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Is there a way to prevent files being downloaded into the Downloads folder on a Mac such as when I open a PDF file from the browser instead of downloading it?

To explain what I mean, on Windows when you click 'Open' when the browser asks what to do with a file, the file gets downloaded to a temp folder.

On Mac it gets downloaded to the Downloads folder, in effect creating two copies if I choose to save the file later to a different folder. Since you can't move files on the Mac, the end result is a very cluttered Downloads folder and no way of knowing if a certain file is saved elsewhere?

Is there a way to change this behaviour, say not to have the file downloaded or to have it automatically deleted?


texts: What can I do to write forward slashes " / " in Google Docs without opening Help > Search menu?

texts:
I have a german keyboard MacBook Pro 2019 and I'm using a Portuguese Brazilian ABNT2 keyboard in the system.
In this configuration, two keys have an native extra feature (not sure if its only on ABNT2):

Option + Q = types a /

Option + W = types a ?

I need to use these both shortcuts otherwise I do not have any physical key to write a forward slash or question mark.

This is fine in EVERY application but Google office suite. When I try typing a forward slash (Option+Q) it opens a search in menus menu inside Help.

Before coming here, I tried going to Google forums but there is no way to remap that shortcut (in this case, Google considers the shortcut (Option+/). So I need to bypass it by using some mac feature/software.
Any suggestions on how to bypass this problem?


texts:
I am not sure if my question is okay to post or not.

I found a cheap, but simple and beautiful iPad stand on a korean website.

http://www.funshop.co.kr/vs/detail.aspx?categoryno=1359&itemno=10516

description says that it is from USA.

I googled with its name 'easy ipad stand', but I could not find anything.

anyone knows where to buy this product?


texts:
Named brand micro SD with 8 gigs on it. Trying everything to format as FAT32, on a Mac running Sierra and I get this error:

/dev/disk2s1 does not appear to be a whole disk

When running this:

$ diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk2s1 1 MBRFormat "MS-DOS FAT32" UDOO 1024M

Any idea what's going on here?


texts: How do I remove a Lightning cable that is stuck in a USB port?

texts:
I inserted the USB end of the lightning to USB cable that came with the iPhone 5 into a D-Link USB hub. When I tried to unplug the cable, it seemed impossible to remove. I tried using a screw driver to pry the connector out, but it didn't move with a reasonable amount of pressure. I tried using a piece of rubber to improve my grip on the connector, but that didn't work.

How do I safely extract the cable from the hub?


texts: Safari and Chromium on Mac get input language from other apps

texts:
In my system, two 'input sources' (languages) are enabled, and I use different languages in different 'documents' (apps).

I have Chromium or Safari open (a Webkit browser, that is to say) with English language selected for input. Then I switch to (for example) Skype where I use Russian. And when I switch back to the browser, it has Russian language selected as the current input language—the browser picks the language from another app.

This happens only when I switch to the web page itself. If I click in the address bar instead (from Skype or from the browser), the language will switch to English. And if I then put focus in the page again, it will still be English (i.e. the address bar acts as another 'document').

So, every time I switch to the browser to type something, I have to make sure I change the language to the proper one first. Languages seem to work fine in other respects across the system (though I recall having the same issue in the Terminal before but it disappeared, possibly with an update).

What could cause this behavior? Is there a solution? Is it a known issue?

Versions, for the record:

  OSX 10.8.5 (build 12F37)
  Chromium 30.0.1599.101 (227552) from FreeSMUG
  Safari 6.0.5 (8536.30.1)

All browser extensions are turned off, no Flash in the open pages (because this happens even on the 'new tab' page).
The issue is not new, I had it since 10.7.


texts: How does "Find my Mac" work, since there's no GPS in a Mac?

texts: I have used "Find my Mac" to find our Macbook Pro. It was pretty accurate and was able to place the computer within 10 feet of its actual location. I started thinking about how it actually works, since the MBP doesn't have a GPS. How does "Find my Mac" work?


texts: Which formats does Apple Newsstand accept?

texts:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Newsstand content can be published in PDF format.  Via a Newsstand iOS app of course.

What other formats does a Newsstand app work with?  Is epub ok?

Does Apple provide any information on content formats (I haven't found any)?


texts:
Today, my screen froze suddenly, and since the I have this problem reoccurring in certain intervals. I ran /sbin/fsck -fy and got the following results. I assume this is something with the processor? Would be nice if someone could help me out here.

I have to say that I have a bad battery, but as long as it is plugged in, it shouldn't be a problem?

Also, i unfortunately dont have the hardware diagnosis dvd and cant get it to run by holding down d.


texts: How to move all iPhoto video files to an external disk or a NAS?

texts:
The main harddrive of my MacBook Pro is filling up. So I need to move some files to an external medium.

I use iPhoto to import my photos and (HD) videos from my digital camera. I want to keep all my images in iPhoto, but I'd like to move the space consuming videos to another medium.

Is there simple, possibly automated way to move all the video files (.mov) that are in my iPhoto library to an external folder (NAS or disk)?


texts:
I want to profile the execution of a program to see what in particular is slowing it down - whether it hits a memory cap or if my CPU is not powerful enough.

Activity Monitor (the one that comes with OS X) is great, but I don't think it can record data (i.e. I think you can only see current RAM and CPU usage, not usage from the past).

I want the usage broken down by process if possible, so I can control for other things spiking in usage.

Do you know of any application that has this functionality?


texts: Is it legal to distribute ipa files signed with developer account to a third party for testing purpose?

texts:
I have the following scenario:

I have a Xcode project and I have archived and produced an ipa for the development deployment.
This ipa file can obviosly only be installed on my device.
Now, I give this ipa to a third party MDM provider.
Third party enroll my device into their MDM, upload the ipa on their MDM and pushes the app to my device.
This way I can run that app on my device.

Is this allowed in the licensed granted by Apple to Xcode users? I am specifically concerned over the part where I have to email the ipa to the third party MDM provider.


texts: Wireless display from one laptop to another

texts:
Here is my setup:

macbook pro retina physically connected to 2 external monitors, and keyboard+mouse.
17 macbook on its own

What I want to do:

I'd like to somehow use one of the external monitors connected to laptop (1) to display the screen of laptop (2).

The idea is that I don't want to have to connect/disconnect anything.  I want to be able to, on demand, use 1 of the displays connected to (1) to display what is on (2) without physically adjusting cables.

Is this possible?  Bonus points if someone can suggest a software kvm style solution so that in addition to using the monitors connected to (1), I can also use the mouse + keyboard connected to (1) to drive (2)


texts: How to open an App Store page in a Web-browser on iOS?

texts: Whenever I navigate to an App Store page in a Web-browser, the Web-browser redirects me to the App Store App to show me the App there.  Tested with Safari and Firefox on my iPhone. I would like to open an App Store page in a Web-browser, just like if was on my Mac. How can I do that?


texts:
I was using Firefox when my MacBook Pro crashed.  I was not initially concerned, as it does this about once a month.  However, it no longer starts.  It had 80% battery when it crashed, and plugging it in does not help.  Before I take it to the shop or take it apart, I hope someone here can offer a solution.
It is a 2013 MacBook Pro running the latest version of Yosemite.

Edit:  The computer restarts after several hours, but crashes again later.  I sought professional advice and was informed that the logic board needed to be replaced, because the not-restarting bit is apparently symptomatic of an overheated logic board.  But the problem resumed two days after a new logic board was installed.


texts: How to run a script from Alfred or Spotlight or any run dialog?

texts:
Coming from Linux I am really missing the good old gmrun -- a run dialog
which recognizes your $PATH and allows you to execute any script in it
without needing to open up a terminal. It does the job and get out of the
way immediately.

I am wondering if I can make Alfred or spotlight do the same thing, or perhaps
find another tool?

Update 1

I have tried Dterm, but it keeps asking me for accessibility permissions, which I have already granted.

Update 2

I have solved the above problem by going to privacy settings and check DTerm manually there:

It's working right now, but not as smoothly as I would expect: the run dialog is still there after the command is issued, it would be much better if the window gets hidden.


texts: USB Keyboards stop working after waking since upgrading to Catalina

texts:
I have a MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015).

I have 2 USB keyboards, one at home and one at the office, that I connect through USB-C hubs that has USB-A ports. The hubs I leave connected to the keyboard and they're different brands, so I don't believe it's a hardware issue.

Both at home and at work, if I close the lid and disconnect the USB-C hub to go to a conference room or something, then come back and plug it back in at my desk the keyboard no longer works. Only way to fix it I've found is to restart the computer.

This happens both at home and at the office and the USB-C hubs are different and the keyboards are different.

This started last week after upgrading to Catalina (10.15) and continues after an upgrade to 10.15.1.


texts: Smart Keyboard for 10.5" iPad Pro broken

texts:
I purchased a Smart Keyboard for my 10.5" iPad Pro in March 2018. Around December 2018/January 2019, it started failing: after putting it into the typing position, the software keyboard would stay on screen, as if the Smart Keyboard wasn't there. I tried some simple troubleshooting steps, which didn't fix the issue. Since it was still under warranty, I got Apple to send me a new one. The new one worked without a hitch... until now.

Again, the same symptom is happening: the software keyboard stays on screen after setting it into the typing position. Since all Apple stores are closed due to the current pandemic, and anyway the product is no longer under warranty, I don't expect Apple to fix it.

I tried cleaning the contacts on the iPad's Smart Connector as well as the corresponding pins on the Smart Keyboard using isopropyl alcohol, but it made no difference.

I'm fairly sure this is an issue of mechanical fatigue on the internal cabling, arising from the repeated action of opening and closing the keyboard, but I'd be most thrilled (although not really hopeful) to find any solutions that didn't involve replacing the keyboard.

