texts: How to disable iMessage on MacBook Air only?

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If I untick 'Enable iMessage' in prefs on my MacBook Air, will that stop messages going to it? I only want them on my iPhone.

If I do the 'Delete account' thing as advised in one video, I am worried iMessage might not work on my iPhone either.


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I have an app for which I want to prevent app nap.  However, it does not have a "Prevent App Nap" checkbox.  What can I do?

Missing app nap prevention:

Has app nap prevention:


texts: Keyboard not working in some apps in Catailna 10.15.7 while working in others

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The recent Catalina Update 10.15.7 on my Mac Mini 2018 has caused a lot of frustration. First, the now famous accountsd eating my CPU. Now I have a different annoying problem. Often, while typing in an app the keyboard (Apple Magic Keyboard) stops working in that app only. If I close the app and restart, it works again. It has so far affected the following apps

VS Code
Spotlight search
Chrome
Safari
Finder

When the keyboard stops working e.g. in VS Code, I can still use it in Chrome and all other apps. Its so frustrating since it happens about every 5 minutes while coding. It even happened to Chrome while typing this question.
One interesting observation is that when it happens to an app, I can still move the cursor with arrows, as well as copy text. But I cannot change the text, as in, writing.


texts: Is there a way to get system-wide Grammarly correction on MacOS?

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Is it possible to get Grammarly checking system-wide on MacOS? As far as I know, Grammarly only works as a browser plugin or Microsoft Office plugin (maybe more). Grammarly is fantastic, but the need to copy and paste my work into a designated Grammarly field is beyond inconvenient. Even a menu bar icon with a checker would be more convenient. I mainly work with 3rd-Party apps on Mac that don't have a Grammarly plugin.
I like how on iPhone Grammarly is a keyboard extension that captures your spelling live as you type.
What are some alternatives if this is impossible?


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My ethernet wired 2012 iMac with 10.11.6 is able to wake from sleep for SSH and AFP access.  "Wake for network access" is checked in System Preferences : Energy Saver.  There is no Bonjour Proxy or network router, it has a public IP address.

The question is, how can I configure it to wake for access on an arbitrary port?

I would guess that there is a list of shared services to monitor somewhere at the unix/darwin level, but I have not yet found it.


texts: Installing Mavericks on a brand new machine that shipped with Yosemite pre-installed?

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Due to battery backups not working properly in Yosemite, I need to downgrade a machine to Mavericks. Unfortunately, this is a brand new Mac Mini and it shipped with OS X 10.10.0 installed.

I read various questions here, as well as some articles from other websites, and created a Mavericks 10.9.5 installer on a USB stick. I can boot from this USB stick on an iMac we have here, but the Mac Mini will not allow me to.

Is it even possible to run Mavericks on this machine--Macmini7,1?


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Can I turn the iTunes EQ on/off using AppleScript?

I found a way to change the preset, but not turn the EQ on or off.


texts: Why is this folder 4.2mb? It only has a handful of relatively small text files in it!

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I have a WordPress plugin which was originally 26kb zipped (79kb uncompressed).

I installed it, then made some live changes, then downloaded it and found that the plugin folder is showing 4.2MB in Finder!

Expanding all the folders in one Finder window, I can confirm that there is maybe 50KB in there unzipped.

What is going wrong? Even when I zip it it's 3.8MB. Where is this extra data coming from? Right now I'm blaming the Mac, but maybe this is wrong.


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I saw someone with a Macbook Pro using the Spotlight feature several times, and every time the Spotlight opened, it used a certain effect that's not like what I see in other Macs (I use Leopard).

The effect I'm talking about is like a vanishing "teleport" effect, it opens up starting with a thin, long horizontal bright line which shortens and expands in height until it reveals the Spotlight. To see a similar effect, use a recent version of Safari with several tabs open, and drag one of the tabs down as if you're going to break it off into a new window.

Does this effect happen to be OS based, or exist from a third-party tool (Something like Compiz, but for Mac)?


texts: Make the TouchBar show app controls for one specific app at all times

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Say I want to have control over my music regardless of which app I have active on the front. I want the music controls exclusively.

This is just an example. I would like it to be possible for any app. Not just Music.


texts: Apache starts even if web sharing is disabled

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I do web development so I normally have web sharing turned on in the sharing preferences.

After upgrading to Lion I have been continuing with the web development projects I have pretty much as normal.  However, I noticed something weird today.  I'm not doing development at the moment so I thought I could save some system resources by going into the preferences and turning web sharing off for now.  However when I did, I found that web sharing was already unchecked!  Sure enough, I could access web pages and scripts on localhost.  I turned web sharing on and off again and localhost files could no longer be accessed, as expected.

I tried restarting the machine to see what effect that would have, and sure enough, Apache started up and was running when I got to the desktop even though web sharing was disabled.  Enabling and disabling it again shut the server down.

So a few questions occur:

Why is Apache running if web sharing is turned off?
Is this something I need to worry about and/or fix?
If this is something that needs to be fixed, then how?
Are there any other services that Lion starts up that it doesn't tell the user about?


texts: How to verify if an extended attribute exist?

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When running

 xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/XXX.app

sometimes I get

 xattr: /Applications/XXX.app: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine

How does one verify if any named attribute exist for a given XXX.app?


texts: Using Automator services (Quick action) with Office 365

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I've tried and searched a lot of time now but I can't get my services running under Office 365 (e.g. Word) If I right click and look under "Services" (I hope it's called that I have a german version) my Scripts don't appear there.

If I look in the menu they are checked but don't appear

I wrote the Rainbow hotkey Service. It's just a little tool to copy telephone numbers to clipboard

I hope someone can help me out.
Thank you


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Is there a way to access my Gmail smtp account  just using the terminal or is this not possible? I saw this link but it did not help:

https://medium.com/@stessyco/gmail-from-the-command-line-with-mutt-mac-os-x-92d047bcd74f

What specifically didn't work was the configuration file. I edited it with my gmail specs as stated in the tutorial, but when I ran it, nothing happened.


texts: How long should it take to enable FileVault 2 on a fresh Lion installation?

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How long should I expect it to take to enable FileVault 2 on a fresh installation of Lion? I'm using a mid-2010 15" MacBook Pro with an i7 and a 5,400RPM 500GB hard drive with only 10GB used.

John Siracusa's 19-page review for Ars Technica had this to say:

  Encryption happens transparently in the background, which is a good thing because it takes a long time.

Hopefully someone can be a bit more precise than this.


texts: Is there any way to tweak or modify AFP to increase transfer speed?

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I have a Mac Mini, MacBook Pro and Synology DS213 connected to a gigabit switch via cat6 cables. When I enable AFP on the DS213, I get ~60mbpsUP and ~700mbpsDOWN when accessing it from Mac Mini and MBP. I also get the same speeds when both Mac Mini and MBP access each other. When I turn off AFP on the DS213, and use SMB, I get ~300mbpsUP ~350mbpsDOWN when accessing it from the Mac Mini and MBP.

When I view a Wireshark capture from Mac Mini --> DS213, there are MANY "request tickles" and "FPwriteExt request(s)" during the AFP ~60mbps uploads.

Is there any way to improve AFP upload (write) performance?


texts: How to insert pages document to another pages document?

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I am using Mavericks, and Pages 5.1. I have created two .pages documents. Now, all I want is to attach one .pages document to another. In windows I could simply drag and drop or copy and paste both would have worked. But in Mac when I  :

Press command + c then command + v, it pastes the files name instead of the file.
Drag and Drop doesn't work at all.
Menu > Insert > Choose . Here all files looks disabled. I can attach a .mov file but no other files, be it .pages , .numbers , .csv  etc.

How do we insert one pages document to another pages document?


texts: How to install iTunes 10.7 on OS X 10.5.8

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I have OS X 10.5.8 on a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac, and I need to install iTunes 10.7 but it won't let me. I need to connect my iPad 4 and iPod nano to iTunes but it won't allow me unless I can upgrade to iTunes 10.7.

Does anyone have had the same problem but managed to overcome it?


texts: How to disable or delay "Time Machine hasn't backed up your computer in x days" message?

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Mountain Lion and later OS X releases have a very useful feature where Time Machine can alternate between multiple backup destinations. I use this to back up to both a network share at home and an external drive I keep offsite. Because I only have physical access to the offsite drive occasionally, I don't back up to it often.

After 10 days, OS X gives me a message around the same time each day, such as:

Time Machine is still backing up successfully to the network share every hour, so this message is unnecessary (and the second sentence is incorrect).

I like being able to see when the last backup was completed, so I'd prefer not to remove the disk from Time Machine's destination list entirely. Likewise, turning Time Machine off (as suggested here) isn't an option because I still need my backups to run on the other drives.

Is there any way to disable or delay this message? Ideally I would be able to set it to a longer period of time, so it could remind me to go do an offsite backup every month or so.


texts: How do I connect user account with Time Machine back up?

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I have reinstalled my OS and copied my user account from a Time Machine backup using Migration Assistant.  However, now when Time Machine starts a back up, it says that it is copying 200 GB, which is the total size of my hard drive.  It seems that it has failed to identify my current user account as the same one that it already has back ups of.

I have tried changing my UID to match that of the Time Machine back up.  My UID now matches, but it still insists on backing up from scratch.


texts: Is there any way to use a non-apple remote control with a Macbook Pro?

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I own a Mid 2012 15" MacBookPro, non-retina model. It's from the era they still packed an IR receiver but not the remote.
Is there any way I can hook up a third-party remote control to control keynote? I found the Apple TV remote is functional with "Sirimote" but it's way out of my budget.
I already tried RemoteBuddy & iRed with an old remote to no avail.


texts: Internet Sharing Issues (WiFi to Ethernet)

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For some reason my internet sharing has decided to stop working. It was perfectly fine about a day ago, no issues, no hiccups, but today it differs. It won't work at all.

I'm connecting my MacBook Pro Early 2011 model (Running 10.8.2) to a Windows computer via ethernet (I'm still waiting for the wireless card to come). It was working without an issue until I unplugged my MacBook Pro while Internet Sharing was on. Now when I connect it again (while IS is on) it will show connectivity on the Mac, but no internet on Windows. Here is what I see when the cable is connected (to both machines) and Internet Sharing is on:

... and the following:

As you can see the option "Share Your Connection From" is for some strange reason blank, and yes, I have tried countless times to turn it off, click Wifi, and turn it back on. When done so the "WiFi" will only display on the dropdown-list until I close the Internet Sharing option.

