texts: Mac Air (2015) keeps shutting off immediately after being unplugged from charger

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My air which is 4 years old now keeps shutting off immediately if it gets disconnected from the charger. It won't even turn on if it's not plugged in. It started happening about a month ago randomly, but not consistently. At the beginning sometimes it would shut down when the battery was only at 80%. Now even though it says 100% if the charger accidentally gets pulled out it'll just turn off.

I've tried resetting the SMC a few times but it didn't seem to do anything. I don't think I have the right screwdrivers to try to actually take the battery out myself.

I copied the battery info below and attached a screenshot of the coconut battery.

Does this mean I need to replace it? It's about $130 on Apple's website to get a new one. If I do need to, how can I avoid this for the future?

Thanks!

Battery Information:

  Model Information:
  Serial Number:    C0153670BW1F90MA9
  Manufacturer: DP
  Device Name:  bq20z451
  Pack Lot Code:    0
  PCB Lot Code: 0
  Firmware Version: 511
  Hardware Revision:    000a
  Cell Revision:    1200
  Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):   6103
  Fully Charged:    Yes
  Charging: No
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):   6280
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:  401
  Condition:    Replace Now
  Battery Installed:    Yes
  Amperage (mA):    0
  Voltage (mV): 8460

System Power Settings:

  AC Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 60
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    60
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  Wake on LAN:  Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  Current Power Source: Yes
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  1
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:   0
  Standby Delay:    10800
  Standby Enabled:  1
  Battery Power:
  System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
  Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):   10
  Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    15
  Wake on AC Change:    No
  Wake on Clamshell Open:   Yes
  AutoPowerOff Delay:   14400
  AutoPowerOff Enabled: 1
  DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:  0
  Display Sleep Uses Dim:   Yes
  GPUSwitch:    2
  Hibernate Mode:   3
  Reduce Brightness:    Yes
  Standby Delay:    10800
  Standby Enabled:  1

Hardware Configuration:

  UPS Installed:    No

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  ID:   0x07a1
  Wattage (W):  45
  Family:   0x00ba
  Serial Number:    0x008475d0
  Charging: No


texts: Pictures attached to messages "vanishes"

texts: I get a notification on the main screen of a picture that was messaged to me and can see the picture, but when I go into the message the picture isn't there.


texts: How to backUp an iPhone with a black/blank screen?

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Recently I dropped my iPhone 4 and when I picked it up the screen was all black but the sensor was still on. I called Apple and basically they said they can try to repair it or just buy a new one. So, I'm buying a new phone.

As I want to still have all my information, I'm trying to make a backUp, but when trying an error prompts asking me to unlock the iPhone, which is something I can no longer do as I can't see the screen nor does the touch screen work.

So is there anyway to get around that or another way to unlock?


texts: Will "never auto-lock" affect the life of the iPhone?

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I've my iPhone set to "never auto-lock":

I am aware that this will mean I'll have to recharge the phone more frequently. But besides the inconvenience, will the "life" of the iPhone be affected in any way?


texts:
I was looking on my Mac's Launchpad today and saw a few apps that I'd like to clean out.

I can't find some of them in the Applications directory, and the standard method of clicking and holding down, then clicking the X button isn't working – meaning that the X simply isn't showing up.

Is there a directory in Finder where I can find the items stored in the Launchpad and delete it from there?


texts: Finder shows stale directory listings from NFS server

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I have an Ubuntu 12.04 Linux server sharing files via NFSv4. I mount the share on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.7.5. I have the NFS share set up to automount in Disk Utility with default mount options.

I find that when changes happen on the server in a directory that I have had open in the Finder recently, the Finder does not reflect the changes for a very long time. If I use the terminal to "ls" the same directory, I see the changes. It seems that the Finder is caching directory listings locally, and that this caching is very aggressive.

Closing and reopening the window doesn't help. Force quitting the Finder does not help. Unmounting and remounting the NFS share does not help. Rebooting works, but that's a very blunt instrument.

Has anyone experienced this, and does anyone know of any workarounds? I'm looking to eliminate the caching, so that the Finder does to the VFS layer on every access, or at least shorten the TTL of the cached data.

I've evaluated changing the share to SMB or AFP, but I cannot undertake that and am looking for a way to manually invalidate Finder's cache (or otherwise poke at it) if I can't change Finder's behavior outright.

ETA: This doesn't seem to be an issue any more in Mavericks.


texts: How can I use Sparrow to send iCal e-mail notifications instead of Mail.app?

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I am really annoyed how iCal uses Mail.app to try to send e-mail notifications. It always pops up Mail.app and I do not want it to at all. How can I make iCal use Sparrow instead to send e-mail notifications/reminders?

I tried this: http://gidogeek.com/post/6037637963/ical-sparrow

But that didn't work for some reason.


texts: I'm trying to upload a file to Google Drive and SendAnywhere, which would take over an hour. However, I cannot disable auto-lock on my iPad (iPadOS 13) (the maximum auto-lock period is 15 minutes), and whenever the iPad gets locked, uploads are stopped.  How can I configure my iPad so that it doesn't stop uploads after getting auto-locked?


texts: How to ensure that you retrieve all permission attributes (including ACLs) of a file or folder from the shell?

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I would like to retrieve ALL permissions (including ACLs) and attributes of files and folders (both) from a folder and its accompanying files on a drive.

Most frequently one sees ls -le being used to get such data, however are there attributes, including extended attributes, that this misses?

So far the most comprehensive info I've been able to pull up is via:

ls -laeO@tr $FILE
xattr -l $FILE

Are there any additional commands that are necessary to retrieve all possible permissions and extended attributes that a file or folder could possibly have set for it in macOS?


texts: App Store forcing me to pay twice for the same app but on different devices

texts: I bought a paid app on my iMac, and a few months later tried to download it on my iPhone but it’s forcing me to pay again for it. I thought the App Store linked purchases on multiple devices?


texts: Microsoft remote desktop sends wrong symbol keys

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I'm using Microsoft Remote Desktop 8.0.9 from the app store and connecting to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003 based PCs.

Although alphanumeric keys work properly, when I type certain symbol keys into the remote computer they come out as the wrong keys, it seems like a mapping issue. The remote machines are both set as "English (United States) - US" for the input language, which matches what my Mac has.

The following is example of the key confusion:

\ maps to <
< maps to .
^ maps to ?
{ (twice) maps to ^^ (but once does nothing)
} (twice) maps to -- (but once does nothing)

Most other keys work fine. What can I do to correct this keyboard mapping on either the host (OSX Mavericks) or the client (Windows 7)?


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I have read all of the other questions and websites about it. I cannot solve my problem.

I have had a problem with my Windows 7 bootcamp freezing. I force restarted a few times, and the last time it started a disk check (in windows 7 boot) and I didn't let it finish since I have like 1 billion files on it. It was at 5 percent for 2 hours and I just force restarted it.

Now I can't enter on the normal Macbook or Windows. I tried using the First Aid option a few times but it never worked.

Any help on this?


texts: Joins both usb and wifi personal hotspot iphone

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My macbook automatically joins both the usb and the wifi version of my iPhone's personal hotspot. I know I can just turn airport off or only enable my iPhone's usb tether.

Is it possible to make my mac only join the usb mode and not the wifi, if both modes are enabled?


texts: How can I use my iPhone as a microphone to my Windows laptop?

texts: My Windows laptop has a shoddy microphone. I can connect my iPhone to my laptop via USB; I'm not asking about Bluetooth. I fancy speaking to my phone's audio input as if it were a mic.


texts: Disable automatic phone number linking in iOS Safari

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On my iPhone, Safari sometimes thinks that some sequences of numbers are phone numbers, and automatically formats them as links to call that phone number. For example, if you read this question on an iPhone, the number sequence 7844589738 will be formatted as a phone number even though it isn't meant to be.

I find this particularly annoying since a lot of number sequences on pages I visit aren't actually phone numbers, but other number sequences like IP addresses, post IDs, etc, and I have never called a phone number that I found on a website. So I would like to disable this feature, but I can't find any setting that does so.

I searched the web for a way to disable this, but all I found were pages that explain how to disable it on my site on all iPhones (using HTML and stuff like that), but I want to disable it on my iPhone on all sites.

Is there a way to keep iOS Safari from automatically formatting number sequences as phone numbers?


texts: Mac not copying and pasting between applications

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Today, I found when I copy from one application into my clipboard, the clipboard cannot be pasted into another application.

The next application has its own clipboard.

If I paste into the first application I see what I just copied.

If I paste into the second application I see what I copied perhaps an hour ago.

So, clipboard copy and paste has become application specific.

How do I turn this off?

Thanks.

EDIT, I'm on Mac 10.13.6, and I could not copy between Firefox and Chrome. Rebooting cured the problem.


texts: Multiple users on one machine and Dropbox

texts: If UserA logs in to an OS X machine (at the GUI) and starts Dropbox, UserB logs in via ssh and adds a file to their Dropbox, will Dropbox work for UserB? Or does UserB need to log in via the GUI also, and then "switch" (not log out) to UserA?


texts: A message was typed into my Messages app (remotely?) but not sent

texts: A message showed up in my iPhone Messages app, typed into the "new message" box but not sent. I did not type it in or said those words for the microphone to hear. It seems to have been entered remotely. It was not sent. I have an iPhone 6. I'm connected to an iPad Pro, and an iPad by Bluetooth, by WiFi, and have AirDrop. I erased the message after I took a screenshot, but it just looks like any other text message waiting to be sent. The text stream was between me and my wife, and she has iPhone Plus and an iPad. Is someone remotely accessing my text messaging, and why type in a short sentence and then not send it?


texts: Is it possible to assign custom Keyboard Shortcuts to Styles in Pages 5.0?

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In the previous Pages release there used to be the possibility to assign keyboard shortcuts to styles, although limited to the F1..F8 keys.

Apparently this feature is missing from the freshly installed Pages 5.0. Even worse, shortcuts do not apply to documents created with a template that defined the shortcuts link.

Is there any other way to assign keyboard shortcut to styles?

