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I recently bought a third part (OCZ) SSD and used Trim Enabler to, well, enable TRIM. I've noticed that some software updates can cause TRIM to be disabled, and have thus been curious about how TRIM Enabler works.

Does it replace some default KEXT with a custom one to support TRIM or does it simply toggle some PLIST setting?
Either way, is there a file that, when locked, can ensure that TRIM remains enabled (without any negative consequences)?


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I'm looking for an easy way to view a simple slideshow of photos with 1x1 pixel ratio, with play/pause button. I want 1 image pixel to be equal to 1 retina screen pixel, as shown by default with Preview. The borders of the screen should be black as in any simple slideshow (the images being smaller than 2880 pixels).

The default slideshows (Preview and QuickLook and iPhoto) upscales the images ! I don't want to pay for any software (Aperture or other), this slideshow can be done with javascript and a web browser !


texts: Group processes by apps in Activity Monitor under Memory tab

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I am using OSX 10.10.5 with activity monitor 10.10.0. Mac newbie.

In the memory tab, all the processes under chrome is scattered. I just want to know to how much of the resource is used by chrome all together. Is there a better app that will do it?

Basically, I want to see the resources used by all the apps that I using (seen on the side dock) grouped under the name of the apps.


texts: How do you color code folders in Mavericks?

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I used to be able to color code each folder in Finder.

I know I can use tags in Mavericks, but is there a way to restore the ability to actually color code folders?

Thanks.


texts: How can I learn which SSD model compatible with my 2010 mid MacBook 13" Unibody (White)?

texts: I guess this one (Crucial BX100 500GB) is compatible but I need features of it to search for the proper one. Could you guys help me?


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My Magic Trackpad (on a 2011 iMac) keeps randomly clicking, which causes random text selects, etc. Also the cursor seems glitchy while it's happening too, it'll slow down and erratically move around.

I'm not using any extra tools like BetterTouchTool, and it's worked fine for the past few months since I got it. I've tried new batteries and a new OS X user account.

Anyone know what the issue could be? Is it a known issue, should I just ring Apple to get a replacement?

EDIT: Just tried it on Windows via Bootcamp, and it does the same thing, so it must be a hardware problem.


texts: I've submitted my first app on the 20th November but the status is still "Waiting for review", has anyone had longer than this or similar waiting times?


texts: Why can't I use the full resolution of my UltraSharp U2713HM with my macbook pro retina?

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I bought a Dell U2713HM because it was highly rated and had 2560x1440 resolution, but, after learning that the HDMI connection only provides 1980x1080, I purchased from Apple their Thunderbolt to DVI connector and tried that. Still 1980x1080. I've now ordered a mini-DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort connector and am praying that I get the full resolution that way, but I've seen a number of user group comments that you need a completely separate (over $100) Thunderbolt data (not display) interface to get the full resolution. If that's true, I'm returning the Dell. I've also seen people say you need to reset the PRAM and SMC settings, but I've tried doing that (I think it worked) but nothing changed.

HELP!


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Possible Duplicate:
  Turn on Back To My Mac via a Script or Command Line

The VPN software I use for work (IPSecuritas) requires me to turn off Back To My Mac to start it's connection, so I frequently turn off Back To My Mac in order to use my VPN connection (the program does this for me). I forget to turn it back on however and I'd love to know if there was something I could run (script, command) to turn it back on.


texts: Dig resolves a domain, but all other programs fail to find it

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Mac OS X Mavericks, no VPN, connecting via wifi.

This domain resolves to my IP address in the local network

$> dig mydomain.xx
;; ANSWER SECTION:
mydomain.xx.    3591    IN  A   192.168.10.18

I tested it on several computers and the resolution is correct, works with host and nslookup as well.

However, when using chrome, curl, ping, traceroute, or any other tool that will actually try to connect to the ip, it hangs and eventually fails.

pinging 192.168.10.18 works of course.

From another computer it works but it does not work from mine.

We have other domains that behave the same way for my coworkers, everything work except the access to my domain from my machine.

I'm using dnsmasq to catch all domains in .dev, but even with that disabled it still fails.

We use google dns as provided by our DHCP server.

What could cause the issue ?


texts: How do I remove all traces of my Apple ID from a borrowed MBA?

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My MacBook Pro logic board needed to be replaced, so I borrowed an MBA from a coworker.

I restored the MBA from Time Machine to get back to work. When I was done, I removed my user account tied to my iCloud account, and gave it back. They didn't have much of anything on it, so he didn't care if it was restored to previous state (so he didn't have a Time Machine backup for this MBA).

My MBP was Mavericks, but their laptop was Mountain Lion. I offered to do the OS X update for them (as it was free) when I restored, but now I'm wondering if that was a bad idea.

He said that they are getting an iCloud prompt for my account when the App Store is attempting to do updates. They've signed out of everything they can find (system preferences, app store, iTunes), but they can't change it.

Any quick fix for this or do I need to pick up the laptop from them and do some sort of factory reset?


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I've got a problem that while installing El Capitan from USB Installer it says "copy of software is corrupted etc..etc". Actually I downloaded the copy of El Capitan from another Mac and then I created "El Capitan installer from my own Mac with terminal process and when I try to install it it says the above message  "copy of software is corrupted etc..etc". So tell me please anyone what happened and if it's date fault, then what date I should set because I didn't download El Capitan on the Mac on which I want to install it.

Please can anyone help me to sort out this problem??


texts: How should I go about restarting a custom Apache install?

texts: I'm working on a server that was configured by a former employee and I need to restart Apache.  Unfortunately, it's not the default install and it's in a different place and apachectl doesn't exist and launchctl doesn't even seem to know that this apache is installed or running.  I don't want to break anything and was wondering if there was a graceful way of restarting this custom Apache instance in order to update the configuration files to account for new SSL settings.


texts: I have a MacBook and I'd like it to boot automatically upon plugging it into a power source. Is there a way to do this?


texts: How do I get rid of the sub headings in finder with "arrange be date created" in Lion

texts: So I installed Lion and I can't stand the way finder arranges icons arrange by date. Finder makes a bunch of sub headings like: today, yesterday, past 30 days or earlier. These settings have a show all button/coverflow thing. Is there a way to get rid of the headings? Thanks.


texts: is there a way to toggle between different chrome windows as if they were different apps

texts:
I have two monitors. Sometimes I have this setup

Working monitor (split view mode): Visual Studio code editor, Chome to preview my web dev
view monitor (split view mode): Sublime text (for docs), Chome with Netflix

On the working monitor, I write code on VS, switch to chrome, hit refresh to see the results. However If the mouse is hovering over the Netflix window, that reloads instead
The obvious workaround would be to use firefox for Netflix and problem sorted, but this was just the clearest example, this "glitch" catches me all the time


texts:
Can I extract data from my icloud back up to view on pc?  I have changed phones but have lots texts etc on new iPhone. Can I view my icloud back up data as I have done texts I would really like to keep

Thanks


texts: Is it possible to develop an iOS application for my own use without having to pay 99$/year?

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TL;DR How can I have a permanent profile for my Xcode-developped app on my own iPhone so that I could use it without having to rebuild it from Xcode every 6 days, likely by issuing myself the needed certificat and provisioning files ?

I'm an aspiring iOS developer and have built my first app, using the tools and language proposed by Apple (Xcode, Swift, SwiftUI).  Works fine in Xcode and on my iPhone. I'm quite happy with it.
However after 6 days, the app stops working on the iPhone; the iPhone needs to be reconnected to my Mac and the app needs to be rebuilt from Xcode, then it works again.
I understand that this comes from the provisioning profile being managed by Xcode and being temporary (6 days).
I understand enlisting in Apple Developer Program would be a workaround, but I find it quite abusive to be forced to pay 99€ per year to use and tune my own app on my own device.
I even read an old post saying that if I enlisted, my app would cease to work within a year if I delisted from the program. This is certainly not advertised loudly by Apple !
I understand they may be issues protecting the apple store monopoly, and hence apple business model, but I find it quite at odds with Apple official PR that promotes learning kids to develop and at the same time is preventing anyone to be able to use the programs freely for themselves.
So I would like to understand if this is a mandatory policy from Apple, or if I am missing something about managing provisioning profiles (sofar a total black box to me).
To be crystal clear, if there is a workaround, I believe it is about bypassing Xcode managing the certification process and creating myself the needed authorizations : development certificate for developer approval and permanent provisioning profile for my authorized device.
I make the hypothesis that it is not possible nor practical not to use Apple solutions, and that the problem is actually independent from the use of Xcode.
To rephrase it, my problem is :
Is it possible to develop an iOS application for my own use without having to pay 99$/year ?
And my understanding of path to solution is :
How can I have a permanent profile for my Xcode-developped app on my own iPhone ?
Precision :
I am not trying to launch a heated debate on jailbreaking, nor on the app store guidelines. I just want to understand wether in the current Apple ecosystem, if I want some applications of my own with me, I need to pay several hundreds of dollars in the next years to have the possibility to do it.


texts: How to fix choppy Bluetooth audio in Windows 10 Boot Camp with MacBook Pro?

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I have the following hardware and software:

MacBook Pro 2017 (MacBookPro14,2)
Windows 10 Pro (10.0.18363 Build 18363)
1Mii B06 Plus Bluetooth Receiver
B&O PLAY by Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H8i Wireless Bluetooth On-Ear Headphones

And when connecting to any Bluetooth audio device, the sound is choppy, (or for SEO: patchy, laggy, interrupted) in exactly the same way for each device. The sound will "pop" every 1-3 seconds, followed by a short 0.1-0.3s gap in the sound.

I also have to completely unpair and re-pair any Bluetooth audio devices every time Windows is booted, just to get it working in the first place.

I was able to boot in to Windows once where the audio worked perfectly, without any choppiness. But I haven't been able to reproduce that ideal scenario.

This installation of Windows 10 Pro is extremely clean and only a week old.

