texts: emacs on console "can not load file, package

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In my .emacs file, I try to install el-get with this code:

(unless (require 'el-get nil 'noerror)
  (require 'package)
  (add-to-list 'package-archives
               '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/"))
  (add-to-list 'package-archives
                      '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/"))
  (package-refresh-contents)
  (package-initialize)
  (package-install 'el-get)
  (require 'el-get))
(add-to-list 'el-get-recipe-path "~/.emacs.d/el-get-user/recipes")
(el-get 'sync)

and get this in Messages:

Loading /Users/koxmoz/.emacs...
if: Cannot open load file: package

How can I solve this?


texts: Using a touchscreen (ipad) without fine motor skills

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Before my wife was disabled I did not realise how difficult to use a touch screen actually is - one has to touch an icon (than cannot be enlarged, apparently) for a precise amount of time, without introducing the slightest lateral movement, else instead of triggering a "click" event it does, well, something (moving icons etc).

My wife can just about hit the screen, but she cannot control duration of touch, or keep her finger steady. So even basic interactions with the touch screen are quite impossible.

I tried to fiddle with the accessibility settings to no avail, but then I don't seem to quite understand what they are doing (because they do not seem to do anything useful).

So basically, I am looking for a touchscreen setting that translates a flailing motion into a click. Is there such a thing?

My wife cannot speak, either. I know where I can find the accessibility settings, I just can't find out how to change the settings to do what we need, provided it is even possible.


texts: Is AFP slated to be removed from future versions of macOS?

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I have seen forum posts out in the wild that suggest that AFP is "dead". I have seen this question and this post that states SMB is now the "default" protocol for Apple sharing.

I am using FreeNAS and it allows you to select either AFP or SMB shares. I mostly use Mac clients, so it would seem that AFP would be the obvious choice, but if AFP is going away in future versions of macOS, then I don't want to be stuck with shares I cannot access and/or file systems I have to migrate from AFP to some other system.

So what is fact and what is fiction about the future of AFP? Will it stop working in future versions of macOS? I don't see how this is possible since Time Machine requires it. Can I safely use AFP without worrying about it "dying" on me?


texts: Conversations in Mail not in chronological order

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some conversations in my Mail are not shown in chronological order. The dates seem completely ordered at random. I have "Show most recent message at the top" enabled. But it shows no order at all, here an example:

a sent mail from 17.12.2018
a received mail from 14.12.2018
a sent mail from 21.12.2018
a received mail from 20.12.2018

Unchecking "Show most recent message at the top" just reverses the order.

I tried Mailbox -> Rebuild. It does not do anything.

Does anybody know a solution?


texts: Printing Problem - scanned Pdfs print black on black

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tldr: I have scanned pdfs which look ok - like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xt2zsz8ygad9vz0/test%20scan.pdf?dl=0 - but they print like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ono1f39yv68sgql/output.pdf?dl=0
I have a grown archive of scanned pdfs (mostly through readiris).
Just recently I had to print out one and the result was unusable. (note: you can't see it in the scan - but if there are black letters they are actually slightly darker than background and a little readable.)
At first I thought it was the fault of a new HP printer, but no - on a OKI printer it is the same.
I also checked with several apps (PDF Expert, Acrobat Reader and Preview) - still same results.
From what I know it could even be a Big Sur problem.
Note - that in printing preview the page always displays correctly.
"Normal" pdfs print fine.
I can confirm that if I export the pages as an image and print this the results are with correct colors and white background.
Update - as suggested by @benwiggy - if the document is exported to Tiff and a Pdf created from this (both in Preview) the result is again printable.  (Unfortunately, this alone isn't a fix for me as I rely on the OCRd text.)
I did some research and found some discussions, but offered no answers:

hp support
apple discussions

And there's a number of threads talking about transparency being printed black, but they appear specific to Apps I don't use - so not particularly useful.
Unfortunately none offered solutions to my problem.
I tried a number of things:

reinstalling printer drivers/resetting printer system
setting the background in preview to white
resaving the pdf, flatten the pdf
but they don't seem to work.

Anyone seen this and has an idea?
Is there a way to check a pdf for this error without printing it (going through black toner fast at the moment)?
Update 2
Not sure if this is related. But I was unable to open the Printer queue.
After investigating under ~/Library/Printers there were Apps for my printer - but clicking on them gave an "Insufficient Permissions error".
Anyway - after playing around and enabling "open through Rosetta" they would open without error.
I was able to test on an Intel MacBook running Big Sur - it also prints the pdf black on black.


texts: Automatically copy files to a flash drive in terminal

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I am trying to make a script that will automatically copy any files in the home directory with the extension .txt. What commands should I use in Terminal to search for and copy any txt files to a thumb drive?
Thanks


texts:
I hope that somebody here can suggest me a way to make the TAB key indent a text selection (i.e., could be multi-line and not just one line) in Xcode.

In Xcode preferences, I set TAB as the shortcut for the "Shift right" function but it does not work: instead of indenting, it deletes the text.

Thank you in advance for your help.


texts: Disabling "Exchange Password Required" Temporarily

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I have an Exchange account, that only works behind a corporate VPN on my
personal laptop.

As soon as I'm disconnected from the VPN this appears

If I click close, it just keeps on popping up.

I just want it to stop pestering me when I'm not connected to the VPN.


texts: Partition showing as 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFF'; attempted to fix it but made it worse

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MacBook Pro 2015. I recently dual-booted my Mac with Linux for school however I changed my mind on which distro to run and figured the best way to change would be to format and remove the Linux partitions and start over.

After I formatted the partitions I attempted to remove them but only one could be deleted and it turned into one 24.4gb partition which would give me an error everytime I tried to delete it and merge the partition back into a single Macintosh HD volume. I also noticed my boot volume was showing as 'ahfs' and not 'apple_boot' and my Macintosh HD volume was showing as 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFF' so I followed a guide to change the boot drive back to 'apple_boot' and attempted to follow this guide (Data Not Backed Up, Partition Type: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF) and made it to gpt add -i 3  -b 188093184 -s 1269536 -t 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk0

This command returned erorrs:

gpt add: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gtp add: disk0: error: no space available on drive

I researched ways to fix it and came up with this solution,

gpt destroy /dev/disk0

but received an error of suspicious MBR at sector 0 so I removed the hybrid MBR with

fdisk -i -a hfs /dev/disk0

and received

fdisk: could not open MBR file /use/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory

ATTENTION - UPDATING MASTER BOOT RECORD

Do you wish to write a new MBR and partition table? [n]

I entered y
and received no confirmation.

I then tried to add back my partitions with

gpt add -b 40 -s 409600 -i 1-t C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B /dev/disk0

and received the erorrs:

gpt add: error: bogus map
gpt add: unable to open device '/dev/disk0': Undefined error: 0

Now when I am stuck with both the bogus map and undefined error 0 error everytime I attempt gpt show or gpt add.

Is there anyway to recover my data? I went to go get my backup HDD out of the office but my little brother had dropped it in soda a few weeks ago and told no one so it's useless. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!


texts: To upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion, is it better to do a fresh install?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Advantage of doing a clean Install of Mountain Lion?

Many of us will upgrade our existing machines to Mountain Lion, which should be out tomorrow. In my case, to be specific, I have new Macs so I don't have files to keep. In general, is there a preferred way to upgrade for power users? E.g. doing a fresh install instead of whatever default upgrade solution Apple provides?


texts: Can I install 10.9 over 10.8 and maintain windows xp boot camp functionality?

texts: I have an iMac with 10.8.5 running fine with Windows XP installed with Boot Camp that works both as native boot and with Parallels. I want to install 10.9 over 10.8 (not clean install) and I have read that XP cannot be installed from 10.9. But will the existing functional XP/Boot Camp installation survive the upgrade?


texts: Mac Mail: Add other message as attachment

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I'd like to add other mail message as an attachment to a new one but Mail (On OSX Lion) does not allow me to do that.

Any workaround?

Gil


texts: Codesign states code object is not signed at all

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I have noticed this before too on some executable files. Recently, I downloaded cmake and used codesign to check if it's digitally signed but it states, it's not signed at all:
% codesign -v /Volumes/SanDisk/cmake-3.18.1-Darwin-x86_64.dmg
/Volumes/SanDisk/cmake-3.18.1-Darwin-x86_64.dmg: code object is not signed at all

but when I uploaded the same file on virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/9b475fe1e493cebaf3f822322a99d7e10729cadb78efabcf88b32c010b1a9f5d/details
it states that it's digitally signed:
Signature Verification
Signed file, valid signature
File Version Information
Identifier  org.cmake.cmake
Authority   Apple Root CA
Date Signed Jul 30, 2020 at 10:02:21 AM
Team Identifier W38PE5Y733

Signers:
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc.
Kitware Inc.

Just wondering what's happening here. Your inputs would be appreciated.
Thanks


texts: Delete partition and restore to mac without bootcamp

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I am looking to restore my hard drive to just mac fully. I installed windows using bootcamp but in trying to remove windows as it was faulty, I accidentally removed bootcamp assistant from my mac.

I would like to delete disk0s3 and restore it to be part of my main Macintosh HD which contains my mac OS install. However, I am not sure how this is organised as not sure what container disk1 is. Any advice on how I can clean this up to just have 'Macintosh HD' using the full space available? The format of Macintosh HD is APFS (encrypted). Should I just erase disk0s3 and give it the same format? If so, what name should I give it?

I plan to update my mac software and recover bootcamp assistant that way hopefully to reinstall windows.

Thanks in advance


texts: Open Mail Attachment with Unix-standard programs

texts:
I use emacs as my standard text editor.  When someone sends me a mail attachment that contains text (for example a LaTeX file *.tex), Mail does not know how to open it and asks me to select an Application for opening.  A Finder window pops up listing all the Applications installed, some of which are text editors, e.g. TextEdit.

The emacs program lives in /usr/bin/emacs, but the /usr directory is not visible by default in Finder.  After some Google searching, I found that executing a

sudo chflags nohidden /usr

will make the /usr directory visible in Finder.  I can then navigate to /usr/bin and see emacs in that directory, but it is grey'ed out and not selectable.

