texts: External monitor causes very high CPU usage

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I have an external LG 27UD69P-W monitor connected (via HDMI) to my late 2013 MacBook Pro, which causes the CPU usage of the Mac to go extremely high (kernel_task > 400%, sometimes much higher even), with the fan running very fast. (The computer is so sluggish that even the cursor does not move smoothly, often.)

Some things I've noted:

SMC reset doesn't help.
Safe mode doesn't help.
GPU usage is very low (almost zero) when monitor is connected. Is this to be expected?
Occasionally I can connect the monitor and still have a usable computer (< 50% CPU usage) for 5 or 10 minutes, but that's it.
Monitor works fine with another MacBook.

What could be the issue here? A troublesome kext perhaps? Any suggestions?

Update

Here's my system log for when I plug in the screen and a couple of minutes after, while the computer is running sluggish / high CPU usage. Notable are the following sorts of events:

kernel   Currently unsupported feature requested
kernel   DisplayPipe Capabilities are not supported on offline Fbs
IOAudioStream
IOAudioEngineUserClient
streamFormat
coreaudiod*
OSCMultiMonitor
tccd
coreduetd*
com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent  Invalid display 0x1b5671a5

Here's a "normal" system log for a few minutes while the monitor is not plugged in.


texts: Possible to integrate Keynote in custom UI?

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In Windows it is possible to load and instantiate COM/ActiveX components, e.g. PowerPoint, and use them to render in your UI of choice.

With e.g. WebKit, this seems to be possible as WebKit is accessible through /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework.

Is it possible to do something equivalent in OS X with Keynote?


texts: How to get error status back to bash from osascript

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Inside a bash script, I'm closing the front window of whatever application is foreground.  I'd like to know if the command failed (when the foreground application doesn't have a front window.  I tried this, but even though the warning beep is heard indicating the cmd-W failed, the script always prints "Command Succeeded".  What's the easy way to detect that there's no front window?

 osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "w"
    using {command down}'
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]  ; then
     printf "Command succeeded\n"
 else
     printf "command failed\n"
 fi


texts: Close window without closing application

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How to close a window without the application quitting? does not address my question, strangely.  I don't want to hide the application windows like Cmd+h does, and Option+click didn't actually do anything for me, and isn't what I want anyway.

I work with a lot of different application windows, especially with the browser and the terminal (I'm a software engineer and run my coding editor, debuggers, servers, etc. from the terminal and am constantly switching between term windows and tmux sessions to develop/troubleshoot our solutions).  Sometimes (actually, most of the time), when I finish with a session, I want to close the window without closing the application.  I make heavy use of keyboard shortcuts, so it interrupts my flow to have to grab for the mouse and point->click the corner to close the window.

Is there a way to get a shortcut to close windows in OS X without closing the entire application?  This is really interrupting my flow and productivity.

I'm using Mavricks, btw.  I've also tried iTerm2 and the default Mac Terminal but couldn't find anything that lets me do this in either of those applications.  Chrome also doesn't seem to support closing just a Window.  Either terminal is fine, I have things configured to the point where tmux eliminates my need for a fancy terminal, because Tmux can do it anyway, plus some.


texts: Not able to open DVD tray in brand new MacBook Pro

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I just bought a brand new 13" MacBook Pro, i5 2.3 GHz, running Mac OS X 10.6.7.

I'm not able to open the DVD tray of my Mac. I have tried pressing down the ⏏ key in the top right corner several times, as well as fn+⏏, but no success.

Is there some defect with this MacBook Pro or is there some other way to open the DVD tray?


texts: Suppose you lost your iPhone or it was stolen and with your MobileMe subscription you have the choice of tracking it, locking it, displaying a message or remote wiping the phone. What would you do and in which order to maximize your chances to get it back?


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I was previously using a thunderbolt 2 to DVI-D connection to successfully connect my macbook pro retina 2014 to my monitor as follows...

This works fine but I recently wanted to use the same monitor with my Macbook Pro 2017 and so bought this thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter to give the following...

With this setup however I get no signal whatsoever at the Monitor and so am assuming I'm doing something stupid.  Any thoughts what the problem is would be appreciated, particularly any recommendations on a better way to go from thunderbolt 3 to DVI-D


texts: How to access recent files or folders in Finder or in file dialogs?

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Most of the time I spend in Finder dialogs is trying to find the file or folder I accessed a few minutes ago.

Examples

I use an image editing program to create a funny picture. Then I go to a website to upload the picture. Now I have to find it all over again in the upload dialog.
I'm making a game. Say first I create a sound effect to use in the game and save it to the project folder. Next I create a sprite in an image editing program. When I save it, I want to save it in the same folder. Now I have to find the folder again.
I download a zip file. After it has downloaded I want to go to the folder to which it was downloaded to extract it.

In other words, this happens all the time.

Is there any way to access recent files or folders in Finder or in file dialogs?


texts: How can I disable rounded window corners in OS X

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Is there any way that the rounded window corners can be disabled in OS X Lion (10.7.3) ?

Update: It's the bottom two corners that I have problem with as they show up even in full screen mode.


texts: Dock badges for Microsoft Teams not working since 11.2.1

texts: Has anyone noticed that dock badges aren’t working anymore on Microsoft Teams since 11.2.1? I am hoping that isn’t the case, I am missing so many messages because of this. Banners and badges in the app are fine, just nothing on the dock icon any longer.


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After my hard drive was formatted by a mistake, I used a data rescue software to recover some files, but when I tried to open my notes and bookmarks files, it just showed weird characters like these below:

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texts: I'm planning to sell my laptop, and I need to know if I have my bases covered. Kindly confirm please?

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I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro (10.5.8 OS X - I think it's called Leopard). I do NOT have the installation CD - so I cannot reinstall the OS and thus ensure that I have securely deleted everything from my hard drive. By looking at the o/p from the System Profiler utility, I'm pretty sure my hard drive is NOT a SSD, although I cannot confirm this.

The reason I can't directly use the "Erase data" option under Disk Utility is because the 'Security Options' (as well as the volume format) button is greyed out. Volume format currently reads 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

I'm planning to securely delete ALL data on my mac using the following steps:

1) Using Disk Utility, I click the button titled "Erase Free Space" using a one pass method (or if I have time 7 pass method)

2) Once the above operation is complete, I plan to use 'secure rm' or 'srm' to remove all files and applications on my macbook.

3) Once step 2 is complete, I re-run "Erase Free Space" using whatever method I used in step 1 above (in order to remain consistent)

Once step 3 is complete, I assume that my macbook has been formatted and all data securely deleted. Could you kindly confirm whether this assumption is true or not? If not could you please point out steps I need to add to my existing process?


texts: Can't enter Apple Hardware Test Mode on my macbook pro

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I have an Early 2011 MacBook Pro.  When I hold down D immediately after restart, it boots to the normal login screen.
When I hold down ALT+D (with a working wifi connection before the reboot) the same thing happens.

I'm running macOS 10.13.5

I don't have an original Applications Install disc 2 as mentioned here.

Any ideas why I can't enter AHT mode? I'm trying to troubleshoot an intermittent fault where the mac won't boot, gives me 3 beeps on a black screen (suspect faulty RAM, but want to run AHT first to check).

Recovery mode works correctly, but doesn't give the option to enter AHT mode.


texts: Sleep mode on MacPro not working after installing a Cinema Display

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I am not sure I can connect the two events, but ever since I connected a Cinema display to my 2009 Mac Pro it seems like it is not entering sleep mode after the indicated time has passed. It will Sleep just fine if I use the apple menu command.

I've searched the usual news groups and other apple web sites and while I've seen a lot of speculation I've not seen a solution. I tried turning off all sharing on this computer (which was one of the more promising tips) and that didn't do the trick.

Any suggestions from those wiser than I would be great!


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just a FYI,

Mac OS X 10.10.3 was throwing the error below. I didn't find much just googling around and wanted to post what fixed the issue in my case.

5/4/15 6:30:18.410 AM networkd[209]: -[NETProxyLookup pacLookupComplete:proxies:error:] PAC evaluation error: Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=308 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 308.)"

The cause was a mal-formed PAC file. Our network admin accidentally put a parentheses inside a quote. The system completely disregarded the proxy until the syntax error was fixed.


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I have an epub that I unfortunatley deleted from my pc. It is however, still on iCloud and available to me on iBooks (when it's synced with icloud). I would like to download that epub again to my pc, but have found no method of doing so. Does anybody have a clue how to do this and is it even possible?

Thanks in advance,
Mark.


texts: How to uninstall rEFInd (0.8.2) on Yosemite

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I'd like to remove rEFInd, since my laptop doesn't wake up from suspension (provided that the laptop is only powered by battery) anymore eversince I installed it (in neither of the operating systems: Mac OS and Ubuntu).

Assuming one has installed rEFInd on the main hard drive, then according to rEFInd's page it should be enough to remove (important: also empty the trash) the following folder:

/EFI/refind

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#uninstalling

Indeed my blessed folder is that one:

Mac:~ user$ bless --info
finderinfo[0]: XXXXXXXX => Blessed System Folder is /EFI/refind
finderinfo[1]: XXXXXXXX => Blessed System File is /EFI/refind/refind_x64.efi
finderinfo[2]:      0 => Open-folder linked list empty
finderinfo[3]:      0 => No alternate OS blessed file/folder
finderinfo[4]:      0 => Unused field unset
finderinfo[5]: XXXXXXXX => OS X blessed folder is /EFI/refind
64-bit VSDB volume id:  0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mac:~ user$ bless --info --getBoot
/dev/disk0s2

Now my question is, do I have to remove just the refind folder, or also the EFI folder? Since my EFI folder also contains a tools folder. Here's the entire folder tree:

EFI
   - refind
       - icons
       - keys
       - refind_x64.efi
       - refind.conf
   - tools
       - gptsync_x63.efi


texts: MacBook Pro showing Username and Passwordfield though unencrypted

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I hope i am posting in the right place because i am really desperate. Since yesterday at noon, when i woke up my mac by lifting the screen, it stopped showing me my usual username, asking for my password and started prompting me to specify my username as well. My profile picture is gone as well. It wont accept my username and my password as valid login data.

