texts: Data Recovery Options for Unmountable Macbook Pro Hard Drive?

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My daughter's 2012 MBP would not load the OS (Lion I believe). She took it the the Apple store and they told her it was a failing hard drive but her AppleCare had just expired. I was able to boot the drive into recovery mode, but the main volume was not recognized. I tried to target boot with an iMac but the drive would not mount.

I put a new SSD in the MBP and it runs great. I put the old drive in a USB case and tried to mount it on an iMac, I was prompted for the password, entered it, but the drive wouldn't mount.

At this point I'm trying to see what my options are for data recovery. I thought I might try something myself before sending it out, but don't understand how programs like Data Rescue & EaseUs would work when the drive won't even mount?


texts: Navigate within texts without using arrow keys

texts: I'm an addicted vim user so I'm finding a way to navigate within texts without using arrow keys. Is there any app or hack to do this ?


texts: How can I take videos on iMovie without them saving to my camera roll?

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On IMovie I used to be able to take a video on it and it didn't save to my camera roll. But now, after an update or something, it saves every video and picture to my camera roll. I don't want them on my camera roll because it takes up space and if I delete them from my camera roll it won't let my play the project on IMovie because it says "Items are missing." What can I do? Please help. Also, this is on my IPhone 5s.

See my new comment down below..


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How many displays can I connect on my MacBook Pro early 2011?
Now I use extender monitor, but the screen of MacBook is off, like this
macbook http://shrani.si/f/V/wG/3dRsX6iy/screen-shot-2014-02-18-a.png
and I forced my graphic card to non automatic switch
monitor http://shrani.si/f/35/qq/4Oq2JVmK/screen-shot-2014-02-18-a.png

My question is next:
Can I use 2 LG TV displays? or I must buy MBP retina?

Greetings Andrej


texts: Notifications awaken screen but won't show when engaged in phone call

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If I'm talking on the phone, and I receive a notification from another app (eg Messages or Twitter), the iPhone screen awakens (lights up), but it shows only the phone call interface (the keypad or the phone controls).
Only if I physically unlock the phone, go to the home screen, and swipe downward from the top of the screen, then it will show the notifications.
I called Apple. They said this shouldn't be. But they had no troubleshooting other than to reset the phone, which would remove all preferences and be a nightmarish waste of time to reconfigure.
Can anyone here say whether this unexpected behavior also occurs for them, or suggest better ways to fix it?
Thank you.


texts: iPhone 12 mini: Screen too dark in sunlight

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I switched on and off the adaptive brightnes function.
The brightness is set to maximum.
But still, I hardly can see anything on the screen, as it is too dark.
My GF's Android next to it is about double as bright.
I realized it's really hot. Didn't do much with just sitting in the sun.
Any ideas what I could try to get it brighter?
Thanks


texts: How can I make a screenshot (printscreen) on my Macbook Pro using Windows 7?

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How can I make a screenshot on Macbook pro using Windows 7?
The keyboard does not include a special key for this function.


texts: iPhone X constantly pocket dialling (et al)

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I have an iPhone X running iOS 12.1.2.

I find when I pull it from my shirt pocket it has often been "working" itself, I will be in some random app. Sometimes that results in a pocket dial or FT call, sometimes I'm in Messages with gibberish typed in, etc.

FaceId is turned on and the screen lights up when I look at it, so why is it going active in my pocket? Is there any way to stop this? It's very annoying.


texts: Is it a way to downgrade an app on my iPad downloaded from App Store?

texts: I would not jailbrake my device. I would not use any Mac for rollback. Is downgrade possible? Googled it a lot, seems it is not possible.


texts: Folder cannot be deleted from the Launchpad and is not displayed in Finder

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I have installed a wrong version of Anaconda from python 2.7 on OS X 10.11.1 and to remove it, I deleted its files from the Finder.

Now Launchpad is confused and the Anaconda folder is still there, grayed and cannot be deleted using the mouse controls.

I do not know how to locate it in the Finder or Terminal to manually delete it. Any suggestions?


texts: Submitting Swift 2 apps before the release XCode 7 ?

texts: Do you know if it's yet possible to submit some Swift 2 apps to Apple or will I need to wait for the official release of XCode 7 ?


texts: Launching/showing calendar from the menu bar

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Is there any app that would allow me to preview the calendar from the menu bar (i.e. show calendar with a single click)?

It's all I need, I don't even need to open calendar from that app, though it would be nice.


texts: How can I make my Mac accept a user password of less then 4 characters?

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I don't want secure password for my desktop. Instead I use just two letters for quick typing. I can change password in terminal by running:

passwd

But terminal gives me:   Failed global policy "com.apple.defaultpasswordpolicy"  Password change failed because password does not meet minimum quality requirements

I believe if the password has less than 4 characters this is blocked.
The same limitation is when trying to set it by preference panel obviously.

Until now in last versions of system, only solution I found was installing of Server application from Apple and basically modifying you osx by it to be   a server, so you can access one setting for password characters policy and be able to set whatever password you like.
So is there other option ?


texts: FaceTime dims all other audio during video calls – how to stop that happening?

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Is there a hidden preference or something I can get at through defaults write?

I'm running El Capitan 10.11.2 Beta (15C31f)


texts: iPhone no longer syncs automatically when connected to PC

texts: I use my iPhone for work. Our IT technician formatted my hard drive and re-installed the operating system and now my iPhone no longer syncs automatically.  Any suggestions?


texts: I cannot sign in to App Store with my Apple ID

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I created a new Apple ID and verified it. In the App Store, when I want to update or upgrade my OS X, it is asking me to sign in to download. I try to sign in but I cannot — there is no error or warning. I click sign in button and the sign in button appears again.

I tried to reinstall OS X but during the reinstall I am asked for my Apple ID and clicking the sign in button has no action and I am asked to sign in again.

What is the problem?


texts: Ridiculously slow MacBook Pro 15'' 2011 with low battery and El Capitan

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Problem solved: see "Update 2" section.

I have a MacBook Pro 15'', A1286, Early 2011 which was running OS X Lion and became extremely slow few weeks after an upgrade to El Capitan.
The upgrade itself took very long. After the upgrade, the laptop was running smoothly during about 1 week.

Then, performance suddenly dropped and all menus now take a while to open.
The mouse cursor is very jerky. The one of the touchpad is also jerky, altough to a slightly less extent. Practically, it is impossible to use the laptop.

The battery is no longer charging and the time (date/hour) is no longer remembered, so that I have to reset it after each start of the OS.

(skip)
Specifications : Processor i7 @ 2,3 GHz with 4 GB RAM
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Update 1

Upgraded to 8 GB RAM.
Shrinked OS partition.
Cloned to SSD.
Checked SMART values.
Checked file system.

Problem not solved.

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Update 2

Short version:

The culprit is the low battery
After thorough tests, I came to the conclusion that the jerky cursor movements and the MacBook coming slower and slower was caused by the battery with "replace now" status.

Long version or how the problem has been identified.

I first followed this procedure in the comments of a video showing how to fix battery issue on a MacBook:

Power off computer
Remove battery
Disconnect magsafe
Connect magsafe
Connect batte
Power on

This had the positive effect that afterwards, the date/time were remembered, although the battery was in very poor ("replace now") condition.

Then, I reset SMC and NVRAM, following the procedures linked by users Nimesh Neema and Amey. The problem remained. The MacBook was fast during the first seconds and then went slower and slower. This happened even when using softwares from Apple only and not from third-parties.

Lastly, I tested the MacBook with the battery from a 13'' inch (A1278) MacBook Pro. Both batteries operates at the same voltage (although thus of the 15'' has higher capacity). The battery connector is not a the same location, but is same, so that I could insert it and hold the battery with my hand.
This battery was in better condition (with "must be checked" status, but didn't had yet the "replace now" status. This totally solved the problem. The MacBook remained fast and the cursor movements, from the touchpad or mouse were still smooth after several minutes.

Conclusion: If the battery has the "replace now" status, some artifacts totally paralyze the MacBook Pro, although it appears working correctly during the first seconds. This is a purely hardware problem and system reinstall or upgrade is NOT necessary.


texts: Launching Terminal Freezes the System for 5 Minutes in Mavericks

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Only recently, when I launch Terminal in Mavericks, the system becomes unresponsive temporarily: the spinning wheel appears; I can still move the mouse pointer but nothing responds; if Activity Monitor is running, it doesn't update any activity; the seconds indicator of the digital clock on the menu bar stops ticking. Terminal displays 'login' on the title bar. After 5 minutes, Terminal displays 'Log in timed out after 300 seconds' and the system becomes responsive again.

I have tried the following to no avail:

Deleted the plist file (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist) and restarted the system. This tells me it is not due to the corrupt plist file.
Used another user to log-in to the system and launched Terminal. This tells me the problem is not user-specific.

I enabled Remote Login in System Preferences and logged in from another computer using SSH. I get the password prompt immediately. However, only after about five minutes, do I get a command prompt. Again, during this time, if I go back to the computer, the system is unresponsive. When I get the command prompt, I can browse and navigate the files without any delay (discarding the network latency). I am trying to use the terminal to run git commands. Perhaps, the the following is related: if I run ssh-add to add my github key, it says: Could not open a connection to your authentication agent. Before, I was able to run ssh-add without any problems.

Any idea what is going on and how to fix this?


texts: Can anyone confirm whether MacRuby framework shipped with Lion?

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Somewhere I read that Apple wants to include macruby framework in OS X Lion.

Did they include it?


texts: How to update Git (actually remove apple git and install new one via brew)?

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I want to update git. I find this article:

On one of the first steps, I get a problem. When I tried to backup currently installed git I got permissions restriction. It's ok it must be some OSX system restriction.

I checked PATH and noticed that /usr/bin is after /usr/local/bin. So if I just install new version of git via brew this version will be used (since brew installs everything into /usr/local/bin. I did that and the result frustrated me. Old git is using instead of installed via brew. Why?