I have also noticed that even when I don't have Internet Sharing on, my MacBook Pro still connects to the ethernet and actually states: "Ethernet is currently active and has the IP address 169.254.16.1."

I would appreciate any help, thank you in advance.


texts: OSX Network: "could not save because write access was not granted"

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We have a really basic network of Macs here in our studio. We keep all our files on a machine running Leopard server, but we're all on Lion.

The problem we're having is every single time we open a file and then try to save it, we get the error

Could not save <FILENAME> because write access was not granted.

The easy work around is to do a save as. The weird thing is if you simply close the file without doing a save as, it disappears from the folder it was in.

I didn't set up our server, but I know we tried to enable all the permissions we could for every user. Thanks for your help.


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I've just moved to the States and a family member kindly passed on an old AT&T iPhone 5. The trouble is that it's stuck in a reset loop. When I go into recovery mode and try to restore the phone, iTunes tells me that it can't restore the phone, and gives error 2001.

The background on the phone, as far as I can tell, is this: it started spontaneously shutting down, first every few hours, then progressively more, until it ended up like it is now. They took it to an AT&T store where the representative said it was because the phone's hard drive was full, but I am skeptical that's the real cause.

Is there anything I can do to wipe and restore this iPhone?


texts: Listing all Openmeta Tags and associated Files

texts: Some month ago I started using openmeta tags to manage my files. Is there a tool which shows all openmeta tags on my mac and the files tagged with these tags?


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My iPhone 6 had a problem where the screen stops responding to touch for a period of time. It always becomes responsive again after a while, although sometimes it requires a power button cycling.

For reasons I cannot explain, I feel this is a software issue. It happens in all apps, but it seems to have a sort of schedule.

Has anyone else an anything like this?


texts: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Tool to Convert Pictures or Images to Text

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I have scanned text. I am looking for an affordable OCR tool (Optical Character Recognition) tool. I tried OCRTOOLS from the App Store, but it crashes with the first picture I tried.

Any recommendations?


texts: Macbook Pro left (primary) click not working

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Two days ago, I noticed that my left clicking was acting off. When I would click something, it wouldn't register and I'd have to click repeatedly for it to actually work. Additionally, when I'm highlighting text, I'll still be holding onto the left click, but it'll cut out and I'll have to press down harder for it to continue registering.

The left clicking I use is the physical pressing down of the track pad. I prefer this method to the magic clicking because my hand can accidentally touch my track pad without it clicking on something eslse while I'm typing.

I thought my problem might be a minor fluke so I restarted my computer multiple times in an attempt to fix it, but nothing happened. I went through forums and only found problems vaguely similar to mine. None seem to have the problem of left clicking just cutting out randomly. Some forum posts suggested running an Apple Hardware Test and mine came back clear. Others have said to make sure there's no external mouse on bluetooth, but I don't have one.

I plugged a USB mouse in to make sure that left clicking as a whole wasn't a problem and it worked fine. I just want to know if anyone's had a similar problem and if there were any solutions to it before I take my computer in to the Geek Squad. I have a plan with them already, so there's no additional money being spent on taking my computer in, but I'd hate to have to waste their time and be away from my computer when I have school work to do on it.


texts: Swapping command and control keys quickly (OS Mojave)

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I normally work on a keyboard with the control and command keys swapped via the "Modifier Keys" option in Settings. However, if someone else (e.g. coworker) wants to pair or show me some stuff on my laptop, it's much harder for them to navigate because they're used to the control/command keys in their default spots.

I'm wondering if there's a way to quickly swap between these two "modes", similar to the way you can quickly switch between different written languages via a shortcut. It's cumbersome to go to the modifier keys each time and restore the defaults, and then change the modifier keys back to what I'm used to afterwards. I'd also prefer to not use multiple physical keyboards if possible, as I know you can have different settings on different physical keyboards.


texts: iPhoto iPhone photo import cache folder?

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If I connect an iPhone to my Mac (any iPhone, whether one that is synced with my library or not), iPhoto will open and directly show the photos stored on this iPhone and allows to "Import Selected".

Without selecting any of the pictures, does iPhoto somewhere store the thumbnails that it displays on this screen?

If so, where is this cache folder on OS X?

The reason I'm asking is that I connected a foreign iPhone and iPhoto popped up displaying the photos stored on the device and I want to erase any image data that potentially got transferred to my Mac.


texts: My MacBook Pro 2011 is having problems. When I turn it on, I hear the chime but the screen is black. I am planning to send it off to Apple since I have AppleCare. But before I do that, I need to backup my hard drive. I have taken the hard drive out and plugged it into my desktop, but I don't see it. I see it in device manager - > Apple TSC 128 GB, but how can I browse through the contents and save the stuff? Thanks.


texts: Using time machine backup data from newly installed OS X Lion

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I need to replace my HDD to SDD, and I think of upgrading to OS X Lion.
Can I use my old backup in time machine HDD from Snow Leopard when I have clean install with Mac OS X Lion? I mean, can I open time machine in newly installed Mac OS X Lion to copy all the necessary files backup in Snow Leopard?


texts: How can I make Mac OS X run a program before shutting down?

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I am trying to get Mac OS X to save all my VirtualBox VMs when it reboots. I already have a script that does this, but I need OS X to run this script automatically before a reboot.

When Mac OS X reboots, does it run /sbin/reboot?

Or how else could this be achieved?


texts: Alternative to additemtodock from Henri Shustak

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I am using a commandline script to add items to the dock via scripts

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23653/add-item-to-dock

But it seems to have a lot of bugs and maybe even "kills" my Dock config file. Are there any good alternatives out there to add *.app properly to the dock ?


texts: Mac mini hard drive recovery w/ encrypted partition

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My Mac mini failed recently, and after taking it to the Apple store, they said it was the logic board that failed, and it would be $350ish to replace, which was not worth it to me, so I took it back.

I want to recover the data off of the hard drive. I have the drive removed from the computer, and plugged into my laptop running Ubuntu 15.04/Windows 7 (dual boot) via USB3.

I have two partitions on the hard drive:

My Macintosh HD Partition, and
An encrypted partition with some sensitive documents

How can I mount this encrypted partition on my laptop (using Ubuntu or Windows, idc), and get the data off of it (I know the password that it was encrypted with)?


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Usually after I open quicklook and then close it again I cannot open quicklook again. And if I right click on an icon it lists exit quick look as an option but when I click it nothing changes.

What's my problem here?

I am on OSX 10.11.6


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I'm used to write technical documents with LaTeX and use SVN as version system.

I really would like to be able to do the same with my iPad.

The first problem is found a good App for LaTeX

I found some of them bu they are not cheap and I don't want to spend 8$ each one just for finding out the best one.  Does someone can point me to the best one from thee followings or other I don't know?

Tex Touch
TeX Writer
Texpad

A good App should have the following features:

Local compilation (there are some Apps which send data to a Server which returns the compiled PDF)
Support for documents splitted in multiple files
Support for images

The second problem is found a good SVN client

The SVN client should allow me to check out a project an do commits and updates.

Having a LaTeX Apps which allows me to open and edit the files downloaded with the SVN client would be already great.

Having a LaTeX App which integrates SVN support would be a dream.

Dis someone had the same problem? How did you solve it?


texts: Sharing keyboard and mouse with Mac and iphone 5

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I am thinking of using AirServer or Reflector app to mirror my iphone 5 on to my Mac , which sounds easy , but want to use the same Bluetooth keyboard and mouse(apple ones) paired with Mac , to use for text and writing mails or answering calls on iphone

Is that possible?


texts: Does iOS8 Family Sharing allow to share In-App Purchases?

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When using the new iOS8 Family Sharing feature, I can download the apps purchased by the other group members of my family.

If these apps use In-App Purchases, and one of the family members has already purchased some content, e.g. a new guitar amp for the JamUp Pro XT guitar/bass amp simulator, do other members of the family get to benefit from these In-App Purchases? Or does every family member have to purchase the same content in the app again?


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Short explanation.

After I've created .bash_profile file and added the line export PATH=/PATH/TO/YOUR/sbt/bin:$PATH into it, my terminal stopped working properly. Could you please help me to fix the problem?

Long explanation.
All I wanted and still want is to install Scala.
I followed this instruction:

  Mac OS X If you use the homebrew package manager, simply type brew
  update and then brew install sbt in a Terminal prompt.

  Otherwise, install sbt by following these steps:

  Download sbt from here: http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-native-packages/org/scala-sbt/sbt/0.12.4/sbt.tgz
  Unpack the archive to a directory of your choice
  Add the bin/ directory to the PATH environment variable. Open the file ~/.bash_profile in an editor (create it if it doesn't exist) and
  add the following line export PATH=/PATH/TO/YOUR/sbt/bin:$PATH

  Verify that sbt is installed correctly: Open a new terminal (to apply
  the changed .bash_profile) using the Terminal application in
  /Applications/Utilities/ and type sbt -h, you should see a help
  message from sbt.

First, I tried it with Homebrew and followed this instructions. It didn't work well, so I decided to go through the steps above. After I created the .bash_profile file and added the line export PATH=/PATH/TO/YOUR/sbt/bin:$PATH (with the valid path, of course), terminal went crazy. Your help is more than welcome!

EDIT:

Ina:sbt ps1$ echo $PATH

//Users/ps1/Documents/PS


texts: Is there any way to disable the login "shake" effect when an incorrect password is entered? All the results I found while googling were about an unrelated issue (how to disable the "shake mouse pointer to locate" accessibility feature). I'm running macOS High Sierra (10.13.6).


texts: How to receive a sound alert for e mail on iPhone 8+

texts: I went to settings added sound I wanted The email only updates when I open folder I want an alert the same as iMessage which is when they arrive even if my phone is sleeping


texts: Hibernation with lid close but suspension enabled

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is it possible to define hibernation mode only when closing the lid, but still suspension after sometime of not using it?
When i close the lid i want to conserve more battery using hibernation, but i still want suspend it when i'm not using it but with lid opened because it's more fast to resume.
Thank you.


texts: HDMI TV not showing as audio output in System Preferences

texts: I have linked a cable from my MacBook Air to my TV via HDMI but cannot get volume on the TV. I have gone into preferences-sound but their is no facility to change 'internal speakers'. How can I do this?


texts: How do you remove header and footer in Word 2011?

