texts: 2016 MacBook Pro shutdowns when the lid is close with cause 0

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My 15-inch 2016 MacBook Pro is now experiencing shutdowns when the lid is closed. Though it is not a crash because I don't get a crash report when I turn the computer back on (unlike the problem I had earlier). I used the following Terminal command to obtain the Previous Shutdown Cause (as the console app can't do it anymore in Sierra):

log show --style syslog --last 48h | egrep shutdown\ cause | awk -F')' '{print substr($0,1,19), $NF}'

The code for the shutdown is 0. From this question I found that 0 triggers when you unplugged the battery, or the power cable on desktop Macs. But the battery on the 2016 MacBook Pro is non-removable (obviously). Even more strangely, when this happens, my laptop is plugged into the power adapter and for sure it is charging. This doesn't happen when I am using the computer both on battery and power adapter, it only happens when the lid is closed for a while.

I have tried to reset SMC and NVRAM with no luck. Anyone know how to solve this problem?


texts: How do I silence the "itunes needs to check for an update to the carrier settings for your iPad" message?

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I no longer use a cellular connection on my iPad. I am quite content with WiFi.

For this or some other reason, I am getting

itunes needs to check for an update to the carrier settings for your iPad

How do I silence this message?

iOS 9.0.2


texts: How to disable the calendar alarm for another device?

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I have an iPhone with iOS 6 which has an Apple ID bound and from this iPhone I usually set alarms for the calendar.

My brother has another iPhone with iOS 6 too, and we are sharing the same Apple ID. The problem is that he gets notified for my alarms. How do I disable calendar alarms just for his iPhone and keep getting notified on mine?


texts: How do I live stream with 2 Cameras and 1 MacBook Air?

texts: For live streaming purposes, is it possible to input two cameras (DLSR with HDMI out) into a MacBook Air which only has 2 USB-C ports? Is there a USB C device which can do this? Thanks


texts: Connect Early 2015 Macbook pro to TWO HDMI monitors via Thunderbolt or USB

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I have two free thunderbolt ports on my MacBook, and would ideally like to connect to two external HDMI monitors and have the macbook screen active as well.

I would like to extend the desktop and not just mirror the macbook. The closest adapter I've seen is this but its only for later models. I do not have a thunderbolt 3 port and was hoping there is something similar but for thunderbolt 2.

What options are out there for me?

cheers


texts: Alias to ssh and cd into a specific directory

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I want an alias to SSH into another machine and then CD into a specific directory.

I try:

alias appl="ssh 9@lon.orb.com; cd /opt/tomcat/instances/"

It does not work.  Any ideas?


texts: Getting Bluetooth on Windows 10 Virtual Machine (Guest) - VirtualBox / Disabling Bluetooth Daemon

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How can I use bluetooth on my Windows 10 guest machine using my built-in macOS Bluetooth chip.

When I try adding it as a USB device it come up with

Failed to attach USB device Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller [0150] to the Virtual Machine Windows VM

Details

Could not find USB Device with uuid {164bc863-a9e1-4f47-b389-36afadb8c6d5}

Edit 1:

Aftersome futher reasearch I found out that it will work if I am able to the the Bluetooth host service/daemom. How can I do this?

Edit 2:
Also found that Parrallels desktop is able to use built in bluetooth without you needing to do anything. This proves it is possible to use Built in Bluetooth on a VM. How can you achieve this in VirtualBox?

General Machine Info

OS:macOS Catalina (10.15.3)

Computer 2015 Macbook Air

Any solution to try and fix this would be greatly appreciated as I have been trying to get this to work for a few hours


texts: How to disable PDF editing in Preview app?

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I am running OS X 10.10, Yosemite, and there is one feature which really annoys me. I know it must be useful for a lot of people but it's just not for me.

When I open a PDF document and, by habit, I keep clicking on the text while reading it. There are some areas where Preview thinks I would like to insert text.

As soon as this happens, the PDF document is marked edited in the title bar. When I close the document, it saves (or tries to save) it, changing the modify date and other side-effects such as triggering the DropBox sync etc.

I have accidentally inserted some text in many documents because Preview doesn't ask before saving the modified copy.

I would like to disable all PDF editing features unless explicitly invoked. Is it possible to do that?


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The title is a bit confusing so I will explain below:

The El Capitan downloaded from the Apple Mac Store is big enough to do a fresh installation as well as an upgrade to your current OS version.

The size of this however is very large.

My Question

Is it possible to download just the update from OS X 10.10.5. For example to update from 10.10.4 to 10.10.5 there is an updater which is smaller than the combo update. Is there one for an update to 10.11.0/1.

Hope this makes sense


texts: How can I copy a Google search URL from Safari?

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When I google for images of "apple sauce" (without the quotes), Safari's location bar just displays "apple sauce" (without the quotes) rather than the URL leading to Google searching for apple sauce images.

I want to send someone the search URL. How can I get it from Safari?


texts: Tried to factory reset Macbook Air 2014. How do I update from Mavericks 10.9.5 to newer versions?

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I am wanting to sell my MacBook Air 2014 and decided to try factory reset it. -I used Mac recovery mode and followed the steps from apple support site (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208496) When I turned back on my computer there was no software installed at all and the Mac started up to a question mark.

I had to use Mac internet recovery this time and reinstalled software, OS X Mavericks 10.9.5.
Since then I have tried to update from Mavericks to Catalina with no success. When Catalina downloaded it said "Corrupt image".
My thinking then was to download earlier software updates, Sierra, Yosemite etc etc. I have tried to download from Apple support website and the App store too as this was recommended to try. Still unsuccessful.
I can now access recovery mode but my only option is to reinstall Mac OS and not Big Sur.

Can anyone offer advice of how to update to newest software?


texts: In the Skype Meetings App, how can you control your USB/external headset volume?

texts: While connected to the Skype Meetings App, you are given the option to specify specific devices for audio output and input.  However, since this is a selection within the Skype application, normal volume control doesn't seem to function.  Instead, increasing/decreasing volume seems to change the volume settings of the primary audio device.


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I just want to know the process from TestFlight to the App Store like

Once my app is visible in the TestFlight of iTunes Connect:

When and how will it be moved to the App Store for being LIVE?
Apps, once uploaded, are automatically visible in the TestFlight app, when will this be removed: after 180 days, or 90 days, or when the app is live?
When does the reviewing process start? The moment app is uploaded to TestFlight, or when it is promoted by someone for LIVE?
Who promotes the build for LIVE?


texts: What is the technical term for the file-open capability of macOS programs?

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What is the technical name of the following file-open capabilities of macOS programs?

open a file that is dragged from the Finder onto the applications’s dock icon
open a file from the "Open with" Finder dialog in a specific application
open a file that is "sent to" the application by a third party application like LaunchBar?


texts: How Can I Trace the Origin of Outbound Spam Mail in Mavericks Server?

texts: My Mavericks Server mail server has been compromised and has been sending reams of Nigerian royalty scam emails out. Where can I find log files which will enable me to track down the IP address these messages originated from (in case their is a machine with an infection on my network) and which credentials are being used to authenticate to the SMTP server?


texts: What are my (hardware) options from migrating an account from an MBA?

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I just got a shiny new rMBP 15" and want to migrate the account from an older Mac - I've been using a late 2010 MBA. The Migration Assistant estimated 50 hours over the WiFi, after an hour it got up to 60 hrs. It's an MBA, so no ethernet for me, also no Thunderbolt (late 2010s didn't have it yet).

Are there any other options available? Can I force the Assistant to 'migrate' to an external drive somehow, and then import that to MBP?

Maybe there is a step-by-step guide to migrate 'by hand' using a USB stick or something?


texts: Is there a way to set microphone input volume level if a change is detected in input volume level?

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When I'm on a Microsoft Teams call, the in-built microphone input volume level always automatically adjusts to 100%, which is way too loud for other people. There doesn't seem to be any setting I can change to prevent this within Microsoft Teams, so I'm looking for a way to set the microphone input volume level to 50% automatically when a change in input volume level is detected.

Right now, every time the input volume adjusts, I manually type in osascript -e "set volume input volume 50" into terminal, so is there a way to trigger this command when input volume changes? (Preferably without third-party software)


texts: Is it possible to sync Google Chrome bookmarks with Safari?


texts: Does deleting a photo from iCloud on PC affect its copy on iPhone storage?

texts: I want to ask if I delete a pic from iCloud online, does it get deleted from the iPhone too?


texts: Pro and Cons of using Clusters of Mac Mini Servers

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As server assembling becoming less of a norm for software engineers, leave Web-based entrepreneurs with 2 choices:

Backend as a service: buy a service (e.g., VPS) and deploy a code on some other company's servers.
Scale/grow your servers: Just buy servers and scaling them to fulfill the need of your apps.

The first choice is not suitable for me, mainly because of security issues. So I go with the second choice. Therefore, I would like to grow my own servers, but would like to use an Apple-based product. However, Apple does not provide server racks anymore, so I left with using Mac Mini servers. I would like to know is it efficient to solely based a business logic on a cluster of Mac Mini servers?


texts: Escaping characters in folder nme in Terminal

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I've been learning about Terminal recently, and although I've learnt about the backslash, double quotes, single quote etc. for escaping characters, how would I create a folder with this name (it's on a VM in Parallels so if I screw anything up, it's not going to affect my main Mac OS X install).

I'm using Mac OS Sierra 10.12.2 in Parallels, same as my desktop, but that's a "sandbox" machine for testing software etc. without affecting the regular Mac - if it's sluggish or software crashes I'm not losing important files and can always reset it - theoretically. (The VM isn't used for writing this though... I'm using the regular Mac now. Probably not relevant, but I'm new-ish to Parallels, but that's for another question.).

I tried this command to create a directory with a web address as the name:

mkdir 'http://www.mysite.net'

but got this error:

mkdir: http:: No such file or directory

How could I escape the : and // so a folder looks like a web URL even though it's not (this is for testing purposes, nothing more, as it's on a VM). How could i emulate those characters in a folder name?

If anyone could help I'd appreciate this!


texts: |OSX 10.10.5] Script execution stops when screen locked?

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I was running a script that takes ages in Terminal.

