texts: Why isn't the multisession login in Lion's VNC server working properly?

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Has anyone been able to get the VNC server that came with Lion to work? Right now it seems to have problems with the new multisession remote login, causing problems for any VNC clients connecting to the server (see below). Is there a workaround for this problem, other than installing another VNC server on the system?

Further details:

When connection over VNC, you're presented with a login screen (this is the new multisession feature mentioned above). The problem is that the screen usually doesn't let you even click on one of the users' icons, and the times you can get that far, it doesn't let you enter a password.


texts: Access emails from Time Machine backups of old machine

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Killed my old MacBook in November last year, and was able to access everything I needed for the new MacBook Pro using Time Machine, apart from emails. This Time Machine drive now has backups for the new MacBook Pro, so when I open Time Machine from within Mail it only shows me the emails from the MacBook Pro, and not the old MacBook.

Any suggestions as to how I can find the old emails?


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Is there a shortcut to focus the folders area in the save dialogs? I've found the followings shortcuts, but I would like to be able to just focus the currently selected folder.

 Cmd ⌘   D Changes focus to your Desktop

 Cmd ⌘    Shift ⇧   A Changes focus to your Applications directory

 Cmd ⌘    Shift ⇧   H Changes focus to your Home directory

Edit: In other words, when the save dialog is open, you can press tab 8 times to focus the folders area. But I would like to know if there is a shortcut to get the same result quicker.


texts: Is AFP (specifically Time Machine) encrypted on the wire?

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I've been hunting for the answer to this, but I have not found it.  When I back up my laptop using Time Machine to a remote Time Machine server (Time Capsule, or Mac Mini with an external drive), is the data on the network encrypted?

Note that I don't care about the encryption of the data on the hard drives at either end, just about the ethernet/wifi in the middle.


texts: How can I change the number format in Disk Inventory X?

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I'm using Disk Inventory X to find what is taking up the most disk space, and I've noticed that it formats numbers oddly, it particular, the placement of the comma. For example: 2,01.5 GB and 1,24.8 GB.

I would much rather not have the comma at all, like this: 201.5 GB and 124.8 GB.

How can I fix this?


texts: Mouse right click intermittently stops working on macOS

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I am using macOS 10.15.4 "Catalina", and intermittently my mouse right click starts behaving like a mouse left click; i.e. no matter how I configure my mouse, I cannot get the right click (secondary button) behaviour. It is an Apple USB non-cordless mouse; the Mac came with a cordless mouse but that died.
It usually comes good after unplugging and replugging the mouse from the USB port, a few times.
It is possibly a hardware issue, but if it is, why does right-clicking do anything at all?
Probably the only "uncommon" way I use my Mac is I leave the emacs editor constantly running; emacs is a huge program and I guess there is a chance it is doing something strange.
Is this a known issue? Or does it sound like a hardware issue?


texts: Google Chrome on Mac OS Sierra - Annoying ‘This Website Wants to Open this Application’ warning for Files .mkv .mp4

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Google Chrome on Mac OS Sierra - Annoying ‘This Website Wants to Open this Application’

Sorry have to log this one again as I am newbie and so can’t comment yet.

This box pop up only used to show up for the very first time you downloaded a file from a website program. You then used to click the box ‘remember this’ and that was it. Yes I did the cookie and everything cache refresh on Chrome.

Example of message

“https://anywebsite.au wants to open this application”

Someone mentioned ‘Putty’(0.73) and says to download it but this seem like a coding program, so doesn’t help me.

Clicking ”Ask where to save each file before downloading" in preferences - doesn’t work either.

I’m happy to use the option under ~/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences

But Linux is mentioned. Is there an option on MAC OS? Linus is similar I know but….

This is what someone posted.

"download": {
  "directory_upgrade": true,
  "extensions_to_open": "",
  "prompt_for_download": false
},

Any help appreciated but I fear there are lots and lots of people getting bummed off with this issue.

How annoying……its bad enough the browsers security has got so full on, Gmail (for example) has started blocking emails and giving red warnings or just chucking it into spam aaaaaahhhh.

Cheers
Virginia


texts: How to select "Press and Hold" characters over 10 characters

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When I have more than 10 characters in my "Press and Hold" set, I am unable to type 10 or 11 or 12 to select a character. It registers the second keypress. If I type "12", it registers "2" and inserts the character corresponding to "2". This is El Capitan.

Note that I've modified my English options to include Vietnamese characters than I occasionally wish to type, but I assume this would also be a problem if I changed my locale to Vietnam.


texts: Exchange Calendar sync loops, drains, and fails

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It seems I have got the same problem as described here. The symptom is that the Exchange sync never seems to finish. The phone runs hot, drains the battery, and (probably) uses a lot of network traffic. The problem is that the disable/enable of Calendar sync trick fails on my iPhone. It tries for a long time and then it times out. I can't even remove the accounts completely, that fails in the same way.

It's an iPhone 5S running iOS 7.0.5. I'm syncing three calendars. Two Exchange accounts from different servers and one Gmail.

This problem happened to me once before and then I ended up doing a Factory Reset. I'd rather not do that again.

Power assertion
timeout:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26840/iOS_power_assertion_timeout_DataAccess_Exchange_related.png
and with https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26840/iOS_power_assertion_timeout_fetchMobileSynchronously.png

MobileCal: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26840/iOS_MobileCal_has_active_assertions_beyond_parmitted_time.png

The preferences timeout:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26840/iOS_preferences_timeout_turning_off_calendar_sync.png

I would love to find a solution to this! It could be to the root of the problem, how to force calendar sync off, how to force removal of email accounts, or to something that I've missed.


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My ipod as lost

Using "find my iPhone" app, I know it's active near a 20 story building.

The iPod is registered on my profile, so I know it's sn. I know apple will do nothing to assist me, but I do have some ideas:

Is it possible to get the wifi MAC address some how?
Can I get the wifi hotspot that the iPod registered from?

If I can get either, I could do some wireless sniffing and get a better idea on what Dror to knock on.


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In order to run some tools for a project I'm working on, I need to install specifically JDK 7. I already have JDK 8 up and running.

I searched in Oracle and open-jdk web sites but seems to be deprecated, does anybody know where can I get it?

Thanks in advance for your answers/comments.


texts: Is it possible to put a hard limit on the sound volume?

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I usually have music playing on my Mac while wearing earphones. And I often change the volume with my wired keyboard keys.

I imagine that it is an issue with the keyboard itself, but sometimes (rarely), when I increase the volume, despite the fact that I'm no longer pressing the keys, the volume still goes up to the max.

And of course, my earphones explode on me before I realise what's going on.

To solve this, rather than changing my volume-adjusting habits, I was wondering if there is some way to put a volume hard-limit in the system. Like, "whatever happens, don't let me go beyond 70%" or something.

OSX Mavericks.


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I've just enabled FileVault 2 on my mid-2012 MacBook Air and am worried it has crashed.

I've entered all the details and clicked "Restart" and now have a greyed out System Preference pane with a spinner.

If I try and manually restart from the Apple menu I'm told that System Preferences are stopping a restart.

How long should this stage take? Is it safe to hit the power button? I know the encryption occurs after a restart.


texts: How to prevent Dropbox from syncing .DS_Store files on OS X?


texts: Problem with Non English(Farsi, ...) subtitle

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When I want to see a movie or video in mac os x (with VLC, DivX Player, Quick Time) and want to load subtitles, these video player applications can't load my subtitle correctly show in strange text.
My subtitle language is Farsi (RTL language). I must change some Unicode settings, but I don't know where anyone has any idea?


texts: How may I move the pre-installed applications (such as Chess) into a sub-folder?

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The Applications folder is way too crowded to be useful. It could be nice if I could just get the pre-installed applications that I don't use swept into a sub-folder under the Applications, named as something like "Unused Built-ins".

Then again, I cannot move any of them, nor delete them. It just won't allow me to. Am I stuck with all those mess, like an advertisement that I cannot dismiss? I just want my space, inside that Applications folder of mine, or at least I thought it was mine...

How may I move, say the Applications/Chess.app/ to Applications/Unused/Chess.app/ with the purpose of having less items in the Applications folder? Alternative solutions are welcome as comments.


texts: Can I select the architecture of a program from the command line?

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Many of the unix executable binary programs are delivered with more than one architecture:

mac:~ mike$ file `which bc`
/usr/bin/bc: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/bin/bc (for architecture x86_64):  Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
/usr/bin/bc (for architecture i386):    Mach-O executable i386

Is there a way I can select or force a specific architecture to run (mainly for testing to explore the effects that some larger programs or longer running processes have when executing the same workload over different codebases / memory capabilities?)


texts: A new device showed up on facetime which I don't own

texts: I got a notification saying a MacBook Pro is using facetime with my Apple ID, but I don't have a MacBook Pro. How do I verify what device this is and where it is coming from? Should I be concerned about this?


texts: How can I deactivate Find my iPhone's Erase iPhone?

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My iPhone 4s has been stolen and I have activated "Erase iPhone" through the iCloud, but I've found out that this disables Find My iPhone too.

How can I disable "Erase iPhone" to avoid deactivation of Find My Iphone?


texts: How to resolve issue of help shortcut key (Cmd + Shift + /) not working?

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I really like the shortcut key to bring up the help menu (Cmd + Shift + /). I use it navigate the menus by typing in short words.

However, I've just noticed that it's not currently working. Instead, I get an error noise whenever I press cmd+shift+/.

My first thoughts was that either another program is intercepting the shortcut in a global way. But I don't what that program might be.

How can diagnose the cause of this shortcut key failure (Cmd+Shift+/)?
How can I resolve the problem?

UPDATE:

I tried changing the shortcut key in "keyboard shortcuts" to something else (e.g., Cmd + Alt + Shift + /). This alternate keyboard shortcut also triggers the error noise. So this suggests that the problem is not a conflict with another program.


texts: Which OS X version to install on old Mac Mini?

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I'd like to repurpose a very old Mac Mini 2,1 (1.83 GHz Intel C2D, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) into a browsing / movie watching machine.

Would I be better off with Snow Leopard or Lion on such an old Mac?

I'm worried that Lion is not an OS at its best iteration, since performance was improved a lot with Mountain Lion, which can't be installed on this Mini due to 32-bit EFI.

Also: should I bother throwing in an SSD?


texts: Will Apple TV work if I connected it to a DVD player?

