texts: Attach unique attachment to email using apple script to send email to different users

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I'm new to apple script:
Does anyone have an example of using an AppleScript to send individual emails with unique attachments for each email using an excel list? (Lots of examples out there sending emails with an attachment, but no one seems to have done it with different attachments for each mail???)
Basically
I have an email list in excel which holds all email addresses and file names
and
a Folder with each excel file in it.
I want to send the email to user in email list and attach file to email and on a loop until complete. Each person should receive the same email but will have different file attached.
Can someone provide example please?


texts: Hyperlinked iOS mail signature, any ideas?

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I am a support technician for a school district. I've found it helpful to have links in my email signature to our helpdesk form, staff directory, HowTo documents, etc. Using meaning titles as opposed to raw URLs...  For the sake of cosistancey, I'd like to be able to have the same/similar signature on my iPad as I do in outlook.

On the iPad, i've attempted to embed HTML but after testing it all I receive in an email is the uninterpereted code, not a nice clickable link.  I've google around and looked in the app store and haven't been able to find a solution or someone saying that this isn't possible.

My last attempt a googling a found this for OSX's mail app and it gives me alittle hope that what I want may be possible.

http://allforces.com/2006/04/14/css-signatures/

Any help would be appreciated!


texts: Importing Linux and Windows Dual Boot from Parallels

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I am looking at triple booting my Mac soon with macOS, Linux and Windows. I also want Linux and Windows available as a virtual machine. At the moment, I have Windows dual booted and have imported it into parallels.

I will be formatting my hard drive soon and reinstall macOS on it. I will then install Linux and Windows, while using rEFInd to boot to Linux. The question is, does Parallels import only work with Windows installed via bootcamp or can it work with a triple boot system?


texts: Can I remove a second install of Mac OS X?

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I had to get the logic board and HDD replaced on my Unibody MBP, before I sent it back to Apple, I took a DMG copy of my hard drive thinking I could just remount it once I got my MBP back.

When I got it back it had a blank Snow Leopard install, when I tried to restore the backup that I took, I had to create a new partition and mount the DMG to that. So now I've got 2 Mac OS X installs on the MBP.

I changed the default boot partition to my old install so I can use the MBP as it was but I want to put it back to its default behaviour.

Can I just use Time Machine to backup my old Mac OS X install and restore that on the blank Mac OS X install I got when Apple sent my MBP back?

What happens to the second partition I created? Can that be removed?


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My complete setup is: Brother CDP-7065DN attached to iMac (Mojave, 10.14.6), shared to PC Windows 10.

Now that I have upgraded to Windows 10 I can't get the printer to print in landscape mode. I've created the rule for port 5353, I've made sure both the printer and even default is on landscape, and still no success! How can I fix this?


texts: How to completely Disable Cmd + [Num] in Safari?

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I want to disable the the ⌘ [Number] shortcuts in Safari to prevent losing content when I accidentally click it.

I’ve followed the method in this answer. I’ve changed the shortcut for Apple to ⌥  ⇧ ⌘ F10 But whenever I press ⌘ 1 in Safari, it still opens the Apple homepage.

I make sure that Safari » Bookmarks » Apple menu item is labeled with ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ F10, not ⌘ 1.

I’m using OS X 10.9.4 and Safari 7.0.5


texts: Apple Mail crashed and I rebuilt the database. It now works but my mailboxes are missing. How can missing mailboxes be restored?


texts: How can I configure the items shown on the Touch Bar Control Strip when the display is locked?

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I know I can configure the Touch Bar Control Strip in System Preferences, but how do I configure the items shown when the screen is locked?

In particular, I would like to configure it so that the previous/play-pause/next and mute/volume down/volume up keys remain in the same position regardless of whether the screen is locked or not.


texts: How can I see the system status during boot?

texts: I would like to monitor the messages generated when I boot my Mac, similar to what you on a *nix box. Is there key-combo to press/hold that will let me do this?


texts: Built-in Webcam working only in 1 app and not in others (15'' MBP, non-retina, mid 2012)

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I have a MBP 15'' (late 2012; bought in June 2013) and I've noticed that the built-in Webcam doesn't work - except with Cisco WebMeeting!!

I had recently opened the laptop to change the HD, so I thought I had touched the camera connection, or something -- but then I found the camera works in one app!!

The issues:

Trying to use the WebCam to get pictures/video from any of the "usual" suspects says "there is no built-in camera available".
I've tried with may applications:

Snag-It ("Capture -> New Image Capture -> Webcam"): The app goes into "capture" mode but nothing happens
Evernote (File -> New FaceTime Camera Note): I get a Black "preview" screen that says "Evernote Couldn't find a Webcam"
FaceTime: I get a black window with a "crossed out" icon of a camera
PhotoBooth: A different window, with the same crossed out icon, and a message "there is no connected camera":

Checking in System Information, I can see the camera listed so it's not a "hardware not connected" problem:

So imagine my shock when mucking about in a Webex, I noticed the "camera" icon and I clicked it, thinking that it wouldn't work, and the result was:

(I've blurred my ugly mug in the picture to protect the sensibility of innocent bystanders!)

So, any hints of what might be the issue??


texts: Do packets routed to another interface using `pf`'s `route-to` option on macOS actually pass the given interface?

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Do packets routed to another interface using pf's route-to option on macOS actually pass the given interface?

I've read that pf's firewall rules only applies to packets that (physically) pass the given interface. Thus, rules for a gateway's external interface will not apply to packets entering on the local interface and destined for the external interface, since the TCP/IP stack handles such packets internally.

Thus, do packets that are route-to (filter rule) another interface on the gateway pass that interface, so that the interface's rules will apply to the packet?

Here is the documentation from the OSX man page:

 route-to
       The route-to option routes the packet to the specified interface with an optional address for the next hop.  When a route-to rule creates state, only packets that pass in the same direction as the filter
       rule specifies will be routed in this way.  Packets passing in the opposite direction (replies) are not affected and are routed normally.


texts: Is there a way to get reminders on iPhone to persist until they're checked?

texts: I find reminders pretty useless because once you're reminded once it doesn't remind you ever again, even if you haven't completed the task yet. It would actually be useful if every time I looked at my phone it displayed the reminder until I completed it.


texts: Where does the sudo .bashrc file reside?

texts: Where doe the sudo .bashrc file reside? I'd like to add some things to it.


texts: MIssing setting to go back to traditional mouse scroll

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With OSX Lion, scroll directions have been reversed and I'm looking to get back to the old behavior. On my laptop there is a setting in System Preferences under Mouse to get it back to the way it was.

On my desktop this setting is missing!

Is there another way I can get it so that the scrolling is back to the way it was on all computers pre-Lion?


texts: How do I disable "Enable Autofill using Contacts..."?

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I get this notification on forms in Google Chrome. What is prompting it and how do I turn it off?

I searched through Chrome's settings but the only part that appeared to be relevant was unchecked:

So I'm thinking this might be a system setting, even though it has only appeared recently?


texts: Accidentally ran command to erase volume with "no format", how can I get it back?

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I accidentally ran this command and now I am missing 100gb of space, how can I get it back? All help appreciated!!

diskutil eraseVolume free %noformat% disk0s2

Terminal gives this diskutil info:

And this corestorage info:

Partitioning will only allow me to change the 68gb and not the full 250gb.


texts: Where can I find this green nature iPad mini wallpaper used in Apple's advert?

texts: Can somebody help me find this wallpaper in high resolution? (image taken from http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/).


texts: Files Greyed out in Finder - Potential extended attributes issue?

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I am having a rather strange issue with some image files I have on a local file server. I have spent a while trying to figure it out, to no avail. Hopefully someone on here can offer some assistance.

Recently, after I import image files from my camera, they appear greyed out in my finder window, and I cannot open them or copy them. Terminal sees them just fine, and I can operate on them without issue. If I copy the files to a new directory after clearing the xattrs, they work just fine. This is somewhat of a pain, and does take time for large amounts of files, so I'd like to avoid this if possible. I have seem some people suggest that the xattrs are at fault with similar issues, so I first checked that out. There are indeed extended attributes on the affected files, notably com.apple.FinderInfo. If I either delete com.apple.FinderInfo, or completely remove xattrs with:
xattr -c *
the files are no longer greyed out and are accessible again.

The crux of the issue is that after some time (about 15 secs or so), Finder regenerates the com.apple.FinderInfo xattr, and the files are greyed out and inaccessible again.

Some potentially helpful notes I've compiled:

Before being greyed out, the date modified shows correctly as Today
After being greyed out, the date modified (in Finder) shows as
January 24, 1984
Interestingly, even after being greyed out, the date modified from
a GetFileInfo command shows correctly as Today, even though it shows at 1984 in Finder
Performing a touch on the greyed out file doesn't change the incorrect Date Modified in the Finder window
Performing mdls on either the parent folder or the greyed out file shows one interesting field: kMDItemFSCreationDate      = 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
If I copy the affected folder from within Terminal while the files are greyed out, the problem persists in the new folder; If I copy the folder after deleting the xattrs without giving com.apple.FinderInfo a chance to regenerate, the new files don't seem to have com.apple.FinderInfo regenerate, and are able to be opened and copied just fine
For some reason, I can't seem to update permissions on the affected files. After a sudo chmod a+rwx * I still get this permissions string from ls: -rwx------@
The files are stored on a smb share from a local networked server running ZFS on FreeNAS 9.2.1.8; I believe I first encountered this issue sometime after updating the FreeNAS version, but I can't be sure whether or not that caused it, as I'm sure other software on my computer changed during that period as well.
At some point in the past I changed some Finder preferences to disable .DS_Store creation on network shares, as there is no .DS_Store file generated in these directories

Any help on this issue would be much appreciated, as it's starting to drive me a little crazy. Thanks in advance!


texts: What does macOS consider "enough space"?

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In iCloud preferences, there's an option called "Optimize Mac Storage" which says, "The full contents of iCloud Drive will be stored on this Mac if there's enough space."
Just what does "enough space" mean? At what point will the Mac start offloading things to iCloud?


texts: Setting up gmail in Mavericks - A connection error occurred

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I am trying to setup gmail on a clean install of Mavericks 10.9.5. The Gmail settings like enabling IMAP etc are all set.
So now I am ready to add a new account in my mac, by going in System Preferences -> Internet Accounts and click to add a new Google Account.