I wanted to run it unsupervised while I was working away from my MacBook, so I chose from the menu (top right) username > Login Window..., which is NOT logout, but the lock screen.

I was expecting the script to run. When I returned hours later and unlocked the screen (by typing in my password), I had to find out that while the screen was locked the script was paused all the time, and just continued where it set off when I unlocked the screen.

The expected behaviour (known from other UNIX derivatives) would have been to run while the UI was locked and secure.

How can I achieve this?


texts: Eject (not unmount) USB devices via terminal (SSH), and redetect a USB device after ejecting

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Other than right click the device and select eject (this is not unmount, because it completely delete the device in diskutil), and then replug the device, is there a way to do this via terminal?

For example, if I eject a USB Mass Storage device, it will be removed from diskutil list output. I can find it again via ioreg -p IOUSB -l -w 0 with output as such:

Mass Storage@1d160000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000009d8, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (1 ms), retain 14>
    {
      "sessionID" = 8439571007835
      "iManufacturer" = 1
      "bNumConfigurations" = 1
      "idProduct" = 25479
      "bcdDevice" = 262
      "Bus Power Available" = 250
      "USB Address" = 2
      "bMaxPacketSize0" = 64
      "iProduct" = 2
      "iSerialNumber" = 3
      "bDeviceClass" = 0
      "Built-In" = No
      "locationID" = 487981056
      "bDeviceSubClass" = 0
      "bcdUSB" = 512
      "USB Product Name" = "Mass Storage"
      "PortNum" = 6
      "non-removable" = "no"
      "IOCFPlugInTypes" = {"9dc7b780-9ec0-11d4-a54f-000a27052861"="IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBLib.bundle"}
      "bDeviceProtocol" = 0
      "IOUserClientClass" = "IOUSBDeviceUserClientV2"
      "IOPowerManagement" = {"DevicePowerState"=0,"CurrentPowerState"=3,"CapabilityFlags"=65536,"MaxPowerState"=4,"DriverPowerState"=3}
      "kUSBCurrentConfiguration" = 1
      "Device Speed" = 2
      "USB Vendor Name" = "Generic"
      "idVendor" = 1423
      "IOGeneralInterest" = "IOCommand is not serializable"
      "USB Serial Number" = "29FEA949"
      "IOClassNameOverride" = "IOUSBDevice"
    }


texts: Old iPad completely fails to fetch any e-mail

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tl;dr My old iPad's Mail app does not fetch any e-mail. Inbox remains empty all the time. Everything seems configured OK. I can send e-mails from this iPad. And receive them. And I can sent e-mails to this iPad. And they're not returned with error.

I have never run into situation like that previously, so I don't even know where or how to start a potential investigation.

I have a 7-8 years old iPad with iOS 9.3.6 (13G37), model MD544FD/A. Since I am completely not using its e-mail address for communication nor Mail application, it took me several months to realize that I have completely empty Inbox all the time (other boxes like Sent are full) and I cannot receive any e-mail to it. This my only Apple device that I have, if that matters.

(all cites and text below are my own translation from Polish)

I can send e-mail to this device as normally:

I'm sending them from my PC, through Gmail to firstname.lastname@icloud.com,
I've sent dozens of e-mails like that past months and none of them were ever returned with error,
Mail says "Updated: a moment ago" (after manual Inbox refresh / forced fetch), but Inbox remains empty.

Account seems to be working normally:

I can install and update any application from App Store using this account / e-mail address,
Settings > iCloud shows this account in second line,
Settings > iCloud > iTunes and App Store shows this account as my Apple ID,
Settings > iCloud > Advanced > Mail > shows this address as Email and has SMTP pointing to iCloud SMTP server.

Mail application seems to be working normally:

since I'm not using this e-mail / account for e-mail exchange at all, Inbox, Drafts, Spam, Bin and Archive boxes are empty,
Sent box contains about 40-60 e-mails ever sent by me directly from this device,
I can sent any e-mail from this device and within 1-2 minutes I can receive it in my Gmail.

My Gmail shows me 20 e-mails sent to firstname.lastname@icloud.com in 2013-2020 period. None of them can be found in my Inbox, Spam or Bin. All these folders remains empty.

Directly before writing this question I've sent two e-mail to my account / @icloud.com e-mail / iPad. One was a new message, the other one was a reply to a message that I've sent to myself from this iPad just a minute ago. None of these messages were rejected / returned with error. None of these messages were received by iPad -- Inbox remains empty as of writing this.

This problem is so weird to me that I don't even know where to start tracking for a source of problem or for a possible solution.

For past 25+ years, since I've been using e-mails it was always either message delivered to the account or message rejected. So far I was lucky enough to never lost a message, i.e. like with this iPad -- message neither received nor rejected and returned to sender.


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There are buttons in the Starbucks app on iOS for redeeming free apps and if I long press on the button, it shows a URL like ua://75A6A5DC-D3BE-4056-9482-CEBCD5493F98. However, I don't know how to use the URL if I copy it. Safari won't navigate anywhere if I paste it in the address bar and press Go. If I just tap the button in the Starbucks app, it takes me to the App Store and automatically begins to redeem an app (presumably using a code embedded in, or retrieved from, the ua:// URL, but I'm not sure on that—just my hypothesis).

I have Googled and can't find any information on the ua URI. Can someone link me to documentation on what it means and how to use links like that?


texts: macOS equivalent of Linux's /etc/fstab configuration file

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In Linux, there's a configuration file /etc/fstab that lists the file systems (typically hard disk partitions) that are to be mounted at boot time.

macOS and Linux share the same UNIX linage. A file with the same name is not available in macOS, as apparent from the output shown below:

$ less /etc/fstab
/etc/fstab: No such file or directory

What is the equivalent configuration file in macOS?


texts: How can I configure the keyboard layout for the FileVault 2 unlock screen?

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I installed Mac OS X Lion and enabled FileVault to have a full disk encryption of my system disk. I bought my Mac with a French keyboard (since I'm French and used to this layout) but my Mac is configured to be in English, except for the keyboard layout.

However, after enabling FileVault, my Mac rebooted and I was greeted with the FileVault unlock screen and asked for my password. I entered it, and was told it was incorrect. After many try, I suspected that the keyboard layout was not French but US. I managed to enter my keyboard with this mapping and it was accepted (I'm lucky that I know enough of the Us keyboard layout to do that).

I went to the System Preferences, but I didn't see an option to change the keyboard layout on the FileVault unlock screen. Nor did I see an option to changed it when I was blocked at the prompt.

So, I'm wondering how can I change the keyboard layout of the FileVault unlock screen?


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On Japanese keyboards, there is a Reconversion key beside the space bar, which when highlighting some Kanji in Japanese will allow you to convert it to different Kanji (shows a dropdown of options). Apparently this was at one point ctrl+1, or ctrl+2, but neither work for me now. Ideas?

  There are some differences between MacOS 10.1 and MacOS 10.2 for "Reconversion"
  in Japanese IME pencel menu and short-cut keys, e.g. the correct short-cut for
  JA "Reconversion" on MacOS 10.2 should be "Control + 2", but not "Control + 1"
  on MacOS 10.1. "Control + 1" on MacOS 10.2 is assigned to a different function
  other than "Reconversion".


texts: Can't see FAT32 and NTFS external partitions on OS X El Capitan when SIP is enabled

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I've installed Homebrew, FUSE for OS X and NTFS-3G. It helped to see external partitions (FAT32 and NTFS) when SIP is disabled (OS X El Capitan).  But when SIP is enabled, I can't see NTFS and FAT32 external partitions in Finder and Disk Utility. When I run command diskutil list in a Terminal, it shows all partitions, including NTFS and FAT32.

What should I do now to read/write with SIP enabled?

Output from diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +499.0 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 DD75E058-1FC0-4B05-B0F2-FB02A06EC189
                                 Unencrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                80.9 GB    disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS osxboot                 53.2 GB    disk2s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data NF                      365.6 GB   disk2s4

After command 'diskutil info /Volumes/NF'
Result was 'Could not find disk: /Volumes/NF'


texts: How to disable Self Control application?

texts: I use SelfControl quite frequently for completing homework and such, but at school, while I was away from my keyboard at the white board, my friend thought it would be funny to set the timer to 10 hours.  I am currently using a proxy to ask this question.  Is there any way to disable this useful, but inflexible application?


texts: How to set a date visibility Catalina OS?

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Now I see a date on the top bar in such format

But I would like to change it that I can see also a date, like this(for example`

Fri 10.11.19 10:13

How to do it?


texts: Difficulty deleting music from music library on my iPhone

texts: I'm having difficulty managing music in my iTunes library on my phone. I have old songs that I do not want anymore that are still showing up with the iCloud symbol (ready to download) in my library. Even going to settings to hide certain downloaded music, the songs I do not want still appear (just without the iCloud symbol) and cannot be deleted. I want to completely get rid of some songs. Help.


texts: Upgrading from sierra to catalina while maintaining dual boot with kali

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Yesterday I installed Kali linux in macbook air having macos (sierra).today I downloaded Catalina through appstore . It downloads Catalina file  around 7gb and to install it reboots
MAGIC
While rebooting it enters into Linux grub option.
Then I tried to reboot again with option button
It show Macintosh disk and I clicked it.then
Normal sierra opened
What about Catalina os . I have files of Catalina


texts: With an iPhone, is there a way to automatically sync photos taken with the camera to Picasa

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I would like all photos taken with the camera on my iPhone automatically synced to a private picasa web album.

What's the best way to do this? (jailbroken/cydia solutions if avail would work as well)


texts: What is Soft DFU mode, and how do I exit it

texts: I was trying to restore my jalbroken Iphone 4 today, and after a couple fail attempts I got it to what redsn0w is calling 'soft dfu mode'. Any idea how to exit this mode? I tried holding down the home and power button for 2 mins but no luck.


texts: set up Caps Lock as a shortcut for changing the input language

texts: I want to set up Casp Lock as a shortcut for changing the input language. There are some solutions like this. But it requires installing some software and doing tricks. Is there a way to do it in a neat way, say through terminal command?


texts: How to add a Python application to OS X right-click menu?

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I have made a Python-based application that plays a slideshow. I want to add shortcut on the right-click menu of a folder and play the slideshow.

