texts: MacBook unibody 2010 will not charge reliably

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I have a 2010 MacBook unibody (the white one, not the Pro) and I have been having all sorts of trouble with it. While I have most of the other problems figured out, there is one that keep persisting and I've tried everything I can think of (or find) to fix it:

the MacBook will not charge reliably.

It will charge for about a week, then it quits working and dies and I can't use it for a few days. Everything I know/tried is listed below.

What I Know:

the MagSafe charger seems to work for a few days, then stop working for a few days
it only seems to stop working when my MacBook's battery dips below 30%
once it stops working, I can not get it to work again unless I unplug it from the wall and the MacBook and let it sit for over 24 hours
the MagSafe charger is immaculate. No dirt anywhere on the charger or the port
the MacBook discharges even when the adapter is connected
the light on the charger is off when it does not work (even when connected)
all pins are making proper contact with the MacBook
there is current going through the cable and into the MacBook.

What I Have Tried:

cleaning the charger and port
using different wall adapters
using different outlets
resetting the SMC and the NVRAM
warming up the charger.

Unfortunately I don't have access to another first generation MagSafe MacBook or MagSafe charger so I have not been able to find out which part is broken: the MacBook or the charger.

Taking it to the Apple Store is not something I am willing to do, so I'd prefer a solution that does not involve me leaving my house.

Thanks.


texts: MacBook Pro does not go into sleep mode after upgrading to Yosemite

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I have a MacBook Pro 13″ and after I had upgraded to Yosemite the device does't go in sleep mode when I want it (anything is disconnected from the device). I went to energy power savings to change my settings but still doesn't work.

This is what terminal shows to me with pmset -g assertions command:

2015-01-29 12:02:35 +0100 Assertion status system-wide: BackgroundTask 0 ApplePushServiceTask 0 UserIsActive 1 PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0 PreventSystemSleep 0 ExternalMedia 0 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0 NetworkClientActive 0

Listed by owning process: pid 76(hidd): [0x0000de4e000908e3] 00:17:53 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle" Timeout will fire in 286 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease No kernel assertions.


texts: Am running on the latest MacOS Big Sur on my MacBookPro14,1. Recently it stopped connecting to WiFi. Checked all the settings and I couldn’t find WiFi/Internet option on the network preferences. I only see Bluetooth PAN and Thunderbolt Bridge. I have followed all the recommendations here but still nothing. Kindly help.


texts: Unable to delete file from Downloads folder

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I have a file (4alJRTP_.gif.part) in my downloads folder that won't seem to delete.

Every time I drag it to the trash, nothing shows up in the trash and the file icon remains in the downloads folder.

I also tried opening the file and a pop-up window shows up saying "'file_name.gif.part' can't be found".

How can I get rid of the file icon in my downloads folder? Any help will be greatly appreciated!


texts: Apple's Profile Manager (MDM) is suddenly unable to updates settings on enrolled iPads

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So I just noticed that all new iPads (and old ones that we removed from groups and added to other groups) is no longer able to push settings to the iPads.

The iPads are all on very different networks, and installing apps on them all seem to work.

I'm guessing this is a bug that was introduced in the last Server update. Running 10.9.2 and Server 3.1.1

Anyone else experiencing this or know what might be causing it?


texts: Why are programs I download on my Mac listed under Devices in Finder window?

texts: For instance I downloaded Java and it's listed as a device.  After i ran the installation, i clicked on the little eject-like looking button beside its name under Devices and the downloaded installation file disappeared from the Desktop.  Where did it go?


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I want to enter a simple adb shell command, so I navigated to ...\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe, and opened it. However, I am unable to type in it!

I am a new Mac user after recently moving from Windows, and am unsure why I can't type in the adb. What's wrong?


texts: Samsung EVO 480 *and* stock hard drive not recognised by Snow Leopard installer

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A friend of mine came to me with her Macbook Pro 8,3 (17 inch, 2011). The hard drive had failed, and booting into the recovery disk didn't show a working hard drive.

I went out and bought her a samsung EVO 480 (because why not do an upgrade while I'm at it?), and plugged it in.

Still not recognised by Disk Utility on the install disk.

I went back and reformatted the disk as HFS+ with my windows machine, using MacDrive. Put it back in the laptop, and it's still not turning up in the list.

I have confirmed that the SSD has the latest firmware on it using Samsung's magician software, and I'm now focusing on the SATA cable.

Though I'm not sure what my options are for diagnosis and replacement of parts now, as I haven't ever had to deal with a broken cable! Any ideas, anyone?


texts: PDF document with notes has yellow squares, can't remove them

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I have a PDF document with a lot of notes. There is a yellow square in every note, and if I remove the note using the inspector, the yellow squares doesn't go away:

I need to print this document and it's unusable with all these yellow squares. How do I remove them?

PS: I already removed the notes, but there are still yellow squares.


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut for Don't Save?

texts:
One thing I do a lot is Command ⌘-Tab over to TextEdit, jot down some notes, and then decide to throw them away.  I can close the window with ⌘-W, but is there a way to not-save it from just the keyboard?

Escape simply cancels the close. ⌘-D takes the file-picker to the Desktop (and I thought this used to work, pre-Lion, but maybe I'm just imagining it).

Is there a keyboard shortcut for Don't Save, short of turning on Full Keyboard Access?


texts: Is there a way to regulate Internet usage on iPhone 4S? I'm looking for a program that enables me to put a limit on the time spend online (on certain sites).


texts: Can I access a Thunderbolt drive with the AirPort Extreme?

texts: Is there a way to connect a Thunderbolt hard drive to an AirPort Extreme?


texts: MacBook going into blank screen after Apple Logo

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I’ve been trying to turn on my MacBook Pro. It goes into a black screen while it’s trying to boot ( as the progress bar reaches 50% on the Apple Logo Screen).

I am able to boot into the recovery mode and I've run the FirstAid test for my hard disk. It didn’t find any issues with the device.

Tried to login into safe mode, after the Apple logo progress screen. It goes into a spinning circle screen and it gets stuck in a loop. I waited for 15 minutes but the screen kept going blank and into spinning circle.

I have a MacBook Pro 2015 Retina running 10.14

Update - I have even tried using "Reinstall OSX" option from the recovery menu. I went through with the whole downloading and installation process. But I still end up with the same issue after booting my MacBook. I am only able to access the recovery menu.


texts: MacBook Pro stuck on GRUB minimal Bash at startup

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I had a dual boot Linux Mint 19 and macOS on my MacBookPro11,2. Since the CPU was overheating with Linux, I decided today to delete the Linux partition.
Little problem, when I start my MacBook Pro now, I just have this menu on startup:

  "GNU Grub version 2.02 - Minimal BASH-Like line editing is supported
  grub>"

If I type ls, this is what I get:

  (hd0) (hd1) (hd1,gpt2) (hd1,gpt1).

What could I do to boot into macOS?

Output from diskutil list disk0.

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF               228.8 GB   disk0s2


texts: How to file transfer between android and iPhone via bluetooth

texts: Why Bluetooth of apple devices doesn't work for transferring data or files with other devices and even with apple to apple devices? Why can't the video or files be directly downloaded in device like iPhone, iPad etc. If possible how to send files to android phones via bluetooth


texts: Sierra no sound in headphones after sleep

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If my headphones are plugged in, after going to sleep my Mac doesn't have any sound in headphones. After re-plugging, everything works well. Sometimes, changing the output in sys/Sound works, but not always.
I'm on MacBook Pro 2017, Sierra 10.12.6

Is there a solution to this? While working I need to put laptop to sleep frequently, and I don't want to mess with the headphones jack too much on daily basis. If any additional info needed, please let me know.


texts: Unable to use gpt to restore efi partition

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I accidentally deleted my efi partition, which I now know is bad news bears. I found a guide here to restore it without losing data, but even though I'm booting from usb and have unmounted all partitions, I'm still getting the error gpt remove: unable to open device "disk0": resource busy.

Everything I'm reading says to boot from an OSX usb installer disk, and use diskutil unmountdisk disk0 and then gpt will work.  I've definitely done both of these things but it's still telling me the disk is mounted...

Could someone recommend anything else to try? Much thanks


texts: Problem with iMessage "Delivered" status

texts: For some recipients when I send an iMessage (blue blox) I get a "Delivered" message below it.  However, with other users the "Delivered" box never appears.  I know one option is that their phone may be off, but I know this is not the case because I get a response. Why does the "Delivered" status appear on some iMessages, but not on others when I know the message has been received?  Thank you for your help.


texts: How do I hide Quicktime Player's controls when the video is paused?

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I'm trying to take a screen shot (using Grab) of a quicktime video that is paused.  The problem is that the video controls don't disappear, and thus are shown in the resulting shot as seen below:

Is there anyway to hide this UI when paused, much like it hides when the movie is playing?
I'm using Quicktime 10.0 on 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)


texts: How to remove something I have downloaded via curl

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I have followed this article: link and ran the following command:

  curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 5.6

How do I remove this, since I upgraded to Sierra and I already have php 5.6 version? If you include what happened when I executed this command, I'd be more than happy!

Edit for clarification:

I googled how to update php that comes with osx.
I opened this link I put above. And ran the command I mentioned.
And it told me it created a folder /usr/local/php5-5.6.27-20161101-100213 and 'symlink'(?).
I updated to Sierra and the default php (that I was trying to "update") is now version 5.6.

I want to remove the php I installed from this article. I thought of deleting the folder I mentioned above, but I'm not sure that would do the thing. What about that symlink it made during the "installation"?


texts: Firefox Developer Edition [and others] not opening in macOS Catalina

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Ok... tell me it's not just me, when I launch Firefox Developer Edition [68.0b13] in macOS Catalina [beta 2] I get the error message that it can't open because it's from an unidentified developer.

So, I try to go to the file in Application and right-click open and confirm that I want to open.  The base program opens but there is an updater sequence that Firefox tries to open that hits the same wall as before.

I've even gone to Security and Privacy and told it to open anyway.  Still nothing.

Does anyone know how to overcome this and get FDE to launch or am I just screwed until Apple and Mozilla figure their stuff out?


texts: How precisely can I track distances using the iPhone accelerometer?

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Theoretically the accelerometers in the iPhone can be used to track distance using interpolation over time.

What is the estimated error for tracking distances between 1 and 10 meters?
Is there any iPhone app that work as a measuring tape?


texts: Photos.app iOS/macOS: remove all photos on iOS and without removing them on the Mac

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I have photos on my iPhone in Photos.app and on my Mac in Photos.app as well.

