texts: How to switch off sharing of history between iTerm2 tabs when setopt command not found

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I am experiencing the same problem as in this question: The history is shared between my iTerm2 terminal tabs: how can I switch that off?. As the user describes, my history is shared between different tabs and windows in iTerm2, which is very annoying.

I cannot use the solution suggested to the linked question, as I cannot use the setopt command:

-bash: setopt: command not found

I am using iTerm2 Build 3.0.12 on OS X El Capitan, 10.11.6 and GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin15) and tmux 2.3.
When I start only tmux, I am also getting the following error message:

tmux
-bash: iterm2_preexec_invoke_cmd: command not found

Deleting my iTerm2 profile/User Settings and starting with a "fresh", non-customized iTerm2 didn't help.

Does one of you maybe have an idea what I could try?
Thanks!

Edit:

Here is the output of shopt -p | grep histappend:

$ shopt -p | grep histappend
shopt -u histappend

and echo $PROMPT_COMMAND

$ echo $PROMPT_COMMAND
history -a; history -c; history -r; date | xargs echo -n >>~/.bash_history_workingdir; echo -n ' - ' >>~/.bash_history_workingdir; pwd | xargs echo -n >>~/.bash_history_workingdir; echo -n ' - ' >>~/.bash_history_workingdir; tail -n 1 /Users/tabea/.bash_eternal_history >>~/.bash_history_workingdir; iterm2_preexec_invoke_cmd

My output for $PROMPT_COMMAND looks so long, since I changed the default behaviour of the history command, in order to keep an "eternal" bash history (based on this answer). I never suspected that this could cause the weird shared-history-in-iTerm-behaviour, since I have had this in my ~/.bashrc already before the problem started.

The relevant part of my ~/.bashrc looks like this:

##########################################################
# Eternal bash history.
# ---------------------
# Undocumented feature which sets the size to "unlimited".
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9457233/unlimited-bash-history
export HISTFILESIZE=
export HISTSIZE=
export HISTTIMEFORMAT="[%F %T] "
# Change the file location because certain bash sessions truncate .bash_history file upon close.
# http://superuser.com/questions/575479/bash-history-truncated-to-500-lines-on-each-login
export HISTFILE=~/.bash_eternal_history
# Force prompt to write history after every command.
# http://superuser.com/questions/20900/bash-history-loss

export CUSTOM_HISTFILE="~/.bash_history_workingdir" #path of the new history file
export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -r; date | xargs echo -n >>$CUSTOM_HISTFILE; echo -n ' - ' >>$CUSTOM_HISTFILE; pwd | xargs echo -n >>$CUSTOM_HISTFILE; echo -n ' - ' >>$CUSTOM_HISTFILE; tail -n 1 $HISTFILE >>$CUSTOM_HISTFILE; $PROMPT_COMMAND"


texts: Is there a way to start a specific application with a keyboard short cut?

texts: Sort of like the Windows+R command in the windows world?  That actually just lets you run a command but you get the idea.


texts: Why aren't all calendars showing up in reminders

texts:
When I create a reminder in iCal on Mac OS 10.7 and try to assign a calendar to it then not all calendars seem show up.

Is this normal?


texts: What are the maximum temperatures for my MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have this MacBook Pro (3,1). I know there are maximum temperatures at which the system will shut itself down in order to prevent damage. I know this because I have seen it happen a couple of times

When I run Windows, apparently the OS doesn't care to throttle power in order to reduce dangerous heat like Mac OS X does. I now have a program that monitors CPU and GPU heat when I run Windows 7, and it will sound an alarm if they reach a pre-set ceiling.

My question is, how do I know what the emergency shutdown temperature is so I can set the alarm limit appropriately (low enough to trigger before catastrophe, but high enough that it doesn't trigger when things are still okay)?

This page from Intel seems to be telling me that the CPU should not go above 100°C ...does that seem like the number I'm looking for?

Nvidia doesn't seem to say anything about temperatures on the product page. User forums seem only to speculate on what is or isn't safe with no real specifications to back them up.

How can I find these numbers, either from Intel & Nvidia, or from Apple? Or, is there a general ceiling that I can go by to make sure my alarm warns me before an emergency shutdown?


texts: iOS data usage specifics - iTunes Accounts

texts:
I'm trying to find out what does "iTunes Accounts" traffic stands for on iOS, since it has gobbled 850MB on cellular data in 13 days.
I have iTunes Match on but have disabled the Music app to access data on cellular networks.
I'm on iOS 8.3 since today, data was consumed on 8.2.


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Regularly while sleeping my Mac wakes up and i'd like to know if there is some kind of log of what trigged the waking. (Mouse click ? Keyboard ? WOL Magic Packet ? Something else ?)

I'm on late 2012 iMac with 10.8.3

PS: "Wake for network access" is enabled.


texts: I thought you could go back to see entire history of texting from/between each person, any person. A couple of times I have seen back farther but usually not (am only looking to research one person at the moment). How do I get to the origin of that contact/trail and see them all with that particular person?


texts: Make Dropbox app upload in background without having to open every 10 minutes

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Is there any kind of workaround to get Dropbox on iPhone iOS to work as well as it does on Android?

Installing Dropbox on the iPhone requires manually triggering the upload process instead of it running itself in the background. Dropbox only runs for about 10 minutes every time you open the app or change location. If you rarely change location then it might as well be manual upload only. In my situation I rarely change location for days and even a week or two at a time. I might take as many as thirty photos, but they will only start uploading when I open the app, and they will only continue uploading for 10 minutes.

In addition to that, it seems to hang for no reason at every tenth photo or so (which might be a different issue, but please address it if you have ideas). The final result is a lot more annoyance than it's worth.

On Android, I installed Dropbox, set it up, then I never opened it again for nearly a year and it worked flawlessly.

How can I get the iOS version of Dropbox to work like it does on Android?


texts: Are updates available for Maps on the iPhone 6s plus

texts: Maps for my area has not been updated and is missing some major highway additions.  I'm currently using Google as a substitute but its not as integrated into iOS.


texts: App Store on High Sierra suggests Mojave-only updates

texts:
I'm currently on macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and I've just received three update notifications from the Mac App Store:

Keynote 8.2 update
Numbers 5.2 update, and
Pages 7.2 update

All of them are marked with Requires macOS Mojave and iOS 12 note - and when I try to Update any of them or all at once, nothing happens (I've tried to reboot the OS already). I want to stick to macOS High Sierra for now, and as far as I know, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 will be supported for quite a long period of time, same as all previous macOS versions in the past.

Do these macOS Mojave only updates suggest that any further iWork office suite updates will support only the latest, upcoming macOS Mojave? How about security and other bug fixes then? What if one wants to stick to macOS High Sierra until its end-of-life but keep all their apps (including iWork) up-to-date (at least when it comes to bug fixes, not necessarily new features)?

Is is possible to mark these updates as ignored, but still receive any bug-fixing updates e.g. for Numbers 5.1? Does Apple even support its office suite for anything but their newest OS version?


texts: Is there a way to export my highlighted bookmarks in iBooks?

texts:
I don't see any native functionality to export highlighted notes made from within iBooks

Is there a third-party tool that will allow this?


texts:
Is there a way in Xcode 5 to consolidate the console pane/view/area between tabs into a single console?

I have multiple tabs open, each for a source file I am editing.  Every time I run the app from a different tab I have to adjust the console in that tab.  It's annoying.  Any suggestions?


texts: How does macOS allow Standard users to ping

texts:
I've got a pretty deep question here that I hope someone can answer.  In macOS, regular users can ping as well as root.  Normally, root access is required to open the raw socket necessary to run ping.  I've noticed on Linux that this usually accomplished by adding extended attributes to the ping program file to allow root-level access for opening raw sockets (in the past, this was done by just setting the setuid bit on the ping program, allowing it to do anything in its programming as root).

I've looked at /sbin/ping on macOS (High Sierra, specifically), and no such attributes are set, and neither is setuid.  So what is macOS doing to allow Standard (non-root) users to ping?  Are they sending ICMP packets over TCP or UDP?  If so (or if there's another mechanism I'm just missing entirely), can you point me to some docs?  Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Downloaded an app from App Store but it never appeared on my iPod touch

texts:
I was downloading Clash of Clans. I clicked the download button and it did everything normal. But when it finished, the app never showed up on my iPod touch. So then, I decided to delete it and try again, but there was no deleting option that I could find.

Can anyone help me?


texts: Spotlight search still searchs when not selected

texts: Why does my iPhone 5c save deleted emails and messages and displays them when spotlight search is turn on. There doesn't seem to be any way to delete them other than to reset and use backup to restore.


texts: tree command shown Chinese character as unicode

texts:
(env) ➜  zhuaxia git:(master) ✗ tree /tmp/test
/tmp/test
└── 谢211220_3_8
    ├── album_description.txt
    ├── cover.jpg
    ├── 谢211220;210\230浩231_3_8.mp3
    └── 谢211220_3_8.mp3

(env) ➜  zhuaxia git:(master) ✗ ls /tmp/test
谢安琪_3_8

Using tree command, some Chinese character is displayed as Unicode, but ls is OK.


texts: Can system logs tell me when I closed my Macbook?

texts:
I'm trying to figure out how late I've been working for the last few months.

Normally my old line manager would not have given me time in lieu. However she was fired last week and I now stand a chance of getting some time back from the company.

The best measurement of when I stop work is when I last close my macbook each day. Could I find this out from the sys logs?


texts:
Yesterday I noticed that my 85W MagSafe adapter had stopped working.

I usually leave it plugged in constantly to my MacBook Pro (but not constantly on at the switch).

The LED on the plug that connects to the MacBook Pro no longer lights up (I don't get any colour light whatsoever).

Apple are sending a replacement adapter out in the post but that will take 3 days so I was wondering if there are any secrets that could get it back working in the meantime?

So far I've tried leaving it unplugged and then using another plug as per a post I read online about some sort of 'automatic protection' but that didn't work either.


texts: AppleScript Save As Dialog in Safari Reader Save As PDF

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I have an AppleScript to open move a Safari webpage into Reader view and then to Save As a PDF.

I would like it to Save As the PDF with default filename, but always in the same specific location. I'm not sure how to do this.