Here are a list of solutions that I've tried:

Enabling "Bluetooth Calibration" or just disabling wifi altogether: Someone said that the wifi is likely interfering with the Bluetooth, and to enable "Bluetooth Calibration" for the wifi adapter. I couldn't find that feature, but I figured disabling the wifi adapter completely would fix the issues. The audio still chops with wifi disabled.
Closing the "Manage Bluetooth" screen: This helped make the choppiness less frequent, but it still occurs. From Jon Leigh's solution, where he says:

  Joris reported below that he's getting the same issue on his windows PC that isn't running under Bootcamp! So the issue is more widespread than first thought. Poor show Microsoft!

Disabling Bluetooth "Avrcp Transport" devices: This only works if there are multiple conflicting devices. Disabling the only "Avrcp Transport" device that corresponds to the Bluetooth audio device being used will just disable the audio altogether.
Running the System File Checker tool: I ran various file system checkers, mentioned in Microsoft's guide: Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files:

    PS C:\> DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
    Version: 10.0.18362.1

    Image Version: 10.0.18363.778

    [==========================100.0%==========================]
    The restore operation completed successfully.
    The operation completed successfully.

    PS C:\> sfc /scannow

    Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.

    Beginning verification phase of system scan.
    Verification 100% complete.

    Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

      5. [Update Bluetooth drivers][8]: Windows says "The best drivers for your device are already installed", so it has no effect.


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After upgrading to Yosemite, I'm having an issue with Apache and PHP running locally.

PHP can't find my local database server using localhost but it can if I specify 127.0.0.1 or test.dev (which resolves to 127.0.0.1). I tried both the shipped version of PHP (5.5.14) and 5.5.18 from homebrew. Both exhibit the same behavior.

The database server is not configured to deny connections on localhost; Sequel Pro can connect via socket just fine.

I've tried enabling and disabling all of the provided Apache modules to no effect. No matter what I do, it can't seem to connect to localhost. What could be happening here? OS X firewall is off and Little Snitch is not running.

My /etc/hosts:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

Update:

I tried NGINX as a webserver and PHP (both from homebrew) is able to connect to localhost. Any more ideas as to why it would behave this way? What could Apple have done to their configuration of Apache in Yosemite that would cause this? What is gained from disallowing/denying connection to localhost?


texts: Why is the input level of the external mic so low?

texts:
I try to use an external mic to make some audio recordings. But the level of the input is really low ! In fact, the internal build-in mac has a better input level than the external one that is closer to my mouth !

Did I miss something about audio recording ?


texts: Macbook pro mid-2010 randomly turns off?

texts: This has been happening for around 6 months and it has gotten worse. I thought it was the battery because it had close to 1500 cycles. But I recently replaced it and now the problem seems worse. The MacBook randomly shuts off plugged in and on battery. I did the SMC reset by pressing control-shift-option and holding power for 5 seconds but that did nothing. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Another device is connected to my Clash of Clans village

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I have a problem when I am playing Clash of Clans, a message appears saying connection lost their is another device is connected to another village. I've changed the password of Game Center and Apple ID and iCloud. All of that didn't work. Note that I have all the information of the accounts.
I tried to contact Apple and Supercell and nothing worked.


texts: cp: ./public.generic-pc.icns: Operation not permitted

texts:
On my MacOS Mojave:
I'm trying to change the icon of an SMB Windows File server from the old CRT-BSOD icon to something newer like e.g. the NAS icons.

I'm fine with just using the NAS icon (the com.apple.xserve.icns) but I'm not allowed to replace the public.generic-pc.icns file in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/

I get an "Operation not permitted" error, even if I sudo cp ....


texts: 141gb System size, is there any way to find where all that clutter is coming from?

texts: I recently checked my system to clean out a few items and noticed my system files are taking an insanely large amount of my storage. This feels quite unnatural, is there a away to find what might be cluttering it up?


texts: All Keyboard Shortcuts are selecting word backwards

texts:
Since the start of September approximately keyboard shortcuts in OS X have been acting strangely.

Many of the common shortcuts (cmd+z, cmd+v, cm+c, cmd+w etc) select the previous word rather than eliciting their usual action. Further presses simply continue the backward selection of words as if I were pressing shift+option+left arrow.

This does not occur immediately. For example, in Apple's Mail programme, upon loading I can press cmd+n and a new window in which to compose an email appears. However, after commencing typing, any further use of the keyboard shortcuts elicits the strange behaviour.

The behaviour also occurs in Safari once some text has been highlighted. As with mail, the standard shortcuts operate as, well, standard before some text has been highlighted. Once it has been highlighted however, all shortcuts assume the "select word backwards" functionality.

The problem does not manifest itself in Pages or Scrivener. However it does occur in Apple's Notes programme.

I am using a 2012 mac mini, currently with Mavericks. The problem first appeared while running Mountain Lion.

I had some keyboard modification programs running, e.g. keyremapper and an apple script to select a current word via Fastscripts. Suspecting the latter might be the cause of my woes, since the problem roughly coincided with its first use,  I have removed it and all the rest of them to boot. I then reset the keyboard to its defaults and  restarted the system.

I have tested it against Apple's wireless bluetooth keyboard and a logitech usb receiver cordless keyboard while web searches have failed to return even a ball park level of relevant information.


texts: What are the consequences of turning iCloud Document and Data syncing off?

texts: I have disabled Documents and Data syncing in iOS 7 to overcome the sluggish keyboard issue. But I wonder what the consequences of turning Docu and Data sync off are?


texts: How to change the GNU Make's (default) default location of gcc

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I run Mac OS X El Capitan 10.4. I have used brew to install Compilation Tools (https://www.topbug.net/blog/2013/04/14/install-and-use-gnu-command-line-tools-in-mac-os-x/).

Now when I run make, it still appends to:

 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/g++ -c -pipe -stdlib=libc++ -fstack-protector-all --param ssp-buffer-size=1 -O2 -std=gnu++11 -isysroot

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.7 -pthread -fdiagnostics-show-option -Wall -Wextra -Wno-ignored-qualifiers -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstack-protector -fPIC -DENABLE_WALLET -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DUSE_NATIVE_I2P -DUSE_NUM_NONE -DUSE_FIELD_INV_BUILTIN -DUSE_SCALAR_INV_BUILTIN -DUSE_FIELD_10X26 -DUSE_SCALAR_8X32 -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0 -DUSE_UPNP=1 -DMINIUPNP_STATICLIB -DSTATICLIB -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -DMAC_OSX -DMSG_NOSIGNAL=0 -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -Isrc -Isrc/json -Isrc/qt -Isrc/tor -Isrc/qt/plugin

Now, I want it to be changed to

/usr/local/bin/g++

So, how to?


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I've received an iPhone 4 for free and I would like to use it. Last iOS version available is iOS 7.1.2 released on June 30, 2014 which is now unsupported.

My questions are: Is there some known security vulnerabilities on iOS 7.1.2 and is there known hardening techniques available.

This phone was almost not used and the hardware including the battery is almost new. It would be a shame to use it only as a clock watch.


texts: What causes excessive CPU use by taskgated, notifyd, and launchd processes?

texts:
I've looked around a lot to try to find the answer to this but have thus far been unsuccessful.  I am programming in Python, and I have code that takes a long time to run (hours to months depending on the application) and I am trying to optimize it.  On larger thread systems (once I get above ≈8 threads, but especially >18 threads), I run into a situation where the system is using up a large amount of my CPU instead of the actual code I want to run.  On a 12-thread machine as I type this, the system is using ≈25–30% of my total CPU.  If I try to run it on a 36-thread machine, the system takes >70% of the CPU which is simply unworkable (though running two instances of the code, limiting each to 18 threads, cuts this overhead back, oddly enough).
The Activity Monitor indicates that taskgated is using at least 10%, while notifyd, logd, and launchd are also using several percent, each (along with mds at 1% so I should turn off Spotlight, and sometimes lsd spikes to >40%, but that's more rare ... note that that process is another launch system daemon).
My older hypothesis was that it was a disk I/O issue, since the code was writing and reading many small files to try to keep track of certain things and recover if I needed to stop it.
My now-working hypothesis, based on what I could find online about the interactions between taskgated and launchd, is that this particular chunk of code is spawning a large number of processes and macOS's launching and security daemons are taking large amounts of CPU to make sure those processes are safe.  These are things like calling "mv" and "rm" from the command line (os.system(...) in my Python code), and spawning other code that take a second or two to run (such as in a different conda environment when two have conflicting installs of necessary components).  I count at least 40 potential spots where this chunk of code is possibly spawning child processes, and I thread it so that it's doing that concurrently however many threads there are (so, on a 12-thread machine, 12x40 over the course of ~10 seconds).  It doesn't seem to me like this should be making my system take up so much CPU, but that's my best guess at the moment.
Possibly related, the taskgated is constantly spitting out to log files, "MacOS error: -67062", which again I've searched for and found no luck with diagnosing the issue.  And, diskarbitrationd is spawning a lot of "<private>" messages in the Console, but its CPU% is around 0.3% so I'm less concerned about that.
My apologies for rambling a bit here, but I'm trying to provide the information I have, and hopefully someone here has an idea.  If I can get rid of this 25% or larger issue, that can save months of time.
For what it's worth, I'm running macOS 10.14.5 and ..4 on two desktops, and 10.15.5 on a laptop.  Same issue for all.  Running in Linux on a nearly identical 36-thread system build does not have the overhead issue (but I really don't want to switch to Linux) which is another reason why I don't think it's a disk I/O problem.


texts: MacPorts can't recognize Xcode version properly

texts:
I've tried to run the following command to install "automake" package on my Mac:

MacBook:~ administrator$ sudo port install automake
Password:
Error: The installed version of Xcode (5.1.1) is too old to use on the installed OS version. Version 6.1 or later is recommended on Mac OS X 10.10.
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port automake failed

The problem is shown in the line:

  Error: The installed version of Xcode (5.1.1) is too old to use on the
  installed OS version. Version 6.1 or later is recommended on Mac OS X
  10.10.

But there is Xcode 6.1 installed on my Mac. I'm using OS X 10.10 Yosemite (MacPorts for 10.10 already installed).


texts: OSX Finder: Select multiple discrete files/items using keyboard

texts:
Let's say I have got a bunch of items in a folder on my Finder. And I want to make a non-continuous selection.
I can do that using my trackpad and CMD + click as in this answer: How do you select multiple specific files?

