texts: Will a 2015 MacBook logic board work on a 2016?

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I have an early 2016 MacBook A1534 with a failed SSD.
I was thinking of buying a logic board from the A1534 early 2015. Everything looks fine by the looks of it all connections match up just fine.
But maybe there’s more I don’t know. Can anyone tell me if it will work? Could the pins be different?
Picture on the left is a 2016 and on the right is a 2015.


texts: Adjusting Brightness, or executing any keypress, on remote computer via ssh

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What are the options to target specific keys on a remote computer and execute the equivalent of virtually pressing them from the terminal via ssh (what would normally be a user pressing them)?

Example is adjusting the volume:

sudo osascript -e "set Volume 10"

I'm not asking for applescript.


texts: How to resolve error where Mac is not configured in way compatible with macOS Catalina

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I get the following when trying to install macOS Catalina (from High Sierra):

I contacted Apple Support, reset my whole system to factory settings and yet I cannot update.

it is MacBook Pro 2017 without Touch Bar and I bought it seal packed 2 years ago

How can I resolve this?


texts: Late 2013 Macbook Retina Windows 7 x64 Bootcamp "No device drivers found"

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I have been trying for days to get Windows 7, 64 bit installed on my late 2013 Macbook Retina using bootcamp and always run into the same problem - when the Windows installation starts it gives an error message saying "No device drivers were found for my CD/DVD device..." and prompts be to try to browse to a location to find the drivers.

When I try to browse for the drivers I see two drives:

BOOTCAMP (C:)
BOOT (X:)

Program Files
sources
Users
Windows

(C:) is my bootcamp partition and I am assuming that (X:) is my install drive, but the file structure looks nothing like what it looks like from Mac OS X.

I never get the prompt asking me which partition to install Windows on.

I am using a USB drive and a Windows 7 64 bit ISO with Bootcamp Assistant. Everything goes smoothly in BCA. I have tried several different ISOs including one recommendation to use a specific ISO that is supposed to be a "full" version which includes additional drivers, but still with no luck.


texts: Can someone give me an overview as to how Apple Pay works. What goes on inside it. What microchips are used and essentially how does it work?


texts: Upgrading a 2006 MacBook Pro to 3 GB Ram, is this a good idea?

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I'm considering upgrading my end of 2006 MacBook Pro RAM. Yet I'm hesitating: it will not support 4GB of RAM, but only 3GB (I have 2x 1GB at the moment).

This means that each slot will have a different amount of memory, and I read somewhere that would prevent it from using double data rate or something like this.

Do you know if this decrease of performance is noticeable? Is it worth the extra 1GB of RAM?
I'd welcome advice; especially if you have done so yourself.
Thanks!


texts: Safari can load internet but none of the other apps cannot!

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This is by far the weirdest problem I've come across,
My mac can perfectly access internet through safari web browser, but when I tried to do

ping www.google.com

through the terminal, it's requests is being timed out.

None of the other apps are able to reach internet either. Dropbox, Skype, Spotify all showing offline, except the browser itself

I'm guessing something bad with the DNS, but spend 2 hours trying to fix this with no luck


texts: How to automatically deliver /var/mail/USER to my Gmail?

texts: My cron jobs sometimes sends mail to /var/mail/USERNAME.  I normally read it by log on the Mac computer and run mail command to read and delete these mails.  But how to deliver/forward such mails to my Gmail automatically? I would like to  read such mails from different Mac computers in one Gmail account.


texts: Best way to stream video from iPad or iPhone to Macbook ?

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I am planning to create some app tutorials (screencasts) using Screenflow on my Macbook

The apps are iPhone and iPad apps so I want to show the live app in the tutorial and mix in other aspects which Screenflow lets you do.

I think therefore I just need to get the iPad to stream to a Window on my macbook - then I can capture it.

I have an Apple TV and I think I read that this is the best way to do this -  but not sure the exact set up - can anyone advise?


texts: I want a pop up notification when a file has certain info written to it

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I have a server that my machine is connected to via AFP.
On this server there is a file called 'TransferLog.txt'. While the server is doing it's work it adds to this file. When it finally writes 'successful' I want to be notified by a pop up window in the finder.

Normally I would attack this using 'tail -f' and 'grep'. However, I have found that because this file is sitting on a server rather than a local file on my hard drive 'tail -f' doesn't seem to work properly... it behaves like 'tail', listing it's current last lines, but then just sits there and doesn't update info... it also doesn't exit.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to monitor this remote file more effectively?
Is there a way I could repeatedly read the tail output looking for 'successful' using applescript? (I'm pretty bad with applescript)


texts: What is this History menu option in the menu bar and how do I clear it?

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Between the menu options Edit and View and sometimes between View and Go appears, when you open a web browser, another menu option named History that show all the recent browsing history.

How do I clear it when it appears? How do I delete the items that appear or, even better, only a selection of them?


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I got the "startup disk full" message so I moved several of my massive folders to an external hard drive, deleted the folders I just moved off my Mac and yes, emptied the Trash bin.

It then said I had 83.14 GB of free space (I previously only had two!) And THEN, I moved another folder full of videos I had previously overlooked, it was 14 GB, deleted the folder from the Mac and emptied the Trash but then when I went to check the space it said 79 GB of free space! 4 GB LESS free space after moving and deleting a 14 GB folder!!!

How is this possible?


texts: Smart Mailbox and Any Recipient rule not working

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I've had a few smart mailboxes in Apple Mail which have worked fine so far, but I've noticed some odd behaviour lately (which may or may not have been there before).

Mailbox rules:

Date received - is today
Account - [my work mail account]
Any recipient - contains [my work e-mail address]

The idea is to have a smart mailbox which shows all emails I received today (sent to me, not a mailing list of which I'm part of). The account is an Exchange mailbox.

This works without fault as long as I am the single recipient. As soon as the mail in question is addressed to multiple people (all in To), Apple Mail decides that it doesn't meet the mailbox criteria. I can't figure out why it decides to leave those messages out. Is there something I can check or can I define the criteria in a different way so it would work?

FYI: OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5 on a MacBook Pro (15", mid 2012).


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Had the following appear when attempting to login to an account.  What does it mean & should I approve?
 com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.64.xpc wants to use your confidential information stored in "v4.services.acrobat.com" in your ketchain.
To allow this, enter the "login" keychain password.

Always Allow            Deny          Allow


texts: iOS Enterprise developer Account: apns certificate for push notification

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I have used the iOS development account for creating apns ssl certificate for sending push notification to iOS device for development purpose.I can get the device token using objective c sample code in iOS device.Then I can use that device token to send push notification for that specific iOS device.

Now I am going to implement MDM and for MDM iOS Enterprise account is required.There are some questions, which I want to confirm if someone has already done.

1.So I want to know can I use iOS Enterprise account for creating "apns ssl certificate" for development purpose?

2.Can I get device token for iOS device using the same objective C sample code, so that I can send the push notification to that specific iOS device for testing purpose.

Please help me.


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I know their is a flood of these questions but I have a late 2013 macbook pro with yosemite 10.10.5 installed on it.

My problem is it won't read some of my SD cards, i've run disk util with the pny sd card inserted and I get this

bash-3.2$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *120.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 F57E540D-B47C-40C6-BDE1-F9EEB04734AB
                                 Unencrypted
bash-3.2$

Whats strange is when I insert another sd card (a samsung card) It comes up OK

bash-3.2$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         120.5 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *120.1 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 F57E540D-B47C-40C6-BDE1-F9EEB04734AB
                                 Unencrypted
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk2
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 NO NAME                 8.0 GB     disk2s1
bash-3.2$

I've tested the PNY cards in my iPad with an sd card reader and the photos come up OK, and all the photos appear on my camera as well so the SD card themselves seem to be OK


texts: Using php5-rar to extract files with an RAR extension

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Recently, I received a compressed file with an RAR extension from a colleague. Not being able to view it under MacOS, I went on to download the MacPort php5-rar thinking that it would solve my problem.  I soon realized that this was not a utility, but an API for viewing, extracting and creating RAR files programmatically.  Please correct me if I am wrong, since the only documentation I have been able to find on this MacPort thus far is an API reference manual.

By later browsing this SE, I discovered that there is another utility called iUnarchive, which allows one to extract/view RAR files.  As I am a bit ignorant when it comes to these things, if I were to download and install it, would it interfere with the php5-rar MacPort that I installed earlier?

Furthermore, as iUnarchive appears to be a tool only for extracting/viewing files, is there an equivalent (free) tool under MacOS that can be used to create RAR files?


texts: Multiple Wi-Fi APs: Use same or different SSID?

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I have multiple Wi-Fi access points in my house. What's the best practice, should I use the same or different SSIDs?

I currently have different SSIDs because I like to know which AP I'm logged in to. But handover takes ages. Would that work better/faster when using just a single SSID?

My clients are mostly iPhones and iPads and the APs are non-Apple (AVM Fritz!Box and Digitus).


texts: Keyboard shortcuts not working in Safari and Firefox after update to Yosemite

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After updating two distinct Macs (a MacBook Air and a Mac Mini, both using the same iCloud account) from Mavericks to Yosemite, I noticed the following weird bug:
All keyboard shortcuts in Safari and Firefox (not in Chrome, nor in any other app I've tried) have stopped working. When using a shortcut in Firefox, the corresponding spot on the menu bar is briefly highlighted (for instance, ⌘T flashes File), but nothing else happens; in Safari, not even this menubar flashing occurs.

Weirdest of all: on both browsers, if I first open a menu by clicking on the menubar, then any shortcut works (while the menu is open).

Question: Has anyone else encountered this bug? What would you recommend? Should I notify Apple somehow?


texts: Terminal and bash can't start with libiconv error

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I just tried to start Terminal.app in Mac OS X 10.6.8, and got the following error:

 dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib   Referenced
    from: /bin/bash   Reason: Incompatible library version: bash requires
    version 8.0.0 or later, but libiconv.2.dylib provides version 7.0.0

 [Process completed]

I have MacPorts installed, so I suspect somehow the libiconv version is messed up. However, since I can't start a terminal session, I don't even know how to troubleshoot or correct this error.

