test a cell using IF against multiple strings? So for example, I want the function to output Fruit in cell A2 if cell A1 contains the string Apple or Orange. I can only come up with this in cell A2:

IF(A1 = "Apple"|"Orange", "Fruit", "Not a fruit")

This results in an error.


texts: Cannot expand APFS container: "The target disk is too small for this operation"

texts:
I have two partitions on my main drive, and I deleted the first one. Here's what I have:
root@Joys-MacBook-Pro /p/v/root# diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         700.2 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +700.2 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk0s3
   1:                APFS Volume MacOS High Sierra       478.0 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 39.9 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.0 GB     disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      3.2 GB     disk2s4

root@Joys-MacBook-Pro /p/v/root# gpt show -l /dev/disk0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2          4         Pri GPT table
          6      76800      1  GPT part - "EFI System Partition"
      76806   73242362
   73319168  170957092      2  GPT part - ""
  244276260          4         Sec GPT table
  244276264          1         Sec GPT header

When I tried to expand the size of my APFS container, I get the following error:
root@Joys-MacBook-Pro /p/v/root [1]# diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s3 0
Started APFS operation
Error: -69771: The target disk is too small for this operation

Is there anyway to expand the apfs container without having to copy the container to an external disk, erase the disk, then copying it back?


texts: MacBook Air charge plug light not working

texts:
Strangely today the orange/green light isn't working when charging my MacBook Air.

Why might this be please?


texts: Does activating text forwarding between Apple devices forward old messages?

texts: If I turn text message forwarding on my iPhone to forward to Mac, how far back does it forward? In other words, does it only send to the Mac what was sent/recieved via text from the date the forwarding was turned on? Or does it download old texts deleted from iPhone as well?


texts: Unable to send text messages after restoring iPhone

texts:
I restored my new iPhone using a third party app iSkysoft. It uses iTunes backup and restored my phone. I used it as needed to selectively restore my phone due to storage problem. Now, after restoring I am facing this problem that for all the Messages conversations that I restored, I am unable to send them message. I checked the phone number, which appears to be fine, but message cannot be cannot send.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: MacOS 10.13.6 Can't delete or remove applications

texts:
I can't locate the following files. I have removed it manually at file finder but it is still stuck here at the system information. Now I can't update my MacOs because I am running out of space.

If I click on Go Application or right click on Delete files. It doesn't work. Please help


texts: How to cycle windows of the same app on Czech keyboard layout

texts:
cmd+tilde does not work as the key below Esc is mapped to '<' character on my layout. I cannot find any preferences to remap this. Franky I am surprised this does not work, this mapping should be bound to a key and not a character.
Is this a bug that should be opened at Apple?
Thanks


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro (early 2011) running OS X Lion and while running a few apps that only take up, say, 200 MBs of space each (Xcode, Spotify, and Photoshop), my wired memory shoots up to 1.4GB, my active to 4.39GB, inactive to 2.18GB, and free 28.3MB. Note: this happens with different apps at times, not just a combination of these three.

The issue is so bad that programs lag so badly that there are seconds of delays when, for example, clicking on a label to edit text. Even the Spotify music starts to stutter, but the CPU usage isn't very high (less than 10% used).

Is this common? Besides restarting, is there something I can do to fix this? Perhaps it's something not relating to memory?


texts: Restore previous window size with Spectacle

texts: With Spectacle, is there a way to restore a window to its original size after moving and sizing it? Some of the commercial alternatives offer this feature, but it doesn't seem to be supported with Spectacle.


texts: How to change 'quick-reply' buttons in Mail notifications on macOS?

texts: I wonder whether instead of 'Reply' and 'Close' I can have other options like 'Trash' or 'Archive' or 'Mark as Read' in notifications coming from the Mail app on macOS.


texts: How to check the version of an application installed with Homebrew (Mac)?

texts:
I'd like to check the version of GCC on my macOS, found this command:
$ gcc -dumpversion | cut -f1 -f2 -f3 -d

If I want to check my brew-installed GCC --version (or any other app) what would be the command?
Thank you!


texts:
In the past, I changed my folder icons for Applications, Downloads, Documents and for applications like Mail Safari.  Now many have reverted or gone to a white page picture.

How can I replace them with my own icons again?


texts: How to force quit non responsive wifi dialog

texts:
I have two non responsive wifi dialogs.

They don't go away with cancel, and they don't offer the join option.

They don't appear in the activity monitor.

I don't know what the process is called, I tried killing every process with the word Wifi on it, and Wifi proxies.

Any way to solve other than full, reboot/logout?


texts: Can the CIA hack my iphone if I have the latest firmware installed?

texts: I've been watching the news lately about these WikiLeaks about the CIA. Can the CIA hack my iPhone with the latest iOS version installed? How do they do this if my iOS is a closed system and Apple has to verify all software that is installed?


texts: Touch ID doesn't work after several tries

texts:
So I've tried with most of my fingers, and both my thumbs. It doesn't work for me. (hopefully yet)

Most video tutorials/demo online just repeatedly tap the home button, and the red fills up the fingerprint onscreen. They tap when the phone vibrates while my doesn't vibrate and simply tells me to lift and then place again.

I don't see what I'm doing wrong, here's a video of my action, if someone can spot what I did wrong, please post it as an answer.

It's quite frustrating really.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3VM4RcQu1A


texts:
The built in Dictation on the iOS keyboard works like a charm.

But how in the world can I use it to transcribe an existing recording (in Voice Memos)?

If that's not possible, what combination of apps (or even web apps) could perform transcription of audio recordings in Some recording app (I don't mind using a different recording app if it somehow lets me transcribe)?