How can I remove all photos from my iPhone without losing photos in Photos.app in my Mac?

I understand that all is in iCloud and photos are seen on all devices, and that's great, but if I need more space on my iPhone, can't I trust that my photos in PHOTOS on my mac are safe, and just delete the ones on the phone?

This has been asked before, but there are no clear answers.


texts: What's the best solution to sync contacts from Mac to Android Phone?

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I'd like to sync my contacts from the Mac addressbook to an Android phone, but I'd rather not use Google (or any cloud) where I have no control over my data.

So far I found SyncMate and Missing Sync. Both cost $40 and promise to do sync more data that I will ever get on my Android phone.

SyncMate offers a free edition that can sync the contacts to the phone, but it's slow (more than 3 minutes to sync 250 contacts), has no progress bar and won't update the contacts on the Mac if I added a number on the phone (and I have set the sync to bidirectional!).

The Missing Sync doesn't seem to offer a free or trial edition, so can't tell how well it works.

Has anybody compared contact syncing with these two products? And are there other options?


texts: toggle playPause for iPhoto, script problem, probably global variable

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I need toggle playPause for iPhoto, so I wrote this script

global isPaused
try
    get isPaused
on error
    set isPaused to false
end try
tell application "iPhoto"
    if slideshow running then
        if isPaused then
            resume slideshow
        else
            pause slideshow
            set isPaused to true
        end if
    else
        start slideshow
    end if
end tell

I sent this command via ssh (with osascript -e '%s') and resume feature doesn't work (start and pause work correctly).

so I wrote helper script

try
    get toggle
on error
    set toggle to false
end try
tell application "iPhoto"
    if toggle then
        start slideshow
    else
        set toggle to true
    end if
end tell

it works correctly when I run it via AppleScript editor, but not if I run this code via ssh.

[edited]
I run scripts exactly this way:

osascript -e 'try
get toggle
on error
set toggle to false
end try
tell application "iPhoto"
if toggle then
start slideshow
else
set toggle to true
end if
end tell'


texts: copy maverick installable from first mac to second

texts: Would it be possible to copy the Maverick OS downloaded using another Apple ID on the first Mac to be installed on the second mac using a different Apple ID?


texts: Any way to make weather widget stick to its place?

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I have four weather widgets on my dashboard at the moment. The problem I'm finding is that when I arrange them one way - every now and then some of them move down by 20-100 px approximately.
I think it has to do with the weather graphic that is being loaded (i.e. sun, snow, rain, etc.). Sometimes they're taller than expected by the widget and it repositions itself which messes with my arrangement.
Question
Is there a way to make weather widgets stick to the place I position it at?
Does anybody know how to stop the rearrangement of the weather widgets?
Arranged:

Displaced:


texts: Is reassigning or disabling short-key possible?

texts: The finder has the Command-H assigned to 'hide finder'. Can I reassign the key to something else? Or can I disable the Command-H short key to hide finder only through menu?


texts: iPhone is supposedly connected to Wifi but has no connection to neither internet, nor local network

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It has been two days of google-fu and I'm really out of ideas here. I live in Germany, just in case that's important.

Current situation

For a week now I haven't been able to connect my iPhone 5 (iOS 9.3.1) to the internet over my home Wifi. My router is a TP Link Archer VR200v (Firmware version 0.8.0 0.21 v002f.0 Build 151105 Rel.35502n, it's the latest one.), I think the international name of it is AC750. I use the VR200v as a router and modem.

Our DSL was down for a few minutes last weekend. While I'm not 100% sure those two things are related, ever since then, the iPhone hasn't been able to properly connect to my Wifi. The phone claims that it's connected but I can't open any websites and also can't access my router's configuration interface (192.168.1.1). I don't have any problems connecting to other Wifi networks and using their internet, I tried my university's Wifi and also used my other phone as a hotspot (Moto X Pure) which both work flawlessly.

I also don't have any problems connecting other WLAN devices to the network. Two laptops, TV, the Motorola, all work and have stable internet connections.

What I've tried

The router allows 2.4 and 5GHz frequencies. I tried both, with and without WPA2 passwords. Same results.

I wiped the iPhone and restored it from a backup, hoping to clear some sort of messed up configuration. It didn't make a difference. I tried connecting both the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz Wifi during the setup without restoring it first, same result.

I tried a different Firmware for the router, still no connection.

I tried manually setting the channel (tried several for 2.4 and 5GHz) and the channel width, which had been suggested by people with similar problems, that didn't help though.

Other people suggested disabling WMM on the router (i.e. http://www.ceus-now.com/wifi-connection-problem-iphone-to-tp-link-router/)

The problem is, I haven't found a way to disable WMM on my router. It claims that WMM is obligatory for the 802.11n und 802.11ac modes, which suggests that 802.11g allows disabling it. However I can only choose between 'Only 802.11n', '802.11gn mixed' and '802.11bgn mixed'.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

So I'm really out of ideas here. I feel like some setting hasn't been deleted 100% and creates some sort of issue between the phone and the router.  Has anyone experienced something like this before? I'm open for suggestions!


texts: TP-Link USB Wi-Fi dongle won't detect any wireless networks

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This is the second Wi-Fi card I am trying, so I am confident that it is not the card in question that is not working correctly.

I have macOS High Sierra running 10.13.5 with a TP-Link Archer T4UH with the official drivers installed from TP's website.

Everything appears to be in working order, however no matter what I do I cannot get the network to display.

I am running Mac OS X in a VM. But to my mind this shouldn't make any difference at all.

I pass the usb dongle directly into the Guest. No longer having access to this device in the host.

Below is what I see:

Update

After using an older version of OSx I have got the wireless to work internally.

Showing my setup


texts: iPad/iPhone on iOS 5 - images don't always load in Safari, just on my network

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This question is baffling to say the least, as I'm just not sure how to diagnose where the problem is happening.

Here's the problem: when I am connected to my network in the office (but not on other networks), the iPads or iPhones (all running latest iOS) sometimes don't show all of the images in Safari, and you have to reload the page (sometimes several times) to get all of the images to load. This was never an issue with prior iOS builds (prior to version 5).

This never happens on any other network - for example at the Apple Store, or cafe wifi networks.

Our office setup is as follows:

D-Link 4 Port Modem Router DSL-526B connected to ADSL2+ service
connected to:
D-Link NetDefend SOHO UTM Firewall DFL-160
connected to:
D-Link 16-Port WebSmart Gigabit Switch DGS-1210-16

Nothing has changed with the aforementioned setup between going from iOS 4 to 5. And we're seeing it with both iPad 2s and 3rd-generation iPads and with iPhone 4/4S

What could be happening for this to be a problem with our network? We don't have any issues with our Macs.


texts: chflags nohidden not unhiding hidden files

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Problem: because of an unkown reason all my desktop files and folders were hidden. i managed do unhide all folders, but i can't unhide the files
i tried to unhide the files via terminal chflags nohidden filename but it doesn't work. i also checked if the hidden flag is placed, but there is no hidden flag on the files (but they aren't visible). here is the output via terminalcommand ls -lo:
-rw-r--r--@ 1 username     13669 19 Aug 11:54 filename.txt
i also tried an app called InvisibliX (which isn't under development anymore), with no success
and of course i used the searching function, which lead me to this: How to unhide files on Mac? with no further success
I'm thankful for every hint you may have for me!
Some additional information regarding the OS:
Mac OS X Catalina 10.15.6


texts: Where does the Apple Workout app "save" completed workouts?

texts: The Apple Watch Workout app offers an option to "Save" a workout when it has been completed. Where are such saved workouts saved?


texts: Why does spotlight incorrectly calculate modular powers?

texts:
Spotlight does not calculate the correct result of (31^x) % 35 where x >= 11?. It shows for x=12

while the correct result is 1. How can this be? It works for all smaller powers of 31 modulo 35.


texts: Can you export or share Categories in Outlook 2011?

texts:
Is there any way to export or otherwise copy Categories, with colors, between Users/Macs?  They also don't yet synch to Exchange 2010, from what I can tell.

I'll likely develop a default new user profile and then run an AppleScript to add the Exchange account based on the currently logged in user's credentials, so I can set up defaults that way, hoping that there's a way to export or copy categories however.


texts: How to use movement for classical music with Apple Music?

texts:
Apple Music groups tracks in classical music albums by work and movement, which is great. Here's an example:

When I add albums to my library, however, the grouping is lost. Here is how that same album appears in my library:

According to this MacWorld article it is possible to edit the tracks to specify that they include work and movement grouping, however, this requires that one input the information manually, which is tedious and should be unnecessary considering that information is clearly there in Apple Music.

Am I missing something? Is it possible to preserve this grouping when adding classical music albums to iTunes from Apple Music?


texts: How long does a macbook air battery last for

texts: I have had my macbook air for 2 and 1/2 years now. Is this a normal time for the battery to be needing a replacement?


texts:
Oh, come on! I can't close this stupid alert because it's taller than the screen itself. Pressing enter just re-opens the alert again. How do I close a Safari alert that's taller then the screen?

(I have unsaved work in several other tabs.)


texts: Jailbreak IOS 10.0.1 device via mach_portal without unlocking the iDevice

texts: Is there a way to jailbreak an iPhone 6 running iOS 10.0.1 via mach_portal (a basic root shell exploit which can be found here) while the device is locked, maybe some runtime code injection exploit etc. , or is the whole NAND encrypted while the device is locked?


texts: Mid-2010 Macbook Pro won't boot after trying to install macOS Sierra

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After I ran the macOS Sierra installer to start installation, my 2010 Macbook Pro wouldn't start anymore. It would get to the grey startup screen, flash the Apple logo for a second, and then switch to a crossed circle, and periodically restart that sequence.

I got into verbose mode by starting my computer with Cmd+V and saw error messages like:

efiboot loaded from device: Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1F12)/SATA(0,0)/HD(Part3,Sig4B75...)
efiboot file path: \System\Library\CoreServices\boot.efi
ERROR!!! Prelinked kernel corrupted
ERROR!!! Load prelinked kernel with status 0x000000000000001b
Error loading kernel cache (0x1b)
Error loading kernel cache (0x1b)
...

