texts: macOS Catalina creates "Relocated Items" on every update

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I am running two new Mac's that both were delivered in 2020 with macOS 10.15 Catalina installed (2017 iMac Pro delivered in 2020 and the new 2020 MacBook Air).

On update from 10.15.4 -> 10.15.5 both of these Macs created Relocated Items and wiped out my the contents of my /etc and /var directories.

My understanding is that this behavior is not expected for Catalina -> Catalina updates. The documentation on Relocated Items seems to apply mostly to Mojave -> Catalina.

On the iMac Pro, I was also redirected to the full setup procedure because /var/db/.AppleSetupDone was moved. This was also moved on the MacBook Air, so I'm not sure why I didn't see it there as well.

My conjecture is that this has to do with my use of synthetic.conf to create a link from /p that points to /Volumes. This is to map directories between system when I connect to a smb drive on a linux computer. But I can't see why this would cause any issues as it is supported mechanism.

Why I think this may be related. The relocated items show in the directory: /Users/Shared/Relocated Items/Security/System/Volumes/Data/rivate which seems like a misspelling of "private" without the "p", which is my only clue. (Although, this seems like it would indicate something surprisingly sloppy in the coding...)
Also /Volumes/System/Data/private contains etc and var which are precisely the folders that are causing me problems.

Other software that is impacted includes MacTex 2020 (which installs its paths in /etc). This also wipes out all the printers I install (because they put stuff into /etc as well).

Possibly related...

Setup Assistant Runs on Every Restart

I ran the permissions to see if this has any impact on my next update.

Any ideas would be helpful!


texts: Can we install/side-load outlook custom add-in for Mac programatically without manually installing

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Is there a way to install outlook custom add-ins in Mac from terminal without requiring manually installation.From outlook documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/sideload-outlook-add-ins-for-testing we have to do it manually by selecting file from Get Add-ins --> My Add-ins ->Add from a file.
For example for word we copy manifest file in to a predefined location and that appears in my add-ins. Is there anything similar for Outlook?


texts: macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) Cannot Install Updates

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I'm having difficulty installing the latest update on  my Mac Mini from 2011 (macmini5,3).

The current pending update is "Security Update 2019-003-10.13.6." When I attempt to install the update:

It downloads the update.
It asks to reboot.
It gets ~5% through a progress bar then pops up an error message: The update was not installed successfully. You can try updating again in the App Store after restarting.

I have attempted in order:

Manual download and install of the update.
Fixing disk issues in repair mode (none were found).
Installing the update in Safe Mode.
Installing the update in Repair Mode.
Reinstalling macOS.
All of the above again, with a support tech in chat. After which he stated he couldn't help me and I should go to an Apple Store for support.

The issue that triggered the wave of triage, is that Dropbox needs to be manually upgraded by downloading a new version. The download is delivered as a .dmg. It turns out that in this state, the os is unable to open a .dmg and fails with "detaching because no mountable filesystems." This same message is displayed for both the dropbox updates as well as the apple system update (SecUpd2019-003HighSierra.dmg).

I "feel" (hahaha, no data to support this) like the format for .dmg file has changed.  And apple failed to release an update to this version of macos such that the format is no longer readable.

Update: I was able to resolve by wiping the disk and installing from scratch.


texts: Why are all my addresses not syncing from iCloud to Mac?

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I have a laptop running Sierra and a desktop running Sierra. They both sync with the same account on iCloud.

On my desktop, next to the all iCloud link, there is a lightgrey error indicator:

.

Also When I click on it I see this odd error message:

.

On my laptop, the set of groups displayed is different. in fact there are two groups which appear there, and which also appear in iCloud, which do not appear on my desktop.

I have tried turning off iCloud address book sync on my desktop (all contacts and groups disappear) and turning it back on (all contacts reappear but the groups are wrong.)

I can't explain it. Maybe someone else can? (By the way, this problem occurred before upgrading to Sierra)


texts: How to make a modified dmg distributable?

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Adding files to a dmg and redistribute it

Purpose :

Adding some settings files to firefox.dmg (mozilla.cfg and policies.json) in the objective of redistributing the modified dmg

How the dmg is modified :

Decompressing the dmg with tools like (hdiutils/ultraiso/transmac/dropdmg/disk-utilities)
Mounting and adding files to the decompressed dmg
Optional (recompress the dmg with same utils used to decompress)

Issue :

Opening the new dmg in a different machine give the result "firefox" is damaged and can't be opened, you should move it to trash

What was tested :

Removing com.apple.quarantine attribute with the command xattr -c works but its not a reliable solution
Tried to remove _CodeSignature directories from the dmg without success
Creating a new dmg containing files of the previous one without success
Tried to edit Info.plist without success

Question :

How to make the new dmg package usable in other machines ? (How to avoid the error from gatekeeper without using xattr -c)


texts: where is "SERVER.APP" in Snow Leopard OSX server?

texts: The textbook answer to stopping the server in OSX Leopard server is to remove the SERVER.APP. Unfortunately I can't find it anywhere, visible or not. Where should I be looking ? Is it's absence related to "available servers (0)"?


texts: I want to stop receiving messages from a certain group chat I've been made a part of. I don't want to simply "hide alerts" from it, I don't want the messages to come in at all. Is there any way to do that? Deleting the conversation doesn't seem to help.


texts: How can I gift a copy of an app that I already own?

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I own an app. I want to purchase an additional copy of that app for a friend using iTunes' gift functionality. In the iOS App Store and the iTunes store on a Mac, the gift option doesn't appear for apps that I already own. I can't believe that Apple doesn't let you purchase an additional copy of something that you already own as a gift for someone else.

App that I own

App that I don't

Am I missing something, or is app gifting really this half baked?


texts: Can I detach the QuickLook window from the Finder?

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I use QuickLook a lot to quickly open PDF files. I like the speed and clutter-free presentation more than using Preview.

But unfortunately, it is tied to the Finder and disappears when I change to another app, so that I cannot see it side-by-side with another application. Is there a way to detach the QuickLook window so that it can exist on its own?


texts: for some reason my accountsd is taking so much memory. even though I have a 16 mb macbook pro.. If I kill that process it keeps on opening back up again.. ideas?


texts: How to make macOS cmd+tab switch desktops when app is on a different desktop

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Say I have ProgramA running in desktop space 1, and ProgramB running in desktop 2.
If I am currently on space 1, and cmd+tab to select ProgramB, then I still stay on space 1 even though there is no window for ProgramB on this space.

Is there a way (or an external program I can download) to make the desktop space automatically switch to one with an active window of the program I selected?

I am on MacOS Mojave.


texts: MB Pro 13" 2017 - Small Shocks / Static Charge when on charge Grounding through me. Stops when I take feet off floor / unplug macbook

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I know this question has been seen a lot - and I'm relatively sure its safe.

Just wondering how to get a grounding charger.
I have 3 pin UK plug with metal grounding pin HOWEVER there is no connector between the grounding ring on the power brick and the slot the ring slides into when you assemble the charger.

Do apple sell a UK 3 pin grounded plug that ACTUALLY connects to the ground on the power brick?
It seems the one shipped with mine only has a metal ground pin for show as it doesn't actually connect to the power bricks ground


texts: Apple Script runs fine, need kill switch

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The following script runs fine in the /etc folder and called by a plist. It basically says text when the battery is too low. This is a simplified version, the real script is much longer.
set Cap to (do shell script "ioreg -w0 -l | grep ExternalChargeCapable")

tell Cap to set {wallPower} to {last word of paragraph 1}
if wallPower = "Yes" then
    return 0
else
    set Pct to (do shell script "pmset -g batt | grep -Eo \"\\d+%\" | cut -d% -f1")
    if Pct ≤ 10 then
        display notification "Batterij 10%. Meteen opladen." with title "Batterij bijna leeg!" sound name "Sosumi"
        ##      delay 300
        say "Batterij 10%. Meteen opladen."
    end if
end if

The problem is that I haven't found a good way for a kill switch. The kill switch will be operated by a user without admin rights.
I am open to any suggestions for a kill switch.
As an example, I found this topic that implements a condition if "Do not disturb" is active. I inserted this in the script and it works just fine in the Script Editor itself, but once the script is copied to the /etc folder and called by a plist the execution appears to halt at this line:
  set statusOfDND to ¬
        (do shell script checkDNDstatusCMD) ¬
            as number as boolean

Not sure why, could be regional settings (I'm using Dutch whereas the original script owner uses English (US).


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I saw a similar question (Can I delete the /Developer-3.2.6 or /Developer-3.2.5 folders?), but I am unclear if it would break anything. That question assumes the user is not a developer, so I was a little worried and would like to be sure before I do anything. Can I delete this folder? I updated to Xcode 4, but I am unsure if deleting this would remove things that I may need. For example, before Xcode 4 came out, I installed Xcode 3 to compile my C programs (gcc).

Right now, there is a Developer and a Developer-3.2.5 folder, so I assume Developer is for Xcode4 stuff.


texts: I used to be able to use g++ from the terminal, but now it's missing. I still have XCode installed

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I used to be able to use g++ from the terminal to compile c++ programs, but now when I try to use it, I get

  -bash: g++: command not found

General advice on the internet was to install XCode, but I already have XCode installed. I'm not sure what has changed since being able to use it. I'm running OSX 10.6.8 and XCode 3.2.4.


texts: Can I create an iCloud account with a borrowed IOS5 device?

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An IOS5 device is needed to create an iCloud account. I have a Macbook and an iMac both running Snow Leopard, but no IOS device nor a mobile.me account. I want to use iCloud's calendar features.  I know SL doesn't officially support iCloud (yet) but there seem to be work-arounds (and the odd rumor of SL support coming later, but I won't hold my breath) and I want to try to bring it up now.

I'm interested in whether someone with an IOS5 device can use it to open an iCloud account, give it over to me, and then completely remove it from their device without either crippling the account or leaving the device or the account connected to the other.  (This is a question, BTW, not a request for someone to do it).

This question discusses having several iCloud accounts on one device, but not abandoning an account.


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My teenager went fly fishing this weekend...

The iPhone has been destroyed, but photos remain on the Apple watch. Is there a way to upload them directly from the watch to the cloud before I reset and pair with his new phone?

