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Like so many other people, I have an iOS 7 device that fails to backup to iCloud. Automatic backups don't occur, and I periodically get the "your iPhone has not been backed up in n weeks" message. Manual backups fail silently.

I used Xcode to look at the iPhone's console while running a manual backup, and I saw this message:

backupd[26422] <Warning>: WARNING: MobileKeyBag: _MKBBackupCheckKey: corrupt key; blob size 100, header+key size 2964429488
backupd[26422] <Warning>: WARNING: Failed to validate encryption key (protection class changed?): /var/mobile/Applications/EDED6B41-0E2A-4705-9E20-21223266C7CF/Library/googleanalytics.sql (acdcbfc20cba94afaf0d751d3cf039d68046bed5)
backupd[26422] <Warning>: WARNING: MobileKeyBag: MKBBackupCopyKey: Failed to rewrap
backupd[26422] <Warning>: INFO: Not retrying after unrecoverable error: Missing encryption key for file (MBErrorDomain/209)
backupd[26422] <Warning>: ERROR: Backup failed: Missing encryption key for file (MBErrorDomain/209)

So there is a specific file for a specific app which makes the entire backup fail. This matches one of the folk remedies suggested in the numerous threads on this issue in support forums: disable backing up all apps, then do a binary search to find out which one causes the backup to fail.

I thought it would be better to find a simpler solution. I couldn't figure out which app corresponds to that path in the filesystem, but the "Failed to validate encryption key (protection class changed?)" made me think that perhaps deleting the existing backup (from the iOS 6 days) might make things work again.

It actually made things worse: now I get a few screens' worth of messages like these:

backupd[26468] <Warning>: WARNING: MobileKeyBag: MKBBackupCopyKey: Failed to rewrap
backupd[26468] <Warning>: INFO: Encryption key not found for protected file: /var/mobile/Applications/68655AB4-A485-47BF-9E57-CA5BA6EB08C4/Documents/Inbox/request-8.mkdirectionsrequest (5ad7be5ccbc7c8ae2f7a0fee2a5e21bb590e2568)

I tried googling the error messages, but nothing useful turned out. That surprised me: obviously lots of people are having problems with iCloud backup, judging by all the support threads, but nobody thought to look at the logs?

Hopefully this can become the place where we actually find a solution.


texts: Long command in terminal.app cause a bug

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If I am in the last line of Terminal.app and enter a long command, it does not create new line, but instead overwrites the same line.

How can I solve this bug?


texts: Will reducing the number of or disabling spaces improve performance?

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If I turn off spaces on my MacBook, or reduce the number of spaces, will that improve graphics performances?

EDIT:

I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard on a MacBook 7,1 with 2GB of memory


texts: Backup software for backing up specific files only

texts: I need some backup software for just backing up files of a particular type or a smart folder. In this case I need to backup all my video. Is there a free backup software available that will accomplish this for me?


texts: Microsoft mouse acting erratically randomly with Thunderbolt to VGA connected?

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I am unaware if a third party adapter (Thunderbolt to VGA) would cause any erratic behaviour with a wired USB mouse? There is also an HDMI cable plugged in for an extended desktop.

Any ideas? Could that be the cause.


texts: Proportional Mouse Movement across Multiple Monitors?

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I have a MacBook Pro 2018 with Catalina (1920x1080px) and a 2nd external monitor (3440x1440px) arranged as below in Displays. I understand that there are scale options to change the resolutions but I don't want to actually scale them because then I lose screen width and height.
Currently the mouse can only move between the connected edges of the two screens. It stops if I try to move it down on the right half of the larger screen.
What I would like to do is move the mouse proportionally so the mouse can move smoothly between the screens without stopping one half. I could see this working two ways

The simpler solution would be for the mouse to consider the last 1520 pixels of the larger screen to be all above the edge of the smaller screen so if you move down, the mouse just moves to the right side of the smaller screen. (I feel like this is simpler anyway, no idea)
The other better solution would be for the mouse to associate every 1.79 pixel column with a pixel column below. This way when you move down at pixel 1790 on the large screen, it ends up at pixel 1000 on the small screen.

Are there any apps or tools that can accomplish either or both options?

As an example, here are two Windows apps that seems similar to what I want:

MouseTrap
LittleBigMouse.

So at the very least, this seems possible


texts: Where is "search" on the iPod nano 6th gen?

texts: I just won a 6th generation iPod nano at an auction, so I didn't get the box or the instructions. I've mostly figure it out, except I can't figure out where they hid search. I had it on my old nano and it was handy. Is there some arcane double tap or funky gesture I need to use? Unfortunately, trying to search for "search" on the web hasn't been super fruitful.


texts: Mac OSX: strange shaking (jitter) of screen

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I noticed that sometimes a strange interference in rendering happened on my screen. I thought it was some minor issue with hardware. It happened 2 or 3 times a few months ago and I didn't think much of it.

Now it is happening much more frequently... Just for fun I tried to capture it with a screen recording... I thought I won't be able to do that anyway because it's in hardware.

But it turns out the interference / jitter does appear in the recording:

See here: the upper part jitters: http://youtu.be/6hA3ugF5sME

(better quality video: http://cl.ly/2i460o0X3e3O/download/jitter.mp4)

It's probably not Chrome rendering issue because the jitter is not just in one textbox as it maybe seems by non careful observation. Logo and "How to format" section are included. I also think that it didn't always happen while in Chrome, but I'm not that sure.

Very strange?

UPDATE: actually this could still be hardware issue, of course... for example problems with graphics card. It is just that it's not the hardware problem in some circuit on the screen at the end of pipeline... if it was, then I couldn't capture it in the recording...


texts: How do you test network speed without an app?

texts: The usual Internet speed test is written in Flash. Is there an HTML one that works with iPad and iPhone?


texts: I was recently testing our internal SUS but am wanting to get back over to the beta update catalog (one used to get 10.10.1 beta) but did not make a backup. Does anyone have this or know where I can find this?


texts: "USB Needs more power." - Mac Pro with 7 Keyboards?

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I am in the process of setting up a MacPro whose sole purpose is to run VMs on each of the six possible screens each with it's own keyboard and mouse.
So what I have is six DVI monitors with six dual-link display-port to DVI/USB adapters and an Anker 10 port USB hub/charger to power them all.  The VMs are to be each assigned their own keyboard through virtualbox USB filters.

Originally the monitors were having some trouble coming up all at once (and in order) with a Macally 7 port hub so I'd thought the issue was the amount of power the hub was outputting.  Additionally none of the keyboards except for the one attached directly to the MacPro itself were being recognized so more power was figured necessary.

However even with the more powerful Anker USB Hub the system will not work with the extra keyboard and mouse attached through the hub with a single monitor running.  The "USB Needs more power." message still comes up. These all happened to be old extra Apple keyboards.  I've also tried with a couple of non-Apple specific keyboards and it appears that they only work when hooked up directly to the MacPro even though the USB power message does not come up. Next I'll be trying separate hubs for the display port hookups and the keyboards and mice to see if it is some sort of weird dual-link display-port to dvi issue.

Will MacPros only recognize a single Apple Keyboard? Only keyboards hooked up directly? Is this by chance a software issue I can disable or work around with extra software?


texts: How to remove application that is damaged or incomplete when it can't be found in the applications folder

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I have an app called Template on my computer with no icon.

When I click on it it says that "You can't open the application "Template.app" because it may be damaged or incomplete.".

I've looked in the application folder and searched in Finder trying to find this app to throw it in the trash, but I can't find it. It's not in the application folder or anywhere. So how can I get rid of it?!

I didn't use to have this application but I believe this happened after a system update long ago.

For information I'm running macOS Mojave v. 10.14.3.

Edit: Found this command in the terminal work.

sqlite3 $(find /private/var/folders \( -name com.apple.dock.launchpad -a -user $USER \) 2> /dev/null)/db/db "DELETE FROM apps WHERE title='Template';" && killall Dock


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I am entering the password correctly. I am able to log in to both me.com and iCloud.com. I tried @me.com and @whatever_is_my_apple_id_domain_is - there are no problems with the password.

I tried changing my password, but this did not help (supporting that this is not a password issue). And yet, I can't login.

What should I do to be able to log in to MobileMe without Unknown Validation Error?


texts: Will upgrading to Lion boost performance and responsiveness?

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I remember going from Leopard to Snow Leopard was a huge performance boost.

Going to Lion, is it going to be the case? Read so many reviews yet none of them discussed this (many discussed gestures and mission control, etc).

I'm running Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz with 4GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce 9400. Late 2008 Macbook unibody.

EDIT (for future me doing google search): It works very well. Performance is quite the same as Snow Leopard. Should wait a bit for spotlight indexing, and don't plug in time machine drive while spotlight index!


texts: Pages: line break appears before end of line

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For some very strange reason, I cannot seem to fit the text on line 2 inside the empty space of the 1st line. I tried deleting the words and re-writing them, which didn't work.
I tried changing font sizes back and forth, still didn't work.

I couldn't find this bug being referenced anywhere...

In the animation below / screen cap, I am only using delete and text keys of the computer.


texts: How do I get Home and End working for BOTH iTerm2 and VIM?

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I have been through at least a dozen articles and internet searches (including this one) and I cannot find a setting that satisfies what I want:  Both iTerm2 (at command prompt) and VIM to recognize Home and End the way they're meant to be used.
If I set Home to hex code 0x01 in iTerm2 key mapping, it starts working at the prompt, but stops working in VIM.
If I leave it alone, hitting Home and End work fine in VIM, but not at prompt.
What the hell is going on?
I have a Mac Keybinds file (located at ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict) that looks like this; and I have the same behavior when the keyword is BeginningOfLine as what's set here (BeginningOfParagraph):
{
/* Home Button*/
"\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfParagraph:";

/* End Button */
"\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfParagraph:";

/* Shift + Home Button */
"$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfParagraphAndModifySelection:";

/* Shift + End Button */
"$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfParagraphAndModifySelection:";

/* Ctrl + Home Button */
"^\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfDocument:";

/* Ctrl + End Button */
"^\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfDocument:";

/* Shift + Ctrl + Home Button */
"$^\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:";

/* Shift + Ctrl + End Button*/
"$^\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:";
}


texts: Does the OS kills resource hungry process automatically if the battery becomes low

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I am running virtual box with 2 VMs using MacBook Pro(macOS Sierra). I noticed that the virtualbox is killed whenever the battery charge becomes very less(~ 4%).

