texts: Can I get my own exposure notification app approved for the App Store?

texts: I have an app that reports the results of rapid SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid tests and would like to automate the process of propagating the results of that test through the Apple/Google Exposure Notification API. Can I add exposure notifications to my app, or is it only possible for one app per region to get App Store approval?


texts: Wiping my New MacBook Pro after Using Command Q to Stop Migration

texts: Got my new MB pro mid-2014 yesterday.  Began migrating over wi-fi only to learn that it will take 14 hours that I don't have.  After 45 minutes I halted on both computers using command Q.  My question, how do I safely wipe the new computer clean so that I can start again by transferring from time machine?


texts: "Ghost text" in terminal, Yosemite + TotalTerminal (formerly Visor)

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There's "ghostet text" in my terminal (see screenshot), and I'm hoping someone knows how to fix this…

Turning background transpareny off fixes the problem, but it's not a solution which I'm a fan of.

I tried cranking the opacity up to 100 % (thus turning transparency off), ran some commands, and turned the opacity back to 75 %, which made the ghosting appear yet again.

I love working in the terminal, and really hope someone have a suggestion for a fix :)

Specs which might be relevant:

OS X Yosemite 10.10.2
Macbook Pro 8.1 (early 2011)
Integrated graphics
Using TotalTerminal 1.5.4


texts: macOS update closed all my applications?

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At exactly 4 a.m., macOS gave a popup saying, “Update Available,” then abruptly closed all my applications. I don’t remember receiving any earlier popups or warnings about updates being available.

Is this normal behaviour? Can I prevent it from happening again somehow?

Having this happen at exactly 4 a.m. seems significant. Maybe it assumes I’m not active at that time?


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Three days ago for some damn reason I decided Snow Leopard wasn't good for my Mac Pro 1,1 anymore. I decided to embark on the quest of updating it to El Capitan.

So using the Pikify and downloaded the software it took me 3 days but yesterday I finally managed to boot it up and it was working okish... bit slow and had some issues with Final Cut but it was working.
This morning I decided to run updates and well... shit gets serious...

When I boot it up, I get the  logo and the bar starts filling up it gets to half way and it switches to my second screen and starts again (this time slower) reaches half, all screens go grey and I get the Language selection. Once I select the Language I'm stuck at a Utilities window where I can choose to restore from a backup (which I don't have) choose to reinstall OS X (done that but nothing changed) find help online or start Disk Utility up to try and repair damaged disks (tried that but all disks are working fine)...

I have 3 drives mounted on my computer:

500gb - 6 GB free space (OS installed here)
500gb - 293,51 GB free space
1TB - 217 GB free space (Windows 7 installed here)

12 GB RAM - 2,66 processor - 5070HD ATI

If anyone needs any more info please let me know...

PS: I tried booting in Safe Mode, which doesn't work.
I tried resetting VRAM by pressing cmdaltPR, but nothing changes.

Another big issue is the fact when I try to open Terminal I'm logged in as bash-3.2 not as User.


texts: After reboot prompted for a password and logged to a different user

texts: something strange happened on my mac and it looks like a serious security/privacy bug. We have two accounts with different passwords (lets call it: primary/secondary) on my Macbook Air 2018 with macOS Catalina. The battery died while the secondary user was logged in. I connected the charger and turned it on. The login screen showed up, so I selected the primary user and typed the password. Now the weird stuff happens - I was logged in as the secondary user and I was able to do anything on the secondary's user screen - view mail, etc. When I logged out the screen started to switch me between two accounts and asking for a password. Has anyone experienced something similar?


texts: How do you enter binary numbers in OS X Calculator?

texts: I'm using Calculator on Mac OS X 10.7.5.  I switched it to the "Programmer" view, and the upper right only has "8", "10", and "16" buttons, which means it only allows you to enter octal, decimal, and hexadecimal numbers.  How can I enter binary numbers?


texts:
A very important (30+ hrs. of work) Text Edit rtf. Document suddenly disappeared from desktop after opening it!

I have been working on a translation with a tight deadline; non-stop working for 5 days all day, everyday.
I boarded a plane today, and before take-off, I took my computer out to continue working on the document.

The document/file was saved on my desktop. I open it, and scroll through it. Then I open another file, and another photograph file (all were saved on the Desktop)... All of a sudden, my translation 16 page document FILE IS GONE.
Literally gone and disappeared like it never existed! The document was gone, the icon on the desktop was gone... everything!
I tried checking in Trash, nothing. I checked "Open Recent" in Text Edit, and older documents were there, but no sign of my translation document.
I searched my entire computer. Nothing. It's like as if it never existed and this is tearing me apart.

I can't write to my job commission that, "hey my computer had a technical glitch and my file disappeared"... and this job is very important to me, as it will pay some important bills and I am really devastated about this setback and all the hard work I poured into this translation and now its just simply gone?? How on earth can this be?!! I really truly and deeply appreciate anyone who can help me out... thanks so much.


texts: Apple mail sending "Untitled attachment #####.htm" to outlook along with other attachments

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So I've got a coworker who uses apple mail. When he sends out attachments, they show up as the attachment as well as an "Untitled attachment #####.htm" file along with it (1 attachment becomes 2, 2 becomes 4, et al).

My boss has asked me to look into this because the Mac based coworker sends out several pdf's to clients (This happens on other files too though), and weird attachments may look like spam/viruses to the clients, something we're not too keen on.

Does anyone know why this is, and if its fixable through apple mail? I've done some research, but the jury seems pretty out on this on. I can say along with attachments, this coworker uses an html based signature, but if that breaks things, he can probably use an image based one.


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I used this thread to make my own "Search with Chrome" Service. But when i right click some highlighted text in Preview.app it lists both "Search with Google" and "Search with Chrome."

"Search with Google" is the second item in the contexual item list so it doesn't seem like a service (since its not at the bottom) and it always uses safari to search even though chrome is my default browser. There is a "Search with Google" item in Services that is separate from my "Search with Chrome" service that i made. The "Search with Google" service is unchecked though so it shouldnt show up.

How do i remove this "Search with Google" item so that i only see "Search with Chrome" when i right click highlighted text in preview?

Here are some screenshots

Mysterious "Search with Google"

Context menu in Preview.app


texts: Can't install an app in macOS High Sierra because of incorrect password

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I'm using a Mac for the first time. I've been installing apps that I normally use. Everything was going smooth until an app asked me to enter my password.

The computer came with an already existing user named Owner and no password (it's a refurbished MacBook from 2010). I've been trying to install this app for half an hour but neither owner, Owner, or the name I use in my Apple account seem to work.

Any suggestions?


texts: How do I keep my iCloud keychain from locking itself?

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For some time I've had an issue with my "Local Items" keychain keeps locking itself (apparently when my machine sleeps and/or after a timeout). This was happening despite no timeout being set (as far as I could tell). Nearly all of the advice I got and most of what I found addressing the subject either assumed an iCloud keychain (not my scenario at the time) or suggested that enabling iCloud for my keychain would fix the issue.
Well, now I've enabled iCloud keychain and the issue persists, so I have a new issue: How to keep my iCloud keychain from locking itself?
After enabling iCloud for Keychain I have
~ $ security list-keychains
"/Users/Rax/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db"
"/Library/Keychains/System.keychain"

which doesn't list the iCloud keychain so that I have no way of accessing it through the command line. And, as before, I can't do anything with the keychain in Keychain Access as the iCloud keychain's menu is disabled:

So I'm stuck in a situation where my iCloud keychain is only accessible on my Mac if I enter an additional password (which at some point it the past I obviously was able to set), and I don't seem to have any way of changing settings or the password on my iCloud keychain.
How do I keep my iCloud keychain from locking itself and requiring a unique password to unlock?


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What is the purpose of com.apple.diskspaced? What this service does exactly?

$ launchctl list com.apple.diskspaced
{
    "EnableTransactions" = true;
    "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "Aqua";
    "MachServices" = {
        "com.apple.diskspaced" = mach-port-object;
    };
    "Label" = "com.apple.diskspaced";
    "TimeOut" = 30;
    "OnDemand" = true;
    "LastExitStatus" = 9;
    "PID" = 96227;
    "Program" = "/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/StorageManagement.framework/Resources/diskspaced";
};


texts:
Question
My Safari preferences pane looks like this:

How do I fix this? Can I change these settings by editing or creating a plist file?
I'm on macOS Big Sur (version 11.3) on a 2019 Macbook Pro 16-inch. Safari version is Version 14.1 (16611.1.21.161.3).

Here are some things I've tried
I have looked in every potentially related plist file I could find and didn't see anything that looked like a culprit. I moved the main Safari plist file to Desktop and restarted my computer to see if it would work--it didn't.
Also, I tried this:
I went to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, scrolled down to Full Disk Access, gave Terminal full disk access, then did:
defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoFillMiscellaneousForms -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoFillCreditCardData -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoFillPasswords -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Safari AutoFillFromAddressBook -bool true

That still didn't work. The com.apple.Safari preferences reflect the changes, but a restarted Safari does not. The options are still unchecked and grayed out, and no autofilling happens on websites I visit.


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I am desperately attempting to get rid of a podcast, but iTunes continues to resurrect it. The podcast I am trying to get rid of is the NBC Nightly News (Video).

These are the images of what it looks like when I am attempting to get rid of it:

In iTunes, it shows at unsubscribed.

In the iTunes store it shows as unsubscribed.

So, I should be able to simply delete it from iTunes and it should be gone. Right? Well, I select the podcast and press the delete key. It presents this dialog:

I select the delete option and it appears to be gone.

I then quit and restart iTunes and it comes right back again.

If I recheck the iTunes store, it still shows as unsubscribed.

Why? Why? Why?

