texts: Syncing app limits for Screentime between iOS and macOS

texts:
I have an iPhone that I'm signed into with iCloud that has certain App Limits set. I also have Screentime and app limits set on my MBP. There is text indicating that these should be syncing in the macOS preference pane:

  App limits apply to all devices that are using iCloud for screen time

But I'm not seeing those limits sync between my two devices. Is there a way to force that sync?

macOS:

iOS:


texts:
I just bought a Time Capsule, and the lack of modem is irritating, as this means I have to buy a seperate one which is another box, won't be as easy to set up and I have to choose one.

Does Apple make a modem themselves, that can be used with a Time Capsule simply and easily? If they don't is there a suggested one for a Time Capsule?

EDIT: I live in the UK, my ISP is TalkTalk and it is ADSL.


texts: How do I escalate a Mail UI/usability bug to Apple without having to include sysdiagnose data?

texts:
I'm trying to file a Mail UI/Usability bug and it won't let me file it without filing a sysdiagnose. I see NO reason that Apple needs that private configuration data for a bug that has nothing to do with my individual machine's configuration.

How do I escalate this issue to Apple without having to include the sysdiagnose data?


texts:
I am using iPod Touch 5G and I've recently jailbroken it.

First, all my apps disappeared from the springboard.
But now the iPod is stuck in recovery mode. I get a 9006 error when I try to restore it via iTunes.

I've searched online and found a few answers, but none of them work.


texts: Just downgraded from iOS 11 beta to iOS 10 and now I can't pair my Apple Watch

texts:
I'm not sure if my Apple Watch is still running the beta version or what, but I downgraded from iOS 11 beta to iOS 10.3.2 (went to iOS 10.3.3 beta first) and now I can't pair my Apple Watch. I tried to erase all content and settings and when it reboots, it goes into the pairing screen. When I try to pair it, it tells me that my phone needs to be updated.

How do I downgrade the WatchOS beta while running a solid iOS 10.3.2?


texts: What's the problem with this Karabiner complex modification?

texts:
I added the following rule to .config/karabiner/karabiner.json by importing a similar rule and changing the previous key code to "option". But the rule has no effect. Is there a problem with this rule?

"complex_modifications": {
    "parameters": {
        "basic.simultaneous_threshold_milliseconds": 50,
        "basic.to_delayed_action_delay_milliseconds": 500,
        "basic.to_if_alone_timeout_milliseconds": 1000,
        "basic.to_if_held_down_threshold_milliseconds": 500,
        "mouse_motion_to_scroll.speed": 100
    },
    "rules": [
        {
            "description": "Simultaneously press Option + Del to get a ForwardDel",
            "manipulators": [
                {
                    "from": {
                        "simultaneous": [
                            {
                                "key_code": "option"
                            },
                            {
                                "key_code": "delete_or_backspace"
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "to": [
                        {
                            "key_code": "delete_forward"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "basic"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
},
[...]

The rule is supposed to delete "c" in "ab|cd" if "|" is the cursor and upon pressing [Option] + [Backspace].

I used a simple rule for turning [Caps Lock] into [Option]. This rule works.

Also - is there a simpler method for reloading a changed karabiner.json than closing Karabiner-Elements and starting again?


texts: Where are stored C "object" and "executable" files in Xcode?

texts:
Platform:
OS X: Yosemite 10.10.4; Xcode: v6.4 (6E35b); MacbookPro 15" Retina (mid-2015).

Fact:
As C compiler and linker (upon standard) create .o and executable file(s)

Questions:

Where (please provide path, or tell where I can configure by myself one) are those files stored by Xcode?
Is this executable portable such that it can be run on Linux and Windows?
Does Xcode gives same results (for obj and executable) as if I perform compilation manually in MacOS terminal?
Is it possible in Xcode separately compile and separately link? If yes - please describe how?
What compiler (type and version) exactly Xcode uses to compile?
In general, regarding C and Java languages especially, how common is it for programmers who do not develop only for OS X or iOS to use Xcode?


texts: Is it safe to force shutdown a mac while booting?

texts: So I have the 2015 "13 MacBook so I read some articles to update firmware by holding the power button so i tried to try it for fun but I misunderstood the article and I held the power button while my mac had completed 1/4 of booting process. So I accidentally force shutdown my mac while it was booting. So should I worry about some firmware error or some sort of software error which I can't notice?


texts:
I know service workflows created from Automator can be removed from ~/Library/Services, but I cannot see any services related to selected text there.

See my screenshots

I must have installed apps that added such services the LaTeX series in the screenshot, which shows up in the context menu when right-clicking text in apps like Notes.

How to remove these services then?


texts: Is it possible to use Macbook with 0% health?

texts:
Is it possible to use macbook pro if the battery is at 0% health?
It is 1% at the moment and work fine when plugged, but what about if it goes to 0% ?


texts: How to copy one Photo to two folders in one copy operation?

texts:
I would like to achieve the following:

When I copy one photo into Folder A, I want to the same photo to be copied to folder B.

So what I want to do basically is to copy a photo to two folders with one copy command.

Is it possible to do that?


texts: What's the purpose of iPhone USB port on the Internet Sharing panel?

texts:
On the internet sharing panel, there is an option to share the connection from Thunderbolt Ethernet to iPhone USB.

It would be really cool to provide internet access to the iPhone via the USB cable, but unfortunately it doesn't seem that it works.

Does anyone know what's the purpose of that option though?

Thanks!


texts: Two-finger scrolling stops working after a while

texts:
I am running into a strange problem. After a few minutes of using Chrome or Firefox, two finger scrolling on my trackpad stops working on these applications.

Every time I restart these applications two finger scrolling scrolling works again, but then after a few minutes, it stops working. All my other gestures work fine (one, three and four finger movements) except two-finger scrolling.

I have no idea what is causing this. I haven't had this problem before until today.

I am working on the latest version of Mavericks on the latest MacBook Pro.

Any thoughts?


texts: Is there a way to sync OS X Photos app with Android Phone?

texts:
I have an Android phone and a MacBook, and what I am trying to figure out is a way to do bi-directional sync between the OS X Yosemite's new Photos app and my device's internal storage. So far, I am using DropSync to do a two-way sync between my device photos and storage in Dropbox, and that works fine. The next step that I thought I could do was use Automator to force sync that particular folder with Photos app, but I cannot seem to find any option in Automator that works with Photos - all I have is iPhoto. Is there any way to achieve this?

P.S. I even tried the new Google Photos, but that doesn't do two-way sync with my device's internal memory if I delete something from the Photos library.


texts: Why can't I play M4B audiobook from iPhone (SE)?

texts:
I often convert audio files of interviews into audiobooks for listening on my iPhone. To do this, I simply:

Rename the M4A file extension to M4B.
Transfer to iPhone (using CopyTrans).

Then the file shows up in the Books app instead of the Music App.
However, this isn't working for a certain file. The file shows up in the Books app as expected, but it won't play when I tap it.
I confirmed the file does play from the Music app if uploaded as an M4A. Also both M4A and M4B files play OK from iTunes.
I have a feeling there is something different/wrong with the M4A audio file because I can upload an older M4B book I converted in the same manner and it plays OK from the Books app.
How can play my M4A file from my iPhone/figure out why it's not working?

Additionally, I tried converting the M4A file to an audiobook using MP3 to iPod/iPhone Audio Book Converter. It results in an error, but I confirmed other M4A files convert successfully. Perhaps it has something to do with the encoding/format?


texts: How to I protect my jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad?

texts:
People always say, "Jailbreaking can cause security problems." That might be true, but in some instances, you just need to jailbreak it.

How can I protect my iPhone and my data when it is jailbroken? Is there an app (through Cydia), that allows me to modify anything, or is there no easy application that does this? I'm pretty sure jailbreaking just removes the part of the OS that only allows you to download apps from the App Store. You think you would be able to modify that file/part of the system and allow it access to Cydia or whatever, and then somehow create a secure network and screen apps for viruses or whatever.


texts: How to disable notifications for the US Holidays calendar

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I'm running MacOS High Sierra, and in the last few days it has started sending me notifications for US Holidays on the day before the holiday (I was notified about Valentine's Day and President's Day, but not about MLK Day last month). In Preferences I have notifications for all-day events set to None, which is the advice given in this Quora answer. It doesn't seem possible to edit the alert settings for individual events in this calendar.
The only change I've made recently is that added a subscription to our company's Outlook calendar. It also has a US Holidays calendar, but I have it unchecked, so I only see the holidays that come from Apple.


texts: How do I remove old computers from my iCloud?

texts: Last year I was at a job where I logged into my iCloud at work.  I set my computer up with my iCloud so that everything would be hooked to my phone as well.  Long story short, I am not at that job anymore and my boss is still using that computer and I can see all of the things he's bookmarked since then on Safari.  How do I go about unauthorizing or removing that computer from my iCloud so I don't see his stuff and he doesn't see mine?


texts: How I can get OSX to recognize Canon MP560 Scanner again?

texts:
I have a Cannon MP560 that kept having communications errors.  One of the suggestions I read was to remove the printer from the print & scan menu and re-add it.  Once I did that the scanner disappeared as well and I cannot get OSX 10.7 to recognize this device as a scanner again.

Does anybody know how I can get OSX to recognize this device as a scanner again?

Here are some screenshots of my print & scan screen and my add printer dialogue.  Bonjour does not show me any information about this device either.


texts:
Is it possible to merge 2 different Contacts archives?

I'm using OS X 10.11


texts: I am using the "lock when sleeping" preference of the login keychain. When I use my computer after wake up, as expected i have to enter my password when an application (such as the webbrowser or instant messenger) try to access a keychain entry. However, sometimes the login keychain is unlocked after entering the password, sometimes it remains locked and the application gets single-time access. What rule does that follow? System is up to date 10.6.


texts:
I've downloaded Tumblr on to my iPad 2 and the button in the App Store now shows OPEN.

But when I tap the 'OPEN' button, nothing appears (it's just the same!)

I checked it again after resetting the home screen view so it's arranged. I searched for 'T' and there's no Tumblr!

