texts: In GarageBand iOS, does the "Optimizing Performance" operation induce an irreversible degradation of recorded signals?

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I have GarageBand on both my iPad Air and iPhone 6 (iOS 9.2.1, GarageBand 2.1). I have experienced this problem on both platforms.

I have put many hours recording guitar and bass on relatively small projects (max 10 tracks, about 1 minute). I experienced the "Optimizing Performance" message some times, that lasts for about 5-10 seconds. When I saw this, I thought it was okay; it was caching and/or preprocessing stuff to accelerate 'live' playback. I would accept that.

However, I noticed that the playback sound quality degraded after this. By degradation, I mean the following. I record many high-pitched rock guitar parts with enough gain to have a 'rock' distortion, so the signals have a fair amount of high frequencies. After the "Optimizing Performance" degradation, the high frequencies distorted to be painful to the ears. I am not an expert, but my guess is that the "Optimizing Performance" is in fact a 'downsampling' or a 'compression' of the signals.

Again, I would accept that, if it was only for the 'live playback'; when exporting the project to a sound file (*.m4a), I would expect GarageBand to take the original full bandwidth good quality signals that I recorded in the first place. However, it does not; the resulting exported songs' quality is still bad.

So, my conclusion (that I turned into a question to this community for a confirmation) is that this "Optimizing Performance" is a downsampling/compression of the signals in an 'irreversible' way, which is a pretty way to say that it is ruining everything (by everything, I mean a lot of time and efforts). Again (I am a good guy), that would be okay, but if at least I could be warned that this might soon happen, so that I can clean up my project to release memory. For now it just explodes in my face and I cry.

Anyone else experienced a degradation from the "Optimizing Performance"? Is it really an irreversible downsampling/compression of the signals? Is there a way to block or at least revert this to get back the original signals when it happens?

I have to say that I did not test the 'undo' option; each time it happened, I freaked out and closed/opened back GarageBand (it clears any possible undo). This was panic acting. But still, I would like to hear anyone's experience on this.


texts: Cannot select Bluetooth device from Sound Output

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On OSX Sierra, I can no longer select a Bluetooth Audio device for sound output. I can see the Bluetooth head set is connected and I can select momentarily under Sound Output (see attached screenshot). However, within a few seconds, the Bluetooth device de-selects itself and reverts back to Internal Speakers.

A few notes:

I have tried a few different Bluetooth headsets and none pair with my Mac. They pair with my iPhone and other Macs so I can rule out an issue with the headphones
I have tried deleting Bluetooth plists and re-pairing. That did not work.
I have tried deleting plists related to audio with no luck
yes, I've rebooted my computer.

This strikes me as an issue with core audio but I'm not sure how to address this without re-installing the entire OS


texts: Disable slow window animation on OS X El Capitan?

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I've tried the answers suggested in this question: How to turn off all animations on OS X

But so far now luck.

When an application has been recently opened, I can switch to it without seeing the window animation. But when an application has not been opened recently, there is still a window animation as it opens.

I use alfred keyboard shortcuts to jump between applications. When I use a keyboard shortcut to jump to an application, not only is there a window animation, but it is in slow-motion (taking about 1-2 seconds to complete).

I am running OS X 10.11.3.

Any ideas I could try beyond this command I have already tried?

defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false


texts: If my phone is sitting on my desk locked, something like a napkin is just covering the proximity sensor, and I get a notification or something, the screen will not turn on. Can this be disabled?


texts: A blue frame around account's icon on login screen in OS X El Capitan

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I locked my MacBook to clean the keyboard. While cleaning I pressed a number of keys in a random way while the system was displaying the login screen. At a certain point I noticed a light-blue double frame around my account icon and its name.

It wasn't user selection which is a square shadow behind the user icon (selectable with arrow keys). When I confirmed the selection and the screen changed to the password login prompt, the blue frame disappeared.

It was around the account I had been logged on to before switching to the login screen.

I tried lock the screen again and repeat the process, but could not get the blue frame to reappear.

The question is: what is it? And how to repeat the process?

I included two screenshots to show that the user selection is separate from the blue frame.


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I wish to create a chart where you can compare how many awards a bunch companies have won over time. After collecting the data I now want to plot it in Numbers. To simplify I have put together some example data. Let's ignore the Award column for now and just focus on the first two columns.

I wish to create a chart in Numbers that uses the dates from a column as the x-axis and then plots cumulative occurances of "Agency" along the way. Hope the example explains it a bit better. I'm no stats guy.

Is it possible? How?

Thanks!


texts: Can I locate my iPhone 4 using Find my iPhone if the setting is disabled on the device?

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My iPhone is lost.
I tried using Find my iPhone but I realised I turned off the setting that is required for this. What can I do?


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I have a MacBook pro running Mountain Lion. When I copy files over the local network, I get around 200Kb/s on a 1Gbps link (the light on the switch indicates 1Gbps). This morning I went to download the XCode 5 DP6 and was pretty apalled by 50Kb/s. Downloading from a Windows 8 machine connected to the same switch yields 2.2Mb/s.

I've tried running the following, but is there anything else I could try?

sudo sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0


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Quicktime can be used to record screen casts, which captures a video of the events in the screen - with or without the audio from the microphone.

Many screencasts also capture the webcam in the lower-right part of the screen.

How can quicktime include the video from the webcam in its screencasts?


texts: What are some steps to troubleshoot problems sharing printers, files, and screen?

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I am having many problems sharing (printer, file, screen) from a Macbook Pro (10.6.8) to a PowerMac G5 tower (10.5.8). It was working just fine until we switched internet providers and got a new router. I have checked IP addresses, etc.

What are some general troubleshooting steps I can take to determine where the problem might lie?


texts: Use smart folder as Finders default folder

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Does anybody know how to setup a smart folder as Finders default folder?

If I try to select the smart folder in Finder settings, the "choose" button is deactivated like the screenshot shows:


texts: Can't update apps on iPhone 5S. Keeps prompting for password

texts: Not able to update apps. Keeps prompting for password and despite resetting many times still no luck. I've reset but to no avail.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Revoking and requesting a new distribution certificate in apple dev center

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I'm trying update our iOS app through itunes connect. However, I'm having an issue with the iOS distribution certificate when I try to submit to the appstore.
This is the error that appears to me:

  Your account already has a valid iOS Distribution certificate. You
  have a valid iOS Distribution certificate in the Member Center, but it
  is not installed locally. If your signing identity is installed on
  another Mac, you can export a developer profile on that Mac and import
  it on this Mac. You can also revoke your current certificate and
  request a new one.

In the dev center, the distribution certificate and the adhoc profile appears to be invalid. So I'm wondering how to revoke and request a new certificate. If I revoked the certificate, what's going to happen? are there any additional fees?


texts: Get part of result of command line in OS X

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I would like to use the following command line to get the current Wi-Fi channel.

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I

I would like to use exactly this command, because it's possible that I'm using more parts of the result.
So I'm needing an AppleScript that returns me only the current Wi-Fi channel of the command.

I'm thankful for any help.
:)


texts: How to know what nsurlsessiond is downloading

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I turned off all iCloud drive stuff and it seems something else is using it. I don't have photo sharing and photo syncing on between my Mac and iPhone. And I've turned off whatever I can. But still nsurlsessiond downloads over 400 MBs every time it runs; which sometimes is triggered with a restart of the system.

I did a sample process on it; but I have no idea what it means.


texts: Why is my 'launchd' task not responding to changes in watched files?

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I have a launchd task that is not triggering when a file changes, and can't figure out why it's failing.

When I load the .plist below with

launchctl load /Users/Rax/Library/LaunchAgents/com.crashplan.status.plist

the specified script is executed (once) and runs as expected (I can also run it successfully directly from the command line). But when the file on the watch path (/Library/Logs/CrashPlan/history.log.0) changes, nothing happens.

What could be missing that prevents the this task from responding to the file change?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.crashplan.status</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/Rax/Library/Automation/Shell/crashplan_status</string>
    </array>
    <key>WatchPaths</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Library/Logs/CrashPlan/history.log.0</string>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: I had a minor problem with my iPhone so I decided to restore from the most recent iCloud backup. I assumed it worked much like system restore on my laptop.  After resetting the phone and following the instructions, I began the restore from a backup less than 12 hours old. I got a message saying that there was a problem with the backup and I should choose another source.  I attempted backups from all three most recent backups and got the same message. Is there anything besides a corrupted backup file that would cause this? I do have an iTunes backup but I haven't been as diligent about those since I thought that the iCloud backup was reliable. So if I restore to the iTunes backup I'll lose some data that I really don't want to lose (ideas, work notes, etc.) Thoughts? Suggestions?


texts: Ipad 2 no more recognized by my Windows 7 computer

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I use to do hard reset of my Ipad putting it into DFU mode and doing it from my laptop.
If he used to be recognized, it is no more the case. Neither in DFU or normal mode. I think it is a driver issue but I don't know how to cope with it.

Can you help me getting my Ipad recognized by mylaptop?

Actually it gets recognized in settings > peripherals devices and printers under the name of "Apple mobile device USB driver". But not in Itunes.

I have an Ipad 2 and use Windows 7.


texts: MacBook Pro, 15" (Early 2011), not booting

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I have a MacBook Pro 15" (Early 2011) model which suddenly is not booting correctly.

Symptoms:

Apple logo and loading bar appear.
Loading bar loads part way, freezes for a while.
Screen flashes momentarily, then grey screen appears.
Grey screen stays forever.

Attempted troubleshooting:

Safe mode: symptoms unchanged
Single-user mode: symptoms unchanged
Verbose mode: symptoms unchanged
Clear NVRAM: Apple logo and loading bar appears, freezes, and stays that way forever.  After another reboot returns to original behavior.
Boot from USB memory (with MacOS Sierra install): boot menu appears, and allows me to select the USB memory stick for booting, after starting boot process from memory, returns to original behavior (note that I used same memory stick to load MacOS Sierra onto a Mac Mini with no problems)
Removed Hard Drive completely (and attempted to boot from USB memory): symptoms unchanged
Replaced internal memory: symptoms unchanged
Attempted boot with charger unplugged: symptoms unchanged

Question:

So, I'm thinking that, if it is not the

Hard drive, or
Memory, or
Power Supply

...then it must be the motherboard that is bad.  Before I make that definitive conclusion, I'm wondering if there are any other ideas that I might try?

