texts: Weird name in iMessage when I copy messages

texts:
I just copied a text I got in messages and for some reason it shows my name as Pumpkin Squealer De Luz Do You See:

555-555-5555
    Sorry Jake. Will be back to you later today with someone to come out.
Pumpkin Squealer De Luz Do You See:
    Ok sounds good!

How in the world is this happening? Is there somewhere that your username gets set? Makes no sense


texts: Is there a way to measure data traffic from airport extreme?

texts:
We have lot of machines and occasionally experience slowness in some devices and wanted to see if it has something do with a device stealing the bandwidth. So I would like to measure the bandwidth utilized by each device.

Of course the other reason is our cable company. But I am afraid there will be revolt if I criticize them.


texts: Can the keys on the MacBook Pro be removed for cleaning?

texts:
The MacBook Pro does a really good job keeping dirt and stuff from getting under the keys, but none-the-less there is some dirt under a few keys.  Can I pop these keys off and then easily replace them?

In the past when I've done this, the key never really went back on correctly.

This is the newer Unibody MBP with the black backlite chiclet keys.


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I couldn't find any information on how to set up wildcard rules in iCloud mail. I want to forward mail from any sender of a certain domain to another address.

What exactly is the syntax of the message is from field?

@domain.com or *@domain.com?

Do I need to set up another rule to remove these messages from the inbox?

Thanks


texts: How can I install Aperture on a Mac Mini?

texts:
A friend of mine just purchased a new Mac Mini, and ordered Aperture at the same time.

It shipped on a DVD, and of course the Mini does not have a DVD drive.  She currently has a laptop running Windows, but when she inserts the DVD into the Windows laptop, the drive appears empty.

Is there any way to install the program on her Mac short of buying an external DVD player?  Will her license code allow her to download Aperture from the app store without another purchase?


texts: Assign keyboard shortcut to Safari Extensions?

texts:
Is there a place in safari that allows user to assign keyboard shortcut for extensions?
For more specific information, I am trying to assign a shortcut key for this extension: Recent Tab list
However I did not find shortcut customization page on its page. So I am experimenting whether there is such a customization page at the safari level. Any advice is appreciated.
I am using MacBook Pro with OS X Sierra 10.12


texts:
What's the recommended way to get the pdfroff command working on macOS?

It appears groff v1.19.2 comes still bundled with macOS 10.13, but pdfroff not anymore. So do I need to reinstall the entire groff using homebrew. Or is there a better way?

There is also this pdfroff.sh script on opensource.apple.com, which seems to work when executed with sh pdfroff.


texts: Fonts and Fonts Disabled folders in OS X Mountain Lion

texts: In my /Library directory I have two folders of fonts - Fonts, and Fonts Disabled. Would deleting the Fonts Disabled folder cause any issues?


texts: How can I ssh mount an Ubuntu server's filesystem?

texts:
I posted this question on Stack Overflow, and the one response mentioned, "I guess from your mention of opendiff that you're using Mac OS. The recommended way to get sshfs on Mac OS used to be macfuse, but it looks as if that is no longer supported, so you might be better off with FuseX. (Only being a very infrequent Mac user, I can't personally vouch for either of those.)"

I followed the FuseX link and it said basically, "This is dead; you can subscribe to the Google group," and I followed that link, and it said basically, "This group is dead; do XYZ if you really want to be able to access it."

Is there any good, currently appropriate way to ssh mount an Ubuntu filesystem?


texts:
I'm trying to clamp down SSH access to a OS X 10.5 machine. Its a PowerMac used for testing software under the PowerPC.

SSH servers have a "Deny" configuration option that allows us to explicitly deny access based on a user. For a defense-in-depth measure, I want to specifically deny Guest access.

I'm having trouble finding information on what the actual user name is for the Guest Account. The Settings → Users & Groups app does not list it:

Following How can I list all user accounts in the terminal?, the dscacheutil command does not list the account.

And there is no man page on it:

$ man guest
No manual entry for guest

What is the user name associated with the Guest Account?


texts:
the reminders app is missing from my Share Menu in Catalina.
I am signed in with my iCloud account and have reminder sync turned on.
Apart from the missing share entry, reminders work fine.
Has anyone seen this before?
Thanks a lot!


texts: How does Mac pause upgrade when close the lid?

texts:
I'm upgrading macOS High Sierra. During upgrading, I close the lid for some time, then open the lid to see if upgrade finished. But when I open the lid, the system continue to upgrade from the progress I left. How does Mac do this?

I mean it needs an operating system to control pause/resume, but the OS is under upgrading, how can it control the computer?


texts: "Disable Cache" no longer works in MacOS 10.12

texts:
Mac OS 10.12.1
Safari 10.0.1
Develop Menu enabled
Disable Cache checked

Safari's cache is full of garbage as pictured.
For the past few years "Disable Cache" has blocked all this nonsense, but since upgrading to Sierra it no longer works.

Any ideas why or solutions? I can lock the cache file as a solution, but not as an answer.

Thanks!


texts: How to determine what the repair people did to fix my MacBook?

texts:
Recently, my MacBook stopped powering up. When pressing the power button, nothing at all happened. The usual green-yellow light on the power supply appeared normal, but no lights or sounds came from the MacBook itself. Only very rarely, after trying many times throughout the week, would it power on after pressing "power on". Once on, it never powered it off without me instructing it to shutdown.

I took the MacBook to a repair store. They said I should leave it for a few days. When I returned, it worked, albeit they lost a few of the screws, didn't completely bolt the parts firmly together, and got it really dirty. They refused to give me any details about what they did to fix it, but showed me that it works fine now. I don't know if they made significant changes, such as replaced internal parts, or just wiggled some wire and got it working again.

Are there any steps I can take to investigate the computer to identify how the repair store fixed?


texts: My iphone is empty and useless after ios update

texts: I updated my iphone 4 ios today. But now when i on the iphone it shows an empty screen with IPHONE written in bold, when i unlock it, it shows me a list to select language, when i select it shows me another lis to select country. When i select a country, it takes me to wifi and a button that shows connect to itunes. When i click on connect to itunes, it shows a usb pointing to a music icon. I can't do anything on the iphone apart from this. I don't have a wifi connection and i can't get a pc now. What can i do, please ?


texts:
I have a macbook air running Mavericks, and I want to transfer files to and from an ipad. When I connect them via usb, the ipad does not appear in the filesystem anywhere, and I cannot mount it via Disk Utility either.

Some things I have seen recommended elsewhere:

Upgrade the Macbook's operating system to Sierra, then upgrade iTunes, then transfer individual files via iTunes. I want to avoid this if possible, and I have deleted iTunes because it was causing problems. Also, I want to be able to transfer files which are not compatible with iTunes.
Jailbreak the iPad. I also wish to avoid this; the iPad is not mine and it would void the owner's warranty.

I use this for accessing the filesystem on my android device via my macbook and it works fine. Is there something like "adb" for the ipad so I can connect via the command line?


texts:
I've noticed this on several occasions where I'll print a document (Pages file, RTF, PDF, etc) and any hyperlinks in the document don't appear on the printed page. Where the hyperlinked text appears on screen it turns blue with an underscore (as expected), but on the printed page a white gap is left where the text should be as if the font has been changed to white.

Is this a known issue? This bug has become apparent to me since upgrading to OS X 10.7. I recently updated to 10.7.2 in hope that it would be resolved in that release but it wasn't. The only way I can find around this is to remove the hyperlink from the text and re-print the document which isn't great when I want the hyperlinks to look like links to begin with.

Any ideas on how I can solve this problem and if there's a known fix? I've been unable to find anything on the Apple forums as of yet :(


texts:
I have a Windows Server 2012 machine providing shares for multiple workstations.

I have 2 Mac users that connect to this server and use the shared folders. They report that this share keeps dropping. Everytime they report it, I check from my Windows workstation and the shares appear to be online -- there seems to be no issue.

Is there anything I can do to make the mounted share consistent and not disappear? The issue is only on the Macs.

Both are running OS X v10.9.3


texts: Can a Mac with Thunderbolt effectively use a PCI Graphics Card using an external cage?

texts:
I was wondering how good thunderbolt is for adding a beefier PCI graphics card to my MacBook Air.

If I use a PCI enclosure like this, will the card integrate with the Mac to enhance the performance of the computer or a display?


texts: In iTunes 11, is it possible to show the genre of an album in Artist view?

texts:
In iTunes 11 I use the artist view. In artist view, I see the artists on the very left, then the album covers and the track multi-columned at the right side of the cover. Is it possible to also show the genre of the album?

The only way I know to access the genre is to right-click the cover or a track, open "information" and look at "Genre".


texts: How to repair bootcamp after partitioning for triple boot

texts:
I already had El Capitan and Windows running smoothly. I needed to add a partition so I could triple boot into Ubuntu. OS X and Ubuntu both work perfectly now but my Boot Camp side seems to have gotten screwed up.

I now get the following error when I try and go onto my windows partition: "Recovery. Your PC needs to be repaired. Error code: 0x000000e"

The thing is, on my Mac side, I can still see Boot Camp under devices and I can access my files. Any ideas how to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance for any help!


texts:
I have an account on dreamhost that autoforwards everything on to my GMail. This is fine as it all gets pulled into my phone, but if I try to reply on my iPhone, it shows the google address, not the fancy forwarded address.

To fix this I attempted to add the forwarded account via IMAP to my phone, fixing the problem, and introducing a second. Now I have duplicates of emails one for GMail and one for the original account. What'smore, spam sent to the fancy email is not being filtered, so I'm getting both duplicates of normal emails, and unfiltered spam.

What I'd like is to set my iPhone so it can send from that account, but either does not check for emails, or cannot check for emails.

In the past I've set my phone up to use the 'from' trick, which has almost worked ( users can still tell it's not quite from that address though it gives the illusion ), and the instructions fail when applied to iOS5 ( impending death of the trick? )


texts: iPhone shortcut to turn location services ON/OFF

texts: Considering the use of 'Shortcuts' app in iOS, is there a way to quickly get a shortcut to turn location services ON and OFF rather than poking through the menus in settings?


texts:
At some point I changed some setting - I am not quite sure how, maybe via some sequence of keystrokes, and my folders all got bigger on my desktop.

I don't think this looks very aesthetic, how do I change the size?

This is what they look like:


texts: Is there a way I can set the Tab key as (part of) an application keyboard shortcut in System Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts?

texts:
Basically, I would like ⇥ and ⇧+⇥ to "Shift Right" and "Shift Right" (Menu items to indent or unindent selection) in TextMate.

