texts: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) high temperature

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I know there are plenty of articles here about CPU reaching very high temperatures but I am still concerned about mine.

I bought a used MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015 (i5, 2.7 Ghz) computer this week. This is not my first MacBook Pro (I had 2012 non retina model) but it has never reached 100C unless I played games or did some video rendering.

What makes me really worried is that CPU temperature easily reaches 100-105C when I open Adobe Bridge and click "Space" keyboard button to generate a 100% image preview. I know that it's using CPU graphics processor for this task but is it really normal for the temperature to get critical when doing such a simple task? The fan runs at around 2000 RPM until the CPU temperature reaches <100C. Then the fan starts running really fast and keeps the temperature at around 95-100C if I continue doing my tasks.

I know that MacBooks are built to work under high CPU temperature but I also know that high temperatures are not good for the lifetime of hardware. Should I be concerned about CPU temperature getting critical values so easily?

The temperature of my MacBook is around 40C when idle, 50-70C when I am browsing or watching online videos, I can never hear the fan until the temperature reaches critical 100-105C values.

Is it really normal? I don't want to believe that a 1 year old MacBook Pro can have a big amount of dust inside the fan or thermal paste to be dried out so quickly.

Thank you and I appreciate your comments.


texts: Mac Photos app stuck on "Restoring from iCloud"

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I have about 110,000 photos and videos in my Photos library, synced to my Mac with iCloud with "download originals" turned on. Sync was working fine until a few days ago, about a week after installing Catalina.

I accidentally opened my Photos library from a networked Mac and closed it. It didn't appear to cause any problems, but the next time I opened Photos on the local Mac, it gave me a "repairing library" progress bar. That eventually completed and all my photos showed up. So far so good. But since then (five days ago), it has not downloaded any new photos from iCloud.

In "All Photos" view, at the bottom where it would normally say "Downloading x new items", instead it says "Restoring from iCloud...":

The numbers are wrong. When I first open Photos for just a second it shows slightly lower numbers, which are the numbers of photos and videos actually in the library. Then the "restoring" message comes up and it switches to a higher number, which is still lower than the number shown on my phone and other iCloud synced libraries. The photos missing from this library show up fine on those devices.

The iMac has been on and attached to a fast and reliable internet connection the whole time. I assumed it would resolve on its own, but it has now been 9 days and it's getting inconvenient to not have access to new photos.

When I posted this I was running macOS 10.15.1. I have since upgraded to 10.15.2, and the problem persists.

I've tried restarting and I've tried turning "Download originals to my Mac" off and back on, to no avail.

Last night (day 8) I opened Photos while holding command-option to rebuild the library. It took about 9 hours, after which it went right back to the same "Restoring from iCloud..." message.

Has anybody else run into this problem? Anything I can do to get it back to normal syncing?


texts: macOS Catalina: "App is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the trash."

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Experiencing a problem with several apps after installing macOS Catalina.

When the app is downloaded from the internet I get the error:

  "APP NAME" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the trash.

Any workarounds to bypass macOS gatekeeper for specific apps?


texts: File lock kept opened even after closing the file, co-editing gone for toss in my Enterprise

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The latest macOS 10.14.x and macOS 10.15.x have degraded their behavior with Word applications on network drives mapped via SMB. These network drives are shared drives on the Windows 2019 file server or it can be on any Linux file server.

Issues:

A) When we map an n/w drive on macOS 10.14.x and above versions with SMB and open a .docx file and close it, the file lock is not released by the client even after closing/force-existing the application on the client. This takes a toll on our n/w users who are working on co-editing the file for various needs of my enterprise. Thorough testing has revealed that this issue is not seen on  macOS 10.12/10.13.

We can reconfirm this issue by listing the files opened on n/w drive on Windows 2019 file server's PowerShell command "Get-SmbOpenFile", we will continue to see the file lock from client even after closing/force-exiting the file/application from client.

Anyone heard/observed this issue?

Are there any posts/fixes about this behavior that Apple introduced from  macOS 10.14? This is really degrading Mac usability and corrupting n/w users data  and making lives of shared drive administrators difficult!


texts: Correlation between Mac OS X GUI actions and Logs

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I am not sure if it is possible but I was trying to discover/view/analyze if there is any correlation between the actions that a regular user perform on the GUI side with some logs inside the system (logs, var, or console).

I would like to know if I can be able to see all the command line that are executed when the user interact with the Graphical Interface.

Let me give you an example.

In Mac OS X if you want to add a new user to the system, you use the System Preferences > Users and Groups > + add user > etc..

And more or less the same can be achieved with the usage of a command line:

sudo dscl . -create /Users/username
sudo dscl . -create /Users/username UserShell /bin/bash
sudo dscl . -create /Users/username RealName "John Smith"
sudo dscl . -create /Users/username UniqueID 1001
etc. etc.

My question is, there is any way for me to find the above code somewhere?  Above it is just an example.

Another example.

The user create a new folder on his/her by using the regular GUI. right click on his/her Desktop and create a new folder.

Can I see somewhere in the system something like:

mkdir /Users/username/Desktop/directory_name

I hope I was clear.

Thank you so much in advance for your help.


texts: mac drains iPhone data-plan, while connected over USB

texts: If I connect my iPhone to my Mac via USB, it enables personal hotspot on the phone and then my Mac sucks my data-plan, even if I'm connected to WiFi on both devices. I don't know why, is there some kind of setting I could disable this behavior? I want to prioritize WiFi over celular data, which are paid and limited.


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I am having trouble with an App Store application , Brother P-touch Editor, which is the application to work with their label printer.
The application can save a new document, but every attempt to save changes to an existing document gives me the message: The document “…” could not be saved. . I also get a tool tip which tells me The document could not be autosaved..
According to Brother, as well as the reviews on the App Store, others don’t seem to have the same problem, but that’s hard to believe, as I have the same problem on two different iMacs (running  macOS 11.3 and 10.15) and a MacBook, running 11.3. Clearly it’s not just a Big Sur problem, and it’s not limited to one machine.
I have tried saving on the local volume, in the Downloads and Desktop folder, as well as in an iCloud folder.
Being an App Store application, it might be a sandbox issue. I have tried various things with permissions, both in the shell and in the Finder, but I’m certainly open to suggestions.
Assuming that the problem is limited to me, what sort of things might cause this behaviour?


texts: How to switch horizontal and vertical scrolling directions

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I would like to know how to switch horizontal and vertical scrolling in OS X 10.9, i.e. when rolling the ball to the left to make the screen go down, and when rolling right to make the screen go up.

Question is not how to switch horizontal/vertical direction!
Question is how to switch axes x and y.

Does anyone know how to do that? Thanks in advance!


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Using Omni Disk Sweeper, I have listed the very heavy files in my computer in order to, if possible, delete them and free up some space.

Of course, I am not going to risk tampering with my system folder, but there are some pretty big files about which I would like to know whether or not it is safe to delete them. Let me know if you know what these files are, and whether it's safe or not to delete them:

Private -> var -> vm -> sleepimage (6Gb) and swapfile0 (1Gb)

Private -> var -> folders (1Gb)

Private -> var -> db (1.4Gb)

Library -> Printers (1.6Gb): (I believe I can re-download the needed drivers if I ever purchase a printer from the System Preferences?)

Library -> Application Support -> iDVD (140mb) and iPhoto (591mb), not so large but I am not a user of these apps

Users -> Shared -> Adobe - 200Mb (is this even accessible by the main user's system?)

Users -> Shared -> Library -> Application Support (is this in use?)

Users -> Fabrice -> Music -> iTunes -> iTunes Media -> Mobile Applications - 25Gb - (I believe if an app was backed up from my iPhone there, it's either currently in my phone, or not supported anymore, or I can get it from the store again if I've already paid for it?)

Users -> Fabrice -> Library -> Mobile Documents (400 Mb)

Users -> Fabrice -> Library -> Caches (600 Mb)

Users -> Fabrice -> Library -> iTunes (900 Mb)

Users -> Fabrice -> Library -> Developer -> Shared (2 Gb)

Library -> Application Support: how can I find easily which applications are not installed on my system anymore?

In total, more than 50 Gb is used by very voluminous elements whose purpose I am unsure of. I wouldn't ask such a question if I hadn't been using Mac computers for the past 20 years and been able to explore and modify System files for many years; I believe modifying the System files can lead to problems... However some of these files look like they can be rebuilt by the system whenever needed, or are backups files/folders that one can easily part with without any consequences.

Thanks for any help!


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Is there a way to get a digital copy of a book I have in hard copy?

Some DVDs now come with a digital download, is there a similar service for books?

Note: most of my hard copies are bought on Amazon.


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My office is the only one in my place of business that uses macs (I guess I just lucked out with a boss who insisted on macs), so I.T. has no idea what to do for this situation.

The person who I replaced used her personal account on the app store. There are updates for built-in apps such as iPhoto, iMovie, etc. for which I keep getting reminders. I can't hide the updates because I can't log into her account. Likewise, I can't install those updates.

Any idea how to either allow me to install the updates or hide the reminders?


texts: Are there any features like Winamp's auto tag exist for iTunes?

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It took me 3 months to ID3 Tag all of the MP3s (artist, album, released year, etc) in my iTunes library.  It was annoying.  I saw that Winamp solves this problem with an "Auto Tag" feature.  Is there a plugin for iTunes on OS X to do the same? Or does iTunes itself support this?

P.S: I would like the program or plugin or whatever else to be compatible with iTunes.


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I have the following .sh script that deletes Sierra, upon download, from the App store. This applies to any user on mac osx 10.10 or 10.11.

However can someone add the code so that the app (sierra.app) actually deletes as soon as it starts downloading as opposed to when its finished downloading which is what it presently does.

In addition the osascript display message does not display once it has deleted. How can I get that to work?

Here is the script.