P.S.

On a side note that might be more relevant than I think, I noticed that this model is one of the models potentially implicated in the MacBook solder scandal (see https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/ which lists the 15" Early 2011 model as one of the model lines with problems).  The symptoms don't exactly match what is listed there.  I haven't noticed any video problems (except for when I was changing out the memory: I got a couple of strange all-blue screens, but that could just be a result of poorly seated memory).  However, is it possible that a failing video adapter could cause problems at boot time?


texts: What does the checkbox for some apps in iCloud > Options > Documents mean?

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In System Preferences > iCloud > Options > Documents, there are checkboxes for "Apps that store documents and data in iCloud."

For many apps, it's clear what the checkbox means: the app can, optionally, store a document in iCloud that can be accessed from any of my devices.

But there are also checkboxes for Mail, System Preferences itself, and Weather. None of those create documents. In Mail's case, the mail is stored in IMAP accounts, so what would having the checkbox checked mean? What would having the checkbox unchecked for either System Preferences or Weather mean?

In the top-level iCloud system preference, there is a separate checkbox for Mail. That checkbox, when checked, shares the configuration information for all e-mail accounts one has.


texts: can mac mini handle the load without eGPU?

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i currently have a 2011 27" iMac - i7, 3.1ghz with 20gb RAM with a gig of vRAM on a standard AMD Radeon 6970M video card. It's connected to 2 24" Dell U2415 monitors running at 1920x1200. i use it for web development (VS Code, various node servers and processes, databases, source control clients, dozens of browser tabs etc) and design, which means heavy use of Photoshop & Illustrator at the same with multiple files, layers and artboards - files are typically for screen (not print) so it's not like I'm editing ginormous RAW photos, but there are a lot of filters and smart objects at times. Occasionally, I'll dip into AfterEffects and inDesign, and then there's other apps like XD, Figma, etc.
This system handles all this surprisingly well, but one of the drives is getting to be on the older side and is making me nervous. Not wanting to put a dime into this dinosaur and already having gotten more life out of it than I expected, I'm ready to upgrade. I found a great deal on a 2018 Mac Mini i7 6-core, 3.2ghz, 16gb RAM and 256GB SSD.
I know I'd have to get a TB3 -> TB2 adapter (to use my current iMac as a display only) and 2 TB3 -> HDMI cables - no big del there. Eventually I'll upgrade to bigger 5K monitors and at that know I'll surely need to get an eGPU in the process - I'll be willing to bite the bullet when that time comes. But for now based on the kind of work I do and my monitor setup (the 2 Dells and the iMac), I'm wondering if the Mini's onboard graphics can handle it alone.
If anyone has any insight or personal opinion they'd care to share, I'd love to hear it. Also, if there are any other potential issues beyond having to get adapters for TB2 and HDMI that I've missed, please feel free to point them out. Thanks!
PS - forgot to add that I've read about Bluetooth issues with the Mini as well. My desk is wood (not metal) and I use a 2nd Gen Magic Mouse & Keyboard as well as a FitBit (and I don't NEED to connect the fitbit. i can do that on my MBP if necessary) - will I encounter any issues with the connection to keyboard and mouse randomly dropping?


texts: Can't restore from TM backup in recovery mode

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I think I did very bad thing .. After restarting the mac and entering recovery mode and selecting Disk Utility I did erase "Apple SSD SM0256F Media" hard drive with all its partitions including Macintosh HD then I did erase Macintosh HD again with giving it a name instead of "untitled", now I don't have any operating system, after that I select restore from TM backup and I select last backup and it start erasing Macintosh HD then I get an error

  an error occurred while adding a recovery system to the destination
  disk

I did verify the disk and repair it , i got no problem all disk partitions are ok .

My computer: MacBook Pro mid 2014

And this is a list of all partitions from terminal :

Any help please?


texts: Prevent email signature from being inserted when replying

texts: Is there a way to prevent Mail.app on OS X from auto inserting your email signature when replying to a message?


texts: I'm not able to backup my ipod because I have more than 5gb and don't want to pay more. I would love to just put my camera roll on backup, and I deleted the backup for everything else but it still says I have too much gb on it! All I want is my camera roll!


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Anyone know of a command line replacement for tmutil, either script or binary?

Failures of tmutil:

Does not log.
No meaningful diagnostics.
Cannot resume interrupted restore.
Cannot overwrite existing destination.
Does not recover gracefully from errors.
Does not handle the restoration from case sensitive TM volume to case insensitive destination.


texts: How do I tell iOS 7 which address is my “home” address?

texts: In iOS 7, if you bring up the Notification Center in some circumstances it will tell you, “Right now, it would take you 18 minutes to drive home.” I recently moved and the address that iOS 7 has set as “home” is now incorrect, but I still want to include the old address in my contact card. How do I inform Siri (and the rest of the system) that my “home” address has changed?


texts: using Notes app app simultaneously on Sierra and Catalina systems

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My main system is on macOS Sierra. I'm testing macOS Catalina on an external startup disk to see how my old machine will handle the new OS (I know it's late, but...) On the Catalina test system I'm worried about logging into iCloud because of Notes - and this is my question: Will running Notes on Catalina upgrade Notes, making them unusable on my main Sierra system? Will there be an "Upgrade Notes" button like sometime in the past, or would everything be upgraded by default? For the time being I need Notes to remain functional on my Sierra system so this is a concern.

I tried researching whether the subsequent OS's (High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina) upgraded the format of Notes but little information is available and I cannot tell if the new and old versions are compatible.

I'm king of wondering the same about Photos...


texts: Does a new computer require a new Time Machine drive?

texts: If I buy a new iMac to replace an old iMac do I need a new or different HD for Time Machine?


texts: How do I use my macbook pro as a monitor for my HDMI device?

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I have the following items:

Macbook Pro Retina OS 10.13.4
HDMI cable
Brand new Raspberry Pi Model 3B+

I do not possess a HDMI monitor which I could use for my raspberry pi, thus I would like to use my macbook pro for that function.
My raspberry pi is brand new, and has never been configured before nor connected to the internet.

How do I go about using my macbook pro as a monitor with a HDMI connection, so that I can set-up my raspberry pi?


texts: Yosemite has caused many apps to prompt "allow incoming internet connections" - every launch

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I've done my research and found some really ancient questions, including this one, Always Asked to Configure Firewall for iTunes, where the firewall on OS X asks to allow incoming internet connections every time I launch an app that is internet connected.

This has only happened since I upgraded to yosemite. This is also doing the same for apps like steam that need to use accessibility features for in game overlays.

I've tried several fixes, including re-installing apps, to no avail.

It seems that since the yosemite upgrade, it just doesn't seem to store preference information, like it's stuck in a certain state and nothing will override it.

Any help out there please as it's becoming quite an annoyance!


texts: iPhone personal hotspot shows more connections than it should

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I was using my Apple TV when I saw my iPhone showed more than one connection.

My iPad WiFi was closed and I had no other device that it can connect to.

I changed my password a few times. But my iPhone keeps flashing that there is a connection when it shouldn’t. It disappears and comes back within a few seconds.

Am I being hacked? Or is this some other issue?


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I have a Apple TV 2nd generation that is jailbroken and I run xbmc on it. At times it gets hung or freezes up. At that point, I open up the terminal on my macbook and run this script.
ssh root@apple-tv.local
it asks me the password. I type in alpine
then I run "killall AppleTV"

Is there any way to make this a one click operation, like a desktop icon that achieves the same result? Maybe an Apple Script or a Automator workflow?
Any ideas please?


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I am not familiar with taxes. I've just enrolled developer program and am about to start sell the app through App Store. My country is Poland, I am individual person, I do not have company.

I need to fill Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner, and I stacked on first part of this form: Part I: Identification of Beneficial Owner.

The question is:

Do I really need one of those TAX IDS: SSN, ITIN, EIN?

The screenshot below simply describes my problem:


texts: OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite, has the default PATH changed?

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Today I had to configure a new macbook, running 10.10.3 out of the box and immediately upgraded to 10.10.4.

After installing homebrew I went to configure the default PATH, and opened /etc/paths.

I found that it contained:

/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

that is, /usr/local/bin is at the top. This is not what I was expecting, and what I know should be the default.

Has the default changed? I reviewed the Homebrew installation script, and it doesn't seem to change /etc/paths. I also stat'ed the file, and it doesn't seem to have been changed.

So, is this the new default PATH order in OS X?


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I'm trying to free up space on an iPhone. Most of the space is used by music.

Is there a way to see which artists are using the most amount of space?

Logically this would be displayed under "System Settings app > General > Usage > Music", but unlike the "Usage > podcast" there is no break down beyond "All Music : x GB"

Can this be done easily in either iOS or iTunes, on a per-device basis (I only have a subset of music sync'd to the iPhone, so cannot just look at folder sizes in the "iTunes Music" directory)


texts: Can't transfer 4gbyte file from USB flash drive to Snow Leopard

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I've been unable to transfer XCode 3.2.6, a 4gbyte .dmg file, from a USB flash drive to 2 snow leopard MacBooks.  It stops at 2.2gbytes with an error.  The flash drive is formatted with NTFS from a win7 machine.

How do I get XCode on Snow Leopard?  Should I do something special with the flash drive?

I understand 3.2.6 is the last XCode version to work on Snow Leopard?


texts: Quick Time player records screen very quickly?

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I use Screen Recording feature in Quick Time player for some purposes, but when I record my screen it records the screen actions very fast.Is there any way to chnge this to normal?

Eg.

