texts: Find My Friends and Podcasts Bug in OS X iTunes

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Both Find My Friends and Podcasts apps are listed among the updates in iTunes on OS X, but when I attempt to update my apps there, I get a warning for each app:

This happens each time I update my apps in iTunes, and requires me to dismiss the dialog for each Find My Friends and Podcasts each time I do so.

If I can't update these two apps from iTunes, why are they listed there among my updates? And why are they listed there at all, given that they are not listed as needing an update on my phone?

How do I tell iTunes that these apps are already updated on my phone so that I don't see them listed among my updates any more?


texts: iPhone 4S and 5 freezes after not answering 2 calls

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I'm having some issues after receiving 2 calls from anyone. So this is how it happened:

(NOTE: This errors happens when my iphone is locked and the screen is turned off)

Sometimes people call me when I'm busy at work and I can't answer them. After receiving 2 or more calls from anyone, the iPhone freezes when it displays the message: "Do you to send a text message?"

At the first time I can press the "Cancel" option. However, after receiving the second call it displays the same message but it freezes immediately. I can't do anything unless I make a call using Siri. When Siri calls, the iPhone "unfreezes" itself. I tried making 2 calls to an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 5C and the same error occurs.

It seems this is an OS error. Have anyone noticed this? Does someone know how to fix this error?

Thanks!


texts: I want to delete Photos for OS X and just use lightroom. HOW do I do this?

texts: I get this error every time I insert an sd card from my DSLR. It opened my sons external library, and when unplugged, I guess it is trying to connect to it. I know I could create a new library; but I don't want to use photos at all; but I get the message “Photos” can’t be modified or deleted because it’s required by OS X. when trying to delete the app. WTF?


texts: Why is the Amazon iOS App allowed by Apple?

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Today a customer asked me how it comes that there is an iOS app for purchasing from Amazon while this seems to violate Apple's App Store review purchasing guidelines (Apple Developer login needed).

I could give him no answer to his question – it seems that there is a small number of allowed ways to do purchases in apps that Apple permits, even if they do not get a revenue from them.

What kind of purchases does Apple allow in an app that do not go through their purchasing system but through a custom one?


texts: Trackpad clicks register as command-click after sign in

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The trackpad on my MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) running 10.13.3 will occasionally register command clicks instead of normal "left" clicks after returning from sleep.

Neither command key is show as being down (verified with keyboard viewer). I used the event viewer on Karabiner-Elements to see what was happening.

The problem sometimes resolves seemingly of its own accord, other times I must restart.

I've shut down all running apps and menubar utilities, but nothing seems to effect the issue.

I'm perplexed as to what the deal is. I can't replicate the problem.


texts: why does holding 'd' on startup initiate internet recovery rather than hardware test?

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I'm using a 13" mid-2012 Macbook Air (yes, it's an old machine:)). It's running MacOS Catalina, 10.15.6. It works fine (if sluggishly, no surprise there!), but I'm getting sudden battery shutdowns, and I'd like to use the hardware self-test to see how many cycles the battery has been through. It appears to me that I should be able to start the "Apple Hardware Test" on this machine by holding down 'd' during startup, but instead, holding down 'd' takes me to "Internet Recovery", which isn't what I want at all.
Any idea what's going on, and how to access Apple Hardware Test on this machine?


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I have done a foolish thing. I deleted private/var folder due to malware I was after. I immediately felt that strange things are beginning to happen so I pressed cmd+Z to reverse action. The computer frezzed so I shut it and rerun it. Now I cant relaunch it, because it shuts down while it is loading into my user account.

So I went to single user mode and and tried to copy the var folder from .Trashes to private folder. The problem is that .Trashes seem to be empty. Meaning that cmd-Z worked, which would mean that var folder is back in place. But the computer doesnt start. Does ls command dosnt show files in trash? What seems to be the problem?

Also, if this doesnt work, I am gonna have to copy important files to external disc from Single user mode. What is the path to external harddrive?

EDIT > private/var does indeed have content. I am now getting confused. Did the system put some content in there for me?


texts: My Mac is opening new tabs with different ad sites

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It all started with the installation of software from mac-torrent but probably it was Adobe Flash Player. It said that I had an old one and the system needs to update, so I gave the right to install it. But I think it was a malware that opens ad sites like "one x bet", "aliexpress malls", and mac control site and some business sites.

The only way to stop this irritating behavior was to install Adblock, however, I don't want my mac to have that malware. Is there any way to get rid of it?


texts:
I scavenged a hard drive for my currently lifeless 2009 Macbook Pro 13. The scavenged drive (from a 2010 white Macbook) had been working because it was taken to an electronics store to have its data transferred to a new computer.

I installed the drive, turned on the machine and got the question folder. Maybe they just stripped the drive of all of its data or perhaps the drive has failed. Is there a way for me to find out without spending too much money?


texts: How can I delete folders in /Library/Updates?

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I've recently, through DiskDrill found that 18GB of my Macbook Air storage is being taken up by update folder in /Library/Updates. I tried to get rid of them by running various Terminal commands
rm -rf 001-12341

sudo rm -rf 001-12341

chflags nouchg 001-12341
sudo rm -rf 001-12341

Each with no sign of my files being eradicated.
I've also seen various tutorials online, which require booting into macOS recovery mode - which is something I don't want to resort to unless absolutely necessary (as it seems scary)
Is there anyway I can resolve this without a boot into recovery mode?
Cheers


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I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro from 10.6.8 to 10.7 (and now 7.1 & 7.2).

Ever since the switch to Lion my Mac has a kernel panic at shutdown and I get the "You need to restart your computer" error message.

I've reset the PRAM and SMC but that made no difference. Booting in safe mode didn't help either. I also unplugged everything from the Mac (monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.) but it still kernel panics.

Here are a couple logs with peripherals attached and without.

How can I prevent this shut down kernel panic?


texts: Is there a way to hide the unread count badge in El Capitan depending on the time of the day?

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I know how to turn off the unread count badge for the mail icon using the Notifications preference pane from system preferences but I would like to know if it is possible to have it turned off for example from 8 in the morning until 17 and otherwise on?

I don't want to be disturbed by email during the day but I want to be reminded at the end of the day or at the beginning.


texts: Skype continutes to crash with SIGSEGV error (OS X 10.9.5) (Skype 7.2.412)

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I have been waiting for a new version of Skype to come out but I am getting impatient. Skype one day just stopped launching. It will launch with these two windows and then crash with a segmentation error.

I have a guess that some software must of updated and did something to a system plugin or library that is causing C++ to have a fit but I can't find any log to prove it.
I have done a full uninstall of Skype including any files found in system or library directories but when I reinstall it some hidden cache, properties, or configuration file allows Skype to remember it crashed which leads me to believe that it is also possible that that hidden file is corrupted. These are the files I deleted:

/Applications/Skype.app
/Users/[USER]/Library/Application Support/Skype
/Users/[USER]/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/Skype_[CRASH ID].plist (All Crash Report Files)
/Users/[USER]/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABDialer.bundle

This is software I installed with Homebrew:

bash        ffmpeg      lame        xctool
berkeley-db grails      readline    xvid
faac        groovy      x264

I remember installing Open Broadcast Software around the time the problem arose.

And finally, the latest crash report


texts: Media keys behaviour with iTunes in macOS Mojave

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Before I upgraded to Mojave, I was on High Sierra and I had an issue with the way the media keys worked with iTunes. Most people complained that whenever they had iTunes playing in the background and they played any sort of media, usually a video in Safari and they tried to pause iTunes so they could watch the video, they found out that the media keys interacted with the video instead of iTunes. Apparently this was a High Sierra feature that enabled the media keys to be used to control any media playing system wide.
In my own case, it was worse, the media keys couldn't control iTunes at all, even while I was in the iTunes application and I tried to pause a song or go to the next one, it wouldn't work AT ALL. Multiple restarts never fixed this. I don't even use Safari usually for browsing, I use other browsers and the media key doesn't control media that plays in them. Anyways I fixed the problem with High Sierra media key enabler application that everyone seemed to be using, unfortunately it couldn't work with bluetooth devices which I use often, only physical media keys, so if I had to interact with iTunes I always had to reach for my computer.
Fast forward to me installing Mojave, I did a clean install to avoid this problem in Mojave. I was delighted at first when I booted up Mojave, pressed the play button, iTunes started up, and I added my songs and found out that the media key controls them fine. I usually use the iTunes widget in the Notification centre a lot and was unhappy to find that it was nowhere to be found in Mojave, only the "Now playing" widget, and I soon discovered that this annoying feature followed me to Mojave. Using quick look (pressing spacebar) to preview a video, if I tried to pause iTunes so I could watch the video, I found that the video instead was being controlled. Usually I would swipe into the Notification Centre and pause iTunes from the widget, but imagine my surprise when I found out that the "Now playing" widget was showing controls for the quick look video. This is quite infuriating.
The situation has now escalated. My media keys no longer control iTunes at all, even when I'm actively in iTunes trying to control a playing song, nothing happens. And even worse, the Now playing widget shows nothing:

It shows that when an iTunes song is actively playing. Now I have to go into iTunes and click the next buttons to change a song. I would have loved for this to work properly as High Sierra media key enabler doesn't work with bluetooth controls.
Now, whenever I restart and I press the play button, iTunes starts up, pressing play again in iTunes does absolutely nothing. I would have to press spacebar to start a song playing. When I leave iTunes and continue doing something else and try to change the song, of course nothing happens and the Now playing widget is empty. But then after using my laptop for a while, I then notice the media buttons start to work again, when I check the notification centre, the Now playing widget shows the playing song.
It almost seems to me as if the Now playing widget determines what the media keys control and what it doesn't and it also seems it takes a while to pick/catch the current playing song. I use iTunes for basically most of the day and if anyone has any solution other than High Sierra media key enabler, I would really appreciate it.
P.S I use a Macbook Air 2014 model.


texts: Copy files from iOS to Arduino using dd command?