Note that there was not a prior backup on iCloud and his watch/phone was not connected to Photo Stram.


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Using Google Chrome on my iPad, it seems like every now and then it randomly "forgets" all of my cookies. Authentication cookies in particular; I get re-prompted for two factor authentication and notified "you may be clearing cookies if you see this message often".
I am not clearing my cookies manually, nor does there seem to be any rhyme or reason to the cookies disappearing. It is not a particular amount of time -- sometimes it is multiple times a week, and I never use Incognito Mode.

This has happened ever since I remember installing Chrome on my ipad a year or so ago.
It does not happen with desktop or android versions of Chrome. Just the iOS version.

Is this a known issue? Is there something I can do about it?


texts: How can I log screen sharing access on OS X?

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I've got my firewall on (the OS X firewall) and I've got a lot of attempts on screen sharing.

Allow AppleVNCServer connecting from 93.78.170.237:2223 uid = 0 proto=6

I want to log successful connections to make sure no one is making it through, similar to what is done with /var/log/secure.log

In fact, I'm surprised this isn't included with secure.log

What can I do?

For what its worth, I am running Mac OS X 10.5.8.

Update 1:

Daniel had a nice suggestion to use

netstat -a | grep vnc | grep ESTABLISHED

redirected to a file to log what is going on.

The problem is a connection is flagged as ESTABLISHED as soon as the vnc login screen comes up regardless of whether or not a login is ultimately successful.

In other words, all those (hopefully) failed attempts that my firewall logs will look no different than my successful logins.


texts: Using apple watch + nike + running without the phone

texts: I have seen this question and there generally very little information  on this topic. In the question linked above the they talk about the activity app. I use nike+ running. Last time I went for a run I ran for some time with my phone in my pocket, then I ran without it and the watch would not pick up the distance or any other info during the run. I started the run from my watch so I thought it should not be problem. Has anyone figure this one out yet?


texts: kMDItemKind for movie type used by spotlight in SmartFolder

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When you create a Smart Folder on Mac OS and choose "Type is Movie" the corresponding search Key in the .savedsearch file seems to be kMDItemKind.
Just because files have different kMDItemKind values and sometimes they don't seem to have a value, I wonder how Spotlight knows that a file is of "Movie" type.
For example by the following:
mdls ~/MyFolder/MyMovie.avi |grep kMDItemKind
no results

mdls ~/MyFolder/MyMovie.mp4 |grep kMDItemKind
kMDItemKind = "Filmato MPEG-4"

mdls ~/MyFolder/MyMovie.wmw |grep kMDItemKind
kMDItemKind = "Matroska Video File"

The .avi file and .mp4 file both appear in SmartFolder while the .mkv doesn't.
So, Is there maybe a dictionary somewhere that can eventually be altered or expanded with further options ?


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The goal is to have two (or more) versions of Safari accessible on my mac at the same time. I know this is possible because I have done it with iMovie 9. I now can run iMovie 9 and the latest version of iMovie at the same time. I need the older version of Safari for web development.

I think the only way for me to do this is to copy it from another older mac or find it online. To have an older version or newer version of an app, just select the app and do command-c and to paste it do command-v. To prevent your copy from being updated, copy it to an external drive.

If someone is still running a version of OS X between 10.7 and 10.10, you should have the versions of Safari I'm looking for. We can collaborate and do something on Google Drive to move the app across to my mac.

Strange question but I think that this question could benefit a lot of people especially those who do web development such as myself.

I currently have the latest version of Safari (9.0.1) on OS X El Capitan.

Since Apple only offers the latest version of Safari to download, the only way to get an old version to a 'new' computer is to copy it over.


texts: Can't load contacts from iPhone to iCloud account

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I have an iPhone 5S and I cannot seem to get my contacts loaded from my iPhone to my iCloud account.

I have reset the iCloud and also deleted the account on my phone and reset etc. but nothing has happened.


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I would like to increase the VRAM in my Mac mini Late 2012. I read on a couple of websites that upgrading the RAM will increase the VRAM. However, I upgraded from 4 GB of RAM to 16 GB which did not affect the VRAM, which is still at 1536 MB.

Is there a way to increase the VRAM?


texts: Prevent mounting of a specific volume when connecting an external drive

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I've got an external drive with 3 volumes on it.
All of them are mounted upon connecting the external drive to my Mac.

I want one of these 3 volumes to not be mounted when I connect it.
Is that somehow possible?


texts: Install and run Linux on partition of external HD?

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Is it possible to install and run Linux on a partition an external HD in OS X?

Almost all the instructions I've found are about installing to the entire external HD, not to a partition.

I've install rEFInd on a Core2 Duo late 2007 iMac and dd'd a Linux .iso to a FAT-formatted partition on an external FW 800-connected drive, but the drive disappears from Finder and does not appear as an option in rEFInd when the iMac is rebooted.

I have to change the partition format back to OSX Extended (journaled) via selecting Disk -> Partition -> click on the particular partition in OS X 10.11.6 Disk Utility, and rename it to see it again, which of course wipes out the dd'd .iso. Duh!

Any ideas or is running Linux from an external HD partition impossible?


texts: I deleted Macintosh HD - Data and now the computer won't boot even in Recovery Mode

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Okay all, I think I messed up really big time.
Was so excited and delighted today to see my brand spanking new MacBook Air arrive (running Catalina). Everything was wokring great; I started Migration Assistant to get it migrating over from my old computer and, after a little while for the preliminaries, it said it was going to be 6.5 hours. So I thought let's not do this right now, so I can still use the old computer, and cancelled it.
That was my first mistake.
It wouldn't let me go back to the original state of Migration Assistant; the users were already on the new computer. Okay, fine, I have to go into Utilities to find Migration Assistant on the new computer. But then when Migration Assistant did start up again, it would keep freezing in the early stages, stalled and not progressing - never even got to the part where it estimated time remaining. It did this in multiple ways, whether I was connected through WiFi or Ethernet, direct from the old Mac or through my Time Capsule.
So I figured I wanted to start clean. And this appears to be where I made the REALLY big mistake. I thought "well, I'll just wipe the data so I can start clean, right?" I tried to followed instructions for a factory reset: went into Recovery Mode (cmd-R), entered Disk Utility, deleted the Macintosh HD-Data partition. I thought that what I was supposed to do next was delete the Macintosh HD partition too. But it wouldn't let me do that because it was in use. I also tried to reinstall the US, and it wouldn't let me do that either (also because it was in use). Okay, I thought, I'll just restart and see what happens.
And now my brand new $1800 computer is completely bricked.
The Apple logo appears, followed briefly by the start of the progress bar - and then I hear this whooshing sound, like ocean surf or a heavy breath, and it turns back off again... and then the Apple logo appears again and the same thing happened. Over and over on an endless cycle, just Apple and whoosh. I can sometimes get it to turn off by holding the power button, but turning it back on just gives me the endless cycle and whooshing again; I can't get into Recovery mode. In the old days I would have tried sticking a paper clip in or some other option for a hard reboot, but there's nowhere to do that.
Help! How can I get back to a brand-new computer with the old data smoothly migrated?


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I am unable to login to my corporate Lync 2010 server. I'm up to date with Microsoft updates to Mac Office 2011. I've tried automatic and manual configuration. I've tried with and without Kerberos authentication. I know I have proper credentials because I can login to the Windows version of Lync from a Windows session in Fusion.

Is anyone else using Lync for Mac 2011 on a corporate network? Anyone experience this issue and find a fix or a workaround?


texts: Why am I having this problem importing photos from iPhone to iPhoto?

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I'm getting the error

Error downloading image.
iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image.

when I "Import All..." from my iPhone. Trying to import individual images I get

The following file cannot be imported. (The file is in an unrecognized format.)
IMG_0301.JPG

In the past I've been able to do this, so I don't know why I'm getting grief now. Anyone have any suggestions?

To help describe the problem I've created a screencast: http://screenr.com/CLr


texts: Can a thunderbolt 3 cable be used on MacBook 12inch for data transfer?

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I just got a new 13-inch MacBook Pro  with Touchbar and I need to transfer my data from my old MacBook 12 to it. While using migration assistant over wifi, it always has errors or got stuck so I'm going to try the target disk mode. I did some research and a YouTube video says I need to use Thunderbolt 3 cable, so I just went to a local hardware store to buy the cable.

However, the stuff there told me a Thunderbolt 3 cable will have adaptability issue on my 12inch MacBook and recommend me buying a 5Gbps USB-C cable. Thinking I might use thunderbolt 3 in the future and their price difference is not that large, I will definitely choose a thunderbolt cable if it can be used. Speed is not an issue.


texts: My MacBook Air won't stay on unless it its plugged in

texts: My MacBook Air will not keep charge unless it is plugged in. However it started right after I spilled some water on it. Went in through the Trackpad and keyboard. I thought it was completely dead, but I then plugged it in and it turned on. But it does shut off when you unplug it. If I keep it plugged in, it will not run certain games as it will get too hot and shut off. Everything works fine, Except for the battery. It only charges up to 20% and the status of the battery is "Replace Now" I suspected that maybe it was just the battery and nothing else was wrong, but I went to the apple store and they did a quick check and they said that I am lucky it even still turns on because of all of the damages. They also said it will take as LITTLE as $800 to fix it. They claim it is more than the battery. But I suspect that battery replacement will fix it. Maybe not completely but at least to a point of it being semi functional. But what do you think? Is it just the battery? Or something more?


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I use a MacBook with English keyboard and sometimes I need to write something in my mother language, which is Turkish. So I can write the characters with Alt key. But I changed the computer at office and now I can't write characters that I want. I want to write ı but it writes ˆ .

Is there any way to set up the Alt key language?

The older computer had an English keyboard but now I have dutch keyboard on the computer. I set the keyboard with U.S..


texts: Sharing music in the iTunes library with multiple accounts and iOS devices

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My wife and I both have iOS devices (some iPods, an iPhone, soon an iPad), which means that both our iTunes libraries have not only music, but also apps, podcasts, iTunes U stuff, etc.

How could we manage to share just the music in one single location, and still keep our apps/podcasts/etc separated from each other?


texts: May i remove the /home directory? And how to know if there is any folder link to a specific folder?