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I have found the ribbon/menu option where you can work with your header and footer but according to Google there should be a "None" option you should use if you don't want any header or footer at all - and I can't find this option.

This is how it looks when I click the Header button in Header and Footer ribbon:

And this is how my document look like:

How do I get rid of this header?


texts: macOS Big Sur - gatekeeper? slowing down opening applications

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At a facility where I work, we have several Mac Pros and Mac Minis.
We're in need to upgrade from Mojave to Big Sur so we can upgrade our various production tools, i.e. Pro Tools, DaVinci Resolve Studio.
As a test, I installed Big Sur from scratch on MacPro (trashcan model), and it appears that if the computer detects any kind of connection either wireless or wired, it tries to contact some apple servers, this happens every time we open third-party applications. The problem is that that our wired mac computers do not have access to the internet, so just trying to open pro tools takes about 10 minutes. The app icon just bounces and bounces. Sometimes the app does not even open at all after bouncing for over 10 minutes.
I found out that Big Sur is trying to contact apple servers because that's what it shows in our firewall's logs. These are the servers:
ussjc2-vip-bx-001.aaplimg.com,
ussjc2-vip-bx-002.aaplimg.com,
ussjc2-vip-bx-003.aaplimg.com,
ussjc2-vip-bx-004.aaplimg.com,
ussjc2-vip-bx-005.aaplimg.com,
ussjc2-vip-bx-006.aaplimg.com,
ussjc2-vip-bx-007.aaplimg.com,
ussjc2-vip-bx-008.aaplimg.com
So basically it tries to connect to the first server, then it waits, when it does not get a reply, it tries the second server, and so forth.
If this even after we opted out of any analytics, but then again, this wouldn't be the first time software developers get caught doing something they're not supposed to do.
Any idea what's might be going on or how to disable this behavior?
Cheers!
SuperVertix


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Since updating to Yosemite a couple of days ago my Back to My Mac feature has stopped functioning. It is activated in the Sharing Preferences and I didn't change anything on the router settings. In the iCloud settings it says (in french): that Back to My Mac doesn't work properly because the DNS server doesn't respond _ that I should contact my ISP in order to get a new DNS server address

I am accessing Internet via a Fritzbox router and everything worked just fine under Mavericks

iMac (27-inch Late 2009), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)


texts: Is there any app to copy Ctrl+C any text from Desktop (Windows) and paste Ctrl+V in iphone at anywhere?

texts: Is there any app to copy Ctrl+C any text from Desktop (Windows) and paste Ctrl+V in iphone at anywhere; at editor, address bar in safai and wheneever we have keyboard on and we can paste?


texts: Is it possible to wirelessly connect macbook pro to LG monitor

texts: Is it possible to wirelessly connect macbook pro 2015 to LG ULTRAWIDE monitor? Through airplay or whatever else channel, or even through 3rd-party adapter.


texts: Finder Preferences: Unable to hide items on desktop

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I prefer my desktop to be as empty as possible. So the first thing I do whenever I get a new Mac is hide all items on the desktop (hard disks, external disks, CD's and servers).

On my Mac from work, I am unable to disable "Show these items on the desktop" in Finder Preferences. When clicking the checkbox to hide "hard disks", the checkbox unchecks and checks back on.

What could possibly prevent me from disabling this?

This Mac is managed and configured by our IT department, but I don't wish to contact them for this "non-issue" :)

Thanks


texts: MacBook Pro 15" late-2012 no input/output devices detected

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I did something silly. I replaced the trackpad in my MacBook Pro 15" mid-2012. It (for some reason) involved taking the motherboard out (via iFixIt's instructions). Everything works now, except the sound.

OS X reports no input or output devices. Nothing works, even when I plug headphones in. I'm not sure how OS X detects that a sound device is actually recognised, so I can't really troubleshoot the hardware. Any ideas?

I've tried all the usual, reset PRAM, SMC, etc.


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Is there any way of viewing the contents of your iCloud Keychain online? After a computer failure, I have no access to my keychain items!

I have another laptop running Snow Leopard, but it is not compatible with iCloud.

I have looked through the iCloud FAQs, but have found nothing useful:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5813


texts: How many hours since I unplugged my Mac?

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Mobile phones usually say this as "xyz hours on battery" by counting the time from when they are unplugged from power.

Can I find out how many hours has it been since I unplugged my Mac from charging adapter?


texts: App is stuck installing on my iPhone, how do I fix it?

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I started updating my Twitter app, but then I lost the internet connection and when I went home I couldn't get it to resume the installation. It stops just past the half way mark with the lines on the icon. It has been like this for months.

How can I unstick the stuck application install?


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What is the best method for moving a user from an old Macbook Pro to a new Macbook Air?

Is it disk cloning?  Or the migration assistant from Apple?

I need to move all the data, applications, settings, etc.


texts: How can I regain an admin account on my iMac?

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I have seen this question several times but no clear answer. I changed the password on the admin user account and It saved it as a standard user. I just bought the Mac so I’m a newbie.

I have tried booting into single user mode so I can creat another admin user but my wireless keyboard driver isn’t loading quick enough before it boots up.
I have also tried changing the password using command+R and when I get to sign in with Apple ID it says not connected to internet and won’t let me do that either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: What is the HD proximity sensor in a 2009 iMac?

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iStat Menus 5 is displaying a dash after this sensor - HD proximity sensor.

I'm getting a temp reading from the HD.

I've opened this iMac several times and have never seen a connection for the HD proximity sensor.  Is it part of the HD temp sensor?


texts: Blank lines appearing in a CSV exported from Excel, only on 1 Mac, other Macs don't see them

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My colleague and I both use Macbook Pros on the latest Mac OS.

He exports CSV files from MS Excel for Mac and sends them to me, but when I receive them I open them in a text editor and there are blank lines on every other line.

Weirdly though, when he opens the same file on his machine in the same text editor, he does not see blank lines. Which makes me wonder if this is a setting on his machine.

I know Windows and Mac treat line endings differently, but we are both on a Mac. And Sublime should be the same on both machines.

When I upload them to our linux server, linux agrees with me (our scripts see blank lines in the CSVs and have to be ignored).

He is creating CSVs using the UTF-8 format.


texts: Cycle Finder windows but exclude the desktop

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My workflow often involves comparing two Finder windows side by side. I use shortcut 2 (see screenshot) to quickly cycle between the windows. However, the annoying thing is that the cycle also includes the desktop as a 'window'. Instead, I would just like to cycle between the two floating windows.

The closest I've come to achieve this is shortcut 1. This shortcut excludes the desktop, but unfortunately it will also cycle between the windows of all apps. It also doesn't work properly in Split View.

Is it possible to make shortcut 2 exclude the desktop? If not, is there another method to achieve what I want?

To be clear: I really want to exclude the desktop from the cycle because that enables me to use one shortcut to switch between the windows. I'm aware that you can go to the previous window using shift, but it's just way, way easier to go back and forth using the same shortcut.

Update 1: I just discovered that my question has been asked before: Command Tilde in Finder, prevent focus on Desktop at end of cycle. However, I don't think the answer there solves the problem.

Update 2: My solution.


texts:
Can several links be opened at once in Safari?
Imagine you are on a page with a lot of links:

Would it be possible to select all the links and open them all in one single Command-click? As such:

I am often finding myself Command-clicking links for dozens of minutes a day, and wishing I could open more links all at once. Surely I'm not the only person in this situation!


texts: After installing Yosemite, opening iPhoto brings my iMac to a halt

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After installing Yosemite I attempted to open iPhoto on my 2008 iMac.

All my iMac does is show a white screen with a symbol of a file with a ? inside it. I cannot use my keyboard either.

What happened and how can I make iPhoto work again?


texts: iPhone 6 charges extremely slow after reaching around 70%

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it's now been a few weeks since my iPhone 6 started charging extremely slow after reaching 70% battery life. I am aware of what slow trickle charging is, and the issue I am having is not it. After reaching around 70% my iPhone charges by 1% every 25/30 minutes and even seems to slow down towards the 80/90%. In fact when I tried to charge it to 100% it took me the whole day. I tried every suggestion I could find on the internet, including restarting, resetting, and even erasing all content and settings and restoring the device (not using a backup). I am starting to think the battery has an issue, but just a few weeks ago I had zero issues related to my battery.
Thank you in advance


texts: How do I connect my MacBook Pro 15" (2011) to an HDTV?

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I just bought a brand new MacBook pro 15-inch model with highest specifications in this June. It is running 10.7 Lion.

How do I connect my MacBook to HD TV? It looks like it has only the "Thunderbolt" connection for "Apple" monitors.

So should I buy this (first variant):

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H1824ZM/A/Moshi_Mini_DisplayPort_to_HDMI_Adapt er?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MjI2OTg1MTU&s=priceHL
and this http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC838ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTk0MjUwOTU&s=priceHL

or just the second variant:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H2775ZM/A/Mini-DisplayPort-to-HDMI-Cable-5m?fn ode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MjA4MDc2MDY&s=priceHL

P.S.: this writes

  "Use to connect your Mac with Mini DisplayPort - Mac mini (Video only),
  MacBook (Post May 2010), MacBook Pro (Post March 2010) to a TV or
  Monitor with HDMI connections"

So does that mean that it is not suitable for 2011 MacBook Pro model?


texts: Python process suspended despite running caffeinate

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UPDATE: since updating to macOS 10.14 this issue is not occurring to me anymore.

I have a long running Python process (using multiprocessing), run from Terminal, and regularly come back to it realizing that it has been suspended for several hours while I was away from the Mac. The moment I get back to it it's running again at normal speed (it's displaying a progress bar in Terminal). This is despite:

checking "prevent computer from going to sleep automatically when the display is off" in the Energy Saver preferences panel
running caffeinate from the parent process (Popen('caffeinate')), which does show up in the Energy section of Activity Monitor
Using appnope to begin an activity with NSActivityUserInitiated | NSActivityLatencyCritical

This happens on multiple Computers, but has only started happening recently, i.e. I don't think it occurred before 10.13.

Why could this be occurring, and what other means are there to investigate or prevent it?


texts:
Recently  I have been facing issues with multitasking with my Macbook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) and decided to upgrade my RAM. Now, my laptop currently has 2-2GB DDR3 1333 MHz for a total of 4GB. I wanted to upgrade my RAM to a total of 8GB.