I'm looking for any other troubleshooting tips, as well as reports of similar cases, and any information about possible repair programs in effect (searching the web, I discovered that the previous version of the Smart Keyboard, for the 9.7" iPad Pro, has or at least had a repair program valid for 3 years from the date of purchase, but was unable to find anything about the 10.5" iPad Pro). Any tales of trying to replace the Smart Keyboard at an Apple Store after the warranty has expired, despite the lack of an official repair program, are also welcome.


texts: Pale colors on external monitor with MacBook Pro M1

texts:
Yesterday I received my new MacBook Pro with the new M1 Chip. So far I'm really amazed! But there is one point: On my external display (LG 27UK850) the colors, especially black, are really pale. Black is more greyish.
My old MacBook Pro (with Intel) never had these color issues with this monitor. Also on the MacBook monitor colors are perfectly fine.
Anybody else have these issues? Or does somebody know how to solve it?
[edit] maybe good to know, I tried Display Port and USB-C


texts: Can't move spaces from one screen to another

texts:
I am using OS X 10.9. I am unable to drag Desktops from one screen to another, I am only able to switch arrangements on the screen that its on.

Here are my Mission Control settings

EDIT: Very strange, after a reboot the functionality seems to be working now without me making any changes.


texts: External USB-C dock monitor recognized by Macbook Pro 13 but not 16

texts:
I recently upgraded from a 2018 13" Macbook Pro (with touch bar, if that matters) to a 16" MBP.
I've used a USB-C lapdock (HP elite x3 lapdock) as a portable external monitor for the 13" MBP for the past 2 years with no issues.
While this was not intentionally designed as such, it works wonderfully, and provides keyboard, trackpad, speakers and a Full HD monitor with a single USB-C connection, all of which are perfectly recognized by MacOS.
On the 16 inch laptop though, when it's connected, keyboard/mouse/speakers work, but the monitor does not appear at all in MacOS, and the monitor shows a black image.
I've tried figuring out what could have changed between the two computers, and the only difference could be the way that graphics are handled (discrete GPU + integrated graphics vs integrated only), but I don't see why this would cause the monitor to fail to connect.
Attaching a comparison of the system report on both laptops when lapdock is connected:

Macbook pro 13 USB device tree

Macbook pro 13 Integrated graphics display info

Macbook pro 16 USB device tree

Macbook pro 16 Discrete GPU display info

Macbook pro 16 Integrated graphics display info

As you can see in the screenshots, the USB info shows identical information, but while the 13" integrated graphics shows the attached "HP Lap Dock" as a perfectly normal Thunderbolt/DisplayPort, 30-bit, 1080p monitor, while nothing remotely suggestive of the lapdock shows up in the 16" display info.
How can I get this second monitor to work with the 16" MBP? it's very annoying to lose a second monitor so I'm open to any suggestions to make this work - as long as it's not about using different cables/connections since the lapdock doesn't have any other connection interface to the computer.


texts: Devices in OS X Internet Sharing can't see each other

texts:
I really like the feature of OS X to share it's Ethernet connection over WiFi to other devices. But it appears that those devices are unable to "see" each other (e.g. you can't play a LAN game with two iDevices). I ensured that my firewall is disabled and that IP forwarding is enabled (sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 and sysctl -w net.inet.ip.fw.enable=1). Still, no possibility for those two devices to connect.
Is it unnecessary to enable IP forwarding? Is there a possibility to enable this behaviour?


texts:
I moved a folder and now the dock item cannot find the application.

How can I view the path of the pointer in a Dock item?


texts: How to export/backup Notes in macOS in one go

texts:
I have a lot of Notes on my machine which I don't want to loose. It's not logical to export them one by one. Is there any way to export them in one go, which would make me either use them on my new

I learned that I could backup ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes but I am not really sure if this would be helpful. This is what I get as for this directory.

$ du -sh ./*
4.0K    ./Library
256K    ./NoteStore.sqlite
 32K    ./NoteStore.sqlite-shm
3.0M    ./NoteStore.sqlite-wal

I am running macOS Mojave.


texts: Restoring User from Compressed Disk Image

texts: Is it possible to restore a user's account and home folder from a compressed disk image of the Macintosh HD? The image was created using Disk Utility.


texts: How to debug slow Chrome on MacBook Air?

texts:
I have a MacBook Air that is behaving poorly with Chrome.  Symptoms include:

Chrome often giving the "Ahh Snap" error message for lots of different websites, this happens frequently with the Google search page, when I enter a query to search, it often crashes.
The insertion point for entering text is slow to respond to a click to position cursor.
Web pages are slow to respond, for example, clicking on a message to select it for deletion inside Gmail can take a long time after clicking. This can take 30 seconds at times.  Sometimes, if I click again, I get the multi-colored rainbow spinning wheel.
Craig's List and Garnet Hill pictures do not appear in Chrome.

None of these issues happen with Safari. I've confirmed that speed tests show excellent Internet connectivity.  I've run the Activity Monitor and no process in using significant CPU percentage.  I'm running OS X Lion.

Should I try upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion?  Should I reinstall Chrome.  Should I reinstall my extensions to Chrome?  How can I best track down the issue?


texts: How to get Siri to ask for input in “Ask for text with .prompt” function

texts:
Initially when I use the function in Shortcuts Ask for text for What day is it today? , for exampe, Siri will
Speak out the question “What day is it today?” and I will just respond with the day and it will be saved to a variable to be passed on to another function.
For some reason unknown that is no longer the case. Now I get a text prompt box and I have to type into the IPhone. I tried figuring out
Settings for Siri but so far nothing works to bring back the voice prompt from Siri.
Anyone can help?


texts: Is there a way to view iTunes Store purchase history on a regular internet browser?

texts: Is there a way to view iTunes Store purchases without using iTunes? My bank account shows several music purchases I'm not aware of and I would like to verify them but currently don't have access to my main computer.


texts: Using a macbook pro keyboard for developing software. Typing square brackets and curly braces

texts:
Recently, I replaced my Windows laptop with a MacBook Pro. I'm very happy that I've made the choice to switch to OS X. It's indeed very user friendly. I've noticed that when you press a key on your keyboard longer than normal that you can choose different variants (with accents and things like that). As a student in electronics engineering I need te curly braces {} and sqaure brackets[] often. Can I change the way that the ( and ) keys work and add the square brackets and curly braces to it so they appear as an option when pressing the () keys?

Edit: (I know I can type them by using option and option and shift key, but I find the little popup menu very nice feature)...
Edit 2: If this is possible, I definitely want to add the ohm sign, and other symbols that I use on a regular base...


texts: Can the alert sound in Mountain Lion's notification center be customized?

texts: Is there a way to change the default "Basso" alert sound in Mountain Lion's Notification Center?  What I'd really like is support for application-specific notification sounds, so I can tell without looking at the screen whether a notification is from, say Mail vs. iCal.  Is this possible, and if so, is it something the application controls or NC controls?  If not, at least the ability to change the sound from Basso to something else would be an improvement.


texts: Why can't I paste into the password dialog when mounting an encrypted disk image?

texts:
I've got an encrypted sparse bundle disk image and I've used fstab with the right UUID to mount it someplace other than /Volumes. What I would like is to just dbl-click on it, enter the password and have it show up where I want it. I use a password manager and I have intentionally chosen a long random gibberish password for the disk image. It seems that I am not allowed to paste my password into the dialog that asks for a password when mounting an encrypted disk image.

Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Are certain videos blocked by Youtube on the iPhone or is this a technical issue?

texts:
When I search for any major label band on my iPhone 4 almost none of the official video clips are available.

I can always find the equivalent clip on DailyMotion.

I used to be able to find more results on the "classic" version of Youtube, but Youtube now always redirects to the mobile version. This started sometime in the past couple of months.

Say for example any of MGMTs official or VEVO videos or Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People. These can all be found and watched on a desktop browser, but can't be found anywhere on my iPhone.

Is there some licensing issue?


texts: How to check my MBP's logic board properties?

texts:
A few days ago, my MBP had a lot of issues like multiple beeping sounds as well as black screen anomalies. The beeping issue goes away when I force a shutdown.

When I took it in for repair, they reported that there was an issue with the logic board and RAM. They replaced the logic board and the MBP was working fine.

How do I check the properties of the logic board, when it was manufactured and its condition. Again, I trust Apple support, but I just wanted to convince myself.

Is there any way to check the properties of the MBP hardware?


texts: Is it possible to trick the Wi-Fi Positioning Service using proxies? My Mac got stolen a couple of days ago in Rome Italy and located in Algerie today.


texts: Does charging and CPU usage affect each other?

texts:
If I use the CPU heavily while charging a Mac, how much slower will the charging be? It would be interesting to hear if someone has data how many minutes it takes to:

Charge 0-100% while using ~0% CPU
Charge 0-100% while using 100% CPU

PS! Another interesting question (probably a separate question) would be: If a heavy 100% CPU job takes 1 hour on a 100% charged machine, how long does it take on a charging machine?


texts: iPhone Safari: Clearing the cache does not seem to be enough

texts:
I'm developing a mobile website and am using an iPhone for testing it. One of the .jpgs used was faulty and displayed as a black rectangle in the iPhone's Safari browser. The code was then changed and there is now a .png image instead.
For some reason even after clearing Safaris cache that image is still black, and I need a new phone that has never visited the website before in order to display it correctly.

Why is that happening and how can I fix it?


texts: Why does my Logitech C920 camera turn off and on again during recording with Photo Booth?

texts:
I have a Logitech C920 external webcam connected to my MacBook Air (13 inch, 2020) via a USB Type-C Hub.
I've been using it successfully to record videos using Photobooth until couple of days ago I upgraded the operating system to BigSur 11.1. Thereafter I started to experience following problem: In the middle of a recording, the blue indicator light on the webcam turns off and on again, and in the resulting video there are a couple of black frames.
I thought that maybe some device attached to the USB hub is getting too much power, so I removed all the devices (the mouse and the mobile router) from that hub so that the camera was the only one connected to the hub. This did not solve the problem.
I then downloaded and installed the Logitech settings app and currently I have following settings:

Yesterday I turned off Auto focus and it seemed that it helped. However, today I again had those flashes.
I record videos that are between 6 and 15 minutes long. The problem gets worse towards the end of a video.
What can be the cause of this problem and how can I fix it?
Update 1: Here is a video where between 00:04 and 00:05 you can see how the blue indicator light of the camera turns off and on again.
Update 2: Today I tried to record a 10-minute video using the built-in camera and I had the same effect as with the external one.


texts:
I've moved house from the UK to Ireland so now am in a different iTunes region. I have changed store and registered new payment details so I can properly use iTunes again.

