texts: Is there a Mac keyboard shortcut to "Select Current Line"?

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I am looking for a keyboard shortcut that selects the full line (i.e., the text of the line) of the blinking caret cursor in any editable, multi-line text field. Nothing more than just this one line should be selected.

I understand that one can use the following two keyboard shortcuts in succession to accomplish this:

shift + ⬆

shift + ➡

However, this does not work in all applications. That is, sometimes this combo highlights the current line plus the previous line, minus the first character of the previous line.


texts: Creating keyboard shortcut for converting a file (photo or document) to pdf

texts: I'd like to set up a simple keyboard shortcut that would save the currently selected file in the finder as a pdf, assuming it is a filetype that can be converted to pdf. I've already followed this nice shortcut for doing this when the document is open, but now I'm looking to take this one step further and have it work on the file from the finder.


texts: My Macbook Air's Charger will not charge when plugged in, I've already reset the SMC. I also just got it back from Apple...What can I do?

texts: I've drained my battery looking for the answer to my question even more... please help! The charger works some days. I had found a combination of keys that help turn the light on once, but I can't find it anymore. I've reset the SMC or whatever already and still nothing is happening. I hate this damn charger.


texts: Installing and Upgrading Ram on a mid 2011 iMac (different size RAM)

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Apologies for my ignorance here, as the title suggests I am looking for advice on  upgrading the Ram on my mid 2011 iMac. I have bought 2x4GB and the iMac already has 2x2GB. I found the question was already asked by Mike Kwan here:
How should different sized RAM be added to iMac?

However as I do not have 50 rep, I can not comment and when I went to put an answer in I am told not to ask questions or look for help in the answer.

(So again sorry about the duplication question)

According to Josh " as long as your top two slots are filled using the original factory RAM and you installed the new RAM into the bottom slots" the configuration is good.
So I looked at the image that Mike provided and compared it to the info from my iMac (after I had installed the extra RAM). As the 1st image of my configuration shows Bank 0 and 1/DIMM0 on my iMac contain the 4GB sticks which is in contrast to Mike's picture. I followed the install guide that Josh suggested regarding the "Top and Bottom" slots here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1423

Have I missed something or have I done this correct?


texts: I am trying to get SSH/SFTP working on my iMac running Lion so that one of my friends can connect to me remotely. I have managed to get it working using my local user account, but I need to understand how I can add an additional account that my friend could use to SSH into my machine. This is probably really simple, but if someone could point me in the right direction in would be appreciated.


texts: Where can I download a full OS X 10.11.1 Public Beta installer?

texts: I have a bootable OS X drive that I like to keep up to date, but with the replacement of "Install OS X El Capitan Public Beta" with "Install OS X El Capitan GM Candidate" in the App Store, I'm not sure where I can get the latest beta of 10.11.1. Does the app named GM Candidate now contain 10.11.1, or does 10.11.1 just not exist in fully-downloadable form?


texts: Do Apple Lossless tracks remain lossless when sent via Airplay to a 4th gen Apple TV?

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This question, from 2012, asks whether there is loss in the signal quality of an Apple-Lossless-encoded file when transmitted from a Macbook to an Airport Express.

I am wondering whether things are any different in 2016 when transmitting an Apple-Lossless-encoded file from a Macbook to a 4th gen Apple TV. Clearly Wifi is plenty able to transmit the file intact. With an HDMI connection to the TV and an Optical (audio) connection from the TV to the receiver, I should in principle be able to listen to an intact file.

Is it still the case in 2016 that lossless files go through an encode-decode cycle?
Is there any configuration that makes me say "use all available WiFi bandwidth, but let me listen to the original file"?
Is there any configuration that says "drop the video signal (for example, just display a static image of the cover of the album), and transmit the audio signal intact"?

Granted, this is not to be done for an extended period since the TV must remain on. Unlike the 3rd gen Apple TV, the 4th gen does not provide direct optical-out to the receiver.


texts: Canceling the last dictated words in dictation mode in iOS

texts:
In Dragon NaturallySpeaking one can use the Scratch That command to delete recently dictated text. Is there any equivalent  in dictation mode in iOS?

I unsuccessfully tried:

Scratch That
undo
cancel


texts: Preview freezes whenever I try to edit and save a pdf

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Preview always freezes (beachball) whenever I try to modify and save a .pdf. I've tried resetting the preferences for Preview (as per Preview hangs when opening any image or pdf) and have also tried resetting the PRAM and SMC.

Initially I noticed the problem when I was trying to add bookmarks and save the file, but I tested doing other modifications (highlighting, adding text, etc) and get the same result.

One weird thing I've noticed is that I first started getting this problem a few weeks ago but it was only intermittently happening. Sometimes it would allow me to modify the file and save it, other times it would freeze. But now it freezes every time I try to save the file.

And just for clarification, the file freezes once I go to save the file.


texts: Chrome icon randomly changing to something else

texts: Since about 2 weeks my chrome icon randomly changes to the one pictured. Turning off chrome fixes it, but soon after restart the weird icon comes back. What is it, how do I fix this?


texts: iTunes AirPlay to AppleTV works perfectly; System Preferences audio output to AppleTV jitters horribly?

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Interesting one here, I have an iMac 2011 and a MBP 13" Retina 2013, the iMac works fine every which way, both are connected at 5GHz to my router, both running Mavericks.

My MBP will jitter and pop horribly when outputting audio to my AppleTV.  Audio output is fine when using Display Mirroring.  Audio is also perfect when initiating AirPlay from iTunes... unless I afterwards enable AirPlay from System Preferences in which case the popping starts again.

It can't be the router because my iMac doesn't have a problem with it.
It can't be the AppleTV because of the above reason.
It can't be the MBP because iTunes doesn't have an issue and when Display Mirroring is on it's fine.
What the heck is it then?

Can anyone think how I can output audio from the comfort of my couch to my AppleTV without having display mirroring on and without enduring horrendous bouts of skin-curling pops?


texts: What is the difference in resolution and quality between SCART, VGA, and HDMI?

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For my old MacBook (2,1) I have a mini-DVI to Video adapter that I use to connect to the TV (mini-DVI-to-Composite-to-SCART). It works, but I cannot seem to get the right resolution for the TV display (no wide screen resolutions available at all).

I see there are other options to connect to as well on the TV: VGA and HDMI. How do each of these options perform differently in terms of resolution and quality?

For example, I'm planning to buy a HDMI adapter and would like to understand if this will make it possible to use a wide resolution for the TV from the MacBook.

I'd be very happy if someone can give a detailed explanation what resolutions and qualities each port is capable of.


texts: Cannot wake Mountain Lion from safe sleep

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I have a late-2010 MacBook Air on which I am running OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2 with FileVault 2 enabled.

When I try to wake it from safe sleep:

the panel is backlit but nothing is displayed;
the light on the ⇪ Caps Lock key is responsive; and
left alone, the machine eventually powers down (but it resumes in the same state when power is restored).

The only way that I have been able to use the machine again is to hard-reset it (which I never like doing); but upon rebooting, shortly after authenticating there is a kernel panic.  The machine then starts normally after the consequent soft-reboot.

Grateful for thoughts on how to identify the cause and/or resolve the problem.

Update 1

Having continuted to search around, I discovered a post in which a similar problem was resolved by:

disabling safe sleep;
rebooting;
removing the hibernatefile;
rebooting;
re-enabling safe sleep.

I performed these steps, apparently to no avail.  However, it now appears that if I enter my password whilst the screen is backlit and nothing is displayed, my wallpaper is (slowly) revealed together with the normal wake-from-sleep login box.  I can't be certain whether this was also true prior to performing the above steps, as I'm not sure that I ever tried entering my password at the blank screen.

Sadly, that's as good as it gets: neither a mouse pointer nor keyboard cursor are visible on the screen; and the keyboard is unresponsive.  The clock, battery status and WiFi icons in the top-right of the screen all remain in their pre-sleep states and do not update; if the computer is left for long enough, there is eventually a kernel panic (apparently related to the graphics drivers?).

Update 2

Following @danielAzuelos's suggestion, I ran Apple Hardware Test (from the Software Reinstall Drive) in extended mode, but no faults were identified.

Neither USB port is in use.

I discovered that the problem does not manifest when DestroyFVKeyOnStandby=0, so there is almost certainly something wrong with how my hibernating MacBook configures EFI to wake.

I have discovered that, if the machine goes into safe sleep when attached to an external display, everything works exactly as it should (even if the external display is no longer attached on wake).


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Yesterday, for no reason I can think of, the toolbar icons in osx finder disappeared (1st image).  Icons for files are unaffected (2nd image).

How can the finder toolbar icons be restored?

I tried commands in terminal for clearing icon services cache (source), but that did not affect anything.  I also read several articles on apple.stackexchange and others found via web search, but found nothing that quite hit this problem.


texts: iPhone has addresses - will that first sync remove them?

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We have an older iPhone (8GB, 1st gen, jailbroken) that my girlfriend got from a friend (now on sabbatical, so no tech support). It's running iOS 3, the last version possible on a 1st-gen phone - I think her friend  saw her old nokia and took pity on her.

He erased the phone prior to her getting it, and she's spent some considerable time manually adding phone numbers. Now she'd like to back up her addresses and put some music on it so I downloaded and installed iTunes on her PC (XP) but I was concerned that the first sync might remove her addresses.

• She's got no prior installs of iTunes or an iPhone, so nothing to overwrite
• I don't see a way to back up addresses to the SIM, only get them from the SIM
• It's on XP (I use a mac) and so where would addresses sync to?

This should just sync and go, right?

Bonus question:
I don't think she's got anything running her contacts on, and worse - she's only using a Hotmail account. Does the  iOS3 allow the phone to sync with any external systems like Gmail?

Thanks!


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I have mac book pro late 2013 with os x 10.9.2. When i clicked on the wifi network i want to connect, it doesn't connect. It doesn't even give any response. There is only an animation in wifi: on option in upper right side with loading circle and becomes  wifi: looking for networks . And it goes back to normal repeatedly

I tried to fix it by looking into settings, i even re-installed os x but it still doesn't connect. The network i want to connect is fine, there are 2 more devices connected to that network and they work just fine. How can i fix this problem?


texts: Enable screensharing via SSH and setting password

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I am trying to enable VNC (Screen Sharing) on my Mac running OS X Yosemite
I have been able to run this command sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist (source) to turn VNC on.