Here's my confusion:

The Apple Support page on upgrading RAM recommends 1600MHz for my model.

So what should I do? Stick with 1333MHz or buy 1600MHz?I'm willing to spend the extra money if the motherboard will be able to utilize faster memory. Will I notice a difference? Also, what about warranty? Will my warranty be voided by installing either of these myself?


texts: Are .apple files potentially synonymous (or a wrapper to) .dmg files?

texts: We lost a .dmg file on an harddrive. Our tech guy was able to recover files from the drive but not one of them is a .dmg file. But they are a lot of .apple file. Can the .dmg file we are looking for be one of them?


texts: How to free disk space consumed by incompletely downloaded apps?

texts:
I recently tried to download a huge app (1.7 gigabytes) on an iPhone running iOS 9. The download failed several times for whatsoever reason. However, the incomplete downloads filled over 5 gigabytes of disk space. How can I clear this space again? Restarting, doing an iTunes backup - nothing solved my problem so far.

Thank you!


texts: How to Highlight a Symbolic Link in Finder of El Capitan?

texts:
You cannot do the highlight in Finder of El Capitan 10.11.4.
However, there may be other methods to do it.

How can you highlight a symbolic link in Finder of El Capitan?


texts:
Does the Apple Watch use the same mechanics of the iPhone in terms of backup data in the cloud?

For example, if for any reason, such as password forgot or whatever you need to reset to factory setting the apple watch, can you make a restore from a backup or do you need to sync again all the info from the Apple Watch app on your iPhone? How does it work?

I am pretty sure that I understood that when the Apple Watch is paired with the iPhone it continuously sync data with the iPhone and the iPhone itself does the cloud back up, but I would like to know more about it.


texts: FTP not working on any FTP client not even with Mozilla or Chrome

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I am using a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.10.3. I am a developer and I use FTP on a regular basis. However I am new to OS X. It was working fine but suddenly FTP stops working for all FTP clients on my Mac for any server, even for ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/. I use NetBeans and use its most native Java based client. I tried with Firebug, FileZilla, Firefox, Chrome and OS X's native Finder client. I tried with Terminal as well — the response is:

Tousifs-MBP:~ tousifosman$ ftp -v ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/
Trying 63.245.215.56...
Connected to ftp.mozilla.org.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
ftp: Can't connect or login to host `ftp.mozilla.org'

However I am able to connect to all the servers from my Windows platform.


texts:
Can anyone help me restore the original boot 'order' on my Mac, using command-line?

I wanted to install Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro Retina (early 2013), so I could run some specific software I needed for my work. I followed the instructions from this site: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-macbook-pro/

I managed to install Ubuntu on a small partition on my HD, and then I performed 'efiboot fix', as suggested, so I could boot Ubuntu after restarting my Mac. I ran the following commands in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install efibootmgr
sudo efibootmgr
sudo efibootmgr -o 0,80

Then I restarted my Mac, but neither Ubuntu nor OS X could boot normally. Basically, I got a blank screen. I restarted again, holding the alt key, and then I was able to choose to boot OS X.

Can I revert the boot order somehow, using Terminal commands in OS X? Really don't feel like experimenting again with Ubuntu. And can I remove this disk partition with Ubuntu now? I tried to do it through Disk Utility, but it's not possible. Any help will be greatly appreciated.


texts:
iPad Pro (11-inch) (2nd generation) on 14.2 (18B92) gives a "cannot connect" error on many apps, but not all.
It will connect to:

Local WiFi.
Stack Exchange.
Mail.
Safari.
App Store.

It will not connect to:

Facebook
Covet
Ookla Speedtest
Merge Mansion

or even Apple Support (see error below).

Any suggestions why some apps see the Internet and some don’t?
Already tried:

Reset WiFi on iPad.
Reset Network Settings on iPad.
Reset Xfinity Gateway.
Power down and restart iPad.


texts: CLI: get CPU real speed (e.g. Intel SpeedStepping)

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Can you query for the real CPU speed in OS X command line/terminal?

$ system_processor

– only provides the hardware spec info.

$ sysctl hw.cpufrequency

– only provides the hardware spec info.

$ sysctl -a | grep machdep.cpu

– this gives some good info.  But, nothing about real-time speed.

I see there is Intel's Power Gadget that provides an API in C++, so one could go that route.  But, I am looking for a lighter alternative that does not require a 3rd party full desktop app installed - just to read the CPU speed.

For example, on my ArchLinux boxes I can just run:

$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq

...to see the CPU speed.


texts: Photos imported from iPhone lose their albums

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I've got a load of albums that I made on my iPhone to organize my photos. But when they get imported into iPhoto (which I do over Photo Stream), they lose their albums and come in just as one long stream.

This also seems to happen if I just bring them in using iPhoto and the USB lead.

Is there any way to bring them in and preserve the albums, or do I have to rebuild each album again inside of iPhoto?


texts: How do I change which characters OS X considers ‘a word’, for ⌥-arrow-key skipping?

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When I type ⌥→, I'd like my cursor to stop at periods, and perhaps other characters.

Does anybody know of a defaults configuration, or System Preferences setting, that changes which characters are considered to be ‘word characters’ by OS X?


texts: Trouble Mounting Time Capsule SMB share: realpath No such file or directory

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I'm trying to mount the share from my Time Capsule via CLI (it works fine via the Finder's connect window, but I need to do this remotely). Should be a simple operation:

$ mkdir /Volumes/test
$ mount -v -o automounted,soft -t smbfs smb://user:password@10.0.1.1/Folder /Volumes/test
mount_smbfs: mount error: /Volumes/test: No such file or directory
$ ls -ldh /Volumes/test
drwxr-xr-x+ 2 nick 68 Jul 25 10:59 /Volumes/test

FWIW: I get the same error if I sudo the commands too. This is on macOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan).

I've tried a bunch of different variations and keep hitting this issue. There's obviously a directory at my mount point and if I make up a directory it gives a different error?!


texts: Can Quick Look be made into an application to preview URLs in apps like Twitter?

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Lion's improved Quick Look can now preview web pages. The full screen view and quick launching make it superb for peeking at a web page without having to launch a browser; which, in my case, always has many tabs to open from a previous session that I plan to revisit later.

I use an app called Choosy that will let me choose which browser to use when I click on a link [outside the browser]. This alleviates the concern that Quick Look isn't suitable as a permanent replacement. I would like to use Quick Look as a choice of browsers, but I've since discovered that Quick Look isn't an application.

Can an app be made that will workaround this road bump? An app that just opens items in Quick Look that simply functions as a way to choose it as an opener or as a choice in Choosy. My main concern is that I want to be able to open a URL in the Twitter app and have it open in Quick Look. I have been spoiled by Twitter for iOS in this regard. Also, it would also be nice to use it as the default opener for images as well.


texts: What does these extended attributes mean and where are they documented?

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For some reason a directory I had (Vundle.vim) got randomly copied to another directory (got copied from ~/.vim to ~/dotfiles/.vim with strange permissions and what looks like no contents. Anyways, when I ran

ls -l Vundle.vim

I got

drw-r--r--@ 11 root  staff  374 Aug 14 20:22 Vundle.vim

and when I ran

xattr -l Vundle.vim/

this is what I got

xattr -l Vundle.vim/
com.apple.backupdelta.creationMarker: yes
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot:
00000000  62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 33 41 BB 7E B4 DA 00 00  |bplist003A.~....|
00000010  00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000020  00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000030  00 11                                            |..|
00000032
com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot:
00000000  62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 33 41 BB 7E 82 12 00 00  |bplist003A.~....|
00000010  00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000020  00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000030  00 11                                            |..|
00000032
inodeForCreationOriginal: 10315546

Can anybody tell me what this output means or where I can find that information (some sort of documentation)?


texts: I have no idea what I'm doing wrong ... or what iTunes is doing wrong ... but when I go into my Library, the only music that shows up is the stuff I actually purchased from iTunes.  Over the years my husband and I have gradually imported pretty much our entire CD collection ... but suddenly NONE of that is accessible.  Where did it go?  How do I access it?  It's like iTunes suddenly broke.  I can't update any of my playlists, because the music no longer exists.  I'm so frustrated I could just cry!


texts: OSX Lion 10.7.3 FREEZES on Macbook pro 13'' 2009

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I've got a macbook pro 13" mid 2009 and I upgraded to OSX Lion immediately when it came out. Never had any problem with it. Also I upgraded to 8 Gb a few weeks ago (because I use a virtual machine (win 7) + Adobe applications at the same time) and that seemed to work just fine.

Since a week or so, the OS seems to freez all the time. Just typing this message it happened more than 6 times.
By Freeze I mean that the system doesn't seem to react for 10 seconds or more, and sometimes it shows the spinning wheel (waiting sign).

I did a clean install of Lion yesterday, but this didn't solve the problem. Any ideas?


texts: Issues Setting Up Airport Express to Extend Network

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I have tried to set up my WLAN with the following topology:

Cable modem providing Internet connectivity
Airport Extreme as the primary access point
Airport Express as a repeater (to extend my wireless coverage)

I follow the prompts from the AirPort Utility, and the Airport application even displays the Express properly. However, once completed, I lose all wireless connectivity to all devices. Only my CAT-5 wired devices stay online. A reboot of the Extreme solves nothing. Thus far, the only way to recover from this is to change the WPA password, and apply. I've done this several times, and have yet to successfully connect the Express to the network.

(NOTE: To clarify, the AirPort Express still shows up in the device scan, but every wireless device, from printer, to iPads, to MacBook Pro, no longer has connectivity to ANY wireless access point. I am never, at any point, able to connect to the Express, but after the initial configuration, I am not able to even connect to the Extreme; I am forced to change the WPA password in order to reconnect.)

I've followed the prompts completely, but apparently, I am missing something. Ideas?


texts: Set parental controls on an Admin account

texts: So this is a strange question, but I'm starting to get really organized and stuff, and I want to make sure my computer shuts off at 10:00 (I'm in high school). The problem is, being the only admin on my computer, I would be able to get around it. Is there any way I can have my parents choose a password to enter, without me knowing it, and make it so I can't bypass it?


texts: Stream the same song on two devices with apple music?

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My goal is to find a way to play the same music (same song with control from one device, ideally) on a soundbar (either via bluetooth or an apple TV) and another bluetooth speaker.

We have an Apple Music family plan.