However, I can't set them using the System Preferences GUI, as pressing ⇥ tabs to the next UI button.

Is there a way I can do that, maybe using a TextMate-specific custom KeyBindings.dict?


texts: Why are some icons sideways on my desktop?

texts:
On the current version of OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8), I have an icon sideways on my desktop:

Any idea why or what it signifies?


texts: Is there an iPhone app to control the volume depending on traveling speed or surrounding sounds?

texts:
I am searching for an iPhone app that controls the music playback volume depending on traveling speed or surrounding sounds. I want this for optimized listening while traveling in my car.

Does anybody know of such an app?


texts: Mail.app: How can Choose Signature choice be based on recipient?

texts:
I have different mail signatures that I'd like to use, depending on whether my recipient is internal or external.  In the Signatures tab of Mail.app preferences, I can choose random or sequential only.

Has anyone set this up?  Anyone have any pointers on how to get started on something like this?  Even being able to choose signatures via keyboard shortcut would be an improvement.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to navigate/cycle between visible windows on screen

texts:
I have two windows(e.g a document and a browser). I have maximized them such that the document completely occupies the left half and the browser completely occupies the right half of the screen ( I do this easily with the keyboard shortcuts of Spectacle)

What is the keyboard shortcut to navigate quickly between these two visible windows?

Cmd + Tab is not ideal because if I use multiple virtual desktops(like workspaces in Linux) and I go to a third application there in another desktop, when I come back to the virtual desktop which contains my browser and document, Cmd + Tab brings in the third application to the mix.

Cmd+Space and then typing the application name(e.g the browser application or the document application) is the closest I could get to what I originally wanted.

Is there a software or configuration that I can use to get this functionality?


texts: Possible to use Applescript or Automator to authenticate iPhone 5s with my Macbook Pro without entering lockcode on iPhone?

texts:
Is it possible to utilize Automator/Applescript or similiar on my 2012 MacBook Pro Laptop running 10.13.3 (High Sierra) to automatically pair with my iPhone 5s when I plug it in to my computer. Thereby removing the request to tap in my lockcode on the phone sceen to have my computer recognise my phone?

My phone is currently in 'iPhone is disabled' mode. I do know my passcode, the iPhone jumped straight to iPhone disabled mode after 'hanging' during my last OS update.

I am holding off doing a restore (via iTunes) as I am a believer that there is always a workaround. I just need to find the person who knows the workaround.

I would like to retrieve my recent iphone data (5 months since last back up) before I do a total factory reset (via iTunes) to regain access to my phone.

Any help very much appreciated.


texts: Escape sequence in terminal or iTerm to jump to absolute column?

texts:
Is there an escape sequence which I can use to jump to an absolute column in OS X Yosemite Terminal or iTerm?

In other words:

echo 12345678901234567890
echo \StartAtColumn10 A10 \StartAtColumn2 B2

Would produce the following output:

12345678901234567890
 B2      A10

I want to send this code from R to format progress output.


texts: Install Mountain Lion now that Mavericks has been released

texts:
I foolishly installed Mavericks upon release and my Mac doesn't like it, so I used Internet recovery to downgrade to Lion. I am trying to get back to Mountain Lion but it does not seem possible anymore.

I know I could buy it again from here, but I don't want to pay for it again. I have checked the Purchases tab in the AppStore but it only lists Mavericks.

The only option I have left that I can think of is just torrenting it. This question may look like a duplicate. However, many of the questions are similar, and don't seem to address this issue.

Thanks for any help.


texts: What is the hardware that has this serial number?

texts: I have what appears to be an ear piece of some sort. Not sure. Serial number is 12731HOSXAP Model No A1221. What is it?


texts: Is there a way of listening to your podcasts at a faster speed in itunes 10.5

texts: I have a backlog of all my favourite podcasts and i was wondering if I could speed up the rate at which they play to say 1.5 or 2.0 of the normal speed


texts: Applescript: activating remote application failure

texts:
I have an Applescript to quit my local iTunes, access a remote computer and open iTunes there:

tell application "iTunes" to quit

set remMachine to "eppc://user@0.1.2.3.4"

tell application "iTunes" of machine remMachine to activate

The following error is returned:

  error "iTunes got an error: Application isn’t running." number -600

Yeah, tell me about it. You tell an application to 'open' and it fails because it isn't open.

How can I open an application on a remote machine?

Edit: I have tried changing the script to:

tell application "iTunes" to quit

set remMachine to "eppc://user@0.1.2.3.4"

tell application "Finder" of machine remMachine to do shell script "open /Applications/iTunes.app"

but the returned error is now:

  error "Finder got an error: Handler does not allow remote events."
  number -10016

This is actually incorrect as remote events are enabled in System Preferences.


texts: How do I verify the integrity of my OSX installation? (Files, versions, and preferences)

texts:
I want to verify the files, and configuration settings for my OSX installation against a known good reference "base".

Assuming I have two identical Macs (hardware), with one being factory installed and up-to-date in patches versus another as-is Mac.. how do I compare the differences between them?  Where do I look?

Although some people may use this answer as forensics, I'm looking more in the sense that I installed a few python libraries and am not sure what I did with them, and want to do some housekeeping.

Terminal commands (grep, ls, etc are all welcome).  Lacking an all encompassing solution, I'd appreciate your input on whatever you can contribute.


texts:
When I set my brightness on a 27'' iMac (2011) next time it boots up, it's dimmed. I switched off the ambient sensor, so this shouldn't be the problem. The connected Cinema Display remembers the brightness correctly.

Had anyone the same problem and found a solution?


texts: So there's this gesture on touchpads where you move 4 fingers downward so you change between multiple windows of the same application. I'm working on an iMac now, so I don't have a touchpad, is there any keyboard command (or maybe a gesture on the magic mouse) to produce this?


texts: Altering a hard linked file in one location seems to destroy it in another location

texts:
I have a file, myfile.txt, located in folder1. From the terminal I create a hard link to this file in another directory with the command

ln myfile.txt ~/Documents/folder2

The new file appears as expected in folder2. When I examine the inode for each file using ls -i, it gives the same number, as expected. However, if I open the file and modify it in folder1, after saving, if I open the file from folder2 it has no data. Investigating the inode numbers with ls -i, the two files now have different inode numbers. So my question is, why is this happening? Is this the behavior I should be expecting? My understanding was that hard links were truly indistinguishable files, merely alternate names for the same data. Thus I would expect that altering the file after opening in one location wouldn't be any different than had I opened it from the other location. Can anyone explain what is going on here?

In event that it matters, I'm using Mavericks and the default terminal.app.

Some additional information. The described behavior happened when the file was edited with either TeXShop or TextEdit, so I thought it was something at the OS level. However it appears to not happen when I edit the file with Aquamacs.


texts: Macbook Ram Speed Question (1033 or 1333 MHZ)

texts:
I have two 4GB modules of ram for a Macbook Pro (1033MHZ).
I have a new Macbook pro that came with two 2GB modules (1333MHZ)

Would it be best if I left the 4GB faster ram in? Or would it really be noticeable if I swapped it for the 8GB of slower ram?


texts: I want to be able to check if a word appears in a terminal window running a java application and then display a notification. Any ideas?


texts: Is there a way to selectively sync files/folders in iCloud Drive?

texts:
I have a 2TB iCloud storage plan and I'd like to upload a media folder for backup purposes onto Apple's servers without having it automatically download to iCloud Drive on my local SSD.

Is there a way to achieve this?

I don't want to "optimize" storage, I just want to selectively (not) sync a folder.


texts:
I've got a minor problem which has been irritating me for some time. Whenever my Mac has a USB storage device mounted in Finder, it shows a circle instead of the usual USB icon.

I'm not sure when this started (Mac is running 10.14.4 at the moment), but it is consistent with all storage devices and it's strange because the icon appears normally both at the top of Finder and on the Desktop.

Please see the images below for clarity:

Does anyone have any idea why it is the case that this strange circle appears as the icon in the side bar for all USB storage devices?

If so, is there a way I can restore the standard USB icon you would expect (and can see at the top of the Finder window)?


texts: What is an alternative to a BAT file on Mac?

texts: What is the alternate for BAT file (Windows) on Mac? Does different version of OS X have different format of BAT files? I am trying to create a BAT file on Mac which normally changes directory while the file is open.


texts: Change file creation date to content created date using terminal

texts:
I have a lot of pictures with the wrong creation date and wrong modification date.  There is however a third date, "content created" that is correct.  user3439894 had this command line as an answer to Change file creation date to modification date using terminal
for f in *.[iI][mM][gG]; do m="$(GetFileInfo -m "$f")"; SetFile -m "$m" -d "$m" "$f"; done

Where GetFileInfo reads the modified date and rewrites the created date.  Very useful and works great (after installing the command line tools) for a lot of my pictures that have the correct modification date, thanks.  What I am looking for now, is a syntax for "content created" date that I could use?
Any help on this would be great.
Update: The easiest is probably to install EXIFTOOL.  This simple command line in terminal did the job. To set “Date Created” to time from EXIF’s “DateTimeOriginal”: exiftool "-FileModifyDate<DateTimeOriginal" *
to move time by X hours ahead you can do: exiftool "-DateTimeOriginal-=1" *


texts: Is Mac OS X in a VirtualBox VM suitable for iOS development?

texts:
I have finally successfully managed to install Mac OS X in a virtual machine on my Windows 7 laptop using VirtualBox and a tutorial from Lifehacker.

Performance is very slow, with Mountain Lion reporting that it is seeing just 4MB video memory (I didn't manage to load the Intel HD3000 driver). Youtube is essentially unplayable, with even the audio potion stuttering. That said, the interface and general UI is pretty acceptable.

Even with such slow performance, does it make sense to download and develop with Xcode? I am allocating 3GB of RAM. What would performance be like under those conditions?


texts: How to create a greylist domain exclusion on 10.7 Lion Mail server?

texts:
Having a Mail server running on Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Lion) and having "Junk Mail Filtering" enabled, causes greylisting to kick in on every received message. An example:

Dec 23 22:05:45 servername /usr/libexec/postfix/greylist.pl[89032]: Temporary message rejection to: <user@host.tld> from: <nobody@linux3.s12.com.br> sent from: [50.23.172.250] for: 60 seconds due to greylisting

That is nice for spam prevention, but not so nice for customers submitting orders through a PHP formmail at our web site. This causes a delay before order messages are being delivered to our mailbox. Our web site is being hosted by a third party web hosting firm.