The only issue running this command is, it sets a password automatically, in which I do not know what it is, I have to fix it by logging in physically to the computer.

Is there a way how I can enable VNC via SSH and setting the password as the users password?


texts: Is there any way to connect to/control Mac OS without display output?

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I have a 2009 Mac Pro with a Nvidia 1060 and bootcamped to run Windows.

Nvidia drivers are installed on Windows and no issues with display output, all works fine. In the past when I've then tried to boot up into Mac OS I don't get any display output and I've had to connect via Chrome Remote Desktop to boot back into Windows. Recently there have been some changes to Chrome Remote Desktop and my Mac OS install is marked as an invalid configuration - prompting concerns that I won't be able to remote in to reboot the machine back into windows.

Looking for suggestions on either a) how I can remote in and manually boot into windows if required or b) how to resolve a Chrome Remote Desktop "invalid configuration"


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If I SSH into a remote host on OS X, and then close the lid and travel home, upon opening the lid, OS X sometimes notes rather quickly that a disconnect has occurred (with the message "Broken pipe."), but often ssh just hangs. I thought of adding TCP keep-alives, however, the man page notes:

  The default is "yes" (to send TCP keepalive messages), and the client will notice if the network goes down or the remote host dies.

Is there anything more I can do or check? Why does it work?


texts: How do I undo "export PATH='/usr/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile"

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I was trying to install homebrew, which wasn't working. It told me to do echo export PATH='/usr/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile. However this wasn't having any affect, and I thought maybe it was because of echo (I don't know any Bash), so I removed the Echo, ran brew doctor and it spat this out, which concerned me:

/usr/local/bin/brew: line 2: dirname: command not found
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 5: basename: command not found
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 8: readlink: command not found
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 16: cd: /Users/howard/../Library: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 23: tr: command not found
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 23: uname: command not found
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 28: exec: ruby: not found

Is there any way to undo what I just did? Also, can someone please explain to me what I just did? I am never going to make the stupid mistake of copying and pasting commands I don't understand. I feel like a total moron right now.

I worry that I may have overriden /usr/bin/ with stuff? I can't run most of the basic commands like man, ls, and a few others. cd still works though. Is there any hope for me, or do I need to reinstall my OS?


texts: Change Active Directory Password Expiration Prompt in OS X Yosemite

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I'm looking for a way to change the default Active Directory password expiration prompt at login from 30 days to our current IT policy of 14 days.

Every time a user logs in on a Mac with Active Directory, they get a 30 day notice, but on a PC they get a 14 day notice, so I know it's something local to the Mac and not something controlled through the servers.

I cannot for the life of me find the .plist that controls this and all other information I can find is extremely out of date.

Any advice?


texts: Prevent installation of malware, spyware... Admin password requirement

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I am new in Mac world. I am the only user of my Mac with OS X 10.9.3 but sometimes other people use my computer.

My purpose is to prevent installation of malware, spyware and surveillance software.

Is OS X secure about this, if not, how can I make it secure?

Can I let my Mac ask administrator password whenever a user including admin and Guest accounts install applications?


texts: Given a font that is advertised as having multiple styles of numerals (text figures and lining numerals), presumably via OpenType, is there a way to use the alternative numeral styles in Mac OS X in general, or maybe within an app like Pages specifically?


texts: What is the maximum supported resolution of the MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) for an external monitor at 60hz

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013). It has 8GB Ram and Intel Iris 1536 MB .

I want to buy a good external monitor, but I can't find a straight answer as to what this model supports with either Thunderbolt or HDMI.

What is the maximum supported resolution of this model for an external monitor at 60hz ?

(Please note that I don't care about any answers for the 15-inch model or 2015 versions. I only care specifically for the Late 2013 13 inch)


texts: stat command not respecting time format options (High Sierra 10.13.6)

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My goal is to retrieve the birth time of a file formatted to "2019-07-03" so I'm using the following which yields the following epoch time instead of the specific date format I requested:

$ stat -f "%B" -t "%Y-%m-%d" ~/Pictures/to_backup/IMG_2115.JPEG
1524428549

I get the same output if I leave out the time formatting entirely:

$ stat -f "%B" ~/Pictures/to_backup/IMG_2115.JPEG
1524428549

I read through what seemed like the pertinent parts of the strftime and stat (<- this one in particular was a face melter) man pages.

What am I missing?


texts: Unable to download an iOS app from iTunes Japan when I am using my Apple account registered in the USA

texts: I'm trying to download the Denwacho Kantan Copy app for iOS so that I can transfer my contacts to my new softbank iPhone.  However, I am being told that I can't download this app with my American Apple ID account.  I have downloaded countless apps in Japan without having this problem.  Please help!  Kantan means easy in Japanese and this has been anything but easy.  I have already tried changing my apple ID to a Japanese one, but this cannot be done without a Japanese credit card...which is very difficult to acquire here for foreigners.  If I was able to purchase this phone using the security of my American credit card, why shouldn't I be able to do something simple like transfer my contacts?? Everything else works fine!


texts: (How) Can I access a USB-based DVD drive while in recovery mode?

texts: A client has the need to access a USB-based DVD drive while in recovery mode. How does one accomplish this?


texts: How do you use Karabiner with a wacom pen tablet?

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I can see that it is possible to check the checkbox next to PTK-640 (tablet) in the devices tab of Karabiner preferences. I then tried to map the on-screen 'radial' menus that the wacom tablet will pop-up for you at cursor position on the pressing of any of the correspondingly mapped wacom device's keys, to a keyboard button instead, but can't figure out how this can be accomplished.

I thought I should still be able to achieve what I want here though because I use Wacom's system preferences to map a bunch of different on-screen menus to the 8 'express keys' that are physically on the tablet and then, I hoped, in Karabiner, map those 8 physical keys to keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately, even though the wacom device is enabled for modification, I can't see anything that resembles any of those 8 keys in the list of available buttons in the 'From key' section when I try to set up a 'simple modification' item in Karabiner.

So how can I configure Karabiner to open various on-screen menus on a Watcom tablet?

I'm running Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6, and Karabiner Elements version 12.9.0 . Efforts thus far to resolve this are as described, I've found and enabled the Tablet in the listed devices for modification, beyond that and some googling, I've run out of ideas.


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Some months ago I bought a USB flash drive 16 GB, and I have used it on my Windows machine with no errors or bugs, whatsoever.

Since that I need to move some files from my Mac, the flash drive does not
appear to be mounting in OS X at all.

When I run in diskutil list in Terminal, the flash drive does not appear, not even in Disk Utility.

I am starting to think that maybe something is wrong with the stick? However, the strange thing is that it's working just well in Windows. How can that be? Other flash drive (have tried with a 256 MB) works well on the mac, except the 16 GB.

Any suggestions or thoughts?
I am running Mavericks on a MacBook Pro (older one).


texts: How to activate iPhone12 and import original phone data?

texts: My original phone is iPhone7 and the new phone is iPhone12, how do I import the original phone data into the new phone?


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I have a Western Digital MyBook (25EE) 8TB External Drive. It is formatted with exFAT. I can't recall exactly how it was formatted, but I believe it was done with Synology's DiskStation for my Synology NAS.  I am able to mount and read the drive when I connect it to the NAS, but not on macOS Sierra 10.12.6.
The drive shows up in Disk Utility, but mounting does nothing. I have run "First Aid" with no errors.

Disk Utility incorrectly thinks that the usage is 8/8 TB. As can be in a screenshot below, usage is around 4.2/8 TB. The drive mainly contains a Synology HyperBackup file (.hbk) which makes up almost single-handedly all of those 4.2 TB.
According to Synology DiskStation, the main partition is exFAT and I think the EFI  partition is vfat:

The drive also shows up in diskutil as disk2s2 but I can't mount it:

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *8.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data WD My Book              8.0 TB     disk2s2

$ mount disk2s2
mount: disk2s2: unknown special file or file system.

$ diskutil mountDisk disk2
One or more volume(s) failed to mount

NB: (I tried following these instructions for FUSE for macOS, but I suppose they're not really relevant since exFAT should be supported natively in macOS these days.)
I don't have the faintest idea where to start on this issue – what could be the problem here?

Edit 1: Block Sizes
macOS:

$ diskutil info disk2 | grep "Block Size"
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

$ diskutil info disk2s1 | grep "Block Size"
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

$ diskutil info disk2s2 | grep "Block Size"
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

Synology SSH:
Used fdisk -l. Notice the GPT PMBR size mismatch – maybe it has some relevance?

GPT PMBR size mismatch (4294967294 != 2743150591) will be corrected by w(rite).
Disk /dev/sdq: 7.3 TiB, 8001562869760 bytes, 15628052480 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt

Device      Start         End     Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sdq1      40      409639      409600  200M EFI System
/dev/sdq2  411648 15628050431 15627638784  7.3T Microsoft basic data

Edit 2: GPT

$ sudo gpt -r show disk2

        start         size  index  contents
            0            1         PMBR
            1            1         Pri GPT header
            2           32         Pri GPT table
           34            6
           40       409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93E####
       409640         2008
       411648  15627638784      2  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B726####
  15628050432         2015
  15628052447           32         Sec GPT table
  15628052479            1         Sec GPT header

Edit 3: Mounting EFI
Apparently macOS is able to mount and Finder list the contents of the EFI.

$ diskutil mountDisk disk2
One or more volume(s) failed to mount

The volume that fails to mount is the primary exFAT volume. macOS requires the EFI volume to be unmounted or it will complain about not properly ejecting disks.


texts: IOS 10 Control Center volume linked to Gas Buddy on iPhone

texts: If I uninstall Gas Buddy, it returns to Music. But as soon as I reinstall Gas Buddy...yup, reverts back. Any suggestions?


texts: Work computer, windows 10, no iTunes, stop iphone pop up "allow this device..."

texts:
Windows 10 Professional (10.0.17134.228) and iPhone 6 (iOS 11.4.1).
iTunes is not installed, can't have it, and don't want it. (Work computer)
Under:

  C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple , there is no
  \Mobile Device Support\Drivers

When I connect iPhone to USB for charging, there's no pop-up message in Windows, but a popup to allow this device on iPhone, every time!

How do I get rid of it?

