texts: Annoyance in macOS vs Windows: where to right-click when in list view in Finder?

texts:
This doesn't just apply to right-clicking.  Really I could have titled this:

Where is the "blank space" when in list view in Finder?

Open a Windows Explorer window in Windows and change to "Details" view.  Notice that at the far right of the window, there is basically an "empty column" or "blank space" where you can right-click to activate a context menu for actions within that folder.

Similarly, if I want to drag and drop a file(s) or folder(s) into that active folder, I can drag it to that "blank space" and avoid accidentally placing the files into a subfolder or activating an exe/batch file.

Now, the same behavior is available in macOS... to a point.  In "icons" view, I can always find a "blank space" to click between the icons.

However, in the other three views - list, columns, and Cover Flow - I find it incredibly annoying that there seems to be no place I can safely right-click (and similarly no place to safely drop a file or folder that I am moving).

Note this only applies when there are enough files or folders within the folder to require scrolling.  If there are only a few files in the list, then you can easily right-click in the empty space below the files.

So, my question is this:

Given a folder full of files which requires a scrollbar to view all the contents, where can you safely right-click to display a context menu, or safely drag and drop a file or folder?

I did find this almost identical question: How to copy-paste in Finder when there's no right-click space?

However, no one seems to answer whether or not there is any such space.  Based on this previous question, is the answer simply that there is no reliable blank space in macOS that allows you to open a context menu or to drag a file or folder?


texts:
Is there anyway to move some files/folders on Mac OS X as easy as in Windows?

The only way I know is to side the two source and destination folders, and drag and drop the files from one to the other. However in some cases we like to cut them when only the source folder is  open, and paste them later.


texts: How do I update my iPad to iOS 5 without losing data without the original computer?

texts: Im looking to upgrade my iPad to iOS 5.0 but deleting the media is not an option. I do not have access to the original computer that I used to place all the photos onto the iPad.  Any suggestions on how to update the iPad and still retain the photos/ make it easy to reapply them to the updated iPad?


texts: How to do I save a file that has been put into the clipboard?

texts:
I'm using a program that exports an image to the clipboard.
If I goto Finder->Edit->"Show Clipboard" a windows pops up showing the image.

How do I save this image to the Finder?  If I goto the Finder->Edit-> "paste" is greyed out.

Things I've tried:

pbpaste doesn't seem to see the image but the man page seems to
insinuate that it only understands Encapsulated  PostScript  (EPS)
.ps files
New from Clipboard in SnagIt works but I'm guessing that it creates a
new file and I'd like to get the original file.
Paste into PowerPoint puts the file there...but I can't seem to take
it out of there.  IE, dragging the image from PowerPoint to Finder
doesn't work.


texts: How to set VirtualBox in order to access external hard drives in guest Win7?

texts:
I have installed VirtualBox in order to use Windows 7 as guest on a Macbook Air running Mavericks (mainly to be able to use a printer that has no drivers for Mac). Also, I have installed the Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack and the Guest Additions, so that now the video settings as well as the support for USB are available. Except that, while the flash drives as well as the printer work, the external HDD drives connected by USB do not.

After un-mounting the external HDDs in Finder they appear only greyed out in VirtualBox system tray.

Adding them as filters in the Settings of the Virtual Machine makes them look selected as they should (no longer greyed out), but they are still not available in the guest Windows.

I am talking about two external HDD drives, both 500 GB, one ntfs and one fat32.

I expected the USB connections to work fully after installing the Extension_Pack and the Guest Additions, but it looks like there's something more to be done.

What?


texts: Will iMessage receiver on iPad see my iPhone number?

texts:
I have had an older iPad with no cellular but recently I got an iPhone as well.  I would prefer people not seeing my phone number.

If I message them from my iPad will they now be able to see my iPhone number since both use the same Apple ID account?


texts: Issue when trying to convert the month number to word form in AppleScript (but only when that month contains 31 days)

texts:
I have a piece of AppleScript code that converts a numerical date to that date in words.

The code accepts a variable that contains a date in the following format:

  2017_04_01

The code converts this numerical date to the following word-based format:

  Saturday, April 1, 2017

My code has been modified from the answer provided to this question, by user markhunte:

Applescript date manipulation to get multiple formats

My code works perfectly when it is given today's date of 2017_04_01. But, for some reason, it does not work when it is given the date of day 31 of any given month.

For example, my code will not work if theNumericalDate is 2017_03_31.

Here is my AppleScript code:

set theNumericalDate to "2017_04_01"

-- Remove the underscores:
set temp to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"_"}
set listOfTheNumbersOfDate to text items of theNumericalDate
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to temp

-- Separate each individual element:
set onlyTheYear to (item 1 of (listOfTheNumbersOfDate))
set onlyTheMonth to (item 2 of (listOfTheNumbersOfDate))
set onlyTheDay to (item 3 of (listOfTheNumbersOfDate))

-- I don't want to display "March 03" as the date. I would prefer: "March 3". So, remove the first character from the day if it is a zero:
if (character 1 of onlyTheDay is "0") then
    set onlyTheDay to text 2 thru -1 of onlyTheDay
end if

set stringForShellScript to " date -v" & onlyTheDay & "d -v" & onlyTheMonth & "m -v" & onlyTheYear & "y +%"

set theMonthAsWord to (do shell script (stringForShellScript & "B"))

set theDayAsWord to (do shell script (stringForShellScript & "A"))

set theDisplayDateString to (theDayAsWord & ", " & theMonthAsWord & " " & onlyTheDay & ", " & onlyTheYear)

Based on some debugging that I have done, I think that the source of the issue lies in this line:

set theMonthAsWord to (do shell script (stringForShellScript & "B"))

Can you identify and solve the issue?

I realize that I can easily accomplish the desired effect of determining the month name by implementing an if statement such as:

if onlyTheMonth is "01" then
    set theMonthAsWord to "January"
else if onlyTheMonth is "02" then
    set theMonthAsWord to "February"
else if onlyTheMonth is "03" then
    set theMonthAsWord to "March"
...

I shied away from this method because it's lengthy and unsophisticated.

Also, I'd still have to figure out the day of the week somehow, which is more complicated and cannot be accomplished by a simple if statement. Thus, the line:

set theDayAsWord to (do shell script (stringForShellScript & "A"))

would still terminate my code when theNumericalDate ends in _31.


texts: How to install JRE in a way usable for dev?

texts:
I have Java 8 installed by an admin

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_151.jdk/Contents/Home/bin
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_151.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin

I needed to install java9, so I downloaded and installed the JDK to

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/bin

However, I got no .../jre folder!

When I tried to install the JRE as a standalone, the installation completed fine but there's nothing new under /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines (or jdk-9.0.4.jdk)

I need to have the jre folder there or at least to know where it is so I can configure my way to it.
How can this be achieved?


texts:
I have a personal account ericpersonal and a company account ericcompanyabc (they forced me to even though they could have add my personal GitHub account to their repos) on github.com.
I'm using a computer the company gives and spend more time on work projects so I'm primarily logged in as ericcompanyabc

I then generated 2 private and public keys as a result:

❯ ls -lrt ~/.ssh
total 72
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   110 Aug 31 11:03 authorized_keys.jcorig
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  2004 Sep 13 14:16 known_hosts
lrwxr-xr-x  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen    76 Sep 25 21:53 ssh_auth_sock -> /var/folders/c3/q4dw0_q90lj6_nysk_hjt8p00000gn/T//ssh-31QAwZUf1Pmz/agent.501
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   743 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 26 16:02 id_rsa2
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   746 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1.pub
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen  3243 Oct 27 16:29 id_rsa1
-rw-r--r--  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   279 Oct 27 16:29 config
-rw-------  1 eric.nguyen  eric.nguyen   225 Nov  3 17:57 authorized_keys

I have to switch between the 2 accounts using the following commands but it's very tedious:

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa1

I've also tried using .ssh/config file but no success

❯ cat ~/.ssh/config
Host githubcompany
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa1
    UseKeychain yes

Host githuberic
    HostName github.com
    User git
    PreferredAuthentications publickey
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa2
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    UseKeychain yes

What can I do to make switching between Github accounts seamless?

I'm using macOS Sierra 10.12.6


texts:
Trying to utilize the new smb capabilities (4.8.2) to share a Time Machine capable drive to my new 2017 MBpro running High Sierra. I can get the drive to show up in the TM manager, and successfully add the disk. However, when I run the backup I get a typical non descriptive Apple error message:

2018-06-03 11:37:37.677735-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogInfo] Starting manual backup
2018-06-03 11:37:37.795249-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogInfo] Attempting to mount network destination URL: smb://username@fileserver._smb._tcp.local./TimeMachine
2018-06-03 11:37:38.483012-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogInfo] Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/TimeMachine-1 using URL: smb://username@fileserver._smb._tcp.local./TimeMachine
2018-06-03 11:37:39.157201-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogInfo] Creating disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine-1/me.sparsebundle
2018-06-03 11:37:39.546769-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Error creating backup disk image 512 (error 512)
2018-06-03 11:37:39.547176-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Failed to create disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine-1/me.sparsebundle, status: 512
2018-06-03 11:37:39.553537-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Backup failed with error 20: 20
2018-06-03 11:37:39.685445-0400  localhost backupd[1978]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogInfo] Ejected Time Machine network volume.

Does anyone know what error 512 means?

Here is my smb.conf:

[global]
server string = File Server (smb)
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
log level = 3
mdns name = mdns

# Time Machine
vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr
fruit:veto_appledouble = no
fruit:encoding = native
fruit:metadata = stream
fruit:aapl = yes
ea support = yes

# Security
server min protocol = SMB2

[TimeMachine]
path = /backup/TM
fruit:time machine = yes
writeable = yes
force group = users

The drive itself is an NFS share


texts: How to open different emacs version from the shell?

texts:
I have two versions of emacs on my machine. One came preinstalled and I have just installed a newer version with homebrew.

