texts: How do I back up the entire system state online?

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As far as I can see, the major cloud-based backup services that exist for Macs - for example iCloud, Backblaze, or iDrive - back up only your work files.

That's great, but it doesn't achieve the comfort of Time Machine which backs up the entire system state, allowing you to restore your backup to a different Mac and continuing with your work without having to first set up your work environment, like with those services that only save your files.

Is there a product that does this, either as a cloud-based service or a tool that allows you to upload state to your own online space (Web, Amazon S3...) via FTP or similar?

Alternatively, is there a sane way to do this using Time Machine, say by hosting a TM volume on a virtual private server?


texts: Terminal not working correctly inside external NTFS drive High Sierra

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I would like to write to my NTFS drive that I used to use with a Windows computer. This Hard drive is an external portable hard drive.

I have tried to follow this tutorial:

and have read this post:

Cannot edit /etc/fstab to let NTFS drives write

I have managed to create a new folder using the GUI, but if I use a terminal and cd into the drive, and type

ls

I get

ls: .: No such file or directory

What does this mean?


texts: Mac doesn't recognize hosts on local network

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I have a Linux server in my cupboard. My Windows machines can connect to it via its hostname. I have never configured any DNS server; all I did was assign the Linux box a name when I installed Ubuntu on it. It's running a Samba file server.

My Macbook Pro doesn't recognize the host name. How can I make my Macbook find the machine the same way the Windows machines can? The Linux machine's IP is dynamically assigned via DHCP so I don't want to add a permanent entry to a hosts file or similar. (Despite this, the Windows machines can always find it.)

Update: I can't ping the machine, but nmblookup can find it.

grahamb@pickle:~$ ping fry
ping: cannot resolve fry: Unknown host
grahamb@pickle:~$ ping fry.local
ping: cannot resolve fry.local: Unknown host
grahamb@pickle:~$ nmblookup fry
querying fry on 192.168.1.255
192.168.1.8 fry<00>


texts: iPad connects to Wifi but not to Internet

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I am trying to connect my iPad to the Internet without success.I am able to connect to the Wifi network but not to the Internet from there. This router (let's call it WIFI A) I am connecting to is connected via cable to the LAN main access point, which also works as a Wifi access point (let's call it WIFI B). Now I am able to connect to the Internet using WIFI B, but can't connect to the Internet using WIFI A.

I can normally connect to WIFI A, but no Internet from there. I can also connect to the Internet when using WIFI A with other devices and computers, but can't connect with any Apple device.

There are some options regarding the Wifi connections that I can change, but I don't know what to change.

Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: How to get OSX Yosemite outside the Mac App Store

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I have the following scenario.

At work I run an Ubuntu PC machine with fast connection.
At home I have a Mac without any kind of outside connection (offline)

My question is how do I get the OSX Yosemite offline installer to install it on my home Mac, obviously I can't access the Mac App Store in my Ubuntu machine at work. Is there any way that I can get a direct link for an offline installer ?

Note:

In previous versions I get the ESD dmg file that contains everything that I need to install. But I can't find any kind of that link with Yosemite. All of the current ones redirects to the Mac App Store.
I need the final version released yesterday, Betas or GM aren't an option


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I have recently upgraded my Internet access to 100Mbps upload / 30Mbps download, upgraded also the modem router and switches to 100Mbps.
Tested with Speediest app (Mac OSX) and found these figures:
- download 94 Mbps (excellent)
- upload 14 Mbps

The upload speed should be somehow around 30Mbps. What is wrong?
My laptop is indeed capable of delivering 30Mbps up, maybe it's because of old Ethernet cables? What should I check?

Thanks


texts: Copying and pasting text only pastes a hyphen character

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When I copy a block of text more than about twenty lines long to the clipboard, pasting only pastes a hyphen character.

Why is the clipboard buffer so small and how can I increase it?


texts: How can I set the priority of Wi-Fi networks on my iOS device?

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I have two Wi-Fi networks in my house, one at one end of the house and one at the other.  While signals crossing from one side of the house are usually audible on the other side, they are generally fairly weak and quite nearly unusable - something in the house's construction attenuates signals traveling through certain walls.  So, to enable good connectivity while roaming the house, I have to have my Wi-Fi clients configured for both networks.

This works fine on PCs where I can configure both networks and set a priority order, so that the system prefers the network closest to its normal location and should only roam when its usual network gets too weak.  However, I cannot find a way to set this priority in iOS.  This results in some devices occasionally connecting to the farther AP, despite being in their regular spot where they should prefer the closer one.

How can I customize the roaming preferences for Wi-Fi networks on the iOS devices?  I at least want to assign a "preferred" network for each, but would also like to know if there's a way to set a "roaming threshold" - a point at which the device should choose to change APs, versus remaining on the current one.

I'm pretty sure all my iOS devices are running iOS 5 or higher.


texts: iPhone backlight blinks on then goes out. What are my options?

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This morning I woke up to find my iPhone dark. If I pressed the home button to turn on the screen, the backlight would flash on briefly and then die. I've turned it on and off, done a hard reboot (home+lock), and I'm in the process of trying a restore.

Has anyone ever seen a similar issue?

The phone was purchased last June with a contract from ATT from an Apple store. If I take the phone in, will they fix it or replace it?

What should I do next?


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I have an account that I want to receive but never send email from in Mail.app. Is there a simple way to disable this one account?

I'm running Mountain Lion.


texts:
Last evening my iPhone began to exhibit very odd behavior. Every few minutes (whether awake or asleep) a dialog appears saying that "You got a mail." I've posted a screenshot below. (For those who don't read Japanese the text above "You got a mail." translates as a "A message was received.")

Sometimes I must press dismiss multiple times before the screen disappears and the lock screen is displayed.  I have tried in vain to locate an application which is causing these messages. I have also disabled notifications from Facebook, Mail, etc. At present I think that this might be some sort of bug or exploit.

I've restored by iPhone using a recent backup. After the restore, After syncing apps the message remains.  I also reset to factory and even without my apps the message remains. It also seems that the message does not appear when my iPhone is in airplane mode.

My question is, has anyone else encountered anything like this message?


texts: Bug with square screen capture in Lion OS X

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I have noticed an annoying bug in OS X Lion that happens if you try to take a screen cap with cmd+shift+4. It works fine with every rectangular selection, but if you take a square shot (for example 150x150 or 280x280...) it captures 1 pixel in excess only in width: so, a 150x150 will eventually become a 151x150, forcing me to crop it.

I was wondering if it's just me or if it's a known bug.


texts: iPad AirPlay to Apple TV - 802.11n problems

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I have been attempting to resolve an issue with AirPlay from an iPad to AppleTV.  Here are the details:

Playing media (audio or video) originating on the iPad sent to
AppleTV via AirPlay does not work.

With audio-only media, the result is mostly silence with
occasional very short bursts (less than 100ms) of sound.
With video, the video does not play at all. The TV display can be
one of

black screen with a rotating spinner in the center
black screen with the blue time bar at the bottom and a
rotating spinner at the bottom left
white screen with the blue time bar at the bottom and a
rotating spinner at the bottom left

The failure mode is extremely specific, and requires:

The media being played resides physically on the iPad. Media of
any type being streamed from the Internet via the iPad does not
have this problem.
The problem occurs only when both the iPad and AppleTV are on the
same 5GHz network. Any other combination with either the iPad or
AppleTV or both on the 2.4GHz network operates correctly.

Hardware:

iPad       mdl:MC979LL    iOS:5.1.1
AppleTV    mdl:MD199LL/A  OS:5.1.1(5433)
Router     Netgear WNDR3400V2 with firmware V1.0.0.34_1.0.52

The router is running in access-point mode where it does not do any
routing, just provides wireless access.

During testing I tried the following:

Changing WiFi channels
Upgrading the router firmware to the latest version
Rebooting and power-cycling all equipment multiple times,
including hard-resetting the iPad
Testing with iTunes on the PC not running, in case it is somehow
saturating the connection to the AppleTV
"Reset Network Settings" on the iPad.

So far no luck.

BTW, I wanted to tag this post 802.11n but that tag does not exist and I can't create it with less than 300 rep.  Would somebody please create that tag, add it here and delete this paragraph? Thx.


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Is there a solution/app available that will allow me to take video from iPhone/iPad camera and live-stream it to a VLC player running somewhere else in my WiFi network?

Searching around for iPhone RTP/RTSP encoders isn't coming up with much.


texts: Create a default folder structure & insert current Date in Terminal by single command?

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I often find myself creating the same structure by hand in finder for new projects, how can I quicken this process with a single Terminal Command?

Example of structure & command:

Terminal
$ cf Project_Name      //cf for CreateFolder

Creates a folder in the current Path with current Date -> YYMMDD Project_Name

In that folder a custom structure:

_CI

_layout

_layout/_screens

_material


texts: Enabling icon previews for custom text files

texts: I have files .mdown which I'd like to have icon previews for in the Finder, like normal .txt files would. Is that possible?


texts: Why large size calculation difference: Mac Finder vs du?

texts: I have just noticed that for some of my directories on an external disk there is a huge difference in calculated size depending on whether I use the GUI Finder or du (or rather du -h). Using Finder on this directory I get 145 GB, whereas du gives me 135 GB. That is a difference of 10 GB! Checking another directory I (on my local machine) I get 41 vs 43,7. So there seems to be almost a 10% difference here. Can anyone explain this?


texts: Trackpad left-click is unresponsive - MBA

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Tap-to-click works fine, and so does right-click - most of the time. Left click does not work at all, unless you press it very hard at the very corner and hold it there for a while until it registers, although it worked a little sporadically yesterday, worked completely normal the day before.

The computer was manufactured mid-2013, but the battery was in 2016 and replaced mid-2017 - that's all the modifications done to it.

I'm guessing it's a hardware problem, but the clicking sound and feel is completely normal.

Any ideas about what is at fault and how to fix it?


texts: Can I make fn + caps lock enable caps lock when caps lock is mapped to control?

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I know that I can remap caps lock to control. However, I occasionally wish that I still had a way to use caps lock.

