texts: What is `IMDPersistenceAgent` and error in `com.apple.corespotlight.log.index`?

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I am see this appear repeatedly in my log.

Jan  6 18:23:46 johndoe-macbook com.apple.spotlight.IndexAgent[12337]: [com.apple.corespotlight.log] Not allowed to pass in bundle ID
Jan  6 18:23:46 johndoe-macbook IMDPersistenceAgent[12376]: [com.apple.corespotlight.log.index] Finished "index items"(48) with error:Error Domain=CSIndexErrorDomain Code=-1003 "(null)"
Jan  6 18:23:46 johndoe-macbook IMDPersistenceAgent[12376]: [Warning] IMDChatAddMessageToSpotlight: deleting message for searchable items failed with error Error Domain=CSIndexErrorDomain Code=-1003 "(null)"
Jan  6 18:23:46 --- last message repeated 1 time ---

What is the IMDPersistenceAgent process?

What is the problem causing these error messages? Any fix?


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The Problem

My problem is that I have manually mounted a NFS network share on my Mac and that now the system keeps on trying to remount it and doing so it displays an annoying focused popup telling: "There was a problem connecting to the server ...". If I close it, it is coming back several minutes later, and so on!

I have rebooted the Mac but I was greating by the popup once logged back in.

The Question

How can I tell my Mac to stop trying to mount the NFS share and forget it?

The Context

Recently, I was trying to do some benchmarking for my home server (HP MicroServer with NAS4Free or Fedora) to find the proper configuration set.

As the main client of this home server would be my Mac, I did the test from the Mac and mounted the NFS share using:
mount -t nfs -o tcp,nfsvers=4 ip:/path ~/Projects/mnt

It did not work, so I switched back to NFSv3:
mount -t nfs -o tcp,nfsvers=3 ip:/path ~/Projects/mnt

At the end of the test, I turned off the server before unmounting the share, which I did not care much as there is nothing yet important on this server. However, OS X complained and ask me to disconnect the drive or ignore and I disconnected it. But several minutes later I got the popup.

I did many investigations:

boot in safe mode: I don't have the popup
login a another user: I do have the popup
login holding down shift: I do have the popup
deinstalling or deconfiguring TimeMachine, SpotLight, CrashPlan, Dropbox, etc.: I happen to have been in a state where for several hours I had no popup
I tried reinstalling one by one, 1st TimeMachine, then SpotLight and CrashPlan. I rebooted between each and no popup. Then Dropbox and the popup appeared more or less at the end of the installation (cohincidence?). I removed Dropbox again but to my surprise I still have the popup. So it is perhaps one of the 3 previous app/services.

I have raised the question in a forum thread at Apple, but so far no solution. I then decided to turn to the StackExchange community for words of wisdom.


texts: Mail.app: How can I set a different default signature for each address?

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I have my Gmail account setup in Mail 6.2 (Mountain Lion). From that account I can send mail with one of five different addresses (4 other accounts forwarding onto Gmail). Is there a way I can set up a different default signature for each address, rather than a single default signature for all addresses?

I have 5 addresses and 5 signatures, I just can't link them together.


texts: I've bought Mountain Lion, but where can I download it now?

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With the release of Mavericks, Mountain Lion seems to have disappeared from the AppStore. At least I could not find anything.

According to this thread:

  It's still possible to buy OS X Mountain Lion in the Apple Online
  Store > http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion

I have no intention of buying it again, so does anybody know a way to download it?


texts: What will happen to apps i bought in a different country after i upgrade my iOS now?

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I am running iOS 5.1 on my third gen ipad. I have moved and changed my account location to a different country.
I have around $1500 worth of professional apps installed on my device which were all bought in the first country.

What will happen if I upgrade the iOS? will I loose all my apps and have to download them again? or they will not be touched and will remain on the device and upgrade of the OS will not affect them at all?

I am asking because some of the apps that i have bought before and deleted are no longer available as free because i previously owned them in the new country, and I have to buy them again. The last thing I want is to pay for all the apps again...


texts: Can I use Preview to make this GIF file size smaller?

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Here is a 2.6 MB GIF that I would like to post in a Stack Exchange question. That means it needs to be under 2 MB or 2 MiB (I can't remember which).

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/spaceharpoon.gif

Viewing the GIF frame-by-frame with Preview, I can see that there are

Some doubled frames that could be removed
Some frames at the end that could be removed

In addition I might want to

resize all frames by say 20%
slow down the replay speed to compensate for the removed doubled-frames

Can I do any (or even all) of these using Preview (or anything else available standard in MacOS) and then save as a repeating GIF?

Update: I was successful in deleting enough frames using Preview, and to successfully include the edited GIF in an SE question with some difficulty (Preview freezes and "jiggling thumbnail" warnings. However that converts it to a non-repeating GIF.

GIF is now non-repeating, reload to replay, or watch the video: https://youtu.be/3oryJMdonUA


texts: Forgot the password of a keychain (non the login one)

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I have installed a bunch of certificates on my mac, due to italian legal system, in order to login to a certain website with a smartcard.

It all worked well for a few months and then yesterday it started to ask me the password for a keychain called SmartcardS00...and a bounce of letters.
When I open the app keychain and I look into this locked keychain it shows me the certificates and in order to do something I need the password it asks me, but I don't know if I have ever know this pwd or not.

I tried to " delete " the keychain and try to reinstall all the certificates from the thumb drive with the smartcard, but I can't find the option to delete it anywhere.

PS I have MacOs X 10.11.1

Hope you understand my english.


texts: will signing out of icloud delete all my notes permanently?

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I am supposed to, as part of troubleshooting my iCloud account error messages, sign  out of icloud then back in.
I get the pop-up that logging out will remove all the Notes from my mac.

When i log back in, will my Notes be restored to my mac?


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Messages on Yosemite used to work fine until this morning, repeatedly asking me for my Apple ID password. Months ago I had setup 2 factor authentication for my Apple ID, but it never complained. So I set up an app specific password, Facetime took it no problem, Messages didn't and kept asking for my password. I quit, log out, restart, disable/enable from my phone, nothing works. So I disable 2FA, try again and now Messages gives me a blank window when it starts.

Is there any way I can reset it somehow ?


texts: Is it better to use MacPorts or just use an Ubuntu VM for local tools/services when developing on a Mac?

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As a developer (primarily JVM-based web apps), I need to use a lot of different tools and services, such as Redis, RabbitMQ, MySQL, git, mercurial, etc. Having worked in a Linux environment where such tools are just an apt-get away, and a Windows world where I just run what I need in a VMWare Workstation VM (aka. also just an apt-get away + vm overhead), I'm a bit lost now that I'm hoping to move away from Windows and into the Mac ecosystem for my computing life.

I've read about MacPorts vs. Fink vs. Homebrew and found it all to be a bit confusing as to which one will suit my needs the best, though I think MacPorts is the most flexible option of the three.

Since I'm used to running what I need in a VM, however, is there anything against doing that when using OS X? What are the tradeoffs between going with MacPorts to install things directly vs. using an Ubuntu VM (via VMWare Fusion) to host the tools / services I need?

In particular, I am concerned with the disk usage, maintainability, and ease of use more than I am concerned with performance. In other words, this is what I care about (in order of preference):

Ease of use - How easy is it to develop on the Mac and use the tools / services
Disk usage - How much disk-space is taken up. The newer macbooks use SSDs and space is at a premium.
Maintainability - What work is involved in keeping packages updated, adding new packages, and removing old ones
Currentness - How up-to-date are the tools / services that are available
Performance - How fast things run, services in particular

My instinct says that installing the actual development tools, like Mercurial, git, etc. directly via the projects' recommended method, and then installing the server-side components like MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, etc. into a VM is the best route, but what are the pros-cons of doing this vs. going with something like MacPorts?

Note: I realize that this is a rather programming-centric question, but the central issue is that OS X is different from Windows and *nix when it comes to setting up a development environment and I'm not sure how to navigate in these OS X-specific waters.


texts: set different ringtone style like nokia?

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Is there a way to create styles like all nokie cell have?

I would like to create for example 3 styles:

Normal (normal rington with vibration)
Silence (another rington with vibration)
Reunion (no rington no vibration)

Is there a way to do this? Without having to go into settings and change manually it ?

iPhone 5 iOS 6.0.1


texts: SMB Port 139 not enabled on Mac OS 10.15 Catalina

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I'm trying to share a folder on my local network in order to use a scanner that can upload files over SMB protocol towards a Mac Catalina 10.15.
My Mac is on my local network with IP address 192.168.1.54
The scanner is an old scanner, it can't use the 445 port, but it works perfectly with Windows 10 on port 139.
I've tried:
sudo lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -n -P | grep :139

It returns nothing, so I think that the 139 port is not listening.
I've tried to open a Windows VM on the Mac, and:
telnet 192.168.1.54 445

it connects, but:
telnet 192.168.1.54 139

don't work.
I've tried also the suggestion reported here What causes some Network Drives using SMB no longer connect to macOS Catalina?, but even adding the file /etc/nsmb.conf the port 139 is still not working.
I also made a system reboot, but nothing has changed.
Any idea?
Thanks


texts: Can I restore from a 16GB backup to an 8GB iPhone

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I recently switched to Verizon.  My wife's phone was a 16GB AT&T iPhone.  Verizon had the 8GB version for free with the contract.

Is it possible to restore from the 16GB backup to the new 8GB phone?

Both are iPhone 4s.


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I need to connect my 2012 iMac back to the internet. I had it shipped back to my parent's house (completely different state from where I had it) after I had a motor vehicle accident while working for my dad.

I did have a password to log into it, but I forgot it because of the amnesia I had after being hit. I need to connect it in Recovery mode to use the reset password tool so it can successfully change the code. Right now it says "There was an error connecting to the Apple ID server."


texts: Can Lion be configured to use the three finger drag gesture anywhere in the window?

texts: With the proper gesture enabled, Lion allows using a three-finger drag to move a window. However, it only does this when the pointer is over the title bar; gesturing anywhere else in the window does a text highlight instead. Is there a hidden configuration or a hack that would allow three-finger window moving from anywhere inside the window's bounds? Thanks!


texts: Mountain Lion Figlet through MacPorts error?