Maybe it's bit blurry, but there's all the apps which started with T. I've searched in the search Spotlight too but also, nothing appears with 'Tumblr'.


texts:
I have downloaded a .cfg file from
Windows 7 that I want to open in iOS. Are there any apps that will allow me to read the contents of this file ?


texts:
My rMBP 15" just shut down by itself when idling, screen turned off.

When I rebooted it, I checked the Console to see why it shut down, and found this message: 10/27/12 1:21:36.000 AM kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: -108

What is Shutdown Cause -108?


texts:
Is there any way I could use a Linux laptop as a secondary display for my MacBook Pro (2016, 13",  macOS High Sierra 10.13.1)?

A solution for any Linux distro would work as I'm willing to install any one on it.


texts: Safari on iOS won't load a page on my WordPress, only toplevel domain

texts:
I'm trying to text someone a page on my website. When I tested it the url in the text message was changed from http://www.example.com/test to http://www.example.com/ , the end of the url being stripped off. When I manually enter http://www.example.com/test into iOS Safari the same thing happens, it loads http://www.example.com, stripping the /test from the url. My site is built in WordPress, and the page loads fine in both firefox and chrome on both my MacBook and Linux Desktop. In Macbook Safari I re-entered the url after visiting the site and was able to load the page.

For some reason it won't go to the permalink for a specific page


texts: Are my safari and chrome passwords synced?

texts:
I like to use safari for light browsing (and to prolong battery life).Sometimes I switch to chrome , when I need to(syncing stuff to android,etc).

I would like to know if my passwords(maybe even bookmarks) are getting synced or not.

I am using yosemite 10.10.4 .

If its not being synced out of the box, is there any software that does the syncing ?


texts: How to create Recovery Partition for new SSD after restore via SuperDuper

texts:
I recently installed a new SSD on my old MacBook Pro - replacing the HDD. It's running El Capitan. After installing the new drive, I booted from my SuperDuper clone, formatted the new internal SSD to be Mac OS X Journaled, and restored the files from the backup to the new SSD using SuperDuper.

However - I just realized that the new SSD does not have a recovery partition. Is there a way to create a recovery partition without doing a full OS X El Capitan reinstall?


texts: Manually update tz (time zone) database in Mac OS X?

texts:
Is there a way to manually update the time zone definitions (“tz” database formerly known as the “Olson database“)?

For example, the Java platform provides the TZUpdater tool to install, and even build, a fresh copy of the tz data.

Is there some such tool or workaround for Mac OS X?

I know Apple tends to include updates to the tz database as a part of the regular system updates. But sometimes last minute changes are made to take effect sooner than Apple may release a system update. Also, for older versions of Mac OS X no longer updated by Apple may need fresh time zone data.


texts: Big Sur beta on external disk vs internal disk?

texts:
I've read this question: Remove macOS from a APFS container? and this question: APFS - Is it possible to install 2 macOS versions inside one APFS container?
It seems there is a little bit more mess to using (the admittedly very cool) APFS to install more than one OS.
The way the Apple support document mentions it, it seems so easy, and APFS is very modern and flexible.
However, as you can see in the question linked above, it's more subtle. Removing the second OS can require lots of manual steps to clean up the recovery partition, etc.
So my questions are:

Is this messiness still present in Big Sur/Catalina running side by side? Does using a separate container help this?

If installed on an external disk, does this issue still persist?

In summary, Apple's support of multiple OS side by side in separate partitions seems to forget about the contamination of VM, Preboot and Recovery partitions...


texts: "Failed to check receipt hash" after switching to a new computer?

texts: I just had to move my drives over to another Mac Pro and now when I attempt to open apps purchased from the App Store, I'm getting Failed to check receipt hash.  What does one need to do in order to revalidate a machine properly for the App Store so that these errors go away?


texts: Anyone able to get UPS on a MacBook Pro to work correctly?

texts:
I recently purchased a Tripp Lite INTERNET600U UPS for my 2016 MBP 15-inch laptop running Catalina 10.15.5.
When I connect up the USB, I get the "Your computer is running on battery power ..." dialog about once a minute.  It would be nice to get this working.  While the laptop has a battery and knows when to turn off when its battery is low, there are also external devices attached like hard drives so it would nice to gracefully shutdown when the UPS battery is low.
My current solution is to power all the disks via the USB-C ports on the laptop but that is less than ideal.
Update: I replaced the UPS with one from Cyber Power (not made in China) and the USB interface appears to work.  However, the UPS tab in the Energy Saver panel does not provide with any options on when to shutdown.  The official Apple web page for Catalina says it should and there are images to that affect on the web.  But my panel doesn't have the "Shutdown Options" button.  I assume this is because it is a laptop.


texts: Is there an app that creates a system-wide audio equalizer?

texts:
I like using iTunes' equalizer, but that only works in iTunes.

I'm looking for some software that lets me apply a global, system-wide equalizer to Mac OS X.
The app (or pref pane, etc.) would let me change EQ settings and have that apply to all apps (iTunes, Spotify, Chrome, etc.).

Ideally the software would have some nice presets like iTunes does.

Free preferred, but I'm certainly willing to consider buying something.


texts: What does the cloud symbol next to an apps name mean? I’m assuming when you tap it it uploads data to iCloud but I’m not sure and I’m also wondering if there is a way to make these apps do whatever it is that they need to automatically. Below is an image of the symbol and what happens when I tap the apps.


texts: Where is my apple account picture stored on my mac?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Where does the Mac store account pictures?

I really like this picture that i took for my account and wish to use it for other purposes. Where is it stored? I use Mac OS X Mountain Lion, so, none of the questions have my answer. Please help!


texts: How do you get Function keys to work on Mac Book Pro running Windows 7 under bootcamp?

texts:
The Fn keys don't seem to work on my Macbook Pro when it's runnign windows 7 Under bootcamp. I can't turn the volume up or down or mute the sound etc.

I've found articles leading to me to believe that I can do this using the bootcamp entry in control panels but I've had no luck doing this. all it seems to change is whether I have to press the Fn button to get the normal behaviour of the F keys. E.G. whether I have to press Fn and F5 to refresh the page of just F5.

I think there is a driver issue with Windows 7 as people seem to have gotten them to work under XP.


texts: Restoring from IPSW. Unable to connect to gs.apple.com (error 3014)

texts:
I had been running jailbroken ios7 on my iPad for a long time. Last month I  decided to update to 8.4
Downloading the update from itunes failed a few times so I grabbed the file from apple servers myself

When I tried to restore using the ipsw file, itunes gave me 3014 error. I tried again next day, same error.
I'm running windows 10 x64 and I have:

Made sure my HOSTS file is not causing it. There is
definitely nothing apple related in there.
Checked my firewall rules, disabled the firewall. That did not help either
performed restore process multiple times with no luck
Tried pinging gs.apple.com from another computer with windows 7.. it times out just the same

Its been more than a month now and my iPad is just sitting there...

Itunes network dianosis shows me this -

Firewall Information

Windows Firewall is off.

Connection attempt to Apple web site was successful.
Connection attempt to browsing iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to purchasing from iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to iPhone activation server was successful.
Connection attempt to firmware update server was unsuccessful.
The network connection timed out.
Connection attempt to Gracenote server was successful.
Last successful iTunes Store access was 2015-08-16 13:05:38.

---------------

The server I cannot connect to is gs.apple.com. I believe that's what causing itunes to throw the error (3014)

Tried pinging it, failed -

Suprisingly, however, I can access it from the browser (why/how?)

My iPhone can recieve updates just fine over the same network. I'm stumped, can someone help me out, am i missing something?

If there's a way to update without the itunes server-check I'd love to hear it. Methods involving jailbreak are welcome


texts: How can I play music while chatting in Google Hangouts?

texts:
I want to play music while chatting in Google Hangouts and let both parties hear it, as well as our talking.

I'm using Apple earbuds with a built-in (external) mic on a MacBook Pro from about 2009.  Conversation works fine, and when I play iTunes or something in QuickTime, I hear it through the earbuds, but the person I'm talking to can't.

Enter Audio MIDI Setup, an Apple utility in OS 10.6.8 (in my case).  It lets me create an Aggregate Device, which can be used for input or output or both, but I can't find the magic combination to achieve the goal stated above.  Can Audio MIDI Setup do this?


texts: Does iTunes in the Cloud/iTunes Match have any effect on syncing ratings between devices?

texts:
With iTunes Match, I tend to pull songs down to either my phone or my Mac whenever I feel like listening to them, and delete them from the device afterwards at will. What's the story, then, with play counts and - more importantly - ratings?

If I rate a song on the phone, will the rating propagate to the Mac (or vice-versa) through iCloud, or is the only way to sync that data between the devices a wired/wi-fi sync through iTunes?

And if an iTunes sync is required, what sync settings are necessary such that my ratings and playcounts will be copied across devices without having to sync the songs themselves, as we had to in the pre-iCloud days?


texts:
I started using Mac yesterday, since then it stopped responding a lot. Each time it happened I restarted the system but it happens again. I also got "he's dead, Jim" error many times on Chrome.

Is there anyway to get rid of this issue?

Installed memory(RAM) : 4.00 GB (3.87 GB usable)


texts: Is it currently possible to upgrade iPhone 4 from iOS 5 to iOS 6?

texts:
I suspect the answer is a no but maybe there's a trick to upgrade an iPhone 4 (running iOS 5) to iOS 6.1.3?

The phone is jailbroken but does not have any iOS 6 blobs/APTicket saved because (doh!) it's never been on iOS6.


texts: Low/no-cost, cross-platform alternatives to iSCSI and Fibre Channel

texts:
(My use case is using my RAID storage on a Linux workstation to store Time Machine backups and other data)

I have investigated options for iSCSI, they are GlobalSAN and XtendSAN. Both are prohibitively expensive, at A$119.51 and A$261.85 respectively, at time of writing.

Since there are no free or reasonably priced iSCSI initiators for OS X (there is an FOSS iSCSI initiator for OS X, but it is not currently developed enough for real use), I am seeking a viable alternative.

Please don't suggest file sharing protocols such as SMB, AFP and NFS. I've tried them, and they don't work since file permissions need to be directly managed by the OS of the machine running the Time Machine service.


texts: Can't install a simple app, We could not complete your request

texts:
I'm trying to install an app on a Mac.

