texts: What fingers do I need to use for hitting Control, Option and Command buttons on Apple keyboard?

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How do I place my fingers to press Control, Option and Command buttons on Apple keyboard?

What is the default and correct way to press these buttons? I'm using these keyboard shortcuts:

Command-C, Command-V, Command-Option-V, Command-Shift-V

Option-Shift-Left

Command-Spacebar

Option-Spacebar

My left hand is twisted when I try to use these shortcuts. I would like to read an article or watch a video on this topic.


texts: Built-in dictionary usage on Adobe Acrobat DC

texts: I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2019 on my mac. I get used to use built-in dictionary of mac via three-fingers clicking on a word. However, it works on other applications like chrome, pdfguru etc. but not on Acrobat Pro DC. Even ^+⌘+D doesn't work. How can I use the dictionary on it?


texts:
Is it possible to get an analogue military time watchface on the Apple iWatch 2?

Like this...


texts: What can I do to unbrick my MacBook Pro after a software update?

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I applied the software update from 2015-03-10 on my 2009 MacBook Pro running Yosemite. Upon reboot, I get a grey screen with a circle and a slash through it. So far, I have tried:

Rebooting
Rebooting while holding down Command-Alt-P-R
Rebooting while holding down Shift (safe mode)
Rebooting while holding down Command-S. Same thing happens with the addition of the message, "Still waiting for root device"

Is there anything else I can do before re-installing? If I do re-install, any suggested procedure? The last physical install disk I have is likely a few versions outdated.


texts: Downloading OS X Lion after the release of Mountain Lion

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I bought OS X Lion through the App Store long ago and installed it to my Mac Mini (Early 2011) which came with Snow Leopard bundled.

The Mac Mini was having some issues so I decided to format and reinstall using the Recovery Partition created by Lion. However, the process of downloading installation files was getting stuck and the installation did not advance, so I decided to install Snow Leopard instead and make the upgrade to OS X Lion from the App Store, like I did originally.

Sadly, I find that there's currently no way of downloading OS X Lion from Apple's site. What can I do? How can I get a hold of a product I paid for?

The Apple site prompts me to buy and install Mountain Lion which I don't want.


texts: How to get a link in a pdf generated by Apple Pages to open in new tab/page?

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I have a pdf file exported from the Pages app. In the file I have external links that I'd prefer to automatically open in new tab/pages, but they currently just open in the same page (unless holding down the command key when clicking).
Is there any way to force these links to open in a new tab?


texts: Mapping USB keyboard Fn key to Option key with DefaultKeyBinding.dict

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I have this usb keyboard and macOS 10.14.6. :

I'm using the file DefaultKeyBinding.dict to remap several keys on a MacBook Pro. Is there a way to specify that my right Fn key has to be bound to the Option  key.

I need this since I'm trying to have an Option key on the bottom right zone of the USB keyboard, mimicking the MacBook Pro  keyboard.

I'd prefer not to use external tools.

I don't find Modifier keys settings helpful for function keys:

Using Karabiner event, it seems like keystrokes on Fn keys are not detected by the Mac. Can I fix it?


texts: How To Display IP Address In Control Center?

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I'm looking for a tweak/trick/tip that will display my internal ip in the control center when I pull it up.

what options are available?

[options for jailbroken devices are fine too]

edit: I know there's ShowIP for NotificationCenter, I'm basically looking for the same thing but for Control Center instead.


texts: Does my MacBook Pro have an expiry date?

texts:
While dismantling my 2011 MacBook Pro, I found that the bottom case place has an etching:

What does it all mean? In particular, one part of it appears to be a date in the future. Is it, and if so what happens on that day?


texts: On El Capitan, is it possible to display picture just on  an external monitor, and not on the laptop's screen? I want to close my laptop and use it as a desktop, and I have every other piece of external periferals (wireless mouse, keyboard and external monitor) needed.


texts: How to prompt updating Safari 14.1 bookmark folders to save to iCloud

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All Macs:  Safari 14.1 bookmarks synced to the same Apple ID & iCloud.

Mac#1 & Mac#2 bookmarks are synced, they are list-organized
Mac#2 bookmarks are reorganized into folders: "folder-organized"
Mac#1 bookmarks remain NOT folder-organized

A new Mac #3 is configured with the same Apple ID and bookmarks are synced: results in list-organized bookmarks.
I am assuming that the bookmarks file (.plist?) is the "file of record" which new machines will use.   Mac#3 leads me to believe: the folder-organized bookmark file did not update into iCloud.  I realize that the bookmarks can be manually exported / imported, however, I would prefer that these all Macs sync their folder-organized bookmarks through iCloud to ensure consistency.
How do I prompt Mac#2 to update iCloud with the folder-organized bookmarks and then prompt the others to sync with the folder-organized bookmarks.


texts: pfctl config to only allow OpenVPN connection

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I found what appears to be a suitable guide here, but pfctl complains of a syntax error and "no IP address found for en3" which is my main interface. I have had other pf rules working successfully to forward ports, etc. but I cannot figure this out.

I am on 10.11.4 and using Tunnelblick connected to a OpenVPN server i installed myself on a VPS.

Could someone give instructions on the correct configuration for pfctl on El Capitan? I need to keep open access to private networks like 10.0.0.0 and 168.1.0.0

Thanks!


texts: How will Apple's Notarization impact programs written in Python?

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Apple has announced that all programs in the next release of its operating system must be notarized.

  Beginning in macOS 10.14.5, all new or updated kernel extensions and
  all software from developers new to distributing with Developer ID
  must be notarized in order to run. In a future version of macOS,
  notarization will be required by default for all software.

How will this affect programs written in Python? Will they need to be notarized? Or will notarization be required for using certain APIs? How about browser plug-ins? Will they require notarization?


texts: Wireless Keyboard Volume Down acting different

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Just for my curiosity and knowledge, on my mac wireless keyboard, has been a couple of days that every time I click on the Volume Down (F10) key, instead of rising down the volume it will move the application.

I made a small video so you can have an idea.  How can I change to default factory?


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I've had Time Machine set up on my OSX Server for quite a while, but now that I upgraded my USB storage I can't seem to connect to the server. When I go to Time Machine preferences and click Select Backup Disk... I can see the share as usual. After I select the drive, turn on encryption and click Use Disk, I get asked for my credentials. If I enter the wrong credentials, the dialog shakes as it's supposed to, but when I enter the correct username and password, I'm thrown back to the disk selection screen.

I've tried turning the Time Machine service on and off, removing and adding the backup location to the service, deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist on the client, but every time the same happens. No info can be found in the console on the client, and the only possibly related lines on the server are from kdc regarding encryption and this line: 26/06/17 23:24:04,130 AppleFileServer[25122]: Logged out 0x7f86da033600.

Any ideas would be appreciated. Screenshots here.

Almost forgot: the client is running 10.12.5, and the server is 10.10.4.


texts: Bad Mac Mini 2012 passes AHT, but ASD shows several errors/failures. Logic board failure?

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I have a 2012 Mac mini running Mac OS X 10.8 that doesn't boot properly. Sometimes the USB ports don't work after boot and/or the Mac mini crashes after bootup. Graphics are not crisp when output from HDMI; instead resembling an old CRT TV.

Before I did a clean install of 10.8 via Internet Recovery, it had a kernel panic/boot loop.

So far I've:

Reset both NVRAM and SMC
Run AHT extended tests (without problems).
Found and ran the correct ASD, which consistently shows these seven errors:

  FireWire Controller (test #20) - Reset PCIe Link Error Registers...
  ERROR--12114 [Cannot find the PCIe capabilities register] -- TEST
  FAILED

  FireWire Controller (test #21) - Read PCIe Link Error Registers...
  ERROR--12114 [Cannot find the PCIe capabilities register] -- TEST
  FAILED

  AirPort (test #8) - Hardware Register Check Test... ERROR--12100
  [IOConnect error reading from PCI address space] -- TEST FAILED

  AirPort (test #9) - Wireless Module PCIe Root Port Hardware Register
  Test... ERROR--12100 [IOConnect error reading from PCI address space]
  -- TEST FAILED

  SATA:SATA PCI Register Test (test #1) - SATA PCI Register Test...
  ERROR--12105 [PCI driver IOService open error] -- TEST FAILED

  Thunderbolt (test #30) - Thunderbolt PCIe Gen2 Link Width Verification
  Test... ERROR-- 11 [Can not get PCI Link Width] -- TEST FAILED

  Thunderbolt (test #31) - Thunderbolt PCIe Gen2 Link Speed Verification
  Test... ERROR-- 13 [Can not get PCI Link Speed] -- TEST FAILED

Despite FireWire and Airport showing up in failures, the Mac mini works great in Target Mode and Wi-Fi seems to work fine too. Don't know what PCI errors mean practically, though I did some research about PCIe.

ASD for the EFI passed with no problems.

Do those errors mean this logic board is fried and I should sell this Mac mini for parts, as I assume?

The logic board is rather dusty and dirty, but doesn't appear to be a liquid spill. No idea if that could realistically cause a short.

Background:

I tried to upgrade my problematic 2009 Mac mini on the cheap by getting one on eBay. It was listed as powering on but not booting, but I thought I had a decent chance of making it work with a good HD, good RAM, and clean install.


texts: Replaced SSD drive on MBPr shown as External

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I replaced my internal MBPr SSD for an OCW Aura one.

It works great, but it's recognised as "External" (despite being installed internally), which means it shows up on Finder/Desktop as an external drive, and it even has the Eject button shown.

From a quick glance on the System Report, the issue should be that it's marked as "Removable Media: Yes". Any way to change that and have OS X see it properly as an internal drive?

I'm running the latest El Capitan version btw, and the drive is an OCW Aura 480.


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I've used Time Machine on my Mac to perform backups of my Lion install. My SSD failed and I installed Mountain Lion on my machine.

Now, I want to recover my private key from my backup so I can continue to sign my iOS apps without having to regenerate all of the certificates and provisioning profiles online.

Is my private key available in the Time Machine backups? Where can I find it?


texts: MacOS Sierra sleep mode after a couple of minutes

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I am new to Mac and writing codes. When I leave the laptop idle for a couple of minutes, it goes into hibernation or sleep mode and doesn't run it. So, I have to press the power button to activate it. Sometimes, I need the codes to run while I sleep or do things, so I am trying to lift this hibernation/sleep mode.

