texts: iOS 9 iCloud Drive not showing all my folders and files

texts: Now that iOS 9 lets you add attachments to email from iCloud Drive, I thought I'd give it a spin. I put some test files in a folder on iCloud Drive on my Mac, and then went to my phone and tried to add an attachment. I only see a couple folders from two apps, and my own folder I added isn't shown. Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Macbook Pro volume greyed out -- no internal speakers available

texts:
The volume on my macbook pro has suddenly become greyed out. I haven't installed any updates or made any modifications to the computer, it just suddenly became greyed out after waking the macbook up from sleeping.

I've tried resetting the PRAM, but I don't hear any chime at all when I start up my computer, no matter how long I wait/how many times the computer re-restarts itself.

There also seem to be no internal speakers detected when I go into system preferences. For both input and output the computer detects 0 devices.

Thanks so much in advance for any help!!


texts: How can I connect to the internet by sim card?

texts:
I have a ipad mini 2 and I can connect to the internet via WiFi as well. My ipad is cellular model and I've putted a sim card in it. But when I turn off the wifi, the internet will be die and I cannot open a web page. Here is my screen shots:

Ok well as you see, my sim card supports 3G technology but sadly I cannot use the internet via the sim card's internet connection. What's wrong and how can I create a internet connection based on the sim card?


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i have a macOS stuck on loading screen tried everything , i installed a bootable usb with yosmite but whenever i try to erase ssd drive i got the following error :

erase disk failed error : unable to write to the last block

i tried to format it in windows but got an error : Cyclic redundancy check

also checked for bad sectors using AOMEI but nothing found


texts: OSX Sierra - WindowServer process hangs, high CPU, whole OS freezes

texts:
I just updated my 15 inch macbook pro retina 2014 model from OSX El Capitan to Sierra (10.12.2) and have noticed an ugly problem. It appears when I press and hold the F1-F2 (screen light +/-), the F5-F6 (keyboard light +/-) or the F11-F12 (volume +/-), the whole system becomes unresponsive for an amount of time proportional with how much I hold the button pressed. In the activity monitor I can see when it recovers that the WindowServer jumped to 100%+. This used to work perfectly on El Capitan, with normal behaviour(incremented/decremented the values until limits 0-16 bars on screen). I will file a bug report on Apple forum as well.

EDIT: I also posted on Sierra forum here. Dont know where else to report this so Apple engineers can see and fix it.


texts: Internet Accounts will not let me add my AOL account!

texts:
I went to my AOL Online account and changed my password because every time I try to add my AOL account to my iMac in Internet Accounts, a screen pops up for me that has my name, the email address box and a password box.  But it won't take the new password.

I just added to the actual online AOL site, so I can not add  AOL to the left box in Internet Accounts, therefore, I can not get my AOL Mail added to the Mailboxes in Mail.

Does anyone have a solution?  I'm not a computer genius...layman's terms please.


texts: Is there an App compatible with the "Transfer on LAN" cross-platform program?

texts:
I am running Transfer on LAN to kind of emulate AirDrop.

However, I am unsure as to how to access my PC running Transfer on LAN from my iPhone 6.

Here are three things I tried, none of which worked:

App store search for Transfer on LAN.  nada
With Transfer on LAN running, I pointed Chrome on my iPhone to http://172.16.0.2 just to see if a webserver is running.  (It may be the case that my PC's firewall blocked it without alerting me that it did so.)
With Transfer on LAN running, I pointed Chrome on my iPhone to http://172.16.0.2:2011 as 2011 is the default port used by Transfer on LAN.

Transfer on LAN is now defunct it seems so I cannot get support from them I don't think.

Would Dropbox do what I want without having to send files over the internet or be subject to Dropbox' filesize restrictions?  I have some GoPro mp4's I want to just slide over to my iPhone from a PC that are about 2GB each so DropBox isn't viable for me.

Also I tried Instashare but that seems sketchy because, although it works perfectly, to continue past the trial, Instashare wants some information that really feels like a phishing scam.  I'm not about to give up my paypal email or credit card number to some company I do not know.


texts: Does the Apple Watch (new serie 1) couple with iPhone 5 iOS 9?

texts:
I am running my iPhone 5 with iOS 9.  This setup is already slow and I don't want to update to iOS 10 to make it slower. I'm also considering buying the cheaper Apple Watch which needs tethering to my iPhone to access locations, etc.

Could there be any problem with an iPhone NOT running iOS 10 with an Apple Watch?


texts:
How to extract frequent location data from an iOS backup?

I'd like to use it to generate GPX (location+time) output and use it to tag my photos.

Does anyone tried to adress this issue?


texts: I've somehow enabled overtype mode in Slack and I can't get back to insert mode

texts:
No, dear readers, as the Internet might have you believe, none of these things work on a 2017 Macbook Pro, the kind with the touchbar:

Fn+Enter
Fn+M
Fn+.
Fn+Option+Enter

Somehow, someway, when I was pasting some text I ended out getting into overtype mode in Slack and now it's stuck that way.

Internet documentation might work if I had an older computer or one with keys that I don't have, but there's nothing I've been able to find that will tell me how to turn off this dratted overtype mode. And it's seriously annoying.

Any clue how to turn it off?


texts: iCloud Backup: "The last backup could not be completed"

texts:
I don't exactly remember when this started but my iPad running iOS 5 started not doing backups to iCloud. When I press the "Back Up Now" button it starts working for a few seconds but then stops and shows the message from the title beneath the button.

I already tried reseting, restoring, deleting my iCloud account from the settings, using another iCloud account and now I'm pretty devastated.


texts: Auto rotate photos and save them afterwards (perhaps using Preview?)

texts:
So I was previewing some photos using Preview app and I notice that Preview (at least on 10.10.5 Yosemite) automatically fixes rotation issues on the thumbnail on the left.

e.g. photo is upside-down when viewing it but the thumbnail shows it the right-side up. On preview, I still have to go through each photo and manually rotate them to make the changes permanent.

Do you know of any freebie app (or not so expensive) or perhaps using Preview? I want the app to ignore pics that's right-side up.


texts: How can I get the "Look Up" option to find results?

texts:
How can I get the "Look Up" option to find results. In Terminal, if I select a  command word then right click on it I want to use the Look Up option in the drop down menu. It is not grayed out. It just never is able to find results. Ever.
Is the Look Up option going to tell me the meaning of the word or is it looking for it if it is in use on my computer?
I would like a way to quickly see the definition attached to the command word.


texts: Why does powerpoint go to different page when I don't touch my mac?

texts:
On my Mac (specs below) MS Powerpoint (specs below) behaves very strange:
It goes to a different page (page-up or page-down) on its own.

Even when my Mac is not connected to power source (so no static electricity), and even when I do not touch the computer in any way.
And there are no bluetooth mice or other devices connected.

It does this in edit mode, and annoyingly also in presentation mode.

I have no idea if this is a powerpoint or a Mac issue. This strange behavior  happens only in powerpoint. It does not happen in keynote, or other MS Office apps. I have no idea even where to look for possible causes of this problem, let alone solutions.

EDIT: Additional info after useful comments:

Behavior happens in edit mode as well as presentation mode.
Happens in different presentations (created in powerpoint on Mac).
The presentations have no transitions, animations or timings.
Behavior happens sometimes, so it is hard to check. I can go for days without problems, then all of a sudden (this afternoon) in the middle of presenting for a group, powerpoint becomes recalcitrant and randomly does autonomous  page-up or page-down in the middle of my story. And a couple of hours later, no problem (different wifi-network, maybe that has something to do with it..)

What could be the cause? Where to look for source of problems or solutions to this strange (but very annoying) issue?

PS: Mac = MB Pro 2017 - without touchbar - running 10.14 Mojave (but issue was already happening in High Sierra)
Powerpoint = MS Powerpoint for Mac version 16.17 (180909)


texts:
I'm running my old Amazon app on iPod Touch 2G. On opening the app I noticed something peculiar happened: it said "Please update your app, the app you using, will be retired on June 30, (pushed back from July 1st)" I got that many moons ago (late April/early May).

How do I prevent this from happening? I want to track my orders.


texts: Trying to recover data from an APFS SSD in a 2013 MacBook Air, can’t get volume to mount in macOS

texts: i would appreciate any help here. I am trying to recover data off of a MacBook Air SSD. It was at the point where it would make any computer I put it into not even give me a chime or Apple logo. So, I put it in an external OWC housing and plugged it into my Linux machine. I ran testdisk and got the sector start and end numbers for the partition that I needed, and used Parted to rescue the partition. It shows up in testdisk and parted as Macintosh HD, but won’t mount. Now, i have it plugged into my MacBook Pro and it’s making a DDRESCUE image on a separate drive. When I plug the SSD a into the MacBook, it shows up in disk utility as an APFS volume that’s 500gb, but doesn’t mount. My guess is the ddrescue image won’t either. Can someone tell me how to repair this to make the disk mount to be able to recover data? Thanks in advance.


texts: trying to Recover an HFS+ Partition The table looks fine but Disk Utility and fsck_hfs failed

texts:
I have been trying to recover my partition, on another mac, running Sierra, first I tried the usual, disk utility, and I got a list of "missing thread record" like this

Then I moved into TestDisk and I was able to see a fine partition table, I also checked the S.M.A.R.T. before and it's Verified, the partition table I see is this >>>

Now What I want is to see what can I do to attempt recovering, after I unmounted the HD Recovery partition disk2s3, I was able to write the partition table to the disk, as shown in the image above., but that's it ... I am not able to see anything else nor do any more progress ... BTW First Aid Hangs up when and displays an error when I try to check disk2s2, both the EFI and Recovery are ok ... Before it was showing the partition's name now it's gone ...


texts: iPod Touch 1st generation upgradeability

texts: How do I restore and upgrade my iPod Touch 1st generation so I can download newer  games on it?


texts:
I can't open Messages app on my iPhone 5S with iOS 8.3 (no jailbreak) - it crashes on start. I suspect a malformed message caused this, so I want to delete all messages from all senders to see if it helps.

I tired allowing iOS to delete messages older than 30 days, but it didn't help - the bad message is recent, and I can't afford waiting a month to be able to use SMS again. I also don't have any older backups I could restore.

Is there any way I can delete all messages without opening the app itself? Or some other way this problem could be fixed?


texts: Numbers: how do I create a column with a sequence of times?

texts:
In Numbers, I would like to create a column with automatically generated cells to create a timetable with each hour and each half hour.