When I try do it I get this message:

I don't know how to fix this as no specific error message is being displayed.

I'm used to Windows, and there I just download the file and install it.
Is there away to avoid going through the App Store to download the program as it clearly doesn't work?


texts: Is there a quality difference between the unofficial iPhone replacement screens and the official?

texts: I want to replace my scratched up screen (GSM iPhone 4) and been looking into the options. I've seen that there are 100$ 'Official' replacements and the much more common eBay 30$ replacements. Is there a quality difference between the two or is this a case of which side of the factory these came out of? (ie. the Apple approved front door or out of the back door).


texts: I want to create and automator that opens a specific file

texts: I want to open a specific file - if I press F5 or another key - its a file I use all the time, so want it to be open at a touch of a key


texts: Does upgrading to Mountain Lion means I have to reinstall Android SDK and Eclipse?

texts:
I'm on Lion and am learning Android development. I have Eclipse Indigo Service Release 1 version and the lastest SDK installed.

If I upgrade to Mountain Lion does it mean I have reinstall the SDK?

I have folders in the root Macintosh HD such as android-sdk-macosx, are these deleted?


texts: Replacing SuperDrive with secondary storage?

texts:
I'm familiar with the OWC Data Doubler, a kit which allows you to remove your Macbook's SuperDrive and replace it with secondary storage.

What alternatives exist for this product?

A complete answer might explain the pros/cons to removing the SuperDrive as well as tips for proceeding.


texts: Running two separate instances of Safari in the same user session

texts:
I would like to run two separate Safaris at the same time. Each Safari having his own session, history, cookies, and so on.

I can do that with two users on my Mac.

But doing that in the same user session would be handier.

How can I do that ?


texts: How to see what process on iPad/iPhone is using data?

texts: I have my iPad using shared WiFi from my Mac. It's not plugged in, nothing's updating, nothing's open. But unless I have it on airplane mode I see it draining all the bandwidth from my Mac. Is there some app or settings view that shows what processes are using bandwidth?


texts: This 3-hour long voice memo that I recorded yesterday comes up when I search my phone but doesn’t show up in voice memos. I initially thought my phone is taking time to process this and it would show up later, but it hasn’t. Can I access this in any way?


texts:
I just reformatted and did a clean OS X 10.10 install on my MacBook Pro.

When setting it up the first time I enabled FileVault. I then noticed I had configured my account wrong, so I created a temporary admin account (simply called Admin) and removed my initial account, and created a new account with admin access. I then logged in to the new account and removed the temporary Admin account.

Now, when I start the computer, this happens (Dropbox video link).

The Admin account is nowhere to be seen. Not in Preferences -> Accounts, or using any kind of dscacheutil or dscl commands.

When checking who has access to decrypting the disk there's only one account, and it's the new account I created (correct one).

I can only log in to the temporary account I created, then after a long black screen I can log in to my correct account. Is this working as intended?


texts: Does Xcode 7 Require Admin Account to Build and Sign App

texts:
In order to build an ipa archive for Enterprise Distribution in Xcode 7, must I log in as an Admin user of the Enterprise Program to perform the build and code sign, or is it sufficient to have the Distribution Certificate, private key and Enterprise Distribution Provisioning Profile in Xcode?

Thanks!


texts: iOS iTunes latest podcasts not showing up

texts:
On my iPod touch running iOS 4.1, the iTunes store app (purple note icon) lets me search for podcasts and download episodes. In my RSS feeds I often see a new podcast episode announced, so I load up the podcast in iTunes and inevitably the most recent episode is absent. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and are there any solutions to this? besides:

use Instacast
sync to PC/Mac iTunes
wait a few days for it to show up


texts: Should I verify copied files and with which software?

texts:
I would like to move/copy a large size of files from on hard drive to another. Do I need to verify the moved files to be on the safe side or is that over-kill? If not, what software should I use?

On Windows there is a software called Teracopy for this.


texts: Can't edit partitions with Disk Utility in OS X 10.10

texts: I'm having trouble accessing about 50GB of space on my computer after a failed partitioning attempt. Before you ask, I don't know what went wrong, I just know that now, I can only turn the free space into an additional partition. I really just want to be able to resize or edit the partition map, but Disk Utility has other plans in mind. Suggestions? I'm sure I'm not the first person to see something like this.


texts: How can users install fully unsigned (non-Apple) operating system on an Apple Silicon Mac?

texts:
The man page for bputil contains a somewhat-cryptic description of the --permissive-security setting:

At a high level, Permissive Security allows configuration options to be set to not require all software to be digitally signed. This can allow users who are not part of the Apple Developer program to still be able to introduce their own software into their system. Additionally, especially dangerous security downgrades may be restricted to Permissive Security, and only available via CLI tools for power users rather than GUIs.

https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/RwcT8stYMY/
Emphasis added.
Because bputil is for controlling the Boot Policy, I assume that "software" is referring to bootable software—ie, Operating Systems—rather than userspace macOS apps.
But, Apple is being more than a little cryptic! It doesn't say that "permissive security allows unsigned software", it says "Permissive Security allows configuration options to be set" to allow unsigned software! The configuration options themselves are notably absent.
What, precisely, would a user have to do to boot a non-Apple, not digital signed, and (let's say for the sake of argument) potentially-insecure operating system on an Apple Silicon Mac?


texts: Forget WiFi network without admin credentials

texts: Is there a way to forget a WiFi network on MacOS without knowing the admin credentials?


texts: Drag & Drop: How to prevent folders in my Dock to pop up as windows?

texts: I have a folder in my dock where I want to drop files. When hovering over the icon, the folder always pops up as new Finder window. I want it to be a stack or a list. Is there a way to achieve this?


texts: Stuck on Bootlogo After Upgrading to iOS 8.1 can't enter recover/dfu mode

texts:
I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 8.1 with iTunes, after the update my iPhone 5 is stuck at apple boot logo. I tried to enter into the DFU Mode but the screen still stuck on apple logo. I also tried to enter recovery mode but i couldn't.

How can I unbrick my iPhone ?

P.S My Sleep button is not working


texts: Why does unzipping via Finder set execute bit on text files?

texts:
When unzipping a .zip file by double-clicking on the .zip file via the Finder, I notice that plaintext files have their execute bit on. Unzipping an equivalent .tar.gz file does not exhibit this behavior. Why?

For example, unzipping this zip file will result in the LICENSE, README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md (plaintext files) to be marked as executable. But unzipping this .tar.gz file does not exhibit this behavior.

When unzipping each using the command line unzip utility, OSX does not mark the files as executable. So why is the Finder doing this? It seems strange, and insecure, for it to be marking plaintext files as executable.


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When i click on shutdown nothing happens. I've tried repairing and verifying the hard-disks. Rebooting in safe mode, resetting PRAM, SMC. Nothing seems to work.

The only 2 ways i can shutdown now is by pressing and holding the power button and typing "shutdown -h now" in terminal. Can anyone help me?


texts: If I leave an Shared External HDD connected while MAC is locked will other users be able to access?

texts:
I am dealing with a user that is going on vacation, the user has a external HDD hooked up to a Mac Pro that will be locked (not sleep) while the user is gone. This HDD is shared with a team that accesses it regularly.

Should we be able to leave the drive connected for a week without users losing the ability to see the drive on the network? The Mac Pro is currently set to not go to sleep. However, I don't know if locked for a period of time will sleep kick in. Is this not even really a concern if the sleep settings are disabled?


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So my iPad's (running iOS 9.3.5) WiFi toggle of set to off and greyed out. I have not encountered such a problem on any iOS device before.

To make matters worse, when I try to reset the iPad to solve this problem, I am asked to enter my iCloud password, but when I do, I get an error saying the Id server could not be contacted (which obviously will happen since my WiFi is not working.)

So is this a catch-22 that cannot be solved?


texts: Using a keyword that contains a space in a Spotlight search?

texts:
I'd like to run a Spotlight search to find all email messages that contain a specific attachment:

attachment names:screenshot

I tried the keyword "attachment names" in the Spotlight search window and in Finder's search field, but it returns no results. I suspect that this may be due to the space in the keyword "attachment names".

When I define the search criteria in Finder and pick Attachment names from the menu, it does return the correct results (see screenshot #2, I cut out the actual results).

Note: I tried leaving out the space, but that did not work. However, for another keyword, "Color space", using "colorspace" does work...

Note 2: Attachments are only one example, I'm looking for a solution that works for any keyword that contains of more than one word.


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How can I restore one app’s data from an encrypted iTunes backup (iOS 11.3.1) to the same app on iOS 11.4? I deleted the Readdle Documents app by mistake and I had some files in it I would like back. I would prefer free or open source tools if possible. I am using Windows 10.

(I don’t believe this is possible in iTunes. I tried iMacTools’ iBackup Viewer, and it only extracted what seemed to be placeholders for my files. (See answer below.))


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Prior to Lion I used overflow as a program launcher.  I'm trying to replace that with Launchpad (one less app to deal with) and it seems to be working...almost.

Is there any way I can add an icon in Launchpad that opens a folder or a specific file (pdf for example)?  I've got all my application icons in place, I'm just trying to get the last few shortcuts from overflow into Launchpad.


texts: How to change the kind of a Keychain item?

texts:
How can I change the kind of a Keychain item?

I'd prefer to do this via a GUI, command line (if no GUI), then lastly code (if no GUI or command line tool).


texts:
On Macs OS X 10.11.6, the ⌘ + shift + 4 key combination saves a screenshot to the desktop by default.
Is there a way to change this destination to a custom directory?


texts: If I buy an iPad 3 on Verizon, can I use my existing SIM?

texts: I already have a Verizon 4G LTE phone with a LTE SIM card (or whatever its called). If I purchase a Verizon iPad 3 from Craigslist, can I put my own SIM card in there and use my current data plan?


texts: There are some devices (mostly car audio) which can play iPhone sounds,  read music file info and control  playback via USB connection. I'm wondering what technology is used for this? Are there any specs or API?


texts: Setting Up A Guest User Account In OS X?

texts:
I have been advised that if you let people use your Mac, is it better for them to use A Guest User Account as when they have finished, all settings etc will be deleted and your Mac will be left "untouched", rather than running the risk of them changing settings etc and potentially "screwing things up" if you let them use your account - which could be a disaster.