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My TV does not have an HDMI input, so I was wondering if I could still use it by connecing the Apple TV to my DVD player's HDMI port instead?

My DVD player (Philips DVP3560/F7) is capable of 1080p.

Also, will Apple TV work with my (rather old) TV? My TV (Samsung TXN2668WHF) is capable of 1080i and 480p.


texts: Name assigned to the scrolling images in the camera app

texts: Odd question, but i am trying to recall what the small horizontal scrolling set of thumbnail images under a photo is called (in the iPhone camera app)


texts: hdiutil convert/rsize resource temporarily unavailable

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When trying to convert or resize a dmg image I get the error:

hdiutil: convert failed Resource Temporarily Unavailable error

or

hdiutil: resize: failed. Resource temporarily unavailable (35).

(hdiutil error code 35).


texts: I downloaded a shell executable and man pages from a source I trust. Where should I put them?

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I downloaded a binary file for a shell executable, and the corresponding man pages, from a source I trust. Unpacking the archive returns a binary file and some man pages. There's no installer. Which is the "canonical" location to put this kind of stuff? I guess it should be somewhere on my PATH. echo $PATH returns:
$ echo $PATH
/Users/.../google-cloud-sdk/bin:/anaconda3/bin:/anaconda3/condabin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/.../bin:/opt/X11/bin

Of these, I seem to recall that tampering with /usr/local/ is considered bad practice. Logically, Users/.../google-cloud-sdk/bin:/anaconda3/bin:/anaconda3/condabin also don't seem appropriate. This leaves me with /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin. Which one should  I use? Or am I going about this the wrong way?
Also, do the binary file and the man pages go into the same folder? Or do they go to different folder?
PS I really wonder how much effort would have been to add a damn installer....


texts: How do I backup and restore my IPA app backups in iTunes 12.7?

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Today, Apple released iTunes 12.7. Surprisingly for a point-release this version removes the iOS App Store and iOS app management features: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/12/apple-itunes-12-7-no-app-store/

  Apps can now only be downloaded on an iOS device using an iOS device, and the same goes for ringtones.

I have diligently saved IPA backups of apps I have purchased from the iTunes / iOS App Store for the eventuality of when an app publisher removes an app from the App  Store - or if the developer of an app changes a feature in a way that I don't like. This happens regularly:

Electronic Arts has a poor reputation for removing its games from the App Store when they stop being notable, including apps that you needed to pay for to download.
And many non-game apps often add new features that users don't like, or remove features that are useful to many users (either for making things simpler for other users, or for a copyright or patent infringement reason).

Unfortunately, with iTunes 12.7 removing the ability to backup and restore IPA files I seem to be now SOL. Fortunately I still have iTunes 12.6 installed on my computer, but here's my question:

"If I have saved an IPA backup of an app that has since been removed from the iOS App Store, or if I have saved an older version of an app that has been upgraded such that I want to continue using the older version, how can I install that on my new iPhone 8?"


texts: I forgot the password for my me.com account. how can I get it?

texts: I am trying to get save on my iCloud but I can't remember the password of my me.com account.  how do I reset the password?  I tried everything I thought it might be.  I tried to change it but can't remember my hint.  It doesn't do any good to have an email sent to me when I can't remember the password for the account.  What do I do?


texts: Does the SIP still protect against other operating systems?

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System Integrity Protection from Apple protects very important parts of the system and is, in my opinion, the main reason a Mac is so secure.
That's why I ask myself the question whenever I boot Linux or Windows, for example, on a different volume. Can Windows, for example, then change something in the area of e.g. / system or does the system integrity protection also protect there?
The same question also with disk mode. Is the Mac protected by the SIP if it is used as a hard drive by another Mac?


texts: Unhide dock on fullscreen apps faster (with mouse)

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I'm a new Mac user and I'm currently MacOS Catalina.
My question is how to unhide the dock on fullscreen apps without having to drag the mouse a lot further down than usual to get the dock. It doesn't show dock until I drag my cursor way way down.
I understand with trackpad, I can simply move my cursor to bottom and keep touching the trackpad to get the dock but it is really difficult to get the dock using mouse (since I can't really give a "touch" feedback)


texts: iPhone upgraded to iOS 11 - retrieve log data from an old incompatible app called "Articles"

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I mistakenly upgraded my iPhone to iOS 11.4.1, and my Wikipedia app called Articles, which I've been using for 8 years or so, is now no longer compatible.

Does anyone know if there is a way to retrieve or extract my search log from this app? I just want a plain-text list with all my search terms and their date.


texts: iTunes 10.7: Does listening to songs change their mp3-files?

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I use iTunes to listen to music and I use Wuala to backup my mp3-files. Before recent versions of iTunes, I never had any problem with that.
But with more recent versions (I don't know when it started, but the problem definitely occurs in the current version 10.7), there is a problem: Whenever I listen so a song on iTunes, Wuala makes an update of the backup, i.e. the songs that i listened to are uploaded anew. This means that Wuala thinks that the file has been changed. I find it really annoying because this uses CPU and bandwith when I listen to music. I want to solve this problem.

My question: Is it true that iTunes, in more recent versions, changes the mp3-file when listening to a song, or is the problem caused by newer versions of Wuala?

EDIT:
Thanks, Dave K. Comparing checksums is a good idea. I've just done the same: I checked the checksums before and after playing a few tracks, and none of the checksums changed. However, Wuala still uploads played tracks. On this screenshot, one can see that Wuala uploads tracks the checksum of which has not changed:

Thus, Wuala updates files which haven't changed. What else could be the reason why the tracks are uploaded? I noticed that iTunes opens the mp3-files with write access, as one can see from the fact that the information in Finder shows identical times for "modified" and "last opened" (is this a correct conclusion?):

Could that be the reason why Wuala uploads the files? Where is the information stored that a file has been last modified at a certain time? (not in the file, since the checksum doesn't change)


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Back in late 2010, when I first got my MacBook Air, I followed the instructions at http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20020513-285/install-win-7-on-macbook-air-from-a-usb-drive/ to install Windows 7 on the metal (not virtualized).

I've been thrilled with it until recently when battery life began to flag. I reinstalled Windows today expecting to lose some cruft I've inadvertently gathered over the years, and regain some performance/battery life. I'm now no longer able to boot into Mac OS X, and did not mean to lose that functionality.

I can't use any of the methods above, because I can't boot to the point that the chime sounds. All I can do is boot straight to Windows 7. The real issue right now is that I can't get on my network using either the built in WiFi adaptor, an external USB WiFi adaptor (Alfa), or using the Apple USB to Ethernet adaptor.

Any help? I'm at your mercy. The Apple store is a good trip away for me, but if nothing else works, I'll try having a restore done there from the network. But if they can't boot to right stage either, I'm afraid I'm hosed.


texts: How to stop folders being modified when you look in them?

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When I open a folder, the "date modified" date changes. This is annoying if nothing in the folder has changed. I like to search for things by reverse "date modified" order, i.e. listing things that I have changed recently at the top.

Is there a way of changing this behavior so that the folder's "date modified" reflects the last time something changed in the folder?

ETA. To modify the question a bit, is it possible to change the "date modified" of the folder back to the newest "date modified" of it's contents?


texts: Apple script - formatted text to strikethrough but how do I also change its colour? - In Notes

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I have an Automator Quick Action routine that changes the font of selected text to Strikethrough.  Is it possible to also change the colour of the selected text to Blue please?

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Notes" to activate

    tell application "System Events"
        click menu item "Strikethrough" of menu of menu item "Font" of menu "Format" of menu bar 1 of application process "Notes" of application "System Events"
    end tell

return input
end run


texts:
I'm a newbie in shell scripting. What's the difference between these two commands? What's the use of the dollar sign?

mdfind $'kMDItemFSName="*iValet\'s*"c'

mdfind 'kMDItemFSName="*iValet\'s*"c'


texts: Does my MacBook have malware? Frozen screen and Automatic Clock Reset on Macbook Pro

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I like to download books and games on the internet and so my MacBook Pro had acquired some malware. I did not know this, but eventually I installed Avast. It detected that I had acquired a couple of adware and I deleted them. Recently, I performed a full system scan and found 13 infected files. The names of the adware/malware I found were (found some of them in several places):

Mac-OS-Genieo-V [Adw]
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
Win32:Malware-gen
MacO...K[PUP]
… and several others I can't recall.

I do not know if they have been eradicated, for I did not follow any steps to ensure they are wiped clear from the hard drive—unsure if it was necessary. But then, yesterday, my notebook froze, while I was on Safari. I had not left many programs running, but my physical memory was around 3.99 GB of 4 GB, like it is right now. I was looking up about viruses and adware and clicked on a link, when my screen froze. The mouse neither the keyboard responded. I have recently purchased this computer, last year, and it is not even a year old. So I tried pressing escape (Windows) and a bunch of random keys but it did not work. When I closed it, even then the display lingered on. Finally I gave up and left it till its battery drained away. After a few hours, when I plugged in the charger, it started up normally.

But then, today morning, when I opened Safari, it claimed that Google's certificate was not yet valid. Previosly,this had happened a couple of times. Then I checked the certificate to see that it was validated by April 5th 2015. I then checked the date and time and saw that it had reset to 1st January 2012. Does this mean that my computer is infected? And if so what is the solution?

Here are the specs of my notebook:
Macbook Pro 13-inch, Mid 2012 (non-retina)
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
2.5 Ghz Intel Core i5, 4 GB 1600 Mhz DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB


texts: Transfer statistics per process or destination, not interface

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I would like to log upload statistics for an application I run on my Mac.

Now, I know that with netstat -ib I can access statistics per network interface.
I also know that with lsof -i I can get a list of which connections each of the processes is maintaining. And finally I know that with iftop I can monitor in real time how much is flowing between my machine and a remote address. But none of this achieves what I am looking for.