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I've just installed Mountain Lion, Xcode 4.4.1 + command line tools, and MacPorts for ML.

It's working for other packages but I can't get figlet to install.

When I use sudo port install figlet in the terminal it stops quickly and outputs:

--->  Building figlet
Error: org.macports.build for port figlet returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port figlet for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_figlet/figlet/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port figlet failed


texts: Turn on Back To My Mac via a Script or Command Line

texts: The VPN software I use for work (IPSecuritas) requires me to turn off Back To My Mac to start it's connection, so I frequently turn off Back To My Mac in order to use my VPN connection (the program does this for me). I forget to turn it back on however and I'd love to know if there was something I could run (script, command) to turn it back on.


texts: How do I free up space (delete things) taken up by my iPad's Photo Library?

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I have an older iPad that I got in 2012. The iOS version is 8.1

A lot of space is used by my "Photos & Camera".  I clicked on my "Camera" icon and after clicking on its gallery, I clicked the "Trash" icon next to every item in there.  However, when I go into my Storage Settings, and drill down to my "Photos & Camera", it says "8.9 GB," but there's no where that allows me to delete the items used by the storage.

How do I actually delete things?  That is, I'm trying to free up storage, which I can't seem to do.


texts: External USB hub for 4 external hard drives

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I have a macbook pro.  And like all macs, there is never enough ports.  I've been searching and searching to find a USB hub that power 3 external USB hard drives.

Any advice?


texts: I have two Apple IDs and would like to close one and move the apps from one to the other. Is this possible and how?


texts: Transfer of Snow Leopard license from broken MacBook Pro

texts: I use a Mac Pro with Lion installed and I own a broken MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard on it. Am I allowed to install Snow Leopard on the Mac Pro in parallel to Lion? The MacBook Pro is totally dead and useless.


texts: User update needed after updating to Mac OS X Yosemite

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A couple of days ago I updated my Macbook Pro to OS X Yosemite, the update was fine and everything seemed to be working. However since this whenever I had shut down then later logged back in or restarted my macbook I have encountered the screen pictured below.

My user profile has no picture and says [update needed] rather than my name. I can still select it, enter my password and log on. An update complete and then everything is ok. The same thing happens every time I go to log on.

Any ideas of how to solve this

Thanks


texts: Recover Bootcamp EFI Folder/fix boot entries?

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I had macOS and Windows 10 installed through Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro (late 2013) and everything worked fine. Then I tried installing Ubuntu on an external drive and setting up pure-EFI triple boot. However, in the process I accidentally deleted the original EFI folder (not the partition, just the folder) and now the option for Windows doesn't show up when holding down ALT/Option key during startup, though I am able to boot into macOS and Ubuntu without problem. I noticed the EFI folder in /dev/disk0s1/ (the EFI partition) has only an APPLE folder but is missing the Microsoft one. I wonder if there is a way to recover the EFI files/entries and fix this problem so I can boot into Windows again?

If I remember correctly, I deleted the original EFI folder by doing this in Ubuntu:

$ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sda1
$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
$ sudo rm -r /mnt/sda1/EFI

Now when I boot into macOS, I can still see the BOOTCAMP partition with my Windows files on it. Also, System Preferences-->Startup Disk still recognizes two System, the macOS and the "BOOTCAMP Windows". However, selecting the latter and reboot would lead to a black screen with error message reading "No bootable device found."

In macOS, typing diskutil list returns this:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         164.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                86.3 GB    disk0s3
   4:           Windows Recovery                         471.9 MB   disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +164.0 GB   disk1
                             Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            148.7 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 20.7 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                506.6 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *256.1 GB   disk2
   1:                  Apple_HFS Ubuntu                  536.9 MB   disk2s1
   2:           Linux Filesystem                         131.1 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Linux Swap                         17.1 GB    disk2s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         107.4 GB   disk2s4

Is there anything I could do to get back into my Windows system? Many thanks in advance.


texts: External USB drive keeps disconnecting randomly

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I use a Mac mini as a Server and have two OWC MiniStacks attached to it. The Ministacks are connected via USB3 and are underneath the Mac mini. The Ministack in the middle started disconnecting randomly and I need to turn it off and back on to get it connected.

The Mac mini is always on, uses El Capitan and I use the USB drives as Server provided networked disks. The drive disconnects after a day or sometimes a week. I only have it mapped to Server.

I have Seagate Enterprise Capacity Drives everywhere.

I get the following output in Console:

22/08/16 19:08:19,000 kernel[0] USB device 1E91B0B114700000 - BOT reset completed with kIOReturnTimeout.
22/08/16 19:08:19,000 kernel[0] USB device 1E91B0B114700000 - will be reset!
22/08/16 19:08:20,000 kernel[0] 1533181.822274 PRT7@14700000: AppleUSB30XHCIPort::resetAndCreateDevice: failed to create device after (1) tries, disabling port
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] USB device 1E91B0B114700000 - fConsecutiveResetCount = 1.
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: device/channel is not attached.
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
...
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SERVER DATA 2)
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SERVER DATA 2)
22/08/16 19:08:21,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
...
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SERVER DATA 2)
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] hfs: unmount initiated on SERVER DATA 2 on device disk3s2
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SERVER DATA 2)
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] hfs: err 6 reading VH blk (vol=SERVER DATA 2)
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] disk3s2: media is not present.
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] jnl: disk3s2: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x6
22/08/16 19:08:22,000 kernel[0] jnl: disk3s2: write_journal_header: error writing the journal header!
22/08/16 19:08:22,775 fseventsd[61] disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/SERVER DATA 2/.fseventsd/00000000088fc0e6 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/SERVER DATA 2/.fseventsd
22/08/16 19:08:22,776 fseventsd[61] disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/SERVER DATA 2/.fseventsd/00000000088fc0e6 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/SERVER DATA 2/.fseventsd
22/08/16 19:08:23,085 deleted[695] normalizeUserMountpoint:791 volRoot failed for /Volumes/SERVER DATA 2
22/08/16 19:08:23,085 deleted[695] _validateVolume:813 unable to normalize volume: "/Volumes/SERVER DATA 2", vol: (null)
22/08/16 19:08:26,148 certadmin[97828] Connected to the Notify Service

What is going on?
Failing HDD?
Failing Enclosure?
Screwed up Mac mini settings?

Thank you very much in advance!


texts: Screensaver/turn off second screen while not in use

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So I've started working with an external monitor connected to my MacBook Pro trough a elgato thunderbolt 2 dock. I've made the external monitor my primary monitor, and since it's ultrawide I rarely use the macbook's monitor, where I usually just have some chats open, or just the wallpaper. The problem is that I don't want to use the macbook in clamshell mode, because I need the extra screen space anyway at least a couple of time during a working session, and because the macbook needs to be connected to the charger. So my question is, or better are

Is there a way to have a screensaver only on my macbook monitor, which is the secondary monitor. Or better
Is there a way to turn off (not lower the brightness) the monitor automatically without putting the mac to sleep?

Third party softwares are ok.

EDIT

These question didn't help me for the following reasons:

Ability to automatically dim secondary monitor when focus on primary

Dimming the backlight of the macbook monitor, while it helps with focusing on the primary monitor, doesn't mean the pixels get refreshed since the display itself it's still on. And the point of having a screensaver is just that, to refresh the pixels.

Is it possible to show a screensaver on a secondary monitor while using the primary monitor?

This is a moving wallpaper, not a screensaver, meaning that all the windows will sit on top of it. If I have several windows open on the MacBook monitor, it's possible that the wallpaper isn't even visible. A screensaver on the other hand will display over the windows and go away when the focus (keypress, mouse click etc) returns to the monitor showing all the windows underneath.

Can I change the brightness on a secondary display?

Kinda related to the first one, dimming the monitor doesn't do anything for the pixels.

Thanks!


texts: How to display artist's Alphabetic scroller in Music from iOS 8.4

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Before iOS 8.4 I had an Alphabet scroller to find artists quickly.
How to make it appear again?


texts: Boot Camp 5 drivers not installing on Windows 8 (iMac)

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So I have a mid-2010 iMac 22" that I just installed Windows 8 on, but cannot get the Boot Camp 5 drivers to install.

I was unaware that my mid-2010 iMac was technically unsupported for the Windows 8, but the Boot Camp assistant native to my OSX successfully installed it anyways. I know that the Apple support pages say that it is unsupported but when I look at what the specs are needed to run Windows 8 (on the Windows 8 support pages) my machine qualifies.

I haven't done much with the Windows partition as of yet, but so far it seems to run fine. So my question is:

Is it possible for me to not install any drivers, and safely use the Windows 8?

or

Can we work around the "Boot Camp 5 isn't supported on this Mac" and install the Boot Camp 5 drivers?


texts: Use Google speech to text instead of Apple's

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Google currently has much higher quality speech transcription. You can try it easily by going to doc.new and pressing Cmd-Shift-S and talking. Compare to using the built in system from Apple (pressing Fn twice).

Ideally there would be a good way to do this, but if that doesn't work, hacky is the next best thing. An AppleScript or Hammerspoon script that instantly pops up a Google Docs window, and then inserts the result is better than nothing.

Given that things like this https://dictation.io/speech exist, or this jsfiddle it seems like it should be possible to at least have an extension that can interface with other applications to enable dictation input, but I haven't found any yet.

Is there any way to somehow use this instead of the built in transcription, e.g. with a keyboard shortcut?


