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I recently purchased a DELL U2719DC Display. Ive had the display for about 2 months with no issues. I'm using it with a MBP ~2018(only has usb c ports). Since yesterday I can't get the display to work over USB-C. The odd thing is the display is still working as a USB hub, I have a keyboard and camera plugged directly into the monitor and the monitor is connected to the laptop via USB-C. I'm able to use both devices but there's no display output. I have tried the following things:

Reset the monitor and laptop
Reset NVRAM/PRAM
Reset SMC
Manually changing the display inputs
Using another usb-c cable rated for display
Testing the original cable on another display, the cable works fine.
Connecting to the other video output options. It has HDMI & Display Port, these work fine
Using the monitor's display menu, resetting the monitors settings
I checked the test in the Dell's Manual on Page 52, the monitor colors are fine and I haven't gotten any messages from the self diagnostic.
I tried another USB-C monitor(Dell U2720Q) in all of my MBP's USB-C ports and it works fine.
Tried the monitor in question with a different cable in all of the USB-C ports. does not work.

Unfortunately nothing seems to get the display to work over USB-C. If anyone has any suggestion that would be great.


texts: Building webkit2-gtk with macports, errors sys/types not found

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Trying to build webkit2 with macports, I get

:info:build /usr/bin/cc -c  -I/opt/local/include -fno-common
-DPERL_DARWIN -mmacosx-version-min=10.14 -pipe -Os -isysroot/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk
-fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector-strong -I/opt/local/include -DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -m64 -O3   -DVERSION=\"1.85\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.85\"  "-I/opt/local/lib/perl5/5.28/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE"   SSLeay.c :info:build clang: warning: no such sysroot directory: '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk' [-Wmissing-sysroot] :info:build In file included from SSLeay.xs:141:
:info:build /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.28/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE/perl.h:684:10:¡™ fatal error: 'sys/types.h' file not found
:info:build #include <sys/types.h>
:info:build          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
:info:build 1 error generated. :info:build make: *** [SSLeay.o] Error 1

Is sys/types.h provided by netports, or a third party POSIX-compat package?


texts: iOS: Your passcode is required to enable Touch ID

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Occasionally, when unlocking my iPhone or iPad, I get the following message:

  Your passcode is required to enable Touch ID

Now this is not after a number of failed attempts or turning the device off. The device was used within the last 12 hours. Two of the devices are less than 2 months old, and one is a year old. Everything is up to date. It appears to be happening more-or-less at random.

Does anybody know why this message might appear?


texts: Keynote on the iPad does not to the projector (VGA output)?

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On an iPad, when we hit play for a Keynote presentation while connected to a projector via VGA cable, the app closes down.

What tricks are there for getting iPad-Keynote to work with a projector?


texts: Retrieve network password (network share) from keychain in terminal

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How can I retrieve my NAS password from Keychain using the terminal? Using security I can retrieve both application and internet passwords, but I've been unsuccessful for those where kind is set to network password.

Using the -D flag of find-generic-password doesn't do the trick.


texts: I want to bring my iPad to a beach to do some reading while on vacation. I am concerned about sand getting into its ports and causing damage. Obviously water would also be a concern, but I am not planning on taking it in any water. Does sand propose a significant threat and what can be done to limit the chances of a problem occurring?


texts: Does Time Machine also restore files from older backups not present in newer ones?

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I am wanting to re-format and start anew with my time machine backup, but I am unsure if restoring a folder restores all copies of files across backups, or only copies found in the most recent backup. Ex: If I have files AB in backup 1, files ABC in backup 2, and files BC in the most recent backup, when I use the "restore to..." function and restore a backup folder to my user folder, does it restore ABC? I've browsed Pondini's webpage and several posts here and elsewhere, and haven't seen this specifically addressed. I'm not so much worried about different versions of a given file, but am seeking a "flattened" restoration of files that have been since deleted along with more recent files, all of which should be present in various backups but that are not all present in any one given backup.

Thanks!


texts: How long can I expect my system to be unusable during an upgrade to OS X Lion?

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I just downloaded Lion and am pretty eager to install it, but I can use every minute I have, so I'd rather not install it now if it means my system is unusable for 30+ minutes.

How long should I expect a Mac to be unusable during the upgrade process?


texts: environment variable not showing after set

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I am trying to set permanent environmental variable in my mac machine
I have tried following steps till now -

vi ~/.bash_profile
adding my variable

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home
export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/share/android-sdk
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/usr/local/share/android-sdk

restarted the bash

source ~/.bash_profile

For current terminal its loaded the variable, but if I open another terminal
its not showing newly added variable if I check with printenv.

How can I make bash set the variables?


texts: Is there a way to close all application in the taskbar at once?


texts: Can I mix DDR3 1333 MHz memory with 1666MHz memory on my iMac?

texts: I have 2x4GB 1333MHz RAM (Mac memory).  Could I add it to my 2012 iMac  with 2x4GB 1666MHz RAM so I have 4x4GB RAM?.  Will it just run at the slower speed or will this just not work?


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I have enabled Google CardDAV contact synching some time ago and disabled iCloud (contacts).

Now I wanted to reenable iCloud synching too... I see some contacts on iCloud.com and on my Mac - probably from before I disabled this. On reenabling the option on iPhone, I still don't see some contacts on iCloud.com... when I add a new contact it does appear there but I cannot get all of them to sync.

I even tried disabled iCloud contacts on the iPhone again, went to delete all of them  from iCloud.com and reenabled the setting on iPhone. It asked me if I wanted to merge, I said yes and again I see a lot of contacts online, but not all...

Is my Google contacts sync interfering? I thought I can have both. What can I do?


texts: How do I delete files on a bootable osx Catalina disk from another bootup disk?

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My friend's 2016 iMac keeps crashing on restart after trying to install the latest Catalina update. The problem seems to be not enough disk space, he only has about 16 GB free on his internal Mac HD.

I had him boot up in recovery mode and install a fresh system on an external HD. Now I am trying to get into the MacHD drive to clean up some space but I can't get in to his files. Under 'Users' I just see 'Shared'. Nothing shows up in his application folder either. I am able to see some system files but not the personalised ones.

I tried changing permissions for the Mac HD to read & write but still no lock. I had him do it first over the phone but he is a total novice so ending up using Anydesk to access his computer remotely. Any suggestions of how I can clean up some space? Or can I cancel and ongoing update on restart with a key command?


texts: iPhone 7 — Antenna stripes change their color

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I've bought my iPhone 7 September 16th and noticed today a change in color of the antenna stripes - they are getting blueish:

I always wear it in my jeans pocket without any case or sleeve.
Is there something I can do to clean the stripes?


texts: How do I select more than one file in LaunchBar?

texts: Is it possible to select multiple files in LaunchBar?  (For example, I may want to select two files in a folder and "drag" them to another folder.)  How do I do that?


texts: Are in-app purchases marked as such on App Store receipts?

texts: I recently got the email from Apple about refunding inadvertent in-app purchases. Instead of going through my purchase history in the slow iTunes app, is there a string I can search for in my email (where all of my receipts are saved) so as to find the receipts that include in-app purchases?


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I have been reading the OSX security pdf from the apple site, it describes how to ensure Snow Leopard can be brought up to the Common Compliance standard.

Entirely different than the diffident documentation available from  the "help" system.

I love it. What I don't love however, is the degree to which I had become complacent, treating the laptop as a secured place with a great UI to do my work.  I found out today, for example, that Spotlight seems to not index /System, which is lunacy, that is the most important place to keep an eye on files!

Where is detailed documentation like this pdf available for the core system?

EDIT:  Am I asking on the wrong site of the increasingly fragmented stack empire?  There is no tag for 'documentation', or 'howto'?

EDIT:  Found them.  Developer tools,

com.apple.adc.documentation.AppleSnowLeopard.CoreReference.docset

That's the goodstuff.  How to master the system, not just play with it.


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I have a Verizon iPhone 5s and live in the US. It's not unlocked/jail broken. I'm traveling to Scotland next week for 7 days.

How can I use my phone primarily for calling back to the US and within Scotland? I would like some data but don't need that much.

Can I buy a pre-paid SIM card once I arrive in Scotland and easily put that in my iPhone to use? I prefer not to add any services to my VZW account as it's so expensive and dealing with them is more trouble than it's worth.

I already know to turn off data roaming to avoid a surprise bill - anything else I should turn off while traveling?


texts:
My MacBook Pro 2012 running ML has started not to load certain web pages. I tried with every browser but I have the same issue. I thought it was a firewall trouble, but it's disabled. Tried to ping websites, dns resolving works. Can't load even from IP addresses. Also apps that needs some internet contents can't work.
I can just surf with tor p2p network.


texts: I downloaded the IOS8 and all of the sudden my iphone5 needed restoring and i lost all of my data!!!! Now that i can turn it on its like a brand new phone but my problem is that i cant restore my icloud OR my itunes account! i tried logging in my account but it says that my ID or password are wrong. I requested them to send me an email but i didnt receive anything until now. Someone please help me!!!!!!!!!!!! someone please tell me whats going on with my software


texts: Is there a way to automatically mount a volume from another Mac on start?

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I'm using my Mac Mini as a TimeMachine host. I have a couple of external drives plugged in via USB. TimeMachine doesn't work unless I use Finder to manually Browse the network and mount the volume after each reboot or Wifi change (e.g. when I've taken the MacBook on a work trip).

Is there a way to have macOS or a script on my MBP to automagically mount the volume on the Mac Mini? Maybe something that checks every 30 minutes and remounts if it is not already?

Edit: I have two home Wifis - one super-fast 4G with limited bandwidth, and the default one backed by ADSL, so I switch to the 4G one when I need to videoconference, and back to the default one to use the printer or connect to other devices at home.


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I'm trying to use the native Cisco VPN client installed with Lion and it's been a terrible experience. The VPN times out between 15 and 45 minutes and I can't seem to fix it. I've followed guides for fixing this problem and it's gotten me nowhere. I copied the .conf files for each VPN that I have and disabled dead peer detection, changed proposal check to claim, and increased the lifetime time to 5 hours. I also changed my racoon.conf file to look in the directory where my custom .conf files are. I could stay connected all day when I used Ubuntu and I'd really like to have that ability back.

