texts: How to get quicklook working for Microsoft Office files

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On macOS 10.14.6 and MS Office 16.32 (latest version), quicklook previews only show the icon for .doc and .docx files.

I have checked qlmanage, and cleared its cache:

~ qlmanage -r cache
qlmanage: call reset on cache
~ qlmanage -r
qlmanage: resetting quicklookd
~ qlmanage -m | grep microsoft
  com.microsoft.powerpoint.pot -> /System/Library/QuickLook/Office.qlgenerator (39 - loaded)
  com.microsoft.word.doc -> /System/Library/QuickLook/Office.qlgenerator (39 - loaded)
  com.microsoft.word.dot -> /System/Library/QuickLook/Office.qlgenerator (39 - loaded)
  ...

But still no joy. Most of the files are created by someone else on a PC (also running latest version of MS Office), and shared over Google Suite. Will that stop this feature from working? Are there any work-arounds?


texts: Launch "App Shortcuts" from outside of app

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By default OSX gives you the ability to create 'App Shortcuts' and this works great however it appears you need to have the app open in order for the shortcut to work, is there any way to create an 'App Shortcut' or something that accomplishes the same thing but is able to start from outside the app itself.
Example
I create an 'App Shortcut' for App 1, but I want to be able to execute that shortcut within another app let's say Google Chrome or some other app.
Thanks in advance.
Reference: System Preferences -> Keyboard -> App Shortcuts (this is what I'm referring to).


texts: External keyboard stops working after some time on MBP 2020 (Catalina 10.15.5)

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The problem is as follows. I attach an external keyboard to my MacBook Pro 13 inch 2020 running Catalina 10.15.5 using an Apple dongle. After a while, (this could be 10 minutes or an hour or so) keystrokes are not registered anymore. The keyboard still lights up so there is power going to it.

I don't know if it is relevant, but the only things attached to the MBP are power and an HDMI cable (plugged into the same dongle as the USB keyboard).

Steps to reproduce:

Attach external keyboard (although the same happens with a usb mouse and usb microphone)
Use the keyboard for about 10 minutes to an hour
Notice that keystrokes are not registered

How to solve temporarily: A full reboot (so no sleep)

Steps I tried to fix without reboot:

Reset SMC
Reset NVRAM (I have tried these since every apple support page I saw mentioned them).
Made sure the keyboard still works on other devices
Tried another non-Apple dongle on another port
Tried the same Apple dongle on different port. The interesting about this one is that the display that is attached to the MBP using the same dongle is not recognized as "detached" so macOS still thinks it is attached.

The only other relevant observation I could make is that in the system report the keyboard is still listed under USB.

I hope I have mentioned everything, if anything is missing please let me know.


texts: How to control MacBook volume from an iPhone?

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Is there a way to control the volume of a MacBook using an iOS device?

Ideally I would like to rely on the built-in functionality present in macOS and iOS, but if that's not an option, then I would like to know which workarounds exist.

I am aware that it is possible to enable Screen Sharing in macOS (System Preferences > Sharing > Screen Sharing), and then use a VNC client on iOS in order to access the Mac's screen and scroll the volume slider, but this is not very convenient.

Another option I've discovered is to enable the SSH server on macOS (System Preferences > Sharing > Remote Login), connect from iOS with an SSH client and run something like osascript -e "set Volume 10".

These options are unnecessarily clunky and I am assuming there might be some built-in option to do this but I couldn't find it so far.

(Ideally, I would also like to have the possibility to play/pause video and audio playback but since that's player-dependent I'm not expecting much in this sense).


texts: Change country of content in new Apple TV app

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I want to view Spanish content on the TV app, but I am just shown UK content.

My apple id is from the uk and all my devices are in english, but I live in Spain.

The new (Dec 2017) Apple TV App shows content from British apps, many of which don't work outside of the UK (BBC, itv etc).

I have changed the region of the Apple TV, but I still see the same content.

Is there any way to force the Apple TV App to show content for my local region?


texts: I have a late 2011 Macbook pro, and lately it hasn't been sleeping properly. If I close the lid for less than a minute and reopen it, it doesn't go to sleep while the lid is closed. The screen is still displayed immediately after reopening. Also, a few seconds after I open the machine, it will go to sleep on it's own. I have had the software checked and that doesn't seem to be the problem. What could be causing this and how do I get it fixed? It is still under warranty.


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I downloaded the 2012 IRS 1040 form to my Mac to ~Downloads/f1040.pdf, running OS X 10.7.5. Upon opening the pdf file in Preview (Version 5.5.3 (719.31)), I see fillable form data

I proceed to fill in more data, and eventually File -> Save a Version

Next I close the file, only to re-open it later and find all my entered data is missing. The IRS claims these forms are fill-in enabled:

  Beginning October 25, 2004, new fill-in forms were enabled with
  "document rights" which will allow you to save what you have filled in
  on your PC. Version 8.16 or later of Adobe Reader is required.

And inspecting the security of the PDF confirms this

Though, they also say Adobe Reader is required. My question is: what am I doing wrong? I expected saving a version to retain the filled in form information. A possible workaround would be File -> Export every time I want to save something, but this seems counterintuitive.


texts: Can anyone help me find the cause behind java taking up 300+% of my CPU? I've shut down almost every app and am still having trouble trying to locate the cause.


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I have a series of files with arbitrary names and extensions. Like:

APW19981017.0151
APW19981017.0306
APW19981017.0477
APW19981017.0507
APW19981018.0410
NYT19981017.0177
NYT19981018.0098
NYT19981018.0123
NYT19981018.0160
NYT19981018.0185

I want these files to open with an editor, like TextMate or Sublime Text, on double-clicking, without having to right-click and choosing the editor from applications.

Basically the Finder should open any unknown extension file with the text editor.


texts: iTunes not playing all songs in a playlist

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I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't seem to search for the right terms. I have a playlist in iTunes that has over 200 songs in it, yet when on Shuffle, iTunes plays the same 15-20 songs over and over. I created the playlist over a year ago and listen at work almost every day, and there are dozens of songs that have never been played unless I turn off shuffle and manually select them to play.

I know Shuffle is random, and that true mathematical randomness means it's just as likely that you'd hear the same song 10 times in a row as that you'd hear 10 different songs, but isn't there some way to force iTunes to play all the songs in a playlist when it's on Shuffle?

I'm currently running iTunes 10.4 on a Mac (Snow Leopard), but this is true on other versions and operating systems as well.


texts: How can I uninstall Apple's MacOS /System/Applications like TV, Music, Find My, Stocks on macOS macOS v10.15 (Catalina)?

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I tried uninstalling them from LaunchPad, but it was not possible.

I tried deleting them from /Applications directory, it won't show the menu operation to "Move to bin".

I tried sudo rm -rf /System/Applications/TV.app, operation not permitted. I tried running chown and chgrp, it won't allow me to edit them at all.

Is there a way I can delete Apple's applications in /System/Applications/ which I don't use at all?


texts: How do I get three finger gestures working again in Twitter for Mac after installing Lion?

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After installing Lion, three finger gestures no longer work in the Twitter for Mac app.  (I've gotten used to swiping left with three fingers to go "back" after—for example—clicking on a person's avatar to see their timeline.)  In the Trackpad System Preferences panel I've disabled three finger drag, and changed "Swipe between full-screen apps", "Mission Control" and "App Exposé" to four fingers to try to eliminate conflicts.  But the three finger swipe still doesn't work in Twitter.

Has anyone been able to re-enable three finger gestures in Twitter for Mac?  How did you do it?


texts: Is it possible to search for text in iBooks or the Kindle app?  I'm deciding whether to buy electronic copies of some of my reference books, but I would only be purchasing them for the ability to search through the books for specific terms and words.


texts: Implications of disconnecting the closed lid sensor/battery level indicator

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As a follow-up to this question MBP Mid 2009 thinks the lid is closed permanently I have identified (with a lot of help from google) where the closed lid reed switch is connected to the logic board, disconnected and insulated it.

The immediate side-effect of this was that my laptop now turns on every time without needing an external monitor or some voodoo where it would sometimes boot if I kept pressing the power button every time it went to sleep, this is a good thing.

A less positive side-effect is that I now have to manually put the laptop to sleep before I close the lid, not a huge problem if I'm honest. (Oh and the battery indicator lights no longer work, even less of a big deal)

My question is this, can anyone think of any other negative impact this may have on the machine over the long term? I'm considering just leaving the laptop as-is now.


texts: How can I list all the installed printer drivers on Mac OS 10.6?

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I am trying to troubleshoot printer issues and I figured it would be best to see all the printer drivers (and versions thereof) as a starting point, before I try reinstalling said drivers.

I would like to see all the printer drivers I have installed on my Mac. Where are they installed? What directory? What is the best way to uninstall them, if I so wished?


texts: I changed language on the iPad3 from english to italian, but I noticed that a few things remain in english. For instance, day and time in locked screen, as well as in the calendar. Is there a way to fix it?


texts: How do i add icon on .sh file using terminal

texts: I need to change .sh file icon only for the single file how can i do it with terminal


texts: Banish the tab bar on Safari 8 (when tabs are open)

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With a trackpad, one can do a pinch and see all open tabs. It's a very nice interface and really well done. The thing is, with this feature, there is really no need for the tab bar, and things would look a lot cleaner without it. Yet Apple doesn't seem to give us the ability to hide it when more than one tab is open.

Does anyone know any hacks to hide it?


texts: how to access Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) via VNC-over-SSH?

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I've done a bit of research and it seems ARD is somewhat based on VNC technology. It even has the option to allow access via VNC viewers using a password.

I want to enable this option so I can interact with my mac pro when needed. But I'm wary of the security.

I've use VNC-over-SSH in the past but with other OSes like FreeBSD and Linux. I'm wondering if something like this is feasible on OSX using built-in features.

I've searched the net but didn't find what I'm looking for.

Thanks a lot :)


texts: iCloud account setup wants a phone number to verify my identity

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On setting up an iPad with a new iCloud account, it asks me to enter a phone number.

Please enter a phone number that can be used to verify your identity via text message or phone call.

Is this number only "used to verify your identity", or will it then be associated with the account?
I am kind of assuming the latter, since sending a text to a random number doesn't seem to give any kind of verification, but it would be nice to be sure.


texts: How can I type a backtick using a German keyboard?

texts:
I am trying to type a backtick (`) using a German keyboard.

