texts: In iMovie is there a way to have the background have key frames and motion (similar to picture in picture)?

texts:
I want to see in iMovie if there is any way I can have my background image start in one location at the beginning of the movie and end of in a different position at the end of the movie.

I see I can do that with a non background image using picture in picture and key frames but I want to see If I can do that to the background image as well?


texts: Cleaning up birth years 2000 in my Address Book

texts:
A few years ago (or actually, more likely, in 2000), for some reason, birthdays that didn't have a birth year (but did and do have correct month and day) were automatically given the birth year 2000 in my Address Book. There are hundreds of them (among thousands which are fine).

Is there a way to select these cards, perhaps by Smart Group or something similar, so that I may manually remove the birth year 2000?

NB: I just might also be able to run an AppleScript with a little help. :) OS X 10.8.5 installed.


texts: Apple Mail and IMAP - Removing local attachments only

texts:
I use an email provider that provides me with 30gb of space on their server.
Using IMAP, I send and retrieve emails on my laptop, iPhone and iPad using the default Apple Mail clients in each.

I do not understand why there's not an option in Apple's Mail client to remove email attachments without removing them from the server too. While I understand some benefits in having duplicates of your emails in every device and server that uses your email, its ability to choose whether attachments are also stored appears to be half-heartedly implemented:

You can choose not to download attachments as new emails arrive
locally
You can choose to only retrieve the last 15 months of
attachments, described as 'recent' in options
You can permanently
remove the attachments from all devices, including the server with a
prominent 'remove attachments' option.

I don't understand the lack of an option to remove an attachment from an email (leaving it in the same state as it would have been had 'none' been selected as the option for attachment downloads in options) but retaining the attachment on the server for reference later, if needed.

I'm slow to move from Gmail for personal email for this reason. Using it avoids filling up my devices with space that I'm fine to leave on the server (and use only through my web browser). I'd rather use an email provider and client from a third-party that's not Google but I can't find a way to efficiently return all local emails to text-only after I'm finished with them without also removing the attachments from the server or having to use a cumbersome folder browsing method or third-party utility. Gmails primary advantage to me is not using space on any of my devices.

Do those who lament how quickly their phone's space fills up not also want this option when it's perfectly possible to implement? I'm fine with the reduced backup safety of only having the attachments in one location (the server).


texts:
I have an iOS app and I need to show links for Privacy Policy and Terms of use.

What is the recommended way to show it? Opening links in Safari on a button click or in a WebView inside the app?

As it is a policy from Apple that any app that is making Users Log into the app, should provide how the data will be used and terms of use. So basically it is a mandatory feature to add.


texts: Change Bundle ID when "upgrading" to an organization from individual dev account?

texts:
I created an app 2 years ago and have the bundle ID with my name in the ID (com.joshXXXX.YYYYY). I did not have a business at the time and I read it was okay to use my name. Fast forward to today I have a small team and feel the need to change my individual account to an organization. I would like to also set my Bundle ID as it should be for good practice (com.companyname.xxxxx).

Could this change be done with the account change to an organization or do I have to make a whole new app with a new Bundle ID?


texts: How to back up iPhone with iOS 11.3 via iTunes on a Mac?

texts:
When I plug my iPhone 7 (iOS 11.3) into my Mac (macOS 10.13.4), I see the following categories in iTunes (12.7.4):

I don't see any way to do backups.  How do I do local backups with the latest iOS / MacOS?


texts: "All" missing from favorites bar in mail on Mavericks

texts: I used to have a choice "All" on the favorites bar in Mail on Mavericks. (This is on an iMac). It has disappeared.  Is there a way to get it back?


texts: How does Disk Utility wipe the disk it's executing on?

texts: Maybe I am misunderstanding the functionality as a whole but how does Disk Utility wipe the disk it's executing on? For example, if you were to erase yourself there would still be a hand left.


texts:
I have a debit card in apple wallet that I no longer use. The card has actually been deactivated by my bank because I requested a new card.

When I attempt to add the new card I get an error, ‘invalid card’. I’m certain I typed in everything correctly.

I try to remove the old card first but I do not see it anywhere in wallet until I attempt to add a new card.

How do I delete the old card from apple wallet if I do not see it in the wallet?


texts: iPhone 6s iCloud defaults to old Apple ID. Can't delete iCloud account because it says Apple ID is wrong

texts: I can't delete iCloud account from the phone because it prompts you to enter an id that is associated with a wrong default hotmail Apple ID account. Can't retrieve old hotmail Apple Id account because it doesn't exist anymore rightly so.


texts: iPhone 4S/IOS6 - battery drain after the camera usage

texts:
I just discovered that my iPhone4S/IOS6 battery drains too fast after I use the camera. So:

After the fresh restart the phone lasts 3 days - when not taking photos or videos.
Even if I take one photo (and of course, stop the camera app) the phone will drain the battery in 1 day.

The GPS (triangle icon) disappears after I stop the camera app.

I tested the above several times - enough take one photo (or short video) and the phone draining the battery in 1 day. When I restart the phone after taking photos, the phone will continue okay and lasts 3 days.

Are there any hints about this specific battery-drain problem? (I have already read the general battery hints.)


texts:
I am currently running Mavericks. I have a Drupal7 Virtual Machine running (on VirtualBox). I am trying to install a tomcat7 server onto the VM. I have used the Terminal to SSH and login to my Drupal7 VM but cannot seem to install tomcat7. I am aware that on Windows you use the command: apt-get install tomcat7, however this doesn't work on Mac.
I have tried to use Homebrew, but it doesn't seem to install on the VM through the terminal command.

Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks!


texts:
I saved a Sticky Note before closing it, in the default save location which seems to be MacIntoshHD/User. Now I can't find it, although I haven't deleted it. I don't remember the filename I used, but I know from other sources that it should be an RTF file. Any idea where it is?

I have seen this and this.


texts: Can you install OS X from a USB on late 2010 iMac?

texts:
I'm having quite a few difficulties with my old, late 2010 iMac, and upgrading from Lion to Siearra did not help. I have used my Laptop to create a USB Boot for El Capitan, and I would like to use it to downgrade my Desktop to El Capitan.

I know these older models of iMac cannot install Windows, via Bootcamp, from a USB, but is this the same for OSX? Any help with downgrading/fresh installing to El Capitan would be much appreciated.

P.S. My iMac's super drive is broken, so I cannot install anything from a disc. It's USB or nothing, I'm afraid.


texts: Way to Group MMS on iPhone4s and NOT have everyone see each other's replies?

texts:
If I add all iPhone users to a Group MMS, then they can all see each other's responses (found out the hard way).

Is there a way to send out a mass text (like "Happy New Year!") and not have everyone see each other's response?

I know that this isn't a problem for non iPhone users...


texts: Can I create a Mavericks installation in VMWare Fusion and migrate that to the native disk?

texts:
My current installation has become kind of cluttered and I want to create a fresh one in VMWare. When the one in VMWare has everything I need, I'd like to migrate it to the native disk, so it become my main (normal) OS.

Is that possible?


texts: Does pressing the Force touch trackpad hard damage it?

texts:
So I just have this question because one time when I was cleaning my MacBook with a damp wet cloth, I started cleaning my trackpad but I didn't notice that I was clicking it very hard so I immediately took of the cloth and I stared testing whether my trackpad was working correcting by clicking random stuff it felt weird however after some 3 secs it worked perfectly fine like brand new. Should I worry about hardware damage to my force touch trackpad.

PS. I had also run a hardware test on my Mac and it reported
"No Issues found"


texts:
I had xcode 5.1.1 running on my Mac air. When I tried to update it to Xcode 6, it threw an error "This item is temporarily unavailable. Try again later." I have tried uninstalling the older version, restarting and then installing the new version. Nothing has worked so far.

Any idea how to fix this?


texts:
In researching Time Machine usage issues, I have come across other questions that might change the way I have always arranged my drives.

Back in the 'olden days' when internal drives were smaller--say 10 GB--I would attach an external drive for most of my storage. (Keep in mind that my Mac use goes back to my treasured 128K Mac with no hard drive and has evolved since then.) My current iMac had a 750 GB internal drive which died and is being replaced with a 1 TB drive. I also have a 1 TB external drive.

Being a creature of habit I have retained my time honored practice of using my internal drive for the OS (currently 10.9) and it's associated files, my applications and whatever files the Mac wants to store there. ALL of my stored files are on the external drive. I am a fairly light user so the above arrangement results in about a 5% or less usage of each drive.

Due to the recent 'death' of my internal drive I am now planning on using TM to back up my data and have been told to use a dedicated drive for that purpose. My plan was to get another external drive for that purpose. But, I am seeking opinions to see if I should re-think my disk usage in light of current disk capacities. Given the vast amount of empty space on both my current drives (as I said probably 90% or more) should I consolidate my internal and external drives on the internal drive and format the external drive for TM? It seems to me that I have an insane amount of free disk space so that buying a second external drive to be a waste of money-at least at this time. Of course I can always purchase another drive later if my needs point in that direction.


texts: Accessibility > Menu Bar sizing does not seem to work at all?

texts:
I've recently acquired a 4K 32" display and decided I'll stick with 4k without scaling (IMO scaling is virtually useless for 4k, you can barely use the MacOS it's that sluggish, really disappointing TBH :().
Anyway one of the top priorities for me is having a bigger menu bar as the default one @ 4k is really tiny. Luckily there's an option of having large menu bar under System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, but once I set it to "Large" it says it requires to log me out, then logs me out and once I'm back... nothing changes. Restarting and changing this option again does nothing either.
Any ideas what's wrong? Does it work for you? I'm on Big Sur 11.1.


texts:
Suddenly I can't get QuickTime Player to work anymore because it crashes right after opening it. I do not know if this is the right error message from the log:

Application Specific Information:
Sandbox creation failed: Container object initialization failed.
NSCocoaErrorDomain:512

Does anyone know how to fix the problem or how to reinstall the application even if it's a system app?


texts: Is this external DVD drive Mac compatible?

texts: I am thinking of purchasing a Mac Mini but the lack of optical drive, makes me hesitant. I have an external super-multi DVD rewriter by Liteon (Model GP08LU10). Will this portable drive be compatible with a new Mac Mini?


texts: Mac Pro trackpad freezing or feel like not click or no sound but still work

texts:
spec = Mac Pro 2019 with Catalina 10.15.5
I cant feel my trackpad clicking or no sound, like freezing but I can click things and work find
it seem like when u have a mouse and click it but u cant feel u click it or no sound,
hope u understand my case
I did SMC and NVRAM many time but still working, any idea?


texts: Keyboard option keys work as command keys

texts:
I have a interesting Option Key problem  but I couldn't find any solution.

