texts: Dual WiFi network cards route outgoing traffic to specific cards

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Let's say I have two wireless networks I can connect to, alpha and beta.

In this scenario the alpha wifi gives me access to a specific intranet and specific sites I need to access, and blocks specific sites. For example http://someblockedsite.com.

The beta connection however does not have access to the intranet but does allow access to the blocked sites.

The case now is that I'm switching back and forth between the two connections, and it's really a pain point, it's slow and confusing.

I'm on a Macbook Pro, and I've been thinking about purchasing an external WiFi dongle with which I would be able to connect to one network with my Macbook WiFi card and the other with the external dongle. Ideally I would be able to use something like the hosts file to modify the outgoing traffic on my machine so that when I access one domain http://onlyalpha.com it will use the alpha connection and when I access the http://onlybeta.com site it will use the beta connection.

Is something like this possible?


texts: Which apps are shown in launchpad? (how to flag them?) - Mavericks

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Since Mavericks I think, launchpad decides on it's own which apps should be shown in. For example, the uninstaller apps of the adobe apps are hidden by default in Mavericks. In Mountain Lion they were shown.

Why am I interested in?
I installed an app in "Applications" folder, but it's not shown in launchpad.
I tried the following: sudo rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db
In the newly created database the app is not shown as well.

So is there a possibility that the developers flagged that app falsely as hidden like the uninstaller apps of the adobe apps?
If so, how could I fix that?
If not, same question. ;)


texts: Personal hotspot can't be detected on Iphone 6 iOS 9.3.5

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I want to use Internet on my laptop via Iphone 6 personal hotspot. It is very hard for my laptop(both windows and ubuntu) to detect the hotspot network. I have to disable/enable/ hotspot on my iPhone, or poweroff/poweron it for many times, refresh/enable/disable the wifi network on my laptop again and again, and suddenly, my laptop would detect the hotspot.

I have a galaxy S2, when I use it to detect the hotspot, it is easier than the laptop. I may only need to disable/enable or poweroff/poweron my iPhone for once or twice or three times and then my galaxy S2 would detect the hotspot. And strangely, if my galaxy S2 detect the hotspot, my laptop will soon detect it. It is like my galaxy S2 can be used as a detection booster, ridiculous!

What is wrong, can anyone help me with this?


texts: Configuring the Dock to be Spaces-centric

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I use multiple displays, and the available options for Spaces that I am aware of allow surprise Space-switching, even when working in a completely different space.

Ideally, interacting with the Dock will only affect the same Space on the same display on which I used the Dock. This means:

If app clicked in Dock, and no copy of app is running on any space, then start the app and confine it to the current Space.
If app clicked in Dock, and the program is already running in another Space, then either 1) open a new window if the program allows this, or 2) silently move the app to the current Space without disturbing or changing any other Space or display.
If app clicked in Dock, and the program is already running in the current Space, then change focus to the app.

Specifically:
- Clicking an icon in the Dock should rarely affect any other Space.
- Clicking an icon in the Dock must never affect which Space is displayed on which display

OS X Yosemite 10.10.2, MacBook Pro 2012. (Dock set to auto-hide, and pops up at the bottom of any screen when I put the mouse there.)


texts: Does anyone know if it's possible to get the new dictation languages from Yosemite into Mavericks?

texts: The question really says it all. I'm especially interested in getting Dutch as a possibility in Mavericks, because I am Dutch.


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I would like to use Skype's proxy setting on Mac. However, when I click "Change",

it just takes me to SystemPreferences -> Wifi -> Advanced -> Proxies.

What am I supposed to do to set up a proxy for Skype? I wish to do this because others can resolve and attack me with booters very easily thanks to Skype.

I would like a method that does not require an additional application. Please do not post links to apps which attempt to route the connections on a per-app basis. It should be possible to do this without one.

Preferably, I would like a proxy "just for Skype". Not for the entire OS to use.

How can I configure a proxy to be used by just Skype?


texts: Change the Option+R/L shortcuts to Control+R/L

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I would like to remap the Option+L/R shortcut on my Mac keyboard to Control+R/L. I don't want to use the modifier keys dialog because I only want to change these particular shortcuts.
Any help would be appreciated.
Bill


texts: Can I use Siri on my iPhone without having to speak?

texts: I have Hey Siri enabled and really love it! But sometimes when I want to use Siri I don’t want to speak out loud. Is there a way for me to manually use Siri with a keyboard instead of having to speak? I do not want to turn Hey Siri off. I just want the extra option.


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I'd like to change the default text navigation buttons for OSX (Mountain Lion).
That is, currently the key to move iterate tokens when editing a text file (or in XCode) is alt, and command for BOL/EOL.

I want to edit the default keys such that command is used to iterate through tokens, and either (alt+command+direction) or (fn+direction) is used for BOL/EOL.

I couldn't seem to find it in the key settings of each program, so I suppose it is some sort of default setting of the OS. Where and how can I change to achieve the above behaviour?

Thanks in advance,
Dan


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I have a very frustrating problem: when I remove the HDMI cable from my MacBook Pro (i.e. to disconnect my external monitor, and move about with the laptop), the screen just refuses to wake up when I open the lid. It doesn't react to the keyboard or mouse. It's a 2014 model, 13" Retina with Integrated Graphics.

What can I do to solve this problem of the MacBook hanging?

It goes via an HDMI -> DVI adapter, in case that's relevant.


texts: Is there any terminal tool to convert from ODT to PDF/PS?

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There is unoconv for Linux.
I am looking something similar for Mac.
I think no such a program exists.


texts: Is there a way to silence phone calls but not text messages on an iPhone 6?

texts: I would like to have my text messages still make a noise, but I do not want phone calls other than my contacts ringing. I don't think Do Not Disturb will do this, but is there a way that someone else has discovered?


texts: How to find out what launch agent or daemon is starting a process

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After installing Autodesk Smoke, I have two httpd processes running all the time, and I'd like to stop them.  When I use sudo killall httpd, they stop and are restarted right away.  Activity Monitor shows that the parent process is launchd, but how do I determine which agent or daemon is starting it so I can disable it?

launchctl list | grep httpd shows these results:

302 -   0x7f94ea700dd0.anonymous.httpd
92  -   org.apache.httpd

I look in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist and it shows the following. You can see it's set to disabled.  The other launchd item with a weird name doesn't show up in a filesystem search, so I have no idea what it is.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Disabled</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>org.apache.httpd</string>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
        <key>XPC_SERVICES_UNAVAILABLE</key>
        <string>1</string>
    </dict>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/sbin/httpd</string>
        <string>-D</string>
        <string>FOREGROUND</string>
    </array>
    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <false/>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: How to uninstall SaltyBeer Skype call recorder?

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I wanted to test SaltyBeer Skype Call recorder. So I downloaded saltybeer-mac-installer.pkg and installed it on my OS X 10.11.6. Now when I open Skype, it opens SaltyBeer automatically.

Now I want to uninstall it, but no icon is added to /Applications/. There is no instruction to uninstall in the product website. I tried AppCleaner, but there was no luck. Also, there is no process named saltybeer in the running processes:

$ ps -ef | grep saltybeer
$

How can I uninstall SaltyBeer?


texts: Why is Siri refusing to run a Shortcut when my iPad is locked until I hit “Continue”?

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Whenever I try to run a particular Shortcut via Siri when my iPad is locked, Siri says, "Open app tap to run open app" and shows a dialog with "Continue" and "Cancel" buttons. If I press "Continue," I am prompted to unlock my device, and the shortcut proceeds from there.
What exactly is going on here? Why the extra step?


texts: Launchd script's output not being logged to system.log

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Sample script:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello?"
... (other things)

When run via launchd, it definitely runs (the other things are being done) but nothing shows up in system.log. I'm running OS 10.9.

I tried replacing that line with

syslog -s "HELLO?"

but that also shows nothing.


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TL;DR: I want to have a simple password to unlock my computer with physical access and a complex password to connect over ssh. This, using the same account.

I'm looking for a solution to manage access to my computer. For someone who has physical access to my computer (like myself and a couple of my friends who will use it every once in a while), I would like to have simple and short password that keeps complete strangers out. However, I would like to have another complex password for the SSH server, because the SSH server will be available from the public internet from time to time and having a simple password would be to much of a security risk.

I have looked into passwordless authentication using ssh keys, but that's not what I'm looking for, because I want to be able to ssh into my computer from any device. (And as far as I understand, my computer should have a list of trusted ssh-keys.)

So ideally, I want to have a simple password to unlock my computer with physical access and a complex password to connect over ssh.


texts: I've created a custom keyboard shortcut for the "Show In Playlist" command in the Music app. When I use the shortcut, I can see the menu bar is selected, but it does not open a menu showing the playlists. I am aware this is possible by right/cmd-clicking on a song in the library, but this is a tedious process for a large library. Thanks!


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As you can see I wanted to update my iOS App 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 but I accidentally added the macOS App.

After searching some solution on a couple website, I still can't find the solution...
Some say you can remove the "Prepare for Submission" in the "App Information" but I think that is not the correct way. I use that way, I think you will delete the whole App.
Even I wanted to try remove it but in the "App Information", I still can't see the "Remove" Button that I wanted... What can do I?
Other's people screenshot:

My case:

I even have go to the apple developer documentation have a look but their link is not working...(https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store-connect/)
All the link that I press in the apple documentation is just keep loading just like below this image.

Is there any solution to remove the macOS App - Prepare for Submission?


texts: Itunes 12.3.2.35 playlist order non-alphabetic

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After updating iTunes to 12.3 something strange happened:

When adding a new title or folder to my playlists it is added in the playlist view at the left as last item !
When adding a title to the playlists and selecting a place, iTunes shows me as drop down an "alphabetic" list , why is this?

How can I synchronize the two views to alphabetic?


texts: Mirror iPad camera to two projectors (simultaneously)

texts: I'm trying to use an Apple TV to show the camera on an iPad on 2 projectors. The projectors will be about 50 feet apart. Is there a way to have the iPad show up on the 2 projectors?


texts: Display sizes being recognised incorrectly

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I'm running my MBP (Retina, 13-inch, early 2015) with two external monitors, one connected with a VGA-MiniDisplayPort and the other connected DVI-HDMI. They are arranged from left to right as in the picture below.