I create a new document, type in "7:30 AM" and then in the cell below I type in "8:00 AM" then I drag downwards from the first cell, but it doesn't work, it replaces "8:00 AM" by "8:30 AM" but I only want 30 mns increments...

I tried changing the cell format to "date and time" but it just erases whatever I typed and replaces it by today's date and time or random dates and times...


texts: list/filter apps that will work on iOS 5.1.1

texts:
I have an 1st gen iPad, stuck on iOS 5.1.1.  Is there a list of apps that will work on iOS 5.1.1, or a way to filter the app store to show only apps that will work on my iPad?

(the iPad looks and works fine, seems a shame to relegate it to paper-weight status.)


texts: Do notifications show over a FaceTime call?

texts: When on a FaceTime call and a notification pops up on my screen, can my FaceTime recipient see it on their screen too?


texts:
Hopefully someone can help me. I've tried so many options. I purchased a used MacBook Pro, late 2011 model. The person I purchased it from said he wiped the hard drive, but when I got home, it seems he did that, however his login was still there.

So I did a disk utility, wiped the hard drive which checked out fine, got to the reinstall Yosemite page, but there is no hard drive icon, only the install Yosemite page. When I click continue I get this error, "An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again."

Images below are in order of error

!http://s30.postimg.org/nqvg41k1d/IMG_6344.jpg

!http://s29.postimg.org/mwvvef5af/IMG_6345.jpg


texts: Unresponsive Keyboard and Trackpad after sleep

texts:
I have a brand new MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014). Shipped with Yosemitee pre-installed, the version I have is 10.10.1 . I don't have any software installed except Google Chrome, so it is clean/new OS.

I noticed sometimes the keyboard and trackpad become completely unresponsive after waking up the laptop from sleep. Happened several times, the last time it happened I could not reset PRAM or SMC as keyboard was unresponsive even after restarting or shutting down so I had to Re-Install OS.

Today I was able to reproduce the issue, first I tried to let it go into Sleep mode several times with no device plugged into the USBs, and Lid left opened. I could not reproduce, both were working when I wake the laptop.

Then I plugged in a USB Mouse, left the lid opened, and let it go to sleep for 1 hr. When I waked it up, the keyboard/mouse were unresponsive. Then I unplugged the mouse usb, let it go into sleep mode, and closed the lid .. for few minutes. Then I opened the lid, waked it up .. this time both were responsive and working.

I was able to reproduce the above scenarios, so it is not a random thing.

So, is there some kind of a log or test I can use to reproduce or while reproducing the unresponsive case above so I can understand if it is a hardware or software problem ?

[edit]

You can get the system.log from here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3x320cieum3it4w/system.log?dl=0

Also, here is the result of 'pmset -g'

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1*
AC Power        -1
Currently in use:
standbydelay         10800
standby              1
halfdim              1
hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
darkwakes            0
gpuswitch            2
disksleep            0
sleep                1
autopoweroffdelay    14400
hibernatemode        3
autopoweroff         1
ttyskeepawake        1
displaysleep         2
acwake               0
lidwake              1

[edit 2]
Sorry I undo the selected solution as it did not fix the issue, as I have new information, they are unresponsive again and this time I see this keeps showing in the system log, any idea ?

Dec 12 23:49:30 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_getFeatureReportInfo - DeviceRequest returned error 0xe00002c0 (interface 1, reportID 0xd9)
Dec 12 23:49:30 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDebug: _getFeatureReportInfo returned an error in AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_deviceGetReportWithLookUp
Dec 12 23:49:31 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_getFeatureReportInfo - DeviceRequest returned error 0xe00002c0 (interface 1, reportID 0xd1)
Dec 12 23:49:31 ahmads-mbp kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDebug: _getFeatureReportInfo returned an error in AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::_deviceGetReportWithLookUp

[edit 3]

I managed to downgrade it to Mavericks but problem still happening. I think it is hardware issue now since I was able to reproduce in two OS X versions. So I am taking it to apple store to replace it or fix the hardware.

[Edit 4]
Confirmed! it is a hardware issue, I replaced the top case and the problem gone!


texts: How to compress iPhone QuickTime screen recording's file size?

texts:
I've recorded my iPhone screen through QuickTime on my MacBook and made several recordings already. Unfortunately, the resulting files are too large. They get saved in .MOV format, and 10 mins takes up about 600-700 MB.

How can I compress these iPhone 7 screen recordings made through QuickTime so that the file sizes become smaller?


texts: Will I lose my messages if I downgrade my iPhone from iOS 5 to iOS 4?

texts:
I have found some resources on how to downgrade my iPhone 3GS from 5.0.1 to 4.3.3. I have saved the required SHSH blobs so I am ready to proceed.

I have a question though - if I do downgrade, will I be able to keep my SMS messages?
Will I be able to restore a backup done on the iOS 5?


texts: Can't get Alt (Option) key to work while remote controlling a Mac from Windows with VNC

texts:
The setup: I'm using Windows 10, 8, 8.1 and 7 with a international keyboard, US keyboard, Windows keyboard, PC keyboard with VNC client TighVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC to remote control a iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, running OS X, with Screen Sharing activated as the VNC server.

The problem 1: My keyboard mapping is all wrong, can't input Alt key(Option ⌥ ). It is identified as Command key ⌘ .

The problem 2: My keyboard is international and a lot of the keys are wrongly mapped.


texts: Desktop images out of order since updating to High Sierra

texts: I Just updated to High Sierra. I have a folder with file names like desktop-0001.jpg, desktop-0002.jpg, and so on that is used to change my desktop image every minute. In System Prefs the image order appears to be random and doesn't follow the file names like it always has. I tried using the touch command on all files, hoping to give them all the same modified time so the filename would take over the order, but the new random order remained. This is a Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2015. I also have an older iMac where the problem does not exist. Ideas?


texts:
When I first log in to my mac, the bottom of the finder window shows 28.7 GB available
As soon as I interact with the finder, that changes to 417.35 GB available
About this mac > Storage shows 417.35GB out of 751.07GB
However, in the terminal df shows:
Filesystem    512-blocks       Used Available Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1  1466930136 1408631896  54750856    97% 2915208 9223372036851860599    0%
devfs                368        368         0   100%     638                   0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk1s4  1466930136    2097200  54750856     4%       1 9223372036854775806    0%
/private/var/vm
map -hosts             0          0         0   100%       0                   0  100%   /net
map auto_home          0          0         0   100%       0                   0  100%   /home
/dev/disk0s1      403218      25912    377306     7%       0                   0  100%
/Volumes/firmwaresyncd.UxqR5T

Omnisweeper shows 28.7 GB free, 720.6 GB used, 751.1 GB total
When I am working with certain applications in the terminal, I get errors/warnings about disk space being too low...
I tried booting into safe mode, and the progress bar got to 95% and sat there for... 20 minutes..  I eventually gave up trying to boot into safe mode.
Is there anything I can do to solve this other than formatting my drive and starting over?
I am running Mojave 10.14.3 (18D109) on a mac pro Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012.


texts: How many copies of Mountain Lion does one App Store download get me?

texts: I understand that this is a pretty basic question but I cannot find a direct answer anywhere. I have two computers running Snow Leopard: a Macbook Air (2011, pre-thunderbolt) and MacBook Pro 2009, which can both run Mountain Lion. According to my programmer / Apple friend, I can download Mountain Lion once from the App Store and use it to upgrade both machines. Is this true? I'm using one 'account' I guess but it's still two different machines, but my (trustworthy) friend was insistent I could. I can't find confirmation in any of the reading I've done here or on the Apple website.


texts: Suggested hardware requirements for Xcode 7

texts:
I'm having a little trouble finding any decent information on the minimum requirements in terms of hardware for the latest Xcode. I'm soon going to be starting iOS development, but I want to see whether I ought to get a new Mac or not. I currently have:

MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010)
2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM
Running OS X Yosemite

I have read that this MacBook will support El Capitan, which the newest Xcode will require, but I've no idea if it will run it well. In your guys experience, would it run the latest Xcode alright, or is it a bit of a memory hog? It will be something I want to last at least a few more years, so wondering whether I'll need to make that investment now or will it hold off? I appreciate the 13-inch size is going to be rather small, and I'll be hooking it up to an external monitor, so this is purely down to the capabilities of the system. I have a feeling it will work, but was hoping for someone's experience in the matter to suggest whether (for a newbie iOS develop) it would be really scraping the barrel in performance or if it should suffice. Sorry for the amount of ambiguity and personal preference this question might include!


texts: How can I reset my iMac G4 to factory settings without the startup disk?

texts: I currently own an iMac G4 that I bought from someone online. But now that I try to update it, it won't let me. The Safari doesn't work and I really just want to clean it up and really start from fresh.


texts: The CoolTerm can not find the `/dev/tty.wchusbserial1410`

texts:
I insert the serial-USB convertor into my Mac.

and in the /dev, there is tty.wchusbserial1410.

I use the CoolTerm as the software for manage the connect.

but in the Serial Port Options, there can not find the tty.wchusbserial1410:

there is only shows the cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port.

EIDIT-01

Now, I connected the wchusbserial, but there is blank.


texts:
When I plug in my iPad to iTunes 12 on Windows, it shows Documents and Data occupies about 8 GB. I would like to export all these documents to my computer so I can delete them from Ipad.

I clicked on the Apps Section in iTunes and tried the File Sharing section. But it does not show all the documents. How do I go transferring them?

Thanks.


texts: Encrypt existing TM-backup when the source computer is missing?

texts:
I have a bunch of Time Machine archives for old computers I no longer have. I want to encrypt these archives. Can that be done using a different computer than the one that was backed up?
I have looked that the tmutil man-page and found a couple of interesting options there:
inheritbackup - seems to make it possible to use the TM-destination for machine A for machine B. However, there is a caveat in the instructions:
Inheriting is typically only one step in the process of configuring a backup for use by a machine. You may also need to use setdestination, associatedisk, or both, depending on the situation.
Since this is backup data I don't want to lose or corrupt I am a bit hesitant to experiment (I have copies but if I perform a couple of operations and everything looks fine and I therefore delete my copies just to, a year from now, realise that I broke something I won't be too happy...). Would be nice with a HOWTO or step-by-step guide, if possible.


texts: Is there any use for the Apple Wallet app in India?

texts:
I can see the Apple Wallet app and the supported app list shows apps such as Paytm, Zomato, etc.

Is there anything that can be actually done with the Apple Wallet app for indian users?