How do I get my computer back on track?


texts: Setting up multiple displays on a MacBook Pro as a single “giga-monitor.”

texts:
I have 2 extra monitors on my MacBook Pro. They are positioned like this:

I would like to use monitors 1 and 2 as a single giga-monitor.   Ideally I would like that VMWare Fusion would recognize them both as independent monitors and use only them, leaving the MacBook Pro retina display clear for other uses.


texts:
How can I combine two PDFs in Preview?
How can I combine two PDFs in Preview?


texts: Why does Xcode always have trouble submitting archives to iTunes?

texts:
Some Background

Xcode not submitting to iTunes flawlessly has ALWAYS plagued me! I just don't understand what's going on, ever!

I know what I am doing, I have quite a few apps in the iTunes App Store and Mac App Store. I know it's just buggy software because these issues didn't start happening until Xcode v4.0.

I Archive my application on iOS Device or Release mode and when Organizer appears, I login choosing the correct developer team, correct version and correct certificates. I also Validate my applications first and fore-most and always receive "Passed Validation" with no problem.

My applications also never build with any issues or warnings.

Most of the time, Xcode will just sit there and hang for a while on Your application is being uploaded. It's a 5/50 chance I'll get either of the 2 screens below.

Sometimes it will just sit here and animate and do nothing, even after about 10 minutes.

Sometimes the progress bar will get to about 10% (more or less), then other times it will get to around 80 - 90% (guestimate).

I have experienced extreme wait times with 2 applications I have done that have been over 300MB's which is understandable because there is a lot of data to upload.

But what I don't understand is why this same thing happens with, for instance my current application, which is around 15MB's archived.

Xcode seems to be very spotty and only seems to work some of the time and I have no clue why.

Question

Has anyone else experienced what I have mentioned above? If so, have you been able to narrow the issues down? And is there anything I can do differently to ensure that I have 100% successful submissions in the future?


texts:
I was trying to write an img file to an SD Card and just assumed it was the same disk as a minute ago but it wasn't. I have dd'd a Raspbian image onto my Time Machine disk and need a way to restore it. I'm trying Disk Drill Free to restore the disk but I am not sure if it is going to work.

This is the command I used:

dd if=/../image.img of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m

The size of the image was 1.5gb.

Solutions / tips please!


texts: Moving hard drive to another laptop. (similar model)

texts: I am trying to take the hard drive from a Macbook Pro 13-inch Mid 2012 (Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2) and put this hard drive into a Macbook Pro 13-inch Early 2011 (Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1). The hard drive is partitioned, one partition is osx, and one partition is windows 7 64bit. When I put this hard drive into the Macbook Pro 13-inch Early 2011, the osx partition works, but the windows partition for some reason does not work. Basically, it will load, and quickly go into a blue screen and then restart. If anyone can give me some advice on this, that would be great. Thanks


texts: iTunes My Music - Allowing Explicit Content Disabled (personal library)

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After updating to iTunes 12.2, I am not able to play explicit content music (from my library). I get the following warning.

Further, when I saw the explicit content option under parental controls it was disabled.

Anyone have any idea how to uncheck that option and get access to Explicit Content?
I had also contacted the apple support regarding the same issue and I received following response from apple:
Dear Sahil,
Thank you for contacting iTunes Store Support, my name is Richard and I am a Senior Advisor here in the iTunes Store.
The previous advisor has transferred this case over to me so I can help you resolve this issue.
I understand you have been unable to download explicit content from the iTunes Store after your iTunes update. I appreciate that this must be quite an inconvenience!
I understand that you were able to access this content before and now you are unable to. I too would be angry if this happened to me !
I have spoken to our Investigation Team and I have been informed that unfortunately, this is expected behaviour as the laws in your country no longer permit us to distribute explicit content there.
I am very sorry for this inconvenience Sahil as i am sure that is not the answer you were looking for.
Thank you in advance for your patience with this.
Kind regards,
Richard
iTunes Store Senior Advisor
Update:
Updating to iTunes v12.2.1.16, seems to fix the issue... :)


texts: Can't connect to TimeCapsule Wifi network from Ubuntu

texts: I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I can't find my TimeCapsule Wifi network from a Ubuntu machine I want to share some files with. The name of the connection simply doesn't show up among the available networks. Any help appreciated.


texts: Does Magic Mouse automatically sync up with Windows in Boot Camp?

texts:
I may be just going slightly mad, but hear me out.
I have a Macbook Pro running Catalina. My Magic Mouse 2 has been paired to it for a while.
I just installed Windows 10 to dual boot it using Boot Camp.
Now, I just got out the mouse thinking I needed to pair it again in Windows, but then I noticed it was already paired and working automatically! I really do not recall pairing it in Windows. I could be awfully forgetful and already did it, but I really do not remember doing so!
Did Apple make some feature in the Boot Camp tools that are installed in Windows causing bluetooth devices such as MM being synced between macOS and Windows?


texts: Can't find "floating or inline" option for images in Pages documents

texts: In earlier versions of Pages, there was an option to make an image float on the page. I loved that and can't find it in the new Pages.  Can anyone tell me how to navigate to it?


texts: Connect MBP Late 2014 to Samsung LC49J890

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I have some doubts about how to connect my MacBook Pro 2014 to this Samsung monitor to get the resolution of 3840x1080.

The problem comes with the use of a docking station, therefore I will not use the HDMI, I will not be able to use the DP since it will be connected to another computer.  So I would like to know if there is any way to connect using TB2 for maximum resolution, I have tried with an mDP to HDMI adapter and I can not upload 1080p, I have seen that there is an official Apple cable from type-C to TB2 but I do not know if this will work. I would like to know what solution I can have with the available inputs.


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Is there any way to play PPC applications on Lion without running them in a VM?

The application in question is Halo Demo.


texts: How to silence “Your disk is almost full” notification on MacOS Mojave 10.14.1 (18B75)

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I'm getting this message every 2 min and it really drives me crazy!!! I already tried following things that were suggested here. It still pops-up every 2 min.

Some outputs of my machine:

$ defaults read com.apple.diskspaced
{
    checkAllVolumes = 0;
    debugLog = 1;
    freeSpaceWarningLevel = 1;
    lastWarningDate = "2020-05-05";
    minFreeSpace = 1;
    removeAllNotifications = 1;
    warningInterval = 36000000000;
}

I set these values by myself and also tried other values but nothing worked.

$ grep com.apple.diskspaced /var/log/system.log

I set the debug level to 1 (as you can see from the defaults before) so I thought maybe there is something in the logs. Turned out that there is nothing.

I also tried something that is mentioned here.

$ grep -A6 debugLog <(strings $(find /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks -name diskspaced -print -quit))
debugLog (BOOL) - log additional debug information. Default: NO
Commands:
removeAllNotifications - Removes all scheduled and delivered user notificiations.
removeAllNotifications
com.apple.diskspaced
_mbsetupuser
Ignoring low disk notification during migration.
--
debugLog
systemUpdateDate
com.apple.updatesettings
Interval since system update :%f
alloc
init
lowSpaceTimer

Maybe this helps somebody to understand this service and helps to solve this bug.

PS: Yes I know that it isn't the best solution to ignore this issue BUT I can't afford a new mac and I can't delete any files because I already did! I only have 128 GB and 80 of them are programs the rest is reserved for MacOS. All files are on a separate SD-Card.


texts: cannot find iTunes Connect Mobile app when searching iTunes store

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I am searching for "iTunes Connect Mobile" app by Apple from my iPod touch (has OS 4.0) in the Apple Store, without any luck. Also tried "iTC Mobile" (a name used in some articles about it).

Opening iTunes on mac brings "iTunes Connect Mobile", and the description says it's working on iPod touch OS 3.2 and up. Any clues why iPod touch is not finding it?


texts: El Capitan Contacts.app most of contacts are duplicates, but not all

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Most of the contacts in my Contacts.app are duplicated, but not all.
I tried Apple's solution, to no avail.

Contacts that are not duplicated and that have data in Company field, have a column character (;) at the end of what is written in that field.

Adding the column character to an existing duplicated contact does not change anything (whether I add it in one of them or both).

Deleting by hand one of both duplicate contacts erases also the other but only after having quit and come back to the program.

Reimporting the vCard of the hand-deleted contact only recreates it once (even after quitting and coming back to the program).

In iCloud.com, there are no duplicates, neither in my iPhone, nor in my iPad.

I tried exporting as archive the totality of the contacts, erasing them from Contacts.app and reimporting them. But, strangely, the contacts come back, for like a second, and then half the contacts disappear. So instead of having my 808 contacts, only 488 remain and no duplicates (with duplicates there were 1787 contacts).

Any ideas?

Mac OS X: El Capitan, 10.11 (15A284)
Contacts.app: Version 9.0 (1679)


texts: Mac os x ipfw forward from ip:port to ip:port

texts: I want when on my local machine redirect from 192.168.64.88 port 80 to localhost port 9790. How can I do it with ipfw rule?


texts: How to redownload shared apps under one's own apple id and decouple from someone else's?

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Our minor child has his own Apple ID which is part of the family sharing household.  He also has an iPad on which he is signed into iCloud, iMessages, FaceTime, and the App Store with his own Apple ID.  Same for his iPhone.
When he went to update the apps today a bunch did update, but for a bunch of others he was prompted for a password to connect to the store (though it didn't say which Apple ID it wanted a password for).  He entered his own several times but was rejected.  It then occurred to me to have my wife enter her password and that took and the apps that weren't updating now updated.
While some of the apps on my kid's iPad that are apparently tied to my wife's Apple ID are things that cost money (and/or have associated in-app purchases), many of them (like Twitter, Discord, YouTube, Yelp, Keynote, GMail, Google Docs, Google Maps, etc.) are free.
We'd like our kid to be able to in the future update as many things as he can without needing my or my wife's password (especially when in not too many more years he's an adult and won't be part of Family Sharing anyways).
Is there any way to do this?  As a test for a couple of them (Twitter and Google Maps) we deleted them off the iPad and redownloaded them, but we still see them listed under my wife's purchases.
Is he just stuck?  Or is there some way to get these apps on his devices associated with his own Apple ID instead of my wife's?
His device history is as follows:

His first iPhone was my old 5S.  Most of the apps on that 5S were downloaded by my under my Apple ID directly, or were downloads by me via Family Sharing of things my wife had purchased under her Apple ID.  The phone was not wiped -- I just signed out of everything on it, deleted data and apps I wanted to delete and had my child sign into it.
The child's iPad was set up from the 5S using wireless migration (the 5S shows this moving dot code that was read with the new iPad's camera and that brought over all the settings, list of installed apps), though right from the start the child signed into it with his own Apple ID.
His current iPhone is my old 8.  However, this time I wiped the 8 first.  But post-wipe it was set up by using the iOS migration feature, using the iPad as the source.