#!/bin/bash

Version=$(sw_vers | grep ProductVersion | tail -c 7 | cut -d . -f 2)

if [[ $Version -ge 12 ]]
then
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.infor.sierra.plist
rm -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.infor.sierra.plist
rm -f /usr/local/bin/sierra.sh
exit 0

else
rm -rf /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/
osascript -e 'tell app "System Events" to display dialog "macOS sierra is not allowed on computers at this time." with title "Technology Notice" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 30'
fi

Here is the plist.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com    /DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>net.infor.sierra.plist</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/sierra.sh</string>
</array>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>PathState</key>
<dict>
    <key>/Applications/Install macOS Sierra.app/</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>


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I use Linux (CentOS) at work and quite like the PRIMARY clipboard. This adds highlighted text to a clipboard automatically and pastes the contents of that clipboard on center-button mouse click. Importantly, this clipboard does not overwrite the CLIPBOARD clipboard.

I would love to get this functionality on my macOS home machine. I have tried MacPaste, but this overwrites the CLIPBOARD clipboard. Does there exist any utility (graphical or command-line, free or paid) that unlocks this functionality?


texts: Can I add personal info to my iPod touch's lock screen?

texts: My dad just got a new iPod Touch, and he'd like to add his personal info to the lock screen. If possible, how do I do this (without jailbreaking)?


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I decided to reinstall my Mac from scratch recently, and since then I've been working on ways to more effectively organize everything, image/partition my data and do recovery.  I discovered Homebrew and have fallen in love (I'm very used to apt/aptitude).

One thing I've discovered is that building many of the things I need from source is painfully slow ( for instance I've been building thrift for more than an hour and a half ) since my Mac is not high-end.

What I would like to do is be able to create a disk image that Carbon Copy Cloner can sync to, containing just my homebrew cellar & library so that if I reinstall my Mac again next week (likely) or at any point in the future, I don't have to build all of these larger brew installs from scratch again (at least the same version).

I guess what I need is some advice/reassurance/tips to ensure that I won't have major headaches upon restoring a CCC image of these files to a fresh build of OSX.  I'm envisioning permission concerns, problems with file vault, plist entries not in the /usr/local hierarchy etc.

Things you might need to know.

OSX Snow Leopard (Up to date)
File Vault Encryption
No Time Machine.  Never.


texts: I use my work email address as my Apple ID, and have it set up more than a year ago.  I have had this same email address for almost 15 years and it is still functioning.  Today when I went to sign into iCloud it says incorrect ID or password.  I first tried to reset my password, but it tells me the email address is not a valid Apple ID.  I thought that was odd, and tried to set up the email address again as an Apple ID, but now it tells me that is not available.


texts: APFS Containers - Encapsulation and Safety

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I'm eager to use Containers not Volumes on APFS to add beta versions of macOS to my dev machine.
I want as much separation and encapsulation as possible because I don't want the OS's to interfere with each other.
I have read that multiple betas on separate Volumes on the same APFS Container can cause issues.
Thus I was aiming to make multiple Containers on the same internal disk.

Is adding and removing Containers through disk utility safe and effective? (Apple seems to only champion Volumes in it's docs: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208891.

Is using Containers in this way providing maximum encapsulation from a logical perspective? (to avoid issues like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/hea72p/warning_do_not_install_big_sur_on_the_same_apfs/


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I'd like to know the key pattern for the functional keys (F1, F2, F3....)

I recently purchased a separate media controller for my MacBookPro, it has the ability to map it's buttons to certain key patterns. I'd like to define two of the buttons on it to be Previous Song (F7) and Next Song (F9). But the controller isn't recognizing the key patterns.

I've tried just hitting the F7 key, which it doesn't recognize. I've also tried defining the key pattern as (F7 + fn-key), which it recognizes, but doesn't do anything, it just makes the "does not compute sound" that Mac's make.

So what is the correct key-pattern for specifying the functional keys at the top of the keyboard?


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I have an issue with vpn pptp connection on my macbook. The latest version of Mavericks is installed. The log (/var/log/ppp.log) is provided below

Fri Feb 21 20:08:33 2014 : Warning: can't open options file /etc/ppp/peers/int: Permission denied
Fri Feb 21 20:08:33 2014 : publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
Fri Feb 21 20:08:33 2014 : publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
Fri Feb 21 20:08:33 2014 : Fatal signal 13
Fri Feb 21 20:08:33 2014 : can't talk to PPPController : Broken pipe

File is not exists on my system, I had tried to create it also had changed chmod

/etc/ppp/peers/int

This VPN works properly on my iphone and windows pc.

Also I don't have any problems with connection using command line:

sudo networksetup -connectpppoeservice int

I don't have possibility to check other VPN types, but I had tried to connect to PPTP servers on Windows and Linux OS.


texts: Actually emulate another terminal type instead of just declare

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When I change 'declare terminal as' value in profile's advanced preferences in Terminal App my terminal declares itself as another type but actually always behaves as xterm-256color type e.g.

echo $TERM

gives

xterm-16color

but It's still able to display 256 colors.

Is there any way to make Terminal App also behave as declared terminal?


texts: After restart/shutdown, MBP does not connect bluetooth kb/mouse (help finding script)

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I have a Logitech mouse and keyboard, both connected via bluetooth on my Mbp.
The problem is that when I restart or shutdown and start, I cannot log in because the bluetooth does not connect on the lockscreen, but only once after you log in. Since my MBP is always docked, this poses a big problem for me.
Luckily, there is a solution. On my old MBP that I replaced recently, I found a script online that fixed this problem, but I cannot find it anymore.
The script allowed my keyboard/mouse to connect while on the lock screen so that I can log in normally. Does anybody know how to fix this issue or have the script to enable BT on lockscreen?


texts: Trying to access remote FreeNAS AFP share halts system!

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Trying to access a remote FreeNAS box, with AFP sharing set up.
(AFP works fine over the LAN, just not over WAN.)

From a remote location, if I go to Finder and Go>Connect to Server then enter afp://myserver.com, I get prompted for username & password, and then am presented with list of shares, just as over LAN.

However, when I choose a share, there's a little spinner in the bottom of the window; it spins for a few seconds, and then my machine is OUT COLD. I.e., frozen, halted ... not black screen, but NOTHING works except moving the cursor around. Cannot Apple-Option-Escape, cannot Apple-Tab, cannot click anything. Only option is hard reboot.

I tried this from both a MacPro running 10.7.4, and MacBookPro running 10.6.8, and had the same result.

On the FreeNAS side, it's a FIOS connection, using a Verizon MI424WR-GEN2 modem, where I forwarded port 548 (TCP & UDP) to the FreeNAS server. (Obviously I'm getting through fine, since I'm being prompted to log in and getting the list of shares.)

I'm 96% sure this DID work before we switched to FIOS over there ... when we had DSL.

I checked Console but didn't see anything that seemed relevant.


texts: How to reset your keyboard on OS X 10.10.4

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My keyboard number pad has been messed up ever since I installed OS X 10.10.4.

The numbers type as follows:

when I press "1" increase volume key goes up as well.

When I press "2" the ' key comes up as well.

"3" some wired key.

"4" ] comes up.

"5" [ comes up.

And "6" the equals sign comes up.

And vice versa for the concurrent keys. 7 and 8 as well as their shift keys work fine, 9 highlights everything in shift and goes to the beginning.

I've tried a reinstall and a separate Bluetooth apple wireless keyboard I have seems to work fine.

Please help I've scoured the Internet for answers, nothing has worked.


texts: Windows using Bootcamp won't read any USB memory sticks

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I just installed Windows 10 on my MacBook (Early 2015, OSX El Capitan 10.11.2), and after everything set up I tried to plug in my External Hard Drive.  I made sure this HD would and does work in Windows 10 by plugging it into another laptop I have running only Windows 10, and it worked fine there.

When I plug it into my MacBook with Windows 10 running, it:

Shows the notification asking what I want to do with the HD, I close it.
Doesn't show a Windows Explorer popup appears with the contents of the HD.

After this I go to Windows Explorer manually and try to open it.  2 things happen with this.

I notice the drive is called "Local Drive" instead of its actual name, "My Passport" (named that because the drive is WD My Passport).
When I go to open the HD, it gives me an error I have never seen before, Invalid Parameters.

When I first saw this I safely ejected the HD, and I got the BSOD with an error of KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE.  I guessed it was a problem with the safe eject feature, so I rebooted and ejected it without the safe eject function, and it gave me the same BSOD error.

Before anyone marks this as "off-topic", this is about Apple's drivers in Windows, not Windows itself, as the causes of the BSOD error suggest.  None of the Windows updates seem to fix it, and I seem to be unable to find any driver fixes from apple.

Update: I can no longer even plug the HD into the computer, because when I plug it in it plays the little "Device Connected" chime, then the computer gives me the BSOD withe the same error.


texts: Customizing Wallpaper for Apple Watch Infograph Watch Face?

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I wanted to create a watch face that has

a customizable wallpaper, and
8 complications like the Infograph watch face.

According to this page, the only customizable feature of Infograph watch face is color, so if I chose this watch face I wouldn't be able to use my own wallpaper.
Clearly, my goal cannot be reached without using any third-party softwares. I tried to search on GitHub but so far I haven't found a perfect solution yet. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!


texts: How can I move an icon to a different place on the dock?

texts: Using El Capitan (10.11.6) on a MacBook Pro. I want to move an app icon to a different location on the Dock. I can get it on the dock but can't figure out how to move it from the default location.


texts: MacBook Pro will not wake from sleep after installing third party application

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I installed an application called Air Parrot that uses air play with an Apple tv to mirror or extend the desktop.  I noticed that after I installed it, I am no longer able to wake my Mac from sleep.  I have to do a hard reset every time.  I have also noticed the activity light on the front stays bright and does not dim like it should in sleep mode.  I've reset the PRAM and done an EFI Firmware update to no avail.

I have uninstalled the application and ran CC cleaner as well as CleanMyMac.  I suspect this app because it is listed in an error log that generates every time I restart my Mac.

Any help would be very appreciated.


texts: Can I put more than 8GB of Ram in a MacBook Pro 5.1

texts: I have a 5.1 MacBook Pro (5.1 Model Late 2008) with 4GB of Ram. All the apple documentation I can find that the maximum supported for this model is 8GB of RAM (2 x 4GB). Has anyone tried to put bigger DIMMs into one to see if they would work? Given the price of RAM at the moment I would go for 2 x 8GB if I knew it would work.


texts: Is crisp pixel scaling in Motion possible? (instead of anti-aliasing)

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Is it possible to export sharp pixels (similar to nearest neighbour interpolation in Photoshop, or image-rendering: pixelated in CSS) from within Motion?

