texts:
Pressing space in Mac OS X on a file name, lets say on a CSV file, it shows me a preview of the file, which is a great feature.

When using LogMeIn to remote control other macs, this function is disabled.

Does someone know why?
Is there a workaround to do it?


texts: Apple program to view images on Windows OS

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I recently updated iTunes on my windows 7 computer. Long time ago i set the default program to open image files on my commuter to an Apple program but after I updated iTunes that program is now gone or the settings have changed. I don't know the name of the program but it's an apple program that got changed after I updated iTunes. I've tried reinstalling Quicktime but that's not it.

I liked my old default image viewer because it was clean and simple and it did everything i wanted. Can anyone tell me the name of the program so I can choose that program as the default image opener?


texts: OSX Yosemite - Mission Control stopped working

texts:
Not sure how long this has been happening, but I just noticed it AFTER Yosemite update.

Mission control just does not work: using hot corners, keyboard shortcut, or even double clicking Mission Control.app, there is no way to make my Mac go to Mission Control/Exposé. By the way, I have hot corners for showing desktop and app windows exposé, neither of which work. Hot corners for dashboard and Notification center work as usual.

Any ideas why does it happen, how could I solve it?

Thanks a lot.


texts: after High Sierra upgrade: very slow opening big files > 1 GB and message "Verifying"

texts:
When opening a big file (for example with VLC or QuickTime) this message pops up for lots of seconds (different durations for each file):

I use encryption on iMac 5K.

> diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage osbase                  999.3 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS osbase                 +999.0 GB   disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk1s2
                                 3FJJCF5F-52AB-4A26-ACD7-0B80032V9CAE
                                 Unlocked Encrypted


texts: How to install .dict.dz/.index files to OSX dictionary.app

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I have a dictionary that consists of a dictionary.dict.dz and dictionary.index files. How can I install this dictionary for use with OSX dictionary app (running Mavericks)?

It works fine with GoldenDict, but I'd prefer to have this dictionary amongst the rest.

DictUnifier, which I have used to install a few other dictionaries, doesn't recognize the file.


texts: I have two partitions - one with Mac OS, and another with Windows 7 (created by Bootcamp). Now, I want to create two more partitions for Linux - LINUX and LINUXSWAP. I open Disk Utility and specify new partitions using + button in the mas disk. Then I click apply. Application returns strange message partition failed with the error: couldn't modify partition map because file system verification failed. I googled for that problem and everywhere people advice to repair disk using boot CD with MacOS which leads to deinstalling all applications, perhaps, losing windows partition and very time consuming. I don't like this way. Do you have an idea how I can create just two partitions for my Linux?


texts:
My Activity Monitor does not have any columns that show more details about each process.

I've already ensured that under "View" in the menu bar, the relevant columns are enabled.


texts: Siri does not recognize Apple Music on macOS

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When instructing Siri to play something on macOS that is not in my music library, it says, for instance, "You don't have anything by [artist] in your music".

I can see that it suggests other sources, including Apple Music.

It does not work on the latest macOS (10.14.2, 2018 MacBook Pro), but it does on iPhone Xs with the same Apple ID and subscription. When I open iTunes, I can see that the subscription is active and I can play content from there.

Is there a setting that enables Apple Music as source for Siri on a Mac?


texts: Do iOS Contacts work with Prius car navigation systems?

texts:
According to the manual for my Prius, the contacts from a paired BT device, including an iPhone or iPad, should appear under the "Phonebook" tab in the car's navigation system, with entries containing addresses enabled for selection as destinations. This much works as expected with my (successfully paired) iPhone 4S running iOS 5.1. But none of these entries work as destinations: selecting any of them results in an error stating that the address is "not navigable".

Is iOS 5.1 capable of sharing "navigable" address information from the address book over Bluetooth? If so, is this a known bug with either iOS 5.1 or the Toyota navigation system pairs with an iPhone?


texts: Is it possible to color a table cell from the OS X color picker in Pages 5.1?

texts: See picture. Only cell border and not the cell fill has the option to pick a color from the OS X color picker. Is there any workaround?


texts: Can't a Macbook Pro work properly on integrated GPU only?

texts:
For a couple of weeks, I've been having kernel panics in my MacBook Pro (Early 2011, Yosemite), mostly doing zoom operations using QuickView and Preview.

A couple of times, it had problems rebooting, until finally it only rebooted to a grey screen.

I installed gfxCardStatus to prevent it to switching to the discrete GPU at any time, and things seemed to go smoothly for a couple of days. But one day it had a kernel panic when waking up from sleep.

Booting in verbose mode showed no indications of what the problem could be, but I suspected it was a video card issue. I've known that this model of MBP had problems with defective AMD Radeon discrete GPUs. I know Apples is repairing eligible machines, but I live in a country where perhaps that wouldn't be possible.

I decided to prevent the laptop from using the AMD GPU and use the integrated intel chip instead, I moved this drivers out of the /System/Library/Extensions/folder:

AMD2400Controller.kext
AMD2600Controller.kext
AMD3800Controller.kext
AMD4600Controller.kext
AMD4800Controller.kext
AMD5000Controller.kext
AMD6000Controller.kext
AMD7000Controller.kext
AMD8000Controller.kext
AMD9000Controller.kext
AMDFramebuffer.kext
AMDRadeonVADriver.bundle
AMDRadeonX3000.kext
AMDRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle
AMDRadeonX4000.kext
AMDRadeonX4000GLDriver.bundle
AMDSupport.kext
ATIRadeonX2000.kext
ATIRadeonX2000GA.plugin
ATIRadeonX2000GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonX2000VADriver.bundle

It wouldn't boot up after that either, so I moved this ones also:

GeForce.kext
GeForceGA.plugin
GeForceGLDriver.bundle
GeForceTesla.kext
GeForceTeslaGLDriver.bundle
GeForceTeslaVADriver.bundle
GeForceVADriver.bundle

After that it did boot up, but the screen shows thin horizontal blue stripes all over as well as some other glitches and overall sluggishness.

Detail of stripes (there's some unavoidable Moire pattern in the photo, but the thin blue lines can be appreciated in the darker parts):

I just want my Mac to use the integrated Intel GPU and forget the discrete ADM Radeon card altogether. Other machines, including Apple machines, don't have a discrete GPU, just an integrated one, and they work fine for day-to-day, non-graphic-intensive tasks

My question:

Is possible for this machine to work normally using only the integrated Intel GPU?
If so, how?
Are both my discrete GPU and my integrated GPU damaged?**


texts: Booting from a cloned Windows 10 installation

texts:
I have Windows 10 Pro installed on a external flash drive, I tried to install Windows via bootcamp but it is required to have more free space. I succeeded to install Windows 10 with VirtualBox on a SanDisk 32 gb flash drive and boot into Windows 10. The drive capacity is too small so I bought a Kingston Kyson 64 gb USB 3.2 flash drive, but it will not work with Bootcamp.
If I fresh install Windows with VirtualBox, the installation process will stop around 40% and reboot to EFI interactive shell.
If I clone SanDisk > Kingston from another Bootcamp machine, the clone drive will boot to Windows loading screen followed by BSOD.
If I clone SanDisk > Kingston from the booted Windows 10 drive, the clone drive will boot to Windows loading screen followed by Startup blue screen.
If I clone sector-by-sector, the clone drive will boot with BSOD 0xc0000225, 0xc000000e, Missing / Damaged Winload.efi.


texts: Every articles/answers I found are dated around or prior 2012. So I'd like to know: is there any tested way to create a new @me.com mail account right now?


texts: I updated some games on my ipad mini, in addition to downloading several new ones. Now every time I try to play anything, nothing works. I click on a game, and it will not open. The same is true for all the videos. What do I need to do?


texts: How to open a new terminal window when using VIM

texts:
does someone know how to open a new terminal window when opening a new text with VIM.

I would like to have an autarchic window which can be resized and closed while the other windows will stay as and where they are.

Regards

mmm...


texts:
I am using a Mac pro with MacOS Sierra 10.12.4
When using a Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 at 4k, the UI scale gets really large.

On 2k the ui looks as it should.

Is there any reason why the UI would become that large at 4k?
It's not possible to properly work like that.
How can I fix this issue?


texts:
I have an issue with my iMac 2008 (8.1) (vertical lines).

And I don't know where is the problem GPU/LCD.

Someone said I must buy mini DVI to test if the the screen is defective using a external screen?

How do I test if my LCD screen or GPU is defective.


texts: What is the angular velocity of the macOS beach ball?

texts: Does anyone know the exact angular velocity of the spinning beach ball animation from El Capitan onwards? I'm trying to create an animation of it from scratch and googling has come up with nothing.


texts: Is there a Google Pinyin app for iPhone? Current pinyin on iPhone is really bad.


texts: Macbook Pro, completely broken keyboard, can't login!

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I have 15 inch macbook pro and the keyboard recently stopped working completely.  None of the keys work.  I got a wireless apple keyboard, to fix the problem.  The issue is that I need to login in order to set up the external keyboard, and since the keyboard is  broken, I obviously can't login. My trackpad still works though.

Is there a way to login if nothing on my internal keyboard works.  Please note, the answer can't be some sort of reset for which I need to push any keys - I have tried these, and they don't work, because the keyboard doesn't work.

Thanks!!


texts: Can't download apps from App Store as get button doesn't start download

texts:
For a couple days now, whenever I try to download an app from the App Store on my iPhone 5s with iOS 8.3, it brings up the 'use existing Apple ID' or 'create new one' window.

When I select the existing one and fill in my account information it closes the pop up window and starts to download the app (indicated by the circle starting to turn) but after one second it goes right back to the 'get' button.

