texts: 8GB 1333mhz SODIMM in Macbook Pro 13" 2010 (7,1) alongside original 2GB stick

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I understand that 8gb modules are not officially supported in this MBP. However, this indicates that they are, as long as they are 1067mhz modules:

Can I use 16 GB RAM with my MacBook Pro 7,1?

I also understand that while 1333mhz modules are not supported, if they are paired with a 1067mhz module, the EFI automatically downclocks the faster module, and they both run at 1067mhz, eg:

http://tylermilner.com/?p=342

Here's my question:

Is is likely to work if I buy an 8gb 1333mhz module and pair it with one of the existing 2gb 1067mhz modules?

The reason for this over an 8gb 1067mhz or 2x4gb are:

I get more RAM (10gb) than replacing with 2 x 4gb
I can upgrade in future if I want (add an 8gb 1067mhz stick)
It's much cheaper - 8gb 1333mhz modules are far cheaper in the UK now than 8gb 1067mhz


texts: Which folder does 'iTunes Media folder' refer to?

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I changed the setting of my iTunes Media folder, temporarily, and now wish to switch it back again. I have many, many music files stored in the following location:

/Volumes/SAMSUNG/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/{band-name}/{album}/{song-title}.m4a

When setting the preference "iTunes Media folder location", what value should I choose? Is it "/Volumes/SAMSUNG/iTunes" or "/Volumes/SAMSUNG/iTunes/iTunes Media"?

Additionally, when I set this, what else do I need to do to ensure iTunes recognises it - i.e. all my music appears. Choosing either location appears to do nothing, which is partly why this is so confusing - there's no indication if I've chosen the 'correct' folder or not.


texts: I can't set a HTTP-Proxy on my wifi anymore

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Anyone have an idea how to fix this?

I press save but still it isn't saved.. or being used?


texts: Mac OS X Terminal [Use option as meta key] overrides backslash in spanish keyboard

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I already posted this question in stackoverflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4811282/mac-os-x-terminal-use-option-as-meta-key-overrides-backslash-in-spanish-keyboar

but I was informed there that this is the right place to ask it.

I check "Use option as meta key" checkbox in Mac OS X Terminal, because I like to use emacs way of moving between words: M-f & M-b.

But if I do that, I can't get the backslash (Option + º; i.e.: Option + key-at-the-left-of-1-in-spanish-keyboard). If I uncheck it, then I can input the backslash, but I don't have M-f & M-b.

Is there a way to get both? This is driving me nuts!


texts: Windows 10 via Bootcamp: "Setup was unable to use the existing system partition..."

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I'm running macOS Sierra on an early 2015 MacBook Pro with a 500 GB SSD.

I've been trying to get Windows 10 installed via Bootcamp by following this guide: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204990

I've allocated 80GB of space via the Bootcamp Assistant.

I'm getting stuck at the following error:

"Setup was unable to use the existing system partition because it does not contain the required free space"

I can go larger, but am not confident that would resolve the issue (I've done some searching and others report an issue with 100GB) and I didn't really want to give Windows that much space.

Any ideas?


texts: Many Applications accessing obsolete x509anchors

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When I look into console.app I see that every 2 minutes one of the mac os programs (Safari, Mail, Keychain, Addressbook, WebProcess etc.) is giving an "Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors." error. How do I solve this problem?

Systeminfo:

Mac OS 10.6.8


texts: Unable to add Visual Studio Code app's icon to macOS Dock

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I had Visual Studio Code app's icon in my Mac's Dock before, but I can't put it there again.

I tried dragging and dropping the app bundle from the /Applications folder, but the icon doesn't land in the Dock. Have I accidentally banned Visual Studio Code.app from the macOS Dock?

If yes, how can I revoke the ban? I can add icons for other apps just fine. Even when I have Visual Studio Code.app running, the app's icon doesn't appear in the Dock.

How do I resolve the issue and get the app icon to show in the Dock?


texts: I would like to install rEFIt. Will it void my warranty, even though it can be uninstalled?


texts: How can I get rid of this context menu option?

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I deleted AppDelete from my computer because I used it once and it sat on my computer for like forever. Now every time I click on something in finder, it gives me the option to delete it with AppDelete. How can I get rid of this?

You can see it is the bottom option in the popup menu.


texts: Is there a spec on how iMessage in the Cloud allocates use on devices?

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I read that iMessage doesn't do "space saving" like iCloud Photos.
I have 75GB of messages in iCloud, I see 25GB on my 500GB Mac and 11GB on my 64GB iPhone.
How is this use determined, how do I know what's available on each device?


texts: Mac Mail has very slow to send/receive mail (plus other bugs too)

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It's been worse since Yosemite.

From the same exchange account (office365) I will send and receive emails instantly on my phone, but they will take several minutes through the app.

Loading existing conversations also often takes a long time.

Conversations often get jumbled up and emails that don't belong will be added to a conversation.

And finally accepting event invitations is a little messed up. I click accept and nothing happens. Then a few minutes later the email will dissapear and the event will appear in the calendar.

I am having these issues on both my laptops.

I've tried offlining and enabling the account. Also tried reindexing.

Does anyone know if these are just Yosemite bugs? Or is there somethinng I can do to fix it?

Thanks!


texts: I have some app data that I'd like to preserve when the time for a new iPhone rolls around.  This app does not (seem to) have any cloud-syncing functionality.  I regularly sync my iPhone to iTunes via USB on a Macbook Air running OS X 10.5.8.  How can I ensure that this app's data is backed up, so as to re-use it on a new device?


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The Android OS monitors the power consumption of running apps and hardware (display). As you may guess, this is a useful feature as it allows to track down energy greedy apps.

Is there an application that would do such monitoring on Mac OS?

It should calculate the percentages of the charge that an application/process/hardware has used.

I use plenty of little software that runs in the background permanently. It would be nice to know if such little helpers drain the battery significantly.


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Whenever I open iPhoto, I get this error :

Any idea how to fix this ?

Error log :

Process:         iPhoto [52263]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         9.4.2 (9.4.2)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-710042000000000~2
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [240]
User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2013-02-04 17:06:44.306 +0000
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.2 (12C3006)
Report Version:  10

Interval Since Last Report:          2832171 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           829
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   7

Crashed Thread:  0

Exception Type:  EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python
  Referenced from: /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
  Reason: image not found


texts: Restore Terminal Tabs with Session History

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I had a Terminal window with 7 or 8 tabs with a lot of history and long scrollback, with resume set to 10000 rows, that was always persisting between sessions. I have accidentally closed the window instead of quitting the Terminal app and I have lost this setup. I have a time machine backup from the day before. Is there a way to restore my tabs with their histories?

I have found these two possibly related Q&A, but I can’t figure out how to use that info to restore my tabs:

Restore specific Terminal history from .bash_sessions?
How do OS X terminal sessions persist through reboots?


texts: I need to restore my data from a non time machine manual backup

texts: My machine crashed and I made a manual backup to an external drive...how can i restore all my user data including mailbox data...am I screwed. I did not use time machine backup to back up my data just did a straight copy of the disk drive to a folder on my external drive


texts: How do I play a YouTube video in the background on my iPad?

texts: I like to 'listen' to YouTube video in the background while I am surfing on my desktop. However, I cannot do this on the iPad as, as soon as I switch from YouTube video to the browser, the video pauses. Is there a solution for this either in the form of an app or a website?


texts: yosemite upgrade error couldn't unmount disk

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single user did not work.

rescue boot did not work.

usb bootable installer via terminal diskutility did not work.

is there any other way to format the disk of Macbook pro for a clean fresh yosemite install? It does not have firewire to try the remote boot.

thanks


texts: How to embed a file as an icon in MS Word 2011

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This should be fairly simple and it appears to be a bug in MS Word. I have a MS Word document and I simply want to embed an image in the document, but have it show up as an icon instead of the full image.

What should work is the following:

Select Insert -> Object...
Press the "From File..." button
Make sure the 'Display as Icon' item is checked
Select the image file
Press Insert

However, the image shows up as itself instead of being represented by an icon.

This works in MS Word on Windows.

Is there a way to make it work in MS Word 2011 for OS X?


texts: How can I make iTunes start again after disabling it?

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Since iTunes tries to steal my 'Play' button on my keyboard, I disabled it a few months ago. I now wish to buy a movie from the iTunes Store, which means I have to re-enable iTunes.

Problem is: I can't remember what I did to disable it. Currently, after disabling it, starting iTunes shows the icon bouncing but then doesn't launch any windows. Reinstalling iTunes doesn't help. On the command line, I get the following output:

open /Applications/iTunes.app
2015-03-14 21:03:43.082 open[67755:13439350] Metadata.framework [Error]: void _MDItemMarkAsUsedForPath(CFStringRef): was called with a NULL path

How can I make iTunes start again?


texts: Could it be called landing, or profile, or main ? I am not sure what these are called on an app.


texts: MacBook Pro 15" 2010 keyboard won't work in login screen - Yosemite

texts: I did an update to Yosemite yesterday, but today I turned the computer on and tried to type my password in. I couldn't because the keys I P A D K L M C don't seem to be working, I have tried three different keyboards and none work. Two of the keyboards are official Apple. I tried them in my windows laptop and all the keys are working fine. I then booted into the recovery on the MBP and I could type with all the keys. I thought it was fixed so restarted. I then had the exact same problem and am at a loss of what to do. I've tried Apple support, but they are about as useful as a chocolate tea pot. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How can I buy something in German if I live in the U.S.?

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I want to buy the German dubbed version of South Park.  How can I do this?  I changed my region to Germany and found what I want to purchase.  I even previewed the episode and sure enough the audio-language-dub is in German.  iTunes won't let me buy this though because it's not available in my region.

So I bought the English-U.S. version with hopes I could change the audio settings, which I read how to do here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202641 (click "On Mac or PC").  I don't get all those options though.  I know the exact episode I purchased is available in German, since I previewed it in the German store, but I don't have these options.

What can I do to get this in German?


texts: Unable to turn off Voice Control on ios 10.2/10.2.1

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I have followed the instructions to turn off Voice Control here:

http://appletoolbox.com/2016/12/disable-voice-control-for-good-on-your-iphone-how-to/

  Tap on Settings > General Choose Accessibility followed by Home Button
  Switch off the “Press and Hold to Speak Option” here

But Voice Control still comes up.  This is bad news: I can not make phone calls - they get cut off by this Voice Control that will not die.

This was happening on 10.2 . I upgraded to 10.2.1 to see if would make a difference: but no change in behavior.

