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The Viber app preventing my Mac from display sleep.

pmset -g                                                                                [2.2.0]
  Active Profiles:
  Battery Power     -1
  AC Power      -1*
  Currently in use:
    standbydelay         10800
    standby              1
    womp

    1
    halfdim              1
    hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
    darkwakes            1
    gpuswitch            2
    networkoversleep     0
    disksleep            10
    sleep                5 (sleep prevented by AddressBookSour)
    autopoweroffdelay    14400
    hibernatemode        3
    autopoweroff         1
    ttyskeepawake        1
    displaysleep         5 (display sleep prevented by Viber)
    acwake               0
    lidwake              1

pmset -g assertions                                                                                [2.2.0]
   2015-04-20 23:59:20 +0300
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    1
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 78582(AddressBookSour): [0x000203b400010748] 00:00:06 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "Address Book Source Sync"
    Timeout will fire in 1794 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
   pid 94(hidd): [0x0001fdc6000906c7] 00:25:24 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 285 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 827(Viber): [0x00015736000521d1] 12:16:02 NoDisplaySleepAssertion named: "Viber. Active call"
Kernel Assertions: 0x100=MAGICWAKE
   id=502  level=255 0x100=MAGICWAKE mod=4/19/15, 11:09 description=en0 owner=en0

I want to start screensaver while Viber is working, so killing Viber's pid is not an option.
How to remove assertion on Viber?


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I used to backup my data via Airport Time Capsule and configured my backup, so that no Applications are part of the backup. In case of a broken HDD etc. I would prefer to install only those applications I really need and not all the other legacy crap which comes with the time...

Now the time has come and I've got a "new" (late 2012) Macbook Pro. I powered it on and set it up just as usual. After the first boot I opened the Migration Assistent in order to recover my backup from the time capsule. Somehow nothing happened after entering the APT credentials for my Account, so I tried it with the CMD+R mode during the boot process.

This worked just fine. I entered my credentials and the recovery process began. After completion the MBP restarted and I had a normal desktop with all my files. My backup recovered.

Unfortunately now there is no "Applications" directory in my User dir. There are also no applications like "Safari.app" or even "System Preferences.app". When I try to change the Desktop Background (which I thought would open the System Preferences) nothing happens. All Dock-Items are represented by an "?" - except Finder which seems to be the only app which is still there.

I booted the system via CMD+S in order to search for those applications. find . -name "Safari.app" had no results. As a proof that find works I searched for a file I know that exists in my backup: find . -name "certain_file.jpg" and I had a correct result. I don't even have a terminal (except the CMD+S shell).

The MBP was shipped with OS X Yosemite and apparently the system recovered without any Applications.
Edit: it's Mavericks, not Yosemite.
-> there is still a Recovery HD.

What now? How can I get at least all my standard applications?


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Mid 2011 imac 27" with new hard drive keeps shutting down randomly.

After a bad crash, the imac can no longer boot into desktop.
I seem to have a stuck booting cycle with the horizontal progress bar progressing
then reverting back to the spinning progress circle but never reaching desktop.

I can boot via an external hard drive with a system on and tried to backup
the problem drive with superduper. But halfway through backing up the imac
randomly shut down. I then restarted using the my external drive and backed up files
manuallly.

I also tried installing mavericks on to the problem drive, but the install
freezes at the end of the mavericks restart message.

Do you think I have a defective new hard drive?
Or do you think it's another issue with the imac?

I may try another option of formatting the problem drive and reinstalling
a completely clean system on to the drive.


texts: How to install macOS back after installing Fedora?

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I installed Fedora on macbook by wiping macOS, now I want to install macOS back, how can I do this? Before wiping I made a full backup of macos installer, but how to use it, I couldn't able to figure out.

I know how to do it from macbook with createinstallmedia command, but I don't have another macbook nor my friends have. What's the solution now?

Thank you.


texts: Mac terminal can't be used after set up of ~/.bash_profile

texts:
I was installing Apache Ant earlier and once I did, I also ran:

touch ~/.bash_profile
nano .bash_profile

Within that text file I wrote:

. .bash_profile

saved, exited, then ran:

source ~/.bash_profile

Now my Terminal looks like this:

I can't access my command line at all, so I went into preferences and set

/bin/bash -x

to run as a default upon Terminal's open, and now it looks like this:

and still reads

[Process Completed]

afterward. Any help?


texts: Is there a PDF reader that formats for mobile screens?

texts:
Trying to read PDF on a mobile screen is a pain, be it iBooks or Adobe Reader. Neither of the apps properly format the content for reading on the iPhone. I was wondering if there is a "Reader" feature, similar to Safari's reading feature, on a PDF reading application that with a tap renders the content perfectly viewable on the tiny mobile screen.

If there is no such application then I would like to know how I can convert a PDF into any other format that would allow me to format the contents better for viewing on the iPhone.


texts: Copy screenshot to clipboard in addition to saving the file

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Within OS X 10.11.6, the  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   4  key combination saves a screenshot to the desktop by default.

Is there a way to automatically copy the file to the clipboard (in addition to saving the file), so that the screenshot can be pasted into a document?  Maybe there is some clever why to tee and pipe the image to the clipboard?

The intent is to:

save screenshot to a file and
copy screenshot to the clipboard

with a single command.   Examples are always appreciated.


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I'm trying to install Windows 7 using Bootcamp.

My computer is a iMac with Yosemite.

First challenge was create a USB Stick with Window Image, because my Bootcamp didn't give me this option. I solved with this post: Bootcamp - No ISO Option

Everything worked fine, but after the restart I get a blank screen and after few seconds I get the message in a black screen: No bootable disk found (or something like that).

So, I need to restart holding Alt key, to select the OSX disk.

I'm stuck after this.


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I need to work remotely and connect to a company network from my Mac over the internet. How do I set this up? I've looked at different software such as OpenVPN and Tunnelblick. I'm not sure how to set up remote access. Any suggestions? Advice?

Additional information:
There is basically no IT department. So I would need to set up the server side solution as well if that is what is needed.

More information:
I basically need to use the database connection from inside the company network.


texts:
I have an MBA 2009, model A1304. The Hard drive system information says its an "Apple SSD SM128". But when I look at the available and total space, I have one partition 28.8GB (bootcamp) and one 38.8GB (Main MacOS). Those are the total sizes. They come to 67.6GB. Now I read many forum posts complaining on 5GB lost here, 10 there. But this is like half the SSD drive. Could it be that its going bad and half of it was marked off limits or something.
When I boot the machine to MacOS, it shows a similar state.
When I look at the Admin tools > System management > Storage > Disk Management screen in Windows, it shows a 45GB "Unallocated space" partition, which is invisible under MacOS. I guess this is the missing space. Can I format it and use it under Windows? can MacOS or BootCamp be using half the SSD drive for its housekeeping usage?
Bootcamp 3.2, OSX 10.6.7
Interestingly, the Mac OS partition utility also shows a 45GB area unused between the partition, which it lets me use to expand the Mac HD partition. (I didn't do it yet, only on the interface then cancelled). But its very strange - this Mac Air started as an MacOS only device; presumably (I don't remember ever checking it then) the Mac HD partition originally used all of the SSD space, as factory configured by Apple. I then installed Bootcamp. Could Bootcamp have thrown away half the hard drive space in to an unused partition, and for what purpose would it have done that?
I would like now to format this partition to be used by Bootcamp (i.e. Windows) not the Mac OS. So there should be no harm to the MacOS if I go to windows and format it?
I would appreciate any help in tackling this.
Screenshot of MacOS Partition info:

General SSD info:

Partitions with unused area in gray:

Mac OS X allows expanding OS HD with usused area:


texts: E-detailing on the iPad - what are the options and pitfalls?

texts:
Hiya, I need to present some options on e-detailing on the tablet format. I'm quite keen to use iPads (as they still carry the "wow" factor imo) but I'm not ruling out Android tablets if that solution ends up being the best.

E-detailing is where sales reps take in a tailored, flashy, presentation to specific clients, walk them through it and hopefully leave with a contract in their pocket. It's a key part of the sales process and quite a lot rides on it, so the presentation needs to be absolutely top notch.

So far I think I've come up with 3 solutions to being able to deliver this via a tablet:

1) Build an app
This would be best from the POV of being able to develop a really precise and slick presentation, but it would carry cost implications, and also one huge issue I forsee is that it'd have to go through the app store! I don't think I'd want my competitors downloading my app to have a look at my sales secrets... Is there some way of getting apps onto an iPad without having to go through the store? I know it's possible for Android.

2) Build a mobile site/app
Can still make things pretty slick, and the cost will come down, but I worry about sales reps being able to work this offline if their net connection drops. If they were without wifi or in a poor reception area this could be a disaster waiting to happen. Could it all be forced into the cache? Seems a messy solution...

3) Use Keynote or some other presentation tool
Very cheap, still quite slick but lacking in wow factor and some features? Can you embed video into presentations like this?

Does anyone have strong opinions on this or answers to the issues I've raised?


texts: What's the canonical name for the "sunburst" waiting animation?

texts: Is there an accepted name for the spinning animation that's displayed when one needs to wait for an indefinite amount of time?  It looks like this:


texts: How to set Firefox as default client for ftp:// links?

texts:
How can I set Firefox as the default client for ftp:// links? At the moment default client for ftp:// is Finder, which I don't like.

I found a similar question, which is 7 years old and the solutions don't work anymore.


texts: Is there a way to record 'on board' audio on iPad?

texts:
Related to this question: What cable do I need to go iPad audio out to macbook air mic in? which is asking about cables to record iPad audio on another device.

This question is: is there a way to record audio generated on the iPad on the iPad itself? For example, are there any audio recording apps that can record in the background while audio is being created in another app?

It's a bit hard to search for as there are a lot of apps that allow you to record audio via the external mic, but I'm specifically looking to record audio generated from the iPad itself (such as from a synthesizer or drum machine app).


texts: Send email from my ipad without receiving?

