texts: How do I downgrade from Yosemite 10.10 to Mavericks 10.9?

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I have the new Yosemite. How do i downgrade to the last version?

I really don't like it. Lost Yahoo messenger and a lot of extras I had on my old operating system.


texts: TimeMachine with multiple disks (one at a time)

texts: I have backed up my Mac to an external disk using TimeMachine. When I plug in a different external disk the Mac still expects to backup to the first disk. Is it possible to backup to two external disks, one at a time?


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I have an iPhone X with my FaceID registered. I back it up using iTunes.

If I restore this backup to another iPhone with FaceID support, will my registered FaceID be restored? Or do I have to register FaceID again?

I don't have multiple devices to test these scenarios on, and I couldn't find a definitive answer online.


texts: CPU speed of the Macbook Pro Retina downclocked

texts: I've a MacBook Pro 15" late 2013. For a long time I have encoded videos with handbrake and the CPU was very hot for hours. The clock speed was about 2.8GHz (I have the 2.3GHz model) and the temperature was over 95°C. In one of the last updates of High Sierra I think there was some modification such that now the CPU speed while encoding a video is about 1.8GHz and the temperature is always lower than 80°C. What can I do? I've lost about the 35% of the power of my mac....


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I've created an application with Automator.

I want to have a new icon in the menubar like this:

Which starts the app when I click on it.

Is it possible? (without using Xcode)

PS: I don't want a menubar launcher.


texts: How do I start the docker daemon on macOS?

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I am using macOS 10.14.6 and docker info shows me that the docker daemon is not running.

How do I start the docker daemon from terminal?

I have not found any information on doing so anywhere. On Linux you do something like sudo service docker stop, but this is incompatible with MacOS.


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Which Epson print-scan-copy-fax machines give you a plug-and-play experience in Catalina?  Including paperless fax sending and receiving?
I suspect there must be some because /Library/Printers/EPSON/Fax includes, besides frameworks and such, two apps.
Thanks for any info.


texts: Switching Apple ID on Iphone to different region to download games

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I have shared an iPhone for many years using my dad's Apple ID. I want to download some games not available in the Vietnam region, so I made an apple id in New Zealand. I have three questions regarding this topic.

What will happen to my contact when I switch? Will I still be able to make calls (using the same sim-card) or will I be charged international rates?
Will the progress of my old apps be kept? I looked up another question relating to this, and the answer was yes; I am just sure if this is also the case for changed in regions.
My dad uses and subscribes to Isharing, so will the payment for app stop if I sign out? I am login it through Facebook


texts: Messages from my phone show up on my macbook air

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My Macbook air keeps getting my phone messages but since the computer is a school computer it doesn't allow me to go into iMessage.

What should I do?


texts: How does one switch from a 5GHz to 2.4GHz band?

texts: I am trying to figure out how to switch the band on my router, using an Apple Time Capsule, MacBook Pro 2017. Is this possible? I want to be on 2.4GHz. I have this new Amazon Wand and it will not set up on 5GHz. Can anyone help?


texts: iCloud Drive for Mac is taking up too much space on hard drive

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When I open files from iCloud Drive for Mac (via Finder window), it downloads and saves the files from iCloud which ends up taking space up on my MacBook. How can I prevent iCloud Drive from downloading files?

Picture is attached and it shows that some files are downloaded. I want to remove that space that it is taking up on my MacBook.

.


texts: How to start preview from command line and get back to the terminal when I press ESC?

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I do want to add file view support for media files to midnight commander and I something that can be called form the command line that would start preview but that will return to my terminal when I press ESC.

Note: I already found half of the solution here http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20040514133013713 - the only problem is that it doesn't close Preview with Escape.

So there are two possible solutions:

Find a way to map ESC to Cmd+Q only for Preview (I want a command line install solution)
Find a way to open Preview in the special mode used by the Finder (the tiny preview), which by default is closed with a simple Esc.


texts: How can I quit Steam on macOS 10.12 without force quitting?

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Steam will not exit gracefully on macOS 10.12 Sierra. When selecting exit from the application menu or via secondary click on the app icon in the dock nothing happens. The process has to be terminated forcefully, and it will also stop the OS's poweroff process. On occasion the program will exit properly but I cannot see any pattern to it.

When running the application from the command line and then attempting to exit, at first nothing appears in the output, but after a minute or so the following is logged:

KQ: Error Unregistering write event KQ:Operation now in progress
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 769
Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID:  Caching Steam ID:  76561198003850785 [API loaded no]

macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Steam API: v017, Steam package versions: 1490228413


texts: How to add the PATH for mysql bin on Mac?

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I want to add the PATH for mysql.exe on my Mac. I tried this via terminal, but

$ vi.bash_profile
vi.bash_profile command not found.

does not work. I tried this for generating the bash_profile to add the PATH.

We want to enter the code

export PATH=PATH:/Machintosh HD/Application/mampstack-7.3.8-0/mysql/bin

after the generating bash_profile.


texts: Temporary Folder Difference for Apple Script

texts:
This seems to work as a temporary folder in Apple Script

path to temporary items

but

path to temporary items from user domain

is also recommended to use.

Which one is correct and safe to use? I am confused by the web references.


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Running OS X 11 or 12 on late 2012 iMac connected to company LAN via 1000BaseT.  Even when not running browser, email client, …, that would use the network, Mac is quite slow. RAM pressure is light (8 GB of 32 used), negligible disc or other I/O, CPU 80% idle. Worst during peak work hours, better nights and weekends.  Disconnect the Ethernet, and performance improves to level to which I'm accustomed.

Firewall is on with strict settings.

Does the network interface require bus or CPU to handle traffic not addressed to me?  Broadcast flood?

I tried sniffing with WireShark, but it was like trying to drink from a firehose.

Ideas?


texts: My Mac mini's computer name keeps changing when it resumes from sleep

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When I wake my Mac mini from sleep, it occasionally comes up with a dialog saying "The name of your computer "whatever" is already in use on this network. The name has been changed to "whatever (1)"" (or (2), I'm up to (4) at the moment).

The Mac is plugged in to the network via an ethernet cable and gets a DHCP assigned IP address from my router which runs pfSense. I have DHCP set to give the same IP address to the Mac's Mac.

Why does this happen, and more usefully, how can I make the machine stop renaming itself?

In System Preferences - Sharing I have 'File sharing' and 'Remote Login' enabled.


texts: Get full file path on shared network drive when mounted volume includes subfolder

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We have a shared samba file server with paths like

smb://server/folder1/folder2/file.txt

It is common for people to "connect to server" directly to smb://server/folder1/folder2

This mounts a volume called "folder2".  We need the full path of the path, to share it e.g. smb://server/folder1/folder2/file.txt


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I downgrade iTunes 11 to 10.7 in Mountain Lion?

I really miss iTunes DJ. Its all I use, and I'd like to roll back to iTunes 10.  I guess my Library has been upgraded (didn't see a notices) so I'm not hopeful, but does anyone have a suggestion?

I have a timemachine backup, but thats all.

