texts: mail.app separate rules for different mail accounts

texts: I have about 10 different mail accounts, connected to mail.app. I want to use separate rules for different accounts. By default, rules apply to all accounts, and if one want any rule to be applies to certain account, one need to create rule with "all conditions met". Say i want to move all notification emails in account1@mail.com account to "notifications" folder of this account. I can't do so with one rule, i need to create rule for every sender's email address. If i will create rule to move notification emails from different addresses to "notification" folder, all emails from all accounts will move to "notification" folder of that particular account. (hope i explained clearly). Maybe it is possible to make rule to work only for certain account with AppleScript?


texts: How to run script on startup and shutdown OS X El Capitan

texts:
Actually I want to make a RAM drive related to this script on my Mac.

Here is what I did:

Disabled SIP in recovery mode using command "csrutil"
Created a plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons/
and entered launchctl -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/vn.magik.ramdisk.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
            <string>vn.magik.ramdisk</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
            <array>
              <string>/Users/khacpm/ramdisk.sh</string>
            </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
            <true/>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
            <string>/Users/khacpm/ramdisk.log</string>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
            <string>/Users/khacpm/ramdisk.err</string>
    </dict>
</plist>

Created .sh file and put it in ~/ramdisk.sh

code:

function fstartup()
{
    //put folder into ramdisk
}
function fshutdown()
{
    //detach ramdisk
}

function framdisk()
{
    //do something
}
trap fshutdown SIGTERM
trap fshutdown SIGKILL
fstartup;

The problem is, the function fstartup runs well but it seems like function fshutdown isn't called by the system.


texts: How to create a password protected ad-hoc network on Yosemite

texts:
I just tried to create an ad-hoc network on OS X Yosemite and noticed there are no password options. Are they hidden? If so, is there any way to enable them? Is Terminal an option?

Is it possible to create a password protected ad-hoc network on yosemite? If so, how?


texts:
On my iMac, in iTunes, I have one app (called "myApp", say) listed on Library > Apps. I want to transfer that app into my iPad. Under Devices > my iPad > Apps, I press "Install" next to myApp and the button label becomes "Will Install", so I expect it will be transferred to my iPad on the next sync process.

When I press the Sync button below, it starts to sync both devices, and right after it show on the status bar (next to the playback buttons) "Determining which apps to install" , I get the following message:

  The iPad could not be synced because this computer is no longer authorized for purchased items that are on this iPad.

  To authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes Store, choose Store >  Authorize This Computer.

So I go to  Store > Authorize This Computer, I type my Apple account password, next to my Apple ID, and iTunes gives me the following message:

  This computer is already authorised.

  Including this one, you have authorised 3 computers out of your available 5.

If at this point I try to sync again, I get the same message above saying the computer is no longer authorized.

By the way, on my iPad, under Settings > iTunes & App Store, the active Apple account it the same as on my iMac's iTunes.


texts: Cannot dismiss Trust this Computer even with the cable disconnected

texts:
I plugged my iPhone to my Mac using an USB cable and noticed the Trust this Computer dialog was randomly flashing. I couldn't tap any of the two buttons (Trust / Don't Trust) and I assumed it was because the modal was not staying on for long enough.

I tried a few more cables, I assumed they were just bad. The one I used first I only ever use for charging, so I figured its data lines were broken. The other cables didn't help, the modal was still flashing which each one. It's possible they were all bad, it was a mix of the official and 3rd party ones (I tried like five) and both kinds are known to suck.

However, trying the last cable, I noticed the modal stopped flashing and stayed on. The buttons still didn't react to tap, so I disconnected the cable figuring that it will disappear and I'll reconnect and try again with yet another cable.

However, the modal didn't dismiss itself after the cable got disconnected. Instead, it stayed on, unresponsive. I can't use the area outside of the modal to do anything, I can't even slide up to unlock (this is an iPhone X) and FaceID failed too many times and now I need to enter my unlock code, which I can't do, because the modal is over the numpad.

I wanted to restart the phone, but iPhone X reset is volume up, volume down, power and then slide on the screen. I can't use the shutdown slider because the fricking modal is over it, too!

Is my only hope now to let the phone discharge enough so that it dies and recharging it to restart it to make the modal go away? And if so, can I make the phone discharge faster? I can't even turn on the torch and tapping the screen to keep it awake and using energy gets really old really fast. I always hated these undismissable modals, but I never expected it was mutual.


texts: How to use Apple TV without a working remote?

texts:
My Apple remote's battery died. I can get to the start screen of Apple TV by unplugging the device, but I can't seem to get further than that without the remote. That means I can't activate the Apple TV Remote app for my iPhone - I can't navigate to the activation screen.

This previous answer suggests I may be able to control Apple TV with the 1Keyboard app, but that app costs $10 and I have no reason to believe it can do what I need it to do.

Any help?


texts: What are the control keys available when working in a text field?

texts:
I know that ctrl-e will move to me to the end of a line, and ctrl-a to the start.

I also know that ctrl-n will move down a line.

What other ctrl-key combinations are there?

Is it possible to move up a line?

How about, most desirable for me, is there something to move back and forth a word at a time?

I realize that I can do these things in emacs, or with an alternate set of keys in vi, but that's not what I am interested in.

If I am writing a question on one of the stackexchange sites or on a wiki, vi and emacs are not in play.


texts: How do I create a global keyboard shortcut to create a new note in Notes.app or Reminders.app?

texts:
The new Notes app is great but How do I create a new note without switching to the Notes app first?

Same goes for Reminders.app.


texts:
Can the date format used by Profile Manager be changed?

In the host OSX System Preferences control panel, the region is set to Australia and gives the example date of 5/01/2015 for the 5th of January. However the Profile Manager web interface uses US date format such as 01/05/2015.

Is there a way to set Profile Manager to use a more appropriate date format?


texts:
My phone was suddenly deactivated about two weeks ago. I had turned my phone off because I was flying from Auckland NZ to risbane, Aust. When I turned my phone on again, it said it had been deactivated.

  Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server cannot be reached. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it or tr again over the mobile connection in a couple of minutes. You can also try to reactivate using a wi-fi connection

I contacted Apple in Brisbane, and they were no help, and I spent about 40 minutes on the phone to the Melbourne help centre, and they were unable to help me either.
How can I get my phone reactivated?


texts: Most content does not sync when upgrading 3gs (iOS 4) to 4s (iOS 5)

texts:
I tried upgrading to an iPhone 4s. After starting the phone, I chose to restore from iTunes and it told me to connect via USB, which I did. It went through what appeared to be a normal sync process, but after doing so, only my photos appear to have synced to the phone. There were 0 apps and 0 songs and 53.6GB Available through the About screen on my phone.

The default apps as well as any Safari Home Screen links all were there as well as the config of my favorites and a few of the folders (the ones which contained default apps).

I've tried resyncing a few times as well as doing a Restore, but I can't get any apps or music from my MacBookPro.

I noticed one thing about my apps. They overflowed the 11 screens as they pulled them out of folders. I tried to clear that up to no avail.

I've also restarted iTunes, the phone and the Mac.

The capacity bar when I have my phone plugged in lists 117 apps and 1500+ songs, none of which will sync. I grabbed an app directly from the App Store on my phone to see if it would sync back to the Mac, but it did not. Both phone and iTunes are using the same account.

Any suggestions? Any way to troubleshoot/logs to look at (I found nothing of interest in /var/log and did not find any log files that iTunes was writing to)? I really don't want to start adding from scratch as I want to keep my state and data.


texts:
Whenever I log in to my Mac, the following programs automatically open up:  Firefox, Excel, Word, PPT, and VLC Media Player.  I went into System Preferences, Users & Groups, and Login Items, and the only thing in there was the iTunesHelper application.  Any idea on how I can or where I need to go on the Mac to stop these programs from automatically opening up after I log in?

thanks

-Paul


texts: Can the iPod Nano 5th generation take screenshots?

texts:
I own a small iPod nano 5th gen that I really like.

In order to try and troubleshoot a small, non-blocking bug that it seems to have, I would like to take screenshots on it - I would assume that storing them and transferring them to a computer wouldn't be a problem, since it shoots videos and has a camera roll.

I couldn't find this info anywhere and I'm wondering if that's even possible, but if it is, I'd like to know how!

I also accepts answers that offer to recopy the screen of the iPod on a Mac computer, since if I recopy I could easily screenshot there.
(Maybe with Terminal?)


texts: How to change scrollbar position in AppleScript?

texts:
I have an AppleScript .scpt file that is assigned to a keyboard shortcut via the third-party application, FastScripts.

The script opens a specific, fixed, pre-determined URL in a new Google Chrome tab. This new tab is inserted immediately after the currently open Google Chrome tab (if Google Chrome is currently open).

Here is this code:

activate application "Google Chrome"

set myURL to "https://weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/l/12345"

tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    tell front window to make new tab at after (get active tab) with properties {URL:myURL}
end tell

An additional operation that I would like to implement in this script is to have the scrollbar of the opened webpage in Chrome automatically move downwards a bit. Just like the URL variable, the scroll amount is specific, fixed, and pre-determined.

I don't know the proper way to articulate a scroll amount to you in writing (and it of course varies based on one's screen resolution, monitor size, window size, and the zoom setting set in Chrome for that given page), but I can say that, for my unique environment, it is around 15% down the page. To clarify the meaning of this description, "100% down the page" would be at the lowest scrollbar position (the scrollbar can be set to this position by pressing ⌘ command  + ↓).

The exact scroll amount that I desire is probably not particularly relevant in the context of my question (considering the many aforementioned variables that may affect the scroll amount). It is simply important to note that the scroll amount is a custom figure, as opposed to being at the very top or very bottom of the page (since one can use the respective keyboard shortcut via key code in AppleScript to easily accomplish scrolling to these two locations).

I am hoping that whatever solution is suggested offers me the ability to fine-tune and adjust the desired scrollbar location, so that I can get it as close as possible to where I would scroll manually.


texts:
As discussed in this Q&A, as of Mojave, Apple has deprecated the ability to lock the dock to one specific screen/position, e.g. the key position-immutable is deprecated.