Currently the AppleScript runs as:

tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Safari"
    set frontmost to true

    repeat until window 1 exists
    end repeat

    # Render page in Safari Reader
    keystroke "r" using {command down, shift down}

    delay 0.02

    -- Print; wait until the sheet is visible
    click menu item "Print…" of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1

    repeat until sheet 1 of window 1 exists
    end repeat

    set thePopUp to first pop up button of sheet 1 of window 1 whose description is "Presets"
    click thePopUp
    click menu item "Default Settings" of menu 1 of thePopUp --replace if desired with your preferred preset

    click menu button "PDF" of sheet 1 of window 1
    click menu item "Save as PDF…" of menu 1 of menu button "PDF" of sheet 1 of window 1 -- Save as PDF...
    tell application "Finder"
        set filesavepath to "/Users/Ariel/Google Drive/To print"
    end tell
end tell

The final bits of the AppleScript, from 'tell application finder' do not actually make the Page save in my desired location. Please could you help me to this. Thank you for any help.


texts: Dark mode not appearing as an option on ipad, how to make it appear?

texts:
I wanted to use dark mode on my ipad.
I tried the standard suggestion (based of this):

Setting | Display & Control

then there should be a nice picture to toggle dark mode. The option is not there.
I found a different option from this webpage to go to:

Setting | Control Center | Customize Controls

then they claim there should be an option for dark mode, but it's not there.
Thus, I am unsure what to do. I've restarted the ipad and tried updating but the update option is not there.
Why is it not working?

Perhaps some info of my ipad specs might help?
Software Version: 12.4.6
Model Name: iPad air
Model Number: ME898LL/A


texts:
Let me tell the story from the beginning: I installed Big Sur on an unsupported Mac using guidelines at Medium. In the guide it was stated that I should create a separate partition for Big Sur, and shouldn't install it on my current one. I had my SSD Called "Macintosh SSD" and later I created a partition named "Macintosh SSD Big Sur" of size 40GBs. After installation I wanted to clear the "Macintosh SSD" of size 80GBs(with old MacOS) and merge it with the new "Macintosh SSD Big Sur".
This is what I initially had after formatting partition with the old MacOS

So, I used the command sudo diskutil apfs deleteContainer disk3 after which I had (free space) in /dev/disk1

I want to extend that 39.6GB partition which free space of 80,1GB but all the commands I googled do not work:((
Could you please guide me on what I should do now?
Thank you in advance!


texts: iMovie file export swaps '/' and ':' in the filename

texts:
When I export my iMovie project to an mp4

File > Share > File (iirc)

And name it "Tacos w/ John" for example, the file created is "Tacos w: John.mp4"

But if I name it "PROJECT: Yi", it saves to "PROJECT/ Yi.mp4"

Why?


texts: Calendar keeps losing custom event to launch a program. Is this a bug?

texts:
I had a daily event set up in calendar that runs a particular program.  Recently it stopped running this (possibly after an upgrade?).  Took me a few days or weeks to notice (because it happens automatically).  I go into the event and see no alert is set.

I create a new event and add my custom alert to open a file that is a program:

and then when I click back into the event I can see that no alert is present!

Is this a new bug or am I doing something wrong?

I am on OSX El Capitan 10.11.5 and Calendar Version 8.0 (2092.3).


texts: helpd uses 100% CPU after installing any application with documentation

texts:
I see that after installing a software that ships with documentation in OS X’s help document format, the helpd process uses 100% CPU for up to 5 minutes or so. I also see this when you first install OS X.

I assume this happens because of indexing of the new documentation that was added by the new application.

Is there a way to make this indexing a bit less resource intensive?

Slow it down, maybe?
When it happens, my system just crawls to a halt until it is finished.

Have anyone else experience the same problem?


texts: Create a symbolic link to desktop and documents folder in iCloud Drive

texts: Is it possible to use iCloud drive like Dropbox? What I want to do is create a symbolic link to Desktop, Documents and perhaps my Downloads folder in iCloud Drive, similar to how I'd do it in Dropbox. I don't want to use the 'Desktop and Documents' setting in iCloud. It does some weird stuff with my Desktop and Documents folder locally.


texts: Why an AVI video file cannot be imported to iMovie?

texts:
I'm using iMovie and try to import a .avi file, 730.5MB. But iMovie keeps saying that "None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again."

Small .avi files created by my camera are able to be imported, but the 730.5MB one cannot, which was downloaded from Internet. Why can't it be imported? Is it because of its size too large?


texts: Mail.app smart mailbox "match any" problem

texts:
Anyone know why this doesn't work?
If I remove either of the rules I get emails but never if I have both.


texts: Best All-In-One Printer (not for photos)

texts:
I need to replace my HP Office Jet 4620 printer. I would like to solicit some recommendations for a new one.
Not necessarily HP.
Won't be used for photos (maybe 1% of the time).
Will be using printing, scanning and copying.
Prefer lower paper feed and output tray to fit into short space, although I could move the printer to a new location for a top loader.
2-sided printing.


texts: Why do I have to say "lights outlet" instead of "lights" *sometimes* when telling Siri to turn on/off the lights?

texts:
There are periods of time (like a week or two) that happens maybe every 1-3 months where when I ask Siri to turn on or off a device plugged into an outlet, I have to use the word "outlet" when I specify the device's name, e.g. "Turn on the lights outlet".  If I don't specify "outlet", Siri says "Sorry, I wasn't able to find anything like that this time".  The rest of the time, "Turn on the lights" is sufficient.

I'm looking for a technical explanation, because I'm using Siri with HAP-Node.js via both/either Homebridge or Node Red.  I'm not interested in answers saying its unsupported.  However, I would be interested to hear in the comments if anyone has ever encountered this issue using a supported homekit setup.

The consensus on the homebridge github issue is that this is a bug in Apple's software, but no one can explain it.  The evidence that it's an issue with apple is that some iOS devices experience the issue while others do not.  There are temporary solutions that work, such as renaming the device or going through some config removal, etc., but the issue recurs.


texts: Where are my old (previous) iCloud files after upgrading to OS X 10.10 Yosemite Beta 1?

texts:
I previously had about 200 .txt files saved in iCloud via TextEdit.

After installing the Yosemite (10.10) Beta, there is now a folder hierarchie in iCloud, and all my previous files seem to have disappeared.

I have looked in /Library/Mobile Documents -- they're not there.

To be clear, I'm not complaining! I'd just like to find a way to import my previous iCloud files into the new iCloud.

[edit] I have also tried showing hidden files and looking through the Library with no success.


texts: How to see root user processes in Activity Monitor?

texts:
I am wondering how to show the root user processes in Activity Monitor. On my mac, my personal user and root user show up, but on my sister's mac, only her personal user processes show up in Activity Monitor. How do I also show the root user in Activity Monitor in addition to other users' processes?

Below are the pictures of my computer and my sister's Activity Monitor. The dark one is mine with the root user (and other users not shown), and the light one is my sister's, without root user.


texts: Way to move all non photos and video out of photos library

texts:
I have a photos library.

Somehow the library has unsupported file types in it. These files to not show up in the photos app.

I am looking for a way to move these files out of the library.

An example of this would be if I drop a .txt file in the library.

My concern is that I may merge many libraries and loose files along the way.

Is there anyway to move all unsupported files from photos? Ideally using terminal.


texts:
I'm receiving time to time the notifications as shown on this screenshot.

The notifications are on the top right of my screen.

I can't understand the origin of these notifications thus I don't know to disable them.

What are they and how to disable them?


texts: How do I launch Play-in-window from AppleScript

texts: I'd like automatically launch Keynote's "Play->Play slideshow in window" feature. There's no predefined shortcut. Can that be done from AppleScript? How? Thanks.


texts: In my google chrome for mac, CMD + Shift + r to reload the current webpage does not work?

texts:
This Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts support page, in the Mac > Webpage shortcuts section, indicates:

  Reload your current page, ignoring cached content:    ⌘ + Shift + r

But that keyboard shortcut does not work for me, my mac only beeps when I press those buttons.

⌘ + r works as expected, but ⌘ + Shift + r only beeps.

I'm lost how to fix this. Any ideas?


texts: My iPod Nano seems to have been lost in post! How do I contact Apple?

texts: I posted my iPod Nano to Apple two weeks ago, under their replacement service, but the "check repair status" says that they still haven't received it. Does anyone know a number or an email address I can use to chase this up?


texts: Is it possible to run 3+ versions of Google Chrome?

texts:
How might I run 3+ versions of google chrome so I can log into to 2 different google accounts.

More specifically I am looking to have separate icons in the dock for the 3 separate running applications.

How might I run duplicate and or copy versions of the same application.  The following linked question on SuperUser by Mark works for a lot of applications but not for Google Chrome.

It appears the following might work link.


texts: How do I find out more about an installed iOS app that's been de-listed from the store?

texts:
I just discovered a pretty shady-looking app on my kids' iPad (just says "Free Video" under the icon?).  I don't think they should be able to install apps, given the way I have permissions set up, but I could be wrong if the app is free.  I'll worry about that later.  I just want to know more about it.

My first thought was to look at the App Store entry for the app -- it's not a jailbroken device, so it must have been installed through the Store, right? -- but I can't find it by searching my Purchases section, nor by searching "Free Video" in the main store.  I thought perhaps it had been on the store, then got de-listed.

It's still installed.  Is there any way to bring up the Store page for an arbitrary installed app?  Alternately, is there a standard way to find out more about an installed app e.g. through settings -- when it was installed and how, who published it, etc?


texts: Prevent Maps from changing modes of direction

texts:
I was riding my bicycle downtown today listening to music and directions from my phone through my headphones.  Since I was riding my bike I wanted walking directions but any time I started picking up speed on the bike my phone would chirp "continuing with driving directions" and the next thing I know it's got me riding loops around streets that would be necessary if I were driving but were completely stupid and unnecessary for me on my bicycle.  Or once it even took me several blocks out of the way before I realized it was trying to put me on the freeway.  Very irritating.

Ultimately I realized that I wouldn't have this problem using the Google Maps app but ideally I'd like to be able to use the Apple Maps app without it trying to be smart and changing my directions mid path.  If I pick walking directions stay on walking directions. Can this be done?


texts: Reminders app not showing in Location Services

texts:
My first iPhone is the XS, it’s up to date with the latest iOS 13. I want location based reminders (remind me when I get to work...) but I need to allow Reminders to access my location. However, Reminders doesn’t show up under the location services settings screen!

Attached is a snippet of my location settings. Any ideas what is wrong here? I have deleted and reinstalled the app.


texts: macOS Sierra: Pulse Secure Client client broken

texts:
Upgraded to macOS Sierra and found that the Pulse Secure Client is broken on the new OS.