How to exclude the messages sent via our web hosting firm from greylisting?


texts:
CONTEXT

An iPhone and iPad are both:

outfitted with a T-Mobile SIM card + Data
configured with the same AppleID and
presumably this ID is one's iMessage ID.
IOS 12.X

As I understand it:

Blue Messages are encrypted iMessages
Green messages are unencrypted MMS / SMS

OBSERVATIONS

iPad message app indicates:

iMessages are successful sent / received from and iPad's message app.
iMessages are synced to iPhone
green SMS / MMS fail to send: indication = "Not Delivered"

iPhone:

iMessages /SMS / MMS function as expected

Goal = send SMS / MMS from the iPad.

Any diagnostic question, posted as a comment, is appreciated.  Actionable guidance is sought.


texts: How to move Preview window to other desktop in MacOS?

texts:
I know how to do this with regular application windows, you just drag the window to the edge of the screen until it moves to the next desktop.
This does not work with the Preview window.
Is there a way to force it to the other desktop?


texts: App Store can't verify purchased applications

texts:
This morning, when launching an application I purchased from the App store some time ago, I was greeted with a sign-in box telling me that Apple needed to verify the application.  I signed in using my iTunes password (which I've since double checked, and I know I entered accurately), and was greeted with the following message in reply:

Your device or computer could not be verified. Contact support for assistance.

Some poking about online shows one thread from a couple years ago where someone says he called Apple and they told him to delete "the plist", but that's all the information given.  Deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppStore.plist did nothing to change the issue, however.

A couple of these applications are required for work.  Any ideas on what the issue is or how to fix it?


texts: How can I rotate my signature in Preview?

texts:
I have scanned my signature and can insert it just fine, but at the wrong angle!

How can I rotate it (90 deg)?


texts: iPad stuck with "iCloud Backup" message -- can't use it!

texts:
Yesterday I opened my iPad to discover a weird message I'd never seen before on my screen, that I cannot get rid of:

It prevents me from interacting with anything else on the screen!

So I plugged it in, made sure it had a good WiFi signal, and left it to charge overnight. Unfortunately this morning, the same message was still there. And I still couldn't get rid of it.

Next I tried connecting it to iTunes and as you can see, despite the message I can't get rid of, my attempt at backing it up DID work!

Unfortunately I still have this message I cannot get rid of! I've tried "Backup Now", and it appears to function correctly, but the message is still there!

I can interact with the "OK" button on the message, but nothing else. I press it and (aside from changing colour) it does nothing. The message stays where it is. The buttons on the iPad's body still have all the same functionality as before... but I cannot interact with anything on the screen. My iPad is essentially useless!

What do I do?


texts: How can I change the theme (red) color of PowerPoint for Mac?

texts: For example in the picture, the theme color of the PowerPoint is red. How can I change it to e.g. black/blue? There is no option in MS Office to do this, but how about Mac system?


texts: I only see a .pkg file when restoring from DMG in TransMac. What is wrong?

texts:
I finally got my hands on a second-hand MacBook Pro (Early 2011). However, the disk is corrupted and doesn't boot, and Internet Recovery proves ineffective as the OS X Lion Setup fails. This is the only somewhat-modern Mac that I own, so I tried to make a USB installer via windows. I used a genuine Apple install DMG (Located Here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683), and when I go and restore the USB with the DMG file I only see a .pkg file, in place of the installer files. It also doesn't show up in the boot menu of the Macbook.
I have seen other people have success with this method, so I'm not seeing what I'm doing wrong. (See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OpF0jJMJzI) What should I do differently?


texts: Unable to enter directories in Finder after moving directories to NAS

texts:
I have a NAS, which I use for storing my old photos. When moving the remainder of my 2016 photos, the following problem occurred, but without any error message during the move operation. The move operation was done by holding the cmd-button while dragging and dropping in Finder.
In Finder on OS X version 10.11.6, the directory looks like this:

Using Finder, I can enter directories like 2016-10-15, but not the ones with different icons. 2016-11-27 is a directory, and 2016-12-01 should not be shown twice, but is a result of the erroneous move operation.

I have researched online to figure this out, but have not yet found a solution. One of the possible explanations was extended attributes. I ran a xattr -c * to clear all of the attributes. This did remove the attributes, but didn't solve the problem.

I can enter the directories using Terminal.

machinename:2016 user$ ls -al 2016-11-27
total 34600
drwxr-xr-x  1 user  staff       264 24 Jan 21:18 .
drwxrwxr-x  1 user  staff      7606 16 Mar 20:14 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 user  staff   1339112 24 Jan 21:05 2016-11-27 08.47.29.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx  1 user  staff  12069896 27 Nov 16:58 DSC_0151.JPG

Any other ideas on how to fix this?


texts: opening file from text wrangler to terminal

texts: I'm sure this is a very basic question, but I'm just beginning to learn programming and I've gotten to a lesson where I have to create a file in text wrangler, save it to the desktop (called test.txt) and then copy it into the terminal. I then have to use the "less" command to view the file. How do I get that file from my desktop into the command line? and I'm using a mac fyi..


texts: File extension shows in BASH but not in Finder

texts:
I created a text file with a specific extension:

Vendor_0408_Product_3008.idc

It displays in finder link this:

and BASH like this:

-rw-r--r--@  1 raven  staff    1903 Feb 19 10:31 Vendor_0408_Product_3008.idc.rtf

with a .rtf extension.  In Finder, I went to preferences/advanced and made sure that "Show all filename extensions" is checked:

But it still does not display the extension?!

Please advise.


texts: How to save files to Google Drive in Finder?

texts:
I read a previous post on this topic: "How to you get the “Share with Google Drive” contextual menu option in Finder?"
How to you get the "Share with Google Drive" contextual menu option in Finder?

I followed the steps indicated in your response, but I got stuck at step 3 because "Finder" is missing from my the Extension Menu. I use a MacBook Pro.
Kindly advise.

Thanks a lot


texts: How do you enable HiDpi mode for unsupported monitors like the Dell P2815Q in Mavericks?

texts: Has anyone figured out how to enable HiDPI mode for the Dell p2815Q on Mac OS X 10.9? I have tried Quartz Debug, default write commands at the terminal and SwitchResX, to no avail.


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I am trying to add HP P1606DN as a USB printer. The instructions from HP say to use Apple Update via the Printers & Scanners dialog: HP Printers - Installing a Mac Printer Driver Using Apple Software Update.

However  nothing shows up in that dialog.

So then what is the correct procedure to download/install printer drivers known /recognized by El Capitan ?

Btw here is the Printers and Scanners after tryng both (a) Apple update and (b) manually installing the HP printer software. In both cases the new printer does not appear

Update the HP printer is giving a dialog "The disk you inserted was not readable by the computer". So maybe this were a case of a problem specific to the printer.

But the thing is - the HP installation info directs us to use Apple Update. So feels like we were going in circles here.


texts: Fan running since upgrade to Big Sur and keyboard change

texts:
I have recently upgraded my macbook pro to Big Sur OS and also got keyboard replaced. Its not an original keyboard.
Both activities happened in about 2 days and now when i start my macbook, fan keeps running and cpu usage is high. I have uninstalled chrome, MS office apps, unchecked all folders from spotlight, logged out of icloud but nothing helped.
Fan starts running as soon as apple icon appears on startup. I even tried to start in safe mode, command line mode but fan keeps running.
Can someone please guide me on steps to resolve this.
Adding screenshots of Activity monitor:


texts: What are the effective scaling modes on OSX with a 4K display? Is an effective real estate of 2560x1440 possible?

texts:
I have a 2015 retina macbook pro, the default scaled resolution of 1920x1080 would be too small for me. I currently have a 2560x1440 display and couldn't accept less real estate.

Under the display settings, if you select "scaled" you should be able to choose between "larger text" or "more space". If I understand correctly, all of these options should use 3840x2160 pixels to render the output (ie, the monitor wont know the difference). The default scaling option should be the equivalent of 1920x1080. I was wondering if you choose "more space" it would allow for the equivalent of 2560x1440 (but scaled so should look crisper than a 2560x1440 display).

As a bonus question, would this be comfortable on a 24" display (eg, Dell P2415Q)


texts: What are your favorite Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts?

texts: What are your favorite keyboard shortcuts on Mac OS X?


texts: How can I get Siri integration with Remember the Milk to add items for a particular date?

texts:
I've set up Siri integration with Remember the Milk on my iPhone 5s (I'm on iOS 8, but I used the iOS 7 instructions, as they haven't been updated yet). The connectivity seems to work fine: when I say, "Remind me to go to the drycleaners", "Go the the drycleaners" is added to my RTM list. However, when I say "Remind me to Go the the drycleaners today", the item ends up on my RTM list without a date. I also don't see any visual confirmation on my iPhone screen that it's attempting to add a date.

Am I saying the wrong thing to Siri?


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I have set my TV to turn on and/or switch to Apple TV when the ATV wakes up from sleep. Until tvOS 10 it worked as expected but since I upgraded to 11 the other day, the TV switches to the ATV input every (exactly) 5 minutes with a message (translated, but something like this) "Multi purpose remote activated".

First I thought it had something to do with the screen saver since it was set to turn on after five minutes of idling but changing that time out to 10 minutes didn't change anything.

I have restarted the ATV, turned of WiFi on all other devices I have (to make sure they don't use the ATV for AirPlay) and put my ATV remote control in my micro wave oven (since it has a Faraday's cage), all to no avail.

What's going on here?

Update: After leaving the TV off for a day I turned it on and it worked normally for several hours. I then airplayed a youtube video from my phone to the ATV, which made the TV, as expected, automatically switch input source. When done I switched back to regular TV and put the phone in flight mode but five minutes later the ATV triggered again. This continued every five minutes until I pulled the plug on the ATV.


texts: How can I download an iOS app archive on macOS Catalina?

texts: With iTunes on versions of macOS before Catalina, it was possible to manage the apps on an iOS device and look at the .ipa files for them in Finder. But in the device management in Finder that used to be in iTunes, there is no Apps tab. Is there a way to get ahold of the .ipa app bundles now in Catalina?


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I have a program called ServiceCenter from Native Instruments which is basically a downloader and installer for updates etc. But every time I open it it prompts for my password to allow it to make changes.