But I don't want to use my trackpad (I am way faster using my keyboard). On Windows, you would hold down the Ctrl key, navigate using the Arrow keys and select the desired items/files using Space bar

This is also unanswered on Apple Discussions: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3298378?start=0

Mind that this question doesn't answer as it has two continuous items albeit on different lines.


texts: Time machine: include external FAT drive

texts:
I am trying to backup an external FAT drive with time machine on a new WD HFS+ formatted hard drive, and I've read it is possible.

However, I find it in the excluded list, and I cannot remove it since it is grayed out.

Do you have any hints?


texts: Can't remove a hidden bootcamp partition

texts:
I had a bootcamp partition that I'd wanted to remove. It seemed like it'd been removed using bootcamp, but it is still taking up a big chunk of space in the System storage, and now I can't find it to get rid of it. This is what the diskutil list returns:

Last login: Fri Jan 17 13:03:32 on ttys000
Elisas-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Elisa$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         199.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +199.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            138.5 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 24.5 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                519.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

I have looked through other threads on this topic but haven't found a solution to work, as I don't have the extra disks for bootcamp that other posts have shown. Any help is appreciated, this is really not one of my skill areas.


texts: Cannot use two PS4 controllers on Mac M1 Big Sur

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I tried this today having also followed the advice of another post on this site.
Unfortunately it did not work for me with my two PS4 controllers, named differently, and the same Belkin dongle that was recommended.
The Belkin dongle allowed me to connect two PS4 controllers (which I resetted before connecting). It would not allow my mouse or Sony headphones to connect.
Lovers in a Dangerous Space Time, played via Steam, recognised that two controllers were connected, but the buttons did not work on one of them, only the direction stick in the menus.
I run Big Sur 11.2.3 on a Macbook Air M1.
Maybe the solution works on a Catalina Intel Mac. I don't know.
Any help appreciated!


texts:
Does anyone happen to know where I can get the RAT3 drivers?
I have a 2015 MBP.

Currently my Mac will not do any hovering of the mouse and I think it may be due to the lack of drivers for the mouse.

The Mad Catz site does not have any downloads anymore.


texts: Old songs not showing up on my new iPhone.

texts: I recently lost my iPhone 4 so I went and bought a new iPhone 4s. I set up my new phone with the same iTunes ID and password that I have always used. I soon realized that whatever songs I had bought on my old phone were not on my new phone. How do I get those songs back? I thought I had subscribed to the cloud but apparently that didn't include my music? All of my old contacts and pictures showed up on my phone but the only music I could get was what was on my computer. Help please! I have quit a few songs missing!


texts: How can I extract Album Art from a track?

texts: I'd like to use iTunes to extract Album Art into standard image formats (such as .png or .jpg), so that I can back them up in a location external to the iTunes library.  How can I do this in iTunes?


texts: Are photos still backed up in iCloud backup even if iCloud Photo Library is off?

texts:
I have 50GB of iCloud storage and want to backup all my photos. If I make a regular iCloud backup it says the following:

So I assumed it was my backing up my photos until I stumbled upon this page a few days later.

Before I had iCloud Photo Library switched off and now I switched it on it says it is uploading 4000 photos.

I'm a little confused. Does iCloud not backup photos unless you switch on iCloud Photo Library? Or does it?


texts: Where to search for more specific information about actions used in Siri Shortcuts app?

texts: There is a nice user guide on Shortcuts by Apple https://support.apple.com/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios,  but there should be somewhere  some more datailed information as for example: what Pattern parameters may be used in "Match Text" action? Just some more precise definitions on Actions that may be used in the shortcuts. Anyone can help pointing to the right direction?


texts: External hard drive doesn't show on Mac Finder

texts:
My external hard drive is not showing in Finder. It shows on Disk Utility but greyed and can not mount from there. I don't want to lose anything from my hard drive.
I have tried force mounting from Terminal. So, I have followed these commands:
diskutil list
mount /dev/disk2
ls -la /Volumes/
sudo mkdir /Volumes/usb
sudo mount -t hfs /dev/disk2 /Volumes/usb/

But it shows :
mount_hfs: error on mount(): error = -1.
mount_hfs: Resource busy
mount: /Volumes/usb failed with 1

So, what can I do now to make it visible on Finder without losing any data?
I am using macOS Catalina 10.15.7.


texts: What happens when someone in the US clicks on a GB itunes URL?

texts:
If I provide a GB url itunes link to an app, say

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id586088546

what would happen if someone in outside the UK, say in the states clicks on that? would it work or would it redirect to a version on their regional app store?


texts: Turn off power output from a USB Type C Monitor

texts:
I'm currently using my MacBook Pro with an external Benq Monitor (4K HDR) with a USB-Type C connection.
The problem is that it's also simultaneously charging my laptop over this same connection and the amount of power it can supply is much less that what my laptop needs.  So, it doesn't charge properly.
Now, what I would like to do is disable the power output from the monitor and have the laptop only take charging from the Apple power adapter.


texts: Join-merge-consolidate many audio book CDs into one or a few albums in iTunes 12 / PC?

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You have an audio book consisting of multiple CDs. In addition to joining the tracks on each CD, you want to merge the CDs. If it's a small book of only a few CDs, then you might want to merge all CDs into one CD. If it's a big book, then you might want to merge (for example) the first 10 CDs into "Part 1"; the next 10 CDs into "Part 2"; and so on.

How do you do it in iTunes 12 on a PC?


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I've developped a website using JSF, which is accessed by Safari mobile running on Iphone 5C.
Most of the Iphones behave correctly, send the text encoded as it should, but on one of them, text is badly encoded.
Exemple: "Début" is written "DÃ©but" (it's french)
I suspect one of the user changed the settings on the Iphone.
What setting could it be, and how can you change it back ?

EDIT:
The website is rendered correctly, the problem arise when the user type text in a textbox and submit it to the server.


texts: How do I find the Microsoft Word normal user template?

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The path provided elsewhere in this forum—~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Templates—doesn't exist on my MacBook Pro, running Yosemite 10.10.5 and Office 2011. I can't even find anything on my machine called "Library," except for one containing fonts in the MS Office application folder.

I want to revise the normal template so that I don't have to use the organizer to activate my preferred style set every time I open a new document. (I mention this in case you know a better way to achieve this aim.)

Any help much appreciated.


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For some reason, no matter how many times I delete (using AppCleaner) and redownload Google Chrome, I am unable to launch Chrome on my 2017 MacBook Pro running 10.12.6 Sierra.

When I click on the application, it's icon appears momentarily in my Dock and then disappears.  I am using Firefox, downloading directly from Google Chrome's website.

This is what appears in my system log when I try to run the application:

Nov 17 12:29:36 [nameremoved]-mbp ksinstall[94677]: 2017-11-17 12:29:36.137 ksinstall[94677/0xa6f4a1c0] [lvl=2] -[KeystoneInstallTool main] Google Software Update installer started.
Nov 17 12:29:36 [nameremoved]-mbp ksinstall[94677]: 2017-11-17 12:29:36.142 ksinstall[94677/0xa6f4a1c0] [lvl=2] -[KeystoneInstallTool main] Google Software Update installer starting Installation.
Nov 17 12:29:36 [nameremoved]-mbp ksinstall[94677]: 2017-11-17 12:29:36.142 ksinstall[94677/0xa6f4a1c0] [lvl=2] -[KeystoneInstallBackend install] Google Software Update attempting to install.
Nov 17 12:29:36 [nameremoved]-mbp com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.google.Chrome.9556[94673]): Service exited with abnormal code: 21
Nov 17 12:29:36 [nameremoved]-mbp ksinstall[94677]: 2017-11-17 12:29:36.438 ksinstall[94677/0xa6f4a1c0] [lvl=2] +[KSCodeSigningVerification verifyBundle:applicationId:error:] KSCodeSigningVerification verifying code signing for '/Users/[nameremoved]/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle' with the requirement 'anchor apple generic and certificate 1[field.1.2.840.113635.100.6.2.6] exists and certificate leaf[field.1.2.840.113635.100.6.1.13] exists and certificate leaf[subject.OU]="EQHXZ8M8AV" and (identifier="com.google.Keystone")'
Nov 17 12:29:36 [nameremoved]-mbp ksinstall[94677]: 2017-11-17 12:29:36.475 ksinstall[94677/0xa6f4a1c0] [lvl=2] -[KeystoneInstallBackend shouldInstallWithVersion:error:] Google Software Update found version that is the same or newer: 1.2.9.98.
Nov 17 12:29:36 [nameremoved]-mbp ksinstall[94677]: 2017-11-17 12:29:36.475 ksinstall[94677/0xa6f4a1c0] [lvl=2] -[KeystoneInstallTool main] Google Software Update installer ran successfully.

Does anyone know why I might be having this problem? It's making it difficult to test UI code.


texts: Desktop Search - with more features than Spotlight?

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I am looking for a 'desktop search' solution for the mac. I like the look of HoudahSpot (built on top of Spotlight) but it doesn't quite do everything I would like.

My ideal search solution would do all of the following:

Index all content of all MS Word documents on an individual computer (and preferably other formats as well, but MS Word is the key one), with ability to exclude certain files, documents and folders
Ability to have several custom document indexes ie. can ideally set up some content indexes to only contain a smaller subset of documents related to a certain project - not everything on my computer. Or alternatively have 'saved searches'.
When you do a search for a phrase or term, a list of MS Word documents that contains the search term/phrase is returned.
An extract with the search term highlighted is displayed for each document returned in the search results list, including some indication if the phrase appears in a document more than once. Viewing the extract within which a term or phrase appears helps context it and give a better idea of if this is the occurrence you are looking for.
When you click on an item in the search results window that document is opened in its native application ie. MS Word, AND
All occurrences of the term or phrase are highlighted in the open document, with the first occurrence selected. Ideally have ability to quickly move forward and back between multiple occurrences of the phrase/term within one document.
An added bonus would be the ability to do 'boolean', 'proximity' and other more advanced searches.
Tag documents with metadata, and this metadata can be searched on
Can index and search across multiple locations eg. servers as well as local computer

As mentioned, the closest I can find on the mac is the 'HoudahSpot' product, but I think it only does 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8?

The other solution that does everything I want is Adobe Acrobat's PDF search functionality, however its only for PDFs. If I could find similar functionality for MS Word documents I'd be really happy!