What should I do? Thanks.


texts: When I open some apps, the window for the app is huge.  I know I can resize the window by going to bottom right and corner and using mouse. I was just wondering is there some quicker way using keys etc?


texts: How to disable Swapfile in OS X El Capitan

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I've tried these commands in OS X El Capitan, but it doesn't work:

$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist

$ sudo rm /private/var/vm/swapfile*

$ sysctl vm.swapusage
vm.swapusage: total = 2048.00M  used = 596.00M  free = 1452.00M  (encrypted)

I have 16GB of RAM and 256GB SSD, I just don't want the SSD to tear down faster just because I enable the swapfile.


texts: Disable "Save space by optimizing storage" pop-up

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I just upgraded to macOS Sierra and the pop-up prevalence is driving me crazy.

I am using a 2011 Macbook Air with only 256GB SSD space, and have consistently had 10GB or less storage remaining since almost immediately after purchasing.

I am getting pop-ups saying "You only have 10.27 GB of storage left, Save space by optimizing storage". They are similar in nature to the pop-ups described in these two questions: Silencing "Your disk is almost full" notification and Disable "Optimized Storage" popup?

However, neither of these questions have answers to their [slightly] different pop-ups.

Is there any way to disable these pop-ups entirely? It is not possible for me to free up more storage on anything longer than an extremely short term basis, so that is not an acceptable solution.


texts: WhatsApp doesn't use contact name on lock screen notifications

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Hello Community Members,

I am using iOS device (iPhone) with latest iOS version.

I am facing an unusual problem with WhatsApp.

When I get message from one of my contacts and screen is locked, WhatsApp shows that I got message from name (name it uses is set by user, and not as saved in my contacts)

Example: If I get a message from my brother, whose contact is saved on my device as "Bro" and if screen is locked, it reads 1 message from Mr. Mehta (which is set by my brother as his display name on WhatsApp)

Anyone facing same issue, or it's just me. If yes, any solution for same.


texts: iTunes: Moving iTunes Files (Self Managed)

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I'm trying to move all my music to another drive and I don't let iTunes organize my music for me. I moved the "iTunes" folder to my external and I also moved my Music folder which is also outside of my external but the issue I'm having is when I export the XML file.

In Itunes I went to File > Library > Export Library which exports an XML file.

In the XML file I see a ton of paths that begin with:

file:///Volumes/Data/Music/

So my plan is to change all the files from beginning with that to:

file:///External/Music/

That way iTunes can find my files. I haven't done the last step yet because when I option+click the itunes file and it opens up to the message with an option to "Choose Library..." when I click this option it won't let me select the XML file I just exported but an ITL file in the

iTunes/Previous iTunes Libraries/

folder where there are some files with the extension ITL and some that dont have an extension at all.

How do I move my files from my self managed Music folder on my hard drive to a Music folder on my external?


texts: Automator Not Properly Filtering Files Modified Within Last 7 Days

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I am trying to automate the process of backing up my development files weekly. I want to automatically back up the files, filter through all of the files, and delete the files that have not been modified within the last 7 days, but retain the folder structure. For example, I will have many files named index.js, so in order to know where they belong, I would like the folder structure to be maintained and the file to stay in it's proper folder if it has been modified within the last 7 days. My process so far has been to

Copy the whole folder containing all development files

This works no problem. It copies all 29K files. The next step is to get all of the content inside of the folder and filter it down.

Get Specified Finder Items ( The folder that was just copied )
Get Folder Contents ( Repeat for each subfolder found )

Right off the bat, I have an issue. When Getting Folder Contents and checking Repeat For Each Subfolder Found around 8,000 files are missing.
I can't seem to figure out what is causing this or how to fix this.

If I ignore this and continue on, my next step is to filter down the items. I want to remove the items not modified within the last 7 days and since I want to retain the folder structure I want to make sure the item is not a folder

Filter Finder Items
is set to find files where the date last modified is not in the last 7 days ( this should grab all of the files that have not been modified recently )
Filter Finder Items
now I filter through those results and make sure to grab all of the same files but no folders
Move Finder Items To Trash
lastly these items that have not been modified within the last 7 days and are not folders are moved to the trash.

So if I ignore the initial 8,000 files missing when Automator initially gets the folder's contents, and run this it does not work as intended. It does delete a lot of files, but a ton of files that have not been modified within the past 7 days are left, and I can not figure out why some files are being deleted and some are being left. I'm not sure if there is a flaw in my process or what I am missing here. Can someone point me in the correct direction for what I am trying to achieve?


texts: Change the current iTunes song's rating after it finishes playing?

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I use smart playlists in iTunes.  For example: Play only songs rated 4 stars or higher with comments containing "mellow" (I use comments as tags, more or less, so that would be a mellow best-of playlist).

The problem: let's say I'm listening to that playlist and a song starts to play which I decide to drop to 2 stars.  The song disappears from the playlist instantly and the playlist stops.  What I'd like to happen is, I'd like the song to finish playing and then, after, have the rating change take effect, so that it disappears from the playlist after it finishes playing.

Note: I'm talking about the currently playing iTunes song, not the currently selected song.  Since iTunes is probably in the background, the currently selected song could be anything.

I'd prefer an Applescript solution, if possible.

Ideas?


texts: Automator - Conversion from image files to Files/Folders failed

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I am trying to do a simple task of just taking a screenshot with automator and importing that screenshot into iPhoto.  The screenshot takes fine and saves it to the correct location.  It does save as a .png file but then I get an error when it goes to the next step of getting the specified finder items.  It fails and states Conversion from Image files to Files/Folders failed and unrecognized selector sent to instance.  See screenshot below.

My ultimate goal is to do a time lapse setup with automator.  Any thoughts on what may be causing this error?  I am running OSX 10.8.3

Thanks!


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So I'm running the latest Mac OS Mojave version on my ~4 yo MacBook Pro. I have, and I had for a while now this "Recovery HD" that takes aout 70,3GB.

So 3 questions here :

I'm getting kind of narrow with the limited disk on my laptop and was thinking : could/should I remove this partition, that I never used and that I'll probably never use ?
If so, would it be doable to just merge those 70GB with my main hard drive ?
If I somehow someday need a "Rescue Mode" on my macbook, could I just flash a USB stick ?

Thanks.


texts: How to change Safari HTTP header Accept-Language?

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In Firefox Accept-Language is set globally for the browser in the general preferences or via an extension like "Modify Headers" for more frequent changes.

But how to do that in Safari?

  Safari. On OS X the language sent is that specified in the OS X system language preferences. To change those preferences go to System Preferences > Language & Region > Preferred Language, but be aware that it will change the language of your user interface, not just your browser language preferences. Make sure you know how to switch back to your normal language!

That is very inconvenient.

Is there a way to do the same with Safari, to simulate a different language/location, for example for web development purposes?


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Since upgrading to Max OS X 10.7.2 and converting my MobileMe Account to iCloud I am receiving endless dialog boxes asking about syncing Yahoo Contacts.

I cannot find settings anywhere to turn this off. I have to manually dismiss these frakking dialogues, which come up at the rate of about one an hour.


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I am using a 2015 15" MacBook Pro with 512 GB storage. There are a couple of issues that happened very quickly, so I will give you the comlete timeline:

I logged into macOS.
I noticed that Caps Lock is on, and doesn't respond; the same thing with the letter that is between o and q.
I panicked. I logged into Windows (using Boot Camp).
The same thing repeats.
Now when I try to get back to macOS (used Option, used Boot Camp in windows, even tried recovery mode to repair disk,) I boot into Windows, and there is no Mac image in Boot Camp.

I have upgraded to macOS Mojave. I have allotted 150 GB to Windows and 350 to macOS. When I see the storage in windows it is showing only 465 GB. I don't know what to make of it.

I don't use Time Machine.


texts: How to reflect the names from one subnet to other

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I want to reflect the names from the WiFi network to which my Mac is connected on to the vmware virtual subnet on which my virtual machines connected.

If you are familiar with avahi-daemon's enable-reflector parameter; this is exactly what I am looking for in bonjour.


texts: Why is it that my CPU goes 100% when syncing music/photos to iPad?

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I wipe my iPad quite often since I'm an iOS developer, but what I'm wondering is that why does my CPU goes 100%? Isn't it quite the same as copying music/photo to a USB drive (which doesn't make my CPU 100%?).

Granted I ticked the "convert to 128 kbps AAC" option, but for photos, I thought they'd only have to resize the photos when syncing?


texts: Are there games that sync across devices through iCloud / Game Center?

texts: With iOS 5 and iCloud i was hoping that games would get synced across devices. If I'm playing a game on my iPad and then later pick up the same game on my iPhone, then i would like to be able to start right where i left off on my other device. Are there any games that currently do this? Or is this even currently possible?


texts: Why is stacks appearing on my desktop with no files?

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Why is Stacks appearing on my desktop with no files?

Disclaimer

So I'd just like to make clear that this issue isn't bothering me in any way, but I am simply curious as to whether this is a glitch unique to me or to everyone.

Context

Since the release of macOS Mojave, a feature called stacks has been added. Essentially, it takes all the files scattered about your desktop and sorts it into type piles:

In the above, the stacks has taken all the screenshots and piled it into one.

Question

Now, don't get me wrong - stacks works great, and I love it. But, I have noticed that once I have cleared by desktop of all files - that is, it is blank - when I perform the notorious four-fingered swipe to change my desktop, the stacks logo briefly pops up in the top right of the desktop, where it would be if there were one type of file.

The stacks icon randomly appears as I switch desktop with no files.

This is not bothering me, and disappears after less than a second, but I was curious to know if this is an indicator of a problem with my computer or a widespread glitch? Has this happened to anybody else? Is there something I need to fix?
Thanks!


texts: Do iPhones have a built-in mouse or trackpad and how do I use it?

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Quite some time ago someone told me (or maybe I read it) that iPhones have a built-in trackpad or mouse pointer that makes it easy for you to move the cursor around for editing text. I want to know if this is actually possible?