Entering the email address and password and clicking the ok button, I am getting immediately an error message in red: "A connection error occurred".

I am trying the same directly in Mail app, still the same.
There is no 2step verification and all security settings in Google account are setup so the connection should work. I have also unblock access via the Google Unlock Captcha. But yet I am not able to create my account.

Also, if I try to use a wrong password or username, it immediately tells me that my credentials are wrong, so it seems like there is a communication with Google, but something goes wrong with the Auto-creation of a Google account.


texts: Requesting Reliable Clipboard Application w/ History?

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I've searched the more-recent threads and cannot seem to find a solid option. Does anyone have a good clipboard app with history that doesn't screw up the clipboard and require a restart? Alfred and Quicksilver sometimes do a decent job. I do not have the pro pack for alfred, btw, but I have used quicksilver for 15+ years and don't want to buy alfred for one purpose if everything else is solid with quicksilver. If it becomes the only option, then I might have to.

on top of several that I've previously deleted, of those still in my apps folder, I have tried:

clipbuddy
clipmenu
clips
copyclip
copyless 2
corkboard
flycut
iclip
isnip

my main problem experienced with most of these in recent months especially, is that images don't get held in them, nor do they actually get accepted into my system's clipboard either. for example, I very often take screen captures of portions of my screen or just one window only to the clipboard so I can paste it elsewhere. now, most of the time they don't appear in my clipboard. too often, the last image I copied prior (usually a lasso portion from either preview or photoshop or affinity photo) will get "stuck" in my clipboard. it's gotten to the point where I've removed all the third-party managers and might try to work with quicksilver, but something that has a dedicated interface would be ideal. I think $30+ for the alfred powerpack just to test if it'll work properly is a bit steep. I don't mind paying for good software, but there's only one feature I need and I cannot tell if it'll work now or continue to later. any recommendations MUST work with both text and images or lasso segments of images that have been copied, or at least allow the main clipboard to still properly handle those images outside of the clipboard manager app.

I'm not sure if it'll matter with your suggestions, but it should be known that because of a few legacy apps, I won't be going past 10.14.x for the foreseeable future. I don't know if it's an issue based on 10.14 as I don't recall the apps having issues like the one I have now long ago, just that I didn't like the interface of most of them.


texts: iTunes: how can display multiple versions of a movie in SD and 1080p/720p HD as one movie?

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I want to store the same movie in multiple quality levels. I have 3 files (360p, 720p and 1080p).

Obviously having the same movie multiple times in iTunes it not acceptable. I can't fill my library with duplicates.

How should I proceed to make iTunes display the 3 files as one movie? Currently I have 3 movies in iTunes.

I saw a way (adding (HD) to the name of the file) but it doesn't seems to be enough. Adding the HD tag as in this answer doesn't help either.


texts: How to Partition hard Drive + install previous OS (10.7.2) on one, while leaving 10.8.4 on other

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I am having to do this to make my Presonus Firewire 26x26 work since they do not have updated drivers past 10.7

Bought the Macbook Pro in 2009 - it came with Snow Leapord. Hard Drive started to fail about 7 months ago so i had it replaced and the new OS that was installed don it is 10.8.4

i followed these instructions to a T:

http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/os-x/how-to-and-why-you-might-want-to-partition-your-macs-hard-drive/

BUT>>>the weird thing is - it did SEEM to Partition the drive into 2. I named the new one. It shows / recognizes that it did it in the disk utility window where you make that all happen........BUT.......is DOSE NOT show / get recognized in STARTUP DISK, WHEN BOOTING up the Computer, or when i attempt to install the older OS (10.7.2) onto the new partition.

I also tried installing the older OS via a DVD.......nope!

Weird thing : in the FINDER Side Bar it shows up as a DEVICE????? why???

AND : when i click on "install MAc OS X Lion" it says ""This version of Mac OS X is too new to run “Install Mac OS X” from Mac OS X 10.7.""

Please - Any help figuring this out would be much appreciated and super props to the internet computer that can help me with this! If you in Portland OR and can help resolve this ill buy ya a drink! I can not use studio software until .....Thank


texts: My Macbook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) came preinstalled with Mavericks. Can I have Yosemite safely installed next to it on the same machine? If so, how?


texts: How to identify 32bit applications on macOS without running each one?

texts: With macOS 10.13.4 Apple will start to show a warning if a 32bit application is started, and it is assumed that with 10.14 32bit applications will not run at all. Starting each application to see whether it is 32bit might be cumbersome, so if I want to prepare for the migration early how can I easily (via GUI or Terminal) assemble a list of all 32bit applications on my system?


texts: Cannot create symbolic link inside different folder

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I use

ln -sF "./Explore" "testExplore"

to create a link to folder Explore in the current directory. And it works. If I click on testExplore I see the content of Explore.

However I want to create a link to Explore at "folder/testExplore"

    ln -sF "./Explore" "./folder/testExplore"

does create the link in the correct folder, but it does not show the contents of the linked folder. what am I missing here?


texts: Is there a way to prevent apps from staying in Dock after quitting?

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Certain OSX apps seem to have a tendency to stick around in the Dock, even though there's no user-facing setting to prevent this behavior. Is there a defaults command that prevents apps from enabling "Keep in Dock?"

I know about defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array (intentionally empty), but this has to be run manually, and repeatedly. Any ideas?


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How would I construct the bash equivalent of this command?

netsh -c interface ipv4 add neighbors "Wi-Fi" "10.0.1.1" "b8:8d:12:57:2d:50" store=persistent

Thanks!


texts: I know how to make a .dmg file but I do not know how developers (Mostly games) create a window where there is the software file and sometimes theres a readme file. When I create, It shows just a normal finder window not like with custom background or where you can drag the folder anywhere on the finder window. How am I suppose to make that? I making a game and I really want to make it.


texts:
Can someone please describe the changes made to Terminal.app in El Capitan? I've just noticed that mouse events started working in Tmux, which is awesome!

I had the following set in my tmux.conf:

setw -g mode-mouse on
set -g mouse-select-pane on
set -g mouse-resize-pane on
set -g mouse-select-window on

which did not work because Terminal prior to OS X 10.11 did not pass mouse events to underlying processes. Now it wonderfully works. What other changes are included in new Terminal?


texts:
My default search engine is google, but when i search it goes to yahoo. I tried the extensions solutions but i don't have any extensions. what should I do?

send help.


texts: How can I permanently disable App Store notifications in Big Sur?

texts: I found it impossible to disable update notifications for apps - notifcation centre does not provide App Store option, disabling "automatically check for updates" only disables checking for OSX updates. Is there something I'm missing or is there a way to solve it in the terminal?


texts: See resolutions and supported refresh rate of connected screen

texts: Is it possible to select a specific resolution and refresh rate on os x el capitan? I attached a screenshot of paying software which gives you the possibility to do this


texts: What redundant, on-site, low-downtime backup strategies exist for servers?

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I'm helping manage a OSX snow leopard server for a small company and one of the first things we did was setup time machine to get backups going.  However, having at least one more of the copy of the data seems prudent. It's starting to keep me up at night.

The thing we like about time machine is that it's so hands free and doesn't interfere.  I realize that we could shut down the server every week and do a full clone of the drive but I'm hoping for something much simpler and without any downtime.

Can anyone recommend simple to manage and cost effective strategies for redundant backups of OSX systems? In our case since we are really bandwidth constrained (low throughput + high cost), online backup isn't a practical solution.  Was hoping for a solution to automatically get the data to another drive located somewhere else within the building.


texts: How to add BlockComment extension for Xcode 11?

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I'm new at the excode editor. I want to be able to add block comments (/*
 */), so I found an extension.

But I can't seem to be able to add it to xcode.

Everything leads me to Xcode -> Preferences -> Extensions but there's nothing there!

Elsewhere, apparently BlockComment should be in the Key Binding section, but it isn't.

Some other research says that I should see BlockComment in the editor drop-down menu and that's not there.

Can this be done?


texts: How can I gain screen share/ssh access to a G5 connected by ethernet to a Mac Mini on my wireless Airport Extreme Network from my MacBook Pro?

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Ok, so the scenario is this:

I have a G5 Quad (running Leopard) with no wireless card.
The G5 is connected by ethernet to a Mac-Mini (running Lion), which is picking up my AirPort Extreme network over WiFi. The Mac-Mini shares it's internet connection over ethernet to the G5 enabling it to connect to the internet perfectly. I can also screen share or ssh into the G5 from the Mac-Mini without any problems.

Now comes the trouble:

I have a MacBook Pro (running Lion) which also connects to the same WiFi network as the Mac-Mini. I can see (and connect to) the Mac-Mini from the MBP without trouble, but I cannot see or connect to the G5 from the MBP. How can I configure this so that I can ssh or screen share the G5 from my MBP?

IPs and subnets of machines:

Mac-Mini
IP: 10.0.0.9
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

MBP
IP: 10.0.0.4
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

G5
IP: 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0


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I have a 2009 Mac Pro (4,1) that has had the "unofficial" 5,1 firmware update applied (to enable additional CPU support), CPUs upgraded to dual 3.46 GHz 6-core Xeons and GPU replaced with an AMD Radeon R9 280x flashed for Mac. It's running Yosemite 10.10.3. The graphics card uses the AMD drivers that ship with OS X.

I am having graphical glitches - a couple of different ones, but this is the one that's bugging me the most right now. (Link is to a screen recording made with QuickTime Player.)

The system upgrades mentioned above happened in February, and I have only noticed this issue within the last month-ish, so I don't think they are related. I did notice this issue before upgrading OS X from 10.10.2 to .3, so I don't think that's related either.

It only appears to happen in Chrome, although oddly, one of the glitches that happens (not caught in the video, sadly) is a black rectangle appearing over the middle of the menu bar, outside of Chrome's window - but only when Chrome is in the foreground. Switching to any other application when that happens causes the black box to disappear instantly. Another manifestation places a gray rectangle over the middle of the tab bar. Clicking on a couple tabs usually makes it disappear, as does, again, switching applications.

I found what may be a related bug in the Chromium bug tracker, but I am not seeing the extensive corruption/glitches shown in the screenshot attached to the bug (maybe I'm lucky?!?), nor am I seeing any issues in webpages themselves, only the tab bar, address bar and bookmark bar. I did add comments on that bug though.