Guidance on how to achieve/enable this, as well as disabling/deleting as necessary would be much appreciated ?


texts: 5th gen ipod touch mic only works when headphones are plugged in

texts:
The title says it all.

This is a difficult one for me to troubleshoot...in part because it's my son's device and he is in Australia (I am in the US).

This is our primary means of communication. I'm speculating that there is something happening in the headphone jack that would allow this to happen.

Strange is that the headphones that he is using do not have a built-in mic. –

Thank you in advance for helping me with this!


texts:
How can I Change The Default Font Size In Notes DefaultFonts.plist onamac 10.9

Go to /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/

Add myself to read & Write permissions.

But when I open DefaultFonts.plist it stays locked.

How can I put this in?

FontName
Garamond
Size
124


texts: Windows Key when running Win 8.1 in Boot Camp on a Mac

texts:
I'm running Windows 8.1 in Boot Camp under Mountain Lion on a MacBook Air.  I've tried every combination of Command, Option, Control and Shift and I can't figure out how to produce the equivalent of the Windows Key.
I'm also using Parallels to run the Boot Camp image of Win 8.1 in a window alongside other Mac apps, so I'm not sure if the Windows Key maps differently to the Mac keyboard under Parallels versus Boot Camp alone.


texts: Make mDNSResponder use local DNS server?

texts:
I want to use dnsmasq when my Mac (Sierra) is not connected to a wifi network.

Configuring DNS servers in the Advanced Network Preferences dialogue box works fine for dig and nslookup, and I can see via tcpdump that these tools hit the local dnsmasq server.

It does not work for ping, curl and Golang binaries like the Cloud Foundry CLI. These are unable to resolve hosts, and don't attempt to communicate with the local nameserver. When I use dtruss for the cf Golang binary, I can see it opening /etc/hosts. I'm not sure how to spot it attempting to talk to name servers though.

If I stop the mDNSResponder and mDNSResponderHelper services, ping and curl take a little longer to fail with cannot resolve api.local.pcfdev.io: Unknown host, but still fail nonetheless, and without trying to hit the local name server.

Any ideas how on Earth I can get macOS to use my local name server when I'm offline?


texts: USB Type-C headphones detected on Catalina MacBook Pro with 2 or more minutes delay

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I have a pair of wired/corded USB Type-C AKG headphones.
When I plug them into the MacBook Pro's USB type C ports, they are visible (in the Sound Output preferences) only after about 2 minutes (measured several times). In this time, audio is not working via the USB type C headphones.
I did not observe any headphone detection patterns:

at exact interval after plugging in (varying around 2 minutes)
at exact minute change

The controls on the headphones wire work 5-10 seconds (play/pause, volume up, volume down) after plugging in.
After the about 2-minute interval, the Sound Output preference page appends the USBC Headset (Type: USB). No other audio devices are connected to the MabBook. Only the Internal Speakers (Type: Built-in) are available by default.
Is this a known/expected behaviour for MacBook Pros and USB Type-C headphones?
The devices I use:

headphones: wired/corded AKG (cannot find the model name).
computer: MacBook 2017 (with Touch Bar and also with 3.5mm audio port)


texts: Backup external hard drive to the cloud via Time Capsule

texts: I'd like to move my photo directory to an external hard drive, but still have that hard drive backed up both locally and to the cloud. This wouldn't be a problem if I was using a desktop machine of some sort. However, I have a laptop, and I'd like for the external drive to be able to backup to the cloud without needing my laptop as an intermediary to the cloud. Is it possible to have an external hard drive that's connected to a Time Capsule backup to a cloud backup service (like CrashPlan) using the Time Capsule's internet connection?


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Can I change the default music app on OS X? When I accidentally press the play/pause button on my headset it opens the Music app (formerly part of iTunes), which I never use or plan to use ever.
I will be super happy to map that button to mute/unmute the system audio, but that could be a long shot.
I would be satisfied by setting my default app to VLC, so at least I can use the button to play and pause the music on my favorite app.
As a last option, I'd settle for disabling that functionality, so at least accidental presses don't fire up a nagging app on top of my work forcing me to close it.


texts: Can I use my UK Mac Mini (Mid 2010)  in the US?

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I'm from England and I'll be going to the US and I'd like to take my Mac Mini (Mid 2010) (not the newest version).

My main question is: would it be safe to use over there?

I'm worried because of the voltage difference.

If so should I purchase a US power supply cable (does Apply even sell these separately) or a UK->US plug adapter?


texts: How to fix an accidentally created Apple CoreStorage Volume, LVG, Logical Volume Group (broken partitions)

texts:
I used Unetbootin and accidentally chose a partition on my HDD to install the Lubuntu Live-USB I wanted to create on an USB Stick.

Now, my HDD looks like this

I can boot into Mac OS X and everything works fine.

This is a 4TB SHDD. Is there any option to recreate the original settings with only one partition?

GPT fdisk (gdisk) shows the following:

Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): x

Expert command (? for help): o

Disk size is 7814037168 sectors (3.6 TiB)
MBR disk identifier: 0x00000000
MBR partitions:

Number  Boot  Start Sector   End Sector   Status      Code
   1                     1   4294967294   primary     0xEE

Expert command (? for help):

gpt and diskutil output is:

    BVs-iMac-3:~ bvimac$ sudo gpt -r show disk0
Password:
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640  2728147912      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2728557552     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2729827088        1264
  2729828352  2529234944      4  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  5259063296      262144      5  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  5259325440  2554711695
  7814037135          32         Sec GPT table
  7814037167           1         Sec GPT header
BVs-iMac-3:~ bvimac$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 28A99931-20D1-4D0C-8B5A-9872BC7270E2
    =========================================================
    Name:         LINUX
    Status:       Online
    Size:         1294968291328 B (1.3 TB)
    Free Space:   1294632738816 B (1.3 TB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 42D47656-F1D4-4FE4-BAB2-D572CA06D233
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Index:    0
        Disk:     disk0s4
        Status:   Online
        Size:     1294968291328 B (1.3 TB)


texts:
I updated my iPad to iOS 8.3 and something or other failed, leading to a factory reset. I'd like to recover my files.

I found a couple Windows tools that apparently can do that, but either they can't install on the only Windows computer I have available at work (no admin privileges) or they're free trials that don't actually recover the files, just show that it can but want you to pay.

I have not found anything promising so far, besides using PhotoRec per this link: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Recover_data_from_an_iPhone, which requires the iDevice to be jailbroken, which mine cannot be since it's 8.3 plus I want to keep overwriting to a minimum.

I'm running TahrPup, which is a Puppy "built from ubuntu 14.04 LTS trusty tahr packages" and can install from ubuntu's repositories/etc.


texts: Zooming in Google Chrome using the mouse wheel?

texts:
On Windows and, if I'm not mistaken, on Linux, it's possible to zoom in and out in Google Chrome using the mouse wheel. However, this doesn't seem to be working on Mac OS X.

Does anybody know if this feature can be enabled? Or is there any alternative solution (plugin, script, etc.)?


texts:
I had an ATT iphone and have changed to the Verizon iphone today. I wanted to sync my apps and google mail/contacts and was told that I had to connect with itunes and it would update.

I opened itunes and plugged in my new phone. Itunes asked to login but would not recognize my password. I clicked the forgot password but I think the email it has was from my old company and not able to be received. Because I have work this weekend with an app I had on my phone, I set up a new account with apple ID to get myself the app for the weekend but now I have two apple IDs. All my purchased apps are on the applie ID that I can not find the password.

How can I merge these to email accounts into one that I can access my purchased Apps?


texts: How to remove an empty group in Launchpad

texts:
I installed Google IME and uninstalled it. Then, as shown in the image below, an empty group is left in Launchpad. (I think it should have been removed automatically when the group became empty.) How can I remove the empty group manually?

OSX 10.10.2


texts: What is “Low Data Mode” on my iPad’s connection to my iPhone as hotspot?

texts:
I have my iPhone configured to act as a hotspot, providing internet access via cell data.
When connecting my iPad as a WiFi client to that hotspot, the Settings panel notes “Low Data Mode” below the name of the connected hotspot. Indeed, while using the iPad, the internet connection seems much slower than on the iPhone.
My carrier, T-Mobile, does limit the amount of fast data delivered via “tethering”. Is this “Low Data Mode” note a sign of that limit being reached?
I have never not seen that subtitle, so I am left uncertain.


texts: Is a Macbook pro not able to use dual screen on the integrated graphics card?

texts: I have a MBP early 2011 model and when running on the integrated GPU I'm unable to dual screen. The screen is a VGA monitor running at 1400 x 900 yet it won't display so do I always have to switch to my AMD GPU to run dual screens? I'm running gfxCardStatus to switch between them and i'm just trying to save power.


texts: Blur all images in Safari, unless clicked

texts:
I know that the 'Develop' menu allows me to block all images in Safari, however I have a couple more requirements:

Blur, not block, all images from all webpages
Click to show blurred images

I don't like to see images by default, yet still want to retain the ability to selectively 'unhide' them. Blurring the image makes the selection process (of which to show) much easier.

Is there a way to do this in Safari? Perhaps as an extension?

As a bonus, if there is a way to whitelist a set of images or sites (e.g.: the voting buttons in Stackexchange), that would be great.


texts: Can I disable the sleep mode for a specific application so that my mac won't go on sleep until the app is closed?


texts: Local hostname is already in use on this network?

texts:
When I turned my computer on this morning this is the message I received:

This computer's local hostname "----Macbook-pro.local" is already in
use on this network. The name has been changed to
"------Macbook-Pro-2.local" To change the local hostname, open system
preferences and click sharing, then click "edit" and type the name in
the local hostname field.

This is very concerning to me since I can't think of any reason this should happen. I do not understand any of the answers I have read while do a search. I have not done anything complicated nor do I have a WiFi along with an Ethernet connection - only a WiFi connection.