How can I do this?


texts: Why are there so many copies of my Downloads directory in ~/Library?

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I was recently playing around with the command line utility fzf, when I discovered that direct copies of my downloads directory exist several times across the data in the apps after ~/Library/Containers. Is this intended behavior? If not, what can I do not make sure this doesn't happen and doesn't waste space. On top of this, why are all these arbitrary apps allowed access to all my personal data? This sincerely  worries me.

Thanks to all.

P.S. if there is any extra information you need, please feel free to ask.

EDIT: with more investigation, it appears it is not just my Downloads directory, but everything superseding my home directory; this makes the issue 10 times more important.

EDIT 2: after looking at it some more, it seems as if Desktop and Downloads are there as Symlinks, but why are all these apps allowed to access this data?


texts: Macbook Pro can't connect to internal hard drive even after changing the cable to the main circuit board

texts: So I thought my macbook's hard drive crashed last month when a folder with a question mark didn't allow me to use it. I got it replaced, but shortly after, the problem persisted. I thought it would be the connection between the hard drive and the main circuits, so i changed that wire. It worked again for a couple of hours, but then my computer froze and the question mark popped up again. I bought an enclosure and am now using it with my original hard drive that i thought crashed.  I have no idea what to do with my life right now. Classes just started and I need this piece of technology. Someone help me.


texts: Will Updating macOS delete Bootcamp Windows?

texts: I wish to update my Macbook Pro from El Capitan to Sierra. But I'm afraid it would remove files from my Windows 10 running on Bootcamp. Will it by any means, delete my data from the Bootcamp Partition?


texts: Why is Chrome getting so slow when file vault is enabled?

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I recently enabled file vault to encrypt my disk but now Google Chrome is really slow and it seems to be related to the file vault. The slowness is in anything and everything I do in chrome: opening a new tab, opening a link or a bookmark, even switching to a different gmail inbox tab is slow. I've already changed my new tab page to be blank, which helped a little but it is still very slow.

My suspicion is that it is related to file vault encrypting Chrome cache. Is there a way to work around that?


texts: Can't boot from Big Sur installed on a USB

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I'm trying to install Big Sur on a USB so that I can boot from the separate installation on the usb. Note, I'm not trying to create an installation USB. I followed the directions here and everything worked, except after installation, at the final stage of the boot it just hangs.
I've tried this on a few different macs, and they all hang at the same step. Booting up in verbose mode gives the following final output before hanging (this may be a little off because I used OCR, but I tried to correct what seemed relevant, note in this log it was attached to a thunderbolt port):
...
<date> locathost com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] <Notice>: Early boot complete. Continuing system boot.
ALF, old data swfs pid_entry <ptr>, updaterules_msg <ptr>, updaterules_state <ptr>ALF, old data sufs pid_entry ptr> updaterules_msg <ptr>, updaterules_state
<date> localhost con.apple.xpc.Launchd[1] (com.apple.iomfb_fdr_loader.31) <Error>: Missing executable detected. Job: `com.apple.iomfb_fdr_loader`
Waiting for DSMOS...
dev_init:297: diskl devi accelerated crypto: (compiled @ Jan 24 2021 20:57:23) dev init:300: diskl device_handle block size 4096 block count 122061321 features 16 internal solidstate
nx kernel mount :1134: diski initializing cache w/hash_size 8192 and cache size 32768 nx_kervel_momt:1482: diskl checkpoint search; Largest xid 8330371, best xid 6330371 @ 20
container unload:1497: vnode_close() invoked in the container unload path ALF, old data swfs pid_entry <ptr>, updaterules_nsg <ptr>, updaterules state <ptr>8810018268us
AppleThunderboltGenericHAL::earlyWake - complete - took 8 milliseconds
AppleThunderboltGenericHAL::earlyWake - complete - took 0 milliseconds
IOThunderboltSwitch(100)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for rid = 1 route = 0x0 port = 9 plug = 1
IOThunderboltSwitch(100)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for rid = 1 route = 0x0 port = 9 plug = 1
IOThunderboltSwitch(100)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for rid = 1 route = 0x0 port = 10 plug = 1
IOThunderboltSwitch(100)::listenerCallback - Thunderbolt HPD packet for rid = 1 route = 0x0 port = 10 plug = 1

It seems like maybe the problem is with com.apple.iomfb_fdr_loader but I'm having trouble finding anything related to this erring.
Some things I've tried:

I've tried booting on several different macs (all running Big Sur) and this happens on all of them. So it probably has something to do with the usb or installation.
I've tried reinstalling mac os on the drive several times, and none of them booted so it wasn't a fluke with writing.
I was able to turn this same usb drive into a mac installer drive, and that booted up fine, so it seems likely there's some nuanced flag I forgot to set on the usb.
I tried resetting the parameter ram, but that didn't help.
I tried installing Catalina instead, but all I could find was the dmg for Catalina, and didn't want to go through the process of first writing that somewhere then trying to install it, but that may be my next step if a separate drive doesn't work (see below).

The one thing I haven't tried is seeing if I follow the same process for a different usb drive if I encounter the same issue. That should at least narrow it down to the process of installing or the image itself.
Updates
Using a different device with the same image did work, so it seems like this is a hardware problem with the usb device. However, I've been unable to get this to work with multiple different usb-c devices.
Catalina also worked, so this seems to be something funny with Big Sur.
I've also be unable to upgrade from Catalina to Big Sur once the installation is working.


texts: Is the retina Macbook Pro's SSD soldered into the logic board?

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The Macbook Air's SSD can be manually upgraded.
The RAM of the Macbook Air and retina MBP however are soldered into the logic board.
Question
Is the retina Macbook Pro's SSD soldered into the logic board as well?


texts: How to coerce Lion Time Machine into offering backup history migration?

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This article describes a feature I heard about from multiple sources about an automagic backup migration process that Lion will do for you. Essentially, when migrating to a new machine, you can maintain your backup history and use the same backup drive on your new machine.

I recently had to do a double migration (both a new machine and a larger backup hard drive), so maybe that's why this didn't go as smoothly as I hoped. I used the old backup drive to restore with migration assistant on first boot, then used Disk Utility to clone my old backup drive to my new one.

However, Lion would not present the "Use Previous Disk"/"Inherit Backup History" dialogs seen in the link above and below.

Instead, I was only presented with the prompt to use my new drive as a backup disk. I noted that it was creating a new entry in Backups.backupdb, since the computer name had changed, so I attempted to hack this by going into System Preferences/Sharing and renaming the new computer exactly the same as the previous one. (for some reason, the pre-Lion system had been named First Last’s Computer and the new system was named First's Computer Note the difference between ’ and '!)

Anyway, this is now backing up to the correct backupdb, but I don't believe it's hard linking properly as it would if "Inherit Backup History" had been executed; it's copying the whole drive's worth of data over instead. I suppose this means I will have the history at least, but it's not as seamless as it should be. (It hardly matters for the record; It was only about 60G worth of data now on a 1T drive.)

It also now occurs that the "right way" to do this would have been to clone my backup to my new backup drive BEFORE upgrading the computer and restoring from the backup.

Anyway, the answer to this question will dig into the nitty-gritty of how time machine keeps track of itself and explain how to force the daemon to present the dialog boxes above.


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When I first upgraded to Lion, my startup items loaded as normal. Now however, no startup items load (even though they all appear in the startup items preference pane as normal). I thought maybe it had something to do with Lion's behavior of saving the system state on restart, but that's not it.

Anyway to debug the startup process and see if it is getting stuck somewhere or aborting somewhere?


texts: Keyboard language can't be changed for password (stuck on French)

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This issue started today, on macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 (17F77).

Whenever I'm on a password field, my keyboard is switched to French and I can't change it!

This is extremely annoying, because I can't type any of my passwords using this input.

The only workaround I found today is to delete the French input source each time I need to input a password, then re-add the French input source afterward:

Please note that French isn't even my system Primary language, it's English:


texts: Adding functionality to macOS pre-boot process

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Is anyone familiar with adding functionality to the macOS pre-boot process? I'm trying to supplement FileVault's functionality so that it can integrate with a user directory service, which isn't really an Apple-supported or well-documented type of task.

My goal is to allow remote users to unlock and login to the device without having a local account setup yet. FileVault currently only allows users with existing local accounts to unlock a device. I'm working on a Mac Pro running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 with APFS.

Based on Apple's documentation of the boot process and Eclectic Light Co's articles on the topic, my understanding is that pre-boot procedures such as kernel loading and FileVault decryption are handled by the boot.efi file in the Preboot APFS disk partition.

So as far as I can tell, I need to modify how boot.efi works to achieve my goals. Is there a way I can build my own boot.efi with additional functionality and then safely replace the existing one, or can I add a supplemental EFI file with additional functionality that is run in conjunction with boot.efi?

Along those lines, the only resource I have found so far is Piker Alpha's boot loader source tree, but I'm hesitant to use this project since it appears to be outdated/only for HFS+ based Macs (and also only builds using Visual Studio).

Does anyone have other resources or suggestions on how I can modify macOS pre-boot procedures?


texts: How to copy all iPhone voice memos to Mac locally?

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I have hundreds of voice memos on an iPhone. How do I transfer all of to my MacBook Air without relying on any cloud-based solution (due to privacy/security needs)?

PS: Older questions and answers talk about iTunes. Those do NOT apply in the year 2020 since iTunes is gone now and Apple recently redesigned how syncing with iDevices work.
PPS: I do not want to use iCloud for this.


texts: Sharing iCloud storage between family members

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Is there a way to share iCloud storage between family members?

I included my wife's iPhone into Family sharing, but I would like to have one storage bucket (20G) that would allow us both Apple ID accounts to backup more then default 5G per device. Is it possible?


texts: Below are screenshots are of an iPad screensaver, the screensaver appears to be showcasing an application. The store staff were not aware of the name of this app. It appears to be a drawing app ?


texts:
Per Apple->About This Mac->Storage, it says Apps - 276.79GB, yet when I do du -hs via Terminal, I'm getting something else:

alexus@mbp:~ $ sudo du -hcs /Applications/ /Library/
Password:
 22G    /Applications/
 10G    /Library/
 32G    total
alexus@mbp:~ $

same goes for Photos (31.79GB), Audio (29.68GB) and Movies (11.3GB):

alexus@mbp:~ $ du -hs Pictures/ Music/ Movies/ Downloads/
5.9G    Pictures/
 29G    Music/
496K    Movies/
 80K    Downloads/
alexus@mbp:~ $

I'm confused, how is it counting exactly, or what is it counting)?

alexus@mbp:~ $ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  iused    ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     465Gi  212Gi  252Gi    46% 55751222 66086376   46%   /
devfs          326Ki  326Ki    0Bi   100%     1128        0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0        0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%        0        0  100%   /home
alexus@mbp:~ $ du -hcs ~
146G    /Users/alexus
146G    total
alexus@mbp:~ $


texts: How do I change a device name from the iCloud web site?