The problem lies with the fact that my MacBook is recognising size of each monitor incorrectly. Below is a screenshot of the sizes the software thinks each screen is

Is anybody able to explain why this is happening? I've tried unplugging and rebooting, rebooting whilst still plugged in, rebooting while only one is plugged in etc, etc...

EDIT: I forgot to mention, that everything was working as normal until this morning, I'm not quite sure why it suddenly changed. Thanks for your answers so far

Solution: Swapped the cable out with a DVI-DisplayPort from a hotdesk. Not really a fix but it works for me...


texts: OSX cmd+tab behavior with multiple windows & monitors

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After upgrading to a second monitor I have run into some unexpected cmd+tab behavior that is really impacting my workflow:

With one monitor, when using cmd+tab to switch between applications, OS X gives the focus to the last active window of the application one switches to.
With multiple monitors, OS X prefers windows that are on the same monitor as the previous application.

To give an example:

Consider having Xcode on monitor 1 and Terminal (window A) on monitor 2 and (window B) on monitor 2; focus is on Terminal window B
you cmd+tab to Xcode
you cmd+tab back to Terminal, but now window A has the focus and not window B

This behavior is potentially hazardous as one starts to enter commands into Terminal before realizing that the focus is on the wrong window.

My question is: Is there a way to make cmd+tab always return to the last active window of an application no matter on which screen the focus at the moment?


texts: Encrypted External Drive Using Apple's Password Generator and Forgot the Password: Can It Be Salvaged?

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I have a partition on an external HD with some Time Machine backups. I decided to encrypt the partition using Finder and used Apple's built-in password generator to create the passphrase.

Unfortunately, after copying the password for saving in my password manager and after having already accepted the generated password to start the encryption process, I accidentally copied something else! With no clipboard history tool installed, I lost the password.

My question is the following: Is there any way I can salvage the password or partition contents?

Currently, I have access to the contents of the drive. I'm copying/pasting them to another partition, but I have reason to believe that it won't work since it's a Time Machine backup and copying/pasting those is problematic. I can't access the volume through Disk Utility for a restore since it's in the middle of the encryption process.

Is the generated password automatically stored in the Keychain? Is there any way I can cancel the encryption process or decrypt the volume since I have access to its contents?

Any help is appreciated!


texts: What is the best practice for a daemon application running as root that needs access to the GUI?

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I'm porting over a C++/Qt application from Windows. On Windows, the program runs as a service. It's discouraged from programs running as a service to also interact with the user and display GUI elements.

Therefore, my program has two parts. The first part runs as a service daemon and plays audio in the background. The program starts up when the computer starts up. The second program, which starts up when any user logs in (Via Start Menu->All Users->Startup), communicates via local socket with the service daemon to display a GUI pop-up when the audio is playing.

Moving over to MacOS, what is the best practice to utilize the same program?

Should I merge both programs into one and run it as root via launchd and have the one daemon display GUI as well as play audio?

Or should I rather keep it as two programs like it is now - root daemon playing audio and find a way that the second program can automatically execute when each user logs in?


texts: Bluetooth module do not see any discoverable device

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My MacBookPro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) do not see any Bluetooth device. So I can't connect external wireless mouse and keyboard and this is annoying.

This is a log from a Bluetooth Packet Logger.

[Feb 22 16:55:12.033]  [NOTE]  OS X Version 10.13.3 (Build 17D47) / Model ID: MacBookPro11,5
[Feb 22 16:55:12.035]  [NOTE]  Bluetooth Software Version: 6.0.2f2
[Feb 22 16:55:12.036]  [NOTE]  Host Controller:  Broadcom / 0x05AC / 0x8290 / v153 c4801 / Built-In (Yes) / Location ID (0x14300000)
[Feb 22 16:55:12.036]  [NOTE]  Support:  Deep Idle (No) / WoBT (Yes) / BTRS (No) / New Idle Policy (Yes) / Idle Time (500 ms)

[Feb 22 16:58:48.306]  [HCI EVENT]  [200E] Command Complete - LE Create Connection Cancel - Status: 0x0C
[Feb 22 16:58:48.306]  [KERNEL]  Received Command Disallowed (0x0C) error -- In UHE mode?
[Feb 22 16:58:48.306]  [HCI COMMAND]  [FCFE] Vendor Specific Command [FCFE] - Read Local Firmware Info - Info Type: Read Current Bluetooth Mode
[Feb 22 16:58:48.307]  [HCI EVENT]  [FCFE] Command Complete - Broadcom VSC Event - Read Local Firmware Info
[Feb 22 16:58:48.307]  [KERNEL]  Not in UHE Mode -- continue

Here is system info

OS: macOS 10.13.3 17D47 x86_64
Host: MacBookPro11,5
Kernel: 17.4.0
Shell: zsh 5.3
Resolution: 1440x900
DE: Aqua
WM: Kwm
Terminal: iTerm2
CPU: Intel i7-4870HQ (8) @ 2.50GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 M370X, Intel Iris Pro
Memory: 3736MiB / 16384MiB

Some images illustrating the problem.

Does anybody know how to solve this issue?


texts: Add Folder to Spotlight Index in Yosemite

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I found a link somewhere that uses mdimport -f command, however, when using it on the command line, I got the message that says

  warning, the -f option has been obsoleted, and does nothing.

So, how can I add a custom path into spotlight index in Yosemite (10.10)


texts: MBP, El Capitan - Keyboard not working, but I can get to safe mode?

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My keyboard is currently not working (literally nothing appears on a password screen when I start typing, both in safe mode and in normal mode). I am currently typing this on an external keyboard. I have tried:

NVRAM reset
SMC reset
Removing the password from the password screen
Trying another user account, no go.
I would really prefer not to wipe the system.

I just want to know if this is a hardware thing or just a software one. I would like to believe that it's just software because I can get to safe mode (pressing Shift), do NVRAM reset (ShiftOptionPR), and get to the recovery partitions all on the internal keyboard.

How can I fix this?

Update: Hardware diagnostics (pressing D on the internal keyboard whens starting the machine) did not find something wrong with they keyboard

Update: I don't think this is a duplicate of Keyboard key stuck or not being recognized; how to fix as I am able to boot to recovery/safe mode.


texts: How to find out if iTerm is installed on a mac from within a shell script?

texts: I am writing an automated script that will install iTerm2 if it's not already installed. What's a good way of checking if iTerm2 is already installed?


texts: My iMessages will not send to my friends, but I can send and receive (my friends included) to everyone else

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I have a small bit of a problem. My girlfriends Apple ID is currently linked to her school issue iPad and her personal iPhone. After awhile of iMessaging back and forth on the iPad, my iMessages will no longer go through on her phone and never give the delivered tag. However, I can message everyone else and even receive her iMessages; the only thing I cannot do it reply to her iMessages.

She does not have access to the iPad anymore as she has graduated and had to turn it in.

Anything will help! Thanks!


texts: My terminal wont "restore all commands"; it only opens up blank window group. This exact thing works on another mac, with the same os version. What am I doing wrong/how can I manually edit the group to do what I need?


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Should I take it out and put it in a HDD enclosure. assuming its a 2.5" drive, should i buy a HDD enclosure and just slot it in?
Anyone know of a half decent FAQ that will help me with this task.
Finally any special gotchas when reconnecting this external drive to my iMac desktop machine? Do i have to use firewire or can I use USB 2?
Sorry for what seems like lots of questions but they are related.


texts: iPhone is overriding my Account Email with a different address

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I'm looking into an issue on an iPhone which has me stumped.  It has a number of Accounts configured:

iCloud (myname@icloud.com)
Exchange (myname@mycompany.com)
Gmail (myname@gmail.com)
Outlook (myname@hotmail.com)

iCloud and Exchange seem to work fine. But when we add the Outlook account (myname@hotmail.com), it is configured successfully, until it is saved, then the Email field in Account changes to show the Gmail address (myname@gmail.com) and will not change back.  The Mail app also shows two entries with the Gmail address when I try to switch the "from" account.

When I send an email from within the Outlook account within the Mail app, it displays the Gmail address (myname@gmail.com) as the "from" address, and replies go to Gmail.

I've tried:

Deleting the Gmail account
Deleting the Outlook account
Re-adding the Outlook account (still has the same problem, even if the Gmail account is not present on the phone)
Re-adding the Outlook account as an Exchange account
Factory reset the phone and restore from backup
Factory reset the phone and start fresh
Get a new phone

None of these steps have solved the problem, the phantom Gmail account (myname@gmail.com) always overrides the Outlook one (myname@hotmail.com), even if the Gmail account is not configured on the phone.

Interestingly, none of the other accounts have this issue.  I've also added a different Outlook account (myname2@hotmail.com) and this does not have the same problem either.

It appears to be something to do with adding an account called myname@hotmail.com but I'm absolutely stumped.

Has anyone encountered this issue, or can someone suggest some more troubleshooting steps please?


texts: Why does MacBook not respond to keyboard?

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Every now and then, when my MacBook has been left alone for quite awhile and somebody goes and closes the screen or folds the laptop up, when I go to get back into my work, my MacBook will not respond to any of the keyboard taps. I have to hold the power button and it starts all over again, meaning it powers back up. I don't like that because it inappropriately shuts down my system and reboots everything.

Apple Support explained this to me once, but can anyone explain it in a way that is easy to understand? Why does my MacBook Pro not respond to keyboard taps if I allow it to go dormant without actively putting it to sleep myself and folding up the laptop?

I never got this behavior with a company issued MacBook Pro.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Can I run an eGPU on a Linux Partition of a Macbook Pro?

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I'm hoping to do some machine learning / tensorflow tasks with my eGPU, but after it arrived today, I realized that tensorflow discontinued support for Mac NVIDIA GPUs.