How do I select a non-Applications (i.e. /usr/bin/emacs, /usr/bin/vim, /usr/bin/gs, etc.) program to use for opening Mail attachments?


texts: I use parallels and vm software to run Windows and Linux on my Apple machines. When running Windows (or Linux) on a Retina MacBook Pro, what resolution does it report?


texts: Unknown error message in Terminal .bash_profile

texts:
-bash: export: =': not a valid identifier
-bash: export:0de946b3adfc5de6336ff06ca740ffbeba68f055323038a179def14f63ee3b1b7aa0b50bdd8a7b7578d8c19f1a5e62fff0047843b252e551426e2c0a5f49ee88': not a valid identifier

I was following a guide to install postgres , and i added a PATH to .bash_profile .Then i deleted it and now i am facing this error every time i open the terminal.

This is my bash profile

[[ -s "$HOME/.profile" ]] && source "$HOME/.profile" # Load the default .profile

if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi
if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*
export SECRET_KEY_BASE = 0de946b3adfc5de6336ff06ca740ffbeba68f055323038a179def14f63ee3b1b7aa0b50bdd8a7b7578d8c19f1a5e62fff0047843b252e551426e2c0a5f49ee88


texts: "suggestd quit unexpectedly" means what?

texts: What does the alert box statement "suggestd quit unexpectedly" mean?  It turned up on my iMac , OS Sierra 10.12.  I have attached a screenshot.


texts: Securely remove personal information, without reinstall on Yosemite?

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Scenario:

I have a work provided Macbook on Yosemite that I've used for 2 years. All company files are stored in cloud drives, and all company programs are similarly cloud based.

The company does not wipe machines before re-assignment. That is their decision and I will comply by not reformatting.

I will be leaving the company and would like to remove any of my sensitive personal data from the machine.

(I've searched other questions which are either out of date or point to complete reformat. This is not an option. This question is the most analogous, but is for a different operating system version and is almost 2 years old. The upvoted answer references FileVault, which I don't think covers the personal data areas I am concerned with.)

I will follow the above mentioned question and complete these steps:

Move out all important data
Delete my old account (and entire home directory)
Create a new account for the new owner
Delete unused space in Disk Utility
Delete Spotlight index
Delete/var/db/locate.db

I will also follow the deauthorization steps mentioned in this answer.

However, I am concerned about other areas of data (like dropbox settings, synced drives, saved wifi/network information, saved network computers, keychains, saved cellphone mac address from Adobe Edge Inspect etc). That might be stored elsewhere.

My question:

What additional areas of the machine should I be sure to clear, and how can I do so?

Also, is there an Apple-updated guide for this sort of thing, that might stay relevant when AskDifferent questions fall out of usefulness?


texts:
I am looking for a way to create a keyboard shortcut or an icon I can click on that will simply open a blank Outlook email.

I found several solutions for Windows but I need to do this for my Mac. I've been trying a few options but none can just open a new Outlook email with one click or one keystroke.


texts: Is there an iPad app that will give me turn-by-turn instructions for south africa, or do I need to use an iPhone app and the 2X button?


texts:
I have a problem with the connection between my iPhone 4 and the bluetooth system in my car.

Frequently it will not connect to my car and frequently the connection breaks down during dialling and calls.

When this happens the call is usually still active on the handset and I fumble to establish if the call is still active. Needless to say this is extremely dangerous and frustrating while driving and could easily result in a serious accident.

I contacted Apple Support who informed me that the phone does not have "full blown bluetooth" and "has restrictive compatibility". I was also informed that this fact was stated on the technical spec, but I have not seen it.

Had I been aware of this I would not have purchased the phone.

Is there a way to enhance the connectivity of the bluetooth?


texts: Applescript - how can I select all *non*-folders in an expanded list view window?

texts:
I am trying to write a script which will select all non-folders in a given Finder window which is in List View and has revealed/expanded all sub-folders (see image).

As there tend to be many more files than folders, my thought is to:

Select all items
Deselect all folders

I am also willing to start with nothing selected and then add non-folders to my selection.

In any case, I'm stumped. Any help would be appreciated.

Desired result would look similar to this:

EDIT: (to answer the xy problem - it's gonna be long, but you asked for it)

I repair computers for a living, which means I do a lot of "Backup data, erase hard disk, install OS, restore data" all the time. Both Windows and Mac, although I do all the backups on my Mac, so the client's data is restored from a Mac volume via the network.

Usually, I just drag entire folders from backup volume to restored Windows PC and wait for it to finish. Sometimes, though, the copy fails, often because "the pathname is too long" or some such nonsense. In such cases, I end up copying smaller chunks at a time until I'm done.

Then I have to check and double check that I haven't missed any files/folders. So, I open two windows, one with the source folder, the other with the destination folder. And I compare folders (Music, Docs, etc.) from each. I look to see if the number of files/folders match and that the amount of bytes used is the same.

Often, because of the .DS_Store in Mac folders, the bytes don't match. If I open the folder and Get Summary Info on just the contents, the byte counts match up perfectly.

So, rather than open dozens or hundreds of folders and subfolders, one by one, what I do is open the Documents folder, for example, in list view, reveal all subfolders (this much I can do in AppleScript already) and then I Select All and de-select the folders, and then Get Summary Info.

In my image above, I could do it manually, of course. But, in many cases, I have folders with hundreds of files and several folders deep. If I do it manually, it takes a long time and inevitably, right before deselecting the last 10 folders, I'll make an errant click and have to start all over.

This is why I want a script to select all non-folders.

If there is another solution, great. Let me hear it.


texts:
I need to be able to write whether the test for a grep is either TRUE or FALSE to a variable so I can use it later

For the following, if I run

defaults read com.apple.Finder | grep "AppleShowAllFiles"

on my system, it would return

AppleShowAllFiles = FALSE;

Cool. So now I want to pipe this response to a test of some kind. This is where I get stuck.

I think if I can pipe/assign this output to a specified variable, I would be able to run a test on it. Now, just say, I've assigned  the value of this output to a variable, in this case I will use $ASAF as my variable, I can run it in a test like this

if [ $ASAF = "AppleShowAllFiles = TRUE;" ]; then
    defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
    killall Finder
else
    defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles True
    killall Finder
fi

If there is some other way to do this, I would be more than open to options. I've not had to do something like this for a while, and I'm a bit stumped. I searcehd Google a bit, but it was all answers without explanations and using the return value of 0 or 1. I think the returned output being assigned to a variable would be more appropriate, as then I can use it over and over in the script as need be.


texts: How do you record audio from command line with osx?

texts: I've tried ffmpeg but there is no /dev/dsp device.


texts: How can I avoid notes to be deleted from the iPhone when I delete them on my Mac Email app?

texts:
Since the last software update on my iPhone 3 all the notes that I writte on the iPhone appears in the mail.app on my mac as income mails.

When I delete the notes at the Mail.app, they are also deleted at the iPhone.

Do you know how to avoid the notes to be deleted?

Thanks!


texts: How to convert Apple's .textClipping files to plain text?

texts:
If you select some text in an app (e.g. Chrome or any other app which allows dragging text), and drag the selection to a Finder panel, then a file will be created in the panel with an invisible .textClipping extension. The extension might or might not be visible in Finder depending on your settings.

Originally I assumed that the file is plain text, and tried renaming it to add a .txt extension, yet double-clicking still opens it with Finder.

Then I checked the file type:

file 'some text.textClipping'
>> some text.textClipping: Apple binary property list

cat-ing it shows a header of bplist00?XUTI-Data? followed by readable text.

I tried:

mv 'some text.textClipping' 'some text.txt'

but even after this it still opens with Finder and not the associated app for the .txt files.

Another 'oddity' is that dragging a .textClipping file into the terminal — which I sometimes use as a way of inserting the full path — has the unexpected effect of inserting the contents of the file rather than its path.

I wish I could use .textClipping files to quickly create snippets from web pages and other apps, but for obvious reasons, I want to avoid the snippets being stored in some Apple proprietary binary format.

Is there a way to convert the snippets to a portable format, such as plain text? How come that this type of files behave differently from others? Is there is some extended file property? Then how to remove it so that the files stop being 'special'?


texts: Battery status in menu bar was red having charged my laptop for one hour

texts: The red battery status color stayed there for about 40 seconds, then went back to black.


texts: MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011 - how to charge a new battery

texts:
I am about to replace the old battery on MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011 (A1278) with a battery Model No: A1322 and I wonder if there are any special instructions on how the battery should be used for the first time?

Should it be fully charged for the first time? How many times should I do that?

What are the general recommendations for keeping the battery life as long as possible?


texts: Restore backup with TimeMachine - Downgrade Possible?

texts:
I updated from 10.10 to 10.13 (HighSierra) and I want to downgrade to 10.10.
I have a backup on my TimeMachine from before the upgrade. When I restore my computer from TimeMachine, will it overwrite the new OS and replace it with 10.10 - or will only the files get replaced, but the underlying OS stays the same?


texts: How to view real time dynamically updated information on thermals and fan speed through the terminal?

texts:
Is there any way to view real time fan speed and thermal information (CPU, GPU) through the terminal, such as by installing an application with homebrew (i.e. $ brew install ...) or python (i.e. $ pip install ...)?

I found the threads below:

Using terminal to get current fan speed?

Can I get the CPU temperature and fan speed from the command line in OS X?

However the suggestions for terminal applications (such as istats) only give static information (not real time dynamically update information).

There is a github repo called lm-sensors which was designed for linux, however this repo has not been updated in a while and I was not able to install it properly after cloning the git. After I run the Make file, I get errors about header files being missing.

I am running OS X 10.15.4 (Catalina).


texts:
I have an iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) with a 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU, 16 GB of memory. It's running macOS High Sierra. I recently upgraded it to an OWC 1 TB SSD drive, and rebuilt it using a Time Machine backup from the original HDD.

It's now occasionally locking up and creating an incredibly loud, repeating sound (digital, not mechanical) from the speakers, and requires a hard reset in order to recover. It can be days or weeks between this lockup event, and so far I haven't noticed a pattern about what I might be doing at the time when this happens. It has happened once when the iMac was in sleep mode. In between crashes, the system seems to run normally.

Has anyone else experienced this, and probably more importantly, has anyone got any pointers, suggestions or ideas about how to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance!!

Doug


texts:
Coming from Windows I have gotten extremely used to the Windows Snap feature, which resizes a window when it's dragged to the screen edges.