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My family has several iPhones listed under the "Find my iPhone" section of the iCloud web site. Unfortunately, they all have the same name "'s iPhone".

Two of the phones are older models and have been given to other family members. One of them I have been able to change the name directly on the device. The other I cannot change the name directly on the device because the device currently won't power up.

One day I hope to fix this, so I don't want to remove the device from the account.  But at the same time, it's annoying having two devices with the same name. The other device is correctly named, so I don't want to change its name, I want to change the name of the (currently) inoperative device.

How can I do this directly from the iCloud web site?


texts: Should I use an extension power cord instead?

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I have the following Apple MacBook Pro Power adapter:

  60W  MagSafe PV85 Ouptput 16.5v--3.65A ADP-60AD T

  Model No. A1344

Instead of buying a Power Adapter, is it ok to buy an Extension power cord (Found this on eBay)?

Will I be still be able to charge my MacBook with this?


texts: I have a couple of websites I have to use that require Java so I am leaving it on in Java Preferences.app, disabling it on all browsers bar one that will only be used for those sites. Am I safe to leave JavaScript on in Safari's preference's checkbox?


texts: Today I gave my MacBook to my brother. He asked to change name and password. So, I changed all my info. And when I want to unlock to make changes, it shakes (probably error). But I can log in. Can I reset a password without data loss?


texts: How get ringer volume to auto adjust based on ambient noise level?

texts: My iPhone automatically adjust the screen brightness, based on the ambient light level. I want to do the same thing for my ringer volume: have it automatically adjusted based on the ambient noise level. In loud environments, I want a loud ringer. In quiet environments, I want a quiet ringer. Is there a way to do this? I searched for an app, but I found nothing.


texts: How to move cursor to the end of the line in a cell in Excel for Mac 2011

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For example,

In any text editor:

Command+right arrow will put your cursor to the Right of the line
Command+left arrow will move your cursor to the Left of the line

Is there an equivalent keybord shortcut for this in Excel for Mac?


texts: Directions for syncing iPhone lead to a dead end

texts: A friend gave me an iPhone 4, which I'm trying to use. I was directed to this website: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252, which tells me to sync the phone using iTunes. But (a) the File > Devices menus that this site directs me to use lead to a dead end in the form of a totally greyed-out menu; and (b) I keep getting an error message saying that the device timed out. I'm running Yosemite on a MacBook Pro.   Any help gratefully received.


texts:
So that I wouldn't accidentally touch the screen while downloading updates, my iPad was face down on the bed near me.  When I inadvertently touched the back of it and moved my hand, I felt a vibration.  I experimented, and found that if I did not move my hand, there was no vibration.  And I thought I actually heard a faint sound when I moved my hand.  After a while of examining this, I realized that it sounded like mains hum.  So I unplugged the charging cable and the phenomenon stopped.  Plugged the cable back in, and the phenomenon did not return.  But it did return, though not as pronounced, when I picked up the tablet to enter this question.

So the question is, how can sliding fingers over the smooth outside surface of a device cause an internal vibration to come out when touching it with the same non-moving fingers doesn't?  Hmmm, when I put it that way, it sounds more like a Physics question than an Apple question.


texts: iOS Genuine Old-School Threaded Mail Reader

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Back in the day...

Mail threads were built on In-Reply-To:, References: and Message-ID: headers. The concept was represented in a GUI as a discussion thread, with branches, sub-branches and could even have the subject changed.  The threads were durable, participants could change in a thread and even the subject could change in the thread.

Today...

"Conversation Views" have been built by Google, Microsoft and Apple, these are sorted by time, one-dimensional, they ignore the possibility that the list of participants changes over time, and worse, they obfuscate the sender/recipient list.  The built-in Mail client on IOS does a terrible job when somebody replies to a branch of a thread, showing a vertical list of messages and dropping the reader into the middle of it.  Going backward and forward gets you even more lost.  They make matters worse by hiding the time of the emails, the detailed recipient list.  Changes in distribution (e.g., adding a new recipient to bring management attention to something) are hidden under extra touches in the UI.

This non-representation of the structure of the conversation is so completely useless to me, that I simply cannot read complex discussions on my phone.

I should add that this behaviour of mail clients is deep.  E.g., mail clients typically forward the entire thread in every email, recipient lists are difficult to edit and difficult to access or even see.

The trend seems to be away from managing email in my old way, but instead on search, tagging, priority inboxes, etc, etc.  It's difficult to even look for this kind of capability because the term "Threading" has been redefined.  Even Apple calls this vertical column of a conversation "threading".

Android has k9 mail, last I used Android (in 2013?) it did a good job at this.  Is there any mail client for IOS which supports model #1?   What would you even call this feature?


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How can I download my voicemail from the iPhone to my computer?

Technically, I know it is not voicemail on the iPhone - it is in ATT's phone system but you knew what I meant.

How can I download my ATT voicemail from the iPhone/iTunes to my computer?


texts: How to view iPhone Safari developer tools on Mac over WiFi?

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I need to access the JavaScript console/debugger menu from my iPhone on my Mac but I need to test it while the iPhone is not charging.

Is there a way to do this?


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I was a long time Ubuntu user before I moved on to a Mac; so I'm used to seeing videos on YouTube and copying the buffered files from /tmp to another place for later viewing, if I like the video.

I tried doing the same on my Mac but its not working. Are the videos being buffered to a location other than /tmp?


texts: Sound output set to headphones and most comes through them, but some sounds (e.g. alert sounds) come from internal speakers

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I have bluetooth headphones I use on my macbook pro (2017 13", 10.15.6).  I don't recall this problem happening before, but over the course of the past couple of weeks (very rough approx - clould be less, could be more) I've noticed that I often hear the system alert sounds through the internal speakers.  For instance, right now, if I play music, it comes out of my headphones properly.  But if I send an email, the email sent alert sound comes out of my internal speakers.
For what it is worth, if I manually switch the sound to internal speakers (while the bluetooth headphones are connected), all the sounds comes from internal speakers.  And then if I switch it back to the bluetooth headphones, I am back where I started (with music coming from headphones, but email sent and calendar alert sounds coming from internal speakers).
Is this a configuration option (i.e. allowing special sounds to bypass the sound output settings), or is something wrong?


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I want to use 2 external monitors along with the MacBook Pro as one Monitor to the left of Macbook Pro, the other one on the right, with Macbook Pro in the middle. Is it possible to do that? How to achieve that?

My Intel Graphics is: Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB

I looked over the Internet, I saw Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter and the other option was using Matrox TripleHead2Go Three-Monitor Graphics Expansion - Digital Edition T2G-D3D-IF offer dual monitor & triple monitor functionality. Is this correct? Can something like this be achieved with something similar with low budget in mind?


texts:
Last year in Spain, I got a free app to manage my cell phone service.  I no longer have an iPhone, and the app is useless unless I have that account in that country.

So I deleted the app from my iPad, but it keeps reappearing as an available update.  I keep deleting it to save update bandwidth, but it is there repeatedly.

I know the workaround is to skip its update, but due to circumstances, I have to go some time between updates, and it is quite convenient to "update all" instead of tapping one or two dozen choices.

So how do I completely get rid of this thing?


texts: iPad Air sold online as new: how can I be certain?

texts:
I purchased an iPad Air 1, online from a reputable "group discount" website. Though the site sells certified refurbished and used Apple products, this product clearly stated "brand new". It arrived in the shrink wrapped Apple box and once opened,looked legitimately packaged new. I'm skeptible by nature, however felt questionable when noticed there was no manual or earbuds included. There was a new Apple charger in the box. Additionally,it arrived 100 % charged. (?) I recall having to charge every wireless purchase ever made!
  I'm not technically challenged, familiar to older iPads,and have purchased many Apple products in the past. However, they have always included an Apple manual,ear buds and it required to be fully charged. I had no problem registering the pad or assigning a password,however I want to be certain what I purchased is as advertised; Brand new and in perfect working condition. The product has a 30 day, no question, return policy and a one year Apple warrantee. Can anyone confirm how their iPad air appeared apon opening, what was included, did it require charging, and how can I scan it for prior use or refurburshing?


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Recently my Mac mini became quite slow without a real apparent cause. I'd really like to be able to trace down the cause of this slowness, and I'd like to do it myself, not using a program.

Is there a good Mac OS X resource website that could lead me to that?


texts: Issues with Google's apps on iOS over Cellular

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I recently got an iPhone 6 (iOS 8.3, Verizon), and I've been having recurring issues with Google's apps not being able to access the network when on LTE or 3G (Gmail, Google, Inbox, Play Music, etc).  The problem does not occur over Wifi, but my LTE/3G connection is perfectly reliable for non-Google apps (streaming video with Netflix works great).

I tried the following to troubleshoot this issue:

Uninstalled every Google app from my phone
Cleared the iCloud backups for all of them
Installed Gmail app.  It prompted me to sign into my account (not sure how it prepopulated my account after being uninstalled), but could not connect to the network.  I removed the account from the Gmail app, uninstalled, reinstalled, and still no network.
Turned on wifi to verify that the app was able to connect.  It was, instantly.  Turned off wifi and reloaded the app - no connection.  Verified good LTE connection in other apps.

Restarting the phone fixes the issue and the Google apps work over LTE/3G again, but the problem recurs every couple days, and the only solution is to turn the phone off and on.

Any ideas?  The fact that the problem persists across uninstallations and is only solved by a reboot of the phone seems to indicate a problem with the iPhone rather than Google apps, but the fact that the problem is isolated to Google apps would indicate otherwise.  I'd take it to the Apple store, but I have a feeling they'd just tell me to contact Google.