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Is this possible?  I went into settings and turned off "fetch new data", but if I send a message from an account, the durn thing still downloads all my mail in that account.  I don't want it to do that.

In other words, I want the email on my iPad to be write only.


texts: Problems apps synching with iCloud and memory running out

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I have an iPhone 6 and an iPad 4 mini linked to the same iCloud account, and have set synch settings in the usual way to backup photos and apps to the iCloud. I have storage plan of 50 GB, and currently using 37 GB from that. The app I use most the time on iPhone is Whatsapp.

The problem seems to be that iPhone local storage is running out, and I keep receiving warnings, even though the iCloud has plenty of space. I am not sure what to do to fix this. I checked all settings and tried to research it online, but still no answers. I suspected that the Whatsapp might be keeping the data locally (e.g. photos/videos), even though the iCloud has backed them up, but I am not sure.

Here are screen shots of the situation.


texts: All of my files in home directory have 0620 file permission

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I don't the the exact reason why, but all the files in my home directory have 0620 file permission. What I remember is that I setup file sharing in System Preference.

Now, when I try to delete file in my home directory, this dialog box pops up to ask the password. I modified all the files back to permission 0774, but I still can't delete the file without answering the password.

What went wrong? How can I get the system back to normal?
I use Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2.

ADDED

Refer to this post also


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I just downloaded the latest Java SE Development Kit and tried to install it. The installer opens but then after clicking on install nothing happens. I know this is not very specific (not good with computers).

This is what I saw with command L

Oct 25 16:34:45 Dorians-MacBook-Pro installd[483]: PackageKit: ----- Begin install -----
Oct 25 16:34:45 Dorians-MacBook-Pro installd[483]: PackageKit: Session UUID file exists - will not overwrite /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/C/PKInstallSandboxManager/38878AD3-2A7F-4DD3-A00F-FA5955F6CC33.activeSandbox
Oct 25 16:34:51 Dorians-MacBook-Pro installd[483]: PackageKit: ----- End install -----


texts: Temporarily set non-iCloud password; now both temporary and iCloud passwords required at startup

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My Yosemite MacBook Pro is normally set to use my iCloud password. Taking it in for service to the Apple store, they suggested I create a temporary password, which I did by going to Users & Groups -> my user, clicking Change Password, and clicking "Use Separate Password".

On restart I noticed I was prompted twice for passwords. The first time, the temporary password did not work and I had to use my iCloud password. The second prompt (following a progress bar) required my new temporary password.

The technician did their stuff, and then I went back to my user, Change Password, and back to using my iCloud password. On restart, again was prompted twice. The first time required my temporary password, the second time, my iCloud password. OK - this fits the pattern: change your password, and your old pw will still be in effect for this first of two authentications.

However, on subsequent restarts it continues to require authenticating twice, and the temporary password now appears to be "stuck" as the one required for the first authentication - which I understand is possibly Filevault.

So in other words:

restart
select my user
authenticate using non-iCloud temporary password
some loading occurs
select my user again
authenticate using iCloud password

Is there a way to get the first authentication "back" to using my iCloud password?

I suppose I could "Use Separate Password" again and use my actual iCloud password, then back to using iCloud to sign in. At least then both pws will (maybe) be the same. But if there is a "righter" way of doing this I'd rather do that.


texts: How do you edit someone's iCloud contacts with a different iCloud account/e-mail address?

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Okay, so I've been searching far and wide to figure out how to do the following:
I need to edit my boss' iCloud contacts. Usually I log into her iCloud but she does not want me to do that anymore because I can see her e-mail, etc.
Is there a way that I can access her iCloud contacts using my own e-mail address? I am open to suggestions about third party apps as well.


texts: Issues with the SSD storage system on Mac OS

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I need of some help with a Mac book pro’s SSD storage.
Currently running Mac OS Catalina Version 10.15.4 with a flash storage drive with 121 GB of space.
For some reason, the system keeps running out of virtual memory, and when I check the storage manager it displays a lot of odd behavior.

I get this error message all the time, and it’s not possible to turn off automatically. I think though for this one, it has to do with the browser taking up a lot of space, so if I check the browser’s task manager I can see which tabs are taking up a lot of space, and I close them to free up some virtual memory space.
But the problem has more to do with the overall storage on the flash storage drive. When I open the storage manager it shows that about 50% of my disk space is going to other. That’s a lot of space.

In the screenshot above, I wish I could show the time, because I think something tricky is going on, after a half second, 15GB disappear from the other category (from the first image to the second, they were only taken a second apart). So I think my memory problems are coming from the way the OS is coded.
And often the only way to get through these memory issues is to restart the computer -- which for some reason removes a lot of virtual space. I think the new SSD drives treat virtual memory almost like RAM or a cache system now days, way different than the physical disk drivers from before.
What I was wondering, is there anyone out there that can point me in the right direction or link me to some articles or tutorials on how to go about debugging this?
I currently reading up on Kernel Programming, but I bet Apple isn’t going to allow me to fix this myself.
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/KernelProgramming/vm/vm.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000905-CH210-BEHJDFCA
Could anybody point me in the right direction on how to fix this?


texts: Thunderbolt dock statation power charging

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There are two types of dock stations on the market:

Docks use external MagSafe adapter to charge MBP.
(MagSafe should be bought additional from Apple).
Docks with only Thunderbolt connection to MBP.

With first one power supplying is clear.
How does second type can charge MBP?

Is it possible to charge laptop through thunderbolt without MagSafe?

P.S. Consider MacBook Pro 2014-2015


texts: Switching the Wi-Fi network from terminal does not succeed (DHCP fails)

texts:
I am trying to switch Wi-Fi network via the command line:

networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 corpnet01
networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 Home

where "Office" and "Home" are DHCP enabled networks. When I switch from  corpnet01 to Home, everything works fine. But the other way it doesn't.

When I do it via the UI all works OK:

but when I do it in the terminal, DHCP does not manage to get an IP address:

and networksetup says:

UM00160:~ taapega4$ networksetup -getinfo Wi-Fi
DHCP Configuration
IP address: 169.254.110.61
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Router: (null)
Client ID:
IPv6: Automatic
IPv6 IP address: none
IPv6 Router: none
Wi-Fi ID: 8c:85:90:4f:41:77

What else is the UI doing that I am not doing by using the following command?

networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 corpnet01

I know that we require a certificate installed in the keychain to connect to corpnet01.


texts:
I was trying to update my Mac to Mojave but when it was restarting it got stuck and all I see is apple logo. I am not sure what happened and how can I get back to start m Mac. Any help please.

This is what I see in photo below.


texts: LaTeX on OS X stoped working after update

texts:
I have TeX Live installed on my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.2. I installed TeX Live through MacPorts. Not long ago, I did an update of out of date packages. I just tried to compile a Tex document, and I get the following error message:

dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
 Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/latex
 Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap: 5

I have seen that this error comes up for other questioners in different contexts with different commands. None of the fixes suggested in those contexts worked for me (or sometimes didn't make sense in this context). Is there a simple fix?


texts:
I created a standalone macOS app using Script Editor. Upon starting, the app executes a bash script and upon quitting, the app executes another bash script. The code looks like this

do shell script "complete path to start script"
on quit
     do shell script "complete path to quit script"
     continue quit
end quit

When I open the app it does what it is supposed to do and the app resides in the dock until it is closed. I would like the finder to open a specific folder when I click on the app symbol in the dock. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Is it possible to show a screensaver on a secondary monitor while using the primary monitor?

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I have an iMac with a large format display set up as a secondary monitor that we use as a television for watching movies.  When I am just using the iMac, I would like for the secondary display to display something interesting rather than just the wallpaper.

Is it possible to set up a screensaver that appears on the second monitor (I really like the iPhoto slideshow) while allowing me to use the primary iMac monitor?

I would even be happy if it wasn't technically a screen saver, but just any sort of slideshow that could be displayed on one monitor while I work on the other.  Currently if I play a slideshow in iPhoto, the other monitor goes blank. :(


texts: What prevents using .bashrc to initialize Terminal?

texts:
A few months ago, I made it easier to run scripts I'd written by creating a .bashrc file.  It worked for a while, but it has not worked in a few weeks.  As the Terminal snippet below shows, the file apparently does not run when Terminal is launched.   I haven't changed anything that should affect this.  Is there a Terminal preference that non-intuitively has this effect?  Does use of 'homebrew' override?

MBP-WWG:~ Admin$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
MBP-WWG:~ Admin$ ls -late@ .bashrc
-rwxr-xr-x  1 Admin  staff  45 Jul 29 14:35 .bashrc
MBP-WWG:~ Admin$ cat !$
cat .bashrc

export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
export $path=$PATH

MBP-WWG:~ Admin$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
MBP-WWG:~ Admin$ echo $path

MBP-WWG:~ Admin$


texts: How can I move my signature from one Mac Mail account to another?

texts:
Mac Mail has some nice features, and I have used it for many, many years. But I can not figure out how to move a signature from one account to another.

It makes no sense whatsoever that I can't use an existing signature on a new account.

I tried to just create the new signature for the new account. I tried to cut and paste from the old signature, unfortunately, the image does not come over.

Right-clicking and choosing Import Image in the signature actually tried to pull an image from a scanner or a camera? There doesn't appear to be a feature to import an image from your local files, which is just really beyond bizarre.


texts: Disabling sound output devices (e.g. Internal Speakers) in OS X

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Since my Cinema Display is both connected through mDP and USB, I can (stupidly enough) both choose “LED Cinema Display” or “Display Audio”.

Also, I never use the internal speakers since they sound extremely tinny.

How do I remove/delete/disable unwanted audio devices? It must be possible somehow!


texts: If AirPort Time Capsule is compromised, will it disclose contents of encrypted backups?

texts:
I'm thinking about using an AirPort Time Capsule for my Time Machine backup. I would certainly use encryption, but I'm still concerned about sensitive backup data sitting on a networked routing device that could get compromised.

The Apple website has this to say on backup security:

  Don’t back up sensitive data to a network disk if you don’t trust the network administrators who control the disk. Instead, select a backup disk that’s under your own control, such as an external disk connected to your Mac.