If I move my cursor normally also while recording my screen it records it as if I am moving it in lightning speed.


texts: How to create nested folders in iCloud Documents?

texts: I can’t create more than one level of folders in iCloud Documents from iWork. I really want to move my Documents folder (which is all iWork documents) to the cloud. It’s neatly arranged in folders on my disk, but I can’t just drag the folder to cloudify it. Is there any workaround to this problem?


texts: I receive incoming emails   but cannot send out.  They stay in the 'Out' box.  In Mail Preferences   it says  'Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)   -  in the slot is 'concordmedia.org.uk    I am using  IMAP system.


texts: How can I use 2 USB Headsets on one Macbook?

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I homeschool my daughter and she takes several complex online classes.  The teachers want me to be able to listen in and also be able to talk from time to time.  I tried going without a mic, but there is way too much background noise for the listener.  Recently, I purchased two Turtle Beach Ear Force PLa Gaming Headsets.

While they each work great individually we can't use them at the same time because, the Macbook makes you select a specific USB port. Is there some sort of USB splitter out there that would allow us to both plug into one USB port?  When we just had to worry about headphones and not a microphone, we used a Belkin F8V234AMOB 6-Inch Audio Y Cable. My hope is to find something similar for USB ports, but I'm open to other suggestions.

Thanks in advance for any and all advice!


texts: Remote Login via Finder: Choose user account without entering password

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I'm using a Mac mini as an HTPC with two user accounts: one standard account and one admin account to manage the Mac. I'd like to have screensharing access to both, so I enabled it (and also File Sharing) for both accounts.

When I select the Mini in the Finder sidebar, it prompts me for the login credentials. I don't want to enter them each time though. I checked the box to save the credentials in the Key Chain and did the same for the other account. I can see both items in the Key Chain, but when I connect to the Mini again, it always logs me in with the credentials I saved first.

Is there a way to configure it to allow me to simply choose one of the accounts?


texts: Microsoft Outlook versus iCal versus Google Calendar

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The corporate calendar and email server is Exchange. My personal calendar is in google.

Currently, I use iCal to allow me to see both calendars at the same time.

This is not perfect, however, insofar as iCal doesn't support all of Exchange's calendar protocol. When people propose new times for meetings, for example, unpleasant things happen.

So, I wonder if there's some way to get Outlook 2011 to cooperate with Google calendar, with or without help from iCal, so that I could use Outlook to manipulate the work calendar and still see my Google calendar as I go.


texts: I'm trying to download Xcode 4.0 for my Mac and they want me to upgrade to Lion and download 4.1. Is there a way to download 4.0 without having to change my entire operating system?


texts:
I use my outlook.com for "icloud" services.
I have 2 apple id 's in @me.com & @icloud.com. These are just additional email id's I have.

I do not want these 2 accounts. HOW DO I DELETE THIS?


texts: Apple DTK, how long did it take to get an approval?

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for those of you how got an approval for the DTK.
How long did it take to get an approval? Did you enter an iTunes link?


texts: How to display a folder knowing its path?

texts: How can I display a folder in a different Finder window knowing its path ?


texts: imessage notifications not working for one person

texts: so a couple weeks ago me and my boyfriend’s imessage stopped working. he wouldn’t get notifications when i sent a message and would physically have to click on the the message to see  what i sent. on my side i got all notifications but when he reads the message it doesn’t say read on my phone and i need to help on hoe to fix it. our settings are completely the same and we’ve reset our phones but still nothing. however he gets notifications from me when i send a green message but just not imessage.


texts: Any Remote Desktop software to remote into an iOS device from a computer?

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Correct me if I'm wrong:
"You cannot remote into an iOS device from a computer".

I heard this is the case.  I tried Chrome Remote and it works from iOS remoting a computer, but I couldn't remote into the iOS device from my Mac (I mean, use my computer to remotely access the iOS device).

I wonder if there's any remote software for this.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Write to NTFS-formated drives on Yosemite

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I sometimes need to mount USB drives that are NTFS formatted and write to them. On Mavericks I achieved this using the Homebrew formula ntfs-3g which depends on osxfuse.

After upgrading to Yosemite, osxfuse is broken.  Homebrew message:

==> Upgrading osxfuse
osxfuse: OS X Mavericks or older is required for this package.
OS X Yosemite introduced a strict unsigned kext ban which breaks this package.
You should remove this package from your system and attempt to find upstream
binaries to use instead.
Error: An unsatisfied requirement failed this build.

I take this to mean that the kernel extension used by osxfuse is completely disallowed in Yosemite because it is not digitally signed by Apple, whereas in Mavericks it was allowed.

So, is there any way now to mount and write to an NTFS-formatted USB drive in Yosemite using either open-source software or free, unencumbered (not spyware/malware or bundled with useless toolbars etc.) software from the App Store?


texts: Can I tell Photos to please stop auto-rotating my perfectly fine pictures?

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Often, when I open the crop panel for a photo that I've just recently imported, Photos helpfully rotates it all wrong for me.

I think that it tried to make the shadows straight. This is Clippy-level infuriating and essentially never useful. Can I stop Photos from doing that?


texts: 2011 Macbook Pro 15" keeps eating batteries

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I have an ancient 2011 MBP that keeps destroying batteries. I had the logic board replaced in 2016 for the integrated graphics recall, FWIW. I just replaced the current batt with one from OWC (NewerTech brand), and bought a new 85w Apple mag-safe charger at the same time.
This same scenario has happened 4 times now. The charge in the battery gets low, and the Macbook won't power on anymore. I plug it in, and the magsafe charger light stays green. After starting the machine, it says "Battery not charging" in the status bar.
No amount of SMC resets, pulling / disconnecting the battery, or PRAM resets solve the problem. I've only ever been able to fix this by replacing the battery with a new one. Anyone else having this problem?


texts: "itmstransporter" permission error when publishing iBook

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I've created a book using iBooks Author, sent it over to iTunes Producer, filled in all of the necessary details (price, availability, etc) and attempted to submit it.  Once I submit it to Apple I see it successfully authenticate with Apple but then I receive the following three errors:

Unable to write to configuration directory: /Users/jdoe/.itmstransporter
Your home folder must be writable in order to save run-time configuration data.  Please ensure your home folder exists and is writable.
Cannot save local copy of remote diagnostic configuration; local path is not writable

I've verified that my home directory (/Users/jdoe/) does exist, it's permissions are set so that jdoe can read & write and staff & system both have read permission.
I've restarted my Mac & repaired disk permissions using Disk Utility but the issue has persisted.  Mid 2012 Mac Pro, 10.9.3, approximately 460GB free on the system volume, where /Users/jdoe resides.
Any ideas?


texts: Yosemite hdiutil: create failed - error -5341

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I could successfully use hdiutil for creating a dmg file for my program in Mountain Lion, but after upgrading to Yosemite (and after updating it to 10.10.1), when I execute

hdiutil create -srcfolder build/Thonny.app Thonny-0.2.5.dmg

I get following error:

hdiutil: create failed - error -5341

Verbose mode didn't reveal anything useful.

Folder build/Thonny.app contains a Python application.

Any idea what this error means and what to try next?

UPDATE: Looks like the number of files in my app affects the result. When I remove one of the files (doesn't matter which one), then the command is able to produce the result. Currently there are about 70 files and few folders under Thonny.app/Contents/MacOS


texts: finder is very slow to show files in yosemite 10.10.3

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After the update to Yosemite 10.10.3 finder takes a long time to show the files.
MacbookPro Core i7 8GB, HD120GB solid, 15G free


texts: How to use the 'Insert' key on an external keyboard with macOS?

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I connected an external Logitech wireless USB keyboard to a MacBook Pro. Generally the keyboard works fine. But the Insert key (present on this external keyboard, is not present on the MacBook's built-in keyboard) and does literally nothing.

Even in the Ukelele application (a keyboard layout editor) this key does nothing.

Short question is: How to make this key visible to macOS?

Long question is: how to make this key work in following use cases:

VIM running in terminal: switching COMMAND/INSERT/REPLACE modes.
Using SHIFT+INSERT for inserting text from clipboard in any application.

Note: I know how to do (1) and (2) by other ways, like command+V for insert and i/R in VIM. That's not an issue here. The issue is only the usage of a very handy INSERT key.


texts: How to text, as a blind carbon copy, multiple phone numbers at once?

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http://ipod.about.com/od/phonefeatures/ht/multi_sms_iph.htm explains as it claims in its title: 'How To Send Text Messages to Multiple Recipients Using iPhone'. However, what do I do if I want to prevent each recipients from seeing all the other recipients in the address field (ie I want this to be a Blind Carbon Copy)?
For my iPhone 5s, I already tried https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/75554, which claims:

  The option you're looking for is located at Settings > Messages > Group Messaging. Turning this off will send all messages individually to their recipients.

I do see and can access (iPhone  Home Screen) > Settings > Messages, but just like the commenters below that answer, I can't find Group Messaging?


texts: Getting files off old Mac clone without keyboard, mouse, or monitor

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I assume this is impossible, but I thought I'd ask:

I have an PowerComputing PowerCenter 150, running some version of Mac OS 8. I don't have a mouse, keyboard, or monitor for the computer. I do have an ethernet cable, but not a crosslink cable.

Is there a way to use my current MacBook Air (running the latest OS) to get the files off of the PowerCenter? I assume I can try to find a shop to pull the SCSI drive and transfer it to USB, but I'd rather not do that if possible.


texts: Apps that are Chromium or Electron base crashes on Catalina beta 6 (19A536g)

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So I recently updated from beta 5 of Catalina to beta 6 and noticed more than half of my apps will crash after the initial launch, these apps include things like:

Brave browser (beta, nightly)
Chrome (tried beta as well)
Chrome Canary (the same)

Any apps that are electronJS based such as: Spotify, Slack, Atom, VSCode & etc...