Right now my computer is in for repairs and I’m stuck using an iPhone to edit a Word document and being able to do this would be great if its possible, but I can’t see any options anywhere in the settings.

So is it true that iPhones have a built-in trackpad or mouse pointer function? And how do I get to use it?


texts: Any way to "right-click->open" application using application launcher or AppleScript?

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I'm an avid launch service (Quicksilver/Launchbar) user, and have been frequently stymied by Gatekeeper… The default "Open" actions behave like double-clicking an application package, which is insufficient for triggering the dialogue for circumventing Gatekeeper. I used to get around this by asking the respective launcher to "Reveal" the app, and then right clicked it from Finder.

I recently installed Path Finder 6 on my machine to replace Finder/TotalFinder. The problem is, there isn't a way to trigger the "open" right-click action from Path Finder that allows one to circumvent the Gatekeeper block for unsigned applications… So now I have to "Reveal" from QS, and then "Show in Finder" from Path Finder. The ideal situation would just be to figure out exactly what command is being called when you right-click->Open, and implement that as an action in QS or Launchbar… an Apple- or shell-script would be ideal, but I can't figure out what the system command is for that higher level "Open".

Any experience with this out there?


texts: Today when I set up my Keynote presentation, the "presenter view" appeared on the audience screen and the audience view appeared on my MacBookPro. The MacBook is a brand new computer and the Keynote is ver. 6.5.2 (2119) I have used this same computer, Keynote and projector for the past 4 months and never had this problem. I tried disconnecting the computer from the projector and restarting Keynote. No difference. I disconnected the computer from the projector and restarted the computer with the projector connected. No difference. I looked in preferences but did not find anything helpful in the display settings. I'm obviously missing something. Has anyone had a similar experience?


texts: Using dd on video DVDs gets permission denied after about 700MB

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I bought three movies on DVD on eBay. I am trying to make .iso backups onto my external hard drive. The first one I tried using Disk Utility, but it only produced a partial copy (without generating any errors) so I switched to using dd, which worked on the first movie. For both the second and third movie, dd only partially ran through before giving the following error:

dd: /dev/disk2: Permission denied
1438432+0 records in
1438432+0 records out
736477184 bytes transferred in 212.743197 secs (3461813 bytes/sec)

The number of records/bytes is similar, but not exactly the same, for both movies. I have no clue what else to try, since dd is as low-level a program I know to use. I have no idea why the error would be generated mid-copy like that. Googling for this kind of error leads to answers regarding improper filesystem permissions (I'm running sudo dd) and unmounting first (I'm also running sudo umount), and AFAIK neither would lead to dd working for the first 700MB and then getting that error.

Also, I have watched these movies all the way through without incident, so the filesystem appears to be good.


texts: How to access gmail via pop instead of imap in mail.app in iOS 7.1

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In iOS 6.x, my iPad and iPhone were connected with pop to gmail accounts. When I delete a message on the iPad or iPhone, the message is NOT deleted on the gmail server. So the message is still in my Apple Mail box on my OSX Lion Mac. The Mac Mail uses IMAP, so when I delete a message on the Mac, it IS deleted from the gmail server and the iPad and iPhone do not show the deleted message on their next update.
     How do I implement this "Mac is master" with the iPad and iPhone on iOS 7.1? I have tried enabling POP on the gmail server and told it to keep mail on the server's inbox. But  deleting on the iPad POP client still deletes the message from the server and it's no longer available on my IMAP Mac.

I'm following instructions from "https://support.google.com/mail/topic/3398031?hl=en&ref_topic=3396281" in the POP section. Am I missing something? Or is it just not possible anymore?


texts: Cannot break running process in Terminal

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This has been killing me for a while. In macOS terminal, I cannot break a process. I've tried every combination of keys. Command. doesn't work.

For example, if I open a screen session with a serial device. It works fine but I cannot exit screen. The only way to kill it is by using Activity Monitor.

stty-a shows that most things are bound to  ^ "key", but this Control + "key" doesn't do anything either.


texts: Managing to change my Apple ID to another country

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I need to change the country of Apple ID from UK to US, but I previously purchased some apps with my UK-based account, do I need to re-purchase them after migration? Will I still be updating my apps after changing the country?

Thanks!


texts:
I want to modify the icon of my mounted disk image, the same way as FUSE for OS X.

My desktop screenshot, where my disk image is the left one (name is censored):

Changing the icon of the dmg is simple, but has no effect on the mounted drive.


texts:
TCP port 5901 is open on my machine and is causing some mischief, and I want to know which process is opening it.  When I run lsof -i -P I see that launchd is the process that opened the port.

Is there a quick way I can determine which launchd plist file is being used to open that port? I'd rather not have to go through each plist mentioned by launchctl list.


texts: Quicksilver will not open on my Mac (OS 10.6). Can you help?

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I installed Quicksilver and due to some problems I have with the "shelf" feature I decided to uninstall it (using appCleaner).

When I tried to install it again the application wouldn't install the second time and it gave me this option

  "The previous version of Quicksilver was located in "Quicksilver 3".
  Would you like to move this new version to that location?"

I clicked "OK" and the QS logo came up but disappeared within seconds.

There is no file on my computer with the word "quicksilver"

Is there anything you can recommend I do?

I am new to the Mac (got it only 2 day ago).


texts: Sierra / Mail.app workaround for missing "Display in Place / Display as Icon" choices?

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The "Display in Place / Display as Icon" choice in Mail.app (accessed via a right-click), previously removed from High Sierra, has now also disappeared in Sierra running Mail.app 10.3.

Is there a workaround? I have a 160K one page .pdf attachment that I'd like to display in full.


texts: Any way to recover Yosemite download from AppStore?

texts: When I opened the folder of previously paid-for apps on the AppStore in order to download Yosemite, I inadvertently clicked the "X" mark next to the "Download" button. This removed Yosemite from the list. Any way to get it back?


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I need to install the newest version of Perl on Macbook running Yosemite.  It currently has Perl5.18 built in.  I understand that the system sometimes needs this version and it shouldn't be altered.

I did successfully install the latest version of Perl but I can't find it using Finder or Terminal.  It did not overwrite the 5.18 version but went somewhere else.

How can I locate it?

Thanks


texts: Why is my iPhone 5S overheating so much?

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Activities such as:

Phone Calls that last around 10 minutes
3G Browsing for 5 - 7 minutes
Watching videos for 5 minutes
Using apps such as facebook / instagram etc for 5 - 7 minutes,
lead to my iPhone 5S severely overheating.

It heats so much at times that it can't be held any more and you have to set it down for it to cool down.

At times, it randomly restarts when plugged in. When it starts to heat the battery drops sharply and sometimes the phone simply dies

I'm fairly certain that the hardware in my phone is being affected with this overheating

My first year phone warranty ends in 10 days and I'm contemplating whether I should give it to Apple India Service and if they will replace my phone.

Any Solutions? Suggestions? Experiences with Indian Apple Service Centres?


texts: Automatically turn bluetooth on or off depending on current network (MBP running Lion)

texts: Is there any way to automatically turn Bluetooth on or off when my MacBook Pro (mid-2010, running Lion) joins specific networks? I typically want Bluetooth off except when I am connected to my home wireless or wired network. It would be really handy if I could configure Bluetooth to turn on whenever I join my home network(s), and likewise, turn it off when I join a non-home network.


texts: how to cancel download of iOS7 on iPhone

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I started to download iOS7 from my iPhone 4, and then I read about lots of lag and battery issues. I'd love to try iOS7 but since I won't be able downgrade to iOS6 I'd like to cancel the download. The problem is I don't know how.

I've only been able to stop the download by disabling Wi-Fi.

How can I cancel the download of iOS7? Am I doomed to never be able to use Wi-Fi again?


texts: Boot on USB from a previous version of OSX

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I own a mid-2013 Macbook Air running Mavericks and wish to boot on a USB stick containing a bootable version of DiskWarrior. The problem is DiskWarrior wasn't updated for quite some time and, though the application version works just fine in Mavericks, the bootable version is old and is based on OSX 10.6.7.

My usb disk is detected correctly as a startup disk inside Mavericks, and I can even see it as an option when I press ALT during startup. The problem is selecting this disk just show the Apple logo and the actual boot from the usb never takes place. I recall reading someday about how OSX would prevent you from booting from older version of the system. Is this what's happening here? Is there anyway around this? Do I absolutely have to find an older mac that would allow me to boot from OSX 10.6.7?


texts: My initial Apple ID was associated with a now defunct email address. I just updated my AppleID to a real email. I have managed to update it successfully with everything except iCloud on my phone. The App Store, iTunes, everything else on my phone has the correct ID except iCloud. How do I fix this?


texts: Can I "fix" Xserves' IP addresses on a local network?

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Home/office environment:

27" iMac with dual cores running Mac OS X 10.6.8 and
2 Xserves each with 2 quad cores running Mac OS X Server 10.6.8
Time capsule.
Networking by ethernet

Can I "fix" the IP address of the Xserves on this network so that even if the servers get turned off and on they will always have the same IP address?

This would seem to simplify some SSH it looks like I need to do to run scripts remotely.


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I recently updated my MacBook Pro 13" 2015 to macOS Big Sur and now it's not working! Did they stop supporting older laptops? Maybe there's something I can do to go back to Catalina or Mojave?
Or at least recover the data from the disk. I'm working on a website and there's plenty of vital info on that disk, if I loose it my project would suffer a lot.
Thanks in advance. I asked this question on other forums but didn't get the answer...


texts: How to delete keyboard text replacements on macOS 10.15 that won't stay deleted

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I have several text replacements in the System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text Tab that will not stay deleted.  I can delete them and they re-appear within 3 seconds. They also cannot be renamed successfully as any attempt to rename them causes their name to change back.

I have tried deleting all text replacements from all devices, it does not work.

When I turn off internet access and delete the text replacements, they stay deleted until my Mac gets internet access again.  If I disable the main iCloud account, the text replacements stay deleted until I re-enable the iCloud account.

This is causing text replacements to frequently not work and frequently not synchronize between my devices.


texts: Unable to access older time machine backups after turning file vault off?