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When "maximise" doesn't mean "maximise"
None of the maximise commands provide maximisation to fill the whole screen. When you have Dock not autohidden, then they only go up to the boundary of the dock. When you have Dock hidden they go near the edge of the screen but a few pixels short meaning you can see other apps and the desktop behind them.
User error?
First I thought it was because I was using third party apps to maximise. I tested in Sizeup, Moom and BetterTouchTools. But it turns out the native maximisation is broken to begin with. Nothing will let a window automatically maximise to the full screen size, there will always be some pixels left over wherever the Dock is even if you have it hidden and at the smallest size setting.
Non-solutions
At first I thought this question was a duplicate and would provide my answer, but alas it doesn't. It is, of course, possible to move the window behind the dock protected pixels then resize it from the opposite side. But this has to be done for every window manually each time.
Is there any way to make it so that maximise fully maximises across the entire screen?
I really hope there is!
Bonus points
if anyone can find software that will allow keyboard shortcuts to do a different action moving a window dependant on where it currently is. e.g. in Windows 7 and above you can hit Windows+Left over and over and the window will first maximise half left, then maximise half right on the display to the left of the current display, then to the left of that display and so on. Likewise, Windows+Down will first restore a window, then minimise.
Update
It's now been most of a year since I posted this question and despite extensive additional searching as well up updating to El Capitan, this OS X bug hasn't been fixed and I haven't been able to find any tool that offers a working solution. Any ideas at all?!
Update 2
This has been marked as closed since a similar question has already got an answer - forgive, I can't see the link to this answer and have been unable to find it myself.
Update 3
I've now been linked to the "answer" which says that it's not possible without disabling the Dock, Mission Control and the application switcher i.e. making crippling the core multitasking capabilities of the OS (and making it unusuable for me). I can say clearly that cutting off your nose to spite your face is not the sort of solution I was after. The "reason" given is not a) necessary as claimed by any reasoning I can come up with or b) relevant to required a border of clear pixels after maximising, c) true in any way as you can manually move windows behind the border and still have a fully-functioning Dock.
I don't understand why this is being marked as answered based on the other question since that's not really an answer even at a stretch - all the "answerer" says is they don't know of any reasonable solution.
Since it's possible manually, one would be inclined to believe it's technically possible. And there's no sound reason for "maximised" programs to behave in this way, again this is demontrabl


texts: Ideal/optimum/best pixel dimensions of video to be viewed on iphone

texts: I'm exporting MOVs from Flash, then converting them to mp4 with Handbrake. The video will scale to the screen size, but I would prefer it to scale down, rather than scale up. So, what are the maximum/optimum/best pixel width and height of a MOV/mp4 for iphones? Or, to take it a step back in the process, what are the pixel dimensions I should set for my Flash document (which is then exported to MOV at 1:1)? PS: I know iphone screen sizes have changed with each new iphone, and screen sizes come in points, rendered pixels, physical pixels and physical devices. But hopefully in the end there's max X-px x Y-px. (I asked this over at Video Production, but no answers)


texts:
I'm unable to open a couple of games on macOS Sierra. I recently downloaded them, and have never been able to successfully run them. Gatekeeper is already disabled.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to play these games?

Thanks


texts: On an iPhone, how to prevent an app from tying up to audio output by bluetooth only?

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It is quite strange that an app (such as Pokemon Go), can output sound only to the car by bluetooth.  If it is the "iPod" (using a lightning USB cable) to the car, then songs played by the Music app will come out as usual, but the Pokemon Go audio will not.

Also, if I turn off the car and walk far away from the car, the iPhone cannot output the Pokemon Go audio by the speakers. The Music app can output a song as usual.

The only way is to attach a headphone and you can hear both.

This is true for iPhone 6S Plus and iPhone 7 Plus.

I know this may be related to how an app is developed, but I thought the audio output channel selection is more of an operating system thing (iOS). So if we output the sound by bluetooth, then everything should be by bluetooth. It will be strange if each app is tied to different channels -- Angry Birds by bluetooth, and Cut the Rope by speaker.

I guess more importantly, how to make it output back to the speakers or by the lightning cable?  I tried turning off bluetooth on the iPhone and it is no use.


texts: How can I restore the sort interface for Mail.app to the way it was before the Catalina upgrade?

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I've been using Apple's Mail.app since 1993 and have grown quite accustomed to its "legacy" interface. One of the nice things about the interface is that it was a standard NSTableView and you could just click at the top of the column to sort it by date, sender subject, or what every you wished.

With Catalina, that's changed. Now there is a pull-down menu in the top-left corner that you can click to change the sort order. It's a different UI than every other table on the system.

I realize that some things change, but I wish that this was one of the things that stayed the same. Is there any way to change it back?


texts: Is there an app for iOS which can extend Reminders with tags?

texts: Something like that Fantastical can add to iCloud calendar, but for Reminders. My goal is to be able to use Siri to create reminders but then tag them up with extra metadata later on.


texts: How do I make an applescript launch as soon as it exits screen saver

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I would like my mac to to say 'Login Authorized' as soon as I exit screen saver mode. Where should I place the script?

Thank you in advance!


texts: How to access the iCloud Drive Archive folder on my MacBook?

texts: I couldn't find 'iCloud Archive' folder in the Finder. I have been searching it everywhere in the desktop to the different folders, but I couldn't find it. Where do I access it and its contents?


texts: Can't delete partitions after attempting BOOTCAMP on my iMac 5k

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I recently tried to install a bootcamp instance of Win 7. The install failed for some reason. This left me with a partition that I can not access via Disk Utility

If you notice..the +- can not be selected and hence I can't delete the partition and recover the space on my drive

I tried to follow the instructions posted here by klanomath but have had no success.

It could be because I have 2 CoreStorage logical volume groups about which I have no clue as to what it is

Klanomath...can you please help me out???

diskutil list--

diskutil cs list--

sudo gpt -r -vv /dev/disk1--


texts: How do I download folders through FTP in Terminal?

texts: How do I download a whole folder through FTP in Terminal?


texts: Does iTunes consider a one-star rating worse than no rating at all?

texts: If I want to tell iTunes I don't really like a track very much (but don't want to uncheck the track or delete it from my library) should I rate it as one star or leave it with no stars? Which would iTunes consider to be the lesser rating for a track?


texts: Is there a way to watch Netflix instantly on an iBook G4 (powerpc)

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I have an old iBook G4 running 10.4.11 and I want to be able to watch Netflix instantly. The problem is that Netflix only supports intel based macs. I'm curious to know if anyone has found a work around for this problem.

I have followed this tutorial to install silverlight 2 on a ppc, and that was a success. However, Netflix still doesn't allow me to stream movies. I'm trying with both Firefox and Safari. Any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: VoiceOver in macOS Big Sur echos zoom level

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Very frustrating change here. Using VoiceOver with Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom enabled in System Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom, VoiceOver will echo the zoom level while holding the modifier key and scrolling the mouse wheel. It seems to be a new accessibility feature in Big Sur but I need to disable it — super annoying.
I've looked through some plist files for VoiceOver and accessibility preferences but there is nothing relevant to zoom. No new relevant options in VoiceOver Utility nor the Accessibility pane in System Preferences.
Maybe someone might know if there was a way to disable echo for adjusting screen brightness or system volume on the keyboard? It could be tied in there somewhere but I don't know where to look for that.
Thank you very much


texts: Is anybody else experiencing disappearing source files when using Xcode 4?

texts:
I've been having a weird problem on a MacBook Pro; My source files disappear. It can happen when the files are not open in any application (although they are referenced by active projects in Xcode and the compilers are reading them…). I can start a long build, walk away, and along the way the compiler complains that it cannot find an #include at some point in the build (the file's disappeared at that point). I then revert from git history. Fortunately, I've not lost any data (yet!), but it's quite an annoying issue. I do use git clients (specifically, SmartGit and SourceTree), but the problem appears unrelated to these clients because I can work with either for extended periods and the problem still arises. As far as I know, other files have not been disappearing from this machine, but I use it almost exclusively for development. And maybe it's not at all related to Xcode…

Has anybody else had a similar problem, or is this a confirmed issue? …and is there a solution?


texts: Are there any native cursive fonts on ios 7+

texts:
I have searched iosfonts.com and only see Zaphino as a native cursive font.

Are there any others?

Or do I need to install them into my app or make my own images?


texts: How to show the company name and banner in the App Search results

texts: As shown in the image below, the names of some companies are displayed in the App Store result results with a large banner image. How can I show my company's name and image in results. There is no any section to upload an image or set this kind of information in the iTunes Connect.


texts:
I just formatted my Macbook Pro. Using macOS Catalina 10.15.4

At boot, I pressed Cmd+R to enter recovery. I then used the disk utils to erase the "Machintosh HD - Data" partition.

I then went over to reinstall the OS and when prompted to choose between "Machintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - Data", I chose "Macintosh HD". That gave me an error, saying basically that nothing could be installed to that partition. I then retried, but this time used the "Macintosh HD - Data" partition. All good, the OS installed and here I am now... just opened up Disk Utils and I see this mess:

What on earth happend? How can I fix this mess? Screenshots of each partition are above.


texts: Cannot access Windows 7 folder shares from OSX

texts:
I have a persistent problem where my MacBook Pro cannot access the folder shares on my Windows 7 computer using smb://[server name] at seemingly random occurrences.

I am able to access the shares perfectly fine, copy items to and from the share with no issues, then once my MacBook Pro goes to sleep or is disconnected from the network it cannot access the share anymore, with the error "There was a problem connecting to the server [server name]".  It seems to come back after I do a few restarts of the Windows 7 computers and the MacBook Pro.

When it gets to this state I can still ping the computer via IP address but cannot connect via IP address.  I can also connect using the MS Remote Desktop but not using others like CORD.

Is there a way to sort this out so I don't have to restart every computer in the house to get them to talk to each other?

I know it is not an issue with the Windows 7 computer, as other Windows computers talk to is perfectly fine, and it is not a firewall issue or anything like that.  It is something to do with how OSX handles smb connections especially after sleeping or network disconnection.


texts: Can't get a Public Link to test iOS app on TestFlight

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I've a app and I want use the External Testers with Public Link. I can use with TestFlight in internal testers.

In "Builds->iOS->Testers" I added the external group target (Público em Geral).

In "Testers & Groups->Público em Geral", I see "No builds available" in the box of Public Link.

So, how I solve this to use public link?


texts: Bluetooth earphones do not autoconnect on MacOS

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I have a macbook pro with MacOS Catalina, and a pair of Xiaomi Mi Air 2 SE earphones.
I don't have problems to pair them, and I can listen it well.
But the problem is with the autoconnect. When I open the lid of the earphones case, The earphones appear "connected" in the bluetooth devices panel, but they didn't appear in the sound devices list (like they are not connected).
After 5 seconds, the earphones appear "disconnected" again in the bluetooth devices list, and now I can select them, click "connect", and then they work fine.
I would like to just open them and have them connected automatically, like is supposed to work.
I don't think is a earphones problem, because they work fine in an android device, with autoconnect. (I have unpaired them from the phone before trying in the macbook, is the only device that they are paired, so the problem is not that they pair with another device)
Thank you!


texts: How to share ethernet between MBP and iPad?