When I try to download it again it all goes to square one. İt has been driving me nuts! İts like a vicious circle!


texts: Accidental corrupted recovery mode partition and cannot longer boot to it

texts: I recently installed Ubuntu in a partition of my hard drive in a MacBook Pro (Early 2011) running macOS Sierra. My recovery partition was corrupted in the process and I cannot longer access recovery mode. Internet Recovery works fine, but it is the original recovery that came with my mac (OS X Lion Recovery) and I cannot disable SIP from there since Lion did not support it. What should I do?


texts: App Store reports updates but no updates are available

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It's one day that the AppStore icon and application of my iPhone 5S reports that there is one update to be done, but, in fact, no updates are available.
I already tried to switch the iPhone off and on or reopen the app, but nothing changes.
 Why does this happened, and how can I fix it?


texts: Is MacBook Pro 13 2015 able to run YouTube’s 4k 60 FPS videos?

texts:
On their new TestTube page, YouTube writes:

  And if playing 4K videos at 3840x2160 isn't enough to melt your
  device, try doing it at 60 frames per second.

Is the latest MacBook Pro 13 able to play such videos smoothly?


texts: USB tethering gone after upgrading to iOS 9 and iTunes 12.3

texts:
After upgrading my iPhone 6 to iOS 9, and iTunes to 12.3, I cannot use the Personal Hotspot via USB anymore. It worked fine until the updates.

Through WiFi it works fine, so the cause is not that Personal Hotspot wasn't turned on, or that the Cellular Data Network settings weren't correct. Also, after I plug in the USB, the device does show up in iTunes, and Image Capture sees it too.

So, Personal Hotspot works and USB works, but the two not together.

This is what the Network preferences show on OS X (Yosemite 10.10.5):
"Either the cable for iPhone USB is not plugged in or the device is not responding."

And here is a screenshot from the iPhone's Personal Hotspot. The blue badge shows I'm successfully connected via WiFi:

Also, it seems I'm not alone. Any pointers on how to fix it?


texts:
I have downloaded the MEGAsync app (because MEGA won't let me download in Firefox), and whenever I launch it, I get a password prompt with no stated reason:

Why does MEGAsync need my password?
MEGAsync is a desktop app made by MEGA, which uploads and downloads files to and from MEGA's cloud platform. I am trying to use it to download a large file, because MEGA won't let you download large files in Firefox.
macOS Sierra


texts: Which ports does the Messages app for OS X use?

texts:
If someone has a list of the ports that Messages uses I would appreciate that answer here. Extra votes and thanks for providing a reference.

I have searched the knowledgebase and found this, but it only lists iChat ports. I'm assuming Messages replaces iChat, but do they use the same ports? Barring a direct answer, is there an easy way to figure this out with Netstat or some other utility?


texts: Update to Firefox requires administrator privilege

texts:
I have a Firefox update ready to install: 60.0.2. The message says, "This update requires administrator privileges". I'm new to Mac and am used to Firefox just automatically updating itself on Windows and Linux. This Mac Mini workstation is a test platform to investigate converting our office from Windows to Mac. I do not want to give the users any admin passwords, nor do I, as admin, want to go to each and every workstation and manually permit updates to a browser.

Is there a way around this?
(High Sierra)


texts:
I have a 2008 Macbook running Lion. I started up Boot Camp and it gave an error saying the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

I looked at Disk Utility and there was a partition named Lion which was taking up all 250 GB of space and I cannot resize it.

Also the OS X installation has no recovery drives or images, so the normal methods wont work.

Is there any way I could install Windows 10 on this machine without having to resort to VM or a clean reinstall?


texts:
I'm trying to find out whether there is any kind of equivalent command line one-liner which replicates the exact identical functionality of the 'Lock Screen' menu option available via the Keychain app in OS X 10.6

I'm aware of the all the 'usual' solutions (sleep/screensaver preferences to require a password on reactivation) but these are not suitable to me.

I'm also aware of this option:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/user.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend

which is also not suitable for me.

The perfect functionality is the 'Lock Screen' option however I have not yet found an elegant way to call it.

At the moment, I am calling via Automator, which isn't elegant!

I have read much about this issue and my understanding is that no-one has yet found the 'holy grail' but I was wondering whether that might have changed.


texts: How can I get curl to resume download after waking from sleep mode?

texts: I'm trying to download the wwdc videos using curl .. however, my mac goes onto sleep mode after an hour. Can I resume the half-completed downloads or do I have to re-start?


texts: Swap is filling up and shutting down applications, but most of my RAM is free

texts:
I have a mac pro with 64 GB of RAM and a 14 GB swap file. I'm running a Jupyter notebook that eats up a lot of memory, so much that the OS is telling me it's out of memory and I need to close applications. When I look at the total memory usage in htop, I see that the swap file is indeed full, but I have almost 40 GB of free RAM!

Why isn't MacOS using the available RAM?

How can I stop it from running out of swap when it has a lot of free RAM?


texts:
I couldn't find an Apple doc stating Firmware Password complexity limitations, e.g. length and allowed special characters.

Does anyone know if Apple states this information somewhere?

I don't want to be in a situation where I try to enable a complex password to find out that for some reason I'm locked out and I need to turn to Apple.


texts: Mount CD disk on mac as if it was mounted on windows

texts:
Okay, the title is not really clear enough, but I can't think how to phrase it better.

So, the problem is, I have starcraft (1 and Brood Wars) CD that I'd like to play on mac 10.8 using Wine.

However, there's a difference when I insert the CD under mac os and under windows. On windows, there is setup.exe file, for example. On mac, I get different files (incompatible (classic) Starcraft Installer.app, some other folders) that don't exist when I insert the CD on windows

So, in short - CD has different files when mounted on windows, and when mounted on mac. I want to mount the 'windows' version of the starcraft cd on mac. How?

I tried making a cd image under windows (daemon tools lite), but when I mounted iso file, guess what, same thing happened.


texts: Should I be worried about my iPhone overheating?

texts: There have been a few times where my iPhone (and iPod as well) has gotten slightly warmer than I would like after extensive use or a specifically  demanding app (infinity blade). Should I be worried about my iOS devices overheating?  If so what are some steps to prevent this and overall protect the device?


texts: How to keep browser from changing my camera settings?

texts: I have a Logitech USB webcam. On Zoom, it's set correctly to just show my face. I joined some sort of browser teleconference platform (in Chrome) and the camera was showing the whole room (much wider than normal). I couldn't figure out how to set it back; I tried a Camera Settings application which sets it, but the Chrome platform changes it right back. What are my options to make sure this doesn't happen - is there a way to get control and override what the browser is asking the camera to do?  Is there a "virtual camera" method that lets me set the video stream properties before it gets to Chrome?


texts: How can I keep keybindings of iTerm and vim apart

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1.Enviroment

Env: vim+zsh+iTerm2 on Mac OSX 10.9.2. (Same problems in vim+terminal+bash on Mac OSX 10.9.2)

2. Mapping Problems

Here are mapping problems list(You can chose any of them to anwser).

My vim could not get some shortcuts: <A-Left|Right|..>,<D-char>.

2.1 <A-Left|Right|UP|Down

In iTerm2 , hitting <A-Left|... will result in(iTerm2 doesn't bind any shortcut for them.):

<A-Up> print 'A' with a sound alert.
<A-Down> print 'B' with a sound alert.
<A-Left> print 'D' with a sound alert.
<A-Down> print 'C' with a sound alert.

In vim, <A-Left|... behave same as <Left><Right><Up><Down> in insert mode , normal mode, visual mdoe  and Ex Mode, etc. Could I map them <A-Left|..>?

2.2 <D-char>

Some keys about <D-char> are iTerms's own hotkeys, such as :

<D-q> will quit iTerm2
<D-w> will close current tab in iTerm2

On the other hand, the other keys such as <D-s> are not hotkey, and do not print any char in vim and terminal. Is it possible to map them in vim?


texts: Assigned a password to my home wifi, cannot connect to it on my macbook

texts:
So. Assigned the password to my network. First time it worked great. But  then, I had to resset the router. After that, I went and assigned the password again, but this time, when I try to connect to the network, it won't even ask for the password and won't connect at all!

Does anyone know what the hell is the problem?

(Using macbook air, running osx lion)

Also, tried resetting the router countless times. Did absolutely nothing.

Also, iphone connects and works with the router just fine.


texts: iTunes opens automatically when CD inserted

texts:
I don't use iTunes, but I can't prevent it from automatically opening every time a CD is inserted.

I have already changed the system preferences for when a CD/DVD is inserted to "ignore" or to "open other program"-- but it seems that iTunes 12 overrides these system preferences.

I've also looked at the preferences within iTunes, but there is no option to "ignore" when CD is inserted (though I am almost certain there used to be!)


texts: What does "Does your app contain, display or access third-party content?" mean for me?

texts:
While submitting a new app to the App Store I got this question: "Does your app contain, display, or access third-party content?".

Can I answer yes to this question and still submit an app?

Does answering yes mean that I have to show confirmations from the creators of the third-party content that I can use it in my app?

If for example my app is Twitter - would I have to answer "yes" in this case?
If so, how could I prove that I have the rights for all content published in the app?


texts: how can I write on my screen using terminal?

texts:
How can I write on my computer screen or open an application like notes and write on it from Terminal??

I can open up notes or any other app/document.


texts: Does Cinema Display daisy chain work in Windows via Bootcamp?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Dual Thunderbolt displays with a Mac running Windows under Boot Camp?

I am wondering if I can have use two Cinema Displays in Windows using daisy chain.


texts: How to get a list of application windows only from the current desktop with applescript?

texts:
Need to do something like the next

tell application "Safari"
activate
    set AllWindows to every window
    set WinCount to number of items in AllWindows

    repeat with i from 1 to WinCount
        set this_window to item i of AllWindows
        -- do something with the this_window
    end repeat
end tell

The abowe work ok, and getting ALL opened opened Safari window.

How can get the windows only from the curent desktop? So need somewhat change the line

    set AllWindows to every window

to something like

    set AllWindows to ONLY FROM THE CURRENT desktop windows :)

Any idea?


texts:
Mail.app's vertical bar formatting of replies is usually useful.  I have one annoying case that comes up very frequently for me that I have been trying to find a solution for.  I am a Python programmer and am on mailing lists that include Python code snippets regularly.  The problem is that Python command line application uses >>> as its prompt.  This triggers the quote formatting behavior incorrectly.  For example, the following email snippet is formatted incorrectly (IMO).