I am looking to get columns similar to the Ibytes and Obytes columns I get from netstat -ib, but get those for a specific remote network address OR for a specific local process ID.


texts: APFS - Catalina - Increase the size of a container

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I have a 4TB external SSD. Running Diskutil I get
/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk7         2.2 TB     disk3s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot                         650.0 MB   disk3s6
   4:                 Apple_APFS Container disk4         1.8 TB     disk3s4

/dev/disk4 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.8 TB     disk4
                                 Physical Store disk3s4
   1:                APFS Volume SSD 1015 - Data         1.6 TB     disk4s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 87.0 MB    disk4s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.9 MB   disk4s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      19.3 GB    disk4s4

/dev/disk7 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +2.2 TB     disk7
                                 Physical Store disk3s2

My goal is to have /dev/disk4 be the combined size (~4TB). It is now about 1/2 the size of the physical disk. 4TB is the size of the physical drive size, but it got split into 2 partitions as i was upgrading from Mojave to Catalina (long story as I couldn't just upgrade because the SSD was originally HFS). I did get rid of the HFS partition and converted to APFS. /dev/disk7 is now blank. /dev/disk4 is now my boot drive.
I really don't want to have to reformat the SSD (boot disk) if at all possible. I tried
sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk4 0

but that didn't work.
Is this possible? I also tried using disk utility, but it didn't seem to want to resize up either.
Can someone steer me in the right direction? -- Thanks


texts: How do I change shells (bash to ksh) on OS 10.9.1?

texts: I need to brush up on ksh after an 8 year hiatus.  How can I run korn shell in my OS 10.9.1 terminal then switch back to bash when done with tutorials.


texts: What is the best surface to use the Magic Mouse on?

texts: I got the Magic Mouse along with my MacBook, tried using it for awhile, but I got disenchanted with it quickly. Instead of having sliding pads, it has two hard plastic bars, which make it unpleasant to use on most surfaces. I`ve tried it on my wooden table (little bit of dirt scratched it up), paper (too much friction), cloth-covered mousepad (has some issue with correctly tracking), even on the surface of my MacBook (awkward), but none of them seem to be working too good. What surface was the Magic Mouse designed to work on, and which surfaces are really good for using it?


texts: Any particular reason Mac OS High Sierra won’t embed Zilla Slab font?

texts:
I just tried to generate a PDF using the save to PDF option in the print dialog box but for some reason or another, the font won’t embed.

The font in question is Zilla Slab and so far, this issue doesn’t seem to impact other fonts on my system.


texts: iPhone having problems connecting to services

texts:
I have an iPhone 7+ (NN4P2ZD/A) that has been having weird issues with connections which I’m attributing to DNS resolution problems. They only occur on home WiFi network and they only occur on this one device.

Often trying to browse with Safari I get “cannot fine server” issues. Applications load some images but not others (assuming they have several servers for them so some resolve, some not). Discord, for example, can’t send photos but messages go through.

If I drop out of WiFi to 4G all works. If I start a VPN connection everything works. If I connect to another WiFi network somewhere everything works. And after that the cached information makes all work on home WiFi until it later on breaks again (assuming removed from cache). If I change DNS manually to something else than my router it sometimes helps a bit, but doesn’t entirely fix the problem.

Note that this isn’t all addresses, and as I said, all other devices in the same network work. iPad 2, iPad Pro, laptops, Android devices, iPhone 5S... No issues. This device has had it always and with different iOS versions (currently on latest). There’s no clear connection between the addresses that won’t work, but Discord is one that often breaks. Twitter also often won’t load properly.

So far I haven’t tried to dump all network data to see what’s happening but I really can’t figure out what could be the issue.


texts: Time Machine sharing external hard drive with windows

texts: Is it possible to backup both Windows 7 and Mac OS X to the same Time Machine?


texts: What form factor, connector needed to replace SSD in 2015 Macbook Air?

texts:
I want to upgrade a macbook air from 2015. I have done lots of drive replacements (and watched the videos for macbook air) but I'm not sure what form factor and connection specs to search for on amazon or newegg. I think that these computers use a PCI-E 3.1x4, but am unsure what form factor drives will fit in the tiny case. I'm also concerned about what connectors the computer uses. I'd hate to get one that needed an adapter. It's my understanding that NVME drives would need some kind of adapter.
Can anyone provide the specific connector and form factor details?


texts: Why doesn't my iPad support Low Battery Mode?

texts:
As advertised with the release of iOS 9, Low Battery Mode can be activated on most modern iPhones to conserve power.

My question is, why doesn't the iPad support Low Battery Mode? It would seem to have the capability to – is there an official or proven answer as to why not?

(I am using an iPad Air 2)


texts: Disk Utility (recovery mode) stuck at loading

texts:
I want to do a clean install of el capitan OS. I booted to recovery mode, chose reinstall os x and followed the steps. So far so good. When it came to choose the destination disk where I wanted to install the OS, it did not show any hard drive, i.e Macintosh HD was not shown so I could select it. I figured I had to format it first. So I close the installation and went to Disk Utility. The problem is Disk Utility is stuck at loading and does not show anything.

My OS is corrupted, that is the reason why I want to do a fresh installation. With corrupted I mean, I can boot my system only if I go to single-mode and mount the hard drive with mount -uw / and then exit. But this is not a long term solution. I search everywhere in the web and there are many solutions out there, but none worked form me.

I tried erasing and formatting the hard drive when in single-mode with the help of diskutil. But this did not work because the DiskManagement Framework was missing. So I tried loading the files manually with launchctl. But still I can not use diskutil in single-mode.

I tried also fsck, it did not do any good.

I ran out of options. I don't know what to do.

Here is an image when I try to erase the partition via Disk Utility

And here is an image when I try to reinstall the OS. No Hard disk is shown to select


texts: "Movie not loaded" error when viewing Flash movie in any browser

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When I view a flash movie that's embedded in a page in FF 23, Safari 7.0.3, or Chrome 37, I see a black screen where the movie should be.  When I right click on the movie, I get a "movie not loaded" error.

I've got Flash 14.0.0.177 installed according to this, and the clouds are moving under the "5. Verify if Flash Player is installed" section: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player.html

Anybody know how to fix this?  Guessing it's an OS-level thing since the behavior is the same in all browsers.

EDIT:

Here is an example page where this occurs:

http://time.com/3265308/ikea-catalog-2015


texts: After home button replacement my screen colour went negative

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I just replaced my home button. But when I reassembled it, the colour went negative. From red to blue and blue to red. Although I've turned on and off the invert colour function, it's still not displaying right. Did the screen break? Or do I just need to double check the cable?

The screen also looks like it's flashing really fast which normally it doesn't.


texts: Display problems in El Capitan on screen sharing

texts: I have recently updated the OS in an old Mac Pro to El Capitan. Since then I have severe display problems. I must add that I access the system via screen sharing. The fonts are horribly blurred in menu bar drop-down menus, making them unreadable, and also in some packages the whole menu is diplaid in black. The first problem was sorted using the darkened menus and dock. But not the second problem.


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I connect my Macbook Pro 13" 2018 with Mojave 10.14.5 to the external display Fujitsu P27-8 TS UHD via adapter Dell DA301. All the components of this chain are capabale of 4k@60Hz. However, I can only get 30 Hz, both on HDMI and DisplayPort cables.

I can only get 60 Hz, if I low the resolution down to 1280x720!

I tried to use cscreen, which did not give me anything, and SwitchResX, which is not easy to use at all.
Both of these solutions did not work for me.

Does anybody have success forcing 60 Hz on Macbook Pro 13" 2018 with Mojave?
Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to mount and edit the contents of a .dmg file on an iPhone? I realize they are designed for macOS and larger computers of that ilk, but I'm curious if there's a workaround...


texts: How to sort by priority in iOS Reminders app?

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The ability to automatically sort items by priority on desktop is an useful feature. It keeps them on top in list view reminding that most urgent tasks are to be completed first. Therefore, lack of it on mobile is that much apparent.

iOS version: 11.2.6 (15D100)


texts: “WindowServer Died” on login after updating MacBook Pro to latest version of High Sierra

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Right now I am completely unable to log in to my MacBook Pro 2013. This began since attempting the most recent OS X High Sierra update from the App Store. Presumably it failed.

I have tried all the usual approaches (disk repair, fsck, PRAM reset, SMC reset, reinstall OS in recovery mode), to no avail.

Here’s what I get when I boot in verbose mode (Cmd + Shift + V) and then proceed to enter my password and log in.


texts: How can I irreversibly prevent Safari from being used for web browsing?

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I have a content blocker set up just the way I want it as a Firefox extension, but I've recently been cheating by switching over to Safari.  I want to reclaim distraction-free browsing but after an exhausting effort I can't figure out a good way to "break" Safari 13 on Mojave.

Rootless won't permit uninstallation (nor do I see that being advisable).

I tried using Gatekeeper to prevent Safari from being launched.  Supposedly

sudo spctl --add --label "BlockedApps" /Applications/Safari.app
sudo spctl --disable --label "BlockedApps"

should have done the trick, but some have reported this trick doesn't work and indeed it did nothing to stop Safari from launching.

I got my hopes up with WasteNoTime only to find such extensions aren't supported by Safari anymore.

Apps like Cold Turkey are overkill, since I only want to prevent web browsing using Safari.  Apps like 1Focus aren't powerful enough.  Foiled at every turn.  Is there a trick to "breaking" Safari?


texts: On iPad Pro, does some apps stay full screen even when working in a 2 app side-by-side mode?

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Because Pokemon Go has a bug on the iPad version and I cannot see the number of Pokeballs remaining to catch a Raid Boss (due to aspect ratio of iPad about 4:3, not the same as iPhone's 16:9), so I want to use the 2-app-side-by-side method to see if I can somehow change the aspect ratio of the app.

So I either run Pokemon Go and slide in a Safari, or run the Safari and slide in Pokemon Go.  (By running Pokemon Go, and then slide from bottom up of the screen to see the dock, and then touch-and-hold an app and move it to the edge of the main screen area).

Either case, I see Pokemon Go running as a full screen app.  Is it true? Some apps cannot run as a side-by-side app but must remain full screen?


texts: Zipping (Archive Utility) in 10.14.6 using other sorting order than Finder

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As of macOS 10.14.6 (maybe since 10.14.0) I noticed that when I zip files directly within Finder (Select files, right click, compress) that the resulting Archive.zip contains the selected files but in another order than shown in Finder.
Sort order in finder: alphabetically (by Name, ascending).
Sort order in zip: i don't know what order it has...

How can I set the sort order in ZIPs back to alphabetically?

Screenshots:

1) This is the order in the Finder:

2) This is the order in the ZIP file when using macOS 10.14.6 compression (select all, right click, compress):
So the order is 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 (instead of 1 - 2 - 3 - 4)

3) Here is the order in the ZIP file when using KeKa:

I hope my question is clear now and we can avoid unnecessary "why is this important" comments... Thanks!


texts: How to connect two LG 27UD88 to single thunderbolt 3 port

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I have late 2016 MacBook Pro 13, which has thunderbolt 3 and according to specification can chain two 4k monitors. So if that's correct, how would it be possible to connect two LG 27UD88 monitors over single cable?