Does the OS kills it due to low battery or its just a correlation happening by chance after seeing it a few times.


texts: SSD Partitioning upgraded MBA (Macbook Air Model A1370) SSD

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I would like to 'ghost' a 128GB to a larger M.2 SSD.  Based on my experience with upgrading a Macbook to a larger SSD, MS-Office will shutdown.  The PC is a MacBook Air "Core i5" 1.6 11" (Mid-2011)

I would think (hope) that by partitioning the larger SSD to have the same size partition as the 128GB drive (MS-Office would 'see' the same drive?).  The goal is to ghost the 128GB drive to a partition on the new drive, such that MS-Office 2011 will not re-engage in the license exercise.  Has anyone had success using this strategy?  Ideally there would be a reference on the web.


texts: Disable "Return to previous app" button in iOS

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In iOS, when some action in an app causes another app to launch, a button appears in the status bar towards the left side of the screen, and when you press it, it returns you to the previous app (the app that caused the current app to launch). Here is what I mean:

Is it possible to disable it? If so, how?


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This is driving me crazy.

I have gone into Preferences and set spellchecking -> NEVER

But it will not stop!

:
  :

This gets my goat. I rarely if ever make spelling errors, and it is constantly getting in my way.

Is there some way to get rid of it once and for all?

EDIT: I use Mavericks' native speech recognition; maybe there're some conflict?


texts: my files wont stop saying 'waiting to upload'

texts: so ive been downloading sims4 mods for months on my macbook air and i went to download some more and for some reason all my files suddenly said "waiting to upload" or "upload" i don't understand why.i went onto my sims4 game and the previous mods are still there but not the new ones. when the "waiting to download" is'nt there all new mods work. i have so much storage space for icloud so whats going on? why are any downloaded files saying this?? i have re started my mac several times and re connected to two different wifi's but still nothing, its still saying the same


texts: How to copy one standard user profile of macOS to another machine

texts: I have a Standard user with parental control enabled on it. I have disabled many features as per our requirements. However, I want to have the same Standard user setup in other macOS machines too. Is there anyway to copy the user profile and create similar one in another macOS machine?


texts: App store thinks I have a bunch of apps installed after I reinstalled my mac

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I did a clean install of mountain lion using a bootable disk. Went into disk utility and erased the lion partition before the re-install.

Now when I go into the app store it thinks that all the apps that I have installed through the app store are already installed on the computer. It seems that the app store is consulting apples servers rather than my local machine so I can't install any of the apps because the buttons say the app is already installed.

How can I tell the app store that it's wrong that apps are not installed locally.


texts: How to migrate from Parallels to VirtualBox?

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I've tried Parallels and it's great but I still find it quite "expensive" so I would like to try out VirtualBox.

Is there a way to migrate my Parallels installation to VirtualBox?

The versions:

MacOs X 10.7.4
Parallels 7
VirtualBox 4.2.1

I've read some articles but they're quite old and don't match with my versions. Any help?


texts: How ask for administrator password before mounting any disk or image?

texts: I have a place with some mac computers and I don't want anybody mounting anything. Is there a way to ask for administrator's password before mount an USB or image?


texts: How do I queue up an album in the built in iPad Music app?

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I see that I can play individual songs by tapping on them, but I'm trying to figure out how to play albums, and ideally I'd like to do that by queuing them after what's currently playing is complete.

This is on an iPad 2 with the latest iOS update.

Is such a thing possible in the built in app?


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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) running Mac OS Mojave. When I boot it up, it shows a grey screen with a question mark on a folder.
I have figured out that the issue is with the internal SSD as I can boot from a USB installer with Mojave just fine. I can see the internal disk with diskutil and also see /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ from the terminal. I was able to recover the few files this way that I hadn't backed up earlier. However this was too slow as even an ls command on the Macintosh HD Volume takes a couple of minutes to execute and the system.log in /var/log shows loads of error messages of this type: Kernel[0]: disk1: I/O error. But, I managed to get the files I needed.
Now I want to wipe the SSD or atleast erase the data from the /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/, but I am not able to do that. I tried Disk Utility but it just hangs every time I open it and running diskutil from the terminal on always ends up with some error. I have tried verifyVolume, repairVolume, eraseVolume, deleteVolume, deleteContainer and eraseDisk with diskutil but they all end with an error which looks something like this: Error: -69877: Couldn't open device or similar to this.
I found this answer here to delete the APFS partition using a bootable USB with Linux Mint. This ended with an error message too saying Input/output error.
Is there any way I can wipe the SSD clean?
The disk and the volume are not encrypted and I have also tried resetting NVRAM, PRAM and SMC but none of that helped. Booting up into Recovery Mode doesn't help either. It shows a spinning globe but there is no progress bar, and nothing happens.


texts: How do I connect a 2016 MacBook Pro to a Display Port monitor?

texts: Apple's Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter only works with Thunderbolt displays. So how do I connect my 2016 MacBook Pro to my Display Port monitor?


texts: How do I permanently disable logging in Outlook 365 for Mac

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I ran into an weird issue today when I was prompted that I was running out of space on my disk.  Digging into the issue I found that Outlook has been generating a debug log so much that it chewed through almost 200GB of data in plain text.

Weird thing is logging is not enabled when I checked the settings and I can't seem to find an answer as to why it keeps generating the logs.  Deleting the log, stop, and then start Outlook again creates a new log file that hits over 200MB in less than 6 minutes. After about an hour it became over 1GB already.

How do I stop this non-stop generation of logs?


texts: As a developer, what if I don't support iOS 3.1?

texts: I am currently developing an iOS application. I'm considering not supporting anything less than iOS 3.1. I was wondering, can I expect a huge backlash from customers that buy this application and try to use it on devices that haven't been updated in years?


texts: Sort Numbers spreadsheet by how many times a value appears in a column

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From this image you can see I've sorted the table by column G alphabetically, but what I would like to do is isolate the rows that only have one instance of the value in the G column. Most have multiple but as you can see with the pink dots some only have 1.

Is there a way to order by the amount of times a value occurs on a column?

Thanks


texts: Unable to redirect SmartCard in Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac. Option greyed out

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I've been using Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac to connect to a windows machine.
I used to be able to redirect a smart card to the remote windows computer. I recently upgraded the RDP app on Mac and now the option to redirect a smart card is greyed out. I've tried removing and re-adding the card but no luck. Has anyone seen this behavior before?


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I got an iPad 2. With 4.3.3 version, that I somehow managed to jailbreak last year. Im a jail breaking noob, and was wondering, how do I update my current jail broken version, to a later jail broken version, so I can download apps from the app store that require OS 6 or greater

How do I upgrade to the latest jailbroken version of iOS?


texts: Macbook Pro 13" with Retina Display: Black Screen

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So this is not my computer, but my girlfriends. She was doing thesis work in the library when all of a sudden the screen to her Macbook began to malfunction. At the point it is at now, whenever it is booted up, it makes the normal booting sound yet the screen is completely black with gray bars in the center. The bars span the screen vertically, but are compacted into an almost solid gray bar horizontally.

The first repair shop nearby claimed that it was a broken screen that needed replacing, but I would like to see if anyone else has ideas before accepting that solution. Could it also possibly be issues with the integrated graphics card? Has anyone else had this issue?

And as a less technical issue, what would be required to use an external display with a Macbook Pro?


texts: Can I use a ZFS ZEVO-managed USB hard disk for Time Machine backups and does it offer de-deduplication?

texts:
ZEVO support for Time Machine

Can I use a ZEVO-managed USB hard disk for Time Machine backups?

ZFS dedup

Will ZEVO and Time Machine give me de-duplication (which is sorely missing from Time Machine on HFS+, especially if you backup multiple machines to the same disk)?


texts:
I am using Safari as Internet browser, and I noticed that Facebook does not autonomously load its contents when scrolling down. There are also other  quirks, e.g., the notification tab does not show any entry.

This only happens when visiting Facebook and only using Safari (both Google Chrome and Firefox do not show any issue).

Has this happened to someone before? Does someone know how to solve this issue?


texts: Bootcamp partition won't boot MacOS beta

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I created and used a Windows 10 Bootcamp partition on my retina MBP 2013 running MacOS 10.12.2 about a month ago. I recently returned from a three week trip (I left my laptop at home) and installed MacOS 10.12.4 beta (16E163f) on my laptop. I am now unable to boot into Windows. When I held the option key during startup, the only thing that appeared was the Macintosh HD partition.

I booted into Mac and checked that the Bootcamp partition mounted successfully. It did. I went to System preferences and clicked on the Startup disk preference panel. My options were Macintosh (indicated by the drive icon and Windows (indicated by the folder with the Windows icon on it, like usual). I clicked on the Windows folder and hit the restart button. When the computer booted up, it showed a black screen with white letters reading "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key".

I never installed MacOS 10.12.3 on this computer (I skipped from 10.12.2 to 10.12.4 beta).

UPDATE: Bootcamp partition still doesn't work on newest beta (release 4, build 16E175b).

My questions are:

What could have caused this problem? The partition was fine a month ago.
Has anyone else seen this problem and, if so, what have you done to fix it?
Even if you haven't seen this problem, what should I do to continue to try to troubleshoot this problem? Can I fix the boot error without losing my Bootcamp partition? (I have a backup as a disk image. Please note that I would like to avoid reinstalling the 10.12.3 OS release if possible, but if that's the only idea I can try that too.)


texts: Terminal won't ask for passphrase and not stored in keychain

texts:
I recently rent a VPS and generated a public/private key pair and transferred it to my server (added it there to the authorized_keys file) ...

So far on my first login via terminal on OSX I got asked for my passphrase and declined to save it to my keychain.

However my terminal won't prompt for the passphrase anymore, instead I can connect instantly via "ssh myserver.com" ...

I can't find the key in my keychain (why should I) and can't figure out why it's not asking for my passphrase!