Exception Name: NSInvalidArgumentException
Description: *** -[NSThread initWithTarget:selector:object:]: target does not implement selector (*** -[ConsoleAppDelegate scriptRunningProc])
User Info: (null)

0   CoreFoundation                      0x9467521b __raiseError + 187
1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x9ed086e6 objc_exception_throw + 273
2   CoreFoundation                      0x94675135 +[NSException raise:format:] + 133
3   Foundation                          0x95c39441 -[NSThread initWithTarget:selector:object:] + 134
4   Foundation                          0x95c3938f +[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:toTarget:withObject:] + 66
5   Junos Pulse                         0x000363b3 -[ConsoleAppDelegate applicationDidFinishLaunching:] + 182
6   Foundation                          0x95c53ad8 __57-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_2 + 32
7   CoreFoundation                      0x94576934 __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 20
8   CoreFoundation                      0x94576824 _CFXRegistrationPost + 452
9   CoreFoundation                      0x94576576 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke + 54
10  CoreFoundation                      0x94534843 -[_CFXNotificationRegistrar find:object:observer:enumerator:] + 1699
11  CoreFoundation                      0x9453367d _CFXNotificationPost + 637
12  Foundation                          0x95c0e8e4 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 71
13  AppKit                              0x926ad513 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 336
14  AppKit                              0x926ad243 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 232
15  AppKit                              0x925788c2 _DPSNextEvent + 2268
16  AppKit                              0x92c76ce9 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 1423
17  AppKit                              0x92c76752 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 132
18  AppKit                              0x9256d17a -[NSApplication run] + 943
19  AppKit                              0x9253a299 NSApplicationMain + 1368
20  libdyld.dylib                       0x9f55a3b5 start + 1

If you use Pulse Secure Client on a Mac let me know how can this be resolved on Sierra.


texts: How do I completely ignore a wireless connection?

texts:
I've removed a wifi ssid from the remembered connections list, but I would like to go one further and disable it from appearing in the wifi drop down list (after clicking on the wireless icon on the menu bar).

Can this be done? I don't want the computer user to be able to click it and switch to it again (this particular connection doesn't require a password and it is not connected to the internet). Thanks!


texts: Stopping "wants to make changes" password prompts on secondary account when performing admin tasks

texts:
I have a secondary user account that I use for work. Both my primary account and this one are set to Admin.

When installing software updates (and in other instances that require higher privileges) while logged in on my secondary account, macOS will ask me for my secondary account's password.

This does not happen on my primary account, and I wish for it to stop happening on my secondary account too.

How can I make macOS stop asking for my secondary account's password every time a change needs to be made?


texts: Use PGP domain key for email encryption in Apple Mail

texts:
I want to send a PGP encrypted email to someone let's say has the email address

john.doe@example.com

The company provides a so called domain key for all email adresses that end on @example.com. I have imported this key, yet it is registered for everybody@example.com which does not allow me to select this key for john.doe@example.com.

Any help is appreciated!


texts: How to run Windows on MacBook after installing it using Boot Camp Assistant?

texts:
The following things I've done so far:

Download the ISO image of Windows from Microsoft.
Using Boot Camp Assistant I successfully installed Windows 10 on my MacBook.
Windows is running perfectly.
While in Windows there is Boot Camp Control Panel to restart the MacBook using OS X.
Now I am running OS X.

The question is:

How can I restart the MacBook to run Windows from OS X?


texts: I recently updated to Mavericks OS of my MacBook Pro 13" inch which was bought on October 2012. I am having blue colored lines and strange shapes all over the display. I dont know whether its hardware or software issue. The following images will reveal my issue.


texts: How to remap keyboard shortcut on non-English keyboard to work as on US English keyboard with Karabiner

texts:
For a MacOS app I use (Notion), I wish to toggle the sidebar via the app-designated keyboard shortcut ⌘ + \. This shortcut works fine on US English keyboard layouts, but not on the Swedish keyboard I'm using.
The key that is reserved for \ (next to Return) on US English keyboards, instead types ' on Swedish keyboards.
I presumed that Karabiner-Elements could potentially solve this problem by remapping the shortcuts.
However, when inspecting Karabiner-EventViewer, it shows that pressing ' appears as \ in the event log:

type:key_down        code:49         name:backslash       misc:
type:key_up          code:49         name:backslash       misc:

If Karabiner-Elements interprets the key ' as \, then it would seem I'm out of luck to remap these keys, since I'm assuming the script would essentially build on being able to discern between these two keys.
I'm not experienced with Karabiner, but below is roughly how I intended to solve the problem using a Complex Modification in karabiner.json. Please note that I have copied bits from other sources and adapted them – I don't know if the structure and options are correct as they are untested.
As you can see, it probably doesn't make sense to rebind from "key_code":"backslash" to "key_code":"backslash".
{
   "manipulators":[
      {
         "description":"Notion: Remap CMD + ' to CMD + Backslash",
         "from":{
            "key_code":"backslash",
            "modifiers":{
               "mandatory":[
                  "right_command"
               ]
            }
         },
         "to":[
            {
               "key_code":"backslash",
               "modifiers":[
                  "right_command"
               ]
            }
         ],
         "conditions":[
            {
               "type":"frontmost_application_if",
               "bundle_identifiers":[
                  "^notion.id"
               ]
            }
         ],
         "type":"basic"
      }
   ]
}

How can I solve this problem? Can Karabiner-elements be made to accurately interpret ' in its EventViewing capacity, or can I use some key designation in the JSON specific to '? Or use some other solution entirely?


texts: Can there be different passwords for the same account that prompts a certain reaction from Applescript?

texts: Can I set two passwords for the same user account so if one password is entered the computer opens up normally, and if another password is entered, Applescript locks certain applications from opening? I have a macbook that is often used by other people, and I would like to be able to give them access to only certain parts of my laptop,  not all of it


texts: How to force a Mac to restart without pressing the power key?

texts:
The Finder was not responding, so I control+click'd the Finder icon on the Dock and chose Relaunch… except that it didn't relaunch.
Activity Monitor happened to be visible and I could see that it listed Finder (including the PID) and showed it as "Not Responding."
I was in iTerm, so I tried killall Finder and was told "No processes belonging to you were found" (or words to that effect).
I tried to send "kill" to the PID I could see for Finder, and was told there was no such PID. This led me to assume that the WindowServer was not showing accurate information anymore.
I tried sudo killall -HUP WindowServer which made the entire GUI go away, and left me with a black screen and some white letters on it (not the panic screen, more like console log messages).
The message was:

Sep 27 17:17:23 Pro kernel[0]: V1.4.0: TrustedData_driver_VendorSpecificType00::vendorSpecificPassThroughIn(): SendCommand failed, task not complete, serviceResponse = 1, TaskStatus: 2
Sep 27 17:17:23 Pro kernel[0]: V1.4.0: TrustedData_UserClient_SCSIType00::vendorSpecificPassThroughIn() returning failure from driver: 3758097084

So now I have a black screen, but and I can type but it has no effect (the letters appear on the screen, but don't actually execute. I've tried control-C and control-Z to no avail.
I can ssh into it from my other Mac.
Of course my first step was sudo shutdown -r now which sent out the notice that the system was going to shutdown, but didn't.
I have also tried sudo shutdown -ro now and sudo /sbin/reboot and sudo reboot -q to no avail.

Aside: (On a Windows PC, I would have pressed CTRLALTDEL but there is no corresponding Mac keyboard shortcut… not that it would have necessarily worked anyway.)

I am out of ideas.
I ran ps and put the output here if anyone wants to see what is still running.
What else would you try?
(Other than simply holding down the power button until it shuts off.)


texts: How to jailbreak on an iOS 10.2 on an iPhone 5s

texts: I'm aware of jailbreaking on iPhone 6 with version 10.2, but what about iPhone 5s? (I want to show off my phone with cool features), one of thing I want to do is replacing default Helvetica with San Francisco, unless Helvetica was intended by the website or app.


texts: if I delete private/var/folders/zz to free up space will it cause any problem?

texts: I am very new to mac. I want to upgrade to the latest version of mac but there is not enough space in my mac. After some digging, I found there is a folder called private that is taking more than 38GB of storage. I have given the screenshot below. But some forums on the internet say, I should not delete the private/var/folders. I am not sure what to do. I have no important data to lose. Now should i delete this folder? If yes what is the correct way to delete these huge files?


texts:
So I use vim all the time, and I've grown use to the navigation keys h, j, k, l, (especially when navigating with NERDTree).

Does anyone know if it's possible to implement this motion in macOS Finder.app?

I thought of remapping the keys using something like Karabiner or BetterTouchTool, but in either case, I would not be able to use those keys when renaming a file.


texts: Can non iPhone iOS devices (iPad specifically) be used to dial short USSD codes for carrier information?

texts:
My data carrier provides USSD code to check the voice & data balance in the sim & iPad3 doesn't seem to have a way to dial them.

So how can I send USSD codes without jailbreaking my iPad? Is it possible at all?

USSD codes are like this: *123*1# for data balance.


texts: Is it possible to configure wifi to disconnect more aggressively when the signal is weak?

texts:
Something that I notice a lot is my iOS device remains connected to the home network when in the backyard parking lot, about to leave the house. The router is on the other side of the house.

The LTE reception in the back yard is very good. The Wifi connection is weak and causes navigation apps to exhibit poor network performance.

Desired behavior: Poor network conditions are detected and wifi connection is dropped in order to enhance application performance.

Unsatisfactory workaround: Install network access point near the back yard. This is not a satisfactory solution because all this does is change the geometry of which areas near the house exhibit poor application behavior on account of wifi remaining in range but yielding poor throughput. The goal would be to eliminate the poor behavior happening within these regions, rather than changing the geometry of these regions.

Another parallel to this is what happens when a network is not configured properly and your phone connects on Wifi but gets a 169.254.x.x link-local address when DHCP fails. I don't currently have a good overview of how Apple is handling this on iOS, but it obviously needs to fallback to cellular promptly.


texts: I have a new iMac, but I need to revert back to OS10.7 for software compatibility issues at work. Will the fusion-drive function properly?


texts:
I'm not figuring out what is causing this, but often when I right-click, the menu appears then quickly disappears... the time it takes seems random, I'm not finding anything consistent about it.