Is there a 3rd party client that I could use other than the Cisco one? I don't want to boot into 32-bit mode. Is there another fix that I missed?


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I just recorded a quicktime video but I closed my lid before stopping it. Now it isn't saved! Is there a way to recover this very important recording?

This is empty: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information/


texts: Why can't I press "return" to see all pages in Preview on Mountain Lion?

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On OS X 10.7, I could press the Return key while in preview to see hundreds of little thumbnails of the pages in a pdf document. I can't show you a screenshot now, since I'm not running Lion, because in Mountain Lion, this feature seems to be missing. I used this feature for navigating through long books. For example, if I read a few chapters on another computer, I can remember the page number (or general location), then I can press Return on my Mac, and scroll through the book to select the correct page. I'm guessing there's an easier way to do this now, or that at least Apple gives us the option of turning the thumbnails feature back on. If not, I will be seriously pissed.

Anyone know about this? Can I activate the little thumbnails some other way, or is there a better way to do it (and I really don't want to use the sidebar, it kind of sucks).

Thanks for your help.

Update: The accepted answer is great, but with Apple's latest update, you can now just press Return to see the thumbnails of the pages, and press Return again to go back to "Continuous Scroll" mode. So if that's not working, you probably just need to update OS X.


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I've read that there is a settings file (/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist) that stores the value of the iOS version which can be changed (at least on Jailbroken iOS devices) temporarily to fool apps (or the app store) into thinking a device is running a different version than it actually is. (There even is/was a tweak that changed this for you, FWChanger.)

Is the device type/model (iPad, iPhone, etc. and generation) also stored in a way that can be temporarily changed? (The reason is to just quickly test out an app, I'm not expecting a long-term, stable solution here. And yes, I know about the potential dangers of changing such values in regards to stability, etc.)


texts: How can I reinstall Mac OS 9 on a G3 PowerBook's original hard drive?

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I have a PowerBook G3 from 2000 or so and would like to put Mac OS 9 on it for nostalgia reasons. There are games that simply don't perform well with SheepShaver, plus networking with SheepShaver isn't reliable with Classic multiplayer games.

The PowerBook doesn't have a CD-ROM, just a plastic spacer.
Apparently the PowerBook G3 Pismo and Lombard variants cannot boot from a USB stick
It has Ethernet, and I have a recent MacBook with an Ethernet dongle, but everything I've read about NetBooting and NetInstalling seems difficult and unapproachable. I tried using BootMania but it won't let me create an image from any of the Mac OS 9 install disk images I have.
The PowerBook originally had Linux or BSD on it or something, so a full reformat is needed.
It has a 20 GB 2.5" IDE drive and I have a USB to IDE adapter, so I can connect the drive to the MacBook with Mac OS X.
SheepShaver cannot use physical media, so I cannot connect the disk to SheepShaver and run the Mac OS 9 installer on it.

I tried creating a new 512 MB disk from SheepShaver and running the Mac OS 9.2 Universal Installer to install OS9 on it. Then I formatted the physical drive with an Apple Partition Map and the partition as HFS Extended Journaled, then I mounted the drive and copied (dragged over) the files and System Folder from the newly-installed disk image. But when I boot the PowerBook with the drive hooked up I just get the blinking folder icon. If I hold Option I get the Reload and Next buttons but no disks are shown.

I also tried dd-ing a working SheepShaver boot image to the physical disk, but I guess that doesn't have a partition map on it or something. It didn't work and diskutil list showed it as "Unknown."

Do you have any ideas how I can get Mac OS 9 back on my PowerBook?


texts: Failed to verify installESG.dmg on install mountain lion

texts:
Have a mid 2012 Macbook pro that last week wasn't able to find the drive to boot from (just saw the folder with a question mark on booting). When I opened disk utilities from macOS utilities the disk showed errors which couldn't be repaired. At this point I attempted a restore from time machine but this couldn't get past 0.1% after 24 hours for only around 100Gb of data, this led me to believe it was the SSD that has failed.

I then formatted the drive and tried to reinstall the OS. This just got itself into a loop of failing to download Mountain Lion after 17 hours. The error was:

Reading on disk file failed, failing resume

I assumed the issue was the SSD, it's only 2 and a half years old (it was a crucial upgrade and had been functioning absolutely fine).

I have now purchased a new SSD (another Crucial but MX500). I wanted to do a direct time machine restore to the new drive right from disk utilities (which is downloaded) but this gave the error:

An error occurred while adding a recovery system to the destination disk

The time machine backup is from this exact machine but a High Sierra OS and after a little googling there seemed to be the suggestion that a bootable OS had to be in place first.

On my new SSD the download progresses fine however the download of Mountain Lion is stuck in a loop of downloading additional components. I've accessed the logs of these and I'm seeing:

Got chunk 423 of 423
Failed to verify InstallESD.dmg: hdiutil very failed
Damaged resume data

The download then repeats over and over again and runs through get chunk.

I have made no other upgrades to the system other than the OS

Any ideas how I can either install the OS or restore from time machine? I know another option is creating a bootable USB ISO but I can't easily do this tonight from my work laptop and I have a feeling I'll run into the same problem

I have also run the Apple Hardware Test and ran the extended test which took around 20 minutes. This returned with "No Trouble Found"


texts: Use Macbook Pro's single audio jack for both input and output at the same time?

texts:
Basically, the Macbook Pro 13inch (early 2011) has only one audio jack, but I need two.

What I want to do is to plug in my electric piano (I have a male-to-male audio cable, I plug one end into the piano, the other in the microphone jack) into the computer, then play some backing track on the computer, and finally plug in headphones into the computer so that I can listen both to what I'm playing and the backing track.

This worked perfectly fine when I used my netbook. However, now I would like to use my macbook, but it has only one jack, so I can't plug both the piano and the headphones in.

Is there some kind of a splitter I could use so that I can plug in both at the same time? I found some threads online, such as this one, but some of the posts seem contradictory, so I thought I'd post here.

I would also welcome any answers that could explain the rationale Apple used for not including a second jack. Please do not use size as an argument; 10 inch netbooks fit 2 jacks just fine.

Thanks!


texts: Keys of a Particular Scale Only in GarageBand on OS X

texts:
I used to have an iPad and had great time using GarageBand.

The feature that made my time fun is mostly "Scale" i.e. when I choose a particular scale, for instance "D#maj Pentatonic Blues", the instrument suddenly turns into a "virtual" instrument which does not allow you to play a note that is outside of the scale.

It's not that I don't have any knowledge about the music, but that was super fun. You can mess around all you want and you never get a bad note.

Why is this not available in OSX? Isn't this a great feature?

If it is available, where can I find it?

Edit: A keyboard looks like this when you use scale:

Edit 2: I forgot to mention. I have a MacBook Pro right now. That is the reason I ask this question.


texts: Remove html5test.com website data in Safari Technology Preview

texts: I am trying to remove all website data from Safari Technology Preview but after using the "Remove all website data" button the list of websites gets filled with html5test.com and i cannot find the way to remove it:


texts: What are the advantages and disadvantages of iBooks and Kindle books for my iPad?

texts:
Even though I have had an iPad for a while, I haven't taken the plunge to buy any ebooks yet. I'd like to make a decision on whether to prefer buying iBooks or Kindle before I buy any so that I can keep my collection in one place.

iBooks or Kindle: What are the reasons to choose one or the other?

I also have an iPhone for some reading, and don't imagine I'll ever buy the  Kindle hardware (as nice as they are at present).


texts: How to instal Window 10 on an External drive for a MacBook Pro 2019

texts:
I read several articles and watched several YouTube videos about how to make a bootable Windows 10 on an external SSD using Bootcamp.  However, all of the tutorials are using either an iMac or older MacBook Pro.  I haven't seen one with new MacBook Pro yet.
for example this guide.

Why do all of these tutorials not work on my new MacBook? These ways are expired?
see this question from the Apple Support Communities.


texts: Apple ID password vs iCloud password - better to be the same or different?

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I have too many passwords to track on too many devices. With my apple devices & services, it would be easier for me if both my iCloud and Apple ID passwords were the same.

Should this be ok or is it bad security practice? Is there a recommendation? What do most people do?


texts: How to record and replay mouse activity on automator in the background?

texts: I want to create an "application" in Automator for recording mouse actions. When it is run, i want it to execute the actions in the background, like it happens when a macro is run in excel, rather than simply replaying it like a movie. Is this possible?


texts: How do I restart the cron service on OSX?

texts:
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.11.6
BuildVersion:   15G31

$ sudo cron restart
cron: cron already running, pid: 257`

None of the answers in here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10193788/restarting-cron-after-changing-crontab-file seem to apply to OSX. Well the one above is the closest one but it appears to be just telling me that cron is running so I don't have to worry about restarting it. Which isn't the point of restarting something.

How do I stop and restart the cron service on a Mac?


texts: How to set up a dual-boot (OS X and Windows 7/8) environment in a Mac OS X Virtual Machine?

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Anyone found a way to set up a dual-boot environment (preferably Mac OS X 10.9 and Windows 7) in a Mac OS X VM using a type-2 hypervisor like Parallels or VMware Fusion with Boot Camp Assistant?

Starting Boot Camp Assistant in a Mac OS X 10.9.5 VM to add a Boot Camp partition just throws an exception:

Process:         Boot Camp Assistant [411]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Boot Camp Assistant
Identifier:      com.apple.bootcampassistant
Version:         5.1.2 (484)
Build Info:      BootCampAssistant-5706000000000000~80
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [266]
Responsible:     Boot Camp Assistant [411]
User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2015-02-15 12:38:05.984 +0100
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
Report Version:  11
Anonymous UUID:  XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reason: '*** -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:]: index 3 beyond bounds [0 .. 2]'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called

Application Specific Backtrace 1:
0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8aaae25c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff96328e75 objc_exception_throw + 43
2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8a98c4f5 -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:] + 245
3   Boot Camp Assistant                 0x00000001036fdbd6 Boot Camp Assistant + 76758
4   Boot Camp Assistant                 0x00000001036f9dc8 Boot Camp Assistant + 60872
5   Boot Camp Assistant                 0x00000001036ece71 Boot Camp Assistant + 7793
6   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff8a9ce309 -[NSSet makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 201
7   AppKit                              0x00007fff8b71fafd -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1157
8   AppKit                              0x00007fff8b7145ce loadNib + 327
9   AppKit                              0x00007fff8b713b6c +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 288
10  AppKit                              0x00007fff8b71395c -[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:topLevelObjects:] + 197
11  AppKit                              0x00007fff8b71374b +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 357
12  AppKit                              0x00007fff8b70f597 NSApplicationMain + 448
13  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff8b4e85fd start + 1
...