This question is asking for a hack/work-around to either (actually) lock the dock's position or (effectively) prevent the auto-dock-reposition based on scrolling the mouse.

It may be possible to accomplish this with Hammerspoon?


texts: Force xcodebuild use a specific SDK only

texts:
I am trying to fix a homebrew formula which uses xcodebuild to build a dependency. Unfortunately, this dependency relies on an older SDK, MacOSX10.12.sdk. I cannot make this project use a newer SDK as it would require vast refactoring to the codebase. Moreover, this library is from Apple and they chose to drop support for it on purpose in the newest Xcode SDK.

Fortunately, I have managed to find the SDK which I need from this repository on  Github. Yet now I do not know how to force xcodebuild to use the SDK which I need. No matter what options or variables I set, xcodebuild always uses the default SDK from Xcode.

The version of the system I'm using for this is 10.12.6. Yes, even though the version of the system itself is 10.12, Xcode refuses to use an SDK which matches said version.

So how can I force xcodebuild to use my older SDK in my own custom directory?


texts: iPhone : Does the FaceTime icon on the contact page mean that the person has an iPhone?

texts: I just added a new contact to my iPhone. When I look at the contact page there's a FaceTime icon (Under, next to that person's phone number). Does that mean that this person has an iPhone?


texts:
How do I disable Apache running because I can't get it down since I cannot run this sudo apachectl stop. It will give me this

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist: Could not find specified service

but when I run this httpd -v then it will give me this

Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Unix)
Server built:   Feb 20 2016 20:03:19

To my mind, if the server run, of course it will consume memory and space. Why is it running automatically?


texts: How can I see which of my Login Items is slowing down my startup time?

texts:
Recently — perhaps when I upgraded to Lion, perhaps some other time — I've noticed that OS X is not ready to go after startup as fast as it used to be.

I have a fast SSD as my only internal drive, and I used to be able to do whatever I wanted within a few seconds of logging in. Now, as my Login Items and previously-open applications are reopened, there is at least one point at which I have to wait ten or so seconds while nothing happens.

It seems to me that Login Items are launched (somewhat) serially and not (entirely) in parallel. From that assumption I conclude that at least one of my Login Items is holding up the rest of the queue.

So my question: Is there a way for me to log the startup process and look at the log to see which app is hanging the queue?


texts: Mac mini Problem - Won't boot after upgrading to High Sierra (Bless)

texts:
I bought a used Mac mini from a reliable source. He factory reset it, so we set about upgrading to the highest we can, High Sierra. I created a bootable USB on my iMac using the High Sierra installer. Inserted it, booted from it and installed the OS.

All looked good, and we got into the OS on first load. Upon restarting, it says “MacOS could not be installed on your computer. An error occurred while loading the installer resources”
"Quit the installer to restart your computer and start again". Weird, because the installation has finished and the USB drive is no longer in there.

It also mentioned something about bless but I can't remember what.

This machine has an SSD, I THINK when it arrived there were two partitions but only one now. I have no idea about SSDs, never used one before. Does it need a separate partition for booting or something?

Totally lost, would be very grateful for some help.


texts: Can't restore Time Machine backup in Catalina

texts:
My old my MacBook was stolen so I have to buy a new one. I have an Airport Time Capsule, so I have the Time Machine backups. Yesterday I plugged the new MacBook for the first time and tried to recover the information and everything went smooth until it got stuck for a few hours, so I decided to reboot and give it another try. This time, using Migration Assistant, because I did not have time to go through the whole backup. When I used the Migraton Assistant, I got an error like the following:

Some backups cannot be opened.
Make sure that all of your network devices are
connected and turned on. It appears that some
backups are already in use. If you don't see the
backup you need, make sure it is not currently
mounted by another machine and try again.

So I started googling and the first thing that I've realized is that the extension of the backup files on the newer OS's is .backupbundle instead of .sparsebundle. Anyways, I proceeded with the steps that suggest to mount the bundle in order to repair it using fsck. It doesn't work for me because every time that I try to mount the image, I get something like this:
cristobal@cristobals-mbp Data % hdiutil attach -nomount -readwrite /Volumes/Data/Cristóbal’s\ MacBook\ Pro.backupbundle
/dev/disk2

As I understand, I should see something like this:
/dev/disk2              Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk2s1            Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk2s2            Apple_HFSX

I also tried the following:

Change extension to .sparsebundle
Change the state VerificationState in com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist from 1 to 0
Tried to recover with disk drill but doesn't work on Airport Time Capsule

I'm very desperate to recover the files, so every help will be welcome.


texts:
Is there a way find a history of listened to music through Apple Music. The way I'm using it right now is:

Search for a given album/artist on the search bar on iTunes
The "New" tab is selected? (I can't understand why, most of the music I'm searching for were released decades ago)
I click on the big play button on the top - albums starts playing
I continue searching for more music, seeing related artists, etc

If I ever want to go back to the album view, I need to keep pressing the 'Back' button until the album appears. If I ever quit iTunes, I probably won't be able to find the album, unless I added it to my library.

I might just go back using last.fm.


texts: Can an iPhone 7 be made to function as a NFC Tag?

texts:
From what I’ve read, I know the iPhone 7 can work as a NFC reader, but I want it to be a NFC Tag. I have a NFC reader (an ID-12 RFID reader) for my house that controls a door. I’d like to be able to put my iPhone up to it and have the NFC reader on my door read my iPhone's Tag and open.

Can an iPhone 7 be made to function an a NFC tag for a regular external NFC/RFID reader?


texts: How to handle swollen MacBook battery after several weeks of storage?

texts:
Several weeks ago, I noticed a swollen lithium-ion battery in an older MacBook laptop. Substantial swelling, the battery looks almost twice as thick as normal near one corner. I initially noticed the swelling because it deformed the bottom plate of the laptop. Since then, I have not used the device and currently am storing it in a fire safe location. Unfortunately, the battery is screwed in place inside the laptop and I initially worried that unscrewing might cause further damage or put pressure on the battery. Now, that it has been a while since I noticed the damage to the battery, I assume that it has discharged substantially (though the state of charge was unknown at the time of failure).

Is this assumption safe to make? Can I expect that the danger of fire is lower after safely storing it for this period of time and not observing any changes? Do you think that there is still danger in unscrewing and removing the battery? How cautiously should I need to handle the battery?


texts: recover partial backup data from a (potentially damaged) Time Machine disk

texts:
I am on a MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch, late 2013, with OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks.

First of all, to clarify the question, my goal is to create a new, working Time Machine (TM) disk, that has as much as possible of the old backup data available.

Here are the details of the situation.
I had several years worth TM backups on a 500GB external disk. Few weeks ago I got a message from the system that the disk used for TM backup was about to die. So I used Disk Utility to create a disk image of the TM disk (on another, bigger, external disk).
This disk image creation happened overnight, so I didn't attend the whole process.
In the morning I found:

the disk image successfully created, with no error messages in Disk Utility,
the original TM disk completely dead.

(I give this detail because I am not sure of the "state of health" of the disk image, of its file system, etc., and I suspect that the problem could be due to  this.)

I have then bought a bigger 1TB external HD, and I am trying to copy the content of the TM saved disk image on it, so to have back a working TM disk, but with no success so far.

I have tried to copy the whole folder, both from the finder, with a (naive) drag and drop, or with rsynch. I have then understood that this type of "file level" method will not work, because of the heavy use of "aliases" (soft-links? hard-links?) used in the TM folder.
So I used Disk Utility to have a "Restore" of the disk image on the new HD.
After some failures, I learned that I hat to uncheck the "Ignore ownership on this volume" box in the info of the target disk, and also temporarily disable TM and Spotlight, to avoid any activity on the disks.
After Disk Utility successfully restored the saved disk image on the new HD, I receive an error about the newly created copy of the TM disk, saying:

  Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

I tried many times (as suggested in some posts), but after several attempts Disk Utility still is unable to repair it.

I am assuming that the disk image I managed to save contains damaged data, with maybe the file system messed up in some way.
So, before starting a fresh TM backup on the new empty TM disk, and loose all the old TM backups, my last attempt is to manually copy as much data as I can from the saved TM disk image (which I manage to mount and access via the finder).

So, my question is: what is the best way to copy the folders of a TM backup to a new TM backup disk, one by one, checking each time that the copy was successful, that the TM structure is in good shape, but that the "links" were copied as links, and not as actual files/folders, so to keep the "space efficient" feature of the TM folders structure?

Thanks!


texts: Stuck on boot loop after upgrading iPhone SE 10.3.3 to 13.3.1 via iTunes

texts:
I have an iPhone SE. It was running iOS 10.3.3, and I finally made the jump and upgraded to iOS 13.3.1 via iTunes. My computer is running Sierra so I'm only on iTunes 12.8.2.3 if it's relevant. Since I have slow internet and couldn't rely on iTunes to do the large download of iOS, I used ipsw.me to find the iPhone_4.0_64bit_13.3.1_17D50_Restore.ipsw file from Apple for my phone model and used iTunes to install this after downloading. Everything was going fine until the end where iTunes wanted me to allow it to access the iPhone, but it timed out waiting for the iPhone to actually boot. And eventually it seemed like it was going to boot, but then it kept rebooting. I can't stop it. I've tried forcing a reboot already. It also does not show up in iTunes when plugging it in. It gets to the point where the screen slightly dims on the boot screen to show my custom brightness while still on the Apple logo and sometimes even has a little [Zoom enabled] heads up thing that shows up briefly near the end, but then it just reboots again.

Help?

Edit: I can try putting my phone in DFU mode, but then iTunes will want to wipe and restore from backup and redownload iOS 13.3.1. Losing data and re-downloading are both not desirable, but is there any other option?

Edit 2: I was able to move the ipsw file into the iTunes library, so it didn't need to do any re-downloading. However, after being in DFU mode for a little while as iTunes is in the process of 'Extracting software...', my iPhone started the boot-loop again. iTunes still says it's extracting though. Is that normal? A way to fix?

Edit 3: After it extracted software, it couldn't find the phone (which was still rebooting). Help?

