texts: Application switcher - Only switch windows open in the current desktop

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Can I customize the behavior of the application switcher to only show windows from the current desktop?
Example:
If I have only one chrome window open, which is on desktop 1, and I am using desktop 3, then the chrome window shouldn't even show up in my application switcher.
Current behavior: Chrome appears in my application switcher and if I select chrome in the switcher, I suddenly move to desktop 1 from desktop 3 (in the context of the example above).


texts: Auto-Unlock on a manually Continuity-enabled Mac?

texts: I have a brand new Apple Watch Series 1, an iPhone 6 running iOS 10.0.1 public beta, and an early 2011 MacBook Pro with an upgraded AirPort card and Continuity Activation Tool running the latest Sierra public beta. Handoff and AirDrop and other Continuity features have been working fine lately between my phone and my laptop, but how do I get Auto Unlock to work? I tried following these steps for enabling Auto Unlock in general, but System Preferences isn't showing me an "Allow your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac" checkbox. How can I make that box appear? Thanks!


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I'm using a macbook pro, now the TrackPad could not be "clicked" when I press the bottom right corner.

I couldn't do the "right click" now.

This is awkward.

I know that in System Preference -> TrackPad, I could set the "Tap to click", but then I couldn't use the three fingers swipe to toggle different screens.

Any idea to fix it?


texts: How does the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter DAC compare to the internal iPhone DAC?

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This question is in light of the new iPhone 7, but is relevant to older iPhones as well since the adapter works with all Lightning iPhones running iOS 10.

Since the Lightning port is digital-only, the Lightning to 3.5mm connector must contain a Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC). Since the sound quality will depend largely on this DAC, how does it compare to the DAC contained in the iPhone and used traditionally for the headphone jack?

Edit: After receiving the adapter and subjectively A/B testing it with my Sennheiser 598 headphones for an hour or so, I did not notice any difference between my iPhone 5 analog output and my iPhone 5 with lightning to headphone adapter. See @timothymh's answer for quantitative details.


texts: Anything to watch for when buying a 2009 MBP?

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I have the option to buy a 2009 13" MBP for $500 - mid 2009 with the 2.53 GHz C2D. At this point, I'm leaning towards it (I'd be using it for iOS development). I know it's been well taken care of.

However, before purchasing, I would like to know if there is anything particular to watch out for when buying this year of MBP. I know that the 2008 models had problems with the NVIDIA graphics.

So, my question: What should I watch out for when purchasing a machine like this?


texts: Dependencies for LaunchAgent so it mounts a bundle before other daemons run

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I have following setup: I have a sparsebundle on an external disk containing steam (it wouldn't install on my internal disk - something about the format). But by now I depend on this approach as this bundle got much larger as my internal disk.
For this I have written a simple LaunchAgent that mounts the bundle (if available) onto ~/Library/Steam when I logon.

I have this setup for some time now, but just recently noticed that Steam itself also installed a LaunchAgent - no idea what it does... But I want to make sure the mounting happens before the Agent from Steam runs.

So far I checked if I could set some dependencies or so in Launchd - but couldn't find anything. Do you have suggestions how I might achieve this?


texts: How do I monitor the Airport base station currently used for wifi?

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I need to do a few tests and I will need a tool to check which Airport base station I am connected to.

I want to be able to monitor any changes (switching from base station to base station, signal, speed...) in real time.

The switching between base stations remains the primary focus of this question.

What are the tools for that?


texts: Restore Photos library from Time Machine

texts: Using my Mac Mini was like wading through treacle so I decided to perform a totally clean install, wipe it and start again. I made a Time Machine backup and let that run for a couple of days to make sure I had everything I needed. Now when I try to use the backup the drive partition that it is on is greyed out. All I need are the photos really, I can see the old Photos library in the backup and even copied it over into the new Photos package but they aren't recognised. Any ideas?


texts: Keychain passwords suggestions that I can't remember, how do I log in from a different pc

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I hope that I put it right, that you guys understand.

Everywhere I read that Keychain can suggest strong passwords and remember them so I don't have to remember them. Works wonderful.

The thing is, I am scared to do so, because; what will happen if I have to enter one of these sites from a different computer.

Say that I let Keychain come up with a great, strong password for twitter.
Next time I log on to twitter from an unknown computer, can I still log in with my old password? Or do I actually have to remember the password that Keychain came up with?

The logic thing would be that it actually changes that password, so when I need to enter that website from a different computer, I will still have to use that hard to remember password. Which means I need to keep an extra passwords list somewhere accessible.

I've been looking all over, but I can't seem to find it, so I figured, I'd ask you people.

Can you help me out?


texts: Edit subject line of email in inbox in Apple Mail

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In Apple Mail is there a way to edit the subject line of an email that's in the Inbox? This is just for internal filing reasons.

Say, for example, you get sent an email with the subject line 'attn:sam'. That subject line doesn't really help me if I want to go back and find it, so could I rename that subject line somehow?


texts: Every time I get a notification, say for my music player when a track is changed, I get that notification in the top right (standard notification center) immediately followed by "X new notifications". It happens so quickly that I don't even get a chance to see the original notification. Is there a way to mark these as read, or better yet, disable these rollup notifications?


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I started cleaning up my Mac and I've noticed that the Photos App's Library was using roughly 72,5GB (info I see in ~/Photos). Long story short, I had around 8.000 items in there from the last 2,5 years; and, in there, there were duplicates, failed photos and videos, junk received via messages, etc.

Anyway, spent about 4h cleaning and checking everything up and I ended up deleting around 3.000 items. After this, the Photos' Library shows that is using 70GB which seems a bit absurd to me (3.000 * ~5MB = 15.000MB).

As a result, it seems I've managed to clear only 2,5GB of space, which seems far too little for 3.000 items. I made sure that I've deleted all the items from "Recently Deleted" as well.

Is there any way to free some space? Maybe Photos has a 'clean space' trick that I am not aware of, or it has some kind of mechanism to even recover permanently deleted items.


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I use Google Chrome as browser. I like the feature that it autocompletes the web-address when I start to type. e.g. when typing "app" it's autocompleted to "apple.stackexchange.com" and I just need to press enter.

But now the autocomplete feature seem to be broken on Mac OS X for me. It works fine on Windows. Now on Mac OS X when I start to type an address it is autocompleted, but just for a small part of a second, then the autocompletion disappear, so I never have the change to press Enter so I can use the autocompletion.

How can I fix this? Is there any settings I can change? or is it a bug?

This didn't work on version 12.0.742.112 and it doesn't work in the current version (13.0.782.107).


texts: Is compressed air effective to clean a 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard which displays repeated keypresses?

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My 2018, 15" MacBook Pro is starting to display the dreaded keyboard defects. Specifically, the A key started to register double keypresses. Initially this was very infrequent, but it appears to be getting worse. I would estimate that, in the last few minutes, about 5-10% of the time, a repeat keypress is happening.

Although I could take the computer to an authorized repair shop as it's still under warranty (and I bought AppleCare for it), I know the turnaround time is fairly long, and this is the only computer I can realistically use without immensely disrupting my workflow. Also, there is no Apple Store within 500 Km of my location. Therefore, I set out to look for DIY fixes.

I found this support document on Apple's site recommending the use of compressed air as a possible fix to the issue. I have an oil-free air compressor that I could use to apply compressed air to the keyboard.

However, I'm somewhat afraid of doing this. Although this is an Apple recommended procedure, I can't help but think this is aggressive procedure applied to a very delicate mechanism. In particular, I'm afraid my compressed air source may have a small rate of dust contamination which may actually worsen the problem. Has anyone actually used this procedure on a 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard, with the new silicone membrane, to see whether this recommendation is actually effective? I intend to postpone doing this until I see a success report.


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Sometimes, Yosemite will randomly log me out without warning or a chance to save work. This has happened twice so far since I've installed Yosemite on my 2012 Retina MacBook Pro. Needless to say, this is very unnerving and reminiscent of malware activity.

With help from Google and scouring event logs, I've traced the problem down to a crash in the window server. The crash report can be found here: http://puu.sh/csTor/0012220497.crash

Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening again?

Update: It seems having a secondary monitor is triggering it. Dell U2412 over HDMI. I also seem to be able to prevent crashing by avoiding the login screen while the monitor is plugged in.


texts: Why doesn't MiniDisplay out work with Thunderbolt-only Target Display Mode iMacs?

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I realize this is kind of an AnandTech-fu level question.

Technically speaking, why doesn't a Thunderbolt iMac work in Target Display Mode with a computer that only has MiniDisplay out?  That is, what's preventing the 0s and 1s from happily going into the iMac's Thunderbolt port, especially when the iMac's happy to let MiniDisplay port adapters carry 0s and 1s on out to a monitor?

That is, why can the iMac's Thunderbolt port do DisplayPort monitor out and not in?

(I realize it's not exactly the same thing, etc.  What I'm getting at is if Apple simply didn't write the drivers to push you to use Mac laptops or if there's truly a technical hurdle that made supporting mini DisplayPort devices exceptionally difficult.)

How difficult, technically, would it be to create an adapter for MiniDisplay output into "Thunderbolt output" like the iMac & Target Display Mode expects?

Edit: I can find a good deal of speculation that video should work (here or here, for example), but when I see someone who actually had a DisplayPort computer try with Thunderbolt monitors, it doesn't work. And Intel's Thunderbolt graphic only shows DisplayPort going one way.  Though that doesn't necessarily preclude taking in a DisplayPort feed, I suppose.


texts: iCloud Document Library as replacement for Dropbox?

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I've been put down by iCloud when it came out and kept using Dropbox instead. I mostly need to synch files between macs and eventually sneak-pick them on mobile devices. I don't take lots of pictures, I'm not an iWork user and most of all I need to share PDF files, Illustrator / Photoshop files and source files as I'm a programmer. Will the upcoming "iCloud Document Library" work like Dropbox allowing me to sync and share any kind of file even when not directly supported by an iCloud-linked app? Thanks.

