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My iPhone 6 (128gb) ran out of battery one night 3 weeks ago and because of lint, had a bad connection while charging. While trying to automatically boot up several hours later, it disconnected and ran out of battery charge. After more charging by morning, it came into a boot loop with the apple logo. Later that day, after messing around with resetting and charging, it got out of the boot loop (and I foolishly thought the problem was solved). The next day, it restarted suddenly but was able to boot up. A little bit later, it restarted and went back into the boot loop.
Not able to get out of the boot loop, I tried updating in recovery mode from 12.3.1 to 12.4.8. It crashed right as the progress bar appeared with error 9. I used the trial iMY Fone Fixxpo to get out of recovery mode and tried many different options to no avail (including cleaning out the lint). (I even paid for the pro version of Fixxpo but the update failed fails at 43% or gets stuck at 19%. Evidently, the pro version doesn’t seem to do anything iTunes can’t do. I think Fixxpo recognizes my iphone has having 12.4.8 even though iTunes barely even started the update for 12.4.8).
I really don’t want to lose my data that I haven’t backed up in a year and a half (last time I tried, it disconnected b/c of the lint and was too busy to fix and try again). Having seen others with error 9 not able to get it to restore successfully, even in DFU mode, I’m weary of trying to fix it by restoring in recovery or DFU mode and risk losing my data without even fixing it.
I’m using a genuine apple cable and I just was able to restore a friend’s iphone 6 on my computer with the cable and usb port with no problems. I’ve followed all of Apple’s troubleshooting and other’s suggestions except restoring or DFU mode (or opening the iPhone up).
Any suggestions? Any help would be much appreciated!! See this post for one of the error 9 logs. Sometimes it crashes as soon the progress bar shows, many times it crashes right before it would show.
Would using the iTunes version from the time of iOS12.3.1 help?
(cf. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7253844)


texts: Is there a way to add a note to the iOS Health app?

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Is it possible to add a comment or note to the Health app? I could see this ability as a useful way to interpret or supplement the data.

For example, if I'm sick for a few days, it could explain a change in my diet or weight. ("Today was Day 3 of flu symptoms, but I'm feeling better than yesterday.") Or, if I'm on a medication, I might want to make notes of any observations. ("I forgot to take my X pill last night; today, I have a headache.")


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does anyone know how to disable the default encryption of the swap file ?

i tried this by setting the default preferences

$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.virtualMemory DisableEncryptedSwap -boolean yes

but this doesn't work :(

$ sysctl vm.swapusage
vm.swapusage: total = 1024.00M  used = 0.00M  free = 1024.00M  (encrypted)

any ideas ?


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My Mac Pro 4.1 (circa 2009) has a MacPro Raid Card and the software shows two storage volumes - one 1TB SAS disk and one 2 TB SAS RAID volume.
The removal of the Parallels volume leaves me with the following showing in Disk Utility:

APPLE RAID Card Media: 1 TB SAS Internal Physical Drive
____Macintosh HD 999.14 GB SAS Internal Physical Volume OS X Extended
APPLE RAID Card Media: 1.96 TB SAS Internal Physical Drive
____Untitled 1.96 TB SAS Internal Physical Volume OS X Extended

Some final context, I have repurposed this MacPro (formerly an R&D server) as a desktop.  My most demanding application is Mathematica used for analytics of financial data.

As per request from comments:

More info:
System Information/Hardware/RAID/Mac Pro RAID Card/Drives lists: Bays 1 through 4, each showing an Hitachi model HDE721010SLA330 1TB HD with a different serial number.  So 4 1TB HDs.
System Information/Hardware/RAID/Mac Pro RAID Card/RAID Sets: RS1 (1TB) & RS2 (1.96 TB) Status on both reporting as Viable (Good)

Should the machine have both of the above APPLE RAID Card Media volumes?
Why aren't they the same size and how do I tell if I have RAID for protection or for speed?

Basically, can someone explain what the above information means and provide suggestions to set this up properly?


texts: A Way to Save Desktop Layouts with Multiple Presets

texts:
Anyone know if there's an app that will not just let you save window positions for multi-display setups, but also create presets for different situations?

For example

Client A (saved as a preset)
-all windows open and size to saved positions
-different finder windows open to specific folders and views
-browser open to specific tabs at specific addresses
-terminal opens up directly to desired directory
etc...

Client B (saved as a preset)
-same idea but maybe different programs, finder locations, etc..

I took a look at "Stay" but it doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for.  Also, I'm using El Capitan.  Anything like this out there?


texts: Cannot reduce size of Apple backup for iPhone in iOS 14.3

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I have deleted backups, included only a very few apps (and not WhatsApp) in the backup, no photos, no music. But still, Apple says my iPhone needs 3.7 GB to back up, even when it says the next backup is 190 MB.
I saw that @chip had a solution but I don't understand it. Several folks suggest getting rid of the Apple iPhone photo library, but that cannot be found on the menu.
Can anyone help me force Apple to reduce the size of the iPhone backup?


texts: Setting keyboard shortcut to switch to an application

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I create a shortcut to open a specific application on OS X?

For example, I'd like to use ⌘ Command + 1 to switch to my browser, with different numbers for the applications I switch between most regularly.


texts: Gmail App doesn't allow zooming in for Apple devices?

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This is what my Mom said. She is an Apple user and is the only Apple user in my immediate family. I can't help really help her because she is not very technoliterate, and she and I are in different countries.

She says she is using iPhone 6 plus and iPad Mini.

If so, how does one fix or get around this? Is there a setting to change? Is there an alternative app to use?

If not, did the iOS Gmail App have this problem before? Do old Apple devices have this problem on the iOS Gmail App?


texts: Missing text editing keyboard shortcut like windows while coding

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I am a long-time PC user using macOS. I am missing some useful commands I used when coding. I know can add keyboard shortcuts but I would like to know is there already command equivalents for Mac:

Home Button: Go to the beginning of the line.
End Button: Go to the end of the line.
Shift + Home: Selection of the line from the cursor point to the beginning of the line (not up to the document)
Shift + End: Selection of the line from the cursor point to the end of the line.
Shift + Delete = Cut Text
Control + Insert = Copy text
Shift + Insert = Paste text


texts: 15 inch MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave woke up with blue screen from sleep

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So recently I came home after a few hours to my MacBook Pro (which was plugged in the whole day) and saw this:

What exactly would cause this?

More information on my system:

Hardware: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4, Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB, Radeon Pro 555X
Software: I have Xcode installed, and the apps running in the background were Settings, Spotify, Atom (the text editor, with a fair number of plugins), and Chrome.

Update: Under Wilfred's suggestion, I ran a diagnostic. Nothing was picked up; it appears there are no issues according to it.


texts: Can we use Apple Remote Desktop to hold internal meetings screen to screen over LAN ? Like Join.me

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I administer the computers in our office which run a mix of 10.10.5 and 10.11.5.

To assist with problems I use Apple Remote Desktop allot to view and control users' computers. What I tend to do is control their computer whilst on the phone to them and talk them through why it happened etc.

What i think would be really useful is if I could give users limited access to Apple Remote Desktop to say have "view only" access which was only allowed if the user's computer they want to access accepts and external connection something like "xxx wants to share your screen, click Ok to continue". This way members of staff could have impromptu mini meetings screen to screen which would be very useful. Is that possible ?

I know I can do it via Teamviewer or join.me but would prefer it to run on the local network via Apple Remote Desktop.


texts: Prevent Spotlight from indexing external drive

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Sometimes I use an external drive with macOS on it. This is in conjunction to my current internal drive which also is running macOS.

I find it annoying that, whenever I search for something (such as an application) when I'm in either OS when the external drive is connected, I get results from both my external and internal drive. However, I am only interested in running the application from the drive I've booted off of.

I tried circumventing this issue while on my external drive by creating a Spotlight exception for internal drive. This prevented files and apps from my internal drive from showing up. However, this also prevents me from searching for files on my internal drive, when I'm booted off my internal drive! Clearly this is something that I don't want.

It seems as though the Spotlight exclusions are per drive, which is not ideal in this scenario.

Is there a way to make Spotlight index only the drive which is currently booted? In this way when I'm booted off my external drive I'll get results only from the external drive, and same with the internal drive.


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I'm trying to follow the steps in this article to make it so the contents of my memory aren't written to disk every time the computer goes to sleep.

I'm having trouble in the "Check the current setup" step. Before changing these settings, I want to make sure I understand it 100% so that I can revert the changes. It says that I should have a setting of 3 if hibernate and sleep is enabled, or 7 if hibernate, sleep and secure virtual memory are all enabled.

I'm on a standard user account, but when I go to System Preferences > Security > General, I see that Use secure virtual memory is enabled.

The problem is that when I run pmset -g | grep hibernatemode, it returns 3 instead of 7.

Any idea why there is this discrepancy?


texts: Mountain Lion: can no longer change certificate trust

texts: Following the update to Mountain lion, I can no longer "trust" a certificate associated with my JNLP file.  This worked previously. Following going through the "trust" dialogue, the next screen is still stuck on "deny" as the only option.  Any Ideas?


texts: Migrating multiple iPhoto libraries to Photos

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I've put off upgrading to El-Capitan because doing so will kill off iPhoto; I've been using it since it came out more than 10 years ago. I'd like to migrate to the new Photos app but am not sure how it will work. Here's my scenario:

About 15 iPhoto libraries
Some organised by albums, others by events

What I'd like to achieve:

Consolidate multiple iPhoto libraries into a single Photos library file/bundle
Not lose the organisation I've put together (albums/events), preferably preserving the order (albums/events sorted by date, not by name)
Deletion of my old iPhoto libraries after the above consolidation
All photo metadata copied across (timestamps, geolocation, exif, etc)

How do I go about achieving this?

(Assume infinite hard drive space, unused aperture installation, 600 GB photos)


texts:
After upgrading to Catalina, I noticed that my MacBook Pro (13" with touchbar) would go from 100% battery to nearly zero in just about 30 minutes. The fans would be running like crazy. Using Activity Monitor, I tracked the culprit down to Apple Notes:

What the heck is going on here? Any idea how I can resolve this? I should also mention that this is reproducible every time… just open up notes and the fans will start going berserk.