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I'm having an Arduino based MCU which is capable of running compiled .bin files by just copying them onto the device (connected via USB) using the file explorer. After the file was copied (e.g. with drag and drop) the MCU detects the new .bin file and restarts. That's working flawlessly on Windows and Linux.
On macOS however, drag and drop is not working. After copying the file using Finder, the MCU does not detect changes and doesn't restart. Here, I either have to use muCommander or the dd command.
I just wanted to try that on iOS by connecting the MCU to the USB-C / Lightning port of different iPads. The MCU is detected by the Files App, but copying a compiled .bin file to the MCU with the Files app results in the same behaviour as on macOS. I guess both platforms are using similar copying methods.
Is there any way of copying files on iOS using the dd command? Is there any file browser like muCommander to copy files on iOS?


texts: Why do I get different Available/Used spaces with Disk Info and df?

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I have an early '13 MBP running Mavericks.  Today, I got a SSD external drive today, and moved my  virtual machines and Lightroom catalog files over to it to free up disk space, since 256GB goes fast.

However, when I run df -h in the terminal, I get the following:

Filesystem                          Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused    ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2                       233Gi  118Gi  115Gi    51% 31026495 30042945   51%   /
devfs                              187Ki  187Ki    0Bi   100%      646        0  100%   /dev
map -hosts                           0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0        0  100%   /net
map auto_home                        0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0        0  100%   /home
localhost:/19YSQKN76Bmz377sW5fOwp  233Gi  233Gi    0Bi   100%        0        0  100%   /Volumes/MobileBackups
/dev/disk1s2                       119Gi   36Gi   83Gi    31%  9537194 21637536   31%   /Volumes/Jason SSD

According to that, I have 118GB used and 115GB free.  However, when I get info from the drive on the desktop, I get

That is a pretty startling discrepancy, and it exists after a reboot.  What is the correct value and what is the reason why?


texts: Is it possible to disable touch id button logging out?

texts: I'm having an external Keyboard on top of my macbook (m1 processor) because I'm sensitive to the buttons. I can disable the built-in keyboard with karabiner, but I'm not sure how to do it with the touch id button. The external keyboard occasionally presses the touch id button and it is logging me out...


texts: Unable to create a partition to install Mac OS X

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When I try to install Mac OS X there is no partition for me to choose.  I tried to create a partition and got the error, "Partition failed with the error: Couldn't unmount disc."

Anyone have a clue?  I can't install any OS unless I am able to create a partition.


texts: Is it possible to get digital audio output from a MacBook Air (2011), like on other Macs?

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I know the audio line-out port on the MacBook Pro – and even older MacBooks and the Mac mini – sport a dual capability: in addition to providing the expected and obvious 3.5mm analog stereo audio output, the port is capable of digital optical audio output.

Then by using a Mini-TOSLINK cable, it is possible to connect such a Mac to an A/V receiver (or a dedicated DAC, if you're really into this kind of thing) and thereby enjoy fully digital audio from the Mac.

Sadly, I also understand the MacBook Air does not enjoy this dual-purpose audio output port.  I tried, and I checked the specs, and I was disappointed it is simply plain analog stereo.  So, what I'd like to know is:

Is it possible, using a third-party device, to produce digital audio output from a MacBook Air?  I'm wondering if this may be possible via USB or the Thunderbolt port.  Do such devices exist?


texts: Create USB Boot device on Linux or Windows

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I have been given a MacBook Pro 15" Core2Duo A1286 with corrupted HDD structure. I would like to reinstall MacOS X but when I try to use Disk Utility to reinstall it, it tells me I am unable to install from its recovery partition. (I was able to erase the HDD).

Internet recovery launched with CmdOptR fails to install Sierra with an error UNTRUSTED_CERT_TITLE.

How might I create a bootable installer on a USB flashdrive from Linux Mint or from Windows 7 or 10? Unable to find how after creating an Apple Store account, the MacVerse is totally foreign to me.


texts: An US iPad Air 2 warranty work in Brazil?

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Im about to go to US, and I was thinking about buying an "iPad Air 2", but Im worryed if, for some reason, Its needed to use the warranty. Could I do this in Brazil or would I need to send it back to US for that?...

...also, does the warranty work the same way for refurbished iPad Air 2?
Will the warranty be valid in Brazil?


texts: macOS Catalina: Shared folders require password to save when not owner

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Sorry if this is really simple, I hadn't used shared folders until now.

User A & User B.

I store files to the Public folder of User B.
I then sign in under User A.
I open a file in the Public folder.
Make changes.
Save.
Then I am prompted to enter my user password.

Is there a way to share files and folders that will not require a password to save files?

Sorry if obvious, my search-fu is failing me; or, demonstrating I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to sharing folders.

Thank you.

Edits and additions


texts: If I reboot my machine and don't do anything it always starts up windows, which I find really annoying because I almost never load bootcamp and it requires me to babysit the reboot.  I'd like to set the default to be OSX again, any ideas?


texts: Stolen iPhone disappeared from "Find My iPhone"

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My iPhone 11 got stolen yesterday. The "Find My iPhone" feature was enabled on it so I tried using iCloud to find it. I was able to see it on "iCloud Find My iPhone" until today and suddenly it got disappeared from the list and I wasn't able to see it anymore. When I go to account setting I still can see it under My devices but it doesn't show up in the Find iPhone section.
Does anyone know what has happened and is there anything that I can do to get it back on the list?
Thank you in advance


texts:
I have an eMac I bought in 2004. I just used the system restore CD to re-install Panther, iLife '04, Internet Explorer for Mac(!), etc. I don't have any timed specs from "back then", so I can't answer this definitively, but the machine feels slower than I remember it feeling back in the good old days.

If my hard drive has been purged of all the cruft that accumulates over time, should the computer run as snappily as it did when it was new? Are perceived differences in speed due psychological, to comparisons to more modern hardware, or do systems slow as they age for reasons (physical degradation?) other than the accumulation of contents on the system drive?


texts: How do I disable scaling for specific apps on Retina MacBook Pro?

texts: Is it possible to set certain non-Retina enabled apps to not scale up (in other words, run at a native resolution) on the new Retina MacBook Pro?


texts: MacBook Pro 2012 Model A1278 Flashing questionmark file

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My Mac started off by giving me the spinning ball of death for an unreasonable amount of time so I caused a force shut down (I know, unwise) and tried to restart it. Came up with the file error. I know what it means so I tried to run disk utility to find the boot disk but their I wasn't even there. I have tried researching it for a while and tried to start it again, and this time it started up normally. So I frantically started removing valuable files, but before I could finish the it froze again. So I restarted it and was faced with the same problem. I ran disk utility, and the boot file was there! So I tried to run a disk repair and it crashed again while in the process.

I am completely stumped, ideas?


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How can I make it so that each space has its own isolated dock?

Basically what I'm looking for is:

The dock in one space should not show the icon of an app that was open in another space.
If I have the same program open in two different spaces, clicking on the icon in one space should not go to the app in the other space.

Is this possible natively, or with a third party program?


texts: What is causing mac OS to mount the same drive over and over again

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I put my iMac to sleep at night, wake it up in the morning and it has mounted one of my external hard drives over and over and over again, all with the same name.

When I click on any of them, I get an error message that says "Raid (4TB) can't be opened because the original item can't be found". When I click the eject button next to the drive name, nothing happens.

In terminal, if I type ls /Volumes, it shows them all with a number after their name.

When the iMac is in this state, I can't access the files on the external hard drive. Also, interestingly Spotlight search doesn't work. When I restart the computer, it mounts the drive once as expected and I use the finder to access the files on the drive without a problem and Spotlight search works fine.  It has never mounted the drive more than once like this while I was using the computer.
It's an iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017 with MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G14042). The hard drive is connected to the iMac's USB-C port.


texts: Macbook air '14 adapter on new Macbook pro

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I have a MacBook Air from 2014. In its charger, I attach the following component (a).

I got a new MacBook Pro 16 but unfortunately it came with (what I presume to be) an american adapter (b) as you can see below.

Can I use adapter (a) on my MacBook Pro 6 charger with no issues?


texts: is python accepted in the mac app store?

texts: I know Objective-C is the recommended language for mac app store apps. What if I would like to write a mac app with python? Will my app be rejected when published?


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I am a long time Windows User, but newbie on OS X

This is a wonderful OS I use.

I have a macbook pro with 500GB HDD inside.

I want to one HDD install both OS X 10.8.5 and OS X 10.10.2, plus one more partition for save data, so when as need, I format any two OS X partition will not data lose... (So Total 3 partition base on my case there).

But I search APPLE official KB, not find any document as example like my case, just only see how to install the OS X on ext HDD only (Not the way I want to be).

So .... anyone can tell me how to do above? OR can it?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)


texts: Different Internet Download Speed between macOS and Windows 10 for the same Ethernet Connection!

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I have an Internet connection of 20 megabit per second. This is the download speed I get in Chrome/Firefox for Windows 10.

Now when I connect to the same Ethernet Connection via my iMac and download a particular/same file used to test the download speed in Windows, I get only 1 Mbps max, no matter which browser I use in my iMac the speed is same.

Why does this happen?

For macOS
cURL speed test:

$ curl -o /dev/null speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test500.zip
% Total  % Received % Xferd Average Speed  Time    Time    Time    Current
                            Dload   Upload Total   Spent   Left    Speed
25 500M 25 128M     0 0     358k    0      0:23:48 0:06:07 0:17:41 320k

Max current speed: ~780k


texts: Would App store accept a program that bundles a Python interpreter?

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I have developed a Python IDE for beginners, which bundles Python 3.6 and a recent (ie. not-too-buggy) Tcl/Tk (neither is available in macOS by default)

At the moment the users install it from a dmg file, but as recent macOS versions have become more suspicious (hostile?) towards non-app-store apps, the users (often with very low technical abilities) have more and more trouble with the installation.

Is there a chance that such application will be accepted to the App Store? Do you know any examples of similar apps, that are in the App Store?


texts: Does iPhone record GPS info for each frame of video?

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When a video is shot using iOS standard camera app on an iPhone 6 Plus and location is enabled, does each frame in video contain GPS data that shows location info when that frame was shot in the video? Or does it only record GPS info for the start frame?

If the answer is negative, how do I shoot video to record GPS data for each frame? Is there third party camera app that does what I need. In addition to lat/long I also want orientation recorded for each frame.