BUT, all of my App updates via the iTunes store are blocked. The Apps on the iOS devices themselves are fine and can be updated one by one but not at all through iTunes.
The Apps I'm interested in are available in both the original and new region App Stores so there should be no licensing issues, particularly since the updates are allowed on the iOS device itself.

Updates to my Mac software through the Mac App Store are also fine now.

Any ideas?


texts: Audio output and volume controls gone after updating to iOS 5.1

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 (Verizon, Model MD146LL) and I just upgraded from iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5.1 (9B176) using Settings > General > Software Update.
Immediately after completing the update, I noticed that my phone did not make the unlock sound as I unlocked my phone. "Oh, the volume must be down", I thought. So, I made sure my mute switch was off and pressed the + button to increase the volume. Unfortunately, I was greeted by the empty ringer volume popup:

"Apple must have changed the default setting for the volume buttons ^^"... Surely, I could change it myself! So, I head over to Settings > Sounds:

Oh, the settings are right. Hmm... What happens if I move the volume slider?
Rejoice! MARIMBA!

Ok, so my phone can play audio. Can it play music or watch a video?
No!

No!

NO...

Other controls:

Hoping that this was just a temporary glitch, I tried the following:

Switching Change with buttons on and off
Turning my phone on and off
Hard reset (holding Home+Lock until it reboots)
Plugging and unplugging my earphones
Plugging and unplugging the USB charging cable

Plugging and unplugging the USB cable seems to fix the issue. However, as soon as I lock the phone, the sound and volume controls are disabled again! Due to this behavior, I'm convinced that this is a software bug and not hardware related (e.g. faulty headphone jack).
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm afraid I'm going to have to do a clean restore or downgrade back to iOS 5.0.

Update 1:
Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings was unsuccessful, even when setting up the phone as a new device (no backup). The bug is still present. I will be trying a clean restore from iTunes soon.

Update 2:
Restoring as a new device using iTunes was also unsuccessful. :( From my research, it looks like this bug not specific to my model:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/17808462#17808462
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17799461#17799461
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17850153#17850153

Update 3:
After further analysis and comparison, I think that this bug is related to the External Accessory Framework (or similar components). When you are plugged into a compatible device, the controls are hidden, similar to my screenshots above. This may also explain why plugging and unplugging the charger temporarily fixes the problem. "I'm unplugged; I should enable my volume controls now."


texts: How to revoke 3rd-party apps Twitter integration on iOS 11?

texts:
I used to have some iOS apps that were authorized to access my Twitter account through the legacy Twitter integration feature in old iOS version. This feature is no longer available in iOS 11.

According to Twitter (https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/revoke-twitter-access-on-ios-app) :

  Note: Though you will see other specific apps like Twitter for iPhone
  or Camera for iOS listed in your active connections, you cannot revoke
  access to these individual apps; you have to revoke access for the
  entire iOS integration.

How do I revoke those apps' access if all my devices are running iOS 11?


texts: Macbook Air WiFi Connection Timeout problem

texts:
I have a Macbook Air 13" Early 2014 with macOS High Sierra 10.13.

The problem I have is that my Internet connection (Wi-Fi) keeps going off every 5 minutes or less.
When I start my Mac, Wi-Fi works perfectly, but after a few minutes, the Internet connection goes off. If I disconnect Wi-Fi and reconnect after a few seconds, the Internet connection works, but only for a few minutes, and then I have to disconnect and connect again.

When I connect the mac with others wifi works perfectly but the one at home gives me this problem only on my macbook. Because i have also an iphone and ipad and for them (the wifi that i use at home) works perfectly.

It's very annoying. I had the same issues with macOS Sierra, so I decided to update the OS, but it's the same.

If someone can help me I'll be really grateful, thanks.


texts: Full expression friendly calculator app?

texts:
One of the apps I miss most from Linux when using a Mac is the Gnome calculator (gcalctool). I like that I can type out a full expression before evaluating it:

Is there a good free calculator app that works similarly or is there a way to install gcalctool?


texts: Locked iPhone 4 — What specifically can I access?

texts:
I’m purchasing several iPhone 4 models for an art project. However they are being listed by the seller as “iCloud Locked.”

I only need them to power up so I can upload a single video via USB to play it on the screen. Can anyone tell me if this is possible?

I don’t need any other connectivity resources, and I have no intention to ever use the phones otherwise.


texts: Reset "New Terminal at Folder" placement in context menu

texts:
Before when I enabled the option to open a new Terminal window from a certain folder, my context menu looked like this:

Now it looks like this:

How can I go back to having just the one option in the context menu?  I have tried disabling and reenabling the functionality in System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services to no avail.  This appears to have happened after installing SourceTree and I looked around for some options in SourceTree preferences but found nothing so far.  What can I do?


texts:
Can I increase the default font size for the Notes in Mountain Lion?

The text is too small, I would like to see big characters when I create a new note instead.

UPDATE:

<dict>
        <key>FontName</key>
        <string>Noteworthy-Light</string>
        <key>Size</key>
        <integer>20</integer>
</dict>


texts: How can I tell who posted a photo in a shared iCloud photo stream?

texts: Can you determine which/whose device took a picture in a shared iPhone photo stream?


texts: Fatal: Unknown scheme: SHA512-CRYPT - is This mac related?

texts:
You can see from the output of the samples shows in the first case, that SHA512-CRYPT seems to be Unknown.
The code I used is from a Linux based tutorial on setting up Postfix+Dovecot+MySQL on a site. Everything is generally going ok, apart from this bit. There are some others unknown as well. The codes used to create my database of passwords follows these output examples.

MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s SHA512-CRYPT -p 123456
Fatal: Unknown scheme: SHA512-CRYPT
MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s SHA512 -p 123456
{SHA512}ujJTh2rta8ItSm/1PYQGxq2GQZXtFEq1yHYhtsIztUi66uaVbfNG7IwX9eoQ817jy8UUeX7X3dMUVGTioLq0Ew==
MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s SHA256 -p 123456
{SHA256}jZae727K08KaOmKSgOaGzww/XVqGr/PKEgIMkjrcbJI=
MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s MD5 -p 123456
{MD5}$1$.mAQzPhO$6v/WxTUt.Y1lhopkMarEb0
MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s MD5-CRYPT -p 123456
{MD5-CRYPT}$1$gNkYwx/o$3nQLmUIPOBmZdR/e/EXFV1
MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s BLF-CRYPT -p 123456
Fatal: Unknown scheme: BLF-CRYPT
MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s SHA512 -p 1pass66U!
{SHA512}EuuO6BAt+bgzXIOw7XIdiVBFwdEZ2tGqHOJ/DSTSkD+ikw7GQQo+KtHSta7p3KNv2AEVKtfOuyl5UeCEqnKogg==
MacMini:~ robert$ sudo doveadm pw -s SHA256-CRYPT -p 1pass66U!
Fatal: Unknown scheme: SHA256-CRYPT
MacMini:~ robert$ mysql --version
mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.19, for osx10.9 (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper
MacMini:~ robert$ cd

My MySQL Version:

mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.19, for osx10.9 (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper

The MySQL code used to create the user/password table. Which seems to work fine, and creates the table as it should - even though the resulting password doesn't appear to be quite right for SHA512-CRYPT

INSERT INTO `mailserver`.`virtual_users`
  (`id`, `domain_id`, `password` , `email`)
VALUES
  ('1', '1', ENCRYPT('firstpassword', CONCAT('$6$', SUBSTRING(SHA(RAND()), -16))), 'email1@example.com'),
  ('2', '1', ENCRYPT('secondpassword', CONCAT('$6$', SUBSTRING(SHA(RAND()), -16))), 'email2@example.com');

What it actually creates is this: This is not a SHA512-CRYPT password??

mysql> SELECT * FROM mailserver.virtual_users;

3 |         1 | $6jxK9DWPBrAc | robert@zeus.example.com

Just to be clear,. this is the section of the Dovecot configs that deals with handling this. BUT.. On the MAC-Mini, SHA512-CrYPT is unknown.

# List of supported schemes is in
# http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/PasswordSchemes
#
default_pass_scheme = SHA512-CRYPT

So the question is, what Encryption should I be using, and is this an Apple thing, or a MySQL thing?

thanks
Robert


texts: Will Find my iPhone Lost Mode be useful if stolen phone as shows Offline?

texts: My phone was stolen last night. I made sure it was in Lost Mode in iCloud and it was immediately in Offline status when I open iCloud. I am positive the thief switched it off. Now I am 100% certain the Find my iPhone option was turned on on my iPhone, but will the "Lost Mode" be of any help if it was not turned on on the iPhone? Would it be showing "Offline" if I did not turn on the option?


texts: iPod Classic 160GB just will not start any help appreciated

texts: My 160gb iPod Classic will not turn on or do anything It does not get recognised by iTunes when I hold the Menu and Centre button the apple logo appears but does not start, if I hold the same buttons for longer a red circle with a cross inside it appears.  Any ideas how I can get my iPod started or do you think it might need a visit to apple support shop.


texts: MeMoji-style character creation on non-pro iPad

texts: My six-year-old son loves the MeMoji creator in iOS. The problem is that he has a non-pro iPad so it's not available to him there. Are there any apps that provide similar character creation that will run on his regular iPad?


texts: Disabling Photo Stream with Shared Apple ID

texts: My kid's devices are tied to my Apple ID, and that's working wonderfully.  The problem is that anytime I take a photo on my iphone, it automatically appears on their ipads.  How do I disable that?


texts: Why can't I share my voice memo on my iPhone via e-mail?

texts:
When I go to to share a memo created in the Voice Memo app via e-mail, the e-mail will get sent, but there will not be an attachment.  In the outbox before it gets sent, the attachment is there, but when I look in the sent folder afterward, there is no attachment.  What is causing this and how can I fix it?  The size of the voice memo does not matter, there will be no attachment.