So I'm guessing that a bunch of these apps (even free ones) not being under his own ID are because of the combination of Family Sharing and having the iPad and newer iPhone tracing their initialization to my old 5S which had things installed under my and me wife's IDs.
He hadn't updated the iPad or the 8 in quite a while and in fact they were both upgraded to 14.4 since the last time apps were updated.  I'm guessing (?) that iOS/iPadOS upgrade is why the prompt happened since he had been doing app updates before and hadn't gotten prompted for my wife's password in quite some time.


texts: OS X Installation USB not detected in Startup Disk selection

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I have a MacBook Pro 8.2. Recently I have download Sierra and Yosemite, and am currently running El Capitan.

And I created a bootable USB for OS X Yosemite with DiskMaker X 6, in case Sierra goes wrong.

But when I try to check the USB, it's not on Startup Disk. I tried the option key on mac boot, but the USB is not there.

I'm using SanDisk Cruzer Glide Media, here the USB details.


texts: Is it possible to display a Smart Folder as a stack in the Dock?

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I'd like to have my recent files at hand from my dock, preferably via a 'stack'.

I have already created a Smart Folder containing all my files that have been opened in the last 3 days and added it to the dock. However, I can not change the display mode: it is only there as a shortcut that opens a new Finder window.

Is there any way to change this behavior?


texts: Can I remove the text beneath apps on the iOS 7 home screen (SpringBoard)?

texts: The text beneath the apps looks really out of place with the new iOS 7. Is there any way to turn it off without jailbreaking?


texts: macOS Sierra update can't be installed on this disk.This volume does not meet the requirements for this update

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I have been updating the macOS from 10.12.4 to 10.12.6 . For this I have downloaded the macOS dmg file from the Apple website. But when I go on for installing the macOS then I see this error.

I have around 100GB of space but its still not updating the OS. What should I do about it. I need to install "Xcode" from the App Store but when I go on for installing it gives me the error that it needs the OS update to be 10.12.6 How can I fix this up?

The version I am working on is 10.12.4


texts: When moving some dock icons around, I noticed screen burn, basically my old dock icons were burnt into the screen, is there a way of fixing this issue? I'm running on a MacBook Pro and Yosemite. Is the burning the type of thing that's going to disappear after a while?


texts: How do I Propery Configure Display Scaling on macOS (with a 1440p External Display) to Reduce Eye Strain?

texts:
I have a triple monitor setup, I use it for my gaming computer primarily. This setup until November was 3 1080p 27" monitors. I use a Dell D6000 Dock to connect my 2018 MacBook Pro (and when WFH in lockdowns my work Mac Mini). I'm back in the home office but the setup has changed since I last used it (which worked perfectly).
I bought a new 1440p 165Hz beast of a gaming monitor, I've been using it on windows since November with absolutely no issues. All you need to do is whack 1 slider up to set an appropriate display scale and you're done.
On Mac I'm having a few more problems getting this display scaling to work properly. I've been getting eye strain this week when my main monitor is set to 1440p, its really bad. If I set the display to 1080p the strain goes but the quality of the image is worse than my side monitors. The side monitors on windows look blurry, when compared to the main and I paid alot of money for my new monitor and I'm very happy with it, so I want to run it at full whack.
The Display menu is confusing in my opinion because it displays different scaling options for retina & non retina displays:
Retina

Non Retina (This is my actual display settings for the monitor in question

I would like to run the display so that the screen scaling matches 1080p, but I want the image to be at the full resolution of my monitor, 1440p. I've had a look into both RDM & SwitchResX but don't really understand what I'm doing.
RDM
I don't actually get many options in this program. I get the usual options that are available in display and very few "Retina" options.

If I try to select 1280x720, nothing happens at all. If I select 1280x800 (16:10 so an incorrect aspect). the screen changes and displays a really high quality image with the OS GUI scaled and at a much less eye taxing size.
SwitchResX
I've played about with custom resolutions but can't get it to send a 2560x1400 60Hz signal scaled to 1920x1080. If I add a custom resolution it just marks it as invalid, even if I use the preset provided by the program.
Dilema
I really can't live with the OS GUI scale of native 1440p on macOS. Everything is just that little bit too small and its genuinely causing me physical pain to use my setup which is tried and tested for years (never had ANY issues on the 1080 displays). I'm planning an upgrade of my side monitors to 1440p as-well so I really need to crack this issue before I go and triple my problem...
I tried things like following this gist to set the screen to 2560x1080, even turning SIP off (which seems scary to me).
Would these issues be caused by my use of the Dell D6000 Dock? I'm connecting it to my mac via Thunderbolt USB C & I use the provided HDMI 2.0 cable to connect the dock to the monitor. I tested the specific cable with my windows machine and was able to run the panel at 1440p + 165Hz so bandwidth is likely not an issue. My dock supports up to 3 4K displays so again I don't think there are any physical limitations in the way. This is a purely software issue and I've got to say disappointing from apple. Their iOS accessibility is top notch, but their mac accessibility looks to be garbage if this experience is anything to go by! and I'm not alone!
For now I'm running the monitor at 1080p, everything looks blurry but at least I'm not going blind....


texts: How can I find which Control-Command keys are mapped to particular programs?

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I am using iTerm2 under High Sierra 10.13.6. iTerm2 lets me assign Control-Command key combos to particular actions. This mostly works fine, but at least two of these do nothing: Control-Command-B and Control-Command-D. I suspect they are being grabbed by something at the system level. However, manually walking through all of System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts didn't show anything for these two.

Is there a way to get a list of all key combinations and map them to what they are (or are not) assigned to?


texts: What do I need to provide a wired guest isolated access to my home network?

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I have an AirPort Extreme (APE) with the Wi-Fi setup for guest account and this works just fine.

I was wondering if I could also provide a wired ethernet guest access without letting this user see my computers AND without me having access to his computer while plugged into this network as well.

I do have a "switch".  Could I plug this into my broadband modem (first) then the APE? Would a switch give the isolation I need?


texts: How to synchronize iPhone with new Mac without losing data?

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I've upgraded my workplace with a new Macbook, but I've run into several problems. One of these problems is iPhone synchronization.

Previously, I synchronized my iPhone with a PC notebook. Now I want to sync it with my new Mac, but I don't want to lose all my app data or re-upload all the music, videos, etc.

Is there any possibility for me to sync with my Mac and not reinstall apps and re-upload music? I know I can use an iPhone file manager (my iPhone is jailbroken) to search all the saves and then reinstall all the apps and then transfer the saves back to phone, but it'll take too much time. Is there a more elegant way to do it?


texts: No connection to network drive MacOS 10.15 (Catalina)

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I updated to Catalina today and now I cannot connect to my network drive via SMB.

I've tried:

using the ip-address, server name
the method of creating a nsmb.conf file

Regardless, all I get is an error message stating 'There was a problem connecting to server "name".'

I know the network drive is fine as I can still access the it from my phone and Windows 10.

Any ideas how else I might try to resolve this in macOS?


texts: "Dvorak - Qwerty ⌘" doesn't work for some applications

texts:
I recently switched to Dvorak, and I'm using the Dvorak - Qwerty ⌘ layout. It works in most situations, except some applications don't honor the Qwerty shortcuts. That is, if I were to press what would be command+c on a qwerty keyboard, some applications recognize it as command+j, which is the equivalent key in Dvorak. The applications I've noticed this in are Eclipse and Android Studio, both IDEs, and Terminal.

I'm not sure how to deal with this problem. I would like to find a way to make my keyboard interpret all ⌘+{character} commands as Qwerty commands, but type in Dvorak otherwise. I'd prefer that the solution be extendable to things like ctrl+{character}, for Terminal shortcuts, and be extendable to other layouts, since I'm hoping to make the jump to Programmer Dvorak soon.

Related: Some dvorak shortcuts aren't working. 10.8.2 (is about Dvorak, not Dvorak - Qwerty ⌘)
Keyboard shortcuts with Dvorak keymapping (does not address the issue of keybindings not working)


texts: Drag with three fingers missing in OS X 10.11 Beta "El Capitan" (15A215h)

texts:
I decided to try out the El Capitan Public Beta for fun by putting it on my external drive and booting off of it. However, one of the first things I've noticed is that the drag gesture in System Preferences->Trackpad is not to be found. Is this normal? I don't know what Beta version I'm running (a web search of the build number turns nothing up about the Beta version), I do know it was the current version about a month ago, anyway the build number is 15A215h. Having to press and drag the old fashioned way seems awful, especially after using the three finger drag.

Is the drag gesture present in newer Beta versions? If not, is there somehow that I can enable again (maybe with a Terminal command)?


texts: Finder not searching files in ~/Library and /Library

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I am using a Macbook Air with macOS High Sierra.

When I install a third party application and later delete it, I have to remove files stored by it in Application Support, Preferences etc. in ~/Library. I have to manually look up and delete files containing the name of the third party app (eg. com.EaseUsMobiMover installed by MobiMover).

Why doesn't Finder show these files when I search for them? And how do I make Finder search for all files containing the name of the app like com.abc for the app "abc"?


texts: Is there any way to protect the M1 SSD by sacrificing space / How to over-provision an SSD on MacOS?

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I've seen all the news around the M1 Mac writing the SSD excessively and I also have very high write counts on my SSD already.
I do know SSDs do have a spare capacity they can assign to blocks once an original block is damaged. But this is only a few blocks as far as I know - is there any possibility to for example Mae the official capacity of the SSD smaller by 10GB and give those blocks as additional spares to the controller so it can prolong the live of the SSD a bit longer once blocks start dying?
Or how would you go about securing the SSD Life? Is it a possibility to shrink the partition and zero out the rest of the drive so the controller can use these blocks? Would this include a firmware update of the ssd controller? I'm a bit lost about where to start with this.


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I'm trying to connect a Macbook Air running 10.8.4 to a Windows 2008 R2 server. I have run into trouble as we use a company.local.
I think this may be the problem: http://blog.scottlowe.org/2006/01/04/mac-os-x-and-local-domains/.

So, I have gone into terminal and typed open /private and navigated to the etc folder but can not find a resolve folder, only a resolv.conf file.

How do I go about adding the name server?


texts: Unable to reset password in Recovery Mode

texts:
Unfortunately, I am unable to log in to my Mac Mini OS X (10.8.5). I am trying to recover the password with Recovery Mode by pressing CMD + R.