If I type emacs in the terminal, the old version runs. If I type emacs-24.4 then the new version runs. What do I have to do to ensure typing just emacs runs the 24.4 version and not the older version?


texts:
We all know and use the replicate option in Motion5 and it works great.
but I can not find the option to randomize the start offset, or how to do this. So just a double check to hear from fellow users.
Let's say you have the one single band EQ in the timeline.it moves greatly up and down like a real equalizer meter would do. But this is just 1 bar, and I want at least 10 or 20 or 30 of them posed next to each other, like a real equalizer look.  ok the replicator makes a great option to clone it 30 times or any number. Perfectly and nice 30 peaces of audiobars, next to each other. Looks like a real EQ window now, but one big problem: They are all moving the exact same , all going up and all going down in the same time. I tried to insert a randomizer. but this did not do the job to randomize the offset start point, and make them look moving all different up and down. Of course there is another solution: I can copy the 1 single bar EQ, and pasting it 30 times.

Is Copying the single bar EQ and pasting it 30 times the only way to get this done? The randomizer is supposed to do the job and I cannot fix this. Did I mis something? Hope to hear from anyone soon and thanks a lot!


texts:
I am still a little new to the macOS world, so my question might be easily solved.
I have been doing some networking with my MacBook Air and noticed some things I did not understand/thought that they should be different.

When I run ifconfig I see many network adapters, and with many I mean way more than I anticipated.

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP>
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether c8:69:cd:af:4f:bc
    inet6 fe80::1832:448c:e682:a8a8%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x5
    inet 152.67.132.28 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 152.67.132.255
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
en1: flags=922<BROADCAST,SMART,PROMISC,SIMPLEX> mtu 1500
    options=60<TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 9a:00:05:1b:4b:3f
    media: autoselect <full-duplex>
    status: inactive
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
    ether 0a:69:cd:af:4f:bc
    media: autoselect
    status: inactive
awdl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1484
    ether fa:1f:bf:37:c7:35
    inet6 fe80::f81f:bfff:fe37:c735%awdl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
bridge0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,SMART,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=63<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 9a:00:05:1b:4b:3f
    Configuration:
        id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0
        maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
        root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0
        ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
    member: en1 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 6 priority 0 path cost 0
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: <unknown type>
    status: inactive
utun0: flags=8050<POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 2000
    inet6 fe80::4974:b78a:7731:c82a%utun0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
utun1: flags=8050<POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1380
    inet6 fe80::9ffc:672f:768f:f232%utun1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xb
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
utun2: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1380
    inet6 fe80::733c:91be:79df:7b4b%utun2 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xc
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>

lo0 and en0 are clear to me but the others are not.  However, What are the different internet connection types used by ifconfig and ipconfig? and Unexpected interfaces in ifconfig have cleared a lot of this up for me.

However, when I started writing this I only had utun0 and utun1 and now utun2 has appeared!

What I'd like to know is: Can I disable/remove them since I seem to not use them? If so, how?

ifconfig delete doesn't seem to work and ifconfig up/downhas no effect.


texts: Is it possible restore or update your iphone if you only have tethered internet?

texts:
I totally bricked my iphone for a couple of days last time I tried to upgrade my OS.

I didn't realize that upgrading the OS requires access to Apple during the installation process. I only have wireless Internet that is tethered from my iPhone.

So last time I tried to upgrade, I downloaded the OS, then proceeded to run the installation, which  shuts down my iPhone in order to install files. After that though, it requires some sort of verification from apple.com and because my iPhone is already shut down, i have no Internet access.

I ended up having to go to a friend's house to the install cos she has WiFi.

So is it possible to upgrade with tethered internet? Is there an option where you can do the verification before re-installing. It just seems strange cause although it may be rare to only have wireless internet, I'm sure I'm not the only person to have ever encountered this, and there was never a warning message that it couldn't be done before the installation.


texts: Use pre-Big Sur icons in macOS apps and keep them persistent across updates

texts:
With Big Sur, macOS introduced a new icon design. Unfortunately, more and more apps are switching to that new icon design which I don't want as a user of Mojave, i.e. I would like to keep the old app icons.
I'm aware that it's possible to replace the icon resource in .app directories but that would only work until the update of the application. Is there a way to overwrite the icon for an application system-wide or maybe some existing software/daemon that can be used to automatically overwrite the Big Sur icon with the old icon?
Thanks in advance!


texts: Apple TV accepts Airplay screen mirroring from 1 account on my Mac, but not the other account. Mac Keychain issue?

texts:
My setup: 4th Gen Apple TV and Macbook Pro running Mojave
Mac has two accounts... "WorkAccount" and "HomeAccount".
When I try to mirror the Mac screen to Apple TV, it works fine from one account "WorkAccount", but when I use the other account "HomeAccount" the Mac says "Could not connect to MYATV" after typing the challenge code that shows on the TV screen.
Note: If I change the ATV settings to use a password, which eliminates the challenge code, the screen mirroring works fine from either Mac account.
But I need to fix the issue on the Mac because other Airplay devices - like my Vizio TV - do not have the option to set a passwword.
Both Mac accounts have admin permissions.
The only difference I can think of is the one with trouble, "HomeAccount", was migrated from another Mac, although everything else seems to work fine.


texts: Is there a utility that allows to open a terminal window with a shortcut?

texts: I often use the Terminal application, especially to commit code to a Git repository, and I don't want to have the window always open. Is there a utility that allows to open a terminal window using a shortcut?


texts: Is there a fast way to change proxy setting?

texts:
On my laptop I usually have a ssh connection open and use the remote machine as a proxy server just so that all my network traffic is over ssh. I know that it's hopeless and we're all doomed, but it makes me feel a little better.

Problem is sometimes I need to set and unset it for some reason and then I have to dig through millions of dialogs to get to here...

...so that I can uncheck that option.

Is there a faster way to do that or a way I can set up a script to turn "SOCKS Proxy" on and off? Probably something with Applescript, right?

Is there a way to do this without learning Applescript?


texts: I have created a new user but the new user's home directory has the old users path. How can I update my new user's home directory so that the terminal opens to this directory and all software considers this new directory my home directory? I'm using OS x 10.8.4.


texts:
I need to access a password stored in my iOS Keychain, but can't find a way to do that. I have full access to my devices, it's passcode and all of my backups.

The password I'm looking stored by the Twitter app. Long story but I changed my password, forgot it and lost access to the email associated with the account. Twitter won't allow me to reset, but the Twitter app on my iPhone still has access.

There has to be a way to access the iOS Keychain. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!


texts:
I created this script to do date calculation between a date and today, but for some reason I get a decimal number.

How can I just get the number of date without decimal point ?

Tried to use a roundup formula but that's messy, what the best way to handle this?

set theDateWantedValue to "25/03/2019"

set [dayVal, MonthVal, YearVal] to the words of theDateWantedValue
set the text item delimiters to "/"
##set date_string to {d, ordinal, Y} as text
##set myotherDate to date_string

set dateDelaybetwentheDate to ((date (theDateWantedValue as string)) - (current date)) / days

set myResultDateRound to RoundDecimal(dateDelaybetwentheDate, 1, down)

on RoundDecimal(NumberToRound, DecimalPlace, UpDown)
    set RoundFactor to 10 ^ DecimalPlace
    NumberToRound * RoundFactor
    round result rounding UpDown
    result / RoundFactor
end RoundDecimal


texts:
i'd like to be able to open an app as a different user.
For example PC1 is my main account and PC7 is my secondary one.

I can achieve the effect in terminal using

su - pc7
insert password
/Applications/Application.app/Contents/MacOS/ApplicationName

How can i use the automator to make a script/app whatever that does this by a simple doubleclick?

Thanks


texts:
I recently partitioned my SSD as seen in this question MacOS wont boot after partitioning my SSD.
After fixing this I tried to create a new partition in the macOS Disk Utility program. I have enough space to resize my main partition in order to create a new one.
But in the end of the partitioning process I get the following error (translated to english from german; picture of error in German at the end of the question):

...
deactivate volumes
deactivate volume "spiele" on disk2s1
delete volumes
delete container
delete former APFS-Hard Disk
change without content type
invalid name.
action failed

After that it creates two partitions instead of one. For example:
I want a 200 gb partition. The operation fails and it creates two 200 gb partitions. If i want to delete them I can, but then it shows me that my main partitions new space ist 1100 gb (the SSD is 1 tb big).

I am running MacOS High Sierra on a iMac12,2. I have the rEFInd boot manager installed in order to change between Kali Linux and MacOS.


texts: How can I add a WiFi network ahead of time?

texts:
I have an SSID and WPA2 credentials. How can I tell them to iOS?

I've tried:

In Settings → Wi-Fi → Other, enter the SSID and WPA2 credentials.

Expected:

some kind of Save button

Actual:

I only see Join, which of course fails because the AP is 200 km away.

This is the same question as #175614 but for iOS.


texts: I have only the USB cable so can I charge it with my laptop or computer or any other way?


texts: In game app updates, bypassing App Store

texts:
Some apps, I've noticed that developers are able to update their software without submitting them to the App Store.

For example, Game of War will occasionally tell you that an update is available and to restart your device.  You can then watch the progress bar carefully and see that updates are being pushed to the app.

I'm assuming they are using XML to change certain attributes and their location on the server.  That's a guess but I don't know.  They are able to make significant feature changes to the game, like adding hyperlinks to map locations,  push sales promotions, add certain events etc. These methods don't require compilation, as that would obviously require resubmitting the app.

What is Apple's policy in the developer terms or seasoned advice on how to keep from running afoul of behavior that would get your app pulled from the store?


texts: Different Apple ID for HomeSharing and iTunes Store on Apple TV

texts:
Can I set up an AppleTV with:
- one Apple ID for home sharing
- a different Apple ID for iTunes Store purchases?

I mean: setting the Apple ID for the iTunes Store will change my Home Sharing config on AppleTV?

Thank you


texts:
I am upgrading my phone from the 4 to the 6 and trying to back up all photos and videos and everytime I move a photo from the Camera Roll to the Photo Stream to upload to the Cloud and the erase from the Roll it also erases the same picture from the photo stream.
It defeats the whole purpose...Help !


texts: How can one invoke a keyboard shortcut from within an AppleScript?

texts: I need to invoke a keyboard shortcut from within an AppleScript code, later to be used as a startup item (i.e. the alternative to having to press something at every log in).


texts:
When searching using Spotlight for, say, the word "Exotic", it fails to report the file Important_Exotic_Class.h, containing a C++ class by that name.