EDIT: Ok, after a restart of my macbook I get the prompt again. One time. It seems it saves it temporarily ... I do not want that


texts: How to manually input data into a python script while running in Atom or VScode?

texts:
I have an iMac running High Sierra. I've been learning python and I use Atom or VScode.

One problem I've experienced in both of these is that if I run a python script with an input statement like: num = int(input("Enter a number: ")) it doesn't work.

It works fine running from a terminal, but not if I'm using Atom or VScode. There seems to be no way to input data into a python script while it is running unless you code it in.

Can anyone tell me how to interactively input data into my python script while it is running?


texts: Export iBook collections from an iPad to PC

texts:
I have 1500 books, which are PDF and DRM-Free, organized in collections, and need to transfer them to a PC with the same organization.

Is possible to export iBook collections from an iPad to PC?


texts: Apache works, 127.0.0.1 is accessible, but http://localhost/ is not

texts:
In 10.7.2 update Apple roll out new bug, - hosts bug. This crashed broken hosts. I had tried install and configure dnsmasq, reconfig /etc/hosts/, and after this manipulations http://localhost/ doesn't load. If you need more info, please request it ))

My /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
#

My /etc/resolv.conf file:

#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
domain RT-G32
nameserver 8.8.8.8

dig localhost

ps sorry for a little broken english ^_^


texts: Monitor HTTPS traffic on an ios device or maybe remotely on the Internet

texts:
I want to monitor HTTPS network traffic on the Internet and not Intranet.  I would use a tool like Charles or Fiddler and setup a proxy but I could only host through Intranet. Plus, I have the issue of decrypting https traffic.

Ideally, I would like to monitor all http requests on the ios device, log to a file and then I can monitor the full data in that file.  Also, I am working Cordova/Xcode ObjectiveC code to create webviews, so the application I want to monitor is not a full browser like Safari.  I would be monitoring webrequests through that webview.

Is there a way to do this?  What applications in iTunes/Store are available to print out decrypted https requests.

...


texts: Can I play audio from my iPhone on my Mac?

texts:
Can I attach my iPhone 3GS to my Mac Pro so that the iPhone's audio plays through the Mac Pro's speakers?

I can easily attach my Bose headphones so that the music from the iPhone plays through them… that's cool… but I want others to hear the music through my Mac Pro's speaker system.


texts: With iCloud photo storage enabled, do the photos get saved locally on the device and uploaded to iCloud?

texts:
My wife has an iPhone 6s and I am trying to understand the way in which the device uses local storage. Her photos are very important to her and as such, I want them to be backed up safely. So we pay for extra storage on her iCloud account and her photos go there. Are they also stored on the device? Also, can they be deleted to make more available space on the local device but remain on the iCloud?

I am not very familiar with iOS devices.


texts: No in browser video playback and/or sound W10 1809 Bootcamp MBA2018

texts:
Upon release I installed W10 1809 on a 2018 MacBook Air (i.e. the most recent one).

Bootcamp audio drivers are v 6.1.7200 (most recent) and macOS Mojave was and is fully up to date.

Even so, video playback is broken and there is no sound, nor does the mic pick up any sound.

In macOS everything works perfectly.

Initially I thought it was something specific to the new device/new W10 version but so many months after release of both, I'm starting to wonder...

Did anyone here encounter this?

There are scattered reports online but no solutions:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250209569


texts: Hard Drive I replaced still showing up in Disk Utility and as a Startup Disk

texts:
I have a late 2012 Mac Mini running macOS Sierra (10.12.6). It came with a 1TB fusion drive. I recently removed that drive to replace it with a 960GB SSD. All is working fine except for two issues.

The old fusion drive shows in the left column of Disk Utility (as APPLE HDD...).
If I restart while hiding down the option key, it shows up there too.

In Terminal, in diskutil list, it shows up as disk0. The replacement SSD shows up as disk1.

Is there anyway to keep the 'phantom' disk from showing up?


texts: Which font is used when I export formulas from Grapher?

texts: You can export formulas from Grapher with drag&drop. Which font is used for this? I want to write some stuff in the same font in Keynote, but I cannot find the correct font...


texts: Using Apple Script to Manage Sound Output Selection

texts:
I am brand new here and I have an additional clarification or need additional help for an issue from this thread - Applescript: "can't get tab group 1 of window" (El Capitan)

In my preference pane, in addition to Headphones and Digital out, I also have 2 apple monitors and would like the option of selecting one of them as out put (namely the first one in the list).

Basically I need help with adjust his solution to be able to select the third row or first monitor as sound output.  Or a way to accomplish this without knowing how to edit AppleScript for a different setup.


texts: Trying to recover from very old macOS backups, but not sure I can recall the login/passwords I was using then

texts:
I realised recently that I'd lost some important very old photos from my laptop. Because I didn't notice, they've been lost from the online backup as well.
I think I have them on on some old physical backup disks, but I see the photos folder are locked, and I can't remember the login/passwords I was using for my machine back in those days.
Is there a way to unlock the files/folders?
Thanks


texts: How do I stop Safari on my iPad from reloading tabs once they are already open?

texts:
For instance, I like reading Quora. They regularly send me digests to my email. What I do is I click the link from the email that opens the digest in Safari tab. I usually prefer to leave those open tabs until later on (usually Sunday) when I go through many tabs at once and read through them all.

Well, this works really well on Chrome browser on my Windows desktop but on my iPad, when I open Safari (say after a week or so) it reloads the page instead of showing what was opened there originally (a week ago.) This results in the old digest being completely reloaded with some new stuff.

Is there any way to make Safari on my iPad stop reloading pages and just keep what was shown there originally? It is very annoying!


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I would like the screen saver (which shows family photos) to launch each morning when the computer wakes in the morning.  I used the Energy Saver option to sleep the computer each night and to wake it each morning.  But instead, each morning I find a blank screen and am forced to login to start the screen saver.
I am wondering if someone can recommend a way for the screensaver to start automatically each morning, without needing to login.  This is for a computer at my (elderly) parents house where they love to watch the photos, but don't quite understand why they would need to log in to see them each morning.
The only solution I have is to completely turn off energy save mode and leave the computer/screensaver on in perpetuity.
Ideas?
System = iMac 27/2013 with OSX 10.9.1 (also 10.8)


texts: How do I completely disable automatic keyboard backlighting on Macbook Pro with OSX Lion?

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I have the system pref "Automatically illuminate the keyboard in low light" disabled. However, when I wake the computer from sleep and the login prompt appears, the keyboard backlight turns on. Despite the fact that I didn't ask for this, it's actually somewhat useful, so I don't object to that. But, once I log in, the keyboard backlight stays on. AND, to make matters worse, the machine seems to "think" that the backlight is off, because pushing the backlight dimming button (the one shared with F5) doesn't dim the keyboard backlight. Instead, I have to first increase the backlight, then decrease it, in order to disable it.

So, I'm looking for a way either to: 1. ensure that the auto-enabled keyboard backlight self-disables upon login, or 2. completely, 100%, totally disable any auto-enabling of the keyboard backlight (an acceptable alternative to 1, since I don't really need it auto-enabling at login).

Note: an unacceptable solution is one that completely disables the keyboard backlight. I need to be able to invoke it manually when desired.


texts: Quick, automated way to verify the copy of a folder?

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I have a lot of files that I've been transferring around my network and to external hard drives.  For example, I just copied a folder with files representing an old laptop's disk image (created with clonezilla) from an external hard drive to my macbook pro.

Is there an app or script I can use that would allow me to verify that all the files in the folder were copied correctly and without corruption?  I want to be able to run something on the source and target folders that will give me confidence that they are identical.  Ideally, the tool would be able to verify folders on a network drive as well.


texts: How to only show Time Machine menu bar icon when backup drive is available?

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I like having the Time Machine icon available in my menu bar so I can see the progress on backups. This information, though, is only useful to me when my external hard drive is plugged in. When it's not, I'd rather save the menu bar space.
⇒ How can I only show the Time Machine menu bar icon when my external drive is available?
In System Preferences there is an option to "Show Time Machine in menu bar". This, though, is an absolute, and does not adjust based on drive availability (unlike the Display menu bar option: "Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available").


texts:
I updated my iPhone 4 from iOS 4 to iOS 5 a while back. Now I am trying to update my wife's iPhone 4 without jumping all the way to iOS 6, so how do I determine what model I need?

5.0.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw
5.0.1 (4 GSM): iPhone3,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw
5.0.1 (4 CDMA): iPhone3,3_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw
5.0.1 (4S): iPhone4,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw

My phone version is listed as 5.0.1 (9A405). Can you help me understand which restore file is the right one? And will these files restore my phone or simply upgrade to the next OS?


texts: Is there a way to export iPhone slideshow to PC?

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I’m using an iPhone 5s and windows computer.

I’d like to watch and share the beautiful slideshow iPhone creates with Photos.


texts: Can I have Windows share disk space with macOS?

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I want to dual boot between macOS and Windows 10. But I don't want to give each a fixed amount of disk space, which is hard to change later. I instead want to keep it flexible so that at some times, macOS can use more disk space, and at other times, Windows.

How do I do this without using a VM? I don't need or want to run both OSs at once. I want to dual boot.

Can I install Windows and ask it to boot from a disk image or sparse image on the HFS+ filesystem? Or, alternatively, boot macOS from a disk image on an NTFS filesystem?