Here are all screenshots, for some reason i cant upload them properly:

https://imgur.com/gallery/hxUhm9I

Here is what i have tried so far:

I can boot into recovery mode, but my Macintosh HD does not even show up in Disk Utility.
I have reset the PRAM
when starting in single user mode, my mac calls (to me at least) suspiciously many processes with crypto in their name (my HD was never encrypted!)
when runnig fsck in single user mode my mac even calls two processes called “handle_crypto_mount“
When runnig fsck in single user mode it returns with “error: snap_metadata_val object (oid 0x1d7ca0): invalid extentref_tree_oid (0x0)
I have tried googling this error; the most commom suggestion seems to delete all tmutil snapshots. My mac finds one normal snapshot an one dataless snapshot, but deleting these fails wether the local drive is mounted (?) (mount -uw /) or not.

It seems to me that my mac is thinking for some reason that its harddrive is encrypted with filevault or something of the like which it has never been and acutally isnt at the moment either.

I am really lost people, i usually consider myself not that bad at computers but i just dont know what to do anymore.

Please help me

Also: if i posted this in the wrong place, please kindly point me to the appropriate place


texts: Retrieve lost iPhoto after replaced hard drive

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I replaced the hard drive on my MacBook Pro through Apple. I backed up files on my computer but not my Applications.

Is my iPhoto lost forever? I have thousands of pictures on there! I've signed in to iCloud and the iPhoto icon is not ticked. Is everything lost? Can I call Apple and retrieve my old hard drive somehow?


texts: Might Mavericks interfere with long computations?

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I sometimes need to run very long computations on my computer (usually using code I wrote myself, sometimes compiled, sometimes interpreted), which can take minutes, hours, or even days to complete.  OS X Mavericks incorporates several features that are designed to minimize energy usage, such as App Nap and timer coalescing.  If I were designing such a feature, I would be skeptical of a process that was still requesting maximum CPU usage after running for days; even if this process was started by a user action, that action was days ago.  But as a user, I actually do want such computations to run to completion with high priority, even though they are usually running in the background.

Is there any possibility that my extended computations would be slowed down by the power-saving features of Mavericks?


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I have ten .wmv video files that I want to join them as one big file.

Some tutorials indicate this can be done using QuickTime. However, it doesn't work for .wmv files.

Is there a way to join these files on a Mac?


texts: How to see the commands echoed on the Terminal?

texts: Maybe is a silly question but I'm a newbie in OS X and I didn't found the answer anywhere. The thing is that when I execute some command that executes other scripts/commands/whatever I don't see on the terminal exactly what the commands did, just the title on the terminal window changes. E.g. when I run make to compile a c++ program there are different executables involved (clang, xcodebuild ...) I know that those commands are being executed because I see their names changing in the title, but I don't know how was the original call (in other words, the arguments given) or the output (if any). Any ideas?


texts: An icon set to extend Lions default icins,

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Does anyone know of an icon set that he's the same blue icons as are standard in Lion, yet with extended meaning?

E.g. a folder with a pacman figure (to denote a games folder) on front.


texts: Can I safely delete .download files to reclaim space?

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My message says my disk is full on my MacBook Air.  One of the largest files is 1.3 GB file from last operating system download. Can I safely delete this file?
macOSUpd10.15.1.dmg.download


texts: AppCake - How to reclaim temp folder space

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I have transferred the .ipa whatsapp installer to an app called Xdownloader on my iPhone 5s running iOS 8.1.2 (jailbroken).

The .ipa file is about 110 megabytes. My free space was 1.7 gigas. I then deleted and installed whatsapp several times where each time I would open Xdownloader, click on the .ipa file, and choose to open it using "AppCake" in which I would get the option to install popping up right away.

Then I noticed that the free space dropped to about 300 megabytes! I can only presume that AppCake unzips the .ipa file to some temp folder and installs from it but doesn't delete it after the installation process completes! I navigated (using iFile) to all folders I could think of but couldn't find a thing! I also tried to clean up using iCleaner Pro. still, didn't do it.

I tried to remove both Xdownloader & Appcake altogether and reinstall them but then again it woudn't solve the problem. Appreciate any help


texts: Upgrade Snow Leopard Server to Lion Server. What problems should I expect to arise?

texts: Is upgrading as simple as installing Lion Server from the App store? I've heard that you have to be running Lion first to be able to install the Lion Server software, but I'm looking at upgrading a live server and need to know how others have gone about it and the problems they ran into. Thanks :0)


texts: There is a blue dot to the left on my screen when im on safari on my Ipad?

texts: Why does a blue dot appear only when im using safari on my Ipad? I havent seen it before and has anyone noticed that dot to the left of the screen on an Ipad?


texts: Can I use TimeMachine only when on wired connection?

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I have a server to which I am backing up a single MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, via TimeMachine.

I would like to only back up when the MacBook Pro has a wired connection to the network. The wired and wireless connections are to the same router and all devices are on the same subnet.

How can I configure my Mac so that it will not start the TimeMachine backup process when operating wirelessly, but will allow backups when connected via wired connection?

The only idea I have had is manually disable TimeMachine when operating wirelessly. I see the TimeMachine has an option to not back up when on battery power, but it is possible that the laptop is plugged in to power, but not to wired ethernet.


texts: Remove an automatic correction from the dictionary?

texts: At some point in the previous years, apple decided to include newspaper names in their dictionary. For Swiss French, this includes the words for morning and minutes, capitalised. So if write “munutes”, it gets corrected to Minutes and not minutes, which is particularly annoying. Is it possible to remove this word from the spellchecking?


texts: Just changed with a PAC but wrote in my number first

texts: I just bought a iPhone 4s and I changed from tmobile to Vodafone using a PAC code. I am now waiting for my new service. However I wrote in my number on the settings>my number. Will this effect my network transfer?


texts: Application to Brainstorm in Corkboard mode

texts: I'm looking for an application similar to a mind mapping piece of software but that lets me view the notes as cards on a corkboard, being able to connect between them. The feature is shown here on Scrivener but I don't want to be using Scrivener for everything since not all of these things are writing projects. Any suggestions?


texts: Apple Music splash screen won't go away!

texts: I can't get to my music on my iPad because whenever I launch the app I get a splash screen for Apple Music with no apparent buttons or links to get past it. Does anyone know how to get out of this? (Restarting the iPad doesn't seem to help.)


texts: Macbook pro 13 2012 (HD4000) 8GB(1600 Mhz) single RAM stick issue

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I have a Apple Macbook Pro 13" 2012 IvyBridge HD4000 Model which came with
2GB x 2GB RAM.
I Recently bought a single stick of 8GB RAM 1600Mhz (which is compatible).
Gskill 8GB DDR3 FA-1600C11S-8GSQ Notebook Memory for Apple Mac
http://techshop.in/store/product_info.php?products_id=10064.

I removed both the old RAM DIMM's and placed the New 8GB RAM in upper slot and lower slot but when i boot the system after a few seconds or minutes the display gets
distorted and system does not respond and have to hard boot.

Is it because i'm using only one stick?
Do i need to buy another same kind of 8GB stick to make it work...

Please help.


texts: I have an Iphone 4s that is linked to an Icloud account with an old email account that I no longer have access to.  Is there a way to delete that old account and recreate  a new account with my new email address?


texts: Why does the SMS bubble only appear next to some numbers but not others?

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This is part of a screenshot showing how my father sees my contact page on iOS 8 on his iPhone:

The four contact details are, in this order:

Phone number (Android device)
Phone number (iPhone)
FaceTime email address
Email address (attached to iMessage)

Why is the SMS bubble not appearing next to one of the phone numbers? Sending and receiving regular texts on that phone number works just fine.

Before jumping on the "because it's not an Apple device" bandwagon, these are two more interesting pieces of information:

Other non-Apple devices display the bubble icon
The phone number on the iPhone device is not using iMessage


texts: File Sharing with Active Directory login not working

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I've set up macOS Sierra (10.12.6) machine and it binds to AD (Win2012R2).
It works with SSH and VNC login without any problem, but not work with File Sharing.

Connect to mac server as smb://macserver then user authentication prompt popup, but cannot login with AD user account... Auth with mac server's local account works, I can mount file share.

Is there any special setting for it?　Am I missing something?


texts: Can Siri shortcuts be configured to mail a link to myself?

texts: Yes, I still use my inbox as a todo list. Can I use Siri shortcuts and trigger it by saying “Mail this to me” or similar? When I try it always wants a subject line, but I want it automatically from the web page.


texts: find doesn't search within subdirectories

texts: I'm using find . -name '*~' to find files that end with ~ but it only shows files that are not in the subdirectories. When I use find . -name "#*" it shows all files including the ones that are in the subdirectories.


texts: Change Mac terminal name after the @ symbol

texts: I just bought the new Mac mini, this is my first owned Mac. I decided to use the terminal and it shows my name but also my girlfriends name after the @ symbol. I don't know how this happened and what I can do to change it (harrisonokojie@Aminas-Air) I need to change the @Aminas-Air


texts: How can I configure shortcuts to special symbols or emojis in El Capitan or later

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I would like to input faster some special characters (math symbols, emojis, etc.).

I found this article, but the instructions are obsolete for EL Capitan or later.

I would like to add either keyboard combination shortcuts or a long-key-press popup (like for diacritics.)

Any ideas how to achieve one of the two ways?


texts: Does Apple's EFI patch Thunderbolt devices to Windows 10?

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So, I've been rattling with myself about this for a bit. I've followed 5SH-2a's guide of EFI Bootcamp to no avail. I decided to try it on my own, by mapping an NTFS Partition on my hard drive to a VMDK, and using VMWare Fusion to install it, but that has not worked. I am on a Mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro (Identifier: MacbookPro9,2) running Yosemite v10.10. I am trying to install the Windows 10 Tech Preview. When I try and boot via EFI, with my CalDigit Thunderbolt Hub active, Windows goes into an infinite loop, and never boots, while simultaneously power-cycling the devices attached to my hub. When I deactivate the hub, EFI Boot works just fine. When I boot in eBIOS mode, regardless wether I have my hub active or not, Windows boots just fine, using my hub natively. Could this be an issue with Apple's implementation of EFI not connecting the hub to Windows? Any help would be immensely appreciated. Thank you very much for your time.