I used sudo pmset -g on terminal and it gave me the following:

System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                1
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         0
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 tcpkeepalive         1
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

Apparently, it has 3 hours to standby. Does this 3 minutes come from hibernatemode 3?

I tried sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0 and pmset -g |grep standbydelay but it gives a warning that

Warning: Idle sleep timings for "Battery Power" may not behave as expected.
- Disk sleep should be non-zero whenever system sleep is non-zero.
Warning: Idle sleep timings for "AC Power" may not behave as expected.
- Disk sleep should be non-zero whenever system sleep is non-zero.

What should I do?


texts: How can i compare achievements with Game Center in iOS7

texts:
I remember i could easily compare my achievements in previous version of iOS/GC, but now i can't.

Am i missing something?


texts: Delete or voice over all text in Dragon Dictation free app for iPhone?

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I have an iPhone 6 running ios9 and the free app for Dragon Dictation.

Is there a command or sequence of commands (voice or keyboard) to delete everything in the recording and start over?

I've just started experimenting with the Dragon Dictation free app. So far, it's my understanding that:

Once you've started, the only way to start over is to send the recording (such as to email).
You can use the keyboard (NOT voice commands) for discrete edits, such as to cut, copy, or delete a single word.
Dragon Diction free app is limited to the same commands as Siri; it can do everything that Siri can, and nothing more.

The other posts I found on stackexchange appeared to ask about those small, discrete kinds of deletions. My question is about deleting all of the text. Affirmations or corrections about my understanding of the capabilities of the free app are also welcome.


texts: Any cydia App for choosing specific proxy country?

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Like for those tv apps, in my case, from Spain which will only show certain content if you have a Spanish ip.
For me in Germany I thus need some kind of proxy from Spain. Does such an app exist in cydia? Or would there be any other way in order to appear as a Spanish client to the servers of that tv app?


texts: What can I use to get dust off of my rMBP display?

texts: I've noticed that the Retina display on MacBook Pros gets scratches and dings very easily.  I just recently had to replace the display for a different reason, and I'd like to put on a tempered glass screen protector to prevent scratches and dings.  The problem is that I need to make sure that the screen is completely clean and dust-free before installing the screen protector, which I've found is very difficult to do.  I'm wondering if there are any products that I could buy to help get dust off of the screen?  Would something like an electronics brush or maybe even a camera lens brush work?  Please let me know!  Thanks.


texts: Safari doesn't show titles for click throughs on google search results…

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Sometime recently -- maybe in the last month or so -- a glitch came up with Google and Safari 6. I don't know if it happened when I upgraded to Safari 6 or if it's the result of encrypted search results on Google.

As you can see here, when I search for something on Google, the history show that search. But when I click on a result, the history shows a crazy Google URL and does not show the title of the site that I went to, which makes it impossible to go back to something I was looking at earlier without randomly trying a bunch of different search results.

Any idea why this is happening, and how I can disable it? This is relatively new behavior. Between this and the new web inspector, I can't stand Safari anymore.


texts: Why do carriers sell the iPhone for so much cheaper than Apple?

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I've been looking at iPhone 4S prices. I'm not an US citizen but I've been wondering why does it cost only $199 with a Sprint/Verizon/AT&T contract and why does it cost $649 without those contracts?

What are the limitations if I was a US citizen and I was going to use one of those service providers?


texts: Why is my MBP not detecting my HDD/Optical Drive?

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I've had a second hard drive in one of those optibay things in my MBP 5,1. It's been super awesome, until it stopped getting detected today.

The second hard drive is getting power and is spinning up, but is not being detected at all. I've made sure the SATA connector is on tight and even clean all the connectors with some compressed air. The second hard drive does not show up in Disk Utility or System Profile.

I swapped out the original second hard drive with another hard drive I had laying around and that one didn't get detected either. I even placed my optical drive inside and it won't get detected either.

I plugged the two hard drives into a USB enclosure and they both get detected.
I've also reset the PRAM and NVRAM.

When running the Snow Leopard DVD in the external enclosure, I wasn't able to detect the second hard drive in Disk Utility.

What can I do to fix this? Could Lion be doing something fishy? Is it the logic board?


texts: If "Reset Keyboard Dictionary" does not reset some words, what supplies them?

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There are some previously unanswered questions about "Reset Keyboard Dictionary" (in Settings) not resetting the autocorrect for specific words. (In my case [iOS 11], the letter "i" converts to "A" and a unicode character... and by the way, a manual shortcut override appears to be the only fix.)

So if the issue is not caused by the Keyboard Dictionary, what other plugins could be providing this erroneous autocorrection? Do other apps contribute words to the dictionary? And is there any other way to remove them from the dictionary without wiping the whole phone?


texts: Activating Quick Look Using The Trackpad In OS X?

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Quick Look is very useful when wanting to preview documents and files without opening them in separate applications.

I know that you can trigger Quick Look by highlighting a file in Finder and pressing the spacebar.

Can it be activated using the trackpad on my Macbook Pro instead ?


texts: What does ~/Library/Application\ Support/Knowledge/ folder do?

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After upgrading to MacOS Sierra, a new folder ~/Library/Application\ Support/Knowledge/ emerged, I'm not sure what it stores

I already tried to google for it, but only got results for Application Support folder.

Any ideas?


texts: Finder - how to search for all files without a tag

texts:
In Finder there is a way to show all files with a certain colour tag (see screenshot below).

But is there a way in Finder to search for all files:

a) without a tag
b) with a tag of any colour (eg. any tag)

Im running OSX 10.13.x


texts: Mac mission control add new space + icon is on left - not the right

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How can I fix this?

I don't recall changing a setting for this, but I really wish it was on the right as per normal (was like this prior to Big Sur update as well.)
Normal is right I assume - much better!
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204100


texts: Is there a script that allows one to insert text from the clipboard into the name field of a new folder? I would like to name a new folder or change the name of a folder using the last text clip.


texts: Mac crashing with "critical" hardware error macOS 11

texts: My MacBook Air 2017 running macOS 11 crashed in the middle of update. Now every time when I do anything I get an error "critical system error occurred". My MBA pretty much disabled.


texts: Smartctl doesn't show SMART data for any of my NVMe drives

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I have a number of NVMe M.2 drives which I connect to my MacBook Pro using a Yottamaster USB enclosure. However, when I try to view SMART data for any of these drives, I'm met with a generic error:
$ smartctl -a disk18

smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [Darwin 20.4.0 x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

identify failed: 0
Read Device Identity failed: Unknown error

A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.

So I try the permissive option, as they suggest:
$ smartctl -a -T permissive disk18

Again, I get an unhelpful error:
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [Darwin 20.4.0 x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

identify failed: 0
Read Device Identity failed: Unknown error

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     [No Information Found]
Serial Number:    [No Information Found]
Firmware Version: [No Information Found]
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   [No Information Found]
Local Time is:    Fri May 14 15:21:33 2021 EDT
SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 82-83 don't show if SMART supported.
SMART support is: Ambiguous - ATA IDENTIFY DEVICE words 85-87 don't show if SMART is enabled.
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.

What might I be missing? I'm quite sure that these modern NVMe drives support SMART monitoring. I formatted them to APFS and exFAT before using, but they still show these errors. I have not found any documentation online to deal with these errors.
In contrast, I can view the SMART data of any of my SATA SSDs and HDDs.


texts: Categories from Outlook for contacts in iPhone

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I use Outlook and have my contacts under categories, e.g. home, clients, family, etc.

When I sync from Outlook to my iPhone I get all the contacts, but I cannot find the categories.

How can I search in my iPhone the contacts for categories I have in Outlook, for example 'family'?


texts: How to free up Message's "dead space" while preserving some conversations?

texts:
There are many reports that the previous versions of the iOS Messages app did not properly free up space when conversations were deleted and every subsequent restore from backup carries this "dead space" over. And, since they are deleted, there is no way to regain that space because there are no UI elements for those conversations.

For example, my Messages is using up nearly 2 GB of data, but when I examine my conversations and their attachments, they don't add up to anywhere near 2 GB.

How can I regain this dead space?

... given these constraints:

Retaining some of my conversations (i.e. the ones that I haven't deleted).
Retaining those conversations in the Messages app.
Not jailbreaking my device.

Update: Apparently at least one person was confused as to what I'm asking, so hopefully this will clear it up: I have 3 (for example) conversations in Messages that I want to keep (history, attachments, and all). Those 3 take up around 100 MB of space on my iPhone. However, when I go into my iPhone's usage page, I see that Messages takes up 2 GB of space! I'm running low on disk space, so I want to get back 1.9 GB of space (2 GB - 100 MB). I tried deleting every conversation in Messages except those 3 that I want to keep. I then restarted and examined the usage again, and Messages still reports as taking up nearly 2 GB of space! The only explanation is that there is "dead space" on my phone: space that my iPhone is consuming for things I can't even see. How can I free up this dead space? I can't use the solutions from the linked MacRumors threads because they either (1) delete all conversations from the Messages app--remember, I want to keep 3 conversations; or (2) involve exporting the messages to a different app/pdf--I want to have access to my conversation history in the native Messages app.

For reference, the solutions from the MacRumors threads seem to fall into these categories:

Backup to iTunes, delete all messages/attachments from the backup (e.g. via iBackupBot), restore using this backup. -- This wouldn't work since it violates constraint #1... I want to retain some of my conversations.
Using an app such as iMobie PhoneClean -- First, the user never mentions that dead space will be cleared up, next no one confirms that this resolved their issue, and finally the website makes the product look shoddy at best.
Exporting the messages to another app -- Violates #2.
Jailbreak the device and delete all attachments -- Violates #1 & #3.
Erasing all Content and Settings w/o a restore -- Violates #1
Restore using iTunes, then restore through iCloud (1, 2) -- I have tried the regular restore through iCloud, but not this method yet. It looks the most promising. Has anyone had any success with this?


texts: What actions are performed by Install OS X Mountain Lion.app that are not performed by InstallESD.dmg without the app?

texts:
Recommended

Apple provides and recommends use of Install OS X Mountain Lion.app

that is, "the app" – in its entirety.

For Build 12A269 for OS X 10.8, the version of the app is 1.3.12 (351).

Known

Ignoring parts of the app – with InstallESD.dmg alone:

installation may succeed.

(The same is true for Lion when parts of Install Mac OS X Lion.app are not used for installation.)