I know India does not have Apple Pay support, at least can we use the Wallet app to safely store debit card credentials, etc?


texts: 15" Macbook Pro: Radeon 555 or Radeon 560?

texts: How different is Radeon 555 and Radeon 560 in the 15-inch Macbook Pro 2017? Are there any notable differences between the two?


texts: Why is `/etc/sysctl.conf` not determining my `kern.maxfiles` setting?

texts:
I've been having a persistent "too many open files in system" error on my machine (OSX 10.7.5).

When I run sysctl kern.maxfiles and sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc, both output 2048.

This article says those settings default to 12,288 and 10,240, respectively. It says you can permanently change the settings by editing /etc/sysctl.conf.

I've done that. The contents of that file are now:

kern.maxfiles=12288
kern.maxfilesperproc=10240

The permissions on it are -rw-r--r--, and it belongs to root in the wheel group.

This file has no effect on what my system is doing. After restart, if I check the maxfile settings, they are unchanged.

Is there something else controlling these settings, making my defaults lower than what they should be and overriding my explicit settings?

How can I fix these settings?

Update

I've since tried, to no avail:

Lower Limits

Setting them to 4000 and 3500 in case the system ignores settings over a certain threshold.

Using /etc/rc.common

I put the following, not in /etc/sysctl.conf, but in /ect/rc.common:

sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=4000
sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=3500

Using my shell's configuration file

I put the same commands as above in my .zshrc, but they don't work without sudo.


texts:
I recently updated to Catalina. Now, it seems that I cannot properly sign into my Apple ID on my MacBook Pro. My system preferences page looks like this.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Addendum: It seems that I am actually logged in, I can see everything on the Apple ID page.


texts: If I see such keyboard (please, take a look on the image below), am I right with that: iMessage is active?


texts: macOS High Sierra consistent freeze after multiple reinstall...back to Sierra (iMac mid-2011)

texts:
I have an iMac mid-2011 21.5 inch where it worked well up to and including Sierra. I always boot off of a LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt SSD 500G external drive. I have Yosemite on the stock internal where I can boot from as well if I set it as startup disk.

I upgraded to High Sierra and the iMac started to freeze (mouse, etc) and becomes unusable requiring hard boot. After a few freezes I booted off the internal Yosemite HDD and reinstalled High Sierra after wiping the external SSD (ech).

Booted back on to High Sierra/SSD and froze again after a few short minutes.
I wiped and reinstalled High Sierra twice more. Same result. I.e. no 3d party apps could be involved.

I downgraded to Sierra and everything works fine and back to normal.

NOTE 1: My hardware config is identical for both Sierra and High Sierra (i.e. external SSD). However, High Sierra only freezes.
NOTE 2: The High Sierra SSD was not shown as mounted when booting off the stock Yosemite (Disk Utility). The SSD also wasn't mountable (I tried everything I knew--diskutil, Disk Drill, etc). The drive only mounted once I reinstalled High Sierra--although, again, it froze repeatedly once booted off the high Sierra external SSD.
Note 3: Since High Sierra was reinstalled on an erased and clean SSD, and still froze, the notion of 3d party app interference is not applicable.

I am wondering if Sierra has become my final macOS upgrade.

Thoughts greatly appreciated.


texts: What does a 'dotted-line' cloud icon in the iCloud file browser represent?

texts:
What does this "dotted-line" cloud icon next to a file in the iCloud file browser mean?

This is a plain-text file saved to iCloud from Byword, and it refuses to sync to my iPhone. But I'm having the same problem with subsequently-created files in Byword, and they don't feature this icon.


texts: ZSH terminal displaying characters and cursor in the wrong place

texts:
When my command is long and I move the cursor through it, it jumps randomly to different places and start writing in any location of the command.

I'm using OS X El Capitan (10.11.6) and have installed oh my zsh. I've also tested an alternative terminal (iTerm) and the same is happening.


texts: How do I correctly set strictly only one desktop?

texts:
With Desktops, you can have more than one Desktop.

I want to assign absolutely only one Desktop, not two.

How do I do this exactly?

When I click F3, it looks like this:

(Does that mean I have only one?)

Resolved!

Buscar웃 has identified the issue.  I manually deleted the 400 desktops and now this issue:

Absolutely eliminate "Automatic new Desktop when dragging"

is finally resolved.


texts: Apple Business Manager. How do we revoke a code or license? We are not using a MDM

texts:
The small dev company that I work for has been contracted to build an app for client. This client is using Apple Business Manager and wants us to publish to it.

I have built the app and deployed it for review to the Apple Connect. It passed and I see it is now in the client's Apple Business Manager account.

Here is where I am confused. Our client DOES NOT have a MDM. How can I use Apple Business Manager in this case?

Initially I thought I could simply use redemption codes, but now I see that this is not going to work, as redemption codes are similar to "gift cards" that we give out to people. Unless I am mistaken, there is no way to manage them and revoke them when we need so.

It seems that the only way to manage the licenses is to implement a MDM (like Mobile Iron, etc.), but this seems like a lot of work.  There must be another way.   What about contractors that require a corporate app? Surely, there has to be a way to use the Managed Licensing aspect of ABM without using a MDM.

How can use ABM to do "managed licensing" without our client(s) having a MDM. Is there a way that I can revoke a redemption code once I have issued it?


texts:
Starting with Big Sur, I have trouble setting the hostname for my machine. If I go to Settings > Sharing and set the computer name to <myhostname>, it will set my hostname to something like DESKTOP-66SJRDC. I have no idea where that value comes from.
Then I set the hostname manually in Terminal via
sudo hostname <myhostname>

and it seems to use the correct hostname now. However once I change the Computer Name again in Sharing it falls back to some random value and I have to set it in terminal again.
I remember just needing to set the Computer Name in earlier macOS versions and not messing about with hostname. Did something change in Big Sur?
Where does the random value come from?


texts: "git commit -a" causes "subl -w: subl: command not found"

texts:
i am not sure what is causing this problem but i am having problems using git. It seems sublime is somehow interfering. Does perhaps anybody know how to solve this problem?

I am running OSX 10.9.3.

git version
git version 1.8.5.2 (Apple Git-48)

git commit -a
subl -w: subl: command not found
error: There was a problem with the editor 'subl -w'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.


texts: Command Line Tool to Batch Convert .EML/.EMLX/.MBOX to Searchable PDFs?

texts: I need to convert about 500k emails into searchable PDFs. By 'searchable' I mean that macOS will be able to scan them for specific words rather than simply treating them as an image. My searches, thus far, for a tool to do this have ended in proprietary database apps and over-priced sketchball x-to-pdf converters which basically perform the built-in macOS functionality of Print To PDF. Is there a single tool or two complementary tools that could be used together in Terminal to just batch convert all the emails to searchable PDFs?


texts: Why can Perspective Warp cause my Mac to run out of application memory?

texts:
I'm running Adobe Photoshop CC on a Mac with 32GB RAM. I have no performance issues other than Perspective Warp. Sometimes it works immediately, sometimes after a few seconds (while I wait for the revolving rainbow wheel to stop spinning) but it seems to take longer each time I use it within a session - eventually generating an 'out of application memory' message and freezing Photoshop. Restarting the Mac usually resets the function.

Can anyone help, please?


texts: List PIDs of processes that require high perf GPU

texts: Macbook Pro with Radeon card is huge pain. Is there a way to list in terminal processes/PIDs that use high perf GPU so I could easily kill them? I know Activity Monitor has "Energy" tab and there you can see processes that require high perf GPU but doing this every time I restart/login to mac is tedious. Right now I have one app that everytime it is run requires killing one thread that requires high perf GPU. gfxcardstatus gives me pids but then there is no interface to kill the process so I need to manually rewrite PID to terminal in order to kill the process.


texts: Different event handlers for different apps?

texts:
Is it possible to have different applications open links in different browsers?

For example, I would like to have all links in Thunderbird open in Firefox, while links in Mail should open in Safari.

Ideally, I would like to have different accounts in Thunderbird open in different browsers (work in Opera, home in Chrome, etc).

How can part A be done, if it can be? And is part B possible?


texts: When exporting a video from iMovie it asks for a title. Upon saving the file you'll find it has named the file whatever you input for the title. Now if you rename that file in Finder then open it in QuickTime and show the Movie Inspector, you'll find that the video title is the old title - the title you input in iMovie. Unfortunately you can't edit the title here. It doesn't show the title in Finder's Get Info. So my question is how can you edit the video's title (not filename) without reexporting the movie from iMovie?


texts: Can I copy files from a PC to an iMac using a USB memory stick?

texts: Having been a PC user for a number of years I'm now seriously considering purchasing an Apple iMac (21.5″, 2.7 GHz). Is it possible to use a USB flash drive to copy files from my Windows 7 PC to the iMac?


texts: How to Configure a Vanilla APFS Volume for Time Machine

texts:
I'd like a way using the CLI to set the ACEs and the accompanying files so that Time Machine will recognize a vanilla APFS volume as a Time Machine volume. I need the CLI that generates the conditions needed for Time Machine. Specifically,
cd /Volumes \
ls \
TIME-MACHINE-VOLUME\
Macintosh HD

cd TIME-MACHINE-VOLUME\
ls -le \
total 16 \
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root  wheel   192 Mar 29 19:55 2021-03-29-195615.previous \
 0: group:everyone deny add_file,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,writeattr,writeextattr,chown \
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel  6908 Mar 29 19:56 backup_manifest.plist


texts: Keep getting a "java" command-line tool notification on macOS Sierra 10

texts:
Every so often I keep receiving this "java" command-line tool notification on my Macbook Air - macOS Sierra.

When I click on More Info it just redirects me to

  http://www.apple.com/safari/

Not sure what is the way to get rid of it as it just stays on the screen and I have to select an option to make it go away. I am beginning to worry if this is a virus or something and also unsure why it would lead to the Apple website instead of java (Oracle)?


texts: Can I set some sort of "never send error report" on an app that has to be force quit frequently?

texts:
RSA SecurID. OSX El Capitan.

The app is frequently unresponsive when the computer comes back from sleep. Response from IT Support: "it's not meant to be left running". In other words I'm supposed to quit the app right after I use it. If I don't do that, the app is unresponsive next time I need it. So I have to force quit it.

It seems like there's a whole process involved in Force Quit -- like it's gathering up a stack trace etc. Well in this case there is no point to me reporting the quit it seems; I've reported it a dozen times over the past 9 months and never seen a new version of the app.

