texts: Does the iPhone 5C still work after being unsupported?

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iOS 11 signaled the end of support for 32-bit platforms like iPhone 5C. There are now a plethora of used or refurbished iPhone 5C's on eBay and elsewhere online at very good prices, so the idea of buying one is attractive.

If I bought an iPhone 5C what can I practically expect to be able to use it for?

iOS

The phone can still run iOS 10. Does Apple provide downloads for iOS 10? If I get a phone that has iOS 9 running on it, will I be able to upgrade it to iOS 10?

Sync

Can I sync an iPhone 5C with iTunes on my iMac so I can play music and podcasts on it?

Apps

Do most major apps like Lyft, Facebook, and Google provide 32-bit versions of their apps that I can download from the App Store? Could it even provide access to older games and apps that never got upgraded to 64-bit versions?

Phone

Can it make phone calls?

iCloud

Could I still connect to my iCloud account for use in iMessage, Find My Friends, etc?


texts: Is it possible to disable or hide the digital zoom controls in the Camera app on iPhone?

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I don't think I have ever used the digital zoom feature in the Camera app. The controls are just in the way when you wan't to focus something in that part of the image. So, if possible, I want to hide them. I'm not afraid to jailbreak my phone if that is what i takes. Any answer appreciated.

I have an iPhone 3GS.


texts: Snow Leopard, Active Directory : cannot save a file, but 'save as' is working

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I'm using my Mac to connect to an Active Directory drive.

When I was running on Leopard, it worked fine : I could open, modify and save files from the remote drive.

Last week I upgraded my computer to Snow Leopard (10.6.7) and since that, I'm having problems : I still can connect to the remove drives, I can open files, but when I want to save them I get the following error : "The document mydoc.txt could not be saved."

But if I do Save as and save the document under the very same name, then, it's working !

I have no idea what's wrong ! I tried to disconnect from the domain and reconnect, but I still have the problem.


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I have an old late 2006 black MacBook. It has 2GB memory, and a 2GHz core 2 duo processor. I'm interested in using it on our home wifi network as a location for time machine backups (onto hard drives attached via USB) and a shared iTunes library (which an apple TV can access). The OS is currently Snow Leopard.

Should I install a server version of OS X (I think I need this if it's to be recognised as a time machine destination)? For a Mac running Mountain Lion, this only costs £13.99 from the App Store (in the UK). The MacBook cannot be upgraded beyond Lion. What are my options?


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my keyboards has a button that looks like this:

when I press it instead of the depicted `, i get the sign: §
any ideas?


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I am able give files multiple tags, but I can't figure out a way to search by multiple tags. The current search syntax in Finder/Spotlight is to use the tag:<some_tag_name> query, however trying to search by multiple tags is not clear.
I have tried these options:

tag:<tag0>,<tag1>
tag:<tag0> <tag1>

For example, I have 3 files - foo, bar, baz - and 2 tags - alpha, beta. foo is tagged with alpha and beta, bar is tagged with only alpha, and baz is tagged with beta.
I have listed several scenarios which should underscore my objective:

A search of tag:alpha,beta should only return foo since it's the only file with both tags.
A search of tag:alpha should return foo and bar
A search of tag:beta should return foo and baz

This should be a simple feature included but I can't quite figure out how to use it.


texts: Unable eject a USB drive, Finder just hangs

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I seem to be unable to eject a USB thumb drive from my Mac running Yosemite.

When I click on the eject button in finder next to the drive icon, Finder will just hang. It refuses to open any more files; I can't even restart Finder.

The only solution I've come up with is to restart my entire computer to get Finder back to being responsive.

How can I eject this USB thumb drive without hanging Finder up like this?


texts: Stolen Phone - How to Know if iPhone sound was triggered/un-triggered

texts: I accidentally left my phone in an Uber. It is still turned on and I have been using the Find My iPhone app to track it - the Uber driver claims to not have it in his car, however, the location changes every few minutes and going to all bars throughout the night - therefore leading me to believe it is still in the Uber. If I play the sound through the Find My iPhone app, is there a way to tell if someone has turned off the sound once it begins playing? I know you automatically receive an email that a sound was played, but I'd like to know if you can find out if someone turned the sound off.


texts: Where can I order a replacement screen for a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)?

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I'm selling my MacBook but I want to replace the screen first so that I can sell it as like new.

The rear of the screen (the side with the Apple logo) has some chips.

Where can I order a replacement screen for a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), or is there a reputable UK company that I can send it to to have it done?


texts: Does Time Machine check that old backed up files are present and not corrupted?

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My only copy of my (large) iTunes library (and all my personal files) is on my MacBook, and I was thinking about using Time Machine to back it all up to an external hard drive (a Western Digital MyBook plugged into the USB port on my Airport Extreme).

My question is, when Time Machine makes a copy of a file (say, a song) to the hard drive, since that file never changes I'm guessing it will never get updated by Time Machine.  But will Time Machine regularly review the file to make sure it had not become somehow corrupted?

I've had trouble with hard drives going bad in the past, and I would hate to be trusting Time Machine for a months and months only to find out that some hard drive partition got corrupted and the file was actually gone long ago.

Any thoughts?


texts: How to use SoundFonts in GarageBand 10.2?

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There are many tutorials that show how to use SoundFonts on GarageBand. (Source)

However, when I do step 5 on this page, no dropdown menu appears (and nothing happens).

How can I install SoundFonts to GarageBand 10.2?


texts:
Suppose I want to compare two situations via two pie-charts. I know I can grow a pie-chart per part in an animation or on click. But I would like to be able to transition that pie-chart to new numbers and it grows or shrinks the appropriate parts automagically.

Clarification: I would like to animate between these two pie-charts:


texts: Outlook for Mac SMTP failing on Google Apps

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I have recently set up a client on Google Apps for Business. They would like to use their email via Outlook. Everything from Google Apps is perfectly synced, including folders. The client can receive emails, but they cannot send anything.

I have used these settings to configure Outlook:

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server - Requires SSL

imap.gmail.com
Port: 993
Requires SSL:Yes

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - Requires TLS

smtp.gmail.com
Port: 465 or 587 (have tried both)
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires authentication: Yes
Use same settings as incoming mail server

Full Name or Display Name: [your name]
Account Name or User Name: username@your_domain.com
Email address: username@your_domain.com
Password: password

I am receiving the following error:

  Outlook cannot find the server. Verify the server information is entered correctly in the Account Settings, and that your DNS settings in the Network pane of System Preferences are correct.

I have attached a screengrab of the Outlook configuration. You'll see that the client has 3 email accounts.


texts: How does Airplay from iCloud actually work?

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Airplay from iCloud is part of the newest Apple TV update however I don't understand how it is supposed to work. Should I see a new option on my device when I'm airplaying something from it? This is all I could find on apple.com

Apple TV will play content from iTunes in the Cloud instead of your AirPlay device when possible. Requires iOS 7 on AirPlay device.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4448?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US


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I have several desktop backgrounds that I would like to rotate between, but one of them is vertically oriented. If I leave the backgrounds set to "Fill Screen," it chops off the top and the bottom of the vertical wallpaper, and that's not okay.

I'd like to know if there is a way to tell individual wallpapers to "Fit to Screen" while having others "Fill Screen," "Center," and et cetera.

Thanks!


texts: Using an app purchased on home Apple ID on Mac using a work Apple ID

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I want to purchase Final Cut Pro on my home computer Apple ID, but then use it on my work computer, which is normally logged into a separate work only Apple ID.

How can I do that?


texts: Disable the sleep function of the macbook touch bar

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I got the new Macbook Pro and i found out that the touch bar goes to sleep after 75 seconds of inactivity. This function is quite annoying to me.

Is it possible to disable the sleep function of the touch bar for the 75 seconds of inactivity? I have googled it, but i didn't find anything.


texts: How do I fully relocate my user's home directory to another disk?

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I installed Lion on a new disk today and let the migration assistant move users, applications and stuff from my internal disk to the SSD connected via FW800. So far everything works great.

Because I have a pretty large photos and audio library, I want to leave my user's home directory on the old Volume and have OS and Applications on the other disk.

To achieve this I opened up Terminal.app, sudo'd and entered the following command:

cd /Users
mv mwidmann mwidmann_
ln -s /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Users/mwidmann .
chown -R mwidmann:mwidmann mwidmann

So far so good.

In finder the home folder was replaced with mwidmann_, but I removed that item from the sidebar and added the new one instead. Same goes for documents, downloads, pictures, videos, music. Other items I added there, worked like before.

Why I feel that I'm missing something is because the nice sidebar and dock icons for these "special" folders aren't showing up.

There must be an additional thing that tells Lion that THIS is my home folder and it is in /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Users/mwidmann and nowhere else.

Any Ideas?


texts: How can I replace the nmblookup command on Lion?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Where is nmblookup in Lion?

In Snow Leopard, I used to use the command
nmblookup -U 172.16.0.10 -R domainPC | grep '<00>' | awk '{print $1}'
Blindly upgrading to Lion, I didn't realize that Apple removed SMB I am now in trouble.

Is there anyway to replace it with an alternative? I see there is smbutil lookup [hostname], but I am not sure if I can add a gateway like I did with nmblookup.


texts: How to cancel an iCloud download on macOS X (Sierra)?

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The "X" button in the "Downloading" window does not seem to work as clicking it did not cancel the process. It actually finished despite pressing the button repeatedly.
Also, where do the downloaded files go? There was no "Save to" dialog box or anything similar to let me choose the storage location. It just automatically started.


texts: My MacBook Pro mid-2010 won't recognize new hard drive

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I was forced to change my HD since the old one gives me I/O error on boot.

I bought a Western Digital Blue WD5000LPVX, connected by USB to another Mac and format it using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file system.

When I change the new hard drive and boot OS X Mavericks from USB drive, going to Disk Utility the new HD isn't recognized.

Is it a wrong HD for my Mac? Why isn't it shown in Disk Utility?

Using a MacBook Pro mid-2010


texts:
I'm having an odd problem. I've recently decided to try Apple Mail as my default mail platform. Everything is being great until a coworker noticed that the .csv files I send come out with blank rows in between.

This is the original file (randomly generated for this example).

This is the file sent by another mail platform (Outlook Desktop for example),
and opened with TextEdit app or Notepad in windows.