Cheers

====

Update: in current version (5.2) of Pages the feature has been re-introduced. I guess this closes the question.


texts: Automatically move all files from within a folder to external SSD, When external SSD is connected

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I have a GoPro 4 which ends up creating very large high quality videos, when connected through USB the Gopro importer app automatically copies the files to a subfolder named by todays date in /users/apple/Pictures/GoPro . Once the files are copied from the GoPro to the /Pictures/GoPro/DATE_Subfolder they are deleted from the GoPro automatically.

These files fill up my macbook hard drive fast so i have brought a external SSD to house all my video files as well as Final Cut Pro X.

What I would like is a script which auto runs on connection of the external SSD, to move the contents of /Pictures/GoPro to /Volumes/Ext_SSD/GoPro then delete the original files from /Pictures/GoPro

Is this possible? I have had a mess around with Automator and can get files to move then delete when the SSD is already connected, but if files are put in the folder when the SSD is disconnected it will not be moved over when the SSD is finally connected again.


texts: Getting process currently open in full screen mode

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I have a simple AppleScript that works when initiated from an application that is not in full screen mode but does not work when in it's in full screen mode:

#!/usr/bin/osascript

tell application "System Events"
  set fp to (path to frontmost application) as text
end tell

tell application "Safari"
  <snip>
end tell

activate application fp

When not in full screen mode, instead of the window of the application in full screen mode getting activated, another non-full screen window in the same application is activated. How do I tell applescript to activate the original window in full screen mode?


texts:
Which version of USB do iPod Nanos have?

Apple's tech spec says it works with a Mac having 2 or 3, but USB is backward compatible so that doesn't help...


texts: Why can't I see horizontal scroll bars in Finder?

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I have a MacBook, with el Capitan.

I am in Finder, looking at a folder which contains a lot of files. I have arranged by kind, which means that I have to scroll horizontally to see all my folders. But there is no horizontal scroll bar. The only way I can scroll is by using the arrow keys. This happens in any folder in icon view using Arrange By kind, where there is so much content that you need to scroll.

I tried going into Settings | General | and selecting "Always" for "Show scroll bars" but it made no difference.

Does anybody know how I can fix this?

This is what I see:


texts: Find individual users' backup size in Time Capsule

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I'm the administrator of a 2 TB Time Capsule, to which my co-workers connect via individual accounts. I recently noticed a sudden jump in usage — from ~1 TB (0–1 over the course of 8 months) to ~1.5 TB (1–1.5 in a span of 2 weeks). My guess is that one of them downloaded experimental data files (which don't need to be backed up, as they're done so elsewhere) and stored them locally during those two weeks and accidentally backed them up, thus contributing to the bloat.

Is it possible for me to find out the sizes of these users' backups, so that I can then instruct them to use tmutil to remove only the specific backups with the huge data files? I do not have access to the contents of their backups (at least, not easily and I want to either).


texts: Claims by mobile operator of iOS7 'secretly' using mobile data

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Apologies in advance for the likely TL;DR.

I have an iPhone 5 running iOS7 on a PAYG deal with Vodafone in the UK. Whenever I top up £10, I get a 500mb data pack that's valid for 30 days. Thing is, I don't need to top up very often (as an example: I last topped up on March 4th, and I still have £6 of credit left), so my mobile data pack will frequently expire before I need to top up.

As of February this year, I started getting messages from Vodafone at random times saying "We noticed you've started using mobile data, so we've charged you £1 for 25mb of data". The problem is that every single time I've had this message, it's after I've come back home and been using WiFi for a good long while.

The first time I complained about this, the rep I spoke to said "Oh, the system miscalculates it all the time, I'll  refund your money. You can always turn off mobile data and it won't happen again."

I duly did this, and the second time it happened I complained again, and the rep I spoke to said "It doesn't matter if you turn mobile data off; your phone uses it anyway in secret to do updates."

This has happened three times subsequently, and twice I've been told the same thing: even if I have mobile data turned off, my phone will turn it back on all by itself to check for updates, then turn it back off - and it's that microscopic data use that I'm getting charged for.

This sounds like utter horseradish to me, but is there any truth to this? I've gotten into the habit of turning off Mobile Data and Use 3G when I'm out unless I need to use it; in addition Data Roaming is always off, Background App Refresh is off, and Limit Ad Tracking is on. Am I missing something?


texts: How can I stop my mac from switching desktops when I receive a phone call

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When my phone rings the phone call shows up on my mac, which is great except that it also switches my display from the full-screen application to the main desktop screen.

Since the FaceTime popup is basically the same size and shape as a regular notification, is there any way to get it to pop up like other notifications instead of switching to the desktop and interrupting my work?


texts:
I am trying to open Discord.app but it doesn't open, instead I get a box that says

  The application "Discord.app" is not open anymore.

I press cmd shift esc and I can see Discord.app in the list, but selecting "force quit" does nothing.

Activity Monitor does not contain an entry for Discord.app, when I search "Discord" there are actually no results.

Running ps -ax | grep Discord at the terminal returns no results. sudo pkill Discord error statuses and outputs nothing, sudo killall Discord errors No matching processes were found.

How can I open discord again?


texts: Universal Clipboard doesn't work anymore

texts:
First time I've installed Sierra a couple of months ago, I tried the universal clipboard with my iPhone 6. It worked immediately like a charm and since I used it, I found this feature really useful for many use-cases.

Unfortunately, this feature doesn't work anymore after I upgraded from a 2 year old iPhone 6 to a new iPhone 7 Plus.

I know what I need for that feature to work (as it used to work fine):

Both devices are connected with my iCloud account (same Apple ID)
Bluetooth and Wifi are turned ON on both devices
Both devices are connected to the same Wifi network
Both devices are next to each other (less than 1 meter).
iMAC 10.12.3 (16D32)
iPhone 7 IOS 10.3

Both iMac and iPhone have been rebooted a couple of times.

No text, no URL, no picture can be copied & pasted from one device to the other anymore.

Any thought what could be wrong with the new iPhone 7?


texts: Is Time Machine also backing up my Windows data from Bootcamp?

texts:
I don’t know how to check whether my windows data is included when I set up time machine. I would love an answer that explains how I could tell this if possible, but if not, the main question follows.

Does Time Machine back up Bootcamp data by default?


texts: How to restart SMB client on macOS Catalina? (Finder not connecting to shares)

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Once in a while Finder stops connecting to SMB shares.

Finder → Cmd+K → Connect → It shows a window like this infinitely:

What I've tried already:

I have tried connecting to multiple shares (Linux, Windows), Finder didn't connect to any of them
Connecting with alternative client works. For example, Kodi media player includes its own SMB client and it connects just fine.
Connecting from other running Mac works too
Reset Finder settings by deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Kill Finder with killall Finder command
Add username and password explicitely into the Cmd+K connect to server dialog: smb://myusername:mypassword@192.168.1.2/MyFiles

I assume this is a macOS SMB client issue.

This issue will go away with reboot. I'd like to fix the issue without restarting macOS – how can I restart SMB services only?


texts: Why are almost-blank ._ files being created by macOS and applications?

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Using information found on this site and across the web, I have discovered how to transform most of the binary data in a ._ file to readable text.

However, most of the files that I have examined look like this:

Mac OS X       "
        @
ATTR
This resource fork intentionally left blank

After reading another Ask Different question and the Matt Deatherage explanation that Graham Perrin linked to in his answer, I am still quite confused. Especially considering that Matt said this:

  Note that "._MyFile" is not "a resource fork", and not "metadata", but could contain either or both of these.  It contains anything that
  the Mac OS X file system supports but the volume's own format does not.
  You rarely see "._" files on HFS Plus because HFS Plus supports all the
  metadata that Apple has defined, now or in the past.  You see a lot of
  them on UFS, FAT16, or other old formats that don't support rich
  metadata because the OS has to put this stuff someplace.

  ...

  IF YOU DELETE ._MyFile OR SIMILAR COMPANION FILES, YOU ERASE ACTUAL FILE
  SYSTEM DATA THAT A PROGRAM ON YOUR SYSTEM HAS EXPLICITLY SET.

  ...

  If you want to move the disk back to your Macintosh and have the files
  all work properly, I strongly recommend that you leave companion files
  alone.  Deleting companion files is corrupting the file.

Wow...sounds like those files are pretty damn important according to Matt! Yet upon inspection, I have tons of them (mostly videos that I've played once on this Mac through VLC) that say nothing more than "this resource fork intentionally left blank".

So why the heck are these being created?! Am I missing something that is important by running xxd -p /Volumes/Videos/._<Name of movie file> | sed 's/00//g' | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/\([0-9A-F]\{2\}\)/0x\1 /g' | xxd -r -p | strings | sed 's/ptb[LN]ustr//g' on the offending files?


texts: Messages.app / iMessage hijacking text messages

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Text messages to my number are received either by my phone or by Messages.app (iMessage), but not both. If I leave my computer on then I will inexplicably not receive texts on my phone (until the computer goes to sleep, I suppose).

How do I configure my devices so that Messages would contain the same information as my iPhone?

OS X 10.10.1, iOS 7.1.2, iPhone 5s, MacBook Pro 2009


texts: Are there any keyboard shortcuts to switch between tabs in terminal?


texts: Use my homepod to hear audio at the drive-in theatre through FM

texts: I would like to use my homepod to hear audio at the drive-in theatre.  The theatre uses a local fm transmitter that broadcasts locally within a 500 foot range or so.  Is there a way to enable my phone to receive this signal?  The drive-in does not broadcast over WiFi so it seems the FM apps on the iPhone won't work. Is there another portable device (fm receiver) that would allow me to receive the signal and then transmit it either by wire or wirelessly to the homepod?  I can't seem to find one that will send output wired or wirelessly to another device.


texts: How to switch dictation language in Yosemite using a voice command?

texts: I write in both English and French, and quite often I need to switch between them. I'd like to know if I can achieve this using a voice command?


texts: If my Mac Air has been water damaged, can I still retrieve the data from the flash drives even though the machine will not start at all?


texts:
My setup is iPhone 4 and Bluetooth in my 2012 SUV.

I have a 80 minute highway commute.  I have real trouble hearing the other party at highway speeds around 65 Mph or higher.

If I drop my speed down by 15 Mph, I get much clearer voice quality.  The phone shows me either max bars for connectivity or 4 bars in either case.