Unknown for Mountain Lion

The full list of:

things that do not occur, things that may not succeed, when installation is attempted or performed with something other than the app.

My initial plan is to accept an answer that provides either:

the fullest list; or
the best set of evidence for a partial list.

Starting points

com.apple.Boot.plist(5) OS X Manual Page – page dated March 17, 2011 for 10.7.4, the same date appears on the page within 10.8.

For Mountain Lion on some types of hardware, there may be a unique distribution (ESD).

Food for thought, just part of the Lion experience: June 2012 discussion of Downloading Hardware Specific Lion Installers (cache)(copy).


texts: Why won't the Finder sort when clicking on the column headers in this different list view?

texts:
As pictured this new list view has the column headers that are un-clickable, so one can't sort by clicking on the column headers.

Why is the Finder doing this and how do I get it back to the way it is in the deactivated window.

Any suggestions?


texts: Standard charger for Macbook Pro insufficient

texts:
I recently bought a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) and I am using the OOTB Power Adaptor (87W) and USB-C cable.

I am finding that when I run computationally expensive processes (e.g. I utilize multiple cores for data analysis), that the laptop will discharge (albeit at a slower pace) even when plugged in. This is obviously problematic if I have a continuous process, that is meant to last multiple hours.

This laptop is an upgrade from a 2015 MacBook Pro, with the Magsafe 2 Power Adaptor, on which I never experienced this problem.

Is there a solution to this? Perhaps an upgrade to the Power Adaptor (I think 87W is the max Apple provides) or the USB C Cable? Or is there something else?


texts:
Anyone experiences the problem when swapping to the Radio (iTunes OSX), the Airplay function is switched off? Any fix?

  You can use Airplay when you set your "Output Device" to Airplay. But its a bit cumbersome.


texts: What is the cheapest way to upgrade from OS X10.4 to 10.6?

texts:
I have been living in the past, and it is finally catching up to me.
What is the cheapest way to upgrade from Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.6?


texts: Mac Air -first no sound, now it won't charge

texts: First the sound went out on my macbook air.  I was in the airport and tried everything I knew, nothing worked.  Then I went to plug into an outlet I found, and realized it wasn't charging.  It does supply enough power to use the laptop, but there is no light on the maglite charger.  I tried SMC reset (pram as well), heating up the maglite unit, and a few other random things.  Anyone have any ideas?


texts: Is there a way to limit computer time for a child on Big Sur?

texts:
One of the things that I always mentioned to people with children in the past is that macOS was great about limiting screen time through the Parental Controls preference applet. For example, you could set that child's account was limited to 1 hour a day and when that time limit was reached, the computer would give them a warning before locking them out and requiring an administrator password to get additional time. This has worked great for us.
With Big Sur, it looks like the Parental Controls pref has been removed altogether in favor of the "Screen Time" applet. While it does allow for individual application time limits, it doesn't seem to support any kind of "password required to extend" feature nor does it prevent them from getting into the computer.
Has the feature of locking someone out after a certainly daily time limit been removed? Is there a way of doing this now on Big Sur? I find it hard to believe that Apple removed this feature but I'm not having any luck getting any limits enforced; when something does pop up (individual app limit), the user can simply press "extend limit" without any password or other restrictions.
Please tell me there is still a way to do this incredibly useful feature that has been there for over a decade!


texts: Desktop icons rearrange spontaneously (Yosemite)

texts:
I like to have all my desktop icons and shortcuts in very specific places. When I take a screenshot of the screen (for example) and it is saved to a file on the desktop, all the desktop icons arrange on the right of the screen by name and I have to move all my icons back to where they were.

I have my desktop set to "none" sorting and "snap to grid" turned off so I can always keep my icons exactly where I want them all the time, without them moving around randomly whenever a file appears on the desktop.

Has anyone else experienced this? It's pretty annoying and very detrimental to the efficiency of my workflow, and others too, I'm sure.

iMac 21.5 inch, late 2012, OS X Yosemite 10.10


texts: Heatmap in Numbers (colouring cells by their numeric value)

texts:
In Excel, it's possible to display a "heatmap", i.e. colouring a group of cells depending on each cell's numeric value:

I'm looking to do the exact same thing in Numbers, but surprisingly I couldn't find how to do so. It seems like a very, very standard and reasonable feature to expect from a spreadsheet and I'd be very surprised if Numbers can't do it.

Is there any way to achieve this in Numbers?


texts: How does one start a bash command that doesn't close on Terminal quit?

texts:
I want to run a command, and not have it quit when Terminal closes.

For instance, if I run top & ; disown, top quits when I quit Terminal. I want to keep top alive.

I know this is possible since the command open can do this. (For example, open -e opens up TextEdit, and when you quit out of Terminal, TextEdit stays open.)

Thanks in advance.


texts:
My friend and I switched ipods to experience each other's music. His is and ipod classic while mine was a touch.

When the battery started to run low I hooked it up to my computer. I have my itunes set to manually manage music but itunes immediately popped up when my computer recognized the ipod. It was giving me this message that was like it knew it wasn't my ipod and it was telling me I need to restore the ipod. Of course I freaked out and safely disconnected the ipod as soon as possible.

After that the ipod was stuck on the "ok to disconnect" screen. I wasn't sure what to do so I let it die. I instead hooked it up to my car stereo in order to charge it. The stereo wouldn't read any music on the ipod when it was finally charged and it was still stuck on the same screen as before.

Did I lose all of his music? Is there anything I can do to get it back to normal without having to give his ipod back?

Please help, I am desperate and not used to classics.


texts: iTunes: Why do some internet radio streams show up in my main music list and some do not?

texts:
I'm setting up a fresh iTunes library, and I'd like to have a playlist with some internet radio stations.  However, I'm seeing inconsistent behavior with how these are being handled in iTunes 10.  When I add The Current MP3 stream to a playlist, it does not show up in my main music list, however, when I add the BBC Radio 6 it does show up in the music list, not matter how I add it (dragging from the radio list directly, or adding the URL via Advanced > Open Stream).

Why are these streams treated differently?  How can I prevent the BBC stream from showing up in the main music list (like The Current stream currently does)?

I'm using iTunes 10.5.2 (11) 64-bit on Lion

The Current MP3 stream url (Added via Advanced > Open Stream):
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/play/streams/the_current.pls

BBC Radio 6 stream url (got the URL from the iTunes radio list):
http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_lc1_6music_p?s=1326827601&e=1326842001&h=81a3810c662b7c85a3d24d7aa24ac120


texts: Why does the Mac App Store show an "error" for a missing product?

texts:
A game that purchased a while ago in the Mac App Store is now "not currently available in the U.S. store", but continues to appear in my Applications folder as a download in progress

and shows an error in the App Store's list of apps that I've purchased

Why does this app continue to appear in the App Store if it is no longer available? What can I do to get rid of the warning about the error in the App Store? I've tired deleting the app (or what's left of it) from my machine, but it continues to appear in the App Store as an error.

And if anyone knows, I'm curious why the app is no longer available.


texts: Are Apple Remote Desktop connections encrypted?

texts: Is the data transmitted between two machines during an Apple Remote Desktop session encrypted? E.g. the login password, the actual screenshare, the text typed etc.?


texts:
I save MANY attachments from one URL about 50 times a day from clients. I'd like to automate the process for when I click on the download attachment button it will save into 1 specific folder when it's coming from that URL.

Is this possible, what do you recommend?

Thanks


texts: OS X: Shift + Delete = Forward delete annoyance

texts:
Has anyone noticed this strange behavior of OS X El Capitan regarding forward delete? The usual keyboard shortcut for this on keyboards that have no distinct forward delete button is fn + delete, which works on my MacBook Pro 13'' Early 2015 as it should.

Additionally I have a forward delete when holding down shift and delete. This is so annoying because it happens very often while writing larger texts (especially in German where you have a lot of capital lettered words) or programming that this situation occurs.

Does anyone know a way to remap/deactivate forward delete?


texts: Desktop icons font size limit (macOS Big Sur)

texts:
Is there a way to bypass the system setting and set smaller font than 10pt for the desktop icons.
Usually the adjustable range is fine for me, but using external monitor with low resolution makes the folder names too huge.


texts: How to give custom name to Time Machine backup

texts: I have used Clonezilla when I was a windows and linux user. I really liked how Clonezilla allows you to rename your backup to anything. It is possible to do so during Time Machine backup? I want to name my backups so I might not flash something else that I don't want.


texts: How do I exclude video podcasts from my podcast smart playlist

texts:
I created a Smart Playlist to sync to my iPod Touch so I can listen to my podcasts one after the other while I'm on a long drive.

I can't figure out how to leave Video Podcasts off that list, though.  Is there a way?


texts: Any app on mac os x can hide icons on menu bar?

texts:
I'm seeking software for Mac OSX that can hide any icon on menu bar.
Some apps leave an icon on menu bar, but don't have a option to hide its icon from menu bar, are there any applications that hide all of the icons on the menu bar? Thanks.


texts: MBP boots into recovery mode/Installation log showing error logs after restarting

texts:
Yesterday I updated something through the MacBook Appstore. I really do not know what I was updating exactly. I only know it was in the AppStore. It could've been an update from High Sierra to Mojave. I'm not very sure but I think it completed as the red notification badge was gone already and I quit the Appstore. I didn't do anything Special before and after that. Apps I was probably using are: Finder, Safari, Whatsapp, Todoist, Preview...

When I was finished I turned it off and the next morning I turned it on again. The Login page appears and I put in my account Password. The bar then proceeds to load but when reaching about 60/70% of the bar the MBP suddenly boots into a mode which resembles Recovery Mode. There a window reads

"The macOS Installation couldn't be completed."
In the Background there is an app/Window opened called "Installation Log/Installer Log". This is why I think the main culprit is the update from the previous day.

I have saved the logs (.txt) (only Errors, Errors and Progress, all logs) of my latest attempt to log into my account. These can be found on my dropbox. I can upload them to other Services as well if needed.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e70trzi7u8lb39b/AADbEd1wAj2Q02-wRfufEQhta?dl=0

Thank you for your help!


texts: Connected other iPhone to MB to backup...could my old photos have transferred to the phone?

texts:
A bit of an unusual question maybe.

A friend needed to set up her new iPhone but doesn't have a computer and is restricted to mobile data at the moment. She wanted to back up her old iPhone to use on the new one. I tried to back her old one up using an old MacBook that I thought I had wiped, but realised partway through that all my photos (from iPhoto) were still on the MB.