Update

When the issue is occurring, I can access google.com via Safari and via Ping Analyzer.


texts: Can I use my PC to mirror an iPod Touch screen like Apple TV?

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I'm using an iPod Touch 3 and I saw in the AppStore that it is possible to use it as a controller via Apple TV to play games on it like Modern Combat and Real Racing. Because I don't have neither an Apple TV nor a TV, I was wondering if it could be possible to play these games on my computers monitor via bluetooth or wifi.

Is it is not possible by Apple, maybe there's something in Cydia (under jailbreak) to do this?


texts: Are there any Hardware RAID Cards with Batteries that will work in a Mac Pro 3,1?

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I'm looking to install Proxmox on my MacPro3,1 and it's suggested that if you plan to use the system for 5 years that you install a Hardware RAID card with a battery in it, so that if the power goes out your "last writes" will be written before the machine runs out of juice.

Are there any Hardware RAID cards I can use in this machine? Also, how does one know when the battery on the card is dying?


texts:
I have a MacBook Unibody 2009 and am facing a weird issue.

My laptop only works when it's connected to a power source but not on battery.

As most of us would, I thought the battery was gone so I bought a new battery. However, after charging it I still had the same issue.

So, I took it to a repair person whom I know and he told me it's some issue on the motherboard. Now I am not very sure how accurate his diagnosis is.

Does anybody here know of or have a similar issue concerning MacBooks? Can anyone share some information on this?


texts: Mix two different types of 2 GB RAM in iMac

texts: Can I mix the two 2 GB RAM chips in my iMac 21.5″ (late 2009) with two other type of 2 GB RAM chips? I have not opened my RAM slots yet but Apple says I have two 2 GB DDR3 chips. I want to add two PC3 8500 chips to it. Will it hurt to try?


texts: How to configure Automator to log into a website, each time generating a new random UID and email address?

texts:
I need to find a way to log into a company intranet site multiple times in quick succession on OS X 10.8.2, each time with a new completely random user ID and email address. The website only requires the UID field to be filled out with unique text and to have the email address field populated with anything as long as it ends with .com (i.e. UN: jegfwkgfb email: kfgwkgb@wkefhwk.com PW: password). NB The password field can be filled out with the same password each time.

It needs to be a little script that I can run manually whenever needed as I need to log in multiple times quickly.

So in summary it needs to:

Visit the site
Populate UN, PW and email fields (with a different, random UN & email each time)
Hit enter to complete the login

I was hoping this could be accomplished in Automator and / or Applescript?

Thanks in advance guys


texts: Move Keynote presentation from Mac to iPad/iPhone

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I am building presentations in the current version of Keynote on macOS Sierra. How do I move them to my iPad or iPhone for review and playback?

I do not want to co-author simultaneously. The iOS 11 devices are for read-only use. Authoring happens only on the Mac.


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With ~/bin at the beginning of my $PATH, I still have to name the directory if I put 'nice time' in front of the filename.  Also, 'which' doesn't find it yet it still runs if I invoke it without 'nice time bin/'.  This was not the case at some time in the recent past.  Is it a bug introduced recently, or a "feature" that Apple failed to support until recently?

MBP:~ user$ nice time copy_websites
copy_websites: No such file or directory
        0.00 real         0.00 user         0.00 sys
MBP:~ user$ echo $PATH
~/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin:/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin
MBP:~ user$ which copy_websites
MBP:~ user$ which bash
/bin/bash
MBP:~ user$ head -1 bin/copy_websites
#!/bin/bash
MBP:~ user$ ls -lat@e bin/co*
-rwx------@ 1 user  staff  747 Mar 10 13:36 bin/copy_websites
    com.apple.TextEncoding   15
    com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_zla7g6mgqwkmgzlaez4j64ql5q   89


texts: Is there any way to globally or -- at least persistently -- kill OnSwipe for iPad browsing?

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So, web browsing on the iPad has its quirks and drawbacks, but the one that stands head and shoulders above all others for me is the abomination that is OnSwipe, and especially its incarnation as a WordPress theme. (Thanks so much WP for flipping that global default switch earlier this year.)

While it is notionally possible for a visitor to disable this on a case-by-case basis (assuming that the theme's broken assumptions about window geometry even allow you to reach the relevant link), the cookie setting or whatever seems pretty transient, especially when running in a nested browser window in something like the Twitter app, and before you know it the wretched thing pops back, jiggling and gurning and generally making sites unusable.

WordPress are apparently content with this situation, and OnSwipe themselves just brag about how they're going to supplant apps for everyone. (These people are allowed to vote and drive cars.)

If this were a desktop problem, there would probably be Safari extensions and Firebug scripts aplenty to solve it, but none of that is possible in iOS as far as I can see. So: is there any way to rid oneself of this curse or do we just have to live with great chunks of the web having been wilfully broken without so much as a by-your-leave?


texts: How to drag file to the running, but minimized (or in second desktop) app on OS X's dock?

texts:
I am trying to switch from Windows to the OS X, but I have one problem.

How can I drag file to the running application on dock?

For example, I have running Chrome which is on full-screen mode (on another desktop) but I want to drag file to imgur.com for upload.

In Windows I just simply drag file to the app on taskbar and app shows and I can drag file to the browser.


texts: Standalone Flash player app for swf -files

texts:
I use nowadays Opera because it just works for these swf -files.
No other browser work.

However, the problem with Opera is that it is big.

Is there any tool by which you can just view SWF -files?


texts: Connected to Time capsule from iOS devices

texts:
I want to connect to my time capsule using my iOS device (iPhone or iPad) and show all files from it.
Please describe what should I read, how can I do this.


texts: iMac has weird startup chime and refuses to boot

texts:
I have a mid-2011 27" iMac and have a weird startup problem at the moment. When I try to boot I get a startup chime as follows: 3 beeps followed by a 3 second break followed by 3 beeps and it just keeps looping in the same pattern.

I did check this Apple Support page about startup tones, but my situation is not listed. It is very similar to the RAM failure tone, except that it's 3 second pauses for me not 5 as described by Apple.

Should I assume that the 5 seconds is not literal and it is in fact a RAM problem?


texts: Create firmware partition for macOS to be installed

texts:
Here is what I did. I removed my internal SSD from my MacBook and now I am using an external SSD (a Samsung SSD T5) with macOS on it. Currently I have Mac OS X 10.9.5 installed on it.

I want to upgrade that to the current version version of macOS (Catalina). While doing so, I got the error below:

You may not install to this partition because the computer is missing a firmware partition.

How can I fix this issue so I can use my external SSD?


texts: 2020 MacBook not waking with LG Ultrawide monitor and MX keys and mouse

texts: I have an issue which I been researching with no luck. I have an ultrawide LG monitor set up to 3 laptops with the MX keys and mouse 3. (1)2020 MacBook Pro via Apple usc-c adapter with HDMI cable to the screen, the other laptops one via HDMI the other via display port. When switching between screens via monitor, all work perfect with the exception of my MacBook. The MacBook will not wake by moving the mouse, touching the key board etc. I physically have to open the lid for the MacBook to wake. Once that is done all accessories work fine, the moment I switch to another source the issue returns. I have I have tried several recommendations found on Apple forums and online with no luck. Anyone else have experience similar issues with MacBook waking with external monitor and keyboard & mouse? Appreciate your feedback.


texts: Catalina - Grant FDA (Full Disk Access) without GUI session

texts:
I am using aws ec2 mac instances so I don't have access to GUI
Is there a way to grant a binary FDA using command line only?


texts:
I have a 2014 Macbook Air.  I dropped it and now it occasionally makes a grinding sound from the left rear of the machine: it sounds like something physically grinding against something else.  Oddly, if I squeeze the case when it is making the grinding sound, the sound stops.  There's no apparent correlation between when the sound starts and what activities I'm performing.  Looking at a teardown of the 2014 MBA, it looks like the fan might be located there, but I can't tell if anything else is in that area.

How would I go about diagnosing the cause of the sound?


texts: "Waiting for your editor to close the file" when trying to use Sublime Text 3 as Git editor

texts:
I'm trying to use Sublime Text 3 as Git's editor.

I ran this:

sudo ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/subl

Then this:

git config --global core.editor "subl -n -w"

I then ran:

git commit --amend

Sublime opened and I edited the file, saved it, and then closed it. However, Git was still waiting for the file to close:

hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file...

There is no error message.
I can use Sublime with no problems outside of Git.
I tried restarting the machine (MacBook Pro).
Using textedit works as expected: git config --global core.editor "open -W -n"
The version of Sublime is: 3.2.1 Build 3207
Git: git version 2.17.1 (Apple Git-112)

Why isn't this working?


texts: Why do all of the .dmg files I download end up on my desktop?

texts:
When I download a .dmg file it somehow ends up on my desktop automatically. Even after I install the .dmg, it is still on my desktop.

How do I stop these from appearing on my desktop? Should they be there?


texts: Setup media keys on a keyboard without media shortcuts

texts: I recently changed from a macbook to a macpro desktop. My keyboard has no media keys but on the mackbook I was able to use the standard media functions keys when I wanted to skip songs etc. I no longer have that option so is there anyway to map a keyboard shortcut to media controls? FYI My media player is Google play music in Chrome and media keys used to work fine with this. My keyboard is an Apple Extended Keyboard 2 which obviously pre-dates media shortcuts!


texts: Why does java app move with desktop spaces selection?

texts: If I switch desktop space my Java app window follows to the selected space. It doesn't matter which space I select, my java app always turns up on it. Is there some osX setting or java compile flag that pins the java app windows to the desktop space it was originally executing from?


texts: Time Machine backup will not restore to my internal HDD drive

texts:
I had a major hard drive failure, so I have replaced the HDD on my MacBook mid 2012 13" model with another 1TB. I was running latest version of "Mojave" MacOS.

I go to restore from the time machine (TM) backup and I am being told that it will only now restore to an SSD drive because APFS systems can only be restored to SSDs. I wasn't even aware that my Time Machine was doing backups in APFS.