Here is some output:

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ git --version
git version 2.11.0 (Apple Git-81)

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ which git
/usr/local/bin/git

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ ls -al /usr/local/bin/git | grep git
lrwxr-xr-x  1 svlad  admin  28 Sep  3 18:16 /usr/local/bin/git -> ../Cellar/git/2.14.1/bin/git

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.14.1/bin/git --version
git version 2.14.1

svlad at sharikovvlad in ~/sandbox/git-test on master [+]
$ echo $PATH
/Users/svlad/bin:/usr/local/opt/gnupg@1.4/libexec/gpgbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands
$

So why apple git is using? /usr/local/bin is first in path so symlink from this folder must be used? So why I am getting old version?

Also, any thoughts how can I remove apple git?


texts: Terminal: List only and specifically, the 5th file in a directory

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I am wondering if there is a Terminal command which will specifically list the 5th file in a directory. I was initially using the ls | head -5 command to complete this, however it listed all other files as well as the fifth, an action which is undesirable for the purpose i have in mind for the proposed command.

Thanks in advance.


texts: system-wide password manager in iOS and OS X

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I'm booting up my AWS app in iOS and I'd like iOS to give me a stored password. Ideally I'd like it to be generated.  Is there any piece of software I can use to manage my passwords in the cloud and have access to them in any application in iOS, not just a browser?

Thanks


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I noticed my mid-2011 Core i5 iMac felt a bit too hot on the back. So i checked my iStat dashboard widget, Here are the temperatures:

HD: 52 degrees celsius
CPU: 49
Ambient: 35
GPU Diode: 55
GPU Heatsink: 56
Mem Controller: 55
Optical Drive: 48
Power supply 2: 66

Are these temperatures normal or should i be worried? I used to have a non-unibody MacBook Pro which also used to run hot(much hotter then this) which eventually had a logic board failure when it was just about a year and half old. Same thing happened to my brother's six months old unibody white MacBook.


texts: Replaced RAM and now web browser flickers

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I have a Macbook Pro 13-in. mid-2012, OS X Yosemite 1010.3.

I recently upgraded the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB using Apple's guidelines:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1270

After replacing the screen and booting the system, I opened up Chrome. Whenever I type/scroll, the web browser flickers. Not the screen, just the web browser.

Any ideas what the problem is? My guess is I didn't place the RAM in correctly. Also, after lifting off the back case, I did spray the inside with canned air (as recommended, I thought) to clean the system of any dust. Would this forever damage the system?

Is it possible this is a static electricity issue? I have my doubts.

Any insight is appreciated, thanks!

EDIT: Another thought: maybe I touched the RAM cards incorrectly and damaged them? Is that possible?


texts: There's a hidden file with extension .padl in my home directory and I don't know what it's for

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I saw that someone else asked the same question at superuser: https://superuser.com/questions/1008170/whats-the-498731-padl-file-for but there was no helpful answer so I'm trying here hoping to have more luck.

Like my tag implies, I am not on Windows. I don't share directories over LDAP either.

Edit: Inspecting the file with plutil -p gives the following output:

{
  "$archiver" => "NSKeyedArchiver"
  "$objects" => [
    0 => "$null"
    1 => {
      "$class" => <CFKeyedArchiverUID 0x7febc05086e0 [0x7fff9011eb60]>{value = 4}
      "NS.keys" => [
        0 => <CFKeyedArchiverUID 0x7febc05085e0 [0x7fff9011eb60]>{value = 2}
      ]
      "NS.objects" => [
        0 => <CFKeyedArchiverUID 0x7febc0508680 [0x7fff9011eb60]>{value = 3}
      ]
    }
    2 => "PaddleT"
    3 => 1563322503.507701
    4 => {
      "$classes" => [
        0 => "NSDictionary"
        1 => "NSObject"
      ]
      "$classname" => "NSDictionary"
    }
  ]
  "$top" => {
    "root" => <CFKeyedArchiverUID 0x7febc05089c0 [0x7fff9011eb60]>{value = 1}
  }
  "$version" => 100000
}


texts: System Preferences: Modification take effects instantly, how it works?

texts: Any changes on System Preferences app take effect instantly. However, a kill is necessary for defaults command to take effect. I wonder how System Preferences app works and is it possible to force programs/services refresh without kill like System Preferences?


texts: Uncaught exception raised in open directory client-side plugin

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When I attempt to change the open directory settings for 10.6 server using ServerAdmin I get the following error.

This prevents me from making any changes to any open directory settings for the system.

Does anybody have any ideas on how to solve the issue?


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How Do I change the user for the Boot login? I had changed my username recently and have deleted the temporary admin that has been made to change my username, but the Boot Login has somehow changed to the temporary admin.

Is there any way to change the Boot Login so that I don't have to deal with putting in two passwords everytime I turn on my macbook?


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I deleted libsystem.B.dylib by mistake. On boot it got struck with Apple logo and a loading symbol below it. I tried booting with Cmd-v but it got struck with

AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: initialization complete
[HCIController][configurePM] power parent ready after 1 tries

and didn't process any further.

Any hints on how to get out of this are appreciated!


texts: Each new tab is unresponsive in Chrome (stable/canary)

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Steps to reproduce:

Remove chrome app, remove profile.
Install from scratch. No plugins. Incognito mode.
Open new tab or open any webpage or open a link in a new tab.

Now if this new tab is active, it is unresponsive. After some time even Chrome lists this tab as "This page(s) became unresponsive. Do you want to kill it?".

What is strange is that I can scroll, click on the links in this 'unresponsive' tab, but there is no feedback (page stays blank or half-loaded or fully loaded but unresponsive), but when I switch to another tab and switch back to the 'unresponsive' tab, I can see that my clicking or scrolling took place. This tab switching also fixed the unresponsiveness, i.e. after switching back the tab becomes fully operational and is fully operational (I can open many different links inside it), until I close it.

This happens only some of the time. Sometimes 20 times in a row, sometimes only 1 in 20 links opened. This is really really weird and I suspect some 3rd party app might be responsible for that, but I'm not sure where/how to look for the real culprit.

It happens both for regular Chrome and latest Canary. It has been like that for about 2-3 weeks now. I'm on latest Mac OS X.


texts: How do I uninstall or downgrade from OS X Lion Server?

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I've upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion, then I purchased and installed the Server from App Store.

Now I'd like to remove the Server features, and revert to standard Lion.  I don't mind reinstalling, I don't want to reformat, or restore from backup.

What is the most correct and complete process?


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I need Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) in order to work with some legacy software and I want to buy new Mac Mini computer.

Is it possible to install this OS on a new Mac Mini or it's not compatible with it?

If so, what is the latest model of Mac Mini that I can use in this scenario?


texts: Newest version of HomeBrew, versions no longer supported

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I am having problems installing the old version of grails on my mac, with homebrew.

The spot where I get stuck is at the brew versions grails as it will say that versions is no longer used.
I have executed brew tap homebrew/versions but the versions command do still not work.
How in the newest version of brew can I install Grails 2.3.5?

Error: The `versions` command is no longer supported.
You can use the homebrew-versions tap instead:
  https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions
Or use `brew log` to browse the git history.


texts: How to reroute some ipv6 traffic using pf?

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I have two ipv6 interfaces on my macOS machine. One of them (call it i1) has the default route and so all ipv6 traffic goes through it by default.
However, for certain ipv6 traffic (that on port 9999) i want to go through the other ipv6 (i2) interface.
I set up the following pf rules:
pass out inet6 proto {tcp,udp} to any port 9999 no state tag XXX
pass out route-to (i2 fe80::325a:3aff:fe6d:a1e0) inet6 all no state tagged XXX

I also setup a nat rule:
nat on i2 inet6 all -> (i2)

With these rules in place the ipv6 traffic on port 9999 does appear on i2 and with the correct source ip. The replies also appear on i2 however the application that initiated the requests never gets the response - so a TCP connection can never be initiated. It's like the replies get dropped - even though i see them on the i2 interface.
What am i doing wrong? How do i correctly re-route a subnet of ipv6 traffic on macOS using pf ?


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Having recently updated to ios 13 the app labels are now black, along with the lock screen clock, date, etc. How does one change the color back to white? I have tried toggling between dark./light theme and searching settings, but to no avail.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: added screenshot
lock screen with black text


texts: itunes - mp4 files randomly divided between "Movies" and "Home Videos" in library

texts: I'm using the most current version of iTunes on a PC, and streaming movies to an Apple TV (Gen4).  I've noticed that though all movies come from the same Windows folder, iTunes divides them up, placing some in "Movies" and some in "Home Videos".  Is there a way to organize that more intuitively so that all my true movies go into "Movies" and all my videorecordings of family go into "Home Videos"?


texts: How to change the behavior of OS X to when working with multiple applications?

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The biggest problem with OS X that bothers me a lot is that when you are working with multiple applications and trying to switch between applications with mouse: first you have to click on the application and then start using it.

As an example, let's say we have two text editors that we are typing in each of them separately. Now lets say we want to copy a piece of text from first window to the second one. Based on OS X's behavioral semantics, you have to select the first window with a mouse click and then again press the mouse click to select a piece of text. This sometimes brings down my productivity by a lot in different applications.

In Microsoft Windows applications, there is no such concept. For the same scenario, if you click on some text on the a un-selected window, it will instantly start selecting the text without the need for selecting the application first. This is only one simple example.

The question is, is there anyway to enable a feature like this in OS X?


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Is it possible to downgrade from Mac OS X 10.7.2 to 10.7.1 without deleting all files?