Can you think of a method to make Spotlight index the portions of identifiers between underscores in .h and .cpp files? In the example above, the three words would be indexed.

Even just indexing the words between underscores in filenames would be very useful.


texts: Use Single Shortcut Key to Close Windows

texts: Some windows can be closed with ⌘+w while others require the Esc key. How do you create a single key shortcut (maybe with caps lock?) that can close both types? A built-in solution in Mojave and Catalina is preferred, but using a free reputable third party utility would be OK.


texts: Mobile Me Family Pack Accounts: Do Sub-Accounts have their own syncing features?

texts:
Merry Christmas.

In a MobileMe Family Pack, do the subaccounts have their own, independent syncing features (dock, bookmarks, etc - as seen in the MobileMe system preference?).

I could really use the syncing features, but I don't need a full individual account. My brother has an individual account, and we were thinking of upgrading it to a family, so I could get the syncing features (I have a work mac, and a personal mac).

The Apple Website is a little vague on this:

  A Family Pack subscription includes one Individual account with 20GB of combined email and file storage, plus four Family Member accounts, each with its own email address and 5GB of storage. Convert an Individual account to a Family Pack anytime you like — you just pay the difference.

I'm not sure whether to read it as 'a family pack is a glorified email account' or 'a family pack is a full mobile me account (with syncing features) but less space for each user'.


texts: How to sync an additional folder to iCloud Drive similar to how macOS Sierra does it?

texts:
I want to add my Downloads folder to my iCloud Drive so that it can sync just like Sierra syncs with the Documents and Desktop folder.

Can this be done?


texts: Can Find My iPhone password be different than my Apple ID?

texts: Can my Find My iPhone password be different than my Apple ID password? I would like it to be different so my girlfriend can see where I am but not be able to access my entire phone.


texts: How to retrieve a PDF file from an iOS device?

texts: Given two Macs running Yosemite and one iPad running iOS 8, how do you retrieve a PDF file put on the iPad from Mac 1, using Mac 2 ? Let's say that I don't currently have access to the Mac used to put the file in the first place. I can see the file in the Books section of the device in iTunes, but that's all I can do right now.


texts: Why is Jawbone UP step data deleted from Health app after midnight?

texts:
How do I get the iOS Health app to retain the previous days' worth of step data?

The iOS Health app only shows the current day's steps.

My UP3 is set up to be the primary data source for updating the Steps tracker in the Health app.  During the day, when I check the Health app, the steps recorded match the steps registered in the UP app.

However, when I wake up in the morning, the previous day's steps are gone from the Health app and when I click on "Show All Data" it only show's the present day's data - there is nothing from any previous days. Interestingly, the Health app records and retains all previous days' worth of Sleep Analysis data synced from UP app.

Hardware and Software

iPhone 6 running iOS 9.2 (up to date)
Jawbone UP3 with firmware: 1.2.14 (up to date)
UP by Jawbone version 4.12.1 (up to date)


texts: Dual-Monitor Output from a new Macbook Pro

texts:
I need to output to two screens from a Macbook Pro 17" I'm looking at buying. My current laptop has a VGA port and an HDMI port, and so it's pretty easy to run a dual-display setup with it. How would I connect my displays to my Macbook?

Both displays are 1080p HDMI computer monitors.

If I have to use Thunderbolt, will it work with Linux? I'm planning on dual-booting.


texts:
I've been developing web apps for several months now on my mac using the built in apache server and everything has been fine. I restarted my mac this morning and now when I try to connect to anything on localhost I get the error: "Could not connect to localhost". Here are some things I have already checked:

Apache is running. System Preferences->Sharing->Web Sharing is turned on.
I ran "apachectl configtest" and it returned "Syntax OK"

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Are there Greasemonkey scripts for Safari?

texts:
There's the wonderful Greasemonkey to run user-defined JavaScript on web pages.

Is there such a thing as Greasemonkey for Safari? Or would one instead write a Safari Extension to customize behavior on other web pages? Maybe there's an alternative that runs on AppleScript instead of JavaScript?


texts: False file permission denied error when opening one specific word document on my Mac

texts:
There is one specific word doc that contains a draft SOP for running a piece of manufacturing equipment. When I select this file to open it from the Finder or from Word, I get a permission error, and "Select this file to give access to it". I select it, and then it raises the error: "User does not have permission to access this file."

Historically, I have had no problem opening this file. All the sudden, I get permission denied. I have tried selecting [CTRL] and [right click the file from Finder] and select [get info]. When I do, I get, as expected, I get: me: rwx, staff: r--, others: r--.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on?

Thanks for your time.


texts: How do I speed up the network discovery of windows servers from my mac?

texts:
I just bought my first MacBook Pro. One frustration I have is accessing my shared windows-based network assets. I have two servers on the network, but they seem to take forever to be discovered by my MBP.

Use Case:

I open my MBP
Once connected to WiFi, I open Finder and then Go > Network
I wait and wait and wait and wait for the windows-based network assets to be discovered

I'm not sure how long it takes because I usually just go about doing other things then check back. I think it could take up to a half hour though (more/less). Sometimes, even when I can see the server, it takes an unacceptably long time to connect to it.

Is there any way to improve this?
Is the problem a mac/pc thing?


texts: MBP key broken- can I put a replacement key on the Touch Bar?

texts:
On my 2016 MacBook Pro, the 'b' key on the keyboard has quit working. This is quite inconvenient, and unfortunately it will be a while before I can get it fixed.

Is there a way to put a button on the Touch Bar to replace my 'b' key?


texts: How should I start a new iTerm terminal with shortcut?

texts:
I've created a service in automator and assigned a shortcut, and it works.

But this doesn't start a new iTerm terminal. It only reveals the already running one

How can I start a new "tab" or a new "iTerm window"?


texts: Multiroom Airplay audio from Apple TV HD and Apple TV 2

texts: Is it possible to have an Apple TV HD (touch pad remote, airplay 2) airplay audio to an Apple TV 2nd generation (airplay 1) while also playing audio locally?


texts:
I am trying to get a log in history of my Apple ID. I have gone to the data and privacy section of Apple and required the Apple ID data, but in there it only shows the most recent login, and not a list of logins from the last x days.
Is there a way to obtain a full history of log ins for my Apple ID?


texts: Use late 2009 iMac as external display for 2013 MacBook Air

texts:
I would like to use my late 2009 "27 iMac as an external display for my 13" 2013 MacBook Air. I've searched the internet and found this thread (and it's sources) that suggests that it is possible to get the setup (as described above) working.

As I said, I have a late 2009 iMac (target) that I connect to my 2013 MacBook Air (source) with a Mini DisplayPort cable. For a moment, the MacBook Air seems to recognize the iMac as the screen on my MacBook air flashes. At the same time the screen on my iMac turns black.

Now, on the MacBook Air, when I have the displays settings window open and click on "detect screens", I am able to select the 2560 x 1440 resulution, which is the resolution of the iMac.

A few seconds later, the screen flashes again on my MacBook Air, and the "detect screens" window has closed. At the same time, the screen from the iMac returns to its original state, showing the desktop of the iMac itself.

Just to be accurate:

I have tried to use the Target Display Mode on the iMac. This automatically turns the screen black and starts the chain of events I described above, with the same results
I've reset the PRAM of both the iMac and the MacBook Air, as this was suggested in this thread. This didn't do anything for me. The chain of events stayed exactly the same as described above.
I made sure both devices were awake when connecting them to one another, with the Mini DisplayPort cable.

As I am reading this thread and its sources, it should be possible to get my setup working correctly, or am I missing something?

I know there are other solutions to get the iMac to work as an external display with an adapter (DVI/HDMI), but this solution won't let me make use of the 2560 x 1440 resolution as DVI/HDMI is max 1920 x 1080.


texts: Long press key to reveal special characters does not work after update to High Sierra

texts:
I have a similar problem as the asker in this question on Apple's forum.

After I updated from Sierra to High Sierra (v10.13.3) on a MBP retina 13" mid 2014, I noticed the character picker (special character pop-up) that appear when long pressing / holding a character, e.g. to type ë or ñ, does not appear anymore. However, when such a key is held, the character is repeatedly entered. This is not what I want, because I'm used to the character picker. I don't want to use ⌥ key with u for ¨, i for ^, e for ´ etc., which I fail to remember and is slower than simply holding to reveal any character variations. That is much more efficient in my opinions and therefore it is better UX.

I've tried the linked question's terminal command without success: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true

Also, there's a comment in the discussion suggesting rebooting in safe mode and changing some keyboard settings might do the trick. I cannot boot into safe mode, possibly (?) due to administrative restrictions (company laptop).

So, how do I do it? Is the character picker a feature at all, or am I actually experiencing a bug?


texts:
How can I get control functionalities in the notification center like in Android?

I would like to be able to turn Bluetooth on and off without going though layers of menu in the Settings.app.

Is this possible?  And if it is, how do you do it?


texts:
I frequently running into strange problem on Lion: my windows constantly being locked on z position (sometimes you can see this feature in some apps as "Window->Stay in Front/Behind"). But I really don't understand why is this happening, windows in this apps haven't such a feature (Preview is example).
I'm heavily using keyboard shortcuts and suspect that I'm just accidentally triggering some system shortcuts for locking windows.
Am I right, does such exists? If not, what can be responsible for such a behavior?


texts: How can I share Apple Remote Desktop's list of machines to other computers?

texts:
We have a server that runs ARD and we use it for Network Discovery. I'm in the process of writing a few scripts to grab the ARD lists and push them to Support Analysts machines.

However the com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist is not the key file here.

Does anybody know if this is possible?


texts: How can I remove the Mac recovery partition from an external drive?

texts:
My early 2011 MBP came with a 500 GB HDD, which I recently changed out for a 128 GB SSD. The old internal drive now serves as a backup drive... however... I'd love to get rid of that Recovery HD partition so that I can A) use the space, and B) stop being asked about ejecting multiple partitions when I eject the drive.