So I am really stuck here. Is this Apple's very unsubtle way of telling me to buy a new MacBook with an SSD drive to be able to keep using TM backups and other system features? Like planned obsolescence? Or have I done something wrong? The full message that comes up when I do the CMS + R recovery boot and try to restore from TM:

  The system can't be restored onto this disk because APFS systems can
  only be restored to internal SSDs. Reinstall MacOS on this disk and
  then use Migration Assistant to transfer data from your backup
  instead.


texts: Macbook pro 13 early 2011 fan starts and stops constantly

texts:
The fan on my old trusty macbook pro started to behave very strangely. It starts then stops then starts then stops and it just continues to happen. CPU gets pretty hot without any load (30-40%) - 72°C as well as laptop. Apparently it is not cooled down properly. When I run something with heavy load it seems to increase RPM but then CPU cools down and I get the issue back.

Potentially relevant infor: I have rather recently ~1 month ago changed battery because the old one became swollen. Obviously I have bought third party battery. Quite some time ago I have replaced RAM (to 16GB) and HDD (to SSD).

What I have tried so far and it didn't help:

I have tried to reset SMC twice
I have checked that it is not dusty inside and cleaned it to the best of my ability without compressed air and other instruments

I run 10.12.6 with the most recent updates, I didn't seem to install any apps before the issue started to happen.

I have just installed smcFanControll 2.6 and tried to set min fan speed to ~3500 RPM but issue continued. After I have set it to max 6200 RPM the fan tried to do the same but then somehow stabilized and is now spinning constantly at 6200 RPM. This has cooled down CPU and mac in general but obviously it is annoyingly loud.

Any ideas what could have happened?


texts: macOS change chrome default geolocation?

texts: By mistake, Chrome set my default location and search domain to Romania. How to change it back on macOS. I know this is possible because I have done it before. I just forgot to properly record how I did it so I know how to again...


texts: Is there a web-based iCloud interface for editing items?

texts: I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1.  I'd like to use iCloud, but my Macbook Air only has OS X 10.5.8, which is too old for iCloud.  Is there a web-based interface for iCloud that I could use to edit iCloud-synced things like contacts?


texts: Is there any way to delete hundreds of empty contacts group

texts:
Because of some unknown problems, I have hundreds of empty contacts group,I want to delete them all.

I try it on Mac and iCloud,they can just delete one group a time.

I haven’t found any good apps to do it in App Store,if you know one,please tell me.


texts: Can I disable Google Software Update for a selected user account?

texts:
From this help file I know I can disable Google Software Update using:

$ defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 0

Does this work for all accounts or just the current user account? I want to disable Google Software Update for the non-admin accounts that can't run it.


texts: Open Directory network user last logon time

texts: I am looking for a bash command to query my LDAPv3 server from the client side in order to find the current user's last logon time.


texts: need link to apple mac appstore's server application for 10.10 (version 4.?)

texts:
did anyone buy this at the time and they can access it in "purchased" tab of app store.  and then get a link to it?

i asked my apple business rep and they told me it was impossible... but i'd love to update my server to 10.10, and not have to move to 10.11.

this happened with 10.9, and someone posted a link, i went there, bought it, installed it and it worked fine.

thanks.


texts: Excel VBA Macro Grant Access All Files Grayed Out

texts:
I have a VBA script that I wrote. It accesses a data file in a Dropbox shared folder using Workbooks.Open FileName. I just updated Excel and now when the script runs it's asking me to grant access, but all the files are grayed out.

Note that I am able to open the data file directly in Excel using File>Open without having to grant any permissions (it's a .xlsx file). It resides in the same Dropbox folder where the .xlsm file containing the script resides.

Please let me know what other information would be useful in troubleshooting this issue.

MacOS Mojave 10.14.4
Microsoft Excel 16.28 (19081202)
Dropbox v80.4.126


texts: Create a symbolic link do navigate with cd

texts:
Is it possible to create a symbolic link to easier change directories? like

ln -s /Users/mles/Documents /usr/local/bin/d

so I can cd d instead of cd ~/Documents?


texts:
I have removed the Transmit app (ftp program) by drag and drop it to my trash including the other files of the application in the Library folder ~/Library and empty the trash.

Then I found out that there is a file was not thrown away, which is 'com.panic.transmit.sfl'. I tried to delete this file to, but when I want to drag it to the trash, the trash will be changing to an eject arrow icon.

When I double click the file, I have to options: delete alias - this doesn't do anything - or recover alias - that will open a dialog where you can select a file - but I don't know which file should connected to it.

Also the file doesn't have a path, but when I search in ~/Library for transmit the file appears in the finder.

I try to download and install Transmit again. Than there is also a new 'com.panic.transmit.sfl' file created, tha can be deleted, but still the other one is visible.

Is there a way to delete undeletable files?


texts:
I have a URL, chizzle.com/app/download when I visit from iphone, my script detects the phone os and redirects it to specific app market. For android, it takes to play store, for apple, it takes to itunes, for other devices it takes to an Unsupported devices page.

What i dont understand here is that when we visit this URL in an iphone from skype, or make a QR code out of it and scan it, it takes to the itunes without any popup, but when the same is done from a link(FB or Google Ad campaign or a bitly link), it displays a popup whether you wan to open the page in itunes. Why would that happen????

Heres the bitly link:

bit.ly/chizzle


texts: Setting anacron on Mac - Shell Scripting

texts:
I set cron to run script every day using env EDITOR=nano crontab -e where I wrote something like this @daily path/to/sript.script.

Now I want to use anacron to be sure that script is going to be run when I log in if I was logged off at the time when it was scheduled. But I am not sure where to specify that.

I tried something like env EDITOR=nano anacron -e but that didn't work. Also, strange is that man anacron doesn't provide anything. I get this: "No manual entry for anacron"


texts:
I have been having trouble booting my macbook pro. I have a backup of everything on the cloud so I tried reinstalling the system from my usb mountain lion stick. Unfortunately the disk utility did not want to reformat my HD and I ended up removing the HD placing it in a hard drive enclosure and proceeding to reformat/reinstall the system. This boots fine from the usb but when I put it internal I get stuck on the boot screen with the apple logo and the spinning lines below.

I tried booting in safe mode and this is the output I got this:

Anyone understand that output?


texts: Mac Mini 2011 - monitor wakes up messed up

texts:
I have an Mac Mini from 2011. Sometimes (I would say 80% of the time) when I wake up the monitors, after they've been sleeping, my main monitor (a Benq G2220HD 22″, connected via DVI → Mini Displayport) wakes up with just noise. Its like a grey background with black, white, red, green and blue dots all over. To solve this I have to power off the monitor, and power it on again.

I also have a second monitor plugged in, through the included DVI-HDMI adapter (doesnt make a difference if I hook up my Benq using this method.) The second monitor works fine (I can see/use it while my other one is messed up), but it will also get the same issue if it is the only monitor hooked up.

I'm running OS X 10.8.5 (this was also on Lion and all other versions I've tried), I've done a SMC reset, and I've updated the EFI to MM51.0077.B10, which is said to fix an HDCP authentication thing, but it doesnt fix my problem.

My current solution is to just never sleep the monitor, instead have a screensaver running, but I want it to sleep because it gets really hot otherwise.

This doesn't happen in Boot Camp (Windows 7). It works fine there, so it has to be something with OS X I'm thinking.

UPDATE 26-10-2013 : This still happens in 10.9 Mavericks.


texts: Create a new file type for arranging by type in finder

texts:
When I arrange my files by type in Finder, I have several classes like folders, documents, images... and others.

However, all my .tex files are in others (Autres) and I want them to be grouped in a specific class. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Apple Cinema Display Brightness no longer works in Mavericks or Yosemite

texts:
So when you have a ~5-7 year old Apple Cinema Display monitor that looks something like this:

and you upgrade to Mavericks (MacOS 10.9) or Yosemite (MacOS 10.10), you will lose the ability to adjust the brightness on the thing via the "Display" Preference Pane. In other words, the brightness will be stuck at whatever level it was at when you were on Mountain Lion.

And this is because of a conscious decision by Apple to obsolete these things to motivate you to throw perfectly good monitors into the trash or recycling bin :-( (and buy new Apple products, but of course).

So, how to get your brightness controls back in Mavericks?


texts: How to make NumLock/numpad cursor keys work on an external USB keyboard?

texts:
I have a Genius USB "partial" keyboard - a numpad like this one.
It types digits and +-/*, but doesn't switch to cursor mode with NumLock off, and Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys were the reason I purchased it.
How do I make Home/End/other cursor keys work?

Sometimes USB keyboards don't work if Mouse Keys in Mouse Settings is on. Mine is off.
Sometimes hitting Clear key on the keyboard helps. I don't have it.
Ukelele doesn't have the numpad keys to edit.
Karabiner (ex KeyRemap4MacBook) doesn't have a ready feature for this.

The solution according to this answer seems to be Karabiner. Though, it looks pretty advanced and I didn't find it in half an hour.


texts: How do I get photos from iPhone 4s onto iPad when taken on 3G?

texts:
I have a new iPhone 4s. When I take photos away from my WiFi connection, the pictures do not appear in my photo stream on my iPad.

Can this be easily remedied?

Photo stream is turned on on both devices and I've just done a backup to see if that helped. It didn't.


texts:
After installing Mavericks, I discovered snapshot.db (1.5 GB) file in:

/var/db/systemstats/snapshots.db

What is the use of that file? Is it safe to delete it?


texts: Does macOS show battery health for third-party replacement batteries?

texts: My late 2013 13" retina MacBook Pro's battery is on its last legs, and I need to replace it soon.  I'm thinking of buying a replacement battery kit from iFixit, and I'm wondering if macOS will be able to show battery health (as in the image below) for the new battery, considering that it'll be a third-party battery.  Can anyone let me know about this?


texts: How to upload video from iPhone to Dropbox?

texts: I went through the steps mentioned in previous queries (which noted setting it up through Camera Upload file). Bought the upgrade on Dropbox to 1TB ($99 per year). iPhone had photos and videos "on" for uploading. You can't do video only. If you turn off photo upload it automatically shuts off video uploads. After uploading all photos it never got to uploading video to Dropbox. Help.


texts: Via ssh: Open remote pdf without saving locally

texts:
I would like to connect to my office computer (running Ubuntu) via ssh and then open a pdf from the office computer on my macbook (similar to xdg-open in ubuntu) with the program associated with pdfs by default (for now, Viewer).

I would like to do so without first saving the pdf locally. Preferably, if the pdf gets changed on my office computer, I should see the changes without refreshing the command.