I would like to work with small 1:1 pixel objects and scale them — but I don't want them antialiased.

In Premiere you get this rendering setting with Draft mode. Unfortunately Motion's Draft mode doesn't seem to use nearest-neighbour interpolation.


texts: Can't find file saved in Propellerhead Reason 8

texts: I made a song in Propellerhead Reason 8 and I named the file ".cubicle..reason" but now I can't find the file. I was wondering how I could use terminal to locate the aforementioned file.


texts: What are the keyboard layouts of a MacBook Pro 15"?

texts:
Can someone find me a picture of Macbook Pro US keyboard Layout and one of an English international?

I need a detailed image, because I need to know the second key assignments of each key.

Everything I found on Google had too little resolution.


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Can I move or copy the "Log Out" item from the Apple Menu to the fast user switching menu at the right side of the menu bar? It seems a much more appropriate place for it.

I'm running El Captain 10.11.6 (15G21013).


texts: Macbook Pro (2015) Only Booting From GNU GRUB

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I'm having an issue where my Macbook Pro (2015) does not identify the correct startup disk so I cannot boot from MacOS which I would like to do. I recently attempted to remove Ubuntu from my computer and messed around with the partitions which may have caused this error (I have never touched the internal components of my Mac and there has been no intensive damage so I don't think it is a hardware issue). I have posted my diskutil list disk0 output below as it may be useful.
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF               101.1 GB   disk0s2

Thank you in advance,


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In Numbers, I'm trying to enhance a Concatenated formula of multiple VLOOKUP results. I'm currently producing a result of three concatenated answers (each a specific VLOOKUP formula). I would like to double that to six VLOOKUP formulas...Though duplicating the existing formulas, I keep getting errors.

Here is my formula currently:

=CONCATENATE (VLOOKUP($A$3,Hm_Roster :: $A$2:$L$201,4, FALSE),(" '"),(" "),(VLOOKUP($A$3,Hm_Roster :: $A$2:$L$201,5,FALSE)), (""), (", "),(VLOOKUP($A$3,Hm_Roster :: $A$2:$L$201,6,FALSE)))

You likely deducted, "Hm_Roster" is another page inside the document from which the data is being concatenated. Also, likely obvious: in the document I see "exact match" but when I paste the formulas it reads "FALSE"


texts:
How can I delete a service user account that I cannot see in System Preferences?
I have just uninstalled PostgreSQL, but the service user account is still there, and I cannot see it in Users & Groups on system preferences.
As you can see, when adding a user at (any file) > Get info > Sharing & Permissions > + , the user is still there:


texts: Trying to copy files in single user mode but system says read-only (Catalina)

texts: after i installed some wacom drivers my macbook (pro 2014) refuses to start. it goes to full progress bar but then gets stuck every time. safe mode and verbose mode do not work. i have accepted that i need to reinstall the os from recovery mode. every time i had to do this in the past (before using catalina) i was able to enter single user mode and make a backup of all the files. this time i can't! following these instructions: http://macsage.com/mounting-usb-drive-in-single-user-mode/ i try to create a sharepoint in the /Volumes directory and get the message that the system is read-only. i have already disabled SIP in recovery mode. started the prompt with the command sudo mount -uw / but it still refuses to change from read-only. isn't it incredibly dumb to make it impossible for users to backup their files once something goes wrong with the system? or to run fsck for that matter?! are all my files lost now? or is there another way to make a backup?


texts: Finder Window List Mode not displaying properly

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I'm having a problem with, as far as I can tell a single folder (~/Pictures) in the Finder's List View mode. When I navigate to other folders they display normally, it is only my Pictures folder that is wrong.

The issues are:

The header is not being displayed in the standard way
The folders do not have a disclosure triangle to see its contents.

I have tried deleting the folder's .DS_Store and .localized files and restarting the Finder, repairing Disk Permissions with Disk Utility, and finally cold booting the machine.

I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this.

My machine is a MacBookPro w/Retina running 10.8.4.

Notice that the column headers are being drawn differently and the disclosure triangle to the left of the folder names is missing.


texts: How to limit log file size in /var/log/DiagnosticMessages?

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Every so often my Mac mini will fill up the hard drive with log messages in /var/log/DiagnosticMessages. It will be fine for weeks, then suddenly spew 30GB to a log file in a single day. I'd like to be able to limit the size of the log files so that it doesn't fill up my drive when this happens.

I have found /etc/asl.conf that appears to at least somewhat configure the logging. Is there an option to cap the log file size?

One could argue that the real solution is to fix the problem that is causing all of the logging so bonus points to anyone that can answer that, but it seems a much harder task. It appears to be airport related with a 'com.apple.airport.autojoin.scan - failure' message and then recording hundreds of thousands of lines of CFString in a CFArray from airportd. Oddly enough I keep the airport disabled on this Mac.


texts: Running Eclipse Luna using Oracle Java 8 on Mavericks

texts:
I am trying to run Eclipse Luna using Oracle Java JRE 1.8.0_11 on Mac OS X 10.9.4. I have added the following line to my eclipse.ini file:

-vm
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java

Eclipse seems to have picked this up, but now I get the following message when starting it:

The JVM shared library "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/../lib/server/libjvm.dylib"
does not contain the JNI_CreateJavaVM symbol.

I have made sure that both Eclipse and Java are 64 bit versions, and do not know what else could cause this problem. Can anyone propose a fix for this?

Edit: It seems to work when using the JDK instead of just the JRE, but I still would like to know why.


texts: Is there a way to boost the night shift intensity?

texts: I find the built in night shift to not be as powerful as the one on windows/through flux. Is there some sort of console command or config to make the effect go further than the default limits?


texts: How to change shape defaults in keynote?

texts:
I'm using Keynote 6.2. Is there a way to change the default properties of shape objects? Specifically, I'd like to get rid of the drop shadow and the advanced color fill. It's a pain to have to change it manually every time I create a new shape.

I figured out that I can create a shape, change the style and go to Format | Advanced | Create shape style, then I can delete all the default styles by right clicking, so only my styles show. The problem is that when I create a new presentation, my custom styles disappear and the defaults come back. Is there any way to make them permanent?

Also, can I change the default text size and font?


texts: Sleep after lid close and power indicator not functioning after PRAM and SMC reset

texts:
My HDD corrupted, I reinstall macOS by using Internet Recovery and updated the macOS to Sierra and reset PRAM and SMC(to remove service battery message). Now,

Power indicator does not work.
Doesn't sleep after lid close.
Doesn't wake up after lid open.
Sometimes doesn't wake up for Any Key press or Power Button Press

MacBook Pro, Mid 2012, macOS Sierra


texts: How can I use FaceTime Audio with MacBook in clamshell / lid closed?

texts:
At my desk I use my 11" MacBook Air with the lid closed, an external monitor with no camera, and a headset with microphone. I have just updated to Mojave from Sierra, and can no longer use FaceTime Audio in that configuration. I'm looking for a way to stop FaceTime from waiting for video from the inactive FaceTime camera.

Under Sierra, I could open the FaceTime app, and place or receive FaceTime Audio calls normally.

Now, under Mojave, when I open FaceTime, the window is black, and after a minute or so, I get an alert saying "No Video - FaceTime has not received any video from the connected camera. Restarting the computer may fix this issue." I'm not able to place calls, and restarting doesn't help. It's not clear whether I can receive calls or not.

I can plug in an old USB webcam, but I'd rather not as it seems to use a significant amount of CPU, and also my USB ports are currently all in use.

Is there a software solution I can use to make this work without having to  keep the lid open or plug in a camera? Is there some hidden preference to tell FaceTime to ignore the camera, or could I create a "dummy" camera interface or something like that? Would updating to Catalina solve the problem?


texts: Does apple notify you when a certificate is going to expire?

texts: Do apple notify the developer or email when a push notification is going to expired?


texts: How do I find out what serif font is being used in the Day One mac app?

texts:
I use the Day One regularly and love it. I also write a lot (for work) and have found that Day One serif font and style making writing such a pleasure. I'd like to use the font in my other word processors (particularly Scrivener) and am willing to purchase it but can't figure out what it is. How would I go about finding out what it is?

I've emailed the app author but got no response from him.
I've poked around the Contents/Resources folder in the application but only found a fixed-with font.
Here is a screenshot (but I can't imagine that's very helpful).

I appreciate any leads.


texts: Change highlight color in Mavericks preview?

texts: In Preview on OS X 10.9 Mavericks, is it possible to change the color to something other than yellow, green, blue, pink, purple?  I know it is possible to highlight in other colors because I did it while using Preview for the first time after upgrading to Mavericks, but now that I've changed I can't seem to change back.


texts: Impossible to initialize a preformatted HD

texts:
I bought a preformatted (NTFS) external drive and I want to re-format it with APFS using High Sierra (last upgrade).
It is impossible. Whatever is the file system chosen, I always gat an error.
What can I do? this is the second HD I bought. Different manufacturer, different capacity, but same problem.
Thanks.
Federico


texts: My 2011 vintage iMac hard drive failed completely and local Apple techs say they cannot retrieve any data. I recall that I had files automatically being backed up to iCloud but do not know how to retrieve them from there.


texts: How do I prevent duplicate doc icons when using a manually created .app file for a Unix executable on macOS?

texts:
I installed Pidgin via Homebrew, and I created a .app file for it, so I could launch it like a standard application, rather than via pidgin from Terminal.

I put the code below into Script Editor and saved it as an Application, and that was about it.

to run
    do shell script "/usr/local/Cellar/pidgin/2.11.0/bin/pidgin"
end run

It works fine, although when I run it, there are two doc icons. There's the original one that normally shows when running it via Terminal, with the default "exec" icon, then there's the icon from the .app file I made, with the custom icon I added. Is there any way to make it so that there is only one dock icon?

It should also be noted that clicking the icon that comes from the custom .app I made does not direct focus to Pidgin's windows, but the original icon works fine, and I would like to retain that function.


texts: Can I charge a 4th gen iPod touch with the Galaxy tab's charger?

texts: Can I charge a fourth generation iPod touch with Samsung Galaxy Tab's charger?


texts: Closing lid for clamshell doesn't make external monitor primary under 10.7.3 on MacBook Air 13"

texts:
I'm connecting a 13" MacBook Air to a Dell 22" screen using the Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter, with an Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad plugged into a USB on the MacBook and a USB mouse plugged into the keyboard. Also, the MacBook is running off external power.

