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I've been having this problem for a while now and it really starts to bother me. Every once in a while, a lot of my app icons go missing in the dock, launchpad, finder, cmd-tab switcher, just everywhere.

Some pictures:

Obviously this is really annoying.
I already tried a lot of stuff to solve it.

I tried relaunching the Finder
I tried relaunching the Dock (terminal: killall Dock)
I tried clearing icon cache

The only way I can (temporarily) solve this by doing the following:

Reboot, now the icons have reloaded in finder and launchpad, dock icons are still missing
go to Library/preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
& delete the file
open terminal: killall Dock

This way everything is fixed, but I have to rearrange my dock again since I removed the preferences file. It is only a temporary fix though, the issue keeps coming back and I always have to do this, which is very annoying.

Does anyone know what causes this? How could I solve it permanently? It’s really getting frustrating!

Thanks a lot!


texts: Why does my Apple Watch repeatedly say, "Trust This Computer?"

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I have a first generation Apple Watch and an iPhone 7Plus. For the most part everything works fine. However, I get the following notice on my Apple watch every few weeks:

  Trust This Computer? Your settings and data will be accessible from this computer when connected.

It does not say which computer is to be trusted. Is it my iPhone, or my MacBook Pro?

It seems that once a watch and phone are paired that the trust relationship is established and there shouldn't be any additional trust requests.

Why does this happen repeatedly and is there anything I can do to resolve it completely?


texts: What cables do I need to power 2 external displays?

texts: I have a late 2015 macbook pro and 2 external monitors. The monitors have usb-c input. Is it possible to use my monitor to power my laptop with a usb-c to thunderbolt 2 cable? If not, what is the most efficient way to power 2 external displays?


texts: Why for some actions wifi is required (ie. cellular is not enough)?

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Synchronizing iCloud photo library and downloading apps over 100 MB both require wifi, ie. they are not permitted when on cellular.

Is this limit only for "convenience", so there wouldn't be surprises when the phone bill arrives? Is there any official reason? Or technical?

I'm asking this as my current cellular plan (LTE) consistently delivers better speeds than my current ADSL plan (= wifi) and I have plenty of headroom in my transfer quota.


texts: Album art not syncing to iPhone for playlists

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A while ago I had a crash which wiped all the music synchronisation settings from my phone.

Until that point I'd synced based on selecting albums and artists in iTunes when the phone was plugged in, however having lost all that I decided it would be better to create playlists and sync those - that way if it happened again I just have to select half a dozen playlists to sync and I'm done.

The issue I have is that this doesn't seem to synchronise album art in most cases. The album art is there in iTunes but not on the phone.

If I select an artist to sync individually the artwork will appear (and will stay even when the artist selection is removed so it's just the playlist keeping the track on the phone), but without that it won't.

EDIT: Selecting the album individually doesn't seem to push the art work across so that may be a red herring. It's all feeling rather random.

Any thoughts on what I can do to force the artwork on to the phone without having to individually select every artist / album / track?

(iTunes 10.7 and iOS 6.0 on an iPhone 4S)


texts: Now that MacOS Catalina has moved to zsh, can I upgrade bash 3.2.57 with 5.0.3?

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I understand apple's move from bash to zsh, though I'd really rather that they hadn't made the change.

I've tried zsh, and decided that I'd prefer to remain with bash.

So, since MacOS Catalina isn't using /bin/bash any more, am I going to run into any problems if I replace it with the new version? (  3.2.57 with 5.0.3 ).

I wouldn't have thought of doing this before, because it would have been quite possible that some part of the OS relied on a feature that had changed in new versions.

Now, though, that /bin/bash isn't officially used, can we change it?

If so, that would be a really positive side-effect of the move to zsh. We can keep our user accounts compatible with out linux accounts, all using zsh, and keep the latest version running on all our machines, without having any danger of a conflict with the OS.


texts: How does my iPod touch knows my location (if it doesn't have a GPS)?

texts: If there's no GPS in the iPod, how can it know (with such a good precision) my location?


texts: How to fix Lion 10.7 Apple Webmail "Connection to IMAP server failed"?

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Apple webmail on Lion (10.7) Server is returning a popup error message about 60 seconds after trying to login:

  Connection to imap server failed

or in Dutch:

  Connectie met IMAP server mislukt

Regression:

Using the same user name and password, while sending and receiving mail works from Mail.app.

This Lion Server:

runs 10.7.5
is located behind a NAT router device
id configured on a non routable 192.168.0.1 IP address
uses a "Computer Name" and "Host Name" that are identical
has a "Computer Name" and "Host Name" that are in the form of "host.domain.tld"
"host.domain.tld" has an A record in public DNS that refers to the public IP address of the NAT router

How to fix this 'Connection to IMAP server failed' issue?


texts: How can I use the /home directory on Mac OS X : revisited

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I would like to mount /Users to /home on my macbook (Catalina Version 10.15.6).
I have three systems: an Ubuntu laptop, a rhel server and a macbook. I have some python scripts (written by others) that uses configuration files where full file paths need to be mentioned (no ~). I don't like changing the home path in the scripts from /Users/x to /home/x multiple times.
There's this question on SO about the same thing but three years have passed and I wonder if anything has changed. The person who wrote the accepted answer himself recommend doing something else and I can not do that. I am genuinely concerned about two things:

Automatic back up of this folder.
Will a system update wipe this folder out?


texts: Preview is Not Remembering Window Sizes and Positions on Startup (after Update to High Sierra)

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Since I updated to High Sierra the Preview app no longer remembers the sizes and positions of its open windows. Instead it just opens all windows on the same desktop with standardised size and position when the computer starts up.

How do I fix this?

(Side note: After updating the Preview app also didn't remember the last viewed page of PDF-files, but I was able to fix this by deleting the ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview folder. However, the window size and position issue persists.)


texts: Can I swap an LCD between different laptop generations?

texts:
I have a pair of old laptops:

15" PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) with various issues, but a working screen
15" MacBook Pro (2007) with a broken screen, but otherwise fine

Can the PowerBook screen be transplanted into the MacBook body?
If so, does it require: Mac-specific tools? Additional parts? Custom driver? Soldering?


texts: Newbie question on getting back hard drive space

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I'm relatively new to Macs (PC guy) and my MacBook Air (1.8 GHz I5) running 10.9.1 OSX is reporting that the Startup disk is full.  I'm trying to figure out what is taking up the room and how to clean it up somewhat.  I am used to PCs and Windows Explorer where I can just start at the root folder, right click to look at size and drill down to the offending folder(s).  I'm sure there is some straight forward way on the Mac.  I've researched this problem somewhat and have already cleared out movies, music and photos.  I've also run OmniDiskSweeper which clears up caches.  All that cleanup only recovered 1 or 2 gigabytes.

I find it hard to believe the disk is full.  I don't use it that often and I've only put a few things on (XCode, some GNU tools, Octave).  I'd like to clean it up for other stuff.  Under System info, the claim is that the disk is 121 GB flash, which is strange as I recall it being advertised as 160 but either I'm looking at the wrong place for the capacity or my memory is faulty.  Under that same system info (click on apple->About this mac->More Info->Storage it appears that the vast majority of disk space is taken up by "Other", which isn't too helpful.

I am suspicious of the mail, but don't know how to check that.  I'll post a separate thread (Question about Mai. How to limit amount stored locally. Where is mail stored?)  for that as it's a stand alone question I'm interested in regardless of whether or not it is the culprit.

So in summary PLEASE tell me how to find out what is taking up the hard disk space and what I can clean off.  An ability to browse the disk would be helpful.  I'm somewhat comfortable with Unix/Linux on other system so I could do stuff by cmd line.  But at least on windows/pc, if you start removing folders without doing an uninstall, you can have problems.

Thanks!

Dave


texts: How to get the URL for a public album in Photos that has been marked as public website

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I am running Photos 4.0 on macOS 10.14.6
I have enabled shared albums (System Preferences -> iCloud -> Photos options -> Shared Albums)

I have created a public album and added photos to it

I have clicked the checkbox to make it public website
How do I found out what the URL is for the public website? I think Photos is supposed to change the text "allow anyone to view this shared album on iCloud.com" to "anyone can view this album at ...some-url...". That does not happen for me.

Also, when I invite people to the album, they do NOT get an invitiation email (yes, I checked the junk folder). Instead, a question mark appears next to the e-mail address in the "invite people..." list in Photos.
Also, anything related to shared albums is extremely slow; for example adding just 3 normal size photos to a shared album is stuck forever (I waited hours):


texts: How can the internal SSD be cloned onto an external 1 TB SSD (for swapping)?

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I want to clone my internal 500 GB SSD onto a new 1 TB SSD which is going to replace the internal 500 GB SSD in my MBP.

Currently the 500 GB SD is partitioned like the following:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         500.1 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.1 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Mac OS                  459.4 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 46.4 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.4 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4

I tried to use the following command in Recovery Mode:

dd if=/dev/rdisk0 of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m

Will this work?
After dd finished, I was not able to mount disk2.
Do I have to change the dd command?

I was not yet able to swap the internal 500 GB SSD by the 1 TB one to check if it would boot. But I guess it won't :-(

disk2 looks after dd like this:

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS                         1.0 TB     disk2s2

But Apple_APFS can't be mounted.
I am also wondering why it is recognized as 1.0 TB - I think after using dd it should be 500.1 GB (the size from 'Apple_APFS Container disk1').

I tried to find some information about cloning APFS volumes with EFI, Recovery, VM and Preboot stuff, but I could not find any useful information.

Maybe someone can help me here?
Thanks
Daniel


texts: How can I recover lost files from iPad on Mac?

texts:
I have stored many videos, contacts, notes, music files and more on my iPad. Unfortunately, I lost my some files on it owing to my wrong operation.

Now I am looking for the ways how to get them back quickly, but everything I have tried has failed.

How can I recover these lost files from iPad on Mac computer?


texts:
We have one canon copier machine which is connected to our LAN router via Ethernet cable. Currently, we are connecting to the Internet using a different router. To work with the printer, I need to manually configure the Ethernet connection as follows.

Ip Address: 192.168.1.19
Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.1.1

When set with the above settings and connected to both the Ethernet network and the Airport (Internet) network, I can print, but I cannot browse the Internet anymore.
Could this be caused by an ip conflict ?