I suspect I need some hub that will input thunderbolt 3 and output 2 USB-C as that's what this monitor supports.

Also if this would work, will charing work too?

So basically I want to plug two monitors with a single cable and the same time chard my Mac.

Thanks.


texts: Outlook 365 - cannot search mailbox after restore

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I'm a business user of Office 365, including Outlook. I recently had to replace the main SSD drive in my Mac Pro; I was unable to do a normal Time Machine restore (bombed out halfway through the restore), so instead I did a full reinstall of Mojave (10.14.5) and used the Migration Assistant to restore my entire system.

This seemed to work pretty well, except that I can no longer search for messages in Outlook - every search returns "No Results" almost straight away. I've tried the usual advice - rebooted, rebuilt Spotlight index etc, but nothing appears to fix it, and it's becoming increasingly frustrating. Everything else, including Spotlight search for other things, seems to be working fine.

Before I try deleting and recreating my profile from scratch - which I really don't want to do - is there anything else I can try to get searching working again?

EDIT: I've since tried removing and recreating the account, and still it doesn't search :(


texts:
Could you help me fix the following script?

I have an actionscript which I use within Automator to pad any size image thrown at it into a square canvas. In other words, you need not feed it the literal dimensions of the longest side and then tell it to match the other dimension with the same pixels. (For 3000 images that would take up as much time as exporting each one manually.)

Up until Sierra, this script would work for any number of images that I threw at it, whether I told Automator to act upon selected images, images within a folder, or if I specified the images from within Automator. Now when the script begins, it opens a Finder window requesting for me to select a single item.  (And choosing multiples from within this window will not solve the issue, as the script is looking to process one item per iteration.) In other words, the script runs once then ends. I'd like to know how to get it to run for number of items need, and I'd like to know how to make the script work without requesting items from a Finder window, particularly if I already used Get from within Automator to choose the items in question.

So it is clear that the script is behaving differently now, not the workflow in Automator. And to further test this, the script could just as easily be run from the AppleScript Editor, but it does the same thing.

Here's the script in question:

set this_file to choose file without invisibles
-- indicate the proportions for the pad area
set H_proportion to 1
set V_proportion to 1
try
    tell application "Image Events"
        -- start the Image Events application
        launch
        -- open the image file
        set this_image to open this_file
        -- get dimensions of the image
        copy dimensions of this_image to {W, H}
        -- calculate pad dimensions
        if H_proportion is greater than V_proportion then
            set the new_W to (H * H_proportion) / V_proportion
            set pad_dimensions to {new_W, H}
        else
            set the new_H to (W * V_proportion) / H_proportion
            set pad_dimensions to {W, new_H}
        end if
        -- perform action
        pad this_image to dimensions pad_dimensions with pad color {65535, 65535, 65535}
        -- save the changes
        save this_image with icon
        -- purge the open image data
        close this_image
    end tell
on error error_message
    display dialog error_message
end try


texts: Is there a way to view/edit Outlook for Mac's SQLite database to edit the signature file?

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I am looking to edit the file or reference that is used in the SQLite database that Outlook uses on the Mac. Instead of having to copy and paste an HTML signature in the Outlook program, I would like to paste the HTML code into the database.
What programs and or resources would I need to view and edit this portion of the database that Outlook uses?

Database File

Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Main Profile/Data/Outlook.sqlite


texts:
After I updated my iPhone 6 to iOS 10 I started having issues with calls using the Parrot MKi9200 Bluetooth car kit.

When I am talking on the phone through the Bluetooth kit the connection keeps dropping. Every minute or so it tells me that the connection was lost, and after a few seconds it connects again. This happens both when I am using regular phone calls and VoIP calls. However, when I am playing music or streaming a YouTube video there are no issues.

Most of the websites that talk about Bluetooth problems on iOS 10 suggest resetting the network settings. I have done this as well as re-pairing the Bluetooth device, but neither has helped my situation.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.


texts: iPhone 4S w/ iOS 6, any risks in finally upgrading to 8.4?

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I have iPhone 4S running iOS 6.
I've never upgraded to iOS 7 since at first I didn't like the new graphics.
but overtime, apps are not being supported anymore. some simply don't work, and some can't be updated as they require at least iOS7. for example, on whatsapp, I can no longer preview about 25% of the messages I'm receiving. It's very sporadic, sometimes It lets me and sometime it doesn't.

So is it about time to finally upgrade? Any risks involve? I guess I can only update it straight to the latest 8.4, right?

Any way to upgrade to iOS 7? is it recommended?
I've read the screen is too small on iOS 8 so you can barely see the email you compose. is it the same with 8.4 as well?
will it be really slow? my 4s with iOS 6 is already kinda slow.
I only have 2.5GB free, can I install it straight from iTunes and it will be ok too?
are there serious Wifi problem with 8.4?

Anything else I should consider?


texts: Are vintage devices compatible with iCloud?

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I would like to know if Notes, Calendar, iCloud Drive, Keychain, Mail and other native apps are compatible with vintage and obsolete products.
Apple KB - Vintage and obsolete products


texts: Can I have macOS prompt for the filename of a screenshot?

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I like the native screenshot functionality that comes with macOS. I know one can configure the folder location and even filename prefix of each screenshot, but I would like to use a dedicated shortcut for screenshots where I want to easily specify the filename of the screenshot itself at the moment of saving it (ideally shortcut + region selection + name + enter).

Is this doable with the screenshot features that come with macOS?


texts: Error when "unzipping" powerpoint file using Archive Utility

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When using this trick to extract data from PPTX file I get an error

  Unable to expand archive "test.pptx.zip". It is in an unsupported format

How do I extract video from my PPTX then?


texts: Is .profile or .bashrc backed up anywhere automatically?

texts: There are hidden files that are fairly important if you use terminal a lot at ~/.profile and ~/.bashrc, etc. Are these files backed up anywhere by default? sometimes I append to environment variables to .profile via command line, e.g. echo 'export foo=bar' >> ~.profile and realized that I could be in big trouble if I accidentally left out one of the > characters.


texts: Why won't the Control Center module let me turn on Airdrop on my iphone 8?

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This has worked before in the past but I don't know why it doesn't work now.

I used to be able to turn Airdrop on/off on my iphone by:

Swiping up from the bottom of my phone
Pressing and holding the module that has options for Airplane mode, WiFi, etc. (image of what I'm talking about here on google)

For some reason, now when I press and hold that module, it doesn't open up to let me turn Airdrop on/off or turn on my personal hotspot.

I've tried powering off/on my phone, and closing all apps but nothing is working.  I don't know what else to try.  Is there some app that I installed that might have prevented this from working as usual?  What can I do to make this simple function work again?


texts: How to uninstall an uninstalled app from the App Store?

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I tried to install Xcode from the App Store. While it was being downloaded, a network problem occurred so the installation didn't complete. However, in the App Store, it appears marked as installed (so now I can't install it).

I don't see any uninstall option. Is there any way to uninstall it from the backend or something like that?


texts: Mac App Store not working on macOS Mojave 10.14 Beta 1 (18A293u)

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Does anyone else have issues while trying to use new App Store on macOS? I can log in but I can't download or update any app.

Sometimes it asks me to change App Store country to one linked with logged in Apple ID (Croatia) and when I try to change it App Store gives me error ‘Cannot connect’.

Restarting Mac didn't helped.

How to solve this issue?


texts: Can macOS be prevented from pausing an app when the system runs out of application memory?

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I sometimes run distributed computing projects in BOINC Manager while my iMac is idle. Often, a Force Quit dialog appears displaying the message 'Your system has run out of application memory'. When this happens, all open applications except the Finder are paused and have to be manually restarted, one-by-one, from the dialog box.

I could reduce the amount of RAM that BOINC Manager can use, but I’d prefer to allocate as much RAM as possible to BOINC projects. How can I prevent macOS from suspending BOINC (or any other app or apps) when the system runs out of RAM?

Update: this issue appears to have been fixed by a recent BOINC update.


texts: Is my RAM compatible with my Macbook Pro

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I have a Mid 2012 13-inch MacBook Pro. To speed it up, I bought  two Kingston PC3L-12800 1600 MHz memory modules which have 4 GB each. However, my computer keeps showing the famous "beach ball" if try to do to many things at the same time (keeping multiple tabs open, closing applications one after another etc).

Do you think there is a compatibility issue? If so, is there a way that I can solve it?


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I just added a second monitor and my display is mis-sized. My macbook air monitor extends partly onto my external monitor. There are parts of the display that are off-screen - if I move my mouse to each side, the display will shift slightly with it, like the display is too big to fit the monitors. I've tweaked with the display resolution to no avail. Any ideas?

There's a black box in the bottom right corner where the mouse won't go, so the actual image is a bit taller than this. Also note how the left side of the window gets cut off.

I am running Snow Leopard; pretty sure zoom is not the issue.


texts: iCloud Drive Saving Document Edits to Archive

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I have an iCloud drive folder where I store my word documents. I edit the word documents while they are located in iCloud Drive. I recently noticed when I opened up a word document that it was the version of the document from 3 days ago, even though I had made edits today on the same computer and closed out the document. There was no cloud image next to the document suggesting it had yet to upload.
To my great relief, I found the edited version of my document (reflecting all the work I had done within the last few hours) in the iCloud Drive Archive folder.
Why in the world does the actual iCloud Drive folder not have the newest version, why is the newest version in the archive folder, and how can I avoid this nightmare in the future?


texts: Lion - automatic file versioning - details

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Can anybody explain some details about how is implemented the automatic file versioning in the Lion?

It is transparent for any file? (for example, for files created in the Terminal.app with shell command like ls >file.txt and ls -l > file.txt mean than the file.txt got versioning?, or
every application should call some versioning API at the save?


texts: Unable to access my Mac keychain due to this

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i am completely new to Mac.