I was using Chrome beta (stable version + 1 basically) but have reverted to Chrome v42.0.2311.135 stable and am experiencing the same problems. I have disabled all extensions and Chrome hardware acceleration and the problem persists.

Any ideas?


texts: Why does Java SE 6 Web Start (javaws) not find the JRE with Apple's Java for OS X 2012-006 on Mountain Lion?

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In brief
The JRE is installed but javaws can not find the JRE.
What can I do on the command line to re-enable the web plugin for Apple's Java 6 in Chrome or Safari?
I want to avoid Java 7. (We're awaiting Java 8.)
Detail
I have a fresh upgrade of Mountain Lion (10.8.2). I have installed JDK V6 from Apple (Java for OS X 2012-006). Now:

all of my Java apps run fine
the Internet plug-in no longer works in Chrome or Safari.

javaws at the command line reports:

No JRE present

When a web applet is clicked:

the operating system directs me to install a JRE
the link goes nowhere because the JRE is already installed.

 History

Upgraded to Mountain Lion
Forced JRE install through java -version method.  "Successful"
All Java applications work as before (ide/dbms/email/etc)
Tried to launch a java applet in Chrome (or Safari)
Message in the applet area "Missing Plugin =>".  click it
Error that the 'JRE is not installed, click ok to open page...'.
Click [OK] but no page opens. Assume this is because the JRE is actually already installed.
Try from command line (/usr/bin/javaws):

When I try /usr/bin/javaws from the command line I get this output, plus the standard install-a-jre popup.
[~] /usr/bin/javaws  (or just [~] javaws)
No Java runtime present, requesting install.
Unable to locate a Java Runtime to invoke.

– but the JRE is present –
[~] /usr/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_37"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)

– Java apps do run.
Java executables
[~] ll -s /usr/bin/java*
/usr/bin/java@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java
/usr/bin/javac@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javac
/usr/bin/javadoc@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javadoc
/usr/bin/javah@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javah
/usr/bin/javap@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javap
/usr/bin/javaws@ -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/javaws

I heard that it may be possible to install the Java 7 JDK (including a JRE) to regain preferences and enable switching.  If that is the only course of action I will do it, but I would much prefer JAVA_HOME to work properly with Java 6 without Java 7.
Apple's Java Preferences utility is no longer applicable – Apple's most recent update for Java for OS X removes the utility.


texts: Are there any non-Apple multi-touch trackpads on the market?

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I love the Apple trackpad with its multi-touch gestures. I want to buy a MacBook Pro primarily because of this. I am a student though and it seems to be very expensive for me. Hence I was wondering if any other company except for Apple provides a trackpad, or is it only available on Apple devices?

Also if this is the case then is there a software that can be used to mimic the Apple trackpad on an ordinary laptop? I am using Synaptic but is not the same. I know that software support and hardware support (which Apple provides) provides different user experience with the latter being more adroit, but what is the best I can get?

i want a hardware and software package. Are there any drivers in windows that will understand the trackpad movements?


texts: Where is `defaults -currentHost write domain key value` written to?

texts:
When I use defaults write domain key value the information is written to ~/Library/Preferences/domain.plist.

When I use the -currentHost flag, it has a higher priority then when I just use defaults without a specified host.

But where is the value actually written to? It is consistent between system startups, so it must be somewhere on the disk...


texts: Generating cross-platform eBooks on a Mac?

texts:
I would like to produce an electronic textbook for distribution to my students. Ideally, this would have some of the interactive features like those available in iBooks Author, but I think the book will need to be compatible on Windows and Linux as well; I don't necessarily want a Kindle or Nook-compatible book, as I'm positive that won't support the interactive features and animations I'd like to include.

Are there any solutions that will allow me to create and publish such a book? It's not necessary to distribute it via an eBook store, and I would prefer a solution that didn't involve continual subscription fees (such as Adobe Creative Cloud/Digital Publishing Suite). Or do I just need to make different versions for the different platforms, with varying levels of features on each? (Less desirable, but possible.)


texts: Is there a way to find the timestamp of a photo in an iPhone4, without syncing with a computer?

texts: Is there any way of figuring out when a photo on my iPhone4 has been taken, without first importing the photo to a Mac or PC?


texts: Removing thousands of group folders from Contacts

texts: I have thousands of "Group" folders in my Apple Contacts, something went haywire in a sync years ago.  No way to get them out other than 1 by 1. Any suggestions?


texts: How to fix this OS X Dock Tooltip encoding problem?

texts:
I'm running Lion in French and have had the following bug in my Dock for the last couple of weeks. It doesn't go away if I reboot or kill the Dock.

Have you ever seen something like that before?


texts: How to find specific IP address within LAN?

texts:
With the setup I used to have I was able to control the home-domotica system via the wireless network of the time-capsule (app iPhone).

10.0.1.152

However today I had to move the time-capsule to it's permanent place.
This meant a change in the setup.

Where it used to be that the time-capsule and the domotica system were plugged-in in the same switch there is now a second switch involved.

Internet

|

Router

|

Switch - Domotica system

|

Switch - time-capsule

Now this has of course an influence on all. Yet I cannot find out the IP address the app should contact.

arp -a Gave me a list. Initially I got 9 hits. But none of them work.

A nasty side-effect is that I cannot access some of the lights anymore....
Need to find a way to access the correct address through 2 switches...


texts: Where May I (legally) get a Mac OS X .iso File to Virtualize OS X?

texts: I want to virtualize a Mac (the latest, 10.9) on my Mac (MacBook Air). I prefer to use VirtualBox. After setting up the OS X guest, I need to provide a .iso file from which VirtualBox will install OS X. Where can I (legally) get such a .iso file? My Mac didn't come with installation media so I can't just create one from a disc.


texts: std::fstream and OSX - Why can I not load a file with my raw executable?

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I have a C++ project in XCode which uses std::fstream to work with a default text file.
I haven't specified a relative path so I expect that the file will need to be emplaced in the same directory as the executable (As in Windows). This would be my preferred method for now also.
The tricky part is that When I run the project from Xcode, I get the behaviour I expect - the text file is loaded and read. However if I run the executable from finder, I get nothing (Good Day Sir!).

This is the directory pointed to by Xcode under "Products" which takes me to the executable.
Has anyone experienced this behaviour before or know why this might be happening?


texts: Do apps like GeekTool cause performance degradation?

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I started recently using GeekTool and I used some Geeklets for weather, date, and time, things that I had to let it refresh every two or three seconds.

Here is a screenshot of my desktop

I know (but I'm not sure) that this might cause the computer to run slower, but I would like to know if really does cause performance degradation on my Mac?


texts: How to prevent iTunes/QuickTime Player playing both the main (5.1 AC-3) and backup (2.0 AAC) audio tracks at the same time?

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I have created for myself a build script to automatically import films into iTunes, making sure that they have compatible audio/video tracks. This generally means that if the input video track isn't H.264, it's converted to it, and if the input audio track isn't DTS, AC-3 or AAC, it's converted to a 2-channel AAC track.

In the special case that the input video's audio track is DTS, AC-3 or multichannel AAC, then a second, 2-channel AAC track is added for compatible with iDevices and my Apple TV 3 (which isn't connected to a device which can decode DTS or AC-3).

Generally this works well, except that if I play the resulting video on my Mac via iTunes or QuickTime Player, they play both audio tracks at the same time, and there doesn't seem to be an option to switch between them. Making them different languages via metadata works, but I'd rather have them both correct.

I use ffmpeg to do the necessary format conversions and AtomicParsley to set the iTunes-compatible metadata. I then use a custom AppleScript to import the resulting file and set the media kind to 'Movie' or 'TV Show' (since iTunes always seems to ignore the metadata set in the file and sets it to 'Home Video').

How can I create the video file with the preserved high-quality audio track and the backup 2-channel AAC, and get iTunes and QuickTime Player to play only the best-quality track they can (ideally in a way which can be automated)? I've noticed that films from the iTunes store include several audio streams, but iTunes never plays them simultaneously.

Update: Looks like at some point recently iPhones and iPads were updated to include an AC-3 decoder, and so are also playing both audio tracks simultaneously. I wouldn't even bother with the AAC stream if not for the Apple TV (pre 4)!


texts: 2015 Macbook Won't Turn On - Shows no sign of life

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I recently bought a 2015 Macbook from a friend, and after only a day of use, it won't turn on...

I shut down the Macbook with around 15% charge left on it, so initially I thought this to be a lack-of-charge issue, however I've had it plugged in for over 8 hours and still it doesn't turn on.

I've tried the Shift+Control+Power 10 second restart, along with the CMD+R+Power reset, but no signs of life.

The trackpad clicker doesn't click, and the caps lock button doesn't light up. The problem with this 'modern mac' is that it has no moving parts, so you can't hear it turn on!

Is there anything I can try before I take it into the Apple store?

Thanks


texts: How to add Time Capsule to neighbor's über fast network

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I wish to add my Time Capsule to my neighbor's über fast network. I have their permission and WiFi password. But their router is non-Apple.

What are my options? One is an ethernet connection to their router with my Time Capsule and configure as a roaming network.

Are there other options that would allow me to physically keep the Time Capsule in my house?


texts: I created some text "shortcuts" (well..not very short) in Keyboard. For example, when I type \alpha I get α, and if I type \sigma I get σ. While this works in almost everything on my computer, it doesn't work in Microsoft Office (e.g., Word and PowerPoint). I wonder if there is a way to make these shortcuts also work in MS Office. Thanks!


texts: How to get Pages to automatically save documents as .docx files

texts: Is there a way to get Pages to automatically save documents as .docx (Word) files? How do you do it? I'm wondering because I do not have access to Microsoft Word and this is the preferred format for what I'm doing


texts: What is the proper 3rd party cable type for fastest charging and data transfer with new MacBook Pro?

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What is the proper name/number of the proper cable to get the fastest charging and data transfer for the new MacBook Pro?

Obviously it came with a wall charger and a cable but I am looking to purchase a 3rd party cable/adapter and I am finding it very confusing between all the USB-3, USB-C, USB 2.0 Type-C, Thunderbolt 3...

