texts: Possible to automate entering star ratings and play counts for identical/duplicate song in iTunes?

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I'm in the process of replacing my low quality <192 kpbs MP3s into either 320 kpbs MP3 or ALAC files in iTunes.

Right now my routine is to import the new HQ files to iTunes, go to "Show Duplicate items" mode, sort according to Song Name, manually replace the star ratings and using Doug's Applescripts to add the new Play Count to the new songs.

Anyone have a better and faster way of doing this? I have a large library and it's really cumbersome manually replacing ratings and play count for the same song but in higher quality. I searched Doug's page but can't find anything like what I'm describing.

Thanks


texts: To Install Latin Modern Math font in OS X

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I want to have the codes of the project GUST in my OS X.
Franck indicates here that the definite way is to download those fonts from there and install.
However, I would like to find some packaged version because this is so standard tool.
The fonts were removed from MacTeX 2015, while they were in MacTeX 2013.
I could not find the fonts in homebrew.

Test code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{polyglossia} % also loads package fontspec
\usepackage{unicode-math} % if you also need maths
\setmathfont{Latin Modern Math}
\begin{document}
$\not\to$
\end{document}

giving font-not-found error.
Disabling the line \setmathfont{Latin Modern Math} gives the bad arrow which I do not want to have:

Installing fonts manually

I downloaded the fonts here from the GUST project.
I added the fonts to my system by opening fontbook and adding there the fonts directly.
However, there is no Latin Modern Math in the package:

How can you install Modern Latin Math font in OS X?


texts: Is it possible to stream television programs from the iTunes store to an iPad, like you would do with an Apple TV, or is it only possible to watch them by downloading first?


texts: How to make path prompt easier to read by color-coding each `/` (forward slash)?

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I would like to get another configuration for the path, more a detail than a real request:

Below an example of zsh PROMPT :

In order to make reading the path easier, I would like to change dynamically the color, except for the first slash (into ~/) of every slash in the path in blue (more precisely %F{75}) by the color pink (%F{13}) But I would like to be able to use with deeper path, that would help me to better locate myself into the tree.

On the image above, this would be only one pink slash changed (Phd_2019_2020/Travail_3_...).

Here's my current PROMPT:

PROMPT='%F{13}|%F{green}%n@%F{cyan}%m%F{13}|%f%T%F{13}|%F{75}%~%F{13}|%F{7} '

Is it possible to perform this dynamic change of color with zsh-5.8 ?


texts: enable dictionaries in dictionary app under el capitan

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os x el capitan, new mac book air with fresh os x installation.

In dictionary app preferences, no foreign language dictionaries appear in the the list of available dictionaries.   However, in /Library/Dictionaries there are many available dictionaries.

How can I access these dictionaries?


texts: How to uninstall not App Store apps using Launchpad?

texts: Is it possible to make any changes to macOS through the Terminal or in another way, so that Launchpad allows simple uninstalling application files, downloaded not via the App Store?


texts: How do I disable the charging chime with Mojave on 2018 a MacBook?

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Searching for commands to disable the charge chime, I have run both of these.

defaults write com.apple.PowerChime ChimeOnAllHardware -bool false; killall PowerChime

defaults write com.apple.PowerChime ChimeOnNoHardware -bool true;killall PowerChime

I still hear the sound. No answers here are selected and they conflict.

Turning Power Chime Off

Can the chime be suppressed with Mojave?


texts: How do I use AppleScript or Automator to turn Time Announce on or off at specified times?

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I like Time Announce during the day while I am working. But I want it off when I am sleeping.

Apple's Do Not Disturb function will mute notifications and sounds associated with them, but it has no effect on Time Announce.

Elsewhere on this site there is an old answer from a number of years ago that offered this script:

do shell script "defaults write ./com.apple.speech.synthesis.general.prefs TimeAnnouncementPrefs -dict TimeAnnouncementsEnabled -bool YES"

Similar script to turn it off.

Another answer can be found here, but goes back to the days of Mountain Lion:

How do I enable "Announce the time" programmatically?

I am new here and a rank beginner to Aapplescript. I do not have the privilege of commenting yet to seek clarification from the authors of the answers presented.

These scripts do not work on Mac OS X High Sierra (10.13). While the first script will compile, when run nothing happens. The script from the page referenced won't even compile. Syntax error about an unknown token after an identifer.

In addition, making a change manually to this preference in settings requires my password to unlock. Can AppleScript or Automator deal with that too?


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Is there a way to list all available commands in terminal?

I know linux has compgen -c is there an equivalent command for OS X?

Update:
The actual issue was that I was using zsh instead of bash. So from zsh, I could either just open bash or run a bash command from zsh bash -c "compgen -c"


texts: mail fails to connect to Exchange account

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When I have a poor internet connection, Mac Mail somehow switches into a mode when it no longer can connect to my Exchange email account (no problem with IMAP). In this answer it is suggested that Mail attempts to automatically manage account settings should problems (such as a poor connection) occur, which may it ending up with invalid account settings.

I have now switched this off, but the account is still not working. How can I reset it to the appropriate settings (without deleting and re-instating it – as suggested here – which would re-load ~10000 emails, which I rather avoid)?

I should say that I'm running macOS 10.12.6.


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I'm using Mavericks and I noticed some of my files have their extensions hidden and others don't. How does Finder decide whether a file extension needs to be hidden?

I know I can prevent this inconsistency by selecting the "Show all filenames extensions" option in Finder Preferences.


texts: When you charge your MacBook, does it matter which thing you plug in first?

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Should you connect the power cord to your notebook and then plug the power cord into the socket, or should you plug in the socket and then the notebook?

Are there any recommendations from Apple?

Update: I have seen both recommendations. Most of the advice says to plug in the notebook first. Maybe it doesn't matter at all?


texts: Has anyone experienced this problem? Does anyone have a solution? I have scoured the internets for solutions and found many different answers. I am on a Macbook Pro 6,1. The one that has worked for me is reset the SMC, switched to the integrated card using gfxCardStatus, not plugging in an external monitor and jacking up my fan speed to 6k RPMs. This has made my machine usable and has only shutdown 2x in the past 3 days. Anyone else have any insight? Solutions?


texts: Which 'system' apps can be safely removed

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I safely removed Front Row, Chess and Face Time which else system apps are safe to remove and which I should never touch?

I think it's a bad idea to remove "Dashboard.app" and "Launchpad.app".


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Can anyone recommend a good photo browsing application.

I have hundreds of photos in well organized folders categorized by year and location where they were taken on my mac but I want a way to actually look at them that fast and simple.

Any ideas?  I am happy to buy an app from the app store.


texts: What does "AMFI: code signature verification failed" mean during single-user boot, and should I worry?

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I had to boot into single-user mode for something and during the boot process I noticed repeated error messages, "AMFI: code signature verification failed".

What could be causing these, and is this cause for worry? I’m running Mac OS 10.13.6. See attached screenshot.


texts: -1006F error message when trying to recover mac

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my macbook pro crashed and i sent it for repairs.. so the guy installed a new hard drive but then sent it back with a screen having a flashing folder with a question mark.. so i looked at this page and basically restarted by pressing the option button. So I came to a screen that asked for my internet password.. then i clicked on a button that says internet recovery.. then i got this screen:

after a while I got a screen with error: apple.com/support -1006F.. any idea what that means or what I should do next?


texts:
I have a Time Capsule that I'm using to back up a number of macs.

How do I back up my Time Capsule?


texts: How to keep a process running on the terminal after locking/logging out?

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Research:

Found no links on internet where someone was able to make it happen. Most answers go round and round without providing a working solution. I'm starting to believe that this is not possible on a Mac.

Question:

I have some scripts that runs tests, build code etc. I want to be able to start the script and "lock" my machine and go home for the day, while the tests continue running behind the locked screen.

However, the moment the screen is locked, the terminal processes just pause. They continue again as soon as I log back in. So the machine just stays powered on the whole night, doing nothing.

Is there a way to be able to run my scripts with locked screen. Note that I'm only locking the screen (control + command + Q) and not even logging out (shift + command + Q). However, the moment the screen is locks out, the tests simply pause.

Most likely this is a safety thing implemented to prevent the machine from not running out of the battery in case there is a power outage. Is there a way I can get around this?


texts: iCloud Drive on Mac is taking up space on HD

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I am trying to clear space on my hard drive. I scan a lot of negatives that come in as super high res tiff files that take up a ton of space. I'm trying to move all of the negative scans to my iCloud Drive to clear space on my HD. But it's not clearing any space on my HD and seems to be taking even more space away from my HD. I've read that by optimizing iCloud it will keep recently opened files on my HD, and all of my negative scans have been opened within the last few months. Is it not possible to clear space on my HD by transferring the files to my iCloud? Is iCloud useless for making room on my HD? Here is a screen shot to show what's happening.
Thanks!


texts: Will a 45 W MagSafe Charger work for MacBook model A1181 (2007)?

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Is a 45 W MagSafe Charger going to work for MacBook model A1181 (2007)?

...or I need 60 or 85 W charger?

Does 45 W MagSafe only work for MacBook Air or also for other Apple Macbooks?


texts: I have a Mac and I'm a Spanish Student. I primarily use Pages in English, but sometimes I work in Spanish and I'd like to have spell check and not have red lines under all my words. I went to system preferences and added Spanish as a second language but that didn't seem to work. Ideas?


texts: Can not reinstall Windows7 (using Boot camp) after i've removed Bootcamp partition via Disk Utility

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I've removed Windows partition (might be label as Bootcamp) using Disk Utility. and after that i found that i made some mistake because in actually i should remove it via Bootcamp Assistant. What's wrong with me now?

I couldn't find installation menu on Bootcamp there's only remove menu. In my understanding i think because Bootcamp now still remember the starting file or boot file of Windows.

Additional Information from diskutil list command:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            300.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS_HD              199.2 GB   disk0s4

NOTE WINDOWS_HD i just create it from Disk Utility program there is nothing inside just blank space no Windows.


texts: Simple Low-Cost Network Backup System - Drobo? Alternatives?

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I'm hoping to graduate from manually copying important files to multiple external desk or portable drives; affordably.

We have 3 Macs and an iPad or two. I have just now learned about Drobo, who as I understand it offer a very user-friendly RAID system, which for any uninformed readers is a redundant array of independent discs, so that your data is backed up on at least two discs, interfaced as a single drive (very simplistic explanation/understanding).