I am using iMac 21,5" and running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.

My keyboard is apple  wired aluminum extended keyboard  and my layout is "Turkish QWERTY PC". My problem is both Options key work as Command key and , I cant type special characters.

I  opened Key Viewer and when i press option key  it shows as Command Key.

Note : I have a logitech g500  mouse

Note2 : I tried 3 diffrent keyboard ( Microsoft, logitech and apple ) result is same.

Note3 :   system prefs/keyboard/keyboard/modifier  buttons are default , and when i changed control button  to option button and press the control button its type command button again.

Is there any solution to fix this?

Thanks a lot.


texts: How to move the /Users to an encrypted ZFS drive?

texts:
When setting up a ZFS pool on an encrypted CoreStorage volume, a manual typing of the password is required each time for mounting the volume (due to the problem of OS X thinking that the password is incorrect despite the volume mounting successfully, and hence refusing to save the password in the keychain).

If I want to move my entire /Users to the encrypted ZFS volume, is there any way to get that volume to mount properly early enough in the boot process so as to allow regular login?

I'm on 10.8.3, Zevo 1.1.1


texts: How is my Apache server auto-booting without a LaunchDaemon plist?

texts:
A few months ago I setup an Apache server on a Mac Mini running Mac OS 10.14.6. It runs great. Each time I reboot the mac, the Apache service also starts, great.

My question is, why? There is no /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.x file. I can't find anything in the users Library as well. This is a clean install of the OS will nothing much else installed (except things like carbon copy cloner, bbedit, pathfinder, etc).

What am I missing?

Thanks,
dave


texts: In the new photos app, how can photos be deleted from device independent of import time?

texts:
I go to photos app.
I DO NOT select "Delete after import" (for the purpose of seeing if it mattered).  I import photos from iphone.

Now I havent found an obvious way to go back and delete all of the just imported photos from my device.
If anyone has a way to do this that would be good.
If you do not want to deal with this, select "delete after import" when you are importing photos. This is for if you forget to do that.


texts: What's the most popular way of ripping a VCD to an .m4v file? I also need to pick a particular audio track (Chinese vs. English).


texts: Reinstall Cups after unloading/removing its LaunchDaemon

texts:
On one of our laptops, we had popups about printer settings update 200 times per day.
It was getting really annoying and so without thinking about it enough, I've unload and remove cups service.
 sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist
 sudo launchctl remove /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.cups.cupsd.plist

Popups are gone. But unfortunately, now we need Cups back and I can't figure out how to install it again.
Could you explain the installation process for Cups? and launchdaemons maybe?
Running any lpadmin command return lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Bad file descriptor.


texts: Opening new Terminal.app window/tab with a certain profile from command-line or AppleScript?

texts:
When I login to my Mac, I want to automatically open a new Terminal.app window with a certain profile, say Monitor, that has a startup command and several appearance settings.  I thought it would be very easy to do this from AppleScript or command-line (via osascript), so I can add a script to my login items, but it turns out this is not so trivial after several tries.

My current best way is the following AppleScript:

tell application "Terminal"
    set origSettings to default settings
    set default settings to settings set "Monitor"
    activate
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "n" using command down
    set default settings to origSettings
end tell

However, I want to know if there's a simpler way to do this without relying on UI scripting (with System Events) or messing around with my Terminal's default settings.

applescript (osascript) for changing Terminal.app profile seemed promising, but it's for when there's already a Terminal window open.  I have no idea how to create a new Terminal tab or window with its current settings specified.  The do script command, which does create a new window, unfortunately ignores the startup command set in the profile, making me fall back to UI scripting.

I also found this script: http://blog.azizlight.me/having-fun-with-applescript-and-terminal-app/ which again relies on UI scripting.  Because some of my machines use non-English locale, I prefer sticking to keystrokes rather than menu labels.


texts: Is a refurbished Macbook Pro's battery new?

texts: When you buy a refurbished Macbook direct from Apple, is the battery in it new? I cannot seem to find a definitive answer on their website or on the internet. I am concerned that the savings from buying a refurb will be cancelled out by having to replace the battery in less than a year.


texts: Can I transfer my Google Play music onto my iPhone?

texts: I had a Galaxy S4 and I just bought a iPhone 6. Is there a way I can transfer my music using an app to iTunes? Or do I have to download iTunes onto a computer?


texts: I'm looking for a way to invert individual photo colors in iOS 7 to use as a background instead of inverting the entire phones color scheme. How can I do this?


texts: Is it possible to upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra if you have the pkg and pfpkg files?

texts: Per this article I downloaded the 10.12.6 versions of Sierra's pkg and pfpkg files. I cannot use the technique described in the article because Sierra is no longer available in the App Store. Is there a way to use these files to upgrade my MBP without the App Store?


texts: Can the iPad Mail app show the message list full screen?

texts: I just got an iPad (not an iPad 2) and I would like to see the list of messages in the Mail app full screen and not just in the side bar, like they are now. Is this possible?


texts: Can I sync an iPhone to multiple computers without erasing all the applications?

texts:
I have followed advice from this website to sync my iPhone on multiple computers, but it is determined to erase my applications. I have about 50 apps on my iPhone.

If you try to untick "Sync Applications" on the Apps tab iTunes says "Are you sure you do not want to sync applications? All existing applications and their data on the iPhone will be removed."

However if I don't tick sync apps (bearing in mind my laptop is new) my computer tries to remove all the apps, because it doesn't "own" any applications.

Is there any way I can sync without deleting all my apps?


texts: Is there a way to import stopwatch data into Numbers?

texts: I use the stopwatch app to collect data sometimes, and often I'll have ~100 datapoints. (as an example, my light creaks periodically after I turn it off after leaving it on for a long time, so I timed that once to find out how the period of the creaking changes over time). After recently getting an iPhone 6s with iOS 9, I tried using the Numbers app to graph some results. However, typing in the ~100 results is a bit tedious, and I was wondering if there was a way to transfer the data from the stopwatch to Numbers.


texts: How can I permanently suppress the firewall access prompt while developing a server program

texts:
I have a server process that I am developing that opens listening TCP sockets. Each time that happens, the firewall opens a dialog with the text "Do you want the application “server” to accept incoming network connections?", prompting me to "Allow" or "Deny" this program rights to bypass the firewall. I never need to allow, since I only ever connect to this server while developing from the local machine.

This dialog is incredibly inconvenient and poorly behaved from a UX perspective, and in some cases, I have literally dozens of instances of this thing coming into being and terminating as automated tests are run. The barrage of dialogs is frustrating, to say the least.

I'd really like to permanently suppress this dialog in some fashion. Things that I am not interested in doing:

Turning off the firewall
Adding a port exclusion (the test suite runs the server on different ports each time to avoid conflicts due to parallel test execution).
Any sort of "signing" step, since the binary is frequently regenerated, and therefore I would need to integrate the signing step into my build process.
Needing to run as root or start the server with additional privs, for obvious reasons, and because much of the test suite is automated.

Any thoughts how to make this incredibly irritating dialog go away?


texts: I've manually copied files from my time machine backup drive and now I cannot delete them from my computer

texts:
I got a new computer and I didn't want to do a full time machine restore but rather pick and choose what files I was going to copy off of my time machine drive.

So, I went into the directory, found some files I want, and did cp -Rpv dir /Users/username/dir

However, With the -P it kept the same permissions as the files on the time machine. chmod -R 777 dir doesn't work and neither does resetting permissions from within the 'get info' -> 'sharing and permissions' setting.

How can I get the permissions for the directory back to something that will allow me to delete the directory?


texts: My iPhone charger emits a little very high pitch noise when my iPhone is charged... is it normal?

texts: When my iPhone 5s is fully charged my charger (which is the official one), emits a super little noise that is very high pitch (I would say nearly an ultrasound...). Is it normal ?


texts:
I have a severe permissions' issue. I hope there are some really clever people out there, who might know how to solve this using the Terminal, expert-level hacking or in some really simple way so I at least can backup my data despite the faulty permissions.

This is the cause of the issue

Being a curious person, in Finder I right-clicked my User and hard-drive unit and removed "staff" as well as changed permissions for "everyone" under permissions. After this my Mac (Macbook Pro, 13 ", early 2013, latest version of Yosemite) hung and every time I try to start it up, it gets stuck loading before the login screen.

This is what I have tried and all have failed

Booting the faulty computer and letting it be to see if it would finish loading.
Rebooting it with cmd+r, entering disk utility, repairing permissions. This outputs

User differs on private/var/db/displaypolicyd; should be 0; user is 244.
Group differs on private/var/db/displaypolicyd; should be 0; user is 244.
Repaired "private/var/db/displaypolicyd"

However, when I reboot the permissions' issue remain and when entering Disk Utility again, I get the same permissions' repair messages.
Rebooting it and creating a new ACL.
Using another Macbook Pro, mounting the faulty one with the help of rebooting it in Target Mode. However, the permissions' issue doesn't permit me to access the drive this way. In Disk Utility, I can select the drive with the faulty permissions, but I can't select the option repair permissions.
Using another Macbook Pro, mounting the faulty one with the help of rebooting it in Target Mode and creating a new image (dmg) of its hard-drive to the functional computer.
Looked at the answers in How Should I Correct the Owners and Permissions in an OS X User Folder?, but they don't help in solving my problem

This I need help with

How can I repair the permissions considering this specific case and what has been tried already?
Or (if there is no easy way out of this) is it possible to make a backup of the drive so I can reinstall everything without loosing data?


texts: Calendar stopped working properly on iPhone. How can I fix it?

texts:
The calendar in my iPhone does not allow me to input new events.  It was working fine, and I did nothing different to the Phone.  When I try to input a new event, it won't 'stick'.
Here's what I know:

I can add an event directly into iCloud, and it will show up on iCal on my computer and in my iPhone.
I can add event on my computer in iCal and it will show up on my iPhone, but not in my iCloud calendar.
I try to add an event into the calendar on iPhone, and nothing shows up anywhere.