This is the file sent with Apple mail on Mac, and opened with TextEdit app or Notepad in windows.

I've been looking into resources, and apparently there is some different with formats using such as CR in Mac, and CRLF in windows but I still can't answer this questions.

Why does this happen?
Is there a setting I can correct in Excel?
Is there a setting I can correct in the Mail app?
Will this happen with other types of files?

Any help on this is appreciated!
Note: File also has blank rows when opening in Excel, or Numbers after it was sent through Apple Mail. Before this, the file looks normal in all apps mentioned above.


texts: macOS Mojave disable all 4 rounded window corners either with defaults, or software, or programatically

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Is there a system API, or utility (open source), or default I can set to disable all 4 rounded window corners on macOS?

I've checked the two other prominent questions relating to this:

Can I change 10.8.2 Mountain Lion window corners from rounded to squared?
How can I disable rounded window corners in OS X

And the links are either dead, or the offered solution does not work.


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I can see on the Apple store that the standard charger is a 12W charger.

Since it "should" output 5V, I can conclude it outputs 2.4A (12W/5V=2.4A).

Considering the above hypothesis correct, could any charger having the same output be used for my iPhone 5?


texts: I'm thinking of getting a "household" iPad (the new iPad) to be shared.  Can the iPad have multiple users?  Or is there another way to keep email accounts, Safari bookmarks, and Angry Birds scores separated between users?


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Some programs take some time to open in OS X on a stressed older machine with a spinning hard disk. This is fine and understandable.

I would appreciate so much if someone would teach me how to instruct a programs that I launch to do so in the background?

Example: Suppose I am typing a Note, then I click Email to begin its launch and switch focus back to Notes and resume typing. I will be able to type for at least five but often upwards of 20 seconds, and at some unpredictable moment my typing will not show up on my Note but instead begin executing commands to whichever Mail window happens to be the last one I used last time.

How can I prevent loading applications from stealing focus after they are finished loading?

Any version of OS X, namely 10.9 and 10.10.


texts: Unexplained difference in photo count in iCloud, iPad storage, and Photo.app

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iCloud says I have just over 600 photos. On the iPad's storage it says there are just under 300.

However when I go into Apple's Photos.app apparently I have 1800.

I count 900 though. Why are these numbers different and where are the other 900?


texts: Mojave, High Sierra, and Sierra performance on MacBook Pro 9,1 (15 mid-2012)

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My computer:
MacBook Pro 9,1 (15" mid-2012), 2.6 GHz i7, 16 GB RAM, 256GB OWC SSD, NVIDIA GT 650M (~1GB)

El Capitan is no longer supported for some of the software I need to use, so it looks like I have to update to Sierra, High Sierra, or Mojave. I'm always remiss to update to a newer Apple OS on older hardware because it frequently results in performance dips on the machine.

From what I've read Mojave doesn't run well on this model of MBP because it leans into the GPU, and wasn't really designed to play nice with NVIDIA graphics cards. Technically it's supported, but poorly according to user reports. I've heard mixed reports about High Sierra, some saying it resulted in improved performance and battery life, others saying their system became sluggish. By all accounts Sierra was a mess, and should be avoided.

I'm wondering if anyone with a similar MBP has any experience running Mojave, High Sierra, or Sierra, and what their feedback is. Which OS will run smoothest on this model of MBP?


texts: Can you please advise what is the best application for email encryption using iPhones and iPads?


texts: How can I automatically download trailers in iTunes?

texts: Apple gets the latest trailers. Is there any way I can automate iTunes to download the newest trailers? Similar to how it automatically downloads the latest podcasts?


texts:
I am trying to copy data from an external NTFS drive to an exFAT drive.
However, some files are greyed out and give me this error when I try to copy them:
One or more items in “IMGP0029.AVI” can’t be changed because they are in use.

Even after clicking Continue and typing my password, it doesn't copy.
Following this answer I tried to run SetFile -c "" -t "" path/to/file.mov but I get:
ERROR: Write Permissions Error. (-61)  on file: /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive/IMGP0029.AVI

Running sudo chmod 777 gives me:
chmod: Unable to change file mode on /Volumes/Seagate Backup Plus Drive/IMGP0029.AVI: Read-only file system

Where do I go from here?


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Now that iOS 14 has added the feature to remember the song and not clear the queue(play next) when the app is closed, how are we supposed to clear the queue?
Previously, when we used to close the app, the queue used to get cleared. Also there is no option to clear queue in the three dot menu.


texts: App to see how my application are using my upload internet bandwith?

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Is there any app to see how my applications are using my upload internet bandwith?

I have an app called Arq which basically uploads data to amazon storage.

The problem is that it took me 10 days to upload 30GB of data. My provided upload speed is around 600KB, then there is problem with this.

I thought of checking if any other app is using my upload internet bandwith. Am I in the right way...?
What do you think, what else can I do?

At first I thought it was a problem related to the app Arq, then I posted this problem in its forum: post, but as you can see the developer of this app says that there is no problem with the app at all.


texts: 2007 15" macbook pro disk full won't get past login screen

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I was trying to help my brother fix his computer:
A pop up that comes up at login that will tell you that your startup disk is full, he logs in and the screen gets stuck without loading any files.

I boot into EFI (or whatever you want to call it), Some reading device fails so everything is read only, but accessible. I try to plug in a external hard drive to save some items before trying to simply re-install the system, I get "SAM Multimedia: Read or Write Failed ASC=0x11 ASCQ=0x00" something similar I don't remember the exact error code I do know ASCQ was 0x0 which seemed telling. So basically I could neither find nor mount the external hard drive.

I actually this multiple times, the first time the computer crashed in EFI when I tried to open his user file.

I tried running puppy dog linux: an OS that boots from CD and runs from RAM. a device called "sda1" shows up, It had a nested file: EFI/APPLE/EXTENSIONS/Firmware.scad. I couldn't find anything else. I don't know what to do I've never had to deal with this on my mac.


texts: How to make a Mac (Macbook Pro) not hibernate?

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I have already set in the Energy Saver of System Preferences that

Computer sleep: on Battery Power, Never
                when plugged in,  Never

so if I close the cover of the Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion, so that it sleep, then if I open up the cover within a few hours, then it wakes up right away -- which is all fine.  However, if I open up the the cover and not touch it, then after some 12 or 24 hours, then it will wake up from hibernation, taking about 2.5 minutes before any password can be typed in. (update 2015: this Macbook Pro was running with a non SSD hard drive. The wake up time is a lot better if it is an SSD drive).

This is all when the Macbook Pro is plugged in (powered by the power adapter).  Is there a way to make it not hibernate?


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I have a multi-session (osx/windows) cd that I'd like to create an iso from. Is there a way to create a single iso file with all the sessions included in it?
Output from diskutil list disk2 is below. The identifier for the optical drive on my Mac is disk2.
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:        CD_partition_scheme                        *591.9 MB   disk2
   1:     Apple_partition_scheme                         515.4 MB   disk2s1
   2:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1s1
                    (free space)                         276.8 MB   -
   3:                  Apple_HFS Master Install CD       238.6 MB   disk2s1s2
 –


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Is there a feature in Preview that will let me maintain a collection of file-specific bookmarks? For example, I often place bookmarks at the beginning of various chapters in books. I might decide to label a bookmark as "Chapter 1: Introduction".

Unfortunately, the "Bookmarks" menu displays all of the bookmarks that I ever made. This has various problems:

I can't give two bookmarks the same label.
The menu becomes cluttered as I accumulate more bookmarks.


texts: Sync iCloud TV show purchases between AppleTV and iTunes

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How do I sync AppleTV purchases from iCloud to iTunes?

I recently purchased the most recent episode of Psych on my Apple TV but am unable to transfer it to iTunes.

I was able to do this with a previous episode but can't recall how.

I've tried going to Store > Check for Available Downloads... but it says I don't have anything to download:

I am using the same Apple Store account between the Apple TV and iTunes.


texts: Does mac OS install process erase flashdrive data DURING the install?

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It's well-documented that creating an install drive erases the target medium, but what about later, during the install process ?

i.e. can I create a bootable flash installer, and then add files to it, knowing that a later use of the flash for an installation will not erase those files ?


texts: Detached chrome tabs auto fling off to another desktop!

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This was never a problem before I upgraded to 10.15.5.
I have a single wide screen, so I have 2 chrome windows (one on left, one on right). I frequently move tabs from one to another.
I also have another desktop, where I also have chrome windows open.
So
 Desktop 1.     Desktop 2.
+-----------+. +-----------+
| W1.  W2.  |. | W3.   W4. |
+-----------+. +-----------+

But now when I detach a chrome tab from a chrome window (any of them, say Desktop 1 W2 in the picture above), then my desktop switches to Desktop 2.
If I detach a tab from W3 or W4, desktop switches to Desktop 1.
This always happens. Doesn't matter if the tabs are in the beginning of the row, middle or end.
Video recording of the problem: https://youtu.be/exjwInkADaM (I want to stay on the kitten desktop (2), but it switches me to dog desktop (1)). :(


texts: Can I make a retina iPad display websites at full resolution?

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In other words, can I make it appear to the web server as if the device is 2048x1536 pixels and device-pixel-ratio 1?

I'm happy to pay for an app that does does this if there is one…


texts: Issue with Move to iOS android app to migrate to iphone

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I'm trying to migrate some data from an old Samsung phone running Android 4 to an iPhone 5s running iOS11.

The issue I'm stuck with is that when I setup the iphone and select move data from android, it gives me a 6 digit code, but on the Android device is expecting a 10 digit code.

Is there anything that can be done?

Any help would be great.

Thanks,


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I recently installed VLC on iOS 10 and noticed that there is play history in it on a fresh install.

How does this app preserve data between installs? Should it even be able to?

It doesn't matter whether I restart the phone before reinstall or not.

I forgot to mention that it doesn't have an entry on iCloud in the settings app.


texts: How do I clone from a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) spinning hard drive to a new SSD on 10.13.6

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I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) with a 500GB spinning hard disk boot drive with High Sierra 10.13.6. Disk Utility reports the drive as "SATA Internal Physical Volume - Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". I ran First Aid on it and it came back good.

I have a 500GB SSD in a USB enclosure.