It definitely seems more sensible to be purchasing a single "case" for multiple hard drives as opposed to more than one portable drive, and then adding/replacing the functional aspects of the drive as needed.

I'm not looking for full Time-Capsule style OS-system backups here - just reliable back-up of specific files.

The Drobo conversations I'm finding here on Ask Different seem to be a few years old.

Does the Dobro include software as well as hardware. Is it a minimal computer that is specifically for managing a RAID system? Is this kind of like getting a TV with a VCR built in?

A more recent discussion on MacObserver including someone's RAID system in an Other World Computing drive bay.

I'm hoping for some input from the community before making a purchase. What are some of you using and please share experiences/recommendations and any pros and cons that come to mind.


texts: I’m confused about how Whatsapp backs up data in iPhone

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In Settings > (my name) > iCloud > iCloud storage: I can see “Whatsapp messenger: 12.8 MB”

In Settings > (my name) > iCloud > iCloud storage > Backups > (My iPhone) > Whatsapp: 86 MB”

What’s the difference between these two?


texts: When I updated my MacBook Air (5,2, mid-2012) the installation got hung up and it started chiming as if there was a memory issue... I have attempted to run AHT, and either option-D or D get "Cannot Load EFI/Drivers/Testsupport.efi" Apple Support either did not know what that meant, or that it was caused by my third party (OWC) SSD. Tried the GitHub site to no avail (both loading and/or booting from a USB). My apologies in advance if this is reinventing the wheel...


texts: System time growing an accumulating latency

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High Sierra 10.13.6. I have my system clock displaying the hours, minutes and seconds in the upper-right corner of the screen.
I have had this laptop for years and the time has always been 100% accurate (from what I can observe). Meaning: my cell phone and laptop always keep in sync with each other and the minute segment changes at almost the exact same time.
Over the last few weeks, I have noticed an accumulating "lag" in the time as maintained on my laptop. First, I noticed it was about 15 seconds behind my cell phone and the other computers in our house. A few days later I noticed it was 25 - 30 seconds behind. It is now several minutes behind! For instance it might be exactly 9:00 AM EST but my laptop is showing 8:57:43 AM EST, etc.
The main question here is: how can I "resynch" my laptop with the actual time (as maintained by all the "atomic clocks" I hear about, and likely what all devices are synched with)?
Secondary to that, anybody have any ideas as to what could have caused this? Just curious on that one! My disk storage is very full and I keep getting warnings about that, so maybe its impacting the time somehow?! Thanks!


texts: Does Spotlight search work with a Time Capsule?

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I would like to use a Time Capsule as a file server for 3-4 Macs in a small network.
I've 600 GB of data, and a lot of small files. My colleagues work a lot with Spotlight to find files. I would like to ask you: does Spotlight search work if I use a Time Capsule as a file server?


texts: How to remove dock shelf from Mavericks?

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I installed OS X Mavericks, and the dock shelf has returned despite the hidden option to remove it from previous OS X upgrades. I've tried all the third party dock utility applications like Docker, Dock Designer, CandyBar. All of these apps promise to remove the shelf but fail to do so.

There must be a way to return the dock to 2D view rather than the 3D view or to customize the dock. I'm on 5' of display and the shelf is incredibly glaring, takes up far too much screen space and really isn't needed or wanted.

Does anyone know of a way to remove the dock shelf leaving just the app icons floating at the bottom of the screen and their little "on" lights below those apps running? Please, no other suggestions like hiding the dock or placing the dock on the side. I want the shelf removed entirely.


texts: Early 2011 MacBook Pro 17" to 30" cinema display

texts: I have a 17" MacBook Pro and a 30" Apple cinema display.  The best resolution I can get on the cinema display is 1280x800.  Is there a way to get better resolution?


texts: How can I change the default delay time before automatic shutdown?

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I don’t want to change the default delay time before shutting down all the time, but on occasion I want it to be 10 seconds and still show the dialog.

The only documentation I could find was for scheduled shutdown, which is not useful in my case unless someone can show automation to get the current time and schedule it for now plus 10 seconds.

Is this doable with a tool or script to replicate the warning dialog and 10 second timer?


texts: How do I accept the "Maybe:" contact suggestion in Messages?

texts: Siri has correctly identified a few contacts who have texted me. Is there anyway to accept the suggestion rather than have to manually type in their names?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Trouble Understanding Inactive Memory in MacOSX

I'm just wondering why does the Activity Monitor or Free Memory app says that I have 867 MB free (while writing this question).

Currently I'm running the following apps: Chrome (1 tab), Skype, Activity Monitor.

Here is a shot from activity monitor. Can someone explain to me, with 8GB RAM how is it possible to have these statistics?

Free: 869.1MB
Wired: 1.23GB
Active:2.17GB
Inactive: 3.75GB
Used: 7.15GB
VM Size: 254.82GB
Page ins: 4.34GB
Page outs: 0bytes
Swap used: 0bytes

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Air with a 1.8 GHz i5, 8 GB of RAM, upgraded to Mountain Lion.

P.S. Why is the VM size 243GB? I don't even have that much space on my drive.


texts: I am running Sierra 10.12.3 on a new iMac purchased in Jan 2017. We are running on an exchange network and I'm trying to re-create my groups in Contacts. I create the Group, search for the contact card on our exchange directory, drag it to the group and agree to import the card. I review the list and everything looks good for about 10 minutes. After that I can go back in and all or some of the contacts are missing. How do I make them stay in the Group as I rely heavily on them for booking committee meetings.


texts: Is there a way to change 3 finger drag to 4 finger drag

texts:
Is there a way of using third party software like Better Touch Tool to configure a 4 finger dragging gesture?

I want to reserve 3 finger gestures for many other actions.


texts: What is causing an error with getpwuid in Console, and how can I fix it?

texts:
I have opened the Console application to find the last error messages raised from the Apache server, and I found this entries, in the "All Messages" section (the default one selected when the Console application is open).

I would like to find what is causing the error, and avoid it is executed.

How can I find the cause of this error message, and stop it gets executed?


texts: How long does it take for an initial charge with MBP?

texts: We unboxed a new 2017 MBP three hours ago. I wasn't expecting it to start by opening the lid. I then went through all the stuff you have to do when you startup (icloud, apple id, etc) It was at 34%. It has been charging for two hours. It's at 41%. The charger is in the port furtherest from the front. Is this normal? All of this? I have since shut down to charge (and of course have no idea what is going on now since there is no LED). How long does it take to do the full charge? And was it normal to start by lifting the lid? Brand new (well, brand new looking with wrap)


texts: I'd like OS X 10.8 to receive network notifications

texts: I've got some shell scripts that can send network notifications to Growl for Windows, and it's working fairly well. Can Notification Center on 10.8 (or iOS devices for that matter!) be configured to receive these? Does it even use Growl's layer 7 protocol at all?


texts: Need a cli to check the sha256 hash of a file

texts: To check the sha1 of a file I would use openssl sha1 <file> I'm not sure what to use to check the sha256 hash of the file however, what would you recommend?


texts: MBP Retina 2015: Graphical glitches after update to 10.12.4

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my Macbook Pro has random graphical glitches. Most of the time they are present in Spotify, and less often in Chrome. An example of such glitches is on the photo attached.

Is there a known solution to this problem?


texts: Is there a third party way to use a Mac Pro as the "computer" and a laptop as the Screen, mouse, keyboard, speaker, ext?


texts:
my external hard drive worked fine last week. I cannot get it to mount or show up. here is what it looks like, and here is what i have tried.

First aid does nothing, mount does nothing.

I have tried this in terminal:

mount -t /dev/disk2
mount force -t /dev/disk2
diskutil verifyDisk /dev/disk2
diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk2
diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk2

and got back this:

Jennas-MacBook-Pro:~ jmeacham$ diskutil verifyDisk /dev/disk2
Started partition map verification on disk2
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking the partition map size
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition's size
Checking the EFI system partition's file system
[ / 0%..10%..20%......................................... ] diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk2
Checking the EFI system partition's folder content
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking booter partitions
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
The partition map appears to be OK
Finished partition map verification on disk2
Jennas-MacBook-Pro:~ jmeacham$ diskutil repairDisk /dev/disk2
Repairing the partition map might erase disk2s1, proceed? (y/N)

I said NO because i cannot lose what is on this hard drive.

I am NOT very computer literate, so honestly don't really know what the terminal message means, i just know i can't risk loss if I don't know what will happen.

If anyone has any ideas please let me know. Also if you could be as detailed as possible in instruction because like I said I am kinda dumb about computers. Thank you so much for any help.


texts: I am running 10.6.8 on my Mac Pro 1,1 and I want to reset it. I don't have the install disk anymore, so do I need to buy it again? Or can I copy the files from my system, and put them on a disk and boot from that? (I would prefer not to reinstall the OS, I just want to delete files, as it is getting pretty full, is there a way to only do that without completely reinstalling the OS?)


texts:
Text that is copied from a web browser and pasted into the native Stickies app often brings text highlighting along with it and I haven't been able to find a way to remove the highlighting within Stickies. My current workaround is to paste the text into MacVim and then re-copy and paste it into Stickies.

Is there a way to remove highlighting within Stickies? Even better would be a way to remove all text formatting within Stickies.


texts: What does the indicator on Settings>Privacy>Facebook mean on an iPhone

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In iOS Settings, what do the items listed in Privacy>Facebook control?

If it is green does that mean I am limiting Facebook's access to my data?  Or do I need to turn it off to limit Facebook's access?  I'm very confused and the screen doesn't help guide you.


texts: Difference between sleep, hibernate, etc

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Recently I've been googling about a problem with my MB and got very confused by the use of these terms on the internets:

sleep mode
hibernate mode
safe sleep
idle sleep
standby mode
poweroff mode (autopoweroff setting in $ pmset -g)

I think some of them just mean the same thing, but could someone please clarify which terms are the correct ones, and what is the difference between them?