(I've seen the worthy answer: With iTunes DJ gone from iTunes 11, what's a good replacement solution?, but I had a groove, and I want it back!)


texts: Is it possible to debounce a MacBBook keyboard via a script? I have the obbbnoxious double "b" problem wherein my keyboard inserts two "b" characters abbout half the time (also occasionally the r and i characters, but less often). The keyboard is bbuilt into the case, which makes the replacement a cool $1015 ($680 for parts, and $335 for labor). Hence, I'm hoping for a software solution.


texts: Little Snitch: Does restricting address/port for an application disable future connection prompts?

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I have downloaded the trial version of Little Snitch.

After install, when I am prompted with connection requests, I have the option to allow or deny the connection via "Any Connection" or "Only" a specific connection.

If I select "Only Forever", I am assuming that the rule will prevent the application from connecting to another address/port.

But if the application wants to connect to another address/port – will I be prompted to set a new rule for that specific address/port – or will the first rule actually block out all future Little Snitch request prompts?

In regards to the above question, does the behavior differ between Allow and Deny? E.g.:

If I Allow ONLY a certain address AND port – will it disable prompts for all future variants of address and/or port?
If I Deny ONLY a certain address AND port – will it disable prompts for all future variants of address and/or port?

I am assuming that (2) above will just deny that specific combination – but what about restricting allowance as in (1)?


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Is it possible to use a mouse connected to OSX computer at iOS device.
Assume I have a Mac Mini and iPad on same WiFi network. I have a USB mouse connected to Mac Mini. Is there an option to use this USB mouse on iPad remotely (via WiFi) ?

I mean something like Synergy - but Synergy work only on Windows, OSX and Linux. I want to one if there is something similar but for iOS and OSX or for Android and OSX.


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My mac mini has been having a major problem.... basically becomes so slow that it's inoperable. When this happens and I click Command/option/ESC an item comes up in the force quit window that is labeled com.apple.PressAndHold. I do this when a window that says "You are running out of Application memory, close unused applications".... That is when I have literally only the finder open. When I force quit the com.apple.PressAndHold, the computer starts operating fine....

Any suggestions?


texts: How can I successfully uninstall the new Mac Pages program and go back to the 09 version

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I'm currently working on a project that requires hyper links, which I was able to create in the 09 version of Pages, and which could be exported to PDF with all hyper links fully operational.

Unfortunately the new version of Pages won't do this (you can enter hyper links in but they won't work when exported to PDF).

I do have both the old version, as well as the new version of Pages on my mac. However every time I open up an existing file, or create a new one, in the 09 version, it automatically asks me if I want to upgrade this to the new version. To not upgrade one needs to click "edit existing copy." But the problem is when you save it (which has to aways be as a copy) and then close the file, it seems to save it regardless in the new version, or certainly when re-opening this same file, all the hyper links and other goodies associated with the 09 version, are all gone.

As far as I'm concerned the 09 version is a way superior product. Therefore I figured the best way to go is to completely get rid of the new version and go back to the old one.

Is this possible, and if so how can I go about doing this in a way that won't affect any of my files? I have them all backed up anyway, but just wanted to make sure before going this way and want to make sure I can go back to the 09 version without any major issues.

My 09 version was originally loaded in via disk by the way. Please advise if possible, thanks guys.


texts: Can I record my Mac screen via a keyboard shortcut?

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I trade futures and other things, which requires me to be watching a number of things very closely while I'm actively considering or managing a trade.  I'd like to be more diligent about documenting all my trades, my thought processes in the moment, etc. but doing so while trading is pretty much impossible.  And trying to remember everything later is definitely impossible.  So I'd like to begin recording myself when I'm being active in the markets.

This is easy to do - Quicktime can do it natively even - but I would like to assign recording the screen to a keyboard shortcut so I can just fire it off in an instant when I need to, and hit another keystroke when I'm done.  This is the problem I haven't found a good solution to.

I already own ScreenFlow, and it has a keyboard shortcut for recording.  Unfortunately Screenflow produces absolutely enormous files, that then require you to export them from Screenflow in order to actually save them somewhere.

Ideally I'm looking for a Mac app that:

Can initiate a recording of the screen (and my microphone for narration, I don't really care about camera) via a keyboard shortcut.
Produces reasonable file sizes (and to that end, allowing me to record at a greatly reduced frame rate would be great... 1 FPS even would work fine for my needs)
Outputs to standard formats, preferably .mp4 or .m4v
Works on macOS Sierra on a 2011 iMac

Recording system audio would be an additional plus, but is not absolutely required.

EDIT:  On exploring a bit, it turns out that Automator already has a command for New Screen Recording!  This is great, with one problem.  Quicktime opens a small window and requires you to click the little red "Record" button, to actually initiate recording.  I can't find any way to do this via a keyboard shortcut.  If all else fails I could applescript the click to specific coordinates, but I would love to find a "less heavy-handed" way to start the recording process without requiring a mouse click.  Any ideas anyone?


texts: Hard Drive Scraping Noise and the Flashing Inquisitive Folder

texts: Hey I'm having the flashing question mark folder issue.  My hard drive is also making this noise like tschhh, tschhh, tschhh, tschhh.  Holding option does nothing, it just makes it load to a grey screen with no folder.  Does this sound like a hard drive only issue or something more. Could the logic board or some connector be involved?  It is a macbook 2,1


texts: Cannot log in with Apple ID after performing password reset

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My wife forgot the password to her Apple ID account. Her Macbook Air (OS X Yosemite) restarted to install some updates. She has her user account set up through her Apple ID account.

Since she forgot the password she reset it from my laptop.

She can log in to iCloud and Apple ID with the new password, but cannot log in with the new password on the Air.

When she tries to log in she is greeted with this message:

  "This account uses an iCloud password to log in. If you need to change
  the password, use another device to change it at appleid.apple.com."


texts: Text messages returning to original phone

texts: Since updating to iOS6, every time I text my husband, the text comes to my phone. Any idea how to stop this?


texts: Actual Image not shown in the Body of Apple Mail client

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Products witnessed: iPad 2, iPad & iPhone X; iOS 11+;

We send email broadcast of our reports to corporate customers; The email carries an attachment (*.pdf) as well as an image embedded in the body (any image *.jpeg, *.png, *.jpg etc; We use the Content-ID {CID} to attach the Image).

We witnessed that some iPhone X and iPad users were complaining that the image embedded in the body is an old one from a previous mail and not the actual one that was attached. We observed that these users were using Apple's native email client. We had checked all other email clients' and the image embedded into the body was the actual one; Email clients' under our observation were MS Office Outlook 2016, Outlook for Android, Outlook Web client, Samsung Mail Client for Android, Hotmail, Outlook and Yahoo web email interface all displayed the actual image except for Gmail, where the image is not shown at all for some security reason.

We would have been happy if the Apple's native email client did not show the image at all, but having shown some older image from a cache source in its device have sparkled lot of criticism to us.