I want to do this because of this: https://superuser.com/questions/349740/mac-os-x-lion-10-7-2-update-breaks-ssl


texts: Partition FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF need data from that disk! help

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I wanted to upgrade my MacBook pro mid 2012 with ssd (old HDD instead of DVD drive). I removed HDD from default place and installed new SSD in that place, installed fresh system, plugged HDD instead of DVD drive and now my HDD is bricked. Also this disk was split in two partitions: 450GB (<- data which i need and would be great if i didnt lose it) and 50GB where was windows 7 installed. Unfortunately i deleted this 50GB partition with disk utility and now i can see only 450 GB partition. SSD: Yosemite, HDD: Catalina.

Is there any solution that would fix HDD so i could transfer data to other disk?
EDIT #1
I've followed this thread: Drive unmountable FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF issue

Can somebody tell me what should be next step?


texts: Epubs from iBooks not showing up in iTunes on Mac OS X Sierra

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I have about a few hundred of epubs that I’d regularly been syncing on my iOS devices until I’ve updated to Sierra a few days ago, when suddenly only a few books showed up in iTunes.

I tried turning iCloud support for iBooks on/off as some people have suggested on other forums but it didn’t help.

How can I make all epubs from iBooks to show up in iTunes?


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How do I use my Mac to stream audio (preferably using AirPlay) over WiFi to my 2 PCs with sound systems?  (If at the same time, then they need to be in perfect sync)

It would also be nice to be able to clone the display, but that is a very far second in priority.

These machines are on a network with no internet access, but the Mac is on a second network with internet access (do not want to bridge the networks - out of the question).  I'd like to be able to control the audio playing through the PC with the Mac.  I know AirPlay supports stuff like this, but I need to figure out how to get an AirPlay receiver running on my PC.  Even a VM of a standalone receiver would work...

Mac version OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Windows version Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows version Windows XP Professional


texts: Does macOS treat input from voice dictation the same as it would from a keyboard?

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I have a lot of typing that I need to do and would like to use voice dictation. However, it doesn't seem to "type" consistently across applications.

I've had success with the feature on a few native applications such as MS Word, gVIM and macOS Notes. I've noticed that it often will not be a consistent stream of "typing", rather it will sometimes burst several words out and then backspace and correct once it determines a better interpretation based on after-the-fact context. For example, if you say "3:26 PM" it will start bursting "three twenty six", backspace and replace it with "3:26 PM" because it eventually realized you were dictating a time of day.

In particular, I'm trying to use this on a Citrix Receiver session to a remote machine. It seems that the "backspace and replacement" adjustments it does do not make their way through to the remote session and I would see something more like "three twenty six 3:26 PM".

I would suspect that it doesn't register key press events since you're not physically pressing keys, but it would appear that Citrix isn't looking at "key PRESSES" anyway given that some input does work. However, I am curious how exactly it is interfacing with the software expecting input? Perhaps corrections aren't simply "backspace" operations but more "remove previous word" operations that some combination of keystrokes would do?

Does anyone have an idea here?


texts: Horizontal lines at the bottom of the screen in MacBook Pro 2017 13 inch

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I have a MacBook Pro 2017 13 inch Touch Bar model. Little bit about my lap: It is is brand new condition without any dent or signs of usage. The battery count is just 11. Since I use the Mac which is given by my company, I very very rarely use this machine. May be once in 15 days that too for 30 mins to 2 hrs max. The device is currently out of warranty as I purchased this in 2018.
Few days back I had a FaceTime call for 1 Hr, where I connected the Mac to power with FaceTime video ON. That is where I realised that the horizontal lines are coming in the Mac for the first time. Upon referring different forums, I could see that this issue is common in MBP 2017 Touch Bar version. I walked into AASP and could hear them that this is display issue and the entire display has to be replaced at a cost of INR 50,000/- (650 USD approx).
Is it advisable to replace the display for that cost? Even if doing so, will it again cause the issue? Since this is a common issue, I am skeptical if this problem would appear again inspire of display replacement.
If I start using it without replacing my display, can I manage to use it just like that with lines? Will it affect my display further? And if I keep my Mac shut down for few hours and reopen will it completely be fresh? (ofcourse with lines starting to appear once again after usage for 30 mins and above.). Can I use a laptop cooling pad to keep my Mac cool so that this issue won’t appear because of the heat?
Are there any users who are facing this issue for longer time but still managing with the same display? Would like to hear from them if there are increase in lines? or any other potential damages like lcd liquid coming off or backlight something like that?
Is it advisable to wait to see if apple would someday start a Apple Service Program?
Please provide your comments and suggestions, this kept me low for few days after experiencing this issue in an unused Mac :(


texts: "control +a" not working on mac, but "control + e" works

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Today control+a combination stopped working. So I cannot move cursor to beginning of line in terminal or browser input.

Although yesterday it was working well. control+e works good.

In eventViewer of KeyRemap4MacBook app I cans see that when I press control+a, control key is logged, but a key not logged.

When I press a key without control it is typed in any application and logged in eventViewer.

Why control+a not working? How to enable it?


texts: Why is iPhoto changing the titles of my photos after uploading the files to Flickr?

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After uploading photos to Flickr via the iPhoto "share" button, I find that iPhoto renames the photo titles to whatever I have in the description field. It'll then pass along those changes to Flickr.

I like to change my titles to something short before uploading, but this overrides either my custom titles or the ones the camera assigns.

Does anyone know how to turn this "feature" off? I'm using iPhoto 9.1.5 (that's iPhoto '11) under OSX 10.6.8.


texts: How do you delete individual texts from a message conversation in iOS 8?

texts: I have downloaded ios8 and I am struggling to delete individual texts from a message conversation. When I open a message and highlight a text bubble, "more" still appears, but when I tick the box, the trash can to delete is missing. The only option given is to click "Delete All". It seems that you have to delete the whole conversation, rather than have the option to select the texts you want to keep/delete within it. Am I missing something? Please advise.


texts: Why is my Mac emoji on-screen keyboard appearing scrolled to the middle of the emoji list?

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When I open the Mac emoji keyboard via ctrl+cmd+space, it usually opens scrolled to a particular place in the middle of the emoji list, rather than the top.  This is annoying!

This has been happening since I can remember, at least a couple years of Mac versions.  Currently I'm on 10.14.6.  Any ideas what the issue is?

Here's the location it always opens to.  It doesn't matter what emoji I was using previously - it opens scrolled to this exact position regardless.


texts: Using rsync to copy data from one Drobo (NTFS) to another Drobo (Mac OS Extended (Journaled))

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I have been using Windows 2008 in Parallels on my Mac Server to serve up files to my Windows clients on the network with a USB attached Drobo (NTFS). Now I want to move these files to my Mac Drobo (Mac OS Ext) and maintain as many file attributes as possible, such as date created and modified.

Recently I learned how to copy large amounts of data using rsync on my Mac. I assume permissions will not translate, but can I use the same command to copy the data from a NTFS formatted Drobo to the Mac OS Extended Drobo and maintain file attributes/metadata?

Here's the commend I used before:

sudo rsync -va --progress /Volumes/SourceName /Volumes/DestinationName

Thank you.


texts: Partition disk after deleting the original partition

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I have a MacbookPro 2017 running on macOS Big Sur version 11.2 and I installed Windows using Bootcamp without any errors on the first time but I was unaware of the space that was needed for this so I decided to delete this partition and reclaim the space again to the Macintosh HD and now the space appears as available.
The problem I am having right now is that I want to re-partition the drive to provide more space for the Windows partition, but now when I run Bootcamp again I get the error "Your disk could not be partitioned. An error occurred while partitioning the disk. Please run First Aid from within Disk Utility to check and fix the error"
I already ran the First Aid, turned off the Firevault, tried to run /sbin/fsck -fy on single user mode and got the error "no such file or directory" so as of now, I got no luck to provide a solution to reinstall Windows.
Here is the print out of running diskutil list in terminal:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.7 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.7 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     127.8 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 697.0 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                613.7 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            16.4 GB    disk1s5
   6:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 16.4 GB    disk1s5s1

When I ran the First Aid in Recovery mode, I also found two errors on the Macintosh HD - Data partition:
error: Cross Check: Mismatch between extentref entry reference count (1) and calculated fsroot entry reference count (0) for extent (0x18536df +1)

error: Cross Check: Mismatch between extentref entry reference count (1) and calculated fsroot entry reference count (0) for extent (0x2963359 +1)


texts: Portable monitor on Mac Mini not detected

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I purchased a Zenscreen monitor recently from Asus so I can travel with my Mac mini. This screen connects via USB-C. The problem is that it isn't automatically detected unless another monitor is connected to the Mac Mini. I have tried every single port on the back of the Mac. I have turned it on and off again.

I have tried different cables. But the only thing that will turn the Zenscreen on is by plugging my larger monitor into the HDMI port. The mac immediately detects both monitors and at this point I can unplug the larger monitor and the Zenscreen will stay powered on and functional.

Is there anything I can do differently? I don't think it's the Zenscreen because it works with my windows laptop just fine. But then again, it has a monitor built in so it's not really the same situation.


texts: How can a spammer create an email that can't be deleted on an ipad mail app from an imap server?