Is there any way to whitelist trusted software so it doesn't prompt for admin password?


texts: How do I get Safari to stop launching an app automatically?

texts:
I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 7. Previously, when I clicked on a link from an e-mail telling me about a group discussion in LinkedIn, it opened LinkedIn in  Safari and took me right there. Now, Safari launches, but then as it processes, it then launches the LinkedIn app. The problem is, most times the discussion in LinkedIn is really just a link to a webpage. I'd rather just stay in Safari, especially since the LinkedIn app takes forever to load. I'm sure Safari does this with other apps, however, the circumstances haven't come up yet for me. I can't find it in the Safari settings or LinkedIn settings to stop this.

Updated to add:  I have found that if I go back to Safari after it tries launching LinkedIn and force a page refresh, Safari will load the mobile (rather than app) version of LinkedIn as desired.


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I have iPhone 6 and iOS 10. I notice that if the mute button is on or the volume is at zero then the alarm doesn't go off.  I see many others note the same thing.

Is there an non-native app I could use to get around this issue until some new update resolves it? I keep forgetting to check my volume and mute settings before bed and am getting into professional trouble. Thanks!


texts: High `WindowServer` Memory Usage M1 Mac OS X 11.3.1

texts:
I purchased a new M1 Mac (8gb ram) in Febuary, and since then have had a problem with lagging due to high memory usage. Almost always half or more 4+gb is allocated to WindowServer.
The problem is exacerbated any time I plug in OR unplug my external monitor.
I've read this thread, which indicated that this was a bug back in OS X 10.x
Should I be worried about this specific computer being a lemon, or is this an OS X bug? It's quite annoying because it makes my computer essentially unusable for 3+ minutes every time I switch what display I am using.


texts: How to get the Dock to open the Documents and Download folder in Finder?

texts: When I click on the Documents or Downloads folder in the Dock, a Grid comes up.  Is there a way to get it to just open in the Finder?  Instead of having to click on Documents and then click on Open in Finder.


texts: I lost my iphone but the alarm is still on and I want to know if the alarm turns itself off or if someone calls the iPhone will the alarm turn off.


texts: Spaces and some other fonts are changed to rectangles?

texts:
I installed Microsoft Office 2011 yesterday on my MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard. I already had Microsoft Office 2008 on this device and simply added 2011. Now for some reason, many of my fonts have changed to rectangles as if I don't have the fonts installed. Also when I am in Mac Mail, the spaces are replaced with rectangles with "A" inside of them.

How can I fix this? Has anyone had a similar experience?

If you need more information from me, feel free to comment.

SOLVED:

I used the Terminal command:

sudo atsutil databases -remove; sudo atsutil server -shutdown; sudo atsutil server -ping

This cleared the cache and resolved the problem.

You could also use Lion Cache Cleaner or CleanMyMac to clear the cache and restore all the fonts.

NOTE: Make sure to open the "Font Book" application and make sure you resolve all duplicate fonts. Right-Click on the fonts with a small yellow attention sign beside it and click "Resolve Duplicate". This can also cause problems.

Gave credit to @da4 and @lri for there answer.


texts: Way to limit how much RAM an arbitrary process can take up?

texts: Lets say we have a OS X machine running with 4 GB of RAM. Is it possible to set it up so no single process can take up more than say, 3 GB, so no matter how memory hogging a process is, there's always some memory left over to keep the system responsive?


texts: Display brightness not show in keyboard shortcuts. Help me pls!

texts:
Blockquote

i can't see display in image. i am boring, if you have ideal, help me pls.


texts:
On my MBP (13-inch, Mid 2012), I note that the "fan" starts regularly for very little. Could anyone be able to tell me why is it the case and what can I do to fix it?

I know if the fan starts it is because the temperature is to height, but I don't know what to do to decrease the temperature when I work on my computer.

That last picture comes from the SMCfanControl application. Is it normal?


texts: Macbook Pro (mid 2009) crashes after RAM upgrade

texts:
I just upgraded the RAM memory from 2x2GB ram to 2x4GB on my Macbook Pro mid-2009. A few minutes after startup with the new memory the screen freezes for 2 seconds, then the Macbook restarts. When it turns back on, it says "Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press any key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up."

If I remove one of the two new memory sticks and only run with 1x4GB the Macbook runs without crashing or any problems. Why does it crash with 2x4GB memory?

The new memory is "Macmemory corsair ddr3 cmsa8gx3m2a1333c9".

I also get this crash report when starting up;

Tue Apr 14 09:13:02 2020
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800b3cfdab): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800b6febe5, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x00000001089d8000, CR3: 0x0000000075195000, CR4: 0x00000000000026e0
RAX: 0xffffff8027896a98, RBX: 0xffffff8027896a50, RCX: 0xffffff8027896a98, RDX: 0xffffff801cd39e08
RSP: 0xffffff8114b5b920, RBP: 0xffffff8114b5b960, RSI: 0x000000000004aede, RDI: 0xffffff801cd39e08
R8:  0x0000000000000000, R9:  0xffffff8114b5bca0, R10: 0x000000000920016b, R11: 0x0000000000000020
R12: 0xffbfff80278b35a0, R13: 0xffffff801cd39e08, R14: 0x000000000004aede, R15: 0xffffff801cd39808
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff800b6febe5, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x00000001089d8000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1, PL: 1

Mac OS version: 15G22010

System model name: MacBookPro5,5 (Mac-F2268AC8)

Model: MacBookPro5,5, BootROM MBP55.00AC.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2,53 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.47f2

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5341384758334D324131333333433920

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5341384758334D324131333333433920


texts: `display notification` works from AppleScript Editor but not when exported as Application

texts:
I've got some short AppleScript code designed to display notifications at a specified interval. The code works perfectly from the Script Editor, but not when exported as an Application. Instead, notifications never show up in the top left though they do appear in Notification Center. However, instead of happening every interval (say once/minute) they just trigger continuously.

Here's the code:

set lasttime to current date
set min to 5 as number
set interval to 1 as number

repeat
    display notification "Notification" with title "Title"
    delay (interval * 60)
    if (((current date) - lasttime) / minutes) ≥ min then exit repeat
end repeat

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here?


texts: Can I force a cache refresh in Safari running on iOS?

texts:
Most Windows desktop browsers utilize the keyboard combination Ctrl + F5 to force a page specific cache refresh. Mac OS X based browsers tend to use Command + R. Is there an equivalent cache refresh for a single page in Safari running on iOS?

I realize I can manually clear the browser cache, but I'd prefer to only refresh for the page I am currently viewing.


texts: Use script as custom printer driver to send file to web page

texts:
At my workplace, I am unable to find a printer driver for macOS which works with the printer. Instead, I'm printing through the web-interface of the printer, and I'm wondering if there's a way to automize this.

The steps I do manually that I want to automize (all or some):

Save document as .ps (works better than .pdf for this printer)
Go to the web address and log in to the printer
Drag the file I want to the browser UI

Writing a script to simulate the web login and transmission of the file is a separate problem which I think I can solve.

My question: Can I use this custom script (probably Pyhton) as a "printer driver" to make it show up in the list of printers and enable me to print using cmd-p? It would have to automatically save as .ps and then do the webb stuff.


texts: How to add a reminder to a specific list and time via Siri

texts:
I can say " Add call friend to my Work list " and Siri will add that reminder to the specific reminder list WORK. However, if I imply any time, it will add it as a calendar entry.
Yet when I say " remind me to call friend on Thursday ", Siri will add the reminder on that day and at 9AM ...

But I would like to choose my own date and time for reminders while specifying which reminder list it goes in, how can I accomplish this ?

EDIT

I managed to find this method :

Me : Remind me to call friend on thursday at 11am
Siri : Here is your reminder, shall I create it ?
Me : Move it to my name list

And then the reminder is moved to your specific list. However, I would rather avoid having to do this longwinded method, is there a way to skip step 2 and combine them all in one sentence ?


texts: How does emu4ios Transfer cracked Apps with out jailbreak?

texts: Today I came across a strange kind of website that helped me save an app from Safari, to my iPhone 5 on iOS 7. The point being I didn't authenticate the App in the App Store, still it's there. Also fiddling a bit with the mechanism it used I was able to port an other cracked app to my iPhone. So my question being, How is it possible when my OS is not jail broken?


texts:
I'm having a very strange bug with an application. I've tried to update it but it keeps showing up the old version. I've tried deleting it too, but when I run open -a MyApplication.app it opens it again, even though I'm sure it's not anywhere. If after that I try to install again the new version, it's still showing the old one.

So I assume OSX is caching it somewhere. Does anybody know where this cache is or how to clear it?


texts: Photos revert into original even after editing

texts: Photos on my iPhone iOS 11.3.1 revert automatically into original even after editing and re editing .. pls resolve this


texts: What is QuickTime "unknown error (-50)"?

texts:
I'm converting MKV files to MP4 with ffmpeg, and when I try to open some (but not all!) of the resulting files, QuickTime Player (version 10.4 on macOS 10.13.6) produces an error dialog with the message:

  The document “….mp4” could not be opened. An unknown error occurred (-50)

What is this "unknown error (-50)" that is preventing my MP4's from being opened?  How can I get more details about the error so that I know how to fix it?


texts: Is there an iPhone 3GS app that stores incoming SMSes encrypted?

texts: I'm looking for an app which will store the incoming SMSes encrypted. Is there any?


texts: Reset wallpaper of 2nd monitor without having connection to 2nd monitor?

texts: How can I reset wallpaper on the 2nd monitor without having connection to that 2nd monitor?


texts: I created a new iMovie 10 project and there was no option to associate it with an event when I created it, which there is when I create one now. I have not updated iMovie since I created the project. After working on the project for a day, I quit iMovie and opened it back up. The project was missing. How do I get it back?


texts:
Hello I cannot select the option 'none' as that option is not available. I'm getting really frustrated as I'm trying to download free aps and it will not let me as keeps wanting payment details. I did enter payment details before for one app however I have no money in my account so my card details keeps declining.

How can I set up my appleID to have no payment card associated with it for the App Store?


texts: Software and Monitoring Provision for Mac Clients

texts:
I was wondering if there are any Apple Software and Monitoring tools specifically made for Mac OSX Clients. I am aware of Profile Manager and several OSX Server tools such as Open Directory for Authentication, but I haven't been able to make a solid plan in terms of tools needed for Deploying Mac Images and then monitoring them.

For example is there an Apple Software product like Nagios for system alerts in OSX? is Munki the only way to manage installed packages on OSX Clients?