When I close the MacBook lid, I thought the Dell monitor would become primary and the MacBook screen real-estate would "go away." However, the MacBook screen remains primary and I can move the mouse pointer off the Dell screen and onto the invisible MacBook screen.

Am I misunderstanding how clamshell mode works?


texts: How do I delete or show the size of a non-TimeMachine APFS snapshot

texts:
tmutil not only stores Time Machine snapshots, but also snapshots for other applications. E.g.:

~% tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
com.econtechnologies.chronosync.236A7A4F-5F96-4F99-8559-57D3965BF6BA.1575374525

This is a snapshot from a backup/sync application called ChronoSync.

My question: How can I determine the size it takes on my hard disk, and how can I delete it?

I'm using High Sierra, and there is no hidden /.MobileBackups folder, nor is anything (other than my hard disk) mounted at /Volumes.

Edit: I can mount the snapshot using the following commands:

~ » sudo mdkir /tmp/snapshotbackup
~ » sudo mount_apfs -s com.econtechnologies.chronosync.236A7A4F-5F96-4F99-8559-57D3965BF6BA.1575374525 / /tmp/snapshotbackup

From there, I can determine the size:

~ » sudo du -sh /tmp/snapshotbackup/
204G

Clearly, this is a stray snapshot that is causing my disk to fill. However, that 204G is so large (on a 250 G disk), that is surely contain files also present on my hard disk (I kind of assume APFS uses hard symlinks here). However, I'm hesitant to delete and files from /tmp/snapshotbackup/ fearing I may thus delete (hardlinked) files from my regular disk (not likely, but I prefer to be cautious).

So I still have the question how can I determine the size this snapshot takes on my hard disk, and how can I delete it?


texts: Apple's display adapters over USB-C/Thunderbolt adapter

texts:
I just got a new MBP, and I bought a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, assuming I could use the VGA, DVI and Ethernet adapters that I already had, so I would only have to buy 1 adapter instead of 3 more expensive ones.

The ethernet adapter doesn't seem to work, and I can't get picture using the DVI or VGA adapters. I'm having trouble finding documentation - is that setup supposed to work? If so, what should I check?


texts: Is it possible to upgrade my jailbroken iPod Touch 2G to 4.0 (not 4.0.2) without losing data?

texts:
I am currently considering update my second generation iPod Touch to the 4.0 firmware (not 4.0.2 because I need to jailbreak it). I know that if I update the firmware, I will lose the jailbreak. But is it possible to update it without losing music/videos/apps/etc?

All the instructions I found involve going into DFU mode, and afaik, you lose all your songs/data when you go into DFU mode.

I have my SHSH on file with Cydia, so that is not a problem.


texts: Store matching files in iCloud AND on Mac and Macbook

texts:
I signed up for iCloud storage for added security (in case my local computers crash or are stolen), but am finding out iCloud is trying to only keep certain frequently used files also on my Mac (running 10.13.6) and Macbook Pro (running 11.1).
If I lose internet, power goes out, or iCloud gets hacked and everything gets deleted/corrupted, I think the cloud-only documents are vulnerable to loss. My goal is to always have safe and complete versions of the files and no “dehydrated links / stub files for download on demand data on my computers.

assume both Macs have more free storage than my iCloud storage quota
Assume both are online and internet is fast enough for syncs to happen regularly and efficiently

Is there a way to force iCloud to keep all files at all times current in both my local machines?


texts: Xcode 5.1.1 together with xCode 6.1.1 - simulators deleted

texts:
I had Xcode 6.1.1 installed together with the iOS8 simulators but I need to be able to test websites with iOS7 also so I installed Xcode 5.1.1 also and named it to this. (I also renamed Xcode 6.1.1 to that instead of just Xcode).

After that I got all iOS7 simulators in Xcode 5.1.1 working. But now all simulators from Xcode 6.1.1 are gone! When I try to add them back it just loads for a while and then nothing happens. What should I do?

I need iOS7 and iOS8 simulators to test with, preferably on the same computer and without any virtual machine (don't have disk space).

I have Mavericks on a Mac Book Pro Retina. Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)


texts: Messages on OS X stopped working after iOS 7.1 upgrade

texts:
After upgrading my iPhone 5 to iOS 7.1 the Messages app on my OS X 10.9.2 installation can no longer send messages via iMessage to other iMessage users. Sending messages via other services such as Google Talk is working fine. I have tried signing in and out from my iCloud account in Messages. Also, nothing has changed on the firewall I'm connected through.

Any ideas?


texts:
Recently, I have noticed that my partner's and my iPhones seem to be somehow linked or our iCloud accounts merged.

First, I noticed that she had all of my contacts on her phone. Today, I've realised that all my boarding passes and loyalty cards from the Apple Wallet have been transferred to her iPhone.

As a first measure, I thought this must be some sort of glitch and reset both iPhones (plus an iPad) to factory settings. Nothing has changed, in fact, I now have her Apple Wallet content (without credit cards) on my iPhone.

The devices:

Two iPhone 6 running iOS 9.3.4
One iPad Mini 2 running iOS 9.3.4
Two MacBook Air's running OS X 10.11.5

We have an iCloud family account shared between our two accounts and a third member. The third member experiences no problems and does not receive any content. My partner is the Organised and I am listed as Parent/Guardian.

We use two separate MacBooks to sync our iPhones.

Possibly unrelated - although I am starting to doubt it - is another issue, whereby my partner does not receive text messages generated from online servers or non-iOS devices. When trying to activate iMessage and Facetime, my number is listed on her device. iMessage does not get activated, although it is on mine.

Have you guys got any ideas on how to resolve this mess?


texts: Apple Mail keeps crashing after Sierra update

texts:
After updating to Sierra, directly after. The Mac Mail keeps crashing. I am trying to send an email and poof it crashes. It crashes randomly as well. Any way to re-install the app or do something without reseting my Mac?

Crashed Thread:        15  -[ComposeBackEnd _saveThreadUpdateAccount:mailbox:]  Dispatch queue: NSOperationQueue 0x600001648df0 :: NSOperation 0x608001e5b7b0 (QOS: USER_INTERACTIVE)

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'This method must be called on the main thread'
abort() called
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

Log: http://pastebin.com/v2Gvw3J9


texts: How do I install Linux on a 2007 iMac that has its operating system uninstalled?

texts:
I'm in a bit of a pickle. The iMac will prompt me to reinstall OSX Lion, but it only has 1GB of RAM, and the Lion upgrade requires 2GB, so it doesn't allow me to do that. Since the computer was restored to factory conditions, it doesn't have any backups either.

Additionally, it is not recognizing my live USB with Linux Mint on it under "Startup Devices". It does recognize that there is a USB installed under Disk Utility.

This is what I get on startup (and no boot options seem to work, such as pressing C or command + option + 0).

So basically what I need to do is figure out if its possible to boot into a live environment of Linux Mint and then install it. I'm quite sure the USB is okay. It has a Fat32 filesystem and reads just fine in other devices.

Any helps is appreciated!


texts: How can I backup my apps from the iPad to my mac?

texts:
I recently updated to Lion and didn't keep any backup of the local library for my installed apps on the iPad.

Now when I'm trying to update to the latest version of iOS it tells me this:

But when I'm trying to Sync Apps it tells me this:

The thing is that I don't have any apps right now in my iTunes library and my question is: How can I backup my existing apps from my iPad without losing them?

I really want to avoid downloading them all again, since some of the apps (like VLC) are not even in the AppStore anymore and I don't want to jailbreak it.


texts: How can I know if my iPhone had been erased?

texts:
My iPhone was lost 3 months ago and I have decided to erase my iPhone since then but until now I don't know if it erased or not. I'm still afraid that the thief may have access to my private stuff.

How can I know that my iPhone have been erased or can I track at least if it was already erase?

I tried to check my email and apple account and yet there is no mail.


texts: Does Macbook Pro charging profile depends on electricity grid?

texts:
The questions might sound silly at first sight, but let me share my observations so far:

I'm in the U.S. right now where I use the charger I got from IT and I see that my MPB charges slowly. It says the battery is 51% full and will take another ~16 hours to fully charge
In my workplace I experience that too the charging stops around 80% and does not matter which plug I use
In the hotel with the same charger the same MBP charges two-three times faster and does not stop at 80%
home, which is Hungary with 240V electricity grid, reaching the fully charged state takes 2-3 hours (does not matter if I recompile my app in every other minute) and never stops at 80%)
I brought the charger came with MBP and the phenomenon is the same

Since I'm not an electricity engineer I don't know whether voltage matters in charging or not. In the U.S. there is 120v, but in EU we use 240V. Differences in Amper, I'm not aware of. In the EU, we use 20A or more fuses.

Is it possible the difference I experience is due to something default Apple magic in MBP?


texts: CoreDragCreate error - drag&drop and copy-paste stop working

texts:
From time to time drag&drop and copy-paste stop working. Somehow the clipboard machinery gets messed up (I suspect Microsoft Remote Desktop is causing it). In the console I see the following sequence when I try to drag something:

09-06-16 10:13:54,991 Finder[59451]: CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : Lock timeout
09-06-16 10:13:54,991 Finder[59451]: CoreDragCreate error: -4960
09-06-16 10:13:54,991 Finder[59451]: error in CoreDragDispose: -1850

The console displays similar lines for every application that I try to drag in.

What is causing this issue and how can it be fixed?


texts: Is there a great text editor for iPhone and/or iPad with BBEdit-style text filters and PCRE search/replace?

texts:
Overwhelmingly, the reason I turn to my computer instead of using my phone with an external keyboard and the reason I gave up using an iPad is to be able to use BBEdit. Is there a reasonably full-featured text editor for iOS so that reshaping a chunk of text, whether it is code or data or my grocery list doesn't make me boot my MacBook Pro?