I have El Capitan on MacBook Pro 2012


texts: Updating firmware to get OWC Aura Pro X2 SSD to show via Macbook Air

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Basically I am trying to install a brand new Aura Pro X2 480gb SSD into a Macbook Air 2014, the original apple SSD has failed and is not seen by the Macbook Air. I know the Aura Pro X2 requires High Sierra as the previous system so the firmware updates via the Macbook Air.
But for some reason whenever I try to install High Sierra using a bootable installer via the Macbook Air, I get an error message stating that the computer is missing firmware partition on any device. I try to install High Sierra on to, been it a USB key or an external hard drive etc.
Is there anyway I can get High Sierra installed via a USB or external hard drive so the firmware partition updates, so I can then see the new Auro Pro X2 480gb SSD and install new system on to it?
I've tried formatting USB keys and hard drives in different ways but keep getting the missing firmware partition message on anything I do.
I have an old 2008 Mac Pro and also a 2011 Mac mini, if those can be useful in anyway to solving this issue I have.


texts: MacBook Pro dead screen with update to High Sierra

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My MacBook Pro 15” 2012 Retina screen is completely black. This happened right after I updated to High Sierra. I tried doing all the resets, and at some point I realized that I could flashlight the screen from behind the logo, so I tried more things. Suddenly the screen turned on when I turned on the computer, and I could see the apple logo, but then it went black again - and now I can’t see the screen when I put a flashlight to it, for some reason.

Does anyone know what I can do? Or alternatively, is there a way for me to screenshare with AirPlay that I can access without being able to see the screen?


texts: Is a paid Apple Developer account required for notarizing macOS apps?

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In macOS Catalina Apple has started requiring macOS apps to be notarized, otherwise users will be told "macOS cannot verify this app is free from malware" and prompted to move the app to the trash. The current workaround for this is that users have to right-click on the app and press "Open," which is then followed by another warning about "exposing your computer to malware".

To avoid users having to worry about this, is it possible to notarize my app without a paid developer account, so users aren't prompted with the scary "malware" warning?


texts: Is possible to reset the timer on a disabled iPhone without Wi-Fi or Cellular?

texts: After the screen was replaced on my iPhone 4S, I a got "disabled for 24+ millions minutes" text on my screen due to battery being unplugged. Unfortunately I have disabled cellular data and I wasn't connected to any Wi-Fi network. Is possible to unlock my iPhone without erasing data? I know the device's passcode.


texts: How to setup DMZ with Airport behind a router (double NAT issue)?

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My cable provider shipped a new modem which includes WLAN, and thus also a router. It hands out 192.168.0.X adresses via DHCP.

My Airport's WAN side is connected to this router, and gets an address out of the above range. The ISP's router has no address reservation facility, so the address that the Airport gets can vary.

The Airport is configured to hand out 192.168.243.X addresses via it's own DHCP server. As expected it complains about "double NAT". For the moment I have fixed the issue by disabling the ISP's router and WLAN completely (bridge mode).

However, I'd actually like to use the feature. My desired setup would be:

ISP's Router
Airport, using e.g. 192.168.0.10
Web Server, opening port 80, using e.g. 192.168.0.20. The ISP's router supports port forwarding, so I can do this.

On the Airport's LAN side, I'd like to span an independent 192.168.243.x subnet, that cannot be reached from the web server. In a way, the web server would be in a "DMZ", isolated from the rest of my home network.

The problem is: The Airport doesn't let me do this! When I connect any device to the LAN side of the Airport, I get a 192.168.0.x address from the ISP's router, and not a 192.168.243.x address from the Airport. The Airport acts like it is in bridge mode, even though it isn't.

How can I set this up the way I want to?


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After installing Yosemite, Clicked on "Mail" it said, "Installing, will take a few minutes" when that finishes, it says "optimizing mailboxes" and then immediately crashes.

Tried deleting accounts, and then adding them back.  Tried rebooting.  Still the same happens each time.  Can you offer helpful suggestions?


texts: How to move a Reminder from one list to another in iOS?

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There doesn't appear to be an option in Reminders to 'move to another list'

Is it really just a case of copy and paste, which would be pretty terrible


texts: How to backup Time Machine's backup to a cloud?

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I want to make any possibility of losing files on my Mac completely obsolete.

Time Machine is awesome, but saving files to single physical hard drive is, well, not safe at all. So, I guess, what I need is to back up Time Machine's backup to a cloud and make sure that my files are being stored in more than one copy in different locations. Then possibility of losing files is too insignificant to bother ever.

And the second thing is encryption. Time Machine backups are not encrypted! Why, Apple? So, I need to encrypt it before saving to the cloud. This, probably, makes it even more complicated, as now i have one huge file instead of bunch of smaller independently synched files.

Are there ready-to-use solutions? This problem seems quite important, so probably it's solved already, right? Though, I haven't found anything.

Among possible solutions, i see this one:
Backup data to a Time Capsule and backup Time Capsule to Google Cloud Storage using Syncovery, as suggested here. Though, I'm not sure how easy it will be to setup backing up from Capsule to the cloud.


texts: iPhone 3GS stuck on home screen after updating Cydia

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I updated some tweaks in Cydia. After doing it, my iPhone is now stuck on the home screen. I am not even able to slide and unlock it and if a call comes, I cannot attend it.

What do I do now?


texts: MacBook Pro can't get more than 2048 x 1152 on my QHD Dell monitor through Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter (4K capable)

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Short story:

My MacBook Pro (Retina 13" Late 2012) can't run 2560 x 1440  on new QHD monitor (Dell S2719DM - Only has HDMI ports) through a 4K Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.

Why and how to fix?

Long Story:

So before I bought this monitor I had bought a Lenovo that I got to work running 2560 x 1440 on my MacBook through DisplayPort (HDMI apparently only gets up to HD on this generation of MacBooks), but these Lenevo monitors have some bugs that creates a lot of problems with DisplayPort and QHD on Mac, so when DisplayPort failed on this monitor, I returned it and upgraded to a DELL S2719DM

When I got home from the electronics store after closing hours on Saturday (Sundays are closed around here) to my despair (I'm working on an important project this weekend), I found out that the monitor didn't have DisplayPort, only HDMI (which again won't give me 2560 x 1440 from HDMI port on my MacBook Pro). Since all stores were closed for the weekend, I found this private seller that sold a barely used 4K Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter (this one here) and drove a long way to buy it from him.

Then I get back home, ready to continue working on my project with deadline approaching and confident that this will surely work. I soon realized that the max resolution using this (and the high speed HDMI cable included with monitor) is 2048 x 1152.

What is wrong? Shouldn't the result have been the same as with Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort on my previous monitor? Does the Mac view this connection as HDMI and therefore limit the resolution as if I just directly used the HDMI port on the MacBook?


texts: Applescript : Lock & UnLock MacOS based on device stats

texts:
I'm trying to do a script to lock my computer when a USB key is not connected and the other way , unlock my computer when the USB is connected.

I'm not quite sure how to do the second part, should I just remove Password requirement for unlocking when the USB is connected?

property Disconnected : true
property MyShellScript : missing value

on YubiKeyConnected()

    try
        set MyShellScript to do shell script "ioreg -c IOUSBDevice | grep Yubikey"
    on error
        set MyShellScript to "Not Connected"
        set Disconnected to true
    end try

    if MyShellScript contains "Yubikey NEO OTP+U2F+CCID@10" then

        set Disconnected to false
    end if
end YubiKeyConnected

on idle
    set currentState to YubiKeyConnected()
    if MyShellScript contains "Yubikey NEO OTP+U2F+CCID@ 10" then

    else if Disconnected is true then
        activate application "ScreenSaverEngine"
    end if
    return 1
end idle

Update : I found this but keep having the error "error "security: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain." number 44"

tell application "System Events"
    if ((get name of every process) contains "ScreenSaverEngine") then
        set pw to (do shell script "security find-generic-password -l \"[MyLocalPassword]\" -w")
        tell application "ScreenSaverEngine" to quit
        delay 0.5
        keystroke pw
        keystroke return
        -- set require password to wake of security preferences to false
    end if
end tell


texts: How to configure webproxy settings to bypass hosts and networks in the shell?

texts: Can I manage this setting in the Terminal?


texts:
When I open a terminal in iTerm2, I can use the command key to make it work like Meta, so that I can for example move between words (e.g. with ⌘-f and ⌘-v.
However, as soon as I start a tmux session within the terminal (e.g. by typing tmux new, for some reason these bindings don't work anymore, why? and how can I fix it?
Update
Below is a picture of my iTerm2 preferences:


texts: Do Bluetooth headphones compensate for the audio delay by slowing down the video?

texts:
I've always wondered why the delay was so small (I'd say unnoticeable) when I'm using the Airpods, as opposed to other BT earphones. I've also noticed that when I open, say, a YouTube video, the picture stutters for a few milliseconds (seemingly out of sync with the audio) and then goes on in total sync from there. That doesn't seem to happen when I'm using a wired headset or built-in speakers.

This has lead me to wonder if the Airpods (or maybe something in the device's Bluetooth implementation) delay the picture slightly whenever the computer sees a BT headset so that the user doesn't notice the audio delay. If that is the case, then certain things, like gaming, get affected even more than I thought they are.


texts:
It is very annoying to "Trust this computer" every time I connect my iPad to Mac.

Is there a way to "trust" my Mac by my iPad automatically?


texts: What hardware fix would resolve no usb connection from an iPhone that won’t boot?

texts:
I was downloading apps, and also was doing other stuff, on my iPhone when the screen suddenly went blank. I couldn't turn it on after that.

When I plugged it into a power source, it showed an 'infinite loop' of the Apple logo until I unplugged it.

I've tried to do a restore but iTunes doesn't recognized the iPhone.  I've tried putting it into DFU mode but nothing was displayed on the screen.

Are there any other ways to fix this?  If not, should I considering replacing some parts (like either the battery or the charging port)?


texts:
I have two versions of Xcode, one is the latest Xcode 5 and the old 4.6.3.
The second one is just a copy of the first one, just before the App Store update.
But after the update, App Store keeps telling me to upgrade Xcode again.

Is there any option to turn off this feature for a separate app or folder?
I really want to use the new Maverick auto update feature, but it will update my old Xcode and i really need that iOS5 Simulator....