The most commonly cited fix, updating driver manually pointing it to the folder mentioned above is not (!) an option, since the path is incomplete, meaning folder/s mentioned are missing.


texts: compressord starting up every time I turn on my MacBook

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) running macOS 10.12.3 and have Compressor 4.3 installed. Every time when I restart my Mac, there are 2 processes called compressord, and CompressorHelper that got automatically started and causing my MacBook to use the discrete graphics card (which consumes a lot of battery power). One way to get rid of them is to open Compressor and quit it afterward. But it is annoying since every time I startup my Mac I need to do this process.

Is there a way to stop these two processes from opening up every time I start up my Mac? (Possibly without reinstalling Compressor as that takes up a very long time to do for me)


texts: I just got a new hard drive and I want to sync all my iPad stuff back into my iTunes but it's just asking to erase the iPad. I just want all my books and stuff to be back in my iTunes.


texts: Can the Apple Watch app be side loaded and used on other iOS devices?

texts:
I know the official requirement to use the Apple Watch is an iPhone 5 or newer running iOS 8.2+, but I'm interested to know if it is possible to sync it to an older iPhone, iPod, or an iPad by side loading the Apple Watch app or any hacks. According to Bluetooth SIG's site the iPhone 4s, iPad (Air, Mini, 3rd & 4th gen), and iPod touch (5th) are Bluetooth Smart Ready which means they are compatible with both standard and low energy Bluetooth protocols. Since the Apple Watch only works with Bluetooth LE and these devices also support LE it seems to be just a software limitation.

I would try side loading the 'Apple Watch' app myself to a jailbroken iOS device however I am not able to find a .app/.ipa for it.

I have already read the "Can you use the Apple Watch with an iPod touch?" post but I believe this question is different enough to justify a new thread.


texts: Bash not running script at /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/

texts:
I wanted to have bash autocompletion for git commands, so I dropped a bash script file into /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/.

When I open a new Terminal, the script file in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/ does not get executed. I have verified that the script file is working by running:

source /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash

Are there any steps missing here to ask OS X to automatically execute scripts in /opt/local/etc/bash_completion.d/?


texts:
This morning I experienced the weirdest thing by my iPhone 6S requiring me to enter my passcode rather than allowing me to use my finger as Touch ID.

My phone was locked probably for like 4 hours while charging overnight and as far as my knowledge my phone did not restart during this time since my Stack Exchange app was left open and upon opening it the same content were still there.

I didn't attempt even once to use my Touch ID; if I would've had a faulty Touch ID sensor then I should've seen such similar behavior either prior to this morning or at least afterwards (I'm already on my phone for the past 3 hours plus).

I didn't register or delete any fingerprints for months.

And finally, I don't have any restrictions setup to require the input of my passcode under Settings > General > Restrictions.

I'm running on iOS Version 10.0 beta 3 (14A5309d)

Anyone out there that has also experienced such similar behavior or with any suggestion on what might've caused it?


texts: .command The file could not be executed because you do not have appropriate access privileges

texts:
I am trying to execute a terminal command by just double clicking a .command file. But I am getting this error.

  The file “myfile.command” could not be executed because you do not
  have appropriate access privileges. To view or change access
  privileges, select the file in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

I have looked at this answer but it doesn't work: Full privileges on .command file, but it says I don't have appropriate privileges

I tried all of these:

sudo chmod u+x /path/to/myfile.command
chmod u+x /path/to/myfile.command
chmod u+x docker start sql_server_demo
sudo chmod a+x /path/to/myfile.command
chmod a+x /path/to/myfile.command
chmod a+x docker start sql_server_demo

In myfile.command I would have this:

docker start sql_server_demo

Nothing seems to be working. And when I go to Users and Groups then my current user does have Admin rights. So I really don't understand why I am getting this error. Does the myfile.command's location matter?

ls -la: -rw-r--r--@  1 (myname)  staff     68 Aug 16 11:20 myfile.command

file: myfile.command: ASCII text, with no line terminators


texts:
I've got a WiFi router (Asus) and an external HDD, connected to it by USB.
The router gives access to the HDD by FTP and SMB protocol.
It's working good as external storage for my MacBook Pro, but I want my Time Machine to create its backups on that HDD. Is there a way to do that?
Mac OS 10.8.2.


texts:
Articles, Videos and similar posts / questions all describe being able to join clips in iMovie using the Join Clips option in the Modify menu of iMovie (10.1.8) on macOS High Sierra.

Yet, iMovie is unable to join two clips!

It seems to be a common and recurring issue to which I am seeking an answer once and for all.

Background
I have split a clip into 3 pieces and deleted the middle part. Now, having used CMD to select the two remaining pieces - highlighting them in yellow borders, I go up to the Modify menu to find that the Join Clips option is unavailable (greyed out).

Question
Why am I not able to join the clips? They are adjacent to one another, have no speed alteration (e.g. slow motion) and are both highlighted. How do I join them?


texts: How does Sublime open file with cmd+click on its path in Terminal?

texts:
For example:

$ ls -lsa
4 -rw-r--r--    1 denis     404 Jul 16 18:36 pgadmin.log

cmd+click on pgadmin.log
Sublime opens pgadmin.log (if path is 'pgadmin.log:12', it opens it and sets cursor to 12th line).

How to change the App, which opens the file?


texts: Best TimeMachine solution for macOS Sierra given current hardware?

texts:
I have an iMac running El Capitan (can't upgrade further) that has been hosting my TimeMachine backup for years. New MacBook Pro can't see the Time Machine volume - doesn't even see the drive connected to the iMac as an option.

I have a blank 4 TB 5.25" drive I can use for an alternate TimeMachine backup. What setup should I use for optimal outcome? Can I connect it to the iMac in a way that will make it available? Enclosure connected directly to the MBP seems far less convenient than the old method, where TimeMachine would just run whenever I was on my home network...


texts: How do I only optimise storage for videos over 1 year old?

texts:
This can be using Jailbreak modifications or using a feature available in iOS.
I have a 64GB iPhone 6S that has over 40GB of photos and videos on it - most of that being videos. However, I am quickly running out of usable storage. I want to be able to still access new photos and videos but I want videos older than a year to be 'optimised'.
Is there any way to do this either using Jailbreak tweaks or iOS features? If not how could I build a tweak to do this?


texts: Windows users can see a strange letter (a white dot on black background) on text originally typed on a MacBook

texts:
I and my colleagues happened to see a strange letter appearing randomly in texts typed by another colleague who uses a MacBook and with the "Simple Telex" input method used for their keyboard setting. The random character appears as a white dot on a black background (see image below).

It can appear anywhere (in Excel, a blog post, etc).

Has anyone else encountered this? Any suggestions on how to avoid it?


texts:
Currently I am running Yosemite, I am trying to ascertain if it's possible to add a delegate mailbox to the mail.app. As of yet I have been unable to do so. Unfortunately I cannot have this particular mailbox as another account as it doesn't have the ability to be logged into.

Thanks,

Brendan


texts: How can I stop my retina display from taking 2x sized screenshots?

texts:
I recently got a retina display MacBook, and all my screenshots (via ⌘ CMD+⇧ SHIFT+3 or ⌘ CMD+⇧ SHIFT+4) end up being twice the size compared to how they appear on-screen.
For example, here is a screenshot of the Ask Different logo taken via ⌘⇧4 on a retina MacBook Pro running macOS 10.15.7:

When the file is opened locally in Preview or Quick Look, it appears at the same size as the website's logo. But when uploaded to the web, it displays twice as big.
How can I stop this from happening?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to switch focus between monitors (from #1 to #2) in Yosemite

texts:
I like having my IDE on left screen and browser on the right one. Whenever I want to refresh page in the browser, I need to move hand from keyboard to mouse. In my previous setup on Fedora I was able to setup a keyboard shortcuts ctrl+1 and  ctrl+2 to focus on the topmost window of appropriate monitor. I feel like this is a very basic task, but I didn't find any solutions. I even read this question:

Keyboard shorcut to switch focus between multiple displays on OS X 10.9.5 + (mavericks, el capitan, sierra)

but it proposes a workaround instead of an actual keyboard shortcut to switch focus. Is there any solution? I am able to buy an app from AppStore if there is one for this purpose, but I would like to avoid non-AppStore apps.


texts: How can I update iTunes Match from the command line?

texts:
I use iTunes Match to access my iTunes library at work. I added some new music to my library (back at home) recently, but I forgot to run the "Update iTunes Match" command to ensure that the songs were matched/uploaded to the cloud. Now I'm at work, and my new tunes aren't in iCloud.

I have shell access to my iMac at home using SSH. How can I tell iTunes to update my library from the command line? (I presume the answer will involve the use of osascript.)

A side benefit of knowing this would be that I can schedule it to run nightly so this doesn't happen again, which is why I'd rather not just use VNC.


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I cracked the LCD screen of my Macbook Air a few days ago and dropped it off at the Apple store to get it replaced. The 'Genius' there said it would cost around $500 and that having another repair shop fix it would void its warranty (I have the Apple Care package), so I authorized the repair.
Today I received a call from the Apple store that the technician who opened up the laptop found 'a few dead bugs' in the laptop and since this is a 'biohazard', they won't be able to do the fix themselves. They weren't specific about the kind of bugs they found.

Bugs are definitely a pest but not a biohazard unless they're known vectors of transmittable diseases but I'm pretty sure the Apple store doesn't have trained entomologists on payroll masquerading as technicians to make that distinction. By this logic, the moment anyone sees a bug in an Apple Store, anyone can scream 'OMG, biohazard!', have the store shut down and wait for the friendly folks in hazmat suits to arrive. In fact, I have half a mind to do precisely that this weekend.

AFAIK I have no bedbugs whatsoever but anyway, can I try taking it to another store? Also, will this void the warranty?


texts: Is there an easy way to find the specification pages for old Apple Computers that have now been removed from the Apple Support pages?

texts: I recently noticed that it no longer appears possible to view the specifications for old Apple computers directly from the Apple website; their specification pages appear to have been deleted. I'm mainly referring to MacBook/MacBook Pro/iMac/MacBook Air/Mac Pro models produced between 2006 and the current day. I'm aware that multiple third-party websites exist that have this info, but is there an easy-to-find list of archived URLs for the spec pages for these older models that were previously contained on the Apple Support pages?


texts: Mount external disk at the same mounting point in macOS

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I have an external disk, and I want to be mounted in the same mounting point (path) every time I connect.