However, it's not built into OS X. Are there any 3rd party utilities that add this functionality?


texts: Where does FaceTime store its call history on macOS?

texts:
I did a Time Machine backup to an external hard drive and then did a clean install of macOS.
How can I transfer my FaceTime call history from my external hard drive to my Mac?
Ie, what location does FaceTime store its call history on macOS?
I don't want to use Migration Assistant because I just want to migrate specific data, not all of it.


texts:
So everywhere I see how to convert a Live Photo into a video or a gif, but how do you save a video as a Live Photo?

The goal here is to take a video and make a Live Photo for use on iOS lock screen.


texts: I'm trying to call nmblookup in a Terminal on Lion, but it's not available. How can I lookup NMB hostnames from the Terminal now?


texts:
I would like if there is a way to capture in a log file all the transfer file activities in a given time period. Let me give you an example. Let's say that on 16 Aug 2017 13:35 I copy/move a file/folder from my Mac to a usb device without giving any special arguments when using the cp/mv commands (in any case copying/moving files/folders can be achieved through GUI).

Is there any text file on the Mac which records the activity history (such as copying/moving files/folders)? I would like this text file to include information in a way like:

16 Aug 2017 13:35 path/to/folderA was copied to /path/to/usb/stick/ or something similar.


texts: MacBook Pro won't boot anymore after a fall

texts:
I have an old MacBook Pro (late 2006) and he won't boot anymore. He fell down the table and ever since, he's not working anymore. When I try to boot him, the hard drive and the fans starts spinning, but after a few seconds everything is shut down with a "loud" click.

Here is what I've tried:

Reinsert the Ram
Replacing the RAM with new ones
Used the RAM in another Mac, works just fine
Unchained the hard drive and used an other one
Used the hard drive in another Mac and PC, works just fine
Resetting everything you can (PRAM, SMC,...)

Calling Apple Support won't do much since the warranty has expired like 4 years ago.

What I'm afraid of, is a broken motherboard or graphic card (which I don't know how to test this). What are you thinking of when you read this story and what do you think I can do about it?


texts: Applescript to change Sound output intermittently

texts:
I am trying to have an applescript run every 2 minutes that would open sound preferences, then change the audio output by pressing the up key, followed by the down key.  I am using a TV for external audio and it is creating some static but if I change the audio output to a different source and then back again, the static is gone for a random period of time.  I am not a Mac user and have never created an applescript before.  Searching around, this is the closest I can get but still gives me an error when I try to compile.  I am on Mohave.

tell application "System Events"
  delay 0.5
  keystroke space using command down
  delay 0.5
  keystroke "Sound"
  delay 0.5
  keystroke return
  delay 1
  keycode "125"
  delay 1
  keycode "126
end tell


texts: When I started using Lion, there was this "smooth scroll animation" in iCal and Safari, so when I swiped my finders left/right the next month/week or previous website showed up with a nice slide effect. Now Lion just shows that previous page instead of sliding it in. How can I turn on that feature again?


texts: How can I find the date that I upgraded to High Sierra?

texts: I have recently discovered that some background processes are no longer running.  They appear to have stopped running around the time that I upgraded to High Sierra (~ 3 months ago).  Is there anywhere that I can find exactly when I applied this upgrade to confirm?


texts:
Lately my Macbook Pro switches to the "Lock Screen" page out of nowhere while I am working. When I say "while I am working" I want to make clear it's not due to inactivity, I am actually using the computer as it happens.

It does not log me out (none of my windows are closed), it only locks.

I've noticed it happens usually shortly after I've logged in. So for example it's morning, I login start doing things then a few seconds later I'm locked out. I log back in, and again a few seconds later I'm locked out. It happens 2 or 3 times before it quiets down.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.4


texts: How to stop iPhone users from unintentionally sending texts to my email address

texts:
I use an Android phone but many of my friends and family have iPhones.  Starting a few months ago I discovered that several people sent me text messages that didn't go through.  And after digging into the problem, I discovered that their messages appeared as blue on their phone, not green, indicating that iMessage didn't convert it to a standard text. Then I discovered that (at least for some of the people), their texts were being sent to my email, not my phone number.  The weird thing is that I don't even think some of these people had my email.

I do have an iCloud account because I own a Mac, and somebody has indicated that can lead messages to your email address.  But I'm not sure.  How can I, once and for all, deregister my email (not my phone number, that's already been asked) from receiving iMessages and have my friends' Messages apps only suggest my phone number as a destination to text me at?

tl;dr: My email is registered as an iMessage destination, but I need to deregister it so my iPhone-using friends only send SMSs to my phone number.

Just to be clear: This post is not a duplicate of asking how to deregister your phone number from iMessage.  I never had an iPhone when iMessage existed and when I try using the deregister iMessage page it just says my phone number is not registered with iMessage.


texts: How do I stop Mavericks registering random clicks?

texts:
I've been seeing odd click behaviour for a while. Whenever I have my magic trackpad plugged in, Mavericks seems to be registering a number of clicks I'm not making. This results in making the system near unusable at times as it'll randomly cause textfields I'm writing in to be highlighted and then typed over, or for full-screen videos to pause and unpause as the clicks register.

This happens during most sessions, on and off, and whether or not I'm touching the trackpad.

There are no issues if I use a mouse, as long as the magic trackpad has had the batteries removed.

Does anyone know how to fix this behaviour?


texts: Cannot access CUPS utilities after upgrade to Lion

texts:
Since upgrading to Lion, I cannot access any of the local functions in the CUPS web-based interface. The response I get is "Internal Server Error".

For example:

http://localhost:631/admin or http://localhost:631/jobs/

The printers are all working fine, but I can't access job queues, etc.

Any ideas?


texts: Top Left Corner of the display not rendered while using Final Cut Pro 10.0.8

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I noticed this strange problem when when I was using Final Cut Pro. The top left corner of the display does not appear. The same can be seen on the image below.

I left it for a while and when checked, It seemed to have turned black.

This has happened over a few times to me in the past only when starting to use FCP.

Hardware and Software

MBP 13 inch, Late 2011 - OS X Mavericks 10.9.4
Final Cut Pro 10.0.8

Question

What was the reason this could have occurred?
Is there anyway to solve this without having to "reboot"?


texts: Can I fix a scratched iPhone 5 rear camera lens?

texts:
In a picture I took this afternoon with my iPhone 5 I noticed a purple line on the photo:

At first I thought it was a software issue so I rebooted the phone. Unfortunately, after a reboot the line was still there on new photographs.

Upon closer examination it appears that the rear lens of my iPhone 5 has somehow become scratched. Is there a way to fix this? Or do I need to just have the phone replaced?


texts: How to run commands to turn off preview in Mail

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I try to turn off automatic preview in Mail by following the advice in Turn off automatic preview in apple mail. But I don't know where to enter defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes.

What do I need to do to make this work?


texts: Is it possible to execute scripts upon received emails?

texts: I want to process an email programmatically, immediately when it's received. Is there something that allows me to do this conveniently (e.g. a hook in the Mail app, or somehow with Automator)?


texts: MacBook Pro battery will not charge even though cycle count is below max count

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I haven't used my MacBook Pro (Mid 2011 version with non-removable battery) for over 6 months, as I was out of country. Now it only works on power connected and battery won't change.

Symptoms I observed:

The Battery Status is: Replace Now.
MagSafe gives green light.
Battery indicator: All LEDs flash 5 times.
Coconut battery software shows 0 mAh though the MagSafe is connected.
Coconut battery software also shows load cycles as 564, which is not max and I feel there is still life in it.
The Battery state is: Discharging

I ran a AHT diagnostic and it shows 4xxx/1/40000000 Battery Issue
I did disconnect and connect of Battery as some youtube video's suggested, it didn't work either.

Is the Battery really dead or any logic board issues might be there?

I am thinking to replace with new battery myself manually. Need suggestions on that.


texts: I'm getting my first Mac, a Macbook Air 2015. My other machine is a PC used for gaming and I thought I could use my external HDD with both. Now I see NTFS is read only in OS X. For now it's unlikely that I'll run out of space on the 128GB SSD because I stream both videos and music and don't save large collections of photos or videos on the notebook but if might need some more space, what would be the best way to upgrade storage? Move the files on the HDD to my PC, format it to another file system and only use it with the Macbook? Does OS X have a utility for that? I heard it's possible to upgrade the SSD but will it void my warranty to have it done?


texts: Disable iPhone notification when message displayed on Mac

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I have Messages on my MacBook connected to my iPhone, so when my phone gets an SMS message it's displayed on the Mac. But the iPhone also dings and displays a notification of the message.

What I'd like is that the iPhone doesn't do a notification if I'm using the Mac. The best criteria would be that the phone should do a notification if I'm away from the Mac or the Mac is sleeping or in the screensaver, but if I'm near the Mac and it's active, the notifications should just go to the Mac.

Is there a way to set this up?


texts: Can't see volume adjustments made with Bluetooth headphones

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I am using Beoplay E6 headphones that connect via Bluetooth. When paired with my Macbook Pro I can adjust the volume but I cannot see the pop-up volume bar that appears when you normally use keyboard volume controls.

I cannot see this icon:

Any idea why this is and how could I fix it?


texts: What SSD interface/form factor is compatible with my 13" MBP (Mid 2012)?

texts:
I have an old MacBook Pro (13", Mid 2012; 5,400 RPM HDD) that I want to bring back to life with an SSD.

The options I've been exploring are the 2.5" SATA SSDs—am I looking for the right component? I just realized there's mSATA, not sure if that's what I should be looking for.

Thanks!


texts: Automatically switch to Mirror Display when laptop is closed

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I use an external monitor with my MacBook Pro. Most of the time I only use my external monitor, with my laptop closed. In this situation, I use Mirror Display so that everything shows up on my external monitor.

However when I also have my laptop open, for example when doing a video call, I use both monitors, so that I can use my MBP's camera and view documents on my external monitor.

Is there a way to make this switch automatic when I open and close my laptop?


texts:
How can I print out my crontab?  Under Linux this can be done using crontab -l, however, running crontab -l under Mac OS X produces no output whatsoever and exits cleanly.