This leads me to believe that it is not the Bluetooth, or the quality of the phone itself, but the quality/strength of the signal captured.

This is the only reason I am considering switching phones. The iPhone 5 for AT&T has the 4G LTE network.

Is voice quality better because the 4GLTE is a faster network?  Does the quality of voice issue at high speeds go away for the LTE phones?


texts: Windows-style taskbar functionality in OS X?

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Looking for an OS X add-on that will enable Windows-like (one-click) functionality for switching between different windows of a single application.

Example: I have 5 maximized Chrome windows open, and wish to switch to a specific window. My current options are Exposé, the "Window" file menu, and Cmd-`. None of them are ideal because they take more than one click to execute, which is why I miss the taskbar in Windows. (For those of you unfamiliar with the taskbar, it displays a list of all your system-wide open windows similarly to how tabs are displayed in modern browsers.

So basically, I want to see a list of all of my open windows, and be able to toggle between them with a single click.


texts: Facetime mutes all other sounds after Mavericks OS update

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I like to FaceTime and watch movies, Youtube clips etc. at the same time and I have been able to do this perfectly up until the Mavericks OS update.

Ever since the update for some reason when I'm using FaceTime all other sounds are decreased to a great extend. Using Skype is not an option since it does not have noise reduction. Would anyone know a fix or workaround for this problem, it's getting a real pain in the ass, or would downgrading be my only option? Or could it maybe be possible to install a previous version of just FaceTime?

All ideas are welcome!


texts: How to remove color formatting of links in Microsoft Word?

texts:
In Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, I'm trying to edit the Hyperlink and FollowedHyperlink styles so that they don't modify the text's color that I'm hyperlinking.

For example, let's say I have the following words: red blue green all written in thier corresponding colors. Next, I decide to highlight these words and hyperlink them. By default, all the text will be turned into blue. That's not what I want; I want all the text to be the same colors, but with an underline added. That is, I would like the word red to still appear in red color, not blue.

When I edit the style, it shows this, as you would expect:

  Underline, Font color: Hyperlink, Style: Hide until used, Priority: 100, Based on: Default Paragraph Font.

I want to remove the part I bolded, however, I don't see a way to do that. When I click the color icon, there is no option to select "no color." The closest thing to that is "Auto" which just changes the links to be black instead of blue.


texts: Magic Mouse 2 vertical tracking issue on iMac 27

texts:
I have a weird issue that makes my Magic Mouse 2 usage experience very uncomfortable on iMac 27.

The problem is: when I move the mouse vertically (up or down), tracking works very slow. That is: I have to raise and move my mouse 3-4 times to reach the bottom of the screen (assuming I started from the very top).

On the other hand, moving in a horizontal direction with the same speed works like a charm.

OS X Sierra, tracking speed is set to maximum and no third party applications used.

Is there a way to fix this?


texts: Should I have two iBooks apps for iOS and Mac?

texts: I have iBooks 3.2 on iTunes (and my iPad) and iBooks 1.0.1 on my Mac (OS X 10.9.2) in the Dock. Do you have one iBooks app 1.0.1 for computer and iBooks app 3.2 for iTunes and iOS devices?


texts: Why is the Page Number menu item greyed out in Pages '09?

texts:
I want to insert a page number in my iWork document. I clicked on Insert and the Page Number title is grayed out.

How can I get the page number feature to activate? I used to insert it in other documents with no problem.


texts: Obtaining a particular effect called "Lazy Mouse Smoothing" in a graphics application

texts:
I'm using Pixelmator and Autodesk Sketchbook for drawing and I'd really love to have "lazy mouse smoothing".  This is a feature found in an application called LazyNezumi, for Windows, that adds lag smoothing to the mouse.

Does anyone know of a solution for OS X?


texts: Why can't I easily open web browsers from the terminal application?

texts:
In order to run Chrome from the Terminal application, I have to do

open -a "Google Chrome" index.html

rather than just something like "chrome index.html".

The same also seems to be true for Firefox.

It's not because I can't open any GUI applications from the command line. For example, I can do mate . to open TextMate.

What's the rationale for web browsers not having a command like "chrome index.html"?


texts: iPhone 5 can't connect to Exchange server

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I have ActiveSync enabled on my Exchange 2007 server, and it works just fine with all the other iPhones (4S and below) in the office. However, I have two users who have just gotten iPhone 5s, and neither of them can connect to the Exchange server.

ActiveSync is enabled on their accounts (I checked), and I've tried clearing the ActiveSyncAllowedDeviceIDs property on their accounts so any device should be able to connect, but no luck so far. I've tried rebooting the devices (universal patch, huh?) but that didn't work either. Oddly, the devices seem to authenticate just fine, the account gets added to Mail without issue.

I don't think it's an iOS 6 issue because I've upgraded my iPhone 4 to iOS 6 and I can still get my mail. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Follow up: Apple support couldn't provide a fix. They suggested importing the Exchange server's SSL cert, which I did to no avail. One user's account works on his iPhone 4S but not his iPhone 5 (yes, he is using two phones at once). The other two users don't have other devices using ActiveSync, and they have no other mobile device partnerships (I cleared the old ones when they upgraded their phones).


texts: best way to backup a jailbroken iphone 3gs?

texts: I want to be able to backup my apps, sources and themes so that i can still do restores without having to go through the whole process everytime. I am a tinkerer, and sometimes I break stuff. I need a way out!!


texts: Repair APFS Container - Physical store disk listed under wrong APFS container reference

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High level - have an APFS container that won't mount or repair. In Disk Utility I have the external drive (disk3) with the "APFS Physical Store" unmounted below. (disk3s2).  I then have a mystery drive listed "AppleAPFSMedia" (uninitialized) which lists as (disk4).  Running "diskutil apfs list" in terminal turns up the following which is listing disk3s2 under disk4.  My thought is that the references got messed up somehow. Any thoughts on how to fix this (aside from the obvious, format and start over).

+-- Container ERROR -69808

======================
APFS Container Reference:     disk4
Size (Capacity Ceiling):      ERROR -69620
Capacity In Use By Volumes:   ERROR -69524
Capacity Not Allocated:       ERROR -69524
|
+-< Physical Store disk3s2 6810D19F-3ECC-458A-B11A-E65613D4A410
|   -----------------------------------------------------------
|   APFS Physical Store Disk:   disk3s2
|   Size:                       4000577273856 B (4.0 TB)
|
+-> No Volumes


texts: iPhone cannot update nor activate—method to reset?

texts:
Sorry if the question field is too terse.  Situation: I arrived where I am living now with an GSM iPhone 5 or 5s.  The GPS was working (recording my route to here) and the cell access was working as far as I know (I had used it earlier in the day).

For a few days, I only used WiFi.  Then I decided to go out and as usual, record the route with "Motion-X."  Motion-X was unable to find any satellites.  A Garmin that I also had found ten or more and said accuracy two meters¹

I then noticed that it was also still searching for cell service (or "no service"—I forget which).  I went back to the house and found that all my colleagues had cell service.  I haven't been able to get cell for weeks (nor GPS) here or in several nearby villages, including in Pamplona (big city).  So it seems that GPS and cell died at about the same time.  I don't know whether Bluetooth still works, though I know it was working the day I arrived.

Then IOS 9.3.2 became available.  My iPad updated on the house WiFi, but the iPhone won't.  It downloaded the update but when I try to install it says "update server not available."  Even though it did not say (as occasionally in the past) that there wasn't enough space, I deleted a lot of apps but no change.  Every day, it irritatingly asks me to install, enter passcode, accept the terms, and then says the same.

Finally, I tried erasing all content and resetting everything.  When activating it afterward, on the third screen, I get to choose between WiFi and iTunes.  I connected to the house WiFi, and after several minutes, "the activation server is not available … try later or try iTunes."  But now that it knows the WiFi password, it will only try that.  iTunes is no longer shown as an option.  Power-off and restart went back to the beginning of the activation, but iTunes is still not an option on page three.

Connected to the computer anyway and fired up iTunes.  iTunes automatically switched to a window that is all blank except for the word "iPhone" in large letters.  This screen won't go away unless I quit iTunes.  No contextual menu either.

As far as I could tell, before the reset, everything not mentioned above worked fine.

Is this really a seriously broken device, or is there some trick available?

UPDATE: With no answers, "seriously broken" is the assumption.  So to change the question (at the risk of making it a duplicate), is there a way to reset an iPhone that is at the third activation screen and can't continue?

¹Garmin lies about accuracy, but that's another story.


texts: My slide show option in power point isn't working on my macbook

texts: I am trying to use slide show option for my PowerPoint presentation on my MacBook. Is there any way to resolve this?


texts: Can't automatically update iTunes apps from different country on Mac

texts:
I purchased some apps in Argentina store, and then I moved to US store, and also got some apps.

Now I'm no able to automatically update the apps I got on Argentina store.

I tried to delete all my apps and re-download them at the US store, but that didn't work.
For example: I tried to download Skype for iPad in the US store, which is free, and it downloads it, but keeps showing as "Free" instead of "Downloaded", therefore I am not able to update it in iTunes with the other US apps.


texts: Numbers: How can I display negative values in a column chart?

texts:
I am using Numbers '09 v2.1 (436) and I have a table having positive and some negative values. When in my project I add a column chart mapping properly data from that table it displays a chart without negative values. That is, "negative columns" aren't displayed in the chart, only "positive columns" are.

How can I display those negative values? Is it possible?


texts: Incoming emails going to trash (no rules set)

texts:
Lots of incoming mails skip the inbox and go directly to the trash folder (not the junk folder). When I visit my Trash folder I see a huge number of unread messages from legit senders.

I have Mail.app linked to my Exchange account for work (this is the only linked account).
Messages I send myself via my work's SMTP server always go to trash.
Incoming messages that I manually flag as Junk sometimes go to the Junk folder, and sometimes they show up in the Inbox, but they never go to the Trash folder.
I have no rules of any kind set up in Mail.app, and I never did.