The code is useless, just to show the idea

>>> a = [1,2,3]
>>> a.append(4)
>>> a.sort()
>>> c = max(a) + 1

I would be very happy to have

>>> [1,2,3].append(4)::sort()::max() +1

The result in Mail.app is:

Does anyone know of a way to disable the quote bar behavior altogether?

source email: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2019-February/055374.html


texts: How do I change the hotkey combo to lock the screen

texts:
On my Macbook pro (OS X 10.8.2) the hotkey combo to lock he screen is Ctrl+Shift+Eject.

I don't like that combination at all.  I'd like to make it Ctrl+Command+l is there some way to do this?


texts: How can I install a 64-bit OS on a 2006 Mac Pro with 32-bit EFI?

texts:
I have a Mac Pro 2006 that has 64-bit processors, yet only boots 32-bit operating systems (aside from OSX). Is there a way I can install 64-bit Ubuntu Server, or any 64-bit OS for that matter, on this Mac? I'm getting tired of Snow Leopard Server.

EDIT: Uhm, computer is silver and looks like a cheese grater. It's a Mac Pro 2006 (first gen) with a single 250 GB HDD (original), 2 GB DDR2, and 2 dual-core Xeons.


texts: Purchased tv shows on my iphone, how do i take them off?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I remove videos from iPhone

I bought a couple tv shows while on my Iphone. So i plug my phone into my PC and now they are on my computer too. How can i take them off of my phone after i watched them and just leave them on my Itunes? They are taking up too much space on my phone and they don't need to be on it since i have already watched them.


texts: I don't know what's wrong with my IPhone 5C

texts: My phone has been acting up. It turns on and off by itself. My apps also freeze and crash. Im not even able to back up my phone because every time I do it, it cancels. I turn my phone on and off all the time and I restart it (by pressing the home button and power button at the same time) and it's no help at all. I was thinking about resetting my phone but I'm afraid it won't work. I need help. I don't know what I should do.


texts: What are the time machine snapshot files that are saved on my local volume instead of the time machine back-up volume

texts: I have many time machine snapshot files on my local volume. These are named com.apple.TimeMachine.2017-12-15-215252, for example, and a new one is created every 10 minutes even though I do backups weekly to a different volume. What are these files and is it ok to delete them with the tmutil command. I am running High Sierra on my iMac. Time Machine backups are saved to an external hard drive.


texts: Run an App with different folder as "~/Library"

texts:
I'm trying to set up the Minecraft game so that I can launch it from and run it onto a USB flash drive (portable game and savefiles without additional config to play on each Mac). This is normal behaviour of game startup:

An Application (.app) is launched. This app is a custom Java wrapper, the game internally uses Java, though not the system-wide installed copy. Instead, it uses a dedicated and customised copy of JRE which - AFAIK - is located in the .app file/folder.
This app starts as a normal OSX application and is - in fact - a native game launcher.
The launcher loads the game settings and license credentials from ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/ . This folder gets created if nonexistent.
The user is then prompted to click a green button to start the videogame.
Once the game is started, the launcher executes Java code and loads assets which are also located in folder ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/.
Once this has been done, the launcher app passes the game folder location used to load the game to the actual game, which is a Java app.

The game's setup is pretty unusual, so a launcher is mandatory, but it seems that the game respects whatever folder was defined by the launcher. The windows version of this game (which has same launcher and same Java binaries, only compiled for another platform) runs from %AppData%/.minecraft and if you start the game EXE with a Batch script and you define a custom AppData folder, the game adapts accordingly.

In the past, when this game used to rely on the locally installed Java, I remember I could edit the app's .plist file in Xcode or TextEdit to define a custom Library folder on OSX, and it ran perfectly. So, using either a .app modification, a Bash script or an AppleScript, without making a Symlink and without requiring Sudo password of a machine, nor having to configure this for every Mac I will use this app onto, how do I start an Application with a different ~/Library (or ~/Library/Application Support) folder?


texts: Copy file to protected directory using AppleScript

texts:
I'm trying to simulate Finder's file copy, but to a protected directory, using AppleScript.  The goal is to copy a single file but elevate when needed, like Finder will behave when doing it manually.

Initially I tried to use do shell script [...] with administrator privileges

This didn't work, I believe due to sandboxing, osascript the shell commands could read from my Desktop directory when run as me, but were blocked when run as administrator.

I tried to use the copy command, but quickly found that it's NOT for copying files.  This is confusing, many solutions are still using it.
I'm reading that duplicate is likely the keyword I should be focusing on but I'm struggling with using POSIX file and when using alias.

An example of a test without elevation:
set posixSrc to (POSIX file "/Users/darwin/Desktop/test.txt") as alias
set posixDst to (POSIX file "/Users/darwin/Desktop/test2.txt") as alias

tell application "Finder"
    duplicate posixSrc to posixDst
end tell

An example of a test with elevation:
set posixSrc to (POSIX file "/Users/darwin/Desktop/test.txt") as alias
set posixDst to (POSIX file "/Applications/My Special App.app") as alias

tell application "Finder"
    duplicate posixSrc to posixDst
end tell

Unfortunately, between POSIX and alias, I'm struggling to figure it all out.  Some errors I receive:
error "Finder got an error: Handler can’t handle objects of this class." number -10010

error "Can’t make \"/Users/darwin/Desktop/test2.txt\" into type alias." number -1700 from "/Users/darwin/Desktop/test2.txt" to alias

error "Finder got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000 from file (file "Macintosh HD:Users:darwin:Desktop:test.txt")

error "Finder got an error: AppleEvent timed out." number -1712

I'm currently testing these with Script Editor but a solution in Terminal is welcome as well.


texts: How to make safari suggest me subdomains if enter a main domain?

texts:
For example I want to visit b2b.vtt.ru (it is in my history). But I don't remember the subdomain. If I enter "Vtt" safari doesn't suggest me anything. It is annoying. I always used to type domains instead of subdomains when I used chrome and safari
I appreciate your help


texts: How do Apple engineers reset EFI password on new MacBooks?

texts:
Apple state:

  Only Apple retail stores or Apple Authorized Service Providers can unlock these computers protected by a firmware password.

  If you cannot remember the firmware password for your MacBook Air, schedule a service appointment with either an Apple Retail Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider.  If you plan to visit an Apple Retail store please make a reservation at the Genius Bar using http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/ (available in some countries only).

What do such engineers do to recover or reset the firmware password?  I long ago forgot my MacBook Air's firmware password, but haven't needed it until now.  I'm quite comfortable opening up my laptop, even if it voids my warranty, but cannot find any information on how the reset is performed.

With older models, one needed only to change the hardware configuration (e.g. amount of installed RAM) and then reset PRAM three times to force a reset of the firmware password.  I presume this is not possible because the MacBook Air has no user-removable parts (since RAM is soldered to the motherboard, for example) but it is not clear what alternatives exist.

Apple probably require all those in the know to keep it to themselves, but no doubt some hacker has figured it out. I'd be grateful if they would share!


texts: Will restoring my iphone require me to upgrade versions?

texts: I am trying to get rid of approximately 3GB of imessage attachments, by deleting the attachments from the backup file, and then restoring from that backup. My phone is an iphone 5, running iOS 7.1.2. And I do not want to upgrade to iOS 9. Will I be ok restoring it? Or is there an alternative message to free up some space? Thanks


texts: Exporting SMS messages from iPhone into plain text files


texts:
In the answer to question about enable wildcards recursive:
bash - What expands to all files in current directory recursively?

the globstar could be activated by shopt -s globstar:

I post snippet of the answer as below:

  In order for the double-asterisk glob to work, the globstar option needs to be set (default: on):

shopt -s globstar

From man bash:

    globstar
                  If set, the pattern ** used in a filename expansion con‐
                  text will match a files and zero or more directories and
                  subdirectories.  If the pattern is followed by a /, only
                  directories and subdirectories match.

However, I encounter error when tried it

$ shopt -s globstar
-bash: shopt: globstar: invalid shell option name

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.4.19(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin17.3.0)
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


texts: Unhide invisible files from the command line

texts:
By default, a number of system directories (such as ~/Library) are hidden in OS X (ie. they don't appear in Finder):

I know I can do this through the GUI but I would like to add a script to my dotfiles that does this automatically for certain system directories.

Is it possible to remove the hidden flag for a file/directory from the command line?


texts:
I run OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 on a first generation 27" iMac.
Over night the computer apparently crashed.

All applications I had open had gotten all jumbled in the restart so I pressed the F3 to see every thing and saw the following pop-up message:

I've seen these kind of messages before, but I had never seen them labeled as "ReportPanic".

Can someone explain what this is and what it means?  The label gives me pause.  Is this a real OS X message or a possible hack?


texts: Disable AirDrop by writing DisableAirDrop to group com.apple.NetworkBrowser

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I'd like to know if there's any difference in behavior when I try to set AirDrop off using sudo or as regular user :

sudo defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool YES

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser DisableAirDrop -bool YES

Does the root configuration "wins" the user configuration ?

Does the root configuration applies to all users ?

thanks


texts: How to format selected text in monospace in Apple Notes app?

texts:
When I select a text and hit Command+Shift M, It format the whole line instead of the selected text.
Example:
This is a code
expected:
This is a code
What I have:
This is a code


texts: How can I turn ~/Documents into a symlink?

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I keep my Documents in an encrypted directory in Dropbox (~/Dropbox/encrypted), which I then mount at ~/clear when I log in.  On my other Macs, I have change ~/Documents to a symlink that points at ~/clear, but trying to do the same on a new Mountain Lion machine doesn't work:

Pertinax:~$ pwd
/Users/drew
Pertinax:~$ ls
Desktop         Dropbox         Music           README.markdown tmp
Documents       Library         Pictures        bin
Downloads       Movies          Public          clear
Pertinax:~$ ln -sf clear/Documents .
ln: ./Documents: Permission denied
Pertinax:~$ ls -l@hd Documents
drwx------+ 3 drew  staff   102B Apr  5 15:02 Documents
Pertinax:~$ xattr -l Documents

It doesn't appear to have odd permissions or extended attributes, so I'm stumped.  I don't recall what I had done previously to make this work on my Lion and prior machines, or if I did anything special at all.


texts: MacBook Air High Sierra disk image not recognised couldn't open

texts: I created a disk image from a folder using disk utility and now when I double click it to open it i get an error message saying image couldn't be opened. Image not recognised. What can I do?


texts:
Sorry if my question is easy because I am new to Mac.