How can I achieve this?


texts: Can you find Airpod Case using Find my iPhone?

texts: My Airpods are in my ears but the case is missing. It's possible it fell out of my pocket while walking around town. Is it possible to use the Find my iPhone feature to find just the Airpod Case?


texts: Taking a Mac Mini and associated Peripherals As Carry-On Luggage Aboard An Aircraft?

texts: Is there any reason(s) when luggage is screened at airport security, not to be able to take a Mac Mini, keyboard and mouse as carry-on luggage aboard an aircraft ?


texts: Keep Safari from hijacking the media buttons from controlling iTunes

texts:
I'm on a Mac with no TouchBar (so I don't think this answer will help) running 10.13. I had YouTube open and my media buttons weren't useful for stopping iTunes so that I could start a video. Is there a setting that will stop Safari from being able to use those buttons?

I would prefer not having to install 3rd party software to do this.

This is still going on in macOS 10.14


texts: MBP Late 2011 AMD GPU Issue csrutil disable command not found?

texts:
I am currently in the process of trying to bring my mighty MBP 2011 back to life as its encountered the dreaded AMD GPU issue.

I probably spent about 7 hours yesterday following various videos and researching all of the forum posts etc on how to disable the AMD GPU so the MBP will only use the Intel one.

I am not looking to do anything to the logic board, only code.

I have followed multiple forums involving the csrutil disable code however my MBP pro keeps telling me that the command was not found. I am entering this code in recovery mode.

I gained access for the desktop for about 20 minutes and tried entering the csrutil status in Terminal (knowing it's not going to work but just to test) and it told me that the SIP is enabled even though the command doesn't exist in recovery mode? It then tells me that I can only input this code in Recovery mode, which doesn't work..

I am running MacOS Sierra 10.12.6.

I've heard that SIP is not on my OS and is on the later OS however I am not sure how to upgrade to a later OS as there is no update available on the AppStore.

I am new to Apple and new to all of this tech stuff however I am determined to bring this back to life.

I understand that their are plenty of posts with this issue open however I can't see anyone explaining why csrutil disable will not work for some people.


texts: How can I add custom items to the Apple menu?

texts:
I would like to add shortcuts to open apps such as Terminal, Google Chrome, Launchpad etc., or to open a folder as a sub-menu.

Is it possible to do so? If yes, how do I do it?

I am running macOS Mojave.


texts: How can I transfer video from my Sony AVCHD camcorder?

texts:
I'm a desperate owner of a Sony HDR-XR520V and an avid Mac user.

Sony + Mac users know that the supplied footage management software—Picture Motion Browser (PMB)—is only for Windows.

Sony's advice for importing footage into the Mac is via the transfer feature of iMovie or Final Cut's "log and transfer".

Both applications cost money, but more importantly, the footage is being transcoded, so the initial AVCHD video will not be transfered/stored into your computer.

My last attempt was to try to use PMB inside a Parallels virtual machine.

PMB may be bloated but it has a really nifty feature for footage syncing:

At first sync, it transfers all data into your machine.
Then you may organize the imported footage into folders, however you like via the software or even Finder.
On every following sync, it transfers only the new videos.

Unfortunately, those last versions are buggy and the program crashes every time I try to sync the camcorder. I've contacted their support but they said, "the camcorder was only tested with original OSs and they do not support virtual machines."

In conclusion: is there a tool or process that mimics PMB's sync?

I've looked into file management tools, and even rsync, but I cannot find a way to sync only the new videos, keeping in mind that the imported footage has been organized/moved into subdirectories.

I know that instead of copying I could move the videos out of the camera, so no syncing would be required but I need to keep the footage in the camera because it's being used as a playback device as well.


texts: Google Calendar reminders for events created on iPhone

texts:
I use Google Calendar with an iPhone, syncing several calendars. My main calendar has default reminders set up so that if I create an event on the web, I get emails and SMS messages. When I create an event on the iPhone though, I don't get these default alerts.

Is there any way to configure the phone or the calendar so that, when I create an event on the phone, the default alerts work the same way they do if the event is created on the web?


texts: How to stop HomePods from connecting every night?

texts:
We have two rooms in our house with HomePods. Every morning, they seem to be AirPlaying from one to the other, and we have to disconnect that AirPlay scenario.
Is there a way to avoid having the HomePods connect every night? We'd rather just treat them as separate speakers.
To be clear, this isn't that they're forming a stereo-pair - it's that they are AirPlaying - like this:


texts: Ethernet cannot see RTA1025W modem (wi-fi can)

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At home I have a Dynalink RTA1025W DSL modem.

MBP can obtain IP via WiFI
MBP cannot see modem or get IP via ethernet.
Ubuntu/Win7/Win8 can get IP via the same ethernet cable & modem.

At work:

MBP can see the LAN and obtain IP via ethernet using the same USB ethernet adapter.

When I'm at home and I attempt to get an IP address via ethernet, I open the network preferences | USB Ethernet | Advanced | Renew DHCP Lease. It thinks about it for a second, then puts focus in the box titled "DHCP Client ID", as if it expects me to type something.

The status remains "cable unplugged". Either the cable for USB Ethernet is not plugged in or the device at the other end is not responding.

If I try to ping my router's address (192.168.1.1) no route is found.

I have tried many different cables, all otherwise known to be working.

Occasionally, the network config will decided to allocate a self-assigned IP, which is not helpful. It does this at random times without any prompting from me.

When I touch the USB ethernet adapter dongle it is warm (this may be normal).

I have tried the following without success:

deleting and re-adding the USB Ethernet interface
creating a new network "location"
removing the file com.apple.plf.plist
assigning manually an IP from the valid range
safe boot (problem occurs in safe boot)
SMC reset & wait 10 mins
PRAM reset
removing NetworkInterfaces.plist and preferences.plist
removing SystemConfiguration/*
trying a different cable
trying a different ethernet port on same modem
trying a different USB port on MBP

Any other advice?


texts: Installed refind to a separate HFS+ partition alongside macOS 10.14, but can't set it as the startup disk

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I use refind as my boot manager on my 2015 MacBook Air. Originally I had it installed on to my internal drive's EFI partition (and installed it in the recovery environment) but every time I update macOS on my main drive or an external drive, which is frequently due to the nature of my work, macOS sets itself back as the main startup disk and I have to boot back into the recovery environment to rebless refind. This is a pain in the ass.

I noticed that refind has the option of installing itself on to a separate HFS+ partition using the --ownhfs option, which is supposed to allow selecting that partition in the Startup Disk system preferences. I thought that'd be a good solution since every time I update macOS, all I'd need to do is use that pref pane to set the startup disk back to refind. So I made the partition and installed refind to it in the recovery environment. Everything worked okay so far.

However, as soon as I tried to use the Startup Disk pref pane to change my startup disk back to refind, it would give me an error that reads "Running bless to place boot files failed". Here is a screenshot of the error:

Is there anything I can do to get this working? Or is it perhaps the case that this particular feature of refind (installing with --ownhfs) no longer works with macOS 10.14?

Please note that I cannot disable system integrity protection on my system because I routinely need to test software that requires it to be fully enabled. I'm hoping there's a solution that allows me to more easily set refind as the startup disk without disabling SIP.


texts: Dashcode (3.0.5) crashes in Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

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I'm trying to get Dashcode to run in order to make a dashboard widget to surprise my friend. The app opens but crashes almost instantly (even in safe mode and Mavericks). The console yields the following errors:

6/23/2013 10:38:23.041 PM Dashcode[743]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
6/23/2013 10:38:23.043 PM Dashcode[743]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.


texts: Is there a way to play YouTube videos in the background?

texts:
I remember that once upon a time I was able to start a song on the YouTube app (or Jasmine), then go and do other things on the phone.

That doesn't seem possible anymore with iOS 10.  Am I missing something simple?


texts:
Hold down ⌘ and then press tab and tilde (`), we all know what this is. This is the application switcher.

But if you hold down ⌘, press tab, and then press 1, and then press tab, ~ and 1 other stuff happens. What is this called and how can I use it to my benefit?

This is using a brand-new MacBook Pro with no customizations.

Video: https://youtu.be/N8z6ozxOAag


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Unfortunately https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208221 broke Postfix on macOS Sierra 10.12.6. Although Postfix works on High Sierra many people don't/can't update for various reasons. I am one of those people. Here are some places where that problem is referenced:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8159806
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/412895/how-to-fix-postfix-on-macos-sierra-10-12-6
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/412895/how-to-fix-postfix-on-macos-sierra-10-12-6?rq=1

And many more...

The only answer that I have found is to upgrade to High Sierra, until I found this Postfix issue on Mac OS X 10.12.6. @mtl has seemed to figure out how to fix it by install postfix with Mac Ports. I am unsure on how to do this as I have ran sudo port install postfix. But have ran into the same error as before. I have also tried sudo port install openssl So my question is how can I install postfix using Mac Ports and get it to work properly. https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SetupPostfix was extremely unhelpful.


texts: I wonder if AppleScript can print a variable in the top menu bar in OSX 10.11 ?


texts: stuck on 'loading' Tumblr in my app store

texts: I tried to download Tumblr and it got stuck on the 'loading' part in the app store and I've tried everything I can think blr


texts: How many amps should an iPhone 5s car charger output?

texts:
When looking on Amazon for a car charger I noticed that different items have different amp values, 2.1 and 3.1 being the most frequent. What is the recommended value?

Does it even matter? Is there more to it than the fact that more amps mean faster charging?


texts: Mac refusing to shut down because of finder?

texts:
When I shut down, restart, or update and restart my mac goes about shutting applications down to get ready to turn the computer off as it normally does but after my top bar and desktop icons have gone away it just stops.

Its just a dock and a wallpaper, the only application that's open is Finder which is stuck in a half-closed state that no amount of relaunching will fix.

While trying to fix this glitch disk utility also went into a state of refusing to force quit and freezing.

When it's in this glitched state I can start opening up applications and use them like normal although they sometimes get a bit buggy especially if they need major graphics card usage.

I can shut my mac down after this in three ways, hold down the power button, unplug the computer, or use the command shift - command - power. But when I try to update my mac and click restart and then do one of those three methods the update doesn't get installed.

So far I've tried resetting the VRAM and booting into safe mode neither of which have worked. Please help I'm desperate.

Im using Sierra currently on a 2015 iMac


texts: Possible to force a sync of Game Center Achievements already gained?

texts:
For various reasons, I've only just updated to iOS4.