UPD: Yes i had iOS 5.0 and 5.1 simulator on Mountain Lion, but not or Mavericks...


texts: Issues connecting AirPods Max and other headphones to MacBook

texts:
When AirPods Max is connected to macOS (11.2.2) my Bose QC 35 II headset can not hold a connection any more. I can try to connect to the Bose but it will immediately lose the connection. When I drop the connection from macOS to the AirPods Max, the Bose will happily connect.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem and keep both connected at the same time?
I deleted the Bluetooth plist and restarted macOS (which solved another Bluetooth device problem), but it didn't help this issue.


texts: Low latency wireless monitor solution (2021)

texts:
It's 2021 and Wifi 6 is finally supported by Apple M1 MacBooks, so can anyone point me to a efficient (preferably dongle-less on the MacBook side) solution for wireless screen casting in extended mode (not just mirroring)?
There are actually multiple scenarios one could consider:

connecting to regular (say Dell) monitor
connecting to an iMac
connecting to a projector
connecting to a TV
connecting to an iPad

but I'm mostly interested in the first two. Point 3 would we an awesome bonus.
I've tried many solutions but each has significant drawbacks, namely:

AirPlay (too slow out of the box, also can't connect to ordinary displays)
AirParrot with Reflector (extended display feature is currently broken for Apple M1)
LunaDisplay (haven't purchased as it can't be used with regular monitors)

I've also seen many references to DisplayLink, but I'm confused about their massive product inventory.
In essence I'm looking for a solution (software license or a piece of hardware) that would be:

compatible with scenario 1 and 2
fast (mouse cursor should display little to no lag)
minimalistic (preferably no dongle for the Macbook, or LunaDisplay size dongle)
easy to use like AirPlay

Edit: Tried AirServer and it is better than I've expected, but software alone isn't going to connect me to a Dell monitor, so I'll keep this question open.


texts: AirPlay turns my secondary monitor into a mirroring device

texts:
I just replaced a BenQ monitor by an LG Ultrawide one as a secondary device to my 2017 Macbook Pro. When using AirPlay to my Apple TV (AirPlaying the Macbook screen), I used to be able to keep using my secondary monitor as if nothing was happening.

However, since I changed my secondary screen, turning on AirPlay automatically turns on this secondary screen into mirroring mode (with a terrible stretch due to the aspect ratio differences).

Any idea how to fix that?


texts: If I backup my iPhone will all the information on my phone be deleted?

texts: I want to backup my iPhone to iTunes but I still want all the information to remain on my phone. Will my information be deleted if I backup it up?


texts: Adding deleted Gmail account back to iPad

texts:
I accidentally deleted one of my Gmail accounts from my iPad.  It is still on my iPhone and my computer, but I can't add it to my list of email accounts because it still exists as my account.

Does anyone know how to make it show up again on my iPad?  Such a silly mistake!
Thanks.


texts: Mail window doesn't appear until I enter full screen?

texts:
I'm having a very strange problem with Mail on a new iMac which is running 10.10.3.  The Apple store migrated the user's home files over from an old MacBook, which was running Snow Leopard, and everything worked fine for a few weeks.  Then the problem appeared: Mail wouldn't show any windows when starting.  The program was clearly running; the menu bar showed "Mail" and a dot appeared under Mail's Dock icon.  Also, Mail's "window" menu had entries for "Inbox" and two message windows which were open the last time Mail was shut down.  The weird thing was that choosing "Enter Full Screen" from the View menu actually worked; the Inbox window would appear full-screen, and I could then choose "Exit Full Screen" and the Inbox window would appear normally.  Quitting and restarting Mail made the problem happen again, though - no window appeared.

Apple's chat and phone support have had me deleting plist and lock files from various locations, but no joy.  They have actually talked the user through two complete reinstallations of Yosemite, which took 24 hours each time as her net connection is very slow.  They have said something very odd, which I doubt is correct: they think the problem with Mail may have been caused by me copying files over from another Mac.  Here's what I did: I made a subdirectory in her Documents folder and copied everything from the home directory of another user on a Mac Mini to that subdirectory.  I did this to preserve those files as the Mini is old and the user wants to get rid of it.

I don't see how copying files - no matter what files - to a subdirectory in Documents could possibly have broken Mail's ability to display its window when starting up.  Mail is fixed now, after two reinstallations of Yosemite, but I haven't copied the files over again.  Apple's support guy is recommending that she buy a new backup drive and copy the files to that instead.  I don't like this for two reasons: one, it means spending more money, and two, the files won't be backed up as they would be if we kept them on her iMac.

Can you think of anything which could have caused Mail to stop showing its window only when first started, or any way in which copying files over could have caused it?  Can you offer any insight into this weird problem?

Update: After a trip to the Apple store where the staff reinstalled Yosemite yet again, Mail is working normally.  But here's the kicker: a few weeks later, Safari started doing exactly the same thing - no window appears when you run the program, but entering full screen makes it appear, and exiting full screen then works properly.  Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Taking long list of repeated values and copying to sorted, unique list

texts:
Alrighty, I’m working on some homespun financial rejiggering. I have a manually-entered “Keyword” column that features many repeated values.

A small sampling:

Cleaners
Cleaners
Cleaners
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cell
Cable
Cable
Cable
Cable
Band
Band
ATM Fee
ATM Fee
ATM Fee
ATM Fee
ATM Fee
ATM Fee
Amazon
Amazon
Amazon
Amazon
Amazon
Amazon
Amazon

I need to create either another column OR table that takes these many values, de-dupes them and sorts them alphabetically, like this:

Cleaners
Cell
Cable
Band
ATM Fee
Amazon

This needs to be done with  formula… not manually or scripted.

Suggestions??


texts: iMessage crashes upon opening (Cannot text)

texts:
Whenever I open my iMessage on my iPhone it crashes.  Someone sent a message that contained like 5000 of these (and I'm not even exaggerating) that's about 50000 characters.

 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

Please help me delete this group message without going on my iPhone. (I have a windows PC with iTunes.)


texts: How do I access BIOS on my MacBook Pro (13 Inch - middle 2012)?

texts:
On many Intel based computers, pressing the delete key shortly after powering on the computer, allows you to enter BIOS (or equivalent to it). How do I enter BIOS or equivalent on my MacBook Pro?

Please note it is traditional Intel Mainboard i5, without EFI.


texts: Recovery Volume mounted in `/Volumes` after checking for updates

texts:
From my understanding, with the new APFS system for macOS, the Recovery volume mounts itself briefly when it checks for updates; however the Recovery Volume on my MacBook Air is still mounted in /Volumes after finishing checking for updates:

I could simply unmount the volume as if it were a external USB or restart my computer to unmount it, but I don't know why Recovery is still mounted after it has already checked for updates. Has anyone else experienced anything like this before? What can I do to prevent this in the future?


texts: Constant beachball and freezes without high CPU usage, "nspace-handler-update: did not find token" message

texts:
We have a 2015 MacBook Pro here with OS X 10.11, which gets extremely (unusably) slow when starting a Time Machine backup.  All applications freeze from time to time and the spinning beachball keeps coming up.  The backup only goes to a few kilobytes and doesn't finish even after several hours.

During this time the CPU usage is not high, and the memory is not full.

What could be the cause and how can we fix this?

Other symptoms:

nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: and nspace-handler-unblock: did not find token messages keep coming up in Console.app.  After searching for these I found many complaints about the same symptoms online, but I found no solution.  This is one example of a forum thread discussing these problems.  The answers there suggest checking that there is enough free disk space and running a disk check.  Yes, there is > 400 GB free space and the disk check finds no errors.


texts: It appears in my usage report in Settings as having 0.4KB of Documents and Data, but I've never installed anything by that name. It doesn't appear as an app on my home screen, and a Spotlight search turns up nothing. For that matter, a Google search turns up nothing. What the heck is it?


texts: iCloud for Windows 10: Unable to change location of Shared Photos folder

texts:
I've recently moved my Pictures folder into a OneDrive folder on Windows. Within the Pictures folder I had my iCloud Photo folders; this required me to update the location of the various iCloud Photo folders in the iCloud settings. This works fine for the Download and Upload folders, but when I try to update the location for the Photo Sharing folder, it always resets to the previous location.

Here's what it looks like before I've set it:

Note the filepath for iCloud Photo Sharing is %USER%\Pictures\iCloud Photos\Shared.

Here's what it looks like after I click the change button and set it to the desired new location:

Note that the iCloud Photo Sharing path is now %USER%\OneDrive\Pictures\iCloud Photos\Shared.

If I then click "Done" to exit to the main options panel, "Apply" to apply the changes, and re-enter the Photos Options panel, I see that the change didn't go through (though it noticeably has for the Download and Upload folders):

How can I move the folder and make it stick? It doesn't seem to be a conflict with OneDrive, since even if I direct it to a folder that's not archived by OneDrive, it won't keep the change for the Shared Photos location.


texts: How can I get my browser to remember a password it doesn't offer to remember?

texts:
In my university internet authentication is required. When i use Macbook to connect to internet the password popup window will be appear. On this window I cannot set it to remember my ID/Password. Every times I want to use internet I have to login it manually.

I've tried to setup my Chrome, Safari to remember my authentication ID/Password but I don't know exactly where the popup window comes from.

How can I store my password so I don't have to enter it every time?


texts: Secure iCloud storage for years in advance

texts:
Apple are very quick to downgrade paid iCloud storage accounts when billing fails. Data are then deleted indiscriminately within 15 days of payment failure.

The monthly fees for upgraded iCloud accounts are nominal, yet Apple only accept payment one month at a time by credit card. I would gladly pay five hundred dollars right now to secure my data for the better part of a decade. However as far as I know, this is no way to prepay.

How can I hedge my bets against losing my iCloud data without relying upon recurring credit card payments?


texts: Firmware Password Lock after Bootcamp Install

texts:
Tried to install Windows via Bootcamp on my computer yesterday. When the computer restarted to try and boot on the Windows partition, I got hit with the Firmware Password. Asked my IT guy what it was and the password doesn't work. Either he remembers it wrong or entered it with a typo.

In any case, I've tried every operations i've heard people discuss to try and boot on my main system. Tried booting in Recovery Mode, tried Resetting NVRAM, tried Resetting SMC. Any combinations I try end up on the lock screen of death.

Shouldn't I still be able to boot to recovery or at least select my startup disc?


texts:
How can I add annotations on my book using iBooks?

Any time that I try to create an annotation, iBooks wants to create a new copy, with this message:

The original document can't be changed, so a duplicate with your changes has been created.


texts: Apple Photos on Mac does not analyse a very specific set of pics

texts:
I have imported some pics recently, and although they have been "analysed" in the main tab (Library), they remain as "427 Photos remaining" in the People's tab.
In the meantime, I imported yet another set of pics, and these new imports have been successfully analysed in both tabs, leaving me again with the remaining 427 pics.
I have looked in the SQLite database, and there seems to be a correlation in number between these pics and the pics tagged with a ZANALYSISSTATE=-30 in the ZASSETANALYSISSTATE table.
Performing the following query highlighted the fact that the directories matches the dates at which the problem started to occur:
select zdirectory from zasset zad
inner join ZASSETANALYSISSTATE ZAS
    on zad.zuuid=zas.ZASSETUUID
where zas.ZANALYSISSTATE = -30
group by zdirectory

What does -30 mean ?
How to fix this?


texts: How do I make TextEdit remember last Save As location in Mountain Lion?

texts:
First off, I have disabled iCloud as default location for Save As dialogs in TextEdit.app:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false

… But still, I have one critical beef in TextEdit:

Save As… dialogs don't remember the last location where I saved a file! To the best of my knowledge, this used to be the case prior to (Mountain) Lion.