In ubuntu I edited the file /etc/fstab, I added

UUID=5C2A-23AD /media/external1/    exfat        nofail,auto,noatime,rw,user 0 0

and is working. But I don't know how to do this in macOS 10.14.4


texts: Typing the control+\ (backslash) on Apple keyboard

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I've been trying for quite some time now to figure out how I'm supposed to type the escape sequence '^\', Control+Blackslash on a Mac.

I have a Swedish keyboard with the Swedish Pro layout, and I have backslash on Shift+Alt+7, but pressing Ctrl+Shift+Alt+7 just gives me a 7, not the escape sequence I would expect.

The closest thing I found while googling is: How do I send C-/ (that is, control-slash) to the terminal?

But it doesn't give away how to do the Control+Backslash, any ideas?


texts: Problems with color consistency on Apple Thunderbolt Display

texts:
When I got my 27" thunderbolt display, set it up with my 2011 lion MBP was working as it should, my desktop backgrounds was being shared or extended across the displays, when I hit mission control I can see on both displays exactly the same 6 desktop spaces with the pictures I set for their backgrounds, when I draged google chrome or fusion 4 to the external display I was able to make either one full screen just as normal and keep on working on my laptop with other apps(note: my dock & toolbar were on my MBP screen all the time).

Then close the lid on my MBP and went to lunch, when I came back I found that my perfect set up was turned into the nightmare everyone else is living thru the forums all over the internet,the background and mission control backgrounds were the stock lion galaxy looking thing on the external which seems like my MBP desktop wasn't being shared or extended over to the external display any more, and when enable any app to full screen mode on the external display the app jump to the macbook's display and the external"s background tuns gray with a pattern and turns practically unusable compared to the way it should work, you should by able to work on both screen at the same time otherwise would be pointless to have a $999+tax external display functioning this way.

I tried plugging the display with the laptop off and turning it back off, restarting, went thru all the options on displays preferences(which are like 3) and nothing corrected it, so I took it to the Apple store the guy didn't know much more than what I do since his troubleshooting strategy was the same as mine and unsuccessful, the guy "escalated" the issue and made me an appointment, long story short, the guy couldn't figure it out and clammed that the computer was acting as it should, so I was pretty sure that if he connect another MBP to the display it was gonna act the same as mine at the beginning but I was wrong, it was as messed up as mine was.
so I decided to call Apple support and the guy was supposedly a display expert and said he knew what I was talking about but I had to purchase a $180 plan for a year or $60 for a week so I can have support over the phone and attempt to fix the problem, later he sent me an email asking for my MBP specs to make some research... provably the same goggling I've been doing the las couple of days.

I'm not really interested in a workaround kinda fix but into knowledgeable way to some how fine tune some settings to get it working as it was when I first plugged in the monitor.


texts: I am using an iPhone 4 and I have many photos taken in different locations. Now I am planning to get a new iPhone 6. Can I sync these photos to my new phone? If so, can I see the locations on the new phone?


texts: Download entire iTunes purchase history as CSV file

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I'm wondering if anyone has found a way to download one's entire iTunes or App Store purchase history as a CSV file?

I know that from within iTunes I can go to Account / View Account / Purchase History, but this has numerous problems. It does not let me download the results, but only shows them in iTunes. It does not show all purchases, but instead shows results one screenful at a time. And it does not even show purchases as individal line items, but shows them grouped into collections you need to click into. It's almost like they're trying to make it hard to see how you spend on the App Store or iTunes Store....

I have not been assiduously saving all the email receipts regarding my purchases, so I cannot access this information by doing bulk processing of those old emails.

So is there any other way to get access to this information except for the inadequate iTunes interface?

And if the only way is via the iTunes interface, is there any way to script the UI so I could write a program that iterated through all results and extracted them? Has anyone actually succeeded in doing this?


texts: Opening Google/YouTube URLs in Chrome by default when Safari is default browser

texts: Safari is my default browser, and I like it that way. But I want to open Google URLs (Google Docs, YouTube, etc.) in Chrome by default, e.g., when I click on a link in Mail. Is there a system-level way to set the default browser for a sub-set of domains?


texts: How can I make an application open at startup, without automatically opening a window?

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Many of the applications that I use, such as Spotify, don't require a window to be open to function. I want these applications to be available at startup, but if I chose the corresponding options, the window also opens, and I end up with a clutter of windows on my desktop which I end up manually closing.

Is there a hack or a simply option to just open the Application without creating a new window?


texts:
My development group works at a remote office which requires us to VPN into the corporate network to get access to any company resources. The corporate network is designed to forward NTLM credentials to all websites.

This causes massive headaches for us, because we all have MacBooks and therefore do not have NTLM credentials stored, so whenever the above happens (and fails), we have to type in our ID/PW again. This happens literally 20+ times a day, and if we disconnect from the VPN and reconnect, we have to do it 20+ times yet again. No exaggeration, I have had to type my ID/PW into a browser window >50x in a single day on multiple occasions, and everyone on my 12-person team has had days that were just as bad. Clearly, this is not a positive experience. Corporate IT officially does not support OSX, so they are no help whatsoever.

What can we do to improve our experience? Like, isn't there a way to run a local proxy that will always forward NTLM credentials to any internal corporate website that asks for them? Or is there a way we can make our browsers smarter with what sites get routed through the proxy?


texts:
Mac Pro (Late 2013) macOS Mavericks

Internet Recovery Mode:

OS X Utilities:

Disk Utility:

    disk0

      OS X Base System

I can verify "OS X Base System" but not erase, restore or alter partition layout?


texts: Is it possible to turn off Internet access when locking the iPhone?

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I'd like to automatically turn off all access to the Internet (through Wi-Fi & Mobile Data) on my iPhone when locking it. I don't really like to get notifications from different apps when the iPhone is locked.

However, I do want to get all these notifications when I'm around and playing with it—so, basically, when I unlock my iPhone, I want to turn access to the Internet back on again.

Can this be done?  If so, what's the easiest way to do it?


texts: How to completely remove GoToMeeting.app?

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I installed the GoToMeeting.app because a client used it. I no longer need it, but I can't seem to remove it. Its burrowed in worse than most malware found on a PC.

I tried a simple drag and drop from the Applications folder to the Trash, but that did not work.

I then dropped into the command line:

$ ls /Applications/Go*
/Applications/GoToMeeting:
GoToMeeting (3019).app  GoToMeeting (3356).app
GoToMeeting (3277).app  GoToMeeting (3499).app
$

Then:

$ sudo rm -rf /Applications/GoToMeeting*
$ ls /Applications/Go*
$

Finally, reboot and then:

$ ls /Applications/Go*
GoToMeeting (WWW).app  GoToMeeting (XXX).app
GoToMeeting (YYY).app  GoToMeeting (ZZZ).app
$

So I get another set of them.

Something is running in privileged mode, and it seems to be hiding itself:

$ sudo find /Library -iname GoToMeeting 2>/dev/null
$
$ sudo ps -A | grep -i GoToMeeting
13644 ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i GoToMeeting
$

The hit above is the terminal session searching for the process.

How do I completely remove this application?


texts:
I've got an older Macbook with a 256 GB HDD drive, running 10.12.6 (Sierra), with Mail 10.3.

It looks like a huge amount of storage (roughly 56 GB worth!) is being taken up by old Mail attachments — mostly attachments to sent messages, not received messages.

Where are these stored, and what is the easiest way to remove them?  I've found a lot of reference articles online about deleting the contents of the Mail Downloads folder, but I don't know if that's what I'm looking for, as these are not attachments I received, but rather ones I sent. I don't want to
delete the entire message -- I really want to keep a record of what I sent, to whom, and when.

And if possible I'd like to keep the attachments on the server (it's a Gmail account) so that I can retrieve them if need be.  What are my options?


texts:
I'm working with 2 screens.

On the smaller I have documentation open while on bigger I have IDE.
When making terminal fullscreen it will go big on one screen(bigger), while making other blank.

Is there a way to leave docs open on smaller screen?


texts: Is there an iPad whiteboard that can also be used on desktop machines?

texts:
I've seen many iPad whiteboard apps but all seem to be either iPad only (eg Whiteboard Mojo) or are read-only from the web (Jot) or require local connection via wifi (splashtop) or make you pay for every Internet session (whiteboard HD). I don't mind paying for the app, but I want to use this for business, and nickel and diming per session isn't going to work. (How would people get reimbursed?)

So I want an app I can buy once and use for as many Internet whiteboard sessions with other iPads and desktop machines as I want.


texts:
I have another question. I have yet ANOTHER issue with my iMac. When the late 2009 iMac came out, replaced the internal hdd would make the fans go at full blast. I removed my Seagate ST3500418AS (because it died) and replaced it with a Toshiba DT01ACA050. There were no visible temp. sensors when my dad and I replaced it. The machine was quiet and functional, until it started to run at full blast. The Toshiba HDD previously had Linux Mint, so I thought it was a compatibility issue-  that is, until I install macOS X. The hard drive fan is running at full blast! I know I can control the speed with software, but I want to make it so the fans are always quiet (I dualboot macOS and Linux). They (Apple) started programming the drives with temperature sensor firmware. I would like to know how I might be able to get firmware to fix my Mac. I have another drive shipping in later this week, so I will try that, but it will probably be the same issue. How can I fix this? Thanks!
-Logan


texts: Applescript to import mail with attachments into devonthink that would expand archived files

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My workflow is to tag and put all incoming docs from Mail.app into Devonthink. I do this with Applescript. Script is working fine for me with one exception - I do not know how to make it expand .zip and .rar files in the attachments before moving them to Devonthink. Probably would require Unarchiver or some other scriptable archive utility. I would appreciate your suggestions. My script is below.