There are a number of games that I have gained achievements for, it is possible to update the game center app to recognise these achievements automatically?


texts: Where are Terminal.app profiles files located?

texts: I just recently reinstalled OS X and forgot to back up all my sweet 'profiles' aka colour schemes. It would be very helpful if I could find the location of these so I can recover them from backup.


texts: Whenever an app tries to authenticate with Facebook, the dialog is in a foreign language

texts:
As you can see whenever an iOS app tries to authenticate me with Facebook the dialog is in Indonesian (I think). I've never set anything to that language, and in iOS and on Facebook my language is set to English.

I figure Masuk is something like "allow" but I don't know what kind of permissions I'm granting the app, so I would like to get these dialogs in English.


texts: Xcode commit view: keyboard shortcut for jumping to the next change?

texts: When I commit my code from Xcode (File -> Source Control -> Commit), is there a command (that can be assigned a shortcut presumably) to jump to the next change in the commit view? This will allow to quickly go over the changes spanned across multiple files being committed. Otherwise there is some mouse work to do, which is not very productive.


texts: MacBook Pro Lion Recovery Cannot Reinstall

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I am a programmer and more active on Stack Overflow. Anyways, I am clean-reinstalling my mum's MacBook Pro and I came across a problem. First, I went into recovery mode (Command-R at startup) then erased the Macintosh HD drive. After have had with my computer previously:

Date being set to 2001. (As a programmer I know this is a default NSDate.)
Microsoft Word keeps on bringing up random popups.
Warning that apps may behave erratically because of the date (maybe why Word does that).
Safari always needs to confirm some Facebook certificate keychain signing thing.
Quite slow/buggy
And also, the back of the MacBook screen has a problem that when I press on it the screen gets blurry at that part. (Like strongly touching the screen)

So then when I try to reinstall, the Macbook needs to check its authenticity with Apple, where it needs to gather some installation information. It just gets stuck here, nothing happens; I left it for 2 hours and it is still trying to gather information.

So, what do you think is generally wrong with this computer and how can I fix this problem? Do you think the only way out is to arrange an appointment with Apple?


texts: How to stop Terminal from starting minimized in the Dock?

texts:
Every time I start Terminal, it starts minimized in the Dock.
As I saw from this question, the problem is in my profile (under preferences) but I can't find any option to change this behaviour.

How can I solve the problem in my current profile?

Update

The proble is not specific to my profile - it occurs with all profiles I try using.


texts:
I'm looking for an iPhone app with which users can use the zoom in and out to write down characters in all kinds of scales.

To be more specific, if the user zooms in, the whole canvas would become larger to the user, making it possible to write relatively small characters.


texts: Safari can't load any page, but chrome can

texts:
If I connect to a specific wifi network with my MacBook Pro, Safari can't load any site, but Chrome can. This problem occurs only one wifi network (but unfortunately I have to use this network). I've tried it with Sierra and High Sierra too.
How could I solve this problem? What should I try?


texts: How do I stop my MacBook Pro from randomly freezing when trying to go to sleep?

texts:
My 2011 MacBook Pro has been having a problem occasionally where I put it to sleep, but it continues to run.  Later when I go use it again, I realize that it was on the whole time (usually inside my bag), and by this point it is blazing hot and the fan is running at full power.  It is unresponsive at this point, and I have to hold the power button to restart it. This happens I'd guess every few weeks on average, sometimes more often, sometimes less.

I often bounce between an office and home where at both locations, I use an external monitor, keyboard and mouse.  This freezing seems to happen only when I'm leaving one of these two locations, in which case I follow the following procedure:

Move mouse to HotCorner to put monitor to sleep (I do this instead of closing the lid since Lion has lid closing assume the external is taking over as primary display.)
Close lid to put computer to sleep
Disconnect cables (power, display port, usb; maybe ethernet and audio depending on location).

Lately, I've been suspecting that the above actions somehow conflict, so I've been trying to wait a few seconds between each step.  I think this was helping, but today I forgot about this plan (i.e. less than 1/2 second between actions), and the crash returned.

I first contacted Apple in February, and they had me boot into safe-mode to reset something, then reset the PRAM.  This didn't help, as the freezes returned.  After today's crash, I called Apple again, and they recommended I try reinstalling Lion (running 10.7.3), and if that doesn't help, then go to Apple store for hardware tests.

I will give this a try, but before I do, I wanted to see if anyone has a better idea on how to prevent this from happening.

For now, I've also removed my HotCorner, and will simply use the menu or keyboard to trigger system sleep before closing my lid (i.e. to make sure that the monitor-sleep and system-sleep commands are not conflicting).

Update: I reworded some of above to try to entice solutions.  Additionally, I should note that at my office, the USB is used for keyboard and mouse vs. at home, USB Is used for keyboard, mouse and external drive.  The display port in both cases is connected to a DVI adapter.


texts: Can I completely reset my Mac while it is attached to Time Machine? (I don't want to restore from a backup, just keep the backup)

texts:
For various reasons, I want to completely reset my iMac and reinstall everything from the ground up (that's easier than cleaning up by now).

I have Time Machine running and I wanted to ask if all my backups (on an external HDD) are going to be okay after erasing the internal disk and reinstalling macOS.

Will it still work and let me access my old backups while continuing to back up the new system?

I'm 99% sure it does but I've never done it and don't want to actually lose anything.


texts: Using too much of Hotspot hurts the iPad?

texts:
I have a iPad mini2 (cellular). Recently my modem has been broken and to use the internet via my laptop I use a personal hotspot connection. I mean I connect to my ipad by my laptop for using the internet.

As I've mentioned in the title of my question, I do that too much. For example 10 hours per day. Now I want to know, should I stop doing that? would it hurts my ipad?

You know, I feel the connection has slowed recently, I mean when I turn personal hotspot on in my ipad, it takes 1 min to my laptop find it and connect to it. I think that happened faster already.


texts: User in Permission "Loading..." has become "_spotlight"?

texts:
I have a user I've been trying to help that had used Time Machine to restore some folders and files from an older Mac onto MacOS Sierra.  When I initially saw this user's system, he had the classic issue of a privilege for a user that was just saying "Loading..."

But then, a week later, after Apple ran some diagnostics, I took a look and NOW that user showed up as _spotlight, set to Read Only.  For example, the image below shows the privileges for a folder our application creates in the user's Documents folder:

I've never seen _spotlight, but I assume this must have the same user ID as whatever user he tried to restore from his other Mac's Time Machine backup?

I realize in this particular case, the older "repair permissions" would;t have affected our app's folder, but since Apple's removed Repair Permissions from Disk Utility, I'm guessing they believe there's no longer any likelihood of permissions issues?

Has anyone ever seen _spotlight show up like this?  Seems benign, but removing it would also seem harmless, too.


texts: no such process error with launchctl start. Mac OSX 10.9

texts:
The goal is to set machine's network name with the ipaddress of this machine.
I have created a plist file and put it into /Library/Launchagents/. For debugging reason I used the command "launctl start".
Here is my plist file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.myfile.hostname</string>

  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/sbin/ipconfig</string>
    <string>getifaddr</string>
    <string>en0</string>
    <string>|</string>
    <string>/usr/bin/tr</string>
    <string>-d</string>
    <string>'.'</string>
    <string>|</string>
    <string>sudo</string>
    <string>/usr/sbin/scutil</string>
    <string>--set</string>
    <string>LocalHostName</string>
  </array>

  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>

  <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
  <string>/tmp/AlTest1.err</string>

  <key>StandardOutPath</key>
  <string>/tmp/AlTest1.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Then I use:

launchctl start /Library/LaunchAgents/com.myfile.hostname.plist

and get the error:

launchctl start error: No such process

As the error is not explaining what exactly is wrong with that file Im struggling to find the reason. The command itself on the command work fine. If this is the wrong section for this question please advice.

Thanks in advance


texts: Seeking script to add to my automator service to make it reveal newly created item in finder

texts:
After much research (I am not familiar with Shell, Bash coding... and only just discovered the magic of Automator and Terminal usefulness), I've created an Automator service that captures a shot of specific rectangle of my screen and saves it on desktop upon press of a shortcut key. It runs well, but it would be handy, if I could add code to it, that would then reveal the new image in Finder. I don't want to open the newly created image, just to reveal and highlight it in finder, so I can take several images in succession and see that they were created without having to do anything else with them at the time.

My 'Run AppleScript' in Automator at the moment:

set theDate to do shell script "date +%Y-%m-%d"
set theTime to do shell script "date +%H.%M.%S"
set theTempPath to POSIX path of (path to desktop)
set thePath to theTempPath & "screenCapture " & theDate & " at " & theTime & ".png"
do shell script "screencapture -R1079,113,773,1033 -tpng" & space & quoted form of thePath

There might be another way to do this, I am complete novice to this tweaking :) I know that something can be done to the folder itself through Folder Actions Setup, but I want the folder to reveal the new item only when I've run this service, not each and every time I add something new.
Your help would be much appreciated.
Thank you! (my apologies for mistakes and typos)


texts:
My wife spilled beer on my Macbook Pro (El Capitan) and now everything seems kind of ok, except I can't use the keyboard because the Mac thinks that the left Cmd key is always pressed. I've taken off the key to try and unpress it and nothing is helping.

Is there a way to disable it in software?  I'd be happy remapping my Caps Caps Lock to be a Command key if need be, but I want to make the Mac ignore the fact that the left Command key is always pressed.


texts: iPhone SE - force rebooting gets into a loop

texts:
My situation is a bit complicated.
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 9.3.5.
I connected my iPhone to a rental car's audio system and something bad happened. The lock button stopped working and it is spontaneously "clicked" (software-wise) randomly. Sometimes I even get the turn-off screen that is usually displayed after a long lock-click, expect I don't press anything.
I've tried to do a force-reboot (holding the lock and home buttons for a few seconds), the iPhone get turned off, but then immediately it gets into a loop, and the only way to get it to load is to connect it to a power source. This happens also after I simply turn it off (using the accessibility software solution).
I now back-upped the phone to my iTunes, and deleted all of the data so it'll be new-like but this did not help the problem. All of the above symptoms are still happening.
Any ideas on what else I could do?


texts: Find and replace literal control characters

texts:
Is it possible to replace control characters like newline and tab in Pages version 5.6.1?