OS X Yosemite on my friend's  Macbook Air was removed. Now when we start his Mac it has just Windows.

For installing Os x, I got the the installation file (13 Zip file) from third party web site and extracted that and it produced dmg file.

Now I have tried to made a bootable USB of OS X Yosemite with my Mac by using Disk Maker App.

Now when we turn on Mac of my friend while pressing Alt , I can see the icon to install Yosemite. So I click on that and continue first steps like language without error, but after 2 or 3 steps I received error

" This copy of the Install OS X Yosemite application can’t be verified. It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading."

Please help what is the problem and how i can solve that.


texts: WindowServer is eating lots of CPU, can't work out why

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2019 16" MBP running 10.15.4. WindowServer is eating a lot of CPU, idling at 10-20%-ish even with nothing much running. Fans are constantly going because of it.

I've disabled transparency and stopped (virtual) screens having their own spaces (as recommended elsewhere), to no avail. Also tried killing random things to see if anything sorts it out - no luck.

Running log stream --predicate '(process == "WindowServer")' --debug I can see it's dumping the following into its debug logs very frequently, 10+ times per second, which seems like it may be related:

2020-05-06 23:54:23.680073+0100 0x4e7      Debug       0x0                  228    0    WindowServer: (CoreDisplay) [com.apple.CoreDisplay:default] [DEBUG] - On display 0x2b287853, surface is not detached, CoreDisplay is detached (0x00000000), DetachCode = 0

Any ideas what's going on?

Edit: as someone asked: The screens I was referring to are virtual screens. I do have an external monitor, but this still happens with it detached.


texts: How to change default folder/file permissions for file sharing

texts:
I have 3 Macs on the network. Each has a Standard User account that is using the Mac.

User A has a folder with files that other user (B & C) can access.
When I first copied a bunch of files from a backup HDD to UserA Document Folder, all the files had permission 777.
So User B and User C can read, add to, and delete the files & folders

Now when UserA creates a new folderXYZ in the Document folder, the permission of folderXYZ is default to 744.
Hence only UserA can add files to folderXYZ. User B and C can read the files in folderXYZ, but cannot add or delete files in folderXYZ. Each time it tries to add or del files in folderXYZ, there is a prompt asking for admin user&password, which User B & C will not have as they are standard user.

If UserB create a folderPQR in User A's Document folder, the folder permission is set to 744 with respect to UserB. so UserA and UserC can only read the files in folderPQR, but cannot add or delete files in folderPQR. An admin password is needed too.

Every so often, I have to change the permissions of UserA Document folder from 744 to 777 and set it to "apply to enclosed item". Only after this can all UserA,B,C add and delete files in foldersXYZ,  folderPQR and any other folders UserA,B,C created within UserA Document folder.

How do I make it such that when any userA,B,C creates a new folder in the UserA Document folder, the permission is set to 777 automatically, rather than stays at the default 744 for the creator.

I have read about umask command which works only when terminal remains open and user-specific launchd configurations command, but would like to source for other advice before proceeding.

Thank you.


texts: How to upgrade to 10.13.3 with fusion drive on apfs

texts:
I installed High Sierra via the app store, the regular way. In the process the fusion drive of my mac mini was converted to apfs.

I am still on 10.13.1, and wondered, why available upgrades did not show up, so I downloaded

macOSUpd10.13.2Supplemental.dmg
macOSUpd10.13.3.dmg

from the apple website. When I try to install them, I cannot chose any of my drives and the dialog dispays this link for further explaination:

https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/apfsfusion

Which states, that I installed apfs during the High Sierra Beta program, which converted my fusion drive to apfs, which somehow seems not to have been the right thing to do and now I would have to backup, setup newly and restore my whole system, something that would take me days to complete.

The thing is, I never signed up any apple beta program and I am unsure whether I am seeing this notification, because I try to install the upgrades from downloaded disk images and have not waited enough for the upgrade to apear by itself. On the other hand I am already missing out on the second iteration of High Sierra and this makes me uneasy, too.

Could anyone clarify my situation for me?


texts: Video randomly stops playing online and offline on Macbook

texts: Over the last month or so, videos on my macbook will randomly stop playing, this goes for both online videos in multiple browsers and videos stored on my computer that I try to play with VLC/Quicktime. When I try to play videos, it will just stay frozen on the initial screen grab and continue to try to load. The only remedy I've found is to reboot the computer and videos start playing fine again. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Flash, but that hasn't resolved the issue. Since it is happening both online and offline, I'm a little confused how to go about resolving this, but the error in the browser console is net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT. Unfortunately time machine is not an option.


texts: how to get shell scripts to run at startup on Yosemite

texts:
There is a directory in System/Library for startup items I presume: StartupItems

I need to have a shell script that will configure ethernet interface at start up, with local network address and subnet mask. I need to do this because the
network preferences for configuring the ethernet interface will NOT set it
using manual settings. THIS appears to be a serious bug, or my installation
is bad.

I was given the advice to use  networksetup from the command line but that
will not configure the ethernet interface in such a way that the configurations will be there on reboot.

The script needs to do its work with root privileges, or with sudo, but I
am assuming that if it uses sudo, there will be a password dialog presented
at boot time when the boot process gets to that script.

(I have had enough experience with FreeBsd and Linux to find my way around
in the terminal, but not necessarily as it applies to Mac OSX)


texts: “iCloud storage not enough for backup” message in spite of having loads of space

texts:
I have an iPhone 11 Pro and a 2Tb iCloud family membership. I have utilised ~450 Gb i.e. I’ve got more than enough storage for backing up my iPhone.
In spite of this, I get the aforementioned message...
Any solution to this issue is greatly appreciated.


texts: How performance of Macbook Air 13" mid-2011 battery from iFixit compares to the original one?

texts:
Please share your performance of the replacement battery as sold by iFixit (I'm interested in the New one, not B-Stock) as compared to the original battery from Apple for Macbook Air 13" mid-2011 (particularly, an i7 processor modification)?

Does it wear out faster? How long does it hold after 1 year+ of frequent (or, ideally, heavy) use? How many charge cycles does the iFixit version have, according to specs?

Update: I already contacted iFixit sales, but their answers were not satisfactory.


texts: How can I know which GUID represents which app in my iTunes backup of my iPhone?

texts:
I backed up my data from my iPhone to my PC. This backup is not encrypted. When I open up the backup folder, I see a bunch of files named with long GUIDs. Each app that saves data (e.g. to a SQLite table will have a file here.

How can I find out which GUID represents a specific app I am looking for?

I used to be able to use findstr "app name" *.mdinfo and then find the corresponding *.mddata file, but as of iTunes 10, there are no *.mdinfo files. This makes it so you can't find the app's name in the files in plain text. So when I try to use findstr "app name" *.*, it doesn't find it either. The files have no extension, and if they are SQLite files, they are in binary format and after examining them, they have no information related to the app's name in them.


texts: OS X 10.7.4 Wi-Fi 802.11d network interface country code switching

texts:
So I live in Sweden and since a couple of days ago one of my neighbors are broadcasting country code "US" from their AP, rendering my newly awaken MBA 2011 confused, so after a couple of seconds it changes the country code on the wireless interface to "US" and my own network SSID disappears.

Apparently this functionality is according to the specifications of the 802.11d protocol and simplifies manufacturing and country specific regulations for wireless equipment.

This so called "feature" is making my life a real pain for the moment and I'd rather not re-configure my own AP to a channel which is included in both the US and SE/EU array of accepted channels for a number of reasons.

Is there a way to disable this country code switching functionality in OS X 10.7.4?


texts: How to delete a boot partition from MacOS Catalina

texts:
A few years ago I created a second boot partition on a MacBook, called "BootOS". I would like to delete this partition and merge the space back into the remaining partition.

I have found a question/answer that describes how to do this on El Capitan, but the output from diskutils list on Catalina looks sufficiently different for me to ask again.

Can anyone suggest suggest how I should go about this?

diskutil list :

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         937.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:          Apple_CoreStorage BootOS                  62.7 GB    disk0s3
   4:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS BootOS                 +62.3 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s3
                                 98445A01-48FA-4E17-8CDE-61C46B885B90
                                 Unencrypted

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +937.0 GB   disk2
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     850.8 GB   disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 85.1 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                526.6 MB   disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk2s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.0 GB    disk2s5

diskutil cs list :

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 1C402269-ED55-46B6-B2B3-2C83C455625C
    =========================================================
    Name:         BootOS
    Status:       Online
    Size:         62708625408 B (62.7 GB)
    Free Space:   18984960 B (19.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 8A71BD1E-3901-4573-8ABA-B635F6957E9B
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s3
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     62708625408 B (62.7 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family CD18710F-BC90-4354-843B-C8B35B34274A
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 98445A01-48FA-4E17-8CDE-61C46B885B90
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          62337318912 B (62.3 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               BootOS
            Volume Name:           BootOS
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: How to disable special character selection popup when a key is held down

texts:
There was a fix that worked with Lion in this question

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

but that no longer seems to work in Mavericks.