property pNoSubjectString : "(no subject)"

tell application "Mail"
    try
        tell application id "com.devon-technologies.thinkpro2"
            if not (exists «class DTcu») then error "No database is in use."
        end tell
        set theSelection to the selection
        set theFolder to (POSIX path of (path to temporary items))
        if the length of theSelection is less than 1 then error "One or more messages must be selected."
        repeat with theMessage in theSelection
            my importMessage(theMessage, theFolder)
        end repeat
    on error error_message number error_number
        if error_number is not -128 then display alert "Mail" message error_message as warning
    end try
end tell

on importMessage(theMessage, theFolder)
    tell application "Mail"
        try
            tell theMessage
                set {theDateReceived, theDateSent, theSender, theSubject, theSource, theReadFlag} to {the date received, the date sent, the sender, subject, the source, the read status}
                tell application "MailTagsHelper"
                    tell theMessage
                        set theTags to the keywords
                    end tell
                end tell
            end tell
            if theSubject is equal to "" then set theSubject to pNoSubjectString
            set theAttachmentCount to count of mail attachments of theMessage
            tell application id "com.devon-technologies.thinkpro2"
                set theGroup to «class DTig»
                if theAttachmentCount is greater than 0 then set theGroup to «event DTpacd08» {name:theSubject, «class DTty»:«constant DtypDTgr»} given «class DTin»:theGroup
                set theRecord to «event DTpacd08» {name:theSubject & ".eml", «class DTty»:«constant Dtyp****», «class DTcr»:theDateSent, «class DTmo»:theDateReceived, URL:theSender, «class conT»:(theSource as string), «class tags»:theTags} given «class DTin»:theGroup
                set «class DTur» of theRecord to (not theReadFlag)
            end tell
            repeat with theAttachment in mail attachments of theMessage
                set theFile to theFolder & (name of theAttachment)
                tell theAttachment to save in theFile
                tell application id "com.devon-technologies.thinkpro2"
                    set theAttachmentRecord to «event DTpacd01» theFile given «class DTto»:theGroup
                    set «class DTur» of theAttachmentRecord to (not theReadFlag)
                    set URL of theAttachmentRecord to theSender
                    set «class tags» of theAttachmentRecord to theTags
                end tell
            end repeat
        on error error_message number error_number
            if error_number is not -128 then display alert "Mail" message error_message as warning
        end try
    end tell
end importMessage


texts: Navigate to current location of a friend

texts:
I must be missing something simple - I've located my son using iOS 8's Find my Friends app, and now I want to use Maps to navigate to that location.

How can I do that? I don't see a way to start a navigation from the Friends app, Siri always wants to navigate to my son's home address (I know where that is, thanks), and Maps doesn't seem to offer access to Friends either...


texts: Remote Desktop Connection session to windows server 2008 problem with licensing

texts:
I cannot log in with my credentials using Remote Desktop Connection v2.1.1 (up to date) session to windows server 2008. Error states there's a problem with licensing. Tried from two different machines, both running latest version of RDC both running on OSX 10.6.8. This connection tested OK and ran for about two weeks. No updates have been made on either machine, or the remote server I'm trying to access. However, I can do this from a Windows machine using same credentials and IP address without a problem...

Any ideas on what to check?


texts:
As I explained here, I have an old MacBook and I am planning to replace OS X with either Windows 7 or Linux.

I was wondering if it is at all possible to virtualize the physical Snow Leopard partition. In Windows you can convert a physical machine to a virtual machine using VMWare products. Could I do something like this for my MacBook?

The idea is to wipe everything, install Windows or Linux and have the original OS X partition as a Virtual Machine in case I need something.


texts: How can I locate in iPhoto an image selected in the Finder?

texts: This is essentially the reverse of this question: given that I have selected an image in the Finder, is there an applescript or similar tool which will open iPhoto and highlight this file in the library so I can delete/modify/tag/inspect it there?


texts: Is there a Lync alternative on a Mac such that I can still use my Microsoft contacts? Note that I desire to keep all my outlook contacts from Lync but simply using a different service to communicate with them. For example, if I could chat with my outlook contacts via iMessages, that would be ideal. However, if there is a 3rd party messaging service which will allow me to chat with outlook contacts, that will be good too.


texts: How to plug into Mac Air a 4pin Microphone with 4pin headphones through a splitter?

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I have a 4 pin mini-jack headphones and 4 pin mini jack microphone (BOYA). I want to plug them into the Mac Air but I have a 2x3 pin to 4 pin splitter and it seems that it doesn't work - the computer doesn't see the microphone. What should be the splitter to plug it all at a time? I thought 2x4 pin(f) -> 4 pin(m) but I haven't been able to find one. Will a 4 pin -> 3 pin adapter work if I plug the microphone to it and then plug it into my splitter together with headphones? What adapters or splitters should I purchase to make it work?
Update:
The microphone works well when I plug it into the headphones multi hole directly but doesn't when I plug it into the splitter with headphones.
Two 4 pin headsets work well through a splitter that I have (output is 4 pin, but I don't know what is there at the inputs). Microfone and headset don't work with this splitter.
Update-2:
My adapter OMTP - CTIA is here (link) and I tried to plug the microphone in different ways, but unfortunately the MAC doesn't see it through the splitter.


texts: How Turn off iPhone's Cellular Radio to ensure Wifi calling is used?

texts:
Is this possible?  If so how is this done?  Can this be achieved by clicking on the aircraft icon to put the iPhone in airplane mode?  Assume device is using IOS 12.

Ensuring that calls are made through wifi and not the cellular system is important when roaming.

Assume the it is possible to turn of the cellular radio and forcing wifi callig: Will this prevent the iPad from ringing?


texts: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) - Increasing Battery Life

texts:
Hi How to effective Battery charge in MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports).

As per my previous experience , i was using MacBook Air and i charge it 100 % and wait till drain then again Charge it. I used it two years, with in two years. Battery got damaged.I am worry about my new MacBook Pro.

My Doubts are-

1- Charge it 100% and wait upto 20 % and again charge full.

2- Charge 100% and Wait till it drain 1% and again charge it.

2- Always Charge MacBook Pro, when it is in use

3- How to increase Battery life of MacBook Pro

I have gone through it https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5689236?tstart=0 . but really not able to understand key points.

Please help me out to increase Battery life of my mac book pro


texts: When I try to sync my iPad, I get an "Unknown Error (-39)"

texts:
It still seems to sync most things - the error occurs late in the sync toward the end of the last step, which seems to be photo-related, and my apps are up to date, etc.

The main thing I've noticed that's off is my pictures - when I open the pictures app, I get a message saying:

  iTunes Sync Needed - High Resolution
  images synced via itunes are missing.
  Connect your device to the computer
  you sync photos from and launch iTunes
  to sync them.

Since the issue seems like it might be photo-related, I tried repairing my Aperture library's permissions and database - no help.

Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to queue songs on the iPhone?

texts: I would like to queue up songs on my iPhone like I can on my desktop music player. Is this possible with iTunes, or is there an alternative music app that will let me do this?


texts: There was a question on Disable Command-W in the terminal but is there a way to determine Command-W globally on MacOS? I keep accidentally closing my applications.


texts: Is it possible to change the iphone date picker?

texts:
I'm new to apple products, just got a new iPhone 7.
I've been an avid GNU/Linux and Android, but decided to give iOS a chance.

I was wondering if it is possible to change the phone calendar picker (looks like a roulette wheel) to a calendar grid.

I'm looking for a way to change the date picker of existing applications, such as Gmail and Safari, e.g., by activating/deactivating a setting configuration or tweaking the application.

Precisely, I want to change from this:

to this:


texts: 5K Display (only one) and MacBook Pro mid-2015 DG Radeon 370x

texts:
Which 5k displays supports by my MacBook Pro mid-2015 with Radeon M370x and how it's done?
Is some one saw articles or tests about MBP 2015 and 5k displays?

Right now I'm replacing my two old fullHD 24" displays and after few weeks of tests I don't like two 4k 27" displays... I returned them.
I don't want two displays anymore...
I want one but ultrawide (21:9), for now I'm thinking about LG 38UC99-W with 3840x1600, but soon there will be new 5k ultrawide LG 34WK95U with resolution 5120x2160.
First LG 38" 4k works with my MacBook but if MBP works with 5k displays... there will be possibility that it will work with 5k Ultrawide...


texts:
I'm looking to buy a time capsule to back up my MacBook, however currently there are more Windows machines in my home than macs. Os it possible to use some of the time capsule for windows backups?

Or at least plugin an external hard drive to the Time Capsule?


texts: Where does Photos store iCloud photos shared with me?

texts:
What is the location where Apple Photos stores Shared photos? I'm looking for the photos that appear under the Shared tab, to view them in the Finder.

My particular reason is that I'd like to enable these photos to be backed up by Google Photos Desktop Uploader. All of my own photos are being synced to Google, but not the ones that are shared with me. If I can find the local copy, I can turn it on in the uploader preferences.


texts: Catalina now only saves pdf's from print box to preview not the folder I choose

texts: I use Excel spreadsheets everyday and use the pdf print facility to send them to clients suppliers and for many other uses. Catalina now will not save the pdf's to any other folder than the preview folder which is annoying and wastes my time having to move them to the folders I need to keep them in. How can I change this or do I have to roll back the installation to Sierra?


texts: How to recover from "chown -R $USER /usr/"?

texts:
I ran a 'chown' on everything under /usr to a non root user. Meant to run it for /usr/local/
Now I get the error below on opening terminal

login(89809,0x7fff7bac5960) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fc7cb500b40: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug

[Process completed]


texts:
Trying to figure out how to see activity happening while iCloud Files is syncing. The macOS Console application shows messages from cloudd, but nothing very useful:

The Activity Monitor does not show cloudd nor other process transferring much data either.

I'm looking for log files under /var/log or ~/Library/Logs, but cannot find anything.

Is there any log file that could be used with tail to see iCloud sync activity in real time?


texts: Can I tell Finder to show a Folder path when accessing the Folder from Favorites?

texts:
I guess the title says pretty much it all. I've added a folder I do most of my work in to Favorites in Finder. Sometimes however I need to back up in the folder structure to access a folder higher in the tree structure. However, when I've  accessed the folder from Favorites that isn't possible. Finder handles a Favorite folder as the root of the structure.

Is there a setting to this or some other quick nifty way of backing even further up in the tree from a favorite folder?


texts: Homebrew (unlike Macports) does not put programs ahead of system's

texts:
Macports inserts /opt/local/bin/ ahead of /usr/bin in the path, and so if the same program exists in both folders, the Macports-installed one takes precedence.

