texts: Point Homebrew to a local package instead of the default, remote one

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I'm trying to pull down and install the Alpine mail client with Homebrew. I'm behind a rather terrible proxy with no such thing as FTP proxying. Unfortunately the formula for Alpine requires I retrieve a package from an FTP server.

I can grab the file by other means and get it on my local system, but I need to know how to tell Homebrew to use the specified package instead of trying to download it on its own.

Is this possible?

My usual workaround of running brew install inside of tsocks fails for some inadequately defined reason (just fails to connect exactly as if I hadn't tried it.. yet I can wget the file with tsocks just fine.


texts: I've been getting along with VisualHub (defunct) for a while now, but recently I've needed an expanded set of Codec's, in particular Theora and VP8.1


texts: How can app file be treated as a file in Package Explorer for Mac OS X?

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Can I customize Package Explorer to treat a folder as a file?

Actually, I want to keep a .app file in my project as a file. But when I keep it in Eclipse, it is treated as folder.

Can I change this behavior of Eclipse for Project Explorer? Actually my .app is a file for Mac OS, so it should be treated as file only, which is unfortunately not.

Can I change it programmatically?

This is also posted on Stack Overflow. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11035519/eclipse-how-can-app-file-be-treated-as-a-file-in-package-explorer-for-mac-os

Can anyone add an eclipse tag also here? I can't as I have less than 300 reputation.


texts:
In iOS an accent can be added after the character where it is intended. In OSX it is the opposite, it must be entered before. This means that if I forget to add it, I must delete the character, add the accent and then retype the character.

This makes fixing errors in OSX cumbersome and slow. Is there any way to change the behaviour of OSX to match that of iOS?

Many thanks.

EDIT: It is Greek I am trying to type so I've included Greek as the Input Source. I am also using Snow Leopard, in case this makes a difference...


texts: 2009 iMac works in safe mode, but not normally

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I have a 2009 model 27" iMac (core i7) running El Capitan. When booted into normal mode, it is extremely slow to the point of being unresponsive, and the GUI has problems (pictures to follow).
However, when booted into safe mode, it functions normally (for a 2009 computer).

Furthermore, I could not boot from an external drive, I tried both Linux (Ubuntu 14.04) and OS X (El Capitan and Yosemite) drives, both of which could boot my MBA just fine.

I'm not sure if these two issues are related. The machine has had hardware problems in the past (power supply & hard drive failures) both of which were repaired at "Apple Certified Technicians", but not actual Apple stores.


texts: Panic Report: Zone cache element was used after free!

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Can anyone explain what caused this. Happened twice, consecutively.
Panic Report:


texts: MacPorts-installed packages not working after updating to Lion

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I recently upgraded OS X from 10.6 to 10.7. Since doing this, certain command line tools I installed via MacPorts, such as ImageMagick, stopped working. For example when I run $ convert Jobs.png -resample 72 Jobs.png I get:

dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenCL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libclparser.dylib
Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/convert
Reason: image not found

How can I fix this?

What I've tried:

I've tried the following commands, to no avail:

$ sudo port selfupdate
$ sudo port upgrade outdated
$ sudo port upgrade imagemagick

The last gives:

--->  Activating perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12
Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: Image error: /opt/local/share/man/man3p/App::Prove.3pm already exists and does not belong to a registered port.  Unable to activate port perl5. Use 'port -f activate perl5' to force the activation.
Error: Failed to install perl5
Log for perl5 is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_perl5/perl5/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: perl5
Error: Problem while installing glib2
To report a bug, see <http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets>

Following the suggestion there I ran $ sudo port -f activate perl5 but this yielded:

--->  The following versions of perl5 are currently installed:
--->      perl5 @5.8.9_0
--->      perl5 @5.12.3_1+perl5_12
Error: port activate failed: Registry error: Please specify the full version as recorded in the port registry.

At this point I'm at my wits' end, so any help is much appreciated!


texts: So, I just got an iPod touch from a family member who used it for like couple of months, but somehow (even after resetting it) their photos that they take using their iPhone sync into my iPod photostream. And I need space on my iPod, so if I deleted all the pictures from photostream, will it delete pictures from their iPhone? I don't want to delete any of their items. I'm totally confused as to why it keeps doing that even after all this time.


texts: Can I transfer backups when replacing a Time Capsule?

texts: If I get a new Time Capsule, how can I transfer the backups from the old Time Capsule to the new one. I see an option to Archive the Time Capsule from the Airport Utility, but I don't see any way to restore. Do I have to go through the initial back up process again with all of my Macs?


texts: Photos Not Appearing in Photos Search Bar Results

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Desktop OS High Sierra 10.13.6
Many of my pictures are not retrieved by the name/keyword search in top-right of the Photos program. The same portion of my pictures also appear to have vanished from the albums to which I originally assigned them.
So to find a photo, I basically have to scroll through the years of my life, with a quick eye for my target. It’s like an indexing function is broken or file attributes have been lost.
I’ve tried the ‘Repair Library’ tool from the CMD-OPT program launch, no change. Any ideas?


texts: iPhone 3GS turning off randomly while being used

texts: While using the phone it randomly shuts down. And when I turn it back on battery drains by about 3 or 4 percent. Could this be a battery problem or a sign to another major problem? So the only way I use my phone nowadays is while its plugged in. Battery also drains like hell. While using 3G battery goes from 100 to 50 in an hour. Are the random shut downs related to the excessive battery drain? Just last month I changed my battery IC beacause it displayed the " charging is not supported with this accesory" warning.


texts: How to delete an app stuck in update mode?

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Several months ago the Groupon app had an update which I selected, but it never completed the update. It always shows up on the update list and when you tap it, it shows "Updating". The progress bar never moves. I can't stop the update and can't delete the app!

I've connected it to my PC and when I pull it up in iTunes, I'm able to move it from page to page, but it never shows the X in the upper left corner for deletion. I could do a reset of the iPod and probably get rid of it, but then I would lose the music I've transferred to it.

It's on an iPod Touch 4th generation, iOS 6.1.3.

Any other suggestions?


texts: How can I find which Samba user has a file locked?

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I have a user who often can't delete files in an SMB share on a Mac server (MacOS 10.13.6), because the client (MacOS 10.15.7) shows:
"the operation cannot be completed because a required item is in use"

lsof on the client does not show the file as being open.
lsof on the server shows the file is being used by the smbd process,
and the process ID, which is the same for all other SMB connections.

How can I pinpoint what SMB client computer/user is accessing the file?


texts: MacBook with a new hard drive fails to start

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I have a 2009 MBP (7,1) which I recently upgraded the hard drive to a Crucial BX100SD.

The hard drive was configured via. a USB to SATA cable on my desktop machine.  I used a Flash install of Yosemite to get the OX onto the new hard drive.

After completion, I was able to successfully boot to that hard drive on my desktop via the USB to SATA cable.

I went ahead and then swapped the drives in the laptop and booted it up.  At about 30% the start up hangs on the grey screen with the apple logo.  I tried booting into recovery, and it hangs at about 20%, never successfully loading the recovery.

So far I've reset the PRAM, and tried booting directly into recovery via. Command+R and also using the option key to select the recovery directly.  I've also tried to boot directly from the flash drive OSX install, but it doesn't seem to work on the machine.  However, I can successfully boot the flash drive on two different desktop machines.

Starting to run out of ideas on how to make this work, I'm extremely perplexed as to why the SSD and Flash Drive boots just fine on my desktop, but not in the Laptop.

Edit: My assumption is that there's some sort of incompatibility with the hardware and OSX 10.10.1, I'm going to try a boot of Mavericks from a flash drive I'm creating now and see where that gets us.

Second Edit: Apparently RAM I installed months ago didn't want to play nice with the new SDD.  Switching back to the old ram got the computer to boot no problem.  (Weird, because I previously had no issues with the RAM before upgrading the SDD)


texts: Correct an Apple ID Child account birthday to a teen account?

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Apple has different age restrictions in different regions, but most of them trigger on/off based on the age of 13.

If the birthday of a child account is entered incorrectly identifying the account as under 13, notable features (test flight, apple pay, and many others) on iPhone will not be available.

Is there a way to correctly update a child's birthday, which moves them from a child account, to a teen account, and activate these features?


texts: Is there any way to see iPhone logs on Mac's Console over wifi?

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As the title says, is there any way to read the console logs without connecting the iphone to the mac via USB? I've tried putting the iPhone on the same Wi-Fi and it still does not work.

I need to debug a behaviour that happens when the iPhone is not charging.

Also, from Xcode devices & simulators window the option "Open Console" is greyed out. View Device Logs does not show the same amount of detail.


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I got caught in the rain yesterday, my iPhone 5 was in my pocket. Some water got into it. Here`s the picture, moisture is under screen surface:

Question is: which area is dry and which is wet? Dark one or light one?
I am asking, because the next day dark area increased in size to whole screen size. And now whole screen is dark. I wonder, is now my whole screen dry or is it wet.


texts: if application "Safari" visible is false then (AppleScript)

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I would like to check if Safari is visible, my AppleScript code was this, but it doesn't work ... How can I check the visible with AppleScript?

if application "Safari" visible is false then
    tell application "Safari"
        activate
    end tell
end if


texts: Plugging iPad into computer turns on Personal Hotspot with one connection

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I have an iPad 3 with personal hotspot turned on. I also have a Macbook Air connected to my local wireless network (the Air is not connected to the iPad personal hotspot). However, when I plug the iPad into my Macbook via USB, the iPad personal hotspot turns on and I see the blue bar at the top with one connection.  Can you explain why this is happening?

Did the Macbook stop using my local network wifi internet connection and start using the iPad's personal hotspot connection? Is this using up my cellular data allowance while I use the Macbook when the iPad is connected to the USB port?


texts: Using pbcopy & pbpaste with rich text formatting results in empty clipboard

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I've found plenty of resources that say this should work, but I'm having no luck with rich text formatting with the pcopy & pbpaste commands on MacOS Catalina 10.15.4.

% echo '**foo**' | pandoc -t rtf -s | pbcopy -pboard general -Prefer rtf
% pbpaste -pboard general -Prefer rtf
<nothing>%

Pasting with ⌘V doesn't work either, is empty.

Formatting information is definitely being stored somewhere though, when I copy formatted text in a google document and re-paste it somewhere else the formatting is conserved, but no matter what I do with pbpaste it results in plain text output.


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I do not know what account my contacts were earlier synced to. Now when I try to deactivate my exchange account, I lose all the contacts saved on the iPhone.