Here's my crontab:

0 9,10,11,12 * * 1-6 /Users/alexej.magura/scripts/vimmaid.sh
0 9,10,11,12 1,28 1,3,5,7,9,11 * /Users/alexej.magura/scripts/yankmaid.sh
0 9,10,11,12 1,2,*0,*1 * * /Users/alexej.magura/scripts/cronman.sh
0 *1,*3,*5,*7,*9 * * * /Users/alexej.magura/scripts/syl.sh


texts: Music app launches with bluetooth earbud connection in Catalina

texts: This has been asked before  in the days of iTunes, but I'm still having trouble and the one Catalina-centric comment on that thread didn't work for me. I never want to use apple's music app, yet I manage to open on a daily basis by either connecting my bluetooth earbuds (Taotronics Liberty 79) or possibly by pressing the play/pause button on them. Sometimes it starts playing the few sad lonely songs I've purchased from apple. I want none of this and would uninstall Music.app if it were possible. Is there a way to prevent music from opening inadvertently like this? I've tried Music.app --> preference --> restrictions and checked all the boxes under "Disable:" (Music Profiles, Apple Music, iTunes Store, Shared Libraries).


texts: Adding page break to tables in Pages 5.5

texts: In Pages 5.5 on Yosemite how can I add a page break into a table?


texts: I have a question about using iSCSI mounts in macOS (High Sierra). What is the preferred way to mount iSCSI targets in macOS? Also, is it possible to do so from Recovery Mode? Any advice would be appreciated.


texts: Does using a transparent screen protector for the face and the back of the iPhone 4 have drawbacks?

texts: I saw multiple videos that the iPhone 4 screen can not be scratched by keys, coins and is even quite resistant to dropping. What are the drawbacks to adding this layer of protection (in general or perhaps for a specific film you have used) so I can weigh whether I wish to use one?


texts: iCloud on Mountain Lion: one account per Mac or one per user?

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Before installing Mountain Lion and using iCloud for the first time, I would like to know how it can be configured.

My iMac has three standard user accounts and one admin account. If I understand correctly the John Siracusa review, the install procedure asks for an Apple ID for iCloud. Here are my questions:

Does that Apple ID apply for the whole Mac, for the admin account alone or for one standard account to be specified?
Is it possible to assign a distinct Apple ID to each user account?


texts: MacBook Pro 2008 stuck in OS X Mavericks installation

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I want to make a clean OS X Mavericks install on a MacBook Pro 2008 (A1278). I don't have the installation disc anymore.

Because the OS is already wiped out, I can only try (a) Recovery, (b) internet recovery or (c) bootable USB stick.

(a) and (b) throw an error message  ("This is not a supported method of installing the operating system; please run install OS X Mavericks app....").

Because the OS is already wiped out I could not download Mavericks app from the app store. Therefore I got an bootable install image from the web (whick seems to be clean and official). When preparing the intallation it stucks for hours with "one second left" (until reboot) and the throws an error message "during preparation of the installation an error occured" (roughly translated). The same problem occured with 3 other bootable install images (all looking clean, from different internet sources). Here is the last installation log.

Can someone help me?


texts: My iPhone SE has ceased booting up upon power-on

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My iPhone SE had difficulty in upgrading to IOS 12.0.1. A visit to my local Apple store solved this problem.  Four days later, after turning off the phone for the evening, I turned power on, the Apple symbol appeared, but the software would not complete loading.  I tried the hard reset (Power on and home button held simultaneously,) the phone rebooted, and the Apple symbol appeared, but the iPhone hung and would not complete the reboot.  I believe I need an appointment again at my local Apple store. I would like your opinion before I call and make an appointment.
Thanks so much.


texts: Some applications on MacBook Pro think Internet is not connected when it is

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I have had my MacBook Pro for about 6 months; bought it new in 2010. I am running Mac OS 10.6.5.

Using Airport to connect to the Internet. Had no problems until this last week, when at an apparently random moment, some applications (e.g. Safari, iTunes, Adium and Tweetie) decide the Internet is no longer connected. The message from Safari is the standard "You are not connected to the Internet."

Pinging different hosts on the Internet works completely fine, and I can browse without any issue on Firefox.

Network Diagnostics reports that the Internet is connected. Turning Airport on and off, and closing and rebootting the applications doesn't seem to help.

I did manage to fix the problem with a reboot but would rather find the underlying issue and a better solution. Can anyone out there help?


texts: Is there a way to insert the current date in Notes?

texts: In iOS8, is there an easy way to insert the current date (or current date/time) in Notes?


texts: How to run a command on open terminal via shortcut

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I am developing using electron on macOS. After making changes we need to run the terminal command npm start to run the app.

I would like to create a shortcut on macOS so that it simply switches focus on the terminal and runs the command.

Currently I'm using this, but it loads a new terminal window:

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Terminal"
        reopen
        activate
        do script "npm start"
    end tell

end run

I can't initiate a new terminal for this as the command has to be run from the current project folder to start it.

Any help in right direction would be appreciated.


texts: How can I get my microphone to work on Windows 7 and Boot Camp 2.0?

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I'm on windows 7 with bootcamp with a bit older iMac. I installed the bootcamp stuff from my Leopard DVD and I updated my bootcamp to 2.0. with Apple Software Update but the Microphone is still not working.

How should I make the microphone work?


texts:
I have often a tedious job where I need to split movies by the chapter. (The videos have multiple audio tracks & subtitles and have defined chapters)

I can do this in Quicktime, but it's a very manual process !!
Therefore I'm looking for a way / app / .... that takes my video and splits it in multiple videos for each chapter. Simple split, no transcoding or anything. (It would be an added bonus if it was possible to alter the id3 meta data in 1 go as well)
Again, I can do this - sorta - with Quicktime, but I want a more productive way.

Thanks for any feedback !!  let me know if you need more info.
D


texts: How to create a Windows 10 bootable USB on a Mac for PC without Bootcamp, when install.wim is too large

texts:
My Boot Camp assistant seems to be having problems (first I get not enough space, 40 GB, etc.) which I fixed by making a partition using Disk Utility, but then I didn't get an option that others seem to get to Create a usb bootable drive for windows 7 or later. It right away asked for the ISO and started downloading Windows support software, took forever, and then said there wasn't enough space on the partition (there was).

Without Boot Camp, I tried using dd and that didn't work and just reformatting the USB drive to exFAT (FAT32 didn't seem to work, because the October 2018 update has a file over 4 GB, meanwhile I'm downloading April 2018). What happens is that once I boot up the PC, change the boot order and then select the drive, it just goes back to some VMware kernel OS that was still on it when I got the PC. I've tried running in legacy mode, secure boot is disabled.

Does anyone have any alternatives I could use?

Also I tried plugging the usb (formatted exFAT in to my mac and it seems to recognize it  in the  boot menu, so I'm starting to think it's something with my motherboard/bios settings).


texts: Power Line Adapter (PLA) network reducing Macbook Pro's battery life

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I am not sure anyone has had same experience as I have. Recently bought a retina MacBook Pro and of course I was looking forward to enjoying the 10 hours of battery life that was promised.

2 months into the ownership I started paying more attention to the Energy Saver battery reading and to my shock discovered that the reading was fluctuating constantly.

No matter what I did I could not manage to get the 10 hours. For instance at one time it shows 8h 25 min battery power remaining, 30 minutes later it shows 5h 50 min power remaining. So I checked on the web and discovered had to shut down power hungry applications: bluetooth, WiFi, adjust brightness of the screen not to be too bright, I uninstalled Google Chrome and used Safari instead, turned-off keyboard lighting etc. This seemed not to have an effect on what I was experiencing.

Of course it would have been easier to go to the Genius bar but I first came across this Retina MacBook Pro battery life sucks? Here's how to fix it! web page.

However, before I could implement what is detailed there, I had temporarily had to move from my normal work desk to another room but same network. Then realised…my battery life improved enormously!! Then it hit me that the only difference was that in my normal place I connected to the internet via cable and in the new place was I using WiFi.

Surely WiFi should consume more battery than cable! Then I realised that in my usual place I used to  connect via cable  but through a Power Line Adapter (PLA).

So my questions are:

How do these power line adapters work?
Why should they affect battery of my laptop?
Should I continue using a the power line adapter with the laptop?

There is no information of this from the manufacturer of the power line adapter and have yet to get Apple's opinion on this.


texts: How to make sure that a memory card is compatible to my mac?

texts:
I want to upgrade my RAM from 4g to 8g.

my mac specs are:

I need 2 4g memory cards, and this is a specific card I saw in a store that should be working, but no one gives a guarantee it will work on mac...they say it works on laptops, but they can't guarantee its working for mac...

This is the card model: G.Skill 1x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz SODIMM


texts: Select "Sent Items" on Outlook with Keyboard Maestro

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Is there any way to have Keyboard Maestro select "Sent Items" on an app like Microsoft Outlook upon pressing a hot key?

I have tried with "Select Menu" and "Press Button" but none of these options seem to work.


texts: Media Keys Not Working for a Specific User Account

texts:
I have macOS setup with several user accounts for different purposes, and in all but one of them the media keys (play/pause, previous, next, and volume up and down) are all working correctly.

However, in one specific account the keys have mysteriously stopped doing anything and I can't for the life of me figure out why. There is no obvious cause.

I'm using an Apple Magic Keyboard With Numeric Pad, with a 2018 Mac Mini running macOS 10.15.3, but the issue began under 10.15.2 (I had hoped the update/restart would fix it).

Other things I've already tried:

I've checked the behaviour under System Preferences -> Keyboard (it doesn't seem to be a function key issue, as the media keys don't work either pressing the Fn key or not).
Reset NVRAM
Reset SMC

The fact that this is only affecting one specific account is the part that has me confused; of all my accounts it's the one I would least expect to have a problem, but the one in which it is most annoying, as it's the one I use for watching TV shows/movies (i.e- minimal running programs, no distractions etc.).

Also it's strange that the issue is affecting both the media keys and volume keys; I've noticed all kinds of annoyances with macOS' bonkers media key behaviour with apps fighting for focus so in any given moment I have no idea what play/pause will actually do, but I've never had any issue with the volume control keys, which also do not work for this user account.

Ive also checked my keyboard shortcuts; but I only have shortcuts for other keys (F5 and F6, and F13, F14 and F15, i.e- all the "blank" function keys on my keyboard that do not have special behaviours).

Now, if there's no other way to resolve this issue, I'll of course have to remove and recreate the user account; not the end of the world, but I'd very much like to avoid having to do this if I can.