My question is, who is the culprit - Mail.app, Exchange, or my work's SMTP server?
How do I find out?


texts: I'm looking for a method to have a light bulb turn on when my camera is active on my macbook-  sort of an "On Air" light.  I know there are arduino solutions for activating the light- I'm just not sure how to begin the search for the method of telling arduino/automator/etc: hey the camera is activated now do this....


texts: System won't boot after attempting 10.13.4 update

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro Late 2014 model. I decided to do the update to 10.13.4, the incremental update to 10.13.3. It gets everything downloaded and does the reboot. I get to a gray screen and it sits for a long time and finally states "installer resources not found" and asks me to reboot and try again. Even when I try again, this process repeats.

This is what I've tried so far:

Resetting the SMC and NVRAM
Boot into recovery (1)
Single user mode (2)
Boot menu and choose "Macintosh HD" to boot back into my system (3)
Boot a Linux Live USB Image (4)

Recovery

When I got to recovery, the first thing I decided to try was to look at disk utility. My drive does NOT appear. I then decided to go and try to "reinstall" macOS. It shows my 500gb drive, but the icon isn't a drive, it just looks like the generic paper icon and states that I don't have enough free space to install.

I opened a terminal and tried to view the file system. It hangs. Screen

Single User Mode

I noticed in the kernel messages that disk2 'media is not present' - /Volumes is empty.

Boot Menu

When I go to the boot menu, I can see the macOS installer option (which takes me back to the original problem of no installer resources) and then Macintosh HD. When I choose the latter, I get to my login screen (yay!) except when I login, if I can, the system eventually hard locks with the spinning pinwheel and I can't do anything else at this point.

Live Linux Image

I tried a live linux image just to see if I would get similar errors in dmesg, but I don't. I can mount the EFI partition fine. Of course, since Linux doesn't have APFS support, I can't mount that. So nothing I can do there. It was just a simple test.

I took my Mac to an Apple store to have them to their diagnostics. They saw the same things - essentially their tests showed the hard drive being in a good state and everything being OK. But clearly it isn't. I'm assuming the drive is dead.

Is there anything else I can do to further confirm if the drive is dead or not? I do have my data backed up. I would like to see if there is anything else possible, assuming that I may end up having to buy something from OWC anyway.

Edit: The drive has bad blocks. macOS images refuse to install to the drive, no matter how the partitions are formated (HFS/APFS).


texts: Photos taking up space in General > iPhone Storage, but I don't have any photos and iCloud Photos is disabled

texts:
so I recently was backing up my photos to google photos, and I usually clear everything from my photo library because it takes up space. I make sure to delete the recently deleted album as well, but I noticed that Photos still takes up space in iPhone Storage under General.
I've tried rebooting and resetting all settings, but it doesn't seem to fix the problem. I disabled and deleted all of my photos in iCloud, so I don't see how that could be the cause of this problem. I found a similar post but I've tried everything suggested except for restoring the iPhone.
So before I go ahead and restore my phone, I just wanted to make sure if there's anything else I could try since that post is pretty old.
Here's a screenshot of the issue:


texts: How can I make OSX to upload files to icloud?

texts:
As you can see from the screenshot, some of the files have the 'download from icloud' icon to the right of the file name, but some of them (from DSCF6758.RAF onwards) are not.

The folder is on the iCloud Drive.

I still have plenty of space in the iCloud.

At the moment my SSD drive is low on free space (only 5% free space left)

How can I trigger the upload process on these not-yet-uploaded files?


texts:
I have a groups mail settings that are not working.

Using the auto complete gave the option of just the group name or the group name with the same name in carrots to the right.

One of the groups follows my preference setting to hide all group recipient email addresses.

The other group shows all the addresses.

To fix the problem I renamed the group and deleted the old name from the On My Mac list of groups.

Now the original name does not appear, but the one with carrots is still there--although I get the warning it does not appear to be a valid email address.

How can I make it go away?


texts:
I have many web projects that I develop on the localhost. Normally to get to these one has to navigate from the root directory or bookmark the url.

I want to be able to open an OS directory/folder in the default browser. So for example I right-click a 'project A' folder and choose 'open in browser' and go there directly. I would like to be able to specify the beginning of the url, so I can change file:/// to http://localhost/ or mymac.local/.

I am imagining this could be done with Applescript but I'm not experienced in that. Is there any way to achieve this?


texts: Does iOS 10 Allow Self-Signed Certificates for PEAP?

texts: The campus I work for (I'm a student, not faculty or staff) is having issues with iOS 10 (for sure, haven't been able to get a single device running iOS 10 to work, even though 9.x.x worked just fine.  It instantly says "Unable to join network" every time you tap the network name) and allegedly Mac OS Sierra not connecting to their 802.1x WPA2 Enterprise network.  In doing some troubleshooting in my own personal time, I discovered that their certificate is self-signed.  Could this be contributing to the issue?


texts: How can I change my iPhone's camera's resolution?

texts: I know that Android phones let you change camera resolution. How can I accomplish the same on iOS?


texts: My iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0.1 recently started showing "invalid sim" message

texts:
I recently forgot to pay for my cellular service, and when I paid the service my iPhone keeps displaying an "Invalid sim" message, then I have to reboot to recover the service.

The phone is working correctly with internet access, calls and messages, the only problem is that I need to reboot the phone two or three times a day to eliminate the "invalid sim" message.


texts: Does Apple provide replacement tips for their In-Ear Headphones?

texts:
One of my earbud tips has been lost. I'd like to replace it. I'd prefer not to use a third-party service, as the quality of the material is never as high as Apple's.

Do you know if Apple will replace them?


texts: I was trying to change my password but it would not load fast enough so I decided to exit the settings app. I came back and now bth my old password and the one I wanted to change it to don’t work so my phone is now disabled. I tried to erase my iPhone with find my iPhone but it is not connected to WiFi. Is there a way I can erase without WiFi? Because I do not have a laptop with iTunes. Please help.


texts:
I dropped my iPad and now it turns itself off.

It says to connect to iTunes.  I look this up but the answers say to connect to a computer.  I don't have a computer to connect this to.

Is there a way to fix this without connecting to a computer?


texts: Can pmset's ChargeInhibit be used to prevent battery charging?

texts:
I've been using my MacBook with AC power a lot lately and I thought that if I could use pmset to run on AC power whenever available and keep my battery at roughly 50% that would extend the life of my battery and AC adapter. I know that it's advisable to regularly drain and recharge the battery.

I'm running OS X 10.10, Yosemite, on a mid-2012 Macbook Pro. I read that in Mac OS X 10.6 pmset could be used to prevent the battery from charging.

Is there any way to do this other than putting a piece of tape on the charger?


texts: I have a list of URLs as input, and I'm trying to get image on the pages in order to download them. I'm filtering the text and passing it to the 'Get Image URLs from Webpage' action, but it's not receiving anything. Am I missing a step, or have something set wrong. Every reference I've found indicates that this should work.


texts: Extract passwords from local items keychain files

texts:
I know that one can easily migrate any *.keychain from one Mac to another, however, the "local items" keychain introduced in Mavericks is not stored as a *.keychain file but as a list of *.kb and *.db files.

I don't use iCloud Keychain and don't plan on using it. I also don't have access to the same device that was used to create the local items in the first place. The logic board has been changed.

As using a backup from time machine only partially restored the local items keychain (a number of entries are definitely missing) I am wondering whether I can in any way or shape extract the previously created items in the local items list and/or import them into a new "real" keychain.


texts: iPhone keeps restarting: How to identify the (probable) offending app?

texts:
So my iPhone keeps rebooting after working seemingly normally for some time, albeit quite a short one - I'd say around 10 minutes, seems to be quite shorter if I'm using it, no matter the app.

It started doing it today, apparently out of nowhere. I tried scrolling the Privacy → Analytics section under the Settings app, but didn't find anything obvious. I noticed some (many) panic-full-<datetime>.ips files with what seems to be a memory and diagnostic dump from the incidents, but again they don't seem to show anything obvious.

Is there any way of identifying the offending piece of software?

It's an iPhone XS, and it has been on the latest iOS (12.2 I think) since its release, so it's been a while now.


texts:
Title is self-explenatory. I really didn't do anything special, all epubs, PDFs etc are gone. I restarted the computer, same result. I have only used it from my MacBook, no iPhone, iPad or anything else.

I checked time machine at username>library>contents>com.apple.BKAgentService>data>documents>ibooks>books and weirdly I could only find books starting from many months ago and not sooner. For at least the last 3-4 backups this folder was empty, which is insane as I use iBooks every day and that definitely wasn't the case until now.

I restored these books, copy and pasted them at the present time username>library>contents>com.apple.BKAgentService>data>documents>ibooks>books folder but to no avail.

This is so weird as we're talking about hundreds of books!

Is there a standard dumb thing I may have unknowingly done for this to occur? What else can I try to resolve this?


texts: Xcode crashes when creating outlet in OSX Yosemite

texts: I am currently using Xcode 5 on my Macbook Pro which is running OSX Yosemite. I am trying to create an outlet from a UIWebview to a header file. When I let go of my mouse to create the connection, Xcode freezes and crashes. This is repeatedly happening no matter what I have done. I have tried restarting Xcode and my Macbook. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? Thanks!


texts: MacBook Pro battery charging stops early

texts:
I have a Mac Book Pro 15" over a year now. I'm having a problem with charging the battery.

During work it stops charging and goes to battery powered mode. If I switch to a different power source it lights up only for a second.

I tried solving the problem by getting a new charger but it didn't help. Did you happen to hear about a similar problem? Is there a solution?


texts: Edge swipe gesture for opening Notification Center on macOS stopped working

texts: Recently the edge swipe gesture for opening Notification Center stopped working on my MacBook Pro. It happened around the same time I upgraded to Catalina, but not sure if it's related. I also confirmed the setting is still enabled (screenshot below). It works fine if I click the button on the top right. Any ideas on how to resolve? Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to force `apfsd` to defragment all the files on a disk?

texts: As I understand, HFS+ and APFS volumes don't need to be defragmented, as files will automatically defragmented by the OS, but I'd like to leave a process running in the background that would do this to all files of the disk. Is there a way to check which files have more fragments or get a list of all files of the disk?


texts:
After installing on my iMac the new system upgrade OS X Yosemite I cannot open any Microsoft office programs anymore, they crash while starting up. The following error message appers:
Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2014-11-19 20:45:17 +0000
Application Name: Microsoft Word
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Word
Application Signature: MSWD
Application Version: 12.3.3.120411
Crashed Module Name: unknown
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: unknown
Blame Module Name: unknown
Blame Module Version: unknown
Blame Module Offset: unknown
Application LCID: 1043
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0413
Crashed thread: 0


texts:
I use Fluid.app for particular websites, such as a bug tracker, or a Wiki. However, when I receive notifications in an e-mail with that URL and click on it, I'll get the page opened in the default browser.