Edit 4: While connected to my Mac, I held down the power and home button to force a reboot and just continued holding until I got a new screen, the restore screen where it says on the iPhone screen to plug it into the computer. At that point iTunes said it needed to install iOS 13.3.1 and erase all my data on the phone. So I let it try, currently extracting software 'Verifying updated iPhone software...'. And I'm just hoping that now that it's in recovery mode and not DFU mode it will keep from rebooting and allow iTunes to work its software.

Edit 5: It reinstalled, and is back into a boot loop! What could it be? I do think my battery health may be about 80% of its design capacity, but other than that I don't know what could be wrong.

Would there be any chance that it would be happy using it for installing but still be some kind of problem and that I shouldn't use a newly downloaded copy of iOS downloaded directly by iTunes? Or even go so far as to get a Windows virtual machine going with a newer copy of iTunes in case 12.8.2.3 is too old? I'm kind of grasping at straws here.

Edit 6: Not sure if when I did the recovery mode installation if it was trying an update or a restore. I'm trying again choosing 'restore' this time.

Edit 7: 'Restore' made a difference! It brought me to the activation login and then asked me if I wanted to restore from a backup in iTunes while my phone still displayed a loading bar. I selected the backup, my phone booted to a screen that said 'restore in progress', and iTunes is telling me to wait about 8 minutes. Hoping this works.


texts: Automator "Quit Application" Action stops

texts:
I'm trying to set up an Automator script to do a bunch of routine things before I pull my laptop off it's thunderbolt dock - turn WiFi back on, eject disks, and quit certain applications. It's this last one that's currently vexing me - using either AppleScript or the Automator "Quit Application" action, the script stops after executing the quit order. The app I'm currently trying to quit is MakeMKV. I've also tried it with Zoom (another app I'd like to close out).

It only stops if it actually has to quit the app - and the apps do quit. If the app isn't open, the step is skipped and moved past. The error I get is:

"Quit Application was stopped" if using the Quit action or
"Run AppleScript was stopped" if using the AppleScript action.

I've tried it with Chrome, Messages, and Notes, all of which quit gracefully. These other apps are executing the quit order - is there any way to figure out why the script is stopping, and suppress whatever is doing it?

edit: Code block looks like the following:


texts: Keep the current audio output device, when attaching a new one

texts:
I have my TV connected to my iMac via HDMI and speakers hooked up to the iMac via the headphone port.

Whenever I turn the TV on, the Mac starts playing audio through the TV instead of the speakers and I have to manually switch back.

Is there any way to make my Mac keep playing through the headphonejack?


texts: Game Engine Encryption for iTunes Connect Export Compliance?

texts:
I am using a Game Engine to create an iOS game app which allows me to drag-and-drop the generated files into Xcode to get the app binary. The said engine encrypts the files when exporting to an Xcode Project (to stop people reverse engineering their project files), then uploads the Xcode Project Build to the App Store using iTunes Connect.
How should I answer the following question during the submission process?:

Export Compliance
Is your app designed to use cryptography or does it contain or incorporate cryptography? (Select Yes even if your app is only utilizing the encryption available in iOS or OS X.)

More info on the compliance can be found here.


texts:
I've just binded my machine (running Mojave) to new AD server and would like to login to an existing AD account, but all I get is a tilted password record (indicator that occur once password is incorrect).
However, if I try to login with the same credentials using the su command it does work.
I've tried to look in the system logs for any interesting detail and found that it doesn't look for user in the right node :
2020-09-09 15:44:06.388061+0300 0xeb86     Default     0x1edc0
4069   0    SecurityAgent: (loginsupport) [com.apple.loginwindow:UsersExtra]
Looking for user "me@mydomain" with UID (-1) on node "/Search"

while the relevant domains are prefix with
Name                                                 State  Refs Type         External Locked Hidden
---------------------------------------------------- ------ ---- ------------ -------- ------ ------
/Active Directory                                    Online 3                          X      X
/Active Directory/MY-DOMAIN                                  10
/Active Directory/MY-DOMAIN/All Domains              Online 6    Virtual node
/Active Directory/MY-DOMAIN/Global Catalog           Online 7    Virtual node                 X
/Active Directory/MY-DOMAIN/my-domain.bla.com        Online 6    Virtual node                 X
/Configure                                           Online 2                          X      X
/Contacts                                            Online 3
/LDAPv3                                              Online 1                          X      X
/Local                                               Online 2                          X      X
/Local/Default                                       Online 42                         X
/Search                                              Online 18

any idea what might be the problem ?
UPDATE :
Apparently, active-directory account in macOS require different AD account values for username, when trying to switch user using su rather that logging-in from loginwindow screen.
when changing the user from terminal command using su, it require the use of sAMAccountName attribute as username, and in order to login from loginwindow I was needed to use the full name represented by dsAttrTypeNative:name or it wouldn't find the user under the /Search node.
any Idea what is the reason for this difference in the 2 login options ?


texts: OSX Change monitor profile by command line

texts: I'm looking for a away to simulate night shift on older Mac's (10.9) I generated a Monitor Profile with the ColorSync tools. Now I want to change the profile with a terminal command. Manually you do that in System settings > Displays > Color.


texts: Can I get iTunes to show all songs with an error status?

texts:
I'm using iTunes Match on my computer, but I have some titles in my library that are missing the actual media.

Here is my process:

convert a cd to mp3
put an album in my iTunes
iTunes Match makes the match
after that match, I delete the source because it is in the cloud

But when i do that, iTunes puts an exclamation point at the beginning of the line of titles from this album because it cannot find the file anymore. I just have to delete these titles and next time they will be downloaded from the cloud.

Is there a way to select all these "not found" files and delete them at once ? because if i don't do that, next time iTunes will go to such a song, it will skip it instead of downloading from iTunes Match.

It would be ideal to sort the list of songs with this special column so I can clean things up.


texts:
I have recently obtained a Mac Mini second-hand from an organisation. When I power on the device it boots Windows 7, however, I'm unable to boot from a USB due to the Mac Mini not opening it's Startup Manager/BIOS/Boot Menu/Open Firmware... whatever it's called.
I've tried Alt, F8-12 and even tried Shift for safe mode but every time it boots Windows 7.
If the organisation has blocked the boot menu from loading is there a way to unblock it (and possibly boot from a USB).
Edit: I only own a Windows QWERTY keyboard... is that the issue?
Cheers.


texts: Preview randomly unable to display certain documents

texts:
On the MBA of a friend (10.10.3) when I double click on PDF or JPG files to open them with Preview, the app opens but the file does not display 90% of the time. If I press Space the document displays fine in quicklook.
What I've done:

Looked on the Console => no message on it
Fixed permissions => no change.

I'd love to not re-install the system to fix the issue, is there anything I could try to open the document normally?


texts: High Sierra root vulnerability: how to check if someone logged in remotely?

texts:
In macOS High Sierra, where can I find the IP addresses that logged in to my Mac through Screen Sharing or ssh?

That would be useful in light of the recently discovered root login vulnerability.


texts:
I have used the afp protocol to share between Macs on my local network.

I normally connect using a command like the following:-

open afp://Thylacine.local

This then prompts for a shared directory to connect to.

I have experienced some difficulties since upgrading to High Sierra.

My wife has a new Macbook Pro, which she setup by copying from a TimeMachine backup from her old Mac (running Sierra) then upgrading to High Sierra.

I can access the old Mac with no issues.

I have checked and double checked. Sharing (using afp) has been enabled, and there are a number of shared Directories.

Any attempt to connect fails because there are no shared directories.

I tried using my daughter's laptop MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) also running High Sierra 10.13.2
This exhibits similar difficulties, although bizarrely it offers to share 2 mounted external Volumes.
I can access her Mac using Screen Sharing.

Can anyone suggest what is wrong, or any other steps I might follow.

I have just tried connecting from my daughter's MacBook to mine (also running 10.13.2) and this seems to proceed flawlessly.


texts: macOS X Catalina cannot be installed on Macintosh HD

texts:
I am currently on a Early 2015 Macbook Pro on El Capitan 10.11.6.

I am looking to update to Catalina but I get the error message in the title of this post. I got this error after doing diskutil verify disk. Before that I got the message that I am missing a firmware partition.

my diskutil list information is as follows:

/dev/disk0 (external, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *960.0 GB   disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            959.2 GB   disk0s2
3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (disk image):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +8.4 GB     disk1
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
2:                  Apple_HFS InstallESD              8.1 GB     disk1s2

Update: Upgraded to Sierra. Cannot advance to High Sierra or Catalina due to the same missing firmware partition error.

Update 2: System Information says this:

Macintosh HD
Available:  920,7 GB (920.699.588.608 bytes)
  Capacity: 959,18 GB (959.180.382.208 bytes)
  Mount Point:  /
  File System:  Journaled HFS+
  Writable: Yes
  Ignore Ownership: No
  BSD Name: disk0s2
  Volume UUID:  FA831049-5446-3393-952B-D5EC501F181C
  Physical Drive:
  Device Name:  OWC Aura SSD
  Media Name:   OWC Aura SSD Media
  Medium Type:  Rotational
  Protocol: PCI
  Internal: No
  Partition Map Type:   GPT (GUID Partition Table)


texts: Lower than usual screen resolution on MacBook Pro

texts: My MacBook Pro screen has a lower than usual screen resolution. How can I fix that?


texts: How can I get Preview to open up in the Foreground?

texts:
Here's what's currently happening:

I use Chrome. I go to some website that has a PDF that I want to view on a hyperlink. I don't like viewing PDFs in the browser (even though I know this is possible), but prefer to have the pdf download and be viewed in Preview.

When I click the link in Chrome it asks me where I want the file saved, and then it downloads it. I click on the completed download tab at the bottom of the screen, and Chrome remains in the foreground. I can see that Preview has indeed been opened and the PDF is viewable, but I have to switch to Preview to view it using expose or command-tab.

Once the document has been opened in Preview and even when Preview is quit out of, it will always open Preview up in the foreground. This only happens on the first instance of opening a document. Also, if Preview is already open (in fore or background) downloading a new document will bring it to the foreground. So, what's happening only happens when a new document is downloaded and preview is not executed.