Does anyone know of any likely reasons why a single user account would have non-functioning media and volume keys, when all others are functioning normally, and how I would go about fixing it?


texts:
I need to navigate a site that makes use of javascript that checks for user agent and only permits IE9.0 (don't ask). I am using safari and can set IE 9 in the user agent submenu of the develop menu. However, when the site directs me to another page in its collection, an exception is thrown because the new page sees I am using Safari. Reseting the user agent in the develop menu does not work because the page reloads as a safari user agent. Yes I edited the com.apple.Safari plist to include the following item:

Key:    CustomUserAgent
class:  String
value:  Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0)

But safari deletes that entry every time it opens a new tab/window and reverts to default! The plist reverts back to 'normal'.

Is there a way to make this change permanent?


texts: How do I update my Apple Watch 4 to watchOS 6 with an iPhone 6?

texts: I am having trouble updating my Apple Watch Series 4 to watchOS 6, as it is saying "update your phone first". The problem is that I cannot update my iPhone 6 to iOS 13, so does that mean I won't be able to update my watch until I buy a newer version of iPhone?


texts: Viewing Logs on Startup volume that freezes

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Computer A) which freezes / restarts during startup.
To investigate the problem, I purchased a brand new internal disk and did a basic installation (10.13 - the latest this model supports) on a working MacBook Pro (Computer B). This clean install boots on at least 4 Macs I have at my disposal.
But, on Computer A, it will startup, the progress bar will advance to about 60% and then it will restart and do the same thing. Or it will freeze the second time.
When I booted in Verbose mode, the last lines I got were:
DSMOS has arrived
Unsupported CPU
Unsupported CPU
Unsupported PCH
AppleHDAEngineOutput::performFormatChange (<ptr>, <ptr>, 0)
en2: promiscuous mode enable succeeded
IOConsoleUsers: time(0) 0->0, lll 0, llk1,
IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0

at which point it hung.
I booted Computer B in verbose mode and was able to look at the logs and follow those error messages, but there are many additional lines there that aren't displayed on the screen during verbose mode startup.
If I boot Computer A in Target Disk mode, I can mount its disk on Computer B, so I don't believe the SATA cable is the problem.
Ultimately, I'd like to determine what the root of the problem is, but an interim step is to compare the log files from the disks in Computers A and B.
Is it possible to look at the log file from Computer A while accessing its disk as an external disk on Computer B?
(If you have an idea why it might be restarting/hanging, I'd welcome help on that, too.)


texts: Xcode storyboard vibration with the new Trackpad

texts:
When I drag views around in the storyboard, the trackpad vibrates every time the view snaps to something else. As a result, it vibrates all the time. Is this a normal behavior or is my trackpad broken?

(How do I turn it off?)


texts: Does Mac OSX Mountain Lion autosave/versions interact badly with git?

texts:
I use git with some of my documents and wonder if the autosaved versions created by Mountain Lion could interfere (or even break) git versioning?

This is important for me as I do not work on Macs exclusively. Do I need to edit my .gitignore file to account for the native versioning system in OS X?


texts: Mid 2015 Macbook Pro 15", Samsung 970 Evo 1TB SSD, Sintech Adapter, issues on boot

texts:
I recently updated my old Apple SSD to a Samsung 970 Evo 1TB, as I needed extra space for school and work. I also needed to run bootcamp, as I cannot run solidworks effectively through MacOS. Since I've installed the SSD, I've had quite a few problems with booting into either operating system (I run windows 10 through bootcamp), and looking up my problems hasn't revealed a solution, as most people are using a 960 Evo on High Sierra, from what I've seen.

I was curious as to whether or not there are certain steps I need to take to make sure the OS can recognize the NVME SSD as the boot drive every single time, as I get the blinking folder on boot from time to time. I've seen people say formatting as HFS+ as opposed to APFS will help, but I'd like your guys' opinions before I try anything else.


texts:
I have a user who isn't able to open Outlook 2011 on his iMac. As soon as he opens Outlook 2011 it crashes. All other Microsoft Office applications work fine.

He has a iMac 27-inch, Mid 2011 running OS X Lion 10.7.2.

This is the crash report that is created, if it's any help.

This same Mac was running OS X 10.6 and also had Outlook issues, but since upgrading to Lion it hasn't resolved any issues.

Any help is much appreciated.


texts: What is causing my application crashes? Borderlands 2, Adium, more

texts:
Borderlands 2 (purchased, downloaded, run via Steam) crashes on launch for me. This is the first time I've ever really had application crashes, other than the typical "Application has quit unexpectedly" line. I do get a crashlog, which I've put into pastebin here:

http://pastebin.com/bKgKLJv0

I have no idea where to start. help?


texts: I can't record my voice using GarageBand, but can still record instruments

texts:
I installed v2.0.7 of GarageBand to my iPad a few months ago.

I've just tried recording my voice using the audio option and it told me I did not have enough free storage. However, I can still record using the other instruments provided by GarageBand, so space doesn't seem to be the issue.

How can I troubleshoot this to determine why I can't do a voice recording using GarageBand?


texts:
Before recent OS and iOS upgrades I was able to answer calls on mac from my iPhone. Now, after recent upgrades i can only make calls from my Mac but I'm unable to answer them.

Whenever there is incoming call I receive notification on my Mac. When I click "Answer" after a second or two I'm presented with a message saying that there is no connection with my iPhone.

Network setup, FaceTime setup - everything is the same. The only thing that changed are OS and iOS versions.

Mac OS 10.13.1 (17B1003)
iOS 11.1.2 (15B202)


texts: How do I expand the hard drive partition of an OSX guest OS in VirtualBox when the disk has been enlarged?

texts:
My host system is running OSX El Capitan 10.11.5 and VirtualBox 5.0.22 r108108

Using the information found in another answer, I was successfully able to extract an ISO of my host operating system and install it as a guest OS in a VirtualBox VM.  I had to leave the settings of my VM as the defaults during creation, which led me to only have a hard disk size of 20GB, but I have successfully booted into the guest OS and have a partition of 20GB.

Now I want to increase the size of my virtual hard disk to 40GB.  I used the following command to modify the vdi file:

VBoxManage modifyhd test1.vdi --resize 40960

However, Disk Utility is unable to recognize that the drive is now 40GB and I am unable to expand the partition.  I have tried both the Disk Utility program after a full boot as well as the Disk Utility present on the ISO when I boot from it.

How do I get the OSX guest OS to recognize a larger hard drive and expand the partition accordingly?


texts: iPad iOS 5 update gets stuck during iCloud setup

texts: I just updated my iPad 2 to iOS 5.  At the step for setting up iCloud, I said no to iCloud.  My iPad appears to be stuck at this step, displaying "setting up iCloud" for over an hour.  The only recourse appears to be to start over, which suggests that the iPad will be erased. What can I do about this? Thank you.


texts: Is it possible to change the app launched by the Calculator button in iOS 7?

texts:
iOS 7 introduced the swipe-up Control Center which has a dedicated Calculator button (on iPhone, but not iPad). For those of us who consider the default four-function Calculator app inadequate, is there a way to make that button launch a different calculator app instead?

If applicable, jailbreak answers are valid but I'm looking for a non-jailbreak solution.


texts:
Anyone know how to uninstall Git?

I would like to uninstall Git using the Uninstall.sh file that came in the git-2.0.1 install bundle.

I am unable to find the Uninstall.sh file using Terminal. When I enter "git --version" in the command line, I get "Illegal Instruction" in my Terminal window. (See image below).

I would like to uninstall Git and then reinstall it. Perhaps the Git download was corrupt. Any ideas? I am running Mac OS 10.6.8.

Thank you!


texts: How to disable the "locate" command in Mac OS?

texts:
According to this article, I can use this command:

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

To enable "locate" command to find files. However, recently I find this command not useful anymore and want to shutdown the background service/daemon. Does anyone have ideas about how to disable it or shutdown it? Thanks!


texts:
I feel sick...

I just accidently deleted the www folder of my phonegap app in xcode 4.2. It's not in finder or trash. From what I read, its actually deleted. I have tested on my ipad.

How can I recover this folder and everything in it?
Can I somehow get the file from the app installed on the ipad?

Please help!


texts: How do I format an encrypted Integral Secure Key?

texts:
I just bought an Integral Secure Key from the Apple store but am fed up with having to use its own software just to transfer files to it as it does not appear as a normal USB drive in Finder.

How can I re-format the drive so as to remove the encryption and just have a normal USB drive? Is it as simple as using disk utility?

Also how could I in the future use the encryption facilities again? Is it enough just to keep the software which is provided on the USB key?


texts:
Maybe this is silly but...

How can I find out the 3G usage on my iPhone 4? (like a counter telling how many Mbytes I have been moving over the 3G network)


texts: Getting iPads ready with paid apps and customized settings for a large amount of personnel?

texts:
Suppose I would like to have over 20 iPads. Is it possible to get the same settings to them fast? One iPad would have a lot of paid apps, I am trying to find out how I can get it so that everyone is using the same apps and same iPads with the same settings -- and only email/etc personalized.

I believe there is no sense that I shared my own iPad's backup, here. I want to make sure all people have the best tools/apps/etc in their iPads before starting to work.

It would be a big plus if the manager could install/upgrade new apps in iPads without other people to worry so everyone running the same apps of the same version number.


texts: Frequently Have to Reset SMC to turn on MacBook

texts: So over the last 2-3 weeks my 2014 13 inch MacBook Pro has developed an issue.  I have to reset my SMC in order to power it on. This has occurred about 4-5 times. Additionally, my battery is on it's way out and is at the "Replace Soon" level.  I am not sure if this is a logic board or a battery issue.  Can anyone help diagnose the problem or come up with solution?  I am willing to buy a new battery however I'm not sure if it would be worthwhile to pay for Apple service centre to install a new battery and logic board.


texts: Apple IpadOS / ios HTML editor which will sync with Amazon AWS S3 buckets

texts:
Hi so I'm looking for an Apple IpadOS / IOS app that'll edit a HTML file stored in an Amazon S3 bucket, and update, and upload it back. I could only find "Code Editor" by Panic for Ipados, but there seems to be no other app to sync to Amazon s3 buckets?

Can anyone suggest me an app or upcoming app? The only other way I can think of is to open a SFTP link to the bucket somehow. Does aws s3 have this feature? Thanks much!


texts:
Does someone have an explanation for this strange step measurement which is happening in my iPhone?