I booted into Recovery and started Disk Utility. I erased the SSD and chose plain APFS format (the four options available are all APFS variations). I tried restoring to the SSD, but the Restore window shows "None Available" in the "Restore from:" drop-down.

I read something that suggested converting the boot disk to APFS, but that menu item is grayed out when I select that drive.

How can I get the contents of this spinning hard drive onto the SSD?


texts: How do I make git credential-osxkeychain work correctly when I'm connected to a machine via SSH?

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I setup a build machine to check out sources from Github by caching the login credential in the keychain using instructions from: https://help.github.com/articles/caching-your-github-password-in-git/

Using SSH to connect to the build machine and run the instructions provided fails silently, asking me for a password for each git clone command.

Using VNC to connect to the build machine and run the instructions provided prompts me the first time, as expected, but not for any subsequent git clone commands, and successfully adds the credential to the keychain.

How can I configure the credential helper and/or keychain to make this work over SSH without a VNC connection?


texts:
Does restoring an iPhone to factory settings before a restore from a backup produce a different result than just restoring from a backup?

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup


texts: iPhone USB adapter - draws current when not charging?

texts: I leave my iPhone charger plugged in all day. Does it draw current when I'm not charging my phone?


texts: How to search for .zip files instead of all compressed files?

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How do you search for a file of a specific type in OS X Yosemite?  I cannot seem to find any instructions on how to do this.

In the Finder search I enter: kind:zip

But it returns all compressed files.  I only want zip files - so this AD post does not help me much.  All the solutions either use bash, or I cannot find the options they refer to.


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The following is an applescript which is meant to take the body of the latest email and extract text out of it. As you can see the result is shown below. This result is show as the script was running correctly before. Now it is not.

The email I sent later on contained the message "#tech sxi" but the script is not showing the correct output for this email. This is not the only one. Every time, I am sending a new mail and running the script again, i get the same problem, the result just does not change.


texts: Why does the website I'm putting into the reading list in Safari disappear shortly after?

texts:
When I put a website through "command/shift/D" into my reading list, that site disappears after a couple of seconds. It happens to every site I'm putting into that list and also tried to restart Safari or my MacBook Pro. But it was no use.

How can I solve that problem?

One thing to note, I've installed macOS High Sierra just this morning and that problem also appeared today. So, there might be a connection.


texts: OmniGraffle: change characters spacing for text to occupy surrounding rectangle how?

texts:
Is there a simple command in OmniGraffle 6.0 x for (a) stretching the character spaces or (b) increasing font size of a word inside a rectangle (enlarge their distances) such that the word fills the entire rectangle nicely?

I would like to achieve an effect of the following kind: a square split into equal upper and lower rectangles; shorter word (e.g. "one") in upper, longer word (e.g. "four") in lower rectangle; words should align at their left and right margins and character spacings and/or font sizes should should remain even.


texts: System Integrity Protection prevents Trash from being emptied

texts:
I have no idea how two files ended up in Trash, but I suspect AppDelete to be the culprit. Anyway, the first file is DeviceLink.framework and the other is MobileDevice.framework.

Any idea how to remove them from trash so I can finally be able to empty it?


texts:
Mavericks OSX 10.9.5.
I need to locate a file in the Time Capsule.
I can navigate into the directory I want to search in, and using OSX find, I can "search" for a file that is right there and there are no results.

For example navigate to directory Website containing two or three files including index.php and search for "index.php" yields nothing.

I think that I'm not actually navigating to a directory, but that the OS is displaying a virtual directory based on the Time Capsule database.

How does one search for a file within Time Capsule backups?


texts: How can I export albums from Apple Photos into folders with the same names?

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I have a bunch of albums in Apple Photos. How can I export them as folders so that I have a structure like the one below?

All photos
 - album 1
 -- photos of album 1
 - album 2
 -- photos of album 2

What I've tried so far:

Export photos with albums as names: this just creates one big folder with all the photos in it
Create folders for each albums and drag and drop photos in them: the metadata is gone (date etc.)


texts: NUMBERS: Lookup hourly rental rate based on date of transaction

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I have a resource that has an hourly rental rate. That hourly rate has changed (increased) over time. To capture that rate history, I have created a table with the date of the rate change and the new rate that looks like this:

Date of rate change     | Rate

2015-01-01              | $60

2017-01-01              | $65

2017-07-13              | $68

I am trying to create a formula that will look up the hourly rate based on the date of the transaction/rental and then determine what the rental rate would have been on that date. I figure there must be some way to do this with a vlookup but from the documentation, it looks like that function requires an exact match and I want to match based on the input date being after the date in the lookup table not an exact date.

Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to make iCloud Photo library read only on iPad?

texts: I would like to give my daughter access to my complete iCloud library on her iPad. The only problem I see is that she might accidentally deleting Photos. Is there any kind of access restriction would make this scenario safe?


texts:
I had my MacBook Air 13" 2011 for almost 2 years now. And right from the start I kept having this weird issue: sometimes while I'm working on it, the screen (and the monitor attached via displayport aswell) randomly shuts off (or goes to sleep). The computer is still active and everything is still running normally, so If I hit a key it goes back on normally... It happens even if my power cord is plugged in.
It's not a big deal, but it sometimes gets very annoying when it happens while I am typing.
Any clues?
Thanks!


texts: iCloud email attachments not opening on HP computer running Win10

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I have a new HP computer running Windows 10. Each time I go to open an attachment through my iCloud email, the attachments come up with codes instead of their content.

How do I fix this so that I can actually see and print the attachments?

Note: I'm not all that computer savvy.


texts: On iPad, is there a way to go to "end of list" or "end of page" -- besides going to "top of page"?

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There is a way on iPad to go to top of the page or list, in email's list of emails, or in iBooks's highlighting and notes, for example, by tapping on the top status bar of the iPad screen.

But is there a way to go to the end of page or list?  For example, on iBooks, when the highlightings and notes are shown, sometimes a user may want to see the last highlighting or notes, but in some cases, the list is 12 pages long.  In this case, is there a quick way to go to the end, or will a user just need to scroll the 12 pages to reach the end?


texts: Will I receive all the SMS on my iPhone although it has been disconnected for some time?

texts: After having my iPhone disconnected for some time, will all the text messages people have sent me, arrive to the phone once I reconnect it?


texts: Yosemite black screen with cursor after log in

texts: Running the Macbook6,1 with Yosemite installed. I have my macbook set up so that when it powers on, it automatically logs into my account. When I boot up my macbook, it goes to the log in window and shows my desktop background all blurred (like it is meant to) and attempts to log me in. After that, the screen just goes black and my cursor remains on screen.


texts: Can I attach an Mac mini to a VGA monitor using an HDMI/VGA adapter?

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Can I attach the Mac mini to a VGA monitor using an HDMI/VGA adapter?

I have a new Mac mini I'm trying to attach to an old monitor that has VGA and DVI inputs. I have VGA cable and HDMI/VGA adapter and everything seems to connect fine, but the monitor doesn't see any input. The Mac mini works attached to TV using HDMI, but the TV also doesn't see VGA input if I try VGA (and HDMI/VGA adapter).

If this won't work, what will?

ADDITIONS: On further investigation it seems that I may need to use thunderbolt port to connect to VGA. I am having trouble finding thunderbolt to VGA adapter and would like to confirm that mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter is compatible.

Also, thanks to user3439894 for edits/improvements.


texts: Is it possible to use a Google Voice Number for Apple Two Factor Authentication

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I keep getting prompts to 'upgrade' my account security to use 2 factor authentication.
The reason I am hesitating using my real phone number for unlocking my devices is because I don't want to be in a situation when I am traveling internationally and am unable to unlock my computer.
So far it seems I have only a few options :

Get another Apple device, like an iPhone SE or the base model iPad, for the sole purpose of unlocking my account and take it with me everywhere I go internationally.

Use a Google voice number which I could associate with a local number while travelling, to help me receive a 'roaming SMS'.

If I can figure out a reasonable solution to this, I may consider changing the security settings.
I wish Apple would just provide an app based authenticator like Google and Microsoft.
EDIT:
It seems from the answers and comments that computer accounts and iCloud (online) accounts are kept separate despite the push for 2 factor authentication.
This is really encouraging, but I will do some more research on the changes before switching.


texts: My Mac keeps adding double spaces randomly when I type

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I'm  running  Mac Version 10.14.3 on a 15-inch 2018 model.

I'm not sure if I received a new update but over that last few days it keeps adding random double spaces as I type.

I tried turning off key repeat as suggested on some websites but that hasn't corrected the issue. Has anyone else experienced  this problem?

I've had this Mac for several months and I never had this issue until a few days ago. I'm not sure if it's software or hardware related.


texts: Is there a maximum number of files supported/recommended in Photos.app?

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With the new OS X Photos app released in OS X 10.10.3, is there a hard limit to the maximum number of files (either photos or videos) that the app will support? Or is there a limit to the maximum size of the library? Or are there recommended limits defined by Apple?

Basically, how well will Photos handle large libraries, and is there a certain point where it would be smart to split a library into multiple libraries?


texts: How to add music from iTunes to my iPhone after enabling iCloud Music Library?

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When I enabled iCloud Music Library on my iPhone, I had the option of merging it with my existing music. I did that, and my phone has both music from my iTunes library and music from Apple Music on it.

Now, I want to add some more music from my iTunes library to the phone.

Before I enabled iCloud Music Library, there was a setting in iTunes that let me pick a playlist to use to sync (Settings -> Music). Now, with iCloud Music Library enabled, that option is gone and there's just a toggle to sync voice memos. And I can see a way to edit my phone's music library (On My Device -> Music -> Edit Playlist), but when I drag an album into it, nothing happens.

I was able to work around this by doing the following:

Disable iCloud Music Library on my iPhone
Plug the phone into my computer
Sync with iTunes
Disconnect phone from my computer
Re-enable iCloud Music Library on my iPhone, and pick Merge again.

So obviously this is possible, but there has to be a better way than this. The last step, especially, takes a while. And, it looks like I need to tell it t ore-download all of the Apple Music songs if I want to listen to them offline.

I found this on Apple's website, but it involves turning on iCloud Music Library in iTunes, and I don't think I want that.