Video is shot in fast moving vehicle.


texts: How to delete thousands of contact email addresses

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A year ago when I upgraded my iPhone to the latest model, the computer technician who works on our business computers helped me with a couple of issues with which I was having problems.  He doesn't know what happened, but he ended up importing my complete business address book email addresses into my iPhone and now I have over 4,000 contacts of customers I will never contact with my personal iPhone.

This presents a great problem for me each time I want to look up a personal contact, I have to wade through hundreds of names until I find the one I need.   Is there a program that will allow me to work with this huge contacts list outside of the iPhone (such as on my regular computer with a large screen) and permanently delete those contacts that I don't need?


texts: How can I use multiple browser versions at one time?

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On Windows I can use Utilu Firefox collection (there also ie collection on his site).

How can I use multiple browser versions to see how my website works in different versions of different browsers in OS X?

For example I want to install browsers with biggest market share:

Internet Explorer
Firefox 3.6, latest and previous
Google Chrome latest and previous
Safari (any older versions possible)
Opera


texts: What does Purgeable means in Storage under About This Mac section?

texts:
I updated to macOS Sierra (16A319) and was checking my storage where I saw this extra division greyed out saying Purgeable.

What is the significance/meaning of Purgeable?


texts: Identifying mail marked as junk; marking and unmarking mail as junk

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I use several different macs to read my mail from an imap server. Each has developed its own junk mail filtering rules. I'd like to merge the rules, and keep them merged.

Is there a way to merge the rules from different systems?
Has anyone done anything similar? If so, how?

A manual approach that would achieve the desired result would be to enter, from each system, the junk mail folder, identify those messages that are not - on that system - marked as junk, and mark them as junk. This requires some way to identify those e-mails that are not marked as junk. I've been unable to find a mail rule query that allows me to do that.

Is there a mail rule query to identify mails not marked as junk?

Another manual approach, which I can use moving forward, is to create a custom junk mail action that, in addition to marking the mail as junk, adds a MailTags keyword with the system name. I can then, periodically, find all mail in my junk mail folder that is not appropriately tagged and manually mark it as mail. (While not convenient it is not so inconvenient that I wouldn't periodically do it.) This requires a mail action that marks mail as junk. I've been unable to find a mail rule action that marks mail as junk.

Is there a mail rule action that marks identified mail as junk?

Finally,

Has anyone any practical (i.e., not so cumbersome as to be unusable in practice) alternate suggestions?

Thanks very much for any and all help and suggestions.

Best

Sam


texts: Unexpected question 'enter PIN for "Kryptonite iOS"' while doing git pull after updating to MacOS Catalina 10.15.4

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Most of my Bitbucket git repos can't be pushed/fetched after upgrading to MacOS 10.15.4. All git origins are SSH (not HTTPS). I get this question in terminal when doing git pull and other commands:

  enter PIN for "Kryptonite iOS"

I have never ever had an iOS device in my life. I have never ever dealt with Kryptonite (but used Krypton).

What is going on and how to get back my git repos?


texts: Is running two monitors off a 2017 MacBook Pro 13” too much for the computer to handle?

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So recently, after about a year of steady use, the onboard graphics on my 2017 MBP 13” failed. The setup I use every day for work is running two 1080p monitors off of the computer. One of the guys at the Apple store said that running two monitors is pretty intensive, and while I understand that, it doesn’t seem probable that it would cause the onboard graphics to outright fail.

I have the computer sitting flat on my desk, so I’m thinking once it’s repaired to get a stand to help elevate it off the surface and help with ventilation. The computer can and has run pretty hot (fans get real loud), so this is the only thing I can think of to try to stop this from happening again.

When I get the computer back, should i try only running one monitor off of it? Should i sell it/trade it in and get a 15” model that has a dedicated video card? I really want to do anything I can to not have this happen again.


texts: Why does my launchd script not run at login?

texts:
I have tried to follow this question so that at login, the currently configured screensaver becomes the desktop background. Therefore, I have created the following script:

# login.sh
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &

I have then created a launch service as ~/Library/LaunchAgents/my_login_items.plist with the content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
   <key>Label</key>
   <string>com.user.loginscript</string>
   <key>Program</key>
   <string>/path/to/login.sh</string>
   <key>RunAtLoad</key>
   <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

And then run launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/my_login_items.plist.
Nothing happens, however.


texts: Calculation in Numbers to figure out the date 5 business days from another date

texts:
I have been going around and around but haven't quite grasped some of the key formula concepts.

I have a start date and want to add 5 business days to it. Start date + 5 doesn't take into account that one or two of those days may be a weekend.

How would you set that up?


texts: iPhone 6s plus black and didnt have visual after screen replacement

texts: this lately, i just accidentally broke and smashed my iphone and the screen was shattered, the ribbon of home button and the lcd also the 3g front camera was snapped. I decide to buy some replacement for these part and install them. After i get the parts and firstly i check for the iphone whether it still alive or not, i connect the iphone to the itunes and i found the iTunes detected my device but i cant access because it need to unlock first. so i tried to connect the LCD and i found that the LCD was black and didnt have any visual. i wonder is it damage from the new LCD it self or it was from the logic board it self? i was worried if i get the new lcd and it still didnt work. i also try to put my simcard and the iphone still can receive the call, is this really means that my phone still can be saved? (plus, when i on the phone and connect to the itunes without lcd screen, i found the panel on upper side which sit directly under the lcd socket was little bit warm, is it normal?)


texts: Change Apple ID from "only valid for purchases in" another country

texts: I've an iPhone 7 Plus. I already created my Apple ID in Sri Lanka. Now I live in Japan. I want to set my App Store country/region to Japan. How do I do it?


texts: Installing 2 x 16Gb and 2 x 32Gb on an iMac 27"

texts: Got a 2019 iMac 27" with 4 RAM slots. I have 2 x 16Gb and 2 x 32Gb RAM modules. This is how they are installed right now. Is this the most optimal way to install them, or the sequence does not matter?


texts: Dashboard Widget for Outlook:Mac2011 tasks

texts:
I am using Mac OS X 10.7.1 and Outlook for Mac 2011 (14.1.0); I am looking for a dashboard widget which could list all the tasks I have added in Outlook.

Is there one such dashboard widget available? From where can I download it?


texts: What ways are there to edit corrections for Gboard for iOS?

texts:
I'm using Gboard for iOS. Often when I enter a word using the swiping technique it comes up with the wrong word and no suggestion for the word I actually want. The word I want is often only 1 or 2 characters different so my instinct is to press backspace to correct the word but backspace deletes the entire word forcing me to re-enter the entire word again. Usually I end up doing this twice before I realize I have to enter the word by tapping instead of swiping to get what I want.

Are there other methods of correcting/editing a word using Gboard?


texts: Better image quality on Samsung Smart TV with HDMI wanted

texts:
I have connected my Mac Mini A1347 to my Samsung Smart TV UE32ES6530 using a HDMI cable. This works out of the box but the display is rather ugly. I already changed the resolution to a lower value using this dialog but for my taste the display is still ugly. What else can I do?

1080p and 1080i render the font hard to read. My current choice is 1366 * 768.


texts: MacOS disable bluetooth device auto-connect

texts:
I have a pair of Sennheiser PXC 550 headphones which are connected to both my Macbook and iPhone. I am trying to fix a very weird bug that manifests with the following steps:

Listen to music on my Mac with headphones
Close the lid while music is playing and put my Mac to sleep
Turn off headphones
Turn on headphones (next day)

At this point once they auto connect to my iPhone and Mac they become unusable on my phone unless I wake up the Mac (which might be out of convenient reach).

I've tried to resolve this by adding a script that disconnects the headphones before my mac sleeps. Unfortunately my headphones still auto-connect once they are turned on and end up in the same zombie state. I tried
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist IgnoredDevices -array-add 'my serial' and then restarted my laptop but they still auto-connect despite being in the ignored list.

Is there a way to make sure my headphones don't auto-connect while not disabling bluetooth completely (I need to wake with keyboard)? Any other workarounds to this issue are welcome.


texts: If my mac was stolen and it goes "offline" in iCloud, is there a chance my MBP will go online and show its location again?

texts: I had my mac recently stolen about 48 hours ago and I've been trying to track it's location ever since. Until recently it only showed its last location which was on my college campus, which didn't narrow down its whereabouts. Now it says "offline" on iCloud, is it lost forever?


texts: Purposefully lag audio in wired charge port headphones

texts:
I’m using wired charging port headphones with an iPhone 7.
There’s a music recording phone app where you can listen to a track someone has shared and simultaneously record your own track over it. However, I’ve noticed that once the recording is finished, the result shifts the new track slightly late, which is really annoying to hear.
Since I figure it’s less likely that I can correct the microphone by making it earlier, I’d like to try correcting the audio as I hear it in the headphones by delaying it later.
I’m imagining some magic setting to delay audio output, or maybe a phone app that I can download with such a setting included.
Anyone have an idea as to how I could achieve this fix between the two tracks, without using a computer, and without recording new audio beforehand and editing it?


texts: Why does Chrome prevent my Mac from sleeping?

texts:
I don't mean browsing the Internet is preventing us from sleeping, that's obvious. I've disabled Safe Sleep to reduce sleep times from 20 seconds to 2, but Chrome doesn't want to play nicely.

Here's the log with Chrome:

15/07/12 1:19:07.975 PM LogMeInGUI[350]: String:WEBSVC|OFFLINE
15/07/12 1:19:13.992 PM WindowServer[75]: Created shield window 0x478 for display 0x04272e80
15/07/12 1:19:13.993 PM WindowServer[75]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
15/07/12 1:19:13.000 PM kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 3469, Google Chrome He)
15/07/12 1:19:13.000 PM kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 3474, Google Chrome He)
15/07/12 1:19:14.025 PM WindowServer[75]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
15/07/12 1:19:14.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Sleep
15/07/12 1:19:20.346 PM WindowServer[75]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: no action for lock state 1
15/07/12 1:19:20.000 PM kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC LID0
15/07/12 1:19:20.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
15/07/12 1:19:20.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::checkInterfacePowerState: Check _pwrOffThreadCall!
15/07/12 1:19:20.000 PM kernel[0]: HID tickle 1 ms
15/07/12 1:19:20.000 PM kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5

And without:

15/07/12 1:20:39.514 PM WindowServer[75]: Created shield window 0x48d for display 0x04272e80
15/07/12 1:20:39.514 PM WindowServer[75]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
15/07/12 1:20:39.545 PM WindowServer[75]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
15/07/12 1:20:40.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Sleep
15/07/12 1:20:47.351 PM WindowServer[75]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: no action for lock state 1
15/07/12 1:20:47.000 PM kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC LID0
15/07/12 1:20:47.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake - Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake
15/07/12 1:20:47.000 PM kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::checkInterfacePowerState: Check _pwrOffThreadCall!
15/07/12 1:20:47.000 PM kernel[0]: HID tickle 1 ms
15/07/12 1:20:47.000 PM kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5

These lines from the Google Chrome Helper are the reason:

15/07/12 1:19:13.000 PM kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 3469, Google Chrome He)
15/07/12 1:19:13.000 PM kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 3474, Google Chrome He)

What does that mean?