After mapping caps lock to control, is there a way to temporarily reenable caps lock (perhaps via fn + caps lock)? I would prefer to not have to map a different modifier key to caps lock.


texts: Error code 80070022 and 80070057 when trying to backup music from iPod Classic

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I'm attempting to backup all of the music from my 80GB iPod Classic to my Windows Vista computer. My old computer (the one originally with the backed up music) died on me, so iTunes wont backup music from my iPod to the computer. So I am forced to either use a 3rd party transfer software or transfer the music from the iPod's file system. Attempting a backup either of these ways results in errors that prevent the computer from transfering 95% of the music. The 3rd party software offers no information about the error, but copy/pasting from the iPod file system to the PC returns the following errors:

error code 0x80070022 (first error message)
error code 0x80070057 (subsequent error messages for 95% of music files attempting to be copied)

If I try transferring through the iPod's file system on my Macbook Pro, I get error code -36.

I've tried restarting both the PC and iPod, and I've also tried the transfer in safe mode and copy-pasting files instead of just dragging a whole folder from ipod to computer. All attempts eventually have the same resulting error messages. I've even tried to transfer files onto a Linux machine to cover all bases. Most of the  12,000 songs on the iPod were ripped long ago from CDs I own. I've also painstakingly rated every one of these songs. I'm very worried that one day my iPod will crap out on me and the ratings will be gone forever and I'll have to spend tons of time reripping those CDs again. I've also googled this problem and have found little help.

Other details - this iPod was originally set up on a WinXP PC. Additionally, I should note that I have no problems connecting to iTunes or playing any of the music files. These errors are only preventing me from copying music files to my PC or Mac.

Thank you in advance!


texts: Data recovery from Apple MacBook Pro with T1 and T2 & Customer Data Migration Tool (LifeBoat)

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There is a lot of fuzz since Apple introduced non-removable SSDs in 2016. If you are spilling water or dropping the notebook it might be a problem to recover the data, as the SSDs are proprietary (find the Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs here).

The T1 and T2 based models differ significantly on how data is recovered (see macrumors).

As i have a water-damaged 2016 MacBook Pro, i was wondering if anyone can direct me to a detailed way of how to extract the data from this model with a T1 chip.

This is the Customer Data Migration Tool connector as seen in the 2016 MacBook Pro. (Source: MacRumors)

There is an Apple part #076-00236 and it has been discussed on iFixit already. Apple Gazette has a deeper investigation and concludes, that "For A Tool That Apparently Does Not Exist, It Is Popular". There is an actual video of someone opening this apple tool.

It-tech.com.au has even more info on this matter, and more importantly, a circuit diagram for the "LifeBoat".

Anyone tried this successfully at home already? Can you point me to more information and give advice: i want to know if the data extraction is feasible and doable for a person with reasonable DIY and soldering skills.


texts: How does Apple associate file type with (external) applications?

texts:
I have texlive and texshop for Latex on my external SSD. I deleted my Library preference files for both apps along with a lsregister -kill command to force my Mac to forget all non-default pathing.

But somehow Mac still recognizes to associate .tex file types as a Latex file. Reason I know this is because when I have my SSD unplugged, my .tex file shows the unknown application file icon but as soon as I plug my SSD, the file icon changes to a Latex file icon.

How can I force my Mac to forget all file associations except the default file types (e.g., .pdf, .txt, etc)? I'd like to see a 'Cannot open this file' window when I click a .tex file.


texts: CPU System agent core (TC0E/TC0F) running very high

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When my MBP (Retina, 13", Early 2015, identifier MacBookPro12,1) is under load, could either be CPU load or "bus-load", ie wifi, usb, webcam etc the CPU System Agent Core-sensor shows a very high temperature. The SMC-key is either TC0E or TC0F (ie Tango Charlie Zero Echo / Foxtrot). With very high temperature I mean 90C+, and I start to get bus errors here.

I believe this is either due to faulty SMC cooling "instructions" or bad application of coolant paste. I'm leaning towards bad application of coolant paste.

Is there any way I could easily check this? I guess I would void warranty by actually opening the MBP?

If you want to test your temperatures compared to mine:

-- At first, get homebrew, see instructions at http://brew.sh
-- after installing run
> brew cask install istat-menus
-- thereafter
-- scan for all sensors
> istats -scan
-- add the two which go high for me to default set
> istats add TC0E
> istats add TC0F
-- check default + added sensors
> istats


texts: App Store wants to install Public Beta 3 but I’m no longer in the Beta Program?

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I used to be in the beta program before Sierra came out, but I have since un-enrolled.

I don’t have the beta profile in my App Store settings as mentioned here but the App Store still wants to update me to 10.12.2 Public Beta 3. I am currently on 10.12.1 (stable).

Does anyone know how I can prevent the App Store from showing beta updates?


texts:
I have setup a new MacBook Pro retina, things were going well but now I cannot access localhost.

$ ping localhost
ping: cannot resolve localhost: Unknown host

My /etc/hosts file is fine, or at least untouched.

I have tried flushing the DNS cache, and dig localhost spits out

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> localhost
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 50562
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;localhost.         IN  A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.           1551    IN  SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2013030800 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 31 msec
;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
;; WHEN: Fri Mar  8 14:53:09 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 102

I am at a loss what to try next!
I have even run OnyX to clean all cache etc...


texts:
I cannot recall precisely, but while attempting to type "9" or "0" or hit the Delete key or other keys in that area of the top row, I just fat-fingered my headphone volume to maximum on the touch bar. It greatly startled me and caused me to shout out loud at work.

I love using the touch bar. I am never going to improve my clumsy hand movements. I require constant headphones at work to concentrate. I need my headphones plugging into my laptop so I can hear the occasional audio cue from other apps.

However, I absolutely cannot let this happen again. I scared all my nearby teammates with my sudden loud shout. I had to assure them it was OK, explain what happened, and apologize for the disturbance.

I recalled my iPod shuffle has a feature to limit the maximum volume on it, and I figured an even more feature-full OS would surely also have that feature, but I cannot seem to find it in System Preferences.

Am I missing the feature? Is there a Terminal command I can type that limits the maximum volume to a lower level?


texts: I just bought an iPhone SE and I want to synchronize it with my iTunes library but when I connect the iPhone to my Mac I get a message saying that the iPhone can't be used because it requires a later iTunes version. I have iTunes 11.4 and when I check for updates it says it is the latest. I have O.S. 10.6.8 and would like not to upgrade to the next generation as some programs are not compatible any more. Do I have an option? Thank you


texts: Simple video management and processing tool for Mac?

texts:
I'm looking for a non-professional tool (open-source or commercial) to manage video collection and perform simple processing:

import videos and photos (from an SD-card) and parse date from file names
browse videos and photos by date and manually assigned names or tags
make video from photos ("slide show" produced by my camera)
rotate, cut, and trim videos
probably perform other simple manipulations like changing brightness

Single tool is preferred.

What I've tried so far:

bash + ffmpeg

This works of course but is a bit of pain.
iPhoto + iMovie + QuickTime player

iPhoto is ok, except that I need separate tool for video processing.
iMovie is almost ok for video processing, but it sometimes hangs when rotating video, so I'm using QuickTime player for rotating. Also, I was unable to set high fps when making video from photos, but maybe I'm missing something.
QuickTime player is also almost ok for video processing, but free version doesn't support making video from photos, and I didn't try Pro version yet.

So iPhoto + QuickTime player Pro is likely to be a solution, but I'd like to look at the alternatives before buying anything.


texts: Is it safe for Mac not to sleep for over a month

texts:
My 17 Inch, Late 2011 MacbookPro has a problem with its discrete graphic card it boots with vertical pink stripes screen then switches to a gray screen where it remains stuck for a while and then automatically reboots.

I googled the problem and figured a workaround. I just need to wait for the gray screen where my mac gets stuck, close the lid and wrap my mac with a blanket until it overheats and auto-shutdowns. I immediately then turn-on the overheated mac which will make it boot with the integrated card, and problem solved! After I login I use gfxCardStatus to set the graphics to integrated only.

The problem is if I close the lid to sleep my mac at some point, it will never open again unless I redo the entire overheating process. I'm aware Apple recognized the problem recently and is now offering free fixes to it but where I'm living right now there's only Apple recognized providers but no official Apple store. The Apple service provider representative told me that they will have to send my Mac abroad to fix it and that can take over a month which is too long for me... I have a project going on and I have to wrap it up before mid May.

My Mac works perfectly with the integrated card, and I'm thinking to keep it awake for about month until I finish my project then schedule a proper repair with AppleCare, which sounds safer than overheating my Mac every time I boot or wake my mac. My question is: is it too bad for my Mac to stay awake for over a month?


texts: How can I keep 200 recent photos on my iPhone and the rest on my Mac?

texts: I have about 1500 photos in my camera roll. Because of this, my iPhone has about 2GB worth of photos. I would like to have only the most recent 200 photos on my iPhone and the rest on my Mac. How can I do this?


texts: Replace Mail Attachments with Links to OneDrive

texts:
I am using Apple Mail and I want all the attachments in my inbox to be uploaded to OneDrive and the attachments replaced by links.
I found a plugin on Windows Outlook that works; the plugin replaces the attachments in my inbox with links.
Is it possible to do this with Apple Mail or the Outlook for Mac version?
Thanks


texts: Reconnect to Wi-Fi when "Wi-Fi does not have an IP address"

texts:
I came into the office today with my MacBook Pro and usually my Wi-Fi automatically connects to the network, but instead it is constantly searching.

If I go to System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi, there is a solid yellow circle and the text reads "Wi-Fi does not have an IP address and cannot connect to the Internet".

I've tried turning off Wi-Fi and restarting the computer but neither has worked.


texts:
I am having trouble sending SMS messages using my iPad Pro. I can send a blue iMessage to another iPad user but that's it - no SMS.

Friends I regularly text using my iphone or iMac can't be reached using my iPad.
I'm using the same wireless network but it just wont work.
After I send a message almost immediately a red exclamation mark appears beside the message and a note in red that reads "Not Delivered".