Or is that some LVM stuff that works for this?


texts: VirtualBox does not work after upgrading to Big Sur

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During the holidays, I decided to upgrade from Catalina to Big Sur (macOS 11.1 (20C69) to be precise). The one thing I did not account for is that VirtualBox stopped working.
I followed the usual advice of using the VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool script to remove any trace of VirtualBox, rebooting, installing the latest stable version from a VirtualBox-6.1.16-140961-OSX.dmg disk image, ... which fails.  The install does not complete. I'm apparently not alone in experiencing this. Afterwards, VirtualBox is present on the file system however. Trying to start it works, although not booting up VMs. This fails with a rather expected
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)

Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully.

where: suplibOsInit what: 3 VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (-1908) - The support driver is not installed. On linux, open returned ENOENT.

error message. After dismissing it, the VM process crashes (throwing EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)).
I then tried pretty much everything in the giant thread out it on the VirtualBox forums. Nothing works for me. The test versions also do not work at all, despite completing the installation.
All other articles and forum entries as well as Ask Different questions were either dismissed because the author was using a pre-release version of macOS 11 or describe situations that, to the best of my understanding, simply cannot occur on Big Sur. Like manually accepting kernel extensions via System Preferences > Security & Privacy. As far I can gather, kernel extensions are no longer supported in Big Sur, hence the breakage of software that relies on them, like VirtualBox.
I need VirtualBox for my Vagrant development boxes. For the time being, it means I'm dead in the water, probably having to re-install Catalina from scratch or buy both a VMware and a VMware Vagrant plugin license.
Maybe someone else has experienced the same issue as I have and can shine some light on the steps taken to get stuff working on Big Sur. This answer did not work as well for me.
Edit: For the time being, VMware Fusion plus the Vagrant VMware plugin appear to do the job quite nicely. And by purchasing the plugin, I'm actually supporting OSS development of Vagrant. Additionally, VMware appears to be quite a bit more performant compared to VirtualBox. Oh well, I guess that's what you get for running something like macOS as a development machine and update too early. Lesson learned: I'm going to trail macOS releases by a full year from now on.
Edit 2: VMware Fusion has issues with Vagrant creating private network addresses. This fails with a "Failed to create new device" error and Hashicorp support has no idea what may be wrong. However, after a full disk wipe and clean install of Big Sur, suddenly VirtualBox installs just fine and runs as expected — meaning, like before. No issues with private networks as well and no SIP messing around or the like required. Just initiated a refund for the VMware plugin license. It's pretty clear that the OS updater breaks stuff in subtle ways that are hard to troubleshoot. My suggestion to someone in a comparable situation: backup your system, wipe it, make a clean install and rebuild it from scratch (not a Time Machine backup). Now the only issue are random kernel panics on restart, even on the clean install. Oh well...


texts: Is there a way to refresh symbolichotkeys.plist without logging out?

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There is an extremely annoying bug in OS X with a non-Apple mouse where every time I reboot I have to go into ~/Library/Preferences and delete com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist, logout, then reset my buttons for Expose and Spaces.

This bug has been around for years now, and Apple refuses to fix it so I'm trying to figure out a way to make starting up a less painful experience.  I think it would be bearable if I could just scrap symbolichotkeys and refresh without having to logout.  Is there a command or AppleScript that could accomplish this?


texts: Can I set a slideshow background on iOS?

texts: I know that on a Windows PC I can set my desktop background to be a slideshow of images that changes periodically. Is this possible on an iPhone in any way? If so, how can I do it?


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Every time I set an alarm on my iPhone 11 (iOS 14.4) the volume is so annoyingly high. I've tried to lower it from the side buttons but the alarm's volume seems not to be affected. I've also tried to lower it from Settings > Sound & Haptics > Ringer and Alerts but the volume blasts my eardrums nonetheless every time I set an alarm. I'd really love some help in lowering it if possible.
Thanks in advance


texts: Is there offline alternative to Workflowy?

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Is there any offline Workflowy alternative with breadcrumb navigation, click on bullet to "Zoom" and ability to paste image inside notes.

The closest I found was Taskpaper but it doesn't have breadcrumb navigation, "Zoom" into bullet and ability to paste image inside notes.


texts: Python no longer working, Config directory empty

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I tried debugging this on my own, but to no avail. Here's the problem -

I have a MacBook Pro 13" OS X 10.7.3 with Python 2.7 (no other version installed)

I recently installed MAMP from their website. It's a good way to test out site building. But today, when I tried installing a python package using easy_install, it just doesn't accept the request. Here's the error -

nitin:~ nitinthewiz$ easy_install virtualenv
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 553, in <module>
main()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 535, in main
known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 268, in addusersitepackages
user_site = getusersitepackages()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 243, in getusersitepackages
user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 233, in getuserbase
USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 535, in get_config_var
return get_config_vars().get(name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 434, in get_config_vars
_init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 287, in _init_posix
raise IOError(msg)
IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

I checked out the folder at /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config/ and guess what, it's Empty!

The reason I mentioned MAMP in the beginning was because I realized that MAMP has it's own python 2.6 installation within itself and I thought maybe it's interfering with my python 2.7. But it seems that's now the case because when I type python into the terminal, it refers to my python 2.7 as you can see from the path above.

Can anyone help? I was hoping to begin playing around with python after a long time today but this error is making me go crazy! Also, I play around with a lot of things in python and have a lot of packages installed. I have not been able to find a command to list all the packages installed under easy_install.

Can anyone help with either of my problems??


texts: How do I prevent the mirror-effect in video recordings in Photo Booth?

texts: I am trying to record a lecture using Photo Booth on my Macbook but I want to be able to record what the professor has on the board. Unfortunately, photobooth seems to have a mirror image, so that all the writing is reversed. How do I get the camera to be a normal non-mirror camera?


texts: Permanently route an host to VPN in OS X

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I need VPN from the university to ssh to my office computer. But each time I start the VPN, I have to route the host to ppp0 manually to use it,

sudo route add lab_computer.foo ppp0

because my previous attempt of rerouting was lost. And frankly it's a pain. I wonder if it's possible to use some script to automatically reroute it every time I successfully establish the vpn connection.

PS1. I am using OS X. But I think for both unix and linux system they should be similar?

PS2. I don't want to route all connection to vpn because in that way, the connection to other hosts will be unnecessarily slowed down.


texts: Can SATA negotiated link speed be set lower in software?

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Background: I have a MacBook Pro (late 2011) with a SATA III 6Gb SSD installed in place of the optical drive. Sources say this configuration should work, but I've been having problems (read/write failures, spinning beachball, etc) of exactly the sort you would expect if a SATA II bus was trying to operate at SATA III speeds. I'm beginning to suspect that my laptop may have the issue reported for early 2011 MacBooks that made them unstable with 6Gb SATA III. The best solution would be a SATA 2.0 drive, but the drive I have is already in hand.

Is there any way (preferably through software) to set the SATA Negotiated Link Speed to 3Gb instead of 6Gb?

Edit: The SSD in question is a Seagate/Samsung 850 EVO (MZ-75E250B/AM), if the solution is drive-specific.


texts: How to disable face detection in Photos for OS X

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I don't like the feature that automatically detects faces in Photos for OS X because of the unnecessary CPU and disk space consumption. A photo library of 360 MB generated 50 MB of face detection data inside the Photos Library.

Is there any way to disable this feature in Photos for OS X?


texts: How to disable 'Exit Full Screen' with escape on Yosemite

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If I press Escape by mistake while working, it exits full screen mode.

I could use Ctrl+Cmd+F if I want to exit full screen mode. How can I prevent Escape key in full screen mode?


texts: If I replace my MacBook Pro hard drive can I reinstall OS X using Internet Recovery?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro early 2011 and my hard drive is failing, I was wondering once I replace the hard drive, is reinstalling the OS X as easy as turning it on and booting into Internet Recovery, formatting the drive, and just reinstalling OS X?


texts: Thunderbolt 2 Dock - Display stops working after waking from sleep

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I recently bought a used Elgato Thunderbolt 2 dock off ebay and everything seems to be working fine apart from this display issue.
Here are some details of the issue:

The monitor is connected to the dock through the HDMI port of the dock.
Upon waking from sleep, the display flashes (the flash that occurs when a display is connected or disconnected) and the monitor no longer works and displays a 'No Signal'.
To get the display to work again via the dock, the mac has to be restarted.
Ethernet, USB ports and headphone/microphone ports of the dock work  when this issue occurs.

Some steps I've taken in an attempt to solve/isolate the issue:

Connecting a display directly from the mini display-port/thunderbolt port of the Macbook works.
Reconnecting the display and thunderbolt cable does not fix the issue.
Power cycling the dock (taking out the power adapter and putting it back in) does not work.
Using the second thunderbolt port on the Macbook does not work.
Disconnecting the HDMI cable from the dock and using the second thunderbolt port on the dock to connect a display via a mini-displayport adapter does not work.
Using another Macbook (a different model, more specifically a Macbook Air) works fine.
SMC and PRAM resets have been done already. Does not make a difference.
Looking at the console, multiple log entries appear which seem to suggest that the HDMI port is being reconnected multiple times:

My Macbook Details

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
List item
OSX Mojave 10.14.6
Intel Core i7 2.8 Ghz
16 GB DDR3
1TB SSD/Flash Storage
Intel Iris Pro/AMD Radeon R9 M370X

I've recently done a clean install, coming from the OSX catalina beta. So suggesting this again is out of the question.
Any help is appreciated.


texts: Moving Macbook Snow Leopard drive to a Macbook Pro that had Yosemite installed: kernel panic!

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My wife has a mid 2006 macbook that has been upgraded to snow leopard. I have a mid 2008 macbook pro that has been upgraded to Yosemite. I now want to give my macbook pro to my wife, and thought I could just swap in the drive from her macbook into the MBP (and then subsequently upgrade her to Yosemite).  Swapping results in a kernel panic on the MBP; having done some reading, I suspect the problem is that somewhere along the way the MBP's firmware was upgraded such that it can no longer run snow leopard.

Since I can't (apparently) swap the drive in, what is the best way to move my wife's entire drive contents (i.e. apps, data, settings, whatever else) over to the MBP under Yosemite with as little fuss as possible? I have a cloned version of her macbook snow leopard drive available if that helps matters...


texts: How do I install Mac App Store apps on OS X Yosemite in 2020

texts: I'm trying to install a bunch of apps from the mac app store (macOS 10.10, 24" Early 2008 iMac), but when i press get, it says that its incompatible, is there any way that i can install them (i.e. like bypass these checks or get older versions of the app)


texts: Can I preset the hibernation file size on a Mac so that it can always hibernate?

texts:
The short version of the question is: is there a way to preset the hibernation file to be 8GB so that the Macbook Air can always hibernate?

My Macbook Air only has 256GB of SSD space, and right now it has about 3GB of free space.  And when the Macbook Air is not plugged in to the power, sometimes I come back and the machine is already powered down.

It used to be able to wake up from deep hibernation (writing all the RAM data to SSD), but I think because I have only 3GB of SSD space and there is 8GB of RAM, so there is not enough space, and as a result, I think Mac OS X actually did a shutdown instead of hibernate.  The bad thing is that in Google Chrome, I will lose all the webpages I opened.  I can look into history for them, but some pages were opened 3 days ago, and it is hard to hunt down every one of them.