I also found this question but it seems the advice there is to repeat the steps I outlined above.


texts: Trouble with photo syncing between iPhone and iPad

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Sometimes when I take photos in my iPhone 5s they automatically show up on my iPad. But most of the time they don't.

How can I analyze and solve this?


texts: Copy and paste between Mac and headless linux VM

texts: I'm running VMWare Fusion on an OSX host machine.  I have a redhat VM installed, along with VMWare tools.  My VM is headless, meaning I just have the terminal (no graphical interface of any kind).  Is there any way I can copy from my host machine and paste into my VM?  All of the tutorials and questions on the topic seem to focus on doing this when you're running a GUI in your VM which isn't very useful to me.


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So I tried signing up for Apple beta program where I use Safari on my iPhone 6 and go to beta.apple.com and tap sign up. I'm then taken to the login page, and just after that to the legal page where I accept the terms of Apple beta program. This is where it falls apart and instead of redirection to the beta profile download page I get redirected back to beta welcome page where I can sign up again, accept the agreement again and than be sent right back to welcome page, thus creating an infinite loop.

Things I tried:

Deleting old iOS 9 beta profile and rebooting
Reverting back to non beta iOS 9.3.2
Restoring my iPhone to factory defaults
Leaving and signing back up for beta
Trying beta.apple.com/profile directly, but again result is an infinite loop
Searching Apple and Apple oriented sites for a solution
Sacrificing a goat

Basically nothing works for me, and visiting beta.apple.com on any browser, desktop or mobile is resulting in the same annoying behavior.


texts: How to disable moving a window by its edge adjacent to scroll bar?

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In Mac OS X Yosemite, I find that the scroll bar is a small target for the mouse, and sometimes when I wish to scroll, I end up moving the whole window by grabbing its edge to the right of the scroll bar.  This is never the behavior I desire.

How can I disable the ability to move a window by grabbing anything other than its title bar?


texts: Can I transfer game progress for Clash of Clans between GameCenter accounts

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I downloaded clash of clans on my sisters apple account. I then made my own apple account. When I try purchasing gems I can't because it says something about the app not being downloaded from this apple account.

Is there a way I can't delete clash of clans and then re download it without losing any progress?!! Please help!! I also have a gamecenter account.


texts: Will deleting a message prevent it from sending?

texts: I accidentally sent a message to the wrong person on my iPad air 2, so I quickly turned off wifi on my iPad. The message didn't send yet, but it doesn't say the not delivered thing. The loading bar still shows at the top of my screen. If I delete the message, will it prevent it from sending?


texts: Execute Shell Scrip individually for each selected file in Finder

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I am trying to create an automator workflow that will do a google search for the filename of each selected file in finder.

Unfortunately  the workflow I have created works just with one selected file.  If I select multiple files it doesn't work.

How can I set the Shell Scrip to be executed individually for each selected file in Finder?

I have used a custom 'Get Names of Finder Items' Automator Action  downloaded from here.


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With macOS Sierra, a new folder has been added to the root folder: macOS_SDK

Inside are a bunch of folders, each containing only one folder, till the last one, containing a single file. Here's the path:

/macOS_SDK/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs

The file is clearly visible (in Terminal it shows you that Xcode.app is actually a folder), but trying to opening it (in Terminal) returns an error saying that the file doesn't exist.

How is that possible? Can I delete it?

Here's a quick demo:

  Note: this had nothing to do: File not found: file is in ~/Library but not on 'This Mac'


texts: Should I avoid booting my MacBook if it's really cold?

texts: As the title says; if my MacBook has been exposed to minus degrees, should I wait for it to reach room temperature before I boot it or am I just paranoid and have nothing to worry about?


texts: iPad: getting back to initial screen after watching podcast

texts: I use the iPod application on my iPad to watch podcasts most days, but after watching a podcast it seems impossible to get back to the initial screen (which shows when the app is launched) without quitting the app and starting it up again. Is there some sort of secret to getting back the the initial screen?


texts: How do you check how much current a Mac USB port can deliver?

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This question is similar to the superuser question "How to check how much power a USB port can deliver", which is answered for Linux and Windows.

How do you check the same on a Mac?


texts: My IPhone 4S recently glitched and the notification screen is stuck disabling me from using it at all. I can't shut it off as my lock-screen button is jammed and cannot be used. I'm just wondering if there is anyway I can easily unjam it?


texts: Is it possible to burn a MacOS application on a disk?

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I have made a game in Xcode (Objective-C) and I now have a finished product. I know a few people that are willing to test the game. I thought it might be cool to give the game to them on a disk, like how you’d buy real games in a store. But I don’t know how, or if it’s even possible.

I have a MacBook Pro with built-in optical drive. My application is about 4GB.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to do this? And if it is, how would I do it and what do I need?


texts: High IO latency in games when loading sounds

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I recognized the behaviour of games hanging/freezing for fractions of a second (or up to a second) everytime a sound is being requested from the disk. At least that is my conclusion.

One title where this is very noticeable is Borderlands 2. When I start the game and shoot for the first time (with each weapon) the game shortly freezes clearly waiting for the sound.
Another good example is Portal 2 where a lot of voice files causing hangs sometimes.

One could think that this is a Borderlands issue but I recognize the same on almost every game I can play on OS X:

All source games (Portal 2, L4D2)
HL games (Half Life, Counter Strike 1.6)
Sanctum (1&2)
Cities Skylines (not as bad in this one)
Hearthstone
Borderlands (as mentioned)

What makes me doubt is that I thought that at least most games preload these files into memory or at least open the file pointers. I tested and experienced the same on several Macs (be it SSD or HD, mobile or desktop) including a pretty powerful hackintosh (which is like idling when playing those games on highest settings).

I generally experienced that loading times on OS X are slower than on Windows (dual boot) though the game overall performance is as good as on one or another. I find that weird since my generell impression is that IO is more efficient on OS X.

Can someone confirm this or any ideas what might be the underlying problem here? Is HFS+ just really that slow?

Edit:

Non-apple kernel extensions:

com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower
net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp


texts: In previous Mac OS versions (<10.9) I was able to change the images' thumbnails in the finder by zooming or unzooming with the trackpad. Now that I run on Mavericks, I can't find a way to do it. Does anyone know a trick for that ?


texts: Restoring data from both an iCloud and iTunes backup

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I backup my iPhone to iTunes manually about once a week, and backup to iCloud automatically every night, when I charge my iPhone.

If I want to restore from an iTunes backup, then I just connect my iPhone to my Mac and hit "Restore". It will restore the device to exactly the same condition as the last backup, including all media, etc. because all that media (music, photos, app data) is stored on my Mac.

However, if I restore from my iCloud backup, then what gets restored? And what doesn't? My iCloud backup is about 2.5 GB, significantly smaller than the 50 GB or so that I am currently using on my iPhone (mostly music and photos). So clearly a lot of things are missing, mostly photos, since music and apps can be grabbed directly from Apple's servers since one song here is the same as the same song there.

So how would I go about also restoring photos after I restore a backup from iCloud?


texts: Why does Yosemite Safari never time out trying to go to *.local?

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On the version of the Safari web browser that's included with Mac OS Yosemite, trying to go to any web site whose hostname ends in ".local" will cause the browser to sit there forever waiting for a response, never timing out. For example, "http://foobar.local" or "https://baz.qux.local". Same thing happens when running Safari in the iOS Simulator on a Mac (but on a real iOS device, the request properly times out).

I'm just curious - why is this? Is it likely to be a Safari bug, or a networking thing in Yosemite that I could fix by editing some config file?

I'm working on a web site that uses different URLs for media, and when running the site locally (for development) we use .local hostnames for the media sites, which used to work fine as long as /etc/hosts points these hostnames to 127.0.0.1. But now under Yosemite it's causing these requests to hang. Before I update the URLs in our code and tell all our dev to update their hosts file with new hostnames, I wanted to see if there might be a simpler fix.


texts: Problem with downloading HD movies to Mac when syncing with iPad 3

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I bought several HD movies using iPad3, however when I try to sync my iPad with MacBook Air (i7, 13", Mid2012) they are downloaded with much lower resolution to my Mac.

I don't know also I this is connected, but I don't see them in iCloud (no iCloud icon next to them in iTunes, so I'm unable to re-download them once deleted, all I can do is to sync with iPad 3 but with low resolution)


texts: How to recover my harddrive if I can't see it in the disk utility

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I have a 2007 aluminium iMac which I upgraded months ago to Mavericks.
Today it locked up and I held the power button to shut it down and cannot get it to start again.
I get the flashing folder ? icon on boot which I understand means the boot drive is not found.

I tried Safe Mode (Shift after the boot sound) : nothing happened (grey screen)
I tried Single User mode (cmd+S after boot sound) : nothing happened
I tried recovery mode (cmd+R after the boot sound) : nothing
I tried booting with the option key, nothing.
I tried target disk mode with cmd+T, and it seemed to work in that it showed a different icon. However, I realized that I can't connect my new 2013 macbook to it because the latter does not have a firewire port (is there another way)
I also tried disconnecting everything, including the keyboard and mouse (I have bt keyboard and a usb one so I tried both, plus mouse and trackpad, tried both)
I tried reseting the PRAM and that other reset (where you unplug for 15s)
Finally I scrounged out my old installation disk (Leopard) and booted Installation disk 1.
When it came up, I went to Utilities in the menu and selected Disk Utility.

So far so good, but Disk Utility does not show my internal HDD, so I can't verify or repair it.
It does show my time machine drive connected by firewire, and of course it shows the DVD installation disk.

What do I try next?
Given this happened the way it did if there is disk corruption I think it should be minor and reparable. But right now I don't even know if I'd be able to restore a new OS.


texts: How can I sort notes in the built-in notes app by date created rather than date last saved?

texts: I've found how to do this on the desktop, but haven't noticed how to achieve this on any of my iOS devices.  I'd also be happy to know if this actually isn't possible.


texts: Junk mail doesn't get automatically deleted

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This is happening with Mail.app 6.6 on OS X 10.8.5, but has been going on for a few OS X versions.

In Mail.app, my account settings specify to delete junk mail after one day.  Except it never gets deleted.  I can set it to delete on quitting mail, but that still doesn't work.  I have to delete everything in the junk mail folder manually.  Items are placed in the Junk folder that are identified as junk, but they are never deleted automatically.