Did anybody came through this problem? How did you all overcome this?


texts: Question mark folder when booting after removing boot camp. Stuck on repair process

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I was trying removing boot camp from my MacBook Pro (ME294LL/A) that was running macOS Mojave. I had some trouble getting disk utility to remove the old windows partition and incorporate the old space into my main Mac partition, and I probably made a mistake in there somewhere. My Mac ran just fine until it was shut down and now when I boot in up, I get the flashing question mark folder.
I tried to follow this article from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204323
I was able to use internet recovery to get to disk utility and terminal and I haven’t been able to repair my startup disk. Here’s that I get when I try to verify the disk:

The partition map needs to be repaired because there’s a problem with the EFI system partition’s file system.
And this is what I get when I try to repair it:

Unrecognized file system.
I tried to follow some other instructions from people that appeared to have a similar problem, and this is what I get when I run the following commands in Terminal:

I think there’s something with repairing the partition table for the startup disk, but I can’t figure out what command I need to run to fix it. Or maybe I’m getting this confused and that’s not the problem at all.
I don’t have a time machine backup of my system - otherwise I’d just restore to that. If there’s a way to copy off the files from my Mac (maybe from terminal?) and just reinstall the OS, I could do that too. But I’d prefer to fix the startup disk and just boot back into it if I can. Any ideas on what I’m missing?


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I just purchased an Apple TV 4K to use with my iPhone 6s plus after my Chromecast broke. I just noticed that when casting movies to my tv using Airplay, I cannot close the app doing the casting. For example, the Hulu app on my phone, which supports Airplay, will let me switch to a different app while casting a movie. However, as soon as I quit the Hulu app (i.e. double press the home button and swipe up), Apple TV will no longer play the movie. This is very different from Chromecast because after casting the movie to Chromecast, it is the Chromecast that does the job of pulling the movie from its internet source, and I can freely quit the app without affecting the casting. In fact, when casting Hulu movies through chrome cast in the past, I could quit the Hulu app and the movie would still be playing.

I understand that there is no need to quit iPhone apps, but that's not the point here.

My questions are:

Does Apple TV, while performing Airplay, do the job of pulling the movies from the internet by itself, or does my iPhone have to do all the heavy lifting?
If Apple TV can get the movies from the internet sources, why do the apps on my iPhone have to stay active?
Is there a way to quit apps on my iPhone without affecting Airplay?


texts: Applescript - opening file inside app bundle

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I have used Automator to create an app bundle that activates an app ("Fuse") within the Resources directory of the bundle, which then opens the file "Exolon.tzx" (also located in Resources).

However, I can only get this to work when pointing to the full location of "Exolon.tzx" while the app is on my Desktop. Obviously, when I move the app it no longer works.

What do I need to change in this script to have it point to and open "Exolon.tzx" regardless of where I keep the app (in particular, I want it to work when I transfer the app to another Mac).

My script:

tell application "Fuse"
        open POSIX file "/Users/almeath/Desktop/Exolon.app/Contents/Resources/Exolon.tzx"
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        set frontmost of process "Fuse" to true
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke "f" using command down
    end tell

When I run the app from the Desktop it activates the Fuse app, opens Exolon.tzx and then executes the specified keystroke. If I move the app to another location (i.e not the Desktop) then an error is produced: “The action Run AppleScript encountered an error: “Fuse got an error: Connection is invalid”


texts:
How to have a keyboard that presents shortcuts for common ascii emoticons?

I specifically do NOT want anything that uses the emoji unicode symbols. But instead a keyboard that provides shortcuts for the standard emoticons such as :-), :-(, ;-), B-), :-*, <3, and so on.

Update: so far, it seems there is no way to do what I ask for. So I asked a more specific question asking for SMS apps that support ASCII emoticons.


texts: Which would be better for FCP and Pro Tools? Mac Mini 2.3GHz i7Quad or iMac 2.9GHz i5 Quad?

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I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question.  I've been a post production recording engineer and sound editor for 20 years, but for the last 4 I've been on disability because of arthritis and Crohn's Disease and so I haven't been keeping up on the technology.  I'd like to start trying to at least do a bit of freelance work but my MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo just doesn't have the muscle any more.

Keeping in mind that cost is absolutely a consideration, I'm looking at a Mac Mini 2.3GHz i7 Quad Core 4GB RAM (or 2.5GHz i5 Dual Core 8GB RAM) and a 24" Dell IPS HD monitor or an iMac 2.7GHz i5 Quad Core 8GB RAM 21.5".  I know both monitors would be the same resolution and the iMac monitor would probably look better, but I don't know which computer is better suited to my current needs.  At least for now I'd be running Pro Tools 8 and FCP Studio.  I know I'll have to learn FCPX at some point...but one thing at a time.  I don't need to have both programs open at the same time, so multi-tasking isn't a big consideration.  For the most part, data would be on external USB 3 drives.  But a couple of other questions.  Would I need to add RAM to the Mini?  Will the Mini support an IPS monitor and ALSO an HDMI monitor as a preview screen?  How much difference is Dual Core vs. Quad Core? I could get the 2.5GHz Dual Core Mini for only $600, and then add the extra RAM.

I'm one of those rabid Apple lovers so I'd obviously prefer the iMac, but I can't spend an extra couple of hundred dollars just because it'll look better on my desk.  However LONGEVITY is as big a concern as cost.  I'm likely going to need this computer to do the job for quite a while!  So I know that for now the software I'm using doesn't really make use of multiple cores, but newer software will right?  Other than security, is there a big difference between the i5 and i7?  Also, I don't need to start tomorrow, so what is the rumour mill saying about new release dates?  Will new iMacs have Retina displays?  I've checked a bunch of rumour sites but nobody has any RELIABLE information.

I'm sorry, I know it's a very loooong question and it seems like I've done no research on my own.  I have done some, but the answers vary greatly.  So any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.  If I can spend $900 dollars instead of $1300 I can eat next month (that's a joke - it's not THAT bad).  But I don't want to regret the purchase a year from now!


texts: Adding passes to Apple Wallet from Files folder on iPhone

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I have an iPhone 6s which I mistakenly "upgraded" to iOS 13 about six months ago.  While the phone is still functional, many things are not working.  Including downloading passes from e-mail links.  I downloaded the passes on my Macbook and copied them into an iCloud folder.  The passes are now on my phone in the shared folder but I can't find any way to get them into Wallet.  Any suggestions will be eagerly seized on and tested.  FWIW I have an iPad but the Wallet app isn't visible as far as I can tell.

Thanks,
Tony


texts: My MacBook seems to be an insomniac (won't sleep)

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As of several days ago, my MacBook refuses to go to sleep either automatically or manually. I have taken the following troubleshooting measures to no effect:

Reset PRAM
Rest SMC
Boot in SafeMode
Verified that the lid sensor was working (my MacBooks's status light responds when it's closed)

Anyone have any ideas would could be causing my MacBook's incompetence?
I'm on 10.7.2 btw.

UPDATE: I found the solution to the problem: I had unnecessary sharing services enabled despite not using them for weeks. Turning these off fixed the problem :)


texts: What's a good Mac app for making timelines (Gantt charts)?

texts: What's a good native Mac app for making timelines on Macs? I'm looking for an easy-to-use program that I can use to create timelines easily without delving into graphics programs like Illustrator. (Which I can use, but would be quite time consuming.)


texts: In AppleScript, what is the easiest way to remove all punctuation from a string?

texts:
I have an Automator Service that is comprised of a single "Run AppleScript" action. The Service receives selected text in any application.