I'd like to install a Ubuntu partition and run the most recent tensorflow-gpu package on that. Would the eGPU still be supported in that case? Would any extra steps be needed to set it up in macOS before running it in Ubuntu?


texts: Sensor in Apple Logo at the Back of iMac

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I am cleaning and preferrably washing the iMac aluminium casing. I have removed all the hardware from the iMac except the sensor placed at the back side where Apple logo is. I would like to know what exactly is that sensor and if it could be removed?

I tried exhaustive search but it appears that all roads lead to dead end. So I would like to ask the type of the sensor and can it be removed? My guess is that it is ambient light sensor but I am not sure.


texts: Easiest way to connect two non-thunderbolt monitors to my Macbook Pro 2017 and charge it at the same time?

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I started a new job working remote recently. I've been provided a Macbook Pro 2017 (EDIT: model is 13", non-touch, with 2 Thunderbolt ports) and two non-Thunderbolt monitors (Dell P2217H). I have bought two docks/hubs so far, and before I buy a third that still doesn't work how I want, I think I need to ask for help.

I want to be able to run my two external monitors, with three USB-A peripherals, all with the laptop charging as well. The second hub I bought (this model from Satechi: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XRVX3XM) seemed like it should allow this. It uses both the Macbook's Thunderbolt ports and provides HDMI, Thunderbolt, and USB-C out, along with two USB-A. The monitors have two USB-A ports as well which I thought would work if connected by Thunderbolt.

However, the monitor connected by Thunderbolt doesn't seem to be sending USB-A signals. More significantly, the USB-C port on the hub doesn't work for charging OR for display. Am I doing something wrong? Is a Thunderbolt port needed just to CHARGE the damn thing?

I found a hub for $500 that passes through both Thunderbolt ports, but that seems like overkill. Is that really what's required to get something like this working? I feel like I have to be missing something because this doesn't seem like an unusual use case at all. Thanks in advance.


texts: Lingon open source version for editing launchd on Leopard (10.5)?

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I'm looking for a free GUI app to help run programs on a schedule.  It seems that launchd is the underlying tool to use, and in the past Lingon has been recommended as a good GUI interface to launchd.

But now it seems that the open source (Apache License V2.0) version of Lingon 1.2.1 doesn't work on Leopard (10.5), and the newest version of Lingon (2.2.1) requires Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later and is no longer open source.

Has anyone gotten a version of Lingon to run on Leopard (10.5)?

Or is there another free alternative?

Update - thanks to Mark I found and tried 2.1.1 which seems to work.  But it requires a restart or logout when making a change - is that always needed for launchd?  Or just for Lingon?  If so, cron with the cronnix GUI seems like it would be much easier to use.


texts: Calibrate laptop display to simulate TN display problems

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I am a web developer and I have had issues where designs have too little contrast, and customers complain, but it looks fine on my nice MBP display.  Most of the computers at Best Buy are sold with crappy panels, and I agree with the customer than on cheap displays, there is too little contrast.

Is there a way to simulate a typical Cheap TN panel in OSX?


texts: Why does my finger buzz when I slowly move it near the trackpad?

texts: I've noticed that when I drag my finger around the trackpad (not actually on the trackpad) that I get a strange little vibration. Is the haptic engine responsible for this? and why does it do it?


texts:
For seemingly no reason, the macOS hotkey to control the brightness (control + F1/F2) of my LG UltraFine secondary display has stopped working.
Also, the Sound Preferences do not show LG UltraFine speakers anymore, so I cannot set the sound output to that display.
When I try to open LG Screen Manager, it quits immediately.
Can anyone else using LG UltraFine (23.7" 4K, specifically) confirm facing this issue? Any suggestions on how to fix this?

This Apple bug/personal oversight has become a nuisance on my home setup. Not only can I not control the display and sound on my UltraFine monitor through the iMac, I am unable to send the sound output from my iPad to the monitor. All this was earlier working without any problem.
When going to Apple > About This Mac > Displays, the UltraFine display shows up, implying that the monitor is being identified. But the sound and brightness controls are not working.
I have tried three different devices, an iMac, an iPad, a MBP. Neither worked, leading me to believe that the issue is with macOS/iPadOS.


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as the title, already looking at EA store site at http://store.origin.com/store/eara/en_SG/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.105153500/pgm.64539100

But seems they only sale PC version only.
But when i go to IE site it says sale for mac too???
http://www.ea.com/the-sims-3


texts: SSD and Superdrive on Nvidia MCP79 SATA controller

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Right now I have a Hitachi 320GB 5400rpm and a MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868 superdrive connected to the Nvidia MCP79 SATA controller in my MacBook Pro 5,3. The link speed of the hard disk drive is negotiated to 1.5 Gbps as, according to this answer the device is a SATA I (1.5Gbps) device.
This is what my system profiler says about the SATA controller:
Vendor:                 NVidia
Product:                MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:             3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:  1.5 Gigabit
Description:            AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

Now I'm wondering the following:
If I would replace the Hitachi HDD with an SSD of any brand will the negotiated link speed be 3Gbps? The SSD being a SATA II or III device. Or will this be capped because it has to divide the 3Gbps over the HDD/SSD and the Superdrive?


texts: How can I run a shell command at login time without showing a Dock entry?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to run something automatically when the system boots or a use logs on?

I need to automatically run a command when I log in but I don't want to add an item to the Dock. How can I do this?


texts: macOS 10.12.6: Panic, assertion failed: ifp->if_sndbyte_total >= len, bsd/netinet/in_pcb.c, line: 3458

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I am getting sporadic kernel panics like this:

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff80189d435f): assertion failed: ifp->if_sndbyte_total >= len, file: /Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-3789.70.16/bsd/netinet/in_pcb.c, line: 3458

[…]

Mac OS version:
16G29

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: [REDACTED]
Kernel slide:     0x0000000018200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018400000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8018300000
System model name: MacBookPro12,1 (Mac-[REDACTED])

System uptime in nanoseconds: 205886295907546
last loaded kext at 205508810738561: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc   5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f9b612000, size 28672)
last unloaded kext at 196312576713453: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.1 (addr 0xffffff7f9b60b000, size 28672)

[…]

(find the rest of the log in this gist)

I’ve read through the Apple tech note on debugging Kernel Panics, but couldn’t find how to apply it to this panic, plus the link to download the Kernel Debug Kit is broken, so I did not manage to get a mapping of kexts in kernel memory – iow, I do not know what was loaded around 0xffffff80189d435f.

I also read through the source code, which “manage[s] the Protocol Control Blocks”, i.e. all the statekeeping for TCP sockets. The function in question is:

inline void
inp_incr_sndbytes_unsent(struct socket *so, int32_t len)
{
  struct inpcb *inp = (struct inpcb *)so->so_pcb;
  struct ifnet *ifp = inp->inp_last_outifp;

  if (ifp != NULL) {
    VERIFY(ifp->if_sndbyte_unsent >= 0);
    OSAddAtomic64(len, &ifp->if_sndbyte_unsent);
  }
}

which suggests to me that the problem is in the network stack and might have something to do with keeping track of buffers, but I’m not enough of a BSD or TCP expert to understand the control flow.

I’m at a loss as to the best way to debug this further – my hunch is that it has to do with the VPN client (Pulse Secure, formerly Junos), but I cannot reliably trigger the crash, it simply happens with time (and when I was observing it, it only happened while on the VPN, but n=2). I need both a virus scanner and Pulse Secure to be able to do my work.

UPDATE The crash just happened again after barely 6 hours of uptime, most of which was spent idle. Ran diagnostics yesterday, got the all ok, booted computer in the morning, put it to sleep for breakfast, rode to the airport, opened it again and it crashed after a few (<2) minutes. I was on VPN when it woke up. Also, because this was a rather “clean” crash, the last loaded kexts were:

last loaded kext at 1743857437016: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f94191000, size 28672)
last unloaded kext at 898332773796: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssI2C  3.0.60 (addr 0xffffff7f93853000, size 40960)

as I had not connected any USB devices since the last cold boot, again suggesting to me that it is not a hardware or USB issue, but one with the VPN and/or kernel-side TCP stack.


texts: Keyboard Viewer via keyboard shortcut wont actually quit after closing it

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I managed to add a shortcut for keyboard viewer via BetterTouchTool. However, once I run Keyboard Viewer and close via the red X button, I cannot re-open it again via a shortcut. So I checked activity monitor and realised that it is actually still there, although I quit the application !

I tried displaying the keyboard viewer via the language selection button on the menu bar and then pressing Show Keyboard Viewer, the keyboard viewer opens every time. Also, I can re-open the application after closing it via a keyboard shortcut ONLY WHEN I open the viewer via the menu button or settings.

Why does the application not quit properly when assigned to a keyboard shortcut ?
Is there a way to force a specific app to force quit after some idle time ?

rMBP Mountain Lion OSX 10.8


texts: AppleTV Air Mirroring: does the signal go through the WIFI router?

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A general question about how AirMirroring works, because I've some freezing problems and I would like to know if connecting my Apple TV to the rough by ehternet cable could help.

N.B. I'm not watching online streamed movies, but just using Apple TV for Air Mirroring. The videos are stored on my macbook Air hard disk.

How does Air Mirroring works: is the streaming going from
macbook ---> Apple TV, or
macbook ---> WIFI Modem ---> Apple TV ?

If the second is true, connecting Apple TV to WIFI Modem could help.. even if the content is not online streaming... ?


texts: Mac Notes App Sync Containers Having Mac Applications

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I saw same two applications under "open with" menu and searching for the other instance took me to ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes/Media folder.

After backing up notes, I deleted the Macvim.app from the notes media folder but the moment I open the notes app it reappeared. I'm not sure how to clean up and there are other apps also inside the folder such as Dashboard.app and Firefox.app.

Please advise if anyone has encountered this issue or has resolved it.

Thanks


texts: How can I delete the historical chain of imessages from someone?

texts: If I delete an imessage from someone in IOS6, the moment i send them a new text/message, the entire chain of previous messages reappears.


texts: Can I find and replace Core Text/Cocoa text strings in any application?