Critical features:

Great PCRE (Perl-Compatible Regular Expression) search and replace (with long history) (and keyboard shortcuts equivalent to bbedit's ⌘F and ⌘G)
The ability to write and easily apply Perl (language negotiable, but that's my default) text filters – even better if I can bind keyboard shortcuts to user-written filters
Syntax highlighting for a variety of useful languages and ability to define others
Pressing return gives next line with same tab indentation
Easy indent/outdent lines or blocks (like ⌘[, ⌘])
Great visualization of balanced brackets, parens, etc.
Great folding (on brackets, parens, etc., AND manually)
Ability to turn on and off soft wrapped text
save and load from ftp server
Preview HTML in Safari (or a WebView within the app)


texts: Safari won't let me access hardware web front-ends anymore

texts:
I use to be able to login to most hardware, even after the message This connection is not private popped up. I just had to enter my admin password and I was fine but now this no longer works.

Anyone else with this issue? It works fine if I use Google Chrome.


texts: High memory utilisation iPhone6: how to identify greedy apps/processes

texts:
My iPhone 6 is constantly at around 98% memory utilisation, even when it is running a bare minimum two or three apps (these figures were obtained from the Lirum Info app).  The phone runs noticeably sluggishly, and it is not uncommon for apps to crash when attempting processor-intensive tasks.

How can I find out which app or process is consuming so much memory?  I wonder if there is one or more rogue processes which are out of control and should be killed?  Something akin to macOS Activity Monitor is what I'm looking for.

In an attempt to improve performance, I've tried all of the suggestions listed here, except a full backup and restore.  I am beginning to wonder whether an Apple iPhone 6 battery replacement may be beneficial, but before I do so, I would like to do some diagnosis to find out what the performance hog is.


texts: Can't create a new partition on an external drive's free space

texts:
I have a USB2, 500GB external hard drive that I use for Time Machine backups. In order to test something, I created a new partition in the drive, roughly 30GB in size. Once I was done with my tests, I wanted to delete the partition and merge the free space back to the original, larger partition.
When I deleted the small test partition with Disk Utility, I encountered an error. A pop-up indicated that I should try to repair the disk, and that I did. Afterwards, the old partition appears as free space, but when I try to create a new partition on that free space (and it doesn't matter which kind of file system), I hit "apply" and the partition isn't created. When I try to move to a different tab in Disk Utility, it warns me that there are unsaved changes.

This is my diskutil output:

Asafs-MacBook-Pro:~ asafchelouche$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         250.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *249.8 GB   disk1
                             Logical Volume on disk0s2
                             <intentionally left out>
                             Unencrypted
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         464.7 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Asaf's Time Machine... *464.4 GB   disk3
                             Logical Volume on disk2s2
                             267758BA-8C0B-4710-B626-1909F9126576
                             Unlocked Encrypted

Note: the free space is right after the currently functioning partition, and it spans all the way to the disk's end.

What should I do in order to create a partition on the hard drive, so I could merge it back into the larger partition?

EDIT:
I've followed this post, but to no avail: when trying to execute the following command:

sudo gpt add -b 908317520 -i 4 -s 68390024 -t 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC disk2

I get this error message: gpt add: unable to open device 'disk2': Resource busy. I guess this is the same error that is returned to Disk Utility's GUI when I tried to create a new partition. Any thought on how to "un-busy" the device? (I executed diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2 in advance, and the requested partition size is divisible by 8)

P.S.
This is the output for sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk2:

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  907645736      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  908055376     262144      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  908317520   68390031
  976707551         32         Sec GPT table
  976707583          1         Sec GPT header


texts: How do I use MacOS Terminal or other app to format an MBR FAT32 SD card as a 0x0C partition, rather that 0x0B?

texts:
Apple's Disk Utility app can format an SD card as MBR FAT32; but in the Terminal, I confirmed the SD card's partition is in fact 0x0B:
> sudo gpt show /dev/disk3

 start      size  index  contents
     0         1         MBR
     1      2047
  2048  62746624      1  MBR part 11

"MBR part 11" refers to 0x0B.  I want the partition to be MBR part 12 (0x0C).
I then tried this in the Terminal:
> diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
Unmount of all volumes on disk3 was successful

> sudo fdisk -ia dos /dev/disk3
fdisk: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory

    -----------------------------------------------------
    ------ ATTENTION - UPDATING MASTER BOOT RECORD ------
    -----------------------------------------------------

Do you wish to write new MBR and partition table? [n] y

But if I click the "Initialize..." button, it merely opens the Disk Utility app, which I know will only format as MBR FAT32 0x0B.
How can I use MacOS Terminal or another Mac app (not Windows or Linux) to format the SD card as MBR FAT32 0x0C?


texts: "Sending request" popping up on iPhone repetitively

texts:
I have an iPhone 6S currently running 12.4.1.
The following pop-up keeps showing up every now and then. Upto 50 times a day.

It's very annoying and prohibits any activity while it shows.
I have searched a lot what this is, in vain.

Any way to get rid of this?


texts:
I shared a home video on my iPhone with myself via iCloud using my cell phone number. I was hoping that this would allow me to see the file somehow on my Mac but alas that did not work. I'm assuming this video is now using space on my iCloud account, so I'd like to "unshare" and delete it. How is this done?

Follow-up question, the video in question was added twice. I'm able to delete the videos as suggested in in the selected answer, however I'm now left with an empty stream that says "shared by (null)(null)". How do I get rid of that?


texts: How to move from iTunes book library to iBooks app

texts:
On my last mac system I used iTunes for syncing some PDFs and other books to my ipad.
Now on my new MBP with Mavericks and iTunes 11 there is no Books library anymore, but a new iBooks app.

I started to add some files to iBooks on my mac and followed the instructions to sync them to my ipad, but when opening iTunes and clicking the Books sync section, I still see only the old books formerly added to iTunes in the list. No new book from iBooks is being shown, so not synced to iPad.

I even don’t see a way to delete my old content (and move it to iBooks), because there is no library anymore.
Just deleting the Books folder under iTunes Library didn’t work - the Books sync section still shows the old content, although the sync now complains that it can’t find the files. (Deleting Cache files didn't work here)

So how can I actually enable iBooks app content sync from Mac to iPad and get rid of my former iTunes books library?


texts: FTP sites open in Finder instead of in Safari

texts:
I cannot log into FTP sites on my iMac (Intel Core i5, 2.8GHz, running OS X 10.6.7).

I probably created the problem when I installed Firefox and it took over as the default browser. I changed the default back to Safari, but then every time I try to log into the FTP at school (ftp://sws.pcc.edu), Firefox launched instead. I found a utility that said it would allow me to control internet protocol associations, which it kinda did. I tried to set Safari back to FTP but now FTP's open in Finder.

How do get things back to allowing me to login to FTP sites in Safari?


texts: What's an SSD and does it help speed up a Mac?

texts:
I see where someone recommended an SSD to help speed up a Mac mini but I do not know what an SSD is.

What's an SSD and what does it do?


texts: Specifying Network Services with `networksetup`

texts:
I am trying to make a script that disabled a network service (ethernet, not wifi), waits 10 seconds, then turn it back on.
networksetup -setnetworkserviceenabled [nentworkservice] on|off

The command above is the one and it works very well. Except the [networkservice] part. It really wants the human-readable, common name you set up in system prefs. I hate that. For many reasons. First, it can very easily be changed. Second, they very often have spaces in the name. So now you need to put the name in quotes in your script, which doesn't seem bad at first but when you are layering commands inside other commands inside other scripts, the quotes can lead to lots of complexity.
A bandaid approach would be to rename my ethernet services from "Ethernet 1" and "Ethernet 2" to "Ethernet_1" and "Ethernet_2". But a much BETTER solution would be to be able to use the traditional interface identifiers, en0 and en1. Oddly, it seems like some networksetup commands let you use that identifier, but some do not. Is there some other way, or is my bandaid approach the best one?


texts: Why do some apps require a password when I move them to the trash?

texts:
Some applications located in /Applications require a password in order to move them to the trash, others don't. Then there are also apps which cannot be deleted because they are required by OS X (a warning pops up).

Upon further inspection, I've come to the conclusion that Apps installed via the Mac App Store require a password in order to be moved to the trash. Why?


texts: Filename and editing permissions are gone from Finder Tags

texts:
I just added two pdf files in a Tag group and I the filename is blank even though in a normal finder windows I can see it.

An other problem is that if I select the file and I press enter to edit the name, nothing happens.

I tried to add extra files on the group and it seams to work fine with everything else.

I also tried to change the Tag group of the file, but same problem.

I checked the permissions and are totally fine. Any ideas?


texts: Apache keeps saying: You configured HTTP(80) on the standard HTTPS(443) port!

texts:
I have configured an SSL web site using the macOS Server app (version 5.3). When I examine the Apache log, I see this message (twice):

 [ssl:warn] [pid 4120] AH01916: Init: (mydomain.net:443) You configured HTTP(80) on the standard HTTPS(443) port!

I have not made any manual modifications to the Apache config file. I tried deleting the site, then stopping and restarting the web server, and finally re-adding the site from scratch, but the warning continues to show up in the log.

What is wrong and should I care?


texts: How to know if my iOS contains pirated contents

texts:
This is my first question here and my question may sounds novice but I am going to spend my vacation abroad so I would like to make sure that my iOS devices are pirated free content.

I may have copied some contents from friends such as ebooks, music, videos, etc.  The problem that I have tons of apps so I may use multiple book readers such as iBooks, Kindle, and many others. Same applies for music and videos.

Is there a way to check all of the contents on my devices using an app or at least a systematic way for check up.

PS: my devices are 256GB and all apps are original and downloaded from app store.


texts: How do I prevent other wifi networks from showing up on my computer?

texts:
I understand that I can prevent my computer from connecting to networks automatically under System Preferences > Network > Advanced, but I want to not even be able to see networks other than ones I have specified.

I don't want to see this long list:


texts: How to get the amount generated by app before deleting it from iTunes Connect

texts: I recently removed my app from sale from iTunes Connect, revenue generated from that app is around $103, I want to delete the app but before deleting how can I get this amount?


texts: Can't invite others to iCloud shared photo albums... "Invite People" button missing

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Title says it. There is no "Invite People" link/button...

What setting do I need to change? Yes, I've got iCloud setup. Do I have to upgrade to the new iCloud storage?