Yes, I've seen this question which is almost a duplicate, except my situation is a little different and I don't want to break anything!

Some output from my terminal:

Macbook-Pro:~ matt$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *128.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         127.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS OS X                   *126.8 GB   disk1
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         499.2 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Backup                 *498.9 GB   disk3
Macbook-Pro:~ matt$

... and I'm confused, because I only have my internal, 128 GB SSD and my external, 500 GB HDD connected at the time I ran this. My question is two-fold:

Why are there 4 disks showing up in diskutil list? I only have the two physical drives connected... what do the * characters mean? Ultimately, which disk should I be re-partitioning?
How can I safely remove the recovery partition on my now-backup-only drive? Of course I want to keep the one on my 128 GB drive, so obviously I won't mess with disk0 or disk1... I assume this will involve the same/similar steps as in the question I linked to above.

Just wanted to be sure before I did anything potentially destructive... cheers for your advice.


texts: Search for emails within specific folders

texts:
Presently, if I do a search in Apple Mail it searches everything. This is fine most of the time, but sometimes I want to just be able to select a folder and then search only the emails in that folder.

How can I search for emails only within a folder?


texts: How do I script Powerpoint to save a directory of PPTX files as PDFs?

texts: If I have a directory of PPTX files I would like to save as PDFs.  How do I script this operation?


texts: Not getting Text notification from one contact

texts: I have an iPhone 8 and I just started having a problem where I don’t get a text notification or anything from one specific contact, no blue dot beside the convo or anything. I do not have do not disturb on I have reset all settings and I have done everything that I could. Please help.


texts: What version of iOS will I get on new iPad 4 Mini

texts: I would like to jailbreak my soon to be new iPad 4 Mini. Should I assume that it would still have iOS 9 installed when I get it out of the box?


texts: How to clear table contents in notes for iOS 11?

texts: I don’t want to create a new table I want to empty the data of the old table and add new data.


texts: Global convert to uppercase and lowercase in macOS?

texts:
In Mail.app and Text.app there's Edit > Transformations:

Make Upper Case
Make Lower Case
Capitalize

...but I see no keyboard shortcut options in:
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts:: Services.

Is there a way to get this functionality available globally for all text entry? For example, web based forums like Stack Exchange.

Of note, the options are available in Safari.app's Edit > Transformations menu:

...but not in Chrome.app:

I could change my browser habits, but it would be nice to know if there is a way to add this functionality to all "Edit" menus.


texts: Shrink Trackpad on Macbook running Mojave

texts: I am running mojave (10.14.2) on a 2018 macbook. I keep accidentally hitting the trackpad while typing. None of the solutions in this question still work. Does an updated solution exist?


texts: Can a Macbook Pro or Macbook Air run Windows 7 perfectly -- fully 100% with all software and drivers?

texts:
I heard that some people buy a Mac and use Bootcamp to set up a dual boot so that it can run OS X and Windows 7 and some people buy it to only run Windows 7 just because Mac computer is high quality.  But when a Macbook Pro or Macbook Air (or iMac / Mac Mini) runs Windows 7, can it run everything well?  For example, can the USB Flash drive all be used well?  Can all USB devices be used on it as if it is just a PC?   Can the Mini Display Port / Thunderbolt converter to HDMI work nicely?  What about the hardware drivers -- for the built in webcam, microphone, DVD writer -- can all devices on a Mac be used with Windows 7's drivers with no problem?

I think some people run Windows 7 as a virtual machine on the Mac, but there might be issue if you need to access some hardware, or forward some port through the Firewall, and there are also some programs that specifically detects that it is a virtual PC and not run on it.  Probably those program can run if it is Windows 7 on a Mac.


texts: Is it possible to enable Dictation on an Apple Watch whilst leaving it disable on its paired iPhone?

texts: When looking within the Watch app on an iPhone, it appears that there's a "Dictation" setting that allows for Dictation to be enabled on the paired Apple Watch. Using this setting, is it possible to separately enable dictation for a paired Apple Watch whilst leaving it disabled on the paired iPhone?


texts: Mac mini Late 2014 No power after HDD upgrade

texts:
I've followed a very reputable guide online on doing a HDD upgrade with the proper tools and setup. I feel as if every step was followed properly yet the Mac currently doesn't power on. Could someone give me any clues on how to begin trouble shooting the hardware. Any links to information would also be appreciated as I'm a beginner to Mac hardware.

Thank you.


texts:
Trying to build mplayer from source for applying patches.

./configure works fine, but it leads me to this error

    Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_fribidi_reorder_line", referenced from:
      _ass_shaper_reorder in ass_shaper.o
  "_fribidi_get_bidi_types", referenced from:
      _ass_shaper_shape in ass_shaper.o
  "_fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels", referenced from:
      _ass_shaper_shape in ass_shaper.o
  "_fribidi_get_joining_types", referenced from:
      _ass_shaper_shape in ass_shaper.o
  "_fribidi_join_arabic", referenced from:
      _ass_shaper_shape in ass_shaper.o
  "_fribidi_shape", referenced from:
      _ass_shaper_shape in ass_shaper.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [mplayer] Error 1

I can't figure out what to do now?
I'm using OS X 10.7.


texts: Stop macOS from accessing external drive at night

texts:
I have Mac Mini Mid 2011 with macOS 10.13.5 with a data drive. When I wake up at night, the drive is running. I ran fs_usage and was surprised to find macOS accessing the drive a lot.

How do I stop macOS from spinning the drive, except when accessed by a human, or at least not at certain hours when I sleep? Can Spotlight/macOS be configured to lay off the drive at night?

00:01:10  fsgetpath         /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000022   mds
00:01:10  statfs64          /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000015   Finder
00:01:10  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000017   Finder
00:08:59  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000019   backupd-help
00:39:54  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000031   diskspaced
00:39:54  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000081   diskspaced
00:39:54  statfs64          /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000014   diskspaced
01:08:47  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000017   backupd-help
02:08:35  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000020   backupd-help
03:08:40  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000033   backupd-help
04:04:09  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000019   fontworker
04:04:39  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000015   fontworker
04:11:01  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000032   backupd-help
05:11:56  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000052   backupd-help
06:05:23  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000030   backupd-help
06:33:52  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000017   fontworker
06:34:15  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000020   fontworker
06:34:48  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000014   fontworker
06:36:23  fsgetpath         /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000012   revisiond
06:36:23  fsctl             /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000010   revisiond
06:36:23  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000023   revisiond
06:36:23  statfs64          /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000011   revisiond
06:36:23  lstat64           /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000010   revisiond
06:36:23  lstat64           /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000008   revisiond
06:36:23  statfs64          /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000007   revisiond
06:36:23  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000012   deleted
06:36:23  statfs64          /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000005   deleted
06:36:23  lstat64           /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000009   deleted
(...)
06:36:23  getattrlist       /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000055   AOSHeartbeat
06:36:25  statfs64          /Volumes/FOOBAR  0.000006   df
06:36:30  HFS_update /Volumes/FOOBAR/..V100/../db.sqlite-wal launchd


texts: Upgrading from OS X 10.10 Yosemite Developer Preview

texts:
I did sign up for Apple's Public Beta program but was too late and missed out on the Developer Preview as they were offered to only the first one million sign-ups. Anyway, today I just managed to grab a copy off a torrent site and it's now lying on my computer.

Now before I proceed to install it, I would like to know what happens to me when Apple releases future beta updates. Will I be able to just update my OS as a regular copy or will I again need to search for and download an updated copy off the torrent? What happens when Apple finally releases the official copy come fall? Will I be able to just hit the Software Update option in the Apple menu and get it done or will I have to download the whole shebang all over again?

P.S. I understand there are risks involved with installing Dev Previews and am not worried about them. Thanks.


texts: I'm saving debug logs for iTerm2 but why can't I find them?

texts:
I can't find the file /tmp/debuglog.txt anywhere using finder.
locate debuglog.txt failed because there is no database, so I've built one using sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist
Database complete, locate debuglog.txt returns nothing.
Question: I'm saving debug logs for Bash but why can't I find them?

Background
I start Anaconda Python 3.7.6 and run scripts from iTerm2 using macOS 10.15.7.
A few times a week iTerm2 suddenly freezes, and I have to use Quit from the application and start it again.

I loose some of the "backarrow history" which is troublesome for me.
I also worry about potential security issues.

I use matplotlib 3.1.3 all the time and I know there are some issues. So far I can't exclude it from the list of possible causes.
From this issue I have found this explanation how to start a log, then I have to wait until the bug happens again then toggle it again to save some log.
I have supposedly captured an issue many times in hopes of collecting many debug logs. I can not find /tmp/debuglog.txt anywhere though.


texts:
I created 288 different earth renders depending on sun position (one for every 5 earth minutes) based on this file from blendswap. It the image sequence starts at noon and ends at noon. I would like to set at each time of day the correct image as background image on OS X (eg at 12.00 it should be image No 1 at 18:00 it should be image No 72 ). How could I do that.

(The Original Idea was to use the "change background image every 5 minutes" setting in OS X background settings, but it only changes the picture if the computer is awake. Therefore the sequence would be out of sync every time I shut down the computer

btw I uploaded the Files

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19023009/Blender/background.zip

They are at full Retina resolution at 650MB. + blendfile + license.


texts: Unable to install R-2.11.1.pkg and up to R-3.0.2 in Mac OSX 10.8.5

texts:
I have an iMac 2013 with a Fusion Drive and OSX 10.8.5. No plans to migrate to Mavericks yet.

I have had issues also with x11 that I've solved with a "direct" install:

installer -pkg ~/Desktop/XQuartz.pkg -target / -allowUntrusted -store

But, when I try to install R-2.11.1 and above (I'm using R-2.10.1, and works well ;) ) I get the following message from the installer:

R 3.0.2 for Mac OS X 10.6 or higher (Snow Leopard build) can't be installed on this disk.
This build of R requires MAC OS X 10.6 or higher.