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I have an MBP that is connected to the internet through ethernet. I've enabled internet sharing through wi-fi, my plan being to allow my iPad to connect to the internet through wi-fi.

I've created a wi-fi network and told my iPad to connect to it. When I do so I get a warning that the wi-fi network does not have an internet connection and if I force the connection my iPad cannot connect to the internet (duh).

How can I share the ethernet connection between my laptop and my iPad?

Update: Screenshot


texts: Adding copyright info on each photo using iPhoto

texts:
Is it possible to add copyright information, or a logo, on the pictures themselves (bottom right corner for instance) for a selection of photos, at once, using iPhoto ?

If iPhoto is not the right app to do it, what would be a free tool to do it ?


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I have a Mac and a PC at home, and I am thinking of getting a NAS like (GoFlex Home Network Storage System or Western Digital My Book Live) to back up both machines.

If I were to use Time Machine to backup on the NAS system, would the Windows be able to backup to the same NAS? If you know of any good ways to backup both PC and Mac, do let me know as well.


texts: Does removing the battery while connected to power extend battery life?

texts:
On regular Windows notebooks people generally remove their battery packs when connected to a power source, in order to extend battery life.

Does a similar approach work on the Mac?


texts:
I have a launch daemon that runs but does not send mail. I have enabled it with launchctl enable system/com.me.helloworld, and when I load it manually it sends mail, but it does not send mail on boot. I know that it loads on boot both because I see it in sudo launchctl list | grep com.me and because I have it print the date to a log.
In /Library/LaunchDaemons I have this plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.me.helloworld</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array><string>/Users/me/.script.sh</string></array>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
   <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
   <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Which runs this .script.sh:
#!/bin/bash

{ echo "hello world" } | /usr/bin/mail -s "iMac IP" me@email.edu

date >> /Users/me/script.log


texts:
I have a dual quad-core Mac Pro bought in July 2008 (2.8GHz Xeon processors, 16GB RAM). Not the latest model. But the internal Bluetooth never worked very well and finally quit completely (after the one-year warranty expired, of course). I didn't care too much because I didn't like the Bluetooth mouse I had and didn't mind using the USB Mighty Mouse that came with it.

Well, the Mighty Mouse trackball died for good (no amount of cleaning has restored its ability to scroll down a page, though it scrolls up just fine)  and the only new mouse I could get from Apple was the Magic Mouse. So I bought a 3rd-party USB Bluetooth dongle, which works OK, but occasionally disconnects my mouse for a while and sometimes requires me to use the USB mouse to reconnect it via the Bluetooth menu. Also I experience periods of latency that are intensely frustrating, especially when gaming.

I Googled extensively and found diagrams of the internal Bluetooth. I examined the Bluetooth chip on the motherboard and found a wire was loose. I reconnected the wire but I still can't get the internal Bluetooth to work at all. I located a solution that would require soldering, but the diagram showed didn't look exactly like my setup, so I gave it a pass (I balk at soldering my motherboard anyway).

I hear there were problems with the Bluetooth on my model, but obviously they are not going to get fixed for free by Apple. So, on to my specific questions:

Is there anything I can do to get the native Bluetooth working short of paying to have Apple fix it?
If I did get the native Bluetooth working, would it be any better than the 3rd-party alternatives?
Is latency something you just have to live with when using a Bluetooth mouse?
Does anyone sell new or reconditioned (perfectly) USB Mighty Mouses? I haven't been able to find any online except used models.


texts: Can I control how frequently Safari refreshes when switching between pages?

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Frequently when I'm using Safari on the iPad and loading multiple web sites at the same time and switching between them, Safari starts to reload a page when I switch back to it, even if it's been only a few minutes since I last opened the page.  This can be quite annoying.

Is there any way to control how often Safari on the iPad will perform refresh a page?  Ideally, I'd like to tell Safari to not refresh any pages and just refresh manually when I want to.


texts: Can older iPhones (with iOS 11) display HEIF images?

texts:
Consider the scenario of restoring a backup taken on an HEIF/HEVC capable device (e.g. the iPhone 7 or newer) to an older device (e.g. an iPhone 6s, running iOS 11).

Will images and videos taken on the new device and accessed on the old one be:

Not restored at all?
Restored, but not displayable (i.e. taking up space, accessible for sharing/uploading etc., but not shown in the gallery)?
Be fully compatible, and displayed/decoded in software?

Is there a difference between images and videos? (I could imagine that images are decoded in software on older devices, for example.)


texts: iOS Notes - I shared a note and can't see other person edits, while he can see mine

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iPad 2018, iOS 12.1.4 - I created a note in the cloud (Notes are On in the iCloud settings, the note is certainly not in "on my phone" category) - share (the person icon, not the share icon) - copy link - enter iCloud email of my friend from contacts - press Copy link - paste link to a messenger.
He opens the link on his iPhone XS, iOS 12.1.4 and appears in the shared list with a color assigned. He edits then, I select "highlight changes" - and everything is highlighted in my color only. I see no changes.Then I add a line and he sees that. Then he removes that line and I don't see that. We both have a little person icon next to the note in the notes list, and a checkmark on the person icon inside the note.

Tried restarting app by force closing, rebooting the iPad, opening icloud.com on my PC - no changes there either.

I never shared the notes before. What am I doing wrong? Does anyone has any thoughts?


texts: iTunes: Prevent store from loading on start?

texts:
I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.8 and iTunes 10.0.1.

When I start iTunes, iTunes loads the iTunes Store. How can I stop iTunes from loading the iTunes Store upon start?

Note: I still want to have access to the iTunes Store.


texts: iTunes search API returns different app icons for 60x60 and 1024x1024

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At first, I have to say that I am not sure whether I should ask this question on stackoverflow or on AskDifferent. I decided to use AskDifferent because this question is not programming-specific.

My question:
I use the iTunes search API to get information about some apps. I use the iTunes lookup (http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=[some app id]) URL to get this information. The return dictionary contains two links for the app icon:

artworkUrl60
artworkUrl512

The urls after the specific links point to the app icon.
The problem is that the image returned for the artworkUrl60 key is not the same as the image returned for the artworkUrl512 key.

Example: (I'm sorry that the second image is so much bigger, that's because it's the big artwork)
Vizzywig 4K
artworkUrl60:
artworkUrl512:


texts: My terminal on osx 10.11.6 will not accept `[` character

texts:
Every time I type it the terminal flashes but doesn't insert it. If I paste in a command that has a [ it will paste everything except the ['s

This has been happening before I updated to 10.11, but has become a massive issue, I can't use jq at all because of it.

I also have the same issue with iTerm2.


texts: My macbook pro (2011) updated to OS X 10.10.5 and Photo was installed. Most of my older Photo events are missing

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When Photo app opened, it did show up a "iPhoto events" tab, but most of my latest photos were missing.

Tried the following:
1. I checked the Apple support communities and found that this was a common problem.
2. I connected my Time Machine backup and copied the iPhoto.app. When i try to install it, it says " In order to open iphoto.app, you need to update to the latest version" and says that the version of iPhoto is incompatible with OS X Yosemite.

Can somebody help please?


texts: Crash during Boot Camp restoration. How do I remove my Windows partition?

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As mentioned in the title, my OS crashed while removing the windows partition. Now Boot Camp Assistant doesn't recognize the pre-existing Windows partition anymore. See diskutil results below.

How would I go about getting rid of the Windows partition and restoring everything to a single one?

/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         120.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +120.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            80.5 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 46.0 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4


texts: Apple Watch airplane mode disadvantages?

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Since a few days I have an Apple Watch and I really like it. I just wanted to know if I could use my watch in airplane mode all day, and at the end of the day I connect it to my iPhone to let all my health data sync. Is this possible?

How long does my watch collect data when it isn't connected to my iPhone? Today I woke up very early in the morning and I put on my watch (in airplane mode). A few hours later, I disabled airplane mode and all my health data from the last few hours (e.g. heart rate) was synced immediately to my iPhone. Does that even work when my watch is in airplane mode the whole day?


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I'm trying to log events/check-points from my shell-script using logger.

How to use logger or syslog utility in OS X (version 10.12 (16A323)). I have tried

logger "Hello world" and checked /var/log/system.log using Console app, the following was the log entry created

  Failed to harvest strings for binary named '–Xó^H'

How to use logger in OS X ? Is there anything to be specified to create/add an entry to OS X system log ?


texts: Weird Files and Folder Permissions behavior (OS X Bug)

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I have noticed some really strange behavior with File and Folder Permissions on Catalina 10.15(19A603).  I have done some simple tests such as using a text editor to read, view, create, update a file in Documents and I was able to successfully perform these operations even though I did NOT give the text editor File and Folder permissions. I also did not give the text editor Full Disk Access permissions.

My question is this normal behavior, is this a bug?  This seems to defeat the point of the permissions. These programs to not have permissions but they seem to work just fine.

I have noticed some other applications requesting permissions to so and when I Do Not Allow, they do not have access to read or write to specific files and folders. Does seem like consistent behavior.

This is related to an issue we are experiencing. We develop a File/Folder sharing Application and some users who upgraded to Catalina are experiencing bad behavior because our App cannot read/write to their folder. What is strange is other users experienced no issues.  I have personally experienced these cases below:

MacOS notifies me to allow the App Folder/File permissions and I grant the app permission. (Everything works fine)
App has no permissions and MacOS does not prompt me to allow  Folder/File permission.  (App Fails)
App has no permissions but can still perform operations on Documents and Folders. (What?! This is really weird.)

I have no idea what is going on here, just need some clarification as to what the behavior should be and what work needs to be done on our end.


texts: Why do I have repeated "Are you sure you want to open it?" messages when launching applications?

texts:
My Security settings are set to "Mac App Store and identified developers". I'm still getting this problem though I've allowed the app to run more than once as an Administrator. Specific apps that are experiencing this problem are Coda 2 by Panic, PDFpenPro by Smile Software, and Firefox.