Edit: This issue happens differently on Windows 8, where Windows boots, but doesn't recognize the Thunderbolt hub in EFI mode.


texts: How to increase font size in Mac App Store?

texts: How do you increase the font size in the Mac App Store? I have just gotten a new Apple Cinema Display and I'm getting used to the higher resolution. I like it and don't wish to lower it. I have just been increasing the font size etc. wherever I can. The only place where I've found it to be a real issue is in the Mac App Store.


texts: How to fix a mechanical problem with a single key on a MBP keyboard?

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I've got a mid-2009 macbook pro that generally runs well. Unfortunately, though, I've started having problems with one key on the keyboard ('o'). It works intermittently. To type the letter I either need to press the key several times or hold it down for several seconds.

Does anyone have any pointers on how I might be able to restore function to my 'o' key?  I'd stress that I'm sure the problem is mechanical, with the hardware, not with the software. I'm wondering if there's a way to disassemble and clean the keyboard, or a way to replace part of it.  Any suggestions are appreciated.


texts: Remove preinstalled apps on Big Sur MacBook Pro M1

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Sorry for my English, I'm French and I've given up trying to remove preinstalled apps like Tv.app and FaceTime. app.
I have  tried a lot (even with SIP disabled) but nothing works. I'm kind very desperate since I’m not sure how I would set up screen time to limit my children’s usage of the Pre-installed apps.
The reason why I need to do so, is that my kid waste time in stead of studying. Is there a guide how to set this up?


texts: untrusted_cert_title error when reinstalling MacOS Sierra

texts: I've wiped out my computer and am attempting to reinstall macOS as the final step of the process to trade in my Macbook Air; however, I get the "untrusted_cert_title" error and am unable to proceed. I've tried updating the date command per instructions I've found online, but continue to receive errors. Any tips? Thank you!


texts:
Checking catalog hierarchy
The volume   could not be verified completely
Volume repair complete
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required
Error: -69845: File system verify or repair failed
Underlying error: 8: POSIX reports: Exec format error

Initial searches on the Apple discussion sites show both the 69845 error coming up, and the posix line too, but so far no joy in either understanding or fixing these two errors.


texts: Where is the Skype for Business for Mac Log Location?

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Microsoft has released the new Skype for Business for Mac product on October 26, 2016, as a replacement for the old Lync for Mac IM client.

On the "General" preferences page, the product contains a "Collect Logs" button. When I click that, nothing happens.

I'd like to know where the product stores its log files when a user clicks on this button. On previous Lync versions, the log files were stored under ~/Library/Logs, but I did not see any Skype for Business log files there after clicking this button.

Where can I find the log files for this new client?


texts: Is there a way to get a public URL for individual iCloud photos?

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I understand it's possible, through the Photos app and iCloud, to create a sharing stream of photos. What I am wondering is if it's possible to get a public URL from any given photo in iCloud.

My end goal is to use the URL in a shell script that would replicate CloudApp or Dropbox screenshot sharing, only using iCloud storage. Can't seem to find anything on the web that explains if this is/isn't possible.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated :)


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I recently incurred a corruption of the boot sequence when I used my mac to install ubuntu onto an USB drive. I had one USB with a live bistro, and I had one which was the target drive. I successfully installed ubuntu onto the target drive, however it seems that ubuntu had written a file to my actual mac hard drive, which corrupted the boot sequence. It placed grub at startup. Now to boot from my mac drive I have to hold the option key to present my mac hard drive. I have booted from recovery mode, command + r, and reinstalled the OS but it has not fixed the issue. I expected the reinstall to fix the issue. Can anyone give suggestions on how to to fix this issue ?
I am using v10.15.5 OSX on a MacBook air 2012.


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A pretty fundamental question, that I haven't found any references too on the internet. Here too, searching for "RDMA" or "SMB Direct" returned 0 results.
SMB over RDMA technology has been around for 8 years since SMB 3.0, and gained broader popularity in the last couple of years. SMB3 is of course part of OS X, but I wouldn't automatically assume Samba and OS X implemented it. Any leads, anyone?


texts: Unable to boot - facing stop sign; Virtual Whole Storage needs repair; Time-Machine cannot find restoration disk destination

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Dear respected experts,

I have a MBP Retina 2015 (Yosemite). I tried to partition my Macintosh HD ( internal 1TB SSD) disk (by splitting into half). It seemed to have split but has given me some errors about mapping or mounting...So I restarted the computer. After which, I was unable to bootup again - facing the 'stop'/'block' sign every time.

I got into Recovery Mode (cmd + R while restarting) and tried using the repair disk option. After clicking repair it keeps telling me the disk needs to be repaired. I click repair again but the same message prompting to repair again pops up. By the way, it's showing my disk as a Virtual Whole disk (500.2GB partition + 499.8GB partition). NB. I managed to erase one of the partitions (I think the 499GB one) within the Virtual Whole Disk. However, the other one cannot be erased (the option is greyed-out)

I would like to repair my disk as opposed to starting over with a brand new install. I have a pre-partition Time Machine backup on a USB drive. I tried to restore it via the recovery mode. However, it was unable to find a destination (disk) to restore it to. I am assuming the destination disk needs to be 1TB since that was the disk's size (single paritioned), although I had only used ~70GB capacity; ie the backup size on my USB drive is also 70GB.

I tried Internet Recovery Mode, as I read that I can't repair my disk via the normal recovery mode...but still to no avail. Should I perhaps bootup a Mac OS via an external USB and and try disk the utlility from there? If yes, how can I download a bootable yosemite OS onto a USB drive? (I only have one mac machine, which at the moment is not booting - have never accessed mac app store before - it's a new machine).

I am unable to boot into Single User mode (it ends up showing the stop sign plus a message about being unable to find root). I tried resetting PRAM and SCM but it didn't solve the issue.

I am worried that if I restore it would mean upgrading to El Capitan or Sierra, which (my guesses are), would render my Time Machine backup useless.

Is there any way I can repair the disk or flawlessly restore the time machine backup, which I have on a USB drive?

I accessed the terminal via recovery mode;

diskutil cs list shows the following:
    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
    Logical Volume Group (random digits)
        name: none
        status: initializing
        size: 0 B (0 B)
        free space: -none

Physical Volume (different random digits)
    Disk: disk1s2
    Status: Failed
    Size: -none-

diskutil list shows:
14 different /dev/disks (ie. last one is /dev/disk14).

/dev/disk0
   disk 0 is 1.3GB (Apple parition scheme)
   disk0s1 is apple partition map (30.7KB)
   disk0s2 Apple_HFS OS X Base System 1.3GB.

/dev/disk1
   disk1 GUID partition scheme 1TB
   disk1s1 EFI EFI 209.7MB
   disk1s2 Apple Core Storage 500.2GB
   disk1s3 Apple_Boot Recover HD 650MB

I've triped checked that disks 2 to 14 are single partitions and are sized from 6.3MB to 524.3KB.

    gpt -r show disk0
    start        size        index          contents
        0     2600084

    gpt -r show disk1
    start        size        index          contents
        0           1                        PMBR
        1           1                        Pri GPT header
        2          32                        Pri GPT table
        34          6
        40     409600            1           GPT part - (random nos C1***3B)
    409640  976970432            2           GPT part - (random nos 53***AC)
 977380072    1269536            3           GPT part - (similar abv 42***AC)
 978649608  975560479
1954210087         32                        Sec GPT table
1954210119          1                        Sec GPT table


texts: How to check system process battery usage information on iOS 8?

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With iOS 8, It was made possible to get relevant battery usage for applications on iOS. Is there any way to find the battery usage of the system processes on iOS 8?
I'm looking for Jailbreak tweaks or Diagnostic tools because there aren't any other options.


texts: Folder of 24 gigs has only 12 gigs nested. How to account for mysterious bloat?

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I have a ~/Library/Developer used by Xcode.app in El Capitan. The Finder > Get Info reports a size of 24 gigs. But the two nested folders each report only 6 gigs each. So ( 2 * 6 ) = 12, and ( 24 - 12 ) = 12. Where is the other 12 mysterious gigs?

I am showing invisible files/folders. So I believe I have not overlooked any other content. I did recently delete much content from there, and emptied the Trash.

How can I track down this huge discrepancy?

Using the du, the “display disk usage statistics” tool, where -d is depth (Display an entry for all files and directories depth directories deep) and -h is "Human-readable" output (Use unit suffixes: Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte and Petabyte).

Outer folder:

cd ~/Library; du -d 1 -h;

…
 11G    ./Developer
…

Inner folders:

cd ~/Library/Developer; du -d 1 -h;

706M    ./CoreSimulator
4.4G    ./Shared
5.9G    ./Xcode
 11G    .

cd ~/Library; du -d 1 -h;

But the Get Info reports twice that, 24.x gigs.


texts: iphone 6 ios 8 siri only working with external mic!

texts: I have a jailbroken iPhone 6 running iOS 8.2. My problem is that Siri does not work with the internal microphone. Siri and dictation work fine with any  external mic like the kind that you'd find on the stock Apple iPhone headphones.


texts: Full privileges on .command file, but it says I don't have appropriate privileges

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I have a command that I regularly need to run in the Terminal (for application code signing). Normally I launch the Terminal, press the up arrow until I reach the command I want, and then hit enter.
I've decided that a more sustainable solution might be to create a file I can just double-click to run the Terminal command. In my searches, I discovered that I could create a text file with the .command extension which contains the command that I want to run.
However, when I double-click on this file, the Terminal opens and I get the following error:

The file “Sign Code.command” could not be executed because you do not
have appropriate access privileges.
To view or change access
privileges, select the file in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

The problem is that when I go to the Get Info wind as directed and look at my Permissions, it says that my user has read-write access (the only other option is read). So in other words, I have the highest permissions, but still can't open this file.
What can I do to solve this?


texts: Dangers of getting replacing iPhone 6S screen replaced at third party store

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I'm considering having my 6S screen replaced at a non-apple shop. By shop, I mean one of a number of street shacks in Southeast Asia.