I need such an environment for testing purposes and to illustrate or solve Boot Camp related questions here at apple.stackexchange. The spare Mac I used previously died.


texts: Normally, the procedure for resetting the SMC on a MacBook includes first removing the battery if it is removable. I often use my Mac without its battery to avoid overcharging during long periods of plugged-in use. Could I still reset the SMC by skipping the battery removal step and just unplugging the MagSafe adapter and holding the power button for 5 ~ 10 seconds?


texts: How to connect Apple Magic Mouse to iPhone

texts: iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 10.3.2 public beta 5. Is it possible to connect Apple Magic Mouse 2 to my iPhone without jailbreaking? I've managed to connect Apple Magic Keyboard 2 to iPhone earlier.


texts:
Is it possible to take a screen shot, using hotkeys, where the cursor will not disappear? I am making a short tutorial and it would save me time to have the cursor present, as opposed to post-processing the images.

For example, if there is a button I could press in addition to CommandControlShift4 to copy a screen portion to the clipboard, including the cursor, that would be great.


texts: My iPhone's calendar + icon has suddenly gone gray and will not allow me to add a reminder. I read through the answers here and it was suggested to slide on calendar in all accounts. That was already done and still nothing. Any suggestions?  Im missin my reminders!!!


texts:
I have a regular sized 9.7" iPad. I want to be able to read text on it while running on a treadmill, from a distance of 1-2 feet.

From this distance, it is difficult to read as the text is too small. I work around it by increasing the font size. For apps like iBooks, it isn't a problem as there's a setting to adjust font size. However I usually read in a browser (usually Google Chrome or Google Search app). Unlike desktop versions, there doesn't seem to be any setting for changing font size. Google searches have led me to believe that I can change the font size in the iOS Settings app and that these apps should respect that change, but they don't appear to do so.

How do I make the font size changes to read text from a distance.


texts: How to automatically pause a playing media on bluetooth disconnect

texts: I'm using Jabra Halo Smart bluetooth headphones on my MacBook Pro running OS X El Capitan 10.11. One annoying issue is that whenever I'm out of bluetooth connection range the music starts playing on internal speakers. Is there anyway to automatically pause the music on headset disconnect or change?


texts: What's the easiest way to copy the URL of a traditional HTML frame in Safari?

texts:
As much as I hate HTML frames, a vendor uses a documentation platform that makes heavy use of them. Whenever I search for a documentation page, it displays in a frame, and I would like to be able to copy the URL of that page inside the frame to share with colleagues.

I would have expected to be able to do this by right-clicking on the frame and choosing "Copy Frame URL" or something, but that's not an option. At present I have to find the link to the page in question in a list of documentation contents, and copy that.


texts: Possible to backup External Disk to Time Capsule regardless which machine it's connected to?

texts:
Here's the scenario: I have two MacBook Pros (Foo and Bar), and their drive's are both called Macintosh HD. I have a Time Capsule called Time Capsule, which is used to back up both Foo and Bar. I also have an external disk called Stuff which I connect to both Foo and Bar.

Is it possible to have Stuff backed up to Time Capsule in such a way that regardless of whether Stuff is connected to either Foo or Bar, the same destination on Time Capsule is used? I.e. can an external disk connected to two different computers be backed up to the same Time Machine disk without duplication?

Seems like this might be possible with tmutil but I haven't been able to figure it out.


texts: iOS always "resets" my apps after a while when they are minimized. How can I change that?

texts:
Example: I'm playing a game and stop for a minute to send a message on WhatsApp. Lock the phone for a couple a minutes, and when I navigate through "frozen" apps and select the game (the game still has the last screen it had when it was minimized), it opens from the splash screen, reseted!

And it doesn't happen only with games. Even Facebook, Twitter, and other apps.


texts: Is it possible to hide all theme related packages from Cydia?

texts:
Cydia is spammed by too many skinning tweaks and it is real hard to browse for more interesting applications.

Do you know a way to make Cydia hide the theme-related packages?


texts: Macbook Pro Crashing and Startup Failure

texts:
Firstly, some background information for the problem:

My girlfriend's Macbook Pro had an issue that was annoying, but not fatal. Roughly once a day (but sometimes not for a few days, and sometimes twice or more in one day) the laptop would suddenly freeze and turn itself off. It would sometimes immediately restart itself, and sometimes remain dead until the power was turned back on. Either way, if it was turned back on very soon after the crash, it would more often than not die half way through start-up. If we waited ten or twenty minutes to turn it back on it was usually fine. This never resulted in any lost data and there were no other signs of a problem during normal functioning, so it was never more than a mild inconvenience, until last night that is.

Yesterday, we were trying to fix this or at least understand the problem. We ran an Apple hardware check by holding D during startup, which found nothing. To help eliminate software issues, we updated it to the latest version of OS X. The update went well, and for half a day it was running Yosemite with no noticeable problems. Then, in the evening, the usual crash happened again. However, now the computer does not turn back on. Upon booting, the startup sound plays, and then the Apple logo appears along with a progress bar - much like the progress bar that appeared during the Yosemite installation - which reaches around half completion before going to a blank white screen and turning off after a few minutes. If the laptop is plugged into mains power, it keeps restarting itself over and over again and failing each time. If it is running on battery power, it just dies once and waits to be turned back on.

Being unable to fully start up the computer any more, we don't have access to all the information that might come in handy. I'll list some details that might have some chance of helpful, but I might not remember everything all at once so please do not hesitate to ask questions or for clarification on anything unclear.

-It's a Late 2011, 15-inch Macbook Pro (4GB of RAM, probably the 2.2GHz processor)

-The frequent crashes often happened while playing video files, and (we think) it only happened when using Airplay to mirror the screen through Apple TV. It has happened using two different video playback programs.

-As mentioned in the text, Apple Hardware Check found nothing before. Now, we cannot seem to access Apple Hardware Check - only the OSX-update-like progress bar of doom. We also can't seem to access safe mode with it.

-We tried resetting PRAM, after it wouldn't start up any more. It didn't change anything.

-The last, fatal crash, after which it will not start up any more, happened during Airplay as usual, but also while updating the software on an iPhone through iTunes. The iPhone also died, but was fine after being plugged into another computer with iTunes and following through with the update there.

It was obviously somewhat stupid to not get this problem fixed while it was only an inconvenience, but it was not reproducible at that stage, so our hopes of having someone fix it were low. Now we're trying to get as much information as possible about what could be causing this and how we might be able to go about fixing it. Any help and/or information towards fixing this issue, or advising me on how to go about getting it fixed, is thus appreciated.


texts: How do I get  spell checking to work in Google Chrome?

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Typing adsfsadf on this edit box now... and there is no spell checking. But in the context menu spell checking is activated, and the correct language is selected. The same issue exists on about 90% of the sites I visit.

How do I get it to work? Is there any another spell checking system for Google Chrome?

UPDATED:

Spell schecking works only for Russian. All settings are English (global system settings and on context menu).


texts: Upgrade to High Sierra installed version of Fuse too old for OS

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I just updated to High Sierra, now I see this this message (as shown in the screen shot)

"Installed version of macOS unsupported.
The installed version of FUSE it too old for the operating system ..."

Could somebody help me -

a) Find out why / how and by whom fuse was installed (I have not done it specifically as far as I can recall)

b) How to upgrade it to remove the error

Thanks for your help.


texts: Late 2011 13" MacBook Pro doesn't detect external monitor anymore on Mavericks

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I have a late 2011 13″ MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks updated to the latest version, which was usually connected to a HP Pavillon 23xi monitor using a Mini DisplayPort to VGA  adapter. It worked like a charm as desktop extension until 3 days ago. When I woke up the MacBook it didn't detect the external display.

I connected the screen to another laptop using the same VGA cable and it worked. So the screen and the cable are fine.
I ran a live cd of Xubuntu on my Mac, and recognizes the screen perfectly, so the adapter and the Mini DisplayPort works properly.

However when starting with OS X, sometimes it doesn't detect the external screen, sometimes it detects it, and extends it, but the external screen is black. I can move the mouse to the second desktop, but logically I can not see what is in it. It worked perfectly well until 3 days ago. I Googled for a solution, and I tried the following with no luck:

Resetted the PRAM with alt + cmd + p + r until I heard the startup dong 3 times
Resetted the SMC with ctrl + alt + left shift for a few seconds and releasing all keys at the same time.
Reinstalled OS X Mavericks.
Restored a Time Machine backup of a month ago (when the screen worked properly).
Repaired 2 times the permissions of the disk.
Verified that I had the latest EFI and SMC firmware.

I've done all this and still have the same problem. (I think I need to reset something, but I don't know what else I should do.)


texts: Is there an OSX app/way to batch rename files via a purely text interface?

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Many years ago - when I was a Windows user - I had an application which made renaming files an amazingly simple experience. You would select the files you wish to work with, and their filenames would appear within what was essentially a huge textarea. Imagine a text editor (such as TextEdit, Sublime Text, etc.) open to a document that simply lists all filenames, with each filename on a new line.

With the files in this interface, you had your "standard" find/replace tools (CMD+F), as well as the ability to use REGEX. You could use the keyboard's arrows to move around the filenames without extra clicks or bulky interfaces. Modified filenames were highlighted with a different background and applying changes to all files was a simple CMD+S.

Does something like this exist for OSX?

// edit - to clarify: I'm aware of OSX's built-in bulk file renaming options in Finder, and software along the likes of NameChanger, Renamer, Automator, ABetterFinderRename, etc. I'm specifically looking for software with the kind of UI I described.

