texts:
I am running iOS 13.3 on an iPhone 11. On the notes app, it seems like I have access to the drawing tools, but I can't actually draw anything. I can select the pen, highlighter/marker, pencil, eraser, ruler, and color chooser. I can adjust thickness and opacity on the drawing utensils. However, I can't actually draw anything.
Possible solutions that I've already tried are:

Checking that this isn't a color issue (i.e. accidentally coloring black on a black background).
Restarting the app.
Restarting my entire iPhone.
Changing the location of my note from my iCloud folder to my iPhone.
Checking that this problem persists over many notes.

Is there a trick or step to get notes on iPhone to have a finger use the markup drawing tools?


texts: Large copied folders. Byte sizes same, but file counts different

texts:
I have a few very large folders copied that have the exact same byte size as their originals, but different file counts (off by 1-10 items) than what they should have.

No errors were reported during the copying process. I'm guessing and hoping that these are merely some .DS_Store files that didn't copy over?

NOTE: These folders did require admin approval, which, to my knowledge proceeded without fail.

On small project folders using Git repos, a diff would not be difficult. Worst case scenario, I can download, install, and run a third party diff tool, but don't want to if I don't have to.

Can anyone say to some degree of certainty that these nominal
file count differences are just negligible hidden OS files?
What are some common reasons these byte counts would be
identical, but file counts be off? Is this an indexing issue?

UPDATE:

I ran a third party diff tool (Kaleidoscope) which found no differences between the original folders and the destination folders. Still a mystery as to why the file counts would still be different.


texts: Will an NFC payment terminal activate Apple Pay on an Apple Watch just like it does with an iPhone?

texts:
With an iPhone 6 or later, you can bring the sleeping phone near an NFC payment terminal, and the phone will wake automatically to the Wallet, prompting a Touch ID authentication for the default Apple Pay card. Alternatively, the home button can be double-clicked while the phone is asleep to go straight to the Wallet in order to choose an Apple Pay card to use.

With an Apple Watch, the side button can be double-clicked to bring up available Apple Pay cards; the Watch is then brought near an NFC terminal to authenticate the transaction.

Is this first step always required, or can an unlocked Apple Watch simply be brought near to an NFC terminal to authenticate a payment with the default Apple Pay card, similar to the method in the first iPhone example?


texts: Use the new Siri voices on macOS to render audio files from text

texts:
macOS now has a few newer voices that can be chosen in VoiceOver Utility > Speech. I quite like the Siri Male (United States) voice, but neither the command say nor using Automator will let me select this or any other Siri voices to use, only the older voices are supported. So far I can only use the voice with the hotkey to read out loud selected text.
Is there a way to use those new voices to render text to audio files?


texts: Does PhotoStream sync to my Mac when iPhoto is not open?

texts: The only application I have on my Mac that works with PhotoStream is iPhoto. I'm wondering if my Mac grabs the images from PhotoStream constantly or if it only downloads them when I launch an application that uses PhotoStream (such as iPhoto).


texts: Do I have to restore my Mac if I've forgotten the admin password?

texts:
I've got an external hard drive which I've hooked up to time machine, I have multiple Mac's but the one in question I am unable to remember the administrator password, which is a pain when trying to create an extra user account and install software, etc.

What should I do in this situation? What's the best way of keeping all my files and existing software but be able to start up with a new user.

PS: Worst case scenario is to restore the iMac  and getting all my files back, ncluding Microsoft Office (if I am correct Time Machine will automatically back up software as well?) but is there a way of setting up the mac once restored through TM keeping all the files but not the user profile.


texts: What are the large .f136 and .f171 files in my Downloads folder?

texts:
Today I discovered two large files in my Downloads folder:

$ ls -laht
total 19283784
-rw-r--r--@  1 mmorin  staff   6.0K  9 Sep 11:39 .DS_Store
drwx------+ 11 mmorin  staff   352B  9 Sep 11:39 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 65 mmorin  staff   2.0K  2 Sep 09:43 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 mmorin  staff   495M 25 Sep  2018 .f171
-rw-r--r--   1 mmorin  staff   8.7G 24 Sep  2018 .f136
-rw-------   1 mmorin  staff     0B 29 Jan  2018 .localized

They haven't been modified in one year. A cat of .f171 showed it was a binary file. I removed both files and the available space on the computer did not increase by 9.2 gigabytes immediately as I expected but it did after a day. I can recover them from a backup if needed.

What are these files?


texts:
I have an .ovpn configuration file which allows me to reach endpoints on the VPN if I uncomment redirect-gateway def1, but I do not want all network traffic going through the VPN. Only certain endpoints.

If I try and visit an internal website, let's say 42.123.123.10 with redirect-gateway def1 present it works. If I comment redirect-gateway def1 and use any of the following it does not work.

Additionally, I cannot see the interface named ovpn-tun when running ifconfig so I am not sure what to set network rules on if I configured a script to add routes or what have you.

Attempted

route-nopull
route 42.123.123.10 255.255.255.255 ;OR the following line
route 42.123.123.10 255.255.255.0   ;OR the following line
route 42.123.123.10

Base Config

route-nopull
client
dev ovpn-tun
remote {REDACTED} 1194 udp
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
resolv-retry infinite
;redirect-gateway def1
route 42.123.123.10
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
user nobody
group nogroup
verb 10


texts: Will I still have a geo-tag if I take a screenshot on my computer?

texts:
I am sure the answer is no but I am always a bit more investigative.

Let's say I took an picture with my iPhone 5 and the image has geo tags.  I email it to myself and then I take a screenshot my using the Preview tool.  Will I still have geo-tag information on that image or since I took a snapshot only on my Mac, it won't have it?


texts:
When writing an email, I want the picture I insert to be formatted (add shadow or border for example). How to do this ?

When right-clicking the picture, I only have basic options:

I found nothing more when looking in the menus.
Is this then even possible?


texts: Backup could not be completed, iCloud contains backup from newer iOS

texts:
I was trying to back up my data using iCloud, but it gives me an error, it tells me that:

The last back up could not be completed because iCloud contains a backup from a newer iOS version.

I am using iPhone SE (1st Gen 32 GB Rose gold).
May I know how to fix this permanently?


texts:
Binary Images:
   0x10225d000 -        0x102261fff  com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent (1.0 - 1) <9765C1E9-AB12-3755-B5DE-8CC9D53D3C22> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AmbientDisplay.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent
   0x10226f000 -        0x102276fff +libwep (1) <83C200B0-EE65-3488-B3E1-32185CFA50BC> /usr/local/lib/libwep
   0x1024d7000 -        0x10250eff7 +libwep_proxy.dylib (1) <D4698BD4-DC26-35A8-808D-4D3643C59F26> /usr/local/lib/libwep_proxy.dylib
0x7fff63250000 -     0x7fff63287007  dyld (360.19) <9D05FDF4-65CE-3B53-86D4-ABE1A5BF35F3> /usr/lib/dyld

I am wondering what these '+' mean. Is it possible that libwep is trying to inject itself in com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent?

libwep is shipped with Websense AP-Endpoint.

Full crash+panic:
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/ee339cc665cdc8583bea


texts: Disable the conversion from "" to “” when typing Chinese

texts:
Every time I type in a quote mark ("), the "smart" Chinese input method would automatically convert it to “ or ” for me. But compilers and interpreters don't know what “” mean, they can only recognize ".

How can I disable this conversion?


texts: App updates from a different country's iOS App Store?

texts:
I have a Turkish Apple ID which uses the Turkish iOS App Store.

An application which I needed is not available in this store, so I temporarily changed my App Store ID with a different ID which uses the U.S. App Store. I downloaded the app and switched back to the Turkish App Store ID.

Will the installed app from the U.S. store continue to get updates regularly?


texts: After upgrade in Mac OS 10.15, WhatsApp would not open due to security check failure. In preference, the "Open Anyway" does not seem to work. Any workaround pls? Thanks


texts:
This seems to be rather hit & miss, but often a link posted on SE leading to
support.apple.com/kb/[reference code]
seems to just give a blank page, as though it neither loads nor times out.

Sometimes a refresh will load it correctly, sometimes not.

Is there any workaround to this issue?

Edit: I've tried the Remove all website data suggestion, which worked for about 2 days, so I'm back to the manual 'cut the kb number, paste it into the main page' method.


texts: Unread notification badge for Notification Center

texts:
Is there any way (application?) to display some sort of notification that there are unread items in Notification Center?

It could be just a badge on the icon, or the icon highlight, just anything that could omit opening the notification center for this.

I know that pretty much all the application have red badges on their icons, but when the dock is hidden it makes the same problem. I cannot see with a simple glance on the screen that some notifications (e.g. in some messenger apps) appeared. I always should reveal the dock to see this.

Update:

Well, I investigated everything myself. It seems there is simply no API for accessing notifications - so no 3rd party app is possible. It seems reasonable for security reasons.

The only way is to wait when Apple changes anything.


texts: Mac OSX installer is disabled or not accessable

texts:
I have a persistent problem where my installer is not associated with pkg files. My installer is showing that is not available (See screenshots)

In the past I have had to re-associate my pkg files with the installer but now I can't because it is hidden


texts: Can I keep my Boot Camp partition when moving to a larger hard drive?

texts: I just bought a 512 GB hard drive to replace my 250 GB hard drive, which currently has a Boot Camp partition (pretty vanilla, just running a standard Windows 7 install). I was planning to just clone the hard drive using SuperDuper or Carbon Copy, but will Boot Camp's existence make this problematic? Asking because I'm not sure how the extra 250 GB will be allocated. Should I just uninstall Boot Camp, delete the partition, copy over my Yosemite partition, and then reinstall Boot Camp?


texts:
When at college I sometimes find myself looking at website such as Stack Exchange and Mac Rumours. Is there a way how to block sites like this on Yosemite every 1.5hr with 30min break?

What I mean is, is there an application to block specific websites at time such as 9:00-10:30 then again 11:00-12:30 etc?