The price is less than half the cost of Apple doing it and I'm pretty sure it'll go fine. But I thought I'd check in with you first. What can I check for to see that nothing else has been replaced in the phone? For example, the battery or camera? What else? Is there a way to quickly verify that those things haven't been replaced?


texts: Cannot purchase from Mac App Store ("Connection failure" msg)

texts: I have a 2008 MBP with 10.7.4. I use a WIFI and ethernet connection. I cannot purchase or download anything in the Mac App store on my computer. I can, using other folk's computers. After putting in the password, I receive a red "Connection Failure" message. Despite this message, I can click on apps in the Store to read about them. I turned off Little Snitch to no avail. Everything else on the internet works just fine. No useful assistance from Apple. Any ideas?


texts: How can I recover an iTunes backup with iCloud Music Library enabled?

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Long story, but my iTunes library got totally ruined. All of my older manually added and purchased songs are fine, but my Apple Music songs (so basically all of my music from the last 5 years) is just gone. I have a backup from last night at 5:00pm right before this happened, however I cannot recover it. I replaced my entire iTunes directory including the .itl and .xml library files with the backup, but the iCloud library instantly deletes all of my Apple Music songs again. The library itself works perfectly ok with the network cable unplugged, as expected. Instant I plug it back in, the deletion fest begins.

I think I just need to force overwrite the iCloud Music Library with my local library, but I have no clue how to do that.


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Is it possible to add a new section to the Finder sidebar?

I'm interested in adding a new section to the Finder sidebar, and auto-populating it as part of some personal automation.

I understand that the existing sections can be configured by using /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy to modify ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist.

Is this something a UI/Applescript/Bash/Zsh can do? If so, how? Or would this require something more involved such as Swift/Obj code?


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Is it possible to disable notification generated by Mail.app for a certain set of folders?

For e.g. if have Inbox and Inbox > fol1 & Inbox > fol2, I want notification from Inbox and fol1 only.

Would this be possible with growl somehow?


texts: Locations to switch between WiFi and Ethernet

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I have a new MacBook Pro and would like to know how to manage my connectivity within my own home with the following scenario

I have WiFi and can connect to that no problem

I also have a TP-LINK Powerline box in my main plug socket which I connect to via a Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (setup for a desk at home)

When I plug my ethernet cable in, the TP-LINK box doesn't pick up that the MacBook is connected. It is not faulty because it worked OK with my previous Windows PC

My question is: is this a situation whereby having 2 locations/configurations (one WiFi only, 1 Ethernet) would be the solution? Or is there a setting I do not have enabled which is causing the TP-LINK box to not recognise the MacBook ethernet connection when it is plugged in?

Many thanks


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I have a long pin and FaceID enabled and have used my AppleID to place my phone in lost mode. This message was the result of my actions:

  Unable to Suspend Cards on iPhone.
  If credit or debit cards have been set up for Apple Pay on this device, contact the card issuers to
  suspend them.

I'm using iOS 13.2.2. What is going on and am I at risk of potential unauthorized purchases?


texts: I sign into a few different email accounts for different family members and I have a few. Im not sure if that is how it happened but What is ARDAgent.app? I found it as being allowed in my Security and Privacy in my firewall.


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So I install two Windows 7 VMs through VMware fusion 4. The desktop resizes very nicely in the first: Windows senses the resizing and uses smaller icons.

In the second VM Windows simply magnifies its desktop to a rather ugly one: the desktop uses more real estate, but it's just a magnified image of a low-resolution desktop.

I'm not aware that I have changed any setting related to the desktop. How can one intentionally get the former behavior?


texts: Automator simulation of the mouse and keyboard

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My problem: "watch me do" in automator only recognizes for cocoa buttons and doesn't work for apps like games with interfaces drawn my rendering engines.

Desired solution: an Automator action(s) that simulate mouse movements and clicks to coordinates on screen. "Automator Virtual Input" is a great app but doesn't is far outdated (doesn't work in lion)

And considering the amount of scripts i need to create, applescript isn't a time effective solution


texts: I want to use GoogleDNS while I'm on the bus. But there is no settings page to change as far as I can see.


texts: Issue with Siri suddenly misunderstanding what I say

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Siri used to be great for voice dictation on my iPhone. All worked well. One day, though, she started misunderstanding one specific sentence, namely "à la ligne" (new paragraph, in French). since then, she transcribes by writing "/" instead of actually starting a new paragraph.

I tried resetting her database (turning here on and off in setting, as well as "voice dictation"), but nothing works.

I'm using the latest iOS 9.01 on a non-jailbroken iPhone 6.

Any idea what's wrong, and how to fix this?

Thanks!


texts: What is the "In-House Distribution" profile on my iPhone?

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I was just looking around my iPhone and noticed that I have a profile named "In-House Distribution" installed (under Settings > General > Profile). It has a received date of November 18, 2013. The thing is, I have no idea where it came from. My employer didn't install it, I don't recall accepting any profiles, and I simply have no idea where it came from.

My question: Should I be worried about this?

Theories:

I understand that Apple uses "in-house distribution" provisioning for iOS developers. I don't develop iOS apps, but I am currently running the alpha version of the Stack Exchange iOS app (released in February 2014). Could this be the reason?
I do have a couple of favorites from Safari saved to my home screen for easy access; I may have saved the first of these around November. Could saving those links have caused creation of this profile?


texts: Is it possible to override the SD Card write protection setting in software?

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I'm using the built-in SD card reader on a Macbook Pro (15", late 2011) running Yosemite, and it treats every SD card as write-protected regardless of the position of the physical switch on the card.

Apparently this is a fairly common problem. I've already tried all the solutions given in this question, with no success. The only thing left that I can think of to try is making physical repairs to the drive. Since this problem is likely caused by a malfunctioning sensor for a setting I don't care about, that seems like overkill if there is a way to do it in software.

Is there any known way to tell the drive or the OS to ignore the write-protection setting and treat a protected SD card as writeable?


texts: Boot from external drive using rEFInd only if external drive is connected

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I'm trying to use an external drive to contain a Windows install and a Big Sur install, but I'm having trouble configuring the boot options on a MacBook Pro 2018.
I partitioned the external drive to have a Windows Partition and a macOS partition and installed rEFInd to the external drive in order to choose which partition to boot from.
This is the process I would like to have when starting up my Macbook: I would like to always boot up to macOS main install on the internal drive unless I hold option on startup, which would let me choose between macOS on the internal drive or to startup rEFInd, which will then let me choose an OS from the external drive (a second Big Sur install or the Windows parition).
Right now - I've managed to have rEFInd boot up whenever the external drive is plugged in, but whenever it's not plugged in the question mark folder pops up unless I press option to allow me to select my internal macOS install.
Anybody have any ideas on where to look to learn how to configure rEFInd or learn more about the booting process here?


texts: Do iOS 6 maps include public transit information and routing?

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Lately I'm spending a lot of time in London, even though I'm not British.

I rely heavily on the iPhone Google-based maps for transit information, I tell it where I need to get to, and it recommends a bus, tube, etc.

Does iOS6's new Maps app still have this feature? I've read in a few places that it doesn't, but I can't believe Apple would break such important functionality with a new iOS version.

If it doesn't, is there any way to get the old Google maps in iOS6?


texts: What happens after you grant accessibility permissions to an app downloaded from the Mac App Store (Accessibility Permission = Control Over Your Mac)

texts: I recently installed an app from the mac app store known as commander  one from the mac app store which allows you to transfer files between the Cloud, Mobile devices and your mac, but as soon as I installed and opened it, it is constantly asking for accessibility permissions in - order to control my mac, so I deny it every-time it asks for it, so can anyone tell me why the app asks for this permission and what it would be able to do after granting this permission?


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I found some 3rd-party preference-panes in my macOS 10.15.7 Catalina, one is 'NTFS for MAC OS X' but I know what it is, the thing I want to know is 'Symantec Auto-Protect':
'SymantecSAQuickMenu.prefPane'
'SymAutoProtect.prefPane'
I am wondering if someone know what they are, I can't open them because 'System Preferences' says that it will harm my computer (Avast didn't mind when I scanned), it doesn't give a way to allow from 'Security & Privacy.'
Any luck?


texts: How do I see disk usage within a Fusion Drive (CoreStorage Logical Volume)?

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I just created a "Fusion Drive" on my MacBook Pro by following "How to make a Custom CoreStorage Drive in OS X".

It was created with a 256GB SSD and 320GB HD, with the SSD set as the "primary" disk in the logical volume. However, I'm not seeing much of a speed increase, and I'm not sure my data is being stored to the SSD.

How do I confirm that most of my data is stored on the SSD within a Logical Volume?

I was hoping I could simply see disk usage for each disk within the logical volume, but it looks like diskutil cs list doesn't report that.


texts: mis-positioning of favicon dragged-and-dropped on desktop 10.8.5

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Doing web research, I frequently collect .weblocs on my desktop, clicking on the favicon in a browser URL box,  dragging it to the spot I want, and dropping it there.  Until recently, the resulting .webloc file would always "stick" where I put it. (So, I could build up "piles" of .webloc icons -- not pretty but effective for quick-and-dirty searches.)  Now the .weblock files are ending up somewhere else, stacking up at center-right of my iMac's display.  (I guess that's the Finder's I-don't-know-where-to-put-it default for all items going on the desktop.)  This occurs for latest versions of FF, Safari, and Chrome.

Files and folders I drag and drop to the desktop still "stick" as before. Favicons dragged to open folders go where I put them, as before.

I think this started happening when I reconfigured my external screen to "be" on the left of the built-in display from being on the right.  That's the only fallout of this reconfiguration. Everything else about the side-by-side displays operates as expected.

How can I restore the old --and, I argue, correct-- operation, so .webloc files go where I put them?

TIA


texts: Instaling app without AppStore, Jailbreak or any warranty void itp.?

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I have a question. I'm developing an app for iOS. I don't have a subscription of Apple Developer Account(I'm thinking about buying that but I'm hesitating because I don't know whether my app will work or/and be published).

Are there any reliable and legal ways for my friend to install it on his iPhone without jailbreak, AppStore or any warranty void itp.? Is Cydia Impactor safe under above conditions? Is Apple going to make trouble when they detect that an app was installed with this tool?


texts: iPhone contact search (with letters) doesn't return anything

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Suddenly my contact searching stopped working. If I write any letter (on search bar) in order to find out the specific contact(which I saved on phonebook with the same letter starting with) doesn't find the matching. [But, interesting thing is that, it's been working with only newly saved contact for some days.]

it's important to tell that in order to solve that issue I synchronized my phone and also restored everyhting after backing up. Unfortunately, it doesn't help me.