I'm unclear on how Homebrew manages this issue. Taking a concrete example, say I run brew install git, I now have

> /usr/local/bin/git --version
git version 2.14.2
> git --version
git version 2.13.5 (Apple Git-94)

To use the more recent (git 2.14), it's tedious to use /usr/local/bin/git. Also, giving more priority to /usr/local/bin on my own may have undesirable side effects.

What's the standard way to run updated Homebrew programs when they collide with ones already on macOS? For python I've seen that Homebrew avoids collisions by requiring users to type either python2 or python3. This is less clear for the case of git.


texts: Gmail on iPhone: draft shows up on webmail as sent & deleted?

texts:
My GMail account is configured on my iPhone 4S as a GMail account (which I access using the "Mail" app), not using the Exchange template.  This evening I was using that setup for composing an e-mail and decided it would be better composed on my computer, so I hit "cancel" and, when given the option, "Save as Draft."

When I went to my webmail client on my desktop, however, there was no draft.  Instead, there was an alert in the conversation I was replying to saying that there was a deleted message in that thread.  Curious, I told it to bring it back, and discovered an earlier version of my draft...

...only it treated it as a message that had been sent, complete with timestamp and mailed-by header!

I googled but didn't find anything useful; others (for instance here) have reported a similar experience but I couldn't find an explanation anywhere.

Has anyone else run into this problem before?  Please tell me it didn't send my half-composed note when I told it to save the draft!


texts:
I want to have the Siri icon in the Touch Bar, but I want to change the icon to a black and white version. I find the colors distracting, and I want it to be visually consistent with all of the other icons.

Is there any way to change the icons for a given touch bar item?


texts: How to mirror secondary display to a TV?

texts:
I have had a dual-screen setup (27'' iMac + 27'' thunderbolt display) for a while now; having recently acquired a MDP->HDMI adapter I'm struggling with mirroring the secondary display onto my TV.

The screenshot above shows an arrangement where the desktop is extended across all three screens. Now, if I select "Mirror Displays" then I get all of the displays mirrored i.e. same image on my iMac, thunderbolt display and the TV, which is not what I'm after.

Is there some obvious setting I'm missing? Can this be accomplished without third-party software?


texts: Corrupt EFI Partition or Error b/c of Encryption? & Ghost Partition

texts:
I have a 2012 Mac Mini Server with two internal SSDs. Until recently, I had Mt. Lion installed on one of the SSDs, as my only boot drive, and used the other, rarely, for file storage.

I created a bootable multi-OS USB installer. I completely erased the 2nd SSD and installed Yosemite on it from my bootable USB. I used FileVault 2 to encrypt the drive.

All seemed well, but when I fired up Disk Utility from the Mt. Lion drive, I saw that the main Yosemite partition was listed in duplicate. The duplicate partition seems to be in name & size only and does not appear to have any content on it. Running 'Verify Disk', told me that the main partition was the 'Incorrect size' for its volume and 'Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting'. The EFI partition turned red & warned, 'Error: Incorrect size for logical volume.Verifying volume “disk1s1” Verify volume failed: Unrecognized file system.' No errors were noticed with the duplicate main partition.

Assuming I'd somehow screwed up my multi-OS installer, I wiped the Yosemite drive and reinstalled from Internet Recovery.

Again, everything seemed fine, but Disk Utility is giving me the same error warnings & the main Yosemite partition still has this ghost duplicate.

I noticed that my Time Machine backup drive was creating two backups for the Yosemite drive; one was the drive prior to the erase & Yosemite install & the other, with the same name, was the Yosemite install. I removed the entire drive from being able to be backed up by Time Machine & it is now creating backups of only the Yosemite drive prior to the Yosemite installation.

What's going on?!!!?

Is the Yosemite EFI partition actually corrupt? It starts up and runs just fine.

Why does the pre-Yosemite drive have a duplicate and how is the content that was on that drive prior to being completely erased twice still being backed up?!

What do I need to do to actually wipe this drive and have an EFI partition with a recognized file system & no other errors? Could I be getting the errors simply because I'm looking at an encrypted boot drive from a different boot drive? When I run Disk Utility from the Yosemite drive, no errors pop up at all....

I'd appreciate any help or suggestions.

Thanks

EDIT: I unencrypted the Yosemite drive &, when running Disk Utility from the MT. Lion drive to look at the Yosemite drive, the errors & ghost drive have seemingly disappeared. However, I assume that re-encrypting it will result in the errors returning; what needs to be changed to avoid that? Please, see below screen shots of the current Disk Utility drive list, followed by the Terminal results of diskutil list and diskutil cs list. (something weird is going on with imgur)

Disk Utility Drive List - http://pasteboard.co/1QybDvT7.jpg
diskutil list - http://pasteboard.co/1QyeETiD.jpg
diskutil cs list - http://pasteboard.co/1QyhbbFa.jpg

EDIT 2: I re-encrypted the Yosemite drive and all the problems returned. I've taken screengrabs of the information Disk Utility gives when looking at the encrypted Yosemite drive from the Mt. Lion drive.

Ghost Partition - http://pasteboard.co/1QDZ1mo1.jpg
Invalid Disk Label - http://pasteboard.co/1QE1JFH7.jpg
Verify Volume Failed - http://pasteboard.co/1QE3hYbE.jpg


texts: Can I suppress the dot under an image caption in pages for macOS?

texts:
When I use the media box to add a photo, I seem to be required to add a caption. Then under the caption, there is a gray dot. These dots show up in the image files I paste into Pages similar to this underline situation, but not the same.

How can I ditch the dot?


texts: Why are Pages/Numbers/Keynote not free in the App Store on new iPhone 6s?

texts:
I got a new iPhone in the US, but am using it abroad (Israel) and with my old Apple ID.

In the App Store I see the Apple Pages/Numbers/Keynote with a price tag on them (not free) when they should be free.

What is the problem here?


texts: Using Lightning headphones in my Dell laptop

texts: I have an iPhone 7 with Lightning headphones. I got a connecting adapter to use 3.5mm compatible headphones on an iPhone 7. But, is it possible to use these Lightning headphones on the 3.5mm jack of my Dell laptop? I tried Googling and haven't found any converter/adapter.


texts: How can I use Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2 with late 2011 MBP?

texts: I have a MBP 17" (late 2011) and would like to use the new Magic input devices (Keyboard, Mouse 2, and Trackpad 2) with it which seem to rely on Bluetooth 4. How can I connect them to my MBP?


texts:
I set crontab but nothing happened,

crontab -l
03 04-22 * * * python /me/radio_alarm.py

What's the reason, the command works as intended in Linux.


texts: Force Macbook Pro on AC mode using broken battery

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro 13" Retina (Early 2015) running 10.12.6 with a broken battery (Replace now alert) but I still couldn't find a proper battery in my region.

In this case I should shut down the device to move and it seems loosing power also resets the date and time and also breaks hibernate mode which I can use.

I'd like to know is there any solution for forcing AC Mode so it ignores battery (Performance issue due to changing between battery and ac somehow in runtime).

I also tried SMC and NVRAM reset but no chance either.

Please let me know if there should be more explanation.


texts:
After the upgrade to Safari 14 on macOS, Version 14.0 (15610.1.28.1.9, 15610) to be exact, the Frequently Visited list is... well, not my Frequently Visited. I've never seen more than one web site show up in it after the update, although I used to have about a half dozen, /., Ars and here at SO. Now it's showing me a page I visited yesterday, once, and nothing else.
Any ideas?


texts: Streaming video from shared Mac folder to AppleTV?

texts:
I just bought a new AppleTV and will be getting it soon, and I want to know how I can stream my movies which are located on a shared drive to it?

Right now, my videos are in a folder which is shared by my MBP (which is running SL) and have various formats. I've been trying to find a way to show these on my ATV without having to convert them.

I've heard about AirFlick, but I'm running Lion and apparently it doesn't work (someone tell me I'm wrong). I also vaguely remember a way to stream it to my iPhone4, and then stream that to AirPlay on the ATV?


texts:
Recently (2-3 weeks ago - beginning of September), I started having issues when trying to play videos (youtube, vimeo, etc.) and even locally stored videos (with VLC or Quicktime player). The video players (online and local) open but the videos don't start. I can move the progress bar manually and see the different image frames within the video, but that is it.
I fear something might have happened with the graphics card. If I disable "Use hardware acceleration when available" and restart Chrome, the video starts to play on YouTube but without sound. Perhaps unrelated, but it seems Spotify plays music (the progress bar moves) but I get no sound. And at the same time, it my MacBook started to take longer to wake up from sleeping. It used to be instant but now it can take 30 seconds or more.
Restarting the machine sometimes fixes the issue but on some restarts it got weirder: I had no sound and "System Preferences -> Audio" said that no devices were detected.
Would be grateful for any commands or tools I can run to diagnose this further.


texts: Why does my computer hibernate when it sleeps?

texts:
I am MacBook Pro w/ Retina, Mid-2014, running macOS Sierra 10.12.1.

About 2/3 of the time my computer times out and goes to sleep, the screen goes blank as normal, but tries to wake it don't work. Can move mouse, but screen is black, can't click, can't press a key, etc. The only way to tempfix that I know is closing and reopening the screen. Then, everything returns to normal.

I noticed other topics similar to this, but I do not believe it works eventually as other topics say. Might be wrong though.


texts:
I have iPhone 6 (iOS 8.1), and I am trying to use a 2013 MacBook Air (OSX10.10) to call using the iPhone.

I am getting this error message

Now obviously I have checked that both devices are using the same iCloud account - of course they already were.

Has anyone else suffered a similar issue and can it be fixed?


texts: Disabling suggestion icons in iOS 11 dock?

texts:
In iOS 11, the Dock has gained some potentially useful features related to recent apps and app suggestens. For me however, it constitutes visual clutter, and I want to get rid of it.

Hence I disabled the "recent apps" in “Settings → General → Multitasking & Dock”.

However, whenever I use the alarm clock, an icon reappears.

Until I reboot, the symbol remains. To make matters worse, it doesn't just sit idle; The dock will first appear without the symbol, followed by the suggestion-area sliding in as an animation, resulting in animated visual clutter.

The icon is not related to an active alarm, but it reappears every time after the alarm has been used.

Is there any possibility to get rid of such icons entirely?