As you can see from the screenshot here reported, for some days in this month the steps counted were exactly the same (I have noticed that this happens frequently).

Clearly, it is impossible that the phone counts the same number of steps for consecutive days. I think this may be an average value computed due to missing data.

I checked the actual amount of steps for those days and it is always the same fixed value.

Is it normal? Can I avoid this to happen?


texts: Which 27" iMac can be used as external display on a MaBook Pro Mid 2015?

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What is the latest 27" iMac model which can be used as an external display on a MaBook Pro 15" Mid 2015?

And can I run latest macOS on both MBP and iMac to have this working or need to use older macOS?


texts: Mac NetInstall does not send booter on specific devices

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Using Mac Server on 10.9, with only NetInstall working (we use InfoBlox for DHCP) I can successfully NetBoot to our only image from a iMac Pro (Core2Duo), but not from a MacBook Pro (Intel i7, ~2012).

I captured the NBI on the newer MacBook Pro (Deploystudio Netboot Set)
Both devices list the boot image in the boot options menu at startup.
Both devices allow me to SELECT the image.
Both devices send a BSDP ACK[SELECT] to the server.
Server sends both devices at least an ACK pktsize 300 to the correct IP.

The MacBook Pro decides, after all this, that it will just boot to the regular local disk, which is not what should happen. Whereas the main iMac boots to the network disk (Apple Logo with mini spinning globe).

Does anyone have any ideas why the MacBook Pro does not boot, considering it is communicating with the server?


texts: BetterTouchTool & MSFT Remote Desktop (aka RDP)

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When I use Microsoft Remote Desktop from my MBP I would like to map certain Command key combos to their ALT equivalents

In this example Cmd-F12 should be delivered as Alt-F12 to the windows machine.  When I create that mapping in Better Touch Tool the app on the Windows app only recognizes the key as just F12

Any ideas?


texts: Are security questions no longer required for Apple ID account security?

texts:
I lost security questions/answers for my old Apple ID, so I can't do many things. Therefore, I registered a new Apple ID account by going to System Preferences → iCloud. I enabled two-factor authentication and provided a trusted phone number. The weird thing in this new account is that it didn't ask me to provide any security questions and answers.

I am afraid the stupid security questions/answers will cause new problems later on in my new account, I accessed the Manage your Apple ID webpage to find a way to provide it. But in the Security section of my new account, there are no Security Questions setup at all.

I am very confused about Apple ID security. Are security questions required or not? These security questions killed my old account, but no longer exist in my new account.

I just don't get it. Why don't I have them?


texts: What does Swift mean for people learning iOS development for the first time

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I quit my job to pursue programming full time and I was planning to take an ios app development course at a college near me that teaches iphone & ipad dev using Objective C. Now that Swift has been released it seems like learning obj C isn't the best choice any more. Apple is saying that swift is supposed to  be easier for newbies to learn but as of right now there are no courses or tutorials to learn it. I have downloaded the swift ibook and it is not beginner friendly AT ALL, its more about teaching you the language and doesn't include any kind of examples of how you implement it to make an actual app. As a beginner where should I start when it comes to learning to develop apps? Is taking an objective C class still worth it?

Thanks in Advance for your advice!


texts: iMac 2011 Graphics Card issue - Unresolved

texts:
I have a weird issue with my iMac 2011 model. This is the iMac with the graphic card issue, so it happened to me as well.
I tried everything except baking the graphics card, this is my absolute last resort. What I've done now is I installed Windows on the iMac, and guess what it works perfect, please don't judge but this was only for testing.
So now, why is it that Windows works but not OSX?
Does anyone have any thoughts on why this is?  Please do let me know.
Much appreciated.


texts: In Keynote, how can I simulate magic move between different images?

texts: I have two similar images that represent the same thing (a happy and sad face for a particular character). I use magic move for most slide transitions in my presentation, but obviously that doesn't work for the different images. Is it possible to tell Keynote that the images should be related somehow? If not, what's the best way to "fake" the magic move for these images?


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Problem
I am currently working/developing a Drupal CMS Site and I am trying to work on doing development in my local environment. I used to be able to access the local environment but now I am unable to. I think what had happened was when I was installing Acquia's DevDesktop I remember it prompting me with a System Preference Dialog Box for something along the lines of SQL connections or MySQL? I can't 100% remember correctly. I was moving to fast and believe that is what accidentally set this whole thing off.
Error Message
Failed to open page. Safari can't open the page _blank_ because
Safari can't find the server _blank_

Observations/Attempts to Resolve

I have checked the System Preferences>Network>Proxies and unchecked everything and nothing worked.
I have added the DNS servers for 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, still nothing changed
I have cleared the cache and all website data by going to Safari Preferences>Privacy>Manage Website Data and deleting it all.
I have also checked firewall settings and I have everything allowing incoming connections except for a certain app. I also have it checked to use built-in software to automatically handle the connections.

Important Side Note: Everything works fine in Mozilla, Chrome.
Configuration/Settings:
macOS Version: Catalina 10.15.4


texts: Mavericks not able to use external display at full resolution

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I have been several months using my mid-2010 15" MBP connected to a Dell U2711 through a miniDisplayPort-DisplayPort adapter, without any trouble cranking the resolution up in Mountain Lion to it's full 2560x1440.

I have just updated my laptop to Mavericks, and I'm not able to use the full resolution of my monitor anymore. I have done several tests, either with the lid open and closed, or trying to force the discrete GPU through gfxCardStatus

Is anyone experiencing this same behaviour? Anything I could try? Possible workarounds?


texts: Any key board shortcut to move application to another workspace in MacOS sierra?

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I want my applications to be moved between workspaces with only keyboard in MAC OS SIERRA

Is it possible to move application to next workspace by

any open source free tools ?
any alfred workflows?
using bettertouch tool

This is possible in ubuntu via compiz-plugins-manager software or just using awesome unity hud :) more information

As there are possible duplicates of this question mentioned below in the comment section and none of them have answers which works with only key board.

My question is whether the software utilities mentioned above alfredapp, bettertouchtool can be extended somehow to move applications between workspaces ?


texts: How to create a white background to a jpg/png?

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I have a jpg of some logo, but its background is not completely white, more like light-greyish, whereas I would like it to be perfectly white.

I know how to select the background and also know how to turn that background to transparent, but not how turn that background to white.

If it can't be done with Preview, I also have iPhoto. I don't know how to do it there either.

NB: If the thing needs to be converted to a png in the process, that's fine.


texts: Trying to get bluetooth to work in guest windows vista in virtual box

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I assigned the bluetooth host controller to the guest and vista detected it. I installed the driver that boot camp is providing for my computer and for 32bit windows, which is broadcom 4.0.3.0 from 2011. The driver installs fine, but the device fails with code 43. I am stuck here. I can't find any different driver or see what the issue with the code 43 is. Any newer drivers I saw are large installers (>120MB) that fail installation when they can't detect the "bluetooth device".

The 4.0.3.0 driver I used can also be downloaded from the following page, note that none of the other downloads installs for me.
https://www.driverscape.com/download/apple-broadcom-built-in-bluetooth


texts: Brew cask: I would like to check if the package/formula is already installed through brew or other means

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I am trying to install some softwares using brew cask and I would like to check if the package/formula is already installed through brew or other means
I have a script that installs a list of softwares using brew cask and I dont want it to install a software that is already present on the machine
To achive this I referred to this question: With Homebrew, how to check if a software/package is installed?
This is pointed me in the right direction but I can only avoid installing software that is installed via brew cask.
If the software is installed by downloading the dmg and is already present in the /Applications/ folder then it does not recognize that and it continues to install the software.
Is there a way to figure out if the application is installed via brew or any other means before my script starts installing it


texts:
Is there a way to slightly adjust the subtitles offset in the VLC player?

Often I just need they to appear 1 second before or later.


texts:
I wonder if Homebrew is safe for Mac users...

Do you have any bad experience with this software (like malware for example)?


texts: my friend and I are planning to make minecraft gameplays, but each one from home, so what software I need, I know quicktime records the screen but I need also the recording from the skype call... Please help.


texts: List of all devices connected to "Internet Sharing" Hotspot

texts:
How Can I know which devices connected my hotspot.
Or Where I can find list of connected devices to my hotspot.


texts: How to remove iCloud alias from iMessage

texts:
I created an alias for my iCloud email address and then added it as another address I could send and receive iMessages from.

I have subsequently deleted the alias from iCloud email. However, the alias still exists as a address I can send/recieve iMessages from.

On my iPhone I can still tap the i button to get info, and remove the alias. This allows me to remove the email address from my iPhone (it claims: You will no longer be able to receive iMessages at XXX@icloud.com on any device.) However if I turn off iMessages and turn it back on the alias reappears. The alias also shows in Messages on Mac, and there doesn't appear to be anyway to remove it from Messages for Mac.

Ideally I want to permanently delete the alias from iMessage.


texts: How can I ensure that friends with iPhones send me SMS/text instead of iMessages?

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I have an android phone and normally use the Google Messages app for sending and receiving SMS.
Yesterday, I used the macOS Messages.app app for the first time to send a friend a link.  I guess they have an iPhone, because now when they text me it comes to Messages.app instead of to my phone.  I'm assuming this will be the same for all other iOS users.
How do I prevent all Messages.app and iOS Messages users from sending me NON-SMS messages?  Thinks I have tried:

Closing Messages.app.  I still get macOS notifications of messages.
In Messages > Preferences… > Accounts > [my email address], untick "Enable this account".  Then my friends messages disappear and I never see them at all, at least until I reenable in Messages.app.
Looking in System Preferences and on icloud.com and appleid.apple.com to see if there is some setting I can disable—but I've not found anything relevant.
Using Apple's Deregister iMessage tool to unregister my mobile number.  When I attempted this it gave me the message "Your phone number is not registered with iMessage."

This question was closed as a duplicate of Removing phone number from iMessage, but as noted my phone number is not registered with iMessage, so that question is not relevant.
Am I doomed to never receive SMS from iPhone users ever again?


texts: How can I make a homebrew application the default for opening certain file types?