Note: My phone is iPhone 4s and iOS 6.1.3.

Do you have any solution or advise fot that?
Thank you in advance.


texts: Any way to automatically lock *Me* out from *My Own* iPhone for a specific amount of time?

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I am looking for a way to kick me off of My iPhone periodically for set periods of time to avoid getting distracted. Does anyone know of a way to achieve this?

PS: Inspired by http://xkcd.com/862/


texts: Does app review rejection list all issues?

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Our app was rejected recently with reason Google+ signin, which we understood is not according to Apple policy and need to fix.

While discussing about this issue we came across an interesting question with Apple review process, does Apple review team list all issues (if more than one exists) while rejecting app (or) would they stop reviewing other areas as soon as they found an issue (in our case Google+ signin)?


texts: A way to use iPad as a sketching device during presentations (without cables)?

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I would like to use an iPad as a sketch board during some presentations. Idea is quite simple. I draw on the iPad and the people can watch it on the big screen. One way to do it its plain simple. Just connect a HDMI cable to the iPad from the projector and you're set. You can use any app you prefer for that.

The problem arises if you want to get rid of the cables. I do have a Mac, which can be connected to the projector, but where to go from there?

I would imagine to use the Mac as some sort of the Airplay receiver, but then again one would still need a special sketching app, which supports this setup. Or is there a native way to clone iPad screen over to the Mac?

Any help and ideas appreciated!


texts: What does it mean when a %CPU exceeds (# of cores) x 100%?

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Several responses to a question I asked earlier suggested I try Opera kiosk mode, so I decided to download it and give it a try. Once the download had completed and the disk image was being verified, Safari hung for over a minute and there were periods where Safari used a very high %CPU:

In Mac OS X 10.5, I was accustomed to seeing Safari freeze, but it never used up more than 200% CPU (2 cores x 100%). Is this a bug in Activity Monitor? Or does this mean that %CPU is now more akin to system load?


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Using Firefox 86.0 on Big Sur 11.2 and I am trying to find out how to immediately open pdfs in a new tab on firefox when I am given the option to download them. This option was available as the first option on my previous windows computer under "Open with firefox" which automatically opens the pdf in a new tab.

However now all I get is this and even when I navigate to "other.." and select Firefox, a new Firefox window is launched instead of a tab.

Any fixes for this?


texts: Convert a bunch of MKV files to MP4 to read them in iTunes

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I have a bunch of mkv files that are encoded as MPEG-4 video and AC-3 audio. I usually use Subler to convert the mov into mp4 to read them in iTunes, but the AC-3 audio is unreadable by Subler or iTunes.

So, I want to convert them into mp4 files with AAC audio, without re-encoding the video part which is just fine as MPEG-4.

How can I do that?


texts: iOS VPN will NOT connect on certain WiFi

texts: I have downloaded a VPN service app, and it works fine. However, if I run on school WiFi, VPN hangs on "Connecting..." and after 10 seconds it disconnects and tries again. I believe this is a WiFi problem, but I don't know for sure.


texts: Is the firmware update for APFS on an older Mac on disk or NVRAM?

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My 2008 MacPro3,1 is getting long in the tooth and one of the few things left I can do for it before retiring it is to set APFS as the system drive so that I can attempt to run Mojave on it. However, I've been hesitant so far because it appears to be somewhat of a hack to get this machine to boot an APFS volume. Specifically, it appears that you need to update the firmware to make it possible to boot an APFS drive.

My question is, when doing this modification, is it updating the firmware on the motherboard (some NVRAM / flash ROM) or is this installed on the boot drive in the UEFI partition? If it is on the boot drive, I am less worried since you can always reformat the drive. However, if it is on the motherboard firmware, I'm concerned about usability of the machine going forward (e.g. reinstalling an older OS or possibly converting the machine into a Windows 10 or Linux machine).


texts: How to register AppleScript as default web browser in Yosemite?

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This is essentially the same question as How to register an AppleScript as a potential default web browser?, but the solution there doesn't seem to work on Yosemite (LSIsAppleDefaultForScheme no longer exists).

I've written an AppleScript, saved as an application, and checked "Stay Open." I've also added a CFBundleURLTypes entry to the Info.plist with http and https and identifier "Web site URL," mimicking entries in other browsers' plists. I think basically the same procedure worked when I last tried on Mavericks.

Nevertheless, LaunchServices doesn't seem to be picking up the applet as a possible default web browser. I've already tried rebuilding the LaunchServices DB and opening and quitting the applet a few times.

Anybody else tried to do this recently?


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I am using windows 7 64 bit on hp probook 4520s and want to install quicktime, apple provided link give the quicktime to download and install but it give error of some assembly instruction. I think that version of quick time is for 32 bit, microsoft have also given the same url for isntalling quicktime on windows 7 64 bit on its website so can some one please tell me from where I can get 64 bit version and solve my problem.

thanks in advance guys-


texts: Setup a password. But now when entering the password it says wrong password

texts: I just bought a MacBook Air 11 inch, mid 2013 edition. When I started my MBA to go through the initial setup assistant, the voice over feature was on. So I learned how to go through with that but I was just entering my time zone when I got bored and put my MBA in sleep mode. When I opened it it asked me for my password. When I enter the password, it keeps saying it is wrong password. I think I was by able to finish the whole setup assistant also. I am very new to Mac. I have no idea how things are done.


texts: I've been trying to do an AHT/diagnostics on my pre-2013 macbook pro. Unfortunately I don't have the original DVDs and when I tried online diagnostics (Option+D after pressing the power button) I get a message saying: "Apple Server Diagnostics does not support this machine". When I try Option+D, nothing happens. Any ideas what to do now?


texts: Audio output limiter for Mac? NOT volume control

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I'm often victim to some loud sound playing on my computer all of a sudden when I have my volume level turned up already to watch a quiet video. I can't turn everything down to the level of the quietest video I will ever watch; that's impractical. I can't even control the volume level of some applications.

Is there an audio proxy or some other plugin that can limit how loudly a sound will be outputted from my built-in audio card? I'd like an audio output level limit control in addition to the system volume control. For example, if I have my volume up all the way to watch a quiet video, any loud sound that plays should sound as if my volume is set to half or something. I've got my Mac connected to external speakers with an analog 1/8" cable.


texts: What is the "previous system" folder I have in my root directory after ML installation and is it safe to delete?

texts: What is the "Previous System" folder I now have have in my root directory after upgrading Mountain Lion and is it safe to delete? It's 172MB of mostly random font files


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I do a lot of programming and just starting to do a bit of web development. At the moment I am going to be making a few files and folders, because of this, is there a way to open a application in vim (in terminal not visual vim) when double/right clicking the file in finder?

Thanks


texts: Using security keys similar to the use of TouchID for removing need of passwords

texts: With the new MacBooks getting TouchIDs, password authentication is becoming an old school way to do things. Since TouchIDs work in the same way as Security keys (both having public-private keypair), and As written here, we can use touchID without passwords as long as we're logged in: Is there a way to use security keys for the same purpose in older Macbooks as the touchIDs in new Macs?


texts: Is there a cable for MacBook Pro that functions like a docking station over USB-C connector?

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I use four cable connections to my MacbookPro: Power, thunderbolt to external monitor, thunderbolt to ethernet cable, and USB.  In a typical day, I need to disconnect and reconnect these many times as I take my laptop to meetings.

Is there any kind of "cable concentrator" that would let me plug everything into some kind of gizmo and then connect that via a single thunderbolt or USB cable to the Macbook?

Note - I have a USB-C Mac and not a MagSafe Mac.


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I’m new to MacOS world.

By accident I deleted the admin partition (Directory). Every time when I want to install a programme, the system ask me for the admin login. I enter the login but it is not accepted.

I tried yesterday to reinstall a new OS via recovery to get everything new.
The reinstallation was successful (it took more than 2 hours ), but as started the system I found that all my data is still there and I still have the same admin login problem and the same username.

I have tried resetpassword via Recovery but I get a window which says there is user account available

my question is:

How can i fix this problem quickly?

Any advice will be apreciated


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I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 7.0.

Since the upgrade, my battery drains twice as fast.

I have applied all the battery saving tips available on the internet (e.g. http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/19/ios-7-battery-life-fix/).

iPhone is primarily used for phone calls, texting, email, documents/scheduling/productivity, and light web surfing.

Anyone experiencing similar issues? Any suggestions or fixes to apply?

Thank you!


texts: A little confused with gmail imap folders not showing

texts: so im on catalina 10.15.7 and running Mail version 13.4  I use to be able to see my imap folders when i would click the show button and they would expand below the corresponding accoun,like for instance, how my icloud folders(saved, stamps, etc) are showing under icloud.  Is there a way to get the folders for the 2 gmail accounts to show?  Attached is a pic of my mail app and the gmail setting for 1 of the gmail accounts showing that i have it set for impap.  Tks much


texts: Paging month-by-month in the Calendar application

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In the prior version of iOS I was able to navigate the monthly view of the calendar page-by-page: sweeping left advanced the view to the next month, while sweeping right brought me back to the prior month.

After the upgrade to iOS-7 I am no longer able to navigate my calendar page-by-page: the view is in the smooth scroll mode, which is sometimes confusing.

Did I miss some setting or a new gesture to lock in a month and enable page-by-page navigation, or is this simply the way the things are going to be from now on?


texts: Is it possible to connect a 1080p Thunderbolt 3 display to a Thunderbolt 2 port?

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I have a Thunderbolt 3 device that is a 1080p LCD monitor. When the device is connected, System Profiler lists its monitor as using a DisplayPort connection, as well as a few USB 2 devices since this device has touch screen capabilities. It has no external power source -- it's typically powered over its Thunderbolt 3 connection when connected to an actual Thunderbolt 3 port.

I'm wondering if it's possible for me to connect this device to a Mac with a Thunderbolt 2 port and use it as a monitor? In theory this is possible since Thunderbolt 2 supports DisplayPort and could provide more than enough bandwidth and power for a 1080p LCD monitor. It would be nice if this device's USB 2 capabilities worked as well, but not a big deal if they don't. Basically, I'm not sure any such adapter exists for this sort of thing, or if it would work for my particular needs.