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I've had FileVault turned one since I purchased my Mac. I recently turned it off and I've found that I can no longer access my older backups from when FileVault was enabled. Is there any way to gain access to these backups or will I have to turn FileVault back on again? Thanks!

Edit : by access, I mean through the time machine UI when I hit "Enter time machine". In preferences, time machine can see the older backups as it says the oldest backup is the day I set time machine up. However, it refuses to let me navigate beyond the backups I made after I turned FileVault off whenever I enter time machine.


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I have a DR-BT50 bluetooth headset (they are headphones) that I want to use with my MacBook unibody. I didn't use to have any problems, but as of recently I am running into gaps/skips in the sound. This happens mostly in third party music players (including flash/youtube videos) although I see it in iTunes, just less often. I know my headset is ok, because it works perfectly with my phone. Also, interference is unlikely the problem, since the headset works well with the phone one foot away from MacBook, and one would think that whatever is interfering with the computer talking to the headphones would also mess with the connection to the phone. Anyway, I know it's a Bluetooth issue because I have absolutely no problems with wired headphones. That said, I have no idea where to start debugging it. I played with all the Bluetooth options I could find, and reset everything to factory defaults (erasing all devices and re-pairing) yet to no avail.

On top of this, maybe related or maybe not (this is an older problem) the Bluetooth audio connection sometimes becomes "garbled". What I mean by this is that, whenever  music is playing on the computer I just hear crazy digital noise on the headphones. No errors, no nothing, just continuous garble. I have to turn off Bluetooth on the computer and re-connect to make it go away.

Is there anything else I can do, or am I stuck with using wired headphones with my MacBook?


texts: mac os x - UNIX domain sockets in abstract namespace

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Are they possible?

According to this it is possible starting from Mac osx 10.9. Ctrl + F for "New support for Abstract namespace sockets" on that page. But I was not able to find one single example for Mac.

Also in Linux the sockets created in the abstract name space you can see them in /proc/net/unix (cat -v /proc/net/unix).
The mac does not have /proc/...

Where can I expect to find them? Does it have something similar to Linux?

Thanks.


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I'm unable to upgrade Xcode 11GM to 11.1 for some time on my Mid 2014 MacBook Pro running macOS Catalina. I've installed Xcode from Mac AppStore ages ago (IIRC circa 2014), and upgraded step by step since then. Currently, I'm experiencing the following loop:

AppStore reports that I have an update.
I open AppStore, open updates, click "Update" on Xcode.
Mac Downloads ~2.5GB first.
Installs that patch.
Continues to get the full package (~7.6GB).
It starts to install.
After some churning and install, it reports "Cannot download Xcode now, please try again later."

I have more than enough space on the disk, and nothing is modified in Xcode or in the OS (no homebrew or something similar).

Did anyone experience something similar? Are there solutions to this?


texts: How to record everything that goes in my EarPods on OS X Yosemite?

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I would like to record what I hear and what I say from my EarPods, I thought I would use Soundflower but unfortunately it looks like it isn't compatible at all with Yosemite.

Any ideas ?


texts: Are there any legal issues with iTunes sharing? I responded to this question on Super User, and if you look at the comments, the point was brought up that iTunes sharing may or may not be legal.


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I changed Apple News channels to read the news, adding standard channels like New York Times, CNN, and The Economist.

The Economist works, but NYT and CNN present an error:

  Channel Unavailable

  This channel isn't currently available in your region.

That's weird. My settings are standard, and all over the web says that Apple News should work: the language is English, the region format is United States.

I've also tried from the News section: Bloomberg, The Guardian, LA Times, Reuters, WSJ, and The Washington Post. None of them works.

Non-news channels as Wired, National Geographic, Ars Technica, Fortune, Food52, Food Network, Smithsonian, Men's Health. Fox News, NPR, and HuffPost work, weirdly.

How can I see those channels?


texts: Can I install 64 bit software on a 32 bit macbook pro

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I have mac book pro, Processor: 2.16 Ghz intel Core Duo, Memory: 1 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 SDRAM, Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,2, Total Number Of Cores: 2, Boot ROM Version: MBP12.0061.B03.

uname -a: Darwin khalil-chs-MacBook-Pro-17.local 10.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun  7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

My question: Can I install 64 bit software on this mac?
Or could I "update" my 32 bit to 64 bit?


texts: iPhone alarm clock sometimes doesn't work

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I can't count how often I overslept since I'm using my iPhone as my main alarm clock. I can't reproduce it and it's happening without any observable frequency of occurrence. Here is all I know:

My iPhone is not jailbroken and I've already done a complete reset for several times.
The volume is loud enough. I test the volume of the alarm clock before I go to sleep and it's definitely loud enough. In addition, the iPhone is lying in a distance of 15 inches from my head.
I'm not sleepwalking, so it's impossible that I turn off the alarm clocks at night. ;)
Most of the time I set three or four alarm clocks with intervals of 15 or 20 minutes. Just to get that I'm so glad I can sleep another 15 minutes - feeling.
As I already mentioned, the malfunction does not always occur. The alarm clock does work sometimes. The first alarm clock goes off at 5:30, another one at 5:45, I get up and go to work. But in 30 % to 50 % of the cases, it does not go off and I'm late for work, in a bad mood and really stressed.
When I realize I have overslept I first have a look at my iPhone. When I unlock it, I see that there is still the message I programmed for the alarm clock to display when activated! Like Get up! or something. That's very strange because it implies that the alarm has been activated but only the message is shown and no sound.
I've got no other problems with my iPhone (besides a synchronizing issue I got the Tumbleweed badge for). Sound is working fine, settings are always applied.
It's not an issue of push-messages being displayed. I first assumed that it could be a push message from Google+ or a news-app I'm using but the malfunction is also occurring without any push-messages being displayed.
I've been searching the net for a solution and found the issue of iPhone alarm clocks going off one hour late. That is not my problem, because - as I already said - the alarm seems to go off, but without sound.
I'm not deaf.

The iPhone:

iPhone 4 32GB
iOS 4.3.5
No jailbreak

I hope one of you has a solution for this problem, because I would feel very strange buying an old school alarm clock. :) But I think I have to, if I can't fix this malfunction of my iPhone.

Thanks in advance.


texts: App Store sometimes can't install, iCloud icon instead of INSTALL icon

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App Store sometimes can't install apps, iCloud icon appearing instead of INSTALL icon, as in the attached screenshot.

Please tell me how to make the INSTALL icon appear again for these apps, instead of the iCloud icon? It usually appears for some apps that I've uninstalled before and I want to install again.

Nb. I have forgotten my iCloud password, but i can use the iPhone that do not use iCloud normally.


texts: Is "suspend-to-disk" memory dump encrypted when using FileVault2?

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I am conserned about cold-boot attacks on my full disc encrypted (filevault2) laptop.

Therefore I am wondering if the memory image dump to /var/vm/sleepimage is encrypted before it is saved to disk?

I notice that the suspended drive asks me for my password before unlocking so it appears this is the case, but could anyone confirm this?


texts: How to convert Vmware Fusion virtual machine to bootcamp image

texts: i'm using ENVI + IDL software on a windows xp virtual machine. That software is too heavy so i can't work as well on that virtual machine so i need to boot that virtual machine on boot so to have all cpu and memory allocated for windows. Is there something could i do? Thanks!!


texts: Macbook Pro cannot automatically detect external monitor automatically after I unplug external monitor when it is sleeping

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My late-2013 13'' (Retina & OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)) Macbook Pro can not automatically detect external displays after wakes up, if I pull the display‘s plug out during sleep.

1) connect Macbook to my dell display

2) put Macbook into sleep state via apple menu

3) pull the display's plug out while Macbook is sleeping

4) wake up Macbook

After these procedures above, My Macbook cannot automatically detect the remove of external monitor. The Arrangement option card is still there in Display section of the System Preferences and the cursor can still move out of the edge of internal screen just as the external monitor is connoted.

When I then pull the plug and plug it back in, it finds its old configs and fixes the arrangement. Also, I can manually click Detect Displays to fix this problem.

I have tried to reset SMC and PRAM but doesn't work.

By the way, if I check Mirror Displays checkbox in Display Preferences after I weak up my Macbook from sleep, the system will halt and automatically reboot. I think the reason which causes reboot is the conflict between the system tries to mirror display and there is no one external display.

Does anyone experiences the same issue?

I apologise for my poor English.....


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I started to have troubles with really high CPU usage when I replaced my battery. I didn't buy an original Apple one and from the first boot I had issues with the kernel_task process. I managed to solve this on Yosemite by moving the plist file for my Mac model following this tutorial: How to fix kernel_task CPU usage on Yosemite worked perfectly!

Anybody knows a way to do this or where to find this file on Sierra? I can't find a IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext dir


texts: How to write on FAT32 and NTFS from Mountain Lion?

texts: What is the best free software for OS X Mountain Lion for enabling write support for FAT32 and NTFS?


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I'm looking for a cheap hack to text myself alerts whenever my server is down. (I know there's services like Nagios etc, I don't want to get into that.) I'm already sending out emails, so I'm looking for a quick way to add my phone as another recipient to the list of emails.

I know individual carriers have different ways of doing this, but I'm looking for something apple-specific since all of the members on my team have iPhones but with different carriers.


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In my previous version of OSX (Snow Leopard), Calendar always opened to the month, week, or day that includes (or is) today.  In Yosemite, Calendar opens to whatever month/week/day you had open when you closed Calendar.

I can easily understand why Yosemite Calendar's "last open" behavior might be very desirable for some people, but for me it's very dangerous.  I know that I can jump to today using the button in the upper right corner--if I remember--and there's the problem.  I'm so used to Snow Leopard Calendar's behavior, that when I open Calendar, I just assume that I'm looking at the current month/week/day.  I don't know when I will miss an appointment because of this "feature", but I know it will happen.

Is there a way to cause Yosemite Calendar to always open to the current month/week/day?  I've been unable to find anything in Calendar's Preferences that will accomplish this.


texts: Password reset issue using terminal method

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No user accounts are displayed in the window that pops up after I enter the 'resetpassword' command into the terminal.