Here's what I would like to have happen:

I want to click on the completed download in the Chrome download bar at the bottom, and have it open and Preview and application-switch directly to Preview so that Preview is the foreground active application. This happens when I open other file types, but does not happen with PDFs into Preview.

My question:

Is there a way to change this behavior? Is there a central place where I can change the default behavior of whether apps open in the foreground or background?


texts: How do I create terminal session independent env vars on OS 10.10?

texts:
I read Mortimer's answer here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25385934/setting-environment-variables-via-launchd-conf-no-longer-works-in-os-x-yosemite and added this file in /Users/MyName/Library/LaunchAgents called environment.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>my.startup</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>sh</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>
    launchctl setenv GRADLE_HOME /Applications/gradle-2.0
    launchctl setenv JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home
    </string>

  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Restarted my laptop, opened a terminal, and ran echo $GRADLE_HOME but it is still blank.  How do I set an env var that is persistent throughout terminal sessions in Mac OS 10.10?


texts: Should I buy 2015 13 inch MBP or 2016 13 inch (non-touch bar) MBP

texts:
I am planning to buy macbook pro from US this month.(I live in India and one of my friend is coming from US next month).

Please help me in making right choice-

My options are-

1st choice-  2015 MBP 13 inch with price $1299. I want to do following updates to it:

a. Processor update from i5 to i7. Upgrade cost = $300.

b. RAM upgrade from 8 GB to 16 GB. Upgrade cost = $200.

c. SSD upgrade from 128 GB to 512 GB. Upgrade cost = $400.

Final cost of MBP = $1299+$300+$200+$400=$2199.

pros-

a. performance wise it is similar to 2016 non-touch version.

b. USB and other ports are available.

cons-

a. It is using 5th gen broadwell processor as compared with 2016 skylake processor.

b. Since apple dicontinue product after 5 years, so if I purchase 2015 model now I have 2.5 only years before it is discontinued.
And after that if any part need replacement I will not be able to do that even if it is under apple care after 2.5 years.

2nd choice- 2016 MBP 13 inch non-touch bar version with price $1499. Similar upgrade as above for Processer, RAM and SSD.
Final cost of MBP = $1499+$300+$200+$200=$2199. After doing upgrades its price is similar to 2015 model with similar upgrades.

pros-
a. It is using skylake CPU.

cons-
a. Ports are removed. I need to buy dongle.
b. There is lot of negative reviews for 2016 model on internet.
3. No magsafe.

3rd choice- I have early 2011 13 inch model. I wanted to upgarde its RAM and SSD and use it instead of buying new MBP. But its battery cycle count is 1060 and since apple has discontiued
the product I can not get battery replaced with apple manufactured battery and I am not sure about non-apple battery if they will work or not.

My choice is 2015 model but main problem I see in that is it has only 2.5 years before it become discontinued and if I buy applecare after 1 year that will make product warranty 1+2=3 years but MBP time remaining for discontinue is 2.5 years. So 6 months apple care will be of no use.


texts: How to install uBlock Origin for Safari?

texts:
Is there any way to install uBlock Origin on Safari?

I'm currently using macOS 10.11.2 with Safari 9.0.2 on a 2012 MacBook Pro.


texts:
Hi I have a unique situation where I cannot remember my macbook pro password, but i am still logged into it. I've tried passwd command, changing it in system settings, etc.
But nothing seems to work.
Does anyone know how I may be able to change it?
Thanks


texts: Remote desktop into iMac while someone is on a separate account?

texts:
I'm using an iMac 21.5-Inch (Late 2015). I have a son who has a full-time job, and his only option is to use our iMac.
Is there a way to remote desktop into my account while he's on his? If so, can I do this from my browser? Shellngn is a website I use to ssh into devices. I need to do it from a browser because I'm unable to install apps, as I use a chromebook borrowed from the company I work at, and they disabled it.
I am programming iOS apps, and as you probably know, you can't do that on a chromebook. So I'd need to do this from Chrome. Thanks in advance!


texts: Make OS X Server a wireless bridge without DHCP

texts:
I have a Mac Mini running OS X Server 10.10 (Yosemite). It gets it's network connection over ethernet. I would like to bridge that connection through WiFi. That's easy enough with Internet Sharing, but then I end up with a new private network.

This question makes it clear that Internet Sharing cannot be used this way: Internet sharing without DHCP

However, since this is OS X Server, is there a way I can manually configure things to have the same setup without using the Internet Sharing feature?


texts: Trouble transferring photos from PC to iPad

texts: I am trying to download photos from my Windows PC onto my iPad. I don't want to use iTunes. I am trying to download wirelessly. I used VLC app. I dragged my pictures into the designated area in the app. Each picture downloads and says 100% complete. A thumbnail of the picture never comes up it just says 100% in the spot the thumbnail should be. I can not find my photos anywhere on my iPad even after several attempts. I was only able to get 3 pictures to download onto my iPad. I waited a week and tried again this time nothing downloaded. I have also used several different transfer apps and nothing seems to work.


texts: Here's an interesting one: ALL my interface icons have disappeared since my rebooting my MacBook from safe sleep (the battery had died). Any ideas on what's going on?


texts:
I've noticed that when I try to open a file in any newly added applications, the application opens, but not the file. I've noticed this problem with multiple Wine versions, and also web-based games.

I haven't had this problem before.

I've tried re-installing macOS Sierra, deleting ~/Library/Prefrences/com.apple.LaunchServices/ and ~/Library/Prefrences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist and then relaunching Finder, but still have this problem.

Mid-2012 MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra, 10.12.6


texts: When I try to download epub files on my iPhone from the internet it used to go directly to iBooks, now it just goes to a blank page. How can I make them open in iBooks again?


texts: Ensure emptying 'Recently Deleted' succeeds?

texts:
I have deleted ~25,000 photos and videos from iPhone. They're now in 'Recently Deleted', and I want them permanently gone so I can transfer the remaining contents of the iPhone to a new iPhone.
When I click 'Empty' from settings, it takes some time, but the photos don't go anywhere, and the storage level of the iPhone doesn't indicate deletion.
How can I be sure 'Recently Deleted' is emptied properly?


texts: How to share Single Mac OS X Application for remote desktop

texts:
Scenario: I have a Mac mini which is always on always connected to internet. I want to share Single application (let's say XCode).

By sharing means remotely use it via remote desktop on Windows. It should be shared in such a way that Mac user uses something else and Remotely somebody else is using XCode.

Question: Is it possible? If yes, then how?

thanks


texts: Macbook air mid-2011 visual glitch problem

texts:
I face some problems with my macbook air mid 2011 (HD 3000), some weird visual glitch on the screen (see pictures).
Is there any solution or fix? Does anyone else have the same issue?
I own a Apple care(june 2014).
I have already contacted Apple, they done a Hardware test and the test revealed nothing so they do not believe me completely... And they don't know what to do (seriously) ...
Thank you in advance.
Best regards.
Sorry for my bad English: i am French =).

This appear only during the initialization of the rendering/test


texts:
I am having a problem with the battery in my Mom's old iPhone 4.

She recently had to replace her phone because it was showing this screen:

That isn't her phone, but that is what it was showing. When we unplugged it, the phone completely died so we left it to charge for a while.

It then showed the connect to iTunes screen:

(Also not her phone)

I went to unplug it and plug it into my computer, but it instantly turned off. I plugged it into the computer and when it started, it showed the same screen. iTunes found it and said that I needed to update or restore the phone. I tried, but I got error 21 (some online researched said that this meant the OS couldn't boot because it had a bad battery). I ordered a new battery online and attempted to replace the battery myself. I had no problem and when I was done and plugged it in to the computer, it showed the same screen. I should also mention that there was never (from the start!) a screen that indicated that the battery was dead.

At this point I was pretty upset because my mom had years and years of photos that were never backed up.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

EDIT: My questions are A) Why would the iPhone allegedly not detect the battery B) are there any fixes that would not require me to take the device in (not on warranty anymore) and C) If it isn't the battery (because I have replaced it), what could be causing this?


texts: Some text messages showing phone number not contact name

texts: Suddenly, existing text strings are showing the contact number (not for all text messages), and not the contact name, on my iPhone 6. If I look for the person in my contacts, they are not listed. If I use their name to start a text discussion, their name and number show in the 'search' like if they were in the contacts.


texts: Ethernet adapters conversion from MacBook Air (Mid 2012, 13") to MacBook Pro (Late 2019, 16")

texts:
So I've just bought the latest MacBook Pro (late 2019, 16") and bumped into the common issue of not finding 1 piece of Ethernet adapter. I want to use only Apple made adapters, so I'm left with the option of buying Apple Thunderbolt 2 to Ethernet adapter AND the Apple Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter and daisy chain them.
So, since I've been using MacBook Air (mid 2012, 13"), I already own an Ethernet to Thunderbolt adapter (Apple made).
The only thing that I'm still not certain about is - does the adapter I already have use Thunderbolt 1 or Thunderbolt 2?
According to Apple's spec, MacBook Air (mid 2012, 13") has Thunderbolt 1, but I have a feeling it's actually Thunderbolt 2, because when I look at system's preference, I see that the thunderbolt connection throughput is 10GB/s * 2 (written exactly like that - * 2!) So.. 10*2 is 20, and 20GB/s is equivalent to Thunderbolt 2, right?
I also tried to read the specs of the Ethernet to TB adapter I have, but it doesn't mention which TB it is!
Bottom line: can I simply purchase the TB2 to TB3 adapter and chain it to the current Ethernet to TBx (x=1/2, I don't know!) I already have?
Thanks!


texts:
I have an Apple laptop running 10.6.7 and I somehow managed to get into a situation where Java header files are actually (empty) directories. The laptop came with 10.6.7 pre-installed. I ran "Software Update", installed Xcode 3.2.6, and installed MacPorts. When trying to install port "db46" I get compilation errors, because jni.h is broken.