I am using ios 6.1, sending to a Gmail account.


texts: How to trace and debug IPC (interprocess communication)

texts:
I have a problem with my distnoted process that I'm trying to debug.  In order to investigate it, I'd like to trace the interprocess communication that's happening on my OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks) system.  I know about dtruss, and I can see things like this:

% dtruss -p 263

SYSCALL(args)        = return
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
kevent64(0x3, 0x7FFF76D54130, 0x1)       = 1 0
kevent64(0x3, 0x7FFF76D54130, 0x1)       = 1 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
kevent64(0x3, 0x7FFF76D54130, 0x1)       = 1 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
thread_selfid(0x10E810000, 0x7FFF783E8258, 0x1010101)        = 5185362 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0
thread_selfid(0x110219000, 0x7FFF783E8258, 0x1010101)        = 5185368 0
workq_kernreturn(0x20, 0x0, 0x1)         = 0 0

I have heard that dtrace is available for me to use, but I don't know
any good recipes for IPC.


texts: Is there a way to run Safari 5 or 6 on Mavericks?

texts:
Pretty much what the title says: Is there a way to run a version older than Safari 7 on Mavericks?

I've seen multi safari but that doesn't allow you to install the older versions on Mavericks

Also I'd need an actual running local instance, not a virtualization tunnel like browserstack


texts:
I'm trying to Downgrade my iPhone 5s from iOS 7.1 to iOS 7.0.4.

I have been looking at tutorials, and found this one Downgrading iOS 7.1 with iTunes

It worked up until the last step. My iPhone starts to Extract the Software, then a popup comes up saying "This device is not eligible for the requested build". After seeing this, I went to This Video

I followed the steps, but it still comes up with the same error message.

Can someone please tell me how to remove this "This device is not eligible for the requested build" error message?


texts: Adding a Windows printer in OS X Yosemite

texts:
I am trying to add a Windows printer through the advanced option:

but, as you can see, the Type and Device lists are both inactivated. What is happening here?


texts: How can I make a copy of a dvd made with imovie?

texts: I have a movie of me skydiving, but the disk is starting to get scratchy. I was wondering how I can copy this to my hard-drive, so I can play it whenever I want. I tried the disk utility and copy the disk to an image, but that only copied the files and folders, thus not making it playable as a videofile.


texts: How do you change the number registered for iMessage?

texts:
I want to delete the red one shown in the screenshot.
I can not seem to change it or tap it somehow. Can somebody help?


texts: Persistent do not disturb toggle in Yosemite possible?

texts:
When Do Not Disturb is on it shows in Notification Center.
When it's off, no toggle.

I just want it there all the time so I can flick it on while I focus for an hour or so.

Anyone know how to make that happen?


texts:
I have an iPad 2 with iOS 6.0, and iTunes 10.7.

I'm trying to copy music from iTunes to my iPad. Everything seems to act fine, but it doesn't actually copy the music. If I select the destination playlist on the iPad, it lists the tracks, but they are greyed out with a stationary grey sync icon to the left. iTunes does not show any activity in the top area.

It is set to manually manage music, my iPad is registered with the same Apple ID as iTunes, and my iPod touch is set up in a theoretically identical manner yet I can copy music to that. Telling my iPad to sync does not have any effect.


texts: How to uninstall Corel Painter Internal Audio Driver in OS X Yosemite

texts:
I had installed Corel Painter 2016 on OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 with its .pkg installer. I removed installed files from /Applications/ by dragging them to the Trash.

Today I noticed that there is an additional item in the Output/Input Devices list at the menubar named Internal Audio Driver (Corel Painter).
How can i uninstall it?


texts:
I have installed gcc and g++ instead of clang compilers from Xcode, so now I have problem with compiling with cmake. After running cmake I have got error:

-- The C compiler identification is unknown
-- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- broken
CMake Error at /usr/local/Cellar/cmake/3.15.3/share/cmake/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:60 (message):
  The C compiler

    "/usr/bin/gcc"

  is not able to compile a simple test program.

  It fails with the following output:

    Change Dir: /Users/yuriy/Projects/SublimeProjects/AgingAlgorithm/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeTmp

    Run Build Command(s):/usr/bin/make cmTC_d5a2e/fast && xcrun: error: active developer path ("/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer") does not exist
    Use `sudo xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app` to specify the Xcode that you wish to use for command line developer tools, or use `xcode-select --install` to install the standalone command line developer tools.
    See `man xcode-select` for more details.

  CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:6 (project)

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/Users/yuriy/Projects/SublimeProjects/AgingAlgorithm/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
See also "/Users/yuriy/Projects/SublimeProjects/AgingAlgorithm/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log".

Problem have been appeared after deleting clang compilers and Xcode and changing links cc, c++, gcc and g++.
In terminal macOS can run utilities gcc, cc, g++, c++, but it still doesn't work for cmake.

Can I fix it without installation of basic clang compilers from Xcode? If I can, so how?


texts: Removing video streaming audio device from my Mac

texts:
Recently I installed ScreenFlow app and then I found this thing called "video streaming audio device " in my audio selection and it screws everything up. Sometimes I can't hear people and sometimes they can't hear me. I am trying to get rid of it but nothing has worked.

So far I have tired:

removing the ScreenFlow app.
removing "video streaming audio device " from Audio MIDI Setup app but (but the - sign is disabled.

Any help?


texts: Me and my girlfriend are using facetime regularly for talking. I'm worried if anyone can hack our Facetime calls and record our videos? Is it possible? How safe is Facetime?


texts: How to change mc (midnight command) bash prompt on OS X?

texts: I observed that my custom bash prompt does not work on mc. How do I customize it?


texts: How to use the iPhone microphone when connected with Bluetooth to a speaker?

texts:
I would like to ask you how to use the iPhone microphone when connected to a speaker? The speaker don't have its own microphone and I should disconnect the speaker every time when I have to talk  for example.
Any ideas is this possible?


texts: Will Apple Charge my Card without asking me?

texts:
I am getting notice while adding my debit card that your payment method was declined app store.
I used my Debit card because it has zero balance to add purpose only.
But app store is saying that payment is declined.
So it means Apple will charge without asking me?
How much will Apple charge and Will that amount be refunded or not, if refunded after what time?


texts: sync the bookmarks in Favorites folder with a computer

texts:
I can only sync the bookmarks in the Bookmark folder on my iPad. Is there a way to sync the bookmarks in the Favorite folder too ?

I am syncing between iPad and Google chrome(Desktop)

EDIT: Here is a picture that explains it all.


texts: third party content app document for app store

texts:
i send multi time app for review in app store but not accept and it's need third party Document, but i don't find anything about it. there isn't any sample or example
my app work with my site api and get data from my site

the review result :

  The inclusion of third party content within the application, whether
  retrieved from the internet by the application or embedded in the
  application, is subject to the terms of the iOS Developer Program
  License Agreement. You must warrant that your application does not
  infringe the rights of a third party by providing documentary evidence
  that you have the rights to use this content.

  Acceptable documentation includes a copy of your contract with the
  copyright holder to your company, detailing your authorization.

please if have any idea or experiment about that , help me
Thanks

Update (22/2/2019)
i send a doc that include the website owner signed that i have right to use api and publish this app but it's rejected again .

the new answer of app store reviewer :

  Thank you for the message. After review of the documentation, we are
  requesting further documentation demonstrating your right to use the
  third-party content. Documentation must prove the third party content
  owners have agreed to distribute their work through your platform.
  Furthermore, please be sure to include dates, rights holders' names,
  your company's name, and relevant signatures.


texts:
I have 3 partitions on my hard drive right now, and none of them are able to be resized (the apply button is greyed out when trying to partition).

I also feel like my drives are messed up in some way because I tried to get Apple support to help with resizing, and they just said they don't know what's going on, and I need to do a full reset. However, I don't want to reset the Bootcamp partition as I don't have access to/can't find the license anymore to reinstall Microsoft Office, which is mainly what I use Bootcamp for.

Can anyone help me figure out how to resize my OS X Base System or Bootcamp partitions, so that I can have more space on my MacOS Sierra partition?

Here are some details.

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            40.0 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                104.9 GB   disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         105.1 GB   disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS OS X Base System       +39.7 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 D7973CD1-C28B-4D48-9D00-67E9F613D63D
                                 Unencrypted

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +105.1 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk0s5
   1:                APFS Volume MacOS Sierra            94.6 GB    disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 22.5 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                515.0 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk2s4

diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group A8032031-9A1E-439F-B836-4317DC3B4E1B
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         40028594176 B (40.0 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 08D113CD-E0B8-43F6-BBDA-6CE28CD1992D
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     40028594176 B (40.0 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family D1D151BC-BDDE-4D3A-9997-0082983E4154
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume D7973CD1-C28B-4D48-9D00-67E9F613D63D
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          39676272640 B (39.7 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               OS X Base System
            Volume Name:           OS X Base System
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: Disabling "access to contacts" dialog box with terminal

texts:
I am trying to disable the following dialog box that pops up all the time when I open Mail.app:

Is there a way to do so using terminal?