The Service incorporates this selected text into a pre-determined URL format. The Service then opens the newly-assembled URL in a new tab in a web browser window.

Here is a string that the Service might receive:

  My Plant's Dead! (But, Who Cares? I Have 12 Plants.)

I want to use AppleScript to remove every and any punctuation symbol that exists in the string, including spaces. I also need the string to be converted to all lowercase characters. Numbers should not be removed from the string.

So, the desired string is:

myplantsdeadbutwhocaresihave12plants

I understand that I can accomplish the desired effect by writing an individual text item delimiters statement for every possible punctuation symbol and for 26 uppercase letters. I could use a replace_characters sub-routine to make this method a bit neater.

Is there an easier or shorter way to accomplish this effect in AppleScript, as opposed to using dozens of text item delimiters blocks? Such as, one line of code that reduces a string to letters?

I know that other programming languages have a "strip punctuation" shortcut, which is why I ask.

This is, essentially, an AppleScript-specific "Code Golf" question.


texts: Change brightness in Recovery mode with(out) touch bar

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Is it possible to change screen brightness from Recovery mode (on a 2019 MacBook Pro with touch bar, so no physical function keys).
If the screen times-out and powers off, brightness for some reason resets back to 100% upon awakening.
If Recovery mode uses the same screen time-out settings as the OS, then I suppose I could just increase the duration or disable it completely. However, it'd be helpful to be able to change the brightness from Recovery to avoid such workarounds.
This osXdaily article - How to Adjust Screen Brightness on Mac from Command Line - has steps for setting brightness from the terminal, however I don't think osascript is available from Recovery.


texts: iPhone SE (iOS 10.3.3) - Music stuck on repeat

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The Music app in my iPhone is stuck on looping one song every time, bit like the old repeat setting that has disappeared.

If I play any song as part of shuffle from a Playlist, Artist, All Songs, then that song, when it ends, restarts from the beginning.

I can ask for the next song and that will work fine.  But this looping behavior essentially breaks the app for me as it requires me to fiddle with Music at the end of each song.

I've checked the Settings, but nothing really stands out. It's almost as if the repeat option which used to exist had been activated.

Restarted iPhone, but no luck.

I would much rather not update to iOS 11.x, since that also seems to have its share of problems.


texts: Will the MacBook Air (2011) perform as well as my MacBook Pro (2008)?

texts:
I've got a 13" 2009 MBP (8GB, 2.53Ghz). A lot of the time it runs a Win 7 web dev environment (Visual Studio, SQL Server databases, various editors, Photoshop etc.) under Parallels Desktop. It performs at least as well as a high-end Wintel laptop would if not better.

On the Mac end of things, I also mess around with Garageband and Coda, edit video and photos with iMovie and am learning Objective-C using XCode. And also for general use (web, email, officey-stuff, iTunes, DVD viewing etc). The laptop handles all this extremely well and although its a couple of years old now, I see no reason to upgrade to a newer model.

However, I'm very taken with the new (Summer '11) Macbook Air - they're light as a feather and most appealing. On paper, the 1.8Ghz i5 looks like its a bit weedy, but it has SSD. Is it going to perform as well or better than my current machine for the sorts of things I do with it or should I just invest in an SSD for my MBP?

UPDATE: Following the advice from @Benjamin Dubois and @user9902 to install an SSD in my current machine I did just that. For anyone who is wavering between buying an Air (and the 2012 editions are considerably more appealing than the 2011 model that seduced me at the time of posting this question) I would strongly suggest trying this option before splashing out big money on shiny new toys. After the installation of a sub-£100 128GB SSD the MBP absolutely flies. I would recommend this option without reservation.


texts: Recover iPhone backup manually from iCloud

texts:
I had the misfortune of a stolen iPhone 4 a few months ago. In the interim I've decided not to get a new iPhone.

I can view my iCloud storage page and see there is a 1GB file there. There are random photos and two years worth of message history, amongst other odd bits and bobs I'm sure. I do not have a local backup.

Problem: How do I recover my iPhone backup sitting in iCloud?

I've looked all over and find no way of doing this without an iPhone. Surely there must be a way though, it is my data after all.

Any ideas?


texts: Is it possible to force a Mac *.webloc file to open in a new Chrome window instead of a new tab in an existing window?

texts:
There is an answer already to a similar question that does work when the link is on a Chrome webpage, Shift + Left Click.
Unfortunately, Left Click does not work for me opening a .webloc file on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 with Chrome 84. It opens as a new tab in the most recently used Chrome window.
I'm interested in the answers offered at How to make Chrome open a new window for external Links. Unfortunately Comment 1 on the question says "this solution works" but other users report there that one or another of the multiple solutions on that page do not work for them.
In addition, the most recent version of Chrome mentioned in those answers is Chrome 45 and we're nearly 40 versions past that to date. So I'm asking if anyone knows of something that works, rather than experimenting with complicated, programming solutions that are already identified as not working.
Any suggestions?


texts: Change low battery notification from 10% to 20%? (High Sierra)

texts: Is it possible to change the native low battery notification alert from 10% of remaining battery to 20%?


texts: After years dead, MacBook display suddenly worked, until PRAM zapped

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A couple of years ago, I got liquid in my MacBook Pro 5,2 (Unibody 17" Early 2009). After that, the display never worked. Apple Stores and Authorized Repair places insist on me paying over $1000 for a full logic board replacement before they'll do anything else to it, so I've been using it as a desktop machine with an external display since then.

Sometimes I leave the computer's display propped halfway open to help with heat. It's been that way for days. Tonight I briefly had a USB hub go funky, with lights blinking that shouldn't have been blinking, so I restarted the computer.

When it restarted, the years-dead display worked. But it didn't work perfectly; solid-white and solid-black areas flickered shades of yellow, green, and blue incessantly. But those flickering corrupted areas moved perfectly with app windows as I dragged them around, so I think it was some kind of corruption of the graphics data and not physically broken display pixels that I was seeing.

I was elated, and started trying to fix the display. First, I rebooted. Didn't help; after the reboot it looked just as it did before. So, step 2, I zapped the PRAM.

On that reboot, the display stayed dark, just as it has for years. I zapped the SMC after that, and the display is still dark. Clicking "Detect Displays" in System Preferences doesn't help.

I'm furious that this thing got my hopes up and immediately squashed them. Is there anything, no matter how complicated or technical, that I can do to make this thing acknowledge that display? I am 100% comfortable with the command line or anything even more arcane that I need to try.


texts: Facebook notification sound in OSX: cannot switch off

texts:
In OSX Mountain Lion I'm getting beeps every time a facebook notification comes in. In System Preferences > Notifications > Facebook i have set my alert style to None. In the list on the left, the text below "Facebook" shows "Badges, Sounds". It gives me no method of turning off Badges or Sounds.

Mail, Skype and others have two additional checkboxes visible: "Badge App Icon" and "Play sound when receiving notifications". Neither of these are visible on the Facebook item.