OSX 10.7.5
iPhone 7.0.4


texts: how dangerous is it to give zsh full disk access?

texts:
I have a shell script that runs a few (Duplicacy) backup commands. It works fine when I manually run the script from terminal (cd to the directory where it is and then ./backup.sh).
To make it run automatically I created a launch agent (a .plist file). When it runs now, I get only "operation not permitted" errors whenever Duplicacy attempts to open a preference file or any other file to do its backups. The permission of the script is 755, and it's owned by the same user as the the files Duplicacy tried to open.
Quite a bit of research suggests that I should open Security & Privacy in Preferences and allow zsh to have full disk access. I tried this and it solved the problem.
Is this overkill and dangerous for this issue? Is it ok for zsh to have full disk access?


texts: I just got an iPad Air 2. I would like to lock the screen rotation but it doesn't have the rotation lock switch. I also checked this community and tried someone's answer, which was to go to control center. This didn't work because I didn't see  rotation lock control in control center.


texts:
It seems that my firewall blocks some Handoff features. When I turn off my firewall it all works as expected.
What port does Handoff use?


texts: Recover external hard drive after dd command

texts:
I'm trying to be calm... and will try to explain this as best I can.
I was trying to use the dd command to burn an iso image to a 16GB MicroSD for my RaspberryPi. I had my 2TB USB hard drive also connected on the other USB-C slot and by accident, I completely wrote over the 2TB drive of important files instead of the 16GB MicroSD!
The command I executed was:
sudo dd bs=4m if=PlexMediaPlayer-1.3.4.699-1d4f6da1.RPi2-arm.img of=/dev/disk2
Where /dev/disk2 was the 2TB external USB drive. The output of the command was:

137+0 records in
137+0 records out
574619648 bytes transferred in 19.313496 secs (29752234 bytes/sec)

The drive now has the contents of what was originally in the .img file intended for the 16GB MicroSD. Everything else is gone from the 2TB external USB Drive.
My whole life is in that 2TB hard drive, including the photos of my kids since they were small, etc. I can't imagine what else was lying in that drive.
I'd really appreciate any help anyone can provide. :-(


texts: What is could spawn tons of processes called AppleUserHIDDrivers over and over

texts:
I see 18 instances of the process AppleUserHIDDrivers running on my MacOS, according to the activity monitor, belonging to the user _driverkit. The parent process is listed as launchd. What could be causing this?
I'm running MacOS 10.15.4 I rebooted recently so these didn't accumulate over a long period of time.
I believe HID is input devices. I do have a wired/wireless keyboard, wired/wireless mouse, external monitor that accepts USB uplink for input devices, and wireless headsets. I don't have 18 different input devices, though.
What could spawn so many processes of the same name or how might I track it down better?


texts: Is there a way to restore the original sorting in a Numbers table?

texts:
I have just started using Numbers and I started messing around with the organization options. Filters and categories work great, however, sorting has a weird behaviour.
If I sort the rows by a given column and then remove that sorting rule, the original row order is not restored. I couldn't find any simple way to restore it :/
How can it be done?


texts: Turning off default new window on terminal startup

texts:
Whenever I open the terminal a new window automatically opens up, I'd like to turn it off so that when I open the terminal I don't get a window and have to manually choose one from the shell menu.

The reason is that I'm opening a 3rd party application which opens an REPL in the terminal, and thus when the app opens the terminal I get two windows, one is the REPL which I want, and the other is another default window which I don't.


texts:
Is there any way to reinitialize an external third party USB keyboard? I hit a wrong key after MACOS detected the new keyboard hardware. Now, my keymapping is not correct.

I need to remove or reinitialize it (repeating the hardware detection).

Any ideas?


texts: Will performance on my AirPort Extreme be hurt pushing AirPlay content over 2.4Ghz and the rest on 5Ghz?

texts: I already know individual answers to this but stick with me :) So, the latest AirPort Extreme (802.11ac) says it can do simultaneous dual-band, which is fine when you're using both frequencies together. But if you separate the two by SSID, giving you a dedicated 5Ghz and dedicated 2.4Ghz band, does it still transmit on both of those simultaneously to separate devices? To give you an idea of what I'm trying to do, I want to hook up AirPort Express units around my house to provide AirPlay to assorted speakers in the Kitchen, Dining Room, etc and was thinking, in theory I can have them all operate on say, the 2.4Ghz band while the rest of the house is on 5Ghz, and it should alleviate some network congestion when streaming to multiple units at one time. In my mind, it's like Sonos but a bit cheaper since I have most of the hardware already. This may be completely pointless, so I'm just curious if there's anyone familiar with this or if it's even necessary. I've had multiple people tell me to use the 5Ghz band exclusively since my house is relatively small and I can hit it from almost anywhere. Is my logic misguided?


texts: Boot Camp - Apple SD Card Reader not recognised

texts:
I've issues with my Boot Camp instance. The following happened/happens:
- my JetDrive SDXC Card is shown on Mac OS Catalina and works properly;
- I installed carefully Windows 10 with Boot Camp Assistant;
- I previously downloaded Windows support files on usb stick;
- I downloaded ISO of Windows 10, using other Windows PC and Media Creation Tool available from Microsoft site;
- I created bootable USB drive using Boot Camp Assistant;
- I installed and chose Windows 10 Pro Version, after installation I installed Windows Support files - Setup.exe
- Everything seems to work correctly, Wi-Fi, usb ports, screen, sound etc.
- except for Apple SD Card Reader;
- The problem really starts here;
- Device Manager shows no such thing as Apple SD Card Reader or anything similar;
- The same goes for dskmgmt;
- Different solutions posted on different sites have I tried, but nothing have helped;

Have you any idea on how to solve this issue?

Issue happens on basic version of Macbook Pro 13" (Mid 2014).

Kind Regards,
JC


texts: How can I extract the non-blurred version of an iOS Portrait image from HEIC file? (i.e. turn “depth” off?)

texts:
Following https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/105378/how-to-extract-depth-map-from-heif-image-created-with-iphone-x-using-imagemagic, I can extract the depth map as a byproduct of heif-convert. This produces an image with the blurred data and an image (half-size) of the depth map. The Apple Photos app has a feature to /disable/ the 3d blur, implying that either the blur is reversible (unlikely?), or the non-blur information is intact.
$ heif-convert IMG_0050.heic IMG_0050.jpg
File contains 1 images
Written to IMG_0050.jpg
Depth image written to IMG_0050-depth.jpg


texts: Can't resize main partition even in G-Parted

texts:
So I had an old partition that I deleted, and now moved all my stuff to the new one. Now I am out of space, and I want to resize it to fill the whole hard drive.

But Disk Utility wouldn't let me resize the partition! It is grayed out.

So...

I boot off of G-Parted Partition Editor, and sure enough, I couldn't resize the partition! I could only make it a bit smaller to the few megabytes of remaining space.

What is wrong, and is there a way to fix this?


texts: Can I mark a SD Card as permanent storage?

texts:
I own a PNY - StorEDGE 128GB and I remember that it was initially recognized as a fixed/permanent disk like a hard disk.

I reformatted it to add encryption but now the disk is shown as a removable device. This keeps tools like SkyDrive from using it as a target.

Can I set the volume type somehow?


texts: How do I open a new Terminal window ssh'ed to another machine from the command line?

texts:
From the command line I'd like to open a new Terminal window that is already SSH'ing to a host.

From the command line, I can open a new Terminal window very easily:

open -a Terminal

or

open -a Terminal /path/name

(The second one starts the Terminal already "cd"'ed to /path/name.)

However I want the Terminal to open and immediately run "ssh foo" instead.


texts: Can 2 separate macbook Pros work on one imovie project at the same time?

texts:
I have a question regarding Imovie. I am wondering if 2 separate MacBooks can work on the same iMovie project at the same time. I am working on a project with a partner. When I say "at the same time", I mean that both computers can move scenes around, and add commentary and music at the same time. The same project can be open on two separate computers and an edit on one computer shows up on the other. Basically, I am asking if iMovie can work just like Google Docs, 2 people can make edits in real time at the same time. If so, how can I connect the two MacBooks together on the same project?
If this doesn't work on iMovie, will it work on final cut pro? Thanks


texts: How can I delete a certificate that got restored from a backup under iOS 10/11?

texts:
With iOS, certificates are installed as part of profiles. Deleting a certificate means removing the profile.

When an iPhone with profiles is backed up, and then the backup is restored to a new device, the profiles are no longer visible under Settings > General > Profiles. So, they can't be deleted via the usual way.

The certificates however get restored to the device. One can see them e.g. under Settings > General > About > Certificate Trust Settings.

Hence my question: How can these certificates be deleted from the device?


texts: Where can I get a case that is also a battery for the iPhone 4?

texts: I have seen ones for previous versions of the iPhone - is there one for the new iPhone though?


texts: Automatically reboot OS X 10.7 after kernel panic?

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Is there a way to set up Mac OS X (10.7) to automatically reboot after kernel panics?

Yes, it shouldn't kernel panic, I know.  But it does.  I've replaced all the RAM in the system, ran memtest and smart test but it still crashes about once a week.  No 3rd party kernel modules loaded.  It would be almost not annoying if it was automatically rebooting, hence the question.


texts: MacBook Pro mid-2015 froze, rebooted it and now it will not connect to wifi

texts:
My MacBook Pro mid-2015 froze, after I rebooted it, it could no longer connect to my wifi, I followed all the steps in this post:
Macbook pro will not connect to wifi?
But it did not solve the issue, my other MacBook Pro, works just fine on wifi.
I connected the mid-2015 to a hard ethernet line for now, but I am not sure what happened. What should I do? Contact Apple? Send them the diagnostic gz files it keeps creating when I run diagnostics?


texts: SSD reporting incorrect amount of free space, not due to local snapshots

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I recently created a file of just over 20GB and then deleted it shortly after, however my free space did not increase at all. I am using a 2012 MacBook Air with a 128GB SSD and I've had problems before with inaccurate free disk space (even when accounting for Time Machine's Local Snapshots). Usually though I can fix the problem by verifying the disk in disk utility, which then shows Invalid volume free block count and orphaned blocks errors, which I could then repair in recovery mode, but now disk utility repeatedly insists the volume is OK, and its S.M.A.R.T. status is verified.