What do I need to do to rid myself of this podcast? Any ideas?


texts: MacOS 10.14 -- always make external monitor the "second" monitor

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The Problem: New windows and freshly-launched apps (seemingly) arbitrarily push new windows or the app itself to the second monitor.
How do I prevent the seemingly random issue of newly-invoked/-launched apps, dialog/modal windows, and other random app windows from pushing to that other screen? -- I do not want all apps to be pulled from this screen nor do I want them to never open there, if I've assigned there either via another app or by putting it there and then quitting such that the window location would be remembered for the next invocation.
System:
I've had the same setup for 18+ years, since 10.2 or so when I jumped from legacy software on OS9 to embracing OSX. I have a primary monitor which is part of my Mac system (previously a TiBook, and then a 17" HR MBP, and now a 27" iMac) with an extra monitor (previously a sweet Sony CRT (the best crt I ever saw) and for the past 11+ years a 24" Samsung which is starting to show its age)... I also often use my iPad as a third monitor via Wired XDisplay (https://www.splashtop.com/) for specific uses (video streams, text content scratchpads, etc), but it's been happening since long before I started using this on rare occasions.
The problem isn't specific to macOS version, but I'm currently on 10.14 (again for legacy 32-bit software issues). It's been happening for years with seemingly no rhyme or reason. Just giving as much info as possible to limit "guesses" on causes and solutions. You know what I've tried and didn't work. I'd say this started maybe a year or two ago when I started noticing it, so likely back on 10.13 at least.
I use TotalSpaces2 (http://totalspaces.binaryage.com/), but I've reproduced the problem often without TS2 being installed. I've also confirmed that I do not have the "Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use" setting checked in System Prefs > Mission Controlas suggested in several similar questions found here in SE and at the apple discussions.
I have a custom arrangement in my System Prefs > Displays pane, I use Wraparound (https://www.digicowsoftware.com/app/Wraparound), no longer use Moom but it occurred during and after ending use. I now use Divvy (https://mizage.com/) but, like the other apps, it does this with and without it being running.
My TS2 arrangement is a 2x2 grid on my primary monitor and a single screen on my external which never changes. It's a perfect setup to allow me to move things from one space to another without having to actually having to bring it over. MY TS2 settings also include several app settings that require certain apps to live ONLY in certain spaces.
What I've tried:

I know that if I invoke the Dock via mouseOver within one screen or the other
then anything in perpetuity should consider that window to be
the primary. When this happens, I usually do this to prevent
additional instances of the issue. Sometimes it doesn't matter and
anywhere from minutes, to hours, to days later, it'll resurface.
(Yes, if nothing is wrong, I use scripts to clean my caches and purge
ram and might leave my mac up and running for weeks or even months.)
I don't use the Dock for anything, ever, as I launch everything via
Quicksilver and the only times I touch the Dock are to fix the
above issue, or by accident (I have it at the smallest size and auto
show/hide to reduce the likelihood of this happening, but it does
from time to time). I lied, I might sometimes grab a file and drag it
to the open app in the Dock to bypass the system compiling all
potential apps if I would otherwise open an app via the contextual
menu "Open with..." item.
I will sometimes quit that app in question, re-launch it fresh,
move it where I want it, quit, and then re-launch and it tends to
stay put for a good length of time.
Searched and found dozens of issues that are similar in that they deal with second or third monitors not respecting the order of things, or are very rudimentary and not complex or as random as this issue appears to be.

[Added Screencaps]


texts: Disabled then enabled kext signing; some keys no longer work properly

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MacOS Sierra MacBook Pro mid2012

I disabled kext signing (to use change some icons in liteicon, which I never got to), and pretty soon some of my keys didn't work like they should. I then enabled it, and rebooted it. As soon as I logged in, some keys no longer did what they should do. The keys that are affected are i, j, k, l, m, o, u, and I don't know if any non-letter keys are affected.

I have noticed that the i key functions as cmd+o, and some of the other keys do stuff too (but I don't know what).

Is there any way that I can fix this? This is my school computer (I'm currently doing this at school), and I really need my computer working.

SIP and root are enabled, and so is kext signing currently.

Also, idk if it matters here but Finder keeps crashing (not responding) when I do minor things like clicking on folders when logged into my user account.

Interestingly enough, this only happens on my user account, not on root.


texts: I can’t play Fortnite because of my iPad has only 1 GB of RAM.


texts: Reclaim lost disk space after deleting partition

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I tried to install Windows 10 to my iMac 10.13.4, through Boot Camp Assistant, but I failed to complete the process...

The BOOTCAMP partition was created though and I wanted to delete it. I realised I couldn't do it from the Disk Utility app, so I opened up the terminal and ran diskutil  eraseVolume  free  n  disk0s5 and the partition was deleted successfully!

After that, I realised that the space the BOOTCAMP partition occupied, wasn't released back to Macintosh HD! I searched around and found this command diskutil secureErase freespace 3 "/Volumes/Macintosh HD". I ran it, and by the time I'm writing this it needs another 15 hours.

Should I stop it? Will it even do what I want?
Thanks in advance!

PS: I know it's not ubuntu related, but since Macs are unix based, the answer should be the same


texts: How do I open an EPUB from an email in iBooks on my iPad?

texts: I have my iPad now with iOS 5.1.  In the email I have a .epub but when iPad's email program download the file, there is no way to open it on iBooks?  Tapping or double tapping on the attachment downloaded will have no reaction.  Can this be solved if I don't have a PC to place that file into Dropbox to open in iBooks?


texts: Can you power on a MacBook with a wireless keyboard?

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Is it possible to power on a MacBook using a wireless keyboard?
If that sounds strange, I'm asking because I use a Bose radio as the sound system and the radio fits nicely on top of the laptop.


texts: Can I use Messages on OS X for two different iPhones with two different Apple IDs?

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I have two iPhones (one personal and one business), each with a separate Apple ID, so I can keep these logically separated. Ideally, I'd like to use Messages on OS X to be able to send and receive iMessages and/or text messages via both phones. As far as I can see, I can only configure one Apple ID against Messages (in Messages preferences, I cannot add another Apple ID). Is there perhaps a way to run another instance of Messages and/or add my other Apple ID?

I'm on OS X 10.11 and iOS 11, if it matters.


texts: How to display preview of any data from iPad on external monitor?

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Is it possible to preview images, PDFs, movies on external monitor from an iPad and still be able to work on iPad simultaneously?

Is there any technology to achieve it?

I need to organize conference and be able to present anything on connected monitors, and at the same time work on iPad.


texts: Internet Sharing abnormal password request

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My Mac lost ethernet connection yesterday briefly whilst Internet Sharing was running.

I rebooted. Internet Sharing wasn't accepting connections at all.

I deleted the relevant files in: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

I rebooted. This cleared out all the settings for Internet Sharing.

As default, there is no Internet Sharing security set.

I turned Internet Sharing back on, no security. Now any Wi-Fi client sees my network is set with no security: iPhone doesn't show padlock.
But the client asks for a password.

The way it asks for a password on the iPhone differs from how it would if it knew my Wi-Fi network is password protected.
This request for a password is abnormal.

Can someone tell me how to resolve this. There is no password set on the Wi-Fi Internet Sharing but clients ask for one?


texts: Considering SSD upgrade for 13" Mid-2012 MacBook Pro

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My Macbook's HDD is starting to show signs of age and I'm considering replacing it with a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD. I know and am comfortable with the actual hardware replacement, but I heard that the newest Mac; OS El Capitan, has some "feature" to prevent using third party SSDs. Something to do with TRIM if I remember right. I would like to know if that is an actual problem or if I can go ahead and make the purchase.

Thank you very much!

P.S. I'd like to point out that this will be a fresh install.


texts: Can I see how many times I reinstalled an app, after I delete it?

texts: After I deleted an application from my iPhone, is there a way to find how many times that application was deleted and reinstalled on my account?


texts:
I have a router connected to the Internet. I have connected my Airport Extreme to this router. I know this is receiving the message (Double NAT).

Since I want to receive all traffic on my Airport, I want to connect to the router's DMZ.

In which field do I enter the routers DMZ on my Airport Utility?


texts: How can I configure Xcode so that I get syntax highlighting when using Standard ML? Is this even possible with Xcode?


texts:
I don't know how this happened but my Mac was locked; now when I go to iCloud -> Find my Mac I found my Mac with locked status.
The problem that I don't know the pin code to unlock it.

Is there any way to unlock it remotely from the iCloud account or using trick to remove the lock.

So each time I start my Mac, it tell me to wait 60min before trying again, one count down reach zero I get :

  incorrect code, please try again

Instead of getting the input pin screen


texts: What is the appropriate size for album art to display correctly the iPad's retina display?

texts: What is the appropriate size for album art to display correctly on the 3rd generation iPad's retina display?


texts: How can I boot in "Safe Mode" with rEFIt

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I would like to boot safe mode but I can't because of my rEFIt.

Holding the Shift button at startup has no effect, I just get the rEFIt menu and OSX starts to boot normally.

any ideas how to do it?


texts: What is updated by "a software update is required to connect to "?

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I am running macOS 10.14.6 and trying to connect an iPhone running iOS 14.3
It shows the message: "A software update is required to connect to <phone>" with a link to https://support.apple.com/HT208831
Unfortunately nothing on that page or the internet in general tells me what the update actually is. Is this a patch, an iTunes update, or a full operating system update? I'm cautious because I can't yet upgrade beyond macOS 10.14 (I have several 32-bit applications which I still need).
If I install this update, will it update me to 10.15 / 11?


texts: How to access macOS localhost (port 3000) from Parallels IE?

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On my work Mac (Sierra) I'm running a NodeJS webserver on localhost, port 3000. I need to access to it from Internet Explorer running in Parallels for testing purposes.

I have searched and read and experimented extensively, and have thus far been stymied. My current situation is as follows:

I've got a Parallels "Host-Only" network with my Mac at 10.37.129.2 and my virtual Windows box at 10.37.129.3

Pointing my IE to 10.37.129.2:3000 fails.