How do I fix this?

bash-3.2# pwd
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Headers
bash-3.2# ls -la
total 64
drwxr-xr-x  17 root  wheel    578 May  5 11:28 .
drwxr-xr-x  10 root  wheel    340 Mar 29 19:22 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 AWTCocoaComponent.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 JDWP.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 JDWPCommands.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    179 Oct 24  2010 JavaVM.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   2390 Oct 24  2010 NSJavaConfiguration.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   2060 Oct 24  2010 NSJavaVirtualMachine.h
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  19394 Oct 24  2010 classfile_constants.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jawt.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jawt_md.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jdwpTransport.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jni.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jni_md.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jvmdi.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jvmpi.h
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel     68 May  5 11:28 jvmti.h


texts: Could you help me to identify this font?

texts:
I'm looking to reproduce the font for the red text Selin ve Sercan to use on OS X.

It is very important to find this font's name for me. Does anyone know the exact name of this font?


texts:
I am wondering why I have randomly named photos on my phone when I copy them to my computer.

Usually the images are all name IMG_0000 etc. and I understand that if there's something like IMG_E0000 then I know that image was edited. But then I'd also have a random single image with AJUQ, CDHF, DQAC, GESE as start intead of IMG. Is there a reason to this?

It kind of throws me off when I look at my pictures as they are just totally out of order.


texts: Problems with Varmilo VA88M keyboard, seems to switch to ANSI layout

texts:
I have, since some 2 months, a VA88M Varmilo keyboard (and am very happy with it), a ISO Nordic keyboard layout. Suddenly it switched some keys around so that the >-key suddenly generated °-char and the < key generated §. I removed the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboardtype.plist and KeyboardSetupAssistent appeared and I could fix it. (as suggested here) but it only worked for a while. Now the file doesn't exist anymore and when I try to run KeyBoardSetupAssistent manually it just says that there is no unknown keyboard.
Help me out here, please!
I've also mailed Varmilo but they had no good ideas.


texts: How can I sync original photos from iCloud to a non-Apple computer?

texts:
How can I automatically copy original-quality (e.g. HEIC) photos from iCloud to a non-Apple computer? I have two decades of photos from various cameras I’ve owned over the years organized on my computer and am trying to understand how to reliably add my Apple-held photos to it.

I’ve seen that I can download photos manually by using “Download: Unmodified Original” in the iCloud web interface, but this is tedious.
I tried using the iCloud app for Windows, but that apparently only exposes reduced-quality JPEG exports. My iPhone has a setting for “Transfer to Mac or PC: Keep Originals” but I don’t see an analogous setting in the iCloud app.

I’m ready to do substantial initial work to set this up (e.g. custom scripting, running a VM, etc.) but at this point I’m not sure what to even try next.


texts:
transparencyd seems to be there since macOS Catalina.
I cannot find any information about it other than what the MAN pages say :
"transparencyd is a system daemon that verifies transparency information
for requesting clients. It is not intended to be invoked directly"

It occasionally tries to connect to server kt-prod.apple.com (17.56.48.13) via TCP/443
and some files in ~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.transparencyd:

What is the transparencyd daemon for?


texts: Chrome refuses to flush / refresh DNS—why?

texts:
On OSX El Capitan, I have an issue developing a Wordpress site hosted locally by MAMP. When I visit the root hostname specified in MAMP, Chrome redirects me to an old hostname I previously used for the same site. Non-root URLs work ok. Every browser other than Chrome (FF, Canary, Safari) all correctly resolve the current hostname. Only Chrome refuses to resolve the new host.

Steps I've tried so far:

Restarting Chrome
Clearing browser data
Going to chrome://net-internals/#dns and clearing host cache
Going to chrome://net-internals/#sockets and flushing socket pools
Closing all tabs and restarting
Flushing the OS DNS cache with: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo
killall -HUP mDNSResponder;

(yes, those are the same steps listed here)

I'm at a loss for what to try next. Uninstall Chrome? That seems dramatic.


texts: Software to generate photo gallery HTML with download links

texts:
I have the following requirement: A software that runs on OS X which takes a number of image files and creates a HTML gallery out of them.

It needs to have the following features:

Caption and description on a main thumbnail page.
Medium size pages for each image, which is scaled down to like 600×600 pixels. If some IPTC info is shown, that is great, but not a strict requirement.
Download links to the full resolution image.

FotoStation is able to do exactly this, however it is rather costly for this single use.

Is there any program that can do this?


texts: Include additional data into iPhone backup files

texts:
I have two iPhone backups available, one recent and one older.

Is it possible to inject/include/simply add content from my recent backup to the older one?

So that when the iPhone is restored from the older backup, the content from the recent one would be restored as well.

I have some apps installed that don't give me any option to export my content but I have to restore to the earlier backup missing the app or its content.


texts: How can I import an iDVD project into DVD Studio Pro?

texts:
I don't know if this is even possible, but how can I import an iDVD project into DVD Studio Pro? I really want to be able to copy an iDVD project and tweak it in DVDSP.

I am using DVDSP 4.2.2 and iDVD 7.1.2.


texts: Deleted a partition with High Sierra, now unable to reclaim space in partition with Mojave

texts:
I had 2 partitions in my MacBook:
Partition 1 - 200 GB - High Sierra
Partition 2 - 300 GB - Mojave

After deleting the partition 1 I am unable to reclaim disk space associated with it.

Here is the snapshot of diskutil list command executed through terminal:

I tried below command:

sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s3 0

But it showed following error:

Error: -69743: The new size must be different than the existing size

Any ideas on how can I reclaim the lost disk space?


texts: Why does the diskutil shows I have two local hard drives?

texts:
I was trying to get my NTFS drive to work today and I discovered that the diskutil thinks I have two local hard drive. This phenomenon is not occurred on my Macbook Pro. Do anyone know why?

Here is what it shows:


texts: Git vs rsync when resource fork must be preserved

texts:
I have some ancient files that I need to share between Macs. There are over 100,000 of them. I need to keep the directory containing these files in sync. I thought Git would be a good solution, and it was, until I discovered that Git has stripped the resource fork off of every file on the remote machine(s).

So now I'm looking for another solution. Considering rsync but thought I'd ask here to see if anyone has experience with old Mac OS Classic files in a modern Mac OS X environment.


texts: mac book pro headphones not working even with the correct sound settings .

texts: my macbook pro( 13 inch mid 2009) running yosemite 10.10.5 is not delivering sound to the headphone speakers .I am using my iPhones headphones .it is able to receive mic input though. does it mean it has a hardware issue


texts:
I have had Microsoft Word installed on my mac for years, and it used to be that I could see a list of opened documents just by right-clicking the word icon in the dock. But some time ago, it seems that this functionality disappeared.

Does anyone know why? And is there a way to make it work again?


texts: Opening specific email causes Mail to crash

texts: I have set up Microsoft Office Mail on my iPhone 6. The only problem that I cannot get my head round is that it all works fine but I received an email this morning, and when I clicked on it to read it, the screen just went back to the home page. All other emails I have received are fine and can open and be read no problem, but for this one email every time I try to open it the screen continues to go to the home screen.


texts:
Is there any way (without using accessibility feature) to record mobile screen with gestures like taps?

I need to record how user is using my app and where exactly he taps.

I found solution with Assistive Touch and new adding new gesture.
But while recording we have additional annoying home button on the screen and also tap circle. This can distract person while using my app.

I am afraid that this is a technical limitation of the apple system.
But I hope I’m wrong.


texts: No entry for system.log in /etc/newsyslog.conf

texts:
In How can I extend the time when system.log gets turned over? and How to find recently connected external disks? it says that /etc/newsyslog.conf should have an entry for /var/log/system.log that I can edit to change how often this log file is rotated and how many old versions are kept. But on my system there's no entry for this file. The contents of my file are (omitting the big block of comments at the top):

# logfilename          [owner:group]    mode count size when  flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/ftp.log            640  5     1000 *     J
/var/log/hwmond.log         640  5     1000 *     J
/var/log/ipfw.log           640  5     1000 *     J
/var/log/lpr.log            640  5     1000 *     J
/var/log/ppp.log            640  5     1000 *     J
/var/log/wtmp               644  3     *    @01T05 B

I also looked in the files in /etc/newsyslog.d, none of them contain system.log, either.

So how does system.log get rotated now, and is there a setting I can change to control it?


texts: How to start playing first song in playlist after all songs are over?

texts:
I listen to music on my Mac every day. However after a playlist ends, playback stops and I have to hit Play manually to start playing the playlist again from the beginning.

Is there anyway to restart a playlist automatically after it has finished playing the last song?


texts: Automatic download of top apps from iTunes App Store in iTunes

texts: Is there a script or other way to have iTunes download the top (free) apps (in all categories, or specific category) from the app store, like once a week or day?


texts: Old MacBooks no longer boot Snow Leopard

texts:
I have several old MacBook (MacBook2,1 units, from 2006) that have been running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard just fine, and been in use to teach a robotics class.

I know we used them in December, but a week ago (in Jan 2020) they would not boot up, but would kernel panic instead.

They have Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on their recovery partitions, which boots up just fine. I can boot into single user mode. I can boot in safe mode. Booting in verbose mode ends in an error (below). Unfortunately, I can't remember the password for the admin account, and when I tried to reset it (by saying the first boot process wasn't done), it kernel panicked before I could create a user.

In wondering if perhaps a cryptographic signature had expired, I set the date back a couple of years on one of them, but that didn't help.

I just re-installed 10.6 (.3) on one of the units, and the output, in verbose mode, looks very much like it did on the other units. (This photos is from one of the other units; I think it was running 10.6.7 or .8).

Any idea what I can do to get these units back into operation?

they won't run Mac OS X 10.7 without more RAM, and I think they are too new for 10.5
I'd rather not install Linux or Windows on them, although it is not beyond the pale. The software is only experimentally supported under Linux, and I don't have Windows licenses for the machines.
I don't need them to connect to the internet, and would be happy to disable WiFi (which is implicated in the stack trace). I tried disabling the .kext but couldn't figure out which file it is.


texts: iCloud Drive - Why am I running out of space, when my account shows 100_gb free?

texts:
I have expanded my iCloud drive storage to 200GB. Right now, I have 170GB free. I want to offload some large folders from my ailing laptop to iCloud. When I try to do that, I'm told there is not enough space. The folder I want to move is about 30GB.