We have an iPad, iPhone, and Macbook Air. We also have an apple TV (4th gen) connected to a samsung soundbar (also had bluetooth as an option) as well as a bluetooth speaker.

I was thinking there would hopefully be a way to play the same thing on the apple tv and the ipad so that the apple tv would play through the soundbar and the ipad would play through the bluetooth speaker.

It seems like this is a nice feature for them to have, but wouldn't surprise me if they don't have it.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!


texts: How to remove files from a sparsebundle file (previous Time Machine image)?

texts:
I have a sparsebundle file that I pulled off of an old Time Machine backup disk. I'd like to save the file if possible, but remove the media files from it (movies, music, etc.) because those are elsewhere.

However, I cannot seem to figure out how to get it to be mounted RW and/or how modify the image in any way.

bash-3.2$ hdiutil pmap geek-imac.sparsebundle

MEDIA: ""; Size 2 TB [3902834784 x 512]; Max Transfer Blocks 2048
SCHEME: 1 GPT, "GPT Partition Scheme" [16]
SECTION: 1 Type:'MAP'; Size 2 TB [3902834784 x 512]; Offset 34 Blocks (3902834717 + 67) x 512
ID Type                 Offset       Size         Name                      (2)
-- -------------------- ------------ ------------ -------------------- --------
 1 EFI                            40       409600 EFI System Partition
 2 Apple_HFS                  409640   3902162960 disk image
   Free                   3902572600       262151

I can mount it

bash-3.2$ hdiutil attach  -readwrite geek-imac.sparsebundle -shadow
/dev/disk3              GUID_partition_scheme
/dev/disk3s1            EFI
/dev/disk3s2            Apple_HFS                       /Volumes/Time Machine Backups

Everything seems ok

bash-3.2$ hdiutil info
framework       : 480.60.2
driver          : 10.13v480.60.2
================================================
image-path      : /Volumes/Media-External/Old Time Machine Backups/geek-imac.sparsebundle
image-alias     : /Volumes/Media-External/Old Time Machine Backups/geek-imac.sparsebundle
shadow-path     : /Volumes/Media-External/Old Time Machine Backups/geek-imac.sparsebundle.shadow
shadow-alias    : /Volumes/Media-External/Old Time Machine Backups/geek-imac.sparsebundle.shadow
icon-path       : /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Resources/CDiskImage.icns
image-type      : sparse bundle disk image (shadowed)
system-image    : false
blockcount      : 3902834784
blocksize       : 512
writeable       : TRUE
autodiskmount   : TRUE
removable       : TRUE
image-encrypted : false
mounting user   : geek
mounting mode   : <unknown>
process ID      : 15146
/dev/disk3      GUID_partition_scheme
/dev/disk3s1    C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
/dev/disk3s2    48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC    /Volumes/Time Machine Backups

bash-3.2$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/Media-External (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners)
/dev/disk3s2 on /Volumes/Time Machine Backups (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners, mounted by geek)

But I cannot remove files

bash-3.2$ rm -f /Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Backups.backupdb/geek-imac/Latest/Macintosh\ HD/Users/geek/Movies/movie.m4v
rm: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/geek-imac/Latest/Macintosh HD/Users/geek/Movies/movie.m4v: Permission denied
bash-3.2$ sudo rm -f /Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Backups.backupdb/geek-imac/Latest/Macintosh\ HD/Users/geek/Movies/movie.m4v
Password:
rm: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/geek-imac/Latest/Macintosh HD/Users/geek/Movies/movie.m4v: Operation not permitted

How can I remove files from this sparsebundle image and/or convert (or even copy) this to a sparsebundle that supports modification?


texts: Disable shortcut (F8) to open Music app?

texts: Is there any way to disable the shortcut for F8 (play/pause key) to open the default Music app?


texts: Where is the TV out option on iPhones using iOS 5?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 running iOS 5 and an Apple Composite AV Cable. I cannot find the TV Out option that used to be under the dearly departed 'iPod' settings menu that is now gone for iOS 5. This is quite perplexing because I have been watching video off of this iPhone and operating system as recently as a week ago, on a different television, and now I cannot figure it out.

Where is the TV out option? Can I suddenly not watch videos?

EDIT: I have seen that it is supposed to magically appeared when it is plugged into the dock, under "Settings > General", but I have it plugged into the cable and nothing is happening. I don't have a "dock," I just have the composite cable.


texts: Is it possible to force a apple wireless keyboard to disconnect, from the keyboard?

texts: I have a single keyboard that is paired to multiple iOS devices.   Once it's actively connected to one of them, it seems the only way to get it to be willing to connect with another is to turn off bluetooth on the current device.   Is there a magic key chord or something that will kick the current device off so a new one can connect?


texts: Guest User has keychain issues until I reboot

texts:
We have some systems used as general-purpose systems. We configured the systems to enable the Guest user; periodically, when trying to log into the system, a keychain notification pops up saying it can't access the local keychain. Once logged in, opening applications like Safari gives an error message about not being able to access a keychain ("Do you want to reset to defaults?!")

Reboot the system, it acts normal...no keychain errors.

I have logged in via ssh as an admin user and verified that when the guest user logs off, the home directory files...and presumably the keychain files...are gone for Guest. Logging in re-creates the Guest's home directory.

First thought is something is holding open keychain files even when deleted and not closing the file handle, but I didn't see anything showing up in lsof holding open Guests' files between logins.

OS is 10.10.1. My questions are, how can I find out what is caching keychain credentials for Guest?  And is there a way to clear whatever is affecting the Guest login without having users "turn it off and back on again?"


texts: What scriptable OCR Software exists on OSX for a paperless office

texts:
I'm planning to get a paperless office and for that, I a need good scriptable piece of OCR for OS X?

I've read a blogpost by Marco Arment about a few programs. Are there any workable ones there that allow me to script things?


texts: Install OS X on replaced blank SSD in iMac

texts: I have a 2009 27 inch iMac and hard drive died. I have a new 750 GB SSD drive for the iMac. How do I get OS X installed? i have no backup or installation  discs.


texts: Terminal/iTerm2 issue: reverse-i-search trims off command

texts:
I've been having this issue since 10.9.

cd into a reasonably long path, e.g., cd /Volumes/Storage/backup/long/path
Enter a moderately long command, e.g., curl -X GET http://localhost:8888
ctrl+R, type curl
ctrl+E

The command displayed is shifted to far to the left and leaving whitespace to the right like so:

Is this a known bug or is it just me?


texts:
How do I restore contacts from iCloud to my MacBook? My contacts groups have disappeared on my MacBook Pro but they are in my iCloud.

What is the process to restore to my Mac?
It is still on my phone but not visible on my Mac


texts: Why the iPhone doesn't automatically switch 3G off when connected to a wireless network?

texts:
This doesn't make any sense to me: why the iPhone doesn't automatically switch 3G off when connected to a wireless network?

I always thought iPhone did that since the very beginning and my battery lasted 4–6 hours on average per day. (I can almost swear that I remember Steve Jobs himself telling that in the stage back then)

Then a friend of mine asked me why I don't switch off the 3G when I am in the office to save some battery instead of charging it at my desk so in case I had to get out it was fully charged back again.

So, I tried... Boy, it was a huge difference! My iPhone's battery will last 10–13 hours on average. That means usually I can get back home from work and have my phone still working in my pocket.

Any ideas?

EDIT: my question is about worse battery performance when 3G is enabled. (Even though not supposed to be used) And I believe this isn't related to me, but to any iPhone user really.


texts: Will any identifiable information about my account be displayed to the developer or owner of the App I rate with a star rating (not a written review)?


texts: How to set the default editor for a Makefile?

texts:
I want to set the default text editor for Makefiles to something like Atom or Sublime Text to make them easier to open, and so that when I edit remote Makefiles through CyberDuck they will open in one of these editors by default.

Typically, I set a default file type's default 'open' app by right clicking -> Get Info -> Open With -> Change All

However, every time I try to do this for files called 'Makefile', I get the following error:

  An error occurred while changing the application that opens “Makefile”
  because not enough information is available.

  Do you want to open “Makefile” with “Sublime Text.app”?

Any ideas how to fix this? I am currently on OS X El Capitan 10.11.6


texts: Which alternatives to OpenSSL do I have to calculate a SHA-256 hash?

texts:
How to calculate SHA-2 hash on a file to generate a 256-bit result (SHA-256)?

In the old days we used the openssl tool. I have heard that after terrible security vulnerabilities with openssl, the world has moved on to alternative tools. Does macOS Sierra ship with alternatives to openssl? What is the modern approach to running a SHA-256 hash?


texts:
I have been trying to add Wiktionary as one of the sources of Mavericks’s Dictionary.app but I could not. I have been following the instructions in this answer to the question “How to add Wiktionary as a source to the default Dictionary.app?” but the DictUnifier app gets stuck indexing the content. Or at least it takes forever… I left the program running the whole night (more than 10 hours in that situation) and nothing happened.

Does anyone know where I can get a Wiktionary version ready to use in Dictionary.app on Mac?


texts:
[Edited for clarity and brevity]

The new TV app in iOS 10.2 is missing critical features of its predecessor Videos app.

The primary flaw is that there's no way to delete videos from within the app (see comments below for kludgey workaround).

Secondary flaws include removal of a "list" view (only "tiled" is available) and a bug in auto-rotate.

Does anyone else...

See the same problems?
Know how to fix them?
Or know of a 3rd party video player app (free or paid) that:
a) Allows quick deletion of played videos from within the app?
b) Provides list view of videos on device?
c) Handles auto-rotate correctly?


texts: How to create certain two-character items with the Unicode Hex keyboard?

texts:
With Unicode Hex Input, I can put glyphs with Unicode values of more than two bytes into my documents by entering four bytes with leading zeroes.

Flag emoji (and other things) are defined as the proper rendering of two adjacent five-nibble codes.  When I type them into TextEdit, they do not combine.  Other two-character items will render the first item when it is complete, but change it when the second is complete.

These particular items just show two unknown boxes when their codes are typed.  But if I copy/paste the same flag from elsewhere, it is rendered correctly.  When the source was a web page, "show source" gives an actual flag and not a numeric entity.


texts: How to print a selection of a PDF document: Safari on Mac using MS Word

texts: I’m using Safari on Big Sur, and need to capture a small section of a document to send off to someone. In Safari you cannot print just a selection of a page. Suggestions on how to do this?


texts: /usr/sbin/uninstall? What is it/what does it do?

texts:
There's a /usr/sbin/uninstall command on my system. What does it do? There is no man page, and running it says

"You must be root to run this tool.",
and (after sudo uninstall -h) it says "URL is not uninstallable: -h".