If I click on red exclamation mark I just get a box the has "Try Again" message. Trying again just gives same result.

Does anyone know what I have failed to do that is maybe causing this?


texts:
My phone is backed up daily, so all my pictures...are in my iCloud account. My phones screen completely shattered and part of the body is warped and I am waiting for my replacement phone to get here.

My first question is, how do I erase my device as I cannot use the screen at all and Itunes wont let me access it without the "phones" approval or can I just delete it from iCloud settings?

Second question, if I erase my phone/delete the device from iCloud will all my stuff be erased in my iCloud account as well?


texts: Can't navigate dialog using keyboard only

texts:
I checked this other question and I have a problem navigating through dialog boxes that is not answered there.

I'm copying + pasting folders and when the dialog "Stop/Replace/Merge" appears I can't navigate with the TAB because the dialog box never gets focus.

If I click on the dialog box then I can tab between the buttons, but that defeats the point of using the keyboard and slows me down (I have several folders to paste in different locations).

Is this a bug? I do have "Full Keyboard Access" turned on. I also checked this question and nothing there helps me. I already updated to Mojave.


texts: How to force macOS Music.app to sync to cloud?

texts:
I'm running Catalina 10.15.1 Beta and Music.app 10.1.33, and I have a large library of music from CDs. I can see but can't play this music from my iPhone since it's not available in the cloud.

In the Music -> Preferences I have Library: Sync ticked. In list view I see songs with a cloud with dashed outline. I've left the Music.app running for 24 hours and Activity Monitor shows 2.8MB of Sent Bytes.

How do I make Music.app wake up and send music to the cloud?


texts: Unable to connect to the internet on my iMac despite being connected to the network

texts:
For the last several months, I have used wifi to connect to the internet through an unsecured wifi network that my organization controls - had been working fine since last night. Today my iMac shows that I am connected to the proper network same as always but I am unable to connect to the internet in any way (web browsers, ssh, ping, etc.). The Network settings show me as connected and assigned proper IP and DNS numbers. Renewing DHCP Lease doesn't seem to make a difference. Also because this is a large wifi network managed by an organization and not me personally I contacted the administrator to make sure I hadn't been blacklisted (I had not) and also tried spoofing a new MAC address, which also didn't work. I also know that it is not an issue with the router itself as I am typing this from another device right next to my iMac connected to the same access point (several other devices are also connected with no problem).

I'm unsure if it has any significance but I had been running a bitcoin node for several weeks on the computer and began running a tor relay a few days ago but my internet had been working since configuring the relay. I also tried stopping both services and checking that all processes were gone with ps, which didn't do anything. The output of ifconfig also looks normal to me and my computer seems to be acting normal other than this issue but I'm at a loss for how to continue debugging this problem. Has anyone encountered anything similar or have any suggestions?

Edit:
It is a 2015 5K 27 in iMac running the most updated version of 10.11


texts: How do I remove duplicate "Open With" context menu items in Finder.app?

texts:
For whatever reason, the "Open With" context menu in Finder is always listing every app four times (exactly).

I've read about (and tried) rebuilding the Launch Services database to restore the context menu to its initial state, but nothing seems to work. I've also used Onyx.app to clear user and system caches, but I'm still left with four repetitions of each app under the "Open With" service. I have restarted the system a few times just to be sure it was not some temporary corruption of the list.

I'm running OS X 10.6.6 on a 2011 17" MacBook Pro with a fresh install of OS X (i.e. I didn't use Migration Assistant.app or a Time Machine backup). I did, however, sync all my preferences and other files using MobileMe like I always do, so I imagine it's feasible that a preference file somewhere is causing problems? I didn't notice whether this was happening before or after my MobileMe sync.

How can I fix this so one app shows?


texts: Kext com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC not present in HighSierra

texts:
I am trying to remount the SD card after eject using

sudo kextunload -b com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC
sudo kextload -b com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC

but it says Kext com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC not found for unload request

I am on macOS HighSierra

sudo kextunload -v 6 -b com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC
Kext user-space log filter changed from 0xff2 to 0xfff.
Kext kernel-space log filter changed from 0xff2 to 0xfff.
Requesting unload of com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC (with termnation of IOServices).
(kernel) User-space log flags changed from 0x0 to 0xfff.
(kernel) Received 'Unload' request from user space.
(kernel) Kext com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC not found for unload request.
Kernel error handling kext request - (libkern/kext) not found.
Failed to unload com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC - (libkern/kext) not found.


texts: Advantages/disadvantages of having AirPort/Time Capsule between ISP router and LAN devices?

texts:
I have fibre 100/100 Mbps WAN via my ISP, which has provided me a router of the brand "Technicolor". The router can create a Wi-Fi network, the 2GHz band uses 802.11/b/g/n and the 5GHz band uses 802.11a/n/ac.
I also have an older Apple TimeCapsule 2011 model with 802.11a/b/g/n on both bands.
I'm not proficient at networks, so I have for the past few years had the ISP router on the network at 192.168.1.1 where it does NAT and DHCP — and downstream I've had my TimeCapsule at 192.168.0.1 also performing NAT and DHCP to which I've had all my other network devices connected.
This configuration is Double NAT, which I have understood is bad or sub-optimal for P2P applications like BitTorrent, gaming, etc.
My reasoning has been that I don't trust the ISP/router manufacturer completely and that I would be safer with my devices behind the Apple router. But to be honest, this has been a loose assumption and I didn't have any facts to back up that a double NAT/DHCP configuration would be any safer than connecting all the devices to the first router.

Primary question:
Is there any benefit to having my devices connected to the second router; the Apple TimeCapsule? My primary concern would be security and any Apple "convenience" aspects such as Back to My Mac support, etc.
One disadvantage is of course that the TimeCapsule's Wi-Fi speeds are dated, and I have devices that can use ac speeds.

Secondary question:
If there in fact are advantages to having an Apple router behind the ISP router, how should I configure the network to avoid Double NAT? It seems that the ISP router can't be set in Bridge mode, and I think the ISP wouldn't like it bridged as they sometimes access it for diagnostics and pushing firmware updates.


texts: Install El-Capitan from bootable USB asks me to enter Apple ID but nothing happen

texts:
I'm installing El Capitan on my MacBook Pro (mid 2012) from bootable USB.

The original OS of my Mac is Lion and the latest OS is High Sierra, so I created a bootable flash drive for El-Capitan.

The installation process asks me to enter an Apple ID.If I I enter it correctly dialog close and nothing happens!

I enter wrong Apple ID to check whether my internet connection is ok or not and does it really check my password or not.
When I enter my password wrong it prompts me, so the Internet connection is OK.

I searched a lot but found nothing, what should I do?


texts: I don't know how I got my computer like this, but somehow pressing either shift button causes Expose to open. What might be the cause of this and how can I fix it?


texts: Data toll tripled from Android to IOS, no changes in usage habits. How to troubleshoot? Possibly redirect and sniff (tips on how)?

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So I've just bought my iPhone 5s with iOS 7.1.2, moving from Android. I've noticed that my data toll has more than tripled (from around 300MB to 1.1GB monthly) without significant changes in my usage habits.

Strange things like Calendar using 30MB (I can't imagine calendar events as being BLOBs), Safari almost 500MB (no youtube or anything over 3G) and Facebook 250MB (auto-streaming disabled), while on android those three combined wouldn't have costed me more than 200MB. Again, I haven't changed my usage habits significantly. System services alone costed me more than 100MB (yes, I live in Argentina, 500MB is one of the typical allowances, and no, moving to SF is not an option right now)

My first question would be, do you know of a way to troubleshoot this issue?

I'm a bit hackerly, so my first approach is trying to sniff on my traffic to determine what kind of data my iPhone is so eagerly exchanging. How would you go about driving all internet traffic through a proxy (not just HTTP)? All 3G traffic?

Is it reasonable to assume that my iPhone has the same internet activity over WiFi and over 3G?

Is there anything else you'd advise me about this? Anyone else with the same problem?


texts: iTerm2 still opens old shell after Bash upgrade

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I tried upgrading my MacOS Bash from 3.2 to the latest version as in this article.

It involves installing the latest Bash with Homebrew and then setting the default shell with chsh. However, chsh doesn't appear to work with iTerm2 -- iTerm2 still is opening the old shell when I make a new tab. I see that there's an option in iTerm to to set the launch command, but I'm wondering if there isn't a better way... It is supposed to work across the board once its set as my login shell.

Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?


texts: Is there a way for itunes to display a total playtime column header?

texts:
While play count is quite accurate in estimating how long I have listened to certain songs for, it isn't entirely precise. For example, if I have two songs, one that is 4:00 minutes that has been played 25 times and a song that is 5:00 minutes that has been played 21 times, if I sort my songs by play count the former song ranks higher. However, in terms of total playtime, the first song has only played for 6000 seconds, whereas the second has been played for 6300 seconds.

Assuming there are no tools which already provide that functionality, how can I accomplish this with AppleScript?


texts: How to install the OS with a new Hard drive?

texts: I've just bought my first Mac, a Macbook pro(with an hdd), and I'm thinking in buying an ssd and replace the hdd. But the computer came with no dvd of the OS. I know that in the hdd there is a restore partition, but if I remove the hdd, how can I install the OS?


texts: Why can't I resolve machine names on my LAN to their IP address?

texts:
I purchased a new ADSL modem/router last week (Belkin Share), and can no longer resolve machine names on my LAN to their respective IP addresses under OS X. My Windows machines and VMs are able to do this successfully. If I ping the IP address directly, it succeeds, but if I attempt to ping the machine name I get 'cannot resolve . Unknown host'. My previous modem/router (DLink DSL-G604T) did not have this problem.

If I look at the DHCP leases on the router, the list includes the machine name, and this coupled with the fact that the Windows machines can resolve IP addresses makes me think this may be an OS X config issue (although I'm not experienced enough with it yet to know exactly what). I tried removing and re-adding the Ethernet connection under Network settings, but that made no difference.


texts:
I am searching for a RDP implementation on OS X, but can't find any.