Is there another way to reset my admin password or fix this issue?


texts: How to switch between Today and Notifications tabs in Notification Center on macOS Sierra?

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I want to be able to switch between the tabs (Today and Notifications tabs) in Notification Center using a keyboard shortcut. Any way of doing it on macOS Sierra?

I know it was possible on Yosemite, but I never had Yosemite so I couldn't verify that.

Edit: I want to be able to run an apple script, not use a keyboard shortcut. Using the apple script I can then place it in a third-party program to get my results.

Also, the code below worked partially. For starters, is it possible to place an if/else at the beginning so it works like this:

if Notification Center is already opened, then move onto the next thing (which would be switching between the Today and Notification buttons) but if it is not open then open it and switch the buttons.


texts: Catalina: Login Screen Freezes After Password Entry

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iMac mid 2014 has been working fine for 5 years (well, sort of since I made the mistake of upgrading to Catalina).

As of today:

start the mac
select a user from login screen
enter password
A few seconds elapse and then the cursor changes to the spinning colour wheel

At this point the UI is frozen. I have tried leaving it in this state for 24 hours to see if it clears, it does not.
While in this state I can SSH into the mac and sudo kill -9 the login window daemon to get back to the user selection screen.

Tried so far:

Safe Mode login - same result
Safe Mode boot - same result
Reinstall MacOS - same result
SMC Reset - same result
Disk Utility fschk - no problems found
Macbook Pro stuck after I enter my password: I deleted csstore but no help.
My Mac gives me a black screen after logging into one account, but not another: Created a new user in the terminal via ssh. Same issue, can’t log in.

If I can I'd like to avoid having to backup data via scp, wiping the disk and reinstalling from scratch - I've got better things to do with my life.

I also have no intention of visiting a Mac Store only to be told my a smug child that he's going to wipe the disk and reinstall.

Someone out there must know what specific breakage Apple and snuck in via auto update the night before and how to undo the damage, surely?

Hardware:

    Hardware Overview:

      Model Name: iMac
      Model Identifier: iMac14,2
      Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i7
      Processor Speed: 3.5 GHz
      Number of Processors: 1
      Total Number of Cores: 4
      L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
      L3 Cache: 8 MB
      Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
      Memory: 32 GB
      Boot ROM Version: 140.0.0.0.0
      SMC Version (system): 2.15f7
      Serial Number (system): DGKLG0SXF8JC
      Hardware UUID: 78775D43-2857-5894-88AC-36ED44B3DE84

Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.15.2 (19C57)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 19.2.0
      Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: iSpartacus2
      User Name: Richard Hodges (rhodges)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled
      Time since boot: 23:03


texts: I exported a large number of photos by mistake from the photos application to my desktop.  How do I delete these photos?


texts: Confusion regarding Mac Pro graphic cards

texts: I have an eraly 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 and I'm interested in upgrading its graphic capabilities. It currently has an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT. I have looked online for compatible graphics cards but I'm confused regarding compatibility. For example, the GTX 770 is said to be compatible for the Mac I have if flashed, but I don't understand how that works. Is any GTX 770 available on the market compatible off the bat? Would I need to flash it? Is it possible to keep the graphics card I curently have and add the other one?


texts: Calendar notification on macOS not going away

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The calendar app on macOS Big Sur keeps showing me a red (1) notification icon that is not going away:

I don't know what entry is causing the notification. The invitation list is empty. I tried resetting the Exchange account but the badge came back up. I tried resetting the dock as well to no avail.
Any suggestions?
EDIT: as it turns out, the notification disappeared as magically as it turned up. I'll leave open this thread anyway in case anyone finds any non-magical solutions that (s)he wishes to share here.


texts: Multi-output MIDI device disables volume control

texts: When creating either an Aggregate Device or a Multi-Output Device in Audio MIDI Setup and setting it as the default audio output device, the volume control is greyed out and locked at maximum intensity. Why is that and how can it be bypassed?


texts: Reset Password app in recovery mode not showing and disks

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Note: this question is a duplicate of Unable to reset password in Recovery Mode, but the solution mentioned there was to reinstall the OS, which is not really the solution I'm striving for if there is any other way to solve this.

Due to a problem with my keychain mentioned here OS X is repeatedly asking for login keychain password, I now wanted to reset my user folder permissions by booting in recovery mode and then via the resetpassword app.

But none of my disks shows up here:

(My Mac, which I got with Mountain Lion, is meanwhile on El Capitan. I have only one user, which is also the admin user. Beside the keychain issue I linked above, I haven't noticed any other issues with my system / users so far.)


texts: Limit wifi network access per-user with user switching

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I have a machine running Mavericks shared between two users. One user "Foo" should have access to a network, "Private network A" and another user "Bar" should not. Both users may access "Trusted network B".

I have removed the stored password for "Private network A" from the system keychain and moved it to "Foo"'s keychain.

However, when "Foo" switches to "Bar" using user switching, the connection to "Private network A" is maintained. Is there a way to force the network to disconnect on user switch?

Edit: This happens if user Foo logs out first and then user Bar logs in.


texts: How can I configure my computer to run an AppleScript at a specific time? Caveat: without using iCal

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Since upgrading to Lion, I have seen a sleight decrease of productivity when it comes to using iCal. As a result, I am trying alternatives such as BusyCal. The application seems great, however I cant set an alarm to run a script as I could in iCal.

Hence, I want to become independent from iCal and have an AppleScript run everyday without having to keep iCal running. Any idea of how to do this?


texts: How to disallow iPhone from joining specific WiFi network without turning off keychain sync and thus still allow to join it on Mac?

texts: I want to keep syncing WiFi passwords through keychain, but I want to keep my iPhone off specific WiFi network, which I must use on my work Mac. How do I do this?


texts: I have games challenging me that I have not had on my phone for years...Please help me remove them as it drives me crazy!


texts: Big Sur bootable installer cannot be created or corrupted after creation

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I have an iMac 27" 2015 that I want to do a clean install of Big Sur on it.
I followed the tutorial on creating the bootable installation media but it failed with an error: "/Applications/Install macOS Big Sur.app does not appear to be a valid OS installer application."
I found a question like this here that said that you must start the installation and let it download the missing files and when it asks to restart you just quit the installer and create the bootable installer again.
I followed the instructions and was able to create the installation media and I restarted the iMac and booted into the installation drive and erased the fusion drive and started to install the macOS.
After choosing the fusion drive to install the OS and accepting the EULA, I had an error message that says that it cannot continue installation because the package is corrupted
I tried it two times and both times the same corrupted error and I wanted to ask is there a sure and tried way to create an install media for Big Sur?


texts: Apple macOS Big Sur / Apple Music / Bluetooth / Amazon Echo

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Here's my setup: MacOS running Apple Music. Echo Dot connected by wire to an amplifier / speaker. Echo is bluetooth connected to MacOS (as confirmed on Mac UI as well as when I say "Alexa Connect" and it says "Already connected to Mac".
Now, on Mac, the echo shows up as connected to Bluetooth, but it doesn’t show up as a sound/speaker option in preferences. It also doesn’t show up on the list of available output options on Apple Music. I’ve scoured the internet and found various answers which don’t work.
Question: Can I play music out of my Apple Music to play on the Alexa -- from the Mac? Or is the only choice to use voice commands or the Alexa app on an iOS device? Am I missing something?


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I installed vscode today and followed the steps on tutorials on youtube to set up. My terminal started to act weird after I called python through the terminal and tried to use pip install command but failed. I uninstalled the app, deleted all the relevant files, and tried to reopen the terminal. The terminal still has the same warnings.

I have contacted Apple Tech support and they say my terminal got modified by the app. They asked me to contact the app developer.

I don't know what I did to get where I am now. I would appreciate any help that can bring my terminal back to normal.

Below are the warnings even after I uninstalled the app:

Last login: Wed Jun 10 23:02:45 on ttys000
You have mail.
-bash: Saving: command not found
-bash: ...copying: command not found
-bash: ...saving: command not found
-bash: ...completed.: command not found
-bash: Deleting: command not found

The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.
ZhouChristinas-MacBook-Pro:~ zhouchristina$


texts: How to paste information from JSON Helper

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I'm able to fetch JSON data using JSON Helper and see the results in Script Editor, under Results.  I'm not sure what I would use next in AppleScript to copy those results so I can paste it into a program such as Numbers.

tell application "JSON Helper"
    set myRecord to fetch JSON from "http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/scores/scores.json"
    return myRecord
end tell


texts: Currently, my Fn key toggles mission control. I am looking all through system settings, and I can't find a way to stop the fn key from toggling mission control. Does anyone know how to do this?


texts:
I have a Service in Automator that works fine till I try to use the Open File action

In the New Reminder widow.


texts: How do I play videos using original dimensions on an iPad?

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I have a number of mp4 videos with poor resolution and/or small dimensions (dimensions: 320 x 240 pixels) that I wish to play on my iPad (4th generation running iOS 10.3.3).
When viewing the videos that have small dimensions in iCloud Drive, the video player in iCloud Drive makes the videos full screen, which makes the videos very blurry. How can I play the videos in their original dimensions instead of full screen?
On a desktop or laptop computer, I can solve this problem by resizing the video player's window to force the video to be as small as I want it to be, but I can't find a solution for the iPad.


texts: OS X Mavericks screensaver changes pictures too quickly: How do I slow it down?

texts: My screensaver pictures have quotes and sayings and the three or so seconds of transition between pictures that is built into the OS X Mavericks is far too short a duration to read the quotes and sayings. How can I slow the change rate to about 30 seconds per slide?


texts: Disable Apple's two-factor authentication nag

texts: My Mac is now nagging me to setup two-factor authentication. One factor is annoying enough, thank you. Is there any way to disable the nag? (That is, my settings app icon has a big red circle complaining that there is a setting that needs to be set). My short-term "solution" has been to remove it from the dock.


texts: How can one jump to a specific line in Numbers?

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In Numbers on a MacBook Pro Early 2013, how can one jump to a specific line, such as line 4223860.