Note I also tried the older workaround described here:

  A popular workaround for those not on iOS 10.2 was to change the
  language for Siri. Tap on Settings -> Siri. Enable Siri and then
  change the language to “Hebrew”. Turn off Siri. When you pressed the
  Home button for a little too long, the Voice Dialing wouldn’t happen.

That also did not work:  Siri was trying to interpret all audible inputs as hebrew
- and I still did not have control of my phone back.


texts: Why would MacBook Pro indicate "not on same network" as iPhone...when that is not the case?

texts: I have a new MacBook Pro (2015) from apple and I am trying to link with my iPhone so I can make calls from the laptop. I have done this before, with my iMac and other laptops but I keep getting a message (see below) that they are not on the same network...but they are!!! Any thoughts?


texts: How do I view disk usage on my desktop computer icon?

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How do I get disk usage information on my 'Machintosh HD' icon on my desktop?

I did it on my old computer, so I know it's possible, but can't seem to find the option again.

I am on MacOSX 10.8.2.


texts: How can I set the camera to default to HDR on?

texts: I'd like to set my (iOS7) iPhone's camera to always default to HDR on. I do enable HDR when I'm taking pictures, but it always seems like the iPhone forgets the setting and goes back to HDR off.


texts: How to remap right Control key to Command/apple key?

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Similar question over here does not provide an answer.

tn2450 gives no option to address apple/command key.

System settings do not allow to remap only right Control key.

Is there a way to make right-Control key to act like Command key while leaving left-Control alone?


texts: How do I delete a specific cookie by name in Safari?

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I opted into an experimental new Stack feature (coming soonish!), and now I want to opt back out. To do so, all I have to do is delete a cookie called purple. It should be easy. Just go to Safari preferences, privacy, cookie details, and...

...hum.

I don't want to delete all of my Stack Exchange cookies, just the one I know the name of. Can I delete this cookie through Safari? If not, where do Safari's cookies live, so I can delete it by hand?


texts: Transfer some photos/videos from one iPhone to another

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I want to add some photos and videos from someone else’s iPhone to my iPhone’s photo library.

I want to keep the photo’s dates so that they appear at the right time chronologically in my library.

I know I can airdrop but I don’t think that saves the date? Rather just adds them to the end of your photo library.

Usually I would plug their phone into my Mac and import using Photos, but this isn’t possible.

Is there a way of doing this importing of photos directly from one iPhone to another?


texts: How to generate sound check data per album?

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In Mastered for iTunes, Apple promises:

  Sound Check can also correctly set the volume per album, rather than per song, allowing albums that rely on volume differences between tracks

However, my understanding is that afconvert (with the --soundcheck-generate and --soundcheck-read options) only works on track-level.

How can I generate soundcheck data from multiple files and apply it to a whole album?


texts: Enable screen sharing on mac w/o display

texts: I have an old mac mini with a dead video card but otherwise it is working fine. I don't think screen sharing is currently enabled on that mac mini. What I'm trying to do is enable screen sharing on that mac mini so I can remotely login from my other mac and work on my mac mini. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Upgrade iPad to newer (but not latest) iOS

texts: How do I upgrade my iPad 3 from iOS 5.1 to 7.x (now when the latest version is >8)?


texts: Am I limited to using Apple's In-App purchase for charging for in-app consumables?

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I'm building a book app where you can read one book for free, but if you pay, you have access to all the books until the end of your subscription (30 days).

My query is regarding this item in the App Store review guidelines:

  3.1.1 In-App Purchase:

  If you want to unlock features or functionality within your app, (by way of example: subscriptions, in-game currencies, game levels,
  access to premium content, or unlocking a full version), you must use
  in-app purchase. Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock
  content or functionality, such as license keys, augmented reality
  markers, QR codes, etc. Apps and their metadata may not include
  buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct
  customers to purchasing mechanisms other than in-app purchase.

I understand I can't use an external link to pay, but:

Do I need In-App purchases?
Can I use external payments like Stripe?


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On my iPhone I see a list of songs I cannot delete.
Here's what I tried:

Go to settings -> memory usage -> iTunes -> delete all music
Disable iTunes Match
Disable show all music
Connect to iTunes on the Mac and manually remove all synced songs
Swipe to delete does not work
The songs do not show any sort if cloud icons

iTunes shows 3.3GB of Audio on my device which I cannot get rid of.

Any other ideas what to try?


texts: I Pay for iTunes Match So Why Does iTunes Radio Now Have Ads (iTunes 12.0.1.26)

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I pay for iTunes Match, account is in good standing, auto-renew is turned on.

I just update to iTunes 12.0.1.26 now I have ads when using iTunes radio.  How do I get rid of them?  I've already tried these recommendations.

UPDATE: I went to Store -> Update iTunes Match, after it updated I skipped through the max (6 songs) on 4 different stations (24 total songs) and have not seen an ad yet.  Maybe that did the trick.  I was skipping through them though, not listening to them.


texts: Share only a partition of an external drive with Time Machine over a network?

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I am setting up my old Mac mini as a home server. As part of this I want to set it up as a network based TimeMachine backup location. I have an external 1 TB drive connected to it, which is partitioned into two 500GB partitions. I want to share these partitions as individual backup locations. One for one of my MacBooks, and one for another. It's important to me that the backups are kept separate from one another, and I'd like to encrypt the two different backups with different encryption keys.
As I said, the drive is already partitioned. I then go to System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing. When I add a "Shared folder" I can pick a specific partition. However when I want to add the second one, nothing happens. It's like the system thinks the partition is already added. I then went to my Mac I want to back up, and in the pane where I can select the drive under TimeMachine in System Prefs, I only see one drive. The interesting thing is that when I add the partitions, I can select the partition on partition name, but when I have to select the drive to backup to, I only see the main volume name appear.
All systems in question are running the latest version of macOS Catalina.
Is there a way to achieve what I am trying to do? Or is this a limitation?


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There are song on my iPhone that i never put there.
Only the playlist iPhone and Purchased are activated and those songs are not on that list.
And somehow, I can't remove them.
Anybody help?


texts: Locked iPod Touch, any options besides total system wipe

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My 2 year old daughter goofed with my son's iPod Touch and locked it out. The message says that he can try again in 22,566,234 minutes, which is a heck of a long time.

He is 8, and has lots of photos that he hasn't backed up. We went to the Apple Genius Bar, they said a total wipe was the only option, which caused him to cry for a long time.

Anyone on here have any other suggestions as to how he can recover his photos and stop being mad at his sister. Or is this a life lesson for him?


texts: This is a bit of a wild one. I have an led panel which can connect via 2.4ghz to a dedicated remote. I want to know if I can force my iphone to connect to that panel, then connect it to a smart app (like magic home pro, for example) to control it from my phone. Am I going insane or is this possible?


texts: Sandboxing prl_disp_service to prevent disk waking

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So there is prl_disp_service, a Parallels 7 background service that periodically wakes the internal hard drive in my Macbook Pro although it`s unmounted most of the time since I boot from an SSD I replaced the DVD drive with.

For reference: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=114974

Is there a way to apply some sandbox-exec profile to this process so it will continue functioning normally but won´t see /dev/disk1* and do stat or something else on it that causes it to wake up?


texts: iPhone has stopped updating apps automatically

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I have to open the App Store and tap Update to keep all of the apps up to date. There is always a big list of apps waiting to be updated, which takes quite a while to complete. This issue seems to have started around the release of iOS 9.

The option for Automatic Downloads is ticket under Settings > iTunes & App Stores;
Connecting to Wi-Fi has not resolved the issue;
The instructions displayed on Apple’s support page has not resolved the issue;
Reset All Settings has not resolved the issue.

There seem to be countless of people with this issue if you search the Internet. Unfortunately, none of the suggested resolutions by users have helped in my case. Could Erase All Content and Settings really be the only way to resolve this issue?


texts: How to get Wi-Fi entry dialogue box to appear on MacBook

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I’m having trouble connecting to the hotel WiFi. It is unlocked and not secured, but when you try to connect, usually a dialogue box opens and tells you to input a password and then you will be connected to the Internet. This box is not showing up anymore.

The first time I tried using Terminal and the command ifconfig and changing the MAC address by one digit. However this stopped working. I am getting the response

  ifconfig:ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): device power is off.

I have done this following the steps to turn Wi-Fi off. Then opened Terminal, then put in the code, then turned Wi-Fi back on.

Do you have any suggestions?


texts: How do I fix my SSD after installing Yosemite and Enabling TRIM? No boot & can't erase

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I recently upgraded to Yosemite, enabled FileVault and foolishly enabled TRIM (had no idea it wasn't supported).

Upon restart, my machine gets the grey screen with the crossed-out circle of death.

After figuring out what happened, I then attempted to restore from a Time Machine backup (10.9).  The backup failed almost immediately, but did manage to erase the HD (or at least the partition is gone).

Now I'm completely stuck.  Disk Utility can see this drive, but cannot erase or re-partition it.  The drive isn't mounted so I cannot access it with Terminal (at least with my level of knowledge).  cd /Volumes/mydrive doesn't work - no such directory.

I have re-installed Yosemite on my second hard drive and booted from there.  I tried Disk Utility again and I still have no options available to erase or partition my original disk, although it is there.

Can anyone help me get my original disk back into functioning form?  If I can just get the disk erased and partitioned, I can load my Time Machine backup and be off to the races.  Thanks!


texts: Can Python/Ruby/Perl/etc (or even bash) replace AppleScript?

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I'm not inviting people to hate on AppleScript in general; I'm just wondering if what makes AppleScript useful can instead be used by other general-purpose scripting languages. I.e., Lion & Mac Apps probably give AppleScript hooks & APIs—could any language use those? Or is AppleScript in its own special category?

Context: I'm learning about Unix and how it underlies OS X, and trying to become aware about opportunities and strategies for automation & abstraction. Aaaand I already feel like my brain is leaking, so if I have to add more to my plate I try to do so sparingly.


texts: Preview: Fullscreen movie turns black after 5s

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When I open a movie in preview (tested with .mov and .wmv), and I go to full screen, the movie turns black after five seconds, unless I keep moving the mouse. The movie plays just fine in windowed mode, and the issue occurs both on external and internal monitor, and with Caffeine turned on or off.

I assume there's a timeout setting somewhere. How can I modify this so that I can watch an entire movie in preview?


texts: File sizes greyed out (strange extended attributes) in Finder on Lion?

