texts: Why does hiding the Finder toolbar cause so many side effects?

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I'm on Yosemite, and I'd like to hide the Finder toolbar. But doing "View > Hide Toolbar" causes two undesired side effects:

Tab functionality is disabled: "File > New Tab" is grayed out. If there are already multiple tabs, then "View > Hide Toolbar" is grayed out. So we can hide the toolbar, or we can have tabs, but not both. I have been able to work around this issue by installing XtraFinder and using its tab functionality.
Folders open in new windows, instead of the same window. This behavior is actually documented. We can revert to the regular behavior with various key combinations, depending on how we're opening the folders, for example by using Ctrl+Cmd+O instead of just Cmd+O. This is not a great solution, though -- I don't want to have to use more complicated keyboard shortcuts just to get Finder to behave normally.

My questions:

Are there better workarounds to get Finder to behave normally when the toolbar is hidden?
What possible reasons could there be to have Finder behave this way? It seems like "the principle of most surprise" at work.


texts: Black line appears below screenshot when I paste it into Word

texts: When I use the screen capture feature on a Mac desktop running Mojave 10.14.6 and then paste the screenshot into Word 2016 for Mac, a black line appears below the screenshot. I'm not using the shadows/3-d elements in the screen capture. I don't want the black line to appear.  Not sure if it's happening with the screen capture, or if Word is adding it.


texts: USB to Serial on macOS Sierra not working

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I have been going in circles for two days trying to get macOS Sierra 10.12 to work with my Gigaware USB to Console (RS-232). I have tried about 10 different drivers from a google search with no luck. No matter what I do, the USB device will not show up under the TTY lines when plugged in.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling all of the drivers as well as changing the vendor ID to match Prolific. I have also tried csrutil disable/enable command from safe mode and managed to see it in the network settings but it still isn't recognized by any terminal program that I have tried. Zterm, Zoc, other serial programs all fail.

Additionally, a program called "Serial" from Decisive Tactics Inc. seems to work, whatever drivers they load there work but I shouldn't have to pay 30 dollars for a feature that macOS should support. Any ideas on what I can do?  I'm all out of possibilities at this point and need some help. I've uploaded screenshots of what I currently have.


texts: Given the following circumstances, how can I jailbreak my iPhone 6+

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So, I want to jailbreak my iPhone, I know my options but lack the resources or knowledge.

Here's what I've got: Windows 10 64 bit PC, iPhone 6+ 128gb on iOS 12.4.6, MACOS High Sierra vbox machine.

First option: Use Checkra1n jailbreak on my vbox machine and directly solve the issue.

First Problem: I cannot connect my iPhone directly to the VM as it detects the device as a USB 3.0 and not an actual phone. I have the vbox extension pack installed, 'USB 3.0' USB controller and the iPhone filter applied but checkra1n will never detect the phone in order to apply the jailbreak.

Second option: Downgrade the iPhone to the jailbreakable, unsigned iOS 12.4 version using itunes and ipsw's and use the unc0ver app on the phone.

Second problem: 12.4 is unsigned. Can't downgrade as far as I know.

Third option: You tell me. Please.

What I'm asking is to let me know how to solve the problems listed above or supply a working alternative method to the circumstance

Thank you.


texts: How can I change the colors of calendars on iOS5

texts: Supposedly, you can change the colors of calendars from the iPhone now. How!? (In particular, I'm trying to do it for google calendars synced via exchange, but I can't see how to do it with iCloud ones, either.)


texts: hosts file: does it pass the domain name? I'm always redirected to the main site configured on the host

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My NEW server IP address is 123.456.789.123.

Pointing my browser to 123.456.789.123 (http://123.456.789.123) the server serves me site alpha.

Now, on the same NEW server I've configured a second site: beta.

Site beta is still online served from my OLD server with IP 321.987.654.321.

So, to reinstall and reconfigure it on the NEW server, I edited my hosts file this way, so it calls the NEW server when I go to domain beta.com:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
123.456.789.123 beta.com www.beta.com

The problem is that when I point my browser to http://www.beta.com, I see alpha.com on the New server, the same site I see if I go to http://123.456.789.123 (this is the NEW server).

So, practically, the hosts file correctly points me to the NEW server, but instead of showing me the site beta.com, shows me always the site alpha.com.

On 123.456.789.123, I have two different vhosts file: one for alpha and one for beta.

This is the vhost for alpha:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName alpha.com
    ServerAlias www.alpha.com

    ServerAdmin my.email@gmail.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/alpha.com/public_html

    ErrorLog /var/www/alpha.com/log/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/alpha.com/log/access.log combined

    <Directory /var/www/alpha.com>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

This is the vhost for beta:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName beta.com
    ServerAlias www.beta.com

    ServerAdmin my.email@gmail.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/beta.com/public_html

    ErrorLog /var/www/beta.com/log/error.log
    CustomLog /var/www/beta.com/log/access.log combined

    <Directory /var/www/beta.com>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Any ideas about how can I see the site beta when pointing my browser (and my hosts file) to the NEW server?

It seems that the hosts file simply calls 123.456.789.123, but without passing the domain I'm asking for and so the server responds with the default one and not with the site I'm asking for: beta.com.


texts:
I figure I should ask this before I start writing my own...

I'm looking for an app that I can use as a repository of information about a subject.  Here's the sort of features I want:

Individual "articles" where I can write about the things I've learned/discovered/theorized
Be able to tag these articles with keywords (like tags on this question)
Be able to group these articles into folders of related stuff.
Smart folders would be especially nice.
Be able to write these articles in a simple format.  Markdown would be wonderful.
Be able to search through the articles to find stuff/Spotlight integration.
Must be a native Mac app. Not a web app. Having a companion iOS app would be a major bonus.
Article versioning would be nice.
Automatically detecting related articles (even a simple algorithm) would be nice.

Basically, I think I want an off-line, personal Wikipedia that I can write in Markdown. Do any of you know of an app (or apps) that does what I'm looking for?


texts: How can I create a gmail pop account in mac mail in Mac OS 10.6.6

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I have enabled pop at gmail and successfully used it on other PCs.

On my mac (10.6.6) I go into Mail, I press the + to create a new account. There is no option to choose the Account Type anymore. Just the Name, email addr, and password. If I put in my gmail address, it just defaults to imap. I don't see a way to change it to pop anywhere.

I want to use pop as a way to backup my gmail to my mac.

How can I create a pop account for gmail?


texts: Migrating an old physical Windows PC to a virtual machine on the Mac

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I have a soon-to-be-retired Sony Windows XP PC and I want to transfer it to my Mac and run it as a virtual machine on my Mac.

I have used Parallels and VMware before on a Mac but I have always created a new image and installed a fresh copy of Windows on to it and run it successfully.

I have never done a physical to virtual conversion before, especially with such a kooky PC as the Sony which has special keyboard buttons, a built in TV tuner etc and probably has many Sony specific drivers installed.

I would like to know:

Which virtualization software is most likely to be successful?
What is the procedure to transfer the image, presumably over the network?
Whether transferring such an old but patched up to date Windows installation is worth it?


texts: “weka-3-7-13-oracle-jvm” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. I got the above massage when i tried to download weka, kindly advice?


texts: A shortcut for Merge all Windows on macOS Sierra

texts: Are there any shortcut for the command merge all windows feature that comes with macOS Sierra? I did not encounter about an shortcut for this command and I did not see any property in Automator app. If is it possible, it will be nice improvement for productivity when we working with tabs rather than windows.


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I've got a git repository on my file server which I'm connecting to via AFP.  Whenever I try to do a git operation on the shared repository, such as staging a file, I get the following error message:

fatal: Unable to write new index file

If I execute the git command on the server it works fine, so there's something about sharing the repository via AFP that's not working.

I'm using Mountain Lion on both the server and the client.

UPDATE

I seem to have write permission for both .git and .git/index:

$ ls -ld .git
drwxr-xr-x  1 david  staff  364 Nov 29 22:38 .git/
$ ls -l .git/index
-rw-r--r--  1 david  staff  2232 Nov 29 21:45 .git/index
$ cp .git/index backup
$ echo change >> .git/index

I tried recursively applying permissions to .git as suggested by an answer below, but that didn't help:

$ chmod -Rv +w .git
$ git add deploy.js
fatal: Unable to write new index file

Hmm, it looks like someone else is using the index file:

$ cp .git/index backup; mv backup .git/index
mv: rename backup to .git/index: Resource busy

But fuser and lsof aren't of any help:

$ fuser -fu .git/index
.git/index:
$ lsof .git/index

Weird workaround:  If I do the following command on the server, it allows me to write a new index file on the client over AFP.

$ cp .git/index backup; mv backup .git/index

I'm totally lost at this point; any new theories?


texts:
I have long wondered what the significance of the VPN icon in the menu bar is:

Anyone know?

Edit:

I think people are misunderstanding my question.  It is the icon for the built-in OSX VPN.  I use it regularly.  My question is what the icon itself represents.  A padlock?  A tunnel? A spaceship?


texts: Lately, my computer will not let me move my files to the trash. It doesn't give me an error or anything, it'll just give me the usual 'moving file to trash' message and it gets stuck right there. I can't stop the process and the process of moving the file into the trash never finishes. I have to force reload finder to get rid of that message and even then, the file is not in the trash. I'm honestly not sure why it's doing this.


texts: Can I record video and then make a call while recording?

texts:
This is so not me:

But I was curious if there was a way to call 911 while recording, so, anyone who is like this can at least have an option. :-)


texts: Spoken Content on iOS 14 - not reading alerts

texts:
We are currently accessibility checking our iOS 14 app against the "Spoken Content" setting on devices
It is not clear to me where Alerts fall into Spoken Content/Voice Over
When an alert is on the screen with typical Continue/Cancel options, the Spoken Content is saying "No visible content". Are Alerts counted as actions or should the text of the alert (and possibly the options) be read out by Spoken Content?


texts: I wrote 3 reviews for an app, one of them showe up once and the others never did.  This app is almost useless and I feel that others should know that.  So why isn't my review appearing?  It's negative, but professional.


texts: Run an application as another user in Mac

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I have tried various methods mentioned across many sites, but cant able to run perfectly on newer versions of mac os.
I have tried:
sudo -i -u otheruser -H
OR
sudo login -f otheruser

And try running the app in the new prompt using /Applications/Sketch.app/Contents/MacOS/Sketch
Also I have tried:
su otheruser -c "/Applications/Sketch.app/Contents/MacOS/Sketch"

All of these run the app. But as soon as I open something which require system events (such as requesting macos native file picker) the application crashes. The following error is visible when such events are started.
+[NSXPCSharedListener endpointForReply:withListenerName:]: an error occurred while attempting to obtain endpoint for listener 'com.apple.view-bridge': Connection interrupted

I have tried with many applications. Exactly same error occurs. Please help.


texts:
I annotate PDFs in the Mail app on iOS with the pen. Some people complain that they cannot see the annotations at all. On my Mac, using Preview, I can see everything well.