Is this possible? For example, can I use the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter + a male-to-male Thunderbolt 2 cable to accomplish this? Or maybe just a male-to-male Mini DisplayPort cable?


texts: iPhone Whatsapp Lockscreen Notification Problem

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Since upgrading Whatsapp to version 2.18.52 contact names do not appear on whatsapp lock screen notifications. For example, if I get a message from Mom, whatsapp only displays the whatsapp logo and “message”, without displaying the sender. I used to be able to see just the contact name (“Mom has sent you a message”), but now, no Names are displayed. This just happened as I updated to ios 11.3.1. Anyone having a similar problem? Please advise how I can fix this issue.

Thank you


texts: OS X 10.9 Mavericks subtle two-finger scrolling changes (on touchpad)

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I am still unsure whether this is dependent on, or even related to, the "Responsive Scrolling" feature rolled out in Mavericks.

Responsive Scrolling is intended to provide smoothness of scroll by doing such things as pre-rendering the areas surrounding the scrollable buffer. This in theory promotes buttery smooth scroll animation. I am all for that and I think such an abstraction layer is essential to great user experience. In practice, however, reports of increased lag or sluggishness were common in the early days of 10.9.

However, this topic is not about that. For me, I have not seen issues of this sort, thankfully.

But what I have noticed (and which I am having trouble finding others who have noticed it) is an aggravating subtle change to the behavior of scroll. Before, in 10.8, the two finger scroll on the touchpad controlled the scrollable buffer in a one-to-one fashion. Now, for very low finger motion velocities, the scrolling motion is accelerated.

This means the page will scroll much faster (something like 5 to 20 pixels per second) even when I am barely moving my two fingers at all.

In addition to this, this acceleration appears to have a rubber-band effect, where for slightly faster finger velocities, it actually slows down the motion of the buffer. It's almost like Apple is imposing on me some sort of "optimal scroll rate" and correcting me even though I know damn well how fast I want to move through the page to match my skimming speed, thank you very much.

And then, there is a separate higher-velocity regime where if finger velocity exceeds some much higher threshold the rubber-band adjustment is taken away. This feels good and proper and the momentum scrolling works just great.

I have become a bit of a speed reader/skimmer over the years and my rate of about half a page a second is just at this threshold, between the top range of the aggravating rubber-band-slowing regime and the "free-spinning" proportional control regime.

So, basically... I don't like this. I want it to feel like my fingers are directly dragging the scrolling buffer. I don't want "help". The non-physical "help" breaks the proportional physics of control, and it basically feels like they took a perfectly tuned rolling tube that I was using to view my documents on and squirted a magic rubber banding lubricant that defies physics into the bearing.

Note: It's possible that I am experiencing some side effect due to not installing the new OS fresh and instead updating a rather heavily "broken in" 10.8 setup. I've got BetterTouchTool and other widgets of this sort that took the ride over that might possibly be interfering and generating this strange behavior.

So anyway. The actual question is.... try scrolling a page in Mavericks at this rate of speed. Maybe try to do a comparison with a Mac that's running 10.7 or 10.8. See if you can spot this difference. If not, please tell me I'm crazy and maybe that means I can get this changed back to the way it should be.


texts: Does the iPhone, when connected to a portrait display with a 16:9 ratio, utilize the entire screen?

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Assuming the use of the lightning to digital AV adaptor connected to a modern 16:9 1080p display rotated to portrait.
The iPad clearly does window boxing regardless, but I’ve only been able to find images of the iPhone connected to displays in landscape mode.


texts: How to focus on MacVim in terminal using keyboard shortcut?

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I have three Applications open, one window for each:

Google chrome

MacVim in server mode

iTerm2

How I can set up some keyboard shortcuts to focus this apps ?

One Idea is do it via Alfred 2 Powerpack, after double click ctrl, run the iTerm2 command, this will start the iTerm2 app when not running, or focus it when it is already open.

Same for Google Chrome with different shortcut.

But I have no idea how to focus MacVim, because the app alone will run always a new window (no --remote option) when run like the both above.

Is there a method to focus to an existing already open application ?


texts: How can I run Warcraft 3 on my new MacBook Pro

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I recently bought the digital copies of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne from the blizzard store. They are registered with my blizzard account but when I download the zip file it opens a downloader but my computer says it can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. What can I do about this?

The error is shown in this image


texts: Why does `df` use "Bi" as abbreviation for bytes?

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Apparently df is putting "i" after capital letters for each size. This makes sense for Kilobytes/Kibibytes, Gigabytes/Gibibytes, and Mebibytes (if that's what "Mi" stands for).  But why would it use "Bi" for bytes?

For example, part of my result of df -h is:

map auto_home           0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0          0  100%   /home


texts:
So I just upgraded to iOS 6 and have two questions:

Is it possible that my updated contacts (using Facebook integration) will uploaded to the cloud so the same info appearing on iPhone will be available on OS X contacts?
On any contact in iPhone, when I tap on the Facebook category, it opens my Lloyds bank app. Why?

A clarification on the first question: many of the contacts imported from Facebook were already in my iPhone although with less info (usually just the phone number). Instead of combining the info, I get two contacts with same name and different set of info. What I want is have them combined on iCloud. If I manually use "Link cards" they will be displayed as one, although changes are not reflected on iCloud.


texts: iTunes import settings for files on computer

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I'm switching to iTunes for music management to make my life easier (mac, iPad, iPhone, ATV owner) and because I keep my library in the cloud via iTunes Match.

I've noticed that .mp3 files won't upload to Match, but files converted to .aac via iTunes work just fine. I don't mind converting everything to Apple's format, but importing files, converting to aac (by clicking 'create aac version'), then deleting duplicates is painful.

Is it possible to have my files convert to .aac while it's being copied to the iTunes Media folder?


texts: Returning to simple pop-up characters panel?

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One of my favorite new Mavs features is the pop-up characters panel.  Its operation is detailed here. It is summoned via control+command+space and looks like this:

At some point, however, the key combination started summoning the full Character Viewer instead:

The latter is a bit more awkward to use than the panel was.  How did I get set this way and how I can get back to using the pop-up panel?


texts: What is the difference between AppleScript version and AppleScript Studio version?

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Testing what can be done with System Events I noticed when pulling system info:

AppleScript Version:

tell application "System Events" to return AppleScript version of (get system info)

AppleScript Studio Version:

tell application "System Events" to return AppleScript Studio version of (get system info)

there was a difference returned.  When I researched the site I didn't see this asked and I haven't found an answer on Apple discussion.  So what is the difference between the two?


texts: Apple Music doesn't let me play my song? (Music app problem!)

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There is a certain song that I sync to my iPhone 6s from iTunes (newest version) that can't be played directly. Everytime I choose it, it show this:

(In summary it recommend me to join Apple Music. (I changed my language to English so you guys could understand but it doesn't change here) )
I can't play it directly but I CAN if I choose a song before or after it, then hit "next" or "back" to go to it.

I have tried:

Re-sync the song.
Re-sync the song after changing something in the tag of it (album name, song name, artist name,...).
Re-sync the song after changing the album cover.
Turn off Show Apple Music in settings.
Re-sync the song with wifi off on computer.

None of these works except (3). But I think it's just lucky since I have tried it again to see if it's the way to fix this kind of problem, but the other times it failed.

Actually this problem happened to one of my song before and I fixed it somehow, by changing the album cover to make it become a new song on my music library (like what I did this time), if I remember correctly.

I noticed that the cloud (the "downloaded" part in this picture) show on the album may have something to do with it:

Other songs on my iPhone don't have it next to the album cover and they play fine (The cloud still keeps appearing and disappearing really quickly sometimes). And why does it show on this song anyway?

So what am I to do to fix this kind of problem?


texts: Transferring Mail data from one MBP to an other

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I try to transfer my mails, preferences and all settings from one Mac to an other. Both are using the most recent Mavericks OS X.

I copied the ~/Library/Mail directory from the old one, as well as the ~/Library/preferences/com.apple.mail.* files. The 3 accounts seems to be working fine, and it appears, as if some of the mails have been transferred indeed, but I certainly miss the whole "ON MY MAC" folder structure form the new setup.

What is missing, where is that information stored?


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I just bought a new MacBook Pro running OS X 10.10.3 and then migrated from my old Mavericks MacBook Pro. Now when I search for a file using command+F, Finder hangs/beachballs/becomes unresponsive after just a few letters. Here's what I tried and what happened:

Removing com.apple.finder.plist or com.apple.dock.plist from /Users/username/Library/Preferences then rebooting (as suggested various places such as here) didn't fix the problem.
Trashing the contents of Library/Saved Application State/ then rebooting did fix the problem—for exactly one search, subsequent searches had the same problem as before. I deduce that the saved state might be a part of the problem.
Restricting the search to PDF or Document before I type search terms also fixes the problem, from which I think that the size of the set of files to be searched might be a part of the problem.

What is causing this situation and how can I fix it?


texts: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) Dual External Monitor Performance

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According to the MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) Technical Specifications, the Graphics and Video Support for the 2015 Retina MBP 13-inch is:

  Intel Iris Graphics 6100
  Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 3840 by 2160 pixels on up to two external displays, both at millions of colors.

There exist answered questions here on the Apple Stack Exchange about what's possible in terms of dual external monitors for this MBP. I understand that, as shown by the above quoted text, it is possible to run two 4K monitors with the MBP.

My question is concerned with the actual performance of using two full 2160p/4K external monitors with (at least) a Mini DisplayPort connection - has anyone had any problems (flickering, or really anything negative) with this setup? Similar to  this question, but for the 2015 MBP.

I guess the performance may vary with the brand of monitor, but I'm just looking for a general idea of how well it does. I'm interested in knowing about how it would function before I make the costly investment.

I know the Intel Iris Graphics 6100 are integrated and use up to 1.5GB RAM of the MBP, but I don't know if that will mean a stable, reliable experience with two 4K monitors. I also know the Retina 15-inch 2015 MacBook Pro uses a discrete graphics card, which may be more suitable, but I'm not interested in the 15-inch screen.


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I want to know each and every core files my Mac sync with iCloud even the hidden files which one normally can't edit.