This is a bit vague and it might simply refer to Time Capsules with multiple user accounts, so I'd like to know specifically: If there's some vulnerability in the AirPort Time Capsule and an attacker manages to compromise it and take over the Time Capsule by running arbitrary code on it, are my encryption key and the backup contents safe from them? I think this question breaks down into 2 parts:

Does OS X encrypt everything locally and only send encrypted data to the Time Capsule?
If an an attacker controlling my Time Capsule tries to trick OS X into doing an unencrypted backup, will OS X warn me first?


texts: can i charge something via usb when computer is off?

texts:
I have one of those little remote control helicopters and it needs to be charged via USB. It takes 45 minutes to charge.

Can this thing charge when the laptop (macbook pro) is off?
Does it need to be awake/on?
Can it charge if the laptop is asleep/lid closed?


texts:
I've been looking around for a while for a way to start packing image bytestreams into HEIF files, since macOS High Sierra and and iOS 11 are now out. Haven't had much luck, just large numbers of people converting .heic files to .jpg, and the Nokia JS viewer on GitHub

To start, I am not looking to convert my existing Photo Library all to HEVC encoded .heic files, there's diminishing returns to be had there since they're already jpegged and have had quality loss from the original.
So this question is not a duplicate of the "Convert whole library to new .HEIC format" question

My goal:

Take both a mpeg bytestream and a PNG or JPG bytestream and pack them into a .heic file
Take multiple PNG and/or JPG bytestreams and make a .heic file of them (like a burst series of photos)

HEIF is just a container, so while it was designed for HEVC use, it does support other data types like jpg, png, pretty much anything that the viewing applications support in their natives file formats.

I just haven't been able to find any software that will let me do it. Everything I search for to do with HEIF or HEIC in the term just pumps me with tech news headlines about Apple trying to replace jpeg, and people converting their .heic files once their imported from their computer (which seems like it would take effort to do since iOS defaultly will convert them for you if you try to import them or share them anywhere it can't explicitly confirm the reaching end supports them...)

So I'm hoping someone here knows a thing or two and could point me in the right direction at least.

I'm not adverse to command line tools, or even doing some development myself if I can get pointed at a library I can import into a Swift application (I'm a late bloomer in programming, and while I could say the same for Javascript, if I was to build an app around a library to do this work, I'd much rather use Swift than use a scripting language)

So hopefully someone has thought the same thing and had better luck than me finding this! :)

Edit 1, Nov 10:

I've found a site by a bloke called Ben Gotow that talks about converting existing JPEGs into HEVC bitstreams, and then putting them into a .heic or .heif container. It's close, but he hadn't been able to find a lot of detail for doing more than that. I'm not adding this as an answer, just as an edit since it is relevant but doesn't actually achieve my goal. hope anyone else finding this question will find his site useful!
jpgtoheif.com


texts: FileVault1 with no master password but root+user password

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On my mac I activated FileVault1 about 4-5years ago. Unluckily i forgot the password as i never used it =(

I know root + user password to log in and do all the stuff (also as root in the console). As I would like to work with TimeMachine, now I need to rid of this old problem.

What I did already:

Called mac support, they said I should go to the local mac support. This would be my last choice because of the price and the paid hours it will take for unlocking/copying. Maybe they have some keypairs for backdoors, otherwise I should be able to do the same.
Found this filevault debuglog bug (2012), but its already 5yrs ago that I typed the password,so I dont think those log files still exist. Also because now I have the up2date version of ios.
Found a tutorial which told me to delete /Library/Keychains/FileVaultMaster.keychain but to first switch it off, which I can't without the passwort.
Tried to switch off FileVault with different username combinations of root/user. But he really really want the "main password".

Like now it is really useless: The system does not protect against "my person" (who lost the passwort) and at the same time it lets me work and do everything....

How do I switch filevault (version 1) off? OR

How do I reset the "masterpassword"? (or any other workaround is really appreciated)


texts: Mac equivalent to AutoHotkey's PixelSearch?

texts: I am aware of AutoHotkey alternatives such as Hammerspoon, Karabiner, and Keyboard Maestro, but do any of these have a way to search for a pixel with a specific colour on the display like how PixelSearch works in AutoHotkey?  Or, is there another product that I am unaware of that allows me to do this?


texts: ZSH: .zprofile, .zshrc, .zlogin - What goes where?

texts:
Now that I've upgraded to Catalina and I am using the new ZSH shell, I've noticed that ~/.bash_profile has been replaced with ~/.zprofile and since installing iTerm2 shell integration, it added a ~/.zshrc file.

Looking at the ZSH documentation on Startup/Shutdown Files, there are a number of files (located in the home directory $HOME or ~/):

.zprofile (login shell)
.zshenv (environment variables)
.zshrc (interactive shell)
.zlogin (login shell)
.zlogout (when the shell exits)

What is also confusing is that ~/.zprofile and ~/.zlogin are both for login shells, so, things can get confusing as to what to put where.

What startup/shutdown files should be used when setting up the ZSH shell environment and how/what should they be configured?


texts: Deleted user still appears on system startup screen

texts:
Recently, I had to setup a user for the Apple Hardware replacement team in my local Apple Store on my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.2 called "apple".

After the repair, I deleted the user via Users & Groups in the system preferences.

However, when I boot the MacBook, the account still appears and seems to be able to unlock the disk (I use file vault). The user is not able to actually log in.

How do I get rid of this ghost account?


texts: How to permanently disable resume on El Capitan

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Notice: This is not a duplicate! Other questions had to do with older versions of OS X or had to do with temporarily disabling resume.

El Capitan has made my iMac very, very slow. A hard reboot should clean the slate so I can recover from OS hangs, but now windows and programs that were open when I shut the iMac down (with the power button) are restored to their previous states.

How can I disable this completely? I do NOT want to have to select a button every time I shutdown/restart, which is something I cannot do if I use the hardware reset.


texts: Boot Camp ‘bootable USB drive could not be created’ and ‘EFI system partition formatted as NTFS’

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I did a fresh macOS install and wanted to install Windows 10 back but Boot Camp is asking for a USB drive. High Sierra wasn't asking for it as a Windows 10 ISO file was enough. Even if I try to install with a FAT formatted USB drive, I still can not install. I have a default Fusion disk which came with iMac but I’m not using it. I installed a 500 GB SSD.

Video: https://youtu.be/aVuB6MHjnzk

Trying without USB connected. I wasn't asked for a USB when I was on High Sierra on the same computer. I want to install to 500 GB SSD (macOS container):

Trying with a FAT formatted USB disk:

Also tried the way without Boot Camp as described here but with no luck: https://fgimian.github.io/blog/2016/03/12/installing-windows-10-on-a-mac-without-bootcamp/

  Windows detected the EFI system partition was formatted as NTFS. Format the EFI system partition as FAT32, and restart the installation. (Screenshot)

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         499.9 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +499.9 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macos                   41.5 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 44.3 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         28.0 GB    disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS apple ssd               27.6 GB    disk2s2

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *30.8 GB    disk3
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              30.8 GB    disk3s1


texts: Is it safe to remove "rdmgrab" in Mojave

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I recently upgraded to Mojave. So far I haven't had any problems with it. However, when I restart the Mac, I get a pop-up saying '“rdmgrab” is not optimised for your Mac and needs to be updated.'

There is a process called rdmgrab that runs in the background. (There's another called rdmd, but I don't know if it's related.)

There is a file called rdmgrab in /opt/local/bin, a rdmgrab.plist and a few rdmgrab_[1811xx].log files.

I have no idea where this file came from. Does anyone have an idea what it might be, and whether it's safe to dump it?


texts: Are there open source software that let OS X see a generic NAS as a Time Machine destination?

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Is it possible to use "Time-Machine" with an external hard-drive through an IP?

I have an external HD connected to a Raspberry Pi and I have installed SSH. What I am hoping to achieve is this:

I have a Mac Mini and a Macbook Pro, I want their back-ups to be in-sync but, through the user of an IP that is directed to the raspberry pi that connects the hard-drive.  I know/read that this is possible using Airport extreme but, I do not have that, instead a standard router but I am able to port forward.

Can anyone recommend any open source solutions rather than needing a Time Capsule or OS X Server running on the NAS?


texts: How to enable TCP/IP for Postgres on OS X 10.7 Server?

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The default configuration in /var/pgsql/postgresql.conf says that listen_addresses defaults to localhost, but it doesn't let me connect over port 5432.  Connecting (as root, using sudo) over a Unix domain socket works fine, but I need to enable network connections.

I tried uncommenting the listen_addresses = 'localhost' line (to make it explicit), and restarting the Postgres process (with sudo serveradmin stop postgres, sudo serveradmin start postgres), but that didn't help.


texts: Trying to install vsftpd via mac ports on snow leopard

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Using this guide: http://www.finiteloops.com/weblog/?p=79

I get this error:

500 OOPS: vsftpd: not configured for standalone, must be started from inetd

I am trying to turn on and off LISTEN in the config, but how to either link VSFTPD with INET or XINET or let it start in listen mode?


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First of all: I use a MacBook (white) 13.3" 2Ghz (It says it's a MacBook3,1).

There was an 80GB HDD (Hitachi) built in, which just turned out to be a little too...
Well, it's not enough anymore.
So I cloned the drive with Carbon Copy Cloner (can recommend it by the way) to a 250GB FUJITSU MHY2250BH.

Now it has been my understanding that I need a special Mac Firmware for the drive to use certain features, for example the HDD temp display the iStat dashboard widget usually gives me. Google couldn't come up with anything useful so far, so here's what the question actually is about:
Can I get the drive to be "fully functional", e.g. with some Firmware upgrade or something else?

If I am completely wrong with any of my assumptions – pointing that out would be an acceptable answer, too.

EDIT: Just to specify: The HDD itself works, but there are some minor inconveniences left:
The system boots slowlyer and iStatPro can't display the HDD's temp.


texts: Auto-launch Microsoft Teams by adding it to my "Login Items"

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I want Microsoft Teams to start automatically every time I turn on/log into my (company) MacBook (running Mojave 10.14.5.