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My scenario:

I use an app called Antetype for UI design.
Antetype uses OS X-native technologies for text rendering (it uses the system-standard text palette).
Antetype does not have a find and replace text function.
I want to find and replace text in an Antetype document.

I am wondering if, because Antetype is using native text, it is possible to use Applescript, Automator, or some other method to find and replace text within an Antetype document.


texts: How do you get macOS Sierra (10.12.1) to lock and ask for a password after display sleep?

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After upgrading to 10.12.1 my Mac no longer locks after display sleep. Before the update, a login prompt always appeared. This is either using:

The keyboard (⌘ ⌥ power)
Timing out (set for 10min)
Closing the clam shell.


texts: Can't print in fast / draft when connected to printer over wifi, but can when connected via usb

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Summary: The fast/draft printing option is not available when connected over WiFi, but works with USB. (Editor Note: seems to effect many printers from both Canon an other manufacturers)

Specifically:
I recently bought a Canon ix6850 printer to replace my Canon ix6500 (really the 6850 is just an updated version with built-in wifi). Now I've got this new 6850, if I connect to it over wifi I get the following the print setting. Note: draft is not an option.

But if I move my laptop next to the printer and connect via the usb cable I get the following. Any idea how I can enable draft when connecting over wifi?


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I double-clicked a downloaded font and it installed itself in /Users/myuser/Library/Fonts. But all other fonts are installed in /Library/Fonts. Why does it do that by default and how do I uninstall it? I tried disabling and removing it via Font book but it still renders in a web project.

(I am running Mac OS 10.6.8)


texts: Can a 2010 MacBook Air internal SSD be configured for the dual-boot of both Lion/10.7.x and Snow Leopard/10.6.x?  If so, how much extra storage space is required for 2 boot partitions vs. one?  Other than storage space, are there any downsides of doing this?  For example, will the (re)boot speed get noticeably slower?


texts: Preferences Error on IMac Yosemite 10.10.2

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Preferences app launches fine and all but one prefs pane work well -- the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane yields the following message:

"Preferences Error.  Could not load Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane."

I have tried deleting the  com.apple.systempreferences.plist file and re-starting.  I have also restored this file from a Time Machine backup.  And I repaired permissions. Nothing helped.

Any suggestions appreciated.


texts: How to get photos and vídeos to a MacBook from an iPhone that is stuck in the loading screen?

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TLDR
I would like to obtain my photos and videos from my iPhone before I opt to restore it.
iPhone is stuck // frozen on apple logo loading screen
Preferentially, via CLI
Context
My iPhone was almost full in storage and got stuck in the apple logo loading screen last couple of days.
Trying to update (avoiding to restore to not lose my baby girl photos and videos :/ )
Since then, I've been able to enter in restore mode and attempt to update iOs several times, but it crashes in the middle of installation with the following error:
(Via Finder // Mac OS Big Sur)
Extracting software phase goes ok, goes 100%
Preparing iPhone for software update crashing, near to 50%, with the following error
The iPhone “iPhone” could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (14). 065B.000E

Attempting through iPhone Backup Extractor MacOS app
Tried to obtain information from Reincubate iPhone Backup Extractor app, but always get the following error
merged.ResourceStack: (USB: AMDeviceConnect) Error code: 0xE8000028 (The device is in recovery mode.)
  at merged.DatabaseSet.NavigateContext (System.UInt32 , System.String ) [0x00043] in <6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260>:0
  at merged.DatabaseSet.JoinBuilder (System.Boolean , System.Boolean& , System.Threading.CancellationToken , System.Boolean ) [0x0005d] in <6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260>:0
  at merged.SelectionScope.CleanControl (System.Void* ) [0x0001e] in <6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260>:0
  at merged.SelectionScope.SplitEditor (merged.StubTree& ) [0x0007f] in <6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260>:0

Attempting via CLI using system_profiler
Via CLI, I obtained the 00008080-001D32136528005 (pseudo) serial number from using system_profiler SPUSBDataType
        iPhone:

          Product ID: 0x12a8
          Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
          Version: 11.08
          Serial Number: 00008080-001D32136528005
          Speed: Up to 480 Mb/s
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Location ID: 0x14100000 / 19
          Current Available (mA): 500
          Current Required (mA): 500
          Extra Operating Current (mA): 1600
          Sleep current (mA): 2100

then tried:
~ % ifuse ~/iphone-xr-herb --udid 6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260

Retrieved:
Failed to connect to lockdownd service on the device.
Try again. If it still fails try rebooting your device.

Attempting via CLI using ioreg
I also tried:
~ % ifuse ~/iphone-xr-herb --udid 6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260

With id obtained from ioreg -p IOUSB -l -w 0
Retieved:
ERROR: Device 6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260 not found!
Is the device properly connected?
If it is make sure that your user has permissions to access the raw USB device.
If you're still having issues try unplugging the device and reconnecting it.

Aditional Info

I don't have any backup once I only use the complimentary iCloud Drive cloud storage;

I use MacOs, but I am able to use a Windows laptop too

For security matters, and to keep clarity and fidelity on opening this issue, the keys used in this issue description were randomly generated on Google Sheets to respect log structure without revealing personal device information.

6469ee2a4e9b92f14eae8e3b68ee6260 key was randomly generated on Google Sheets to respect log structure without revealing personal device information. Google sheets formula (Excel compatible), in case someone finds this narrative // descriptive approach useful:

=lower(CONCATENATE(DEC2hex(RANDBETWEEN(16^(8-1),16^8-1)),DEC2hex(RANDBETWEEN(16^(8-1),16^8-1)),DEC2hex(RANDBETWEEN(16^(8-1),16^8-1)),DEC2hex(RANDBETWEEN(16^(8-1),16^8-1))))

PseudoSerialNumber 00008080-001D32136528005 key generated using similar rationale


texts: Bluetooth headset A2dp on iPad not working

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This seems like a basic tech support question, but google is failing me....

I just paired a bluetooth headset (single ear) with my iPad. This headset is known for having a very good a2dp profile built in and is advertised to allow one to stream music from one's smartphone in addition to taking calls.

So far the only app that has given me audio in the headset is Talkatone (a VoIP app). iTunes U, iTunes, google chrome, safari, and YouTube output audio through the iPad's speakers.

How do I configure any of these apps to use my headset for audio?


texts: How to have a custom (or no) sort order in Finder windows

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Similar to this question, that has been answered, I have an end user that wants to sort folders in a particular order that doesn't really match any of the basic sorting methods.  She doesn't like the list view, instead preferring the column view, so that answer wouldn't really work for her.

She would like to sort folders that are named after months in the order they would appear on a calendar.  Basically like this:

Work January
Work February
Work March
Work April
.....

Normally I'd say there's no way to do this, at least without using tricks similar to the answer of the question I linked to above, which are in my opinion outside the scope for most basic users.  However, at one point she had a folder set up similar to this.  It could have very well been a bug or anomaly but I'm trying to exhaust all options before ruling it as such.

Any ideas?


texts: Macbook Air 2013 won't boot up; Charging cable never turns green, always amber

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I have a 2013 MacBook Air 13" (A1466), which all off a sudden wouldn't boot up.  The charging LED on the cable was always green.

I then attempted:

Holding the power button down 10 secs
SMC Reset
Using a charger from my Macbook Pro (which I know works)

No difference.

I then thought I would warm the Macbook Air up slightly (by  placing it in front of a blow heater).  This resurrected the Macbook Air as it started up after a few minutes.

However the next day, it wouldn't boot up again and this time even heating it up didn't work.

So I then ordered a replacement battery from iFixit, as it was a lot cheaper than taking it to the nearest authorised service centre for diagnostics, thinking the there was a reasonable chance that the battery was playing up (it was 7 years old, and starting to show its age anyway).

After replacing the battery, the Macbook Air still won't start.  I opened everything back up, and tried to disconnect all visible cables, removed the I/O board, and put it back again, in case a cable had come loose.  There was no visible damage on the I/O board either.  All cables seemed to be OK.

One thing I've observed is that the charging cable LED never changes colour - it is always amber. And there is not a hint of warmth whilst connected.

I'm now suspecting that there is something wrong with the I/O board.  Is there any way of diagnosing a fault with the I/O board?  Any other suggestions to look into?


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I recently received Gatekeeper Configuration Data 14.0 installed automatically without any notice on my MBP, it's not shown on the normal "Software Update" list. But can be found via Apple > About This Mac > More Info > System Report > Installations. (OS X 10.8.5)

Did anyone else receive that too? and what is it for? I checked few other Macs none of them have it.

UPDATE: this is a quicker way to check it - click the Apple icon on the top menu, press and hold the alt/option key, it turns "About this Mac" to "System Information" then click.


texts: How to mount a shared folder as disk with `rwxr-xr-x` permissions?

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I shared a folder from the host system (OSX) and use mount it in the guest system (OSX). But it is mounted only with rwx------ mode. I granted an rw access for the shared folder for a user in the guest system and for everyone as read-only. But in the guest system the folder is going mounted to the /Volumes/ as a shared disk with rwx------ permissions. How can I mount it with rwxr-xr-x permissions?

Update 1:

in the host system it has rwxr-xr-x+ permissions

Update 2:

the problem sounds to be like here: permissions for mounted internal disk [ask ubuntu]. So is it kind of related to fmask, dmask (umask)?

Update 3:

here is similar situation, but on linux 700 instead of 755 permissions on auto-mounted USB HDD. so there is a /etc/fstab.hd file on osx but it considered be useless

Update 4:

it looks like all AFP shares appears as drwx------. How to change it?


texts: Help in understanding a command line search of all sqlite files on os x device

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I was listening to a Talk Python To Me podcast that had Simon Willison as the guest. Willison discussed two projects he is developing, Datasette and DogSheep Beta, both of which allow you pull in data as an SQLite database (Datasette) and then index and query it (DogSheep Beta). All your data include Apple Watch data, texts, photo data including lat/long and even the scoring Apple uses to rank your photos.
The two links here are really interesting and I recommend them.
The problem I'm having finding .sqlite files. The directions and the YouTube say to install Datasette and point it against a database on your laptop.  I know I can use the Finder for files but I'd like to follow along with youtube.
At around 5:31 in his PyCon AU talk, he types out:
mdfind "kMDItemDisplayName ==*.sqlite" -0 | xargs -0 stat "-f%z %N" | sort -nr | head -n 20
I managed to read the incantation but while I get the gist, there are a number of details that Apple's CLI help pages don't cover.
So, here are my questions:

What is the -0 flag, specifically? (as opposed to the overly brief example Apple gives)
What does xargs -0 stat "-f%z %N" mean?
-nr what are the n and r flags for sort?
finally (and you probably guessed it with order) what is -n flag for head?


texts: Any way to use MacBook Pro in "dock/clamshell" mode while NOT plugged in?