Thanks!


texts: imessage going to receivers messanger or computer, not their phone

texts:
A couple of months ago my friend told me the text messages from my iPhone were going sometimes to her messenger and sometimes to her phone.  I thought perhaps it was a technical issue on her part and dismissed it.  But a similar issue is happening with a client also.  When I send her text messages, they are going to her computer and not her phone.  I video call her to do virtual piano lessons with her two girls on her computer, but we've never had this issue until recently.
Does anyone know if this is a setting on my side or theirs?  And if it is on my end how I would fix this?


texts: hoow can I make and receive calls With USA and Canada by using a PBX account, Acrobits softphone, and Google chat?

texts: I have an iPhone 4s running iOS 8, I an recently using it in the Middle East, but I would like to make and receive calls to people living in Canada and USA. I have a gmail that has an American mobile number connected to its Google voice. Is their an app that would enable me to make and receive phone calls by using this American phone number to my iPhone. But I don't have the sim for this American phone number, and my iPhone has a sim with a local number from the Middle East installed to it.


texts: Photos section of OSX Yosemite file picker dialog out of date -- any way to force an update?

texts:
On my MacBook Pro running 10.10.4, just now, I wanted to upload an image to a website that I was browsing in Safari, so I clicked an upload field and got the usual dropdown Finder dialog. I choose "Photos" in the left sidebar to browse my Photos Library.

I open the "Moments" section to look for a photo I took yesterday. The photo's not there. In fact, the whole "moment", comprising 16 photos, is missing. I open the Photos app to confirm that the moment is on my laptop, and it is.

So for some reason the Finder dialog lags behind the Photos app. Is there any way to "kick" it and prompt it to update? Or better yet, to eliminate the delay completely?


texts: How to customise rEFInd theme on High Sierra?

texts:
Installed rEFInd using the install binary. All working but the originally theme was a little uninspiring. So I followed following steps from this link.

  From OSX, do the following

  Start by mounting your EFI partition.

  sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes

  Then cd to the rEFInd directory on that partition cd
  /Volumes/EFI/rEFInd

  Download the theme with Git

  git clone https://github.com/EvanPurkhiser/rEFInd-minimal

  Now add the theme info to refind.conf

  echo "include rEFInd-minimal/theme.conf" >> refind.conf

  Reboot with sudo reboot

everything seemed to execute successfuly and the line include rEFInd-minimal/theme.conf has been added to the refind.conf file but when I reboot the theme remains the same (original). Can it be customised?

Sorry, I'm pretty newbie when it comes to this stuff so go easy on me!


texts: How to make the APFS container bigger, when Disk Utility always create a new, empty APFS container?

texts:
I found blogs to shrink an APFS container, but not to grow it.  There is one Stack Overflow post about growing it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47704458/how-do-you-increase-the-size-of-an-apfs-volume
However, for me, I had a 500GB SSD drive, and 450GB was HFS+, 50GB was APFS.  I was able to shrink down the HFS+ partition to about 420GB.  However, Disk Utility immediately created another AFPS container which is about 30GB, and it cannot be used with the original disk2, which I assume is both the APFS container and volume which is 50GB.
When I do
diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk2 0

or
diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk2 76g

(The 76g should mean 76GB, and 0 should mean "maximum")
it always says the size cannot be the same or there is not enough space (Error: -69519).  When I use Disk Utility to delete the empty APFS container, it would immediately create a new one.
So to hack it, I found out that container is disk3 and I used
diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk3 2g

and it succeeded, and the Partition pie chart in Disk Utility now shows "Free Space", but then the two commands up above both still say the same thing.  What can be done to grow it from 50GB to about 78GB or 76GB?


texts: How do I identify the latest iPad Pro model?

texts: How can I tell if an Apple 12.9 inch iPad Pro with Wi-Fi is the latest model? Is the model # enough? Thank you.


texts: Change grey color profile to colored one in image

texts:
I wanted to do some fancy image editing, copy/paste a few other images into one PNG.
To prepare a canvas for myself I did:
convert -size 1920x1080 xc:white white.png

then I opened the all-white PNG in Preview.app, copied some other wonderfully colored images into it, edited around until I was happy.
I saved the image.
Then I closed Preview.app.
Upon closing Preview.app, the image turned from color to monochrome.
Checking image info reveals:

Color model: Grey
ColorSync profile: Calibrated Gray Colorspace

I guess this is an unfortunate effect of the imagemagick command I used (and I've since learnt that the output file name could have instead been PNG24:white.png to generate an sRGB PNG that won't have this problem.)
There's a lot of work I will have to redo now if this is irreversible.
How can I retrieve the colors of the image? (I'm hoping the color information could still be there and reassigning color profile can reveal them)
The menu option Tools > Assign Color Profile... in Preview.app does not show me any non-grayscale color profiles.


texts:
What is the best way to connect a device with a Thunderbolt 3 (USB Type-C) port to a computer (MacBook Pro) with a Thunderbolt 2 port?

I understand there will not be full 40 Gbps speed.

Device is a http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BL0CKIM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_D1BFxb33TZ5ZM


texts: Can I combine message conversations from one contact's different phone numbers?

texts:
My friend recently got a new phone number assigned to the same iPhone she's had for a while, and sent me an iMessage from it to let me know. Since I didn't have the phone number already, it of course appeared separately in my iPhone's "conversation" list from the messages we had sent back and forth using her old number.

I've added the new phone number to her contact info now, and it would be nice if I could keep the two conversations together -- just continuing with the new number from where the old number left off.

I've found a program called Merge available on Cydia, which looks like it would do exactly what I want. I am not particularly interested in jailbreaking, however. Is there any way to accomplish the same thing on stock iOS 6?


texts:
I work as a software developer and was contracted by a hospital to develop an app. I purchased the Apple Developer Program to upload the app, but Apple rejected it saying that the developer certificate name does not comply with section 5.2.1 of the PLA:

Since your app is specifically for a medical institution, it should be submitted under an account that reflects the name of the medical institution. Your app is currently submitted under an individual account that reflects your name, “AMAN ULLAH TANVEER.” To comply with section 5.2.1 of the PLA, your app should be submitted by an account that reflects "Saifee Hospital Karachi.”
To request an update to the company name or entity type associated with this Apple Developer Program account, the Team Agent will need to contact Apple Developer Support to request an update to the company name. On the Contact Us page, select "Membership and Account," then "Organization Name Change" to make this request

I then asked Apple to change my account type from individual to company. Apple reject my appeal by saying you are not the founder of XYZ company.

Thank you for contacting Apple Developer Program Support regarding migrating to an organization membership.
We are unable to proceed with the migration because you do not meet our migration requirements:
• The owner of the individual account must be the founder or cofounder of the organization.
Though only founders or cofounders are eligible for migration, your organization can enroll
separately into the Apple Developer Program. After the enrollment is complete, it is possible to transfer apps to the organization membership. See the App
transfer overview for details.

When asked for a refund, Apple denied by saying the developer program fees are non-refundable.

I apologize for the inconvenience you may have experienced, unfortunately we are unable to process this credit due to our no-refund purchase terms. You can view these terms within
the Program License Agreement located in Membership > Show Agreements at the Apple
Developer website.

When asked apple if I change the name of my application to something generic removing the words "Hospital" from it

Thank you for contacting the App Review Board. However, changing the name of your application does not resolve the 5.2.1 issue. Since your app is specifically for a medical institution, it should be submitted under an account that reflects the name of the medical institution.
Please refer to our previous correspondence for details on how to resolve the issues we identified during our review. It would be appropriate to revise your app to ensure it is compliant with our guidelines prior to resubmitting it for review.

Can someone explain who needs to apply for the developer program?
Is my money totally lost?


texts: Reduce file size of exported PDF from Notability app

texts:
I use the Notability app for note taking in my iPad. I need to export one of my notes and upload it to a web site with file size restrictions (unfortunately I don't know the maximum size, but I have reason to believe it is 2 MB).

A 12-page-long note, consisting only of written text/mathematics and a single grayscale imported figure in one of the pages is taking up 10+ MB, which is frankly outrageous. Also, I'm pretty sure taking out the figure would make little difference; seems like the developers never paid attention to exported file sizes.

How can I reduce this to fit into my 2 MB budget?

Ideally I'd like to flip a switch inside Notability itself which reduced the export file size, but I don't think anything like that exists.

Otherwise, I'm looking for free tools which would help me reduce the file size. EDIT: online tools are not a possibility, as I can't run the risk of my file being stored and later distributed somehow.

I've already tried exporting a PDF from Preview.app with the "Reduce File Size" filter, which didn't make a difference.

Ghostscript fared a little better: gs -o out.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET in.pdf reduced the file size to 7 MB, but it's not enough for me.

ImageMagick's convert tool produced output that could be barely classified as readable, even at an alleged 600 DPI.

I also tried exporting JPEGs from Notability and concatenating them with Preview.app, which produced a 4 MB file size, still unsuitable for me (and also, I lose vector rendering, searching, etc. that way, which if possible I'd like to retain).

My best result until now was running this 4 MB file through gs -o out.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET in.pdf (note ebook instead of printer). It is readable, although visibly compressed, and takes up 1.3 MB. Lacking any other options, this is the file I'm going to submit, but I'm hopeful there's a better solution.

Any other suggestions?


texts:
I am looking for an app similar to conky on Linux that will allow me to display various system stats and style them right on my desktop wallpaper.

I am only able to find things like iStats which have menubar interactive items but I don't really want that, but something that will allow me to put various stuff right on the Desktop. Does this exist? Something like this


texts: Turn off and disable the "Coherence" feature of Parallels Desktop for Mac

texts:
On Parallels 15.0.0, I have accidentally triggered the "Coherence" feature within a VM running macOS Catalina as a guest on my macOS Mojave host. Now the apps are opening in within native windows on host machine, rather than being contained within a single "desktop" window. This is unworkable for me, making Parallels worse than worthless.

➥ How do I turn off the now-active "Coherence" feature within a VM?

➥ How do I entirely disable the "Coherence" entirely, so I never accidentally invoke it again?

I tried turning on the Configuration > Security > Isolate virtual machine from Mac. But this did not stop the Coherence feature.


texts: Mac disk free space automatically decreases

texts:
I am running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) on MacBook Pro. A few days ago I found my free disk space is too low, so I tried to clean un-necessary files form disk myself and using some programs like CleanGenius.