My other option is to move to a full document management solution, but I would probably still need to employ a developer to customize the search functionality to meet all my above needs? I'm not sure what document management system has good search? Also possibly there are limits to Spotlight's underlying design that stops me meeting all of the above requirements through products such as HoudahSpot? Maybe things like hit highlighting within MS Word could just use Word's inbuilt Find function, with the search term being passed to MS Word when the MS Word document is opened?

Any ideas or advice from anyone would be much appreciated.


texts: Reproducing execution launchd execution environment

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I have a script which runs flawlessly under a normal interactive shell, but which frequently has errors when run as a user LaunchAgent.
Is there a way to manually, and ideally interactively, run a command exactly as it is run by launchd, to make it easier to debug?

To be clear, the script in question does work (intermittently) under launchd. It is not as simple as missing paths. I know that launchd uses a more spartan environment, but the situation is now:

There are frequent intermittent failures under launchd
I have never reproduced these failures in my user shell

As is common, there are numerous differences in environment between my fully configured user shell and the minimal launchd context, so it is very difficult to guess what difference might be at fault (or whether it even is an environment variable that causes the difference), which is why I was hoping to find a way simply to run commands manually and interactively, exactly as they would run under launchd. I am surprised that there is not a launchd run subcommand or similar.


texts: Instant crash when connecting a GIGABYTE RX 580 to a MacBook Pro

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When I plug the eGPU into my MacBook, the computer reboots and then in the loading screen of macOS it will reboot again getting stuck in that loop. I thought I just had to plug in the eGPU and use it.

I'm using a MacBook Pro 2018 13" 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports, macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave).

Crash Report:

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80186daadd): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9cb62b0a, type 14=page fault, registers: …


texts: Can my MacBook use F2-5300CL5S RAM from my HP laptop?

texts: I have a MacBook with PC2-5300S memory in it. I have an HP laptop with F2-5300CL5S in it. I'd like to take my 2GB modules from my HP and move them into the MacBook. Are these memory modules compatible? Can anything go wrong from using them?


texts: How to use all the space in extracted hard disk (remove leftover system folders)

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I have extracted hard disks from otherwise dead Mac laptops.
I'm using them as external hard disks, but I cannot use all the space they contain because they have a few system folders (like /Applications or /System) which are of no use at all to me now.
It seems I cannot delete them using the terminal (even as sudo) or with Disk Utility (If I ask this app
to erase the whole volume it refuses).
Did I miss something? What is the best way to do this?


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Is there a rhyming dictionary I can run on the OSX command line?

I found these but don't know how to get them running on my Mac:

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39651
http://osl.no.distfiles.macports.org/rhyme/
https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhyme

It looks like the rhyme package is for Ubuntu. How can I get it working on OSX?


texts: Using regex in Mac OS X: why I have to add \ in {3, 5} ==> \{3, 5\} ...?

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I am trying to find all files with no-extension in a particular folder, and after many attempts I finally came up with this regex statement:

  ls | grep "\.[A-Za-z]\{3,5\}$"

Why I have to start the occurrences around the {} with \, like escaping the sequence? Is there a way to use standard regex like this?

  ls | grep "\.[A-Za-z]{3,5}$"

I want, ultimately to get the opposite list of files with no-extension, but this non standard regex is making it hard for me to negate the result from the grep.


texts: Does any macOS email client besides Outlook allow use of public shared folders in Exchange?

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I like some other email clients better than Outlook but none seems to be able to access the public shared folders in our Exchange server.
Apple Mail can not access Exchange public folders. There is no way to subscribe that I am aware of.


texts: Can I use Google CardDAV sync on my Mac?

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Is it possible for me to use Google's excellent CardDAV contact sync service on my OS X (10.8) computer?

It works very well on iOS, but the same settings do not work on a computer.


texts: There are 2 rating dialogs in the AppStore, one for the current version and one for all versions. Does that mean that a user can rate every update of an iOS app?


texts: What is the best electronics circuit simulator app for iPad where I can draw a circuit and monitor its behaviour?


texts: Click in finder vs "open -a" on command line

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I have a file type (.mxl -- compressed MusicXML) which if I double click in Finder opens properly in my .mxl reader (Finale 2014.app) but which if I call "open file.mxl" or "open -a /Applications/Finale\ 2014.app file.mxl" does not get parsed by Finale. My question isn't specific to this program, but more general: is there a general way to invoke the behavior on the command line that is identical to the behavior of double clicking in Finder?

I would have thought that "open file.mxl" would be it, but the difference in behavior in this program suggests that it's not the same.

(before marking as duplicate: I have searched the archives and it seems like there are a lot of questions about cases where the user knows exactly what he or she wants to do via the command line but can't duplicate the behavior in Finder. This opposite problem doesn't seem to have a solution).

Edited: Have found a partial solution as: osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to open POSIX file "/Users/Cuthbert/file.mxl"'


texts: How can I reset Safari when Safari is broken?

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I started up Safari and let it import history from Firefox, but now Safari is behaving very strangely. For example, many of the menu options are greyed out.

I want to reset Safari to a blank slate, but the Clear History... option isn't available.

I tried deleting ~/Library/Safari/ and ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari but it didn't seem to have any effect; Safari is still broken. How can I more thoroughly reset Safari when the app itself seems broken?

This is using an Administrator account. Running macOS Mojave 10.14.5 (18F203) and Safari 12.1.1 (14607.2.6.1.1).


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I've been trying to make a sharing folder with my PC for so long and it seems to complicated. In windows 7 there is Homesharing and the configuration is so easy.

I would like to make a folder which will work both ways (Windows input will appear in mac and mac input will pop out in windows)

Is there a way to do this? I have tried the System Preferences -> Sharing -> Files Sharing option but it does not seem to get connected to my windows, it says the connection could not be established.

Please help me get over this frustrating compatibility issue.


texts: How to set MacBook Pro to turn off when closing lid?

texts: I want the shutdown feature to activate whenever I turn down the lid and close my MacBook Pro. It's a machine I use for work so I need the disk encryption to kick in every time I'm travelling with the Mac, and its easy to forget turning it off. Is there a setting somewhere that allows this, or is there an app/script I can run?


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On macOS Catalina, in Preview, the "File"-"Move To..." menu command opens a minimal location dropdown list with what Preview thinks are the most common locations.
My workflow collides with this as the locations I need to move to are never in this list. I always have to open the dropdown and select "Other..." at the bottom of the list, in order to get the system file selector.
Is there a way to skip the location chooser and open the file selector right away?


texts: Ipod classic was corrupted, so erased everything off it using disk utility

texts: So my ipod classic was corrupted, and i read somewhere that you could use disk utility to erase everything off it (i read somewhere that this was nessesary). My computer now does not register it as an ipod, but rather as untitled on my home screen. I am afraid that i have deleted everything off my ipod, including the actual ipod software! when i connext the ipod to my laptop itunes opens but the ipod does not appear on the screen. What to do please help !!


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I got a new phone the other day and have set it up on my Mac ecosystem at home. At this point, I can't remember which settings I have changed in Photos on the iPhone, possibly I turned off "iCloud Photos" on my phone. I did this because, when I opened photos for the first time on my phone, I saw my entire library on my phone, which I don't want. I only want my photos on my Mac and also backed up in the cloud.
Since whatever I changed, I rebooted my Mac, only to see my photo library on my Mac deleting before my eyes, from 67 GB down to 200 MB.
I have Time Machine back ups of my library, so proceeded to turn off "iCloud Photos". I then deleted the current now 200 MB library. I then copied in a copy of my library from the previous day (so back to 67 GB) and re-enabled "iCloud Photos" on my mac. This time, the library instantly jumped, to 134 GB (twice the size) and nsurlsessiond ran for about 8 hours, slowly deleting the library.
I assumed this was some duplication error (as it was exactly twice the size) and so thought once it go to the actual 67 GB library it would stop. However, once it finally reached the 67 GB, it then swiftly deleted the actual library on my hard drive again down to 200 MB, so now i have no library again.
What have i done to make it behave like this? Please help!!
I just want my originals on my Mac, and backed up in iCloud, with no photos on my phone (I can see shared albums, which is fine).
I'm sure it's some configuration of iCloud settings somewhere, but I'm totally stumped.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Is there an app that can set time limits for Internet access?

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Is there an app that I can run on my iMac that will regulate Internet usage?
Specifically, I want to only allow internet to work between 6-8pm.


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I'm using the following technique to remap the home and end keys to make them work like windows:

~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict

{ /* Remap Home / End to be correct :-) */
"\UF729"  = "moveToBeginningOfLine:";                   /* Home         */
"\UF72B"  = "moveToEndOfLine:";                         /* End          */
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Home */
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:";       /* Shift + End  */
}

http://lifehacker.com/225873/mac-switchers-tip--remap-the-home-and-end-keys
(ie go to start and end of text row)

This doesn't appear to be supported in all apps (ie TextEdit)

Is there a different way to make this work in other mac apps? (ie is this technique obsolete on OS X Lion?)


texts: How to boot Mac from CD from verbose command line

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So already I've tried booting Ubuntu on a USB from the Mac's command line (verboes or something like that). But it didn't seem to work at all and said load size is too small or came up with a no entry symbol.

So I put a Ubuntu 32 bit on a CD and now I don't know how to boot it. I can't open up the boot menu as all of the important drivers are gone from the computer.


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Is it possible to create an admin account which will allow you to install programs, but not to force install programs that are not verified?

In other words, an account that can do anything accept change Security & Firewall settings.


texts: Can I send my location in an imessage directly from the messages app?

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I know I can go to the Maps app, and then click on the pin for my current location, and then select to share it, and then pick to send a message (vs. an email etc.)

But I can't find any way to send my location from the messages app, the way I might send a photo.

Which is silly - how often are you hanging around in the maps app when you want to tell someone where you are?   It makes sense when you're sending a location where you aren't, say the restaurant you'll meet at tomorrow, but you'd think a solid percentage of shared locations are "here's where I am", and in almost all of those cases, you're starting in the message app, not the map.

A I missing anything?


texts: USB hub that charges and allows normal data connectivity at the same time on same port

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I've read a few posts on here, but not seem to answer my question.