I see two or three transcription apps on the App Store but they all want a high per-minute fee for presumably human transcription. Machine transcription (especially Apples high-quality Dictation feature) is good enough for me.


texts: 15" MacBook Pro Thunderbolt Display Flickering - Firmware Updates?

texts:
I've had my 15" 2011 MacBook Pro for about 6 months now, and I picked up a VGA adapter for it a few weeks ago. (Thunderbolt -> VGA)

I have the laptop in clamshell mode running an Acer monitor, and will occassionally (every 5 minutes or so) experience a weird flickering, as seen in the first few seconds of this video:

YouTube Link (Not my video)

I see the weird flickering/distortion, but it doesn't last nearly as long as shown in the video, it's maybe 0.25 seconds of "shaking", then back to normal for another 5 minutes.

I experience this issue with multiple different VGA adapters, so I'm convinced it's a GPU/port issue.

I've installed all the EFI/SMC/Thunderbolt updates available in Software Update, but I've heard that there was a separate firmware update being passed around the Apple Discussion forums, but not released publicly.

My question, is whether I should take this in to an Apple Store to have it checked out, or whether there's a firmware update I can install to test? I've seen firmware updates for cinema displays, EFI updates, etc. but they haven't fixed my problem, so I'm wondering if there are any last efforts I should try before scheduling an appointment.

Edit: I'm not using an Apple adapter, but a Monoprice version. I have used a friend's Apple adapter however, and the problem continued to occur. Also, I'm running Lion 10.7.2


texts: Enforce maximum content width in Safari (Lion full-screen on big monitor)

texts: Web sites vary as to whether they enforce a maximum width for the content within the window. When running Safari full screen on Lion, is there a simple way (without rolling up my sleeves and playing with style sheets) to establish my own maximum width? Lines of text are too long if I happen to be connected to my 24" monitor, but I like how this full screen mode maximizes vertical space.


texts: Random contacts are appearing in my contacts, some are old friends, some I have no idea who they are. I have made sure that contacts from apps like Facebook and Linkedin, are not allowed to be synced. I thought that might be the end of it but no. A new contact appears on my phone with disgusting messages (redacted by IconDaemon) in the mobile number. I have a picture to show. I have deleted these contacts off my phone but can anyone help?


texts: I would like to have two iTunes libraries with one being automatically organized and the other letting me choose where to store the files. When I create a second library it seems to share the same preferences as the first (the settings are actually iTunes preferences). Is it possible to have separate settings for my libraries?


texts: Connecting to a SSH account always asks for passphrase now

texts:
I'm not sure what happened, but after changing some setting on my macOS Mojave for connecting to GitHub using Sublime Merge, I keep getting a passphrase for key before asking the password for connecting via SSH. (I do know the passphrase as it's the same for my GitHub details)

$ ssh username@domain.com
Enter passphrase for key '/Users/user-mac/.ssh/id_rsa':
username@domain.com's password:

It works but I got to enter 2 passwords now (one local and one remote). Is there no way to store the local passphrase securely and saved permanently so that it doesn't ask me again ?


texts: iPhone 8 - Calendar lost items from early 2020

texts: I have the correct settings on my phone to sync to the Cloud, and have it save all my calendar items, but the beginning of 2020 has lost all its entries.  Not sure why.


texts: Different results of running the same AppleScript

texts:
The script is:

tell application "DEVONthink Pro"
    activate
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "DEVONthink Pro Office"
        tell menu bar 1
            tell menu bar item "Data"
                tell menu "Data"
                    tell menu item "Open With"
                        tell menu "Open With"
                            click menu item "Preview (default)"
                        end tell
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

If run direct from the AppleScript Editor, it would work as expected, i.e. open the selected file with Preview. But if run from DEVONthink itself, it would do nothing except pause the application for some seconds.

Why is this happening? How to get it work as expected?


texts: How to get Apple Music on iPod Touch 1G?

texts:
I own an iPod Touch 1G and I'd like to listen to my downloaded Apple Music tracks on it. However, I can't do that since "Apple Music songs cannot be copied onto an iPod" (That's the message it shows me when trying to copy them on there) and I can't enable Apple Music on an iPod Touch 1G.

Is there any way to get around that?


texts: My Mac keeps playing a sound every now and then

texts:
After I updated to OS X Yosemite, I have noticed that I keep hearing a sort of 'chime' sound every now and then, randomly. I don't know what it is, and it seems to happen often when I'm watching YouTube.

Please help if you have any idea why this is happening, and how I can fix it – It's very annoying!


texts: Cannot resize APFS container even though there is a free space directly after it - diskutil error: -69743

texts:
I upgraded to a larger SSD (120 GB to 250 GB), and copied my existing mac SSD to a larger one with dd (clonezilla live usb). It is a hackintosh with a latest OpenCore 0.5.9.
However, I cannot resize the APFS container into a newly available free space:
❯ diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

Started APFS operation
Error: -69743: The new size must be different than the existing size

Here is a disk layout showing a lot of free space after second GPT partition:
❯ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         119.8 GB   disk0s2

❯ sudo gpt -r show disk0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  234031968      2  GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  234441608  253955527
  488397135         32         Sec GPT table
  488397167          1         Sec GPT header

Here's how the attempt to resize partition ends up in Disk Utility:
The disk is 250 GB

APFS container is 120 GB

Disk utility shows APFS container and free space properly ...

... so I delete the free space ...

... confirm ...

... and end up in a same place.