Has anyone figured out how to turn off the special character insertion popup that appears when you hold a key down in Mavericks?


texts: I forgot the passcode for my iPad restrictions. How can I disable them?

texts: I added restrictions to my iPad and I forgot the passcode for them, now what? Is there a way to remove it without resetting the device?


texts: Can I recapture space on Macbook Air by deleting iOS apps?

texts: Starting to run out of space on the Macbook Air.  Since I can download any purchased app to my iPhone anytime I want, i don't need them or want them on my Macbook Air.  I already have them not syncing onto the iphone. Can I delete them from the Macbook Air?


texts:
I reset my phone. then when it finally turned back on after restoring itself, it asked for my Apple ID and the password. I forget both of them . it will not let me into the phone without imputing that information, which I don't have.
is there a way to get into my phone so I can use it again without knowing it ?


texts: How to set location of screen capture from control strip to clipboard?

texts: If I put the screenshot widget on my control strip (touch bar), it currently doesn't give me any option to copy the screenshot to the clipboard. Is there a way I can set it up to do this instead of saving a file?


texts: 3 Days old Macbook Pro 16" CPU Temperature reaching 97C°

texts:
This is my first macbook ever. After 3 Days of using this 16" Macbook Pro, the temperature of the CPU core reaches 97°C.
it happens when i am using Android studio with the simulator to test an 8 megabyte app (a webview).
it also heats when i am using chrome but doesn't reach 97°C, nevertheless i can boil an egg over it.
Should i return it and ask for another? if i return it and get the same would i have the same issue? is this common in macbooks?
here is the detail of the recorded temperatures


texts: Strange characters in APPLE Software License Agreement

texts: I have been getting notifications to do a software update. The Software License Agreement has some strange characters. I am not sure if it would be ok to accept it.


texts: Is there any way to access some apps before I put in my password?

texts:
I have a 4 digit passcode for my iphone, but there are some apps that I might use frequently that don't really need to be protected.  Is there a way to access those apps without entering my passcode every time?  An example of such an app would be the calculator or calendar apps, or even the Pandora app.

Any ideas?


texts:
After chasing the "Export Health Data" option in Apple Health, and waiting a long time without feedback or any notification the initial dialing that is presented (see below) disappears, and nothing appears to happen. This is worse than (already bad) past experiences I've had with this feature, and seems to produce no result at all.

Where should I look for the (alleged) export of Apple Health data?


texts: The iTunes Store has no record of past Audiobook purchases

texts: Two or three years ago, I purchased four audio books. I recently was forced to restore my iPod, losing all content. When I went to my computer to restore the content, I found that, although the book artwork was there, the audio was missing. I work in Afghanistan and have limited internet access. I am now in Dubai, UAE on vacation and when I went online to the iTunes store there is nothing in my purchase history. How do I get those books back?


texts: Can Safari's download popover window be made wider?

texts:
How can the max. width (fixed width≈425) of Safari's download-popover-window be made wider?
Is there a way to get at Safari's "download pop over window" in any way so its max-size is larger than 425 px and longer file names are no longer abbreviated?
Maybe via AppleScriptObjC?

[[ Answers:
So far (w/o use of AS-objC) just three "workarounds" have come around...

Original Workaround #1 ... a mixture of (do) shellScript (cat/sed), AS, Html and Automator
Workaround # 1 ... uses only Automator modules but also contains the above shell script
Workaround # 2 ... with direct AS access on Safari's plist file, a dialog & a "button" in Safari

WA #2 is my favorite; the others' "windows" are more flexible. Both use Automator shortcuts. ]]


texts: Quick way to "link" to location on a shared SMB server?

texts:
I work at a small office where everyone uses Macs. We have a shared SMB server for storing files, which often contain spaces and other special characters.

Let's say that I have a folder containing important data for a coworker. Our current workflow is:

I take a screenshot of the folder path in Finder:
I attach this screenshot to an email and send it to my coworker.
My coworker uses the screenshot to manually navigate to the correct directory in Finder.

We do this many times each day, and it adds up. Step 3 in particular is quite annoying for the recipient.

Is there a technique we could use, or some software we could install, that would expedite this process? Ideally, I'd like the ability to email a "link" that, when clicked, would automatically open the directory in Finder.

Again, this method must be compatible with special characters, and should be easy to explain to less technically savvy users.


texts: What would cause Finder's "Find" (cmd-F) to launch a server connection?

texts:
I've seen similar questions about strange server connections, but they didn't apply to this issue.
Very specifically, when I hit CommandF, my Mac automatically, and silently, connects to one of my servers.  I looked in "Keychain Access" to see if there was a password to remove, and there wasn't.  There's also no reference to the server in "Login Items".  If I notice it, and disconnect it, I can continue to do Finds, and it usually won't try to reconnect.  However, if I open a new window, and then do the Find, every "New Finder Window/Find" sequence will cause a reconnection.
It took me forever to isolate that Find is what's causing this connection, but I can't determine why.
(Running Mojave - 10.14.6)


texts: Can I restore data backed up from a newer version of iOS?

texts: I have a 3gs with iOS 5.1.  I backed up my data, and wanted to restore to my new iPhone 4, with iOS 5.0.1.  Somehow, I was not given an option to restore my backup.  Is it possible to restore backup to a device that has older firmware?


texts: External hard drive frequently ejects itself when using Aperture

texts:
I have a brand new external hard drive which frequently ejects itself on a regular basis (every ~20 minutes or so), seemingly only when I have Aperture open (my Aperture library is located on the external hard drive). The disk works perfectly fine for long periods of time when I am not using Aperture.

I have read many places online that this could be related to disk inactivity sleep, disk journaling, Spotlight indexing, faulty Firewire cables, faulty Firewire ports, hard drives which are about to die, etc. However, the disk seems to work perfectly fine when I am not using it for Aperture and none of the many forum threads I have found have pointed me in the right direction.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to identify and fix this issue?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How do I merge the tabs of two safari windows when I have more than two open?

texts:
So far, I know how I can merge all windows with all their tabs using:

I use different windows in safari to organize them by content. Sometimes it makes sense to merge the tabs of two windows. This very easy when you have only two Safari windows open.

How can I do this when I have more than two windows? I'm open to solutions using extensions.


texts: Troubleshooting unusual connection situations in some (not all) LANs

texts:
At a public WiFi where I have not had this issue before (but last time was two months ago).  WiFi connection symptoms seem like the access point/router is not communicating with the outside world.  BUT it is a little unusual:

Macbook, iPad, and iPhone all connect to the SSID.  But none of them can access internet at one end of the building and the iPad works fine at the other end.  Nowhere in the building can the Mac even ping the router.
Typing this on a library Windows 7 box.  I shut this box and the Macbook down, and moved the Cat-5 cable from their box to the Macbook.  Booted and tried different methods (ping/telnet to DNS/whois/others) and no connection.
Sounds like Macbook is seriously screwed, but I can use the iPhone "personal hotspot" through USB or through WiFi with the only issue being that the cell service around here is intermittent.

Any troubleshooting ideas?  Is this a duplicate of
Network OK but no Internet connection. Can this be faulty hardware?
?

Update: "Related" sidebar shows that many people have similar problems, though none of those showed up in the "suggestions" when I was typing the question.


texts: How does my just-booted and encrypted iPhone still receive messages before I decrypt it with the passcode?

texts:
It's my understanding that personal data on the iPhone 6 is automatically encrypted with the user's passcode. This is why when you boot it for the first time the passcode is required instead of the fingerprint.

My question, however, is why after the first boot, before entering the passcode for the first time, does the iPhone continue to receive account-specific notifications? As an example, Google Hangouts will actively receives messages that are readable and on the lock screen before any decryption has taken place. Wouldn't this imply that the user data for apps somehow are not encrypted?


texts: QuickTime Player: How to Reduce Playback Speed?

texts:
In QuickTime Player, I'd like to play the video back at slower than real-time speeds. I see that it's possible to play back at faster than real time speeds -- by pressing the option key and clicking the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons. How can I play video at slower speeds?

I'm running QuickTime player 10.4 on OSX 10.11.x


texts: Manually added keychain password not showing on Mac

texts:
I have a website I previously logged into using iCloud Keychain that has changed its domain/URL. I can still log in by using "other passwords" and finding the old domain, however this isn't ideal. I would prefer to have the keychain working as intended.

So, I added the new domain login manually to my Keychain on my MacBook. However, this still doesn't seem to be working. When I navigate to the login page in Safari it doesn't automatically fill in the fields, and I still have to find the login details in "other passwords"

I know I got the address correct when setting up the new keychain item because I copied and pasted the full URL to the form. I also quit and restarted Safari to see if that would make a difference, but it didn't. Is there anything else I can do?


texts: Disable Mail's "Image Size" from remembering last used setting

texts: I almost always want mail to send a "Actual Size" image. However sometimes having mail automatically resize an image to "small/medium/large" is handy. However, after doing so Mail remembers the last selected option and sets any future image attachments at that smaller size - which at times, I forget to switch back "to Actual Size". I would like mail to ALWAYS default to "Actual Size" for attached images. — I doubt there is a known workaround but if so, I'd love to know it.


texts: What's a good (paid or free) download manager app for the iPad? I tried using iDownloads+ Free, but it seems to unreliable when the connection is spotty.


texts: Code Signing: Where is the "encrypted hash" of a signed blob?

texts:
Reading the developer docu about Code Signing, it says in section Digital Signatures and Signed Code:

  To create a digital signature, the signing software computes a special
  type of checksum called a hash (or digest) based on a piece of data or
  code and encrypts that hash with the signer’s private key. This
  encrypted hash is called a signature.

  To verify that signature, the verifying software computes a hash of
  the data or code. It then uses the signer’s public key to decrypt the
  signature, thus obtaining the original hash as computed by the signer.
  If the two hashes match, the data has not been modified since it was
  signed by someone in possession of the signer’s private key.

  Signed code contains several digital signatures:

  If the code is universal, the object code for each slice
  (architecture) is signed separately. This signature is stored within
  the binary file itself.
  Various components of the application bundle
  (such as the Info.plist file, if there is one) are also signed. These
  signatures are stored in a file called _CodeSignature/CodeResources
  within the bundle.

After some fiddling, I know the following:

Inside the binary, I got the CodeDirectory (0xfade0c02) containing all SHA-1 hashes or checksums of the Bundle, e.g. Info.plist etc.
Inside the bundle, I got the _CodeSignature directory with the CodeResources file, which - as the cited paragraph above mentions - should contain all signatures. However, the CodeResources only contains base64 encoded SHA-1 hashes of several files.
Inside the binary, I've got some certificates, which I can extract using codesign -d --extract-certificates <binary> - generating codesign0, codesign1 etc. These certificates actually are CMS Signatures (0xfade0b01) that do contain certificate signatures. Looking up CMS I get Cryptographic Message Syntax, which is used to sign data.