This is a relevant question: Why does my MacBook Pro take so long to go to sleep?

Deja vu: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1112715


texts: I currently run Lion with Office 2011 and need to re-install Lion after wiping out my HD. I however no longer have the DVD with which I installed Office. How shall I go about re-installing it again having no access to the DVD anymore?


texts: Deleting files with applescript messes up Finder's CoverFlow

texts:
I wrote myself a little script to delete JPG+RAW files by just reviewing my JPG (who loads faster thant CR2).
I've put the following code in an Automator service bound to a keyboard shortcut.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
    set myFile to item 1 of input
    set {dispName, nameExt} to the {displayed name, name extension} of myFile
    set extLength to length of nameExt
    set nameWithoutExt to (characters 1 thru ((length of dispName) - extLength) of dispName) -- with the . at the end
    set rawfile to ((parent of myFile as string) & nameWithoutExt & "CR2") as string

    set fileIndex to index of myFile

    delete every item in {myFile, rawfile}

    select file fileIndex of window 1
end tell
end run

It works well but it seems to mess with Finder's cover flow : The pictures are not deleted in the coverflow. As you can see i'm a the bottom of the list and coverflow show more picture than there are in the directory (as multiple deletions reduces the size of the list but not the size of the coverflow).

Any idea why ? Is that maybe a bug in Mavericks ? Or am I missing something ?
Edit : Well I just got the same behavior using Command+<-. Maybe a bug of Finder in Mavericks ?


texts: how to add ip routes with host name instead of ip address?

texts:
I want to add IP routes for host that I do not have the IP address for.
I basically want tell macOS to search for a host in a specific interface:

sudo route add -host <myHostname> -iface en7

Background:
I have set up WiFi to be my primary network interface. But I want to be able to access host that are only available in the wired network with the interface en7. Therefore I wanted to add such a route to the system.

The command above results in the error: route: bad address: myHostname

Any ideas?


texts: Empty folders with mangled names being put in my user directory

texts: I have hundreds of empty folders with mangled names being put in my user folder. I have tried not showing hidden folders but I still have the problem. I can delete them and they come back on reboot. Running Sierra, and I just re-installed it this morning and still have the problem.


texts: Find the path to my USB webcam on OS X Mavericks

texts:
I am trying to live stream my webcam (with ffmpeg) on a web server using Web sockets. However, I cannot manage to find the path (similar to /dev/video* un Linux).

I wanted first to use iSight, but Apple makes it really complex to access it (using avfoundation, qkit).

How can I identify/access my Webcam device please ?

Note : I have found this post, but sadly unanswered.

Thanks


texts: Is there a way to customize highlight colors in Preview (Mountain Lion and later)?

texts: Since Mountain Lion, the highlight tool in Preview allows one to select among a small number of colors. Is there a way to customize the colors (add to or change)?


texts: How do I close cfprefsd so that I can update Flash on mavericks

texts:
I have downloaded the Flash 12 updater and tried to run the update. The updater complains that I need to close cfprefsd.

When I force quit cfprefsd though the Activity Monitor, it restarts it's self. I tried shutting down all my applications that were running, but this also caused cfprefsd to restart after force quit via Activity Monitor.

I have googled this with out many helpful results.

Any suggestions?

Software  OS X 10.9.1 (13B3116)


texts: How to enable "tap to click" using keyboard only?

texts:
My trackpad started to work incorrectly: when I double-clicked and draged, I couldn't select text anymore. Even though when I just double-clicked a word, it was being selected as usual.

I tried to troubleshoot this issue and went into Trackpad preferences. I tapped "Tap to click" option, and now I cannot click anything at all! And I cannot turn the option back ON. Also, I don't have a mouse to connect...

Question

How to turn "tap to click" back ON using only keyboard?

Versions

Mac OS X 10.14.6 Build 18G3020
MBP 13" 2017


texts: How to give an application with a modifed Info.plist access to the microphone?

texts:
I have an application which requests access to the microphone, and when I accept everything works as it should. But I want to hide from the dock (to have it run in the background sort of). To do this I add this:

<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>

to the Info.plist. Once I do this, the application hides from the Dock as I want, but the microphone doesn't work. I assume this is because macOS matches the Info.plist (or a checksum of the entire application or something) against the one I initially gave access to microphone, and detects they are not the same and thus blocks it. Is there anyway to work around this?

This used to work in High Sierra, but not now on Mojave 10.14.6.

If I open the executable file through the Terminal, the microphone does work (since I gave Terminal access to the microphone), but then there's still an application in the Dock (which my goal is to hide).


texts: How do I know when an iPhone was switched off?

texts:
Sometimes I go to sleep and wake to find that my battery died, and the iPhone is off. Is there any way to know when the battery died? Is there any way (or App) to know when was it switched off?

I'm using iPhone 4s with iOS 7.0.3.


texts: Is there an application that executes commands on a server computer?

texts:
I'm looking for an application that can do the following things.

On the server side (either Mac or PC): define executable commands; let's say I can choose 10 executable files.
On the iPad or iPhone: the application displays from 1 to 10 icons, one icon for each application.
When I click one of the icons, the server executes the file that is related with the number.

Does such application exist?


texts: Can I lock my app until user give me a permission (like location permission)?

texts: I am developing an app and I am highly in need of location services and without that my app is not working. Can I block users from using my app (showing a page to them) until they go to settings and give me needed permission?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with a dying hard drive. It was working poorly for the last month or so and the last 4 times I turned it on it booted correctly once, issued a boot sector not found twice and a kernel panic the remaining time.

I have backups but I'd rather try to get the information from that hard drive (it's more up to date). My original plan was to just plug it in and let macosx migrate the account, but I don't think that's such a good idea as the hard drive is so flaky.

My current plan is to copy everything to a directory using rsync so I can re-issue the command as many times as needed until everything is copied succesfully.

Does anybody have any advice?

I also have some questions:

Once I have everything in an alternate directory, how do I restore the configuration of a running macosx? Should I do it with a sparate account.
My current installation is using  FileVault. Should I try opening and then rsyncing or should I try rsyncing the big bundle file?


texts: How can I migrate a Time Machine disk to being networked?

texts:
I've just set up an Apple desktop, and it occurred to me that I no longer need to keep plugging my time machine into my laptop. I've plugged my hard drive into my desktop and set it up as a hosted time machine server according to these instructions:

https://www.howtogeek.com/330288/how-to-set-up-your-mac-to-act-as-a-networked-time-machine-drive/

Problem is, when I try to start backing up my laptop, it tells me that Time Machine disk doesn't have enough space. Sure enough, my hard drive doesn't have enough space to start a fresh backup, but it also happens to contain years of backups of the same laptop.

Is there any way I can continue using the old backup DB except over a network?


texts:
I posted this question over at the Apple Support forums a couple days ago, but I haven't gotten an answer yet so I'll also post it here.

Ever since I bought my 11' mid-2011 MBA I have issues with wifi. When the computer awakens from sleep, wifi gets turned off and can't be activated again. If I reboot, the wifi icon is greyed out and says "Wifi hardware not installed". The only way to fix it is by turning off and then powering on the MBA.

I've tried various fixes to no avail. I took a screen capture of the messages and also saved system reports of the three stages in this issue: wifi ok, wifi can't be activated and wifi not installed.

Can anyone help me?

http://d.pr/LZGb → system reports

http://d.pr/cng4 → screen capture

Thanks.


texts: Where is the screenshot property list now located in Mavericks?

texts:
Previously, the screenshot property list could be found at:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist

In Mavericks, this file no longer exists. In the past, I used to be able to manipulate the location and image type of screenshots using the .plist mentioned above. Where are these values now stored? Do I now need to create the plist in order to manipulate these variables, IE:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/folder/of/my/choice

To be sure this was not an issue with my user account, I created a new admin. account and tested.


texts: My Mac mini restart or shutdown suddenly. And a bunch of folder appear on screen when I turn it on again

texts:
I notice that my Mac mini 2018 has random restarted or shut down suddenly even while I'm working or don't do anything. When turn it on again I see this log:

And my desktop appear a lot of weird folder like this, now they're not appear when the os crashed, sometimes it appear when I turn on my machine:
Have to talk with Apple Supporter and they told me to reset NVRAM, PRAM but it's still error.

Additional info (A few months ago I has dropped my machine when put it in a backpack.):


texts: Is it a known problem that Time Machine does (sometimes) not backup Thunderbird profiles completely?

texts:
I restored my system completely from a Time Machine backup only to find out that for quite a time about 5 Gigs of data are missing in the backup of my Thunderbird profile.

I can follow the weeks back where it started, but it doesn't help as those files would be weeks old and not contain the ones from, say, yesterday.

There is no folder manually excluded via Time Machine configuration. It's just missing.


texts: Internet Sharing from Ethernet over Wifi results in self-assigned IP address

texts:
I have OS X Mavericks with a Thunderbolt Ethernet connected to the internet with IP 192.168.0.1 (which is a subrouter of 192.168.1.1).

I set up internet sharing through the Sharing interface and I am able to connect to the network and see it from my iPhone 5. My iPhone 5 is assigned an IP address in 192.168.2.*, but it can't connect to the internet. On my Mac, the Wi-Fi interface shows a self assigned IP address.