UPDATE 1: I just installed the October 15 Supplemental update for Catalina, and there's no difference.

UPDATE 2: Booted into safe mode (hold shift at start up) and this was still the case. Energy Impact of Notes.app spiked to 300+ right away.

UPDATE 3: I reset SMC and PRAM/NVRAM. No difference.


texts: How to safely do a factory reset, lend my iPad, then restore it?

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Someone wants to borrow my iPad2 and I'd like to

make a complete backup of it
do a factory reset
let my acquaintance generate their own AppleID and use the device for a day
after the device is returned restore my backed up snapshot and continue from where I was at the time of the backup.

Is this feasible at all? Would I need anything else for this beside iTunes plugged into a Mac?


texts: Can't get rid of twitter from iOS7 lock screen

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Since upgrading to iOS7 on my iPhone the lock screen is bombarded with Tweets. I want to turn this off as I am sure it kills the battery and is annoying. I turned off twitter in the notification center but it had no effect.

How can I turn this off?


texts: Sync video recording from two iphone 6 or 6+

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I use my iPhone 6plus as a high speed video recorder of my son's golf swing. Is there a way to record two at the same time? I would like to capture the swing from behind and directly across (we both have iPhone's).

Thanks


texts: Reply emails automatically with Mail & AppleScript & Automator

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There are dozens of conference call numbers stored at my computer. These numbers are all numbers, such as 40027683, no other characters. These numbers are saved in a txt file.

Some of my users may need a number when they are trying to make a conference call with their clients. So every time the users require for a conference call number via emails, I'll reply back with a number.

Is there a way to reply those mails which requires for concall numbers automatically? I would like to try Mail, AppleScript and Automator.

I would like to ask Mail to run AppleScript when a new email (The subject or message contents contain the keyword "concall") was received, here is an example:

The AppleScript which I wrote will be run to invoke the first number from the txt file. The next time when another message arrived, Mail will run AppleScript to invoke the second number of the txt file. Is there any way to make it happen?

Any suggestion would be much appreciated.


texts:
Since upgrading to OS X 10.9 Mavericks, I can't connect to the rpcbind daemon anymore. launchctl tells me that rpcbind is loaded but not running:

$ sudo launchctl list | grep rpcbind
-   0   com.apple.rpcbind

But if I try to connect to it, e.g. using rpcinfo, the connection is refused:

ims ~$ rpcinfo -p
Can't contact rpcbind on localhost
rpcinfo: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused

How do I get rpcbind to start automatically when I try to connect to it?

Another user facing the same issue reported the following in the error log:

rpcbind[970]: Could not join RPC bind multicast address: Operation timed out


texts:
I saw this screenshot of someone's menu bar and their time formatting is set in readable English.

Is this a this party app or a setting / script I can run on OS X?


texts: Time Machine alternatives to save registration information

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When restoring a Time Machine back-up to a new machine, none of the registration information for the purchased programs carries over to the new machine.

Is there a back-up program which would contain this information? I've got dozens of programs and in some cases the developers have disappeared.

Looked at this similar question: Time Machine alternatives to clone one mac book to another

but it doesn't contain any information about restoration of registration information for purchased programs.


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I have noticed that most of my Contacts appear to be duplicated when I list All Contacts on my Mac. This is a nuisance in email.

I was checking and when I look at All iCloud I have 221 Contacts.

When I look at All iCloud I have 221 Contacts.

When I look at All Contacts I have 409 Contacts.

Further investigation shows that a few, which only appear once, have a cards attribute with On My Mac and iCloud.

How can I merge these duplicates. The Card Look for Duplicates finds none.

If I manually select a pair duplicates I can Link Selected Cards but it appears I would need to repeat this ~200 times.

Is there a simpler way to automate the process?

EDIT

The Contacts are synched through iCloud to my phone and iPad, and there are no duplicates.

Most of these originated on a Windows XP machine, and "transferred" via a variety of tools to a MacBook in 2011. Since then they have been through a variety of steps, as apple introduced iCloud, and I changed AppleID and moved between computers.

I fundamentally mistrust cloud storage (indeed in much of Australia there is no internet access), but there is probably no need to keep a copy On My Mac, so the simplest solution to my problem may be to just delete all On My Mac and use iCloud.


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As far as I know, the PackageMaker should be part of "Auxiliary tools for Xcode" and can be downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/downloads. However I cannot see the "Auxiliary tools for Xcode" download (using free developer account).

What am I missing?
Is it because of the free account?
Where can I find the PackageMaker?


texts: How does the Facebook Camera App know who I am the first time I go into it?

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If you have the Facebook App on your iOS device, and you download the Facebook Camera App, the first time you go into Facebook Camera, you get:

Continue as David W.

(or whatever you're name is)

In iOS, all apps are suppose to store documents under App specific folders. There is a keychain for storing passwords and other credentials, but again, this is application specific. I even found documentation explaining that although Safari can download certificates, they must be imported into particular apps. The idea is to sandbox each app, so a security issue in one app doesn't affect the security of the entire device.

So, how does the Facebook Camera app know who I am if it can't get data from the Facebook App itself, and can't use Facebook App's data from the keychain?


texts: Can a damaged Time Machine disk harm my iMac when I will plug it in?

texts:
iMac El Capitan had to be restarted several times with the on/off switch during which the TM backup disk made a clicking noise. I got the Imac working, is it safe to plug in my TM backup disk to see if it still is working?
I have no other back up.


texts: How can I reliably backup an external drive to another external drive?

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I have got an external hard drive (A) that contains my iTunes & Aperture libraries. It's not always plugged to my MacBook.

What's the best way to make a backup of it on another external hard drive (B) ?

Wanted features :

fully automated (that executes itself hourly, or something like that)
incremental (in order to be fast)
only activates when both disks (A & B) are plugged in
works with multiple backup disks (in order to have a backup at home and another at work)
discrete indication that a backup is in progress
ability to pause or stop backup (useful if I am in a hurry and have to disconnect external drives)

It would be nice if backup disks could be networked, but that's not mandatory.

I would have loved to use Time Machine in order to have an history, but it doesn't seem to work well with external hard drives that aren't always connected and I don't trust it for that use case (my internal SSD is backed up thanks to Time Machine, though).

Online backups aren't adequate because I have a very poor internet connection.


texts:
Whenever I use anything Git related on my MacBook (brand-new Macbook Pro with El Capitan), it takes almost a full minute for each command. I did a simple

GIT_TRACE=1 git stash

and got back this:

17:04:27.460826 git.c:557               trace: exec: 'git-stash'
17:04:27.463136 run-command.c:347       trace: run_command: 'git-stash'
17:04:32.503827 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--git-dir'
17:04:34.521223 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--show-toplevel'
17:04:35.527473 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get-colorbool' 'color.interactive'
17:04:36.534443 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get-color' 'color.interactive.help' 'red bold'
17:04:37.538357 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'config' '--get-color' '' 'reset'
17:04:38.544472 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'update-index' '-q' '--refresh'
17:04:39.567521 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'diff-index' '--quiet' '--cached' 'HEAD' '--ignore-submodules' '--'
17:04:40.578480 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'diff-files' '--quiet' '--ignore-submodules'
17:04:41.595078 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'update-index' '-q' '--refresh'
17:04:42.612776 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'diff-index' '--quiet' '--cached' 'HEAD' '--ignore-submodules' '--'
17:04:43.621067 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'diff-files' '--quiet' '--ignore-submodules'
17:04:44.636720 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'rev-parse' '--verify' 'HEAD'
17:04:45.642275 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'rev-list' '--oneline' '-n' '1' 'HEAD' '--'
17:04:46.648038 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'symbolic-ref' '-q' 'HEAD'
17:04:47.653633 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'write-tree'
17:04:48.664282 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'commit-tree' '<hex_number>' '-p' '<hex_number>'
17:04:49.672125 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'read-tree' '--index-output=/Users/<USER>/.git/index.stash.62412' '-m' '<hex_number>'
17:04:50.707740 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'diff' '--name-only' '-z' 'HEAD' '--'
17:04:51.737890 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'update-index' '-z' '--add' '--remove' '--stdin'
17:04:52.752634 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'write-tree'
17:04:53.772245 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'commit-tree' '<hex_number>' '-p' '<hex_number>' '-p' '<hex_number>'
17:04:54.778991 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'update-ref' '-m' 'WIP on <branch>: <hex_number> <branch> Kept working for a bit' 'refs/stash' '<hex_number>'
Saved working directory and index state WIP on <branch>: <hex_number> <branch> Kept working for a bit
17:04:55.787801 git.c:348               trace: built-in: git 'reset' '--hard'
HEAD is now at <hex_number> <branch> Kept working for a bit

I'm primarily using Atlassian's SourceTree, but the problem also persists on the git command-line (also, so is the log I showed). Our source for hosting the code is multiple paid, private repos on GitHub.

Is there anything that I can try to speed up git operations? It doesn't seem to matter which operation it is, they are all slow.

I was told to ask this question here as opposed to Stack Overflow.


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I get tons of log entries from Mail.app as:

2014-10-17 09:41:07.059 Mail[344]: Received undocumented error: The meeting message couldn't be correlated because the target is a repeating master and the meeting message is an occurrence. on EWS response <MFEWSGetItemsResponseOperation: 0x7fb83169e9c0>{name = '(null)'} (EXECUTING)
2014-10-17 09:41:07.059 Mail[344]: Recieved EWS error: Error Domain=MFEWSErrorDomain Code=141 "The meeting message couldn't be correlated because the target is a repeating master and the meeting message is an occurrence." UserInfo=0x7fb836034860 {NSLocalizedDescription=The meeting message couldn't be correlated because the target is a repeating master and the meeting message is an occurrence.}

Sometimes up to 10-15 entries per second. Then it stops for a minute or so and begins again.