Things I tried:

Printing as a PDF and sending this PDF; doesn't help.
Converting the PDFs to a sequence of images using ImageMagick, I see a big black overlay box that extends to the outermost annotations in the PDF, rendering the text underneath illegible (see screenshot). Same happens using Firefox/pdf.js
Export PDF using Skim: Works (at least if I open the new PDF in Firefox), but annotations become b/w

Is there any workaround better than physically printing out and scanning? At best, impacting my workflow the least possible?


texts: Smart pills reminder that considers meals as well?

texts:
I have 5-6 pills that I have to take during the day. I am amazed how bad iOS apps for pills are! For example, there is no app that:

reminds me to take pill sometime before and after a meal!

I do not want only to set the time to eg 7am and then to 8am, hoping I will eat at 7:30am. If I eat at 8:30am, I still want to use the app, and to remind me that e.g. 30min from taking the pill has passed and that I can eat now.

I tried 30+ apps, and they all are just simple schedulers, that I could make in google calendar by myself.

Any suggestions?

UPDATE

Lets say I have 2 pills: 1 is taken 30 min before meal and second is taken 30 min after the meal.

The app would send first notification at e.g. 7am. Lets say I have to postpone until 8am, so I take the first pill at 8am. The app timer starts, and it will notify me at 8:30am to eat and then at e.g. 9:15am to take the second pill (assuming i eat for 15 min).

Apps found so far that considers meal somehow

RX2 - not updated for years, just a list, no checkins.


texts:
I am assuming that this is an bug, but I thought I would check with you all first to see if that is the case.

I had been running OSX 10.6.8 with bootcamp 3.3 and Windows 7 64x PRO. I reloaded it over Christmas, to re-partition my drive. When I reloaded, my function keys were not working. I upgraded my OSX side to Mountain Lion, downloaded bootcamp 4.0 and installed that on my Win7 side, still no joy.

Here is what is happening. My driver is not installing at all. Even when I go in and try to manually try to install the driver, it comes up with an error that says "install failed". I have tried everything, including removing all drivers, and reinstalling them, and all of the other basics.

To further muddy the waters, I borrowed an OSX dvd that had bootcamp 3.1 on it. I installed that keyboard driver. Now my internal keyboard works, just like it should, with all of the FN keys performing properly. However, when I try to point my Apple Bluetooth keyboard to use that driver, I simply get an error.

Bottom line is, the 4.0 keyboard driver will not install at all. Built in keyboard is working properly on an old driver. And my Apple bluetooth keyboard FN keys are not working. I am thinking it is a bug with the driver, but does anybody have any ideas for me?


texts: Any reasons that prevent Apple Remote Desktop to wake sleeping Macs?

texts:
Is there any known reason why I cannot wake up sleeping Macs with Apple Remote Desktop?

I have checked the Energy Saver Prefs "Wake for network access".
I have checked the Sharing Prefs "Remote Login" and "Remote Management".


texts: Enable Finder "Calculate all sizes" checkbox by default

texts:
Finder > Show View Options > Calculate all sizes

This option causes Finder to calculate the sizes of all files and folders and display their sizes in the Finder list view columns, rather than a useless --.

"Calculate all sizes" is OFF by default. I seem to need to enable it on a per-folder basis for every directory in Finder.
How can I enable "Calculate all sizes" as ON by default for all Finder folders?
Are there any performance considerations for this option on a modern Mac and APFS file system? Sizes are listed instantaneously and I have noticed no downside to enabling the option.


texts: Is there anything similar to TouchDown for iOS?

texts:
Is there any app like NitroDesk's TouchDown Android email client for iOS?

Just for background info, many companies force you to have the latest version of iOS installed to access Exchange Server, or you can have a secure client like TouchDown. That means you're out of luck if you're on an unsupported phone such as iPhone 2G which cannot have the latest version of iOS and cannot run TouchDown since it's Android only.

EDIT:

I know the latest version of iOS Mail App has similar features to TouchDown. I'm asking this question because some users may have an iPhone 3G which will not be upgradeable to iOS 4.3, hence they will not be able to access Exchange from their iPhone unless there is an app similar to TouchDown available.


texts: iPhone 5s shows low battery symbol with lightning bolt when plugged in

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I have an iPhone 5s, purchased in ~2013. The battery is original and has never been replaced. I have had charging problems with it recently - I needed to wiggle the cable to get it to charge. I thought it was a bad cable.

A couple of days ago, I let the phone discharge and turn off to calibrate the battery. I let it sit until today, when I tried to charge it. When I plugged it in, all it did was flash the low battery symbol with the lightning bolt and lightning cable (not the solid low battery symbol).

I did blow into the lightning port to clean it out. The cable fits snugly, and the pins on the inside of the port are clean. There's no lint or anything in the port. I've tried a couple different cables and chargers (I tried a Linux computer, a MacBook Pro, a wall adapter, and three different cables), and they all do the same thing. iTunes did not detect the phone on the MacBook Pro.

The symbol reappears for a few seconds whenever the phone is disconnected, so I know the phone detects that it's plugged in. I did get the solid low battery symbol to appear once, but unfortunately, I unplugged it because I wanted to use a wall charger.

I will need the phone in less than a week, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Here are some photos:

Note: I cross-posted this question on the official Apple community to (hopefully) get more answers.


texts: “Airplane Mode” in OS X. Alternative command for `rfkill`?

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Mac OS X doesn't recognize rfkill from its terminal, and I am looking for an alternative command that has similar functionality (toggling "Airplane Mode").

NOTE: I don't wish to open an .app to toggle. I'd like to execute the command from command line or within script in Bash (or equivalents).

By "Airplane Mode", I meant to borrow the term from iOS support page here. I would like to disable all incoming/outgoing network communications from my system.


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I wish to download iTunes to my MS Windows (Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit) computer. So I surf to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and discover a "Download iTunes" header. Beneath it is

I fill in the options, click "Download Now", and a dialog box opens asking me whether to download the file or to cancel. I choose to download it (and where to save it to), even as the browser surfs to a confirmation ("Now that you’ve downloaded iTunes") page. The dialog box closes, and nothing gets downloaded. The browser's "Downloads" window does not show that any attempt to download a file from Apple had been made.

What gives? I mean, what's going on here? Why can't I download iTunes?
Does anyone have a solution, or at least a workaround, please?

I've tried this also from https://: also no dice. I'm doing this on Firefox 21.0, both in usual and in "Private Browsing" modes.


texts: In iOS6, is there a way to check how much space is being used by the Mail app?


texts: I'm deciding to install MacOS High Sierra on my Mac this autumn.So if I find APFS not useful can I convert it back to HFS+ via terminal or using Disk utility?


texts:
I have found that I need to run both Quicksilver and Spotlight. I consider this to be a waste of CPU and memory and would like to eliminate one of them probably Spotlight. The reason I would like to retain Quicksilver is because it is a tiny bit faster and much more flexible.

The main thing that I current use Spotlight for is searching within Mail. I use that all the time. For all the rest of opening applications and files, I use Quicksilver.

Is there a way to eliminate Spotlight without losing the searching within Mail? Or alternatively, to reduce the overhead of Spotlight but still keeping it available for searches within Mail?

An additional Quicksilver annoyance is that on Mountain Lion, Quicksilver crashes fairly frequently.


texts:
In iOS 14, Apple added a Translate app. You're also supposed to be able to run iOS apps on macOS now, but I don't see it in the App Store from my Mac.
Anyone know if it's possible to run it on macOS (version 11, Big Sur).


texts: Which macOS tools require Python 2 (rather than Python 3)?

texts:
macOS comes with Python 2 installed, which is presumably because some tools the OS uses are not compatible with Python 3, as suggested by the answers to this Quora question.

Which tools/programs pre-installed with macOS specifically depend on Python 2 over Python 3?


texts: Get historical currency rate via CURRENCYH shows error: The requested historical date is invalid or is in the future

texts:
From Apple Number’s doc, the formula CURRENCYH should return historical currency data.

  Examples

  =CURRENCYH(“USD”, “GBP”, 3, “18/04/2017”) returns £0.78, the lowest rate of exchange (“low” or 3) from the United States dollar (USD) to
  Pounds sterling (GBP) on 18 April 2017.

  =CURRENCYH(“gbp”, “bmd”, “open”, “31/12/2015”) returns BMD1.48, the exchange rate from Pounds sterling (GBP) to the Bermudian dollar (BMD)
  at the beginning of trading on 31 December 2015.

  =CURRENCYH(“usd”, “aud”, “close”, TODAY()-2) returns the exchange rate from United States dollars to Australian dollars (in AUD) at the close
  of trading two days ago.

However, when I try it with TODAY()-2 (writing as of 4 May 2020) and a couple of previous days, it shows the error The requested historical date is invalid or is in the future.

I have to go back to 4 Apr 2020, and the error message became There is no historical data on the requested date. The next available is on 6/4/2020.

After updating to 6 Apr 2020, I managed to get the USDGBP rate and it is all available up until 17 Apr 2020, then became unavailable.

To summarise with a quick test from 1 Apr:

1-3 Apr are available
4-5 Apr are NOT available
6-17 Apr are available
18 Apr - 4 May are NOT available

It seems very unreliable for getting the currency rate for a specific date in Numbers. Is this expected, and how can I fix it?


texts: How do I get my iphone to show up in iTunes 11 consistently?

texts:
I upgraded to iTunes 11 today and my iPhone rarely shows up in iTunes. It almost never does through wifi (even though wifi syncing is on) and if I connect it with a USB cord, I have to restart the iphone for it to recognize that it is connected.