I tried manually setting the WiFi to 192.168.2.12, 255.255.255.0, 192.168.2.1 with DNS 192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1 as per (Mavericks Internet Sharing over Ethernet stopped working), but I haven't had any success. Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Where is java? Java Control Pannel has disabled "View" button and Terminal still response with "No Java runtime present, requesting install"

texts:
I installed java from the oracle's website. Now I have a Java Control Panel in the System Preferences. But in the tab "Java" of Java Control Panel there is the button "View" disabled.

And if I ask the Terminal for java -version I get only:

No Java runtime present, requesting install.

Still having the following in the Java Control Panel (Your system has the recommended version of Java):

Starting some application, which requires java (e.g. Aptana Studio) it alerts with:

To open “AptanaStudio3,” you need to install a Java SE 6 runtime. Would you like to check for and install one?

What are the problems here? Sounds like the installation didn't enabled Java for the System.

Update:

OSX 10.8
java 7u40 (JRE, not JDK)
no previous version of java installed (clean install)
logging in with different user accounts provides the same behaviour
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ is empty


texts: What is a 0-size file "Icon?" in a directory?

texts:
I just noticed in my ~/Copy directory there is a file named Icon? that is 0 byte.

The file is only visible by a ls command.

I'm just curious what for this file exists, does anyone know about it?


texts: How to reduce file size of multiple pictures in Photos app?

texts:
I have some pictures in Photos that I simply don't need in the maximum quality my phone camera took them in. They're usually about 2-4MB when ~200KB would suffice. I am looking for the best way to reduce the file size of these pictures when they are already in the Photos app.
I tried using the "Edit with Preview" options in Photos and then use "Reduce Size" in Preview, but apparently that is saved as a separate file and has no effect on the original image. And I haven't found a way to 'apply' the edits to replace the original file.
Technically I could find the image in the Photos library in the Finder, but that is very time-consuming (and then I have to close Photos to edit the file). I'm not even aware of a way to quickly get from an image in the Photos overview to the file in the finder.
Any ideas?


texts: Assigning icons system-wide based on filename without extension

texts:
I'd like Finder to display a particular icon for files based purely on its filename, not its extension. For instance, for a web project I have a Makefile sitting amidst PHP files, which all display the Atom logo:

The file already opens with Atom when double-clicked, even though TextEdit is technically my system's default text editor (which I never use, because Atom rules).

Is it possible to automatically assign an icon to makefiles system-wide, without manually copy+pasting an icon into it through the properties pane? Preferably without installing any third-party software, as this is really a cosmetic thing that's not worth having system bloat over.

I'm hoping there's some defaults-related thing I could tweak, or an entry in a plist file somewhere.


texts: I have a retina MacBook Pro, and I am currently running macOS via USB from an external drive. I would like a way to prevent programs that I install on the external drive from writing files to the actual internal drive. To do this, I thought of unmounting the internal drive, in order to prevent files from being written to it, but in Disk Utility it seems as though it's not possible to "unmount" the internal drive. Is there any way I can unmount it, or even make sure that no program installations (via pkg files) have access to the internal drive?


texts: How to copy phone number from Mac Contacts app without extra symbols?

texts:
Often I need to copy a phone number form Contacts app on mac and paste it in some web form etc.
This is what gets copied: +1 (111) 111-11-11
Perfectly I'd like it to be just numbers without spaces, dashes and brackets, but the most annoying is an empty character at the end, because you can't see it and the form doesn't accept the phone number. Why is this empty character there?
I tried to edit phone number, and I can remove it from the end of phone number, but it not gets saved.


texts: Home Sharing, but without syncing purchases?

texts:
At home we have two iTunes accounts. We do not wish to share our purchases as, for example, we have very different tastes in music.

We are looking to purchase an AppleTV that we can both use to stream our content from iTunes.

I've already read on another question that the standard way to handle this situation is to set up home sharing using one of our Apple IDs for all of the devices.

However, I've also read that setting up Home Sharing will cause any purchases on the other account to be added into the library of the home sharing account, and thus copied onto all linked devices. Is there a way to prevent this?


texts:
I'm having a bit of and odd problem with a group message, likely due to a bit of weird history with this groupchat. Rough outline below (this may include extraneous data)

I have a groupchat with two other people, a and b. Originally all three of us had non-apple phones. Eventually b switched to an iphone, and later myself and a did too. The groupmessage was semi-persisted through all of this, and everything seemed fine for the duration of all of us having iphones. Finally, b switched away from (the now-imessage) groupchat to an android phone. Suddenly, the groupchat no longer worked -- B was unable to receive messages, and deleting and restarting the groupchat didn't seem to help.

My intuition says that apple thinks b still has an iphone and somehow this results in him not receiving text messages, but I've been unable to fix this problem and haven't found useful data online.

Anyone experience something similar/have any suggestions? Thanks for any help.


texts: How to fix latest text bomb on iPhone 8?

texts:
I sent the text bomb (Italian flag with a non-english characters on either side) to my girlfriend while she was on iOS 13.3. phone hung as expected. Was able to get control after a reboot and deleted the entire chat on messages that contained said text and things seemed fine but the phone still hangs occasionally. Upgraded to iOS 13.4.1 and the issue is still there. I've tried hard reboots but that didn't help.

Is there anything else I can try except for a full reset?

I can post the actual text here but I don't want to affect anybody using an Apple OS.


texts:
I need to run an application behind the lock screen, e.g., just as Time Machine or Sophos antivirus (and others) can run when the screen is locked.

Specifically, I would like to schedule an application to launch when the computer is asleep and unattended (but not powered off).  The plan is to schedule wake via Energy Saver or pmset, and use iCal/Automator to schedule the app launch.  The problem I'm encountering is the lock screen (ie System Pref > Security > Require Password).  When the lock screen is enabled the application will not launch unattended - a user must enter the password. By way of debugging I have confirmed that disabling lock screen allows the app to launch, but this is not a solution due to the security issues.

Bottom line: Is there a way to schedule an applescript or shell script (perhaps with root privileges) to grant the lock screen access to the password?   I'm thinking KeyChain should be able to do this, but I can't figure out how.  Or perhaps there are other solutions?

Other details:
- I'm running 10.7 and 10.9.


texts: Yet another kernel_task high CPU usage question

texts:
I have a headless Quad-Core Mac mini living in the storage cupboard and in the last week or so which possibly coincides with updating to El Capitan has began having the problem, 600% usage from boot.

I've read all the posts out there about how to fix this:

system_profiler -detailLevel mini | grep "Model Identifier:" | sed "s/^.*: //"

Eventually yields Macmini6,2 so I then:

ls /System/Library/Extensions/IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin.kext/Contents/Resources | grep "Macmini"

Which provides the following:

Macmini3_1.plist
Macmini4_1.plist
Macmini5_1.plist
Macmini5_2.plist
Macmini5_3.plist

Meaning my model's property list file is not present and as such I can't proceed with what has been for most a highly successful fix by moving/deleting or create an in-place backup followed by a reboot.

It's exactly the same outcome with an identical model also running El Capitan that lives on a shelf on my TV stand in my living room which acts as one of my Plex clients whilst also hosting my Windows 10 development VM via Fusion 8.  I'd be devastated if it started happening to that machine.  The performance would be unbearable.

So without a property list file how do I move forward?  Any help gratefully appreciated.  The headless machine runs several web apps very smoothly and has done so since I bought it.  No new apps have been installed that may cause this.

Thanks,
Lee.


texts: Time Machine : Can't find deleted files in Time machine

texts:
I just took Backup of my mac via Time Machine, the problem is :

I can't see my file in Time Machine which i deleted it from mac.
Is it true that if i delete some files from mac they will be deleted from Time Machine also (on next back up)?

Secondly, Does Time Machine takes complete Back up every-time or it just add updated or newly added files to old backup?

Thanks for your time.


texts: Is there any possibility to auto login to sites via Facebook?

texts:
When browsing Facebook via the iOS app one often browses websites through the app. Some websites need login and since the FB app doesn't support password handlers it's a difficult login process.

So any suggestion about how to handle this the easiest way?

I'd wish one could automatically open all sites in Safari at least if FB doesn't want to support password handlers.


texts:
I'm running on Mac OS X (ver 10.7.2) on my Macbook Pro 15. I did an update earlier this morning and after that everything I run fails or runs really slow. Some of my application also don't work properly anymore. My guess is when I did the software update and it rebooted, It failed to complete the installation and just rebooted. So I think the update wasn't installed properly.

Here are some problems that it caused.

Whenever I plug a thumb drive or external HDD it's not being mounted. But I can see the drive in Disk Utility. The USB port i think is working because I use it for my wireless mouse. - my guess is the drive for external drives got corrupted.
When I try calling someone on Skype it logs me out.
There are some lags with the animation. e.g. when i run the Launchpad it has a laggy and harsh animation. It's feels like the animation only has 3 frames so it isn't that smooth.
It's really slow!

I just bought this laptop last week and It didn't come with a Mac OS X CD. Is this normal not having a CD?

Some solution I'm planning to do:

Reformat/Reset my Mac OS X
-problem, I don't have the CD
Repair the driver
-problem, I don't know if it's really the driver fault or which driver I should install

Please advice what should I do. The nearest apple store is also far from where I live - so this is my last option to send it back to the store.


texts: My Macbook's touch bar doesn't update when I open a supported app

texts: I found out that the touch bar is supposed to update every time I open a supported app like Safari or Firefox. I have set those up but when I open those apps my touch bar doesn't update at all.


texts: Mac OS X 10.8 QuickLook Causing CPU & Temperature Spikes

texts:
I have consistently been having a problem with my computer overheating due to random processes using 100%+ CPU.  Commonly the problem occurs with the process QuickLookSatellite-general, but it is not limited to it. (Please see images below.)

When the QuickLookSatellite-general is the process in question, resetting the Quick Look Manager:

qlmanage -r

…seems to solve the problem.  Otherwise the problem continues until the application is closed or the process decides to stop.

On Google I found this process is associated with DraftSight, a CAD program. I do not and have never had this program installed.

Restarting does not even fix this problem. It makes my MacBook completely unusable as I do not want it to be damaged running at 90℃.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Thanks!