I only have one router as well and I always connect to same network. The things I have done differently are:

I have added a printer and have also downloaded Whatsapp but have not used it yet.
I opened Skype last night and have not done that in a while so maybe that could be the reason?

This is very concerning to me since I can't think of any reason this should happen unless it has something to do with what I said above. I am not comfortable changing settings that I really do not understand. I also felt as if I have been hacked or whatever it is called when someone takes over your computer. As I said, I am not an expert by any means and this is worrisome to me.

Can anyone please help and explain it in a way that I might understand what has happened. Thanks! Kind regards!!


texts: Why does the finder refuse to eject SOME of the external drives, saying "finder is using it"?

texts:
Some of my external drives (of various types, sizes, and age) can be ejected w/o any issue. Others refuse, saying they can't be ejected because "Finder is using it". I have to close the Finder window and open another window to eject these drives.

Is there any reason--any settings that I can control--why this happens?


texts:
I would like to take mathematical notes with my iPad so that at the end of the process I would have a PDF file of A4 pages.

Do you have any idea?

PS: I have tried Nebo but it is too complicated to type a whole page of mathematics.


texts: Does purchase from Amazon.in void Apple warranty?

texts:
I want to purchase a Mac Mini from amazon.in not amazon.com; local apple store told me that if you purchase apple product from unauthorized reseller they will not provide me any support.

I searched for authorized apple resellers and I found amazon.com listed there, but did not find amazon.in.

My question is if I purchase Mac Mini from amazon.in will Apple be providing me warranty cover and support for next one year from the date of purchase? Is my local apple store is playing trick so that I buy from there?


texts:
launchctl list

launchctl bstree

These show which jobs are active, dormant or inactive, allegedly.  I have never seen an inactive job personally. Even ones that I have tried to inactivate show as 'D'

Now, in /var/db/launchd.db there are textfiles that show, per user, which jobs are actually disabled, lamentably, the old -w switch was deprecated, and the Disabled  key in the plist is only a default. I don't know why they would do such a thing, there seems to be no way to say definitively

"Service X is off."

It seems that running as root I should be able to ask what is on, and what is off. What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: What I was doing wrong was ignoring

/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist

Which is the definitive place apparently for the current state of a daemon.

Handily, this means that the default will be in the plist files in /System/Launch*
/Library/Launch*
~/Library/Launch*
and one can just blow away ( errrm copy and move ) that directory and reboot to a default set.  This worked for me recently.


texts: Macports: How can I install ports using only versions from a date in the past?

texts:
Two years ago, I used Macports to install a copy of Docker Machine onto a computer running OS X 10.9 "Mavericks". All I had to do was type sudo port install Docker-machine, and Macports automatically pulled down and compiled everything I needed.
As of August 2020, this doesn't work on Mavericks due to a bug in the latest versions of Go and/or Macports's Legacy Support framework. Since Mavericks is very old, this breakage is understandable†. However, Docker Machine did work as of two years ago, and I wouldn't mind using an older version.
Using a clean Macports prefix, how can I install ports using only software that existed as of a certain date in the past? I do not want to merely install an older version of Docker Machine‡; I want to install an older version of Docker Machine and every port that Docker Machine depends on, such as Go and Legacy Support.
On Debian, this would be super easy; I'd just edit sources.list to point to a snapshot. How can I do something similar in Macports? The full Macports project history is tracked in Git, so I'm pretty sure it's possible.

† I'm delighted that Macports supports Mavericks at all. With Homebrew I would be completely SOL.
‡ Because I tried that, and it doesn't work. Which isn't particularly surprising given how ports and their dependencies are interconnected. For reference, the procedure for installing an older version of a single package is documented here.


texts:
Having to enter a PIN code could possibly mean that wristband wasn't tight enough. Or Apple Watch booted. That question could be easy to answer had Apple provided uptime information directly. Alas, Apple didn't. Any workarounds?
I only found an advice to check graph of the battery use, but given its scale and the fact that AW boots take minute or so I doubt it would reflect it.


texts:
I've seen a lot of questions like this throughout the web but they're mostly from 2 or 3 years ago, so I decided to ask to have some updated answers.

I'm 16 and I want to start publishing and using the benefits that comes with the Developer Program. In the legal agreement says that I should be over 18, and I'm not so, i can't do it. I've contacted the apple developer support and they told me that I should use a account in my father's name. We reside in Brazil. With that, I had some doubts:

Will the name on the App Store be mine or my father's?
In the future, when I'm 18, this account can be transferred to my name?

Besides that, if someone has any advice or (legal) workaround I'd appreciate it, thanks


texts: Finding drivers for Macbook Pro (13 inch, i5, 2.3GHZ) without bootcamp

texts:
I had a customer come in (regular) and brought me a mac his son screwed up by deleting partitions and installing windows. Somehow in the bootcamp process he screwed it all up.

So now there's a fresh windows 8 installation on it, but I cannot for the life of me find proper drivers for his wireless card and other items.

I have tried installing a driver for a different system (Acer system. Same chipset, same wireless card) but it failed in the setup (setup.rul 343)

Anyone know how to get this to work? The kid needs Windows for his distance schooling and has no mac disks to re-install.


texts:
I'm a pc user that started using OS X a while ago.

I installed ntfs-free to be able to write in my external NTFS devices and it worked fine, but with the last OS X update it stopped working.

In order to directly use the built-in OS X driver for NTFS partitions I want to uninstall ntfs-free because I'm afraid it is preventing the driver to run.

As far as I know there is no program or library deleting app or functionality in OS X, so how can I do this?


texts: How to decide on which bluetooth device I want to recieve incoming call?

texts:
Sounds easy, but not so. My workplace is my car and I go in and out all day. So, I connect my iPhone for handsfree communication via the radio AND a bluetooth in-ear-device. When inside and driving I call and answer calls by radio, when outside (and close to!!) the car I answer by ear. BUT what happens is that the moment the call is connected, the radio takes over and I need to open the phone and toggle back to my ear device. Every time, incoming or outgoing. And it drives me crazy when I have my hands full.
Does anyone know how to control this?


texts: 'Travelling Salesman Problem' solver app for iPhone

texts:
Is there iPhone App to solve the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) for real world addresses?

I found solver for OSM data?

But I can not find in repo sources for iPhone.


texts: Is there an iphone app to check if the brightness of your computer monitor is too bright?

texts:
I've been looking for an app to check if the brightness of my computer monitor is too high and is straining to my eyes.
Does such an app exist that measures brightness of a monitor using the camera perhaps?


texts: OS X menubar/dashboard/dock utility for monitoring a server?

texts: Is there any desktop utility for OS X that would periodically monitor a (non-osx) server and display a status icon?  Something as simple as attempting to visit a URL every 5 minutes and turning red if it does not respond would be enough, although anything more detailed is interesting too.


texts: Is there a way to create a macOS smart folder which uses an "or" search? E.g. find all files which have tags "A" or "B"? It seems that smart folders allow only to search using an "and" command.


texts: Corsair GS 180 slowdown in Macbook Pro over a year's time

texts:
I installed a Corsair GS 180 SSD (revision 5.020000) in my Macbook Pro, around this time last year. (July 2012.) I ran the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test application, and ended up with:

Write: 219.0 MB/s
Read: 436.0 MB/s

But, a year later, the drive speed has decreased significantly:

Write: 107.8 MB/s
Read: 182.2 MB/s

Is there anything I can do to determine what caused the slowdown, or how to combat/reverse it?

I have the TrimEnabler app, but disabled it. Enabling it has not seemed to help!


texts: Setting bash script to be automatically started

texts: When my Mac starts I want to automatically start a batch script called run.sh in the folder myfolder. When I start Automater I only find options for AppleScript and JavaScript.


texts: How can I upload Photostream pictures to Flickr

texts: I want to (automatically if possible) upload the content of my Photostream to Flickr. How can I accomplish that?


texts:
On macOS Mojave 10.14.5 through Catalina 10.15.2, my mouse pointer becomes invisible frustratingly often.

The only way to make it visible again is to enter Mission Control or to click on the middle part of the menu bar at the top of the screen, where there isn't a button.

Wiggling the cursor does not make it visible again, but the "enlarge cursor when wiggling" option is on.

Changing the cursor size does not prevent this problem.

Resetting NVRAM does not noticeably fix this problem.

I am using a MacBook pro with retina display mid-2015.

The problem happens on both trackpad and mouse


texts: How can I make an external drive behave as an internal drive?

texts: My question is pretty much summed up by the title, I have an external drive which I'd like to have recognized as an internal drive. How can I do that? Thanks for looking at my question. By the way I am running 10.11.3 on mbp


texts:
I currently have a workflow setup that when I get a paper receipt I highlight the company name and price in green then scan with my ScanSnap which it then OCR's.  Then using Hazel I automate the filing so that it saves anything in green as a keyword.  Then Hazel auto matches the date and renames and files the PDF based on the Company, Date and total.

So as odd as it is I'm not sure how to do this when I get an email receipt or a receipt from a we page.  The only way I can get it to work is to actually print out the receipt and do the same process.

Every time I do that it feels like I'm moving backwards in terms of automation.  Does anyone know a way I can highlight a PDF to save as keywords in Hazel?


texts: Apple Mac OS X Lion: the cost and release date

texts:
At which date will MAC OS X Lion be released?

And if I have Mac OS X Snow Leopard, can I upgrade to Lion for free?


texts: Is any protection for display needed against scratches from keyboard?

texts:
If the MacBook is closed can it happen that the keyboard touch and scratch display?

I don't mean anything to be put on the screen but something between display and key.

If you got a new MacBook there is some thin paper that cover your keyboard. I think it is there to "defend" display while transportation. Thats why is the question - do we need something like this if the notebook is transported for example in a bag?


texts:
With 10.6 I used to kill the process loginwindow to logout another user, but with 10.8 I noticed that even if I do so, many processes from that user stay active.

So, is there a way to logout another user in 10.8, other than logging him in or manually killing all his processes?


texts: Could software cause the iPhone's home button to become unresponsive?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Flaky iPhone 4 Home Button

I've got an iPhone 4, and for a while now the home button has been quite unresponsive.  Sometimes I need to press the button around 5 or 6 times for it to register.  However, I noticed that once I restore it to factory settings, the home button goes back to normal.