When I log in using the multiple iCloud IDs and don't recall which is correct, it doesn't sync.

I want to sync my contacts to the Gmail account and keep them available on my device.


texts: Why cannot discover user in Airdrop when open personal hotspot?

texts: When my iPhone opens the personal hotspot, I cannot find other users via Airdrop. What is the theory behind it?


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sorry about the facetious title...

I am writing a script to backup my time machine backups in the event that my external HDD fails, and my HDD partition with the backups looks like this...

My question is, is it enough to just dump the 'latest' folder to my backup drive? Does that contain 'everything' that is o my latest system or only some revision of what changed in earlier backups?


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Some of my coworkers receive updates to Xcode through the regular software update mechanism in OSX. I however have always had to manually download it from Apple and install it myself.

What's the difference between us? Neither I nor they know why. How can I get Software Update to recognize Xcode?

Also, I understand that Xcode 4 is available from the App Store and that will (or at least should) be updated. That's not the point. I want Xcode <4 to be updated via Software Update.


texts: convert 30 pin docks for lightning devices

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I recently upgraded from an Iphone 4 to a 5s.

I have 4 different docks that worked with all my previous Iphones and Ipods - I just swapped out a cheap plastic holder around the connector that could hold my new device.

They sell two adapters for this in the Apple store, but it's useless for me since:

It costs £25 per adapter. That's £100 ($160) for the 4 docks, which is insane
The short one is an inch long and doesn't hold the base of the phone (the way every dock expects) which means that the phone will just fall over if I try to use it.
The long one also doesn't support my Iphone in a vertical position

I need an adapter that sits on an old Apple dock, but that holds the base of the phone so that it stays upright.

I can't find anything that does this online, and most of what I can find states that it can't support audio in the small print. When I ask in shops they look at me like I'm crazy and then try to sell me a USB cable.

90% of the Iphone docks sold still have the the (now obsolete) old Apple connector. It seems like a massive oversight that nobody makes a dock adapter.

Are there commercial sources of 30 pin dock adapters that:

Support audio function equivalent to apple’s 30 pin to lightning adapters.
Holds the phone upright (y'know, as if in a phone dock)
Optionally include the adapter so I don't need both a prop and a cable/dongle to replicate the old drop-in flip function of these docks.
(Ideally) is reasonably priced


texts: Can you edit shape points in iOS version of Pages?

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In the macOS version of Pages, I can select a shape and then use this command in the menus: Format > Shapes and Lines > Make Editable. Then I can manipulate the edges of the shape by moving adding points to the curves. For example, here is a square before and after.

Is there a way to do the same thing in the iOS version of pages?

I have an iPad Pro with pencil, so it would be easy to touch the small points.


texts: Is there a way to move text cursor on Mac using Trackpad?

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In iOS, one can enter Trackpad mode by pressing and holing the Space key on the software keyboard to quickly move around the cursor in a text entry field.

Is there a way to do the same using Trackpad in MacBooks? I want to be able to use the Trackpad to move the cursors while coding.


texts: Is there a way to access a Mac's geolocation from terminal?

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Some GUI apps use OS X location services, but I want to retrieve a Mac's physical location from the command line. This could be useful for running scripts, switching settings etc. The mechanism should be CoreLocation, not a Geo IP service (data too low-res, needs online connection).

Minimum requirement is output of longitude and latitude. Nice would be a number indicating the precision. Super nice: a geocoder that provides location names.


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Under Yosemite 10.10.5 on an iMac, I get the following two error messages when printing from Firefox:

First error message:  "Print Preview Error.  An error occurred while printing"

Then, after clicking OK, I get the following second error message:  "Printer Error.   An error occurred while printing"

And, of course the web page doesn’t print anything.

The Preview app, in general, seems to be working fine.  And printing from other apps (not browsers) is also fine.

What I’ve tried:

Tried printing under Safari and Chrome.  Both yield one empty page.
Tried printing other apps.  All works fine.
Tried removing     com.apple.print.custompresets.forprinter.Canon_MX922.plist     No impact.
Repaired permissions - no impact
Restarted in Safe mode.  Then restarted. No impact
Opened console and searched for "preview"   Got the following:
mdworker(456) deny file-read-data /Applications/Preview.app

Any suggestions appreciated!


texts: Searching for apps that will run on an original iPhone – excluding apps that will not run on iOS 3.1.3

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Apps for an old iPhone

I'd like to seek and find apps that will work on iOS 3.1.3 – without wasting time browsing apps that will not. And without a jailbreak.

Apple's App Store appears to lack this capability – no filtering out of incompatible apps, even when using the Store on the handset.

I found one answer … additional answers will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Background

VintApps 3.1.3 might have been ideal. I never tried it.

There's an iOS category at MacUpdate but the filters are nothing like what's required.

Note

I'll use my first generation iPhone for as long as it continues to work as well as it does. So please, no answers that suggest an alternative iPhone.


texts: How to verify Apple ID if iPhone at the same time blocks gmail access?

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I have set up iCloud and Apple ID, but keeps telling me to verify my Apple ID. It won't let me download the Gmail app to access my emails to verify my Apple ID.

How do I fix this?


texts: Why does directory vanish when I do SSHFS?

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I'm running Max OSX 10.9.3 and I'm trying to setup an SSHFS file-share between my MacBook Pro and a remote file system. However, when I try to do it, it doesn't work.

Strangely enough, it makes the target directory disappear. Has anyone else seen this happen? Is it a bug?

First see that I can ssh normally into the target machine:

% ssh remoteuser@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX            # <--- SSH to remote system works! See below.
remoteuser@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX % ls -altr remoteDir
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 26 remoteuser remoteuser 4096 Jun 22 01:00 ..
drwxrwxrwx  2 remoteuser remoteuser 4096 Jun 22 01:08 .
remoteuser@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX % exit
%                                           # <--- Logged out of remote system

Next, I create a directory locally and verify it was created:

% pwd
/mnt

% ls
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  31 root  admin  1122 Jun 18 18:34 ../
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Jun 23 08:11 ./

% sudo mkdir share1
% ls
drwxr-xr-x  31 root  admin  1122 Jun 18 18:34 ../
drwxr-xr-x   4 root  admin   136 Jun 23 08:50 ./
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  admin    68 Jun 23 08:50 share/

Now I try to setup the SSHFS share:

% sudo sshfs remoteuser@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:remoteDir /mnt/share1
remoteuser@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX's password:
%

Ok. It seems to have worked. No errors. So let's see the share we created, shall we?

% ls
ls: share1: No such file or directory
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  31 root  admin  1122 Jun 18 18:34 ../
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin   102 Jun 23 08:12 ./

What? Not only is the File Sharing not working, but the share1 directory seems to have vanished! (Although the file system seems to know it is missing, which is weird).

Where did /mnt/share1 go and how do I setup this SSHFS?


texts: Can't boot mac or fix it with disk utility

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I can't boot my Mac in any way, not even from my backup HD. Disk Utility and fsck says

Missing directory record (id = 33496403)

What can I do now?
El Capitan on MacBook Pro late 2008.


texts: iMac (mid 2010, 27") minimum ram slots required to fill

texts: Can I use only two 8 GB RAM modules with my mid 2010 27" iMac (2.8 GHz Core I5)? In other words, do you have to fill all 4 memory slots or are 2 filled slots sufficient?


texts: Macbook pro 2010 lost power, now wont boot

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Trying to help a friend avoid the high fees at the Apple Store. He has a 2010 Macbook Pro, and a few days ago he had it off the power connection, and it lost battery power. It shut down, and when he hooked the cable back up, it would show the apple logo, and have a progress bar beneath. Then the screen would go white and it would reboot and do it again.

I attempted a USB recovery boot, but the same process occurred. Now the machine only boots to a white screen.

I'm guessing this is a faulty logic board? Any supporting evidence I can gather?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Many thanks

Edit: With some advice from Buscar, I attempted to boot in both Safe and Verbose mode. When attempting to boot into Safe Mode, I get this:

When I boot into verbose mode, there are a lot of errors, but nothing that really stands out, then it goes back to a white screen.

Edit of the Edit: So, some progress has been made. After the recommendation of eeleye, I reset the PRAM and SMC. It seemed to boot up alright, and got to the user screen. My friend wasn't back yet, so he couldn't log in. Once he came back and logged in, it started the progress bar under his name, and then got to the same white screen of death before restarting.

Any other ideas?


texts: Determine the exact date of creation of an Apple ID

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Is it possible to determine the exact date and time (if possible) of creation of an Apple ID?

Is there any official or unofficial way to establish this if you don't have the initial sign up information recorded?


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Is there a way to run an automator script to update multiple keychain entries at once?  I have a client that is part of an AD and when they update their pw it doesn't update the keychain.  I am looking for a way to update multiple entries at once.

Thanks


texts: Why does my recent calls list have entries from the future?

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My iPhone's recent calls list correctly shows all the calls I've made or recieved, but some of them apparently have timestamps from the future:

This screenshot was taken on Jan 7th. The call labelled "1:15 PM" was made that day. The ones at the top of the list, labelled 1/12/13, were actually made sometime the previous week.

I was messing around with the phone's date and time in response to the Do Not Disturb bug. I had switched "Set time automatically" off, and changed the phone's date manually -- probably to 1/12 though I don't recall exactly -- and left it that way (actually forgot about it) for a while. My phone's time was definitely manually set incorrectly when those calls happened, and that seems pretty likely to be the cause.

I suspect that the answer is "No", but is there any way to correct these records?

I've tried restarting the phone and monkeying around with the date and time again manually, but there's been no change to the list.

This is an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.1


texts: Can a VirtualBox Windows 7 virtual machine be installed on a USB hard disk?

texts: My MacBook Air has only a 64G hard drive which is so small that I don't want to install virtual machines on it. I'm planning to buy a 1TB portable USB hard disk to run virtual machines. Has anyone tried running a Windows 7 VirtualBox virtual machine on a USB3.0 hard drive with success?


texts: Missing Time Machine Files caused by FSEvents Failure?

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I recently did a clean install/upgrade to Mac OS 10.8.2. I did a final update of my ongoing Time Machine Backup and verified Disk Integrity. After reinstalling and restoring my files, I have learned that some of my files and file changes are missing from the Backup.

One of the reasons for doing a clean install is that I have been having strange FSEvents failures for some time. If I would write a file from the terminal and then double-click that file in the Finder, I got a -43 File Not Found error until I reload the Finder window (leave and revisit that folder).