I had logged out of iTunes and it is logged in using my friend's Apple/iTunes account...it's just that the MB had been linked to my Apple account for my photos.

The more I think about it, the less likely it is that the photos were transferred from my MB iPhoto to her iPhone backup...but I just thought I'd check.

Is it possible or likely that they have been? I asked her if there are any photos that aren't hers and she quickly looked at the last few days and said there weren't (but the last photo on that computer was maybe 6mth/1yr ago though)...and I don't want her to think I don't believe her by asking again if it's not really possible for them to transfer that way (or between accounts...even though the iPhoto wasn't really an account?).

Is there a way to check other than getting her to scroll back up to 6mth/1yr ago and her checking through her photos?

Thanks :)


texts:
I'm having problems connecting the the work wifi network.

When I go to Settings the network name is listed under Wi-Fi

However the "network" logo in the top bar shows 3G not the signal strength.  If I look at Settings > Wi-Fi there is a "spinner" next to the network name.

Clicking "Forget this Network" and reselecting prompts for the password, and does not reject it - taking you back to the first situation.

I have done a hard reset, reset Network Settings, rebooted the Wi-Fi router, everything short of a reset of the phone.  I've even looked to see if the router has any blacklists set.

Other people in the office are connecting to the Wi-Fi with no problems, on the same spec iPhones, as well as laptops etc.

My iPhone has no problems joining any other networks.

Any ideas?


texts: Why does restoring a photo from Time Machine only restore the original in iPhoto and not the edited version?

texts:
I have recently restored few pictures from Time Machine into iPhoto. I noticed that the Time Machine restored the files, but didn't restore the changes (editing etc.) I had made.

The point is that I am planning to reinstall the whole system on my mac and than to restore files using Time Machine. I would also like to have my photos with my changes. Do you have any ideas?


texts:
I've installed the Perian addon for Quicktime so it can open .flv files, and then I can save them as .m4v or .mov.  I'm trying to make an Applescript to convert from .flv to .m4v automatically by using this tutorial and butchering their example applescript file, which normally converts ChemDraw files (.cdx, .cml, .mol) to .tiff, so that it instead uses Quicktime to save the .flv files as .m4v.  When I try to use it, though, I get an error "QuickTime Player got an error: document 1 doesn't understand the save message".  My save message is currently:

save first document in target_path as ".m4v"

which looks like the QuickTime dictionary's instructions:

save specifier : The document(s) or window(s) to save.
[as saveable file format] : The file format to use.

I've also tried "m4v", without the period, and still get the error.
Is my Save direction wrong, or is it probably an error from trying to use Quicktime instead of the original ChemDraw?  I tried to change references to .cdx, .cml, .mol, .tiff, and ChemDraw to .flv, .m4v, and QuickTime respectively, but maybe it's more complicated than that?
I would, in fact, appreciate any example showing how to save an application file (ex: a TextEdit .rtf or .txt), as I can't seem to get any kind of file to save using applescript.


texts: Is it possible to install 2 windows under 1 mac?

texts:
I don't want to use virtual machine software because of performance issues.

So I want to use Mac and has Mac OS. And from time to time use Windows, but I want to install 2 Windows (because I need to use 2 versions of Microsoft Office).

Does anyone know if it is possible with Boot Camp? Is there any other solution?

I am considering buying the newest Mac Pro with 512 GB of internal storage.

PS: I don't need to run these OS simultaneously, Mac == restart ==> Windows 1 ==> restart ==> Windows 2 ==> Mac will be fine.


texts:
Im trying to start my vagrant environment on the new macOS mojave getting an error:

tee: /etc/exports: Operation not permitted
tee: /etc/exports: Operation not permitted
tee: /etc/exports: Operation not permitted
The nfsd service does not appear to be running.

On previous versions /etc/exports exists, but not in mojave, why? I cant start my virtual environment :(

I also tried to make a find on "exports" to see if is in other location but nothing was found, this file is renamed in this version?


texts: set the default audio output device in macOS

texts: Is there a way to set the default audio output source in macOS. Or even better be able to set a hierarchical preference list, as to which audio output device you would prefer in a similar way to how you can with network connections in the network preference tabs?


texts: Use middle mouse button (scroll wheel) as Force Touch?

texts:
I downloaded BetterTouchTool in an attempt to configure my non-branded Bluetooth mouse so I could use the buttons on the side of it as forward and backward - OS X has no facility for this and my mouse didn't come with any configuration software.

I'm using a 2015 MacBook Pro on OS 10.11.4.

I've used USB Overdrive in the past (I uninstalled it as I found it a bit buggy) but it configured my mouse so that clicking the scroll wheel would act in exactly the same way as a Force Click on the trackpad would - I could preview files in Finder, preview web pages in Safari and I could use the dictionary Look Up feature as well. It was really superb, but I can't afford to lay down £15 to buy the full version so it won't hassle me.

Is there any way to configure my mouse to behave like this from within BetterTouchTool? I got really used to it and it was a great feature to have! I can't seem to find any options that replicate this  functionality within BTT though :(

Cheers,
Dan


texts: OS X 10.9.4 closes application when sleeping

texts:
First time to have MBP retina. My issue on my MBP is when I close my MBP to transfer to another location (house to coffee shop), when I open my MBP I notice that it closes the apps I have open before I leave the house.

I used chrome & opened 4 to 8 tabs, then when I arrived at the coffee shop it open the chrome again but the tabs are not there. It says "Google Chrome didn't shutdown properly" then a button "Click to restore tabs.
I open sublime text editor on desktop 2, when I open the MBP the sublime is now located at desktop 1.

It is kinda weird, because my friend and I has the same MBP, but he is not experience this kind of issue. Someone can help me out this?

Summary: "I come back to work the system is locked down (i.e. I have to put my password), which is fine, and all applications are closed. They do however re-start and try to recover the state as I left them."


texts: Pangu/PP Jailbreak Application Not Re-tethering my Phone

texts:
So two weeks ago, I got the PP Jailbreak on my iOS 9.3.2 device. I installed it without the PP Helper software for Windows. I did it straight from iOS safari. It installed the PP Jailbreak application on my phone, and everytime I restart my phone, I have to retether (meaning that I need to use the app again to get my jailbreak back). Before, it was only a 20 second process, but now it takes me about 20 tries  before my phone is re-jailbroken. I install Apple Conduit 2, but I still do not understand why PP Jailbreak app doesn't work for me anymore. It just restarts my phone without doing anything. Any help would be much appreciated.

*Note: my Enterprise Certificate is still active, so everything should still be working fine.


texts:
How do I change the Apple iCloud password that is synched to a computer no longer available to me?
I am trying to backup my contacts to my new computer.  I have loaded the latest iTunes application on my notebook.  updates my iPhone 4S iOS8.  The mobile icon doesn't appear in iTunes.  The folder shows up in the drive tree.

So I am trying to backup everything to an iCloud account however I can't access it.


texts: how to start iPhone charging from sleeping MacBook

texts:
When I connect my iPhone 7 (iOS 12.4.1) to my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) (macOS Mojave 10.14.6),

it seems like the iPhone doesn't start charging until after

the MacBook is unlocked (by waking it and inputting the password)
the iPhone is unlocked (passcode/touchID entered).

Imagine my MacBook is lying, lid-closed, on the desk.

If I connect my iPhone to it via the USB cable, I want it to start charging.

I don't want to have to do anything else.

How can I configure my devices so that this is possible?


texts: Mac Numbers - how to copy multiline text without quotes

texts:
When I copy a cell that has multiline content, and paste elsewhere, Numbers puts quotes around it.

How do I paste without quotes, I want to paste multiple line, as it is seen in the cell.


texts: List of (activated) fonts with shell command in os x

texts:
Is there any shell command for getting a list of activated fonts? Something like:

 some_font_util -activated -format 'file: name'

for getting a list of activated fonts in a form like:

/Library/Fonts/CourNI.ttf: Courier New Italic

…or anything similar?

I'm using Lion. Something from MacPorts, or AppleScript (for run with osascript command) would be welcome too.


texts: Bluetooth device showing battery status in iPadOS but not macOS

texts:
My B&W PX7 will report its battery status to my iPad Air (2020) when connected, but it doesn't report the battery status to my 2019 MacBook Pro 16" running Catalina.
How do I enable this to get a view like the iPadOS battery widget?


texts: Norton not completing setup, Allow Button in iMac not working even with Tips (tab, spacebar etc....)

texts: Norton setup not completing, installation in iMac requires Allow button in preferences (security/privacy:general) not reacting when 'clicked'.  Tried all tips on this sight (unlock, tab, spacebar etc...) not working. Does anyone know if this was changed and if there is a new way to work the allow button to complete the Norton setup? I have tried EVERYTHING on the web to resolve this issue to no avail. I also have 3 other iMac computers that are running High Sierra 10.13.6 as well, and they loaded the Norton software without issue.


texts: Whats the correct way to reboot a Mac which is managed by Apple Remote Desktop?

texts:
I have a headless 2012 Mac Mini running macOS Catalina which is managed with Apple Remote Desktop and ssh by my other MacBooks (running macOS Mojave).
The problem is that when I need to reboot the remote Mac Mini, after it boots I cannot log into it with Apple Remote Desktop or with ssh until I physically go over to the machine, attach a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and log into the main local admin account. Once I do this, I can then use Apple Remote Desktop and ssh, and the Mac Mini has Mac Server running as well to (supposedly) help keep it accessible on the network.
I want to be able to reboot the remote Mac Mini in such a way that it will start with ssh and Apple Remote Desktop available, so that I could at least login to its main local admin account via ARD for the admin user's services to start.
Is there a way to do this? I could not find anything relevant on Google.


texts: iTunes on OS X: How to rename files using in-line editing in main window, using keyboard only?

texts:
When I'm on my Windows computer and using iTunes, I can conveniently hit the F2 key when I have a song selected, rename the song using the in-line edit field that appears, and then hit Enter to commit the change.  No mouse or Get Info dialog is used in the process.

Is there a keyboard-only method in iTunes on OS X for quickly renaming a song?

On OS X, I can avoid iTunes' Get Info dialog by using the mouse to click twice ... not double clicking, but rather: click, wait, click again .. (and getting the timing right is annoying!)  Such clicking activates in-line editing functionality (so I know it exists) but it requires the mouse. How can I activate the in-line editing functionality with just the keyboard?