Recently i tried to change the home folder name of my mac mini. i have gone through a website and followed some instructions to do that. finally i have ended up by creating a completely new user profile with a new home folder name. after some time i have decide to turn back to my old user and deleted the recently created user. This is where all my problems started. Now my deleted user folder is in my hard disk with the the following name - alpha(deleted). This folder is still being treated as my home folder even after logging in from a different user. I am unable to access even my keychain services through mac. Some softwares are asking me to reinstall on this user.... i ran into chaos with this. Can some one help me to make my current user as default and renew my keychain access... Please help me as this is of high priority for me.. Thank you


texts:
I have two requirements with handling PDFs on an iPad, but I can't seem to find one app that will solve the problem. I was hoping the iOS 4.2 update would address this, but it doesn't.

Here are my requirements:

I need to be able to search for words in a PDF.
I need to have this PDF sync to a HTTP url. That is to say, I want my PDF on my iPad to be the exact same (the latest revision) of my PDF on my HTTP server.

The ideal solution would be able to just use Safari and open up the PDF via Safari. However, with Safari, I can't search for text within a PDF.

Any thoughts on how I can solve my problem? Any apps out there that will do this? iBooks or Goodreader don't.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to fix Seagate backup plus not readable on Mac?

texts: I never had a problem with Seagate backup plus for Mac desktop until now. I connected it, and it keeps saying "disk not readable". I have only used it on one device. I have options to initialize, ignore, and reject. How to fix it? I have MacOS high Sierra version 10.13.4 (17E199)


texts: How to move image to particular time in iMovie?

texts: So I have been trying to add image to my iMovie. The problem is I want to add the image at for example 2:00 min. But whenever I drag the image to the project, it always goes in the beginning of the movie. Is there a way I can just drag and drop it to whatever time I want to add it to. This seems to be pretty intuitive but not able to do this.


texts: How to get past a forgotten iPhone passcode?

texts:
I forgot my iPhone 5 passcode when I was changing the code. A window appeared on the device screen saying that iPhone is disabled.

I have Apple ID and password for it. After signing in to iCloud I have erased the device in order to remove the passcode from my iPhone but it still says that device will be erased when device will connect to internet. What would i have to do?


texts:
I've had a 48GB SSD in my ExpressCard slot on my '09 17" MBP for the last 8-9 months and haven't had a problem up until this past week.  When I look at spotlight it says that it is indexing the SSD, and it won't stop.  I've left the laptop on over the weekend and I come back and its doing the same thing.

Is there a way to fix this?  If there is no obvious method, is there a way to at least turn of indexing for this drive?


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I am running iTunes on Windows 10 to play my personal music collection.

Oftentimes if I pause the music it won't un-pause. I click the button, which changes to the "playing" icon, but the progress bar doesn't start moving and no music plays. Clicking repeatedly doesn't do anything. The only thing that does is quitting iTunes and restarting from where I left off, which is obviously annoying.

Anyone know what might be going on?


texts: Prevent Adium logout when locking screen on OSX 10.8.2

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Since upgrading to OSX 10.8.2 from 10.6.x I find that when I lock the screen Adium logs out. Upon unlocking screen Adium logs back in.

It used to just set to away when screen locked and I have pushover scripts that rely on this.

How can I get it to behave the way it did before I upgraded?


texts: Is there a third-party iTunes store browser?

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I like browsing through the iTunes store's music content, but I really don't like the UI on the macOS iTunes store application (Macbook Pro). Is there a third-party app that emulates the iTunes store (API calls and whatnot)?

Edit: I was talking about my computer the whole time, not the iOS iTunes store. Whoops.


texts: In Mavericks, how can I make Paste and Match Style the default for Cmd-V?

texts: The instructions for Mountain Lion and other OSs do not seem to apply to Mavericks.


texts: How do I change some text in an OmniGraffle document via AppleScript without changing the text's styling?

texts:
If I create an OmniGraffle document, add a text box with “Test” in red in size 28, I can change the text with this snippet of AppleScript:

tell application "OmniGraffle Professional 4"
    set text of first solid of first canvas of first document to "Hello"
end tell

But this will also change the color, font size and other styling attributes to some defaults. I have an old AppleScript script which did something like the one below to change the text without changing the styling attributes by setting the “text” property of the “text” of the “solid”. The AppleScript dictionary of OmniGraffle Pro says that the “text” property of a “text” is the “The actual text content.”

tell application "OmniGraffle Professional 4"
    set text of text of first solid of first canvas of first document to "Hello"
end tell

I am sure this used to work, but I've gone through a few OS X upgrades and OmniGraffle updates since last running that script, and when I try it now, I get an error. (I am still using OmniGraffle Pro 4 though, not the new OmniGraffle Pro 5)

Is there some other way to change just the text without changing the styling attributes or a workaround for the above error (which I suspect to be a bug)? Does it work in OmniGraffle Pro 5?


texts: Setting font weight in Terminal.app for El Capitan

texts:
I've noticed that there's a subtle difference in the way fonts are rendered in the Terminal app in El Capitan (vs Yosemite). It seems like it used to be the case that the AppleFontSmoothing property in the plist could be adjusted which would affect how heavy or light the font would be rendered. This no longer seems to be the case. Is there another way to do this? I'd like to use my fonts but have them rendered more heavily.

Related question: Is there a way to make the terminal's font less blurry?


texts: Why is there a command-1 on top of my terminal window?

texts: I had always noticed this on my Mac and was curious as to why it is there.  What does it mean?


texts: Does Photos get confused when tagging a person whose face is not visible?

texts: I want to tag the people in my photos, even if their faces are not visible. Does this confuse the facial recognition function and reduce the success rate? Is there another way to tag people?


texts: What third party devices are air play compatible?

texts:
At the moment I can play my iTunes library in 2 rooms of my house, from the iMac in the office and through the Apple TV in the lounge. I would like to purchase at least one Airplay compatible device so that music can be streamed into other rooms.

All I have been able to find is the B&W Zepplin Air, which is a bit big and expensive for what I want. Does anyone have any other recomendations?

I am aware that I could do this with the Airport Express, but I would rather have a 1 box solution.


texts: What is the logic behind the ordering of non-alphanumeric characters in Finder, when sorting by filename?

texts:
You probably know that Finder uses natural sort order rather than ASCII order, when sorting files by name. See:

How does finder sort folders when they contain digits and characters?
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/FileSystemDetails/FileSystemDetails.html
and particularly https://web.archive.org/web/20070821004601/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300989

Recently, I was trying to reproduce the exact sorting behavior of Finder in some code. Punctuation and symbols come before letters and numbers, but I do not understand the ordering within the class of punctuation marks.

I found a blog post (original source here) where the ordering for some special characters was worked out. I did some experimenting to fill in the gaps in the table. The complete ordering (with ASCII values) appears to be as follows:

_  underscore           0x5f
-  dash (hyphen)        0x2d
,  comma                0x2c
;  semicolon            0x3b
!  exclamation point    0x21
?  question mark        0x3f
.  period               0x2e
'  single quote         0x27
"  double quote         0x22
(  open parenthesis     0x28
)  close parenthesis    0x29
[  open bracket         0x5b
]  close bracket        0x5d
{  open brace           0x7b
}  close brace          0x7d
@  at symbol            0x40
*  asterisk             0x2a
/  forward slash        0x2f
\  backward slash       0x5c
&  ampersand            0x26
#  number sign          0x23
%  percent sign         0x25
`  backtick             0x60
^  caret                0x5e
+  plus sign            0x2b
<  less than            0x3c
=  equal sign           0x3d
>  greater than         0x3e
|  vertical bar         0x7c
~  tilde                0x7e
$  dollar sign          0x24

Can someone explain to me the logic behind this ordering?


texts: Is it possible to install iTunes on Windows 7 without Service Pack 1? For iPad Pro 10.5" support

texts:
I'm considering buying iPad Pro 10.5" and meanwhile tried to download and install iTunes - main method of connecting it to the PC. My OS is Windows 7 pre-Service Pack 1. (I don't have MacOS) The installer of iTunes v12.7 is telling me I need to get SP1, which I don't want to do. Previous versions of iTunes I searched through on Apple site state: iPad Pro (9.7-inch) is not supported on Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Is it possible to have iTunes that can sync iPad Pro 10.5" models running on Windows 7 without Service Pack 1 installed?


texts: How to include footer cells in formula when selecting column range?

texts: I have a sheet in Numbers where I have couple of values in columns and have one footer row. I need to include the cell in column including the footer. For e.g. in the below screenshot, the XIRR formula needs to include the cells A6 and B6 when using formula as Payments and Date respectively. Is it possible to achieve it?


texts: I have Vlc version 2.1.4 operating on Mac OSx Yosemite.  When I open any VLC video to fullscreen, it opens into a separate window, or desktop. What i want to do is to be able to fullscreen the video yet have it stay within the desktop that I used to open the file. Is that possible?


texts: iPhone mail doesn't show email address anymore

texts: I used to be able to click the name of the sender or the recipient and it brings up the contact information with the sender/recipient's email address highlighted in blue if I have multiple email addresses saved for the contact. It doesn't do this anymore. How do I enable it again?


texts: Why can’t I share my Internet connection with another Mac?

texts:
I tried to share my Internet connection with another Mac but it failed. I could before I upgraded to Mountain Lion.

I have a 3G USB modem that I use for Internet. I went to System Preferences → Sharing → Internet Sharing → Select my 3G device from Share your connection from → Tick WI-FI → Setup WI-FI Options... and then enable Internet sharing.

However, the other Mac can see my network but cannot join.

How do I fix this?

HW: MacBook Pro Retina 15"
OS: Mountain Lion


texts: Big Sur SMB File Sharing won't work - "There was a problem connecting to the server"

texts:
My goal is to share files on Machine A (my MacBook Pro running Big Sur version 11.2.3) with other Macs on my home network.  My understanding is that I must/should do this via SMB, but if it's possible/preferred to do using AFP or some other Finder-accessible approach (as opposed to command-line tools like scp), I'm open to suggestions.
At this point, I can't even access the files via SMB from Machine A itself.
Here are the variations I've tried so far to set up sharing.
Use the Sharing pane in System Preferences to:

Simply turn File Sharing on with nothing listed under Shared Folders and no accounts checked under Options...->Windows File Sharing
Turn File Sharing on with a single folder owned by an admin account listed under Shared Folders (with 644 permissions selected) but no accounts checked for Windows File Sharing
Turn File Sharing on with nothing listed under Shared Folders and an admin account checked for Windows File Sharing
Turn File Sharing on with a single folder owned by an admin account listed under Shared Folders (with 644 permissions selected) and an admin account checked for Windows File Sharing

Here's what I've tried so far on the client side:

In the Finder, use Cmd-K (Connect to Server) to connect to smb://[Machine] or smb://[Machine]/[ShareName] or [Machine], where [Machine] is 127.0.0.1, an IP address for Machine A, localhost, the name of Machine A, or the name of Machine A with ".local" appended.