This would help me to do more work at college and not get distracted. I would like an application that blocks the sites for ALL applications, however a Safari extension will work too (I only use Safari so Chrome extensions will be useless). I know editing the hosts file could work however I want it to change at certain times (I may try and make a script if no applications work :) ).


texts: I want to be able to hide the cursor programmatically. I am okay with giving any required permissions to the script.


texts: mac terminal displaying other name than host name

texts:
I have recently been in terminal and somehow I lost my Mac name.  It's showing a strange IP followed by some numbers.  My computer's name is "my-xxx-macbook-pro."  When I type hostname I receive:

ip-10-xx-xx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal

I have been working in AWS a lot to try to develop some products.

How do I get back to my computer in terminal?


texts:
I'm on a Mac OS Catalina trying to wipe a drive via command line.

⚡  Desktop  diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         1.0 TB     disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.0 TB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            10.8 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     843.8 GB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Preboot                 80.6 MB    disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume Recovery                526.6 MB   disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume VM                      4.2 GB     disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Lacie 1 TB              999.9 GB   disk2s2

⚡  Desktop  diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT NONAME /dev/disk2
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
[   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \ ]

I kept getting

⚡  Desktop  diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT NONAME /dev/disk2
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Error: -69888: Couldn't unmount disk


texts: Are there fonts that include musical note characters?

texts:
On my Mac, there is a font that contains the BEAMED EIGHT NOTES Unicode character, but there are no fonts that contains the MUSICAL SYMBOL PLUS NOTEHEAD or the MUSICAL SYMBOL QUARTER NOTE Unicode character.
Are there fonts that contain such characters?


texts: Is there software to test the hardware of MacBook Pro (Retina 15-inch, Mid 2015)?

texts:
The company I work for uses MacBook Pros.  Mine is significantly slower and runs significantly hotter than my colleagues'.  I want to test the hardware to see whether there is a fault.

All the MBP's we use are Retina 15-inch Mid 2015, 2.5Ghz i7, 16GB RAM. The main software we use is VMWare Fusion running Windows 10 and the Mac version of MS Office. The machines are all running Sierra, but mine has run poorly since way before the upgrade.  The only quirk is that I use an external monitor, although my colleagues have used my monitor themselves with no problems.

When VMWare is running, the fans are running full speed almost constantly on mine, and Windows can become almost unresponsive at times. My colleagues' machines run quietly and only occasionally run the fans (but even then the fans are run slower than mine).  I am also not able to run VMWare Fusion in Unity whereas my colleagues are.  (Aside from my infuriation, the sheer amount of noise mine makes has become a standing joke in the office!).  If I leave the Mac for a while,  it has crashed when I return and refuses to wake up requiring a reboot.  The external monitor occasionally goes black for a second or two.

I have checked the VM settings and they are identical. I have:

toggled these up and down,
wiped the VM image and created a new one,
reinstalled VMWare,
copied my colleague's VM, and I have
wiped my Mac.

I'm a Mac noob and am pretty much out of ideas, and so I want to check the hardware.


texts: Why is Mac OSX temp. directory in weird path

texts:
Comparing to Linux systems OSX default temporary directory seems to be in a weird path.

I want to know why that is, at least how is this organized. Here are my observations:

My echo "$TMPDIR" output is /var/folders/pd/l3jkqy0s6_59p4vhlbx3__dr0000gp/T/.

When I cd to /var/folders/ and ran tree from it and noticed the following structure/pattern:

├── pd
│   └── k7jkgy2s3_99p4vhlbx3__dr0gp
│       ├── 0
│       │   ├── com.apple.CalendarAgent
│       │   ├── com.apple.LaunchServices-231-v2.csstore
│       │   ├── ....
│       ├── C
│       │   ├── com.avastsecurelinehelper
│       │   │   └── com.apple.metal...
│       │   ├── avast.passwords.PasswordsHelperApp
│       │   │   ├── avast.passwords.PasswordsHelperApp
│       │   ├── ....
│       └── T
│           ├── AudioComponentRegistrar
│           ├── TemporaryItems
│           ├── VSCode\ Crashes
└── zz
    ├── 55g2846x3r5_sp1w7xvd81ch0000gn
    │   ├── 0
    │   │   ├── com.apple.LaunchServices-231-v2.csstore
    │   │   ├── ...
    │   ├── C [error opening dir]
    │   └── T [error opening dir]
    ├── zyxvpxwx6ckaln_n000006w00011q
    ├──  ...

The TLDs like pd and zz are noticeable. Also the single charactered directories like 0, C, T.

What do they mean or what convention do they follow?


texts:
Is it possible to extend the time i'm logged as administrator when enter sudo mode from the console?
If yes, how?


texts:
I'm using ncdu to see where my storage space is going, and noticed a seemingly endless file path it seems to be traversing:

/System/Volumes/Data/System/Volumes/Data/System/Volumes/Data/System/Volumes/Data/System/Volumes...

This file path doesn't actually exist if I try to cd in there (thank goodness):

$ ls -lshart /System/Volumes/Data/System/
total 0
0 drwxr-xr-x@  3 root  wheel    96B Aug 24  2019 .
0 drwxr-xr-x   9 root  wheel   288B Sep 29  2019 Library
0 drwxr-xr-x  26 root  wheel   832B Apr 20 02:15 ..

But it does seem that I'm inexplicably using more data than I think I am; ncdu says I'm using about 40GB under the user space, and I try to keep the machine fairly uncluttered. XCode and Docker are the largest applications of the few I have, by far.

For example, ncdu is telling me I'm using 487GB (and counting), while the machine has only an 120GB SSD:

Total items: 17767208 size: 484.7 GiB

On Catalina 1.15.4.

Related: What's /System/Volumes/Data?


texts: Where are the default system icons for folders and files stored?

texts: Where are the default/system icons for folders and files stored?


texts: Why is the update button in "App Store" app opening the app instead of updating it?

texts:
I am experiencing a problem with updating my apps on all of my Apple devices:
iPhone 5s,
iPad Air,
iPhone 4s,
iPad 3

They are all running iOS 7.0.4 (11B55a) jailbroken using evasi0n and this problem has only recently started happening.

To update my apps I normally go into the "App Store" app down to "Updates" and then manually press the "UPDATE" button to update that app.  Since the 10th October pressing the "UPDATE" button causes the app to be loaded instead.  I went to try this on my other devices and got exactly the same result.  This is odd because some of the devices haven't had any Cydia or App Store updates for ages.

I have attached a screenshot of what my update screen looks like on my iPhone 5s:

You will notice that:

Update All is greyed out although it does start off blue for a split second before going grey.
Apps updated on the 8th October correctly show the "OPEN" button.
Apps updated on the 10th October incorrectly show the "UPDATE" button.

I have tried the following, but none of these have worked:

Turning off WIFI to use 4G instead.
Restarting the iPhone 5s.
Signing out and logging back into my Apple account on the iPhone 5s.
Syncing the iPhone 5s with iTunes on my Windows PC.

I have tried the following which does work, but doesn't make any sense:

Pressing on the app icon to expand the description and again to load up details of the app.  The "UPDATE" button on the app detail page works for some reason, but strangely keeps prompting me to put in my password for my account.
When loading up "App Store" and pressing in the top right "Update All" quickly before it is greyed out actually starts the update of all apps.

In summary there are 2 problems that are happening:

Trying to update an app from the main update screen loads the app.
Apps that have been updated show the wrong text for the button "UPDATE" instead of "OPEN".

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this is happening now?  I have previously been updating fine before the 10th October.

Seems like I am not the only one experiencing this problem:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6591839
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6590253


texts: MongoDB doesnt' work after update to macOS Catalina 10.15

texts:
I recently installed macOS Catalina 10.15 Beta 1. Now, when I try to launch my MongoDB application by running:

> mongod

I get the following error:

I have attempted to go to Security & Privacy and hit the Open Anyway button, but I get the same error.

Any thoughts on how to launch the application from the command line?


texts: Different dicts for different launchd jobs in the same plist?

texts:
I tried to use the following open.close.mail.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
            <string>Open Mail</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
            <array>
                <string>open</string>
                <string>-a</string>
                <string>/Applications/Mail.app</string>
            </array>
        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
             <array>
                 <dict>
                     <key>Hour</key>
                     <integer>13</integer>
                     <key>Minute</key>
                     <integer>0</integer>
                 </dict>
             </array>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
            <string>Close Mail</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
            <array>
                <string>oascript</string>
                <string>-e</string>
                <string>tell "/Applications/Mail.app" to quit</string>
            </array>
        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
             <array>
                 <dict>
                     <key>Hour</key>
                     <integer>13</integer>
                     <key>Minute</key>
                     <integer>0</integer>
                 </dict>
             </array>
    </dict>
</plist>

When I use launchctl load open.close.mail.plist, only the second job is loaded.
If I use two different files, I get both jobs.
I guess I might not understand the plist format. What have I done wrong?


texts: Backup iPhone contacts etc to move to new iPhone

texts: I'm going to replace my iPhone 5c with another new one. What should I do to keep my contacts, events, notes, etc. and then restore it on the new iPhone? Should I just backup my phone with iTunes or something else?


texts: Safari - how to see web developer tools like DOM inspector?

texts:
In on Yosemite using Safari.

How can I "inspect element"

I've looked through all the preferences and don't see any way to turn on developer tools so I can do inspect element (if that is even possible with them).


texts: New Finder window opens maximized every time

texts:
For some reason, now every time I start Finder or ask for a new window, it occupies my entire screen (note this is not full screen mode, it is just normal screen mode but the Finder is resized maximally to fit the entire visible area, except the bar at the top).

I tried resizing this Finder window and closing, then restarting but end up getting a new Finder window that is resized occupying my entire workspace.

Any idea how to troubleshoot this?

Running Yosemite latest on MBP retina 13.


texts: If the push service at an email server (like Office 365 for instance) fails or is not available for some reason, and you have your email settings set to Fetch Schedule manual, you will not get emails notifications; correct?


texts: Mac terminal cd to folder IN current directory

texts:
Let say my current directory in terminal is ~/Users/Desktop. On my desktop, there's a folder called "sample_dir". How can I cd in this "sample_dir" folder with typing: "cd ~/Users/Desktop/sample_dir"? There's gotta be a shorter way that looks at your current directory and appends that path to the directory you pass in to make things faster.