Is there a way to open a website in the Fluid.app instead?

P.S.: I have looked at RCDefaultApp, but could not find a way to do this.


texts:
By right clicking its icon, I can make terminal.app "Open at Login". But I want to maximize the terminal window when it's opened. So it will be very cool when I login: Imagine an OS X without GUI! (at least it seems so.)

Any advice?


texts: How can I add a static route "forever", that means without retyping add route in Terminal each time I'm using VPN? I found this solution for 10.6, but what if there is a nicer one for 10.7?


texts: How to get Audio Drivers for Macbook in Windows 10

texts:
I have installed Windows 10 on my Mid 2012 Macbook Pro. I already had a separate partition which was a leftover from Ubuntu in it, so I didn't partitioned it using Bootcamp and directly formatted it in NTFS. I then used Bootcamp assistant which automatically detected the NTFS partition.
I made a bootable usb and installed Windows 10 using it. It does have latest drivers too. Everything is working in it after installing Bootcamp drivers except the sound. I just get a red cross on the Volume icon in system tray and when I click on it, Windows starts to troubleshoot and the result always points that the hardware change might not have detected and it's been fixed now.

However it never gets fixed. In device manager, I get a yellow warning mark under High Definition audio controller and no other audio device. I have tried installing both Realtek and Cirrus drivers, but they doesn't get installed saying that they are incompatible.

How can I get the audio to work in Windows 10?


texts:
It's official. I love to hate Emacs on Mac OS X.
No matter what I do, I get a thorn in side.
When I try to write \ using Alt + Shift + 7 I get errors because Alt == Meta in Emacs. If I bind the Meta to the Command key I circumvent that error. All is fine. Till I want to use Meta-Tab. Now I'm suddenly trying to Command-Tab away from Emacs into some other application.
I'm furious at the moment, could anyone help me solve this problem? I would prefer it if I could have Alt as meta, not install aquamacs.org and not use the fn key.
Oh, by the way, I use Swedish locale.
EDIT 1:
First solution: add (global-set-key [C-tab] [M-tab]) to ~/.emacs. This will tie the Meta-tabto Control-tab instead. Not what I entirely wanted, but should work.


texts: AppleScript: How to create a file that contains a forward slash in its filename?

texts:
I have a Service that creates a new .txt or .rtf file. The Service saves this file to disk. The filename of this file is supplied by the user via an entry dialog. But, I have found that if the filename contains a forward slash (/), then the file will not be created.

Let's suppose that I would like to create a file entitled: This is my / file.txt.

I can create this file manually in Finder.app without error, which indicates that the OS allows forward slashes in filenames (unlike the colon, for example).

Here is some code (i.e., a snippet from my Service) to reproduce the error:

set theCustomFilename to text returned of (display dialog "Enter filename:
" default answer "This is my /file")

set thePath to "/Users/Me/Desktop/"
set theFileExtension to ".txt"
set theCustomFilePathname to thePath & theCustomFilename & theFileExtension

try
    set fileHandle to open for access theCustomFilePathname with write permission
    write "This is the document text." to fileHandle
    close access fileHandle
on error eStr number eNum
    display dialog eStr & " number " & eNum buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "File I/O Error..." with icon caution
    try
        close access fileHandle
    end try
end try

If you run the above code, you will be given the error:

  File /Users/Me/Desktop/This is my / file.txt wasn’t found. number -43


texts: Why can't my iPhone 4 show edited music info?

texts: When I use iTunes to edit various song attributes, like adding lyrics, album art, song titles etc, iTunes shows that the song is edited. However, when I look in my iPhone, it is still not edited. How can I make it show what I have edited previously?


texts: Don't wake up external hard disk when saving to internal one

texts:
My problem is that I have an external hard drive connected to my Mac. Since it is only used for backup purposes, it is sleeping most of the time.

However if I now want to save something (e.g. a picture from a website) to my internal hard disk, I have to wait for the external one to wake up before the "save as..." dialogue appears.

I know about the question How to save a file quickly and no need to wait for the external hard drives to "wake up"?, but it sounds like it intends a solution about not letting the hard disks go to sleep whereas I would like to let the external hard drive have its well-deserved rest.

EDIT:

I do not want to unplug it, because I know that I will forget to reconnect it before the automatic backup
various other operating systems deal very well with situations like that

EDIT2:

Using Sherwood Botsford's answer I put together the following AppleScript which mounts the hard drive, executes for example an rsync and unmounts it again.

do shell script "diskutil mount 'Name of your Volumn'"

do shell script "rsync -av --delete ~/ '/Volumes/Name of your Volume/.'"

do shell script "diskutil unmountDisk 'Name of your Volume'"


texts: AirPort Extreme (801.22ac) not accessible from AirPort Utility

texts:
My AirPort Extreme (the 802.11ac 'tower' type) has recently stopped being accessible from AirPort Utility. It still works just fine otherwise, both as a wireless router and for Time Machine (with an attached USB hard drive).

If I restart it by unplugging and plugging the power back in it is again accessible from AirPort Utility, but only for a short while. I've tried a full factory defaults reset and set it up again, but the problem continues. It's accessible for a while, then not.

It shows up in AirPort Utility on macOS, but when I click on its icon it prompts me for a password. When enter the password it thinks for a while and then does nothing. It just keeps asking for the password, which I know I'm entering correctly. Also, when it's working normally for the short time after a restart, it doesn't ask for any password.

I'm using my Extreme in Bridged Mode, connected via the Gigabit Ethernet port to my ISPs router. What's weird is that in my ISP router's control panel it shows up under one name and IP address but it's not the IP address that it actually uses, which doesn't show up at all in the router's IP table.


texts: I know that I can remove app by long tapping on any icon on desktop and then tap the cross sign. But what if I have many apps and don’t want to waste my time to scroll among desktops to find specific app. I can find any app by search by name via drop down on desktop. Unfortunately in this case there is no ability to delete app (I didn’t find it), only to run. How can I remove app quickly only knowing its name?


texts: iOS Says "Connection failed and unsupported" when connecting to Mac through Bluetooth

texts:
I'm trying to connect my iPhone 5s to my Early 2011 Mac Book Pro through bluetooth. When I try to connect after pairing, it gives me the following error:

After searching around on the web, I found people saying that this has never been supported, but that's obviously not true! I've done it before, and popular apps like Knock To Unlock require connecting to Mac via bluetooth.

My iPhone is on iOS 7.0.4 and my Mac Book Pro is on 10.9.1.

Can someone please tell me how to connect?


texts: I would like to buy a second-hand iPhone 5C and use it for testing purposes. Aside from hardware specs, are there any limitations specific to 5C that I should be aware of? Also, given that I want to buy it second-hand, what should I be looking for to ensure the phone can be used for development?


texts: Can you search Filenames in Spotlight as opposed to all metadata and contents by default?

texts: I understand there is a dropdown menu in the spotlight search to select "Filenames"  in spotlight, but is there a way to make this your default when searching?


texts: Folder of second hdd unaccessible for other users

texts:
I have a Macbook pro with El Capitan and two HDDs. The second drive I wish to use as a sharing area with my wife who has a user on the same notebook.

I created a folder and put some files there. She can see but cannot modify the folder, can't save anything.

I opened the info window about the folder and there are 3 users: me, admin and everyone. I changed the permissions to all read and write and order to apply to content too.

Nothing has changed, my wife still cannot modify the contents of the folder, nor save files. "Everyone" should give rights to all users - a public folder. What is missing?


texts:
In connection with using a DDNS I need to be able to determine from within a shell script whether or not a VPN is active. I saw this answer from 2014 From the command line, how do I tell if a particular VPN connection is up?:

system_profiler -nospawn SPNetworkDataType Will list interfaces. If You >add -xml it'll be printed in XML format, so that You can parse it. – >Mateusz Szlosek Sep 16 '14 at 9:48

I tried that, but I don't know what I'm looking for.
I use this for a proxy:
MrMuscle:~ mnewman$ scutil --proxy |grep netshade
    SOCKSProxy : us4.netshade.net
This is with the VPN active:
MrMuscle:bin mnewman$ networksetup -listallhardwareports

Hardware Port: Ethernet
Device: en0
Ethernet Address: 98:10:e8:f1:c7:65

Hardware Port: Wi-Fi
Device: en1
Ethernet Address: 98:9e:63:39:8b:ec

Hardware Port: Bluetooth PAN
Device: en4
Ethernet Address: 98:9e:63:39:8b:ed

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt 1
Device: en2
Ethernet Address: 82:93:d6:22:e0:00

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt 2
Device: en3
Ethernet Address: 82:93:d6:22:e0:01

Hardware Port: Thunderbolt Bridge
Device: bridge0
Ethernet Address: 82:93:d6:22:e0:00

VLAN Configurations
===================
MrMuscle:bin mnewman$

The result without VPN is identical.


texts:
My MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid 2010, El Capitan) periodically turns off. And this is happening completely randomly - sometimes it works fine for more than a day, and sometimes turns itself off 10 times in an hour, sometimes just turns off when you turn on the laptop. TG Pro App after each shutdown displays the message "Forced - Battery current outside limit". The number of charge cycles: 859. Maybe I should change the battery?

UPD I changed the battery but the problem remained.


texts:
All I am running OSX 10.6.8 I have enabled root login through Directory Utility. I have assigned a password.

I get an error when I try to ssh root@localhost.

ssh -v root@localhost

OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'localhost' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/known_hosts:47
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering public key: /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/identity
debug1: Offering public key: /Users/rrazavipour-lp/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
Password:
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).