How can I achieve this?


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Can I use Time Machine to restore my machine to the iPhoto app without destroying the files that Photos has converted?
I don't find Photos intuitive and I'm up against the clock on a project (Photoshop) and can't spend time learning how to access file I can see but can't access. Maybe at another time - I just want my old system and thousands of image back where they were.


texts: Xcode 7 update completes but Xcode 6.4 remains

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I updated Xcode but it doesn't appear to have actually updated. This is seen in my update history after reboot:

I click that and I get a link to Open the application.

I click that and I open a version that reports it is 6.4

Is anyone else having this problem, or does anyone know what I'm not doing correctly to apply the update?


texts: What takes place during an iPhone hard reset?

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In response to an iPhone 7 freezing issue I'm having, it was suggested to try a hard reset (holding power + volume down for 10 seconds for iPhone 7 or holding power + home on older iPhones).

This got me wondering what an hard reset actually does. After searching around online, I've sound some that say it is just a hard power-off (isn't this what holding just the power button does?) and others mentioning something about a library being rebuilt. Overall, many, at least from several years ago, cited it as a cure-all for various phone issues.

Does anyone know what a hard reset does? I'm envisioning something analogous booting a Mac in safe mode or doing a PRAM/SMC reset on a Mac, but online searches so far are leaving me unsure.


texts: Connecting to a 3440x1440 monitor with a 2012 MacBook Air

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I bought a 34" monitor with a 3440x1440 resolution.

It works fine with my more recent Macbook Pro, but I was hoping to be able to also connect my 2012 MacBook Air and run it at a lower resolution. Afaik, the Air supports 2560x1440, so running at that with black bars, or full-screen at 2560x1080 would be ok. However, nothing happens when I plug in the Air via miniDP/DP or miniDP/HDMI cables.

Is there a fix?


texts: AppleScript: How to search files in folder for string and show results in Finder?

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I am trying to create an Automator-based Service that searches my computer for the selected text. (When I say "my computer," I specifically mean Macintosh HD, not This Mac, because This Mac includes external hard drives.)

I would like the search results to appear in a new Finder window.

Is it possible to accomplish this programmatically in Applescript or a shell script? This doesn't seem possible, but it would be ideal.

If this can't truly be done programmatically, then I would be okay with accomplishing this "manually." Here is an example of how that route might manifest:

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    open (POSIX file "/")
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "f" using command down
    keystroke input
end tell

However, I do not know how to change the search directory. (I'm trying to avert scripting mouse clicks.) By default, when a user initiates a search in Finder (e.g., when the user presses ⌘ command + F), the search directory is "This Mac," regardless of the directory of the Finder window that the search function was called in.


texts: Mountain Lion : Take an image of OS X joined to a domain

texts: I've been using MacBook Pro. My question is how to capture a disk image of a Mac running Mountain Lion that is currently bound to an Active or Open Directory? What do you recommended for that?


texts:
I wanted to reinstall mac on my Apple Macbook Air 2017.
I restarted my Mac while holding down Command+R and Erased the disk in "Disk Utility".
I clicked on "Reinstall macOS" but I was having some internet issues yesterday so it failed a couple of times. I tried again and again but it was failing.
My internet is fixed today but I'm going back to the same section "Reinstall macOS" but it shows me an error:
"The app store download could not start because it has already been downloaded too many times"
Is there any way to download the original factory version of Mac or to fix this problem so that I can download it again from the internet.
I saw many options which suggest creating a bootable USB drive but unfortunately, I don't have access to any other mac system.


texts: Can’t get my MBP running since macOS Mojave

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Since I updated my MBP, it doesn’t work anymore. Had trouble installing, then it was slow, and now I can’t do anything anymore other then going into Recovery mode. When running Disk Ultility, it always tell me while running First Aid, that there is an error: cib: o_oid(0x0)
File system check exit code is 0.
I don’t know what to do anymore.


texts:
I synced an audiobook to my iPhone, now where can I go to listen to it?

I can't find the audiobook in Music.


texts: How to clean a sticky Magic Trackpad click?

texts:
My magic trackpad seems to have gotten dirty in the button.

I've tried swabbing around the button with alcohol but I still, at times, have to lift the trackpad to release the mouse click.

Do you have any clever ways of cleaning it?


texts: How do I delete a book from iBooks on Mac Book Pro

texts: How do I delete a book from iBooks on MBP OSX.


texts: How to enable 3-finger drag in Catalina?

texts: In Accessibility, I can't find any option for 3-finger drag in Trackpad settings.


texts:
I have a 2010 Macbook pro with a hard drive, and I'd like to replace it with a SSD.

Information I've read about OS X and SSD is generally quite old, and not reassuring (not all SSD are supported, and the thing about the TRIM command not enabled for non-apple SSD…).

So: is there any problem anymore with OS X and (non-apple) SSD?

This question is intended to be generic, but to give an example here is the SSD I'm considering to buy: Samsung 840 EVO 750Go.


texts: What is the rating presented in the App Store?

texts: Does it show the average rating over a specific period of time? Or a cumulative average of all historical rating?


texts:
My iPhone 5 runs out of power very quickly. First it was 50%. Then it was 60%, then 70%, and now 80%. At 80%, the phone will shut down like it would when the power gets to 0%. When it powers back on, it says 80%. It's almost like the limit of when to shut the phone off was, and still is getting to a higher percentage.

However, the phone is unusable. Not only does it run out of power quickly, it also drains power at a ridiculous rate. In half an hour, with wifi enabled and the screen off, it takes about half an hour to turn off. When I'm using it, it takes 10-15 minutes after a full charge to die. What's the cause of this issue, and how can I fix it?


texts: Having keystroke issues with macOS Sierra on two different Macs

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I'm having a series of problem with my macOS Sierra 10.12.1 every once in a while after a random period of normal operation. The series of problems include:

My 3rd-party Chinese input methods (Sogou & Rime) both start double-typing on every letter. English isn't affected, but cycling through the keyboards do not help with the problem.
Launchpad starts taking double keystroke and double touchpad swipes on arrow keys, basically skipping any odd-numbered pages
Any keystrokes plus the return key would launch an app whose name starts with those keystrokes (which is a Spotlight behavior) regardless of whether Spotlight is on. This problem is somewhat intermittent.
There are no apparent log traces (that I'm aware of) in the console.
All above problems begin together, and persist until restart.

I have cleared any keyboard-related config files in /Library and ~/Library, as well as purged all apps with access to accessibility function, but nothing would work. The problem has been observed on both the MacBook Pro 13" (2011) and MacBook Pro 15" 2016, with Touch Bar, which migrated the system from the former.

Anybody could give me a clue what could be happening?


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I have problems to read an encypted  hard disk. Unfortunatly I do not remember if I did encryted with Time machine or Disk Utitlity. I think I did it with the first one (Time Machine) as I used the disk as a buck up.

The issue is that When I plug it in it asks me for a password as soon as I write it it blocks or freeze. I have no problems remembering the password. it is no a problem with the Capitals tab.

I would apreciate any help - I have lots of files other than the back up. Fotos, movies, etc, necesary for a documentary .

I have a Macbookair 2011  1,8 GHz Intel Core i7. Mac os 10.7.5
The hard drive is a 2TB WD Elements. Mac formated.


texts: How can I disconnect my profile from a dead OSX Server?

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I had a mac mini server with OSX server. The profile I user on my iMac was created on the server, and some groups where on the server, which was also a server for TM backups. For now, the user on the iMac is Admin, Managed, Mobile.
The server died recently (in fact, with the different downgrades of the server App by Apple, at the end it was just serving files), but the user on the iMac is still locked to it.
For example, I can't change password anymore...
What can I do to transform the managed account into a normal independent account on the iMac?


texts: Cutting a Mac loose from Portable Home Directory

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I have a MacBook Air (currently running Mavericks GM) and a Mac Mini server (running Snow Leopard Server) in my home. The Air uses a portable home directory kept on the Mini.

Over time, the two home directories have drifted, to the point where the home directories don't even get close to fully syncing overnight (through a gigabit switch and Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter). Even worse, when the sync daemon triggers it tends to resurrect old files which have been deleted or renamed. Basically, at this point the whole thing is just irrevocably broken.

I think I'd like to just cut the connection between the two directories and move forward with separate home directories on the two machines. How can I get my Air to abandon the idea of syncing its home directory with my server?

Alternatively, is there anything I can do that might fix my home directory syncing? I currently can't upgrade the server from Snow Leopard, but that's likely to change soon.


texts: Does an iPhone immediately download a visual voicemail as soon as it's been received, or only when it's chosen from the list of available messages?

texts: When using a carrier that makes use of the Visual Voicemail service, upon receiving a voicemail does the iPhone immediately download the message to its internal storage - or is this only done when said message is explicitly chosen from within the "Voicemail" tab of the Phone app?


texts: My MacBook Pro 13" 2020 doesn't boot when I plug in the power adapter and the lid is closed

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I want to use my MB with external hardware (Display, Keyboard, Mouse) in clamshell mode. Everything is set up to work in clamshell mode, display, keyboard and mouse are connected. I basically shut down my MB after using it in clamshell mode.
When my MB is open and I plug the power adapter in, it starts the booting process, as expected.
However, when the lid is closed and the power adapter is plugged in, it only makes the charging confirmation sound, but it doesn't boot.
I'd like to boot my MB into clamshell mode.
Thanks for your help in advance!


texts: How to remove blank icon from launchpad after uninstall app?

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I have uninstalled an app from Finder->Applications. But in launchpad, icon of the app still exists. How to remove it?

I've tried to restart Mac, no luck.

Screenshot:


texts: How to set a consistent location for drives mounted on boot?