I executed the resetpassword command, but the window that appears doesn't list my volume and I can't select my user account.

recovery mode


texts:
Push notifications for any app are no longer working with my home WiFi network. I'm running an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3.2. I tried 5223 port forwarding and even disabled my router's firewall.

Strangely, they do work when I use public WiFi. Any idea?


texts:
I just got a new MacBook Pro 2017 128GB no-touchbar, bought it in the refurb.

I'm doing a bit of Photoshop ( I know it's not the best MBP, but I really need it right now for work ) and I have Safari ( 6/7 tabs ) running with Spotify, and I feel like my MBP is too hot. Here are the temperatures according to iStats

I feel like it's really way too hot, but perhaps I'm mistaking. I heard the max temperature is 100°C, so I'm pretty far from that.

What do you think ?

Thanks !


texts: Unmodified F4 no longer summons LaunchPad

texts:
When I press F4, it no longer summons LaunchPad. F3 still invokes Mission Control, and the other function keys, without modifiers, have their respective meanings (volume, play, etc), but I can only invoke LaunchPad with my hot corner or the Dock button.

How can I reset this to default behavior?


texts: Shell commands to determine if file is held on an APFS volume

texts: In a shell script, I need to determine if a file is held on an AFPS volume. What is the easiest way to do that?


texts:
If you're editing a Live photo, you can trim a section off of the beginning, but if you re-open the editing mode, the trimmed section will still be there.

As a result, if you try to use the Bounce or Loop mode, they'll start at a part of the clip you've supposedly removed. Is there a way to bake in the trim, so that it doesn't remember being longer?


texts:
I have a 2011 MacBookPro running OS X Yosemite. I was browsing online when suddenly my entire screen went grey (no cursor, completely unresponsive). I restarted the laptop & got the usual "Update Needed" user (I have FileVault on). As soon as it reaches halfway thru the progress bar, it reboots on its own! I tried resetting the SMC, as well as holding down Cmd + R to access recovery. In the latter case, the Apple logo appears with a progress bar underneath. As soon as it reaches halfway thru, the screen turns grey & it just sits there. The same thing happens when I try to boot into safe mode.

Tried many times unsuccessfully. I have a feeling this has to do with FileVault.

Help!


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First off, I have no idea what Apple calls their OS. I only use their iOS devices and I tried to avoid their computer OS as best as possible, however, I'm getting started in developing iOS apps. I need to either run the Apple OS in a VM or set up dual-booting. I have a few questions though that hopefully can get answered.

Where can I purchase a license for Apple?
I've never set up dual-booting before, how do I go about doing so with Win7 as my current OS? (Ideally using a different HDD)
Is there anything I should know before going ahead?


texts: Waking closed lid macbooks using wireless

texts: We have carts of MacBooks and MacBook Pros that students use and close the lid and put them back in cart when they are done.  They use wireless networking and don't have USB or displays connected.  I am wondering if there is any way we can wake the MacBook remotely using wireless (WoWLAN?).  We don't want to have the setting where MacBook doesn't sleep when lid is closed.  Is there any way we can wake them on and have them connect to our wireless when their lid is closed?  The remote management software we use couldn't work when they are in the cart overnight.


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I am iPhone app developer. i have develop application in my hackintosh PC but now i plan to buy a Macbook for app development.

I have two option one is Macbook air and second is Macbook pro
both are coming in 13 inch screen.

Please help me to choose which is the best Macbook for application development ?


texts:
I'm running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 on my Late-2013 MacBook Pro. A couple of days ago my Safari (8.0.2) started behaving a little weird when searching. This became really annoying and I have no idea how to fix it.

Whenever I search using my address bar and confirm it by pressing Enter, the bookmarks list opens on top of my search result. I then have to click somewhere in order to close the list. This only happens when searching, not when typing any url's in there.

I don't think this could be a desired behavior for anyone and I have looked at my preferences, but couldn't find any settings related to it.

I hope you can help me to disable it.


texts: Can you upload photos directly to iCloud website from a PC (w/o iCloud for Windows SW)?

texts:
iCloud website, Photos section doesn't have any options to upload photos. I was able to upload picture files to iCloud Drive so hopefully they show up in Photos app on iPhone? I was helping a friend move some stuff on a Windows PC at work & visiting the site via Firefox. I cannot load iCloud for Windows on my work PC.

EDIT:
It was a new iPhone & friend didn't have it with him. I had downloaded photos+contacts from his old flip phone that I was trying to upload to iCloud website. See my answer below as I believe the new-ness of the phone/iCloud/Apple-account was the cause & I overlooked that.


texts: How to install Mac OS X in Parallels VM without extra `OS X image file.hdd` file on host Mac?

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How to install recent versions of Mac OS X such as Sierra or El Capitan in Parallels without creating an extra file on the host Mac?

Installing Mac OS X as a guest OS in Parallels is easy. Just choose File > New, and point to a copy of the Mac OS X installer such as Install macOS Sierra.app.

The problem is that in Parallels versions 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 we are prompted to create an extra file besides the main file that stores the virtual Mac’s boot drive. The extra file has a suggest name such as OS X image file.hdd. I assume that file is for the “recovery partition” (that I have never really understood).

Is there some way to install Mac OS X as a guest OS without that second .hdd file? I want to be able to backup and move around my main Parallels file (the boot drive) without having to pull that second file around. Deleting that second file breaks the main VM file, making the VM unusable.

Despite claiming the file will be named OS X image file.dmg, it is actually saved as OS X image file.hdd (.hdd, not .dmg). This is the linked file that I want to unlink and dispose of.

This OS X image file.hdd file is in addition to the the file containing the actual virtual macOS, the .pvm file such as macOS.pvm by default or macOS Sierra.pvm in this screenshot. The .pvm file is the important one, the one to keep.


texts: How would I connect the thunderbolt 3 Macbook pro with a Thunderbolt 2 monitor?

texts:
Yesterday Apple launched the new Macbook Pro with USB-C 3.1/Thunderbolt 3 ports, which I ordered already. At home I still have a fairly recent LG 34UC97s thunderbolt 2 display of a whopping €900. I only have to figure out how I'd connect them both?

So my question is: what are the current possibilities to connect a USB-C 3.1/Thunderbolt 3 port to a thunderbolt-2 monitor?

-

I already found this question, but the bottom-line of that topic is that a year ago there was no solution. One year later, what are the differences?


texts: Reacting to launchservicesd error messages

texts:
I am able to observe a particular error message from launchservicesd via Console.app that I would like to use to trigger a script:

However, I'm not sure from what source Console.app is displaying this message. (My guess is that it's coming from the launchservicesd process's stderr, but I haven't been able to confirm this.) How might I observe these messages from a context in which I can react to them?
Motivation: I'm setting up a mac to auto answer and display incoming skype calls, which works, but unfortunately the screen saver prevents the video from being seen. I can use applescript to exit the screen saver, but need an event to trigger the script.


texts: (I don't know what this is called.) Always on top Ghost Window

texts: After a game crashed (OpenRCT2, It was the default mac crash window.), I have had this ghost window stuck on my screen. It's on top of everything including the login screen and the screensaver. When my mouse is on the left part of it, My mouse does the loading thing, but on the right side, I can click right through it. The inside of the window is completely transparent. This window has gotten really obnoxious and I can't get rid of it. It also can't be moved..Please Help. (I'm on macOS Sierra if that's important.)


texts: When the monitor is connected, the dock should change its position

texts: it is necessary that when the second monitor is connected, the dock becomes from the bottom (without the monitor on the left) and the programs should open from the monitor being launched.


texts: IMAP emails disappearing from Apple mail on one computer when moved on another!

texts: I have an IMAP email account active on both my home and work computers (both Macs). The problem I am having is that when the emails are downloaded onto both computers from the server, if I delete an email or move it to a folder, on one Mac, it then disappears completely from the Inbox on the other one! The two computers are not linked in any way, and the email account is set up exactly the same on both computers using the same username and password. I can’t see any setting that gives an indication that it will delete an email if it is moved from the Inbox of another computer.  Also, other colleagues who have the same email account set up on their computers, don’t lose any emails from their Inboxes when I move them from mine. They, however, are using Windows PCs not Macs.  Any thoughts or help would be much appreciated. Thanks!


texts: Verification required when attempting to purchase free app

texts:
When I'm trying to install a free app on my iPod, it'll say:

Verification Required
Before you can make purchases, you must tap continue to verify your payment info.

Why do I see this when it's free?
The "None" option is not available.


texts:
I have a NAS on a local IP address, 192.168.x.x.
When I open Chrome and go to that address, I'm seeing a suppressed popup. If I permit the popup, it goes to Uniregistry (a Go-daddy co). FWIW, this doesn't happen in Firefox. Trying to understand why this occurs.
I am running Yosemite 10.10.5 on a 2010 MacPro.
Update - I was going down the wrong path. This is unrelated to the NAS/local IP issue.

The same redirect was blocked when visiting a math blog.
Aside from confirming that Chrome is set to block redirects, I'm still trying to understand their source.


texts: Retrieving the "Version" attribute of an OSX Application file via Bash

texts:
I was initially attempting to do this in Java using the UserDefinedFileAttributeView class but it turns out that is only available on Windows computers (This is being run on OSX)

So I switched gears with the hope that retrieving the information via a script would be the simpler route but it seems to not be as straight forward as I expected.

How would one go about retrieving an Application file's version number (file attribute) using Bash?

I've already looked into stat but that only returns the basic file information.
I also looked into xattr but I couldn't get that to return the "Version" attribute.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!


texts: How to invoke a UEFI Shell (v2.2) on a Fusion Player virtual machine with Big Sur installed?

texts:
I am using the current free version of VMware Fusion Player (Version 12.1.0). I have created a Big Sur virtual machine to do some testing, which involves modifying NVRAM variables. This version of VMware Fusion Player has a built-in EFI Shell (v1.0), which does not include the setvar command. This command would be useful for my testing. Currently, an UEFI Shell (v2.2) is available as a standalone download or as part of a package. This shell does contain the setvar command.

For example, archlinux-2021.03.01-x86_64.iso file can be downloaded from Arch Linux to the host Mac. If this ISO file is placed in the virtual optical drive of the client virtual machine, then the UEFI Shell (v2.2) file named shellx64.efi can be copied from the virtual optical drive.