What could the problem be? (iphone is not jailbroken and has latest iOS and Itunes is just updated) and how could I fix it?


texts: Installing tmux but getting "dyld: Library not loaded Referenced from: /usr/"

texts:
I try to do

brew install tmux

it installs, but, probably due to previous failed and not fully removed non-brew attempts to install both it and libevent, when try to use tmux I get

$ tmux
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libevent-2.0.5.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/tmux
  Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap: 5

I tried to install libevent but I got:

$ brew install libevent
Warning: libevent-2.0.21 already installed, it's just not linked

so I tried

$ brew link libevent

but I got

Linking /usr/local/Cellar/libevent/2.0.21...
Warning: Could not link libevent. Unlinking...
Error: Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/libevent/2.0.21/include/event2/util.h
Target /usr/local/include/event2/util.h already exists. You may need to delete it.
To force the link and overwrite all other conflicting files, do:
  brew link --overwrite formula_name
To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run formula_name

so I tried

$ brew link --overwrite libevent

but I got

Linking /usr/local/Cellar/libevent/2.0.21...
Warning: Could not link libevent. Unlinking...
Error: Permission denied - /usr/local/include/event2/util.h

so I tried

$ sudo brew link --overwrite libevent

Password:

but I got

Error: Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew link`
You can use brew with sudo, but only if the brew executable is owned by root.
However, this is both not recommended and completely unsupported so do so at
your own risk.

I'm stuck.


texts: How do I find the application name to open a file using AppleScript?

texts:
I find the AppleScript method of opening a file convenient but often cannot guess at the application name to use when I do not want the default options.

As an example, I have installed Foxit PDF Reader to directly annotate a PDF.  I have not been able to guess what to use in the open -a ??? my.pdf command.

How could I find this for any general application?  Perhaps there is some way to get a list of all available options?


texts: Update from 10.5.8 to Lion with the Lion USB stick

texts:
I bought this small OS X Lion USB stick for $69 today. The guy in the Apple Store said that I can simply upgrade from my 10.5.8 to Lion with this thing. Well I plugged it in and hello, I'm not able to upgrade.

So question is: Can I even use this thing? I just have this stick, no serial, no nothing. Just this stick http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A.


texts:
On my mac OSX Yosemite.

when I do a  brew update

error: unable to unlink old 'bin/brew' (Permission denied)
error: unable to unlink old 'share/man/man1/brew.1' (Permission denied)

OK. So I do a sudo brew update

MacBook-Pro:bin$ sudo brew update
Password:
Error: Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew update`
You can use brew with sudo, but only if the brew executable is owned by root.
However, this is both not recommended and completely unsupported so do so at
your own risk.

So it doesn't let me run the update in any way.


texts:
I have an iPod Touch 4th-generation currently running the latest iOS software supported by it (iOS 6.1.6), and it is jailbroken.  I am trying to find a solution to mirror its screen to a TV.

As this is not an iPod Touch 5th-generation model, I cannot use AirPlay Mirroring to mirror it.  So I bought an official Apple 30-pin to Analog AV Adapter.  This cable works with the iOS internal video player and a few of other apps (such as Keynote), but I would like to mirror the entire iPod Touch screen to my TV through this cable, so allow all other apps can be presented on TV.

I used to use TVOut2 Mirror TVOut tweak when I had iOS 5, but this tweak no longer works with iOS 6, and so far I have not any other working method to mirror the screen. Has anyone else found a solution to mirror the screen with the cable (without wireless mirroring)

Thank you


texts: "Operation can't be completed because item with name already exists" error with Paragon NTFS

texts:
I reinstalled Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 on my 2013 MacBook Pro, today, and I've been having an issue copying files from my NTFS formatted external drive using Paragon NTFS. This issue was not present previously, nor is it present in my iMac.

When I attempt to copy and paste, drag and drop, or move a file or folder from my external drive to a folder on my MacBook, I get the following error (obviously with different file or folder names).

I've tried clearing caches, restarting the computer, and I've tested the drive on the other computer. The drive is formatted NTFS, and I'm using Paragon NTFS to access it fully, which works fine on the other computer.

It does, however, work if I use the Terminal and the cp -R command to copy the folder recursively. I really need a proper solution, though, since it wasn't a problem until today.

It's driving me insane, so I hope someone is able to help me find a solution.


texts:
I am using Pages '09 on Mac OSX 10.6 (SnowLeopard) and would like to stop cursor blinking. For TextEdit, this was possible by setting

defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod 100000

from the Terminal, but this seems to have no effect on Pages. So I would really appreciate any hints or ideas on how to stop cursor blinking.


texts: For maximum FileVault2 security, why is hibernation recommended?

texts:
Many discussions of FileVault 2 security suggest using:

sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1 hibernatemode 25

Some of those discussion state that FileVault keys are stored in RAM during normal awake use whereas others say that they are stored in EFI firmware.

Where are the keys stored while the machine is awake and running-  in RAM or in firmware?
What, precisely, does destroyfvkeyonstandby do?  For example, if I delete a file I can recover it because it is not wiped.  Does destroyfvkeyonstandby perform a memory release (delete) or a wipe (overwriting the memory that was being used to hold the key)?
If I use destroyfvkeyonstandby, what benefit is there to going into hibernation mode immediately (other than saving energy)?  If the key has been wiped, what danger is there in leaving the RAM powered on?


texts: Cannot Change/Replace Files in /System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources

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For reference- I just updated to Big Sur on a MacBook I have owned for a matter of hours (it's my first ever as well).
I want to replace the volume.aiff (the source of the volume changing noise) file in the Resources folder with the old quack volume sound, which I already have in the .aiff file format, ready to go.
The problem is that I can't alter, rename, or remove files in the Resources folder (the folder with path of /System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin/Contents/Resources, I'm not sure what else to call it) or drag files into it, and I can't edit the permissions either. I have tried using terminal to replace the file, but it would come back with 'operation not permitted', even after I gave terminal Full Disk Access.
Is there something I'm doing wrong or something obvious I'm missing? Or if I am going about this the wrong way, is there another workaround? Cheers!


texts: I saw this when backing up my iPhone, and I have no idea what it means. It is in the space where the X/cancel symbol usually is, and it had no tooltip when I hovered over it.


texts: Junk mail disabled but still filtering on Maverick

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This is a question that was asked on apple support community but did not find any answer. I am having exactly the same problem, I hope someone here can help.

In Mail -> Preferences -> Junk Mail, I have deselected "Enable junk mail filtering" ... yet the "Junk" mailbox still appears in the left column, and various emails are still being directed to "Junk." (from apple support forum)
I don't care whether or not the "Junk" mailbox is visible; I just don't want Mail to direct any emails into the "Junk" folder. And, as I noted in my original inquiry, I already DID deselect "Enable Junk mail filtering."

So, to reiterate my original question: "How do I make emails stop getting directed into the Junk mailbox?" This was never a problem prior to Mavericks.
As in the question of the op on apple support, this seems to start happening since the Maverick update and occurs only with my gmail/IMAP account.
Any idea on how to effectively disable the Junk box of Mail and not have these emails deleted from the gmail server?


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How do I create a .tgz from Finder using Archive Utility? That is, I'd like to right-click on a directory and tar and zip it.

Yes I know how to work with tar from the shell:

tar zcvf ../foo.tgz .         # create
tar zxvf foo.tgz -C /bar/qux  # extract

But sometimes it would be more convenient to create .tgz's from the Finder.

I've Googled, but my Google-fu is failing.


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So, how can I recover password of root account using only terminal?
I have only terminal (not sudo), and no GUI acces


texts: Deleting Photos: How do I delete across devices and cloud?

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I have an iPhone, and MacBook Air. If I delete a photo off of my iPhone, will this delete across all devices, or is there a way to only save in the cloud?

Edit: I am using iOS 10, macOS Sierra, and I am using iCloud across devices.


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Whenever I install a software with Homebrew and I try to view the manual I get an error stating:

  No manual entry for <name of program>.

As an example, wget: when I type

$ man wget
No manual entry for wget

So, I'm wondering how to link the man pages so I can view them with the command.


texts: How do I run a java application that wants to bind to ports 80 and 443?

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Okay, so I turn on my laptop, sign in to my regular user account and proceed to open/run a Java-based, HTTP-proxying application called burp via Terminal.app. It executes normally but refuses to bind with ports 80:http & 443:https. I assume the error is privilege related so I..

user@MacBook-Pro:~$login
login:root
Password:********

..successfuly log in as the root user and..

root@MacBook-Pro:~#open /Users/user/Downloads/burpsuite_free_v1.6.01.jar

..returns the following error:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file
/Users/user/Downloads/burpsuite_free_v1.6.01.jar.`

However, I don't observe this error when signed in as a regular user; nor do I observe this error when signed in as root via OS X's graphical user interface.

I'm not sure why burp refuses bind to ports 80:http & 443:https.
If it's merely an error due to (chown) ownership and (chmod) permissions; i would have thought having root access was supposed to transcend such limitations.

Based on this question and answer I can see what the LSOpenURLsWithRole() & error -10810 mean. I'm getting this error because the .jar file isn't a runnable application.

But how do I fix this and get this working on my machine?


texts: mac os x what the two forward slash root is?

texts: On my mac os x I have two roots the second one has two forward slashes. //  wondering what that is. I searched everywhere but cant find any information about this.


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Using SIPS, I can proportionally resize an image using sips -Z 256 to reduce the width and height of my image to a size no larger than 256px. Over a padded background fill, this produces a result similar to a CSS background-size: contain resize.

However, what I'd like to get is a crop of 256x256, similar to a CSS background-size: cover resize, where the width and height are proportionally reduced to a canvas no smaller than 256px.

sips -Z 256 "$file" --cropToHeightWidth 256 256 is close to what I'm after, but the Z flag is leaving one side too small.

How would I achieve this result, instead?

It would be nice if I could apply something like cv2 to get a background:cover style proportional scale with a crop position which defaults to a center-crop, but adjusts the position to prevent faces from being cropped out of the image.


texts: Accessibility missing from the Privacy tab

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While installing drivers for my drawing tablet on my macbook. I went to go look for the accessibility option in the privacy tab. In the image shown below, the accessibility option is just not there, and have not been able to find a solution to fix it.

I am the only user of the laptop, and I have admin privileges. I run macOS  / OS X 10.8.5

Am I missing something here, or is there something wrong with the laptop?


texts: Amazon and Safari 11.0 no longer work after macOS 10.13.2 upgrade

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After a recent upgrade to macOS 10.13.2, Safari has an interaction problem with the Amazon website:

Clicking SOME items on Amazon (e.g. Books), a text ONLY description of the book pops up while the item's 1st page disappears.  NOTE:  This is not a global Amazon problem but intermittent.  It happens to only SOME items, but those items it happens consistently. It happens only with Safari and only on the Amazon site.
I reported both to Apple and Amazon and no joy.  No answers!  What's up?