EDIT

Maybe I didn't make it clear enough. I don't want to share my documents with other people I want to share them among my devices. The problem with iCloud as it is now is that it doesn't let me manage any kind of file that I like, but only certain formats, while I'd like to synch among my two macs, my iPad and my iPhone files like .zip files, .ai (Adobe Illustrator) files, .avi movies, source files of software I write and so on, hence not being limited to "sync photos" or "sync Pages document", since those are not kind of files that I'm interested in sharing among devices.


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Since iCloud now offers a way for me to download apps directly from the cloud and I only want to keep updating the apps I use on my iOS device and not all that I have, I wanted to keep all my apps only on my iPhone.

So I followed this page, but apparently on iTunes 11 I can't unsync my apps. If I want o sync with iTunes, I need to sync my apps (at least the ones that I have on my device).

The iTunes help pages, though, show a checkbox before Applications, under the Apps menu on my device section on iTunes. Is that a bug then? Or it is just a settings I can enable. I don't want to keep any apps on my Mac, but I don't want also my device to stop synching with it.

Update: I've got a bug report open since 19-Feb-2013 that got some updates from a Apple dev requesting info (which I provided), but still no further comments and fixes. Unfortunately there is not link for it, since bug reports from Apple are private, but the details are above:

Bug ID #: 13051820
Bug Title: Not being able to sync with iTunes without loading apps from iOS


texts: LANG variable wrong in iTerm2, where's the bug?

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Today I noticed that when opening TortoiseHG the app was in Dutch (partially, not fully translated it seems). Looking around in my environment I found out that LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8.

It is indeed true that my locale is set to NL (i.e. number formats and all) but my language in OS X is set to English and I would expect my apps to be in English aswell. A locale is quite different from a language.

So my question is now, where do I report this bug to? Is it an iTerm2 issue or do I need to file a bug report somewhere else?

My goal is to have my number format according to Dutch standards (i.e. 123.456 = 123 thousand and 456 and my language still at English. OS X gets this, iTerm2 (or at least, TortoiseHG started from iTerm2) does not.

# locale
LANG="nl_NL.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="nl_NL.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="nl_NL.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="nl_NL.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="nl_NL.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="nl_NL.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="nl_NL.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Versions:

OS X: 10.8.2
iTerm 2: 1.0.0.20120724
TurtoiseHG: 2.4


texts: How do I save files on Macbook with crashed OS?

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I have a Macbook that the OS has crashed (I am not 100% sure if the Hard Drive is dead, but I would like to save the files before anything else).

When I boot up, the screen just remains grey and there is a spinner that stays on forever.

I thought that if I got a thunderbolt cable and connected that Macbook to my other Macbook Pro, I could boot the crashed drive Macbook into Target mode and then get access to the files.

That doesn't seem to be working and now I am re-reading the instructions it seems that the target computer needs to be bootable (i.e. into OS X, which mine is not). I'm not familiar with how to take this unibody MacBook Pro apart.

So how do I get access to those files, before I reinstall the OS?


texts: Can't download apps from App Store since updating to iOS 9.3.2

texts: I updated to iOS 9.3.2 and now I can't download anything on the App Store. It is always stuck on "loading". I also tried restarting and logging out my Apple ID and it doesn't help at all. I have a stable connection and my brother has an Android device and he can download smoothly so I'm sure that it's not a connection problem and I think the problem here is the new OS update.


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In iTerm2, if I type /one/two/three/four/five and now if I want to delete five and write another string, then how do I delete the word five ?

If I use CTRL + W, it deletes the entire command all the way up to the beginning forward slash.

This exact same functionality is available on the out-of-the-box Terminal  using option + BACKSPACE by using option key as meta key. I am running bash, but this terminal keyboard combination is not working on iTerm2.


texts: Can Spaces be used on only one monitor (with another displaying just one desktop)?

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I like Spaces, and I like my two-monitor setup. However, I'd like to just use spaces on one monitor, while keeping the other one always showing the same desktop. For example,

Monitor 1 shows Desktops 1-4, changed with Spaces
Monitor 2 always shows Desktop 5

Is there any way to do this?


texts: How to extract data from the iphone backup on the PC

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I have a huge amount of image files on my Whatsapp, which are locally stored on the iPhone.

I do not see any way of moving these specific files from the iPhone to the PC, whereas of course from android this is as simple as connecting a USB cable between the two.

I have this iphone backup located in
C:\Users\%user%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup\%some code%\
but the folder and file structure is seemingly encoded in a way only itunes/apple can decode.

Is there a way to extract an arbitrary file from the iphone?
Thank you.


texts: Why is my iOS device calling Google safe browsing?

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I'm currently using NextDNS as a "pihole" on my device. And recently, while checking my logs, I noticed that my device has been calling Google safe browsing api for the past month

safebrowsing.googleapis.com

I then got concerned as I have completely disabled Fraudulent Website Warning under Safari settings. I have also checked with NextDNS and they told me this is not coming from them either.
After that, I blocked all outgoing queries from them. I then also viewed in the logs that this is happening even when the phone is asleep.
I don't have any google apps whatsoever, and have very little installed apps. I've been trying to think what is causing this. I haven't hard reset yet, as I want to mitigate the issue.
Do you think this could be an iOS issue or what else?
Thanks!


texts: Bind Volume controls to non-Apple keyboard without 3rd party software on macOS Sierra

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All the software I could find that does this is broken on macOS Sierra and will probably break again in the future, so I need a solution to set the system volume in the same increments as the volume keys without needing a 3rd party app running.

If my understanding is correct, keyboards with generic media controls work without software, if I could rebind my PrintScr and Scroll Lock keys as volume up/down that would be ideal.
(I'm using a fullsize Majestouch 2 with ANSI layout.)

If that isn't possible, any Service or other Workaround is welcome. I can actually work without the bezel as long as the increments are the same.

Karabiner was one of the apps I used before, it doesn't work either and isn't likely to be fixed soon: macOS (10.12) compatibility #660


texts: How to create installable app with setuid bit set owned by root

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I have inherited a codebase that needs updating, but I don't have the build scripts that created the final pkg file.

The code needs to access a connected USB device (treated as a drive) to read and write bits to, and so it needs escalated privelidges. Due to the non technical nature of the end users, they need to be able to click on the app, and can't be expected to run it from the command line with sudo.

The current installer installs to /Applications/myapp.app, with myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/myapp being set to -rwsr-xr-x root:staff permissions. When installed, this app runs just fine without complaint.

I managed to make a similar pkg file using pkgbuild, and it creates a similar folder in /Applications, with the same permissions, newapp.app/Contents/MacOS/newapp -rwsr-xr-x root:staff. But if I try to run the app without sudo, then I get "The application with bundle ID newapp is running setugid(), which is not allowed."

The mac I have is running macos 10.13.6
The app is python that have been packaged into a binary.

How am I supposed to package this code so it runs as root after it's been installed?


texts: Square brackets on Swedish Keyboard - MacBook Pro with Catalina MacOs

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Each time I need to use square brackets '[]' I need to find them somewhere else and Copy & Paste them. I could add an extra language to my keyboard and switch languages every time I need to use square brackets but it would be nice to find simpler way that works with the Swedish keyboard.
I use Catalina MacOS and I've tried both using the keyboard of my MacBook Pro and and external Logitech keyboard but so far no success.


texts: Automator service to extract file and delete parent

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I am trying to create an automator service to take the selected folders in Finder and search each of them for movie files, move those movie files to a certain directory and then move the original folder to trash. However I have no experience and keep getting stuck!

Up the top of the automator window I have selected this:

I then thought the best thing to do would be to use the "Get Folder Contents" action and run some sort of bash script on each file.

But what would I put in the script? I don't know how to write bash scripts. I was thinking something along the lines of:

for each directory
for each file in the directory
if the file is a movie
move the file to this directory "path"
move the parent directory to trash

I don't know if I should select "Pass input as arguments" or "as stdin". Either way I don't know how to work with them.

Can anyone give me a bit of help with this script?

Cheers!


texts: AppleScript: How to extract section from string (based on defined characters)?

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Example:

set theText to "I ate an apple at 11:54 pm without the skin."

I would like theTime to be a string that contains the text: 11:54

So, I would like the opening text item delimiter to be at_ and the closing text item delimiter to be either _pm or _am, depending on which period exists in the string. (Note - Every instance of an underscore in this post is meant to represent a space because I am unable to represent a space in the Stack Exchange code formatting.)

The contents of theText will vary greatly. For example, it might be:

set theText to "I ate two navel oranges at 6:30 am with a glass of water."

But the time format will always remain constant. The time will always be preceded with an "at " and that "at " will always be the first instance of an "at " in the string. Similarly, the time will necessarily be followed by either " am" or " pm".


texts: Why doesn't my MacBook recognize the original HD any longer?

texts: I replaced the stock hd with a samsung ssd (840) about 18 months ago. It died last week. I tried putting the original HD back in and the computer won't recognize it. Even when I hold down the option key when booting nothing happens. When I remove the disk and connect it via USB it boots up fine as an external hard drive. Any reason why that would be?


texts: What traffic is sent over the build-in VPN connection?

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Under System Preferences > Network > VPN > Advanced > Options I can choose to "Send all traffic over VPN connection".

Contrariwise, this would mean that if this option is not enabled (which is default) some traffic is treated as if no VPN connection was established: e.g. The IP address when surfing is still the same.

What traffic is (not) sent over VPN when this option is disabled?


texts: How can I achieve auto mounting AFP shared drives in OS X?

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I would like to automatically mount remote AFP shared drives.

The ideal solution would be to auto mount the remote drives even before the session was opened.

Edit: I currently use login items, but as stated above auto mounting before the session or even without the session starting would be ideal.