Which cable and wall charger is the right kind/type to get the fastest charging and data transfer? If you could recommend or link to some it would be appreciated.


texts: iPhone 5 locked to Japanese network KDDI

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Hope someone can help me with my locked iPhone 5.
I was given it second hand in Japan and want to use it in New Zealand.
It used to be on KDDI.

When a Sim from NZ is inserted it shows invalid Sim.

I tried an R-Sim 9+ but no success.

How can I unlock this phone?

Also is there a difference between network and carrier?
Thanks


texts: At the moment I'm remotely accessing my mac via logmein.  I'm trying to remap Command to Control via system preferences.  However every time I try to do this it keeps resetting to the default.  As best I can tell this is because there is no keyboard plugged in.  Is there some way to remap the keys without a keyboard?


texts: How can I partition my Macbook Pro's hard disk?

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I'm about to install Linux on my new Macbook Pro. In order to do this, I need to resize my Mac OSX partition to allow some free space for Linux. I've booted into the Recovery HD and started "Disk Utility." I then repartitioned my hard drive, resizing the Mac partition to 100GB and leaving the rest as free space for Linux to fill.

The problem I'm having is that whenever I go to apply the changes, I see an error that says:

  Partition Failed
  Partition failed with the error:

  Couldn't modify partition map because the filesystem verification failed.

I then verified the disk, it found errors:

Invalid volume file count.
Invalid volume directory count.
Invalid volume free block count.
Volume header needs minor repair.
The volume Macintosh HD was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.

So I repaired it, then verified it, and everything looked fine.

Then I tried the partition again and it failed with:

  Partition Failed
  Partition failed with the error:

  Couldn't unmount disk.

Then, I try to boot into the regular OS and try resizing the partition there.

I'm met with the errors mentioned above. Rinse, repeat, get nowhere, repeat.

What's going on here? This seems crazy.


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Mac Pro 2010.  Keyboard in use since beginning.
No problems for a decade.
I've had keyboard failures before, but usually they fall into the following categories:

Doesn't work at all.
One key doesn't work.
One key sticks.

Recently it's been truly weird.  All of this started between one login and another.

Half the keys send nothing.
Some of the keys send 189'  Yes.  3 digits and a single quote.
Both g and h send the pair dh.
3 sends 20
One time when I hit l(ell) I got L without hitting the shift key.  Unable to get that event to happen again.

I used another keyboard.  No problem.
I checked keyboard and accessibility preferences.  Vanilla.
Is it just new keyboard time?  Current keyboard is aluminum base, separate number pad, movement keys, usb port on each end.  User likes this keyboard. Would like to get an identical replacement.
Additions in response to comment:

Yes.  Did the plug/unplug/different ports.  That one keyboard worked but the other didn't indicates that the port is ok.
Also early on tried zapping the pram figuring it was some device issue.


texts: Can I use a non-Apple keyboard with OS X?

texts:
Recently I've been thinking about the idea of migrating from PC to Mac, specifically Mac Mini. The biggest issue however is hardware, since I'm not sure what will and what won't work on OS X.

First issue that comes to my mind is keyboard, currently I'm using Logitech G15. If I connect it to a Mac, how well will this work with OS X specific keys like Option, Cmd, etc? Does it work out of the box with all keyboards, or should I rather buy the Apple keyboard?


texts: Is there a reason to prefer HFS+ over APFS for disk images in High Sierra and/or Mojave?

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I'm creating small encrypted disk images (under 10 GB) to be used to secure and transfer data between systems running High Sierra (for now) and Mojave.  Are there any technical reasons to prefer HFS+ (Mac OS Extended, Journaled) over APFS for these images.  The images will be created as .sparsebundle files if it matters.

Edited to add:  .sparsebundle files will be stored on an APFS file system in all cases.


texts: Is there an Arabic Easter Egg in Snow Leopard?

texts:
I just observed something that I'm having trouble believing.

To push Lion onto my daughter's laptop without waiting for yet another giant Lion download, I turned on sharing on my MBP, connected from my daughter's SnowLeopard MB, and dragged.

While the copy was in progress, the file name label on the desktop was 'MacOSX Lion <arabic word>'. Once the copy finished, the Arabic disappeared.

Is the evidence of a special easter egg, a feature, or my need for better medication?


texts: Macbook Pro 13 inch mid 2012 not running two daisy chained thunderbolt displays

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I am trying to run two thunderbolt displays with my macbook pro and it will only run one at a time.

I have tried the displays with an older 17 inch model and it runs all three (including the internal screen) fine.

OS X 10.11.1
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB


texts: Screen Color temperature flickers when watching a video on Safari

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when I'm watching a video on Safari (i.e. Netflix) every now and then the video momentarily becomes blueish or orange-ish. That would usually happen when the scene is predominantly light colors.

Sometimes the color will persist on regular apps if I stop the video and switch to these apps.

The switching is not consistent. If I rewind the video, the second time I'm watching the scene it usually won't switch colors.

Here is video I just recorded demonstrating the issue: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tc660705c3a8ek5/flicker.mp4?dl=0

This would happen(or sometimes, not happen) any time of the day, regardless if night shift is on or off.

My device is an early 2015 MacBook Air.

Any idea why this is happening?


texts: About a year ago me and my friend found a MacBook in the road. The screen is destroyed, but everything else was fine. We plugged in an HDMI adapter and were able to get a name off of the MacBook log in screen, so we contacted the owner off Instagram. She told us she had already replaced the laptop and that we were welcome to keep it if we could find use for it. Because of this we decided it would be a good idea to reset the laptop entirely. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize Mac software has a feature where HDMI can’t display the screen until you are fully booted into the laptop. Since it is currently in setup mode after the factory reset, we can’t get it to display on HDMI. We had long given up, but now my personal laptop is having some issues, and I want to try to use the MacBook. How can I get this set up?


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My home folder is called admin. However, I am signed in as John and there is no admin user. John is an administrative user.
Shouldn't the home folder show the signed-in user name?

This may or may not be something I caused

had another MacBook Pro crash, and this issue has arisen on replacement MacBook Pro and download from JustCloud
which, among other things, has UPDATED every file to the download date!- among other download issues.

I was having duplicate Desktop issues, including a user home folder Harry (also not showing in the Users preference pane.

Re-installed Mavericks, and this seemed to fix the home directory issue and that user issue. No more Harry and no more duplicate desktops.

But, now "admin" appears seemingly out of nowhere.


texts: Unable to partition a SDXC card using Disk Utility

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I have placed 200GB SanDisk card inside Nifty adapter and put it into SDXC slot in my Mac.

I want to use it as permanent & encrypted storage. Unfortunately encryption requires GUID partition which I tried to create but without any luck. "Partition" option - under "APPLE SD Card Reader Media" in Disk Utility - is greyed out.

I'm stuck.

P.S. I own Late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 13" with MacOS Sierra (v10.12.6) installed.


texts: Samsung UE590D external monitor settings

texts: I can't get quite the right colors on my external UE590D 4k. Does anyone have the correct settings/colors so it looks as close as possible to the MacBook Pro retina display?


texts: I have a WiFi printer that does not support AirPrint.  Currently, I use a linux system with CUPS to share that printer to my iOS devices.  I'm thinking about replacing this linux box with an Apple TV for media playback, and it would be great to keep the print support too.  I understand tvOS allows third-party apps to be written and installed using Xcode, so are there any existing apps that can do this?


texts: Deleting more than one song at one time on my iPhone?

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I need help finding a way to delete more than one song at a time on my iPhone. Can someone tell me if that is possible?

I have tried deleting songs on my iTunes and then syncing them but it does not work and it takes way too much time.


texts:
Any idea why the following script would only return 1, when I clearly have more than one Desktop open?

tell application "System Events"
    set n to count of desktops
    display alert n
end tell

I have even tried it with JAX JavaScript and also get 1.

Note: For reference I am using El Capitan (MBP Mid 2012)


texts:
I've Googled for this a little bit, and I wasn't able to find an obvious answer, so is it possible to hide the Finder sidebar completely? So that it never comes back until I tell it to? The same goes for the toolbar.

Thanks for any help you can provide. :)

Extra info:

I am using OS X Mountain Lion on this Mac.


texts: MBP retina + Dell u3011 via HDMI: intermittent screen message about audio

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I have a new Mac Book Pro (MBP) retina connected via HDMI to a Dell U3011 display.  Every few seconds, but irregularly, the display pops up "MESSAGE Unsupported audio format. Please set the audio output on your audio player to Pulse-code Modulation (PCM) if available"

The message is dead center on the screen and lasts much too long.  This is highly disruptive and makes it almost not worth it to use the screen.

I would like to find any way at all to turn off the message, either on the Mac side, the Dell side, or both.  I do not need to pipe audio from the Mac to the Dell or vice versa.  I'd be happy with a way to turn off ALL messages if it will get rid of this one.

Here is what I have tried.  In the Mac's System Settings, I found Sound, the Dell shows up as one of the audio devices, but all settings are grayed out on it.

I have muted the sound on the mac via the function key F10.

I've been to the Apple support forums and not found a solution.  I also left a message there.

I've been through the Dell manuals online for the U3011 and not found any way to configure the HDMI in port to turn off audio, and not found any way to turn off the messages.

I've been through all the on-board menus of the Dell, including the sound menu.  The only option in that menu seems to be 2.0 versus 5.1.  I didn't see a way to turn off sound input, and I didn't see a way to turn off messages.

It could be I've just missed the appropriate documentation or menu item, but I spent considerable time looking without success and thought I'd consult the sages at "AskDifferent."

EDIT: I'm pretty sure the message comes from the Dell firmware and not from the mac because it looks just like all the other messages from the Dell: it's in a non-Mac font, it's at a different resolution, there's no anti-aliasing of the font, etc.


texts: How do I install command line tools without installing Xcode?

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I would like to install command line tools without installing Xcode as it is more than 4GB and I don't want to waste that much space since all I need are the command line tools.
I have used xcode-select --install command but I still get an error message

active developer path ("/Applications/Xcode 2.app/Contents/Developer") does not exist, use `xcode-select --switch path/to/Xcode.app` to specify the Xcode that you wish to use for command line developer tools (or see `man xcode-select`)

Does anybody have an idea?


texts: Can you virtualize PowerPC versions of Mac OS X on Intel Macs?