I can add it to my login-items under System Preferences -> Users & Groups, but the next time I start up it doesn't launch, and when I go back into System Preference, it's no longer listed in my login-items.

What should I try next?


texts: Using Late 2013 MacBook Pro with LG Ultrafine 4K Monitor - USB-C to Thunderbolt 2?

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I bought a used LG Ultrafine 4K Monitor with USB-C to Thunderbolt, the ones Apple are selling, for a good deal. I assumed I could make it work with a simple USB-C to HDMI cord, but this didn't work out.

Is there any adapter that can use my Thunderbolt 2 port with the USB-C on the monitor?

I've seen this one that looks like it's for use with old monitors and new laptops, but will it work if I plug it into the back of the monitor and then connect the Thunderbolt 2 to my computer?

https://www.amazon.com/Thunderbolt-Adapter-Backward-Compatible-DisplayPort/dp/B019FPJDQ2/


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Every time I reboot my Mac running macOS Sierra I lose my Launchpad layout. I’ve tried different apps, tried removing some preferences. All of the apps are reset to their default position.

Anyone have a solution on how to fix this?

Kr,
Vincent


texts: How do I add spellcheck / dictionaries in macos Sierra? Got .aff and .dic files

texts: I'm specifically trying to install system-wide support for Bulgarian. Tried looking for library/spelling but seems to be missing in macos Sierra. Got .aff and .dic files but... now what? Thank you.


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I have a very big downloads folder with over 200 files that haven't been properly organized.

The problem is that whenever I download something, eg a zip file from github, and I unzip it, the FILE IS GONE. I'm sure it's in there somewhere but it's impossible to find as no sorting mechanism puts it first. Date Modified, date created, date opened, etc are all not putting it first.

Dealing with this type of UX is incredibly painful.

Any advice?

Edit Sorry:

My original question was confusing and didn't explain what I was looking for. I'm looking for the output of the zip file not the original zip. The original zip is deleted, I don't need that anymore.


texts: iMac receiving Mail, connected to wifi but no other connectivity

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I have a 1 year old 28" iMac. Worked perfectly until last week. Says it is connected to home wifi network but other than Mail being received, nothing else wifi related will work (safari, firefox, can't send emails, Steam, VPN, Spotify etc etc).
Lots of other devices are still working fine on the network.

Have rebooted router and iMac a number of times.
One idea I read about was turning off Bluetooth but with the wireless mouse and keyboard the iMac stops me.
I've also tried connecting through a second paired network with a wifi booster but no good.
I've removed the network and readded.
Renewed DHCP lease.

Security: WPA2 Personal.

Can't think of anything else to try. All advice gratefully appreciated.


texts: How to open multiple folders with a specific Application (Gemini 2)?

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This is a supposed to be a simple AppleScript but I have searched many post on stackexchange.com and I cannot find anything that works.

Basically, "Gemini 2" is a duplicate of finder (macpaw.com/gemini). I simply want to add all of the selected folders to open with the "Gemini 2" app but for some reason they are not being added to the application when it opens.

I have tested this script with other apps and it works fine. For some reason it is not working with "Gemini 2" even though I have the correct bundle identifier.

tell application "Finder"
   set sel to selection
   if sel is not {} then
       set filepath to item 1 of sel as text --> The path to the one selected item.
       open filepath using application file id "com.macpaw.site.Gemini2" -- bundle identifier of the designated application
   end if
end tell

You can check the bundle identifier yourself with the following code in terminal:

osascript -e 'id of app "Gemini 2"'


texts: Set default screen position for Emacs GUI app

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I'm using the GUI version of Emacs installed using Homebrew-Cask. I launch it by searching into Spotlight, which as I understand is equivalent to opening it from the Applications directory.

App launches fine, but the window (or "frame", in Emacs lingo) always opens up on the upper left corner of the screen. I personally prefer everything to be right in the centre of the screen. Hence, every time I open Emacs, I have to manually drag the window to the center.

Is there a way to set the default position of the window to the centre of the screen so that I don't have to drag it every time I open Emacs?


texts: Custom chart colour palette in Excel for Mac

texts: How do I add a custom palette to this menu?


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I have a MacBookPro OS X 10.7.5 from 2011. When trying to boot it has a slow startup or login, with numerious spinning wheels. Sometimes after a long time I can sign into the computer and sometimes it just fails to startup or login.

It became more serious recently as I think I might have let my battery run out. Once it did boot and I also tried to download the operating system to reinstall it but it allways stops around 1.4 GB out of 1.7 then the wheel spinning started again.

Now it wont boot at all, so I tried to boot in in safe mode. After the shift key it took about a half hour until the time bar at the bottom filled up, and when it did the screen went black. When it hit the start button it went back to the safe startup screen with the gray apple, spinning wheel and bar filling up at the bottom.


texts: Flashing folder icon with question mark on startup of MacBook Pro

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This is about a MacBook Pro Retina 2014 with Catalina.
I tried to do a factory reset of the MacBook. Having backed up everything I needed (not using Time Machine, just copying photos etc. onto an external drive) I went on to boot the mac in recovery mode (cmd + R). However, the keyboard on this mac is not working properly (liquid in the keyboard) and neither using the on-board keyboard, a wireless or a USB-keyboard I was able to boot in recovery mode. Neither could I boot in safe mode (shift) or any other "special" boot. Finally I found a terminal solution using a sudo command to boot in recovery mode, and I went into Disk Utility to erase the HD. I thought I knew what I was doing and went on to erase "Macintosh HD" and "Macintosh HD - data". Having done this sucessfully, I quit Disk Utility and started "Reinstall MacOS" on "Macintosh HD".
After approx. 1.5 hour (3 min left) an error occured. The computer language was in Danish, but the message was about not being able to reach the desired HD. I did some googleing and realized that I should've erased the physical disk and not the partitions. I tried this in Disk Utility but kept getting an error: -69877. Couldn't open device. I thought maybe I should reopen the computer and turn off FileVault or something. UFF! I should not have tried to turn on the mac from recovery mode, cause now it is stuck on this flashing folder icon. And recovery, safe or any other boot using the keyboard has no effect whatsoever, when I turn on the computer and hold down any key combination it is just grey for 10 seconds and then returns to the flashing folder. Is there any chance that I can boot from USB or an external DVD drive if I can find an old istall DVD even though I cannot acces Recovery mode or safe mode or the "option"-boot thing? Or any other ideas?
Thank you in advance,
Leo


texts: OS X Mail.app: Old mail not downloading/showing after reconfiguring exchange account

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Context: Mail.app in OS X 10.7.5, connecting to MS Exchange Server 2007.

For whatever reason, my company has two domains where I can access the Exchange server. I was using one of them, but for some reason address book sync was broken.

I closed Mail.app, Addressbook.app and iCal.app, deleted the old account, and created a new one that used the other domain. This fixed syncing the address book.

Unfortunately, while my calendar came back safe and sound, the same can't be said for the mail account. All my new mail is arriving fine, all the folders are shown, but old mail is not being shown in the message list pane for any of the folders. Clicking "Get new messages for all accounts" button does nothing whatsoever.

However, if I open the Account Info dialog from the context menu of one of the folders, it does show the correct message count and size. The messages are also available on the IMAP bridge that Thunderbird is using on another machine, and on webmail. So they are clearly still there.

Why would Mail.app not download/show the old messages, and how do I fix that?


texts: “Untitled” item on my MacBook Pro desktop

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I just installed macOS El Capitan, and now I see there is an Untitled item on the Desktop:

This item contains the following directories:

I’ve never seen anything like this on the Desktop before. When I look through the Finder, I don’t see this item.

What's the issue here?


texts: recovering erased hard drive with Testdisk

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Recently I have accidently erased my harddrive with all my old mac files on it, and I have been trying desperatley to get it back.

I have tried EaseUS recovery program and it has found my files (thank heaven!) but it asks to pay to recover these files.

After looking through and through, I've found testdisk, and followed the instructions to get an image copy of my hard drive. It had a similar size, which I believe is my files!

Buut this is the problem. It's compressed as a .dd file, and after a little research it seems to be an old UNIX compression file.

Is there any way to open this file to get my lovely stuff back?


texts: My school has installed PowerCloud, which does not officially support OS X. It works sometimes, sometimes it doesn't. I've tried to narrow it down but it's impossible. I was wondering if there is a way to write an Automater/AppleScript script to connect to 1 network, and then see if it gets the ! in the WiFi symbol, and then try the next one, and then cycle. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Installing Mojave on External Drive from Yosemite?

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How can I install MacOS Mojave on an external drive without updating my internal drive's currently installed OS: Yosemite?
There are a few tutorials floating around but they seem to be out of date, the ones I've found mention running the app store downloader, then opening the contents of the file Applications/Install macOS Mojave.app. I've downloaded the Mojave install files via the Install macOS Mojave.app but the downloaded files were placed on the target volume instead and don't match the file names that the tutorial lists.
The machine I'm using is a MBP113, on macOS 10.10.5.
It is compatible with macOS Mojave.


texts: Huge inconsistency in disk space measurement, missing 50% of the disk

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I own a MacBook Pro 13 Retina, OSX reports disk usage as 450Gb, but utilities such as DiskInventoryX tells a different story reporting 226Gb as used disk space:

How can I convince OSX to give me back my disk space?
Given that DiskInventoryX (and other I tested) cannot find where these 411Gb marked as "Other" are what can I do to identify the issue?

Output of df -h

Device Block Size: 512 Bytes

/dev/disk1 465Gi 421Gi 43Gi 91%  110450433 11387165 91%
devfs      184Ki 184Ki 0Bi  100% 638       0        100%


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I am working on a project in iOS and would like to enable key repeat. I have done quite a bit of looking around and have failed to come up with any option like that (which surprises me quite a bit, actually).