Thanks!


texts: How to keep mac, iphone, icloud and gmail contacts in sync?

texts:
I used to keep mac, iphone and Gmail in sync via Exchange till iCloud was released. Once I started using both Gmail contacts and iCloud for air syncing I started having duplicates on the address book, whatsapp and other apps.

After doing some research I found there are conflicts between Gmail and iCloud when syncing. For instance, Exchange protocol does not allow things like birthday dates, contact groups or custom fields (something I noticed before). I was tempted of using iCloud for that reason but then Gmail contacts would be out of sync and I'm not sure I would be able of syncing my Mac's address book either (not sure).

Anyway, is there any easy way (via software or not) of keeping mac, iphone, icloud and gmail in sync? Including custom fields, groups, birthdays...


texts:
I'm trying to watch a web presentation (passworded, can't provide a live link) arranged like this:

When I view the site on an iPhone, Safari "helpfully" zooms the video to full screen, covering the rest of the page (which I want to see).

I tried the pinch gesture, but whenever I do that, the page interprets the touch as a pause click. Then when I hit play again, the video zooms back to full screen. Repeat ad nauseam.

Is there a way to disable the video zoom feature entirely? Alternately, is there a 3rd party browser that doesn't have the video zoom feature?


texts: Why aren't iTunes Store links opening from Chrome and Edge?

texts:
I'm trying to open iTunes links from the web in Windows 10.

Whenever I click on a "View in iTunes" link in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome, I get sent to a page saying I should download and install iTunes. I already did that and I'm on a fresh install of Windows. I've restarted after a repair install of iTunes without any difference.

If I do the same in Internet Explorer, the links work and iTunes opens fine.

Are others experiencing this at all?

I'm using 64-bit Chrome as I did on Windows 8.1. I don't remember having this problem on Windows 8.1.


texts: Why does the main OS menu bar disappear when I am in Safari?

texts:
I am running OS X 10.8.2 on a MacBook Pro with a 27" Cinema Display. Just this week I noticed that when I switch over to Safari the Main Menu Bar (not the Safari menu bar) disappears. I have checked to make sure that I am not in full screen mode. I also checked the desktop settings and don't see anything that would turn that off. The menu bar shows when I am in any application other than Safari. Again, this is the main menu bar, not the safari menu bar.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Screenshot:


texts: iCloud Mail doesn't load, but all other iCloud services work fine

texts:
I've been having this weird problem with iCloud for a while.

If I go to icloud.com, I can login just fine, and everything works (Contacts, Calendars, etc.), EXCEPT the Mail app. Whenever I click the Mail Icon, I get this error:

When I click "Report to Apple" it gives a more detailed log, ending with this message:

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:13:07 GMT:  ERROR: CoreMail handled error 13002 before exiting Mail

Anybody know how to fix this?

By the way, whenever I try to login to Mail in the Mac OS X Mail.app or the iPhone mail, I get The iCloud IMAP server “p06-imap.mail.me.com” rejected the password for user “myusernamehere”
, even though the password is correct.


texts: Touch ID not working after copying a user account

texts:
I duplicated one of my user accounts to separate my work and personal setup and since that I cannot seem to get Touch ID to work.

I tried to remove the fingerprint and add it again, but whenever I try to switch the user account, firstly it says "Touch ID or Enter password", but when I actually touch the Touch ID, it immediately changes to "Your password is required to enable Touch ID". See the youtube link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqycfpx0kbY&feature=youtu.be

In some other cases it doesn't even offer to use Touch ID.

I tried to delete the Touch ID from all accounts, use xartutil --erase-all, add the Touch ID again, but the same issue persists.

I have current version of macOS, 10.15.2.


texts:
Is there a way to batch replace current folder names with increasing numbers? The "Rename Finder Items" built-in feature only lets you replace in the 'Find and replace text' kind of way. Not all my current folder names have common characters.
I'm using Mojave, btw.


texts: Where should I put my custom applications?

texts: I have downloaded some third party software, should I just put under /Applications or should I put under my home folder, e.g. ~/MyApps/?


texts:
I performed a fresh install of macOS Mojave 10.14. Immediately after that I installed Xcode Version 10.0 (10A255) from the Mac App Store.

Now, I wish to install Homebrew which requires Xcode Command Line Tools to be installed. My understanding is that installing Xcode also installs the Command Line Tools. Or not?

As per this answer, I checked if the Command Line Tools are installed by running:

xcode-select -p

which printed the path for the Developer directory as follows:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

As suggested in the answer, I also verified the return value by running:

echo $?

which retuned 0.

I also ran, gcc and make and bash was able to locate and execute them.

Thus far I am convinced that the Xcode Command Line Tools are installed. Now when I execute:

xcode-select --install

I get this alert:

What's the probable reason for this disparity? Will this install Xcode Command Line Tools twice? Or overwrite the existing installation?

As I understand, Xcode Command Line Tools can be installed without installing Xcode. Also, from my previous experience, if the Command Line Tools aren't installed separately from Xcode (by running xcode-select --install), they are not detected by Homebrew, i.e. when running brew config, the value for CLT: is shown as N/A.

Here's the complete picture (pardon the pun):

Although I am talking in context of macOS Mojave, the question remains the same with regard to previous versions of macOS.

What is the advisable approach to take here?

Note: After installing Xcode, I launched it, accepted license agreement and let it finish its run of installing additional tools (which is a one time activity).


texts:
I have a third generation iPod touch. I believe that it should be possible to run iOS 5 on this, and I have bought an app that requires iOS 5.  However, in iTunes, when I click on the iPod device, it says that my iPod software is up to date. It says that the software version is 4.2.1. I'm registered with Apple with a Belgian account, though I hope this wouldn't make a difference to updates.

Any suggestions appreciated.


texts: What to do about recent remote code execution vulnerability in git (on El Capitan)

texts:
The recent remote code execution bug in git looks pretty serious. The way I read this is that if I'm running a git client prior to 2.7.1, I'm susceptible to remote code execution if I use git to interact with a malicious (or compromised) repo. It seems like a manual upgrade of the git client is in order, but rootless prevents things like brew from working. (I'm currently on the latest stable Xcode 7.2.1)

What's the best way forward under El Capitan? Turn off rootless and install with brew?
Install an updated git client from source? (latest stable binary appears to be prior to 2.7.1)
Is there an updated git client in a newer version of Xcode?


texts: What does the square button in FastEver do?

texts: It seems to insert a square. Considering that it only has 3 buttons it seems like it should do something more?


texts: Is it possible to lock an application open? Launchd?

texts:
I have just installed an application called TeamViewer on my own and my very elderly mother's Macs. This is in order for me to help her online and occasionally use the remote control facility. However, because she is totally unfamiliar with the application and does not recognise it, she simply shuts it whenever she sees it, no matter how often I reopen it (when I am at home with her), nor how many times I ask her not to shut it. She simply forgets.

I have already added TeamViewer to the login items on my mother's user account, but that does not stop her from closing it.

I have read about launchd, or something similar, but realise that using such scripts or applications is beyond my own technical limits. Would it be possible for anyone to help me script the right instruction, or whatever it is called, to reopen the application every time my mother shuts it, or alternatively, to just keep the application locked open the whole time? I simply don't know what the options are.

Many thanks.


texts: How to specify a startup folder in the open command to launch MacVim?

texts:
If I want to open a file in MacVim from the terminal. I use the following the command open -a MacVim --args filepath.

It disregards my working dir so I need to always specify the full path when opening a file. When I do open -a MacVim --args piano.py it assumes the file is in $HOME no matter what is my $PWD.

It is just an example. It applies to any application. Macos seems to not have the "Startup Folder" or "Start in" feature for executables in Windows.

I took a look in the mvim implementation.

 # Note: this isn't perfect, because any error output goes to the
 # terminal instead of the console log.
 # But if you use open instead, you will need to fully qualify the
 # path names for any filenames you specify, which is hard.
 exec "$binary" -g $opts ${1:+"$@"}

Can I get MacVim to accept a startup path?


texts: PF not forwarding incoming traffic on loopback from one port to another

texts:
Scenario

I have a server listening on port 3000 on localhost. I want incoming traffic to localhost:8080 to be forwarded to that server.

My set up:

Server listens on port 3000; nothing listens on port 8080
pfctl: rdr pass log on lo0 proto tcp from any to any port 8080 -> 127.0.0.1 port 3000
watch all incoming connections to port 8080 on lo0 interface: sudo tcpdump -nn -i lo0 dst port 8080 -v

Test

curl localhost:8080

Expected

server on port 3000 gets request from curl
tcpdump returns smth like: 127.0.0.1.57330 > 127.0.0.1.3000 < more-info >

Reality

curl gets curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost
port 8080: Connection refuse
tcpdump returns 127.0.0.1.57330 > 127.0.0.1.8080 < more-info >

=> tcpdump output means that the rule was not applied since the destination port is still 8080 and not 3000.

Question

Where did my configuration went wrong and how to make it right?


texts: Does an iOS virtual machine exist for Windows?

texts: Does an iOS virtual machine for Windows exist? If it doesn't are there any reason why it couldn't?


texts:
I finally figured out what the problem was for my other question, which was sadly closed even though it had a clear problem to solve. Briefly, the problem is that my dGPU 750M in my late 2013 15" MacBook Pro gets stuck in a high power state, pulling 17W at idle instead of 3W. I installed Catalina fresh on an external drive and that fixed my dGPU being stuck in a higher power state.
I compared the system kernel extensions loaded on the fresh Catalina install with those loaded on the problematic install and made a list of all the kexts that did not load in the problematic Catalina install. The problem is that the system is not loading these kexts from /system/library/extensions:
IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/contents/plugins/x86platformplugin.kext
IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/contents/plugins/ioplatformpluginlegacy.kext
IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/contents/plugins/acpi_smc_platformplugin.kext
IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/contents/plugins/x86platformshim.kext
applegraphicspowermanagement.kext
appleplatformenabler.kext
In fact my issue is fixed by simply just loading x86platformplugin.kext:
sudo kextload IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/contents/plugins/x86platformplugin.kext

However it's probably best to load all of those that are present on a clean Catalina install and not present on my problematic install.
After loading x86platformplugin.kext manually, toggling on the 750M dGPU results in it being able to use its low power state, consuming just 3W at idle compared to 17W otherwise.
Why aren't these kexts loading on my problematic Catalina install? How do I get these kexts to load automatically after reboot?


texts:
I have this annoying problem with Safari 6, each time I go back or forward (both the toolbar buttons or two singer swipe) the tab refreshes. Here is a quick video to illustrate the problem: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3257155/safari-refresh.mov

Normally I wouldn't really mind, it kinda grown on me over time (I'm not really sure this started when I updated to Safari 6 or to Mountain Lion - there was about a week between the updates), but my client found a bug in the web app I build (some buttons stop responding when he goes back - he is still on Lion) and I can't reproduce the problem because my Safari refreshed every time.