I've jumped through every hoop imaginable to ensure port 3000 is open between the two, but nmap -p 3000 10.37.129.2 from the Windows side tells me port 3000 remains closed, as does Mac's Network Utility Port Scan software.

Sadly all guides and advice on the subject are either insufficiently similar, grossly outdated, or simply unsuccessful when attempted.

Any progress you help me achieve is greatly appreciated.

The relevant portions of my server.js are:

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
const host = process.env.HOST || 'localhost';
const proxyTarget = process.env.PROXY || 'none';


texts: Device enrollment fails, error: server certificate is invalid

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I have an Xserve running 10.7.2 Server fully patched today.

We have a valid SSL from GoDaddy installed.
Lion's firewall is off, hardware firewall is not blocking any traffic.

From an iPad I can access the profile manager through the webpage https://mydomain.com/profilemanager and log in successfully.  I can install the Trust Profile successfully.

When I try enroll the device it gives me this error:

The server certificate for "https://mydomain.com/devicemanagement/api/device/ota_service" is invalid


texts: Yosemite (> 10.10.x) randomly freezes and crashes on my MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011

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I already had a similar problem before and after more than two years of struggling (I had this problem long since the Yosemite) I am still being daily annoyed by the same problem.:

Is this crash normal?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3358689

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2768351?start=1650&tstart=1369#discussion-16646143

However this time it is slightly different. The thing is, it newer "randomly shut downs" while I'm on Windows, doing stuff, playing games, etc. - it only happens on Yosemite, and it is a fresh copy on the new SSD and all that. Therefore, I really don't think it's a hardware problem. There is even nothing in the logs at that time (???)

After I installed the new Yosemite OS with Boot Camp (Windows 8.1 Pro) on my brand new Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD, my MacBook Pro randomly froze and after a few minutes - shut itself down.

I even thought it could do something with my USB ports, because of this (only a few keys worked on login when external USB hub with Yeti mic plugged in): Some keyboard keys are not working on login to Yosemite but after some more testing, I can rule that out. It's reproducible with no devices connected over USB.

This problem occurs more frequently when I'm watching videos or working with Photoshop and Illustrator at the same time but sometimes it's totally random (but then, why it's not shutting down when I'm playing games on Windows?) I thought this could be a GPU issue, so I installed gfxCardStatus, but no luck here.

Could this be an "Automatic graphics switching" issue or is it something else?


texts: iMac screen doesn't turn on if no keyboard present

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I have a spare 2007 iMac which I'm using to display photos in my house.  The iMac is set to boot & shutdown automatically at scheduled times, and display photos from my library using the screensaver.

Everything works well except that the iMac won't turn the display on at boot time without a keyboard connected.  I can force the display on by connecting remotely, after which it remains on (I had to use sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteManagement RestoreMachineState -bool NO to stop the display turning back off after the Remote Desktop session disconnects).

How do I force the display to come on at boot or login time (don't mind which) without needing a keyboard connected?  I suspect something from pmset (e.g. pmset displaysleep 0) would do the trick but nothing so far.


texts: How to reset spaces assignments after upgrading to Lion?

texts:
On Snow Leopard I used to have 9 spaces organised just for my needs. Unfortunately new Mission Control approach broke it completely and I'm still feeling a bit lost with the new horizontal approach.

Anyway, it seemed that the the settings for number of spaces and apps assignments have been kept after the upgrade. I'd like to reset this to the default state. Reducing number of spaces is quite trivial, but what about app assignments?

Is the preferences pane for this long gone now?


texts: How to print full presenter notes without slides in Keynote

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I have a 50 slide presentation with extensive notes, and urgently need to print out those notes.

Keynote 6 appears to offer no way to do this.  All print options include slides, and/or do not print the full notes.  Any notes that exceed one page, will simply be truncated from the printout.

Is there any way to copy/paste, export, or print the presenter note text in full, without (or even with at this point!) the slides?


texts: iOS 8 Handoff does not work between iPhone and iPad

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So i'm getting really frustrated with the new and the best feature of iOS 8 - Handoff. I've tried many different ways to make it work, but nothing helped:

Tried various methods of restarting both devices (with Handoff checked, without).
Tried turning off/on bluetooth, AirDrop, WiFi.
Changed AirDrop to Contacts Only / Everyone.
Changed different WiFi networks (we're using AirPort Extreme in our office, so that should not be a problem).
Tried tinkering with iCloud options (turning on/off various services).
Tried to turn passcode on/off.
Tried to turn on/off shared apps settings (my apps, app store).

I have an iPhone 5S and iPad Mini Retina, so incompatibility for hardware reasons is out of question here.

And another weird thing is that my colleague has an iPhone 5 and iPad Mini Retina, and Handoff works for him perfectly. We both don't have Yosemite on our Mac Airs yet, so that is off the question here too.

What could be wrong? How can i possibly find atleast where to start with this problem? The answers on the interwebs are scarce, and i would need at least a way to find some log, or something like that to begin with (I Have IT background, so im hopefull at least to find a thread to hang on).

This is the best feature for me in iOS 8, the one I was waiting for, and now that this is happening... I'm out of words about how Apple works... And I think there are many people with same problem, so maybe some of you had found a way to fix this?


texts:
I am using a 13-inch Mid 2012 MacBook Pro that I got about an year ago. I am a writer and work primarily on Word, Safari & Preview. And I work on the machine for an average of about 16-18 hours a day.

It's become slow several times and I have already re-installed the OS twice. I installed Mac OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks after it was released and I upgraded my RAM so that it has 10 GB of RAM instead of the standard 4 GB RAM.

Still the MacBook Pro has become slow again and—more problematically—it has started shutting down without any warning or any notice after re-start.

I cleaned the Mac, reset SMC and increased the free space on it. Still the crashing problem continues.


texts: iCal and Google Calendar creating double notifications

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I have a Google Calendar set up. I have set it up to send me E-Mail when an appointment is imminent.

I connected the calendar with my new MacBook Pro's iCal.

Now, both Google Calendar and iCal want to send me E-Mail notification. Google through their online service (which is what I want) and iCal through Mail.App (which I don't want).

I can't find any settings in iCal to turn E-Mail notification off. How do I prevent iCal from creating E-Mail reminders?


texts: Warranty on products received as a giveaway

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I received an ipad mini 2 months ago as a giveaway at a computer company luncheon.  It is my 4th ipad & 1st mini.  Two nights ago, I noticed the back right side (left side if looking at the back) was hot and the device was not responsive.  Charging or resetting using the dual-button process made no difference in status.  I was wondering if anyone knows if a device "won" new at a computer show or luncheon is still covered by warranty?

Thanks


texts: Keychain access to Microsot_Intermidiate_Certificates

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I need access to Microsoft Intermidiate Certificates in my Key Chain.

I unlocked the key chain using administrator password but still no access to the MIC.

It keeps asking me for a password (that I do not know), and it will not accept my admin password.


texts: Constant flickering on my external display

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I've recorded a 7 second video of it here: http://youtu.be/2k9P59Z32wE. Basically, the screen will alternate between a fuzzy picture, color bars, and then black every ~2 seconds or so.

Technical details: I'm using a mini-DP to dual-DVI adapter with a dell 3007 wfp with a late 2013 macbook pro (with nvidia graphics). I've been using this setup for several months now. I've confirmed it's an OSX issue because my display works with my bootcamp partition, and another windows machine.

This started happening yesterday after my mac froze when I attached it to my display. I had to do a hard reboot, and I suspect this may have corrupted some system files. I've tried doing PRAM/SMC resets, and also following suggestions to delete com.apple.windowserver.* files (http://foliovision.com/2009/12/apple-dual-dvi-mini-displayport-adapter-mb571z). No luck so far.

I'm thinking about just doing a fresh install and then migrating my data to fix this. Any better solutions?

edit:
Looks like my adapter is broken. I only tested lower resolutions, not 2560x1600, when on my window machine/bootcamp! Thanks for all the help.


texts: How to change the contact photo in mountain lion?

texts: I have iPhoto library in which all my photos exist. I want to pick a photo from iPhoto library and apply it to a contact. But I don't find any such option in new Contacts app (picking a photo form disk). It seems very simple thing to do but yet I cant find a way. Please can you me how can I do it?


texts: UBUNTU on MacOS, windows already installed

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I am installing UBUNTU on my MACOS Mojave while windows 10 is already installed through bootcamp. I've tried the instructions in Installing Ubuntu on Mac with macOS and Windows already installed but somehow got stuck.

Can anybody please help me, I tried many times but failed. I tried through dual boot but te wifi, keyboard and trackpad not working. also there was no boot manage option for the UBUNTU once the USB drive was removed.


texts: How do I force my Mac to log in to an account remotely?

texts: It’s possible to restart a Mac from the command line (sudo shutdown -r now). It’s possible to log out from a Mac from the command line (sudo pkill loginwindow). But is it possible to force a Mac to log in from the command line? As in a full log in of an account, GUI-wise, not just logging in via SSH to the Mac via the Terminal.


texts: Mojave scroll left/right not working properly for native apps

texts:
I updated my mac to macOS Mojave and I am facing problems for native apps when I scroll left or right, for instance:

On Safari, I can't go to the previous page scrolling to the left (works on Chrome)
I can't dismiss pop-up notifications
"swipe menus" for Mail, for instance, are not accessible

I tried to tick/untick the Trackpad settings, didn't work.


texts: "Full Disk Access" for backup tool running as cron job

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I'm running a command-line backup tool (duplicity) as a cron job. But in Mojave, there is a new user data protection feature called "Full Disk Access" (part of the TCC access control framework) that prevents duplicity from accessing certain user-owned files.

How do I whitelist this command-line tool? Since it runs as a cron job, adding Terminal.app to the whitelist won't work. I tried adding the duplicity binary to the whitelist in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Full Disk Access, but that changed nothing. I also tried running duplicity manually to see if anything would show up in that whitelist, but nothing did.