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I use my MBP in clamshell mode most of the time, via a Thunderbolt dock.

But from time to time, it's good to let it run from battery power. However if I unplug the power adapter, I cannot enter clamshell mode unless I open the lid.

Is there any way to enable clamshell mode WITHOUT using power adapter?


texts: Pop Up Button always has the same value in AppleScript

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I have a Pop Up Button in Xcode with multiple choices, they are All, 1, 2 3, etc. to 15.

In my AppleScript code I call it ItemPicker:

property ItemPicker : missing value

I have made a Referencing Outlet from "ItemPicker" to Delegate. When I use the value later in the code, I do this:

set multiple to ItemPicker's stringValue() as string

But for some reason, multiple is always 1.  How do I fix this?


texts: How do I start the screensaver with JXA?

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In the System Events scripting dictionary there is a suite called Screen Saver Suite, however I have been unable go the methods to run.

I have tried

var app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true

SystemEvents = Application('System Events')

SystemEvents.ScreenSaver.start()


texts: Making Right Command and Right Option both work as Right Option without Karabiner or SEIL

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I have actually accidently done this when I first got my macbook and set both the right command and right option as an option key. I don't remember how as when I exit both SEIL and Karabiner it still happens.

Does anyone know another way to do this without karabiner and seil? I am using El Capitan.


texts: How to have locatedb created / updated automatically?

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I ran locate blob.txt and I got:

$ locate .bashrc

WARNING: The locate database (/var/db/locate.database) does not exist.
To create the database, run the following command:

  sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist

Please be aware that the database can take some time to generate; once
the database has been created, this message will no longer appear.

I ran this command and my locate database was built within a few minutes (includes tens of thousand of files).

On my Linux (Ubuntu) system my locatedb database is updated automatically by default, on a daily basis I believe.

How do I turn this on for my Mac?


texts: Unknown Apple TV showing up in system audio menu

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When opening the volume control / audio menu in the system menu bar I sometimes see "Apple TV" among the possible audio sinks. I don't own an Apple TV nor does one exist on my network so I'm assuming it's detecting a neighbor's device using Bluetooth. I've selected it twice accidentally while typing this.

The device also shows up in the display selection menu. I guess it will ask me for a verification code if I select it, but it's kind of uncomfortable to feel like I could start broadcasting my screen at any time by mistake (even if it isn't possible).

Is it possible to make macOS (10.14.3) stop displaying devices I don't own and aren't paired with?


texts: How to prevent all applications in a specific folder from launching on macOS? With a .mobileconfig file? Or a script?


texts: Is it useful to upgrade MacBook Pro to 16GB RAM?

texts:
How does an additional 8GB of RAM impact performance for the latest 13-inch MacBook Pro?

It is used for graphic-heavy apps — Sketch, Design, Photo and image editing and to power a LG 21" display.

Does the additional RAM help improve display performance or does more RAM mean apps will not run out of memory?


texts: Adding Google to the Internet Accounts is not working

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After changing networks where i used a proxy to go online back home I got the message in Chrome that my login details are not up-to-date. I tried to log me in and it works until I close the browser. If I open it again, the same error comes again.

After googling I tried the following; nothing worked for me:

Make a new profile in Chrome for my Google-Account
Reinstalling Chrome and set up everything from scratch

After that, I tried to remove my account in the System Settings. I removed the account and deleted all passwords. However, when I try to make a new account, it get stuck after I entered the password and want to accept the preferences (see screeenshot). It is stuck now for nearly an hour. Maybe someone has a solution for me


texts: Time Machine turns of automatically with sleep

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Whenever my MacBook (with OS X 10.9.5) wakes from sleep i.e. when I open the lid I notice that "automatic backups" is turned off. I switch it on again but that setting just won't stick...

Why could that be?


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For a day now i can't boot my Mac El Capitan. It halts on this screen:

What I tried:

NVRAM reset
CommandR Disk Utility checked SSD, I can launch Terminal and browse the files on SSD
Reinstall OSX; reinstall finished, but when it restarted it gives same result as on pic above.
Apple Hardware Test app didn't find failure

Not sure if it's since an OSX software update. The loading bar goes fast as usual till ~70% then it slows down and goes to 100% in 2-3 minutes then nothing happens.

UPDATE: Verbose mode stuck at "pci pause: SDXC"

Any other fix to try? ty


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How can I make the hostname show in the title of an X11 window?

In Linux environments, ssh -Y foohost; ...; bar-gui will open an xwindow for the program with the title "bar-gui (on foohost)". That is, the hostname is automatically appended to the X11 window title when it is running on a remote system. I am running programs on multiple remote systems and I need to tell them apart.

Example: Note the hostname in the title of the window on the right.

I would like to have the same behavior from a mac client.

(I am not looking to change the terminal title.)

Workaround: xdotool can be used to manually change the title of an x window.

ssh -Y foohost
...
bar-gui &
pid="$!"
# Wait for bar-gui to actually load
win=$(xdotool search --pid "$pid")
xdotool set_window --name "bar-gui (on foohost)" "$win"

This workaround is not ideal so I'm not making it an answer. It needs xdotool installed to work. This would not work great as a bash script or function. There are possibly better ways to use xdotool, but this was the first thing I got working.

Note: Doing ... --name "bar-gui (on foohost)" ... from a linux desktop would cause the title to appear as "bar-gui (on foohost) (on foohost)" because it still appends the hostname automatically.

I am still looking for the mac desktop to automatically include the hostname of remote x11 applications in the window title.


texts: iPad 3rd gen won't turn on just black screen

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I unplugged my iPad at 25% charge and used it. Suddenly my iPad froze at 19%.  I rebooted it by pressing both home and wake/sleep button. It was stuck on the booting-up screen so I decided to charge it. After plugging in my iPad for 30 minutes, I came back to check it but then it was turned off.

After that, I turned on my iPad but after the apple logo appears, the screen goes black.  I tried turning it on again but it just repeats the cycle. I already connected my iPad to iTunes to the PC to recover and restore it but still it won't turn on; it just keeps showing the Apple logo then black screen again.

What should I do? Does this need a reformat?


texts: Lost Space after failed bootcamp partition

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I was trying to resize my bootcamp windows 10 but after failing to figure out a way to do so, I ended up deleting my partition after backing up my files to reinstall windows. After backing up my files I go to make another boot camp partition but I realized that i selected the wrong amount of space so I stupidly force quitted it. Now I'm missing nearly 2 terabytes of space on my hard drive

I tried running first aid on them but it doesn't fix the problem. I don't know what to do, somebody please help me fix this problem. If Im missing information to give so you can assist me please let me know. Thanks!

EDIT

This was the output of diskutil list
And this was the output of diskutil cs list


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I am considering a Mac as my main development machine, and will most of the time be required to use Windows for my development work.

According to the Apple support article Turn off Hyper-V to use Windows 10 on your Mac it is not possible to use Hyper-V in Windows 10 on a Mac in Boot Camp.

This is a big limitation for me, since also it means it will be impossible to use Docker Windows Containers on a Mac, since they require Hyper-V.

Are there any practical workarounds for this?


texts: I cannot change the home page of Safari anymore

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I think I may have a virus or something, because when I installed a program a few days ago it said something about "www.searchpage.com".

How can I fix this?


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I was travelling the other day, and after putting my MacBook Pro through the X-ray machine, I picked it up and got a small shock like a static electric discharge.
I thought nothing of it, but after landing and trying to power on my Mac, I got nothing. When I say nothing I mean nothing. No response whatsoever, no backlight, no battery warning icon, no fan noise, no keyboard backlight, no warmth from the CPU, nothing, literally like an empty shell.
This was super concerning so I plugged it in to see if it was simply out of power, but still nothing even after leaving it plugged in for 12+ hours.
I was really worried and was trying to work out what was wrong. I actually left my Mac on my desk unplugged for about 3 days, then I plugged it in and waited a little while, then tried to feel for warmth either from the power adaptor or from the MacBook itself. I can usually feel a bit of warmth while it's charging, but this time nothing - no heat.
I contacted Apple and told them the issue, but since it's a 2016 MacBook Pro 15", it's out of warranty and they said a mail-in repair would cost around £700 including tax. I thought this was crazy as they don't even know what the problem is and there's obviously no physical damage to the Mac - it was in my rucksack the whole time minus taking it out for the X-ray machine.
I'm truly stumped as to what is causing the problem, did the static electric shock have something to do with it either frying the logic board or breaking the battery, or was that a coincidence and something else is causing the problem.
I refuse to pay the £700 unless it's definitely something like the logic board that's causing the problem. Also most computer repair shops are closed near me until after the new year. I actually have exams in early January so I'm really worried about not having my computer working.
As a little bit more information: I actually had the keyboard replaced through Apple's butterfly keyboard programmers early September, where I think they also replaced the batteries as part of the shell. Obviously I don't know if this has anything to do with the issue but thought it was worth noting - I'm also just 13 days out of the 90 day warranty provided after that service unfortunately.
Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this issue? Or any idea on how I should proceed? Should I try and go to a computer repair shop to see if I can at least get the issue diagnosed though this is hard to do due to the time of year and the pandemic or course.
As a note: I have tried resetting the SMC, NVRAM etc. But this does nothing - the Mac looks completely dead as I said above.


texts: Move or transfer only all the Screenshots from iPhone iOS 9.x to Windows PC?