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My mum received a piece of spam, that could not be deleted or moved on her iPad using the mail app. It was only removed after deleting the account within the mail app, and recreating it.
Question:
Is it possible to send an email that can't be deleted from the mail app?
Details
My mum received a spam email claiming to offer $500 at Sainsbury's (yes, $$ at a UK supermarket!). After opening the email on her ipad (with image loading turned on) she recognised this as an obvious scam and touched the "trash" icon to delete.
The email appeared to be deleted, (the animation showing the email moving to trash ran and the email went from her inbox). However the email was not moved to trash, and after restarting mail, the scam email was still in her inbox. She subsequently received several more spam emails (offering viagra etc), and all further attempts to delete the original email produced a dialog "Unable to delete this email [OK]". (the later spam emails could be deleted as normal, she had not previously had a problem with spam on this email address)
The email was sent through her ISP's IMAP server (talktalk). When she logged into the same email account on a windows PC the original spam email was not on the server.
She then asked me to help her sort this problem. I turned off image loading. Then I tried to move the spam email to "Junk", again it appeared to move but after restarting the mail app, it was back.
Next, I followed the instructions given at https://forgetcomputers.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201010530-Can-t-Delete-Email-from-iPad-or-iPhone- (to check the "On the server" next to the folders in the account view of mail settings). This did not solve the problem. The line "on the server" was already checked and I changed no setting. The email could not be deleted or moved to junk
Following another forum thread, I also tried setting the email as "unread". This had no effect, except marking the spam email as unread.
I then deleted her account in settings>mail, and created a new account (with the same email address) When she connected to the new account, the spam email was gone. So I hope the prime issue is now resolved.


texts: Custom Shortcut on Mac Doesn't Play Sound

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I've been playing around with custom keyboard shortcuts on my Mac, and I've constructed one using Automator that is supposed to pick and play a sound from a small folder.

This was achieved using an Automator service (as usual) and writing a small amount of Python shell code to play a sound with os.system and afplay.

from __future__ import absolute_import
import os
import random
import getpass
usr = getpass.getuser()
soundnum = random.randint(1, 22)
os.system(u'afplay /Users/{0}/sounds/sound{1}.mp3'.format(usr, soundnum))

(It was run through 3to2 beforehand so that's why it looks a little messy)

Testing this in Automator resulted in it playing a sound as intended, whereas after adding it as a shortcut in System Preferences it would not play.

Is there any reason as to why this is?

Thanks!


texts: Render html in quick look to display MathJax equations

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I am grading homework assignments for a stat class. The students knit rmd files to html. For expedience, I want to use quick view to read the files so I wouldn't have to open each of them. Unfortunately, the MathJax equations don't render and just display as text.

Is there a quick look plugin that I can use to render MathJax?

If not, could you point me to another quick preview app that doesn't require me to open each html file in a "real" browser?


texts: Airport Extreme mesh network over Ethernet

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I have purchased three Airport Extreme routers.  I have a cable modem in one room that currently feeds into our primary router (which I want to replace with an Extreme), which feeds into a switch, which then distributes Internet and LAN services over ethernet via CAT5 to an office upstairs and another office a few rooms over. (The walls in our building are thick, so I can't do a purely wireless mesh.)

What I want is basically for one Extreme (the one next to the cable modem) to be my primary router and DHCP server, and the other two to be access points extending the primary network.

I tried using the Airport Utility to set it up following their instructions to extend a network, however, it seems that it was trying to do so wirelessly, not through the ethernet cables I had plugged into the Extremes. As a result, the two access point Extremes kept losing their connections to the primary Extreme.

How can I get this setup to work the way I want it to?


texts: What is a good replacement for the 'df' command that is broken on macOS Mojave?

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The 'df' has been my tool of choice to investigate how much free space I have on my disk. But with APFS, TimeMachine local snapshots and all that, it has become unreliable.

I.e. after removing a lot of files and folders, thus freeing up 100GB, it is of course not yet freed up as it is still part of TimeMachine's local snapshots (I really wish Apple would return to us the possibility to turn local snapshots off, it plays havoc with your control over storage use and it comes with risks). Commands like tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2019-11-23-180038 seem not to delete anything, as the local snapshot keeps being listed.

Only Storage of System Information now says there is 100GB extra free space. df still reports the space is not free, so Storage of System Information apparently has access to underlying info that makes it report 'virtual free space'.

Deleting local snapshots doesn't do a thing, it seems:

bash-3.2# tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates
Snapshot dates for all disks:
2019-11-23-180038
2019-11-23-192007
2019-11-23-210050
2019-11-23-220637
2019-11-24-100307
2019-11-24-110637
2019-11-24-122648
2019-11-24-165006
bash-3.2# tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2019-11-23-180038
Deleted local snapshot '2019-11-23-180038'
bash-3.2# tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates
Snapshot dates for all disks:
2019-11-23-180038
2019-11-23-192007
2019-11-23-210050
2019-11-23-220637
2019-11-24-100307
2019-11-24-110637
2019-11-24-122648
2019-11-24-165006

To be honest, I just want to be able to simply free up space and really have it freed up, not linger around in local snapshots. Is that at all possible? Why does Apple makes this simple task so incredibly hard?


texts: External GPU allow a late 2014 mac mini run 4k at 60Hz?

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Would an external GPU allow a late 2014 mac mini run a 4k display at 60Hz?

Or would the CPU in the mac mini prevent this.


texts: Is it safe to thin out Time Machine backups by deduplicating files?

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When I move a large file between folders, I notice that Time Machine takes a long time on the next hourly backup. Apparently, it is quite stupid and considers a file move just like a deletion and an addition of a completely new file...

Since my backups are getting quite large, I'd like to shrink them by removing duplicate files across the backup sets. Would it be safe to simply run fdupes or a similar program on the backup sets? If not, would it be reasonable to instead use some custom script that replaces each found dupe with a hardlink to the duped file?


texts: Yahoo is taking over my Google search from my Safari on my Mac

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In Safari Preferences, Google is my Default Search Engine; New Windows and New Tabs are set to Homepage.

However, recently whenever I Google something, I click on my choice and I end up on Yahoo Search.  Sometimes I get search.epolife.com.

This is very frustrating, I do not want to go to a new search of Yahoo, I like my Google. How can I regain control of Safari?


texts: Signing into a different Apple ID for Media and Purchases

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I'm signed in to two Apple IDs on my iPhone. I'm signed into iCloud with my personal ID, but my media and purchases for App store use my mom's apple ID. Any apps I download also come up on my mom's phone, and our Apple music seems to be synced as well
I want to sign out of my mom's ID on App store and media and sign in with mine.
Does anyone know if I would lose the apps that I've downloaded on my phone if I do this? I know the purchases cannot be transferred to a different ID, but that's not a problem for me.


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I'm looking for specs on Time Machine (TM) encryption.

Does TM encrypt before transmitting over network? (i.e. 128-bit AES)
What level of file encryption does it store the files as? (i.e. 128-bit AES, 428-bit blowfish, etc.)


texts: Insert key on keyboard for Macbook Air Mountain Lion OS

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I have a MacBook Air running the "Mountain Lion" OS that is version 10.8 -

What is the "Insert key" (Ins) or equivalent on Mac keyboard. ?


texts: How can I edit the metadata of an Epub file? I would like to alter the title, author, and cover art, similar to how I was able to do so in iTunes (get info).


texts: How do I manage locations for the Reminders iPhone app?

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I want to manage where my home, work etc is for the reminders app.

Where can I do that?


texts: How can I replace the Mac Mail icon in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan?

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I'm going to give Mac Mail another try. But I can't stand the stamp icon. I'd like to replace it with the iOS icon.

I have the .icns file but the old "get info" trick where you just paste the icon over the existing one doesn't work.  I've also tried "Show Package Contents" on the Mail.app and replacing the ApplicationIcon.icns from the Finder and Terminal under sudo. No luck.

How can I replace the Mac Mail icon with something a little more consistent with the rest of the OS?


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from the /Applications folder, I can launch apps on my Mac using the open command in the terminal like this

open xcode.app
open firefox.app

Is there a way to delete apps from the terminal? This question/answer doesn't provide the answer to this question


texts: All of my Adobe CS4 apps beachball in Lion and will not run at all

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I upgraded my laptop to Lion last night.  I decided to not upgrade my Mac Pro yet in case I ran into issues.  Turned out to be a wise move, because while things went smoothly for the most part, I did run into a problem that's kind of a show stopper for someone who works in web development.

I have CS4 Web Premium installed (Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc), and while they all start (splash screen, then application GUI appears), they all become unresponsive immediately and display the beachball.  The only way out is force quitting.

I ran Adobe Updater to make sure I had the latest versions, and I seem to be all up to date, but I just can't get any of the CS4 apps to run.  I did read on one forum that a clean install of Lion (Reformat drive, install from burned DVD/Thumb drive) fixed the problem for some users, but not all, and I don't have the time to spare on such a big operation.

Has anyone managed to get CS4 working on lion?  If so, how?


texts: Bootable SD Card doesn't appear at Startup Manager

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I have a bootable SD Card with Windows 10 installed, and it works fine in the most of macbook pro I have tested, but there is one in which when I press alt / option key, the SD Card doesn't appears and I can not find the reason. Why it works fine in one but not work in another one?.

All the computers where I have tested are MBP retina display late 2013


texts: Feel electric shocks after using MacBook Pro

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I know many people would feel electric shocks when touching a charging MacBook. However, my situation is the opposite: after using MacBook, for example, if I touch the mental door handle, I will be shocked.

I've used this MacBook for more than a year but this just happened recently.


texts: Mac Pro running MySQL: Error 2013 Error 32

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This is mysql running on an Mountain Lion OS X with server.app v2 that set up the server.

We suddenly have an issue where only one of anything can seem to connect to mysql at anytime. The problem started with the accounting program we use; only one person could access and everyone else got an "error connecting to mysql". Even if I'm on the server, I can't run mysql workbench or sequel pro to connect. workbench gives me the error

"Error connecting to MySQL: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading authorization packet', system error: 0 (code 2013)
MySQL stat graphs may be disabled."

Sequel Pro reports error 32 and 2013, and if I try to run mysql dump i get error 32 and 2013. Once any person logs off from mysql, i or another user can get back on again, but only one at a time.

This started happening about 2 weeks ago and I am unaware of any changes to the system. Using mysql workbench, pressing "stop server" and "start server" has recovers from the failure. I would like to understand the cause and fix it, rather than have to baby sit the service and kick it when it falls down.


texts: iCloud setting on iPhone changed without user intervention

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I have an iPhone 5s, running iOS 9.3.2.

About an hour ago, I restored my iPhone and set it up as a new iPhone.