How can I restore this behavior?

Example use case:

Open TextEdit.
Type something.
Hit ⌘W.
Save As dialog appears; choose ~/Desktop.
Quit and reopen TextEdit.
Repeating steps 1–3 … it doesn't default to ~/Desktop! (It's always ~/Documents.)


texts: In my usage list(settings>general>storage & iCloud usage>manage storage), there is an app that registers as (null) with no icon, a version number that doesn't match anything I've previously downloaded, and it's taking up storage space. I first noticed it about a week or two ago. And no, I can't download recent apps to find the one that it is, because I downloaded multiple apps recently, and didn't notice the (null) app until my storage was critically low and I was looking to delete something. I am running iOS 9.2.1 on an iPhone 5C.


texts: I can no longer edit my iPhone's playlists

texts: My playlists on my iPhone are no longer showing the edit button at the top. Is there a setting for this or anything to get them back?


texts: Connect 2008 black MacBook to 2013 MBA via Thunderbolt / Firewire?

texts:
I am buying a new MacBook Air soon and am getting ready to transfer all of my data via migration assistant. I know this can run via wifi but that is way too slow. My MacBook has a FireWire port, which was how I transferred my data from my older computer that I no longer use to my currently old MacBook that I will be replacing next week. Does anyone sell a male-male Thunderbolt to Firewire cable, and are the reliable? The Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter that Apple sells is female-male so it won't connect into both ports. It seems to be made more for connecting third-party firewire devices (e.g. cameras, media devices) to newer computers that no longer have firewire ports, only thunderbolt ones. Or in the end should I just give up and connect via USB which will be much slower?

Either way the point is to connect the computers -- whether I use Migration Assistant or not. If I end up just transferring data manually it's the same issue -- I want the fastest connection between the two computers so the process will finish quickly.


texts:
I've been trying to do my own AppleScript to make my Mac press C 13 times, press the left arrow key, press C 13 times, press the right arrow key and start from the beginning repeatedly at 1.7 seconds intervals.

Currently I have only managed to do a working script that makes it press C multiple times. Could someone please help me with this? This is what I have at the moment

set i to 0
repeat while i < 1.0E+300
    set i to i + 1
    delay 1.7
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c"
end repeat


texts: Why does my Displayport monitor not turn on when selecting a boot drive?

texts:
I'm on OSX 14.5, with a MacPro 2013. I have an ASUS Displayport monitor, and ordinarily it works fine, both in OSX and from Windows 10 on a Bootcamp partition.

But if I boot the Mac holding Option to open the boot drive selection screen, the monitor does not turn on.

How can I get this to work?

EDIT:
Extra data... if Win 10 sleeps, the monitor will not wake up.


texts:
I have accidentally learned 'formating'.

I've tried unlearning by right-click, and have removed the word from the /Library/Spelling and ~/Library/Spelling directories.

The word is still not underlined in red when I type it on various apps.

Is there any way to make sure the word is unlearned?

Pages recognises the word as incorrect, but not TextEdit or Google Chrome.


texts: Will a standard MacBook Pro optical-bay HDD caddy fit a non-unibody MacBook Pro?

texts: I have an early 2008 A1226 15" MacBook Pro Santa Rosa (ie non-unibody), and I want to put an HDD in the optical bay (replacing my original HDD with an SSD). There are caddies like this that might do the trick, but they never specify my older (non-unibody) MacBook Pro version exactly. I'm wondering if that will actually fit, or if there's a better alternative that's fairly cheap. Optibay sells one specifically for non-unibody here but at $100 it's 5x the price.


texts: Moving from original iPad to new iPad (2012): Is a cover like Apple's black one available for the new iPad?

texts:
I'm upgrading from the original iPad (2010) to the new iPad (2012).  I skipped the iPad 2 and the Smart Cover, so I don't have any compatible cover accessory for the new iPad.

I did try someone else's iPad 2 and Smart Cover before, and while I think the Smart Cover design is clever, it does little to protect the iPad from a fall, or the back from scratches.  And, while the magnets are strong, the Smart Cover can still separate; i.e. don't have a 4-year-old yank an iPad 2 by the Smart Cover and expect it to stay stuck!

What I would really like to shield my new iPad is something almost (but not quite) exactly like the cover I had for my original.  Of course I'm referring to this:

What I liked about the original black iPad case/cover is:

it protected both front and back from scratches,
it could be folded to stand in two orientations,
the rubber-like material sticking out a bit at the edges made the case absorb some of the shock of a side-impact drop (helpful if you have a four-year-old .. though she's five now and is more careful!),
it is tight fitting, and
it could be cleaned easily.

I already tried putting my new iPad into the old iPad case/cover, and some things don't line up (power button, notably), and it's lacking the camera hole at the back, and it's no longer a tight fit since the new iPad is slimmer.

Is there a third-party / aftermarket case almost exactly like the Apple one pictured above, but designed for the new iPad (2012)? I'm hoping some company might have closely matched Apple's original design.


texts: How to determine if a MacOS program on Apple Silicon is emulated x86 or native ARM from the command line?

texts:
I have an M1 MacBook Pro and have downloaded both some native (ARM) and x86_64(Rosetta 2 emulated) binaries.

How do I determine from the command line which of these ISAs a particular binary file is?
Is there any way to know if a currently running program is running
native or under Rosetta 2?


texts:
(By way of background I have been helping a local blind child learn coding. He's switching schools from a Windows based school to a Mac based school so I am trying to familiarise myself with VoiceOver on the Mac.)

When using VoiceOver and Xcode to write Swift into a new Swift Playground a pop-up window appeared requesting my password.

How might I navigate to the pop-up without using a mouse?

I tried the arrow keys, tab, with and without ⌘, and ⌘ `, all to no avail.

(N.B. Unless I could see the screen I would have had no idea that the pop-up had appeared, VoiceOver did not mention it.)


texts: Can't share Internet connection from MacBook to iPhone

texts:
I have my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.10.4) connected via WiFi.
iPhone 5s 8.4 is connected via bluetooth to the MBP. But I can't navigate on the Internet from my phone.
Here's the setup:

Can someone help me to navigate the Internet from the iPhone using the MacBook's connection?


texts: ITerm2 Console connection to Cisco equipment Control-A does not work

texts:
I connect to Cisco Equipment via console cable and am currently trying to use ITerm2.

The problem is I cannot get the Control-A (Move to beginning of line) command to work.  I've tried to add in the hex code ^a with 0x01  with no luck..

Funny thing is..  Control-A works as expected if I am in ITerm2 and:

Am browsing my local drive / directories
Connected to Cisco equipment via telnet or SSH

I only see Control-A NOT work if I'm connected via the console cable.  The Control-E (Move to end), Control-U(Delete line) always work as expected though regardless if I'm connected via console or other remote access.

Anybody have any thoughts on what I can change to get this one function working.

I am running the below command when loading my cisco profile:

screen /dev/cu.usbserial-A9030WJK  -f 9600,cs8,-parenb,-cstopb,-hupcl

USB to Ethernet cable, I am not using the usb -> serial adapter and I'm using a 13" MBA laptop El Cap.


texts: How to retrieve pictures from guest account?

texts: I have saved pictures in my MacBook Air on a Guest Account. I am trying to locate my pictures in guest account but am unable to find it. How can I retrieve these?


texts: How can I see the list of all open folders in the finder in the Open/Save dialog?

texts: Commonly, in the Open/Save dialog I would like to get the list of all the folders that are open in the finder (as these are the ones that I'm using at the moment). I tried to define a smart folder with the list of recent folders, but this doesn't do the trick. Is there a way to introduce this list in these dialogs ?


texts: Crash with error "Panic. No more room to grow table" (logd thread)

texts:
MacOS crashed with this error. Is it hardware or software issue?

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff800027edcc): "No more room to grow table: 0x0xffffff8000c3fee0 size:262142, used:262141, requested elem:1"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-4570.51.1/osfmk/kern/ltable.c:461
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff9228c7b830 : 0xffffff800026e166
0xffffff9228c7b880 : 0xffffff8000396714
0xffffff9228c7b8c0 : 0xffffff8000388a00
0xffffff9228c7b940 : 0xffffff8000220180
0xffffff9228c7b960 : 0xffffff800026dbdc
0xffffff9228c7ba90 : 0xffffff800026d99c
0xffffff9228c7baf0 : 0xffffff800027edcc
0xffffff9228c7bb80 : 0xffffff80002b5924
0xffffff9228c7bba0 : 0xffffff80004d9210
0xffffff9228c7bbf0 : 0xffffff80004d90af
0xffffff9228c7bc30 : 0xffffff8000705b44
0xffffff9228c7bd20 : 0xffffff800070510d
0xffffff9228c7bd90 : 0xffffff8000703d3a
0xffffff9228c7bee0 : 0xffffff80007060b5
0xffffff9228c7bf40 : 0xffffff8000804418
0xffffff9228c7bfa0 : 0xffffff8000220966

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: logd

Mac OS version:
17E199

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 17.5.0: Mon Mar  5 22:24:32 PST 2018; root:xnu-4570.51.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1B55340B-0B14-3026-8A47-1E139DB63DA3
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8000100000
System model name: MacBookPro14,3 (Mac-551B86E5744E2388)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 295742898381219
last loaded kext at 293880634196283: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc.acm   5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f83278000, size 57344)
last unloaded kext at 294477932559173: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc.ecm 5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8326c000, size 49152)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer   1.6.6
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC  1.70
com.apple.kext.AMDRadeonX4000   1.6.6
...


texts: Where does Spotlight keeps the excluded folders

texts:
Does Spotlight keeps the privacy excluded folders in some special configuration file ?

Those folder are configured under
system preferences -> spotlight -> privacy

I believe it should be somewhere under /Library/Preferences/ ..
This data is persistent so it must be kept in file, but which one, perhaps it's not purely textual file (xml plist format) but binary one ?