Panic and Smile Software are identified developers if I'm not mistaken. And Transmit by Panic opens fine without these warnings.

Any idea why this is the case?


texts: Avoiding having SIP permanently disabled to permit kernel extension

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I'm looking to work around the lack of support for a wireless adapter in Big Sur by using https://github.com/chris1111/Wireless-USB-Big-Sur-Adapter/. Unfortunately it requires SIP to be disabled not just during installation, but permanently. I'm trying to understand why that is, and whether there might be alternatives?
For instance, HoRDNS which faced similar problems you only need to temporarily disable it (https://github.com/jwise/HoRNDIS/issues/132)
Does anyone have any suggestions? My understanding of how all the kext stuff works is a little limited.


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i recently got my new phone and tried to download instagram. When i tried it looked normal and everything with the 'get' button there, but when i pressed the button it changed to the iCloud thingy with an arrow on it. Whenever i try to download it now, it just comes up with a loading circle then quickly goes back to the cloud. i have tried so many things like changing my apple ID account, making a new account, restarting the phone. Nothing works.

(it is not doing this with any other apps)


texts: How to run privileged programs without elevation by sudo?

texts:
I got the mtr ping-traceroute combo util through Homebrew and I'd like to run on new Terminal windows without having to become superuser (or elevation, sudoing, whatever it's called on UNIX) each time first, or, if there's no way around it, have the program ask me for credentials on the spot like some commands do, e.g; scutil, sputil, brew itself.

A while ago I got into the habit of creating [very simple] scripts, then added the scripts directory to $PATH for simple tasks like, for instance, to flush the DNS cache I type anywhere flushdns and it asks me for my creds if I wasn't elevated before because sudo is in the script.

I thought about doing something similar to this but (1) I'd have to use another command since mtr is already in the $PATH and, (2) I don't know how to work it with the arguments that the utility needs.

I'd appreciate any suggestions you have, or, a link to an existing question--I didn't find because because the elevation/superuser thing, I think. :/


texts: Does a 2017/8 MacBook, with 2nd display, remain at a scorching 90C if raised on a stand?

texts:
The reports
are
disconcerting
.

If one uses a 2017 or 2018 MacBook (Pro) as a dual-purpose machine, with an external larger monitor at home, and on its own on the road, then a temperature of 90C is now deemed to be a normal operating temperature when driving a second display, even when the laptop is otherwise just about idle.

In my experience an older MacBook (Pro) is noticeably cooler if
it
is
raised
on a
stand
.

Have you confirmed whether a 2017-2018 MacBook that is connected to an external monitor, and that is otherwise left idle, reports some cooler temperatures?


texts: Why doesn't my MacBook recognize my USB keyboard when it wakes from sleep?

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I have 13-inch, early 2008 MacBook running OS X 10.7.3, and recently, the trackpad started developing some problems, so I attached an external keyboard and mouse.

It works great, except that when the computer wakes up from sleep, about 50% of the time the keyboard is unresponsive until I unplug and replug the USB connection. Any idea why this would be?

The keyboard and mouse are attached directly to the computer, not going through any USB hub.


texts: Macbook Pro with External Monitor Keeps Readjustng

texts: I have a mid-2007 Macbook Pro running OS X Lion which I connect to a Dell external monitor via the DVI port. Recently, the screen has been constantly turning blue (which seems to indicate that it is readjusting) when I plug it in, with about a one second delay in between adjustments. The cable itself seems to be secure, and the problem persists even if I turn the screws on the connector to secure it to my laptop. As a result, my external monitor is basically unusable! Any ideas why this is happening and how I can fix it? Thanks in advance!


texts:
In a few days I'm going to buy my first Mac (an iMac) as well as a Time Capsule. Looking at the specs of that product, I've seen that it has a WAN port and 3 Ethernet Ports.
I suppose that the WAN port is to connect the TimeCapsule with the Internet. At home, I get Internet trough a Ethernet wire (it's not an ADSL connection).
My question is: will I be able to connect the Ethernet wire into the WAN port in order to share my Internet connection wirelessly over the house?

Thank you so much!!


texts: My Apple account appears to have a monthly fee of one dollar. How can I understand this or dig deeper?

texts:
I have made purchases on my iPhone from iTunes, and that was all well and good, no problems there. My problem is, why do I keep being debited a dollar each month even when I haven't made any purchases?

Is this a recurring fee for purchasing on iTunes or something?


texts: Issues with screen not coming on when Mac is running

texts:
I run a Late 2012 Mac Mini running 10.13 High Sierra with a Dell QHD monitor via DisplayPort. I've seen two different cases where as far as I can tell the Mac is running (HDD light flashing, etc) but the monitor shows as idle:

When it goes to sleep from lack of use, the monitor sometimes won't wake up (like once every few weeks, I leave it always-on). I already run caffeinate -s in a console window and I think the Mac itself is running, but sometimes the monitor thinks otherwise and I have to reboot.
Today, I turned the Mac on for the first time since turning it off over Christmas - first cold start for a while. The monitor didn't come on, just sat in standby mode (not no-signal). I pulled the DP cable and plugged it back in and now it came to life, which doesn't work in case 1 above.

These things make for a really annoying start to the day and I can never find what might be wrong. I already chased some ideas - I thought the Mac was going into deep sleep and not waking, but now I am fairly convinced the Mac is running but not waking the monitor and I don't know what to try next.


texts: Move folders from 'on my mac' to gmail imap

texts: I want to start organizing my emails on the cloud, directly in my gmail account, instead of locally 'on my mac'.  Is there any way to migrate my current folders (and their e-mails) onto gmail?


texts: Creating a professional looking screencast?

texts:
I'd like to create a professional looking demonstration of my app, just like this. I have captured a video using ScreenFlow, but I'm not how to add title screens where I want, like for example in the Sparrow app demo, they first show the name in huge bold text with black background, then "Navigate" and so on...which app should I use to achieve that?

Many thanks for your help.


texts: Why is my computer making hundreds of requests to captive.apple.com?

texts:
I'm experimenting with NextDNS, and I noticed that my PC is making hundreds of requests an hour to captive.apple.com. Currently 40% of my DNS queries are to apple.com.
I understand this is a feature to detect if the computer is connected to a captive portal. However, it's not connected to a captive portal, it's connected to my home network and DNS requests, including requests to captive.apple.com are resolving.
Even if I connect to a VPN that has its own DNS settings, the OS continues to send these captive.apple.com requests to the DNS server specified in the Network preferences (although other requests go via the VPN).
I tried disabling com.apple.captive.control from this answer, however the requests are still being sent. I disabled my network connection for a while to confirm my computer was the source of the requests, and the requests stopped appearing in the logs. They reappeared again when I re-enabled my connection.
NextDNS has a quota, and these DNS requests are going to use the majority of the quota.
Why is my computer making so many requests to captive.apple.com, is it normal, and is there a way to stop it?
I'm on OSX 10.15.7.


texts: iPad Will Not Charge or Charges Very Slowly

texts:
I recently dug an old ipad out of storage (the model number is A1395), and I would like to begin using it again. Unfortunately, it is having significant trouble charging.

When I first attempted to turn it on by long-pressing the power button, nothing happened. After plugging it in with the original (potentially damaged) cable nothing happened still. When I plugged the USB end of the cable into a new charger for an Android phone, I saw a red battery logo which I assumed meant that it needed time to charge. I then left it for a few hours, and then attempted to turn it on. It worked, and was charged to 37%. This percentage, however, continued going down even while plugged into the same android charger. IOS does not show a charging indication when either the android or original ipad charger are being used.

Is this something I can fix easily and cheaply (ie. no apple store, replacement parts, ifixit, etc.)? Should I try getting a new cable (Is this the right one for that model)? I expect the battery to be worse-off after all this time being stored at who knows what charge, but I would expect it to still run without issue from wall power.

Some things I have tried/Notes:

Plugging the ipad into a computer with powered usb ports that charge my android phone without issue does not fix this. This is not an apple computer.
The 30 pin charging port appears to be clean, but I can't get a good look inside. Is there some specific cleaning method I should use?
I do not have any other apple chargers available.
I couldn't find any other information other than Apple's official documentation, from which I tried each suggestion that is sufficiently described and does not cost money. If it costs more than a few dollars to fix this, it isn't worth it to me.
When I turn the ipad off and charge it with the phone charger, it charges albeit very slowly.
The difference between the wattage of the ipad and phone chargers according to their labeling is 0.11 wats., with the ipad charger having slighly more.
I found another 30 pin <-> usb cable lying around, using it has no apparent effect.


texts: After converting SSD to APFS MacBook 2016 doesn't boot anymore

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Good morning,
My MacBook 2016 with TouchBar doesn't boot anymore when going from its original Sierra to newer operating systems, e.g. High Sierra or Big Sur. One morning the computer just refused to boot, and got stuck in the login process. I was able to still log in, sometimes, but after opening an app, the Mac gave a kernel panic. Various tests later, reformatting the drive, and resetting everything, eventually I was able to use Internet Recovery, to install the original Sierra OS, which still uses HFS+. Naturally I tried installing Big Sur first, but got the same issues right after upgrading. I then tried going in steps, using gibMacOS, from Sierra, to High Sierra. But even High Sierra produced the same issues. I was in Disk Utility that installing High Sierra, already formatted the drive to APFS, so my conclusion now is that something makes the computer stop working after the converting to APFS.
Ideally I would love to get Big Sur again up and running, but I don't know what steps I can take to make that happen. My hunch is that some sectors on the drive are just so damaged, because of wear and tear that it's now impossible to get it formatted to APFS. I hope I'm wrong though.
Summary:
MacBook refuses to boot after its drive gets converted to APFS it seems. Restoring Sierra makes the computer work again, but any upgrading attempts to High Sierra or Big Sur, resulted in the same issues the Mac had, which started this entire problem.


texts: How do I set the terminal tab title via command line?

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I want to set the terminal tab name from the command line.  I am using this command to update the name echo -en "\033]0; New Name \007".  Here is what my terminal now looks like.