Does OS X have an RDP implementation application?


texts:
I am new to Mac OS (2014 Macbook Air).
I am looking at the arrow on top right corner of windows, when I click it, it maximizes window over the top menu and in order to switch back I need to hold mouse in top right corner in order for menu to appear and the button with arrows appears again to [kind of] minimize back as it was.

Is there a shortcut key to switch between these modes ? I could only find the Command+M shortcut which completely minimizes the window.


texts: How to stop Connection Line from snapping to object in Keynote

texts: In Keynote I am inserting multiple connection lines to a single image. As soon as I drag one end point near the image the end point of the connection line snapped onto the image.  I would like to have complete manual control over the positioning and depth of connecting lines. How do I stop Keynote from auto snapping my connection line?


texts: Sleep Wake Failures because of watchdog on 10.13 (supplemental update)

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I have experienced this twice in the last 48 hours, both occurring around the same time. Are the times correlated or coincidence? Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Relevant lines from system.log:

Oct 16 12:08:20 redacted_hostname syslogd[59]: ASL Sender Statistics
Oct 16 12:08:21 redacted_hostname Dropbox[605]: [1016/120821:WARNING:dns_config_service_posix.cc(306)] Failed to read DnsConfig.
Oct 16 12:08:24 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Oct 16 12:08:24 redacted_hostname systemstats[70]: assertion failed: 17A405: systemstats + 665801 [FB138264-8F86-3462-9C53-FC084690A767]: 0x7faaa8a01a80
Oct 16 12:14:49 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1508174089 0

---

Oct 17 12:19:52 redacted_hostname syslogd[59]: ASL Sender Statistics
Oct 17 12:19:53 redacted_hostname Dropbox[493]: [1017/121953:WARNING:dns_config_service_posix.cc(306)] Failed to read DnsConfig.
Oct 17 12:19:56 redacted_hostname systemstats[70]: assertion failed: 17A405: systemstats + 665801 [FB138264-8F86-3462-9C53-FC084690A767]: 0x7fbb6340e520
Oct 17 12:19:57 redacted_hostname netbiosd[3498]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: Setting timer interval to 0 requests a 1ns timer, did you mean FOREVER (a one-shot timer)?
Oct 17 13:48:19 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1508266099 0

Sleep Wake Failure report from 16 Oct:

Date/Time:       2017-10-16 12:13:43 -0500
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.13 (Build 17A405)
Architecture:    x86_64h
Report Version:  26

Data Source:     Stackshots

Event:           Sleep Wake Failure
Duration:        0.08s
Steps:           7

Hardware model:  MacBookPro11,3
Active cpus:     8

Time Awake Since Boot: 96000s

Process:         kernel_task [0]
Path:            /System/Library/Kernels/kernel
Architecture:    x86_64
Version:         Darwin Kernel Version 17.0.0: Thu Aug 24 21:48:19 PDT 2017; root:xnu-4570.1.46~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Task size:       2766.31 MB
CPU Time:        1.468s

<ALL THE TASK DETAILS>

================================================================
UUID: <REDACTED>
Code: 6c611cd2 00000016
Stackshot reason: Watchdog

Sleep Wake Failure report from 17 Oct:

No samples for specified time interval

================================================================

status: 0x40003
Code: 0x6c611cd204000016
Stackshot reason: Watchdog


texts: iMac says Storage is full but I only used 10GB out of 1TB of storage...?

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This is very weird. New iMac. 4 months old, brand new. 1 Terabyte of storage. The Mac keeps saying I am out of storage, but when you add up all of my word docs, downloads, applications, etc., it only totals about 10Gb. Then when I click on "manage storage" it gives me a breakdown of what my computer is using and at the bottom line it says "system: 990 GB" - Shouldn't the system be operating at about 8-9GB tops?!!? I have deleted all surplus items and literally the total of all downloads, documents, files, applications, etc. is only about 10GB but it says my storage is almost full!! Please help!

I put up a photo of the storage management screen before I deleted some more stuff.... This is nuts.


texts: Use Magic Trackpad 2 with Google Chrome?

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I was wondering if there's a way to take advantage of the gestures of my new Magic Trackpad 2 while using Google Chrome on OS X El Capitan.

The force touch is completely useless there, and Chrome is the app I use most of the time when I'm at my desk :(

Thanks.


texts: How to set up App Shortcuts for Music.app in Catalina?

texts:
I'd like to set up System Preferences Keyboard Shortcuts to activate Music's View as Songs via a ⌃ + ⌥ + ⇧ + ⌘ + L shortcut, but it's not activating after setting it up.

To clarify, my goal is to activate this in Music.app:

In System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts I've set the following:

Unfortunately this doesn't work as it used to for iTunes.app.


texts: Microsoft Remote Desktop through ssh-forwarded port

texts:
I have a situation where I provide access to a Windows server by forwarding the remote desktop port 3389 with ssh from my Mac to the "inside" of an otherwise inacessible network.

I can now connect with the Windows version of Remote Desktop, but the Mac version of Remote Desktop time out and do not provide access.  This is even when using the IP-number as the host to connect to.

Any idea why this happens and how I can work around it?


texts: What does mkdir -p do? specifically the "-p" part?

texts: I have had some trouble understanding when manipulating my Terminal with the making of directories, and I've encountered with this "-p" option in the network trying to find easier ways to create directories. Any help? :/


texts: How can I use one set of bluetooth devices for two Macbooks?

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Here is a problem I have been having for a while, and I can't imagine I am the only one. I suspect there is a fairly simple solution that I have just not yet thought of:

I have two MacBooks that I often use at home (one for private, and for business). I have one external display, which I connect to either depending on whether I am working or doing something privately. I have a single set of bluetooth periphery (Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse). I could buy a second one, but then they are cluttering up my fairly small desk for no good reason. It's easy to pair my keyboard and mouse to both computers, but hard to find a quick way to pair it to the one I currently want to use. Basically, if I turn on the mouse or keyboard it's pretty much nondeterministic which it actually gets connected to if both laptops sit on my desk. Given that I need "wake up on bluetooth" enabled at least on the work laptop for reasons that have to do with my office setup, it also matters little if the work laptop is sleeping in it's bag. Sometimes it gets woken up and connected to anyway.

What I am looking for is a fairly simple solution to decide which laptop to connect to at any given time. The following solutions I have pretty much ruled out, especially since I sometimes want to switch fairly rapidly:

Unpairing both devices after usage. Too awkward to do all the time.
Disabling "wake on bluetooth" on both laptops and making sure that the one I am not using is sleeping. As I wrote I need it for my office setup.
A hardware KVM. The ones I found seem to be of bad quality, and if possible I would like to avoid putting another piece of hardware on my desk.
A software KVM. Again, the ones I found seem to not work very well, but if you know a really good, simple one I may give it a shot.

What would be the easiest fix for me would be if I could tell my work laptop that it should only connect to these specific bluetooth devices (not all bluetooth devices, mind you) upon demand, but I could not find a way to do this on a per-device basis. However, if somebody has a better idea I am all ears. I am fairly confident with the terminal, so a slightly hackier solution does not scare me as long as it does not interfere with how all my other bluetooth devices operate.


texts: Macbookpro15,1 very slow during logon - error 28 (cluster_push_err)

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My Macbook Pro

has become very slow at logon since a couple of days. Before the issue the logon took not more than 20 seconds, but now it takes 5 minutes (everything is ok after logon).
I boot with CMD+S in order to show sys messages.

I have highlighted what seems (to me) to be the problem (error 28). I ran S.O.S. check disk but no errors has found. I tried SMC reset but nothing has changed.


texts: I recently upgraded to Mac OSX Mountain Lion and everything is running great. However, I liked the outlay of notes in PDF much better in the old Preview (Preview 5.0.3). I was wondering if there was anyway that I could get the old version back and overwrite the new version?


texts: How to make Safari focus the webpage after submitting an URL in the address bar?

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Trying Safari again because Chrome uses too much CPU in comparison to Safari. However, when trying to use Vimari (the equilant of Vimium for Safari that lets you browse the web using the keyboard), after submitting an URL, the focus is still on the address bar, which causes my keyboard commands to be typed in the address bar instead.

Q: How to make Safari focus on the page after submitting an URL?


texts: Move rows or columns with keyboard shortcuts in Numbers

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Looking for a way to move rows and columns using the keyboard. This would obviously be based on the currently-selected cell — regardless of whether or not the row or column is selected.

On a related note, looking for a keyboard shortcut to select the row or column of the currently-selected cell.


texts:
That's it. I typed rm -r ~/Movies in the Terminal and entered the root password. Now I want to get this nice-looking Movies folder with a corresponding icon back to my home folder.

Folder was completely empty, so there is no need for data recovery, I just want to recreate the original Movies folder.

Thanks in advance!

UPD: I've tried mkdir ~/Movies but it creates a regular folder.


texts: Does using an app send my IP address and device identification info to the app maker?

texts: if I use an app, would I be giving info like my IP address and device identification like the MAC address to the app developer/owner?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro Retina Early 2015 model, that I have owned for 2 years. It was working absolutely fine just yesterday (or the day before). I consulted an Apple authorized service center that said I needed to replace the battery but I was confused how could the battery die overnight. So I contacted another Apple authorized service center. They took in my laptop for diagnosis for a couple of days and told me that the "topcase" was faulty and needed to be replaced. Of course they are also charging a hefty sum of money for it.

I have two questions:

What is a topcase? (sorry i am slightly technologically challenged)
Is there any way around my problem. I really don't think I can afford a new top case.

My laptop works fine on AC power, it's just that it's not a laptop anymore if I always have to keep it plugged in.

Thanks for you help in advance.


texts: Billing Information Required for App Updates

texts:
I'm trying to update 3 apps on my iPad and 3 things happen that never usually happen.

It asks me to sign in.
It asks for my billing information.
My card gets denied.

Now I know my card still works fine so that isn't the problem. The same thing happens when I try to install previously downloaded apps (that cloud button) or install new free apps.