I tried F2 on OS X and that didn't work.  I also tried Enter, which can be used to in-line edit file names in Finder, but that didn't work either :-/

I'm interested in renaming files with the keyboard only because I have a ton of songs imported with "Artist Name - Song Name" titles to correct.


texts: Use a network Time Machine drive locally

texts:
I typically backup over a network to a networked hard drive on another machine. For some unknown reason, backups tend to get incredibly slow over the network (the first few backups work fine and timely, then it gets crazy slow.) I let the backup run over gigabit for a night, and I came back to find 300 MB of 10 GB backed up.  Anyway...

I'd like to plug that networked HD into my notebook over FireWire directly, and backup to it's sparsebundle locally.  I tried mounting the sparsebundle (which was successful-- I see the past backups), but I can't select it as my backup volume in Time Machine preferences. It would seem I either need to:

Trick OS X into letting me backup to the sparseimage as a volume.
Trick OS X into connecting to my external firewire drive at afp://localhost/Drive/

Any other suggestions are more than welcome, but those seem to be the most logical options.  It's worth noting 1 isn't easy because TM doesn't want to backup to sparse disks.  2 isn't easy because AFP can't connect to localhost, it just tells you to access the shared files locally.

Suggestions appreciated!  Thanks.


texts: How can I change the title of a boot image?

texts:
I have an external Hard Drive with two bootable partitions on it. The first is an image of a Mac OS X 10.6 Install DVD, and the second is an image of a Mac OS X 10.6.3 Install DVD.

When I plug the hard drive into a Mac Mini, and turn it on holding down the Alt key, I get the option to select which boot device to use. However both my bootable images are named "Mac OS X Install DVD".

How would I change the name of the bootable image?

I have already tried changing the partition names but this has no effect.

Any ideas?

Note: I originally asked this on SuperUser, but upon discovering this site, I asked it here also.

Edit: Here are some related pictures:

The Partition in Finder

Disk Information in Disk Utility

Volume Information in Disk Utility


texts: iTunes doesn't open, no error messages or anything, not even when executed through terminal

texts:
I just updated to iTunes 12, and I when I open it, nothing happens. The icon on the Dock doesn't even bounce. When I start it in the Terminal, nothing happens either, no messages. When I open it with sudo, the application does show up in the dock with a dot, but no messages or UI.

I don't think it has anything to do with my user profile since it does not work in sudo either, it does come closer to work though, but it's a very very small difference. I have rebooted the computer, obviously.

I also tried reinstalling it, it's been stuck on "moving files to their right places" with 1 minute left for 7 hours.


texts: Is there a way to export syntax color settings from one Xcode installation to a new one?

texts: I have installed a new XCode 4 on a machine and I'd like to copy/paste the syntax coloring settings from the first one to the new one. How may I do this ?


texts: Cannot symlink gcc-5 instead of clang on OS X 10.10.5?

texts:
I've installed gcc-5 via brew install gcc5, and I've tried linking gcc (which is clang by default) to gcc-5, but whenever I try running gcc, it's using clang. I've also checked that /usr/local/bin is first in my PATH variable. Here's how it all looks in my terminal:

$ which gcc-5
/usr/local/bin/gcc-5
$ which gcc
/usr/bin/gcc
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:~/.composer/vendor/bin:/usr/texbin
$ gcc
clang: error: no input files
$ gcc-5
gcc-5: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
$ ln -sf gcc-5 gcc
$ gcc
clang: error: no input files

Also, in ~/.bash_profile, I've put export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" in the last line of the file, and it appears 1st in $PATH, I've played around a bit and discovered that it's somehow read in reverse, as if every export appends to the front, is that normal behaviour?

EDIT:
I would prefer to avoid using alias for things like these.


texts: Is it possible to set touch bar in F1-F12 mode for a specific app?

texts: I am happy with touch bar in general, but when I am working I want F1-F12 keys when editor is open. Is there a way to make touch bar go in function keys mode when editor becomes active?


texts: How many different images are there in a dynamic wallpaper?

texts:
I just started using mac OS Catalina (just switched from Windows) and I love the dynamic wallpaper feature.

How many images make up the dynamic wallpaper? Does it change every 24 hours and is therefore composed of 24 different images?


texts: How to get ripped CD music onto my iPhone?

texts:
How do I get music which I have ripped from CDs into iTunes onto my iPhone so I can listen to it? It shows up in my library but I can't get it to sync to my iPhone.

I've clicked on the iPhone icon, clicked music and checked the album that was ripped. I've then synced the device but it but never shows up in my music on my iPhone.

Right now I'm dragging the songs to the iPhone icon but that doesn't look to be working ether. In my iTunes library the ripped album shows up in Compilations—I don't know what that means or how to get the album into the library itself I feel that's the problem because I've ripped a CD once before and it just showed up in my iPhone and library with no problem.


texts: Slow to install an enterprise IPA on a real device

texts:
I'm creating enterprise signed builds of an iOS app for our test team. The app is 1.5 gigabytes. When I compile and run from Xcode it takes a couple of minutes to install. If I create an IPA and have them drag it into the device browser in Xcode, it can take an hour to install.

Has anyone who has seen this behavior found a way to speed the install? Jailbreaking is not an option.


texts: Non apple applications failing to launch

texts:
I am having trouble running any third party applications that are not created with pure apple native UI. Example, Google Crome, Firefox and Microsoft Word.

When I try launch one of the applications in question they continually bounce up and down in the Dock without ever launching. I have checked all the file permissions and the preferences to allow apps that are not downloaded from the app store to run, they are all correct.

I have also tried rolling back using time machine to a much older install and reinstalling everything, the applications work for a short time before breaking again.

I have also tried reinstalling all the applications, in addition I reinstalled Java and any other runtime tools that may be causing the problem with no luck. I have also tried the basic tricks like restarting the OS.

It may also be worth noting that when this problem first started happening some of my preferences reverted back to default, example natural scrolling turned back on.

I have looked in the system.log and see the following error repeated over and over again every few seconds, not sure if it is related, could indicate some ownership issues.

Nov 17 09:19:41 azula com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master[1434]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1

Nov 17 09:19:41 azula com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (org.postfix.master): Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 9 seconds.

and

Nov 17 09:33:49 azula.staff sharingd[238]: 09:33:49.984 : Starting Handoff advertising

Nov 17 09:33:51 azula.staff sharingd[238]: 09:33:51.984 : Stopping Handoff advertising

I also see this log message when launching Firefox, I don't see any messages when launching other problem applications

Nov 17 09:32:49 azula kernel[0]: firefox (map: 0xffffff8041e393c0) triggered DYLD shared region unnest for map: 0xffffff8041e393c0, region 0x7fff8d800000->0x7fff8da00000. While not abnormal for debuggers, this increases system memory footprint until the target exits.

I am running Yosemite 10.10 (14A389) on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)


texts: Old MS Outlook Express for Mac copy/export/move

texts: Have an original Apple iMac OS 8.5 , with MS Outlook Express for Mac 4.01 .  My wife and I would like to copy/export the old email messages(from our courtship) off that system.  What File Extensions were used for email messages then?  What folder(s) should I be looking for?


texts:
On my linux machines, for my terminal shell I have tmux keys mapped to allow me to split windows and then switch between new panes.

With or without these mappings I can't figure out how to remap the key combo's on my mac that let me divide the terminal window and stay in whatever directory I'm currently in, for the new window.  This is really handy for all my terminal work.

I can use the Iterm menu itself and/or the shortcut key combos it shows but these all seem to be are Iterm split windows not tmux and the one thing they don't do is set the same directory, they go to the my home directory (~).

Note this is not about switching tmux panes, that works, and it's not about switching Iterm panes as in iterm - what's the key-combo to switch panes? and the advanced configuration didn't seem to take effect either:

Does anyone know the key combo or mapping I can use/make to get the 'tmux split and stay in directory' functionality on my mac.  Model is about 2 years old.

I thought I had found it for the native window pane splitting within iterm splitting with the settings below, changing Working Directory from Home directory to Reuse previous session's directory:

but it didn't work, I'm still getting my home directory in new panes for Iterm window panes.

[Update - I've found that the original tmux key combo's for this - actionKey + " and actionKey plus % (no wonder I've remapped them!) do actually work on my mac, i.e.

So it seems that my remapping of them in .tmux.conf with

set -g prefix C-a # this just changes my prefix from ctrl-b to ctrl-a
bind \ split-window -h # Split panes horizontal
bind - split-window -v # Split panes vertically

isn't working (the remap of ctrl-a works but the binding of the other two keys for split panes doesn't), why might that be?

My entire .tmux.conf file is:

$ cat .tmux.conf
bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display "Reloaded!" # Reload with ctrl-r
set -g prefix C-a # prefix from ctrl-b to ctrl-a
unbind C-b # allow ctrl-b for other things
set -sg escape-time 1 # quicker responses
bind C-a send-prefix # Pass on ctrl-a for other apps
set -g base-index 1 # Numbering of windows
setw -g pane-base-index 1 # Numbering of Panes
bind \ split-window -h # Split panes horizontal
bind - split-window -v # Split panes vertically

I've also tried removing my .vimrc file though it shouldn't have been relevant to the terminal shell issue but I did it anyway and it didn't helped.

Info Update:

$ tmux -V
tmux 1.8
[mdurrant@Macintosh ~]
$ tmux list-keys | grep split
bind-key          " split-window
bind-key          % split-window -h

p.s. I've updated the title to reflect my updates.


texts:
I am not able to download any app from the App Store on my iPhone 5 which is running iOS 7.1.1.

I have been getting the following error since last week when attempting to download an app.


texts: Can you do a Find and Replace all in the Pages App for iPad?

texts:
I'm using the pages app on my iPad and I have a large document. I need to rename term which is used many times.

I've found the find and replace functionality but it appears to only replace one term at a time. Doing one at a time could take hours, is there a way to Find and Replace All?


texts:
I have the problem shown below when I try the update macOS:

I restarted the computer but I still have the same error. I tried to release the PRAM but it doesn't work. I don't know why I can't update. I try to update from macOS 10.14.6 to 10.14.6. I think maybe is a minor update because I also updated my MBP normally without any problem.


texts: Entire "Users" folder is missing when booted into Recovery Mode

texts:
I posted this in the Apple Discussions forums, but have yet to get an answer that applies to the depth of which this situation currently exists.