I'm a musician with a MacBook Pro and a 2016 model iPad, these are connected via a Hub. The Hub is a Amker mains powered which has 7 data ports and 3 separate charging ports.

When I'm recording etc, I plug the iPad into one of the 7 data ports and I can stream audio and Midi between Mac Book and iPad both ways, works really well. But the iPad loses charge as some of the audio apps hit the cpu really hard. So I plug the iPad into one of the charging ports, and it charges.

But, I can't then stream audio/Midi, which is what I'd expect, as a charging port is exactly that !

So my question is , is there a Hub on the market that allows charging and data on the same port ?


texts: How to sync reading list from iPhone to mac without iCloud

texts: I have lots of links in safari reading list on my iPhone and I want to sync it all with safari on my mac but without using iCloud. How can i do that?


texts: Can I load an iPad with content without using an Apple ID (prize for conference)?

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Here's the scenario:

A client is having a conference and wants to give away a brand new iPad (not yet purchased).

They also want to pre-load the iPad with a bunch of their content (audio and video) and give the iPad away to one lucky attendee.

The Content:

As far as I'm aware, the content (audio / video) does not exist in any app on the iTunes store, but rather I'd take the audio and video files the client wants to pre-load and load them via my computer.

The problem:

I haven't owned an iPad in a long time, but I remember that in order to put content on the iPad you need an Apple ID, or you have to tie the iPad to approved computers and sync via iTunes.

Since we won't know who the winner will be, and won't be able to tie the device to their Apple ID / Computer, is it even possible?

Before asking this question here, I went down to an Apple Store and talked to a Genius, and the suggestion was to just use iTunes because you can set an iPad up without an Apple ID...but that still poses the problem with the approved computer thing...if I use iTunes, then it's tied to my machine...which I don't want.

I also don't want to de-authorize the iPad and lose content if I do get it loaded.

I know that iOS 11 has Files now, so I was curious about that route -- but it seems again that it has to be tied to a specific pre-existing account to use -- even if it's not an Apple ID.

The Question:

Assuming it is possible, how can I pre-load an iPad with content to be given away at a conference in such a way that neither the content, nor the iPad itself is tied to my accounts/computer?

I'd like to, if possible determine if it's possible the iPad gets purchased.

If I had an iPad, I'd just try these options out, but since I don't (and the iPad hasn't been purchased), I'm hoping that someone else has come across this specific use-case and has figured out a solution.

Make it a great day!


texts: How to prevent Numbers from changing currency automatically

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I have a spreadsheet that has cells with two currencies: USD and EUR.

I have a cell that is a USD formatted cell and the other, a EUR cell.

The EUR cell values are results of the multiplication of the USD formatted cell values with a given figure as exchange rate.

Now, Numbers does not let me manually change the EUR cell to EUR; when I click "Cell" -> Data Format -> "Currency" and chose a EUR, it reverts back to USD.

I would like to have control over the currency to assign a specific cell as I used to prior to version 4.3 (5046) of Numbers.

Because most of my formulas are now broken as I can no longer make use of more than one currency.


texts: Fast note app for quick lookup & copy to clipboard for osx & ios?

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I'm looking for a lightweight fast note app for frequently accessed notes, so that I could:

1) Rapidly copy them to my clipboard.

2) Simply view them.

3) Work & sync across osx & iOS.

Use cases:

Looking up & copying address & post codes of work/home.
Looking up various ID's that I use in various places (e.g my certification ID when clients ask).
Looking up notes on keyboard shortcuts or ways of doing things for apps
Lookup my notes for frequent bash commands with complex syntax.
etc..

I.e, it shouldn't be focused on being fancy, just fast viewing of note & fast copy to clipboard.

This cheatsheet app seems close, but it doesn't have osx version:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cheatsheet-quick-reference/id914665829#?platform=ipad

[EDIT].

I'm fairly proficient power user, I'm aware of 'Notes' app. If you suggest it's use, please suggest how to it can resolve the request. E.g I haven't found a 'fast' way to copy note content from spotlight. (although CMD+c from spot light copies note title+content, which is close to what I need).


texts: Backup/Copying external Hard drive to Time Capsule

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I'm trying to copy everything on an External hard drive to my Time Capsule. I figured plugging it into the Time Capsule would be quickest. But if I start the copy on my Macbook (wireless) will the data go through the macbook and be much slower than just copying directly over USB?

Airport Utility lets you archive the Time Capsule to the external HDD, but I want to do the opposite.

Also if I start the copy on my Macbook I'm guessing it will stop copying when I close the macbook?


texts: How do I run Mac OS X partition on Windows 7 through a virtual machine?

texts: On my Mac Pro I'm running Mountain Lion. With OS X I can run my Windows 7 partition using VMWare. Is it possible to run my Mac OS X partition in Windows 7 running VMWare or any other virtual machine application out there? If so, could someone point me in the right direction?


texts: Where can I find good tutorials for an OS X newbie?

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I am using Mac OSX Snow Leopard.
Now, I am giving my MacBook to my younger brother, who is quite new to OS X and Unix. He is using Windows for thelast 8 months, and is quite familiar with it.

I need your guidance in finding Video Tutorials, that I can give to him so he can learn on his own about different things.

Please suggest some video tutorials from any provider, be it Lynda or Total Training. Even ebooks and books titles are welcome.


texts:
I am trying to use the Solarized color scheme with VIM in Terminal on Mac OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion. However, the colors look washed out. They are lighter/paler than they should be. In MacVIM, the colors show up perfectly, but I prefer using VIM via the Terminal.

Here's a screenshot of what the colors should look like followed by a screenshot of what the colors actually look like in Terminal.

I have already tried all the suggestions from here: Is it possible to disable Terminal's automatic tweaking of colors in Lion?

Has anyone found any other solutions to fix the colors in VIM in Terminal mode?


texts: Log keeps displaying the same error message at a rate of ~5 per second

texts:
For some reason, I keep getting this message 5 times on the console every second (approximately):

mdworker[56948]: (Warning) Import: Bad path:

What does this mean? What are the symptoms of this?

If it helps, the following processes I am running:
Chrome, Skype, Photoshop, Xcode, Calculator, Applescript Editor, Terminal, Disk Utility

And I also have a no-ip DUC Daemon running

UPDATE: It stopped, and threw some logs similar to this:

11.05.15 21:39:51,000 kernel[0]: [0x4af4807000, 0x1004000]

and an extremely long log with kernel: at the start: http://pastebin.com/Y5h2MgEu

UPDATE: It started again, so I restarted and now the mdworker shows a message 14-17 times a second.


texts: My iPad Air language is correctly set up in English UK. Whenever I write (such as right now) it wants to change the words to French. Also the keyboard Go and Search keys are in French. I am nowhere near France! Help!


texts: Restore files from Time Machine to a different Mac

texts:
My old MacBook Pro died recently (dead logic board) and I am unable to access the files on the hard drive.  I used Time Machine to back it up and it was running macOS El Capitan.

My new MacBook Pro is running Sierra.  I want to restore some of the files from my old Macs Time Machine to my new Mac.  When I go into Time Machine I choose "Browse Other Backup Disks" and Time Machine opens.

However I cannot go "back in time" (using the arrows or the slider on the right hand side), it seem as though Time Machine is empty.


texts: MacBook Pro lost SSD during macOS High Sierra update

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I have a MacBook Pro 2013 with two hard drives. One of them is the original MacBook’s 500 GB HDD drive and I have extra SSD drive that I installed instead off cd rom. Mac OS is installed on both of drives but I use SSD as my system drive.

Today I started to install the new macOS High Sierra on the SSD system drive and after the first reboot the Mac showed a progress bar that wasn’t moving for 15 minutes. So I made reset (holding power button). Now my MBP restarted from HDD and I can’t find my SSD in Disk Utility. It is hard to say how I am worried now about data stored on SSD.

What should I do to finally boot from my SSD safely without loosing data?

Upated: Disk Utility shows the SSD drive but it doesn’t show any logic drives here:

Also I found some restoring software that shows my drive structure:


texts: Voice command to output "\ref{}" in Dragon Dictate 4

texts:
I want to define a voice command that outputs "\ref{}" in Dragon Dictate 4. When I define the following voice command:

the output is:

[blank line]
ef{}

Basically \r is interpreted as a carriage return. How can I escape this? I would prefer a solution that works as the text macro (it should be easy to do it in Automator as a last resort otherwise).

I tried writing \\ref{} as escape character but it didn't work, I get the following:

\
[blank line]
ef{}


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My phone has is displaying a symbol saying connect to iTunes, I have tried connecting to iTunes to fix this and it didn't work.

I've also tried to restore the iPhone but that also didn't work.

I have now disconnected my iPhone from the computer but the iTunes screen remains, what can I do to fix this?


texts: Favorite list of servers of "Connect to Server" window disappears

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Usually, when I connect to a server (cmd "⌘" + K), I can see the list of my favorite servers :

But after upgrading to El Capitan (Mac OS 10.11.X) and after freshly booting my MacBook, this list sometimes disappears and I can't add a new server to it ("+" button doesn't works) :

Does anyone have a similar problem and knows how to resolve it?


texts: Restore whole system on 10.10 with time machine

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I realized that I somehow deleted some very important files on my computer. I am working with QGIS and I deleted (in my python system's native folder) some eggs and other things which led to the inconvenient outcome that my QGis is not working anymore...

Luckily, I have a backup from yesterday night.

My question: Can I restore my whole system from that backup?
Basically, I want a clean set up with 10.10 and then, all my installed C++ compilers, libraries for Python, plug ins and so forth back on it again..
Is that possible? If so, how?


texts:
We have a build process that is now doing the common layout for distributed DMGs.  This is done in a way that I've seen in many places -- the DMG is attached, then Finder does its job via osascript.  However, the script must refer to the mounted image by its volume name, and AFAICT, these are not unique.  Since the machine that is doing this work is not dedicated for that, I worry that it might already have a mounted image by the same name (likely, since the person who works with this machine is a client of the generated DMGs too).

Is there some way to refer to a disk uniquely in the osascript if, for example, I know its device or its mount point?  Or maybe there's some other way to resolve this, like attaching an image with a different volname so I can pass some randomly generated name?