The same thing happens with other mice... is there some setting that determines this? I just want the menu to stay until I click something in it or click outside of it.

macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6 iMac i5

Any non-Apple mouse


texts: Is Speech Synthesis protected by copyright or patent law? What does Mac OS License protect?

texts:
I know that according to a question asked by another user here Are the Apple text-to-speech voices copyrighted?

  "No other use of the System Voices is permitted by this License, including but not limited to the
  use, reproduction, display, performance, recording, publishing or
  redistribution of any of the System Voices in a profit, non-profit,
  public sharing or commercial context."

But what is that License? Is it a patent or is it copyright? What kind of protection does the license include?
At what point do these protections actually limit use?

I am considering Radiohead's Fitter Happier song for instance.


texts: Make Siri Ding Again on Pressing Home Button

texts:
So according to this Apple support article, Siri doesn't make that bell sound after holding the Home button to launch it on iPhones with iOS 9 or later. Instead, it vibrates.

  On your iPad or iPod touch, Siri will chime when it's time to ask a question. If you have an iPhone with iOS 9 or later, Siri will vibrate instead. You'll only hear the chime on your iPhone with iOS 9 or later when you're using headphones.
  Siri will also chime when you use "Hey Siri" on a device with iOS 9.

That's really unfortunate because I really liked that ding.

Does anyone know if there's a way to make Siri play the "ding" sound again without headphones or Hey Siri? (Aside from jailbreaking)


texts: Is it possible to change the name of a bluetooth mouse?

texts: I bring my MacBook Pro back and forth between home and work. I have a Magic Mouse in both places. I guess because they are both the same model, I have to re-pair the mouse with the computer every time I go back and forth. They have very similar names so I'd like to rename them something like "Work mouse" and "House mouse". So far I haven't found a way. Is it possible?


texts: How to add a Google calendar shared with me, to my iCloud calendars

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A colleague has shared her Google calendar with me. It appears in Google calendar just fine. In the calendar settings I can see the iCal URL, but when I attempt to subscribe to that address in Apple Calendar, it says "A calendar wasn't found on ... Check the URL.".

I suspect this is because the calendar is shared with my via my Google account, rather than been made public. Is there anyway to sync the calendar with my Apple devices? Can I re-share it from my Google account so I can subscribe to it from iCloud?

I tried the syncselect option, which sounded promising, but couldn't see anything happen. I'm not sure how it would work anyway, since I can't see how it would have access to my iCloud account.


texts: How can I get my videos from a digital camera to OSX and iPhone?

texts:
I have Sony NEX 3N. I can find AVCHD file when camera plugged to the computer

that fires QuickTime

where I can export videos to different social services such as YouTube but I cannot find the video files itself. I want videos to directories such as Dropbox directories. Then I want to organise the videos by timestamps.

I have used Aperture for pictures and Final Cut Pro for editing videos. Now I want to get the videos as files without middlemen like QuickTime or Final Cut Pro. I need the videos from Sony NEX 3N to my iPhone where I have video collage creation applications and more videos. So my plan is to have the video files as raw in Dropbox and somehow get them to iPhone or is there any easier method?

How can I get videos from the camera to OSX? What about to iPhone? How can I manage this process?


texts: Keyboard shortcut for buttons in dialogue box

texts:
Given the following options at the bottom of a dialogue box:

If I press Enter (return) key, it will select Cancel, the default selected button. What's the keyboard shortcut to select Delete option instead?


texts: Has Apple released updates for its Airport base stations to protect against the KRACK vulnerability?

texts: Regarding the vulnerability in WPA2 known as KRACK, has Apple released firmware updates yet for the Apple-branded AirPort Base Station devices?


texts: Why isn't a binary file shown as 0s and 1s?


texts: How to use the keyboard to drag and drop?

texts:
My trackpad is broken so I can tap-to-click but i cannot drag and drop. This is really a problem when it comes to doing certain things.

Does anyone know how to program a sticky key to turn a click into a click-select that can then be dragged about?

I can't resize my browser or open window and I can't drag applications into the folder when installing etc.

free solutions only please.

A mid 2009 macbook-pro 13". 2.53 Ghz Intel Core 2 Due.

Running os lion (grudgingly).


texts: OS X prefers case insensitivity but TimeMachine seems to require case sensitivity?

texts:
As per What are the downsides to using Time Machine? the first item reads Time machine requires an Apple specific HFS+ filesystem to store backups. Which is a Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) disk. But then, OS X of course wants Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Just like most everyone else I get:

This volume has the wrong case sensitivity for a backup.

After hours of googling, I've not read that there is absolutely no workaround.


texts: iPhone back to OS3: What happens with application data?

texts:
I have upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS4, but now want to go back to OS 3.1.3 that it had before.
There are plenty of instructions on how to do this, but what happens with the data stored on the iPhone?

I don't mean the data that is usually synch'ed with iTunes. I have several apps that just store information I have entered, with no function to sync it or transfer it to a PC or similar. A simple example would be the saved scores of an installed game.

If I would have to re-install the iPhone, I could restore a backup which would include the data, but when going back to OS3, I cannot use a backup since it would restore iOS4 also.

Will the installed apps and their data still exist after re-installing OS3?
If not, is there any way to keep the data?


texts: How do I ensure SMB based volume paths are available?

texts:
My machine is mymac and the remote machine is remotemac(both are running El Capitan 10.11.6) - I reference a share on remotemac, located at //remotemac/path/to/remoteshare, as /Volumes/remoteshare.

Sometimes, especially when I have recently connected to that remote machine or  share from Finder, the /Volumes/remoteshare path is available. But after some time, that /Volumes/remoteshare path is not available.

$ ls /Volumes
Macintosh HD
$ # connect to remoteshare from Finder
$ ls /Volumes
$ Macintosh HD    remoteshare
# After some time (a few hours)...
$ ls /Volumes
Macintosh HD
$ # note that /Volumes/remoteshare is now missing

What can I do in my bash script to ensure that the remoteshare volume is present, or created before it is referenced?


texts: How to show desktop files on both screens?

texts:
I have a dual monitor setup. Files in the desktop are shown on the first screen. Is there a way to have those files also appear (mirrored) on the second screen?

I do not want screen mirroring, I just want to mirror desktop files. Is that possible?


texts: Unable to clone drive, keeps crashing, how to recover?

texts:
I would like to get data off from one external drive to another. Unfortunately some files must be corrupted or has issues. Whenever I try to copy everything (15TB) the whole macOS Sierra OS just freezes and die.

I've tried copying using disk utility, command lines and other tools such as CCC and superduper. All the same thing.

I came across this thread How to identify and fix files with corrupted / inaccessible disk blocks

And I was able to identify one bad file (for now). But it doesn't explain how I can bypass that and just copy over only the good files.

What should I do to copy just the good files to the other drive?


texts:
What is the Mac OS application that provides most similar function as PDF annotator in Windows?

I just want a program that enables simple annotating functions in Mac OS.
Of course, freeware is preferred.

Add:
Thank you for recommending Preview.
But I need a little more advanced features than Preview.
Any recommendation?


texts:
On Lion 10.7.3, when trying to empty the Trash from the GUI the items to be deleted are counted, and the the dialog doesn't progress anymore:

Stopping emptying the Trash doesn't help much either: the only thing changing is the status on the dialog that now reads Stopping...

It's reported that resetting the PRAM does the trick, and I know that I can just force the removal from the CLI, but can somebody help me understand why this is happening and how to fix it?


texts: How much space for Bootcamp WIndows OS only

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with a 512 SSD drive that I would like to use to run some Windows games. I would like to install Windows via Bootcamp but only leave enough space to effectively run the operating system. The games I would install to an external SSD drive.

So how much space should I reserve for bootcamp when running Windows 8.1? I want to make sure there is enough space for it to run effectively. Most of my games will be played via Steam.


texts: Is the T-Mobile iPhone 6s from Apple.com Unlocked?

texts: If I buy the T-Mobile iPhone 6s from Apple for the full price (no contract), will it be carrier unlocked?


texts:
When iTunes is playing songs from a Playlist, sometimes I just want to play a song from later in the playlist.  Is there a way to load songs into a queue, or to tell iTunes to play another song next?

I'm using iTunes 10.6.0.40 on Windows 7.


texts:
With the new Shortcuts app introduced in iOS 12, you can create a Shortcut that sends a message to a specific WhatsApp contact.

When you choose that option, the Shortcut will open the WhatsApp Application and your text will be put into the input field.

What I want: I want that the WhatsApp application stays closed. And I don't get any feedback. It should just send a specific message to a recipient.

Workaround: If you use Siri to send a specific message to one recipient over and over again, this specific action will show up as a suggestion in the Apple Shortcut app. When you use that as an action, the Message will be sent, without any feedback. That's exactly what I want, the only catch is that I have to train Siri to actually suggest the things I want to send and additionally I can't send Emojis that way.

Q: Is there a better way to send WhatsApp messages with the iOS Shortcuts app, without ever having to open the WhatsApp app and/or pressing a button?


texts: How can I remove a ding from the edge of the iPhone 5?

texts:
I dropped my iPhone 5 and it left a dig on the shiny edge of the phone.  I was wondering what they best way to try to remove the ding would be.

Should I sand paper it with fine grain?  But I'm afraid it'll scratch it up more.

I could sand it with fine sandpaper, and then use a black sharpie to cover it up.  (I have a black iPhone 5.)


texts: How to completely stop "Disk Not Ejected Properly" message?

texts:
I use my MBP to charge my iPod and regularly unplug it without ejecting first - perhaps my laptop is asleep or I changed nothing...

How can I stop this message?

I'm aware of the reason for the message and I've seen many questions here relating to stopping it appearing multiple times which is not my issue.

My question is can I turn it off completely?

I would be happy if the answer applied to all disks - not just iPod.

It bugs me as even if I have accepted the risk of just unplugging a disk, it is too late for the specific instance but will tell you every time you do so until the end of time. Afterwards.


texts: Screen Sharing with the correct scaling/resolution with Retina MBP

texts:
I'm trying to use my 13in MBP (2016, 2560x1600) to remote into my Mac Mini that's connected to two 1080p displays, all over my LAN. Using the built in screen sharing, I'm able to do this with acceptable latency, but the scaling is always wrong. My goal is for the remote mac to have the exact same scaling of my native mac (i.e. look the same), but I can't figure out a way to do this.
I'm not able to choose my desired resolution in the display settings and even when I use programs such as DisplayResX that (once I added a custom display profile), let me choose my desired resolution, everything appears far too small on the screen and isn't properly scaled up. The weird thing is that I'm able to use Microsoft Remote Desktop from my mac to connect to windows which just gives me perfect scaling with retina resolution by default (I'm aware that this uses the proprietary RDP) but I can't do so between macs.
Has anyone found any solutions to this? I've tried several 3rd party remote desktop applications (teamviewer, etc.) but most just give me the wrong resolution with black bars or make things blurry at lower resolutions.


texts:
There is a keyboard shortcut for "Contacts.app" which does not appear to be documented anywhere (correct me if I'm wrong) which allows you to highlight the groups that the selected contact is part of, assuming the Groups pane is visible.