I have no outstanding payments (is it even possible to have outstanding payments with Apple?) so why is this happening?

In case it's needed, I'm using an iPad Air running the latest version. 16GB Harddrive and Wi-Fi only.

I should also make it clear that "None" isn't an option for payment.


texts: Do iOS Safari settings affect sites running in fullscreen web app mode?

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I'm building an iPad web app for personal use that requires a change to a Safari setting in order for it to run correctly. The setting is Prevent Cross-Site Tracking: off* (default is on):

As this web app is a fixed-in-placed, single-use, kiosk thing, I want it to run in fullscreen. This is accomplishable by adding <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes"> to the <head> section of the site, and then choosing Add to Home Screen from Safari's Share menu.
Awesome! Looks great! But that Prevent Cross-Site Tracking setting seems to have no affect when the site is running in this fullscreen mode. The site works perfectly when loaded as a tab in Safari… but not in fullscreen mode. Grumble grumble…
So, does changing Safari settings apply to fullscreen web apps too?

*Yes, I am aware that this is a privacy no-no. This iPad is not a daily driver. It will be a fixed-in-placed, single-use, kiosk thing. So, we're all good here.


texts: How to tell whether a purchase used an iTunes gift card or my credit card?

texts: I redeemed an iTunes gift card and purchased some songs. When i tried to go see how much money I had left on the card it said: credit card total $1.29. This information was displayed underneath latest purchases in my account information. Does this mean it was charged to the credit card or the gift card?


texts:
I have for some reason two locations for python site packages.

Python itself is here:

> $ which python
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python

My Path Variable is:

$ echo $PATH
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/git/bin:/opt/opengeo/pgsql/9.1/bin

xlrd is installed here and can be accessed from python

> $ pip install xlrd
> Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): xlrd in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages

$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr  9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import xlrd
>>>

numpy is installed here and can not be accessed from python

> $ pip install numpy
> Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): numpy in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

$ python
Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr  9 2012, 20:52:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named numpy

What do I have to do to get numpy also working with python. I am looking for the 'cleanest solution'.


texts: What's the difference between rm and empty trash?

texts:
If I put a file in the trash and "empty trash", is that the same as doing rm file?

I understand that there are questions here asking about (e.g. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]), but no answer directly pertains to the difference in process (if there is one).


texts: Disable mouse interference in input source overlay when switching?

texts:
The problem described in Disable mouse interference in Cmd-Tab overlay? is annoying, but I can live with it. What I cannot live with is the very same problem, but happening when switching input sources, aka keyboard layouts. I use multiple keyword layouts and I need to switch them 500 times per day, reliably. I'm using this key to do that:

The issue is that in like half of the times I want to switch input sources, which is typically when I'm typing, the "mouse" cursor is parked in a position on the screen which interferes with the input source switching overlay, causing the wrong layout to be chosen and driving me completely mad. What can I do to ban the cursor from ruining my life? Thanks!


texts: Privacy Issues. Are they able to recover my deleted files?

texts: I bring my iPhone to the apple store and they noticed that there's a hardware problem. After 3 days I receive an update from Apple Store and they said that it is already for replacement. I deleted my private files before I give to them.  I just want to ask if they will still recover my files? Like contacts, pictures, videos and memo?


texts: How do delete pictures from the iPhone 4S camera roll but still keep them in my album?

texts: I made albums for my pictures and want to keep them in the albums and delete them from the camera roll.  When I try to delete the pictures from the camera roll it says it will delete from everywhere. Then I no longer have them in the albums.


texts: Non-Touch ID Mac says "Touch ID requires password when Mac restarts"

texts:
I used Carbon Copy Cloner to move from one MacBook Pro to another and have found that while the newer Mac does not have the fingerprint sensor, the OS still reports "Touch ID requires password when Mac restarts".
Does anyone know how to clear this setting on my Non-Touch ID Mac?


texts: Create disk image which can be read on Windows

texts:
I am interested in creating a disk image, using Disk Utility (or any other software) on macOS which can also be read on Windows.

Disk Utility provides the ability to create .dmg, .sparseimage, and .sparsebundle images all very conveniently. This is useful for me when I have a lot (such as a couple thousand) small files which I want to keep together for convenience purposes, but which is easy access to access and modify. Hence I use disk images (instead of disks), as they are single (or a small group of) files which can be mounted to reveal all the smaller files.

However, as far as I know, the disk images created with Disk Utility can only be read an modified only on macOS. I heard of a utility on Windows which viewing of .dmg images, but I remember this was a non-native, limited solution.

Is there a way to create such images on macOS, which is (preferably natively) compatible with Windows?


texts: How do I get the scaling options for "larger text - more space" for an external display?

texts:
The first time I connected my 27-Inch 4k display to my macbook it offered me to virtually scale the resolution of that display, so I could take full advantage of the 4k resolution while having it in 2560x1440 scaling, so similar to the iMac. After re-connecting the mac to the display it's been virtually scaled to 1080p and everything is just huge. When going to the screen options I'm only offered resolutions up to 1920x1080, even when clicking the options key it'll show up until 4k but it'll no longer scale texts and windows to make it look like 2560x1440.

I basically just want the same options as my macbook screen offers, like I said it worked the first time I connected to the display and I've already tried holding the options key.


texts: Permanently install a non App Store app on an iPad - without expiration

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Is it possible to permanently install a non App Store app on an iPad, without worrying about whether provisioning might expire?

I'm creating a 1 of a kind art piece with a one-off iOS app that accompanies the piece and since it's 1 of a kind, I don't think it's proper to be on the App Store.


texts: How to keep iPod in shuffle mode after selecting a specific song?

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I'm using the iPod on my iPhone 4 in shuffle mode. If I go back to songs menu and select a specific song, the iPod forgets that it is in shuffle mode. It will play the next song in alphabetical order.

Is there any way to make shuffle mode setting stickier?


texts: voice reading web pages (news articles) on the iPhone and Mac

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I am looking for an app or a method to easily read aloud web pages (especially news articles) that I find on the web.

I read possible 20-50 news articles a day and most of them I would just like to listen to being read by an electronic voice.

I have actually had some success using the built in accessibility features of the mac - however I find them clumsy and difficult to use.

Notes how I used to use the accessibility features:

I would make the set the text to voice short cut to #s
I would highlight the text by selecting it in the browser
I would then #s to start reading the text

Problems with this approach:

There is no easy way to pause the reading of the text
The the select + read is rather cumbersome
There is no way to batch the reads
There is no queue of reads ... like you can't throw stuff conveniently in the the read queue

Actually what I am looking for is a getpocket.com equivalent of text-to-speech.


texts: MacBookPro stopped booting what should I try?

texts:
My 2008 MacBook Pro suddenly stopped booting the other day and now the screen looks like this each time it attempts to boot:

The boot time sound still happens, but I just see the dodgy pink with the apple in the background for a few seconds before it reboots. I can hold alt as it boots but bootcamp and recovery fail to start in just the same way.

Is the laptop dead? What's my next step otherwise?


texts: Washed out colors on LG 27UK650 with MBP 16" 2019 connected through Belkin USB-C to HDMI adaptor

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I have a MBP 13" Early 2015 base model. When I connect it to my LG 27UK650 monitor through an AmazonBasics mini Displayport to Displayport cable, the colors are vivid and accurate, not undersaturated or anything.
The settings are as follows:
Brightness: 40
Contrast: 55
Picture > Color Adjust >
Red: 75
Green: 75
Blue: 75
Picture Mode: Custom
Sharpness: 50
SUPERRESOLUTION+: Off
But when I connect the same monitor, with no changes in settings whatsoever, to my MBP 16" 2019 -- through Belkin USB-C to HDMI adapter + LG HDMI to HDMI cable -- the colors look washed out. Both laptops use the same Display profile for the monitor (LG HDR 4K), but I'm observing significantly different colors. I tried playing around with the monitor's settings but I could not get the HDMI input to look as saturated and balanced as the Displayport input.
This seems like either a limitation of the adaptor or the cable. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Or should I just purchase a Belkin/Moshi USB-C to Displayport cable instead?


texts: Fixed-width text not appearing correctly in Safari after Lion upgrade

texts:
I recently updated to Lion, and have found that at least some HTML tagged as <pre> or <tt> shows up looking like this

I've tried changing the fixed-width font in Safari. I've tried rebooting. The same page looks fine in Chrome, and when I copy the text in question out of Safari into BBedit, it looks fine. I'm at a bit of a loss.


texts: Is there a functional Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 on an iPhone 3GS?

texts:
I have an iPhone 3GS running 4.0.1 that is currently Jailbroken (using the Jailbreakme.com vulnerability a while back). While I don't care about any ability to unlock my phone -  I'm quite happy with AT&T - I do have LockInfo and one or two other jailbreak apps installed that I quite like. I'd like to update to 4.1 for the new features like GameCenter etc., but as far as I know, I'll lose my jailbreak if I do this.

Is there a working easy jailbreak for 4.1 at this time? If not, is one expected soon?


texts: Can you please explain how the terminal prompt works?

texts:
I've got a question about the prompt in Mac's Terminal.
I opened Terminal and was installing GIT. I don't know anything about Unix or how to use Terminal, so please forgive my ignorance. (I know that Terminal is very powerful, though. And it's easy to screw things up!)

The prompt reads as follows:

Macintosh-2:~ myname$

What does the Macintosh-2 mean? I've never seen this in front of a Terminal prompt.

Do you think that my mac is okay? What happened to the standard prompt?


texts: How do I create a profile in Apple Configurator 2?

texts:
I'm trying to create a device profile with certificate settings for an iPhone. I have read the docs on profiles for Apple Configurator 2 but still can't figure out how to create a new / default profile. All the non-Apple documentation seems to be for the old version of Apple Configurator.

All I seem to be able to do in the UI is open a profile file, but I don't have any existing profile files.