(I'm surprised that I didn't see any mention of this on the web, so maybe I'm missing something more obvious.)


texts: How can I make sure which language the current input source is on iPad Magic Keyboard?

texts:
I use English and Korean on iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard, but it seems that there is no way to know which the current input source is. On Mac there is a language icon on the menu bar, and even without it I can set the command keys such that whenever I push the right-command it switches to Korean and push the left-command it switches to English. But this seems impossible on iPad.
Due to this restriction sometimes unexpected behaviors happen, such as when I try to invoke command + l to type in URL on Safari it triggers the print functionality just because it is on Korean keyboard (NOTE: I use Dvorak on English but Korean keyboard seems to use QWERTY mapping on shortcut). This is quite frustrating, so I wonder if there is any way to know the current input source, or if it is possible to force the keyboard to whatever input source I want with one hit. Simply switching on the language switch key (the key next to A) might force me to hit 2 times if the current input source is what I’m going to use. Solution via 3rd-party apps might also be fine.


texts: How to create/write file under /usr in OS X 10.11

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I was going to compile a php extension using phpize, but it reported some files not found. I googled and found some solutions,

  In OS X 10.9, we can make a symbol link from /XCODE_PATH/OS_X_SDK/usr/include to /usr/include

But it seems that OS X 10.11 has some system policy which deny this operation. I even tried to boot in single user mode, but I just got

$ sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/usr/include /usr/include
Sandbox: ln(14) System policy: deny(1) file-write-create /usr/include

Anyone knows how to fix this problem? Your answers or comments will be highly appreciated.


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I have a MacBook Pro 15" late 2015, on whom I created two partitions on the main SSD, on one there is the macOS, and on the other I installed Linux Mint. As boot manager I installed rEFInd.

Yesterday I accidentally reinitialized the disk on which Linux was installed, and when I restarted the Mac, in the rEFInd boot menu there was no more the icon to load macOS, but only the one for Linux. Selecting that one, it loads into the Minimal Grub Bash, from which I don't know how to proceed.
I'm also unable to boot into safe mode at start, I assume because it loads rEFInd before macOS operating system is loaded.

What could I do to load macOS again, or get in a macOS shell from where I could probably remove the rEFInd solving the problem and being able to boot to macOS?

I actually need only to take some important data from the disk, moving it for example to an external drive, after that I can also restore the Mac Book. So if there is any way, like hardware, to get to the data on the disk I would appreciate a lot your help.


texts: 2 iPads, same iCloud account, but contacts lists are different!

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As the title suggests, my 2 iPads have the same login, the same iCloud backup, but the contacts list on both is different.

Is there a way I can merge the two so they're synced?

My old iPad has most of the contacts I want, the new one has newer ones which weren't in the old one, so don't really want to lose either set!


texts: I'd like to use my Seagate Wireless hard drive with my iPad or even my iPhone 5.


texts: How to stream radio from the command line?

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There is an iMac in our lab at university, running Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

It is never used, so we have taken to using it to play music, as we can SSH to it, and it does not require any permissions to play music (using afplay).

Is there any way to stream radio, or any other music stream from the command line?


texts: Apple TV, 4th gen: Local storage of photos?

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I wonder if photos (stored in iCloud Photo Library) are stored locally until local space runs out. From what I have read there is no persistant storage, only caching. Kind of like on the iPhone with the most recent photos available offline (depending on the amount of local storage available).

Some background: I would like to have photos on my Apple TV and take the unit with me when I visit friends and parents. There hook it up to the TV and enjoy the photos together with everyone.
This would also affect my buying decision which version to get (32 or 64 GB). Having to download the photos (and videos!) on the spot would be quite the show-stopper.

I would be very grateful if any of the owners in here could check and verify if iCloud Library photos are stored locally on the Apple TV.

Thank you so much for any help in this matter and help me find the right model for me.


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I have a 3rd generation iPod touch with a dead battery and want to get the music off of it for my new one.

It powers up fine with the AC power cord but nothing with the PC's USB.

Any short fix besides sending it out for a new battery?


texts: How to fast set hot corners in Mavericks?

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I used a downloaded applescript to fast enable/disable hot corners but they don't work after I upgrade to Mavericks. Someone knows what's happening?

Here's the disable script, hope it'll help you know what I'm talking about.

tell application "System Events"
    activate
    if UI elements enabled then
        tell expose preferences
            set properties of the top left screen corner to {activity:none, modifiers:{}}
            set properties of the top right screen corner to {activity:none, modifiers:{}}
            set properties of the bottom left screen corner to {activity:none, modifiers:{}}
            set properties of the bottom right screen corner to {activity:none, modifiers:{}}
        end tell
    else
        tell application "System Preferences"
            activate
            set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.universalaccess"
            display dialog "UI element scripting is not enabled. Check \"Enable access for assistive devices\""
        end tell
    end if
end tell

tell application "System Preferences" to quit


texts:
I use a shared MacBook Pro with Catalina; I've done some basic research into deleting files but worry deleting too often will shorten the life of the drive (this is for a machine bought in April 2020).
In general, how easy is it to recover a file from an SSD as compared to a HDD, especially if you want to ensure something is permanently deleted with little chance of recovery (more sensitive files like medical etc. that you've copied elsewhere).
I've only ever used Mac minis as Mac computers before now so aren't quite familiar with this.
I did try Edenwaith's Permanent Eraser but is this overkill?
If anyone can guide me on this I'd appreciate it.


texts: administrator account with parental control?

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what is the use of having a parental control on and administrator account?

I have a mac where a 12 years old girl is using, she can do what ever she like (install apps, chat, etc) but want to have restriction on web sites against porn, etc

currently she has admin account, and I see that i can activate the parental control on! I did and it worked, but she can change the settings? my test shows she can not, what do you think?


texts: Is there way to custom program an F key?

texts: I have an email address that is about 21 characters.  Is there way to program, say F15, to paste in the address?  This would be while in any app.


texts: Macbook Pro mid-2012 Disk Utility First Aid Results Interpretation Help

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My MacBook pro mid-2012 has been acting a little odd lately (freezing, losing track of files). I've run first aid in disk utility multiple times, but always get the same notes which suggests it doesn't fix them (see below). I've booted into recovery and disk utility tells me the hard disk is ok and still shows these same results. Are these results anything I should be worried about? Thanks!

  Verifying storage system
  Performing fsck_cs -n -x --lv --uuid 08DE86D5-A3DC-4538-9A11-42C8C06CC8FE
  Checking volume
  disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers
  disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels
  Logical Volume Group 08DE86D5-A3DC-4538-9A11-42C8C06CC8FE on 1 device
  disk0s2: Scan for Metadata Volume
  Logical Volume Group has a 24 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy
  Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint
  Load and verify Segment Headers
  Load and verify Checkpoint Payload
  Load and verify Transaction Segment
  Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions
  Load and verify Virtual Address Table
  Load and verify Segment Usage Table
  Load and verify Metadata Superblock
  Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
  Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume
  Load and verify AAA6EF91-6B7D-4D6C-806C-B24B184671B9
  Load and verify 0E445AF6-FF17-41CC-BB25-0BCA0B9662C5
  Load and verify Freespace Summary
  Load and verify Block Accounting
  Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses
  Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid
  Load and verify Segment Cleaning
  The volume 08DE86D5-A3DC-4538-9A11-42C8C06CC8FE appears to be OK
  Storage system check exit code is 0.
  Verifying file system.
  Volume could not be unmounted.
  Using live mode.
  Performing fsck_hfs -fn -l -x /dev/rdisk1
  Performing live verification.
  Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
  Checking extents overflow file.
  Checking catalog file.
  Checking multi-linked files.
  Checking catalog hierarchy.
  Checking extended attributes file.
  Checking volume bitmap.
  Checking volume information.
  The volume Macintosh SSD appears to be OK.
  File system check exit code is 0.
  Restoring the original state found as mounted.
  Operation successful.


texts: I have someone cyber-stalking me who has somehow learned my iCloud password. I've changed it since, but they are still signed in to the "Find My iPhone" app and are able to make noises and alerts and possibly lock or erase my phone. How do I force a sign out of that app? On icloud.com, under the settings menu, I see the option "Sign out of all browsers currently signed in to iCloud.com", however I know from the notification email that they are accessing the phone via the iOS app. Thanks for any help


texts: gnuplot warning: "plotting with an unknown terminal"

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I'm trying to use gnuplot on my MacBook Air (Mac OS X 10.11.3).
I have installed XQuartz by using homebrew after I installed gnuplot (with this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR-GUSkqMCU).
But gnuplot did not work and terminal showed: Terminal type is now 'unknown'.

For example, I wanted to plot sin(x) and I got a error message as the following:

gnuplot> plot(sin(x))
WARNING: Plotting with an 'unknown' terminal.
No output will be generated. Please select a terminal with 'set terminal'.


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I am subscribed to a newsletter, everyday I get emails but once I read them I delete them. After sending them to the trash and emptying it, next day I receive the usual email, but the previous email is also shown below the new email. The problem happens with my gmail and hotmail accounts.

How can I set things up so that when I delete a mail from my Gmail Inbox, it also gets deleted on the servers and other devices?

I don't want them to be somewhere around I don't need them. Every time I receive an email from the newsletter I got a list of all the emails dating back to 3 or more months. I remember I delete them one by one and then emptying the trash but no luck next day there were all of them as part of the "conversation".


texts: 2018 Mac book pro doesn't go to sleep sleep after being idle

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The new 2018 MacBook pro has no setting to go to sleep after a set amount of time of inactivity. Often I'll leave my laptop for a few hours, the display will be off but the laptop will have drained all or most of it's power.

In past Apple machines I've seen

Which has the "Computer sleep" option.

I'm missing this option, and my settings pane looks like this.

This is really irritating, because unless I explicitly put my laptop to sleep (and because it's at a desk I generally don't close the lid). I'll find it, generally in the morning, completely discharged.

How do I get my MacBook pro to turn off like older laptops did after a set period of time.


texts: How to Create a VPN server on an iPhone or join another machine to a LAN via the web

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Is it possible to create a VPN server on an iPhone so that I can connect to it with Linux box and bring the Linux box onto the iPhone’s LAN?