You just hold down the "Option" key.

However, there is another mode that I have only ever activated by accident, where these highlights stay on.  You can click or arrow-key from one contact to another, and the highlights will change accordingly without holding down the "Option" key.

This is a really useful way to view Contacts.  Unfortunately, all my efforts to either (a) find the documentation for this, or (b) activate this mode on purpose have failed.

I am using El Capitan, but I recall seeing the same behavior all the way back in Snow Leopard, and I couldn't figure out how to make the highlighting stay on then, either.

How can I make this highlighting mode stay on, to quickly and at-a-glance show which groups a particular contact belongs to?


texts: got rid of "others" but now I have more syncing problems

texts: A message appears stating that an error occurred while syncing, with the error number "(-54)". Then it says that I do not have "access privileges" to sync my iPhone and complete the process. All my contacts have been completely deleted. iTunes is not allowing me to restore my phone to a backup before installing iOS5 update.


texts: Xcode 4.1 stuck trying to load debug symbols from iPhone 3G

texts:
I submitted the following as a Xcode bug report, but I'm post it here in case somebody is experiencing the same problem and can shed more light into the matter.

I use two devices for development: my iPhone 3GS, and a friend's iPhone 3G running 4.2.1/8C148. I could debug with both of these devices using Snow Leopard and Xcode 4.0.2.

I recently upgraded to Mac OS X Lion 10.7/11A511. I uninstalled the whole developer tools by using 'sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all' and I installed Xcode 4.1/4B110 using the Mac App Store. I've been happily coding with my iPhone 3GS, but I won't longer work with the iPhone 3G.

When I connect the 3G, Xcode 4.1 asks for collection of the debug symbols. If I accept, it starts copying the files, but it gets stuck at roughly 80% of the process (see the attached screenshot #1 for the Organizer screen). If I look in the Activity Monitor I can see the DTDKSymbolHelper process eating up all the resources (see attached screenshot #2).

If I force kill DTDKSymbolHelper, Xcode will finish collecting the debug symbols and will believe that my 3G is ready for use. However, when I try to run my app on the 3G, the app copies successfully and it is run, but then the console shows several errors (see attached txt file), and the app gets stuck at the Default screen. The DTDKSymbolHelper process is spawned again, and it perpetually eats all the resources again.

If I exit the App via the home button and disconnect my iPhone 3G from the Mac, I can launch the app again and it runs perfectly, updated to the latest version.

If I connect my 3G to the Mac again, Xcode will ask again for collecting the debug symbols, and if I accept, it gets stuck at the same place.

I acknowledge that the most sensible thing would be to restore the phone in order to see if that fixes the problem, but I wanted to try and get to the bottom of the problem first.

In my Macbook Pro + iPhone 3GS this problem is 100 % reproducible, so please ask for any piece of information that you need.

Expected Results

Xcode 4.1 ether successfully finishes collecting device debug symbols, or it shows an appropriate error message.

Actual Results

Xcode 4.1 gets stuck indefinitely, with process DTDKSymbolHelper eating up all the system resources.


texts: iPad Pro was fully charged. Upon going to bed I set alarms as usual. No alarm in morning and iPad will not turn on. When I try to recharge the back gets quite warm. I tried restarting by pushing both home and power buttons for over 1 minute with no luck. I plugged it into computer with iTunes and still nothing. What next?


texts: Making Photos use more memory when it is running in the background for People Tagging tasks

texts:
Is there a way to make the Photos app perform more computations when it is running in the background?

Basically, I read that People Tagging happens when the computer is plugged and when Photos is not open. Which means that I could easily leave my computer switched on for the night to allow Photos to do its Machine Learning stuff.
But when I look at the Terminal, the PhotoAgent, photoanalysisd etc. are only using very small amount of my computer's resources.

Isn't there a way to speed things up? For example, by allocating more memory to Photos, etc.


texts: What is the best way to view Wikipedia offline on the iPad?

texts: I'd like to view most articles of Wikipedia while I'm offline. I understand that it doesn't have to be or probably could be all articles, but a good subset would be nice.


texts:
I just upgraded my Mac to Mojave and can no longer see any backup volume mounted even though Time Machine is enabled, my disk has enough space, and therefore should be used to store local backups..

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

Displays:

/com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-12-04-104303

So there are snapshots available but I cannot see the internal content of it through the terminal as I use to by typing ls /volumes/Mobilebackups


texts: Printing to a Cups Server without using the local CUPS doesn't work since OS X Lion

texts:
With our new 21,5"-iMac, we bought the first Mac system for our Windows/Linux-oriented office. Hence we don’t have a lot of experience in using Mac OS X.

I started to set up everything and it ran quite well so far until I reached the configuration of our network printers.
In our company we use a Linux system running a CUPS-server. This server holds the configuration of all queues. All changes regarding settings or even additional printers are made there.

As we do not want to make changes on every client system if new printers join the infrastructure, we forward all print jobs to the remote CUPS print server.
This saves a lot of time instead of configuring printers via IPP or equivalent.

To make this work on Mac OS X, I found a link with the information I needed:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2004011920201534

The .cupsrc-file (hidden file) in the home directory containing the line

ServerName <myserver>

will instruct the local CUPS system to receive remote print queues from our print server.

After saving the file, the GUI configuration tool for printers in Mac OS X (System Preferences… -> Print & Fax) shows all remote queues running on the central CUPS server.

But after I upgraded to Mac OS X 1.7 “Lion”, the GUI doesn’t show the queues anymore.
I have no idea what to do and even Apple Support (registered owner of CUPS system) couldn’t help me out with that. They only pointed to the CUPS configuration file (/etc/cups/cupsd.conf), but I do not know the right setting there for printing to remote queues. Also, the web interface running on localhost:631 couldn’t help me… Any ideas?


texts: Deleting files on my macbook is not affecting the storage space?

texts: How do I solve this problem? The storage space does not increase when I delete files. Yesterday, I deleted 250MB of files but made zero change to storage space. I have emptied the trash. I don't use Time Machine


texts: Can a non-retina MacBook's screen be replaced with a Retina screen?

texts:
I'm using a MacBook Pro Late 2011. The processor, RAM, hard drive - just about everything else still work fine. I'd like to have retina display without necessarily buying a new unit.

Is there a way to change my screen to a retina display - i.e. physically removing the old screen and replacing it with a retina one?


texts: Why am I being asked for a password anytime I create a folder?

texts:
I am using Mac OSX Lion Server that I just got on a new Mac Mini. This is my first apple desktop experience.

However, I notice that when I want to create or rename a folder, I keep getting prompted for my admin password.

Is there a way I can disable this?


texts: Hide a file extension by editing the file name in High Sierra

texts:
Before upgrading to High Sierra (i.e. when using Yosemite/El Capitan/Sierra) I constantly hid file extensions by hitting enter and manually removing the file extension from the file name. After upgrading to High Sierra, I noticed this no longer applies. Instead, I have to go to the file info via cmd+I and manually check Hide extension.
As for Finder preferences, Show all filename extensions is de-selected.

How can I restore the previous behavior, which is very comfortable to me?


texts:
Is Apple the only company that makes an iPhone dock with an audio out jack (3.5mm) that gets the audio straight from the Lightning port... as opposed to a separate audio plug? See example below:

I'm looking for something that won't bend my cable as I intend to thread it and undo it several times.


texts: Safari saves random files to Desktop in Mountain Lion

texts:
Sometimes, when I leave Safari (6.0.5) and look at my desktop, I find random files on it. These are always in the form of a *.textClipping file, or in the case of images, the original filename and extension.

For example, yesterday when I signed up for Stack Exchange, I found a file named with some  hex and a png extension on my desktop. This was actually my Stack Exchange/Gravatar identicon.

This issue seems to have started when I got my Magic Mouse.  It reflects the behavior of dragging selections or images to the desktop, so I think that something to do with the mouse is probably the cause.

Is there any way to disable the dragging behavior in Safari?  Any ideas on why exactly it's being triggered?


texts: File sharing between OS X server and iOS device

texts:
I was trying to read into the differences between OS X server 3 and 4 (Yosemite) when I stumbled upon this rather interesting page.

  OS X Server File Sharing service lets users store and share folders and files on the server. Users can access file shares from Mac and Windows computers and from iOS devices, with no special software

They specifically say that it should be possible to access file shares from iOS devices without third party software like e.g. Transmit. I can however not for my life find anything, anywhere about how this is actually supposed to work or how one would configure it.

Spontaneously it sounds like it would be handled by the new storage provider API in iOS 8, but as far as I can see, only iCloud drive is included in the system.

Does anyone know anything about this?


texts: How to do IP masquerading on MacOS (10.14+)?

texts:
I am looking for the equivalent Macos command to the linux:

sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o en0 -j MASQUERADE

I notice there are some very very old solutions using the ancient ipfw firewall, but pfctl has taken over and it has a completely different command system!


texts: SUMIF statement with two different conditions (Text based and checkbox)

texts:
How can I create a SUMIF statement with multiple criteria?

I have a spreadsheets where I track hours for different clients in one table, and below this table I want to summarize in a summary table the hours per client if that work is finished and if it is billable.

My Statement would say, SUMIF:

Textfield ClientName = "InsertClientName"
Checkbox for billable hours = TRUE
Checkbox for finished work = TRUE

So in my imagination it would have to be:
SUMIF(((ClientName="InsertClientName")&(BillableHours=TRUE)&(FinishedHours=True));Hours)

How can I create a formula like this?

I have browsed the Apple Help Forums and StackExchange, but they mostly show SUMIF Statements with one criteria, or people use IFAND Statements and every row to use that in their SUMIF Statement, but my problem is that I will at least need two criteria in my summary table All hours of ClientX where the hours are checked as billable.