EDIT *** Addition, found disabling/resetting mdworker helped substantially

sudo mdutil -i off /
sudo mdutil -E /
sudo rm -Rf /var/folder/*
Reboot
sudo mdutil -i on / (I just left it off.)


texts: Replace USB port on logic board Mac mini late 2012

texts: The USB ports stopped working. I tried resetting NVRAM, and all non- physical solutions. It seems it is a hardware malfunction, so is it possible to replace the USB port only on the logic board of a  Mac mini Late 2012 - 2.3 ghz Core i7?


texts: How to resolve an HP printer failure ("filter failed") after updating to latest drivers?

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The printer (HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 (N911g)) stopped working after upgrading the printer driver as per 'HP Easy Start'.
Every print job now times out and all there is to see in the Print Queue application is the message "Printing – Filter failed".
The logs in /var/log/cups show no indication of anything wrong.
The log System Report shows that 'Inkjet3' crashed.
(/Library/Printers/hp/cups/Inkjet3.driver/Contents/MacOS/Inkjet3)

Termination Reason:    DYLD, [0x4] Symbol missing

Dyld Error Message:
 Symbol not found: _cupsRasterOpen
 Referenced from: /Library/Printers/hp/cups/Inkjet3.driver/Contents/MacOS/Inkjet3
 Expected in: /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib

Printer is connected via USB.
Drivers I tried amonng others from HP were:

hp-printer-essentials-S-5_14_8_4.pkg

hp-printer-essentials-H-5_15_5_5.pkg

Which all seem to report version number '4.5.0' to the system.
The packages available from 'HP Easy Admin' for various macOS versions are all the same down to MacOSX 10.9: "Essential Software 5.10.5.5" 164,4MB
In that state the printer is accepting test-pages from HP utilities and printing them just fine!
Things not resolving the issue:

re-installing the latest driver package(s)
deleting the printer and re-adding the printer from the PreferencePane
resetting the print system (including a reboot before adding printers)

Workaround to get it to print:

resetting the print system
deleting the entire folders /Library/Printers/hp and /Library/Printers/PPDs
adding the printer anew
only now it automatically downloads old Apple provided drivers?
Version is identifying as '4.1.1'
This brings ink to paper.
(AFAIK among the changes made in a later update by HP was a better ink-economy, so this is financially worth-while to update, if not necessary. The same driver version number is reported if one uses a recent HP forum suggestion to install 'HPPrinterDrivers5.1.dmg' from HP.)

When in that state another attempt to upgrade the drivers is made, it again ends up at the exact same starting point: no printing "Filter failed"/Inkjet3 crashing…
Related questions not resolving this issue:

'Filter' failed error trying to print after upgrading to Mavericks  (listing the same non-descript error message as presented to users)
HP Easy Scan - "HP Scanner 3" will damage your computer (showing some issues a few weeks ago that disabled HP devices generally with a driver update because of some certificate trouble)

Looking through other forums, including those from HP, I do not see any solution that allows me printing from macOS 10.12 Sierra to that device with up-to-date drivers.
Printer driver version number as reported to the system 4.1.1 seems to work, version 4.5.0 does not.
How do I get this device to print with the latest working drivers?


texts: How can I update everything installed through Homebrew after OSX upgrade?

texts: After updating to 10.8 ‘Mountain Lion’ I’m wondering how I can rebuild everything I have installed through the packaging system Homebrew (similar to MacPorts) to ensure all dependencies are installed optimally for the new system. How can it easily be achieved? The help file offers no hints as to how I can accomplish this.


texts:
I'm disabling the cache from Safari developer menu, but each time I reboot my computer, the cache is re-enabled.

I'm looking for a permanent solution for disabling the cache.

Any ideas?


texts: Trouble running .jar files (System Policy: deny(1) file-read-data)

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Recently I needed to run some .jar files. Unfortunately each time I ran them an information box would show up saying "The Java JAR file "name" could not be launched." as well as telling me to check console for error messages. So I tried completely removing java and reinstalling it and the error continued to happen. Finally I checked console and saw that each time I tried to open a .jar file it said "System Policy: deny(1) file-read-data)" in console.
Does anyone know what this error is and how I can fix it? Is it an issue with the jar launcher? Ive had it happen with multiple completely different jar files.
Thanks for the help.


texts: Is it possible to track how much time I spend in each of the desktops in Mission Control

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I would like to track work time vs. non-work time on my MacBook on a daily basis. I was thinking, maybe if I had one desktop for work and another desktop for non-work, I could more easily track that time. It’s easy enough to switch between desktops with a four-finger swipe.
Ideally, I’d like to check at the end of the day  how much times was spent in each of the two desktops. Is that possible somehow?


texts: Will changing an iCloud profile on iOS harm data on the previous account?

texts: I share an iCloud with my mom. If I delete iCloud on my phone, and created a individual one, Will it delete her data?


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I just found my old iBook G4, but I only have the installation-cd for OS X 10.3 and I can't find any downloads on the official Apple download pages. Is there some way I still can get the update?

Update: I overlooked the "Load" button
Update2: Actually my iBook is to old to show the Loadbutton


texts: Which country in Europe offers Macbook Air 13" with US keyboard (with wide enter)?

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I would like to buy a Macbook Air, but I don't like the small and narrow Enter (return) key, small left Shift and the extra keys that you can buy in Czech stores/eshops that sell Apple products.

This is what I do NOT like:

And this is what I want:

I really hate the small Enter and the small left Shift and the extra keys. Could somebody help me where in Europe (which country) or maybe in nearby regions (North Africa, Israel or maybe some country in the Middle East) can I buy Macbook Air 13" with US keyboard?


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I serve on the Board of a Baroque Orchestra and have begun helping them get organized.  The management of the orchestra does not have extensive technical skills so I've endeavored to help provide them with simple and easy to use systems and software to do things like, plan projects and events.

We found a great inexpensive project management application,
RationalPlan.  The software enables us to export all of its data into a set of Excel tables which iWork's Numbers easily reads.

This effectively gives us a well formed database table structure of all the information we need to manage and understand.

Now I need to develop easily run reports on this "data".

While I can develop "reports" in Numbers itself, non-technical users tend to break them, or delete critical formulas, rows, or columns.

I need a simpler and more robust solution.

Can anyone recommend a report writing application, something like a lite-weight "Crystal Reports" that can read and report on these Numbers tables?

Alternatively, I wonder if one could develop a kind of "banded" report template in Numbers.  Does anyone have any experience with something like that?


texts: Forgotten Apple ID password and not receiving password reset email

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I have attempted on several occasions to request a reset for my forgotten password but I've never received the password reset email from Apple. It is not in my junk mail either.

How can I go about resetting my password to access my account? I do not want to have to get another email address. Do I need to contact Apple?


texts: Viewer for HEIF/HEIC images in El Capitan or Sierra

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Is there any "native way" to view the new HEIF/HEIC format (or the viewer-application) in El Capitan or Sierra without upgrade of MacOS itself? It is not yet possible to upgrade yet to HighSierra for me, but I'd like to natively view images from iPhone 8 and up generation, avoiding conversions to JPG.

There been questions asked about convertors of .heic to .jpg, but I don't think it's reasonable to convert images (via the means of online convertors, specialized apps, Dropbox, etc.). Soon or later .heic support will become normal, and all the online services and applications will finish the transition, so obviously there will be no need to convert to JPG.

The question: Is there any way to install some kind of plugin or extension to MacOS to support HEIF/HEIC within the Preview App, or it may be there are good applications alike XnView or analogues, which support it out of the box?


texts: How to prevent annoying Preview in El Capitan from showing thumbnails?

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I never used thumbnails when opening PDFs, but El Capitan decided I have to see them.

And there is no option to disable permanently. If I reopen a document where I disabled them, most of the times they just show up again. Is there anything I can do?


texts: Is it a good idea to create a "soft link" from iTunes Library to an external hard drive to release hard drive space?

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My iMac has a 1TB internal hard drive, and 300GB is allocated for Windows 7 using BootCamp.

Of the 700GB, right now the space remaining is only about 20GB, and I do hope to create a new partition and install Mountain Lion on it (or install Lion on it and upgrade the current Lion partition to Mountain Lion).

Since the majority of hard drive space use is:

/Users/mike/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/iTunes U        270GB
/Users/mike/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Movies           70GB

and since Mac OS X is UNIX and can create a "soft link", how about creating a soft link (using the Terminal app) using:

ln -s "/Volumes/My Passport/Movies" "/Users/mike/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Movies"

and the same for "iTunes U", so that two soft links are created, and they point to the external hard drive ("My Passport", which is a WD 1TB drive).

I probably will do it by rebooting the system, move the Movies folder from the internal drive to the external drive by Finder, using drag and drop, and then create the soft link, and then do the same for "iTunes U", and then create the 2 soft links, and start up the iTunes app and see.

Is this actually a good practical solution by creating a soft link like that?  In a way it is like fooling the system to go to the external drive and can there be any side effect?


texts: How are videos in 23.97 frames per second shown

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How does the Mac deal with video content played back at a rate that does not neatly fit into 60 fps screen refresh?

I have never noticed 23.97 content looking wrong to my eyes, so is this a solved issue?


texts: Upgraded to iOS 9.0.1 and lost all health weight data

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I just upgraded my iPhone (model MG5D2LL/A) to iOS 9.0.1 yesterday, and I did one backup restore to resolve an issue with the Podcast app (still not resolved).

I lost most of my Health app data. I lost all of my manually entered weight data (several years worth) and my Medical ID. For some reason the dashboard is still showing the last 7 days of steps, walking, climbing data.

Is there any way to recover that data?


texts: Bootcamp failing with "cannot create partion" and corrupting APFS container

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My issue is similar to this one, Bootcamp says Disk Could Not Be Partitioned on Catalina Version 10.15.2
I'm on a 2019 iMac i9 27" with a 3TB Fusion that's been formatted with Catalina and APFS from the beginning, but I have successfully installed Bootcamp and removed it. Now I'm trying to play games that don't work in a VM and want it back.
Bootcamp is failing to create the partition and corrupting the APFS container as it unwinds. Actually, it's creating the partitions but gacking at some point. The question above has the fsck_apfs commands I've been looking for, but I'm looking beyond that.
What if, prior to reloading, I created the APFS container AND a smaller HPS/NTFS/FAT32 partition for Bootcamp Assistant to use? A "sacrifice" disk if you will.
Does it matter if the partition is created first, in the first sectors of the drive or at the end behind the APFS container?
This time, I plan to only do a MacOS install and not a recovery to test if this works. If so, I'll either restore directly to it or blow everything away again and do a full restore from the ground up with the extra partition.


texts: How can I directly open a file on the Web in a normal application?

texts:
Suppose there is a file on the web such as:

http://www.example.com/something.txt

I know that I can read it in any number of browsers, or that I can download it using any number of techniques and open it locally.