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I just got a new machine with Lion preinstalled. After transferring all my applications, I noticed that the file sizes (and only the sizes) of some applications and folders are greyed out:

Does anybody know what this means?

Update:

ls -la gives the following lines for DjView and Dropbox:

drwxr-xr-x   3 daniel  staff    102 31 Okt  2007 DjView.app
drwxr-xr-x@  3 daniel  staff    102  3 Mai 10:06 Dropbox.app

I.e. Dropbox.app has extended file attributes, namely

$ xattr -p com.apple.FinderInfo Dropbox.app/
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Cheers

MrMage


texts:
I think my swap memory is hitting its fullest and would like to know how to increase it.

I very often hit my 8GB RAM limits and my memory pressure (as seen in Active Monitor) goes red quite often. When that happens "Memory Used" and "Swap Used" are both almost 8GB, so I guess I would like the swap to be 16GB.

It's so easy to find this info for ubuntu but with OS X I only find links for "how to disable swap" which is not what I want at all.

P.S. Not rich enough to buy a macbook with 16GB RAM.


texts: Can I change the clock on the 6th gen Nano to digital instead of analog?

texts:
Everyone wants a iPod Nano watch, right?  All the videos I see are on an analog clock (you know, the one with hands.)

Can you change the clock to digital, rather than analog?


texts: Why doesn't photos send raw files to photoshop?

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I currently have both JPEG and RAW files in my photo library on High Sierra.  I want to edit the raw photos in Photoshop.  However, when I use the 'edit with' option Photos always converts the file to a jpeg.

It does this when I have used the "use RAW as original" option as often suggested online.  It even does this where there is no jpeg at all - just a raw file - creating a new jpeg to pass to photoshop.

Is there any way to get the 'edit with' menu option to pass the raw file to Photoshop directly?


texts:
The problem

I have a 2008 iMac running OS X 10.7 with its mini-DVI output port connected to an second monitor via a DVI-D adapter.

It's nice having a second monitor, but it's sometimes superfluous and I would like to turn it off to conserve power.

Ideally, I would like the iMac to detect when I turn off the second monitor and then stop extending the display onto it. But that's not what happens; I need to unplug the DVI cable before the iMac recognizes it as removed.

Explored solutions

Mirroring the display: The second monitor is in portrait orientation, so mirroring turns the display into rather comically cropped square.

Moving the display arrangement to eliminate common borders: The display is still there, so applications sometimes still open up windows on it.

A hardware solution like a KVM switch or the product described here: I'd rather not.

This question is more in line with what I'm looking for, but they ultimately went in a different direction. Is there a viable solution using XRandR, though?

Finally, if there are no OS X native solutions for disabling a monitor, I suppose I must ask: is there an app for that?


texts: How to enable autocomplete for SpriteKit in XCode 5.1.1?

texts:
I am playing around with SpriteKit framework in XCode 5.1.1 and there doesn't seem to be any autocomplete for properties. (zRotation, position etc..)

I checked for new documentation and there doesn't seem to be any new documents.

I find it difficult to learn when autocomplete isn't working. It works for other frameworks and general autocompletes (CGRectMake etc..)

Check out the below image. I am trying to autocomplete to the 'position' property, but it doesn't show up.

And again here trying to type out the "zRotation":

Any thoughts on what I may have to rebuild or reload?


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How would I validate this pattern: 2 digits followed by last name, basically any length of letters.  Apple script does not use regular expressions, correct?

I need to validate user input and all student user IDs on my campus are in that format.

repeat

    display dialog "Enter  user name:  (like 99smith)" default answer "" giving up after 40

    set {userName, returnedButton, gaveupBoolean} to the result as list
    -->{"some text", "OK", false}

    if userName is not "" then
        set CheckName to text 1 thru 2 of userName & " --test"

        display dialog CheckName & " -- 1"

        if class of CheckName is number then

            display dialog CheckName & " -- 2"
            exit repeat
        else
            display dialog "Name does not start with 2 digits  " & CheckName & " -- " & userName
        end if

    end if

end repeat


texts: I want to reinstall my system so I would have fresh Mac OS X. Is there a way how can I export/backup all content of my Keychain Access (all certificates and other things) and then after reinstall to import it back? Thanks


texts: iMessages -> Screen Sharing - is there some trick to actually making this work?

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Every once in a while I'm chatting with a friend via iMessages on OSX, we're both on the same OSX version & all, and I decide to go "hey, let's share screens". I've tried this on and off with multiple computers and friends, but I can never get it to work.

What am I missing? Do we have to be on the same network or something?


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I am screen sharing from an iMac 10.6.8 looking at a MacBook Pro 10.8. Quite often, but not always, the shared screen looks like this on my iMac.

(This image is anonymized.) So there is the real shared screen down below, and an inverted piece of it at top. Neither piece is active, in that I can't do anything on them remotely. What's going on? Is a display setting messed up on one machine? Help! This is really annoying. I can easily do screen sharing to other machines.


texts: Can I drag a document window to an email message to attach it?

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I realize that I can drag files from Finder and drop them in a mail message in Mail.app to attach them. What I would like to do is drag an active document window from another application, say Preview, into an mail message I am composing? I don't want to have to open a finder window and navigate to the correct folder and drag and drop from there.

I suppose the next best thing would be to have a service that could do this. Excel 2011 has a service available to attach the current document to a new email. This would be ok, although I'd like to have the ability to attach to the currently active email. Another problem, this service is not universally available (Preview does not have it, and this would be my most frequent app to do this from).

I guess the next best thing would be to have a quick ability to show the active document in Finder - whether this is from a universally available service, or perhaps an automator app that I could leave on my Dock.

Running Lion, 10.7.2, Mail.app Version 5.1 (1251/1251.1)


texts: Protecting a user home folder using chmod and umask

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I want to create a standard (non-administrator) user on my Mac, and ensure that they cannot access my files.

Does the following make sense, and will there be any adverse consequences?

sudo launchctl config user umask 077 (when creating new files and folders, ensure group and others can't see them)

chmod -R go-rwx ~ (for existing files and folders in my home folder: remove read, write and execute permissions for group and others)

In particular, I'm worried about:

Messing up any extended permissions
Whether it's OK to alter permissions on my ~/Library and ~/Applications and ~/Applications (Parallels) and ~/tmp folders
Is there anything outside of my home folder I need to think about protecting?

Is there anything I'm missing, before I try this and potentially brick my system?

I'm actually shocked that what I've described above is not the default configuration for MacOS, as it would prevent different users from seeing each others' files.


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I want to change the audio output device only for Safari.app.

How do I do that?

I know I can change system-wide settings, that's not helpful to me.

I am hoping for a macOS built-in, code-injection or very lightweight invisible third-party app solution.


texts: What happens to existing face tags in Photos once iOS 10 and macOS Sierra drop?

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I spent a lot of time organising Faces in Photos.app. I use the iCloud Photo Library, so the library in OSX and iOS was one and the same, and you could even search for people's names from the iOS Photos app, even though there was no Faces album.

Today I've installed iOS 10 and I see it has started scanning the entire library for faces, apparently oblivious of already existing tags.

Does anyone know if the face tags from OSX El Capitan will be preserved at all?


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Recently I had switched over to a mac and pulled over my project from git that I was working on in linux environment. Now when trying to import the said project into various applications, Finder considers those folders as apps, even though in terminal they appear as normal directories (without their .app filename ends).

After further inspection I found that finder has special treatment for folders that end either in .service or .app. How come?


texts: How can I add a DNS record so that example.com resolves to my server.example.com in the OS X Server app?

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The default DNS setup leaves me with a record pointing server.example.com to my IP address. I've added a couple of aliases like www, mail.

But how can I add example.com, essentially the root domain so that when I type example.com in the web browser my web server gives me the page?

For example some DNS providers use a special syntax @.example.com -> server.example.com to specify the requests need to go there.

PS. Server is already configured to use itself as the a DNS.

OS X Server 4


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If I invoke Exposé and use the gesture to swipe between fullscreen apps, open windows from other applications will show (similar to ⌘+⇥). However, I cannot click on them to bring them to the front, so it is practically useless.

I noticed this behavior since Sierra and wonder if this is intended behavior or just a bug.

Bonus question (Since I don't have access to macOS 10.11 or lower): Has this behavior existed before?


texts: One Contact Receiving My Messages Under An Email, Not My Contact Name

texts: My iMessage is working with all iPhone users, except with a specific contact. iMessage is working with this contact, except that he is only able to receive my iMessages as my email address and not from my phone number. I use my email as my ID for both iPad and iPhone. I have my send & receive settings set to only my phone number, so when i try to send an iMessage to this contact, it automatically fails to deliver. Anything i can do about it? Is it something to do with his settings or mine?


texts: Create a wireless network while connected to another

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I am looking for something like the hostednetwork on Windows, which lets you create a wireless connection at the same time as being connected to another.

I have a widespread enterprise wireless network, which, for security reasons, blocks all communication between devices on the network. However, in order to test mobile websites and such, I need my devices to connect to my MacBook Air.

I can create a wireless network from the Wi-Fi menu, but that knocks me off the main wireless connection, so both my MacBook and my iPod have no internet. I used to be able to create a second wireless ad-hoc network in Windows that my devices could connect to, while my laptop would remain connected to the main wireless network, but I am unable to find a similar option in Mac.

Is there any such feature in mac at all? If so, how can I use it?

I am not against using the Terminal. Also, feel free to migrate to SuperUser if this may be a better fit there.


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Can i use the iPad pro as my only machine for becominb a full stack web developer?
I currently use a pc and from what i know about web development for now can be done on iPad but can i do more complicated stuff like make web apps on iPad?


texts: App cellular settings lost when toggling Airplane mode

texts: On iOS 8.4 on iPhone 5s, I noticed that if I set Cellular > App Store > Off, kill Setting app, then activate Airplane Mode, deactivate Airplane Mode, launch Settings, Cellular > App Store  is now On (Green).   Toggling Airplane mode flipped the setting.  This is true for a number of Apple apps.    Why does this happen and what can be done so that my preferences are retained when toggling Airplane mode?


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There are two different "model numbers" for Apple products.

For example, the Apple TV 4K has:

MQD22LL/A
A1842

Which is the "model number" and what is the other number called?


texts: Tried to update to El Capitan, now I can't boot at all

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After trying to install El Capitan and getting several notices that it can't be installed, now when I boot the computer it seems to be stuck in a login loop or something.

Every time I restart the computer now I see the grey progress bar start as though it's doing something (with Apple logo), it goes for a bit and then shuts the machine off.