Looking forward to your answers.


texts: How do I fix "Your Disk Could Not Be Partitioned" isssue with BootCamp Assistant?

texts:
I'm attempting to install Windows 10 on my iMac 27" (2012) with 3TB+128GB Fusion Drive, but during install procedure I get the same error "Your Disk Could Not Be Partitioned" without any further explanation. The first time I tried to install Win, I got stuck on Apple Support Software download, so I canceled and I downloaded the software on a pen drive myself. So I uncleared "Download Apple Support Software" and I only cleared the option about installing Windows. The first time the partitioning started, but it got stuck. So I closed BootCamp and I repaired the disk.
Since that time, BootCamp never worked anymore. I tried any possible kind of repair and recovery, including:

Internet recovery
/sbin/fsck -fy from Single User Mode
Repair using Disk Utility in Recovery Mode, which all said Your Disk appears to be OK!

I have also noticed a lag with Safari Smart Bar (I don't know if it has anything to do with this, but I'm totally sure that it shouldn't happen, because I have 16 GB of RAM and a 3.6 GhZ Quad Core Intel CPU, so it MUST have to do with the Fusion Drive.
Before closing this question
I'd like to mention that my Fusion has been replaced with another for free due to extreme disk corruption
https://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive-3tb/
Help will be much appreciated!


texts: How to digitally sign a PDF with a X.509 certificate

texts:
I'm looking for a tool to digitally sign PDFs with the private key of my X.509 certificate.

macOS' Preview app only copy a scan of my handwritten signature into a pdf...


texts: Screeching, distorting and oversensitive AirPods Pro

texts:
I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, but after googling hours and trying out ideas without any vein I'm here.
A few weeks ago my Airpod Pro upgraded to the newest firmware. After the upgrade the right airpod had some screeching voice, as if there were certain frequencies it overamplifies. I kind of could live with it. I put it away for almost a week due to vacation.
When I came back from vacation the right side worked perfectly, but the left side got way worst than the right side ever been. Now, when I put the left one in my left ear it amplifies how my vein beats in my ear. It seems it amplifies even the smallest movement in my ear while I'm talking. It distorts everything.
I know putting aside these Airpods for 2 weeks might provide some solution, as it happened first time. :) But, I'm not a Roman and Airpods are not cabbage.
I haven't found any guide how to reinstall firmware.
Beside call Apple support I don't know what to do. Calling them doesn't seem good solution because it is, seemingly, software problem.
I would appreciate any help or thoughts.


texts: Qemu Files not deleting "No Such File Or Directory Found"

texts:
I have some malware that installed crypto mining on my mac - I'm trying to delete all the files in terminal but keep coming up with "No Such File Or Directory Found" as an error. I'm tearing my hair out with this and its running my CPU constantly at 100%.

I've looked at other similar situations but this feels quite specific to me, Any help would be so much appreciated.


texts: MacBook Pro WiFi keeps shutting down for no apparent reason

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I've got quite a problem with my Macbook Pro (late 2010, running OS X Lion 10.7.3).
Since a few days ago, my wifi frequently keeps shutting down. It starts by the network not being functional and then when I switch AirPort off/on, it does not want to switch on. It keeps being switched off. Only a restart fixes the problem. But it keeps coming back.

I already reset the SMC and P-RAM, nothing helps.

Is anybody familiar with this problem and might be able to help me out? I would appreciate it.

Best regards!

Here's what I could discover in Console that might have something to do with it:

3/7/12 6:15:24.000 PM kernel: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
3/7/12 6:15:25.657 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveNetworkSupport:CaptivePublishState:1211 en1 - PreProbe
3/7/12 6:15:25.664 PM configd: network configuration changed.
3/7/12 6:15:25.667 PM applepushserviced: <APSCourier: 0x7fb0e9d0c3f0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x102d294c0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. Socket is not connected
3/7/12 6:15:25.682 PM applepushserviced: <APSCourier: 0x7fb0e9d0c3f0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x102d294c0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
3/7/12 6:15:25.685 PM applepushserviced: <APSCourier: 0x7fb0e9d0c3f0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x102d294c0>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
3/7/12 6:15:28.192 PM applepushserviced: <APSCourier: 0x7fb0e9d0c3f0>: Stream error occurred for <APSTCPStream: 0x7fb0e9e17270>: The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)
3/7/12 6:15:31.000 PM kernel: VendorID check timed out ! Issuing secondary bus reset
3/7/12 6:15:32.000 PM kernel: WLAN adapter not yet powered or is not in the system (stateNumber = 1)!
3/7/12 6:15:32.000 PM kernel: wl: syncPowerState called when card is down.
3/7/12 6:15:32.000 PM kernel: WLAN adapter not yet powered or is not in the system (stateNumber = 2)!
3/7/12 6:15:32.000 PM kernel: wl: enable called when card is down.


texts: MacPorts: Continue installing other updates after error

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Say I have the following outdated packages:

foo
bar
baz

I want to update as many as them as possible, so I try to run:

sudo port -n -f upgrade outdated

However this fails with:

Error: org.macports.build for port foo returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port foo for details: ...

How can I make macports try to upgrade bar and baz, if foo fails?

I would like to generally make macports try to install/upgrade other ports if installing/upgrading some of them fails and just continue.

From the man page:

 -f       force mode (ignore state file)

 -n       don't upgrade dependencies (affects upgrade and install)

Edit: foo, bar & baz, are 3 total unrelated ports, that doesn't depend on each other in any way.

Edit 2: Next time I run this the outdated ports might be a, b & c, instead of foo, bar & baz, so I can't hardcode the failing ones and I can't just do:

sudo port update foo
sudo port update bar
sudo port update baz


texts: iPhone 7 - cannot obtain IP address from home WIFI

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My building “upgraded” our WiFi router and ever since, my iPhone cannot connect to the internet through the network even though other devices are successful. It will connect to the router, but there’s no actual internet access and sometimes will say “can not obtain IP address”. I pulled up the network details on my computer and Xbox that both connect without a problem and I noticed that the subnet mask on my iPhone will show 255.255.0 rather than 255.255.255.0. What does this mean or what is it telling me?

I have tried setting up static IP addresses as well, but this subnet mask issue still happens each time.


texts: MacBook pro 16" - Big Sur - find config file to change the speed of horizontal scrolling speed

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On my MacBook pro 16", I would like to find out where is the parameter that controls the speed of horizontal scrolling with trackpad (if it is possible).
Indeed, I am using some different editors and I would like to increase the speed of horizontal scrolling, so I wonder if it can be performed by changing parameter(s) in one or different configuration file(s).
In system preferences, there is not such an option that enables to do it (only vertical scrolling speed).
Any information about this is welcome.


texts: While moving files in Finder, how to prevent the files from hiding the target folder?

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When you want to move a group of files in Finder in column mode, you first select the group, then drag the group to a target folder. The problem is that the files hide the target folder, and in column mode, you have to put the mouse cursor over the file name. Sometimes, the files fade a little, get out of the way, and a red label with the total number of files is displayed. I don't know when this happens, but this solves the problem, because nothing is displayed near the cursor. Also, sometimes the files are not moved away from the cursor, but there is still a red label displaying the number of files.

Is there a way to force the dragged files to be always displayed in a compact, faded way, with the red label indicating the number of elements being moved ? If it is not possible, when does this happen exactly ?


texts: Batch conversion of xlsx to xls via CLI?

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I'm trying to convert a bunch of xlsx files to xls (because some other software<cough>matlab<cough> can process xls but not xlsx on the mac).

I've tried unoconv but it has issues (which apparently stem from pyuno's shared object not being 64-bit-compatible -- even trying to override this with

$ VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes ./unoconv

still dies, this time with Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?) which I'm surmising has to do with a mismatch between the python used with OpenOffice and the one shipped with MacOS X).

I'm using the Microsoft-provided "Open XML Converter" in the meantime, but I'd really like to figure out a way to do it with FOSS tools and via the shell.  Any ideas?

Oh, I'm running on Snow Leopard if that makes any difference.


texts: Mountain Lion, EFI and Intel SSD Toolbox

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Here's the problem:

I want to do a clean install of Mountain Lion on my (custom) Intel 520 SSD inside my iMac. The first time this SSD was setup, it was done by a certified Apple Retailer.

This time, I wanted to use the "Intel SSD Toolbox" to do a "secure erase" of the drive to get it back to full condition. However, to do this, there can be no partition on the drive, and currently the EFI partition is still present.

I searched on AskDifferent and via Google, but it seems removing this partition makes Mountain Lion complain while installing.

So my question is this: (How) can I safely remove the EFI partition so I can use the Intel SSD Toolbox and then install Mountain Lion? I figure the drive initially never came with any EFI partition and the Apple Retailer installed Lion (not Mountain Lion though) just fine, so there has to be a way to tackle this.

I am currently writing, and working on this from Windows 7, my Lion partition is already gone so I can't work from there


texts:
I love my macbook pro, I have the 17" version that came out several months ago.  So I can take it with me wherever, at my desk, friend's place, on the couch.. and have a full development environment with the big screen.

Problem is my wrists scrape against the edge on the bottom of the keyboard.  I'm on the computer a lot and this is starting to really bother me.  Normal desktop (detached) keyboards don't have this edge...  I actually bought Apple's wireless beautiful little keyboard, but then the issue is the screen gets too far away if I have to put the wireless keyboard in front of the laptop's built-in keyboard.  And working on my lap, which I absolutely love, is much less comfortable.

What's the solution?  Is there a nice thin padding product I can buy for the bottom of the macbook pro?  Is there a stand or way I can position the laptop so I can use the wireless keyboard without the screen being too far away?  Is that even possible while the laptop and wireless keyboard are on my lap?

UPDATE: I guess the Apple wireless keyboard is a little problematic to use on my lap because it doesn't have a trackpad... so I'll constantly be moving my arm far to move the mouse.


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After recently deciding to try out iCloud backups on my iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (both on iOS 5.0.1), I ran into a problem that's making it difficult to trust these backups. The "Latest Backup" for each device never goes higher than 2.0 GB, while the "Next Backup Size" is reported as a higher number — 6.3 GB in the case of my iPhone. This next backup size matches what iCloud generally matches the cloud space reportedly occupied by the iPhone backup. This problem persists no matter how many times I delete and re-back up each device. If I turn off components of the backup (photos, for example, which is the largest item on my iPhone), then the total backup drops below 2 GB and starts to match up. So, questions:

Is anyone else seeing this behavior?
Does anyone have a "Latest Backup" larger than 2 GB, and therefore not seeing this problem? If so, what device and iOS version are you running?
Has anyone with this problem successfully restored from an iCloud backup? Or unsuccessfully, for that matter?


texts:
I would like to have a safe "Linux-like start/boot from DVD or USB stick" environment.