So my question is, what is the normal behavior for Safari? And how/if can I make Safari not refresh?

UPDATE

Turns out the problem was that Safari doesn't (by default) fire the onLoad even when on the "back action". I couldn't reproduce the bug on my machine because apparently the 1password extension causes the onLoad event even when you go back.


texts: Can I upgrade my 121 GB Flash Storage SSD?

texts: Is it possible to upgrade the 121 GB Flash Storage in my MacBook Pro 13" Retina? If so, can Apple do it for me or would I have to go to somewhere else to get it upgraded?


texts: How to remap specific keys (insert, fn, etc.) usint hidutil

texts:
I have a computer that I cannot download much 3rd party software to (I'm not supposed to – long story, just accept it). This means, no Karabiner, etc. Further, the generic solution of "system preferences > keyboard > modifier keys" will not work since these keys are beyond the generic keys that can be found there.
I would like to remap a few keys that are in irritating positions on certain keyboards. I understand that, according to this technical note from apple, the hidutil command should be able to do it. However, all the resources I've found are pretty hard to understand and don't seem to explain exactly what each command does.
Here's my question: can someone explain how to remap using the hidutil command.
Specifically, what is the the generic syntax and what does each part do? I don't understand what
$ hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000004,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000005},{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000005,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000004}]}'
)

really does.
Further, I can't figure out how to determine which of the USB HID's is for insert. It seems like there are a lot of them. I'd like to change the function on an external keyboard that.
Finally, how do I specify the keyboard? I know the product ID is 0x07a5 and the location ID, etc., but where does this go?
I'm amenable to an applescript solution or other solutions that don't involve downloading software
Thanks in advance.


texts: My apple account and gmail account are messing up my email

texts: I have a registered apple account ending in @me.com and a gmail account as well. This is causing extremely frustrating email problems as I am not able to view any emails sent to my @me account on my phone email and they don't show up in my gmail other places so I am missing important emails. How do I get rid of this damn @me account or at least solve this mixing problem?


texts:
Friend of mine has an iPhone and no other electronics. Says that

  It seems like messages come and go. No content then there it is. I
  read one message then the other. Went back to the other and it was
  gone. Happens a lot. Then it turned up again.

I am a long way away, and she is very non-technical. So I am really not sure how to help. What should be done?


texts: How can I use my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) with the LG UltraFine 4K display?

texts: Is it possible at all to use the LG UltraFine 4K display with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)?


texts: Computer won't recognize phone; can't restore

texts:
Neither of my computers would recognize my phone (iPhone 6, iOS 8.3) at all. I've tried everything I can think of, like reinstalling iTunes, trying different ports, trying in safe mode etc., but nothing worked.

So, I tried to put it into DFU mode. Now my computer and iTunes recognizes the phone, but now it's telling me it won't restore. I didn't have No PLS Restore or anything like that installed.

It's giving me different errors every time. I've gotten errors 4013, 2003, 21, and 7. I've tried changing cables and ports, but nothing has worked.

I can get it out of DFU mode, but when I do that the computer doesn't recognize it again.

Does anyone have any ideas for what I can do?


texts: How do you clone a drive encrypted with Filevault2?

texts:
Say I have drive A that is already encrypted with Filevault2.  I want to make an exact clone of the drive to a different drive B.  Every way I've tried so far decrypts drive A first, then clones, resulting in drive B being decrypted when the clone completes.  Is there a better way to clone drive A bit for bit?  I'm thinking of using dd but was wondering if there was a more Apple friendly way.

The best way I've been able to figure out how to do this so far:

Boot to a Lion install USB drive.
Open Disk Utility & unlock the encrypted drive
Format the new drive
Restore the encrypted volume on your new drive.  It will be unencrypted.
Close disk utility & open Terminal.
In Terminal, type "diskutil cs convert /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/".
Boot up to the new drive, open System Preferences, & re-enable encryption.  All previous settings should still be there.

I have not fully tested this method, but in theory it should work.  It's too many steps for my liking though.  I'd prefer one clone & be done with it, somehow.


texts: Where are my emails stored and how can I mark them as read from commandline?

texts:
I am constantly getting emails of the form "Node  status bad", "Node  status ok", "Node  status unknown" and I would like to know, for example, if an email of the form "Node 3 status bad" came in and then 20 minutes later "Node 3 status ok" came in, how to mark them both as 'read'.

I am pretty good at commandline scripting and was wondering where these files are located in my directory structure. I can easily write a script to parse the files and search for keywords, etc. - I'm not worried about that - I'm just wondering:

(1) what folder/directory are these emails stored in (on my local system)

and

(2) Is there a way to mark them as 'read' from commandline? That way I can script that command to these files automatically under certain conditions.


texts: How do I reset/change my security questions on my iPod Touch?

texts: On my iPod Touch, my mom changed the password to Apple/iTunes and I have a new iTunes gift card but I have to answer security questions and my mom and I both don't know them. How can I do this?


texts: Mac slow after clean install, what should I do?

texts:
My mac was so painful slow so I had to do clean install but the problem still.

Obs: I have one Macbook pro 13' 2012 with i5 and 4gb of ram.

Edit: After the install took 12 hours, the problem still here's the log

Edit: Safe mode on don't stop this errors

Edit: I did a clean install, because I am a developer and I need my mac 100%, but when I open any app take minutes to open, the worst its finder and spotlight, I dont know what could happen to him... ): Installing the yosemite again take 9 hours or more, I am thinking in sell it and take one windows, this problem upset me.

13/05/15 09:09:56,121 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.watchdogd) Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 9 seconds.
13/05/15 09:10:03,512 lsuseractivityd[484]: -[LSUserActivityClientProcess doUpdateUserActivityInfo:makeCurrent:completionHandler:], refusing to register user activity from client, and returning error Error Domain=LSContinuityErrorDomain Code=-108 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (LSContinuityErrorDomain error -108.)" for item <__NSConcreteUUID 0x7fa7e970f1c0> 88E931D2-F97C-4125-A01B-BD9A0A38C8E1 NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb (LSUserActivityClientProcess.m #1148)
13/05/15 09:10:07,959 watchdogd[565]:  [watchdog_daemon] @(    wd_watchdog_open) - IOIteratorNext failed (kr=0)
13/05/15 09:10:07,960 watchdogd[565]:  [watchdog_daemon] @(      wd_daemon_init) - could not initialize the hardware watchdog
13/05/15 09:10:07,960 watchdogd[565]:  [watchdog_daemon] @(                main) - cannot initialize the watchdog service
13/05/15 09:10:07,964 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.watchdogd) Service only ran for 2 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 8 seconds.
13/05/15 09:10:16,089 watchdogd[566]:  [watchdog_daemon] @(    wd_watchdog_open) - IOIteratorNext failed (kr=0)
13/05/15 09:10:16,089 watchdogd[566]:  [watchdog_daemon] @(      wd_daemon_init) - could not initialize the hardware watchdog
13/05/15 09:10:16,089 watchdogd[566]:  [watchdog_daemon] @(                main) - cannot initialize the watchdog service
13/05/15 09:10:16,094 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.watchdogd) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.


texts: How can I resize a partition with Disk Utility?

texts:
I have 2 partitions, I reduced the size of one and want to expand the other to fill the now available space.

How do I expand the Lion Partition into the empty grey space beneath Macintosh HD partition?


texts:
I need to perform batch cropping to approximately 3000 images. Each image is for a different item.

What I need is a crop tool that can define the item from the background and add specific amount of pixels to the top, bottom, right and left of it.

For example, see the image below. Can I use Automator?


texts:
Out of necessity I decided to migrate all my personal/work data to a new external hard drive (HFS, encrypted) and left the internal HD for the OS.

Because of the fact, that I am now fully reliant on this external HD for the iTunes/iPhoto libraries and numerous other things I need to ensure that this drive won't get accidentally ejected/erased and doesn't show up as an option e.g. in the Boot Camp installer creation wizard.

To make it clear - only this specific drive needs this special treatment, the rest (like flash drives) should be treated as usual.

Is it possible to target this via some Mount Point setting, perhaps?


texts: iTunes "invalid response" after iOS update

texts:
iMac 10.11.6, iTunes 12.4.3.1
Regular update of iOS on iPod Touch, everything proceeds normally until the very end, when I get the message to leave the iPod attached as it restarts. A few moments later, during the restart, I get a msg in iTunes "iTunes could not connect to the iPod touch 'ABCD' because an invalid response was received from the device."

At this point, I disconnect the iPod, let it finish restarting, and reattach it.  iTunes recognizes the device and everything is back to normal.

This has happened for the last two iOS update cycles, on two different iPods. The error msg does not interfere in any way with the update or the subsequent use of the iPod, but I am curious why I am getting this message. I have tried different cables and different ports.


texts: I cannot turn off time machine. I'm using Catalina and a seagate back up drive plus. I have researched this and many sites. They say go to system preferences, time machine, turn off. When I go to system preferences, time machine, I don't get a turn off button. Is it just me? Please help. Thanks in advance.


texts: Will stored emails on mail app be lost if I restore from a IPSW

texts: I no longer have access to the mail server to which my email client was connected. I am considering upgrading from iOS 8 to iOS 9.0 using an IPSW (not thorough the normal update which will take me to iOS 9.1). My concern is regarding the already downloaded and cached mail from the Exchange server which is currently accessible. Will it still be accessible after the restore? (i.e. does the application and data backup also store the emails already downloaded or does it rely on downloading them again from the server?)


texts: What could fix Calendar.app when one calendar does not show all events that should be synced with iCloud?

texts:
I use iCloud to sync 4 calendars between my iPhone 4 (running iOS 6.0.1), iPad 2 (running iOS 6.0.1) and MacBook Pro Mid 2012 running Mountain Lion (10.8.2).

All events for 3 of the calendars sync correctly across all devices, however for one calendar:

All events show at https://www.icloud.com
All events show in the calendar app on the iPhone and iPad
Hardly any events appear in Calendar.app on the MacBook Pro, some future events appear until after the date of the event and disappear from this calendar while remaining on the iOS devices and iCloud.com.