I am never prompted to enter a password.
This results in an error dialog with the message "There was a problem connecting to the server ... The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."

In Terminal, run mount_smbfs //[Machine]/[ShareName]/ /Volumes/[NameOfEmptyFolder] or mount -t smbfs '//[Machine]/[ShareName]' /Volumes/[NameOfEmptyFolder].

I am prompted to enter a password in each case.
This results in the error message mount_smbfs: server rejected the connection: Authentication error (and also mount: //Machine]/[ShareName] failed with 77 in the case of the mount -t command).

I've even tried rebooting once and repeating all of the variations above, with the same results.  I've gotten file sharing to work on this computer in the past, but this is my first time in quite a few months I've needed to do that again.  Upgrading to Big Sur is the most obvious difference from before, but there are probably other differences I'm not thinking of.
Does anyone have suggestions for how I can get file sharing to work?


texts: Why TexStudio for MacOS is not being installed?

texts:
I tried to install TexStudio several times but every time it shows error. Error "macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."
How to resolve this error?


texts:
Until 2 days ago my iPod was playing music and videos just fine.

Now suddenly it is unable to copy multiple video files together from the library. It copies only when videos are given to it in groups of 3 or 4.

The iPod is also unable to copy any music from the library. Sometimes it copies just a few of the selected files and then hangs the computer. It doesn't even eject and eventually I have to just disconnect it!

I am very puzzled to see these problems with my iPod classic (120 GB).


texts: Can I clean-install iOS 11 on my iPhone 7?

texts:
My iPhone 7 is too buggy since I upgraded it to the iOS 11 beta. Now the iOS 11 had finally been released for a while, but my iPhone, even after upgraded to the official release, still too buggy (while using an app, the screen suddently got freezed and it is not responsive for a few minutes; an app didn't launch sometimes and crash immediately; etc...).

I already cleaned all my data and settings, and restored it from my backup, but it didn't resolve the issue.

So I would rather like to clean-install it. Is it possible to do that in iPhone?


texts:
After I updated my Mac to Mojave, the mail app became very slow, particularly with the rules.

I have rebuilt mailbox, restarted Mac and Mail multiple times.

My account connects to MS Exchange.

It takes ages to open rules, scroll down and add new senders to a rule I have created to mark "spam" and move all emails from this sender to junk folder. I have checked today, and to run the rule on one email takes about 1 minute. Any ideas?


texts: Issue PYSNMP: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known

texts:
Cannot ping my local machine
I have this same issue with the following code:
from pysnmp.hlapi.asyncore import *

# Import the IPadresses
ip_add_file = open('ip.txt', 'r')
ip = ip_add_file
print("Phase 1: import IP-list completed")
#Loop through the IP
print("Phase 2: send traps per IP")
for i in ip:
    print(i)
    snmpEngine = SnmpEngine()
    print("pass 1")
    sendNotification(
        snmpEngine,
        CommunityData('404040'),
        UdpTransportTarget((i, 162)),
        ContextData(),
        'trap',
        NotificationType(ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'coldStart')),
    )
    print("pass 2")

    snmpEngine.transportDispatcher.runDispatcher()
print("Phase 2: Completed")

I don't have filesharing activated (MacOs issue, I use Big Sur) or any for that matter, what can I try?
I loop through IP list which I want to SNMP trap.
I can ping the IP-list from the terminal.


texts: Avoiding maximized windows to overlap with the uBar's taskbar

texts:
Is it possible to avoid maximized windows to overlap with the uBar's taskbar? By default when I maximize a window it will overlap with uBar's taskbar (but not with the Dock).

Example:


texts: How to make Tab move the cursor between only input fields ignoring everything else?

texts: I have seen setting like this in "preferences", but cannot find it. I am using mojave.


texts: How to purchase a gift certificate in iTunes store?

texts:
My iTunes version is 11.1.3.8 (downloaded and installed today) and this is on Windows 7 x64. Locale is Iceland, recipient locale is Germany. The gift certificate is intended to be used for in-app purchases.

The question is really as simple as in the title: how can I purchase a gift certificate (not a gift card) via the iTunes store? See here and here.

Whenever I follow the link to buy a gift certificate, I am being redirected to the download for iTunes. However, iTunes - latest version - is installed. This is Windows and I have tried Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera to follow the link. Apparently some magic is supposed to happen (iTunes is to start or to point to the correct URL or whatever), but doesn't.

All support/FAQ entries only explain how to redeem a gift certificate, but I have found none that explains how to purchase it in the first place.

So how can I do it, if the search for gift certificate in the iTunes store doesn't yield the item from Apple I am looking for?

What "magic" search term do I have to use to complete this seemingly trivial task?

Progress with the one answer from bmike. This KB article describes the process and has screenshots. However, my quick links look like this (included the top bar so it's visible that I am in the Home "tab"):


texts: Is there any possibility (default write, or something else) to copy text directly from a quick look window? It annoys me that I cannot select and copy text snippets directly from Quick Look.


texts: Iphone 6 plus will not default to SMS when other user iphone is not on wifi

texts:
My iphone 6 plus will not revert to SMS when another iphone user is off wifi.
No problems before when I had an iphone 4s full plan and hubby had iphone 3gs go phone (no data) the imessage app worked great.
Now the iphone 4s is a go phone (no data plan)upgraded to ios 8.1.1. The iphone 6 plus is also 8.1.1. full plan.  The send as SMS is on on both phones.

Is the difference that imessages makes you sign in with an apple id which is an email address?  The phone number and email is checked on both phones for receive and send.  What a pain that my imessages never get to my hubby until he gets to wifi.  The 6+ does not sense or revert to SMS like the 4s always did.


texts: EFI Boot Windows 8.1 or 10 Install on MacPro4,1 / Mac Pro (Early 2009)

texts:
I would like to install Windows 8.1 or 10 on a separate single SSD disk in my MacPro4,1 (not yet flashed to MacPro5,1) using only

EFI/GPT method.

The machine has a 64Bit EFI (rEFIt reports version 1.1 - build 20070328 in the EFI shell using command "ver"), Windows 8 and Windows 10 installer  should be downwards compatible from EFI 2.x and should work with EFI Version 1.x as I read somewhere during my extensive research.

Unfortunately the machine freezes after choosing EFI Boot from Windows installer.

I created a USB boot like here
https://superuser.com/questions/1045512/how-can-i-create-windows-install-media-that-boots-installs-uefi-only

I tried the same installer and a unmodified DVD ISO on (native, not upgraded) MacPro5,1 and at least came to a blue windows screen with boot error 0xc0000225.

Using rEFIt on a stick, the MacPro5,1 reports the same EFI version and build.

My MacBookPro11,5 boots the stick from Apple Boot Selector Screen and enters setup correctly. When choosing BOOTX64.efi from rEFIt it freezes...!!??

What is funny is that rEFIt reports again the same EFI version 1.1 and build as before on the 2015 Mac...!!

How can I reliably check the EFI version of the machines?

I can get further information through rEFIt if needed. I got access to a native windows machine in the office and I can access command prompt through Legacy BIOS/CMS Bootcamp installation or setup of Windows or boot gparted or use gdisk to modify installers if needed. I can also burn DVDs.

What can I do to get the setup to load in EFI Boot and install Win 8 or 10 on my MacPro4,1?

Thanks a lot for help!


texts: How do I reset/clear my external display settings in 10.9?

texts:
I messed up the settings for the clamshell display mode on my MacBook Pro. I can't get my external display to work when I close my laptop. I can get all other modes working (standard mirroring and shared desktop) except for clamshell.

I've tried using defaults to remove com.apple.windowserver, but that hasn't helped.


texts: Is restoring a Time Machine backup on a clean install of OS X Mavericks still a 'clean' install?

texts:
I would like to upgrade to OS X Mavericks. Also, I think it would be a good chance to clean up my system.

My question is: If do a clean install of OS X Mavericks and then restore my machine from a Time Machine backup, then…

would this still be "clean"? …or would this just be the same as upgrading my system the regular way?
will I lose any data/settings/apps?

Thank you guys for your help!


texts: Menu bar and Battery preference pane display different battery percentages on Big Sur

texts:
Why does my Mac display different battery percentages in the menu bar and in System Preferences > Battery?
Maybe this has to do with battery optimization, like mentioned in this question, but why the different message (not "Battery is not charging", like in that question)? Also, I can't find a menu/option called 'Optimized battery charging' in the battery preference pane.


texts:
I just opened my AppleTV 4K and I found an app called 7TV installed!

Any ideas how that could happen?

I never downloaded it.

Location is Germany


texts: Hidden folder in /Users/Shared that has MD5-encrypted name of another user

texts:
I was familiarizing myself with some of the hidden files in OS X (while cleaning house) and I came across a hidden folder inside the /Users/Shared directory. It's name is "." followed by a 32-character hex string, which (I googled the string) is the MD5-encrypted version of the name of my user account on this computer.

The folder was created in 2008, but last modified just two days ago (which leads me to believe it's been accessed somewhat regularly). It contains three files: "." (4 KB document, created and modified two days ago), ".." (Zero KB document, created and modified in 2008), and "Temporary Items" (4 KB document, created and modified two days ago).

Is this normal, or is something strange going on? (Have I been hacked?) I'm using a PowerPC Mac running 10.4.11 (yeah, I know).


texts: iTunes: making it remember the last song and position

texts:
I have a big collection of music. I thought it would be so natural to remember the last playlist, the last song (and possibly also the position within the song) that I played before I closed iTunes, e.g. because I restarted the computer. So many applications do this, take XCode for example.

So is there maybe a script, or some kind of a plugin that does this? Or any other way?

Or maybe we should ask Apple to add this simple functionality?

Update: iTunes 10.6 remembers the last playlist, but still not the last played song. Well, getting closer each year...


texts: Linux VM installation on MacBook Pro with macOS Sierra 10.12

texts:
Using MacBook 13" Retina display with macOS Sierra 10.12.

I already have Boot Camp option along with Windows.