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As the following picture shows:

The /home directory is empty.
Can I remove the empty /home directory?
And how to know if there is any directory link to a specific directory?


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I have a Macbook Pro (late 2011) with the latest OS X (10.9.4) and once in a while the Bluetooth subsystem disappears and the system hangs for a few seconds every ~10 minutes. The icon in the menu bar looks like this:

And there is no Bluetooth system preference anymore:

This happens once every 2-3 days and I have no idea what the cause could be.

Question: How can I restart the bluetooth subsystem from the command line to make it available again? Or (more interesting of course) what is the cause of this infrequent hang and how can I heal it completely?

I cannot remember which software I've installed at the time the error started to show, it might have been bootcamp to support a 32 bit windows in a virtual machine or some Citrix software (Citrix Access Gateway)


texts: My MacBook Pro won’t turn on, shows me only the installer log

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Of course right before a deadline. I told clicked “try tonight” and this happened

I login and instead of going to my desktop, I get an installer log that begins with

  1 Jan 1 10:44:17 localhost opendirectory[186] Failed to open file  [2: No such file or directory]

And ends with

  509 Jan 1 10:45:13 MacBook-pro opendirectoryd[186]: [auth] failed to write file

When I try to reinstall the OS is says there’s no space on the drive...

Sorry to trouble you on a Friday with this question, but I don’t know what else to do. Normally, I’d take a photo of the entire screen but the brightness is very low and I can’t adjust it.

Advice is welcome! Thanks so much.


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I have two 2TB Time Capsules attached to a network through a Netgear router. Each Time Capsule is connected via Ethernet with the WiFi set to "off".

Each Time Capsule is assigned a unique static IP address; all devices connected to the network are assigned unique static IP addresses.

The Time Capsules randomly add IP addresses. Often the Time Capsule will have the assigned static IP address and two other unique IP addresses. It is truly a random occurrence. Sometimes there is only the assigned static IP address and then one or two additional IP addresses will be discovered to have been taken by the Time Capsule. Sometimes this occurs on only one unit and then it will occur on both. When the random IP address duplicates an assigned IP address for another device on the network, then the inevitable network address conflict error causes problems for the device operation.

I have reset each unit in an attempt to solve the problem, but the random attaching of IP addresses continues.


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I am using macoOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) and had to reinstall macOS.

The issue is that while the Finder displays the existing tags in the Finder window when viewing all my old files and directory, it doesn't load the old tags for autocompletion when I am tagging a new file. In fact, I have to create a new tag as though the old one doesn't exist.

How can I get Finder to recognize and reuse my old tags?

(I use the "Edit Tags" button on the Finder toolbar to edit / assign a tag to a file / directory. Usually it shows the old tags for autocompletion, and in a drop down menu, as you type. But now it only shows recents tags and not the old pre-existing ones.)


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I set /bin/bash as my default shell like this:

chsh -s /bin/bash

But it doesn't work when I open a new terminal tab. If you type any command, e.g. ls, no output is printed.

Likewise if I simply run /bin/bash from a working shell it behaves the same way.

My current shell is /bin/sh.

I'm trying to change my shell to bash because the current shell (/bin/sh) doesn't execute neither ~/.bashrc nor ~/.bash_profile for some reason, although it appears to be bash too:

$ /bin/sh --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin16)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc

I used to use zsh together with oh-my-zsh but it was unacceptably slow, so I'm switching back.

I used bash before that. Both of those files I mentioned were executing at that time (I didn't change the configuration).


texts: Looking for command to display network usage on macOS

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ifconfig can be used on linux to check network transferred bytes in each interface like below:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 02:42:ac:11:00:05
          inet addr:172.17.0.5  Bcast:172.17.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20782 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:16290 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:28527924 (28.5 MB)  TX bytes:1386216 (1.3 MB)

the RX bytes and TX bytes shows the current data transferred in the eth0 interface. However, the ifconfig on Mac doesn't show this information for me.

Is there an equivalent command on Mac? I am looking for a native command without installing 3rd party library.


texts: I tried updating my iPhone, but now it says "SIM is invalid"

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I have an iPhone 3GS 32GB. I have just tried updating the phone using iTunes. The phone is second hand, and was unlocked when I bought it. I didn't know that when you try to update it, it loses everything. Now it isn't reading my SIM, even though I've used this same SIM in the phone before I tried updating it. Now, when I turn the phone on, it comes up with:

  SIM not valid - Only compatible SIM cards from a supported carrier may be used to activate iPhone. Please insert the SIM card that came with your iPhone or visit a supported carrier's store to receive a replacement SIM card.

What does this mean? And how can I get my phone working again?


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Is there a way to identify kernel modules that shouldn't be there out of a panic report? For example, looking at this discussion https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2778885, there it was pretty obvious as "elmedia" was easily identifiable.
However, when looking at mine, there are some things which seem fairly common but I don't seem to be able to find any information about them in internet. For example, in my report I have a couple of (suspicious?) national instrument drivers called ni488k.

I think these logs give a good insight to detecting possible malware. The question is, how can I know which kernel modules should be there and which ones shouldn't?


texts:
I'm trying to set up Apple Mail to send through my web host's SMTP server (not Gmail, or any common email provider), and as soon as I save the SMTP settings, Mail forgets the password, meaning that authentication always fails. I type the password in the dialog below, click OK, and then reopen the "Edit SMTP Servers" dialog, and the password is gone.

This seems to happen only for this SMTP account. Others work just fine. I've tried removing the password from Keychain, repairing Disk Permissions, and completely removing all of my Mail data, but Mail still forgets my password immediately. Authentication doesn't even succeed once.

How can I get Mail to remember my SMTP password? I'd rather not completely reset my Keychain, so I'm looking for any other suggestions.


texts: USB 2.0 devices not work on my mac only USB 3.0 Working

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I have a MacBook Pro 15" Unibody (Mid 2012).

The USB ports stopped working a while back; i.e.: the computer would no longer recognize any of USB devices. They are all USB 2.0 devices (external drive, Flash drive, etc.).

I did some testing and confirmed that it does indeed not recognize any USB 2.0 devices. the computer works just fine with any USB 3.0 devices that I've tested it with.

I've already tried all the usual quick fixes: reset SMC, reset PRAM, etc.
What’s the problem is? Is it a hardware or software issue?


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When I first got my Macbook Pro, I somewhere came across a setting that let me map the Fn key to the same action as the 'F3' command, which I guess is the 'Expose' feature where it shows all open windows.

Since that was set, I've been unable to find where to UNset it, because now I'm unable to use Fn + Function Key to activate F1, F2, etc.

I've checked the Keyboard preferences, but all Expose options show they are mapped to the usual F1-12 keys, with no reference anywhere to Fn.

I've also clicked the Reset to Defaults button there, but no change.

Any ideas where I can find this?


texts: TV lagging when watching regular TV channels while Apple TV is on

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One of my friends is setting up a TV for another friend, and noticed something very odd. I don't know the specifics of the TV, but we're talking a 2014 Samsung Smart TV that hasn't been cheap at all.

First of all, I could've posted this somewhere else as it seems to be an HDMI problem but (and feel more than free to move if it I missed a more relevant stack exchange - I just wanted the information out there as Google revealed nothing);

Signal Processing seemed to be more for the signals themselves, and while I think it might be the TV decrypting (I'm guessing that an HDMI signal to a picture is an expensive operation?) the signal in the background, I wasn't sure, so it didn't seem right.
Movies & TV seemed to be more about shows and such rather than the electrical specifications for a TV.
Electrical Engineering seemed to be more about Arduinos and machine programming rather than TV support.

The problem is super simple and easy to replicate. Turn on any HDMI device, then turn the TV on a channel that isn't HDMI, and the channels will lag and show digital distortion (even though you're not using the HDMI channel at all). Turn the HDMI device off or take the cable out, and they'll be back to normal.

What could be the reason for this, and why does it only happen when the Apple TV (or possibly any other HDMI device) is on?


texts: Safari: How do I show history in a new tab in Safari?

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I find this to be annoying. When I click on "History" -> "Show History", Safari shows the history tab in my current tab and not in a new tab. So let say I was browsing Facebook and then decided to see my history, its opens in the tab that Facebook is opened on and not in a separate tab. Now I have to navigate back (click on Back) to get back to Facebook.

Is there any way I can configure that "Show History" is shown on a different tab in Safari when it opens?


texts: What files are included in the /System/Library/LaunchAgents and /System/Library/LaunchDaemons

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I bought a used MacBook recently and want to know if it has anything nonstandard like mdm, etc. I have many items invthese folders, such as com.apple.mdmclient.plist, com.apple.managedclient.plist, etc. although I see no signs of having mdm profiles. Is it standard to be included in /System/Library/LaunchAgents and /System/Library/LaunchDaemons?

It is Mojave’s 10.14.4 and I have erased the hardcover and reinstalled the OS.


texts: Accept auto-correct suggestion with one keystroke

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Sometimes, there's an auto-correct suggestion I want to accept, but I don't want to type a period or space followed by a delete. Nor do I want to hit down arrow, return. (That's incredibly lazy of me, now that I think about it.)

Is there any way, barring macro apps, to do this with one keystroke?


texts: How do I stop my Mac from syncing my whole library to my iPhone?

texts: Every time I plug my phone into my Mac, iTunes tries to synch hundreds of songs to my phone. If I just let it, it uses up all the available storage. I can't seem to find any menu option anywhere to stop the auto synch or to reverse the direction.


texts: Is it possible to use the Xserve VPN service without using the DHCP service?

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I'm working on a friend's network and he's currently got a cisco router handling DHCP. Does the Xserve VPN service require that the Xserve also be handling DHCP?

Xserve 10.6.8


texts: Microphone input volume is always 0, increases are ignored

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I am using the HyperX Cloud Headset and expecting microphone volume issues in all applications. The microphone is always too quiet. I tried increasing the microphone volume in Zoom itself, in the systems settings and with sudo osascript -e "set volume input volume 100" but the volume is always adjusted back to 0.
I found some posts which say that skype causes this issue with auto mic volume adjustment may causes this issue but i have no skype client installed.
The only clients which are using my microphone are Zoom, Slack and Chrome.
In Zoom i already deactivated the automatic mic volume adjustment in Slack and Chrome i don't know about this option.
The headset has a microphone volume adjustment button of its own, but because it's connected via USB, it has no effect.
Any ideas how i can find out why my input volume is always set to 0 and how to increase it?