So it appears impossible to turn off the sounds?


texts: How can I write to a USB 3 flash drive faster than 15 mb/s?

texts:
I've got a USB 3 flash drive that should be able to write at about 50 MB/s, but I'm only able to write to it at 15 MB/s. I'm using a Mac Mini 2012, which has four USB 3 ports. I am connecting the flash drive directly to the Mac Mini, and not using a hub of any kind.

Are these normal speeds for the USB 3 ports on the Mac Mini 2012 when writing to a flash drive, or should they be much faster as I suspect they should? How can I get better write speeds to this drive?

The read speed for this drive is about 80 MB/s, so it's a bit more reasonable, although it should be 180 MB/s according to the specifications.


texts: Open a new MacVim window with AppleScript

texts:
I can open a new iTerm window like this:

tell application "iTerm"
    create window with default profile
end tell

How do I do the same but with MacVim?


texts: How to start my personal Zoom room using Siri on macOS?

texts:
I want to be able to say. . .

Hey Siri, open my Zoom room

. . . and have it open my personal Zoom room on my Mac. How can I achieve this? macOS doesn’t yet have Siri Shortcuts.


texts:
I found the following in my wifi.log file after l connected to wifi:

  Unexpected payload found for message 9, dataLen 0

What does it mean?


texts: iPhone iOS 10 compatible with Mac OS X 10.7.5?

texts: After upgrading my iPhone 6 to iOS 10, iTunes and iPhoto on my computer (mac OS X version 10.7.5) will no longer sync with the phone - any solutions around this? My mac is not capable of  moving to newer operating system.


texts: How do I triage errors from the AppStore? Where are the log files?

texts: Am getting an error message when trying to reinstall TextWrangler from the App Store. The message given is An unknown error occurred. This is not terribly helpful. Where can I look to get more information about this error? Does the App Store application have a log file?


texts: How to change the version of PHP used in the web browser on the OS X Server?

texts:
I am running OS X 10.12.6 on a Mac mini as a server that includes a WordPress site in addition to several web apps that utilize PHP, but version 5.6 is the one installed.  I have been doing development on my laptop where I used home-brew to install php 7.3.  My web apps run correctly on my laptop.  The do not run correctly on the Mac mini.  The WordPress application also tells me I should upgrade to PHP 7.3.  I did use brew to install php 7.3 and from the command line php -v shows 7.3.  Referencing phpinfo.php from the browser shows it is running php 5.6.  I've reviewed all the notes I can find about how the Server app configures apache but cannot find how to upgrade the php version that the Server app can control and run.

I have located the configuration for apache on the server at: /Library/Server/web/config/apache2/httpd_server_app.conf.  I tried copying the libphp7.so file from my laptop to the server and replaced the loading of the libphp5.so with libphp7.so.  However, this failed as the system could not locate a crypto library referenced in the libphp7.so file.  It does show however, that the changes I made in the httpd_server_app.conf were being read when I stopped and restarted the Web Server using the Web Sites panel in the Server app.  Funny thing, however, is that my change of the server admin in that file was not reflected in the phpinfo.php display when I reverted to php5.6 and restarted.

What is the procedure I should use to upgrade the php server version on the Mac mini?  I need to continue using the Server app but need it to use the same version of php as is available from the command line.


texts: How do I add a folder to the Library using a UNIX command?

texts: I need to add a folder to /user/username/Library/Application Support/Google, on a number of computers.  Is there a way to do it with a UNIX command in ARD, so I don't have to touch each machine?


texts: Keep WiFi alive when on battery and lid closed?

texts:
We're using a VPN to access certain parts of internal infrastructure from the office; the VPN uses 2FA, so saving credentials and bringing it up with the network when the machine wakes up is not an option.

People take their Macbooks to meetings, and when they do they

lose power (battery mode)
close the lid

That combination causes the Mac to shut down WiFi, which subsequently frequently tears down the VPN connection (it survives when there's no TLS handshake while the interface is down).  Is there a way to stop the Mac from going to sleep (turn off WiFi) when the lid gets closed?

Edit (adding script per request in comments):

#!/bin/bash
export PID=$(pgrep Tunnelblick)
CAFPID=""
while true
do
        if $(pgrep -q Tunnelblick && ifconfig | grep -q 172.30 && [[ $( pmset -g ac | wc -l ) -le 1 ]] && [[ $(ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep -c "caffeinate -t 300 -w $PID") -eq 0 ]]) ; then
                echo "need coffee"
                caffeinate -t 300 -w $PID >/dev/null 2>&1 &
        CAFPID=$(echo $!)
        else
                CAFPID=""
        fi
        if [[ $( pmset -g ac | wc -l ) -gt 1 ]] && [[ -z $CAFPID ]] ; then
                echo "no coffee"
                kill -TERM
                $CAFPID >/dev/null 2>&1
        fi
        sleep 60
done


texts: Cannot start MySQL - server quit "w/o updating PID file" (PID file missing)

texts:
I have been researching this problem for two days, and I know there are many other posts about it. But the solutions are always "fix the permissions". That does not solve it for me. I have recursively changed the permissions on the symbolic and original directory trees to 777 and I still get the error. Not only is the PID file not being updated, but the error file is not being written either, though the error message in Terminal when I try to start MySQL says that it is. That does suggest something is preventing processes from writing to the directory, but it's not file permissions.

Here's the full error message:

Starting MySQL
.Logging to '/usr/local/mysql/data/Sheryls-MacBook-Pro.local.err'.
/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe: line 198: 11197 Trace/BPT trap: 5       nohup /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data --plugin-dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin --user=mysql --log-error=Sheryls-MacBook-Pro.local.err --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/Sheryls-MacBook-Pro.local.pid < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1
 ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/mysql/data/Sheryls-MacBook-Pro.local.pid).

Also, here are my permissions, so you can see this is not the problem:

Sheryls-MacBook-Pro:mysql Sheryl$ ls -laF
total 48
drwxrwxrwx  13 root    wheel     442 Apr 13 14:48 ./
drwxr-xr-x   9 root    wheel     306 Apr 13 14:48 ../
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel   17987 Dec 27 22:46 COPYING*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel    2478 Dec 27 22:46 README*
drwxrwxrwx  40 root    wheel    1360 Jan 24 08:41 bin/
drwxrwxrwx   6 _mysql  _mysql    204 Apr 13 14:48 data/
drwxrwxrwx   5 root    wheel     170 Jan 24 08:41 docs/
drwxrwxrwx  50 root    wheel    1700 Jan 24 08:41 include/
drwxrwxrwx   2 _mysql  _mysql     68 Apr 13 14:48 keyring/
drwxrwxrwx  11 root    wheel     374 Apr 13 14:48 lib/
drwxrwxrwx   4 root    wheel     136 Jan 24 08:41 man/
drwxrwxrwx  39 root    wheel    1326 Jan 24 08:41 share/
drwxrwxrwx   6 root    wheel     204 Jan 24 08:41 support-files/

I'm running MacOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan). Apache is enabled and working, and PHP is enabled and working. Both are the versions that came pre-installed. MySQL is v5.7.21. I've removed and reinstalled it 3 times now. This version does not come with a configuration file.

Should I try an older version of MySQL??