I have been coping the shell file to the EFI volume created during the Big Sur install. I intended to involve the shell by using the built-in VMware Fusion Player Boot Manager by either adding a boot option or directly booting from the shell file. The problem is, when the shell is involved, no output is displayed. I know the shell is executing, because I can enter the exit command to terminate the shell. Also, I can have the shell execute a script where the output is redirect to a file. By viewing the contents of the file, I can verify the shell had executed.
Originally, I thought the problem was with the shell file. However, if I create a Linux virtual machine, then output is displayed when VMware Fusion Player Boot Manager invokes the shell by either adding a boot option or directly booting from the shell file. So I feel the problem lies in how VMware Fusion Player handles virtual machines built from the Install macOS Big Sur application.
My primary question is how to get the output to be displayed? I would also accept alternate methods to invoke the shell with output being displayed. Also, I desire for the invocation have zero delay and not execute the map –terse command.
Note: VMware Fusion Player currently reports the UEFI version as 2.31.

Host Stats
Guest Stats

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)
Mac

macOS Catalina version 10.15.7
macOS Big Sur version 11.2

Memory: 16 GB
Memory: 4 GB

Quad-Core Intel Core i5
2 processor cores

2.9 GHz
2.76 GHz

USB 3 (5 Gb/s) Samsung T7 SSD
SATA HDD


texts: Is it possible to configure OS X  to use the domain-name supplied by DHCP option 15?

texts:
I run a small home network, and have configured my DHCP server to provide a domain name with all responses. My MacBook Air (running 10.7.3) places the provided domain in the DNS search path, but does not set the local domain accordingly. Note, the actual domain name has been replaced with my.example.com in the output below, and IP/MAC addresses have been stripped. Diagnostic information below. I've poked around in System Preferences -> Network -> Wi Fi -> Advanced with no luck, other than statically setting the hostname, which obviously doesn't work if I roam between networks. Does anyone else have any other suggestions?

The search domain is set correctly in /etc/resolv.conf:

% cat /etc/resolv.conf
#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
search my.example.com
nameserver <DNS IP addr>
nameserver <DNS IPv6 addr>
%

However, hostname -f doesn't reflect the domain in the FQDN:

% hostname -f
myhost.local
%

Running tcpdump and forcing a DHCP renewal confirms that option 15 is present in both the DHCP request and reply, but seemingly isn't being used by OS X other than to set the DNS search path.

% sudo tcpdump -n -ien0 -vvvvv udp port 67
tcpdump: listening on en0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
01:13:25.061622 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 255, id 26061, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    0.0.0.0.68 > 255.255.255.255.67: [udp sum ok] BOOTP/DHCP, Request from <my MAC addr>, length 300, xid 0x463f9f78, Flags [none] (0x0000)
          Client-Ethernet-Address <my MAC addr>
          Vendor-rfc1048 Extensions
            Magic Cookie 0x63825363
            DHCP-Message Option 53, length 1: Request
            Parameter-Request Option 55, length 9:
              Subnet-Mask, Default-Gateway, Domain-Name-Server, Domain-Name
              Option 119, LDAP, Option 252, Netbios-Name-Server
              Netbios-Node
            MSZ Option 57, length 2: 1500
            Client-ID Option 61, length 9: "myhost"
            Requested-IP Option 50, length 4: <my IP addr>
            Lease-Time Option 51, length 4: 7776000
            Hostname Option 12, length 8: "myhost"
            END Option 255, length 0
            PAD Option 0, length 0, occurs 8
01:13:25.068967 IP (tos 0x10, ttl 128, id 0, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 328)
    <srv IP addr>.67 > <my IP addr>.68: [udp sum ok] BOOTP/DHCP, Reply, length 300, xid 0x463f9f78, Flags [none] (0x0000)
          Your-IP <my IP addr>
          Client-Ethernet-Address <my MAC addr>
          Vendor-rfc1048 Extensions
            Magic Cookie 0x63825363
            DHCP-Message Option 53, length 1: ACK
            Server-ID Option 54, length 4: <srv IP addr>
            Lease-Time Option 51, length 4: 86400
            Subnet-Mask Option 1, length 4: <subnet mask>
            Default-Gateway Option 3, length 4: <my IP addr>
            Domain-Name-Server Option 6, length 4: <DNS IP addr>
            Domain-Name Option 15, length 13: "my.example.com"
            END Option 255, length 0
            PAD Option 0, length 0, occurs 11
^C
2 packets captured
1458 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel


texts: Is there an app that I can use to highlight blocks of text in a PDF and then export the highlights - pretty much the same thing as iBooks does with EPUB?


texts: What features from Lion will be lost when upgrading to Mountain Lion?

texts: I know Mountain Lion has some cool new features that Lion did not have, but will it overwrite any of Lion's functionality?


texts: Is there a way to turn off the ‘Are you sure you want to open 25 items?’ warning in Mojave?

texts:
Ever since upgrading to Mojave, every time I try to open 25 or more files using either cmd ⌘ + ↓ or cmd ⌘ + o I get this warning:

Opening a bunch of files at once is something I do a lot so I would like to disable this, but wouldn't know where to look for a Terminal command to do it.


texts:
I’m have difficulty downloading WhatsApp on my iPhone 3GS because it is running iOS 6, which WhatsApp no longer supports.

How can I update my iPhone 3GS to iOS 7?


texts: If I update to Mavericks, will I be able to boot from USB?

texts: running a late 2009 (5,5) Macbook Pro. I am currently unable to boot from liveUSB disks, but would really like to. I know that newer macs can do this (Macbook Air, new MBPs), but is it a hardware or a software thing? If I update to Mavericks, would I be able to do this on my machine?


texts: launchagent logs warning/error into console

texts:
I have a launch agent that I created several years ago to set a random signature both in a .signature and in Mail.app. It does nothing complicated and has hummed along through several OS X versions. However, I see that recently every time it runs there is an error logged into the console:

12/07/15 08:52:36.903 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (local.home.randsig[97440]) Service exited with abnormal code: 1

The script is not at all complicated, and it runs out of my home folder (#HOME/bin/randsig), but I suspect I am running into a sandboxing issue.

#!/bin/bash
SIGHOME="$HOME/.signature"
$HOME/bin/fortune $HOME/mysigs > $SIGHOME

MAIL=`ps -U"$USER" -co command | grep "\bMail\b"`

if [ "$MAIL" ]; then
 cat $SIGHOME | sed -e 's/"/\\"/g' > $HOME/.mail_signature
 MYSIG="$(<$HOME/.mail_signature)"
 osascript <<EOF
      tell application "Mail" to set content of signature "Fortune" to "-- " & return & "$MYSIG"
EOF
fi

The error doesn't prevent the script from running, but since it runs every 12 seconds, the errors do make looking for other things in console more of a problem.

I did see this discussion, but in my case it doesn't help me.


texts:
My MacBook Pro 13" (A1502, early 2015) is displaying a flickering screen with horizontal lines and all kinds of other distortions.

An external monitor hooked up by HDMI works just fine though without any artifacts even in mirror mode.

Can I regard this as hard evidence that the GPU is not defective? (And by that it's probably the macbook display that needs to be replaced)


texts: How can I turn on my MacBook Air model A1370 mid 2011 without a keyboard? I need to find the power on pads for the Mac:


texts: I have activated 'Lost Mode' and 'Erase iPhone' but still the thief has access to my photos. How?

texts:
My iPhone was stolen 2 months ago and now someone is trying to blackmail me by the photos I had on the phone. I had a 4 digit home screen lock password and I activated Find my iPhone just after they stole it and I also activated the erase my iPhone option a couple of days later. I received an email from Apple once saying that "erasing iPhone has started".

The blackmailer has been sending me messages and photos which I only had on that phone and he also sent me a photo of my camera roll and home screen with a date and time matching the time he sent it (it seems like he took the photo just when he was texting me so I'm pretty sure he is not bluffing).

How do they have access to my photos? Is it possible that 'Lost Mode' and 'Erase iPhone' aren't working? He keeps asking for my Apple ID password even though it seems he already has access to the phone. What do you think is going on?


texts: How to select which iOS device receives push notifications (for Facebook)

texts:
I've got an iPad 2 and an iPhone 3GS, both of which have the official Facebook app. Since I set up Facebook on my iPad, only my iPad has been receiving notifications from Facebook. (I think this might also be the case with other apps.)

Ideally I'd like to receive notifications on both devices. Is this possible?

If not, how do I select which device receives notifications? Is it a simple matter of turning off notifications for a given app on one device, and leaving them on for the other?


texts: Big Sur: I'm not able to charge up to over 8%

texts:
I know about this question, but this is a feature for when your battery is about 80% not 8%.
My Mac is MacBook Pro 15-inch 2019 and since the update to Big Sur, my mac won't charge fully to 100% while it’s running. It just sits at 8% all the time and says: It's not charging even though it's plugged in.
Things that I have tried:

Resetting default settings in System Preferences
Removed the option for "Optimised battery charging"
Reset the SMC with my T2 Chip

Any idea what further steps I should take?


texts:
I am running Mac 10.8.5 on a 2008 MacBook Pro, I have my time machine save to an external hard drive. Recently I have been unable to back up my machine because it gets hung up on 'Preparing Back Up' I have seen it chug away for 5 hours preparing that thing, I'm begging to think that it might be broken. I have gone into the external hard drive, and deleted the .inProgress then tried to Back up, didn't work. I have also tried to delete the old back ups, I say tried because while the delete dialogue comes up, they don't go anywhere. I have had to do this in standard finder view because the Starfield freezes when I try to go into that. So my questions are these, what is wrong with my Time Machine? Can it be fixed? Should I just reformat my external hard drive and restart the Time machine?

EDIT:
The logs for the inProgress files were empty, there is no latest and the last one that worked, from october said:

Time elapsed: 0.144 seconds

Processing preflight info
  Space needed for this backup: 3.54 GB (864605 blocks of size 4096)
  Preserving last snapshot /Volumes/TR/Backups.backupdb/Danny Michaelis’s MacBook Pro (2)/2013-10-13-174902.inProgress/6949$
Finished processing preflight info

Copying items from "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID:A336210F-DE80-3901-A8E1-2146BBCC66F6 eventDBUUID:5D8F456A-237A-477B-B3EC-D$

Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/lego90511/.appinventor to /Volumes/TR/Backups.backupdb/Danny Michaelis’s MacBook Pro (2)/20$
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/lego90511/.DownloadManager to /Volumes/TR/Backups.backupdb/Danny Michaelis’s MacBook Pro (2$
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/lego90511/Applications/Portal.app to /Volumes/TR/Backups.backupdb/Danny Michaelis’s MacBook$

Finished copying items for "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID:A336210F-DE80-3901-A8E1-2146BBCC66F6 eventDBUUID: 5D8F456A-237A-477$

Time elapsed: 29 minutes, 10.000 seconds
Copied 3092 items (25.7 MB)
Gathering events since 3981278.
Needs new backup due to change in /usr/discreet/backburner/Network/Servers/0022412EF7D001C6.xml
Some filesystem changes made during the course of the backup may not be accounted for. Still busy after 2 retries.