I have tried holding Shift while powering on into safe mode, but it has no effect. I cant even boot now, just a loop.

I have also tried using Cmd+R to reinstall OSX 10.8.5 but it says the disk is locked. I chose reboot from 10.8.5 disk, but it simply goes back to the loading progress bar loop.

Was upgrading from 10.8.5. OSX on Intel MacBook Pro


texts: Keyboard shortcut for Sort By Date Created

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As there’s not one built-in (see hold ⌥ ALT and navigate to Finder->View->Sort By), I tried to create a custom keyboard shortcut for Sort By Date Created in Finder (such as the built-in for Sort By Name ⌃ CTRL⌥ ALT⌘ CMD1).

However, whichever keyboard combination I assign to it doesn’t work (i.e. ⌃ CTRL⌥ ALT⌘ CMD8, or ⌃ CTRL⌥ ALT⌘ CMD9, etc.)

How can I create a custom keyboard shortcut for Sort By Date Created?


texts: Way to manually(!) sort files into folders

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I'm looking for an easy way to quickly go through a bunch of files, mostly videos and images and sort them in a set of standard folders.
Currently I open the videos/images in VLC see what they're about and drag/drop 'em into folders. This is incredibly tedious work, but I really should get it done already. Annoying bits are in large part due to the dragging and dropping, also because the alphabetical sort order in the Finder and VLC is different and the file names get replaced by video titles in the VLC playlist etc.

Ideally I would want an application that show me the content (ideally skipping x% into the video to skip intros etc) and lets me sort it with a single key (press 1 and it goes into folder x, press 2 etc.) or click the folder and the file is moved into it, ignoring all filename-already-exists nonsense (just rename it and be quiet). Using drag/drop is just to annoying, slow and error prone.

To be clear, I'm not looking for automated sorting, I can't use it because I want to sort on video/image content.

I was thinking about writing an applescript for this but I wanted to know if anyone knew of existing software to do this. Searching for ways to sort items all result in automated sorting based on file properties.

Thanks.


texts: Is there any way to get a generic (country-unrelated) iTunes link?

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When copying links to stuff in iTunes or Mac App Store, I always get a countrycode-specific link. Is there any way to get a generic one?

If not, will those links resolve to national-specific iTunes destinations when people from abroad click on it?

E.g, might this lead to some other store except the Swedish one?

http://itunes.apple.com/se/artist/nash-the-slash/id160526527


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I was wondering if anyone has figured out a way to enable the press-and-hold accent popup in Terminal.app, where it does not work out of the box? Does not have to be press-and-hold, but some way to bring up the popup.

I'm used to the unix-style Compose key, but the accent popup seems like a good substitute, especially given that it should also be possible to configure it to support Greek alphabet (for maths), following the instructions in another question: How to add characters to the press and hold character picker in OS X Lion? . But if it won't work in Terminal.app as well, then I'll have to set up a Compose key as explained here: http://lolengine.net/blog/2012/06/17/compose-key-on-os-x .


texts: Is it possible to disable forced monospace in Terminal.app?

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In Terminal.app in Mavericks, regardless of which font you use, the font metrics are ignored and forced monospacing is applied instead. Is there a way to disable this?

Ridiculous example of the effect:


texts: Cannot use or update WMware Fusion in Mountain Lion

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I was using VMWare Fusion 3.0 in Snow Leopard before upgrading to Mountain Lion. Now I cannot open or upgrade VMWare Fusion, the icon is blocked, and if clicked, a pop up comes out and if click help, another popup telling me that nothing is available.

How to upgrade and use VMWare fusion again?


texts: Removing the font toolbar in a new message

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In the Mac (mountain lion) mail.app (v 6.2), when composing a new message, I'm looking to hide the default font/styling bar that appears beneath the standard toolbar at the top of the window.

I've checked the view menu and found nothing and have also tried to customized the toolbar to no avail.


texts: Odd UI glitch in Mail.app's Archive Mailbox

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This was occurring in Mail.app 10.1 (3251)
and is still occurring in Version 10.2 (3259)
and is still occuring in Version 12.2 (3445.102.3)

When I view messages in the Archive mailbox, The entire message view (including the scroll bar) moves one pixel down and one pixel to the right and pops back. About 1x per second, possibly a little faster.

This interferes with interactions with the view, like clicking links or using the "load remote images" button. I usually have to click a few times as if the click target is disappearing at some point during the weird behavior.

Additionally when I am able to successfully click to load remote images the view usually reloads again without them, usually fast enough that the images never show up or are only up for a second.

If I move the message to the Inbox, I can interact with it normally. I also checked the spam and trash mailboxes and didn't see the behavior.

If I switch from Classic View to whatever the other one is called (Columns?) the 1x1 pixel movement doesn't seem to be happening anymore, but all of the other weird behavior happens.

I first noticed this behavior when I updated to macOS Sierra.

I do have multiple imap accounts and a gmail account that I think is also syncing using imap.

For now I work around this by moving messages I want to interact with to the inbox, but this is pretty irritating. Does anyone know how to get this to stop?

I finally got around to reporting this as a bug to Apple, Problem ID: 47550248


texts: How do I find links for iTunes U Videos to download using the 'resume' feature in curl

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I have a flaky internet connection and I was trying to download some course videos on iTunes U. Three attempts to download 800 MB files failed because the connection was reset. So I'm now trying to find a way to use curl and its -C - option to download the videos with the ability to resume.

But I struggled to find an effective way to get the link from which iTunes downloads the videos. There might be CDN's hosting the content and the URL's will change over time. But how do I find out which link curl must download the video files from right now?

These are free videos and I don't think there's authentication involved. Even if that were the case, there should be some way to get the relevant cookies and use them with curl.

Update: I found a link to the RSS feed in this case and I picked up the link to the relevant mp4 files. But in general, how do I get to the rss feeds for iTunes U courses?


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Mac Word 14.5.3. Page numbering. I inserted page numbers when first starting this document.
I then inserted several section breaks (next page) in my document so I could change page orientation. On these pages the numbering has been lost.
However, it's continued numbering several page breaks down but with a random number.
How do I get the page numbering to continue smoothly all the way through the document, Section breaks and all?


texts: Wi-fi Connection problem in MacOS & Bootcamp

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I'm on a 13 inch Mid-2012 MacBook Pro & have Windows 10 installed through Bootcamp & on MacOS Big Sur(installed through Patches, though the problem persisted before installation, and it was same in Catalina too). A problem has arisen during September of 2020, in which the wifi in my home is not visible in the Wi-fi bar(in BootCamp). All other neighbours' Wi-fi are clearly visible & even the mobile hotspots. Note that this problem arose only after the following event happened.
I was using BootCamp at that time, and our internet was lagging a bit in my brother's Lenovo IdeaPad. So, he restarted the Wi-fi router. From this moment, our home Wi-fi has not been visible in the Windows OS. Sometimes, the Wi-fi does appear in the Windows OS too, but in a few days it goes back to normal.
I have seen that when booting, when we hold Alt/Option to change the disk we want to boot into, and there appears an option to choose the Wi-fi. When the home Wi-fi has been visible/available in that Wi-fi menu, it has been visible in Windows OS too. But, when it is not visible in the boot menu, it is also not visible in the Windows OS.
Even in MacOS, sometimes the home Wi-fi isn't visible in the Wi-fi menu. But, when I put the MacBook to sleep, and wait for the SIL to go from solid white to slowly blinking white & then wake my MacBook up, the Wi-fi comes back in the Wi-fi menu. Note that this doesn't work in Windows OS. Also note that this problem is unique to my MacBook Pro only, and on the Lenovo IdeaPad and all the other smartphones, the Wi-fi works as usual.
Resetting the NVRAM, SMC, reinstalling Wi-fi driver in Windows OS does not work, I've tried them all. Also the Mac Filtering is turned off & hasn't ever been turned on in the first place.

As you can see, the Wi-fi is 2.4 GHz. I also have a 2.4 GHz 802.11n USB Wi-fi adapter. I used it in the Windows OS and it showed all other 2.4 GHz Wi-fi but not this one.

Why this has occurred? Why only to my device and not to other devices in my home?
Is this problem Wi-fi related (but Wi-fi works fine in other devices) or my device related (but all other Wi-fi are visible & connectable in my MacBook Pro)?
How do I fix this? Is there any external devices which can help? Or some softwares with whose help I can fix this problem?
If this issue is router related, how can I fix it?


texts: Outlook 2016 can't connect to Exchange 2010 server after updgrading to macOS 10.12.5

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After updating macOS from 10.12.4 to 10.12.5, Outlook 2016 stopped connecting to our Exchange 2010 SP3 server.

Existing identities show a yellow light in the account settings.

Starting with a fresh install of macOS 10.12.5 does the same thing.

Outlook 2016 is updated to the latest version.

The only message we get while trying to add an account is "Unable to connect to the server. Please try again."

The only thing we found that works is backing everything up and reinstall 10.12.4...

What changed? How can we fix this?


texts: Printers compatible with case sensitive hardened Mountain Lion

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For security improvment, I'm running all my MacOS X on case sensitive
and journaled file systems (then any ill written program which one day open a file named conf, and the day after try to open it with the new name CONF, won't mess with any of their or my files).

I'd like to buy a new multi-purpose printer
which would be compatible with such an hardened MacOS X.

If you are using a Mountain Lion on a case sensitive and journaled file-system,
could you share here which printer make and model you experienced running without any misbehaviour?


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A while ago, I asked a question regarding the reason behind my computer slowing when it had ~5% battery or less. I was told that it was either CPU speed stepping or the Macbook Pro automatically scaling back the processing power to conserve battery power.
Building on that question, I'm wondering how I would prevent the computer from either undergoing CPU speed stepping or from scaling the processing power back?


texts: Zoom in on a photo in Quick Look in macOS Mojave Beta

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One invaluable Quick Look feature which I used to use pre-Mojave was pressing the "alt/option" button when using Quick Look to view a photo, which zoom in on the photo to its actual size. However, it seems like on Mojave this changes the orientation of the rotate button on the Quick Look toolbar, a feature I do not expect to use.

Is there an easy shortcut in Quick Look on Mojave, like the alt/option shortcut which existed pre-Mojave, which I can use to get back the old behavior, or has this useful feature been completely removed?


texts: Early-2013 MBP froze and won't boot into the OS again

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I have an Early 2013 model MacBook Pro running the latest version of Yosemite. I have been using it heavily for the last three and a half years. During this time, it has had infrequent but random crashes where the system froze, requiring a hard reboot. Since the last six months, I have been noticing noise-like lines appearing on the display from time to time, which go away after a short while. I suspected some hardware inside was failing.