Any idea what to do?


texts: How to open link in a new tab via shortcut in Chrome on Mac?

texts: On Windows, I would just hold control, and click the 30 links on the page I wanted to open. How do I do this in Mac?


texts: How to clone my HHD to SSD on my mid-2009 Macbook Pro

texts:
I'm trying to clone my 680GB HDD to a new 500GB SSD, trying EaseUS and Carbon Copy Cloner. The goal is to replace my HDD with the SSD, so I need to boot from it. There's only about 100GB of used disk space on my HDD so I figured it's doable to clone, unless it's literally trying to copy every sector, empty or not, in which case my SSD is too small.
Any thoughts on how to do this? Would using the Disk Utility be another option? I've read up on Time Machine, or Restore option in Disk Utility, but it's hard to find a clear answer and so far what I've tried hasn't worked. I managed to copy the contents over to the SSD but it won't boot up from it. And when I tried reassigning the startup disk to my SSD, it still didn't boot from it. Not sure what else to try. Thanks in advance.


texts: Location of blocked numbers within iTunes backup

texts: Tools such as iExplorer allow you to easily browse through an iTunes backup and it's contents, and then things like the plist command for converting preferences down to readable XML. Where would the location of the plist or sqlite DB that contains blocked numbers on an iPhone such as described in the apple docs?


texts: How to view saved passwords on Chrome iOS?

texts:
On my desktop I have an extension which prevents websites from reqesting the browser not to recognize the password fields (I imagine they view this feature as unsecure). Now I have synced my passwords with Chrome in iOS, and the extension is not available on iPad. This means that while the
password has synced, it does not automatically get entered into the password field. So I thought I would just view the saved password and enter it manually. Unfortunately I am unable to do so. If anyone knows how to either view my passwords or otherwise recover it, I would be most grateful.


texts: How can I select all in a Google doc with an iPad?

texts:
I created a new Google doc on my iPad2. When I select all to copy the whole contents, it only selects the current line.

Is there a known workaround for this?


texts: What are the different internet connection types used by ifconfig and ipconfig?

texts:
Typing ifconfig on the command line gives me listings for several devices. I've seen at least the following ones:

lo0
gif0
stf0
en0
en1
en2
en3
p2p0
awdl0
bridge0

What specifically do each of them refer to? I know en0 is a wireless connection, en3 is a connection using a Thunderbolt-to-ethernet adapter, and en1 is an ordinary ethernet connection. What about the rest?


texts: What tools allow for creation and editing of a PDF document on OS X?

texts:
I would like to create a PDF document with images, text and table of contents.
I have also other PDF documents that I would like to merge in this new PDF.

Do you know some tools/software for creating PDFs?


texts: How to install a Canon MP560 Printer on a BRAND NEW MacBook Pro

texts:
I am not technologically savvy, however, I'm not completely useless. I've spent too much time watching YouTube videos and asking Google ONE MORE TIME how to fix my problem and I'm done. I'm about the just throw my Canon MP560 into the parking lot outside my apartment and smash it to bits, while laughing and crying.

I've put the install disc into my computer. My MacBook Prof is as up to date as possible as I've done every update that's been available since I purchased it two months ago. I put the Canon installation disc into my computer. Everything is great! Until it decides halfway through the installation process that the "drivers" were unable to complete the installation. What does this even mean?! It tries to send me to the Canon website to trouble shoot but NOTHING on there is remotely helpful. I'm really hoping this can be an easy fix otherwise my Canon printer will no longer exist after today. Any help you could offer would be great!


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When switching to a full-screen app on a different space there is a noticeable delay (and jerkiness) with the animation during which further presses of ⌘+Tab have no effect. This continues for a fraction of a second even after the animation has finished.

It's very annoying and disruptive if keypresses are simply ignored by the OS, and it's beyond me how such an obvious massive flaw goes past quality control at Apple (and how most macOS users seemingly just live with it).

Is there a way to completely remove the fade (or slide) animation when you switch (⌘+Tab) to a full-screen app that is on a different space?


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I have taken pictures on my iPhone 8 Plus but when I try to look at them on my MacBook running Sierra 10.12, they all have a triangle on them with an exclamation point.

I am not able to edit the photos. What can I do to fix this?


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I am using a Mac (El Capitan), and trying to use w3m. But I don't see images when browsing pages.

  My question is: I want to view inline images in w3m, but don't find a way to do so.

I have been told that w3m can display inline images, and seen some video examples. But all the tutorials I found use Linux or the like, and I can't seem to make w3m display inline images.

I opened w3m in a terminal (either xterm or iterm2), and pressed o and set the display inline image option to yes, and re-launches w3m, but nothing happens.

Some say that one should install w3m-img, but I cannot find a package named as such. Others say that one should enable frame buffer; however, I don't know how to do that either.

Any help or reference is sincerely appreciated.

P.S.
In item2 I can display images on the terminal, but, when using w3m, still no images appear.


texts: MacBook Air crashes, restarts and gives this error


texts: Unable to drag or add contacts to a group created in iCloud

texts: Followed directions to add a group on iCloud. Selected all contacts but I am unable to drag any names to this group. Plus icon asks for a new contact, not an existing one that I wish to move to the group.


texts: Controlling a Sony Bravia TV and sound bar with an Apple TV

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hopefully, this is the right forum, for this question because I have no idea who else to ask.
I want my apple TV to control my TV and soundbar.  This includes sleep/wake functionality as well as volume and mute.
My soundbar can be connected by an optical cable or HDMI.  As I understand it, optical cables are incapable of passing signals (on/off/volume), and only pass data. based on what I have observed this appears to be true.  If I plug in the HDMI cable from HDMI2 on the TV to the HDMI3 port on the soundbar(Only port on the rear of the unit), it will turn on and off with the TV remote or the Apple TV remote and volume and mute controls work.  The only issue is, when I turn on the Apple TV, it signals the TV and soudbar to wake and sends a signal for the TV to switch to HDMI1 (The HDMI port that the Apple TV is plugged into).  The problem is that either the TV or the Apple TV is sending a signal to the soundbar, setting it to HDMI1.
If I unplug the HDMI cable between the TV and the soundbar, just using the optical cable, and set up custom IR controls for the soundbar in the Apple TV remotes menu, I am able to adjust sound and mute, but there is no other connectivity.  The good part is that the input does not change, but the bad part is that the Apple TV isn't able to turn on/off the soundbar.
This has to be a common configuration.  Has anyone else worked around this?