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Each time I reboot my computer, when I run diskutil list the order of the mounted drives changes: /dev/disk0 becomes /dev/disk1 and vice versa. This creates problems for applications and scripts that depend on finding specific information in a consistent location. So far, the only (unreliable) solution is to reboot the computer hoping the paths correct themselves.
I have also seen this question but none of the answers seemed to be a reliable long-term fix: Can I set a mount order via stab
Is there a way to set how the drives mount on boot so they are always at the same mounting location/path?
Update:
I have found a similar question for Ubuntu here where the solution is to update the reference to drives to use their UUID. However, I have not found a similar UUID-based reference available in Mac: VirtualBox raw drive using UUID instead of device name


texts: What does that mean of PgIn[ST3P], RdMeta[ST3UP] when use fs_usage in osx

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When i use "sudo fs_usage -w -f diskio" in terminal to show disk call status, the call column show something like this: PgIn[ST3P], PgIn[AT3UP], PgIn[S], PgIn[AT1], WrMeta[A], PgIn[AT3U], RdData[ANT3U], RdMeta[ST2], RdMeta[ST3UP], WrData[AT1], ...

What does that mean?


texts: 2007 battery replacement for 15" pro. 85w now 60w? Help!

texts: I'm looking at a replacement battery A1175 for my 2007 15" pro (specs here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP17), which is listed as 60w. My original battery charger was 85w. Is this going to work?


texts: How to make TextEdit open with a blank file by default?

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In Lion, TextEdit used to open with a blank file by default. On Mountain Lion, it launches  with a file picker by default — either for choosing to store the file in iCloud or for opening a local file.

How can I make TextEdit launch with a blank file by default in Mountain Lion?


texts: Change Terminal in Dock to Show Open Windows Instead of Open Tabs

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I heavily use Terminal.app as I am a software engineer. While working, I can have over a dozen terminal tabs open spread across multiple terminal windows. When I have this large amount of tabs open, the right-click menu of the docked Terminal.app becomes really cluttered. I have attached screenshots illustrating this.

What I am hoping to do is change how the context menu works to show open windows instead of tabs.

For Reference, I am running macOS High Sierra (10.13.3).

Is this possible? If so, how can I do this?


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I have a 1st gen iPad that I don't know the passcode for. iTunes tells me that I need to enter the passcode before I can use it with iTunes.

So I followed some instructions and put the iPad into Recovery mode, which let me connect to iTunes and hit the Restore button.

iTunes apparently will not let me just restore the iPad using the iOS version it currently has; instead it demands that I let it download a new iOS version first.

But my internet is so slow and unreliable where I live now that I have not been able to get iTunes to finish downloading.

So I found a website that lets you download IPSW's.  I downloaded 5.1 for iPad 1st gen. I then held Option while clicking Restore in iTunes, chose this IPSW file, and iTunes told me it is not valid.

So....
Questions:

Is there any way I can use this iPad as-is without knowing the passcode?
Is there any way I can restore it without downloading any huge IPSW files?
If not, is there any other way I can get rid of the passcode or wipe the device clean?
I welome jailbreaking and 3rd-party software in my quest...


texts: What is this no-name item in Activity Monitor's Energy tab?

texts: I'm running macOS High Sierra and just noticed a couple of these processes with an icon but no name. See screenshot below.


texts: How can change from sync'ing an iPhone (or iPad) to a PC to sync'ing to a Mac?

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iTunes on PC was used before to sync and update my iPhone 3, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, but recently I got an iMac 27 and started sync'ing the iPhone 4S using the iMac.  But when I plug in the iPhone 4 (the old one) into the iMac, then I can't drag Music, Movies, or iTunes Univ videos into this old iPhone. (in iTunes 10.5 on the iMac, I can't drag and drop any Music to the iPhone 4 under DEVICES)

What is a proper way to start sync'ing with the iMac if it was sync'ing with the PC before?  I just want the iPhone 4 "as is", but sync'ing to the iMac instead of the PC.  (want to keep iOS 4.3.5 because I might do some development work and want to test on iOS 4.3.5)  Are there other precautions to take note of when changing which machine to sync to?


texts: Unable to Access Local Snapshots when external Time Machine is disconnected

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My local snapshots are behaving weirdly. When no Time Machine backup is connected and if I enter time machine, I get this prompt:

  Your Time Machine backup disk can’t be found.

…but when my external Time Machine is connected, I can browse through both pink and white (local) coloured snapshots.

Another observation is if I go to /Volumes I can see the MobileBackups volume. When a Finder window of /Volumes is open and I enter Time Machine I am able to browse local snapshots even when my external time machine drive is disconnected.

Any help regarding this issue would be appreciated :)


texts: How can I figure out what's slowly eating my HD space?

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Every few days I get notices on my MacBook that it's running or run out of hard drive space. Curiously, restarting the computer will enable me to recover gigabytes of space (this past time, it was able to recover about 2.2GB). However, I can't identify anything in my personal activity that consumed that space.

It's possible that it's a rogue iTunes podcast or a huge software update that my Mac is automatically downloading - would either of these reclaim the space upon a restart?

One possibility that I can think of is that FileVault has some sort of disk leak, allocating but not freeing files. Does this make sense? Is there a tool that I can run to determine where this space is going? Assuming it is FileVault, should I try to disable it? What's the best way to turn of FileVault on a nearly full computer?


texts: Developing accessory for iOS devices without MFi Program

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I am developing a device that will communicate with an app installed on an iOS device. I have some doubts:

If I use an MFi cable, do I need to license my product?
To communicate by serial port, is it necessary to license the product?
Is there any way to communicate with the USB cable that does not require the license?
I have nowhere found the cost to license the product, for both development and manufacturing.

The device will be connected and powered over USB.

Note: A proprietary iOS application will be developed to communicate with the hardware.


texts: How to extract Software Update in macOS 10.14?

texts: I have 4 macs. Every time when there is an update it means I have to download 2-3GB of software update across all my macs. This seems inefficient at best. Is there a method to extract software updates and install to other macs offline?


texts: How to trace who sent email from yahoo account; family member hacked email account

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A user's iPad shows a message sent but the user did reply or respond to the email received, and did not send a reply back to sender.

The user believes that someone accessed their Yahoo mail account, sent a reply, and signed sent message from the user's iPad.

Can this be traced to find out who sent and accessed the user's Yahoo account? The user believes it was another family member, but would like to have visual proof.

What steps can I take?


texts:
The new retina MacBook Pro is boot so quickly that if I don't use it for even 5 minutes it doesn't make a difference to me whether I shut the computer down or sleep it.

What is the best option for computer preservation? Will a lot of rebooting in a day will ruin the computer?


texts: How to switch the primary iCloud account on my iPhone 4?

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I have recently upgraded an iPhone 4 to iOS 5.1 and when asked i registered it with Account A for both iCloud & iTunes.

However i also use Account A on my iPhone 4S and thus wish to switch the the iCloud account to a brand new Account B (keeping Account A for iTunes as all the apps are purchased on it).

Is this possible? The iCloud screen in settings does not let me change the Apple ID?


texts: why can't I use macOS's builtin screen sharing to connect to a Windows machine running realvnc server

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Can somebody please explain why I cannot use macOS's builtin screen sharing app to connect to Windows machines running the RealVNC server?
I can only connect to them using the RealVNC viewer.


texts: MacBook Air unable to write to external Harddisk

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I have a MacBook Air with mac OS Version 10.13.4 and I am not able to write to external disks formatted in format "Windows NT File System (NTFS)".

It is definitely not an issue with the drive as I am able to write to the drive on Windows and Linux systems following these guidelines:

Plug the drive into a free USB slot.

What are the corresponding instructions for a Mac? I am able to read from the external drive, but not to write. What are the precise, clear and direct instructions to be able to write to an external disk? (Disk, not sick)...


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I have a 2016 MacBook Pro 13" with 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports. I am connecting a TB3 dock from the back left port of the MacBook Pro but would like to use the right back port instead.

I read on the eGPU forums that there was some difference in the ports, but I can no longer find the post. Are all the ports on 2016 MacBook Pro 13" the same speed? Should I expect lesser bandwidth or performance (for example, data transfer speed) from one port vs another?


texts: Mac doesn't display picture of UVC camera / microscope

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I've got some UVC (USB video class) microscopes which work flawlessly under Windows and even under Raspberrian on a Raspberry Pi Zero W (on the Pi Zero W, the output of lsusb is: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1b3f:2002 Generalplus Technology Inc. 808 Camera).
Under macOS Big Sur, however, it only shows a blank screen, no matter which software I use (I've tried Debut, Plugable's Digital Viewer and also Photo Booth, OBS and Quicktime), although System information recognises it as UVC Camera.
Tried 3 different Macs, all running Big Sur. Could someone please point me in a direction where to look for a solution. Thank you


texts: Share screen on Mac/iPhone without having Apple TV

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I am gonna to have a telephone with my customer to present our first milestone of one app we are building for customer (I am a PO). I have to call him by telephone and I want to share my iphone screen via Mac in realtime. I googled and there is AirPlay with Apply TV. But I don't have Apple TV.

Is there any alternative way I can do that? Thanks in advance


texts: How to do raw device access with VirtualBox?

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So I am trying to set up raw device access w/ VirtualBox to use a ext4/linux disk as a guest OS within Mac OS X, but haven't succeeded yet.

Following the VirtualBox docs, Chapter 9.9.1.1, https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#rawdisk will Mac OS X allow raw disk access for VMs? How do I set this up?

Things done so far: (don't try this at home)

Created a raw vmdk file:

$ sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /Users/me/VirtualBoxVMs/Xub_raw_disk.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0
RAW host disk access VMDK file /Users/me/VirtualBoxVMs/Xub_raw_disk.vmdk created successfully.

make me the owner:

$ sudo chown me /Users/me/VirtualBoxVMs/Xub_raw_disk.vmdk

see if VirtualBox can see anything on the Xub_raw_disk.vmdk file:

$ VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /Users/me/VirtualBoxVMs/Xub_raw_disk.vmdk
Number  Type   StartCHS       EndCHS      Size (MiB)  Start (Sect)

Since nothing shows up here for sectors or partitions, this must be a symptom of the problem...