I suppose I will have to just reformat the drive, reinstall OS X and restore from my backups, but is there anything else I can try first? Also, since this has happened a few times before (mainly when I delete a large amount of space in one go), should I suspect the SSD of having problems, in spite of its verified S.M.A.R.T. status?

UPDATE: I initially thought there was a 26.2 GB discrepancy. Interestingly though, whilst System Information reports that backups are taking up 12.65 GB, sudo du -csh /.MobileBackups gives 31 GB. In total, this adds up to 94 GB of used space, which still amounts to a 7 GB discrepancy which I can't account for.


texts: How can my iPhone NOT be able to access local computers?

texts:
I'm running a Rails app on my MBPr over wifi. Other computers can get to it on the LAN just fine. My iPhone (5S) can't. In fact, my iPhone can't even ping the MBP. Running tcpdump on the Mac, and a ping utility on the phone, I can see it try, but it doesn't receive the response packets.

In further fact, my iPhone can't even seem to ARP the MAC address, and resolve to an IP address. When I try to access the Mac's web application, I can see the iPhone ask to ARP the address, but it asks 4 times, apparently never receives the responses, and gives up.

I've tried turning off the cell and bluetooth radios. Both Safari and Chrome do NOT work. The phone WILL connect to a (wired) Raspberry Pi on the network. I tried plugging in my wired ethernet adapter to the MBPr, and the phone DOES connect when it is running on the wire.

So my Apple iPhone can't talk to a web application running on my Apple MBPr over wifi. It just seems... wrong. Does anyone know how I can fix this?


texts: "unable to download application" when installing directly on iPhone

texts:
While trying to download an app over a wifi connection, app store told me that it was "unable to download application, please connect to pc to download application".
After doing some research i found it was not a common problem and this morning over 3G the application has now downloaded.

My question being, is there an issue with the wifi network restricting me (maybe i have to many Wi-fi connections or something) or does it have something to do with the fact that i haven't downloaded iOS 5 yet?


texts: Apple Watch screen not turning off anymore

texts:
Usually my Apple Watch's screen turns on when I raise my arm, and then it turns off either when I put my arm down, or if I leave my arm in that position for 15 seconds. This has always been the case

For some reason this isn't happening anymore, since around yesterday. When I raise my arm, the screen remains on even when I put my arm down, and also doesn't seem to turn off even when I wait for it to.

What can I do in this circumstance?


texts: Does OS X process sound in any way other than volume adjustment before outputting it?

texts:
Some Windows systems have various "sound enhancer" functions enabled by default (depending on the audio driver).  This changes all sounds that are sent to the speakers by applying equalisation and possibly mixing together the right and left channels of stereo sound for a "better surround effect".

I would like to know if OS X applies any similar transformations by default, and if yes, how I can turn them off.

I need precise control over sound output for a physics experiment with two speakers.  I would like to play a pre-generated wave file exactly as it is, without any post-processing.  Most importantly, the two channels must not be mixed at all, and preferably no non-linear transformation should be applied to single channels either (this is less important because some non-linearity is unavoidable when the signal goes through the analog hardware).

Note: The question is about OS X in general, not about iTunes, which does include a sound enhnacer.  I won't use iTunes for playback.


texts: Add vibration to incoming Signal messages (iOS)

texts:
Similarly to incoming iMessages I want vibrations on incoming Signal (https://signal.org/) messages.

Is this doable as of now?


texts: What is the easiest way to 'save as' in iWork?

texts:
The 'save as' option in iWork has changed when versions and Lion was introduced.

I often open up a doc make some changes - names, dates, prices - and then wish to save the doc in another location and under another name.

Currently I have to create a duplicate first and then save it with another name.

Is there a simple way of doing this?


texts:
I was messaging a friend then suddenly it gave me an error saying the message was not sent and I had to re-try sending the message. Since then, my iMessage freezes if I go into that same message. I cannot delete that conversation because if I go back (does not freeze if my screen is not in a conversation) and press edit then delete, it reappears every 5 seconds. This one conversation seems to be the one with the glitch.

iMessage opens at that specific broken conversation by default. So I have to tap back within 1.5 seconds before it freeze to go to my list of conversations.

I have an iPod Touch 4G and my software is updated to iOS 6.1.

I have tried:

Force close
Delete all conversations
Restart iPod
Turn off and back on
Clear messages in that conversation within 1.5s (I cleared it but still freezes)
Send new messages
Power off my iPod for 24 hrs.

Is there a way to delete that conversation on my macbook?


texts:
I am running Xcode 10.3 and I have an iPhone 6s running iOS 12.4. I am unable to connect it to Xcode, which is running atop macOS Mojave running on a VMWare virtual machine.

I got "trust this device" in windows and i can see my device in iTunes in windows. But still cant see it in macos iTunes. Everything has latest versions and my firewall in macos mojave is not on.


texts: syspolicyd taking large amounts of CPU, inactive RAM

texts:
Recently I noticed my CPU and temp would spike about every 10 minutes, and found the culprit to be syspolicyd. It adds about 50% of my RAM as inactive as well.

I updated the operating system and any other software I could think of, try quitting the process in Activity Monitor, restarted the computer a number of times--nothing seems to work. Clearing the inactive RAM with FreeMemory works for a few minutes (as you can see in the graph), but the it starts up again. This is really throttling my ability to use Logic Pro and I don't know what to do. Any thoughts?
SOLUTION: I still don't know the root cause, but booting in safe mode and resetting NVRAM appears to have stopped this process. Hope it helps someone else out.


texts: Why does iTunes ask me to update my carrier settings?

texts:
and then tell me that it has failed ...

Should I just ignore this as my phone is working fine?

My internet connection is fine.


texts: What is the definition of "recently added" in my iTunes playlists?  Are these songs that I have purposely added or could they be those songs added by iTunes because of my Genius playlist. I need to know if these songs could have been added by someone other than me.


texts:
My Mac was shipped with Lion. Therefore I have no install CDs that I could use to run a hardware test.

How can I run a hardware test?


texts: can't get HTML to display in Apple Mail signature

texts:
I'm stumped.  I cannot get the HTML I wrote to display!  I followed all the steps properly with creating a webarchive file, renaming so that it shows up in Apple Mail. But then when I go back in and see the signature, it's there but it doesn't display the HTML ... it just displays the code!

I've tested the HTML code on a webpage, and it works just fine.  I have my message format as Rich Text.

The code is:


texts: What's the difference of FaceTime App that came installed in my Retina Macbook Pro and the one that is in Mac App Store for $0.99?

texts: I checked that both apps (pre-installed and paid) have different version numbers.


texts: Why does my Apple TV 4 often turn my receiver off on startup?

texts:
I have an Apple TV connected via HDMI to a Pioneer VSX-S510 which in turn is connected to my Sony Bravia KDL-32W4000 TV.

I have everything set to power on automatically, and I can control the receiver's volume using the Apple TV remote. When the receiver is off, because I have 'Standby Through' configured on the receiver, the TV plays the audio and I can control its volume using the Apple TV remote.

As expected (and what I want), when I wake up the Apple TV, both the TV and the receiver turn on. However, about half of the time, the receiver powers down again about 3 or 4 seconds after it powers on. Why is that, and how can I prevent it from happening?


texts: Safari: bypass "this connection is not private" doesn't work for access through IP address?

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I am using macOS 10.13.1 and Safari 11.0.1, since I upgraded from 10.12 it's not possible to access https websites through IP address.

For example:
I want access the config GUI from a router

I open Safari go to https://192.168.0.1.
Safari says: "connection is not private"
I click "Details" → "Open website" → "Visit website" then I have to enter the password from my local user.
The site reloads and again I can see the message: "connection is not private".

If I create a hostname entry in /etc/hosts like: 192.168.0.1 my.funny.router and go to Safari and open https://my.funny.router the connection can be established after I clicked "Details" → "Open website".

Is there a workaround? Can I disable that "feature"?


texts:
I have a SD card that I put into my MacBook Pro. It then showed up in finder. I wanted to access it and I accidentally dragged the mounted card and now it's gone from Finder.

Taking out the card and inserting it again, didn't help. How can I find my SD card drive again?


texts: How do I fix Terminal.app when my shell has been set to an illegal value?

texts: Today I was mucking about trying to uninstall macports when I noticed an error being thrown up whenever I used sudo. I killed Terminal and tried to restart it which failed with the error message "You're are not authorized to run this application" and "The administrator has set your shell to an illegal value." How can I fix this?


texts: What is the best way to setup users in my macbook pro but still share content?

texts:
I just got a macbook pro and i am trying to figure out if I should create multiple users for my family or just share one account.  I like to keep all photos organized in one library and share access to music, videos, etc.  Right now we are sharing 1 apple id (although we have different iphones)

The issue is that if i want to use messages or other apps that are particular to a specific phone number then it would be nice to have each family member use their own solution.

If i setup different accounts on my macbook can I still share all of my applications and data (like iphoto library, etc) ?


texts: Can i sell a phone that has been previously jailbroken, but restored, back to my carrier?

texts: I have an iPhone 6s that i'd like to jailbreak, but it is locked to a carrier. I wouldn't be unlocking it, as id like to sell it back to the carrier at some point in time. Is it possible for me to jailbreak, use tweaks and mods for a while, then restore my phone and sell it back?


texts: Mavericks system tool gets wrong notifications

texts: Mavericks has this system tool – I think it's called Notification Center from suggested related questions but I'm still with Lion – which shows notifications from many applications. It also shows Facebook notifications. Trouble is, it somehow logged in to MY Facebook account - on my DAD's computer. How do I tell it to log on to dad's user?


texts: Resetting an iPhone with 'No Service' error

texts:
A couple of days ago my iPhone 7 started to show 'No Service' error in the upper left corner of the screen. Tried several ways to fix this but nothing helps. While trying to reset it I got the error message:

title: iPhone Requires Service

body: You will not be able to set up this iPhone after erasing. A cellular update is required before it can be activated again.

What does this mean? Is it safe to proceed?


texts: How to use ImageMagick to bulk crop empty space on png files?

texts:
I just installed ImageMagick (new to Terminal) and can't figure out how to bulk crop a folder of pngs to remove all transparent space around the png (i.e. a square logo on a rectangle png with transparent area that can be cropped)

I am trying to take all the pngs and output them into a different folder called out.