If I try from the Terminal

sudo installer -pkg ~/Desktop/R-3.0.2.pkg -target / -allowUntrusted -store

I receive this output from terminal:

installer: Note: running installer as an admin user (instead of root) gives better Mac App Store fidelity
installer: Warning: R-3.0.2.pkg was signed with a certificate that is not valid for store submission.
installer: Installation Check: Passed
installer: Volume Check: Fatal: Failure

And it fails.

What can I do? Delete some plist? Regenerate something? Reinstall Mountain Lion? I really prefer to not to have to rebuild from source.

I have had no issues installing R on my notebook with Lion.


texts:
I've bought an iPhone X about 3 months ago, 1 month later I started facing a problem where some Arabic letters and words are being cut and not shown in the messages in Messenger, Facebook, Line and even the Messages app. While the same messages are shown normally if I come back later.

It happens from time to time, but recently it became so much worse. The English text is shown without any problem

Currently I'm running iOS 11.2.6


texts: Fusion Drive constantly spinning up and down

texts:
I've got a 1TB Fusion Drive (with a Seagate 7200 rpm hard drive) in a Late 2013 27" iMac. While the iMac is asleep, the hard drive spins up and down every minute or so (without fail), creating an annoying rattling sound as it spins up - characteristic of hard drives. This is incredibly annoying, especially at night.

It doesn't exhibit this behaviour when it is powered on, just when it is asleep. I've tried disabling Power Nap, and checking and unchecking "Automatically put hard disks to sleep when possible", all to no avail.

It sounds more like a software issue than a hardware issue, has anyone else experienced similar behaviour with the Fusion Drive?

Is there anything I can do to stop this? It's driving me crazy.


texts: 2018 MBP Network Throughput decreases over time

texts:
Summary

I was recently provided with a 2018 MBP by my employer. The network throughput slows gradually until I'm forced to reboot.

Setup

The following machines are connected via wired ethernet to a gigabit switch:

2018 MBP (the problematic machine, 10.14.4)
2015 MBP (the control, thunderbolt ethernet adapter, 10.14.4)
2010 iMac (the test target, built in ethernet, ubuntu)

The 2018 MBP has a usbc-thunderbolt adapter, with a thunderbolt display attached and the ethernet cable connected to the display.

When the throughput drops, I've tried the following:

Switch to WiFi - doesn't help, speed starts off around 300MBit/s but drops to the level the wired connection is currently at.
Use a different switch port / ethernet cable - doesn't help
Test speed on control MBP using 2018 MBP's ethernet cable & switch port (it's fine)
Connect thunderbolt monitor to control MBP and test throughput (also fine)
Disconnect usbc-thunderbolt adapter incase it's doing something odd (no difference)
Disconnect power from 2018 MBP (no difference)
Sleep/Wake 2018 MBP (no difference)

I setup a test to show the problem: rebooted the 2018 MBP then looped iPerf making connections to the iMac and plotted the results, sure enough after a couple of days I'm getting 10MBits/s across a gigabit switch:

The problem isn't the iMac (test target) as I also made periodic tests from the control MBP to the iMac which consistently showed ~940Mbits/s.

I've been using the 2015 MBP and thunderbolt display with it's ethernet connection for years without issue, and have ruled that out as a cause. Also WiFi shows the same problem, which suggests its not related to a specific interface. I suspect a software problem with the networking stack on the 2018.

Potentially suspicious software:

Symantec Endpoint Protection (mandated by employer)
Pulse Secure (required for VPN connection to employer, but not connected during these tests)
Docker (required for development, does add bridges etc to local networking - this doesn't cause a problem on the 2015 MBP though.)

Questions

Any idea what this might be about?
Is there any way to reset the networking stack or some workaround that doesn't involve a reboot?

Unfortunately removing SEP is not an option :(


texts: rMBP 2015 doesn't recognise Dell P2715Q over DisplayPort

texts:
I recently purchased both a Dell P2715Q 27" 4K monitor and a 13" 2015 rMBP. The monitor is not recognized when I plug the laptop into the monitor via the monitor's provided DP cable (into either Thunderbolt port). When I plug in the laptop using the Monitor's HDMI cable, it shows up and can render at 4K, but only at 30Hz. I also tried plugging the laptop into another display with HDMI and that one also worked fine. Unfortunately, I don't have access to another display that has a DP port. My research prior to purchasing the laptop and monitor suggested that I should be able to connect them easy-peasy and get 4K at 60hz using either MST or SST signalling. However, I am very new to Macs, so my question is whether or not I need to do something special to get this to work? A Thunderbolt to DP cable perhaps? The monitor also has a miniDP port as well, do I have to use that? Did I somehow end up with a broken DP cable?

Any ideas?


texts: How to avoid duplicating files that goes on an iPad?

texts:
I would like to upload PDF files on an iPad. After adding them to the iTunes Library (iTunes -> Files -> Add to Library), and syncing, they are uploaded on the iPad, but are also copied locally in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Books.

Is there a way to prevent the files from being copied in my home directory ? I just want them at two places: an external hard drive, and the iPad.


texts: Bug "Show Notes" in Preview Mac OS Catalina

texts: I have a problem with Preview. When I have to print a PDF with notes on it I click the button "Show notes" on the print window but nothing happens. How can I fix this bug?


texts: How do I use Spotlight to find all MP3 that are encoded at 320 kbps?

texts:
In order to save more space on my music collection, I want to use XLD to convert all my CBR (constant bit rate) 320 kbps MP3 to VBR (variable bit rate).

How do I use Spotlight to find all 320 kbps MP3 in a particular folder so that I can select all of them and open (and thus convert) in XLD?

PS

It was easy to find all Flac files since I just typed in .flac.

Obviously I can use iTunes to get a list of all songs that are 320 kbps MP3 but I can't open them from there.


texts:
Is there a last.fm app for iOS to submit the music I'm listening to ?

Now with iCloud I'm not connecting my devices anymore by cable to the mac, so the tracks are never submitted.

thanks


texts: What might cause a a dock icon to have pixellated noise?

texts:
This is possibly a non-issue, but the Finder icon that appears when you Cmd + Tab has some strange graphical noise on the top. I can't remember how long ago it happened, or if I made anything strange before it appeared.

Does anybody have an idea of why this happens? I'm on a 13' MacBook Air 2011 with 10.7.5.


texts:
I know how to create custom color palettes in MacOS Keynote. I also know that different presentation templates come with different set of preset colors. However, I can't find a way to change this set of preset colors in a customly created template. Whenever changing colors, instead of clicking on the preset colors button and selecting the color (2 clicks, marked A on the diagram below), I need to click the color wheel, select the palette and select the color (3 clicks, marked B on the diagram below).

Is there a way to attach a palette to a template so that it becomes its custom set of preset colors?


texts: How do I prevent my Thunderbolt Display from blinking repeatedly?

texts:
I use an Apple Thunderbolt Display with my Late 2011 Macbook Pro, and more often then not when I plug it in, one of a few video errors will occur.

The most frequent issue is that the display will blink anywhere from once every second or three, to once every 10-20 seconds. It is severely annoying, and my only solution so far is to unplug and plug the display back in until the lock screen no longer blinks. It usually takes at least twice to stop, sometimes more.

I've theorized that this is related to static buildup. I dock my Macbook Pro (clamshell mode / closed lid) into a BookArk, which is placed on a white top desk that sometimes feels staticy when brushing my hand across the surface of the desk. The display itself is on a glass desk physically separated from the opaque white-top desk.

Is there something I should do to mitigate static buildup? Or is this a symptom of some other issue?


texts: How to get info of specific iNodes inside Terminal

texts:
when I type ls -li I get all files including their iNode-id. (e.g. 19753844)

How can I now access that specific iNode (so that I see details and the data saved to that iNode)?

I just can't find a command online.


texts: How to enter passcode created with Greek characters once the Greek keyboard has been disabled?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4s with iOS 7 and I entered a passcode with Greek letters, then I removed the Greek keyboard and now my iPhone is locked. I can't unlock it because the Greek keyboard isn't there any more. Is there a way to unlock my iPhone without restoring it?

I think it would be possible if I could remotely control my iPhone on PC and enter the passcode with my PC keyboard because I have Greek letters on my PC keyboard, so is there any software for remote control without jailbreak?


texts: Is there a way to set up VIP Alert Notifications to allow the sound even when my iPhone is on silent? I want to be able to receive notification of VIP emails during the night, but do not want the bother of a notification from someone calling/texting me.


texts: Make dock appear on both screens at the same time

texts:
I have an external screen connected to my mac.

I have my Dock configured to be always displayed (not hiding it below the screen)

How do I make the Dock appear on both screens at the same time?


texts: MacBook Air won't start up, won't enter secure mode and repair in Disk Utility

texts:
Unfortunately some data was downloading and my Mac got stuck, so I forcefully power it off. After that, I couldn't enter the login screen, because the loading bar was stuck.

I tried to enter safe mode, but with no success. After that, I entered single user mode and entered some command to repair disk, but it scanned for 10 minutes and failed.

I finally managed to enter recovery/repair mode with Disk Utility (previously no disk was listed in menu), and clicked 'First Aid'. This failed after one second with something like 'invalid node'. I Googled some time and entered Terminal in recovery mode and entered this command that many people praised, but I got this:

-bash-3.2# /sbin/fsck_hfs -yprd /dev/disk0s2
/dev/rdisk0s2: starting
Unable to open block device /dev/disk0s2: Resource busyjournal_replay(/dev/disk0s2) returned 16
/dev/rdisk0s2: ** /dev/rdisk0s2 (NO WRITE ACCESS)

/dev/rdisk0s2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck_hfs MANUALLY.
-bash-3.2#


texts: Is there a shortcut key to bring up the Launch Pad on an older apple keyboard?

texts:
It's a white iMac, I think perhaps 2007 model. Here is the keyboard currently:

There is one that works for Mission Control, but not for Launch Pad.