The accounts in question (I have the same issue in all of them) are POP3.  I tried rebuilding the mailboxes, to no avail. None of the affected mailboxes are gmail, though I do have a gmail account I look at through Mail.app.

I asked this on the Apple discussion forums, but no answer there. can anyone here make any suggestions?

From the online Help for Mail.app:

This is exactly what I've set to anything other than never, but messages in the junk mailbox doesn't ever get automatically deleted.


texts: How do I enable the visual menu when changing language inputs?

texts: I saw this enabled on my friends Lion MBA, but I couldn't find a way to enable it on my Mountian Lion MBP. Anyone have any ideas?


texts: Finder image icons don't display at size 16x16 but load fine at 20x20 pixels

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Why would Finder image icons (in column view, list view and icon view in a Finder window) not display an image's content, when no custom icon has been applied.  The files are image files (PNG, JPG, TIFF, PSD, etc.) and only the smallest size is affected.

In column view at text size 12 only the generic jpg, or png icon shows, but not the image content itself.  If I change the text size (in view options) to 13, the icons slightly increase in size and laod and display correctly.

In icon view the same happens with the icons set to 16x16.  As soon as I drag the slider to 20x20, or above all icons show correctly.
List view also displays the generic icons, unless the larger icon size is chosen.

I've tried removing the Finder preferences:

  ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

I've also tried resetting the icon services cache here:

  /Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store

...and removing those found here:

sudo find /private/var/folders/ -name com.apple.iconservices

Permissions (ls -alOe@) on the /private/var/folders/... (found above) also look the same as on clean, bare-bone installations, where the icons are shown correctly, even when only 16x16 pixels.

In column view as example, if left on text size 13 through a reboot, most icons also show after reducing the size of the text to 12, but turning off "Show icon preview" in the view options and on again, leaves the text size 12 icons generic again, while increasing the size to 13 straight away loads the previews.

Why would 20x20 pixel icons load without issues after every restart and 16x16 just sit there?  Are they different caches and/or mechanisms?

Running macOS Sierra 10.12.4 on a Retina MacBook Pro11,3 (mid 2014), 2.5GHz, 16 GB RAM, 500.28 GB Apple SSD, Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB VRAM. - Resolution: 2880x1800 set to "Default for Display".  No external monitor (or other devices for that matter) is attached.

The issue persists over various updates and even running the Installer Assistant (aka Full Installer) over the installation.
It also exhibits the same behaviour in safe mode, but a second (new) user has no such issues.  The Desktop (outside a Finder window) also has no issues displaying 16x16 icons.

My main interest here is not so much the troubleshooting (since the installation in question is quite dirty and it will be down to me to find the problem), but to understand the mechanism that causes the difference in behaviour between loading the smallest icon size and all other sizes above.


texts: Why can't I paste an image into a PDF Doc in Preview? (need to insert wet signature)

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If Preview allows entering textboxes and drawing shapes and lines and even coloring them, why is it impossible to paste an image onto the PDF document? Isn't it exactly the same concept? Why does one work but not the other?

Edit: what I want to do is add a wet signature (signed with ink). So I have my ink written signature as a JPEG file of a scan I took of it. But no way to port it into the PDF document directly (work around would be to convert PDF to PNG and back to PDF).

Preview allows for a digital signature. But I'm not looking for digital.


texts: Why are Mac requirements for games so much higher than Windows?

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This just blew my mind. Take for example Medieval II: Total war.

Requirement for windows: 512 Mb RAM + 11 Gb free space on hard disk + 128 Mb GPU

Requirement for mac: 4 Gb RAM + 32 Gb of free space on hard disk + 256 / 512 MB GPU

How come the requirements are so much higher? In particular the size of the games, it's more than double the Windows version! What is going on?


texts:
While reading the Apple Platform Security document, I came across this statement under the Passcodes and Passwords section
The passcode is entangled with the device’s UID, so brute-force attempts must be
performed on the device under attack.

I have a few questions

What is meant by the passcode being entangled with the UID and why the brute force attempts have to be performed on the device itself?

What sort of cryptographic algorithms are used for this?

Any online links to this topic is appreciated.


texts: why is my ipod stilll using so much of the "other" catergory after it was restored?

texts: The keyboard on my iPod malfunctioned, and I couldn't get onto it. I then backed it up and restored it. After it was restored, I tried to put my previous files back on it, but only got my pictures and bookmarks on. It says the "other" category is using 2.5GB of space! I am wondering what possibly is going on? (If it helps, it was jailbroken and now is upgraded to iOS 5.1.1).


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I am ready to pull my hair out.  My boyfriend and I both have iPhone 5's and live in Canada.  When he is here, there is no problem.  But when he travels (which is very often) to the States, he is not getting my messages and I am not getting his - at least inconsistently.  HE gets texts from everyone else but me it seems because they are not using iphones. It shows that my messages were sent from me (no errors), but they don't get to him, and viseversa - he is also sending some to me when he is away, that I am not getting.  What in the world is happening?

I thought it would send them to one another as an SMS if iMessage was unavailable but evidently not.  But I just noticed a setting that was OFF on mine that says "send as SMS when iMessage isn't available".  When did this change? I thought it would automatically do that?


texts: How to get a list of available `defaults write` terminal commands for OS X El Capitan (expert / superuser)

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I would like to know where I can find a list of all possible defaults write terminal commands.
(Core OS X related commands, not any due to user installed software.)
Apple themselves must have a manual or technical specification for OS X operating systems and such commands.
Here is an example command (which doesn't work in El Capitan by the way) which demonstrates
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse MouseHorizontalScroll -bool NO

I assume such commands simple write to various configuration files hidden in the OS. It would alternatively be useful to find a document describing all such files and their location on /.
Solution (which was posted in the comments) is defaults read


texts: Daisy chain Thunderbolt display to regular, fullsize DisplayPort monitor?

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I have a 27" Korean IPS with a full size DisplayPort input (not Thunderbolt). Is it possible to drive this monitor daisy chained off a 27" Apple Thunderbolt monitor, using a mini DisplayPort output to fullsize DisplayPort cable? The Apple monitor would be driven by my late 2011 MacBook Pro.

Couldn't find a clear answer on this, as I think people are confusing DisplayPort and Thunderbolt quite a bit. My guess is you can't do this, because perhaps you can only daisy chain a thunderbolt monitor to another thunderbolt monitor?


texts: How to get rectangle annotation coords in preview?

texts: How can i get the coords of this annotated rectangle in preview app or other mac app?


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Based on Apple's documentation, my Mac mini (Late 2014, mid-range model with Intel Iris) should be able to support 4K video through HDMI.  I've plugged in my Seiki 39" 4K TV (SE39UY04), but when the "Best for display" option is chosen, it outputs 1080p, rather than 2160p.  If I choose "Scaled" for the resolution, the only options are 1080p, 1080i, 900p, and 720p.

How can I force the Mac mini to output at 2160p?  Or is Apple's marketing wrong and I bought a machine that doesn't actually support 4K over HDMI?

Edit:  Apparently, it really is an Apple-acknowledged issue, but they've stubbornly not provided any fix.  Frustrating.

Summary: Yosemite reads the EDID from the TV that clearly indicates it supports 4K @ 30Hz, and promptly throws it away considering it invalid because it erroneously thinks the pixel clock to be too high (297 MHz).  Once you fix that, though, there's yet another bug in the frame buffer.  Apparently others online have success in Mavericks and it fails in Yosemite and also no problems at all under Windows.  I'm going to try both of those this week, but ... ugh.

Also... since the comments indicated that perhaps it had to do with the cable or the TV, I should note that during the initial boot (Apple logo with progress bar), the output is correctly set to 2160p@30Hz.  Likewise if I boot while holding down option, when presented with the options for drives to boot from, that screen is outputed at 2160p@30Hz.  But the moment the login screen is presented, it switches back to 1080p@60Hz.


texts: Xcode cannot run using the selected device?

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I am developing my first ever iOS mobile app. I am using OS X Lion 10.7.5 with Xcode 4.6 for development. I completed my app and now want to test on a device. When I am trying to connect iPad Air with iOS 7.1 for testing, Xcode is giving an error:

  Xcode cannot run using the selected device. No provisioned iOS devices are available with a compatible iOS version. Connect an iOS device with a recent enough version of iOS to run your application or choose an iOS simulator as the destination.

I googled and came to decision that I need to use Xcode 5 if I want to test device with iOS 6.1 and above but I cannot install Xcode 5 as it requires OS X 10.8.4 and above. I decided to upgrade my OS from Lion to Mavericks.

Just wanted to know if I do so will it create any problems in my already developed app? I don't have time to take a backup with Time Machine.


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When I want to fast user switch from user A to user B, a login window appears where I enter user B's password. When I'm done, a rotating progress indicator spins for a couple seconds, until user B gets logged in.

However, sometimes (as in precisely now), user B is not logged in. The login window is still up and its rotating indicator is still rotating. It has been stuck like that for several minutes. Behind it, darkened but still visible, are all user A's windows with their (unsaved) data.

For example: iTunes is still playing, but I can't do anything: the login window cannot be dismissed, and the attempted, and apparently still going on, user login cannot be cancelled.

Command-option escaped to bring up the force quit window doesn't do anything.

Trying to share the Mac's screen from another or trying to control it from Remote Desktop doesn't work as the Mac doesn't respond.

However, I can still remote connect with the terminal using SSH. So I still have some hope to recover from the terminal, perhaps by killing the stuck login process.

How can I find out which process to quit? Is there anything else I can try, short of forcing a shutdown of the stuck Mac?

My Mac is running Mac OS X 10.9.2. (No external disk that might be stuck mounting or unmounting.)


texts: Macbook Pro Late 2016 Monitor Flicking when using Viber video

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I have the latest Macbook Pro 2016 with the touchbar.

My setup is:

AMD Radeon Pro 450
2,6 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

When I make a viber video call if I move any window around the screen the monitor is flicking. Strangely, it is not the Viber window or the video flicking but the whole screen. The colours are trembling and the windows seem to be broken/have a delay while moving them around the screen.

I already returned a Macbook Pro 2016 to Apple because of that and also because it had some other issues with the graphic card. The new one that they gave me has exactly the same behavior as the one that I returned.