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I want to create an automator service that copies the full smb:// path of a folder or file (like you would get from ⌃ + ⌥ + ⌘ + C)
The reason the shortcut isn't enough is for all those "older people" (no offense intended) that can't remember shortcuts or don't want to use them at all (the typical rightclick -> copy instead of ⌘ + C users).
So far I got the POSIX path but how do I transform it to my correct smb:// path?
on run
    tell application "Finder"
         set theItem to selection as string
    end tell
    set posixForm to POSIX path of theItem
    set the clipboard to posixForm
end run

So this path /Volumes/someFolder/someSubFolder/ would become this smb://Server/someFolder/someSubFolder/


texts: "Picture" folder basically empty, shows ~47GB usage

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I have spent the entire day trying to resolve my 88GB "Other" problem (it is down some now).

I discovered that my "Picture" folder, while basically empty, is ~47GB.

In the folder is an empty photo booth library, and that is it.

What are these phantom 47?


texts: Active Mac Desktop screen with the cursor on Multi-desktop configuration

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I like to work with many mac desktop with two monitors. It is a bit bothersome to click in a particular desktop to activate it to work on it. So, I think that it could be a way for doing this more easily... This is when the cursor enter on a desktop screen, it be activated.

Does this option exist?


texts: How do I clear the application used to open a file, i.e. set it to none

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When you double click a file the finder will select an application to open it with.  What it's going to do can be viewed in the file's info panel.  You can change it there too.   Viewing some files you'll notice that they report the selected application as None.

I want to set a file's preferred application to none.  But how?  The option of clearing the preference back to None is not offered in the Info panel.

The two files I want to do this to are part of a set of files N files, half with no extension and half with an extension for which no application has registered any interest.  So presumably something set a preference for the two files.  I want to remove that preference.

Maybe this is done with lsregister, but I think that's only handling the wildcards.  Maybe this is done with an extended attribute on the file; but xattr doesn't show anything.


texts: How to share my iMac's wifi internet connection with another iPhone over wifi?

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My iMac is connected to an iPhone's hotspot to get its internet connection.

I have another iPhone that requires internet connection, but it can't connect to the hotspot.

Instead, I would like the iMac to serve as another hotspot, from which the other iPhone can connect through wifi.

Therefore, the connection would look like this:

iPhone A (wifi)-> iMac (wifi)-> iPhone B

How can I achieve this? I went to Internet Sharing in the iMac, but it doesn't seem to have an option to share the iMac's wifi connection to other iPhones using wifi.


texts: When browsing my "MyVerizon" call/text logs I noticed that whole conversations that were held via IMessage were omitted from the log. While conversations on my other iPhone that were IMessages from same iPhone/sender/number/etc... DO show up. Any idea what would cause this? Would sending IMessages to the email/Apple ID address rather then the cell # accomplish this?


texts: How do I find out my Mac OSx admin password without changing it?

texts: Please help me as I do not want to reset the password. I inherited this mac and I do not know the admin password but i aslo dont want to change it


texts: Mac Mojave Sys Prefs/Screensaver slows down, locks up

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iMac (late 2015), 10.14.6 -- opening Sys Prefs/Desktop & Screensaver, all actions slow down. Switching between Desktop/Screensaver, changing Screensaver options, etc, takes a couple minutes, occasional spinning beachball, locks up all other apps until Sys Prefs finishes whatever it's doing.  Moving the cursor to a hot corner to engage screen saver similarly requires a long wait while it loads the photos for the screensaver. I've changed the source of the screensaver images between my own photos and system images, no difference.
The problem appears to be a long delay in screensaver loading images. I assume something is corrupted? Anything I can delete/replace to fix this annoyance?
TIA for any help.


texts: imagemagick fails with dyld: Library not loaded

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After wasting a lot of time until finally finding a solution, I decided to share this with the community.

The problem:

convert
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/little-cms2/lib/liblcms2.2.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/convert
  Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6

This kept happening even after updating ImageMagick:

brew upgrade imagemagick

so what's the solution?


texts: iCloud Photo Sharing doesn't work on my iPhone in iOS 11

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I just sign out and sign in again to my iCloud account on iPhone but there is no shared albums at all. Why?

but on iPad I have all shared albums. What is going wrong?


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I have tried Swift Playgrounds on iPad but that is useless as you never know where your character is.  I am trying to develop my first app in Xcode.

I use Swift 3.  How do you make Xcode Swift Playground work with VoiceOver on the Mac?


texts: Best solution to force MacBook Pro 2011 to use integrated graphics (discrete graphics still working though)

texts: After changing my AMD Radeon HD graphic card again, and seeing so many complains about the MacBook Pro 2011 issue online, I decided to plan to make the my MacBook only work with Intel HD 3000 graphics no matter what, to avoid the amd discrete graphics from ever overheating and failing again. I saw so many suggestions online about this, but I haven't found a real solution if the AMD is still working, and it needs to be disabled all the time no matter the application running. Please, I need suggestions. I don't want this AND graphics to fail on me again, if I keep on using it or in automatic graphics switching. Thanks.


texts: Create a service using Automator to compile .tex file in Mac

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I'm using Mac OS X 10.9.3, TeXLive-2013 and Scrivener to write my papers.

I'd like to use Apple's Automator in order to create a service (available from the Finder's right-click menu over a file) called "Compile TeX file" that runs a simple command using the selected file as an input.

Example:

Inside a folder (/Volumes/Data/TeX_docs/) I've an exemple.tex file created by Scrivener that is ready for compiling with LaTeX.
I'd like to right click this file and from the Finder's Service menu choose the option "Compile TeX file"
Once chosen, this service will execute the command latexmk -pdf -bibtex exemple.tex and so compile the .tex file inside the same folder, creating a .pdf file (This Terminal command is working perfectly right now, so the need to automate this action!)
After compiling the .tex file, a dialog box appears and asks if I want to delete all the temporary files with a Yes or No option. If Yes is chosen, it deletes all TeX temp files (.aux,.bbl,.bcf,.fdb_latexmk,.fls,.log,.out,.run.xml) and keep only the original exemple.tex and the new exemple.pdf file. Otherwise, it does nothing more and I have all the files in the end!


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I have a Macbook that runs Catalina OS, but I would like to have a VirtualBox version of it.

I was able to successfully download Catalina from the App Store, and followed a tutorial to convert it into an .iso image. The problem now is that whenever I try to launch it in VirtualBox all I see is the UEFI Interactive Shell v2.2

The shell displays a Mapping Table and it just hangs there waiting for a command.


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I need to help a friend who has an iPad. Talking live on Skype and sharing iMessages, even screenshots, is not cutting it. On a computer I can do with the likes of TeamViewer.

This thread here on Apple.StackExchange offers some suggestions, but none of these apps like MobileIron etc do what I want: to control the screen of the target iPad, install apps, configure apps, etc. Just like TeamViewer -- full remote control.

I am NOT looking for a corporate "profile management" type thing. I need to fully control iPad screen of a friend.

Any recommendations would be super.


texts: Can I back up the saved WiFi passwords on my Mac?

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Too frequently my Mac connects to WiFi but can’t access the Internet on cafes (my iPhone works properly). It has been tormenting me for over a year and I tried everything I found on the web but still could not resolve it. So I finally want to reset the WiFi settings.

However, if I reset the WiFi settings on my Mac, it erases all the saved WiFi passwords I connected on cafes, which have more than 500. It is not what I want to do to ask each password again whenever I enter the cafes again, so I rather want to back it up and restore whenever I want.

Is this possible?


texts: Prevent auto-pairing for certain devices (Bluetooth)

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I have a Early 2011 Macbook Pro 13" running OS X 10.10.1 (Yosemite).

At work, I have a Apple Magic Trackpad and an Apple Wireless Keyboard, both which use Bluetooth. When I get to work, my Mac automatically connects to both of them (if Bluetooth is on).

At home, I have a Belkin F8Z492-P Bluetooth Audio Adapter hooked up to my stereo (sorry, no product page available). If Bluetooth is on, my audio will automatically be routed to the Bluetooth adapter (which is something I rarely want).

How can I make OS X automatically connect to my trackpad and keyboard at work but not automatically connect to the bluetooth audio adapter at home?

Currently, I shut Bluetooth off when I get home, but I'd like to avoid toggling Bluetooth when I get home/when I get to work, since it is quite annoying to start typing on the wireless keyboard and have nothing happen, or not have audio when I get home.

If this is not possible, can I prevent OS X from switching my audio automatically when connecting to the Bluetooth audio adapter?


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I am writing scripts and I need to separate actual text from comments by color.
For example the code is in black, and the comments are in red.

**writeln('this one should be BLACK');**
*this is a commentary, which should be RED*

Is there any software which would allow me to type text and switch current typing color by a matter of pressing a key? for example CAPSLOCK .. ?


texts: Is there a way to see a calendar in Photos?

texts: I want to click on Dec 25th 2014 and see all the photos I took that day. I thought there used to be a calendar in iPhotos, was that removed in Photos on macOS?


texts: Difference between iTunes Connect App Version and Build Version

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When preparing an App for iOS App Store release in iTunes Connect, there is a field under the App Store tab where you can type in a version number.

But when uploading the builds, under the Activity tab we have a version number that is taken from the info.plist in Xcode.

Why are there two places for the version number?  What is the difference between them?  How are they supposed to be used?  Is there a best practice for this?


texts: Addressing Console.app messages on badly installed and removed software

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Ever since I upgraded to 10.7, my computer has been acting funny, I lost my PostgreSQL installation so tried to install it again using the postgres 9.1 dmg from the postgres website. The installation halted. I've also removed all postgres installations from the computer in the hope of doing a "clean" install; but still I can't get it to install.
About Akamai, it's a license/download tool that is shipped with AutoDesk (autoCAD) products. I've had AutoCAD trial installed but have since uninstalled it but still get the console error message.

I used AppCleaner I think to remove the apps.