Two weeks ago I enabled FileVault on the disk. The process took one and a half day. Last week, the system froze while I was working. After a few minutes, the screen went black completely. Pressing the power button did nothing apart from making the sleep LED blink several times. After several attempts in vain to boot the system, I attempted to clear NVRAM, which somehow worked. Once logged into the system, I checked logs but couldn't find anything helpful. I ran a combination of verify and repair permissions, and verify and repair disk operations, which ran successfully. I resumed my day to day work. I disabled FileVault, and performed an encrypted Time Machine backup.

Two days later, when the disk was decrypted and the backup was ready, I finally rebooted the system. It has not come back since. It gets stuck on the screen with the Apple icon and the loader, the brightness of the screen dimming and then going up back and forth, while the spinner under the progress bar spinning while intermittently freezing for a while.

At this point, I have tried resetting NVRAM and SMC several times to no avail. I have rebooted into recovery and verified that the disk has no issues. I have attempted several times to boot into Safe Mode, only to be thrown back to the same screen which the system stuck in a loading state, the screen dimming and brightening.

Before this happened, I was using f.lux. The dimming and brightening of the screen convinced me that the problem could be one of f.lux misbehaving. I booted into single user mode and remove f.lux from Applications. No luck, though.

What options do I have now to recover my system? Could this be the result of a hardware fault?

UPDATE: If I boot into Verbose mode, after a dump of text whizzes buy, the system becomes stuck in the following sequence: the black terminal window becomes clear, and the following lines are printed one by one:

Sandbox: mdworker(448) deny mach-lookup com.apple.audio.audiohald

A number of these are printed, along with some other lines about deny read of certain com files, etc, but the above one is more frequent. Once these lines are printed, they screen flickers, the text is cleared, and start printed again. And this goes on for as long as I can wait.

PS: I should point out that a week ago I had Kaspersky AV installed on the system. In the verbose logs, I saw one line about failure to load a Kaspersky related com file. Taking a cue, I dived into single user mode and removed Kaspersky completely. However, it didn't change anything. The error message displayed above continues to show up again and again without the system getting anywhere.

UPDATE: I ran an extended Apple Hardware test. It did not find any trouble.


texts: How can I trigger my iPhone's alarm on receipt of an SMS message?

texts: I want to give certain people the ability to wake me up by sending an SMS message (e.g. "Wake Up!") to me, even when Do Not Disturb is on.  Is there a utility that makes this possible, or an app that already does something similar?


texts: Is there a way to create a shortcut in Finder to an Apple Note?

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I like to use Apple Notes to organize details and checklists for my projects — it's very convenient. However, it would be more convenient if I could access a project note directly from the project folder in Finder. I understand that I can export the note as PDF, but as that I'm constantly adding to and changing my project notes, I'd prefer the shortcut to open the note (or note folder) in the Notes app directly.
Here's a mockup of what I'd like to accomplish:

I've tried to locate the note in Finder, but Apple stores all the notes together in one file. I was just going to create a shortcut to that note (which is still pretty inconvenient). Ideally I like to change the save location for an individual note, share to finder, or create a shortcut link. Can this be done with AppleScript or Automator, or even a simpler method?


texts: Removing camera button on iPhone lock screen

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How to remove the camera button on the iPhone lock screen without removing the camera from the springboard

I don't want to allow people without access to take pictures using my phone (pictures are shared automatically by iCloud)
But in the same time, I want to be able to use the camera from the springboard.

I'm searching for a native solution under iOS 8.x or later


texts: iPod Touch /w iOS4 - Why do I have to have iTunes installed to charge?

texts: Do I have to have iTunes running to charge my iPod Touch?  I mean, can't I just turn on my computer and have the USB port just charge the silly thing?  All my other devices work like that; why does Apple have to be such a prima-donna?


texts: How do I replace a symlink with the actual file?

texts: I want to remove the symlink and instead insert the file it links to, if possible all with one command so I can have it as an "External Tool" in phpStorm.


texts: Using bootcamp on an external drive - Can you run it on different mac computers?

texts: If I were to use a portable ssd as the bootcamp partition, would I be able to use it on different mac computers?


texts: Installed Apache 2.4 (httpd) using Home Brew, can I get it to use macOS' php7?

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I'm running macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and have installed the latest Apache (2.4.43) using brew, basically following these steps.

Seems to be working fine, but now I want to enable PHP 7 in Apache as well.

I have the default PHP that comes with macOS Catalina (php -v says 7.3.11) however Apache's module dir (at least the latest Apache I installed with Home Brew) does not seem to contain any php modules.

I'm quite unsure what LoadModule line I have to add in httpd.conf in order to get PHP 7 working in my Apache server. And how or where I should get a PHP 7 .so module file if necessary.

When searching around I find all sorts of different approaches, including installing custom versions of PHP but I'm somewhat reluctant of the risk of messing up my current installation.

Is there an easy, and more importantly: reliable way of enabling PHP 7 in httpd 2.4?


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Can I install macports port like this https://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=ftpsync on brew ?

Does brew have mechanism for that?


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I'd like to uninstall Hide.me VPN (e.g. following the instructions on https://www.uninstallmacapp.com/hideme-1-12-removal.html), but I can't seem to get rid of it.

Firstly, I open the 'task manager', but I don't see Hide.me VPN among applications running:

Then I go to Finder > Applications, right-click on 'hide.me VPN' can choose "Move to trash". However, I get an error message that the program is open:

How do I 'really' close Hide.me VPN in order to uninstall it?


texts: MacBook Pro Boots only with a pressed key

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I'm having a bizarre issue with my early 2011 Macbook 15'. I grabbed it today without battery power só the first thing I diz was to plug the MagSafe adapter. Afterwards I pressed the power button. It chimed as usual but then I noticed it rebooted by itself after a few seconds then  shutdown for good again.

I noticed by now pressing the power button had no effect. I tried resetting the SMC and the laptop powered for a few seconds then shut down again. After a few attempts I noticed the laptop remained on as long as I kept a key pressed (any key, like Option).

Since I can't boot by normally pressing the power button I can't do a PRAM reset.

Can anyone help me solve this mistery?

The laptop was serviced 5 months ago with a new logic board and new Keyboard...


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I see lots of errors in system.log from ntpd attempts to create ipv6 sockets, running OS X 10.9.1. I have only wireless, so why is the iMac attempting to use en1?

E.g.

unable to create socket on en1 (1065) for 2602:306:bdcd:efd0:48a5:b2a9:1f08:9add#123
davids-imac:log daviderickson$ grep "unable to create socket on en1" system.log | wc -l
     477

davids-imac:log daviderickson$ cat /etc/ntp.conf
server time.apple.com

davids-imac:log daviderickson$ ps -axww | grep ntp
  115 ??         0:00.02 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /private/etc/ntp-restrict.conf -n -g -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntp.drift

davids-imac:log daviderickson$ sudo lsof -n -i UDP:123
Password:
COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
ntpd    115 root   20u  IPv4 0x3447938b9b9ed67f      0t0  UDP *:ntp
ntpd    115 root   21u  IPv6 0x3447938b9b9ed497      0t0  UDP *:ntp
ntpd    115 root   22u  IPv6 0x3447938b9b9ed0c7      0t0  UDP [::1]:ntp
ntpd    115 root   23u  IPv4 0x3447938b9b9ecedf      0t0  UDP 127.0.0.1:ntp
ntpd    115 root   24u  IPv6 0x3447938b9b9eccf7      0t0  UDP [fe80:1::1]:ntp
ntpd    115 root   25u  IPv6 0x3447938b9b9ecb0f      0t0  UDP [fe80:5::8e2d:aaff:fe5e:f9f9]:ntp
ntpd    115 root   26u  IPv4 0x3447938b9b9ec927      0t0  UDP 192.168.1.182:ntp
ntpd    115 root   28u  IPv6 0x3447938b9bba0557      0t0  UDP [2602:306:bdcd:efd0:8e2d:aaff:fe5e:f9f9]:ntp
ntpd    115 root   29u  IPv6 0x3447938b9bba036f      0t0  UDP [2602:306:bdcd:efd0:f51e:bb50:38c4:750c]:ntp


texts: Why do some apps not show up on the dock in Mountain Lion?

texts: I'm not sure if this was intentional, or if this is a problem, but when I open the App Store or Messages, they don't show up at all in the dock, but they run just fine otherwise. Why is this and how can I change this behavior?


texts: App store on iOS won't show the ratings and the rewievs

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So I had an old Apple account I used before but my brother logged out of it and I could not remember the password and I made a new account. In the old account I could see reviews and ratings of games, and since I made a new account I can't see the ratings and the reviews! All I see are games with empty stars and no reviews.

I made the new account Mongolian because I'am Mongolian the old one I made the region USA. just in CA.


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I am trying to downgrade my iPhone from 14.1 to 13.3 in order to jailbreak it using checkm8, since checkm8 supports up to iOS 13.3. I have currently downloded 13.3 IPSW, but since it is not signed, I am not able to install it to my iPhone using iTunes. For that reason I though that I might be able to downgrade it by bypassing iTunes using alternative methods such as tools like tinyumbrella. But unfortunately, because of bad programming behind the tool, tinyumbrella doesn't even start. So what I wonder is that what alternative apps can I use for manually downgrading the firmware, and is it even really possible to downgrade an iPhone to an unsigned IPSW version.
All help will be appreciated.


texts: Apple Silicon M1 Mac connecting 30" Apple Cinema Display

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I am attempting to connect an Apple Silicon Mac Mini, MacBook Air, and/or MacBook Pro to a 30" Apple Cinema Display at native 2560x1600 resolution.
The same question for Intel Macs with USB-C is asked here:

Connect Apple 30" Cinema Display to new MacBook USB-C
Connect New MacBook (USB-C) to Apple Cinema Display 30" (Dual-Link DVI)

I'm attempting to use the same chain of adapters as listed in those answers, which I have personally tested to work on an Intel USB-C Mac:

M1 Mac (USB-C / Thunderbolt 3)
USB-C to Mini DisplayPort adapter
Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Apple Cinema Display 30" (Dual-Link DVI)

However, this combination does not seem to work on my M1 Mac Mini.
I get no screen response on the M1 Mac. The monitor's power light is on, and USB-passthrough of my keyboard and mouse works fine, but the screen is not recognized by the Mac.
Do Apple Silicon Macs with Thunderbolt 3 require specific adapters, different from previous Intel Thunderbolt 3 Macs?
The Mac Mini-based Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit (DTK) did not work with the Apple Cinema Display; I'm hoping that limitation was removed from the shipping version.
I'd like to continue to use the 30" Apple Cinema Display + Apple Dual Link DVI Adapter. Which additional adapters are needed to use that Mini DisplayPort output with an M1 Mac?
Discussion:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252063309
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-mini-m1-apple-cinema-display-30-anyone-got-it-working.2276122/


texts: Why Does My Dock Background Sometimes Exclude the Leftmost Icon?