Is there a way to identify the message with the meeting information that is causing the problem?


texts: Different output for number of processors using system_profiler

texts:
When I'm executing the command system_profiler SPHardwareDataType, I'm getting the shell output below:

Hardware:

    Hardware Overview:

        Model Name: MacBook Pro
        Model Identifier: MacBookPro14,3
        Processor Name: Intel Core i7
        Processor Speed: 2.9 GHz
        Number of Processors: 1
        Total Number of Cores: 4
        L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
        L3 Cache: 8 MB
        Memory: 16 GB
        Boot ROM Version: MBP143.0178.B00
        SMC Version (system): 2.45f0
        Serial Number (system): C02VD9KVHTD6
        Hardware UUID: 795D777F-F037-57A4-8B26-45112AD9D63B

However, when I'm executing the command system_profiler SPHardwareDataType  -xml for getting output in XML format, I'm getting an incorrect count for the number of processors property:

<array>
    <dict>
        <key>SMC_version_system</key>
        <string>2.45f0</string>
        <key>_name</key>
        <string>hardware_overview</string>
        <key>boot_rom_version</key>
        <string>MBP143.0178.B00</string>
        <key>cpu_type</key>
        <string>Intel Core i7</string>
        <key>current_processor_speed</key>
        <string>2.9 GHz</string>
        <key>l2_cache_core</key>
        <string>256 KB</string>
        <key>l3_cache</key>
        <string>8 MB</string>
        <key>machine_model</key>
        <string>MacBookPro14,3</string>
        <key>machine_name</key>
        <string>MacBook Pro</string>
        <key>number_processors</key>
        <integer>4</integer>
        <key>packages</key>
        <integer>1</integer>
        <key>physical_memory</key>
        <string>16 GB</string>
        <key>platform_UUID</key>
        <string>795D777F-F037-57A4-8B26-45112AD9D63B</string>
        <key>serial_number</key>
        <string>C02VD9KVHTD6</string>
    </dict>
</array>

Can anyone explain what is going on here?


texts: Mac App to display most recently added photo to folder

texts:
Is there any Mac app to display the most recently added image to a folder?

The use case is a wireless camera card that sends the images to a folder, and we would like to see the image on a monitor.


texts: Most efficient way of migrating selected elements of user account and selected applications to a new mac

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I will have to transfer my user account and some other stuff to a new mac and I am currently considering what would be the most efficient way of doing that. The list of things I would like and wouldn't like to transfer is below:

To transfer

Current user documents
Emails
Photos / Music
Address book, preferences settings

From applications:

Precisely defined list of applications
plus corresponding application preference folders

Not to transfer

The whole content of the user folder as I have things that I do not need there. Like bin folder with some old stuff, Virtual Boxes, etc.

What's the best strategy to approach this problem?

Clean current account leaving only stuff to transfer? I'm thinking that no matter what I do they will be orphans from software left. Also in the course of years, I made mess using homebrew and macports in the same time, instaling various python frameworks, etc.
Install new clean account and copy selected things by hand. If this is better, how to efficiently copy selected application with corresponding preference folders?


texts: What all file metadata is available in macOS?

texts:
I have gone through Windows versioning information: Please Check out Windows file versioning information

Now Windows provide quite an ample amount of information like productname, productversion, CompanyName, Comments, FileDescription and so on.

I went through mdls command and that information is very less compare to what Windows provide.

Does anyone have idea how to get equivalent information for Mac OS's (preferably in Sierra & El-Capitan) files as well ?


texts: Adding TextWrangler to the path environment

texts:
I would like to add TextWrangler to the path environment. I have tried with this command on the terminal:

alias textwrangler=/Applications/TextWrangler.app

and then tried to call it just typing textwrangler, but as you can imagine, it's not working.

I did it in this way, because I had done the same thing for mysql, and it had worked.

I know there are other possibilities to add an application to the path environment, but I would like to know what is the secure way to do it. Can you describe it?

By the way, what I did, as I understood, is not exactly adding TextWrangler to the path environment...


texts: Cannot login directly into user account - first have to login as administrator

texts:
I updated my Macbook to 10.9 Yosemite, and at the same time I encrypted the user data partition. The system partition was already encrypted. I use an administrator account with admin rights, and a user account without admin rights, for normal use.

The admin account is on the system disk, the user account is on the user partition, using a symlink in /Users. This setup worked with 10.8, system partition encrypted, user partition not.

Now it turns out that when I startup the computer, I cannot login with the user account. First I have to login as administrator, then I logout, then I can login with the user account.

Of course this is not what I want. How can I fix the login process so I can login directly into the user account?


texts: Some apps like Evernote and Superevent require iOS7, and have been "optimized" for iPhone 5 and above. Will such apps work fine an iPhone 4 that has been upgraded to iOS7.1? On a forum I heard that upgraded iPhones have "missing frameworks" or something, so I don't want to buy this iPhone if I cannot run Evernote and Superevent.


texts: I accidentally removed way too many files with `rm -rf`. Anyway to recover?

texts:
While trying to move a git repository, I ran rm -rf desktop and wiped every file I had there.  Normally this would not be that big of a deal since I use GitHub, but I had several hundred screenshots / PDFs that I would like to recover.

What's the best way to go about this (if there is any)? From what I've read I it seems I need to download some external software, but can't seem to figure out which is best.

I am running OS X 10.10.4 on a MacBook Pro, and unfortunately never set up Time Machine.


texts: Listing Homebrew installed XQuartz on OS X El Capitan

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I installed XQuartz in OS X El Captain using the following command:

brew install Caskroom/cask/xquartz

After completion, brew list does not show XQuartz. Am I doing something wrong here?


texts: What tools read SMART data and can run on USB bootable media?

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I'm looking for a bootable tool that provide SMART values from my HDD if there is such a thing.

So far I'm only able to get into the recovery mode of my MacBook Pro and I need to confirm a malfunctioning HDD.

As far as I know I can't install any software in Recovery Mode? I have SMART utility but I can't think of any way on how to use it like this.

Any good recommendations for a USB or CD bootable solution to check my HDD SMART values?


texts: Very high MacBook Battery consumption on Sleep

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I got an alleged trouble on my late 2008 Unibody MacBook.
I've never worried about this trouble because I thought that was a normal thing but I'm start thinking that it could be a trouble trouble.

My MacBook, on stop status, consumes around 30/35% of battery a day, is it normal??

I changed battery around 2 years ago and now it has 250 cycles and health is 93%.
Since I remember it has got this trouble and a format doesn't change things.

Is it normal or could it be a trouble?


texts:
I have a keyboard that has only a PS2 interface. I tried setting a PS2 to USB connector over it and connected to Mac. The keyboard does not work. It works fine on a Windows XP though.

Is there a way I can get this PS2 interfaced keyboard to work for Mac ? (assuming there is no information on support of Mac)


texts: I can't restore back up from PC. I returned to iOS 10.3.3.from iOS 11.

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Two months ago or earlier I've installed iOS 11 beta. Now I tried to get back to ioS 10.3.3. using recovery mode. I did back up on my PC but after IoS 10.3.3. installing restore back up failed - message: this back up corrupted or does not support .......How shall I proceed? Shall I return back to beta ioS 11?
Thanks, Maira


texts: iPhone lock screen/multitasking bar audio controls don't work

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From time to time (in fact very often) my iPhone will stop displaying the lock screen "now playing" info, and subsequently the controls won't be there.

I can still start the music app playing something, but I can't pause or skip tracks.

The same thing can be seen if I try to use the multitasking audio controls (swipe "left" on the multitasking bar). The play/pause button won't stop audio playback. Can't skip.

Same problem with the headset remote buttons. Can often start audio playing (although what it'll play is random). Can not stop/pause, can not skip.

I've not been able to reproduce this reliably, but it happens often. The phone is in this state more than it isn't. A restart resolves this most times.

How to fix?


texts: Looking for a GUI Subversion client for iOS

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I'm looking for an iOS app, preferably for iPhone, that can browse Subversion repositories.

I have found a few on the iTunes store—Code Viewer, iVersions, iRepoEditor—but reviews are either non-existent or swing wildly from one to five stars. All I'm looking for is a way to view secured repositories and copy content out of the files. I don't need to do editing or subsequent check-ins. Syntax coloring would be nice, but not necessary. I'm not looking for an ultimate-do-everything-under-the-sun here, just something that is reliable enough to use while on the road for a quick look at the latest project iteration here or there.

Does anyone have any experience with any of them, and what were your impressions?

UPDATE: Even though no one has answered the specific question, I've still gotten some great feedback that I think could be useful. Based on the responses, here are a couple things that I think will help guide edits...

The repository is stored on a third-party SVN hosting site, projectlocker.com I'm not sure there is a way for me to SSH in to their servers, but they do use Trac as part of their hosting package.
The imputes for doing this comes from my using my svn repository to store and manage my homework and handouts for class, and also for answering questions about work projects in meetings. So, I'm looking for a relatively easy way to access these documents in a pinch if need be.
I am open to options outside of simply getting an app that can read SVN repositories as long as the alternative is relatively easy. I use a GUI SVN client for a reason. ;-)


texts: Best USB hub to match the Thunderbolt display?

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I just got a spanking new Apple Thunderbolt Display to work with my Macbook Air and I'm  loving it. The one thing I'm missing from my iMac is the 4 USB ports at the back (the Thunderbolt display only has 3). I realize I can use the 2 USB ports on the MBA but it's just not very convenient (plus I don't like the idea of a laptop being bogged down by earthly constraints such as a dangling phone charger cable).

I'm looking for a USB hub with the following features:

good-looking (admittedly subjective)
can hide behind the display that I'd use to plug in the immobile equipment such as scanner, wireless dongles, etc.
Ideally, no AC power needed (but I get the feeling I won't be able to be too picky on this one).

Is there hardware out there that meets these requirements? If your answer includes a link please link to manufacturers' sites, not to sales sites, which change more frequently.


texts: How To Identify Process From A Toolbar Icon or Window?

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How does one identify which process is behind a certain tool bar icon without having to rely on asking someone on the know or just killing processes until the icon in question magically disappears? For X11 there are tools like xwininfo. Is there anything similar for (older) OS X versions like Mavericks?

An example case: How to figure which process (by process ID) has produced the highlighted icon on my toolbar? I'm happy to do some programming if necessary, but would rather not reinvent the wheel here.

A partial solution to this problem would be to use Accessibility Inspector, as described on one of answers. However, quite often it does not reveal enough information (nor does it allow one to go get all the way to the process ID without some manual labor on the way).

For example, for the icon above Accessibility Inspector is not much of help:


texts: Unexpected error when installing OS update in OS X

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I have gotten this error every time I have upgraded my OS since Mountain Lion (10.8 -> 10.8.1, 10.8.1 -> 10.8.2).