I have a hunch that it has something to do with a browser wrapper that can't be set

Already tried and failed:
sudo spctl --master-disable

Also re-installed apps, tried a whole different version and to no avail

is there anything I can do to fix this locally?


texts: How to use Homebrew to install local archive

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I'm trying to use Homebrew to install wget, but something is happening where the download is always corrupt.  This happens for all packages, not just wget.  I can download the tar.gz fine through a browser.  Can I use Homebrew to install a locally downloaded archive?  Something such as:

brew install wget-1.14.tar.gz


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I am looking for advice for an iMessage program/app that can export threads with dates/times in conversation style, preferably to PDF.

I have researched this quite a bit, but most results seem gimmicky and I am hesitant without some actually user feedback. Hopefully I can get some feedback here with which program is worthwhile at providing what I need.


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Dealing with a weird (and frustrating) printing problem. Household with multiple Macs and one HP networked printer. Two of the Macs can print to it without any issue, one refuses to do so. I'm completely baffled.
Printer is an HP P1505n, assigned to a fixed IP address, prints either via HP JetDirect (IP printing) or via Bonjour. It shows up as a Bonjour printer on the network. Every device in question is connected via CAT5e through a 24-port hub. From my laptop (a 2017 MBP running Big Sur) I can print without issue. From an older desktop (2009 iMac running High Sierra) it prints with no problems. But the laptop my son uses for schoolwork (a 2012 MacBook Pro running Catalina) will not print. Print jobs show as completed (either in print queue or in CUPS) but nothing happens on the printer. No error messages that I can see in any logs, the job appears to have printed - but doesn't.
I've tried resetting the printing system, printing with the computer connected via hardwired connection or wifi, adding the printer via Bonjour or via HP JetDirect using the IP address - nothing. The computer can clearly see the printer and correctly selects the print driver (1.6.1, the same driver used by the other 2 Macs). I can ping the printer from the troublesome Mac, and I can open the printer's JetDirect web interface from it as well. I can even ping the JetDirect port (9100) using netcat, with a positive response - ping successful, so it isn't being blocked by anything. While the Mac can determine which printer it is, it cannot use the printer utility to check supply levels as the other two Macs can - it just fails to update.
I used to use this laptop before I replaced it with the 2017 MBP. I printed all the time, to the same printer. I cannot for the life of me figure out what is going on here. Any help troubleshooting this would be appreciated.


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I've been following the migration guide for macOS Server and have gotten stuck with the launch .plist for the BIND (named) DNS server. If I name the file the recommended org.isc.named.plist the service will not start on boot, but will run correctly when loaded with sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist. If I rename the file and Label property to anything else it will run correctly on boot.

I have checked if the service is disabled with launchctl print-disabled system and it is not shown.

I have tried on a fresh install of Mojave with only macOS Server installed and was also unsuccessful getting it to run at boot.


texts: Can grep highlight matching text without hiding file content?

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I frequently use grep's context command line options (-A, -B, and -C), but occasionally I want to view the whole file with matching expressions highlighted. To accomplish this currently I simply specify -C 999999999, but this seems silly.

Is there an option within OS X's bundled grep that will allow me to easily take advantage of grep's matching and colorizing features, without hiding any file content?


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Browsing through my recent Yosemite backup I noticed that two of the largest files were com.apple.sidebarlists.plist (78 MB) and com.apple.recentitems.plist (10 MB). Both files are located in ~/Library/Preferences.

Investigating com.apple.sidebarlists.plist yields that the following key holds a huge amount of data under the key: systemitems > VolumesList > Bookmark > data

Is it normal for plist files to become so large? What kind of data is this (icon previews?) and why are the files so large?


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I wanted to play some games found on internet (not the Mac store) but I was afraid those could have a virus inside. As such I wanted to run them in a sandbox where they could just read files from their folder.

I have found some questions about sandbox-exec but pretty old and Apple says it is a deprecated command (though I don't care as long as it works).

$ cat myscript.sh
#!/bin/bash

$ cat perms.sb
(version 1)
(deny default)
(debug all)

$ sandbox-exec -f perms.sb ./myscript.sh
sandbox-exec: execvp() of './myscript.sh' failed: Operation not permitted

What are the minimum perms to run a program?

debug doesn't seem to add anything useful. Note that this command works if I replace deny default with allow default but I can't find what allow default allows. For instance it allows to write to a folder outside of the one from the script.

On a side note Apple says that sandbox-exec is deprecated and we should include sandboxing in our app... this is useful for apps from the Mac store and/or our own apps but what about something else downloaded from internet?

Final thought: would there be a smart way to set perms with chmod so that the program cannot access/write stuff from my user?


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For some time I've been using the combination of FreeMind and One Note on my Windows machine. About a month ago I migrated to Mac and now I'm trying to search for an alternative.

So far I've tried Personal Brain, but it has quite a heavy interface and I don't really like the workflow.

What app(s) would you recommend for managing larger amounts of information on tasks and projects?


texts: How to fix fontd process taking up 100% of the CPU?

texts: I experience reoccurring incidents of fontd eating up all the process power. What could be the cause of this and how do I make it behave again?


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I've got a problem with the Daemon com.apple.cmio.AppleCameraAssistant.

After some researches on my side, I've finally found the problem on why UserEventAgent took so much of my CPU.

Because of this:

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.cmio.AppleCameraAssistant[76253]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 2: No such file or directory: /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/AppleCamera.plugin/Contents/Resources/AppleCa meraAssistant

When I sudo launchctl unload ./com.apple.cmio.AppleCameraAssistant.plist, I don't have any trouble anymore. However, my camera doesn't work anymore (which makes sense).

I also tried to start by myself the application /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/AppleCamera.plugin/Contents/Resources/AppleC ameraAssistant, it works like a charm, the camera works.

So my problem is com.apple.cmio.AppleCameraAssistant.plist can't start /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/AppleCamera.plugin/Contents/Resources/AppleC ameraAssistant and I don't know why.

However, in the .plist, I've removed the GroupName and UserName, and it works.

What's the problem so? These lines shouldn't be there or "_cmiodalassistants" doesn't have permission to start "AppleCameraAssistant"?

Permissions are:

.rw-r--r-- root  8 Jan 16:07 com.apple.cmio.AppleCameraAssistant.plist

.rwxr-xr-x root  8 Jan 15:48 AppleCameraAssistant

Do you have any idea why? I'm on 10.13.2

Thank you.


texts: Share shell script: file permissions question

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I'm on Mountain Lion 10.8.5 and recently I've made a small shell script which just shows a message on the screen. To run it, I had run

chmod +x test-script.sh

and then using sh ./test-script.sh ran it successfully. So if I want to send this to friends, do they have to run chmod again? If so, how can I prevent it?


texts: iMac external display (EA232WMi) won't sleep

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I'm using an iMac 11,3 (27 inch, mid 2010) with an external display (an NEC EA232WMi).

Over the past week or so (beginning just prior to 10.9.2), when the iMac's display sleeps, the external display won't stay asleep.

It keeps waking up.

I can see the power indicator repeatedly going back and forth between the "on" and "energy save" modes. When it wakes, it shows its usual message about not receiving any video input signal. The iMac's internal display doesn't (visibly) do anything at all.

It doesn't seem to be related to any apps-- if I reboot the iMac and leave it there at the login screen until the display sleeps, the same thing happens.

This only happens when the display is off but the iMac is still awake. When the iMac sleeps, everything seems normal.

If I move the external display to a different Mac (which is also running 10.9.2), the display sleeps normally, so it seems to be specific to the iMac.

I did an SMC reset and even zapped the PRAM (yes, voodoo) but they had no effect. What can I look at to figure out why the iMac keeps waking the external display?

Additional: Wondering if this might be related to an external device, I tried unplugging everything from USB. No change. Turned off Bluetooth? No change.

Update with some requested information:

Console logs. All that I get is the following. In this test, the main display slept at 10:10 AM and the external display problem appeared. I let it continue until 10:16 AM. These are all the messages that appeared in Console.

3/15/14 10:10:14.227 AM WindowServer[127]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7fa8028e4910(2001)
3/15/14 10:10:14.253 AM WindowServer[127]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7fa8028e4910(2001)
3/15/14 10:10:14.581 AM WindowServer[127]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7fa8028e4910(2001)
3/15/14 10:16:10.580 AM WindowServer[127]: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
3/15/14 10:16:10.582 AM WindowServer[127]: CGXDisplayDidWakeNotification [59971881496111]: posting kCGSDisplayDidWake

System report "Graphics" data. Looks OK to me, let me know if you see anything that seems wrong.

ATI Radeon HD 5750:

  Chipset Model:    ATI Radeon HD 5750
  Type: GPU
  Bus:  PCIe
  PCIe Lane Width:  x16
  VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
  Vendor:   ATI (0x1002)
  Device ID:    0x68a1
  Revision ID:  0x0000
  ROM Revision: 113-B9710C-238
  EFI Driver Version:   01.00.417
  Displays:
iMac:
  Display Type: LCD
  Resolution:   2560 x 1440
  Pixel Depth:  32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Main Display: Yes
  Mirror:   Off
  Online:   Yes
  Built-In: Yes
EA232WMi:
  Resolution:   1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz (1080p)
  Pixel Depth:  32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Display Serial Number:    1X312924NA
  Mirror:   Off
  Online:   Yes
  Rotation: Supported
  Connection Type:  DisplayPort
  Television:   Yes

Update 2

In case it helps, I uploaded a system profile of my iMac which I generated using system_profiler -detailLevel mini.

Update 3

Since @Buscar웃 is deleting their answer, I'll add these details here:

"Wake on Network" is disabled
There's no screen lock (no password required to wake the Mac)
All sharing services have been disabled (several were active, including screen sharing and DVD sharing, bu disabling them had no effect).

Update 4

In case it's useful, the cycle time of the wake/sleep process is 8 seconds. Meaning, if I watch the display and its power indicator, this cycle repeats every 8 seconds:

Monitor shows its "no signal" screen
Monitor goes into power save mode
Monitor comes out of power save
Repeat

Update 5

I tried doing a safe boot; this also had no effect.