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Ignoring licensing/legal issues, is there any virtualisation software that will virtualise an older, PowerPC-only version of Mac OS X (e.g. Panther 10.3.9) on an Intel Mac?

If I understand correctly (and I very possibly don’t), such software would have to emulate a PowerPC processor, so it doesn’t seem likely.

Are there emulators or virtualization that can run apps or even enough of the OS to be useful to run PowerPC apps?


texts: Running Apple Arcade Alongside Other Applications

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I cannot seem to work in other applications when Apple Arcade is running. I run Apple Arcade on a secondary screen to keep the kids busy and want to continue working on my primary MBP screen. However, focusing any other application pauses Apple Arcade.

How can I run Apple Arcade alongside other applications?


texts: How can I rename desktops in Mission Control?

texts:
The default new desktop space is named 'Desktop 1'. If you create a new one, it is named 'Desktop 2'. Is there a way to change those default names to something more meaningful?

Additionally, it looks like you can't rearrange spaces either and the 'automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use' checkbox seems to do nothing.


texts: Possible to run scripts on sleep and wake?

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MacBook Pro 2010 running OS X Lion.

Is it possible to run scripts on sleep and wake events?

My specific application is that I've got Dropbox-synced Truecrypt volumes that  I regularly use on both my MacBook and iMac. I rarely shut down my MBP since closing the lid is much faster and easier, but this means that I have to remember to dismount my Truecrypt volumes and let them sync back up before closing my MBP. It's trivial enough to script mounting/dismounting of them, but I'd like to go a step further and have these scripts run automatically.


texts: Jailbroken , erased all data and restoring

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I have a 3g phone jail broken. In order to delete data. i click on the option of Erase All Content and Settings.

then i was stuck on apple logo when ever i open Iphone. So I entered into DFU mode in order to restore OS. But it throws me an "unknown error occurred 1015".while restoring ...

I dont remember the exact version i had on Iphone. before this mess. but i remember that done through changing the base band to Ipad.

I stuck , i am dont know how to recover my phone. Worried.


texts: How to restart using an app without it accessing older data?

texts:
An app that I tried out a couple years ago somehow keeps identifying my old trial data (it required a signup with email, but now I'm trying to signup using a different email), even if I delete the app, reset the advertising identifier, and reinstall the app. The app did not require connecting with any third party data, such as signing in with a google account.

Is there any way that I can "anonymize" my device without having to completely reset it?


texts: How setup Mail.app IMAP to migrate Mail Server

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We changed recently our Hosting provider.
How can we remove the old IMAP account in Apple Mail without loosing any Mails and have them uploaded to the new server including all IMAP folders?

Thanks,
Aldo


texts:
I have noticed on several Macs like Mac Mini's and a MacBook Pro running OSX versions all the way up to El Capitan that left mouse or trackpad first time clicks sometimes don't register when clicking on the "x" to close the window or also on tabs.

I noticed that clicking anywhere inside the active window first will wake up the "x" or tabs.

This looks like it may be a bug that was never reported.

Does anyone else have this issue and is there a setting I can set?

Thanks.

* Update *

I'm now using El Capitan for quite a while and Apple has not fixed this issue yet.


texts:
I tried to install windows with bootcamp assistant but an error occurred and the installation failed (I don't remember the error message). Bootcamp assistant then tried to remove the partition it created but it was taking too long (over an hour) so I closed the program and restarted it. Now I can't click continue as this error shows up.

I tried to remove the partition using disk utility but the minus button is greyed out.

I am new to macOS and have no idea what to do. My goal is to remove that partition and and install windows. Any help is much appreciated.


texts: How can I switch Chrome to display web pages with the San Francisco font in El Capitan?

texts: I'd like for Chrome's default sans-serif font for websites to be San Francisco. However it's not showing up in the font list. Any ideas for how to change this setting?


texts: iCloud has sucked up all my laptop's files - can you transfer files directly from iCloud to Google Drive?

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I'm trying to disconnect my macbook from iCloud, as it's been creating some problems.  I was told by an Apple Support employee that doing so is only recommended once you've backed up everything from your Mac somewhere, to ensure you don't lose any files - so my goal is to upload everything to Google Drive before messing with my laptop's iCloud settings.
The problem is, almost none of the projects that I want to back up to Google Drive are truly on my laptop - instead I mostly just have folders full of file names, which are placeholders for the real files that have been sucked into iCloud. This means I have to re-download everything to my computer before uploading it all to Google Drive. Another crucial piece of information is that I only have 1 GB of storage left on my macbook, which prevents me from re-downloading any complete projects/folders at a time.
So unfortunately my current method is this: downloading 1-5 files at a time, uploading these few things to Google Drive, deleting the copies from my laptop and trash, repeat (thousands of times). So, I was wondering if anyone could offer any alternative methods for uploading stuff to Google Drive in this situation - for example, is there a way to transfer files directly from iCloud to Google Drive without having to download them to my laptop first?
I should probably mention that I've scoured my laptop for duplicated files and applications I no longer use, make sure to empty my trash regularly, etc (I also asked Apple Support to help me make sure I wasn't missing out on any other ways to maximize storage space). The most obvious culprit of my lack of space is the massive 150 GB iCloud folder on my laptop, which appears to contain duplicates of everything on my computer. I can't seem to do anything about it until I've disconnected from iCloud itself (its reasons for existence are unclear to me in the first place...but that's beside the point lol).


texts: Can't get rid of incomplete download bar underneath dock icon

texts:
My Downloads folder in my dock has been showing a download/progress bar at 50% since yesterday. There aren't any half-complete files in my Download folder, Google Chrome isn't awaiting any action to accept or discard an upcoming download nor am I copying anything into that folder.

Here's a screenshot of my dock:

The only files in my Downloads folder are OS X generated dotfiles:

➜  ~ ls -A Downloads
.DS_Store  .localized

A few things that I tried to fix the problem (unsuccessfully):

killall Dock
repairing permissions
rebooting
removing the icon from the dock and putting it back in
downloading something to see if the new progress would overwrite the problem

How do I get rid of this progress bar that seemingly does nothing but exist?

I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.1 on a MacBook Pro 9,1.


texts: Trouble connecting Thunderbolt duo to network via ethernet/thunderbolt connector

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I have a thunderbolt duo which is used with my Macbook Pro, but I want to use it also with my 2009 iMac. I've tried to connect using the thunderbolt/ethernet adapter, first into my gigabit switch and then straight into the iMac but it doesn't pick up?!

Can anyone help with this, so I can use the thunderbolt duo with my iMac until it's time to get a new iMac.


texts: Dual boot Mac with Ubuntu using rEFInd - removed Ubuntu by deleting partition and now Mac won’t boot

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I had installed Ubuntu on Mac with rEFInd dual boot. I was able to use it until I thought to remove the Ubuntu.
I deleted the Ubuntu Partition from drive, and then thought it will just remove Ubuntu OS.
Since I was using rEFInd for dual boot, it cannot find the Mac drive and since Ubuntu also gone, I don’t have an OS on my Mac and I might loose my data.
Data Not Backed Up, Partition Type: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF
Below are the screenshots:

I tried following the above link and booted Mac by installing it on Flash drive.
After verifying, I’m getting below error now:

Any help would be appreciated.
Especially from:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/93229/klanomath


texts: Display seems a bit blurred with MacMini 2012

texts:
I have a 22" HD TV which I use with my 2008 MacBook through a mini-displayport -> HDMI cable. The display when I do that is really clear and crisp.

When I use the exact same cable and TV connected to my new 2012 Mac Mini (connected to the thunderbolt socket) the display is not so good. Text looks a bit like it does in a JPG which has compression set too high.

I've tried different settings but it hasn't helped. My TV and cable work fine with the MacBook so why would it be worse with a newer, more powerful Mac Mini?

I'm running Mavericks on both Macs.

I added this screen-capture, but it only looks bad on my MacMini not on my other PCs  so it must be the display somehow. Maybe DP->HDMI doesn't work well on the MacMini?


texts:
In my current terminal setup, I make use of zsh; it's my default shell. I also have an up-to-date version of Bash for other reasons installed from Homebrew.

However, there is also the Bash provided by Apple which is at version 3.2.57.

I've my own functions setup and a particular one requires a feature starting from Bash 4.0. Even though my default shell is zsh and I aliased sh(Apple's bash) command to bash(the bash from Homebrew) command, the function I've defined still defaults to using sh and hence, my function doesn't/can't function. I've also changed the shebang at the head of the file defining my custom function but no help.

How can I make that function I've defined default to using the bash installed from Homebrew?


texts: MacBook Pro late 2011 cannot boot using regular tactics

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I've tried every suggestion provided by Apple and a few i found here but am still unable to boot my laptop.

This occurred yesterday and i did manage to get in & do some work. However this morning (exactly the same as yesterday) as soon as i opened & started using Mail it crashed.

the difference today is that nothing gets me in now.

On the white screen i get the owl icon & pw field but once enetered the progress bar quits between 50-75% way through every time.

I tried the internet reset option but it also failed!

I'm on a pension & trying to start my new biz (design etc) to support myself so i do not have money to take it to a repair mob so am desperately seeking a solution here.

am not overly tech yet but am able to follow instructions as have been using Macs for 20 yrs but this has stumped me!

Any solutions??

UPDATE!! check this out for full solution!
GPU problem - Boot Hangs on Grey Screen


texts: Does Apple specify what the average lifespan of an iMac G5 would be?

texts:
Based solely on the hardware used (including the power supply, logic board, RAM...) and assuming that the Software will not be updated (remain at OS X Tiger does Apple specify what a reasonable expectation for the lifespan of an iMac G5 from Mid 2005 would be?

Does (or has) Apple provided specifications such as these for any of its products?

I am looking into purchasing one from eBay and want to know if it will last and if I can expect to receive one that is "fully functional" even after ten years.


texts: osx Captive Portal with USB to Ethernet adapter

texts:
I am trying to get the Captive Portal working on Mac osx. When using wifi to connect to my server, I get the expected wispr request to  http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html - however, using an USB to Ethernet adapter, I only receive requests for http://init-p01st.push.apple.com/bag on my machine on the other side of the USB to Ethernet. No matter what I return or where I redirect, there is no poup automatically opening like it is for Wifi.

Is osx even capable of Captive Portal when using USB to Ethernet adapters? Or do I need a special apple adapter for that?