Backup complete. Total time elapsed: 33 minutes, 4.000 seconds

EDIT: Result when trying to manually delete the .inProgress files.

/Volumes/TR/Backups.backupdb/Danny Michaelis’s MacBook Pro (2)  sudo rm -rf 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/5ADB13D8-B389-41FB-8D03-68664417956E: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/96A0E2FF-58AC-4E37-8ACA-AA2E8CA64BB7: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/A77B6AC7-B833-49E2-BA5D-539310D7EFBD: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/C1D640A9-FC6D-4EF4-A7A1-5436F26B445A: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/C5CC4A02-9D03-4338-A415-EABA563B7E60: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/CB5011C8-4C67-42A9-9BE7-0BC8A07C0031: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/E52CEACD-A8EC-4E8A-B461-7EE00CD4D9AC: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress/E57AD845-3A4F-4625-830A-017D8C02CA42: Operation not permitted
rm: 2013-12-10-105000.inProgress: Operation not permitted


texts:
After installing MacPorts and some software through that way, I noticed that MacPorts installed X.Org.
I've already installed XQuartz years ago and I'm really fine with it.

My 1. question is:
Do I need the installed X.Org from MacPorts to run software like KeepNote or Gedit, which was installed automatically by MacPorts, or am I free to uninstall X.Org and leave XQuartz instead?

My 2. question is: What about the other way round? Keeping the automatically installed X.Org and remove XQuartz?

edit: changed the question and added a second one.


texts: How can I use my iPhone 7 to take photos remotely?

texts:
I am using my iPhone 7 Plus for taking work photos and I am finding the timer option unsuitable and using wired earphones isn’t practical. So I’ve been experimenting with Bluetooth headphones to try taking photos with the volume controls, but can’t get this to work.

I did search via Google but all the results basically say that since the iPhone 5 people can use the volume controls of any wired and bluetooth earphones to take photos with the camera.

What am I doing wrong? I have tried 2 bluetooth headphones and 1 pair of bluetooth earphones and none of them work.


texts: Clicking "Downloads" in Finder does nothing. How can I repair it?

texts:
When I click the Downloads item in the Finder, it does nothing.

The previously highlighted item remains highlighted.

How can I fix this?

If I open a console/bash prompt I can see that ~/Downloads exists.  The mode is 755 and I am the owner.


texts: iPhone 4 won't charge with wall charger after iOS 6 update

texts: After updating to iOS 6.0 my iPhone will not charge on the wall charger.  My phone will charge in the car and on a stereo dock.  My wall charger still works and charges my iPod touch fine.  I have even tried my husband's wall charger and my phone still won't charge.  When I plug it in the wall charger just starts blinking and my phone starts alternating charge/off/charge/off.  I have restarted phone, held home and power key, even updated to the new iOS 6.01 and still nothing!  Help!


texts: How can I send the current working directory from bash to Terminal?

texts:
I set up a very nice custom bash prompt in .bash_profile, but I noticed that I've now lost the ability for new tabs to open in the same directory, and the ability to see the current working directory's icon in the titlebar.

How can I get that back?

I've made some progress in the direction by adding "\e]2;\w\a" to $PS1, but that displays the full path in the titlebar, not just the name of the working directory. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Play the Guitar Amp within Garageband (Mac and iOS versions)

texts:
Garageband has a cool Guitar Amp simulator, but as far as I can tell, you have to either:

Connect a physical electric guitar to your Mac or iOS.
On iOS you can use another app to be the source (Inter-App Audio).

Is there a way to have Garageband's own electric guitar sound be the input source to the Guitar Amp, so that no external instruments or apps are needed?


texts: MacBook Pro USB Ports Only Work With External Hard Drive

texts:
I have a 2012 Macbook Pro. In January 2014 (9 months ago), both USB ports stopped functioning--except that both still recognize my Seagate Backup Plus portable drive. I have continued to back up my computer, and have successfully used the time machine function over this time period.

However, the USB ports will recognize nothing else that I have found. Devices do recognize the computer (i.e. the USB drive and my graphics tablet will light up when plugged in, but never seem to get a computer response).

I have reset the PRAM and the SMC. I have reinstalled the OS, and have restarted the computer many many times. Under the hardware portion of the System Update, both USB ports are visible (and show the external drive when it is connected). When I went to the apple store, they said I needed an expensive new logic board. But that is what I have been told every time I have taken a computer to the apple store and then I usually find a solution on my own.

Console report:

10/20/14 6:05:30.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 3171.995 The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 1 of Hub at 0x14000000)
10/20/14 6:05:30.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 3172.296 The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.

0/20/14 6:05:31.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 3173.306 The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 1 of Hub at 0x14000000)
10/20/14 6:05:31.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 3173.306 The IOUSBFamily gave up enumerating a USB device after 10 retries. (Port 1 of Hub at 0x14000000) 10/20/14 6:05:31.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 3173.306 The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.

And with Seagate drive:

10/20/14 6:05:37.000 PM kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 0x00000000 0xbc2 0xa013 0x100, 3
10/20/14 6:05:44.000 PM kernel[0]: hfs: mounted Seagate Backup Plus Drive on device disk3s3

Any suggestions or thoughts would be a thousand times appreciated, as I'm a poor student trying to get by without getting a new computer so soon. Thanks!


texts: How can I use Activity Monitor or "netstat -n" of terminal to check if my Mac OS X is being remotely viewed

texts:
About 3 months ago, my windows often suddenly closed and the cursor would move. So I deleted all the team viewer apps and closed all the Share options in System Preference. I checked within Activity Monitor and also used netstat -n in terminal, but I don't know how to use/understand it.

How can I know if my Mac was being remotely viewed?


texts: How to 'clear refresh' a page display in web browsers (aka. 'hard refresh', ie. ignoring cache)?

texts:
While doing web development I often need to refresh a site I'm building with the cache ignored. What are the best ways to do this?

I used to use the 'Disable cache' option in Firefox's Web Developer Toolbar. However this disables the cache globally, slowing other sites down, and has the following bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643184

I gather you can do a 'clear refresh' in PC Chrome with ctrl-F5? Is there an equivalent in Mac Chrome, or Firefox for that matter?


texts:
The computer lab is running 10.8. I would like to run a script when networked users login. As far as I can tell my choices are:

launchd agents - Not meant for this. On the launchd.plist man page it says "An agent launched by launchd SHOULD NOT do the following as a part of their startup initialization: Setup the working directory." That's basically what my script does.

login items - A number of posts indicate that they worked in 10.7 but don't work in 10.8

login hooks - This works but the "Customizing Login and Logout" on developer.apple.com says "There are numerous reasons to avoid using login and logout scripts: Login and logout scripts are a deprecated technology."

I don't want to use something that won't work tomorrow. I would like to do this the "right way" if there is one. Please advise. Thanks.


texts: How to determine which keyboard shortcut combo is free to assign?

texts:
I've already spent much more time in finding a combination that works in every app (universal) than in creating the actual service. The shortcut triggers a service for increasing or decreasing the brightness of my external monitor.

I tried a ridiculous Control + Alt + Command + F1 / F2, but it doesn't work in apps like Finder, Preview etc. It only gives an error beep. (But is it already assigned? Or its portion is assigned and gets triggered?) I haven't found anything else since.

How do I find a free keyboard shortcut combo? Otherwise there's no point in creating them.


texts: Is antivirus software a necessity with the "rise" of MacDefender and others?

texts:
I have heard broadly about the so-called "rise" of the Mac viruses. Apparently, there is a "whole new deluge" of Mac viruses. So far, I have gotten nothing that I can see.

But I'm beginning to wonder if this is a real danger and if I should take steps to protect my computer. I know that the Mac OS is very secure - that's part of why I use it - but is antivirus needed? I'd prefer not to have to use it - I've seen many PCs with antivirus that are slow because of it - and also because of the cost. Maybe I've just gotten lucky.

So: Is antivirus software a necessity with the "rise" of mac viruses?

I'd count Apple/security experts as good sources.


texts:
I want to un-pair the silver remote that came with the Apple TV (3rd Gen) so that I can use it exclusively with my Macbook Pro. Is there a way to do that? Please help.
Note: I have tried using those instructions from Apple, but the Apple TV remote still continues to control the Apple TV.


texts:
I have a 2018 iPad Pro. It plays music through AirPlay to an external speaker if I choose it. However games seem to play sound only through the built-in speakers. I can have music and the game at the same time but game sounds on the iPad and music on the speaker

How do I make game sounds and music play through an AirPlay device?


texts: Apple Magic Keyboard on Windows 10 not a Bootcamp!

texts:
I'm using Apple Magic Keyboard on Windows 10 (not a Bootcamp, standalone machine) and overall it works fine with Bootcamp drivers from Apple but funny enough "functional" button is not functioning. Again, it is not a Bootcamp (I have it too, it works fine for me) and I already installed keyboard driver from Bootcamp package.

I tried this and this but those answers didn't work

I found Magic Keyboard Utilities and they work great, but it is not a lifetime thing, it is a subscription and I'm allergic to subscriptions

Do I have any other options? Did I miss anything?

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

update

I tried:

different flavors of AppleWirelessKeyboard and I wasn't able to make it work on Windows 10
uawks and it seems to be quite since 2010 (development stopped @2008)
to install bootcamp.msi but it's control panel didn't run and overall it was useless (see picture below):

I didn't try:
 - WinAppleKey because I can't use TESTSIGNING on my Windows PC


texts: How can I rename items in the Finder "Places" Sidebar?

texts:
In the Finder sidebar (and in Pathfinder's sidebar too), there is a Places area where you can add your own shortcuts.

Where are these actually kept on the Mac. I checked $HOME/Library but couldn't find anything. I want to see if I can change some of the names there. I have several shortcuts to mount Windows C$ shares over there, and I want to see if I can rename them to something a bit more meaningful than just C$. It's a little confusing when you have about a 1/2 dozen shortcuts all with the same name.