Update 6

Just for completeness I also used the external display's menu system to reset it to its factory defaults, but again, this had no effect.


texts: Undo sudo nvram boot-args="-s" without terminal

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I couldn't boot into single-user mode on my iMac 2007 with Mac OS X 10.5, so I forced it to do so with sudo nvram boot-args="-s". However, now my Mac won't boot and sits there with the spinning icon under the Apple logo.

Obviously, being an older OS there is no Internet recovery or normal recovery partition to boot to.

Icing on the cake is, it's a 2nd hand iMac with no recovery disks.

I have tried resetting PRAM and NVRAM, alas to no avail, does anyone know how to remedy this?


texts: Which solutions are available for printing on the iPad to a HP LaserJet 1020 printer?

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I have an HP LaserJet 1020 connected to an IOGear network print server.

Currently the iPad doesn't support printing out of the box, however I have heard there are several third-party solutions on the market, each with a mixed bag of results.

Which solutions are available and which is the most versatile or successful?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to change tabs in terminal not working anymore in yosemite

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I've set up a custom shortcut for Terminal to change tabs: cmd+option+left/right (the same as in most browsers, for convenience).

I did this by going to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts and adding it to Terminal as shortcuts for "Select Next Tab" and "Select Previous Tab". It worked perfectly.

Two days ago, I've upgraded to OS X Yosemite and now it's not working anymore. When I browse to the same location in System Preferences, it's configured. But it doesn't work.

How do I fix this, and more importantly, why is this happening?


texts: How do you change the default font for email on ipad?  I can change it each time I send an email but cannot “lock” it in to the regular that I want


texts: Prevent File Sharing access with Apple ID

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I use same Apple ID on different Macs (used by different people), only to use Find My Mac.

So I disabled Message, Facetime etc. – App Store updates are still a bit problematic since I don't want to share the account password.

We also use Drop boxes to share files, so everyone has enabled public file share of Public folder.
But since El Capitan (or Yosemite), all computers is accessible to everyone, because they connect themselves with the Apple ID (instead of connecting as Guests), and not only Public folder but also HD and Home folder are visible. (And I see the apple ID as "Connected with".)

How can I disable that?
And is there a better management of Apple IDs (I want to avoid a per-device ID)?

Thanks!


texts: Address Book / Contacts.app AppleScript plugins no longer working in Mojave

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For years, I've relied on an AppleScript (.scpt) file placed in ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.apple.AddressBook to provide click-to-dial functionality via our Asterisk PBX directly from macOS Contacts.app. Up until 10.13.6, this worked well.

Since Mojave 10.14 (also tested on 10.14.1 beta) the script's menu item no longer appear.

I've tried to inspect the running process in Activity Monitor's "Open Files & Ports" tab, thinking that maybe Apple moved the Plug-Ins folder—but that revealed nothing.

Does anyone know if this feature has been removed? Or any way restore this functionality?

I found this thread on Apple's forum (no answer yet): https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8552822


texts: I have a 2012 Prius C. The Bluetooth for the phone works fine but the audio to play music from my iPhone will not play over the car radio.  Why does one work and not the other?  How do I fix it?  Thx.


texts: iOS 8 third-party keyboard for accentuated characters?

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iOS 8 now supports third-party keyboards. I am pretty satisfied with Apple's default keyboard, however one thing is a hassle for me, as a French speaker : typing accentuated characters takes a long time, because you first have to touch for instance the letter "E" and then wait for the accentuated variants such as "é è ë..." to appear.

Hence my question : is there a third-party keyboard especially designed for quickly typing accentuated characters ?


texts: I remember there used to be a check box that allows "enable disk access", but now iTunes 10 has taken away that check box. What should I do if I want to enable my Ipad mini for disk access (preferably without using a 3rd party software..)?


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A leap second was recently added on June 30, 2015 23:59:60 UTC.

How are leap seconds implemented on OS X (specifically Yosemite)?


texts:
How does FaceTime determine which contact method to use when FaceTiming with a contact?

For example, if I have one contact on my iPhone. The contact has 2 email addresses, persona@icloud.com & personb@icloud.com. Each of those email addresses is associated with a different Apple ID & FaceTime account. The only overlap is the contact on my local device. If I tap FaceTime for that contact, which Apple ID will take priority and be called via FaceTime?


texts: Create global shortcut to run command line applications

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What steps do I need to run a command line program via a global shortcut?

I setup Automator to create a new Run Shell Script and tried to assign a shortcut in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts, but nothing happened.


texts: how to set app lock with password using MDM?

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I am looking for a payload by which we can set a password on the application. By if any user wants to access then they need to enter the password before using that application.
this feature is already available for Android so I am looking for the same in iOS also.


texts: Dwell clicking software that supports right-dragging and allows to define shortcuts

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I am looking for a dwell clicking software that supports as many following features as possible:

left and right-dragging
double/triple click
a shortcut can be defined to change the mouse mode
the mouse mode window is always on Top
customizable dwell clicking time (i.e. the time one needs to hold the mouse steady in an area before the mouse click is sent)

A few definitions:

Right-dragging = you click the right mouse button while pointing at something, hold down the right mouse button and drag the object somewhere
Dwell clicking = Instead of having to press a mouse button or a switch the user needs to simply hold the mouse steady in an area for a predefined amount of time. This action issues the computer with a 'virtual' click and provides the same function as if someone had pressed the mouse button.

On Windows I use Point-N-Click dwell clicking software: it has all the above-mentioned features (and is free).


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With the new iPad being released with the Retina display, many apps are being updated with new graphics and images to enable native resolution images to be displayed.

However, with increasing resolutions comes the resultant increase in image file sizes.  Your definition of what constitutes double resolution or not may vary, but when it comes to pixel count and associated image size we are looking basically at an approximate 4x increase for any bitmap style image resource.

Take the following snippet of information as a basis for my question:

App (Pre-Retina) Post Retina

Pages    (95Mb) 269Mb
Numbers  (109Mb) 283Mb
iMovie   (70Mb) 404Mb

I would like to know if there is a resource anywhere on the internet that tracks App versions so that I can check which apps have been updated to Retina graphics (and/or are likely to be in the future based on either previous update history or developer statements), and includes such metadata as download size, so that I can work out whether my previous rule of thumb ("unless you store music photos or video on your iPad, 16Gb is all you need for apps") still holds true, or if 32Gb should now be considered the minimum for all but very light usage.

I currently have 2Gb free on a 16Gb Gen 1 iPad running a mix of apps and games, but with minimal data storage requirements (no media, basically), so it's likely I would not be able to upgrade to an 16Gb iPad Gen 3 on the assumption that all the apps got the Retina treatment.

Any other information on the sorts of Apps that are more affected by the size increase would be useful.  Games seems an obvious problem area, but then if it's an OpenGL game running 3D Rendering, will the hit be quite the same as a 2D platformer running bitmapped graphics?


texts: Updating and running Git through Homebrew instead of XCode

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On my new 2014 Mac (OS X 10.9 Mavericks), I have just installed Git using Homebrew. In order to install Homebrew, I had to download and install XCode 5. So now, when I enter the command which git, I can see that Git is running from a different file pathway than the rest of the Homebrew installation. Git's different pathway is /usr/bin/git. I believe it is supposed to be in /usr/local/bin/ instead, with the rest of Homebrew.

I found a solution to getting Git to run from the Homebrew installation (and consequently an updated version of Git). According to another Q&A on this site, the solution is to add export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" in ~/.bash_profile.

Unfortunately, I don't understand where to enter that information. When I'm in Terminal, I can't change directories to something called "~/.bash_profile." How do I get there to enter the command export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"? I tried entering the command /usr/bin/open ~/.bash_profile, but Terminal tells me: The file /Users/**MYNAME**/.bash_profile does not exist.


texts: CPU cores have a temperature near 80 °C and then the fan starts to work. Can it be dangerous? (not for Core)

texts:
I have the same question, but about Core.

This one I want to ask whether such a temperature is dangerous for other Components, then Core?

I have read some advices to adjust Fan Speed, cause if you use
MacBook with default configuration it can damage after 3 or more years some of your internal hardware components cause of hot air. The advantage of such a default configuration is
quietly working MacBook.

Are there any information about it?
If its opinion is completely wrong why such Tool as Macs Fan Control are more or less popular?


texts: How to resume normal iPhone volume after notification causes volume to get stuck in lower volume mode?

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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Strange problem I've had for a few months.  Sometimes when a notification causes the iPhone to temporarily lower the volume, the volume gets "stuck in quiet mode" and doesn't resume full volume.  As a result, music playback is approximately 25% quieter than normal.  Sometimes getting a subsequent notification is enough to kick back to full volume.

This is very annoying because I never know when the phone is going to ramp up the volume suddenly (if I get a text message for instance).

What could I do on the phone that would force it to kick back to full volume?  Something better than asking a friend to text me, or setting a 1 minute alarm, etc.


texts: Is there a way to remove the Shut Down option from the login window on Mac OS X (10.11.x) while preserving the ability to restart?


texts: my iPhone is completely disabled due to too many failed password attempts. it says in the screen "iPhone disabled connect to iTunes" but i dont have a mac-book. i also want to reset my iPhone with the buttons but when i press and hold both power and home button (how it says you reset it) it just turns back on to the same screen that says to connect to iTunes. can someone please help!!


texts: How to open my external hard drive on MacOS?

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I have external hard drive Transcend.

Previously I could work with it without problems , but I did not use it for two month.

Today I tried to connect to my Mac and result :

I can see HD in Disc Utility , but I can't see it in Finder.

Is there a setting to change that would prevent or cause the vipooume to show in finder?

EDIT

Now I get new message when I connected HD to Mac

but anyway I tried to open DiskUtility and execute FirstAid, I got such message

Weird=( How I can check the reason of error and make it work?


texts: Do I need to know someone's Apple ID email address to gift them an app?