Edit: the answer to this question is not a solution. I clearly explained that I have already tried whitelisting to no avail.


texts: Apple Photos Shared Albums on OS X are not updating - tried restarting Photos Agent but no luck

texts:
I have exactly the same problem as this - Apple Photos Shared Albums on OS X are not updating - but the answer doesn't work for me.  I was wondering if there's any way to troubleshoot, e.g. looking at logs?

The album is definitely shared (other people can see it) but one particular Mac cannot see the new photos.  Before I restart the Mac I was hoping for a way to investigate without forcing the full reset.


texts: How to know what a certain "defaults write" command changes?

texts:
I have seen a few different posts on this site and others containing the command

$ defaults write ...

What I'm wondering is how do you know what defaults write command to use to change what you want to?


texts: MacbookPro 2016 butterfly keys: Where are claws and hooks on "up" and "down" cursor keys

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I've successfully removed a regular key following the advice from
MacBook Pro 2016: Keyboard key stuck – how to remove key?

I'm considering doing the same with up/down keys but not 100% sure if the attachment mechanism is the same - claws on bottom, and hooks on the top. Can please somebody confirm it?


texts: Looking for iOS music player which includes all id3 information

texts: I have open-ended tags stored in the Grouping field of my (iTunes) mp3 collection. I also have information written in the Comments field. A lot of my music is also BPM'd. How can I search by/sort by/access these fields in iOS? The Music app and the 3rd party apps I've looked at so far don't provide this.


texts: Dynamically (automatically) change the "download folder" in Safari

texts:
Saft -- the (now seemingly defunct as of Safari 5.1) Safari plugin -- had the ability to change the name of the download folder (and create said folder if it didn't already exist) that Safari uses (e.g., by creating a name based on the date).  This was incredibly useful for decluttering/ordering my downloads.

Is there any comparable feature in a supported Safari extension (for Safari 5.1)?

P.S.  I know I can create a cron job to do this after the fact, but that seems kludgey and prone to errors because of file timestamps, automatically unpacked ZIP/tar/cpio files, etc.


texts: iSight Camera in iPhone 5 , 5s, 5c: Is the image resolution 3264 x 2448 or 3284 x 2448?

texts:
Apple said iPhone 5, 5s, 5c has 8MP iSight camera.

A website says

iSight of 5c & 5s: 3264 x 2448 Pixels  (7.99 MP)
http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/comparison/157b258a
http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/70af28ac

iSight of iPhone 5: 3284 x 2448 Pixels (8.4 MP)
http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/comparison/aba74df9

Don't the iSight of 5, 5c, 5s have the same resolution? Something seems inaccurate here. So what is the exact number?


texts: What should I do if I get email about my account claiming to be from Apple?

texts:
For about a week now I keep getting an SMS giving me an Apple ID verification code. It will do it a couple of times and then a phone call. Today I received this email:

  Subject: Verify your Apple ID before We closed Your account.

  Dear Apple User,

  We unable verify your account informations in order to continue using your Apple.
  This Apple ID has been locked for security reasons.
  You must unlock your account to continue using your Apple ID.

  To read your secure message by opening the attachment (PDF).
  You will be prompted to open (view) the file or save (download) it to your computer.

  For best result, Save the file first, then open it on a web browser.

  Your account will be disabled if we didn't receive any response from you in more than twenty four hours

  Sincerly
  Apple Support

The whole thing sounds fishy to me. Or phishing to me.

What I am needing to know is, is this a real email from them or no? It just seems off.


texts: How to format a cell with data YYYYMMDD in Numbers to be a date type?

texts:
I created a custom format to try and format a date column to be used within categories. However, Numbers tend to keep reverting my custom format to "Automatic" and I'm unable to group the data as part of a category.

How do I set cells to use my custom date format to be used in categories?

Setting the field to use the new format

Click away from the cell and go back to the field and see that the format has reverted back to "Automatic"


texts: Is there an iOS app that uploads files to websites?

texts: My iPad can only uploads pictures to any website in the browser. My iPad is not jailbroken and I am not planning to jailbroke it. Is their an app in the App Store that can enable me to upload any file I want (ex: PDF, docs) to any website I visit. Their is a app called Iuploader that cost 15 dollars that does what I want but is a bit expensive in my opinion, is their any other app that does the same thing but is cheaper.


texts: Reverting back to Mavericks from El Capitan

texts: Ever since I downloaded El Capitan I have lost the ability to Drag & Drop photos into Pages documents I am creating.  Also in Pages, Certificate templates, for example, are not able to be edited.  I can open the template but can not do anything with it, cannot edit any changes.  Also cannot edit my own created files.  I also don't like how in Photos my photo labels are not visible underneath the photo like they used to be.  I don't know what other unpleasantness might still  be in store for me so I want to revert back to Mavericks.  How do I do this?


texts: Is there any way to use Automator or a script to change all the font colors on each slide in a PowerPoint presentation?

texts:
The professor did not use a template and each text box was made as he created the presentation. Text color varies through the various sentences highlighting words, but I would like to remove these.

I tried messing with the master slide, but that did not help. Any help here would really be awesome, because I'm going to have this professor for at least two more classes, and each presentation is well over 140 slides.


texts: iPhone XS - FaceTime: Switch to mobile data network despite strong WiFi

texts:
When I do a video call with FaceTime the phone switches to mobile data network despite strong WiFi permanently. This makes absolutely no sense because the connection is much slower. Sure, I can disable this but the reason for that behaviour is not clear to me. Disabling mobile data is no option because without WiFi I need the mobile data network for FaceTime but not with WiFi.
No such behavior with WhatsApp video calls.
iPhone XS, iOS: 13.5.1


texts: Is it possible to sync music and podcasts between an iPhone and Mac, but exclude Apps?

texts: The standard sync function seems to sync applications between my iPhone and Mac (That is, the applications seem to end up on my Mac.) I don't understand the point of this: they can't be run on the Mac, and if I lost my iPhone, I can download them again from the App Store.  Is there some way to prevent applications from being synced?


texts: Uninstalling NTFS-3G and MacFUSE after upgrading from Yosemite to El Capitan

texts:
After I upgraded from Yosemite to El Capitan with NTFS-3G and MacFUSE installed, both programs stopped working. So I wanted to remove them and install Fuse for OS X instead. I still have the NTFS-3G and MacFUSE settings page in System Settings available, but I cannot uninstall them because the button is not clickable.

After some little research, I found the NTFS-3G folder under:

/Library/SystemMigration/History/Migration-CA37AC69-836D-4620-AD96-0F566792C5A0/QuarantineRoot/System/Library/Filesystems/ntfs-3g.fs

I tried running the script uninstall-package.sh manually, but it did not work due to the changed folder location.

Now I wanted to ask if anyone has an idea how to get rid of them, including the System Setting entries.


texts: Is it a bad practice to mount network/slow shares under `/Volumes`?

texts:
I'm using curlftpfs with macfuse to mount some ftp sites through automount. The mount directories for each share is in /Volumes folder. Now iTunes on each startup tries to read /Volumes/Curlftpfs_Share and hangs.

Is it a bad practice to mount network/slow shares under /Volumes, where should I mount it instead?

Why does iTunes check all mounted shares on startup — can I switch it off?


texts:
Wife's 2007 24" 2.8 ghz 6GB RAM running SL, and now Lion.

For the past month or so, It won't automatically shut down at night per the schedule in System Prefs/Energy Saver pane.  My wife may not use the iMac for several days at a time, and then use it daily for a week or more - very random.

I've changed the settings by minutes, by hours.  I've Safe booted.

I will try logging her out and logging into my account tonight to see if it performs  there.

I do have a current clone and TM backups on an external drive.

Other than a complete reinstall of SL then Lion, what prefs are there and where are they that I could delete and re-establish to fix this problem?


texts: Upgrade MacBook Pro Mid 2012 system to Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB (Mac OS Mojave)

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I have different information related to installation new SSD.

If we will try search through Amazon help it shows that the disk Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB will work fine with MacBook Pro 13 inch Mid 2012:

Also I saw this video where all works good as well for similar system.

But my disk recognized as uninitialized in my Mac OS Mojave 10.14.4 (18E227):

I tried diskutil as well to format my disk and here is an error after some time waiting for creating portion map:

diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ SAMSUNGSSD disk1
Started erase on disk1
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed

Also first time there was another error: error: couldn't open device

Before this Samsung SSD 860 EVO I have KINGSTON SSD SATA3 240gb disk and all worked good for me. But few days ago Mac OS accidentally crashed and after restart I just saw flashed question-mark folder. I bought new Samsung SSD 860 EVO. Now I am trying to format my Samsung SSD 860 EVO but because of some reason I can't do it not at terminal nor using disk utility.

I read some information about replacing SATA cable, but not sure I need to do it as my previous KINGSTON SATA 3 SSD worked good with the same cable. Maybe port or cable is corrupted I don't know, but not sure if my cable model is different to one that user suggest to buy to make it work:

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/470873/Will+the+Samsung+EVO+860+SATA+III+SSD+drive+work+in+my+system

My System:


texts: App Store disables downloading of macOS Sierra

texts:
I've been trying to download OSX "EC" (10.11) for the last week in order to make a recovery USB. The download always fails at exactly 1.92Gb.

Now that macOS Sierra has been released I notice that the 10.11 download has been removed from the App Store.

However, the macOS Sierra download also failed after several Gb, but unlike the 10.11 download I'm physically unable to re-attempt the download- please see the attached screenshot.