So is there a way to preset the hibernation file to be 8GB so that next time I clean up the SSD and have 12GB, I won't accidentally use up 5GB and then the Macbook won't be able to hibernate again?  That is, reserve the space first, so that let's say if I clean up the Macbook Air to have 12GB of free space, immediate make the hibernation file 8GB, and then making the SSD only having 4GB to use?


texts: Does loading a bootcamp partition in VMWare fusion affect Time Machine?

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Recently I upgraded the RAM on my MacBook Pro and did a fresh install of Windows 7 using BootCamp. I partitioned 200MB out of my 500MB drive to be for Windows 7. I then had VMWare Fusion setup the partition to be used from within it.

Since I've done this, I've noticed that Time Machine is running a lot more frequently. When I click in the taskbar to view it's status, it often says it is backing up approximately 5GB of information at a time, or processing about 2000 files at a time.

Sometimes I let the process finish, sometimes I tell it to stop because it starts to slow down the machine a little (since I'm doing heavy development work both on the Virtual and the Physical machine).

This leads me to believe that Time Machine is backing up my Virtual Machine in addition to my Physical Machine. Is this correct? Is there a way to prevent it? I plan on using Windows 7's own backup tool for the virtual machine.


texts: How do I log-out (or reset) Microsoft's RMS / AIP [Azure Information Protection] identity on a Mac for Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook?

texts:
Microsoft 365 offers a RMS / Right Management Service called Azure Information Protection which is integrated with Outlook, Word, Excel. It encrypts documents of certain files, in a nutshell.
On a Windows computer switching between two accounts within Word is relatively easy, but switching the under-the-hood RMS/AIP account is harder. On Windows you launch the Azure Information Protection Unified Labeling Client and reset the logged-in account via that application.
On a Mac the integration in Office of AIP with Sensitivity Labels is similar to Windows; however, no AIP- unified (right-click) client exists at the moment of writing for Mac OS.
My question is: How do I log-out or reset the logged-in AIP user on a Mac?
It doesn't not matter what the logged-in account in Word is, that one is not necessarily linked to the account which logged is in AIP/RMS and fetches the appropriate Sensitivity labels and access rights.


texts: Monitor turns off for two seconds after login

texts:
I have a mac mini 2018 model that runs mojave with an external monitor connected via hdmi output of mac mini.
After login with my credentials and when the progress bar is loading my monitor turns off for about 2 seconds and then it turns on again.

Do you have any ideas about what could be happened?


texts: Do deleted iPhone photos remain in the iCloud

texts:
Can I delete photos from my iPhone without losing the iCloud copies?

I am short of memory on my phone and want to free up space.


texts: Apple OS X Yosemite Email Viewing Preferences

texts: Previous versions of OS X had a dropdown menu under Viewing in Mail Preferences that allowed you to choose the type of heading or no heading at all when viewing an email.  The drop down menu is still there but now there is only one choice available: "headers".  I can find no mention of this issue on any Apple forums.  Maybe no one else uses it?  Or am I the only one with this issue?  Would appreciate any suggestions for a fix.  I often save emails as PDFs and prefer not to have header info showing.


texts: Preview app not working properly in macOS Mojave

texts:
After upgrading macOS to Mojave, Preview app is not functioning the same.
I am no longer able to delete, drag & drop or select several files and open in the same window.

Is there a fix for this or do I need to go back to Sierra?


texts: Prevent Voice Memos from ending up on iPhone when connecting to iTunes

texts:
I deleted Voice Memos from my iPhone. However, after I connected it to my laptop and open iTunes, it just restored all the Voice Memos again. How do I get rid of this?

I just need all notes on my laptop, but not on my iPhone.


texts: Terminal highlight color changes when window is not targeted

texts:
I have a terminal profile in which I changed the highlight color (let's say, to green). I didn't like it so I changed it back to blue. Now, whenever I am targeting the window and I highlight, the highlight color is blue, but if I click on another window (the terminal is now a background window), then the highlighted portion turns back to green.

How can I change the highlight color so that it stays the same as when the window is targeted?


texts: Middle mouse button stops working from time to time

texts:
I have a very strange problem, and it started since I got my LG 5K Ultrafine screen and started using an external keyboard and mouse.

I usually notice it in Blender, so it might be related to that.

I use the middle mouse button to rotate the view in Blender, and suddenly it acts as if I'm holding down the mouse button, even if I'm not, and when I move the mouse the view rotates.

Now if I switch to a browser, like Chrome, the middle mouse button doesn't work. I can't close tabs for example, which usually works.

Using the track pad, I can triple finger click, and it works as it should.

I have a couple of mouse controlling apps, to make it work like I'm used to from PC, and it might be causing these issues.

Smart scroll (to controll scroll speed in different apps)
USB overdrive (to disable the horrible acceleration)
Logitech control center (which only works when a Logitech mouse is in)

I just tried switching to a Logitech mouse, and it has the same issues as the other mouse, which is a Corsair (which doesn't have Mac drivers, but it usually just works)

Suddenly it just starts working again, and also a reboot helps, but it's so annoying since it happens like once every 30 minutes or so.

So it's a weird problem, and I'd be happy to know if anyone has had anything similar?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What does the “i” in Apple product names mean?

What started the whole "i" movement and what does the "i" stand for when talking about iPods, iPhones, iMacs, iPads and iCarly (woops!).  I think it started with the iMac that came out in the late 90's, but still have always wondered where the "i" came from in terms of the product.  Thanks.


texts: How can one start a process and monitor its syslog messages?

texts:
I would like to start a process and monitor its LOG_DEBUG syslog messages.

I know that I can change the filter of an already running process with syslog -c process (and then monitor its messages with syslog -w -k Sender process), but that requires the process already to be running and furthermore fills up logfiles with messages that I only need temporarily.

Is my only option to change the running configuration with syslog -config, then later restore the configuration once I have read the messages I want?  Surely there is a "better" way.


texts: Disconnect external HD when installing El Capitan upgrade?

texts:
I use an external HD with Time Machine to back up data.
Should I disconnect external HD before installing/upgrading to El Capitan?


texts: Simultaneous left and right click with trackpad

texts:
I'm trying to play a game on my MacBook (The Settlers under DOSBox) that makes use of something the manual calls a "special click": holding down the right mouse button and clicking the left mouse button.

It seems to be impossible to do that using the trackpad. Apart from attaching an external mouse, is there any way to simulate such input?


texts: How can I see a url link inside a PDF file opened in Safari or in Preview without open that link?

texts:
I've got a PDF file with an Image inside that has a url link to a page.
I need to see that link without opening it.
I expect to see this link when I move the mouse on the image, but I can't see it anywhere.
Is there a way to see the link in Safari or in Preview in Yosemite?

UPDATE

The problem is that I have a working web link on an image inside the PDF, and below a non working one, but only in Safari and Preview. It works perfectly in Chrome. the PDF is generated by myself with the fpdf library.


texts:
I just got an AT&T SIM and was looking for an app to manage the account.

A search came up with myAT&T but when I try to search the App Store on the phone I get dozens of irrelevant apps, but NOT what I was looking for.

How can I find EXACT app in App Store

EDIT

I searched in Safari (on the phone with the AT&T SIM), and clicked the link in the answer, but the result says "This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices"

I am in the US - connected to AT&T, running iOS 10.3.3 (the latest for the iPhone5C)

I can launch the App Store app, but there is no download link, and it states "This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices".

On my iPad I get an error "The item you've requested is not currently available in the Australian Store" - so I guess my problem then becomes how to use the US Store.


texts: Books on Mac won't download epubs from iCloud

texts:
I use Books on Mac (Big Sur) to organize my non-Apple epub library. Books successfully syncs across devices, and when I want to read a book on my Mac, I often need to click the cloud download button in the top right corner of the book cover to download the book.
At some point recently, downloading stopped working on Mac (only). When I click the button, the title is added to the 'download manager' ("Show Downloads" next to the "All Books" link), however the progress indicator spins endlessly and the books are not downloaded.
I have 15GB free on my 512GB disk, running Big Sur 11.2.3 on a Macbook Pro 2017.
Any idea why this might be happening and what I can do about it?


texts: How to show newly added books in iBooks on iPad?

texts:
I use an iPad mini 4 as an ebook reader to read PDF books. I don't know if it's because of my stupidity or else, I feel iPad is many times harder to use as an e-reader than an android tablet, it has caused me many headaches in doing things as simple as transferring or syncing books. I often have the thought of ditching the iPad and getting an android tablet instead but my thrifty nature always wins.

I have many books on iPad, and I use collections to manage books in the iBooks app. A problem has harassed me for a long time: when I add a new book to iTunes, sync it to iPad, and try to move it to a collection, it is very hard to find the newly added book on iPad. It is buried in a list of hundreds of books. There is no "not in any collection" category. I searched Google many times for a simple solution but without success.

Where do I find newly added books in iBooks app?


texts: Can promo code users update a 'custom app for business'

texts:
I've made a small app for the company I work at and I'm looking to distribute it. It isn't going to very many people, less than 100. I don't want to use it as a B2B app as then I'd need to setup a server and setup device management. It seems I'm able to distribute promo codes and users can install the app through the app store that way, even though the app is a  'custom app for business'.

Is this a reliable method of distribution?

Will users be able to update?


texts: How do I skip verification of a .dmg file?

texts:
I have downloaded a dmg file but when I click on it it keeps verifying.

I've also tried to go to /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app but I can't click on the .dmg because it is greyed out.

How can I open it?


texts: 21.5 inch retina iMac used as external monitor

texts:
I am thinking of purchasing this little fella http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/imac?product=MK452LL/A&step=config# and (also) using it as an external monitor to my MacBook Pro (mid 2014).