Once I put my apps and music on the iphone once again, the home button problem reappears.  Has anyone heard of a problem like this, or is it just a coincidence? What can be done to fix it? Should I reinstall iTunes and re-download all my apps?


texts: Can I use an older iPad to charge an iPhone by connecting these dongles together?

texts: By this, I mean you have the iPad, you then plug in the lightning to usb adapter (where you insert usb sticks and the like), connect the usb to lighting charger to the adapter (which you charge devices with) and connect the iPhone to the cable, similar to how the newer USB C iPads work.


texts: I have Accidently deleted a note in the Note app and I really need it back! Tried a couple programs, like Phone Rescue, but my laptop virus protection said it was corrupt. Appreciate any ideas!


texts: Java Web Start launched in Finder says no JRE available. Works fine in console

texts:
Followed solution here - Java for OS X 2012-006: How to re-enable the Apple-provided Java SE 6 applet plug-in and Web Start functionality
 to restore browser java plug-in, works fine now.

But still can not launch jnlp application. If I launch it by simply double-clicking in finder I get message that I need to download Java Runtime Environment.

At the same time if I use terminal and write javaws myapp.jnlp it launches correctly.

What the issue may be and how can I fix it?

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)

Update: I have updated to 1.7 and now it works correctly. Just for your information.


texts: Swapping HDD RAID 1 with SSD in Mac Mini

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I have a Mid 2011 Mac mini with 2x 500G HDD configured as RAID 1.
Recently one of the HDD died.

I planned to

replace the dead HDD with a 500G SSD, and
let the RAID 1 rebuild

Is this a viable option?

If viable, should I

Leave the setup as is, or
Buy another 500G SSD and replace the other HDD

OS is Yosemite.

Update:

Since the question and the answers, I had went ahead to buy 1 SSD, replaced the disk in the Mini by following videos on Youtube.
The RAID rebuilt without a problem.

The system "appears" to be more responsive than before.


texts: Is there anyway to access web version of app store?

texts:
I would like to see and view those essentials or special landing page that app store has, for example: Essentials for Parents.

I can only view them on app store.

Is there anyway we can access the web view?

These landing page are pretty and I would like to have some idea of the featured banner of each country. It interests me.


texts:
I am a family admin
I purchased a 200GB plan which allows for sharing
I sent the share notification to family members
I received the invitation as a push notification on the family member device
When I click it, it will take me to the Apple ID setting in the Settings app
When I click on iCloud and look at storage it is still maxed out (5GB of 5GB used) and my only options available under “Manage Storage” is to “Upgrade,” which then wants me to purchase a plan.

Note: I also cannot get purchased app sharing (not in-app purchases) to work


texts: What physical maintenance should I perform on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have a 2009 and 2013 MacBook Pro (MBP). My wife has a 2015 MBP. I'd love to maximize their lifespans by taking care of them physically.

What there any physical maintenance that I can perform on our MBPs to maximize their performance and life, and how often should I perform these tasks? Which of these tasks can I perform at home, and for which should I bring my MBP to a specialist (e.g. for part replacement)?

I'm thinking about removing dust, cycling the battery a certain way, restarting regularly, storing it for a certain length of time, cleaning external ports, replacing parts after a certain amount of time, etc.


texts: What can I do when macOS does not boot an APFS volume anymore and I cannot unlock it?

texts:
I have an SSD, which until this morning I booted from through an usb3-to-sata adapter. I shut the computer off, removed the drive and came back to the Macbook hanging on a black screen when trying to boot from it.

I have tried with both MacBook Pro 15-inch 2018 and a Mid-2012 13" model. They behave similarly in that nothing happens after pressing ALT during boot and selecting the volume. Both Macbooks have macOS Mojave on them.

Things I've tried

1

Booting a different volume and trying to mount the offending disk (e.g. via disk utility), this window appears:

But it does not allow me to actually enter a password.

2

I have also tried the following form the terminal:

diskutil apfs unlockVolume /dev/disk3s1

This prompts for the password, but fails with

Passphrase incorrect or user does not exist

although the passphrase is correct.

3

I then ran diskutil apfs listcryptousers /dev/disk3s1 and got this list:

Cryptographic user for disk3s1 (1 found)
|
+-- EBC6C064-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
    Type: Personal Recovery User

Not sure what this means, but I used the UUID to unlock the volume, to no avail:

$> diskutil apfs unlockVolume /dev/disk3s1 -user EBC6C064-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECA
Passphrase:
Unlocking the specific cryptographic user EBC6C064-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECA on APFS Volume disk3s1
Error unlocking APFS Volume: Malformed UUID (-69578)

At this point, I guess I have to erase the drive and restore it from backup, but macos recovery does not allow me to erase it without unlocking it. Seems to me I'm trapped by buggy software.
What can I do here? (even if it involves erasing the disk in question)?


texts:
Is it possible to write an app for the iOS App Store, where developers can write Web apps to run on the top of your app. The developer's app will run in a Web View that has been injected with a cookie with session information about the user logged into your app.

At the end of the day, this is just a Web browser with no native capabilities. So, I was wondering if Apple could deny the app, because it is messing with their profits? If so, what if you did some sort of token system where a user could buy token's through an In-App Purchase that they can then use to purchase apps on your market place?


texts: Text substitution and change cell background colour. Numbers & AppleScript

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I am working with Numbers spreadsheet files whose final output must be in German. The source of the data is the Apple Configurator app (via Automator), which produces everything in English despite the German regional settings applied to the user account... that's just a tiny bit of background.

I have found some AppleScript to help with this already.

tell application "Numbers"
    tell front document's active sheet
        tell (first table whose selection range's class is range)
            repeat with c in column "B"'s cells
                tell c to if its value contains "TRUE" then ¬
                    set its value to my SUBSTITUTE(its value, "TRUE", "RICHTIG")
            end repeat
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

to SUBSTITUTE(str, f, r)
     set text item delimiters to f
     set temp to str's text items
     set text item delimiters to r
     return temp as string
end SUBSTITUTE

This can be easily reapplied to deal with other words in the column that I am interested in.

Can somebody though help me with modifying this so that it can also change the background colour of the cell? So for example, if "TRUE" is in a given cell (in a particular column) it will get changed to "RICHTIG" and the background will then change to light green?

Likewise for "FALSE" to be changed to "FALSCH" and a light-red background colour.

I"ve tried already with "set its background colour to "green" for example, on a new line right after set its value to my SUBSTITUTE(its value, "TRUE", "RICHTIG") but it throws the error "A identifier can’t go after this identifier"

I shoudl also stress that the all the columns have their "data type" already set to "text"

Thanks.

WL


texts: Macbook Pro frequently experiences drops in WiFi connection with Linksys WAG120N

texts:
I have a non-retina mid-2012 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and this issue has been plaguing me for a while.

During regular use of the laptop, while connected to my home WiFi network (to which no more than three other devices are usually connected), I keep experiencing sudden and complete drops in connectivity. It happens more than once every hour, usually while I'm browsing the Internet on Chrome and I'll see my loading tabs hang there with no response. The OS does not seem to notice this drop in connectivity, and keeps showing the WiFi icon as connected. To get the connection back I either have to wait till it returns (usually after a minute) or disconnect and reconnect the WiFi.

I think the issue is with the Macbook itself or between the Macbook and the router, because during these drops I won't even be able to connect to the router itself (by opening its web interface), and the Macbook seems to completely ignore the lack of connectivity.
The other laptop in the house (running Windows) does not experience these connectivity drops.

I have tried resetting the router, making the Macbook forget about it and then re-configuring the connection and changing WiFi modes but none of these things worked.

Here are a few more details:

Router

Model: Linksys WAG120N;
Firmware version: V1.00.16 (most up to date);
WiFi mode: Mixed (running in G-only or N-only mode still causes issues);

Macbook

15" Macbook Pro from mid-2012 (non-retina);
Processor: Intel Core i7 2.6GHz;
Software: OS X 10.8.2;


texts: I'm trying to block game "X" from accessing the internet including updating

texts:
I'm using OS X El Capitan and I'm trying to prevent a game from accessing the internet including blocking it from checking for updates for the launcher or the game itself.

I've gone into Security -> Firewall -> unlocked settings -> Firewall Options -> Found the game in the list and changed it from "Allow incoming connections" to "Block incoming connections" and it still goes out and finds updates and tries to get me to accept them and update the launcher and program.

In my opinion the update has ruined game play so I don't want the update until they either change it back or they fix the game play enough that I want to play it their way. Until then, I want to block it from even checking to see if there are updates. I want to be absolutely, totally, offline like there is no network cable and not wireless internet or any other kind of internet.

Since this didn't work, please don't tell me to buy another product. Tell me what I did wrong and how I can fix it with what came with OS X.


texts: How to get Wi-Fi details from menubar in Big Sur like before?

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In previous versions of macOS it was possible to get details of the current Wi-Fi connection by command + option clicking the Wi-Fi icon in the menubar. This would show the ip address, WiFi strength, Wi-Fi frequency etc. None of the system icons react to this type of clicking anymore in Big Sur.
Here is a screenshot of how it used to look:

Is it possible to restore this behaviour or get something comparable?


texts: How can I check if leap year in AppleScript?

texts:
The following code is to check if it's a leap year once the program detects the current month is February.

The "if" code seems quite redundant.

set MM to month of (current date) as number
if (MM = 2) then

    set YY to year of (current date)
    if (YY mod 400 = 0) then
        set Prefix to Gregorian_Leap
    else if (YY mod 100 = 0) then
        set Prefix to Gregorian_28
    else if (YY mod 4 = 0) then
        set Prefix to Gregorian_Leap
    else
        set Prefix to Gregorian_28
    end if

else if (MM = 4 or MM = 6 or MM = 9 or MM = 11) then
    set Prefix to Gregorian_30
else
    set Prefix to Gregorian_31
end if


texts:
On a PDF created with Office for Windows, special characters are not displaying and not printing correctly in OS X. The rendering is correct on Chrome.