The data is actually csv formatted, and I have no clue what is inside that line.

Any help is very much appreciated.


texts: How to block and unblock https access on OS X 10.9

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I am working on a test project that requires me to block https access for a specific app on my Mac (OS X 10.9).

The instruction provided are "Chinese" to me and I have no idea where to start:

(Example: Alter the iptables)
Steps:

Block the port:

root@QA9:/opt/appname/appnamerouter2# iptables --list
root@QA9:/opt/appname/appnamerouter2# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 443/8443 -j DROP
root@QA9:/opt/appname/appnamerouter2# iptables --list

For Open the Port:

root@QA9:/opt/appname/appnamerouter2# iptables -D INPUT 1


texts: Macbook Air (Oct 2010) Photoshop & Web development laptop?

texts: I currently have a 2008 MBP and am thinking of getting a new computer. I was wondering if the MBA OCT 2010 edition with max cpu (2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) and 4gb ram would work well with photoshop and some web development? The tools I use are photoshop, dreamweaver, textmate,coda, and transmit, also my MBP from 2008 is 4gb intel core 2 duo 2.4 ghz. Would the MBA be faster then my 2008 MBP?


texts: Sony WH-1000XM3 headset defaults to SBC codec despite forcing aptX codec

texts:
I am having a Bluetooth headset that supports AAC and aptX.

However, my macOS defaults to SBC codec that causes low-quality audio for music.

I know the trick how to force AAC / aptX with Bluetooth Utilities Xcode Additional Tools and I have done this.

Even after doing this and restarting the computer, I am still getting SBC as the codec as in the screenshot above.

What others settings I could poke to force the headset to play music nicely?


texts: If an iPhone is locked, then unlocked and then replaced for a refurbished one in an Apple Store, will the new one remain unlocked?


texts:
I trying to add a Fantastical event with AppleScript. Aparently the Fantastical Suite is quite simple as there is only one verb.

parse sentence v : parse sentence
    parse sentence text : sentence to parse
        [notes text] : Notes to add to the event or reminder
        [add immediately boolean] : If true the sentence is parsed and immediately added to the calendar.

I've managed to parse the sentence but I unable to set the notes and add immediately parameters. Can anyone help?


texts: I have 2015 rMBP and its hooked to a thunderbolt display and uses it's power cord for charging. I noticed that the charging wattage is really low(~2W) compared to what I see when using the MagSafe 2 power adapter(~54W). The wattage actually fluctuates when using the thunderbolt cable. So just wanted to know if this is normal? Or is there anything I can do for this? Would I be damaging the battery this way. I really don't want to use the MagSafe adapter because of how the cables are setup now. Thanks in advance for your help!


texts:
Whenever I plug my MacBook into my external keyboard at work, the keyboard viewer window automatically opens up.

How do I prevent the keyboard viewer from automatically showing?

If possible, I'd like to keep the input sources menu bar item visible (the little American flag on the menu bar).

EDIT: i'm on mountain lion, i've got the viewer un-checked, and i'm still getting the viewer:


texts: How to stream from mac to a DLNA Renderer?

texts:
I've been wondering if theres an App for this.

Pointing that the target device does not browse DLNA servers, it just receives a targeted streaming.

In case anyone is wondering, it's a UC46 Mini Projector

It also works with Miracast, if by some miracle someone know how to use it on mac...

Thanks in advance.


texts: Macbook Pro running Sierra: When I try to log in, it brings me to macOS utilities. Cannot reinstall macOS

texts:
My girlfriend handed me her Macbook Pro just a little bit ago, saying she cannot log in. Everytime she tries to log into her account, it brings her to the macOS Utilities window. I am not able to log in, and the only thing available to me is the macOS Utilities & terminal. Here is what I tried:

Restore From Time Machine Backup - The Macbook doesn't find and
backups.
Reinstall macOS - Tries to reinstall Sierra, eligibility check works,
I agree to the Terms and Conditions, select OS X Base System (249.79
GB total, 248.23 GB available is this the problem?), select
install, and I get the "An error occurred while preparing the application. Try running this application again." message.
Tried above steps again  after setting correct date using Terminal. Nothing.

I cannot do a clean install, because she has files and documents on the Macbook that she needs for school.

Does anybody know of a way to be able to get back in?


texts: Safari not able to reproduce 8k video from youtube

texts:
I'm trying to see the new 8k videos on Youtube with Safari but when I choose the 8k quality I get an error: an error occured, please try again later.

An example of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChOhcHD8fBA&t

When I choose 4k works fine.

I'm using a Macbook Pro 15" with touchbar with Radeon Pro 460.

Any idea why this is happening? someone is able to see the video?


texts: iWorks no longer free after fresh install of El Capitan

texts:
I just installed a fresh copy of El Capitan on my MacBook Pro Retina (2013 model), and iWorks are no longer free in the App Store, as has been the case in Yosemite. See the screenshot:

What are the possible causes and solutions?

I also changed the Apple ID on this computer, if that may be relevant.


texts: What does it mean when a process is surrounded by parens in `ps`?

texts:
I sometimes try to kill -9 Finder.app when it's misbehaving and I'm in a Terminal. This normally works but every once in awhile it leaves behind the pid, even when run with sudo, and the COMMAND portion of the output changes to (Finder).

Interestingly enough, this process only appears in the output of ps, not in Activity Monitor.app. No idea how to explain that.

At that point, I'm in for a reboot given my current knowledge, but I don't understand why. Can anyone explain what's happening and maybe how I can restart Finder without rebooting?

EDIT: I will note that once I'm in this state, I can usually attempt to go through the regular ⌘⌥⎋ method and Finder.app will be there. Once I've force quit it though, the name disappears forever from the Force Quit dialog and the zombie pid sticks around anyway.

I'll also note that Finder.app is treated specially in that dialog, where the button text turns from Force Quit to Relaunch, so perhaps that shows that OS X treats killing the Finder as special?


texts: Unable to add another email in iMessage or login with a different iCloud account on iOS 11

texts:
I upgraded to iOS 11 today, and I am no longer able to add another email in Messages. And when I sign out of Messages, I can no longer use a different iCloud account (i.e., iOS will not allow me to edit the email address in the login form).

This option in the circle is no longer available

Is there another way to add another email to Messages?


texts: How do I merge tracks from audiobooks so they are one file instead of 100 separate tracks?

texts: Some of my audiobooks download as 1 7-hour long track. Others are in iTunes as 50-100 separate tracks (that sometime get out of order). I would like to merge the tracks so each audiobook appears as one long file/track. How do I do this?


texts: How to properly use MacVim on OS X? (And, to delete the duplicative *.app via Finder)?

texts:
I use Gvim on Windows platforms on an hourly basis, and it really bothers me that I cannot make MacVim work properly when I need to move around with the MacBook Air. A bunch of things are going wrong on the OS X system:

That there are a lot of MacVim.app left overs in my system, as follows. They are all accessible (I can open a file through any one of the following 5)

That the Vim opened through my Terminal is of a different version (Vim 8.0, 1-543).
Worst still, I got Python compatibility issue across all versions of the MacVim and Vim. I have asked this compatibility issue in another post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46718585/using-vim-to-edit-r-script-why-python-keeps-complaining . To note,

I have solved the Python problem that has to do with R and Python script on my Windows machines. Detailed steps are in the link above.

Questions:

Can I delete the outdated MacVim.app's from my OS X system?
How to let the Terminal use the correct version Vim? I may need to build the Vim + MacVim locally?
Fundamentally, how to address this incompatibility issue? Based on my fix on Windows platforms, the errors are thrown when the "bit" version of Vim is not the same as the Python. Moving everything to 64-bit solves the problem even on a Windows machine. However, I don't even see a "bit"-version from either Vim builds on my Mac system: be it MacVim or Vim through Terminal.


texts: I'm looking for a file on Time Machine and it says "waiting". It is a file in a recent backup. Why is time Machine "waiting"?


texts:
As in the title. iCloud calendar is not sending invites to people being invited. No matter whether I try via icloud.com or iCal.app synced with iCloud - it just doesn't. No events no updates. Tested sending to a gmail address and at least two other.

Why doesn't it?


texts: Can't rate apps/music/etc in iTunes or App Store

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I'm unable to rate anything in either iTunes, the Mac app store, or the iOS app store.  If I rate an app 5 stars (or anything else), and then return to the search results, then go back to the app page the rating widget will appear as if I hadn't rated the app.  The rating count does not increase either.  It's has been happening for a while.  I only just noticed the behavior a week or two ago when I got my iPad, but it may have been an issue before that on my Mac.

I'm assuming something may be wrong with my Apple ID, but I dont know what it could be.


texts: Does MacOS 10.15 still have a file for the webcam inside: /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/?

texts: I was searching for a solution for a "broken" camera on a MacBook 12" and found a source that said that this file AppleCamera.plugin should be inside this folder: /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/ is this still the case for newer versions of MacOS?


texts:
After a power shortage a Mac with El Capitan installed, downgraded to 10.6 and the admin account is missing.

The main session password is also in an older state, and we cannot connect anymore.
We have tried to suppress the /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and go through the account creation process but without success.

Does anyone have any way to retrieve an admin account?


texts: I recently purchased a used MacMini3,1 (Late 2009) with a 2.26 Intel Core 2 Duo processor, and 2 GB of memory. The seller shipped it to me with Snow Leopard installed, and it ran smooth and fast. I just upgraded it to Lion and it's very sluggish. Would adding more memory fix this, or possibly upgrading to Mountain Lion make the computer run better? I installed Yosemite and it was unusably slow. I realize the computer is old, but does anyone have a solution?


texts: Can Disk Utility format an SD card with FAT32?

texts: In the pulldown for "Format", there are only the following options (other than various Mac OS Extended variations): MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT.


texts: Library sharing suddenly stopped working

texts:
I have three Macs on the same local network, all running iTunes 11 (one running 11.0, the other two running 11.1). As of today, suddenly none of the computers' libraries appear on any of the others as a shared library.