Now, I am forced to use Firefox or Chrome if I want to buy things from Amazon. This has never been an issue before the OS upgrade.

Is this a problem others are facing or perhaps a Safari setting (content block etc) on my behalf?


texts: How to automate right clicking Finder's dock icon and choosing action?

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I'd want to set a global shortcut key for the "Go to Folder..." action available from Finder's dock icon.

Right now I figured out how to trigger the same action from Finder's menu bar via AppleScript:

tell application "Finder" to activate

tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "g" using {shift down, command down}
end tell

however I don't like this solution because if there's a space with Finder windows open, and I'm in another space without Finder windows open, that causes to switch spaces.

Instead, right clicking Finder's dock icon and selecting "Go to Folder..." keeps me in the space I'm in.

How to automate this action and set it as a global keyboard shortcut?


texts: Will installing Lion on a MacBook 5,2 improve performance?

texts: Will Installing Lion on a MacBook5,2 with 4GB or ram, currently running Snow Leopard, improve or decrease its performance?


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I've restored an iPhone 3G (purchased outside the US) and am trying to activate it with iTunes (in the US with an ATT sim). The iPhone tells me to connect to itunes, with an unlock for emergency calls.

When I connect to iTunes, all I get is a plain white window with the word iPhone in it (can't show image; I'm new).

I've tried with iPhone-activated SIM cards and not, and also tried activating without a SIM card at all (iTunes tells me to put a SIM in).


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I just bought my first Mac, and I want to use FaceTime with someone who has an iPhone.
How can I do this?


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I updated my Mac to macOS Sierra yesterday, and now the location icon (which shows that an app is using location services) is almost always present in the menubar. The app using location is Siri and Dictation (not using dictation so it's definitely Siri's fault). Short of disabling Siri or blocking it from using my location, how can I get that location icon to get off my menubar?

Edit: Now Weather, Calendar, and Siri are all using my location constantly.


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Following this article I've adjusted my open file limits:

$ launchctl limit
    maxfiles    65536          65536

The trouble with this is that when I try to open Adobe applications I get this error:

  Unable to set maximum number of files to be opened.

I'm not sure how to solve this. I need to increase my file limit but I also need to use Adobe products.


texts: Flashing folder at start up, all recommended troubleshooting has failed

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I really hope someone might be able to help with this cause I am getting frustrated beyond belief.

I have a MacBook Pro with Mavericks OS X 10.9. About a week ago it crashed while I was printing, first my desktop went gray while still displaying my desktop folders and froze. I manually shut it off and upon restart I got the flashing folder with a question mark.

so far my steps have been:

Holding shift at start up - the screen stays grey and freezes (doesn't even get as far as the flashing folder)

⌘ + R - continues into internet recovery mode

disk utility - Disk0 and mac OS X base system are available

under base system / first aid / verify disk - I get an all green and no repairs are needed
under erase and restore - all options are grayed out

when closing out of the OS X Utilities window and going into start up disk - no disk is available

Reinstall OS X - I am able to get though licensing agreement and then it stops on selecting the disk to install on because no disk options show up and there is no searching indicator or failed message.

I have taken my hard drive out and placed it in an enclosure where I was able to access and copy the files through the USB on an older laptop that is running Snow Leopard.

As far as I can tell, my hard drive is fine, all the files were available, there are no strange sounds while it is spinning and I am completely at a loss. Please help.

*** EDIT: troubleshooting also includes:

holding D during start up and running the extensive hardware test. No problems were detected.
holding command + option + P + R during start up until the starting sound plays twice to reset NVRAM. It went right back to the flashing folder
holding command + S at start up for single-user mode and my laptop doesn't register, it goes straight back to the flashing folder (same with just holding S, though when I looked it up, everywhere else advised command + S).

Since I am unable to do anything productive in disk utility, is there anything else that anyone thinks might work?


texts: Updating modifier key mappings through defaults command tool

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I am trying to automate the inital setup  of my macbook, that includes installing software and changing OS X configuration to my needs.

I have tried to update the modifier keys with defaults, the code is as follow:

# The apple keyboard id (1452-567-0) should probably be modified in case you use other different model
COMPUTER_UUID=`ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -E '(UUID)' | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d \"`
defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.$COMPUTER_UUID com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-567-0 '( { HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 2;   HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 0; } )'

The problem seems that even if the pattern is changed the System Preferences does not catch the update, not even restarting the computer.

Is there any way to perform this operation in Snow Leopard?

Thanks.


texts: Setting a automator action to run everyday

texts: I have an automator action that downloads file from our server. Easy enough to setup but can't quite sort out how to set it so it will operate automatically at a certain time everyday. Tried hooking it with iCal but that didn't seem to work. Any assistance or pointing in the right direction is appreciated


texts: Safari swipe gesture with a non multitouch mouse

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I love the swipe gesture but I recently switched from a Magic Mouse to a gaming mouse which is non multitouch. For the back command, Safari only offers a straight keyboard-only shortcut or the multitouch swipe gesture.

For the back command, how can I create a hybrid keyboard+mouse shortcut, like alt-left click? It has to be left click + some one-hand keyboard stroke.

I forgot to mention, I am left handed therefore I need key strokes on the left hand side of the keyboard.


texts: Is there official documentation about upgrading your iOS app's minimum requirements?

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There are a couple of questions addressing what happens when you upgrade the minimum iOS of an app and there are still users on older iOS versions.
The answers don't seem to agree with each other. Some say that the user sees no update, but others say the user does see that there's an update available, but that she should update their iOS first.

To get rid of uncertainty, I was wondering if anyone knows if there's official documentation from Apple about this and where to find it?

update

The question here is an example of the question being answered, but only for the case where the device is actually capable of updating to the new iOS. The answer is also enlightening, but fails to provide any official Apple documentation on it.
This documentation might not exist (I couldn't find it), but I thought it worthwhile to throw the question out there.


texts: Some macOS apps are not launching in full-screen mode

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I am using macOS Catalina and I noticed that a few apps in my system are not launching in full-screen mode. Every time I start those apps, I have to manually make them go full-screen.
The apps that currently display this behavior are VLC and, zoom.us.
I have followed the similar discussion in: https://osxdaily.com/2018/05/15/make-apps-open-full-screen-mac-automatically/, and unchecked the box corresponding to "Close windows when quitting an app". While it is working for most of the apps but failed for few including above two.
Is there any proper way to force the apps in question to launch full-screen every time?


texts: How to close the strange blank white panel on my screen?

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It's really strange there is often a small white panel on my screen, which can be moved and resized, but I can find no way to close it.

I don't know where it is coming from. Does anyone know what's it and how to close it?

The screenshot:


texts: Volume Encryption plus FileVault -- redundant?

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My startup disk was formatted as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)". Then I installed macOS Sierra, and it prompted me to turn on FileVault. I did, not remembering that the disk was already encrypted, and it went through the slow process of encrypting the data.

Is my disk double-encrypted now? I assumed it wouldn't have asked me to turn on FileVault if it was already encrypted. Should I turn FileVault off again?


texts: How do i fix my MacBook Pro 13 from malware attack?

texts: On opening Safari it takes me to Yahoo and I have tried to clear extensions yet it doesn't work. Now,  I can't see any extensions under it's tab as well.


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I've got an iPhone with ~500 open tabs (500 is the limit). I'd like to bookmark all of the tabs so I can review/read them later on other non Apple devices and potentially in non-apple browsers.

Is there any app or solution (like a pinboard client) that will allow me to bookmark and close those tabs in mobile safari then, at a later time, view the bookmarks in another browser or on a desktop?


texts: How to set left command to Guest VM and right command to Host OS?

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I just set up an Arch Linux virtual machine on my MacBook Pro (El Capitan). My goal is, when inside the Arch VM, to use the left command key for anything VM related and the right command key for OS X commands.

I think I have some of this set up but not all my left command commands are working inside the VM. I set Arch up with a Tiling Window manager called BSPWM. The majority of movement commands use the "Super" key which I believe to be the command key on Mac. Only some of the commands issued with Command-{something} are recognized.

For example, to focus in on a window (or app, terminal, etc) you press Command-T - this works but moving from window to window doesn't work using Command-{h,j,k,l}.

There is something overriding commands and I can't figure out what it is.


texts: Export PATH directly from command line in Yosemite--where is my PATH?

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I want to use the latest version of git which I installed via Homebrew, so I needed to change my PATH variable to ensure OS X uses the Homebrew version instead of the outdated version that ships with OS X and Command Line Tools. This tutorial recommends simply running:

$ export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

That's what I did and it worked great.

My question is: where did this command modify my PATH variable? I don't have ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, or ~/.profile files in my home directory at all, but when I $ echo $PATH then the PATH appears correct and when running which git and git --version everything appears to point to the right place. I do see the correct paths listed in /etc/paths but if I add a test path using export from the command line then the test path does not appear in that file.

Another question: is this a good way to modify my PATH variable?

Final question: what are the advantages and disadvantages of this method?

Edit: I do see the correct paths listed in /etc/paths but if I add a test path using $ export PATH=/test:$PATH then the test path does not appear in /etc/paths/, but it appears first when I run $ echo $PATH, however it is lost after rebooting.


texts: Question mark on finder's side bar -- could it be malware?

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When I click on this question mark finder tells me it can't open it because the original item couldn't be found. A week ago I downloaded a file that I suspect could have been malware. Could a malware manifest this way?
Thanks!


texts: Why Microsoft Word for Mac won't open on other computers

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When I open up Word for Mac now, it automatically will open the most recent files that were opened up (as many as 10 to 15 files).

What command or operation stops word from opening these recent files automatically?


texts: Swiping trackpad no longer wakes Macbook Pro from sleep in OS X Lion

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Since upgrading my Late 2010 MacBook Pro to OS X Lion, I noticed that swiping my finger across the trackpad no longer wakes it from sleep mode. Clicking the trackpad or pressing a key on the keyboard does still wake it up as expected.

I can't seem to find any related options in System Preferences, so is there another way to re-enable this feature?


texts: How can I remove a portion of from the middle of a movie?

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Quicktime Player help:

  With QuickTime Player you can quickly remove a portion of the
  beginning or end of a movie or a movie clip to make it shorter or
  remove unwanted content.