If I just run sudo uninstall, it says "uninstall file_urls ..."

I'm curious!


texts: Earliest way to disable wifi at login or boot

texts:
I'm running Catalina, and the OS will always turn wifi on at boot. I've been looking into methods to turn wifi power off when I login, and I've created a .plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.username.wifi_off</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/Users/username/.wifi_off.sh</string>
  </array>
  <key>Nice</key>
  <integer>1</integer>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
  <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
  <string>/tmp/wifi_off.err</string>
  <key>StandardOutPath</key>
  <string>/tmp/wifi_off.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>

which is placed in ~/Library/LaunchAgents, and the file .wifi_off.sh is:

#!/bin/sh
networksetup -setairportpower en0 off

Is this quickest and/or most efficient way to disable wifi at login? How can this be extended to disable wifi at boot, so that wifi is disconnected at the login screen, before anyone has logged in?


texts: Why does Safari display the letter combination 'fi' as 'if'?

texts:
I just came across a curious display error and was wondering what may cause it.
In Safari the following webpage Cross-Country Skating: shows a strange behaviour.

But the source code does not show this error:
... America’s Bill Koch first observed ...
... climaxing in a telegenic finish ...

Neither does Google Chrome:

Can anyone explain this behaviour?

System:
MacBook Air (MacBookAir3,1)
Intel Core 2 Duo; 1,6 GHz
OS X 10.11.2 (15C50)
Safari Version 9.0.2 (11601.3.9)


texts: Can I redeem OS X Lion on a Mac different to the intended install location?

texts:
I restored my MacBook to factory settings and I bought OS X Lion because my iTunes account never had it.

However, I can't activate it because the Mac can't continue unless it has the program installed or says "you must sign in with an Apple ID that was used to purchase OS X Lion."

Can I I redeem my activation code on another Apple product that has the Mac App Store in my name? or will the program install onto that MacBook?


texts: Multiple app versions from different developer accounts

texts: Can I submit the same app from multiple developer accounts with just different app icon and some color difference inside the app?


texts: iCloud control panel in Windows is missing Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks tab

texts: Have Windows 7 with Outlook 2007 linked to iCloud to sync calendars, tasks and contacts. works great.  Now I have to set up new Windows 7 with Outlook 2007. Installed iCloud for Windows, but when I start it the checkbox for "Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks" is missing.  Only have checkboxes for "iCloud Drive", "Photos", and "Bookmarks".  Every troubleshooting post just assumes the checkbox is there, and I just can't figure out why it is not. any ideas?


texts: Any way to never update an iOS device / not download the image?

texts: I have an iPod touch for development that I'm keeping on 4.3.  However, it has downloaded the seed for 6.0.  Is there anyway to tell it not to download 6.0 and to recover the memory that the seed is using?  It's a fairly substantial amount for an 8 gig device.


texts:
I run windows 7 in boot camp. I downloaded the support software. How do I install the support software on windows? The computer won't recognize my USB. For some reason the graphics and the track pad and keyboard works.

IMPORTANT NOTE:The latest support software are not signed. I used a slightly older version.


texts: Made a change to 'Path length on Finder Tabs' - I need to change it back to default

texts:
I read an article that led me to change the way the file pathway shows up on tabs in Finder. So instead of a Tab just reading "/Downloads", it starts with /Users/MyName/Downloads. This is NOT what I wanted to do, and I don't know how to change it back. The filenames are so long that if I have 6 or more tabs going across, then file paths are truncated so they all look like they read the same thing, and I have to click on each tab to see what it is. This is a big time waster when you have to do it several times a day.
I copied and pasted some text in to the terminal application to change Finder. I'm running MacOS Catalina 10.15.6
Can anyone tell me how to change back Finder to default?


texts: How to get Internet Sharing (Ethernet to WiFi) with Server on OS X 10.10.5

texts:
I have a Mac mini (Mid 2011) (Macmini5,2) with OS X 10.10.5 and Server.app installed.  I would like to share internet from this machine's Ethernet port to my WiFi, so that other devices in my room can connect wirelessly to the wired connection coming into its Ethernet.  I have configured Internet Sharing on this machine to use WPA2 Personal.

When I was messing around with Server.app, I also configured one Network (192.168.1.0/24) for the DHCP service in Server.app (for the WiFi device), but the service is disabled.

When I connect a device to the Internet Sharing WiFi network, it takes a while, but eventually the device is assigned an IP along with other DHCP info.  But the device cannot reach any IP addresses (pinging local IPs on the network fails and navigating to a website via domain name or IP fails.)

How can I get Internet Sharing to work?


texts: My Macbook recently developed a video card problem, and I got another Macbook, both running Yosemite (though perhaps different subversions). I got my old hard drive out and connected it to my new computer to try to use as a start disk (with an enclosure). However, when I try to boot from it, the new computer brings up the "No Access" symbol. Is it possible to boot from the disk? If not, can I clone it onto the new computer?


texts: Can I retrieve files from Time Capsule if I lost my laptop and want to retrieve the files to my new laptop?

texts: I want to retrieve files from my recently stolen laptop and it's not showing up. I am using Migration Assistant. I can see the backup for the laptop I am currently using, but I want to see the backup for the missing laptop.


texts: Unable to change the order of widgets in Yosemite Notification Center Today View

texts:
I tried clicking on Edit and then dragging the widgets around. I also tried doing so from the System Preferences Extensions pane. And either ways, I am successfully able to change the order in which the widgets show up. However, once I restart my computer, they go back to where they were before I made the changes.

This is what my (widgets') order defaults to all the time:

Socials - Calculator - Calendar - Weather - Reminder (I have turned off Stocks and World Clock as I don't need them)

Whereas, I want them in the following order:

Socials - Reminder - Calendar - Weather - Calculator

It's mighty annoying because it's natural one would prefer to have Reminders on top of the list as it definitely has a higher priority over Calculator! Anything to fix this bug or am I the only one facing it?


texts: What happens to a Developer Account when I disable 2-Factor Authentication

texts:
The company I work for does not own any apple devices and due to internal reasons not willing to invest in any (Period. Please don't suggest getting an iPhone 5 or similar). I am tasked with the deployment of an iPhone App.

Apple only allows Developer Accounts when they have set up 2-Factor Authentication. That in itself is not a problem, we need to rent an Apple Computer for deployment anyway. My Question is, what happens when we disable 2-Factor Authentication and return the MacBook?

I presume I would be no longer able to access the Developer Program, but does the Account itself keep running and the App stays in the AppStore, or am I simply not able to disable 2-Factor Authentication?

Yes, this is not an ideal situation but it is what it is. Does anybody have experiences with this or knows where I can find any answers?


texts: Python on High Sierra "No Java runtime present, requesting install"

texts:
I have python code that works just fine in multiple other places and "used" to work on my mac, but now when I try to run my code as:

python <pythonfile>.py

I get an error which says:
No Java runtime present, requesting install.

I have tried all of the fixes on SO and installed the latest Java JDK.  The only thing I haven't done is reboot as I'm right in the middle of a lot of things.

Any ideas?

Java JDK

java version "11.0.2" 2018-10-16 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.2+7-LTS)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+7-LTS, mixed mode)

Python

mbp-1056:site-packages$ python --version
Python 2.7.10
mbp-1056:site-packages$ type -p python
/usr/bin/python

Code

import time
import json

from confluent_kafka import Producer
from hl7_to_dict import hl7_str_to_dict

#Set up my producer
p = Producer({'streams.producer.default.stream': '/demos/hl7demo/hl7stream'})

str_msg=''
with open("hl7_records_random.txt") as f:
    for line in f:
        if line!='\n':
            str_msg=str_msg+line
        else:
            #print(str_msg)
            d = hl7_str_to_dict(str_msg)
            print json.dumps(d)
            print ("\n\n")
            json_hl7 = json.dumps(d)

            p.produce('allMessages', json_hl7)
            p.produce('adt_topic', json_hl7)
            # Or - just do a json.dumps(your_json) instead of str_msg
            p.flush()
            str_msg=''
            time.sleep(5)


texts: Only the spinning beachball when I try to open anything from spotlight

texts:
I can't start any programs or open any document from the spotlight since yesterday.

It finds the right program / document, but when I press enter I only get the spinning beachball for about 40 seconds and then spotlight closes without opening anything.

Any ideas?


texts: How to run gnome-terminal (MacPorts) gtk-doc error

texts:
I have installed gnome-terminal via Mac Ports following this post:
Is there anyway to use GNOME terminal on macOS?
However, I can't seem to find information on how to run the the terminal? Any ideas.
I've already done
sudo port install gnome-terminal

Okay this actually did not get installed because of an error missing gtk-doc
Here's my ticket hopefully it is helpful.
https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62941


texts: Apps disappeared after unlocking, backup and restore of my iPhone

texts:
I unlocked my iPhone yesterday and backed up and restored my data using iTunes, however my apps did not come back onto my phone when I restored from backup.

How do I find them on my computer in my backup, and restore them to my iPhone?


texts: Do Apple Geniuses check if computers are "lost" with iCloud's Find My Mac before performing firmware password resets?

texts: Firmware password protection1 is nice, but would the Genius Bar actually mind my "lost" status noted online if my computer ends up in a store to reset the firmware password (which is the easiest method to reset it)? Do they match the serial this way?


texts: Arranging an external monitor for Macbook Air

texts:
I connected an external monitor to my Macbook Air, and arranged it above the MBA display. See this screen arrangement.

In the above screenshot, the up-display is the external display, and the down-display is the MBA display.

I want to use the MBA display for my main working display, and occasionally put some reference windows in the external display. So, I want the menubar stay in the MBA display.

The problem is that dragging a window from the MBA display to the external display does not move it. If a windows is somehow placed in the external display, I can drag it down to the MBA display.

How can I move a window from the MBA display to the external display?