The issue is the same as this one: Some PDFs created by MS Word 2007's Save-as-PDF feature (on Windows) don't display correctly on Mac OS / iOS

The file (created on Windows with PDF Distiller): https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8n7S6EXzIaJVXhOaFZncGZSdHc

The file (extracted from a document using print-to-PDF): https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8n7S6EXzIaJMkpxWHdCeEl2a0U

How can I resolve this?


texts: Monitor your Wi-Fi connection not found on High Sierra

texts:
Your Mac can monitor your Wi-Fi connection for intermittent issues, such as dropped connections.

Well I know that and used it before, but can not find it on High Sierra.

The output looked like this

If Wireless Diagnostics finds an issue, it stops monitoring and shows a brief description of the issue.

So where is this wonderful tool on High Sierra.

Just to make it clear..I am not looking for this 160MB WirelessDiagnostics_C02W92Z5J1WL_...tar report. It is loaded with files no normal human can understand.


texts: Set the color profile of my external monitor

texts:
I have bought an external monitor (ASUSP277) but I have noticed a difference in colours between the monitor and my Macbook Pro.

It's quite annoying, especially since I'm using it for web development. I'd like to have the same colour profile between my Macbook and my monitor, is this something feasible? I've tried to modify it in the system preferences and change the colour profile of the ASUS monitor but there is no profile that comes even close to the one on my MBP.

I'd be more than happy to have your expertise on this one,


texts: Sharing large library of Photos and Videos (currently in iPhoto) in different macs at home

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currently I have iPhoto on my mac (mountain lion). the library is more than 350 GB (and growing fast). It is only on my computer, but my wife wants to have acces to the pictures too, not only photostream. She has an older mac book (white) running lion.

My idea was to centralize the library (NAS) and solve 3 problems at the same time (space on my laptop, and acces to more than 1 user, and backup of the photos (currently on my time machine)). As far as I know, it is not possible to store the iPhoto library on a NAS... So, what alternatives are there? I know picasa, they have a light app for mac, but aren't there any other alternatives? I don't want to split the library.

I currently use faces and places... and I would like to keep this features. I also like to share pics with my friends via photostream, but this can easily be replaced with other services.

Thanks


texts: iPhone 4 restart when the lock button is broken

texts:
My iPhone 4 suddenly just crashed and turned itself off - without any Message. I've tried to plug it in to my PC, but I can't get my iPhone to power up. The Apple logo appears for about 3 seconds, and then it disappears - it happens consistently. My lock button is also broken, so I can't reboot it.

How can I power the device up?


texts: How can you stop "Verification required" when installing free apps?

texts:
Whenever I install a free app on my iPad, this message appears:

  Verification required
  Before you can make purchases, you must tap continue to sign in, then verify your payment info.

What does it mean? How can I stop it?


texts:
I have a PPPoE internet connexion that I use on my Macbook Pro.

There is a checkbox in the settings that allows to automatically reconnect when needed - which is good. However the system is not smart enough to stop trying when I unplug the Ethernet cable.

When I unplug the Ethernet to go away, it keeps telling me every 5 minutes that it failed to connect. Until I uncheck the autoconnect feature. Then of course when I get back home I have to re-check it - which defeats the purpose of "automatically" connecting.


texts: Xcode wants to access DeviceManager in your keychain and tells me to add Spotify to Accessibility

texts:
Every now and again (when I plug my iPhone into my Mac with Xcode open), I get the following dialog:

The only problem is when I click 'Allow' or 'Allways allow', it pops up with this:

Should I trust this? Why does Spotify needto be in accsessability when Xcode needs to accsess 'com.apple.dt.XcodeDeviceMonitor' in my keychain? What should I do about it?


texts:
I bought a supposedly original charger for my MacBookPro9,2 (A7A048) 2012 Macbook pro. It does feature the apple logo etched into the plastic, it also says

  Designed by Apple in California
  Assembled in China

On the one side. What seems strange to me is that on another side I find mention of

  DONGGUAN SOLUM ELECTRONICS CO.LTD

Which appears to be an electronics manufacturer, from brief web search. Is this simply the company assembling the thing for Apple or is it evidence of a fake? Unfortunately I don't have my broken original anymore to check.


texts: How to update OS X when App Store is giving error: "Unable to verify software update.(700)"?

texts:
I'm running OS X 10.13.6 on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018).

App Store shows one available update, "The macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018)".

Attempting to install update via the App Store GUI results in an error: "Unable to verify software update.(700)"

I've also tried installing the update via the terminal which gives the following output:

$ sudo softwareupdate --verbose -ia
Software Update Tool

Finding available software

Downloading macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018)
Error downloading macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018): Unable to verify software update.
Done.

Error downloading updates.

Subsequent CLI runs yield:

$ sudo softwareupdate --verbose -ia
Software Update Tool

Finding available software

Downloaded macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018)
Installing macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2 for MacBook Pro (2018)
Done.

Error installing updates.

I've tried deleting the App Store cache folder ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore, but that didn't change anything.

How can I get the update to install?


texts: How to clean uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader DC?

texts:
Having to fill a government document I was suggested to install the
last version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on my Mac (10.10.4).

I downloaded version 2015.009.20069 from Adobe server.

This software crashed 3 times on very basic PDF documents.
I didn't find anyway to print a document.
My root umask is 022 and nonetheless, this software installed in
/Applications with a mode of 775 which is a plain violation of my security settings.

Hence I would like to uninstall it. Unfortunatly, there is no uninstaller included with the package installer.

I thought this is because this software was a basic install of just
/Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.app.
Just to be sure, I made a fast find of all files arrived on my Mac
at the same time and discovered 2083 of them within:

/Library/Application Support
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/Preferences
/Library/PriviledgedHelperTools
${HOME}/Library/Application Support
${HOME}/Library/Preferences

This isn't exactly what one can name a clean and simple install.

Is there any complete and simple uninstaller of this piece of [censored] software?


texts: Does macOS Sierra support multiple users simultaneously connecting to the same machine using screensharing?

texts: Apparently this was possible with Yosemite, but I've never actually seen it in action, and I don't know if it has gone the way of Target Display and other cool features they've thrown away.


texts: How to identify application of hung menu bar icon

texts:
My Mac sometimes ends in a state with high CPU usage for SystemUIServer. This causes poor performance and decreased battery life.

I can resolve the problem by rebooting the machine but the problem inevitably reappears after some time.

I have found out that this seems to be caused by an application that has an icon in the menu bar. I tried closing all such applications by right-clicking them and selecting their Quit menu item. Now, I notice a gap in the menu line and when I hover the mouse cursor over the gap then I see the infamous spinning beach ball of death.

How do I identify the misbehaving the underlying application – i.e. its name and/or filesystem path?

I am running Mac OS X Lion version 10.7.5


texts: Can I use BootCamp on an existing Windows partition?

texts:
I have a Windows 7 PC which is getting old and flaky. I am switching to a Mac Mini as my primary desktop (since I also do Mac development) but will use it mainly for Windows.

What I'd really love to do is clone my W7 partition onto a new SSD and then use this on the Mac Mini, so I can carry on using my "old PC" without having to reinstall everything. I know I could do that cloning process if I was keeping the same PC but replacing the disk with SSD.**

Does BootCamp allow you to "wrap"/load an existing partition or do you have to create a new clean partition and then install an OS?

**I'm aware that Windows doesn't like fidning the PC spec has suddenly totally changed but that's a separate issue really, I'd rather not distract the main question here


texts: Is there a way to use Live Photos in iMovie?

texts: Is there a way to use Live Photos in iMovie on macos or ios? Or do we have to wait until Apple updates iMovie to make it so?


texts: What iphone app could snooze every 5 minutes?

texts:
I hope to find an iphone app that remind me to focus, snooze every 5 minutes, can be configured to play a ringtone or just vibrate. If the "5 minutes" is configurable, that's even better.

Unfortunately iPhone Clock alarm snoozes every 10 minutes. and "Nag" application snoozes every 1 minute :(


texts: App to allow battery charge only to a certain extent

texts:
I'd like to charge my rMBP battery only up to 85% or 90%, in order to preserve it.

Is there any app that stops charging at user selected percentages?

If not, is there any other method? (Apart from manually detaching power cable, obviously).


texts: Delay sending email by x seconds in Mail.app

texts:
Gmail has a useful feature where they allow you to "undo" the sending of an email by up to 30 seconds (if I recall correctly) of any email. It does this by not sending the email for up to 30 seconds, allowing you to cancel and edit the email, or not send it at all instead.
In using Mail.app on macOS, I've missed this incredibly useful feature. Is there a way to automatically send the email after, say, 30 seconds with the ability to cancel it before it's sent? Mail.app can use plugins, so maybe there's a plugin for this?
Note: I am looking more for a "send after delay" rather than a "schedule send" feature, which is more streamlined and allows me to send emails normally without having to choose a time.


texts: merge empty above the startup disk with startup disk

texts: trying to merge empty greyed space above my yosemite startup disk to make my entire 500 gb hard drive just one whole disk, instead of 250 gb grey above my 250 gb yosemite startup in disk utility?


texts: Reclaim SSD space from deleted partition

texts:
I have a very similar problem to one that was answered here, but I don't know how to apply the answer to my mac.

MacBook Pro 15", Late 2013, 2.3GHz/16GB/512GB, Yosemite 10.10.3

I was attempting to load Windows 8.1 using bootcamp but had continued errors with the Windows install and eventually abandoned the process and deleted the bootcamp partition using disk utility. Now I can't drag down the main Macintosh HD partition to reclaim the 50GB of free space.

diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         449.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *449.0 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 7527240B-2663-4F9F-8803-B602F828E193
                                 Unencrypted

sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  877662072      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  878071712    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  879341248   97763779
  977105027         32         Sec GPT table
  977105059          1         Sec GPT header

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 60821/255/63 [977105060 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  977105059] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: Music disappears from playlists (yet remains in local library) upon signing up for Apple Music trial

texts:
When I signed up for Apple Music's free trial, all my locally ripped music disappeared from my (carefully curated) playlists yet remains in my local library with the status "Removed from iCloud".  Only "purchased" music remains in the playlists.