Can I permanently elect to not send an error report for a certain application? When I need to use RSA SecurID I need it right then, not 30s later. Waiting just interrupts my workflow.


texts: RTSP feed with ffmpeg and the Mac camera

texts: I have two Macs in my network. On the first one I want to capture the FaceTime camera via ffmpeg and make a RTSP feed available on the network, which I can watch on the second Mac.


texts: Should I use a Thunderbolt adapter or a USB 3.0 adapter for ethernet?

texts:
I've just been Googling about this, but I can't find definitive information (some sites claim things that I'm unsure of).  Which is faster for connecting an ethernet cable to a MacBook Pro - a Thunderbolt adapter or a USB 3.0 adapter?  I've seen some claims that Thunderbolt can do a full gigabit while USB 3.0 can only do 100mb - but then again I've seen many USB 3.0 adapters advertised on Amazon as being capable of "10/100/1000 gigabit."  So, what's the verdict?  Which is faster?

(EDIT: I've also just noticed that some USB 2.0 adapters are listed as "10/100/1000 gigabit" capable.  Are they really as fast as the USB 3.0 and potentially Thunderbolt adapters?)


texts: Is there any way to put iMac to sleep (or other low power mode) while using it in target display mode?

texts:
When I connect to my mid-2010 27" iMac in Target Display Mode, fans hum and hard disks spin (with occasional I/O). Being logged out in iMac's macOS doesn't help.

Is it possible to lower this unnecessary power drag or at least minimize the noise? Can I boot iMac as a dumb-display?


texts: Can you buy a Series 2 Apple Watch body-only?

texts:
I already own, and still use my original release Apple Watch, released Spring 2015. I love the bands that I own and have no need nor interest in another one.

Apple's Gallery and Pre-Order page lists the body and bands together, is it possible to buy a Series 2 Watch Body only, and forego the band?


texts: How to prevent my Retina MacBook Pro from accessing Internet when sleeping?

texts:
When I close my Retina Macbook Pro's lid and put it to sleep, I have noticed that it periodically must "wake" and check the internet or connect to Wi-Fi when I expect it to be sleeping.  This has been consistent for me even with my previous MacBook Pro, too.

I see this because my Gmail tab in Chrome will have new emails preloaded, before the Wi-Fi connection is reenabled.  Or when I have an IRC client open, I'll see multiple join/disconnects in the log.

pmset -g sched does not print anything.

How can I stop it from doing this?


texts: Is it possible to copy and paste iCal events in iPad / iPhone?

texts: Is there any way to copy an event in iCal in iPad or iPhone and paste it to a different day? At times, I want to keep the original calendar entry, but repeat on a different day? I am not looking to use the repeat function, as that forces one to use more predictable repeat.


texts:
I have a used MacBook.  The former user was still the admin so I Googled and followed instructions to remove his password and get myself in as admin.  I then deleted his user account.

I just looked at my settings on my iPhone and saw under messages "share with FORMER USERS NAME MacBook"

How do I get his name off of everything?  I don't see him at all under user accounts. I don't have any discs, install media, etc.


texts: In applescript how do i get two different things to repeat at the same time

texts:
I am trying to get two different actions to repeat at different intervals but right now only the first action will repeat.

repeat
        keystroke "i"
        delay 44
    end repeat
    repeat
        keystroke "o"
        delay 5.5
    end repeat

thank you!


texts: Parallels Desktop to OS X brower actions

texts:
I have a customer with a Macbook Air running Windows with Parallels Desktop.
When he clicks on a hyperlink in a Windows application he wants OS X Safari to respond.
Is this possible somehow?

To make things even more complicated some of the pages he wants to open are not online but local files inside the Windows enviroment.


texts:
I just installed Wireshark Version 1.12.0 (v1.12.0-0-g4fab41a from master-1.12) on OSX 10.9.4 with XQuartz 2.7.7.

Wireshark is doing something zany with my keyboard layout, but other X11 applications are not affected.  I don't see a keyboard layout option in the Wireshark interface and Google searchs have been fruitless.

Example of what zany means:

The z key is now 5 (shift Z yields %).  5 is now i.  <tab> is b. <Space> is n.

There might be a pattern, but it's not obvious to me (the number of bytes in the key remap does not follow a pattern either).

Anyone have suggestions?


texts: Apple script-How to assign a variable from reading a file content and to send a message?

texts:
This is a apple script as below. I want to read a file content and assign it as a variable for sending as iMessage content. But, I get an error.

tell application "Messages"
    set targetBuddy to "+xxxxxxxxxxx"
    set targetService to id of 1st service whose service type = iMessage
    set Shows to paragraphs of (read POSIX file "/Users/human/macairspace.txt")
    set textMessage to Shows
    set theBuddy to buddy targetBuddy of service id targetService
    send textMessage to theBuddy
end tell

It shows an error message.

error "「Messages」Error：Can't make「file \"Macintosh HD:Users:human:macairspace.txt\"」as「file」。" number -1700 from file "Macintosh HD:Users:human:macairspace.txt" to file


texts: Is there an existent method, a driver, or some software that facilitates direct USB-to-USB networking in macOS similar to FireWire-to-Firewire ethernet or the new Thunderbolt-to-Thunderbolt ethernet networking?


texts: Why does conversion of non-bootable hfs+ external drive to apfs fail (on macOS Mojave)? com.apple.DiskManagement error -69888

texts:
The attempted conversion is failing. Does anyone know why?

Disk Utility.app error:

Converting “mySSD” to APFS

Converting HFS Volume to an APFS Container which will export one APFS Volume
The target is the Journaled HFS+ volume “mySSD” on disk3 backed via CoreStorage on disk2s2
The target is a data disk; it is not a macOS system disk
Found APFS EFI driver /usr/standalone/i386/apfs.efi to install into the APFS Container
Saving encryption context
The target is encrypted
Unmounting disk3
Exiting conversion operations with error code -69888
The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.DiskManagement error -69888.)

Operation failed…

Environment and disk details:

$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.14.6
BuildVersion:   18G84
$ diskutil list
[...]
/dev/disk3 (external, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS mySSD                  +499.1 GB   disk3
                                 Logical Volume on disk2s2
                                 BCFD2F21-6361-4256-AF3A-ACB4D78D7669
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

$


texts: Open link in new private window on iPad with safari

texts:
In order to avoid cluttering my history and such I often want to quickly open links in a private window. This is in the middle of a non private session.
How I do this in Chrome:

Long press link
Open in incognito tab

Is there a quick way to do this in Safari  on iPad as well?
So far the quickest path I found is as follows:

Long press link
Copy
Long press tab list
New private tab
Long press address bar
Paste and go

Not only is this a long process, it also flushes my clipboard which can mean extra time lost.
I know there are ways to work around this, like using a different browser, but I just wonder if there is a way to do this in safari.


texts: Is there any way to install homebrew on iOS (jailbroken)

texts:
I'd like to install homebrew on my iPhone running iOS 10.3.3, which is jailbroken and has Terminal and NewTerm installed.
When I run /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -k -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" I get:
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libruby.1.9.1.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/bin/ruby
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
        /usr/lib/libruby.1.9.1.dylib: can't
map segments into 16KB pages
        /usr/lib/libruby.1.9.1.dylib: can't
map segments into 16KB pages
        /usr/lib/libruby.1.9.1.dylib: can't
map segments into 16KB pages
        /usr/lib/libruby.1.9.1.dylib: can't
map segments into 16KB pages
Abort trap: 6

The command that I tried to use is the command that macOS uses to install homebrew.
Is there any way to successfully install homebrew on my iPhone?
This problem could be caused by the fact that my phone is only semi-jailbroken.
Ruby is installed, and my phone is semi-jailbroken (no tweaks, whenever I try to jailbreak with tweaks enabled, it gets stuck springing, respring two times and gets stuck at the same spot both times, and then reboots into regular iOS).


texts:
My Macbook pro has been in sleep with open lid and power. It suddenly waked up at 1am midnight. Screen is off actually. But fan started making loud noise, which made me believe it's up. After I closed the lid and unplugged power, fan noise stopped. What is happening here?

It's on Mojave.


texts: How to add button to Safari Toolbar, that invokes AppleScript

texts:
ProxyToggle AppleScript:
set socksStatus to do shell script "networksetup -getsocksfirewallproxy Wi-fi | grep Enabled"

if (offset of "Yes" in socksStatus) = 0 then
    do shell script "networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-fi On"
    display notification "Proxy Enabled !"
else
    do shell script "networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-fi Off"
    display notification "Socks disabled"

end if

How to add a button to the toolbar that invokes above AppleScript?  Menu Item = View, Customize Toolbar.


texts: How can I dual boot macos and Windows 10 on an early 2011 MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have lost the last couple of weeks struggling to install Winodows 10 alongside macos on a early 2011 MBP. I understand that Windows 10 is not officially supported by Apple, nevertheless I do not accept that I cannot install on it, since the hardware requirements are fully achieved.
First, I tried installing in EFI mode, but I had troubles (BSOD) when installing the Intel HD3000 drivers, then I understood after reading a lot of answers here and many other forums that Windows has to be installed in BIOS mode.
I read this fantastic answer (which would be exactly what I would like to achieve) but unfortunately it did not saved my ass because I got stuck at point 14: I got a black screen and computer does nothing and I cannot explain myself why. I would have added a comment rather than opening a new question, but I do not have enough reputation to do so.
I do not know if it matters or not, but my MBP suffers of that famous hardware problem with the discrete AMD graphic card. Nevertheless, I disabled it through the well known hack which forces the computer to use only the integrated graphics and it runs perfectly.
What I would like to achieve is a triple boot Mac (with or without refind):

primary disk with ubuntu (which already works perfectly)
secondary disk splitted in two partitions with macos and Windows 10

I hope this question is not a duplicate and I wish someone could help since I tried so much attempts that I begin to be kind of discouraged, but I am sure it is possible since I read about a lot of people who succeded in installing Windows 10 on this kind of mac.


texts: What is this fancy L with a curl on top, and how could I type it?

texts: I have encountered a very strange, L like letter that I couldn't found in the ASCII table, nor in the Greek alphabet. Do you have any idea what this could be, and what its name is? I would like to type it.


texts:
I'm trying to do this tutorial, but I can't mount the img file:

sudo mount -o loop,offset=62914560 2015-05-05-raspbian-wheezy.img /mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs

It says mount: You must specify a filesystem type with -t.