I want to know what are other things iCloud sync except the items that are listed in the iCloud settings like:

iCloud Drive
Photos
Mail
Calendar
Contacts
Reminders
Notes
Keychain
Safari (reading lists, iCloud tabs)

What does Apple sync with iCloud we don't know about?


texts: Command + F1 did not shows the more... in IntelliJ IDEA

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When I view my pom.xml in IntelliJ IDEA, an error is shown:

  Dependency "org.springframework:spring-web:4.2.2.RELEASE" not found   more... (⌘F1)

However, when I use ⌘ + F1, it doesn't show more information.


texts: Adobe CS5 Mac iOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Just stopped working! Help

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My Gear:
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
Processor: 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon R9 M380 2048 MB

iOS: High Sierra 10.13.6

Preferences: The programs that are problematic are enabled. Only Photoshop works.

Problem:
I have been running CS5 for quite a few years now, relatively trouble free other than some minor quirks.

Primarily, I use Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, InDesign.

Yesterday, everything but Photoshop all suddenly came to a crashing halt.  Cannot start up the programs again.  A long time ago, I turned off all auto updates.

What changed?
Why, out of the blue, would all these Adobe programs just stop working?

Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: How to preview location of image on Albums on iPad?

texts: I am able to see image's location on Photos tab on iPad, but how to preview the same in Albums tag using iOS 8 Photos app?


texts: Apple, in their infinite wisdom, has changed the Podcast app (again).  Am I going crazy, or has double speed been removed?


texts: How big external monitors will a Macbook Pro Retina support?

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I am considering buying a Macbook Pro Retina as a developer machine (and dual boot it into Windows 8).

The thing is I love big monitors, and lots of them.

How many and how big external monitors will a Macbook Pro Retina support?

In particular, can it display with native resolution on a 2560x1600 and a 2560x1440? And use its internal display too? Will it require particular adapters, e.g. DisplayPort?

Will I be able to use those monitors when booting into Windows 8?


texts: How to create an Automator "Mail Service" to compose the body of email from the content of a file?

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I would like to create a "Mail Service" with Mac Automator to create a New Message that automagically fills the body with the content of ascii file ~/Documents/MailBody.txt

I can select the file with "Find Finder Items", but not sure how to get its content to pass it as input to "New Mail Message". Note I want to add the content of the file to the body, not to attach the file itself.

Thanks a lot in advance.


texts: Retain print spool until printer available?

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I'd like to be able to add, by script and by hand, files on dropbox to the print queue and for these to be retained there until I'm at a specific printer with my Macbook Pro.

As it is now, I add docs to be printed when the printer isn't available and after a while these are removed before the printer becomes available.

Is there a setting in OS X I can use to retain the files of the print spool until the printer in question is available?

Alternatively, is there a simple print spool application that can handle this task? I've looked in the App Store and on macupdate.com and googled and found very little.

Any suggestions how to solve this issue in OS X 10.9 Mavericks?


texts: WiFly/Mikrotik Captive portal page doesn't close on iOS, but works on Android

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When connecting an Apple device to a guest hotspot, the authorization page of the Apple Captive Network Assistant does not close after authenticating. On Android it works like it should.

My setup:

Provider: Rostelecom
Captive Portal Service Provider: WiFly
Router: Mikrotik
Transport: UniFi

The instructions from these vendors did not help in solving the problem.


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I am trying to diagnose an overheating Macbook Pro. When starting up some resource-intensive software, it shows spikes in frequency or temperature.

Are the spikes of frequency above the 2.8Ghz of the cpu specs normal?

Is there anything I can do? It's so bad that the machine will actually shut down abruptly.


texts: How to list audio card IDs from terminal

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I am developing a script which deals with sound recording.

As user potentially can have multiple sound cards attached, I would like to give him/her a chance to select desired one. The software I use for actual recording asks for numeric "Device ID".

Is there any way to retreive list of Device IDs along with soundcards' names from command line (terminal)?


texts: How to troubleshoot Bonjour resolution problem

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I'm having an issue where HomeKit stops working in my house.

I have four devices involved:

My Wireless Router - a Netgear R6220
My Mac Mini - running Homebridge (it's a software implementation of homekit that allows to publish your own homekit devices
My AppleTV - acts as a HomeKit hub
My iPhone - HomeKit remote - works inside and outside of the network due to the HomeKit hub

HomeKit will work just fine for months at a time, and then suddenly I will get a message from the Home.app on iOS saying that No accessories responding.

I have also noticed that when this happens, I cannot resolve any services that rely on Bonjour - mini.local is not ping-able from my iPhone and airplay services of the Apple TV aren't discoverable.

Since HomeKit and Airplay both rely on Bonjour, this tells me that it's an issue with Bonjour.

I downloaded the Bonjour Browser Discovery app and ran it when things were not resolvable over bonjour, but low and behold all services seem to be found by the app.

Now for the really strange part - the problem can be fixed by rebooting the Router OR the Apple TV.

So which device is the culprit?

Any advice on how to troubleshoot?


texts: Is it safe to enter your credentials on eBuddy for iPhone?

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I'm hesitant in using it, as it asks for all your passwords for your messaging programs.

What is their privacy policy? Has anyone ever had problems with it?


texts: Trap closure of app when its closed in the Multi-Tasking view

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What event/selector/method is called, if any, when the user closes the app in the multi-tasking screen?  Xcode reports Message from debugger: Terminated due to signal 9 (i.e. SIGKILL, which cannot be trapped).
Is the use of AppDelegate.applicationWillResignActive,which is invoked when the user pressed the 'Home' button, the next best option?


texts: Prevent iOS 11 from closing background apps?

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Since upgrading to iOS 11, I've noticed that apps running in the background are closed much more aggressively.

Two specific cases that are especially frustrating:

Google Maps, which was in the middle of routing me, was closed and I almost missed my exit because it didn't give me a notification.
WhatsApp is frequently closed, which stops notifications from showing up on the desktop app.

Is there anything I can do to prevent iOS from closing these apps?

(and for completeness: "background app refresh" is enabled for these apps, and this is on an iPhone 6)


texts: I'm creating a folder action to display a notification when a new file is downloaded and would like the notification to display the filename. I can't figure out how to extract the filename of the downloaded file and pass it on to the variable.


texts: How do I install Flash in the guest account only?

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Is there a way to install Adobe Flash to the Guest account (only)?  I'd like to install to the Guest account so it gets wiped out on reboot.  I rarely use Flash, so I want to not have to track updates.

Either that, can I install it to a non-Admin account that I can wipe out when I need to.


texts: MBP: How to change the touchbar icons for when it's LOCKED?

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When my machine is locked- I only get some media icons (stop/play, volume) but I really would love to have the FWD (skip this stupid song) icon, etc.

I can't seem to find a way to edit the icons that show when the machine is locked.

I'm mainly using Amazon Music, if it matters.

Google has been trash for help in this regard too.

Thanks


texts: How do I eliminate SMTP servers in the settings that I no longer use?

texts: Earlier today, I asked a question about SMTP server settings on my iPhone (iOS 11.2.5).  I've more or less figured that one out.  I realize that it doesn't really matter, but how do I get rid of all these extra SMTP entries that I no longer need?


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I would like to hit cmd+X to switch to (or launch, if it's not running) the #X application in the Dock, without hardconding that application.

I.e. if my third application in the dock is the Terminal, I hit cmd+3 and I switch to the terminal, but if I then move Adium to that position, cmd+3 automatically opens Adium.

Can this be done on OSX 10.8 (or 10.9)?

Even better, though that's not required, if in case I hit the combination of the already active application, it hides it instead.


texts: High Sierra file sharing on Macs not working for Active Directory users

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Running Macs, High Sierra, in a lab environment.  Serving K-12 students.  File sharing important as students drop off assignments (files) to instructor computer.  However, students logged on to the Active Directory domain cannot drop off files in the instructor's public folder-->Drop Box.  SMB and AFS sharing both enabled in System Prefs (sharing).  Testing with local accounts on same computers, file sharing works (local account can drop off files) but AD user accounts cannot.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I be in the sudo file on MacBook Air

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Every time I write sudo spctl --master-disable on terminal it asked for my password and I type it gives me this error:

Wild.ziv is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

"Wild.ziv" is my name then it says that. Can someone please explain why this is happening?


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Just got a new airport time capsule (2013 model). The time capsule is put in bridge mode and the modem/router from my ISP (thomson 585 v8) is doing the router stuff (dhcp, nat). Time capsule is connected to modem/router via ethernet cable (100mbit is the interface of the router).

The question is: if I put the modem/router to bridge mode (my isp's configuration gives the option to bridge the modem) and turn the routing stuff to time capsule will my network become faster? Does the 100mbit conncetion between tc and modem slow down things in the local network?


texts: Make volume and brightness sliders stay open on macbook pro touch bar

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I have already changed the setting in Keyboard Settings for the Touch Bar shows to Expanded Control Strip and I have volume and brightness sliders loaded onto the expanded control strip.

However, I still have to press the button before I slide. Can I make the sliders stay open?


texts: How can I remove annoying messages about versioning from Xcode?

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Practicing a bit with the Swift language, I am currently using Xcode v.9.2 in the playground mode. While coding, every time I just add a single statement, the following window appears:

Is it possible to make this window not appear so frequently? If yes, how? In the long run, its appearance is really annoying and the consequent workflow interruptions are incredibly disturbing.


texts: Automator workflow to close programme when laptop is closed / goes to sleep

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I've got a programme that I use regularly that has a really bad memory leak problem. It seems to be triggered when closing my laptop / putting it to sleep and then waking the laptop up again.

I wondered if it's possible to create an Automator workflow to say "when laptop is closed / when laptop goes to sleep close programme"?


texts: Internal Mic Option Disappears when using Apple Earbuds

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Does anyone know of a way to use my macbook pro's internal microphone while using my Apple "Earpods" for sound? When I look at the Sound Prefpane without my earbuds in the internal mic option is there, but when I plug in my earbuds with microphone it goes away.

Is this intentional? Why does it just disappear? What's the point of even having a preferences if you cant choose which one you want to use?


texts: I cannot install the Tiled Map Editor on Mac OS X 10.6.8

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I am attempting to install Tiled Map Editor, a cross-platform open-source application that uses the QT application framework. It is used in game design.