Clicking on one of the non-purchased song's status brings up three options:

Add to iCloud music library
Keep song
Delete song

It seems as if the automatic process was supposed to automatically add all my local music to the iCloud music library, but failed.

This is my main music library on my laptop computer; the only thing I did was sign up for the free trial.

Is there a fix for this? Will unsubscribing from Apple Music fix this?

I have the default "iCloud Music Library" checked in my preferences.


texts: What version of OpenSSH is available on macOS Big Sur (11.0.1)?

texts:
I am currently running Mojave which has the following
> ssh -V
OpenSSH_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3

Before moving to macOS Big Sur, I'd like to know the default version of SSH on it.


texts:
I use iMessage on my mac so now many of my friend and coworker uses it like if it was SMS.

I would like to know if there is a way to redirect my iMessage on my generic mobile device (not apple nor android)?


texts: Is there any way to send a 3-plug RCA audio/video signal to an ipad screen?

texts:
I have a "Phantom DJI" quadcopter with a lot of upgrades, including a "Fatshark predator" "FPV" system which basically allows me to view VGA quality video, live, from a gopro mounted on the quadcopter. The fatshark comes with a so-so video quality "virtual boy" looking pair of goggles that doubles as the receiver itself.

This headset/receiver has a 1/16th inch 3 ring RCA A/V output jack that can go to a video monitor. The kit includes a cable which can be plugged into a traditional RCA jack setup.

So my question is, is there any way to transmit rca video signal to an ipad? For example, one or more "proxies" as a solution could be reasonable. Transmitting the last leg to the ipad via some internet protocol may work for example.

The appeal of using the ipad is that it is a high resolution battery powered monitor which I already own. I'll be in the field with this thing and the portability is of particular interest.

I consider solutions requiring jailbreaking reasonable answers though this is not preferred for obvious reasons. Also, low cost android tablet solutions are equally reasonable. I've already ordered an RCA-to-hdmi converter which should arrive shortly.


texts: I was wondering if adding more RAM would help the stalls and poor performance of a mid-2011 iMac. It was working great until I upgraded to Yosemite and the newer Parallels.


texts: Can any experts here figure out how to get Mavericks' Dock.app working on Yosemite?

texts:
So one of the deal breakers that was preventing me from upgrading to OS X 10.10 is how ugly the dock looked (to me).

Since I had success getting some of the Yosemite's apps up and running on Mavericks (Yosemite's terminal for example, it supports scrolling with trackpad for some cli programs where you normally have to scroll with C-n, C-p or directional keys), naturally I tried the opposite, i.e. running Mavericks' Dock.app on Yosemite. Surprisingly, it worked! At least, partially. Functionality-wise, it works just fine, but on the looks it is missing the background image of the Mavericks' Dock.app.

Can someone more knowledgeable figure out a way to make this work 100%? As far as I know I'm not the only person wishing for this to work so if you can figure this out, you're doing us, a portion of the Mac community a big favor!


texts: In System 6.0.8 with MacWrite 1.0 how do I open a plain text file?

texts:
I'm using Mini vMac which emulates a Mac Plus (I don't even think I have a Mac Plus anymore, and the SE/30's in the closet probably with leaking caps).

I've managed to get a copy of MacWrite 1.0, and I've got it emulating a 20 meg hard drive (swapping virtual floppies is somehow worse than swapping the real ones).

I'd like to open a plain text/ascii file I've imported into the emulator. It shows in the Finder window, but has the plain document icon. If I save a plain-text file with MacWrite, it shows as a document with little black horizontal lines on it.

If I ever knew what the difference was, I've since forgotten it. Something to do with resource forks or lord knows what. Is it possible to convert my imported text file such that MacWrite can open it? While it is small, I can't simply type out its contents (nor can I script it inside the Mac emulator as I did outside of it... no scripting environment).


texts: How can users find out or download what information Apple has about them?

texts:
The issue of digital privacy is becoming more prevalent in the minds of many smartphone and social media users, especially after controversies such as the recent Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal.

To their credit, Google and Facebook each offer a service allowing their users to download all the information they hold about them.

Does Apple offer its users the same service? If so, how do users go about obtaining that information?


texts: Copy text that only selectable with 3 fingers tap

texts: On my Mac Yosemite 10.10.5, I can tap 3 fingers to lookup for a word. That lookup could select text from virtually anywhere. I would like to copy that text to clipboard instead of doing lookup. How could I do that?


texts: How can I recover files from a failing hard drive?

texts: I am in the process of trying to recover files from a failed MacBook hard drive. While I've already replaced the drive in the machine itself and installed a fresh copy of OS X, I have the old drive in an external 2.5" SATA enclosure. I am able to (very, very slowly) view the directory structure and copy files, but it's an incredibly slow process and one failed file stops the whole thing. While I know there are paid drive recovery utilities out there, I'm just looking for something that will attempt to copy all of the files and directories from within a given directory and just skip the ones that can't be copied (ideally, I'd also like to know which files get skipped, but that's not a requirement).


texts: How do I change the default document column margins in Pages?

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In Pages 8.1 on MacOS Mojave, I can't seem to change the default dimensions of the default column for the document body. I started a new document and chose Resume > Business Resume. I switched to the document inspector and zeroed out all of the margins as shown here:

As you can see, it has no effect on the left or top sizes as shown by the gray layout outline. I tried to uncheck document body, hoping it would reset the column, but it made no difference.  Any suggestions?


texts: Can I see Apple health data from over a year ago?

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It's nearing a year since I've been actively using the health app and I'm worried that all my logged runs and weight changes will be lost. Does anyone know if is data is saved somewhere (eventually, maybe, so I can visualize changes over e.g. five years, on the iPhone 15s).

If not, is there an alternative system where I can import my weight data to manage it over a longer course?


texts: Will the OEM version of Windows 7 install okay on a Macbook Pro

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We are considering getting a Macbook Pro but are quite heavily tied to windows application so want to install Windows 7 on it.

Can you install the OEM version of Windows 7 on a Macbook Pro using boot camp or do you need a full licence?

I'm fairly sure there should be no difference, I've installed OEM version of Windows an quite a few machines before I was wondering if there was anything that would stop it working on a Macbook.

Also are there any limitations on which SKU of Windows 7 will run on a Macbook Pro (Home Premium, Ultimate, etc.)


texts: The machine is laggy and the SMC reset is not working

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Recently my 2015 MacBook Pro started to lag a lot, especially the graphics. The animations are really slow and breaking up sometimes. Someone suggested an NVRAM reset followed by an SMC reset will fix it.

The NVRAM is working. But the SMC reset is not. I tried to hold  Ctrl ⌃    Opt ⌥   Shift ⇧   + the power button up to 30 seconds. Still, it's not resetting (The color of the mag safe connector is not changing.). Any idea what's happening?

A screenshot of the activity monitor:


texts: How to pair Bluetooth mouse with Apple Watch?

texts: Can I pair my Bluetooth mouse with Apple Watch? Or, can I get the functionality of a mouse with my Apple Watch?


texts: How to remotely share Apple Music from Catalina to iPhone or iPad

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I was able to successfully get my iPad and my iPhone connected to my Apple Music library running on my iMac (Catalina version 15.5.4).  Both my iPad and iPhone are running iOS 13.

How can I do this remotely like when I am not at home?  I looked into sharing over iCloud, but I don’t want to copy the whole enchilada of 85GB of music.  I don’t mind synchronizing playlists with just those songs but I’m not sure how to do that.

Alternatively, can I open a port on my router to allow my iPhone or iPad to talk to my Apple Music server?  I can’t seem to find anything on how to do this.  I do know how to forward a port to my mac so that is not a problem

What are my options of synchronizing music?


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A couple of weeks ago I booted a Mac Mini from a USB drive to install Ubuntu. Now I want to change it to Debian. I replaced Ubuntu on the USB drive. When I hear the boot chime and hold the option key, I get nothing on the display. If I'm slow in pressing the option key, it goes ahead and starts the installed Ubuntu image. I'm using the Etcher app to flash the drive. I also previously did it via terminal commands. I tried using the iso version of Debian and also converted it to a dmg. Neither work. If the boot manager didn't like the image on the usb, would it not come up?
The target machine is a late 2012 Mac Mini. I'm running the flash process on a Mac Pro with Big Sur.
This the file I'm trying to use that I got from the debian web site:
debian-live-10.7.0-amd64-standard.iso
I dug out an old Windows laptop. It's amazing it still runs. When I insert the USB drive, it doesn't appear in file manager or whatever it's called theses days. After a few tries, I got the boot manager and was able to select the USB Drive. I then saw a number of choices for installing Debian. I'm assuming the flash to the drive is valid.


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I tried to save a window arrangement but when I open iTerm it opens two windows:

one with my saved arrangement
one with no arrangements

How can I make iTerm2 remember my Window/tabs layout?


texts: How to use Time Machine backup on a different computer?

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I had a MacBook Pro, Mid-2010, which I regularly made weekly Time Machine backups of.  The computer accidently got destroyed.  When it died it was running OS X 10.10.4.

I then got a new MacBook Pro, 2014 model and it has the same size hard drive.  Is it possible to restore the data on the new computer using the Time Machine backup from the old computer? If so, how?


texts: Sync Number files between 2 different iCloud accounts

texts: I have a primary iCloud account that has a numbers spreadsheet in it and I would like to have a copy of that same numbers spreadsheet in a secondary iCloud account.  It doesn't seem like this is possible unless I am missing something.


texts: I would like to know how to reset a user set window size for an application to the one chosen by the developer. Are these settings usually stored in some plist file?


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I installed isync[1] on my personal Macbook, which runs OSX 10.11. I used the exact same .mbsyncrc file I wrote for my Macbook at work.

The setup works fine on my work machine. However when using the mbsync command on the personal machine, I get the following output:

  SSL error connecting imap.gmail.com (74.125.133.109:993):
  error:00000014:lib(0):func(0):SSL lib

The work macbook runs a fresh install of OSX 10.11 and Homebrew. The personal one also runs OSX 10.11 and Homebrew, but has known several upgrades since 2013 (it was mountain lion at the time).

Are you aware of any difference between fresh installs and upgrades, that could lead to this kind of error?

Links

http://isync.sourceforge.net/