EDIT: I've found out that the file which keeps the file reside in
/.Spotlight-V100/VolumeConfiguration.plist in the Exclusions array :

    <key>Exclusions</key>
    <array>
    ...
    ..
    .
    </array>

However, if I add new exclusion to the list, it doesn't appear on the UI.

thanks


texts: How to open any program from the terminal

texts:
Often in the terminal I want to open a specific file (since I've already browsed to the right directory).

A few programs I have come with their own links ready, like subl index.html will open Sublime Text editor. Also I am aware of the open foo which will call the file to be opened in the default program associated with it.

How can I setup a more general way of opening a file from the terminal with a specific program, either by defining a per-program helper/shortcut, or better even, in a generic way?


texts:
I have a 20' aluminum iMac (the one that came with a Mighty Mouse).

The not-so-mighty mouse started to fail, and I'm tired of trying to clean its wheel.

What's the best mouse that looks good with an iMac? It can be either Bluetooth, or USB (a short cord would be great).

My current choice is the Magic Mouse, but its lack of middle button, to open tabs in Safari, may be a deal breaker.


texts: How can I use LaCie USB Key "Private Volumes" with 10.6.8/10.7?

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Today I purchased a LaCie iamaKey v2. When I first ran the included 'La-Private' software, it urged me to install MacFUSE, so I did. After going through the steps, I tried to open my Private Volume, though it wouldn't open.. So, I formatted the drive, and then downloaded the software, and went through the steps again. Though now I get an error message...

/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext)
  link error; check the system/kernal logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
  the MacFUSE file system is not available (71)

EDIT: After some more research, I found that I had to use a specific version of MacFUSE. If you're a Mac user and have the above issue, check out the 'Important Note' here.


texts: Why is syslog not logging where I tell it to log?

texts:
I've configured syslogd like so:

*.debug /var/log/messages

I want pretty much everything logged in /var/log/messages.

When I run

syslog -s hello

I get the message showing up in /var/log/message.

I tried restarting syslog using

launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist
ps -x | grep [s]yslog

to check that syslog is not running, then

launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.syslogd.plist

to restart.

I checked /etc/syslog.conf to make sure it doesn't change, and it doesn't. Still I get messages logged to /var/log/message.

Is there another place to set this?


texts:
Are keybag keys rotated between backups?
Or if I have keys from an old backup, am I able to use then with a later backup?
Short of it, have a friend w/ an incomplete backup and attempting to leverage keys from a previous backup to decrypt


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The storage on my start up disk is being consumed by some kind of core files labeled as cores:1234 (numerical digits change). I downloaded OmniSweeper, which helped me locate these files and aware that each one is the size of >300mb. How do I disable this?

It is taking up space by the minute, literally. Screen shot provided below.

Thanks,
DG


texts: What's a good app for project management?

texts:
Look, there's at least 16 million productivity apps and I've tried like 90% of them. Maybe you know of something in that last 10% that will change my life.

Here's what I'm looking for:

Offline functionality
To-do, calendar, reminders, attachments allowed
Cross-platform: Macbook, ipad, iphone
Aesthetically-pleasing interface (nothing hideous)

Here's what I don't need:

Multiple users
Collaborative functions
chat, IM, etc.

I've tried Things (but it's really just a fancy program for nested lists and difficult to get an overview of everything at once) and Trello (which I really like -- but it only works online).

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.


texts: Correcting errors made by dictation on OS X

texts: I have been using OS X dictation for a while, it strikes me how incredibly inaccurate it is. It also does not seem to come with a mechanism for easily correcting errors. How can I correct the errors made by dictation, without resorting to using the keyboard?


texts: Missing icons in Safari Favorites tab (OS X Yosemite)

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Some of the bookmarks in my Favorites screen are consistently defaulting to an ugly gray icon even though they do have icons elsewhere. I don't know what to do about this. For example, here's what my favorite screen looks like:

As you can see, there are proper icons coming up for the first two bookmarks (Stack Exchange and Facebook). But the remaining 3 are defaulting to the grayish pseudo-safari icons.

On the other hand, when I view my favorites in the edit mode, this is how they look:

At least in one example, you can see the bookmark titled "Alliance Login" does seem to have an icon in this view. And yet it refuses to show up in the main tab. What gives?


texts: What stopwatch timer app uses keyboard shortcuts on macOS?

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It’s not clear which of the timers from this other thread support hotkey / Keyboard only shortcut operation.

What stopwatch timer app to use on macOS?

Can anyone recommend a stopwatch timer for Mac which can be started or stopped using hotkey?


texts: How do I zip a .app file using terminal?

texts: I'm having trouble zipping a .app file. If I zip without -r (recursive) it is really shallow, if I zip with -r it's really dense. The zip doesn't unzip correctly regardless.


texts:
Is there a way of updating GNU screen for Mac OS X 10.11.5?

My current screen version is 4.00.03 and would like to use the features such as layout which does not seem to be available for me.

If not, can I uninstall this version of GNU screen and install it from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ ?


texts: Why password in not working for DEP Enrolment?

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Hello Developers,
I am trying to create Admin Account for the mac Device, while doing DEP enrollment I am applying a profile to create an Admin user, Profile got applied successfully.
the problem which I face I created the Password hash with the simple password 12345678.
The mac Device shows my user name and it taking any password, but based on the document, it should take only 12345678 because I created the password hashed with this only.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Command</key>
    <dict>
        <key>AutoSetupAdminAccounts</key>
        <dict>
            <key>FullName</key>
            <string>Administrator</string>
            <key>Hidden</key>
            <false/>
            <key>ShortName</key>
            <string>admin</string>
            <key>passwordHash</key>
            <dict>
            <key>SALTED-SHA512-PBKDF2</key>
                <dict>
                    <key>entropy</key>
                    <string>
                    f+ChbVUt/FFQCZTGTQ8HTFQrCywMldEICUZwTU2gjrxFzi8mOrr3KT1vBrJ09ReNeNrYeF8SpwIf0VTuUVzt5URVe6sSs1sL0qx4AKtvNRKEZHZGxzz/Y0W7pG9BB5ThN1LNnB8bIzIxIyb0ceMA7PwEgwsbc+BVt8IW3x8X3kI=
                    </string>
                    <key>iterations</key>
                    <integer>20000</integer>
                    <key>salt</key>
                    <string>
                    Bh6O61fYBWWrpfMRjzBctcj5O6P4D4AmYYhV2HEUNdA=
                    </string>
                </dict>
            </dict>
        </dict>
        <key>DontAutoPopulatePrimaryAccountInfo</key>
        <false/>
        <key>LockPrimaryAccountInfo</key>
        <false/>
        <key>PrimaryAccountFullName</key>
        <string>Anup Gupta</string>
        <key>PrimaryAccountUserName</key>
        <string>Anup</string>
        <key>RequestType</key>
        <string>AccountConfiguration</string>
        <key>SetPrimarySetupAccountAsRegularUser</key>
        <true/>
        <key>SkipPrimarySetupAccountCreation</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
    <key>CommandUUID</key>
    <string>0001_AccountConfiguration</string>
</dict>
</plist>

is there I am doing Something wrong?


texts: OSX Catalina User Clock shows correct TZ - apps choose incorrect Time Zone

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Updated  I hadn't bothered to check other applications. I see the same behaviour in Firefox.
Updated Creating a fresh user on the machine proved that this is isolated to my user account.
I have a strange issue without a good event-correlation. As of some point in recent history, Applications on my Mac are seeing the timezone as GMT instead of the the correct localtime. Firefox and Citrix are two examples.
Has anyone seen similar behaviour?
I'm wondering if something else could be funky inside OS? Perhaps I denied a permission to the clock?
Basics:

Running Catalina 10.15.6
Running Multiple Citrix Workspace Versions (2006/2007/2008)
Or latest Firefox

I've tried:

Downgrading Citrix clients (*)
Manually changing timezone on OS/X
Enabling Full Disk Access for Citrix

A snap shot of the Citrix logs show it starts in the wrong timezone :-) (the local clock was 4-hours earlier)
| 09-21-2020 | 02:22:29.819 | 23015 | 1 |        logapi.m |  489 | LogRecordInitialSettings |     none |        none | LOG START: App Version 20.06.0.7 (2006)
| 09-21-2020 | 02:22:29.819 | 23015 | 1 |        logapi.m |  492 | LogRecordInitialSettings |     none |        none | LOG START: OS Version 10.15.6 (Build 19G2021)

A similar picture exists on firefox...


texts: Putty - equivalent Mac SSH client and commands

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I'm trying to find out what the equivalent Mac SSH client is and set of commands are that would achieve the below. In Windows we use the Putty CLI utility 'Plink' to set up a SSH connection to a SSH server for web proxying purposes.

plink -l username -pw password -D 8080 -P 443 -ssh 1.2.3.4

This command establishes a SSH connection to host IP: 1.2.3.4 over port 443 using the username and password specified. It then presents a local port (8080) available for other applications on the local host to connect to, for example a web browser. Within the web browser we configure a SOCKS proxy using our own IP address or 'localhost' as the proxy server, with port 8080.

I don't know enough about Mac to replicate this putty tool's function and it's not a standard ssh client and I haven't seen plink documented to map things to a unix situation.


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Under the Energy Monitor, it always shows high Average Energy Impact (1000+) for Safari. Is this normal? I have attached the screenshots. Although I formatted the entire disk and reinstalled the OS, the problem has not been fixed. What is the reason for this issue, and is it possible to fix it?

No plugin/extension is installed. It happens even if Safari is only displaying Google.

My environment:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
Processor: 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
Safari 8.0.7

Thank you!


texts: Is there any iOS offline maps app which also supports searching for an address offline?

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Is there any iOS map app that works completely without WiFi/3G connection and supports (at a minimum) viewing your current location (on GPS-equipped iOS devices) and searching for an address? My intended use case scenario is mostly navigating around on foot in a foreign city.

I tried Navfree but it seems to require a data connection to search for an address (and is also mostly meant for car navigation). I didn't try Galileo yet, but the website only mentions “online search” for the free version; it's not clear whether the paid version features offline search.


texts: How to change/customize mail signature in Mountain Lion?

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To add an custom mail-signature in Lion you had to add an signature via preferences, and then replace the contents of the webarchive with your own.

In Mountain Lion, Apple replaced the webarchive format for signatures with an new format: .mailsignature. When I open such an file, I just see HTML (!). But when I change it, it doesn't take effect..