texts: Do I need a special external hard drive to use with Time Machine

texts: I am searching for a hard drive but I wonder if just about any will allow me to partition it so that I can use a part of it for Time Machine only. Thanks.


texts: Run from iTunes?: A Workflow Service (contains just an AppleScript) created in Automator

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I added a script which works when I run it from Automator. It's the script in this post: How to fade out/in in iTunes?.

But I cannot get any keyboard shortcuts to trigger it. In iTunes, when I hit the assigned keyboard shortcut for it, I just hear the "thud" sound I associate with an inappropriate keystroke. (I've tried setting parameters in Automator: "Service receives selected [text/no input]" and "in [any application/iTunes]" and more... No dice.)

Thanks for any light!


texts: How to assign a permanent static route to an interface on macOS High Sierra?

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I have found plenty of hints on the web to create permanent static routes to a particular gateway IP address, but I unfortunately I did not find a way to create a permanent static route to an interface.

I have a VPN connection which itself offers access to further private networks. The VPN, when connected, is available on the virtual interface utun1.

I have no problems to gain access to the further private networks when manually adding a route:

route -nv add 192.168.0.0/16 -interface utun1

However, this command is not persistent. Clearly, I could permanently add static routes, but the following command does not allow me to specify the interface.

    Usage: networksetup -setadditionalroutes <networkservice> [ <dest> <mask>
<gateway> ]*
    Set additional IPv4 routes associated with <networkservice>
    by specifying one or more [ <dest> <mask> <gateway> ] tuples.
    Remove additional routes by specifying no arguments.
    If <gateway> is "", the route is direct to the interface

When specifying the gateway as "", I may only address my en0 interface, but not the unet1 interface.

Furthermore, this route should only be created once the VPN connection is enabled that makes the interface unet1 available.

It would be great if someone could give me some guidance as how to further go on.

Best regards,
Peter


texts: Macbook Air does not automatically connect to known networks after wake up

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I have a new 2012 Macbook Air (with 10.7.4) which doesn't connect to my own local network automatically after it wakes up. I have to choose my network manually and it works instantly.

Any ideas how to solve this problem?


texts: How can I use a non-amplified mic on a MBP?

texts: How do I use a non-amplified/powered mic on a MBP? Or is it not possible without an amplifier/interface. I don't really want to get an amplifier or USB/Firewire interface, but if I have to, I will.


texts: Unable to connect Time Machine to WD MyCloud EX2 on Sierra

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I updated to Sierra yesterday and now my Time Machine backups to my WD MyCloud EX2 NAS aren't working any more. Scheduled backups get stuck in "Looking for backup disk..." in Time Machine preferences. Does anyone have ideas on how to resolve this?

Here is what I did to troubleshoot:

I am able to access the backup drive over the web interface
http://wdmycloudex2.local/ and that page mentions my firmware is up
to date and both the drives are healthy. I can also connect to smb://wdmycloudex2.local and afp://wdmycloudex2.local from Go > Connect to Server in Finder.
I went in Time Machine
preferences and turned it all off.
Rebooted WD NAS Confirmed
power-on test passed by going back to http://wdmycloudex2.local/
Went back in Time Machine preferences and tried to add the drive
back.

Time Machine fails with this error when I try to add the drive back:


texts: Whitelist available in Apple Mail for automatic Load Remote Content when this option is deselected in settings?

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The 'Load Remote Content' is a great feature and I like to use it. Is there a way to make a whitelist of sender addresses for which remote content is loaded automatically, whilst remote content of addresses not on the whitelist are not automatically loaded?

Such whitelist will help me having the media content local and therefore the emails readable even after some time (media may have been deleted on server side by the sender after some time).

In addition such whitelist will be more productive, since I do not have to press for each email the button 'Load Remote Content'. Today many companies send their brand in an image, or add images to direct the reader to their Facebook/Twitter or whatever social media page. For these message I always have to press the button 'load remote content' since I do not know if other media content may have been added to the body of the email which the sender wants to share with me (eg photo).

The reason why I do not want to automatically load remote content is to not give feedback to spammers that my email addresses are active. Spammers usually work with a small media added to the email (usually 1 pixel image). When spammers see your email address active, they 1) continue spamming you 2) selling/giving your email addresses to other spammers.


texts: System updates not showing up in app store after system re-install, how do I fix this?

texts:
So I recently did some spring cleaning on my Mac and re-installed the system.

I installed High Sierra 10.13.1, but I'm experiencing some issues with bringing it up to 10.13.4: namely, the updates aren't showing up in the app store.

I'm a developer, and in trying to update Xcode, I keep getting an error saying "your system isn't up to date, do you want to install an older version of Xcode instead?".

So why isn't my app store keeping me up to date on this? Is there anything I can do to get the system up to speed?


texts: License Keys not Transferred in Time Machine Restore

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I have just restored a Time Machine backup to a new disk, and I am finding that I need to re-enter scores of licenses for specific applications (while others seem to be retained without issue). Specifically, I am using RapidWeaver, and most of the Stacks require license keys. They must be stored somewhere, but I have yet to be able to determine the location. I would like to restore that directory from a backup to avoid countless hours of data re-entry.