Finder doesn't seem to let you rename them.


texts: El capitan upgrade takes forever (>48 hours)

texts:
Problem

I am currently updating a computer at work to El Capitan. After downloading, I started the installation almost 48 hours ago and it hasn't finished yet. I know (by experience and through reading various threads) that El Capitan is pretty slow to be upgraded but 48 feels dangerously too slow.

Machine

Note that the machine has 500GB of storage and has been used in the past mostly for storing things and for running various processes coded in C, C++ and R.

How it looks like

The screen is blue and empty with only the below loading sign at one third of the height from the bottom. I did not stare at this computer for the past 48 hours of course, but I would tend to think that it reached this screen in a matter of minutes and then jsut got stuck there for the past 48 hours.


texts: iCloud lists 3.5GB data used due to Backups, but these are not listed and so can't be deleted

texts:
Recently I've been getting errors that my iCloud storage is full. I tried deleting backups and data to clear it out. Now, if I go to 'iCloud Storage', I see this, i.e. 3.5GB of my iCloud being taken up by backups.

However, when I click on backups, I see this. No backups are listed and according to this page 0 memory is being taken up by backups.

I've gone on all my devices and iCloud for Windows to delete backups and I see the same thing everywhere. Can't figure out a way to delete the phantom backup or completely erase my iCloud data which I'd be willing to do.

Can anyone help me out?


texts: Cannot label two mobile numbers as mobile on one contact

texts: I try to label two cell/mobile numbers on one contact but the second will not accept the "Mobile" label and shows "Home".  Hence there is no message bubble to send message from second mobile number.  How can I fix this?


texts: allow sudo to another user without password

texts:
I want to be able to 'su' to a specific user, allowing me to run any command without a password being entered.

For example:

If my login were user1 and the user I want to 'su' to is user2:

I would use the command:

su - user2

but then it prompts me with

Password:


texts:
I want to buy a Seagate Backup Plus Desktop 4TB Thunderbolt drive, but I was wondering if it is possible to connect my external hard drive to a network. There are two options which might help:

we have a server, is it possible that I connect my external hard drive through my own macbook to the server that others could have access to it?
I might be able to construct a network and give access to the other computers to store their data on my external hard drive.


texts: iPhone 5s has 5+ Gb of free memory space but refuses to take photos saying "Storage is full"; reboot works for a while

texts:
I have an iPhone 5s (16 Gb). It currently has 5.6 Gb of free memory space, but refuses to take photos, saying "Storage is full". When I reboot it, it does take photos for a while, but then again this "Storage is full" menu starts popping up. I've deleted all I could, there's now a truckload of free space, but the problem hasn't gone away.

I even installed iTunes and made sure that indeed I have a lot of free memory. The iTunes software offers to install a new OS version, but again says that "You need 770 Mb of memory, and you don't have it" - yet it itself indicates that I do have more than 5 Gb.

What do I do?

Screenshot of storage use from iTunes:

Screenshot of storage use from the phone itself:


texts:
I upgraded a early 2013 MBP Retina to 10.13.2, and obtained a new external 4TB drive to do TM backups to.

Time Machine now pukes after a semi-random period of time -- 20 to 60 minutes.  Here's what the console says

default 17:52:06.139471 -0600   powerd  Process backupd.8811 ClientDied PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Time Machine backup" age:00:18:24  id:4295008645 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser IntPrevDisp kDisp]

default 17:52:06.140737 -0600   powerd  Process backupd.8811 ClientDied BackgroundTask "Time Machine backup" age:00:18:24  id:47244681604 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser IntPrevDisp kDisp]

What's more, the icon in the menu bar no longer spins.

What in the world is going on?


texts: Iterm2 BrokenPipe Failed to exec /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin: No such file or directory PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

texts:
Backstory: I've been given a lender computer from the school I'm attending and I was attempting to npm install global packages for my react-native project. I was able to install the packages, but my programs didn't appear to know how to actually access those globally installed packages. That's my theory at least. So I started going down the google rabbit hole ...

The first error I was getting was:
expo command not found (expo being Expo CLI, the react-native related package I had install globally numerous times by now), so I went to the provided site and entered the suggested command: echo $PATH in terminal.

After running Echo $Path the above author said:

check if `/users/me/.npm-global/bin` is in your path.

The response from my machine was: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:

The author than proceeded to say:

If it isn’t there, you will need to add it to the path.
Open up ~/.bash_profile then add the following line to the bottom:

Well, it appeared that I didn't have a ~/.bash_profile, I assume it said no such directory found or something to akin to that. I can't simulate this error anymore because well ... my terminal at this time immediately crashes on startup.

So, I visited this stackExchange question which asked "How to create ~/.bash_profile and ~/.profile". I followed the steps from the top solution which by all accounts, seemed to successfully create the file.

With the file now seemingly made, I returned back to the original linked site and entered ~/.bash_profile which opened the file and "add[ed] the following line to the bottom:"

# NPM global installs
export PATH=$PATH:~/.npm-global/bin

Follow that I returned to the shell and entered: source ~/.bash_profile.
I don't have access (currently) to the error I was getting when I entered that command in the shell, but I believe the error was something related to the directory wasnt found.

Anyway, I changed something ... I think(?) I added the line source ~/.bash_profile to the nano terminal window where I earlier entered the above command ... but at this point I can even get back there to confirm that was the case.

So that's where I am now, I still can't access the globally installed files or at this point even open my terminal without it instantly closing.

On last thing, i entered usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin in the iterm2 > preferences > profiles > general > command destination. That's exactly where I am now and why my iterm broken pipe error says what it says.


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I have a mac mini server at home that has a USB 3.0 storage device attached where I store all my files. Anything from iTunes, iPhoto, documents, etc.

I want to know how safe it is by creating a VPN connection from my MacBook from anywhere in the world and accessing https://webdav.myserver.com and writing/reading files?

Is there anything I can do to make reading/writing more secure?

https://webdav.myserver.com will not be accessible over the web unless there's a VPN connection.


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I have a Mac from which I make presentation (keynote).

On the main display, I have the presenter view.

On the secondary display, I have the slide displayed to the public

|-------------|      |----------|
|             |      | main     |
|   secondary |      |only for  |
|   public    |      |   me     |
|-------------|      |----------|

I would like to share the secondary display (and only this display) to a remote public using Screen Sharing or similar technology. Local public should still see the secondary monitor.

Is there a way to do this using MacOS integrated Screen Sharing tool (e.g. using command line tricks) or using another software (preferably open-source) ?


texts: Mac OS X app for measuring time spent in apps

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there an app that allows me to monitor time spent using an application?

Is there app which will tell me that for example, today I spent 30 minutes in Safari, 1 hour in XCode, etc...
Thanks


texts: Can any Apple watch bands add extra features?

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I've got an Apple Watch series 3, and was wondering if any bands support extra "features", and don't just change the look?

For example, is it possible that any bands exist that enhance the vibration only mode so vibrations are stronger?


texts: How do I change the feedback/volume sound effect back to the one in Mavericks?

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So I recently installed OSX Yosemite, and one of the immediate changes I noticed was the lack of sound when changing volume. In System Preferences I found you can turn it back on, but instead of the "pop" it plays a woodblock sounding noise. I know where to find where the sound effect is stored, but how do I change it back?

Also, it appears that the old sound effect is nowhere to be found, so if anyone knows how I can extract it from a system to use elsewhere that would be great.


texts: MacBook Pro doesn't detect (anymore) ethernet connection via USB-C screen

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I have a USB-C screen that offers hub functionnality (usb, audio, ethernet). While the screen is perfectly connected and works like it should for usb, audio, and of course video, the ethernet connection doesn't work anymore.

I know it's not the screen because:

I have succesfully tested it on another MBP,
I have actually two screens of the same model and tried both.

This used to work but stopped working all of a sudden. I reset the SMC, and tried to plug the screen on different USB-C ports.

It is worth mentioning that the MacBook detects the connection if I plug the Ethernet cable via the USB-C Ethernet adaptor…

What else should I try (appart from reinstalling macOs)?


texts: MBP 13" 2016 fast power discharge, no apps using significant battery

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I have a relatively new MBP 13" 2016 which used to use discharge at 5 - 10 watts without any intensive apps. Today, while unplugged, I noticed my battery discharging at 15 - 20 watts despite closing every app, turning off wifi, and disabling time machine, reducing brightness to medium.

Is there any better way to see what's using energy so consistently? I've tried Activity Monitor and looking at energy impact, but closing every relevant app which spikes energy usage seems to have no affect

Any ideas what could cause it, or how I could fix?

Below are some results from my activity monitor


texts: How do I combine separate cells in a Numbers spreadsheet and paste the result as text into a TextEdit document?

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I have a Numbers spreadsheet. Column B contains first names, column C contains surnames.

I need an easy way to combine and reformat this data so that it’s in the format Surname, Firstname. I then need to get this data into a TextEdit document in text format.

My first step was to try this formula =C2,", ",B2 to combine the data, but this produced an error and I'm stuck.

Does anyone know how I can combine the cells in the order I want?
Once combined, how do I get the result as plain text into a TextEdit document?


texts: Insert photo from Camera to e-mail - show size choice on iPhone

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On iPhone 4S initially when I selected in 'Photos' application option 'Email photo' I was asked about suggested size of photo to be sent.

Then I selected not to ask me any more and now the photo of last selected size is inserted all the time when I want to e-mail it.

I would like to return choice of photo size for inserting to e-mail.
I would like to reset my choice of photo size.

How to do this?

Thanks.


texts: How to select text with touchpad without pressing the "hard" key?

texts: Now on OS X, when I want to select some text, I have to press the "hard" key on touchpad with thumb and drag through the text with another finger on touchpad. With linux on the same macbook pro, I could quickly touch the touchpad twice and start selection/dragging behavior without pressing the "hard" key on touchpad with single finger. I feel the way in linux is much easier for fingers and quicker. Is it possible to configure OS X touchpad behave in the same way?


texts: Headphones with iPhone 6 protection case

texts: I have a small protection case around my iPhone 6 and my headphones can't be plugged perfectly. Anybody knows a very thin case to protect my iPhone without having this issue?


texts: Move an application window to a specific desktop with AppleScripts

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Does anyone know how to move an application window to a specific desktop with AppleScripts?

I am asking this because I want to automate the following process, for example:

move the 1st window of Safari to "Desktop 3"
set Mail.app in full-screen mode and place it between "Desktop 3" and "Desktop 4"

Once this kind of process is automated, one can go back to a user-defined "default Desktop allocation", which sounds very useful to me.

Thanks in advance!

(OS: Catalina)