My Mac's hard drive (running Mojave) suffered some corruption recently, and I found myself unable to boot into the system. I am able to boot into Recovery Mode, and my intent was to rescue the important data sitting in /Users/(my username), but to my surprise, the entire /Users/ folder is just not there when I try to access it via Terminal.

Steps taken:

Boot into Recovery Mode.
Open up Terminal.
Navigate to /Volumes/(my OS drive name)/
Type ls to see directory tree. I see every other folder I am expecting to see (I think), except for /Users/. It simply is not there.

What I have tried:

Navigating to literally every partition and folder I can think of to find where /Users/ might be instead.
Doing "chflags nohidden" on the drive does nothing.
I don't believe I have FileVault on, so I don't think anything in that category would apply to my situation.

I can only come up with two possible conclusions:

The hard drive corruption annihilated ONLY the /Users/ directory (unlikely, I assume???)
Recovery Mode is hiding /Users/ in a way that I cannot figure out, and this is apparently not documented anywhere on the internet. I have seen other sites/posts talking about /Users/ being hidden, but they were not referring to situations similar to mine, and were resolved with simple (somewhat obvious) steps. They were not like what I am experiencing.

In the meantime, preparing for the worst, I have ordered an external drive enclosure so that I can pull the drive out of my computer and view its contents on another computer.

I am very hesitant to reinstall MacOS right now, because IF /Users/ has been compromised in the corruption, I don't want to do anything further that will prevent it from being recovered somehow. In other words, I am trying not to write any new data to the drive at all.

Thanks for any help or suggestions in advance.


texts: How to fix bluetooth sound quality issue after Mojave update?

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After updating to Mojave my bluetooth headset sounds terrible and muffled. After testing several bluetooth devices I was able to diagnose it wasn't the hardware. After researching I found:

BT Sounds bad on Mojave
Bluetooth Quality Issue since Mojave Update

but after testing the above it didn't resolve the issue and searching on the site with the queries:

mojave terrible
mojave audio

I didn't see this asked. Is there a way to repair or correct the sound issue with bluetooth devices in Mojave?


texts: I have a Wacom CTE-640 and cannot get it to run properly/find a driver for it

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I have a Wacom Graphire 4 CTE-640, silver. It reacts as though the pen is always down, no matter how I try to use it. The area responds, but I have to lift my hand completely for the pen to stop.

I am running Mac OS X El Capitan on a MacBook Pro.


texts: iMac desktop photo is in the middle of the screen. I want to move the photo to one side so my desktop folders are on the other side.


texts: App or script to monitor/log processes starting and stopping?

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I want to be able to start an app or script, leave it running for a few hours, then come back and see a log of what processes started and stopped in that time. This is not the same as Activity Monitor or Top which will only show me a "live" view.

E.g. something like this:

<timestamp> <pid> Safari started
<timestamp> <pid> ssh started
<timestamp> <pid> ssh stopped
<timestamp> <pid> Safari stopped

Any recommendations?

Edit to clarify - I don't already know the names of the processes I want to monitor - I want to find out what processes are starting/stopping.


texts: Trigger action on external monitor plug/unplug

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I'd like to trigger an action (launch an app, execute a script…) when I plug or unplug an external monitor on my MacBookPro with macOS 10.13.5.

Is there any native way or third party app to do that?


texts: What is OLK15message files and how to recover it?

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Can anyone explain to me what is an OLK15message file, what it has to do with Outlook 2016 for mac? Actually, my outlook mac database got corrupted and someone told me that Outlook Mac stores its database in OLK15 message files. Is that so? If yes then how can I recover OLK15message files in order to restore my Outlook 2016 for Mac?

Please keep the explanation basic as I am not at aware of complex technological terms. Thanks


texts: How can I tell which SSL ciphersuite Safari is using?

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Qualsys tells me that current versions of Safari on OS X don't support AES-GCM for the SSL/TLS cipher algorithm.  I'd like to verify this by observing which cipher suite is selected when visiting my website.  However, the only technical information Safari seems to provide is related to the certificate, not the connection itself.

I'm also interested in being able to find this information because I like to check the key exchange algorithm on sites for forward secrecy.  I don't generally use Safari for day-to-day operations, but, y'know, sometimes it's necessary.

Is there a way to determine the ciphersuite being used for a particular connection in Safari?


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In Forklift there is an Tools option, which allows to make quick actions.
But I don't really get how to create one. For example a simple one - to copy files from one pane to another.
cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH
/bin/bash cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH
/bin/bash/cp $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES $TARGET_PATH

I tried these three variants but none of them work.
Error messages:

"The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory"
"/bin/cp: /bin/cp: cannot execute binary file"
"The operation couldn’t be completed. Not a directory".

I need some other stuff like this - to covert .rtf files to .odt with a bash command:
soffice --convert-to odt $SOURCE_SELECTION_NAMES

What should i write? Maybe /bin/bash in the beginning? Still doesn't work.


texts: Is it possible to combine two iPhones with tethering to increase bandwidth or fault tolerance?

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I'm using a MacBook as a "server" and want to keep it always connected to the internet, over cellular.

I have two mobile phones (one GSM, one CDMA) and would like to connect to each of them to achieve fault tolerance, or ideally, increased bandwidth.

Is there any way for me to

Simultaneously connect to two iPhones
Use the joined connection for fault tolerance, or increased bandwidth

I have the option to use Wifi, USB-C, or bluetooth to combine these phones, in any combination


texts: How to solve a catch 22 situation trying to upgrade an old 2009 mac mini to El Capitan with an AppleID created in 2019?

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I had the chance to have in my hands an old mac mini from 2009. I turned it on, it works perfectly. Currently it runs Mac OS X 10.6.8.

Now, I would like to try to upgrade it to a slightly newer version, like El Capitan.

So, I created a brand new AppleID on https://appleid.apple.com with all my data, including a valid credit card. I checked and Apple did registered and then deleted a transaction with a small amount, to check the credit card. I also confirmed my email using the code Apple sent me during the AppleID registration phase.

After that I opened the "App Store" app on this old Mac, I navigated to the page where I can download El Capitan from, and a pop up asks me to input my AppleID credentials.

I've done it and a pop up tells me that my AppleID have not yet been used in the app store and that I have to verify it.

I click on "verify" and a second pop up tells me I have to update the software and the OS to be able to verify my AppleID.

So I'm now stuck in this catch 22 situation.

Can someone explain me if there's a way to solve it?

Cheers.


texts: How to change the default file association for a file with "nothing better" assigned?

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The default file association for an unrecognized file extension is TextEdit. I'd rather it use Emacs. How can this be changed? High-Sierra and Mojave, if it makes a difference.

Note: This is not about changing the default for a given file-type. I'm asking about the fall-back for any file that has no assigned default.

  What do you mean by unrecognised file type?

That description was perhaps misleading; I've updated the title.
A couple of examples from my files are 'a.out', "#AtoD.ino#", "cookies.sqlite". BTW, I'm not asking what these files are, where they came from, or why they don't have a file-association that plays nicely. I'd just like to choose which tool opens them by default.


texts: In Keynote, how to have image mask start with the entire image

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Frequently when pasting images into Keynote for Mac, I want to crop off a small piece of the image, say on the bottom or the right.

When I apply an image mask, Keynote defaults to a small square inside the image, forcing me to drag the square to the original image boundaries, after which I can crop off the small piece.

It would be much better if the mask were started with the same pixel size as the image, surrounding the entire image.

Is there any way to get it to do so?


texts: Should I Move The Swap Location For My Mac From The SSD To The Larger HDD In My Laptop?

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Should I move the swap location for my Mac from the SSD to the larger HDD in my laptop?

Background information: I've heard some suggestions in the general PC/Windows world that if you have an SSD for your OS and HDD for your user data, you should move the swap location/swap file away from the SSD to the HDD (perhaps re protecting the hits on the SSD perhaps).  Note I have a MacBookPro with SSD & HDD both in it (using the optical drive bay).

PS.  Question stems from Steve's words from http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-284.txt

  STEVE:  And Mark Thompson and I have discussed this at length.  He's
  performed the experiment of using an SSD for a swap file and watching
  it burn out the SSD.  I mean, in a relatively short time it just
  killed it.  And so, anyway, so my advice stands, which is, if you're
  using an SSD, hopefully before you have gone to the expense of using
  an SSD, which is still much more expensive than a hard drive, you will
  have invested money in as much RAM as your system can handle because
  RAM is much less expensive, and you'll get much more, you'll get huge
  benefit from going to the most RAM you can possible get.  And if
  you've done that, then turn off pagefiles.  And if the only drive you
  have is an SSD, I stand by my advice.

  I agree that, from a performance standpoint, the SSD is a perfect
  device for containing the pagefile.  Unfortunately, Microsoft thrashes
  their pagefile.  I mean, they're writing to it a lot.  Yes, 40 times
  less than they're reading, but it's something that's going on all the
  time, pretty much.  I mean, we've all seen, we've watched the hard
  drive light flickering there, like when nothing is going on.  It's
  like, what is it doing?  Well, who knows.  But we know that it's
  writing to the pagefile, which it does a lot.  So anyway, I think it's
  a perfect example of two different people with very different aspects
  of the problem that they're addressing.  I'm looking at long-term
  life.  Microsoft's looking at performance.


texts: Stop "iPhone is not Activated" message from appearing

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I bought a used iPhone 5s not to use as a phone, but to use like an iPod touch. I bought a cheap, dummy SIM card to get it activated. All is well, but I keep getting theiPhone is Not Activated. Contact Your Carrier. message.

How can I get rid of this?


texts: How can I convert a DMG to ISO on Mac OS X (preferably for free)?

texts: I have medical records within Windows software within a DMG disk image. How can I convert the DMG to an ISO format on Mac OS X? Is it possible to do it within Disk Utility or CLI easily, or do I need an external utility?


texts: What is causing the "complete" notifcation sound, "doo-doo-deet"?

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I have a new issue I'm perplexed by. Even with the Mac (2015 MBP 13) on screensaver, about once an hour or so (not sure how long TBH), I hear it make the "complete" sound notification, like something is "done". It's the familiar "doo-doo-deet" happy bell like sound used for a lot of things on the Mac. I'm on Big Sur, and this only started happening this week. I haven't installed anything new. I can't seem to figure out what is doing it. There are no notifications or traces of evidence I know how to find to tell me what is going on. Notification center only had a few things in it that were from previous days, nothing in the last hour from when I hear it last.
Any ideas? Definitely scratching my head.


texts: ICS invites are added to calendar, but no acceptance sent

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I am working with iCloud, iPhone and Macbook Pro on Yosemite.