Is it possible?


texts: Magic Mouse 1 : no right click and no settings in Mac OS 10.9.5 Mavericks

texts:
My magic mouse 1 is connecting and working on my Mac Mini mid-2011 on Mavericks 10.9.5 ( I don't update further because of loose of performance on newer versions). On this version for 4years+ now.
Lately, I had an SSD installed, so I copied my whole disk on fresh SSD. No files lost, no clean install.
It's been a while that "Mouse" settings don't appear in System preferences (I don't know the exact name in english, my machine is in french). They just don't appear at all. It wasn't such a big deal until now.
I think it was before the SSD installation and there is nothing linked between two events, but maybe I don't remember well.
Now, the magic mouse can't perform a right-click at all.
And the scrolling has returned as "natural". I like it the other way.
And I still can't access any settings of the mouse.
Gestures work like sliding with two fingers between spaces. If I install a third-party app, I can activate other gestures, so the mouse seems to work perfectly.
I already tried a few solutions found on different forums.
Removing my mouse from bluetooth settings, and connecting it again. The mouse will connect but with the same issues. (no right-click, no mouse settings)
I removed some bluetooth mouse related .plist files (can't remember the name), disconnected the mouse, reconnected it, still no changes.
At this point, I saw people telling a clean fresh install will change it.
But also people telling it doesn't help.
I prefer not to perform a clean install if there are other solutions to try.
Thanks in advance !


texts: MBP will reboot after unlocking filevault partition

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I'm running a MBP 2015 retina with 512GB SSD with macOS 10.14 and Windows10 with bootcamp. The macOS parition is encrypted with FileVault.

Recently I cannot boot into macOS anylonger.
Here is what happens:
After "logging in" (to unlock the partition, before loading the OS) it reboots and returns to the same login-screen again.

Also when I go to RecoveryOS > Disk Utility > Mount my "Macintosh HD" parition, after entering the disk password, it reboots as well.

And when I want to recover the partition from a TimeMachine backup, after entering the disk password, guess what, it reboots.

Any clues?


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Trying to debug AirDrop issues on the mac with an iPad mini 4th gen (both up-to-date).

Basically on the Mac I can see the iPad (most of the time) and I can transfer files, however I can never see the Mac when I try to share a file (usually a picture from Photos).

I have the visibility of both iPad and Mac to Everyone and I think I have narrowed it down to the following error. However, I don't know where to go from here!!

08/04/2016 12:56:11.737 sharingd[269]: tcp_listener_accept Failed to set SO_NOSIGPIPE on new connection from fe80::ac13:bbff:fe88:5c69%awdl0.55701

Also, just as a side note, when both cannot see each other (happens quite often) I often notice that the Bonjour service doesn't seem to want to run. Anyone know how I can kick it into life?!

FYI, I have tried the basics like disable firewall (both OSX and Little snitch)...

TIA!!


texts: How to submit app without In-App Purchases

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I'm trying to make a bundle identifier that doesn't require me to submit IAPs. For the explicit id, I can't find where to turn it off or uncheck the box. I noticed that I can make a wild card id, but Game Center is disabled and I want to have Game Center.

So, can we submit an identifier with IAPs enabled but not use any IAPs?


texts: How can I *unlock* a CoreStorage volume that is not recognized?

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I have a 4TB Seagate Expansion Portable Drive with <1 TB data. It's HFS+, GUID Partition, encrypted with File Vault.

It was unplugged without disconnecting, and now the disk image does not mount. It appears in disk utility as so:

Running First Aid, we receive the following message:

We reboot in recovery mode, and run first aid again. It provides the same dialogue.

Here's the info from running diskutil info in terminal:

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zachkrahmer$ diskutil info disk2
   Device Identifier:        disk2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk2
   Whole:                    Yes
   Part of Whole:            disk2
   Device / Media Name:      Expansion
   Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)
   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)
   File System:              None
   Content (IOContent):      GUID_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Disk Size:                4.0 TB (4000787029504 Bytes) (exactly 7814037167 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes
   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)
   Device Location:          External
   Removable Media:          Fixed
   Virtual:                  No

Running the CS decryption command does not work, because the drive is not recognized as a CoreStorage Volume.

zachkrahmer$ diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

I tried mounting the drive, hoping that would prompt a log in request, and it only mounted a smaller (several hundred MB) EFI image.

It seems like the drive can't mount because it's locked, and it can't be unlocked because it can't mount.

It seems strange that unplugging a drive would cause "sudden death"like this.. Yes, I know it's a bad situation, and I've learned my lesson.

I'm asking for constructive advice. What else can I try, and if I reach the end of my options, could you recommend a data recovery center that specializes in corruption within FileVault encrypted drives? Many thanks.


texts: Multiple monitors with MBP 13" 2020 and HyperDrive Duo 7-in-2

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Since I got my MBP i've been working with 2 additional monitors, both of them connected via HDMI cables connected to a USB-C hub (one is Anker's, other one some unknown chinese product) and then to a Thunderbolt 3 port on the MacBook.
I have the 2020 MacBook Pro 13", the high-spec model with 4 T3 ports.This arrangement means I have 3/4 T3 ports taken -

Anker USB-C hub with a HDMI cable connected
Random Chinese USB-C hub with a HDMI cable connected
Power delivery via the original power cable and brick

Besides the fact 3 out of 4 T3 ports are taken, it also makes the action of taking the laptop from this multi-monitor setup to just a normal laptop situation (when i'd like to work from my bed or when I need to work from an office) a pretty annoying process of disconnecting 3 cables, packing 2 USB-C hubs etc.
To make this process quicker and better I've both these two products:

HyperDrive DUO 7-in-2 USB-C Hub
Uni USB-C to HDMI Cable

My plan was to have this one HyperDrive hub connected to the 2 left T3 ports on my MBP, and connect all three cables (HDMI from one screen, HDMI-to-USB-C from the other & power delivery) to it.
In practice after I connected the HyperDrive, the screen that I connected via normal HDMI cable to the HDMI input of the hub worked great, the power delivery works as well, the issue is with the other HDMI to USB-C: when connecting the screen to the T3 port nothing happens, the screen scans for any input and returns to "sleep mode". I tried connecting it to a T3 port on the right side (without the HyperDrive hub) and I got the same result.
Only when I disconnect the HyperDrive hub and connect the HDMI to USB-C cable directly to a T3 port it works.
The most plausible conclusion would be that the HDMI to USB-C cable is defected or just not good enough (which is weird since I purposely purchased one with high ratings on Amazon to avoid it), but the test i've conducted shows it works fine if the HyperDrive hub isn't connected, and then I miss the whole purpose I purchased these 2 items for...
Anyone ever had similar experience? Maybe something is wrong with what I'm trying to do?


texts: iOS 7 iAd Implementation & iAd Network Temporarily Unavailable

texts: I have submitted three iOS apps and they have all been approved. I implemented iAd into them, and the test ads show when I test the apps. But now they have been on the App Store for a few days, and I haven't seen any ads when I download the apps on devices that are not provisioned as test devices. I have already accepted the iAd contract, and the iAd page simply says "iAd Network is temporarily unavailable Sorry: We were unable to locate information relating to your account. Please try again later".


texts: Kali Linux on SD card not showing in boot loader

texts:
I installed Kali Linux on my SD Card. The way I did it was:

Make a bootable USB with the Kali Linux image burned on it
Then use that USB to boot up the Kali Linux installer
By the Kali Linux installer I selected the SD Card.

However, once I go to the boot manager and plug in my SD Card, it's not showing Kali Linux.


texts: Can I place a Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS in a MacPro1,1?

texts: I have a bare WD1002FBYS and am wondering if I can place this into a MacPro1,1 (the first Desktop MacPro).


texts: How do I share my location on more than one iOS device?

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To take advantage of Mac-continuity, Safari, Photos, Passbook, and Keychain sharing features, I have to use the same account on all my devices. But, location sharing is also enabled through iCloud and it only allows one device to be specified. I want to share the location of each device at the same time.

All devices are using iOS 8.1.2.


texts:
When I go to search the iTunes store from my iPhone the page displays a "No Results for"...  I have been unable to find a way to perform another search.  This page is not responding to any input.  What should I do?

Here is a screenshot:


texts: Currently, I am only able to create a subdirectory in Finder by double-clicking the parent dir so that it becomes the top level selected in the main panel and creating it there by right-clicking and then selecting New Folder.  However, I like to always view my directory structure from a very high level in the hierarchy, most often my home directory and would like to be able to create a subdirectory of a subdirectory without being in it, i.e. from the tree view.  When I right click it, I do not get an option to create a new folder, like I do when I actually have it selected in the main panel.  Is there any way to enable this feature without installing any plugins?


texts: Are there any landscape modes that are exclusive to the iPhone 6 and larger?

texts: While playing with the iPhone 6 and 6+ I noticed that the 6+ has landscape features that the 6 doesn't. But I also noticed that the 6 and the 6+ have a landscape feature that the 5s doesn't which is pinch to zoom out and see all your tabs. Are there any other features like that?


texts: IPad On Screen (virtual keyboard) does not hide when using Logitech K380 keyboard

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It used to be that when I connected a Bluetooth external keyboard to my iPad the virtual keyboard would be hidden. Today I tried to use my new Logitech K380 external Bluetooth keyboard and the virtual keyboard remained on the screen. I was able to manually minimize the keyboard and still use the external keyboard but when I switch between apps the virtual keyboard is back up again. Has this functionality changed in recent updates?

iPad Pro 10.5" - iOS 12.1.1


texts:
Google installed something called

GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent

That will run endlessly in background every hour, consuming resources and battery life.

Here is a snippet from Console-system log.