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I just installed mpv with homebrew on MacOS Catalina. Since I spend equal amounts of time using the terminal and Finder, I would like to open all video files with mpv from Finder. Unfortunately, I don't know how to locate the homebrew app when setting the default application for video files. To be clear, I'd like to open all my video files with mpv from Finder.
I have also tried the solution found in this thread: Set macvim as default application after homebrew installation
But for mpv, there is no .app file. I tried moving and linking the /bin/mpv file but Finder wouldn't allow me to use that application as the default.


texts: How do you type a true minus sign (not a hyphen) on a Mac?

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I'm looking for one of those ⌥+? shortcuts to type a minus sign (−) from the keyboard, without touching the mouse.

I'm looking for the minus sign (−). It should have the same width as a plus sign (+), and its Unicode code point is 8722 (x2212 in hexadecimal).

What I'm not looking for:

The hyphen minus (-), already on the keyboard, is not the typographically correct symbol for subtraction.
The em dash (—, ⇧+⌥+-) is used to signify a break in thought and is far too wide to be confused for a minus sign.
The en dash (–, ⌥+-) is used for ranges of values or relationships and connections and shouldn't be used in place of a minus sign.


texts: Google Drive doesn't appear on my Finder

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I can see Dropbox but I can't find Google Drive on my Finder. If I want to sync a file to GDrive, I have to open the folder GDrive by click on the symbol of Gdrive. It's very inconvenient.

I'm wondering if there is a way to display GDrive on the Finder, just like where Dropbox is?


texts: Is there any way to backup an iphone *including* passwords and such?

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My iphone 4 was backing up to the cloud. I got a 5, and did the entire restore process. I was irritated and inconvenienced to discover that my email account passwords and my google 2-step verification tokens in the google authenticator app did not come back from the backup. I had to re-enter account passwords, and then tear down and re-set-up the google authenticator tokens.

Aside from my mild pique that the Apple person who sold me the phone neglected to mention this little bit of entertainment, I'm left wondering: is there any way to get backups to include this stuff? Do itunes backups include this stuff, so that I'd be happier if I switched from cloud to itunes?


texts:
See the 3 screenshots below. There are several different green hex values amongst them however the CSS is declaring the correct hex (#A0CB3C), and the image has no colour profile data attached (saved for web from Sketch3).

Chrome                                     Firefox                                     Safari

My iMac has no special colour calibration for the display, and no special colour settings set that I'm aware of.

The issue is persistent on all non-Apple browsers. i.e. the colours are consistent in Safari (although still incorrect, that's the last screenshot), in all other browsers the green used for CSS applied content is different to the green in images. The hex doesn't colour-pick correctly in any browser.

My colleague sat next to me with a near-identical setup does not have this issue. So it's clearly something specific to my machine.

Where do I start?


texts: What does the “Current Period” data usage number mean?

texts: In the Settings app, under Cellular > Cellular Data Usage, I see a “Current Period” value of 6.8 GB. However, I’ve checked this number several times over the years, at all different points in my cellular billing cycle, and it always hovers around 6 GB. Is this really the amount of data that I’ve transferred using my data plan since my last bill? If not, what does the number mean?


texts: How do I change the default gmail calendar on my iphone 4?

texts: I have three calendars in my gmail (one for me and my two kids). When I add an appointment on my iphone, it defaults to my son's calendar unless I manually check my calendar every single time.


texts: Why does my iPhone use so much "other" space after upgrade to iOS 5?

texts:
After upgrading my iPhone, there is about 10 gigabytes assigned to Other that I don't remember seeing before.

What could be causing this space to be filled?


texts:
Running fsck_apfs reports an error checking my main disk:

root@bix ~ # fsck_apfs -n -l /dev/disk1s1
** Checking the container superblock.
** Checking the EFI jumpstart record.
** Checking the space manager.
** Checking the space manager free queue trees.
** Checking the object map.
** Checking volume.
** Checking the APFS volume superblock.
** The volume Macintosh HD - Data was formatted by hfs_convert (748.1.46) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.81.1).
** Checking the object map.
** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.
** Checking the snapshot metadata.
** Checking snapshot 1 of 2 (com.apple.apfs.purgatory.84779e)
error: sibling_map_val object (oid 0x2c6200000000168): invalid length (20)
   Snapshot is invalid.
** The volume /dev/disk1s1 could not be verified completely.

The output is the same in both Recovery Mode and Safe Mode (without the disk being mounted).

Searching online for "sibling_map_val object" only yields some Hopper disassembler code, which makes me think that this is an unusual error to have. However, lots of people mention the "Snapshot is invalid" output.

Is there any way to force-delete the snapshot? The system doesn't report that any exist:

root@bix ~ # tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
Snapshots for volume group containing disk /:

The root problem is that my main disk keeps filling up, despite my deleting hundreds of GBs of files. Daisy Disk reports that it is inaccessible hidden system files (even despite upgrading permissions via the non-App-Store version of the utility). I suspect that there is some corrupt local snapshot in the "com.apple.apfs.purgatory.84779e" mentioned in the fsck output, but I don't see any way to trash it.

I've tried disabling/enabling Time Machine backups and Spotlight indexing to no avail. Rebooting  always winds up recovering about 5GB, but then it quickly drops down to about 2GB of free space and hovers around there until the system starts complaining that there isn't enough system memory for my applications to remain open. And since I can't free up sufficient space, Time Machine complains that it doesn't have enough space to create a local snapshot, and so my disk isn't being backed up (and so I can't just wipe out the whole file system and restore from Time Machine). I'm stuck with a disk that keeps on filling itself up.


texts: Internet Recovery loads ML instead of Mavericks

texts: Had to recover my computer using Internet Recovery. For some reason it installed Mountain Lion instead of the Mavericks OS I previously had. How did this happen?


texts:
I have erased my Mac Mini and now I am presented with the Recovery screen where I can use Disk Utility, Reinstall, etc.

Nothing works!

Disk Utility claims it cannot unmount the primary HDD, despite the "mount" option being greyed out, which suggests it's not mounted. Disk Info says "Writeable: No".

When I attempt to reinstall, I get to the HDD selection screen but the only option is to select the Recovery HDD, which is also greyed out LOL!

The Mac Mini came with no CD (ordered from Apple). Everything was preloaded. Apple website suggests downloading the MacOS to create a bootable USB... But you need a Mac to do so!!!

Don't know what else to do and would be really grateful if anyone could share what I can do.


texts: Using pinyin with tones to input Chinese characters

texts: I'm a Chinese learner and know from my teacher that there is software (for Windows), which lets you strictly input withtype in pinyin with tones. E.g.  hao3 becomes 好. The Mac OS shipped Chinese input does have pinyin input, but no tone selection, hence you input hao to get 好 (no tone mark). I wonder if there is any way for me to use a pinyin input with tones for Mac OS or on my ipad.


texts: So I know /dev contains all the drivers required for mouse , keyboard etc but can some dangerous malware delete the folder? Or can someone manually delete the folder with sudo?


texts: Can't remember security questions and rescue email ends with .cim instead of .com so I can't use it to reset my questions

texts: My cousin wanted to buy something from the app store. I let her use my account to do so. It asked us to answer security questions but I couldn't remember them. So I tried to reset it but the link to reset my questions ended in .cim instead of .com. So I couldn't send a link to reset them. What should I do?


texts:
When I get either a Calendar or Reminders notification, I have the option to 'snooze':

I would like to be able to say something like 'remind me in 10 minutes' or 'remind me in 2 hours' (much like the iCal notifcations used to allow in <= 10.7).

Is this possible?


texts:
Can I use an iPhone 4s power cable to charge any other mobile device?

Do any other mobile devices have a power connector similar to the iPhone 4s?


texts: How to display a certain window on the output, using a video projector?

texts:
I want to connect my MacBbook Pro to a video projector without showing my desktop, menu bars, dock and anything else on the wall. Basically, I just want a certain window to be displayed.

How can I do it on my mac? Is there any app which provides this feature?


texts: Apple SE cell phone goes into voice control mode when I unpause it

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I have an iPhone SE with iOS 12.1.4. which I use primarily as a mp3 player.
I am using the apple earpods (wired in ear headphones with remote).

I can pause the audio no problem by a single short tap on the remote button on the earpod.

The issue is when I single short press again, to take the SE out of pause mode and into play mode, the SE goes into Voice Control Mode instead instead of play mode.

I can put it in and out of pause mode every time if I unpause soon enough. However if I leave it in pause mode for a while, it will go into voice control mode when I try to unpause it.

If it comes up in voice control mode I can get it out of that state by repeatedly pressing the Home button or if that doesn't work, a restart will fix it.

I don't know if it matters, but my SE has a sim card installed however I use the SE in airplane mode with wifi and bluetooth only enabled (no cell network)

I have:

updated to the latest o.s.
bought new headphones
tried new podcast player app.
set SE to factory restore

Any suggestions?

edit

I have replaced the headphone jack. It did not fix the problem.

Is their a way to disable voice control entirely?


texts: Kali Linux bootable USB not showing up in boot menu

texts:
I am using a 2018 MBA running Big Sur
I wanted to create a persistent bootable USB with Kali Linux and have followed the exact instructions as given in this article: https://medium.com/macoclock/install-kali-linux-live-usb-with-persistence-using-macos-b1574c996491
However after powering on and pressing the option key, the bootable USB does not show up. This is partition containing the OS:

Here, it shows Bootable "No" but I don't know why. Also this partition is not mounted and Big Sur isn't allowing me to mount it as well and shows an error.

I am not sure what the issue is here and would be extremely grateful if someone helped out


texts: I am trying to watch an MP4 file (saved on my PC) on my iPad 4. I've done numerous things to add the video to the iTunes library, but it doesn't seem to 'accept' the file, and hence I cannot sync it to my iPad - help please!!!


texts: Is it possible to open a Private Browser window in Safari using Terminal.app?

texts:
I'm trying to open a Private Browser window in Safari using Terminal. I could open Safari using open command and this way, open /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari but I couldn't open a Private Browser window.

Please suggest how to open a Private Browser window from the command line.


texts: I want to create a list of my Safari bookmarks (folder, webpage title, and URL) to put into Numbers or a database app. This will help me find duplicates, tell me where a certain bookmark is, and keep from saving bookmarks again and again.


texts:
I am kinda running out of room on my Mac, and in System Information (comes up when I click "manage" in "storage" of "About This Mac"), I saw that "Install macOS High Sierra" was taking 5.21 GB.

I thought that deleting it would solve my storage problem for now. I had it because I recently updated my mac to macOS Mojave 10.14 which I love, but that dang file won't go away. I click it, then delete. Then, I get a confirmation, "are you sure" and such.