Thanks


texts:
I'm trying to download CentOS' ISO from a mirror, and the download fails all times (connection lost). It fails after downloading something like 3.5 GB out of 4.5 GB.
The problem is that every time that I click on the arrow in the downloads tab it restarts from the beginning. How do I restart a download and keep the piece that I have already downloaded?


texts: Turn off WiFi if there is no user initiated network access

texts:
I'd like to limit my exposure to the WiFi signal of my laptop while it is sitting on my belly or lower while being in bed.

Is there a way to auto-turn off the WiFi directly after a website has finished loading? And to only turn it back on when I click another link?


texts: How To Strip All Finder Attributes for Some Device

texts:
After copying files to an NTFS and FAT Extended devices, I ended up with numerous misplaced finder attributes, due to the broken NTFS and FAT support in OSX's Finder. I.e. I get these can't be changed because they are in use errors, when trying to access any file, but non-finder apps access them fine, although say cp preserves attributes while copying, so attribute hell spreads like virus by copying.

How do I just delete all attributes at once? Instead of doing xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo file.ext for each file? Is there some hidden folder where OSX stores metadata? Because Neither FAT or NTFS support the OSX's metadata streams.


texts: Will an iPod touch suffice for testing iOS apps?

texts:
I am buying a testing device for iPhone apps. I cannot afford an iPhone 4 so I am thinking to buy an iPod touch. Can I use an iPod touch for testing iPhone apps? What will be impossible to test on an iPod touch?

My second thought is to buy an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS, but I am not sure if these devices are too old to use as testing devices. What do you think? Could I use them? Can a new system be installed on these devices (does it slow them down)?


texts: Does Garageband update with High Sierra updates

texts:
I am running Mavericks om my Mac and using Garageband 10.1.2 .

I want to update my computer to MacOS High Sierra, but I do not want to change my Garageband version

Does Garageband get updated along with the High Sierra update of MacOS?


texts: How to upgrade HDD to SSD and replace the optical drive with HDD?

texts:
I am trying to understand the process of switching out my HDD for an SSD and then replacing my optical drive with the same HDD just removed in a late 2011 Macbook Pro 15.4".

Is there any benefit to doing this vs. just replacing the optical drive with a new SSD and leaving the HDD where it is at?

My main intent in adding a SSD is to increase the speed of my computer and not necessarily adding more space. My HDD is 750GB and I'm not even close to filing it up. I do have programs on my HDD like Microsoft Office that I don't want to lose and don't have the means of reinstalling.

Any suggestions would be great and a detailed description of how to go about this would also be greatly appreciated.


texts: I just received a new MacBook, running OS X El Capitan 10.11.5, from my new employer and I am unable to force hidden files to show in Finder.  This is my fourth MacBook, and in the past I have always used defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES to show hidden files; however, on my new Mac, this is not showing the hidden files. I also tried defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE but still cannot see hidden files in Terminal or in Finder.  I restarted my computer, but that didn't solve my issue either.  Any ideas on how to show my Mac's hidden files?


texts: "Paste and Match Style" OSX Notes Keyboard Shortcut Doesn't Work

texts:
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills since nobody else seems to be having this issue. I really can't get the keyboard shortcut for Paste and Match Style to work in OSX Notes. I copy some rich formatted text, I have the caret at the point I'd like to enter the text, and I press and hold:

Option+Shift+Command+V

This is the keyboard shortcut listed under the Edit menu. When I do this, the Format menu flashes and nothing happens. The fact that the Format menu flashes implies to me that it's selecting a shortcut from that menu rather than the Edit one. The version of Notes is 3.3 (353) in OSX 10.10.5.

Manually clicking "Paste and Match Style" from the menu works properly.

What am I missing here?!


texts: Abnt2 keyboard does not work on macbook pro 13 Early 2015

texts:
I'm trying to use an Abnt2 keyboard on my Macbook Pro 13, Early 2015, and I'm having some problems.

It's a Multilaser Metal War TC185: suporte.multilaser.com.br/downloads/detalhe/TC185 (I'm using this same keyboard on a linux computer without problems.)

I added the Brazilian keyboard Abnt2, as can be seen in the image below:

The keys were all identified, no problem at this point.

However, when I start typing, the letters are repeating themselves. For example: if I try to type "apple" at a normal speed it is coming out as "appppllle".

Given this problem, I tried to disable the Key repeat option and also increase the delay, but did not solve anything:

And the last problem are the shortcuts. The equivalent of Command + Tab, which should be Alt + Tab does not work, as well as other shortcuts with Control key or select files with shift for example.

What do I need to do to use an Abnt2 keyboard with my macbook?


texts: How to block internet access of all apps (except browser) when using 3g usb modem?

texts: Is there any app that helps me to block all apps for accessing the internet when using 3g modem?


texts: Find all illegal Windows characters in a folder and subfolder

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I need an Automator script which finds all files with illegal Windows characters like <>:/\\|?* and replaces these characters with an underscore. The rest of the filename should remain unchanged.

As an alternative, I would use a terminal script. I know how to find them with find . -name "*[<>:/\\|?*]*", but I don't know how to change the names properly.

How do I do this?


texts: Can I limit Time Machine is backups of files within Dropbox folder to those that actually changed?

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I'm using Dropbox Plus in conjunction with Time Machine on a Mojave MB Pro.
My Time Machine is configured to backup the data in my Dropbox folder.  I like having a local as well as a remote backup of important files.
My issue is that Time Machine is routinely backing up several GB of data even though I've only modified a bunch of XLSX and DOCX files that are relatively small.  Using BackupLoupe I can see that the bulk of the data is in Dropbox folders.   I'm curious if anyone has a simple strategy for managing the interaction between Dropbox and Time Machine such that Time Machine isn't always trying to backup several GB of data every time it runs.


texts: No iBook app on iPhone X; cannot find app in App Store

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I deleted the iBook app from my iPhone X. To get the app back, I assumed I could fetch it from the App Store. But when I searched the store for the app, the only hits I see for apps are for Audible and Amazon.

How can I get the iBook app back and working?

Notes

I use the app for audiobooks.
There is an audiobook on my phone.
When I'm plugged into iTunes (on a PC), then through iTunes I can see the tracks and listen to the book.
The iOS is 11.2.1 and uptodate.


texts: So I have a friend, who has an iMac Pro with high specs at his home and I thought about accessing his iMac Pro from my Macbook Pro via some kind of remote desktop service. I would do some rather extensive video editing on that iMac Pro, for which my Macbook Pro is just too slow currently as its a rather old one from 2016. My question now is how i would be able to access that iMac Pro from my Macbook Pro, so I can basically do some kind of screen sharing and use Final Cut Pro installed on that iMac Pro. I tried downloading Remote Desktop from the store, but I can only make it work, when both of our devices are in the same network (we tried it on wifi), but I just wasnt able to make it work when we are not both in the same network, which would be the actual case at hand, because I would need to access his iMac Pro from anywhere. I have seen something with SSH, but isnt that only for servers and such? Either way I just wanted to ask, if someone knows how to best get this setup working.


texts: Can we open/run a file/executable in Finder using the keyboard?

texts: In Windows, we can select a file/executable in Explorer and on pressing Enter with the keyboard, the file/executable is opened. Is this feature available on Mac OS? In Finder, if a file/executable is selected with the mouse and then we press Enter, it wants to rename the file.


texts: How to map CTRL + Left Arrow to Home with Karabiner-Elements

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I'm using Karabiner-Elements to map some keys with an external PC keyboard. I'd like to map CTRL + Left Arrow to Home and CTRL + Right Arrow to End. Is it possible to do this?

There's a complex rule for download that maps SHIFT + Left Arrow to End but I'm using CTRL.

Thanks!


texts: Tried to do a complete fresh install of Sierra. "Permission Denied" when I go to Install

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So I wiped my computer at work using the disk utility. I went to install the OS again and when I select the drive and hit "install" I get "The operation couldn't be completed. Permission Denied"

When I search for this problem it looks like most people aren't reinstalling the OS and just installing a program so their issue seems to be they are not using an Admin account or what not.

With my issue I'm not exactly logged in to any account and don't know how to give myself permission.

Does anyone have any ideas to fix this issue?

Heres a link to a reddit thread I made where some one tried to help me out so you can see what I've tried. Theres also some more screen shots in that thread.

Edit: I should add that I tried restarting and holding CommandOptionRto do an Internet recovery but when do it takes me back to macOS Utility. I assume as soon as I and it goes to that progress bar which makes me unable to hold Command to choose a boot location. I do have macOS installer on a USB drive but again, when I restart and hold Option it does the progress bar. I do have another Mac and a Thunderbolt cable but I'm not quite sure of the process to use another computer to install the OS. I'll be searching that now.


texts: Automated Deletion of Messages From OS X Mail

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Okay, so I know this is a tricky issue as OS X's Mail seemingly lacks the ability to automatically delete or archive old messages, even though it has the necessary date-based rules to do so.

As such, I'm currently using a smart folder to find all old messages (except in mailboxes I prefer to keep) so that I can periodically delete them by opening the smart folder, selecting everything and hitting delete.

This is a bit more convenient, but I'd still prefer the process to be automatic. Is there any way that I could have Mail, an Automator script, Applescript or something similar find old messages with some criteria (or use my smart mailbox) and delete them, so that I can schedule the process to run automatically?


texts: Is it possible to create a monthly budget vs actuals chart on MacOS Numbers?

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I'm creating a yearly budget sheet on numbers where I have a table like this:
|             |      January     |     February     |       March      |
|             | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
| Description | Actuals | Budget | Actuals | Budget | Actuals | Budget |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
| Groceries   |   $ 300 |  $ 250 |   $ 200 |  $ 250 |   $ 243 |  $ 250 |

I am trying to create a chart/graph where I can compare the budget vs the actual on each month. Either a big chart/graph with all the months one next to each other or, ideally, a graph for a single month, with a context selector to select a different month.
I've done some googling to see if I could find how to do it, but I keep finding basic examples of budgeting. I'm now wondering whether MacOS Numbers is not the right tool for this, or maybe I need to have many tables, 1 per month, instead of a big table.
Any thoughts?
EDIT:
I’ll post pictues of what I tried, and what I would like to have.
What I played with

What I’d like to do
A graph with totals per month

A graph with breakdown, with a month selector

Is it possible, or is it too complicated for MacOS Numbers?


texts: Run AppleScript after waking from Sleep?