How can I mount an image in OSX?


texts: How to fix my Applescript plugins for the Contacts application that are no longer available since 10.9 Mavericks upgrade?

texts:
I have got 5 scripts listed in ~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/

SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
TelephoneAddressBookPhonePlugIn.bundle
TelephoneAddressBookSIPAddressPlugIn.bundle
Dial with Snom VoIP phone.scpt

Since the OS upgrade from 10.7 (Lion) to 10.9 (Mavericks) the .bundle plug-ins are still available within the "Contacts" application, however the AppleScript (.scpt) version is no longer listed at the former entry points.

How to fix this?


texts:
I've recently upgraded all the way from El Capitan to Catalina. I'm enjoying the new features of Keynote, but I've found it sometimes gets into a state where it won't start up without crashing. My question is about how to completely reset the application's state so that I can use it again, without rebooting.
Specifics about the problem: twice now I've been working on a presentation, and at the moment I tried to edit an equation it suddenly started "beachballing". Equations work most of the time, and I really like them as a feature (they're new for me), but this seems to happen sporadically. It goes into a "not responding" state after that, so I have to force it to quit. Then when I try to start it again, it crashes as soon as I choose "open" or "new", and I have to force it to quit again. (It crashes before I have a chance to choose which file to open - it doesn't seem to be a problem with one particular file - although both times it happened when I was working on a file that I created using the El Capitan version of Keynote.)
Last time the only thing that would fix it is rebooting, and I expect that will work this time. But I really don't like the idea that I will have to keep rebooting whenever I'm working on a presentation, so I'm wondering if there is something else I can try.
There seems to be no file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.keynote or any other file containing the string keynote or Keynote in any of the folders ~/Library/Preferences,  ~/Library/Application Support,  /Library/Preferences or  /Library/Application Support. I tried removing the folder ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.iWork.Keynote.savedState, but unfortunately that didn't make a difference. Is there anything else I can try that might reset the application's state so that I can start it up again.


texts: Only One Mail account can be enabled at a time

texts:
Every five minutes or so a message appears on my wife's MacAir that says

  Mail Password Required

If you click on Continue, it takes you to Internet Accounts in settings. There I can see two email accounts, iCloud and Hotmail. It is the hotmail account that has the problem, so she types in her password and then another message appears:

  Only one Mail account can be enabled at a time.
  Enabling the Mail account "hername@hotmail.com" will disable "hername@hotmail.com" on this Mac.

If you click OK, the same Mail Password Required comes up again in a few minutes.

Can anyone offer an explanation? Is there some other account setup somewhere? Is there a separate system in Mail, for instance?

Running 10.11.6.


texts:
I have configured ssh keys for github. I have multiple ssh keys configured already.
I need to add new ssh keys for bitbucket. But it does not seem to be working.

How do i restart sshd in OSX Lion?


texts: Apache2 (Httpd) not working after update to High Sierra

texts:
I have an issue where Apache will not start after updating to High Sierra 10.13.1.  There isn't anything showing in the error logs, but when I try to apachectl start nothing happens.  If I run apachectl configtest I receive "Syntax OK

I have used commands like sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist to no avail.  Apache will not start.  I can run sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.httpd.plist and that is not working either.

I took a look at the brew services list and httpd shows up in the list along with other process (mysql) but httpd's status is showing a yellow "started" instead of a green one.

I have tried many different things, and what I am finding is that if I look into the system.log file I find com.apple.xpc.launchctl[1] (homebrew.mxcl.httpd24[11780]): Service exited with abnormal code:1

If I run apachectl start, the command seems to work, but when I run the stop command I get "httpd (no pid file) not running.
I am also receiving the output of com.;apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.apache.httpd): Please switch away from OnDemand to KeepAlive.

Is there something with High Sierra that is preventing Apache from running when it ran fine in Sierra?


texts: Add a startup script in macOS High Sierra 10.13.2

texts:
I have a weather station program that I would like to run automatically in Terminal when I log in.  I manually have to run this every time I log in.  This is the simple script I would like to automate:

cd desktop
cd cumulusmx
sudo mono cumulusmx.exe

(mono asks for system password which is entered in on next line)

password

I am sure this is simple, but I am just starting out in macOS after many, many years of being a Microsux user.  Any simple solutions?


texts:
Is there a way to set up users on Mountain Lion to be available in the FileVault boot screen if the users are Active Directory users managed through Quest Authentication Services (QAS)?

I would like to have the following working:

User is managed through AD using QAS
FileVault encryption is used for the whole disk, not just the user's home directory
The AD user is used in the FileVault boot screen

Is this possible or does anyone use a similar configuration?

Update

Since I haven't received an answer here, and haven't found a way to use both QAS and FileVault, I have removed QAS (now using a local user account again), and then enabled FileVault 2 for the disk encryption. Logging in with the local user works fine.

The downside is that I have to authenticate separately to some network drives now that previously didn't require authentication due to the AD integration, but that's a small price.


texts: Is there a way to preserve terminal tab history across computer restarts?

texts:
I'm using Mac 10.9.5.  When I run a terminal with multiple tabs (using bash shell), I've noticed that when my computer restarts, the terminal will open up with the same number of tabs that were open in the previous session, but the commands I was running in the previous session (accessible via the "history" shell command) are no longer present in each tab.

Is there a way to preserve each session's history in the appropriate tab between computer restarts?


texts:
Unable to change Carrier Name using carrier editor (iOS 9.2.1)
My iPhone is not jail broken


texts: Is there a shortcut for moving selected message(s) to the Junk folder in macOS Mail?

texts: Question in the title is self explanatory.


texts: What's the specific cause of the headphone/built-in speaker switch?

texts:
So for a very long time this question has been asked and asked again: How can you play audio from the built-in speakers with the headphones plugged in?

When other people's Macs are dual booted (including mine), into Linux, or Windows, it is very much possible to switch between the built in speakers and headphones. The same with the startup chime, which sounds through the speakers with the headphones plugged in.

It's not hardware [or at least, not always], so where is the cause found in software? Is it at the kernel level? Is there a private API for sound management?


texts: Where can I find *all* screensaver files on MacOS Sierra?

texts:
When I go to "Desktop & Screen Saver", I see about 20 different screensavers. All online resources I've found have directed me to one of these locations, none of which contain ALL of the screensavers. In particular, I just want to edit/poke around in the .saver file for the Floating screensaver.

I can only find the abstract art screensavers like Flurry, Arabesque, Shell, Word of the Day, Random. There are other screen savers I can use, like Floating, Flip-up, Reflections, Origami, ...

Where are all of the other screensavers?

I've looked in these folders:

/Library/Screen Savers
    (only contains a folder with a bunch of pictures)
~/Library/Screen Savers
    (empty)
/System/Library/Screen Savers
    (only contains abstract screen savers mentioned above)
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources
    (contains a bunch of irrelevant files)


texts: Opening an OS X disk image with a launchd agent while the display is sleeping

texts:
I created a launchd agent which opens a non-password-protected sparse disk image (and mounts its solitary volume) daily at 2:45AM in preparation for backup software to write to the volume. The launchd agent's plist file is saved in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/. Here are the plist file's parameters:

Label: my.DiskImageOpener
KeepAlive: NO
RunAtLoad: NO
StartCalendar:
    Hour: 2
    Minute: 45
ProgramArguments:
    hdiutil
    attach
    /path/to/MyDiskImage.sparseimage

As long as the computer's display is awake, the agent works as advertised, opening the disk image and mounting its volume at the time specified in the launch agent. On the other hand, if the display is asleep at the time specified in the launch agent, the disk image fails to open until the display is awoken from sleep (even if that is several hours later), at which point the disk image immediately opens and mounts its volume. The same phenomenon happens if I replace the hdiutil attach /path/to/MyDiskImage.sparseimage command with open /path/to/MyDiskImage.sparseimage, or place the command in a separate executable shell script that the launch agent executes. Also, even though the display is asleep when the above-described problem occurs, the computer itself is awake. Also, I tested having the launch agent execute a dummy executable shell script (echo $(date)) instead of hdiutil, and it executes normally even when the display is asleep.

So it seems that the problem occurs specifically when trying to open a disk image from a launchd launch agent while the computer's display is asleep. Why does the display's sleep vs awake status have any effect on opening a disk image? How can I circumvent this problem?

I am grateful for any help with this puzzling problem. (I am using a MacBook Pro laptop running OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.)


texts: Bash command to calculate average on each row and each column

texts:
Suppose we have a log file like marks.log and the content looks something like this:

Fname   Lname   Net Algo
Jack    Miller  15  20
John    Compton 12  20
Susan   Wilson  13  19

I want to add a new column that contains average for each person (row), and a new row that contains average for each course (column). I'm new to bash can i can't figure the syntax for loops and awk etc.


texts:
I start capturing by issuing command:
sudo airport en0 sniff 1

and get:
Capturing 802.11 frames on en0.

when I press Ctrl-C :
^CSession saved to /tmp/airportSniffo78aCP.cap.

and file /tmp/airportSniffo78aCP.cap
has only 24B:
$hexdump /tmp/airportSniffo78aCP.cap
0000000 d4 c3 b2 a1 02 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000010 00 00 08 00 7f 00 00 00
0000018

Is my wifi got stuck? I tried to put interface down and up but without luck...


texts: Delete key doesn't work in vim on iTerm2

texts:
Firstly, I typed some thing on insert mode, like

Hello

At this stage, if I didn't exit from insert mode, delete works and can delete the whole word if I want.

If I quit insert mode, and open insert mode again, this Hello can't be removed by delete. But the newly typed in content can be removed.

I've renamed my .vimrc, problem still exits.

And I did some test on remote server through iterm, didn't encounter the same issue.

What could be the cause of this problem? How to fix it?


texts:
I found an old iPad 2 generation (what I don't use anymore) and wish to gift it to my parents.

A lot of personal data on this iPad.

I need to reset my old iPad, but forgot restrictions passcode and don't have an iTunes backup before restrictions passcode.

Howto reset iPad with factory settings?


texts: Is it safe to install and use app from ”untrusted developer“?

texts:
Cryptocurrency wallet bter.com/mobileapp are asking me to install its app directly from corporate repository. It's firs time when I'm able to see such thing.

Is it safe to work with this app? Or it can possibly steal some of my data because of ”mistrust“?