On all three computers, library sharing is enabled in iTunes preferences, Shared Libraries are set to be visible (under General), and Shared Libraries are not set to be hidden under Parental Controls.

Nothing with my network setup has changed, and I ran Network Diagnostics and everything is normal. None of the computers have even been rebooted!

What gives?


texts: Macbook Pro 2020 doesn't recognize second monitor while using usbc

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I want my MacBook pro-2020 to be closed and have one screen as the main screen(desktop) and the other screen as an extended one. I have 2 new Dell UltraSharp U2419HC monitors, and an UltraSharp U2419H (non-usbc).
I have connected one screen to my MacBook using type c to type c cable (from screen to MacBook) and another display port cable from one screen to another one.
It looks like either my mac detects only one screen, or either I can't get an extended view over the 2 Dell screens.
Currently, the 2 Dell screens display the same thing, my Desktop. When I open my MacBook screen, it detects it's own screen and the Dell screen that is attached with the USB c on extended mode but doesn't detect the second Dell monitor.
When I get into the System Pref -> Displays I can only see the Dell monitor that is connected with USB c.
I have also tried to connect the USB c to a Dell laptop and it did work, so I assume it's not a connectivity issue, and furthermore when I'm connecting the second Dell screen using HDMI cable type c to my MacBook (overall 2 Dell monitors connected directly to my MacBook) it works.


texts: Homebrew not detecting latest Xcode and Command Line Tools, and not uninstalling them either

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I have macOS Mojave version 10.14.5 installed with Xcode version 10.2.1 and Command Line Tools installed using xcode-select --install. All problem started when I tried to install youtube-dl formula on my system by running:

brew install youtube-dl

The output I get is:

Updating Homebrew...
Error: Your Xcode (1) is too outdated.
Please update to Xcode 9.0 (or delete it).
Xcode can be updated from
  https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

Error: Your Command Line Tools are too outdated.
Update them from Software Update in the App Store.

Again, if I run xcode-select --install, I get:

xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

Running:

xcode-select -v

returns

xcode-select version 2354

(I do not know what this means) and running:

xcode-select -p

yields

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

Owing to these issues, I tried to uninstall Homebrew (with a plan to reinstall it afresh) by running the command:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"

but it gives the following error:

curl: (7) Failed to connect to raw.githubusercontent.com port 443: Operation timed out

Next, I tried to uninstall Homebrew using the unbrew.rb script available at GitHub but it seems not to remove Homebrew. I tried running it with and without sudo. Even after doing this, running brew config returns:

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 1.3.2
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 751334a257d81851e68da7ab390982d4e9fdf909
Last commit: 1 year, 10 months ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 3fd7a855a1a357654a4a9a455162761841a4809d
Core tap last commit: 1 year, 10 months ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY: /usr/local/Homebrew
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar
HOMEBREW_BOTTLE_DOMAIN: https://homebrew.bintray.com
CPU: quad-core 64-bit broadwell
Homebrew Ruby: 2.3.7 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Clang: N/A
Git: 2.20.1 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Perl: /opt/local/bin/perl => /opt/local/bin/perl5.24
Python: /usr/bin/python
Ruby: /usr/bin/ruby => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby
Java: N/A
macOS: 10.14.5-x86_64
Xcode: 1 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
CLT: N/A
X11: N/A
MacPorts/Fink: /opt/local/bin/port

Running brew doctor outputs the following:

Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks!

Warning: Your Command Line Tools are too outdated.
Update them from Software Update in the App Store.

Error: Unrecognized Mach-O load command: 0x32

Is my Homebrew broken by my attempts at uninstalling it? What can I do to repair Homebrew and all these errors in pointing to the right Xcode and command line tools?

I had tried updating Homebrew by running brew update earlier without success. Running:

brew update

returns:

fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Operation timed out
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Operation timed out
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Operation timed out
Error: Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core failed!
Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew failed!
Fetching /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/caskroom/homebrew-cask failed!


texts: Is There a Coda 2 Plugin that does change highlighting for git / svn like netbeans has

texts: In netbeans, it highlights changed lines of code in green, blue or red and lets you revert changes per line. Is there a plugin that enables this kind of feature in Coda 2?


texts: How do I copy the text content of a dialog box on OS X?

texts:
Many people are not aware that on Windows you can copy the whole text content of a MessageBox by pressing Ctrl ⌃ + C when the dialog is focused.

This is an essential feature for reporting error messages, and in some cases these could be huge.

Still, it seems that on OS X, that Command ⌘ + C does not work and I'm wondering if there is another method for doing this.

Doing screenshots is not so convenient, especially that they are not searchable :p

I am looking for a generic solution, if it exists. Here is an example:


texts: New Terminal windows/tabs are opening in the home directory instead of the same directory

texts:
I am not sure why the behavior of opening an new Window or Tab in the current directory is not working at this point.  I checked the settings in Terminal|Preferences :

I have started a new window, started new tabs .. they are opening in ~ . I am on Catalina 10.15 Any hints appreciated.


texts:
Is there a way to export photos from an album in Photos.app on my MacBook then to a folder in that order?

Since Catalina, I've not been able to do that even with titles and and the number box checked in export, but I have always been able to do that in previous OS X systems.


texts: GUI Emacs does not show up in Open With menu

texts:
Emacs is installed with brew cask install emacs-mac, which also moves it to Applications folder. Works fine. However it is not listed in Open With menu. If I choose Other... from Open With dialog, then select Emacs, it works fine.

I had many entries for many Emacs versions in Open With dialog before, then tried cleaning up the entries with trashing com.apple.LaunchServices.plist and restarting, after uninstalling all other gui Emacs versions.

How do I put Emacs back on Open With menu?


texts: Select and quit multiple processes at the same time in Activity Monitor

texts:
How do I quit multiple processes in Activity Monitor at the same time? As you can see, it doesn't let me do that:

The quit button is disabled when I select more than one process in the list. Is there a way to quit more than one process at the same time? If not, why is it not allowed? (I can quit multiple processes one-by-one, but not altogether)
I'm not trying to quit Activity Monitor, it's just an example.

EDIT: Quitting multiple processes in Activity Monitor is possible in macOS 10.15 and newer.


texts:
I am conferencing a few friends over FaceTime video in the near future and would like to add a fun feature to the call. I want that as I call my friends and they accept the call, they are greeted with a prompt and must enter a password before joining the call. Does anyone know if such a thing exists? If not, is there a way to implement it myself?

Thanks,
Charles


texts: My Macbook falls asleep everytime that I pick it up?

texts:
If my MacBook is sitting on the desk and I go and pick it up, it will fall asleep and will not wake up regardless of pressing space bar or pressing the power button. Literally the only way I can get it to work is by shaking the macbook (I then hear a soft single beep) and then I place it back on the desk and then hit the laptop lightly against the desk and it will wake up. What is the problem and is there anyway I could fix it. (I feel like the beeping noise might mean something when it is in sleep mode?)

Anyways my Macbook is a late 2011 Macbook Pro and it is on 10.7.5. Thanks


texts: Encode video file using service, change creation time of new video to match original, delete original

texts:
When storing photos or videos from different cameras in the same folder the only option to keep some time-sequence is to sort by date.

I am using the service ‘encode selected video files’ to convert AVI movies (my olympus records AVIs) to MOV, saving tons of space. However, the new file keeps the name of the original file but not the creation date and I have to change it manually with ‘touch -t’ and then delete the original file. Otherwise, the file is messed up with the photos and does not keep the sequence when sorted by date.

I am sure this can be automated with ‘automator’ but don’t know anything about it. Just managed to create a service that has the resolution pre-selected so at least I skip one pop-up.

Can somebody help me to create a service that, given a selected movie file, launches the ‘encode selected video file’ and then changes the date of the new file to match the original and deletes the original? And if it is possible to do it with several files at the same time it would be great !

Thanks!
Antonio


texts: Is there a way to have time machine work well with iCloud (keeping the backup there)?

texts:
I have found myself needing to upgrade to the largest iCloud storage space to hold my Photos library, and now have plenty of space.  Apparently I cannot mirror my iTunes music library on the plan I have, and now it appears that I cannot use Time Machine natively with it either which would be nice as I do not use my Time Capsule at the moment.  I simply do not understand why Apple has not made this a business case for their large iCloud plan.
I've decided I'd like a Time Machine backup on iCloud and work reasonably well.  I do not need the "restore on blank hardware" functionalty, just an hourly backup.  Just putting a sparse image on iCloud and telling Time Machine to use that, will most likely result in a copy locally which I do not have room for on my local drive.
Is there a way that I can use iCloud for Time Machine in a reasonable way so my lone Macbook gets backed up like with Time Capsule?


texts: Unable to run Office with same product key

texts:
I'd bought MS Office which was allowed to use on 3 Mac OSX with same product key. It was/is working fine when I'd installed it on 1st Macbook Pro. When I'd installed it on my iMac then MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel are working fine with same product key but MS Office is not working and getting alert for buy it.

Is there anything I am doing incorrect?


texts:
I would like to know if it's possible to make an AppleScript of the following terminal command(s).

cd
unrar e -r -o- *.rar && find ./ -name “*.r*” -delete

Also, I would like to know if it's possible to tweak the unrar e -r -o- *.rar command.

Following situation:

Main_folder\SubfolderA
Main_folder\SubfolderB
Main_folder\SubfolderC

When I login in to Terminal and use the command unrar e -r -o- *.rar, everything from the subfolders will be extracted to the Main_folder.

Is there a command that will extract the *.rar in the same subfolder as where they are stored?

For now I have…

on run {input, parameters}
  tell application "Terminal"
    activate
    do script with command "cd /Volumes/******_storage/******* && unrar e -r -o- *.rar && find ./ -name “*.r*” -delete"
  end tell

This works fine except that subfolders are still extracted in /******** instead of their own folder and that my files aren't deleted.


texts: Playlists looks empty in iTunes home sharing

texts:
I have a ≈70 GB music archive with playlists. I'm sharing it via home sharing. In receiver device which is also a MacBook, I can see the library, connect it and play songs. However, in the left pane I can see the playlists and in playlists I can see the song count, total hour of that playlist but can't see the songs. I can right click the playlist name and shuffle it.