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Very silly question, won't really affect my productivity or anything, but I'm curious...

Every now and then I realize my Dock suddenly looks like this:

That is, the background excludes the left-most, Finder icon. If I restart the Dock porcess with, say:

$ sudo killall Dock

(also useful to clear MRU list on cmd-click app icon)

...it goes back to normal:

What is causing it in the first place?

My Setup

MacBook Pro with an external monitor attached, running macOS 10.12.6 ("Sierra").
System Preferences/Mission Control/"Displays have separate Spaces" is unchecked (i.e., the Dock always stays on main monitor).

EDIT: I tried rearranging the icons to see if anything on the far left will trigger this or it is just finder. Curiously, as of Sierra at least, the leftmost Finder icon seems to be fixed and impossible to drag/rearrange.


texts: Is the OS X Lion clean installation less stable than the upgrade install?

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I upgraded to OS X Lion yesterday, everything went fine and I used it for the day without crashes or problems. In the evening, I decided to burn myself a DVD from the installer, and I did a clean install. Am I the only one to notice that the OS X Lion clean install is buggier than the upgrade? Why is that?

Examples of "buggier":

I wasn't able to finish the initial user account set up. At the moment of taking a picture of myself for my account, I got away from my computer 10 minutes, it seemed to go on sleep, and it never woke up.
After that, on the login screen, I entered my pwd, pressed ok, and the wait cursor showed up. I let it spin for 10 minutes, then got tired of it and restarted the computer.
Finally, this morning, after my computer woke from sleep mode, the mail full screen application froze on an administrator login screen.

--EDIT--

After a couple of weeks of using Lion, everything goes smoothly. The issues I had have gone away automatically.


texts:
Until a week ago, I was happily running macOS Server 5.3.6 on High Sierra.
My hard drive failed, resulting in an eternal beachball instead of restarting.  So, I put a clean copy of High Sierra 10.13.6 on an external and rebooted from the new/external startup disk.
Problem:  Neither Server.app, nor the /Library/Server/ directory are present on the clean install.
I need to install Server 5.3.6, the last Server version with support for websites and IMAP mail.
48 hours later I am still searching.
Where can I find a copy of the Server 5.3.6 installer?
Or, should I simply erase the drive and install macOS Sierra [or a given prior macOS version]?


texts: Apple Music - The code you entered is not valid

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My father created a family membership for apple music, and I created an apple account (icloud.com) for that purpose (I'm in the family group).

I'm trying to login from the Apple Music Android app, and keep getting The code you entered is not valid. Try again. in the account review part.

What should I do to set it up correctly? It's a new account, I've never used Apple services before and I also don't have any products except this membership. Should I login to an Apple device, download iTunes for my PC, or anything else? What am I missing?

2018 Update: After more than a year, I still haven't got a response from the customer support. It won't happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


texts: macOS filesystem corrupted after spliting disk in Windows. How to fix?

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I've installed macOS Sierra and then Windows 10 on the second partition. I've decided to split Windows partition to another 2 partitions and it doesn't work. Splitting executed using standard Windows disk management utility. Before splitting I've got message that "Your disks become dynamic..." something like this. Have clicked Yes anyway and splitting didn't done, but in disk management partitions become another color. Windows still running until rebooting. Then it won't boot with error "Something wrong with your PC. Try to reboot again". Autofixing problems, check disk etc. didn't help at all. macOS disappeared from boot menu and now has RAW filesystem. I guess splitting disk corrupted its filesystem. Is there a way to back macOS to boot menu? It seems RAW filesystem have to be converted to GPT someway. macOS is on G: partition. Please help.

UPD: TestDisk util restored Windows10 boot. So how now restore macOS?


texts: MacOS High Sierra 10.13 supplemental update not installing

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Since installing macOS 10.13.1 on a MacBook Pro (2.9GHz Intel Core i5) Adobe InDesign (CS3) has stopped working.  It only half opens. At the point when the software is loading and the running commentary flashes up "starting up panels" the process stops.  Some, but not all of the InDesign software is in place.  But there is no cursor and some of the panels are blank.  Fortunately the menu bar allows me to Quit.

I have tried installing the macOS High Sierra 10.13 supplemental update (supposing to address these problems, but half way through the installation an error page appears saying that the update "... can't be installed on this disc. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update."


texts: Security risks of disabling "Find my iPhone"?

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I need to disable Find My iPhone function for the period of repair at Apple's authorized repair partner (which will last several days).

Can it impose any security risks to the on-device data and/or the accounts I logged into with the device?

I am not asked to disclose iOS passcode; I will disable FaceID unlock; all lockscreen features (entire Settings > FaceID > Allow Access when Locked section).

What else should I consider configuring? What risks can still remain?


texts: Can I use my iPhone 7 earbuds with my iPad Pro 11” 2nd generation, iOS 13.5.1? I’m confused by the lingo about connection ends. Looks like iPhone 7 has Lightning. But I don’t know what the iPad port is called.


texts: iOS App Store shows wrong version number for my app

texts: I have a new app update that shows version number 2.5, but when you tap the app for more details and check the Information section the version number is still 2.4.2.


texts: Child process exited with status 254 error when extracting a tar.xz file

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I'm trying to extract a tar.xz file with tar in Mac OS X Lion. I'm using bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3. I'm able to use tar to extract anything else I've tried (.zip, .tar, .tar.gz, etc.), but when I try to extract the file (this file to be precise) using tar -Jxf cclive-0.7.11.tar.xz, I get this error:

tar: Error opening archive: Child process exited with status 254Child process exited with status 254


texts: Is there a program that will let me move an item from my Dock to my Menu Bar?

texts: And I don't mean like StatusDock, which will move it to the menu bar but also keeps it in the dock. I'd prefer it to just be gone from the Dock. Any way you can do this?


texts:
Building on @Allan's answer, I'm trying to redirect the ffmpeg output to a server.

$ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i ":1" -t 10 - | ssh user@host .... -

But I get the following error message:

  "At least one output file must be specified"

I've also tried using ffserver instead of SSH but I'm not having any luck.

Is it possible to stream audio in this way?


texts:
How do I make my Keyboard font on iPhone 6 larger?
I have tried enlarging my fonts on the phone - it only enlarges the typed words I need to have the Keyboard Lager, my fingers are too large so when I type I keep hitting the wrong letters. How can I increase the size of my KEYBOARD?


texts: How can I find the size of multiple folders?

texts: When I highlight several folders in Finder and do a get info, I get an info window for each folder.  Is there a way to get a single window showing size of all folders highlighted?


texts: How to read car charger input current specification?

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I found two MacBook 60 Watts car chargers, one says on the backside “INPUT: 12V-24VDC 5.6A MAX”, the other “Input: DC 11-15V Max 10A”. So, the latter has an efficiency of 50%?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/619ISd6fcKL.SL1500.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61qLRTluyUL.SL1500.jpg


texts: Error while using setfile to set icon for dmg created via hdiutil in mac

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I have created an app & signed using "Developer ID Application: x" certificate. then using hdiutil i created the dmg

hdiutil create -size 1.5m -format UDRW myapp.dmg -srcfolder ./myapp/ -fs HFS+

to set the drive icons when i execute the below commandsit throws the error

# custom drive volume icon..
#cp drive_icon.icns /Volumes/myapp/.VolumeIcon.icns
#SetFile -c icnC /Volumes/myapp/.VolumeIcon.icns //(throws error -5000)
dev:Unexpected error. (-5000) on file: /Volumes/myapp/.VolumeIcon.icns

I thought it would be related to size and increased the size of dmg from 1.5m to 4.5m but that also not helps, image size is 291kb and the overall app size is 666kb.

I created the .app in build machine (mac 10.10 xcode6.2), and tried creating this hdutil in our codesigning server (mac 10.11). can anyone tell me where it went wrong.

In the man page I see setfile is deprecated is there any other equivalent command to do

Thanks and Regards, Saravana


texts: Connecting my iPod to my Car's 30-pin Dock but Being Able to Control It from Within the iPod?

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I have a 5th Generation iPod nano. I own a 2008 VW Eos which has a 30-pin dock. It functions but, my car's UI for iPod is despicable. I wanted to know if there was a way to control the music within the iPod.

EDIT: My car does not have an AUX-in and, I'd rather don't go the FM transmitter route.


texts: Can't delete time machine backups - error 8072

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I am not able to delete permanently time machine backups from an external hard drive which are now in my trash. After an hour or so « deleting items » and a growing number, I get « the operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred error code -8072 ». I have tried many times and different backups but no success.
I can’t even restore them out of the trash anymore and have therefore not managed to free any space from my hard drive which was the aim.

Here is what I have done :
-deleted some backups directly via finder
-stopped auto backups from time machine to avoid interference
-tried emptying the trash or « delete immediately » individually

Any help would be appreciated, have tried looking around but no luck so far.

MacBook Air (13-inch mid 2011)
macOS Sierra 10.12.6


texts:
I have a script that needs to be running in the background periodically (I've put it there with Lingon X).
That script (PHP based) is
1. polling a server,
2. retrieving a PDF file from the server
3. Saving it to disk
4. Printing it using exec("lpr myFile.pdf");
5. Playing a sound using exec("afplay ding.mp3");

When I run the script manually (php myscript.php), everything works perfectly.

However, when the script is running in the background, it does 1, 2, 3 and 5 normally, but does not print at all.

I've tried using lp instead of lpr, I've also compiled and run PDF-Printer (https://github.com/robwithhair/PDF-Printer) and still no paper is getting out of my printer. I've also tried another printer (you know...just in case). Still no luck.

I've tried to get the output from the lpr command to see if it was returning any kind of an error message, yet, nothing. There's also nothing in the printer queue.

I've also tried to run this script as root and as a regular user and still nothing makes the printer...print.

Anyone has any idea of how to accomplish this?