Is there a way to enable key repeat on an iOS device?


texts: How to update Late 2011 Macbook Pro past 10.7.5

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I have a late 2011 Macbook pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, with 4 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. It is currently running version 10.7.5. According to EveryMac "... this model is capable of running macOS High Sierra (10.13), and it supports HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding), but it does not support hardware accelerated HEVC."

When I open the apple menu and click 'Software Update' it says 'Checking for new software' and then 'Your system is up to date. Software Update doesn’t have any new software for your computer at this time.'
I tried a manual update by executing a command line in terminal:
sudo sh -c “softwareupdate -ia && reboot.
This should update it, but it only reboots the computer.
I tried downloading the update from apple:
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1760?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
The download button is missing from the page in both Safari and Firefox, it's only an empty square with the text 'download icon' in it.

How can I upgrade to High Sierra?


texts: Automatically run script on login (MacOS 10.15)

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Because of a small disk I've got an external USB-C SSD drive where I want to move some software projects I'm currently no working on.
To see the outsourced projects in my default projects directory in finder and terminal, I thought of Symlinking the external projects to my default folder. I tried using fswatch to detect changes and automatically Symlink new folders.
# watchExternalProjects.sh
fswatch -o /Volumes/SSD/Projects/ | xargs -n1 -I{} ./createSymlinks.sh

# createSymlinks.sh
cd ~/Projects && find -L . -name . -o -type d -prune -o -type l -exec rm {} +

ln -s /Volumes/SSD/Projects/* ~/Projects/ 2> /dev/null

This works, but now I want to automatically start this script on login. I've tried making an Automator App which calls the script and put it in the login items, but the watcher does not stay active but runs only once on login and further changes are not detected.
I've also tried setting up a Launch Agent:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.user.loginscript</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>~/Documents/Files/watchExternalProjects.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

This seems not to work.
Any ideas?
Edit:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.user.loginscript</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/user/Documents/Files/createSymlinks.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/Users/user</string>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>user</string>
    <key>WatchPaths</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Volumes/SSD/Projects/</string>
    </array>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.user.loginscript.stdout</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.user.loginscript.stderr</string>
</dict>
</plist>

This seems to work, maybe the first one also did. But now I'm able to track it down to an "Operation not permitted" error logged in com.user.loginscript.stderr


texts: Mac Mail application removes attachment when forwarding mails

texts: When I forward email having attachment the recipient is not getting the attachment file. Mail application removes it automatically before forwarding. How can I prevent this?


texts: iOS got a very long repeating Settings list

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The application list in Settings is becoming very long. I can hardly scroll to the bottom. The list might have repeated for more than 40 times.

I don't know how this happened (suddenly or one by one).

I think this is a bug, but I don't know how to reproduce.

The phone is an iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1.3.

As the picture, this app list repeats for about 40 times. I only installed about 20 apps, but it takes me quite a while to scroll to the bottom.

This doesn't affect the usage anyway, just curious.


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Here's the situation:

I've got three partitions on my disk - EFI, OS, and a Data Partition + 40 gigs of free space for a Windows partition. I already deleted the Recovery partition to avoid conflicts in Bootcamp and comply with Windows' 4 partition limitation.

Technically it should work flawlessly, but the Bootcamp Assistant is still having a problem with the current partition table and denies to automate the process. I can create a Windows installation USB drive and download the drivers, but the Assistant won't help me with the rest of the partitioning process.

Now the question is: If I create that bootable Windows setup drive with all the needed drivers via the Bootcamp Assistant and install Windows manually, will this work? I just don't want to cripple the rest of my stuff on that disk and render my Mac unbootable.


texts: I have Macbook Pro Retina with Mavericks. Somehow I uninstalled iBooks. How can I re-install it? I tried Google but did not help.


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So I have searched and found some suggestions on this but nothing works.

EDIT: I tagged as iPod Classic because that is what is plugged into my Windows PC as I'm trying to sort this songs are in a playlist on the iPod. So I'm trying to sort within the device itself as it's plugged in to iTunes.

I'm in iTunes and I have the songs listed, I imported them to iTunes from a CD I own.  For simplicity it's like this:

A Song   (in Song Info it is Track 1 of 3)
Middle Song (in Song Info it is Track 2 of 3)
Ze Last Song (in Song Info it is Track 3 of 3)

They appeared in iTunes out-of-order.  Sorting on the "Name" column sorted them in a completely random way.

So I prefixed them as such, figuring Arabic numerals are a little more universally accepted:

001-A Song   (in Song Info it is Track 1 of 3)
002-Middle Song (in Song Info it is Track 2 of 3)
003-Ze Last Song (in Song Info it is Track 3 of 3)

And--(and I'm not kidding here)--when I sort by clicking the Sort arrow on the "Name" column--it sorts 002, 001,003.  Reverse the sort and--yes, still not kidding, it's  001, 003, 002.

This is actually not just 3 songs, it's all 46 from Hamilton, and I've painstakingly dragged them to the right order looking at the CD and iTunes STILL won't sort them properly--the Track#'s are correct and I named them with number-prefixes (no leading spaces or typos) and...
... iTunes is just insane.

I give up Apple.  Can I just play my music in the order it was meant to play?  How can I do this please?


texts: Change input language in macOS Sierra beta when an external keyboard is connected/disconnected

texts: Not sure if it is possible - is there a way to make macOS Sierra beta change the input language as soon as an external keyboard is connected? I have a Macbook Pro Retina 13" with an US keyboard layout, but sometimes I connect an external USB keyboard from Apple that has a German keyboard layout. While it is not difficult to manually switch between the two input languages, is there a way to automate this?


texts: How can I move Dashboard widgets to the desktop in Lion?

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In the OS X Terminal, there is a command that allows me to drag Dashboard widgets onto my desktop. In OS X Lion, the Dashboard became a Space. I am no longer able to use this command. What is a workaround to this?

The command is:

    defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
    killall Dock


texts: Bluetooth keyboard causing wifi to freak out, in turn using all of my CPU and RAM?

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I paired my Apple Bluetooth keyboard with my Macbook Retina running 10.8.3 today, and noticed that my fan starting running really loudly.

Opening Activity Monitor, it showed that a task, "SystemUIServer" was using between 80 and 90% of my CPU. Distnoted was also up there, using 10%. 60+ GB of swapfiles in private/var/vm were created, which was a huge size in comparison to my 250gb hard drive that only had 90gb free prior. (These were removed upon a restart)

Looking at my menubar (a google search showed that SystemUIServer often has to do with menubar icons, I saw that my wifi icon was glitching a bit, frequently flashing. Clicking the icon, I saw that its status kept switching between "Wifi: On" and "Wifi: Searching", about five times per second.

screenvideo: http://f.cl.ly/items/3o0d1u2j0x2P1l33203Q/screenrecord.mov

Turning Wifi off resulted in everything going back to normal. (With the exception of no wifi connection anymore)

Doing some debugging, I found that turning bluetooth off and restarting the computer fixed the problem, up until I turned bluetooth back on, in which case the symptoms would immediately begin again.

Further debugging leads me to believe that it is specifically my bluetooth keyboard (I also use a magic mouse) causing the problems. Turning bluetooth on but remaining unconnected with the keyboard does not cause any problems. Connecting to the keyboard immediately starts the symtom, and disconnecting immediately relieves the symptoms.

I had it connected with just the magicmouse, after about half an hour the problem started happening again...

Sorry for the wall of text, I just wanted to document everything about the situation. It may also be worth noting that I also started using Time Machine with an external hard drive right before this started, but I don't think it's related.

Any ideas? I'd like to be able to use my bluetooth keyboard...


texts: Is there a utility that copies the pictures I have in my digital still camera in a directory?

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I sometimes need to copy the pictures I have in my digital camera in a directory of my Mac.
Is there a simple utility that copies the pictures automatically, once I plugged in the digital camera in the USB port?


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I am currently enrolled in the public beta for OS X.

I have OS X El Capitan 10.11 beta (15A278b). When I sent my feedback through the Feedback Assistant, I could not even select this build in the dropdown (I could only choose between 15E65 and 15F18c).

I have not received any updates to the later versions of OS X. App Store currently has no updates for my machine (everything is apparently up to date).

I thought about opting out of the public beta, but the option does not appear in System Preference > App Store (the section with the "Change" button is missing).

I downloaded OS X 10.11.4 from Apple's web site, but it tells me "OS X El Capitan Update can't be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update."

I did not find someone else with the same issue. I want to avoid having to restore my Mac.

I'm on a 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro (late 2013).


texts: I've found an icloud locked iPhone, how can I return it to the owner?

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A friend of mine found an iPhone 6 in a festival but she didn't have a way to charge the phone for a couple weeks. She is a maid here in Brazil and didn't have the proper charger neither knew how to use the phone. When she finally gave the phone to me to charge and try to find the owner, I've found out that the phone had an iCloud activation lock.

We took the phone to the carrier but they said that the sim card was deactivated already and belongs to a corporate account with more than 100 numbers associated.

Is there a way for me to contact the owner via Find My iPhone or iCloud? If I wipe the phone, start over and try to activate will that notify the owner via Find My iPhone? If that happens maybe I could just put another valid sim card and wait for the person to text me via iCloud and I can text him back to see how I can return.

I don't want to take it to the police because I'm pretty sure they will just sell the parts (the Brazilian police are super corrupt) and I really want to return this phone because I lost mine already in the past and I was very glad that the person who found returned it to me.


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Inspired by this question to which I thought I knew the answer, does anybody know how to make StartupSound.prefPane work on a new iMac?

I just got the computer last week, and installed SS.pP (v1.1b3) right away, but noticed the next day that it didn't actually function.  However, it appears to work, in that it installed fine in System Preferences, I can access it, check and uncheck its options, and move its slider, all without receiving warnings or errors of any kind.  Whatever configuration I set is remembered the next time I go into the app, even after a reboot.  Nevertheless, the startup sound is still played when I boot up.