Now the paragraph tells me that some hash has to be stored as a signature (encrypted hash) in the binary or in the CodeResources file.

I suspect that codesign uses one of the certificates/CMS Signatures to extract the public key, then decrypts a signature (encrypted hash) and compares the output to the original hash of a given file, e.g. Info.plist.

So my question is: Where is this signature (encrypted hash)? Is it the signature inside a certificate/CMS Signature? Or is it somewhere else?


texts: Can I prevent Chrome from storing passwords in Keychain, instead just save it to itself?

texts:
Can I set up Chrome to not store passwords in the Keychain?

I'd like to be able to use Chrome as my browser on her Macbook, without having my passwords shared into Safari and Firefox (which she uses).  That's how we've shared this computer for a long time (which means I don't have to bother logging out fully and logging in as my own account), and since upgrading to Yosemite it has changed behavior here.


texts: MacBook Pro 2017 headphone jack seems to go to sleep when the laptop is idle

texts:
I have a 2017 MBP and i'm using a pair of basic Sennheiser earphones. I am finding when the laptop is idle for a period of time (I can't work out exactly how long yet) the earphone jack seems to hang up.

The only way I can get sound out of it is to unplug the earphones and plug them back in and after 2-3 seconds I get sound again.

The spec of my machine:

  MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
  macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65)
  3.1 GHz Intel Core i5
  16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3


texts: Non-modal dialog in full-screen Mail.app

texts:
When used in full-screen mode, Lion’s new Mail.app has a modal (= always in foreground, disables rest of application) dialog for composing and viewing messages.

Can I disable this? It’s quite annoying since I often need to make reference to previous messages in a conversation so I need to go to and fro different messages while composing a new message.

The full-screen mode itself is quite handy so I’d be sorry to ditch it just to have non-modal dialogs. Other applications (I’ve tried Pages.app) don’t behave that way …


texts: Lion login screen when using two screens

texts:
When logging into Lion with a second screen attached, does the second screen always have a plain grey background as opposed to the textured background that the primary screen has?

Is there a way to change the login wallpaper on only the second screen?


texts: Ipod nano touch podcast sync issues (can't delete some podcasts)

texts:
As you can see in the photo, my iPod has several podcasts.  But iTunes only displays one.
It doesn't always show the subscribed podcasts, sometimes does, but not always. If I drag (copy) a podcast to the ipod, it then shows on iTunes, but it may dissapear later.
In the iPod, the podcasts always show, but I can't delete the ones I don't need anymore.

How can I solve this?
Should I manage all podcasts through subscription and not drag individual episodes? or can I mix both methods?


texts: My MBP will only charge with a T shaped magsafe now

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) which came with a L shaped magsafe charger. I have been having problems for sometime now, wouldn't charge properly, cut off randomly, charger would cut out/not good connection. I replaced the battery, bought new chargers, reset the SMC and NVRAM many times. Eventually I gave up on it and let it sit for many months and used a work laptop.

A couple days ago I decided to see if it would start and of course the L shaped charger I bought from Apple wouldn't work, I then plugged in my wife's cheap Amazon T shaped replacement charger and it connected great and started charging perfectly. I have tested many perfectly good L shaped chargers since and they will not work well, keep cutting out.

Any ideas? Is my port wearing out and that T shape just happens to fit better?


texts: How can I open all the files in all the subdirectories of a folder?

texts:
I'm trying to recursively open all the files in a folder, including its directories. I've been playing around with open /path/to/folder/*, and this will open all the files inside that folder but not include the sub-directories.

If I had a folder tree that looked like this:

Folder
>subfolder1
>>file1.jpg
>>file2.jpg
>subfolder2
>>file1.jpg
>>file2.jpg
>subfolder3
>>file.jpg

How could I open all the files in one terminal command?


texts: Automator workflow or AppleScript to close Safari after a period of time

texts:
I would like to create an Automator workflow (or some similar function) that will close down Safari after a specified period of time.

For instance, I simply want to run Pandora in Safari during the night, but have it close out after 30 minutes to 1 hour, as sort of a sleep timer. I am a very new Mac user so detailed instructions would be great. I have familiarized myself with creating some simple Automator workflows, but I have no experience using AppleScript.


texts: How does Time machine handle a new startup drive?

texts:
I've been running my machine for years and using Time Machine all that time.  Now I have just decided that I needed a separate system partition for some work stuff where I wanted to have the whole system configured differently (different utilities installed, different defaults, different drivers for things, etc.)

So I did this, but now we come to turning on Time Machine.  Near as I can tell, TM appears to recognize that this is still the same computer and wants to continue backing up as always to the same TM archive it's always used.

For probably obvious reasons I don't want to do this, I want this backup to be completely different from the old one.  In fact I don't even want to back up any of the other drives/partitions connected to this machine while booted off this partition.

Is there a way to make this happen or am I stuck because it's the same physical machine and that's all TM cares about?


texts: Making all application windows stay fullscreen on relaunch

texts:
I usually have 4+ fullscreen windows open whenever I use Xcode 4. When I quit Xcode, and reopen it, only one or two of the windows open as fullscreen, and the rest all open in a single desktop as normal windows. (I think the behavior is the same with Chrome and probably other apps to.)

Is there anyway to fix this?


texts: How to choose which connection to use for SSH

texts:
I have an ethernet connection which is restricted for a lot of ports (the most annyoing is port 22 -ssh- ).

I now have a Wifi connection which is unrestricted.

I want to tell to my mac, each time i use the port 22 via the terminal, to use the WIFI and in the other case, to use the Ethernet connexion.

Is there a way to do this ? (MBP Retina  end 2013, OSX 10.9.4)


texts: How to convert an exiting partition to RAID on OS X?

texts:
I just replaced my optic drive from MacBook Pro with another 500gb HDD and I want to speedup one of the partitions.

The first drive has two partitions, named 106 and 107 and I want to convert one of them to use the second drive.

The problem is that disk utility does not let me add any of the partitions from the first disk to a RAID set.

What should I do? I don't want to reinstall everything.

Here is what I would like to obtain from my 2 500gb HDD:

one striped partition of 2*300GB, this would be used for speed (compilation)
rest of the free space other partitions,
still be able to have a partition with Windows on it, a real partition.


texts: Push notifications only work every now and then

texts: My iPods push notifications only work every now and then and I'm always on the same router. All my notification settings are turned on but like I said they only work occasionally. Does anyone know how to fix this so they work everyday all the time?


texts: Did they remove the number of emails in a folder from the toolbar in Yosemite's Mail.app?

texts:
Before I upgraded to Yosemite, I used to see the number of unread and total emails in a folder in the title/header bar,  e.g.

Inbox (23) 64 messages

I no longer see this - is there any way of getting it back?


texts: Can't create keyboard shortcut for sketch's mask

texts:
I'm trying to make a keyboard shortcut for the "Mask" action in "Sketch" app:

Using the keyboard shortcuts system preferences:

Is it possible that it doesn't work because it's not sketches top bar menu, but in it's right click menu? is there another way to add this keyboard shortcut?


texts: Does anyone know of a GUI way to search  mounted network volume without using Spotlight? We use a cluster roughly 80TB and need a client-side way of searching for files without indexing the entire thing every two seconds...


texts: Prevent external monitors to be shut down when sleeping

texts:
I (think I) remember that with previous OS X versions I could have the display turn off while connected to external monitors, but the latter wouldn't be turned off. So, when I would turn the display back on, all the windows would still be in their monitor.

Now, when the display goes off, all external monitors are shut down (?), so all windows are moved to the small mac screen and i have to drag them into position by hand.

Any hint on how to solve this?

I have an early 2015 retina mac book pro and El Capitan installed. My external monitors are Dells. The energy saving preferences already prevent the mac from sleeping when the display is off.


texts: I keep getting alerts stating startup disk is full when it's not

texts:
I keep getting alerts saying that "your start-up disk is almost full".

I have an early 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro running macOS 10.11.6 with a 128MB SSD that has 63GB free according to About this Mac > Storage.  I have created two other standard user accounts for my wife and son.  I typically see this issue after coming home from work after they have been using it.  If the alert appears, About this Mac > Storage will indeed indicate that all storage has been used, the bulk being of type: Other.  When this happens, any open apps are sluggish, frequently showing the spinning wheel cursor and preventing saving.

Restarting the system solves the issue.  If I had to guess, it seems like some program is hogging all disk space for swap space.  The only app with which I am unfamiliar and didn't install myself is Discord which my wife installed for my son.

Any thoughts on what could be causing this phantom disk usage?


texts: I'm not able to re-size a HD Partition to utilize all its free space, how can I fix this?

texts:
I've seen a couple of questions on the exchange that are similar to the issues I am having. But I haven't been able to get things to work referencing those issues.

I am ultimately looking to install Linux Mint or Ubuntu as a dual boot on my Macbook Pro (2011) which is running Mountain Lion. This is taking some trial and error.

I partitioned my HD into to equal segments about 250 GB each, one for Mountain Lion and one for Linux Mint. The partitioned segment was "free space" originally. I also installed rEFInd boot manager to manage to dual boot.

There were errors with my Mint install. The installation did not complete, but the "free space" was formatted during the install process.

I was worried that if I tried doing the install again, I wouldn't be able to re-format the newly formatted "free-space" the partitions I made for the Mint install. So I removed all my partitions except the HD and recovery. (At least I think they are removed -- i.e. they no longer show up in the partition layout).

What I am left with are two partitions:

The problem is I can't resize the Macintosh HD partition. I still should have 500Gb available. I'd like to just go back to a single partition.

Something else, probably related is that this Recovery Hd is taking up 650Mb (see below). Which is not a problem but I don't recall it being there originally when I started setting this up earlier today.

How do I override whatever is locked here and not allowing me to restore full size to the HD partition?

Theres got to be an easy way to do this.

I've been slamming my head on the wall trying to figure this out. Unfortunately my backup drive got corrupted somehow. So I'm stuck either taking it to an apple store or figuring out how to resize the partition.