Can someone point out where this information is stored? It doesn't have to be specific to RapidWeaver, even though that would be helpful. I just want to know where to look to be able to restore my previous keys, in order to save a bit of time.


texts:
I'm getting this popping up on my Mac multiple times a day:

I have an Apple keyboard attached via Bluetooth, and nothing else. It doesn't say anything else is connected either, just this alert pops up every so often.


texts: How can the colour profile be selected for images generated by Image Capture?

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I'm scanning photos using the Image Capture app and would like it to generate images with a colour space/profile other than sRGB, which it seems to default to. There doesn't appear to be any way to specify a colour profile in the Image Capture UI itself.
It seems that it's possible to change the default colour profile used for a device using ColorSync. For example, here I've selected the ProPhoto colour profile as the default for my Canon LiDE 220 scanner:

But when I open Image Capture, it resets the default colour space back to sRGB.
While experimenting, I've found that if I change the scanner's profile in ColorSync while ImageCapture is open, the generated images are tagged with the colour profile I selected, but the actual pixel data in the image is actually still sRGB, so the image colours are just distorted.
I am able to use the ScanGear software provided by Canon to generate images in a specific colour space, but ScanGear is somewhat clunky/error prone (in terms of getting settings right), and I'm trying to get a non-technical person set up to do their scanning, and Image Capture seems a better fit for them if I can get it to do what I want.
Edit:
My reasoning for wanting to not scan to sRGB is based on an assumption that the scanner can produce a wider range of colours than sRGB can represent. I found the input profile for my scanner and it is indeed wider than sRGB (although who knows what range of that garmut the scanner can actually produce in practice):


texts: WD Drive Utilities app crashing on launch?

texts:
Today, the WD Drive Utilities app on macOS started crashing on launch. This is very strange, since it was working fine as of yesterday.
I have three versions of the app: v2.0.4.9 (preinstalled on WD My Passport 2TB), v2.1.0.104 (preinstalled on WD My Passport SSD 1TB), and v2.1.0.166 (latest version from Western Digital support site). I've tried installing each version, and I'm experiencing the same crash-on-launch behavior with all three.
Also, I'm using macOS 10.12.6 (Sierra) and haven't yet installed macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), so I know that it's not due to an OS update.
I've uploaded a copy of the crash log to Pastebin; please check that. (The crash log is for v2.1.0.166 - let me know if it'd be helpful to share crash logs from the other versions as well.)
Does anyone have any idea what's causing this and any possible solutions? Please let me know! Thanks.
EDIT: I've now noticed that the app (specifically v2.1.0.166) works fine when no external drives are connected (all of my externals are WD drives, in case that makes a difference). If a drive is plugged in before or after the app is launched, the app crashes.  I know that this is definitely a factor, but I have no idea how to fix it.  Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Downloading videos using iTunes, how can I back them up?

texts:
I subscribed to these podcasts which are actually vidoes.

I can see that iTunes downloads them locally to my computer, but I am not sure of the location of where they are downloaded.

I want to transfer them to a CD or my other computer, how can I do this?
Will iTunes possibly delete these after a while if I don't view them?


texts: Why do I have two 'Macintosh HD - Data' partitions?

texts:
I recently reinstalled macOS from a USB pendrive to be able to upgrade my 128 GB SSD to Big Sur. For some reason I now have two 'Macintosh HD - Data' partitions:

What's the second 'Macintosh HD - Data' partition doing here? And can I safely remove it?


texts: What is 'beaconstore' and 'beaconstorekey' in the Mac keychain?

texts: I noticed that after updating my Mac to the newest version of Catalina last night a new keychain entry titled 'beaconstore' has appeared, after inspecting the only other info I could find was that it was associated with something called 'beaconstorekey'. I have searched everywhere and cannot find much information surrounding this other than the lack of it in the keychain seems to cause issues with MDM software and managed devices. I have not (knowingly) installed any such software. After deleting the log from the keychain nothing seems to have been affected but I would appreciate any info on what this is and where it came from in the first place. Thanks.


texts: How do I remove the restriction passcode on my iPad?

texts:
My younger brother, while playing with my iPad, switched on the restriction passcode for in-app purchase and when asking him he had forgotten the password. I asked some of my friends, they told me that there is no other way than restore. Upon hearing them I was really sad to know that I have to lose all my work.

I will be pleased if anyone could tell me some other way get the passcode than to restoring it. If any thing can be done after jail breaking it, it will not be a problem for me, I'll do it.

If restoring is only the method please tell me about restoring it and what I will lose after restoring my iPad as I do not have any backup.


texts: I would like to delete some photos from my phone camera roll, that i have imported to my Mac, will they stay on my Mac?

texts: I recently imported all my photos from my iPhone to my Mac. Now they are on both devices. I would like to delete some of them from my phone camera roll, but i want them to stay on my Mac. Will the photos/videos delete from both devices


texts: Intermittently unresponsive keyboard and trackpad on Macbook Air

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Especially since the 10.8.3 update, I've been experiencing occasional freezes of my 2012 Macbook Air's trackpad and keyboard. The trackpad will be completely unresponsive, and usually only a few keystrokes will get through. Other people have complained that similar things happen after resuming from sleep, or that it takes a reboot to fix, but this happens randomly (it'll be working perfectly fine and then become unresponsive, then be fine 10 seconds later).

I have no external USB devices connected, and nothing shows up in the system log at the relevant times. In addition, as has been suggested by others online, I've disabled the Android File Transfer helper process which apparently has caused similar issues for others.