There was 1.7 GB free, but after a while I found the free space is again zero. Again I cleaned up some other files and had 1GB free, but after a few hours I found the free space is again a few megabytes.

During this time I have not installed new program, downloaded new things, or copied any files to my computer.

This is not new to me, once before I cleaned up 7GB of my disk and after a few hours I found my free disk space is close to zero.

Do you have any suggestion why this happens and how can I prevent it? I have up-to-date registered anti-virus.


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X11 forwarding has stopped working since I upgraded to Yosemite. I tried reinstalling XQuartz, but that did not solve the problem. Has anyone faced the same problem?

EDIT:
I was finally able to fix the problem.

launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist


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This is a clean install. New Mac. No previous versions of Windows has been purchased or installed.
I need an ISO, not a DVD because there is no optical drive on the new Macs
Microsoft only sells Windows 8 Update, not the full thing. There is a "system builder" edition out available through some "partners" and apparently it also only comes on DVD.
Windows 7 it seems can be bought from Microsoft but only in certain regions (mine is not included) and only in DVD form.
I see you can get ISOs of Windows 7 from Digital River but that only works if you have a product key, ie. you have already purchased Windows (currently no way to do this, see points 1-4).

Really Microsoft? This is why people run to Pirate Bay. Any solutions welcome :)


texts: Is there any software esp. forensics and such, that allow me to unlock a disabled iPhone from putting in too many wrong attempts. I know the correct PIN but I don't want to reset it since this contains VERY important data. The screen says iPhone is disabled, and connect to iTunes, but before I do that I just wanted to inquire.


texts: Mavericks setup fails: "the recovery system can't be created"

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I've been trying to upgrade from OS X Mountain Lion to OS X Mavericks, but the setup fails after a few minutes with the message that it can not create the recovery system. The relevant installer log items are listed here:

Oct 24 11:47:44 192.168.2.1 OSInstaller[379]: Recovery system creation failed with error -69866 (Couldn't complete copy)
Oct 24 11:47:45 192.168.2.1 OSInstaller[379]: Install failed: OS X can’t be installed on the disk Athena, because a recovery system can’t be created. Visit www.apple.com/support/no-recovery to learn more.
Oct 24 11:47:46 192.168.2.1 OSInstaller[379]: Reverted bless to disk Athena

The complete log is uploaded as a Gist.

When I try to boot in to the existing Recovery environment, by holding Cmd+R on boot, I get booted in to the Internet Recovery. Also, I have checked if the Recovery partition is missing, which it isn't. This is the output of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
  1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
  2:                  Apple_HFS Athena                  119.5 GB   disk0s2
  3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

When holding Opt at boot, the Recovery HD does not appear as an option.

What can I do to fix this problem and to upgrade to Mavericks? Thanks!


texts: Clear AppStore cookies and locally stored data

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How to clear my OSX 10.8 AppStore cookies and locally stored data?

I also heard that there's a debug mode in AppStore, How can I enable it?


texts: For making an assistive device, does iOS 13 enable control of a cursor using code?

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Curious if it's possible to control a cursor on an iPad, for example to allow someone who can't touch the screen to be able to generate movement commands some other way, and have those commands sent to the iPad to move and click the cursor.

I heard iOS 13 has AssistiveTouch and allows things like a Bluetooth mouse, which gets toward what I'm asking about.

As an example, it would be great to use Python to send messages to the iPad to move the cursor, or use Python to emulate a Bluetooth mouse essentially. Anyone know if this is possible?


texts: Does my Time Machine backup disc need to be dedicated?

texts: I have an external HD that's about 60% full. The remaining space is more than enough for a Time Machine backup of my hard drive. If I enable Time Machine using that disc, will it erase my existing files, or just use the free space?


texts: Will bootable usb created by bootcamp on mac work with PC?

texts: I need to make a bootable usb with windows 8 files on it, I can't think of easier option than creating it via help of bootcamp, but Will it work for pc (I want to install files on my pc)?


texts: Highly abnormal graphic glitch on yosemite / retina: all white backgrounds appear pink

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Suddenly, all white and transparent image backgrounds appear pink for me (but only on images, not on anything else that's renderered).

For example, the SE searchbar looks like this:

Or the latest email from amazon:

Or the tag:

The problem does only occur on HiDPI resolutions. If i launch Display Menu and switch to a normal resolution, the problem disappears.

This started after i had the decency to run Quartz Debug Tool to read the FPS of the OS X GUI. I clicked "Disable 2D Acceleration", but it froze my system and forced me to reboot.

Something must have gotten messed up. Anyone know how i can remedy this?

I tried a PRAM reset and deleting windowserver plist files. To no avail.

MBP Mid 2014 | 1TB | 2.8 GHz | 16 GB | Intel Iris Pro / NVidia GeForce GT 750M


texts: Where are keyboard shortcuts stored (for backup and sync purposes)?

texts: Where can I access OS X keyboard shortcuts, say for Dropbox sync?


texts: How to find activity log with time stamps of when applications were opened and closed on MacBook Pro

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Is it possible to see a log of when any given application was opened, running, and then closed on my MacBook Pro? For example something that would show the messages app was opened at 3:00 pm and then closed at 3:30 pm etc.  I've seen some stuff about maybe using Console but I don't know how to use that.  Any guidance would be helpful. Thanks!
Max


texts: Stop Automatically Switching to Bluetooth Audio

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I have a pair of headphones that I really like. I also spend over 12 hours a day in front of my MacBook. As such, I prefer to use some voice commands using Speakable Items. However, due to the placement of my MacBook on my desk, I can't use the internal microphone without yelling (can't yell in the lab).

Therefore, I picked up a bluetooth earphone/mic combo to solve this issue. The earphones are detachable, so I'm using it only as a mic. I've mapped the correct audio-in in the Speech prefpane.

So my headphones are plugged into the audio-out port, but when I power up my bluetooth mic, my macbook automatically sets the bluetooth as the audio-out device. This is suboptimal, as I have to manually switch the audio-out device when this happens. Now, I could write an applescript to automatically switch back the audio device when this happens, but that's putting a band-aid on the issue.

Is there a way to stop my MacBook from automatically switching to the bluetooth headset when it powers on?

Bonus points to solutions that don't disable automatic audio-out switching entirely as I would like my macbook to auto-switch to the external sound card that I plug in when I go home


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I'm trying really hard to find a simple way to fetch all network UUIDS on my Mac to be able to do some plist magic.

Is there a command to do such a thing?

If I look in the plist I'll find for an instance "Service Order"

   ServiceOrder = Array {
         2AF2313D-AB7E-4FE7-91C3-XXXXXXXXXXXX
         9B976E4D-F7BE-428D-88C2-YYYYYYYYYYYY
         9A26C39B-8BD4-4562-9E0A-ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

But is there a simpler way than just writing a long script deleting the parts before and after?

All computers running Yosemite.

Final Script - Thanks to @Asmus for providing answers to get this working

#!/bin/sh
# Setting value on "SetUDIDSets" to define the "Sets" name as this will be different on each computer
SetUDIDSets=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :Sets" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist | perl -lne 'print $1 if /^    (\S*) =/')

IFS=$'\n'
    # Loops through the list of network services and sets Exclude Simple Hostnames to 1.
    for i in $(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :Sets:$SetUDIDSets:Network:Global:IPv4:ServiceOrder" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist | awk 'NR>2{ print l} {l=$0}' | perl -pe 's/^\s+//');
    do

# If the setting Exclude Simple Hostnames never has been touched we need to create this
    sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "add :NetworkServices:$i:Proxies:ExcludeSimpleHostnames integer 1" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
    sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "set :NetworkServices:$i:Proxies:ExcludeSimpleHostnames 1" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

    echo "Exclude Simple Hostnames is now set for $i"

    done

unset IFS
defaults read /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
echo "We're done!"


texts:
In Safari 6, the keyboard shortcut ⌘ Command-1 opens the first bookmark on the bookmark bar. In Safari 5 I used a macro activated by that same shortcut to activate ⌘ Commmand-] to go forward a page.

The reason is that I have another macro activated by the shortcut ⌘ Command-` to go back a page.  It is convenient to use one hand and the two adjacent keys: thumb on the ⌘ Commandkey, middle finger on the ` and 1 keys.

How can this key binding in Safari 6 be changed?


texts: I accidentally deleted files under /Library/Ruby/ and /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ folders. Now, is there any way to recover them or install fresh Ruby setup?


texts: Why did the Sparrow dock icon stop bouncing on launch?

texts: The Sparrow mail app icon had been bouncing fine on launching the app till a few days ago but has stopped doing so recently. Any reasons why it might be so? I miss the bouncing dock icon.


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I'm ex-Windows user. There was no way to drag maximized window, but it's possible in OS X (I have Mavericks).

There is full screen mode, but I have found one annoying thing there - it's too hard to get access to the Dock. I have to point my cursor at the bottom of the screen and wait for a long time, unlike default behavior in non-fullscreen mode.

Is there a way to lock maximized windows, allowing to move them only with ⌘ or ⌥ key?


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Screen goes black for few seconds after entering log in password or i can say after loading but this happen after every 1 or 2 days. Kindly help and this happened after updating to Big Sur.
And mine is Macbook Pro 2019 Touch bar Model.


texts: I am currently having problems with my iPhone. So it froze last night and went completely black. so I left it for a while, hoping it would un-freeze. then all of a sudden it turned off and I tried to turn it back on and no luck. So, I took the battery out (as the back was already coming off) and put it back in. And the only thing its doing now is the apple is coming up every time I put in on charge. I left it on charge over night and all day today but nothing has happened. What is the reason for this and how can I fix this?


texts: Recording screen via Quick Time Player along with the sound

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As seen from some of the youtube videos I tried to record a video playing on my mac but I couldn't hear anything. I chose File -> New Screen Recording in Quick Time Player. Any other software to do it or any other suggestions for how I can do it?