// edit 2 - the original Windows software is called Oscar's Renamer: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm


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I'm actually surprised I'm asking this as I would've thought there'd be something online regarding what this process is. I apologize if I didn't search hard enough...
I'm curious to know what exactly storagekitd is and why it might be taking up so much of my memory! I'm on an M1 Mac mini with 8 GB of RAM


texts:
What's binary that will give exact result for Linux's time command flags?

alias tcmd='/usr/bin/time \-f\ "CPU: %Us\tReal: %es\tRAM: %MKB"'

Current time in Mac OSX for command above is:

/usr/bin/time: illegal option -- f
usage: time [-lp] command.


texts: How to disable the MacBook screen when connected to TV via HDMI

texts: How can I disable the MacBook screen when it is connected to my TV via HDMI?B


texts: Flickering horizontal line when I click on Reading List link

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Something strange going on with my iMac; it's hard to describe.

When I click on any link on my Reading List sidebar, for a split second there is a flickering line which goes across the screen. When I say line, what I mean is, a faint copy of the link below flickers for a split second horizontally across part of the screen.

It only happens on Safari (11.1). No other app, so it must be a problem with Safari only. I have macOS 10.13.4 installed. I have tried resetting Safari, resetting SMC and NVRAM and even deleting the plist file from my Library folder and repairing my disk in Disk Utility......

A short video showing my problem can be viewed here, about 2 seconds into the video......

Youtube

Anybody have this and found a solution?


texts: Contacts diff between iCloud and Google / Merge contacts into Google

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I found out, that from some time my contacts started to save to iCloud and not to Google. Is there some easy way to show diff between my iCloud contacts and contacts stored in my Google account?

I would be even happy with some safe way how to merge iCloud contacts into Google.

I was able kind of show the difference in Contacts app on my Mac by selecting the contacts in Google account and then switch to iCloud account. But for merging all the missing into Google I would need to somehow invert the selection


texts: Cropping frustration in iPhoto 11 -> iMovie 11

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set up a slide show.
select 'sliding panel' theme. Set aspect ratio to 4:3
observe that, on the very first image, the program has chosen a bad crop. there's uninteresting stuff on the right (next to the text title) and not enough of the left side.
use the hand tool to move the image and fix the crop.
export to a quicktime movie using 'custom export'
play quicktime movie with quicktime player
observe that cropping is now different -- back more or less to the original.
import into iMovie
image is then recropped on the left, resulting in complete frustration.

Any way out of this? Is there something about aspect ratio that I don't understand, or is iLife 11 just buggier than a new york hotel?


texts: Set different display and format language on macOS Sierra

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On El Capitan and before I could set a different format language than the display language in OS X. So the UI of OS X would be English, while the date and number formatting would be Dutch. However this setting was changed when upgrading to macOS Sierra, it now uses English for both display and formatting. I would really love to revert this change to what it was on OS X El Capitan.

OS X El Capitan:

macOS Sierra:


texts:
I need to allow Steam for someone's Parental Controls'd account, I've tried allowing steampowered.com and https://steampowered.com and allowing the copy of Steam.app in the applications folder. Also, I recursively changed Steam.app to 777 such that this user doesn't have issues with Steam Update complaining about admin access. This was the easiest way to do this though now anyone can edit it, I know, but all users of this machine are trusted and remote login (SSH) is very carefully disabled. Steam.app is allowed through the Parental Controls prefpane as the admin. Also, upon first run (and subesquent, post-update runs) of Steam, I allowed 'steam', 'ipcserver', and a few other little bits as dialogs popped up.

Previously, I temporarily disabled all parental controls on this account, logged in, opened and logged into Steam, downloaded all wanted games, and it Steam -> Go Offline; upon re-enabling Parental Controls and logging back in to the user account I got a 'Could not update - Updates must happen when in Online Mode, not Offline Mode' or some such message.

How can I get Steam to run? I'd like to be able to run it in Offline mode (or Online Mode, but this is not required) with parental controls set to whitelist both websites and applications. I'd like to be able to every now and then disable parental controls, open Steam in Online Mode, and download new games in this account, but then be able to drop Steam back to Offline Mode such that I can re-enable Parental Controls without breaking it.


texts: PDF rendering - how much is iPad2 faster than iPad?

texts: I read that iPad2 graphics is faster than iPad. I would like to know how much is iPad2 faster than iPad at PDF rendering.


texts: How do I repair movies with "invalid public movie atoms"?

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I've got a movie file that gives me the following error every time it opens in any QuickTime based player:

  The movie could not be opened.
  An invalid public movie atom was found in the movie.

Is there any tool I can use in 10.5 on my PowerBook to fix the file?

And please, don't suggest using VLC; it can play the file, but it can't fix it.

Ideally I want to avoid re-encoding the streams.


texts: Disable automatic "ligature" handling in PDF/Preview on El Capitan

texts:
I may have found a serious bug in EC...

As a college student I frequently need to copy and paste short passages out of PDF documents into other documents (e.g. for quoting). Previously, on Yosemite, I simply used Preview to do this. Preview is awesome because its AI algorithms almost always properly determine where paragraph breaks are. Just about every other PDF viewer I've used simply puts hard returns at every visual line break in the PDF.

On EC however, certain common "ligature" characters (i.e. two or more characters rendered together, such as "Th", "ffi", "ff", "fi", "ft" - these are the ones I've found so far) end up copying as blank spaces. In other words, if I have a PDF containing text that reads:

"This is different from those who can afford to pay for college first; such students may find it less difficult by at least fifty percent."

I'll get this output when I copy and paste this text:

" is is di erent from those who can a ord to pay for college  rst; such students may  nd it less di cult by at least   y percent."

This is clearly not the desired output!

When I slowly select the text character by character I can clearly see that the selection is moving over all of the letters in the ligature at the same time - in other words, it is treating the ligature as if it is one character.

I tested the PDF on a lab machine at school which is still running Yosemite and it did not exhibit this behavior so this is very definitely a bug introduced in EC.

Is there a setting perhaps via defaults that I can use to completely disable this behavior?

(As a side note, I found out this bug after turning in a paper and having a professor ask why my quotes looked so funny... I didn't proofread as carefully as I should have, but still.)


texts: How to see a history of "define" words which I used?

texts: I wanted to see the history of define dictionary words which I used in my iPhone but  I could not find a way to see it. Is there any option in iPhone to see it?


texts: Apple Business Manager and Apple Developer Program

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My team developed custom application for a company, and now we are trying to deploy the application to the employee owned devices. We decided to use the Apple Business Manager and some MDM solution for managing the devices.
1.Using the Apple Developer Program is the only way to make the application available on the Apple Business Manager account for further distribution, is this correct?
2.Once the application is distributed, from the Apple Developer Account to the Apple Business Manager, in case there are no updates needed for the application, there is no need to renew the Apple Developer account and pay the fee. Meaning the application will still be available for distribution and using on the Apple Business Manager Account. Is this also correct?


texts: Iphone call forwards when using phone and someone calls

texts:
So my mum recently called my iPhone, she uses a Samsung I think, and I was using it at time and was on the Skype app typing, but then she called at the same time and she said that her call stopped and a voice answer said that I was online or unavailable to pick up a call, but then she called again straight after and it went through. Is this true? If so how can this be turned off?
If its locked she can call, and even if it's unlocked it rings, and I've tried it with my brother while it was locked and when I was using an app and it went through.


texts: Is there a terminal app that can record commands?

texts: Coming from windows using Mobaxterm I really miss the ability to record a "macro" for certain commands and able to to play back on the terminal.  Whats more Mobaexterm was also able to save ssh session so that all the login info like address are saved?  My question is there something similar for Macs?  thank you.


texts: How to backup iPhone to iTunes for the first time (data stored on the iPhone, not on iTunes)

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I've upgraded to Lion OS X on my MacBook a while ago, but never connected my iPhone to iTunes for quite some time, however, there is no backup data on my iTunes but my iPhone has everything I need it to be transferred and backed up to my iTunes, but I cannot do this because I wanted to sync my iPhone, iTunes gave me a warning:

If I click "Sync Apps", will my iPhone apps be wiped off? Thus, causing no backup data to my iTunes.

How can I transfer my iPhone data to my iTunes without iTunes wiping my iPhone with no apps stored on iTunes?


texts:
How to run Mac OS Tiger on modern Mac? There’s a lot ways to launch Linux and Windows, but not an old Mac OS X. I’ve googled a lot and gave up to find a working solution.

I need this to run specific software for my old but mighty film scanner.


texts: My iPhone 4s will not make or accept calls

texts: I have done a factory reset on my iPhone 4s and it will no longer make calls or receive them. It goes straight to voicemail when called, and when I dial out it just beeps twice and disconnects.


texts: Any way to know what causes allocation of wired memory?

texts:
Activity Monitor lets me see how much memory is allocated as "wired", but I can't find a way to break the allocation down by applications or other memory consumers.

Is there a tool out there that lets me get this information?


texts: How to remap 'Shift & Up/Down arrow keys' to type actual up & down arrows?

texts: I do a lot of typing in Evernote and I really need an 'up arrow' and 'down arrow' instead of typing 'increasing' or 'decreasing'... Ideally pressing Shift and 'Up arrow' would be the best way to get an upward arrow. I've downloaded and tried using KeyRemap4Macbook but I can't work out how to get the up or down arrows.


texts: How can I add a UTC world clock to my OSX dashboard?

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In the OSX dashboard, the world clock doesn't have a UTC option. Choosing London only works half of the year (the other half London is on Daylight Savings Time and is UTC+1).

I could choose Atlantic/Reykjavik, which is always on UTC, but it seems like a hack, and I'd rather have my clock display "UTC" instead of "Reykjavik".


texts:
I have a shell script autogen.sh, I run it under my project directory in terminal:

./autogen.sh

I get error:

  Can't exec "glibtoolize": No such file or directory at
  /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm
  line 345,  line 4.

Then, seems it can not find glibtoolize, so I tried to figure out where is my glibtoolize. Eventually, I find it is in this path:

/usr/local/Cellar/libtool/2.4.2/bin/glibtoolize

Then, I get stuck, how to solve my problem after I found my glibtoolize?