When I attempt to install it, I get this error message:

  You can't open the application Qt SDK Installer because it is not
  supported on this type of Mac

How can I resolve this problem? I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8.


texts: Can't select an iCloud Photo Stream for Screen Saver

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I used to choose an iCloud Photo Stream of mine for my screen saver. But now, when I go to my screen saver settings, there is no option to choose an iCloud Photo Stream, but only Apple's default screen savers.

Any ideas about how to sort it out?


texts:
I intend to start to develop for Apple products. My question is if a Mac mini with the below configuration will suffice for this purpose.

2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
2GB memory
500GB hard drive
Intel HD Graphics 3000
OS X Lion

I intend to develop in Objective-C but the question is if Apple will farther allow native code apps on their mobile hardware.


texts: iCloud Photo Library and storage usage on devices

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I am considering to use one of Apples iCloud plans.
I read that photos and videos on the devices are "lightweight versions" using less storage (at least if you configure it that way).

But let's say I have 200 GB of cloud storage filled with 190 GB of pictures, how can my iPhone with 16 GB handle that? (Assuming 16GB are not enough for the "lightweight versions" of the photos)
Am I getting device storage warnings and alike?

Thanks.


texts: Menu bar app for plain text/markdown notes?

texts:
I'm converting from Evernote to Dropbox/Markdown for my notes. And I really love the quick note capture menu bar applet for Evernote (image below).

Anyone know of something similar for plain text notes? Ideally it quickly stores the note as a .md file in ~/Dropbox/Notes. But .txt files can also work. This is on macOS Sierra.


texts: Safari extensions have suddenly stopped working (10.13.4)

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All of a sudden this morning my extensions stopped working. The extensions preference pane is empty and says "No extensions".
All the extensions are left in ~/Library/Safari/Extensions, and if open one of them to install it says (roughly translated):

Safari can not install this extension
An error occured when the ”NinjaKit” extension was installed.

I tried restoring the entire ~/Library/Safari folder and ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist from a backup from yesterday when everything was working fine, but that did not solve it.
The issue may stem from wrong permissions somewhere, since if I try to edit the Extensions.plist file manually it says "Unlocking failed for an unknown reason." when I try to save it. I tried sudo chmod -R 0777 ~/Library/Safari/Extensions but that did not solve the issue either. The file is not locked from the "Get Info" view in Finder.


texts: 2008 MacBook Air Can't Boot OS X Snow Leopard USB Install Drive

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I have a 2008 MacBook Air (MB003LL/A / MacBookAir1,1 / A1237 / 2142), and I am trying to reformat it with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, using the retail install DVD image snowleopard_10a432_userdvd.dmg restored to a USB flash drive with Disk Utility. I do not have an external DVD drive to use.

Whenever I try to boot, I get a "no" sign after a few minutes of waiting after the Apple logo.
If I boot it in verbose mode, I get:

USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): AF429H02YE09000451 0x154b 0x7a 0x1100
AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: initialization complete
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device

...and so on.

Does anyone know how I can solve this issue?


texts: Exclude all .git or .svn folders from Spotlight index

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I would like to exclude all the .git and .svn folders on my hardrive from the Spotlight index. I know I can manually add them through the GUI but since they are many of them, and often new ones, it would be difficult.

Is there any way to exclude a folder by name (rather than full path)? Or is there any way to exclude the folders using the command line (in which case, I could automatically find them and exclude them from time to time)?


texts: How do I set an empty search domain on Airport/Time Capsule

texts: My ISP supplies their own search domain via DHCP, which I don't want being passed on to my own devices. However, if you leave the field for 'search domain' empty on an Airpot/Time Capsule it will revert to the ISP default once the text box loses focus. Is it possible to override the value to empty?


texts:
Use ftp to obtain source code.

I am following a linux command line book to learning compiling.

[me@linuxbox src]$ ftp ftp.gnu.org
Connected to ftp.gnu.org.
220 GNU FTP server ready.

I tried and it reported an error

$ ftp ftp://ftp.gnu.org/
-bash: ftp: command not found

$ ftp
-bash: ftp: command not found

How to solve the problem?


texts: Hassle pairing third-party Bluetooth-device with macOS

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I've got a pair of third-party cordless headphones, which I have to re-connect each time I use them. Therefore I go to "System-Preferences", then "Bluetooth". Finally I click on the device list-item and then "Connect".
Is there are more convient way to accomplish the Bluetooth-pairing?
Is it normal that I have to do the pairing each time?
I'm using an Apple Bluetooth-keyboard writting this. I've paired it onced and it just works.
Is this re-pairing trouble due to the fact, that I'm using a third-party product? Respectively could one expect Earpods to work smoother with macOs?


texts: iPhone 5s: Have to wait before I swipe after unlock animation is done

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I use the iPhone 5s with iOS 7.1.2.

When I unlock the phone with my finger print, there is an animation where the icons move from the edges towards the center of the screen. After this animation is done, I have to wait approximately an entire second before I can swipe left/right on the touch screen in order to get to the apps on the other screens.

This is extremely annoying! Simple and quick tasks such as checking on emails will take far longer because I have to wait. This is very annoying and there is simply no way to avoid this and I don't know why Apple didn't fix this already. That's the first thing I ever noticed after buying this phone.

Will this be fixed? Is there any reasonable workaround (I don't want to install jailbreaks) ?
I know that the out-of-the-box iPhone 5s doesn't do this that way. After you install the latest iOS, the error occurs (maybe it's a "feature"?)

This isn't a bug that's only on my phone. I did reset it once (out of other reasons) and the bug was still there. Later on my phone got stolen, so I bought a new one and it was still there.

According to ActMonitor, I have 230 MB RAM free plus 100 MB RAM inactive. There is also 3.6 GB storage available (out of 16 GB)

Take a look at 7:31 in this video. There you can also see it, but not as extreme as with my phone.


texts: Drag and drop from iPhoto may remove the pictures from iPhoto Library, how to recover it?

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I modified the "Recursive Image File Processing Droplet" example provided from Apple in AppleScript Editor to rename any dropped file and move it to a custom folder. It worked seemingly flawlessly when I dropped images directly from iPhoto. Unfortunately I noticed now that the files where moved out of the iPhoto Library. So now the iPhoto Library is corrupted and iPhoto show the files I processe.

First of all when I dropped the files on my droplet it showed reassuringly the green "plus" sign, so I thought it was actually providing the droplet a copy of the file. Isn't this a sign of bad user interface?

Now, I'd like to know how to deal with the corrupted iPhoto Library and the missing pictures. So my real question is how to recover a corrupted iPhoto Library in the most painless way, when all happened is that some files where renamed and moved away. I wrote all the story as a warning for people who may do the same thing.

My system is OS X 10.7.4 and I am using iPhoto '09 8.1.2.


texts: iTunes: How to transfer a music purchase between two Apple IDs?

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I bought an album off of iTunes on my phone, and now my mom wants to listen to it. The problem is I bought the songs using my apple ID on my phone, and her iTunes is under a different account.

Q: Is it possible to put the music on her account even though I bought it with a different apple ID? If so, how?


texts: Time capsule over ethernet is incredibly slow

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I am transferring files from my Time Capsule (4th Generation, 2TB, model A1409) to my laptop (Ubuntu) via the Apple Filing Protocol. The Time Capsule is connected directly to the laptop via an ethernet cable (wifi on the laptop is disabled): standard LAN port to standard laptop ethernet interface. The Time Capsule is not being used by any other device (i.e. it is disconnected from my primary router; no laptops/mobiles/etc are connected to it physically/wirelessly aside from the Ubuntu laptop).

The transfer speeds are incredibly slow: ~260kB/sec. I am transferring several large files that equate to ~7GB, which is taking several hours to transfer.

Why is the network speed so slow? How do I increase the speed?


texts: Force open applications to shift to external monitor when it's attached

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I have a MBP 16" with Mojave installed and an external monitor (LED Cinema Display).
The external monitor set as the one w/ the menubar:

Before I connect the laptop to the external monitor, I have a number of application open, across multiple desktops.
When I connect the laptop to the external monitor, the applications remain on the laptop, rather than being shifted to the monitor.
This behavior is 'new' for Mojave.  Is there a way to get all of the applications to shift to a corresponding desktop on the external monitor?


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I currently use iOS 9 on an iPhone SE. I frequently use the Music app to play a specific playlist of relaxing music before bed, so I like that from opening the Music app the playlists list is easily accessible. (The playlists tab is always on the bottom, unless a song is playing in which case I must minimize that first). And I can often bring up that particular playlist in the app so later when I go to the Music app it's right there for me to tap the first song.

My concern is with the Music redesign in iOS 10, which I have not personally used and is part of my reason to be hesitant about upgrading. My question is, how easy is it to access playlists (and other parts of the app, like artists or songs), and is it easy to open a playlist so it will be there for me next time I open the app?


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Since I have updated my Mac on the newest version of MacOS BigSur 11.1 my external monitor HP Z27n G2 starts flickering heavily in 2560 x 1440 resolution.
Now I have changed the resolution to 2048 x 1152 and it seems to be okay.
Now actually I would like to have the better resolution because the monitor can it and before the update it wasn't a problem.
Does anyone have the same issue and have a better solution then going down in resolution?
Thanks in Advance


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Mac mouse cursor-pointer SIZE does NOT change when shaking, even when "Apple - System Preferences - Accessibility - Display - Shake mouse pointer to locate" is selected.
System: macOS 10.12.6 (16G2136) Sierra.
How to fix it? Thanks!


texts: Using iPhone battery port to get a little charge for my device

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I am working on an emergency device that is rather tiny and needs a small amount of electricity when in use.

I wanted to have an app on the iPhone that would Bluetooth communicate with the device but I wanted to keep the product small by getting the electricity from the Apple battery by plugging in a jack from my device into the iPhone charging port.

Would this work?


texts: How to stop programs stealing focus when initializing a build in XCode?

texts: I'm currently using XCode in conjunction with Unity. When I initiate a build in Unity, it automatically runs XCode. XCode will then steal focus from whatever app I happen to be in. Is there a way of disabling apps stealing focus in OSX?


texts: Is there character spacing feature in PDFpen?

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I am trying out the demo version of PDFpen and can't figure out a way to adjust the character spacing. My text edit ended up like this:

The first line is a result from PDFpen editing and the second line is the original.
Please avoid obvious suggestion like using a different font.

I like to know if character spacing is available or not in PDFpen.