Edit: Are others having the same issue?  I'd be interested to know if this is a consistent problem with new iMacs or some quirk in how I've set mine up...


texts: Where can I find the system icons for Mail?

texts:
I'm trying to track down the .icns files for these icons:

Any ideas? Not seeing them in the app resource folder.


texts: How To Get Rid Of "Upgrade to OS X El Capitan" Notification?

texts:
The upgrade notification gets more and more intrusive day by day. Now there is no option to be "Reminded Tomorrow" or "Skip This" anymore.

Now one could just turn on "Do Not Disturb" feature from System Preferences between 00:01 and 23:59 (or something similar more suitable for the sleep pattern of the dear reader). However, there are still some notifications I'd love to see.

So, the question is: How to get rid of this particular notification (for good, preferably) ie. how to just use whatever I've got installed and not upgrade for the time being?


texts: How do I revert my iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) to ios 3.2?

texts:
I have a couple questions regarding this:

Is there a good source for old firmwares, including 3.2? (iClarified doesn't have 3.2)
Does Apple support downgrading for OS compatibility testing?

Thanks


texts:
I've just read with pleasure, and learned a lot from these questions :

OS X Terminal Tips and Tricks
OS X Hidden features and nice tips & tricks
OS X Applications you can't live without

But I didn't find in these some of my favorites tools, which I use on a daily basis, and I think that's because these are OSX/Terminal intended tools, not fitting well in above questions.

My favorites are, by order of preference: oh-my-zsh, homebrew (but also macports), janus...

These tools having in common :

Terminal: install and use
OSX Intended: brew is, git is not!
Easy Install: one liner, ie. git clone; wget ... etc.
Extensible: possibly has extensions or simple API (eg. oh-my-zsh with plugins, brew with formulas, janus with bundled vim plugins...)
Often open source, free, hosted on github, scripted, mostly (but not only!) with ruby...

Do you know any other similar must-have tools?
I would love to discover new ones!

Please only include one utility per answer. Also, please don't add duplicates. Check first before posting. If you see a duplicate, kindly downvote the answer and inform the author by leaving a comment.


texts: What is this thing in my Macbook Pro's headphone jack?

texts:
I got a Macbook Pro in January 2018.  Mostly it's as expected, however the laptop arrived with some sort of glass plug (or something) lodged in the headphone jack.  It's somewhere between amber and reddish in color and there doesn't seem to be any way to remove it from the jack (not that I've been able to find, anyways).  It looks like maybe it's supposed to light up or something, though as far as I can tell it doesn't and the only purpose it seems to serve is making it impossible to actually use the headphone jack.

Here are a couple of photos.  They're not the best, but hopefully they give an idea of what I'm talking about.

What is this thing, and how do I get rid of it?


texts: I have an iPad mini that I'm trying to update from 6.1.3 to 7 -- however, the iPad seems to say that I'm currently on the latest version. Why does this happen? Is there something I should be doing?


texts: How to manually reset OS X Applications settings without reboot?

texts:
I want to reset OS X Applications settings, like TextWrangler or some other applications. I kill the TextWrangler Process in Activity Monitor, delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.barebones.textwrangler.plist, but nothing happened, settings doesn't reset. I need to reboot, then reopen the applications, and  the settings are reset. Running OS X 10.10.2 (14C109)

How can I manually reset settings without reboot?


texts: How to enable privacy requirement for apps myself

texts:
My zoom mic stops working this morning and it turns out that there is a new privacy requirement from my new Mac OS (that I just upgraded today) for Zoom, for both of its mic and camera usage.

However, the problem is Zoom says there is such new privacy requirement, and prompts me to go to the Privacy Settings, but having tried that many many times, my privacy requirement for both mic and camera usage are still blank.

I've already restarted my MBP.
Now my zoom is not working as expected.
ProductName:       Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.7
BuildVersion:   19H512

It was OK when the BuildVersion was 19H2.
UPDATE:
Giving the situation that zoom knows and prompts me to change that privacy setting, I have a feeling that the problem is the incompatibility between zoom and my new Mac OS. And now I can proof it, because I just found out that my mic is not only not working for zoom, but it is also not working for my MS Team too, while they both worked perfectly yesterday.  Zoom at least knows and prompts me to change that privacy setting; whereas MS Team doesn't even realize the situation and never prompts me anything, just gives up working.
So, this is not a zoom problem any more, but New Mac OS problem, with all my apps, even for Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, when visiting screenapp.io.
UPDATE 2:
Following up on How do I reset Camera and Microphone permission on macOS Mojave?, here is my situation:
$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: enabled.

$ tccutil reset Camera
tccutil: Failed to reset Camera

$ tccutil reset Microphone
tccutil: Failed to reset Microphone

$ sudo tccutil reset Microphone
tccutil: Failed to reset Microphone

Is there any way I can fix it myself?


texts: Why is Mavericks forcing a password reset on every lock screen?

texts:
I just upgraded to Mavericks. Now, every time I wake it up from the lock screen or standby and proceed to type in my password it rejects it.

To get back in I have to select "switch user", then type in my username and the (same) password. Afterwards it requires me to set a new password and only then it lets me in.

This is, as you might imagine, very annoying. How can I get rid of this new security requirement?


texts: Moving photos from MacBook download folder to desktop and Photos

texts: I would like to move photographs from a professional photographer to my desktop as well as into Photo. Please tell me how to do that.


texts: When two devices connect via wifi, is the connection 'direct' or are they going through a wifi network?

texts:
In the documentation for 'How to move your content to a new Mac', we see:

If both computers are using macOS Sierra or later, just make sure that they're near each other and have Wi-Fi turned on. If either is using OS X El Capitan or earlier, connect them to the same network using Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

I presume it's implicit that if both computers are using macOS Sierra or later, they'll connect directly to each other (without requiring a separate wifi network)? Is this correct?
The reason I ask is because I currently have access to only slow wifi networks, which would pose a problem with the amount of data needing transfer.


texts: Is there a way to set iCloud to keep enough SSD space on Macbook Air?

texts:
I am using a Macbook Air 2020 with a 250 GB SSD running Catalina and I keep running out of hard drive space, despite having about 60 GB available on iCloud.
There's about a 35 GB difference, which I attribute to apps and system files which only stay on the laptop. Already running "Optimize my Mac" and old files and photo clearly go through a retrieval process when I try to open them.
Is there another setting that would keep 20-40 GB of headroom on the SSD drive vs. getting close to topping out?
I use Clean My Mac X to eliminate 3-6 GB of junk at a time. Can see the discrepancies below in my iCloud and Finder Storage totals. Thanks.


texts: Are file permissions on macOS cryptographically enforced?

texts: Are permissions set in the 'Get info' screen when right clicking on a file enforced cryptographically? If not, how are they enforced? Could anyone, for example, boot of a live OS on a USB stick and edit file permissions?


texts: Is there a way to use update command to locate files on OS X without having to run updatedb manually?

texts:
I am considering using an alias for locate, as I find really inconvenient to have to run updatedb so often on mac.

Do you have any ideas or workarounds for this?


texts:
I wanted to delete all my partitions and merge all the space to the Macintosh HD but I made a mistake by taking the Macintosh HD volume out of the physical storage list. I don't know what happened:

I just want to delete all the space that's not in the Macintosh HD and merge all the free space too.


texts: How to change time zone on iPod touch 4?

texts: How can I change the time zone on my iPod touch?  Presently it shows Eastern time zone, but I am on the west coast for a bit and it still shows East coast time.


texts: Can the new 2019 16-inch Macbook Pro support 8K resolution?

texts:
The Tech Specs site says the laptop simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and:

Up to two displays with 6016‑by‑3384 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors

Up to four displays with 4096‑by‑2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors

Since four 4K displays can be supported, I am assuming one 8K display can be supported. But I'm wondering if this can be done using one cable. The laptop supports two 6K displays, but this requires two cables, one for each display. Does this mean 8K resolution through one cable is impossible?


texts: Matlab on the command line error in Lion

texts:
I constantly get this warning in Matlab, which I run on the command line:

  This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported.

What can I do to prevent this?


texts: Force Mac App Store to Install to Applications Folder

texts:
I recently purchased a copy of my own Mac App Store app (using promo code) so that I could experience it the way my customers do.

I've discovered that downloading the app from the App Store will not just install in the Applications folder, but will instead overwrite the first app it finds on my hard drive that matches the corresponding bundle ID. I found out the hard way when I noticed that it overwrote the contents of my Xcode Archives for a previous version.

So, does anyone know a way to prevent this from happening? Thanks.


texts: How can I remove Unknown Invitees listed when Adding invitees to event?

texts: On my iPhone 7plus i created an event and selected INVITEES and two names I don't recognized appeared; how do I remove them (and how did they get there) The names do not appear on my contact list.


texts: How can I show multiple Google calendars in iPhone's calendar app?

texts: I setup my iPhone 3GS with iOS 4 to sync with my Google account according to the instructions from Google. Somehow, only the default Google calendar with my name is shown in the Calendar app. What should I do to make ALL my Google calendars appear and sync with my iPhone? Thanks!


texts:
I create a lot of mockups for my mobile phone.
I recently heard of the brilliant idea to just put your current mockup as an image into your Dropbox (or whatever cloud your using). Then just take your phone and open the image.
This is a lightning fast way to check how your layout feels in your hand and how reachable everything is.
Also your colleagues can check it out and keep track of what you're doing / give you feedback.

I'm working with Balsamiq Mockups. I would like to:
 1. Mark some items on the screen
 2. Precc Command+C
 3. Press

And now there should be an image in a specific Dropbox folder with the marked items.
Currently I paste the clipboard to Photoshop and then export it, but I would like to find a way to further automate this.

I'm not that familiar with OSX.. Can I write a script for this? Would the Automator help?

EDIT:
In the meantime I found out that there are apps that let you open Balsamiqs .bmml files and thus actually letting you interact with them ('clicking this button brings you to this screen') on your phone. I didn't try it yet, but thought it might be of interest to people stumbling on this question.


texts: How can I combine multiple font files into one family?

texts:
I have several font families that have different naming styles. The results is that instead of all those fonts showing up as one family, there's a separate family for each font variation (bold, black, thin, italic, etc).