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These few links/ answers do not satisfy my question because Screenshots folder was introduced only in iOS 9.x as per:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/8/8914505/apple-ios-9-beta-photos-screenshots

Also, I found a lot of tutorials/ sites that talk about How to Delete all Screenshots - But I'd like to Copy/ Move them before Delete.

The simplest way to transfer photos from an iPhone to PC selectively (not sync-all)

Transferring photos from iPhone to windows computer

I do not wish for other pictures to go at the moment, just tons and tons of Screen shots that I've taken over the last 2 years.

They are taking up a lot of Phone space and I want them "moved/ transferred" to the Hard Drive on my Windows PC i.e. they are deleted from the Phone disk/ memory after safely Moving/ Transfering.

"NOT all pictures" and not having to choose pictures individually
But entire collection of ALL SCREENSHOTS/ Pictures in the Screenshots folder that are on my iPhone as a Folder or Collection to my Windows PC.

How?

  FYI
  Tech Specs:
  iPhone 5 - iOS 9.3.1
  iTunes 12.x
  Windows 8.1


texts: Copying one video from Mac to Iphone without syncing

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I need to copy a video file from my Macbook to my Iphone 4. The Iphone is not synced to this Macbook but to my home computer, but I'm away from home, and I don't want to sync it to the Macbook because it will wipe everything else in the phone.

I could copy the file from the Macbook to Dropbox and download it to the Iphone from there, but my net connection here is pretty slow. Isn't there any way to copy the file from the Mac to the Iphone without syncing?

I'm using OS X 10.8.2 in the Macbook, iOS 5.1.1 on the Iphone and iTunes 10.6.3.


texts: Is it possible to change, reduce, or eliminate the "swiping" motion between Desktops in Yosemite?

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I do a lot of swapping back and forth between desktops, and I find the animation very distracting. Can I turn this animation off? How about the "zoom" animation for the Dashboard, Lauchpad, and Mission Control / Expose?

I'm on a MacBook Pro with Yosemite.


texts: Return to current Album in iTunes on Mac

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I select album and now I am listening it. But I am lookking the other music in iTunes. So I now I have the one album I am listening now and other page in my iTunes, like this:

What do I need to do to quickly return to my current played album page:


texts: Trouble mounting High Sierra start up disk from OS X 10.9

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I have a Mac mini late 2012/2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, with 2 disks, one SSD, and a HDD. The SSD has the most recent High Sierra and the second drive OS X 10.9.5.

After many attempts to force High Sierra to connect my Bluetooth keyboard, I decided to set Maverick as the boot drive and restart to check whether the keyboard is detected there.

In fact, it was, but now it does not mount the SSD with High Sierra and even in the terminal mode I get the message "unknown special file or file system."

Any ideas how to force it to mount again, besides upgrading the 10.9 to Sierra?


texts: How can I print a PDF/X Mavericks document?

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A few iterations ago, Mac OS X had a "Save as PDF-X" option available via the print dialogue, with an associated file at /Library/PDF Services/Save As PDF-X.workflow that handled the magic suff I assume.

My understanding is that the PDF/X format embeds fonts and does other "preflight" stuff to make a document good for printshops to use. Outputting in this format is possible with Illustrator and other Adobe products, but I would produce a printshop-ready PDF/X file using software I already have (LibreOffice, Word, etc.)

In Mac OS X 10.9, this "Save as PDF-X" option is nowhere I can find.

Is there any simple way to create PDF/X format files?

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=PDF/X

Back in 2010, Philip Regan gave some info about doing it with the then present "Save as PDF-X" feature, but it is no longer part of the print dialogue.
How can I print a PDF X-1A from a iWork Pages document?

Anyone have any ideas?


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I have a MacBook Air where someone attempted to install this version of bash over MacOS's native one unknowingly. I attempted to fix this by removing the files created by the installer (the readme was clear about it).

This version was causing error because it's compiled for PowerPC, so I immediately deleted it. Now I'm lacking Bash.

I'd use my system install disk to restore it, but I'm on an MBA and I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Any help is appreciated.


texts: Is there a bash command to check to see if Time Machine has finished backing up?

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I'm writing a script that will rsycnc my Time Machine directory to a remote server using ssh. I've switched from a shell script to an AppleScript and then back to an Apple script and I don't really care what kind of script the solution will require.

I've had success starting the backup process with this little snippet of code.

do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper >/dev/null 2>&1 &"

What I'm trying to do now is have an rsync command performed once that backup is completed. Is there any clean way in AppleScript to check to see if the backup process is completed? Or is there a good "hook" that you can use in bash to check to see if it's completed?


texts: How do I get a CD version of El Capitan suitable for a Macbook Pro?

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I have 2 Macs, and am downloading El Capitan from the app store.  I want to see if I can install it on an older MacBook Pro that has a broken Command-R feature that prevents me from installing the OS.  (It says contact apple support)

Since that costs $, I'd rather see if I can simply boot and reinstall the OS in a clean way.

How do I locate and burn the downloaded El Capitan in a way that will make it bootable on the other mac?


texts: osascript bug: AppleScript's initial "choose from list" dialog is unselected

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I run the following code in Terminal:

osascript "/Users/Me/Desktop/Run this script on wake.scpt"

If the first dialog of my .scpt file is a choose from list dialog, then this dialog will be unselected. That is, I cannot simply hit the enter key to press "OK"; I must first click anywhere on the dialog to make the top bar of the dialog change from white to grey, and only then can I hit enter to proceed.

To be clear, the dialog comes to the front just fine - it is simply not selected.

However, if the first dialog is a display dialog or display alert dialog, then the dialog is automatically selected. It just so happens that the initial dialog of my .scpt file is a choose from list dialog.

I tried writing activate me on the line above the choose from list dialog, but this did not do anything.

When I run the "Run this script on wake.scpt" from within Script Editor, the choose from list dialog is in fact selected. Hence, we know that the issue is related to osascript.

Does anyone have a workaround to force the choose from list dialog to be automatically selected?

I've tried implementing a default selection by inserting the default items parameter in the choose from list command (even though I don't actually want a default item to exist in this case). I thought that doing this might force the dialog to be selected. But, still, the list dialog is unselected.

As a last resort, I suppose that I could use AppleScript to mouse-click the center of the screen (where the dialog is located). But, I'd prefer a more elegant solution, as AppleScript can be unreliable when it comes to mouse clicks.

If you are wondering why I am employing osascript in the first place, it is because I am using SleepWatcher to automatically run an AppleScript when my computer wakes from sleep. (Here is a very helpful guide that I used to set up SleepWatcher.)

This is the full text of my .wakeup file:

#!/bin/bash
osascript "/Users/Me/Desktop/Run this script on wake.scpt"


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I recently made a full backup of my iPhone 4S to my computer. I was having some issues with it, so I went into DFU mode and did a clean install.

Unfortunately as soon as iTunes finished installing iOS 6, it automatically made a full back-up of my phone, and I now can't see the previous back-up I made. Please tell me it's still there!

How may I recover a previous back-up?


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I have a problem with copy and paste of characters like "ü". When I copy and paste the name "Gereon Müller" from this book http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/18 (choose the download tab) I get the ü decomposed into two characters on a Mac. This does not happen under Windows and Linux (xpdf, acroread, sumatra), but it does happen on a mac with acroread and with skim. Any ideas?

Edit: These are the two characters: ü In the text you can see an ü, but it is actually an u with two dots that are shifted over the u. Look at this: ẗ (as you can see, I composed a t with these two dots). This is not a problem for reading the ü, but if I want to continue to work with this ü I get problems, since LaTeX does not like these characters at all. In emacs I can edit these two characters seperately.

Edit II:

I played with different applications and they behave differently: Word gets one copy and paste right, while emacs gets both wrong.

Word:

Emacs:

Edit III

And this is text edit:


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I accidentally created my Apple ID with the email address ending ".con" not ".com". I've changed it on My Apple ID and can now log in on iCloud and the computer fine, but can't log in to the App Store on my iPhone as it still has my email as .con there and there's no option to change it, only to enter a password.

I tried:

Logging out of iCloud and back in.
The main suggestion I've found online is to change my Apple ID back to .con, log in to the App Store and then log out again, but I can't as My Apple ID won't accept .con as a valid email (a bit bizarrely given it let me set up the account with that in the first place without flagging an error...).

I've run out of ideas as to how to get into the App Store. Anyone have any ideas? This one's got me stumped!


texts: Getting "Call using iphone failed" on incoming calls

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I have an iPhone 6 with iOS 9.2. I've recently frequently found that incoming calls frequently ring briefly and then the ring tone ends and I get an "Call using iphone failed" error on the screen. I do not have this problem with outgoing calls.

I've searched for this error and found a number of threads, but not with any clear suggestions or solutions.


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When I open terminal now I get always this error message. Any ideas how to fix this?

mkdir: /Users/me/.bash_sessions: Permission denied
touch: /Users/me/.bash_sessions/9F11525D-3E4C-45B5-8FA7-D69A4D2CC5B3.historynew: No such file or directory


texts: Slow-mo video is not slow motion after uploading to Google Drive

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I took a slow-mo video from my iPhone 6 Plus. When I uploaded it to Google Drive the video was without slow-mo. Why is this so? Is this a bug?

I have faced this issue also when uploading the slow-mo video on Hike and WhatsApp.


texts: What should the "Show Recents" menu item do?

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When I click with the right mouse button on the Messages icon on the dock bar, I see there  is a "Show Recents" menu item.

When I click on it, the only thing it seems to do is showing me a Finder window. It hides the other windows, and when I click on the desktop, the window I was seeing before re-appears. In my case, I had Safari open, and its window was hidden until I didn't click on the desktop.

What is that menu item supposed to do? Is it working correctly?
Update: It doesn't seem that menu is specific for the Messages application. Dock icons for applications that are not running show that menu item. I don't see it for Mission Control, Launchpad, Downloads and Trashcan. I see that menu item for System Preferences, and Reminders, for example.


texts: Avoid 'via gmail' for messages sent from my iPhone

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I've set up my own domain (say owndomain.com) to forward all his e-mail to my personal Gmail account. It works great and once setup, I can send e-mails from the iPhone using that account with the coma trick, but it will also show "via gmail" after the address.