Examples would be very appreciated.


texts: Edit Icons for MacOs Startup Manager (Windows, Linux & Macos)

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After successfully installed Linux and Windows along with macOS High Sierra on my Macbook Pro 2013 13" with help from Mr. David Anderson (a great contributor here). Now I wonder how to change the icons for my Windows (installed on a separate internal SSD) and give MacOs Partition Icon of MacOs so that the startup manager will be beautifully labeled and easy to see. Thank you for the help in advance!

Current startup manager conditions:

My diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                250.1 GB   disk0s1

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         151.8 GB   disk1s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data                         7.9 GB     disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         79.9 GB    disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +151.8 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk1s2
   1:                APFS Volume MacOsX                  14.6 GB    disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 24.5 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                512.1 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      4.3 GB     disk2s4


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I have an Apple TV (3rd Gen A1427), connected to my Airport Extreme (6th Gen).

I often stream music from iTunes on my retina MacBook Pro. The Apple TV, Airport and MBP are all connected on the same WiFi in an open plan lounge, dining, kitchen room. The TV, Apple TV and Laptop are at one side of the room, the Airport on the other, the only physical object between the Apple TV and Airport is a couch. The room would probably be less than 20m wide.

What I'm finding, if I walk or stand between the line of sight between Apple TV and Airport, the stream drops out.

Has anyone had this same experience with a similar set up?


texts: is there Dictionary app on iphone that can translate word printed on real paper?

texts:
Is there any Dictionary app act like this:
1.capturing the image of the word on the book by its camera
2.converting the image of the word to text,and show its meaning in other languages


texts: How do I search specified text in files on my Mac that are less than 20kb?

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I created an SVG image a few months ago.

Recently I found the file is lost, but I don't think I deleted it.

I need to know how can I find this file by setting up these filters:

only search for files that were created in the past 8 months.
only search for files that are less than 20kb.
search keywords "XXXX" (which I am sure is in that file) that existed in these qualified files.

Is there any way I can do this? Any solution is welcome.


texts: Apple ID not supported - Use a Managed Apple ID Error

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When enrolling in MDM you may get this error if you had previously used the same email address as a non managed id.
e.g. example.com was transferred to Apple Business managed ids, now your old my@example.com Apple ID needs to be removed so you can use the managed version.


texts: No Bootable Device error when trying to install Win7 on a MBP (mid 2007 SR) / Lion

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After formatting the HDD to a single HFS+ Journaled partition and installing a clean 10.7 System on the machine, I ran the Boot Camp Assistant, created the CD with drivers and partitioned the disk. I then put the Windows7 DVD+R in the machine which I had created on another Windows machine by using the Microsoft USB/DVD/Download Tool to burn our site license image to a disc.

After partitioning, the machine restarts, but just shows the text "No bootable device -- Insert boot disk". Then, nothing more happens. When I shut the machine down and reboot it while holding option down, I see that the DVD appears twice in the list of bootable devices - once as "Windows" and once as "EFI Boot". Both do lead to the same error if selected for booting.
The installation disk itself works perfectly in "normal PC". I nevertheless burned another one, it doesn't work either. I then used the Microsoft Tool to create a bootable USB stick. But this neither shows up in the Startup Disk preference nor when holding option during startup.

I had an older Windows XP disc lying around which I then tried on this machine. It installed without flaw. However, the Lion Boot Camp drivers do not support XP anymore and anyway I need to install Win 7 on the machine.

This all leaves me to these conclusions: Boot Camp Assistant worked and has created a usable partition (see XP install). The installation discs for Win 7 are also correctly set up (they boot on a PC) and work. Booting Windows 7 from a USB device apparently is unsupported on my machine.

Which leaves me clueless. All parts on their own seem to work. Any idea why they don't work together?


texts: 2FA codes not received on Messages in macOS

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I use Messages on macOS (both Catalina and now Big Sur) with iCloud syncing on.
I can receive and send messages from/on macOS. Except for 2FA (two-factor authentication) codes. These codes, from any service I've used, only arrive on my iPhone, and not on any of the Mac computers I'm logged in with iCloud.
I haven't figured out a way to fix this issue. 2FA codes used to work a while ago (I used the auto-completion feature when login into Twitter or GitHub from Safari on macOS), but at some point they stopped coming in.


texts: 2017 MacBook Pro Bootcamp Windows 10 WiFi crashes system

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I have installed Windows 10 (version 1709 build 16299.309) on my MacBook Pro 2017 model through Bootcamp.

After Bootcamp installed its drivers, I am unable to connect to my Wi-Fi router most of the time. Whenever I try to connect to the network, it will fail 95% of the time with the unhelpful message "Can't connect to this network".

When Windows is trying to connect to the network, the network sort of "resets" (icon goes red momentarily in the taskbar and the Wi-Fi connection in Network Connections goes disabled momentarily) just prior to it failing (almost as if the network driver crashed or something).

When it does manage to finally connect (after attempting numerous times), the end result could be any of the following:

Loading a page in Edge or attempting to access the Internet in any way will crash the system. Sometimes it will blue screen, other times it will just freeze for 20s then restart.
The Wi-Fi icon in the taskbar shows "Internet access" but trying to load a page in Edge will fail. I can't even access my router's admin panel by accessing the gateway IP directly.
Accessing the Internet works.

The driver version for "Broadcom 802.11ac Network Adapter" is 7.35.118.68 and has no updates. Apple software update also has no driver updates. There are no Windows updates either.

Surely there are other people experiencing this exact issue? Is there another driver I can install? The Broadcom driver installed through Bootcamp is required though, the default driver included with Windows does not work. I have also tried connecting to another network (my iPhone hotspot) but the result is the same.

Update 2018/5/25 My WiFi connects more frequently now, but can still suffer from the same issues above randomly. Most of the time it manages to connect successfully on startup, and if it doesn't then attempting to connect manually from the flyout won't usually work (unless I try like 100 times).


texts: I have a cell with the following content 2262/4121. I want to have a cell next to it that contains the result of that expression. Is there a function for that?


texts: Partitions name on startup boot selection are listed with the wrong name

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I partitioned a USB hard drive as above

/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk4
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk4s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS 10_13_6 macOS High S... 31.7 GB    disk4s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS 10_14 macOs Mojave      32.7 GB    disk4s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Stuff                   869.4 GB   disk4s4
   5:                  Apple_HFS 10_11 OS X El Capitan   32.0 GB    disk4s5
   6:                  Apple_HFS 10_12 macOs Sierra      33.5 GB    disk4s6

4 partitions can boot the installation of a specific OSX/macOs. The problem is that at the boot I don't see the partition name for all the partition installed with macOs patcher but I see a generic OS X Base System. The only partition with the correct name is the one I created without the macOs patcher.

I tried to change the name of a partition, but all is fine on the desktop. Here the info from diskutil of one of those partitions.

$ diskutil info /dev/disk4s2
   Device Identifier:        disk4s2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk4s2
   Whole:                    No
   Part of Whole:            disk4

   Volume Name:              10_13_6 macOS High Sierra
   Mounted:                  No

   Partition Type:           Apple_HFS
   File System Personality:  HFS+
   Type (Bundle):            hfs
   Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended
   Journal:                  Unknown (not mounted)
   Owners:                   Disabled

   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Volume UUID:              8B95E95F-3474-35EC-9AE2-9ADF9DCB9D9B
   Disk / Partition UUID:    E48E93FD-D30E-4565-A22E-C5F18B295AD4
   Partition Offset:         209735680 Bytes (409640 512-Byte-Device-Blocks)

   Disk Size:                31.7 GB (31723995136 Bytes) (exactly 61960928 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Volume Total Space:       0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (not mounted)

   Device Location:          External
   Removable Media:          Fixed

I don't understand where the boot option gets the label of the partition and how to change it! Any idea?


texts: Is there any way to use my old Logitech Quickcam Express on Catalina?

texts:
I have an old Logitech Quickcam Express - the one that looks like this:

I have a 2018 MacBook Pro running Catalina, and I'd like (if possible) to use the webcam with it.  If I plug it in, I can see it in System Information:

...but I can't use it in Photo Booth nor in Google Meets in Chrome (which is where I'd actually like to use it).  Is there anything I can do so that I can use the webcam with my Mac?


texts: Free software that monitor CPU temperature under El Capitan?

texts:
Is there some free software that can show CPU temperature in real time for OS X El Capitan?

Any way to have CPU temperature in the menu bar? doesn't provide such an option.


texts:
It was driving me crazy that every time someone was calling to my iPhone it started ringing at full volume when most of the times I would even hear it with a simple vibration because I always have it right next to me.

So how can I get a ringtone with ascending volume onto my iPhone?


texts: localhost is always responding with "Connection refused: localhost:80"

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I've been working with the integrated webserver of OS X El Capitan for a while now.
I am developing a website project and thus, this was the perfect solution for me.
I was starting the local server using php -S localhost:8088 -t . in the specific directory containing the website data (index.php etc.).
Everything was working fine until I refreshed the page one day and it suddenly printed: Connection refused: localhost:8088. There were no changes made to any config files or anything else.
It doesn't matter which port I am using, it always refuses the connection. Sending a request to 127.0.0.1 in my browser tells me It works!. But, once I am starting the server and calling 127.0.0.1:8088, my browser responds with its default page displaying that the connection has been refused, as if I did not start/run the server.

The first thing I did was checking whether the Apache config is broken.
But, apachectl configtest printed Syntax OK.

When I tried to ping localhost, I encountered a 100% package loss, so at first I thought that the bug may be located inside the hosts file.
cat /etc/hosts/ printed out the following:

##
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost

Looks appropriate, doesn't it?
So, I checked my firewall options and discovered that I had "Stealth mode" activated. Unchecking it resulted in having the ICMP-packages finding their way correctly and there was no package loss any longer.