The console.app messages that appear every 10 seconds or so:

11-10-01 11:37:02.534 AM com.edb.launchd.postgresql-9.0: 2011-10-01 14:37:02 GMT FATAL:  could not open lock file "postmaster.pid": Permission denied
11-10-01 11:37:02.535 AM com.apple.launchd: (com.edb.launchd.postgresql-9.0[2248]) Exited with code: 1
11-10-01 11:37:02.535 AM com.apple.launchd: (com.edb.launchd.postgresql-9.0) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
11-10-01 11:37:06.645 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.502: (com.akamai.client.plist[2252]) Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:4655 (24984):13

EDIT

I've managed to remove the akamai process using Lignon, but still have the issue with postgres


texts: What file type/extension is used to store data for iPhone apps?

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I'm thinking about recovering the data on my bricked iPhone, but the hard drive recovery company would probably need to know what file types I want to recover. Most applications store their data in SQLite databases. When I sync to my computer, it saves this in a .mddata file. I'm guessing this file type is only used for the backup process.

What file type/extension is used to store the data on the iPhone?

I realize that apps can probably store it in whatever format they want. I want to know what's the default (or most likely) format for those that store their data in SQLite files.


texts: When using Safari from iPhone/iPad I can scroll back to the top of the page in one touch by touching the upper bar of the device. Is there any similar trick for scrolling to the bottom of the page? Is there any way of scrolling down fast?


texts: Notes keeps prompting me for POP passwords

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The Apple Notes app (Mountain Lion) keeps asking me to enter passwords for my various email accounts (POP) that I've added to Mail. Mail does not prompt me to re-enter any passwords, but sometimes Notes will ask for the password twice before it accepts it. Thing is, I don't even want Notes to use my POP accounts, just iCloud. But there doesn't seem to be a way to turn notes off for a specific account.

Has anyone seen this issue? Is there a way to remove my POP accounts from Notes that I haven't discovered?

Thanks.


texts: How can I disable the security warnings in Excel 2011 for Mac?


texts: On a mac, when you enable 'Other' on the login screen so that network accounts can log in, the large circular image that comes along with it is a gray silhouette of three heads.  Where is this image on the hard drive?  I'd like to swap it out with something else.


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I have been using Dreamweaver for many years simply because it has a built in FTP manager. This makes working on a website very efficient.

The code editor isn't all that great but I manage with it ok.

However I now have a problem in that Dreamweaver does not support key authentication on any of it's versions.

I am having to access a website that will only allow access using a key, passwords are off limits.

I have had a look around and there doesn't seem to be a solution.


texts: External HD Shows up in Disk Utility, but I can't access it

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I have an External 1TB hard drive that has been corrupted, it was so corrupt that I had to abandon the files on it. So now I'm simply trying to erase it so I can begin using it again. But here's the problem; the External HD will show up in Disk Utility but it wont mount the (FAT32) partition. And even when I try to reformat the drive it simply won't do it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I've been trying to fix this for I don't know how long.


texts: My girlfriend has an Android phone and when she text me on my new iPhone, emoji like ;-) appear as is and not as a winking smiley. Is there a way to change that?


texts: What can be fixed when iOS Springboard crashes constantly?

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The Springboard on my Late 2018 iPad Pro and now iPhone (as of the last month), crashes between every 20 minutes to 3 hours. I run iOS 13.2.3

The screen goes black, the spinning wheel appears, continues for about 6 seconds and then the Home screen reappears. Any app that I launch reloads.

I've have the same case number with multiple Apple Senior Advisors since February and they simply can't figure it out. They have already replaced the iPad as a possible solution. They sent in my log files from an Apple profile to the iCloud team. They've had the log files for 2 months and have never replied. Obviously they're lost too.

I've done every normal troubleshooting step under the sun, resetting to factory settings, putting it in recovery mode from iTunes and rebuilding the iPad from scratch, with no iCloud restore. I even signed in with a different, new Apple ID to test that. No joy, it still crashes.

I believe I've narrowed down the cause: corrupted iCloud library folders/files because iCloud on a Mac syncs to an iOS device.

So what's the best way to replace and re-build those? Recovery mode on my iMac and Macbook? A Terminal command?

I can't use my iPad Pro as a functional daily driver when it keeps crashing when working.  I moved (essentially deleted) several iCloud library folders on my Macbook and my iPad continues to crash.

What steps can be done to isolate or fix this crashing?


texts: Apple Health draining battery following iOS 14 update

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Since updating to iOS 14 (now 14.0.1) Health is draining my battery even though I don't use it much. For example, just one minute of use

results in 37% of battery use

and I need to recharge 2-4 times (iPhone XS) to get through a day, rendering my phone pretty much useless.
What causes this and how do I fix it. Is it another bug with iOS 14?


texts: Mail app randomly opens in split-view full screen while using other apps

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I know this issue is well known, I just wanted to know whether there is a real fix for this issue and not just a workaround.

Minimizing the mail window didn't work.
Unchecking "Prefer opening messages in split view when in full screen" in mail preferences didn't work.
Reconfiguring the gmail account in the System Preferences didn't work.

BTW, one of the causes for this behaviour is when the mail client can't connect to the mail server of one of my emails so it's not only related to gmail.

Again, I know this issue was asked repeatedly but there was no real solution to the problem.

I found a temporarily workaround for now,  I had to literally keep mac mail open in full screen in a different space just to stop its annoyance but I don't like seeing it there all the time when I switch between screens.

I have checked the following questions but none of them helped.
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5

Note, I'm using macOS Mojave (10.14.6), if upgrading to Catalina would solve the issue please let me know. Although I don't want to upgrade I will do it anyway to get rid of this issue.


texts: Can I install and run Safari 8 on OS X 10.11 El Capitan?

texts: I'm a developer supporting Safari 8 and 9 and would like to be able to run both on the same machine. I assume Safari 9 won't run on Yosemite. Is there a way to install Safari 8 on El Capitan?


texts: "Other" taking up over HALF of my storage space

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I've recently gotten a new computer (16" base model with 8GB GPU), and its 500GB of storage had dropped to just 80 when I checked it. Here's the screenshot:

I've checked through all my folders, and adding all the items in (from the above window) Documents -> File Browser, as well as every other unique item in the sidebar, comes to roughly 445GB. So all my files take up less than half of my storage space, while this Other takes up nearly the rest! I am unable to work productively (recording videos) as I have no room to store them. Where can I find out what this is, and how to delete/remove/edit its contents? This problem didn't occur on my other computer (also running Catalina).

Edit

I have tried these solutions from the duplicated question and from the Apple forums, and neither of them have worked, even after restarting multiple times. How can I remove, or even access, this storage space?

sudo tmutil  listlocalsnapshotdates / |grep 20|while read f; do tmutil deletelocalsnapshots $f; done
tmutil  listlocalsnapshotdates / |grep 20|while read f; do tmutil deletelocalsnapshots $f; done

From duplicate:

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
tmutil deletelocalsnapshots <snapshot number>

One snapshot failed to delete entirely - I wonder if this is the one causing the oversized storage?

I state once more - the solutions listed here and here did not help at all, if anything worsening the problem (the used space is now 287GB). Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Another edit - DaisyDisk also did not show these files:


texts: Is Safari, in incognito mode, saving its settings?

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I have set Safari on board my iPad Mini (first edition) to always run in incognito mode. Every time I start it and go to YouTube or any other video service, I can clearly see, that volume is set to half. I don't know how many times I turned it down to 0, it always is "reset" once I re-start Safari.

This happens only with Safari. Other browsers (Chrome) and all other applications always starts with the volume, it was set, when leaving it. This brings me to a bit mad assumption, that in incognito mode Safari does not save anything, neither browsing data (cookies, history) nor its own settings.

Can that be true?


texts: AppleScript app is not recognized as default browser

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Target OS: Macos 10.15.3 Catalina

Goal: use apple script bundled to app as a default web browser

To debug I'm using very simple apple script, that just show passed url in dialog

on open location theURL
    display dialog "Passed url : " & theURL
end open location

I also added CFBundleURLTypes to Info.plist to claim binding to http\https url schemas

    <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>CFBundleURLName</key>
            <string>My test app url</string>
            <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
            <array>
                <string>http</string>
                <string>https</string>
            </array>
        </dict>
    </array>

The problem: is that app is not showing up in 'Default web browser' combobox in System Preferences -> General

I've tried to dump Launch Service database
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -dump

And my app is present there.

Also tried force register
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -v -f ./MyTestApp.app

Also tried to sign my app by self issued signature.

Nothing helped.

What could I miss? Is there any additional configurations that should be done to let macos recognize my apple scrip app as possible default browser?


texts: How can I share the internet connection between an android phone and a macbook?

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I try to create a portable Wi-Fi hotspot with my android Sony Xperia P (android 4.2.3) as it works with Windows flawlessly. With the macbook, I connect with the newly created Wi-Fi hotspot. The mac seems to connect (it gets an IP from the phone), but I can't navigate. Nothing happens. It is stuck.

Any idea?

The mac is a Macbook pro retina 13, with updated Mountain Lion.


texts: How do I delete these partitions on my iMac?

texts:
How do I delete the disk0s2 partition (see below) on my iMac's internal drive??

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS HD                      198.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk0s4
   4:                  Apple_HFS Macontish HD            391.0 GB   disk0s5
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s6
   6:       Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED             8.0 GB     disk0s7
   7:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                401.0 GB   disk0s8

/dev/disk1 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         24.0 GB    disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mac OS X Basic          23.0 GB    disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot                         650.0 MB   disk1s3


texts: Why does my mouse cursor stick as the default arrow instead of a text selector?

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I use NetBeans, and when I activate other applications or windows then return to NetBeans, the cursor no longer changes to the text selection cursor, but instead it remains as the default mouse icon. I can solve the problem by hovering over the application toolbar, then go back to the editor area.

I have this problem in another IDE, phpstorm, it also happens occasionally in Chrome. TextMate and TextEdit do not have this problem.

Why is this happening? How can I fix it so I don't have to keep moving the cursor outside of the editor constantly?

For further explanation, please pay attention to the mouse cursor in a video I made showing the problem.


texts: External disk automatically reconnects after unmounting

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I have a weird problem on my 13" MBP (Early 2015) running MacOS 10.14.3 Mojave.