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Is there an easy way to run an AppleScript or application immediately (or a brief delay of X seconds) after waking up from sleep?

I'm looking for a solution that doesn't involve a 3rd-party app.


texts: memory use in an iPad Air 2, I don't understand the "other" section

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I have an older iPad Air 2 that had an 'other' section taking 6gb and no amount of removing apps, restart, etc would solve it.
So I decided to wipe the device clean.
The system new, untouched, without anything installed displays this (it has 16gb storage):

System: 6.16gb
Other: 1.9gb

so a system that was completely reset has almost 2gb in 'other'.
when I connect it to the Mac, I see this:

so none of the numbers really add up to 16gb either.
As the same time, I have an old iPhone 5s which comes from a similar era and has 16gb as well and the OS doesn't take as much space and, on a reset, the 'other' section is empty.
What is specific to the iPad that it has so much space gone right away?


texts: Creating an image from a Time Machine backup – "Operation Cancelled"

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I want to convert an existing Time Machine backup (on an external HDD, encrypted) to a read-only archival image.

I open Disk Utility and choose File » New Image » Image from Backup, which lets me choose the destination. The destination is an ExFAT file system.

The options are the default (read-only, unencrypted), and when I start the process, after a few seconds, I get this:

I haven't cancelled the operation myself — Disk Utility did it. What I've tried so far:

Choosing another output option (compressed or CD/DVD master, for example), but that didn't help.
Unmounting the volume before starting the process
Time Machine is off; no automatic backups are being created.
Copying the Backups.backupdb folder is impossible because it contains hard links that ExFAT cannot read, and Finder says "The volume is the wrong format for a backup."

The same problem has been discussed here without a resolution. What I do notice is that the partition is shown as a Time Machine disk. Could this cause any problems?


texts: MacBook Air, Mavericks and two USB-DisplayLink-Adapters and position of monitors

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I have a MBA 2013 with a Thunderbold-Display (middle) and two USB 3.0 Display-Adapters (left and right).

After the upgrade to Mavericks, I have to adjust the positioning of the monitors after every restart.

This means: After a restart the Thunderbold-Display is set to be the left monitor, while the other two monitors are set to be the middle and right one.

Any suggestions? This setup worked with 10.8


texts: Processes in Activity Monitor with gray lettering

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Why are there some processes listed in Activity Monitor for applications that I've recently quit? They are displayed in light grey characters under the Energy tab, and the only column with data is the Avg Energy Impact column:

When I run ps ax | grep -i <partial name of command> nothing comes back (well, actually, it returns the grep I just executed, but that's not what I'm after). For what it's worth, I'm running 10.12.6.


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I have a MacBook Pro and from the last week I have been unable to turn the machine on properly. First it displays the Apple logo and shows this message

I've done a lot of research and tried things like starting in Safe Mode. Although the error message does not come up, it will just hang at a grey screen with a spinning progress indicator.

If anyone can help, please share.


texts: Setting up dual monitors on MacBook Pro with Retina

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I just got my MacBook Pro with Retina yesterday and I bought a Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to setup dual monitor, it worked fine.

Today I tried to connect Retina with my external monitor, I tried again and again.

My Macbook Pro just can't detect the monitor why?


texts: Is there any app to add a keyboard shortcut to a mouse click on a specific location?

texts: Basically I have a program that I use to study and I need to be able to quickly choose between a 8 choice answer button. The program does not have inbuilt keyboard shortcuts. I need to answer a question every 2 seconds so moving the mouse around gets tiring if I could just associate where the buttons are to 1-8 on the keyboard that would be great.


texts: How to use Thunderbolt Display with Laptop

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I am currently using my 2015 MacBook Pro with my thunderbolt display. I want to buy a new laptop (HP) but I realized that I would have some problems to connect it to the Thunderbolt display. The new HP I want to buy has an HDMI port. I have browsed on internet where I could find a HDMI male to Thunderbolt 2 female (because I have an integrated Thunderbolt cable with the display) and there is nothing even on Amazon. I could only find adaptators with Thunderbolt male. I have searched for another way to connect the display with my new PC. On the backside, there is a Thunderbolt 2 port. Can I use this port to connect a Thunderbolt 2 to HDMI adaptator ? If you know another way I could use the integrated cable, please tell me.
Thanks


texts: How can I chain a DVI display into a Thunderbolt display (and then into a MBP)

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I have a thunderbolt display that is connected to a retina MBP (13"). I would like to connect my Dell monitor (which has a gauntlet of inputs, most notably HDMI and DVI, but not DisplayPort or Thunderbolt) into my Thunderbolt display so that I don't have to plug two monitors into my laptop every time I sit down.

I have a VGA to Thunderbolt adapter, however when I plug the Dell into the Thunderbolt display the MBP doesn't detect the monitor. I'm willing to buy another adapter for DVI or HDMI but I need to know it will work first.

Note that plugging in the Dell via HDMI directly into the MBP, or via the VGA adapter to the MBP works fine, however it is very inconvenient.

Is there a solution that I can chain my Dell monitor into my Thunderbolt display?


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I know there are small USB boxes which are able to pass through image from HDMI (and record it) to computer. Is there something similar which would enable me to see stuff from HDMI on my Mac?

Why: I am trying to discover possibilities how to use iMac, which I might be buying, as a target screen. I read there was this possibility for older iMacs, but only with other Apple computer. I want to connect PS3 or in future maybe some other console/device.


texts: How would I prepend 127.0.0.1 as a nameserver all the time

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I do web development and I would like to have dnsmasq running and handing my local dns requests. However I work in a lot of different networking scenarios and I need to DHCP updating my networking information multiple times a day.

I already have dnsmasq running and I can have my laptop always use it by setting the DNS name server.

It's not too bad, this way, I can use the location management (in the network preference pane) and just switch location between 'Automatic' and 'Automatic (dnsmasq)' when I need to, however what I really want it something linux has.

In linux I can configure my dhcp client to prepend a name server to whatever I get from dhcp. On ubuntu I do this by editing /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf and setting.

prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;

Is there an equivalent in OS X (10.8 Mountian Lion). Thanks


texts: Why iterm2 keyboard shortcut settings don't work on window launched using F12

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I've followed the instructions here on how to make alt→ and alt← skip words backward and forward..

this works just fine on the original window displayed by iterm2.. however when i press F12 and the window shows up.. those keyboard shortcuts don't work any more.. any idea why and how to fix it?


texts: Windows repositioned to macbook screen after sleep

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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015, OS X El Capitan, 10.11.5) with Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB connected to an external monitor:

Samsung SE790C:

Resolution: 3440 x 1440 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Connection Type: DisplayPort
Television: Yes

Every time my MacBook wakes up from sleep, all my windows are back to the MacBook screen. I have a similar setup at home (same MacBook but with a Dell 26' monitor) and this does not happen.

Anything I can do about that? If more info is needed, just let me know! Thanks in advance for any help on that!


texts: Can I install OS X from external hard drive to internal hard drive?

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My hard drive is failing so I put a brand new 500gb hard drive in my MacBook 2008 white 13".

I have a retail disc of Snow Leopard but the install keeps failing over and over again.  It hangs at 29 minutes remaining, 28 minutes remaining and fails at 14 minutes remaining with loads of errors in the install log.

My idea was to connect the old hard drive (which has Lion installed) using a USB docking station, boot from that and using the installer on the old hard drive desktop, install Lion straight onto my new internal hard drive.

Would this work and if not how can I get either Lion or Snow Leopard installed on my new internal hard drive?


texts: App from Mac App Store. What if I change Macs?

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The Mac App Store is really convenient, but under some circumstances, I am confused on how it manages the installation. Here I have two questions:

If I buy an app from the Mac App Store, then delete it, can I re-install it or do I have to buy it again?
If I buy an app from the Mac App Store, can I install it on more than one Mac? If I can't, can I delete it on the Mac that I purchased the app from, and then install it on another Mac?


texts: Can I use a hotspot without data to connect to a wifi speaker?

texts: I recently bought a WiFi speaker that needs to connect to a WiFi connection to play music from my phone.  I also travel out of the country a couple times a year but do not have a data plan for out of the USA.  Is there a way I can turn on my mobile hot-spot to connect my speaker to my phone without actually using data so I don't pay outrageous international data charges?  I currently have an iPhone 7.


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is there a way to import or convert the bookmarks.html generated by safari bookmark export menu into a CSV that can be imported to excel with 2 columns, URL and Description?
The way it works actually is that the HTML file contains only descriptions with a clickable link and whether you import it to excel, you get only one column with the same theme: clickable links.


texts: I want to Remove an old app in my AppStore Connect

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I have one app that is removed from sale individually but also still for sale in a bundle. Still,the option "Remove App" appears in "App Information" Section.

But as I pressed it, Apple says I cannot remove an app that is in an App Bundle. Well make sense. So I goto the app bundle and uncheck the "Cleared for Sale" box and save it. Then I open the bundle, where it says "Edit" I clicked on it and was able to remove the same app from bundle. Saved it and it brought me to main page of the bundle, and when I try to click Save there, it says

  Error encountered saving or updating bundle: Attempt to add or remove
  apps from a bundle that does not allow editing.

  Attempt to add or remove apps from a bundle that does not allow
  editing.


texts:
Is there any way to enable Windows-style AltGr symbol shortcuts on Mac OS? I.e., AltGr+V should be mapped to "@", AltGr+F to "[" etc. AltGr being, in this case, the right Option/Alt key.

I am using a Croatian keyboard layout and the current way for entering those symbols is horrible to say the least. I've tried fixing this using KeyRemap4MacBook, but even though the changes are applied, key mappings remain the same.


texts: Is there a macOS App or Extension to increase line spacing and letter kerning for Safari Reader View?

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I love Reader View in conjunction with the "Speak Selection" Accessibility tool; I find that I retain the information more when I hear and read along with the text. However, the line spacing and letter kerning are too dense for me. Does anyone know of an App or Extension that can help with this?
AudioEye and other providers offer a great web solution, but it needs to be implemented at the source code by the website's developers.


texts: iTunes put a "1" at the end of many of my song and video titles. How can I fix this?

texts: I recently consolidated my iTunes Library and now many videos have a "1" at the end of the file name. And weirdly, in the media library, there are two files - one with the "1" and one without. Luckily only one video appears in iTunes. Is there some way to clean up my media folder AND the filenames in itunes?


texts: I heard about the new ZombieLoad vulnerability. How do I protect my Mac?

texts: I don't want my data to be vulnerable to the new MDS issues discovered on Intel processors. What can I do? Is my credit card information safe?


texts:
When I have abc.exe generated from C#/Mono source, I use 'mono abc.exe'.