I've had a quick look over the stack of App Store related questions but none seems to have solved it.
Anyone please any ideas? I can't even seem to create a working .zip of a good download from another machine.


texts: My MacBook won't log me in, asking me to enter a password from August

texts:
My MacBook is asking me to enter my iCloud password as of 22/08/18. I must have changed it then, but I've tried every password I have ever used and it is still not logging me in.
I tried the Command+R option but my MacBook does not show the Utilities - Terminal option at all.


texts: Config AppleWatch to not dial 911 during "Fall Detection"?

texts: I do not want "Fall Detection" to dial 911 if I were walking, fall, and all I need to do is rest. I've been running on trails, stumbled and fell to the ground. I sat there and resting. I talked with people. But, I was not able to convince them not to call for help. Even though I lost an eyebrow and broke a hand, I talked to EMTs telling them to leave me alone, but they sort of forced me in the ambulance (I guess for financial reasons). If you've ever watched MMA, eyebrow cuts are fountains of blood. Unbelievable. I was too weak / exhausted to physically resist them that far from a parking lot. EMTs are so expensive. Making it home and dealing with injuries on your own terms, on the following days, can save 80% of the cost of using EMTs. fact.


texts: Can I easily copy or replicate an advanced gradient fill in keynote?

texts:
Setting up advanced gradient fills is somewhat time consuming. If I'm creating a new shape and I want to apply the same gradient fill as an existing shape, is there any way to copy the gradient fill for the existing shape and quickly apply it to the new shape?

Copying/pasting the shape is not the answer I'm looking for. Sometimes it's an entirely different shape you want to create, but with the same gradient fill.


texts: We need some help on how to utilize the Apple ID on multiple Apple computers in a network

texts:
We have 8 Apple Computers on a network in a dental office where users move from machine to machine and have no need to use any Apple ID capabilities. Each machine has several users in addition to the administrator. We set up each machine without an Apple ID but are constantly reminded to set an Apple ID.

Is there any way to stop the reminders or alternatively set up one ID for use on all the machines on all user accounts that the administrator would essentially control? We would find one Apple ID useful, but we don't want to do anything that might upset the network.


texts: How to hide an external drive from file sharing on local network

texts: The problem is, my office has multiple computers, and there is only one account (admin) on every machine, all with the same password. So if I bring a personal firewire drive and attach it to my machine, everyone on the network can access it. What I need is a way to STOP file sharing for this external drive without adjusting permissions, because there is only one set of permissions for this computer, and everyone on the network has access to that account.


texts: What is needed to mirror both an iPad and a late-2016 MacBook Pro to an HDTV (non-concurrently)?

texts:
I want to be able to mirror an iPad Air and a late-2016 MacBook Pro to an HDTV. Not simultaneously, just one at a time. I know I could just get both the lightning to digital av adapter and the usb-c (thunderbolt 3) to digital av adapter, but is there a way to do it where I wouldnt need both? Like maybe a female usb-c to male lightning adapter (but it would need to be able to pass both video and audio).

If it helps reduce the amount of stuff I'd need to purchase, I already have HDMI to HDMI, HDMI to mini HDMI, and HDMI to mini DP (thunderbolt 2).


texts: Microsoft Surface Ergonomic Keyboard not recognized as a proper keyboard

texts:
When connecting to a new Macbook Pro 2016, running Sierra v10.12.3, it doesn't ask me to type the 6 digits to pair it properly. It also shows up in the bluetooth list with the bluetooth icon, rather than a keyboard icon like other keyboards. And in keyboard settings, I am unable to adjust the modifier keys, as I can with other keyboards.

Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: Does Skype/Google Voice use 3G or wifi on my iPhone?

texts: I'm just curious to know if there is an easy way to tell if your calls coming in on an app like google voice or skype are routed through the data plan or if they are using minutes.


texts: Safari: save webpage with CSS / images folders

texts:
I'm trying to save a webpage to my computer, and I'm not having any luck doing it with Chrome... so instead I'm trying Safari.
I would like it so that it saves all the CSS and images in their respective folders, aswell as a separate .html file.
I only seem to have the following options:

Save a 'webarchive' file that has all html / css / images combined into one
Save just a .html page with all the html / css linking to those on the live site

Is it possible for me to do this using Safari?


texts: I know you've been dealing with this for two years.  However, none of the recommended solutions works for me.  iTunes will play one song, and stop.  Or, it will play one song - over and over and over.  I am using iTunes vsn. 12.0.1, updated on 10/21/14, on a Mac running OS 10.7.5.


texts: Custom 24-hour single-hand watch face for Apple Watch

texts:
Is there a way to make the Apple Watch display a 24-hour single-hand watch face? Preferably with midnight on the bottom, and noon at the top?

Something like this:


texts: How to stretch a video without modifying the voice?

texts:
I am recording my presentation for a conference. The talk is supposed to be exactly 20 minutes (+/- 15 seconds) but my recorded video is 28 minutes.
I'm on macOS. Is there a free software that can help me squeeze the video to 20 minutes?
Obviously, I will be talking faster in such a video, which is fine, but I don't want the frequency of my voice to be changed (changing the frequency turns the tone into a baby voice, I don't want it to happen).
Any free solutions on macOS?


texts: Transferring photos from "Documents by Readdle" app to Camera Roll without uploading it to cloud or connecting to a PC?

texts:
I have found that that the photos that I have added to the Documents by Readdle app are not visible to any other app on my iPad.

I recently installed a GIF maker app which is not able to find any photos that are not inside camera roll.

How do I make it see the photos in Documents by Readdle app without having to upload it to cloud or connecting iPad to my computer?


texts:
In Wiki Server 4 on OS X Server the first page includes four images that link to other pages. How do i add more?

You can click on them to go to another place in wiki server. How do i create more images that link to URLs? I know how to create text links to URLs... but i can't seem to be able to add more images just like the ones on the first page.

Anyone?


texts: My osx box is connected to my TV via HDMI. I use "Share Screen" to login to the box and play a netflix video. I must have installed an update or something because suddenly, when I close the "Share screen" window, the TV will go straight to screen saver. Previously it would let me keep watching Netflix using my Macbook to control. Any suggestions?


texts: Can I attach a .dmg without mounting the drive that it is sitting in?

texts:
I have a .dmg sitting on an external drive (which also contains other data).

The .dmg is an image of a failed drive so I can't mount it but I want to attach the .dmg without mounting the partition it is in.

Is this possible?

I ask because, if I mount the partition, attach the .dmg and then try to run TestDisk, TestDisk returns this message:

Write access for this media is not available.
TestDisk won't be able to modify it.

- No partition from this disk must be mounted:
Open the Disk Utility (In Finder -> Application -> Utility folder)
and press Unmount button for each volume from this disk

I tried what I thought would work: hdiutil attach /dev/disk2s2/cfp/disk0s2-clone.dmg it didn't, attach failed - Not a Directory

I guess a different way of asking my question is, "How can I use TestDisk on a .dmg if I can't mount the partition that the .dmg is in?"


texts: How do I fix my primary MacOS partition?

texts:
My primary MacOS partition got corrupted and I can not repair it or make it bootable.

Here's the breakdown of the situation:
I had this MacOS Sierra partition, 450 GB, and a second partition with MacOS High Sierra, 50 GB. I booted as usual on Sierra and tried creating a new partition using Disk Utility by reducing the size of the 450 GB partition in 50 GB. The goal was to later enlarge the High Sierra one. The operation failed so I restarted, held CMD+R > Disk Utility and tried to First Aid my primary 450 GB partition. It failed as well.
The High Sierra one still boots fine but when I try to repair the Sierra partition, Disk utility gives me this message:

Repairing file system.
Volume is already unmounted.
Performing fsck_hfs -fy -x /dev/rdisk0s2
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Invalid number of allocation blocks
The volume   could not be verified completely.
File system check exit code is 8.
Restoring the original state found as unmounted.
File system verify or repair failed.
Operation failed…

Also, a new dummy partition called disk0s4 showed up with the exact same size of those 50 GB I tried creating on the first place. Disk Utility will not allow me to delete it.

Can you guys please help me out? I do believe this should be "easily" fixable via some sort of high level Terminal command.

sudo gpt -r show disk0 results:

       start       size  index  contents
      0          1         PMBR
      1          1         Pri GPT header
      2         32         Pri GPT table
     34          6
     40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-
00A0C93EC93B
     409640  782652408      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-
00306543ECAC
  783062048    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-
00306543ECAC
  784331584   96124576      4  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-
00306543ECAC
  880456160     262144
  880718304   96124576      5  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-
00306543ECAC
  976842880     262147
  977105027         32         Sec GPT table
  977105059          1         Sec GPT header

sudo df:

Filesystem                        512-blocks      Used Available
Capacity iused      ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2                       782652408 712293504  69846904    92%
1236092 4293731187    0%   /
devfs                                    390       390         0   100%
676          0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk0s5                        96124576    306608  95817968     1%
146 4294967133    0%   /Volumes/Untitled
map -hosts                                 0         0         0   100%
0          0  100%   /net
map auto_home                              0         0         0   100%
0          0  100%   /home
localhost:/oH1iUNq0m11UpXt--bqLKM  782652408 782652408         0   100%
0          0  100%   /Volumes/MobileBackups
/dev/disk2s2                       253044736  23065088 229979648    10%
90098     898358    9%   /Volumes/128 GB
/dev/disk1s3                         1269760   1101624    168136    87%
215 4294967064    0%   /Volumes/HDM Recovery
/dev/disk1s4                       974759168 830544520 144214648    86%
653486 4294313793    0%   /Volumes/ART
/dev/disk1s2                       975396824 704192064 271204760    73%
1104809 4293862470    0%   /Volumes/CCC


texts: I made one of my mailboxes inactive. How do I make it active again?


texts: Two copies of same app but with unique preferences?

texts:
Is there a way to have two copies of the same app (say one in applications folders and another on desktop) but both copies of the app have their own unique preferences file so that any changes that I make in one app are not reflected on the other.

my concern is essentially the apps plist file.  Thanks!


texts: Trying to zero out an external drive that shows "unable to write to last block", keep on getting an I/O error

texts:
I'm trying to zero out a drive to use it as a Time Machine backup, firstly tried to format and "unable to write to last block" showed up. I tried to zero it out, but it took a large amount of time, because the bs= was relatively small (using sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=15b) 15b is the maximum that I can use because of the specific amount of space left on the drive. The drive had corrupted data that erased drive space, so it has an irregular amount of space. Disk Util reads it as this:

Media Name: Indigita Generic 1394 dev
Media Type: Generic
Connection Bus: FireWire
Writable: Yes
Ejectable: Yes
Total Capacity: 137.44 GB (137438952960 Bytes)

I did the math and found the least common multiple of 512 (1 byte) and 137438952960 (137.44GB), and it came out 137438952960. So I continued the math and found the maximum was 7680 (15 bytes), 1024 yields higher numbers.