What is the command?


texts: Change mounted sparsebundle to readonly from readwrite without detaching

texts:
I've got a little imbroglio with a mounted sparsebundle (my own, not a time machine backup). It is mounted readwrite (via hdiutil attach) and I'd like it to be read-only. And I am worried that detaching will render my mistake permanent upon the history of the universe. But if I can get it straight to a r/o state, I may be able to salvage my dignity.
In the hdiutil man page text I can't see a way to do this without a detach.
The mount command tells me that it's mounted at /dev/disk2s2
computer:~ me$ mount
...
/dev/disk2s2 on /Users/me/mountpoint (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, mounted by me)
...

... but ...
computer:~ me$ hdiutil mount -readonly /dev/disk2s2
hdiutil: mount failed - Resource busy
computer:~ me$ mount -o remount,rw mountpoint/
mount: mountpoint/: unknown special file or file system.

A little help?


texts:
The NPO I work for has been given 20 ipads for students to use in the classroom. To simplify things I was wanting to set it up so that all ipads could sync to the same PC.

Is this a legal issue with syncing purchased apps to more than one ipad? Would I need to purchase apps x 20? (Music won't be used on these)

Does iTunes have anything built into it to help with this? I'm thinking this has to come up often. Schools purchase iOS devices and want them to be identical.

Any other issues I should know/think about?

Thank you.


texts: I can’t connect to localhost on Mac high Sierra

texts:
I have followed this guide to set-up Apache on High Sierra: https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/get-apache-mysql-php-and-phpmyadmin-working-on-macos-sierra/

I used it to set it up on Sierra.

But when I go to http://localhost I get "Hmm. We’re having trouble finding the site "

A suggestion on this similar question: localhost on macOS High Sierra. Which I've tried, but still cannot connect to localhost:(

I tried install mamp and reinstall it then install ampps but still that problem , I write in terminal sudo apachectl start then sudo apachectl stop and again start but nothing changes.

Please help me i tried to solve problems for 2 weeks ago :(


texts:
I recently purchased a Mac Mini late 2012 Ivy bridge 2.3ghz i7 quad core and upgraded to 16GB memory.  I understand the pre-installed OS is 10.8.1 (12B2080).
I could update to OS 10.10 but I want to ask the question if I need to.
I am a basic user making the switch from Win XP.  My thoughts are, "if it ain't fixed, don't broke it".  I am mostly concerned with updating for security, but dont wany any system conflicts.


texts: Yosemite cannot connect with Google, but with Bing

texts:
I updated my MacBook 13″ mid-2012 from Mavericks to Yosemite and everything was perfect, until I recognized that I couldn't check my YouTube feed.

I tried again and again, but it didn't work.

I tried it with other DNS Servers like Norton Security Free-DNS or the Normal Google DNS, but nothing happened.

In the end, I tried to use the Google IP in my Browser, but that only worked always for one link.

Running the Ping - Google.com results in

  cannot resolve google.com: unknown host


texts: Has anyone tried to use a VGA monitor to the latest mac mini?

texts:
I recently purchased the latest mac mini (with an included HDMI to DVI-D connector). My monitor is VGA so I want to still utilize it. The problem is, Apple does not sell DVI-D to VGA adapter.

I'm looking at buying one on ebay. Is that the right adapter to use? Has anyone tried connecting the latest mac mini to a VGA monitor?


texts: i have an iPhone 4s but can't download songs

texts: I'm getting trouble with my iPhone 4s. I don't have songs in the iPhone. I've tried many time but I can't find the perfect answer.


texts: Share with 'Start at' tag in YouTube iOS app

texts: How can I share video with "Start at" option in YouTube iOS app?


texts: Increase amount of text copied in iterm2

texts:
When I select text in iTerm2, the text it copies cuts off at after a certain (seemingly arbitrary) point.  I did a few tests and its usually between 800 and 1500 bytes of input.

Why is this, and how can I change the settings in iTerm2 to allow me to copy all the text I highlight?

Note: I don't have this problem in the default "terminal" application, just in iterm.


texts: Some of my Apps Icons are changing to a generic app icon, and I have no idea why. Tried to restart the system and nothing. 3 days ago i updated my Skype and then the icon is gone.


texts:
Is there a way to make Finder always expand to "Show All" by default in "Icon View"?

I am referring to this situation where the "Show All" is collapsed by default:


texts:
A few times I have accidentally executed the command sudo rm -rf /.

Is there a way how to prevent me from running this command? For example can I somehow disable it using the sudoers file?


texts: Sharing a Dropbox link directly to the clipboard, without having a browser pop open?

texts:
Is there any solution for retrieving a Dropbox share link to a file, that doesn't involve opening a browser?

That puts it directly in the clipboard.

(For sake of clarity, I'm referring to when you right-click a file and select Dropbox → Share Link.)


texts: Can I connect more than one external monitor to the late 2010 MacBook Air?

texts:
I am thinking about buying the new MacBook Air as a primary desktop replacement.  One of the things I have on my desktop which I like is two large monitors.  Does anyone know whether the new MacBook Air can be used to drive more than one external monitor?  Note that I don't want to use the LCD panel on the laptop as one monitor and attach another monitor.  I really am looking for two monitors.

Can anyone suggest a trick for doing this native or a third-party device I might be able to purchase which would let me connect two monitors to the third-party device but make them look like a single monitor MacBook Air?  [Dori below makes the good point that this may not be great solution because ideally I would want one monitor with a menu bar on the bottom and another monitor which is functional but no menubar.]

Any help appreciated.  Thanks.


texts:
I know that Angry Birds is available as an online HTML5 version at http://chrome.angrybirds.com/.

I have an iPad, but I cannot install apps onto it, so I'd like to download the game so I can play it on my iPad (I think the iPad can render HTML5).


texts: Parallels 14 with macOS Mojave has extra volume mounted named "Install macOS Mojave"

texts:
I successfully installed macOS Mojave as a guest OS on Parallels 14.0.1. I installed by using the Parallels Control Center, choosing File > New > Install Windows or another OS from a DVD or image file > Continue (button) > Install macOS Mojave.app (auto-detected in my Applications folder, and shown by default) > Continue (button).

Within that guest OS, in the Finder, the sidebar shows an extra volume named Install macOS Mojave.

➥ What is this extra volume?

➥ How do I get rid of it? Will doing so cripple my VM?

It sounds suspiciously connected to the installer app.

Previous versions of Parallels had a nasty problem where it created a second file besides the usual .pvm file, required for operation -- so you might back up and restore the .pvm only to discover that without the second mystery file you could no longer use your virtual machine. Given that history, I'm very nervous about this mysterious extra volume and Parallels dependence on it leading to future total failure when moving to another computer.

No other volumes appear in the configuration panel Hardware. I have already successfully installed the Parallel Tools into this guest OS.


texts: Xcode keyboard shortcut for scrolling down both cursor and line

texts:
How can I define a keyboard shortcut in Xcode to scroll down both the cursor and the line?

In Xcode's key bindings terms, this would be equivalent to performing "Scroll Line Down (Scrolling)" followed by "Move Down (Selection)". I'm looking for a way to define a keyboard shortcut which will perform both actions at once.


texts:
How do I remove the sync status icon from the menu bar after migrating to iCloud?

Prior to iCloud the Sync pane of MobileMe preferences had a simple setting for this, but after migration it is gone.


texts: A screen protector or not for the retina screen?

texts:
Recently, I bought my very first MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

I am hesitating between having a screen protector or not.
Some claim that a protector can prevent the retina display from scratch, while others say that one can only get the best out of the retina display without any extra protection.

Is such a protector worthwhile?

Will the screen get scratched when I use a cloth to clean it, if I do not have the protector?


texts:
I got a Macbook Pro back in mid-2015. Recently when I tried to used it again I saw that only ~300GBs of my 512GBs of storage is available. I couldn't even identify the rest of storage until I named it. Anyway I lent this computer to my cousin and he used the remaining storage on his VMware.
Now I cannot combine these two partitions and need to ask you guys how to do it.


texts: It is just as weird as it sounds. I'm using the default mail app on my iPhone 6 with iOS 8.4.1. Ever since I have it, my mail has been showing up one week late. To be specific, I only get my mail at certain days of the week. At monday, there's no mail. At Tuesday, there's no mail. At wednesday, there's mail from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Even if I fetch my mail manually, there still is nothing. Is there a solution to this? I've tried removing my Gmail account from my iPhone and putting it back, but it didn't work. I also couldn't find a flaw in the settings.


texts: Photoshop on mac "could not save [file] because write access was not granted"

texts:
I've been seeing this error a lot lately:

  Could not save [file] because write access was not granted

I've checked all the standard reasons why permission to save a file might be denied:

The file is not open in any other application
The user does have access to the drive and directory
No other users on a network are accessing the file
The file is not read-only
No other save operations are happening
The connection to the drive is fine

I've seen this happen on Lion and Mavericks. I've only ever seen it on a Mac, and only ever with Photoshop, with .PSD files.


texts:
Using GoPro software, I had imported videos to PC. However when I bought a new macbook pro, I transferred all files onto an external Hard Drive. They are currently in .avi format. I am struggling to play the video files on the MacBook, as the file type is not supported.

How can i play .avi files ?


texts: How to determine reason for SSH broken pipe

texts:
Over the last week, my SSH connection to an Amazon EC2 instance keeps getting disconnected with

  Write failed: Broken pipe

Reading through a few sites, I assumed it was due to no timeouts being set so I created a ~/.ssh/config file as follows based on

https://superuser.com/questions/374087/how-to-increase-the-default-time-out-for-ssh-on-os-x
https://serverfault.com/questions/367205/error-encountered-when-setup-github-on-mac-write-failed-broken-pipe
http://www.ericmichaelstone.com/?p=5852

### Stop timing out connections
ServerAliveInterval 120
ServerAliveCountMax 20

TCPKeepAlive yes

### SSH Connection pooling for faster additional connections to a machine
ControlMaster auto
ControlPath /tmp/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r

Host *
  ControlMaster auto
  ControlPath ~/.ssh/control/%r@%h:%p
  ControlPersist 3600

### Make it so ssh-ing from one server to another passes keys around automagically
Host *
ForwardAgent yes

### Get rid of SSH connection delays
GSSAPIAuthentication no

### Use less encryption on servers I cant get to off-network
Host 10.* 172.* 192.168.*
Ciphers blowfish-cbc

These settings didn't seem to have an effect, yet I realized that when I'm not at home, the connection stays idle like it has for the last year. I've ssh'ed into the instance on two separate networks other than my home Wifi, so I'm guessing there is something that happened at home in the last two week to change how the SSH connection behaves.