P.S.: I know how to avoid this popup window and start working. The only thing that I want to specify is how safe to use it.


texts: I just installed gfortran on my Mac OS X 10.8.5, and now I need an IDE in order to write and compile and run my fortran programs. I used to use Codeblocks in Ubuntu, but I prefer to ask for an optimal IDE for Mac OS X.


texts:
I have a service ran under homebrew. This service is simply started by running the command

sudo stunnel

I need this command to run on bootup, so I created a LaunchDaemon but it is not working. Here is the launchd file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple$
<plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.stunnel.stunnelstartup.plist</string>
   <key>ProgramArguments</key>
   <array>
          <string>/bin/sh</string>
          <string>/usr/local/etc/stunnel/startup.sh</string>
   </array>
   <key>UserName</key>
   <string>ROOT</string>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
   <key>KeepAlive</key>
   <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

And here is the shell script:

#!/bin/bash
#stunnel startup
sleep 30 #Delay added for the system to boot properly
sudo stunnel

What am I doing wrong???

EDIT: I have done what all of the answers have suggested so far, with still no luck. Here is my new launchd file:

I also edited the stunnel configuration so it does not run in the background

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple$
<plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.stunnel.stunnelstartup.plist</string>
   <key>Program</key>
   <string>/usr/local/bin/stunnel</string>
   <key>UserName</key>
   <string>root</string>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
   <key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
   <false/>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: Automatic power on in clamshell mode when AC is switched on in macbook pro 16

texts:
I started using a 16" MacBook Pro in closed clamshell mode with an external keyboard and monitor.

My previous MacBook Pro (late 2016) would automatically power on when I power on filter with attached AC power. But this new MacBook Pro only powers on after opening and closing the lid.

Is there any way to automatically turn on the laptop when power is applied without opening the lid?


texts: I found a screen recording feature of QuickTime X very useful. Except you can't pause the recording, as in most other screen recording programs. Or can you?


texts:
On my CentOS 6 server I have
locale -a | grep en_IN
en_IN
en_IN.utf8

But on my macOS Mojave I don't have it. Is there a way to install en_IN locale on macOS 10.14.6 ?


texts: Apple TV with a household of more than one Apple IDs

texts:
Can you log in more than one account as long as you log off the one that is signed on before signing in another? For instance, if you buy an AppleTV and your house has two other members with different Apple IDs, can each person use the AppleTV as long as the one that is logged on is signed off then another person logs in? Or does it only allow one Apple user use the tv?

Would each person have to own the AppleTV or can more than one family member share one?


texts: How can I change a URL that an application pings

texts:
I'm trying to resurrect an old mac application.

Currently it is trying to scrape data from deadurl.com/?12345

Although that url is dead so it's not working. There are other url's which provide the same data and are still alive such as

differentWorkingUrl.com/?12345

Is there a way I can decompile the application and replace the scraping URL?


texts: How do I use my Airport express to connect an AV receiver that requires ethernet?

texts: I set up the airport express(AX) in airport utility and I have it extending my network from my airport extreme. Shows connected and everything but when I plug in my AV receiver it does not get the signal. Furthermore when I connect my macbook to the AX via ethernet cable and assign the network to ethernet it does not connect to the internet? My question is how to I configure the AX so that I can receive the wireless signal from my airport extreme and convert it to ethernet connectivity?  Thanks for your help!!


texts:
I'm fairly new to the iPhone, so apologies if this is an obvious question.

Are the default programs on the bottom bar (Phone, Mail, Safari + iPod) the only applications that can show 'new' event counts? Is it to do with them being on the bottom bar?


texts: How can I keep settings consistent between Macs?

texts:
I use multiple Macs (OS X Lion). There are a lot of settings, apps, and files I'd like to keep synced up between them. Files are the easiest of the lot -- Dropbox + symlinks, Mercurial repositories, and standalone Puppet manifests are all well-understood and simplish tools. Apps are slightly more difficult, but I'm experimenting with Puppet + PackageMaker + Dropbox to meet this goal.

That brings us to settings. These are also the most obnoxious since I set some small thing on my iMac, promptly forget, then rediscover the annoyance on my MacBook a couple weeks later and have to comb through Google to figure out what I did to fix it the first time.

I discovered the 'defaults' command today and have been exploring it, but I was wondering how everyone else solves this?

By "settings" I mean OS-level configurations like changing the number of Spaces you have, setting hot corners, modifying mouse behavior, etc. App-level configuration would be great, too, but I'm assuming a lot of different apps do this different ways. Oh, how I miss real Unix and its flat configuration files...


texts: How to permently delete images from Photos?

texts:
I've read online to delete images from a mac which you have imported through the Photo's app that you must

Launch the Photos app on your Mac.
Go to the File > Show recently deleted menu item.
Click on the pictures or videos you want to permanently delete.
Click on the Delete button at the top right.

But I do not seem to have the option to Show recently deleted menu item.

Also when I check in the terminal I can see the photos still exist in the below folders

$ ls Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/2016/03/27/20160327-09
20160327-090437/ 20160327-091640/ 20160327-093058/
$ ls Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters/2016/03/27/20160327-090437/
./            IMG_0073.JPG  IMG_0176.JPG  IMG_0286.JPG  IMG_0372.JPG  IMG_0481.JPG  IMG_0565.JPG  IMG_0643.JPG  IMG_0689.JPG  IMG_0758.JPG  IMG_0803.JPG  IMG_0832.AAE
../           IMG_0075.JPG  IMG_0182.JPG  IMG_0288.JPG  IMG_0376.JPG  IMG_0482.JPG  IMG_0566.JPG  IMG_0644.JPG  IMG_0690.JPG  IMG_0759.JPG  IMG_0804.AAE  IMG_0832.JPG

I could just delete them from the terminal but their must be a better way?  If I delete them in the terminal am I missing other places were they need to be deleted.


texts:
Is there a way to transfer the step data (ideally, total steps per day) from my iPhone to my computer?

Thanks!


texts: Attempting to restore iPhone 4 gives error -1

texts: I just bought a iPhone 4 off Craigslist, and it's stuck on the iTunes screen. Whenever I try to restore it, towards the end of the process, an icon pops up and says error -1. What does this mean?


texts: MacBook Pro 15" Retina mid 2014 random shutdowns

texts:
My MacBook Pro (15-inch, Retina, Mid 2014, macOS 10.13.1) shuts down randomly.

It shuts down suddenly when on battery
It shuts down a little more rare when connected to AC
It works almost fine when in safe mode
It works perfectly while I install macOS
It works fine when I have an external screen connected and a YouTube video is playing there (it is my last solution to make work on this comp) but…
It shuts down with external screen connected but no video playing. It happens in the moment of going to sleep mode. Or while it is in sleep mode, I don't know exactly. So maybe video playing helps in that it doesn't go sleep because of video.

Not working possible solutions, I tried:

reset SMC
reset PRAM
login with newly created user
reinstall OS X over old OS X
reinstall OS X entirely
replace thermal paste. I found that one screw "hole" was unlinked from board. So my heat sink is fixed with 3 screws. But it touches bottom plate when it fixed. So it is kind of tight to CPU anyway. It can be a problem though. But why stress tests passing then?! Read next.
monitor temperature (no overheating)
monitor battery (no problems)
run Apple Hardware Test (no issues)
look at Console App. Logs are not saying anything important or like. On old OSX and newly installed. Logs just cut on time of shutdown and then line BOOT_TIME.
Stress test CPU. 8 times yes > /dev/null & in Terminal. And all cores are 100% loaded. Temperature raises, fans in turbo mode. No shutdown, no problems.
Stress test GPU. Open Webgl demo page in browser with 10000 fishes in awuarium. No problems.

Some lasting ideas:

Replace battery (not easy and fast as I need. A lot of work pending)
Go to Apple and leave my only computer for unknown period of time. And I have no warranty of course. And I Googled a lot of stories when Apple couldn't find a issue and people had to replace main board for big money and time. Very bad.
Buy new computer. A bit difficult for me now.
I have read in some places, that this problem doesn't appear in Windows in Boot Camp! I even downloaded Windows 10 to try, but not yet. Anyway I need my favourite macOS, not Windows.
Somewhere I read that it is some problem because of low voltage mode on CPU. It causes some 'unstable' regime in CPU and so system halts. It was only little info about that. It seems like real path to solution. But I don't know how to investigate this more.

A little History

2 months ago: I changed battery with one from aliexpress (china market). It was described as OEM Apple. It is quite the same and it detects with coconutBattery as Simplo manufacturer. I Googled and they say it is like OEM.
1 month ago: I have replaced my charger cord with one from fault charger. With MagSafe 2 connector.

The beginning

I took my MacBook to the bed and it shut down unexpectedly. It was like screen gone black, but backlight on. Then fans went full throttle slowly. And then it shut down completely. I pressed power btn and it started as usual. No messages. No warnings.

Then it worked for some time (maybe half an hour) and story repeated.

I decided that it is overheating because of bed. Took it to the desk. And problem repeated in some time. I began to google this hard. And play with problem to nail it down.

In the process I found that it works fine in Safe Mode (almost, but I had couple of crashes even in safe mode) It works fine when I reinstall macOS. All long 2 hours of downloading and 1 of installing it worked. After long google I found that it works better with external screen connected.

Current situation

So to recap. MacBook is failing almost always, except when I have external screen and video on it.


texts:
With multilevel bullet lists, is it possible to leave less space between lower level bullets? Eg

• Item1

• Item2
    - Item2a
    - Item2b
    - Item2c

• Item 3

Currently, I can only do it manually, each time I change the level.

I am using Pages 5.


texts: How to add a guest public ssh key for remote access?

texts: I need to add a developers public ssh key to my user account so that he can access my console and help debug a node.JS issue. Any suggestions on where to start


texts: Is there a way to have a system wide meta key?

texts:
I know that in terminal, one can remap right option -> meta.  This lets you do nice UNIX commands such as META-F (which goes forward a word), META-B, etc.  However, if you try doing OPTION-F outside of terminal, you get something like this: ƒ.

Is there a way to disable the alt characters for the right option key to make it like terminal meta?

The CTRL shortcuts (like CTRL-F or A) work well in OSX, but it doesn't seem possible to use the META ones.


texts: How to set up Document Root as "Sites" folder in Apache on macOS Sierra?

texts:
I have an index.html in my /Users/igor/Sites/MySite folder (igor is my username on Mac). Links (for example: Page) all go to localhost/page instead of http://localhost/~igor/MySite/page. http://localhost reports It works!, in http://localhost/~igor/ I see all my files and folders.