Is there a way to run abc.exe with 'abc.exe' not 'mono abc.exe'? I mean, when I run 'abc.exe', can I make 'mono abc.exe' called automatically?


texts: What is "Safari services" listed in iOS cellular data usage?

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When determining what's eating up my cellular data I look at data usage in the settings app. There the biggest consumer by far is "system services" and inside that item "safari services" is responsible for 95% of all usage.
This doesn't really tell me anything useful. What is Safari services? Who is it providing services for? Safari? 3rd party apps? Me? I assume it's not to me or Safari since then I don't see why the data isn't just listed under the Safari app directly, and the same thing if it's to 3rd party apps. If neither then I don't see why it's such a big consumer of data to begin with.
How do I cut down on its data consumption?
iOS 14.4 on iPhone 8


texts: MacBook display has vertical black and white lines on startup

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My MackBook, on startup, its showing the following:

They are just a bunch of vertical black and white lines, and it gets stuck there.

What could be the problem?


texts: How can I restore iBooks stored in iCloud from a Time Machine backup?

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I found that many of my books and PDFs had been removed from iBooks.

I'm not sure exactly how it happened but recently I had both used the Storage Management app (to remove a few specific books) and turned on syncing on a new Mac that already had some books stored locally in iBooks.

Anyway, I can see that my remaining books are stored in /Users/USERNAME/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/.

If I run open /Users/USERNAME/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/ and then try to open Time Machine, I'm just brought to a Time Machine window for iCloud Drive and it appears empty, with no iBooks entry.

If I try to go to the specific folder in Time Machine (with cmd+shift+g) I'm just dropped back at the iCloud Drive folder again.

So how can I (1) check if my books were backed up by Time Machine and (2) restore them?


texts: What happens if I buy a paid game while it's free?

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There's this game on the App Store called Flying Hamster HD, before it used to cost like $6 or something now it's free.
If I delete the game I “purchased” when it's free and decide to re-download it am I charged if the price goes up?


texts: How to fix an iPhone stuck on "Connect to iTunes" screen after iOS8 update?

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My iPhone 5S is stuck on the "Connect to iTunes" screen after trying to install the iOS 8 update. I can't connect to iTunes because I have a Google Chromebook.

I don't know what to do. I'm dyslexic and I have Asperger's. I need the iPhone to communicate with people because I have speech problems.


texts: I can no longer paste tab delimited text from Pages into Numbers mac

texts: it seems as if the "import settings" is gone. I can no longer "separate values using:". So now when I copt text from Pages (which includes tabs for the purpose of filling different cells in Numbers), all the text is in one single cell.  Am I missing something or have they changed Number 10.3 and removed that ability?!?!?


texts: How can I add a private key to my keychain?

texts: I am trying to add myRepositoryKey to my Mac keychain utility so . I exported this item in OpenRSA format from Putty. When I try to use Import Items, the file is unselectable. What do I need to do to import into my keychain? Does the file need a specific extension?


texts: I would like to know how I could add a USB eject button or battery power indicator to my menu bar on Mac OS X. I remember going into my Macintosh hard drive but I can't remember which folder to find it in. I know to drag out an item from the menu bar by pressing the command key and at the same time dragging the icon onto the desktop, but how do you add icons to it?


texts: How to reset the iPad without PC and iTunes

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I have an iPad and I forgot the passcode. I can't remember email ID or Apple ID.  Now I only have the iPad and bill. Many stories I've read suggest to reset the iPad and then login.

How do I do that?  I don't need the data so it's ok to wipe it out.


texts: USB-C Dongles killing Wifi on 2016/2017 MacBooks – Who’s to blame?

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I recently switched from my beloved MacBook Pro Retina (Late 2013) i5 2.6/16/512 to MacBook Pro (2017) Non-TB i5 2.3/16/512.

I purchased what from the build-quality looked like a good USB-C-to-DisplayPort cable with 4k/60Hz support, just to run into the very problem the Logicboard repair guru Louis Rossmann had described in one of his videos: As soon as you plug in the USB-C dongle, the (2.4 GHz) Wifi stops working despite full antenna signal. Unplug the USB-C connector and you are immediately back in the game.

The big question I'm asking myself now: Who is to blame? Is this a design flaw in the current generation MacBooks with improper shielding or is it a design flaw in the various dongles?

I mean the fact that even Apple’s very own USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter is causing these WiFi issues (as you can learn from the many horrific customer reviews; but AFAIK have been fixed through a software patch), show that there’s something going horribly wrong.


texts: Anaconda macOS GUI installation changes - should I remove the old folder in the current user account?

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I have updated Anaconda by doing a fresh download and install of the macOS Graphical (GUI) version.  Anaconda is a package the makes it easier for GUI users to access python packages and use them, rather than doing so from within Terminal.

For reasons I can not identify the Navigator application would no longer open, leading me to reinstall with the latest version of the Anaconda package from the Continuum website at this webpage. I have not updated my macOS recently or made any other changes that might trigger this.

The newer updated Anaconda package would not install in my user folder as it has in the past. Rather it would only install on the HD, top level. That is the new Anaconda folder sits on the same level as the Applications Folder, and Master Library Folder.

The question is, should I delete the older Anaconda folder in the User account folder structure?

As a test I have removed that folder to the Desktop, and Anaconda appears to load normally.

Naturally I should remove any saved older Jupyter or other files so as to not lose them.

The program I use the Anaconda package for is GLUE. I note my past glue project files will not open anymore in GLUE.

I am also puzzled as to why this change in installation location? If you have any thoughts, perhaps leave a comment.


texts: macOS - External drives doesn't show up in Finder

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External hard disks and pen drives connected via USB no longer show up in Finder.

What could be the possible reason, and how do I resolve this issue?


texts: Is there a way to see the history of played tracks directly on the iPhone? I didn't find an option to do that in the Music app.


texts: Is there any way to get an email notification when someone leaves a voice mail?

texts: There is no cell reception inside the building where I work so if someone calls and leaves a voice mail I don't find out until I'm driving away from work. Is there any way to get an email notification (or just a notification) when someone leaves a voice mail? I don't need the audio, just something that says I received a call. I'm with Verizon on an iPhone 6 running iOS 9.


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I know that the iPhone supports video out using the AV cable accessory that Apple sells. This would indicate the possibility of an app which can use said cable to display video.

Does anything like this exist? If it isn't possible, why not?


texts:
What kind of WoL protocol does OS X use?

Trying to explain. When I use OS X on my Mac Mini and it is going to sleep it wakes up automatically when receiving any packets (e.g. when I try to connect via SSH).

Now I'm using Debian Jessie on my Mac mini and when I run ethtool -i eth0 I get

Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: g

Which means only magic packet activity supported by card.

So are there any Linux drivers to wake up my Mac on receiving SSH access requests for example?


texts: Installation of a Radeon 4870 Graphics card

texts: I have a Mac Pro Model A1186. I am installing a Radeon 4870 Video Card. Where do I connect the 2 external power jumpers in the MAC Pro?I


texts: Can I use the same Apple ID from my iPod for my iPhone?

texts: I just got the iPhone 6 and I had the iPod 5. Would I be able to use the same ID for both so every thing is transferred on to there?


texts: What is the best method of syncing photos from iPhone to (windows) desktop?

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My parents use windows and iPhone, and I have to run tech support for them.
The windows photo import tool fails, because the photo's arn't really on the device, and apple lies to windows saying that they are available for import, so it fails halfway.
If I install iCloud for windows, will it sync photos to the laptop via photostream? or will it continue to delete photos after 1000 photos?
If photostream isn't enabled, will it start randomly deleting photos older then 1000 days that my parents take, without them understanding what is happening? or will it give some sort of warning / clean up prompt?
Or is this likely something they are already familiar with as (mildly tech illiterate) users.


texts: Can I create a keyboard shortcut to toggle the primary mouse button between left and right?

texts: I switch between my left and right hand for my mouse a lot, and every time I do, I have to go to System Preferences > Mouse > and switch the Primary mouse button. Is there any way I can create a keyboard shortcut to toggle this setting? I'm willing to figure out AppleScript if that would help me


texts: "iCloud Download" column in iTunes keeps reappearing

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I updated my iTunes on my computer, and one of the things I noticed was that the "iCloud Download" column had now appeared on top of my music library. Now, I don't use iCloud for my music, so I right-clicked the bar and turned it off.

A few minutes later, the iCloud Download tab was back again. I could've sworn I'd turned it off, but just to be sure I right-clicked and turned it off again.

A few more minutes pass, and the iCloud Download tab is right there back again. Every time I turn it off, it just keeps reappearing sooner or later. I have Automatic Downloads for music checked off, so I don't know what is causing this.

This is very annoying. Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Macbook Pro wont open apps or download content due to Error Code: -50.

texts: My Macbook Pro ran into a problem and reported Error: -50.  I cannot open applications such as Chrome, Word, and others.  I cannot download content or move content to the trash because it says the disk is full, even though it still shows 80Gb of free storage.  The Ram is free and I cannot run ClamXav to see if it is a virus.  Disk Utility verifies the disk but the permissions have all changed and cannot be repaired.  Some permissions errors include "user differs on private/var/at, should be 0 user is 1"as well as various others.  I cant even see/open external drives I connect.  Any idea how to solve this problem?


texts: Can ContainerToInvert file be safely deleted?

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After previously upgrading to High Sierra and converting my boot drive to APFS, I recently migrated to a new (larger) SSD boot drive. While setting that up, Disk Utility gave me an error when restoring from my old volume to the new one "APFS inverter failed to invert the volume - invalid argument".

I ended up using Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer the files which went OK, and I am now running from the new volume.

However I have a file at the root of the drive called ContainerToInvert. It is over 250GB in size, so I'd like to delete it if it isn't needed.