Using Wireshark or otherwise how can I follow/diagnose what/where the problem for broken SSH pipes occurs on my home network?

Using

Mac OS 10.7.5
OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
Amazon EC2 AMI t1.micro


texts:
When I run sysctl kern.securelevel on my Mac, it gives me a value of 0.

I'd like to increase the kernel security level on my computer. I want it to give me a 1.

Can I do that?


texts: Can I copy and paste iDevice backups to an external drive?

texts:
I need disk space and thus would like to move an iDevice backup to an external drive temporarily. The online guides which show how to do this go into too much detail, showing you how to make symlinks in order to keep the backup on the external drive. Since I want to move the backup temporarily, I don't need all of this.

Can I copy and paste the backup to the external drive, delete the original backup, and then copy and paste the backup back when I have plenty of space?


texts: Smart playlist (iTunes) doesn't completely sync to iPhone

texts:
I recently noticed that somehow, a smart playlist of mine which contains 700+ titles doesn't show all of them on my iPhone 7. I tried to delete it on both my mac and my iPhone, but it doesn't seem to solve the issue. I've also realized that all the titles excluded from the smart playlist on the phone before and after deleting (and recreating) it hasn't changed.

How can I solve this problem? I'm currently using macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and my iPhone is up to date (iOS 12.1).


texts: Scrambled screen when going out of sleep

texts:
With my 2011 MBP, when connected to my external screen I always encounter an issue when waking up from sleep mode, if the lid was closed (and only if lid is closed from what my tests show).
To summarize:

MBP + External screen + Lid closed
Wake-up with scrambled external screen and black MBP screen. MBP frozen.
MBP + External screen + Lid not closed
Wake-up normally from sleep mode.
MBP without external screen (lid closed or not)
Wake-up normally from sleep mode.

Do you have any idea of what could cause this and how I could fix the issue?

Here is how my external screen looks like after a wake-up in the first case:

I've seen this issue but it's for older version of MBP and my system is up to date regarding the Software Update option.

Edit: Last EFI update installed yesterday seems to have fixed the issue!

Last update:

Several years without any issue and then, recently, having really serious issues appearing (MBP freezing or rebooting (console showing gpuRestart crash logs)), I went to the Apple Store.

They changed the GPU (hence the full motherboard). This was free because of an extended repair program for this very specific problem. See details here. Program ends in Feb 2016, so hurry up in case you have the same issue!


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It’s now pretty well-established that you cannot change the language of the iTunes store unless you also change your billing address.

Fair enough.

But the language setting also dominates the contents of the store completely. I.e. I cannot download films that, though available in the US, have not (yet) appeared on DVD in Germany (having a German billing address).

This is annoying.

But it gets worse: apparently I also cannot rent/buy the original version of most DVDs that are available.

When I buy a DVD in Germany, it always also contains the original voice track. No reason not to include it, after all. Since most film translations are sloppy and generally just incredibly poorly done, and since even the well done translations necessarily lose some of the finer nuances, I always try to watch the original versions of films of which I understand the language, and I know a lot of people who do the same.

So this must be a common request.

Is there any way to rent/buy the original version of the available iTunes films?


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What happened:

While i was tinkering around with my bootcamp partition something went terribly wrong. end of story is, i have no partitions left in my partition table

The current situation:
i can boot my mac into internet recovery but diskutil shows only one partition on my 500gb harddrive.

the previous partitions were:

1: mac partition - filevault (SHOULD BE RECOVERED):

was ~320 GB in size and the standard mac partition at the beginning, which got shrinked at the end to fit the bootcamp win partition (2). the mac partition uses filevault and runs as mentioned the yosemite public beta.

2: windows 8.1 bootcamp partition (CAN BE DELETED)

the question:

can i somehow recreate my partition table and make my mac partition bootable again?
if the windows partition is lost, so be it, as long the mac one is saved.

TestDisk looks promising as i assume i have to somehow scan my harddrive for partitions and recreate the partition table manually.

How should i continue? if you need any additional information just ask!
thanks in advance for any help!

UPDATE:

this is what test disk says, which is exactly my partition scheme from before the mess-up. How should i proceed? rewrite the table to contain only EFI and the unknown "macintosh HD" which is the one to be saved?


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I've always used: Setting up a local web server on OS X to set up my localhost and userdirs.

After upgrading to Sierra, yesterday, my localhost web server wasn't working anymore.

I tried following the tutorial again but I'm not able to get into my userdir.

localhost works:

user shortname - fails:

Are there any other configurations that need to be made on Sierra to get userdirs to work?


texts: How to query the history record of when the USB driver which has been used?

texts: I always use one USB flash disk on my MacBook Air (OS X 10.10.3), but I lost it recently. I need a way to view when the last date & time the USB device was connected to the computer.


texts:
How do I get notification that there is an update for the MacOS system? I can find some questions on how to turn it off, but my problem is that it doesn’t appear to notify me at all.

The last update is one I read about. After that, I went to

System Preferences | Software Update

After that I checked manually. On then did I see any notification.

My selected Advanced settings are:

Check for updates
Download new updates …
Install macOS updates
Install system data files …

MacOS 10.14.3


texts: Is there some way to automatically find and remove all the "broken referenced" in Apple's Photo App?

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I like apple's Photo app but I am not willing to let it manage my photos library for many reasons (eg I want to manage and edit the same files from different applications such as Bridge but I also want to access my photo library on other windows machines on the network etc).
So I'm looking into using the Photos app with referenced files, not consolidated ones. For the most part it's working fine; But when I delete files via the Finder, I have no way of gathering up and de-referencing these broken references.

If for instance I delete a 1000 photos, I have to manually go through each of the 100,000 photos in my Photos library to see which references ones are broken.

Is there some way to detect which ones no longer exist? I don't mind getting my hands dirty with SQL, scripting, or the terminal - so any guidance is helpful!


texts: Lost disk space after execute diskutil eraseVolume in terminal

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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), and i upgrade it to Mojave (10.14) the day before yesterday.
After i execute the command "sudo diskutil eraseVolume apfs none disk0s8", the problem happened, i found the disk space (almost 200GB) missing. Can anybody can help me to solve this problem? Thank a lot!


texts: Does the smart cover keyboard on the iPad Pro have any features that a bluetooth keyboard wouldn't?

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If you buy either model of the iPad Pro, you have the option of using the smart-cover keyboard.

Aside from the fact that the smart keyboard draws its power from the iPad Pro (using special contacts for that purpose), are there any other additional features that couldn't be done using one of the many bluetooth keyboards designed for tablets?

I don't see any special keys on the smartcover keyboard, which leads me to believe the answer to this question is a simple: No.


texts: I don't exactly remember what I did last night, but ever since I get this message everytime I launch terminal. Not that it stops me from doing anything, it's just really annoying. Any help regarding this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How to remove evasi0n 7 jailbreak on ip4 iOS 7.0.4?

texts:
I jailbroke my iPhone 4 iOS 7.0.4 (11B554a) with evasi0n 7. And that's the worse I did with my phone. I am new to iPhone and was just curious about jailbreaking. But that jailbreak corrupted many of my apps including iOS own apps.

I am very very happy with iPhone in its default iOS. I want to restore back to 7.0.4.

P.S: I tried "Erase all data and settings restore" from iPhone settings but the process stucks at spinning wheel after restart.

#

Update::

Ok. I did that. I downloaded ipsw of iOS 7.0.4 and tried to install it through shift+restore method through iTunes. But it keeps giving me error 21 again and again. And don't know about it.


texts: how can i subscribe to a podcast series from itunes on my ipod touch

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I see i can download individual podcasts one by one but i can't figure out how to subscribe to an entire podcast going forward on my ipod touch.

is this possible or can you only do this from itunes on your computer??


texts: Difficulty finding Internet passwords on keychain using terminal security command

texts:
I am trying retrieve an internet password from the keychain but I always get back:

security: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.

...despite the entry being there in my key chain. The server name that I would normally place after the -s flag is long and is in the format ab-xxxx-8.somethi.abc.company.com, i.e. the server is https://ab-xxxx-8.somethi.abc.company.com

My security command is:

security find-internet-password -w -a my_name -r htps -s ab-xxxx-8.somethi.abc.company.com

I have tried all the combinations, putting it in quotes, etc. but nothing works. Any idea how I might get this password?


texts: problem with installing Network Storage drivers

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i have a problem with accessing to my iomega-ix2 network storage. when i read the manual, i found that i have to download and install certain files (download link is in the bottom)

so when i download the files and unzip them i found this:

imac-de-mr:files mrrm$ ls -ltr
total 1236160
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff    8388608 Jun  7  2012 config
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 zImage.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff    2483788 Jun  7  2012 zImage
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 initrd.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff    2793059 Jun  7  2012 initrd
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff  619013120 Jun  7  2012 apps
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 oem.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff     208896 Jun  7  2012 oem
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 apps.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Apr 17  2013 config.md5
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$

so i tried to run config to configure the system for installation and that's what i have faced:

imac-de-mr:files mrrm$ ./config
-bash: ./config: Permission denied
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$ sudo chmod +x config
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$ ls -ltr
total 1236160
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mrrm  staff    8388608 Jun  7  2012 config
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 zImage.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff    2483788 Jun  7  2012 zImage
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 initrd.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff    2793059 Jun  7  2012 initrd
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff  619013120 Jun  7  2012 apps
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 oem.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff     208896 Jun  7  2012 oem
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Jun  7  2012 apps.md5
-rw-r--r--  1 mrrm  staff         33 Apr 17  2013 config.md5
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$ ./config
-bash: ./config: cannot execute binary file
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$ chmod 575 config
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$ ./config
-bash: ./config: cannot execute binary file
imac-de-mr:files mrrm$

anyone knows what is the prolbem and how to solve it?

  i have a iMac 24-inch, Late 2006 - Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5

ix2-200-recovery-3.2.6.21659.zip


texts: How similar is Microsoft Excel for Mac to Excel for Windows?

texts: Like the title says - how similar is Microsoft Excel for Mac to Excel for Windows? Is it confusing when you have to keep switching from one to the other when working on a complicated excel file? (For example using a Mac at home and Windows at work). Are the formatting and formula inputs exactly the same? Thanks for any answers!


texts: Screensharing slow, even over gigabit ethernet

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When I connect from my laptop to my server with Apple Screen Sharing, it is extremely laggy, even over gigabit ethernet.