However after clicking the restart button on the error dialog and the computer has restarted, I have the newest version of the OS.

I can see this in the "About this Mac" dialog and that the App Store doesn't show any updates.

What is causing this and is there an error log where I can find details about this unexpected error?

Edit: Here is the errors I could find in install.log:

Oct  6 22:53:12 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: kextcache: Link failed (error code 5).
Oct  6 22:53:12 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: kextcache: Prelink failed for com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDIPSupport; aborting prelink.
Oct  6 22:53:12 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: kextcache: Failed to generate prelinked kernel.
Oct  6 22:53:12 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: kextcache: Child process /usr/sbin/kextcache[83973] exited with status 71.
Oct  6 22:53:12 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: kextcache: Error 107 rebuilding /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/kernelcache.
Oct  6 22:53:12 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: PackageKit: releasing Spotlight indexing
Oct  6 22:53:12 tyilos-macbook.home install_monitor[83968]: Re-included: /Applications, /Library, /System, /bin, /private, /sbin, /usr
Oct  6 22:53:13 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: PackageKit: releasing backupd
Oct  6 22:53:13 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: PackageKit: allow user idle system sleep
Oct  6 22:53:13 tyilos-macbook.home installd[83951]: PackageKit: Install Failed: Error Domain=PKInstallErrorDomain Code=121 "An error occurred while updating system extension information." UserInfo=0x7fdc921d6c20 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7fdc90eb20f0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kextcache error 71.)", NSLocalizedDescription=An error occurred while updating system extension information., arguments=(
        "-update-volume",
        "/",
        "-Installer"
    )} {
        NSLocalizedDescription = "An error occurred while updating system extension information.";
        NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=kextcache Code=71 \"The operation couldn\U2019t be completed. (kextcache error 71.)\"";
        arguments =     (
            "-update-volume",
            "/",
            "-Installer"
        );
    }

Oct  6 22:53:13 tyilos-macbook.home Software Update[83950]: Error: An error occurred while updating system extension information. (PKInstallErrorDomain code 121)

Edit 2: Result of doing kextstat -kl | awk ' !/apple/ { print $6 $7 } ':

com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect(7.0
com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice(1.1)
com.manycamllc.driver.ManyCamDriver(0.0.9)
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower(1.6.2)
com.logmein.hamachi(1.0)
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor(7.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook(7.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge(7.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic(7.0
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv(4.1.18)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB(4.1.18)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt(4.1.18)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp(4.1.18)


texts: Macbook Air - Blinking folder at startup on occasion

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I have a Macbook Air (mid 2012) which has some various problems. The main problem is that the computer will occasionally display a blinking folder at startup. Whenever that happens I do one of the following things, until I can boot into the computer again that is.

Reset the NVRAM
Try to boot into safe mode
Repair the start up disk
Choose the right disk as the start up disk
Various keys getting bashed

Besides the blinking folder problem, 3 beeps can be heard at start up.

I have tried to reinstall the OS a couple of times, but that hasn't helped at all. So my solution is to keep the Macbook running with Amphetamine, basically never shutting it off to avoid these problems. But this is quite troublesome whenever wanting to travel with the computer, so I was wondering if any of you have any ideas how I could mitigate all these problems?

Thanks in advance


texts:
It's been a while since YouTube has been crashing while playing long videos on Safari. In particular, a noisy grey screen appears with the error message "An error has occurred, please try again later".

This is very annoying as the only thing I can do is refresh the webpage and start the video again.

Is there a solution to this issue?

(I am using Safari on a MacBook Pro with MacOS Mojave 10.14.1)


texts: In this folder, there are 14GB of archives with names such as WiFiDiagnostics follow by a date. Is it safe to delete these archives? A reboot did not remove them.


texts: "No bootable device…” after unplanned empty battery shutdown

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The MacBook Pro has suddenly shutdown (battery went out) while I am doing Boot Camp to Windows besides macOS.

Now there's a big black and white message "No bootable device..."

I can't do anything, I don't know how to change to macOS I tried:

holding shift
and tried alt + shift but no hope, also tried d for
d diagnose but still no hope.

What can I do please to fix the problem?


texts:
I've been trying to come to terms with how to set environment variables needed by launched applications in Sierra, but I'm puzzled.

Following various bits of advice found online, I created a file ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist.  It looks like this:

<?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>my.startup</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>sh</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>
      launchctl setenv FOO foo
      launchctl setenv BAR bar
      <!-- ... -->
      launchctl setenv PATH /usr/local/opt/scala210/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
    </string>
  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

From my experimenting, it appears that nothing less than a system reboot will make changes to this file take effect.  I did find mentions of this command that will supposedly do the trick:

$ launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist

...but when I run it I get this response:

[my home dir]/Library/LaunchAgents/environment.plist: service already loaded

In the documentation for launchctl I see mention of a -F flag that seems relevant:

Force the loading or unloading of the plist. Ignore the Disabled key.

However, it makes no difference if I include this switch; I get the same output and the file is ignored.

So anyway, rebooting does make the changes take effect (maybe logging out and back in also would? I didn't check), but with one exception: the PATH variable.  That variable just stayed the same no matter how I changed it, and across reboots.  Eventually I stumbled across a Stack Exchange answer that offhandedly warned that changing PATH in this way would be ignored until the Dock was restarted with the killall Dock command.  So I did that, and rebooted, and finally I had my PATH set correctly.

So, anyway, I suppose my main question would be: Is there any more hassle-free way to update environment variables than the way I outline above?  And a subsidiary question might be: Does the special handling of PATH make any sense at all?


texts: iMac 2006 stuck at grey screen with apple and spinner

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I have an imac 2006 running snow leopard.  The matte screen is great on the eyes so I found a few articles on upgrading the hard drive and processor to a core 2 duo (had the core duo) that might allow me to emulate 64bit and run the newer mac OS versions. (http://lowendmac.com/2016/cpu-upgrade-options-for-2006-imacs/)

I've completed the hardware upgrades (no software updates)and the iMac starts up but gets stuck on the grey screen with an apple and spinner.  Using a MacBook pro on the same network I can see the imac under my shared devices, I can connect to it and view all my files and applications.

I tried all the following and couldn't boot:

-from the snow leopard install disk

-safe boot

-recovery boot

-c held down

-apple hardware test (holding d)

I tried a nvram/pram reset, no change.

Anyone seen something like this before and have any ideas. I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to fix this issue.

Updating with specs:
2GB RAM installed
Original CPU Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83 2MB 667 MHz GHz Socket M
New CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 2.33GHz 4MB 667 MHz Socket M


texts:
When I'm on a FaceTime video call, there's a camera button.

When I press the FaceTime camera button to take a photo, I get the message:

  FaceTime Photos must be enabled on both devices to use this feature.

What is FaceTime Photos? How can I enable this feature?


texts:
Is there a built-in text editor in the terminal on Lion?

(Like, for example, nano on Linux.)


texts: iOS 14.5.1 iPhone 12 Pro GPS loses current location while driving

texts:
My iPhone 12 Pro Max (running iOS 14.5.1), and also my partners 12 Pro (running 14.4.2) have both always had the GPS apps working without issues (Maps, Google Maps, Waze, etc). Now out of nowhere here is what happens:
I open Google Maps, it shows the blue dot for current location. I enter in the address and tap 'Start' to start navigation. It announces the first step (e.g drive 100m on Thomas street and turn right at Engine avenue). As I am driving, the blue direction arrow suddenly jumps to another street and slowly rotates as if it is failing to determine my direction.
Out of nowhere a few seconds later it gives a completely wrong directive, based on where it thinks I am located. My partner opens Waze, and enters the same address. Waze says 'No gps signal' at the top of the screen. I open my Waze and see the same message. We both open maps and try navigating using that. It works for a few seconds then the location indicator just freezes in one location while we are moving.
Here is what I have done so far:
1.
Go to Settings -> Location -> Turn off -> wait for a few seconds -> Turn on While in location settings, make sure 4g (LTE) is enabled (disabled 5g at some point and enabled it again)
2. Open the apps, drive around. Didn't work. Go to settings -> General -> Reset Network settings -> open Maps -> Enable Use location while using app plus all permissions location related.
3. Allow for specific/precision location when asked. All this didn't work.
4. Soft reset device -> Press volume up, press volume down. Press power button until phone switches off and shows Apple logo.
5. After this the GPS apps seemed to work until today (two days later)where the same annoying behaviour started again.
My partner is having the same issues and her phone is connected to a different carrier network where they have their own towers I believe. So I'm guessing this may have nothing to do with the carrier, but maybe it does.
Does anybody have a clue on how to fix this please? Going to an Apple store is a bit problematic because of my location, and I do not want to fully reset my phone until there are no other options... I would even buy a dedicated GPS device before I fully reset my phone, sadly.
Update
I have tried going to Date settings and disabling then again enabling Set Automatically. That did nothing. A normal restart did nothing too unfortunately.


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I received a text from a number. My contact list had that number saved as well as 3 other numbers in the same contact card.

How do I get to know which number had sent the text, when it shows only the name?  (the “recent” thing, in Phone app does not seem to work.)

I worked around it by deleting each number from the contact card and seeing how the “sender” changed.

There ought to be an easy way for the same.


texts:
I know I'm going to hit myself when someone tells me the answer, but I set the Default Printer on my Mac, and wish I hadn't.  Previously, it would default to the last printer used, which was great.  Now I can't find a way to unset the default printer to get back to the last printer used state.

FWIW, I'm on a Mac OS X 10.9.5 - Mavericks.

Command line solutions welcome too...


texts:
How can I find Bottom Rubber Feet Foot For MacBook Pro 15" A1398？

I searched Amazon.com and ebay.com, can not find this model.


texts: Why is there a time lag when I put my iPhone on loudspeaker?

texts:
With the phone raised to my ear conversations are fine, but as soon as I put it on loudspeaker, there's a time lag.

The same goes for the phones in the conference rooms at work.

Why is this and can I fix it?


texts: What does it look like when an Instagram user using an iPhone X comes across an iPhone X size image in Stories?

texts: I am curious to know if someone with an iPhone X could share when an iPhone X style photo comes up in stories.


texts:
Can someone please tell me what's happening here : http://awesomescreenshot.com/02c2otqbf9 This can be fixed by clearing my cache. Pictures are broken.