Will it be possible for me to use VM on the same machine for Linux?


texts: Does USB-C charge your device (laptop/phone) while connected to a plugged-in display?

texts:
Given that the new Macbook has only one USB-C port, can you indefinitely run your laptop while connected to a TV?

Let's say a TV run on electricity from a wall power outlet. You connect your macbook to it and play a video from your macbook to be displayed on the TV.

Does USB-C keep your macbook charged while connected to a device that has its own power source? Or will I need to disconnect the macbook from the TV, charge for a while, and then connect it back to the TV once the macbook gets charged enough?

What about if the macbook is connected to a display that run on battery power? Will the macbook charge the display (e.g. tablet),  the tablet charge the macbook, or be power-neutral?


texts: How do I prevent the Mac from sleeping while on display sleep on battery power?

texts: So while on battery power you have the option to prevent the computer from sleeping when display is off. How ever this option is only available while on power adapter. Is there a way to do this on battery power? Prevent computer from sleeping when display is of but on battery power? thank you in advance


texts:
Accidentally removing a card reader without first ejecting the Sandisk 256GB MicroSD in it has caused the SD card to become corrupt. When inserting it now, OSX prompts that it cannot read the card and offers an option of initialising it. This doesn't work, and Disk Utility gets stuck "waiting for the disk to re-appear" when I try to format it.
In Disk Utility and in /dev list, the card shows up as 8MB rather than 256GB. I am hoping that I haven't damaged the controller and that the card might be fixable. Any thoughts?


texts: How can I mute audio using external non-Apple keyboard?

texts:
I tried several combinations, but I have not found any way so far to mute audio (playing in any application, system wide) using a normal PC-Keyboard (Cherry G80) connected to my Mac Book Pro (2011).

On the built-in keyboard of the MacBook Pro this is simply done by pressing F10 (or Fn-F10, depending on the Pref settings).

I would like to get the Fn+F10 functionality working on the external keyboard. Apparently Apple keyboards have an explicit Fn key and there is seems to work.

What I tried is:

I remapped the Windows Menu key (Application key) to Fn using KeyRemap4MacBook
I made it so that F10 does not show the current Application Window, so F10 is free
Still, when I press F10 or Fn+F10 on the extrenal keyboard, nothing happens

To me it seems that the audio mute functionality is pretty low level in the keyboard stack.

Any thoughts welcome.


texts: Smart folder: How to exclude all files and directories inside a folder with specific name

texts:
I create a Smart folder to show all the files created today, but I want to exclude all the files inside any folders with a specific name.

Example:

- foobar
- - subfolder
- - - file1.doc
- - - file2.mp3
- - file3.doc
- - file4.mp3

I want to exclude all the files and directories inside any folders named  foobar.

Notice: also the files in the subfolders (foobar/subfolder/*)

I'm on macOS Sierra 10.12.2

How can do it?


texts: Why does only half my monitor light up sometimes

texts: Sometimes when I wake my MacBook Pro (late 2013) from sleep I only get the right half of the screen lighting up while the left is dark with a hard line dividing the halves (see image below). I can fix this by power-cycling the monitor but its annoying. Can anyone tell me what is happening and how I might fix it? My monitor is a 32 inch Samsung and I have a dual HDMI cable connecting it to my MacBook.


texts: Image dims when viewing in full screen in iphoto on thunderbolt monitor

texts:
I'm using a Macbook Air along with a Thunderbolt Display. I am experiencing a problem in iPhoto wherein images are dimmed ONLY on the Thunderbolt display and ONLY in full view mode.

When using iPhoto, and when viewing in thumbnail mode, all of the thumbnails appear as they should w/rt color and brightness. But when I doubleclick on an image to bring it up in full view, the image is significantly dimmed -- As if a 20% transparent black layer were overlaid on top of it.

When I view the same images in slideshow mode on the thunderbolt, they appear just fine!

And when I view the same images in full view mode on the MB Air monitor, they also appear just fine.

The problem appears to be w/in iPhoto, as there is no systems calibration setting that I am aware of.

Does anyone have a suggestion about how to fix this so that the images appear unaffected on thunderbolt in full view mode?


texts: Is there a way to connect my iPod touch to the internet without wireless connection (say, by usb)?

texts: If I have no wireless connection, can I connect to the internet using the usb on the computer, or some other way?


texts: How to determine the cause of MacBook battery not charging?

texts:
I see that the question "why is my MacBook not charging?" gets asked a lot. The problem is, there are multiple reasons. Possible points of failure are: charger, cable, magsafe connector, DC input board, logic board, battery. (Have I missed any?).
What is the best sequence for a user to follow, to diagnose the problem?
By way of example, here are the first steps that I usually try:

Make sure the charger is working. Either use your charger on a different Mac, or test a spare charger with your Mac.

Check the connection. There might be gunk in your port that's stopping the connector from lying flat.

Try resetting the SMC and PRAM.

If the computer boots, run Coconut Battery to determine battery status.

This is where I get a bit stuck. For example, I have a machine here that boots fine when plugged in, but not from battery. Disconnecting the MagSafe causes the machine to switch off. Sounds like it's a dead battery, except that Coconut reports the battery as detected, in good condition, but not charging.
What steps should I take next? Specifically, I'm asking for a generic algorithm to help determine the source of the fault (preferably without swapping out lots of components one by one)?


texts: How do I enable location services for a specific website on Safari for OS X?

texts: In the past I've disabled Location Services for a specific site in Safari for OS X, but would now like to enable it, for that site only. How do I do that. None of the instructions I've found describe the current user interface for Safari (e.g., there is no "Reset Safari" window in 9.1.2).


texts: How do you reset iCloud password in order to make changes to your account? I am trying to backup my iCloud storage on my iphone.


texts: Similar to TextExpander App but simulating typewriting text effect

texts:
I'm looking for an app similar to TextExpander but I need that the expanded snippet to be shown simulating typewriting text effect.

Something like shown in this YouTube video.

If not posible, can I do it with Automator?


texts: Migrate from El Capitan (10.11) to Catalina (10.15)

texts:
I have a mid-2009 13" MacBook Pro still working, running 10.11 El Capitan. I would like to move it to a newer 2015 13" MacBook Pro currently running Catalina 10.15.

Of course, making sure the new MacBook Pro has an equal or larger hard drive;
Taking into account the old mid-2009 cannot be updated beyond 10.11;
Not knowing if the newer 2015 MacBook Pro could run El Capitan.

My best option seems to be the following:

Using the Migration Assistant (working with OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8 or later): make a TimeMachine backup of the mid-2009 MacBook Pro, connect the TM backup to the newer 2015 MacBook Pro, launch Migration Assistant (within the utilities folder) and select the Time Machine backup. I assume that 32-bit app will be quarantined, but everything else would work (i.e. Mail, preferences for all working apps, etc.). Would that work?

I don’t actually know if the newer 2015 MacBook Pro could run El Capitan. If it could, another option would be to clone the older MacBook Pro to the newer one and then slowly update through all version of macOS, all the way to Catalina.


texts: What does this icon showing corners of a rectangle with a star on some of my photos mean?

texts: I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max running the latest iOS, and some of my photos have this icon in the top right corner. I am assuming that it means that the photo has a face which has been recognised or something similar but it would be nice to know.


texts: How to configure Finder to let me rename dotfiles?

texts:
I always have hidden files set to 'visible' in Finder, because I'm a developer and I work with a lot of dotfiles.

But even with this setting, Finder won't let me rename a file beginning with a dot. It also won't let me modify these files by pasting over them etc; it gives an error like "The item “.gitignore” can’t be replaced because it’s invisible." Well, it's not invisible, I can see it, and I want to replace it, and it's mine.

I know how to use mv. I am asking about doing this with Finder.


texts: Macbook pro 13" OSX Mavericks F3-Key Function?

texts:
Whats this F3 on the Macbook pro 13" with MacOs Mavericks on it? If I press it, there is my desktop big and above from it, my open programs with thumbnail. But this is feature is senseless, because from there I cant switch through my programs with shortcuts.

Greetings.


texts: Prevent application to post PreventUserIdleSystemSleep

texts:
Listing processes which keep my MBP awake with pmset -g assertions shows some applications which I positively do not wish to be able to influence power management.
pid 150(coreaudiod): [0x0000f9a400019c4e] 00:10:34 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "com.apple.audio.00-16-94-2e-19-7e:output.context.preventuseridlesleep"
Created for PID: 3455.

Is there a generic way to tell the system that for example coreaudiod can never post such a PreventUserIdleSystemSleep assertion?
Note that I'm not interested in hunting individual options for each process/application - I am looking for something like pmset --ignore correaudiod which positively restricts processes. Is there such a feature?


texts: How can I launch a Virtualbox VM from the Dock?

texts: How can I put my VirtualBox on my Dock in Mac OS X Lion.  I want to have it on my dock so I can click on it to launch it.


texts: I can't send messages to anyone in my contacts except to myself

texts: I cant send messages to anyone in my contacts except to myself and I can't add people to whom I can message and receive messages from. Anyone who can help?


texts: How to pass the endless verifying status on iMessage or FaceTime activation when phone number is wrong?

texts:
My iMessage continues to show Verifing status on iPhone 4S (iOS 5.1).

The phone number displayed at iMessage verifing screen is wrong (old one)
The Settings > Phone displays the correct number
iTunes shows correct number
The phone can successfully send or receive SMS messages

I already tried the accepted answer from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3401647?start=0&tstart=0 but it does not work.


texts: Can I get iTunes to stop updating a specific app?

texts:
The Weber iGrill iOS app dropped support for my model of thermometer. I didn't realize this until I had already updated the app. I was able to delete the new version and restore the old version from a backup, copy it to iTunes and sync it to my iPhone. (I still sync my iPhone through iTunes, not OTA.)

Is there a way to tell iTunes to ignore updates for this one app? Otherwise I have to update apps one-by-one instead of clicking Update All Apps.

I'm running macOS 10.12.6 and iTunes 12.6.2.20.


texts: How can I mute or at least lower the volume of an app on the Apple Watch?

texts:
The "Seven" work-out iOS app has an Apple Watch app. Neither "Mute" nor "Theatre Mode" seem to affect this app. It persists in making loud sounds, apparently specifically tailored to wake up my family two rooms over. I have also tried changing the "alert volume" in Settings > Sounds & Haptics.

I imagine the Sounds and Haptics settings panel only affects alert sounds, like it says. Perhaps the Seven app doesn't considers its sounds to be alert sounds.