Files copy at expected speeds (~100MB/s) but Screen Sharing is terribly slow.

Any way to speed this up?


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Whenever I minimize a maximized application window (e.g., MS Word) in a Desktop Space, the computer:

Moves the application window to a different Desktop Space, and
Either:

closes the Desktop Space, or
Doesn't close the Desktop Space, leaving it empty.

I've deselected automatic rearrangement and the option about switching to a Space with that application when opening an application.

I would like to be able to minimize an application window and have it stay in the same Desktop Space. It would be nice to be able to close it and have the focus stay in the same (now empty) Desktop Space.


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I have never owned an Apple product, and I got a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) with OS X El Capitan ver. 10.11, about 5 months ago, for work purposes. It's not using SSD yet.

Suddenly, one day, it slowed down. Like when you're opening too much applications, your cursor would show loading icon anytime you're clicking on something (but it can still move around freely and smoothly). To the point the song iTunes was playing is lagging. The I restarted it. After some hours, it happened again, and I restarted it again. This time, it stuck on OS loading screen (where there's a gray apple with loading bar below). Restart 2-3 times it using ON/OFF button, failed, stuck on the same screen.

Then I tried to go into safe mode, and succeed going into desktop. After that, I restarted it again and successfully got to the desktop normally. But now, it would slowed down (cursor turns to loading icon every time you click on something) very often, around every 5 mins. Even more, some apps I frequently used (that I used when symptoms appear) cannot be opened, such as Chrome and Eclipse. I haven't even run IDE and emulator and it's like that already.

All this time, usually after I was done with my work for the day, I would just close the lid and didn't shut it down. Some people has said that "It's not SSD, so you should not do that often", while someone that I know, a user of MacBook too, said "Ah, I got no problem doing that with my Mac, which wasn't using SSD". Is that really the problem?

I've upgrade the OS to 10.11.5, but same thing happened. Also, I didn't found Apple Diagnostics or Apple Hardware Test. I've run Disk Utility's First Aid too, and it only said "Operation successful", "volume seems to be OK".

The lag happened so suddenly, where yesterday it really did just fine and suddenly today it broke down. Does anyone have any idea about what was really happened and what should I do?


texts: Triple Boot: "Missing operating system" on Windows 7 partition after Ubuntu installation

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I tried to install Ubuntu (without rEFInd) and followed this article on how to achieve that on a dual boot Mac (macOS and Windows): Installing Ubuntu on Mac with macOS and Windows already installed

After resizing & creating new partitions on the hard drive and installing Ubuntu successfully, when trying to launch Windows 7 again the message "No operating system" is shown now though.

I tried repairing the Windows partition with a Windows recovery USB drive, as mentioned on this website: http://www.crabtree-consulting.com/boot-camp-windows-7-repair-for-missing-operating-system-error/

Unfortunately Windows' "diskpart" doesn't show all the partitions and repairing doesn't seem possible as mentioned.

Now I'm lost finding out how to repair the Windows partition, either in macOS or in the Windows recovery tools.

MacBook Pro late 2013, macOS Sierra, Windows 7, Ubuntu 18.04

Any help is gladly appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance!

diskutil list disk0:

sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:


texts:
I don't know why, but these days my fans for some reason run throughout the day. When the fans start spinning the computer becomes extremely laggy. I have also tried running Macs Fan Control app after reading about it, but my system still hits 80°C. At that time it also freezes for 5 seconds to 2 minutes.

So any suggestions as to why it might be happening, and how I can fix it?

System:
Running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7


texts: Display a pixel-for-pixel copy of a Mac-created Keynote presentation on iPad

texts:
Is there a way to get a pixel for pixel copy of a Mac-created Keynote presentation onto an iPad to present on an external display? The iOS Keynote app often has great trouble in importing Mac-Keynote documents (lacks 16x9 resolution, fonts, etc). I don't want to convert the presentation to a PDF, as this removes animations/videos/etc. Converting to a Quicktime file also does not work, as there isn't any way to manually advance a Quicktime "slide" on the iPad.

It's quite probable that there is no solution, but I'm eager to hear suggestions I may have overlooked.


texts: how can I use $HOME, ~ or environment variable in plist file of LaunchDaemons

texts:
I want to run a program by use plist, eg

<key>Program</key>
<string>/the_path_to/startup.sh</string>

But the path could be changed in different system, so it would be nice if I can use an environment variable for the plist.

<key>Program</key>
<string>$HOME/startup.sh</string>

But it seems plist doesn't support environment variable. When I run the /Library/LaunchDaemons/startup.plist, I got error with message:

Invalid or missing Program/ProgramArguments

Is there anyway to work around?


texts: Adjusting the beginning of a track on garage band

texts:
I would like to remove several seconds from the beginning of my garage band project.

There are several tracks and when I delete this portion off each track  I end up with 5 seconds or so of just dead air.

I've tried dragging each track back to the beginning but it just puts the stuff back in I was trying to eliminate.

How do I forward the beginning of the project ahead to eliminate this?


texts: iPad app with variable speed video playback?

texts:
I would like to watch recorded lectures at 1.7x of their original speed.

Which app will allow me to do that?


texts: How to enable mouse control (accessibility?) for Java WebStart application?

texts:
We have an demo application that our salesman launches through Java WebStart.  It works fine, exception on Macs (running MoJave) for a section that uses AssertJ Swing to drive the mouse and the keyboard.

I read here (https://github.com/joel-costigliola/assertj-swing/issues/224) that Mac OS X won't let an application drive the mouse unless it is marked as an Accessibility application.  Unfortunately, the solution there is for Eclipse, which we aren't using.  We do not see Java, Java WebStart or our application in the list for things that can be marked as an Accessibility application.

So, how do we mark Java WebStart (or our Java WebStart application) as an Accessibility application?  Or is there another way to give our application control of the mouse?

Update 1

Java WebStart and AssertJ Swing work correctly under Sierra.


texts: Sort photo collection from iphone into folders by year, month and city/region

texts:
I'm using Photostream to wirelessly sync the photos on my iPhone to my computer. In time my photo collection grew bigger and bigger and since Photostream just dumps everything into one folder I'm looking for a tool that would automatically sort the entire collection into folders using this format:

YYYY-MM-GEOLOCATION

example:

2013-05-Rome

where GEOLOCATION is either the city or the region where the photo was taken. this can be gathered from the GPS information in the EXIF data of each image (just like the Places function in the Photos app on iPhone)

I'm looking for a tool that would:

Create a folder structure as described above
Move photos to their respective folders based on date and Geo-location information

I have found AmoK Exif Sorter but it can't interpret the GPS information in the photos. Do you know a tool that can help me do that.


texts: How to find the process id for the app instance created by "open" command

texts:
When I programmerly do open -F -W -n -g -a /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari https://kernel.org, I got back the process of open and its pid 93930.

But that's not the process (93931) of newly created Safari instance itself.

huocp 93931   0.0  1.9  6047904 160240   ??  S    11:55am   0:04.39 /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
huocp 93930   0.0  0.1  4340272  12212 s004  S+   11:55am   0:00.07 open -F -W -n -g -a /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari https://kernel.org

Now I have no way to close the Safari process programmerly. I can close the open process programmerly by killing 93930, but it leaves 93931 running.

So the question is: is there a way to get the pid of the application instance created by open command?

93931 (safari) is not even a child process of 93930 (open), I tried with pstree command.


texts: Spotlight won't find apps after AppStore updates them

texts:
This started happening with Type2Phone, an app from Houdah Software. Every time after I would update the app via the AppStore, Spotlight would no longer find the app (I use Spotlight for app launching). I contacted the developer, and following a series of steps, we found that what is happening is that somehow the updated app is having this attribute added to it:

kMDItemSupportFileType            = (
    MDSystemFile
)

[This is the output of the mdls command]

This explains why Spotlight is no longer finding the app.

Now logically, he informed me that this command should remove the attribute:

sudo xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemSupportFileType /Applications/Type2Phone.app

But although the command executes, it doesn't remove the attribute! I.e.

mdls /Applications/Type2Phone.app/ | grep MDSystemFile

Still has MDSystemFile as output.

I've run Disk Utility to check for directory damage, rebuilt permissions, etc. to no avail. The only solution is to rebuild the Spotlight index completely -- but the problem will recur with a new update.

Although it inexplicably only happened every time I updated Type2Phone, now it's happening when I update Tweetbot.

Any insights into this problem which is driving me batty?


texts: Time Machine Backup Failing with Error 11

texts:
I've been trying to run a Time Machine backup for the last couple of days (OSX 10.7.5 and Porsche LaCie 2TB); however, it has been constantly failing. Console is producing the following crash messages

16-01-01 3:56:47.345 PM ReportCrash: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
16-01-01 3:56:49.601 PM com.apple.backupd: Indexing a file failed. Returned 1 for: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ProKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/NSProAboutPanel.nib, /Volumes/LaCie/Backups.backupdb/Main’s MacBook Pro/2016-01-01-125749.inProgress/DD6E0FAD-0DB6-45EA-B196-73EAB917DF42/Macintosh HD/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ProKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/NSProAboutPanel.nib
16-01-01 3:56:49.601 PM com.apple.backupd: Aborting backup because indexing of file failed.
16-01-01 3:56:49.601 PM com.apple.backupd: Stopping backup.
16-01-01 3:56:51.870 PM ReportCrash: Saved crash report for mds[844] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2016-01-01-155651_localhost.crash
16-01-01 3:56:54.817 PM com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.metadata.mds[844]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11
16-01-01 3:56:55.094 PM mds: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0
16-01-01 3:56:55.309 PM com.apple.backupd: Copied 926318 files (32.1 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
16-01-01 3:56:55.309 PM com.apple.backupd: Copy stage failed with error:11
16-01-01 3:56:55.509 PM mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume
16-01-01 3:57:07.134 PM com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error: 11

I went to Disk Utility to verify/repair my disk, and I encountered the same problems as in this problem with volume bitmap I followed the solution there about restarting in Recovery Mode and repairing with Disk Utility. This solved the issue with the volume bitmap. After this, I started another backup attempt, anticipating success. What was different about this was that the previous failures would tell me that it was backing up 40 GB, but then it would 40 GB and continue getting larger, unto about 130 GB, and then crash. This backup started by saying that it was backing up the entirety of my drive (roughly 400 GB). Much to my dismay, it got to about 40 GB, and then crashed with the error messages that I referenced. What can I do to correct these errors, and successfully backup my system?