My OS is MAC Mavericks, happens on all browsers including Windows browser ( Virtual Box )

But this happens a alot on all the websites I'm doing it's frustrating.

Update:

Also happens on desktop pictures :

Thanks!


texts:
I'm having a problem with Base64 strings in URLs in El Capitan.

I'm sending notifications from a web platform to its users. Those emails are plain text and contain links to messages.

I have tried the following links

http://localhost#VGhpcyBpcyBhIGJvcmluZyBleGFtcGxlIHRlc3Qu

http://localhost?e=VGhpcyBpcyBhIGJvcmluZyBleGFtcGxlIHRlc3Qu

However when someone clicks on a link in Apple Mail then Safari opens the links with the Base64 code converted to lowercase. I don't get why this is happening. It seams like a big bug to me. Has anyone found an easy workouround?

The only solution I found so far was to use Base32 but that just increases the length of the URLs. Another possible might be to use HTML emails but that would mean quite a bit of extra work which I'd like to avoid.


texts: Does activating auto-login compromise secure password storage?

texts:
or:
Does enabling auto-login in OS X add any additional security risks?

How does this auto-login work? I'm not a security expert, but I imagine that such a procedure would require the password to be stored somewhere in plain text, right? But then this specific location could be exploited by malicious software.

Where is the password for the auto-login stored?

The setting I'm referring to is located at:
Users & Groups → Login Options → Automatic login


texts: Can't delete files from APFS volume -- no space left on device

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My Late 2012 iMac's APFS Fusion Drive is full (53 KB free) and caused the system to freeze. I've rebooted into Recovery Mode but I cannot remove any files: rm XXX: no space left on device. fsck_apfs reports no problems. I found some suggestion somewhere to remove the APFS Volume named 'VM', but after removing this volume the error remains. After installing macOS on an external disk I tried removing the snapshots, but that resulted in an error. After restarting the snapshots are no longer listed.
The APFS container is the default setup per Catalina on a Fusion drive. There are 2 physical store disks and 5 volumes (Data, Preboot, Recovery, VM & System).
I don't want to reinstall macOS. How can I free up some space such that macOS can boot?


texts: How to extract the text of a PDF document with Automator, and save it in a directory

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How can you modify the output folder of the Extract PDF text action ? I made a basic workflow to extract the text of PDF files, but the output folder is stuck to Desktop. I can change it in Automator, but the changes are not saved. It reverts to Desktop when I reopen the workflow.

Bureau means Desktop. This is the one that refuses to be set.


texts:
My ipad is superrrrrr slow on 9.3.2
Can I downgrade it anyway?


texts:
I got an iPad mini a few days ago. Yesterday while using an app on it I noticed that, if I moved my finger up on the left edge of the display screen, I could feel a set of two slight bumps on the screen.

However if I look at the area it does not look uneven at all. And the device seems to work fine.

So I am not sure if this sort of slight bumpiness in a particular location is as expected.

Question:

Is it normal to have a pair of slight bumps on the left edge of an iPad Mini screen?

The bumps are in the display area marked in below photo (iPad Mini has this SUPCASE case on it so it looks a bit different). I have not put a screen protector on the device though.

Side note: the general area where the bumps are does have a persistent white dot which I suspect could be a dead pixel(?). Not sure if it is related.


texts: Can I connect my HDMI amplifier as audio only?

texts:
I have a Denon AVR that I use to drive a set of speakers.  It's connected via HDMI to my MBP and everything works well.
However the amp also presents itself to the MBP as a video device and so when connected I get another display.  Since there's no monitor connected to the amp I want to disable this additional monitor (the cursor sometimes finds its way there, for example).
I want the audio device to remain.
Does anyone know if this is possible?
The answer in Can I use HDMI for audio only without video? is not applicable because I have an external monitor connected via TB (and so can't resort to mirroring).
I've tried both SwitchResX and Disable Monitor but when I disable any of my screens everything goes black (and remains so) until I unplug and reconnect the disabled screen, so it's hard to test.
I'm running Movave btw.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to move Window to next Desktop?

texts:
I would like a keyboard shortcut to do either of these actions :

Move a 'focused' window to another desktop
Create a new desktop and move the window to it, then change the view to that desktop

How can I achieve this ?


texts: AppleScript app started prompting to run or quit. How can I disable this?

texts:
I'm not entirely sure why this has started happening since this is completely new behaviour and I haven't done any system updates but I have a nice little toolbar app for my Snow Leopard Finder.app that opens the existing folder/or files in TextMate.

It used to simply bring up TextMate with the chosen content but since today it instead gives me a prompt asking me to run or quit the script.

Here is what the popup looks like:

Now… this app/script isn't new, I trust the script and I don't want this popup everytime I use it.

So 2 questions:

How do I disable this annoying prompt?
Why am I all of a sudden getting it when yesterday everything was working fine?

Any insight would be much appreciated.

For reference the script in question is this one: OpenInTextMate
However the MateDot.app script I was using also is doing the same thing.

Thanks for reading.

Jannis


texts: Ubuntu bootable USB drive does not show up as bootable

texts:
I tried to make a bootable Ubuntu installation USB drive according to these instructions.

However, when the procedure is finished, the USB drive does not show up in the "Startup Manager", nor does it show up on boot with alt pressed. What could I have missed?

EDIT:

To clear things out; what I want to do is to end up with a dual boot system with MacOSX and Ubuntu 10.10. My CD/DVD drive is kind of dodgy, thats why I want to use an USB drive.

The computer is a MacBook2.1 (Mid 2007) with a C2D 2.16 GHz and 2 GB RAM, native OS is OS X 10.6.5


texts: Contacts' "profile" entries (social media links) don't appear in iOS

texts:
I have links to my contacts' social media profiles (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn) saved on the Mac copy of my contacts. They are saved as copies of URLs (e.g. 'http://www.domain.ext/nym') pasted into the "profile" entries at the end of each card. These are synced over to my iOS device via USB and iTunes.

When I view contacts on the iOS device, the profiles aren't listed. Items that do sync over are photo, name, phones, emails, URLs, addresses, anniversaries, relationships, and notes (everything except profile links).

Mac OS X 9.5 Mavericks
iOS 8.1.1
iTunes 12.0.1.26
No iCloud.
No third-party sync.


texts: Is there an alternative App to Mail on iPad?

texts:
I'm looking for another app than Mail on my iPad. I have searched the appStore without success.

Is there not other emailers on iPad ?


texts: What is the difference between Top Grossing and Top Paid in the App Store?

texts: In App Store, What is the different between Top Grossing and Top Paid?


texts: How to tune Notes on OS X to use plain text or not to reformat quotes?

texts:
As technical guy, I do hate the markup support in Notes.app and I would prefer to be just a smart text one.

Here is my wishlist:

Use a different font, like a fixed width one
Drop any font/color/size on text paste
Prevent replacing quotes with smart-quotes/curly-quotes (I like this while typing an email but not here where I copy/paste even code!)

I suspect that some of these could be obtained using some hidden preferences options. Anyway, if you know other 3rd party applications that could replace Notes, let me know. Still I do not want to lose the ability to access notes from iOS!


texts: Time Machine Restore Woes (how can I edit my backup)

texts:
I have a 2019 MacBook Pro I had to send in for service, as usual it was wiped when I got it back, not an issue as J always have an external drive plugged in for backing up.

This time though my backup won’t work. Whenever I try to restore it runs up to 34 hours before eventually telling me that “An error occurred while restoring from the backup”.

I also tried in Migration Assistant but it just keeps bumping me back to the starting screen. So how do I get back up and running? Is there another way I can time machine my way to success here?

I did find this article while looking at this website:
https://www.harryfear.co.uk/blog/time-machine-error-while-restoring-from-backup
But it seems to be out of date as when I try this method it can’t seems to find TMSafetyNet.kext/Contents/Helpers/bypass
I get the error “No such file or directory”

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
Is there a way of transferring iPhone voice memos to a Windows computer without linking it to the computer by iTunes or sending them via mail?
Thank you.


texts: Time Machine only backs up /Users and /opt

texts:
I have 2 MacMinis.  The two MacMinis are both connected via firewire.  I have one MacMini backup over afp over firewire to a hard drive on the other MacMini.  This system works perfectly and the whole MacMini gets backed up.

I have a MacBook.  The MacBook has the same system, but does not have the firewire connection and only backs up over WiFi.  When I look at the backup of the MacBook, it only has the Users folder and the opt folder.  No errors are reported in TimeMachine, and no files are in the Exclude list.


texts: terminal: how do i pipe the results of grep to open a file

texts:
I'd like to grep and open a file in just one terminal command.

Suppose I'm in this directory:

$ ls
1.txt   2.txt   3.txt   4.txt   5.txt

and I want to open 3.txt

I thought I could do ls | grep 3 | open

but it looks like open doesn't accept piped input. Is there any way to do this?


texts: Is it possible to use a Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 with any other carrier or Pay-Per-Use carrier?

texts:
This is probably seems like a FAQ but I haven't seen anything definitive as of today.

I have a CDMA-Only Verizon iPhone 4 (not a 4S) that recently came off contract. I'm aware that it's CDMA only and GSM carriers like AT&T can do nothing with it other than admire it as a thick iPod Touch. I'd like to explore options, mostly to lower my bill (I have no vendetta against Verizon, it's purely a cost issue).

So, network wise, are there any networks I can port to? I don't think Verizon has a MVNO in the Chicago area. Other than frequencies, is there anything I need to do to check compatibility with another network?

As far as unlocking, do I need to jailbreak my phone to change carriers? Or is this something Verizon will do (since it's off contract).

If I need to jailbreak, is it a permanent jailbreak, or is it possible to change a couple settings and then I can revert back to tracking current iOS?

Are there any US carriers that can use the phone? Cricket seems to restrict it's network to Cricket-sold phones. Can Straight-Talk handle it? Virgin?


texts: Alfred keeps asking for Contacts permission

texts: I'm not sure what is going on. Every time I access Alfred, I get this dialog box, "Alfred would like to access your contacts." I always have to click "OK" before I can use the program. I have verified that the Alfred checkbox is checked in the Contacts settings in System Preferences. Does anyone have any other ideas?


texts: Many audio apps hang in High Sierra after an upgrade from Sierra

texts:
I'm seeing several apps hang:

iTunes does not load.
Spotify and other audio apps do not play sound.
Chrome and Safari hang when playing videos.