Can anyone confirm that deleting it won't cause any problems?


texts: Keyboard navigation between window previews in a workspace?

texts: If I access mission control, it shows me the open windows in a workspace. How can I navigate between these open windows with the keyboard (inside this workspace view)?


texts: Name of the developer on App Store the same of Apple ID?

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Is the name displayed on the App Store page of an app the same of the Apple ID or it can be changed on iTunes Connect?

For example, if I use my father's Apple ID to publish an app (because I'm under 18), will the name of the developer be mine or his on the App Store?


texts: recover data on external HDD formatted by mac

texts: I connected an 1 TB Toshiba external HDD previously used on windows pc to my new MacBook Air and a message popped up for if I wanted to use this drive for time machine backup and since this is the first time i'm using mac I clicked "later". I think it got formatted so I tried some data recovery softwares but was unable to recover any data. I had lot of data on it which I would like to recover, is it possible?


texts: How does MacPorts work with /Applications/MacPorts and /opt/usr/local/bin

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I have installed i3 under MacPorts. Whenever I run uxterm under X11 it works as expected and I can get vertical and horizontal splits with i3. However, when I try to run kitty -- also installed under MacPorts, I get a terminal that opens up as if it was a native OSX application, and not one managed by the Xorg Server that MacPorts installed.

Note, MacPorts installs i3 to /opt/local/bin, and it installs kitty to /Applications/MacPorts/kitty.app. What are the implications of these two different install paths, and can I get i3 to work with MacPorts kitty?


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My MacOS non-admin account is not a member of group 'wheel.'  But any file I create in /tmp from Terminal commands is always group wheel.

There is no sticky bit nor ACL nor extended attribute to explain this on the symlink /tmp or on /private/tmp which it points to.

I like to use /tmp as a scratchpad because the system cleans it up for me on every boot.


texts: How to update virtual machine disk space in VMware Fusion?

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I'm using Windows 7 on VMware Fusion.

In the hard disk settings of the virtual machine I've set Disk Size to 65GB, I've selected pre-allocate the space and applied.

However when I run Windows 7 I still the old amount of space (and not the 65G), and on the mac I still can see the same space available. What am I doing wrong?


texts: I can't change my desktop background-image for my macbook air

texts: I'm trying to change the background-image from my MacBook Air background, but it won't change it. I try to click on the image I want from my pictures and it makes it seem like it worked but then it hasn't changed. I tried restarting my computer but it still does not do anything. I also tried changing to one of the defaults apple has but it won't change to one of those either.


texts: DNS Server keeps changing to 10.0.22.1 & .2 in OSX 10.9

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My DNS Server keeps changing to 10.0.22.1 & 10.0.22.2 in OSX 10.9.5. This causes me to regularly lose internet access until I go into the network preferences pane and delete the two "incorrect" DNS address which cause the correct addresses to automatically re-appear. Then after re-starting my browser, all is well again. If I check my network settings again, the incorrect DNS address have almost always re-appeared by themselves but loss of internet hasn't necessarily occurred. I've checked the DNS settings in my Apple Airport and they are correct and haven't changed and I've also cleared all caches but that doesn't seem to make a difference.

Please HELP!


texts: Macbook Pro 13" mid-2012 AC power turns off and on while plugged in

texts: I have a MacBook Pro 13" Mid-2012. Charges fine. But while using it with AC power adapter, and connected to an external monitor, the AC power randomly cuts out (stops charging, cord light goes out, monitor shuts off) and starts running off of the battery. Then just as suddenly AC power turns back on. 10 minutes later, an hour later, the AC turns off again. Tried PRAM, SMC reset, Used different power adapters. Any thoughts out there about why? and cure? Many thanks in advance.//jasko


texts: external Superdrive from a MBP does not work correctly

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I have replaced the Superdrive in my 2012 MBP 13" with a second hard drive. The Superdrive  is now in a external USB case. I have no problems by using the drive with data disc, like games or music disc, but I can’t play video DVDs via the DVD Player app, I always get a error message. Worse I can not rip DVDs via Ripit.app, because also with this app, I get error.

The Superdrive seems not the problem, because attached to my 2012 mini without an internal drive, it works just fine.

Can I solve this problem?


texts: How to recycle some magnetic disk of System on Mac OS?

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The system use 94GB disk. how to recycle some magnetic disk?

in there I can not click it.
my version is 10.14 (18A391).


texts: Need to re-pair keyboard with Apple TV everytime

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I have the latest Apple TV paired with Apple wireless keyboard. I can pair it in the first time, although not very smoothly. After that, I need to re-pair my keyboard with Apple TV every time. Any hints on how to keep the connection so that I don't have to re-pair?

BTW, I make the Apple TV sleep after 1 hour. I use it only occasionally, like once or twice a day.


texts: Can the content of an iPhone backup be extracted?

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After upgrading my device from iOS 4.3.3 to iOS 6, iTunes doesn't allows me to restore from an old backup, saying that it is an incompatible backup.

Why is this? Is there any way I could restore from this old backup? And, if not, is there any way I could retrieve the data from this backup?


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I was trying to recover my Mac from a backup but something went wrong (the recovery was very slow) so I ended up installing a clear MacOS. However, I did something wrong with diskutil, and now have two disks in the system:

Untitled - 3 TB
Apple SSD128E Media - 121 Gb, empty

I know that I have only one Fusion drive of 3 TB on my Mac.

What is the second drive or volume for? Is it part of my Fusion Drive? Should I and how do I delete it?

I have also noticed that in Recovery Mode where is no local source of MacOS for recovery so I had to do Internet Recovery (and it was MacOS Snow Leopard I believe). Could these two issues be connected?


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I recently downloaded an Xcode 4.4 DMG file in Apple's Developer site and then opened it and ran Xcode.  I then copied the Xcode app to my Applications folder.  By doing that way, can I assume that it's already installed?

When I type "xcode" in Spotlight, it does see the Xcode app.

Your thoughts?


texts:
I read this thread and do not really understand the reply. I am getting the same error the first time I run iTerm2 after a reboot on a mac M1.
The author of that reply said

It means two symbols are defined twice in the git program that’s first
in your path (or that you call by a full path).

Is this a bug in iTerm2?


texts: How to make iCloud 3.0 on Windows sync bookmarks with Safari

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Since updating to iCloud 3.0 on Windows 7, I've noticed that my Windows installation of Safari is no longer syncing my iPad bookmarks.

Looking at the settings in iCloud, Safari is no longer included:

As with my previous, much older question - How to make iCloud on Windows sync bookmarks with Safari, not Internet Explorer - I don't want to mix up the bookmarks of my desktop browsers with those on my mobile devices.

Has Apple really removed the ability to sync bookmarks with PC Safari, or am I missing some trick?


texts: SDcard from Raspberry pi 0 has several text files (and python scripts) which do not show up when mounting on internal mac SD reader.  How can I recover those files?


texts: Mac doesn't recognize internal microphone

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On my Mac the internal microphone suddenly disappeared from devices, it doesn't even appear in the sounds settings, as seen in the attached photo:

Resetting the PRAM solved it temporally, but then it disappeared again.

Mac: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
OS: macOS Mojave 10.14.4 (18E226)


texts: Macbook Pro Retina (early 2013) Trackpad Dead

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So I was watching some great BBC documentaries on YouTube last night, and before I fell asleep, I plugged in my Macbook (early 2013, 13") and set it on my nightstand.

When I got up today, I was unable to use the trackpad at all. Keyboard works just fine, but the trackpad does absolutely nothing. No clicks, no movement, no response.

I restarted, checked for updates, and did plenty of Google searching, but couldn't find anyone with a similar problem. I've tried safemode and my copy of Windows 8, and the trackpad worked with none.

My first instinct is hardware failure, it just seems odd for it to happen overnight while charging. I haven't unscrewed anything, but there's no indication of battery expansion or any external damage.

I bought it literally a year ago last week, so the warranty just expired. I can use an external mouse just fine, so it's not totally unusable (and I've made sure it wasn't the mouse causing problems, because I've fell victim to that before).

So, for clarification, this isn't the late-2013 model where there were known issues with the trackpad. It is early 2013, and it claims it has the latest the software update (however it's been bugging me for a couple weeks to update, which I haven't, and now it says there are no new updates, so this may or may not be relevant).

As far as I can tell, OS X isn't reporting issues with the trackpad, and Windows' Device Manager claims things are working fine. But absolutely no trackpad input works, and from my few hours of searching, nobody else with my model is reporting the same issue.

Anyways, any troubleshooting tips are greatly appreciated -- as well as potential advice for a possible part replacement.

Thanks a lot in advance.


texts: How can I click on Launchpad and make it to behave like secondary click performed?

texts: I dislike the big eye-candy icons that I see after clicking the Launchpad icon on the dock. However I like the menu that I see after a secondary click on Launchpad. How can I make the click/tap on the Launchpad behave like a secondary click?


texts: Files seem to be copying to iCloud Drive even though I've not tried to copy anything

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I opened my icloud drive and noticed a message at the bottom of the Finder window.  The message is shown in the following image.

The way I read this is that 7,546 files and folders totaling 6.29 GB are being written to my icloud drive. Is that correct? If so, why is this happening?

I am running High Sierra on my iMac.


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[MacOS 10.14.1, NFS to Ubuntu16]

I'm setting up NFS between my Raspberry Pi3 running Ubuntu16 (Server) and my Macbook Pro (Client).  I have a basic setup that's working for anonymous mounts, but need to fix write permissions for user mounts.

I'm trying to use rpcinfo to gather information about what's going on, but on my Mac, rpcinfo isn't working, and returns the errors below:

user@client:[20:31]$ rpcinfo -p
rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: rpcinfo: RPC: Unable to send; errno = Broken pipe

user@client:[20:31]$ rpcinfo
rpcinfo: RPCBPROC_DUMP failed for host localhost
rpcinfo: RPC: Unable to send; errno = Broken pipe

Other NFS tools, e.g. nfsstat -m work fine.

Any suggestions as to what may be broken and how to fix this problem?


texts: macOS 10.12.4 keeps losing Wi-Fi connection

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I have a mid-2014 MBP Pro which I have updated to macOS 10.12.4.

After running this update, the laptop refuses to connect to any Wi-Fi network.