I noticed it happening in the last few weeks. Previously it worked OK. I usually add events to the calendar from either my iPhone or MacBook.

So far I have tried:

Removing the calendar from my MacBook Pro (signing out of iCloud, then deleting all calendars from ~/Library/Calendars)
Restarting OS X
Re-adding the calendar

– but there are still events missing.

In Console I see no messages when I force refresh the calendar.

My Apple ID is a custom email, not the typical @me.com address (not sure that should make a difference).

Does anyone have any other suggestions for what could be causing it or how to fix Calendar syncing?


texts: Login or unlock screen on a Mac using an NFC tag?

texts:
Does OSX have support for unlocking the screen (or logging in) using a NFC or RFID tag?

The ACS ACR122T USB NFC dongle (a PC/SC device) seems to have working OSX drivers, but no software suite for login is available.  Rumors has it that Dangerous Things are working on that.

A workaround is to use a RFID/NFC reader that acts as an HID/input device, such as the RfidLoginer.  But that doesn't sound very safe, especially since the linked device only sends the RFID device ID.


texts: Okay, here's the story: I lost my beloved iPod touch at school one day and never found it again.  I desperately want those photos back, but I can't recall ever having backed up any photos or anything on it.  I know the login information for the iCloud that I had set up for it and I was wondering if there's absolutely any way that I could retrieve those photos.  If not, I guess I'll live with it, but those were really important and I gotta know if there's some way to get em back.


texts: is it possible to connect two external monitors with mini displayport + thunderbolt to displayport or hdmi?

texts:
I've heard that thunderbolt can be used as a displayport. That make me wonder if I can use two external monitors with mini displayport and thunderbolt to displayport or hdmi.

Is it possible??


texts: How to prevent displaying the total sum of A + B if columns A + B are empty

texts:
I have inserted a running total formula in my numbers sheet.
It sums the total of Column H, which works fine.
However when cells in columns H are empty it will display the last sum, which I do not want.

How can I prevent displaying the last sum when Column A and B are empty?


texts: Playing WhatsApp audio messages after locking the screen

texts:
I just switched from an android phone to an iPhone. In android I was able to (continue to) play WhatsApp audio messages after locking the screen or even when switching between apps.

This doesn't seem to be possible in iOS, am I wrong?


texts: How do I get OS X 10.8.x to keep Finder windows open after a restart?

texts: I just installed OS X 10.8.x on my Mac. An annoying thing I've discovered is that, whenever I restart the computer, it closes all the windows I have open in Finder. This is extremely annoying as I often have a large number of windows open to help me keep track of what I've been working on that day and need to back up. I check the "Reopen windows when logging back in" on the restart command but, as far as I can tell, it just reopens my applications, which isn't really what I'm looking for.


texts: Will I automatically get lifetime FREE updates if I buy an iPhone app?

texts:
If I buy a paid iPhone app, will I be able to get free updates for the rest of the lifetime of that app or should I pay later for the updates?

What's the norm? Can you perhaps give 1-2 examples?


texts: Assigning hotkeys (keyboard shortcuts) in Mac OS X 10.5.8 for audio playback

texts:
I will begin by mentioning that I am a SQL/ASP.NET programmer and I work in Windows environments. However, I am in a very small department that has a mishmash of Macs and PCs, and to most of the people here I'm "Generic IT Person," so occasionally I'm asked to troubleshoot Macs. I don't know squat about Macs, but since it usually involves clearing a printer jams, this hasn't been an issue. Until now.

In this case, one of our staff has recently started transcribing on her Mac using VLC media player and Word. She wants to be able to control audio playback from the keyboard while typing. We have figured out how to assign keyboard shortcuts in VLC, and these work fine, but only if VLC is the active window. We figured out that the F7-F9 keys will move backward, forward, play and pause (the icons were a big tipoff here) while she was typing, but she needs to do very short backward jumps. If she holds down the F7, it will skip back 10 secs or so at a time, but timing when to let go takes some real finesse.

I figured these function keys must work because they are globally assigned. I found the Keyboard Shortcut interface in the System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse panel, and I tried assigning F6 to VLC's menu item named "Skip Backward" (or something like that; I don't have it right in front of me). This works, but again, only when VLC Player is the active window.

SO, the long and short of it is, is there a simple way to assign a very short backward skip function to a hotkey combination that will work on VLC player while Word is the active window? Or do I need to admit defeat?


texts: Migrated to new Lion, how to share Time-Machine?

texts:
I just got a new MacBook Pro since I was due for a new machine and needed Lion for the new Xcode. I also got an Apple TV with the idea of centralizing all the digital media in my house by hosting it on my old Snow-Leopard MacBook Pro using iTunes.

I set up the new machine using my USB drive's Time-Machine partition and fixed up a few odds and ends and am now happily using Lion there. But I want to use the USB drive on the old machine as a Time-Machine drive for both machines.

But the new Lion machine doesn't see the shared drive from the old machine and I don't want to swap the drive around, I just want it to work as a backup when I connect to my home network. I've spent the afternoon reading articles on how to do this for various flavors of OSX but none of them address my configuration and now I feel over-saturated with information.

So, my questions are: First, can I do this? Second, where can I find good documentation on setting this up? I'm fairly technical and am not afraid of getting deep into the details if it will give me a painless way to do backups and I've grown to like the simplicity of Time-Machine. (Plus I use VCS systems for all the critical files in my day to day work).

Thanks!


texts: Calling an app from the terminal via script

texts:
I try to call an application from the console and pass it an argument. This is the script I am using:

#!/bin/sh

open -a "/Applications/MyApp.app/" $1

Somehow the OS is unhappy with this and complains:

FSPathMakeRef(/Applications/MyApp.app) failed with error -43.

What can I do?


texts: dd to ISO from disc drive makes unmountable / unburnable image?

texts:
I'm trying to dd from a disc in my DVD drive on my MacBook to an ISO, but the image always ends up as unmountable and unburnable. The disc is unmounted when I start the process.

I've used dd many times before - in OSX and in various Linux distros - without any problems. Am I doing something wrong?

The syntax I'm using is dd if=/dev/disk1 of=~/Desktop/image.iso


texts: Show Google Search in Address Bar in Safari v8.0 in OS Yosemit

texts:
I'm trying to show/hide google search in Safari v8.0 in mac os "Yosemite" using bash script, I used the following command in terminal but it didn't work even after I restarted Safari, so am I doing something wrong?

defaults write com.apple.Safari AddressBarIncludesGoogle –boolean


texts: How does Apple achieve the visual "wrap" to form its App store icons on itunes.apple.com?

texts:
I recently skimmed the source-code of an app on the itunes.apple.com website and noticed when accessing the app image that the underlying image is plain squared! This means Apple somehow visually "wraps" the image with some technique to make it appear as if it has rounded corners! As I'm no expert on such details, yet would like to know how Apple achieves this.

The reason is that in my opinion this visual display of all apps (also in the iTunes App Store software) is a crucial, consistant aspect of Apple's app display. As I want to work on something related to Apples applications (and maybe also sign up for their affiliate program, which might answer this question, but I didn't do so yet), so I need to be informed about this issue.

Thank you for your help in advance.


texts: safari inspector how to add complex rules?

texts:
I haven't been using safari for long and this appears to be only in the newer version from what I can see online.

When using the inspector I cannot add chained rules (IDK the technical term for them...something like this...

#mydiv *

Which is selecting everything after the #mydiv. I have poked around the settings and I have been trying to search, but


texts: How can I prevent iTunes from automatically downloading podcasts?

texts:
I listen to podcasts, but almost always on my iPhone (by downloading them on the iPhone directly) and almost never on my computer through iTunes. I do sync my iPhone with iTunes. However, any time I open iTunes, it tries to automatically download new podcast episodes. Is there a way to prevent this?

I tried plugging in my iPhone, going to the Podcasts tab, and unchecking Sync Podcasts, but this resulted in a dialog box asking if I'm sure I do not want to sync podcasts, and informing me that if I continue, all existing podcasts on my iPhone will be deleted. That's not my desired result, of course.


texts: What iPhone maps app can I use if I don't have a SIM card?

texts:
I'm going to be using my iPhone overseas without a SIM card, but I want to use turn-by-turn navigation to walk and drive around.

I'm willing to plot my route via wifi before I leave the house, but I won't have internet because my phone won't have a SIM card.


texts: Does clamshell mode affect wireless connectivity?

texts:
I've been using my early 2014 MBA in clamshell mode connected to an LG Flatron monitor via VGA with no issue. I recently started using HDMI (using this Amazon Basics dongle). I used this with no issue at my folks' house with no issue over the holidays but now back home I'm getting lots of connectivity issues. Here's the rundown:

HDMI Clamshell: Lots of connectivity issues. Web browsing is nigh undoable
HDMI Dual Screen: The connection gets better when I open the laptop but is still spotty to the point of frustration
VGA Clamshell: Some connectivity issues but not horrific
VGA Dual Screen: No connectivity issues
No External Monitor: No connectivity issues

What could be causing these issues? Is it Comcast sucking? Does the laptop being closed block radio waves? I don't know much about wireless networks. I would appreciate some help in troubleshooting this.


texts: Iphone keep getting "Incorrect Wi-Fi Password"

texts: Something strange happened to my little iphone 6s. This morning, everything was alright, wifi connectiong was perfect. I went on google and searched some info, send 5 photos to a friend through social net work. Then I went out for a walk for about 1:30 hours. After I came back home, my iphone couldn't get connect to wifi. I tried many many times. Always get "Incorrect Wi-Fi Password" or "uable to connect to WIFI". I restarted my iphone and router many times. IN Vain. Keep getting "Incorrect Wi-Fi Password". I observed that there is a red "i" on my software update. But since I have no wifi connection I can not finish the update. Guys, I am desperate. Some magic happened. Please help!!! THANK YOU ALL!!!


texts: Do any iOS Email Clients allow the folders to expand/collapse like Outlook?

texts:
I have a 12+ gb exchange account, with hundreds of files & sub files.

The iOS mail client doesn't allow the folders to collapse & expand, which makes searching for files a real PITA.

Are there any mail clients that have the expand/collapse feature?


texts: Network switching issues with MacOS 10.7?

texts:
I'm having a weird problem and hope somebody can tip me, what way should I dig to.

I'm using MacBookPro with Lion 10.7.3 both at my working place & at home.