All the apps worked in other versions of macOS but do not work in High Sierra. Force quitting the apps shows stack traces with AudioToolbox in the stacks.

How to fix this?


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I am not able to login to my mac machine.
As soon as i login with correct  it brings me back to login screen.

If i put invalid password it gives password error.

Even i tried yo reinstall by going into safe mode but problem persists
.


texts: I have a MacBook 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo version 10.6.6 i updated the iTunes to the newest version 10.2.1 & and an iPhone 4 .. when i was updating to the newest software of the iPhone a error occurred 1013, i went to the apple store and they change my phone.. i came back to restore the iPhone again (the new one) and the same error happened is it my iTunes or my computer making my phone break down?


texts: Lexmark E210 Printer install from .ppd file

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I am excited at the prospect to enable Lexmark E210 printing from Catalina.
The E210 "Seems to be a relabeled Samsung ML-4500."
PPD file can be downloaded from this link.  PPD instructions link for older versions.
I think the PPD file a set of instructions for the OS to download & install the driver?
I think it belongs in:
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources

Yikes!  The .ppd file throws an error:

Guidance, references, lesson-learned are all appreciated.  I have experience installing Windows drivers, however, this is new territory for me.
Diagnostic Screenshots for Allan:
Maybe there is a permissions obstacle?

I suspect that it is necessary to resole the connection error above in order for the .ppd file to execute.  Until then:


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I have recently purchased an iMac to replace my 13" MacBook Pro and am gradually setting it up.

My eyesight is fading, so I intend to use the bigger screen to improve readability.

One application I am having problems with is Thunderbird. The list of messages in my Inbox remains stubbornly small.

I have tried changing Font size in Preferences/Display to no avail.


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I had an iPhone 5c, backed up to the computer.

Then I also backed up my new iPhone 6s Plus.

Everything restored to my new iPhone except my Notes. I can't find them on iCloud, or on the computer either. How can I restore my Notes?


texts: How do I install GCC and make on a mac without administrator access or using Xcode?

texts: I'd like to install gcc and make on my Macbook Air, but I don't have root access on it. I found this link through searching on google, but I have no idea how to set up the prefix's so that the actual gcc executable can find the libraries. I have a directory set up with node.js and git installed at ~/usr/local and I'd like to install GCC there also. I have no idea where to start with make. Can anyone help? :D


texts: Set different volume for phone and clock

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On iOS, is there a way to set a different volume (loudness level) for the alarms I set in the 'Clock' app?  I'd like to lower the volume for the alarm I use to wake up in the morning, but without lowering the volume for when I am on a call.  Right now I have to remember to turn down the ringer volume setting each night, then turn it back up when I am talking on the phone.

Can this be done?  I haven't found a way in the Settings app, but perhaps I'm just not looking in the right place.


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A good friend of mine recently spammed my phone with close to a thousand messages... It's technically my fault since I was telling him that he should learn a scripting language. Ooops.

Anyway, is there a way that I can "group delete" text messages (perhaps with an app) instead of individually checking each message or deleting all of them?


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A few months ago, I made a deal with the devil the worst and most obnoxious telecommunication company ever to get an iPhone, and I actually would not regret it if they did not bother me sending me spam SMSs when I am at work. This is so annoying and disturbing I would actually leave the phone at home, but I need it so my girlfriend who is pregnant can communicate with me. Here in Peru there is no such thing as regulation in the telecommunications market, so I actually cannot complain about being sent spam.

I am desperately in need of a mechanism (preferably one that does not require me to jailbreak my phone) to block SMSs from unapproved senders (or, at least, blacklisted senders). Unfortunately, the iPhone comes with no such functionality, and I have not found an app that does that (although I must admit I have not searched thoroughly). I would really pay money (up to, say, $5) for such an app. Does anybody know how to block SMSs from certain senders in an iPhone?


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I would like to have all applications names displayed without the .app extension in Spotlight or Alfred. Reeder for example is listed as "Reeder", whereas Sparrow is listed as "Sparrow.app".

Which setting determines whether the file extension is visible or not in applications like Spotlight and Alfred?


texts: How can I backup a VirtualBox VM with TimeMachine

texts:
I've read lots of different things about using TimeMachine with VirtualBox, but I haven't been able to find a very clear answer about what an acceptable configuration is. Some folks say "include up the whole virtual disk", some say "use snapshots and include everything except the virtual disk", and other people say "forget TimeMachine, create a separate partition on you backup drive, and export you VMs manually". I've read that including the whole VBox vdi / vdmk will cause TimeMachine to write the whole disk each time something changes, filling up the TimeMachine backup & wiping out all of the incremental backup history.

Most of the things I've read are a few years old too. I'm wondering if anyone has any new advice on this. What is the best way to back up VirtualBox VMs using TimeMachine? Is it even a task worth messing with, or is manually backing up the better option?


texts: I just installed a 240GB SSD in my 2017 MacBook Air, and it will not connect to the internet over my Wifi.

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I used Command-Option-R on power-up. When I power up, all I get is a spinning globe that quickly has a triangle with an exclamation point and the message 'apple.com/support -3403F'. I cannot connect to the internet to start the OSx download process. How can I get to the point of using Migration Assistant on the MBA and my old MacBook?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!


texts: Remove Catalina update files form High Sierra

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I downloaded the Catalina (or perhaps Big Sur) update on my High Sierra system, during the install, it told me a couple of apps won't run on the new OS (I have some 32 bit apps that won't be updated to 64 bit until the summer). I need those apps to work for now, so I quit the install. But now every day I get a reminder to update, or be reminded again tomorrow. No way to opt out is given.
How can I remove the update files to avoid the pesky daily reminder?


texts: Installing Mavericks instead of Yosemite

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I am trying to install Mavericks (I have my reasons not to install Yosemite yet) on my MacBook with Lion. Obviously the possibility to upgrade to Mavericks from the App Store is now gone so one must install via installation dvd. I have downloaded one, mounted it, but when I try to start the installation, it fails with:

  To download and restore OS X, your computer eligibility will be verified with Apple.

When I press Continue:

  Could not find installation information for this machine.


texts: Do pics get multiplied in iPhone's photo app?

texts: If we make a album in iPhone's photo app by selecting some photos from 'all photos', would it multiply or duplicate the pictures in the phone? As the pics will be there in 'all pictures' section too and hence would the extra space be occupied the pix of the freshly created album?


texts:
There are already a few questions here about VPN clients that work on Mac OS which support SSTP:

How to connect OS X Yosemite to a Windows based SSTP VPN?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40590806/windows-sstp-vpn-connect-from-mac/40590807

Unfortunately, we have tried those solutions and they do not work for us. The reason is because they only work with insecure authentication mechanisms. In particular, they seem to rely on support for the insecure and obsolete mschap-v2 protocol. This is literally referred to as a "Less secure authentication method" these days, and as we are a financial institution, I have no desire to enable that. Hence the question: SSTP VPN client for Mac OS that supports EAP-MSCHAP-v2.
Our VPN setup works perfectly on Windows, but as usual, there seem to be compatability issues with Mac OS. sstp-client seems to require MSCHAP-V2. We tested by temporarily allowing MSCHAP-V2 to our VPN server and through Network Access Protocol, and... it worked! So, these clients do work, but only with less secure authentication methods, and not with more secure authentication methods.
I've tried looking for ways to configure these to use EAP-MSCHAPV2, which is what Windows clients are using, and we've tried manually testing that, but so far everything has failed. I'm puzzled how such a basic security option could be missing here. How might these clients be used/modified to work without enabling MSCHAP-V2 support? Or, is there another client that actually supports secure connections?
For other reasons, we would like to continue using the SSTP protocol, so changing protocols is not an option. We don't need more than 128 connections. The only issue is Mac OS. Everything else is perfect for us, so I'm hoping there's a way around this? I don't use Mac OS, so I'm hoping some Mac guru who may have encountered the same problem knows of a workaround.


texts: Two iPhones, two phone numbers - how to link the other number on one?

texts:
I have two iPhones using different SIMs and phone #s
I want to keep calls connected to the same phone number that is on the device, however, I want to link my other phone number (which is not in the SIM that's in the phone) to that device as well.
Is there any way I can do this?


texts: Incoming cellular calls ring on all my iOS devices

texts:
When I receive an incoming cellular call on my iPhone 5 (iOS 8.3), it is propagated to all my other devices (including a wifi only iPad) connected to the same wifi network.

I guess that's an activated by default functionality, can it be deactivated ?


texts: Create Keynote presentation automatically

texts:
At the introduction of Keynote in 2003 they said that Keynote presentations would be a XML-based open file format and so, keynote presentations could be created programmatically by 3rd party applications.
Is this still possible in Keynote 6.2?


texts:
I recently tried compiling Textmate 2 now that it's open sourced. Followed all the directions hereand downloaded all the dependencies. Now, when I tried to build (using ./configure && ninja) I received the following error:

make: *** [/Users/~/build/TextMate/Frameworks/SoftwareUpdate/fixtures/secret.pem] Error 1

[6/1169] Copy ‘"Frameworks/OakFoundation/src/NSString Additions.h"’…ninja: ERROR: mkdir(/Users/~/build/TextMate/include/OakFoundation): Permission denied

ninja: build stopped: .

Now, I figured that maybe Mountain Lion messed with permissions, so I gave it the ol' sudo try. I still receive a similar error -

rm /Users/jlvillalobos/build/TextMate/Frameworks/SoftwareUpdate/fixtures/secret.pem
[7/1169] Compile ‘Frameworks/scope/src/match.cc’…ninja: ERROR: mkdir(/Users/jlvillalobos/build/TextMate/Frameworks/scope): Permission denied

Now, I'm pretty stuck. I tried just checking my bash profile and I get a permission denied error on that too! I've ran "repair permissions" in disk utility for posterity and getting the same error. Anyone run into similar issues?


texts: macOS High Sierra Calendar notifications appear but have the wrong event time

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I have a (recurring) meeting notice in my calendar.  On my iPhone and on macOS I get the (half-an-hour before) alert, but they display differently!  On my iPhone it is displayed as "Meeting notice ..... in 30 min", but on macOS it appears as "Meeting notice ..... now".