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I'd like to send an app from the App Store to somebody as a gift. I have their email address, but I'm not sure if it's the email address associated with their Apple ID.

Do I need to enter their specific Apple ID email address, or will they be able to download the gift app if the email gets sent to any of their email addresses?


texts: How do I view negative reviews for a podcast in the iTunes store?

texts: How do I read negative reviews for a podcast in the iTunes store? It looks like they are censoring reviews. I myself wrote a negative review but I don't see it showing up.


texts: Set auto-lock on macOS after couple of minutes of inactivity that cannot be changed by the user

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I am somewhat new to macOS and am wondering if it's possible to set auto-lock on macOS after a couple of minutes of inactivity that cannot be changed by the regular user.
Should I then prep the MacBook as an administrator and other users as regular user? So that whenever they want to change it, they will need the administrators password?


texts: How do I set the default file permissions for GUI apps in Lion?

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I've set my umask in my .bashrc file to 007. Any files created on the command line after loading my bashrc file respects this setting. I want to be able to set the umask to 007 for any files created using non-command line apps.

This document talks about setting the umask via launchd. And it kind of works. If I follow these directions I can change the default permissions on a GUI created file from rw-r--r-- to rw-rw---- but the directories still are not group writeable (i.e. I want them to be rwxrwx--- but they are rwxr-x--- instead)

The analog on Linux would be /etc/login.defs as the place to set the umask.

What do I change in order for the umask to be set properly (i.e. the way I want it)?


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I have a late 2009 i7 iMac that spends most of its time reading and swapping files from the 2TB hard drive, even though it’s only 40% full.

I want to buy an affordable (240GB/£160) Firewire external SSD, and install Yosemite on to it, then use that as my startup disc.

Will I get an appreciable jump in speed, or will I be limited by Firewire 800 speeds ?

Has any one tried this ?


texts: 'The requested version of macos is not available - macOS Catalina

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I have nothing more to say other than I can't seem to download macOS Catalina beta... it's not available apparently?

I even followed this link, which shows the update in the app store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/macos-catalina-beta/id1455661060?mt=12

I have the Feedback app installed and everything, I've restarted my mac and it's the 2019 mac so it's not like it won't be supported. Any help?


texts: iTunes crashes after playing certain files

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I can't exactly remember when this started to happen, probably after a software update, but my iTunes suddenly can't play 2 songs and 2 videos (apparently only these). When I try to play them, iTunes freezes and shuts itself down. The iTunes version I currently have is  11.04, running in a Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits.

The videos were downloaded from the iTunes store, so far I've only tried to delete them from my library and tried to put them back again, but to no avail. When I open them with another software, like WMP, they show no problem at all.

The same applies to the songs, except that they were legally downloaded from a streaming software. I've also tried to change file name, location, copied file, and the same thing happens.

I've also tried to uninstall and reinstall iTunes, but had the same results. Also, I should mention that despite that the videos are now in the iCloud, iTunes keeps crashing when I try to play them as well, so it's certainly not a file problem.

Edit: I've now realised that instead of being certain files, iTunes doesn't play some artists/bands. How can I solve this?


texts: Is it safe to provide your raw system profile to software vendors for tech support?

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I have a very expensive piece of software that began crashing after a recent system update, which presumably broke something. Unfortunately, the system logs the app throws aren't detailed enough for me to debug it myself.

The software vendor has asked for my complete system profile: is that a safe thing to do? Is there any sensitive information contained in the system profile that should make me think twice about providing it?

I know my LAN hostname would appear, which I don't consider a problem, as well as my username (which would show up in paths).


texts: How to add multiple songs in Apple music to a playlist?

texts: I'm using Itunes 12.8.0.150 on macOS Sierra. When I browse certain album on Apple music I want to add multiple songs of that album to my playlist. I tried pressing Shift or CMD to select multiple songs but this just doesn't work. Do you know how to achieve this?


texts: Are there any apps that copy files to another location whenever they change?

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I've been trying to change my IDE from NetBeans to Sublime Text.

The most important thing that keeps me using NetBeans is the "Copy files from Sources Folder to another location" feature.

I can't find a plug-in for Sublime Text that can perform this task.


texts: Why is iTunes photo sync showing separate event for each photo?

texts: I am syncing photos through iTunes to my iphone but I am seeing 40 events with the same date show in the Events selector. The same photos are included within a single event in iPhoto. How can i get iTunes to see these events as one?


texts: Free for a day Apps - legal for use in Apple Configurator?

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Today, several paid apps we have our eyes on to purchase for use on our classroom iPads through the VPP program are available free for the day, so I downloaded them and installed them in Apple Configurator, where they indeed show up as being free in the list of apps and can be installed on iDevices without problems.

I'm concerned that somehow this is not legal to do, but I cannot find any verbiage indicating this illegality. I'm assuming that if the app is free at the time of download, it remains free to install on devices despite the app's previous, and future, availability as a paid app.

Does anybody have any definitive information?


texts: iOS: Photos app taking 800 MB after deleting all photos

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I have iOS 10 with Photos library taking 32 GB on iCloud. It was taking 2 GB on my iPhone 6, which was all the space left. I tried to completely disable iCloud and delete all the photos. After one hour, the deletion has stopped, but the Photos library is still taking 800 MB! I tried to connect the phone to iTunes/Image capture, but with no effect. It seems to be empty, but it is not.

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texts: How to mimic Home Key of Centos or windows in terminal of OSx?

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I just miss the ability to go to first position of the shell with just 1 keyboard stroke, which I use it often at my office on CentOS ?

I know I can go by Option + left key or Option + Right key to jump word to word but that doesnt help much .


texts: get photos from old iphone to new iphone through icloud data backup

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I just bought a new iPhone 6 and I want all my old photos in the camera roll to my new phone.

I was using an iPhone 5 and I keep all my photos backed up on my iCloud account.

If possible, how do I get all those photos in my new phone through iCloud?


texts: 3D Acceleration Virtualbox 5.2.18 bug on Macbook Pro 2018, 15"

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Background

I have been having two different issues related to the performance of my virtual machines running on my brand new MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018). Given the specifications of my new Mac, there shouldn't be any issues running a simple Ubuntu 16.04 LTS instance.

The Specifications of my Host device:

2.9GHz Intel Core i9, 6 core processor
32 GB of 2400 MHz DDR4 RAM
1TB NVME SSD
Radeon Pro 560X 4096 MB, Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
Mac OS Mojave 10.14

The Specifications of my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Guest:

8 GB of RAM
2 CPU Cores
16MB of VRAM
Virtualbox Guest Additions installed
Virtualbox Extension Pack installed

Issues

However, when I boot my Ubuntu instance I get the following two bugs.

"Enabling 3D Acceleration" causes the screen to detach (See the following image).

Steps to reproduce:

Install an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS guest on a Mac host.
Enabling 3D Acceleration in Settings > Display > Screen.
Boot the Linux guest.

If "3D Acceleration" is not enabled, the Linux Guest is graphically laggy.


texts: Can I transfer photos that are not in my iPhone's camera roll to my computer?

texts: My iPhone was linked to my main computer and it has all my photos stored on it, but not in the camera roll. Since my husband blew the main computer up, my precious photos appear to be in limbo. It does not appear that I can import them anywhere. I could email all them one by one but that seems a little low tech. iTunes tells me that if I upgrade iOS I will lose my photos that are not in the camera roll. Also, the same would seem to be true if I deauthorize my main (now usless) PC. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to make the dock transparent in Mountain Lion?

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When I log in as a Guest user on Mountain Lion, i get a transparent dock with no background 'surface':

I can seem to find the settings that would make the dock in my own users' desktop look like this. Is it even possible for non-guest users?


texts: Seemingly random apps have a slash through their icons

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My Mac hung overnight and was in a bad enough place that I had to power cycle it this morning. When it came back up, I logged in and found that a number of the apps in my dock had a slash through their icons. When I tried to launch them, a dialog came up informing me that they could not be run on my Mac.

I logged in as a different user, and these same apps worked fine. I also tried deleting and reinstalling some of them, and those apps were fine thereafter. However, some of the affected apps are stock applications that come with the OS (e.g. Terminal.app), so that's not a great solution.

Launching the apps from the command line works fine. I also found that zipping up the app package, deleting the original, and unzipping the copy seemed to get things working again.

My suspicion is that the Finder or another component has cached information about these apps, and that the cache has been corrupted. This would explain why things are fine for other users on the system. However, I don't know where that information might be stored. I've tried deleting the Finder preferences and the entire contents of ~/Library/Application Support/Caches to no avail.

Is there an easy way to get my account back to a good state, or am I stuck with manually fixing each app one at a time?

Update: Further testing has revealed that zipping and unzipping affected applications is not 100% reliable.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  Furthermore, sometimes merely moving/renaming an application is sufficient to get it back to normal, but sometimes that has no effect, either.  This only makes me more interested in finding a real solution.


texts: I am looking at buying a Macbook Air in Australia whilst I am here on holiday. When I get back to the UK will it work?


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This is a replacement unit, replacing one that I dropped. I have been in the process of transferring my apps to the new iPad. I had finished yesterday and it was working just fine and then it seemed like it just stopped working. When I try to turn it on, I just get a black screen. I can access Siri and Siri answers verbally.  I know my user name and my password, which is coded number and fingerprint access, however I can't bring up a screen to enter it.
Do you have any suggestions?
It is fully charged and I can turn the power on. Unfortunately the only reason I know it's on is that I can contact Siri but the screen is still black.


texts: My MacBook Pro freezes up when working with Parallels Desktop 11

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This is the MacBook that I have: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
For some reason it started to freeze up randomly forcing me to restart, I don't really know why this happens. Every time this happens I'm programming in Visual Studio 2013 in Parallels Desktop, the settings for the virtual machine aren't very challenging so it shouldn't be because of the heat.

How can I see what causes my MacBook to freeze up? Are there some log files that I could post to see what causes this weird issue?