I used that in the dd command to zero out the drive:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=15b

After quite the while, I see the red light on the drive stop flashing, and I am quite disappointed to find this in my terminal:

dd: /dev/rdisk1: Input/output error
17895697+0 records in
17895696+0 records out
137438945280 bytes transferred in 12473.965643 secs (11018063 bytes/sec)

I am completely unsure of why it failed to write the last 15B block, because 15B should be 7680, and 137438945280 + 7680 = 137438952960 (Hard drive's capacity). The math should have worked out correctly.
Any thoughts of why I'm getting an I/O error?


texts:
I have an iPhone 6s and this is the second time I have dropped my phone into water. I managed to get it replaced the first time (this was only a few weeks ago) but it happened again. It initially didn't seem to be as bad as it was before so I'm hoping this can somehow be fixed.

I dropped it in the sink and there wasn't much water in there so I didn't think it would be that damaged. I was relieved to hear the music working on it, as this was not the case before, but it was quiet and muffled. So I placed it in some rice for a day but it seems to just be getting worse. The phone keeps putting down the volume by itself now and I cannot hear any music at all as when I keep putting the volume up it just goes back down. Should I just keep it there for a couple of more days or go back to the shop and buy a new one?


texts: How do I add --with-ssl to Homebrew's litmus install

texts:
I'm trying to add litmus with ssl enabled, but the "download - configure - make" path fails, missing files . So tried Homebrew Install Litmus and it works fine - but... it doesn't build with ssl, which I need it to do.
Thanks


texts:
I have an iPhone 6 which is completely dead (black screen whatever I try). It had behaved erratically for some time; unfortunately it died before I could wipe it clean and restore it to factory settings, meaning there could still be a lot of sensitive data on it.

What's the recommended way of destroying any data that could be on it (or making it prohibitively expensive to recover it), so that I can dispose of the iPhone safely and in an environmentally friendly way?


texts: Can't increase Mac OSX bash shell history length

texts:
I set ~/.bash_profile some time ago to have more than 500 lines length but seems system can't catch this.

Do you know why?

> nano -w ~/.bash_profile
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=GxFxCxDxBxegedabagaced
HISTFILESIZE=10000000

> history | wc -l
     500


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I used up all the space on my 11 home screens with apps, then installed another app (which can only be found through search as it's installed 'offscreen'). To make more space, I put a lot of different apps into folders.

How do I restore the hidden app back to a home screen?

If I reset the home screens then my folders are lost and an app will be off screen again, and I'd be back to square one.

Running iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.


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Can I set up a keyboard shortcut to toggle two-finger scrolling on my trackpad?

In some situations, like when watching videos on youtube, VLC, or playing video games, accidental trackpad scrolling is a real pain.

I'd like to disable scrolling in these situations.


texts: Changing read permissions on /private/etc recursively

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I was trying to make my /private/etc folder and all its contents world-readable. 'Permission denied' messages from a number of internal files and folders were a recurrent theme whenever I did a find operation on that folder. But chmod -R seems to have failed here. Can someone please explain why I get this error message and what I should do to fix it? I'm on OS X 10.8.3.

$ sudo chmod -R a+r /private/etc
sudo: /private/etc/sudoers is mode 0444, should be 0440
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting

In fact any read operation in the directory seems to fail:

$sudo stat /private/etc/raddb/sql/sqlite
sudo: /private/etc/sudoers is mode 0444, should be 0440
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting


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Instead of specifying each number one by one, is there anyway I can specify a group when sending sms?

For your info, I am using the contacts synced from Gmail, not the iPhone's built-in address book.


texts: Cell formula based on finding an index on another sheet

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I have a numbers file with a first sheet like this:

Then a second sheet that looks like this:

For each row in sheet 1 I need to find if there is a matching SKU on sheet 2 (sheet 1, col N with sheet 2, col B).  Then, if there is a match, get Mark down value (Sheet 2, col D) and apply that discount on Sheet 1, col T.
I've been trying with this approach here...

...but didn't get there yet.
Is this possible in Mac Numbers?  If possible, what would be the way to achieve it?
Sheets don't have the same records nor rows in the same order so I can't just copy and paste a column to use a formula with relative cell positions.


texts: Using speakers on both screens depending on window location

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My configuration:

2x Apple Cinema Display 27"
1x late-2014 model Mac Mini

I would like the speakers in each display to be used depending upon which display the window that made the sound is on. For example if I had Youtube on the left screen I would want the video's soundtrack on that set of speakers, and if I have Slack on the right screen I would like it's notification sounds to come out of those speakers.

Is this possible? Presently I have to select one display to output all sounds from windows on either display.


texts: Download OS X App Store updates to update multiple Macs

texts: I have two MacBook Airs, but I have very limited bandwidth. I would prefer to download updates once and then copy them onto all the other MacBook Airs. How can I download App Store updates once to update multiple Macs?


texts: I restored my iPad today. The first, say, 30 apps redownloaded fine after the restore, but now my screens are filled with "Waiting..." icons. I've tried downloading something else and entering my Apple ID password, I've tried restarting, but nothing seems to get the other apps to download. What can I do?


texts: How can I make sudo in 2 tabs ask for the password only once?

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I have a script to automate starting a few servers on the terminal. These are server processes of the software I am developing. They can be recompiled and changed multiple times a day. The binaries can live in different places (working copies).

My script uses

 set sudo to do shell script "sudo -v "

to ask for the root password once, then creates a new iterm2 terminal window (and some tabs) and tries to start the servers with sudo:

#!/usr/bin/osascript
on run args
    set sudo to do shell script "sudo -v " -- to ask for password once only
    tell application "iTerm"
        create window with default profile
        tell current window
            tell current session
                write text "sudo /some/server"
            end tell
            -- more tabs and more sudos go here
        end tell
    end tell
end run

Everything worked fine on El Capitan, but not on High Sierra.

If the sudo password is not cached, the sudo -v asks for my password and then proceeds --- as expected. If I ran sudo before and the password is cached, the sudo -v does not ask for a password, again, as expected.
But in both cases each of the subsequent sudos in the new window does ask for my password, making the whole thing inconvenient.

When I add with administrator privileges to the initial sudo it does ask for my password in a popup dialog but the following sudo calls with write text still ask for the password on the shell.
(I use write text and the terminal to keep an eye on these servers' outputs.)

I can run regular sudo commands just fine and it does cache the password.

How can I use sudo in Applescript in a new iTerm2 window and have it ask for the password only once?

EDIT: Looks like this is not related to Applescript but to iterm and High Sierra. When I open a terminal window with 2 tabs, I need to enter my password in both when I run e.g., sudo ls. After that both tabs have the sudo password cached, but running sudo in one tab does not make the other tab use the cached sudo password.

So the real question is probably: how do I get iTerm2 to cache the sudo password and share that between tabs and windows?


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If I breathe or pause longer than half a nanosecond, Siri decides I'm done talking and ends the command there.

"Hey Siri remind me tonight at 11 to update vmware tools on---" I couldn't even get the server name out. I hadn't paused for even a fraction of a second.

How do I extend this on the iPhone Xs Max?

P.S. I've noticed Google has this same problem on Gboard.


texts: My ex-girlfriend uses my Apple ID to log in to her iPad. Do I have to give her my Apple ID password to reset it?

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She asked me to give her my Apple ID password to log out. But I don't want to share my password. She said she need that password to log out the iPad.

Do I have to give her my password?  What else can she do?


texts: SMS not working from MBP with Yosemite and iOS 8

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I have updated my mid 2012 MBP to yosemite, and my iPhone 5s is running iOS 8.0.

My wife called me last night, and sure enough the call popped up on my MBP. I answered the call, and it works fine.

The problem is with SMS.
Incomming SMS do not come to my MBP. I am also unable to send messages VIA SMS to my android friends. Is there something special I have to do to make SMS work? I'll remind you that the phone call feature works fine, so I'm not sure why SMS doesn't,.

Notes:
I am on the same wifi network with both of my devices.
I have both devices loaded with most current updates.
I have bluetooth enabled on both devices.
They are within 2 feet of eachother.


texts: i am currently using mac 32 bit.I am unable to open eclipse an error pop up saying that i need to update my JVM from 1.6 to 1.7 and from the java website there are no ver 1.7 for mac 32bit. what am i suppose to do?


texts: How do I remove an ssh private key from ssh-agent/keychain

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I followed some aws guide to add my private key to ssh-agent, using:

ssh-add -K "MyPrivateKey.pem"

However, I can't seem to remove the key using :

ssh-add -d "MyPrivateKey.pem"

which gives me the following error:

Bad key file MyPrivateKey.pem: No such file or directory

Unless I do  ssh-add -D which removes all of the private keys I stored (obviously not favorable option). I also find that macOS ssh key management is tightly bind with Keychain, but I haven't discovered any method to identify the specific ssh key from Keychain Access. I am running on Mojave 10.14.6

tl;dr How do I get  ssh-add -d to work on macOS?


texts:
I recently upgraded my 2013 MBP to High Sierra. This changed my unencrypted file system to encrypted APFS.

Does Apple provide any information about how APFS encryption works? Does the account password protect the private key? Then how can there be a guest user? When my account password was weak, does changing it improve encryption security?