Observed on iPad Air 2 (64 GB).


texts:
Can't add apps to "Files & Folders" under Security & Privacy, plus/minus buttons are greyed out.
Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: Will an internal optical drive from a non-Apple manufacturer be fully functional in a MBP 13" Mid 2009?

texts:
I have had a faulty internal superdrive (Apple calls their optical drives superdrives) for the longest time in my MBP 13" Mid 2009. I want to replace it, but in my area it's pretty hard to come across a superdrive, be it new or used. I considered an external optical drive but quickly dismissed it, as it would be a pain to carry around and from what I've heard MPB's don't allow using external optical drives for recovering from CDs.

The next step was to check for any obvious signs of incompatibility. I looked at my MBP's optical drive, and sure enough, on first glance it looked like a standard laptop optical drive. The MBP Mid 2009 is decently upgradeable, with us being able to replace the shipped battery and the HDD. Unless there are some special requirements I am unaware of, I feel this is possible.

Another query I have is: Even if the optical drive works for general CD reading, will it work for recovery? Or will it act like the aforementioned external optical drives?

Please note: I have already put an optical drive caddy for an SSD earlier, and I didn't quite like it because it added extra bulk to the Mac. In the end I took the SSD out of the drive caddy and replaced the old HDD with the SSD. I removed the caddy too. It made the Mac much lighter. And yes, I have put in the faulty optical drive to check the weight and I find it quite a bit lighter.


texts: How to change the finder services submenu threshold?

texts:
In the finder context menu, there is a list of services at the very bottom. Once this list grows beyond 4, it becomes a submenu instead.

Is there a way to affect this threshold, i. e. have five services showing on the first menu level?


texts:
VMware are not very direct about revealing the features of their producst.

This KB article claims that "VMware Fusion does not support launching a Boot Camp partition with Windows 8 installed on it" while the Fusion 5 homepage says that Fusion 5 supports Windows 8 and that it "lets you run Windows and Mac applications side-by-side directly from your existing Boot Camp partition".

Any idea which is true? Does VMware Fusion 5 support Windows 8 Boot Camp installations or not?

And can it use a Windows 8 BC partition on another disk or only the first disk?


texts: Can I use two 27" Cinema Displays from a 15" MacBook Pro?

texts:
I am interested in purchasing a MacBook Pro and running multiple monitors when I am at my desk. Ideally, I'd like to run two 27" Cinema Displays when I am working at my desk, but would be okay with two smaller monitors.

Is this configuration possible? Does it require a combination of both Thunderbolt and DVI connectors?

I am aware that there is a similar question about utilizing multiple monitors when using the MacBook Air, but didn't feel like it gave enough detail about MacBook Pros.


texts: Built in display Color Profiles are not being applied in Mac OSX Mojave

texts:
I'm using Mojave on an 11" 2015 MacBook Air. I was using the orangish Color LCD display profile until it was automatically changed to sRGB. Now the screen is bluish. Selecting Color LCD profile does nothing at all.
Restarting, calibrating, and repairing doesn't help. I also don't see my built-in display under ColorSync devices. Night shift doesn't work either.

Any help is appreciated!


texts:
Everywhere I look I see that in order to change the Font size in Xcode I simply click on the "fonts window button".
However, I can't.
I have a default install of Xcode, just started trying to use it the other day.  The fonts window button looks like this:

Notice how it is grayed out?  Nothing I can figure out will let me click on it to change the font size.  Is this a common problem?  Anyone have a clue how to fix it?


texts:
I just got a Mac mini that I will use to play FLAC-files in my stereo (DAC to be bought). I have no idea how old it is. Might be from 2010?

The serial (on a sticker on the back of the Mac mini) is:
XSVR-106-000-R-J8m-F82-PWQ-7RJ-WHJ-L-HJ-7

However, I have problems reinstalling it. There's a sticker on the back that says: MAC OS X 10.6 SRV UNLIMITED CLIENT

The install stops after a while saying:

No packages were eligible for install. contact the software manufacturer for assistance

...I'm doing a Recovery-install from some sort of Recovery-disk and using the Internet. I'm signed into App Store etc.

These are the options I have at the recovery:

It seems like this problem could have something to do with the date?

I tried setting the date to 2017 (some sources claimed that this would to the trick) by starting in Single user mode. But I get this:
Common missing Bluetooth controller transport...

And can't even type in the terminal. Any ideas on how to restore this?


texts: iPhone 4 reset is taking a very long time

texts:
I'm passing my IPhone 4 on to my mother, and I wanted to reset it. So I went into settings -> general -> reset, and I picked the option to reset all settings and remove all the data. Now I'm seeing a screen with a spinner on it. How long can I expect this to take? At what point should I reboot the phone and try again?

I'm still running IOS 5.something on it, because I had jailbroken it, but according to most sites I'm reading, the jailbreak shouldn't affect the reset.


texts: Yosemite: can't get apps on Mac App Store

texts:
I upgraded from Mac OS Mavericks 10.9.5 to Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.1 and have issues with Mac App Store.

If I search for an item, I get results, but if I click a result, I get a blank page, whatever the app's page I want to see.

As you can see, the classic app background doesn't even appear.

I do not experience this issue on a fresh install of Yosemite in another mac, so I did bought my app on the other mac and used the search results's menu to install it on the right one, but that's quite tricky.

I tried to reboot, to reset the PRAM and other stuffs I seen over the internet, but didn't found any good answer.

FYI:


texts: How to setup MacBook Pro 13" Earlier 2011 Screen Resolution 1440 x 900

texts:
Like the title.
How can i setup macbook Pro 13" earlier screen resolution 1440 x 900?
I tried from system references, the max resolution is 1280 x 800.

I use OSX Mountain Lion.


texts: Apple insisting my ID info is not correct, but it is, what to do?

texts:
My Apple ID is an old email. I have just tried to update some apps but it's telling me my password I entered is wrong (it isn't).

Then I tried to reset my password. As my Apple ID is a no longer a working email, I chose the option to answer a security question. I put the answer in and it tells me my information is incorrect.

I know my Apple ID is an old email, but I also know that my password is NOT incorrect although they say it is.

What should I do? I know the information I'm giving is correct but Apple isn't accepting anything except my Apple ID (now a disfunctional email address) and my birthdate?


texts: I have a Lacie rikiki (500GB) harddrive that runs on Time Machine, and have been backing up for a couple of years. It now says it is full, and that it will delete old backups in order to make space to backup my current computer data. Does this mean that I am possibly losing important files (from two years ago) that I will therefore never again have access to? How does Time Machine decide what to delete?


texts: Command+Tab misbehaving for apps on multiple monitors

texts:
I tend to keep a few Terminal windows open in one monitor, and another Terminal window and Chrome open in another monitor.

When I'm using a single monitor, pressing ⌘⇥ remembers which Terminal window was last selected, but when some of the Terminal windows are on one monitor and some on another, ⌘⇥ away from Chrome always goes to the Terminal on the same monitor, not the Terminal on the other monitor, which is the Terminal window I last selected.

TL;DR. Is there a setting I can tweak to get ⌘⇥ to work in multi-monitor mode as it does in single monitor mode, remembering the last selected window for each app?

System:

Terminal.app
Chrome.app (latest official stable)

(Though I could have listed any two apps.)
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks


texts: App or tool for auto-crop receipt-like pictures?

texts:
I've bunch of scan of receipts, the one that are printed on thermal paper which you get from any supermarkets and these were taken on the dark background. I'd like to auto-crop them in batch via some tool, to not include the background.

I'm looking for app or tool for batch auto-crop of receipt-like pictures taken either for iOSX or OSX.


texts: Using AppleScript to modify contacts not working

texts:
I'm trying to use applescript to clean up various problems a large address book, to large to fix by hand. I've been able to find and observe contacts and groups in AppleScript successfully. However, any sort of modifications I make to any property of a contact do not persist, even after calling Application save. For instance, this script to change the first name of my first contact:

tell application "Contacts"
set thePerson to (item 1 of people)
log (get name of thePerson)
set first name of thePerson to "JustTesting"
if unsaved then
    log "unsaved"
else
    log "not unsaved"
end if
save
log (get first name of thePerson)
return thePerson
end tell

This script doesn't work - it does not modify my first contact, and also logs "not unsaved".

I am using 10.8.3 Mountain Lion. What am I doing wrong here?

(I've asked a similar question on SO here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17140148/how-to-modify-an-abperson-instance-using-pyobjc , on how to do this with PyObjC)


texts: Quickest way to save new text file to a folder

texts:
I have a folder open in finder - what is the quickest way to save a new text file to it?

On Windows I would use "New Text" and then edit the file. On the Mac I open a new file in Sublime or Textedit but then I have to select the folder again when I want to save ...?


texts:
I have had this Macbook pro since a few months and I am trying to download XCode. I have about 12GB free and apparently that is not enough to install the app. What is weird is that I had about 6GB free and I deleted the old XCode which according to Finder was 12GB, and my new total available space is only 12GB. Is Finder totally rubbish at estimating disk space? When I go into about this Mac it tells me I have about 16GB of Apps and 21GB of "Other"

When I look in my Applications folder I don't see anything close to 16GB:

Same when I look for files that would account into Other, I am nowhere near that. Can anyone help me out finding where this usage is coming from?

EDIT: To be clear I am not trying to find out how much space XCode needs, but where to find these GBs that my computer says are used

Thanks


texts: iPhone 6s ios 12.3 general settings restrictions

texts:
Good day, My “restrictions” folder in “general “ unable to access)
It’s disappeared in “general “ settings. In search I can see  search result as “restrictions” but unable to access this search result. Is it connected with update 12.3??? Symbol E appeared in music. I’m not sure regarding this symbol during usage 12.2. And my friend with 12.2 now has normal access to “restrictions” folder in “general” settings.


texts:
Since I updated OS X to 10.8.5 a week ago, I have issues signing in with Microsoft Lync: the program crashes every time. I never had issues before so I thought the latest OS update caused the issue, however all my colleagues can use Lync as before.

I installed all Microsoft updates as well ...

Lync returns the following error details

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2013-10-22 09:06:43 +0000
Application Name: Microsoft Lync
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Lync
Application Signature: UCCP
Application Version: 14.0.0.110823
Crashed Module Name: libsystem_c.dylib
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: 0x000026c0
Blame Module Name: Microsoft Lync
Blame Module Version: 14.0.0.110823
Blame Module Offset: 0x01f098f7
Application LCID: 1031
Extra app info: Reg=English Loc=0x0407
Crashed thread: 0

Any ideas? thx!


texts: What is this 11.59 GB partition on my iMac?

texts:
What is this 11.59 GB partition ?