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I want to use a shared album to combine photos taken on different cameras and by different people.  I would like the photos to be sorted by the date/time they were shot.  Instead, Apple is sorting by upload date, which is almost useless.  (That would be a photo-stream and is a very different use case.)

Is there any way to have photos in a shared album sort by the photo date instead of the upload date?  Is this really not an option in Apple's photo sharing scheme?  The only way I can think of to achieve what I want is either to switch to some other technology, like Picasa, or to download all the photos to Photos on a laptop and then upload the sorted photos to the shared album.  That seems ridiculous in 2015.

As a follow-up, what is the best way to deliver feedback to Apple?  The "Provide Feedback..." option that used to be there in iPhoto is missing.


texts: Cannot activate iMessage/Facetime after change of phone number

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I had to change my phone number / service provider on my phone (iPhone 5s), and while everything else seems to be working OK, I am unable to activate iMessage or Facetime with my new number.

Whenever I go into Settings > Messages or Facetime I turn them on and it says "Waiting for activation..." then after a while (several minutes) it fails "Activation unsuccessful".  The phone number shown in Messages and Facetime is my old number (now incorrect) - in this screenshot with area code 664

The phone number in my phone, Apple account and iCloud etc. is my new (correct) number - in this screenshot with area code 661.

I have tried a number of suggestions I've found online: turning off iMessage & Facetime and restarting phone; changing phone number and changing back; signing out of AppleID throughout phone then signing back in - however I still can't activate them.

Please note that facetime and imessage are working fine using my appleID, and I'm able to send/receive SMS (including SMS from Apple).

The issue seems to be that Messages/Facetime is trying to activate on the old number but I can't change that number to the new one.

How can I change that activation phone number and activate iMessage and Facetime for my new number?


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ON a current project, and really need help. Re-install would be a painful option right now.

Running OS X 10.5.8 and just downloaded and reinstalled compbo update.

Yesterday installed latest version of evernote and now having all types of problems. Don't think it was evernote, but actually GROWL.

If I login in with my creds, it takes over 20 min to load my profile. If I login with dummy acct, it loads in less than 2 min. Applications launch but every couple of mins hangs for @ 4-5 min.

Ran permmisstions repair and disk repair twice. Some problems where found but fixed.

Disabled all startup apps from Accounts. What else can I do?

EDIT -
Just started in verbose mode again and ran /sbin/fsck -fy again.  the same error came out.  After Checing Catalog file, it said Incorrect block count for file 2011.04.18.U501.asl (It should be 734 instead of 367).


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When I send an email from gmail.com, the attachments I add aren't included in the (rich text/html) email. However, if I attach images to an email via Mail all the images (videos as well) are included in the message.

I would like to disable this behavior, how can I do that?

One is sent from gmail.com another is from Apple Mail (mail.app):


texts: Add drop shadow to image in Keynote slide?

texts:
I've seen Keynote slides with drop shadows on images.

How do I do this? I'm using Keynote 6.0.


texts: What does iOS "Preparing Update..." mean?

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When my iOS has an update it downloads then spends a long, long time "Preparing Update..." before completing the install. Generally tens of minutes and often longer than half an hour or so (haven't precisely measured). If I disconnect from WiFi it pauses.
What is iOS doing during this "Preparing Update" phase and why does it require a WiFi connection?
Is there anything I can do to make it possible offline or faster so wifi interruption is less of a factor in getting it installed (which is often a problem when tethering via other devices, traveling, etc)?
Thanks.


texts: Can a bluetooth device, like a panic button, launch an app when pressed and have the app call a pre-programmed number or does the app have to be running for it to be accessed by the device?


texts: How to access / export Safari browsing as file

texts:
How can I export my Safari browsing history?
Alternatively, where does Safari store the history data?
(Yes, of course, I can click history in the menu bar, but that interface isn't very useful.)


texts: Automatic iCloud backup without locking iPad

texts:
When enabled, iCloud will automatically back up your iOS device when it is plugged in, connected to Wi-Fi, and locked. This is designed so it'll very conveniently back up overnight. However, I use a night stand app, and I have it set to prevent my iPad from sleeping so I can see what time it is without having to fumble around with a passcode in the middle of the night. Because of this, iCloud will never back up automatically.

Is there any way I can get it to automatically back up without requiring my iPad to be locked? I have no wish to jailbreak it.


texts:
Is there an analog on mac os for http://linux.die.net/man/1/socksify ?
So that i can use it like on linux: socksify mongo ....


texts: Why do my headphones hiss when I plug them into my iPod touch

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When I plug in my headphones to my iPod touch (first gen), I get a weird hissing noise that I don't get when I plug them into anything else. Also, If I plug different headphones into the iPod, no hissing noise.

Is this interference? Or another problem?

Aside from getting new headphones or getting a new iPod touch, what are my options?


texts: Import Mac Thunderbird into Windows Outlook?

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I have exported all my data out of Mac Thunderbird, all the emails, contact list and address book entries, as for now I am ketting go off my mac book pro. I have got a new windows laptop that have pre-installed Office 2013 in it. I need to import these files in WIndows Outlook 2013, please can anyone help me with this as I am new to windows environment.

You help will be really appreciated


texts:
How can I report an app that contains ads but didn't provide a privacy policy url to Apple?
I have tried to google myself, but I couldn't find a way to report it.


texts: Customise Touch Bar in Microsoft Office 2016

texts: The February 2017 updates for Microsoft Office 2016 include Touch Bar support on the new MacBook Pros. But the defaults aren't very usable, and I can't find an option to customise the Touch Bar layout as is found on other apps with TouchBar support. Is there any way to customise the Touch Bar in Office 2016?


texts: Applying Windows-style Bulk Renaming Mechanism in MacOS

texts:
For simple bulk renaming actions, which is what I do most of the time, I really like the way Windows does it - select a bunch files, press CTRL+F2, write the string, and all files are renamed to that string, followed by a serialized number enclosed in parenthesizes.

Is there ANY way to configure macOS to behave the same (but using macOS's default ↵ as the shortcut)? Paid 3rd party solutions are totally accepted.

Thanks!


texts: Using an Apple Display Connector monitor with a MacBook Pro

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My girlfriend just got her bosses old PowerMac G4 and big ol' Cinema Display. It's got the ADC connector, so I'm not sure if it's relevant what the size is (and frankly I'm too lazy to measure unless it is). I'm looking to drive this off of my MacBook Pro, and her MacBook, both using Mini DisplayPort.

It looks like the prescribed solution is to daisy-chain the Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter with a DVI to ADC adapter, but there's two issues with this:
1) It costs $130. Ouch.
2) The DVI to ADC adapter looks discontinued on the US store.

Is anyone familiar with a cheaper solution that doesn't involve ordering an adapter from the UK?

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/M8661B/B
DVI to ADC adapter, UK store, £70.46

Thanks in advance for any information.

(Apparently my StackOverflow reputation doesn't cross over so I can only post one link until I get 10 reputation, so I elected to post the harder to find one. Googling for "apple mini displayport to dvi adapter" will find you the other one.)


texts: Macbook Pro 15" turns black after opening past vertical

texts:
I have the same problem as this guy did. How did he solve the problem. Did the solution work? Im using a MacBook Pro 15" 2017 Touch Bar

My screen goes black when opened past vertical. Tried all the NVRAM and SMC recommended fixes, but neither have fixed it. Seems like hardware issue and it seems to be getting worse...

In order to use it, i need to open the screen slowly. After it passes ~45 degrees each ~15 degrees the screen brightness drops by a little. Then right around 90 degrees (vertical), it goes black. To bring it back I have to close it again and open slowly.

When screen first went black on me and problem started (one week ago) I was still able to open to just past 90, now it’s gone down to just under 90 and making it hard to work...


texts: What are the domains of the iTunes & Software Update CDNs?

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Background info: the various iTunes stores (and I think Software Update) use the a CDN to deliver all those jigabits of data. Google DNS can mess with the speed of these CDNs.

I like using Google DNS (speedier, avoids my ISP's annoying DNS hijacking), but also like speedy downloads from iTunes. I've discovered that I can tinker with the DNS settings on my router to use my ISP's DNS to lookup certain domains, and keep the rest on Google DNS. However this of course means I need to know which domains to lookup via my ISP's DNS. So far I've got itunes.com, itunes.apple.com and phobos.apple.com.

Doing some non-scientific tests monitoring download speeds via Activity Monitor, it seems like this has sped up my iTunes downloads, but not in all cases and not uniformly. Are there any domains I'm missing that I should also add to my list? Am I tilting at windmills?


texts: App not found in App Store by some users, but found by others

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I have developed an app which is now publicly available in the App Store. I know other people in my organisation can find the app in the App Store with a search, yet I am unable to find the app myself, neither on my iPhone nor my iMac, using the exact same search terms.

What would be stopping me from finding the app?


texts: Can Find My iPhone be linked to multiple devices?

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I lost my iPhone 7. While tracking it with Find My iPhone, it died and is now offline. I can't see its last location. I have tried for a week now waiting to see if someone turns the phone on so I can track its location.

If I sign into my Apple ID on my old iPhone 5, will I still be able to see my iPhone 7 on Find My iPhone if someone turns it on later?


texts: iTunes Connect - Release time if app is set to specific launch date?

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My first iPhone app is currently in "pending developer release" mode.
At what time will the app be released if I choose to release it on a specific date?

Via: >iTunes Connect >Select the availability date and price tier for your app. >Availability Date:

Will the release date be at midnight (12:01 AM) US time? (I'm in Austria, Europe)


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I recently installed XAMPP for OS X (XAMPP VM PHP 7.2.1) which now virtualizes the entire box for obvious benefits of higher security. Although I admire the new concept and see its benefits, I cannot put my head around one thing that puzzles me.

I would like to enable the PHPMyAdmin tool, which requires me to change a file, based on this well described set of instructions:

http://localhost:8080/dashboard/docs/access-phpmyadmin-remotely.html

This document basically describes the steps needed to relax the security concept that prevents directly accessing the PHPMyAdmin login. It asks you to edit the /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf file in order to allow access to PHPMyAdmin. One can get to the file system via the stack manager. In this file, the following block:

<Directory "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin">
  AllowOverride AuthConfig
  Require local
  ...

needs to be changed into:

<Directory "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin">
  AllowOverride AuthConfig
  Require all granted
  ...