Aug 16 03:40:58 myMBA GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[18523]: 2017-08-16 03:40:58.581 GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[18523/0x7fffe42623c0] [lvl=2] -[KSAgentApp(PrivateMethods) setupLoggerOutput] Agent default/global settings: <KSAgentSettings:0x100420620 bundleID=com.google.Keystone.Agent lastCheck=2017-08-16 05:11:24 +0000 lastServerCheck=2017-08-16 05:11:22 +0000 lastCheckStart=2017-08-16 00:35:06 +0000 checkInterval=604800.000000 uiDisplayInterval=604800.000000 sleepInterval=60480.000000 jitterInterval=900 maxRunInterval=0.000000 isConsoleUser=1 ticketStorePath=/Users/xxxyyy/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/TicketStore/Keystone.ticketstore runMode=3 daemonUpdateEngineBrokerServiceName=com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine daemonAdministrationServiceName=com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration logEverything=0 logBufferSize=2048 alwaysPromptForUpdates=0 productIDToUpdate=(null) lastUIDisplayed=2016-09-03 01:32:53 +0000 alwaysShowStatusItem=0 updateCheckTag=(null) printResults=NO userInitiated=NO>

Aug 16 04:41:21 myMBA GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[18567]: 2017-08-16 04:41:21.560 GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent[18567/0x7fffe42623c0] [lvl=2] -[KSAgentApp(PrivateMethods) setupLoggerOutput] Agent default/global settings: <KSAgentSettings:0x100332590 bundleID=com.google.Keystone.Agent lastCheck=2017-08-16 05:11:24 +0000 lastServerCheck=2017-08-16 05:11:22 +0000 lastCheckStart=2017-08-16 00:35:06 +0000 checkInterval=604800.000000 uiDisplayInterval=604800.000000 sleepInterval=60480.000000 jitterInterval=900 maxRunInterval=0.000000 isConsoleUser=1 ticketStorePath=/Users/xxxyyy/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/TicketStore/Keystone.ticketstore runMode=3 daemonUpdateEngineBrokerServiceName=com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine daemonAdministrationServiceName=com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration logEverything=0 logBufferSize=2048 alwaysPromptForUpdates=0 productIDToUpdate=(null) lastUIDisplayed=2016-09-03 01:32:53 +0000 alwaysShowStatusItem=0 updateCheckTag=(null) printResults=NO userInitiated=NO>

It is seemingly trying to update Google software on my Mac.
I have changed its check interval from 18000 (5 hr) to 604800 (once per week) with

defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 604800

but it is ignoring that.

Macbook Air 2012 with Sierra.

How do I fix it, or kill it.


texts: Does enabling Enhanced Dictation in Mac dictation improve the speech recognition accuracy?

texts: In Mac Dictation, I wonder whether enabling  Enhanced Dictation impacts the speech recognition accuracy.


texts: Wifi randomly turning itself off MacBook Pro

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I have a MacBook Pro mid-2012. I always had the common connectivity issues with wifi but now its beyond my comprehension. My wifi turns itself off randomly. Sometimes it works fine for days, other times the problem happens all day. It started when my Bluetooth speaker caused interference with the wifi signal causing it to run slow or disconnecting itself either the speaker or the wifi.

Then one day the computer wifi started turning itself on and off every couple of seconds. I shut down the computer reseted the PRAM then wifi showed the crossed out icon with wifi:not configured message. Shut it down again did a SMC reset and a clean install of OS X now the problem appears randomly most of the time a reset will restore wifi but it shut itself off whenever it wants.

Any solutions or ideas?


texts: How to format multiple exFAT partitions on USB drive?

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I'm following the instructions in Creating a bootable Clonezilla dual partition USB device but using my Mac laptop running El-Capitan.

I managed to create an MBR partition table and two partitions on the external USB drive using OSX' fdisk utility but I failed to find a way to format the existing partitions to ExFAT.

All the references I found so far point to diskutil eraseDisk or suggest using Windows or Linux for that, but I don't have access to bare-iron servers with these OS's and failed to access the unformatted USB drive from VirtualBox virtual machines on my laptop.

So, the question is - "Is there a way to execute the equivalent of mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdb1 on OS X?"


texts:
I recently bought a used 2017 iMac which came with 2 physically separate drives it seems. One is the internal 32GB Apple PCI-Express Internal Physical Disk and the second one is a 256GB Samsung SSD (SATA Internal Physical Disk). It seems the previous owner had the latter swapped in for a HDD (so they were using it as a fusion drive).

Now when I am trying to erase both these drives and install Catalina from Disk Utility menu, If I chose the Apple 32GB, it doesn't allow me to install other software on the bigger 256GB because it is only allowed on the disk with MacOS installation.

How should I set up my system so that it can take more software installations [I am thinking of using the 256GB SATA to have the MacOS but it makes my 32GB drive redundant]?

I want to be able to use the entire 256GB +32GB regardless of which one has the operating system.

Suggestions?


texts: GRUB 2 error – "fb: switching to radeondrmfb from EFI VGA"

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Whenever I try to boot Arch, Mint or Debian Linux from a USB stick using GRUB 2 on my Mac with compatibility mode, it freezes on this error (given in the question title).

I've tried every available, up to date, method on the web.

Any help is appreciated.

I have managed to get into the GRUB 2 commandline. Is there an option to set or something else?


texts: Time Machine Backup: New Partitioning and a Restore

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009 with a 250 GB SSD split in 2 partitions: (1) OS X El Capitan (200 GB) and (2) Debian Linux (20 GB).

Willing to give more space to Debian, I will wipe the SSD and reinstall everything from scratch. To put things into order, I thought about utilizing Time Machine for backups and restores.

If after wiping the disk the created macOS partition is smaller than the previous one, will I be able to have a successful restore (assume that the real old data fits in the new partition)?


texts: Shared Photostream and IPad 1 (first generation)

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I want to shared some photos stored on my Mac to my wife's IPad (the old one, 1st generation).

I have created a Shared PhotoStream album. My wife correctly received the invitation/notification.

She could open this shared photos on her iPhone 4 (iOS6) but it's seems not working on her iPad (1st gen / iOS5).

How can I make it work?


texts: Cannot connect iPhone 12 Mini to Macbook Pro

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I cannot connect my new iPhone 12 Mini to my Macbook Pro (13 inch Early 2015 running Catalina, if that matters).
Whenever I connect the iPhone and open it in the Finder window, it asks me if I would like set it up as a new iPhone or restore from a backup. When I choose either of those options a license agreement pops up.
When I accept and click continue everything just vanishes and nothing happens. I have tried restarting both the iPhone and the Macbook but to no avail.
This is exactly what's happening:

EDIT: I installed the latest Catalina update on my MBP and the iPhone connects as expected.


texts: Bash Terminal keeps showing "No such file or directory" at startup

texts:
-bash: /Users/MarksMac/Library/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/bin/activate: No
  such file or directory

Basically, how do i remove the above error? I am using a mac 10.9.1
I have tried looking up for answers but i still can't solve this. Although it's very simple. Sorry, I'm new to terminal.


texts: How can I do an unthethered jailbreak for iPad Wifi running iOS 4.2.1 if you do not have older SHSH?

texts:
How can I jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 (unthethered) if you do not have older SHSH?

Currently I'm looking for this only for my iPad WiFi, so no baseband.

If there are not solutions yet, do not post anything.


texts: Thunderbird needs to login google every time (CalDAV)

texts:
Befor: I use Thunderbird/Lightning for my mails and for my calendar. This issue is about the calendar. I'm a google-user.

A short while ago I started to change from "Provider for Google's calendar" to the CalDAV way because I couldn't import invitations to my calendar. So far so good.

But now, every time I start Thunderbird or the calendar would like to synchronize it pops up the following window (for every calendar. I have 5!):

I could not find any preferences where I can say that Lightning can use it every time.

So, am I blind or how can I fix this?


texts: Why does App Store start updating Xcode when latest version already installed?

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I have installed Xcode 11.0 manually from an Xcode_11.xip file. My Xcode installed successfully and it shows version 11.0 in its about page. But whenever I boot my Mac, the App Store always starts updating the same version 11.0, which is around ~7GB. It never succeeds before I turn my Mac off due to my low bandwidth.

On the next boot, it again starts updating from the beginning. That's an annoying situation for me and I need to stop updating from App Store app. Or if it's possible, I need to let App Store point to the manually installed version and stop bothering me.

How can I get rid of this issue?

System Software Overview:

  System Version:   macOS 10.14.6 (18G103) Mojave
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 18.7.0
  Boot Volume:  Home
  Boot Mode:    Normal

Xcode: Version 11.0 (11A420a)


texts: How to monitor Mac file sharing activity

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I am a new Mac user and have struggled mightily to find an answer to this question in recent days.  I’m running a MacOS Sierra client, and sharing a folder of files with other Macs on my local network.  I have given them sharing-only accounts with read-write access, but I want to be able to monitor which users access, modify, and delete the various files in my folder.

I have seen one promising answer that told somebody to install the Server app and read logs within that.  I have two questions though:

Is there no built-in way for me to do this within a MacOS Sierra client?
The logs on the Server app seem to show activity by IP address.   I may have various users logging in from the same computer at various times, so I need to monitor based on user account rather than IP address.

Is this even possible?   Seems like it should be, but I’m coming up empty.  Could anyone point me in the right direction on this?


texts:
I have an iPad Air 2 8.1.3 and I would like to make it 8.1.2 again.

Is this possible?


texts: I know you can show the contents of the NVRAM with sudo nvram -x -p, but doing that doesn't seem to list everything. I say this because I just had an issue with the resolution of my screen at boot, resetting the NVRAM fixed it. However, I compared the output of that command before and after clearing the NVRAM, and it is identical. Are there more variables in there that can't be seen with the traditional sudo nvram -x -p? If so, can they be seen with another method?


texts: What's the 2020/Catalina method of getting my Mac to boot with Windows Bootcamp next time only?

texts:
It seems that pre-2015, the world and his mother wanted to get Bootcamp to boot to Windows just once, and keep the default startup disk as Mac. There are loads of threads that say to use Bless or Bootchamp:
https://superuser.com/questions/36266/boot-camp-is-it-possible-to-restart-directly-to-windows-from-mac-os-x/167577#167577,
how to quickly reboot from OSX to Windows and back.
But, these methods no longer work, it would seem.
I found this Reddit post which says to use sudo systemsetup -setstartupdisk /Volumes/.BOOTCAMP/WINDOWS && reboot, but I don't think this sets it to boot next time only; and all the advice I've read says not to test out sudo commands without fully understanding them, which I certainly do not.
So could anyone tell me, or point me towards some information that would get this to work for Catalina. I'm either looking for a modern version of Bootchamp (though, I'm sure Googling it would have got me to it if something like that existed), or a new way to run sudo bless -mount "/Volumes/BOOTCAMP" -legacy -setBoot -nextonly;sudo shutdown -r now.
I know I'm lazy and holding down the option key when I need to boot to Windows really isn't all that problematic, but I think I may have a faulty option key, as sometimes it boots to mac a few times before finally working. It would be so much easier if it could be done with something like the command above.


texts: BigSur Notes app - how to search for 'aws'?

texts:
When I search for 'aws' in Notes app, it shows all matches for 'was'.
This pretty much makes it impossible to find notes with 'aws', given that vast majority of my notes have the word 'was' in them.  How can I turn off this strange behavior?


texts: how to set up multiple caller ID for imessaging

texts: how do I add another caller ID (ie existing email address) to the list of addresses I can send imessages from? It shows multiple email addresses to receive imessages, but only one to send from.


texts: MacBook Pro creates soft hissing sound through headphones

texts:
Recently I got a quite nice pair of in-ear headphones which block noise very well (with a very tight seal, not noise cancellation). Before that, I used Apple earbuds.