It's still under warranty -- should I take this to the Apple Store, or perhaps try reinstalling the OS first? Will that be their first line of attack anyway, or do you think they'll be able to diagnose a hardware problem and fix/replace it?


texts: On iPhone 5s, can the battery itself be the cause of fast draining, even after a brand new U2 chip is installed?

texts:
My battery was draining very fast even when UNUSED and in LOW POWER MODE. This was happening even in AIRPLANE mode (i.e. overnight, unused, in Airplane and Low Power Modes both enabled).

I got the phone services and the service guy told me the problem was the U2 chip, so I paid to have it repaired. But now it should have the new U2 chip, but it still drains the same (i.e. very quickly).

Can the battery be the problem of fast draining too?

The guy that repaired the U2 chip now tells me the battery is the problem, but now I doubt everything he says.


texts: Can Server be used to standardize the desktop background on user computers?

texts: I have a Mac Network controlled by Mac OS X Lion Server and a bunch of clients on Snow Leopard, with many network users. I want to force them to all have the same background (that is custom) by some form of preference. I can't find a way of doing this - is it actually possible? The network users do not have access to System Preferences.


texts: Advantages of installing a program with Homebrew-Cask?

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With Homebrew-Cask you can install many programs such as Google Chrome or OmniFocus. I can come up with a few advantages:

You can install programs without going though the process of finding the download link, possible mounting the image, and installing it if contains an installer (although this doesn't save too much time unless you're trying to reinstall many programs on another computer)
You can uninstall the programs fairly easily

Looking at the website, they list three advantages:

Install with ease – this I mentioned above
Unix-savvy, macOS-friendly – here it mentions applications are installed in /Applications or any other configured area, which is nice but not a game-changer
Community-driven – this is mainly useful for enthusiasts or for people who want to make their applications compatible with Homebrew-Cask

Other than the two reasons I could come up with, I don't see any other huge advantages. Are there any that I am not aware of? While uninstalling programs using brew cask uninstall, do all the files associated with the app get removed, à la AppCleaner? Is it comparable to AppCleaner?


texts: Are there any issues with having six disk drives in a Mac Pro?

texts:
I've recently turned my old early 2009 quad core 2.66 GHz Mac Pro into a file and media server. I have four 4 TB hard drives with content on them, and soon I'll be adding a fifth. Add in a 2.5" SSD for my system and that's a total of six drives.

Currently several of these drives are in their own enclosures. But in order to maximize read and write speeds (especially since the 2009 Mac Pro doesn't have any USB 3 ports) I was thinking of putting all of these drives in the Mac Pro itself: four in the drive bays and then two in the optical drive bays.

However, I'm worried that my old Mac Pro may not properly handle dissipating the heat generated by all five hard drives in addition to heat from the CPU and motherboard. I haven't ever replaced any of its fans. I'm also curious if there are other reasons making all of these drives internal might shorten their life.

Is this a reasonable idea? What are the issues that I should be aware of so I can keep everything running smoothly?


texts: How to remove deleted app from OS X update list?

texts:
I'm using a Macbook Pro mid 2010. I have an deleted app always showing in my update list and it's very annoying. Problem has occurred since Mountain Lion, but has since become quite eye-catching after I upgraded to Yosemite, where there's always a 'available updates' badge in the menu.

It's AngryBirds that I want to remove from the app update list. Users can't hide 3rd party updates. So I tried to get rid of it by trashing it from Applications folder (2 years ago maybe). I hope it would disappear in the update list after I trash it. But it still appears in the App Store update list.

I also tried to click the update button of the app, and the window told me 'update unavailable with this Apple Id'. I vaguely remembered that this is an app downloaded long time ago. By then I used a different Apple ID. When I deleted this app I have already changed into a new ID. Is this the possible reason for this app remains in the update list even if i've deleted from my mac?

Update: After trying the suggestions provided by all the answers below, I think there's nothing left in my mac with regard to 'AngryBirds' or 'Rovio'. It could possibly be the push from Apple Server that invokes AngryBirds in the update list. What can I do in this situation?


texts:
I'm pretty new to SSD technology, so I don't know how it compares to hard drives when it comes to securely erasing the drive. Is it enough to run Disk Utility and erase the drive with the option "overwrite with zeroes", or is this designed for hard drives? Are there other actions that should be taken?

I'm not looking for NSA-grade security though, just the kind of wipe you'd do if you're returning or selling the Mac.


texts: Flickering Pink background on all windows. Yosemite 10.10.1

texts:
Ever since upgrading my mid 2009 MacBook Pro from OS 10.6.8 to 10.10.1 Yosemite, the backgrounds to all my windows are vibrating flickering pink which is quite undesirable. At first I thought it was the acid flashbacks they promised me in high school but it's definitely only on my computer

Seriously, though, any idea as to why and any fixes?

I have reset my PRAM


texts: Command-line voice recognition with Mac OS X

texts:
How can I do voice recognition on Mac OS X from the command line? Details:

% When I look in ~/Library/Speech/Speakable Items, I see many files,
 like "Tell me a joke", whose contents are:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd">
<plist version="0.9">
<dict>
        <key>BuiltInCommandID</key>
        <integer>105</integer>
        <key>semanticCategory</key>
        <string>globalTellMeAJoke</string>
        <key>alternativeSpokenFeedback</key>
        <string></string>
        <key>suppressSpokenConfirmation</key>
        <string>yes</string>
        <key>alternativeFeedback</key>
        <string></string>
        <key>DefaultCommandName</key>
        <string>Tell me a joke</string>
</dict>
</plist>

% How does OS X know when to invoke this file? When I say something,
 does it look for a matching filename?

% How does OS X know what command to run? I see nothing in that file
 that says what command to run ("Tell me a joke" is not a command-line
 command).

% I know there's some osacompile magic going on, but can't figure out
 what it is.