Thanks


texts: New window in full screen opens in wrong place

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macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (and prior):

When am using and viewing an app in full screen mode
(such as, but not limited to, Matlab)
and the program opens a new window,
the window will open in the virtual desktop intended for full screen use,
rather than on an adjacent virtual desktop intended for desktop use.

The main problem with this is that if I do not move the new window,
then when the full screen window is selected and comes to the foreground,
it will completely eclipse the new window,
which will become unselectable without using alternative means (alt+tab, etc.)

It should not be the intent of full screen viewing to open other windows
on the same screen as the full screen application.

For clarification: in Mission Control,
virtual desktops intended for desktop use are labelled "desktop X",
where X is an integer number, (such as 1, 2, 3, etc.)
Virtual desktops intended for full screen use of a specific app are labelled
with the name of the app.

Note: Google Chrome and other internet browsers make poor examples,
since these generally work as intended.

Note: Even if I request a new window within the app
and immediately switch to a virtual desktop intended for desktop use,
Mission Control will switch back to the full screen window
and open the new window in front of the full screen app.


texts: Can't unlock encrypted external drive with filevault (osx)

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I formated my external drive on mavericks, and then on Lion, sometimes I had to wait some time to unlock the volume. Other times I had to do a disk repair and only after that OSx accepts my password to unlock the volume.

This issue is described here: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/cant-unlock-encrypted-external-drive.1668423/page-2

Now I can't unlock, regardless of the waiting or the number of times i do a disk repair. I even made an upgrade to El Capitain, but without sucess. Tried in another OSx computers, but without success.

Maybe there is a chance of some corrupted data, due to not eject the disk properly some times.
I'm pretty sure of the password, so, what i can do to unlock/decrypt my data from this volume? Can I create a volume image with dd, or another tool and then try to decrypt? There is any tool available to do this?


texts: How do I grant irrevocable privacy from user with sudo access?

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In Unix, any user with sudo access can act as any other user using sudo su. This invalidates any imagined privacy of local files for all other users of the same Mac. Is there any (preferably OS-level) way to work around this and give users of a multi-user Mac privacy from a potentially snooping administrator?

Edit: In my further testing it seems at least Keychain is blocked for the administrator using sudo su. Using security I could see the metadata -- i.e. what websites there were passwords for and titles of secure notes -- but not the contents themselves. And even if I as administrator reset the account password, the login keychain still used the old password. Also of interest, opening GUI apps using open will try to open them for the actual user(in their GUI context, and only if it exists), not in the GUI context of the administrator.

Edit2: To get into the right frame of mind, imagine a family with one Mac. The kids have been learning about root access and are asking how they can be sure Mom & Dad can't snoop on their files. How do Mom & Dad avoid buying one Mac per kid?


texts: delete ibooks and podcast app from ipad air2

texts: I am trying to free up space and want to delete the podcast and ibooks apps.  I went into settings-restrictions and lifted restrictions for these apps but still can't delete them. How is it possible to delete these apps?


texts: How to connect a USB-C-based MacBook to a Thunderbolt display?

texts: Given the new 12" Retina MacBook doesn't have a Thunderbolt and only has a USB-C port, how do I connect it to an existing Thunderbolt display?


texts: How do I remove search suggestions from iOS Safari?

texts:
On macOS, Safari can be configured to provide search suggestions "from" a chosen search engine. A similar feature appears to be present in iOS, but it doesn't not work as expected: even when the "Search Engine Suggestions" setting is disabled

search suggestions still appear:

Moreover these suggestions do not come from the search history of the specified engine (e.g., it contains entries absent from the selected engine's history) bug from somewhere else.

Where do the suggestions that appear in the list of suggested searches in iOS Safari come from? How do I remove individual items, or clear them all without erasing other aspects of my browser history or affecting my synced history on macOS?


texts: Can I upgrade to Yosemite without a credit card?

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I just bought a used iMac, and updated to 10.6.8 from 10.5.8.
I created my first Apple ID, and verified it. Now I am trying to update to Yosemite, so that I can install Xcode.  When I try to give my Apple ID it ends up telling me I need to give it credit card info. I do not own a credit card, for religious reasons, and I can't figure out how to update to Yosemite without it.


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2016 MBP 13-inch 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports running macOS High Sierra version 10.13.6

All of a sudden, my sound isn't working, and using the volume buttons show a mute icon with a stop sign underneath. In my sound preferences, it shows no output or input devices.

Running system_profiler SPAudioDataType in Terminal gives this output:

Audio:

Devices:


texts: Strange font behavior with external monitors on MacBook

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I have noticed some strange behavior when using an external monitor with my MacBook and DejaVu Sans Mono (or Panic Sans) with Terminal.app and TextMate.

If I launch these programs prior to plugging in an external monitor, when I plug in the monitor, the fonts appear like so.

However, if I plug in the monitor first, and then open the application, the fonts are displayed like this.

Is there some way to ensure that the bolder, clearer version is always displayed, regardless of when I plug in an external monitor?

Note: I have noticed this behavior on many different monitors, connected via both DVI and VGA.

Thank you.

~Arun


texts: Can an Apple iPhone 8 charger at all charge a 12.9" iPad Pro 2nd Gen 2017 model totally out of juice after being unused for 1-2 months? Slow charge?

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Can an Apple iPhone 8 charger at all charge a 12.9" iPad Pro 2nd Gen 2017 model totally out of juice after being unused for 1-2 months?
Even if slow charge, just to check iPad is working?
What about via a Mac Book Pro?


texts: Reinstall Mountain Lion after factory reset to Lion

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I have a MBP Early 2011 which came with Lion. I purchased Mountain Lion from the App Store and installed it, and it worked fine for awhile. Recently my machine crapped out and my disk was corrupted pretty bad, and I had to reset to factory settings, so I'm on Lion again.

When I go to the App Store, Mountain Lion is there, but it wants me to pay the 20 bucks again. I originally bought it from the App Store, so I would have thought it would have remembered me, but I guess not.

Is there any way to get it back, short of contacting Apple for support?


texts: iPhone 4 locked by it's previous owner iCloud account

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I've bought a iPhone 4 of an auction site. When this iPhone got delivered and I turned it on, it asked me for the PIN code of the previous owner and noticed that the iPhone 's language was completly in French.

When trying the most common PIN codes (0000, 1234, 4321, etc...), and all attempts failed (from all the tries, I had to wait an hour to try again....), I decided restoring it in iTunes.

After restoring it in iTunes to the latest supported IOS; 7.1.2, and putting an SIM card into the phone, I had to configure the language and such. After that screen, it asked me to login on the previous owner's iCloud account.

The problem is, I dont know the previous owner of the iPhone.

Can I remove the previous owner's iCloud settings from the phone?


texts: I added this to my .bash_profile but I neglected to label it and forgot what it means exactly

texts:
I remember broadly what it does, but not specifically:

    if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
    fi

What is the exact purpose for it again?


texts: Kernel Panic on Hibernate / after unplugging Devices

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When I'm at work, I've got my Macbook connected to an external monitor and a Apple Magic Mouse + Apple keyboard (both bluetooth) and I am connected via ethernet.

When I unplug all devices and take my Macbook back home after work it normally goes to sleep mode and when I open it afterwards I get back right to where I left.
Recently I experience a lot of kernel panics when I am back at home (not every time). The white light doesn't flash anymore and when I open it, it tells me something went wrong and the system had to be shut down. Always showing this Log:

https://gist.github.com/martinhelfert/9531915

Any idea whats causing this? Checked RAM with memtest, sending it to sleep mode before disconnecting, checked the hard disk for errors, did the smc reset already


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My mac recently started to indicate that the startup disk was full. I went thru and cleaned out all the disk images and videos and other large files that I could find. Emptied trash. Emptied downloads.

If you look at the screenshot I'm having a really hard time figuring out what's in that 659GB.  Any clues?

2012 MacBookPro with 1TB SSD
macOS 10.14.3 with 4 users (me primarily, wife and two kids who rarely use it)
Virtualized with Windows7 via VMWare Extreme
iTunes is not used, no music
iMovie: cleaned library
iPhoto and Photos still installed

A suspicion: From what I've read about when Photos replaced iPhoto that used a pointers system for Photos to point at the iPhoto files from the old iPhoto library rather than creating a new duplicate library. I still use iPhoto for my photography hobby as I can color correct, edit, organize, etc. Photos was imposed on me in a software update.

Anyway, if you look below, the two outer rings are both about the same size.  The outermost ring has the same name as the item at the top of the list on the top right. The next ring has a different name and is slightly smaller. The "storage" button (screen shot above) from "About This Mac" lists a much smaller amount counted as photos (yellow).

Last is the Photos info button results (iPhoto doesnt seem to offer info about the library linked to it)


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My 2008 iMac gets stuck on the loading screen (Loading Bar, gets to about halfway).

Nothing in this guide worked. https://macreports.com/mac/

I replaced my HD and issue still persists. The HD is now empty.
Can't enter Recovery Mode.
Can enter Single User Mode.
Won't boot into an install of OS X Yosemite that I have on an external HD.
OS X Install Discs and USB Install Drives get stuck on Loading Screen.
Apple Hardware Test reported no problems.
Can boot into Ubuntu Live Session from bootable USB. But only with "nomodeset". Graphics issue?

Any help will be much appreciated.


texts: External monitors often too bright with MacBooks?

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I have two MacBook Pro laptops, a 13" 2012 and a 15" 2019. I want to get an external monitor.
I tried using the Dell 2410 and the BenQ GW2480 external monitors.  Both monitors were too bright with either of my MacBooks in my bedroom even when the monitors were set to minimum brightness.
Do MacBooks make external monitors brighter than Windows laptops, or does a monitor's brightness have nothing to do with the type of computer?


texts: Will the new iPhone 7 be compatible with other wireless headphones?

texts: It was not clearly explained, whether new iPhone 7 will be only compatible with affiliated brands rather than free to connect with any wireless headset.


texts: Mail.app rules - how to write the following requirement

texts:
I cannot seem to get the following rule working.