At working place, we have a domain-based network with 802.1x authorization (more than 400 computers) and to connect it I'm using Ethernet cable. IP range is 10.10.2.*. All network settings are setup automatically by DHCP. Also, in settings, I have Network Account Server setup in the User&Groups Settings for my work Domain server - and it is available only from corporate network.

At home, I have an ADSL router, that shares Internet connection by WiFi in NAT mode. I'm using WiFi to connect it. Router gives out addresses from 192.168.1.* range and all settings are also set up  by router's DHCP.

So, my problem is the following. When I come back home from the office, I open my MacBook and AirPort automatically connects my WiFi network. After this, for about 1 minute I'm able to browse sites & ping hosts successfully. But after this minute, network connection is broken down. All pings return time-out. trace route to google.com stops on 192.168.1.1 (which is my router). This lasts for 3-4 minutes. After that network connection is automatically repaired and all pings go smoothly again. At the same time, when my MacBook return timeouts, I can successfully ping any host from my wife's MacBook - so this doesn't look like router issue. When I come to the office, I don't have any issues and Internet connection is available & stable moments after ethernet cable plugged in.

Do anybody has any clues about this? What should I monitor & what settings look for resolving this issue?
Please, ask, what additional information should I provide.

Hoping for good advice & thanks in advance!

UPDATE:

ifconfig en1 results

for state, when ping fails

DenisMBP:CrowdedIsland denis$ ifconfig en1
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 60:33:4b:12:38:60
    inet6 fe80::6233:4bff:fe12:3860%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
    inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active

for state, when pings are ok

DenisMBP:CrowdedIsland denis$ ifconfig en1
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 60:33:4b:12:38:60
    inet6 fe80::6233:4bff:fe12:3860%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
    inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active

UPDATE 2:
I've added a cut from Console.app log, displaying the moment of Macbook wakeup, working connection, broken connection. You can get it here

UPDATE 3:
I've made log of netstat & ifconfig calls for all of three states. You can found it here

UPDATE 4:
I've uninstalled Cisco AnynetConnect VPN Client and issue is still reproducible. Here's log for netstat & ifconfig log file. And here's log from Console.app (see netstat log for finding time points, when network was working and was not) log file


texts: Is it possible to keep archive functionality when setting up GMail as Exchange account on iPhone?

texts:
When you set up GMail on an iPhone normally, the delete icon in the mail app is replaced by an archive icon, as this is the most common action in GMail.

I changed my settings to configure GMail as an Exchange account, as I wanted to enable push email for this account.  But this has changed the archive icon to a delete icon.

Is it possible to maintain the archive icon while it's set up as a Gmail account?


texts: Apple Keynote doesnt play in most of my browsers

texts:
I made a presentation with a simple transition effects and tried to export that presentation to HTML format.

But when I tried to open it on my MacBook, I found, that it doesnt work in Chrome, but works fine in Opera, Firefox and Safari. It show me the preloader and the black screen then in Chrome.

And then I tried to open it on Windows and found, that it works ONLY in Firefox... Chrome, Opera and IE8 dont want to play it...:( And show me the black screen only.

Is that normal or I do something wrong? I need it to play in IE and Chrome for most of our employees...


texts: Can McAfee run on non-admin users without prompting for admin access?

texts:
i am facing a issue in one of my macbookPro which is integrated into a windows environment. i have McAfee installed its asking for administrator credential every time another user login in(who does not have admin access).
any way we could grant admin access to those user for McAfee only so the popup doesn`t come up or something else that could fix the problem.


texts: Item "is in use by another application". How can I find out which one?

texts:
In Finder the file VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool is greyed out.

I want to delete this file, but I'm prompted by a message that the file is currently in use:

Currently, I have no clue what is the cause of this. Therefore I want to know what other application is using it. How do I find this out?


texts: Which macOS versions are officially supported by Apple?

texts:
Where can one figure out which macOS versions are supported by Apple, and in which support stage they are?

I ask because I always assumed that both the latest and the one previous version were supported. As of this writing, the latest version is 10.12 - Sierra. I just happened to land in the Wikipedia page for 10.11 - El Capitan and see the below info. Where do Wikipedia authors get this? Is there a corresponding Apple website to check?


texts: I have a unlocked iPhone 4 or at least that's what I've been told when i bought it. But then I went ahead to unlock it again, when I put a SIM card in, it says no service or at least i hope that's what it's suppose to say. Any hoo I just updated my phone to ios 7.0.3 or whatever and I tried putting in someone else's Verizon and Sprint SIM cards in but it will not get past activation. It says SIM is not valid but when I put the SIM in for activation, but it says no service, which is a good thing. I've been told to try T-Mobile or ATT&T SIM card and reboot it to get past activation. I have just purchased a Straight Talk SIM card and I am hoping to transfer over to them and hoping the SIM card works or any SIM card to get past activation. Any advice or a solution to my promblem?


texts: Can I install an IDE (PATA) optical drive in a 2009 Mac Pro?

texts:
The 2009 Mac Pro uses SATA for its optical drive bays.  I have an older IDE (PATA) DVD burner I'd like to use with it.

I know there are IDE-SATA adapters, but they take up some space, and the fit with many internal components is pretty tight.  Is there room in a Mac Pro for an IDE optical drive, plus an IDE-SATA adapter so it can be plugged in?


texts: Can iPhone 5s be tracked if restored completely, and iCloud lock is gone?

texts: I lost my iPhone 5s while I was going to sale it to someone else, and I restored it completely so it was basically ready to be set as a new phone. I want to know if it's possible to track it though the IMEI or serial number.


texts: "iPhoto cannot be opened because of a problem"

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I got hit with the iTunes update breaking everything in Yosemite. I repaired Safari by deleting MobileDevice.Framework, but iPhoto still won't open. Any thoughts?

(I'm not ready to migrate to photos)

UPDATE

they /just/ pushed an iTunes update that patched it. DERP. Fixed


texts:
I used by USB to add as iso file into it.

sudo dd bs=4m if=my.iso of=/dev/disk1

Now I want to get the USB back to normal. but the erase button in Disk Utility is disabled. How can I reformat this


texts: How can I stop the shell command `mate` from opening Textmate 1.x instead of Textmate2?

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I've installed mate in the preferences pane in TextMate2. It says "Shell support installed." I added the string export EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/mate -w" to ~/.bashrc as instructed.

However, when I use the mate command, Textmate 1 launches, for example if I type mate test.txt in the Terminal. I would like it to launch TextMate2.

Ideally, I'd like to keep TM1 around, as it does a few things that TM2 doesn't yet do. But if scrapping TM1 is the only/best option, that'd be useful to know, too.


texts: Running "irb" changes my zsh to bash on iTerm2

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I'm running OSX 10.9.4, and my default shell is set to z shell.

I was just working out my installation of Ruby and RVM and playing around with irb when I suddenly notice that my window title says "bash" instead of my default zsh heading.

Running echo $SHELL returned /bin/bash, and I confirmed that I was running bash.

The (temporary) fix was simple - run chsh -s /bin/zsh, but this instance repeated the switch to bash every time I executed irb.

I was not able to replicate the situation, but I was wondering if anyone had insight into this issue so that I don't run into this error again.


texts: Is there a way to have different songs on your iPod Touch with different fonts for each one of them?

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I was trying to add fonts to my iPod touch 4G to use it for the music app and notes app through Bytafont app (yes, my iPod is jailbroken).

I want to get these   on some Led Zeppelin songs

There's an existing font which includes those symbols (Led Zeppelin 2, I guess).

Can I add the font and use it only for some songs? Is there a cydia tweak for that? Or should start developing one?


texts: Is there a way to know App Reviews from users in real time?

texts: I don't know why Apple can't provide a real-time system and tools to manage these processes better but is there a way to know about app reviews from users in real-time? I wish there is a way for Downloads and In-App Purchases as well.


texts: What is filling up my hard drive so fast?

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Last night (Because my hard drive was almost full) I freed about 4GB. Then I came back to my Macbook about 3hrs later (I left it idle) and Its was full again.

Is something is eating my mac?

If I go to /About This Mac/Info/Storage then it says I have 90GB of "Other"

This worries me and I thought it was just me imagining things, but I think there IS something wrong with my mac as I believe that it was also happening when i had Mountain-Lion before Mavericks.

Edit: Activity Monitor

launchD 1.28GB Written

Kernel_task 764MB Written

mds 475MB Read

Now this a list of the user column (note I am the only user on this Mac):

root
_mdnsresponder
_spotlight
_softwareupdate
_locationd
_networkd myname


texts: What happened after an upgrade to Catalina

texts: I recently updated my Mac to Catalina. After the update the screen I used to swipe to the left that held my Sticky notes is not there. I would like to recover them as they had information on them I need. Where is that screen now, and if it's permanently gone is there a way to at least get the Sticky notes back? It was the same screen as the calculator, and other widgets.


texts: In my ~/Library folder there is Caches folder. Can this be emptied?

texts: My ~/Library folder has gotten very large. Inside this ~/Library folder is a folder name Caches. This folder 5.5 GB. Can this Caches folder be trashed.


texts: After 10.9.2 updated, OSX crashed, contextual menu broken

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1/After I updated to 10.9.2 this morning, my OSX keeps crashing over and over again. Up to now is almost 10 times or more.
2/Besides that issue, I also found my Contextual Menu in Finder really weird. It's messy and lost "Services" menu item. (see image below)

I doubt that some of my Apple Scripts may be incompatible with 10.9.2 and caused such crash. Can anybody guide me how and where to remove those add-on scripts?
3/ Also when I press any keys from the Hot Keys section above on the keyboard, it caused OSX to crash. Does anybody know how to fix the crashing?


texts: Can't download El Capitan from Appstore. Constant Spinning Wheel

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Okay so here is the story..

I had just bought this Mac... I tried installing some software, and nothing was installing... kept getting this stupid error.

  The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail.
  Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

So I thought it was like that for one particular program, so I began looking on the internet. Eventually I just forgot about it, until I tried to install another piece of software. Again the same issue... I soon realized after that it was happening to every single piece of software that I was trying to install that involved an installer package...

So then I tried to download and install El Capitan from scratch... But now I have run into another issue... app store won't download it... I'm stuck with this spinning wheel at the top left corner where the "Back" and "Forward" buttons are with the "Download" button grayed out after clicking on it. No response or any indication that it is downloading.

Any ideas? Support is out for the day, so I hope I can get an answer by tonight.