After clicking "delete" I enter my password for permission because its an "application change". Then, the top tab goes away and nothing happens. I've been thought this process a few dozen times and I have no idea why nothing happens.

How can I get rid of the file and reclaim the space?

It’s in /Applications but has a slashed circle symbol over it.


texts: How can I tell which band (2.4GHz or 5GHz) my iPhone's WiFi connection is on?

texts:
I have two access points for the same network in my house, with some overlap. One runs on 2.4GHz only, and one transmits both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.

I have an iPhone 5 (running iOS 6.0.1), which supports the 5GHz band and I'm wondering if there is a way for me to determine which frequency band it is connected to.


texts: Can I force my Mac to make better use of the inactive memory?

texts: I use mysql and it takes up to 2.5 GB of my ram. I checked activity monitor and saw that I have 1GB of inactive memory but it never changes even if I have only 10MB active free memory. Is there any way to force the inactive memory to be used?


texts: Mail.app in Mavericks moves Gmail mails to Trash instead of Archiving them

texts: In OS X before Mavericks, Mail.app with a Gmail account would remove messages only from the inbox when deleting them,  but leave them in the All Mail folder; essentially archiving them. In Mavericks it now moves them to the Trash entirely. What gives?


texts: I have a 13" MacBook Pro that Apple has lent me while my new 15" is being built and I need to restore it to the same condition as the day I received it from Apple. How do I do that?


texts: How to identify each of the fans inside my iMac 2010

texts:
First of all thanks for the great job you make here. You´ve helped me a lot of times with success.
I´d like to identify each of the 3 fans inside my iMac. I run iStats gem and I can see three fans but wich one is the HDD fan, the ODD fan and the CPU fan? Below you can see the result:

--- CPU Stats ---
**CPU temp:               0.0°C**       ▁▂▃▅▆▇

--- Fan Stats ---
Total fans in system:   3
Fan 0 speed:            998 RPM     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Fan 1 speed:            1099 RPM    ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Fan 2 speed:            1198 RPM    ▁▂▃▅▆▇

--- Battery Stats ---
No battery on system

Additionally you can see the CPU temperature is 0. Why?

If I run iStats scan I can see too many unknown sensors and a extrange HDD temperature. Below the results:

Tm0p Misc (clock chip) Proximity: 50.94°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Tm0P Unknown:           50.94°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Tm1p Unknown:           55.25°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Tm1P Unknown:           55.25°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Tp1P Unknown:           54.38°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Tp2H Unknown:           61.38°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
Tp3H Unknown:           55.75°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TA0p Ambient temperature: 25.88°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TA0P Ambient temperature: 25.36°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TA0V Unknown:           25.25°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TC0C CPU 0 Core:        57.77°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TC0H CPU 0 Heatsink:    50.38°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TC1C Core 1:            59.0°C      ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TG0p Unknown:           57.0°C      ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TG0D GPU 0 Die:         57.75°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TG0H GPU 0 Heatsink:    56.0°C      ▁▂▃▅▆▇
**TH0O Unknown:           1.0°C**       ▁▂▃▅▆▇
**TH1O Unknown:           1.0°C**       ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TLAV Unknown:           44.16°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TLBV Unknown:           40.94°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TLCV Unknown:           42.05°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TL0p Unknown:           50.94°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TL0P LCD Proximity:     39.08°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TL0V Unknown:           42.05°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TL1V Unknown:           38.92°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TL2V Unknown:           44.16°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TMCD Unknown:           60.0°C      ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TO0p Unknown:           43.31°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TO0P Optical Drive Proximity: 42.31°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TPCD Platform Controller Hub Die: 59.0°C      ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TS0V Unknown:           40.05°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TS2p Unknown:           42.63°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TS2P Unknown:           42.63°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇
TS2V Unknown:           40.34°C     ▁▂▃▅▆▇

Could you give some light?

Gracias!


texts: AppleScript current path for network drive or mount

texts:
I'm trying to create an AppleScript service that allows me to create a new text file in a folder in Finder. So I can right-click on a location and create a new text file. This is my flow so far:

It currently works fine for most folders. However, when I try and do this on a mounted network folder I get this error:

  The action “Run AppleScript” encountered an error: “Can’t make «class cdis» "X folder" of application "Finder" into type text.”


texts: How to force a screen resolution on my MacBook Pro?

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I have a MacBook Pro, bought 3 years ago, I'm not sure of the model, but the processor is a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 4 GB of RAM, nVidia 9400M 256M. I am using MacOS 10.6.6.

Next week I will do a presentation in a conference, and they suggest to use a 1280 x 720 resolution, as the conference will be recorded using the 16:9 format.

Unfortunately, when I want to change the resolution of my screen on my laptop (System preferences > Displays > Screen resolutions), it does not provide this resolution. I can use 1024 x 768 which is the "backup" resolution for the conference, but not the suggested resolution.

So my question: is there a way to force such resolution on my MBP?


texts: Finnish Spell Checker for System of OS X?

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I know this discussion about spell checkers for Pages, here.
I am searching for the files ending with .aff or .dic.
Without them, you cannot use them in system.
My current OS X is Yosemite 10.10.2.

The manual of OS X says that in Settings > Keyboard > Spelling > Set up ...

  To add an additional spelling dictionary, copy the dictionary files (.aff and .dic) to the Spelling folder in your Library folder.

Is there any standard dictionary for Finnish?


texts: I'm trying to transfer my pictures from my old phone and it's deactivated but doesn't give me the option to turn on the wifi. How can I get on wifi?


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I have created a Java application and wanted to run it as a standard application bundle. Here is the directory tree:

Snake.app
  Contents
    MacOS
      Snake
      Snake.jar
    Resources
      AppIcon.icns
    Info.plist

The Snake file just says cd $(dirname $0) then java -jar Snake.jar. Here is the Info.plist file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
    <string>Snake</string>
    <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
    <string>AppIcon</string>
    <key>CFBundleIconName</key>
    <string>AppIcon</string>
    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>com.mosu.SnakeGame</string>
    <key>CFBundleName</key>
    <string>Snake</string>
    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
    <string>APPL</string>
    <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
    <string>1.2.2</string>
    <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
    <string>public.app-category.games</string>
    <key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
    <string>10.6</string>
    <key>NSHumanReadableCopyright</key>
    <string>Copyright © 2020 Sebastian Swistak &quot;mOSU_&quot;</string>
</plist>

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Airdrop Won't Airdrop to certain device?

texts: I have a personal computer (MBP mid-2015), work computer (MBP 2018), iPad Air 2, iPhone 7plus, iPhone 8. All devices can send and receive Airdrop items except for the mid-2015 MBP. It will only Airdrop with the other MBP. Anyone have an idea why or how to fix? I can Airdrop from all of the other devices perfectly, but the mid-2015 has always had this issue, from the moment I got it brand new.


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I haven't really ever intentionally used iCloud; however, upon browsing ~/Library/Mobile Documents, I noticed that I must have unintentionally saved several files to iCloud.

Unfortunately, I can't remember any of my password/security credentials--or even the email address--I provided when I set up the facility. I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that I'm not going to be able to recover any of these credentials (unless somebody provides some untried suggestion), rendering the account pretty much useless.

As a result, I'd like to remove all documents saved in error to iCloud. Can this be done locally without the credentials?
Will deleting files from ~/Library/Mobile Documents delete files from iCloud too or just locally (on my MacBook)?


texts: Can I make a repeat action into a function keystroke

texts: I use Safari to gather information in my family history research, and when I get new names to add to my ‘Tree” I like to capitalise the surnames. Can I do this with keystrokes instead of going to edit/transformations/capitalise every time?


texts: When a context menu opens how do you know which keys are mapped to which entries in the menu? Is OS X just guessing or is there something that the developer specifically defined for these.  In this particular menu when pressing E it jumps down near the bottom.  Took a screenshot to show explanation.


texts: iPhone 6 keyboard freezing when typing on iOS 8 (com.apple.TextInput.kbd)

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I had an iPhone 5 before upgrading and its keyboard never froze on iOS 8, but with my iPhone 6 it is happening all the time. I already redefined my keyboard dictionary.

Bringing up console I see a error on TextInput:

Nov 18 11:19:27 GBFGabriel-iPhone-6 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.TextInput.kbd) <Notice>: Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 3 seconds.

Anyone has any idea why is this happening/how to fix this?


texts: Is it possible to send notification to Apple Watch but show alert on iPhone?

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I want to receive notifications for Messages.app on my Apple Watch (so that I can see the notifications in the control center), but I don't want my watch to vibrate every single time I get a message.

I do however want to be alerted of new messages. I also don't like the normal vibration that the iPhone uses (it's too long and distracting), so I made a custom vibration for Messages.app from notifications settings.

However, it seems like I can't simultaneously make alerts play on my iPhone and have notifications delivered to my Apple Watch. Is there any way to achieve this?

One possibility would be to have multiple apps for notifications. For example, for mail, I could use the custom vibration possible for the stock Mail.app to notify me on phone, and get notifications to my Apple Watch (without alerts) via the Gmail app. However, there is only one iMessage app and of course I wouldn't want to connect it to a third-party service.


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When I try to open GarageBand it comes up with the error message 'GarageBand quit unexpectedly' as pictured.

When I try to reopen it it bounces around for a bit and then comes up with this message again.
I have tried re-installing and deleting preferences, neither of which worked. I am using a MacBook Pro, 10.10.5
Can anyone help me?


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I've had my iPad for a year now. When I tried to open Safari and my iPad froze and I came back to the home screen. This started after the new software update. Since then no apps will open, not even the App Store. I've tried restarting it and let it die (letting the battery run out) and recharging, but it didn't help.

How can I open apps on my iPad?


texts: How to keep process running when I lock my Macbook

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I'm on macOS 10.13.6.

I often need to set a long process running from the terminal, and then lock my Macbook for a while, and I want the process to be still running when the screen is locked. However, the process just hangs as long as the screen is locked. I can confirm that the Macbook is not asleep, and I've checked the box that says "prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off" in "Energy Saver". How do I keep the process running (not hang) when the computer is locked (but not asleep)?


texts: Partitioned hard drive and now missing half the space

texts: I partioned my hard drive and now I have half of the space I originally had even after I deleted the partion. How do I get my space back??