I have an external USB disk with a MBR partition scheme and one big exFAT partition that allows me to exchange files between MacOS and Windows.

Whenever I try to unmount / eject this disk, the single data volume gets unmounted, the disk gets powered down. After a fraction of a second, the disk however powers up again and starts spinning. So there's no way for me to cleanly eject this disk.

What can I try?


texts:
I set the computer to wake up at 4:45 AM,
I have a script scheduled to run at 4:50 AM to play wake up music.

However, this morning, it didn't work as I intended.

It seems that the machine wake it up at 4:45 AM, but get himself asleep again after the power-on password is requried.

How could I ensure the machine to wake up and input password to power-on itself.

I need the password when I leave home and stay at office.


texts:
I'm trying to find a way to import data from an Excel file into OS X Calendar app, but I can only find articles related to iCal, which I am guessing is the iOS App.

Basically we need to import a list of birth dates into the Mac OS Calendar app, through a file exported from Excel (maybe a CSV file?) How do I do this?


texts: AirPort Time Capsule Connection to Internet

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I bought an AirPort Time Capsule to store my backups and read that it can also improve the speed of my Wi Fi; I have a mini Mac, a mini iPad2, an iPhone5 and until now I go in Internet with the Wi Fi Modem-router provided by the local telephone Company.

Would it be better to connect the Airport directly to Internet instead of using the modem-router, or do I have to use the modem anyway and the AirPort as an extension for all my Apple devices, they profit from the enhanced signal?


texts: From what I've heard, Windows 8 is only available in its upgrade form. Having never installed Windows on my Mac before, is it possible at all to dual boot Windows 8? Would using the upgrade version give me a full install if I don't previously have Windows?


texts:
I'm planning to upgrade my RAM in my MacBook Pro (Late 2008) from the base 2GB to 4GB. I'm planning to buy RAM from Kingston.

There's two types of Kingston 1066 2GB RAM here. (Laptop-sized RAM)

Normal RAM
Apple-certified RAM?

Can I just buy the normal RAM, or do I have to buy the Apple-certified RAM? Is this not like how the hard drives work with the MacBooks - You can use any as long as it's 2.5" and it fits into the hard drive bay?


texts: I want to play a cool game called Just Cause 2. I have a copy, but there is a problem because it needs DirectX 11. Anybody knows how I can install that DirectX? Because I think it's only for Windows, but I don't know WinOnX is emulating Windows 7.


texts: Is it possible to remove all installed terminal applications and extensions back to native without doing a clean OSX install?

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Basically I would like to know if it is possible to remove all php, apache, homebrew, mac ports etc. installs back to native without doing a clean install of the OS?

If not is the best way to go about having a mac in this state to do a clean install and then revert some of the folders back using time machine i.e. the applications folders, documents etc?


texts: I can't seem to find my Coda plist. I've searched all throughout my library (including the Preferences folder), and I can't seem to find it. I've searched my computer, and that doesn't work either... Can anyone else find their coda plist?


texts: Trying to connect Pegasus Raid 4TB to MacBook Pro

texts: MBP does not see the Raid. I also have an iMac 27" connected to the Raid with a thunderbolt cable, works fine.


texts: How to decrease and Increase Sound of chosen App?

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When I was playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive, I noticed that sometimes, I want to listen to music when I am dead in-game, waiting for the next round without the gun sounds of the game mixing up with the music that I am listening to and then switching back to the game, decreasing the volume of the song that I have been listening to.

On Windows, this is possible. Is it possible on Mac as well? If yes, how?


texts:
Is it possible to use Full Screen mode, but keep it limited to the size of the window?
As an example, if I am on a Zoom call, I might want to share a PowerPoint in Full Screen/Presenter mode, but still need another window viewable to me at the same time. Normally, I would share my PowerPoint window, but not in presenter mode, so that I can see the other window.
Is this doable?


texts:
I'm in the process of cleaning up my Mac files and want to uninstall some applications.

Some applications come with an uninstaller, others I can simply drag and drop to the trash. I'm aware that when you trash some applications, files are left behind via the library folder.

Is there a way to find all files associated to a particular application? I'd rather not install any third party software.


texts: Is it safe to plug my iPhone into a life fitness cardio machine?

texts:
If I plug in my iPhone over USB on a life fitness machine I will be able to play media on my iPhone onto the included tv screen (Hulu/Netflix etc).

Should I be concerned that it will install malware on my iPhone or is it safe to use?


texts:
When I use echo 'hello world' | open -f it creates a temporary file in /tmp folder with some arbitrary name.

Is there any way for me to set the name and the path I want for open -f temporary file?


texts: macOS Recovery disk utility is way older than disk utility on my drive

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I am trying to reinstall  my macOS. I'm currently on version 10.15.5 (Catalina) and my disk is formatted as APFS. However, when restart the computer and hold command+R to go to recovery mode I get the version of the OS that is way older (Mavericks). When I go to disk utility I see that the version is from 2012, and my disk isn't even visible (probably because that version of disk utility doesn't recognize APFS). When I click to reinstall OS I see that the version that will be installed in indeed Maverick, and the installer also doesn't see my disk.
Is there any way to update it to the newest version? When I start up my OS and open disk utility it is a newer version and it sees my disk successfully. Or is there any other way to reinstall macOS?


texts: External USB Audio not being picked up by Macbook Pro

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I've just bought the brand new 13" Retina Macbook pro. I'd like to hook it up to my USB DAC (An Audio Engine D1) When I plug in the USB to the Macbook it doesn't pick up anything. I've restarted the laptop to no effect. Nothing is being displayed in the Output section of Sound in System Preferences.

The DAC is supposed to be plug and play and has been working fine on my Windows machine for years.

How can I set up external audio on a Macbook Pro?


texts: Is there anyway I can have two instances of native Calculator app running simultaneously.


texts: Remove 3D shadow on vertical Dock in Yosemite

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I have an 11" Macbook Air + Yosemite with vertical dock.

The dock causes a large irritating shadow over any windows...

I have tried these (found on various sites - reference Mavericks):

defaults write com.apple.dock hide-mirror -bool true; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock showshadow -bool NO; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES; killall Dock

The shadow remains after running all of these.

Is it possible to remove the shadow? (I do not want to disable any other effect - only the dock shadow).

Thanks


texts:
I removed the staff group and closed my finder window (yes I am a fool for doing this). After closing the window, I effectively lost access to everything on my "Macintosh HD". I re-booted and was happy to see my login screen, but after I login all I have is a grey screen and cursor.

I rebooted holding Comand+R
I chose "disc utility" and then "unlocked" Macintosh HD
I opened Terminal and typed "password"
I did not reset my password, but clicked "repair permissions and ACL's"
I quit terminal (using Command+Q) and did the same for "reset password utility"
I rebooted and got back to the login screen, but have the same problem

I have a retina Macbook Pro (10.8.2); recovery is 10.8.1. I can access and see my files when I click "open from the recovery mode option", and I know my password, I just need to know how I can reset permissions. Re-formatting is an options, but I don't have any extra hard drives with me, and my main drive is nearly full, so I can't move things around.


texts: Is there a way to get a report of all the words that have been autocorrected on iPhone/OSX?

texts: I'd like to be able to keep track of both what I originally typed and what I ended up with.


texts: Easiest way to scan ISBN number from books

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What is the easiest/quickest way using an iMac to scan the ISBN number of a bunch books.

Non-paying (for software, or dedicated scanner device) preferred, although low-cost solutions might be considered.

In the end, I just want to get a simple text file with all ISBN numbers scanned. I am not interested in fetching the associated data (as they are non-English comic books, which typically aren't in any of the big databases as e.g. Amazon)


texts: I'm using a midi interface with my iPad 4, and I'd like to plug a charger at the same time. I saw that a lot of musician use the camera connection kit from Apple to do that, but it seems to not be compatible with iPad 4. Is there a good working alternative ?


texts:
I'm experiencing multiple bugs with QuickLook since Catalina. They are still present on Big Sur 11.1.
1°) Reversed slideshow
To reproduce:

select multiple pictures
press space bar
the slideshow order is reversed: the last picture is displayed instead of the first, and we have to use the left arrow to display the next picture

It also happens in fullscreen.
2°) Alt key no longer zooms to 100%
Previously we could press the alt key to zoom at 100% (one pixel of the picture = one pixel of the monitor). It was perfect to see quickly know if a picture is sharp or not.
Now we have to press MAJ-CMD-0 to zoom, MAJ-CMD-9 to unzoom. And in Preview.app, it's not MAJ-CMD-9/0, but ALT-CMD-9/0. o_O
3°) Two-fingers double-tap to zoom does not go back
To reproduce:

select a picture
press space bar
execute a two-fingers double-tap on the trackpad (or one-finger double-tap on a Magic Mouse) -> it zooms to 100% (or 200%, see #4 below)
do it again. We'd expect it to unzoom, but it instead zooms to 200%, and we can't go back to see the entire picture with that gesture. The only way is to execute a pinch, which takes much more time to do.

4°) HiDPI monitors are not correctly supported
To reproduce:

use a HiDPI monitor (say a 27" 4K monitor)
select a photo (say a 1600px * 900px picture)
press space bar
the picture is displayed at twice its size (like if it was 3200px * 1800px), making it pixelated. When using the MAJ-CMD-9/0 shortcut to zoom/unzoom to 100%, it instead zooms to 200%, making the feature useless to know if it's sharp or not.

5°) Scrolling no longer works in fullscreen index sheet view
To reproduce:

select many photos
press alt-space to start QuickLook fullscreen
open the index sheet
try to scroll having your cursor above the background, it does not work. If your cursor is above a picture, it does.

The problem does not happen if we're not in fullscreen.
6°) There's a weird flickering when opening the index sheet view
To reproduce:

select many photos
press alt-space to start QuickLook fullscreen
open the index sheet
the animation is broken: the thumbnails first appear above the image that was displayed fullscreen, then that image comes back above the thumbnails and is animated, and finally the thumbnails are back.

Does someone managed to fix at least a few of them?
Thanks


texts: Communicate with Siri via text (command line) not speaking

texts:
I use macOS Sierra beta. It's the first time I play with Siri. I enabled always iOS and macOS privacy/security options, nevertheless Siri knows very much about me.