When I signed into iCloud on my iPhone, I turned off all the features I do not use (I only use Find my iPhone and calendar/contacts syncing), and proceeded to connect my iPhone to my Macbook (early 2015 13" Pro model, running OS X 10.11.5) in order to sync the apps, music and podcasts that had been downloaded by that point in time.

After completing a sync for the first time, I checked my iCloud settings about 15 minutes after setting up iCloud on my iPhone and noticed that the Backup feature had been turned back on, even though I hadn't been back into iCloud settings and even though turned it off when I first signed in.

Contextual information:

Phone was not jailbroken/has never been jailbroken.
I definitely turned off the Backup feature the first time because I
made sure to see that "Off" was next to the iCloud Backup option.
I don't use the backup iPhone to iCloud feature at all.
None of the other features that I had turned off changed back
to On, just the backup feature.
I had just wiped and restored my iPhone/did not use a backup when
setting it up as new.
My Macbook was also freshly installed (reinstalled about three hours
before doing my iPhone).
I'm the only person who uses this phone and no one else had touched
it (while setting up my Macbook and iPhone, I was alone).
This issue happened only once before - this "issue" being that I reinstalled the OSes on my Macbook and iPhone, set both of them up and then came back to see
that one of the iCloud settings on my iPhone had changed by itself
(in this particular instance it was Photos syncing, which I don't
use). In the numerous times I've reinstalled my Macbook and iPhone in the past year, it hasn't happened.

So, has anyone had settings change themselves? What could explain this setting turning itself back on again? Am I just being paranoid about something malicious already being on my iPhone? Honestly, I don't have much but reinstalling my Macbook and iPhone so many times before takes a lot of time, effort and money.


texts: How can I have a fixed order of the menu-extras?

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Like the OSX menu items for wifi, battery... I would like to be able to have a permanent order of the third-party menu bar items.

I do not want to mix OSX with third-party menubar items, I simply want them to always appear in the same order.

Setting an order for the menu extras to launch in the startup items does not do the trick.


texts: How can I access files on my network from my iPhone?

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I am attempting to access a PDF file on my network from my iPhone and I know how to access these files from Windows OS.

However since I have an iPhone 5, I don't have the knowledge to make that device work with my existing network files.

I have attempted several apps and none seem to work. I am not interested in changing my network to support iOS. My intent is to absolutely have something on the iPhone to access the same sort of files I can from my Windows laptop when connected via VPN.


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I installed battle.net a long time ago.

Every now and then I use spotlight to invoke it by pressing ⌘ + space and I start typing "battle" every time, the top hit is "Battle.net Beta Setup". I do not want to invoke the beta setup, in fact, I am not aware of the existence of these files on my computer, not sure how to search for them except by using spotlight, but there doesn't seem to be a way to find out where they are, and I am reluctant to click on them in case it starts up a setup program and interferes with my existing installations.


texts: How to sync mail accounts between iMac and iPad2 properly?

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I'm trying to sync my email accounts between my new iMac and an iPad 2.
The problem is that if I read or delete a message on the iMac, the same email appears on iPad as not deleted and not read.

Any help?
Cheers


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A few weeks ago I mounted an external hard drive with a volume named "CJ 1TB"
I ejected it and thought everything was fine, but my system (11.2.1) has not forgotten about it.
When I run "ls" in Terminal, it shows my boot volume "Bamboo", and "CJ 1TB":
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   1 Feb 17 13:58 Bamboo -> /
d--x--x--x  3 root  wheel  96 Feb  9 11:59 CJ 1TB

But when I run "diskutil list" the "CJ 1TB" does not show up:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         2.0 TB     disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +2.0 TB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Bamboo - Data           1.0 TB     disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 324.0 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                613.7 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Bamboo                  15.1 GB    disk1s5
   6:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 15.1 GB    disk1s5s1
   7:                APFS Volume SOT-BU                  9.0 GB     disk1s7

Grateful for a solution...


texts:
Calendar's default alert sends a text message, but I prefer email. Setting an email alert requires several extra mouse actions. Is there a method to change Calendar's default behavior?

macOS 10.13.6, Calendar 10.0


texts: Macbook doesn't display on external screen until after I log in (Yosemite). How to fix?

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I have a macbook pro (mid-2011) and an HP Pavilion 22bw (prob inconsequential) connected via a Thunderbolt DVI Adapter.

Ever since installing Yosemite, I now need to open the macbook pro and log in via its own screen, rather than the external monitor.  It simply does not display / send any signal to the external screen until AFTER I'm logged in.

Does anyone else have this issue?  Is there any other option?  This is highly inconvenient with how my workspace is set up.

Thanks!


texts: Changing The Administrator name and password

texts: I just bought a used iMac. Should arrive Friday morning. I just thought of something... This is a used computer, so how am I going to delete certain files if I don't know the Administrator name or password?


texts: How to stop announcing the time on macOS Big Sur 11.0.1

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After upgrading to Big Sur, my Mac started announcing the time every hour.
I didn't find a way to disable announcing the time, do I maybe have to run a Terminal command?


texts: Completely remove Google Backup and Sync from my Mac

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I'm running macOS High Sierra and sometime ago I uninstalled Google Drive from my machine. OR so I thought. Today I see the Backup and Sync app in my Applications folder and when I try and delete it I see the following error.

I went to my Library folder and deleted the Google folder from there. I also deleted anything that sounded like Google from Library/Application Support.
However, I still get the same message when I try and move the application to Trash.
How do I get rid of this completely?


texts: How macOS detects apps that stopped responding?

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Sometimes apps stop responding to user events probably due to bugs or unexpected edge cases. But it's different from a crash because an app may stop responding for some time and then "start responding" again, for example Photoshop may get stuck when opening huge images because processing might take some time, but eventually it loads the image and continues working fine.

And I am wondering, on the technical level, how the operating system detects such cases to offer the user an option to force quit the app.


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I got a new MacBook pro and before I've win that I use the mobaextream software to connect to remote sys, when I configure ssh in moba I once enter private key (I browse the file ) and then every time that I want to access to that machine I just open moba and double click on the required system and Im In.
in mac I didn't find a way to do it I open the bash and when I connect with ssh I need to add the user password , any Idea how can I configure it once ?

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

any idea if there is software which I can use that help me to manage all this remote system ?


texts: Closed Messages conversations reopen after reopening the app

texts: I sometimes close conversations cluttering the sidebar but they don't stay closed after quitting and reopening the app, they reappear. The only way to keep them closed is to also restart my mac. Does anyone know how to solve this ?


texts: How do I change the default artwork for an artist in iTunes 11?


texts: How to automatically mount airport connected hard drive as read only for a user account

texts: I have an external hard drive connected to my airport extreme. I am able to access the drive without any problems. However, I have user accounts set up for my two young children. I want to give access to the shared drive as read only for their accounts. I would like this read only setting to be automatic when these accounts log in.


texts: Unable to pair two iPhone's via Bluetooth

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I have an iPhone 4S and I would like to connect it via Bluetooth with an iPhone 5 but it won't connect.

How can I connect them?


texts: How to restart the wifi part alone instead of restarting the whole system?

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The wifi that I use at a particular library has some weird issue. I have only faced the issue at this place. The IT helpdesk is not of much help and I am unable to understand the issue. This happened, every 2-3 weeks. I go there weekly 2-3 days for a couple of hours. This is also the only wifi where I have to put a new username and password every 2 hrs. The issue usually happens the first time I try to connect in a day.

Here is what happens, I see the wifi in full strength, but I am unable to connect to it. The IT guy tries connecting to the wifi via his android phone and it connects fine. Then I do the following:

Wifi icon>Network Preference>Advanced>Wifi>Preferred Networks>remove the wifi from that list
Restart the system
Try connecting 3-4 times, then it connects successfully.

I don't understand why it does not connect immediately once I restart the system. What happens when you restart the system? Does it reset the dynamic IP I get in the network? All I can think of is that the wifi router here has some issue and I cannot do anything about it. But I would like to have a better way of solving the issue.

What I mainly want to know, is there a way I can achieve the benefit of restarting the system instead of actually restarting it. Like a command that restarts the whole wifi part without just restarting the whole system.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Options for playing music wirelessly from iPod touch and iPhone?

I've been searching online, but I'm confused and cannot really figure this out. Would it be possible to stream audio to an apple TV using an ipad or an iphone? What abouta 2009 mbp? And which apps do I need?


texts: How long do I have to tap "Don't send" when sending a text message from Apple Watch?

texts: When I send a message using siri on apple watch, the text of the message is shown and the only option available is "Don't send". The message is sent if no action is taken - how long until the message is sent?


texts: How do i make safari prevent search on addresses?

texts:
I have an internal server at the address http://myserver.
If I type myserver/page safari starts a google search. How can I disable this behavior?

I know I can prefix http:// and it will start working, but other browsers lets me just type the address and takes me there.


texts:
I installed Yosemite Server and I had previously configured the Apache for web development. Now, It seems that the configuration and everything is messed up.

How can I reset my web server configuration to factory settings, like after installing a fresh Yosemite?

Does an uninstall of Yosemite Server affects my current web server configuration?


texts: How can I get Image Capture autorun turned off when inserting media? OS X Yosemite 10.2.2, 2015

texts:
Every time I insert an SD card or a drive via USB, dang Image Capture pushes its way to the front of my screen.  This is just since the Yosemite update--I can no longer find an option to only launch this with certain SD Cards, etc.  There's no eject button in the bottom left corner.  I can't find any preferences or other features that would allow me to turn autorun off.  It's not listed in my autorun programs in System Prefs.

Here's a screenshot of the guilty app:

Appreciate any tips!


texts: How can I fix Apple Photos face locations?

texts:
For the last few weeks I've been going through my Photos library, setting up faces data. Some data was already set back in the iPhoto days, but I've found a few photos with faces set, but the coordinates within the face are incorrect. Here's an example.