Edit: more details: iPhone 5s. iOS 8. I think it's maybe because I have zero contacts in iCloud?

Edit: more details: When I create a new shared album, everything seems fine. I can add people to share with, or even delete the album. But the original album that prompted me to ask this question does not allow me to either add people to share with, nor does it allow me to delete the album. Something is special about it. Should all albums be equivalent, or is there a special use case for special albums that can't be shared nor deleted? The album name is "Family". I suppose the answer to my conundrum is that this album is specifically tied to people I add to my "Family". Not sure exactly how to do this but I suppose they also have to have iDevices.


texts: Secure setting for shell for unused root account

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The security patch to Apple's root login security flaw — to 10.13.1 (17B1003) — has changed the shell setting reported by

dscl . list /Users UserShell

for root to /bin/sh (from /bin/bash). What does this accomplish? It's been suggested that for extra security I should set the shell for root to to /usr/bin/false. Does it still make sense to do that?


texts: Two iPhones, buth synced but with different contacts

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I have two iPhones and I would like to have them nicely synced calendar and task, but to keep different contacts. One is an office phone and I would like not to have my private numbers etc. Currently, on my old phone I have mail + contacts synced with Google, and Calendars, Reminders on iCloud, same as on my MacBook Air.

Can I sync some data but not all of it?


texts: What does the 'Special Paste' menu item in Xcode do?

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In Xcode 6.x, the Edit -> Paste and Edit -> Paste and Preserve Formatting menu items are self-evident. What does Edit -> Special Paste do?

On my system it's disabled most of the times.


texts: Add TL Symbol to Character Viewer (Unicode 20BA) [TL simgesi]

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I want to add the new 2012 Turkish Lira currency symbol, U+20BA, to Character Viewer as shown at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_lira_sign

What can I do?


texts: Will DVD Studio Pro work on an Intel Mac?

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I am looking at using DVD Studio Pro on an Intel MBP.
1. Which version will work?
2. How much control do I have over the DVD?

This is kinda two questions, so if needed I can split it. Just let me know.


texts: So, I had this app called World Chef, it's a game and I wanted to start over. I deleted the app and then re-installed it. It didn't remove the data from the game so I deleted the app from Game Center too but the data was still there! I tried signing off from my account but that didn't work either. Is there anyway I can COMPLETELY remove the data from my device so I can start a new game? I also need the help with Game Center because the game is always in my Game Center and I think it is the cause of the problem.


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My 9 month old iPhone 6 would last just 5 hours after a full charge. Apple told me the battery diagnostics look good, and to reset the phone after backup.

I just got 10 hours use and nearly 40 hours standby. In other words, nearly good as the day I got it. Given that I had a few dozen apps, I'm looking for advice how to find the one(s) that were the battery killers. Is it simply of matter of looking at the list of apps used and noting the ones I used during a low time-to-dead-battery time?


texts: Need advice: should I open the back of a 2013 Retina MacBook Pro as a means to recover data?

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A Late-2013 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina (MBPr) of mine was fried by a water spill and some very important data is on the hard drive. My most recent back up doesn't include this data. I know the computer is fried but I'm not sure if the hard drive is recoverable or not. Sparing the details, recovery of this data is very time sensitive.

Attempted solutions so far:

I took off the back of my computer to check if the hard drive was recoverable. Unfortunately I need a SSD adapter for an A1502 MBPr drive to find out, so this is not an immediate solution. I looked into purchasing a connector but everyone I found online won't arrive for at least a couple weeks. I can't wait that long.
The company Apple recommends you take your computer to for data recovery wants ~$1000 as an estimate, and the turnaround time is not guaranteed. This is the "standard priority" price, meaning I might spend money that I don't have and not even get the data recovered in time.

My thoughts on my next attempt at a solution:

I've ordered a new MBPr to replace my old one. It arrives in a couple days. My thought is to take off the back of my new MBP and plug in my old drive. From what I've read Apple hasn't updated their hard drive since 2013, so my old drive should be compatible with the new MBPr. If the old drive is okay then I should be able to restore my data before the weekend.

I'm asking for opinions on this solution. I recognize that this would void my warranty, but it is also my understanding from a friend's friend that works at the Genius Bar that there's no way for Apple to ever know I did this should I need to use my warranty for something in the future. For what it's worth, I would do this with the assistance of a very computer-savvy friend.

In particular, I am wondering if anyone can answer the following:

Can anyone confirm that my 2013 A1502 MBPr drive is compatible with the current MBPr model?
Will opening up my computer and temporarily swapping the hard drives compromise my new MBPr in any way?
Am I misinformed about Apple being unable to know I opened the back of my new MBPr should something go wrong?

Alternative solutions welcome. Please help.


texts: ImageMagick convert command produces a slight error

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This happens when I convert a GIF into a series of PNG files.

I convert a .gif animation to a series of .png using

convert ex.gif my_png_files_%d.png

I get a series of .png-figures but some of the figures seem to be slightly shifted to the side or up/down. Example: if the gif-animation was just a red circle centred in the middle of a square, then the series of the pngs would produce this circle but this circle would be slight shifted off center in some direction in some of the pngs.

Anyone know what the issue is here?


texts: Using Apple's Screen Sharing, can I redirect gestures and keys for controlling Spaces to the shared machine?

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I'm using the built in Screen Sharing tool in El Capitan to control an iMac from a Macbook Pro in full screen mode. Everything works beautifully except that many special keys and gestures are intercepted by the local Mac and not sent to the shared Mac. Specifically:

Ctrl-Arrow (Desktops and Mission Control)
F3 (Mission Control)
F4 (LaunchPad)
Three finger swipe (Switch between Desktops, Mission Control, Exposé)
Two finger swipe from left side (Notification Center)
Pinch with four fingers (Launchpad)

I can't find any way to switch between desktops on the remote machine other than manually opening the Mission Control app from the Finder or Dock. Disabling the gestures on the local machine doesn't help; they still don't get sent to the remote machine.

Is there any way to get special keys and gestures passed to the shared machine?


texts: Recents not updating with new files in High Sierra

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There has been a lot of wingeing over the loss of "All My Files" in favor of "Recents" in High Sierra, and I am beginning to understand why. For one, it seems to be an opaque tool and I have yet to locate any means of adjusting how it behaves or even learn what criteria make files appear there.

One thing I am sure of is that files which I have created in the last 24 hours (specifically, screen shots) do not appear there. These are not esoteric files like .plist files, but .jpg files that I have saved within my Google Drive folder. I have no idea why this file is being excluded from "Recents" but it does infer why screen videocaps created by Monosnap and saving them to some mysterious location with a mysterious name, which would seem to be a perfect opportunity for "Recents" to be useful except that it doesn't seem to work.

Is there any way to adjust how "Recents" works or learn what the criteria are for files to appear there


texts: Magsafe light occasionally turns off while plugged in

texts: Every once in a while, the green light on my Magsafe adapter will turn off, but the computer will indicate that it's still running off of AC power. If I unplug the adapter from the computer and then plug it back in, it'll immediately light up again. Is this normal?


texts: Disk not ejected properly message since started to use El Capitan

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I use an external LaCie hard disk as my Time Machine backup drive for MBP.

But since I have upgraded to El Capitan, every time I opened the laptop, I'm getting greeted by at least two notifications:

  External Disk is not ejected properly

I tried to exclude the backup disk from Spotlight, but it is not working.

I've never faced this issue in any of previous OSX releases.

Any ideas? It is quite annoying.


texts: How do I mark songs as Explicit in iTunes to make them match correctly in iTunes Match

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I have a few CD's that I ripped a while ago that are in my iTunes library, that have an explicit label. They play fine on my local computer.

The problem is, these ripped CDs are not marked as explicit in my iTunes library, so due to a bug in iTunes Match, when I play these songs on other devices, they play the clean versions 'Matched' from iTunes Match. Imagine my surprise when I'm listening to a song I expect to have explicit lyrics all of a sudden clean.

I know that there is a metadata 'flag' somewhere in the file that sets this, and its not available through the iTunes interface. I have seen online that there are tools to edit this flag, but then either hear that it doesn't actually do this, no real decent walk-throughs, or even discrepancies on which field to edit. What do I need, and how do I mark these songs as explicit to then get matched 'correctly' in iTunes Match?

Update: The answer from gentmatt does let me set the Explicit flag on the files as I was hoping to do. I thought this would solve the problem, but it does not. Also, I noticed that various other albums, with explicit lyrics, do actually sync correctly. The only problem albums I have are a Kanye West album, and a Jay-Z album. But with this question being related more towards how do I get them to work correctly in iTunes Match, im continuing to look for answers.

Final Update: This was an issue with  iTunes Match. After a while, I tried downloading them again, and it pulled the right ones. There were several albums that reported this way, and they are continuously working on it. So it was less of an issue with my actual files, and more of an issue of how the files were indexed on the iTunes Match server side.


texts:
I've been looking for MPI for OS X and some websites say that it is already installed in OS X (since 10.5).

Could someone point out where is it installed? I cannot find mpicc nor mpirun. Or should I build OpenMPI from code?


texts: Is it possible to add a button to the Finder that goes up a directory? I looked at the buttons available under customize and didn't see one, but thought there might be a hack out there.


texts: Performance effect of dual-booting with APFS partitions

texts: I have a 2013 iMac with a fixed disk, not an ssd. For unrelated reasons, I dual-boot it with two separate copies of macOS Catalina that share space in the same APFS container. Without knowing much about APFS, I was wondering if this could have an impact on the performance of the mac. Specifically, I was wondering if it could cause fragmentation of data across different physical sectors, thereby resulting in an increased need to seek from one place on the disk to another. Is this concern valid? Is it likely to cause any meaningful performance decrease, or has anyone else noticed one?


texts: some mouse clicks not registering in steam

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When in a game on steam, about half the mouse clicks do not register. This issue doesn't seem to happen in any other applications that i've tried or on the steam client itself.
The issue started when I used bettertouchtool to try and remap a few of the extra buttons on my 3rd party mouse to different keys. However now even when bettertouchtool is not running the issue still happens. I've tried using a different mouse, the trackpad on my macbook, and an apple magic mouse and all of them have the same issue. As far as i know this happens in every game in my library.
information:
Type of Mac: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
macOS version: 10.15.4


texts: I uploaded photos from two different iPhones to the iCloud using the same Apple ID. Now I would like to remove one device (including all photos that were upladed by this device) from the iCloud. Is this possible? If yes, what would be the best way?


texts: Applescript to create outgoing message in Mail.app with specified sender

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I have a lot of accounts in Mail.  I use KeyboardMaestro to automate much of what I do, but I haven't found a way to reliably get it to choose a given account in a new message window.  I'm wondering if I can get applescript to do it for me.