Is there some folder that contains default profiles, or some way to make a profile from scratch?


texts: How to restore OS X on MacBook Air after installing Windows 8?

texts: After installing Windows 8 MacBook Air is not booting. I want to revert back to  OS X. I need help on how to do that.


texts: What's the difference between entering return, option (⌥) + return and ctrl + return in TextEdit?

texts: I don't seen anything different like below picture.


texts: Can Find My Friend share location with non-iOS devices? In other words: Are there Android apps that can receive geolocation info from my iOS friends?


texts: Trying to set an external Bootcamp drive as the Startup Disk

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Is there a way to setup an external Bootcamp drive as the default startup disk? I want to do this in order to enable hyper-v virtualization on Windows on a MacBook Air (Early 2015 running 10.12.3 Sierra).

This is the error that I'm getting:

Windows 10 is installed on an external SSD in a 2.5" enclosure that uses USB 3.0. I already installed the Windows Support Software from Bootcamp onto it.

I can boot up from the external SSD by holding the Option key during boot, but virtualization is disabled.

Unfortunately Apple Care reps also couldn't find a solution.

We made sure that the drive was functional by running First Aid
The external drive uses a GUID Partition Map


texts: What's the difference between a package and bundle?

texts: I seemingly see the words package and bundle used interchangeably in Apple documentation referring to a special folder in the file system that the user sees as document (iWork Pages document) or application (Pages.app). I know one can view the contents of a package or bundle by right clicking on one of these special files and clicking Show Package Contents. Which suggests to me that both are are a type of package. So is a bundle a special type of package?


texts: If I delete photos off of photo stream and leave them on my iPhone, will they just get put back on photo stream once it syncs? Or does photo stream just take the newer pics?


texts: Can I call a phone number from the Terminal?

texts:
In Yosemite, is there a way to start a phone call from the command-line aka Terminal?

Something like:

call +316123456789


texts:
I am using MacBook pro. I have this weird chrome icon:

I dont know if its the official chrome icon, but it looks damaged or spoiled to me. If you are also using chrome on your macbook, does your icon looks like mine too?


texts: How to return screen brightness to default level

texts: I accidentally changed the brightness on the iPhone SE ios 13.3   How do I change the screen brightness back to the default level, and if this is impossible, can someone tell me what the default level is?  Thanks.


texts:
I installed vifm through macports.

If I press enter on a file, it just opens it for editing.

How can I launch a file with it's associated program?

i.e. if I have a file highlighted, is there a key I can press so that it does the same thing as

open %c

Where %c is the name of the file that's highlighted?


texts: How "safe" is my laptop running on Service Battery

texts:
I've had my Mac for over 3 years and I've been good about checking the battery's condition, which was always Normal, but all of a sudden the dreaded Service Battery suddenly showed up.

This was not unexpected, I use my MacBook like a desktop. My Mac is never really moved and is always fully charged (I do take out the cable when it reaches 100% but I put it back in at about 10%). My cycle count is 781 which is only about 3/4 of the battery's life, and I use it hours every day.

My question is, how long can I go with this Service Battery. I do not want to damage my computer but as I'm always right next to the power cord, battery capacity is not a problem.

The help says:

  You can continue to use your battery before it’s checked without harming your computer.

So when will it damage my computer if at all?


texts:
Currently I'm running Mac OS Yosemite. I've booted into the recovery partition and I'm using disk utility to perform operations on my main partition. My questions are:

If I erase other partitions using the Recovery Disk Utility, will the actions taken by Disk Utility be logged on my primary partition?
Will the recovery partition or any other partitions with Disk Utility log the actions made?


texts: Upgrade path for iTunes Connect TestFlight external testers after release to App Store?

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When releasing to the App Store after using iTunes Connect Testflight beta testing, what's a good way to ensure that external testers get cleanly upgraded to the official App Store version? Specifically:

Will external testers get a notification on the device that a new app version is
available?  Will this be a regular iOS notification, a notification
from the Testflight app, or both?
On the home screen, will the beta app's icon show any indication that
it's been superseded by a non-beta app?
If the user has automatic app updates enabled, will the app store app
download and install automatically, replacing the beta app?  Or will
the user have to upgrade manually even if auto-upgrades are enabled?
If the user opens the Apple Testflight app, will they see any
indication that the build they were testing has been superseded by a
released build?
[worst case scenario] If auto-update isn't enabled or doesn't work for beta apps, then what happens when the user tries to open the app after our app store release? Will the app simply crash with no indication to the user what's happened or how to fix it?

If the answers to some of the above questions are "maybe" then what configuration or settings should we use to ensure that app updates work as expected? (where "expected" means that when we release the app to the app store, then all testers should be updated with that new version of the app).
Googling on this topic hasn't been very helpful, perhaps because Apple's TestFlight support is only a few months old so Google is dominated by non-technical news links instead of technical blogs and other places that may offer more details. I've been unable to find any programmer blogs which talk about the "upgrade from external tester to app store version" workflow.
Apple's documentation is clear about what happens from the perspective of the iTunes Connect web application (see excerpts below, coalesced for clarity) but not very clear about the external testers' user experience, which is what I'm trying to figure out.  Here's excerpts from Apple's Docs illustrating this:

Finish Testing an App. To stop testing a prerelease version of an app that is actively being
tested in TestFlight beta testing, set the Testing switch into the Off
(white) position.
Submit to the App Store When you are done using TestFlight beta testing, you can submit the
app for final review. Before you submit it, make sure you no longer
want to test it or any builds you uploaded earlier than it. When the
app becomes Ready for Sale in the App Store, testing automatically
stops on earlier builds, and you will be unable to view or test them.
See When builds become unavailable for more details. If you want to
resume testing of an earlier build, you can upload it as a new build
associated with a new prerelease version.
When builds become unavailable
Before your app becomes Ready for Sale, the Prerelease pane lists all builds for all prerelease versions
you have uploaded. After the app becomes Ready for Sale, some of the
builds will be removed from the pane:
The build used in the app is removed from Prerelease, as are all other
builds in the same prerelease version. All builds in earlier
prerelease versions are also removed from Prerelease. On the
Prerelease page, the sections for those prerelease versions will be
removed.

BTW, I previously asked this question on Stack Overflow where it was deleted for lack of answers, and it looks like a better home for this may be Ask Different where iTunes Connect questions are apparently encouraged.


texts: How can I turn off Bluetooth sniff mode from a script?

texts:
My bluetoothd activity takes more than 45% CPU (with all obvious consequences). As said in another post here, using Bluetooth Explorer and disabling the sniff mode for my Microsoft Sculpt Mouse resolve the problem but, I have to do that everytime my mac fall asleep or turn off...
Is there any terminal command line or any automator activity that can do this by default? I'm on a MacBook Pro 16" with macOS 10.15.7, Catalina.


texts: Found Virus Bloodhound.PDF.20 on the time machine external drive, how to remove

texts:
Just got a bran-new work-issued macbookpro loaded with Symantec endpoint protection (not by choice), it's less than 2 weeks old. Created backup using the time machine software, and endpoint kicks in every time I plugged the drive in when i get to work, and started to scan the drive. I usually stops the scanning process.

This morning I plugged the drive in and went to get some coffee, when i came back endpoint identified a virus Bloodhound.PDF.20 on a file under ./DocumentRevisions-V100 in the backup folder. So I have a few questions:
1. /.DocumentRevisions-V100 require root access therefore endpoint can't scan into on my computer (not the external drive), that means it's likely the virus also resides on my computer as well? If so, how can get rid of it. I can't cd into further folders under .DocumentRevisions-V100 even with sudo command. Haven't tried sudo su yet.

Is it possible to get endpoint to scan the .DocumentRevisions-V100 folder with root privilege?

I am going to reformat my external drive and start a new time machine session. At this point, my concern is my own computer and whether it has an virus or not.

Any suggestion is appreciated.

ps. Yes I've considered to rm -rf /.DocumentRevisions-V100 but it's heavily advised against after some googling


texts: After enabling iOS COVID exposure notifications, why was I not prompted to enable Bluetooth?

texts:
After enabling COVID exposure notifications on my iPhone, I was not prompted to enable Bluetooth which was turned off in the control center at the time. I thought Bluetooth need to be on for this service to work.
If I turn off Bluetooth, will this service stop working?
iPhone 11
iOS 14.2
This is about the new exposure notification service that does not require a separate app to work (like it did previously). These are the "exposure notifications" built into iOS that were not available prior to iOS 14.


texts: What are some interesting uses for an iPod touch 1G with broken wifi?

texts:
I have a 1st generation iPod touch in which wifi does not seem to work. Fixing it would cost too much and I don't want to just throw it away. It is jailbroken at the moment, but this does not help as it seems you can only install apps from cydia or rock store when connected via wifi. You can install apps from Apple's App store when you are connected to iTunes on your computer, but I would like this ipod to be more than just an "app runner".

I am a programmer so what I have in mind is trying to write some software that could run on this iphone and possibly convert it into a completely different device. I know this is very vague but maybe together we will manage to come up with some interesting ideas...

EDIT: Let's concentrate on the "what cool things can be done with this ipod" instead of "how to fix the wifi". That is what my inner nerd asked me to write :)


texts: How can I sync movies from iTunes to my iPad?

texts:
I cannot figure out how to sync movies that I have bought on iTunes onto my iPad. The first problem is that one of the two movies I bought does not even show up in the screen and the other gives a message that the movie is "not authorized" for this device. Below I have included screen shots.

As you can see in the second image, the second movie that I just bought "Stranger than Fiction" does not even show up in the sync menu.


texts: Force Mail.app to show manual configuration options

texts:
Now that Outlook.com supports IMAP email I'd like to set up Mail.app (on OS X 10.7.5) to use it rather than POP for that account. I have it set up on my Windows and Android machines, so I know it works.