When I use the Inspector through GUI, I have the ability to set the terminal name and the tab name.  When I set it via the GUI, here is what I see.

As you can see there isn't any dashes - or text  on the tab.  How do I do this from the command line?


texts: Can I get an older version of iTunes to get the App Store back?

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The latest version of iTunes for Mac removes the App Store which I often use to sync my apps onto my iOS devices.

Even though Apple encourages users to use the iOS App Store to manage apps, ...

  Apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are now exclusively available in the new App Store for iOS. And the new App Store makes it easy to get, update, and redownload apps—all without a Mac or PC.

... I personally prefer to use my Mac's iTunes to manage apps. As such, is there any way I can get the previous version of iTunes back?


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I have a MBP with Sierra that I use in clamshell mode with external monitor and keyboard on wired network connection. When I am not using it I put it to sleep from the menu.

It wakes up on a keypress nice and quick but network is unreachable for about 10 seconds. How do I get rid of this KGB lag?


texts: My MagSafe to MagSafe 2 converter becomes extremely hot. Why?

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Out of nothing, my MagSafe to MagSafe2 converter became extremely hot while charging. So hot, I could not even touch it.

What could cause it?

I've been using it so I can leave multiple old 85W MagSafe chargers at various places, so I plug my new late 2013 15" Retina MacBook Pro without having to bring a charger.

Edit:

After inspecting for discoloured parts, I saw the flat side of the aluminium surface is a bit discoloured.

This is what I've done after it got hot:

I cleaned everything a couple of times with finger nails and a wooden toothpick (to prevent scratching: electric stuff doesn't like metal fragments).
The connector kept getting hot.
After turning the connector 180 degrees, it kept cold. If I turned the power plug 180 degrees or 360 degrees, it stays cool too.

Turning 180 degrees was suggested below by mbabineau and seems to fix the issue every time this happens.


texts: Backup files from corrupt disk to usb drive in single user mode

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I try to backup my files of a corrupt system. I can start into the single user mode and want so store my home folder to my backup system. To mount my usb drive I need to mount the root disk as writeable. Therefor I used the command

/sbin/mount -uw /

The command will be executed withoud any response, after that I tried to create a folder

mkdir /backup

But this returns

mkdir:backup: File exists

But there is no folder or file which has been created??? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks


texts: mac mini multi-display reconfiguring repeatedly

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I have a new mac-mini with HDMI + 2 thunderbolt-hdmi adapters.
Waking up the mini results in screen blanking repeatedly as it adds and removes displays.
Repeatedly.
Like 20 times.
For 2+ minutes.

I blame displaypolicyd but cannot find any documentation related to it.
The output in /var/log/displaypolicy/displaypolicyd.IGPU.log updates during the blanking, having entries like:

u>234091110954 LinkUpdate: 2.0 event: Insert [0]
u>234091111015 NOTICE: Addr: 2.0 event: Insert [0] source: 0
u>234091271092 NOTICE: Do online device addr 2.0 processCount 1
u>234091279665 NOTICE: Sync LinkTrain Port: 2: SST, 2 lanes @ HBR2
u>234091363536 NOTICE: FB AGDC state FB[0] - ON
u>234091363604 NOTICE: inject FB[0] change
u>234091400720 NOTICE: Do online device addr 2.0 - completed
u>234091685347 NOTICE: kIOFBNotifyOnlineChange 0x6 fb[ 0 ] -> online, Wed May 15 12:37:36 2019
u>234091685426 NOTICE: Update display map to fb[ 0 ] - online
u>234094043845 LinkUpdate: 2.0 event: Remove [1]
u>234094055235 NOTICE: Addr: 2.0 event: Remove [1] source: 0
u>234094055258 NOTICE: Do offline device addr 2.0 flags 0x0
u>234094055276 NOTICE: FB AGDC state FB[0] - OFF
u>234094055316 NOTICE: inject FB[0] change
u>234094237162 NOTICE: kIOFBNotifyOnlineChange 0x7 fb[ 0 ] -> offline, Wed May 15 12:37:38 2019
u>234094237198 NOTICE: Update display map to fb[ 0 ] - offline
u>234094237208 NOTICE: Release fb[ 0 ] resources
u>234094237244 NOTICE: Do LT off on port 2
u>234094237264 NOTICE: Port[2] - DP link down
u>234095319140 LinkUpdate: 2.0 event: Insert [0]
u>234095321284 NOTICE: Addr: 2.0 event: Insert [0] source: 0
u>234095492773 NOTICE: Do online device addr 2.0 processCount 1
u>234095501124 NOTICE: Sync LinkTrain Port: 2: SST, 2 lanes @ HBR2
u>234095583915 NOTICE: FB AGDC state FB[0] - ON
u>234095583964 NOTICE: inject FB[0] change
u>234095618927 NOTICE: Do online device addr 2.0 - completed
u>234095916433 NOTICE: kIOFBNotifyOnlineChange 0x6 fb[ 0 ] -> online, Wed May 15 12:37:40 2019
u>234095916542 NOTICE: Update display map to fb[ 0 ] - online

Why cant it just wake up and keep the last display configuration it had?
I'm tempted to play with the config, but fear rendering the mini display-less.

update:

The Thunderbolt-HDMI adapters are Apple D200s seen here:
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter

The displays are Dell U3415W and two Dell U2413s.
No DisplayLink adapters are involved (though I have several of those laying about).


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Let's say I have an Apple ID that's been disabled/locked for security reasons.

This account is linked to my iPhone and in order to remove it or to simply disable find my iPhone, I have to answer the security questions on the account which I don't remember anymore. So basically the account is glued to the device with FMI enabled.
So then I get a new phone and restore a local iTunes backup that I made of the old phone with the account issue on to the new phone.

FMI shows as enabled on the new phone's settings but I am not sure it's actually enabled. IMEI checker sites such as imeipro show that it's disabled but I want to get your opinion on the matter. I want to format the new phone and worry it too will become activation locked.
Does restoring a local backup using iTunes enable activation lock?


texts: How do I remove the right side bar on Sublime Text?

texts: When I work in documents with long lines, it gets very annoying because I have to very precisely drag my mouse in order not to accidentally touch that sidebar which drags me back to the beginning. (I'm talking about scrolling/marking horizontally).


texts: OSX 10.7.5 renaming attached Firewire drive

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My Mini was running out of disk space, so I attached an external Firewire drive and moved all the Home directories (a bunch of users on a home machine) to it.  I'm pretty sure that was done correctly, as it worked fine for all accounts for about 9 months.  Then, the OS started renaming the volume on its own, usually adding " 1" to the volume name; thus, the OS couldn't find any of the home directories on that Firewire drive upon login, even though I could open the drive manually, and one would get a generic startup desktop, because the volume names didn't match.  I found that, using an admin account with a home directory on the startup disk, I could assign a fresh, new name to the Firewire drive, then get into each user's advanced settings, and re-point the OS at the user's home directory on the newly renamed attached drive.  That would work for a couple of days, until the OS again renamed the Firewire drive, and I'd have to repeat those steps.  Very annoying, and not something the other users, my family, are about to do.
So: why is the OS renaming that Firewire drive?
Somewhat contemporaneously, I've had about 3 hard crashes (grey text screen) requiring a shutdown and startup.
I've completely reinstalled the OS, BTW, which did not stop the disk-renaming.  Otherwise, I've seen no problems with said Firewire drive; I have another external USB drive for backups, and that doesn't have any problems of which I am aware.


texts: How can I extend Mac + keyboard + mouse to a PC through WiFi local network?

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I have a windows laptop and a Mac that connect together to WiFi and that is connected to the Internet. I don't have wired (ethernet) network in home and i just have Wife at home.

My goal is to extend my Mac keyboard / mouse display so that the windows is a second screen and not simply mirroring what's on the Main Mac.

I researched this software, but I can't get it to work:

  Synergy is a software download that shares one mouse and one keyboard between multiple computers. Simply move your mouse between your computers effortlessly. You can even copy and paste between computers. Synergy works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Raspberry Pi. You only need a regular Ethernet or WiFi network connection, and no special hardware. It works like magic.

Other research like  Mouseshare, Synergy , symless.com all of these softwares just need to a network and I don't think they work with wireless.

I don't get why my WiFi isn't working with this solution and I think it needs to "cable network" that i don't have. Can someone confirm this setup works or how I would know why my WiFi isn't working for this case?


texts: Manually retrieve video from an in-app recording. (5th Gen iPod)

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Is it possible to retrieve a recorded video that is stored in-app?

The video can't be accessed anywhere else on the iPod (as far as I'm aware) - I only know that it is data under Applications.

This app has been specially designed for business purposes - however the tech support at this small company have been far from helpful.

If anyone can offer any suggestions, I'd be very grateful.


texts: MacBook Air Hard drive crashed (2013 Model)

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Is it possible to replace the hard drive for a 2013 MacBook Air? Where can I purchase a new hard drive?

If not, is it possible to run it with a portable hard drive?

I purchased it in 2014 (refurbished). So, it's probably 2013 model and not under Apple Care. Apple customer service told me that my hard drive has crashed.

Does Apple sells hard drives?


texts: How can I setup different "environments"

texts: I want to create different environments on my mac, for example work 1, work 2, and at home. The environments have different icons in the doc, different desktop background images etc. Is that possible? I do not want to create different users, because some files are used in every environment.


texts: Is there a good way to "force-synchronize" the Messages history between two Apple devices?  My iPhone was stolen, so I had to restore from an out-of-date backup (I know, I know), and this means there are text messages in the history on my computer that aren't on my phone.  Is there a good way to copy the text messages from the intervening period from my laptop to my phone?


texts: Trying to open plist file to read ShadowHashData but keep getting an error ("the domain/default pair... does not exist")

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I am trying to run a command to try and look at a plist file on my computer, so I type this into terminal:

cd /Volumes/"Macintosh HD"

and then

sudo defaults read /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/<username>.plist ShadowHashData

However, whenever I do this, I get this result:

The domain/default pair of (/var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/<username>.plist, ShadowHashData) does not exist

This might be a simple question, but I really want to run this command and I don't know how why the command doesn't work. I'd really appreciate some help.


texts: Use only one function key as standard function key

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I'd like F2 to used as a standard function key. (ie, when I press F2 my screen won't brighten it will send an F2 to the application)

At the same time I'd like the rest of the function keys to do their respective special operations, such as lowering/increasing volume.