Does anyone have an answer to this problem?


texts:
For some reason app store simply does not work:

Solutions like:

reset NVRAM;
remove com.apple.appstore.plist, com.apple.storeagent.plist and then restart,

did not solve the problem.

Does anyone know other possible solutions?

Thanks.


texts: What is the USB plug on the Mini-Display Port to Dual-DVI adapter used for?

texts:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-adapter

What is the USB plug used for?


texts: Advice Needed: How to upgrade iPhone 4S OS 5.1 to v6 or v7

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S/16GB running OS 5.1.1 and would like to upgrade to at least 0S 6.1., or v 7.1 if that's more bug free and as fast running as 6. I put off upgrading the OS previously because I assumed that the phone would run faster on an older OS. Now some of my apps won't run unless the OS is at least v6 so its time to upgrade. The problem is that now after trying every possible way I can find online, I just get error messages (3194, 11, 4016) and can't upgrade/recover my OS to v6.1.3 or v7.1.2. I've used Tiny Umbrella to try and solve verification problems, but all without success.  It seems I don't have the necessary shsh 'blobs' to allow the upgrade ??

Could someone advise as to the best path forward? The phone is legal, unbroken but I'm open to running the jailbreaK routine if that will solve my OS upgrade issue. Any advice with resource links will be appreciated !!


texts: Sierra Console read out "constant" system report error!

texts:
Nov 19 12:05:27 Patricks-MBP cloudd[390]: notify name "com.apple.cloudkit.pcs.flushCaches" has been registered 40 times - this may be a leak

Any interpretation would be helpful.


texts: Fake/randomize/delete geolocation in Safari for certain Websites

texts:
I would like Safari on Mac OS X Lion to send correct geo informations to some websites but not to others. Instead sending correct location data I would like it to send either no location data, faked or random coordinates.

Is there something to achieve that? Maybe a Safari extensions or a Glimmer Blocker script?


texts: .htaccess not working after upgrading to php 8

texts:
Mac OS Catalina. I was using Apache with the default PHP shipped with the OS (7.3.11).
I installed PHP 8 using Homebrew, replaced the PHP module in httpd.conf, and added the following code:
<IfModule php_module>
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
    AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

    <IfModule dir_module>
        DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
    </IfModule>
</IfModule>

After restarting Apache, .htaccess files stopped working (ignored)


texts:
I suspect that someone is restoring my daughters iPod Touch to get around the password she has on it, and then setting a new password on it.  Is there anyway to track when a restore was done?  (i.e. if I can show that it was done today at 2:45).

Is there anyway I can prevent the device from being restored (parental controls)?


texts: How to play .m3u playlist on iOS, given its URL?

texts:
When clicking on a URL for an M3U playlist on an iPhone, it opens in Safari as a blank, gray webpage, and no audio plays.

How can I play an M3U playlist on an iPhone, given the URL to the playlist? Does Apple have a URL scheme where I can make a URL that will tell the phone to open the playlist up in iTunes?


texts: How can I eject a Time Machine drive quickly?

texts:
I have a Time Machine drive for my laptop...

I bring the machine to work. Every morning I right-click "Eject" the drive, and it takes forever or just doesn't eject.

I'm in a hurry, so I either sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now or if I'm really in a rush just yank the drive (then get scolded by the OS when I log back in later).

What would be a better way?

MacBook Pro mid 2012 ; OS 10.12.1 (Sierra)


texts: Where did "URL Access Scripting.app" go in Lion?

texts:
I have AppleScripts that run on a schedule to download files from URLs. They had been using URL Access Scripting.app's download event, which now looks to have disappeared from Lion.

I can't find any documentation telling me what happened to it, or what the way forward is. The AppleScript release notes cover Snow Leopard, but not Lion (not yet, at least), and Mac OS X Automation's Lion Applescript page only mentions new features. Is URL Access Scripting.app still hiding someplace, or do I need to find a new way to download a file to disk?


texts: Can I move applications and other data to a JetDrive 128 GB for MacBook Air

texts:
I'm planning to get a 128 GB Transcend JetDrive SD card to supplement the storage on my MacBook Air that's 128 GB.

I just wanted to know once I get it can I copy the applications installed to the SD card? Also what all other data should be transferred?

Major chunks of my data are iPhoto library (8 GB) and iTunes music (26 GB).


texts: Can a Home member handover music from their iPhone to a HomePod?

texts:
My wife and I are in a Home account. I am the primary account holder signed in to the HomePod.

I can transfer music from my iPhone to the HomePod and back without a problem.

However my wife can’t seem to transfer the music.  When she brings the iPhone next to the HomePod, nothing happens.

Is this use case supported?
What does she need to do?


texts: Is It possible to move or transfer an encrypted iPhone backup between computers?

texts: I have a new MacBook Pro and backed up (encrypted) my iPhone on the machine. I would like to transfer that backup to my iMac desktop and open it in iTunes on that machine. Is it possible to transfer the encrypted backup on the MacBook to the iMac? Thx.


texts: My MacBook Pro loses its connection to my WiFi router

texts:
I've set up a brand-new internet connection with a Wireless Router.

The thing is that :

It works all the time for my iMac
It stops working at times on my MacBook Pro (either when connected
via wifi, or using an ethernet cable), so I have to "Turn Wifi Off",
then "Turn Wifi On" and reconnect, or simply re-plug in my ethernet
cable.

UPDATE

My iMac specs

Model : iMac11,2 - Intel Core i3 (3.06GHz)
OS    : 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)

My MacBook Pro specs

Model : MacBookPro8,1 - Intel Core i5 (2.3GHz) [early 2011]
OS    : 10.7.3 (Lion)

My Router specs

Brand : ZTE
Model : ZXV10 W300 v5.2

I'm sure it may have something to do with my connection settings, but I'm not sure what it is...

Any ideas?


texts: Using a Retina MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt Monitor

texts:
I currently have a MacBook Air, which I use with a Thunderbolt Monitor, side-by-side, at my desk.

I'm considering upgrading to a Retina Macbook Pro.  However, I'm worried that using two displays with different DPIs will create an odd experience.  I would love to hear from people who have this setup.  Is it odd to move windows from one screen to the other and have things change from 1x to 2x and vice versa?

FWIW, I am a web designer, so am particularly interested in folks who use this setup for web design/development.


texts:
If I use LaunchBar can I disable Spotlight? Does LaunchBar do all of its own indexing and never use the Spotlight database? Or does it rely on the Spotlight database for some of its search awesome-sauce?

Edit: I'm considering disabling Spotlight because mds is currently in the process of re-indexing my just-moved home directory. I'd rather not have that happen during working hours. That got me wondering if I even need Spotlight at all with LaunchBar present.


texts: listing files with extension in Terminal

texts:
in a Terminal session the command

ls *.pdf -l

does not list the pdfs (or whatever other file format) as expected, as the -l option seems to be ignored. Everything works fine if I issue a simple

ls -l

How do I fix this?
I'm on Mac OS X 10.7.5 and using a bash shell.


texts: I recently bought the phone in Japan because it is way cheaper but then I am unable to use my local SIM card (Indonesia). Please anyone kindly assist and solve this (free method). Thanks in advance!


texts: Why can I not edit some photos Imported from an iPhone to Windows Vista?

texts:
Lots of people are complaining about this issue on the Apple Support forums.