I believe Time Machine relies on the same FSEvents subsystem to detect file changes. Just as the Finder cannot see the new files, the Time Machine doesn't bother to back them up.

Can anyone confirm this theory? I need to better understand what is happening here so I can go about recovery. In other words, the data loss is silent, affecting an unknown subset of files, going back and unknown and possibly variable length of time. I am trying to diagnose the extent of the damage.


texts: I have an iPhone 3G with iOS 4.1, but don't have an Apple ID. I just got this used phone recently. It is jailbroken and unlocked to work on T-Mobile. I looked on the app store and noticed some apps that required a higher iOS. Looking online, I edited SystemVersion.plist with iFile to make the system think I have iOS 5.1. The app store worked perfectly then (still don't have an ID). Then I tried to get even higher to iOS 6.1.1, but I noticed the app store was all gray. I tried to put the iOS back to 4.1, but the problem persisted. I am unable to restore the phone. Is there any backup or other solution to this problem I could use?


texts: How can I connect to an external monitor and charge my Macbook Pro with one wire?

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I have a 2020 Macbook Pro (with the M1 chip). I also recently got an ASUS ProArt display which has an HDMI port, Display Port and some USB ports.
I wanted to see if it's possible to connect the external monitor as a second screen, while also charging my Macbook using the same wire.
I understand that I need a hub of some sort and a wire that can handle both tasks.
What are the specifications for hardware that would allow me to connect one cable to my M1 Mac and have power and a display share a cable?


texts: ICloud will not sync icloud documents across Mac OS devices: likely cause and solution

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I have had this iCloud sync problem three times over a two year period on the same MacBookPro.  The documents in iCloud comprised about 200 GB of data in around 100,000 files.  Largish, but not unduly so. In each case i finally went to Applecare. Attempted solutions included variously many of the steps highlighted on this forum, and more: deleting all the iCloud files; reinstalling the OS; wiping the mac clean and a complete fresh reinstall Off everything.  In all three cases the issue was escalated to their enginsc sharing with a specialist, downloaded apple diagnostic software; screen recordings to shew how files wouldn’t upload. On the first two occasions after a week or so it seemed to just get fixed, but no advice as to what was the cause. Whilst am currently waiting for apple to revert on the current downtime, I think I’ve cracked it.
We were using iCloud to share documents within a small company. That and Dropbox were our non MS Exchange server equivalents.  As we are planning on phasing out DB, when iCloud failed I tried out OneDrive.  Have to admit have not been a great fan of MS products in recent years, having converted the whole office to Mac 8 years ago.  But OneDrive came with a 1TB capacity as part of the Office subscription so it was worth a try.  On migrating files OneDrive flagged hundreds (approx 800) files as not capable of syncing due to file name violations (e.g. questions marks in the file name; file name starting with a space; various misc characters such as | etc). The 1D software makes it easy to go to the problem files and rename them, a process that took less than a couple of hours and appears to have solved the issue.  I don’t know of any other software that lets you know so quickly of problems with file names, but maybe there is one out there.  iCloud unfortunately doesn’t.  The Dropbox literature warns of the potential issues with illegal file names, but does not flag those files that violate the rules.  Certainly it’s a tweak that Apple could usefully employ within iCloud.
As a test therefore, try moving across docs to a (free, no point in wasting money) trial or listed version of OneDrive to see if it flags up any badly named files. Way faster than manually reviewing them. And the amount of tech support time it would have saved... not to mention the productivity...


texts:
What is the best iPod Touch G4 case that clips on a belt and covers the screen?

The main annoyance I have with my current case is that I can't always reach the edges of the screen.


texts: Macbook A1181 Shuts down after a few minutes

texts: My dinosaur macbook randomly shuts down. I've reset the SMC and it still shuts down. Even the computer doesnt know its coming because you can hear the arm inside the hard drive clunk as it shuts down. If you leave it sit it will last longer on the next startup. Sometimes it wont even make it to the startup chime.


texts: Install a package .pkg into a custom directory

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I need to install the gcc3.3 on my OS X 10.5.8 to try something. For that purpose, I need to install it into a custom directory, such as /usr/loca/gcc-3.3
By default, the gcc3.3.pkg installs itself directly into /usr/bin To change that default directory, I've tried this command line:
sudo installer -pkg ~/Downloads/gcc3.3.pkg -target /usr/local/gcc-3.3

but that didn't work and the installer installed it into /usr/bin
So how can I install a .pkg into a custom directory?


texts: Terminal - don't require password for shell script to run

texts:
I am running Yosemite 10.10.5 and I have a shell script which I want to use to toggle whether my wifi connections run through tor or not. This uses the networksetup a couple of times and so asks for my password each time I run or cancel it.

Is there a way to make a shell script run without requiring my password each time?

Thanks!


texts:
So, I've bought an used late 2012 mac mini. It came with the original 500gb mechanical drive and an aftermarket samsung 840 evo, 250gb.

Yosemite was installed, and the drives seen as fusion drive. The system was affected by spare errors (attempts to continuously recover keychains, etc..).

I performed an NVRAM reset and splitted the two drives via the usual terminal commands, and installed Yosemite on the newly formatted 840 evo, Internet installation.
Installation succeeded, and system rebooted, BUT with no luck: it entered in the efi boot menu. Rebooting with command pressed (boot menu), the machine doesn't even see the installation partition on the ssd.

I tried to install osx on the machanical drive, but again with no luck: disk utility shows it as locked, impossible to unmount.

So my questions are essentially three:

Why my system installs osx on the ssd with no errors, but doesn't
see the installation?
Why the mechanical drive is locked?
It is possible that my mini hardware is failed?


texts: Why is pressing = repeatedly on iPhone calculator useful?

texts:
Press these keys on iPhone calculator:

5 + 5 =

Unsurprisingly, the answer is 10. But keep on pressing the = sign and this is the output:

10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 … and so on

Why is this useful?


texts: Limit automatic updates to software and applications only, but not OSX

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I manage several Macs, and from a security point of view i would like to make sure they where always up to date with the latest patches for their version of OSX.

I understand there is an inbuilt tool in the "mac app store" application to do this.

My concern is that the auto update tool would auto update these machines to the latest version of OSX. eg. Sierra. Because we have to run some mission critical software on a few machines we can not upgrade past Yosemite at the moment so i wouldn't want the auto update to upgrade OSX. Is it possible to get the auto update to upgrade applications and patches, but not OSX itself ?


texts: How do I make my Mac use .bash_profile to add extra paths after I statically set $PATH?

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I, like an idiot, decided to export PATH=/usr/local/sbin/.

After some googling I was informed that one should use a .bash_profile file in the root directory of your user which you can use to append paths to the initial $PATH . However the .bash_profile file did not exist prior to me creating one so I'm unsure how to prompt my Mac to actually use this file as part of it's PATH configuration. Every site I've visited simply tells you to make edits to said file but does not explain how to get the OS to use it.

How do I get my Mac to read from .bash_profile to add custom paths?


texts: How can I make an app think it's running on iOS 5?

texts: So I have a jailbroken iPad on 4.X. I would like to use the new Netflix interface but it's  only for ios 5. Is there any jailbroken app that will make it think its on ios 5 and not ios 4.X? Or is possible to edit the Netflix app files or something? Thanks for the help.


texts: How to improve old, slow iMac -- new SSD? Or more RAM?

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I have an old iMac for the kids: iMac 8,1 Core2 Duo with 3GB (2+1) RAM that was recently upgraded it to Mavericks 10.9

It's running quite slow; free RAM is always pretty low. Apps run "OK" once open; it's mainly switching between apps, loading apps, and booting up which take forever.

My question is how can I know if installing a 120 GB SSD (lying around) likely give me significant performance boost or if instead I need to upgrade RAM (which will cost me)?

I replaced with SSD -- seems faster -- but follow up here: Best version of OSX for 2008 iMac?


texts: I am thinking of purchasing a Mac Mini. I currently have a Wi-Fi network in my home using a WebCaster 3100SV router (Japan-NTT). Will I have a problem connecting to my existing Wi-Fi connection for my Windows based Pc's?


texts: Does Logic Pro X require GarageBand's instrument library?

texts: I've formerly have GarageBand and its instrument library installed, but since then I have "upgraded" to Logic Pro X and uninstalled GarageBand. Recently I've been running low on storage and found a bunch of music creation files labelled under "GarageBand". I'm wondering whether these files are used by Logic Pro X, or are they just leftover GarageBand files that didn't get deleted? Is it safe to remove them without messing up Logic Pro X?


texts:
When I open the Calendar app, I have some hidden calendars which I don't normally want to see.

But when I ask Siri what meetings I have, it shows me all the events. I don't need to know what my family is doing when I ask about my own meetings:

How can I hide some calendars from Siri?


texts: Set up 2 FW800 JBOD units as a RAID 1(mirror)

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I've got 2 GMax external drive enclosures, each one takes 2 3.5" SATA disks (up to 1TB per disk), configured to appear as a single 'JBOD' unit. I use FW800 out of the MacBook Pro into one unit, and then the pass-thru connector from that unit to the next one (each unit has a pass-thru connector; these boxes really were a steal at the price).

I use one unit as my main 'projects and laptop backups' drive, and the second unit is my backup copy of the first one. I've been managing the backup copies using SuperDuper!, manually initiating a 'smartcopy' of the main drive to the backup drive at least once a week.

The disks I had in one of the units recently failed, and now I've bought 4 identical new 1TB Seagate disks. Before I set things up much as they were before (2TB in each unit), I was wondering if I could make a software RAID 1 unit out of them? I thought that this would be an easier system for me to manage than manually backing-up.

Has anyone run a software RAID 1 drive on external drives like this? Is it worth the trouble, or should I stick to my current regime? I'm not looking to increase performance at all, I'm looking to minimise the human-involvement in my backup process. :-)

This would be on the current patch of Snow Leopard.


texts: Is there a way to assign a keyboard shortcut Outlook 2011 to move email to a specified folder?

texts: In Microsoft Outlook 2011, I'd like to be able to quickly highlight an email and move it to a folder (e.g. "Processed") with a simple keyboard shortcut.


texts: Two USB-C monitors with 2016 13-inch MBP w/ 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports

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I have two USB-C monitors (specifically Dell P2219HC), and I am trying to connect to them both as separate external displays. I am using the included USB-C to USB-C cable for each monitor.