% How can I get OS X to listen for the string "s" and run the program
 "cmd" in response? I'd prefer to do this purely from the
 command-line, but if I have to open up a graphical program, I will.


texts: Has anyone figured out a way to toggle the function keys on and off via key board shortcut on a macbook? Even remap the fn key to work more like the caps lock where you do not need to hold it down. It would be really nice to just remap the caps lock to toggle function keys, instead of using it for capitalizing.


texts: iTunes automatically pauses when VLC plays a file

texts:
I noticed that if I have some background music on iTunes and I start playing a VLC video, iTunes automatically stops the music.

Although this can be a very useful thing, I would prefer to have control of it, for example in my case I would like to keep listening the background music when I watch a non-music video.

Is there an option in iTunes to disable pausing? I tried to look at the iTunes options but I didn't find any, perhaps it is a setting which cannot be changed?


texts: iPod Touch will charge from computer USB, but not from AC outlet

texts:
I have an iPod Touch.  If I plug it into the AC outlet, with a AC/USB power adapter, the iPod will charge to about 20%, and then stop charging.  However, if I plug it into a computer USB outlet (using the same USB cable), it will charge fully to 100%.

Electricity is electricity, no matter where it comes from, so why wouldn't it charge from an AC outlet?


texts: In Mail, Cmd-Opt-Ctrl-F does something unexpected

texts:
I would like to assign Cmd-Opt-Ctrl-F to flag an email item, but that combination in mail is already assigned somewhere, and I cannot find where that is.

It is not in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts.
It does not seem to be on any of the Mail menus.

The action that it causes seems to be "position to a specific mail item in one of the folders".

So I deleted that mail item. Then Cmd-Opt-Ctrl-F did not do anything, so I thought. So I went into System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts and set it up.

Now when I press that combination, instead of flagging the item as desired, it positions to a different mail item in the same folder. And always that exact item.

Any ideas where Cmd-Opt-Ctrl-F is being assigned, and why it has such a weird action?


texts:
The Macs that I admin all have Home Shares mapped (via AD - Force UNC path) and are appearing in the dock.

However I need to get rid of the root folder that appears in the sidebar of Finder once the home shares have been connected. Edit This needs to be for 1000+ users.

I have tried looking for the Sidebar Plist in ~/Library/Preferences, no luck.

I have also tried to use the Mysides utility, however it can only see the items in the "Favourites" section.

I am open to any/all soloutions. Thanks in advance


texts: How do I restore Dashboard widget list? (Launchpad-style adding)

texts:
When using a tutorial to clear Launchpad of its mess I had in /Applications, I accidentally cleared Dashboard's list of widgets when I click the (+) button to add downloaded widgets at the same time, kind of like Launchpad's viewing of apps.

Here is my Dashboard:

And here it is when I click the (+) button to add downloaded widgets in the bottom left corner of Dashboard:

I believe it will only show new widgets I download. How can I get it to show all of my widgets again—including the default, built-in widgets?

(This is my Launchpad: it looks similar to the "add widgets" of Dashboard.app in Mountain Lion, but I am looking how to restore my list of widgets in Dashboard, not Launchpad.)

Also, it probably doesn't make a large difference, but my Dashboard is set as a Space and not an overlay right now.


texts: How do you safely renew a distribution certificate?

texts:
We're a small organization and just noticed some iOS provisioning profiles expired. While working through that, we discovered our iOS distribution certificate is going to expire soon as well.
Thanks to problems incurred by pandemic protocols, fixing that isn't going well. We're suspicious the private key is on a computer in the office. Someone's headed that way to investigate while I'm trying to think about backup plans. I'm confused and flustered because I can't seem to find information about what happens if we can't find the private key.
So I need to know:

What happens when the distribution certificate expires? Will it affect customers?
What happens if I generate a new distribution certificate and revoke the old one? Will it affect customers?
If those are disasters, how do I safely handle this?

I can't seem to find information about either of these I trust.


texts:
Have recently noticed my ios6 running iPhone hasn't done an iCloud backup since November. Could there be a new icloud api that would prevent ios6 devices from backing up properly? It appears to fail even when started manually. With no particular error message of course.
Did anyone have a similar problem?
Maybe someone can tell me the icloud log location? I've only found a preference plist with
BackStateInfo - error, code 1, domain MBEroorDomain, localizedDescription "Service crashed".
The backup fails on a different network as well.


texts: Opening Chrome on macOS stops volume shortcuts from working

texts: I'm having an issue on macOS Catalina (10.15.7) where as soon as I open Chrome (Or any chromium-based browser for that matter that I've tested including Brave, Edge, Opera), the volume up and volume down shortcuts completely stop working. The only way I can stop this from happening is if I completely restart my computer, only then will the FN + F10 and FN + F11 keys execute their intended action of changing the volume on my machine, only to return to an unresponsive state once I open up my Chrome browser. This does not happen on non-chromium based browsers. I've also tried disabling the #hardware-media-key-handling flag with no avail.


texts: How can I screen record iPhone and Android screen at the same time visible right next to each other?

texts:
I need to create an app video that need to show interaction b/w a iPhone and a Android phone (Galaxy).

I could use quicktime to screen record single iPhone screen.

How can I screen record iPhone and Android screen at the same time?

The two screens should be visible right next to each other showing everything that is happening on the respective screens.


texts: iPhone 3GS how to enable or subscribe for free Find My iPhone

texts: the free Find My iPhone seems to require an iPhone 4 for setup, even though it will work on an iPhone 3GS. How can I set up the service without an iPhone 4?


texts: How do I get old apps like Photoshop CS5 to work on macOS Mojave

texts:
On the weekend I upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS Mojave. Things are mostly ok but I have some apps that no longer work. The one I’m most stressed about is Adobe Photoshop CS5. When I try to run it it refuses to open.