Problem is when I try to add the .vmdk file from the GUI or with the command below, I get an error:

$ VBoxManage storageattach "Xub_raw_testing" --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --type hdd --medium /Users/me/VirtualBoxVMs/Xub_raw_disk.vmdk
VBoxManage: error: Could not find file for the medium '/Users/me/VirtualBoxVMs/Xub_raw_disk.vmdk' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_FILE_ERROR (0x80bb0004), component Medium, interface IMedium, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "OpenMedium(Bstr(pszFilenameOrUuid).raw(), enmDevType, enmAccessMode, fForceNewUuidOnOpen, pMedium.asOutParam())" at line 178 of file VBoxManageDisk.cpp
VBoxManage: error: Invalid UUID or filename "/Users/me/VirtualBoxVMs/Xub_raw_disk.vmdk"

UPDATE:
Here, disk0 is the dedicated linux drive. disk1 (not used) is for Mac OS X.
Making myself the owner of the /dev/disk0 and /dev/disk0s2 with

$ chown $USER /dev/disk0
$ chown $USER /dev/disk0s2

per the Froggard howto made it so I could add the image to a VM. Also, /dev/disk0 is now readable from VBoxManage:

$ VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /dev/disk0
Number  Type   StartCHS       EndCHS      Size (MiB)  Start (Sect)
1       0x00  0   /0  /0   0   /0  /0            976         2048
2       0x00  0   /0  /0   0   /0  /0         227959      2000896

Now, when I start the linux guest OS, I get the FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted. message. Any ideas what's wrong?


texts: How can I create a running total in Apple Numbers (4.0ff)?

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A typical use of a spreadsheet is to create a running total, as for a checkbook register.  The usual way to do this is to simply add a current row to a prior row.  My example is a variation -- showing the accumulation of bills over time.

In text, the formula for "Amount" in row "Homeowners" is

   ($Amount Homeowners) +
IF (ROW() = ROW($Amount $electric Nov), 0, Calculate via Prior Sum electric Nov)

However, things get a little sticky if you want to interpose some notes (cell background red here) or whatever:

It fails in either column, and ruins all successive values


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I recently switched from Spotify to Apple Music. I cannot find any Play button next to the song's name in the app (as compared to Spotify). I cannot find the option to play the song now in place of the currently playing song - which is weird and annoying. A workaround for this is that I right-click on the name of the song, set it to Play Next and then use the >> button to move to the next song. Is this the only possible way or am I missing something?

OS version: 10.14.6 and app is up-to-date.

Screenshot of iTunes library page:


texts: Applescript (or other Quicksilver accessible thing) for hibernating a snow leopard mac?

texts: Anyone have a quick way, accessible from Quicksilver, to force your mac to hibernate?


texts:
Transmit normally stores files at:
~/Users/esemrow/Library/Caches/Cleanup At Startup/Transmit/300C3B29-9684-443B-9784-9316236D5795/index.php

Is there a way to have it mimic the remote file structure?
e.g. ~/Users/esemrow/Library/Caches/Cleanup At Startup/Transmit/domain.com/www/site/public_html/my_folder/index.php


texts: alt_handler_id meaning when performing a remap of keys on Apple Magic Keyboard BT

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this question is similar to Changing modifier keys from the command line

I wanted to remap Right Command to Right Option since I'm using Apple Magic Keyboard with numeric pad, but on my MacBook Pro 13" the Right Option key is much closer to L, and I keep using that combination since I'm Polish speaker. Anyways I tried remapping my keys using this:

ioreg -n IOBluetoothHCIController -r | grep -e 'class AppleHSBluetoothInterface' -e VendorID\" -e Product

which returned

  |   "ActiveControllerInfo" = {"ActiveControllerProductID"=126,"ActiveControllerActiveConnections"=2,"ActiveControllerLocationID"=0,"ActiveControllerVendorID"=1452,"ActiveControllerAddress"=<8c85902c0687>}
  |   "80-4a-14-7f-47-99" = {"VendorIDSource"=1,"LinkSupervisionTimeout"=8000,"VendorID"=76,"CountryCode"=33,"HIDVirtualDevice"=No,"Product"="Wkurwibord","VersionNumber"=256,"QoSLatency"=11250,"ProductID"=620,"Transport"="Bluetooth","ReportDescriptor"=<05010906a101850105071500250119e029e775019508810295057501050819012905910295017503910395087501150025010600ff0903810395067508150026ff00050719002aff0081009501750115002501050c09b88102950175010601ff090381029501750681030602ff09558555150026ff0075089540b1a2c00600ff0914a101859005847501950315002501096105850944094681029505810175089501150026ff0009658102c0>,"ClassOfDevice"=1344,"BootDevice"=Yes,"ConfiguredNotPaired"=No}
  |   "idProduct" = 126
  |   |   +-o Device Management@0  <class AppleHSBluetoothInterface, id 0x1000005bb, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (469 ms), retain 7>
  |   |   +-o Keyboard / Boot@1  <class AppleHSBluetoothInterface, id 0x1000005bc, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (90 ms), retain 7>

So I tried

defaults -currentHost write -g com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.1452-126-0 -array-add '<dict><key>HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst</key><integer>30064771302</integer><key>HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc</key><integer>30064771303</integer></dict>'

values being described as 0x70000000 OR'd with data in table at this location: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450/_index.html

But whatever combination I used for product and vendor IDs this just wouldn't work.
When I checked how macOS system keyboard applet does that I found this by searching with grep:

"com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.alt_handler_id-61" =     (
            {
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst = 30064771302;
        HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc = 30064771303;
    }
);

So, what is alt_handler_id-61?
I would be grateful if someone could send me to some documentation. I would like to write this down for the future when I might change to another Mac or reformat the system.
Thank you!


texts: Folder with nothing in it is still using up space

texts: I have a folder with absolutely nothing in it.  Zero.  I made sure there was no hidden files in it, by typing "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES." into my terminal.  There is nothing in the folder 100% and I've emptied my trashbin, yet it still shows this folder holding 188GBs of space.  I know I can delete the folder and get that space back, but I'm looking for the root of the issue.  Why is this happening and is this happening in other folders on my Mac El Capitan


texts: How to remove duplicated browser from a drop down when choosing default browser?

texts:
How to remove Chrome 54 from this list? I don't use it and it's not installed.

However I do use Chrome 61 and it's visible in Applications - I want this one to stay as it is.


texts:
Is there any way I can remove some of the 'system' files on my Mac. I understand that normally they shouldn't be touched, but I think most of mine are for old programs that are no longer installed. It's wasting so much space on my computer.

I have 41GB of system files, I'm sure a lot of these must be from old programs that are no longer installed.


texts: Recursively search for images, and move them to a date folder

texts:
Asked a question 9 months ago about how to copy images to a backup folder. That worked in that case! But now I have another problem. I have 233 GB of unsorted data, mostly images, and they are located in a unsorted directory structure.

I was thinking to sort the images based on date (if that is possible on all images), and keep the original filename.

I found a question here, but I haven't tried it - afraid to mess things up.

My question is: how do I recursively search a folder, and move the image of type bmp, jpg, JPG, jpeg and gif to /home/username/Documents/backup/[date] folder (ex. /home/username/Documents/backup/2013-06-10/DSC01158.JPG), and if that folder dosen't exist - create it. And keep the filename, if possible.

System used: macOS Sierra 10.12.4

Edit:
The date has to be extracted from the metadata, because the files dosen´t include date in filename.


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I am having a problem with imported photos showing in thumbnail, but coming up blank with exclamation mark.  I am trying to follow suggestions found on the net.  But, I don't know what the symbol behind the command symbol means??  I assume it is another key, but don't see a corresponding one on my macbook.  HELP!!

Try repairing the library. Hold ⌘⌥ and open iPhoto, then choose Repair Database.

If that doesn't fix it, hold ⌘⌥ and open iPhoto again, and select Rebuild Database.


texts: Since Yosemite upgrade, I always need to "force eject" drives?

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Whenever I have a hard drive plugged in the computer (mid-2011 iMac) that I want to eject, I get the message "unable to eject the volume, an application is using it, would you like to force eject?"

I believe this is new, it didn't do it before when I wasn't under Yosemite.

What is the "application" using the volume? (in most cases)? I am sorry if this is too little information for now to troubleshoot it, I am willing to share more info on my current settings - just tell me how.


texts: Allow Shell Script to Access Protected Library Folders (launchd)

texts:
I'm trying a bash script that works fine when run from the command line (Terminal).

Apart from the shebang, it just has:

ls -alt /Users/<username>/Libary/Mail/V6/.../Lists.mbox

(Using ls as a simple command to illustrate the problem.)

However, when I try a test run using launchd (which I set up using the Lingon X app) I get a permissions error.

1: Operation not permitted
ls: Lists.mbox: Operation not permitted

Terminal and Lingon X both have Full Disk Access allowed in Privacy pref pane, but I don't see any way to allow an individual shell script to be given such access.

I've tried running the same script using AppleScript's do shell script but I get the same error.

The (.sh) script permissions are set to 755, so this should not be a factor.

How can I get around this please?


texts: Internal SSD seen by Mojave Installer but not El Capitan or Sierra installers

texts:
The internal SSD is formatted to JHFS+ with the Mojave Installer disk utility. Previously, it had Mojave and later Catalina installed on it without a problem
Neither the El Capitan or Sierra installers see the internal SSD. Ditto for El Capitan Disk Utility and diskutil, El Capitan recovery mode diskutil. They simply don't list any internal drive at all.
The Mojave installer continues to see the SSD that the others don't.  How to fix?
Thanks!
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MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014) Model Identifier: MacBookAir6,2 8GB Ram
SSD: Sintech adapter card: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CWWAENG?ref_=pe_2640190_368227370_DDT_E_DDE_dt_1
XPG SX8200 Pro (2TB) https://www.amazon.com/XPG-SX8200-Gen3x4-3000MB-ASX8200PNP-2TT-C/dp/B07TY2TN64/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2CZKWWSKOGLJ4&dchild=1&keywords=xpg+sx8200+pro+2tb&qid=1606598480&s=electronics&sprefix=XPG+SX8200+Pro%2Celectronics%2C337&sr=1-2


texts: How to migrate 'local notes' or 'on my mac' notes to iCloud?

texts: I've seen so many questions asked about it, and I found a proper solution today while working. See below. I searched around, and everyone's answer has been either 'copy all of your notes manually' or use a '3rd party solution'. This requires neither.


texts: Can not burn 1.4GB data into a 4.7GB DVD (file too big)

texts:
I'm trying to burn 1.4GB of data into a 4.7GB DVD using Finder in Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. The biggest file is 300MB.