Strangely, and I am extremely puzzled by it and cannot actually believe it, I seem to not be able to find neither pico, vi, vim, or nano (all very standard editors in any Linux distribution) on this virtual machine. Since I am on the VM, I have no access to tools on my own machine (i.e. everything in /Applications).

Did I overlook something? What is going on?


texts: "mkdir: /Users/me/.bash_sessions: Operation not permitted"

texts:
When I open Terminal, I get the following error

mkdir: /Users/me/.bash_sessions: Operation not permitted

Any idea why that may be the case?  Is there a solution?


texts: macOS Mojave: createinstallmedia: command not found

texts:
I'm following the official Apple guide to create a bootable installer for macOS Mojave:

How to create a bootable installer for macOS

when I execute the command:

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume

I receive the error:

command not found

I followed all similar posts like this:

createinstallmedia: command not found

but I cannot find a solution.


texts: Disable bluetooth auto-connect for specific headphones

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I have two different bluetooth headphones paired with my macbook. Let's call them headphone X and Y. Headphone X is my primary headphone. From time to time I use both of them in a multi device configuration. But most of the time headphone Y is used by another macbook. If I am using headphone X and then someone start using headphone Y it auto-connects to my macbook and I have to manually disconnect it in order to keep using headphone X. This is pretty annoying since I only want to use headphone Y when I manually switch my audio output to multi-configuration.
Now I was wondering if it is possible to disable the bluetooth auto-connect of my macbook for headphone Y specifically ?


texts: What happens if the Internet connection goes down during a Lion Internet Recovery?

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I am restoring Lion on my MacBook before selling it and I am doing it through the Internet Recovery option. After starting the process, the Internet connection went down a couple of times and, after this happening, the blue progress bar jumped to the end, so I don't know the exact percentage.

Do you know what happens in this case? Does the download resume from where it left or does it start from the beginning?


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I am trying to create a Shortcut to turn off Location Services on my iPhone. For this, I am using the settings URL scheme to go into Location Services, but I cannot get a direction on how to toggle the button off.
Is it at all possible to toggle a button using a boolean value in the URL?
I see there are several Set actions like Set WiFi and Set Bluetooth. Can someone help me understand how these functions work in the background?
I’m running iOS 14 on an iPhone 11 Pro Max.


texts: How do I get Apache to use the default pyenv Python version instead of the system one?

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I am using plain Apache 2.4 on Mac OS Catalina.

I installed pyenv to manage python versions.
The default Python is 3.8.0

Now I try to have Python scripts running in Apache.
I created a subdomain under localhost that makes sure python code will run.
But it seems to use the system python version(s) and not the one from pyenv.

When I use shebang:

#!/usr/bin/python

Then python 2 is used. Not what I want...

When I use:

#!/usr/bin/python3

It uses the system python3 version (3.7.3)
Which is the python at /usr/bin/python3

How do I get Apache to use the "default" python that I see when I execute: "pyenv global"?


texts: Open a new Safari window in the current Space from Terminal with multiple tabs (URLs)

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How to open an new Safari window from Terminal in the current Space?

Now when using the open http://example.com command it opened the URL as last tab on my first Safari window.

I'm looking for a way to open:

New Safari window (regardless how many I have opened).
In the current Space
From Terminal with the provided URL.

It probably will need some osascript script, but my AppleScript knowledge is nearly zero...

The bonus could be open two URLs, in two tabs, in a new window in the current Space.

Could anyone help?


texts: How to set static IP details for WiFi using Apple Configurator?

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I am using Apple Configurator 1.7.1 (550) on 10.10.2 (Yosemite).

Is it possible to prepare a device and assign the static IP address for a WiFi?

I am able to successfully prepare and supervise the iPad, but since we use static IP addresses for each device, I am having enter these details in manually every time I have maintain and add some update to the device.


texts: Make the screen always be off when having a call

texts: Very often when I'm talking on the phone, the screen turns on and my chin and ear presses all the buttons. Often this starts facetime, turn off the sound, and is just very annoying. Is there any way to make the screen always be off when I'm talking? I'm using a regular iPhone 6.


texts: Iphone stuck in start cycle (occasionally enters recovery mode but itunes fails - storage full)

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Have read the other related posts (and must confess to not understanding all technical hacks people have tried), but so far not solved my difficulties.
My iPhone XR is stuck in a restart cycle with just the apple logo on constantly (but every now and then the screen goes black and then relights with the logo again). I have tried the volume up / volume down / side button and it doesn't change things. I have also tried holding the side button down for a minute which mostly does nothing but twice entered the phone into recovery mode (I think that's what it's called where it shows me the connection to a computer with the restore link).
I have tried connecting it to my pc and it can't be found either in iTunes or file explorer. Once, when in recovery and when connected, itunes briefly recognised it and gave me the update/restore option. I tried to update, but it got stuck at the 'iPhone Stuck on ‘support.apple.com/iphone/restore’ loop before ejecting it again. At this time, I still couldn't see it in File Explorer, but could briefly see the apple USB drivers under device manager.
I strongly suspect the root of my problems is that the phone storage is too full (i know, i know). I was trying to delete apps when it crashed. This means that it will be impossible for an itunes update to install, i suspect?
The last backup was in October (again, I know). I am desperate not to lose the data from what has been a horrendous three months. Is there anything else I can try?
I am based in the North East of England, so suggestions to contact drivesavers etc. don't seem to be feasible from here.
Thanks so much!
EDIT
Have tried via 3uTools and tried restoring to old version of iOs - neither has worked :-(
Not sure if there would be value in trying Elcomsoft iOs forensic toolkit? Or less likely now have tried flashing? Will this make data harder to retrieve? What kind of data retrieval can i hope for - a format that would be usable/extractable?!


texts: Cant complete transaction please contact Itunes to complete transaction

texts: Ok my problem is pretty much the same as above, please contact Itunes to complete this transaction, however I have in credit 8 dollars so the credit is there, but when I click to buy or upgrade something for not even 1 dollar I get that message. Can someone please help?


texts: OS X: CM Storm Devastator keyboard doesn't light up

texts: Using OS X Mavericks, the CM Storm Devastator keyboard backlight does not light up. The light is usually activated by scroll lock being enabled, but in OS X, there is no such thing as scroll lock.


texts: Sudo rm -rf or Trashcan: Which is better for SSD health?

texts: Users can sudo rm -rf a file or they can move it to the trash and empty the trashcan. I want to know whether one option has benefits over the other with regard to the "health" of an internal solid state drive on a Macbook pro laptop.


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I have a large external drive that I would like to encrypt using my laptop.  Based on the size of the drive, I believe the encryption will take several days.  I would really like to be able to unplug and move my laptop during this time, which would thus necessitate a way to pause the encryption process.  Answers such as this one give good procedures for the encryption, but do not mention pausing.  man diskutil does not seem to mention anything about pausing, nor can I find any options for it when using the OSX GUI.

I am quite wary about just ejecting the drive during the encryption process (though it is a new drive so I wouldn't actually lose data).  Is there any way to pause the encryption process?


texts: Periodically, I keep getting an "x messages could not be moved to the mailbox xxx.  An error occurred while moving messages to mailbox xxx" popup (see below).  The only way I can resolve is to rebuild my entire mailbox, which takes a long time!  I am connected to an exchange server.  What is the likely cause of this issue?


texts: How to properly register a file extension on mac so it will also work by running open from the command line?

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I have the following problem, I registered a file extension to be opened by a Mac Application by clicking on the file in Finder and selecting to always use the target application to open the files.

So far it works, BUT it doesn't work with >open filename.ext as it will say:

No application knows how to open /path/filename.ext.

Clearly open works differently than Finder.

If possible I would prefer a command line solution.


texts: How can I sync my iPad apps onto a new iPhone?

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I've just got a new iPhone and I want to sync my iPad apps between the iPhone and the iPad.

However when I try to enable synchronization for apps for my iPad, it says that if I try to synchronize, all of my apps will be deleted.

Am I doing something wrong? I understand that I should first synchronize my iPad apps into iTunes and then enable app synchronization for the iPhone ... but I don't want to lose the apps that are installed on the iPad in the process.


texts: iMac keeps restarting every couple of minutes. Any ideas which software/hardware is the culprit?

texts:
Backtrace suspected of leaking: (outstanding bytes: 1337520)
0xffffff801936bf56
0xffffff80193b392d
0xffffff80193a0cab
0xffffff80193abcfd
0xffffff80197c9475
0xffffff801984bc56

last loaded kext at 42505017282: com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm    12.7.1f4 (addr 0xffffff7f99ad5000, size 20480)
last unloaded kext at 104216742444: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIPassThrough   1.0.3 (addr 0xffffff7f9ac5b000, size 36864)
loaded kexts:
com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm 12.7.1f4
com.symantec.kext.fw    5.3.1f4
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver   1.0.3
com.symantec.kext.ips   3.10.2f23
com.symantec.kext.pf    5.7.1f4
com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity  5.4f4
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch   85.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor  1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.3.5f8
com.apple.driver.AGPM   110.19.6
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler   2.2.0d4
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    124
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog   1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver   272.18.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA   272.18.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.6.1


texts: Before iOS 8 was released, I remember watching an Apple demo where they sketched on a picture inside of the Message app before sending the message. Does anyone know how to do this? Was this functionality pulled from the release of iOS 8?


texts: ipod touch apps won't start after update

texts:
I updated my 3rd gen iPod Touch to 4.3.3, and now almost none of the apps will run - they appear to start, and then exit back to the desktop.

A double-tap on the home button shows them running, but switching to them produces the same results.

Is this a known issue?  Any way to fix it?


texts: Does OS X Notification Center receive messages from APNS, LAN or just locally?

texts:
I'm looking for technical details on how the Notification Center is architected on Mountain Lion so I can make the most use of it as a user of OS X. Specifically, does it receive messages directly from Apple's push notification service? The high level overview documentation on Apple's developer site for Notification Center mentions UDP delivery of a notification so it seems a network trigger is provided but I can't find a reference to or example of this being implemented on Mountain Lion.