Do you think there is a way to configure one to work?


texts: Does iChat screen sharing over the internet work in OS X Lion?

texts: If I upgrade to Lion, will I still be able to use iChat to take over my elderly father's Mac (we have MobileMe accounts) to help him with problems and software updates? I read in some forums that this is broken in Lion, but I don't know if those were isolated incidents or not. Kindly requesting that gracious Lion iChat users test this and report results here.


texts:
I haven't seen a package-management system for AppleScripts, but it seems like the foundations for one are present.

Given:

Scripts (and folder) located in the ~/Library/Scripts/Applications folder ARE NOT visible from OS X AppleScript menu.
Scripts (and folders) locate in the ~/Library/Scripts/ folder ARE visible from OS X AppleScript menu.

Implications:

'Libraries' scripts (i.e. those referenced by load script) could be located in ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/<namespace>/ folder
'Controller' scripts (i.e. those that are run by users) could be located in ~/Library/Scripts/<namespace>/ folder
An installation script could be used to compile the .applescript files, create directories, and other minutiae.
Projects would be located on Github (or similar)
All that would remain is a directory service

Questions:

Is there an AppleScript package-management system (that I've missed)?
In lieu of that, is what I've described a reasonable deployment convention?
Are there any conventions for <namespace>? Java uses reverse domain name (e.g. com.foo.project)


texts: How can I block ssh brute force attempts in OS X 10.11?

texts:
My system running OS X 10.11 is constantly getting hammered by failed ssh login attempts by bots. I'm using a secure password and the root account isn't accessible via ssh, but even so it's still a drain on CPU time and it makes me nervous.

Is there a good way I can ban IP addresses that guess the password wrong too many times while still allowing myself to ssh in? Even better if this tool has a nice GUI so I don't have to use the command line.

I tried using sshguard, but I simply cannot get it to work. There's threads in various places about it not working properly in OS X 10.10, and I haven't found any solutions.

Other places have recommended using a VPN so that outsiders can't ssh into your system, but that's not an option for me. It's important that I be able to ssh in from arbitrary systems out in the world, and setting up VPNs on them is generally not feasible.


texts: iMac wont startup and won't boot from CD

texts:
My 24" 3.06Ghz iMac will no longer fully boot. It constantly gives me the grey "Your machine needs to be restarted" half way through booting. At first I was able to boot into SuperUser mode and run an fsck which passed normally, but eventually after the constant rebooting fsk now reports:

Invalid node structure
The volume Macintosh HD could not be verified completely

I have also tried booting to my Snow Leopard install DVD but that just brings up the grey "Your machine needs to be restarted" screen.

I assume now that my HD is toast (When using another Mac, I am unable to mount it in Target disk mode), but the inability to boot to the CD tells me there is something deeper at fault here. Is there any way that I can further diagnose the problem?


texts:
I am having trouble with keeping my Contacts sync'd with my Google Apps account. In "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" there is no Contacts option:

In the contacts program, I did get it to sync by checking synchronize with Google under "On My Mac":

However, when I add a contact in Google after this it never seems to update the contacts in OS X with the new contact.


texts:
I need to create a local WLAN using my MacBook Air's built-in network card (I need an IP network on this, with the MacBook being the router and WLAN clients being able to talk to it with its respective IP, etc.).

Basically, I need to turn my MacBook Air into a hotspot. I do not need any internet access on this network. All I need is a wireless LAN.

I've been looking into the Internet Sharing feature in System Preferences → Sharing. However, I've run into the following constraints:

"Internet Sharing" will not work if I do not have another interface to share "from". E.g. I need to have an ethernet cable plugged in (and working) or something similar for Internet Sharing to agree to create a hotspot. I don't need Internet on this network, I just need a LAN.
It's not doing DHCP. When I do get the hotspot to work (with another interface present, see point above), the LAN clients get self-assigned IPs such as 169.254.203.23, so it's just not handing any IPs out. I've tried messing with /etc/bootpd.plist, but it didn't help.
I can't figure out how to enable all this mess programatically. Not only do I need to create an Internet-less WLAN with only my Wi-Fi interface and do DHCP, but this also needs to be done programatically (AppleScript, shell script, anything works). I have no clue how to do this.

So, how do I create a WLAN that:

Runs (preferably) out-of-the-box on any MacBook.
Does not need another interface to work, just my Wi-Fi interface.
Can be turned on programatically.
Does basic DHCP (I can figure this out myself, I've found a node-based dhcpd server).

I am running macOS 10.14 Mojave.


texts: How can I prove my friend stole my iPod w/o a serial number

texts:
My friend stole my iPod but I can't prove it. But he knows my account information, and I have the device on my Macbook iTunes, and the name is all of a sudden his name. Is there a way to be able to tell if he changed it or if I were to plug it in my computer would I be able to tell if it's mine?

Also is there a way I can get Apple to tell me what my iPod Touch name was in March and to see if it's the same as what he changed it to?


texts:
I have quite a few login items on my Mac, mostly Apps that I want to have idling in the background (like Tweetbot or Reeder), but that I don't use immediately. I would like to give these Apps an initial niceness of -20, since I care more about a snappy system start than Apps that I don't use right away (but still want to have started automatically with the system).
However, after some time they should automatically be reniced to 0.

Is there any way to achieve this with login items? I know that you can give launch daemons an initial niceness (but you have to manually renice them). I suppose it's also possible to write a script that sets the niceness of some Apps to -20 on system launch, but I would prefer a cleaner ans easier to maintain way to achieve this.


texts: Can I change the carrier name in the iPhone Simulator 5.0?

texts:
I found numerous instructions to set SBFakeCarrier in com.apple.springboard plist but this doesn't seem to work with iOS Simulator 5.0.

Is there any way to change the carrier name in the simulator?


texts: How to disable SMS for two factor authentication?

texts: Apple will use SMS as a fallback for two factor auth, if an authorized device is not available. Given that SMS security is a dumpster fire, this seems unwise, and I'd like to disable the feature. However, I'd still like to have a fallback if an authorized Apple device isn't available for 2FA. You'd think that's what a recovery code would be for, but I can't seem to find a path to access my Apple ID by using my recovery code instead of an authorized device.


texts: Suspicious warning about a Kernel Extension

texts:
This morning i received this warning from BlockBlock about a new kernel extension being installed. I'm running OS X 10.11.4.

I looked up on google and found out that it could be related to a blacklisted ethernet driver. I decided to allow but then i turned off the machine. Could this be some malware or it just an update from Apple?


texts: How to set up mouse second and third button?

texts:
In my office we work with mac, I used to have a regular mouse but it is not working anymore so I am now using a apple mouse.

The problem with the apple mouse is that it lacks of certains functionalities, such as right-click or middle-button drag scrolling.

I want to enable right-click on the right-click of the mouse. (I find it pretty uncomfortable to ctrl+click when I could just right click with the mouse, which has that button.) I tried setting it up in system settings -> Mouse and select secondary button, but it does not work. It is just the same as the primary button.

I also want to enable scrolling by keeping pressed the middle button of the mouse (3rd button). Can I do this?

Thanks a lot buddies.


texts: Trackpad and mouse different scrolling directions

texts:
Is it possible to have the trackpad scrolling direction different from mouse connected to the MBP?

EDIT: Found the solution, check my answer below.


texts: Boot Camp / macOS Mojave / 3 TB Fusion drive

texts:
If I replace the current 3 TB hard drive with a compatible SSD drive, will this fix the issue with being able to load and run boot camp on my 2012 iMac?

If you see the alert 'Installation cannot proceed with Boot Camp configured'


texts:
I sent a lot of files and directories from an external hard drive into the trash by mistake. All those files and directories had the same grandfather directory but not the same father directory. I can put back each item individually but can't put back when I select several items that are not sister files/directory. Note that no path has been changed since I deleted all those files and directories. Anyway, I am thinking about using Bash.

Is there a putback command in bash?


texts: Find the file that corresponds to a certain message in Mail.app?

texts:
Every message in Mail.app corresponds to a file in the filesystem (typically located somewhere here /Users/[username]/Library/Mail/V3/[account name]).

Is there an easy way to locate the corresponding file? Searching for contents (phrases) of the message does not seem to work. I want to add "Finder tags" to certain messages.


texts: iTunes is changing the number/order of tracks in an album when it loads into my iPod. I want the tracks to stay in order

texts: iTunes changes the number (and therefore) the order of tracks in an album when make a new playlist. Therefore, I cannot listen to an album in the correct order. I want the tracks to stay in order when I create a new playlist. It is worse than shuffle because the actual number of the tracks gets changed, so I cannot tell what order the tracks should be in.


texts: 2 Column Text plain text or markdown editor?

texts:
I'm looking for a text editor of some kind where it's split down the middle when editing 2 separate files.

I'm trying to translate some text and it would be helpful if I could have English and its meaning on 1 side and Spanish on the other.

Is there anything like this for OS X?


texts: Facebook and Mint Badges seem to be ignoring iOS 4 Notifications Settings

texts:
I have Badges turned off for the Facebook and Mint applications on my iPhone 4 running 4.0.2 (Settings -> Notifications -> Facebook/Mint -> Badges: OFF ). I have Alerts and Sounds turned on.

Despite the fact that badges are turned off, my Facebook and Mint applications continue to show red numerical badges on their icons.

I'd like to turn these badges off. Why are they continuing to show?


texts: How to set gcc 4.8 as default gcc compiler

texts:
I recently installed gcc 4.8 using brew on OSX 10.7.5 (Lion). I can now compile using gcc 4.8 by using

g++-4.8 some_file.c

or using the default gcc 4.2 by using

g++ some_file.c

I want to use gcc 4.8 as the default compiler for Xcode and if I type gcc at the terminal. I suppose I must alter gcc-related links within dirname $(which gcc).