I can setup like this in windows and can use both printer and Internet at the same time. Should I use the same router for both Internet and LAN connections?  Is there any way to solve this?


texts: How to restore Applications & Files from HD Backup (Migration Asst won't read it)

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I recently had a problem with my MBP which wouldn't start up. After the chime it would shut down. I started using ⌘ cmd+R and ran Disk Utility. Had issues with my boot partition but no issues on my data partition.

Bought a new external HDD, created 3 partitions as Mac OS Extended Journaled:

Boot Partition
Original MBP Boot Partition Backup
Original MBP Data Partition Backup

I managed to get all the data saved so I'm reasonably confident I have everything backed up on the external HDD.

I erased my MBP boot partition and reinstalled Mountain Lion. The Data partition remained same and is still fine. Now I want to get all my files/libraries/apps back from the External HDD backup. Migration asst doesn't see Partition 2 and only sees the boot partition.

I'm sure there must be a way to migrate everything back but I can't find a way to do it.
How can I use Migration Assistant with a second partition, or can I use an alternative method to restore my data?


texts: How do I install Linux on an Intel iMac with no OS nor CD drive

texts:
What I want:

Linux on an Intel iMac (Core Duo).

What I have:

An empty PC (17" Intel iMac) with broken CD drive. It's model A1173.
This PC with Ubuntu 12.04 and an old Windows Vista partition.
a USB flash drive and an Ubuntu ISO.

Problems:

No CD means the only boot drive I could use is USB.
There is no BIOS on Macs, so I can't set boot settings or even see if it detects my USB drive. When I start the machine and press Option, the first and only thing I see is an old corrupted Windows XP partition and not a single option or additional information.
So assuming blindly that the Mac hardware/firmware works normally, I don't have any Mac OS to use any of the tools that I found on different tutorials for building a bootable drive for Macs.
I can't find much software on Linux/Windows to substitute to those tools, for example among others converting an .iso file (Win/Linux) to .img (Mac I guess). Which makes me think that the scenario where someone like me has Mac hardware but no Mac OS is extremely rare.
So other than finding someone that has a Mac I have no solution. So I ask, what would you do? The only thing is it should not involve any money (I know Mac software is rarely free) which also excludes getting any Mac OS unless I can use a free macos.img for VM or restore the original Mac for free.


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I have a quite large library of songs and I do like the majority of them on my iPhone (main reason I purchased the 64Gb version).

Problem is that we have very slow internet here and turning on iTunes Match on my phone and telling it to download all songs in my main play list can take days up to weeks to complete.

I would turn iTunes Match off just on my phone but I like to see my entire library and download a single new song when I add one to my pc. Is there a way I can do an old fashioned sync of 1 playlist and then turn iTunes Match on without the phone first deleting all the previous wired synced songs?

Just to save redownloading them all from iCloud really.

Any thoughts?


texts: iMac Late 2009 Target Display Mode to GTX 1080

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I have the requisite model iMac -Late 2009 iMac, and a brand new PC build employing AMD Threadripper and a GTX1080. I would like to use the iMac as a display in target disk mode from the PC/

The GTX1080 outputs to three DP's(DisplayPorts) and an HDMI. I have tried TDM using a DP to MDP(MiniDisplayPort) cable but have not succeeded in getting past the floating Firewire logo that TDM shows on this iMac build.

I see on Apple's forums it is specifically mentioned that MDP to MDP cable is to be used, and yet, I can find no evidence on the web to suggest that there's any actual difference in the data transmission between DP & MDP.

Is this configuration supported?


texts:
Recently, I have been playing around with editing System Preferences without GUI and using the defaults command. I have tried for example:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide NO

Though that did not do anything. The preference was still checked in System Preferences, and the plist did not get edited when I opened it in Xcode. Even after relaunch of Finder and restart.

Am I using defaults properly? And if no, what is the proper use of it, when I am aiming to edit Preferences through terminal?

I am using OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)


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Here's the deal... I've an ipad that is locked after missing the lock key a few times.

Now it is requesting to connect to iTunes but this iPad was never synced with the iTunes. I know i can restore to factory settings but I don't want to lose everything.

Is there anyway to unlock the iPad without loosing all the data that is inside? Or retrieve the data from it in some way? I don't have any backup...

The iPad is running iOS 7.

It is very important that I can get the photos that are inside.

Thanks in advance!


texts:
I am setting up a new Apple device (iPad) for a child. I have already created a children's account under family sharing on another device. However, it's not clear if on the new device I should set the Apple ID to the child's or mine.

From the Apple docs, it seems like the device is setup up under my account and then is set to the child under screen time, but that doesn't seem right.

Trying to sign in directly on the new device with the child's account gives a "Verification Error", but testing the username/password on icloud.com works.


texts: External USB3 hard drive has suddenly become slow

texts:
The machine is a mid-2012 MacMini that operates as a server (colocated in a remote data center).

The MacMini has an external USB hard drive to provide backup storage (WD Elements Portable 2TB, USB powered)

Every night (at 2 am) the startup volume (internal SSD) is backed up to the external drive using the application Carbon Copy Cloner (with automated task).

From the task history I can see the backup always takes approximately 30 mins (there are dozens of entries in the history).

The last backup took 1h 45m.

Despite no error were reported by CCC, I am wondering:

what may have caused that?
is it a signal of imminent failure?
what tools may I use to investigate the issue?

I know for sure that:

the volume of data copied/synced was approximately the same as previuos backups
the issue is with the external HDD not the internal SSD (because the HDD is subsequently backed up to a remote mac and also this operation did take much longer)
the HDD is not full (about 50% available)
there is almost no load/activity on the server during backup as it is performed at late night when no one use the server

Update:

I investigated CCC's log files but found nothing relevant.

I re-run manually the backup task and this time it took again the normal time (~30 mins)

Still I'm concerned that the single episode may be a signal of imminent failure.


texts: Google Drive File Stream listed many times in Finder

texts:
Since I have installed Google drive file stream, the drive is listed many times in the toolbar.

I have already tried to unmount or remove them from the view, one by one. But everytime I mount the drive they show up again.

As a last tentative, I have reinstalled file stream, but it didn't solve the issue.

I have used both terminal and diskutil, but I couldn't find a way to solve the problem.


texts: Upgrading from iCloud documents to iCloud drive

texts: I have lots of files stored in iCloud documents at the moment, if I upgrade to iCloud drive, are those files automatically copied across to iCloud drive, or will i lose those documents if i upgrade?


texts: Running with the Apple Watch 3 non-cellular. Can I leave my phone behind?

texts:
The LTE version of the Apple Watch Series 3 is not available in my country. Can I use the non-cellular version of the watch for tracking my runs while leaving my phone at home? Would this compromise the accuracy of the tracking?

I know that the watch has GPS, but how would it affect the apps if there is no data connectivity while tracking?


texts: Is it possible to use Windows PE Bootable drive on OS X

texts:
I am completely new to Apple machines. I have got a MacBook Pro. I want to see all available drives on the computer. The computer cannot boot into OS X.

I only know Windows PE Bootable drive. I have created a USB. How do I boot on a USB in Mac?


texts: What IR receivers would work on a 2010 MacBook Air?

texts:
If you didn't already know, the 2010 MacBook Air doesn't have an IR receiver.

Does anyone know of a very small and cheap IR receiver that would work with a MacBook Air and the Apple Remote?

Here are a couple of examples, do you know if they work?

Micro Mini USB to Infrared IrDA Wireless Port Dongle Adapter Receiver PC
Syba SD-U1IRDA-NM USB Fast Infra-Red Adapter

Also, are there any good bluetooth remotes that work similarly to the Apple IR remote, and have similar design quality and size?


texts:
If I download or upload a large file, my MacBook Pro running Big Sur completely kills the internet for my device and all other devices on my network. This is far worse than the extent to which this happens on any other computer I have ever used, e.g. I can't even open bbc.co.uk/news or send/receive emails. Obviously slowdown to some extent is to be expected, but, on any other device, a large download/upload would simply slow down the internet on other devices, not kill it outright.
I'm aware of the pfctl utility, but I can't work out how to use it to prevent my laptop from taking all available bandwidth for any high bandwidth job. What is the simplest way to limit my bandwidth usage?


texts:
I have got new 28 inch 4K monitor (AOC U2879VF). Display options give me either 3840x2160 or 1920*1080. Full 4k is too small, but 1080p on a 28 inch is too big. I cannot find a way to sclae to something in the middle like ( 2560x1440 or 2880x1620).
I tried using SwitchResX,but their scaling down looks terrible.

Any suggestions?


texts: How can I set up my iphone to play sounds only when plugged in or an alarm is going off?

texts:
I just got an iPhone 5 with iOS 6 and am struggling with all the different sound/vibration settings.  It seems like there are so many different ways to control this (up/down buttons on the left of the phone, the on/off toggle on the left, Settings --> Sound, and individual in-app settings).

Ideally what I want is for the phone to be silent (vibrate only) all of the time, except when:

I do something explicit to turn the volume on (e.g. I am playing a game or listening to music or something)
It is plugged in
An alarm goes off

What I specifically do NOT want:

The ringer to ever ring while the phone is in my pocket (i.e. 100% of the time it is not plugged in)
The alarm to ever NOT make a audible sound, regardless of any other volume/sound settings (e.g. if the answer is "flip the toggle switch on before you go to sleep and flip it off when you wake up," that's not good enough because I know I'll forget to do that and miss my alarm)

Is what I want possible?  What settings should I use?  Does this depend on the choice of alarm clock app?


texts: Options for playing music wirelessly from iPod touch and iPhone?

texts: What are the options for playing music from an iPod touch over speakers in multiple rooms, preferably with the ability to turn speakers off in a specific room using a remote? I currently have a basic stereo system but it's about 5 years old, only has two speakers, and doesn't support Bluetooth so I'm not sure if it's worth trying to use with the iPod for this type of setup. Cost isn’t an issue at least until I figure out what the options are.


texts: How do we create a short cut for an application and pass parameters?

texts: I am trying to find out, how can I create a short cut of an application and add a parameter to the application short cut so that when it executes, it executes with that parameter. In Windows, I can right click and create a short and then go to properties and in the target area, I can add the additional parameter it has to use to run. Is it possible to do it in Mac?


texts: How can I run MAME on an iMac G4 (PowerPC)

texts:
I'd like to install and run MAME binaries on an iMac G4 (PowerPC), and information on this seems to be very limited. Official MAME pages link to two pages related to Power PC Macs.