If I plug one in, in any of the 4 Thunderbolt ports, it connects to it just fine. If I plug the second one in, in any of the 3 remaining ports, it does not detect the monitor, and the monitor displays a message indicating that there is no USB-C signal from my device. And vice-versa. I am not sure why this is happening.

I am running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, my graphics card is the "Intel Iris Graphics 550 1536 MB".


texts: Wipe the SSD of a barely-booting MacBook Air

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I have a Macbook Air (mid 2011) that had a RAM problem.

Sometimes it turns on, and while still booting macOS it would crash and hang forever due to bad RAM.

I want to sell the machine for parts, but I am worried about my data getting in bad hands.

I have a backup of every data stored in it but the disk isn't encrypted and it didn't had a login password.

I have it registered with iCloud but It seems that the remote wipe option wasn't set.

I NEED a way to do a wipe of the contents stored on the SSD, is there a way I can do that without opening the machine?

There is a sequence of characters that will wipe the machine while booting? or maybe a Linux USB drive that does that? The machine is sometimes up for 5 seconds or so until it freezes and turns itself off.


texts: Wiped my keyboard with a damp cloth and now my macbook pro 2017 keyboard cannot type on the login screen

texts: My macbook pro 2017 was working fine and I decided to wipe it with a damp cloth and now it wont work on the login screen. But I went to recovery mode terminal and all the keys work fine there. I must have turned on some setting that disabled my keyboard while wiping it. What could I have done wrong?


texts: killall Dock - all active windows maximize and appear on Desktop

texts:
I have written python script to change desktop wallpaper.

After I change my wallpaper using the below code:

app('Finder').desktop_picture.set(mactypes.File(imageAddress))

I have added

os.system("killall Dock")

The wallpaper successfully changes, but all the active but minimized windows in the maximize.
My question is
 How do I refresh my Dock without changing the state of minimized/maximized windows?


texts:
I am trying to dial a USSD code like this:

*222*88*56167828873588501034*123*344*6842371612#

But when I press the call button nothing happens, however if I delete the # character at the end, the iPhone tries to call by an instant and then the call ends.

Some shorter USSD codes can be dialed, for example:

*222*88*8202117*04450*234567#

I need suggestions to force long USSD code to be dialed and to know if there is any way to program it in Swift, in that case I could make an app that forces the iphone to dial the codes.


texts: Homebrew installation requests to use my confidential keychain information. Should I allow it to do so?

texts:
I was installing Homebrew on my MacBook Pro (as per the instructions on this page), when the following message popped up:

  git-credential-osxkeychain wants to use your confidential information stored in "github.com" in your keychain.
  The authenticity of "git-credential-osxkeychain" cannot be verified. Do you want to allow access to this item?
  Always Allow | Deny | Allow

Is it normal for this message to appear while installing Homebrew? Why does it need to use my keychain? What is it going to do with it?
Do I have to click 'Allow' for the installation to complete successfully? What will happen if I don't?
If the answer to the previous question is that I have to click 'Allow', what risks do I run doing so? Is there anything I can do to reduce the risks?

macOS Sierra version 10.12.4


texts: xrandr settings and XQuartz In Multi-monitor Yosemite Environment

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I am currently struggling with an inability to move Xquartz (either latest stable or latest development) windows in the top third or so of my screen, as also described by another user.

My current solution is to manually set the resolution of the Xquartz display (not an Xwindows expert, apologies for any inaccurate language) in xterm:

xrandr --output default --mode 3360x1080

Which gives me freedom of movement to the top of both my screens.  However this is at the cost of all Xwindows disappearing when I switch “focus” to another application: obviously undesirable if I wish to reference my current work in an X environment, from another application.

Is anyone aware of a way to enable full screen movement a la my provisional xrandr workaround without losing the ability to view Xwindows while working in other applications?  Should I tweak the xrandr command/mix in any other settings?


texts: Magic Mouse Middle Click in Windows 7 64-bit Bootcamp?

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This question might be similar to some that others have posted, but I want to be more specific: Does anyone know how to enable Magic Mouse's middle-click in Windows Bootcamp (specifically Win 7 x64)?

In OS X we can use MagicPrefs or Better Touch Tool, I'm looking for their counterparts in Windows. Also, this feature is enabled in Windows Guests if we use Parallels or VMWare Fusion while having the aforementioned tools active in OS X.


texts: There are two arrows spinning next to my Wifi

texts: There are two arrows moving in a circle next to the Wifi bars. I am confused. I was wondering if this means something is downloading because I just trying to sync music from my ITunes on PC, to my IPad, but everytime I click on a song, it says "Item Not Available." Do the arrows mean something is downloading? If not, what are they an indicator for?


texts: Why is there a groove line on the "F" and "J" keys on Apple keyboards?

texts:
If you look at Apple's keyboards nowadays, you'll see that on the "F" and "J" keys there is a little groove line under the letter.

Why does this exist? What purpose does it serve?


texts:
So my aunt wants me to update her Mac OS X (10.5.8), and while I have the DVD for the next update, she also wants her files backed up because they are important to her (pictures and what not).

I'm not entirely sure about what I should back up on, as she has this harddrive cd thing (like the picture) and it comes up as a dvd that can be burned.

I don't know if it's okay to burn the disk with a back up or if it's even possible. I don't know if my aunt has anything on the disk but if she does, I would want those files untouched but I still want to put the back up on it.

Is it possible to back up on this disk and keep the data on there okay or would it erase over it all? Do I need to get another hardrive to back it up on? And if so, what kind?


texts: Xcode 4.1 does not show any recent projects

texts:
I would like to ask you what is wrong with my Xcode 4.1. Every time I launch it, it show me that there are "No recents" nevertheless the fact that I have created lots of projects.

P.S.:

  defaults write com.apple.Xcode NSRecentDocumentsLimit X

does not work

Thank you in advance.


texts: My code produces weird output in Terminal

texts:
I've put a small program to solve the "dining philosophers problem" on repl.it, where it runs as expected and produces the following output:

When I compile and run the same program on macOS I get

I suspect some Terminal settings are wrong here, how can I fix this?


texts: Quick Time screencast slows down my gameplay also size too big

texts: I recorded few of the videos in past with quicktime. Size of those videos is too big  (~5GB). I have a macbook pro 15-inch retina version. For cutting down the size I am using HandBrake. With that a 2 GB video would come up to 45MB but then video resolution goes really down. Is there any other recording software that can record videos at relatively smaller size?


texts: iPhone backup encryption with password cannot be disabled

texts:
Hi have backups which encrypted with passwords and i know the backup password, i can restore it.
There is not any problem.

But i want to disable encrypting backup with password, here is the problem.
In iTunes Encrypt "iPhone backup with password" checkbox is checked and disabled.
So i cannot be able to change it.


texts: I'm using Quicktime 10.3 on a mac running 10.9.5. I've done several screen capture videos and recorded my voice using a Logitech USB headset/microphone. I've not updated anything. It worked yesterday and not today. But all of a sudden - no audio. I've run through the basics but still can't figure it out. Thoughts?


texts: Simultaneous voice and cellular data on the iPhone 6S Plus on Verizon

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Problem: When the phone rings (regardless of whether I pick up or not, and regardless of whether it's a VoLTE or CDMA call), I lose Internet access over the cellular network (regardless of whether it's 2G, 3G or 4G LTE). I don't have a landline Internet at home, so "use WiFi" is not a solution to the problem.

Specs:

Verizon iPhone 6S Plus 128 GB (CDMA)
Unlimited LTE cellular data plan with hotspot feature enabled on the account, allowing legal USB, WiFi and Bluetooth tethering as supported by the iPhone's "Personal Hotspot" built-in feature, which is activated by Verizon when they detect that I have Hotspot enabled on my account.
Not Jailbroken. Unwilling to Jailbreak in order to implement a solution to this problem.

For comparison, if I take out my SIM card and put it into any Android smartphone, I can receive a call over VoLTE or CDMA on the same network, at the same physical location, and use LTE data at the same time. So, no, it is definitely not a limitation of the network. The network supports simultaneous data and voice if your data is coming from LTE, which mine always is, even if the call comes in over CDMA at the same time.

And, since the 6S Plus supports VoLTE, you'd think that if the call comes in over VoLTE (which I've specifically tested from an Android phone that is definitely also on VoLTE and has great LTE signal strength), that the data would be able to continue simultaneously, right? Nope. The phone seems to be artificially limiting or killing the data, even though there is nothing inherent in the VoLTE protocol that says you can't do a VoLTE call and a data session at the same time.

How can I solve this?

Possible approaches to a solution that I've investigated:

Is there some setting to change to force it to not disconnect the LTE when receiving a call?
Is there some way to always forward incoming calls on the cell # to a VoIP number (Skype, Google Voice, etc.) so that my cellular # never rings? This will prevent me from taking calls when I have no Internet access on my phone, but that's rare enough that I'm willing to accept that as a consequence.
Lastly, is there a way to keep my LTE enabled but prevent any incoming calls from ringing the phone (and thus disconnecting the Internet)?

My attempts at pursuing these solutions:

  Is there some setting to change to force it to not disconnect the LTE when receiving a call?

None that I've found.

  Is there some way to always forward incoming calls on the cell # to a VoIP number (Skype, Google Voice, etc.) so that my cellular # never rings? This will prevent me from taking calls when I have no Internet access on my phone, but that's rare enough that I'm willing to accept that as a consequence.

None that I can find. All the VoIP things I find seem to do the reverse: they'll forward your incoming VoIP calls to your cellular number. That's not what I want. I want the opposite of that.

  Lastly, is there a way to keep my LTE enabled but prevent any incoming calls from ringing the phone (and thus disconnecting the Internet)?

Do Not Disturb mode may help me with this (?), but I think it would still momentarily "hiccup" the Internet connection, wouldn't it? I think it would, because the phone has to receive the call to decide to ignore it.

Any better solutions out there? This seems like something basic that I took for granted when I had an Android phone, but now that I switched to iPhone for completely unrelated reasons, I'm finding this to be a very annoying limitation that shouldn't be a limitation at all (because the network allows it, and all of Apple's competitors allow simultaneous voice and data, so why won't Apple?), and I'd like to work around it or directly solve it if possible.


texts: How to add a network printer on mac that requires authentication

texts:
In our office, we have a printer accessible through our network. I was able to find and add the printer to my mac, which is El Captain, but it is not working since it requires authentication. When adding the printer, there is nowhere I can insert my credentials.