This makes my font list messy. Is there a way to combine multiple font files into one family?


texts: iOS 7 Change Carrier name/logo without Jailbreak

texts:
I know it was possible in iOS 6 to change the carrier name (or logo) displayed in the status-bar.
Is there any way to do so in iOS 7, without jailbreaking the phone?


texts: Authenticating to Server Services "requires storing your password in a less secure form"

texts:
I've bought and downloaded the MacOS Server application to host a VPN and to host a Satis repository.

When enabling either the VPN or Websites services, a dialogue appears asking "Do you want to change how your password is stored?", with the advice that "Authenticating to this service requires storing your password in a less secure form."

I can't find any further information on this, not from the Server documentation, nor from searching on Google.

What does this actually mean?
Why is this necessary?
Does it pertain to my MacOS user account credentials? If so, will it only affect the credentials of the account that the Server application is being run from (if this is the case, I will create a separate user account to run the Server app)?

Many thanks for your time and help.


texts: How do I prevent my MacBook Pro from dimming the screen on battery power?

texts:
I sometimes work on my MBP in the car (from the passenger's seat, of course) and it is impossible to see anything unless the screen is on the maximum brightness.  Every few minutes, however, I have to repeatedly hit the F2 key to bump up the brightness because (apparently, at least) macOS thinks it knows better than I do what my brightness should be.

I normally have my Energy Saver settings set to NOT turn off UNTIL 15 minutes.  But instead it turns WAY down in about 60 seconds, which (over time) becomes absolutely infuriating.

Even if I disable every possible power saving setting while on battery power, macOS still insists on doing as it pleases and ignoring my express commands.  How can I prevent it from constantly dimming the screen, so I can actually see what's on my display?

So even with the following settings, the screen dims:

NEVER turn off display
DO NOT put hard disks to sleep when possible
DO NOT slightly dim the display on battery power
DO NOT enable power nap while on battery power

In case that is not enough detail, here is the output of pmset -g:

System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 lidwake              0
 autopoweroff         0
 standbydelayhigh     10800
 autopoweroffdelay    0
 proximitywake        0
 standby              1
 standbydelaylow      10800
 ttyskeepawake        0
 hibernatemode        3
 gpuswitch            2
 powernap             0
 hibernatefile        /private/var/vm/sleepimage
 highstandbythreshold 50
 displaysleep         0
 sleep                0
 tcpkeepalive         1
 halfdim              1
 acwake               0
 disksleep            10

Could some third-party utility be doing this?  If so, which one?  Or is this the work of macOS?  If so, how do I prevent it from doing this?


texts: Where is system default environment variable set in MAC OS?

texts:
I am using macOS High Sierra V10.13.6. I can set up my custom environment variables in .bash_profile. But where is the system default environment variables are stored in the mac system

For Ex:

If i type echo $HOME in terminal i get the output as /Users/parithibang

Where is this $HOME variable is been set up in the Mac Machine?

In which path this is been set?


texts:
I am having kernel—task taking up to 1000% of my CPU, starting the fan and making the iMac unresponsive. (Catalina 10.15.7)
In trying to identify the cause I looked in the logs where I have 2 or 3 times per second the message flagged as error :
bluetoothd : ScanManager: device doesn't exist for peer: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
where X is in the range 0-9 A-F.
This looks like a UUID code, but no computer on the network matches.
I assume we are speaking of a bluetooth device invisible, but I don't see anything relevant in bluetooth explorer app.
Not sure that is the cause of the panic, but I would like to identify what device is concerned.
Any idea on how to proceed ?


texts:
I started with partitioning my MacBook Pro for using Ubuntu and macOS. The ubuntu-partition is kinda broken so I want to delete the partition. I tried to do this though disk utilities, but I cannot delete the ubuntu-partition or change the size. I even tried in recovery mode but still cannot delete the partition.

I cannot see the disk on the sidebar. Only when I click on partition-button to see all the partitions.

Are there other ways to remove the partition to get one macintosh hardrive?


texts: Is there a way of preventing other Finder windows from responding to unnecessary drag/drop events?

texts:
[MacOS 10.13.1]
I'm organising some files and have two Finder windows open so I can move files from one to the other.
Since the filename doesn't always describe the contents of the file, I am renaming many of these files after reviewing them and before I moving them.  Renaming the file in Finder window #1 causes the file to be automatically be placed in its correctly sorted position in the file list.  Whilst I understand the behaviour, it then forces me to scroll down to find the file I want to move. This is getting rather tedious for the number of files I'm dealing with.

However, what is really irritating me is that after I drop the file into a folder displayed in Finder window #2, Finder window, #2, updates its view to match what Finder window #1 is showing.  This forces me to perform a scroll operation in Finder window #2 to return to the location I was at, before I can move the next file. This is a really frustrating behaviour that is demolishing any sense of efficiency in doing this task.

I'm aware that Mac OS has a save-as-you-go behaviour designed into it, which occasionally is useful, after all it's not that often that my hard disk crashes or I loose power to my PC.

Nevertheless, is there a way of turning off the behaviour described above, or opening a Finder window that only responds to its own user interactions?


texts: USB audio ducks when Notifications happen

texts:
I'm using a USB DAC (FiiO BTRK3). When my Mac gets a notification, it ducks the rest of the audio for about 2 seconds. It's a big duck too; All the way to 0 it seems.

It doesn't happen when I'm using DAC as a BlueTooth device.
Disabling audio ducking in VoiceOver Utility doesn't help.

What can I do to stop the ducking?

I still want the notifications. I still want to use it as a USB device.

I'm on Mojave 10.14.2 right now


texts: Mac Pro gets stuck in "safe mode" after Lion upgrade

texts:
Late 2009 Mac Pro, 8GB RAM, 1TB disk.

I upgraded to Lion about a month ago. Running 10.7.1 now. Things started getting unbearably slow (windows slow to scroll), can't switch between programs without a long pause, etc.) Nothing obvious is running (checked ActivityMonitor, CPU is largely idle).

Some Googling suggested running Disk Utility to repair permissions. I did that, it finished quickly and without issue. For good measure I decided to reboot in safe mode and let it do a disk repair.

But it never gets past about the 10% mark in whatever it's doing when it enters safe mode (I just have the gray progress bar and spinner.) I let it run for about 4 hours and it didn't budge.  I powered it off, repeated, and same deal- always gets stuck in the same place in safe mode.

Any suggestions on what could be wrong? The disk is large (1TB), but only 357GB in use. Should I let it run overnight? I miss the good old days when Unix kernels would print gobs of messages to the console, so you could at least figure out what it's doing.

Update: so I re-ran Disk Utility and got the following:

http://i.imgur.com/aG66g.png

I don't have physical media for Lion, so I'm not sure what to do here. Can I do a disk repair from a Snow Leopard DVD?

Update 2: Booted into the recover partition with Cmd-R. Ran the recovery successfully, system boots, it's fine.

But if I try safe mode it still hangs. Booting Cmd-V shows a quick fsck, then it boots up normally, so I can't see any problems there. It just seems to hang in safe mode.

Update 3: Booted single-user, ran fsck -fy as suggested by bmike. I let it run overnight, and it found no problems. Interestingly, I do get:

E:[AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController][InterruptedReadHandler] Received kIOUSBHighSpeedSplitError error

on the console when I powered on my monitor. It repeats if I power-cycle the monitor. I have a USB Bluetooth wireless plugged into that monitor (which is in turn plugged into the Macpro's USB).

The USB-Bluetooth is there because my Macpro's internal Bluetooth arrived non-functional from the factory 2 years ago, and I gave up with Apple customer service on getting it repaired. I settled for the USB-Bluetooth plug to handle my bluetooth mouse.

I wonder if having this USB-Bluetooth is somehow causing the Safe Mode hang.


texts: iPad Air Not Charging on Left USB of Retina MBP '15

texts: I am trying to charge my iPad Air via the USB ports on my '15 Retina Macbook Pro. When I plug it into the port on the right side of the device, it charges fine, but when I plug it into the left-side USB port, the battery indicator on the iPad switches from charging to normal and back rapidly and repeatedly. Is this due to different power outputs between the two USB ports, or is something wrong with my laptop that I should get checked out?


texts: Unmountable disk after Big Sur installation

texts:
I have a Macbook Air early 2015 model. I was previously running OS Catalina. I installed Big Sur which then got stuck for hours. I had no choice but to do a hard reset. But now, I am unable to use my laptop. Upon login it reboots. I tried restarting in the safe mode, but it wouldn't. And it won't accept my account password in recovery mode. Apple Genius bar was of no help. The disk is unmounted. Is there any way to recover the data (without time machine backup). Please help!
Thanks!


texts: AppleScript: Failure to create new iTerm2

texts:
I have the following AppleScript code in a Run AppleScript action in Automator:

on run {input, parameters}
    set appName to "iTerm"
    if application appName is not running then
        tell application appName to activate
    end if
    tell application "iTerm"
        tell current session of current tab of current window
            write text "cd Desktop"
            split horizontally with default profile
            split vertically with default profile
        end tell
        tell second session of current tab of current window
            write text "whoami"
        end tell
        tell third session of current tab of current window
            write text "ls -al"
            split vertically with default profile
        end tell
        tell fourth session of current tab of current window
            write text "echo Hello World"
        end tell
    end tell
    return input
end run

However the application runs okay only if there is an iTerm instance already open. It will not open a new one for me.