Any idea on how to avoid that?


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I own a 10.6 Macbook Pro with which I have to use a public IP (that does not change) frequently. I'm also required to idle at various IRC channels. As part of security, I use pretty strong passwords, have my firewall up and I do regular updates. I use the Google Chrome browser (again updated) for online browsing. I have file sharing turned off.

Are there any more suggestions you'd make to keep my machine more secure?
Are there any ways to detect if I have keyloggers installed on my machine?
Any anti-viruses that you would recommend?
I use colloquy to connect to IRC channels, is there any way I could mask my public IP from people who query it?


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Thanks in advance for anyone who can help. My 2009 27" iMac suddenly starting having mouse issues, rendering it almost unusable. The best way to describe it would be as if the mouse were permanently stuck in "scroll down" position.
I've tried a Logitech mouse, HP mouse, and magic mouse - all connecting in different modes (bluetooth, USB and USB dongle).
Here's a screencast of the issue in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGZ-oIhkE60&feature=youtu.be
Any possible solutions? Thanks!


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Okay, so I use iTunes for both music and video (movies and TV shows), however, when switching between the two I can't figure out how to resume the music that was remaining in my Up Next queue.

I can open the queue and see the items, but how do I actually resume playing from it (and once the queue is empty, whichever playlist was selected to follow it)?

I've never been able to get iTunes to reliably let me do this, as it usually just asks if I'm sure I want to clear the queue, regardless of how I try to resume; this even happens if I had no queued items at all (just a playlist set to shuffle) and hit play or shuffle from the same playlist.

To give an example use case:

Select a music playlist and hit the shuffle button to start some music playing.
Add some music to Up Next via the Play Next and/or Add to Up Next options (via right-click or plus button in search).
Switch to the Movies or TV Shows tab and start watching something.
Return to the Music tab.

At this point, how do you resume your Up Next queue without clearing it?


texts: When I ask for directions and say any single digit number, Siri spells it out instead of writing it numerically. Is there away to change this, because directions does not recognize numbers spelled out?


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I am seeing a light blue shade on anything I open in my MacBook, it just started suddenly and I don’t have any idea why its happening. The image above shouldn’t have a blue cast.
Is there a sequence of things to check when the color looks off unexpectedly?


texts: Export and import data from iPhone after restoring with iTunes (or 3rd party apps)

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I want to backup my iPhone to my Mac with iTunes, but the problem is I cannot backup because my iPhone needs to be wiped first but I have no backup data on my Mac and I don't know how to force it to backup without wiping so I can restore my iPhone and reimport the data back to my iPhone such as messages, emails, photos, videos and music.

I looked at PhoneView, it can export messages, but it cannot import anything to the iPhone, how can I import important data because I want to import my messages that I do not want to be wiped.

I need an effective program or solution for this to be possible, I do not want to do illegal activities such as jailbreaking my iPhone.


texts: How to access gmail via pop instead of imap in mail.app in mavericks

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I have a fresh install of mavericks. For reasons relating to my own workflow I would like to access my gmail via mail.app using pop instead of IMAP (I prefer to store only what I need on my mac but never delete anything from gmail).

However mail.app seems to have become too clever for this now, and automatically identifies my account as gmail and sets it up with IMAP even when I try to set it up a second time with pop.

How do I get mail to let me configure a pop account for gmail? Or has mail not been simplified to the point of removing this basic configurability?


texts: Are there any tweaks for port forwarding a mobile hotspot connection?

texts: I'm currently using an iPhone 6s jailbroken with unc0ver. I also have an unlimited plan from AT&T, if that matters. I'm using tetherme to unlock tethering, and use it to connect to the internet on my Windows 10 machine. Are there any tweaks out there or other third party solutions that I could use to port forward and host servers from my Windows 10 machine connected to my iPhone hotspot? I've searched around a little and most information is old and not pertaining to jailbroken devices. Any help would be appreciated!


texts: Why is there no 'Recovery HD' listed when holding 'option' on startup, however, 'Recovery HD' is shown in terminal with 'diskutil list' command?

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When I hold 'option' during boot I only am shown a 'Macintosh HD' disk to boot from. There is no 'Recovery HD' available.

Using the 'diskutil list' command in terminal reveals that I do have a Recovery HD partition.

/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_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            250.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +249.8 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 36DB2BF6-94A5-4FAA-8D39-94E622E2597F
                                 Unencrypted

Why is the 'Recovery HD' not displayed when I want to choose my startup disk by holding 'option' on boot?

MacBook Pro Retina running OS EL Capitan 10.11.6

Note I found this idea while searching, that suggests converting my Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD with virtual Apple_HFS drive into a physical Apple_HFS drive using the command $ diskutil corestorage revert /dev/disk1. The OP couldn't boot into Recovery mode but was also having problems booting into any HDD with OS X (while I can boot normally into my HDD just fine). https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/solved-cannot-boot-from-os-recovery-disk.175254/


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I have a new MacBook Air. I would like to run Wireshark on it. But when I choose capture in Wireshark there is no interfaces to capture from. Doesn't Wireshark have support for the MacBook Air WiFi nic?

How can I use Wireshark on a MacBook Air?


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I'm having a problem with the new tagging feature in Mavericks and I have a feeling it might go deeper than just the tagging.

The problem is this:
When tagging anything on Mavericks the Finder becomes unresponsive for anything up to 15 seconds and beach-balls. I am using a Mac Pro Mid 2010 with 16GB RAM so power is not the issue.

At first I thought the problem might have been due to having done an upgrade install of Mavericks, but after seeing tagging working fine on an upgraded Air and iMac I decided to try a clean install. Alas, the problem persisted.

Since I was installing on a DIY Fusion Drive I had created back in the early days of Mountain Lion, that became my next suspect. To "quickly" test my theory I installed Mavericks on an external slow & tiny USB drive. Zero problems. Tagging was instantaneous and no beach balls in sight.

So, it seemed likely to be one of the drives. First I tried installing Mavericks on a newly created Fusion Drive (using the same component drives; an OCR Vertex 3 and a regular WD HDD) from the Mavericks recovery partition terminal in the hope that a newer CoreStorage would fix things. Same problem.

Next I tried the drives individually, but after having installed a fresh Mavericks on both (I know, tedious) and still having the problem I feel I am running out of options. Is it my SATA controller? And why just on the tagging?

I have made a few Activity Monitor Spindumps which I'm hoping anyone with the knowledge & inclination could glean some information from.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
:/
Teo

Spindumps:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d86hdy2xcq8jryy/Mavs%20Finder%20Tagging%20Spindump.txt

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ilmaceo8szhp9s8/Spindump2.txt

UPDATE 17 May 2014

I have now identified the source of the bug (on my system at least).

I noticed that on a completely fresh user account everything works as it should, new tags are added without hangs or even delays.

The moment I enable the "iCloud->Documents & Data" option the problem manifests: hangs occur on adding any new tags. Even more unfortunately, disabling it again does not make the issue disappear. Once enabled the system isn't working properly anymore.

My guess is that there's something buggy in the way the system is trying to check for tags across iCloud but strange that the problem remains after removing it.

Any new info/suggestions are welcome.

UPDATE 1 October 2014
This problem persists in Yosemite 10.10 GM


texts: How do I add words to the OS X user dictionary?

texts: If someone has a word that they commonly use, but OS X Lion keeps "correcting" to something in it's dictionary, how does the user add the word to Lion's dictionary?


texts: Can I restart my Mac without an admin account?

texts: I don't have an admin account on my Mac. I don't know how it happened and now I want to add one because I cant do anything thing without it and I can't add a new user without an admin account.


texts: Notes: Lines turn invisible when the line above them are deleted

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macOS Catalina.

Since one of the recent updates, formatting in Notes has gotten wonky. When you delete a line, the line under it can go invisible. Highlighting the invisible text and changing color manually fixes it, but this is not ideal behavior. Has anyone else ran into this, and does anyone have an idea on how to fix?


texts: Transferring a Clash Royale account with the removal of Game Center

texts: So I heard that recently Apple has decided to remove the standalone app for game center and replace it with all this gimmicky stuff. I was wondering how am I supposed to transfer my clash royale account to a new device without game center?


texts: MacBook Air 2009 using too much battery during sleep - Too old?

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I have just bought a MacBook Air Mid 2009 and i'm surprised about the speed it uses battery during sleep.

Here are the technical features :

MacBook Air 13" Mid 2009   (MacBookAir2,1)
Mountain Lion 10.8.5
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86
2GB RAM

The battery has 528 cycles.

When I use it correctly and gently, it is quite slow but still works fine.
The battery lasts around 3 hours.

The problem is that when i close the lid, and it goes to sleep, the battery is still draining at a rate of 4% per hour (based on several tests I have made).

Which means that it can go from 90% to 10% if I just let it sleep during one full day without charging it.

I have checked the light pulse and it is ok (gentle pulse), I have checked the syslog and it doesn't Wake during the night, I have checked the pmset and everything is ok (value : 3), I have made reset of SMC and PRAM.

Do you think it's a correct behaviour with an old battery ? or is there an issue about it ?


texts: 17" Powerbook G4 must sit for hours to boot

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OS 10.4.11
1440x900 Resolution
1.67 GHz Power PC Processor
2x512 MB sticks of RAM = 1 GB total RAM

I have tried several troubleshooting methods including different startup key combinations to reset power management, etc.

The laptop used to only boot up if it had sat for a longtime. If you turn it off and try to restart it wouldn't chime and it would just be a black screen.

One of the troubleshooting methods I have tried is booting with just one stick of ram and also swapping the ram into different slots. Ever since I flipped the ram sticks it still has to sit for hours to have a normal boot without just a black screen, but now it chimes every time.

One of the other things I tried was checking the integrity of the hard drive and it did have an issue,but I just safe mode booted it (shift + power button) and the hard drive now passes the disk utility test.