This is on 10.10.3

Is there anything I need to set to be able to use this extra space. Thanks for any tips.


texts: Is there a way to set a different Safari download folder per website?

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Is there any way in Safari (6 on Mountain Lion) to have it remember a different download folder per website?

So if I visit my bank and download a statement I can pick my /finance/ folder to download to and have it remember that location for future visits.
Meanwhile I can go to basecamp and have anything I download there go straight to /work/

In Firefox there's a secret flag you can set that allows this behaviour, is there any way to do the same thing in Safari or through an extension?


texts: Fixing a 0xc0000225 error in VMware Fusion

texts:
A few days ago I had to force shut down my iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) running 10.11.6 because it wouldn't wake up. VMware Fusion 6.0.6 was running.

Now when I start VMware Fusion I get in this endless loop of error messages:

I tried to look for solutions online but they were all for actual installs of Windows, not installs through a virtual machine.

How can this be fixed (ideally, without losing any informations on the Windows system?)


texts: Is there a Meltdown vulnerability fix already available for macOS?

texts:
While Apple has yet to comment on the flaw, Alex Ionescu, Windows
  security expert, noted a fix was present in a new 10.13.3 update to
  macOS.

source: How to Protect Yourself From Meltdown and Spectre, the Latest Processor Security Flaws


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I'm trying to clear the cache of my calendar, since I'm having trouble with calendar notifications after connecting to a Google Calendar.

One of the recommended solutions is to clear the Calendar cache as described here
http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-the-iCal-Cache

However, within my Library folder I cannot find the suggested subfolders

~/Library/Calendars/
~/Library/Caches/

in which I would find

~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.iCal

Are such folders now in a different location? Or are they hidden somehow? (I'm using OS X Maverics 10.9.4.)

Any hints would greatly be appreciated.


texts: When using VSCode on macOS, randomly a `sysdiagnose.tar.gz` will be generated

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I'm using Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to develop TypeScript. All versions are their most up-to-date (and this was happening with 10.15.6, so it's not a 10.15.7 issue).
Randomly a Finder window will pop up at /private/var/tmp with a new sysdiagnose dump.
The file is called sysdiagnose_[date stamp]_[MacBook Pro machine details].tar.gz. When unpacked, it contains an entire folder structure full of dumps.
As such it's massively unhelpful! Which one do I need to care about?
I've checked Console.app but it also isn't very helpful unless you know what you're looking for. I do see a pile of events generated by spindump but they all just say Already saw task <private> [10437] in this stackshot, ignoring second instance. I don't see anything obvious immediately before these events.
What might be causing this, and how do I go about using these tools to figure out what it is?


texts: Can Apple provide the serial number for stolen Macbook Pro

texts:
My Macbook Pro has been stolen and I do not have the serial number on hand. The police have requested the serial number to assist in locating the laptop. This is an important criminal case and they need the laptop as evidence.

I called Apple and they said they could not help me, but perhaps there was some miscommunication. I thought the registration information I entered when I initially activated the laptop would be sufficient for identification. I did not purchase a repair plan and the computer never required servicing.

Does Apple have this information based on that initial activation (I just did it again with my replacement laptop) or some other use of the device? The police/ the DA is willing to contact them as well, if it helps.


texts: Securing Mac Server after Server Admin got fired

texts:
Recently our Network and Server Administrator got let go. We are a small organization and she was alone looking after Windows and Mac Servers. We have tried to secure the network by changing the firewall password and disabling her Windows account.

My question here is more about securing our Mac server. She built The Mac server on a Mac Mini running OS X 10.11 and we use it to enroll Mac devices and push apps via profile manager.

Now the challenge is I have never used Macs before and I don't have have any experience of managing or administering server. I tried to secure the Mac server by changing her account password which she gave before leaving. I don't want to disable her account on mac mini because there were loads of passwords saved in her keychain which we don't know and right now we are using the saved passwords.

Could anyone please guide me how can we secure our Mac server in case any sabotage attempt is made by her since she can still access our server via iCloud and can remotely wipe the server.


texts: How to get automount and sshfs (osxfuse) working with yosemite

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I'm currently trying to get Apple's automount working with osxfuse and sshfs.
The result should be that a specified folder gets automatically mounted if it is used.

What I've done so far:

installed osxfuse and sshfs from the official packages
(versions are osxfuse: 2.7.3 / sshfs 2.5.0)
created a symlink /sbin/mount_sshfs -> /usr/local/bin/sshfs
appended the following config line to /etc/auto_master : /-    auto_ssh    -nosuid
created the /etc/auto_ssh config file:

/mnt -fstype=sshfs,sshfs_debug,allow_other,idmap=user,follow_symlinks,max_read=65536,rw,nodev,cache=no,IdentityFile=/Users/myUsername/.ssh/sshfs remoteUser@remoteHost:/path/to/folder

afterwards reload automount via : sudo automount -cv

If I now try to cd into mnt i get the following error:

bash: cd: /mnt: Operation not permitted

The console contains the following:

04/12/14 01:27:50,418 automountd[1965]: MOUNT  REQUEST: name=/mnt [] map=auto_ssh opts=nosuid path=/mnt direct=1
04/12/14 01:27:50,631 KernelEventAgent[69]: tid 54485244 received event(s) VQ_DEAD (32)
04/12/14 01:27:50,632 automountd[1965]: MOUNT  REPLY  : status=1, AUTOFS_DONE
04/12/14 01:27:50,632 automountd[1965]: mount of /mnt failed: Operation not permitted

Does anyone have any idea how to make this work, or what to try next?


texts:
My wired mac keyboard is acting weird. Some keys perform weird extra insertions. The problem introduced itself when I relogged in after sleep mode and persists since then. The internal MacBook keyboard is not affected. I suspect some corrupted driver settings/files.

I tried the following already, without change:

login with a different user
restarting the mac
dis-/reconnecting the keyboard

Some of the extra insertions happening:

u => u[
7 => 7-
return => creates a new line and an *
m => m and a space character
j => j'
right arrow => performs a return

I am on OS X 10.9.5

Edit: I plugged the keyboard into a Windows machine, same problem. So it's a hardware issue ... or is it? Is it possible that the keyboard firmware is somehow corrupt? Since many keys are acting strange and not ONE key that's broken.

Can I reset the keyboard firmware?


texts: SMC reset to fix battery not working, but cant be sure SMC reset has taken place

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I have had a new battery in my mid 2012 15" macbook pro running 10.11.6

The battery health as monitored through a battery health app downloaded from the mac app store has been deteriorating ever since i installed it and after about 3 months the battery is saying "Service Battery"

This doesn't tell the full picture though, as if it use my Mac once i get the "low battery 9 minutes remaining" warning, it will go on for hours without cutting out.

Ive been told i need to do an SMC reset to address the issue, but each time i do it following Apples guides for laptops with a removable battery, it dosnt fix anything?

How can I know that an SMC reset has taken place, can it be seen in the logs ? Or can i do an SMC reset through some kind of GUI tool which will give me feedback instead of the standard way which i cant be sure has worked.

Here is an output from About this mac > System Info > Power

Model Information:
  Serial Number:    REDACTED
  Manufacturer: SMP
  Device Name:  REDACTED
  Pack Lot Code:    0
  PCB Lot Code: 0
  Firmware Version: 2
  Hardware Revision:    00aa
  Cell Revision:    2
  Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):   220
  Fully Charged:    No
  Charging: No
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):   3918
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:  81
  Condition:    Service Battery
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    -1943
  Voltage (mV): 10877

System Power Settings:

  AC Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 3
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   0
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    3
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Wake on LAN:  Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:   0
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  0
  Battery Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   0
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    2
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  Current Power Source: Yes
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  Reduce Brightness:    Yes
  Standby Delay:    4200
  Standby Enabled:  0

Here is an output from the command system_profiler SPPowerDataType | grep -i "charge information" -A 10

Charge Information:
          Charge Remaining (mAh): 234
          Fully Charged: No
          Charging: No
          Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 3918
      Health Information:
          Cycle Count: 81
          Condition: Service Battery
      Battery Installed: Yes
      Amperage (mA): -2579
      Voltage (mV): 10890


texts: How to choose printer from command line or from a Python application?

texts:
I am currently developing an application in Python that will run on Macs and will need to print PDF files. In the past I have managed to send PDF files to printer automatically by using some commands in a Bash script. However, I never found a way to specify one printer, it would always send it right into the currently selected printer (usually the last used one).

Does anyone know if there any way to launch the Preview application from command line, or any other way to preview and choose printers before actually printing?


texts:
I would like to disable Command P shortcuts or change it to something i would not accidentally hit

But i do not see options in Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts

Regards


texts: Scrolling with MacBook trackpad: Is it possible to do with only one finger while a key pressed?

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The normal way to scroll on a MacBook trackpad is to use two-finger scrolling.

Is it possible to scroll with one finger as follows:

Press and hold a key-modifier (e.g. ctrl/alt etc).
Scroll using one finger like it is two fingers, while key pressed.


texts: How to not have a signature inserted in new emails in Apple Mail

texts: I'd like to have signatures configured as part of my preferences in Apple Mail, but not have them auto-inserted whenever I create a new email. Is there a way to default to "None", but still have signatures associated with the account?


texts: How can I tell exactly what keys are being pressed on the Mac?

texts: At the moment I'm trying to remote control my machine and command and ctrl do not seem to be working properly.  Is there some type of 'keyboard sniffer' functionality so I can see exactly what is and is not being received?


texts: What does "Service exited with abnormal code: 1" mean?

texts:
I'm looking to see if a LaunchDaemon script is running at its assigned time. Looking at that time in the Console produces this result:

"mac-hostname com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.user.delprofiles[48049]): Service exited with abnormal code:1"

The script is meant to remove all user profiles save a select few every night. It appears as if it is working as there are no unwanted profiles on the HDD. Just not sure what "abnormal code:1" means.

Thanks


texts: Is there a way to whitelist a range of IP addresses for parental control?

texts:
The IP addresses in /Library/Managed\ Preferences/<user>/com.apple.familcontrols.contentfilter.plist are each listed separately.  Is there a way to add a range of addresses?