I also know that in some cases I can connect using Web DAV, though that’s not always possible.

Is there a way that I can open a file directly from within an application such as a text editor? I don’t expect to be able to save it, so it would probably appear as a read-only file.

I’d be happy with a solution which involves MacFuse.


texts: MacBook Pro 13 inch late 2011 flickering screen

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I have some problems with the screen of my laptop MacBook Pro 13inch from late 2011. I never had problems with my screen before but suddenly the screen began to flicker. I have encountered that it starts flickering more when my laptop is running more intensive programs whereby it is warmer than usually. When I play with the adjustments of the screen, or tap the screen the flickering comes and goes.

I do not know if it is some wire inside that is half broken so that the connection bad or if my GPU or motherboard is broken. I know that the MacBook Pro's made in 2011 had some problems with the motherboard but this was only the case for the 15 inch laptops. I also made a video to make it more clear. You can see on the video that when I tap on the part where the wires are going from the laptop to the screen, that the screen starts flickering.

Youtube link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjaDSE4eDxg

Thanks


texts: What do the partitions /dev/disk1s* in filesystem mean (disk storage management)?

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When U run df -h  I get the following output (formatted as table for better viz).
What do all these /dev/disk1s* mean? Can it be that I lose space due to some imposed partition?

Filesystem
Size
Used
Avail
Capacity
Mounted on

/dev/disk1s5s1
233Gi
14Gi
22Gi
40%
/

devfs
193Ki
193Ki
0Bi
100%
/dev

/dev/disk1s4
233Gi
5.0Gi
22Gi
19%
/System/Volumes/VM

/dev/disk1s2
233Gi
320Mi
22Gi
2%
/System/Volumes/Preboot

/dev/disk1s6
233Gi
1.0Mi
22Gi
1%
/System/Volumes/Update

/dev/disk1s1
233Gi
192Gi
22Gi
90%
/System/Volumes/Data

map auto_home
0Bi
0Bi
0Bi
100%
/System/Volumes/Data/home

My OS version is BigSur (11.2.2)


texts: How to copy music content and playlists between iPods (Nano 5th Gen 16GB)?

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I'd like to mirror the music tracks/files and all the playlists from one iPod Nano 5th Gen 16GB
to another another (Nano 5th Gen 16GB). Is there a way to easily automate this process?

Details

My iTunes music library is much larger than the 16GB iPod, and I have hundreds of playlists. The selection of playlists/artists/songs to reduce down to fit on the 16GB iPod is rather tedious, even when playing automation tricks (like creating a smart playlist containing all the songs that I've played in the last year, or whatever).

I don't want to perform this tedious playlist-selection process every time I copy to another iPod.

Potential solutions (?) I'm investigating include the following. 3rd-party MacOS applications that claim to facilitate this (TunesGo, iFunbox). Maybe I can use iTunes somehow to copy from iPod to a temporary iTunes (MacOS laptop) Music folder/directory, and sync said folder to a blank iPod? Something else? I've tried rsync-ing (on MacOS) the entire filesystems from a source and a target iPod, with no success (caveat: I may not have executed the initial rsync correctly; I'm retrying that now).

Regardless, I'm here asking to see what processes have 1) worked well for other users (via empirical experience, not just speculative assertions), and 2) is easy -- ie, I want to minimize the number of steps in the procedure.

Authorization isn't an issue here - I own all the music and the iPods. I have several open "authorization slots" on my iTunes Store account (or whatever). And money isn't the issue here, so if I have to pay more to copy between the iPods, that's ok (within reason).

fyi, I really love the iPod Nano 5th Gen's... except that they're small. I don't want to go to a larger/newer iPod because I like the Nano-5th-Gen's so much.


texts: Remove undeletable album from Photos app on iOS

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I used AnyTrans to try to transfer some photos to my iPhone. When I did this, it added all my photos to the camera roll but it also added them to an undeletable AnyTrans album. When I press edit, I can't remove it, although I've removed every single photo from that album.

This is what it looks like when normally:

Note that is says "0 from my computer) under the album name.

Here is what it looks like when I press "edit" at the top right:

One thing I tried was looking on my Mac's Photos app (synced via iCloud Photo Library), but I did not see this particular album there. It is nice knowing that this album is probably specific to my device but also somewhat annoying, knowing that it would probably show up on a new phone if I restored from a backup. I would like to remove this album from my phone completely without having to set it up as a new phone.


texts: Is there a way to cancel or disable the minimize animation completely?

texts: Is there a way to cancel or disable the minimize animation completely in Mac OSX?


texts: Dragon Dictate (or Mavericks Dictation): How do they work? Do they have an API?

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This paper (http://qh.antenna.nl/unimacro/implementation_and_acceptance_of_natlink.pdf) explains how NatLink was made, a Python interface to Dragon NaturallySpeaking, on Windows. NaturallySpeaking exposes a COM interface.

For Mac, does Dictate expose any interface?

I'd like to use it for programming, for which I need to script it. Without buying Windows, and another Dragon product, and VMWare, and setting it all up, etc.

Dragon is more accurate than Dictation, but I really need to have control of the grammar and stuff, like this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SkdfdXWYaI).

(I'd like an HTTP API, but I'll take any API. It's 2014.)

I have burning wrist pain, and dictation is the one thing that has given me hope in the past few months. Thanks for the help!


texts: MacBook Pro 2017 without Touchbar Not Charging

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I just got a used MacBook Pro, 2017 without the Touchbar.  It has 2 USB-C Ports on the side.  I'm not using mobile much, but I do sometimes.  At my desk I'm using a USB-C device that gives me an HDMI, USB-A, and USB-C port for charging.

I've noticed that while everything is plugged in and the laptop is on everything seems to work fine.  However, if the laptop is asleep the system stops charging.  It only seems to charge asleep when the charger is directly connected to the computer.  I've reset the SMC twice and the NVRAM and this is a fresh copy of macOS installed via Internet Recovery.

Is this normal behavior?

I'm concerned because I bought the laptop used from a computer shop and I have a limited window to bring it back to them if it is faulty.  I just don't know if this is normal or not.

I'm assuming that macOS requires to be running for it to recognize the splitter device.  I've got an external hard disk attached to a powered USB hub which is then attached to the laptop via this splitter device.  When the computer wakes from sleep I get an error saying I should unmount the device before powering off the drive.  I never got this error with previous Mac's that had their own USB-A ports.

In addition to the USB hub and charger, I also have an external monitor connected via the HDMI port, so all 3 are going through this one splitter device.  I don't know if that is relevant, but I thought I'd include it in case it is.  Everything seems to work perfectly when the system is on.

I really like the idea of when I want to do work with the larger monitor and such I can just plug one thing in, so I would really appreciate help on seeing if I can get it working in this configuration / if this is NOT normal (i.e. there is some potential hardware failure) returning it to the store I bought it from in short order.


texts: Paused & want to delete partially downloaded Yosemite

texts: I was installing Yosemite Beta, however, I paused the download as I have not backup my Mac. Does anyone know how I can delete the paused download of it? It's driving me nuts! I can't just press "delete" like my other Apps!


texts: How to stop Safari on macOS from using https when I want http, when it's not in the HSTS listing

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When I try to visit certain sites and force http (for good reasons that do not need to be discussed here), Safari (macOS) forces the URL to use https - and since the site currently has no https support, I can't visit the site.
There are many answers that suggest that this is related to HSTS but this does not apply in my case:
The site in question is not listed in Safari's Privacy under WebSite Data nor does it appear in the HSTS.plist file. So, there is some other cause that forces Safari to use https, and I suspect it's from the fact that Safari has previously seen me visiting the site with https and now assumes I always want to do that.
Note that when I load the URL with wget, then I get the http version just fine. That should prove that it's Safari's behavior, not the web site's.
So, beside the HSTS settings what other settings might there be that force https in Safari on macOS?


texts: How to host webapps alongside the server.app based web tools?

texts: Assuming this is possible, what is the recommended method of running multiple webapps alongside the web based apps (wiki, etc) that come with osx server.app ?


texts: I want to play mobile games on my Mac. How do I do that? I have been seeing a lot of iPhones controlling Macs. Where is the Mac controlling the iPhone?


texts: -bash process suddenly taking 75% CPU in htop

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When I open a terminal and run htop I am seeing a -bash process that is taking up 75% of my CPU. I am not running any scripts or anything like that. I constantly have 3-4 terminals open and I have never seen this happen before. I tried to kill the process but it doesn't go away.

What should I try next?


texts: Indenting code blocks using a Swedish keyboard?

texts:
The shortcut for indenting a block of code is usually ⌘], which I cannot do on a Swedish keyboard.
Does anyone know any workarounds?