I have also done many tests to see if the battery is at fault and its not.

Please help.


texts: iCloud email adding extra character to each line

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I have an auto response to direct iCloud emails to my preferred address.
The message being sent is having an 'r' added to the end of each line like so (except the last line....):

Hi-r
In the future please use my main email address:r

Name@mydomain.comr

This email has been forwarded on to that address automatically.r

Thanks!r

Joe


texts: Safari 8.0 on Yosemite doesn't kill closed tab processes, hogs memory

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I've just upgraded to Yosemite and started using the new Safari 8.0. For a while, everything seemed fine, but then all got ever so slightly slower and slower, especially when switching desktops.

After losing patience, I opened Activity Monitor and to my shock, I found around a dozen old Safari Web Content processes still running and using a lot of memory, despite the tabs having been closed already.

Anyone noticed a similar thing? Or knows a way to force Safari to kill the process after closing a tab?

(Macbook Pro, mid-2012, 13inch, 4GB RAM)


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I am facing the issue with my laptop as when its starts its booting and chime sound is present but the display is blank and after sometimes, the display becomes grey. Sometimes it will work fine means display is working perfectly

I tried with changing RAM, reassembled display cable, but sometimes it will work, sometimes not.

My laptop is not in warranty, I checked with the service center they said some issue with either LCD or logic board, so they have to replace and it costs similar to buy a new laptop.

If I use with an external display, will it work?


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I changed the e-mail address linked to my Apple ID. Now when I try to update apps or purchase them on my iPhone 4, the old address pops up asking me for the password. I cannot seem to get it to change on my phone. I can log into iTunes and purchase apps there on my computer without difficulty.

I heard some people say that your iTunes ID is different than your Apple one, But I cannot see (or find) a separate iTunes ID... when I click on my account for iTunes, it shows me my Apple ID. Any ideas?  Anyone know why it will not change on my phone but will in the computer?

I downloaded and installed iOS 5. I have already tried syncing my iPhone.


texts: NTFS Read-Write App for Snow Leopard / Lion

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I am looking out for an app that can read and write NTFS partition.

I am using Snow Leopard, and will update to Lion (very soon).

I have heard about NTFS Mounter, but I think there will be other apps which are much better than NTFS Mounter.

Please suggest a fine app, once that you have personally tried and tested.


texts: What do I need to know for setting key combination shortcuts

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I am running OS X Mavericks 10.9 and I want to create a new key combination shortcut for, lets say, 'Look Up in Dictionary'. Personally I think CommandShiftD or CommandOptionD would be nice.

When I choose for the latter nothing happens in the preferences 'Keyboard' window and my Dock hides. I expected this behavior but OSX gives me no notice of it, I might just have activated something else without knowing it.

When I choose for the first, it looks like it just works as aspected, my key combination gets set. But when I use the shortcut in Safari on a selected word, the page is suddenly added to my reading list (as CommandShiftD is the default keystroke to do so) and the dictionary does not open as expected.

This behavior leeds me to two problems about what do I need to know for setting key combination shortcuts.

Is there a way to see what key combination is already taken, and for what purpose?

As M-K describes the apple manual states yellow warning triangle appears when a short-cut is already taken, but as the screenshots show this is not the case in OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Is there a key combination convention or rule for the different modifier keys? What key would be appropriate for what task? (e.g. when would I choose for Command or Shift or Option or Ctrl) or one of the function keys)

Below is my example of two different scripts (Run in Terminal and Launch Terminal) with the same keystroke (CommandF19) to activate them and no error


texts: Are local backups of iCloud photos and camera roll redundant?

texts: Does icloud photos strip any metadata or change the quality? The camera roll adds 30 gb to my backup and seems unnecessary.


texts: Applescript / Automator - Pass variables between them

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I have a question about how to pass the applescript input from one computer to another computer's automator input (I created it as a program). I've created the script below to ask for the filename and call the automator script on the target machine. Obviously I should be able to get ret of the dialog and set value of variable steps but just need some help in passing the variable to the second applescript section.

Applescript input -

tell application "Finder"
    display dialog "Please name the file with a unique data e.g. FocusGroup-01012014" default answer ""
    set myName to text returned of result
end tell

tell application "Finder" of machine "eppc://username:password@ipaddress"
        open "Boardroom MacMini:Applications:Stop Recording"
end tell

Automator script -


texts: Chrome 69 on Mac fullscreen. Toolbar pushes page content down

texts: After recent update, chrome started pushing page content down, when cursor pointer is triggering OS X's toolbar to show up. I'm pretty sure that wasn't happening before and this effect is quite annoying. Is there way to turn it off so content wouldn't be twitching all the time?


texts: Automator app stopped working after updating to macOS Mojave

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Today I updated to Mojave because the notifications were killing me.

A script I have in automator to launch apache server on startup stopped working after the update.

This is all this automator app is doing

echo mypassphrase | sudo -S apachectl restart

Strangely, this exact same line works fine if I run it from the terminal

I tried using the following AppleScripts that some people recommend online:

do shell script "echo mypassphrase | sudo -S apachectl restart" with administrator privileges
do shell script "sudo -S apachectl restart" with administrator privileges
do shell script "sudo apachectl restart" with administrator privileges
do shell script "apachectl restart" with administrator privileges

None of them work. Launching the app manually doesn't work either. The script only works if I'm running it from Terminal.app

I've also given this app (autostartapache.app) the permission to control my computer on System Preferences > Security and Privacy. I have also restarted the machine. The app runs on startup but doesn't start apache, running the app manually won't work either, running from Automator doesn't start apache either.

Thinking of downgrading to High Sierra that was working fine, I don't really like this update anyway and there really isn't anything new to the user other than the few apps they added (news, stock, etc). My sister also told me that her Wacom device to do digital art is not working well after the update. This issue seems to be related to the changes they did to security (everything needing permissions now).


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Chrome & Firefox works fine but when i open Safari it says "Safari can't connect to the server". I have tried to change the DNS and i searched all over google but i couldnt find anything regarding this item.

Can anyone please help me? Even when i watch my webpage on my local server through mamp it says that it cant connect to the server.


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I need to create an Applescript to open a certain website and export it as PDF using the menu "Save as PDF…" under the File menu. Then, I need to save that PDF on a certain location on my hard drive. I am encountering trouble trying to activate the dropdown menu in the first place.
I am trying this code but I get an error:
tell application "Safari" to open location "http://www.webiste.com/"
delay 1
    click menu item "Save as PDF..." of menu bar item "File"
    end tell
end tell

I am adding a delay 1 to make sure all elements are loaded before firing the "Save as PDF..." menu.
I haven't yet reached the point of determining the specific location where I want that PDF to be stored.
I will use Automator to create a recurring event based on this apple script.
Any ideas?


texts: Where can I find public domain images of the latest Apple products for commercial use?

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I would like to use the images from Apple websites and don’t know how to contact and get permission to use some images from Apple.

Are there ways to get written permission to use these images commercially?


texts: Recipients of my gmail don't see my address

texts: I receive my gmail on my pc as well as my iphone 4S. When I answer mail via my iphone, the recipient doesn't see my email address, they only see 'Gmail'. Why is this and how can I change it?


texts: "Internet Sharing" via "Ethernet" is not working

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I'm using OS X El Capitan (10.11) on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) and I'm trying to use System Preferences -> Sharing -> Internet Sharing feature and something isn't working...

I made sure that Share your connection from... is set to Wi-Fi as that's my source of internet, and To computers using... is set to Thunderbolt Ethernet as that's where my Raspberry Pi is plugged in via crossover ethernet cable.

I'm not seeing any IP address assigned via Network Utility on Thunderbolt Ethernet (not 100% sure if it should, but I'd assume it should).

Any help?


texts: Can’t log out of iCloud on iPhone - ‘Verification Failed’

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So when I try to sign out of iCloud on my iPhone, I get the message - enter password to turn off find my phone. After entering the password, a message comes up stating ‘Verification Failed - There was an error connecting to iCloud’.

What I’ve tried so far:
1) Resetting all Network Setting,
2) Changing Apple ID password.

Neither works! Any help is really appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Xcode crashes when attempting to create a file

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If I start up Xcode 10.3 on MacOS 10.14.6 and then try to create a new file (cmd-N), Xcode will crash. Actually trying to open any file will cause it to crash. The welcome window comes up as does all the other windows in the Windows menu. Preferences will open but opening the Fonts & Colors tab will cause Xcode to crash (all other tabs work fine.)

I have uninstalled everything including everything I could find in both my Library and the global Library and reinstalled from the App store but no luck.

I'm guessing it's some sort of font issue but I'm not sure. I'm looking for any ideas here.

Currently, I'm downloading Xcode 11 to see what happens with that.

Here is the beginning of the crash stack:

Process:               Xcode [698]
Path:                  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode
Identifier:            Xcode
Version:               10.3 (14492.2)
App Item ID:           497799835
App External ID:       832020435
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Xcode [698]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2019-09-15 21:15:38.288 -0400
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.14.6 (18G95)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        8D9EF665-0B80-ADDC-F96B-EF8B48AFF1D2

Time Awake Since Boot: 1100 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
Sending newDocument: to <IDEApplicationCommands: 0x7fb35664e4f0> from <NSMenuItem: 0x7fb359ce6260 File…>
ProductBuildVersion: 10G8
UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInvalidArgumentException): *** -[__NSArrayM insertObject:atIndex:]: object cannot be nil
UserInfo: (null)
Hints:
  0: The view controller: "IDEConsoleArea" is loading the nib file: "IDEConsoleArea".
  1: Replacement view is installing: <IDEConsoleArea: 0x7fb3596088e0 representing: <DVTExtension 0x7fb359384760: Default Console (Xcode.IDEKit.Console.DefaultConsole) v0.1 from com.apple.dt.IDEKit>>
  2: Replacement view is installing: <IDEEditorArea: 0x7fb35b2e6550 representing: (null)>
  3: Sending newDocument: to <IDEApplicationCommands: 0x7fb35664e4f0> from <NSMenuItem: 0x7fb359ce6260 File…>