Also, when added, there is nowhere I can authenticate! Any help is appreciated.


texts: Can you upgrade the RAM in the latest MacBook Airs if you ship them to Apple themselves?

texts:
I know that RAM is soldered onto the mainboard on the latest MacBook Airs, which makes a DIY upgrade apparently impossible. But would Apple do it instead though?

The guy at the Apple Store told me that I could send the Mac back to Apple and they could upgrade the RAM, but he didn’t look very convinced if I must be honest, so I wanted to double check here.


texts: How to launch apps that require Java on Mountain Lion with only Java 7 installed?

texts:
Just got a brand new MacBook Air which shipped with Mountain Lion 10.8.4 and no Java installed. There is a /usr/bin/java, but running it would prompt me to install an Apple-distributed Java 6 runtime in a Cocoa dialog.

However, Oracle is no longer supporting Java 6, and I don't want to be running an unsupported and probably insecure Java installation.

So, I went to Oracle's Java SE downloads and installed the latest JDK, jdk-7u25-macosx-x64. Now the only Java I have on this machine is 1.7.0_25, distributed by Oracle. /usr/bin/java -version now works.

I just ran brew cask install eclipse, and ended up with Eclipse 4.3. When I first tried to run it, I got the same prompt to install a Java runtime as if I had no Java installed.

So I looked here on Apple StackExchange and found https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/58841/52440. After running sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_25.jdk /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk, I'm now able to launch Eclipse.

However, when I try to launch other apps that require Java, such as /usr/share/java/Tools/Java VisualVM.app and /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom/webstorm/6.0.2a/WebStorm.app, I get an error that no compatible Java 1.6 is available (see below).

Does anyone know if it's possible to get these other apps working, or do they really actually require Java 6 and can't work with Java 7?


texts: How to show hidden files and folders in Finder?

texts:
I have a folder that starts with a dot . but am unable to display it in Finder.
How can I say that for folder x, Finder should also display hidden files/folders?


texts: Keep my Apple ID, but delete individual iCloud services and data (for example the mailbox @icloud.com)

texts:
When I type in DuckDuckGo something like How to permanently delete an Apple ID account I get lots of hits. But it will delete the complete Apple ID.

I wish only to delete the mailbox @icloud.com and @me.com. I no longer wish to have an Apple provided mail service.
I also wish to delete my account (and all data) on individual iCloud services (example iCloud Keychain).


texts:
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 2016 13″, my first Apple laptop. I'm using an Evoluent Vertical Mouse 4 due to repetitive strain injuries. I find that scrolling on OS X was an excruciating process for me.

I prefer setting the scroll wheel to scroll a large number of lines per tick (ie. 12-15). This minimizes the strain on my tendons. I prefer having either no acceleration or having acceleration kick in only after scrolling very quickly.

After searching around, SmoothScroll was a perfect solution, allowing for scrolling by # of pixels with custom acceleration settings. However, are there any free options that would fit the bill?


texts: Final Cut Pro 10.0.7 Yosemite Compatibility?

texts:
How do I get Final Cut Pro to work on Yosemite?

Any fixes will be greatly appreciated thanks.


texts:
I have an iMac and I use it for development and video editing. I am looking for greater portability and I'm considering a MacBook or MacBook Pro. My other option is an iLugger.

I'm looking for owners of iLugger to share their experiences with iLugger and if it is a worthy buy.


texts: Is there any way to upgrade all brew casks? Something like brew cask upgrade?


texts:
So here is what happened. I installed Ubuntu onto a flashdrive hoping to be able to dual boot Linux/OSX. I burned Ubuntu onto the flash drive on my desktop PC (windows 8.1) with universal USB installer, I believe. I plugged it into my Mac OSX, rebooted, held the option key, and booted from the flash drive (it recognized it as "windows" by the way).

It then started to install and I must have somehow clicked install onto the hard drive because now both my hard drive and my flash drive are Ubuntu (both recognized as "windows" in the boot screen) and I really need to get my Mac OSX back.

I get this screen every time I boot from the hard drive then get stuck at a blank (looks terminal-ish) screen which doesn't load.

I can boot from the flash drive and get this.

It at least boots into Ubuntu.

I'm really not experienced with Ubuntu and I really don't want to have to keep Linux, so please if anyone can help me I would appreciate it.

p.s like I said earlier I have a windows 8.1 PC, so I can use that to help fix it if necessary I just really need my OSX back.

If you need any more information I'll gladly give it. Here is what it looks like with my flashdrive plugged in when I choose where to boot from.

Reference

Need help with linux/restoring to osx!


texts:
My iPhone7 (13.4.1) has suddenly stopped updating Mail (gmail).  So, I'm reading/editing/deleting mail on my MacBook Pro but my iPhone is displaying as 'unread' messages I have actually deleted from Mail on the MacBook.

This has not happened before (many months working fine) and I'm not aware of changing anything. Any suggestions please?


texts: Why aren’t people showing up in the share sheet?

texts: On my iPhone 12 running 14.2, when I try to share anything (web pages, photos, etc.), the share sheet does not include a list of people to share with. It includes a list of applications, including AirDrop and Messages, but does not have the direct link to share with people. It used to, and I’d like to get it back, but I don’t see an option to enable or disable it anywhere. I’ve tried powering off the phone multiple times. It was doing this when I was still on 14.1 as well, so upgrading didn’t help either. Is there anything I can do to get it back?


texts: Cannot use software update "SoftwareUpdateNoticationManager quit unexpectedly", in MacOS 10.15.7 on macbook pro. Softwareupdate crashes everytime

texts:
About My Mac:
MacBook Pro 11,3 2014, MacOS Catalina macOS 10.15.7 (19H524)
Issues:
When trying to update MacOS Software using systempreferences or via the notification center Install popup I get 3 consistent error messages after a softwareupdate and system preferences crash.

*com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate.remoteservice (System Preferences) quit unexpectedly.[
Preferences Error: There was an error in Software Update preferences.

SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager quit unexpectedly.

Things i've tried:

Creating a new user account and trying software update. NOTE: THIS WORKS!. So the issue must be in the users home folder.
Downloading and installing software updates via command line with in the malfunctioning user account via softwareupdate --install --all  NOTE: THIS WORKS ALSO!
Reinstalling MacOS on top of my currenct install without erasing MacintoshHD. This DOESN'T SOLVE THE ISSUE! ISSUE REMAINS PRESENT AFTER INSTALL!
Backing up via Time-Machine, doing a full clean install, and then restoring from time maching. NOTE: THIS DOESN'T SOLVE THE ISSUE! ISSUE REMAINS AFTER CLEAN INSTALL AND RESTORE!

Issues that may have caused this:

I read some post on a random mac forum about eliminating notifications for macOS software update. I entered a command that I am fairly certain modified a plist file for mac os. I don't know what command I used or what plist file it modified. I'm hoping it is just as easy as finding the plist file and removing it hoping mac os recreates a default plist file.

LOGS:
FULL LOG REPORT OF com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate.remoteservice (System Preferences) shared on pastebin
FULL LOG REPORT OF "SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager" shared on pastebin
My Question:
How can I fix this so that softwareupdate properly works on my current user account with my current mac os install?


texts: My iPad has a Bad battery-is that possible?

texts: I had my iPad on airplane mode while traveling across country.  I went to turn it on and got a extremely low battery icon.  Plugged it in to wall all day and then found it to be warm and damp inside the back cover and still with the extremely low battery.  Now getting no response to wake up or reset.  Do you think my battery has gone bad?


texts: How do I reference a cell from within a "...IF"-type function condition string?

texts:
When using a ...IF type of function (like COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF, etc.), I use condition strings:

e.g. ">100", "=Mr. Smith"

Instead of using a literal from within the string, how do I (or can I) reference a different cell from within the table?

e.g. ">ColA Row2"

Stuff I've Tried (that doesn't work)

...,"=A2",...
...,=A2,...


texts: Can I hotlink to a photo in an album in iCloud? I need to insert the direct URLs into spreadsheets.


texts: Stop macOS from ejecting external disks on logout

texts:
I have a Mac Mini running 10.14.6 and hosting file sharing and Time Machine backups on an external drive.  Every time a user logs out of the console, the external drive is ejected.  This happens even if the drive is being actively used by a remote user.

A different Mac Mini, also running 10.14.6, does not have this problem. That system has had multiple generations of upgrades, and was running Server.app at one point, so there are many configuration differences which could account for the difference in behavior.

Is there a particular configuration, preference, or other setting that will stop macOS from unmounting external disks every time a user logs out of the console?


texts: What is the root username and password for CUPS 2.1.0

texts: I don't remember creating one and I'm just trying to print in black and white.


texts: Restore access to Recovery Volume after update to Big Sur

texts:
After updating macOS from Catalina to Big Sur, I cannot boot into the recovery volume by pressing Cmd+R during boot anymore. Rather than booting from the recovery volume when holding Cmd+R, I see a spinning globe indicating that some system image is fetched from the internet.
Is there a way to restore access to the local recovery volume for Big Sur without wiping the disk and doing a complete re-install of the operating system?
diskutil list
I think, the recovery volume is still present. When running diskutil list, I stil see the APFS Volume Recovery. Do I need to re-add some boot flags to make it work again?
▶ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.9 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         1.9 TB     disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.9 TB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh SSD - Daten   1.8 TB     disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 292.5 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                613.9 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh SSD           15.1 GB    disk1s5
   6:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 15.1 GB    disk1s5s1

I've tried to run Disk Utility's First Aid on disk1. However, this has not fixed the issue. First-Aid Results: https://gist.github.com/fiedl/dca819f185d3577e53fac8e553a29c0f
Things I've tried

I've tried to use a rEFIt stick: When I boot from rEFIt, I can see the Recovery Volume. But when I try to boot from it, I get the error: "The firmware refused to boot from the selected volume."
I've tried to reset the nvram with Command+Option+P+R during startup, which does not resolve the issue.
I've used a bootable macOS install usb stick and run Disk Utility's First Aid from there, but it didn't help.


texts: How to know whether Mac has SSD or HDD installed

texts:
How do I know whether my Mac has a SSD or HDD installed without having to literally open my Mac?

PS. Is there anyway to know it from Disk Utility?


texts: Is Xcode with Swift on Mavericks possible?

texts: My school computers have OS X 10.9.4 on them but they don't want to update them because of incompatibility with their Music class software. From what I see on Apple's website Xcode 6.4 and 6.3.1 both need Yosemite. Is there another version of Xcode that I can download somewhere so I can code using Swift?


texts: How do I get rid of Genieo from my MacBook Pro?

texts:
I am trying to get rid of Genieo which accidentally got installed on my MacBook Pro, when I considered using jEdit. I followed their Download link which appears to be on sourceforge, when the following screen appeared:

I should not have been so naive and I should have read more carefully, but since it is not uncommon in having to push yet another button when downloading and because I though sourceforge was a trustworthy resource, I followed the link, ending up with Genieo installed on my mac.