What is the encryption method and strength?

I'm used to Windows BitLocker, where the encrypted partition is either locked or unlocked, and the Windows account password is different from the BitLocker passwort protecting the private key. The encryption method and strength can be set via Windows group policies.


texts: AppleScript grab value from safari with repeat / add in list

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I need to grab data from a safari,
There is a random number of :

document.getElementsByClassName('sortable DataSummary')[1]

this work fine :

tell application "Safari"
    set mzRawData to do JavaScript "var outPut=[]; var arr=document.getElementsByClassName('sortable DataSummary');for (var i in arr) {outPut.push(arr[i].innerHTML)};outPut;" in current tab of window 1
end tell

the return is a bit annoying with some space and line e.g :

>  ", "
>
>                                     WeChat Pay
>
>                             ", "

My question :

How can I do the same using an AppleScript repeat statement ?
This is not working but here is my draft at the moment

set mzRawData to ""

repeat with i from 1 to count of items of mzRawData

    tell application "Safari"
        do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('sortable DataSummary')[" & i & "].innerHTML;" in current tab of window 1

    end tell

end repeat

and

set mzRawData to ""
set myNewList to {}
repeat until mzRawData contains "current application"
    tell application "Safari"
        do JavaScript "document.getElementsByClassName('sortable DataSummary')[" & i & "].innerHTML;" in current tab of window 1
        set itemOnMyList to item each of mzRawData
        if itemOnMyList is in mzRawData and itemOnMyList is not in myNewList then set end of myNewList to itemOnMyList
    end tell
end repeat


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I have a Macbook and I need an incremental backup solution over WiFi. Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme with attached HDD is perfect fit. But I want to find cheaper solution if exist.

How about Mac mini? I thought about Mac mini with only internal disk but has separated backup partition. Can I get Time Machine backup over WiFi with only Mac mini?
If you have used this, please let me know whether it is possible and how it is reliable.

Or any other recommendable solution is exist, please let me know.

Direct attachment of some external HDD to Macbook is not an option, because I think I will forget attaching it very easily, so it won't effective to me. Backup disk should be connected to my Macbook automatically when I connected my home WiFi network.


texts: Keyboard Viewer crashes when I use keyboard command

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When I try to invoke the Emoji and Keyboard Viewer via the Keyboard shortcut (CRTL + CMD + SPACEBAR), the menu bar icon crashes on me and the viewer does not invoke.

I tried removing the preference file com.apple.HIToolbox.plist as suggested in this Apple Forum answer. After restarting the keyboard viewer icon appears in my menu bar (American Flag). I can select items in the menu. As soon as I invoke the keyboard shortcut however it disappears:

Do I have a corrupt preferences file somewhere?

I am running macOS Sierra V 10.12.3.


texts: How to make clicking on icon in dock == open new instance

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I have several applications in my dock that can have multiple instances open (eg. Chrome, iTerm, Sublime, etc.)

When I click on one of the icons, I want a new window to open (this is what happens if no windows are currently open) However, if an instance is already open it just takes me to that instance.

This gets especially annoying when the instance is on a whole other desktop instance and cause my desktop to change.

Is there a setting you can set to make it so when you click the icon, it opens a new window instead of redirecting you to an already opened window?


texts: Screensaver does not start on OS X 10.9.2

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My Mid-2011 iMac (Intel i5) does not start the screensaver or put the display to sleep after updating to OS X Mavericks 10.9.2. I updated to the public edition available from the Mac AppStore.

Below you can see the settings for the screensaver. Not even the hot corners will turn it on. And pressing the hardware sleep button doesn't work either. Ideas?


texts: Can't downgrade or update jailbroken iPhone

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I can't update or downgrade my iPhone 3GS, Firmware 4.3.5 tethered with redsn0w.

Whenever I try to update it, I get a "device isn't eligible" error. I researched on how to do that, like changing host files, but none of them worked for me. I use OS X Snow Leopard.

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com

This is my host file – not sure if it's the orginal one or not.


texts: Load SMS messages in vmsg format to new iphone on linux

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I have a backup of SMSs from an old phone in vmsg format.

What would be necessary in order to lead them on the iPhone? I am new to apple products. Can I not make a backup  of the phone and download it to my linux computer? How? If so, it would be a matter of converting the messages to other format. I take it sqlite from a bit of googling around. I am a computer programmer, this is not a problem for me. What's confusing me is the whole backup and restore policies.

Or ideally, is there a way to restore only the sms.db?

Or any other way of leading SMSs in any other format? Writing a script to convert them would not be a problem.


texts:
I would like my script to stop automatically unless I press a button.

display dialog "Continue" with icon caution buttons {"Exit", "Continue"} default button 1 giving up after 2
if the button returned of the result is "Exit" then
    return
end if

Obviously with the script bellow, I have my default answer selected, I have a time out but at the end of the time out "Exit" is not automatically pressed and the script continue.

Is the only way to do that is to swap the script around like this :

if the button returned of the result is "Continue" then
    -- add the "continue script"
end if
Return


texts: Is there a problem with Thunderbolt to HDMI in Lion?

texts:
After upgrading to Lion on my recently purchased Macbook Pro 13" base model I'm having trouble connecting to an HDLCD TV.  My TV is connected to a receiver.  Sometimes when I connect I get 5.1 sound to play through my speakers.  Sometimes it's 2.1 sound. And other times no sound can be played.  Even just getting the laptop to display to the TV is hit or miss.

Is this a known issue?  Any suggestions on how to get things to work consistently?

UPDATE:  It appears that connecting the laptop to the TV is not problematic if there is nothing playing at the time the connection is made.  I get anomalous results if I make a connection while playing something.


texts: How to get url of selected image in google images?

texts:
I write Automator workflow which will attach google image miniature, able to be selected on context menu or hotkey enabled.

Now I am trying to figure out which type of object sees Automator when I right-click on image in safari. I tried web-content, image, documents, everything else, but nothing works.

Also I tried actions like Get opened safari document + load images from web-content, but it is not my case.

Is it possible at all, to add context menu option to google image?


texts: How to make emacs style ASCII-art table in Mail?


texts: How to fix MacBook, not reconnecting to wireless network on wakeup?

texts:
MacBook Air 11" - Mid 2011

My MacBook is not reconnecting to the wireless network on wakeup.

Is there a setting or something that I'm missing?


texts: AP Not Starting Sharing Internet Ethernet to Wifi

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I am trying to share an ethernet connection to Wi-Fi on my Mac Mini (2014) running 10.15 but the access point is not starting despite Internet Sharing being on.
Console output on my Macbook Pro (where Internet Sharing is working) shows 'AP Started' where as my Mac Mini does not. The file /etc/bootpd.plist is also not modified. I have reset /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist but this has not helped.
The Mac Mini can start an AP if 'Create Network...' is selected but this creates an ad-hoc network and does not provide an internet connection to connected devices.


texts: Family Sharing iPhone - Unique Question about purchases

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I want to know if someone in my family share group still has an app downloaded on their phone. Is there a way to tell if they have deleted the app from their device?  I know all about hiding apps and how they cannot be deleted and all that. I get all that.

For example, I know about an app I told my kid he cannot use.  Well, its always going to show up on his downloaded list - but is there a way to see if he has put it back on his phone or not via family sharing.   (kid has adult privileges in family sharing, he is a teenager and I don't use any of the other parental controls nor do I want to)


texts: iPad Pro 9.7-inch model and Apple Pencil

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I just got both a few days ago, and I really love it! I've been using it to take handwritten notes in my Calculus 2 class, but I noticed something that worries me...

I'm not applying a lot of pressure on the screen when writing, but the Pencil sometimes causes the screen to do that "liquidy" thing... you know, when you press your screen really hard and the color gets blotchy? (Whatever it's called.)

I mean, is this supposed to happen? Is it detrimental to consistently do it?

Or, am I just paranoid with my new toy?


texts:
I have an "old" MacBook Pro (MBP) that has a Mini-DisplayPort connector.

I have a newer MBP with 4 USB-C connectors that I use with an LG UltraFine 5K Monitor (aka. LG 27MD5KA-B).

I wanted to know if through an adapter, I could connect the old MBP from its Mini-DisplayPort to the USB-C of the monitor and have a video signal.

This Apple StackExchange question does not really answer my question because it is about USB-A to USB-C. This Apple KB (section System requirements and compatible Mac models, paragraphe before the last one) says no, but does not specify Mini-Display Port. Finally, the answer to this Apple StackExchange question says no but then says that "Thunderbolt is a protocol for combining PCI express data with DisplayPort video protocols" (this web page explains the differences and similarities between Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C) and then says "DisplayPort embedded over USB 3.1/Type-C".

I am therefore a bit confused: Mini-DisplayPort (a video protocol) uses a Thunderbolt connector and DisplayPort is embedded over USB 3-1/Type-C…

My question: What happens if I buy a cable like this and connect it between my old MBP and my LG UltraFine 5K Monitor?


texts: 24" Intel iMac (2006) date and time keeps resetting on boot, even after new battery and NVRAM reset

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Since a week my iMac, running Snow Leopard, behaves strangely in two ways:

First, I always unplug the iMac when I don't use it. Now, when I plug it in, it immediately starts, without me pressing the On-button.

Second, after booting, the date and time are 1st of January, 2001, midnight. Several programs complain instantly. The IP address is something strange, certainly not the usual 192.168.X.Y address. As internet access, I use a network cable connected to a Devolo home-plug (connected to a fibre glass modem).

After two minutes of waiting, the iMac gets a normal IP address. One minute later, the date and time are what they should be.

First, when I googled the symptoms, the cause seemed easy: just replace the internal CR2032 battery. After all, it's 14 years old. I did that and it didn't help. It did change the volume of the startup chime though, it's much louder now.

Then I reset the NVRAM/PRAM, with the four button thing when booting. That helped for one boot, but on the second boot, 1st of January 2001.