I tried to arrange the displays physically up and down, but in the OS side by side. It is so confusing. So, I would opt out such an option.


texts: how to return to lock screen after switching user

texts:
This seems such a simple thing, I can't believe I can't work out how to do it or find the solution on the net.
My partner's MACbook Pro (running 10.15) laptop was on the lock screen, and I stupidly pressed "switch user" and got to the switch-user screen with login user/password boxes and  "sleep", "restart", "shutdown" as other options.  Turns out she doesn't know her username (it is a work's machine) and has been logging in with a password only on the locksceen since receiving the machine.  So my simple question is, how do I return to the lock screen after "switching user"?  It would seem so obvious, but I'm in real trouble if I don't find the answer in the next 24 hours...


texts: Optimise use of hardware under Mac + Windows in virtual machine

texts:
I use a macbook pro with OS X El Capitan 10.11.4, 2,5 GHz Intel Core i7 and 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3.

I need to code in Visual Studio and use Microsoft Excel for Windows, thus I installed Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Business Edition Vestion 11.2.0, installed Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2015. Here is the setting of Parallels Desktop:

So now i am working on the 2 operation systems, i feel the CPU is quite occupied; from time to time the fan has to work, the laptop surface is hot, and the whole systems do not feel very fast.

Does anyone have any idea to improve the situation? Is there a way to diagnostic which software is costly? Or do i have to buy another machine for coding under Windows?


texts: Accessing photos on iPhone iCloud backup

texts:
Is it possible to access photos from iPhone iCloud backups without loading them onto a iPhone?

After losing my phone, I purchased a new iPhone with less memory. I was able to partially restore my apps and photos on to this new iPhone but not completely due to lack of space.

Now I have a situation where several hundred photos are stored in a iPhone backup but I have seemingly no way of accessing them without purchasing a iPhone with the same memory as the previous one.

Is there any way around this?

(I have looked into a few of the third party tools like 'iMobie phoneRescue' or Dr Fone and if anyone has any first hand experience using these I would be interested to hear from you)


texts: Can I tell itunes to download a specific podcast on Saturdays only?

texts: So there is this one podcast I like but I only want to get the episodes published on Saturdays. Is it possible? They publish a podcast everyday but I am only interested in the ones that are on Saturdays.


texts: New Macbook Pro 2012 Operating System onto new SSD?

texts:
A friend has just bought a brand new Macbook Pro with Mountain Lion OS. We are going to install an SSD to replace the standard HD that it shipped with, however, it looks like Apple don't ship with the OS on DVD any more. They have informed him there is a backup of the OS on another partition of the drive that his MBP shipped with.

My question is, bearing in mind this MBP hasn't been used yet - there is nothing to back up, we just want to install his fresh OS on the new SSD drive, what is the best way to go about this?


texts: Why download a Yosemite .dmg when I can create my own?

texts: Having a Mac I wanted to know can't I just make my own .dmg file using AutoDMG? Instead of finding some random file on the Internet and hoping its not infected? Is there any other software that would allow me to make a Yosemite image. Not a boot drive. By making my image file I can use it on my VMware software right?


texts: Can I replace my old model MBA battery with a 54-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (12 hrs) for the newest model MBA?

texts: I have a A1304 MBA and need to replace the battery with a new one.  I was considering to install a 54-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery (12 hours battery life) for the newest model MBA.  Is it compatible to my old model MBA? Will it have a technical problem after I install it?


texts: Image quality of various Apple cinema displays

texts: I have concluded that my office is in sore need of a new display and have decided to take the hit for one of apple's refurbished displays.  The most important thing for me is similar pixels/square inch (so that the same size font shows up the same size on each monitor).  Is there a screen-definition difference between the most recent MacBook Pros and any of the currently available cinema displays on Apple's site?  I could not find any such specs in the product descriptions.


texts:
In my office I have 2 ethernets to work with... 1 is kinda closed, primarily for development purpose... with it I have access to important stuff that i use very oftenly, such as web-services and dev/staging servers... the other is a FFA ethernet, which is very good because i can access blogs, youtube, and AskDifferent.com...

My problem here is that one uses a proxy server for HTTP/S, the other doesn't... So at least 5 times every hour I, not only have to switch the ethernet cable, have to open network preferences and switch on/off the proxy configurations, which leads to my question: Is there a way to automate this? like, if Ethernet A, use proxy, if B don't use or something like that?


texts:
What is the iPad's screen refresh rate?
Is it 60 Hz like the phones/touches?


texts: What is the process „Tornit“? It wants to access Safari documents & passwords

texts:
I was using Safari a couple of days ago, when I got a pop-up window:

  Tornit wants to control Safari and access your documents and passwords.
  Do you allow it?

I clicked No.

Tornit is a process I can find in the activity monitor. I’ve generated a log. It’s too long to post, so here’s a Pastebin:

Analysis of „Tornit"

There’s absolutely no information about this process in the web. I’d like to know whether I can let Tornit access Safari or not, and how to cancel my blockade of the process, if it is harmless.

I use BitTorrent from time to time, and I thought the name Tornit could be derived from Torrent.

– masOS Mojave


texts: How to reset iPhone to factory settings?

texts: I dropped my iPhone 6 and the screen is a goner. I ordered a replacement but it requires that I mail my broken phone to them after. The thing is is that my phone still works, I can hear my phone receive texts and notifications, but the touch screen is not responsive. Another big thing is that I am unable to connect to iTunes on it as well. Every time I connect it, it continuously connects and disconnects. Is there a way to reset my phone to its factory settings without a working screen and without iTunes? I really do not want to send in my phone with all my personal information and apps on it.


texts: How do I get Apple Hardware Test working on a refurbished Mac?

texts:
I recently picked up a refurbished "Unibody" Late 2009 MacBook, which arrived with a fresh Sierra (10.12) install. After going through the first time setup, I immediately upgraded RAM and HD.  After that, I thought I'd fire up Apple Hardware Test for its memory test, since Apple describes Hardware Test as "built into your Mac" for this model (https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25696?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_IN).  However, holding down d during a reboot just left me with a normal Mac OS X session.
How do I get Apple Hardware Test working on this machine?


texts: Does FileVault protect against ransomware?

texts:
I've already asked a question about ransomware on OS X in general. But I failed to get a response regarding whether FileVault protects against it. That is what this question is about. I'm also interested to know whether encrypted Time Machine backups are safe from ransomware.

Ransomware here is defined as malicious software that encrypts the user's data against their will/knowledge and demands a ransom in exchange for the encryption key.

We'll look at three examples:

The malware is running without superuser privileges. The unwitting user may just have ran a compromised/malicious app that they believed was something else, and then let it run in the background for long enough to do damage.
The malware is running with superuser privileges. The user, believing the software to be something else, has granted it root access by giving the root password. The user may even have installed the software by giving the root password.
The user didn't run any app at all, the malware managed to run in some other way. (Is this even possible on OS X?)

In cases 1 and 2 the user would have turned off OS X's "trusted sources only" setting. (Side question: Is it at all possible to be affected by ransomware while this setting is on?)

Looking at 1., 2. and 3. separately, can the malware:

A: Access FileVault protected data?

B: Modify/Delete FileVault protected data?

C: (A combination of A and B) Encrypt FileVault protected data and overwrite (securely delete) the original FileVault data)?

Is there any difference between locally stored FileVault protected data, and encrypted Time Machine backups stored on another drive? I'm also interested in the answer regarding the latter.


texts: AirPlay on Apple TV works for iOS devices but not for Macs

texts:
I am trying to use AirPlay mirroring in a conference room-style setup using a 3rd-generation Apple TV. All software is fully-updated (as of 7/24/2014).

All devices are connected to a strong network without any password.

From an iPhone 4s, the AirPlay service shows up in control center, and mirroring works fine. From an Early 2014 MacBook Air, AirPlay never becomes available in the menu bar or in Display preferences, OR in regular iTunes.

What should I do to try to troubleshoot this?

EDIT:

I had been wondering if there was a subnet issue of some kind, but it appears not. For illustrative purposes, the Apple TV is 10.10.17.217. Two iOS devices can AirPlay to it from .18.8 and .18.196, but the MacBook Air cannot from .20.127. All have the same subnet mask of 255.255.240.0, and are pointed at the same router (.16.1).

I suppose I still need to try with other AirPlay endpoints and with other MacBooks, but I've really got nothing to go on beyond guess and check.

Aaaand I just checked with an iMac connected to the same network, .17.118. Nothing.

...

OKAY HOLD ON A SECOND.

I did a teeny bit of Googling and found some references to Bluetooth being added as a substitute/supplement for Bonjour discovery of AirPlay in a recent update. On the hunch that iOS devices are a bit more promiscuous with Bluetooth than the Macs would be, I tried testing the iOS devices with Bluetooth turned off. Here's the thing: once you're connected, you can turn off Bluetooth, but if Bluetooth is not turned on, you will not be able to see the AirPlay endpoint.

I noticed there was a Bluetooth setting in the Apple TV as well, and saw that it was just on and searching. Upon turning it off, the AirPlay option immediately disappeared from the iOS devices. Back on, and the option reappeared. Still nothing from the Macs.

The Apple TV is running software version 6.2 (6698.99.50.31).

What the hell is going on here?


texts: What's causing iTunes to randomly display a 4002 error?

texts:
Once every day or two, iTunes seemingly randomly displays a 4002 error:

This is particularly puzzling to me, as the majority of the time (if not always) iTunes is in the background, and has been for a while. What exactly does the error signify, and how can I fix it?


texts: Setting locale via launch daemon - downside to this approach?

texts:
I have the same problem as in this post here that R started in ESS / Emacs can not set the locales:

R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14) -- "Fire Safety"
Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0 (64-bit)

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

  Natural language support but running in an English locale

R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.

During startup - Warning messages:
1: Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C"
2: Setting LC_COLLATE failed, using "C"
3: Setting LC_TIME failed, using "C"
4: Setting LC_MESSAGES failed, using "C"
5: Setting LC_MONETARY failed, using "C"
> > options(STERM='iESS', str.dendrogram.last="'", editor='emacsclient', show.error.locations=TRUE)
> sessionInfo()
R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0 (64-bit)
Running under: OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)

locale:
[1] C

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.2.2 tools_3.2.2
> version
               _
platform       x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0
arch           x86_64
os             darwin14.5.0
system         x86_64, darwin14.5.0
status
major          3
minor          2.2
year           2015
month          08
day            14
svn rev        69053
language       R
version.string R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14)
nickname       Fire Safety
>

This is because the locales set in the .bashrc etc are not read anymore by processes started via Spotlight / Finder.