Is this possible?


texts: osx - launchagent vs cronjob vs calendar alarm

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So I was wondering why would you choose one over the other on a mac if they essentially do the same thing?  Which is run a script on a specific time or frequency.  Does one of them actually wake up the sleeping mac and execute?
why would you use one over the other?

launchagent
cronjob
calendar alarm

thanks


texts: How to escape square brackets in Preview search?

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I need to search for a citation in a PDF document opened with Preview. The citations are in the form [42] and if I enter [42], Preview search interprets it as a character class in a regex, so I get matches for 4 and 2 as well.
I understand that I can just search for 42 instead, but that returns several unwanted matches as well.
How do I escape the square brackets and have Preview interpret [ and ] literally?


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I'm trying to create a .plist file in textwrangler, something I've never done before. I'm using these instructions which tells me to:

  Save code as com.rTask.plist file under path ~/Library/LaunchAgents.

So I follow those directions and it gives me the 4960 error. Here are two screenshots to give a visiual:

I've done a pretty extensive Google search and still haven't been able to fix it. Can anyone help?


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Is there a way I can parse a log in OS X to determine the total time the computer has been in use? By "in use", I mean logged in and not in sleep mode.

If there is no such pre-existing log, is there software I can install or even a script I can modify to log this data for me?


texts: Imac turn off the screen: where is the eject button to use in the shortcut?

texts: I have a small wireless keyboard. Where can I find the eject button to turn screen off??


texts: Can I extend the iPhone's maximum ringtone duration?

texts: I'm wondering if there is a way to extend the maximum duration of a custom ringtone i make for my iPhone past 30 seconds.


texts: How to move time-machine backups to a new external disk?

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My 4TB external hard drive has 2x2TB volumes. I use one of these for time-machine backups. I have ~6 months of backups on here. The drive is beginning to die so I want to transfer the data from each of the 2 volumes on the old drive to volumes on the new drive.

I was able to use rsync to move the data on the non-time-machine volume no problem.

 >rsync -avz /Volumes/data/dir1/ /Volumes/data2/dir1/

However, it gave me errors when I tried to use it on the time-machine volume:

 >rsync -avz /Volumes/time-machine/Backups.backupdb/ /Volumes/time-machine2/Backups.backupdb/
sending incremental file list
rsync: opendir "/Volumes/time-machine/Backups.backupdb/." failed: Operation not permitted (1)

sent 53 bytes  received 12 bytes  130.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1209) [sender=3.1.3]

I tried following apple's official instructions but finder got stuck "Preparing to copy" my 2 TB of data for hours. One frustrated user asked if there was a way to continue the finder copy that had been running for 5 days before failing.

P.S. I'm not sure why finder takes days to move data that rsync can move in hours?

It seems like rsync would be the right tool for this job. Perhaps using sudo? No luck:

 >sudo rsync -avz /Volumes/time-machine/Backups.backupdb/ /Volumes/time-machine2/Backups.backupdb/
Password:
sending incremental file list
rsync: opendir "/Volumes/time-machine/Backups.backupdb/." failed: Operation not permitted (1)

sent 55 bytes  received 12 bytes  134.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1209) [sender=3.1.3]

I found a suggestion on another post to actually run rsync as root. I enabled the root user, and tried running as root, but I still got errors.

b:~ root# rsync --version
rsync  version 3.1.3  protocol version 31

b:~ root# rsync -avz /Volumes/time-machine/Backups.backupdb/ /Volumes/time-machine2/Backups.backupdb/
sending incremental file list
rsync: opendir "/Volumes/time-machine/Backups.backupdb/." failed: Operation not permitted (1)
./

sent 62 bytes  received 19 bytes  162.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1209) [sender=3.1.3]
b:~ root#

It seems to be unusually complicated to so something that should be very simple. What am I missing?


texts: iPhone 4 falling in water - issues after fixing

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Two months ago, I accidentally dropped my iPhone 4 into water (for 3 seconds or so). Immediately I turned it off and put it in a bowl of rice. After two days, I took it to a repair shop, in which it was dried and fixed (headphones didn't work after the accident).

It was "fine" after that, but since then I've been experiencing some weird issues:

GPS isn't working well for navigation (can't seem to locate accurately, tell speed or direction).
When the battery is less than 1/4, it suddenly turns off. I have to wait like 10 minutes before turning it on again, and then it turns on normally.
The battery drains way faster than it used to.
A little blue stain has appeared on the screen.

What I want to know is if it is possible that all these issues are related to the accident I had and if/how it can be fixed.


texts: Removing packages previously installed by Homebrew

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So I uninstalled Homebrew, and didn't remove the packages previously installed by brew. Is there any way to remove these packages? Without brew list returning anything I don't know where to begin with removing them. I stored a list of the packages so I know which ones to look for but don't know where to find them.

Here's the list:

  autoconf
  freetype
  jasper
  libtasn1
  mpfr
  sane-backends
  automake
  gcc
  jpeg
  libtiff
  nettle
  sqlite
  boost
  gd
  kakoune
  libtool
  node
  tmux
  carthage
  gdbm
  libevent
  libusb
  openblas
  tree
  chromedriver
  git
  libgpg-error
  libusb-compat
  openssl
  unixodbc
  cscope
  gmp
  libgphoto2
  libyaml
  pkg-config
  wget
  elasticsearch
  gnutls
  libicns
  little-cms2
  pypy3
  wine
  elixir
  httpie
  libksba
  makedepend
  python
  wxmac
  erlang
  hub
  libmpc
  micro
  python3
  xz
  fontconfig
  isl
  libpng
  mongodb
  readline
  zeromq
  mercurial


texts: iOS 10.2 + Safari + Client Certificates crashes Safari

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Yesterday I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 10.2, and now I cannot access web sites requiring client certificates. Safari prompts me for the client certificate to use but then immediately crashes. I tried with my iPad running iOS 10.0.1 and it works just fine. On my Mac / PC it works with any browser whatsoever.

Can someone else confirm this problem?


texts: I know how to repair disk permissions. But... Who broke them?

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One of the common Mac troubleshooting steps everyone always seems encouraged to try first is to "repair disk permissions" in Disk Utility.

This process usually finds random odd problems, fixes them, and on rare occasions it actually makes a difference.

But...

How on earth are random files ending up with their disk permissions changed in the first place?

That seemingly crucial operating system files are ending up randomly tampered with is actually a bit disturbing to me. What is causing this? Why after a decade of telling people to "repair permissions" hasn't some sort of lock been applied to prevent permissions from being inappropriately changed in the first place?

What is the real story here?


texts: Macbook Pro on Yosemite - screen going to black

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I have a fresh install of OS X Yosemite. There is an issue where the screen goes black or seems to go to sleep while I am using it. When this happens, it's iffy on getting it come back on. The esc key works sometimes. Closing the lid and logging in works too. I have three console copy and paste of the times this event is happening in the hopes that someone can help me troubleshoot. I thought maybe it was my DNS servers so I added Google DNS, but not sure this is it.

Here is my two logs from my console which should be very helpful in diganosing.


texts: How to record if and when my Macbook is opened

texts: I like to know when my family goes on my Macbook for numerous reasons. Is there a way to record when or if people go on my Macbook when I leave it laying around?


texts: How can I apply a terminal script using ssh to all users?

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I need to disable Google chrome's print preview option using the script
"defaults write com.google.Chrome DisablePrintPreview -boolean true -contributed by CutMaster", to a mac using ssh and apply this to all users.

The script above only works when you enter it when logged in as a user. However, I do not have access to the user's account but I do have access to the admin account.

Your help is much appreciated.


texts: Software that directly backs up to Google Drive without caching？

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I have a hard drive that is almost out of free space. I need to back up to Google Drive on Mojave.

First of all, I tried Google Drive file system but it needs cache and I can't copy all my files, because there is not enough cache space. Then I tried Mountain Duck, Expandrive, and Cloudmounter, but they have the same requirements as the Google Drive file system.(
Google Drive will mount as a local disk and you need to copy files from your hard drive to Google Drive , after the copy finished it will start uploading . If the cache partition only have 70GB,you will not be able to copy a folder larger than 70GB)

Google`s Backup ＆ Sync doesn't support the NTFS file system on macOS.

I need to find software that directly backs up to Google Drive without copy and caching, where I can pause & continue, and show upload progress.


texts: Nothing I have tried gives me read/WRITE access to my SD card from my Canon camera. How can I secure-delete before selling the card on eBay? (the lock switch is on: unlocked - tried the other position too, just to make sure)


texts:
I have run the JDK 1.8 installer from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html, and it all apparently installed correctly. But in the terminal, when I do:

  javac -version

It still reports 1.6.0_65

What am I doing wrong?

I'm using Mavericks 10.9.4


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I'd like to edit sound files on my iPad with my daughter - copying and pasting clips, zooming in to see sound waves, and speeding up and slowing down sections of audio.

My question is: What is the equivalent of audacity for iPad?


texts: safari and firefox now crash immediately on launch in yosemite 10.10.1

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my browsers started crashing immediately on launch on my late 2012 mac mini.

i reinstalled yosemite 10.10.1 again, and for a whole day, safari behaved perfectly. then both browsers started crashing again.

i reset PRAM, installed latest java, ran virus check, but no dice.

any solutions to this found?


texts: Can I install Parallels alongside Boot Camp?

texts:
I have a 24" iMac and have used Boot Camp to install Vista on a 100GB partition of the hard drive. Can I install Parallels Desktop as well so it will be easier to switch between Mac and Windows?

I have 4GB of RAM. Is that enough to run Parallels?


texts:
Since about 5 days ago all system icons in the Finder sidebar (folders, disks), the Finder Menubar (view options, buttons, back and forward) and in the display menu bar (spotlight, wifi, bluetooth) have disappeared:

When I log in as a different user or as a guest, the problem does not present itself. Also note that it's not just system icons, Alfred.app and Flux.app are missing from the menu bar too.