As an update:

Thanks to @Buscar웃 I have run the terminal command "defaults write com.apple.DiskUtility DUDebugMenuEnabled 1". This turns on Debug option for the Disk utility. What I see is the following:

I now see two recovery drives and "disk0s1"(what is this??). I need to delete the recovery drive that remains when I turn off the show all partitions from debug feature.

What is the easiest way to delete this recovery partition?

Thus far I've come across this link to delete a partition.

For completeness when I run "diskutil list" I get:

What is this "disk0s1/EFI"? (Something left over from an installation attempt?)

Do I need to delete "disk0s1/EFI"? and the extra Recovery HD?
How do I do this?

Again this is all in the hope of having a single partition completely filled with the Macintosh HD.

Problem solved:

I erased the Recovery HD. Then went back to the main disk, went to partition and was able to remove the recovery partition.

Then I could expand my Mac HD!

Still what is this "disk0s1"?


texts: 10.14: Change accent color to grey - but keep colored traffic lights?

texts: How can I keep the colored traffic lights when the accent color is grey?


texts: How do I stop Google notification of sport scores on iPhone?

texts: On my iPhone's notification center, there is a section showing Google notifications. I get notified of baseball and now football scores. How to stop these specific notifications?


texts:
I have a launchd plist that uses StartCalendarInterval to start my python script at the desired time and day of the week.

Now I want to create a launchd plist that both starts and terminates a different python script at selected times.    Where is the "KillCalender" command or equivalent?

Essentially, I want the program the controls my Christmas lights come on at 1800 and go off at 2200.

I suppose I could write the main loop in my python program so it terminates at 2200 but I was hoping launchd could do this for me.


texts: How to enable shortcuts through Siri on Apple Watch?

texts:
OK, so I've installed iOS 12 on my iPhone 8, and watchOS 5 on my Apple Watch series 3, everything is paired and set up.

I have created a custom shortcut on my iPhone with the new Shortcuts app. If I hold the Home button on my iPhone and speak my custom phrase, the shortcut runs successfully.

However, if I hold the crown on my Apple Watch, and speak the same custom phrase, Siri just says it doesn't know this command.

Did I forget to configure support for this? I can't seem to find any settings for this, nor does it seem that I should install Shortcuts on the watch itself.

I've checked in the shortcuts app itself, in settings, in the watch app with the settings for the watch, etc.

Or perhaps Apple did not implement support for this (yet)?


texts: Software Update wants to install printer driver update that removes support for my printer

texts:
I have a Brother MFC-9340CDW that I've had for some time. I recently upgraded from Snow Leopard to Yosemite and found that among the broken things were that my printer no longer functioned due to missing drivers.

Following the link in the "Brother Printer Software Update 2.10" description, http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201465, I found that that printer is unsupported.

So I dutifully went back to the Brother site, downloaded the software, and installed it. The printer now works perfectly for printing and scanning.

Shortly thereafter, Software Update tells me that my printer drivers are out of date. It wants to reinstall the driver that removes support for aka doesn't yet have support for my printer.

Right clicking on the update and choosing "Hide This Update" does nothing.

Normally this isn't a huge deal but it does mean that any time there are software updates I can't just "update everything," I have to expand the list and choose each update individually.

Is there any way I can tell Software Update, "you know what, I want you to assume that this is the version that I have, ok?"

Thanks.


texts: Can I bring my Macbook Pro car camping in temperatures that may reach -5 degrees F?  I have found a lot of information on high temperature tolerances but not on the low tolerances.


texts: Can I turn off IPv6 and just use IPv4 on my iOS device?

texts:
I'm trying to use TeamViewer but have a problem when trying to access the network with IPv6 via GSM.

Can I somehow turn off IPv6 and use only IPv4? I am using an iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 8.3.


texts:
I have configured dnsmasq to resolve all .dev domains to 127.0.0.1. This works great as long as my Mac is connected to the Internet (using Wi-Fi or even my iPhone in hotspot mode).

As soon as I turn off my Wi-Fi or there's no coverage (say I'm nowhere where there's no Wi-Fi connection available) I can't access my .dev websites anymore. Safari refuses to connect saying I'm offline. I would have to put my phone in hotspot mode but in this way I can't truly work offline.

Is there a way to have this setup work? I do remember it was working back in the days of Snow Leopard. Even up to Mavericks for sure.

All CLI tools work fine. Cocoa apps don't.

My dnsmasq config is as simple as:

address=/dev/127.0.0.1
domain-needed
bogus-priv


texts: sudo error: " No valid sudoers uid 601, should be 0 " OSX Catalina

texts:
Running OSX Catalina on a 2012 Macbook Pro, I recently edited the etc/hosts file and after I did I started having this problem in during my next startup, I somehow lost all use of sudo, anytime I try and use sudo I get the same error message:

sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by uid 601, should be 0
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

Even when I change the etc/hosts file back it doesn't help so I'm not sure what or why this  triggered the issue. Any advice on how to fix this? Is this bound to happen anytime I edit the /etc/hosts file?


texts: Homebrew's instructions to update Xcode CLT fail to address warning

texts:
Since Catalina, brew doctor has produced the message

  Warning: A newer Command Line Tools release is available.

Following the subsequent instructions to

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools
sudo xcode-select --install

has no effect.

How do I make sure that Homebrew recognizes that no newer version of the CLT are available?

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 2.2.17-72-ge4719cb
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew.git
HEAD: e4719cb6f3207a7aed932dbb9d6f363d6c478cd0
Last commit: 5 hours ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 221abc864bb25f3c0bfa0b0f0237f426f0a056a3
Core tap last commit: 39 minutes ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_DISPLAY: /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.R94NebSNsk/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
HOMEBREW_EDITOR: /usr/local/bin/bbedit
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 4
HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS: set
HOMEBREW_NO_EMOJI: set
CPU: quad-core 64-bit haswell
Homebrew Ruby: 2.6.3 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/bin/ruby
Clang: 11.0 build 1103
Git: 2.26.2 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.64.1 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: 1.8.0_172
macOS: 10.15.4-x86_64
CLT: 11.0.0.0.1.1567737322
Xcode: 11.5
XQuartz: 2.7.11 => /opt/X11


texts: Very low volume when headphone is connected to my Macbook pro, even if at max. Headphone works correctly on my iphone and other devices. Tried Audio MIDI setup, settings seem to be correct 44.1KHz 2ch-16 bit. Can anyone help me?


texts: Can't route specified site traffic to direct WiFi connection, to avoid VPN

texts:
macOS Catalina 10.15.2

WiFi on en0 (MAC xx:xx:xx:xx:85:80)

VPN — Wireguard CLI (utun2)

I have a permanent VPN connection and all traffic is going through it. But I need to route traffic for music.yandex.ru (213.180.204.186) to the Wi-Fi connection.

I used the command route add -host music.yandex.ru -interface en0 to do it. The resulting routing table (netstat -nr) is below:

Destination        Gateway            Flags        Netif Expire
0/1                utun2              USc          utun2
default            192.168.43.63      UGSc           en0
10.217.47.164      10.217.47.164      UH           utun2
127                127.0.0.1          UCS            lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH             lo0
128.0/1            utun2              USc          utun2
169.254            link#5             UCS            en0      !
190.2.141.162      192.168.43.63      UGHS           en0
192.168.43         link#5             UCS            en0      !
192.168.43.42/32   link#5             UCS            en0      !
192.168.43.63/32   link#5             UCS            en0      !
192.168.43.63      0:a:f5:12:f9:98    UHLWIir        en0   1197
213.180.204.186    xx:xx:xx:xx:85:80  UHLS           en0
224.0.0/4          link#5             UmCS           en0      !
224.0.0.251        1:0:5e:0:0:fb      UHmLWI         en0
255.255.255.255/32 link#5             UCS            en0      !

But after adding the route for music.yandex.ru it becomes unreacheable. I don't get any ping returns.

Then, I used direct forward to my gateway IP by route add -host music.yandex.ru 192.168.43.63

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Netif Expire
0/1                utun2              USc          utun2
default            192.168.43.63      UGSc           en0
10.217.47.164      10.217.47.164      UH           utun2
127                127.0.0.1          UCS            lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH             lo0
128.0/1            utun2              USc          utun2
169.254            link#5             UCS            en0      !
190.2.141.162      192.168.43.63      UGHS           en0
192.168.43         link#5             UCS            en0      !
192.168.43.42/32   link#5             UCS            en0      !
192.168.43.63/32   link#5             UCS            en0      !
192.168.43.63      0:a:f5:12:f9:98    UHLWIir        en0   1200
213.180.204.186    192.168.43.63      UGHS           en0
224.0.0/4          link#5             UmCS           en0      !
224.0.0.251        1:0:5e:0:0:fb      UHmLWI         en0
255.255.255.255/32 link#5             UCS            en0      !

And everything works as I want. But I need to use the network interface instead of the gateway IP, because it usually changes from time to time.

How can I set proper redirection?


texts: Is it possible to receive text messages on my iPhone and Mac?

texts: Is it possible to receive text messages on both my iPhone and my Mac? Just got Mac for the first time. I don't carry it around with me but have missed some important text messages recently as they are going directly to the Mac and not to my iPhone.  I'm not sure what to do. It would be great if I could receive text message  on my iPhone and my Mac. If this isn't possible, I prefer to only receive text messages on my iPhone.


texts:
I am eager to try out the new Yosemite beta, but the confidentiality agreement somewhat startles me.

I know I cannot disclose any confidential information about the OS or post screenshots of it anywhere, but what else does that imply? I am a web developer and I use my Macbook for surfing the web, listening to music, programming and web development in general. Can I still do all these things (and the rest of everyday stuff) if I update to the Yosemite beta? What are the legal limitations of using Yosemite?

What I'm asking is can I still produce websites, web software and etc. at work using Yosemite Beta as a development environment?


texts: iTunes 11 reverts to season 1 of a show after watching an episode

texts:
Since upgrading to iTunes 11 with it's wonderful interface I've run into an issue. I have several TV shows with multiple seasons. It's great that the interface now groups the seasons all into one icon for the show. However, if I select a later season (eg. 2) and watch an episode, when it finishes and iTunes goes back to it's window, I'm back on Season 1.