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I am a beginner on this.
When I perform a netstat -nr.

I need to change

default    192.168.1.254
default    link#4

to

default    link#4
default    192.168.1.254

What command to swap this sequence?


texts:
I'm currently thinking about buying a 27" iMac after my current Windows computer. I know Mac OS X is awesome, but I was wondering how is gaming on this OS. What I mean is, how much of the current game releases are both on Windows and Mac OS X ? And if they are not released on Mac OS X, is it possible (performance speaking) to play them on the Windows VM ?

I know my question might not be clear. If that is so, please comment, and tell me what I explained wrong, and I'll try to improve it.

Thanks


texts: When should I register (i.e. pay to be) an apple OS X developer?

texts:
I'm a "team of one" and likely to remain so. I've been writing small programs for my own use for many years.

For the first time, I have an app which I think might really be useful to others. The prototype has a nice look, and some unique features (as far as I can tell) and I'm reworking the the program to clean up the code and make sure it follows the OS X Human Interface Guidelines.

Given that working alone part time it may take me a while to create the finished app, is there an advantage to going ahead and paying and going through the paper work now? (the $99 isn't a problem.)

This question occurred to me when I was thinking about putting out early beta copies to relatives, and I thought about sandboxing to protect them from any egregious mistakes I might make! I see that I need to register in order to sandbox.

I have a bunch of other questions that may not be appropriate here, like

Do I need a website? Where can I get one inexpensively?
What about a license that protects me? I'm open to permissive license, I'm not worried about trade secrets ... as far as I'm concerned it could be open source. Don't want to hire lawyers.

Where would it be appropriate to ask such questions?

I've looked over the apple documentation on becoming a registered developer and generally understand the process.


texts: Ergonomics: fingers to use to press Cmd and Opt keys at the same time

texts:
I find myself struggling with keyboard shorts that require pressing CmdOpt at the same time. I have been using my third and fourth fingers on my left hand press Cmd and Opt respectively, but this means for CmdOpts, I have to use my right hand to press s.
I also tried using the thumb but sometimes I miss either the Cmd or Opt.
What is the preferred way to execute such keyboard shortcuts?


texts: In terminal (bash), should I be in a folder to move it to another?

texts: In a directory named World, I've been asked to move a folder within it--South_America--to another folder also within World--North_America. 1. I can't figure out if I should be in South_America or one level up. 2. Wherever it is that I should be, I don't know what code to write. Thanks (I hope)!


texts:
I've recently switched from Android to an iPhone 4S, and while it's great, there's a few annoying issues. One of them is when I'm viewing long web pages. On my Android I could flick the screen and it would scroll at speed, allowing me to quickly get to the bottom of a long page with minimal finger strain.

While other Apple apps do this, Safari seems to stop scrolling almost the second I let go of the screen, making long pages a laborious task (e.g. Checking for new comments at the bottom of a blog post).

Is there any way to alter this?


texts: Garageband 10.3 learn to play lessons playing previous attempts when I record another one

texts:
I recently upgraded to the latest release of Garageband (10.3.2) and when I try to play a piano lesson, I can hear my previous attempt played back to me as I try again. This is very distracting. The only way around it I have found is to record a blank run, listening to my previous mistakes, in between each real attempt.

I've tried turning down each of the channels in the mixer, but the previous recording of myself is on the same channel as the current practise. Is this a known bug in 10.3.2, or is there a setting to switch this off?


texts:
Based on this HTML tag, how can I click on View from TrustedMachines?

I know how to do it from document.getElementById or name but not sure how to do it this cases

    View

More complete tag:

        Geo
        USA

        Download Queue
        0

        Wish List
        0

        Something else

            View

        Trusted Machines

            View

Here is my normal click for id:

tell application "Safari"
    do JavaScript "document.getElementById('ViewTrustedMachines').click();" in tab 1 of window 1
end tell


texts: Should I be able to run disk utility on my Time Machine Backups?

texts:
Been having issues with Time Machine and backup so I ran disk utility on all my drives: iMac drive, iomega external HD and Time Capsule. When I run on Time Capsule I am getting a failure and this message:

  Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
  Unable to mount volume for repair.
  Operation failed…

Time Machine says "last backup Nov 25, 2015." Can't figure out what is going on. Does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: Set Automatic Proxy Configuration on a per-network basis?

texts:
My company's Wi-Fi network requires that I use an Automatic Proxy Configuration (setting in the Advanced Network Settings) to access external websites.

However, I don't want to use the proxy when connecting to my home Wi-Fi network.

In the Network settings, I created a Work location which uses the proxy, and a Home location which does not, but this requires that I manually switch my location every time I go to work or go home.

Is there a way to use the automatic proxy whenever I connect to my work network, and not use the automatic proxy on all other networks? Or some other way that does not require manually setting my location twice a day?


texts: Stop iTunes hiding sidebar when browsing store?

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Using iTunes on the Mac, when I click into the iTunes Store in the sidebar it hides the sidebar.

I think I had to click something to make it do this. But I'm no longer on a small screen, so I'd like to turn this previously helpful feature off. But I can't find what I clicked.

How do I make the sidebar visible when browsing the iTunes Store?


texts: Fastest way to disable daemons gone wild; how to know if attempts to interrupt will break app?

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As software advances so do the installers, which have become vehicles for all kinds of needless bloat ware.  I do not believe this to be an inevitably, its possible for software to progress without demanding more space and resources—directly, or indirectly, through the numerous "Helper" apps they propagate.

Even the dæmons (background processes) built into the operating system are way too numerous, attempting connections countless times each hour for menial tasks like checking data and time (which only changes twice a year!) by querying what appears like a small list of domains, but which resolve to hundreds of ip addresses.  Many of them suspicious.

This is but one example.  Anyone who has installed Creative Cloud knows that even if you never launch an app, there are about a dozen background apps each with their own daemons doing god knows what.

I have a subscription to Creative Cloud, that isn't the issue.

I want to know the safest way to prevent some of them (the resource-hoggers) from opening, to help my system run smoother.

In the past I've simply replaced one of the unimportant binaries with one of my own, renamed as the original, so that when Adobe forces it to load, it does something innocuous like clear my RAM.  This usually works until it's time to update.

Is there a way to know which daemons can be changed without a negative outcome?  Or to install software with an app like Pacifist to customise which daemons get left out?

I just want my Mac to run smoother, and the daemons in question cannot be quit once open, and deletion usually corrupts the app— replacing is the only way I've found to circumvent the hogging of resources.


texts: Need help troubleshooting a shell script that won't launch (yes, permissions are 755)

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It could be the lateness of the hour, but I can't understand why the following script isn't working. It's directly from the CommuniGate Pro documentation http://www.communigate.com/CGPSophos/#Update, but when I try to run it manually, the echo commands don't echo, and the email never gets sent.

Installation process: copy from web page, sudo pico filename, paste, save, chmod 755.

Everything works fine when I run the commands it calls directly; the problem there is that I want to have these regularly launched by launchd, and the commands only work if they're run as ./commandname from that base directory—no idea how to do that in launchd and Apple docs not helping. (Question will be considered answered if someone tells me how to do this.) [Edit: found the WorkingDirectory key in "man launchd.plist", but help on the shell script thing would still be nifty.]

The script:

#!/bin/sh
SOPHOS_PATH="/var/CommuniGate/CGPSophos"
MAILER_CMD="/usr/bin/mail -s 'Sophos Update Report'"
REPORT_ADR="postmaster"
( \
if [ "$1" = -m ]; then
 echo "Launching Sophos monthly update..."
 cd ${SOPHOS_PATH}
 ./monthlyUpdate 2>&1
 ./engineUpdate 2>&1
fi
echo "Launching Sophos daily update..."
  cd ${SOPHOS_PATH}
  ./dailyUpdate 2>&1
) | eval ${MAILER_CMD} ${REPORT_ADR}


texts: Can I search for my library in Apple TV app on macOS?

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In Apple TV app on my Mac I have a number of my video files in the library area for quick access (more than 50) but when I go to search in the search bar I immediately get taken to what Apple has for download.
I don’t understand why I can’t search my content first or exclusively.
Is it possible to find what I have in the library section?


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I have a 15" Macbook Pro, late 2010, and a 21" iMac, late 2009. Can I link the iMac and use it with the Macbook Pro as a second display?

A friend may give me his desktop to use as a display. Believe it's a Dell. Would I be able to link that to either/both?

Both computers are running Mavericks.

Thanks,
Shayna


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Background
When the Adobe Flash player update was auto-updated, I had to quit Safari and then continue the installation.
Accidentally, I started Safari again right during the installation procedure.
This resulted in a never-ending install that I had to force-quit.
So, I downloaded the Uninstall Flash Player software to completely remove flash from my system and then re-install it.
Problem
The (new) install failes with the folloing error report:

How can I install flash now? How can this error occur even though Flash was apparently completely removed from the system?


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I opened Photo. I deleted all the pictures. Then I emptied the "Deleted images".

My Photo app is apparently empty.

I open finder, the photo library package is around 7GB an subfolders are full of old images and other unknown files.

I wish to clean all, to gain a fresh empty Library.

If I delete the .photoslibrary folder, the app shows an error message.

Can someone tell me the right procedure, please?


texts: Is iBooks on my iPad deleting local content?

texts: I used iBooks on the iPad to read pdf. Sometime I am looking forward to reading something offline (e.g. flight) just to realized that the local file is not there anymore. Is it some sort of iCloud sync gone wrong?


texts: How to disable AirPlay service on playing video from iPhone

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I don’t know what button I tapped, when I play video, it's just showing The video is playing on the TV using AirPlay screen.

I don’t find anyway to disable that in settings. I am using an iPhone XS Max.