Many companies (including Google) use a range of IP addresses with no associated domain.  Currently, each IP address has to be added separately.  And that's quite painful.


texts: Prevent Automatic Installation of iOS Update

texts:
I know that iOS devices will automatically download the latest version of iOS when it's available. A message then appears, asking if the user wants to install the update later or now.

I have 2 questions regarding this: One, if I click "later," will I receive the message again, and how frequently would I receive this message?

And two, if I restart my iOS device, would the new version of iOS be automatically installed when it turns back on?


texts: Can I charge my headphones with the MacBook 12" charger?

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Can I charge my headphones with the MacBook 12" charger or should I use it for charging the MacBook only?

The headphones are Plantronics BACKBEAT SENSE which have a USB-Micro charging port.

I believe I need to buy a cable USB-C to Micro-USB, if it would work.


texts:
I recently turned on my iMac (White intel) to find it wouldn't boot.

Running the boot in verbose mode I get the following message:

Does anyone know what this means? Is it a hard disk error?


texts: Why does Drop Box not work after 10.8 upgrade?

texts:
Setup: I got SMB shares on my old-old Mac Mini (running 10.5). I have Drop Box folder/directory with Write-only permission - it is used to be called "Dropbox". Recently I upgraded my laptop (MacBook) from 10.6 to 10.8. It was clean install - meaning format drive, install new OS.

Issue: Running 10.6 on my laptop, "Dropbox" use to work great - no issue whatsoever. Used it for over 5 years. However once I got 10.8, I can't seem to write to the remote (Mac Mini) SMB Write-only folder.

Scenario: Drag a file to "Dropbox" folder. Finder shows active window of copying a file. Once the transfer is done, I look under the folder (from a server side via VNC) and there are no file's.

I am certain the issue is with my laptop running 10.8, not a Mini. However I can't figure out what is wrong.


texts: Compare content of two folders, including subfolders

texts:
Over the years I have imported photos from iPhone to Mac and organized them in folder by month.

I now want to import all photos I have on the iPhone and compare those with the files that I've organized in folders over the years - if there are any missing.

Is there any tool (included in OSX or free/purchaseable) or other procedure that can compare folder content, with one folder holding the files in root and the other in many subfolders?


texts: Big Sur 11.1 Screen Time Pass Code Field Failing to Appear: App Limit

texts:
I am setting up the controls on my child's computer using App Limit in Screen Time. It used to be that you limit certain websites or apps to a number of minutes, and when the time is up, that site or app would be blocked, and your child is given the opportunity to extend his time by entering a passcode. Like before, I have put checked the box where to use a passcode, but when the time expires, my child is able click on "ignore the limit," and nothing pops up for me to enter the passcode!
Am I doing something wrong?


texts:
There is the terminal command unbuffer in Linux Redhat, for instance.
I did not find it in homebrew.

How can you install unbuffer in OSX Yosemite 10.10.3?


texts: Profiles - maintaining programs on different profiles

texts:
I'm currently reading a book, The Complete Privacy and Security Desk Reference; Vol. 1: Digital by Michael Bazzell and Justin Carroll.

They specify many different types of user accounts and insist that you create several for the different levels of security involved in utilizing each.

I'm planning to follow their instructions to make multiple user profiles on my MacBook Pro for security purposes.

My question is how would I go about keeping the programs downloaded to each user profile synched without leaving my chosen user profile?

Do I always have to sign on to each profile and independently download separate programs or is there a system-wide utility for downloading and running programs?


texts:
is it possible to install VirtualBox on a non-intel Mac ?

My configuration : G5 with Mac OS X 10.5.8


texts:
Is there any hotkey, AppleScript or separate application for that?
I don't really like kill 20 applications manually every time I make reboot.


texts: Cut / clear selected region of pdf using Preview

texts:
As shown in the screenshot I have selected a rectangular region. I want to clear that section. None of the menu/toolbar items are apt for this task.  Is there a workaround?

Update It was suggested to use the Tools|Annotation|Text and put a white background text . However I see no way to configure the text - including customizing the font, fg/bg color, transparency, etc.  How to do so?  See screenshot.


texts: My own iPhone 7 is locked with foreign account after simple reset

texts:
I have an issue with my iPhone 7 Plus, which today I wanted to replace with the XS.

After backing it up to a Macbook and then resetting the old phone, I logged in to the Apple ID site to remove the IPhone from my account. However, it wasn't there!
All of this took maybe 20 minutes.

Now I can neither restore the backup from the Macbook through iTunes, nor can I set up the old Iphone as a "new Iphone" anymore. Both attempts lead to a screen saying that the Iphone is locked to an account "n*****@icloud.com", which is not me! My account is "a**********@p*******.de"!

The SIM card is not locked in any way, I bought the phone without a cellular plan! The restore doesn't work with or without the SIM card.

I bought this iPhone brand new from a trusted retailer, and the iPhone has always ever only known my own Apple ID!

I cannot reset the iPhone through ITunes, or any other way.

How can this happen and what do I do? I fear I have to go to an Apple store and explain the dilemma. I do have the original receipts and can prove this is my phone that way, hopefully!


texts: I've synced my google (gmail) contacts to my iphone5, but i'd like to have some contacts not show on my phone.  Is there a way to select either on the phone or on gmail which contacts to show on my phone?


texts:
How do I hide the Notification Center menubar icon? Is it possible to do what was done here, for the Spotlight icon?

How do I hide the Spotlight icon on Yosemite, but keep the Spotlight functionality?


texts: CD with data not opening in selected application

texts:
I am hainvg a problem with an app called Reunion 9. My dad made me a CD/GED file with data from his PC and I'm trying to load it onto my MacBook Pro. When it initially opened, it gave the screen to choose an app. I clicked Adobe, but that won't work. Now, I can't get back to that screen to try something else.
It automatically goes to Adobe and tells me it won't work.

Got any suggestions for how to return to the application selection screen and what application I should select?


texts:
I am a heavy Emacs user and would love to have some of my Emacs keyboard bindings when editing text on other apps.

I understand I could program these macros with Keyboard Maestro manually, but I was surprised I could not find any pre-defined macros for this. Before I reinvent the wheel, are there any repositories of keyboard maestro macros out there? Does Keyboard Maestro come with any set of macros that facilitate this process?


texts: Can I install Windows 7 on MBP's Expresscard 34 Wintec SSD?

texts:
I have broken my issue into several parts hoping to make it easier to understand what I am trying to accomplish as well as what I have tried. Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated!

The Goal

Install and boot Windows 7 Professional on a new Wintec 48G SSD via Expresscard 34 slot.Can this be done, if so has it been done before?

Background

The rationale behind installing Windows on the SSD is that I do not plan on using it often (need to run Win-only software at times). With this being said, I have heartburn slicing off a 32 gig partition of my main HDD to install Windows on and not be used but once every 2-3 weeks. If I can get it installed on the Wintec, in theory, I could remove it when not in use to save battery life and leave the port open for other devices. It is worth noting that I plan on storing all important data on the internal HDD based on several reviews of the Wintec.

In the past, I have run virtual machines, but handful of the USB devices I use for work have not worked well (if at all). Also when running a VM, the speed of both the VM and OSX is greatly reduced including a crippled battery life. Because of these experiences, I am trying to stay clear of virtual machines for this particular build. On a side note on the virtual machines, I have seen a few examples of running a bootcamp partition using open source VM software. This would be the approach I would take if I went back to a VM.

While scouring the web, I have found lots of examples that the Wintec 48 gig is bootable with OSX (with much success from the looks of it). Over all, the most common way that I have seen to accomplish this is to use disk cloning software. This method works great for OSX, but I do not believe that it can be applied to the Windows 7 install.

I have managed to boot from / run the Windows 7 installer for both 64bit and 32bit versions. On both installers I have made it to the point of selecting the HDD to install to and receive an error message stating that the system cannot boot from this device (Wintec) and to check the BIOS settings. This makes perfect sense on a normal PC, but with the Mac not having a BIOS I have run out of ideas.

While trying to fix this problem, I have tried formatting the SSD in NTFS 3G, NTFS Compressed, NTFS,  FAT-32 and unused space.  The hope was to format the drive using Disk Utility and  have the Windows Installer format it to what Win 7 required.  After approximately 6 hours of testing, I have concluded that it was a losing battle and begun reaching out to the communities for help.

System Information

Hardware: MacBookPro4,1 (2008 non-unibody), 4G RAM, Expresscard 34 Wintec 48G SSD
Software: Running OSX 10.6.6.  Wish to install Windows 7 Pro (64 bit preferred)


texts: How do I stop iOS 4 from draining the battery of my 2nd gen iPod Touch overnight?

texts: Every since "upgrading" my 2nd generation iPod Touch to iOS 4, it seems to lose power overnight (when not plugged in). What can I do to fix this? I have tried a restore and that did not work. Seen as a problem in releases iOS 4.0.1, 4.0.2 and 4.1


texts: Unable to unlock my Mac unless I am connect to internet

texts:
So when I want to log into a session, I need to actually be connected to internet, else I am left locked out. It's been happening for months. I tried resetting the password but no luck, I still need to be connected to log in.
It's as if the Operating System needs to check the password I enter with the one stored online (iCloud I suppose).
Note that I run macOS Mojave. It's a MacBook Air of 2013.


texts: Partitions uses in default Mac OS installation?

texts:
I plan to install Linux on my Macbook Pro and before removing an important partition, I'd like to know what I need to keep in order to be able to do a recovery to MacOS in case I need to.

For information, here's what I currently have on my macbook :

EFI : 200Mo
Apple Core storage : 465.1Go
Apple Recovery : 619.9Mo

Here's the fdisk output : (sorry, in French)

I believe I can remove the "Apple Core Storage", but can I also remove the EFI or no?

The idea is to be able to launch a Apple Recovery in case I need it and get back my computer like it was when I bought it.

Thank you for your help.


texts: MacOS/Debian10 dual boot- how to delete unknown EFI partition?

texts:
I have a macbook air dual booting macOS Catalina and Debian10 buster. I hold the option key at startup to choose the system I want. In the boot manager there's this efi partition (https://imgur.com/xKoQiEK) that I would like to delete, because it starts nothing but grub bash minimal (https://imgur.com/a/T5bpHAp), but I have not been able to identify this partition neither from macOS 'diskutils' nor from Debian 'fdisk'.