The result is that I am currently being spammed with Genieo driven popups. I want to get rid of this, but the only howto I can find points to Genieo's site where I can download an uninstaller.

I can't say that I trust a site which uses murky marketing tricks to lure people in using their software in the first place, so I am quite hesitant in downloading their uninstaller. I am afraid of what that might unleash on my Mac.

Is there any way to get rid of Genieo manually?


texts:
When trying to create a NetRestore image in SIU on 10.10.1 and trying to add custom packages the build will always fail with Error Code 2.

I noticed when you try to Customize Packages that "Essential System Software" reads as 8.03TB but the SSD inside the computer is only 256GB.

I have tried to redownload the "Install OS X Yosemite" from the Mac App Store three times and with all 3 sources the "Essential System Software" will still always read as 8.03TB.

Does anyone else experience this and know how to resolve this?


texts: macOS: List apps authorized for full disk access

texts:
Is there a Terminal command to view a list of all macOS that are authorized and unauthorized but have asked for Full Access?

I am looking for the list that is displayed under System Preferences → Security & Privacy → Privacy → Full Disk Access, but via command-line.


texts: Can e-mails that were recently deleted through the “delete message” rule action in Apple Mail still be recovered?

texts:
I recently set up a rule in Apple Mail with “delete message” as the action. Unfortunately, I made a mistake in the conditions of the rule. And to my dismay, “delete message” really seems to immediately delete the e-mails, not just move them to the trash folder as I had thought. So I’ve lost a number of e-mails I had not intended to delete. I’m guessing the answer to my question is probably “no”, but just in case it’s not: is there any way I might still be able to recover some of those e-mails?

The following screenshot is from a Mac Observer article that illustrates the use of the “delete message” rule action.


texts: Running Unsupported Applications Natively

texts:
How do I run a bash file such that the application that open appears to be native?

For example I am running an old version of iMovie HD in Yosemite.

I would like to open the application as if it was native with an appropriate icon.


texts: Switch Cmd and Control keys for one app only

texts:
I use a mac at work and a home. However, at work I need to log into a Windows virtual machine (using either CoRD or MS RDC) several times each day to do some work. Switching between using control instead of command for common keyboard shortcuts is driving me mad, so I was hoping there was a way to switch these keys only when I am in Windows. That way I wouldn't have to fight my muscle memory for tasks such as cut, copy and paste. (Permanently switching my mac to use a Windows layout is not a solution btw. I like my mac keyboard layout)

I have looked at Ukulele, but it doesn't allow rearranging of modifier keys.


texts: Proof (data access) of a confirmation pop-up online

texts:
On Safari 11.0.3, I placed bids on an auction website a few days ago and after making each bid, I saw a confirmation pop-up that told me "Thank you for the offer". I thus have concluded the organization selling the items received my bids.

However, I have learnt today that my bids were never received. Is there a way to prove that my bid was sent or that I indeed received a confirmation?

Is the information exchange (the form I filled online in a pop-up window and the confirmation I have received) stored somewhere in macOS?


texts: Is it possible to remove the trash icon from the dock on macOS Catalina?

texts:
I keep cleaning it once any file goes to it even though I have it set to clean automatically. I just deleted an important file thanks to this habit. I’d like to modify things so I can save myself from the practice of quickly emptying trash.

Is there a way to hide the trash can from the dock?


texts: How can I sync multiple Google calendars in iCal?

texts: I'm using iCal on Lion to sync with my Google Calendars. I set up iCal to use Google's CalDAV server and it successfully syncs my primary calendar, but not my others. How can I get it to sync the other calendars I have as well?


texts: Hotkey switching between spelling dictionaries

texts:
I'm often using 4 languages for writing texts. Now, each time switching languages with:

⌘+:
and changing the language in the popup

Is possible somewhat /applescript, shell-script, anyhow :)/ define a global hotkey for my 4 languages? Something like

⌘+alt+⇧+1 - selects English
⌘+alt+⇧+2 - selects Czech
etc..

Ps: and no, the automatic language detection maybe works for few languages, but not for me.. :(


texts: If my iPad is dead/switched off, will I still get a FaceTime missed call notification if someone tries to ring me?

texts: If my iPad is out of battery/switched off when someone tries to FaceTime call me, will I get a missed call notification when I turn it back on? Because FaceTime uses WiFi, will the missed call be stored on Apple servers?


texts: AppleScript: Clicking a button in a dmg file

texts:
I am trying to figure out what code will send 2 clicks to open a file in an opened .dmg file using AppleScript in Script Editor.
I did create the .dmg file
I've been searching for ways to create a working code that will switch to the opened .dmg file and click on a file in the .dmg twice to open it wherever the .dmg has been placed on the screen/screens. Here's the harder part, I would like anyone to be able to use it. The (possible) good thing is that the code's script file that I want to execute will be in the .dmg (I don't officially know if that's a good thing or not).
Please be advised that I know little to none about code and this is my first time working with it.
The closest code I have found that "might" work is shown below:

The link for ^this^ code is shown below. It is on this website:
Using AppleScript to click radio buttons
If you need more detail or anything else, please ask me in the comments below! Help and advice are really appreciated! Thank you!


texts: How can I force default DNS query to work in TCP mode?

texts:
In China, the so-called GFW often contaminates DNS results like

$ dig @8.8.8.8 archive.org

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;archive.org.           IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
archive.org.        2662    IN  A   159.106.121.75

Here 159.106.121.75 is a fake IP. We have to use the TCP mode for DNS query:

$ dig @8.8.8.8 +tcp archive.org

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;archive.org.           IN  A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
archive.org.        237 IN  A   207.241.224.2

Now we get the real IP 207.241.224.2.

In System Preferences -> Network, the Advanced... button can open a tab for setting DNS. However, I can only add the IP addresses of DNS servers but cannot do anything else. So my question is: how can I force the default DNS query working in the TCP mode?

PS: I don't want to modify the /etc/hosts file to circumvent this problem as it's inconvenient. If there's any elegant method that can solve this problem, it will save me much time :) Thanks.


texts: I'm running OS X Server app version 5.1. I have mail configured for all my users. I have a default value of 200 MB for each mail box, as the server is only 256 GB. Is there any way to change the mail box location to my attached external NAS so I can locate more then 50 GB mail space to each user.


texts: Upgrade to Mojave messed up Guest account

texts:
Prior to upgrading to Mojave, I had the Guest account enabled, so that if my laptop went missing, the person could at least access Wifi, and I would know the location through Find My Mac.

I have the firmware password on, and I had verified this worked as expected.

However, when I upgraded this week, I found the Guest account was now turned off. I turned it back on, and went to test that it still worked as expected. However, now, in order to access the Guest account, during the reboot, it asks for the Firmware password.

I've tried turning off the firmware password, going into the guest account, and turning the firmware password back on. However, that doesn't work.

I'm completely confused, because the -only- way that Find My Mac will work is if the Guest account has access to Wifi.


texts: Aperture can't see certain files for importing

texts:
Directory of miscellaneous jpegs that I want to bring into Aperture to keyword and export at web resolutions.

So they are on /Volumes/Bugkiller/temppix

When I go to import them, the directory appears blank.

Permissions:

/Volumes/Bugkiller/Temppix
816 ==> ls -ld .
drwxr-xr-x  59 sherwood  staff  2006  9 Jan 20:47 .

-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   303401 30 Dec 10:03 Ceileidh+Radar.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff    98669  9 Jan 16:37 LarchInSummer-Big.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   176272  9 Jan 16:40 LarchOnLakeInFall.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   107908  9 Jan 16:35 Larix-Fall_colour.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  1770468  7 Jan 10:13 Manitoba_Maple-male-flowers.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  1760805  7 Jan 10:14 Manitoba_Maple-new-leaves.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  1291674  7 Jan 10:14 Manitoba_Maple-seeds.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   257811 16 Aug 06:55 SB-willmore (1).jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   227425 29 Jul 15:27 SB-willmore.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   154776  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_1.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   176432  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_2.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   179114  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_3.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   154398  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_4.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   330779  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_5.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   249686  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_6.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   186695  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_7.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   332698  6 Oct 19:01 Unknown_Plant2_8.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   304529  6 Oct 01:36 Unknown_Plant_1.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   313172  6 Oct 01:36 Unknown_Plant_2.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   322168  6 Oct 01:36 Unknown_Plant_3.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   308523  6 Oct 01:36 Unknown_Plant_4.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   410239  6 Oct 01:36 Unknown_Plant_5.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff   411188  5 Dec 15:19 What flower?.jpg

In this directory they are all visible:

/Volumes/Bugkiller
819 ==> ls -ld NikonTransfer/
drwxr-xr-x  705 sherwood  staff  23970  3 Jan 16:21 NikonTransfer/
/Volumes/Bugkiller

/Volumes/Bugkiller
821 ==> ls -l NikonTransfer/ | head
total 29007472
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  15034112 28 Oct 19:10 2016-10-28_19-10-03.50.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  15080790 28 Oct 19:10 2016-10-28_19-10-55.60.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  11888291 28 Oct 19:11 2016-10-28_19-11-18.30.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  13237397 28 Oct 19:11 2016-10-28_19-11-42.20.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  16067523 29 Oct 14:31 2016-10-29_14-31-38.60.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  15532431 29 Oct 14:32 2016-10-29_14-32-03.40.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  14049542 29 Oct 14:32 2016-10-29_14-32-12.30.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  16522512 29 Oct 14:32 2016-10-29_14-32-27.40.JPG
-rw-r--r--  1 sherwood  staff  16769283 29 Oct 14:32 2016-10-29_14-32-37.70.JPG

ls -l@ shows neither the directory nor the files with any extended attributes.

copying a file from NikonTransfer to Temppix, and the new file is not visible.

Navigating to this location in Finder shows the files.

A simple photo browser iSmartPhoto shows the files.

What am I missing?


texts: Connect two bluetooth headphones for audio sharing (Music, and Movies)

texts:
I am trying to connect two Bluetooth headphones to a MacbookPro. The main purpose is to stream audio in two devices simultaneously. Is there a MacOS feature that would allow me to do this?

Also, I am not considering a Bluetooth splitter, for sound quality purposes.