The thing is that I don't know why this problem suddenly occured and how I am able to fix it. I already restored all Apache config files to the originals, but that didn't solve it neither.
It seems to be listening on that port, but I can't access the server as it always refuses the connection.
Even if the server is not started, accessing localhost prints Connection refused: localhost:80. I don't know where the error could be located.
Apache's error log didn't show anything conspicious neither.

sudo lsof -i -n -P | grep TCP | grep LISTEN showed that httpd is using IPv6 only, so that should work.

If you need any more (config) files, just request them.
Thanks!


texts: What is preventing an OTA update to iOS 6 on an iPod touch 4th gen?

texts:
I have iPod Touch 8GB 4th generation version. I got a notification that iOS 6 is available for the iPod. I have downloaded new iOS 6 but it's not getting installed.

When I select Software Update -> Install now, it shows "Verifying update" and then it shows me "Software Update Unavailable, Software Update is not available at this time. Try again later".

I don't understand why its shows me such message though the update is already downloaded.


texts: OS X 10.10.2 Grey screen and progress bar at start-up normal?

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Running OS X 10.10.2 and has for a long time had a grey screen at start-up which occasionally freezes but most of the time just starts up after a while.
Is this normal?
At last upgrade the process froze after several hours and the above situation has been since then


texts: Save Bash shell history also when closing Terminal tab

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When a macOS High Sierra Terminal shell is ended using the exit command the Bash shell history is saved and can be recalled in subsequent shell sessions. However, if the shell is ended by closing the Terminal tab or window, the shell history will not be saved. How can the shell history also be saved when closing a Terminal tab?

Presumably the problem relates to the fact that the trap set in /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal (trap shell_session_update EXIT) is not triggered when closing a tab.  Is there a signal that could be trapped when closing a Terminal tab?


texts: Applescript - Run Multiple Instances of an App in Mac OSX

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I was hoping one of you kind folks could help me write a script that would open another instance of Transmission.

From my online research, I took a stab at making my own and compiled the following script for AppleScript Editor.

 do shell script "open -n -a '/Volumes/2 TB/App/Transmission.app'"

However, I get the following error message:

  There is already a copy of Transmission running. This copy cannot be
  opened until that instance is quit.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?


texts: Why don't .ico files created in Icon Composer work on Windows?

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For a couple of months now I've been creating favicons using Icon Composer (which comes with Xcode). It can save .ico files, and I know that sometimes Windows shows (or used to show) larger versions of the icon in some circumstances, so I thought I'd do it that way instead of just using a tiny .png.

Imagine my surprise when a Windows-using coworker tells me that he can't see any of the favicons I've created this way. No Windows browser seems to render them correctly, and only Firefox even attempts to render them at all.

So are .ico files produced by Icon Composer not supposed to be Windows-compatible? If not, is there any quick way to convert them into versions that are? If so, what might I be doing wrong?

UPDATE: Here is an example of a broken .ico file  produced by Icon Composer. My coworkers are all on Windows 7, so it's not just a Windows XP issue.

UPDATE 2: This happens with .ico files saved from both Icon Composer 2.1 (Xcode 3) and 2.2 (Xcode 4). In Firefox on Windows, display of these icons is corrupted; the icon is shifted to the right several pixels, and the right side is cut off and wraps around to the left side, as seen here:
.


texts: MacBook Pro 16" runs about 10 degrees hotter when plugged in on idle, is this normal?

texts:
The degrees delta has a noticable impact on fan noise and is making me consider returning the machine.

Is it normal for MacBook to be running so much hotter when plugged in? Idles at 60 degrees on a charger and just 50 on battery.


texts: Determine xcode command line tools version

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How do I determine what version(s) of xcode command line tools I have?

I tried doing

$ gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.49) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0
Thread model: posix

Is the Apple LLVM version the same as the version of xcode command line tools?


texts: How to change `view options` in download/browse window dialog?

texts:
I know how to change view options in Finder. But I failed to figure out how to change view options in download/browse window dialog. Many apps will allow you to browse files/folders with a popup window dialog (I think it's a part of finder), for instance, there will be a popup window for you to choose where to download a file in chrome app. I tried the shortcut Command + j, it doesn't do anything. Can anyone tell me how to do this? I would like to change some default settings such as disabling preview etc...

Edited: Since people don't quite understand what I mean by download/browse window in the comments, please check the following screenshot for an example:

You can see that the show icon preview is enabled by default in the popup window. I failed to turn it off since I can not launch command + j view options window in this dialog. Btw, in case if you doubt, I have turned off (disabled) show icon preview option in all folders and set it off as defaults. There is no preview at all if I open any folders in Finder.


texts: Is there a way to setup Yahoo mail for push with iOS5?

texts:
It seems to check it on a schedule, regardless of what I do.
I've tried setting it up to masquerade as Exchange, but was not successful.


texts: Messages.app asks for iChat every time I open it

texts: Every time I open up Messages, it asks me to locate iChat. This is on a new machine that I migrated from an old one on Lion and then upgraded to Mt. Lion. I don't have iChat on this machine any more, as far as I can tell. How do I stop it from prompting me? (It seems to happen only after a restart.)


texts: In macOS Photos, How can I sort images in "All Photos" album?

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I had to recently completely wipe my computer and reinstall everything.  I just imported my photos from an external hard drive and that worked fine but the only issue is when i go into Photos, all of my pics are out of order.

Surprisingly can't find any way to sort by date of image (versus date imported which would be the same for all images). Am I missing something?

How can there not be a "sort by date" option for images in an album?


texts: "No content available" in iOS 14 Photo Widget

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How do you fix the photo widget when it shows "No content available"?

I've removed/rebooted/added the widget
turned iCloud Photo on/off
favorited some photos
waited a day

How does it select what to show and how can I force it to show a picture?


texts:
Quicktime (10.1) keeps quitting when I try to launch an .avi file on OS X Lion. I have removed the codecs I had installed (I used cleanmymac to completely remove leftovers) I also deleted Quicktime and re-installed it from my Lion recovery disk and the application still gives me an error report when I try to open a .avi file. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Also, the avi files are working fine on quicklook.

Here is the log file:


texts: How to change the text color in an Excel shape?

texts:
I am trying to change the text color specifically for a diamond. The background fill defaults unfortunately to blue -which I changed to white .. which is the same color as their choice for text .  Polar bear in a blizzard anyone?

"Look ma they can't see me !"

The funny thing is - the rounded rectangle does allow changing the text color:


texts: macOS Sierra boot problem related to Apple SD Card reader driver

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EDIT: It seems that upgrading to macOS 10.12.4 solved this issue. I had not have time to send the laptop to repair, as others did (and it fixed the issue for them). So far, restarting or shutdown / starting the OS no longer hangs the Filevault pre-boot screen.

--- ORIGINAL POST ---

After upgrading to El Capitan, and then to Sierra, I found a strange behaviour:

A - if I restart the os, it takes more time than usual, then I get into the boot screen with the input devices (keyboard, trackpad) responding from time to time (i.e. they work for 2 seconds, then they stop working for 10, then the cycle repeats itself);
B - during "A", I if I:

B1 - move the cursor to the "restart" button and press it, or force a shutdown - start by pressing the physical button, I get the os restarted in no time, and everything seems fine; BUT if I restart the os, I return to "A";
B2 - patiently try to type my password and enter the os, the mac starts normal;

Meanwhile, I was also experience SD Card problems - they wouldn't read at all or appear in Disk Utility; I now found out that if I do procedure B1 the SD Card reader seems not to work, but if I do procedure B2 it works ok.

I was almost sending the mac for hardware repair, but seems like there may be some problem with the SD Card reader drivers? I need to do some more testing, but meanwhile, has someone experienced this, or can give me some insight on how to debug this issue?

Using macbook Pro retina 2015 with macOS Sierra.

Thanks for you help.

EDIT: I did a clean install (completely formatted and partitioned the HD using a bootable USB stick with macOS Sierra on it). But it was for no avail, the problem persists.


texts:
I understand that Mac OS X is free to download and install however It would be nice to have a DVD backup printed and shipped by Apple just like older Mac OSX releases.

Is this still possible?


texts: Copying Clipboard from IDE and pasting on iPad while keeping color formatting

texts:
I'm taking a course in java and I'm using my iPad to take notes (using the notability app). I wanted to know if there's any way to copy code I'd be writing on my Mac (IntelliJ IDE) to my iPad. It needs to be transferable quickly and easily so I can incorporate the code in my notes as a textbox in notability. The catch is, it also has to retain the text color so I can read it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Unable to boot after adding 8GB of ram onto Macbook pro

texts:
Here are the specifications of the macbook pro

Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 1067 Mhz DDR3
Lion 10.7.3
15-inch, Mid 2009
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,3

I am trying to add in 2x 4gb Ram of 1333mhz ddr3 into the macbook pro.  However i am only able to boot up with 1x2gb ddr 1067mhz and a 1x4gb 1333mhz. If i were to put in 2x4gb ram into the macbookpro, there will be a boot issue. weird sound will be heard.


texts:
the Command:

syslog | tail | open -ef

works perfectly on my osx 10.8.5 and opens the required lines from syslog in textEdit, however when I run

syslog | tail | open -t

which should open the same lines in my default text editing program I get nothing and just the lines --No lines in buffer--

I am using MacVim as my default text editor.


texts: Can't copy files from one hard drive to another (same sizes)

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I have two external hard drives, both 2TB. I've been using one as a time machine drive and have filled up about half of it. The other drive isn't being used as a time machine, but rather I got it to save larger files; I've taken up very little space on it so far (only a few megabytes).