Some people have some work-arounds but there aren't any explanations of what's going on.  I've checked out permissions of the file and they all seem fine.  I haven't delved too deep yet but I was wondering if anyone over hear had any ideas.

I myself have suffered from the same problem since the iOS 5 beta on my iPhone 4.

iOS 5.1 (but I've been experiencing the issue begining with the iOS 5
beta)
iPhone 4s (but I've been experiencing the issue begining with
iOS 5 beta on my iPhone 4)
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Live Photo Gallery (used for import and editing)

The problem seems to be getting slightly better since some of the photos are now imported with the correct orientation but some are not.  In any case I can't edit ANY of the pictures regardless of the correct orientation or not.

Error received when attempting to rotate photo:

Error received when attempting to crop photo:


texts: Macbook Pro (2009) doesn't recognise 7200rpm HDD

texts:
I've been searching and searching for a solution to my problem and I've seen a lot of people have similar, but perhaps not quite the same, problem.

My original HDD failed on my MBP and I'm in the midst of trying to replace it, I wanted to make sure it was the HDD that had failed, so after backing the drive up, I formatted it and began reinstalling OSX Lion, however it keeps hanging during the install process.

Next I managed to get hold of another 320GB HDD to try that one, however once I boot up the install disc and use DiskUtility, the drive does not appear. If I connect the drive externally via USB, I'm able to see the drive and format it to Mac OS X journaled, but once I connect it internally again, DiskUtility still does not see it.

After trawling through post after post, I've tried downgrading the firmware to EFI 1.6 (still no luck), I've also tried using masking tape to thicken the SATA connector.

The main answer to come back was that the issue was the SATA Cable Connector in the Mac itself, however I'm reluctant to spend money buying a new one as I'm not convinced that is the issue due to the following...

...I then connected a smaller (160GB) HDD which is a 5400rpm drive and amazingly this drive is recognised by DiskUtility and I can install OS X Lion onto it without any issue at all.

I couldn't care less about enabling the 7200rpm drive for the faster transfer speed I just want my Mac to recognise the drive internally so that I can get the thing back up and running.

Does anyone have any idea why my Mac recognises a 5400rpm drive, but not a 7200rpm drive?


texts: How do I create sub-directories for my files, pictures and mp3 files?  New to iOS and this does not seem like a user friendly OS.  There is zero interaction with Windows or Android.


texts:
So, I have IOS7 installed in my iphone 4.

I first noticed this bug as follows:
When I get home around 18h I plug-in the computer, and at around 23h before going to bed it's already 100% for some time, phone is not even hot from charging anymore.
Before sleeping, unplug the computer, then I hold down the power button and slide the red banner to completely power it off.
Next day at around 8am when going out, I turn-on the iphone and the batery is at ~80%... WTF?

So after realising this issue was persistent, I tried some other tests... turn off wifi or 3g or both before sleeping, phone simply doesnt care, even in airplane mode the cellphone simply goes drunk and waste it's juice.
If I completely leave it off for more than 3 days, there's no way to turn it back on again withouth plugging to a computer or charger.
Can people post here and comfirm if this issue also hapens in other iPhones 4, 4s, 5, 5c and 5s?

Now, that's a serious deal breaker, cuz back in april 2012 (other IOS) I traveled abroad and left my iphone 4 in airplane mode for over a month cuz I had no place to charge it, and the batery withstand a month of alarm-clock and notes reading usage still with spare capacity.

Now I wonder, what exactly is iphone doing to drain the batery even after completely turn-off procedure...
iCloud synching? Or maybe some powered-off location tracking? <<----- This is serious!!!

I hoped someone would notice this and fix, but since now I can't find this issue not even on google.
And I have to travel again april 2014, I probably wont have electricity for quite some time again... Guess I will have to depend on paper and wirst-clock-alarm, oh my =(


texts: What is the best way to validate every single file on an external drive?

texts:
My mac is having a kernel panic every time I try to time machine this external drive.
I've tried disk utility but I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually check for much, except maybe for some directory structure. The scan is maybe only a few minutes long and it reports everything has fine.
Is there a command or app that will actually read every single file in the disk and report any corruption or IO error?


texts: What did 3rd Party Accessories sell for on Black Friday last year (2011) at the Apple Store?

texts:
Not sure if this was the appropriate place to ask, but it is Apple related so here we go:

This is Apple's 2nd year of doing Black Friday sales, does anyone have any information on what 3rd party accessories were discounted by last year during the sales? I have a few things I'd like to get, but if the discount isn't too great or non-existant it might not be worth fighting the crowds for.

I'm aware that the iPhones / Macs were discounted for < $100.


texts: Text message forwarding not working on Mac

texts:
Just replaced my SIM card by a new one with the same number. Text message forwarding stopped working for me now.

FaceTime calls working on my Mac and vice versa.
iMessage works on Mac and vice versa.
When i receive text message (SMS) it shows only on the iPhone, on Mac i get nothing.

Tried to reboot Mac, iPhone - didn't help. Tried to turn off iMessage in General settings, then turning it on doesn't help, but now i get "Waiting for activation..." below iMessage switcher.

So i can't use text messages on my Mac. Any suggestions?


texts: Ipad 2 screen replacement, small cut in LCD

texts: I'm working on replacing the digitizer on my ipad 2.  In the process, I put a small cut in the bottom of the LCD (I think there is even a little liquid leaking out).  I'm certain that area of the LCD will no longer function, but what effect will it have on the rest of the screen?  Will most of the screen work or does that little cut ruin the whole screen?  The cut is along the bottom edge of the screen.


texts:
How can I reduce the size of my HD folder? I have more than 22 GB in "others".
It is actually using more memory than my documents and apps and does not show contents.
I have deleted the main info in mobileSync folder, but is still very big.


texts: What happens when I select "new station from song" in iTunes 12.2?

texts: When I click "new station from song" in iTunes 12.2 the currently playing song stops playing and as far as I can tell nothing else happens. Does a station get created somewhere? I can't find any radio stations except for the official Apple ones in the tab "Radio". I am subscribed to Apple Music and signed into my iTunes account.


texts:
I am trying to view a video in safari and it says there is a plugin missing. The message I get is:

This page has content that requires an Internet plug-in.
This page contains content of “application/x-vlc-plugin” type. You do not have the plug-in required to view this content.

I cannot view this video on Chrome as well.
Please let me know what I can do to resolve this.


texts: GitHub account unavailable on Xcode 10.2

texts:
I noticed a strange behaviour in my Xcode (v10.2, running on a 2016 MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14.4). I have most of my projects under source control with a local Git repository. I then create a remote to GitHub via Xcode and commit and push from the source control menu.