Requirement: I want to run a mail filter which says:

If the mail is in Account X, and has subject Y, was received less than 10 days ago, and has no MailTags, I want to move it to the Trash folder.

It seems to work partially - it moves some mail to trash and not some other.

Can anyone suggest assistance? The rule is located at the top of the rules list, so it should be applied first?

thanks.


texts: Apple Mail freezes or crashes during IMAP sync with gmail

texts:
I have this problem that's been bothering me for a few weeks now. In my Apple Mail on MacBook Pro I have 4 Mailboxes. One of them is Gmail synced via IMAP.

When I open the app everything works fine for about an hour, then an exclamation point next to my Gmail inbox appears saying "Too many simultaneous connections". This is nonsense because this is the only app accessing the e-mail. I know its creating more connections in background but...

The problem is that after this hour elapses, the whole Mail app is kind of frozen. Sending e-mails stops at 80% and won't finish (even all other mailboxes) and the app doesn't synchronize all the mailboxes at all. From time to time the whole app crashes completely.

Any ideas what could be wrong and Where to look for more details about this? Anyone with similar problems? Thank you!


texts: SSD for Mac Mini 2012 -- Need Second Opinion

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I'm looking to replace a drive with unfixable SMART errors, so I've asked my local repair shop about trying to install a WD Blue 500GB SSD on my Mac Mini (late 2012, OS 10.11.6, but building a Sierra bootable flash drive for the reformat/reinstall) -- and they were rather firm in saying that trying to install anything other than an Apple SSD is likely to lead to problems, including a much shorter life for the drive, and that putting an SSD in a machine that didn't ship with one is also inadvisable. They also insisted that installing a hybrid drive would run into similar problems (though their explanation for why that should be doesn't quite jibe with what little I know about how hybrid drives are supposed to work).

Frankly, very little of what they're saying really jibes with what I'm seeing in various forums, so I need a second opinion as to whether or not what they're saying holds up -- is what I want to do reasonably do-able? I'm seeing a lot of success stories from 2013 or so, but I'm wondering about the long term as well....


texts: Use Android Phone as HID keyboard for Mac mini

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I am currently not at home and brought my Mac mini with me in the belief I could enable Remote Desktop access to control it over my MacBook because I don't have a keyboard or mouse with me.
I forgot to enable it eventually and now I am struggling to log into it to enable Remote Access, I already tried it with several apps on my Samsung Galaxy A41 that emulates a Bluetooth keyboard without the need of installing a software on the client but my Mac mini won't recognize the phone as a keyboard on the login screen. Is there an option to get access to my Mac with my Android phone or MacBook?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. sorry for my bad English, I am from Germany


texts: Installing an older version of macOS onto an external drive

texts:
So I’ve got an oddly specific question.

I’m trying to install macOS Sierra onto a hard drive that I’m planning on installing into an old (potentially broken) 2011 iMac that currently does not have a hard drive. The problem is that the app from Apple’s installer can only be run on a Mac running Sierra (or earlier), which I do not possess.

Is there any way to install it onto the drive directly without an older Mac?

EDIT:
I realize that more details of my scenario and what I have tried may be helpful.

My exact drive scenario is that I know the 2011 iMac does not have a drive inside of it. I have a 3.5" hard drive that I'm planning on installing, and an external SATA to USB enclosure. I want to install macOS on the drive first, because it's possible that something else is broken on the Mac, and I want to isolate it to not be something with a boot drive problem.

I have a 2018 MacBook Pro and access to a 2014 MacBook Pro (both running Catalina). I downloaded macOS Sierra from the support page I linked earlier, and ran the .pkg installer to get the Install macOS Sierra app (this only worked on the 2014 MBP, presumably because the 2018 shipped with  Mojave).

Then, when attempting to open the Install app on either computer, I got the following error: This copy of the "Install macOS" application is too old to be opened on this version of macOS.

As such, not having access to a Mac running Sierra or earlier, I attempted to create a bootable drive, but that errored out with the following error:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'Couldn't posix_spawn: error 35'

I don't exactly know where to go from here.


texts: Can a development Apple TV be upgraded to the current tvOS?

texts: I got a development Apple TV from last fall (the second version) and was curious if it can be upgraded to current tvOS (9.2?). I plugged it in and didn't see the App Store on it.


texts: Macbook Pro randomly shutting down with inactivity

texts:
I have a mid-2009, Macbook Pro. Half a year ago, I spilled a bit of coffee, and suffered some damage (option keys not working, and constant shutting down/restarting if a button/mouse isn't pushed within 5-10 seconds). As the option keys aren't working, I can't do any of the usual start-up tricks (ie, SMC reset, etc).

These same problems seem to be outlined here and here, but no real solution is offered. My trick is to use a clothing pin to keep the shift key pressed at all times. I enter Sleep mode at the log-in screen (if I close the computer, it will enter a constant loop of restarting itself over and over within seconds) - this lets me turn off the computer for the night.

If the computer is connected to a power source, this will last through the night. If I disconnect the power source, it will immediately enter the restart loop.

I managed to load Bootcamp, and the computer works fine, as long as I disable the Power Button, and set it to never go to sleep (Sleep mode in both OS's trips the restart issue). It also won't enter the restart loop if I boot in Firewire mode. I've used these two methods to transport my laptop, though each time it's unfortunately ended in a quickly drained battery and me needing to manually start the computer by pushing a pin on the logic board.

I live in Japan so Macs and parts are a bit expensive here. I am thinking of buying the parts to the keyboard and replacing that, as I think it might be an issue with the Shutdown button (considering it works fine in Windows if disabled). Before I spend the money though, does this seem like a smart idea, or a waste of resources? I'm opting out of replacing the unibody as that wouldn't be cost efficient.


texts: Mavericks Time Machine is stuck in the middle of backing up, other times stop unexpectedly

texts:
After upgrade to Mavericks I fail to complete a single backup with Time Machine. Tried it both for third-party NAS (QNAP TS-210) having a Time Machine service, and for a simple external HDD enclosure (Mac OS Extended Journalled format).

Some attempts to backup just stop itself long before the estimated time, with no result or error message; with no backup actually completed.

Others just stuck in the middle of copying (not Preparing, but in MBs backed up progress bar) for several hours without anything that could look like activity in progress.

Mavericks 10.9.2; QNAP firmware 4.0.3; Macbook Air Mid-2011.

Other Mac (MBP 2010, Mountain Lion) backs up to the same NAS just fine.

For external HDD, console is full of messages like this:

03-05-14 20:18:49,000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 6522 [backupd-helper]
03-05-14 20:18:49,549 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.backupd-auto[6522]) Idle-exit job was jettisoned. Will bypass throttle interval for next on-demand launch.
03-05-14 20:18:49,550 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.backupd-auto[6522]) assertion failed: 13C1021: launchd + 43413 [425516B6-9F3E-342F-87B3-EC461EBA6A1A]: 0x9

For NAS, I didn't find anything relevant in Console for hours since the progress got stuck.

Update: For USB-attached external HDD, putting Mac to sleep and back helped to resume the copying--and helped to complete first backup.

Update: For NAS, the following lines appeared in Console just before a backup stopped itself prematurely--happened every time, several times:

04-05-14 16:03:24,545 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
04-05-14 16:03:24,645 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
04-05-14 16:03:24,647 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
04-05-14 16:03:24,648 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
04-05-14 16:03:24,697 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
04-05-14 16:03:24,699 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
04-05-14 16:03:24,701 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
04-05-14 16:03:25,169 com.apple.backupd[16637]: Backup canceled.

After that, upon clicking "Backup Now" in Time Machine, the total amount of files to back up seem to become smaller by the amount reached previous time.

Update: Installed QFix hoping to fix the "I/O error", per some reports of success on QNAP forums. Got stuck "Preparing to backup..." which lasts at least an hour, with no messages in Console, and no network and disk activity per Activity Monitor--the same in several attempts tried. "Preparing..." problem solved with a simple OS X reboot. With QFix installed, backup became much faster. I/O error still happened twice, but at least no more stuck in the middle of backing up (since QFix, done full backup from the scratch: 27GB).


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My menu bar is freezing up. Whenever I put my cursor near it, I get the spinning wheel of death (rainbow ball). I opened spotlight and it's stuck indexing. The progress bar isn't moving.

I've tried rebooting, I've killed SystemUI and I've removed the SystemUI preference file but the problem persists.

How can I further analyze and resolve this issue?


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texts: Today I tried to import an mp3 file to Logic, but it was weirdly speed up. I've tried both drag and drop AND Command+I, but it didn't help. Later I tried to import the file to the Logic through Garage Band, but the same problem occurred - in Garage Band, the file was in higher speed. Then, I tried to import in through Adobe Audition, but Logic doesn't want to read files imported through Audition at all. No idea what to do.


texts: What are all the available ACL attributes in Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra?

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In Mac OS, file and folder access permissions are managed in a layered way with basic unix (POSIX) style owner/group/everyone read/write/execute modes along with, recently added access control lists (ACL) for additional access control.

Both the POSIX and ACL controls can be managed from the command line with the traditional unix command 'chmod'. For example:

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What is the comprehensive list of all ACL attributes which are settable in Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra)? What does each mean?


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I've got a WQHD (1440p) Monitor hooked up to my 13 inch MacBook Pro when I'm sitting at my desk. Love the high resolution (much screen real estate) but sometimes I find myself toggling Safari's Zoom to 125%:

Is there an option to toggle this setting by Script/Terminal Command or else automatically? If so I could toggle it automatically when connecting the monitor with Control Plane.

This code gets to the right settings tab, but I can’t figure out how to set the zoom level:

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "Safari"
        set frontmost to true
        keystroke "," using command down
        delay 1
        tell window 1
            click button "Advanced" of toolbar 1 of it
            delay 1
            keystroke "w" using command down
        end tell
    end tell
end tell


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