I do have a valid license of Parallels Desktop 11 and have the latest version of the program and macOS.


texts: How can I convert a .eml file to a .mbox file for Apple Mail?

texts: How can I convert a Windows Live Mail eml file to Apple Mail mbox file


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I created a new Apple ID on my Mac mini, but the "photos" preference, when checked asks for a password to the old account.

I can’t see where to enter my new Apple ID.

Since I don't remember the old password, how do I fix this?


texts: Catalina stops responding to input after monitor powered off

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I have a 16 inch Macbook Pro with Catalina installed.  I usually use it in conjunction with an OWC Thunderbolt dock with an external keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc as a desktop-replacement, but I do also disconnect it and use it as a proper laptop from time to time as well.

I've had a problem where sometimes if I put the computer to sleep when it's not docked, and then dock it and try to wake it up, the computer basically goes catatonic.  The keyboard lights come on, but neither the built-in screen or the attached monitor display anything, and typing my password in seems to have no effect.  The only option is a hard power-off and on again.

This was annoying but it happened infrequently enough that I could live with it.

After upgrading to Catalina 15.5 the situation has become a lot worse.  I find that the catatonic issue happens almost every time I try to wake the computer after attaching it to the dock, and now I've just had an incident where I was listening to the Music app.  The energy saver turned the monitor off as expected, but then the Music app stopped responding to the Remote app on my phone.  When I tried logging back in I found that once again the computer had gone catatonic.  It hadn't crashed because the music was still paying, but once again the monitors wouldn't switch on and it wouldn't respond to input.  Again, the only option I had was a hard restart.

For now I've turned off the energy saver so monitors never switch off whilst connected to power/on the dock, but that's only a workaround, not a fix.

Has anyone else encountered this?  Does anybody have a proper fix?


texts: How does one search in the Messages App on MacOS within one conversation

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Is there any way to easily one search in the Messages App on MacOS within one conversation? Across "conversations?

"Find" seems more for finding participants in conversations.

Any easy way to export a conversation (or all conversations) to text files?


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On my iPhone I can hold down on a key on the keyboard and than dragging can be used to control the location of the cursor.  This makes editing text go from intolerable to doable.

I just got a new iPad Pro.  The same feature does not work.  Presumably because of a lack of force touch?  Well, this makes text editing totally unbearable.  Is there a way to control the cursor in a similar way on iPad?


texts: What should I do before I give up my iPhone?

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I am changing jobs and so I am giving back to the old company an iPhone 3GS running iOS 5. I am searching for a To-Do list for things to copy from the iPhone to a Mac computer so that I don't lose anything. Here are the things I could remember:

Photos: copied to the Mac using the Preview.
Music: All are already in Mac using iTunes.
Email, Contacts and Calendar: from iCloud account are still available in Mac Mail and Clendar programs.
Apps: the apps installed are downloaded in iTunes, but, as far as I know, the app data will get lost.
Maps bookmarks: would be nice to copy them from iphone, but I have no idea whether this is possible!

Are there any other things to copy from my iPhone?


texts: Import signature from image file in Preview

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I'd like to sign pdfs using my signature. Unfortunately, Preview seems to require that you have a trackpad or a camera to do it. I have a Mac Mini, which has neither.

I do have my signature as a jpeg. In Acrobat on Windows, I could just import it and it worked. How do I do that in Preview?


texts: External microphone with mid-2012 Macbook Air

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I cannot get any of my external microphones to work with my
mid-2012 MacBook Air (which runs Arch Linux).  Neither the
four-pin-jack headphone that comes with iPhones, nor the Beoplay
H9i (three pins).  It is clear in pavucontrol that only the
internal microphone is listened to.  Output works.  Any advise?


texts: Fastest means to copy many drives to one drive

texts: I have data on 16 drives that I want to consolidate to one drive. The 16 drives are external with a firewire connection. Currently I have the one drive connected as an external drive on firewire. I can mount the target drive internally in my MacPro as an option. The total amount of data on the 16 drives is about 3TB. Four of the drives are 400GB the rest are smaller. Appreciate any help. I am in the process of copying one of the 400GB using Finder and it is estimating 15 hours and after 3 hours of copying, it looks like a fairly accurate estimate. Thanks for any help.


texts: Why do some of my text replacements not work?

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I have just defined about a hundred text replacements (in Preferences > Keyboard > Text). Some of them don’t work, and I can’t tell the difference with those that do. I tried redefining them, either exactly the same or using different substitutions, to no avail. I kept defining new ones, and, again, some of those work, and some don’t.
I’m testing my replacements in Pages, as soon as I create them. I tried relaunching the app, but that didn’t make the faulty replacements work. Any ideas why some text replacements might not work?
Example replacement not working: car$ → boat.


texts: My iMessage froze up on my iPod 4th generation

texts: So I was texting one of my friends and I sent him about 700 emojis characters and now whenever I try to open the app, it just freezes for 15 seconds and then crashes out. What can I do to make iMessage work again?


texts: Force restart iPhone using a software (without iPhone's permission)

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My iPhone's power button is not working. I've been using assistive touch option for a long time.

However yesterday my iPhone was acting up and couldn't turn it off by long pressing assistive touch's "power button" option. So I decided to restart it by resetting network settings. But it didn't restart it so I repeatedly pressed "reset network settings" option for like 3-4 times. After that iPhone entered to lock screen and now there's an overlay text with the message "Resetting iPhone". It's been that way for like 12 hours already. But apparently nothing happens. I can use assistive touch, above this overlay but it doesn't do anything. Behind this transparent overlay, iPhone's clock works fine. I receive calls but can't answer them, even using headset.  It's very strange I've never seen anything like this before.

I want to restart the phone but I'm out of options. Data and Wifi was turned off so can't use even iCloud to reset. iTunes picks up phone but asks for iPhone permission to access it. By pressing "trust this computer" option.
Last resort is waiting for battery is fully drained. But If I can use some kind of a tool to force restart I think this issue will be resolved.

I used a iPhone rebooting tool, but it still requires iPhone's permission ("trust this computer" option) which I can not access.

Anything else I can do here?


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I used to have a this bluetooth (BT) headset paired and working. Because it had some audio stuttering issues, as a troubleshooting measure I decided to un-pair (remove from list of BT devices in Mac OS) and pair again.

The problem is that now the headset is not seen anymore. I have the headset in pairing mode and the BT preferences window open and there's no way it'll show. Other BT devices show, and I can pair the BT headset with other devices.

Using Mac OS 10.10.4.

How to pair the headset again? Thanks!


texts: Can't install port that is visible on macports.org [Macports]

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I've been trying to get some of my packages from Homebrew moved to Macports recently. One such package was the Crystal programming language. Unfortunately, sudo port install crystal doesn't work:

$ sudo port install crystal
Error: Port crystal not found

Likewise, port info and port search yield no info about the Crystal language:

$ port info crystal
Error: Port crystal not found
$ port search crystal
crystfel @0.6.1_6 (science)
    A suite of programs for processing serial crystallography data

gnome-chemistry-utils @0.14.17 (gnome, science, chemistry)
    This package provides a set of Gtk3-based applications for drawing and viewing molecules, crystals and spectra.

gpp4 @1.3.1_1 (science)
    macromolecular crystallography library

xcrysden @1.5.60_2 (science)
    X-windows CRYstalline Structures and DENsities

Found 4 ports.

Yet, when I search macports.org for crystal, I see it:

Here's the search URL.

What's going on? Why can't I install Crystal, yet I can see it on the website?


texts: Securely remove files from an NTFS drive?

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I have an external NTFS drive, and I want to securely remove some files from it. SRM is no longer available in Sierra. I tried to install SRM with Homebrew, and did install it successfully, but when I apply the command to an external drive I get an error: "Segmentation fault: 11" What can I do?

I do not use software like Paragon NTFS to enable write on the drive. Instead I do this in Terminal:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Add the following line to nano, replacing “NAME” with the label of your NTFS drive:

LABEL=NAME none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

Ctrl+O then the Enter key, then Ctrl+X to close nano.


texts: Is it possible to change Calendar.app's color scheme to give today a more distinct background color?

texts:
I'm running 10.8.5. I use Calendar.app pretty heavily (it's hooked up to the Exchange server at work) and my only continual beef is that the current day doesn't stand out enough visually.

I don't see any preferences to tweak this. Am I missing something?


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Is there an AsciiDoc viewer for Mac OS X? Preferably one that views the document live, much like MacDown for markdown documents.

There’s nothing on the App Store, and I’ve done rounds of the search engines.

I would prefer a solution without Java if that's possible.


texts: Can't restore mail and mailboxes from Time Machine Backup

texts:
Time Machine does not work properly (macOS Catalina 10.15.7). It is possible to navigate the Time Machine interface (going forwards/backwards in time) and restore files from the Finder. In contrast, I can't navigate the Time Machine interface when it comes to mails and mailboxes, and consequently it is not possible to restore mailboxes and mails. It has worked in the past.
I have tried to reinstall the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 without any effect. I have also tried to create a new TM backup on a new external hard drive.
Might be related to this issue is another problem in Mail:
The sorting function in Mail (macOS Catalina 10.15.7) does not work properly. The rule is that all ingoing mails (addressed to me) should be copied into a local mailbox. It has worked well in the past. Now some mails are sorted according to the rules but not all. Even mails from the same sender is sometimes copied to the local mailbox and sometimes not. It has worked in the past. I have tried to reinstall the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 without any effect.


texts: How to avoid qtvr files being transformed to movies

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I have 4 large QTVR (QuickTime VR) files, which are displayed correctly QT Player 7.4.1 on old Mac.   But they are transformed to movie format on QT Player 10.4 on a New Mac.