Way to reproduce it:

Install the latest Viber
Open Viber and do a video call (cameras ON from both sides)
During the Video call move around the screen some Finder or other applications windows.

Is it a general problem of the Hardware? Can one application (Viber) have such big impact to the graphics output and besides its own window affect the output of the whole screen?

With Skype video everything works fine.


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I don't have enough rep to comment on this question which would probably be more appropriate than asking a new question: How do you remove SSL certificate exceptions on OS X?

I just tried this on OSX 10.12.5 with Safari 10.1.1 and it's not a solution for me.  I can't find the exception'ed certificate anywhere to delete or change it's permissions.  I've also chosen to show invisble items and expired items in the keychain and closed/reopened Safari.

Personally I think the browser itself should include an option to revoke the exception instead of jumping through the OS, if it makes it so easy to set it, it should be just as easy to remove it from the same place like other modern browsers allow for.

Back story: I visited a website I recently created and added the Cloudflare Universal Edge certificate however my domain is actually serving up my server's CloudFlare Origin certificate which is untrusted and should only be used for traffic between my server and Cloudflare.  I know this is NOT an OSx or Safari issue however...

In Safari, I accepted the exception because 1) I know my website is completely safe and 2) I needed to access it right away while CF helps me figure out the problem is of the wrong cert being provided.

However I need to remove this exception so I can test my site's SSL properly ensuring it's fixed.  I'm forced to use another machine.

The problem is the recently added exception is not listed anywhere in keychain access.  So what do I do?  I'm a web developer and if this is giving me this much headache how does Apple expect non technical folks to handle this?


texts: How to prevent resetting a login password in single user mode or from a recovery partition?

texts:
There are a few ways to reset the login password of an OS X user account:

Starting up in single user mode, running mount -uw /, launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist, and dscl . passwd /Users/username.
Starting up in single user mode, removing /var/db/.AppleSetupDone, restarting, creating a new admin account, and changing the password of another account from System Preferences.
Starting up from a recovery partition or installation media, opening Terminal, and running resetpassword.

Is there some way to prevent people with physical access to a Mac from using them?


texts: How to view facebook messages on Safari iOS / iPhone?

texts: Without using the Messenger app for Facebook. How can I view Facebook messages on iOS Safari?


texts:
I cannot connect to wifi with my Mac. It happened before and i asked about it in this post: Macbook pro does not connect wifi

This time when i follow steps in there, it gives me this error:
Failed to join network myNetworkName..
Error:-3905 Timeout error


texts: How to scale a PDF while preserving resolution

texts:
I have some PDF which I want to print out as hardcover. Sadly, the PDF is in a non-standard format (some weird American format, I guess), so I need to scale it to A4. The online print service I want to use tells me exactly how large the PDF shall be. So I open the PDF with Preview, open the Print dialog, select my custom paper size (A4 + some margins) and print it with PDFwriter.

Sadly, after sending the resulting PDF to the print service, the web interface says that the image resolution is too low. The source PDF has been distributed for printing purposes, so I am pretty sure that the image resolution is proper for printing it. Therefore, I guess that PDFwriter reduces the image resolution when creating the A4 PDF. I cannot find the setting for changing this.

How can I scale my PDF so that the images do not lose resolution?


texts: MBP 2013 keyboard & trackpad freeze after USB disconnect while sleeping

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MacBook Pro 2013 retina. Sometimes I plug my phone into one of the USB ports to charge it. Sometimes I close the MBP and let the phone keep charging. Sometimes I then unplug the phone without waking up the MBP. Sometimes (not always -- just intermittently) when I do open the MBP again after this sequence, the keyboard and trackpad no longer work. An external mouse still works fine. But no combination of switching plugs, re-attaching the phone, sleep/wake, will get me the use of the keyboard again. I'm stuck at the screen saver login page with nothing but an external mouse (can't type password, no option to shut down cleanly). I have to force shutdown by holding down the power button, which is not ideal.

Does anybody know a way to un-wedge at this point or re-enable the trackpad + keyboard? I'd love to be able to just get back to work again, or at the very least do a clean logout and shutdown without a force reset.


texts: How to add file(s) to an iPad in offline mode and read it in an app

texts:
I would like to know if it is possible to add files to iPad (or iPhone), while offline, and be able to read those files in an iPad app.

Maybe this is possible by connecting the device to a computer? Or any other means?

PS: Need this functionality without jailbreak.


texts:
How do I shrink my Ubuntu partition and reabsorb the freed space into my Mac OS Mojave Partition?

I started with 250 GB SSD, to which I allocated about 65 GB for Ubuntu like 3 years ago. I installed Ubuntu with the help of a friend and online tutorials. I'm not a whiz.

Now I'd like to shrink my Ubuntu partition. I'm willing to remove it if necessary, but it would be cool to keep it around in case I get into that stuff again.

So ideally I'd shrink it by about 40 GB and then add that space back to my main Mac partition.

I have 4 volumes. 1 is a recovery volume, 1 is the main volume, 1 is the Ubuntu volume, and 1 is something else. (I might have even put Windows on this thing... I honestly am not sure.)

Originally posted on the AskUbuntu site but someone commented it was off-topic there, so posting here in hopes of better results.


texts: In Lion's new Mail.app, is it possible to change the font size of the mailbox list?

texts:
I have a small screen and MANY email mailboxes. I'd like to make the side panel font size smaller, but I can't find an option for it. Is there one?

(I can change the font size in messages and in the message list--that's not what I'm talking about.)


texts: Notifications sounds not affected by iPad 2 volume

texts:
When turn down the volume on my iPad 2 all the way down, It still makes a sound when notifications are received.
Is there any way to globally disable notifications sounds ?


texts: External hard drive I use for Time Machine corrupted, won't mount

texts:
Today I plugged in my external hard drive to back up to Time Machine, but it won't mount. I open up Disk Utility, run First Aid, and am greeted with a message that says "First Aid found corruption that needs to be repaired." When I click Show Details, the last few lines are:
Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
Unable to bootstrap transaction group 282114: incorrect block type
No valid commit checkpoint found
The volume 04890072-B347-41EB-AB08-87EC029276D8 was found corrupt and needs to be repaired
Storage system check exit code is 1.
Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting
Operation successful.

I see that the volume is corrupted, but is there a way to recover it?
I have tried mounting it through the terminal, ala diskutil mountDisk readOnly /dev/disk1, but am greeted with the message saying it failed to mount (I don't know what I was expecting xD). The drive is encrypted, so I did try diskutil cs unlockvolume 04890072-B347-41EB-AB08-87EC029276D8 -stdinpassphrase, but it tells me "04890072-B347-41EB-AB08-87EC029276D8 is not a CoreStorage Logical Volume UUID", even though it shows up on diskutil cs list ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
So I guess I'm left with the option of diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk1, but before I say y on Repairing the partition map might erase disk1s1, proceed?, I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do. I know it's likely I'll just have to start fresh with my backups, and I suppose I don't really need the old backups. I guess it's good this happened now rather than when I needed to use them for a recovery.


texts: How to install Pages, Numbers and Keynote on Snow Leopard?

texts:
I just purchased a used 2006 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.8.

I went to the Mac App Store and tried to load Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and it said it could not load them unless I had 10.7.  When I try to upgrade to Mountain Lion, it says my computer does not have the requirements. I can't find Lion—not sure if I could even upgrade to that?

My question I guess: Is there an older version of Pages, Numbers and Keynote that I could get that would work on my machine as-is, without any upgrades?


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At the moment I am in mainland China, using an iPad set to British locale.  When I use the search field in mobile Safari, it always loads google.com.hk (not google.com or google.co.uk).

Unfortunately this version of google is often extremely slow or doesn't load at all here, most likely because of the Great Fiewall of China (clicking a search result also asks google's server first, therefore it also takes a very long time).  In contrast, google.com works fast and reliably most of the time.

Is there any way to force mobile Safari to use google.com instead of google.com.hk in iOS 6?  In iOS 5 at least it loaded google.co.uk, which also worked, but now it insists on google.com.hk, and the search settings only let me specify "Google" as search engine, but now a specific version of it.

(Note: I am new to iOS and still getting familiar with it.)


texts: Auto batch-insert track numbers in iTunes?

texts: I recently imported a whole bunch of MP3s that I've already grouped into a single album, but the ID3 tags for track numbers are all blank. How can I tell iTunes to auto-add track numbers in the order they just happen to be in in iTunes? The actual order of the MP3s isn't essential, but I like to keep every MP3 in my library properly labelled.


texts: How can I open apps at a specific window size together?

texts:
I found this one quite tough to Google.

I want to have a command (or an app) that opens these 2 applications just the way I want to. In this case I want to open them with these screen sizes -- more or less. If it has to be a terminal command, is it possible to create a shortcut for it? I will be creating more shortcuts for multiple app / screen size combinations.


texts: SMS messaging not available on iPad - how to enable?

texts: I am unable to text to anyone other then other iOS users...  I want to enable "allow SMS messaging when iMessage is unavailable" but it is not an option - how do I set this up?


texts: iTunes app on iPhone won't download podcasts

texts:
If I browse podcasts in iTunes on my (iOS 5.1.1) iPhone 4, most listings of episodes don't even fully load, with the download buttons (or sometimes the entire listing) failing to render. The exact same podcasts on my wife's iPhone 4S on the same wifi network work perfectly.

There's almost 20 GB of space available in my iPhone, and I've tried ending all apps & rebooting the phone multiple times.


texts:
I have the 2020 iMac 5K model. Unfortunately, it seems that it's impossible to override the automatic exposure setting on the camera. I've tried with a few different 3rd party software apps but none of them do the job.
So I'm in the market for a webcam that allows me to override it's exposure setting so that the image's aperture stays the same no matter what the ambient lighting condition is. Any recommendations?


texts: Is having 2 GB of memory not enough with the new Mac Mini?

texts:
I have the new Mac Mini with Mac OS X, with a 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, with 2 GB of DDR3 memory at 1333 MHz, and a graphic card (Intel HD Graphics 3000 288 MB) that uses shared memory; the screen I am using has a resolution of 1600x900.
Periodically, Safari keeps freezing, and becoming unresponsive; all I can do is using Finder to force quitting it.