I want to remove the portion starting at 03:08 and ending at 03:49 of the movie, preferably through an applescript like the following:

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    activate
    trim document 1 from 0 to (4 * 60 + 41.75)
end tell

Am pretty sure QT PRO can do it.


texts: Windows will not boot after a restart of my Mac Pro, only after a cold shutdown and startup

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I am currently experiencing a very strange issue regarding booting into Windows 7 64-bit (installed on its own 1TB HDD). If I restart my Mac Pro, hold down the option key, and select my Windows partition, I get a black screen and the fans spin up. However, if I completely power down the machine and cold boot it, I am able to hold down the option key and select Windows and boot successfully. So, essentially, I am able to boot into Windows only after a cold boot, and not a restart due to the aforementioned problems.

This same issue occurs even when trying to boot to the Windows 7 installation DVD, so I know it  doesn't have anything to do with my Windows installation.  Rebooting from Windows to OS X works perfectly.  I have tried running the Apple Hardware Test and it detected no issues.  I also ran TechTool Deluxe.  Any help is greatly appreciated!


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I screwed up while using Monolingual and removed the "AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle". Before I realized what happened, I logged out and now I can't type a password to log back in.

I have tried to copy the bundle to the right location, using Sharing but I get "not enough write permissions." I tried using scp in Terminal but I get "no such file" on all the bundle contents.

What is the best way to copy a bundle to one of the System folders /Systems/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ from one Mac to another over the network?

I know that I can probably restore from a boot disk but I'd prefer to just do it this way if possible.

Help! Thanks.


texts: Frequently get "The backup disk image “/Volumes/TimeMachine/MyMBPro.sparsebundle” is already in use" message

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I have been plagued with this problem for well over a year, and am hoping someone can shed some light on what is going on.

My setup is that I have a Macbook Pro that I use with a monitor while I'm at home, but I take it out of the house on a daily basis. While I'm at home, I backup the machine to a Western Digital MyBookLive network drive, using Time Machine. This arrangement worked just fine for the longest time. But about last year (sometime in Mountain Lion), I started having this issue where every time I'd come home and connect to my local WiFi, TimeMachine would kick in but soon gives me this message:

  The backup disk image “/Volumes/TimeMachine/MyMBPro.sparsebundle” is
  already in use

I've looked far and wide for a proper solution to how to resolve this issue, but not found one.

The temporary solution (recommended by various websites) is always to restart the MyBookLive, either by disconnecting it's power or using it's website to restart, both of which are annoying and time-consuming options, especially on a daily basis. The Pondi website seems to suggest some network drive has been left connected, but that's not the case either.

There has to be a better way. Should I be disconnecting my machine before leaving the house to prevent this message when I reconnect? I've tried sleeping the computer before leaving, but that doesn't help. Neither does trying to "Skip this backup", which takes forever to finish up.

If someone has a good work-around or a suggestion I could try out, I'd really appreciate it.


texts: enabling virtual machine Guest Additions on a Mac host and Mac guest

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I want to enable Shared folders on VirtualBox. I went to Devices tab and clicked -> Insert guest additions CD image. Nothing happened. This is an image of my Storage tab in Settings of Virtual box:

I previously got this message, that instructed me to go to Insert guest additions CD image:


texts: Creating a Backup of a Mac hard drive that won't boot?

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PowerBook G4 laptop no longer boots.

Hooked PowerBook G4 to another running Mac using Firewire and held down the 'T' key on boot up.

This is a Mac similar to the one I connected the PowerBook G4

The non-booting drive now appears in the Disk Utility program as APPL FireWire Target Media with a partition of Macintosh HD.  The partition is listed as /dev/disk1s3

I already tried fixing the issue using Disk Utility's verify and repair buttons, to no avail.

Next I tried using diskutil from the Terminal which appears to do pretty much the same thing as the gui version of Disk Utility output below:

PowerBook G4$ diskutil verifyVolume /dev/disk1s3
Started verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk1s3 Macintosh HD
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overfile
Checking Catalog file
Invalid sibling link
The volume Macintosh HD need to be repaired
Error detected while verifying/repairing volume disk1s3 Macintosh HD: Filesystem verify or repair failed (-9957)
[ + 0%..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100% ]
Finished verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk1s3 Macintosh HD
Error detected while verifying/repairing volume disk1s3 Macintosh HD: Filesystem verify or repair failed (-9957)

I tried using fsck_hfs /dev/disk1s3 from the Terminal, and got the following output:

** /dev/rdisk1s3
** Checking Journaled HFS Plus Volume
** Checking Extents Overflow file.
** Checking Catalog file.
   Invalid sibling link
(4, 19014)
** Rebuilding Catalog B-tree
** The volume Macintosh HD could not be repaired.

I also found some more brash things I could try, but I'm quite concerned about what they might do to the data existing on the laptop.

*So that is why I am asking if it might do any good to make a backup dmg (uncompressed and read / write) before I try any of the more brash commands that mess with the inodes of the disk.  *

The Mac that the PowerBook G4 is connected to is very slow, but is presently creating a .dmg image of it's harddrive and I was just wondering if this would prove to be worth it, as it appears to be take a day or two to create the image uncompressed.

Though I'm competent in repairing Windows / Linux PC's, I'm new to repairing Macs and what I've written above was just my best guess at it.

Update

Trying to create the dmg image failed with the following error:

  Unable to create "Macintosh HD.dmg". (Input / output error)

Tried it again selecting the hard drive instead of the partition...will get back to you on what happens.


texts: What is the default META key for Irssi (IRC) on macOS?

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What is the default Meta key for Irssi (IRC) in Terminal?

I noticed that I can use the ⌥ Option key as Meta key if enabled in Terminal settings, but this prevents me from using it to type special characters.

If there is no default Meta key, is it possible to define one different from ⌥ Option?


texts: OS X Terminal window disappears on launch

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I just unwrapped a MacBook Pro (OSX 10.9.3). I used the Migration Assistant to bring things over from my old mbp, and most everything seems to be working except something very important: the Terminal app. Well, I actually use iTerm, but they both exhibit the same symptoms: when I launch the app, the window flashes for (maybe) a few milliseconds, then disappears.

It's not hiding or minimized. The app is open (in the toolbar, etc.), but no windows will appear. I even tried running an executable bash shell script (*.command), but nothing really appeared and the script apparently didn't execute.

This is a very fundamental problem. Is it back to the Apple store? The only other weirdness I've noticed is that the setup when I first booted it was kind-of buggy, and I had to hard-reset it (which really surprised me). However, after I rebooted, it worked fine, and I got it set up as usual.

Edit
Here is what the console says when I launch Terminal.app:

6/6/14 6:46:26.071 AM login[1450]: USER_PROCESS: 1450 tty??
6/6/14 6:46:26.072 AM login[1450]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1450 tty??
6/6/14 6:46:26.076 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[173]: (cx.pow.powd[1448]) Exited with code: 8
6/6/14 6:46:26.076 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[173]: (cx.pow.powd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
6/6/14 6:46:36.241 AM login[1454]: USER_PROCESS: 1454 tty??
6/6/14 6:46:36.243 AM login[1454]: DEAD_PROCESS: 1454 tty??
6/6/14 6:46:36.247 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[173]: (cx.pow.powd[1452]) Exited with code: 8
6/6/14 6:46:36.247 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[173]: (cx.pow.powd) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

It keeps repeating similar messages every ten seconds.

Edit 2
If, in my Terminal.app preferences change "Shells open with:" to "Command (absolute path)," which is "/usr/local/bin/bash," a window pops up that says.

[Command not found: /usr/local/bin/bash]

[Could not create a new process and open a pseudo-tty.]


texts: Slow transfer between iMac and Macbook Pro

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I've recently purchased a new Macbook Pro, and am attempting to copy files over my LAN from an iMac (both running Snow Leopard). I have about 100GB of data to transfer, and am finding I'm getting incredibly slow transfer speeds. For example, an 86MB file is taking about 7 minutes.

If I transfer this file from either the iMac or the Macbook Pro to a HP laptop running Windows 7, it takes about 60 seconds. Also, if I initiate the transfer of the file between the iMac and Macbook Pro on the HP (using Windows Explorer to transfer from iMac to Macbook), it also takes approximately 60 seconds.

Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why the file transfers, when initiated from the Macbook or iMac using Finder, would be so slow? I'm not very experienced with OSX yet, so please be gentle with me :-)


texts: Malware attack freezes Safari—prevention or detection?

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Several times in the past few months, a web link has popped up a box alleging that malware has been detected and I should click OK to let them fix it.  I'm not stupid enough to even click anywhere near it, but whoever created this thing has figured out how to lock Safari completely.  Can't use back button or change tabs or access any menus.  Force-Quit is the only option.

I can't remember the exact wording, but something about it convinced me that the malware knows I am on a Mac.  In other words, it is more sophisticated than the Windows attacks that I occasionally see.

Sometimes, but not always (Why/How?), re-launching Safari re-launches all the tabs, including the offensive one.  (Even though I said not to in preferences.)

Is there a way after the fact to get the IP address the thing comes from?  Or to determine how the freeze is caused and prevent it?

This has happened on three different versions of Safari.  It's not the same as the pop-up with the toll-free phone number which doesn't freeze Safari.


texts: How to reduce the size of swap files (Mac OS 10.6) \

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I recently deleted (Oops!) my swap files and thanks to some great help on this forum, I was able to re-start my Mac and there is now a new swap folder.

I had used Grand Perspectives in an attempt to clear up some RAM, and that's how I even found the large swapfiles.

As I have a MacBook Air with only 2 GB of space, I imagine this problem might happen again. I noticed my computer 'whirring' a lot before I cleared the files (internal fan of some sort?). I took it to mean the computer was working harder than usual to run my the programs I had open: Excel, Word, Preview, Mozilla, and Safari; is this typically a sign that I have too many programs open and risk filling my swap files?

I'm wondering what to do if my swap files again get so big? Will re-starting the Mac clear the swap files?

Thanks & Cheers,
Cynthia


texts: Where is the forward delete button in iPhone’s keyboard?

texts: Where is the left-to-right delete button in iPhone’s keyboard? We have backspace but where is Delete?


texts: kernel_task taking too much CPU despite low CPU temperatures

texts: I have a MacBook Air 2013, which randomly started having issues with the fan speed shooting up (from booting and no applications running) and just completely slowing down. Apple said it was a problem with the SMC controller and logic board. I have reset the SMC 10 times and wiped the laptop. Finally, I have downloaded TG Pro which has solved the fan issue but the Kernel task is still eating up CPU even though the CPU temp is around 45 degrees. Any clues?


texts: How to interpret the USB info in my MacBook Pro's System Report?

texts:
I'm trying to find out if my MacBook Pro USB ports are USB3.