With these better headphones, I'm now often hearing a hissing noise. This happens constantly while a sound is being played (music, alerts, etc.) and for several seconds after. I assume this was happening with my previous headphones but there wasn't a good enough seal for me to hear it.

This doesn't happen with my iPod or iPad. How can I stop it from happening?


texts: Keyboard Layout in Windows 7 with VMware Fusion 5

texts:
I'm using my MacBook Pro for programming. I have a virtual Windows 7 machine running with VMware Fusion. When I switch from OS X to Windows 7, my keyboard layout changes. It's really annoying because I type lots of braces and parentheses.

I have been searching for hours and didn't find a solution to make my Mac keyboard work the same way in Windows. I've tried installing Bootcamp driver, Windows Keyboard Layout Creator, etc.

How do I get these keyboard layouts to sync up?


texts: iPad being using in wall mount battery swollen

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Ive got an install with an iPad mini 4 installed in a wall mount running locked to a single app. The wall mount has a POE to USB adaptor built in.

The iPad is powered by a TP link POE adaptor : https://www.tp-link.com/uk/business-networking/accessory/tl-poe150s/

The install has been live since Oct 16. Today i noticed that the iPad has "popped', see photo here : https://imgur.com/a/AHAdkMM - Presumably the battery has swollen.

Has anyone else had similar issues with an iPad in a wall mount on constant charge ?

Can this be avoided by using a different charger rather than the POE adaptor ?

In another install i have the same setup, but power the iPad from the POE switch, i could programme the switch to turn off the POE for an hour every night at mid night would that be a good idea ?


texts: Creating a Distributed Account System with MacOS

texts:
We have tens of Mac computers and hundreds of students in our lab. Each student will have a G Suite education account.

We somehow want to achieve a solution so that:

Each student will have a private account (email, password)
Each student will be able to login from any MacOS with that account.

How close we can get to this scenario?

I'm ready to install supportive servers if there is a way to distribute accounts across lab computers.

UPDATE

What we want is to provide 1GB of disk space for each user. So I started to think like this:

I can set a central server which has a volume for each student. Is this a good idea?


texts: How do I force an image to use when a website is shared?

texts:
For instance when I link a URL in Google Chat, iMessage, etc. How do I determine what image, and what dimensions are used when a chat program generates a thumbnail for the link?  Example:

If I wanted this photo to not cut off the tops of these women's heads for example? I guess it just takes the first image not used for the background to use in chat? This was generated after pasting the link into Google Chat.


texts:
I am trying to see if I can add equations in Keynote in iCloud via browser (I don't have a Mac/Iphone). I searched but couldn't find a way other than copy-pasting an image from somewhere.
(I'm using Chrome, and I couldn't do it neither in Linux nor in Windows)

A similar question is about sub/super-scripts. I could not find a way to insert them either in a browser.


texts: How do `stat` and `file` differentiate symlinks?

texts:
I was doing my routine work today and it seems the stat and file commands in the terminal don‘t show if a file is a symbolic link:

flow2k@myPad:dir ln -s aa.iml superlink
flow2k@myPad:dir stat superlink
16777220 11057327 lrwxr-xr-x 1 flow2k staff 0 6 "Dec  2 13:25:34 2017" "Dec  2 13:25:34 2017" "Dec  2 13:25:34 2017" "Dec  2 13:25:34 2017" 4096 8 0 superlink

How can I see whether something is a symlink?


texts: Least intrusive way to install Ruby 1.9 on a borrowed MacBook?

texts:
I need to use Ruby 1.9 for a programming test, and I'll be borrowing my dad's MacBook Air to do so. He's running OSX 10.7.5 and has Ruby 1.8.7

What's the least "invasive" way to install a newer version of Ruby on his machine. Do I have to install XCode? Do I have to install RVM? Would homebrew be useful for this? If so, is it relatively simple to remove them once I'm done? I'd like to return it "clean" and avoid making any unnecessary changes to his system. It would be ideal if I could undo/uninstall any changes I do make.

Thanks for your help!


texts: What screenshots are actually required for submission?

texts:
I am confused. The apple guidelines say things like:

  If your app indicates that it is optimized for the iPhone 6, at least one 4.7-inch screenshot is required. Up to four additional screenshots can be uploaded. You can rearrange the screenshots when you create or edit the iTunes Connect record.

And

  If your app indicates that it is optimized for the iPhone 6 Plus, at
  least one 5.5-inch screenshot is required. Up to four additional
  screenshots can be uploaded. You can rearrange the screenshots when
  you create or edit the iTunes Connect record.

I am about to submit an iPhone game, in my .xcodeproj file I have Devices set to iPhone, so it is supposed to run on iPhone, and iPad in compatibility mode.

What does "optimized for" mean? Where do I set what my game is optimized for? Do I need to provide iPhone 6 and 6 Plus screenshots?

What about iPad screenshots? The compatibility mode screenshots don't look great.


texts: Installing Windows 10 on MacBook early 2008 without bootcamp - black screen blinking cursor

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I have tried to use the following method to install Windows 10 on my early 2008 Mac. Running OS X 10.7.5.  Intel Core 2 Duo. 4 GB.

How do I get Windows 10 installed on my macbook pro (late 2008)

Following the instructions using 64bit version of the Windows 10 iso and having bless the partition etc, when the time comes to restart the machine to install Windows 10 from the boot DVD containing the .iso file I get the two DVD option (Windows and EFI). On selected Windows it goes to a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner. It freezes on this and nothing happens.

marks-macbook:~ markcollacott$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk0
1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                  Apple_HFS Mark's Macbook          1.2 TB     disk0s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
4:       Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS                 753.6 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:                            J_CCSA_X64FRE_EN-US... *4.0 GB     disk1
/dev/disk2
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk2
1:                 DOS_FAT_32 NO NAME                 8.0 GB     disk2s1

marks-macbook:~ markcollacott$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Password:
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: -1539437/4/63 [-387938128 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
        Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [      start -        size]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [          1 -      409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [     409640 - -1861551096] HFS+
 3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [-1861141456 -     1269544] Darwin Boot
*4: 0B 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [-1859870720 -  1471932416] Win95 FAT-32

marks-macbook:~ markcollacott$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640  2433416200      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2433825840     1269544      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  2435095384        1192
  2435096576  1471932416      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  3907028992         143
  3907029135          32         Sec GPT table
  3907029167           1         Sec GPT header

Is there something I can change or how might I get around this roadblock?

I have not used any Windows version prior. Screen size is 13".


texts:
I stream youtube meditation video on bluetooth earbuds while going to sleep. I close the case and it stops so I open it and restart. runs all night!!! until a few days ago. now when I reopen the case and restart it goes back to home screen and shuts off the stream.
I have not updated recently. I have made no changes nor have I done anything different.How do I resolve this issue?


texts: Why is there an emacs keybinding for character transpose?

texts:
There is a special keybinding for transposing two characters in a text field: ctrl-t. Is this functionality really that useful to deserve a keybinding? I want to know what I am missing by not using it.

Side question: Can I remap ctrl-t to something else using for example terminal?


texts: Is my external USB drive causing erratic sleep/hibernate behaviour?

texts:
I've been reading up around sleep settings as I keep finding my Late 2012 Mac Mini in a weird hung state each morning that requires a force-reboot (it's like running Windows 10 years ago!)

I thought the "deep sleep" function was to blame but when I ran pmset-g I got this:

System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standby              0
 Sleep On Power Button 1
 womp                 1
 autorestart          0
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                60
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        0
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 standbydelay         4200

However Difference between autopoweroff and standby in pmset says:

  With the release of the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2 supplemental update
  2.0, a new feature was introduced to enter safe sleep after four hours of the computer being connected to AC power. This is an effort to
  comply with the European Energy Standards (ErP Lot6). This will only
  occur if there is no wireless or Ethernet activity and no activity
  from external devices such as USB storage devices.

I have an external USB hard-drive as the 2nd drive on my SSD MacMini as my main data drive. If this is turned off, I recently noticed the system won't boot (folder with a question mark) which seems odd for an ancillary drive. Either way, would the presence of this drive prevent deep-sleep/hibernate/standby?

It will sleep a couple of hours fine, it's only overnight it has issues
It generally still has lights on my connected USB mini-hub when it is frozen
It typically "semi-wakes"; the screen recognises an active input and typically I get a black screen with a responsive mouse cursor

I started writing a totally different question but then was thinking whether my USB drive might be a culprit here or I should be looking elsewhere?

How can I tell if the Mac is is sleeping Vs standby Vs hibernate Vs deep-sleep to track down which transition or action is causing the problem?


texts:
There is a process running on my iOS device (7.1.2) called 'lsd'. The file is in /usr/libexec/lsd. What is it and what does it do?

Device info:

iPad 2 (7.2.1)
Jailbroken


texts: Opening Safari with URL from terminal also opens URL in default browser (Chrome)

texts:
My OS is Big Sur 11.1 and when I run the following in Terminal:
/usr/bin/open -a /Applications/Safari.app https://www.google.com
...Chrome, my default browser, opens first, quickly followed by Safari.
This appears to be new behavior in Big Sur; Catalina only opened Safari.
Am I missing something new in Big Sur that will prevent Chrome from opening?
Thanks!


texts: Can I recover iphoto after having lost it/accidentally deleted it?

texts: I went to go look through my photos but after searching through all of my documents and throughout applications in the Finder I realized that iPhoto does not exist on my computer anymore. Is there a way I can recover it or download it again for free?