I'm not looking for a solution for any specific editor but a way of triggering this shortcut.


texts: Why am I getting a delay using IPv6 in ping6, traceroute6, nslookup

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I have just switched to an Internet provider offering full dual stack IPv4/6 support, using a Fritzbox 7530 and am experiencing a delay , seemingly in name resolution, when using 'ping6'.
The same configuration is also supporting iOS, windows, linux - and these devices all seem to work fine.
The symptom is:
'ping www.ibm.com' -> instant response, start getting icmp request/response
'ping6 'www.ibm.com' -> About a 3-4s delay after typing the command before the pings start
ie:
$ ping6 www.ibm.com
... delay here ...
PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2a02:8010:687f:0:2dbc:1ea2:a301:b111 --> 2a02:26f0:e8:491::b3a
16 bytes from 2a02:26f0:e8:491::b3a, icmp_seq=0 hlim=58 time=11.621 ms
16 bytes from 2a02:26f0:e8:491::b3a, icmp_seq=1 hlim=58 time=10.486 ms
16 bytes from 2a02:26f0:e8:491::b3a, icmp_seq=2 hlim=58 time=11.994 ms

The same behaviour is seen for other IPv6 sites such as ipv6.google.com
Using 'nslookup' I also get a delay:
... delay actually occurs here
> ipv6.google.com
Server:     192.168.178.1
Address:    192.168.178.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
ipv6.google.com canonical name = ipv6.l.google.com.
>

That delay is almost as if it's reverse resolving itself - or a localhost issue?
All the ipv6 testers I've tried in a browser suggest my IPv6 config is fine, sites reachable
I don't notice delays in google chrome
If IPv4 is disabled no delays occur
The router is set to automatic IPv6 (with fast commit)
The macOS Wifi adapter is set to automatic for ipv6 (and dhcp for ipv4)
scutil --dns ends with
DNS configuration (for scoped queries)

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : fritz.box
  nameserver[0] : 192.168.178.1
  nameserver[1] : fd00::2e91:abff:fe55:2d26
  if_index : 5 (en0)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)

So ipv6 addresses are being requested
/etc/hosts has
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
# End of section
192.168.178.48 pi4

Any ideas why the delay?
Once past that ipv6 and ipv4 are both working fine it seems (from limited tests so far)


texts: Microsoft sculpt keyboard unresponsive on Mac OS Sierra

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This is really frustrating me. I have a Microsoft Sculpt USB keyboard and have just got a new Macbook Pro with touch bar, and it is just not pairing with the keyboard.

The keyboard connects via a Nano tranceiver, which is plugged into my USB-C port via an adaptor. I can see that this is successfully connected in my system information:

The first time I connected the keyboard, I got a keyboard setup assistant dialogue as described in this question prompting me to press some keys on the keyboard to set it up. When I press the keys as requested, nothing happens.

Now, nothing pops up, and the keyboard is just completely unresponsive. However, I can see the keyboard is there as one of my input sources when I click 'Modifier Keys...' in my keyboard system preferences: .

Really pretty stuck on what to do here. I can't find any drivers or other settings that I might change to fix this.


texts: Shift key damaged how to disable it at boot?

texts: I recently spilled water on my computers keyboard, and as a result the left shift key seems to be stuck in the on position. This means that the system always boots into safe boot unless I hold down the option key. I have managed to change my password to one which is all caps and once I login I use keyremap4mac but it is still very annoying. Is there anyway which I can remap the keyboard during boot? Possibly with a startup bash script or something similiar? If that is not possible is there any way to use a script to bypass safe boot? I was planning on installing a new bootloader anyway in order to dual-boot linux, I don't know if this will help. Advice is appreciated.


texts: Will encrypting the Windows partition with BitLocker wipe out the macOS partition?

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I am running macOS and Windows on a macbook pro using bootcamp.

I have encrypted my macOS partition using FileVault.

I have read, that BitLocker on Windows on Mac would wipe the macOS partition. Is there any truth to that?

What is the best way to also encrypt the Windows partition?

I am running macOS sierra.


texts: need to move videos from iphoto to Lacie external hard drive

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i am on a Macbook air with yosemite 10.10.5 and my video exports fail.

Trying to export it thru Photos menu - select file >  export and choose my to LaCie share external HD but got that error.

...im able to drag or copy the file to my desktop and from there move it to the external HD but can't do it directly, don't know why. tried to export it to my internal HD but didn't let me either. already looked into this post How to move all iPhoto video files to an external disk or a NAS?


texts: iPad Air 2 keeps losing Continuity features, requiring restart

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I have an iPad Air 2 running iOS 10.3.2. What I've found is that after a while, the universal clipboard feature will stop working, and I won't see app icons from my other devices underneath the app switcher.

This is always fixed by restarting.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any ideas as to how to fix it once and for all?


texts: AppleScript error when attempting to delete empty albums in Photos.app

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The Problem

I’m trying to delete a bunch of empty albums using AppleScript.  I have verified that I am “getting”/“collecting”/whatever-appropriate-terms-you-prefer the correct albums.

But when I try to delete these empty albums, I get an error along these lines:

error "Can’t make item 1 of every album of
folder id \"wFSS4tONSgyq4NWwnUthVA\" of folder id \"6Aod8RunTj+3Nsz2jmM1xA\"
into type integer." number -1700 from item 1 of every album of folder id
"wFSS4tONSgyq4NWwnUthVA" of folder id "6Aod8RunTj+3Nsz2jmM1xA" to integer

The same error occurs whether I try to delete the empty albums while I am looping through my albums and checking whether each one is empty, or if I collect the empty albums into a list and use a second loop to delete the albums in the list.

What is going on?  The documentation clearly states “only albums and folders can be deleted”.

My Code

repeat with project_folder in PROJECTS_SUBFOLDERS
    --log "PROJECT FOLDER: " & project_folder's name & ¬
    --"\nID: " & project_folder's id

    if (count of project_folder's albums) is greater than 0 then
        --log "\n"
        --log project_folder's name as text
        --log project_folder's id as text
        --log ""

        repeat with abm in project_folder's albums
            --log "Class: " & abm's class as text
            --log "Album: " & abm's name as text
            --log "ID: " & abm's id as text

            if (count of abm's media items) is equal to 0 then
                --log (count of abm's media items)
                log abm's name as text
                set the end of empty_albums to abm
            end if
        end repeat
    end if
end repeat

log "now, to delete..."

repeat with abm in empty_albums
    log "Deleting " & abm's name as text
    delete album abm
    -- (I have also tried `delete abm` without success)
end repeat

return

This code is the 2-loop method, but the same occurs if I try to delete empty albums without collecting them into a list first.

Can somebody please tell me what’s going on?!

Can anybody tell me how to get this script to run successfully?


texts: Meaning of square brackets in a Preview search

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I recently needed to search for a string enclosed in square brackets in a PDF document. So I typed [concept] into the search field (including the square brackets).

The result surprised me, as I got a list of pages containing the word concept with all letters contained in that word highlighted in yellow.

I haven't been able to find any documentation of this "feature" - or any other special syntax in the search field.

What is the straight explanation for this behaviour, if any?


texts: Is there music library software for OSX that works like Picasa does to replace iPhoto?

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I'm kinda new to OS X, but loving it. I have decided to replace iPhoto with Picasa and want a replacement for iTunes that works more like Picasa.

There are just some apps that really get on my nerves. For instance, it really bothered me how iPhoto moved all my photos that I had carefully organized, to some random folder. So finally I decided to switch to Picasa, which has the exact same functionality and doesn't move any of my files.

Recently I'm having same troubles with iTunes: I can't find where the music files I just imported from a CD are, and I just found out that iTunes creates a huge folder where it copies all your music files (this folder, in my case, is over 50 Gb). All of this is really annoying.

Is there any option for iTunes, such as Picasa for iPhoto?

EDIT: I'm basically looking for something to organize and play my music nicely, with a good OS X integration. I don't have a iOS device, so no sync or cloud service is actually needed.


texts: adb got stuck. not starting in terminal command

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When I start the adb deamon using the terminal, it got stuck somewhere. Any idea why ?

PS: I am using OSX Mavericks.


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The Apple Watch gives me health reminders about standing or walking goals. These reminders pop up at 10 to the hour - ie at XX:50.

This seems like an opinionated choice, but I thought there might be something behind it, some reasoning I'm missing.

My question is: Why does the Apple Watch health reminders pop up at 50 minutes past the hour?


texts: Which FireWire cable do I need to connect an iMac (late 2009) to a Thunderbolt to FireWire connection to retrieve the data using Diskmode?

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I have an iMac (late 2009) with a broken graphics card. Fortunately, I have a new iMac (2019) which works fine.

I want to boot the old machine to Target Disk Mode to retrieve the data on the computer. I've read online you can connect them using a FireWire cable. Now the new mac doesn't have an FireWire connection but I think I can use a Thunderbolt to FireWire cable. So I thought I'll just order an FireWire cable, but there are a lot of different types. So my question is:

Which FireWire cable do I need to connect an iMac (late 2009) to a Thunderbolt to FireWire connection to retrieve the data using Target Disk Mode?


texts: IMovie06' Not working anymore because of Yosemite

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I upgraded to Yosemite and now my Imovie 06' will not work.

I need to open and finish projects that are due in three weeks. What are my options?


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I can't log on to my 2011 MacBook Pro. It boots up ok with the chime, then goes to the Apple logo screen, then to the "enter password" screen. There I'm completely stuck as can't get past the log in screen showing my picture and it asking me to put in the password.
It " shakes its head " when I input the password. After a few experiences of this I reset the password using Apple ID but it still doesn't recognise the new password.  Tried rebooting using Cmd R and also tried Cmd S.
If I reboot with Cmd-R it goes straight to Apple logo page then sign in page and the box for the password fills up with dots as if I were typing in a very long password


texts: How to get rid of "You have new mail." in zsh

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I'm using zsh with prezto as my shell with iTerm as terminal app.

I always get the message "You have new mail" when opening a new prompt. I don't have any new mail in Mac Mail and I don't run a mail server.

How can I get rid of this message?

Thanks


texts: Apple Mail - Exchange Account - Sent mails going to Recipient's Junk

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I recently helped a friend with a 2015 iMac upgrade to Mojave; it was on Yosemite.
I ran a backup, performed the install, did the updates; all good.
I then opened Mail, where she has 3 exchange accounts, and Mail would crash every time I made one in particular go online. I tried all sorts of things to remedy this but in the end I had no choice but to remove the account and add it in again. This went well. Or so it seemed.
Now, when she sends emails (from that account) they are going into her recipients junk/spam folder.
Why is this happening?
Thanks


texts: **I want to change my Icloud account because my phone is cracked and its covered with damages,i want to do this so i can trade my phone in for a different phone and for some reason it will not let me put in my email they always say my password or email is wrong but its not. Please help me change my icloud i really want a new phone. I already tried millions of times, So i cant figure out my password to my icloud because i forgot it but then i remember but then it said my icloud password was still wrong i dont get it.


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I'm new to Mac OS X.
On Linux I'd:

append to /etc/rc.local
arp -i eth0 -s 192.168.1.1 00:00:00:00:00:00

I've figured out how to do it in Terminal:

sudo arp -s 192.168.1.1 00:00:00:00:00:00

But I'd like this to happen automatically preferably at boot.
Also do I need to specify an interface when using arp?

I read some other SE answers that mentioned launchd, but I have no idea what that is.