Here are the steps I take:

Insert blank disc
Open Finder and drag files to disc
Go to File -> Burn

However, I get this error message

  Disc_name is too large to fit on the disc. Remove some files and try again.

How can this be solved?


texts: What's the Mac equivalent of Windows' Turn Windows Features On or Off?

texts:
One of my favorite parts of Windows is the ability to selectively turn features on or off. For instance, on a tablet you can turn on Tablet PC components; on a desktop you can disable these and potentially enable other features as well.

It provides you with a list of checkboxes that lets you choose which programs and features  you want to disable or enable.

So: Is there any Mac equivalent of Windows' Turn Windows Features On or Off?

EDIT:

I'm looking for a central place to see a list of checkboxes that display a large amount of features that I can turn on or off.


texts:
I am aware of the two conventional methods of removing an iPhone back up from the computer storage - 1) Through iTunes 2) by directly locating and deleting it using file explorer (on Windows)

Here's the problem:

Last night, I had at least 70GB of free space on my PC's storage. Then I backed up my iPhone, leaving my storage @ 10~GB free space after the back up. After backing up, I decided to remove the back up from the computer since it takes too much space, so I opted for option 1 - which is to remove the back up file through iTunes. However, this did not restore my 70GB disk space, it only left my computer with 18GB of free disk space. I've checked the back up file through file explorer but apparently it's gone already (probably deleted by iTunes). So now I am stuck with an unlocated back up file and 18 GB of free disk space. Hope someone could help me restore my 70GB. Thanks.


texts: How can I bypass Textmate asking for my password every time I save a file?

texts:
I'm using Lion and every time I edit a file, TextMate prompt me for my password.

Is there a way to bypass that?


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I'm using an Airport Extreme 802.11n (2nd Generation), running firmware version 7.6.3

I'm connecting to it via a Mac Mini running 10.8.4

I'm trying to diagnose a backup software issue, where the software wants to open a number of files in the directory structure of a disk mounted and shared from the Airport Extreme. There are around 420 files in the directory structure.

I replicated the directory structure on a local disk, and made a test program (in Java, for what it's worth) that opened each file (i.e. obtained a file descriptor) for each file.

I've already changed the default launchctl limits and ulimit settings to be higher for OS X.

When running the test program that opened the files on the local disk, it worked, but it failed on the Airport Extreme over AFP, as well as when I mounted the Airport Extreme volume over SMB.

This is the failure message (over SMB, when mounting in AFP the error was "Too many open files in system".

Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Volumes/XXX/Crashplan    Backup/485670197192556908/cpbf0000000000006343267/cpbdf (Too many open files)
  at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
  at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:120)
  at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:79)
  at AFPTest.main(AFPTest.java:105)

Is this a known issue, and is there any way I can increase the number of open files the Airport Extreme can serve simultaneously?

My ulimit -a settings are:

$ ulimit -a
Maximum size of core files created                           (kB, -c) 0
Maximum size of a process’s data segment                     (kB, -d) unlimited
Maximum size of files created by the shell                   (kB, -f) unlimited
Maximum size that may be locked into memory                  (kB, -l) unlimited
Maximum resident set size                                    (kB, -m) unlimited
Maximum number of open file descriptors                          (-n) 1000000
Maximum stack size                                           (kB, -s) 8192
Maximum amount of cpu time in seconds                   (seconds, -t) unlimited
Maximum number of processes available to a single user           (-u) 709
Maximum amount of virtual memory available to the shell      (kB, -v) unlimited

And launchctl limit:

$ launchctl limit
cpu         unlimited      unlimited
filesize    unlimited      unlimited
data        unlimited      unlimited
stack       8388608        67104768
core        0              unlimited
rss         unlimited      unlimited
memlock     unlimited      unlimited
maxproc     709            1064
maxfiles    1000000        1000000


texts: Macbook Pro 2015 Horrible Ping w/ Slow Download/Upload Speeds

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I've been having a little issue with my wireless connection on my Macbook Pro and I can't seem to figure out what the issue is. Here's the difference in overall connection quality from my phone and my laptop.

Phone:
http://i.imgur.com/CAjWKnr.png

Macbook:
http://i.imgur.com/q4adpX9.png

I'm running Yosemite for anyone that's wondering, but if any of you have an idea for what the problem is please let me know! Thanks.


texts:
In my Lion local web sharing folder, I noticed that I cannot change any of the files without typing in my password.

I also noticed that there's a folder called postgresql there.

I don't remember having these behaviours before with Snow Leopard, are these new changes that Lion OS brings?


texts: Unable to prevent APFS partition from mounting automatically in Mojave (10.14.5)

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I'm trying to prevent macOS from asking me the FileVault password for 2 APFS partitions on boot. I don't want them to be mounted at all.

APFS container:

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +121.1 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS                   43.2 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 121.3 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.0 GB     disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Shared                  7.7 GB     disk1s5
   6:                APFS Volume macOS Beta - Data       21.7 GB    disk1s6
   7:                APFS Volume macOS Beta              10.0 GB    disk1s7

Partition 1:

   Device Identifier:         disk1s6
   Device Node:               /dev/disk1s6
   Whole:                     No
   Part of Whole:             disk1

   Volume Name:               macOS Beta - Data
   Mounted:                   No

   Partition Type:            41504653-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   File System Personality:   APFS
   Type (Bundle):             apfs
   Name (User Visible):       APFS
   Owners:                    Disabled

   OS Can Be Installed:       No
   Booter Disk:               disk1s2
   Recovery Disk:             disk1s3
   Media Type:                Generic
   Protocol:                  PCI
   SMART Status:              Verified
   Volume UUID:               C6C28412-1505-4F19-8056-369FAE57B0CF
   Disk / Partition UUID:     C6C28412-1505-4F19-8056-369FAE57B0CF

   Disk Size:                 121.1 GB (121123069952 Bytes) (exactly 236568496 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:         4096 Bytes

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

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

   Device Location:           Internal
   Removable Media:           Fixed

   Solid State:               Yes
   Hardware AES Support:      No

Partition 2:

   Device Identifier:         disk1s7
   Device Node:               /dev/disk1s7
   Whole:                     No
   Part of Whole:             disk1

   Volume Name:               macOS Beta
   Mounted:                   No

   Partition Type:            41504653-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   File System Personality:   APFS
   Type (Bundle):             apfs
   Name (User Visible):       APFS
   Owners:                    Disabled

   OS Can Be Installed:       No
   Booter Disk:               disk1s2
   Recovery Disk:             disk1s3
   Media Type:                Generic
   Protocol:                  PCI
   SMART Status:              Verified
   Volume UUID:               55930D94-2CF3-481B-B845-FEAB3C492F23
   Disk / Partition UUID:     55930D94-2CF3-481B-B845-FEAB3C492F23

   Disk Size:                 121.1 GB (121123069952 Bytes) (exactly 236568496 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:         4096 Bytes

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

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

   Device Location:           Internal
   Removable Media:           Fixed

   Solid State:               Yes
   Hardware AES Support:      No

Current /etc/fstab which doesn't work:

UUID=55930D94-2CF3-481B-B845-FEAB3C492F23 none apfs rw,noauto
UUID=C6C28412-1505-4F19-8056-369FAE57B0CF none apfs rw,noauto

What am I doing wrong? Is it because of a mistake I made or is /etc/fstab no longer supported? What's /etc/fstab.hd for?

Operating System: macOS Mojave 10.14.5
Hardware: MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)


texts: Unmounted volume asks for password at login

texts:
I have edited the /etc/fstab to not automount at login one of the volumes on my partition (the one, which is not the booting).
   The volume is encrypted. So, at login, though it does not automount, BUT asks nevertheless for the password. When I introduce the password, it does not mount, as expected.
   The problem is, how to make it NOT to ask for the password at login?
   Thank you!


texts: iPhone: How do I change the default start time of an event?

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Often I find myself finishing a meeting and setting up one the following week, same time same place.  Apple is pretty good about suggesting the place and even autocompleteing the title, but the time is almost always very close to the current time, NOT the time of event I am copying.

Is there any way to make this a little more "dumb" and just grab the previous event's time instead of assuming that I want the current time?  This would also make it much easier to paste events that repeat irregularly.


texts:
If I sent you send me an email, and I hit "reply", it sends the reply to you.

If I don't hear back, and I send a followup by hitting "reply" to my last email, it sends that followup to me not to you.

This is undoubtedly because Apple Mail semantics is "reply means use the 'from' address as the 'to' address."  This is not how GMail works and not how any other mail client works, that I have used.

Is there an option somewhere to get Apple Mail to set the 'to' address in replies to be "the other person who isn't me"?

Edited to clarify: this is on MacOS Mojave 10.14.3


texts: how do i stop the predictive typing suggestions

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I have an iPad Pro running ios 11.2.2...and, I can turn off the gray bar using the  “general>keyboard>predictive” switch...but the prediction just pops up in a bubble next to where i am typing.

this is a SIGNIFICANT SECURITY ISSUE as password predictions pop up when the first or second letter is typed...anyone using the device can easily see any password that i regularly use...so, how do I stop the predictions from occuring?


texts: Applescript failing even though variables are equal

texts:
I have a file that is a list of numbers like so:

  01

  02

  03

  04

  ...

  241

  242

However, this was generated from a list of files so I am not sure if it contains all the numbers in sequence from start to end, inclusive (Meaning it might be "13 15" instead of "13 14 15").

My applescript checks for that, and although it seemed like it was going it be simple, my applescript fails at the number 10 and beyond, even though my dialogues say that the numbers x and y are both equal. And by fail I mean it is telling me the numbers 10 and on are missing even though it shouldnt be, because x is equal to y at that point.

Here is my applescript, and the list can be found here.

set x to 0

repeat 242 times

    set x to x + 1
    if x is less than 10 then
        set x to "0" & x
    end if

    display dialog "x is set to " & x

    #Get's the x'th line of the file and sets it to y
    set y to do shell script "sed -n '" & x & "p' ~/Desktop/numlist.txt"

    display dialog "y result is " & y

    if y is not equal to x then
            display dialog "The number " & x & " is missing!"
        #exit repeat
    end if

end repeat


texts: I have an mp3 audiobook on my Mac, and want to listen to it on my iPhone

texts:
I have an mp3 audiobook on my Mac, and I wanted to listen to it on my iPhone .