That's not a manually set face, but one that was recognized by the software. It is in fact Melanie, but obviously, the location is completely wrong.

I've also tried to ignore the incorrect location and manually add a face, but the manually added face moves to the same location after I drag it to the correct location.

Has anyone come across the problem before and knows how to fix it?

MacBook Pro 15-inch 2016
macOS 10.13
Photos 3.0


texts: How to find program's Application Support folder

texts:
I am wondering if there is a way to get the name of a program's Application Support folder, perhaps in a way similar to get the id of an app.

osascript -e 'id of app "Sublime Text"'

gives you com.sublimetext.3 which is the name of the Caches folder but the name of the Application Support folder is Sublime Text 3

Is there a way to do with osascript or something else?


texts:
I have the Freedom app installed to control my procrastination.

However, I can force quit Freedom from the Activity Monitor, and the remainder of the week just goes by without me getting anything done.

Is there any way by which I can restart this app if it is quit?


texts: MacOSX El Capitan: admin password only working from login screen

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Since a week or so, I have a very strange issue on my Mac... I can login from the login screen, but any further action that requires my password fails: from a terminal if I try to sudo, or from any system preferences pannel that prompts for my password. I cannot add "Show Input menu in login window" because this requires to enter my password... I have only one keyboard configured in System preferences so it is not even an issue of different keyboard layout as far as I can tell. And since my account is not bound to my appleid (and I need my password to do it) I am really stuck...

Is formatting the only option ?


texts: How to find a cause of a Kernel Panic message, or BSoD?

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How to understand why Beautiful Screen of Death1 appeared?

When I tried to find what happened using "Console" I couldn't find anything useful in logs? There's no 'panic' or 'SIG*' in logs, so what should I look for?

Where does OSX writes the cause of it's death?

1 I'm not sure that it's called BSoD on OSX, but it doesn't look like kernel panic screen (black screen in text mode) either.


texts: How to Find/Filter for 24-bit audio files in Finder or iTunes or another software (if needed)? (audio bit depth / sample size)

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I have a large iTunes library of lossless music. Some of it is 24-bit, which does not work on iPhones nor with Google Play (most audio is 16-bit, and this metric only applies to lossless formats). I'd like to isolate the 24-bit files so that I can convert them to 16-bit formats. How can I find them?

iTunes is aware of this as "sample size" - it appears in each file's "get info" under "File" tab. However, it is not a sortable column. It is not in Finder "get info."

Using the appropriate filters in Finder search, does not do anything (all files appear), or, perhaps I'm not doing it right, in which case please tell me how!
I know about the auto downsampling option for iPhone sync, which is great, except that it forces you to a lossy format (max 256 kbps). There is no option for 16-bit lossless downsampling, and this does not help at all with Google Play.
My files are in Apple Lossless format (Some were converted from FLAC using XLD and some were ripped from CD directly).


texts: reducing dimension of an icon with Preview

texts: I had an png icon file of dimension 40*40 with a size of 2 KB. I adjust its dimensions with Preview app to get 25*25. I got the icon file converted to 25*25, but now its size is 3 KB. Why? As we reduce dimension, the size must get reduce. But it is not happening?


texts: Enable confirmation window when a folder is moved or deleted

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On Mojave I would like to enable a confirmation window every time a user tries to drag a folder to a new location or delete a folder in Finder. Any kind of confirmation window in Finder. I also need apps and other servers to be able to read/write new files. This is a mixed computing environment with PC, Mac and Linux systems.
I've tried changing permissions under Get Info. But setting the folder to "Read" for the user prevented TextEdit and other apps from writing to the folder.


texts: iPhone battery life continually worsening

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I purchased my iPhone 4S on November 8th, 2013, now the iPhone first started having problems in summer, maybe in July.

The phone first died at 15%, eventually the problem got even worse. The phone then frequently died at 50%. Now don't stop reading yet. The phone then died at 60, then 70, then 80, then 90. When I plug the phone in the outlet the phone will zip all the way back up to 100% in 5 mins, then the phone will go down to 92% and die. Then i charge again, take the phone out and it goes down too 82% and dies. Can someone please give me some healthy, useful, advice so I can get my phone up and running perfectly again?


texts: Concerns in testing a potentially water damaged Macbook battery

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So, I acquired a water damaged Macbook (Late-2008 Unibody / 5.1) to cannibalize for parts for my existing macbook of the same model.  I've taken everything I need off it, so I'm looking to part out the rest of the components to recover a few dollars from what I paid for it.  The logic board is pretty obviously fried - absolutely no life in it if I attempt to power it on.

However, the PMC seems to be intact.  When I connect a charger it lights up green, then orange like it's charging the battery.  The charge indicator lights on the side also come on and indicate a discharged battery (one blinking green light).

So, given that the battery may have been water damaged, but shows no symptoms of it, how should I go about testing it, and what should my concerns be?  If it seems to be holding a charge in the damaged macbook, could it still damage my fully-functioning macbook if I plugged it in to test it/check the capacity?


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I have tested many apps and I would like to review them in the Apple Store. I use an iPad.

I don't want to review apps under the account my credit card is tied to.

How can I review apps anonymously?


texts: Which Apple Developer program Should I enroll to create Passbook passes

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I am reading this documentation:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/PassKit_PG/Chapters/YourFirst.html

In order to register a pass type identifier, I need to be an Apple developer.
My pass will be available on a web page (not an iOS app).

Which of the developer programs should I enroll to: iOS/Mac/Safari?


texts: Weird OS X Terminal Bug: Cursor won't go back to end of line after backtracking

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I have an interesting problem: when I type something in the terminal as follows:

~ me$ hello<cursor>

and backtrack:

~ me$ he<cursor>llo

and then try to return to the end to continue typing, perhaps after fixing an error, I get stuck before the last character:

~ me$ hell<cursor stuck here>o

Anyone know how to fix this? I've tried looking around and changing the terminal to xterm instead of xterm-256-color, etc. but no luck. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Edit: I am using the arrow keys to move back and forth.


texts: Is there a way to show a notification upon unlocking an iPhone? For example, I want to set a reminder to "do x" at 5 pm, but I don't unlock my phone until 5:30, but I would like the alert to pop up as soon as I unlock it.


texts: Change "Third Party Content" answer for app in iTunes Connect

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I submitted an app to the App Store yesterday, but now realize I should change by answer I checked for the "Third Party" content Yes/No question.

Is there an easy way to do that? I can't find one.


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Currently running the most recent version of iOS and I am on Mac OSX BigSur. I try to sync a new album to my phone and it carries over everything except for the album art.
Things that I have tried:

Removing all music and then syncing it again
Restoring my phone from an old backup and then syncing them
Made sure that the album art is attached to every song on the album.

I'm at my wits end.


texts: iOS Safari text selection really difficult

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I'm frequently having huge issues selecting text in iOS Safari (and other apps using WebKit). See this video for an example, where I'm visiting Ars Technica and try to select the name of a commenter (mr/ms "Twilight Sparkle"):

Video (24 MB, 1 minute):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dw81yibdn56j60s/iOS-9-select-text.mov

I used a full minute to select the name, and even then, the text selection guides indicate that something is SNAFU.

This frequently occurs on sites where OS X Safari allows flawless text selection, so to me this looks like a bug, or at least a very poorly implemented feature.

Non ideal solutions:

Select too much text, paste it into Notes and then select a subset of the text.
Zooming – doesn't solve the issue consistently
Reader mode – isn't always available
Jailbreaking – feels like overreacting

Other tips for how to improve this situation?


texts: iPad mail shows a copy of sent mail in inbox

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My sent emails show in my inbox on my iPad. I have looked but "always bcc myself" is not checked. This problem has started only recently, but I am not aware of anything I may have done to start it.
It doesn't happen when I send emails from my Mac computer using the same account.


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With OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.2) there is a UI problem.

Calendar + Reminder +  Sticky Note apps have truncated title text

If i login as a guest they are correct. There is clearly a preference somewhere which is causing this but I've got no idea how to fix it.


texts: Unable to find an APFS Container Reference after fixing FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF error

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After following this guide and giving my partition the proper GUID, i can't access it.

Is there a way to recover the container reference its supposed to have or at least a way for me to extract data from it?

$diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS                         209.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         41.6 GB    disk0s3

disk0s2 is the one i "fixed"

$diskutil verifyVolume disk0s2

Started file system verification on disk0s2
Error: -69564: Unable to find an APFS Container Reference

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diskutil apfs list
APFS Container (1 found)
|
+-- Container disk1 0745562A-15FE-40A4-B07F-54F4AE6FC742
    ====================================================
    APFS Container Reference:     disk1
    Size (Capacity Ceiling):      41572282368 B (41.6 GB)
    Minimum Size:                 18695892992 B (18.7 GB)
    Capacity In Use By Volumes:   18028277760 B (18.0 GB) (43.4% used)
    Capacity Not Allocated:       23544004608 B (23.5 GB) (56.6% free)
    |
    +-< Physical Store disk0s3 39A33B75-43D5-47C9-B74F-521A7AF78655
    |   -----------------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk0s3
    |   Size:                       41572282368 B (41.6 GB)
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s1 F9EFF7D7-4247-31B0-8247-88FB8F0337C9
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s1 (No specific role)
    |   Name:                      DISK0S3 (Case-sensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               /
    |   Capacity Consumed:         15245549568 B (15.2 GB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s2 494FE6BC-9C62-4FCB-A59A-F230BDEFD6EF
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s2 (Preboot)
    |   Name:                      Preboot (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted
    |   Capacity Consumed:         21774336 B (21.8 MB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s3 8018FC36-B4C6-48A2-9FBC-684F4496DB9D
    |   ---------------------------------------------------
    |   APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s3 (Recovery)
    |   Name:                      Recovery (Case-insensitive)
    |   Mount Point:               Not Mounted
    |   Capacity Consumed:         517750784 B (517.8 MB)
    |   FileVault:                 No
    |
    +-> Volume disk1s4 6CD41126-A22A-417E-BDF6-0758E5F5222C
        ---------------------------------------------------
        APFS Volume Disk (Role):   disk1s4 (VM)
        Name:                      VM (Case-insensitive)
        Mount Point:               /private/var/vm
        Capacity Consumed:         2147504128 B (2.1 GB)
        FileVault:                 No

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$sudo gpt -r show disk0

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  408627792      2  GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  409037432       1416
  409038848   81195864      3  GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  490234712          7
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header


texts: Reinstalling macOS but not option of "Restoring from Time Machine backup" shown

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I am struggling to restore my system from a MacBook Pro of one generation to a more new one.