If not, can it receive messages from the local network or just from other programs that run locally on OS X?


texts: macOS Sierra (10.12) tells me my iPhone passcode is wrong

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I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS 10.12 Sierra, and as i try to link my iPhone it tells me "wrong passcode". I can open and use my phone with that same passcode but my Macbook Pro mid 2012, will only allow limited access.

Please help.


texts:
Here is a nuisance that I'm encountering during my word processing using Apple Pages. Every time when I need to make an external link (http link) to some web page I need to make sure to edit the link field from http://livepage.apple.com/ to my desired one. Now this is not a problem if you need to do this procedure once or twice but you can imagine how frustrating this can get with more links.

I wonder if there is a preference to change this into say the one from the clipboard?

Any other suggestions on how to proceed in this case would be welcome.


texts: Having different account on same MacBook for development and personal use?

texts: I have two MacBook's which i are for personal use. I have a personal Apple ID which i use on all my Devices. Now i want to start developing on these MacBook also and i read on the net, that it is preferred having the Development Account, which is used for enrolling the Individual Developer Program, separated from the Personal Account. But before i do this i want to understand how this will affect the work on my MacBook's. Do i have to login with this other account when i want to develop and login with the personal account when i just want to do private things?


texts: Mac Hard Drive Storage Decreases even without downloading anything

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I have a 128 GB hard drive on my macbook pro retina 13". My mac storage hard drive keeps decreasing for no reason, even when I do not download anything. This still happens even when I don't use any other application and when I use Chrome in incognito (so nothing is being stored in cache).

Here is how the pattern looks like when I did not download anything at all, did not use any other application except for chrome and only used Chrome in incognito.
first day:

More days later:

As you can see from the images, I did not download anything, even if I did it was probably a Word document or a PDF file. And it still increased 10 GB on the Apps. Just wondering why this happens and how can I prevent it from happening?
If this is all a glitch, then how much GB do i actually have left for storage? Finally, why does the total number of GB used from apps, photos, movies, backups, and audio do not add up to the remaining GB left? Like in the last picture it says I have about 52 GB free and the total used up is around 110 GB. Since I have a 128 GB storage, shouldn't it be 10 GB left?

Also I have no anti virus running. I don't even have Dropbox and Google Drive. Also, I turned off photo sync from my iPhone. Once again, no apps are running except for Chrome, iMessage, and Skype.

Update: every time I restart my mac the disk space comes back and then it gradually increases again.


texts:
Everytime I start the Macbook, a small window opens for a seccond and disapeared. I managed to take a screenshot for that provided below,

I have High Sierra OS instilled and the machine config is provided below,

This started from today though this doesnt creates any other issue. However, I'm worried that this may be the symptom of something bigger that would come later point.

Does anyone see this before or can explain?


texts: Am I able to run OS X 10.11 on my Mac or not?

texts:
I have a Mac. It is running Mac OS X 10.6.8. It is ten years old, came out in 2006.  I go to the App Store.  The listing for OS X 10.11 claims it is "compatible with 10.6.8", but when I "get" (click on the Get button) the update, it comes up with a message that says "...cannot be installed on this computer."

What am I doing wrong?


texts:
Macbook Pro mid-2012 restarts after entering password and gives an error after restart

I'm unable to use any other boot command like Command + R etc as it leads to a screen with a lock and I've forgotten firmware password. I've even tried the trick to swap/remove rams and reset nvram 3 times, but nothing works.

How can I start my macbook?


texts: How does OS X detect a PowerPC application?

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I use an application called Anki for learning foreign languages and professional terminology.
This app creates a default folder in /Users/user/Documents/Anki, which I did not want.

You can circumvent this by calling the app from the CLI with the -b option. Because of that, I went into the app bundle and looked for executable in Anki.app/Contents/MacOs/, which is simply called Anki.

I renamed this file to Anki2 and made a new executable called Anki, which simply reads:

/Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/Anki2 -b /Users/henrikgiesel/Library/Application\ Support/Anki

And I can open the App bundle perfectly fine!... Until the next reboot, then it will complain:

You can’t open the application “Anki.app” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.

Why is this? How does OS X detect PowerPC application? Would it work if I wrote a C-file doing basically the same and putting the compiled version in the place of the Shell script?

EDIT:

I can still open it from the CLI like this:

/Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/Anki

But not like this

open /Applications/Anki.app


texts: Have two Macbook Pros, can't update iMovie on either

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I have an old MacBook Pro running iMovie 9.0, and a newer Macbook Pro with version 10.1.1. I am trying to get them to match.

When I try to update the old one to use it for my movies by going to the App Store, there is no update listed in current updates.  When I select iMovie as if I'm going to buy it it says "update" in the box, but the asterisk-like wheel just circles forever. I have tried trashing the application, signing out and back in as suggested, but nothing changes.


texts: How to restore previous version of iOS Video app

texts:
Over the past decade, we've purchased thousands of TV shows and hundreds of movies and songs from iTunes.   These have all been stored on a massive NAS, and served from a Mac Mini with iTunes Home Sharing enabled.

Until just a few days ago, our iPhones and our children's iPads could easily browse and play any previous purchases.  This was great, because well, when nothing new and interesting is available or when guests visit, we can quickly and easily re-play old shows and movies that we purchased without consuming any internet bandwidth.

We allowed both iPhones and our newest iPad to update.  Apple removed the Video app and replaced it with the TV.app.  The TV app sucks.  Not only does it hang and crash often, it lists about 20 of our 4000+ shows and 10 of over 300+ movies that we purchased.

Our old iPad that has not updated yet still has the Video app installed.  It can still access Home Sharing, and thus it still lists and plays any of our purchases instantly.

So, is it possible to copy the old Video app from the old iPad somehow, and then copy that app over to our iPhones and the new iPad?

I really get the impression from what is happening with "TV apps" and "subscription" terminology that Apple is trying to force people to become subscribers to an old-school, cable-like service tv-networks' bundling apps (shwew, that's a mouthful and yes it stinks of expensive cable TV).  So thoughtlessly breaking access to our own purchases, stored on our own networked devices further re-enforces this impression.  I've doubts that it was a total blunder that the new TV app is no longer listing Videos on our NAS, and only allows re-streaming.  So if we could recover by using the old Video app that would let us continue using the thousands of dollars of movies and shows that we paid for.


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I just got an iPhone5S and want to use an mp3 I have in My Music as a ring tone.

How can I do this. The manual only seems to talk about purchasing tones.

EDIT
I have made a 40 second m4r file and it is in My Music on the iPhone, but I can't find it in Ringtones.

I cannot find  "Sync Ringtones" in the phone sync options.


texts: Apple iOS 8.0.2 cannot open jpeg files. Only opens winmail.dat

texts: As soon as I downloaded IOS 8.0.2 I'm no longer able to read emails correctly… My staff send me email and I'm receiving pictures as winmail.dat and they're jpeg.


texts: How do I quickly select all the photos in an album in Google Photos iOS app?

texts: Is there some way to easily select all the photos in a Google Photos album in the iOS app? I'd like to avoid manually selecting 200+ photos individually.


texts: Remove a language from the "Preferred language order"

texts:
How do I remove an added language form the "Preferred Language Order" in Settings > General > Language & Region > Preferred Language Order?

iPhone 6 Plus iOS 8.4.1


texts:
The steps here were simple, but unexpected:

download a file
in finder, rename the file using Keyboard:

Press Enter to start rename
Start typing a new name (but not pressing Enter again)

Try to open the file by pressing Command-O

Now this dialog appears and won't go away (it only reacts on moving with the mouse, but clicking on it fails, just as pressing Spacebar, Enter or Esc).

Both Finder and Spotlight now refuse to open any other file.

I tried:

killall -KILL Dock
killall -KILL Finder
killall -KILL NotificationCenter
killall -KILL SystemUIServer

Help (:

Note the file is not damaged, just renamed.


texts: Can I view system stats in the Terminal?

texts:
The widget iStat Pro allows to monitor different system stats like

CPU usage
network bandwidth in/out
memory usage
...

How can I view such system stats in the Terminal?


texts: My new MacBook Pro won't keep its Wi-Fi connection

texts:
Here's the deal... I have relatively brand new Macbook pro, I purchased it in late June 2014 and right now it's November 2014. Recently, my Macbook will not keep an internet connection to wifi. There's no problem with the router; I've had no trouble with my iPhone or PC's or even other Macbooks in this house. Additionally, I've noticed the same problem with my computer in other networks, but I can't offer too much information about that, because 99% of the time I have my computer in my house.

More details:

There is no pattern for this loss of connectivity. I cannot stay connected more than 15 minutes, and it fluctuates between about 10 and 2 minutes, usually. The time does not change with my activity or lack thereof on the internet.
I have tried things like clearing all my wifi passwords and networks, changing my location in network settings, turning off the wifi connection, restarting, and all of these things separately and together. Nothing changes.
I first noticed this about a week or two after upgrading to OSX Yosemite (10.10). But it was nothing simultaneous and I've heard of similar problems on other OS's, so I personally can't point my finger to that problem.
My Airport Utility is 6.3.4 (634.17) and the card is AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I bought this computer to last me 5 years as I study abroad and complete 4 years of college. Right now, I just really need some assurance that I didn't spend 8 months of paychecks on an $1800 aluminum frisbee.

Went to Apple Store today (Dec. 27 2014).also family members have iPads, other Mac Pros, iPhones…NO NETWORK PROBLEMS except with single Mac Pro .Apple absolutely no help…..blames the network (which it is not)….and said, work it out with Internet Provider or if you don't believe us pay for tech help (as unit is out of warranty)…That, itself was an amazing experience.If anyone finds an answer I would appreciate the help as well.


texts: How can I automate GIF to PNG with Preview using AppleScript?

texts:
I have a GIF file but I can open it only with Preview because it is a little bit ruined (GIMP or other programs does not open it correctly but it works with Preview).

I want to export it to PNG files. As far as I know the only way to do it is:

Manually select the next frame
File → Export
Choose the right format to export and specify the path
Click Save and repeat

I'd like to automate it. Some advice?


texts: Mechanical Keyboard stopped working after upgrading to El Capitan

texts:
I upgraded my rMBP 15" (mid 2015) to El Capitan and suddenly my Ducky mechanical keyboard stopped working. The keyboard doesn't light up and upon viewing System Information, it shows Current required power = 0.