Apple Macintosh OS X PowerPC leads to a long list of which this one seems to be the newest 32 bit version. However, ./mame says "Can't execute file". Evidently because it's an Intel file!
Apple Macintosh OS X PowerPC (10.5) links to another list of versions which I haven't tried yet (because of hardware problems). And my machine has 10.4, so maybe that won't work...?

Is anyone out there successfully running MAME binaries on a PowerPC Mac, that can provide working instructions for how to set this up? Along with any depencies or configuration required.


texts:
I'm trying to backup all of my old backup CDs from over 10 years ago to simple DMG files on my harddrive - since CD's die (already have one that won't read) and they take up a ton of physical space!

I've picked DMG files since they're 1) simple/easy and 2) compressed. Certainly open to other suggestions however.

After creating a few of the images, I've noticed that not all of the content from one of the CDs is in the image that Disk Utility is producing - only one of the folders is present when there should be 4. I can't figure it out, but my best guess is that it was a multisession/track CD. But the CD doesn't appear as unique in DiskUtility or in the Finder.

Any ideas what could be the cause? Or is there a better way to do what I'm trying to do?


texts: Where can I learn more about LTE coverage and build out schedules in the US?

texts: I am looking for sites that do a good job of reviewing / documenting current LTE data coverage in the US. Where do the carriers have coverage maps and plans for build out documented? Also, are there any independent sources that measure actual performance and coverage so that we can educate ourselves about the options available for data on the new iPad?


texts: How to add characters (accents) to the press and hold character picker in macOS Big Sur?

texts:
In macOS Big Sur, there is a very useful feature for people like me who need to write in multiple languages, which pops up a small menu of additional characters when you hold down a letter.
For instance, when I hold down the letter ''E'', I get:

This is great when I'm writing in French for example. However right now I need to write something in Czech; however, the Czech letter ě (looks like the 3rd letter in the popup with the accent flipped) does not appear in the popup.
Is there a way to tell macOS Big Sur to include Czech or other additional characters in those popups?
Note: I do not want to use the Czech keyboard layout; I found switching layouts for each language is somewhat unpractical.


texts: Is this safe to download and use Gutenprint driver for Mac from their site?

texts:
Good day everyone!

I am in a bit of a conundrum.

On one hand, I heard following site is good to download Gutenprint software:

gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Download.php

On other hand, I also heard sourceforge site is bundled with malicious software.

So, is that place safe? Their download links are also in sourceforge.net.

Is Gutenprint safe to use and is it safe to use the linked site?


texts: Error during WebSocket handshake: Status line contains embedded null (using livereload, node-inspector, and karma)

texts: Whenever I run something in my Terminal that requires a websocket to a browser (livereload, node-inspector, karma), I get the following console error "Error during WebSocket handshake: Status line contains embedded null." Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but any help would be appreciated.


texts: What version of Ruby ships with OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)?

texts: I have the default Ruby 1.8.7 on 10.7 (Lion), and I'm wondering if Mountain Lion upgrades this to the 1.9.x series.


texts:
I downloaded a whole bunch of apps for iPhone, and then deleted them.

But they are still associated with my account, and when I go back to the download page, I don't see the [GET] button, but the iCloud logo...

I want to get rid of that, and it seem that Apple has change the way it could be done before.


texts: OS lag when connected to hotspot with poor internet access

texts:
Model: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
OS: 10.15.6 (19G2021)

Sometimes, the hotspot I connect has very poor internet accessibility. When my laptop recovers from sleep, I will occasionally suffer very obvious lag among the whole operation system. This does not happen every time. Sometimes, even the internet access is bad, the OS is still fluent. But when the lagging happens, everything I do, clicking, typing, will be laggy. If I turn off my laptop's wifi and everything will get normal. And if I turn on the wifi and connect to that hotspot again, the problem comes back.
I have several apps who may be related to this problem running:

Paste
HazeOver
Magnet
Bartender 3
MTMR, an alternative to BetterTouchTool. I originally suspected that BTT caused this problem, so I went to MTMR. But the problem still exists. I have these following presets:

A staticButton to simulate ESC key,
A timeButton showing current time
A shellScriptTitledButton using networksetup to show the SSID of current hotspot,
A battery button,
A shellScriptTitledButton using active_gfx tool to show whether the AMD graphics card is active. I originally used system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType to do this, but I was told that system_profiler is slow so I found this utility to do this job.

I'm pretty sure that this laggy problem is related to poor Internet access, but I have no idea who caused this problem and how to solve it.
So, do you have any idea what may be the cause, or how should I investigate this problem further?


texts: Perl library locations, and System Integrity Protection

texts:
My system perl seems to have a bunch of cruft left over from previous installations:

% which perl
/usr/bin/perl

% perl -V | perl -ne 'print if /INC/...//'
  @INC:
    /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /Library/Perl/5.18
    /Network/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /Network/Library/Perl/5.18
    /Library/Perl/Updates/5.18.2/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /Library/Perl/Updates/5.18.2
    /System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /System/Library/Perl/5.18
    /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level
    /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18
    .

Among the stuff in /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level is an old version of Moose.pm that doesn't work, so I want to get rid of it:

% perl -MMoose -e1
Invalid version format (version required) at /Library/Perl/5.18/Module/Runtime.pm line 396.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

% perldoc -l Moose
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Moose.pm

However, I can't:

% sudo rm /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Moose.pm
Password:
override rw-r--r--  root/wheel restricted,compressed for /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Moose.pm? y
rm: /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Moose.pm: Operation not permitted

I'm guessing that in my various OS updates over the years, Apple has moved some of my user-installed modules to this /System/Library/Perl/Extras directory, but then protected it with System Integrity Protection, so now I can't get rid of it (easily).  Does that sound likely?

If so - how the heck did this stuff get there?  According to What is the "rootless" feature in El Capitan, really? , any extra junk in /System that Apple didn't want there should have been moved to /Library/SystemMigration/History/Migration-(some UUID)/QuarantineRoot, right?  I've never disabled SIP on this machine.

So: what's the best way to deal with this?  I can temporarily disable SIP and blow away /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18 or whatever - but I'd like some assurance that this isn't something Apple actually expects to be there.  Is there a definitive list of what should be present in /System on my OS (which is High Sierra, 10.13.4 (17E199))?


texts: Can't save all photos to iPad air from photostream

texts:
It might sound strange but trying to save the photo portfolios to my iPad using photostream to transfer from iMac, noticed that in one of the folders not all the photos were saved.

Repeated several times, the weird thing is that is always the same number of photos missing from photo stream to the destination folder. I really don't know how to address this problem.


texts: Can't sync iPhone 5 due to old OS X version

texts:
I just bought an iPhone 5 and I want to synchronize it with my iTunes library but when I connect the iPhone to my Mac I get a message saying that the iPhone can't be used because it requires iTunes version 10.7 or newer, but when I try to install the required iTunes version I get another message saying that my version of OS X is too old.

As my Mac is from 2009 I can't upgrade to a newer version than the 10.5.8.

Do I seriously have to buy a new Mac to get my iPhone 5 synchronized with my iTunes?


texts:
I want to deploy smb password with ARD, or create a small script.

With the command security I have the possibility to add a password in keychain without share the password.

security add-internet-password -a "user" -s "192.168.1.104" -w "password" -l "192.168.1.103" -D "network password" -r "smb " -T /System/Library/CoreServices/NetAuthAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/NetAuthSysAgent

But I like to encrypt the password as does if sharing wifi password (https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/01/11/ios-11-how-to-share-wi-fi-passwords) and the user doesn't see it.

But in the man I don't see how to do it!


texts: Connecting monitor to mac via USB docking

texts:
I just bought a new BenQ GL2450 monitor to connect to my macbook pro 13" late 2011. I try to connect it with a DVI cable and via a USB docking that goes into my laptop, but the screen says no signal and my laptop does not recognise any monitor. The USB docking works perfectly fine with my keyboard, mouse and even my M-Audio Fastrack Ultra 8R USB interface. So could it be that the signal simply won't go through a USB cable and that I need to find an adapter and plug it directly into my mini displayport or something? Because it would be way much more simple to just connect one USB cable and have everything connected already.

Thank you!


texts: Numbers key combination for "fill down" and "fill right"

texts:
I want to be able to fill down certain formulas in a spreadsheet.

I DO NOT want to use the mouse or trackpad. I only want to know if there is a key combination like Excel's command+D or command+R

I do not even see in any of the menus a fill down or fill right.

Thanks in advance

Doc


texts: Why can't I restore apps to iPhone 5 from 4s?

texts:
I recently upgraded from an iPhone 4s to iPhone 5. How do I transfer all my apps to the new iPhone 5? I have tried two times without success:

First attempt:

From iTunes, make "a full backup" of the 4s on "this computer."
From iTunes, restore the backup to the iPhone 5

This transferred all my contacts, call history, messages, and photos but all my 3rd party apps were missing. (Also messages I had received on the iPhone 5 before restoring were over-written... any way to prevent this?) The size of the resulting backup files was only 10GB; about the amount of photos and videos on my 4s. Note: I can view the list of my purchased 3rd party apps from the app store and download/install them one at a time. When I re-install the apps, they retain all their old data and even old icon locations.

Second attempt:

From iTunes, click 'Automatically sync new apps'
Again, make "a full backup" of the 4s on "this computer," (this time using the "Encrypt iPhone backup" in hopes my passwords would also be retained.)
Again, restore the backup to the iPhone 5

This time, the backup size was about 20GB. However, still no 3rd party apps were transferred except a few apps I had re-installed since the last restore.

When I view my apps on the 4s from iTunes (version 11.0.1.12) I see one significant difference from most on-line instructions. Although 99 apps are visible on the right, I am unable to select any of them because they are not listed on the left:

If it makes any differnce, my iPhones 4s still has iOS version 5.1.1 while the iPhone 5 has iOS version 6.