I have already set the locales in emacs

(setq utf-translate-cjk-mode nil) ; disable CJK coding/encoding (Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters)
(set-language-environment 'utf-8)
;; (set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8-mac) ; For old Carbon emacs on OS X only
(setq locale-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
(unless (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
  (set-selection-coding-system 'utf-8))
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)

but this does not solve the problem.

Now the following solution has been proposed here to set the environment through launchd.

Now I am asking myself: This solution will set the locales for all processes started via launchd - is there a downside to using this approach?


texts: How do I migrate my Transmission torrents & settings from an old Macbook to a new one?

texts:
How do I transfer my Transmission 3.0 torrents, torrent data files, and colour tags/labels from 1 Macbook Pro to another.

My old Transmission app is in the old Macbook Pro MacOS boot ssd on a 2.5" OCZ vertex 4 ssd ~128GB. The actual torrent data files, 960 GB of anime, is on 2.5" HGST HDD 1000GB inside a macCaddy in the Superdrive slot. MacOS El Capitaine.
I plan to remove the MacCaddy and HGST drive from the old MAcbook and place it into the new Macbook's Superdrive bay.
The new Macbook Pro MacOS Catalina boots off a 2.5" OCZ 460 Vertex ssd ~256GB. How do I put transmission app settings into that drive and have it recognize the location of the torrents in the new HGST Hdd 1000GB drive?

Note:

On my old Mac I customized it so that my Home Folder (Documents, Downloads, Music, Photos, etc) was stored on my huge 1000GB HGST Hdd, it is not on the MacOS boot drive.
Transmission automatically puts my anime torrents in my Downloads folder so my data is targeted to go on my HGST drive automatically.
This setting will be important to transfer from my old Mac to my new Mac.


texts: How to tell if PCIe card is supported in my MacPro?

texts:
I have a mid-2010 MacPro Tower. Bays are full, including 2nd optical drive slot.
I've seen PCIe cards that will hold 4 M.2 SSD blades, but the specs listed don't list MacOS as supported, although in some cases, a comment from a buyer says it works in a Mac.

Is there a way to tell if a given card will work? Item shows "Chipset: Marvell 88SE9230 support HyoperDuo" in case this makes a difference.


texts: What could be causing several apps to have excessive wakeups?

texts:
I am not sure what caused it but several apps are currently dying on startup every time I launch them. When I check Console.app I see they are all having Excessive Wakeups.

Any ideas on what to check or how to debug this would be much appreciated!


texts:
I'm trying to renew my Apple Push Notification Service certificate per the 30 day notification email I received. The email instructed me to visit http://identity.apple.com/pushcert to renew the certificate, but this page has not successfully loaded at any point I have tried. I'm not receiving a first byte from the server when attempting to load the URL.

It is rapidly approaching the 30 day deadline and I need to renew the certificate. Is there anywhere else I can go to renew the certificate or some way to fix the connection?

I've tried in Safari and Google Chrome, on two Wi-Fi networks, and just tried loading the page in Internet Explorer in Windows on a third network. I'm in the UK if there's any regional effect.


texts: Running Leopard on a MacBook Pro that shipped with Snow Leopard

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with 10.6 pre-installed. Is there a way to use this machine to test my software on 10.5?

Do I need 10.5, or is there is a mode within 10.6 with which I can run 10.5?
If I need 10.5, how can I get it?

Do I need to buy the 10.5 OS? (if so, where does one do that?)
Does 10.6 somehow include 10.5 with it?
Do I already have a license for 10.5 by buying 10.6?

How do I install 10.5 once I have it?

Will it work in Virtualbox?
Do I need to dual boot?


texts: Why do some commands 'hang' the terminal until attached storage spins up?

texts:
I have wondered this for a while and haven't found an answer. I open terminal and enter a command and before the command returns a result my external HDD spins up. The OS is not running off that HDD. The command man lsof doesn't need to access the external HDD as far as I know. Running the command a second time doesn't cause this to happen.
Any ideas?
Nothing in my PATH that points to the external HDD:
$ echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n'
/usr/local/opt/python@3.8/libexec/bin
/usr/local/sbin
/usr/local/opt/nano/bin
/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
/Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS


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I just got my Iphone 6 plus and there is no option to click on for auto lock.
How do I set my time for auto lock?


texts: Problem installing Mac OS X Lion on Mac Mini

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I am installing Mac OS X Lion on a Mac Mini (c2d, 2GB RAM). The installation goes fine, until it rebooted. After rebooting, it shows the following screen for almost 3 hours. The  progress bar does not indicate any remaining time.

Should I continue this or cancel the setup?


texts: iPhone plays/pauses/skips songs and activates siri only when connected to earphones

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I have had my iphone 5s (still have version 7.1.1) for three years now and never have encountered such a problem until recently.

When I plug my earphones, it works well depending on whether i want to facetime or play music but lately, it frequently stops, skips, pauses songs or activate Siri on its own accord. It even ends my facetime calls while i'm talking, so i have to call back every time (I can call back for more than 7-10 times).

Can someone help me???

PS: it never does this when its not connected to my headphones


texts: Do iPhones sold in the US support dual physical SIMs?

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I saw this picture on Using Dual SIM with two nano-SIM cards, which suggests recent iPhone models may support two physical SIMs:

A friend allowed me to play with his new iPhone 12 (bought in the US), but I can't seem to be able to fit another nano SIM in the back of the tray.
Does the US iPhone have a smaller tray? Or is the form factor for iPhone 12 different depending on the market?


texts: How can you create a valid/reliable disk image of APFS drives?

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Last year before Catalina was released, I tried to perform a disk image of my boot drive of Mojave (macOS 10.14) on a new computer before updating and customizing it. I have done this for years to preserve a certain state of macOS installation for future re-use. BUT this time with Mojave, I kept running into many errors. So how can this be done? Is this no longer allowed by Apple?
To be clear, looking for a solution using with Disk Image Utility only, not third party tools.


texts: Cannot edit /etc/fstab to let NTFS drives write

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I have Mac Os X 10.9 Mavericks. I want to write to NTFS drives. I followed the instructions here.

The following command was not allowed to run:

$ sudo echo "UUID=7575C85E-F6F7-4ABD-B7FB-6180B795DD81 none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse" >> /etc/fstab
-bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied

What should I do to edit /etc/fstab?


texts: I have mis-configured ~/.profile while adding new environment variable. I want to restore my original .profile for my Mac OS, I am not mac expert please help me. None of my shell command is working for me like ls, java, php etc Please help


texts: How to stop an App from interrupting Music?

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When I'm squirting iTunes music to my Bluetooth speaker from my iPhone, if I open up an app with video- including an app running just video ads- the app will preempt the music i was listening to, stopping it. This is driving me insaniac. Not a showstopper of a fault, but a serious nuisance.

Although my iPhone is currently running IOS 13.2, this issue has existed as long as I can remember.

I've reviewed these apps' access in IOS Settings, but there is nothing relevant I can toggle off: "Siri & Search", "Notifications", "Background App Refresh" and "Mobile Data" are configurable options for such an app. None of these will be the culprit.

Further, I've reviewed "Privacy" in Settings and cannot find these offending Apps with the type of access that would preempt the iTunes Music piped via Bluetooth to my speaker.

Has anybody found a way to tame such misbehaving apps whose audio perform hostile takeovers of audio output?!?!?!


texts: How do I run an app in Full Screen mode on OS X Lion on my second monitor?

texts: How do I get an app to run in Full Screen mode on OS X Lion on my second monitor? It seems to be stuck on my first monitor, and I'd like to move it.


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Time Machine says 100% of the time after a backup that verifcation failed and it needs to re-do the backup.

I use a 4TB WD MyCloud and backup over wifi. The SAN itself is connected to the router via ethernet.
I'm running OS X El Capitan (10.11.3).

How can I debug this issue?


texts: Why does my AirPort Express keep disappearing?

texts: I have an AirPort Extreme (n, 1st gen.) and several AirPort Expresses (g), all connected through their Ethernet ports to my network. The Extreme is used to "create a wireless network" and one of the Expresses is used to "participate in a WDS network", while the others have their antennas turned off. Every few weeks, the Express that is extending the network (along with its signal) vanishes from the network and needs to be powercicyled to reconnect. Why would this be happening?


texts: Mount a samba drive, with password from keychain

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I have a problem with Jettison, that tries to remount a samba drive, that is protected by a password.

It uses the following command line:

/sbin/mount_smbfs //[user]@[server]/work /Volumes/work

Of course it fails since the password is not present (nor the -N switch)

I am aware that it should contain a password, but I do not want the app to know it. So my question is:

Is there a way to request the password like this (I am aware this is not correct):

/sbin/mount_smbfs //[user]: %keychain->[identified keychain]%@<server>/work /Volumes/work


texts: On iMac, using external monitor only intermittently

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I have an external monitor hooked up to my iMac. I only use it when I'm coding, so mostly it's off. But some windows can get lost over there, because as far as my iMac knows, it's still in use. What's the best way to deactivate it?

Unplug it from the back of the iMac until I want to use it again
(drag)
Mirror the displays when not using, so nothing will get lost over there (I think this makes my primary monitor appear look weird, since my external monitor is portrait and my main monitor is landscape.)
Some other way?


texts: App on iPhone shows installed but can't find it to open or uninstall

texts: I have a weird behavior with one of the apps on my iPhone. As you may see on the picture it's not installed but at the same time I can't seem to uninstall it because I can't find it on my iPhone, neither on the screens neither through search. Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?


texts: CrashPlan requests network connection on startup

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Since upgrading to Mavericks, CrashPlan requests incoming network connections each time my MBP is restarted. I always click "Allow" and I've ensured that my firewall settings allow it, but I still get the alert.

I've followed the instructions from Code42 support, but the issue persists.


texts: How to fix Time Machine claiming not being encrypted anymore?

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My MacBook (10.13.6) is backing up via Time Machine to two separate NAS (Synology). This has worked fine for almost a year now, having Time Machine selecting one destination after the other.

Since yesterday however I have the problem, that the backup to one NAS can't be finished. The message is:

  Time Machine did not back up because the backup disk was previously encrypted but is no longer encrypted.

The backups have always been encrypted and I didn't change this. Only thing I can imagine is that it has something to do with an update from 10.13.5 to 10.13.6. I think I did this after the last successful backup (as it's stated in the Time Machine dialog).

Peaking into the MyMac.sparsebundle folder on the NAS I see a difference here:

The folder with still working backup has a file token of size 119.5 KB while the one from the broken backup has 0 size.

How to fix this?