By the way, I already got it working on Windows machines with USB to Ethernet.


texts: Use two external hard drive docks to retrieve data from RAID 0 disks

texts:
Some while ago, I fried the power supply inside of my WD MyBook Pro Edition II, leaving the disks intact but rendering the enclosure itself totally useless. So now I have two 500GB 3.5" SATA drives, configured with RAID 0, that I want to retrieve the data from.

I already have one USB hard disk docking station. If I bought another one, and connected both of my drives to my Mac, would it somehow be possible for me to access the data on them?


texts: Make external optical drive appear identical to internal SuperDrive?

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Is there a way to make a external optical drive appear to applications as though it were an internal SuperDrive?  I am using the optical drive bay in my MacBook Pro for a secondary hard drive, and I would like to regain as much SuperDrive functionality as possible with the optical mounted via an external USB enclosure.

I'm familiar with the hack to allow DVD Player to play via an external drive, but other apps won't recognize the drive in exactly the same way as when it's mounted internally (VMWare Fusion and Handbrake immediately come to mind).

What's required with making a drive show up as a SuperDrive?


texts: How to remove highlighting from emails in Mail?

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I created a rule that applies a mint green color to a lot of emails in my mailbox. I no longer want that color on those emails and I do not see a way to remove this highlighting for even a single email. I know I could create a new rule to give them a different color, but there is no rule semantics for removing color either.

It seems that all of my email's subjects in Mac Mailbox are now permanently stained.


texts: Is there any indication when WiFi Assist is being used?

texts: If I have WiFi Assist turned on can I tell when/if it's being used?


texts: Does the iPhone Mail app mark gmail messages as spam?

texts: If I move a message to the Spam folder using the native mail app on the iPhone, will it be marked as spam on the gmail server? Or will the message just be moved to that folder? I'm connected to gmail via Exchange.


texts: I have a refurbished 2015 MacBook Pro 13", Intel i7 Processor, 16GB RAM and 512 SSD. When I first began using it I noticed it got unusually hot rather often, and so I downloaded Macs Fan Control to keep tabs on it. But whenever I do anything remotely resource intensive, for example playing music or using a virtual environment or using Xcode or VSCode, the CPU gets to temperatures over 100 degrees celsius. This is concerning and I believe it may have made the computer reboot a time or two, though that may have been something else. I am able to control it by keeping tabs on it but it is rather annoying and very worrying that the temperature gets that high. Are there any reasons why it does this?


texts: Office 2016 on OS 10.11.6 - any known conflicts in 2017?

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MacBook Pro Quad i7 late 2011, 16GB Ram, SSD
OS 10.11.6 (latest El Capitan)
Running Office for Mac 2011 (registered)
Use: graphic / web design / video commercial

I have opportunity to install MS Office 2016 FOC through my employment scheme and they are keen for me to do this to match Win team.

Q. Any known issues or incompatibilities with my specific OS please?

I don't need help with install and I am aware of issue on first release of 10.11 which is now fixed with Apple update. Looking for someone running same set-up to confirm solid.

Checked web and forums but 95% swamped with early issues that are not relevant in 2017.


texts: macbook pro 2017 and dell U2417H hdmi adapter issue

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I have a 15" macbook pro with 4 USB-C/thunderbolt 3 ports. I bought a multiport adapter from USB-C to HDMI and also a U2417H dell monitor which has 1 DisplayPort, 1 Mini DisplayPort and an HDMI port.

Every time I plug my mac into the monitor, I have to reboot it. Sometimes however, the mac will recognize that it is connected to a Dell monitor, but the monitor stays and with the message "No Signal."

I haven't tried a USB-C to HDMI cable or a DisplayPort adapter or cable because I want to ensure that there is not an issue with the monitor before I buy anything else for it.

The monitor works fine with a windows machine using the same HDMI cable.

What could be causing my monitor to have these issues?


texts: Prevent external monitors from turning off when Mac is locked

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I have a brand new MacBook Pro (2018) with two external monitors (AOC Q2790PQU), connected via a Kensington SD5200T docking station (1 x HDMI and 1 x DisplayPort).

The Mac is closed when connected to the docking station.

Whenever I lock my screens, after seeing the login screen for some seconds, both external monitors turn off (go black). I would like the monitors to remain on, showing the login screen.

Does there exist a setting for this somewhere?

Also, for some reason, when I press some keys on my keyboard or move the mouse to wake up the monitors (the Mac itself is not sleeping), then only one of the monitors will turn back on.

In order to get the other monitor to turn back on, I need to open the Mac lid, disconnect and reconnect the docking station, and then close the lid of the Mac.

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening and how to fix it?


texts: Can't empty trash after deleting Time Machine backups

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I have a 4 GB drive with Time Machine backups on it that I've not used in a couple of years.  It's nearly full.  I wanted to start using it again, but first I wanted to remove ~2/3 of the backups, to free up space, while keeping a good sampling. Thus I removed 50 of the 70 backups (cmd-delete in Finder), alternating removing two and keeping one while going through the entire list chronologically; as a consequence, what remains goes back just as far, just with less frequency.

But, after doing this, the drive is still nearly full.   I figured that's because I needed to empty the trash, but when I tried to do that it removed items slowly, and then stopped. So I stopped the emptying and checked trash, and saw nearly nothing had been removed.  I then ejected the drive, after which the trash was empty.  But when I re-mounted the drive, the items in trash all reappeared.

There is a procedure given in this thread, but the behavior the OP describes doesn't exactly correspond to what I'm seeing:
How can I manually delete old backups to free space for Time Machine?

So: Should I try the terminal command in the above thread?  Or do the problems I'm having indicate my Time Machine partition may be corrupted?  If the latter is the case, it would make the most sense to just reformat the disk and start clean.  Granted, it would be nice to have some of the old backups, but I don't have a critical need for them (not critical enough to buy a new disk and put this one in storage).

UPDATE: Never mind. I tried adapting the instructions given in the post Allan linked, and couldn't get them to work.  So I just erased & reformatted the entire disk and started over.  In retrospect, my mistake was following an answer I found elsewhere on apple.stackexchange.com, which said one could delete individual backups in Finder by dragging them to the Trash.  I should have instead used tmutil in Terminal.


texts: Google Reminders have disappeared from my MacOS

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I run macOS Catalina (10.15.7). Until recently I could connect my Google account via the Internet Accounts menu under the System Preferences and could activate/disable the following: Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Notes, Reminders. It appears that Reminders have now disappeared. Is this something that others have experienced? Please see the image.
I have another laptop which run macOS Big Sur (11.0.1) and it's also not available. I cannot find any news of Google or Apple removing this functionality.


texts: The `resetpassword` utility is failing to find users on the selected drive

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I booted into recovery mode and launched the terminal to run the resetpassword utility. After selecting the drive to reset passwords for, I'm seeing:-

There are no users on this volume to reset the password for.

I've run the Disk Utility to fix the drive. I've also reinstalled the OS, but I  can't reset the password.

Why does the resetpassword utility think there are no users? I looked at the passwd file and they all seem to be there.

I'm running macOS Sierra.


texts: Multiple .local hostname on one computer

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Is possible setup multiple .local hostname on one physical computer?

Background:

home network (behind the DSL/NAT router) (192.168.1.*)
have a mac-mini, called as "tango.local". (set in the System.prefs). The IP-setting is "use DHCP with manual address" - the computer address is 192.168.1.10.

Now, on this mac want run apache2 (macports version), with different VirtualHost directives, like:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName tango.local
    ProxyPass / http://localhost:5000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:5000
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName another.local
    ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:3000
</VirtualHost>

For this setup I need assign two different hostnames to the mac, e.g. the main tango.local and the another.local. Both names should be resolve-able from the LAN, e.g. computers on the LAN (my mac-notebook) must correctly resolve the http://another.local/ address.

It is possible to do this with simple way, (e.g. somewhat convience the bonjour to advertise both names for the single IP), or need setup the bind DNS server for serving the .local domain?

Bonus question: the main goal is resolve the another.local from another mac (via bonjour). Secondary: what i need setup to allow access the http://another.local from an windows7 notebook? (i'm total windiot - e.g. is possible somewhat convert bonjour names-addresses to the "windows nmbd" or whatever?


texts: How does HTML mouseover work on apple multitouch devices?

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I asked about this in connection with this network of websites, but it brings up a more general question that I don't know the answer to.

Is it a problem that mouse over events are not able to be invoked by apple touchscreen - especially in regard to website rollovers?

Is there a way around this?

Related:

http://meta.scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/134/how-to-see-spoilers-on-touchscreen

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75656/cant-see-spoilers-on-touchscreen


texts: MacBook Pro M1 external display connection issue

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I am trying to connect my 2020 MacBook Pro (M1) to an external display via a thunderbolt 3 dock.
The dock is the Kensington SD5200T which supports M1 Macs with 1 external display.
The screen I am trying to connect to is the ASUS PG349Q via DisplayPort (1.2).
The MacBook is running the latest version of macOS (Big Sur 11.2.3).
When I connect the MacBook to the dock using the included Thunderbolt 3 cable the internal display flickers (resolution changes, windows flash on and off the display) until it eventually connects to the external display (this can take upwards of 1 minute).
I made a video demonstrating the problem, it can be found here.
I have tried the dock and MacBook with an LG 5k thunderbolt display which works fine and I'm using the DisplayPort cable from my PC so I know the cable isn't the issue.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Update:
I downloaded SwitchresX but unfortunately, it did not resolve my issue.
Then I tried a DisplayPort to USB-C cable connected directly to the MacBook but this also didn't work (no video output).
However, I tried connecting the dock's DisplayPort to the monitor's HDMI (1.4) port using an adapter and it works! I only get 50Hz instead of the monitors 120hz but at this point, I'll take this as a win.
Thank you to everyone who commented, I really appreciate the help.


texts: Remote not connecting to Apple TV 4 (2015) model after a factory reset

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Ever since I did a factory reset my remote and Apple TV are not working well together. I'm in the screen where you have to press any button to continue. This doesn't work because it seems like my remote is not connected. No hard feelings, I'll try to connect it. I have to press the MENU and volume UP button for about 5 seconds.
When I do this, the Apple TV does recognise me trying to pair the remote, as it says that I need to bring the remote closer to the Apple TV to continue the pairing. When I do this however it seems like the pairing is not being done and it seems to freeze. At the very top a message appears where it asks me to press the MENU and volume UP button together again.
It doesn't matter what I try but unfortunately it does not pair and it does not let me past the setup screen. Is it possible to do this setup without my remote, for example using my Macbook Pro?


texts: Is there a URL scheme for sending an SMS to multi-recipients?