Also, at the end of the restore, the iPhone 5 seems to reboot automatically. However, after waiting for a long time, nothing happened so I restarted the phone manually.

So how do I make a truly full backup of my iPhone 4s and fully restore it on my iPhone 5?


texts: My keyboard shortcut System Preference panel doesn't allow me to create application shortcuts

texts:
My computer is a MAcbook pro and I am running Macosx 10.8.4
I just realized that the shortcuts don't work anymore in an application where I really need them. When I went to re-create them in the keyboard System Preference panel, I wasn't able to do it. I could select my application, and name the shortcut I wanted to create, but then it was impossible to type the actual shortcut. I got error beeps and no symbol would appear.

I don't know what to do at this point.

Are there some commands I could run in Terminal to fix this issue?

Thank you


texts: Caveats and which upgrade path from Mountain Lion

texts:
My 2010 i7 iMac running off an internal SSD is currently on OS X 10.8.5. I need to upgrade it to at least 10.9 to use a certain software package because they stuck fixes for a 10.8 compatible version in with a feature that necessitated a higher OS version!

My question is this:

I have a simple choice between 10.9.5 and 10.10.2 are there an major issues/gotchas with either of these versions that I should take into consideration? Privacy? Network issues? Compatibility issues?

The trouble with all the searches I have done so far is that they mainly turn up puff-piece reviews by kool-aid drinkers that evangelise any and every upgrade and cloud integration whereas I want the warts and all info.

I have noticed the Spotlight sends queries to Apple and Bing which can be switched off.
The continuity/handoff stuff isn't applicable as the iMac is pre-BT4.0.

Is there anything privacy invading or regime/doctrine changing between Mavericks and Yosemite that may lead me to choose the former over the latter rather than just use the latest?

I am in the process of testing with each but, as you can guess, that is a highly involved and long-winded process that will likely leave some stone or other unturned.


texts:
I made the below AppleScript

tell application "DiskImageMounter"
    try
        open alias imagePath
    on error errText
        display dialog "Could not mount" & errText
    end try
end tell

I would like to remake it in JavaScript.  I tried to find the current API in the Script Editor library, but could not find how to control Disk Utility with JavaScript.

What is the syntax or reference to interface with Disk Utility or otherwise mount a disk image file from the JXA framework?


texts:
I have got a MacBook pro with retina display.

Now I want to use a trackpad and keyboard and an external screen on the MacBook.

Can I close the MacBook now to keep working or does this initiate the standby so I can't use the external devices anymore?


texts: Can I pipe the output of a command to the current cursor?

texts:
I have a small executable that generates random test data for me. I would like to be able to hit some hot key and have that output sent to the current cursor position - whatever has focus at the time (Emacs, a web page form, iTerm etc).

Any ideas how I might be able to do this?


texts: How to set the color of terminal text in ssh session exact same as local session?

texts: So this is almost a copy from my previous question: Change output color of terminal (in Mac) to be different from typed text color for which I got a great answer here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/218736/34070. However, the only problem is that when I use ssh, all the text in the ssh session is now lightblue (see screenshot). How can I get the ssh session to use the same color scheme as my local session, and also have different output color for type commands and output?


texts: What is the most efficient and reliable method for transfering/copying a large number of files from one external hard drive to another?

texts:
I have an NTFS external hard drive with ~300GB of data on it, and I'd like to be able to start writing to this drive without having to use any third-party software or other hacks/workarounds. I've recently purchased a second external hard drive, and so now that I finally have something that's large enough to hold all of the data from my old drive, I want to copy everything over to this new drive so that I can format the old drive to use a file system that my Macbook Pro is capable of writing to without having to use any extra tricks.

My instinct was to just copy all of the files from the old drive and paste them into the new drive, but I figured this would take a long time so I wanted to see if there was a more efficient way to do this. But then when I started looking into this, I found all this stuff about people using things like "rsync" or some different types of third-party software to transfer large amounts of data between drives, and people being worried about the transfer process failing midway through and leaving them with no easy way of figuring out where to start back up from, and all kinds of other stuff like this that made me feel anxious about this whole undertaking.

Nonetheless, I still haven't been able to come across any source that gives a definitive, bottom-line answer for what the "best" way to transfer large of amounts of data like this is, which is why I'm asking this question here now.

Essentially, all I need to know is (i) Am I safe to just copy and paste all of the files from the old drive to the new drive through Finder?, and (ii) If I'm safe to copy and paste with finder, what method should I use to transfer all of these files?

The one promising method I did come across was to use the "restore" function in disk utility, but I'm not sure this will work here given that my source drive is NTFS, so it seems like restoring my new drive from the old drive would just leave me with the same problem of now not being able to write to my new drive. Is this correct?


texts: Bluetooth not enabled at startup on MacPro 3,1

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I have an external BT controller with my MacPro 3,1. (I want it to support BT 4.0 which the built-in does not). A few months ago, somehow BT was no longer enabled at boot-time. How do I re-enable it? Mac OS 10.11.6.

The nvram settings are as follows:

EFIBluetoothDelay   %b8%0b
IONVRAM-FORCESYNCNOW-PROPERTY   boot-args
SystemAudioVolume   4
SystemAudioVolumeDB %f4
bluetoothActiveControllerInfo   %01%00%12%0a%01%00%00%00 =%00%1a}%daq%13
bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior   always
bluetoothInternalControllerInfo %06%82%ac%05%00%00 ]%00#l%bd%e5_
boot-args
boot-gamma  m%1e%00%00%d9V%00%00%00%83%08%00%b6%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%0d%00%01%01%e3%04%02%02%05%08%04%04)%0d%07%07%a1%13%0e%0e4 %18%18T/##%f8=00%a7M=='\NN%d7mrr%0b%90%9a%9a%90%b2%c9%c9%fb%d7%0d%00%01%01%e3%04%02%02%05%08%04%04)%0d%07%07%a1%13%0e%0e4 %18%18T/##%f8=00%a7M=='\NN%d7mrr%0b%90%9a%9a%90%b2%c9%c9%fb%d7%0d%00%01%01%e3%04%02%02%05%08%04%04)%0d%07%07%a1%13%0e%0e4 %18%18T/##%f8=00%a7M=='\NN%d7mrr%0b%90%9a%9a%90%b2%c9%c9%fb%d7
efi-boot-device <array><dict><key>IOMatch</key><dict><key>IOProviderClass</key><string>IOMedia</string><key>IOPropertyMatch</key><dict><key>UUID</key><string>EA7AF82F-7F7A-44D1-BEB0-35F3A2712898</string></dict></dict><key>BLLastBSDName</key><string>disk0s2</string></dict></array>%00
efi-boot-device-data    %02%01%0c%00%d0A%03%0a%00%00%00%00%01%01%06%00%02%1f%03%12%0a%00%01%00%00%00%00%00%04%01*%00%02%00%00%00(@%06%00%00%00%00%00%90`f%1d%00%00%00%00/%f8z%eaz%7f%d1D%be%b05%f3%a2q(%98%02%02%7f%ff%04%00
fmm-computer-name   Otheus%e2%80%99 Mac Pro
prev-lang:kbd   en:2


texts: Macbook boot problems - 1 long beep, then nothing, then it's fine

texts:
My girlfriend's Macbook (white unibody 2010) is having some problems booting.

It can be erratic, but it generally seems to follow this pattern:

Turn it on, 1 long deep beep, and then nothing (light stays on), turn it off
Turn it on, nothing (light stays on), turn it off
Turn it on, boots up as per normal.

Apparently the 1 long beep signifies a RAM issue, but when it finally boots up all of the RAM is present, and there is absolutely no problem at all with the Macbook - it will run for an entire day without a single crash or problem.

I've also tried this from the official Apple forum with no joy:

  with the unit plugged into power, hold the power button for 10 seconds. While still holding it, press the left hand shift, control, and option keys for 10 seconds. Let go of those three keys while still holding the power button for 10 more seconds.

Any suggestions on a possible fix please? Thank you.


texts: In Mail app, how can I go (jump) to the folder (mailbox) of a selected message in a search result view or in a Smart Mailbox?

texts:
In Mail app I work with many smart mailboxes and I and usually need to jump to the mailbox where the message is really filed.

It's the same with search results - I usually need to locate the folder (mailbox) where a message I selected in the result view is filed.

For previous versions of Apple Mail (at least up to Mavericks) I could do the same as I did in many other applications to locate the folder of the opened document in a window.

In the case of Mail.app:

Open the message (double-click)
Right-click the windows title bar where the subject of the message
appear
You will see the path of that message
Select the desired folder

When I moved from Maverick to Sierra I sadly discovered that the previous approach did not work any more.

How can I fix this or achieve the same functionality?


texts: How to bind contacts to another apple ID

texts:
I have two iphones who were using the same apple ID, so they had the same contacts and this was not ok, because every iphone is used by a different person and we want to have different contacts. So I created another apple ID, and I logged with that account (settings->itunes store and app store->changed the apple ID and verified it).

But even if I changed the apple ID, the contacts seem to keep being bound to the old apple ID, so that from an iphone I can change the contacts that are displayed in the other.


texts: How can I make dd not copy empty space when copying a partition to an image file?

texts:
In my scenario, I wanted to use dd to copy the contents of a Windows 10 USB installer onto an image file to test if it works. The original windows 10 image was only about 5GB. The newly created image however had the size of ~16GB, which is the size of my USB capacity.

With dd, I am planning to put a ready windows partition onto an image file so it is disposable on different hard disks, and I do not want the empty space to be copied with it, as the partition sizes will be different. Is there any option that prevents dd from copying empty space of a volume onto the image file?

I am using OS X El Capitan 10.11.3

As mentioned by Mark in the comments, Windows checks the hardware on start to make a partition copy impossible. My question is then changed to asking about the feasibility of the above on a generic OS that does not have this check.


texts: My Calendar icon seems to have changed to something that looks like a Captcha prompt. What goes? Can I make it something recognisable by a human being?


texts: My iPhone is not sending text messages through. It will take a long time to send (progressing the little bar at top very slowly), then it says "Message not Delivered". Why and how can I resolve this?


texts: One job plist on Launchctl stop working with error: Service could not initialize: 17G5019: xpcproxy + 11472 [1524]

texts:
I've a user plist job working on my iMac for latest month, and work fine. But today stop of work.