How to do such security thing for the latest OS X (10.9 Mavericks)?


texts: After upgrading Mac mini to Mountain Lion, the display is not working

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I had my Mac mini connected to a TV using VGA (with the mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter) running fine. After upgrading to Mountain Lion it simply doesn't work anymore.

I wasn't using any software like screen res or so, just pure OS X. Any tips to get that back?


texts:
Running iOS 8.1 on an iPad mini, Yosemite on an Air, and 8.1 on a 5C.

For whatever reason, the 5C has stopped syncing reminders to/from iCloud. Works fine between the iPad and Air.

So far I've tried disabling reminder sync on the iPhone (not entire iCloud), and rebooted. When I open Reminders now everything is gone (expected) but none of the lists sync down. Reminders is stuck in a state where the only visible button is the "New List +" section, which does not react to taps.

If I turn off sync and open the app, I'm presented with "New List +" and a default empty "Reminders" sheet.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Potentially related: iOS reminders app not syncing with Yosemite

Kind Regards,


texts: Unplugging iPad/iPhone Charger: Which end to unplug first?

texts: After charging an iPad or iPhone, which end do you unplug first: the one that's connected in the device or the charger end?


texts: How to connect iOS Mail app to Gmail with two-step verification

texts:
This is an issue that I run across every time I modify my two-step verification settings in Gmail or set up a new phone. I've asked this question to Google enough times. Now I think I'm qualified to ask it to myself.

If you've set up Gmail as your default Mail app account and you use two-step verification, then Mail won't work if you haven't properly set up your device (and you might not even know it's not working if you're using the Gmail app as your main mail app until you try to share via email something in another app and realize it never gets sent).

There doesn't seem to be a simple user-friendly answer to this problem out there, so after running into this issue and solving it yet again, I figured I'd write out instructions for others to follow.


texts: Is there a way to make iPhone forget the data belonging to one app?

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I recently downloaded an app (Rival Knights) which I already had on my iPad, but not on my phone. It gave me the option to write over my saved data and I declined. However now, I've changed my mind and want to start again.

I've tried deleting and re-installing the app, completely resetting my iPhone, deleting the app from my game centre, and making a new apple ID, however none of these have worked.

Is there any other way I can make my phone forget the app so I have a chance of starting again?


texts: Where can I find drivers for Windows 7 on an iMac without Boot Camp Assistant?

texts: I have OS X installed on my 27" iMac and want to dual boot with Windows 7. I installed rEFit and then installed Windows 7. Now I need the drivers that normally get installed with Boot Camp Assistant. Does anybody know where to find them? I can't find them on Apple's site.


texts: How to get Alfred to run a terminal command and open one app twice?

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I often need to run multiple copies of an app, like VLC.
For this I use the terminal and run a command similar to:

open -n /Applications/VLC.app

How can I create a shortcut with Alfred to run this one command if I type a keyword like vlcnew?


texts: Apple Mail App Unread Email Button unhighlighted

texts: After migrating to a new macbook pro using Time machine, my 'Unread Emails' button in the Apple Mail.app is now (one on the bottom right) permanently disabled/un-highlighted/unuseable, even when I have plenty of unread emails in my inbox. Anyone know how to fix this or get it working again?


texts: iPhone 6s Plus calendar not properly syncing to Outlook 2007

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My boss has an iPhone 6s Plus + iPad Pro + Win10 PC with Outlook 2007. He set the devices so each has their own default calendar, but all calendars are set to sync in iTunes. He refuses to utilize any cloud services for calendar sync, and use iTunes exclusively to sync everything.

However, some events on iPhone were not synced to PC. Some events that can be seen on PC were not seen on iPad. Months of events go missing on iPad despite having set to sync and show all calendars. AFAIK events on iPhone is the "most updated" version.

Without going for iCloud or any cloud services (which he simply refuse to use), how to have all 3 calendars sync correctly? Is there a way to export calendars from iPhone and import in iPad?


texts: Customize title bar color of application windows

texts:
I'm a software developer and my daily work involves about 8 or 10 different applications or web-based tools. I work on a 13" MB Pro without an external monitor, and typically I use the touch pad's app exposé function to quickly switch between windows. Most of the applications have a characteristic look, so my brain is usually pretty quick to identify the particular window that I need. Lately, however, both as a result of some uniformity trends in web and application design as well as the particular set of tools my latest job requires, all the windows look the same and it's hard to distinguish applications in exposé.
GitHub? White screen, black bar on top. AWS console? White screen, black bar on top. Outlook? White screen, black bar. Postman, Jenkins, various StackExchange sites? You see where I'm going with this... App exposé basically shows a lot of very similar looking windows. A few of these allow theming, but it requires that you have full control over the application or web site, so it's not always an option.
My question now: is there a way in Mac OS to customize the window title bar color on a per-window basis to make them look more distinct? Are there some other visual customization utilities available? (I noticed, e.g., that Microsoft Teams is able to put a colored frame around a window that's shared with the team).


texts: How can I iPhone restore in iTunes without upgrading iOS?

texts:
I am trying to restore a set of my iPhone5C backups I made in iTunes to my iPhone4S. My iPhone4S is still running on iOS 7.0.4. I don't want to upgrade it because iOS8 on iPhone4S will almost be unusable (the current iOS7 is bad enough on iPhone4S).

I have tried doing this directly in iTunes using its restore function, but when I do so, iTunes forces me to update my iOS to 8.3. If I refuse to upgrade, the restore function will abort and I cannot continue with my restore from there.

How can I perform the restore in iTunes without having to upgrade my iOS?


texts: How to remove all checked items in Notes?

texts:
How can I remove all checked items in Notes on iOS easily? From e.g. a grocery list, I want to remove all items (checkbox and text) that have been checked with a simple action.

I think I did this once, but I have forgotten how it worked.


texts: Special Characters Suddenly Won't Insert

texts:
I've frequently used Special Characters, accessed with Command ⌘+Option ⌥+T, and have been able to insert characters into text fields by double-clicking them. However, this has stopped working. I can still bring up the Special Characters window and navigate through it, but double-clicking an entry only adds it to the Recently Used section - it doesn't actually insert them into the focused text field. The window also seems to act as if it's not in focus, as the various UI elements inside the window are highlighted with grey rather than blue. Clicking inside the window does not focus it, and clicking on the title bar only focuses the title bar, and not the rest of the window, as can be seen below:

Do any of you have an idea as to what might be the cause of this? As far as I'm aware I haven't changed anything between when it worked and when it stopped working.


texts:
iPad setup Exchange sync.

I create a draft email, then go to the draft folder and its there.

I then go back to the inbox on the iPad and after it syncs, I go back to the drafts folder and it loads up drafts from 2000-2013 but does not contain my most recent draft.

If I go to inbox and back to drafts a few times then it will display my draft again minus the drafts from 2000-2013.

I then bounce back and forth a few times and it will go back to the original draft again but never display them at the same time.

Also, some draft messages have gone into the abyss never to be found.  Any suggestions would be great.

Mark


texts: I'm streaming a basketball game and one computer, but I want to simutainiously share to another computer in the house

texts:
I'm streaming a basketball game on one computer, but I want to simultainiously share to another computer in the house. Is this possible?

Thanks


texts: Is there an official way to take my DVD and put it on my iPhone?


texts: I put my phone on airplane mode before I sent a text but it's still trying to deliver

texts: I accidentally sent my boyfriend a video, I had the ugliest laugh in it and I'd rather have him never hear it. I quickly put my phone on airplane mode but I never got the option to cancel the message like I used to. If I just delete the text will it never deliver or is that not how it works?


texts: How do I remove or change screen lock settings in macOS?

texts:
Since upgrading to Mojave my Mac screen locks within seconds. I tried to change the 'privacy' settings (yes I clicked on the padlock) but it still won't let me change anything.

How else may I try resolving this?

I am not a tech head so would appreciate any answers in layman's terms.


texts: Efficient creation of filtering rules in Mail.app

texts: I have selected a received email in Mail.app and would like to create a rule to redirect all emails from the same sender to a specific folder. I know how to create such rules manually from the preferences menu. However, I wonder if there is any way to do this more efficiently by having some information from the selected email being filled in automatically? I checked the menus and in-app help, but couldn't find anything in this direction.


texts: Applescript to find and add specific contacts to a group

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I tried to re-jig the applescript from these two answers, but no dice. It seems to work if you're creating contacts at the same time, but not when finding existing contacts.
tell application "Contacts"
    set thePersons to {"john@email.com"} as list
    set theGroup to group "MyGroup"
    repeat with thePerson in thePersons
        delay 0.1
        set theContact to (first person whose value of last email contains thePerson)
        add theContact to theGroup
    end repeat
end tell

The above runs without error, but nothing happens, no one is added. I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong.
The goal is to produce an applescript where I can just provide a list of emails and it'll find/add them to a specified group.


texts: Does mac restart work reliably with restoring open applications and restoring states in every case?

texts:
I'm new to mac, so far when restarting everything worked reliably as it did before and was more or less in the same state.

Can I as a dev lean on not loosing any state information when restarting? Can every application be restored completely and when does data loss occur ? Are there any known bugs ?

Before getting too comfortable with the feature I want to know how much I can rely on it to restore everything to the previous state, otherwise I will be more cautios with restarts, so I think this info is helpful for any dev using mac osx as a platfom to develop.


texts: Is there another place that passwords are saved in for iOS apps vs safari?

texts:
I log into Wells Fargo's app with Face ID. But when I try to log in via the web, the password I have saved in iOS does not work (an old password, apparently).
I'm assuming that to log into the app, my password must be saved somewhere and transmitted to Wells Fargo. If I changed my password and iOS no longer has it, shouldn't I be unable to log in to the app even if my Face ID recognizes my face?


texts:
Can any one explain me this ? I re-install BlackMagic but it ain't change a thing.
I'm running 10.9.3 and there is only one partition on the SSD.