Here's the output of lpc status:

Brother_HL_2240_series:
printer is on device 'usb' speed -1
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
daemon present


texts: is the iPhone alarm supposed to be silent in Silent mode?

texts:
I have a problem where my iPhone alarm sometimes doesn't go off, causing me to oversleep. I thought I was just sleeping through it, but I tested creating new alarms for (current time + 1 minute) and the first time I did this, it didn't go off.

My iPhone was locked and charging. I unlocked my iPhone and saw the alarm like a notification at the top of the screen. The next 3 times I created an alarm this didn't happen and I can't replicate it.

I contacted Apple Support and the support person said that the alarm is silent when the switch at the top left of my iPhone 6s is switched to silent. However I think they are wrong because I tested and the alarm still goes off (with sound) when it is switched to silent. So is the support person misinformed or am I going crazy?


texts:
I just downloaded a virtual box VM which I will be sharing with my wife. Both my wife and I have accounts on our mac.

I copied the downloaded VM into /Users/Shared/MyNewVM

Then I went into System Preferences -> Sharing and I added /Users/Shared/MyNewVM

and gave "everyone" the "read/write" permissions.

Now, when I go to Finder and go into /Users/Shared/MyNewVM/VM.vbox and double click it, it gives me the following error:

  You do not have permissions to open document "VM.vbox". Contact your
  computer and network administrator for assistance.

But I gave the permissions ... didn't I?


texts: How to find the IMEI and serial number of an iPhone before selling it?

texts:
I am selling away my iPhone 5s as I wish to upgrade to a new one. The IMEI number mentioned on the back side of the device is scratched.

How do I determine the IMEI and Serial Number of the device.

Is there anything else that needs to be taken care of before giving away the iPhone?


texts: Check conncetion to AFP server through bash

texts:
Is there any way to programmatically check if a connection is established to an afp server? I have tried pinging the server but that always results in a timeout.

So far the only workaround that I've gotten to work is:

#!/bin/bash
open "afp://website.com/afpDir/"
until [[ -d /Volumes/afpDir/ ]]; do
    echo 'waiting for connections'
    sleep 1
done

However, this only works if I specifically check for the afpDir directory while it is open in Finder. Is there a reliable way to to check if there is a connection to that afp server or perhaps even finding a reliable ip for the server?


texts: How can I back up my iMac from the Recovery Partition?

texts:
Things in my iMac are failing, most notably the hard drive. I can only reliably boot to the Recovery Partition. Booting to the regular system, either normally or in Safe Mode, does not work, and causes the machine to power off midway through boot.

This computer is most likely fubarred. Is it possible to initiate a backup through the Recovery console? I'd prefer to get a Time Machine update, but I'll take whatever backup I can get.

I am running the latest version of Lion (OS X 10.7).


texts: What is near the front camera on iPad Air?

texts:
I have a screen protector from Tech Armor designed specifically for the iPad Air but it covers a small, barely visible port or opening of some sort near the front camera.

I thought it was a microphone at first but upon further research, I don't think it is since the two mics are on top and back.

Is it just a light sensor perhaps and therefore doesn't matter that it's covered by a clear film?


texts: Keyboard and Trackpad not working while installing windows 10 on MacBook Pro 2018 Touch Bar using Bootcamp

texts:
I have tried several times to install Windows 10 on my new MBP 2018, and I have failed till now.

I used Windows ISO version 1703 which was ok until an error appeared at the end of setup (the error was:"windows could not update the computer's boot installation. installation cannot proceed").

Then I found an this Problem Installing Boot Camp Windows Partition on new Mac Pro. I followed the instructions according to this answer https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/337929/321893. Every thing went well until the Windows installer started. At that stage the trackpad and keyboard did not work, and I could not do anything. I had to force shutdown by pressing the power button.


texts: How do I right-click in iOS Safari to access website specific functionality?

texts:
More and more desktop websites these days use javascript to offer specific website functionality which is available when you right-click on something. Often the developers create something that looks like a menu, but could be anything.

If I'm browsing desktop websites on iOS Safari (mainly iPad, but sometimes iPhone), how do I perform a right-click to display this functionality?

For a simple example, visit https://swisnl.github.io/jQuery-contextMenu/demo.html and try to display the menu under the box which states "right click me". On a desktop it's pretty obvious, but I cannot work out how to trigger it on an iPhone or iPad.

I've tried tapping and holding but this either brings up the browser menu or the text selection tool. I've also tried double-tapping but that tends to zoom the page in and out.

Side note: If you do a Google search for this, you'll find many posts from people assuming that you want to right-click to access functionality that desktop browsers typically offer (such as back, forwards, reload, save as, view page source and inspect element). This is not the functionality I'm interested in accessing.


texts: Disable Thunderbolt ports in macOS Mojave to mitigate the Thunderclap vulnerabilities

texts:
Due to the Thunderclap vulnerabilities we need to disable all Thunderbolt interfaces (except the DisplayPort signal). We are using Late 2015 iMac running macOS Mojave 10.14.5.

Currently there is a secondary Apple Display connected via a Thunderbolt Port.

I already tried to unload kernel extension by running:

$ sudo kextunload com.apple.iotkit.IOThunderboltFamily
$ sudo kextunload -b com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 6.8.4
$ sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/IOThunderboltFamily.kext

I found the right process using:

$ kextstat -a

 75    3 0xffffff7f8198f000 0xf000     0xf000     x86_64             com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily (5.6.4) C6AEB6E6-AFFC-355F-8073-73E21E8BC49E <65 12 6 5 3 1>

Every time I try to unload, I get the messages that there was a problem terminating the services.


texts: iOS: How to see pictures on a network hard disk?

texts: Which is the best free app for browsing and displaying pictures that are stored on a network hard disk?


texts: How To Make my Binary Translator Process Multiple Binary Numbers

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I'm currently building a binary translator (binary to text) in the AppleScript editor. The code I wrote only lets you input one binary number at a time. I want to enter in multiple binary numbers at a time and still have the code translate it. I've been thinking of lots of different ways to have the code translate multiple numbers (binary), but everything I try doesn't seem to work. I'm relatively new to AppleScript, and I'm pretty stumped. Here's the code:

set binaryString to text returned of (display dialog "Binary Goes Here:" default answer "" with icon note buttons {"Cancel", "Translator"} default button 2 with title "Binary Translator") as string
set n8 to character 1 of binaryString
set n7 to character 2 of binaryString
set n6 to character 3 of binaryString
set n5 to character 4 of binaryString
set n4 to character 5 of binaryString
set n3 to character 6 of binaryString
set n2 to character 7 of binaryString
set n1 to character 8 of binaryString
if n8 = "0" then
    set d8 to 0
else if n8 = "1" then
    set d8 to 128
end if
if n7 = "0" then
    set d7 to 0
else if n7 = "1" then
    set d7 to 64
end if
if n6 = "0" then
    set d6 to 0
else if n6 = "1" then
    set d6 to 32
end if
if n5 = "0" then
    set d5 to 0
else if n5 = "1" then
    set d5 to 16
end if
if n4 = "0" then
    set d4 to 0
else if n4 = "1" then
    set d4 to 8
end if
if n3 = "0" then
    set d3 to 0
else if n3 = "1" then
    set d3 to 4
end if
if n2 = "0" then
    set d2 to 0
else if n2 = "1" then
    set d2 to 2
end if
if n1 = "0" then
    set d1 to 0
else if n1 = "1" then
    set d1 to 1
end if
set decimalString to (d1 + d2 + d3 + d4 + d5 + d6 + d7 + d8)
set asciiString to (ASCII character (decimalString))
return asciiString


texts:
Let's assume:

I'm looking at function foo. Inside foo, a function bar is called.
I follow bar to the definition (in the same file) to see what it does.
Now I want to go back to foo

Is there a shortcut for this? I know about "Go Back" and "Go Forward", but they only work when bar is defined in another file, and not for going back and forward within the same file...


texts: How to create sum in Numbers up to a specific row?

texts:
I have column which contains prices for my work. The last row of that column should contain the total. Currently I have to adjust the SUM() calculation every time I add or remove a row.
Can I somehow magically sum up to the row the SUM() formula is contained in?


texts: I have an Edirol UA-101 and have recently upgraded to Mojave. I was running of High Sierra which supported the audio interface, however I am struggling to make it compatible with Mojave. Is there a driver that exists or a workaround?


texts: I need to batch move files from one location to another, and put them in pre-existing folders with the same first 7 characters

texts:
I am looking to automate moving large amounts of files.
Basically I have one location on our network full of .zip files.
They are all named like "12-3456.zip" etc.
I need to move each of these .zip file to a different location on our network which contains pre existing folders already named. Need to move the .zip file to the folder with the same name.
I found something similar to this here but is seems to choke on large amounts of files.

Any help/advice/experience with similar problem?

Thanks,


texts: Temporarily disable Notification Center in Mountain Lion from command line?

texts:
I've been trying to create a script to disable/enable the Notification Center, even if it's temporary. It should do the same as manually sliding the Notification Center, scrolling up, and toggling the "Show Alerts and Banner" badge.

Anyone knows if it's posible and how to do it? :)

Thanks!


texts: MacBook 7,1 randomly shutting down (shutdown cause -102)

texts:
I have a MacBook 7,1 (mid 2010) and sometimes it randomly shuts down. This only happens when I am doing something very resource intensive (like gaming). After the shutdown I can use my Mac for "normal" things without any issues, but as soon as I do the same thing as before the shutdown, it will shutdown again.
When checking the console, it says "Previous shutdown cause: -102". The only thing I could find was "Overvoltage shutdown protection", but I wouldn't know why there would be an overvoltage. Disconnecting the charger and using the battery doesn't help.
Resetting the SMC seems to help, but after a month or so the problem starts occurring again. I ran an Apple Hardware Test (both regular and extended version) and it doesn't find any issues. What can be causing this? Is it an issue with the motherboard?
Just to make sure: Is it possible that it's the 6Gbps SSD (Samsung 860 EVO) that I installed (while my Mac officially only supports 3Gbps), somehow messing things up?


texts: What apps can view crash reports on iOS?

texts:
It's cumbersome to sync with iTunes to get a crash report. I'm looking for an app that can view and copy/paste or email crash reports from any other app on my iPhone. I want to see the full stack trace from the crash.