How should I modify it so that it spins up a new iTerm window and executes the four session split and command execution?


texts: between iOS 6.1.4 and iOS 8.2, what is the difference and which one is better?

texts: I am using an iPhone 5 with the iOS 6.1.4 and usually it will get notifications to update the iOS. What are major differences between these two and WHAT ARE BENEFITS OF RETAINING THE 6.1.4 AND THE BENEFITS OF UPDATING TO 8.2? My dad is using the same phone as me however, he is experiencing battery shutdowns quite often and he using iOS 8.2 I would like to know whether retaining my iOS without updating is good? or is it better for me to update to 8.2? I would like to listen to good experience and knowledge before I proceed further.


texts: When I synch downloaded podcasts eg BBC History magazine podcast, they playback so fast on the ipod touch it is unlistenable even though it sounds normal on my laptop. Is there some setting on the ipod I need to change. Audio cds work fine on both.


texts:
My 'Library' in Apple Music is too cluttered for the following reason: whenever I add a song, the corresponding album and artist are also added. Similarly, whenever I add an album, all the individual songs of the album are  added as well.
As a result, my library is filled with Artists and Albums that I am not interested in and that are there just because I added on the fly (usually through Shazzam) one song that I happened to like. This problem is compounded by the fact that Apple Music links the song to an arbitrarily chosen album, when the song could as legitimately be linked to another album.
Furthermore, the individual songs that I added because I like them individually are drowned among all the songs of all the albums that I added because I like the albums generally.
In order to sort the wheat from the chaff, I would like to see in the each of the three sections (songs, albums, artists) only the  items that I did personally add to it, and hide those that were added there automatically because I added an item elsewhere.
For example, if I add 'Yellow submarine' to my songs, I do not want 'The Beatles' to appear among my Artists. I also do not want 'Revolver', '1' or 'The Red Album' to appear among my albums.
Similarly, if I do add 'Exile on Main Street' to my albums, I want neither all of its songs added to my songs nor 'The Rolling Stones' added to my Artists.
In a word, I want to see just what I added myself - no more, no less.
Is there a setting or a filter on Apple Music that could help me achieve this? If not, is there a third party app that could link with my library and allow the kind of filtering that I want?
I thank you in advance for your help and suggestions. W.
PS: I navigate Apple Music through iOS and macOS devices.


texts: Edit the Display Name for a contact in Contacts.app

texts:
First off: I'm mass printing envelopes. I export my contacts (from Contacts.app) to vCard, then convert them to CSV, before using MS Word's built-in mass-mailing tool.
In my contacts, I've found it to be easier to make an individual contact for each person, so I can keep their email addresses and phone numbers sorted nicely.  However, I'd like to have my cards addressed to the family, not just the individual.
TL;DR:
I'd like a program that will combine the spouse's name with the main contact's name, and store it either in the existing FN field of the card, or else add a new field (such as famName, etc.).  I'd prefer a UI-based program, if available, but having found nothing that has this functionality built in, I wouldn't mind a simple regex-based script.

Example:
Contact:

Export to vCard:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//Mac OS X 10.11.2//EN
N:Johnson;;;;
FN:Johnson
TEL;type=HOME;type=VOICE;type=pref:##########
ADR;type=HOME;type=pref:;;################;##########;##;#####;
NOTE:CLCC
CATEGORIES:Address Book
X-ABUID:6D98572D-5520-4E6E-9474-3294827D4D39:ABPerson
END:VCARD

You'll notice the two separate fields, N, and FN.  The N field seems to be each part of the name, separated by semicolons.  The FN field seems to be the display name (Although it probably stands for Full Name).  It would be wonderful if I could find a way edit that field through the UI, but I can't find it.

Edit:   If there is a spouse's name in the card, the card will look like this:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//Mac OS X 10.11.2//EN
N:Doe;John;;;
FN:John Doe
ADR;type=HOME;type=pref:;;##############;#########;##;#####;
item1.X-ABRELATEDNAMES;type=pref:Rebbecca Doe
item1.X-ABLabel:_$!<Spouse>!$_
CATEGORIES:Christmas Cards Set 2 2015
X-ABUID:3FD45D07-093E-446E-AB4B-3767FDEC1A15:ABPerson
END:VCARD

Soooo:
Is there a way to Edit the Display Name (FN) through the Contacts.app UI?
If not, is there a way to edit it through any UI?
If not, is there an easy way to edit it programmatically? (I have access to Windows, too...)
If not, I'm open to any way to edit it programmatically...  :)
Thank you all!

Edit:   After thinking about it for a while, I think an even better/easier way would be to take the spouse (first) name in the
contact, and add it to the display name.

e.g.
First Name = John
Last Name = Doe
Spouse = Rebbecca Doe
Full Name (Display Name) = John & Rebbecca Doe


texts: Lync auto achieving correspondences in outlook "Conversation History" folder

texts:
I'm using Lync 2011 and I wish to set rule to auto send all my correspondences to "conversation History" folder in outlook for achieving.

Currently, all my correspondences are located locally under the following dir on XML format:
/Users//Documents/Microsoft User Data/Microsoft Lync History

I've tried to follow the following link: Lync for Mac 2011 - Managed Preferences

According to this guide, I should have a plist file for all Lync configuration named /Library/Preferences/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.plist , where i need to have a flag that tells Lync to auto-archive conversation in outlook.

However, i don't have this file, and it hasn't been created as part of the installation.

Perhaps I can get a sample of that file with the right flag to auto-store conversations.
thanks


texts:
iOS 9.3 was released yesterday, so I wanted it on my iPhone 5s. However when I try to open Settings → General → Software Update, it pops up with a message:

  Unable to Check for Update, an error occurred while checking for a software update.

I tried several things found on the internet like resetting the network settings, changing the DNS, switching to cellular network, but I am still getting the same error.

How can I download iOS 9.3 OTA?


texts: I have a Logitech USB webcam, and need to display the image from it on a second monitor, delayed roughly 15 seconds ish. How would I do this?


texts: "Reopen the Java Control Panel" doesn't do anything

texts:
From System Preferences, I open the Java icon and it shows:

And that's all. The "Reopen the Java Control Panel" button doesn't do anything. There isn't any separate window anywhere.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65).


texts: I need help uninstalling PostgreSQL on my Mac running 10.7

texts:
I got PostgreSQL from here.

Since I'm on 10.7 OS X, I'm having problems.

I want to uninstall the software I got from enterprisedb.

Any tips?


texts: What folder do alchemy samples get saved to in Logic Pro X?

texts: I'm also curious about ESX, Drum samples, and Apple Loops. I have two folders on my Mac that have the audio files. One is Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support and the other is Macintosh HD/Users/Sal/Library/Application Support. Which one is actually being accessed when loading the sounds in Logic?


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I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 on VMware on Windows 10 Pro 1803 build 17134.1.

My screen's resolution is 3840x2160 (4K) and I want the macOS to be in resolution 3840x2009.
However. it seems impossible, due to a strange behavior in which when I go to System Preferences → Displays and either click "Default for display" or choose from the resolutions list "3840x2009" - the resolution is changed for like 1 second, and then returning to resolution 1920x1005.
Note: I just reinstalled VMware Tools.

Thanks for the help!


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On my iPhone I use Safari to log into my twitter account (I don't have the app on my phone). When I'm done I log out of twitter, so I'm very often using Safari's password saving ability.

I also use 1Password to save passwords (mostly these days because of its password generator). For work I had a set of passwords saved in a vault (1Password term) including multiple work twitter accounts. I've moved on to a different company and deleted that vault from 1Password. However Safari still lists those two twitter accounts in the list of possible logins to twitter when I go to the login page.

I deleted them from Keychain Access (on my Mac), and then searched on my phone (I'm guessing this was back when I was using iOS 11, because when I went to look for passwords under Settings > Safari just now it's not there anymore, it has its own list item in iOS 12) and did not find them.

iOS is definitely not still obtaining the passwords from 1Password. I've actually bought a new phone since deleting the work vault from 1Password.

How can I  remove these usernames/passwords from my phone?

Related, but I'm willing to break this into a separate question if needed:
My bank website (on my Mac) also has an incorrect (old) username (no password) that autofills as soon as the page loads. I have to click the username field and select my correct username. This isn't as difficult because the UI is a little smoother, but it seems like there is some kind of login cache that I can't erase. I have removed this username from Keychain Access and it still shows up.


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What services should sync when I log into iCloud & use the same Apple ID on both my work phone & personal iPhone?

Currently I am seeing calls appear on both phones. iMessages do not appear on both phones. iCloud photos do appear on both. Notes do not appear on both.

Seems that it's advertised as syncing all but doesn't actually work.


texts: How does FileVault work compared to LUKS

texts:
I currently use LUKS to encrypt my the drive of my Linux computer.  I am planning to buy a Mac and want to enable full-disk encryption.  With LUKS you will be prompted for your password before the boot.

On macOS I heard you need to use your user password to unlock the disk.

How does this work in detail?
The login screen needs to be unencrypted, is it a separate partition then?
How does the login screen gets a list of the users while the disk is still encrypted?


texts:
I have an early-2015 MBP running 10.11.3 and I keep having my internet connection drop when I am connected to certain WiFi networks. The temporary solution is to disable and then re-enable WiFi, but this gets very tiresome. It has been occurring more frequently recently (~15min → 5min).

So far, this has only happened at my home and at my cabin - it's fine on other networks.

I usually get an error in Chrome along the lines of:
This webpage is not available
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET

However, I have tried multiple different DNS configurations, so this does not appear to be the problem.

Other laptops and my Galaxy S6 connect to these routers without problem.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Just got this error result earlier:

Your computer is offline.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET


texts: Can I have Screen Sharing use something like ssh-keygen, so I don't have to type my password every time?

texts:
I can use ssh-keygen to set up accounts on my two Macs so when I type "ssh me@my-other-mac" from here, it doesn't need me to type my password again every time I connect.

Is there a way to set up Screen Sharing similarly?


texts: What could I benefit from replacing the AirPort Card in my '09 MacBook Pro?

texts: I have a Mid-2009 MacBookPro, I would like to upgrade the AirPort Card so that I can access continuity and instant hotspot features, but other than that what will Bluetooth 4.0 allow me and will the AirPort Card also improve my Wi-Fi range/speed on my laptop?


texts:
I usually changed my MAC address with the following commands:

# Get a New MAC Address
openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//'
# Changing the MAC Address
sudo ifconfig en0 ether d4:33:a3:ed:f2:12

When I enter:

ifconfig en0 |grep ether

I still get the old MAC address :( - Who can help? I would love to have a script or system to automatically change it on system boot.