With the terminal :
MBP-Thomas in ~
○ → dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k of=tstfile count=1024
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes transferred in 35.587628 secs (30171773 bytes/sec)

 MBP-Thomas in ~
○ → dd if=tstfile  of=/dev/zero
2097152+0 records in
2097152+0 records out
1073741824 bytes transferred in 11.061699 secs (97068437 bytes/sec)

 MBP-Thomas in ~
○ → cd /

 MBP-Thomas in /
○ → sudo dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k of=tstfile count=1024
Password:
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes transferred in 33.653468 secs (31905830 bytes/sec)

 MBP-Thomas in /
○ → dd if=tstfile  of=/dev/zero
2097152+0 records in
2097152+0 records out
1073741824 bytes transferred in 11.582934 secs (92700332 bytes/sec)

Which is also pretty bad...
Result of iotop :
MBP-Thomas in ~
○ → sudo iotop -C 5 12
Password:
Tracing... Please wait.
2014 May 29 12:07:16,  load: 1.38,  disk_r:      4 KB,  disk_w:   9124 KB

  UID    PID   PPID CMD              DEVICE  MAJ MIN D            BYTES
  501    284    277 cfprefsd         ??        1   2 R             4096
  501    284    277 cfprefsd         ??        1   2 W            16384
  501   3905     46 lssave           ??        1   2 W          9326592

2014 May 29 12:07:21,  load: 1.43,  disk_r:      0 KB,  disk_w:      0 KB

  UID    PID   PPID CMD              DEVICE  MAJ MIN D            BYTES

2014 May 29 12:07:26,  load: 1.40,  disk_r:     40 KB,  disk_w:   1960 KB

  UID    PID   PPID CMD              DEVICE  MAJ MIN D            BYTES
    0      1      0 launchd          ??        1   2 R            40960
    0      1      0 launchd          ??        1   5 W            40960
    0      0      0                  ??        1   5              74752
    0      0      0 kernel_task      ??        1   2 W           888832
    0      1      0 launchd          ??        1   2 W          1077248
    0      0      0                  ??        1   2            1200128

2014 May 29 12:07:31,  load: 1.36,  disk_r:      0 KB,  disk_w:     12 KB

  UID    PID   PPID CMD              DEVICE  MAJ MIN D            BYTES
  501    352    296 node-webkit      ??        1   2 W            12288

2014 May 29 12:07:36,  load: 1.33,  disk_r:      0 KB,  disk_w:      0 KB

  UID    PID   PPID CMD              DEVICE  MAJ MIN D            BYTES

2014 May 29 12:07:41,  load: 1.31,  disk_r:      0 KB,  disk_w:      0 KB

Update :
Ok. Now it says that writing speed is 27.4MB/s (27379034 bytes/sec) and reading speed is 4.45GB/s (4499797299 bytes/sec)
WTF ?


texts: How to drag a window from any point (maybe with shortcut)

texts:
Is there any setting or application that would let me drag a window without having to go to the window title bar?

Maybe some application may let me drag a window by holding FN (or other combination) and then dragging the window from any point.

Thanks!


texts: Calling Screencapture of a Web Page in AppleScript

texts:
As a newcomer to AppleScript, it is quite possible that I am missing something obvious, but I would appreciate feedback!  My intention is to use Safari to load a series of images from an issue of The New Yorker and save as a sequence of png files.

Here's my attempt (sorry for the strange look to this but I had problems with copy/paste into the 'body' of this message due to the comments in my code) :

set i to 1
repeat 10 times
(*
format pagenumber to 11 characters
format outfile    to  7 characters *)
if i is less than 10 then
    set pagenumber to "page000000" & i & ".jpg"
    set outfile to "page00" & i & ".png"
else
    if i is less than 100 then
        set pagenumber to "page00000" & i & ".jpg"
        set outfile to "page0" & i & ".png"
    else
        set pagenumber to "page0000" & i & ".jpg"
        set outfile to "page" & i & ".png"

    end if
end if
(* generate URL *)
set html to "https://archives.newyorker.com/rvimageserver/Conde%20Nast/New%20Yorker/1967_09_02/" & pagenumber
tell application "Safari"
    if not (exists document 1) then reopen
    (* load URL *)
    tell current tab of window 1 to set URL to html
    (* get the id of that window        *)
    set window_id to id of window 1
    (* when web page has finally loaded, the resultant document will consist of the page number plus 2,048×2,797 pixels, or 2,048×2,881 pixels ie   "page0000002.jpg 2,048×2,797 pixels" or "page0000010.jpg 2,048×2,881 pixels"    *)
    set thename to pagenumber & " 2,048×2,797 pixels"
    set othename to pagenumber & " 2,048×2,881 pixels"
    (*   wait for page to load see  https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/319986/applescript-help-wait-for-safari-page-to-load *)
    set myexit to "false"
    repeat while myexit = "false"
        if the document named (thename) exists then
            set myexit to "true"
        end if
        if the document named (othename) exists then
            set myexit to "true"
        end if
    end repeat
    delay 2
end tell
(* caputure the image element of window and save to outfile *)
do shell script ("screencapture -R 518,111,640,877 -l " & window_id & " " & outfile)
delay 2
(*  increment count *)
set i to i + 1
end repeat

Everything seems to work as expected until I attempt to capture the screen to an output file when I encounter two problems:

~ no output files are created (the same command in terminal works)

~ the -R option to "screencapture" to select part of the window isn't working

Thank you, for any advice!


texts: flac terminal app no longer works - giving me libogg.0.dylib errors

texts:
I've been a happy user of flac on the OS X Terminal. I mostly use it to either encode, or decode wav -> flac  or flac -> wav.

What I'm meeting nowadays is this:

flac -d *.flac
 dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libogg.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/flac
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /usr/local/lib/libogg.0.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
    /usr/local/lib/libogg.0.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
Trace/BPT trap: 5

What should I do? I've tried to brew uninstall libogg and brew install libogg, but that did not actually help.

Is there some easy commandline version for OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 for unflac/flac or should I switch to some OS X app that does it for me? Which would you recommend?


texts: Is There a Wired Mouse or Track Ball That Supports Gestures in OSX?

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I wanted to find out if there was a wired alternative to Apple's Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad that also supports the gestures built into OS-X Yosemite, at the very least the ones supported by a Magic Mouse.
I realize that one alternative is just stick with the wireless Magic Mouse and go with a Mobee Magic Charger for Apple Magic Mouse, but the reviews on the Apple Store have been mixed and I was wondering if anyone is using a wired device that gives them the ability to use OS-X gestures?
Update
Well searches of all the major sites, Apple, Amazon, B&H, MacLife, MacWorld, etc. has not yielded an answer on a wired mouse or trackball that support OS-X gestures. I figured I would bump this once to see if maybe I missed something, or if there is a designer out there who wants to go in on the deal to make one. ☺
Thank you.


texts: MicroSD cards stopped working after OSX 10.9 installation, why?

texts: I don't know yet whether this is a problem with OSX 10.9 but I am unable to read the cards in my MBA after installation of 10.9. Any solution for this yet?


texts: Why is there a doubled name in the Photos app when I search to name faces?

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The image below represents what I mean: Even though there is only one Bartłomiej Semańczyk in my Contacts, that person appears on the list below twice.

How do I remove repeated options on the list when I search to name faces?


texts: How to take a screenshot of the front window from the command line?

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The screencapture utility has a -w switch which allows capturing the front window, but only after highlighting the window and getting a click from the user.

Is there any way to capture the front window non-interactively using some shell command?


texts: Shared spaces between two monitors, but cycle both monitors at the same time

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The best I can explain is like so:

Spaces: 1 2 3 4 5
Monitors: [ ] [ ]

Say I start with spaces 1 and 2 on screen with 3,4,5 off-screen:

[1] [2] 3 4 5

Then I swipe right. I'd like to have something like this:

1 [2] [3] 4 5

Is this possible?


texts: Calendar reminder freezes and requires reboot to get rid of

texts: I have the Macbook Pro and use the Calendar program that came with it.  I have reminders come up an hour before my appointment but it does not allow me to "CLOSE" or "SNOOZE" it and when I put my cusor over it it shows the system bust WHEEL turning.  How can I correct this without losing all my calendar data?  I have to RESTART my system in order for the reminder screen to reset.  This started happening after one of the last system updates Mountain Lion OSX


texts: iPhone 5 screen does not activate after a phone call

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One of the permanent features on an iPhone turns off the screen (display and the touch receptors) when during a phone call you press the screen against your ears and cheek. The screen would almost instantaneously turn itself completely "on" when the phone would move away from the cheek and ears.

This at least was the case before iPhone 5. On my iPhone 5, the screen sometimes does not turn off or turn back on. I can confirm that iOS6 has nothing to do with this --my old iPhone 3GS on iOS6 does not face this problem.

Following the recommendations of this post, I went to the Apple Store but they just replaced my iPhone 5 when I demo'd the problem to them. The new iPhone 5 unfortunately has the same problem --even with factory settings.

Does anyone know of a way to solve this problem or am I just unlucky to get two defective iPhone 5s in a row and should try my luck again?

P.S.:- I am not using any cases, covers, screen coats or any other accessories.


texts: How can I set caps lock to a more complex keystroke?

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In the Keyboard settings, it is possible to set Caps Lock to other modifier keys, but it doesn't allow to put in a custom keystroke.

Is it possible to set it to something like Ctrl + A?

I'm using OS X Lion 10.7.3 if that's of any relevance.


texts: How can I add an Old English dictionary to Dictionary?

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Is there a way to add an Old English dictionary to the Dictionary app?  I would like to three-finger-tap a word that's Old English and have it translate it for me.

For pure adventure I want to read Beowulf in its original Old English form.  I was all excited to use Dictionary to help me through each word, and was kinda surprised when it didn't know practically any word in it at all.

If I open Dictionary and search a word (such as HWÆT), it does actually return some related words because their origin is the Old English word.

Any ideas?


texts: Time Machine backups not available on MacOS Server

texts: I have an iMac running Sierra and MacOS Server, on which the Time Machine service is configured and running, with a folder configured for the Time Machine backups. The file sharing service is also running. But none of the Macs on the network (all of which also run Sierra), not even the iMac itself, can see it as a valid Time Machine destination in the Time Machine preferences pane -- it's not shown in the list of Time Machine backup disks. Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing this?


texts: I'm on OS X 10.10.4, MacBook Pro retina and it alerts me that my 10.10.5 update is ready to install. However, I'm on a very slow internet up to now and according to my router log I did not download more than 100MB data. And sure enough, the /Library/updates/ folder contains OSXUpd10.10.5Patch.pkg and FirmwareUpdate.pkg, which when opened with an unarchiver(betterzip and 7 zip) told me the files are corrupted. Can I just delete the files for a re-download or shall I do something else? Thanks!