What I am doing wrong? I know I have the password correct.


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Not sure why, but after about 5 minutes of scanning, my ScanSnap just bails on me. I would use their documentation, etc. but nobody knows what this error code is so I wanted to seek the geniuses here and I think it likely that others must have had this problem.

When I’ve used this scanner with another computer it works fine.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software many times, but I’m not sure I’ve completely uninstalled the software because it still retains my custom profile, which I believe may be the source of the problem. Maybe that would be a great first step is to get a complete list of the files to uninstall, since there must be at least a portion of it which is manual.

Time-out occurred during communication. (0xd0020002)


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When ever I try to export a video from my camera roll (at whatever file size) it comes up with the message 'an error has occurred during export'.

I have tried everything I found when searching the issue, however in my phone settings -> privacy -> photos iMovie isn't an option? I don't know why and I don't know how to sort it.

I saved a video from it this morning but I now can't.


texts: Which backups does Time Machine keep or delete?

texts:
I know Time Machine promises to keep one backup per hour for the past 24 hours, a daily backup for the past month and a backup per week beyond that. What I’m wondering is: if you’ve connected an external Time Machine drive multiple times on a given day, which of those backups gets kept and which ones get deleted?

I had always assumed Time Machine would keep the last backup of a day (and similarly, the last backup of a week), but that doesn’t seem to be true: I made two backups last Sunday and wanted to get a file back from the second one, but found that only the first one is still on the drive. Some digging through the Console logs shows that Time Machine deleted the second Sunday backup yesterday.

Does Time Machine perhaps simply keep the first, rather than last, backup of a day? Or does it use another criterion to decide which backup to keep, for example the smallest or biggest backup of the day?


texts: Multiple League of Legends Icons on Dock

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I have kept the application League of Legends in my dock since I use it very often, however, whenever I launch the application, it creates another icon in the dock.

One icon has a "running" dot and the other doesn't.

Is there a way to fix this issue or remove the second icon?


texts: Cross button on iPhone app icon doesn't appear when trying to uninstall

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When I tap and hold on an app icon on my iPhone to uninstall it, the ⓧ button  do not appear for certain apps. As far as I recall, the apps in question were installed using a different Apple ID which I have since removed from my iPhone.

I also tried uninstalling by going to Settings app → General → iPhone Storage → App Name, but couldn't find the Delete App option even there.

This is a company owned iPhone 5s running iOS 12.3.1. The device remotely managed. The apps in question are not managed and were installed using a personal ID.


texts: What is the "host name" in bash? (\h or \H)

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I set PS1="[\u@\H \w] in bash. So it should print the host name. But I do not understand the meaning and nature of the host name.

Basically, I would assume that it is just a name I assigned to my computer. But depending on different WLANs I use (public/university/home), this seems to be a different name for my own Mac Book Pro.

How is this name set? Could I define a fixed host name for my Mac or is this not possible?


texts: How to reset screen time app limit in iPhone?

texts:
I have screen time limit set up for Social apps with a passcode. After allowing an app to be used for the rest of the day, if I change my mind afterwards how can I lock that app again besides waiting until the next day?
I have tried disable screen time and enable it again. Also tried to change the passcode. Nothing works, the app stays unlocked no matter what I tried.


texts: iMac 2011 27" Thunderbolt 2 adapter to connect Thunderbolt 3 hub

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I have an iMac 27-Inch "Core i5" 2.7 (Mid-2011) and I want to connect a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) hub via the Thunderbolt 1/2 port.
In all my searching I could only find a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter. The only issue is that I need the opposite, as most of the hubs I have found seem to have a Thunderbolt 3 connector.
So I am looking for a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) adapter that will let me plug the Thunderbolt 2 port into my iMac and connect the Thunderbolt 3 port to a hub like this.


texts: Automator application that asks me for a YouTube URL before running the command

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I'm trying to make an Automator application that runs this command:
youtube-dl -x --audio-format wav -o "~/Downloads/%(title)s.%(ext)s" 'youtube file url'

but I’d like for it to ask me for the YouTube URL before running. Have been unsuccessful so far, would appreciate any help.


texts: Do I have a virus, a back door? Am I hacked?

texts:
Recently my MacBook has slowed down a lot, though I haven't downloaded any large files or installed new applications, I've mainly used the web.

Yesterday I was doing some work in Photoshop and noticed I had a terminal window open. So I open it to find it continuously pinging 25.212.254.172, as if it was trying a DDoS attack or something. That's when it freaked me out.

I've deleted a whole lot of unnecessary files and applications taht have been on my laptop for the longest but I'm still unsure what to do. A lot of people argue Macs don't get viruses and I think that's a load of crap.

How do I protect my MacBook, manage outgoing connections, remove viruses or figure out what's going on?

Oh and I had this weird thing happen...

I was traveling to Las Vegas two weeks ago and my MacBook looked like it was opened from the bottom and tape was hanging out of it - after retrieving my luggage from the airport. I'm thinking of opening it up but what would I look for if I'm being monitored through hardware? Any tips here too?

Yea I know I'm a bit paranoid but you can't blame me with the NSA revelations.


texts: Firefox "not responding", can't force quit, doesn't show in activity monitor

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I have entered a weird state

Firefox was open. The icon appears in the cmd+tab task menu.

In the dock it shows as "not responding". Force Quit does nothing though.

Ok... but then it doesn't show in Activity Monitor either.  I have searched for "Firefox", "fox", "ff", "mozilla" and skimmed through by eye.

I have also tried grepping the output of ps aux and top in terminal but I can't find it.

I wondered if maybe it wasn't really open and just the dock icon/task switcher were confused, but when I double-click Firefox from the Applications folder:

I have tried relaunching Finder but it doesn't fix anything.

I assume a reboot will fix it, can anyone suggest another avenue?


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There are several questions about this, but none seem to address what I'm seeing.

After editing my /etc/hosts with vi with a test redirect, nothing is redirecting when I visit in a browser, including Safari, Chrome and Firefox. This is on MacOs Sierra.

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

127.0.0.1   www.cnn.com/

the result of $ cat /private/etc/hosts shows the same contents.

I have tried flushing the cache two ways:

$ sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
$ dscacheutil -flushcache

I have also rebooted my machine.

How can I get my /etc/hosts file to redirect?


texts: I have an iPad 3 with iOS 8.3; I wonder if there is some software/tool that allows  to install Adblock and how to enable it on Safari (if I can of course).


texts:
How can I automatically ZIP files with same file names (different extensions) into one ZIP?

For example I have four files

king.jpg
king.txt
queen.jpg
queen.txt

which would led to

king.zip (containing king.jpg and king.txt)
queen.zip (containing queen.jpg and queen.txt)


texts:
Is it possible to make the iBooks search useful? It seems to totally lack any way of forcing capitalisation or word boundaries. I would use Regular Expressions if necessary.

By way of example I was searching a Python book for the word "Eric" but could find no way of stopping it telling me the thousands of references to numeric or numerical


texts: How can I see Windows PCs on a Mac and vice versa on a home network?

texts:
I have an iMac running El Capitan, an Intel NUC with Windows 10 and a Raspberry Pi running OpenELEC (for now, but I've also tried OSMC and Raspbmc). I have a simple WiFi network with no Windows domain or anything.

The Mac and the Pi can see each other in their network browsers, but not the NUC. The NUC's Network only shows the NUC. All of them are in the same workgroup (WORKGROUP) and all of them can ping each other. On the Mac, I can use Finder's 'Connect to Server...' option to add smb://10.0.0.199/sharename (which is the IP of the NUC) to access a share alright, and I can open \\10.0.0.99 on the NUC to access the Mac alright too. But the Windows computer(s) don't show icons for the Macs in the 'Network Neighborhood' equivalent and the Mac and Linux (Pi) computers don't show the Windows PCs.

Configuring networks and sharing on Windows has always been a trial-and-error process for me. Just mess with various settings till something works and that's how I've even gotten these machines to ping or access each other.

What am I doing wrong? Is there a guide to setting up a non-domain network the proper way with mixed platforms?


texts: I'm trying to make a service to archive a folder using tgz. I can't get this to work

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I'm trying to learn to build services on my iMac running High Sierra. I open system preferences and then I click on Keyboard. From there I click on the Shortcuts tab. I get the window shown below.

From this pane, I click on Services on the left and check the box "Archive as tbz" on the right. I then give the shortcut control-command-a as the keyboard shortcut. I then close System Preferences and go to the folder with the folder I want to archive in it. I select the folder I want to archive then right-click on it. A context-menu comes up with Services at the bottom. I click on Services and see my new service at the bottom. I click on it but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

I've tried closing the System Preferences and going to Finder and run my service from there. No luck. After that, I tried running the service by right-clicking on the folder to archive. No luck. I looked up in Google "how to make a service mac" but no luck. Their method didn't work. Now I'm out of options. I also tried using the key shortcut but that didn't work either. I tried doing the same but used zip instead of tbz but zip didn't work either. Can somebody help me make a keyboard shortcut or a service?


texts: How can I access TextEdit documents saved in iCloud on a PC?

texts:
I use TextEdit to store a number of notes for me, and now my Mac is in Apple repair, I can't access them.

How can I use a PC to access these notes?
Is it possible to use an iPad mini to access these notes?

What I've done so far

I logged into http://icloud.com and didn't see my documents under any available application.
I installed the iCloud app for PC and although I see the ability to sync "Mail, Contacts, Tasks with Outlook"  and sync "bookmarks" and "photo stream" ... none of them are "text files".


texts:
While most people seem to want the Windows mouse movement on their Mac, I'd like it the other way around! Basically just remove the mouse acceleration on Windows.

Ideas, anyone?

P.S. I posted this in the Apple section because I would get annihilated by Windows fanboys!


texts: Is there a way of inserting a tilde (~) on a German keyboard without having to press space afterwards?

texts:
I have a german keyboard layout (QWERTZ), and I often need to type a tilde (~) without any other symbols attached to it (e.g. ñ). Currently, the only way I know of to inset a tilde is ⌥ N + Space, which is rather tedious. In comparison, on Windows I only need to press Alt Gr + +.
Is there a way to configure macOS to not require the additional spacebar press?


texts: Sometimes, when I'm suddenly frustrated by something problematic I read on Reddit, I punch my iPhone SE (the 2016 version) screen from a couple inches away using my finger joints while holding it in my other hand (I know, bad habit). I'm wondering whether this bad habit has any risk of causing long-term negative effects to my iPhone, like breaking something on the PCB or damaging the battery.


texts: Is this a standard file Mac/private/var/root ( root being one of 6 with a red circle in the lower right hand corner with a minus sign in it.)