I want to give the time machine drive to my dad so I'm trying to copy all of it's files into the other drive. When I drag the Backups folder from the TM drive onto the destination drive, it partially copies everything over and then says the drive is full. Sure enough, I checked and it has somehow filled up all 2TB despite the source drive only having about 1TB of data.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Neither drive is encrypted and they are both using a Journaled file system.


texts: Siri suggestion still showing after turned off

texts:
I had install iOS10 and i don't like siri suggested app, so i had turn it off according to this, but it didn't work. It still shows on notification center.
I tried restarting it as well but nothing. Is there any other way around?


texts: Is it possible to update timestamps on multiple photos using new Photos app?

texts:
I'm using El Capitan 10.11.1 and Photos app 1.2

The new version of the the Photos app allows you to update the metadata for photos via the 'Get Info' menu option.  For a single photo, you can update the timestamp by opening the Info inspector, and double clicking the date/time.

The resulting Adjust date and time of selected photos dialog strongly implies that you should be able to do this for multiple photos at once.  It says:

  "The original date and time of your first photo is shown below.  Adjust it to the correct time, and all 1 photos will be time-shifted accordingly."

So... I have about 100 photos I need to do this to, but if I select them all (or any number greater than 1), the Info inspector changes subtly - the timestamp changes format from e.g. "11 November 2015 12:11" to simply "11 Nov 2015", and double clicking the date now does nothing except select the date in the Info inspector.

Is it possible to shift the date/time of my 100 photos within the Photos app?


texts: How can I recover photos from Photo Stream to my computer?

texts: My iPhone's screen decided to die on me, so the screen is black, and I got a Samsung to replace it. The problem is that I can't get anything off of my phone. I did back up to my iCloud but how I am going to get all of my photos that I saved on iCloud?


texts: App doesn't remember my preferences or information when restored

texts:
My old iPhone got replaced by Apple as it was faulty. Now I did my iCloud restore on my new iPhone 6, but when I open WhatsApp or Viber and even the any of app doesn't remember my number or information of any sort, e.g on WhatsApp it is asking me for my number and I sort of can't provide it, as I am outside the country for a few months and don't have my SIM card with me, which was registered to that. I am totally blocked out. Should i making a appointment with apple or is it something wrong with my backup, as in past i was able to recover my icloud data and app stored information without re-entering it again,

Is there a way to solve this?


texts: MacBook Pro not booting off OS X Mavericks USB Drive

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I'm trying to do a clean install of OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 from a USB drive on my new MacBook Pro 15" Retina (late 2013 model). Here are my steps:

Turn off the Mac
Hold Option
Turn on the Mac
Select the USB drive (orange icon), not the Recovery Partition
The dreaded "international no" sign appears

I've repeated these steps with another USB drive with the same unfortunate result.

The USB drives aren't the problem. I've repeated these steps on my iMac 21.5" (late 2011 model) and MacBook Air 11" (late 2013 model) and both USB drives boot up fine.

Any idea how to get this working with my MacBook Pro?

P.S. If it matters, here's how I made the USB drive.

Edit: 10.9.2 works great!


texts: Outline of changes to the iOS Developer Program License Agreement

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From time to time Apple updates their iOS Developer Program License Agreement, but, unfortunately, they never provide any clues as to what they changed since the previous version of the agreement. This means that after each change I need to read through the entire agreement and hope that I catch any of the new stuff they introduced.

Do you know of any place where a summary of the changes between versions of the agreement is presented (possibly somewhere on one of Apple's sites and I just missed it)?

An alternative might be an application that provides a visual difference between two PDF documents. I tried out DiffPDF, but it turned out that this app is not sophisticated enough to handle the accumulating changes after a few pages. If you have a different suggestion it would be welcome.


texts: Macbook is connected to wifi and tethering from iPhone. Which connection is it using?

texts:
When on wifi with my Macbook, sometimes I plug my phone in via USB and both connections say they are working.  How do I know which connection my Macbook is using?  Further, how do I force my Macbook to prefer the wifi connection?

I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.4 on a Macbook Air Mid 2011, and iOS 6.0 on an iPhone 5.


texts: How do I switch first/last name order in the iOS address book?

texts: My contacts are arranged by last name first in my iPad and iPhone and I want to have them first name then last name. Where do I access the address book preferences?


texts: How many USB-C monitors can I connect to a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)?

texts:
I would like to connect at least two USB-C monitors, but maybe 3 if possible.
Firstly, should it work? Secondly, will it work well in terms of performance? I mostly need the monitors for text editing and web browsing (not video editing or gaming).


texts: I have a 2008 Mac Pro and it has no wifi card in it. I have a time capsule. Can I connect the time capsule to my router via wifi and use an Ethernet cable from the time capsule to my Mac Pro to access the Internet?


texts: An alternative to the text editor TextMate for PHP development?

texts:
I am fed up with the text editor TextMate. It's great, but it's old and keeps crashing on me. No development in (what, 3+?) years, etc.

So I'm looking for a viable alternative, mainly for PHP development. However, I don't want a bloated and slow editor that runs on Java (so NetBeans, Komodo, Eclipse, etc are out), nor something that includes the kitchen sink (goodbye Coda, I already own Espresso but am extremely disappointed that after latest version doesn't include variable autocompletion). BBEdit is a little too bare bones for me.

In summary, as the title says, a TextMate replacement that is modern, stable and still in development. Does such an editor exist?


texts: Terminal: “Invalid Argument: dirname” (El Capitan)

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I noticed the issue when I first went to run

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

in OS X Terminal (10.11.2) but this was returned

bash: /usr/bin/defaults: Invalid argument

I'm not sure what is going on with defaults, but I also have a similar issue with brew:

/bin/bash: /usr/bin/dirname: Invalid argument

I clearly broke something (or perhaps malware), but not sure how I did it or when it happened. This is causing all sorts of issues. Any thoughts on fixing it?

My PATH variable looks like this:

/Users/username/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/usr/texbin:/Users/username/.rvm/bin

EDIT:
I noticed my issue is similar to this one: OS X Yosemite Hard Disk Errors even after Repairing them but there's no resolution.


texts: Textedit crashed and lost a previously saved file

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I have a file I created and edited with textedit.  I saved the file many many times.  Textedit crashed and I rebooted and the file it entirely gone.

What happened?
Is there a way to recover it?

A bit more background on the problem and my machine:
I have a macbook air; it's 2.5 years old and has OSX 10.9.5.
It has recently had another issue which I haven't been able to diagnose:
The hard drive is frequently filling up after a few hours or days without a reboot, and no new downloads of more than a few MBs.  After I reboot, some, but not all, of the space is recovered.
Since I began having that issue, I've deleted 10+ GB of data over the course of a few weeks, and yet my hard-drive has less space available than it used to.

The crash happened when I had recently received a warning about my start-up disk being full and had only ~200MB remaining available space, according to Finder.


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Every time macOS Mojave starts (and High Sierra before that) and I log in I get six dialog boxes saying a system extension is blocked. The only information it gives me is the name of the organisation that signed the extension -- two each for Intel, Oracle and Logitech.
One of the dialog buttons directs me to the security section of system settings, where I'm expecting an Allow button. The button is not there, much like described in this question.
Since that question has no proper solution, and since it seems that not even updating from High Sierra to Mojave makes any difference, I'm wondering how to uninstall these system extensions altogether so that they stop generating these annoying dialog boxes everytime I reboot. I.e. right now I'm not even sure how to go about identifying each application that installed one of the extensions that I can't allow, let alone how they can be removed.
What I've tried

Uninstalling the one application that I know of, Logitech Gaming Software. After that the Logitech dialog did not appear after reboot, instead its place was taken up by even more dialogs with "Oracle" and "Intel".
Reinstalling that Logitech software, during whose install I get spammed with five system extension dialogs from Logitech at a time. If I close them five new dialogs will appear shortly after. Sometimes mixed with dialogs regarding some other developer, for good measure. It's basically a never ending torrent of dialog boxes at this point.
Guessed that the extension from Intel might be HAXM installed with Android Studio, and the one from Oracle is Java installed with IntelliJ IDEA. Moved both apps to the trash and rebooted, but as expected that made no difference. I found no uninstall utilities for those apps.
Uninstalled the Logitech software with its uninstaller, and removed everything Logitech related in /Library/Extensions.
Guessed that the Oracle extension was VirtualBox, and ran its uninstall script. It did not remove any VirtualBox kexts in /Library/Extensions. I wal also unable to install VirtualBox after that.

I should add that I have in a previous install of Mojave been able to allow all of these system extensions (probably) using a then existent Allow button.


texts: Sound output through monitor on Mac too loud and unadjustable

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I just got a 2020 i3 MacBook Air and have an adaptor to connect it to my monitor over HDMI port (which I plug my headphones into) but when I try to listen to anything the sound is way too loud. I've tried going to display and changing the volume but the slider does not work (it is fixed at the top).
The monitor is a Dell HDMI monitor. The sound is unusable like this. What can I do?


texts:
My iPad 2 (32gb) is about one year old and he is getting very slow. I've tried restarting the iPad and quitting all apps but with no real success.
There is about 5 GB of free storage space.

Any other ideas on how to speed things up?


texts: canon mg5520 can't connect to my MacBook pro no scan ability

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I can print just fine,  I can not scan from mg5520

I've even tried to go through image garden and the "scan" area is greyed out.
I’ve removed some software that I didn’t make note of
I reloaded my Mac with all updated drivers

I can think of nothing else to try except throw this thing away.

I has worked just fine for the last few years.


texts: Apple Watch is not updating to WatchOS 2 beta with public profile

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I have the profile installed and have done many restarts on my iPhone and my Watch.