I am wondering if the memory I have (with the configuration I reported) is not sufficient, or it is simply a problem with Safari that can be resolved changing some of its settings. Which one is it?


texts: mac mail "remove attachments" moves message, but doesn't remove attachments

texts: I'm using mac mail v7.3 in mavericks on an iMac. I'm trying to trim the size of my inbox and SENT mailboxes using Message > Remove attachments.  First I sort, say, the inbox by size to identify the largest messages.  I select a message -- even a single message not in a larger thread -- and click Message > Remove attachments.  Zing!  The whole message disappears from the inbox.  Then if I search for it, I find it in "All Messages", not th e inbox, and it still has the attachments!  Same thing if the message started in SENT -- it gets moved to "All Messages".  This is a pain because my goal was to strip the attachments, then save the message to a specific mailbox quickly and efficiently; I can't seem to do either!


texts:
Recently I was persuaded by a message from my Homebrew update process to (unthinkingly) run

softwareupdate --all --install --force

forgetting that among the pending updates I had was the problematic 10.15.4 update. I literally (used correctly) cannot afford to have a bricked or compromised Mac, and so far I've had no problems, but I'd rather be sure.

Is there a way to undo softwareupdate (I haven't yet rebooted)?


texts:
I inputted the diskutil list command and the following showed up

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +120.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 A552902B-0850-4310-8CD2-5742F99CEF78
                                 Unencrypted

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *32.0 GB    disk2
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data                         31.8 GB    disk2s2

So I tried the dd if=/Volumes/Something of=/dev/disk2 bs=1m (yes, I named the device something previously). The terminal returned Permission denied. I tried the same command with sudo. It then returned Device busy. What should I do?


texts: MacBook not able to connect to IRC server over Airport

texts:
I have a MacBook Air connected to an Airport Express and I am trying to connect to an IRC server.

I am able to connect to the IRC server down the street at the cafe.  I am able to connect to the IRC server over LTE when tethered to my phone.  I contacted my ISP and they were able to connect to the IRC server.

Hence, I believe there is some setting with the Airport Express that needs to be adjusted.

Here is output from nmap, traceroute, ping:

$ nmap -sT -p 6697,6667 irc.xxxx.com

Starting Nmap 6.46 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-05-14 09:23 PDT
Note: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try -Pn
Nmap done: 1 IP address (0 hosts up) scanned in 3.09 seconds

$ traceroute irc.xxxx.com
traceroute to irc.xxxx.com (64.156.193.80), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1)  3.066 ms  1.178 ms  1.119 ms
 2  64-46-0-1.aquarius.gw.novuscom.net (64.46.0.1)  1.421 ms  1.338 ms  1.308 ms
 3  novus-entertainment-10000m-van.demarc.spectrumnet.us (216.243.24.2)  1.354 ms  1.635 ms  1.275 ms
 4  69.90.98.210 (69.90.98.210)  1.236 ms  1.635 ms  1.312 ms
 5  10ge-xe-0-0-0.van-hc21e-dis-1.peer1.net (216.187.115.129)  1.408 ms  2.051 ms  1.374 ms
 6  10ge.xe-0-2-1.sea-coloc-dis-1.peer1.net (216.187.89.186)  4.753 ms  5.010 ms  4.656 ms
 7  10ge.xe-4-0-0.sea-wes7-dis-1.peer1.net (216.187.89.189)  4.766 ms  4.833 ms  4.973 ms
 8  xe-10-0-0.edge1.seattle3.level3.net (4.59.232.1)  5.223 ms  5.053 ms  4.957 ms
 9  ae-31-51.ebr1.seattle1.level3.net (4.69.147.150)  34.778 ms  35.108 ms  35.086 ms
10  ae-7-7.ebr2.sanjose1.level3.net (4.69.132.49)  35.043 ms  34.841 ms  34.659 ms
11  ae-2-2.ebr2.sanjose5.level3.net (4.69.148.141)  34.890 ms  34.928 ms  35.195 ms
12  ae-6-6.ebr2.losangeles1.level3.net (4.69.148.201)  34.953 ms  34.929 ms  34.774 ms
13  ae-82-82.csw3.losangeles1.level3.net (4.69.137.26)  35.948 ms  34.772 ms  35.104 ms
14  ae-71-71.ebr1.losangeles1.level3.net (4.69.137.5)  34.706 ms
ae-81-81.ebr1.losangeles1.level3.net (4.69.137.9)  35.080 ms
ae-91-91.ebr1.losangeles1.level3.net (4.69.137.13)  35.781 ms
15  ae-5-5.car1.sandiego1.level3.net (4.69.133.205)  49.450 ms  35.271 ms  44.764 ms
16  giglinx-inc.car1.sandiego1.level3.net (4.79.33.230)  35.403 ms  35.212 ms  35.657 ms
17  * *^C

$ ping irc.xxxx.com
PING irc.xxxx.com (64.156.xxx.xx): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2


texts: I bought an iPhone 6s recently and my brother did so too, we just come pared them and it appears that my iPhone 6s doesn't have a default News app (the one that can't be deleted) but my brother does. Why is that?


texts: Is it possible to add description of an app when creating by Platypus?

texts: I am creating an app by Platypus. Is there any way to add description of an app that would be visible in About menu? Or how it might be done?


texts: How is PRK generated/derived and what is being sent to Apple's servers if I choose "use this iCloud account to unlock and reset your password..." during FileVault setup? I wasn't able to find this in FileVault technical whitepaper. Is it just yet another DEK (Data Encryption Key)?


texts: How to upgrade an iPad without losing data?

texts:
What do you mean "how to upgrade an iPad"? You plug it in, start iTunes, click Upgrade and that's it!

That's what I thought before starting the process. After all, it's Apple we're talking about, right?

Not quite.

I am trying to upgrade my father's iPad 1 to iOS 5 using a brand new Windows 7 profile on my laptop. I plugged the iPad in, and it complained because the relevant Windows service was down.

An UAC elevation and a trip to the services interface later, iTunes informed me that if I didn't transfer purchases to my computer I'd lose them, and asked me if I wanted to continue. Continue to what, upgrading or transferring?

A cancel and a right click on iPad → Transfer purchases later, iTunes told me that the upgrade would wipe the iPad completely clean and that I'd need to sync everything beforehand, and asked me if I wanted to continue... doing what? Upgrading while losing all the data or doing syncronization?

Now I'm stumped. The iPad "tabs" show all sync options are disabled. When I enable them, iTunes warns me that by doing that the iPad content will be replaced by the computer content, which would be absolutely nothing.

So, here's my apparently simple question. I'm really surprised I have to ask...

How can I upgrade an iPad (or an iPod) to a newer version of iOS using a brand new computer without losing data in the process?

Is a backup what I want perhaps? Would a backup include the current version of iOS, making the restoring process undo the upgrade in the first place?


texts: How to stop note to stop auto convert double qoute to inverted comma?

texts:
This is the text I want to keep in a note:

gcloud compute --project "wordpress-test" instance-groups unmanaged create "instance-group-wordpress" --zone "us-central1-b"

However note will always automatically convert the last double quote to a "smart inverted comma" like so:

gcloud compute --project "wordpress-test" instance-groups unmanaged create "instance-group-wordpress" --zone "us-central1-b”

(You have to manually type it in order to trigger this behavior)

Is there any way I can stop this conversion?


texts: How to find an iMovie project file - Mac- iPad iMovie?

texts:
I'm trying to get an iMovie onto my iPad in an editable format and I'm told you need to paste the project file into iCloud drive. I can't seem to do this.

Any other ideas on how to get the project into my iPad?


texts: If I turn on FileVault for a TimeMachine drive, are previous backups encrypted

texts:
I have been running TimeMachine for a couple of months, but just now decided to encrypt my backups.  Having ticked the box for encryption for my backup drive, TimeMachine nows says I have no previous backups.  However, when I look in the backup drive I can see all the backup folders.

Are those backups encrypted, or is it just future ones?


texts:
On Mac, the Excel show mojibake

However with Numbers it can show the right content. How can I set Excel to show Chinese characters?

My system language is English.


texts: Possible to add a password to the guest account on Mavericks?

texts:
I have a very precocious four-year-old who absolutely adores computers. We gave him his own login with which we control his access carefully.

The problem is the guest account. It requires no password, so regardless of the parental controls on his account, he can always log on as guest.

Applying parental controls to the guest account defeats the purpose, as I want my houseguests to be able to use it anytime they like. I would just give them the password on their arrival.

I suppose I could disable the guest account, and create a separate account which would basically be a normal user account except named "Visitor" and with a password. But I like the automatic cleanup of the guest account, and, well, that's kind of what it's there for.

But I'm still holding out hope: is there any way to add a password to the guest account?


texts: The keyboard's plists of PressAndHold also can no longer be modified to add the new accents in El Capitan

texts:
From OS X 10.8 to 10.10, I used to modify the PressAndHold keyboard plists to add the new Romanian and Slavic accents and some symbols, so I'm an hyperglot.

/System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents

From 10.11, they can no longer be modified.


texts: Can I still Downgrade my iPhone 4 down to IOS 6.1.3 from IOS 7?

texts: I just wanted to know if there is still a way to downgrade iOS 7, i don't have beta. (on an iPhone 4 which is listed as iPhone3,1 on http://iossupportmatrix.com).


texts:
As far as I can see Apple TV does not support Apple Music (see Apple Music)

Did I miss something?


texts:
How do I add a hidden administrator user to my Mac if possible?
I don't want it to show up on the login screen.


texts: Why is my iMac able to write to an NTFS external drive but not my MacBook Pro

texts:
My iMac (standalone desktop running Mojave) which is formatted as APFS is able to read and write to my Seagate external drive (which is formatted as NTFS). Yet my MacBook Pro (which was formatted as APFS encrypted, running High Sierra) cannot. I thought it was the fact that the MBP was in APFS encrypted so I took a lot of time getting it to be reformatted as Mac OS Extended. But when successful, it was still not able to write to the Seagate external drive.

I was searching all over the internet and it seems the only way was to use an 3rd party software or initiate Apple's experimental write support. I did not do any of this to my iMac yet it is able to write to my Seagate drive no problem.

I'm trying to duplicate this with my MBP but cannot. Can any tell me how is my iMac able to do that?


texts:
My contract with AT&T is up for renewal. My wife has an iPhone 3G. I'd like to use my renewal to score her a free upgrade to a 3GS.