My /private/etc/apache2/users/igor.conf file:

<Directory "/Users/igor/Sites/">
AllowOverride All
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>

My /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-userdir.conf file (without comments):

UserDir Sites
Include /private/etc/apache2/users/*.conf
<IfModule bonjour_module>
       RegisterUserSite customized-users
</IfModule>

Also I uncommented lines in httpd.conf as described here.

Some lines from my httpd.conf:

User _www
Group _www

 <Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied
</Directory>

<Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
    Options FollowSymLinks Multiviews
    MultiviewsMatch Any

    AllowOverride None

    Require all granted
</Directory>

httpd -V output:

Server version: Apache/2.4.23 (Unix)
Server built:   Aug  8 2016 16:31:34
Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:61
Server loaded:  APR 1.5.2, APR-UTIL 1.5.4
Compiled using: APR 1.5.2, APR-UTIL 1.5.4
Architecture:   64-bit
Server MPM:     prefork
  threaded:     no
    forked:     yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with....
 -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
 -D APR_HAS_MMAP
 -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
 -D APR_USE_FLOCK_SERIALIZE
 -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
 -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
 -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
 -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
 -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=256
 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr"
 -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/bin/suexec"
 -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/private/var/run/httpd.pid"
 -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
 -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
 -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="/private/etc/apache2/mime.types"
 -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf"

How to fix links so they correspond to Sites/MySite/MyLink and not localhost/MyLink? Thanks.

Update: httpd -t -D DUMP_RUN_CFG returns:

[Thu Oct 13 16:55:24.277291 2016] [so:warn] [pid 46810] AH01574: module php5_module is already loaded, skipping
AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/usr/docs/dummy-host.example.com] does not exist
AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/usr/docs/dummy-host2.example.com] does not exist
ServerRoot: "/usr"
Main DocumentRoot: "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
Main ErrorLog: "/private/var/log/apache2/error_log"
Mutex default: dir="/private/var/run/" mechanism=default
Mutex mpm-accept: using_defaults
PidFile: "/private/var/run/httpd.pid"
Define: DUMP_RUN_CFG
User: name="_www" id=70 not_used
Group: name="_www" id=70 not_used


texts: transfer apps from iPhone 4S to iPad 3 using iTunes 10 on a PC

texts:
I have an iPad 3 and a iPhone 4S both logged in with the same Apple ID. I have downloaded about a dozen apps on my iPhone 4S and would like to transfer these over to my iPad 3.

I have connected my iPad to my PC with iTunes, however I cannot seem to find the setting that allows me to transfer the apps I have previously downloaded with this Apple ID to my iPad.

I am using iTunes 10.

How can I do this?


texts: How can Activity Monitor received packets count decrease?

texts: In OS X Activity Monitor I noticed that the Received Packets count sometimes decreased as I was watching. This doesn't make sense because the number of packets counted in that column should always increase as new packets are received. The activity mDNSResponder counted up from 250 to 350 over a few minutes but several times the count decreased by one or two before resuming its climb.


texts:
I'm using Selenium in order to control multiple Firefox sessions at the same time.

In this context, the OS handles each Firefox window as a different application.

I want to build a workflow that'll allow me to close all the recent windows of Firefox (leaving the "oldest" one working), but I couldn't find any way to sort them by their opening date.

Any help would be appreciated!


texts:
My simple task is to create within the workdir up to max separate dirs

copy within it some files from the template dir (so every new dir is replicas and the difference only within it names defined from i)
create new txt file within each of the new dir with some text:

home=/projects/clouddyn/md_bench/for_server/MD_bench
template=$home/template

cd $home
min=1
max=3

for i in $(eval echo "{$min..$max}")
do
    mkdir "sim_$i"
    sim=$(basename "sim_$i")
    pushd $sim
    cp $template/*.* $sim
    prinf "This is $i dir" > ./$sim/file_$i.txt
    popd
done

Unfortunately the new dirs are created but files didn't copy

Thanks for the help!


texts: How can I import a PGP public key into Keychain Access.app?

texts: I have someone's PGP Public Key (.asc) and would like to import that into Keychain Access.app so that I can email them with my existing PKI certificates which I already use with Mail.app. How can I do this?


texts: Chrome address bar disappeared after update

texts:
I have a weird issue with Chrome (69.0.3497.92 (Official Build) (64-bit)). When I go into fullscreen mode with CMD + CTRL + F the addressbar disappears.

It started after the update from the old known theme to the 'new' flat Chrome version. I cannot browse to URLs in fullscreen mode anymore.

To make it completely clear. It is not with the video based fullscreen etc. it concerns every page.

Normal view:

Fullscreen view:

Anyone know how to fix this?


texts:
Does iCloud save deleted pictures from your camera and photo stream?

For example: If you saved a picture from Google but deleted it from your camera and the photo stream does it still save it to iCloud?


texts: Mac Mini needs HDMI unplug-replug after it's been asleep

texts:
I have a Mac Mini hooked up to my TV in my living room, connected via my audio received, and via HDMI.

If I leave the Mac until it goes to sleep, the TV screen goes blue (as expected), and the Mini goes to sleep.

If I then try to wake the Mini using the keyboard or the button on the back, the Mini wakes up fine, but the TV remains on the blue screen, and I have to unplug and re-plug the HDMI cable for the TV to decide what it's doing and show the display.

I'm using latest Mavericks, and no adapters, just straight from the mini to the AV receiver (same way my other devices are connected). I've tried plugging the HDMI directly from TV-Mini without the AV Receiver, just to ensure the receiver isn't the issue. It isn't :)

Any idea what I can do to fix this issue?


texts: How do I save iCloud photos to external hard drive?

texts: Photos on my iPad are backed up on iCloud, but as my iCloud storage is full I want to back up my iCloud photos to an external hard drive. How do I do this on my Windows desktop PC? I do not have a Mac.


texts: When trying to update existing free apps or install new ones, I get into a payment "Verification Required" loop

texts:
On my iPad (iOS 12.2), I'm trying to update my existing apps. The app store requests that I authenticate with my Apple ID password. It then brings me to my payment information screen, where it asks me to configure my payment method.

I select "None" on the payment method screen, since I'm only planning on updating apps and installing free ones on this iPad for now. After clicking "Done", it pops up the Apple ID authentication box again, which brings me back to the payment method screen, and this loop continues forever. I can't update my apps or install any new apps, even free ones.

In my App Store settings, I have disabled the "Require Password for Free Downloads" setting, but it doesn't make a difference. I can't install or update free apps.


texts: Time Capsule will not connect to the internet or back up

texts: All lights are green except for internet and server.  I can not connect to the internet.  Things were fine until after my first back up.


texts: How do I distinguish text conversations from the same contact with different phone numbers?

texts:
I have a contact with whom I share text messages from two different phone numbers. How can I distinguish the two text conversations? Right now, it labels them identically with Full Name at the top, and first name beneath.

iPhone 6 running ios 10.


texts:
I'm considering installing the OS X Server app on my main, day-to-day machine, in order to run Xcode Server and get a GUI for the VPN configuration (I'm already using the VPN with a manually configured LaunchDaemon).

Are there any reasons I shouldn't do this (such as security or performance issues)? I don't have another Mac that can run Mavericks at the moment, and would turn off all of the services I won't be using.


texts: Window too large when moved to second display

texts:
When I move a window from a larger display to a smaller display, sometimes it's so large that the bottom right hand corner is outside the display, meaning that I can't easily resize it.

What can I do about this situation?


texts: Do I need a credit card to install free apps on my MacBook Pro?

texts: I'm using MacBook pro. My problem is: every time when I want to download an app it's asking about my credit card information. I used to have a credit card but I don't have it now. I can't even download free apps.


texts: Acceptable CPU usage for 4 core 3.4gHz i7

texts:
Creating a kiosk application for the Mac and am testing performance and CPU usage.
The activity monitor shows a total of roughly 90 to 150% CPU usage for the always up, kiosk processes.

My first confusion is how CPU usage can be over 100% but I understand it is related to the number of cores.

So my question is, is 150% total CPU usage acceptable for a kiosk based mac with constantly running 24-7 applications? Or is that too high?

addendum> the application is processing video constantly, the only 'interaction' is the video feed coming from a webcam.


texts:
I'm looking for a way to change the minimum number of files required to 1 so I can make a folder from a single selected file rather than having to have 2 selected before it becomes available.

To see what I mean...

Go to Finder
Select any two (or more) files in the same folder or the Desktop.
right click on the selection
you will see a choice "New Folder with Selection (x items)"

I would like to be able to only select one and have that choice appear.

Thanks.


texts: From command line on macOS, how to add a user group to the Sharing and Permissions list for a directory?

texts:
The macOS gui, as shown in the attached image, provides a way to add users and user groups to the permissions of a file system directory.

There are also lots of examples of how to create groups from the command line, etc (dscl, and so forth).  But I don't see anything on how - from the command line - to add user groups to the permissions of a file system directory.

PS: The answers in How to manage users access to shared folders from the command line? covers network shares, but don't show how to do what the Finder does (on an unshared folder).


texts: iMac only works in safe mode and cursor showing weird black lines (pic attached)

texts:
Have a Mid 2010 model computer IMac 21.5 that is acting up. Won't work in normal start up, will start in safe mode, but cursor shows strange black lines (see attached photo). These lines follow the cursor around.

Running Yosemite


texts: Can I set different Screen Time App Limits on different devices?

texts:
Is it possible to set Screen Time App Limits differently on difference devices, when the same iCloud account is used between them?
I would like to limit how long a child account can spend using a browser on iPhone, but have a more generous limit on a Mac Mini. However, it seems like App Limits are shared across devices - aforementioned child left the Mac logged in, which has used up all her App Limit allowance for the day.


texts: On how many devices with the same iTunes account can you share an app?

texts: I'm aware that you can sync an iPad with up to 3 different computers, but if you have multiple iPad devices with the same iTunes account, how many devices can you sync an app to?


texts: How can I stop iPhoto from uploading my videos to Facebook automatically?

texts:
When I visit my Facebook page I see several random videos that I didn't upload. iPhoto has done this several times to me- scared of what it will post with my knowledge! I try to close it and sometimes I can not even close the application because it is still synching with FB even if I click quit.

Why does it do this?


texts: How to rotate photos sent in whatsapp in iPhone 6s

texts:
Recently I switched to iPhone otherwise was an Android user.

I am trying to rotate the photo sent to my whatsapp messages left/right like within the app like there is a option in android. i can't find it in iPhone.