I have the following:

tell application "Mail" to make new outgoing message with properties {sender:"my@email.address"}

and Mail obediently opens a new message window...but doesn't bother to set the sender correctly :-(

I've also tried using the entire string which appears in the Sender popup menu in the window (which seems to be the Alias, in the Accounts pane of Mail's prefs window), plus just the substring before the hyphen (which seems to be the Full Name in Mail's prefs).  Nothing works.

Has anyone managed to get this to work?


texts: The /usr/bin/codesign file on our server was removed.  It is running version OS version 10.9.   Does anyone know where I can download the codesign file for OSX 10.9?  Or can anyone pull it off their computers for me?


texts: How do I run a .sh or .command file in Terminal

texts: I've always wanted to be able to run a script I've downloaded online directly from the Finder but just double clicking the file does not work.


texts: How do I turn off the built in macOSD shortcut for Minimise ('Opt' + 'Cmd' + "M")

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I want to use the built in Google Docs shortcut for "Add Comment…" (I don't think I can change those). It is the same as the one Apple assigned for minimise documents ('Opt' + 'Cmd' + "M").

I've been through all the System Prefs tabs relating to keyboard shortcuts I can find and I cannot find a way to change or disable this built in behaviour. Is there a way?


texts: How do I start a new blank image page in Preview?

texts: I want to be able to paste an image in a new blank page in Preview.app but do not see this option in the program.


texts: Is there a way to input GPS co-ordinates into the iOS6 Maps app?

texts: In Google Maps and the iOS-5 Maps app you can search for co-ordinates such as "loc: N 42 14.768 W 071 02.156" (note the lowercase loc). In the new Maps app this fails with No Results found. Is there another way to enter GPS co-ordinates or is this another missing 'feature'?


texts: I don't want to use Apple's Mail.app on macOS - Any unintended consequences?

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Mail app is using 10GB on my laptop (High Sierra 10.13.3). I don't use it at all; I usually use the web interface and occasionally Thunderbird for my Gmail account.

This is the only Mail-connected account in Internet Accounts. If I were to uncheck it in Internet Accounts for my Gmail account so that I can delete the cache and free up some space, is there the possibility of any unintended consequences? For example, will I somehow stop getting email reminders of things in my BusyCal calendar? Or some other possibility that I am unaware of?


texts:
I logged into iCloud.com but there is no option to send an iMessage.

Is it possible to send an iMessage through iCloud or any other website?


texts: Can using a non Apple USB cable damage an iPhone?

texts: If I use a generic/aftermarket iPhone USB cable instead of the official Apple product, can it damage the iPhone?  A vendor at the mall said that high quality iPhone USB cables have a chip that regulates the charging current so it won't damage the device.  He said the cheaper cables don't have that capability. Doesn't sound very credible, so I wanted to double check.


texts: After upgrading to Mojave lpass-cli fails to execute properly?

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After upgrading from High Sierra to Mojave I started encountering the following error:

$ lpass login <username>
lpass(1773,0x10e0ec5c0) malloc: *** error for object 0xec83485354415541: pointer being freed was not allocated
lpass(1773,0x10e0ec5c0) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug


texts: Is it possible to recover "Could not find APFS system volume handle!" which is reported in verbose mode?

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My machine is a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) with AFPS formatted Kingston 480Gb SSD. Running the latest OS X High Sierra 10.13.4 (17E202)

For a while, the machine was running OK but I had a few times where it crashed resulting in the following symptoms:

All I could see was my desktop pictures; no dock, couldn't force quit/restart the Finder.

On one occasion, I just rebooted and it was OK. The last time, same thing happened and I rebooted to get the prohibitory symbol (circle with a cross through it). So I decided to boot into verbose mode and the last message I get is:

Could not find APFS system volume handle!

I've tried reinstalling High Sierra on another old drive, making a bootable USB and repairing it and it just says that I should back up the data on the drive. Unfortunately I don't have the exact message because it would involve taking the drive out again and writing it down.

I've searched around a bit but could only find any details about this message on a dead thread on the Apple Discussions forum.

Has anybody had this experience and found a way to recover the data off the drive rather than just erasing the drive and starting from scratch?

Some more details:

I've tried the option reinstall Mac OSX but it just doesn't recognise the disk at all; the drive doesn't show in the window at all.

Heres the previous thread on Apple Discussions which explains the exact symptoms with screenshots:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8328713


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I have tried to use my Time Capsule as external storage and backup but finally realized it's not working very well. It is very slow.

So, I think I'm gonna buy a Synology NAS as most people recommended. Maybe a 215J.

Today, I have my modem connected to my TC acting as a fast router. That works well I think.

My question is, how do I connect my internet for best effect if I get a NAS? Modem > TC > NAS? Or how does it work?

Additional comments are welcomed!


texts: Installing Ubuntu without DVD or Flash Drive

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I'm trying to give new life to my old white late-2006 MacBook by installing a new OS (dual boot), but I am having problems as my DVD/CD drive is broken and I just can't get my Mac to boot from my flash drive. The Mac has 64 bit processors, but the EFI is 32 bit.

I previously tried (and succeeded) installing Windows 10 with the help of VirtualBox following this incredible guide, but finally decided to drop that solution as I couldn't get the sound to work (everything else worked like a charm though). So, I would instead like to give 64 bit Ubuntu a try.

Could a similar approach, using VirtualBox as in the guide above, be used to install Ubuntu without USB or DVD, or would access to the physical disk via VirtualBox be a limitation?

I'm currently running OSX 10.7 Lion and VirtualBox 4.3.40.


texts: MacOSX Maverick 10.9 - How do I stretch a window across both of my dual screens on my dual screen setup?

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I have two monitors on my Mac. I have just installed Maverick and I notice I can no longer stretch a window from the screen on my left to the screen on my right. Mac OSX Maverick 10.9 seems to pick one screen and it does not show the stretched window on the other screen anymore.

This is a problem because I like to use one particular program (VMWareFusion) to do my software development in full screen mode. No longer can I see my guest operating system in both screens anymore when I full screen it because of this problem... at least that is my hypothesis.


texts: How to fix this disk has 2 partions popup on external HD

texts: I've been recently getting this message when I try to eject my external HD, I only use it for Time Machine backups. How do I stop this message form appearing?


texts: How to keep MacBook Pro from stopping Time Machine when sleeping?

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I don't want to leave my monitor on all the time on my MacBook but would like Time Machine to run when the MacBook screen is off.  My first backup is 500 GB and the computer keeps going to sleep and Time Machine pauses.

Any way to keep Time Machine working but have screen go off only?


texts:
I got a Mac given to me. The computer looks good and runs. It was from a business and part of a managed domain. I don't know the username or password.
What can I do the access the Mac and change for use at home?


texts:
The Mini was installed with Windows 2003 now and its the only OS installed. It's a Mac Mini A1176 and now I want to install reformat the box and install Mac OSX.

But the problem is unlike any other Mac products I have, by holding 'c', 'shift', 'option', or 'd' on the keyboard immediately after power on the box cannot successfully change the booting sequence, it only boots from hard disk which is installed with Windows now.

I think the problem is that I'm not using a Mac keyboard, but a normal PC keyboard, is that because it doesn't recongnize the keyboard at the booting stage?

Please tell me what to do to force the box to boot from CD, because I don't have a Mac keyboard with me right now.


texts: I cannot do bootcamp but my hard disk only have machintos HD and Data

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The bootcamp said that my disk cannot be partitioned or restored as single partition.

I am using macbook pro 15" but idk the version but the graphic card said gt320m 256 MB and 350 GB HDD i5

do i have to remove the data before do bootcamp or is there anything i can do beside remove the data?


texts: How to disable auto charge when my iPad plugged into my Mac?

texts: Whenever I plugged my iPad into my Mac, it will auto charge. For some reasons, I wanna turn this feature off. Is there anyway to do it? I searched but only got not revalent answers.


texts: Can't connect to iCloud or iTunes on my iPad

texts: I cannot connect to iCloud or iTunes on my iPad anymore. I can connect to the Internet but not iCloud or iTunes. I've tried seeing if I need to update software by going into settings-general-update software but I just get an error saying "unable to check for update. An error occurred while checking for a software update" then another saying "there was an error connecting to iCloud verification failed". Can anyone help?


texts: Drawbacks to merging PDFs in Preview.app

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When PDF files are merged in Preview.app are there any drawbacks regarding compatibility with the PDF standard and Acrobat?

My procedure is to open two PDFs in Preview and drag the pages from the thumbnail drawer of one document to the other, then save.  I also delete pages be selecting the page thumbnail and pressing 'delete'.

When PDFs are merged in this way, are they really merged into a single PDF or is the first PDF just acting as a container file for the second?  Likewise, are deleted pages really removed from the PDF or just 'commented' out in the rendering engine?


texts: Can't select a disk to install High Sierra

texts: I have a mid 2010 MacBook Pro currently using MacOS X El Capitan 10.11.6. I downloaded MacOS High Sierra 10.13.4 and have the "Install MacOS High Sierra" application. My problem is that when I try to install MacOS High Sierra, the only available disk to select is "Restore Image," which "Install MacOS High Sierra" tells me is used for Time Machine backups, but it is gray and faded and I can't select it. I have FileVault turned off and "Restore Image" selected in my "Startup Disk" menu. How can I be able to select the disk and install MacOS High Sierra 10.13.4?