I'm aware of How to use find and replace to replace a character with new line and the possibility of inserting literal characters in TextEdit by using option-return or option-tab but both those don't apply to current Pages version.

In my case I want to replace multiple newlines with a single one, I tried exporting the document to ODF and doing the replace with LibreOffice but the structure of the document is such that LibreOffice cannot correctly save it back.
Once the file with the replaced newlines is saved I cannot open it again, neither with Pages nor with LibreOffice itself.


texts: Can I set up two Samsung monitors to my mac book air mid 2012?

texts: I have a Mac Book Air mid 2012 and want to connect two Samsung monitors- I have one through the thunderbolt and the other through the USB port but it is not working properly


texts: Acer UHD4K2K not working through Thunderbolt

texts:
I have an Acer UHD4k2K monitor hooked up to my Retina Mackbook Pro. I was previously using an HDMI cable (only 30Hz), as that's what came with my monitor.

A Thunderbolt cable that's long enough arrived yesterday and I can't get it to detect the display.

I'm plugging a thunderbolt cable into one of the thunderbolt ports on my Mac (I've tried both) and into the MiniDP port on the monitor. I've tried rebooting, jiggling, etc.

Suggestions?


texts: Native way to speed up/remove desktop switching animations

texts:
I want a native (and therefore free) way to speed up a specific animation. My research covers these questions and links on this that have gone unsolved for High Sierra and no answers there cover this natively.

How do I speed up the animation time for switching between desktop spaces?
Speeding up switching between multiple desktops (speed up or remove transition)
How do I speed up the animation time for switching between desktop spaces?
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/issues/711

What used to work, defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0.1 does not work, and has been confirmed to not work by myself (as well as many of the above comments and posts).

People tend to get referred here, which only offers a paid program as a solution. I have searched and searched for a free solution, none found. Any hints, help, open source mission control replacements, anything? This thing is slow enough my workflow is getting hampered (I'll switch back and fourth a lot comparing data).

I'm really hopeful for some guru who can figure this out. How can we implement this for free?


texts: Are Time Machine backups to an external disk attached to a Time Capsule supported?

texts:
My 1 TB Time Capsule drive is full with Time Machine backups.  I'd rather spend $130 on a 3 TB drive than $500 on a new 3 TB Time Capsule.

Is an external drive attached to a Time Capsule supported for Time Machine backups?  I have read that trying to use Time Machine with an Airport Extreme and an attached external drive is not supported and is in fact unreliable.  Does that extend to Time Capsules with an external drive?

I realize that a Time Machine backup cannot be split across drives -- I would move entire backups to the 3 TB drive.

I bought my 1st generation Time Capsule (MB277LL/A) in 2008. I am running Mountain Lion.


texts: What kind of adaptor do I need to connect RJ45 / ethernet cable to my Macbook Pro Retina display?

texts:
There is no RJ45 / ethernet port on my macbook.  Do I need a thunderbolt or USB or HDMI adaptor?

Or should I just buy a mini wireless router?


texts: Which memory speed for an early 2008 Mac Pro?

texts: I've got an early 2008 Mac Pro with 4 Gb of memory which I would like to upgrade, but I'm unsure of the memory speed. In my "About This Mac" dialog it says the memory speed should be 667 MHz, but online (even on Apple's own site), it says 800 MHz. Is it okay to get 800 MHz memory and mix the two, or should I hunt for 667 MHz memory? Or replace my existing 667 MHz memory with 800 MHz?


texts: How can I download a iOS Shortcuts file to my Mac?

texts:
I have created a iOS shortcuts (Workflow) on a iPad. Finally, I would like to save and send a backup to Mac. This has been really easy in the past. Unfortunately it is no longer possible to share any Shortcuts via eMail, ftp client or other non iCloud services. It looks like Apple locked down Shortcuts to iCloud. Users are forced to use iCloud. Anyway, when I click the iCloud 'Get Shortcut' link it won't download the workflow://shortcuts file.
How can I download a iOS shortcut to my Mac?


texts:
I have the Pocket app on an iPhone and an iPad. When I check storage usage, they are over 2 and 4 GBs, respectively. Why is the size so big in both cases? The app itself is under 100 MBs according to the App Store. All the saved articles are just text. I have no videos or images.

More importantly, is there a way to reduce the space taken up by the app? There does not seem to be a way to delete archived articles.


texts:
What's the best way to manage 10-20 Apple computers for a small company?   All the devices are purchased and owned by the company.  We want to be to reassign computers from one person to another, and have the new user be able to update software without needing the original user to authenticate with their Apple ID.

Is it better to have a single Apple ID (e.g. devices@example.com) in use on all the computers, or have each employee create their own Apple ID?  If the latter, how do you reassign a computer from one person to another?


texts: Getting all windows returns inaccurate items

texts:
I noticed when getting all windows that there are extra window items returned than there are. For example for Safari, it returns 9 windows but there are only 3 windows open; all the others are randomly created as far as I can tell. Below is screenshot of properties of on of these windows.

The code I used was very straightforward:

tell application "Safari"
    set allWindows to get windows
# Below is code that you can run to get these windows if they exist.
    set imaginaryWindows to {}
    repeat with i from 1 to (count of allWindows)
        if name of (item i of allWindows) is equal to "" then
            copy (item i of allWindows) to end of imaginaryWindows
        end if
    end repeat

log (count of imaginaryWindows)
end tell

I was wondering if anyone else have these windows? If yes, then what are they, and why do they exist? Is it a bug?

I've also noticed this being the case for Terminal, and Script Editor windows.


texts: How to mount /dev/disk1 with write permissions from Recovery Mode?

texts:
Using Command + R at boot, I entered recovery mode but the /private/etc/ directory is Read-Only. Is it possible to unmount the disk then mount it again with write permissions?

# sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion:    10.8.5
BuildVersion:    12F45


texts: To have TV Out from iPad 2's any application via Apple Composite AV Cable

texts:
I know about this previous thread asking about iPad TV out. I have not managed to have my iPad 2's screen mirror from all applications to my TV. It only shows YouTube at the moment from the YouTube application.

I want to mirror my iPad 2's screen on my TV. How can I accomplish this?


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After using Boot Camp to install Windows on my Mac, is there any way to transfer files between the two partitions as each is only read only to the other.

This is mainly because I have run out of space on one partition and was wondering if I was able to download files to my main Mac partition which will be used on my windows side, or is the formatting incorrect for this process.


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I'm considering a Mac Pro purchase but cannot afford the one I really want.
The question is this; Can the cheapest Mac Pro 5,1 single quad-core Nehalem 2.8 GHz be upgraded to the dual six-core Westmere 2.93 GHz at some point in the future?
If not, what would be the cheapest one that could?


texts: 2010 White MacBook won't shut down; restarts instead

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I have ave a 2010 White MacBook 7,1 Core2Duo; bought used.  I installed a previously unused HDD.  I increased the memory to 4GB RAM.  There are only three non-Apple apps, Citrix, Dropbox, Opera.  It was working perfectly.
Now it  mysteriously began to always restart after telling it to shutdown.  This happens using the Apple menu, using the logout menu, or using sudo halt or sudo shutdown -h now in Terminal.  The only way to successfully turn it off and have it stay off is ^ Control⌘ Command⦿ Power which seems to work.

Disk utility says no problem. Apple hardware diagnostics say noproblem.
Multiple NVRAM zaps ineffective. Multiple SMC resets ineffective.
Tried different power supplies.  Tried disconnected and connected.
Tried leaving the lid up, tried closing it quickly.
Tried deleting user and making a new primary admin user.
Tried starting and turning off every single program in case something had been left hanging.
Deleted Dropbox and Citrix.
Disabled auto logon.  Enabled it again.

Nothing works.
This laptop literally only needs to do four things—turn on, check email, check a single Numbers spreadsheet, turn back off—for my mom who is older and not tech savvy at all.
Any other ideas?


texts: How to create a list with checkboxes in Automator?

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How difficult is it to create in Automator (either AppleScript or Javascript) something like this?

I would like to have a groceries list.

And only the selected items to be copied in clipboard line by line so I can paste them in my list in notes.


texts: How to map the 'Mission Control' key to F3 via Karabiner?

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I am using an external mechanical keyboard. I find that whenever I hit the F3 key, it is mapped to mission_control.

Is it possible to remap mission_control to something else? In the karabiner Element I cannot find any option of mission_control


texts: Best file system for external hard drive, to be used on both Linux and macOS?

texts: What's the best file system that I can use for an external HD which I want to use on both a macOS system, and a linux system? I can transfer files using sneaker-net much faster than through an AFP or SMB network share, but I need a file system which both operating systems can read and write.


texts: Magic Mouse2 keep loosing connection which keyboard and Magic Trackpad work fine

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I have a Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad and Apple keyboard. From time to time, mainly when I have higher CPU usage, my mouse drops it's connection. I have my trackpad next to it and it is still working fine, as is my keyboard.
I think I have narrowed it down to the amount of screen I have attached to my computer. At work I have a Dell 43" 4k screen and at home I have (2) 27, 1(34 wide) and (1) USB Screen. If I have all screens running then my mouse drops more frequently.
I have a 2018 Macbook Pro 15 with 16gb memory, i7, 4gb video memory


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How can I trigger an applescript on mousedown?
I want this applescript to run when a user doubleclicks on empty space in the desktop (i.e. not clicking on the icons present on desktop).

This is my script so far:

try
    set toggle to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder CreateDesktop"
    if toggle = "true" then
        do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false"
    else if toggle = "false" then
        do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop true"
    end if
end try

do shell script "killall Finder"
delay 0.1
activate application "Finder"


texts: I can’t log in to my Mac because my wireless keyboard isn’t responding. Mouse is working ok. Green light is flashing on keyboard. Tried changing batteries.


texts: Random popup out of nowhere: "Verifying file.."

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As the title says, a popup appeared while I was on the internet, I was not on any sketchy website btw. I was not downloading anything either.
All I saw was "Verifying file", I don't think it mentioned a specific file, I just closed the popup as fast as I could.
Is this an issue? I just wanted to make sure my device isn't infected.


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Before 10.14 the last finder column always showed filesize, date modified etc. by default.

In the new version this information is blocked by the useless "more" button.

Is there a way to have this information always visible with the default finder window size?

Before 10.14

After 10.14