Needless to say, every device on the network has been reset and they are all able to connect to the house Wi-Fi, with the exception of the MBP. The MBP can see all the wireless networks, but can't connect to any of them. It can also see the hotspot from my phone, but can't connect to it.

Does anyone know of a fix?

Update: This is a bug in 10.12.4

I have reformatted the laptop, installed a fresh installation of 10.12.4. The bug is basically this, if the laptop goes to sleep, your ability to connect to a Wifi network is gone forever.


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My wife is a prolific picture-taker, both on her iPhone 6 and her Nikon. As a result, both her 64Gig iPhone and 240Gig Mac Air are completely filled to the brim (the later has all sorts of others stuff too). As her devices are often running out of storage room, she sometimes uses my iPhone to take shots.

iCloud Photo Sharing would seem to be a solution, but... Unless I am reading the instructions wrong, it seems you have a 5000 photo limit, and also have to individually upload images to a shared folder using the sharing buttons? I'm looking for something that's completely automatic, and can hold at least 10k photos.

An external drive is another solution, but again, this takes away the automation side of things. Or is there a way to get iPhoto to see a second source of images if it is present and simply not show them if it's not?

My monthly budget is zero. My one-off budget is $100.


texts: How do I route system audio to specific channel on audio interface?

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I have a multichannel audio interface connected to my MacBook Pro by USB. I set the interface as the output device in System Preferences > Audio, and the system audio is routed to outputs 1-2. I want to route the system audio to channels 11-12, how can I do this?
In Audio MIDI Setup there is an option to use the device for Sound Output, but there is no way to specify which channels on the device to use.
I am using a 2013 13-inch MacBook Pro running macOS Catalina 10.15.7. The interface is a Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK.


texts: Can I shuffle a set of songs when I add them to Up Next?

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In iTunes 11, let's say I'm playing Song X by Artist A.

I have a few more albums by Artist A, and decide I want to hear some more of their stuff, but I'd like to hear it at random.

If I switch to the Artists view, I can select Artist A and hit Shuffle, but that will immediately start playing random tracks by the artist, eliminating whatever I already had playing.

I can also pick Add Artist A to Up Next from the context menu, but this will add all their songs in order to Up Next.

Can I have my cake and eat it too, somehow? Can I both maintain the currently playing song and enqueue the shuffled set of Artist A's songs to play Up Next?


texts: I have a Dual G5 Power Mac I can only start in safe mode

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Processor: Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5
Memory: 1.5 GB DDR SDRAM

I can only start with a safe boot.

I've used the Leopard disk to run Disk Utility to repair the disks. There appears to be no problems. Verify disks returns no errors and a repair disks also finished with no errors.

I'm stuck for ideas...


texts: What are the dimensions of the head of a thunderbolt cable?

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I am wondering what the dimensions of the head of the thunderbolt cable is and what the size of the input port is.

Are these standard ports or documented by Apple or do we just need to put calipers to a bunch of cables and report what gets shipped?


texts: Disable Office for Mac 2011 First Use Registration

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I'm setting up some macbooks for use in a cart for a school. Students would share the computers. When users first run any office applications, they get a window saying that they need to put in their first name (last name/company name optional) in order to continue.

Is there any way to disable or bypass this and have it go straight to word/excel/powerpoint? I've tried copying some microsoft office plist files from the preferences folder on an account where I've already registered to the english.lproj file in user templates but that did not work. I've also tried copying over the Microsoft folder from application support into the english.lproj folder with no luck.

Any advice?


texts: How to change the sender email address that is used by iCal for sending "Accept Invitation"?

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I have setup multiple email addresses on my Macs (business 1, business 2, privat, business 3 and so on).

However, when I receive a calendar event invitation by email, and click on "accept", the reply is sent with a wrong Email address, that I have used years ago, but not yet any more.

I even don't use iCal with this particular old email-address anymore, so it won't show up on the calendar accounts list.

The "show my card" feature in Contact, which is frequently mentioned as the sender address for such cases, displays my current mail address ("business 1"), where I receive all these invitations.

However, any action on my side like "Accept invitation" will still be send with an old address.

How can I change this?


texts: MacBook keeps showing question mark on startup

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I am using MacBook 2010 with OS X 10.6.8. Today when I started my laptop it kept showing the Apple logo longer than expected. Then I read online to hold the shift key while booting. Doing that it started showing a folder icon with a question mark and it keeps showing untill the laptop gets shut down. Right now I don't have any disk utility tool either.

How do I solve my problem?


texts: camera is not working on Macbook Pro 13 MacOs11.2.2

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Recently I have updated my MacBook Pro 2019 to Big Sur 11.2.2 then I found that the notebook camera stopped working despite normal. Seems like it stops working after the first shot.
Is there a solution or this is an update glitch?


texts: Nonexistent "accept" button in iTunes Terms & Conditions Page

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I recently bought "The Bourne: Ultimate Collection" for Blu-ray and Digital HD and along with my purchase, I received a Digital HD slip that has movie codes for all the included movies in the collection. Great deal actually!

Anyway, I've logged into iTunes, clicked redeem and entered the code for the first movie. But, before it continues to the download a sentence pops up underneath the redemption bar that states in red:

  You must read and agree to the new Terms and Conditions in order to proceed.

Well, that's all fine and dandy. However, when I open the Terms and Conditions page on iTunes there exists no "Accept" button at the bottom of the page.

I've searched several forums pages on iTunes support but have only been able to find the following: their solution was to change the payment method to none because iTunes no longer accepts PayPal… my payment method is already set to none.


texts: My Finder file detail headers looks weird

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My Finder's file details header looks weird.

It looks translucent and not clickable :(
I used many command-line tools on this Temp folder, so I could be happen from accidental deletion of some system file. But I can't figure out what actually happen in there.

How can I fix this?


texts: Which utilities are available during Internet Recovery?

texts:
When booting up from a regular macOS recovery partition there are a couple tools available including:

Disk Utility
Firmware Password Utility

Are these tools also available when booting up from internet recovery? Does it depend on model or model year?


texts: Apple Magic Mouse not staying connected to MacBook Pro

texts: My Apple Magic Mouse has no issues staying connected with my 2013 iMac. However, with my 2019 MacBook Pro it loses connection on and off every 1-2 hours. I've unpaired, restarted, changed batteries, etc. Any ideas what the issue might be?


texts: ~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client/Storage can get admittedly huge. I can't tell its contents due to the folder scheme. What are its criteria for storing things? Spotify also invariably stores more than I asked it to (in its settings). I saw that it used to cache local music (already on my hard drive, copied again), does it still do that? What else is in here? Is this remnants of a premium-only offline cache, or is Spotify caching everything I listen to anyway?


texts: Can I delete my local photo library now that all my photos are on iCloud?

texts: I updated to the new OS X last night and uploaded my 70gigs worth of photos to iCloud. I plan on doing a backup on my raid as well, just to be safe, but am I okay to delete all my photos that are stored locally on my computer?


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I have a huge library of books in iBooks which are categorised by "collections".

I'm migrating from an old MacBook with OS X 10.9, Mavericks, to new MacBook with OS X 10.11, El Capitan.

I've found all the books on the old computer within /library/containers/com.apple.BKAgentService.

I'm able to copy the books across fine. That works, but I would also like to have the "Categories" kept intact as well, as it took me ages to sort that out.

I've tried copying the entire folder over, but that didn't work. I also tried copying com.apple.iBooksX but that didn't work either.

Any suggestions?

Time Machine and Migration Assistant are not solutions I can use.


texts: Besides the main battery, do any components inside MacBooks rely on any other batteries to operate?

texts: Besides the main battery used to power Apple notebooks, do current MacBooks have any other built-in non-rechargeable batteries that may need to be replaced after a certain period of time? I was thinking particularly about the SMC; I wasn't sure if that required any external power (other than the main MacBook battery) to function.


texts: Pasting a screenshot into Powerpoint results in truncation: even though in MSWord it is perfect

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The following is an image representing the source of a clipboard cut and paste operation.  Actually the image shows up better in MsWord: here it is blurry

However it is much worse in PowerPoint when pasted either from (a) the clipboard or (b) first to Word, copy into clipboard again and then paste into Powerpoint: in fact it is truncated

So .. what is the deal with pasting to PowerPoint ?  I am using PP for Mac 2011 v 14.1.


texts: Huge Apple Mail Logs (Connection Logging Enabled)

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I was doing some routine cleanup of my HDD, when I noticed some huge log files in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Logs/Mail.

Where do I toggle those log files off and on?


texts: Add more suggestions in iOS predictive when typing

texts: By default, iOS predictive provides three suggestions on iPhone: how can I increase this number?


texts:
I tried to make a partition on my macbook for windows. I was unable to do so, because, apparently, the hard-drive has been damaged. Since I do not have osx installation cd, I tried to recover using 1) disk utility and 2) from command line (exiting the desktop, at boot).

In both cases I failed. In particular, doing that by command line seemed to be fine (the output message was something like "disk recovered"). But then, again, when partitioning I always get the error message that the disk is corrupted.

Do you know how could  I possibly solve this problem without osx cd?


texts: Where does Google Drive File Stream store offline files and folders on a Mac?

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I use Google Drive File Stream for work, and there are certain mission-critical files that I need available for offline access.  File Stream makes this easy: control-click on the file, and choose "Available Offline".  Great!
But where are these files stored?  With the "old" Google Drive (now "Backup & Sync") there was a Google Drive folder at the top of my user directory; this folder was always available, whether Backup & Sync was running or not, and Time Machine would back it up for me (if I wanted it to).  With File Stream, I have no idea where those files are -- when the program is not running the "Google Drive" volume unmounts from my system, and the files appear to be completely inaccessible; moreover I don't think Time Machine backs them up.
Where is File Stream storing these offline files?  Is there a way to back them up, or to access them when the program is not running?
Just for clarity’s sake: I am interested in the answers to these questions on MacOS, specifically in Catalina, if that makes a difference.


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I have a mac that I primarily use for xcode (so I am not really familiar with how Macs work). I develop iOS apps. Of late I have been running out of space. I delete as much as I can and the space keeps filling up. I have an external drive that I can move thing to. So I moved a bunch of stuff last night so I had 8 GB free and tried to do the update. In the morning it said the update failed because I don't have enough space (400 MB available). I deleted Xcode 4 which freed up 10 GB of space. Immediately the available space started to drop and now it is down to 8 GB. The only thing that seems to be running is Application update.