It appears that the notifications on macOS tell me when the alert is raised and not when the meeting is to be.  This is extremely confusing, and I think a bug.

Subsequently, the alert on the iPhone counts down to the meeting time, but the notification on macOS says things like "Meeting notice ..... 14m ago". If I get another alert (second alert say ten minutes before) this overwrites the notification in the notifications panel and the time is reset to "now".

Is this a bug?


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In OSX 10.11 mail app if you "Reply all" it automatically CC's yourself. This seems to only happen when using reply all, but not when using reply.

The setting under : mail > preferences > composing > automatically cc myself is disabled.

Is there a way to stop Mail auto CC'ing yourself, when replying all ?


texts: Connect Macbook Pro Late 2016 with monitor DELL UP2516D

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I just received as Christmas present a Macbook Pro 15" Late 2016 with also a DELL UP2516D monitor that my friends said I should connect with the former.

The point is that I am not a computer expert as this is my first laptop and I really don't know how can I connect these two devices.

The DELL monitor comes with the following ports (product description):

DP, mDP, 2 x HDMI (MHL), 4 x USB3 with one charging port, 2 x USB3 upstream

and the MacBook Pro has got only the USB-c ports.

How do I connect my MacBook with USB-C ports to the Dell Monitor?


texts: Disable dictionary results in Spotlight?

texts:
How can I remove dictionary results from Spotlight results? I've typed "chrome" into Spotlight and looked up chrome in the Dictionary one too many times, and now opening Chrome takes an extra keystroke.

I've seen comments about defaults write com.apple.spotlight DictionaryLookupEnabled NO, but this doesn't seem to work with Mac OS 10.8, even after a sudo killall -u _spotlight.


texts: MacBook Air freezes and then won't start up (interrogation folder)

texts:
So I own a MacBook air Air 13 11" which worked fine for about 15 months after I purchased it on Adorama.

One day, I was using it and it froze. Command+Option+Esc would't work so I had to push power button to shut it down. When I turned it back on, it showed me the interrogation folder. Internet recovery didn't work and the computer couldn't even read/recognize the internal SSD. So I got the SSD replaced and the computer worked fine for a week. Then, same problem again.

Sometimes I turn the computer on and it works fine. Sometimes it gives me the interrogation folder. Today I froze 3 times already. Then I have to open it, take out the SSD, put it back on, turn on the computer. It works for a while and then it freezes again...

Ever happened to anyone? Any idea what could be going on?


texts: What are the implications of linking your Apple ID to your Mac User Account in OS X System Preferences?

texts:
What are the various effects, in terms of usability, privacy and security, of storing your Apple ID in 'Users & Groups’ in your Mac System Preferences, like so?

E.g., could one effect be not having to input your Apple ID password in the Mac App Store every time you download a new app?

What's the total list of implications of doing this?


texts: How does one share their calendar with a non-Iphone/ios user? I've tried everything and it seems that all your downloads and accesses keep you chasing in circles.


texts: Apple Photos "paused" synching since update to High Sierra

texts:
Since updating to High Sierra, Apple Photos has stopped syncing photos, claiming that I'm "not connected to the Internet":

So no recent photos are available on my Mac, and there's apparently nothing I can do about it.

What's the point of this behavior and how do I fix it?

(Meanwhile, since an update to iOS 11.1.1 — actually a bricking "update" — Photos on iOS are again way behind what they should be.)


texts: Autocorrect for specific people and the language they use

texts:
I don't think this option exists, but doesn't hurt to ask. And it would be amazing if Apple could implement this option in case it doesn't exist.

I have people that I correspond that speak different languages. It would simply amazing if my devices and apps (Mail, Messages, Skype, etc) would recognize who I am writing to and remember what autocorrect language I had set up for them.

That way, it would always autocorrect the appropriate language without me having to switch it. (On the actual Mac, switching the languages is not even an easy step).

I hope there is some solution in the meantime other than just turning autocorrect off.. :)


texts: Safari Extension for right click menu: Open in Google Chrome?

texts:
Is it possible for an extension to add items to the right click menu in Safari?  If you enable developer mode, there is a menu item called "Open Page With..." and Google Chrome is a choice if it's installed.  Can the Open Page With... menu get added to the right click menu, so I can use one less step when viewing a page in Chrome?  Right now I'm required to load the page in safari, then choose the Chrome option, whereas I'd rather just right click on links and send them to Chrome quickly.

I would make it myself if I knew how!


texts: iTunes connect renewal will not allow iAd contract to complete because of a banking page bug!

texts: So we've renewed our iTunes connect developer acccount. Now it says that all our APPS are on hold until we complete the iAd contract. So I try to do the bank bit (note that all our details have ALREADY been submitted) and I can't save to complete this step. It says you must change somthing. But I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE BANK DETAILS. In the meantime, we are not selling APPs. What do we do!?


texts: How to use new Macbook Air's power adapter with previous generation MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have a MacBook Air (Late 2012), which has the new Magsafe 2 power connector.

I would like to use the power adapter with my 15" MacBook Pro (Mid 2010).

Is there an adapter for it? A quick search on Google didn't yield anything.


texts: Aperture and iTunes freezing, bringing down Snow Leopard entirely

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I've got a 27" dual-core iMac of the generation before the current one.  HDD is 2 TB, RAM is 8 GB.  I've got Aperture 3 installed and updated, with a photo library totaling 180 GB.

With increasing frequency, Aperture fails to launch.  The icon bounces for a while in the dock (maybe about 30 seconds) and then stops.  I have iStat Menus installed, and I see no real change in system activity while the icon is bouncing.  If I open Activity Monitor, I see the Aperture process listed, and I have to force quit it.  Once this happens, whether I force quit Aperture while it's bouncing or afterwards from Activity Monitor, things just don't behave; other applications fail to launch in the same way.  If I try to restart after failing to launch Aperture, I get a blue screen with an activity indicator that never goes away.

I've also had iTunes freeze, and it will often lock up the whole operating system, so that absolutely nothing responds besides moving the mouse.  This requires a hard restart to resolve.  It's a moderately sizeable iTunes library that serves as the source for media played on an AppleTV (latest generation) elsewhere in the house.

I also recently imported a lot of new footage into iMovie '09, and Spotlight has been continuously indexing since.  That was several days ago, and I see nothing in iStat Menus to indicate that the index process is doing anything; the Hard Drive IO section is as active as it is when the computer is idle.  The last time I tried to update my Time Machine backup, it spent several hours in the "Calculating Changes" status before I stopped it.

I've tried repairing the Aperture database and repairing permissions and the Macintosh HD, to no avail.  My best guess is that something is wrong with the directory structure, and I'm going to have to back everything up and reinstall the OS from scratch.  But is there a simpler solution?  Anyone have any ideas?  Any utilities I can use that are more advanced than Disk Utility at finding HDD issues, physical or not?

UPDATE 6/3/2011: I ran DiskWarrior's file and folder utility on my drive last night, and it found that iPhoto's mosaic plist was corrupt.  I moved it out of ~/Library/Preferences to my desktop and pulled up System Preferences, hoping to get the Mosaic screensaver working.  After I selected the Desktop and Screen Saver pref pane, the whole system locked up and I had to force restart.  I also tried renaming my Aperture library and launching Aperture to see if it was a library problem, and it still bounced forever and then stopped, while still appearing as a process in Activity Monitor.  And I noticed while renaming the library that its size showed up as about 600 MB, when I know it's supposed to be over 180 GB.  I'm going to boot into DiskWarrior and run its directory repair, then reinstall Aperture and hope for the best.


texts: How do I boot into the EFI firmware shell?

texts:
I'd like to experiment with the EFI shell on a MacBook Pro 2010 model.  I am unable to find the keyboard sequence to hold on boot.  Does someone know what the sequence is, do I need to boot from my Snow Leopard CD instead to access this or has the EFI shell been left out (I read that Intel makes it an optional component) ?

Thanks,

Scott


texts: Calendar event organisers receive no confirmation of accept or decline

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I'm on High Sierra, using iPhone and MacBook Pro.
I receive invites in my Apple Calendar app from Outlook users without problems. I get the Accept, Maybe and Decline buttons as expected. When I accept an invite it appears on all my devices without problem, but the sender of the invite doesn't receive confirmation that I have accepted or declined the invite.
I have checked that my contact card has the right email address, not sure what else to do.
Any thoughts or advice?
Thanks in advance.


texts:
I’ve been experimenting with the Shortcuts App on my iPad and iPhone (iPadOS 13 and iOS 13 respectively) and can’t  seem to find a way to move or copy a file from one directory to another.
This is related to my question Manually adding books to Nook App on iPad where in order to “side load“ eBooks to the Nook app, you have to manually move/copy the file from the Downloads folder to the Nook folder.  I’m doing this manually at the moment using the Files App, but I’d like to automate it with a shortcut.
While the immediate need is for the Nook, I have many other file moving tasks I’d like to automate like moving things to Synology NAS or files from iCloud to OneDrive (and vice versa)
Is there a way to do this with Shortcuts or is it simply not possible and I’m just missing it?


texts: Maverick's installation: Can i install Mavericks on a non-case-sensitive partition?

texts: I'm trying to install photoshop on my iMac but it looks like I can't install Mavericks if I have a case-sensitive partition. Is it a known bug? Can I do anything to fix it?


texts: Can you run the latest MySQL security update on macOS 10.12 Sierra?

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We're still running MySQL (community server) on macOS 10.12 Sierra (because Apple has gutted later versions of macOS and macOS Server and we don't want to go there just yet). It appears the latest MySQL security updates (October 2018) no longer support macOS with the 5.6.x track. The 5.7.x and 8.x tracks now only list installers for 10.13 High Sierra and 10.14 Mojave.

So, the question is: can you install the latest MySQL 5.7.24 on macOS 10.12 Sierra and will it run without problems?

I'm okay if it's simply "unsupported" and will install but if it specifically won't install/will cause problems I would like to know before upgrading. I've searched the MySQL web site for information on this but there is nothing.