Is that supposed to be there ? If not, what can it be and how can I remove it ?

I don't remember seeing it before I used Bootcamp and installed Windows. I installed Windows, it started crashing, and in the process of trying to fix and do a clean install of Windows, it seems that I crashed my Mac, too. And I am wondering if it's some sort of residue from a failed partitioning with Bootcamp.


texts: What are the benefits of transferring an iOS app from one to another account

texts:
I want to know that what are the benefits of transferring iOS app from one account to another.
I read apple doc, as per apple says:

The App must have had at least one version that has been released to
the App Store.

I have an app with version 1.0 on app store, Now my questions are:

Once my app is transfered to another account then what will be the effect on existing app on app store? Is notifications in the app are deactive or it will work correctly or not? What will be the impact of this on existing users who are using this app.

Is it possible that my app will be work (can be download from app
store and function properly).

If I had transfered my app then it is necessary to use new certificates and profiles if yes, why?
Any suggestion please.


texts: How to disable Dark Mode in Google Chrome on macOS Mojave?

texts:
I have configured my installation of macOS Mojave to Dark Mode, because I prefer it over the Light Mode for some reasons.

The thing is that with the recent update, Google Chrome also automatically adopts the Dark Mode. I can't even see sometimes in which tab I'm in since it does not let me see clearly.

I have researched and found official Google Chrome Themes here, but they seem to apply above the default Dark theme, which is not looking well.

If I disable Dark Mode in systemwide, I can see Google Chrome in Light Mode as usual, but I would love to see Google Chrome in Light Mode while using macOS Mojave in Dark Mode.

Is there a way to configure the desired behaviour.


texts: I bought new Neverlock (sim free) iPhone 4 with 4.3.5 firmware. Then I would like to return it to factory settings and click "Restore" in iTunes. But after restoring i received unlocking device with "only emergency calls" message. What can i do now?


texts:
Are there tools to access or mount VHDX images on macOS (Paragon VMDK Mounter for Mac OS X is not available anymore). Is a similar tool available?

I would like to access Windows Backup images.

I am using macOS 10.14 (Mojave) and both a free or paid solution would be OK.

Edit: I know that I can access the images with Windows but I would like to know if there is a way with macOS similar to the no more available Paragon Mounter)


texts: Create Windows 7 installation disk option

texts:
I am currently running Lion on my late 2010 Macbook Air. The new bootcamp has an option to create windows 7 installation disk from usb and iso. I have both but bootcamp won't let me select that option, any ideas?

[EDIT]
Found this from Apple's website

  Support for the Windows 7 ISO installer
  Install Windows with an installation disc you provide or, on Mac computers that do not have an optical drive, with a USB flash drive that contains a Windows 7 ISO image downloaded from Microsoft. The Boot Camp Assistant will offer to create this image on supported computers.

No idea what those supported computers are!!


texts: Mis-Matched messages from the Message app between two phones?

texts: We have two iPhones running iOS7, and they share an iCloud account, but have separate AppStore accounts.  Both phones are getting messages from the other phone.  Why would this be?  Is it something I can change, or would it be something more along the lines of the something that the phone company can fix?


texts: Archival style backup software or online service

texts:
I have some folders that I need constantly backed up.

I need to have the backup in archival mode where nothing is ever deleted. That is, new files are backed up, backed up files are never deleted, and updated files don't replace backed up files.

The folders contain financial records which need to always be kept.

I've tried Google Drive with the backup app, however, this keeps it in sync.

I've tried Time Machine, however, old files are deleted once the drive is full.

I need something like Google Vault. Where once files are added, they are retained forever. I don't use Google Vault as it requires a Google Suite account and i'm just on a personal Google account.

Can you recommend a software that can do this? Or a online service is fine as well.


texts: Use mac display separate from the computer?

texts: I have a Mac with a relatively nice display. Is there some way to hook an external device (PS4 in this case) and use the monitor as the display for the PS4?


texts:
I have SSH enabled (by checking remote login in Sharing settings).

I have also secured it to be pubKey only etc.

Every time macOS updates it overwrites my /etc/ssh/sshd_config with absolute nonsense, totally insecure.

Worse it doesn't turn off the SSHD service.

This is a mess, what I am doing wrong, why would they expose SSH as an option, yet make the config such a mess?

Can I run a different SSH server that isn't destroyed by updates using Home-brew or other such approach?


texts:
I have a very simple automator action consisting on a shell script that should be executed in a selected folder in the finder. When I execute the action I get the message:

  The action "Run Shell Script" encountered an error.

Obviously this is too generic. Is there an easy way to see a more precise error message that give me a clue of what the problem is about ?


texts: iMac won't boot off of Mavericks USB when downgrading from Yosemite

texts:
I made the biggest mistake of my adult life and installed Yosemite without backing up my HDD. Fortunately, I do have most of my actual files and programs saved to my external HDD, but that leads to another problem.

I use a lot of 3rd party apps to make music, and they are not compatible with 10.10 i.e. Pro Tools etc. I formatted my HDD in an attempt to start over but it keeps reinstalling Yosemite from the Internet.

I've made several USB boot drives but when they go to load up it just gives me "international no" sign (see image below).

Can someone please help me as my work/life is tied in to my studio. Oh also my external HDD is now all of a sudden read-only NTFS instead of Mac read/write enabled.


texts:
I have Google Photos installed on my iPhone 6S and would like it to stop automatically syncing my photos.  I like to view my pictures but don't want everything backed up.

I have gone into settings on the app and turned off "Backup & sync" but if I take a picture it still gets uploaded!  I've tried restarting the app and the iPhone but it still does it.


texts: Does the search in Finder need spotlight?

texts:
I just reinstalled OS X Lion and turned off the spotlight immediately.

I noticed that search in Finder stopped working. Is this because of disabling spotlight? Is there a way to get this back without turn spotlight on? I only need to search by file names.


texts: No internet even when connected to the WiFi or 4G (iPhone)

texts:
I have been having an Internet-related problem on my iPhone 5S for a while now.

It started out with seemingly random Internet disconnection even when there is a perfectly good cellular (4G) or WiFi signal shown on my device. For instance, no emails or messages (like Whatsapp or iMessage) are being pushed to my device, or when I try to search something on the mobile browser, it shows that there is no Internet.

One thing I noticed is that when I do a search on a mobile browser, it seems to load for a long time (more than 10 seconds), only to return a 'No Internet' message.

The only resolve to this matter is to restart my device. I would get connected to Internet with no problems whatsoever (until I encounter the problem again).

I tried doing a reset of network settings, and also a reset of the entire settings. I even went on to do a restore as new (without restoring from a backup). This did not eradicate the problem.

I have already had several appointments at the Apple Genius Bar because of this problem. They didn't seem to know the cause of the problem, nor to resolve it; I got the device exchanged in the end. However the new device I obtained started having this problem as well.

Maybe this is another bug that iOS 8 has? I never had this problem before updating to iOS 8.

Thank you for reading and I hope that somebody has an answer to my problem.


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Earlier today, I recorded a song and uploaded it to the iCloud.

I want to edit it on my MacBook Air (OS X Mavericks) and then send it back to my iPhone, but the file on my iPhone just disappeared?


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As of Safari 13.1 (perhaps earlier versions as well), Safari has changed the search bar behavior: where the first result used to always be "do a search on search engine with the text I entered", the first result is now a "top hit" which seems to be anything from your history that matches the text you entered.

None of the options in Safari Preferences allow you to disable this functionality. Even after turning off "Safari suggestions" and "preload top hit",  I still see Top Hit.

How do I turn it off without deleting the item from my browser history?


texts: How to prevent Safari 6.0.2 unexpected crashes in Mountain Lion?

texts: A few users from a website I've designed are complaining about Safari 6.0.2 on their Macs (Mountain Lion, mostly) crashing unexpectedly. In a recent case, a user recorded this screencast using no browser extensions, nor any other tabs: it took only a few seconds for Safari to crash (here's the crash report). A quick Google search will reveal loads of similar cases, but none of them seems to provide enough information on the issue, or any potential solution at all. Any idea on what's causing this or how to avoid it? My intention is to prevent Safari 6.0.2 from crashing, as soon as possible.


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I have a usb disk with two different partitions, one for TimeMachine and the other for storage formatted as NTFS.

This morning i was looking for a way to mount in r/w mode the NTFS partion (macfuse and "ntfs for macosx")  but something gone wrong and my partition is not more mountable.
Diskutils show the partition as "ExFat" but I'm 100% sure that is a ntfs partition.

There is a way to restore the partition type to NTFS?


texts: How do I disable the media keys (play, pause, skip, etc.) on the macOS login window?

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When playing music on iTunes or similar and then locking the screen (accomplished by hitting the ⌃⌘Q key combination or selecting "Lock Screen" from the  menu), how do I prevent the media keys from functioning?

In particular, the play, skip, and pause buttons are still functional at this point. This is problematic because I tend to lock my screen in order to prevent my cat from wreaking havoc on my laptop when she steps on the keys -- but she's still able to mess up my music via the above, usually…


texts: which apps comes free with yosemite macbook pro?

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i want to know which apps comes free when buy apple macbook pro os x yosemite new. I want to see 1st look of app. Can anyone tell me. I m afraid if i missed anyone while reinstalling again!cos i feel i had 2 pages when i 1st time start my laptop.
Is final cut pro and logic pro comes free when anyone buy new macbook? I feel i had this, just a doubt :(.
or if i give them back to fix will they install?


texts: How can I set the app to use High Perf GPU instead of the standard one?

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Can I set the app to Require High Perf GPU? The thing is, I use few apps which in my strong belief should use NVIDIA GPU (which is much better instead the Intel built in graphics) and it uses the built in Intel one? Can I change which application should use the second, better GPU?

I know I can choose which GPU should be used within the actual app, but there is only GPU listed - Intel. I can't choose NVIDIA, as it does not exist on the list within the app. I need to force my Mac to select the second GPU manually somehow.

Thanks for help.
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texts: How do you uninstall the HiCalculator app? I have tried the usual, hold down till jiggles and click on the X. Does not work, it won't jiggle. I have researched and researched on internet, cannot find an answer.