I plugged my iPhone in, and synced "Audiobooks" and selected the audiobook in the list, via iTunes on my Mac.

So, I presume it's now on my iPhone.
How do I listen to it?

There seem to be solutions, but either:

they aren't vanilla (I don't want to download anything non-native), or
they are for older OS versions (I'm on iOS 9 and El Capitan)


texts: How do you preserve permissions from a windows SMB share?

texts:
I'm troubleshooting an issue where permissions get stripped from folders/files when accessing a Windows SMB share from OSX.
ENV:
OSX Workstations (Mojave)
Windows AD Server (2012 R2)
Windows FTP Server (2012 R2)
Linux Fileserver w/ ZFS (Debian)
Connect to SMB share via AD User.
The issue we're having is moving files from the Windows FTP to the Linux Fileserver with OSX Finder.  When this is attempted all file permissions are stripped and the folder comes out with the current OSX User having full permissions and the everyone group set to No Access.  All other groups are not retained.

When I push directly from the FTP to the server permissions are good.
When I check the FTP Folder permissions (Get Info) from OSX they seem correct. "custom" but the groups are right.

I have full access and permission when manipulating folders/files on the FTP Server
Any ideas?


texts: Security & Privacy/Accessibility not updating permissions

texts:
I've got a bit of applescript that I wrote that presses a couple window buttons on screen for me.  On use, I get a pop-up saying I need to grant permissions in 'Security & Privacy -> Accessibility'.  The checkbox to enable permissions does not work; it's not greyed out, it just doesn't take.

My understanding is that the TCC.db is the underlying implementation of the Accessibility permissions.  This is what the 'access' table looks like immediately after I attempt to launch the app:
$ sudo sqlite3 "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db" 'select * from access'
kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.company.applet|0|0|1||

Here's what the table looks like after I try to click the checkbox to enable permissions:
$ sudo sqlite3 "/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db" 'select * from access'
kTCCServiceAccessibility|com.company.applet|0|0|1||
kTCCServiceAccessibility|/Users/luser/Applications/applet.app|1|1|1||

From this, my theory is that the accessibility permission mechanism is seeing the app as two different names -- com.company.applet vs install path.  But I don't know enough about macOS to proceed with troubleshooting.  Can anyone help me understand what's going on?  Does anyone have ideas on how to get this working?

Thanks!

Additional details:

My build process is to feed my applescript into osacompile, which generates the ~/Applications/applet.app bundle.  I then manually add CFBundleIdentifier with /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Add :CFBundleIdentifier string "com.company.applet"' ~/Applications/applet.app/Contents/Info.plist.  If I leave out the plist CFBundleIdentifier update, the application still fails the accessibility check.

I can build the bundle in Script Editor and everything works.  However, this is not a desirable long-term solution; as I want to keep everything in version control.  The generated artifacts from Script Editor are binary, and thus unsuitable for git.

Finally, it looks like in previous versions of macOS, I could have modified TCC.db directly, but now all my writes fail -- elsewhere, I've seen this attributed to SIP.  I don't want to disable SIP.


texts: RAM Disk gets unmounted when coming out of sleep

texts:
I have a script set up to create a RAM Disk at login. But I have now noticed that the RAM Disk (And sometimes other networked disks) get unmounted when I put the laptop to sleep and wake it up again.

Is there any way to stop this?

Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7
8GB RAM
128GB SSD
2010 13" MacBook Pro

Edit: This may be a known issue with Apple, but it is unknown if it was ever filed with them and if they ever plan on fixing it:
http://openradar.appspot.com/8426423

I was using the RAM Disk as a temporary cache for my browsers, whom tend to use upwards of 500MB of space after a few days since cache on an SSD is mostly useless and doesn't boost the speed at all. It just ends up being writes and reads wearing on the SSD that don't need to be. So I wrote a script to create the SSD and required folders and placed symlinks in my Cache folder for my browsers.

It works 100% perfectly until I put the machine to sleep. Then when it wakes up the disk disappears, but somehow the browsers continue working without problems, but there is no indication that they are still writing to RAM or the SSD because no files seem to appear where they should be. If I recreate the RAM Disk, it is blank of course, but Chrome/Firefox/Safari won't start using it until I restart them.

So alternatively, is there a way to run a shell script after the computer wakes up? Maybe I could just recreate the RAM Disk when it wakes up again and hope for the best.

Or maybe I should just scrap the whole thing.


texts: how to create daily task for GMVault in automator

texts:
I just moved to Apple, being an experienced (i'd like to think so) Windows user.

Recently I started using GMvault (gmvault.org) to backup my Gmail account locally, but it's become a pain having to manually launch a terminal and type ./gmvault sync -t quick myemail@gmail.com

if i wanted to automate this task on Mac OSX 10.8.2, what would be the right/best way to do it? Is it using an Automator task? I've heard of Cron too..so, Im open to suggestions. What is the most correct (and maintainable) way to do this?

In windows I would've just created a .bat file and setup a Scheduled Task.

Thanks for the help!


texts: Migrate Data To New SSD Drive Without USB to SATA Cable

texts:
I just bought a SSD For my MacBook Pro. It is running Lion. I have a time capsule with a full backup, as well as an image of the entire drive I created stored on a network drive. How do I copy everything from the current drive to the new SSD? I don't have any cables, i.e. a USB to SATA, is this possible?

Is there a way if I install the SSD and boot into a safe mode, and load Disk Utility, and then simply load the image backup from the network drive?

Thanks for the help.


texts: Why does my Mac mini answers pings while asleep?

texts:
My Mac mini late 2012 behaves strangely:

When awake the computer answers ping correctly:

64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=4.201 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=4.823 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=5.108 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=4.400 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=4.523 ms

Right after going to sleep it stops responding, while it switches to 100 MbE:

Request timeout for icmp_seq 10
Request timeout for icmp_seq 11
Request timeout for icmp_seq 12
Request timeout for icmp_seq 13

But then, still sleeping, it responds again. It's still on 100 MbE.

64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=14 ttl=32 time=3.897 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=15 ttl=32 time=3.918 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=16 ttl=32 time=3.906 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=17 ttl=32 time=4.090 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.12: icmp_seq=18 ttl=32 time=4.066 ms

This also works via IPv6. Why is this?


texts: Payment declined to update my billing details in iTunes Store

texts:
I'm trying to add my debt master card to my billing details and it says 'payment declined'. I had a chat with the Apple support and they asked me to check with the bank. I did that and the bank said the card was fine. I've been using the same card for all the other payments online and its been working properly.

I've tried doing this from my iPhone 6 and my MacBook Air (Yosemite)

Does anyone know how to fix it as the people at Apple support don't know what's wrong?

P.S. I have read the other threads saying click 'done' but I need to subscribe to Apple Music.. hence i want to pay!


texts: Stuck on reinstallation of OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan

texts:
When I trigger the reinstallation of OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan while in Recovery Mode starting "Reinstall OS X" the InstallAssistant immediately fails:

Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install  PROJECT:Install-1000
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: @(#)PROGRAM:IA  PROJECT:InstallAssistant-532
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Hardware: MacBookPro12,1 @ 3.10 GHz (x 4), 8192 MB RAM
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.11.6 (15G31)
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: DYLD_NO_FIX_PREBINDING=1
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: PWD=/
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: XPC_FLAGS=0x0
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: SHLVL=1
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: __OSINSTALL_ENVIRONMENT=1
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: CI_DEFAULT_OPENCL_USAGE=0
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: OS_INSTALL=1
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Env: _=/System/Library/CoreServices/Language Chooser.app/Contents/MacOS/Language Chooser
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: Can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No such file or directory
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: OSInstallChunkedDownload loaded...
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: OSInstallChunkedDownload loaded...
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: IAPisaDownload loaded...
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro InstallAssistant[458]: IAPisaDownload loaded...
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro Unknown[420]: 2020-03-16 00:52:25.770 InstallAssistant[458:14619] NSColorList could not parse color list file /System/Library/Colors/System.clr
Mar 16 00:52:25 MacBook-Pro Unknown[420]: 2020-03-16 00:52:25.779 InstallAssistant[458:14619] Failed to connect (keyReceivingView) outlet from (IASetupWindowController) to (PUKDiskPickerHorizontalView): missing setter or instance variable

When I look at the above message Can not connect to /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.socket: No such file or directory I guess the issue might be related to the current SIP setting, which is "enabeled".

Question
 Should I rerun the job with SIP switched off? Any advice how to overcome this issue is highly welcome.

Hardware-Software-Environment

MacBook Pro Early 2015 running OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan.
The internal HD is actually a 250 GB SSD comprising partitions EFI, Macintosh HD and Recovery HD. There is no encryption enabled on any of these partitions.


texts: One Thunderbolt 3 port only allowing USB 3.0

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports). Both Thunderbolt 3 ports should support USB 3.1.
However, when I look in the device tree in system report (with nothing connected), it lists one USB 3.0 bus and one USB 3.1 bus. This is also actually reflected when I try the same USB hub in both ports (one port has a slower transfer rate).
Not sure how long this has been an issue. I tried resetting the SMC, not sure what else to try or what could even cause this.


texts: How can I programmatically rotate all the pages in a PDF using native macOS tools?

texts: Given a file path, I need to rotate all the pages in a PDF at that file path using nothing that isn't included with macOS. The wrapper for this will be AppleScript, so I also have access to the command line and therefore all of the scripting languages installed by default with macOS, but nothing that would require brew or, for example, Python's pip.


texts: How do I change the default track in iTunes?

texts:
When I press "play" on the keyboard, iTunes starts up and launches the very first song of the very first album. I like Amy Winehouse, but everyday might be too much.