The issue is that Mail's auto configuration only detects the POP servers when I try to add a new account, and there are no manual configuration options to set up the IMAP details. Is there any way to add an account and show the necessary configuration options?


texts: How to get tmutil compare to show results deeper than root directory

texts:
When I use tmutil compare, I only get a list of items in the root folder:

- 10.0K                         /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.DS_Store
- 992B                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.OSInstallerMessages
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.PKInstallSandboxManager-SystemSoftware
- 1.6M                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.TempReceipt.bom
- 172B                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.abackblaze
- 521B                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.bzvol
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.file
- 424B                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.installer-compatibility
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/.vol
- 3.5G                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/Library
- 1.9G                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/System
- 33.6G                         /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/Users
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/Volumes
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/cores
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/mnt
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/opt
- 1.6G                          /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/private
- 0B                            /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/sw
- 97.1M                         /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD - Data/usr
- 500.6M                        /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Recovery
+ 84.3G                         /System/Volumes/Data
- 12.1G                         /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Andrew’s MacBook Air/2020-06-02-183525/Macintosh HD
+ 500.7M                        /Volumes/Recovery

When I've seen other posts in this forum and elsewhere, the output from tmutil compare has been a list of files within subdirectories of the root folder.

Is there something I could do differently?

Edit:

To clarify, this backup's copy of the /Users folder differs from the computer by 33.6G - but I get no info about what makes up that difference. I could run tmutil compare again to compare the /Users folder on the computer with the backup, and so on down through the folder hierarchy until I found out what files were added/missing/changed. But is there some way of getting this recursive process to run without having to manually compare folder after folder?


texts: How do you configure the Music application to work with the F8 play/pause button?

texts:
I used to be able to toggle playback pressing F8 on my keyboard.

Recently, this has stopped working and I cannot find out how to restore this functionality.

I am using the latest version of Catalina and Music version 1.0.5.14, shall this matter.

Thank you for any tips!


texts: Can I use Time Machine to Mirror two Macs?

texts: Sooo.  I have a guy retiring soon, and it looks like I get to take over his mac.  I made a critical error in updating to Catalina, and lost use of alot of the apps we use here at work.  Could I restore Mac 1 (My mac) using the Time Machine set up for Mac 2 (The retiree's mac). Thinking we could use it to get Mac 1 prepared for another trainee in a week or so.


texts: Can Siri add some form of timestamp to a Note?

texts:
I'd like Siri to add a timestamp -- I'm not too fussy about the exact format -- of the current day and time to the end of one of my notes in the Notes app. She can find the note just fine, but takes me too literally:

"Add the current date and time to my UFO Sightings note"

  Okay, I updated your note:

  UFO Sightings
  Jun 3    11:18
  Jun 5    11:28
  The current date and time

In hopes of getting some guidance, I then tried

"Can you add a timestamp to one of my notes?"

She asked which one, and when I told her, she cheerfully replied

  Okay, I updated your note:

  UFO Sightings
  Jun 3    11:18
  Jun 5    11:28
  The current date and time
  A timestamp

I asked about her capabilities in general, too, and got a list of example commands, but it didn't seem exhaustive at all:

Is there a command I haven't been able to find? I'm willing to use this as an excuse to finally buy TextExpander (or similar) if necessary, though I'd prefer a built-in method.

I'm on an iPhone 5s running iOS 8.3.


texts: ISP Blocking Internet access on Apple TV

texts: My ISP is blocking Internet access on Apple TV's. How do they determine that traffic is originating from an Apple TV? Any way around it?


texts: How do I download an iOS App (IPA) file to my Mac after iTunes 12.7 update?

texts:
Now that Apple has removed the ability to access the iOS App Store in iTunes 12.7 on Mac/Windows (See MacRumors article), I can't find any way to download an IPA file from the App Store. As a note, I'm not worried about installing the IPA files (see "How do I backup and restore my IPA app backups in iTunes 12.7?"), I just need the IPA files as a developer looking for some basic information on the apps. I'd like to solve this without resorting to jailbreaking as my devices are already updated to iOS 10.3.3.

Here are things that I've tried that didn't work:

Extract from backup: The apps seem no longer to be backed up.
Save to Mac from iPhone management software: I believe this has been blocked by Apple works as far back as iOS 8.3.
Figuring out how the file is downloaded via proxy connection: At least for me, this looks too complicated to do because you have to authenticate with your Apple ID and I'm sure that by now, Apple even requires the phone to be authenticated in some way. Not sure if it would even be possible in the same way that you see all those Android APK download services out there.

At least for now, it looks to me like maybe the only way is to hold onto an older version of iTunes for as long as that works.


texts: I am using RealVNC for remote access to my Mac from my Android phone. I am also using it for controlling the cursor - like a trackpad. I want to use the multi-finger gestures like mission control, app exposé, etc. Is that possible via RealVNC?


texts: With iTunes 12.7 no longer managing iOS apps, can I delete IPA files from my Mac?

texts:
The new iTunes (12.7) does not manage apps, this must be done from the device itself, my iPhone in this case.

Can I delete all the IPA files from my MacBook HD?


texts: How can you install Windows 7 on a 2017 MacBook Air running macOS Catalina?

texts:
I want to install Windows 7 (not 10) on my 2017 MacBook Air, which is running macOS Catalina. I want Windows 7 since some programs I need don't work the best on Windows 10. It's also faster than Windows 10 and takes up less of my hard drive space.

Is it even possible to install Windows 7, and if so, how?


texts: How to resize main partition to full available physical space?

texts:
I had two partitions:

Machintosh HD with 250 GB space
BOOTCAMP with 750GB space

Later my Machintosh HD had a problem where it went into a boot loop. So to recover, I went into recovery, erased the BOOTCAMP partition and installed another macOS in it, and named it macos2, hoping that I can delete and merge macos2 with the original Machintosh HD.

However, after erasing and deleting Machintosh HD with Disk Utility, it turned into a container disk, which disk utility was unable to delete again. So I deleted the container disk using Terminal. Then, now I am unable to see that 250 GB in Disk Utility and Terminal, but still says the computer has 1 TB in it.

How do I find that 250 GB, and how to merge it with macos2, considering macos2 is my main startup disk.

This is my diskutil list:

I am running macOS Mojave 10.14.4 on a 2017 iMac with 1TB hard drive.


texts: iPhone's power button doesn't lock, shows Swipe to Power Off instead

texts:
My iPhone SE, running iOS 12.4 reached its lower battery limits and went dead. I, foolishly pressed power button and then it stayed in an Apple Logo screen → power off → Apple Logo, loop for a while till I could get hold of the charger. After plugging in and letting it get some power, I observed the following:

It vibrated 3-4 times as if I removed and plugged in the power again which I didn't.
Pressing the power button once shows the Swipe To Power Off screen after a second or so. Doing it twice gives the same result.
To be able to lock it, I use the assistive touch method but that works only when I tap the Lock Screen  icon twice.

How can I get my power button to start locking the screen again ?

Is there anything else I can do except connecting the charger, if it goes dead again, to power it up ?

I bought it 2.5 years ago, and don't have AppleCare. Its battery capacity is 94%.


texts:
So, the particular Shift+Delete that I'm referring to is on a website like Reddit or any website with a search bar, on Windows, one can delete past searches by selecting an item and press the shift and delete (not backspace) and remove it.

I've searched on Google, Bing, and here, and all I was able to find was using Shift+Delete to permanently delete a file.

The only solution I came across was going into advanced settings and clearing all my browser history and cookies from the beginning of time, which is not something that I want to do. I just want to remove specific individual searches from the search bar, but not from my Chrome history.

I hope I was clear enough. Please let me know if I need to clarify further.


texts: iMessage "Not Delivered" on my Macbook Pro Mid 2012

texts:
For starters here is my current setup:

I have an iPhone 5s and a MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012 model with OSX 10.10.4. Recently I changed the storage to an SSD and with that change I started to set up iMessage. At first iMessage worked for a decent period of time I was getting texts on time and sending them through my Mac just fine. About a week ago suddenly I couldn't send any messages without getting the "Not Delivered" and that red exclamation mark. Going through pages of forums many of the problems were either a year old or older and were very repetitive. It was either delete some files through Keychain Access, restart something or turn on the message forwarding.

Update: After playing around I realized that I can send messages to some of my contacts. These contacts are people who don't have this red highlight on their names and if they do have their name highlighted in red then I cannot send messages to them.

Update2: After looking through imessage on my mac I realized that all the contacts that I cannot send to have usually been sent through text not imessage since their text bubbles are green. The ones I can send to are blue.

I just want to know how to fix my current problem.


texts: How to Make Bootable APFS Volume From Disk Image

texts:
I am currently using terminal to early and quickly add APFS volumes to my Mac's APFS container.

Once I make an empty APFS volume in the container, how can I copy a disk image to it and make it bootable? I have tried using dd, but there have been various issues that seem to keep this from working. Thanks!


texts: What is the minimum "delay" in AppleScript?

texts:
I ask this question because I've noticed that sometimes when I use delay with a sub-one figure, the delay never occurs. It is as if there was no delay line at all.

I can't identify what causes the issue and I can't tell when it will occur. The issue may not even be based on the size of the delay amount. But, I have only ever noticed a nonfunctional delay when the delay value is small.

Is there a minimum delay amount that one should not go below when writing AppleScript code?

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts:
I am a music fanatic, with well over a terabyte of music stored in iTunes.  I also have an iPhone, an iPod, and an iPad, each with a different storage size.

While I can only put about 10 gigs of "favorites" on my iPhone, my iPad and iPod are able to hold much more than that, and I would like the ability to "set and forget" what I sync to each (say, 30 gigs of "party music" on my iPod, and 30 gigs of "relaxation music" on my iPad) so that I don't have to manually sync each one each time I connect it to the computer.  In addition, I would like to be able to put videos on the iPad without having to worry about them taking up space when my iPhone automatically syncs, etc.

Is there a way to accomplish this?


texts: Safari 7.0.4 doesn't remember my login status. "Remember me" not working (OS X 10.9.3)

texts:
The problem is that I must press "log in"/"sign in" button on most web-services again and again per day. All login/passwords are stored successfuly but the feature which is often called "remember me" doesn't works. What could be the reason for this bug?
In before: the cookies are enabled.