It seems to have two USB2 ports and one USB3 port:

But my MacBook Pro only has two USB ports. How do I interpret this report? Do I have USB3 or not? And if it's only one of them, how do I know which one?


texts: automatic save before "Run in Terminal" in BBEdit

texts:
I am a new BBEdit user, with a long experience as TextWrangler user.
In TextWrangler, I am used at running python scripts with the command "Run in Terminal", and in TextWrangler the default behaviour is to save the file before sending it to the terminal.

I noticed that in BBEdit, v11.1.2, if I give the "Run in Terminal" command for an unsaved file, the "autosave" option is not there, so I end up sending the "temporary file" for execution, which is in a temporary folder, and things "go wrong" (the script is in the wrong directory, and I need to access relative folders paths).

I looked in the preferences, but I didn't find yet where to set as default to save before running the file.

I have also searched with google, but to no avail.

Is it a "hidden" preference, to be given in the command line?


texts: How can I restore a backup of a phone with the same name?

texts:
I broke my iPhone 3G S and bought a new one. During the setup of the new one I chose to set it up as a new phone. I gave it a slightly different name because I thought I'd want to keep old phone's backups and new phone's backups separate.

I now need to restore the old phone's backup to the new phone.

Using iTunes, I renamed the new phone to match the name on the backup I want to restore from, mistakenly thinking that iTunes would automatically associate the new phone and the old backup by name. The old backup doesn’t show in the drop-down selection box.

How can I access the old backup and restore it to the new phone?


texts: UI Guidelines : Left Navigation button should be a previous button

texts:
I've recently heard the that statement that the left navigation button should be a previous button and should not be used to display a menu.

Is that statement present in an offical guideline document or a WWDC video ?


texts: Fonts appear fuzzy when connecting my Mac to an external monitor

texts:
I’ve been having this issue for a long time and I can’t get my head around it.

When I connect my MacBook Pro 2015 to an external 1920x1080 monitor, the font becomes fuzzy and I get dizzy within a few minutes. I tried all suggestions on the official Apple forums but nothing worked.

What I understood is that the problem lies with how macOS renders fonts at different resolutions. I am understanding that it has something to do with aspect ratios and the fact that each pixel is represented by 2 physical pixels to give the Retina effect.

So my MacBook Pro max resolution is 2560x1600 which gives a 1.6 aspect ratio. A 1920x1080 monitor has a 1.78 aspect ratio. So to my understanding, any external monitor should have a 1.6 aspect ratio to be good for my eyes and to avoid font fuzziness.

I saw people recommending ultra HD monitors but those too have the same aspect ratio as 1920x1080, so how are they supposed to be better?

Can someone please explain what I’m missing here?


texts: Make command line app behave like a normal macOS app?

texts:
Is it possible to make a command line app  behave and act like a normal Cocoa app?

I want to be able to set command line app Zathura, for example, as a default pdf viewer.

I want it to appear in Alfred/Spotlight when I search for it, and if an instance is already running, typing "Zathura" and then Return would bring up that instance instead starting a new one.


texts: How can I edit a file without altering its modif date?

texts: How can I edit a file without altering its modification date ? In command line. Is vi able to that ?


texts: In OS X, is it better to put apps in /Applications or in ~/Applications?

texts:
I've noticed that pkg installers and obviously apps installed from the App Store) put apps in the /Applications file, yet Steam usually puts them in ~/Applications. Both work, and both are writable by the user, but are there circumstances under which one should be done over the other?
I am the only user of this computer, and shared folders aside, I've disabled guest access.

(this is coming from a Linux user, so having a root folder be writable seems wrong, unless my permissions are wrong from the start)


texts: How to block unwanted sites from opening?


texts: I have a conversation that likely has tens of thousands of messages sent over the past year. I want to find texts 6 months ago in August. How can I go about getting back to August and scrolling through those messages? I have the conversation on both on my iPhone and my Messages on my Macbook.


texts: How to tell if the iphone 5 is connected to the 2.4 or 5 ghz network?

texts: I just got a new 5th generation apple airport extreme and I set it up in the dual band mode and I am wondering if it is possible to see which frequency the iphone 5 is connecting to. I know that on the computer you can hold down option when clicking on the wifi menu, but I would really like to know which one my iphone is connecting to.


texts: Progress bar at top is now gone in new itunes

texts: I used to see the progress bar (for time left) when I loaded an audiobook, but now it doesn't show up.  Where did it go?


texts: Red Button On Top Left Actually Quitting Apps Now?

texts: So yesterday, I noticed that when I click the top red button on the top left of my browser (Safari and Chrome), instead of simply hiding the window, it quits the browser and closes all my tabs. The dot under the browser icon is still visible, but when I click on it, it doesn't allow me to resume my prior browsing session and basically opens a new browsing session. My Mac is up to date (macOS Catalina 10.15.6). I'm really confused and was wondering if there's any issue with my MacBook or if anyone has been experiencing something similar?


texts: RAM - Improving performance on MacBook 13Inch Early 2011

texts:
What is better option to improve RAM performance eon MacBook 13Inch Early 2011:

Removing the original Apple RAM Memory slots of 2GB each (2 slots - each 2GB) and inserting brand new 2 slots of 4GB each
OR
adding 2 new slots of 2GB each ?

And, what is the best Non-Apple brand for compatible Memory Slots ?

thank you in advance

Finn


texts: MacBookPro 2015 not booting from a copy of the disk of my old MacBookPro mid 2012

texts:
I have a MacBookPro 13'' mid 2012, 2.9 GHz, which I have given to my partner, as I bought a second-hand MacBook Pro 2015 (beginning of 2015, 3.1 Ghz Intel core i7)

Before giving the MBP mid 2012 to my partner, I have made a copy of its  hard disk (with OS Sierra), to an external SSD. Then I formatted the MBP mid 2012, made a fresh install and then upgraded it to Mojave. I have booted the MBP mid 2012 from the external SSD (restarting and pressing alt/option) and worked with it without problems. I have booted again the MBP Mid 2012 fro the external SSD (the external SSD has OS Sierra) even after having formatted the laptop and having installed Mojave in it.

Few days later I have finally received my "new" MBP 13'' Retina (beginning of 2015, 3.1 Ghz Intel core i7). It comes with OS 10.11.6 EL Capitán.
I tried to boot from the external SSD (which has Sierra) in which I have copied the HD of my old MBP mid 2012 and... I does not boot. I just get the Mac sound at the beginning, but then the screen stays black. No symbol of "prohibited", nothing. Just black screen.

I presume that the system which is installed in the SSD does not recognize the hardware and wants to boot with the hardware it was installed previously (the hardware of the MBP Mid 2012...)

Any idea about how I can solve this? I have an entire series of applications in the SSD that I need to use.

Something: I am not a Mac expert, therefore I am possibly not able to understand too technical explanations.

Thank you very much in advance.

Emiliano


texts: Can you tell if updates came from OS X caching server?

texts:
If I run software update on a Mavericks Mac it will find a caching server automagically if there are any running locally rather than using the CDN Apple hosts on the internet. I'm not so much concerned about security as just knowing when and if the server is running correctly without having any sort of log in to the server itself.

Is there a log file on the client end or another way to determine this conclusively?


texts: How can I stop Parallels Desktop from listing Apps from a VM available in Spotlight?

texts:
I'm trying to stop Windows apps installed on a VM in Parallels from appearing in Spotlight search results on the host Mac. System details:

Mac OS: 10.12.6
Parallels Desktop Business Edition Version: 11.2.3 (32663)
Windows OS Version (running in Parallels): Windows 10 Pro 1709

I've made sure that in Parallels setting for this VM, the setting Options ➡ Applications ➡ Share Windows applications with Mac is set to false:

In addition, as suggested here, I've added ~/Applications (Parallels)/ to the Spotlight privacy blacklist:

Finally, as suggested by @JMY1000, I rebuilt the entire Spotlight index on my Mac, by following these instructions.

And yet still, I can see Windows Apps listed in Spotlight results:

What can I do to remove Windows apps from Spotlight results?


texts: Understanding active, inactive, free and swap memory allocation

texts:
this is a conceptual question that came up from an issue I have.

I've been monitoring memory usage with iStat Pro and Activity Monitor for some weeks, since my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.8.4 Mountain Lion 8Gb RAM) became slower to change between applications and started to take some seconds to show me text when I start typing, or even take more than 5 seconds to let me put password when reopening my (turned on) laptop.

I've been reading some topics about this, and generally when I close Safari and Chrome and reopen them, it gets better, although sometimes I need to purge on Terminal to free up some memory, but actually I don't have a good idea about the way OSX manages its memory.

As far as I understand, Active Memory is for tasks that are currently being executed, Inactive Memory is for closed apps that may be potentially reopened, Free Memory is fully available memory, but what about Wired Memory, Swap Memory, VM size and Page ins / outs I see on Activity Monitor?

Since OSX comes pre-configured to have optimal performance (theoretically), I don't really like to purge and I don't want to change memory swapping configurations before having a good understand about what I am doing.

Can anyone better explain to me how these memories works out and make some suggestion for my issues? Specially the one with the password, If it helps, I noticed it became tougher when I started to use WiFi connection and turned WiFi permanently on.

EDIT: After OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the password issue has disappeared either on WiFi or not. Now I can open the laptop and immediately start typing my password and it accepts.


texts:
I want to sync folders that are on my Mac to Google Drive, without having to drag the folders to the Google Drive folder and preserving my folder structure on my Mac.

I assumed you would have to have a symbolic link (symlink) for this to work.

So I tried in Terminal:

cd /path/to/google/drive
ln -s /path/to/folder/

The folder appeared on my Google Drive folder, but it did not want to sync.

So I then tried

ln -s “/path/to/folder”  “/path/to/google/drive/”

Still did not work. So I referred to this  HowToGeek article about this topic and it said that you must move the original folder to the Google Drive folder and make a symbolic like to the original parent folder.

I'd like to have the original not in the Google Drive folder. Is there a free alternative to the symlink? I have looked at jdrivesync but had failed to install (that'll be another problem in another discussion).