When I do

ls -al $(dirname $(which gcc)) | grep 'gcc\|g++\|c++'

I get the following:

lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel         7 Jul 31 12:17 c++ -> clang++
-rwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel    909360 Nov 18  2011 c++filt
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel         5 Jul 31 12:17 clang++ -> clang
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        12 Jul 31 12:17 g++ -> llvm-g++-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        12 Jul 31 12:17 gcc -> llvm-gcc-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        28 Jul 31 12:17 gcov-4.2 -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/gcov-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        52 Jul 31 12:17 i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-g++-4.2 -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-g++-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        52 Jul 31 12:17 i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        32 Jul 31 12:17 llvm-cpp-4.2 -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-cpp-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        32 Jul 31 12:17 llvm-g++ -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-g++-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        32 Jul 31 12:17 llvm-g++-4.2 -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-g++-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        32 Jul 31 12:17 llvm-gcc -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root   wheel        32 Jul 31 12:17 llvm-gcc-4.2 -> ../llvm-gcc-4.2/bin/llvm-gcc-4.2

When I run: which gcc-4.8 I get /usr/local/bin/gcc-4.8.

Steps to get this done would be very helpful.

Please and thank you.


texts: iCloud Catch 22 - Cannot sign out of old dead Apple ID on iPads

texts:
I have two iPads, both upgraded to IOS 9.02. I can't use iCloud on either pad because I can't change the iCloud Apple ID. Here's why:

I changed the Email address of my Apple ID primary account since the old one was at my previous employer and is no longer accessible. I made this change at Apple.com.

On both pads, I had no problem changing the App and iTunes store apple ID. I can download Apps and make purchases on both pads.

When I try to change Settings|iCloud it asks me to

  Sign in to iCloud for
    Apple ID "oldemail@oldcompany.com".

Attempting to sign out brings up:

  Enter the Apple ID for the "oldemail@oldcompany.com"
  to turn off Find My iPad.

No password is acceptable here. I cannot change the Apple ID back to  since I cannot verify the email and the change doesn't take effect until verification has been completed.  I have tried changing back to the old ID get a

  Account is Locked

message on the iPad when I try to use it - probably because of the unverified address.

Catch-22.

This appears to be the same unresolved issue from last year.

As well as this one.

Apple's 'community' has been less than helpful, filled with people saying
to go to the useless Apple iForgot and other such nonsense. It would appear that others just got sick of the whole thing and quit trying.


texts: Both deleted and new audiobooks show in iTunes, but not on iPhone

texts:
Today I

finished an audiobook;
deleted the book from the iphone (i.e., did not do anything in iTunes)
used iTunes (PC) to transfer a new book to the iphone.

Neither of the books shows on the iphone, but both do show in iTunes. The new book is greyed out with dotted circles next to the chapters; the deleted book is in black.

This is an iphone X running ios 11.3.1, and has plenty of storage (50GB).

What steps do I need to take to truly delete the old book and to be able to see the new book on the iphone? (Specific steps appreciated, vs. generalizations.)


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to navigate one level up in Finder?

texts: On Windows, pressing Backspace in Explorer will navigate to the parent folder in the Explorer window. Is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut for Finder on macOS?


texts:
I started for some reason OSX's Log console and just found out someone was attacking me with ssh connexion's

I had over 500 of these messages (just the user name was chaging) in 5 minutes :

23/09/13 14:55:04,638 sshd[18830]: error: PAM: unknown user for illegal user crystal from 193.183.98.218 via 192.168.0.12

Do you know a way to get some kind of warning popup when a process sends a lot of logs like here ?


texts: Recover partitions after ‘diskutil partitionDisk’ command

texts:
I accidentally repartitioned my main storage hard drive, by using the following terminal command on it:

diskutil partitionDisk disk2 GPT JHFS+ "Canvio" 0g

The hard drive has about 3 TB of data on it, everything that I need. Is there any way to get this data back by just simply re-creating the partitions? Meaning will software out there restore the partition table? The original hard drive had two partitions: one for data and one for Time Machine backups.

I have the following software: Disk Drill and Stellar Phoenix Mac data recovery. I could scan the whole hard drive for its content copy that to a new hard drive and copy it back, but I was wondering if there is any other easier way of doing this, where the partitions can just be re-created on the same hard drive.

I am running 10.12.6

To make matters worse I just realized the drive might have also been encrypted with FileVault 2.  Any chances for recovery now?


texts: What is the difference between an "iOS App Development" certificate and an "In-House and Ad Hoc" one?

texts:
I am a member of my employer's corporate Apple account, and I am building a test app. To get it deployed, I created an "iOS App Development" certificate, after registering my device's UDID as required, and that all works fine.

Now, searching Stack Overflow and other places, I find information like to install to a second device I can just plug the new device in and copy across from XCode, without using up another of my 100 device registrations. Furthermore, an "In-House and Ad Hoc" certificate will allow me to share the app throughout the enterprise.

However, there are still a number of questions outstanding:

Does the iOS App Development certificate give me any extra rights on my registered device?
Does the iOS App Development certificate give me any extra rights on unregistered devices?
Do I actually need an iOS App Development certificate, or will an In-House and Ad Hoc one do everything I need?
Does an In-House and Ad Hoc certificate have no technical install limitations, just the legal force of the user agreement?


texts: Adding standard deviation (custom) as error bar in Numbers v3.5.3

texts:
Qn similar to How can I add custom error bars to a graph in Numbers.
I'm not able to modify and/or customize error bars even after clicking on the graphical error bars for each series as mentioned in the other post. Yes, the positive, negative boxes do free up for entry and allow for range selection of standard deviation that I've calculated for my data, but once I select the range and click on the green check mark or press enter, the selection disappears and the positive, negative values go back to the default value [10]. Any way to fix this? Any known workaround?


texts: My machine is a 13" MacBook Pro with retina display, running Sierra. When I record a screen (video with sound), the machine heats up rapidly (80 celsius in less than 1 minute of recoding).


texts: Trackpad collapsed on the right side (unusable) and very risen on the left side. Is this fixable?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro. After 4-years of use, the right side of the trackpad has completely collapsed. It can no longer be pressed. The left side has risen significantly, but is usable.

Given how a MacBook is built, is it possible to open it up, remove the battery, and maybe tighten some screws (or whatever) to level out the trackpad?

notes
MacBook Pro (13", mid-2012)
I've already opened it once to upgrade to a (256-gb SSD) and (16-gb RAM).


texts:
In previous versions of OS X a plist addition to com.apple.finder (outlined here for instance) could be used to enable select and copy in quicklook previews.

This (hidden) feature doesn't appear to work anymore in Mavericks. Any workarounds? Or is the setting merely named differently?


texts: How to get past factory-reset home screen (Hello) without a home button on iPhone 6+?

texts:
My stepdad recently ran into some issues with his iPhone, and I'm trying to fix it.

From what I understand, the home button is broken and he factory reset it and took out the sim card (as he got a new phone). The issue is that I can get it to the white Hello screen, but it wants you to press the home button to continue - and I can't.

So I connected it to iTunes to try to bypass it, however it can't actually connect to iTunes as I get the message:

"iTunes could not connect to the iPhone “iPhone” because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the iPhone before it can be used with iTunes."

But, I can't enter the passcode, as I can't get past the Hello screen.

Any ideas here? Thanks


texts: How to display a 'delete button' on the touchbar?

texts:
I recently got a new MacbookPro with the Touch Bar, I would like to add a button to the control strip that acts like a typical delete key, AKA it removes the character in front of the cursor.

Is it possible to add a delete button without paid software?


texts: How do I run the iPad simulator to test a website on my mac

texts:
I've developed a web app which is having some weird issues on iOS safari on my iPad.

I've never developed an iOS app, although I am a developer (c#) and have downloaded the latest xcode dev tools (just never got round to it).

Is there an easy way to just get the iPad sim up and start browsing the web on it on my mac?

thanks


texts:
I have an Automator Quick Action that captures a selected screen area to clipboard (I use Screenshot to capture to Preview). For my workflow I need to have both options on hotkeys.
It works well but there is an annoying dialog:
There seems to be no way to remove this in Automator, so I located the
System?Library/Automator/Take Screenshot.action
To see if I could suppress the dialog, but I can't figure out how. Anyone else attempted this?
Thanks!


texts: Can I import photos from iPad to iMac that aren't in camera roll?

texts:
I lost all data on my iMac recently, including some 1500 photos.  These photos were synced to the iPad from iPhoto on my iMac.

How can I transfer them back to my iMac since they are not in the camera roll on my iPad?


texts: How to sync video from iphone to mac without USB cable

texts:
I am at my home. I made a video 30 minutes ago on my iphone 6s. when I go to my "photos" on mac, the video is still not there.

both my iphone and mac are connected to the same wifi network. same apple id and have plenty of storage in icloud drive.

Now how do I sync this video to mac immediately? usually every photo and video I take on my iphone becomes visible in my photos application on mac. but it takes its own sweet time.

I just want to know how can I make it happen immediately.

Let's say I want to do this without physically connecting my phone to my mac with a cable.


texts:
Extremely slow build times on my new Mac Pro 28 core.   I notice 2 symptoms.    High System CPU usage (80% versus 20% user) and overall the system CPU usage doesn't seem to often get higher them 30%.

Xcode 11.3, I am using buck currently to compile (with a really high thread count)

How do I debug what is using the system cpu?    In activity monitor, nothing represents the System Usage appropriately.


texts: Automator is not able to highlight text with click and drag using "Watch Me Do.action"

texts:
I am using automator with the Watch Me Do.action to scrape text from an very old application. Everything works okay, except that when i click on text and highlight it, it wont register the highlighting of the text.

Is this not supported by the Watch Me Do.action? If not how do i solve it?


texts: Using Hauppauge HD PVR and Mac Mini to Stream Game Video

texts:
I recently acquired a Hauppauge HD PVR which my Xbox 360 is currently plugged into. I can record media from it using HD PVR Capture or use it as a TV Recorder via EyeTV. Unfortunately, I want to take the raw video stream, and hook it into something like a Justin.TV or LiveStream ProCaster for live streaming purposes, but I can't figure out how.

The PVR is not listed as a "video device" like a camera, so I cannot choose it as a video source. Since this is a MacMini, there are no registered video devices listed in any app on the Mini (say for example, iMovie's "Import From Camera" section).