I've tried resetting NVRAM and running Disk Utility, but this didn’t resolve the issue.

Before I take the plunge to revert back to macOS High Sierra I thought I’d try my luck here.

Do any of you folks have any other suggestions for me to try first?


texts: How can I modify an existing FAT partition without losing its data?

texts:
I have a 1tb hard drive. Long a go I split it it into two partitions.

One I left as a Mac OS extended (journaled) with 990GB and one as FAT with 10GB. Now I would like to add about 100GB to the FAT partition.

I am using the Disk Utility but now it says "this partition can't be modified" (for both partitions). Is there a way to shrink one and expand the other?


texts:
I am learning how to do some beginner work with electronics, so I am looking for a breadboard.  Now I know I can go down the local RadShack and pick one up, but in doing so, I'll spend $20 on a board, another $10 on wires, and possibly more on electronics I need to duplicate the entire practice they want me to do in the book.

All in all I'm not willing to shove $50 to $100 on a breadboard and it's toys just to learn something on my own just yet.

I am looking for a Breadboard software package for the Mac, either it be universal or not.  Is there such a thing as this or am I stuck spending $100 on a breadboard, electronics, and a case to keep it all organized?


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I tried to install FreeBSD on a Macbook pro 2015(early) and it totally formatted my SSD.
When I tried to rollback to macOS from the recovery menu, I cant see my SSD(although the laptop is working with freeBSD).
Is there a way to hard format the disk to the apple file system instead of trying to find my way around with the recovery menu?
Essentially, I want to make the SSD visible to the recovery menu so I can go back to macos.
Thank you for your time!


texts: Messages on Mac. How to keep audio messages from expiring?

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On iOS, under Settings > Messages there is a section called Audio Messages and you can select the length of time before expiry. I have always had it as "Never".

On Mac however, it seems that I have to manually click "keep" to prevent Messages from erasing audio messages?

Am I missing something?

I am on 10.12.1


texts: Use Mac connected to cable router (no WAN) as the Gateway of the LAN

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A mac computer (OSX Mavericks) is connected to a TP-Link router via WiFi, as well as a number of other devices. The TP-Link cable router (no ADSL modem), is not connected to a WAN. The mac computer has access to the internet via USB 3G modem. I would like, if possible, to offer my mac's internet connection to the LAN and have the mac act as the gateway of the LAN.

In short, replace Internet access of the router through WAN with mac's access to internet through USB 3G modem.

USB3G -- Mac -- Router -- Device1, Device2, etc

i.e. give internet access to Device1, through Mac's internet access of USB3G. It has to pass through the router, therefore using OSX's internet sharing is not an option.

Thanks


texts: How to create a private distribution list [group mailing list] in Mail.app?

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I know I can make a group in Contacts, and send a message to the group. Is there a way to hide the list of recipients?

I have this setting in Mail prefs:

I don't know any other setting to tweak. This setting does not stop addresses being shown.


texts: Will playing CSGO overheat my Mid-2012 MacBook Air?

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I've been in a dilemma for a long time that my MBA can't run a decent game. The last thing that I've played is Unturned which didn't really require a high spec but my MBA heats pretty much every time which scared me.

I've been searching for threads with the same question and most says it will run fine. But will it really not overheat and completely damage it?


texts: How to make Final Cut Pro created DVD disc playable on DVD players?

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I am using Final Cut Pro on Mavericks and Yosemite.  Even though the one on Mavericks says: the latest version cannot run on the current OS -- must install the latest compatible version instead.  However, both versions on Mavericks and Yosemite report version 10.1.4.

And when I create a DVD disk using Share -> DVD and create a disc, burned by either the SuperDrive or a Pioneer drive, the disc cannot be played on a set top box DVD player... the disc I created using iDVD on an old Macook with Snow Leopard, can be played on that set top DVD player though.

Is there some way to make it work?


texts: Invitations sent to Gmail do not appear in Calendar while invitations sent to Office 365 do

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When I receive meeting invitations to my Gmail account they appear as regular mails with an attachment. Opening the message in Gmail lets me add the event to my Google Calendar, making it appear in OS X Calendar after the next sync.

However, when I receive invitations to my Office 365 account they appear in OS X Calendar "incoming invitations" menu bar item. They also show up as grey tentative bookings in the calendar.

Why don't Gmail invitations work like Office 365 invitations? Can I make Gmail invitations appear in OS X Calendar?

N.B., I don't use the Gmail account in Mail.app, but I do use the Office 365 account there.


texts: Is it possible to allocate fixed amount of storage to members in an iCloud Family?

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I want to setup a Family plan on the new Apple One offering. At the time of writing this, Apple includes 200GB storage on the basic family plan, but this is shared among all members of the family. Is there a way to allocate a fixed amount of storage to each user?
I'd like to set it up and then have my parents use the iCloud storage to backup their iPhones, while my sister and I will probably use it for backups and file storage. The problem is, if I don't allocate each member 50GB, one person will end up using more than their fair share of storage, and you know that will just end in a big fight.
If this is not possible, is the alternative possible:
Can each of the members of the family get their own subscription for a 50GB plan, but then have that billed through to my account as the organizer of the family? That way I'll still pay for their storage, like I offered to do, but the subscription is on their account and therefore no fighting over storage?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.


texts: Ban particular senders from having text appear in lockscreen

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My bank uses "smsTAN", so when I make a transfer, the TAN gets texted to me. I would like to prevent texts from my bank from appearing in the lock screen as this lowers the safety of this method (someone would just have to nab my phone and find out my five-letter online PIN, don't ask me why my bank still enforces five-letter PINs).

I'd like to keep my other texts appearing in the lock screen.