Edit: Upon further researching, I found this link on Bose forum (https://community.bose.com/t5/Headphones-Archive/Share-Audio-from-MacOS-Macbook-Pro-with-two-or-more-Bluetooth/td-p/46007). Looks like, creating multi-output device may be a solution? (at this moment I am not able to test this, since I do not have more than one Bluetooth headphones). Has anyone tried it this way? Does it work?


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How exactly does Apple "register" the multimedia keys? I notice that Play/Pause, Rewind, and Fast-Forward are active Application aware. By which I mean that it will control Front Row, or iTunes, DVD Player, or Keynote, all uniquely, not at the same time if all of them are open.

How exactly is this registered? And can it be "extended" to work with other applications?

(Obviously all the rest of the function keys are of a more "global scope" and aren't really involved here.)

[edit]
I'm revisiting this question, because I've seen it come up a couple of times now that I'm discovering things like Vox.app and the like, but I'm still a bit stumped as to how the process can be so "intelligent".

If you browse to /System/Library/CoreServices/rcd.app/Contents/MacOS and run something like strings, less, vim, or any hex utility against rcd, you'll see some very interesting things. Namely, embedded/hard coded AppleScript.

To the best of my knowledge, this daemon controls the IR remotes, as well as the media keys on the keyboard. Given that some key events (Play/Pause, Fast Forward, etc.) are shared between multiple apps (iTunes, Front Row, Keynote, to name a few), I still want to know how the correct one is "chosen" to receive the event from rcd.

I assume this to mean that, in order to "extend" rcd to other apps, you would have to break codesign validation, and directly alter the binary in some scary perplexing manner.


texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut for hibernate 25 on a macbookpro retina, without changing power settings?

texts:
Question Details:

Is it possible to make your macbookpro retina (2015) to hibernate (hibernate mode 25 i.e. fully powered off) via a shortcut? I still want it to go to sleep (the usual default safesleep) when closing the lid. Put differently: I would like to achieve the same settings that I had on Windows.

Windows setting:

On my Windows (7) laptop, besides shutdown and restart, I have the option of 2 settings: sleep or hibernate. Either pressing the sleep button on my keyboard or hibernating via the start menu (by pressing the start menu, clicking the right direction button and then clicking the "Hibernate" button). Neither method requires me to close the laptop lid.

Apple Mac OS Assumption:

I am under the impression that Mac OS has the ability to hibernate just like a Windows PC - i.e. totally powered off. In order to trigger this, I must first enable this feature [sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25] and then trigger it by closing the lid. Please correct me if I'm mistaken about this. If I'm not mistaken, please see below:

Situation:

I've just started using a Macbookpro (V10.10). I like how it goes to sleep when closing the lid. However, I would like the option to hibernate via a button/keybaord shortcut. I understand I can change the hibernate mode to hibernate 25 via pmset. However, this makes the macbook go to hibernate whenever I close the lid - I don't want it to hibernate when closing the lid, rather just hibernate via a button/shortcut.


texts: My Launch Daemon doesn't work despite returning a 0 status

texts:
For some reason, the launch daemon I created will not run successfully at system boot. I have tried it as a launch agent but that also doesn't work.

This is my plist located in /Library/LaunchDaemons:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.inetmac4.status</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/bin/sh</string>
        <string>/Users/inetmac4/script/VMSTATUS/vmstatus_startup</string>
    </array>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

Interestingly, the script does run correctly if executed manually, just not through the daemon. And when running launchctl list after boot, the status for com.inetmac4.status is 0, but the script didn't appear to ever run.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've Googled but none of the solutions out there that I've found will work for me.

EDIT: It should be noted that I'm trying to run it on a Mac Pro on 10.8.5

EDIT2: And the script:

`#!/bin/bash
#cd /Users/inetmac4/
#python -m SimpleHTTPServer > ~/outfile 2> ~/errfile < /dev/null & disown
cd /Users/inetmac4/Script/VMSTATUS/
./VM.sh  > ~/outfile 2> ~/errfile < /dev/null & disown`

VM.sh:

#!/bin/sh

#  VM.sh
#
#
#  Created by INETMac4 on 9/12/13.
#
COUNTER=0

while [  1 ]; do

    perl VM_STATUS.pl
    let COUNTER=COUNTER+1
    sleep 5
done

and VM_STATUS.pl:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Data::Dumper;

#-- the same command in list context

    my @result = `prlctl list --all`;

    shift @result;
    open (VMSTATUS, '>/Users/inetmac4/Sites/index.html');
    open (USERLOG, '</Users/inetmac4/script/username_log.txt');

    my @user_log = <USERLOG>;
    my @user_log = reverse(@user_log);
    my @user_status;

    my %hash = ();
    foreach (@user_log){

        my @values = split(/\\/), $_;

        my $computer_name = $values[1];

        if (exists($hash{ $computer_name }) == 0){
            $hash{ $computer_name } = 'true';
            push(@user_status, $_);
        }

    }

    my @user_status_formatted;
    # Replaces domain name with OS type
    foreach (@user_status){
        my @values = split(/\\/), $_;

        if ($values[1] =~ /PSSTEAM-W7VPC/){
            push(@user_status_formatted, $values[0] . '\\' . "Windows 7" . '\\' . $values[2]. '\\' . $values[3])
        }
        if ($values[1] =~ /PSSTEAM-W8VPC/){
            push(@user_status_formatted, $values[0] . '\\' . "Windows 8" . '\\' . $values[2]. '\\' . $values[3])
        }
        if ($values[1] =~ /PSSTEAM-XPVPC/){
            push(@user_status_formatted, $values[0] . '\\' . "Windows XP" . '\\'. $values[2]. '\\' . $values[3])
        }

    }
    #print Dumper %hash;

    #print @result;

    foreach (@result){

        my @columns = split(/\s+/), $_;
        my $name  = $columns[3]." ".$columns[4];
        print VMSTATUS "Virtual Machine: ". ''.$name."
\n";
        print VMSTATUS "STATUS: ". $columns[1]."
\n";
        if ($name =~ 'Windows 8.1'){
            print VMSTATUS "
\n";
        }
        foreach (@user_status_formatted){
            my @values = split(/\\/), $_;

            if ($values[0] =~ 'LOGGEDOUT' && $values[1] =~ $name){
                print VMSTATUS "User: Loggedout/ No user"."\n

";
                last;
            }
            if ($values[1] =~ $name){
                print VMSTATUS "User:   " . $values[2] . "\\" . $values[3]."\n

";
            }

        }
        print VMSTATUS "
";
    }

    close (VMSTATUS);


texts:
Is there an application the creates a homescreen shortcut that sends a particular message to a specific number when pressed ?

So basically something that allows :

Add number
Add text message
Create homescreen shortcut

Now every time I click that shortcut, it sends the sms to that number directly.


texts:
I use Messages on mac to iMessage with contacts.  Seems to be about 50% of the time I'll send a message and get the red exclamation mark, then click it and it sends. The other half of the time it sends just fine.  It also seems to randomly be in sync with my phone, sometimes they are the same and at other times the mac will be like 15 messages behind and after I send a message it will catch up.

Does messages just suck this much or is there something that I might be able to do to fix it.

Note that iMessage on the iPhone/iPad seem to work just fine and stay in sync as I would expect.


texts: How do I set an animated GIF as my desktop wallpaper?

texts: How can I make my desktop wallpaper image an animated GIF?


texts: Can I read the synced iBooks books from iTunes as well?

texts:
I've noticed there is a new category in my iTunes (Books), with all the boocks I synced from the iPad.

Can I read books in iTunes on my computer as well ?

If not, there is some other way to read them, since they are stored on my mac ?

thanks


texts: Is there an iOS 13 patch to fix the WebKit exploit fixed in 14.4.2?

texts:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2021/03/26/apple-releases-ios-1442-unexpected-update-with-urgent-security-fix/
Background information: iOS 14.4.2 fixes a bad WebKit flaw that's being actively exploited.
Is there an update to fix this exploit for iOS 13?


texts: Cast to multiple Chromecasts from the same computer

texts:
Is it possible to cast either the same tab or different tabs from one mac to multiple Chromecasts on the same network? It seems like when you open another tab and try and cast that to a different Chromecast it stops casting to the first Chromecast.

The Extension is in Beta but it would be very nice to cast to multiple Chromecasts at the same time!


texts: MacBook Pro Retina Boot Camp GeForce 337.88 Driver

texts:
I have a 15" MacBook Pro Retina, Late 2013 (GeForce GT 750M) and while running Boot Camp 5.1 in Windows 7. The NVIDIA GeForce Experience taskbar icon asked me to download and install:

GeForce 337.88 Driver

Is it OK to install this driver, or should I just stick with what's installed in the Boot Camp 5.1 drivers?


texts:
My iPad 2 has an activation lock for no reason. It still remembers my home wifi network. Two problems arise from here:

The email iTune suggests doesn't seem to be the email I use for my Apple account (or Apple ID). Yes I used to use that username starts with the letter o, but I have changed the email to a Gmail one long ago. This is further confirmed in Find Your Apple ID: it can find an Apple ID for the Gmail email but with for the iCloud email.

In both emails, I forget the password. I still keep the recovery key though, but it says the key is invalid for both. Why is that? And what should I do?


texts: WPA2 Enterprise network doesn't appear in WiFi list (OSX Mavericks)

texts:
My university has two WPA2 Enterprise networks, neither of which appear in the WiFi menu in Mavericks, but they do appear on my iPhone which is next to my MacBook.

At the moment, I have to manually enter the SSID and then it finds it. Is there a way to have it show in the list along with the other networks?


texts:
I have a 128gb SSD running MacOSX, I have another 2TB spinning disk too, I have a bunch of symlinks so that ordinary directories that do not need SSD speed are put on the 2TB disk (Downloads, Desktop, etc, for example).

I have purchased a bigger and faster SSD and I would like to replace my existing SSD with this new one.

I have set it up on an external disk mount that connects via USB, and cloned my main using Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDupper, with both I could not get it to BOOT after I replaced my main disk with the bigger one inside the casing.

What am I doing wrong?
What I did:
- Partition virgin SSD with 1 full size partition using disk utility with boot GUID Partition Table.
- Use CCC or SupperDupper to clone it.
- Open up machine, replace old SSD with new SSD.
- Turn on computer.