How could I delete this partition?

EDIT:

Command diskutil list disk0 output:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *512.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         305.9 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data                         205.5 GB   disk0s3
   4:                        EFI NO NAME                 536.9 MB   disk0s4


texts: I am not a company but am trying to avoid having to buy multiple individual iOS licenses

texts:
I'm developing an app for iOS and since it's not going to be published by my company it looks like I have to get my own developer license.

I can live with that, but there's a part of the app that I'm stuck on that I need to get a third-party to help me work through. Some of the libraries I use for the project have problems with the simulator, so what I need to know is:

Am I stuck having to buy two iOS developer licenses (one for the third-party programmer, one for myself)?

One possibility would be for me to keep testing this person's code and send them the output, but I can't think of an obvious way to automate that and it just seems suboptimal. Any other suggestions (short of starting my own company)?


texts: Is it possible to configure the Mac lock screen to refuse to accept login attempts for a certain amount of time after the lock screen is activated?


texts: 5c restore fails, at the "Waiting for iPhone" stage of restore. Does not start back up.

texts: I am trying to restore my 5c, it boots to the charging page, then to the apple logo, after its done this once, and the restore procedure fails, at the pre mentioned stage, with error code 2001, it will then boot straight into recovery mode, I am unable to restore my phone. How can I fix this?


texts: Is the Lion USB drive purchased from Apple bootable?

texts: I am helping my in-laws install Lion this weekend. They have purchased the Lion USB upgrade, but are only running Tiger on their Mac. Is the Lion USB bootable so I can do a clean install rather than upgrading their OS?


texts: How to download OpenGL versions later than 2.1 on MacBook Pro Sierra?

texts: I am trying to run a game called Space Engine using WineSkin on Sierra.  However, the game gives an error saying that the OpenGL version is 2.1, which is below the requirements to run the game.  The minimum to run the game is 3.3.  How can I download OpenGL 3.3 onto my MacBook Pro?


texts: Update App installed via Apple Configurator with other Apple ID

texts:
We installed iBooks through Apple Configurator to hundreds of iPad all with the same Apple ID. Now the users want to update the app but iOS is asking that Apple ID's password.

Is there a way to allow users to update iBooks with their Apple ID instead of the one which the .ipa thrown to Configurator  was downloaded with?

We didn't manually assigned the Apple ID to iBooks and when each iPad was activated we gave an individual Apple ID to each in the iCloud step but still iBooks remained signed with the Apple ID the .ipa was downloaded with

Any ideas?


texts:
I used family sharing for my family, now I have Apple TV+ and suddenly lot's of content is enabled for my daughter to watch on her IPad that I would rather not share with her.
Thus, is there a possibility to disable family sharing vor Apple TV+ specifically?


texts: Can your devices auto connect to your iOS hotspot without opening the settings/hotspot screen?

texts:
My car (VW Passat 2016) relies on a hotspot from a smartphone to have internet for all it's internet services (like traffic info).
After enabling hotspot on my iPhone (iOS 9.3) my car can connect and everything works fine. The problem is that my car (or any other device) can't connect to my iPhone's hotspot (which I leave enabled) unless I manually open the Settings app and then go to the hotspot settings screen.
I discussed this with a couple of friends and they all seem to have the same experience. This is really disappointing and I don't see myself doing this whole process everything I get into my car...

What about you? Is there fix?


texts: MacBook Pro 15" 2011 - missing audio device (no sound driver)

texts:
I have a problem with a 15" MacBook Pro (2011, OSX 10.7.5): After being repaired due to a water damage recently, the sound was just working fine. Some days later the audio device in the status bar turned gray and the MacBook didn't play any audio anymore.

After having tried several approaches to solve the problem (e.g. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1736638?start=345&tstart=0)

So I repaired HDD permissions and deleted ~Library/Preferences/com.apple.BezelServices.plist in normal and safe-mode of OSX. After a restart the speaker icon is highlighted again and sound was available again.

But another restart later it didn't work again. Now the approach mentioned before also didn't solve it anymore. As the soundcard was working fine temporarly I'm guessing it's just a software issue.

How can I come closer to a solution?


texts: Can't mount AFP and SMB shares through Finder but can manually mount via terminal

texts:
I have Mac OS X 10.6.8 on a laptop which cannot mount or connect to any shares, AFP or SMB, through Finder. I can, however, connect through terminal bash commands and is able to mount them this way;

Once mounted through terminal commands, Finder can then browse the share.

This is just a problem on the one profile on that computer as other profiles do not have this issue. I have removed the keychains for the servers and still no luck through Finder.

I also checked and verified the disk and permissions. Any ideas what could be wrong with this profile?


texts: What makes Catalina make a shell script quarantined?

texts:
I am routinely editing shell scripts (bash). One of them gets quarantined whenever I modify it. When I run it, I get the error:
$ ./opg.sh
-bash: ./opg.sh: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Operation not permitted

The solution is to reset the quarantine flag. Then the script runs:
$ xattr -d com.apple.quarantine opg.sh
$ ./opg.sh
Missing or invalid option ...
Must be one of: start, stop, status, check, or log

My question: why is that ? I have tons of other bash scripts, in the same directory and in other directories. I can edit them and they do not get quarantined. Only this one does. Any idea why ?
It does not seem to be related to the editor I use (I use bbedit and textedit - same effect).
I guess it must be something to do with the content of the script. But I can't see what ...


texts: Macbook shows ssd but volumes are gone after failing partition

texts:
Okay so i had two volumes. One was 225gb osx and other 25 gb ubuntu. My ubuntu space was running low so i wanted to resize the partition. I clicked on osx volume and resized it. I gave ubuntu 100gb and rest to osx. I clicked partition and it said that Macintosh HD will be resized.
Then partition failed. I rebooted in recovery mode to partition it from utility disk but it failed again. I rebooted and in dual mode couldn't find Macintosh HD. My ubuntu had failed before all this and was loading gnu grub before all this. That was the reason i wanted to resize ubuntu partition and reinstall ubuntu with a stable version.

Is there anyway to bring back the volume?

If not:
I have installed osx on external drive and easeus shows my Macintosh HD and i have recovered 2gb of data. I want to recover at least 50 gb more. Any way i can do it for free?


texts: Rebuilding iPhoto library causes issues with iTunes photo sync

texts:
I recently had a nasty problem with my iPhoto library that I corrected by rebuilding it. This restored missing/corrupted photos and fixed several other inconsistencies, so iPhoto is working properly again.

But now, iTunes is the one that's having problems. Whenever I connect my iPhone and visit the Photos pane, it tells me that my iPhoto library contains 0 photos (and, since I sync selectively, it says the same next to every item I've checked). It reported all the right counts before I rebuilt my iPhoto library.

Not only that, but whenever I sync for the first time after connecting, the photos will mysteriously disappear from my iPhone and I'm forced to resync them, even when I don't make any changes (not even outside the Photos pane). The photos then stay on my phone as usual, but once I connect and sync again, the same thing happens. I don't have a large photo library so it's only an extra couple of minutes of waiting, but it's still something I shouldn't have to put up with every single time I connect and sync my device.

I'm using iTunes 11.0.1 and iPhoto 9.4.2. My computer runs OS X 10.8.2, and my iPhone runs iOS 6.0.1. All are at their latest versions as of this writing.

What can I do to make iTunes read and sync my iPhoto library properly again?


texts: When iOS says "there are items are that could not be synced" Where in iTunes can I see more information?

texts:
When you get a sync error (somewhat notorious since it's not documented where in iTunes to look for these sync errors) - the iPhone tells you to look in iTunes to see what it was that couldn't be synced.

Interestingly enough iTunes doesn't actually tell you what it was that couldn't be synced.

My question is: Where precisely in iTunes can I see this more information?


texts: Late 2007 MacBook: can't boot from USB/DVD to install Windows 7

texts:
I have a late 2007 MacBook with Ubuntu.
I want to install Windows 7, but can't even reach the installation.
I've tried to boot from a USB and DVD. Both don't work.
When the computer starts, I hold the Option key... nothing.
Then I've read somewhere that CommandPR would help... nothing happend.
Looking forward for your advice.


texts: Will AppStore applications continue to work after an OS downgrade?

texts:
Our daughter has an old MacBook Air (2010 model) that worked fine until a few recent OS upgrades. Now it's almost unusable with its 2GB RAM that can't be upgraded, so she is considering cleaning her MBA and reinstalling an old OS.

I wonder whether this is going to work smoothly in relation to apps she was using. Will the apps she will install from AppStore require her to upgrade the operating system?


texts:
I want to install a Ruby Gem to my computer, but since I don't have an administrator account I can't use sudo. How do I install a Gem without sudo, and what (if any) privileges do I loose? This is in reference to this question I asked on Stack Overflow.

Update:

I installed RVM, but I got these two errors:

WARNING: your RVM loading script `/etc/profile.d/rvm.sh` is deprecated
and causes you to have `umask g+w` set in your shell,
run `rvm get head --auto-dotfiles` again to fix your scripts.

And

WARNING: You have '~/.profile' file, you might want to load it,
to do that add the following line to '/Users/CalebKleveter/.bash_profile':

  source ~/.profile

I ran rvm get head --auto-dotfiles, but I got the same errors again. Any suggestions on what to do? And what does the second error message want me to do?

Update 2:

I tried gem install cocoapods and I got the error in my other post, then I tried rvm gem install cocoapods and I got "Please note that rvm gem ... was removed, try gem install cocoapods or rvm all do gem install cocoapods instead. ( see: 'rvm usage' )" so I tried rvm all do gem install cocoapods and it just started a new command prompt, that is what is supposed to happen, right?


texts: Is there a way to email photos from the Yosemite photos app, ideally with layout options?

texts: iPhoto allowed you to email photos from within the app, letting you choose a nice layout (like a birthday card, etc).  I can not find any email capability from within Photos; any tips on emailing from within Photos is appreciated.