What can be the problem?

Sender device: 2012 MacBook Pro Retina With 10.15.5 MacOs Catalina

Receiver: 16" MacBook Pro Retina with 10.15.4 MacOs Catalina

Example Screenshot


texts: Can I have iOS Automation shortcuts run automatically?

texts:
I've been having a problem where sometimes I'll forget that my iPhone's volume is set pretty high from a previous use. When I put my AirPods in for a phone call or to listen to music, the volume isn't automatically lowered to a reasonable level. Instead, loud, ear-damaging noise blasts through my AirPods when the call starts or the music plays, and I often have to quickly take them out.

I tried to resolve this by using the new Automation feature in Shortcuts. I created an automation that uses the Bluetooth trigger to run whenever my phone connects to my AirPods. When this happens, it sets the volume to 30%.

So far, so good.

But when I actually use my AirPods, all I get is a notification from Shortcuts giving me the option of running the script (see below).

The little popup is actually kind of irritating - I want Shortcuts to just silently fix the volume without prompting me.

Is it possible to have the Automation feature automatically run the script when the trigger occurs?


texts: How to make the pcscd daemon load at startup on Lion?

texts:
I've got an obscure cryptographic USB token that works pretty good with Lion except I need to run...

sudo /usr/sbin/pcscd -adf

...each time I want to use it because it doesn't load automatically.

How to make it load at startup?


texts: How to mount the pc/iso partition of an iso file when it also contains an HFS partition?

texts:
I have a disc image with the .iso file extension. Mounting this brings up contents that look much like I would expect from something 20 years ago on a pre-OSX Mac. When I do a mount command in Terminal, it shows this file as mounting with the HFS filesystem (confirming my suspicions). But this was not a Mac-only disc, it's an image of a hybrid disc (or so I believe).

Is there a way to mount this so that it looks like what a PC owner or Linux user would see? The manpage for hdiutil suggests absolutely nothing of use for the "attach" command. None of the options work.

And the mount command is problematic in that I cannot figure out what options will make it work (other than that I need -t iso_9660, the other requirements seem quite different from what they'd be on linux).


texts: How to access App Store using only IPv6?

texts:
There must be people curious about why I have to do this, so let me explain the reason first—Now I'm in an institute of Chinese Academic of Science, and the network environment is irritating. I'm allowed to use IPv4 traffic only no more than 1GB per day AND a total of 10GB per month (when exceeded the network is automatically cut off); however, the IPv6 traffic is unlimited. Thus, I can hardly update any software.

I've tried these two methods but I am new to Mac so I didn't find useful information yet:

Modify /etc/hosts and add some IPv6 addresses and the corresponding domain names. But I can't find them in Google.
Add a DNS that can resolve Mac App Store domain names into IPv6. I'm using one (which can perfectly resolve youtube video stream addresses into IPv6 in mainland China, wow), but it doesn't work for the app store.

So, can anyone provide

A list for what I should add into /etc/hosts; or
A DNS that works for Mac App Store; or
Other methods that can restrict the traffic of the app store in IPv6?


texts: Is there an updated version of the iPad's checklist app which allows sub items

texts:
i have never seen any of the stock apps say they have an update and i kinda think the checklist app on the ipad is lacking cause it does not allow an item to have sub items which, when all checked, the parent items is checked, here's are some of examples of what i mean by sub items

common shopping list example:

  you have 2 items in a list, Cake and Topping, Cake would list all the stuff you need to buy to make the cake's base while topping would include the icing and what kind of decorations you need to buy

My Example 1: series marathon list

  I have 1 item called .Hack which would have sub items that list all the games and anime for that series, the .Hack item should not be checked unless i have checked every sub item of it

My Example 2: System Component purchases List

  i have an item called Epitpah which in it has the following

  4 items named "HDMI Switch"
  12 items named "HDMI Cable"
  2 items named "AV -> HDMI Converter"
  1 item named "Wii -> HDMI adaptor"
  an item named "Level 1 Setup" which contains the following

  an item named "HDMI Switch Connected"

  an item named "Level 2 Setup" which contains the following

  an item named "Level 2 connected to point 1-1"

  an item named "Alcaid Connected to point 2-1 via AV -> HDMI Converter"

  an item named "Ryoko Connected to point 2-2 via AV -> HDMI Converter"

now i'm wondering if there's an updated version of the checklist app for the ipad that apple has put up as a separate app of if there is a third party app that works like an upgraded version of the checklist app


texts: Shortcut for bullets/numbered formatting in Powerpoint for Mac

texts:
The shortcuts page in the PowerPoint docs does not mention any shortcuts for formatting a paragraph as bullets/numbered - and how to then reset a paragraph back to normal/un-bulletted.

I am guessing such shortcuts do exist .. does anyone happen to know them?


texts: Finder crashes/closes when copying files to NAS

texts:
OS X 10.8.2 Latest series MBP 13"

I am experiencing a problem where Finder crashes, or rather closes without notice when I move large folders into a NAS folder. (WEstern Digital Black Armor 6TB NAS drive, which is accessible just fine from the mac).

doing the same thing from the terminal using the "mv" command works perfectly. It's just Finder that makes it impossible to do it. 6 out of 10 copies will fail, leaving partial folders copies to the target.

Why is this happening? Is there a way to overcome it?


texts: How to check if my HD is case sensitive or not?

texts:
How can I get information if my HD format is case sensitive or case insensitive?

I want to make sure my Mac running Mountain Lion has a case sensitive file system.


texts: Deleting individual messages on Apple Watch

texts: How do I delete individual text messages from my watch? I can delete them from my iPhone but I can't delete from my watch.


texts: Can a photo editing app access my photos while running in the background?

texts: I want to know: if we allow a photo editing app access to the photo gallery, can it access the photos only when actively being used, or even in the background? Can it upload my photos to its server in the background? And if so, how do I know that the app is active in the background?


texts:
I want to know to browse files from iPhone with Bash Terminal or other tools on Mac.

Does anybody of you know how to do this ?

Thank you for your answers


texts:
I run

brew search gnufind

and I get

No formula found for "gnufind".
Searching pull requests..

so no gnufind with the request.

I think it must have a different name.
I run

brew search find

and I get

ffind        findutils    frag_find    pathfinder
findbugs     flawfinder   fuzzy-find   rdfind
homebrew/games/robotfindskitten
Caskroom/cask/a-better-finder-attributes
Caskroom/cask/a-better-finder-rename
Caskroom/cask/easyfind
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I browse the commands by brew info [package] and find that the package findutils is maintained by GNU.
I run brew install findutils.
The package provides commands such as find and locate, docs here.

I do hash -r but no commands updated in my system like g'find or find'g.

How can you install gnufind to your system?


texts: How to classify "unknown artist", "unknown album" in Itunes?

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I have a cd with x mp3 files on it. After importing them to iTunes (Apple-O, Add to Library), songs appear on disk at

I can't seem to be able reference these files form iTunes in any form. Search for any of the songs reveal nothing.

How can i access these songs in iTunes to help me name them appropriately?


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Is it possible to have multiple Docks on the same screen?

Like, one on the bottom, one on the left, and another on the right?


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I've been having problems occasionally starting my Macbook Pro Retina.  It just hangs on the gray screen with the activity indicator.  When I launch in verbose mode it stops at this line.

AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::checkStatus - received Status Packet, Payload 2: device was reinitialized

How do I determine what's causing the issue?


texts: Garageband additional software download status in Mac

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Where Can I see about the Garageband additional software download status, when it got opened for the first time? And how to stop it manually?

version detail:
mac os high sierra 10.13.4
garageband 10.3.0

update:
I was thinking, if there might be a window/option where we could see the status of download and can pause or stop in that window itself.


texts: Safari 9 Top Sites shortcut key gone missing or changed?

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Until version 9, pressing option+command+1 would bring up Top Sites. That does not work in version 9.

I see menu bar Bookmarks > Show Top Sites with no shortcut key listed next to it. That is worrisome.

However, in Preferences > Tabs I see an option named "Use ⌘-1 thru ⌘-9 to switch tabs". When I uncheck that, I get the old behavior of loading my top 9 favorite bookmarks instead of jumping to a tab. Because of this, I hold out hope there is an undocumented shortcut key for jumping to Top Sites.


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I am looking for a way to do the equivalent without prompting for password. I need it to be a native way that does not require the user to change any configuration files (including sudoers). And GUI doesn't count (making AppleScript open System Preferences and click the buttons).

do shell script "networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy wi-fi 127.0.0.1 5464 off"
do shell script "networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate wi-fi on"

Maybe something with keychain?
Configuration profile?

Note:  If they have to type in a admin one time to set something up thats ok (like giving the application access to keychain), but it must be simple enough the average user can do it.

Simplicity is the most important.

Attempted Solutions

https://stackoverflow.com/a/20110726/7886229

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/236809/263848


texts: How to wake my Mac remotely so I can use screen sharing?

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I have two computers: a Mac Pro, and a Macbook Air. When my Mac Pro is on (awake), I can use screen sharing to take over its screen. It displays in the Finder sidebar as a networked computer. However, when it is asleep, it does not appear in the sidebar.

How can I wake my Mac Pro (or always have it displayed in the sidebar) so when I am ready to screen share, it is available?

I have already enabled Wake for ethernet network access in System Preferences > Energy Saver. Now I need to figure out how to wake it up.

Update: I am running Snow Leopard on all of them. I am also networked using an Airport Extreme.

Update: From what I understand, you can only use WakeOnLan on computers hard-wired to the network. My laptop is using Wi-Fi and my desktop is hard-wired. I'm trying to wake my desktop from my wi-fi laptop, but WakeOnLan does not allow sending the "WakeOnLan packets" from a non-hard-wired connection. Can someone confirm/deny this statement?


texts: What cool things can you do if you hack EFI

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I think I'm right in thinking Intel Macs use EFI.

I heard rumours that you can create low-level password protection and even install a shell. Info is sparse and limited.

Have any power users hacked their Mac EFI? If so, what did you do and how?