Does someone have an solution to perform this?


texts: How to increase size of the Spotlight search results window? - window fixed in width since BigSur?

texts:
Since the last macOS update BigSur 11.2 the width of the Spotlight bar has been narrowed. In addition, there seems to be no possibility to widen the window when hovering over by the mouse. The window can be pulled longer in height but not width.
Therefor search results are displayed rather small.
Any suggestions? What am I missing?


texts: Terminal command that is the same as copy paste in Finder?

texts:
I'm curious. As far as cp and rsync I see all these different options. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you copy + paste in Finder, lets say from one hard drive to another, it should preserve:

All file attributes (access time, modified time etc.)
All Symbolic Links
Recurse through the directory structure
(Can't think of anything else to preserve)?

So in the end, when you copy paste in Finder, everything will be an exact copy, just located in a different parent directory.

What I'm looking for is a command that mimics exactly what Finder does when you copy + paste. That will answer this question...

If it turns out Finder doesn't do what I think it does please explain, and show the command line equivalents for what Finder actually does... it must be calling a command when you use the GUI - right?


texts: How is Find my iPhone still working even when phone is turned off?

texts: My iPhone was stolen a few days ago and goes straight to voicemail when called, but still updates its location on Find my iPhone. Bottom line question is how is this possible if it is supposedly "offline"?


texts:
So basically I can't boot from my ssd anymore. It just shows a grey screen with an error symbol. I can't get into target disk mode and none of the other boot shortcuts seem to be working either.
When I have my old OSX HDD in there and the SSD attached via USB however I can select the SSD from the boot menu and boot it just fine.

Also, booting from the HDD works just fine. I was under the impression that the boot menu wasn't tied to a disk but supplied by efi or whatever. But given the current behavior that doesn't seem to be the case?!

Any ideas what my cause this and solutions are greatly appreciated!

UPDATE:
I wiped the SSD and used carbon copy cloner to clone my working HDD onto it, but it still won't get anything besides a blank grey screen with the occasional failure sign...


texts: Simulate iOS's "reduce white point" feature on OS X El Capitan

texts:
I've become fond of iOS's "reduce white point" accessibility feature to reduce the intensity of bright colors, which makes the screen much easier to use in the dark -- nicer, in my opinion, than simply turning down the brightness.

On OS X El Capitan version 10.11, is there a way to simulate this feature using native OS X tools, or ones available on the internet? I couldn't find anything.

Thanks for the help.


texts: 13" 2017 MacBook Pro closed-clamshell mode with Dell U2715H

texts: Dell U2715H has a USB-B 3.0 upstream connector for its internal USB hub. If I connect the upstream port with a USB-B to USB-C cable to a 13" 2017 MBP will it charge the laptop? Another way to put this question is: can I use the 13" 2017 MBP in closed-clamshell mode with the Dell U2715H connected through a DP to USB-C and a USB-B to USB-C cable?


texts: How can I operate "Find & Replace" using only the keyboard in Pages for OS X?

texts:
When I have clicked Tab to highlight the Replace All button, Enter doesn't do anything. Do I absolutely have to use the mouse for this?

It's inefficient to move between the keyboard and mouse when carrying out a long sequence of "Find & Replace" actions.

This is Pages 5.0 (1465) running on Yosemite.


texts: I'm writing some shell scripts that automatically convert some video files. Except I don't want to run the conversion on files that are already h264 encoded. Is there a way I can tell via a terminal command whether a video has a certain codec?


texts: Safari and Chrome loading the wrong website

texts:
My client is having an issue that is exclusive to her computer.

When viewing her website on any other computer the website that shows is the current one being hosted by Squarespace.

When viewing on her computer it will show the old website hosted at another location.

Additionally when viewing in HTTPS on her computer it shows certificate error for mail.xxxx.com, but not on other computers.

This is what has been done so far to the clients computer:

Clear all history through advanced settings in both Chrome and Safari
DNS settings have been propagated for quite some time now i.e. over a month
Delete mail.xxxx.com certificate from the keychain
Flushed the DNS cache here chrome://net-internals/#dns and here sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder;sudo killall mDNSResponderHelper;sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
Open DNS has been setup on the computer

The images below are from Google Chrome on OSX.

Chrome URL Bar on computer (not working correctly)

Chrome error message on computer (not working correctly)

Chrome certificate on computer (not working correctly)

Chrome certificate on computer (that is working correctly)


texts: Chances Migration Assistant will improve performance of Air-2011?

texts:
I need to improve performance of my Macbook Air mid-2011.

I'm considering to re-install MacOS from the scratch using Migration Assistant for that purpose. I recently migrated from original 256GB SSD to a third-party 2TB (formatted and restored from Time Machine, which only marginally affected the performance, if at all); originally have max 4GB of RAM.

How likely this way will result in substantial improvement?

Is there any way to estimate whether MA will help in my situation before actually performing a migration, maybe with some checks / analysis tools / stats of eg. Activity Monitor over an extended period of time?


texts: Adding song to iTunes Playlist stuck on "in progress" or error 11.444

texts:
So, I'm trying to make a playlist for a party this weekend, and it's horrible. iTunes more often than not shows "in progress" when adding one single song (this shouldn't take longer than 1 second, I recon) and finally, it will just show a ! with "Due to error 11.444".

I can't find anything about this error, and I have quite some songs left to add, so I'm hoping to find a solution here.

Edit: The same seems to sometimes happen whenever I restart iTunes after I can't successfully add a song, but then with "Making your iCloud music library available"

Edit 2: Sometimes it also goes as expected for at least a few songs, only to result in the same "processing" and then ! again.

Here are some screenshots, where I tried to add 2 whole songs to the playlist:


texts: How Do I Target an Airport Extreme Shared Disk for Time Machine?

texts:
It looks like Apple may have changed something since I last configured this...

Some time ago (maybe two years?), I bought an Airport Extreme and plugged an external hard drive into it.  From my laptop it was simple to configure Time Machine to use that shared disk as the storage.  It created a sparesebundle and it's been happily backing up ever since.

Now I have a new disk to use.  So I removed the old one and installed the new one and prepared for that initial very large backup over the network.  However, it would appear that there's no option to use this shared disk for backup purposes.

When I enter Time Machine preferences and opt to select a disk, there are no disks listed:

Even though there are actually two network drives (and the local drive) mounted:

In this case, "Backup" is the drive shared from the Airport Extreme.

If I opt to "Set Up Other Time Capsule" it takes me to the Airport Utility (6.1) in which I find no options mentioning any kind of Time Capsule setup.  It lets me share or un-share the disk, that's about all I can find.

I also tried downloading Airport Utility 5.6 to see if the older interface had some familiarity for me to set up the disk for Time Machine, but again all I seem to be able to do is share or un-share it.  I can't seem to tweak anything that would result in the Time Machine Preferences actually seeing the target disk.

Has anybody run into this issue before?  Is there something simple that I'm overlooking?  The driving factor in getting a new disk was to increase the size so that I could use the same disk for automated backups from my Linux box (which would mount the share and run some simple cron jobs using tar for incremental backups), which mounts the share just fine (the last mount point in the list):

Ultimately, how can I use a disk shared from my Airport Extreme as a storage target for Time Machine in OS X 10.7?

Edit:  To add some clarity, the hard drive in question was formatted on my Mac.  It was given a single partition and formatted as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" and is 3 TB in capacity.

I've searched around on the internet and people who are experiencing the same symptoms all seem to be using some off-the-shelf NAS.  The general theme is that the firmware for each such NAS needs to be upgraded to support updated protocols.  However, the controlling device in this case is an Airport Extreme which, to my knowledge, is fully up to date.  So I can't imagine why anything would be unsupported in this case.

I was previously using the same setup with just a different external hard drive.  That worked fine.  Time Machine could mount the drive and perform the backups all by itself.  All I did was swap out the drive with a new one, and now Time Machine can't use it.

I've also just noticed that when Time Machine tries to start a backup, the "Name" of the target device get appended with a number.  It started with "-1" and then I tried to de-select and re-select the target disk, not it has a "-2":

Update: Just to test, I've removed the drive from the Airport Extreme and plugged it directly into my MacBook Pro, and it's currently in the process of backing up without problem.  I'll try re-adding it to the Airport Extreme after and see if perhaps it can back up (maybe the problem was in the creation of the sparsebundle on the file system? it's worth testing).


texts:
I'm on youtube on Safari on my Mac. I'm on "View Actual Size", and the browser is taking up my entire screen, and yet, for some bizarre reason, the width of the content is exceeding the width of my screen, so that I constantly have to scroll back and forth to see all the content.

Safari allows me shrink the content through "Zoom out", and this reduces the problem somewhat. But after 3 clicks on "Zoom out", the feature becomes disabled, and I cannot Zoom out anymore, and the width of the content still exceeds the width of the screen?! Every other browser first of all doesn't have this problem to begin with, and secondly, let's me zoom out as much as I want!

And yet another problem: related videos shows only a thumbnail -- no text! Again, only on Safari?!

Going into theater mode solves the problem -- but I don't like theater mode -- I now have to scroll down every time I want to see related videos, a major inconvenience.

I've been using youtube for about a decade, and this is the first time I've ever had any such silly issues with it, all thanks to Safari. :(

Safari Version 8.0 (10600.1.25)
On a Mac OS X Yosemite Version 10.10 iMac 27-inch


texts: Insert a tab character in PowerPoint 2016

texts:
I defined a tab stop in the ruler

And I would like to enter a tab character to move the cursor to the tab stop.

With older versions it was possible to enter special characters with insert symbol but I don't find the special characters anymore:

I also tried several key combinations as shift+tab, option+tab or control+tab without any effect.

I can I type/enter the tab character?


texts:
I tried to select all the pictures, which is rather tedious, and upload them

to Google Drive, but if >100 pictures, Google Drive won't upload all the images.
to SendAnywhere, but this 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 move my photos from my iPad storage to my Windows 7 computer without a USB cable, AirDrop and iCloud?


texts: Save screen recording in mp4 format in macOS Mojave

texts:
Using the keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + 5 records screen nicely, but the output video is in Mov format, which makes it not playable (stream playing) in Google Chrome.

Is there a way to make it output video in Mp4?