Is there a way to control the volume of non-alert sounds on the Apple Watch?


texts: Why would the iPhone constantly remind for google calendar entries?

texts: My wife finds that her iPhone constantly reminds her of google calendar events (accessed via the exchange trick). None of the google events have reminders enabled. The phone preferences don't ask for reminders. Yet reminders she gets.


texts: Preventing iPhone 3GS from auto-updating to iOS 6

texts: I don't want to update my iPhone 3GS from iOS 5 to iOS 6. I think this happens automatically via WiFi update. How do I stop it from downloading and installing itself?


texts: Which display controller board to use for 13" MacBook Pro (mid-2012, unibody) display panel?

texts: My 13" MacBook Pro (mid-2012, unibody) doesn't work anymore and I decided to convert its display into an external monitor. I have taken apart display of my MacBook Pro from the original laptop but I can't order controller board from eBay/Amazon since I don't know which one will work for that screen. Can anybody help me with this? If somebody can tell me display panel number of the MacBook Pro from that year it would help me order board for mine.


texts: Multiple Monitors using separate "spaces", yet have screensaver stretch as if one space macbook pro

texts:
anyone know of a screensaver app that would allow me to have it viewed as as single "space" across multiple monitors, even when the multiple monitors are set up to be separate spaces?

Thanks


texts: Any Twitter clients for iPhone with larger font size?

texts: Are there any Twitter clients for iPhone that have larger font size than the one used in the official Twitter for iPhone app?


texts: Installing Windows 7 on Mac. A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing

texts:
I'm installing Windows 7 on my Mac via Parallels.  During installation I'm getting. "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing." message. Doesn't give me any option to proceed further.  What am I doing wrong?

p.s. I hit same message using bootcamp.

I'm using Macbook Pro OS X, Core i7. Trying to install Windows 7 Pro  64bit.


texts: Activate fluid app pinned to status from Quicksilver

texts: I use Fluid apps that are pinned to my status bar. If I click on the icon in the status bar, the Fluid app will get focus. I'd like to be able to give an app focus from Quicksilver instead of having to click on the status bar icon. Is there any way to do that? Executing the corresponding app in /Applications doesn't have the desired effect.


texts:
While on some websites, iPad Safari automatically asks to save form data like Us/Pwd, on other pages, it never asks for the same.

How can we force it to ask for form data save on any website?


texts:
I want to know if its "legal" to run Mac OS X in non apple hardware.

If not, what is the point of having to run Mac OS X in a apple hardware, when apple hardware is running Mac OS X already.


texts: iPod touch stopped playing the Pandora app with the following error: "Cannot Connect to Pandora"

texts:
An iPod Touch with the following specs:

2nd Generation
Version 4.2.1 (8C148)
Model: MC086LL

Stopped playing the Pandora app. with the following error:

Cannot Connect to Pandora
Please check your network connection and try again later.

This iPod Touch was working fine 2 weeks ago then starting getting this error. I'm connected to the internet and other apps like Safari work fine.
How can I resolve this?


texts: How can I get an URL shortener in mail.app?

texts: I want to add short URL in my email letterhead. Is there a way to do it in mail from Apple ? I know it's possible in Gmail but doesn't know in Mail. My version is 9.3 in El Capitan.


texts: Using recovery key on erased FileVault encrypted SSD

texts:
My understanding is that with FileVault enabled one can restart a Mac into its Recovery System and erase the hard drive/SSD using Disk Utility.
This procedure supposedly deletes the FileVault key, which means any data on the drive is useless as it can no longer be decrypted.

If a system is in the state described above but previously had a institutional (or personal) recovery key enabled does it mean that key could still be used to recover the data?

My intention is to be able to securely dispose of the FileVault key as well as other recovery keys that might have been set but I was not able to find official documentation from Apple confirming a secure procedure.


texts: Spotlight can't see renamed label in Lion

texts:
Spotlight has an operator, -label, that lets you search for files with a certain color label applied (e.g. Red, Green.) A dropdown auto-populates with label colors when you type the operator into a Finder window find box.

I have renamed a label ("Red" to "Followup"), and it no longer appears as an option in that dropdown. I've run mdutil -E / to rebuild my Spotlight index, but no luck.

I'm running OS X Lion (10.7.2), though I just started using labels, so this may go back a ways. (An aside: in my research it seems there's a strange mixing of Spotlight operators in the form -<operator> and <operator>:.)

Ideas?


texts: How can I take a command line tool and program launchd to run it?

texts:
I am trying to get Offlineimap to run every 5 minutes with launchd. I do not know why it doesn't work and the log file is not written on the specified location. I am running MacOS Mojave on a 2018 MacBook Pro. Can anyone tell me what the problem is with the following plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
        "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
     <plist version="1.0">
      <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>local.check.gmail.plist</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
          <string>/usr/local/bin/offlineimap</string>
      <string>-q</string>
      <string>-u</string>
      <string>quiet</string>
      <string>-a</string>
      <string>gmail</string>
        </array>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/Users/ereraa/log/local.check.gmail.error.log</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/Users/ereraa/log/local.check.gmail.log</string>
       <key>RunAtLoad</key>
       <true/>
       <key>StartInterval</key>
       <integer>60</integer>
       <key>KeepAlive</key>
       <dict>
     <key>NetworkState</key>
     <true/>
       </dict>
       <key>TimeOut</key>
       <integer>180</integer>
       <key>ServiceDescription</key>
       <string>Offlineimap Gmail</string>
      </dict>
    </plist>

Running Offlineimap in the terminal with the exact same arguments works flawlessly. I should perhaps mention that I tried to set up a cronjob; in that case I got the error message that Python could not be found.


texts: "Unable to download the app at this time"

texts: My iPhone 4 can't download any apps. There's a warning message that says "couldn't download the app at this time" and "done" and "retry". What can I do?


texts: Why is my MacBook getting hotter than usual since some time?

texts:
Since some time my MacBook is constantly hotter than it used to be, even when not having much CPU load. What could the cause be?

Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) didn't completely work, I think it has decreased since I reset it but not completely.


texts: Are all bluetooth keyboards slow to respond?

texts:
I've been given a MacBook Pro (now running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6), and a third-party bluetooth keyboard. I have a number of issues with the keyboard:

it's not very sensitive - many keystrokes get missed
if I leave the computer for a few minutes I have to wait about 10 seconds before I can use the keyboard again
it disconnects while I'm typing
the function keys are not affected by the keyboard setting in System Settings (I always have to press fn+ a function key, although the built-in keyboard is affected

I have a couple of wireless keyboards for my Windows PCs, and they don't have any of the above problems. I spoke to an Apple retailer, and they told me I would have all the same issues with a genuine Apple Magic Keyboard. I find it incredible that Apple would sell such an inferior product. I don't want to spend AU$179 just to find out I still have all the same problems.

Was what I was told by the Apple retailer accurate that a genuine Apple Magic Keyboard would have all the same issues?


texts: I powered off my old iPhone 5 after getting the iPhone 6 six months ago. Today, I tried to turn it on and the iPhone will not start.


texts: How do you connect an Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric pad to Windows 10 via Bluetooth?

texts:
I recently bought an Apple magic keyboard with numeric pad to use with my computer, after reading threads online that you can connect it via Bluetooth to a Windows PC. When I search to add a new Bluetooth device, my PC doesn't find the keyboard.

I tested the keyboard with my MacBook Pro where I am able to use it fine. It also connects using the wire to my PC, but it won't find the keyboard via Bluetooth. My Windows PC has Bluetooth 5.0, and I've tried holding down Command + W, tried resetting the keyboard via my MacBook Pro, but it still isn't able to find my keyboard.

Does anyone know a way to fix this issue?


texts: Apple Mail: Move thousands of locally stored mails to IMAP accounts

texts:
I use Apples Mail.app since – forever. My local Mail-Archive consists of about 130'000 E-Mails from multiple accounts, stored in hundreds of folders, localy on one of my Macs. The archive goes back 18 Years! The oldest E-Mails are from 2002!

Now I finally want to have all of them available all the time from everywhere on every device I own. Therefore I want to migrate those thousands of emails to my IMAP-Accounts (3x GMail, 1x iCloud, 1x private Server; I have multiple accounts 'cause of work, honorary activity, personal etc).

Whats the most efficient way to migrate such a large local archive to a single IMAP-Account? (or if possible even better: multiple Accounts?)

Some notes:

It's OK if I loose the structure of the current local archive (The folder hierarchy)
Since many of the (older) messages are from E-Mail-Accounts not longer active or existing (f.e. old @yahoo.com Mails), it's OK if I have to move many of them to a IMAP-mailbox in another Account (f.e. to my current iCloud-Account)
If there is no easy way to split the local Archive and move some messages to Account X and others to Account Y, it's OK if I have to move all Mails to just one IMAP-Account (yet: Gmail, iCloud, private … which should I choose? Size of Storage is no problem on all accounts ;-) )

I thought about creating a new Smart Mailbox and filter the whole local archive for all E-Mails of OldAccount001, then move them by hand (drag-and-drop) to the «Archive»-Mailbox of my CurrentAccount001 … then edit the Smart Mailbox to filter the whole local archive for all E-Mails of OldAccount002 and move them to the «Archive»-Mailbox of my CurrentAccount002 et cetera parge parge … this way I sure loose all the structure (folder hierarchy), but I can live with that … but will this actually work? Again: I'm speaking about thousands of locally stored E-Mails, some 18 years old, many of them from accounts no longer existing – of course many of them with Attachments etc.


texts: How to keep mail messages on servers for Apple mail?

texts: My "late 2013" Mac Pro has a small internal SSD. Since Yahoo Mail and Google Mail have large storage on their servers, I don't see reasons for me to store mail messages on my local SSD. Can Apple Mail client be configured in a way that it only stores, say, 1 month of mail messages locally? Then it can fetch older mail messages on demand. Can I configure Apple Mail to do that?


texts: Is there anyway to make the Safari window smaller by width on Mac? It will only let you make it about 500px in width before it stops. Basically I'm trying to test out some mobile web designs so I would like to have a smaller window in Safari.


texts: What is the latest version of Safari that runs on PowerPC (PPC)?

texts: I wonder if Apple still delivers new version of safari for PowerPC-based macs. On that computer, I'm stuck with firefox 3.6.28. Is Safari still updated on PPC system updates?