I booted in Safe mode. Several times resetting NVRAM/PRAM. I checked the system settings, but they are what they have been the last 10 years.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to work. Is there anything else wrong with the machine? Is there some other battery that needs to be replaced?

Sometimes I booted the iMac without the Devolo, and used WiFi. Even when it did not have an internet connection, the time was always what it should be. So the strange IP address should not be the cause of the iMac not knowing the right date/time.


texts: Cannot get free apps from App Store after moving abroad

texts: I tried to load a free app, but as I have moved to Spain from the UK it wouldn't accept it. I had to change my Google password and I have tried to change my address from my iPhone but it won't let me.


texts: Sharing my VPN connection on macOS Sierra via WiFi

texts:
Using MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) with macOS Sierra 10.12.5 (16F73), I have a VPN connection through Pulse Secure on my WiFi, and I would like to share it with my mobile device, so I got a D-Link DWA-131 Nano USB WiFi adapter, and tried to connect through the new adapter to VPN, whilst sharing the connection through AirPort WiFi using Internet Sharing.

The sharing works, internet works, but VPN is not shared, only internet connection, so I tried to share my VPN using pfctl but with no luck, I've done it before through Ethernet, but I'm not able to do it through WiFi.

Here's what I do:

# sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
# sysctl -w net.inet.ip.fw.enable=1
(this generates sysctl: unknown oid 'net.inet.ip.fw.enable', no idea what is needed)
# pfctl -d
# pfctl -f nat-rules -e

My nat-rules file contains:

nat on utun1 from en0:network to any -> (utun1)

This is the only rule, it worked before when I was forwarding VPN from Ethernet to WiFi (different BSD device names of course).

Have you tried such thing before? It seems that the main problem is around creating a WiFi network without Internet Sharing, which doesn't seem to be possible


texts: Why does iOS 9 get bricked when reset to 1970?

texts: iOS 8/9 will get bricked if you set your date back too far. If someone could explain how exactly this happens, I would love to know.


texts: How to uninitialize an external disk in MacOS

texts:
I am attempting to erase an external disk and use it as a backup. I am sure the physical disk is not broken, but it is in a state where I cannot erase, restore, or partition it from Disk Utility.
Trying to restore from an image file yields OSStatus error 22. How can I completely remove all data from the disk? There is nothing on the disk that I need to keep, I just need to make it usable.

I flashed an linux image to the disk, then attempted to erase it to be used as storage.
Output of diskutil list:
     GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         500.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            15.1 GB    disk1s1
   2:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 15.1 GB    disk1s1s1
   3:                APFS Volume Preboot                 322.9 MB   disk1s2
   4:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.1 GB     disk1s3
   5:                APFS Volume VM                      4.3 GB     disk1s4
   6:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     332.3 GB   disk1s7

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *31.0 GB    disk2
   1:           Linux Filesystem                         718.2 MB   disk2s1
   2:                        EFI ARCHISO_EFI             68.2 MB    disk2s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data                         307.2 KB   disk2s3
                    (free space)                         30.3 GB    -

I am not really used to partitioning and formatting disks in MacOS, so any advice would be helpful.


texts: How can I reinstall macOS without a working display?

texts:
I had bought a used MacBook Pro 2013 on which Ubuntu was installed instead of macOS. Its display is broken, so I have been using an external monitor. However, when I tried to follow the official guide to reinstall macOS, nothing was displayed on the external monitor.
Is there a way to recover my MacBook Pro to macOS without paying for a new display?


texts: Prevent iMac from powering down TB3 port when it goes to sleep?

texts:
I have a FW400 audio interface connected to my '17 iMac via some adapters and the TB3 port on the computer. When the iMac goes to sleep it's apparently powering down the TB3 port which in turn powers off my audio interface and then causes a very loud, potentially damaging, "thump" to occur through the attached monitors.

I've taken to powering down the monitors, but I'd like to not have to do this as it's inconvenient with my current setup.

Is there a way to keep the TB3 port powered during sleep? There are no apparent settings for this in the Energy Saver pane in System Preferences:


texts: How do I avoid update checks for third party software (cobook), dont want to "update" by mistake

texts:
I have an app that I bought, unfortunately the company was also bought and the new version is seriously worse.

Hiding is not possible for third party software.
Removing MAS receipt makes the software "damaged".
Setting softwareupdate ignore cobook, does not work either.

There has to be some hack available, I don't want to "update" by mistake, and it bugs me to see the red "1", since I usually keep my software updated.

This would however be a downdate.


texts:
I've installed Windows 8 RTM (available to MSDN subscrbers) on my Core 2 Duo 13" Mac Book Pro.

I've been trying to install Visual Studio 2012 on my MBP and it keeps freezing up during install.  Given that I've successfully installed VS2012 through Parallels on the same box, I can't help but think it's specific to an interaction with MBP and Windows 8 through Boot camp.

What can I use to diagnose this problem and fix it? Is there a known issue with MBP and Windows 8 freezing up during installs?

As I've been using it more, it seems to freeze up after about 15-20 minutes of usage, without regard to what program is running.  I have to restart the Mac to get it to work again.


texts: Mac producing corrupt "dataless" local snapshots

texts:
On my MacBook Pro running 10.13.6 and formatted with APFS, I'm periodically seeing an issue where the machine is frozen when I try to wake it up, and requires a hard reboot to use again.

After some research, I found that corrupt "dataless" local snapshots can cause issues with sleep/wake. When investigating using

> tmutil listlocalsnapshots

I am seeing things like

> MacBook-Pro:~ myaccount$ tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-08-02-172540 (dataless)
com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-08-04-092555

So I've been deleting them successfully like this

> sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2018-08-02-172540

...and that will fix the problem for a while. But inevitably a few weeks later, I see the same issue again: frozen machine, hard restart, dataless local snapshot.

How do I stop my machine from producing corrupted local snapshots in the first place? Is this an issue with APFS?


texts: How to set default page size for Pages '09?

texts:
I'm not sure how I can set the default page size for Pages '09. For some reason, every time I set the page size as A4, it defaults back to US Letter.

I've tried setting these settings:

Settings: Save as default
Format For: Any Printer
Paper Size: A4

But the settings won't let me choose the 'save as default' option and goes back to Page Attributes.


texts: I'm Getting Errors When I Try to do 'brew update'

texts:
I want to install a gem. The instructions strongly suggest that I use Homebrew to install the gem dependencies. I have not used Homebrew a lot, maybe once years ago. I do remember that El Capitan already has it installed. I also remembered the 'brew doctor' and 'brew update' commands. First I ran brew update and got the following error:

[~]$ brew update
warning: unable to unlink CONTRIBUTING.md: Permission denied
warning: unable to unlink SUPPORTERS.md: Permission denied
fatal: cannot create directory at '.github': Permission denied
Error: Failure while executing: git pull -q origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master

I had no idea about the details of this error so I decided to try sudo brew update. I got the following error.

[~]$ sudo brew update
sudo: /private/etc/sudoers.d is owned by uid 501, should be 0
Password:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- mach (LoadError)
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/brew.rb:15:in `<main>'

Then I decided to run brew doctor. I got the following error.

[~]$ brew doctor
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- mach (LoadError)
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/brew.rb:15:in `<main>'

I guess the ruby version 2.0.0 is the version of Ruby that my Mac Mini Server is using for the OS. I'm using a newer version of Ruby with Ruby Version Manager for my Ruby on Rails applications.

The last time I used Homebrew it was either with Mavericks or Mountain Lion. I have no idea where to go from here to solve this problem. None of the documentation I have found online addresses this specific error.


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texts:
In several places in the iOS Apple Watch settings app, important functionality depends on "you" wearing the watch. Critically under the settings for unlocking the watch without requiring a passcode (Security > Unlock with iPhone):

  When this is on, unlocking your iPhone will automatically unlock Apple
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Does the Apple Watch really form a signature for recognizing a specific user (analogous to fingerprint recognition), or should the above read "as long as someone is wearing it (in BT range of your iPhone)"?


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I have some trouble with my MacBook Pro screen : on it appeared a transparent strip. It's visible from the MacBook start and I can't make it disappear.
However, I still can click on files, softwares...

I've already tried :

Many restarts
Safe mode
Reset NVRAM
Apple Diagnostics

When I plug another screen with HDMI I don't see it on 2nd screen.

Weird thing is that this strip has disappear once after using a full screen app for some time. But today after 2 days without using it, it's now more visible and flashes when I'm on some apps (but not flashing on desktop).

Thanks !


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Is there any solutions?


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texts:
I am using iPhone 3gs 16gb with OS 4.0.1 and each time screen blocks it is switching from wi-fi to 3g. It comes back automatically to wi-fi each time I unblock the screen.

Can I prevent it somehow? I want it to stay connected to wi-fi all the time.

How can I check how much datas it is downloading during?


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I would like to know when I logged in and out on my mac.

Is it possible?


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texts:
I have some Apple earplugs with a broken microphone, therefore I cannot talk. I would like to switch back to the built-in microphone. However, there is no option to do so in the Sound System Preferences, and only this is shown:

And if I unplug the earplugs, I only see the built-in microphone.

How can I switch to the built-in microphone, when I connect the earplugs?


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This pop-up comes up on the Ipad -1 constantly (every 60 seconds) and doesn't on my Apple 2 iPad with the on same Apple ID and password.


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texts:
If the folder structure is:
parentFolder
├── file1.rtf
├── file2.rtf
... #there are many more files.
├── moreFiles.rtf
├── subFolder1
├── subFolder2
├── subFolder3
... #there are many more subfolders.
└── moreSubFolders

How would I delete all subfolders except subFolder1 without deleting any  of the files?
I do not want to have to name each folder which should be deleted.
I also do not want to have name each file which should not be deleted.
I want a command that only deletes folders, not files, and allows the user to exclude some folders from being deleted.