Transcoding Mov to Mp4 is quite time-consuming.


texts: Logitech G613 not connecting and responding to buttons

texts:
I got my G613 more than a year back. I have a Macbook pro so I cannot use lightspeed connection and use bluetooth connection. Everything was working fine but now I am seeing weird issues. When I turn on the keyboard, the battery light stays green for ~5 secs and bluetooth sign blinks for few seconds. Then the blinking stops and the keyboard goes into a dead mode. It doesn't react to anything. Neither the bluetooth nor the wifi lights turn on. Even keeping the button pressed for 10+ seconds doesn't do anything. The keyboard obviously doesn't get connected to my Macbook pro. The process repeats if I restart the keyboard using the switch on the right side. I have tried replacing the battery but that doesn't help. Batteries are brand new.
All this problem started suddenly when I noticed that the key 0 was somehow being pressed from the keyboard and I had zeros all over the notepad screen even though I could clearly see that no button was being pressed on the keyboard. I wonder if this is some sort of virus. I read the official manual but that doesn't help at all for this use-case.


texts: Print folder contents with non-standard printing settings

texts:
I want to print all files which are dragged to a folder. Easy to do with Automator.

But I want to specify more settings for the print, namely to print the items two times, to use paper tray 2 instead of 1 (standard); the file should be deleted afterwards (This would also be easy with Automator)

Is there a way to specify these special options? The process is all the time the same, so there should be no promt to ask me what options I want to choose; it should be a simple workflow: Drag files on folder, print with these settings.

Thanks for your help.


texts: How to save video from my iphone 5 to Time Capsule?

texts: Is it possible to save video from my iphone 5 to Time Capsule? If yes, how to do this?


texts: Clean OS X install, keeping Time Machine history?

texts:
I need to wipe and rebuild my Macbook Pro Retina's hard drive (OS X Yosemite, if it matters) and am planning on using Setup Assistant to restore all my data from my Time Machine backup. Question: once I do this, will my existing Time Machine history be preserved, so that I can, say, go and find a file's version as of two months ago? Or, is there a way of accessing my old Time Machine data through the Time Machine interface (so I don't have to burrow through all the hidden Time Machine files)?

(This question was previously asked as "Clean Lion install, keeping Time Machine history?", but the fundamental question of Time Machine History was never answered.)


texts: MBP late 2013 High Sierra unknown partition(ffff...) with suspicious MBR

texts: So I’ve followed a lot of the instructions I was able to find through a lot of similar issues that klanomath has been a mastermind at solving.  I got all the way up to figuring out what my actual partition UUID is.  But I ran into a ‘suspicious MBR at sector 0’ followed by another ‘no space available on device.’  I started following instructions by klanomath for the MBR problem of destroying and recreating the disk0 however now when I try to create the partitions I get something that looks like terminal instructions on properly executing gpt add command.  I’ve looked it over and my parameters appear to be correct so I’m at a lost on what to do here.  Really hope I didn’t mess this up, I’ve got a lot of stuff I really don’t wanna lose on my computer.  Here are some photos of my terminal.


texts:
4 TB = 1.8 TB ?

What is the maximum size drive that can be used with various versions of Mac OS X?

On a white Intel MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6.x, the Disk Utility app recognizes a new Seagate 4 TB (terabyte) drive as 1.8 TB when attached via FireWire in a NewerTech Voyager "pop-tart" style drive holder.


texts: Yosemite cannot mount 64GB FAT32 SD Card

texts:
Built in SD Card Reader:

Vendor ID:   0x05ac
Product ID:  0x8406
Revision:    3.00
Serial Number:   00000000AP05

SDXC Card:

Capacity:    61.92 GB (61,924,704,256 bytes)
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name:    disk4
Partition Map Type:  MBR (Master Boot Record)
S.M.A.R.T. status:   Not Supported

Volumes:

disk4s1:
Capacity:    61.92 GB (61,923,655,680 bytes)
BSD Name:    disk4s1
Content: Windows_FAT_32

Yosemite cannot mount the above card, Disk Utility shows disk4s1 in grey, with Mount Point: Not mounted

Is there a fix?


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I have a late 2009 iMac 24 (9,1)

Basically, my superdrive is either dead, or dieing.  I put a disc in it recently, and it failed to do anything other than make odd noises then eject it.  Then on certain discs it would make an awful grinding noise repeatedly like a circular saw, then eject the disc (no apparent damage to it).  Then it took a disc in, buzzed a bit, and the drive just dissappeared, even system report couldn't see the hardware, never mind the disc inside.

I reboot holding option down allowed me to software eject, and since then I can repeat the above behaviour until the system seemingly abandons it.

Frankly, I always thought it was a bit dodgy (I bought it 2nd hand), as it was really SLOW to install the OS from and rip CDs etc compared to a cheap USB one I have.

So, the question is, how do I replace it, and what should I replace it with?  I'm happy to use a non apple part, so long as I can still use it in the same way without it complaining about being incompatible in iMovie/iDVD etc.

I know I can go external, and indeed have 2 external drives, but I don't like the clutter, and it seems that DVD player won't touch them anyway:


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In december 2013 I bought an iPhone 5s. A couple of weeks ago I restored my iPhone to 7.1.1 using a back-up on my Mac. Since then, the battery drains very quickly and the devices heats up most of the times even though the device isn't under heavy load.

Things I tried to resolve this:

Restoring the iPhone to factory defaults using iTunes with the original ISPW file (and later using the device itself)
Turned off iCloud, Mobile data, Background refresh and even turned on Airplane mode.
Resetting the device by holding the power and home buttons for a couple of seconds.
Recalibrating the battery (100%-0% and back to 100% again in one time)
Sending the iPhone to Apple, they replaced the battery but haven't tested anything since the problem is still here.

Symtomps:

Using the iPhone for 15 minutes will drain the battery ~20%.
Device gets hot sometimes even when I'm just reading an e-mail or responding to a text (so no gaming or intensive Apps that would trigger higher CPU load).

Log:

I connected my iPhone to xcode's console to log some things this is what happens every 30 seconds or so:

Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[345] <Notice>: (Note ) PS: Media stream daemon stopping.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[345] <Notice>: (Note ) AS: <MSIOSAlbumSharingDaemon: 0x146d69e50>: Shared Streams daemon has shut down.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[345] <Notice>: (Warn ) mstreamd: mstreamd shutting down.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[346] <Notice>: (Note ) mstreamd: mstreamd starting up.
Jun 11 22:17:46 Tims-iPhone mstreamd[346] <Notice>: (Note ) PS: Media stream daemon starting...

I think that something is triggering the iPhone's CPU since the devices gets hot too.
Is there a way to find out what is draining my battery or should I send the iPhone back to Apple (again..)?


texts: Safari for OS X displaying wrong favicon

texts:
I am using Safari 9.0.3 on OS X 10.11.9 and have only recently noticed Safari displaying the wrong favicon for some websites.

In one instance, Safari uses the Facebook icon for Messenger despite the Messenger icon being used in the head section of the page source.

I tried deleting the WebpageIcons.db file from Safari's Library folder, and I have cleared Safari history and website data across all my devices.

The Facebook icon still loads.

Any ideas?

Edit: To clarify, the proper Messenger.com icon appears in the bookmarks menu and the bookmarks editor window. However, the Facebook.com icon is used in the Smart Search Field.

Screenshot of Safari using the wrong favicon:

Facebook's Messenger.com icon:


texts: Is there an OSX shortcut to highlight the cursor position?

texts:
I have recently moved from Windows to OSX. I work with multiple screens, so was used to losing the cursor on occasion.

There was a setting in Windows to highlight the cursor location by pressing Ctrl. Is there a similar setting in OSX?


texts: "No connected camera" on MacBook Pro High Sierra

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MacBook Pro Retina mid 2012. The error "No connected camera" could be "solved" by "sudo killall VDCAssistant" years ago.

Today the error comes again but VDCAssistant cannot be killed. I have restarted the MBP several times but no luck.

The camera works if I login High Sierra with another (admin) account.

Question: how to make it work for my daily account?


texts: I have MacBook Pro Retina running Windows 8.1. I do not have a PrtScr key. Also, shift+fn+f11 key combination doesn't work. What is the shortcut to take screenshots?


texts: How do I change/delete alias in OS X permanently?

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I tried to modify/delete alias, but it seems that it is only for the current session by doing this

unalias name

or rename it

unalias name='...'

Can anyone tell me the way to change/delete it permanently? Thanks!


texts: How do I activate SNMP on Airport base stations

texts:
Using Mountain Lion and the Airport utility I can't find a way to activate SNMP on any of the Airport base stations I have. Even the old ones which were configured to use it don't have the option anymore.

It is as if the options disappeared recently. What is the solution to enable SNMP?


texts: How can I remove GPG-AGENT setting from Enigmail?

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In the Enigmail preferences, I checked the option of using GPG-AGENT and afterwards that option disappeared completely from the preferences pane. I am now unable to use the encryption since there is never any prompt for a passphrase.

However I now wish to revert to using the old style with Enigmail/Thunderbird asking me the passphrase but I am now neither able to change it through Enigmail nor able to find the correct place to change the agent to be used.

Is there a way to get around this? I do not wish to use GPG-AGENT/Pinentry, so I really need this to work.


texts: Recover accidentally reformatted encrypted HFS+ volume

texts:
On my Mac I have an internal SSD divided in 2:
encrypted HFS+, case-sensitive, journaled volume:
noether 1 250 Go
noether 2 250 Go

Last night I mistakenly formatted the 2nd volume with Disk Utility:
noether 2 250 Go

as an:
not encrypted HFS, case-sensitive, not journaled.
This formatting took just a few seconds. Since this error, this volume remains unmounted. I have a backup but I need files which are more recent than this backup.
Is there any method, even complex using command line, to recover the CoreStorage volume, and the contained encrypted volume associated with my previous:
noether 2 250 Go

Here is the result of a useful command:
••My__Mac•• % 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_CoreStorage noether 1 250 Go        249.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS noether 2 250 Go        249.6 GB   disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS noether 1 250 Go       +249.2 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 2C0A9DD8-7507-4553-A7AA-C2BDE11104C1
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

••My__Mac•• %


texts: Is it possible to restore a deactivated iPhone 4s?

texts: I have an iPhone 4S running 6.1.3 that a friend gave me after upgrading to a newer model. It is deactivated, but is still fully functional on WiFi. I'm considering trying to jailbreak it, but I'm concerned that if there's an issue and I need to restore it from a backup, I won't be able to use it without activating it as a phone. Is it possible to restore a deactivated iPhone from backup?