Anyone experiencing this issue too?


texts: Blacking out a part of a PDF, or redaction of text

texts:
What methods are there to blackout a part of a PDF?

I don't want to simply use Preview's annotation tools and then save the document, since then someone could open up the PDF and remove the annotation to reveal the part of the document which I'm trying to black out.


texts: How to fix curl: (35) SSL certificate problem: Couldn't understand the server certificate format?

texts:
I tried to install chromedriver using homebrew and got the following error.

  $ sudo brew install chromedriver
  ==> Using the sandbox
  ==> Downloading https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.23/chromedriver_ma

  curl: (35) SSL certificate problem: Couldn't understand the server certificate format
  Error: Failed to download resource "chromedriver"
  Download failed: https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.23/chromedriver_mac64.zip

I updated the curl to version 7.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0) using homebrew and link it but no luck.

My os is OSX 10.11.5 and curl -V result is following :

  $ /usr/bin/curl -V
  curl 7.43.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.0) libcurl/7.43.0 SecureTransport zlib/1.2.5
  Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher http https imap imaps ldap ldaps pop3 pop3s rtsp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp

Any advice would be appreciated.


texts: Safari 9 Key Command. Go back to previous page

texts:
I would like to program my Wacom tablet, thus what is the correct Safari key command to go back to the previous page?

I am using Safari 9.1.1 on Yosemite.


texts: How can I skip the desktop while cycling through finder windows with cmd+`?

texts:
I often have to copy-paste files from 2 finder folders. I use the cmd + ` shortcut. But it cycles through Window 1 > Desktop > Window 2.

Is there a way to skip desktop?


texts: I am an Apple User since 1983. But I do not know whey my iPhone Backup (with Encryption on) takes 23 to 26 hours!! I am puzzled. (I have iPhone 6, 10.1.1 iOS, Mac OS X Yosemite, iTunes v.12.5.3, MBP late 2008.) Any answers? Thanks!


texts: 22.7GB for storing "org.mozilla.pluginContainer" even after deleting Mozilla Firefox

texts:
I deleted Mozilla Firefox and I checked my file storage and saw that within my caches folder I have a folder called org.mozilla.pluginContainer which contains a fsDataCache folder which is taking 22.7GB of space.

Can I simply empty that folder as I am not sure whether that folder will have any effect on other apps within my laptop. Is it safe to remove that folder completely?


texts: Move iTunes library from Windows XP computer to Windows 7 computer

texts:
On the old laptop, I just changed the library location from the default C: to D:
I also did a consolidate and now I have the entire music, movies, iTunes folders, etc. in my D: drive, and want to move it the new laptop.

I know I need to open iTunes by pressing Shift, but my problem is, that I cannot find the .itl file on my old laptop (at the new location of D:). I need this to select it on the new laptop. Where do I find my .itl file ?

Thank you for your help!


texts: Siri seems to usually have network issues. Fix?

texts: iPhone 4S: at first, Siri was magical. In the last 3-4 days she usually reports an inability to work due to network issues. I've tried myriad fixes but to no avail. Anyone have ideas?


texts: After enabling two-factor authentication, I no longer have the option to use my iCloud password to log in

texts:
I enabled two-factor authentication (the new one available in iOS 9, OS X 10.11, etc., not the old two-step verification) for my Apple ID. After doing so, my MBP prompted me to change my password saying that I couldn't use my iCloud password to log in to it anymore, so I changed it. I expected the same thing to happen on my iMac, but it didn't. iMac is still happily using my iCloud password to log into my local account. Going into Users & Groups & clicking "Change Password" for my account on my iMac, I still get the same old "Use iCloud password..." option, but on my MBP I don't have that option.

Is this expected behavior? Why can I still use my iCloud password on my iMac, but not on my MBP?


texts: How to permanently delete text substitutions?

texts: How do I permanently delete text substitutions from System Preferences > Keyboard > Text.  I have deleted them several times using the (-) key, but they annoyingly reincarnate themselves after a restart.


texts: INSTAGRAM AUTOPOPULATES EMAIL ADDRESS ON "CREATE NEW ACCOUNT"

texts: When I download Instagram and click on "create new account", an email address auto-populates. Where is it gathering this information? How do I make it go away?


texts: how to conditionally ignore cell when applying sumproduct using Numbers (Mac)

texts:
Under Excel, there's something like = Sumproduct((A1:A100),--(A1:A100<>"")) from Excel formula -> how to change SUMPRODUCT formula to skip null cells

But it did not work for Numbers. Wondering if there's a good way to achieve it using Numbers

E.g. I would like to do the sumproduct of following two columns, but only if the value of the second column is greater than 1

1   1

2   2

3   3

4   4

5   5


texts: How do I download full resolution photos on my iphone (8+) to use offline?

texts: I used to keep all of my photos (literally 40K or so) on my iPhone. I did eventually fall into the iCloud trap, and have still not figured out a way to assure that a healthy number of my full resolution photos will be available to me when I am on a plane: the one time I know I'll have 5 hours with nothing to do but edit photos from the last decade. I know that "recent" full resolution photos are stored  on the phone, but going back to what date? And how does that help if I choose a  picture from 2014 to edit? Thoughts about how to edit while in "airplane mode?"


texts: messages disappeared from some mailboxes and smart mailboxes following removal of an account from Mail

texts:
I upgraded to Mountain Lion recently. My email changed as well. I used to have my 40K emails in different mailboxes and now I realize that the new way to do so is with 'smart mailboxes' (I actually like it).

Problem

At home, with an iMac: the transition to ML was OK until today when I had a problem with my outgoing emails. I decided to take the approach of 'delete the account and rewrite the settings':

that caused all my emails (except 200 that are 'live' on my server) to disappear from the iMac.

Elsewhere: at my office, everything is on a Mac Pro, which also runs Mountain Lion.

Questions

Is there any way to retrieve all my emails? (Do I still have the old email's folder somewhere?)
If not, then with the data on the Mac Pro at the office: how can I export/import back home?

Thanks!


texts: MacOS / Photos : Smart Album to filter shared photos?

texts: I'm trying to make a Smart Album that can filter out all images that are not shared (via Shared Albums). Is that possible?


texts: How to export all Digital Touch sketches from Messages?

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Over last couple years, my girlfriend sent me hundreds of her little pieces of the art, that she made using Digital Touch.
I tap “save” every time I get one from her. Now I would like to export all of them (as vector, video or hi-res image). Is this even possible?
I don't want to scroll over a few years of our messages and save every sketch manually.
I tried searching in Library/Messages/Attachments folder on my Mac, I found photos and other stuff but not Digital Touch sketches.
Do you have an idea where to look for those?


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I have installed BootCamp manually to the last partition on my SSD /dev/disk0s13. It works, no problems, but every time I manage my partitions from OS X (or any other OS that is not Windows), the computer creates a new hybrid MBR, which makes Windows unbootable because it can’t find the Windows partition. I have to manually remove hybrid MBR via gdisk every time I manage my partitions.

I have a MacBook Pro 2015 13" Model with 512 GBs of storage and has 6 Operating Systems installed on it. I have macOS High Sierra and OS X Yosemite installed. I mostly use High Sierra.

Is there any possible way to either stop OS X from creating hybrid MBR or force Windows to use GPT? By the way, I'm using Bitlocker, not sure if it makes a difference.

UPDATE 1: I was trying to reproduce hybrid MBR with Disk Utility, and I discovered Disk Utility no longer produces that problem. Not sure about GParted.


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I am trying to do two demos running on two devices.  The goal would be to plug an external monitor into my computer and have one display show one device, and the other show the other device.

I would use Reflect 2, but it only does wifi, or personal hotspot
I would use quicktime but it only supports one device at a time.

Any ideas?


texts: Is it documented exactly which i7 is in the mac mini late 2012?

texts: They have announced a number of different CPU options for the late 2012 mac mini.  I'm interested in the 2.6 Ghz Quad-Core i7.  Should I assume that's the i7-3720QM processor? Is there an official document that I missed that details this.


texts: Is it possible to have a URL that will open an app on an iOS device, without the app being specially coded to handle that?

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Is there like a default url scheme, like openapp://Facebook, that would open the Facebook app (or whatever) if you click that URL from Safari on an iOS device? Or is there some other way to accomplish this?

And does the app have to be specially coded to handle this?

My company has an app but we don't have the budget right now to update it to handle any special URL schemes, but I'd really like a way to open it directly from a button on the web site.


texts: Do the Apple AirPods have audio delay due to bluetooth?

texts: If it is a song, and it is delayed for 0.5 or 1 second, it really does not matter.  What I am trying to find out is for games and videos. If there is a 0.5 second audio delay, for videos (movies or youtube if video/audio is unsync’ed) or for games, then it could be a bigger problem.


texts: MacBook Air crashes/freezes regularly when plugged into my television

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My MacBook Air keeps crashing when I connect it to my TV (as an external monitor) to watch things.
The computer screen freezes, and it becomes necessary to turn the computer off by holding down the power button. It is doing this with increasing regularity; before it would happen occasionally, now it is guaranteed to happen at least once each time I do this.
The Macbook is less than a year old.
The connection to the TV/external monitor is made via its HDMI cable, which I convert into a Thunderbolt to plug into the Macbook.
I am a novice so please go easy with the technical info. But very grateful for any help. I have always been assured that Macs were technically very reliable so I am at a loss as to why this fairly new computer should crash with such frequency. Admittedly, it only happens when I connect to the TV; otherwise it works fine. But I worry that this will soon start happening under normal circumstances too.


texts: How to tell Finder where to find private key when "Connect to Server" using SSH?

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In Finder, using the Connect to Server option, I am able to specify the server I wish to connect to using ssh://user@server form (hostname or IP).  However, the server I'm connecting to requires public key authentication, thus Finder,when I press the connect button, responds in a new window:

Permission denied (publickey)
[Process completed]

How do I configure Finder to be able to locate my private key in ~/.ssh?

macOS Sierra 10.12.3


texts: When I click on a link while in Safari - or put a query into the search I repeatedly get the beachball - this doesn't happen with Firefox or Chrome. What can I do?