I’ve been looking all day and everything available for iOS seems to be a client. Jail breaking isn’t an issue.

Any other alternatives to a VPN to bring a Linux box over the web onto the iPhones LAN are also very helpful. Not direct SSH as I need to use software on the Linux box. Could I use proxies or OpenSSH?


texts: What causes the late 2012/late 2013 27" iMac to be suddenly stuck at 1280x720 resolution?

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"Default for display" is 720p, and 1280 x 720 is the only "Scaled" resolution available
Many users have asked this question, but nobody seems to know the answer. Mine just did it last week, and I took it to Apple today; diagnostics showed that everything was working correctly.

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Apple Support Communities
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Hey guys, I have a 27in 2013 imac, turned it on today, stuck on 720p for some reason. Help will be much appreciated!

iFixit
Screen stuck on Low Resolution

Ask Different
iMac boots at very low resolution (screen fell off and cables were pulled out, screen still works but only at 720p)

The following solutions are confirmed to not work:

Resetting SMC/PRAM (multiple times)
Booting into safe mode
Clean install of Mac OS X/macOS
Booting into Windows (Boot Camp, presumably) on the Mac
Replacing the LCD data cable

Other things I've tried:

An external 1440p monitor connected to the iMac will work at its native resolution (ruling out GPU issue)

Late 2009 iMac 27" in Target Display Mode works as an external display via Mini DisplayPort cable

Using the iMac as a monitor for another Mac via Target Display Mode (TDM) works at the iMac's native 1440p resolution (ruling out internal LCD/data cable connection issue).

TDM behaves differently now. Brightness of the iMac can't be adjusted, and while its speakers are exposed as a sound output option in the host Mac, no sound from the host Mac plays through the iMac speakers. Also, it takes two presses of Command ⌘ + F2 to exit TDM.

Mid-2012 Retina MacBook Pro 15" connected to the Late 2012 iMac 27" in TDM

Booting off of a live Ubuntu USB drive boots up with no display unless the nomodeset boot argument is used, which then allows Ubuntu to display at 720p

Exporting the EDID using SwitchResX shows that the EDID is not corrupt, and appears identical when exporting from the iMac itself and from another Mac when it is connected in TDM (Pastebin)

Setting the resolution to 2560x1440 using SwitchResX will allow the UI to appear as 1440p should, but the rendered resolution is still 720p (in other words, it looks like 720p at 0.5x scaling)

One user has fixed it after a PSU and SSD install procedure caused snowy display, by reconnecting the LCD data cable. But this isn't applicable to those who encountered the issue on the iMac from when it was relatively new, i.e. never pulled apart before (first couple of Apple Discussions links) or if the LCD data cable was replaced entirely (Ask Different link)
Does anyone have any further insight into this problem?
Update: 800x600 has mysteriously appeared as the only other available resolution.
Update 2: 800x600 has mysteriously disappeared, leaving 1280x720 as the only available resolution.


texts: View Full Path of Current Document in Apps Like Preview & TextEdit

texts: I'd like to be able to view the full path of a file, rather than just its file name, in document-based apps like Preview & TextEdit. Is this possible?


texts: Can I use an iPod nano 8g as a flash drive for windows, and still use it to play the music I paste in that drive?

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I know I can use an iPod nano as a flash drive by connecting the iPod to the computer and selecting the iTunes option "Enable disk use".
(as stated here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3091809?tstart=0)

My question is, after doing that, if I paste an mp3 song from the windows folder explorer (I mean, without using iTunes).
Will I be able to play that song on the go with the iPod?

My goal is to make an iPod nano behave just like any other mp4 player, play any song I copy from my PC without using iTunes, and also use it to take other files with me.


texts: Mac Mini 2018 (w/T2) Ignores Cmd-R, Option, and anything else on reboot

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I have a 2018-era Mac Mini (Macmini8,1) running Catalina 10.15.7.
I am unable to get the system to recognize any commands I hold down during system reset. I have tried both my existing wireless keyboard (Microsoft with a USB dongle) and a plug-in USB keyboard. Regardless, if I hold down Option during boot, I get no menu. If I hold down Command-R, I get no Recovery mode. If I hold down Command-Option-P-R I do not get the behavior that indicates the NVRAM has been zapped. In all cases, I boot directly into the normal OS and log-in screen.
I did try the command line technique, but this did not solve the problem I'm after, as it's not possible to adjust the System Security Tools when you do it this way. :-(
Advice welcome--thanks!


texts: Link information between spreadsheets in iPad using Numbers

texts: Could you link to data in one spreadsheet from another using Numbers for iPad?


texts: Can a 2018 Mac mini support dual 4k monitors at 60 Hz?

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I guess I need more of a personal experience answer. The specications say that a Mac mini can support dual 4k monitors, but are there any caveats to this?

I am planning to get 2 x 4k monitors and run them both at 60hz, connected through DisplayPort (I will get Thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort adapters).


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I use two monitors on this Macbook Pro running Mavericks. I never use more than one "desktop", however once every few days, I see a random number of new desktops created - usually between 2-3 but sometimes there are as many as 7-10.

The desktops do not remove themselves so some days I end up having more than 12 spare desktops.

There is no wallpaper or icons on my desktop.

What causes the new desktops to be created spontaneously?


texts: Where are iOS 5 Camera Roll folders stored when synced with Windows?

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iOS 5 has introduced the ability to create folders in the image library, and copy pictures from the camera roll to these folders.

When synced on a PC (on Windows 7), where are those pictures stored? How can they be managed on the computer?

I'd like to find them to be able to save them, and add/remove some pictures from those folders.

I know the way to add "hard" folders to the image library from the PC, but those can't be managed on the iPhone.


texts: Prevent deletion of apps from the Chrome App Launcher by other users

texts: How do I protect apps inside the Chrome App Launcher on a MacBook from being deleted by different users of the laptop?


texts: Can I find out through find my phone where my phone last was when the battery died?

texts: I can't find my iphone 6 using find my phone and I am not sure if the battery has died or someone turned it off.  Is there any way to find out the last location of my iphone before the battery died or the phone was turned off?


texts: Install Bootcamp on external drive where OS X installed

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I have 128G SSD internal storage.  And wanted to install Bootcamp on external drive (USB storage).

Found out that Bootcamp could not be installed on the external drive.  So I thought to install OS X on external drive.  Boot external drive with OS X and then try to install Bootcamp on that external drive.

I made my way up to Bootcamp, while running Bootcamp is says that my drive should be journaled, whereas it exactly is.

Anyone maybe tried this or Bootcamp can be installed strictly on internal Mac storage?  It just I'm seeing external drive should some kind of a internal when OS X is booting from there.

Any thoughts?

Ivan.


texts: How to edit presenter notes in Keynote '09?

texts:
I'm using Keynote '09 (I'm also interested by a solution working
with the last version of Keynote since I will upgrade if the
function is there). I'm making a lot of presenter notes.

With some of them I have prepared a set of relevant questions
the watchfull listeners might ask and some I may ask them.
I put all these in the presenter notes which I can look at
during a presentation.

How may I edit these notes, during a presentation, so as
to take into account good questions and answers coming either
from me, the speaker, or the audience?


texts: Question on Apple ID for iPad bought as gift

texts: I ordered the new iPad for my husband and used my Apple ID & password. How can he change to his ID when the iPad gets here? He will want to set up his own since we do not share the same taste in music and movies.


texts: How can I share a large, 60 GB file with iCloud Drive?

texts:
I pay Apple for 200 GB of storage with iCloud Drive.

What are the steps to share a 60 GB file with someone?


texts: What are these ports on a 20th anniversary Mac?

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Yesterday I found a Twentieth Anniversary Mac in my Nonna's basement. Apparently it's been there since 2002. I was very curious about this and I Googled it and found that it was a special edition.

On the rear and side are some ports I'm not familiar with. I wonder if anyone can explain them?

The rear has 6 ports and I don't know what ports 3, 4, and 5 are for? There's also a large port on the left hand side that I'm not familiar with.

Can anyone help?


texts: Text Editor on iOS that can edit files from any folder in Dropbox

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Can anyone recommend an iOS text editor (iPad and iPhone) that can open arbitrary text files from Dropbox?

I've used a few, but they tend to be restricted to a specific subdirectory of my Dropbox root, e.g. Elements only lets me work in the ~/Dropbox/Elements directory.


texts:
Prompted by this question - How to copy time stamp to iOS clipboard?

Is there any way to use variables in OS X's standard Text Replacement?
[System Prefs > Keyboard > Text]

For instance, getting it to replace $DATE with today's date, or $TIME with the current time, $DEITY with The Flying Spaghetti Monster etc etc

 the last one is a joke, btw ;)


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Asking this question again to continue the conversation from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8584343 .

If you read the above thread, they say either to paste a script into Terminal or change the screenshot options. First, I tried to change the screenshot options to the Desktop folder, it was already selected, but I selected something else, saved, then selected Desktop again. It didn't copy to Desktop. The only place I could find it was in the Recents folder. However, it can copy to other folders besides Desktop. The Terminal script only returns me to the original situation where the screenshot flashes for a second in the Desktop.

This is a stretch, but maybe save the screenshot to a folder other than Desktop, run an Automator script to filter then move screenshots to the Desktop. Would that work?

Thanks!


texts: How can I see if my ipad 3 has been hacked?

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does anyone have a clue on how can I see with evidence if someone has been hacked my ipad 3. I had connected it with an iphone 3 in the past, which wasn't mine. Is there any chance they can move into my system and any ideas on how to see that?

Thank you in advance


texts: Cant SSH from my mac computer: ssh_exchange_identification

texts:
I try to ssh to my local raspberry pi and I get:

eran-mac:~ eran$ ssh 192.168.178.24
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
eran-mac:~ eran$

I tried with -v and then:

eran-mac:~ eran$ ssh -v 192.168.178.24
OpenSSH_5.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8x 10 May 2012
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/eran/.ssh/config
debug1: /Users/eran/.ssh/config line 1: Applying options for *
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 53: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.178.24 [192.168.178.24] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/eran/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/eran/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/eran/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/eran/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
eran-mac:~ eran$


texts: If I copy an application already listed under Purchased to the Applications folder, will it be able to update through the App Store?

texts:
If I copy an application already have in my Apple ID (Edit: for example, Xcode) from another computer to the Applications folder, will the Mac App Store be able to update it?