She's on T-Moble and so needs to have her phone jailbroken and unlocked.

I read that all new 3GS models are now bundled with iOS 5.

How can I buy a new 8GB iPhone 3GS that still has iOS 4?  Is the packaging any different?  Are there any telltale signs that indicate firmware version before purchase?


texts: Is there a way to temporarily allow popups in Safari 6 without going into Preferences?

texts: If I know I'm about to click on a link that will pop up a window that I want, is there a modifier key or anything I can do to temporarily allow the popup to appear, without going into Safari's preferences window, unchecking the box, opening the popup, then checking the box again (and getting the same warning every single time)?


texts: Hierarchical Smart playlists vs Smart playlists

texts:
What does the "..." button in the iTunes "Edit Smart Playlist" dialog do? And how is specifying a condition using that any different than a condition specified otherwise (by clicking the "+" button).

The only link I could find on that is iPod nano: Hierarchical Smart Playlists do not update on device and that doesn't clarify anything.


texts: Want to Update iMovie, etc. on MacBook Pro

texts: I have updates of iMovie, etc. on my MacBook Pro. But every time I go to update it tells me to sign into one of my email addresses first. I press OK and nothing happens. I sign into the email and there is no mail in there. Where do I sign in? I'm not sure what to do.


texts: Mac running like a snail after 15 minutes

texts: After booting up my Mac (2011) it runs fine for the first 15 minutes then runs like a snail. My memory and CPU usage is fine and I have scanned for viruses countless of times an comes back with nothing. I have checked my spotlight search and apps running in the background (all the tips everyone gives you to check). If anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated.


texts: Where do I update Google account details in iOS13?

texts:
I always changed email account passwords in Settings > Passwords & Accounts > (choose an account).

Now I can't see any password field there.  Same on two iPhone 7.
How can I update the password for an email account such as google?

Has this changed in the latest iOS?


texts: Cannot access directories over SMB (permissions error)

texts:
I am unable to access directories like ~/Documents, ~/Downloads, or ~/Desktop via SMB — the SB share on which they exist can be accessed, but not the directories themselves (trying to browse them gives permissions errors)
In Console.app, I have (for kernel), e.g.,
System Policy: smbd(7706) deny(1) file-read-data /Users/alex/Documents

This appears when I try to access ~/Documents.
How can I fix this so ~/Documents and similar dirs are accessible via SMB?


texts:
I'm trying to figure out why sometimes my icons don't display properly on my Late 2016 MBP with TouchBar.

It happened back when I was on Sierra and now on High Sierra as well.

It seems that they only revert to the default app icon in the dock, but most of the time the app icon really does show up in mission control.

Any ideas as to why this might be happening are much appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: Copy and paste issue from Excel to Keynote table

texts:
I'm having a big issue when copying from multiple Excel cells/rows and then pasting into a Keynote/Numbers table. When I select multiple cells in Excel with named content such as 'David goes to the gym' and then paste into a Keynote/Numbers cell it stretches the content across 5 separate cells as opposed to keeping it in one cell.

I have absolutely no idea why this is happening.. I've reinstalled office365 but this hasn't changed anything.

Anyone any ideas on this ?


texts: Error code -36 - cp: Input/output error - mac

texts: While I'm coping the file from the External hard drive to my MacBook Pro I'm getting Error code -36. Some recommended for dot_clean option, also I've tried and facing the same issue. Even I've tried to copy through the Terminal and also getting IO error. Desperately need to copy my stuff from my external drive.


texts: How do I get rid of the mackeeper popup from http://mackeeperapp2.mackeeper.com?

texts:
This is not the zeobit version. Adware scanner doesn't find anything. It pops up (or under) whenever I close Safari.

I have Mac OS X 10.7.5.

It is advertising MacKeeper and I would like it to bug off.


texts: how to use fingerprint id to sign in to apple ID

texts:
When updating my Mac, I often get a password popup like the following.

Why does the keychain not remember my password from the last 100 times I entered it.  And why does it not offer me the fingerprint option?    I have my Touch ID options set as follows.


texts: How to recreate /usr/local with SIP/rootless mode on El Capitan?

texts:
With rootless mode enabled (a.k.a System Integrity Protection) it turns out you can remove /usr/local but cannot recreate it:

$ sudo rm -rf /usr/local
$ sudo mkdir /usr/local
mkdir: /usr/local: Operation not permitted

How to (re)create /usr/local or any such folder?


texts: How to delete all my progress in Fruit Ninja?

texts:
I would like to reset all my progress, achievements and objects from Fruit Ninja. I've tried deleting it and then reinstalling it again, but I still have all my stuff.

So, how could I reset the game so that it's like I've never played before?


texts: MacBook Pro won’t sleep automatically — no process preventing sleep according to pmset. What’s going on?

texts:
i noticed the following problem with my MBP 8,1 running 10.7.2 — automatic sleep just doesn’t happen. Since I usually put my Macbook to sleep manually before leaving the desk etc. I just noticed this issue and can’t really pinpoint it to specific updates.

What happens automatically is display sleep. Computer sleep just doesn’t occur.

Closing the lid works, selecting “sleep” from the Apple menu works. The only way to put my MBP to sleep automatically is currently PleaseSleep, which works fine.

Here’s pmset -g:

pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power       1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 standbydelay   4200
 standby    0
 womp       1
 halfdim    1
 panicrestart   157680000
 hibernatefile  /var/vm/sleepimage
 sms        1
 networkoversleep   0
 disksleep  10
 sleep      10
 hibernatemode  3
 ttyskeepawake  1
 displaysleep   3
 acwake     0
 lidwake    1

As you can see, no process is preventing sleep.

Here’s pmset -g assertions:

pmset -g assertions
25.12.11 03:05:34 MEZ
Assertion status system-wide:
   ChargeInhibit                           0
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep             0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep              0
   NoRealPowerSources_debug                0
   CPUBoundAssertion                       0
   EnableIdleSleep                         1
   PreventSystemSleep                      0
   DisableInflow                           0
   DisableLowPowerBatteryWarnings          0
   ExternalMedia                           0

Kernel Assertions: 0x0004
 * Kernel Assertion ID = 500
   Created At = 01.01.70 01:03:17 MEZ
   Modified At = 25.12.11 02:46:14 MEZ
   Owner ID = 0xffffff800b664000
   Level = 255
   Assertions Set = None (4)

 * Kernel Assertion ID = 501
   Created At = 01.01.70 01:03:21 MEZ
   Modified At = 01.01.70 01:00:00 MEZ
   Owner ID = 0xffffff800b674000
   Level = 0
   Assertions Set = None (4)

 * Kernel Assertion ID = 502
   Created At = 01.01.70 01:05:31 MEZ
   Modified At = 25.12.11 02:38:13 MEZ
   Owner ID = 0xffffff800b704200
   Level = 0
   Assertions Set = None (32)

Any ideas? I tried resetting the SMC, to no avail.

Bluetooth is off, Sharing is off. Automatic sleep doesn’t occur both on power adapter and battery power. Unplugging USB hub with things like keyboard/mouse connected makes no difference.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT Just booted into safe mode, and automatic sleep definitely works then.

EDIT 2 After removing Google Software Update, automatic sleep miraculously started working again.


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I am using a Macbook with Outlook, with three mail accounts configured.
I want to be able to move an email from one account with drag & drop to another mail account in the left sidebar.
This works fine for Outlook on Windows, but in Outlook it just does not work at all. Even with right click on the email > copy (or move?) > I can just select other folders in the same account.
How can I do this?


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I installed an el capitan update about two weeks ago, and since then I've had constant issues connecting my macbook pro to my work VPN.

I can connect ok, but after only a few minutes (usually-- it can be as long as 45 min and as short as about 2 minutes) the VPN dies off.

Tailing the VPN logs, it all looks ok for a while, then starts repeating the following:

Thu Apr 14 13:01:03 2016 : No DHCP server replied
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x5 88 ce 83 e3 a6 12 ea 7b 43 ac 98 7f de 47 5c 2c 6f 86 f7 7c 8a 5e 0a c6 1d b1 23 c7 95 92 a1 f0 ...]
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x88ce
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x6 62 7b 8e 7c b2 95 42 8f 7e 38 88 37 32 bb bb 79 7a 10 e5 e8 35 76 99 20 7b bd 83 1c bc b7 b0 4c ...]
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x627b
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x7 00 4d fb fc 33 73 bc 0c 25 9b f0 eb 3a 6c 93 21 d6 9f ec e1 f5 19 71 6d ff 7d 8b 3a 02 f2 e6 e4 ...]
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x4d
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x8 d8 ac 17 1e 35 e3 59 3b 7d 0c 34 0b 4f 87 d3 86 6a 5c 03 dc 09 7b e0 a7 17 79 5f 5e 73 b6 ac 26 ...]
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xd8ac
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x9 00 3b d8 5e 73 a1 e5 fd ff 33 3c 27 0d 5c aa 46 8c 1c 85 33 e0 ac 5d e0 f5 fc 50 bc 30 af 23 23 ...]
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x3b
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0xa 00 ef a9 de 91 fe 98 7b a3 db f4 32 08 c0 af 6b ff 86 31 09 e4 23 dd ef 53 df b4 18 b2 33 81 c0 ...]
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xef
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0xb 00 27 41 a2 f0 b1 53 69 71 fa ae 58 fb 33 c2 5a 1e dc 10 ce 4d f8 ca bc 28 d6 ef 8a 95 7a 60 03 ...]
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x27
Thu Apr 14 13:03:08 2016 : rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0xc 00 c5 76 9b 78 e4 44 b6 df 7c ea 61 41 a2 17 12 e3 ab 42 2c 11 a6 37 72 15 30 93 10 81 7b 69 7d ...]

Has anyone seen this before? Any idea of workaround or things to try?


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When I select highlighted text in Preview, I am unable to copy and paste it. If I try to paste it into a text editor, I hear the system alert sound and nothing happens. If I begin my selection just before or after the highlighted passage, then text selection and copying works as normal. Is there any way of copying highlighted text in Preview?
I am using Mojave 10.14.6 and my version of Preview is Version 10.1 (944.6.16.1).