I receive ICS calendar invites via mail from a user using Outlook. When I click on the ICS file in the mail, it opens and I can add it to my calendar without a problem. It also syncs nicely on all my devices.

However, the sender of the invite does not get a confirmation, in the meeting properties I'm shown as "did not reply". When I open the invite in my calendar, I have no option to accept or send a notification.

In short: ICS invites are added to my calendar but the organizer does not receive a notification.

How can I send an accept notification?


texts: Privacy fail? Spotlight shows the Safari pages read by other user accounts

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Suppose you have two family members using the same computer, each with their own user account (Jack and Jill).

Jill opens a page in her Safari browser (in her user account) for say:  "Pregnancy test". Then she logs out of her user account.
Jack then does a search in Spotlight for "test" in HIS user account ... and up comes the page "Pregnancy test" that Jill viewed.  One cannot actually view the web page, but the full http://address is given.

In other words, you can spy on what other users on your computer have viewed on the internet. Surely this is a bug, or an invasion of privacy ..., and not the intended behaviour!?

More importantly, can I set up my Mac to stop Spotlight searching other user accounts?

I am running Mac OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks) with Safari 7.1.6.


texts: commandline equivalent of PDF export with preview

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I have several PNG images that I intend to include in a LaTeX document, but it does horrible things to non-vector images. I've been using preview to export the PNG as a PDF which remedies the problem.

I'd like to script this, so what would be the equivalent command in terminal to:

Open specified PNG file
Export as PDF to a file
Specify the page orientation (as it defaults to portrait which is rotating all my images 90˚

Pretty much any solutions considered, applescript, automator, shell etc.


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I have some files and folders on a USB drive connected to my iMac...I would like to sync them with a folder on my iMac...how do I do that?

Is there built-in functionality in Lion that allows me to do that, or do I have to use a 3rd party solution?


texts: Sharing a provisioning profile among team members under a non-company subscription

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Let's say there are two iOS developers using 4 computers in total, working on the same project. Because code signing information in the Xcode project file gets checked in to the source repo, and because they can't share the same provisioning profile, it becomes a headache for obvious reasons.

I know it's possible to use your own certs and prov. profiles on multiple computers, but is there a way to share at least the prov. profile (for development) between individuals without a company subscription?

Thanks.


texts: OS X Server & Time Machine for Active Directory Users

texts: In my setup, we have an OS X server, where the machine is bound to our Active Directory domain.  I am able to log onto the machine using AD users/credentials locally, with no problems.  However, when I configure and enable the 'Time Machine' service, I cannot seem to authenticate to the machine from my Mac.  I was wondering if there was something extra needed for the server to query AD, without having to configure local users.  Thanks!


texts:
Does iWork '08 have a sumifs type command? If not, how can I sum on multiple conditions? Essentially how do I fo the following:

=sumifs(A$2:A$20,B$2:B$20,"<10",C$2:C$20,"female)

many thanks!


texts: How can I remove leading/trailing whitespace from filenames in Automator?

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My wife tediously renames files all the time when storing on her backup external storage, so I investigated using automator to do this for her. I now have an automator folder where she just drops the file in there and it will rename the file appropriately.

I'm now faced with a situation where the file may now contain leading and/or trailing whitespace, how might I simply trim this whitespace?

I've never really used AppleScript but am proficient in shell scripting, can I simply write a shell script that will perform this task? I will give AppleScript a go if someone could point me in the right direction.


texts: Smart search (save) - search folder names and list contents

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I'm setting up a list of smart folders which will search inside my sample library folder called 'Samples'. Each Smart Search Criteria has some conditions, i.e.

Name matches 'Bass'
Duration is more than 2 seconds
Any (Are true)
  Wav
  Aiff
  Rex

All works fine. But I was wondering, my sample library 'Samples' containes folders from the sample packs, and within the sample packs, there are folders called 'Bass Loops' etc.. Some of the sample packs may not have a name of Bass but are placed in the Bass Loops folder.

So rather than search a specific file name, I'd like to list all files in all folders called 'Bass Loops'. Is it possible to search multiple folder names like 'Bass Loops' and list all the contents?

Also, it's important to save the search folders.


texts: Custom keyboard layout not working in Mail

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I use Ukelele to make a custom keyboard layout. In most (non-Apple) programs this works fine (iTerm, Sublime Text, Adium). In Mail and Calendar it is currently not working, although I believe it worked in the past. Selecting the input source doesn't do anything and leaves the previous one ticked. Both 10.9 and 10.11 seem to have this issue. I've tried deleting the cache:

sudo rm /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache*
sudo rm /var/folders/*/*/-Caches-/com.apple.IntlDataCache*

This did not help. Is there any reason for Mail (or Apple apps) not to accept custom keyboard layouts?


texts:
I can't seem to partition my disk with Disk Utility or with the Terminal command (see screenshots).
Something also happened to my other partition running Mavericks, where it just turned into an "empty name" partition, but still runs fine.  Any help would be much appreciated

.


texts: Add bottom margin or scroll past last line in Mac OS Terminal

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If I have a full terminal history then the cursor will line up at the very bottom of the window.  I generally prefer working more toward the middle of the page.  Especially since I usually keep the terminal in the bottom right quadrant, it feels like I'm falling off the page to type in the terminal.

I'd like to be able to scroll down past the last line or add a bottom margin for new commands

Here's a normal terminal window:

Here's what I'd like instead:

Note: I know I can clear history with Cmd + K, but that's more of a workaround.


texts: iMac - Airport 'Looking for networks' affects FireWire audio device

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This problem has been driving me mad for months and started when I upgraded to OS X Lion from Snow Leopard on my iMac.

I've got a Saffire 56 external audio device connected via FireWire (works perfectly / all newest drivers etc). I get crackling, jittery audio whenever Airport decides to scan for networks, or connects to my home network. If I turn it off everything works perfectly.

Why the AirPort and a FireWire audio device are remotely connected I have no idea?

Does anyone have a solution for disabling AirPort scanning for networks, or better still, stop the problem completely?


texts: How to edit m4b audiobook metadata in Catalina?

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In Catalina it is not possible to edit audiobook metadata anymore as it was possible using iTunes in previous macOS versions. I tried a third-party tag editor (kid3), successfully edited the audiobook metadata, but still, when I import the audiobook into the Books app, the metadata is wrong.
What could possibly be going on, is there anyway I can work around this issue?


texts:
Help!
I updated my apple ID with a different email a while ago but somehow it was not wired onto my device and now I can't delete the account (with the old INACTIVE email) because of safety features. How can I do this???


texts: I have found lots of answers about remapping one key to another('A' to 'B')but cant seem to find how to swap the order of a single key so that shift+(-/) gives me a dash(-) and a single press alone give me an underscore (). I would prefer a command line DIY solution (like Technical Note TN2450 https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2450/_index.html) than having to download a program.


texts: How to reset Mac OS X text substitution?

texts:
Whenever I type "foo" it gets replaced by "bar". It is working system wide. I can see this behavior in Chrome, TextEdit and other apps. Even partial text like "Somefoo" gets converted to "Somebar". After initial search, I tried changing settings in "Language & Text". I can't find any entry for "foo" or "bar" in it. I tried disabling substitution. It didn't work. I tried "Restore Defaults". It didn't work. I even tried adding rule like "foo" to be replaced by "qux". It doesn't honor this rule and "foo" still gets replaced by "bar". I don't know what else I can try. How can I reset this substitution? Is their any system file or something which I look where these rules are written so I can change it?

I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.4.

Thanks!


texts: how do I change the F3 and F4 to copy and paste?

texts: Using the Magic Keyboard, how do I change the F3 and F4 back to copy and paste?  The Apple Magic Keyboard with High Sierra launches mission control or something else.


texts: Anybody have any idea if / when Apple is planning on releasing WorkGroup Manager for 10.10? I dug around Google but couldn't find anything. Otherwise, I'm not upgrading.


texts: Do iWork applications now iOS support versioning?

texts: The current iWork on Lion supports autosave and versions. Is the same true for the iOS versions of these applications? I need versioning support for my documents on iOS devices.


texts:
I am trying to find any default tool in OS X by which you can see in Terminal the encodinf of a pdf file.

You can do this visually by clicking info on the file.

For instance, such files which have Mac OS X 10.10.2 Quartz PDFContext I want to get out of my System.
So my task is actually find those files and then find original ones and convert them correctly to right encoding via LaTeX.

Outputs of the commands in answers

Command mdls in fd0's answer

mdls -name kMDItemEncodingApplications -raw OxfordDictionary.pdf

gives

(
    "3-Heights(TM) PDF Producer 2.0.5.0 (http://www.pdf-tools.com); modified using iTextSharp 5.0.0 (c) 1T3XT BVBA"

Installation of brew install Caskroom/cask/pdfinfo wants sudo so I had to reject it in my current settings. The mdls seems to work sufficiently.

How can you see the encoding of pdf-file in OS X Terminal?


texts:
I have several files in my local Dropbox directory which Finder shows with the blue "in progress" indicator, some have been there for days.

How can I force Dropbox to Sync the unsynced files?


texts: Return User To Admin Users and Undo Parental Controls

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For a while, I had only one user, say, User1, on my Mac's High Sierra. Then there arose a need to have some parental controls. To do that I created a new user, say, User2 and made it an admin while User1 was the controlled one.

At present, the need to control is no longer there and all of the information that I need to use is still under User1. My questions are the following.

How can I add User1 to sudo'ers?
Is there a way to get rid of User2 account and restore User1 to its original sole ownership?
How can I make sure all of the deleted user's info and storage is scrapped and freed?

Any help or advice is appreciated.


texts: Any way to save/manage finder states? Not just the windows, but their location and layout too?

texts:
I'd like to be able to hit a hotkey and load a saved state of the finder. Not just the window locations and size, but also their location, layout, (history?).

There seem to be many solutions for saving window size/location, but nothing specific to the Finder windows themselves.

Is there an app or script that can do this?

If not, where do I begin to try to script something myself?


texts: Prevent Zoom Picture-in-picture adjusted size and location from resetting

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I use the zoom part of the accessability features of OSX, in Picture-in-picture mode. I like having a certain size zoom window at the center of the screen, and I know how to do that and adjust the zoom to my liking, but after I reset the computer, these settings are reset.