It will always fail to boot. So I just go back to using my original SSD.


texts: OSX Mail reply with highlighted text as quote

texts:
In Mail app 7.0 on OSX 10.9, If I highlight a piece of text and then choose Message → Forward it creates a new email with the relevant text as a quote. How do I replicate this behaviour with Message → Reply?

I believe this functionality was present in an earlier version of Mail.

Edit: unchecking Preferences → Composing → Quote the text of the original message causes this behaviour. With it checked (the default setting), any highlighted text becomes the quote. However with no highlighted text the entire message I am replying to is quoted, behaviour I don't want so this is frustrating.


texts: Is there a way to disable USB C ports on my MacBook Pro 2018 for anything except charging ?


texts: I'm using iOS 10. Is there a way to rearrange the order of iMessage apps as they appear when you tap the App Store icon in Messages? Thanks in advance!


texts: "Mount" network share as a volume via SSH?

texts:
There is a remote server that I can connect to only via SSH, and storage space have been allocated for me in that server.

Is there a software that lets me "mount" a network share via SSH so that I can use it as if it is a local folder?

I strongly prefer cross-platform and Free (as in Freedom) solutions, but anything you can think of I'd love to know.

Thank you!


texts:
Is there a possibility of disabling the trash-bin for a drive and deleting files instantly?
I'm using DVD-RAM as a backup solution and trashing files is producing a lot of additional, unnecessary writes on the backup discs as the files are moved to a new location and then overwritten on delete from the trash bin.


texts: How can I get Mail.app notifications without keeping it running?

texts: I like getting Growl notifications for incoming emails in Mail.app, but I'd prefer not to have to keep Mail.app running to see them. Is there a setting or third party tool for this?


texts: Stop Safari from asking to be default browser

texts:
My default browser is currently Firefox. On those rare times when I do open Safari, it displays a message at the top of the Favorites page asking if I want to make Safari my default browser. How do I make this go away?

Edit 1: I am using High Sierra.


texts: How to recover deleted files from OS 10.5.8?

texts:
I'm not very experienced with Macs, so please pardon my mistakes. I'm assisting a coworker with a client of ours who recently let go of one of their employees, and in the resulting meeting the person deleted all their documents & threw the laptop onto the floor, cracking the screen and likely damaging the hard drive.

The Mac appears to boot normally, and boots into a profile like normal, but we have no documents of any kind to access. My worker tried MacKeeper, but after running for over a day it crashed. Edit: MacKeeper disappeared because my coworker uninstalled it & deleted it, so I removed this part of the paragraph.

In any case, for Mac OS all I'm seeing for data recovery is paid software. I was hoping to be able to inspect the file system and/or attempt recovery in Parted Magic, or run TestDisk/PhotoRec on it, but I cannot boot to Hiren's on this computer (which doesn't surprise me). Is there a Mac equivalent to Hiren's I could look into?


texts: Do the wi-fi communications from Mac to Mac travel through the access point?

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Let’s put two Macs MAC1 and MAC2 on the same table. They are connected to the same AirPort (wi-fi) network. They are connected to the access point AP, which is far away, at 10 meters.

The Macs are not in an ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) network.

Now, let’s send a file from MAC1 to MAC2.

Will the communications go until the access point AP and back ? Or will the waves take the short way between MAC1 and MAC2 ?


texts: How to fix the time display at the top of the screen flashing?

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Sometimes when I unlock my iPhone 6s 64Gb with iOS 9.2 the time display at the top of the screen flashes or the whole display at the top of the screen (signal strength time and battery) takes a second to appear. This seems to happen only after not using the phone for more than 30 seconds. Ex. I put the phone on standby, unlock it one minute later. It also seems to happen more often when I use the fingerprint scanner to unlock it, not as much when I enter my passcode, and when I unlock the phone quickly like unlocking from standby with a fingerprint rather than waking the phone up first and then unlocking it. Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone know how to fix it, or is it just a minor bug that will be fixed in 9.3?
-Thanks


texts: A relative of mine got an iPad about a year ago and has not updated it until November after he asked me to help him with the update. We had updated it to the most recent iOS possible at that time using his apple account. Later, after the update was completed, he asked me to show him the iCloud. I logged in using my Apple ID to show him exactly what it is and now apparently his iPad is locked for 90 days. Has anyone heard  of anything similar? Is there a fix?


texts: Wrong (generic) Mac dock application icon

texts: I have the following problem since upgrading to OS X 10.13.1 High Sierra on MBP 2017.  A generic icon is shown for nearly all my apps. See the image below. Does anyone know how to fix this and get the applications icons back?


texts: how to move the 'New MacVim Buffer Here' menu into the main context menu?

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If I right click on a file, I can open the file by clicking Services and then New MacVim Buffer Here:

However, this is a bit cumbersome.

How can I move the New MacVim Buffer Here menu action to be at the same level as the Service menu action?


texts: How to display labels on bubble chart, Numbers (v3.2)

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I want to display the label of each bubble on a bubble chart in numbers. How do you do this? I want either a truncated "description" or the 3-digit NAICS to be the label of the bubble.

Here's an example of what I'd like (Google Docs).

Here's my dataset in Numbers.

I'd appreciate any help!


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I have an iPhone 4 with a broken power button. Today it suddenly went black even though there was more than enough battery left and won't respond when I hit the home button or try to charge it in an outlet or in the computer.

This has happened once before, but it was an easy fix when I could just hold the power and home button in for several seconds, but now I can't do that because the power button is jammed.

Does anyone know of another way to turn the iPhone on again without using the powerbutton or charging it?


texts: Changes in macOS Calendar to my default alert, will not stick

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This has been plaguing me for months and I can't figure out what's causing it.

I use calendar and alerts to remind me of many things I need to do throughout the day.  Normally I have my default alert set as 1 hour, but I have some things that I don't need a 1-hour early alert on, I just want to be notified at the time of the event and maybe 5 minutes before.

So I go into my repeating event in Calendar on either my iMac or my Macbook, and change the default alert to "At time of event", and I have one other alert at say 5 or 10 minutes early.  It asks me if I want to apply to future events which of course I say yes, and everything looks fine.  I can quit & relaunch Calendar, everything reflects correctly.

Then suddenly the next day when the appointed time comes, I get an alert 1 hour ahead of time.  Wondering wtf is going on, I open Calendar and look at the alert.  Sure enough... it's back to my default alert being 1 hour early.  I check yesterday's appointment and it, too, is set to 1 hour early.  All occurrences are.  It's as if I never made the change.

How can I get these alert changes I make, to stick?

EDIT:  To make things stranger... on my iMac yesterday, I deleted the offending event and created it from scratch, with only the two desired alerts.  It has appeared to behave fine, as today it is not alerting me an hour ahead of time like it was before.

But, on my MacBook... that very same new calendar event appears due to iCloud, but it does show the 1-hour early alert in addition to the two alerts I actually set, and is alerting me an hour early.  My iPhone SE is also alerting me an hour early.  I have logged completely out of iCloud on my MacBook and back in, and rebooted, and the MacBook calendar still shows the incorrect extra alert.  I'm stumped.  Seems like some kind of strange iCloud issue but I can't figure out what.

Now for an extra sanity check, on my iMac just now I logged out of iCloud and back in, and sure enough... my calendar event now has that pesky extra "default" alert at one hour early.  What the heck is going on here?


texts: Is there any software that allows you to four finger swipe up and down (y axis), as opposed to just side to side (x axis)?

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Having used my MacBook Pro today for the first time in a while, I found myself wondering if there's a way to change the four swipe screen switch behaviour so that instead of simply being able to switch screens left to right, you could also switch 'up and down'.
This reminds me in principle of a Linux 'mod' I recall using back in the day that would allow you to switch into 'virtual' desktops as if each one was the face of a cube.
I have tried searching on Google but haven't come across anything yet.
Thanks in advance.


texts: Continue screen recording even after screen turns off

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I was screen recording with my iPad Pro and in the middle of it, I accidentally turned off my screen. I finished what I was doing and wanted to stop the screen recording but to my surprise it was already off.
I checked the resulting video and I only recorded up to the time I accidentally turned off my screen.
Is there a way for me to instruct the screen recorder to continue recording even when the screen is off?


texts: Use a macbook pro 15 touchbar without display + integrated body

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I have a 2016 MacBook Pro Touchbar but the LCD is badly damaged.
I thought about removing the entire upper shell.
I have an external portable usb-c monitor. Is it possible after
disassembling the body together with the display to use the Macbook easily via the external monitor without necessarily connecting the power supply.
I have read several people complaining that the Macbook will not turn on, or for the installation of an update it is mandatory that the original monitor is installed.
Any assistance welcome.


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I am attempting to clone a 120gb Mac disk to a new 500gb hard disk. The hard disk has previously been used as an external disk on a PC, but has been reinitialised for Mac. However, it seems that no matter what method I use to clone (tried SuperDuper, CCC and Disk Utility), it seems as if the system thinks the disk is in the wrong format.

To test the 500gb disk, I put a clean install of Snow Leopard on it, and successfully booted another MacBook from it. At this point, I figured I had successfully ensured it would then be seen as a Mac disk when I cloned to it - but it wasn't. The software either doesn't see it at all or thinks it's formatted in Microsoft FAT32 format.

How can I fix this?

This from Disk Utility's log:

2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000: Preparing to partition disk: “WDC WD50 00BPKT-00PK4T0 Media”
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:  Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:  1 volume will be created
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:  Partition 1
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:      Name       : “Macintosh HD - new”
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:      Size       : 465.8 GB
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:      Filesystem : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000:
2012-10-28 11:13:26 +0000: Creating partition map.
2012-10-28 11:13:29 +0000: Formatting disk1s2 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name Macintosh HD - new.
2012-10-28 11:13:39 +0000: Partition complete.
2012-10-28 11:13:39 +0000:
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2012-10-28 17:25:50 +0000: Disk Utility started.
2012-10-28 17:26:57 +0000: Verifying volume “disk1s1” Starting verification tool:  2012-10-28 17:26:57 +0000
2012-10-28 17:26:57 +0000: Verify volume failed: Unrecognized Filesystem.

And this is what Disk Utility now reports:

Disk Description :  WDC WD50 00BPKT-00PK4T0 Media   Total Capacity :    465.8 GB (500,107,862,016 Bytes)
Connection Bus :    USB Write Status :  Read/Write
Connection Type :   External    S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
USB Serial Number : 000001D91811    Partition Map Scheme :  Master Boot Record


texts: How to wake up MacBook Pro with external display with lid closed?

texts: Mouse or keyboard activity does not wake up the computer. Is there a way to do this without opening the lid?