~/Library/LaunchAgents/multimedia_search.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>Disabled</key>
    <false/>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
        <key>PATH</key>
        <string>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/aria2/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS:/usr/local/sbin</string>
    </dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>multimedia_search</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/bin/sh</string>
        <string>/Users/abkrim/Sites/multimedia/multimedia_search.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>60</integer>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>~/multimedia_search.err</string>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>~/multimedia_search.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>

I put latest lines (StandardErrrorPath & StandardOutPath) for debug pourposes but service not write anything

If tunning of shell work fine

/bin/sh /Users/abkrim/Sites/multimedia/multimedia_search.sh

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/php /Users/abkrim/Sites/multimedia/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Error on system

Feb 18 10:42:57 iMac-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (multimedia_search[10324]): Service could not initialize: 17G5019: xpcproxy + 11472 [1524][1FC7BF6A-6296-382C-913A-4FF8915953DC]: 0xd

Apreciate help


texts: In my iTunes library there are many tracks that have the cloud with embedded arrow (indicating that I need to download them from the cloud), but which are grayed-out, so that I can't download them, play them, or do anything. Can you tell me what is wrong?


texts: How to use my phone number on my Macbook's Messages?

texts:
iMessage is very confusing as my email and phone number keeps receiving different messages at random occasions rather than having all messages sent to both. This is very apparent in  group messages.

I would like to use my phone number, is this possible ?


texts: Does the iPhone SE use stronger glass on its screen than iPhone 5S? Does it have Sapphire glass similar to iPhone 6 & 6S.


texts: 16" MacBook Pro Doesn't Wake Up Screen on LG 5K External Monitor

texts:
I keep running into a frustrating situation. Here's what's going on.

Step 1 - I leave my 2019 16" MacBook Pro plugged into an LG 5K Ultrafine monitor. After a while, the screen and the laptop go to sleep. The laptop lid is always closed.

Step 2 - When I wake up the computer, the LG 5K screen never shows anything (it's black). I know the MacBook Pro is awake because I hear interface sounds and I also feel my Apple Watch tap me when it automatically unlocks my machine. No matter what I do with the external keyboard and trackpad, the screen never comes on.

Here's what I've tried:

I unplug the computer from the monitor and plug it back in. This makes the screen come back on about 30% of the time.
I open the lid of my laptop, wait a while, and the monitor comes on about 70% of the time.
I reboot the machine and leave it plugged into the monitor. This works 90% of the time.

Sometimes I get a kernel panic when trying all this and the machine hastily shuts off and I have to boot it up from scratch.

While MacBook Pros have almost always had sleep/wake issues since I first got one in 2007, it's noticeably worse with the 16" MBP. I know this because I also have a 15" MBP for work and it doesn't have these problems with the same monitor on my desk. It wakes the screen right up when I wake up the laptop with the bluetooth keyboard.

Has anyone run into this? Any suggestions?


texts: What does photolibraryd do whenever I log in to my Mac?

texts: Whenever I log into my MacBook Pro the CPU cranks up to 100%+ for a few seconds, my board gets hot, and the fans start going.  I open up Activity Monitor to find that the culprit is 'photolibraryd'.  What's going on?  What's it doing that uses so much CPU?


texts: Can't connect iPhone as an audio input to my Mac

texts:
I've been trying to get my iPhone audio to channel through my Mac, and what I read was that if I plug my iPhone into my Mac, I can open Audio MIDI setup and click "Enable" under the iPhone, and then it will be as I want it.

However, if I click enable, the word "iPhone" and a USB icon appear in the menu, with everything greyed out.
If I click the [name]'s iPhone with the iPhone next to it, It just says
" Press the Enable button to place your iOS device in Inter-device Audio and MIDI Mode. In this mode, your iPhone or iPad will appear as an audio input device on your Mac, enabling the recording of non-telephony audio via the Lightning to USB cable. This setting also permits sending and receiving MIDI messages through the Lightning to USB cable using your favourite music applications"

There is no issue with USB lockdown or anything, because I can go into iTunes and sync my music, Podcasts, etc.
I have tried playing music through the Apple Music app to check, but it plays through the iPhone speakers.
Anyone know what the problem is here?


texts: System fails to recognize main macos boot partition after Ubuntu dual booting attempt

texts:
I recently attempted, and temporarily succeeded, in dual-booting Ubuntu and MacOS Mojave on my MacBook Air. After I installed and successfully tested Ubuntu, I tried to use Disk Utility to create a third partition in ExFat to be shared between the two operating systems. After running for a while, Disk Utility quit unexpectedly, but nothing else seemed out of the ordinary. I tested the new partition on MacOS, and it seemed to work fine. However, when I rebooted my Mac while holding Option, the only bootable disk that showed up was Ubuntu. The output of Disks on Ubuntu (attached image) shows me that the main partition (191 GB Unknown) is no longer recognized, the Shared partition I just created is inexplicably recognized as HFS+ instead of ExFAT as intended.

Is there any way for me to restore MacOS without formatting the damaged partition?


texts: Is there a combination of math functions I could use in spotlight to accomplish change of base ? I know I can do it on a case by case basis with normal algebra.


texts: After a little testing, I can't figure out what the difference is in the archive formats listed in the Preferences > Use archive format. Each time I compress a folder, each one has the same extension and file size. Can someone shed some light on this?


texts: Can I add an arbitrary RSS feed to Flipboard?

texts: Would you please confirm that it is not possible to add an arbitrary RSS feed to Flipboard on my iPad? I find this so hard to believe that I'm in doubt I missed something...


texts: Unspecified Error when Trying to Install macOS High Sierra

texts:
I have a Mac Mini (Late 2012) and a MacBook. About a week ago, I suspected that my Mini had been infected. So disconnected the Time Machine to preserve my backups, switched to the MacBook and when I had the time, downloaded the installer and tried to install High Sierra.

I created an external bootable media by downloading the installer on my MacBook, plugged in an external HDD and ran sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MacInstall

I got to the screen with the utilities, started Disk Utility and erased my Macintosh HD and replaced it with APFS.  But of course, it's not a solid state drive, so that failed. I erased the disk again, and reformatted it as HPFS, journaled.

This time, I get 'an error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again'.

I have downloaded the installer a second time, and tried again. Same result. I checked the date and it is correct. I even tried resetting the NVRAM. No luck. At this point, I have a Mac sitting here like a brick, that I can't use.

Can someone recommand how to get round this?


texts: El Capitan (or newer OS) on a MBA late 2010

texts:
I've an "old" MacbookAir 11" (late 2010, 4GB of RAM, 180GB SSD), which I've loaned to a friend.
Now he gave it back to me, and I'm planning to use it as a "mobility" machine.
My problem is that the applications I use (Mathematica 11, Office 2016, etc) require at least El Capitan.

What I want to ask is if someone is in a similar condition - same generation of MBAs, same (or newer) OS - and what are his feelings. Is the system fast enough? Does it have annoying lags?

PS: my "typical" working session is made by Chrome (~40 opened tabs) + Acrobat or Word (2 files open) + OneNote.


texts:
iOS (and presumably OS X) understands the underlying Unicode descriptions for Emoji icons. When reading iMessages back to you, Siri can use these descriptions to translate Emoji into words.

For example, Siri is able to describe all of the following:

 is read aloud as "happy face with open mouth"
❤ is "red heart"
 is "sushi"
 is read as "poop"

Is there a way to do this in reverse? That is, when I dictate to Siri or keyboard Dictation, translate what I say into an Emoji? Something like:

  Let's go to the movies exclamation point emoji happy face with open mouth

and iOS would dictate that as:

  Let's go to the movies!

I've tried various command words but have not been able to find a way to do it. It may not be possible. Does anyone know for sure?


texts:
My 2012 MacBook Pro with Sierra recently started hanging at boot. It seems to start normally; the Apple logo and progress bar appear, but it hangs at about 3/4 of the way through.

Right before I first had the issue I was using the machine normally then very suddenly (I'm not sure what triggered it) there were display issues where vertical lines appeared on the screen and the computer became unresponsive. I restarted it and it never came back up.

The same problem occurred when I tried to boot into the recovery partition and Windows 7.  I thought this was a hardware problem so I started the Apple Hardware Test with option-D and ran a diagnostic. It came up empty, no issues.

I remembered that I had an old Time Machine backup sitting around. I tried to boot from that but after a few seconds the screen went blue with small black vertical stripes.

Does anyone know what the issue could be and how or if I can fix it?


texts: What color filter does iPhone Night Shift apply?

texts:
I took a photo just now that looks great on my iPhone 7 iOS 14.2 which is currently in Night Shift mode.
How can I make the photo look like that when viewed without Night Shift?


texts: for what should I use fn key by default on mac book pro

texts:
I have fn key in left bottom conner of my macbook pro keyboard. For what purpose does it exist?

I understand that I can remap it to my needs, but what is its default function?


texts: [Catalina]: GetMasterBlock: Error 1 opening /dev/rdisk2s2 during read-write mount

texts:
After upgrading to mac os catalina, I am unable to mount my external SSD drive in r/w mode. The external SSD drive is my time machine backup drive.

$   sudo mount -v -u -w  /dev/disk2s2 /Volumes/960GB_SSD

GetMasterBlock: Error 1 opening /dev/rdisk2s2
/dev/disk2s2 on /Volumes/960GB_SSD (hfs, local, journaled)

I had no such issue in Mojave before upgrading. Any pointers?

My laptop is a 2017 mac book pro.

Thanks.


texts: IntelliJ / Android Studios: hide the project pane

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I'm quite new to mac but have managed to figure out a lot of the shortcuts but this one baffles me.

In intelliJ / Android Studios, occassionally, I need to hide some of the panes so that I have more space to see my code. The shortcut to hide the project pane on the left side of the screen when I hover over it has the following shortcut displayed:

I can see a shift there, but the circle with the arrow is nowhere to be found on my keyboard. Also, the click with the Alt button makes no sense as a normal click will hide the project pane in any case.

Where is the arrow out of the circle button on my macbook pro?


texts: Wrong Application Name when Asking for Privacy Permissions?