What I have tried:

I restart the system in recover mode: "cmd + r"
I choose the proper backup version from my Time Machine hard drive
I "Accept" but id doesn't allow me because is a different model and it recommends to me to choose "Reinstall macOS" and wait for the option of restore from Time Machine during the reinstallation process ("You can't restore this backup because it was created by a different model of Mac")
I choose "Reinstall macOS" but after 30 minutes of install process not option about using an existing Time Machine backup asked
I am expecting to see the "Setup assistant" but at the end of reinstall process my system restarts with the old installation (with the old Users and everything)

I have tried this process several times, always with the external disk with the Time Machine version connected, but always the above same result.

What can I do to make my Time Machine backup appear when installing macOS?


texts: Disable workspace switch when opening a new window of a program already opened in another workspace

texts: When I want to open a new window of a program already opened in another workspace the opened window gets automatically focused in the other workspace. Thats annoying because I always have to get back to the previous workspace and use the context menu in Dock to force a new window. How is it possible to turn that off? I am using OS X Mountain Lion.


texts: My iMac shows another connect computer what is it?

texts: I am kinda freaked by this new computer that seems to be connected to my imac. It showed up ok I noticed it about 3 days ago. Am I being hacked? When I looked up epson it showed a microprocessing chip that's kinda pricey and only sold in japan I think and that is even weirder. Thank You


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I have a little understanding of GLONASS receiver and together with GPS, it's more accurate than the phones equipped only with A-GPS.

Here you have a video which compares A-GPS only iPhone 4 with iPhone 4S that has A-GPS+GLONASS. My question is, if I buy an iPhone 4S (as iPhone 5 Maps in India is next to useless), will I be able to see my current location on an offline map if both these receivers are present? (say for example CityMapsToGo)

Nokia is claiming the same with its Lumia 820 and 920, as it is equipped with both GPS and GLONASS receivers.

"These two smartphones also include autonomous assisted GPS and GLONASS receivers. In plain English, this means that you can see yourself on a map within seconds, even when you’re offline."


texts: Open iTunes when iPhone is connected on a Mac

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I remember that during the installation of iTunes (while I was upgrading it on my Mac) it asked if I want to install an application so that iTunes can be opened when my iPhone is connected. Initially I didn't want this so I answered "No". Now I want this behavior, but have no idea where that option is.

How can I get iTunes to start up when my iPhone is connected?

I tried disabling/enabling the option "Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected" in my iPhone's Summary page on iTunes, but it doesn't help. I believe it needs that application it wanted to install initally.

The option to disable auto sync was enabled in the settings, but now I disabled it.


texts: Why won't my USB drive power down on eject?

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I've just upgraded from High Sierra to Mojave. I have a Lacie Porsche USB-C drive that I use for Time Machine backups. In High Sierra when I ejected the drive, it would power off and I could safely unplug it. However, now it doesn't spin down and I can't safely unplug. All I can do is put my Mac to sleep which in turn powers down the drive.

I have tried excluding the drive from Spotlight indexing and even disabling indexing altogether but this hasn't helped.

Anyone else having this problem or have a solution?


texts: How can I read the battery level of a MacBook in Swift?

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I have seen many post here/on SO and many docs on Apple's website about reading the battery level on iOS, but what's the best way to do this on a MacBook? In the past the only way I've found to do this is with a time-consuming bash command piped to grep, which seems very inefficient. (as seen and adapted from, although I can't locate the original source I read,  here and here) Is there a better way to do this programmatically? I've also seen this, but that only appears to have an Obj-C version. Is there any way to do this in Swift?
EDIT
There's actually a better way that doesn't take any significant time (ioreg -l -w0 | grep Capacity shows current charge and maximum capacity), but it is still a seemingly unneeded bash script.


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For some reason the icon for MATLAB (R2015b) no longer shows the familiar orange matlab surface icon, but rather reverts to the generic black box with exec under OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks). Any ideas how to get the correct icon back?

The generic icon shows with Command-Tab and in the Dock, but the correct icon is shown in Finder.

When I first installed MATLAB the first run (or few?) used the correct icon, but has since switched to the generic icon.

Any idea how to to get the nice MATLAB icon back?


texts: Drives and dmg's mounting okay but not appearing in the Finder sidebar

texts: Drives and dmg's are mounting okay on my Mac, and I can find them at /Volumes/. However, they aren't appearing in the sidebar in the Finder. What's the best way to start fixing this?


texts: Open Safari Passwords pane with AppleScript or Shell script

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I'm trying to find a way to open the Safari Passwords pane without opening Safari - similar to how Siri opens it when you ask "Show me my passwords" on macOS. Any ideas?

I'm thinking some kind of URL scheme but I cannot find anything for Safari registered in launch services. Get a list with:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep 'bindings:'.'*:'

Ultimately, I am trying to create a service or keyboard shortcut to open the passwords pane to quickly find a password when outside of Safari. I am not trying to bypass user authentication.

Update: Currently working on the assumption that the pane is a part of Safari's SiriKit handler object and so far this is the only way to open the pane outside of Safari, that is, only Siri can open the pane. Does anyone know where the .intentdefinition file is for Safari?

Update 2: Looking at file activity it seems to be an XPC Service. Is there a way to see what launchd is doing there, or replicate the call?


texts: Control characters in Terminal and an international keyboard

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I have a Linux server with services running inside systemd containers. To access the shell inside a container, I can use the command machinectl login <container>. That command will give me the container's login prompt and this message:

Connected to container <name>. Press ^] three times within 1s to exit session.

After I'm done and type exit or logout, I'm returned to the container's login prompt. In order to get back to the host's shell, I need to send the control character ^] (three times within one second).

I'm using an international (Finnish) keyboard and instead of having its own dedicated key, the ] character is ⌥+9. But when I press ctrl+⌥+9, it's not recognized as the control character ^] and I'm stuck at the login prompt.

How can I send a proper ^] control character with an international keyboard?


texts: Install as non-admin user when the installer requires admin permissions

texts: I need to run an app that uses Adobe Air, but the installer for Adobe Air requires admin permissions. On general security principles, I limit what gets installed as admin user, and Adobe has a bad history when it comes to security, so it doesn't get exempted from my policy. I found that Mac OS X has a feature similar to Linux's LD_PRELOAD, called DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES, which changes the search path for libraries. So I'm wondering if this can be used to fake out installers that unnecessarily require admin permissions so the installer will install to the current user's directory instead of the system level directory. Or is there a better way to accomplish this?


texts: How to use BetterTouchTool to show Mail.app unread count in touch bar

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I have a MacBook Pro with a touch bar and have never used BetterTouchTool. I know it has touch bar functionality, like adding a button to open an app. Is it possible to show either of the following?

The Mail.app icon (with unread email count)
Just the number of unread emails

If so, how can it be accomplished?


texts: Applescript Won't Invoke Shortcut Command

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I have a long TextEdit document I frequently open (via a keystroke, thanks to Alfred). It contains many non-standard spellings, so I de-select "Check Spelling While Typing" (though I want  spell checking to be default on with other TextEdit documents). Note that I've created the shortcut "Command/Option/Control - S" (in Prefs/Keyboard/Shortcuts) to toggle that command.

To save myself a step, I want to create an applescript to open the document and trigger that command. But I just can't make it work.

The document opens, but  "Check Spelling While Typing" won't toggle off.

tell application "Finder"
activate
open document file "reference.rtf" of folder "Documents" of folder "MYSTUFF" of folder "Users" of startup disk
end tell

tell application "TextEdit" to activate
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "s" using {command down, option down, control down}
end tell

==============

EDIT:

I've inserted "Delay", but that doesn't help; the spellings are highlighted.

Is it possible Applescripts for some reason can't invoke custom shortcuts within applications (that have been rigged up via Prefs/Keyboard/Shortcuts)?

Is there another way to invoke the "Check Spelling While Typing" command? It doesn't seem to be one of TextEdit's scriptable commands.


texts: How to recover photos that were deleted during an import from an iPhone to Photos?

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Two weeks ago, we had some friends over and one of them wanted to show us some of her photos, so she used my Mac to import them and do a slideshow on the TV.
Now she just realized that the photos aren't on her phone anymore, and asked me to send the copies that were on my computer. The problem is that I deleted her photos the next morning, thinking she had them on her phone.

Apparently the Photos app has a tickbox that removes the photos from the phone after the import but nobody payed attention to that setting.

So my question is: is there a chance to recover the photos using a data recovery software? Is there a folder in particular that I should scan?


texts: external hard drive found only by disk utility, cannot eject or mount

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I'm using a Seagate GoFlex that seems to have encountered some trouble.
The drive does not appear on the desktop or Finder. I've double checked that Finder > Preferences allows for it to appear in both places.

I can see the drive in Disk Utility and have successfully done 'Verify Disk' and 'Repair Disk' however it's worth noting that both 'Verify Disk Permissions' and 'Repair Disk Permissions' are greyed out.

The "Mount" option at the top of Disk Utility is greyed out, however "Eject" is not though when selected I receive that it "could not be unmounted."