UPD> I must say that I have an iPhone and an iPad with enabled keychain sharing via iCloud but the problem I have on the mac never happens on my devices. Maybe it will helps.


texts: Partition on External Hard Drive not showing in Finder

texts:
My external hard drive is partitioned into three parts - but somehow I made one of the parts go away/stop showing up in the Finder. I ran a set of recommended commands in terminal, and this is what I came up with:

"Rachel Reboot Backup" is the one that I'm trying to get to show up again in Finder/be restored. Any advice? Disk Utility says it is mounted, and it doesn't appear to be marked hidden. I'm not sure what I did to it.


texts: Solving a problem on a MacBook Pro 5,1 with an OCZ Agility 3 SSD

texts:
I installed Mac OS X lion on an SSD (through USB) after checking the firmware was the latest version (2.15). When I transferred the SSD into the MacBook Pro (like i usually do after an install) but it displayed a folder with a question mark during boot.

Upon rebooting and entering the boot menu there were no drives displaying.
I restarted a few times after checking the cables and connectors but to no avail.

When starting from an USB boot drive the computer is extremely slow and the SSD apears to be sometimes missing in disk utility.

When it is present Disk utility fails to run any diagnostic.

I tried resetting the pram/nvram and Smc. No improvements.

When the SSD is installed in a Mac Mini it runs fine I can even boot to the system ant it runs blazing fast.

Is there something I can do to get it running?

I bought this SSD to replace my current hard drive which is behaving suspiciously, and now I am stuck between 2 problems.


texts: Can I drive two Cinema 30" displays from a MacBook Pro (Retina)?

texts:
I've used a "Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter" to drive a single Cinema 30 from my (2014-era) MacBookPro11,2 before.  Can I hook up two of them to drive a pair of Cinema 30's?  It's got 2 Thunderbolt ports and 2 USB ports, but the USB are on opposite sides -- will the USB cable reach?  (UPDATE: The cable will reach, but it's pretty tight.  I wouldn't want to plug/unplug it a lot.)

Is the USB plug just for power, in which case, could I plug it into a different USB port?  Or is it needed for extra data, too?

Alternatively, is there a Thunderbolt dock that supports this?  The docks I've looked at so far say they don't support multiple displays, but they seem to assume a new Thunderbolt display, so it's not clear.  Dual-link DVI is kind of an odd beast.


texts: How to appear a row and a column of a table simultaneously in Keynote?

texts:
I have a 3-by-4 table which I'd like to eventually appear (by On Click start ) in the following order:

appear column 1 and row 1 simultaneously
appear in order cells [2,2], [2,3], [2,4], [3,2], [3,3], [3,4]

I thought By Cell delivery, in the Delivery combobox of the Build In in the Animate section of my table, is the way to go. But when I drag-and-drop the cells of the first row and the first column to each other to group them, it does not happen.
Can one explain the way I can get the effect I want?


texts: Repeated "Connect to iTunes to Use Push Notifications" prompts?

texts:
I just backed up my iPhone 4S and restored it onto my iPhone 5. Now, whenever I open "Find My Friends", I get a continuous stream of these messages:

Connect to iTunes to Use Push Notifications
"Find Friends" Notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges.

I can't actually do anything else with the app because as soon as I dismiss one message, another (identical) one pops up. I tried deleting and re-downloading the "Find My Friends" app, but I get the same result.
According to this thread, I can fix the problem by doing a backup and restore onto my phone, but I'd rather not if I can help it. Is there another way to fix this?


texts: Create globally available volume control for iTunes

texts:
I'd like to change the volume on iTunes from the keyboard at anytime, regardless what app is currently being used.

I understand there are the keys at the top dedicated for system volume (this won't work for me) and that there are shortcuts within iTunes.  I'd like something similar that is globally available, whether or not iTunes is my current app.

Details on why I want this:

I use an external audio interface/driver/card that disables system volume control for the keyboard buttons, and is instead controlled by a hardware device.  This controls all volume, and I usually have two or three sound sources going - I'd like to have a dedicated control for iTunes... mapped to the system volume buttons would be the best, but any keys will work.


texts: Using iMac 27" for displaying HDMI output

texts:
I have an HD satellite box which I previously connected to my old PC.
I am interested in using my new iMac 27" 5K as a monitor for its output.

I did go through the various answers available, but some contradicted others, and many were outdated. Currently, I connected the box's HDMI cable to a Kanex Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter and then to the iMac, and as you can guess, it failed to recognize a second display.

Is there any way around it? Either by some software or a different adapter?

Thank you.


texts:
Seemingly I cannot update using the older IPSW files, only iOS 14.
I have an iPhone 7 test device with iOS 12, and I only want to update to iOS 13 (iOS 13.7).
Every attempt failed with basically the "not authorized" error. Tried with Finder, and iMazing.
How can I update to only iOS 13 (without jailbreaking)?


texts: What's the difference between `brew tap caskroom/cask` and `brew install brew-cask`?

texts:
There seem to be different ways to do similar(?) things:

brew tap caskroom/cask
brew install brew-cask
and even brew cask alone does something on a fresh install


texts: Is there a limit to how long Xcode will run an app on a device, before "Finishing"?

texts:
I'm trying to run an app on a device for a very long duration (in hours). I thought that Xcode would keep running the app, but it exited several times, saying "Finished running  on my iPhone."

I'm using a MacBook Pro, so I thought the computer had just gone to sleep (which it had), but now that I'm on adapter power (plugged in, charged to 98%), it just did the same thing and stopped running the app with the same termination message. I need the app to keep running for hours to complete my test. The app will also not be in the foreground the entire time, other apps may be in the foreground as a critical component of these operations.

How can I make Xcode continue to run my app under test until I tell it to terminate?

Note: Xcode did not crash, and there was no indication the mac lost stability. I'm running the latest version as of this writing, Xcode 9.3, on macOS 10.13.4; this is a fresh install of the OS and Xcode (less than a week old), with all security updates applied, and only Xcode and Firefox installed. Xcode and Firefox are both running, with neither showing stability issues.


texts:
I just built a new windows 8 PC with a GA-Z77X-UP4 TH motherboard so I could have a Thunderbolt port for my Apple LED Cinema Display 27" . Unfortunately, the display isn't working. I have read that it will work on a "hackintosh" so I would assume it's a driver issue and not a motherboard issue.

Has anyone had experience in this or does anyone know where I could find some Cinema Display drivers for Windows 7 or 8? I do have access to a MacBook Pro so could I someone get the windows drivers from the Boot Camp assistant?


texts: If my adapter says 1A or 2.1 which port should I use for my iPod nano?

texts: If my wall adapter says 1A and 2.1 A. Which one should I use for my IPod nano?


texts: What happens if a MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina is restarted with open applications?

texts: Should we close open applications before restarting a MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina? Or is it okay to be lazy and restart it without closing them?


texts: Batch-remove mkv titles only, no re-encode

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Prompted by the answer to Any way to edit metadata of MKV files (without re-encoding)? it appears I should be able to do this with mkvpropedit, part of MKVToolNix.
TL:DR
All I want to do is remove any title, so VLC tells me the show title & episode number, as listed in the filename - not who helpfully ripped it so I didn't have to rip all my own DVDs. I don't even have a DVD player in the TV room any more, I'm putting it all on a Mac Pro.
I've tried doing this in the GUI of MKVToolNix but it seems I can only do one file at a time & I have dozens.
My intention would be to be able to save something as perhaps a script/automator applet, to make it drag & drop in future, see if I've missed some option in the GUI editor that would let me batch edit, or indeed find another tool which is capable of batch editing.
Essentially, this is what I'm trying to achieve, just not one at a time…

Per comments, app contents…

Edited to remove early guesswork, no longer needed


texts: How can I restore my iPhone 4s without getting the newest software?

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Need to restore my 4s but cannot let it be upgraded to iOS 8 because iPhone 4s can't handle that new of an iOS.  I'm totally locked out of the phone (disabled) because my child tried to get into the passcode too many times.  :(

Can I get it restored without getting new software system?


texts: App rejected for age rating, despite having no adult content whatsoever

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My app was rejected from the app store based on an allegedly inappropriate age rating.

My app requires users to confirm that they are older than 13 when logging in, so Apple said my app's rating of ages 4 and above is inappropriate as a result.

This was their response to my application:

  Guideline 2.3.6 - Performance - Accurate Metadata

  The rating you have selected, 4+, is inconsistent with the content of your app. Since your app requires users to be 13+, it should be rated appropriately for this subject.

The problem is that I didn't select the "4+" age rating--Apple did! Their age ratings are determined automatically by a questionnaire I answered concerning adult content (i.e. violence, drugs, etc.). I said "No" to each question since my app doesn't contain anything like that whatsoever. (It's a very plain music education app.) Apple does not allow you to just select an age rating like "13+".

The reviewer asked me to change my answers to that questionnaire so that the age rating would be higher. If I change my answers (to say, for example, that there is violent imagery in my app), then my answers would be false, which would violate the very Guideline Apple is saying I'm violating. This seems like a Catch-22, since the answers will either be false (since the app has no adult content), or they will reject the age rating.

What should I do?

Edit:
Here are the answers I'm allowed to change. The truthful answer to all of them is "No."


texts: The default grays in Numbers don't suit my needs (the gray is too dark). Is there any way to adjust this pallette? I always find myself diving into the colors palette but this gets time consuming and leads to inconsistent colors across my documents.


texts: How to completely remove Folx on Mac OS X?

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I installed Folx download manager on my MacBook Pro. I didn't like it, so I removed it from the Applications folder. I also searched for its dependent files in /Library/Preferences, but I found nothing related to Folx.

Now, when I try to download files, it tries to download using Folx—but Folx doesn't work. How can I fix this problem?


texts: Apple Mail app search filter brings the same email hundred times

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Not sure where to address this issue, though, this Apple Mail (bug?) is incredibly annoying.

Searching for something brings the same email 100 times, +thousands of bin entries. Why this behavior? How to fix that? It simply makes impossible finding any emails.

After the last update, it became even more annoying. Now it shows "Deleted Messages" as well.

Those aren't even actually deleted messages. They are trash of autosave process.