Thanks for your help!


texts: Can a Mac be programmed to simulate pressing a key at a certain rate via software?

texts:
Is there a way or a 3rd party application which would let me specify, for example, that I want it to send a keyboard event (so that it has the same effect as physically hitting the key on the keyboard) every 5 seconds?

So, for example, I could tell it to hit K every 5 seconds, 15 times in total?

Basically, I'm looking for something like AutoHotkey but for OS X.


texts: Any way to transparantly redirect outbound traffic to a particular IP:port on OS X?

texts:
OS: Yosemite
Basically I am looking for something similar to Mac os x ipfw forward from ip:port to ip:port but since there is no ipfw on Yosemite is there a way to do this trick using pfctl or something like that?


texts: Use Goal0 Nomad 7m Solar Panel to charge MacBook Air?

texts:
I've got a Goal0 Nomad 7m solar panel. It produces ~7 amps @ <22V DC on a regular day.

The MacBook Air has a 45W charger. The markings on the charger say it runs at 14.5V DC @ 3.1 amps. Unless I'm wrong (and I may be, I'm only a beginning EE student ;) those numbers are smaller than the ones on the output of the solar panel. To confirm it another way, P=IV, (P is power in Watts), so theoretically P=7*22=154 watts. 154>45.

The Nomad 7m has a 12v cigarette-lighter style outlet that will fit the MB Airline Adapter. The problem is that it puts out 12v (or so it says, but I'm hoping it's actually around 14) and the Airline adapter needs 14-15 to work right.

What do you guys think? Is this possible? Any recommendations for alternative options (I could always use a 3rd party vehicle adapter if need be). If it puts out this much juice it should also be able to charge a regular MacBook, I think.


texts: I linked my son's iPad mini to my Apple ID. The problem is that we both play the same games and I can no longer access mine as his ID is logged into Game Center. How do I create a separate Apple ID for him on his account without affecting my iPad and accounts and get a separate Game Center account for him?


texts: How do I import photos from my iPhone into a directory?

texts:
I have a new MBP running Yosemite. I like to keep my pictures and videos on an external hard drive in a file system so I can navigate to them (e.g. using Finder, Terminal, or a Linux VM). Photos only imports into a photo library which is an opaque object storing your photos. How do I import my photos from my iPhone into a specified directory?
Thanks you


texts:
Assumptions:

Yosemite installed on a Macbook Pro Retina
iOS 8.02 installed on an iPhone 6

I was able to receive a call on my iPhone and have the handoff of the call to my Macbook Pro work successfully.

This article suggests that handoff is available for Safari.

On the home screen it should look like this:

I can't see either of these icons popping up - even though I can get handoff for calls working.

My question is: Is handoff available for Safari with Yosemite and iOS8.02?


texts: Make a custom keyboard layout the system default — even for the login screen

texts: Can I make a custom keyboard layout (one that wasn’t included with OS X by default) the system default — even for the login screen?


texts: Where does Homebrew store its installed packages list?

texts:
I found myself with this problem:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46459152/cant-chown-usr-local-for-homebrew-in-mac-os-x-10-13-high-sierra

The recommended solution was to uninstall and then reinstall Homebrew, so that's what I did... but I didn't do a "brew list" before to check which packages I had installed. Oops.

I do have a Time Machine backup of my Mac, so I thought I'd plug in the drive and then, using the Terminal, navigate to the backup volume and then to whatever directory/file Homebrew uses to keep its database of installed packages.

Which directory should it be?


texts: Magic Mouse Not Very Smooth When Physically Moving It Around

texts:
I love the Magic Mouse, but there seems to be too much friction between it and my table, so I got a mousepad. That made it even worse, so I bought a special very thin mousepad.  Maybe it's a little better, but still sucks compared to other mice when physically moving it around.

Today I went to the Apple Store to see if there's maybe a special mousepad I need. The employee showed me their sample magic mice and said that's just how they are.

Is this true?  I love the Magic Mouse in every other way, if it was only physically more smooth, it would be absolutely amazing.  Is there a mousepad that works particularly well with it?


texts: Cannot switch FaceTime call to iPhone after initiating it on my Mac

texts:
I initiated a call on my MacbookPro (running OS X Yosemite), but I cannot transfer it to my iPhone while it's in progress, as advertised on the Continuity feature.

The Apple Support article says:

  Transfer the call to your iPhone: Unlock your iPhone, then tap the “Touch to return to call” banner at the top of the screen on your iPhone.

When I unlock my iPhone 6 Plus (running iOS 8.1), however, no banner appears at the top of the screen, and my phone seems to completely ignore the presence of a call.

Since there are no troubleshooting steps listed on the Apple Support guide for this issue, is there any way to troubleshoot this issue or to fix it?


texts: What version of Mac Mini supports Leopard 10.5.8?

texts:
Does Leopard 10.5.8 support the first-ever Mac Mini (M9686*/A, M9687*/A, I think)?

Or do I need one of the later ones?

I'm buying my first-ever mac this Christmas.


texts: How to recover from Time Machine "error creating the backup folder"

texts:
Today TimeMachine crashed: it isn't making backups... when I try to start a newbackup, I get this error:

Time Machine could not complete the backup "Drive Name".
Could not complete the backup. There was an error creating the backup folder.

I had this problem before and the "solution" was formatting the drive but this time I have a lot of backups and I want to know if there is any other way without having to format my drive.


texts: Is there a way to spellcheck the word under the cursor with a keyboard shortcut?

texts: Basically, is there any way to trigger the native OS X spellcheck context menu using a keyboard shortcut. I know the command keys ⌘+: activates spellcheck, but what I'm trying to do is get the result of a right-click without taking my hands off the keyboard. Is there an OS X equivalent to emacs' flyspell-correct-word-before-point command.


texts: An endless supply of 1's for securely overwriting and erasing a disk

texts:
I vaguely remember hearing about disk wiping, and that you have to flood the disk with zeros, flood it with ones, flood it with random data, and repeat this quite a few times. This is just a general question, as I am not going to have to wipe spy files or other top secret information off a disk. I figured I could use

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/diskname

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/diskname

But then, I realized that there wasn't (as far as I know) a file for infinite ones. Two questions... Is there either an alternative or a solution, and would the ones be necessary?


texts: I am looking for some info surrounding the iPad keyboard. WITHOUT jailbreaking the device, I was curious if someone has been been able to manipulate the look of the keyboard. The functionality should remain the same, but the actual look should change. I was curious if anyone could change the color or shape of the keys.


texts: Getting list of Apps instaleld on my iPad from iTunes

texts: Is there an easy way to get the screens of my apps and list of their names from the iTunes App management tab? I would like to post them on my website.


texts: Mac mail does not work after 10.8.5 update

texts: After installing Mountain Lion 10.8.5 update, mail does not associate to an email account and will not quit (Quit is grayed out - must force quit).  However, the email account is set up in preferences.  Library/mail/V2/maildata/accounts.plist lists the account and the Mailboxes are still present under Library/mail/V2/Mailboxes.  However, if I log out as iMac user and log in as another user, Mail works OK for a different email account associated to that user.  Does 10.8.5 limit the number of accounts for emails?  In Console, I get a MailIAPlugin message: "Tried to get settings for nonexistent account".  Any idea on how to get Mail to work?


texts: Showing current directory in Terminal's title, using tcsh

texts:
I'd like the title bar of Terminal to always show the directory I'm in.  I don't want it shown in the prompt.  I found some magic trick code online, and have this in my .tcshrc:

set prompt = "%B%m:%n %?====>%b "
alias cwdcmd 'echo -ne "\033]0;$cwd\007"'

It sort of works except for two things: 1) the cwd isn't shown in the title bar, and 2) the cwd along with some gibberish is printed at the command line.  I figured maybe the quoting wasn't right, or some other syntax issue, but experimenting didn't lead to improvement.

For reasons unspecified, I must use tcsh not bash. The latter, I can get working fine.


texts: Get rid of trending searches in Apple Music (iOS)

texts:
Is there any hidden preference or other technique that could make "trending" searches to not be displayed in Apple Music in iOS? I couldn't care less what others are interested in.

I certainly don't see any possibility in settings.

Any ideas?


texts: Trying to run apache server on Mavericks

texts:
I am trying to set up an Apache vhost on Mavericks, something that I was able to do easily on 10.6.8. I am using the default Apache that is preinstalled on a fresh install of OS X 10.9.2

$ sudo apachectl start
org.apache.httpd: Already loaded

$ ping localhost
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.053 ms

But when I navigate to either http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 on any of my 3 browsers, I'm told I can't connect, instead of seeing Apache's "It Works!" message. (On Chrome I see "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost")

I also tried adding a vhost:

Uncommented Include /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf in /private/var/appache2/httpd.conf
Added 127.0.0.1 test.local to /etc/hosts
Added the following to /etc/apache2/extra/http2-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName test.local
 DocumentRoot /Users/me/test
 <Directory /Users/me/test>
   AllowOverride all
   Options -MultiViews
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Restarted Apache

$ apachectl -t
Syntax OK
$ sudo apachectl graceful
$ ping test.local
PING test.local (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.040 ms

...but again, nothing when I navigate to http://test.local

Any thoughts? Does this have something to do with Mavericks' new "Web Sharing" preference, which you have to download separately, or something?

Edit:

Figured it out! I had to modify the main httpd.conf Directory options to AllowOverride All and Allow from All, as per this tutorial. The conf file that comes with Mavericks has this turned off. If I had looked at my original conf file on my old machine, I would have noticed the difference.

The other thing that was messing me up is that if I have

ErrorLog "/Users/me/error.log"

in my VirtualHost definition, I get "Chrome can't connect", even though Apache tells me the syntax is fine. Removing it resolves the problem.

Thanks all!


texts: Rearrange Spaces via command line from the terminal emulator

texts:
TL;DR: I need to replace the dashboard with a terminal emulator.

Hi.

I need to 'rearrange spaces' so a terminal emulator gets first from the left before the desktop, where the dashboard used to be. I thought of making an Automator app which would launch iTerm2, put it in fullscreen mode and put its space to the leftmost, but I can't even get the terminal to enter full screen. I tried all I know to do with defaults-write. Months ago, I scratched an AppleScript that failed, which I don't find anymore. I searched for a way to force-reorder and refresh Spaces so the terminal is placed first. I also looked if Spaces can be hacked to reserve a given space for a given app. I found nothing.