How can I take the video feed going into my Mac Mini via USB, and re-use it immediately for any video-like purpose?


texts: Transfer capacity between two partitions

texts:
I have created two partitions:

System 850GB
Data 150GB

what I actually want is:

System 200GB
Data 800GB

...however, disk utility doesn't let me either merge these two partitions or transfer the size between them. All it lets me do is create more partitions and it doesn't allow merging partitions from System with partitions from Data.

Clicking on minus here does nothing:


texts: iOS app using polling to retrieve newest data

texts:
Currently we have an iOS app in development which uses polling based method to retrieve latest data from the REST API only if the app is launched by the user. It will keep polling the server periodically for 3-5 seconds when the app is active.

At the same time we are also using APNS service for push notification.

The question is: If we submit this iOS app to the App Store, will it be rejected by Apple because of using periodically polling method? Apple has suggested the right way is to use APNS for status update in background.


texts:
I have a webserver running on a MBA at port 4431 and I want to access through my local network.

But web sharing uses port 80 by default and I can't access to my_mba_ip:4431

Can I add ports to web sharing? I found this old, old post (Changing the OS X Web Server Port) where seems the solution to my problem, but I don't know how to do that in Lion :(


texts: How to get back the missing monitor option in High Sierra's menubar?

texts:
When plugging in an external monitor on my MacBook-pro Sierra I could set the monitor options to show up on the menu bar. That works like a charm.

Since the upgrade to High Sierra, I am not able to get this option again.

I connect an HDMI monitor via Apple Adapter to USB-C and I am unable to find a way to enable this option.

Other colleagues don't have this issue with exactly the same setup.


texts: i think my harddrive died? did an internet recovery, whats the status of my computer? can't restore from backup until i get home

texts:
so for some reason my 2011 MBP died on my way to work this morning? when i got in and booted it up, it froze. i restarted it and got a flashing folder with a question mark on it.

what does this mean exactly? how could this happen? i was literally just using it last night before i went to sleep, and then it was doing this when i woke up.

so i read some stuff online and did an internet recovery, which i've never done before. now it's at a disk utility page asking me to choose a method to restore. i want to restore from an old Time Machine backup I have, but that's back at my apartment. is it safe to put it to sleep on this screen until i get home?

sorry for this, i'm very confused and frustrated as to why this just happened. and my backup is old and i don't know if i backed up any system settings so i don't know if that will even work.

Anyway...

What could have caused this? What does that error even mean?
What is the current status of my computer? Is everything wiped from my HDD?
Is is safe to leave it sleeping on the Disc Utility until I get home?
Can I restore from Time Machine if I didn't backup system settings?

i'm really anxious at work right now, and any insights would be really helpful right now.

thanks

UPDATE:

if anyone comes across this in the future, here's an update.

my harddrive was fine, the cable between the logic board and the HDD was dead. i took it to the apple store, and they were very nice and understanding and replaced it right there for $18.


texts:
I'm looking for a way to add a printer to my MacBook that prints using the lpr command on a remote server. I have passwordless logins set up, and I found a script that appears to do what I need it to: SSH-LPR Backend for CUPS. The only problem is setting it up.

I figured out that on Mac, /usr/lib/cups/backend is actually /usr/libexec/cups/backend, and I added, and chmod'd the sshlpr script to that folder.

Then I went to http://localhost:631/ after cupsctl WebInterface=yes, but I don't see an option to add an SSH-LPR printer.

What do I do next?


texts: iPhone rings once and phone is open to caller

texts:
My iPhone rings once and the caller is there. How do I make it ring until I answer it?
I’ve tried looking for a solution in settings.


texts: Permanently Dismiss "New iCloud Terms and Conditions" on MacOS High Sierra

texts: I don't use and don't plan on ever using iCloud. I'm not sure I even remember the password for my account. Apple keeps popping up the "New iCloud Terms and Conditions" notification on my mac and I have been clicking it every day and the immediately quitting system preferences. There must be a better way to remove it. I can't drag it away and there is no "later" option.


texts: Trying to install Boot Camp Drivers on MacBook2,1 for Windows XP

texts: I am trying to install Boot Camp Drivers for windows XP on a Late 2006 MacBook (MacBook2,1) but i cannot find any drivers for it. Could you help me find some?


texts:
I've some question about uninstalling Anaconda from macOS Big Sur. I was wondering if someone can please help me figure it our what to do.
I followed the instruction on the official website (https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/) plus some other guides, but I'm note an expert and I didn't reach my goal.  That's what I did:
1) conda install anaconda-clean
2) anaconda-clean --yes
3) rm -rf ~/.condarc ~/.conda ~/.continuum
4) rm -rf ~/anaconda
5) conda remove -n myenv scipy
                         *PackagesNotFoundError
6) conda remove scipy
7) conda remove scipy curl
                         *PackagesNotFoundError
8) rm -rf ~/anaconda3
9) rm -rf ~/.anaconda_backup
10) export PATH=”/Users/MYUSERNAME/anaconda3/bin:$PATH

At the end I've deleted the application throwing it in the trash and emptying it.

I'm not sure I did the right steps, maybe you can give me some advice. However, I didn't delete everything because I have still a folder in /opt path, /opt/anaconda3. I'm sure another folder was in /user/MYNAME, but I think I've deleted it, because I can't see it anymore, even in the hidden folders.
Then, if I run
conda list

lots of other packages are still available:
# packages in environment at /opt/anaconda3:
#
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
_ipyw_jlab_nb_ext_conf    0.1.0                    py37_0
anaconda-clean            1.1.0            py37hecd8cb5_1
anaconda-client           1.7.2                    py37_0
[...]
zlib                      1.2.11               h1de35cc_3
zstd                      1.4.5                h41d2c2f_0

Also, conda still run in my terminal as I see (base) every time I open it, here an example:
(base) MYUSERNAME@MacBook ~ %

I also post the content inside .bash_profil, because maybe It can be related with "my terminal (base) problem":
# >>> conda initialize >>>
# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
__conda_setup="$('/opt/anaconda3/bin/conda' 'shell.bash' 'hook' 2> /dev/null)"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    eval "$__conda_setup"
else
    if [ -f "/opt/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then
        . "/opt/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
    else
        export PATH="/opt/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
    fi
fi
unset __conda_setup
# <<< conda initialize <<<

I just wanted delete all the packages and files related to Anaconda.
Thanks in advance


texts: How to debug AppleScript error: "Expected “*)” but found end of script."

texts:
I am going mad trying to fix the following error in my AppleScript code:

What this error means is that I have opened a comment somewhere in the code with a (* but I have forgot to close it with a *).

The code contains over 4000 lines and hundreds of comments. I have looked through the code for hours trying to find this missing closure but I cannot find it.

Is there some method or application that can inform me of the exact line of the code that is responsible for the error?


texts: I accidentally deleted all my photos in iPhoto on my Mac

texts: I did not empty the trash. How can I get these photos back?


texts: Can't start Xcode - stuck on installing state

texts:
I was trying to upgrade Xcode because it didn't let me upload to apps to iTunes Connect.

Now it's stuck in installing state (few hours) and doesn't start:

Xcode is being updated
Xcode can not be opened while it is being updated.

what do to?


texts: Is it possible to play youtube video in safari browser on WiFi in iOS devices?

texts:
I have a query regarding playing you tube videos in iOS devices (like iphone,ipad).I can able to play youtube videos in safari browser in iphone on 3G data connection but can not play the same video on WiFi.

I am facing the same issue in the youtube iOS application also. Is it possible to play youtube video on WiFi in iOS devices ? Please help me to fix this issue.

Please refer this stackoverflow question also for the same issue.


texts: Why does my MacBook Pro macOS 10.14.1 system storage oscillate so drastically (75 GB to 150 GB)?

texts:
As question says, I have an older MacBook Pro (purchased 2013) running macOS 10.14.1. My computer has 500 GB of storage space. My free space lately has been oscillating between 5 GB and 75 GB because the system storage is oscillating between 80 GB and 150 GB.

What is going on in system storage that's causing it to oscillate so drastically, and how do I stop it from doing that? Already once it started to prevent me from saving things because it said there wasn't enough space available, and then after I restarted and waited about an hour, I was back up to 75 GB of free space. It sometimes oscillates back and forth multiple times per day.


texts: Error starting apache httpd-2.4.4 configured with mod_jk

texts:
I'm trying to configure mod_jk with httpd-2.4.4 and getting the below error when starting apache.

httpd: Syntax error on line 500 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
Syntax error on line 2 of /usr/local/apache/conf/other/httpd-mine.conf:
    Cannot load /usr/libexec/apache2/mod_jk.so into server:
        dlopen(/usr/libexec/apache2/mod_jk.so, 10):
    Symbol not found:
        _ap_log_error\n  Referenced from: /usr/libexec/apache2/mod_jk.so
        Expected in: flat namespace\n in /usr/libexec/apache2/mod_jk.so

How can I fix this?

I'm on OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)

I compiled httpd and mod_jk from the source and both the build went fine.

Here's how I built and the conf info.:

# compile instructions for httpd
# apr, apr-util in srclib/
httpd-2.4.4$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --with-included-apr --with-  pcre=/usr/local
httpd-2.4.4$ make
httpd-2.4.4$ sudo make install

# compile instructions for mod_jk
tomcat-connectors-1.2.37-src$ cd native
native$ ./configure CFLAGS='-arch x86_64' APXSLDFLAGS='-arch x86_64' --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
native$ make
native$ sudo make install

#Content of /usr/local/apache/conf/other/httpd-mine.conf
NameVirtualHost *:80
LoadModule jk_module /usr/libexec/apache2/mod_jk.so


texts: Clone whole partitioning scheme to smaller disk

texts:
I have the following on my secondary disk. As I am not satisfied with it I would like to clone everything to the other one which is smaller unfortunately.

/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Clone                   120.5 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Data                    578.7 GB   disk2s3
   4:          Apple_CoreStorage                         49.4 GB    disk2s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk2s5
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Yosemite HD            *48.7 GB    disk3

I would like to clone the whole thing except making the disk2s3 (Data) smaller to compensate for the smaller drive.

Can this be done?


texts: My phone numbers in my favorite list now shows no names?

texts: Under my "favorites" tab it now only shows phone numbers with no contacts name.