How can I change that? Ideally, I'd like to have a random song from a specific playlist start.


texts: Why does Apple recommend a 2TB FD over a 1TB Fusion Drive for iMacs with 32GB of memory?

texts:
Under the 'Choose Storage' section on Apple's iMac configuration page there is a blue link titled 'How much storage is right for you? (Choose Storage)
'. In that dialog it says:

  For the best performance, iMac systems with 32GB of memory should be
  configured with a 2TB or larger Fusion Drive or all flash storage.

http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/imac?product=MK472LL/A&step=config#

Why would Apple a 2TB or larger Fusion Drive or all flash storage for iMac systems with 32GB of memory? Is it related to the size of the sleep image since 1TB Fusion Drives only come with 24GB of flash?


texts: Count pages in PDF (for non-technical, mac using person)

texts:
I have a person who is looking to count pages of her perhaps 2-3000 PDFS. Unfortunately I am away and not sure what to do. She is non-technical. She needs a total count, of all the pdfs, combined (it will probably some something like 20,000 spread across the 3,000 PDFs) - no other details are necessary.

I considered adobe combine and then get a page count, but just testing on ~500 files, it is pretty slow going!

Adobe is an option.

I suppose terminal is an option too, but I'm not sure how to explain this to her. I think most of these work via spotlight indexing.. not sure about that. Not sure they are all indexed, or that this is the actual way it works.

Worth mentioning you used to be able to open multiple pdfs simultaneously in preview and get a page count! Used to work pretty well even across 2-300 files!

Thoughts?


texts: Track number missing after iPhone upgrade to iOS 8.4

texts: Before the upgrade to IOS 8.4, when I was listening to music, it would have the track number at the top of the screen (i.e. "1 of 14") but with 8.4 I can't seem to find a way to put that back on, if it's even possible.  Any help/suggestions?


texts: Move all events from one iCal calendar to another

texts:
I would like to consolidate several iCal calendars.  So, I'm wondering if there is a way to move all events from one iCal calendar to another.  I'm not interested in changing the time, etc. of any of the events, as asked here, and I'm not interested in simply deleting all the events in my calendar, as asked here.

I'm running iCal Version 5.0 (1535) on OS X 10.7.


texts: iterm2 issue : create new tab with same path of previous current tab BUT 2 tabs are clones and not indepedent

texts:
You can see the bounty launched on StackOverflow (Bounty started about ìTerm2 problem) about this issue described below.

I have switched from default terminal on MacOSs Mojave to iterm2. I have an issue about the opening of a new tab from the current tab.

Indeed, I would like to be in the same path than the previous current tab.

For this, I did the classical procedure, i.e to go to iterm2 preferences and Profile and choose Reuse previous session's directory for new tab :

Then, the issue is that once tab opened, all the other tabs are affected and change from their old path to the path of the new tab :  I don't understand what happens and which option to use to  prevent this behavior ?

1) Evevery tab is the same than the others : if I do a cd ~/foo/, then the other tabs will go into foodirectory.

2) Result worse : if I edit with vim a file in one tab, if I do a cd ~/foo/ in another tab, then the tab associated to the edited file disappears is clearing this edition and shows the same windows than the tab where I did cd ~/foo/ : Very strange ...

I want to keep all the current path  for all  others tabs except for the new one which must be the  same than the previous one from which I do a CMD+T.

Has anyone met this kind of issue ? I saw on different forums this issue sometimes occurs.

UPDATE 1:

From what I have seen, it seems that I hvave to find a way to create a new session when I do the shortcut CMD+T to get another tab independent from the current one (from which I do CMD+T).

But unfortunately, I didn't find how to create a new session in iTerm2 (inside the iTerm2 - Preferences - profile, I could execute a script that creates this new session). From the moment, you can see the command (/bin/bash that I launch when I open a new tab :

I tried also to build the binary iTerm2 from the sources but issue remains.

UPDATE 2: I tried to use a little apple script to force a new session to be created from current window :

tell application "iTerm2"
    tell current window
        create tab with profile "Terminology2"
    end tell
end tell

where Terminology2 is a duplicate of profile Terminology (default profile).

But always the same issue, the 2 tabs are not independent : each command in one of 2 is executed on the another one.

UPDATE 2: Solution finally fixed on this link


texts: Is there available software for MacOS to test iPad functions through USB or other interface?

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Is there any software for checking hardware in iOS? mentions a few things for iPhone, some of which may work on iPad.  But I can't get them, because the iPad has no internet.

With WiFi enabled, it connects to the AP but does not display the WiFi icon and TCP apparently does not work.

When I turn off WiFi, I still have LTE, but TCP still does not seem to work.  Safari, Stack Exchange, SpeedTest, etc. However, in a terminal, ping 8.8.8.8 sent and received 18 packets with an average round trip of 20 milliseconds.

Apparently—since I can ping IP addresses and (update!) I can surf with Tor—TCP is working but DNS is not.  Yet one of the many things that has already been tried is "Reset Network Settings."

UPDATE: It was not only DNS, but it is still a mystery.  Both problems survived changing the WiFi DNS address to a known good one and another that was probably good, rebooting the iPad, rebooting the WiFi router, and resetting network settings on the iPad.  But the WiFi problem and the cellular outage were both fixed by "forgetting" the WiFi and re-joining.

But the question is still whether there is any software that can be run on a Mac to diagnose an IOS device.


texts: How far is my Time Machine "preparing backup" step?

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I want to do a Time Machine backup and it's not the first time I do it in this external hard drive, so Time Machine is doing the "preparing backup" step since a few minutes. As it's been quite long I haven't back up, I know this step will take a while.

However I have no idea how far is this step, is it 5% ? or is it nearly done and 95% ?

How to know how long remaining ?


texts: Cannot use AirDrop on my Mac running Yosemite

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I am trying to use AirDrop to copy some files to my iPad Air 2 but have some problems.

In my AirDrop folder, it never asked me whether I want to share it with Contact or Everyone. I have my ipad AirDrop turned on but it does not appear on my Mac's AirDrop folder.

I have Wifi and Bluetooth turned on on both devices. This is what my AirDrop window looks like:

Can someone please help on this?


texts:
I'm a PC convert, and quite novice when it comes to shell/bash scripting, but I really want to learn/understand more.

My need: I need to be able to scan a folder, find any .rar files, extract the files in place, and delete the associated .rar afterwards.  Each may also have the .r00, .r01, ... files associated, so those need to be deleted afterwards as well.

Can someone help me figure out (and understand) how to write a script for this?  The more comments, the better.


texts: iPad photos missing from folder view in Windows

texts: I have my iPad plugged into my Windows 7 computer, and I can see the Internal Storage of the iPad but most of the photos are missing. I have many different albums on the iPad and none of them are visible inside explorer view. How can I get these photos off my iPad?


texts:
I'm unclear what the default setting is regarding 'ask to buy' settings for family sharing and a child’s AppleID.
If I do NOT enable 'ask to buy' am I right to assume that my daughter will be unable to buy anything at all?


texts: How can I get my Macbook Air 2013 (September 2013) to connect to wi-fi?

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I just got my new MacBook Air delivered yesterday.  I opened it up today and was happy until it couldn't connect to Wi-Fi.  After Googling I found out that this has been an issue and that Apple created a patch for it.  But that was in July and I got mine yesterday.

Do I have to download that patch even though it's old? I got mine 24 hours ago so I would assume that it would've come with that patch already on it?

I am running 10.8.4.  My ISP is Verizon Fios.

I am confused.  Not sure what to do.  Please advise.


texts: External hard drive : Problems were found with the partition map

texts:
I have an external hard drive which carries all my most precious files (some are backed up on a second hard drive, but not terribly recently).

I decided to "encrypt" this hard drive (which I immediately regretted), and now the drive won't open. I know the password, but once it's entered, it says that the drive can't be recognized, giving me the options to "Initialize..., Ignore, or Eject".

I then run Disk Utility First Aid, which says that "Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting."

Please tell me there is something I can do to recover my data.


texts: Change background of terminal based on host

texts:
Is there a way I can have my terminal dynamically change covers based on the host I am on? For example, the default background (as determined by terminal profile) is black. Maybe there is another terminal profile that is the exact same except that it has a blue background. Now, if I SSH from black_host which is the default into blue_host, my terminal profile switches (or the background changes from black to blue).

Is this possible? I often have anywhere from 5-10 terminals open at a time on 3-4 different machines and it would be nice to just look and see from a birds eye view which terminal belongs to which host.


texts: Why am I not able to expand my hard drive partition after deleting Windows?

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I'm a MacBook user and I had previously installed Windows on my laptop.

After deleting the Windows partition now, I'm facing difficulty in expanding my hard drive partition to the maximum. After I drag the the partition to Full and click Apply, it shows:

  Checking journaled HFS+ volume

Then, a message pops out:

  Partition failed with the error : couldn't modify partition map because file system verification failed.

What should I do?


texts: Passing a password to an Automator application

texts:
I have written an Automator application with the following shell script to open an FTP connection on my system:

sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist
osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to display alert "SFTP Opened"'

This works exactly as expected except that the sudo command needs a password. When the same command is run on Terminal, it prompts me for a password but when run as an Automator app, doesn't prompt me for any input. Is there anyway to programmatically pass the password to this sudo within the Automator script? I know this is not a safe practice but I still want to do it as my system is reasonably secure and untouched by anyone other than me.

A "do shell script...with administrator privileges" method is giving the following error:


texts: Why does QuickTime's screen recorder make my MacBook Air very slow while recording?

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On Snow Leopard (10.6), the screen recorder on QuickTime Player worked just fine. However, since I have upgraded to Mountain Lion (10.8) QuickTime screen recorder has been making my 2010 MacBook Air extremely slow/laggy while recording the screen but once I stop recording my computer is no longer slow/laggy.

Is there a way to fix this annoying problem? My computer is pratically unusable while recording so I can't use QuickTime to record the screen until it is fixed.


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I was installing Logic Pro X. The installer had to download 2.0GB. As I have slow internet connection, I was cancelling the download and resuming it without problems the last couple of days.

Today, the download was at 1.4GB. After cancelling it and trying to resume later, the installer won't open. I went to Activity Monitor and killed the Logic Pro X process and started the installer again, however all process is now gone and it gets stuck at Installing:

How can I reset the installer so it starts from scratch? Maybe I could delete the 1.4GB data that was already downloaded so it starts from the beginning?

A quick find didn't reveal where those files are:

$ sudo find / -name "*Logic Pro*"

UPDATE: directories that I try deleting:

/Users/jviotti/Library/Caches/com.apple.logic10