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This seems like an odd one. I installed iTerm2 shortly after doing a fresh install of Big Sur on my laptop. A bit after that, I installed VMware Fusion and went on with my life. Tonight, I wanted to check something in my Downloads directly in iTerm2, so I did a simple ls ~/Downloads and the privacy permissions popup appeared, saying

"VMware Fusion" would like to access file in your Downloads folder.

Since I wasn't actively using VMware Fusion -- the VM was paused and hadn't been used since I last rebooted a few hours earlier -- I said "Don't Allow" and went back to iTerm2, which promptly denied my viewing of my ~/Downloads directory. Odd.
I stopped both apps, then went into the Privacy tab and deleted all "Files and Folders" permissions for both VMware Fusion and iTerm2, then restarted iTerm2. Went into ~/Downloads again and got the same pop-up asking for permission for VMware Fusion to access the Downloads folder. Started VMware Fusion up and it asked for permission to view files in ~/Documents.
I'm kind of stuck on this one and not sure how to go about debugging it. I'm guessing that VMware may have stomped on some identifier that iTerm2 uses in the Privacy settings, but I'm not sure how to go about untangling this. I'm inclined try uninstalling VMware Fusion, then try it, but I'm wondering if there's something else I can do first, before taking that step.


texts: What iPhones support what sampling rates? I want everyone to record their collaborative video projects at 16-bit or 24 / 48kHz but I've read elsewhere the 11 is locked to 44.1kHz. Any info would be super helpful!


texts: Cmd+` breaks with dual monitors and full screen mode

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I want to run Chrome in full screen mode on both my monitors, using Cmd+` to alternate between windows. Cmd+` seems to work fine for alternating between windows when not in full screen mode, but it seems as though when I'm in full screen mode there's no way to do it, and my secondary windows are inaccessible.

The Q&A on this page states that it's "not possible": Full screen mode in two monitors

Why is it "not possible". Surely Mac OS X is able to make a distinction between windows even when one of them is in full screen mode. And if by putting a window in full screen mode it is able to leave the second monitor showing other applications, then it must have some awareness of other displays that can display other windows.

UPDATE: I'm running Mavericks.


texts: New Mac Apple ID won't accept payment details

texts: Having just unwrapped my new Mac and set up Apple ID, I tried to download the updates waiting for me. I get a message saying "This Apple ID has not been used yet in the App Store. Please review your account information". When I try to do this, it will not allow me to proceed without credit card details, just to download free updates (!). OK, fine i will probably buy the odd App or two, but it will not accept my card details because I have a UK bank card with a Spanish billing address. I am from the UK but have lived in Spain for some years and never had problems using this card. I am stuck in this endless loop I cannot escape from and unable to update my new computer. i am beginning to wish i had bought that PC after all - can anybody help me?!


texts: How can I change Finder's "Name" column width in "List" view in El Capitan?

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My question is essentially the same as this question:

AskDifferent.SE: How can I change the default width of Finder columns?

But I am concerned about "List" view, not "Columns" view.

Is this customization possible in El Capitan? It is a nuisance to be required to manually extend the Name column width each and every time I open a given folder.

I have tried holding down the option key while adjusting the Name column, but when I re-open the folder, the default Name column width has returned.

The root of Finder's peculiar behavior is explained here:

  Finders tries to expand List View to occupy full window width. The "Name" column is flexible so it stretches as needed. That is why Finder does not try to remember its width. It just occupies remaining space.

In other words, Finder will under no circumstance open a window with a scrollable horizontal bar; Finder will shorten the Name column—and exclusively the Name column—as necessary to ensure that all selected columns fit to the window.

A sub-par workaround exists:

Remove all of the columns in "List" view except for the Name column (such as the Date Modified, Date Created, Size, and Kind columns) by right-clicking on any given column title and then left-clicking on the titles that feature a checkmark.
Once you only have the Name column remaining, close and re-open the window.
You will notice that the Name column has now expanded to fill the length of the Finder window.

But, two downsides exist for this workaround:

If your filenames are lengthy (as are mine), they will still be truncated to ensure that the window does not have a scrollable horizontal bar. This means that you have to double-click the Name divider anyway if you want to view the truncated material.
And, of course, if you want to view any file's metadata at a glance, you would have to either "Get Info" or re-add the columns to the Finder window.

Ideally, I would like every folder's Name column to automatically adjust to accommodate the longest filename in that folder, so that no filename is cut off or abbreviated. I've created a separate question to address this desire.

However, I understand that this particular functionality is wishful thinking. I would be happy to simply set the default width of the Name column manually one time per folder, and have that position recalled indefinitely.


texts: Using Profile Manager or OS X Server to distribute apps to a group of Macs

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We have around 100 Macs on our network, soon to all be managed by OS X Server and Profile Manager.

The problem we're facing right now is pushing applications to all of them that are not found in the Mac App Store.

We make use of many third party apps, and to save time it would be useful to have a way of distributing them automatically as they become available.

Can this be done with OS X Server, or is there another way of doing it?


texts: My ifconfig: command not found for some reason

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I'm using Mac Sierra version 10.13.6 and when I try using ifconfig it just outputs

-bash: ifconfig: command not found

And, when I run $PATH, I get:

-bash: /usr/local/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/Users/********/google-cloud-sdk/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Users/**********/google-cloud-sdk:/usr/bin:/bin: No such file or directory


texts: Is there a way to make my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard hibernate with a keyboard shortcut?

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Is there a way to hibernate at all?
I know if the battery dies when it's sleeping it hibernates, but is there a way to go directly to hibernate with a keyboard shortcut?


texts: Non-Apple Devices Won't Connect to Airport Extreme

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I've got an Airport Extreme (AE) router that I currently have configured as a Wireless Access Point on my network (a different router is handling Internet/DHCP). Up until yesterday, everything was working fine with the AE, all the wireless devices in my house connected just fine (I've got a MacBook, 3 iPhones, PS4, PS3, Wii U, two Windows Laptops, two Raspberry Pis, and two wireless printers).

Since about 5pm EST yesterday, I am no longer able to connect any non-apple devices via Wifi to the AE. I can get the devices to connect fine via an Ethernet Cable.

I've not changed anything at all on the router, nor the network in general to cause this to occur.

I've tried the following things to troubleshoot:

Turning off WPA2
Changing the 5GHz name of the network
Setting the IPv6 Mode from Router to Link-local
Factory Resetting the AE

None of them have resulted in success getting the non-apple devices connected. Is there anything else that I can try, or should I be contacting Apple Support at this point?


texts: Finder file dialogue very restricted - any way to enhance it?

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I am referring to a finder dialogue which opens e.g. when you chose to open / save a file in another application.

The context menu items that finder exposes are quite limited (you cannot open a file, etc.) compared to the regular finder.

This is kind of a silly restriction that I cannot see on any other OS. One of my regular workflows is to open a file from one of the dialogues, copy another file into it, etc.

Any way to change this behavior?


texts: What is bound at port 53 of localhost and how to stop that service?

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I want to run my own bind dns forwarder but in order to bind it to port 53 of my machine I first need to stop what is running there.

It seems that a service called "domain" is running there from what I found:

$ nc -vz 127.0.0.1 53
found 0 associations
found 1 connections:
     1: flags=82<CONNECTED,PREFERRED>
    outif lo0
    src 127.0.0.1 port 52950
    dst 127.0.0.1 port 53
    rank info not available
    TCP aux info available

Connection to 127.0.0.1 port 53 [tcp/domain] succeeded!

What is that service and how can I stop it?


texts: Where are Photos projects stored on the drive?

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I've asked Apple Developer Support, regular Apple Support, and high-level Apple Support. They all said to ask on the Apple Developer Support Forums. I figured I'd ask here as well because I have much better experience on SE.
I am a senior software engineer working on a Photos Extension. I have multiple machines on which I want to test my code. Photos requires that its Extensions operate through Projects. For instance, one might right-click an album and create a new Book or Calendar. Our Photos Extension properly uses the Photos and PhotosUI APIs to manipulate these projects, and Photos takes care of serializing our changes.
I am developing Motif for multiple versions of macOS (High Sierra, Mojave, and Catalina). To do so, I have multiple Macs, each with a different OS installed on it.
One of the things that I want to fix is a problem that we see when upgrading from Mojave to Catalina. One way I could do this is to install macOS Mojave on one of the Macs, create a project, and then update that Mac to Catalina. This, however, is very time-consuming. Instead, I would like to create a project in Photos on a Mac running macOS Mojave, export that project (say, to a thumb drive), and import it into Photos on a Mac running macOS Catalina.
Since there is no UI for exporting a project, I want to know where these projects are stored in the filesystem. I intend to then copy those project files (say, via a thumb drive) between Macs in order to perform these tests. Could you please help me achieve this?


texts: Contacts from Google not downloading to MBP

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Never had a problem before. Enabled my Google account on a new MBP yesterday, and asked to sync contacts. A day later, none of them have populated. Am I overlooking something? Any way to force a manual download (other than export/import, since that would defeat the purpose)?

EDIT: I went and disabled/re-enabled the account a few more times and it worked.


texts: Airdrop doesn't work between MBP mid-2012 and iPhone 6

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I read that Airdrop between iOS is since the MBP mid-2012. Although I have that Macbook I can't see my iPhone and viceversa. What can be the problem or the info that I'm misunderstanding?

PS: I have El Capitan but didn't make a clean installation.

Thanks in advance.


texts: I have the iPhone 5s which I bought like 2 months ago. The new software update iOS 8.1.3 wont install. I press the Agree button for terms and conditions and it just wont do anything.


texts: OS X timezone incorrect without internet connection

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After rebooting my macbook and my wifi is off, usually timezone changes randomly.

I tried to uncheck the "Set date and time automatically" option
Tried to uncheck the " Set time zone automatically "

Nothing helps, I want to set a default timezone/time to remember without internet connection

( can't really tell if its timezone-related but time/clock is always incorrect after boot without internet connection )

System Preferences shows this


texts: Why does GarageBand have the older window control buttons?