Both devices have the public beta profile

iPhone running iOS 9 beta 4 (after upgrading from public beta 1)
Watch running 1.0.1 atm


texts: Can't change color default folders yosemite 10.10.2

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I've got a brand new mac with Yosemite 10.10.2
and I dislike the blue color of the folders

I'm looking for a proper way to change ALL folders's color

I've seen that http://yukiyamashina.github.io/blog/2014/10/19/how-to-change-the-color-of-default-folder-icons-in-OS-X-Yosemite/

But I can't find the folder CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/

Is this because I've got Yosemite 10.10.2 ?


texts: I'm using DaisyDisk to clean my hard drive and it is showing nearly 8GB of files in /private/var/log/asl. Are those files safe to delete?


texts:
I am attempting to print PDF's (and save documents as PDF's) as close to full bleed as possible. Right now I am losing approximately 3/4" in margin left, right, top and bottom. Any way to adjust margins in Preview? I do not see the option to create a custom size paper as I've seen suggested as a work-around.
On a related note, it appears that an email that is printed from Mac Mail is first converted to a PDF. Is this correct and is there a different method to print email that will not cut off text top and bottom besides pasting it into a Word document?


texts:
I have a 15" MacbookPro with a Windows 7 Bootcamp partition. I check the temperature when using Windows but I think it doesn't report the right temperature.
I shut down Windows with a temperature between the 70° and 80° degrees, then I immediately power on the laptop but this time I use OS X, when I log in it reports temperatures closes to 100° degrees.

It is possible that when I use Windows it is reporting wrong temperatures? If yes, what software should I use to monitor them correctly?

In OS X I use TG pro, in Windows I've tried many softwares but all of them reports the same data.


texts: Are my permissions for /usr/local/ correct?

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I’m using HomeBrew for my port needs (seems a bit “cleaner” than MacPorts).

I can install without sudoing (which is great), but the man linking step seems to require it (/usr/local/share/man/man3 is owned by root).
A guide I found suggests I recursively chown /usr/local by doing

sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local

Is this safe…or is it a Bad Idea™?

Also: are my permissions correct?

$ pwd
/usr/local/share/man
$ ls -lah
total 32
drwxrwxr-x    8 root  staff   272B  4 Set 11:02 .
drwxrwxr-x    9 root  staff   306B 10 Set 11:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel   102B  4 Ago  2009 de
drwxrwxr-x  163 root  staff   5,4K 10 Set 11:27 man1
drwxr-xr-x   11 root  wheel   374B 10 Set 11:27 man3
drwxr-xr-x    7 ago   staff   238B 10 Set 11:39 man5
drwxr-xr-x   11 ago   staff   374B 10 Set 11:39 man7
-rw-r--r--    1 root  staff    13K  4 Set 11:02 whatis


texts: Can you add a pause to a Better Touch Tool macro?

texts: I was hoping that there could be some way to have the first action go, then wait .1 seconds before the next action. Is there any way to do this?


texts: iMessage conversations changed to Bonjour; how do I change them back?

texts:
Within the iMessages app on OS X 10.8.2 all of my iMessage conversations have switched to Bonjour. So instead of showing the usual blue bubble it's red and people's phone numbers are shown instead of their contact name.

If I go to an individual conversation and click on the down arrow I have the option to change the messaging service from Bonjour to iMessage.

If I click iMessage the phone number is replaced with the contact name and photo from my contacts, but any previous conversation is gone. If the person then subsequently sends me a message the conversation history comes back.

This method does not work for group chats. If I click on a group chat that includes the same phone number I do not get the iMessage option.

Is there a way to mass change all of my iMessage conversations from Bonjour back to iMessage so I don't have to do it one-by-one?
Is there any way to change the group chat back to iMessage?
Is there a way to recover conversation history without waiting for a contact to send me a new message?

This happened after I took my Mac to the Genius bar to get some hardware fixed. When I got it back everything was fine except for iMessage being messed up as described above.

Update: There's a similar question on the Apples Support boards, but the solution did not work for me: com.apple.ichat.Subnet.plist did not exist.


texts: Can .zip folders created using Windows XP Pro be opened and extracted on Mac without any additional software?

texts:
I am a Windows user, and I would like to send a compressed archive/folder to my colleague who is a Mac user. I do not want him to have to download any additional software to open and extract it.

Can .zip files created using Windows XP Pro be opened and extracted on Mac without any additional software?  Is the file specification the same in Mac as it is in Windows?


texts:
I'm trying to start MySQL server (Maria DB 10.0.12, installed via Homebrew) but it's not working.

When I run mysql.server start, it keeps running forever without actually starting the server.

mysql.server configtest tells me the config is fine and there is nothing in MySQL error log.

I haven't actually changed anything to MySQL recently, though I've upgraded PHP and other modules (but I guess that shouldn't be related).

Any idea what could be causing this, or how to debug it?


texts:
System in OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan

$ cd $HOME
$ ls .
> Dropbox
> BTsync

Code which creates unsuccessful symlink

ln -s BTsync/ Dropbox/

Code which creates working symlink

ln -s /Users/masi/BTSync/ /Users/masi/Dropbox/

Evidence in size difference with files

$ cd $HOME
$ ln -s $HOME/BTsync/wfdb.zip $HOME/Dropbox/
$ ln -s BTsync/wfdb.zip Dropbox/wasi.zip
$ ls -la $HOME/Dropbox/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 masi  staff    41 May 17 22:45 wfdb.zip -> BTsync/wfdb.zip
lrwxr-xr-x   1 masi  staff    46 May 17 22:45 wasi.zip -> /Users/masi/Dropbox/wfdb.zip

Evidence with directories

$ ln -s /Users/masi/BTsync/cam\ local/ /Users/masi/Dropbox/
$ ln -s BTsync/cam\ local/ Dropbox/camLocal2
$ ls -la $HOME/Dropbox
lrwxr-xr-x   1 masi  staff    37 May 17 22:52 camlocal -> /Users/masi/BTsync/cam local/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 masi  staff    25 May 17 22:53 camLocal2 -> BTsync/cam local/

and visually same in Finder

which shows that the two commands are not the same in El Capitan.
Using absolute PATH only works.

Evidence with Relative PATH

$ cd $HOME
$ ln -s ./BitTorrentSync/cam\ local/ ./Dropbox/camlocal3
$ ls -la Dropbox/
lrwxr-xr-x   1 masi  staff    27 May 17 22:58 camlocal3 -> ./BTsync/cam local/

and a new screenshot

Why OSX Symlink cannot Relative PATHs?


texts:
Is there any way to hide an app from the Launchpad in Yosemite?
I don't want to delete it or something like that I just want to hide apps that I don't use frequently, and I have a lot of them, putting them in a folder that I ignore makes the Launchpad slow to process, any solution to get rid of them without deleting them?


texts: itunes software update ignore isn't working

texts:
I have OSX 10.5.6 and iTunes 10.4.1 on my laptop. I turned off the software update for iTunes, but every time I click on a song, I get a notification that says

  iTunes requires Safari 4.0.3 or later to be installed to use the
  iTunes Store with iTunes. Use Software Update to download and install
  the latest version of Safari.

I'm not trying to use the iTunes store, so I'm not sure why this is popping up. I'd prefer not to update Safari because I never use that browser. Suggestions?


texts: How to Pair an iPhone 4 to an iPhone 3GS using Bluetooth

texts:
I have an iPhone 3GS that has a data plan and tethering enabled. It is running iOS 5.1.1

Being an iPhone 3GS it only does tethering over bluetooth and USB, not WiFi.

I also have iPhone 4, a 1st-gen iPad, and a year-old MacBook Pro.

I have been able to connect to the internet from the iPad to the iPhone 3GS over bluetooth (started System Preferences --> General --> Bluetooth on both devices, Paired the iPad with the iPhone etc.).

I have also been able to connect to the internet from the MacBook Pro to the iPhone 3GS over bluetooth (started System Preferences --> General --> Bluetooth on the iPhone, Set up a Bluetooth Device on the Mac, Paired the Mac with the iPhone etc.)

However, I cannot connect my iPhone 4 to the iPhone 3GS via bluetooth.

When I start up bluetooth preferences on both devices, they do not see each other. Since I cannot see the device, I cannot pair.

The iPhone 4 is also running iOS 5.1.1, same as the iPad.

Any reason why I cannot see or connect from the iPhone 4?


texts: "Shared" section of the sidebar very long to appear in OS X 10.8.2

texts:
After being very satisfied with my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.8, I advised a non-technical-skilled relative to buy one, which she did. The MacBook Pro came with OS X 10.8.2 but there is a problem. The "Shared" section of the sidebar is very long to appear, sometime more than 5 minutes.

Considering this "Shared" section appears as soon as I am logged on my MacBook, I guess the recently bought MacBook Pro (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5) could do, at least, as good as mine (2.4 GHz Intel Core i5) which was bought 2 years earlier.

Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this?


texts: How can I prevent Mac terminal ssh from disconnecting when the screen is automatically turned off?

texts:
I frequently use ssh on my MacBook to connect to other servers and run long-running commands there. When I do this, I leave the lid open to let it run, but then if I don't go to make coffee or something, it automatically turns the screen off, and this also causes the ssh to disconnect.

I tried to find how to prevent this automatically in the Terminal settings and in power saving settings, and couldn't find anything relevant. To prevent this disconnection I play a video silently, and this doesn't let power saving turn the screen off, but this is weird and lame to begin with, and if I forget to do this, then my session is lost. Is there anything better and more automatic?


texts: 2012 Macbook Air - Lion will not reinstall

texts: I have a 2012 Macbook Air, and its local recovery drive has been wiped. I used the internet recovery mode (Command + R) but for some reason when I try to reinstall Mac OSX Lion, I get a message that says "can't download additional components." I have research online but solutions such as changing the time does not solve this problem. So my second attempt was creating a high sierra bootable USB and installing that to the Macbook Air. The Macbook will attempt to boot to it however, about half way loading the progress bar, a circle with a line across appears.


texts: How do I whitelist a domain in iOS restrictions web filter?

texts:
Turning on iOS restrictions (Settings - General - Restrictions) and the web filter inside (probably "Websites - Restrict adult content" or something similar in English), I tried whitelisting wikipedia.org but the whitelist doesn't seem to work. For instance, the page "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-based_access_control" is still blocked.

I tried whitelisting *.wikipedia.org/*. It still doesn't work, and I can't find any instructions on how to format the entries.