Or will I have to do something manually in order to enable updates from that app?


texts:
my iPhone 3G with iOS 4.1 is really slow and I am tired of this stupid situation. I am considering downgrading somehow to old 3.X or even 2.X versions, so it can breath again. What do you think? How would yo do it and to what iOs version?

Thanks


texts: Sierra 10.12.3 set default keyboard language input for whole OS

texts: When I log out, keyboard input language changes (and I can't see it's select menu in top right (shortcut also does not work)), so can not enter password with numbers (screen 13-inch). If restarted, select menu appears. My default (as I think so) language is English (System preferences/Keyboard/Input sources), or should I set the default input somewhere else? Also wonder why select menu for input languages not visible when logged out...


texts:
I mostly see AppleScript scripts that say something should be called in "System Events". What exactly is System Events now?
What I definitely know is that there is it an app and that is /System/Library/ CoreServices/System\ Events.app.


texts:
I'm a Dvorak user but I also need to use international keyboard too. The problem is - when I use international phonetic keyboard it's based on Qwerty.

When I have hardware support for Dvorak (on typematrix keyboard) it all works perfectly, but when I'm on my laptop, I can't use combinations of two layouts.

How can I create a custom layout which would be a combination of two keyboard layouts? If there is no way, please suggest some tool to create a custom keyboard layout for a Mac OSX.

I'm on Mountain Lion.


texts:
I need a custom keyboard shortcut for back slash \.

I have created ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict and put this in it:

{
    "@ö" = ("insertText:", "\\");
}

It is supposed to trigger back slash when pressing ⌘ + ö
(Yes, I have an "ö" character on my keyboard).

When trying to source the file, I get this error:

-bash: DefaultKeyBinding.dict: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: DefaultKeyBinding.dict: line 2: `    "@ö" = ("insertText:", "\\");'

What's wrong with the syntax? Is there a better way?


texts: I want to install Yosemite on a MacbookPro4,1 that has a broken firewire system

texts:
I have been able to run snow leopard by executing

rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/*Firewire*

I think need to sneak this somewhere into the yosemite installer..

Or perhaps install yosemite with a different laptop and then swap the drive into my old firewirebroken laptop after running my above command.

The yosemite upgrade hangs around the halfway point..

I can't justify buying a new logic board for this machine since I don't have a need for firewire.  Just want to hack the OS into functionality.


texts: Mail.app in Sierra accumulating Gmail drafts

texts:
Just now using MacOs Sierra's Mail client. Compared to what happened on El Cap, which worked fine. It seems that now Gmail is accumulating drafts, in other words, once the email is sent, there may be one or many drafts of the email in the drafts folder. Probably corresponding to how many autosaves happened.

Can I stop this from happening?


texts: MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011, top right corner of the screen getting too hot

texts:
Since 10.9.3 update, I'm noticing a problem
first, as I mentioned, right side of the screen getting quite warm, as warm as base, where CPU and GPU fans resides.

second, even it's in sleep mode (blinking led) whole laptop is getting quite warm again, and draining battery like in normal operation (fans are not spinning).

I can not pinpoint the problem, no clues on net, I'm wondering if anyone else having these problems.


texts: Use different DNS servers for guest network on AirPort Extreme/Express

texts:
I have an AirPort Extreme and Express which provide a guest and a private wireless network. I also have a Mac server (192.168.1.10) running on the LAN. I want that server to be accessed only on the private wireless network.

I want the hostname of the Mac server to resolve to 192.168.1.10 on the private wireless network instead of resolving to my external IP address. This means that DHCP clients on the private network need to have 192.168.1.10 as the primary DNS server and 8.8.8.8 as the secondary DNS server. The clients on the guest network on the other hand need different DNS servers (eg. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4).

How can I configure these settings separately for the private and guest network on the AirPort Extreme and Express?


texts: How to temporary block any internet communications of iPhone?

texts:
Is it possible to press some button and temporary turn iPhone into normal phone, i.e. make it transmit nothing over data channel?

I have such button on Android -- to disable "mobile data". Can I do the same on iOS?


texts: What hardware do I need to capture live video from my Nikon D3300 DSLR directly into Final Cut Pro X?

texts: Basically, I would like to use my Nikon D3300 DSLR as a webcam. I want to be able to see the video in my Mac as I record. What hardware would I need to use to accomplish this?


texts: Switch between instances of apps in full screen?

texts:
I can use command tab to switch between apps, and command tilde to switch between windows of the same app (for example, a regular window and an incognito window of Chrome).

However, when I full screen a window of Chrome, I lose the ability to switch between windows of the same app with command tilde. I also cannot switch back to it with command tab.

What I want is to be able to full screen all windows in all apps, and still be able to switch between apps and windows with the keyboard. How can I do this?


texts: Why is the Force Touch "taptic" TrackPad not clicking/selecting on 2015 MacBook Pro?

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I have a 2015 MacBook Pro running El Capitan with the new taptic force touch trackpad thing. Which, I must add, is fantastic!

However, this morning I started it up to discover it would not click/select anything. What is this madness? How do I fix it? How do I stop it happening again?

Things that work:

Typing with the keyboard.
Moving the mouse around.

Things that don't work:

Touch to click (I had enabled that setting)
Press to click (track pad makes a clicky sound but does nothing)
Deep press (track pad makes double clicky sound)
Two finger press (for right click)

Have Tried:

Restarting the Finder
Restarting my Mac
Making sure it is pugged in at the wall
Vigorously tapping the trackpad in frustration
Using expletive language

Unfortunately, I had no success with the above.

Previously, there were no issues with the trackpad. This mac is relatively new, I cannot think of any installed software that could be causing this issue. Any help much appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How can i adjust volume of my tracks with those in the iCloud?

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I recently activated iTunes Match for my music collection. Before that I had regained volume of all tracks to a quite low level. I use MP3Gain on windows with the default setting of "89".

On my PC/iTunes and on my iPhone I activated "sound check". iTunes has calculated the value for sound check. And it seems that the songs are level. However -- most of the songs on my PC are not yet updated from the cloud, they are still the originals. Maybe this is the reason why they are level.

When i play music with the iPhone the volume is very changing. I have loud songs (those which were matched) and I have very silent songs (those that needed to upload to the cloud).

This is very annoying. What can I do? Why does sound check not work on the iPhone? I would be content with regaining my songs to a higher level. But to wich one? And can I re-upload the updated files to the cloud?

Questions and questions ... any hints very much appreciated.

Edit: In the meantime I found out to wich level I must set my own songs. In MP3Gain the setting is "97". But this does not help very much because I am not able to re-upload songs to iCloud. Even if I delete a song from iTunes Match and make iTunes add it afterwards the song is not re-uploaded. It seems that the iCloud does not delete songs immediately and it does not recognize that a file has changed. The track will only be re-activated (or undeleted) with the old level. Sad, sad.


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I have been trying to edit my environment variables. I referred to the sites but its not working. I should mention that I am very new to Mac
and I'm using it because my workplace has it.
When I enter the command

touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile

in the Terminal, it says

-bash: touch: command not found
-bash: open: command not found

though it did open the file once before.


texts: Could the High Sierra root bug have been exploited over SSH?

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I'm sure we're all familiar with the recent security issue in High Sierra/OSX 10.13. It is well known that remote access can be gained using Screen Share, but I've not seen anything definite regarding the feasibility of a similar exploit over SSH, so:

Could this bug have been exploited over SSH, either with the default settings or after changing them?

(that is, attempt to log in over ssh as a nonexistent root user, thereby creating the root user in the same manner as when exploiting in person)

My thinking is that this shouldn't be possible by default, as the default sshd_config PermitRootLogin is probably set to no, but I've seen comments that suggest it is possible sometimes, which strikes me as being much more serious.

I don't own a mac, so I'm not able to verify for myself.


texts: Save PDF from a specific website in a specific directory

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I surf in the internet with Safari. When I download a file, it is automatically saved into the default directory "Downloads".

I usually download pdfs from http://arxiv.org and https://journals.aps.org and I would like to automatically save those pdfs in a different directory, say "Papers", without using "Save as" and then choosing the directory.

In other words, I want to modify the default download directory only for specific URLs such that only files downloaded from these URLs are saved into the second directory. All the rest of the files will be stored into "Download"

Is there a way to do so? Even a button in the Safari Toolbar is ok


texts: What is a good web browser for OS X 10.4 Tiger?

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I have an old MacBook that can't run anything higher than 10.4, due to hardware limitations.

Is there any decent modern browser I can run?  Opera, Safari and Firefox all need at least 10.6.

I just want websites to work correctly. I am aware that there are security issues and that I should not be running such old software in the first place.


texts: macOS hide tabs in safari permanently with multiple tabs

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Is there any script to permanently hide the tab bar in safari in macOS when I have multiple tabs open?

It is an extra vertical space I could use to display contents of the web page rather than an annoying tab bar. This is allowed in iOS and iPadOS 13 but not in macOS 10.14.5. Haven’t tried the 10.15.


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With PC, alt-something opens the something in the main menu.
Does Mac have similar function? For example, is there a way to open View menu as if I click it?


texts: Can I Pair an Apple Wireless Keyboard with multiple iOS devices (not simultaneously) without ‘forgetting’?

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I just want to be able to switch my Apple Wireless Keyboard (latest) between my iPhoneX and iPad Pro without having to forget the last used device.
Both iOS devices are running the latest iOS. Not sure if inherently possible, or by app or hack.


texts: Accidentally deleted login.keychain file. No backups, but able to recover something

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I used "Data Rescue 3" to recover a folder full of files called login-00001.keychain (to 587). How do I join them?

Thanks!


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When I am using Terminal to go to different folders such as Documents, Downloads, Photos etc I get presented with a dialog requesting me to grant Terminal access to these folders such as below:

Is there anyway to bypass this by using Sudo rights in Terminal such as:
$ sudo cd ~/Downloads

Unfortunately doing the above still shows the dialog when I was expecting the password to be enough. Is there any way to grant permission via terminal?
My OS is Catalina