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This isn't a huge deal, but it is kind of bugging me since I actually like the smaller ones that were introduced in Lion better than the bigger ones. In all other apps, the "traffic light" window controls look like:

But, in GarageBand, it looks like the old ones in Snow Leopard and older:

Does anyone know why it is like this? Did Apple purposely design them to be like this when they made GarageBand? I mean, it's not a big deal once again, but it kinda bugs me since I'm used to the smaller, more refined window controls.


texts: Unable to unlock disk after enabling FileVault2

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I just enabled FileVault2 with my personal account. After the necessary reboot my user is not able to unlock the disk which just started to be encrypted.
The only way to get access to my computer is to quickly lock in with another user account to unlock the hard drive, log back out and now log in to my normal account.

I already tried an approach I found while googling which advised to remove my user account's password which automaticlly removes the ability to unlock the disk. Then I rebootet, reset a password and enabled my account to unlock the disk via the standard dialog in the system preferences but this makes the system preferences crash. If it makes any sense to append the crash report to this question, let me know.

Any help or approach to resolving the problem will be highly appreciated. :)


texts: Mouse scroll works only couple seconds after restart

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It seems like my mouse scroll works only for a short period of time after restart. I use Bluetooth mouse Logitech MX Master with installed it’s Logitech options.

I tried to reinstall the Logitech Options, reset NVRAM and PRAM, forgetting device and reconnecting it.

There is no problem with the mouse itself (mechanically).

Thanks.


texts: Photos (OS X Yosemite / El Capitan) – show original in Finder?

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I would have expected to be able to right-click (secondary click) on a thumbnail of a picture and have the contextual menu give me the option to show the original picture document in Finder... but it's not there and I can't find it anywhere.

I couldn't stand iPhoto, but at least it would allow you to access the original file directly in Finder.
I understand why the Apple want to restrict direct access to the originals (stops users from moving files and screwing up their library), but what if I want to do something other than email or post the picture to social media?

EDIT: I know I can just "Show Package Contents" or use the terminal to access ~/Pictures/Photos Library and hunt through the folder structure manually, but it's painfully inefficient considering all the sub folders

It may be a (deliberately) missing feature, but if anyone knows any way of jumping directly to the original instead of copying or exporting it, that would be great to know.

UPDATE: I have got used to the way Photos works by now. Basically the thing to do is just to relax, let it manage your collection and only export what you need to as a copy, which you can later add back into Photos when you are finished with it. It is certainly a deliberate design choice by Apple, not a mistake.


texts: Very light blue screen overlay / tint on my macbook pro

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Sometimes I have a very light blue screen overlay (tint) on my Macbook Pro, not sure where it comes from or if it's from Apple (I have night shift disabled).
I wanted to take a picture but it disappeared. I will add a picture if it appears again as it appears quite randomly. Sometimes it goes away when I remove my charger then it comes back.


texts: iPad 2 loses touch response in particular area of screen

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My wife's iPad 2 is having a weird screen/touch issues.

In a particular part of the screen (near the middle bottom on the left side if holding in portrait with the home button down), it just doesn't respond to touch, most of the time.

Some things we saw were:

can not move icons above a fake 'line' on the screen, they just drop back to where they were or near by
When using a drawing app, you just would not get lines here (Paper actually thought it was more inputs, and kept doing that redo gesture)
Maps just stutters when you hit that point, but works fine

The area seems to move/grow/contract, which is really odd. I feel like this is due to touch response in the app we are using, as in, icons on springboard are aligned to a grid, maps doesn't expect constant input, etc.

At one point, the display seemed to loose its mind. It was registering multiple taps, responding to taps in areas we didn't tap, etc.

I tried restoring the device, but that did not fix it.

I figure this is a hardware issue, but not knowing too much about screens on the iPad, what would have to be replaced? Most of my searches just say 'take it to the Apple store', but I am looking to see what would have to be replaced and how much it would be, to determine if it would be worth repairing or just replacing.

Update: Here is a video (not mine) that has almost the exact same issue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797bfjbEEi8


texts: iPhones in business: How to set restrictions on devices provided to employees

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I was recently able to use an iPhone supplied by a tech startup to one of its affiliates. The phone had limited apps, several disabled settings, and no icon for the App Store among its restrictions. The device Restrictions feature in Settings was set to Off (it was not being used). The iPhone was essentially set up to serve as a tool for affiliates to use in their work and nothing more.

How can a company that wants to provide employees or affiliates with iPhones strictly for limited business work set similar restrictions as those set by the startup? Are there specific tools available to make this happen short of compromising the device's security settings?

Related: As part of your answer, please feel free to comment on similarities and differences to Android devices if you have a broad knowledge of this topic.


texts: If I put my old mac hard disk system drive with bootcamp in a USB caddy, after replacing it with an SSD, will it appear as 2 drives when plugged in?

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I'm going to replace my MacBookPro system drive / hard disk with an SSD. I will then re-install MacOS and Windows via bootcamp.

The original drive will be put in a USB caddy to be used as an external drive.

My system drive has bootcamp on it, so it has been partitioned HFS+ / NTFS

If I plug this drive as an external drive via USB will 2 (two) drives appear on my Mac Desktop? One for the MacOS partition and one for the NTFS partition?

(When I've put a partitioned drive in a USB external caddy and then plugged it into a Windows machine, several drives appear, 1 per partition.)


texts: Shortcut to left align objects in PowerPoint

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I would like to know the shortcut to left align selected objects in PowerPoint Mac. Some web pages show that it is alt+1, but I don't think it works.

By the way, I have a french keyboard.

Could anyone help?


texts: Subscribing to a Photo Stream in iPhoto 11

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I've been struggling to view photos from a subscribed photostream in iPhoto 11.
I'm running OS X 10.7.5 and iPhoto 11 9.4.3 and I've been following this guide:

  To subscribe to a shared photo stream:
  To subscribe to a shared photo stream, all you have to do is accept the invitation. Invitations to a shared photo stream are sent by email and notifications.

  In the Source list, select Photo Stream.

  In the lower portion of Photo Stream view, move the pointer over the shared photo stream’s key photo, and then click the Accept button.

  If you don’t want to subscribe to the shared photo stream, click the Decline button.

  Photo Stream invitation buttons
  Shared photo streams that you subscribe to appear in the lower portion of Photo Stream view. A blue dot next to the shared photo stream’s name indicates that new photos have been added to the photo stream or new comments have been added to one of its photos. In addition, a number appears above the iPhoto icon in the Dock to indicate that new photos and comments have been shared with you.

I don't have a lower portion of the screen.

I've checked with multiple Photo Streams but nothing show's up. How do I regain my lower portion?


texts: Can MacBooks backup when in hibernation mode?

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Can MacBooks (late 2010 Air in particular) backup when in hibernation mode?

The reason why I am asking this is because I want to backup my MacBook air at midnight however I am not sure if my computer will be in hibernation mode when its midnight. I want to backup at midnight because I cannot back it up when using it during the day.


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My iPhone screen is completely broken and Siri is not operational.

I have not synced it to any computer before.

It switches on and I can see parts of the screen, so it is not entirely dead, but I cannot access it.

How do I retrieve my data?

Cannot use voice over and have not synced it before.

Is there software available to get my pin in without need to trust a keyboard or a Mac?


texts: How can I downgrade from Mountain Lion to Lion?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to revert to Lion from Mountain Lion?

How can I downgrade from Mountain Lion to Lion ? I need to download Lion again... thanks


texts: What file is responsible for saving window position?

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Since upgrading to Mojave in 2018, I've had some apps that simply will not remember their window positions properly. They remember the correct Space but not the correct display.
I use dual 27" screens [standard 1440p, not 'retina'], across multiple Spaces, set so both are the same Space [Mission Control prefs]. Left screen is the Primary. Both monitors are permanently connected.
Some apps - all Apple apps, not 3rd party - notably TextEdit, Messages & just recently Apple Remote Desktop has joined this list, after an SSD boot drive change done via Carbon Copy Cloner.
Messages is initially positioned on the right screen, & is set to re-open after Restart. Without fail, it will re-open at the correct height [top of screen] but not on the 2nd display, instead it's tight against the right-hand edge of the left display.
Recently ARD has started displaying similar behaviour. The app itself will open correctly on the right screen, but every other window launched from it will open hard against the right edge of the left screen.
Trashing the Saved Application State has no effect. A search of the drive for 'remotedesktop' brings a bewildering array of files. I've peeked inside a few of the plists but can't see anything like a position reference.
Does anyone have any idea where, generically, window positions are stored? If this is a similar location for many apps, then I can start to dig into which I could trash to try reset this behaviour.
I've reached the point where I'm quite willing to trash an overall Finder prefs list & reset everything from scratch for Spaces/positions if it will help… I just have no clue which one.
I'm not interested in any 3rd party window manager - the OS should be perfectly capable of doing this by itself [& did for many years].
Mac Pro 5,1 Mojave 10.14.6 [correct Metal2 Mac-flashed AMD GPU for Mojave] 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD, half full, 12TB other storage.
Late edit
I 'fixed' Apple Remote Desktop by setting it to 'None' in the Dock right click > Options. I can repeatedly repro the initial issue by toggling to & from 'This Desktop'.
This hasn't worked for Messages, which still stubbornly opens on the left screen.
Additional note I put a high bounty on this with no result. if someone can nail it, I will retrospectively award a 1000* point bounty [as it seems wasteful to just throw it away again]
*ah… Apparently, bounty is capped at 500, so it will have to be that instead.


texts: Can I increase the level from my USB microphone?

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I have this usb headset: http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/audio-478

With the level turned all the way up in System Preferences, it's not loud enough for some uses.

Is there a way to increase this level?

10.10.3

2014 15" Retina


texts: Windows stop in the purple screen after Ubuntu installation

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I have an external hard drive where I installed Windows 10 to use on my MacBook when needed. It works great, I just need to toggle the boot disk.

But I had to install Linux. To do this I separated space from the HD and installed Linux through a pen drive. Now whenever I boot the computer with this HD it opens GRUB and asks me to select between UBUNTU and WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER.

Initializing the ubuntu is easy but when I try to boot Windows it gets stuck. I checked through Ubuntu and all Windows files are still there ...