Is there a way to persist them ?

I don't mind writing a script for this, if you can point me in the right direction.


texts: Connecting two HDMI monitors to Late 2012 Mac mini

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I have two Samsung monitors with HDMI input.

Is it possible to connect them simultaneously to my Mac mini using HDMI? I wish to have a extended desktop setup.


texts:
I'm trying to simply record multiple takes using GarageBand 11.  I enable cycling, record once, the hit stop, rewind, record again... BUT NO TRIANGLE APPEARS on the track folder. Also, while the track plays back a 2nd time, its playing out loud so I cannot hear what I'm doing.  I tried with the REPLACE mode enabled and disabled, but that doesn't help.

Any ideas on how I can record multiple tracks?

I have logix 10 installed too and have the same problem there.


texts:
Is there any software out there that will allow me to remotely control my phone from a windows 8 computer?  Either through Bluetooth, WiFi or direct cable connection?

Something like AirPlay but with the ability to actually use the phone from the computer, make calls, use applications, play music and so on.


texts: I have to organize a lot of PDFs and it's possible to add Tags to PDFs through the preview app (not the filesystem tags like red/blue/green). But how to find them? When I open the Spotlight and try to search for a special keyword/tag given to a PDF there is nothing.


texts: Macbook Air - Trying to start after a week -saw a geometrical flicker for moment - Not booting now?

texts:
My Macbook Air (2018) is not booting.
Trying to start after a week.
Saw a geometrical flicker for moment - Not booting now ?
Not showing any light in keypad. Showing nothing on screen or any sound.
Showing Green Light on charger plug.
Tried the tutorials of various keypresses. Not working.


texts: CentOS 6.x for CUDA development on a MBP

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Here is a short description of my situation - I need a portable machine for CUDA and iOS development, so any of the newer MacBook Pros with NVIDIA GPUs seemed like a no-brainer at first. However, the CUDA-requiring project already has a huge code base from a large number of contributors that is developed on CentOS 5.x/6.x. CentOS is also the only platform that is officially supported.

I obviously need a Mac because of the iOS project, but is MBP the right machine for the CentOS+CUDA based one? Did anyone get this to work properly, or is buying two separate machines (MacBook Pro + a PC laptop) the only solution?

P.S. I am mostly worried about the GPU-switching support between MacBook Pro's cards on Linux, so any first-hand experience from existing MBP owners is very welcome.


texts: App compatibility for first gen iPod touch

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I have recently acquired a first-gen iPod touch updated to iOS 3.3. I'm having trouble installing apps from iTunes as it appears most require iOS 4 and above. So far I have managed to find two games that are still compatible with iOS 3. Not even the Facebook app will install! iTunes says I have the latest iOS available installed.

Is there a way to force install iOS 4? Otherwise, is there a third party repository of older apps I can install from (obviously after jailbreaking)?


texts:
This is a followup to the Stack Overflow question, Why does there appear to be a different number of unique colors available on the Mac as compared to Windows?

How can I turn off anti-aliasing on a Mac, either through manual settings or, more preferably, while doing a screen capture (i.e., when I capture the screen, I need the raw data without anti-aliasing algorithms applied)?


texts:
We have about 10 Macs at not big Digital Agency.
Currently I am doing some research and preparing some deployment plan, and don't know what to do with those Apple IDs. There is no any centralised business accounts that I would set up and manage all employees Apple IDs in one place. Or I have missed it?
        Note: Those computers should not be synched with iPad or any other mobile devices, or this is not important to be able to

So what's the best practice in deployment:

Tie up all machines to one(or group) accounts? E.g
sales@companydomain.com, designers@companydomain.com,
management@companydomain.com and so on
Or create for each employee
personal AppleID? e.g employeename@companydomain.com.

Would be nice to hear some advices from experienced admins


texts:
MacOS 10.12.6

I have port forwarding in my Airport correctly configured to forward connections on port 22 of my public IP address to port 22 of my statically-assigned 10.0.1.200 MacOS. I've set the Mac's System Preferences > Sharing > Remote Login to accept connections from both myself and "Pete". Pete is remote, and is using public key authentication and can successfully ssh to my Mac. I also have public key authentication set up, but am unable to ssh in. When I look at /var/log/system.log on the Mac, I see:

Jan 30 10:03:17 xxxx sshd: chap [priv][73749]: USER_PROCESS: 73751 ttys002

and nothing else. I'm simply assuming it was my unsuccessful attempt to ssh in that triggered that message. If that's correct, then obviously port forwarding is working correctly.

I'm attempting the ssh from a Linux computer at work. Is there anything the network folks could have done at that end to cause my Mac to refuse the connection? Can anyone suggest what I might try next to further narrow the problem down?

Verbose logging:

$ ssh -vvv chap@X.X.X.X
OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.4, OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/charrison/.ssh/config
debug1: /home/charrison/.ssh/config line 1: Applying options for *
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug2: resolving "X.X.X.X" port 22
debug2: ssh_connect_direct: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to X.X.X.X [X.X.X.X] port 22.
debug1: connect to address X.X.X.X port 22: Connection refused


texts: How do I diagnose a slow Mac from command line? (OS X El Capitain)

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I have a very old (I think circa 2009) Mac Mini, which effectively just acts as a NAS for our TimeMachine backups these days. It was working fine until about 2 days ago, when all of a sudden those backups stopped working. I also couldn't attach to it via Share Screen. When I tried ssh, I realized that it was running very slowly. It takes 3-5 minutes to ssh in. Mostly, those time out, but if I can actually get a connection to open, it stays open ... it's just very slow. Even figuring out that I was running El Capitain took almost 6 minutes:
Krotos:~ cwr$ time uname -a
Darwin Krotos.local 15.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Thu Jun 21 20:07:40 PDT 2018; root:xnu-3248.73.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

real    5m58.602s
user    0m0.007s
sys 0m0.007s

running top takes easily 1-2 minutes before output starts (but then output seems to update at the normal pace).
I assume it's doing something, but ... I can't tell what. top, when it gets up and running, looks something like this:
Processes: 90 total, 2 running, 17 stuck, 71 sleeping, 365 threads     09:49:05
Load Avg: 1.07, 1.10, 1.07  CPU usage: 0.97% user, 0.48% sys, 98.54% idle
SharedLibs: 100M resident, 6980K data, 45M linkedit.
MemRegions: 30832 total, 775M resident, 53M private, 153M shared.
PhysMem: 2098M used (1007M wired), 6350M unused.
VM: 286G vsize, 535M framework vsize, 0(0) swapins, 0(0) swapouts.
Networks: packets: 8361/986K in, 1770/314K out.
Disks: 11164/837M read, 2740/43M written.

PID  COMMAND      %CPU TIME     #TH   #WQ  #POR MEM    PURG   CMPR PGRP PPID
281  AppleFileSer 0.0  00:00.20 8     0    78   13M    8192B  0B   281  1
280  top          1.2  00:02.98 1/1   0    22   3044K  0B     0B   280  222
278- fpsaud       0.0  00:00.13 1     0    2    80K    0B     0B   278  1
270  ocspd        0.0  00:00.22 2     0    30   7376K  0B     0B   270  1
269  makewhatis   0.0  00:00.03 1     0    12   584K   0B     0B   245  267
267  sh           0.0  00:00.01 1     0    17   652K   0B     0B   245  2
...

which, to me, looks like all is well with the world.
Whatever is happening, it appears to be above the network layer, because, for example, I ran continuous ping while trying to which grep. I stopped after 100 packets, but it was both fast and didn't drop any:
64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=101 ttl=64 time=1.315 ms
^C
--- krotos.local ping statistics ---
102 packets transmitted, 102 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.096/1.927/3.488/0.472 ms

The which command, on the other hand ...
Krotos:~ cwr$ time which grep
/usr/bin/grep

real    1m10.675s
user    0m0.007s
sys 0m0.005s

Disk space also seems fine, though it takes forever to figure that out:
Krotos:~ cwr$ time df
Filesystem    512-blocks      Used Available Capacity  iused    ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2   232762432 119458488 112791944    52% 14996309 14098993   52%   /
devfs                383       383         0   100%      664        0  100%   /dev
map -hosts             0         0         0   100%        0        0  100%   /net
map auto_home          0         0         0   100%        0        0  100%   /home

real    3m4.875s
user    0m0.007s
sys 0m0.007s

I suppose I could go borrow a monitor from someone and plug it in, but, I'd really like to be able to diagnose this from the command line. I've tried rebooting, and the problem persists. Maybe it's just doing one of those mysterious MacOS things, like re-indexing the spotlight database or something, and it'll be fine in a few days when it finishes doing whatever it's doing, but ... I'd like to know what (and whether that's true and I should just wait a few days, or if it's some bigger problem that won't just go away).
What else can I look at to figure out why simple commands take multiple minutes when the CPU seems to be almost entirely idle and there's plenty of memory and plenty of disk space?


texts: Can time capsule and airport express utility see my browsing history

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I am a lodger in someone else's house.  They have a time capsule, various airport express base stations and several wifi networks configured.

I am delegated to only use network 1 and I am wondering, can the landlord, using airport express utility see my browsing activity i.e. the actual websites and URLs that I visit?


texts: How can I see if an e-mail is signed in "Mail" (using an Exchange account)?

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Usually, a signed message shows a checkmark icon. Clicking on this icon displays the certificate that was used to sign the message:

Not so when a message lies in an exchange mailbox, and is displayed with "Mail" on MacOS (tested up to 10.10):

The iPad, on the other hand, handles the exact same message just fine. It is also connected via Exchange protocol to the server:

So: How can I enable this also on "Mail" on OS X? Or is this a bug, or even a permanent restriction?


texts: I Would Like To Open Files in Different Tabs in the Same Window Using Xcode 5

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I'm new to using Xcode.  When I started using Xcode a couple of weeks ago I had a file list to the left and had three tabs open for different files.  I'm not sure if that was a default setting or not.

This morning there was an update to iTunes.  I could not update it without closing Xcode.  Before if I opened a new tab it would open the same file that was in the other tab.  All I had to do was open a new file and it would open in the active tab.  Now when I open files they open in a new window.

I have done online searches but they are for previous versions of Xcode.

How do I set up my preferences where a file list displays to the left as before and open files in new tabs instead of new windows?