Question: When an application update fails does it keep the space it is using? That is, do I have many copies of multi-GB partial downloads of xcode hidden somewhere on my disk? if so, where?


texts: How to dual boot Kali Linux and OS X Yosemite on Late 2008 MacBook Pro

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I've done this before on a previous drive I managed to boot OS X and Kali Linux dual booting with rEFInd. However this time on a new drive and fresh OS X Yosemite install I tried rEFInd, didn't work at all.

I tried rEFIt and thats worked and showed up in the boot menu. Yet once I select either two of the Kali install drives it flashes the Linux logo for a brief second then goes straight to a black screen and stays there.

And yes I've looked at the kali docs too

(Reason for this being a duplicate post to another created a few minuets ago is because I evidently posted on a guest account and couldn't reply)


texts: iMovie 10 (Mavericks): Altering the duration of imported pictures (stills)

texts: In earlier versions of iMovie, you could relatively easily import still pictures and alter their duration to create slide show. However, in the latest release, iMovie 10, this ability seems to have disappeared or at least moved. If I import a series of pictures (PDF format), I can use 'Adjust' to see a duration of the form '1.0 s of 0.9 s'. I can type in the '1.0' part but not the '0.9' part, and changes are not reflected in the movie. In particular, I want to set durations of several seconds or even minutes: how do I do this in the latest version?


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Once in a while I get this bizarre behavior on my iPhone 5's screen with iOS 8.3.1. (The button says 'Approve' - in Hebrew).

I can't say if its SMS/MMS or something else. But it feels like Malware.

Anyone familiar with this behavior or something similar?
What should I do next?


texts: Macbook Pro HD/SSD Dock mount drives as read/write

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Ok, so just bought myself a dock so I can wipe some drives and use others as storage. Most of these drives originated from windows Machines and thus are formatted NTFS and not FAT/FAT32

Currently I can dock the drives with little to no issue what so ever. However the one issue I do have is the fact that these drives are mounting as read only. I can take the files off of the drives I think, if I need to.

Now I guess my question would these be read only because they are NTFS formatted drives, or is there another reason? If there is other reason, is there any means I can get around read only attributes. Or am I going to have to format the drives somehow? How would I format them to a useable medium if they are read only?


texts: Was Apple menu 'sticking' for certain dual monitor setups removed in Lion?

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This use case is a bit niche, so I'm not sure if this is something on my end, or an undocumented change. I'm throwing this out there to see if anybody else can help test and report back.

I have a dual monitor setup. Both monitors are set to the same resolution, 1920 × 1200 I have them arranged so that my primary display is on the right, and the desktop extends to the left, like this:

In previous versions of OS X (at least Snow Leopard, possibly earlier), moving the cursor to the Apple menu with enough force would 'stick' it in that corner for a brief moment instead of immediately moving to the next display over. This was done, I believe, to preserve the ability to throw the cursor in the corner without needing to aim to hit a specific target. If you slowed down, you could easily move back and forth without hitting this little snag, and the cursor would keep moving if you kept moving the mouse, so it was an extra little exception case that had to be programmed in.

After upgrading to Lion, this no longer seems to work. I've not changed any settings, and disabled any third party tweaks that might interfere. Still, it seems weird that such a strange edge case would be specifically removed, so I'm wondering if anybody else can confirm/reproduce this behavior? If you've got dual displays and wouldn't mind testing it out real quick and reporting back whether it works or not and what OS you're on, that will help narrow down what's going on.

As a side note, I know that I can rearrange the displays in the Arrangement tab to have the left one 'sit' a bit lower, which will give me a corner to aim for, but this is non-ideal since then windows will look pretty funky when they span it, as I don't want to have to physically re-arrange the screens.

In addition to testing this out, if anybody has a link/source that documents this behavior for either OS, I'd appreciate it.


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I have a MacBook Pro user who uses Mac Office 2011 and he has been getting iCal invites from another user. When he gets them, he can't seem to respond to them (accept or decline).. the generated response seems to just sit in his outbox and never get sent.

Anyone seen this before?


texts: Time Capsule port forwarding not working?

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I'm developing an app, and one of the requirements is to connect to a computer with the URL scheme:

http://ip/~username/file

The problem, however, is that I can't connect to my Mac remotely.

Let's say my public IP is xx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

I have a Time Capsule setup as my router, and I enabled port forwarding for port 24001, mapping it to my computer's LAN IP, 10.0.1.10 (DHCP reservation).

So, I saved the settings in my Time Capsule, then attempted to connect like so:

http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:24001/~charlescarver/file

That didn't work, so I tried just connecting the following way:

http://xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:24001

Which game me the Safari can't connect to the server. error.

I double checked the Time Capsule, then made sure my machine's firewall was turned off, and tried again: no luck.

Finally, I ran a Port Scan test in Network Utility, and it wasn't seeing port 24001 as open at all.

So then I tried forwarding the port to a different computer, 10.0.1.100, which showed it as closed also.

What am I doing wrong, exactly?


texts: Black screen with cursor after logging out of guest account on High Sierra

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When I log out of my guest account, it gets stuck with a black screen and a cursor that I can move around but can't do anything except do a forced restart. In my searching, I have seen an old recommendation to remove the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist file (that didn't work for me). I've also seen that someone disabled System Integrity Protection with csrutil disable.

I looked in the Console after restarting and saw the following line:

Apr 24 12:45:55 my-computer com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
 (com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.domain.201.100028.Aqua):
 Caller not allowed to perform action: loginwindow.1627,
 action = service removal, code = 150:
 Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged,
 uid = 0, euid = 201, gid = 201, egid = 201, asid = 100028

This mentions both loginwindow and System Integrity Protection. Is disabling SIP the only way to fix this?


texts: Where is data from Software Update server located?

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We have a Mac Mini running Server 4.0 and are using the Software Update service. Where are these file stored?

This was accidentally set to Automatic and we are wanting to just manually manage company updates. We turned the service off and removed the updates but the storage is still being used.


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I've just ordered the 27" iMac, which has user-upgradable RAM slots.

There are four slots, and the default configuration that ships is two 4GB modules, and two empty spaces.

Can I fill the other two modules with 8GB chips and bring the total to 24GB?  Or, is it not possible for me to mix two 4GB modules with two 8GB modules.


texts: In VPN setup, what is difference between IKEv2, L2TP and IPSec?

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When manually configuring VPN, the type can be set to either "IKEv2", "IPSec" or "L2TP".

However, as I understand it "L2TP" use "IPSec" for encryption and "IKEv1" for authentication, so it find the different terms used for type confusing.

The different options are shown in the Apple iOS version 12 page at Settings => General => VPN => Add VPN Configuration => Type, as shown in the image below.

What is difference between "IKEv2", "L2TP" and "IPSec" in VPN type?


texts: "You can't sign in at this time" error on iCloud

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Similar questions have been asked before about this, linked below:
"You can’t sign in at this time" when signing into iCloud.
What is causing the iCloud "You can't sign in at this time" error on my MacBook Pro?

However, my circumstances are a little different. After adding a new iPhone 6 to my account, my MacBook Pro13,2 said that I needed to sign in again. After entering my password, the prompt would disappear and nothing changed.

I tried to fix this by signing out, but now it says that "You can't sign in at this time"

Presumably, the new iPhone caused this, but my touchID fingerprints were also removed. Not sure if that was related to the AppleID or not.


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Is there any way to find out when exactly an un-timestamped chat was sent?

My friend Max swears I didn't promptly inform him of my whereabouts this past weekend. I remember the exchange differently.

A  screenshot:

Is there any way to know for sure?

(I am using iOS 6 on an iPhone 4S.)


texts: I was in the middle of writing an email and pasting a photo into the email when everything disappeared and all I have is a white screen. No choice of mailbox etc displaying. Have tried shutting down the iPad and restarting three times. Still no mail.


texts: I have 2 Macs (one MacBook Pro and one iMac). I made a copy of the installer on a USB drive and then installed El Capitan on MacBook Pro. Now I want to use the drive to install El Capitan on the iMac. How can I do it without losing my data on iMac?


texts: OSX 10.X App Compatibility Legality - Parallels

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I've been a very long time Windows user and software engineer and last year I bought my first MacBook Pro.

One of the issues I've been genuinely shocked by is the questions around application compatibility after a 10.X update.

I have code I wrote and apps I used on Windows 95 that still happily runs on Windows 7, 8 and will no doubt continue to run on Windows 10 when it arrives.

I have a vast gap in my knowledge as to why this issue exists on OSX and would love to hear from people here what the nuts and bolts issues are.  To my Windows leaning understanding I could understand this with a major version increment but I don't get understand why a minor version number update would be such an issue.

One particular issue for me has been with Parallels Desktop.  For the last few months my installation of Parallels has been telling me to upgrade from version 8 to version 10 as version 8 is "incompatible" with Yosemity and "will not work".

There are posts from Parallels employees on their own support forum stating this repeatedly to users as well as the application offering a dialog on application launch also repeating this message.

One of their support staff even stated in a post that when they tried it in their labs the VM software simply wouldn't even launch.

Well, yesterday I updated to Yosemity and launched Parallels 8 and ran my VM without any issues.

I don't know about other countries but this is completely illegal marketing practices in the UK.  They have so clearly told me that what I did would categorically not work when in fact it did.  I have saved myself a £35 upgrade by all accounts.

Parallels customers are complaining about the upgrade cycle and leaving the Parallels platform in droves by all accounts and switching to the free Virtual Box and after this experience I am certainly not giving them any more of my cash.

It seems that many vendors talk about a minor OSX version increment like it's a completely different OS and application model under the hood which to my mind just doesn't make sense.

Since I'm yet to take up Mac software development with any real world software I'm not aware of what these issues might be and now that I feel I have been completely mislead by Parallels I'm feeling particularly annoyed that I could have spent £35 on a software update based on what appears to be lies.

What are these potential incompatibilities?  Obviously new features of the OS wont by used by "old" software but to be told that my apps won't even launch when in fact they do is seriously questionable business practices and is even illegal in my country.