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My apologies if this is a really lame question, Im new here and Ive learned a lot over the last few years but all self taught, so clearly have a lot to go. I get the red circle, and aware of what root is, just concerned about these folders and why I wouldn't have permission. It says I have "no access" System has "read and write" wheel has "read only" and everyone has
no access" .  Its been calculating size for about 30 minutes now, says it was created march 12,2016 at 12:03pm , modified may 22nd at 4:18pm . So weird. So yeah just wondering is this standard and Im just being paranoid haha.  Thanks in advance for any help .


texts: How do I use pf/IceFloor to block an outgoing connection to an IP address?

texts:
I am running an application that regularly phones home and reports a little more information than I'm comfortable with. I would normally add the reporting server's hostname to /etc/hosts, but the app does not perform a DNS lookup and connects directly by IP. I am looking to use Lion's built in PF firewall to achieve this.

I understand that a commercial utility like LittleSnitch would make this a trivial endeavor. However, this is not a viable solution for me. I find their asking price too high, and the built in firewall should be able to do the trick.

I've been using IceFloor to modify the PF configuration to block incoming connections with great success. However, I'm running into some problems blocking outgoing connections. From what I've read, the following rule should be correct:

block return-rst out quick on en0 inet proto tcp from any to xxx.xxx.230.191

It should block only TCP packets to that IP and reply with a RST packet. It seems to be blocking the packets properly, but instead of returning an RST packet, it is silently dropping the outgoing packets. This is causing the app to hang while it waits for the connection attempt to timeout.

Is this rule written correctly to achieve what I would like to achieve? Has anyone else attempted something like this using PF?


texts: How can I connect a Mac Mini to a VGA monitor?

texts: I have a Mac Mini and want to connect it to my Lenovo L2230 monitor. I've read instructions about connecting a MacBook Air to a VGA monitor but I can't translate it to my situation. At present the monitor is connected to a pc running Joli OS.


texts: MacBook pro boot Kernel panic no kext summary

texts:
Yesterday my Mac crashed and after trying to turn it on again I recieved a message like this:

  panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800667b0b2): "VM page 0xffffff800ad5fad0 should not have an error\n"@SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.1.72/osfmk/vm/vm_kern.c:457
  Debugger called:
  Backtrace(CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
  ...
  ...
  ...
  Can't perform kext scan: no kext sumaryczny
  BSD proces name corresponding to current thread: unknown

  Mac version:
  Not yet set

  Kernel version:
  Darvin Kernel Version 13.0.0: thu sept 19 22:22:27 pdt 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/release_x86_64
  Kernel UUID: ...
  Kernel slide: 0x0000000006400000
  Kernel test base: 0xffffff8006600000

  System uptime in nanoseconds: 0

And I know there is a similar post and a good answer to that.

I can't access Recovery HD. When I try to do it by hitting Cmd-R or Alt while booting, Mac freezes and does nothing except generating a lot of heat around CPU. I can only turn it on, do nothing and wait for the kernel message above.

What can I do?


texts: Files.app - how to control which app opens when a file is tapped?

texts:
iOS 14.1
I'm using iCloud Drive to store files and shuttle things back and forth between my Mac and iPhone.
When I tap a file from Files.app on the phone, it immediately opens in a seemingly random app. There is no prompt saying "Open in XXXX?". There also seems to be no way to view or control these file associations, nor any long-press → "Open with..." type of action.
Anyone got any insight into this maddening behavior?


texts: Dictionary widget stopped working after installing Security Update

texts:
I'm running High Sierra, and I installed Security Update 2019-005 yesterday. Since then, the Dictionary Dashboard widget has stopped working. The menu that lets you switch between Dictionary and Thesaurus is empty.

If I type something into the input field, I get the following log messages in Console:

default 11:40:19.873124 -0400   DashboardClient CGSConnection: serious error: CID 287495 never existed.
default 11:40:19.873202 -0400   DashboardClient CGSConnection: current backtrace:: Backtrace (at 0):
default 11:40:19.873249 -0400   DashboardClient Invalid Connection ID 287495

I can still use the Dictionary application, just not the widget. I tried removing and adding back the widget.


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I'm trying to partition my hard drive in order to install Ubuntu.
I'm using MacOS Catalina.
Upon selecting the device and clicking partition, I encounter that most of my hard drive space is greyed out with only 45GB to use out of 1TB. I certainly am not using most of it either. Please see image details below:

How can I get over this and use more space for the partition? Appreciate any advice.
Here's an additional image when I try to partition during the recovery mode but it doesn't allow me to resize it:


texts: 4k vs 5k Monitor as "Retina" on older MacPro

texts:
I am currently running my MacPro (late 2010) with a 30" (2840 pix wide) and often an old iMac 27 as a secondary display.

I'd really like to upgrade to something more crisp - the difference on my MBP Retina is huge.

I thought about getting an Eizo 32" 4k - but it will obviously not be as crisp as the 5k models that usually come around as 27".

Does someone have experiences in these scenarios? It's virtually impossible to find that in the store to test before ordering.

Main application is software development, so usually heavy on text editing, with some graphics works in between. Real space is always rare, but I tend to like a bit bigger fonts lately...

(Graphics card is an eVGA GF GTX 680, main memory is maxed out)


texts: Shortcut for vibrate activation on iPhone

texts:
I've just switched from Android to iPhone and there is something I'm missing: is there a way to get a shortcut in the notifications or control center to switch vibrate on and off ?

I don't want to go to Settings>Sounds> but access this directly


texts: I can't find 'Add all tracks' in the add to playlist section in iOS 7

texts:
With iOS 7 the "Add all tracks" option, when selecting a playlist, seems to have vanished.
Now the user has to select each song in the playlist individually, which can be very tedious with a long playlist.

How can I get back the "Add all tracks" option?


texts: Running a Win XP scanner driver on CrossOver

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard.

I own a scanner that was discontinued a couple of years ago (a Mustek A3 USB), and that comes only with drivers for Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS 9.

I am using CodeWeavers' CrossOver and was wondering whether it is possible to install a scanner driver in a CrossOver flask, and utilize a Windows program to scan images with it? I'm not quite sure what aspects of Windows CrossOver emulates (it's not a full Windows kernel after all), and whether scanner support is possible.

I am aware of the "normal" way to do this - using VirtualBox to set up a virtual machine with Windows XP in it. This is the way I will go if all else fails; using CrossOver would just be so much more convenient than setting up a full Windows machine....

The scanner is old, but high-quality and huge (A3 Format), so buying a new one isn't really an option.


texts: iPhone 6 recognizing my External lavalier mic as an headphone not microphone

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My iPhone 6 is recognizing my external microphone plugged into the headphone jack as an headphone rather than a microphone, resulting in no audio output from iPhone speakers.

How do I make my iPhone 6 recognize that my external mic is a microphone rather than a headphone?

Lavaliere Mic https://amzn.to/2KDW73w

My Mic uses TRRS on the main cable and a TRS on the adapter. Mic can be used on both Iphone and Laptops


texts: Apply a subtitles file to a rented movie in iTunes

texts:
I would like to watch movies rented from the UK iTunes store (on a Mac) with subtitles in another language. Unfortunately, movies on iTunes rarely have subtitles in any language besides English - but there are many fan-made subtitles files out there, and if this was a normal movie file it would be a simple matter to use them.

I'm guessing this is one of those questions where the answer is just "no", but is there any way to take a subtitles file downloaded from the internet, and use it while viewing a movie rented via iTunes?


texts:
Somehow my harddrive seems to fail, I am not able to startup anymore. When I started in verbose mode, I noticed that the harddrive return I/O Errors and the B-Node-Tree seems to be corrupted.

I was able to use the single-user mode to backup files to an external harddrive, but when I tried to repartition the harddrive from the recovery mode, after failing to repair the partitions in single-user mode, I get an error, that he is unable to unmount the drive.

(DiskWarrior 4.4 doesn't even recognize the Macintosh HD and the S.M.A.R.T Test results are alright)

I first thought maybe something is actually used on that drive, but even after trying to repartition from the Disk Utility on a Mac OSX Lion Installer DVD, he keeps telling me, that he is unable to unmount the drive.

(I had a bootcamp partition on the harddrive as well, that is still highlighted, so that seems to be the issue)

The system is an early 2011 MBP.


texts: Do not switch to same app on attached (external screen)

texts:
my problem might be pretty straightforward, but yet, I can't get its roots.

I have MacPro laptop and attached external monitor to it. I'm not doing screen mirroring and I have 3 workspaces.
So when I switch workspaces on mac -- my external screen persists.

the question is: say I have google chrome opened on my laptop and another window on my external monitor. Than, say, I switch to other application on my external monitor (Sublime editor) -> I have Sublime on external + google chrome on laptop. Than I switch to other application on laptop. But When I switch back to GoogleChrome on laptop -> Sublime on external monitor is also switched to Google Chrome. I don't want this behavior. I want applications to be switched separately on laptop and external monitor, and not to be synced as it happens now. is it possible?


texts:
Is is possible to run multiple instances of skype client on an iphone.

I would like to be able to to login to two separate skype accounts and have the run simultaneously.

Is it possible?