How do I exclude a specific domain from being filtered?

With respect, please refrain from non-answers such as "just turn off restrictions" or suggesting unrealistic solutions like "you have to enter every possible subdomain by hand without using wildcards".

Iphone 5 running Ios 8.4


texts: What Causes rMBP Fan Noise When Connected to Two External Monitors

texts:
Connecting two external monitors to my Retina Macbook Pro 2012 has no problem except for more fan noise, which is a little bit annoying since with one external monitor one doesn't hear the noise at all.

I'm wondering what's the cause of this? What is the bottleneck here? Is it because GPU Clock Speed or Memory of Graphics Card?

rMBP 2012 has Nvidia GeForce GT 650M with 1 GB GDDR5. If I switch to rMBP 2013/2014 which has Nvidia GeForce GT 750M with 2 GB GDDR5 and say if the problem disappears (I'm just guessing), is it mainly because of higher GPU speed or more memory?

Btw, 650M scores 1278 while 750M scores 1461.

Update 01/25/15: iStat Menu:
iStat Menu monitors both CPU/GPU usage and temperature. Compared to only one external monitor, two external monitors causes CPU & GPU temperature up by 20F higher. However, CPU & GPU usage & GPU memory usage all remain the same.

The bottom line is that iStat Menu can't explain the increase in CPU/GPU temperature.


texts:
I have a big pile of DVDs and DivX encoded files with animation shorts that I sometimes would like to watch on my iPod touch 4G while I am on the go. What would be a quick and easy way to transfer the movies to iTunes and then to my iPod touch? Sometimes the DVD has a menu that list all the shorts, I would like to have each short as a separate files (or "item" in iTunes).

Is there also a way to (automagically) optimize the movies for viewing on the iPod (i.e. adjust quality and resolution for the small iPod touch screen and for better battery life).
This would be ideal: iTunes is my main repository for all my movies in the best possible quality so they'd also work on the large screen. Once they are copied over to an iPod they get reencoded with lesser bitrate and resolution.


texts: I think, I screwed up the color profiles on my macbook

texts:
as you can see in the example shot, the color in the image are not consistent on my macbook. In the finder the image looks nice, but in Quick Look and iPhoto there is too much red in the images. The effect happens with photos I downloaded from the net, like this one, and with pictures I have taken with my camera.

Do you have an explanation?

Thanks for your time in advance!

[added info]

I experienced this problem on my 2008 macbook with photos I shot myself as with images I downloaded like the example image. Furthermore did I put my macbook to sleep and attached it via dvi to a dell P2411H trying what mspasov suggested. So I am not sure if my playing around with the color calibration ( I ended up using the existing Color LCD profile) actually fixed or that it was only a coincidence that the images looked normal again.

One idea I had was that maybe OSX/iPhoto/Quicklook sometimes get 'confused' on how to treat color profiles in images when another monitor is attached. I know, that sounds very far fetched. What do you think?


texts: What are the Time Capsule performance if used as a File Server for 3-4 clients?

texts:
I plan to use time capsule as a file server into a production environment with 3-4 mac clients.

Can you give me some information about possible drawback with this choice? What are Time Capsule performance?


texts: Unallocated Space after BootCamp not restored to main HD

texts:
I am unable to reclaim 1 TB of Unallocated Space to my main HD. Neither Disk Utility or BC-Assistant succeeds in restoring it to a single partition.

The underlying issue (after running sudo diskutil apfs resizecontainer disk1s2 0) seems to be the following:

The process starts and fails, please is there anyway to get my 1 TB back to my main HD?
I cannot see the 1 TB Unallocated Space in 'diskutil list':

Please, can someone explain what needs to be done to get the 1 TB back? My main HD is a fusion drive and should be 2 TB.
Output of diskutil info disk1s2 | grep -e Size -e Offset

Terminal: sudo diskutil apfs resizecontainer disk1s2 0
gives exactly same error as Disk Utility when it fails.
Please, help me. How can I resize the container back to 2 TB and get the Unallocated Space left from the now erased former BootCamp partition that BC-assistant/DiskUtility cannot re-allocate back?


texts: NMEA GPS data from mobile hotspot -> Wifi-only iPad

texts:
I have a 4G mobile hotspot for when I travel on business. It makes NMEA GPS data available to connected clients.

I've been thinking about buying an iPad (first one for me). Can the wifi-only iPad use this data? For the apps that I plan to use, GPS location is desirable.

I'm trying to figure out whether I need to shell out the extra dollars for a 4G model, or purchase a Dual or Bad Elf...


texts: I have a 2017 iMac running the latest version of macOS Mojave. When restarting my machine it freezes on the Apple logo about a third of the way through the progress bar. Sometimes half of the logo and progress bar gets cut off when it freezes and sometimes it changes color and sometimes it changes the font size if I’m in verbose mode. Sometimes when it freezes the Apple logo will get shifted over to the right side of the screen and get cut off on the right side of the screen. Any ideas what could be the problem?


texts:
I received a new iPhone yesterday and connected it to my home Wifi network.

On content heavy sites it runs perfectly fine, but if I use either the Youtube site or the Youtube app I can't watch anything. It takes forever to watch 5 seconds of video.

My first question is, how can I be sure that my phone is using local Wifi for the internet connection and Youtube app (it says connected in the settings, but is there an icon in the display etc. to confirm Wifi connection)?

Any suggestions as to why Youtube runs slow when other heavy sites load without problem?


texts: How do you fix missing partition on OS X El Cap?

texts:
After trying to install Windows 10 via Boot Camp, my Mac automatically rebooted (supposedly to the newly created Windows partition). However, it just booted back my OS X 10.11.2.

When I went to Boot Camp Assistant, it's as if the installation never happened. The partition was taken, but OS X can't read the missing partition:

Here's the output of sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  488555536      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488965176    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  490234712          7
  490234719         32         Sec GPT table
  490234751          1         Sec GPT header

How do I recover this missing partition/disk space?


texts:
I have my iPhone5 set on "Vibrate on Ring"  and the volume is not on mute, but when someone calls, it only vibrates. I've included it in Notifications Center, but that doesn't seem to do anything. Do Not Disturb has also been turned off.
How do I fix this?


texts: Cleaning the camera roll from my mom's iPhone 5s

texts:
I'm trying to clean the gallery of the iPhone, I'm sending the images that I already put in the computer to the trash.
But the pics still are in the phone.

I'm an android user, so i don't know if the process is different for iPhone.


texts:
Is there a way to configure iTerm2 preferences from the command line?  I am specifically looking to automate setting the Key preferences, for instance configuring escape codes to be sent when certain key combinations are pressed.  I am using a script similar to https://mths.be/macos for other osx automation.

Thanks!


texts: Can I upgrade to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard?

texts:
I'm currently running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) and I never upgraded to Lion.

However, the features in Mountain Lion have me intrigued and I'd like to upgrade.

Am I allowed to upgrade straight to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, or do I need to somehow upgrade to Lion first?


texts: My partition table is messed up. Here are the screenshots of all outputs gpt fdisk and diskutil.


texts: Apple's 2FA and the notion of "trusted device" and "trusted browser"

texts:
I’m going to try to split off and expand some more readily “answerable” questions that were initially part of a different SE post (Apple's new 2FA requirement for developer Apple IDs) that was put on hold because it got too complex and unwieldly.  Here’s one:

How are Apple’s 2FA “tokens” implemented?  If this has been spelled out in Apple’s docs I haven’t found it yet.

Here’s why I want to know.  I do not use SMS, period.  Mostly for privacy and security reasons.  Apple’s 2FA requires giving Apple a phone# to even begin the process of enabling it.  They’re good enough to allow you to use a landline # as well, so good for them, but I don’t actually maintain any phone# anymore, so this has been a showstopper for me to even get started, hence the unwieldy set of questions in the previous post.

If I knew for a fact that a single SMS in the beginning was the only SMS that would ever be sent, then I could just bug someone else to help me out once and that would be the end of it.  From that point on I could use my offline iDevice to generate Verification Codes (right?).  But if other actions I take will trigger add’l SMS authentication codes, that wouldn’t work.

Hence the need to know how a device or browser is understood to be “trusted” and/or how it might lose that trust.

I can already generate a “Verification Code” on my iDevice that I’ve now associated with the dev appleID, even fully offline, so that seems great.  I have some level of confidence that device will continue to be “trusted” as long as I don’t change the associated appleID.

But I have no idea how this works with a laptop that will never have an iCloud account (or even touch iCloud servers), but instead is just an Xcode dev machine.  The dev machine isn’t normally connected to the internet, and when it is, it’s protected by a very tight firewall.  Once every week or so, it’s allowed to connect (via proxy, VPN, or different physical loctaions) to Apple’s provisioning certificate servers to update certificates.  It’s hard to know how or if I can set up this laptop to be a “trusted machine” and maintain that trust.  First, it will have a different IP address nearly every time Apple sees it, but also, once 2FA is enabled for that appleID, are there different actions I might take that might change that trust, like updating Xcode, for example.

On very rare occasions, as in maybe 3 or 4 times ever, I’ve signed in via browser to the associated appleID account to set things up and remove a device once.  But cookies are immediately wiped, and I never allow any “local storage” (from any server), so I’m having a hard time understanding whether I would ever have what passes in an ongoing way as a “trusted browser” in Apple’s eyes.  And if it becomes untrusted, when might that trigger an SMS authentication, as opposed to simply generating a Verification Code on my offline iDevice?

[update]

I found this SE answer, which addresses part of my question above.

How does apple verify my list of trusted devices and browsers?

If a browser is only trusted based on a cookie, that's awfully ephemeral.  Many people, if not most, clear cookies on a regular basis.