Some information i get when i type fdisk -l in ubuntu:

Disk /dev/sda: 113 GiB, 121332826112 bytes, 236978176 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: AF2EB9E1-8E5E-41A3-82B6-16DAF94B546A

Device      Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1      40    409639    409600   200M EFI System
/dev/sda2  409640 236978135 236568496 112,8G unknown

Disk /dev/sdc: 298,1 GiB, 320072932352 bytes, 625142446 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 2BA05492-9337-401D-9BB9-33D96A7159A9

Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdc1         40    409639    409600   200M EFI System
/dev/sdc2     411648 331016191 330604544 157,7G Microsoft basic data **<- WINDOWS!?**
/dev/sdc3  331016192 338829311   7813120   3,7G Linux swap
/dev/sdc4  338829312 625141759 286312448 136,5G Linux filesystem

Whats ived tried:

sudo update-grub in ubuntu
Boot repair in ubuntu, he said "Please disable SecureBoot in the BIOS. Then try again.Do you want to continue?"

My Macbook is the Air (13-inch, Early 2014) using macOS Mojave with 1,4 GHz Intel Cor and 4GB of ram.

what should I do to fix it?


texts: Should I create a Fusion Drive before or after downgrade (from Yosemite to Mavericks)?

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I bought a used Mac Mini late 2012 with installed Yosemite and two drives: SSD 128 GB and HDD 500 GB. I want to create a Fusion Drive and downgrade to Mavericks via bootable USB flash drive. What should I do in which order?
1) Boot into recovery HD and create a Fusion  Drive (erasing all data)
2) Install Mavericks on SSD part of Fuzion Drive?

But if I already have a Fusion Drive how do I choose explicitely that I want OS to be installed on SSD not HDD for performance boost?


texts: Unread mail count on iPhone / iPad is often out of date

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Apparently, data is only pushed to the iPhone when a new unread emails arrives.
If you read an email on your desktop or on the web, the 'Read' status is not being pushed down to the iPhone until another new email is being pushed down or you check manually.

It's very annoying because I always think there are new messages when there aren't, and the only way to find out is to launch Mail.

Is there a solution?


texts: Mucked up disablement of Notifications Center

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Tried to disable Notifications Center and remove it from the menu bar, unfortunately didn't copy the whole command:

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents

Now I'm presented with a completely black screen when I login, and

launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents

doesn't seem to help. What should I do now?

Rebuilding the user account didn't work.


texts: When I press update or update all buttons in app store on my OS X it shows a loading animation and does nothing. Before this it was asking for more space. I have freed a space and now it is 8.88Gb available. That should be enough right?


texts: How to use macports Python in a cron job?

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I have installed Python 2.7 through mac ports, and now want to have it used in a cron job. Unfortunatly, each time the cron job gets involved, the standard Python of my machine (an iBook G4 using Tiger) which is 2.3 is involved, making my job fail.

My PATH is (from the set command)

PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

P

How can I have my cron job be invoked with my PATH instead of the faulty one ?


texts:
What's the current advice on recharging my iOS devices?

I try to maximize the long-term lifespan of the battery by only recharging to 100% and promptly disconnecting from the power, but I know many people who leave their devices docked and charging until they walk out the door. I also try to run down to zero/empty periodically. What's the best practice here? I've read Apple's suggestions too but wonder what others have found.


texts: Can not use the `gettext` which is installed by brew

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After I install the gettext in my mac:

I use the brew install gettext command installed it.

...
CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/include

==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.19.8.1: 1,934 files, 16.9MB

I can not use the gettext still.

$ gettext --help
-bash: gettext: command not found


texts: What is writing all these files and folders to my Documents?

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Inside my Documents folder there are a bunch of folders named with what appear to be hexidecimal numbers, eg. 01, 1b, 84, aa, etc. Often they're empty, but some have one or two files named with a hash: 5aaebbb6c171adb2159c17cd1c8e629fc774f1be.file I assume the files are binaries because when I open them in a text editor they consist of rows of eight two digit hex values, 00eb babf 314c 00eb babf 3130 d3aa 0109.
I deleted the folders a few weeks ago, but they slowly grew back.

My question is twofold:

What is writing these files/folders?
And because I doubt it can be diagnosed from my description, how
do I monitor and figure out what is writing them?

I'm on 10.11, El Capitan.

I sometimes run a Windows VM in VirtualBox, I run Vagrant from the command line, and Docker as well. I run phpstorm, Spotify, uTorrent, Steam, Slack, Skitch, Xcode, Tunnel Bear. The list goes on. I guess what I'm looking for is a strategy or technique to figure out which application is writing.


texts: IR won't activate screen on 10.8.3 Mountain Lion Mac Mini

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I use my Mini for home theatre, but the IR won't active the screen.
Using Screen Sharing will activate the screen.
I see others have reported this issue with 10.8.2 that went away with 10.8.3. Alas 10.8.3 didn't cure this problem for me.
Originally I suspected it was due to sleep/hibernate, but this looks to be false as I can ssh into the Mini and use it fine. Also I ran the Plex home theatre app under "caffeinate", and it didn't help.
Prior Research: I have read many man pages, forums, articles (see refs at bottom). Tried many combinations of settings, but to no avail. I turn to StackExchange for guidance.

My previous Mini running Snow Leopard worked just fine, but I don't wish to install Snow Leopard on my late model mini.
I have tried the NVROM/PROM reset 4 times. Hasn't helped.

My machine:
Mac mini - Late 2012 - Software  OS X 10.8.3 (12D78)
Reference Sites:
Mac Mini won't wake after sleep with Mountain Lion


texts: What (un-)documented multitouch gestures exist in Lion and common applications?

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Safari allows to go back to a previous website using the two-finger-swipe gesture. All of the standard multitouch gestures are very nicely documented in the More Gestures section of the Trackpad system preference:
I was looking for a similar gesture in Finder. During my research I stumbled upon a MacWorld article to discover:

Use ⌥ + three-finger-swipe to go back/forward in finder.

Question:
This feature is not documented anywhere I looked.

Are there any other gestures implemented in Lion and common applications (e.g. iLife) besides those in the System Preferences?

Are these "hidden" gestures documented by Apple in a help file or knowledge base so I can look for them as I wish to learn more?

Let's collectively maintain an answer listing of which apps have specific functions controllable by gestures or gestures and keyboard keys.


texts: What is your view using mac pro 8 core 8 GB system for software development?

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I have never used Mac system before but I am considering switching to Mac Pro 8 core 8 GB model. Currently I am using Linux box based on Dell Core 2 Duo with 4GB ram (that is maximum it can have). I am running into performance issues and sluggish application startup especially Natilus file maanger. Usually I have multiple applications running at same time.

I also need to run windows virtual machines for software testing.

If I invest in Mac Pro system:
Would I get much better performance?
Would I be able to run Windows as virtual machine within Mac Osx?
Would the learning curve be easier in terms of radically different UI on Mac Osx?

What about SSD disk on mac pro? Does it make very visible difference in performance when running applications?

One huge benefit I will get is to be able test web applications under mac osx/safari and as well as be able to develop for iphone and ipad.


texts: Jailbreaking a stolen iPhone 5S after remote wipe from Find My iPhone

texts: My iPhone 5S was stolen and I used Find My iPhone App to remote wipe it. Can someone still jailbreak that phone and use it as a new phone?


texts: Daemons or other processes responsible for dictation in 10.8?

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Dictation in Mountain Lion is a nice little feature that works great for me. However I often need to switch between dictation languages, so going through the System Preferences is way too many clicks for me all the time. That's why I wrote a little utility that sits in the menu bar, which lets the user switch dictation languages. The problem is: it doesn't really work. At least not without logging out and back in.

My utility changes all the plist files that should be necessary to change, these are:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.speech.recognition.AppleSpeechRecognition.prefs.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.assistant.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.assistant.support.plist

(the last one actually just contains a BOOL value to turn dictation on/off)

As far as I can tell (and trust me, I've looked into it thoroughly!) these are the only files that are changed when changing the dictation language in the dictation preference pane. However when I change the language setting in my utility, and then trigger dictation, it sticks with the previous setting. So I suppose the dictation daemon(s) are not loading the changed file. No big deal, right? Just need to find the right daemons. Well, there are three main processes that seem to belong to dictation:

com.apple.assistantd

(this seems to be the actual dictation daemon, which will also spam the console)

com.apple.assistant_service

(not sure what this one does)

DictationIM.app

(this one renders the GUI for the feature, the little grey popup with the microphone)

However, killing these (or, in case of assistant_service/assistantd, stopping and restarting them with launchctl), doesn't do anything.

The changes that I make to the plist files are valid and good, because when I restart the computer or simply log out/back in, the new setting is used when triggering dictation.

Is there anything I've overlooked? Any plist that saves the locale? Or some cache file that I didn't find? I don't think so, because I really turned the whole system upside down during the weekend looking for it.

Any idea which (other) daemons are responsible and should be (re)started after making a change to the plist files?

Thanks for any pointers in the right direction!

Oh, and if I can get this thing to work, I'll release the utility as freeware.

EDIT: As promised, I'm releasing the utility as freeware. Grab it here: http://fouquet.me/apps/dictationswitcher/

I open-sourced it, too: https://github.com/fouquet/DictationSwitcher


texts: Quick way to clear Calendar notifications?

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For some reason, for exchange accounts, if I accept/deny calendar invitations on one computer, it would still stay as an alert on my other computers. The alert would not ask me to accept/reject, instead it would just ask me to dismiss it with an "ok" button. It's super annoying because that means I have to click "ok" for each calendar invite for each computer I have.

Is there a way to fix this or at least a quick way to dismiss all incoming event that have already been accepted?


texts: Mac Mail "Not Responding" with Gmail IMAP account

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I'm experience some issues with my Mac Mail on my MacBook Air.
I hasn't been there all the time, as far as I can remember it started around Yosemite.

In my mail, I've two accounts. One is my work mail which is an IMAP for Google Apps gmail and the other is my private mail which is just a standard Gmail, also with IMAP.

On my private mail I've two-factor turned on, while this is not the case with my work mail.

Now, seemingly random my Mac Mail gets non responding and I've to hard quit it and reload it. It has something to do with the synchronizing and my private mail but can't seem to figure out what.

I hope someone has a solution or has experienced this before and know what to do.
I rather not turn of two-factor of my private Google account if I can avoid it.

Cheers