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Situation: a mac running 10.14, accessed from a Windows laptop via TeamViewer remote desktop software.
Problem: sometimes apps will prevent shutdown. "Xcode interrupted shutdown" or similar. Once every 1-3 weeks.
Because the TeamViewer app on the mac quits successfully — terminating the network connection before the "$app interrupted shutdown" message is shown — I never see this message myself and only know about it because coworkers with physical access report it to me when I ask for their help.
When the mac fails to shut down, the automatic boot-up the next morning also never runs, therefore the TeamViewer app on the mac never re-opens, therefore I can't connect to it remotely the next day.
Question: Is there some way to force the mac to shutdown, no matter what state it is in, even when apps interrupt the process?
(Software solutions only — while a timer switch that periodically cuts power would work, I don't want to risk physical damage from regular power interruptions).


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Migration from time machine back up. OS of old and new El Capitan)
What will happen with all my photos in iPhoto of the back up? Will they be transferred with migration, or should I first install iphoto on the new macbook?


texts: Facebook app running on iPad 1 with iOS 5.1.1 crashes at launch

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The Facebook app (version 5.3 from Dec 13, 2012) running on iPad 1 with iOS 5.1.1 crashes at launch.

It always used to work then I restored to factory settings whilst upgrading to iOS 5.1.1 now it crashes on launch and returns user to home screen. I have deleted the app and all it's data, restarted the iPad and re-installed the app. Other apps from the store and that account run fine, but I'm at a loss what to do next?


texts: Does taking a screen capture and screen recording on the iPhone X include the "extra 2 small regions (notches)" at the top?

texts:
And can it be turned off to only include the main screen area?

(I think the small region is called a "notch"):


texts: 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 freezes upon adding USB devices

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On my 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 it will turn off and have to be restarted when adding a usb ext drive.  It has even turned off when plugging in a wired Apple mouse as well.

It does this in either front or back.  I have reset the battery inside and the pram and cmu.

How can I stop it from turning off like this?


texts: MacOX Notes V7 content not retrieved by copying database files -- what else can I do?

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tldr: My MacBook Pro (10.13.6) is broken but I can retrieve files. I got the Notes database files from ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Notes and moved them into the corresponding location on another Macbook Pro with the same OS. Only 2 of my dozens of notes are available. What else can I do?

I have a 2016 MacBook Pro running 10.13.6. I took dozens of notes with the Notes app. It's never been connected to iCloud, so everything is stored locally. Now my computer is nonfunctional due to what tech support believes to be a permanent hardware failure, but I can still boot into recovery mode and transfer files off. I'd like to retrieve my notes (I thought they were being backed up, but my backup solution wasn't working the way I thought it was).

Following the process from this question, I went to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Notes which contains the following:

-rw-r--r--@ 1 zipslime  staff   192K Dec 14 11:58 NotesV7.storedata
-rw-r--r--@ 1 zipslime  staff    32K Dec 14 22:49 NotesV7.storedata-shm
-rw-r--r--@ 1 zipslime  staff   2.7M Dec 15 08:45 NotesV7.storedata-wal

I copied these files and put them on another MacBook Pro that's running the same OS and that never had any notes taken on it. When I opened Notes on that computer, it showed only the demo note that appears on a fresh installation of notes. After a reboot, it started showing two of my old notes, but there's no sign of the rest.

If I manually examine NotesV7.storedata-wal it's mostly human-unreadable but I can see fragments of some of my old notes, including ones that are not appearing in Notes now. Additionally, I know that my notes were accessible up to the moment the original computer kicked the bucket, so I have no reason to believe the content would be corrupted or otherwise irretrievable. Is there anything else I can try?


texts:
What is the difference between iPhoto/Photo Stream/ Image Capture?

I hope, all the three is using photos. But WHAT is the difference?


texts:
I have a shortcut to my Dropbox folder on my dock. Occasionally, a file called "Icon?" will appear when I click on the Dropbox folder on my dock, as shown below.

Does anyone know why this file keeps appearing, and how to stop it from appearing again? I've tried deleting it, and it disappears for a while, but then eventually it comes back again. When I try opening the file, it just leads to a blank file in TextEdit. When I try to look directly in my Dropbox folder, by opening it directly in Finder, the file is nowhere to be found either.

If it helps, I am on the latest version of Sierra, on a mid-2012 rMBP.


texts: Is there an efficient way to recover un-synced Photo Stream images?

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I'm experiencing a vexing bug with Photo Stream (that at least some others seem to share), in which about 10% of the photos I take on my iOS devices just don't show up in the stream. I understand that I can manually import the missing photos (e.g. using Image Capture, Aperture or iPhoto) and then manually add them to my photo library, including to my Photo Stream (e.g., using Aperture). But this process is tedious and, of course, error prone: I need to periodically go through all the photos I've taken with each of my iOS devices and manually identify which photos haven't made it into the Photo Stream.

Is there a way to force a re-upload of all photos in an iOS device's Camera Roll to Photo Stream?

I've tried turning Photo Stream off and back on again on the affected iOS devices, but the missing photos remain missing.


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I am using CHMView at the moment.
The problem is that when I do a typing mistake in one word.
I have to wait for long time.
I would like to have no continuous search.
Only searching when I hit enter.

Is there any application for CHM where the search is not continuous?


texts: Text Replacements synchronisation between iOS and OS X does not work properly

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Note: As pointed out by Andreas Fischlin this entire QA is using incorrect terminology.
I have changed the main title to correctly reflect the discussion is about Text Replacements not Shortcuts. A shortcut is  Cmd ⌘   S  to save a document etc.
Rather than correct the terminology right the way through, I thought it easier to add this note.

I use keyboard shortcuts on my iPhone a lot. For example, @g which results in @gmail.com, or addr for my home address. I have got multiple OS X and iOS systems. I believe shortcuts in sync via iCloud.

On OS X some of my shortcuts are quite annoying because typing @g always results in @gmail.com without giving me a suggestion first (like it does on iOS) (btw, it took me quite some effort to type this sentence as it was continuously extending @g ...)

When I delete a keyboard shortcut on device A (OS X), just one day later, the removed shortcuts are back! Furthermore, created shortcuts on device B (iOS) appear on device A, but removed shortcuts from device B are not removed on device A.

I do not understand the logic of syncing keyboard shortcuts:

Is it possible to disable automatically completing my shortcuts on OS X?
Should the shortcuts be in sync between OS X and iOS?
Why are removed shortcuts keep coming back?
How can I fix the synchronisation between shortcuts on my machines?

On OS X, I have 'Correct spelling automatically' disabled.

iOS gives the keyboard shortcut as a suggestion.

On iOS go to: Settings > General > Keyboard > Shortcuts

On OS X go to: System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Text


texts: A number of subcommands of the command-line keychain tool security accept a four-character "creator" code. Where can these FourCCs be looked up? For a given potential creator (such as an application), how can its FourCC be determined? For a given keychain item, how can its creator code be shown?


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I have a 15" MacBook Pro 2016 and I can't figure out how can I remove the saved auto-fill emails like I can on Windows/Linux using the keyboard:

Select one of the suggested emails from the drop down via arrows
Press ShiftDelete
And viola the email is removed/forgotten

I've found this link on Google Support which suggests that I use ShiftFnDelete on my Mac and it should do the same, but for one laptops keyboard does not have the Delete key, and even though I have the delete_forward key remapped over Caps Lockit does nothing.

Is there any other way I can do this, I'm only interested in solutions via the keyboard, not the other solutions using Chrome's settings etc...

Pick of the auto fill drop down:


texts: If my timemachine was done with lion, but my host is snow leopard, how will it restore?

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What I want is for my Mac to go back to exactly as it was, which was with lion.

Of course, there's no lion disk, so I've done a clean reinstall with snow leopard (new drive).

Should I restore from a lion timemachine onto snow leopard, or just install snow leopard, re install lion from the Mac store, and then restore from the time machine?


texts: On a mac can I extend (not duplicate) my display to multiple external monitors?

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I've got a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) running Catalina 10.15.3 (cant upgrade OS since its a work laptop) and 3 external monitors. All 3 external monitors are connected and working fine.
All external monitors are connect via a HyperDrive GEN2 USB-C Hub 18-in-1. In particular the HyperDrive has 2 HDMI ports and 1 VGA port (all of which I am using). The HyperDrive is connected to my Mac via a USB-C port.
My MacBook has 4 x USB-C ports and seemingly no other ports.
I want to extend the display to all 3 monitors (like I can on Windows).
When I choose to extend the displays via ... System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement tab
and then uncheck "Mirror Displays" ... It extends the display on the laptop monitor to the 3 external monitors, however, the display on the 3 external monitors duplicates/mirrors the display on the other external monitors (but not the laptop monitor).
I don't want any of the displays to be duplicated! Is this possible on Mac out the box or is there any software to support this?
I read here ... https://hypershop.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044788432-Does-the-12-or-18-port-allow-me-to-display-multiple-monitors- ... that:

Mac OS only supports Single Stream Transport (SST) meaning it can only support one extended display over a single USB-C connection. The 2nd display will a mirror of the 1st display.

Windows OS supports Multi-Stream Transport (MST) on supported computers and can support 3 extended displays over a single USB-C connection.

So I'm starting to lose hope that I can achieve what I want on my Mac which is 4 extended displays (including the laptop monitor). Any thoughts or help on this?


texts:
Sofware update says everything is up to date, however Java Preferences says it's running Version 6 Update 29.

The Java website says there is a newer version: Version 6 Update 31 with critical security fixes.

Is there any way I can update this or do I have to sit around and wait for Apple to release this through software update?  It is a critical security fix isn't it?

Thanks! :)


texts: Do non-smartphones exist that are able to sync with any OS after Mountain Lion?

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Currently I have a Nokia 6300 and a Mac with Mountain Lion installed. Calendar and Contacts sync through iSync via Bluetooth without a problem.

I'm thinking of upgrading to Mavericks or Yosemite, but as these newer OS'es miss the syncing services necessary for iSync to work I wouldn't be able to connect my Nokia anymore.

I don't want to buy a smartphone just so it will sync with my Mac, so therefore I'm looking for a "dumbphone" that can sync with my Mac on Mavericks or Yosemite.

So my question is:

Does a dumbphone exist that will be able to sync contacts and calendars with a Mac on Mavericks or Yosemite? It's fine if a third-party application is needed.


texts: is that a command to type in terminal that lists all the webcams connected to my computer? Maybe using ffmpeg package?