Note: i am strictly not asking about the auto screen rotation.


texts: Trying to uninstall wifi hardware on MBP 2019 16". Previous MBP models method of .kext removal not working, or I can't find the right kext to remove

texts:
First post, after searching this site and others for answers. Hopefully someone here can help me and others reading this.
Please don't judge, I bet it's not normal that someone asks how to BREAK their wifi.
I work alone at a home office, on cognitively draining focus intense creative work.
I have tried all the productivity apps, site blockers, timers etc, and NOTHING exists that cannot ultimately be worked around with a few clicks, without leaving my chair.
I share the wifi signal with others in the household, so switching this off is not possible.
Years ago, on my previous MBP, I settled on a workaround.
Copy the IO80211Family.kext to a thumb drive, and put that in a physically different location (having to leave my desk/office and having a cumbersome process for reinstallation is the only really effective short circuit in the battle of willpower vs procrastination)
Then in Terminal in recovery mode delete that kext from System/Library/Extensions folder.
Later on, when internet is again required on that machine, fetch that thumb drive, and reinstall the kext using kextbeast or another kext installer app.
So far so good, until this month, I purchased a new MBP, (16"2019) running Catalina 10.15.6, and deleting those kexts just does not work to uninstall the wifi hardware.
I am looking for a situation in which I can do something that leaves the wifi status saying 'hardware not installed' or similar, and the only way to fix is to re-install it at my own leisure using a file or key of some sort stored remotely on a usb stick.
An extra step either in Catalina or on this MBP model, is that I need to disable SIP in recovery mode before reinstalling kext files, then run
sudo mount -uw /
in terminal in normal mode before being able to reinstal the kext files. But that's not so difficult, and I then reset the SIP to enable and a restart resets the sudo command above so all good there.
By the way, in addition to removing IO80211Family.kext
I have also tried to disable the wifi hardware by removing:
IO80211FamilyV2.kext
BCMWLANFirmware4355_Hashstore.kext (and the variants 4364 & 4377)
AppleBluetoothModule.kext (bluetooth continued to work)
IOBluetoothFamily.kext (bluetooth continued to work)
To no avail. Wifi has continued to work just fine.
(note: they are all re-installed again now)
I suppose there is a different driver process in Catalina, or in this hardware model, and I would love any help or suggestions about a different workaround that achieves the same end.
Thanks!


texts: Indexing NAS with "mdutil -i on" with Sierra not working anymore

texts:
I used to index my NAS with the command line mdutil -i on. Ok, I know it's not perfect, but it worked for me.

But since I updated to macOS Sierra it's not working anymore.
If I type mdutil /Volumes/name -i on I just get the feedback Indexing disabled. It doesn't matter if I use SMB or AFP (SMB was always working for me).

Maybe this information is helpful for a solution, if I mdutil /Volumes/name -E I get the feedback: mdutil disabling Spotlight: /Volumes/archiv -> kMDConfigSearchLevelFSSearchOnly. Indexing disabled.

Does anyone has any solution?


texts: I have hp mini 210-2080nr booted windows 8 i have retail os x 10.6.3 copy please help to install it.I want to install it using only windows.


texts: MacOS, differences between running a bundled app and running the bundle's executable

texts:
Can someone elaborate the differences in OSX between running a bundled application by doing one of the following:

double-clicking on it
search for it and run it from spotlight
open /Application/MyApp.app

or just running its executable in Terminal:

$ /Application/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/myapp (the executable binary)


texts: I am relatively new to Macs and their osascript syntax. I have a mac mini set up as a server and I am trying to use Apple Remote Desktop to send a command to one of the iMac workstations. When I send the command osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to shut down' I get the message execution error: File permission error (-54). I am unsure how to resolve this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Toggle Finder sort order with AppleScript under Lion 10.7?

texts:
For years I've been using this AppleScript to toggle the sort order of a Finder window:

if sort direction of column id size column of list view options of window 1 is normal then
    set sort direction of column id size column of list view options of window 1 to reversed
else
    set sort direction of column id size column of list view options of window 1 to normal
end if

(You can replace size with kind, name, modification date, etc.)

But ever since Lion, this no longer works!

The little arrow in the column header DOES change, but the items do not re-sort.

Any way to get this working?


texts:
I'm not receiving new messages in the Messages app on macOS (High Sierra). I do get notifications of new messages there (delayed many minutes from when I receive them on iOS). And I can send messages from macOS (which appear immediately on my iOS Messages and at the recipient). But no new Messages of any kind appear in Messages on macOS.

Is there a way to totally and completely reset Messages on macOS so that it works again?

(Note that despite failing to be of any use, Messages on macOS renders the machine unusable when running by maxing out CPU usage. So perhaps a clean resent of Messages in necessary to fix that as well?)


texts: Upgraded to Lion: Time Machine spends a LOT of time indexing backup

texts:
I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Lion and one of the problems I've had is that Time Machine keeps running and running, and the fans go on.

This usually seems to be in the state where it indexes the backup.

This is to a Time Capsule, there is about 90 Gb left on the drive.  I am connecting wirelessly over an n-network. The backups go about 4 months back.  Left to itself the backup finishes in "quite a while".

Under 10.6 this was an almost invisible process.  Now I am annoyed hourly.  Any suggestions?

EDIT: I grepped for "backup" in the log messages (/private/var/log/system.log) and got the following from the last backup (which I cancelled):

24/07/11 14.42.22,185 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
24/07/11 14.42.24,013 com.apple.backupd: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Thorbj%C3%B8rn%20Ravn%20Andersen@Thorbj%C3%B8rn%20TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data
24/07/11 14.42.31,097 com.apple.backupd: Mounted network destination at mountpoint: /Volumes/Data using URL: afp://Thorbj%C3%B8rn%20Ravn%20Andersen@Thorbj%C3%B8rn%20TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data
24/07/11 14.42.35,981 com.apple.backupd: QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
24/07/11 14.42.39,214 com.apple.backupd: Disk image /Volumes/Data/Thorbjørns MBP.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine-sikkerhedskopier
24/07/11 14.42.39,287 com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine-sikkerhedskopier/Backups.backupdb
24/07/11 14.45.02,101 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 14.45.21,588 mds: (Error) Backup: doBackupIndexFile could not stat backup location /.MobileBackups/Computer/2011-07-24-144225/Volume/Users/ravn/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2011-07-journal /.MobileBackups/Computer/2011-07-24-144225/Volume/Users/ravn/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2011-07-journal. Error 2 with uid 0
24/07/11 14.57.34,633 com.apple.backupd: 23.71 GB required (including padding), 71.79 GB available
24/07/11 14.57.34,680 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 14.58.38,530 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 14.59.56,176 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.00.56,663 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.01.57,479 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.02.57,783 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.03.59,499 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.05.00,659 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.06.01,065 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.07.01,923 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.08.03,008 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.09.03,818 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.10.05,692 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.11.06,368 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.12.06,780 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.13.07,700 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.14.08,159 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.15.09,275 com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
24/07/11 15.15.11,044 com.apple.backupd: Copied 0 files (0 bytes) from volume OSX.
24/07/11 15.15.12,154 mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume
24/07/11 15.16.42,159 com.apple.backupd: Backup canceled.
24/07/11 15.16.46,704 com.apple.backupd: Ejected Time Machine disk image.
24/07/11 15.16.47,816 com.apple.backupd: Ejected Time Machine network volume.

Is the "Could not find requested backup type: 2 for volume" message important?


texts: Why does Mac OS X requires repairing of permissions for maintenance while other OS (windows /Ubuntu) doesn't require it?

texts:
Please explain briefly why repairing of permission is  one of the maintenance tool for mac os x exclusively .
Why it isn't done on windows?


texts: MacBook Pro Boots to a circle with a line through it

texts: My MBP boots-up to only a circle with a line through it.  I have no idea what this means.  It will not let me go into single-user mode or recovery mode.  I'm assuming everything is gone.  I don't have the disks that came with it.  I don't know OS X, can someone help me and tell me how to fix it?


texts: Homebrew putty installation does not make the putty command recognisable

texts:
I would like to instal putty with use of Homebrew. I'm performing the following command:

brew install putty

which gives the seemingly correct output:

==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/putty-0.67.el_capitan.bottle.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/thisuser/Library/Caches/Homebrew/putty-0.67.el_capitan.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring putty-0.67.el_capitan.bottle.tar.gz
  /usr/local/Cellar/putty/0.67: 11 files, 1.5M

However, the putty command is not recognised:

thisuser-541/41:~$ putty
-bash: putty: command not found


texts: How to update from OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 to OS X Sierra 10.12?

texts:
I need to update my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008):

from OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) to OS X 10.12 (Sierra) due to an incompatibility with Traktor:

How should I proceed?


texts: Progress bar for transferring files to iDevice on macOS 10.15

texts:
There used to be a progress bar in iTunes, when transferring files to iDevices (Apps with file sharing). However, with the new Finder interface on Catalina, no such progress bar can be found when copying those files.

Is there any way to check the progress? This is particularly annoying as transfer of large folders usually fails in the middle.


texts: iTunes says an update is available but iPhone doesn't (iOS 10.1.1)

texts:
I recently updated my 6s Plus to iOS 10.1.1, and says it has the latest version. But when i connect it to iTunes both in mac & win it says an update available with the same version number.

should i upgrade or ignore?


texts: I send a friend w/o a Mac some paragraphs & they disappear in the sending, so I'd like to include the paragraph symbol at the start of each paragraph so she can see where they go. How do I do that in Pages 5.2.2 on a Mac?


texts: How can I allow the cursor to continue moving immediately after clicking the trackpad?

texts:
I have a Macbook, though I assume this behavior occurs on all of Apple's newer trackpads (the multitouch ones where the entire trackpad acts as a button).

For a split second after clicking the trackpad, the cursor won't move (try it!), even if you continue sliding your finger across it. This probably improves usability in some areas (like double clicking), but I don't like it. Is there a way to disable this behavior?

Edit:

I went to a local Best Buy, and every single Macbook had the same behavior. The pause is for only a split second. If you try spam-clicking as you move your finger across the trackpad, does the cursor move at all? If you click fast enough, it won't move.


texts: Disconnecting disks from Airport Extreme

texts:
Since Apple released the new Airport Utility with the simplified UI, there doesn't seem to be an option to "Disconnect All Users" to kick all users off a hard drive to safely remove it when connected to an Airport Extreme. See the screenshot for this button in the previous version of Airport Utility.

How should I do this in the new version?