Quite an irritation to have to scroll back up to the top of the show, go back to the season I'm watching, and then scroll back down to find the episode I was on.

Is this just a bug, or am I missing a setting somewhere?


texts: Window Layout management keyboard shortcut

texts:
I have 3 screens like in the image below and exactly 2 windows split in half in each.
I want to set up a keyboard shortcut to take the given window to one of those 6 spaces.
I prefer a modal shortcut like Moom app. Ctrl+` takes to a mode where I can type 1 through 6 to take the window to that positioning.
What app can I use to set up this configuration, and (preferably) only this configuration (and not so much more shortcuts)?

I use the Moom app right now but too many keystrokes each time to move between displays and then to go to the specific half position.


texts: Is there a way to automatically maximize a window when dragging it to an external monitor?

texts:
I can do it with a shortcut, but looking for a fully automated way.

Does Mission Control or macOS allow this?


texts: What hooks exist into Notification Center / twitter so that I can tweet programmatically?

texts: I'm specifically looking to design a custom action for LaunchBar so that I can initiate a tweet from that utility. Since Notification Center has a "Click to tweet" button, I wondered if Notification Center has any hooks that would allow me to script this without waiting for the developer of the program add a function to perform this action.


texts: Mouse not reacting to hover when bamboo tablet unplugged

texts:
I have a mid-2010 15" Macbook Pro with 10.8 installed, and I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet (one of the older ones, it's model MTE-450). I've noticed that whenever the tablet is plugged in, many hover states for the mouse no longer work for the trackpad and generic plug-in mice.

For example, normally if you hover over the three buttons at the top left of a window, they'll show a "x – o" pattern. However, if my tablet is plugged in, and I move the mouse over to hover, no hover occurs. This is the same with the dock icons, and with close-tab on Safari. Unplugging the tablet does nothing, and so far only a restart will fix this.

Any tips on how to start fixing?


texts: Using ArcGIS on OSX without paying a fortune

texts:
I'm running macOS High Sierra on an Early 2015 MacBook Air. As I'm a student, I'm looking to run ArcGIS on my computer without paying a fortune for licenses and and virtual machines.

Thus, as a related question, I asked if you could install and run Windows 10 via bootcamp without paying for a Windows license. It seems you are permitted a trial run of windows 10 for 90-days

Can I use arcGIS during this trial period with Windows 10?

Also, someone in the other question recommended using WineBottle, does anyone know if WineBottle is capable of running ArcGIS on mac?

This is the URL they gave:

http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/


texts: Split Keynote Builds Into Separate Slides

texts:
I need a method that takes a Keynote presentation with multiple build animations (appear, disappear, etc.) as input and splits each slide into several new slides, one new slide for each build animation. Essentially, I need the PowerPoint plugin PPspliT equivalent for Keynote.

To illustrate the problem with an example, suppose I have this Keynote as input:

Notice that there is one slide with three build animations.

I desire this Keynote as output:

Notice that there are now four slides, with none of the slides having build animations. Both input.key and output.key produce the same slideshow.


texts:
I use Blogger to run my blog, and I would like to use Apple's Touch icons. However, I'm currently having trouble and I'm not sure if it's because of the limitations of Blogger or something I'm doing. I've looked to other sites for examples and I just can't figure it out. It keeps showing a default Touch Icon, not my image. Here's what I've got so far.

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="//yoursite.com/apple-touch-icon.png?attredirects=0&amp;d=1" />

Other information

The file is a 60x60 png image
Google Sites' file hosting service needs those parameters on the end for the download link to work.
Blogger says there's a parsing error if I don't put a slash at the end, but every other site I go to doesn't use that slash, so maybe that's a Blogger thing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
I have a Mid 2015 MBPr ("About this mac" screenshot below)

Since I attached a 27" 4K Monitor (HP Envy) via one of the thunderbolt ports, the built-in screen occasionally (a few times an hour) appears like this:

This goes away after a few minutes, or if I do something like drag a window or try to screenshot it (hence the photo).

It happens for either Thunderbolt port I use to connect the monitor and doesn't happen if it's not plugged in.

What might be causing it?


texts: Can't connect from macOS High Sierra to Windows 10 share on home network

texts:
At wit's end.  Have MBP named newt running High Sierra.  Have Windows 10 machine named "Vader" that's always up & running with a physical drive (X:) shared as //Vader/x with permissions set to Everyone having full control.  Other Windows machines can access share just fine & read, write, etc.  Windows 10 box has user Adams with no password & automatically logs in at boot.

Prior to installing Sierra, had no problems accessing share.  Since Sierra (now on High Sierra, hoping it'd fix but didn't), I haven't been able to access at all, always with the following error with text There was a problem connecting to the server:

Windows 10 machine's workgroup is WORKGROUP, and so is MBP's:

Here's newt's DNS settings:

I've got a pretty simple Google WiFi setup (with 3 units) providing my home network.  All machines are on the wifi network (192.168.86.0/24).  Here's some terminal output from newt:

$ ping vader
PING vader.lan (192.168.86.86): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.86.86: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=2.208 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.86.86: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=5.940 ms
^C
--- vader.lan ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.208/4.074/5.940/1.866 ms
matthew@newt:/Volumes
$ smbutil lookup vader
Got response from 192.168.86.86
IP address of vader: 192.168.86.86
$ smbutil status 192.168.86.86
Using IP address of 192.168.86.86: 192.168.86.86
Workgroup: WORKGROUP
Server: VADER
$ smbutil identity -N //vader
smbutil: server connection failed: No such file or directory

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I don't know what else to try.  I've searched many docs, forums, StackExchange sites, etc.


texts: How does Coconut Battery determine a Macbook battery's design capacity?

texts:
A macbook's battery has three charge numbers:

The current charge
The maximum charge
The design capacity

Even if a Macbook remains plugged in, OS X does not attempt to charge—as long as (1) is 95% of (2), which is why the percentage in the notification bar will often be between 95% and 100%.

These two numbers are in contrast with a battery's "design capacity".
Coconut Battery is the only software I've found that reports a Macbook battery's "design capacity".

This design capacity does not appear in Apple's specs, in System Information, or at everymac.com.

How does Coconut Battery determine the design capacity of a battery?


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i have two users on macbook pro (yosemite). one of them has access to the defaults binary in /usr/bin the other user gets command not found. looking up in /usr/bin --> no defaults. both accounts are administrators...

I have a laggy mouse (impossible to work) and i want to turn mouse acceleration off.

THX


texts: App Store is stuck downloading Software Update

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So, I have tried a lot of stuff but my App Store keeps getting stuck downloading the OS update that you see in the first picture below.

I have tried canceling, restarting, deleting some files Library/Updates folder, also deleting some files in open $TMPDIR../C

The last thing I tried was doing what is suggested in this question Mac App Store update stuck (Installing - Calculating...)

I am getting desperate because no matter what I do, when I try again, the update hangs at 125mb and the waiting time keeps going up when I wait.

What are my options at this point?


texts: How do I see the queue of untagged faces in the 2015 Mac Photos App?

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In the old iPhoto, I could go to a screen to see a queue of faces that hadn't been tagged, with tag suggestions.

In the 2015 Photos App, whilst I can tag photos, I can't find the bit where I get the tag suggestions, where you can see the queue of untagged faces.

My question is: How do I see the queue of untagged faces in the new Mac Photos App?


texts: Finder is showing many files which I have deleted

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I have an Xcode project which I just deleted so I could rewrite it. (I used rm and rmdir) Here's the problem:

Though ls says that the folder is clean, Finder says it's still, there, and, what's more has the same files it had before I cleaned it.

Output of ls -GFal when run in that directory:

What Finder thinks is there:

Note: the second photo is exactly what the folder looked like before I cleared it.

I deleted the folder itself, but Finder is still showing it (and it's old contents)

I am using OS X Yosemite 10.10.1.

EDIT: When I restarted, it worked fine. But I would still like to know WHY it happened.


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This has happened to me a couple of times now.  I try to connect to a computer using screen share and for some reason the computer doesn't answer.  I'm not worried about that though.

The issue I'm having is that the failed screen share can't be cancelled and doesn't seem to appear in the Force Quit dialog.  I've checked the Activity Monitor for all processes with screen in the name, nope.  I've checked processes that are using CPU, nothing that looks like a screen sharing.  Finally I checked little snitch for network activity and the only thing I saw to the machine in question was check_afp...

Anyway, here's a screen shot that probably doesn't show anything helpful.

Thanks in advance for any advice :-)
I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.7 on a 2011 MBP.


texts: How to activate System Text-Replacement for Atom?

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Related question

I have configured some text replacements in my local machine, via Preferences > Keyboard > Text, including a lot of code shortcuts, including shortcuts for my own developed system urls, that are not by-default suggested by Atom, such as:

apj -> application/json
epc -> events/panels/criteria
hurl -> http://my.home.url/

But I can't get them to work in Atom. Any ideas? Is this already implemented in Atom?


texts:
When I open Camera, I can see the back camera is working but the front camera is not. When I press on the camera icon to switch cameras for a long duration, it shows 'AE lock'.

Can someone help me with regaining access to my front camera?


texts: Moving email from Gmail to Mail.app locally

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I have a large amount of email in Gmail, the account is at 99% capacity. I'd like to remove this from Gmail and only store it locally. Using mail.app When I drag the message from a Gmail mailbox into a local folder the message still appears on Gmail.

How can I move the messages locally so they don't appear in Gmail anymore?

Thanks,


texts:
Like the title says, i'm looking for a program (preferably free!) that has similar features to Billings Pro. I'm a part-time web developer and it was unnecessary to have to pay for Billings Pro just to have a program to create 2-3 invoices per month.

What i'm looking for is a program that will let me:

Create Invoices
Create recurring Invoices
Create Clients

Does anyone know a (free) program can do the above things?


texts: Is "The disk copy of 'filename.psd' was changed since..." dialog a sign of harddrive issues?

texts: I saw this message and I'm not sure if it is a sign of harddrive issues (corruption, etc) or anything I should be concerned about. It popped up in Photoshop when saving. Might also be worth noting that it is a file in my Dropbox folder.