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I just got quickpick from the app store, and of course I have it doing my basic call this person (tel://A), text this person(sms://B), but I would like to know, is there a URL scheme for SMS with multiple recipients? I've tried mms://A+B but it doesn't recognize mms:// as a command.

Any thoughts?


texts: Is there an easy fix for an old iPhone 5s battery?

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I have had my iPhone 5s for almost two years now, and the battery has been dying quickly. For example, even when my phone is on airplane mode, it will drop from 90% charged to 85% charged within two hours. I'm pretty sure this is due to the battery life.

Is there an easy fix that will not cost me more than replacing the phone?


texts: How do I get the original finder view back?

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For some strange reason, Finder has changed to a different layout and I can't figure out how to revert it to the standard one.

This is what it looks like now:

How do I revert it to the original, default layout, that has folders, drives and devices in the left-most column and all the other files and folders in the middle panes?

I see the original layout when I go to upload a file here, so you can see the screenshot here:

How do I get back that original layout and prevent it from changing again? This is the second or third time it has changed.


texts: How can I keep my fan from staying at full speed after replacing the hard drive?

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I replaced a hard drive in a 2011 iMac (Core i7), though it was a standard hard drive and didn't have a location for the S.M.A.R.T. cord. (Or at least I think that's what it was.) Since then, the internal fan has constantly been running. I don't want the fan to burn out, and it is becoming quite a distraction for the user.

I believe there is a terminal command that turns off the fan, I believe by bypassing the S.M.A.R.T. test, but the Google gods are not forthcoming with this information. Does anybody know how I can turn off the fan?


texts: Use HomePod as a microphone for a audio recording?

texts: I know that you can send a call to a HomePod to use the microphone on the HomePod to talk to the person you're calling to, and use its speaker to listen to the person calling. Since it is possible to call others with the microphone on the HomePod (through the iPhone of course), is there a way to do audio recording with the HomePod's microphone (with some app like Voice Memo)?


texts: Problems with apache after update of php and mysql using homebrew

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I am hoping someone here can assist me.

I upgraded php and related files using brew upgrade on my mac which is running Mac OS X 10.8.3. Everything was working fine before and I just wanted to update.

After I ensured that everything was fine as regards config files and vhosts I issued the following command to restart apache:

sudo apachectl restart

I then tried to connect to http://localhost/phpinfo.php

Safari errored out with:

Safari can’t open the page “http://localhost/phpinfo.php” because Safari can’t connect to the server “localhost”.

in the terminal, issuing the following command:

apachectl -V | grep httpd.conf

results in:

-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf"

Server root is:

ServerRoot "/usr"

and Document Root is:

DocumentRoot "/Volumes/sites"

DocumentRoot has permissions set to 755

As I said, everything was working fine until I restarted apache.

Now, nothing works.

I am completely lost, and I need to get things working again.


texts: Why is bash unavailable even though installed?

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My goal is to run a script, where the shebang line causes bash to be used. Somehow running bash always runs zsh for me, even though I installed bash 5 using Homebrew and Mac (10.15) comes with bash 3.
I would still like zsh to be the default shell.
My goal is to run scripts with bash, and the  shebang lines with bash give me zsh, as shown by the syntax that the script recognizes. The use of -c below is just for ease of illustration (as compared to a file with shebang).
Here  are my attempts to access bash and the content of /etc/shells

    $ /usr/local/opt/bash/bin/bash -c "echo $SHELL"
    /bin/zsh
    $ whereis bash
    /bin/bash
    $ /bin/bash -c "echo $SHELL"
    /bin/zsh
    $ /bin/bash -c 'echo $SHELL'
    /bin/zsh
    $ /usr/local/bin/bash -c "echo $SHELL"
    /bin/zsh
    $ /usr/local/bin/bash -c 'echo $SHELL'
    /bin/zsh
    $ cat /etc/shells
    # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1).
    # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using
    # one of these shells.
    /usr/local/bin/bash
    /bin/bash
    /bin/csh
    /bin/dash
    /bin/ksh
    /bin/sh
    /bin/tcsh
    /bin/zsh
    $ /usr/bin/env bash -c "echo $SHELL"
    /bin/zsh
    $ /bin/bash  -c "ps -p $$"
    PID TTY           TIME CMD
    6775 9 ttys011    0:00.31 -zsh
    $/usr/local/opt/bash/bin/bash -c "ps -p $$"
    PID TTY           TIME CMD
    69799 ttys001    0:00.38 -zsh
    $ /usr/local/bin/bash -c 'ps -p $$'
    PID TTY           TIME CMD
    69985 ttys001    0:00.01 ps -p 69985
    $ /bin/bash -c "echo $0"
    -zsh
    $ /usr/local/opt/bash/bin/bash -c "echo $0"
    -zsh

Also, I created the following file and ran it directly
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# With /bin/bash on the shebang we get the same output
ps -p $$
echo $SHELL
echo $0
echo bash $BASH_VERSION
echo zsh $ZSH_VERSION

The result is:
$ ./bashtest.sh
  PID TTY           TIME CMD
70188 ttys000    0:00.00 /bin/bash ./bashtest.sh
/bin/zsh
./bashtest.sh
bash 3.2.57(1)-release
zsh


texts: Can Apple TV estimate what time I will finish viewing the current show?

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The Apple TV shows a progress bar indicating how far along in a program I am. That bar shows the number of hours-minutes in total.

Apple TV is also aware of the current time-of-day, given updates over its internet connection.

Is there any way to have Apple TV estimate the time-of-day when I will complete the viewing of the current show?


texts: Is a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo better than a 2.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz?

texts: I think my 2008 Macbook is about to bite the dust and wanted to buy a new Macbook Pro.....I noticed that I have the option to purchase a 2.0GHz processor which has a 3.1GHz "turbo boost".  Would the turbo boost make this a better/faster processor?  I will be using the Macbook mainly to run Logic Pro along with music plugins.


texts: Sharing itunes music between two computers

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My girlfriend and I both use iTunes for our music. We have separate accounts and have iTunes on two different computers (she has a mac and I have a windows pc). I believe at one point people were able to share and copy music from one pc to another across the shared music network within iTunes. I'm having trouble doing so and was wondering if it's still possible to copy music from one pc to another with iTunes 11.0.2

If we can't copy music between iTunes anymore I guess we will have to use an external hard drive. I'd like to avoid this if we can so please let me know if you have any information on how to share music between two computers using iTunes 11.


texts:
I have Adobe Creative Suite 4 running on OS 10.5.8.

If I upgrade to 10.6.6 will CS4 programs still work?


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I was hoping to use an old Airport Extreme as a wireless bridge. (At least I think that's the correct term.)
I.e.,
Modem →eth→ Asus 87U router →wifi→ Airport →eth→ Laptop

So far no joy. The Airport successfully connects to Asus over WiFi, but I'm not getting any internet from its ethernet LAN ports.
Under "Internet" it's set to DHCP. Working.
Under "Wireless" it's set to "Join a network." I also tried "Extend a network."
Any solutions?
UPDATE
After some fiddling (using "extend network", setting a static IP, etc.) it seems to be working – in that I am getting Internet from its Eth ports – but it's showing a flashing amber:

I clicked "Ignore" and now it's green.


texts: "Power button HID event - flushing proactively" -- what does this mean?

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I've been reviewing my system log file on my MacBook Pro.

I came across this log entry 'Power button HID event - flushing proactively'. Just wondering, does this just mean that the computer was shutdown by holding the power button?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Mail.app connection errors (offline) after sleep

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My 10.8.2 MacBook Air is having constant connection errors in Mail.app when the computer has been sent to sleep or hibernate.

A small alert triangle appears next to all account names (I have several) in the sidebar. Mail reception only resumes after quitting and relaunching Mail.app.

I have verified that the net connection is up, and that connections settings and credentials are okay. Similar problems described here.


texts: I uploaded about 300 CDs to iTunes on my iMac. My computer was lost in a fire. I am trying to find my music from my new iPhone but can only find music purchases from iTunes. Did I lose them? If not,how do I retrieve them?


texts: What external monitor and size combinations provide best scaling on macOS?

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I am trying to get an external monitor for my MacBook. I have two requirements:

Items on the monitor will be about the same size as items on the MacBook screen
Text and other objects will not be blurry

However, I have heard that not all monitors will provide these two things—the monitor needs to be a specific size and resolution. Otherwise either the scaling or sharpness will be off—with certain combinations of resolutions and screen sizes, you would need to choose between proper scaling (how large something appears on a native screen versus the external screen), and good sharpness (how clear the text and images appear on the screen).
To test this, I tried looking at current display offerings that Apple provides. I noticed an interesting trend: most Apple displays have a pixel per inch (PPI) value of ~220. For examples, the 21.5 inch and 27 inch iMacs, all of the retina MacBooks and MacBook Pros, the Pro Display XDR, and both LG 4K and 5K displays.
Older, non-retina displays have a PPI of around 110.
I have a 24-inch 1080p screen, which is the same size but half the resolution of the 4K LG display. It scales perfectly, which makes sense since it has exactly half the resolution which having the same size. Edit: the sizes of objects on my internal screen and external monitor are not exactly the same. This was leading me to a lot of confusion. It turns out you'll only get exactly the same size with very specific panel size and resolution combinations (as described below).
I assume that a 1440p display that is 27-inch will also provide perfect scaling on macOS, since it is exactly half the resolution, but exactly the same size of a 5K display. These two resolution-screen size pairs I can thus add to my list.
Is there a list of complete resolution and screen size pairs available which provides perfect scaling on macOS? For example, would a 1440p or a 4K display that is 27 inches provide good scaling?


texts: Is there a way to make a (non-jailbroken) iPhone look battery dead?

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I am looking for a way to make my iPhone look 'battery dead' with no practical short-term means of bypassing. Is there a way to make it? Even hardware modifications or putting something into the lightning connector (maybe to trigger something that doesn't cause permanent damage) are okay for me (as long as it doesn't involve breaking something permanently).