Still wondering about what might affect "trust" of the machine(s) themselves.


texts: My Macbook Pro WiFi is getting slower unless I reboot

texts:
So I have that new Macbook Pro 15 inch with the Nvidia GPU for 6 months or so, and recently I experienced WiFi slowdown after I let my Macbook on for hours (with putting it to sleep by closing the screen) my WiFi gets waaaay slower. It's not my internet since when I test it with another computer, everything's normal. And when I reboot my Macbook, it also get back to normal download speed.

It just happened one day like 5 days ago when I was trying to do a Twitch stream. Maybe it's something I have installed ? I don't think it comes from OpenBroadcaster ? Or from JackAudio or Soundflower (two packages that simulates virtual sound playback so I can stream what my Macbook outputs, I did uninstall the second but I really don't know how to uninstall JackAudio) ?


texts: Xcode - Can I develop for iOS 11.1 in El Capitan?

texts:
I'm a software development student and I'm building an iOS app for a class.

The thing is I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2009 with El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G17023)
and an iPhone 5s running iOS 11.1.2 (15B202).

The latest version of Xcode compatible with El Capitan (I think) is 8.2.1 and it is not compatible with my iOS version.

The app I'm trying to make does not require ARKit or anything that advanced and I would like to know if is there a way I can make this work with my actual devices?

I really don't have the money to upgrade my MacBook for a newer one nor for an older iPhone.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Edit: I no longer have this problem but obviously the question will stay open because we haven't found a solution nor a proper answer.
What I did was install This High Sierra Patcher and from there update Xcode and everything necessary to develop.

I do not recommend this: you are making modifications to your computer that can result in unexpected behavior and you know, all that anti-piracy speech... and also Xcode runs terribly slow (there is a reason why this computer model cannot be updated anymore.)


texts:
I am trying to add an administrator account on my MacBook Pro using single-user mode. However, the command /sbin/mount -uw / does not seem to work.
Any reason as to why?
/sbin/mount -uw /
apfs_vfsop_mount:1151: Updating mount from /dev/disk1s5 to read/write node is not allowed
mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Operation not permitted
mount: / failed with 77
localhost:/ root# /sbin/mount -uw /
apfs_vfsop_mount:1151: Updating mount from /dev/disk1s5 to read/write node is not allowed
mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Operation not permitted
mount: / failed with 77
localhost:/ root#


texts: What is the universal Document format on the Macintosh? (format you can be sure any Mac can display)?

texts:
I'm preparing a document for Macintosh users.
Currently the document is in .doc format.

Will all Mac OSX users be able to view that format?
If not, is there a better universal format to use? (.RTF, .PDF, etc.)


texts:
I recently downloaded Soundflower so I could record some audio with the imagery I can already record through QuickTime. The thing is, once I've set Soundflower up I can't hear anything on my computer! I already found an answer to this problem in an old forum on this site and did as one of the answers suggested, but I still can't hear anything it's driving me up the wall!

Can someone please help me out?


texts: Worn out (stripped) screws in Macbook Pro - how to remove?

texts:
I was planning to remove my cdrom and add a second HD in my Macbook Pro (2011), but I can't remove the screws. It seems they are stripped, even though I've been really careful (they are really tight).

Some images

Anyone had a similar problem before? Which is the best way to remove them? Would Apple authorized places remove it?


texts: Since roughly 2016, all Macbook Pros have been non-upgradeable.  What is the latest model Macbook Pro that has user-serviceable RAM and/or SDD?


texts: How to get SMC version for 2018 Mac mini

texts:
I bumped into a problem, when my USB and USB-C ports stopped working (all except 1) when coming out of sleep mode. I could fix this only by SMC reset (unplugging power for > 15 sec), after that all ports are working again.
I want to check which SMC version my Mac mini has, but I can't see it in System Report/Hardware:

Where can I check SMC version for this model?


texts: Move app window to another Desktop without invoking Mission Control in macOS Mojave?

texts:
Sometimes a row of desktops appears at top of the screen while dragging window to the top. It happened without activating Mission Control.

Unfortunately I am not able to reproduce this behaviour. How do I do it again? I wish to use this to move an app window to another Desktop.


texts: How can I ensure that laptop batteries I buy are genuine?

texts: I need new batteries for my for MBP 2012 8.1 13". I ran across a site selling what seems to be actual new Apple batteries. Is this a scam? I would like to buy a real Apple product, so how can I be sure of this?


texts: "The iTunes library file cannot be saved. A folder was specified instead of a file." ...what?

texts:
I just updated to iTunes 11.

Now I get this error:

Huh? Some Googling turns up people with this problem in iTunes 7 & 8. That was a while ago. They suggested various things, including rebuilding the library (which I am NOT going to do unless it's the only option).

However, my search prompted me to look in my iTunes folder. Yikes:

Most of those temp files appeared on 11/18/12, so this must have been happening before today when I upgraded.

So, is there a good solution? Why might this happen? Is re-building the library the only way? I'd rather not lose my date-added and play-count data.


texts: Can you turn off or disable the display on an iMac?

texts:
I'd like to turn off my iMac display while connected to it via a remote desktop session.  I'm using TeamViewer or LogMeIn, and unfortunately the screen stays on during those sessions when it really doesn't need to be on.

Is there any way to set the screen to off while in use?

Note:  I don't want to put the display to sleep because that will only last until I start typing or move the mouse.


texts: What are the differences or similarities of using a journaling file system and Time Machine backups?

texts:
I want to know if using Mac OS Extended Journaled is the right choice for a MacBook Pro that would only be connected with the external hard drive at night. It does not make sense to me to have it journaling every action of a Mac that is not always connected.

I also want to use the same external hard drive for Time Machine backups. What is the right way set up an external hard drive to do file backups with a MacBook.

I am confused on how a journaled file system and Time Machine aren't related processes.
Do I do both or do they both happen together?
How do they work?


texts: My macbook pro troubleshoot reset with grey screen

texts:
My macbook pro is MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), 8G ram, and run OS 10.10.4.
I have upgraded storage from 500GB HDD to Crucial M550 SSD. I removed dvd drive and use optical bay to keep 500GB HDD as the second storage.
I have reinstalled my OSX after upgraded

After upgraded, my macbook pro temperature alway hot (>70 C degree) when I open a lot of applications and a lot of chrome tab.

Sometime My macbook pro auto reset with grey screen

Please help me. I can work with this situation.
Thank you.


texts:
As part of my work I have to run various commands using sudo (I am a local admin on the machine).

Recently I have experienced a very strange situation where despite having previously run sudo commands during my session, it will suddenly start returning the error:
[my username] is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. for every attempt to use sudo.

Even stranger, after a period of time, it will often start working again and allow me to run sudo commands once more. Otherwise, I have to log out and back in to fix the issue.

I have checked the Users settings panel, which still shows me as an admin.

I'm running High Sierra (10.13.3) on a Mac Pro, in case it helps.


texts: I'm suffering from the excessive CPU use from kernel_task

texts:
My mac recently has gone wild with kernel_task. It slows down the computer, the fans blow wildly for around ten minutes after startup (shut down, restart or sleep). I did an EtreCheck scan and got these results and don't know what to think of them. Any help?

 Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM

 Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB

Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3

 Startup Items:
FanControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon

 System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 4 days 15:12:46

Disk Information:
APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (398.85 GB free)
    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB

MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8

   USB Information:

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

  FireWire Information:

  Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

 Kernel Extensions:

 Problem System Launch Daemons:

 Problem System Launch Agents:

 Launch Daemons:
[loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
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texts: Bootcamp cannot be selected through option key after patitioning using recovery

texts:
I have installed windows 10 on my Macbook late 2009 unibody and thus far have worked well.
I wanted to increase the capacity of my Bootcamp partition so I used recovery to reduce the size of Macos and allocate that space to windows 10, upon restarting the device I was unable to boot in Bootcamp and macos, Bootcamp does not show up when pressing the option key through resetting pram [
After resetting Pram I am able to boot into Macos but not into bootcamp1I was able to boot through macos and see that macos can still detect the Bootcamp partition2
But by Opening bootcamp through this way it shouwed "No bootable device, insert boot disk and press enter"
Results from diskutil list:
Apples-MacBook:~ apple$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                119.8 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data unti                    49.2 GB    disk0s4
   5:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                80.0 GB    disk0s5

Results From sudo fdisk /dev/disk0/ :
Apples-MacBook:~ apple$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 30401/255/63 [488397168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  234038808] HFS+
 3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 234448448 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
 4: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 235717984 -   96168608] Win95 FAT-32

Results from gpt show:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  234038808      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  234448448    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  235717984   96168608      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  331886592     262144
  332148736  156248064      5  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  488396800        335
  488397135         32         Sec GPT table
  488397167          1         Sec GPT header


texts: Applescript to delete iMessages from Messages app

texts:
I have an Applescript that sends myself and colleagues iMessages when certain events happen. Some times hundreds of iMessages are sent in a short space of time to lots of people and the Messages app fills up pretty quick.

Is there an Applescript I can run that deletes conversations from the Messages app?

(It can be a blanket 'nuke all messages', I'm not worried about keeping the history on this particular computer.)


texts: Deleted Messages conversations inconsistent between devices

texts:
OSX native messaging app is set to Sync via iCloud account. Messages sent on either device (iPhone/Macbook) DO sync without issue.

Deleting a conversation via Macbook will present the following message:

This insinuates that the deleted conversation will be removed from my iPhone, however, this is not the case! (The same is true when deleting from iPhone)

Comparing meessages on iPhone and Macbook, you can see many inconsistencies:

My desired outcome is to have conversations within Messages mirror on all devices.

If I delete a convo on iPhone I expect it to be deleted on Macbook.

If I delete a convo on Macbook I expect it to be deleted on iPhone.

I have tried logging in/out of my iCloud account on both devices to no avail.


texts: Can I keep the Mail app on my iPhone from automatically marking messages as read?

texts:
Is there a way to prevent the iPhone's mail app from marking messages as read automatically when I view them?

Thunderbird on my computer has a way to do this and I find it useful.