What -- I think -- must be done:

OK Disable Dashboard.
OK Set Mission Control not to work like Exposé.
OK Launch say iTerm2 at login.

KO Automatically make it enter full screen.
KO Reorder the spaces to place it first leftmost, before the Desktop.

KO If done in foreground, go back to Desktop.

What I did so far:

First, I disabled Dashboard by entering defaults write com.apple.dock dashboard-in-overlay -bool TRUE && defaults write com.apple.dock mru-spaces -bool FALSE.

Also, I disabled spaces autoreordering with defaults write com.apple.dock mru-spaces -bool FALSE.

Second, I set Mission Control's behavior as Mission Control's, not as Exposé's with defaults write com.apple.dock expose-group-by-app -bool FALSE.

Now, I need a way to launch a terminal in fullscreen mode or quickly make it enter full screen. After that, I will have to place it first.

Whatever working solution will be fine, whether using AppleScript or whatever else, whether happening in background or in foreground, be it kludging a dirty hack or a smooth Apple-compliant way. If I could, I would rather have it running silently in the background while being made out of as few different Apple technology as possible. I am on OS X Mavericks, OS X Yosemite and macOS High Sierra.

Thank you.

Have a nice day.


texts: How to delete invisible photos and videos from iPad?

texts:
MF519LL/A, iOS 8.1.3

General -> About -> Photos = 700 photos

General -> Usage -> Manage Storage -> Photos & Camera = 900 MB

Open Photos app. No photos or videos in any folder (Photos and Albums).

How to clear cache or whatever to free my 900 MB?


texts: Two Clash of Clan accounts under one Game Center account

texts:
I have a problem that I am worried about with my Clash of Clans game. I originally started playing the game on my iPad. I was not able to play it while I was out because my iPad did not have an internet connection. So I downloaded the game on my iPhone 5 so I could play it everywhere and started a new base. At the time, I did not know that they were on the same Game Center account. Now every time I get onto my phone, it asks if I would like to load my TH 7 village, but my progress on this base will be lost. Well my base on my iPhone is a lot higher then the one on my iPad now. If I have to lose one account, I am OK with losing the one on my iPad lvl 47 rather than my lvl 70 on my iPhone. Can someone explain to me what I need to do to save my lvl 70 account?

I am OK right now but when i get a new phone I will lose it because it is not linked to a Game Center account anymore. How can I ditch the level 47 village and keep the level 70 village?

Long story short: I have Clash of Clans on my iPhone and on my iPad. Both have different villages. Started my village on the iPad first. Both are under the same Game Center account. Everytime I get onto my phone it ask if i want to load my TH 7 King Tom village. I always say no because it is not high lvl like on my phone. Is there a way to keep both villages and put one under a different game center or can I delete the low level one and just leave the high level one? Just dont want to lose my lvl 70 village is all because I have put so much money into it.

Thanks


texts: I'm trying to debug a Cisco IPSec VPN issue (using native OSX VPN, not a separate client) but I can't find any options to turn on debugging.  Looking around the net it seems there was options in the Advanced tab at one point but I don't see them in Sierra.


texts: I Can SSH host computer but computer does not appear in Finder's Shared Computers List?

texts:
I want to connect via Apple's ScreenSharing.app , to my home mac from a separate network.

I verified that my host computer is listening on port 5900

I can SSH via unix command ssh user@router.ip

but I don't see the computer under the Shared computers list in Finder

I can screen share when host and remote computer are on the same network
Ive tried using Go > Connect to Server , using different input for the server address , but i'm not sure what I would type for a computer on a different network.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I dim the screen from Terminal?

Is there a command I can execute to modify screen brightness? Interested to see if the min/max are hardware or software controlled, and what can be done for quick brightness changing without an apple keyboard.


texts:
My company took the Exchange ActiveSync server offline; they want me to use their email client instead of iOS mail (or the Outlook app), in the mistaken belief that this is "more secure."

I thought that when they took this offline, I would also lose connection through OS X Mac Mail (set up in system preferences), because I thought they would use the same protocols. But my phone apps went down this evening and Mac mail is still working.

So this makes me think there could be a backdoor? I already checked and there is no IMAP server. How does Mac Mail connect? Is there a way that I could railroad this vector to get my email back on my phone?


texts: What are the main difficulties people face migrating from Linux to Mac OS?

texts:
Coming from a Linux background what are the main difficulties I will face if I start to work on iMac?
I use to work on Linux with consoles and I know I have a huge apps repository (synaptics) for almost all I need. I'm programming Java and Ruby all day long, so what are the main differences?

Differences like UI and passionate things I already know, so please tell me only useful things. (otherwise we'll keep this question for years)

Have you faced this before? Is it a slightly migration?

I'd be thankful.


texts: Are there any Terminal commands that would be interesting for a young child?

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I am beginning to teach my 4-year-old daughter that she can do more on a computer than watch cartoons on Netflix. I want her to know that she can type things on the keyboard and make the computer do stuff.

For example, I opened Terminal, turned the font size way up, and showed her that if she typed say emily, the computer would speak her name. She was elated with that and immediately wanted to make the computer say all her friends' names, too.

She does not yet have the motor skills to reliably operate a touchpad or mouse, but she knows her letters and can type just fine.

Are there any other Terminal commands, besides say, that a young child might find interesting?


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I would like to use a newer version of Xcode (current version on my system is 3.2.4) and the command line tools (gcc & make).

I have tried to install Xcode through the Mac App Store, however I am prompted that my OS X version is too old. I then tried to download the respective tools and Xcode from developer.apple.com but all the provided packages are not suited for my system.

So my question basically boils down to

Is there a way to update Xcode so that I might use gcc & make?
If not, is there a free way to upgrade my OS so that I could use the Xcode that is provided on app store?


texts: OS X does not recognize keyboard and trackpad while Boot Camp Windows still can

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I've encountered strange issues on my Macbook Air 2013.

I spilled some drop of water on keyboard (near trackpad and spacebar)
I did some cleaning, and then try to boot again.
The OS X then can not detect my keyboard and trackpad. I was unable to log in.
But still I'm able to press button to reset PRAM and SMC, but nothing changes.
I decided to wait, after a few hours, I booted it again and this time the Fan start to run at (seem to be) max speed without any heavy task (I wasn't able to log in).
I tried to boot Windows 8 on the Boot Camp partition, surprisingly it works, trackpad and keyboard are fine. I'm writing this from windows.
So I thought maybe I should re-install OS X like someone said on this forum. but the installation also denied to recognize the keyboard, so I stop installing.

Could you help me to make the OS X recognize my keyboard, trackpad and stop my fan from sounding like a helicopter?

Edit: I ran an AHT and it told me I have SMC error code PFM006, which I heard to be related to thermal sensor. I'll probably bring to a store to fix...


texts: Ubuntu on Mac (dual-boot). Where do I install GRUB?

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When installing Ubuntu, I choose to install GRUB on a partition other than:

/dev/sda i.e. /dev/disk0

as this is stated in various tutorials.

However, this way I end up with the error message: Missing Operating System

When installing GRUB in /dev/sda everythings works fine. Why?

@ mods: I hope this is not off-topic, as this a problem with the EFI boot on a Mac, I assume. If I'm wrong, please migrate this question to askubuntu.


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I followed this post to install automake, autoconf and libtool.

When I check automake and autoconf versions they look fine. However, when I check libtool's version I get the following

$ libtool --version
error: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool: unknown option character `-' in: --version

however if I run libtool from install folder I get

$ /usr/local/libtool/bin/libtool --version
libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.2 Written by Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996

So I think there is a version of libtool already installed with OS X. Is there a way to change it so that when I execute libtool it calls the one on /usr/local/libtool/bin?


texts: How to close the FaceTime "picture in picture" app

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I started FaceTime during a phone call from my iPhone6S . After completing the call the Facetime app is still there in black saying

This FaceTime call is in Picture in Picture

It is not possible to close the app via swiping.  So how can it be closed?


texts: Mystery Box in Expose (or what I think is expose)

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For some reason I have a mystery box when I go to expose (or w/e f3 is).  It'll show my other open apps, but once space will be transparent until I mouseover it.

It isn't horrible, but annoying so any help would be great.

Thanks


texts: iPad USB-C Internet Connection: Tethering to Macbook

texts: I have an iPad Pro (2018 3rd Gen) with a USB-C Port and a 2018 Macbook Pro with a USB-C Port. Can I tether the iPad to my Macbook's Internet connection using a USB-C cable?


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Our site analytics tool (we use Google Analytics) has shown a huge influx of Safari users (about 40% of all users, which is more than Chrome's 36%!), with over 17,000 of them reported as being on Safari version 537.36. The most recent version as of this writing is Safari 10.0.2 (and we only get about 2,500 users on 10.0.x).

We're really surprised by this development. Which version of Safari has the user agent string "Safari/537.36"?


texts: Build keyboard shortcut for "minimize all windows of current app except the current window"

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I'm looking to bind a keyboard shortcut to the action "minimize all windows from the current application except the current window." (The app in question is always Google Chrome.)
(Sort of like ⌘ + ⌥ + h, which translates to "hide all applications except the current application".)
I've never bound a new shortcut, but I suspect I could figure it out once I have a working AppleScript for the task. I also use Better Touch Tool, in case it is easier to go through that app.
This question asks the same thing, but the answers are not bindable to a simple keyboard shortcut as far as I can tell.
This question asks the same thing (except specifically for Safari), and a user suggests the AppleScript
tell application "Safari"
    activate
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke "h" using {command down, option down}
    end tell
    set miniaturized of (windows whose index is not 1) to true
end tell

When I replace "Safari" with "Google Chrome" in the script, and try to run it from Script Editor, I get the error
Script error: Google Chrome got an error: Can’t make miniaturized of every window whose index ≠ 1 into type specifier.

Can anyone help? Thanks


texts: AppleScript counts multiple Mail messages

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In this AppleScript on Mavericks:

tell application "Mail"
    activate
    set viewer to the first message viewer
    set msgList to selected messages of viewer
end tell

set msgCount to 0
repeat with m from 1 to the count of msgList
    set msgCount to msgCount + 1
end repeat

I get a much higher message count than the number of selected messages (it can be a difference of almost 30% for some mailboxes). I have confirmed that selecting ONE message with no replies can result in the message being counted more than once. This is with a standard IMAP account.

Is there any reason other than IMAP errors for this discrepancy?