What I want is that: activate it and for someone doesn't know how to deactivate it, the phone will look dead. And there should (of course) be an easy way to deactivate it and put everything back to normal.


texts: Using Google Chrome on macOS to run Windows executable (.EXE files)

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My students write code in Lazarus IDE on PC running Windows 7, using Pascal programming language, and get a .exe file as their final product.

Is there a way to open these files within Google Chrome running on macOS? I read a bit about NPAPI (now discontinued) and Simple-Get, but I'm not sure either does the trick.

On a Windows PC, it's simple. I download the .exe from the dropbox where the students have submitted it to me, then open the download, and everything is right there ready for my keyboard input.

On my school-issued Mac, I'm disabled from downloading software for local installation. Thus, I'm looking for a way to make this all happen within Google Chrome as an extension or add-on.

Ultimately, I need to download the file (.exe) then open that downloaded file in Google Chrome (in a somewhat efficient way that allows me to look at probably 50 or so programs in 30 minutes).

Layman's terms certainly appreciated where possible, I have a definite language gap!


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Is it possible to change the way folder content is organised to show in vertical columns?

When viewing content by icon macOS Sierra seems to automatically sort in vertical rows from left to right. There don't seem to any options to change this in 'View Options'. Organising content vertically seems particularly confusing when viewing larger number of files.

current:
desired:


texts: iCloud Drive - sync Documents without syncing Desktop?

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I want to use iCloud Drive syncing for my Documents folder, but I do not want to sync my Desktop. Is there a way to sync only Documents?

Very often I copy large video files to Desktop for processing, editing, etc. Syncing these temporary files uses a lot of bandwidth and slows down other uploads.

Symmetrical question:

Sync only Desktop folder, but not Documents, with "Store in iCloud"? (iCloud Drive)

Related support thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7679836

System Preferences:


texts:
I reset my password for iCloud recently and everything went pretty smoothly. My mac still connects to iCloud and the password to log in has also been changed. However whenever I restart my computer, all of the different iCloud services request my password again, and only accept my old password. There are about 10 pop- up boxes, here are some of them:

How do I notify these services that the password has been changed so that I do not have to go through this process every time I restart my machine?

(As a side note, I know that my mac connects to iCloud because iCloud Drive does update when I add folder to the iCloud Drive folder on my mac.)

Thanks.


texts: How do I remove an iMessage account from OS X (Yosemite) Messages app?

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I added my iMessage account to my work MacBook and now I want to remove the account, but Messages won't let me.

I Signed Out of the account and deleted the message history, but now when I start messages it still prompts me to login with the account, and if I go to Preferences the account still appears (inactive) in the list and the Remove button (- sign at bottom) is greyed out.

Is there any way to remove the existence of the account completely?


texts: AppleScript: How to check if the clipboard consists of a file (instead of text)?

texts:
If my understanding is correct, there are two types of content that can be copied to the Mac global (systemwide) clipboard:

text

or

file

Even though they are two different, discrete data types, they share the very same clipboard. For example, if you have an image file on your clipboard, and then you copy a text sentence, the sentence will overwrite the image file, and vice versa. Please correct me if I am wrong.

My question is, how can I determine if the clipboard does not contain text, using AppleScript?

The context of my question is an AppleScript .scpt file that speaks the selected text in the System Voice at a specified volume. The selected text is copied to the clipboard, and then the text is spoken via the say command. The script is triggered by keystroke via FastScripts.app.

Every so often, I am given an error dialog that states, "Error Number: -1728." This error occurs when, instead of text being highlighted, I have highlighted or selected an actual file. Mac's Speech function cannot speak a file; Speech can only verbalize text.

So, I would like to create an if...then statement in my script to catch this error. Ideally, I would then like to convert the file to text, if possible in the way that TextEdit does.


texts: Time Machine Backup: separate configurations for different drives?

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I have limited storage on a NAS to which Time Machine backs up documents. I’ve excluded system file directories and a few more to save space. I also have a large portable drive. A few times a year I back up pretty much everything to that.

Right now, I’m doing that by removing one drive before adding the other. Then I change the list of excluded folders, wait till the backup is done and repeat.

Is there a quicker, more reliable way to do this?


texts: Which app does this menu bar icon belong to?

texts: I'm talking about the leftmost icon in the bar, to the left of the f.lux icon. Nothing happens when I click on it. And having opened the menu on another item and then navigating to the left or right with arrow keys, will jump over this item.


texts:
I've just upgraded to an iPhone 4S, and I want to use my old 3GS like an iPod touch. I have updated the software using iTunes and now on iTunes it says:

There is no SIM card installed in the iPhone you are attempting to activate.

How do I get around this?


texts: I want to remove some photos from iPhone 4s but keep them all in Photo Stream & iCloud

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I want to remove some photos from iPhone but keep them in Photos & iCloud. I want to keep my photoson my Mac Air, & desktop. When I try to delete them off my phone it tells me it will be delated from Photostream & iCloud.

I just want to decrease the number of photos on my iPhone. I connected to computer to upload some but it didn't ask me if I wanted to remove any from my phone.


texts: Windows 8 won't recognize audio device on Macbook Pro (late) 2011

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I just installed Windows 8 on my MacBook Pro, I then installed the Windows Support drivers and everything works great except for one thing, the audio. It doesn't recognize the audio device in my Macbook.

I've tried downloading the Cirrus audio drivers and installing them manually, but it still won't work.

Has anybody had any success getting audio working on a late 2011 MacBook Pro running Windows 8?


texts: How do I enter a verification code after it's sent to a trusted device

texts:
After updating OSX, the device wants to verify my applied through two factor authentication. Its sent a text message with a verification code to a trusted device, but won't progress to a dialog where I can enter the verification code, but keeps spinning next to my phone number.
 How do I sign in?


texts: How to delete all voice memos stored on iphone in one go?

texts: The Voice Memo app makes deleting several/all memos rather cumbersome as there doesn't seem to be an option to select all at once. SO how to delete all voice memos stored on my iPhone in one go?


texts: What could cause contact syncing errors on iPhone?

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I deleted a contact about two years ago and it now appears under another person's contact. I have deleted all numbers for the contact I no longer need, but when I sync to computer Gmail the number appears with a different name on the number.

For example:
"Brad's" number is (743) 222-2222 but I deleted this contact out of my iPhone. However it now appears under "Ted's" name.

So now "Ted's" number is listed as (743) 222-2222, and Ted's real number is gone - "Brad's" number (which was deleted) actually replaced "Ted's" real number?

Any ideas of why this would happen? It has done it with three other contacts as well.


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I recently got an Apple Watch Series 2 and discovered the "Hey, Siri" feature, where you can talk to Siri hands-free after raising your wrist. I know Apple made very clear statements about the privacy of "Hey, Siri" on iPhone - no recording is sent anywhere until AFTER you have said "Hey, Siri". I couldn't find equally clear statements about the privacy of this feature on Apple Watch.

I am wondering if Apple Watch sends an audio recording to the Apple servers every time I raise my wrist. Does anyone know of any official statement from Apple about this?


texts: I want to delete the Downloads folder on my Mac as I just save everything on my background so that way I have to sort it right away. I'm wondering if you can help me by telling me if there is a way to put in some terminal code to delete the downloads folder ? I never use it and apparently you can't just delete it.


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This box helps explain the association that I always have had.

We bought a Mac.  I like many parts about it.  It syncs with my iphone etc...

I can't learn the dock.  I am afraid we might need to move back to Windows.  I can't stand it.  I've tried explaining to myself how to minimize it into the corner and tried minimizing applications to icon, but no luck.

Is there an application to display a list?  I'm not looking for alternative techniques for understanding.  I really needs a list, not a dock.

Preferably it would work look similar to Windows Dock.

Having used applications like Quicksilver before, and knowing the ingenuity and geniuses in the Mac community it feels like someone could create something like this.


texts: Open a link in new tab in Safari on macOS Sierra

texts: Before macOS Sierra I could open new link with command-click in Safari. It doesn't work anymore.  What's the shortcut in macOS Sierra?


texts: How can I turn off the photo preview when I plugin in my iPhone on my PC?

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When I plug in my iPhone 3GS into my Windows XP machine, it automatically opens up Word and displays a preview of all my photos from my phone.

I believe I may have accidentally selected an option to always do that. How do I turn it off?


texts: iTerm2 Cmd+click tries to download URL as it is a remote file

texts:
I'm using iTerm2 Build 3.3.12 on macOS Catalina (with Bash). Since I installed the Shell integration I can't Cmd+click anymore on URLs in order to browse them. Instead, iTerm2 tries to download it like it is a file on the remote host, and obviously fails.
What can I do to reset this behavior? I don't care about downloading remote files anyway.


texts: How to pin a URL to OS X Dock with a custom image?

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I'd like to pin a URL to the Dock and have its icon be something meaningful or recognizable.

By default, the icon/shortcut is a generic spring icon, and in Yosemite it shows a globe.

How can I create or modify a docked URL shortcut to be the site's favicon or an image I choose?


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Safari suddenly can't connect to any HTTPS site because it "can't establish a secure connection".

This is on an administrator account, not a managed account.

A different administrator account is able to use Safari with HTTPS, so must be something specific to my account, but I have no idea what.

Google Chrome has no problems connecting to HTTPS sites.

Things I have tried:

emptied Safari's cache
deleted Safari's preferences
reset Safari entirely
repaired Keychain (no errors found)
deleted Keychain (didn't help)
repaired permissions in Disk Utility
rebooted
hoped it would suddenly fix itself

All of the google results I saw suggested either repairing the Keychain (which I tried and which did not help) or were only applicable if there were "Parental Controls" involved, which doesn't apply here.

If I had to guess, I would think that wherever Safari is checking for "certificates" is somehow corrupted, but I could be wrong. I'm not even sure where to look for those - maybe ~/Library/?


texts: Is there way to recover photo directly from iPhone memory in case if user already cleanup deleted pictures and doesn't have backup in iCloud or iTunes. Can you recommend any way or any specific software?


texts: What happens when the battery on my Apple Watch dies while I'm working out?

texts: The battery died while I was using Workout.app on my Apple Watch. What happens to my workout data when my watch finishes charging?