Is it possible to input text for Siri and the output also text only? It's annoying for my family to hear me speaking with Siri.

This feature not implemented? I wish also a command line interface.


texts: Notification on new app version in IOS app store

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Is there a way to be notified when a new version of an application is published to the app store?

I don't mean the general notification on the app store when opened. I would like to get an email or equivalent as soon as a new version is published in the app store. I need to track the version available in the app store for several applications at once.


texts: Late 2008 Apple Aluminium MacBook complete reinstall

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I have a pretty  old Aluminum Macbook (late 2008). I pretty much have the original MacOS installation, continuously upgraded to Mac OS Yosemite. Nowadays, it is kind of hard to get by with 250 GB of HD, so I  thought about upgrading to a bigger HDD.

I kind of have the feeling that a clean reinstall of MacOS after 6 years of running it would be a good idea, at the same time I do not know where the original installation CD is left. Is there a way to install Yosemite directly??


texts: MBP Boot Camp Windows 8 brightness issue

texts: I am unable to get full screen brightness on my 13" MacBook Pro when booted to Windows 8 Professional. As a result, I can't use my machine outside unless I'm booted to OS X. I checked all the power settings in Windows and everything's already set to 100%. Is there a workaround for this?


texts: Audio missing in iMovie when importing screen recorded video

texts:
I have an iPhone 11 Pro. I've recorded a video using the screen recorder.
When I play the video on the iPhone I hear a sound. When I import the video to my Mac and play it on Quicktime, I hear a sound.
When I import it to iMovie I don't hear any sound, not even in the sidebar.
Using the latest OS version.


texts: UNTRUSTED_CERT_TITLE trying to install Sierra

texts:
I'm trying to reinstall macOS Sierra from the recovery partition, and I'm getting an error when it is checking for eligibility

The computer that I'm using is most definitely a Mac, and I can't use it until I install Sierra


texts: How to prevent iPhone 12 Pro from overheating?

texts:
My iPhone 12 Pro (Max) gets extremely hot (to the point the screen dims, and beyond) with regularity, usually several times per day with just regular use of fairly basic apps.
Others have reported the problem as well:

Is there anything that can be done to alleviate this?


texts:
On the Zabbix website it says Mac OS X agent is supported, however, I do not see a download link available. Does anyone know how to install the agent on OS X?

Here is a link to the list of supported platforms: http://www.zabbix.com/requirements.php

And here's the link to the downloads: http://www.zabbix.com/download.php

There's no OS X option to download for pre-compiled agents.


texts: How can I know exactly which songs I have purchased from iTunes?

texts:
The purchase history of iTunes and the email receipts don't show me exactly which version (i.e. album and song number) of a song I have previously purchased.

How can I view this information?


texts: Have 2 iCloud accounts in my mac and don't know how

texts:
I have 2 iCloud accounts and don't know how, I tried to delete the deactivated one (the bottom one in the image) but when i deleted it, my mac deleted the other (which was active).

When the 2 accounts was deleted I created again my iCloud account but still have 2 iCloud accounts.

How I resolve this issue?

Any help will be appreciated.


texts: How can I remove cmd+shift+left/right shortcut in Finder?

texts:
How can I remove the keyboard shortcuts shift+command+→ (Show Next Tab) and shift+command+← (Show Previous Tab) from Finder? I need those two shortcuts to select text while changing filename.

macOS Mojave -- 10.14.2 (18C54)

Finder shortcuts:


texts: "Hunk #5 FAILED at 2001." when upgrading wine through homebrew

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I get this error message when I am trying to update from wine-3.13 to 4.0-rc5.

$ brew upgrade wine
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package:
wine 3.13 -> 4.0-rc5
==> Upgrading wine
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/wine-4.0-rc5.sierra.bottle.tar.gz

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Error: Failed to download resource "wine"
Download failed: https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/wine-4.0-rc5.sierra.bottle.tar.gz
Warning: Bottle installation failed: building from source.
==> Downloading https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/4.0/wine-4.0-rc5.tar.xz
Already downloaded: /Users/gustaf/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/9d4ffd92524540ca171b332f4f0281eb7a689da4560e3bda8029ba8533db61e9--wine-4.0-rc5.tar.xz
==> Downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/74c2566/wine/2.14.patch
Already downloaded: /Users/gustaf/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/d06acb9dce25009cf81be12fbb50a415406c5fd03a8a43d719fe8f9ba43321b5--2.14.patch
==> Patching
==> Applying 2.14.patch
patching file dlls/wined3d/context.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1647 (offset 216 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 1676 (offset 216 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1699 (offset 216 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 1727 (offset 216 lines).
Hunk #5 FAILED at 2001.
1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file dlls/wined3d/context.c.rej
Error: Failure while executing; `patch -g 0 -f -p1 -i /private/tmp/wine--patch-20190110-22169-zpas8/2.14.patch` exited with 1.

What does this mean, and how can I fix it so that I can update wine? I am using Xcode 9.


texts: MacBook App Store not downloading or updating apps

texts:
When I want to download an app (clicking on the cloud with arrow icon) or when I want to update an app (like XCode), the app gets the "square in circle" icon and stays like this forever.

clicking on the square does not stop/cancel the process
signing out and back in the App Store or restarting the MacBook (Big Sur) did not help (i.e. the same behaviour when signing back in or after restart.
there is Internet (since I see and choose App Store content)

Is there a command line (in the terminal) to force cancel a started download / update?
Is there a place (log file or already installed logging app) to see the errors why App Store is stuck?


texts: What's the easiest way to remotely access my own computer?

texts:
Without Back to My Mac, what's the best way to access my own computer remotely?

Apple's Screen Sharing app requires confirmation from the host.

Chrome Remote Desktop also requires a token to be generated from the host.

In other words, I'd like to remotely control my own computer from another Mac, when I'm not home.


texts: iMovie in iPad cannot find clips after sync with laptop

texts:
The kids have loved making movies in iMovie on the iPad. So much so that they filled it with their clips. So I synced to my laptop and selected the "delete from device" option in Photos figuring that iMovie had its own copy and it would free up space.

I was wrong. iMovie says "some videos in your project cannot be found because they were moved or deleted" and offers to search for them.

So I selected them on the laptop synced them back to the iPad again (unchanged, within a few minutes). iMovie cannot find them.

How do I repair this before the kids find out?

signed
Trembling Dad.


texts:
I've found the way to publish a TeX document with Scrivener 2.

Now I'm curious that whether Scrivener 2 has a capability of importing a LaTeX file and establishing a Scrivener style document structure or not.

I'm asking it because I'm writing a paper with other people who are not using Scrivener.


texts: Is there an alternative to "Everything" on OS X?

texts:
Spotlight does pretty much, but it lacks two critical features.

It cannot search arbitrary locations. It excludes system locations for a better user experience I guess.
It cannot index external drives.

For example I often search the ID of a chrome extension to get to its folder. That's way faster than typing the path. Unfortunately, I do not know how to do this on OS X

Is there an alternative on OS X that includes the features of Everything?


texts: How to restore Yosemite finder sidebar icons after changing folders with symlinks

texts:
After I installed on my mac a second drive I figured out it was a good idea to use the old HD for storage. So I symlinked ~/Downloads, ~/Documents, ~/Music, ~/Pictures and ~/Movies in order for them to be actually located in the old HD, while I'm using the new SSD as a startup disk.
Everything works remarkably ok, except, now the icons in the finder sidebar for those folders are the default ones:

Even though in the finder preference the icons are ok:

I already tried this answer but I was only able to restore both the actual folder icons, but not the icons in the sidebar!


texts: Is there any potential problem with disabling core dumps?

texts:
Debugging information (core dumps) gets saved to /cores (information on what was happening when app 'x' crashed). These files can take up a huge amount of space - I have manually removed them several times recovering 3-10GB each time, to no ill effect, with sudo rm -f /cores/*.

Some recommend disabling core dumps entirely by adding

kern.coredump=0

to /etc/sysctl.conf.

Would there be any harm in doing so? Seems like something only the app developer would use.


texts: Why is Windows 7 giving me a software counterfeiting error?

texts:
I have a legitimate copy of Windows 7 Ultimate installed via Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro.  I also have Parallels 5 installed on my Mac OS X, which can boot up Bootcamp's partition of Windows 7.

I'm getting an error when I run Windows 7 on Parallels:

  You may be a victim of software counterfeiting

It wants me to go online and resolve it.  But I've already registered my copy of Windows 7 (I can't remember if I did it via Bootcamp or Parallels).

My question is: Does my single copy of Windows 7 only allow me to have it installed via Bootcamp or Parallels?

I only installed it once, and my copy of Parallels is booting my Bootcamp install.  It's the same machine!  I'm hoping I don't need to have 2 licenses of Windows 7 run it on my Macbook Pro!


texts: Is it possible to pair an Xbox controller to an iPhone/iPad with iOS 12? I've read several articles that say it's possible using Bluetooth but it's not working for me. I turn on the controller, hold the sync button and supposedly the controller should show up in "Other Devices" in the Bluetooth view in Settings but it never appears. I tried an iPhone XR, iPad and iPad Pro.


texts: Any Cycle Playing Option for QuickTime for videos

texts:
I would like to play a video in cycle i.e. to start again after end.
How can you do this?
I did not find any setting in the program.


texts: Can't open the Finder page for my iPhone

texts: I'm trying to back up my iPhone before enrolling in the Beta program, but when I enter the Finder page for my iPhone, it doesn't stop loading. I used to be able to open this menu up just fine, but now I can't..


texts: Unable to install macOS 10.13.6 on mid 2012 macBookPro. Error: Disk does not meet requirements

texts:
I am trying to install macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 on macBookPro mid-2012 , macOS version 10.13.

I downloaded "macOSUpd10.13.6.dmg" for THIS site. Now, when I am trying to install it on my mac, it shows the error :

  macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 update cannot be installed on this disk. The
  volume does not meet the requirements.

See the screenshot

I am not sure if this is the right way to update to 10.13.6 or may be the macBook mid-2012 does not support it anymore.