I've reset the pram, started in save mode but nothing seems to fix it.
Any help would be appreciated :)


texts: Fluid opens Google search instead of localhost URL

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I use Fluid to separate my Jupyter notebook into a separate app instead of a browser tab, which makes navigating between the browser and the app easier. This used to work perfectly, until (it seems) the last update of Fluid (current version is 1.8.5 (184)).

When I open the app, which has its home page set to http://localhost:8888/tree, a Google search page shows up for that URL, instead of the URL itself.

Fluid app when opened:

When I open the same URL in Safari, it shows the page perfectly:

From that I think I can conclude it's not an access issue.

Here's how the app was created:

And here are the general preferences of the resulting app:

What I've tried so far:

Deleting the app and creating a new one (once with the same name and again with a different name)
Replacing localhost in the URL with 127.0.0.1

Version info:

OSX 10.11.4
Fluid 1.8.5 (184)

Update

I tried once more creating a new app with the IP address instead of the localhost hostname, and it worked.

One other thing I noticed is that with the original URL, this appeared in the web server's log:

[W 18:00:05.094 NotebookApp] 404 GET /tree.com (::1) 5.26ms referer=None

It seems that Fluid is appending .com to the URL, which doesn't resolve and which might have triggered the fallback to Google Search.


texts: Is there an iPhone dock with a headset jack?

texts: Does anyone know of a dock for an iPhone that has standard usb data/power, but also a headset jack (not just speaker / headphones output)?


texts:
I have a Macbook Air (Mid-2011) at home and a Verizon Actiontec MI424WR Rev. I router. Recently, I noticed that the internet got slower for about 10 sec. and went back to normal. I then opened Wifi Explorer to monitor the signal strength, and sure enough, I see a drop in the strength.

Also, sometimes when waking from sleep, the wifi icon indicates that it is searching for my network. I have to turn wifi off then on to let it reconnect. This problem has appeared on Mavericks and Mountain Lion after I downgraded.

UPDATE 01/25/2014
I installed Windows 7 using Boot Camp. Strangely, it does not exhibit this problem.This leads me to believe that it is a Mac OS X problem. Anyone have any ideas?

UPDATE 02/14/2014
I retract my earlier statement. It does exhibit this problem.


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I am trying to use vi-style key commands for the terminal and run

bind -p | grep -v '^#\|self-insert\|^$'

In the output from bind -p is a list of the commands and the keys they are binded to. In the list there are e.g. lines like

"d": self-insert
"e": self-insert
"f": self-insert

and my regex above correctly removes these lines (note the -v flag inverts the search). However, the above still matches a lot of lines (there are at least 30-40 identical lines) which are

"?": self-insert
"?": self-insert
"?": self-insert

Even if I try to specifically match the lines above by

bind -p | grep -e 'self-insert'

the output does not list these, but it catches the lines I mentioned further up!

Can someone please explain why this is? By search the internet I find that BSD grep seems to have a lot of issues. Perhaps this is a bug?


texts: Milliseconds delay after unlocking phone causes unresponsiveness

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Does anyone realise a delay after unlocking the iPhone screen on iOS7 ? You cannot swipe left or right until the animation finishes at 100%, rendering the phone unresponsive till then.

This is kind of annoying, albeit a small issue, but it affects the whole snappy experience I'm having with iOS7.

Any fix for this ? I expected it to be fixed by iOS 7.0.3 update, but it isn't.


texts:
Is it possible to sort iOS Mail.app by size? How can this be done, because it's default ordered by sent date.
I'd like to remove the biggest mails from my iPhone.


texts: Where are the tabs in Safari saved (in iCloud or Finder)?

texts:
I want to recover several links of a website I had open as tabs for quite a few months now. But once it has been reloaded today, I've been redirected to a notice page of that website (it was temporarily shut down due to maintenance). Unfortunately, there's no "turn-back" button. So, recovering the previous links doesn't seem possible. This is why I'm hoping to find a way to recover it by finding out where the tab links have been saved.
I know that you can recover previously closed tabs in Safari directly under "history". So, the tabs should be saved somewhere.
If it's saved in Finder, I should be able to easily recover it using Time Machine. If it's in iCloud, that should be possible, too, unless it automatically overwrites the links with no way to track it back.
Btw., recovering the links (it's about 20) by browsing through my history would be extremely time consuming as I usually open more than 30 (different) links of that website each day.


texts: How to change "display name" for email contact in mac mail?

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Ive got an email contact with the email address careers@example.com , but for some reason in the "display name" for their email address in OSX mac mail, it shows up as "Studio - Example".

Here is what happens when i input the email address :

If i right click the "display name, i can "edit address"

Which will open the text edit options in the screenshot below, which works for this time, but next time i enter the email address again, i get the same issue.

Any ideas ?


texts: OS X El Capitan how to stop mail opening (many) popup windows for calendar notifications?

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I deleted a calendar within a two days full of events (325).

Now when I open mail I get a lot of new messages windows opening in the screen that completely stop mail usage. I believe that the invalid "from" address raises the problem asking for the user intervention, so a lot of popup mail alerts are shown on the screen completely, at least hundreds of them.

How to stop or delete this sending queue that prevents the mail app usage?


texts: Can't use command+space to change input source

texts: I have been having an issue regarding keyboard short-cut to change input source between Japanese and English on a new iMac running on Sierra. On my old Mac, I used "command+space" (Fig. 1) to change the input source, but now on Sierra I have to use "control+space" (Fig. 2), which is quite inconvenient. Could someone help me how to set my system so that I can use "command+space" to change the input source?


texts: Pages and Numbers have generic app icon in Dock

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I have a MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Early 2011  running macOS 10.13.6 (the latest it will support).
I wanted to replace the HDD with a 256GB SSD so I did a fresh install to the SSD in an enclosure then ran Migration Assistant.

As far as I can see everything is working OK, but there are couple of anomalies .
The Dock icons for Pages 8.1 and Numbers 6.1 seem to be some generic app icon.

I deleted the Dock entries and ran from Launchpad, but the icons remain.
In Finder the icons in Applications look OK although not in Launchpad.

I deleted  com.apple.dock.plist and ran the command  killall -KILL Dock

How can I restore the correct icons?


texts: What is the dotted blue underlining when I use dictation on OS X?

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When I use the dictation feature in OS X, sometimes some of my text has got dotted blue underlining below it after entry:

What does this mean? Am I able to use it to correct the mistakes in the text more easily?

I am using OS X 10.8.


texts: macOS High Sierra Messages, how can I find a closed conversation?

texts: I have some conversations in Messages.app that I have previously closed.  I would like to find one of them again.  These were not deleted, merely closed.  How can I get them back once again?


texts: What is the best way to connect a mid 2012 macbook pro to a new ultra wide external monitor?  I know most of the monitors suggest using USB C but that doesn't exist in my macbook pro so trying to figure out the best option (that doesn't require ordering a new laptop)


texts: OS X /cores/ directory taking up 200GB after a couple of months

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I have an almost new macbook pro (~2 months old now) that has managed to accumulate 200gb worth of core dumps in the /cores directory.

How can I find out what is causing this?


texts: How do I edit current shell command in VI

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I have seen in blogs on Linux machines you can edit the current bash shell command in VI (or whatever the EDITOR is set to) by pressing ctrl-x,ctrl-e.

This doesn't seem to work on 10.8.  Any ideas on how to edit the current bash command in the default editor?


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I don't use any Apple gear, so sorry I'm struggling to find answers, as I'm not quite sure how to phrase my question.

My wife had a banking app on her phone, but our son managed to delete the icon from home screen (where all the app icons are). If she uses the search, it lists, and if we go to the app store, it gives the option to "Open" (and not "install"). So we assume it's still installed.

How do I add this back so she can access it without having to search or open the App Store?

Edit: To add, it's an iPhone 5

Thanks


texts: Game crashes to desktop in Windows 10 Boot Camp MacBook Air 2015 11" (Intel HD 6000)

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I installed windows 10 on my MBA 2015 11" with Boot Camp, did everything, installed the drivers using the support software. But, whenever i tried to open a game ( far cry 2) it crashed.

Things I've done:

Installed direct x 9 . Didnt work
Installed every required .NET library and VC redistribution. Didn't work.

How do I fix this?


texts: iPhone 4S won't connect to Pebble after forgetting phone

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My iPhone 4S running iOS 9.3.5 won't connect back to Pebble smartwatch after forgetting the phone from the Pebble's settings section and it won't connect back over the Pebble app.

How can I connect them back?


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I have a large-ish photo library on my home network server of over 20,000 pics. I am considering syncing it to my iPad 2nd generation 64 GB, but I am not sure whether the built-in Photos app would be capable of managing that many photos. I know they woudn't fit in the memory, but I am willing to make some kind of selection. My question is not about the raw size (that's easy to compute), but about the following:

Can the built-in Photos app handle several thousands of photos?
Is it still usable and responsive?

Any experiences are welcome. Suggestions on alternative apps, in case the built-in one is not good, are also welcome. Thanks.


texts: How can I pair my Apple keyboard and mouse to multiple Macbooks Pro?

texts: I would like to use my Apple wireless keyboard and mouse with my work and personal Macbook without having to pair them every time. Is there a simple way to pair with multiple Macbooks and switch between them?


texts: Can I use an HFS+ usb disk with encryption enabled with a Time Capsule (2TB is mine)

texts: I have a 2TB Time Capsule (version 7.6.1) and I want to connect a USB disk formatted as HFS+ with encryption enabled (on MAC OS X Mountain Lion). When I connect it directly to my iMac, it asks for a password (if it's not already in the keychain) and then I can see it mounted. Is there a way to give the password when it's connected to the Time Capsule or it doesn't support encrypted disks at all?


texts: how to transfer a app from one ipod to an iphone?

texts: Ok so I want to transfer an app from my IPod to my IPhone.  The only problem is that that app got deleted off the App Store so I cant just download it directly to my phone.  Is there any way to transfer over the app onto my computer and then transfer it onto my IPhone?  Also I am not on a Mac, I am using a Dell Intel PC so the ITunes looks differently then it would on a Mac.