How can I repair/avoid this ?


texts: how do I transfer my iOS developer profile to another computer because of hardware failure?

texts: Is it possible to transfer my iOS developer profile to another computer if my hardware failed but the hard disk is ok?


texts: iPhone 4 iOS 7 seems to register more data used

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I have checked the breakdown of data used. Under Settings > General > Usage, the Storage Breakdown for apps is:
Photos & Camera - 387MB
Whatsapp - 378MB
Voice Memos - 334 MB
etc. (in descending order)

In addition I have cleared most of pics and videos under Camera as part of my weekly routine. But I am still left with only 1GB (both registered on iTunes, Settings > General > Usage, and iExplorer (3rd party iPhone explorer).

What would be the reason why this is so? and how do I regain more space?

I do not download many apps. But my phone is jailbroken. Maybe it is because some Cydia apps are merely "uninstalled"? is that how it works?


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I'm interested in starting to edit videos and I'm looking for a good video editing application. It shouldn't be too complicated but one should be able to do advanced stuff with it too. I currently got iMovie but it's too simple for me.

Any tips?


texts: Bootcamp Windows 7 installation, USB is not recognized only on bootloader

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I'll abstract my question.

I'm using MacPro4,1 Early 2009. And I'm trying to install Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1. (I'm using Yosemite 10.10.4, and Boot Camp Assistant is 5.1.4)
My Mac has 2 HDDs, one is installed Mac (disk0), the other is formatted as FAT (disk1)
I edited info.plist of Boot Camp Assistant to show USB install option, and created bootable USB with Boot Camp Assistant
OS X recognize my USB as Windows Installation Media. (I tested it with Boot Camp Assistant app)
But when I reboot Mac with USB inserted, bootloader of OS X does not recognize my USB as installation media (When I used alt/option to load bootloader)

…and it shows just black screen with blink cursor
I tried rEFInd. it recognized USB and showed windows, but does not work either.
I also tried to create a new installation USB media from Windows, and it didn't work. (with Windows DVD/USB tool, UltraISO, BOOTICE)

Please note that the USB I have, has already been used to install Windows on several PCs without any problem. (Win 7,8,10)

What should I do?

I checked many Q&As from Apple Discussions, here, Macrumors, and so on. Nothing worked.

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MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports).

When I press OptionF1, a display system preferences window comes up.

It conflicts with my application specific shortcut.

How can I disable OptionF1 triggering display settings?


texts: Using WPS with Airport Utility for other then adding Printers

texts:
If you open the Airport Utility on you Mac, there is a option Add WPS Printer.

Since Apple explicitly named it Add WPS Printer..., can you use this for other devices then Printers?


texts: How to quickly move a single tab of a fullscreen app to a second screen?

texts:
There already is a question about moving an app running in fullscreen between physical devices:
Move a full screen app to second monitor – Mission Control can do that. However, is there also a way to quickly move a single tab from  an app running in fullscreen mode to another display?

Safari, for instance, offers an “Open tab in new window” command in the context menu, but that opens on the same monitor. Mission Control does show all independent sub-windows of running apps, but not dependent tabs. Dragging the tab only works if the second screen is showing a Desktop (not another fullscreen app) and will make the tab windowed.


texts: Paste into mail and keep format of pasted text but don't change to that format thereafter

texts:
This annoyance occurs every time I paste something into an email I am editing in OS X Mail. Here is what happens every time:

I am composing my email in the default format.
I paste something in, which is in a different format, that I want to preserve. This occurs automatically, and is not a problem at this point.
The annoyance occurs when I resume typing after the pasting, and the format has now changed to that of the pasted text and I need to reset it.

I am hoping there is some simple solution to this annoyance which occurs for me many dozens of times per day.


texts: "SafariBookmarksSyncAgent quit unexpectedly" Keeps Popping Up and Cannot Open Safari

texts:
I updated safari to 11.1 yesterday and ever since it has been popping up the same message "SafariBookmarksSyncAgent quit unexpectedly" and it just continues to come back. I cant open Safari either because "Safari cannot be opened because of a problem".

I get following error in the log for both the Safari app and SafariBookmarksSyncAgent:

  Library not loaded:
  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Safari.framework/Versions/A/Safari

  Referenced from:
  /System/Library/CoreServices/SafariSupport.bundle/Contents/MacOS/SafariBookmarksSyncAgent
  Reason: no suitable image found.

  Did find:
    /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Versions/A/Safari:
  code signature invalid for
  '/System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Versions/A/Safari'

  /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Versions/A/Safari:
  code signature invalid for
  '/System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/Safari.framework/Versions/A/Safari'


texts:
i come from linux and i know that for automatize shh logins we can use sshpass.

Looking for the sshpass command on MacOS i get this message:

machine0:~ roberto$ brew search sshpass
We won't add sshpass because it makes it too easy for novice SSH users to
ruin SSH's security.

So what is an alternative to reproduce the sshpass behavior with minimal effort?

I need sshpass to store multiple ssh sessions in my iTerm profiles:


texts: Download code needed for updating to macOS Sierra GM

texts: When I click on the GM download link it asks for a download code or a gift card number? I already have a developer license. Where do I get the download code. I have already installed and use the last Developer Beta.


texts: How do I provision a Apple device using Apples Member Center (new interface update 4/6/2013)

texts:
So it seems like Apple updated the member center, and I'm having a hard time trying to add a device to one of my current provisioning profiles.

Previously it was possible to do this by clicking on the provisioning profile, and then selecting "edit" where you would have a list of all your devices and can add whichever ones you'd like to the provisioning profile.

After the member center update (4/6/2013), when you select on the "provisioning profile" there is no location where your devices are listed & can be added to that profile as it was setup before. I need to add a device to the provisioning profile to export and then import into testflight for testing & distribution.

I know this is possible through Xcode, but I'd like to do this the through Member Center (if it's still possible)

Thanks,
Russell Bradley


texts: sshd stops working on Big Sur after a while when accessible from the Internet

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My sshd is configured to accept only public key authentication and my ISP router forwards the port 22 to my MacPro so I can access it from anywhere using Internet.
This has worked for years.
Since I've upgraded to Big Sur, this works once I activate the Remote Login in System Preferences but after a while, the connection fails.
Once this is the case, I cannot connect using ssh even from another machine on the same LAN. The other services work fine.
If I stop the port forwarding, this does not occur.
So I installed openssh using homebrew, ran their sshd on the port 23.
Then I changed my port forwarding on the router to target homebrew openssh: extern port 22 -> macpro port 23
Same thing: after a while, it stops accepting connections with no information in the level 3 debug logs.
Of course, Apple's own sshd continues to work.
So it seems that the failed attempt to connect to my sshd from hackers all around the world end up saturating some kernel buffer or something and only since Big Sur (currently running 12.2.2).
Does anybody else has this problem? And maybe a solution?


texts:
I have a lot of screen real estate, and am constantly "losing" my mouse.

I'd like to have a simple way of easily finding the mouse that doesn't have to be reconfigured when I undock from my 28 inch monitor and rely on my retina display.

Windows has a feature that allows for "mouse trails" so I can easily find the pointer wherever it is.  How can I get similar functionality on the Mac?

I looked under the "accessibility" tab but found nothing.


texts:
For my calendar alerts, I like to receive reminders with sound:

1 day before the event
2 days before the event
7 days before the event
1 hour before the event

Is there any way to set these as default for all events that belong to a "calendar" group (by "calendar" group I mean the coloured label that you can apply to an event)

Going to Preferences > Alerts lets you set defaults, but not by calendar group (instead the same defaults are used for all calendar groups). It also only lets you set 1 default (so you cannot have multiple reminders per an event)


texts: How do I optimize a Macbook Pro to run a particular tab of Chrome?

texts:
My work involves running a specialized Web application. I'm using Google Chrome on a Macbook Air laptop with 8 GB of RAM. With gmail open in one tab and this app open in another Chrome window, my Web app feels sluggish (e.g. the mouse is slow to move on the screen, clicking a link takes seconds to open, etc.). How do I optimize my system to run the Chrome tab that's running this web app? I'm thnking along the lines of:

Dedicating one CPU core to this Chrome tab.
Allocating 2GB of physical RAM to this tab.
I'm willing to buy a new Macbook Pro with 32GB of RAM to improve the performance of this web app.


texts: Where exactly is QuickTime Player on OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion?

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I bought a used MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012 with Mountain Lion. I can't seem to find the QuickTime Player anywhere. There is no such app in Apps nor in Utilities. When I right-click a video icon, Open With doesn't offer QuickTime (even if it's a .smil file, which is more QuickTime specific, not to mention any other type). Simply, there is no such thing as QuickTime Player on my system. Is this possible or am I doing something wrong? How can I get it (the current one, not the legacy one)? Apple doesn't offer any download as far as I can see, the page claims I have one. Only, I don't :-(

Any advice? Thanx...


texts: Time in GMT or Missing Time Zones in systemsetup

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The problem
MacBook Pro (Catalina 10.15.7) decided to start showing GMT in the status bar and system preferences last week. It is physically in Pacific time (PST) and I'd like it to show that time instead.
Troubleshooting thus far
Following Apple instructions

System Preferences > Date & Time:

"Set date and time automatically" is turned on using Apple Americas/U.S. (time.apple.com.) (problem persists with all servers)
"Set time zone automatically using current location` is turned on
Time Zone correctly locates me in PST
Time Zone listing is empty
Privacy settings are turned on to allow location services for Time Zone & System Customizations

Computer has been restarted several times
PRAM has been reset several times
Computer is connected to wifi

Following this post:

localtime is correct as are link to database and permissions
Accessibility has been reset
ntpdate has been run

Current situation
(Really, more of "The Problem" but with a lot of the basic troubleshooting out of the way. Maybe this is "where it gets good".)

date returns the correct (local) time
systemsetup gettimezone returns GMT
systemsetup listtimezones returns Time Zones: and nothing else
systemsetup settimezone America/Los_Angeles returns America/Los_Angeles is not a valid timezone

Did the timezone list somehow go missing? Can I add it manually? Is there an update I can run to re-link this somehow?
I'd like to resolve this without an OS re-install if I can. Help me Ask Different, you're my only hope.