I asked this question on the MySQL forums and got no response. I asked the question on StackOverflow but they recommended to post it here. Hope someone here can help.


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ALL,

I started my project on OSX 10.8 with the Xcode 5.1 (latest available for that OSX). Everything was building and running fine and it still is. The project consist of a binary executable and couple of dylib sub-projects.

Recently I bought myself a new Mac laptop. I installed Xcode on it (version 9), pull my sources from git hub and tried to re-compile/run it.

After fixing some minor directories issuers for compilation (some header search path were wrong), I received a warning about -L directory not found. However linking succeeded.

Trying to run the program obviously failed because the dylib files were not at the place were Xcode would look for it.

Looking further I tried to see if there would be any differences on where both machines store the build results. I opened the "Xcode->Project Properties..." menu, but turns out that those settings are the same on both laptops.

Next I checked the "Fie->Project Properties..." on both machines, but those 2 are also turns out to be the same.

Now I'm at the loss - where else should I look? The old laptop build everything without warnings and the program executes successfully.

On the old laptop the subprojects are stored inside ~///build/Debug.

On the new laptop the folder ~///build does not exist.

Now I can create the directory manually and copy over the files, but the program is still under development and the code is changing.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

TIA!

P.S.: Sorry for the long post.


texts:
So i have one iCloud account and two Macbooks : one mac for work, another for personal use.

I want to use iCloud as cloud backup on both Macbooks, BUT i don't want one Mac to download content of another.

For instance, in work's Mac i have a folder with almost 100GB, that is useless for me on personal Mac. And still, this folder is being downloaded on my personal Mac, making me loose 100GB for nothing.

On Dropbox i had the Selective sync option, where i could select which folders would be synced. But i could not find something similar on Icloud.

Is this possible in iCloud ?


texts: Suspend some mail notification correponding to a sender

texts:
I wish to disable some mail notifications let's say, the ones coming from a mailing list named TEST. Is there a way to do it or the notifications are all enabled/disabled at the same time ?

In the rules section I see how to make a notification appears but I don't see any way to hide it...


texts:
I use the program No Machine to open up remote desktops to my development servers. I choose No Machine because the client software reportedly runs on Windows/Linux/Mac, but I am having trouble with the Mac client.

When I startup the No Machine (also called NX) client, I get an error message saying "NX Client for MacOS/X was not able to find the Apple X11 Server. Please be sure that the Apple X11 bundle is installed in either the /Applications or the /Applications/Utilities directory and retry."

I have heard X11 is installed by default on Snow Leopard (I run Snow Leopard). I have the X11 app, when I open a terminal and type startx the X11 server appears to start up, but I get a message about a missing .serverauth file.

Any advice on how to get this working?


texts: iPhone completely unresponsive after updating to iOS 14

texts:
--Device Information--
Model: 6S Plus
Condition: Perfect
Screen Cracks: None
Previous Issues: None
OS: iOS 14.1
Bug
i'll explain first what happened before this,
unable to sleep, tossing and turning i decided to take out my phone and watch some Netflix. I was in the middle of an episode of The Confession Tapes when my phone started unexpectedly pausing and rewinding the episode. It then started scrolling thru command center, calling random people, clicking random apps and zooming in and out over n over again.
i attempted to power off the phone however the screen was unresponsive in the power off slider and i was forced to hard reboot.
it turned back on and was working fine for about 2 minutes before it started flipping out again, turned it off n back on. this time as soon as the screen was lit it was bugging out, calling emergency call, typing random passwords causing my phone to lock for 5 minutes and opening the camera.
i followed a guide on apple's support center to restore the phone, after restoring the phone it worked for about 5 minutes before bugging out again, i set up as a new iphone just incase it was an app and it still happened.
now what ive noticed is if i leave it on sleep/screen off for long periods of time the screen will be responsive for a couple minutes before bugging out again however it will not give me enough time to fully set up the phone before randomly going back and clicking different languages etc.
unfortunately my current financial problems caused by covid is preventing me from upgrading or sending to apple for a €350 fix. so id like to know anyone else experiencing this on any model and how they fixed it.
i have also followed a youtube video, removed the screen, disconnected and gently brushed the cables for the screen before securely re-connecting them again however the same problem persists leading me to believe this is solely a software issue.
i really appreciate any help! thank you very much friends.


texts: Reminders deletes personal keychains in Catalina

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Every time Catalina starts after booting, this message concerning my personal keychains (not system or session) pops up:
￼

When I click the CANCEL button, all passwords that are not private notes are deleted from the keychain. The message pops up as many times as items in the keychain.
Keychain files are altered, impossible to retrieve lost entries. I precise that no keychain is synchronized at all with iCloud. They are personal keychains for personal information only, no link with the session or the system.

Does any one encounter the same problem?

New edition on february 2020:

Catalina 10.15.3 has just been released but does not fix the bug.

Despite numerous threads on the forums dealing with this problem, Apple is doing nothing. I received no response despite several emails to Apple Technical and Feedback Services.

PAY ATTENTION APPLE : Erasing secure and protected data by an unauthorized application is a very serious problem. This is more than a security breach, it is a system attack that erases sensitive user data in violation of data protection laws.

New edition on 2020 march 27:

Good news, since the Catalina 10.15.4 update, the attack on keychains by the Reminders application seems to have stopped. However, it is advisable to remain cautious because unfortunately neither the problem nor its solution have been officially recognized by Apple.


texts: Control Mac Remotely From Multiple Different Networks using only Apple Software

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My girlfriend often needs assistance with her Mac, and I am not always around to help her. We are most often using our home WPA2 Personal Wi-Fi, but oftentimes one or both of us are connected to our college's WPA2 Enterprise Wi-Fi.

What is the best way to completely control her Mac from a different network? I have tried LogMeIn but found it rather bloated and full of features I never used.

I am also a bit of an Apple software nut, and accomplishing this task using only Apple software is preferred. Optimally, I would like to be able to simply hit Command + K and connect to a VNC server, not having to install anything, but I'm not exactly well-versed in that process; is it even possible?


texts: Is there a spatial map for 2020 MacBook Air track pad's right-click "sweet-spot"?

texts:
I'm migrating from a late 2012 to a new 2020 MacBook air and having difficulty right clicking. Sometimes when I push with the side of my right thumb:

a light touch works perfectly and I feel some haptic feedback or "give" or "click"
it feels solid and unyielding and nothing happens
I feel some haptic feedback or "give" or "click" but it's interpreted as a "left click"

I've try clicking around and making a map manually but I get strange results and I'm thinking there is something more complicated going on that I don't understand. After eight years of using one trackpad it's all in "muscle memory" and I'm struggling now that I have to think about it. I'm so tired of the wrong thing happening that now I'm afraid to right click.
I think if I could see a map of the track pad's sensitivity for right-vs-left click and for haptic-feedback, or better yet some engineering-like testing of their spatial variability, that might help me to interpret what I'm doing wrong and how to improve it.


texts: How can I buy an older version of Keynote that's compatible with 10.8?

texts: My work computer can't be upgraded to 10.9 yet, so I'm stuck on 10.8 for now. I've never used Keynote, but one of my coworkers wants to use it for a presentation we have to give. I just tried to buy it, but I'm getting an error that the current version (6.0) isn't compatible with 10.8. How can I buy an older version of Keynote that's 10.8-compatible?


texts: If users download my App on their Mac, would it count as a "download"? Also, does Apple track each download by the device or by the iTunes account?


texts: Which path to upgrade from Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)?

texts:
In my "old" Mac mini I substituted the HDD with an SDD and added more RAM.

I reinstalled Mac OS from the only CD I actually have, version 10.6 (I think it's Snow Leopard, has a version code '10A432'.

I tried to upgrade directly to the latest Mac OS High Sierra 10.13, but it failed, my system hangs while finishing installation after first or second reboot.

Official Tech Specs

https://support.apple.com/kb/SP577?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Model Info

Part Number: MC238T/A
Model Number: A1283
Mac Mini 2.26/2X1G/160/SD/AP/BT - ITA

SW information

Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
Kernel Darwin 10.0.0

Questions

What's the maximum jump I can do in a single step?
Where can I legally download (and buy if needed) the DVD with the needed OS version?


texts:
This question is pretty similar to this one:

How can I save a Pages document to .docx?

Unfortunatly, the answers provided to this old one don't work with:

Mountain Lion        10.8.5
Pages ’09            4.3

I already found a transition path which is going through the following steps:

From Pages export as a .doc,
Open the .doc file with LibreOffice and save it as a .docx file.

Unfortunately, this conversion leads to files containing a lot of useless
list styles which are a real trouble to continue working on the converted file. See this related question on these useless styles:

Get rid of WW8Num* list styles upon exporting from Pages?.

How to export a Pages document under .docx format?


texts: Apple_Boot partition created on external drive?

texts:
I used Disk Utility to partition my external drive into four partitions: two in Apple file system (called H1 and H2) and two in FAT (called F1 and F2). However, I found by diskutil list that an Apple_Boot partition called "Boot OS X" is automatically created:

0:      GUID_partition_scheme
1:                        EFI EFI
2:          Apple_CoreStorage H1
3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X
4:                  Apple_HFS H2
5:       Microsoft Basic Data F1
6:       Microsoft Basic Data F2

Why is there an Apple_Boot partition? Does it mean that now I can boot a Mac using this external drive? But the size of this partition is much smaller than my recovery partition "Recovery HD" on the internal drive, so I don't think this is a full copy of the recovery partition.

I want a "clean" partition without introducing Apple_Boot or EFI. (I remember from the old days there was a limit on the number of primary partitions, so having six partitions makes me feel uncomfortable.) To do this, can I use Windows to partition my external disk, and then use my Mac only to format H1 and H2? Can I still use H1 for Time Machine if I do so?


texts: How can I get Xcode to install under Lion?

texts:
I'm slightly confused under Lion as to how to get dependencies in place for Homebrew. It wants Xcode in place, and I can go to the app store and click on "Install", and it dutifully says "Installing"... and stays stuck on "Installing" after several minutes. I can find Xcode but apparently not get to "Installed", in the past indicative.

How can I install Xcode? Do I just need to give it more time to install? Or is there another way like installing from tarball? It's been "Installing" for a few minutes, and seems stuck.