If anyone has experienced this error, please help me here.


texts: Why iPhone SE stays with a black display always after screen lock

texts:
A few days ago, my iPhone stuck in a black screen. It was ON, I could use Siri, and every call or message were entering ok. Also, when toogling the silence switch, the iPhone vibrated.

I realized that it happens every time the display goes to a sleep mode (with power button, locked iPhone). Even though I use assistive touch to lock it, it happens the same. I wait so the auto lock triggers the locking, it happens the same.

In addition, recently I discovered some issues with the camera app. When trying to take a photo, it just show a blurred static image from the context. When switching to video capture, it gets fixed and now I see what I intend to capture. Now when I go back to photo capture mode, it shows well but I can't switch among cameras (front, back side). In video capture mode I can switch among cameras perfectly.

I already made (like three times) a full restore, using iTunes with the most updated software (iOS 10.0.2). I also chatted with apple support. I'm able to see the log files in my mac, and I see several kind of errors (I don't know if they are common or unusual).

My guess is ambiguous:
  - It may be hardware issue with the flex of the display or some kind of connector inside. But in that case I think the iPhone would go black randomly, and not only after locking it.
  - It may be software issue: I didn't find another person with an iPhone SE suffering my same problem. After a full restore, and updating to the latest software, any kind of software problems shoud have been fixed at this time.

Update: I experienced very wierd actions. See at these screenshots:


texts: Copying only files without a special string in filename

texts:
I have to copy only files from a folder that don't have following string in its filename: NNNNxNNNN (a 3 or 4 digit number followed by the character x followed by a 3 or 4 digit number again -> it's the resolution of an image in the filename)

I'm trying for about an hour with the "find" command but it never does what it should do.


texts: Silencing ringing with volume buttons in iOS 8.1

texts:
I used to be able to silence the ringtone while my phone was ringing by hitting a volume button.  It appears that this is broken after updating to iOS 8.1.  Does anyone know if this is deliberate, or if it can be reenabled with a setting? Or is this just something that's messed up on my phone?

I couldn't find much in the Apple docs indicating that this was a feature; it's something I discovered myself.  I found some other people who mention this feature as well

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA38605?viewlocale=en_US (says that it is "archived and no longer updated")
http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/06/silence-iphone/
http://teachmeios.com/silence-an-incoming-call-on-the-iphone-in-ios-6/

UPDATE: I have generally found that restarting the phone fixes this for a time, some time after which it will start doing this again.  I really have no ideas here; it's very frustrating.  I can see from the number of views that this question gets that this is a not uncommon problem; if you're lurking, please consider commenting; any new information here might be helpful to future people who experience the problem.

UPDATE(4/1/15): This is driving me crazy -- it works after a restart, but after some amount of time, it stops working again.  An upgrade to iOS 8.2 has failed to fix it as well.  Restarting the phone always fixes it.  Also, when the phone gets in this state, the top button also does not silence the ringer.


texts: How do you type a character with its ASCII code?

texts: I need to type the form feed character 0x0C in ASCII on my Mac. Is there any way to do this? I've tried using "Emoji and Symbols" from the Edit menu, but it's not in there.


texts:
I recently uninstalled a 120 GB windows 7 (installed and uninstalled via boot camp) on my Mac mini machine. I suspect that part of the disk space used in that installation has been made unavailable. Look at the following terminal commands:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            389.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

$ df -h
Filesystem                       Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2                    362Gi  319Gi   43Gi    89% 83772049   11198653   88%   /
devfs                           200Ki  200Ki    0Bi   100%      693          0  100%   /dev
map -hosts                        0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0          0  100%   /net
map auto_home                     0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0          0  100%   /home

The results above show that I am missing 110 GB of disk space. I know that the operating system itself uses space, but I very much doubt that it is that much.


texts: Convert Mac Pro internal boot drive into an external harddrive without wiping

texts:
I have a 2008 Mac Pro running Yosemite. I just purchased a solid state hard drive which I want to become my boot drive. I do not want to transfer the data from the original boot drive to the solid state drive; I just want to be able to access the data on it.

Is there a way to move it to another slot and not have it run as a boot drive, so I may access the contents?

and/or

Is there a way to essentially turn it into an external hard drive, so I can easily access the contents?

Thank you


texts: How do I get my iPhone's entire text history, accessible from my computer?

texts: I did this successfully some time ago by (i believe) finding the place where they were all stored in my iPhone backups and using an application to read the files. They were all there, in one place -- a history of several years that I had deleted. I would like to know how to do this again -- without using iTunes backups.


texts:
Probably not the right/good title, I admit.

Accidentally quit bootcamp while it was deleting Windows partition to make new one or while it was making new one after deleting previous partition. Restarted comp manually for other reason and unexpectedly got restarted into WINSTALL usb drive. Unable to get back to Mac side since then. Is my only option to do a fresh OS X install? I obv don’t want to lose everything.

-No start up disks present

-Can’t install Win 10

-Tried NVRAM and PRAM reset

-Couldn’t remove/reformat Windows partition

-Windows partition named disk0s6 doesn’t appear on left side anymore

-Can’t mount the actual Mac partition which is disk0s1

-Tried verifying and repairing all

-Can’t use TimeMachine backups - get “No Time Machine backups were found” after selecting the
backup to use


texts:
When were custom sounds for e-mail notification alerts introduced in iOS?

I know that for SMS/MMS/messages they were introduced with iOS 5.0. Now I always thought e-mail sounds could be changed since 4.x..?

(custom sounds = the ones you create yourself and import by using iTunes on a computer)


texts: Can you live link a youtube video in Keynote as opposed to embedding an offline copy?

texts:
Powerpoint allows to stream a video directly as part of a presentation:

In PowerPoint, you can insert or link to an online video, and then play it during your presentation.
The video plays directly from the website, and it has the site's controls for playing, pausing, volume, and so on. The PowerPoint playback features (Fade, Bookmark, Trim, and so on) don't apply to online videos.
Because the video is stored on a web site, rather than in your presentation, you must be connected to the internet in order for the video to play successfully.

I was wondering whether it is possible to stream a Youtube video from a Keynote slide directly, (using the video URL?), without having to download the .mp4 file on the computer.
So how can I include an online video directly into a Keynote presentation?


texts: To be more specific, i'm thinking on buying this ram for my mid 2012 macbook pro. According to this post it seems possible to run 2133, though i'm still not sure if it's really running 2133 and would it give better performance rather then 1866? I'm running heavy virtual envs. on my macbook, and my current 8gb ram is way not enough.


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I am using iOS 9. I would like to delete my iCloud backup. So I go to Settings > iCloud > Storage > Manage Storage like the support page says to do.

Unfortunately when I do that I get the message "Cannot delete backup This backup cannot be deleted at this time". What do I need to do next? What is the problem?


texts: Transfer Bootcamp over from a separate hard drive to a partition of a hard drive

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I have a Macbook Pro with dual hard drives (1tb HD, and a 250gb SSD that I replaced the disk drive with). I have been using the regular HD for my mac and the SSD for my bootcamp. Recently, I found this article explaining how to use the SSD to boost the speed for my mac, as well as my bootcamp. So I want to move everything from the SSD over to a new partition on the HD.

I have successfully made a bootcamp partition on the HD and the computer reads the partition in the Boot Camp Assistant and Disk Utility, but I am unable to boot up that partition. I simply cannot locate it when going though System Preferences or pressing the option key on startup. The old partition (the one on the SSD and that I want to transfer everything from) is found, but the one I just created on the HD is not found anywhere. I have no idea what the problem could be and I would appreciate any help possible.

MORE INFO:

When I first created the partition (and I tried that twice), the computer rebooted and tried to boot into the new Windows partition, but it got stuck on the blinking cursor and required a force reboot.
The partition is found on the sidebar of Windows Explorer as well as E: and I can transfer files to E: using Windows Explorer.
I used to have the single HD with a partition for Windows on it that worked just fine before I got the SSD. I had no problems transferring everything over to the SSD and it has not shown any problems at all.
The SSD is a Samsung 840 Evo 250gb and the HD is the built-in 1tb 5400-rpm drive that is offered with the Macbook Pro (13").


texts: Apple calendar is not updating time of event

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I was invited to a recurrent event from the USA. It was every day at 8 am, but now their time is different I think because of DST, so it is at 9 am for me. In MS Teams the event is at the right time, but not in Apple Calendar. I've tried refreshing the calendars and deleting the account to add it again.
This is the event in MS Teams at 9 am:

This the event in Apple Calendar still at 8 am:


texts: Is it possible to buy an iPhone from Apple without a plan?

texts: I'm really interested in purchasing an iPhone, but I'm usually in a Wi-Fi area, so I don't see a reason to waste money on a plan I don't need. Is there any way I can buy an iPhone through Apple without signing up for a service plan?


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If I create a firmware password on my MacBook, what does that protect me from?

Does it protect from any of these:

Reformatting the hard drive.
Switching OS to boot from (e.g. if Boot Camp is installed).
Restoring the laptop to its original factory settings (i.e. reinstalling OS X).
Installing another boot loader such as rEFIt which bypasses the firmware password


texts: Can I install El Capitan on a new 2019 MacBook Pro 16"?

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I have some legacy 32-bit software that I'd really like to keep running on my brand new MBP (odds and ends, but mainly Keynote 5.3 — i.e., from the iWork 2009 suite). On my (2015) iMac, I have two partitions: one for El Capitan and one for Catalina. I'd like to create the same setup on the MBP, but I believe that the IT folks at my organization have deployed the computer so that I can't create a new partition to give it a whirl. They tell me that it won't work anyway — the computer's too new, but it's not like the chips are that different. (Is Apple really crippling older OSes in this way?!) Anyway, before I ask them to create a second partition to let me try, I thought I'd double-check that it's in fact hopeless. Their view does get some support from the fact that when I attempt to boot from an external carbon-copy-cloner-cloned volume of ElCap, the boot halts with the message: "A software update is required to use this startup disk" (with options of choosing another disk or "updating", which does nothing).
Has anyone been down this road before. Any other ideas? I've tried Parallels and can finagle an installation of ElCap there, but Keynote's graphics are broken in it. It runs most of the other apps I need, though, so maybe I just cut bait and deal with the crappy new version of Keynote.
Thanks much!