For instance, if there was an unofficial skype client, I could install it along the official one with different user name.


texts: Automatically export new emails to folder?

texts:
The manual process:

New email arrives in inbox X (Apple Mail)
Drag-n-drop to Finder folder Y
Delete email in inbox X

How can this be done automatically using AppleScript/Automator?


texts: My Mac plays songs and videos despite being paused

texts:
My Mac 10.14.6 starts playing songs on Spotify, opens iTunes, and plays songs multiple times / minute. If I have a Youtube tab, my computer starts playing the video. I pause the video, but it starts again, sometimes 2 sec after I paused it, so I have to hit the pause-button repeatedly. I wonder if I have dirt or dust under the space bar? It kept on like this for years.
I haven't done anything in particular, it just happens randomly, with or without headphones, with or without Bluetooth. Should I re-install it?


texts: Find My iPhone: Cancel "Lost mode Pending"

texts: Is there a way to cancel Lost Mode Pending status of my iPhone?


texts:
Can I use MacBook Pro as a display for AppleTV? I'm often traveling and I don't have always external monitor for testing tvOS apps on the device.

Thanks, Milos

PS. I can connect AppleTV with MBP using USB cable, open QuickTime player - movie recording and I will have MBP as a display. Problem is that AppleTV stopped working as soon as I unplugged HDMI cable from monitor or device. I tried with the turned off the monitor and it also works, so I need a way to fake it AppleTV that there is a monitor/tv.


texts: iMac (without network connection) had a date in the year 2000 after rebooting

texts: I was having problems with USB devices, so I rebooted my iMac (late 2009 model running OS X 10.7.5). Before rebooting, I turned off wifi. When I logged in again, System Preferences showed the date set to the year 2000. I use the "set date and time automatically" feature, so once I re-enabled wifi, the correct date was set automatically. But shouldn't my iMac retain the date and time? Does this indicate a problem with my machine?


texts: Apple Mail replies to next-to-last message in email strand instead of most recent

texts: For some reason when I reply to an email message strand in Apple Mail on my MacBook Air, it has started replying not to the most recent message in the strand but to the next-to-last one. As you can imagine, this is confusing and infuriating. I can go fix it by selecting the reply button within the last email message, but I should be able just to click Reply and respond to the latest. Any ideas what's going on and how to fix it? Thanks.


texts: How do you restore the OS without restoration disks?

texts:
Recently got a new macbook pro as an upgrade from an older macbook(white). I remember that there were restoration disks containing the installed OS in the packaging with the older machine. However, with the new machine there were no disks or any other storage media.

In the future, if I needed to reinstall the OS, would I be forced to buy another copy from the App Store?


texts:
I have a problem charging my battery.

When I plug my power adapter into my MacBook Pro, the power adapter's light turns green (it doesn't change to orange) and my monitor light turns on (which means the laptop is getting power from the adapter)—but the battery wouldn't charge.

However, when I use my friend's power adapter, my battery does charge.

Is there a problem with my power adapter or something else?


texts: Show Battery percentage on Mac OS Big Sur

texts:
After I upgraded my mac to big sur the battery on the menu bar only show bar/not percentage like before. How to show percentage again?
I go to battery preference but no that option.


texts: Inserting a formula in Pages is not possible

texts:
I would like to insert a formula in a Pages document (under El Capitan). But when I chose Insert -> Formula in the menu all entries in the submenu all entries are greyed out. Also Insert -> MathType equation is greyed out.

Do I need to install further software to have the options available?

Clarification

I am looking for a way to typeset a mathematical formula in a document (i.e., a kind of formula editor). Does any tool like this come together with Apple's office tool?


texts: how to see all media in one place in an iphone

texts:
I am a new user of iPhone and seek any way of seeing all media on my iPhone in one place.

This basically includes the songs, pics, videos etc... even from social apps like whatsapp etc. On Android this can be done in the Gallery app or even using any File Manager.

Is this possible on iOS that run on iPhone 7?


texts:
I set theme in .zshrc file:

ZSH_THEME="random"

And when open new tab, it shows that new theme is loaded:

[oh-my-zsh] Random theme '/Users/maks/.oh-my-zsh/themes/gozilla.zsh-theme' loaded...
mac

But in fact I dont see any changes in theme.

New tab again

[oh-my-zsh] Random theme '/Users/maks/.oh-my-zsh/themes/crunch.zsh-theme' loaded

and again:

[oh-my-zsh] Random theme '/Users/maks/.oh-my-zsh/themes/tjkirch.zsh-theme' loaded...

But still see the same theme. I have already reloaded mac, but no result. The same result in Terminal and iTerm

Update:

Not all themes fails. This one works: trapd00r but with error: prompt_jnrowe_precmd:3: command not found: zsh_path. Others not working.

Update 2:
linuxonly theme works too:

[oh-my-zsh] Random theme '/Users/maks/.oh-my-zsh/themes/linuxonly.zsh-theme' loaded...
mac
maks@Makss-Mac:s047->/Users/maks (0)

but with error:

Can't open perl script "/home/scp1/bin/foopath": No such file or directory


texts: How do I create a desktop shortcut for VNC?

texts:
I connect to my Raspberry Pi with VNC from my MacBook, however to do that every time I have to open the Finder, then select Go from the menu, then Connect to server. I am looking forward for having a shortcut (or an alias) on the desktop so I have to take minimal steps.

This is the address I use for VNC connection: vnc://raspberrypi.local:5901.


texts: How do you add a suite or apartment number to a location in Calendar?

texts:
How can the suite number, apartment number, etc. be added to the location in Calendar on MacOS? I'm using Mojave v10.14.3.

This was supposedly answered in a Previous Question but that answer isn't working for me and I'm not sure why. I've tried using a trailing comma, and using (control) + (return) on lines instead of just a regular return.

Here is the suggested address WITHOUT a suite number. The location is recognized and a map is populated.

Here is the same address WITH a suite number on the second line and a trailing comma. I've also tried it on the same line, but either way the location is not recognized and no map is populated.


texts: How to clone an entire disk with Lion (+Rescue) & Bootcamp Partitions

texts: I have a faulty (hardware-wise) drive in my 2011 macbook pro and will probably get a replacement drive from the vendor, but I was wondering whether there is (by now) a way (tool) to clone the disk completely, including the (main) lion-, its rescue- and finally the windows7 bootcamp partition without having to completely re-install both systems?


texts: Is this a new virus or adware/malware signature? How do I resolve this?

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Since the last 12 hours or so, I've been facing a virus that's somewhat peculiar. When I open websites, and click any link on those websites, I get a new pop-up tab that opens a link from ad.adsmatte.com or youradexchange.com or something like that.

Currently there are no extensions in my Safari, or the other browsers, in fact. The only recent download that I've made that might be the cause is a torrent version of the film CitizenFour(which seemed trustable enough) using Transmission however, I stopped the download after a couple minutes so I don't think thats the cause. I have deleted those files using rm -rf and before that, I have not downloaded anything except Adobe Flash Updater in the last 3 days. I am quite sure that there are no local manifestations of the virus on my computer, I have used the dashboard and seen that it's not iframe's that I click that lead to this, so it's really weird for a virus.

After googling around a little bit, I landed on a reddit post in /r/linux which is here. Here's a screenshot of the pop-up using Safari:

Any help would be appreciated.

I am using a 2012 iMac with OS X 10.10.1. This is the 1st time I've ever seen a virus on my mac, and I'm freaking out really, please help... The bug isn't reproducible on other devices including my iPhone, my friend's Ubuntu, so it's not a bug in the website as the post in /r/linux claims..

Also, the software Adwaremedic (version 2.2.3) doesn't detect ad-ware on my mac.


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I find that when I click "update all" in my iPhone 4S the downloads seem to start and then when they are completed, it stays stuck once the apps are fully downloaded.

I update through wifi, so it's not due to data restrictions.

The blue circles with the "stop" sign inside stayed like this for more than one hour.
In the end I stopped them all and had to start and launch each update manually, which isn't ideal, and what I always end up doing.

PS: This is iOS 9.1


texts: How can I change the country of an iTunes account?

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When I first set up my iTunes account, I didn't have a credit card, so I set it up as a US account, as this was the only way I could create one without a card (and thus use my iPod Touch).

The downside of this is that now that I am trying to add a credit card to my iTunes account, I can't, because it insists on a state and zip code for part of the address, which my Irish credit card obviously doesn't have.

So how can I switch the country of my iTunes account?


texts: Bootcamp: 'No Bootable Device error' after resizing partition El Capitan

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I have a Macbook Pro (Retina 15 inch end 2013) with OS X El Capitan 10.11.1.
I have Bootcamp on it to run Windows 7, always using it without any problem. I wanted more space on the Bootcamp partition so I decided to resize the Macintosh HD partition to make some more space (+10 GB) for the Bootcamp partition.

When I made the Macintosh HD partition 10 GB bigger I've tried to reboot into Windows with Bootcamp but unfortunately the error 'No bootable device, press any key' appears.

I can still see Windows bootcamp in the startup disk of system preferences, but just can't boot into Windows anymore.

Here are some messages I've got by Terminal;

MBP-van-Daniel:~ daniel$ diskutil list
/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_HFS Macintosh HD            418.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                81.0 GB    disk0s4

And some more

MBP-van-Daniel:~ daniel$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/disk0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1

Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
  MBR: hybrid
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/disk0: 977105060 sectors, 465.9 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): A0D4786F-9935-4899-9856-F9B9D0B378CA
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 977105026
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 137 sectors (68.5 KiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition
   2          409640       817633503   389.7 GiB   AF00  Customer
   3       817633504       818903039   619.9 MiB   AB00  Recovery HD
   4       818903040       977104895   75.4 GiB    0700  BOOTCAMP

I've tried some suggested solutions I've read on the web but unfortunately without result.
I think I have to restore the MBR using fdisk but how do I do that? I'm not very familiar with terminal


texts: iPad iOS 11, Recently found that Google desktop site, on both Google Chrome and Safari, does not let me select anything from the populated drop down list. When trying to make a selection in the drop down, the selection just doesn't work. It does work though in Mobile Site mode. Is anyone else seeing this problem, or could test replicate please? I think it’s caused by Google’s webpage structure forcing to use Mobile site.


texts: Change the default Icons OS X 10.4.11 Tiger

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So, I really would like to change my icon set on my iBook G4, but I really have no clue how to do it!

I have the icons (I believe all are in either .png or .ico), but I have little/no experience on Macs! I know I can go program by program and change icons by clicking on Get Info after right-clicking, but changing the entire icon set via that would take forever and I would be sure to miss some.

Basically, does anyone know of OS X Tiger compatible software that will swap icons out for me?