I don't quite know what to do next in order to successfully access the Time Machine backups and other files I have stored.


texts: I recently deleted my Exchange email account (old work email) and now some of my contacts are "missing". When I search for them to send a text message they are there but their names disappear. They are not, however, in my contacts list. Anyone know how to fix?  I've done a reboot but it didn't help.


texts: OSX Applications folder window has become 'unsortable'

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OSX 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion)

My Applications folder has recently become unsortable when it's open in Finder. That is, all the various headers of each column in the Applications window are flat white and clicking on any of them has no effect. I'm not sure what's caused it; whatever caused it, it's not something I've done deliberately.

Normally, at least one column header is in the computer's highlight colour, to signify that's the one that's controlling how the window's files are sorted. In this case, none of the headers are in colour, and clicking on any of them has no effect on the sort within the window. Only the Applications window is affected, all the other Finder windows work normally.

Thinks I've checked:
• The folder that encloses the Applications folder sorts normally, and folders inside the Applications window sort normally when opened.
• A new folder created in the Applications folder, when opened, works normally.
• All the applications inside the applications folder launch normally.

In Get Info, the Applications folder is not being shared and nor is it locked (the Locked option is greyed out, however). The Sharing & Permissions table shows that the System and Admin (which is me) can each Read & Write to the folder, while Everyone is read only. There's nothing obviously out of its proper setting in Get Info (although I don't know if the grey'd Locked setting is normal for the apps folder; it is live in other folders.

Opening the Applications folder in a new, virgin account on the same computer shows the same problem.

At the moment, the files in the folder are sorted in reverse order (z to a), which is annoying but I can limp along with it like that.

Do you have any suggestions for how I might fix the folder so that it sorts properly?

Things I've tried:

• In the Get Info window, changing Everyone to Read & Write temporarily has no effect on the issue.

• Changing Admin to Read Only temporarily, and then back to Read & Write, has no effect on the issue at either stage.


texts: Using 2 displays on late 2011 Macbook Pro

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I am running a late 2011 MacBook Pro (Processor  2.4 GHz Intel Core i5).
I have 2 external monitors that I would like to use with my music production software (ableton live).

I know that I can connect one monitor via thunderbolt to VGA or DVI and a second via USB. However I am conserving my USB slots and already like to run a multi HUB from one of my two USB slots, with my external sound card running from the second slot. My question therefore is:

Would the power draw/data be too much to power a monitor as well as say, a MIDI keyboard and a mouse from an active USB hub. (All three devices are plugged into the hub and therefore into the same USB port on the laptop itself).


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I want know how can I apply a software to open all my same document, for example I want to open all my PDF document with Skim but when I right click on it> open with > other and choose my desired application and check the "Always Open With" it just do for that specific file.(mean always open A.pdf with skim if I want to open B.pdf still open with "preview").

How can I force OS X to open all pdf type with Skim.


texts: Does a purchased iTunes song contain my Apple ID?

texts: Do the files that I download (purchased) from iTunes contain references to my Apple ID? Could you (or anyone else) know what Apple ID purchased the song just by having the .m4a?


texts: What's the easiest way to free up disk space on my iMac with a huge photo library?

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This is a hybrid hardware/software question with a few more factors than the typical "freeing disk space" question.

I have an older iMac with (I think) about a 250 GB hard drive. It's been running out of disk space for a while, and each time I find some way to recover a bit more room. I've used DaisyDisk, etc. to identify large unused files, moved my iPhone/iPad backups to cloud, etc.

At this point there's just one big culprit left: our iPhoto library, which has been fed increasingly large photos. (iPhone 4S + Nikon DSLR -> way more megapixels than my earliest photos!) The iPhoto library hogs most of the space now and I'd like to avoid one-by-one reviewing & deleting photos if I can help it.

Is there a software solution? Can I tell iPhoto to archive the oldest photos to a NAS? (I have plenty of network space) And if I do that, will photos take longer to open?

Is there a hardware solution? For instance, if I buy a Time Capsule is there a one-step way to relocate my existing photo library? And again, will it slow down the use of photos on my machine and/or prevent me from seeing all of my albums?

Also, I'd like to start moving some of my music back to the iMac - any solution that will let me do the same for iTunes (keep some local, move some to network storage) would be appreciated.


texts: How do I display the speed limit on Google Maps in iOS?

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Is there a way to display the speed limit of an area in Google Maps on iOS?

I know speed limit overlays for Google Maps are possible on Android through third party apps, but I haven't been able to find an equivalent option for iOS.


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I need to set path /usr/local/gnupg-2.1/bin to the command line.

I tried to enter "export PATH=/usr/local/gnupg-2.1/bin:$PATH" in the command line, but it works until the terminal session ends.

I tried to create .bash_profile, but I don't know how to create hidden file, where to put it, and what it should contain?


texts:
When I double tap (Not press) the icons or what ever your screen is on gets pulled down half way

Before:

After the double tap:

Why does it do this?


texts: Lion SSD and HDD symbolic links - user folder?

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I want to symlink my user folder in Lion from my SSD to my HDD. However, I've read that this is not such a good idea as there is library folders containing caches in the user folder. I've had a look and in the user folder there is one folder named for my user name containing no library folder, and one folder named 'shared' containing a library folder. Can I just symlink my named folder and leave the shared folder as it is, or as I install more software and use my mac more will there be a library folder with cache files created in my named user folder? I don't want to symlink the wrong folders and not get the most out of my SSD.
Cheers
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I just got my Macbook here, and I got a USB with Yosemite 10.10.

I opened up the Macbook, took out the old one, and put the SSD inside.

My SSD fits perfectly (Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB).

Then I plug the USB thumb drive in, and then boot the computer up, and holding the ALT (OPTION) key down. Then I came into the drives that I can boot from. I couldn't see my SSD there, then I took the thumb drive(8GB), and then I began to install Yosemite, after I choose the language, I need to choose where I need to install Yosemite. The hard drive, didn't show up there either.

I get in Disk Utility and find out that my hard drive, isn't formatted, I just want to format it to Mac OS Extended Journaled, I chose it, and clicked erase and when I did that, I got this error:

Erasing the disk failed, Erasing the disk failed with error:

Formatting the file system failed.

I translated the error from Danish, so it could be worded differently on the English version of Disk Utility.


texts: How to stop Finder deleting "Favorites" bar shortcuts that don't open instantly

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I work in folders on a shared drive on a mostly-Windows office network. I keep these in the "favourites" bar in Finder for easy access. Most of my working days start like this:

I open Finder, and click on the shortcut for the folder I need
Two things happen simultaneously:

My Mac connects with the drive then opens the folder. So far, so good.
Finder sees that there was a moment's delay before the folder opened, while the network connection completed, and automatically deletes the shortcut

So I then need to go to the containing folder, and re-create the shortcut

Is there any way to stop Finder doing this?

I'm aware of workarounds like using a shortcut on my desktop, or manually connecting to the drive first, etc etc. I'm looking for a solution where I don't need to remember to stop myself doing something natural and intuitive like clicking on a favourites shortcut every morning.

Thinking about it, I'd also quite like to stop it auto-deleting any favourites links, even if they never work and are genuinely broken links: if a folder link breaks, I'll want to be able to look at the old file path to help me work out where a colleague might have moved it to. So solutions that turns off all auto-deletion of shortcuts is also welcome.

To add a little more info, once connected the shared drive appears in the "Shared" section of the Finder sidebar. "Get info" on it gives its "Kind" as "PC", and no further info.

It looks like Finder is set up such that if you click on a favourite, and Finder doesn't get back either "success" or some sort of specific known "connecting" message of a type that network Macs send to other Macs, it immediately deletes the shortcut. I'd like to have it not auto-delete shortcuts.


texts: macOS : stream a "false" prerecorded image/video to my webcam

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I want to feed my webcam with a "false" prerecorded image/video (as allowed camcamx soft on mac).

How to do ? Do you know a method or software? An alternative to camcamx ?

I use MacOS 10.11 Sierra on MacBook Pro 2014
Thank you for your help.


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I'm looking for some of the sounds that come default on OS X, like the preferences lock/unlock:

I basically just want to copy the sound files onto my desktop.


texts: MacOS: Rationalising Fonts — Cannot disable fonts

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According to Font Book, I have 260 fonts installed on my system. Many of them are for languages which do not affect me.

Three such fonts are Al Bayan, Al Nile and Al Tarikh, Arabic fonts which I do not read.

I have tried to disable some fonts, but I get the message:

The selected fonts cannot be disabled.

The current selection contains protected fonts, which cannot be
disabled. Please unselect these fonts and try again.

I understand that I can probably delete them.

Why can’t I disable them? Is there a potential problem if I delete them (or move them to an archive folder)?


texts: How to use 2 FullHD monitors to one Type-C port on Macbook Pro 15 2018?

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I've seen multiple questions were people are told you can't really use one port but it depends on your adapter and how you use it. I have a startech USB-C to 3 HDMI adapter:

And I've been using this adapter for my Dell XPS 13 9630 to connect to 2 external monitors and it works perfectly fine. Doesn't support 3rd monitor of course.

So I connected my Macbook Pro 15 2018 to the same adapter and the two monitors are mirrored. Been looking a bit online and it seems like people say you have to use different ports on the macbook. And I'm really surprised to see that a 3 times cheaper Dell XPS can handle two monitors through one port, but the macbook only sees it as one external monitor.

Ideally I'd want to have 3 FullHD monitors connected to this adapter, but I has to support at least 2 simultaneous monitors.

So does anyone know how do I get them to work through one adapter?


texts: How do I tell if my Mac supports Mini Toslink?

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Apparently on many modern macs the 3.5mm headphone audio jack supports Mini Toslink.

How can I tell whether my mac supports it, whether it supports surround sound (4 speaker or better), and whether the microphone input acts as a mini toslink input?