Is there an app for that?


texts:
My kid has an iPod touch that has locked from too many attempts to enter the passcode for 22 million seconds. He did this before and I connected to iTunes and it successfully unlocked it.
However, I have subsequently upgraded the computer that iTunes was on, and, although the original hard disk is readable, I can't boot it, and can't seem to repair it.
Can I install iTunes on the new computer and copy over some key files or something like that from the original iTunes install to get this device unlocked?


texts: macOS, delete profiles that need password

texts: There is a profile I installed many days ago and I forget the password, how can I delete it?


texts: Automator: replace text input not working

texts:
What I want to do

I want to create a simple Automator service that:

Takes text as input from any application,
Does some logic on given input
Replaces the selected input text with the calculated output

The problem

The return value in the JS script does not replace the selected input text. I have no clue why. Does anyone have experience with this?

I am running macOS Sierra 10.12, using Automator 2.7


texts: Issue encrypting my Seagate drive with Disk Utility on macOS Sierra 10.12.6

texts:
I'm unable to encrypt an external hard drive because the encryption option seems to be missing. Various answers pointed to doing something with the 'Partition' button, but that button is greyed out. To solve the greyed-out issue, evidently, I first need to click on the 'view' button, but I have no view button!

(Specifically, I don't see a view button on my screen and the partition tab is greyed out.)


texts: Opacity of "previous paragraphs" in macOS Keynote's "Highlighted paragraph" animation

texts:
In the latest version of Keynote on macOS, you can animate text by "Highlighted paragraph" which de-emphasized previous paragraphs. My presentation has the "Modern Type" theme, so the animation turns lighter gray to darker gray. I like this and want to recreate the same "darkening effect" in diagrams, for instance, by adding "Opacity" actions there to elements manually. Two questions:

I gave a presentation, and the "darkened" paragraphs were hard to read. Where can I change the opacity of a "darkened previous paragraphs" in the "Highlighted paragraph" animation?
If I can't change the opacity in the "Highlighted paragraph" animation: What's the value of the opacity? Seems around 35% to me.


texts: MS Word for Mac: How to make all equations aligned to the left of the document and NON italic by default

texts:
I am writing a doc with thousands of equations. Every time I create a new equation it is centered horizontally on the document and the Cambria Math font is italic.

How do I make by default all new equations non italic and centered to the left.

I am using MS Word 16.17 for macOS.


texts: What's the normal value for cached files?

texts:
My computers been randomly shutting down. I've noticed on activity monitor that cached files is almost always at 8GB+, even with no programs running.

Is this a normal value? If not, how do I diagnose what's causing it to run so high?


texts:
I recently switched to zsh from bash, and Go2Shell doesn't work with zsh. When I click the Go2Shell icon from Finder, the iTerm window opened but the directory is the last dir in iTerm instead of the current dir in Finder.

How can I achieve the old function or is there a replacement of Go2Shell?


texts: Cap energy consumption of processes on macOS

texts:
Most of us probably already had this situation: One is tight on battery and trying to save as much energy as possible. Then suddenly a process goes wild and drains the battery by 10 or more percent within minutes.

Is it somehow possible to cap the energy a process is allowed to use within a certain time interval?


texts: What are the private and public keys associated with an Apple Distribution Certificate?

texts:
I'm following this guide on how to generate a new Apple Distribution Certificate, and on the ‘Download your certificate’ page it says

Download your certificate to your Mac, then double click the .cer file to install in Keychain Access. Make sure to save a backup copy of your private and public keys somewhere secure.

What are these private and public keys? Are they contained in the certificate? When I download the certificate and Get Info, it has information about a public key but not a private one.


texts: Can I use the USB-C Apple adapter, to charge my MacBook 12', with USB-A port?

texts:
I have:

MacBook 12"
USB-C AV Multiport Adapter
USB-A to USB-C cable
USB-C Macbook 12' charger

Basically I want to keep the USB-C port on the adapter free.

So, instead of using a USB-C cable to plug the charger to the adapter, I want to use the USB-A port on the adapter.

Will this work?


texts: Are TB3 cables in any way different than USB-C cables?

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My company provided me a Lenovo USB-C dock when I received my Mac Book Pro 2017 model. That dock worked to a certain degree, but I happily replaced it with the Lenovo TB3 dock this week (which basically works much better, not having the quirks of the USB-C dock).

What caught my attention: the TB3 dock comes with a cable that has a "lightning" label (probably to indicate it can transmit power) and a "3" printed on it.

Thing is: the USB-C cable is a bit longer (like 40 cm) whereas the TB3 cable is a bit shorter. So I tried connecting the dock using the longer cable ... and interestingly enough it worked, but one of my two monitors connected to the dock would stay dark.

According to this here, USB-C cables should be "equivalent" (unless getting to long), but I just experienced something else.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Are there physical differences between these cables?


texts: Signed and notarized Go app not launching after Gatekeeper dialog

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I have an app written in Go that is properly code-signed and notarized.

When I download it and launch it for the first time, Gatekeeper will show the usual dialog telling that this application has been downloaded from the web and asking for confirmation to launch it.

I press the Open button, nothing happens.

If I double click on the app a second time, it launches successfully.

The same problem happen when authorizing from the Security & Privacy panel, the app has to be launched a second time in order to show.

I would like to understand what causes this issue and fix it.

My code is there: https://github.com/libretro/ludo

The codesigning and notarization is automated here: https://github.com/libretro/ludo/blob/master/.travis.yml#L76-L88 (and I've double checked that it is working)

The build log is here: https://travis-ci.org/libretro/ludo/jobs/606966338?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=github_status

And the binary is here https://github.com/libretro/ludo/releases/download/v0.9.10/Ludo-OSX-x86_64-0.9.10.dmg


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Sudently I can't connect to the wify at home anymore from my mac (all other devices are ok).

When trying to connect I get the dialog:

The Wi-Fi network "My_Wifi" could not be joined.

Try moving closer to your wireless router. Alternatively, run Wireless Diagnostics to troubleshoot.

And on the logs from /private/var/log/wifi.log:

Info: <airportd[51]> Failed to associate to WI-Fi network My_Wifi on interface en0, returned error code -3902


texts: Can I use a 2016 MacBook pro charger on a 2019 MacBook Pro

texts: I’m borrowing a 16 inch 2019 MacBook Pro while my 2016 is in the shop, I figured I could use the same charger being USB-C and it would just charge slow but it doesn’t seem to be charging at all... is it just slow or do I need the other charger?


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For some reason cat no longer shows line breaks when I use it, while all other tools (grep, more etc) do.

I am using iterm2 on OSX 10.11.4.

What could be causing this behaviour?

Example

I have a file test.txtcreated in vim:

this is a test
this is a test
this is a test

When I do cat test.txt the output is (note space in place of newline):

this is a test this is a test this is a test


texts: Access fonts available in Pages.app in Preview.app in macOS

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I am working on some designs which will also contain some styled text. I'd also add at this point that I am pretty novice with image editing and can do only basic stuff.

I am able to access some fonts in Pages.app which appears to be unavailable elsewhere in macOS and would like to use them in other apps, specifically Preview.app.

I worked through the prototype quickly in Pages.app and changed the font face to Apple Chancery, which I understand is built-in into Pages.app. (I come to this conclusion as I have not added any custom font into macOS after fresh installation).

However, I need the text in the form of an image with the background being transparent. To do that, I stated with a transparent PNG image, opened it in Preview.app and simply added a text box to type the text in.

However, I am unable to locate the said font which was available in Pages.app in Preview.app. This leads me to the conclusion that it's some font that's packaged with Pages.app and is not available systemwide. I come to this conclusion as I was not able to locate the font in Font Book.app. The font is visible in Font Book.app, but towards the bottom of the list.

I further experimented by downloading a custom font (TTF file) and installing it system wide. I was able to access the font everywhere, Font Book.app, Preview.app and Pages.app.

Is it possible to get access to the font that's available in Pages.app in Preview.app. If yes, how do I do it?

I have browsed through the entire bundle for Pages.app by running ls -lR /Applications/Pages.app but was unable to find anything matching the name. I understand that both the apps are Apple's first party app so there should be some way around.

I am using the current public release of macOS Mojave 10.14.3 (18D109) and Pages for macOS version 7.3 (5989).


texts: Disable iPhone timed auto lock when an app is running?

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Is it possible to disable the timed auto lock on an iPhone when a particular app is running?

I use my iPhone as a GPS and I have a dock that attaches it to my bike. When im using the GPS app id like the timed auto lock to be disabled.


texts: Can a jailbroken iPhone and a non-jailbroken iPod Touch operate on the same machine/itunes

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I have a iPod touch that is not jailbroken. Recently I was given a jailbroken iPhone by somebody. I want to know if I can use both devices with the same iTunes installed on my laptop? Will using a jailbroken iPhone mess up with the iPod touch syncing?

Thanks


texts: How do i restore my iPhone 5s to factory settings?

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I have just fitted a new screen to my iPhone 5s, and i need to restore it to factory settings.

One problem though, it's disabled for over 23,000,000 minutes and the home button doesn't work.

Does anyone know how I can restore it?


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I have written a script that works on its own or when I run it from Automator. But when I add it as a service to QuickBooks I get and error message:

"The action Run AppleScript encountered an error."

This is the script :

activate application "QuickBooks 2016"
set windowtitle to the name of the front window of application "QuickBooks 2016"
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "QuickBooks"
        click button "Print" of toolbar 1 of window windowtitle
        click checkbox "Shrink report to fit page width" of tab group 1 of sheet 1 of window windowtitle
        tell menu button "PDF" of sheet 1 of window windowtitle
            click
            --menu item 2 is "Save as a PDF"
            click menu item 2 of menu 1
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

Any suggestions appreciated.


texts: Missing Reminders since upgrade to Catalina beta

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I am using macOS 10.14.5 and all but one of my reminder lists have gone.

I have macOS Catalina Beta installed on a separate testing partition and all my Reminders are there. But they don't appear on my main partition.

Is there any way I can get them back?

I don't have any iOS devices. And when I go to iCloud via the web, it just says Reminders coming soon. I tried restoring Reminders via iCloud on the web, but after the restore, they still aren't present on 10.14.5

Any ideas?

(Note: This question has also been posted here)


texts: Powerline fonts in vim & OS X 10.9 Mavericks

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I'm unable to get Powerline fonts working in Vim (homebrew) on OS X 10.9 Mavericks. My Vim config is available at https://github.com/aaronlake/vimrc. From 10.8.x to 10.9 I've imported the same Powerline font files from 10.8. Assistance appreciated.

Screenshots below:

let g:Powerline_symbols = 'fancy'

let g:Powerline_symbols = 'unicode'