Since yesterday every time I committed I got asked for my username and password. At first I thought it was something normal due to some connectivity issue but then the issue persisted and, going to Xcode Preferences > accounts I noticed that my GitHub account was greyed out and, upon selecting it (or trying to) the right side of the window showed this message:

Account Unavailable Your account details could not be loaded because Accountname support is currently unavailable

At this point it is impossible to remove my GitHub account from Xcode in order to add it once more and it is also impossible to add any source control account, as if something with version control in general would be very broken. I thought it an issue with my SSH key for GitHub so I went on and scrapped the old one and generated a new one. The account stayed on "Loading" for a good minute and then the same message presented itself once more.

I really have no idea what to do here.

What is causing this and how do I get out of it?


texts: Do the videos you take on iPhone go to the iCloud? If so where do I find them on my computer? It didn't go where my pictures are.


texts: Is there a limit to how big a Photos library can be?

texts:
I have a 250gb Photos library on an external harddrive. Recently Photos has begun to crash after about 15-30 seconds of use. Every time.

I haven't been able to find any info on why. This thread suggests that it is choking on movies, and I have a lot of movies. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6985998

Is there an upper limit to how big a Photos library can be?


texts: MacOS - Enable SSH server on different network interface

texts:
I enabled "System Preferences" -> "Sharing" -> "Remote Login". The dialog is telling me

To log in to this computer remotely, type “ssh user@10.11.12.13”.

And this works fine on the 10.x network. However, I have two network adapters in the system, and I want to connect via SSH on the other network. How do I make the SSH Server open port 22 on all network interfaces?


texts: My volume icon disappeared after I updated to Yosemite.

texts:
My volume icon disappeared after I updated to OS X Yosemite 10.10.  I still have sound.  resetting the PRAM didn't work.
I have refurbished 2012 Macbook Air


texts:
I have a unique situation at my company.  We are trying to develop a mobile service app that connects to slot machines.  If you connect a PC to the slot machine, an external HD pops up in Windows and you can copy files to it.

We want to do the same thing through an iPad.

I know this would be all custom code, but I was wondering if it was possible for iOS to read an external USB drive through it's doc connector.


texts: Cannot play videos in my iPad Air after upgrading to iOS 8.0.2

texts:
After upgrading my iPad Air to iOS 8.0.2 I can no longer play videos in any application.

I've tried playing videos in Safari, Youtube, MVP Video Playlist, and any other app you can think of and nothing, I even tried playing purchased videos from iTunes in Apple's own Videos app and it just doesn't work.

Is anybody else experimenting this issue?


texts:
I encrypt all of my documents before storing them in the cloud with GnuPG. My wife needs access to the documents, but running gpg -d foo.pdf.gpg at the command line is annoying to her.

Does anyone know of a GUI app for PGP / GnuPG for MacOS X? It would be great to simply drag an encrypted file to it, be prompted for a private key passphrase, and then get the unencrypted file.

If nothing like this exists, I can probably whip one up in Clojure pretty easily, but I figured it was worth looking for one first.


texts: Did Apple remove their Export Compliance advice?

texts:
Up until a few months ago, when you uploaded a new build to iTunes Connect and tried to publish to TestFlight or the app store, Apple would display a simple yes-or-no dialog asking if your app uses cryptography. A few months ago, this dialog started containing a more detailed description of the export compliance guidelines, and some helpful advice about when you needed to select "yes" or "no" (I think it was something to the effect of "You can select 'no' if any of the following are true:" followed by a list of conditions).

Today when uploading a TestFlight build I am seeing the old dialog again - no detailed description or advice. Did Apple undo this change, or does it only show for app store builds?

(Please note I am not asking for advice on which option to choose; I already understand the export compliance process.)


texts:
There is only one thing I hate on macOS (Sierra) since this was created.

I open an application and work on it.

I click on another application on the dock and the whole screen slides to the right and I see that app.

I click on the first application on the dock and the whole screen slides to the left.

For heaven's sake. How do I disable this? If I want to slide I go to an ice rink.

I have already typed that on terminal and restarted the machine

defaults write com.apple.dock mcx-expose-disabled -bool true

and this hateful thing continues.

I want to disable spaces, mission control and for that matter launchpad too and all other things like that.


texts: iTunes Smart Playlist - currently playing track

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Is it possible to include the currently playing track in a smart playlist?

Ultimately, what I'm after is a smart playlist that includes tracks without a rating and tracks that I've already rated 3-5.  If I rate something 1 or 2, I want it to keep playing until the end of the song instead of just automatically kicking it out of the playlist and skipping to the next song.


texts:
On my Linux box, if I do banner message I get a horizontal banner saying "banner".

However, on my Mac I get a vertical banner. How do you revert this to horizontal?


texts: How do I get the XFX R6770 Core Edition video card to work with my Mac Pro?

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I just bought a used Mac Pro (Mac Pro 1,1). The former user had bought an XFX R6770 replacement card for the NVIDIA 7300 (original) card. He hadn't installed it yet, but assured me that this was the recommended card from a Genius Bar employee.

However, I installed the card, plugged in the PCI-E power cable, and...nothing. When I open up the Expansion Slot Utility (/System/Library/CoreServices/Expansion Slot Utility.app), it shows that in the first PCI slot, there is an "ATI VGA-Compatible Controller Card."

I'm really not a hardware person at all. I'm completely lost. Any suggestions on how to get this card working?


texts: Why is SpotlightNetHelp denied file-read-data for root?

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I'm getting many of these two similar errors on my console.

  10/21/15 11:06:29.737 AM sandboxd[140]: ([368]) SpotlightNetHelp(368) deny file-read-data /
    10/21/15 11:07:11.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: SpotlightNetHelp(368) deny(1) file-read-data /

I've check the extended attributes of / to see if it's quarantined, but there are none:

$ xattr /
[nothing]

Root / is owned by root and in group wheel with permissions drwxr-xr-x. For what it's worth, other Spotlight errors include many

  10/21/15 10:53:49.623 AM SpotlightNetHelper[368]: tcp_connection_tls_session_error_callback_imp 276 __tcp_connection_tls_session_callback_write_block_invoke.434 error 22

where 276 so far varies up to 293. What could be causing these deny file-read-data errors, and what can I do about it?


texts: "Home" and "End" HotKeys in Vim INSERT Mode with MacBook Pro

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I am pretty new to Vim and to Mac, I have a MacBook Pro with Retina Display running OS X 10.8.3, which does NOT have native Home, End, PageUp and PageDown keys.

I know the Fn + arrow keys can work in some applications. Also in bash, I can use Ctrl + A go to the beginning of the command line I am typing and Ctrl + E go to the end.

But in Vim with INSERT/edit Mode, all these works differently. I don't want to always switch to the Normal Mode using 0 and $ or I and A. (Or, is this the best way?)

So can anyone show me some tricks to map some hotkeys that can works conveniently? Or some other solutions? ( But please without MacVim, I want to try native Vim for a while first:) )?

Any other tips for Home, End, PageUp and PageDown functions under the Mac also welcome.


texts: Monitor connection status of VPN and reconnect if disconnected

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I can connect to my VPN with :

/opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpn connect SERVER

I can check the connection status with:

/opt/cisco/anyconnect/bin/vpn status

That gives a printout of

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (version 4.3.03086) .

Copyright (c) 2004 - 2016 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

  >> state: Connected
  >> state: Connected
  >> state: Connected
  >> notice: Connected to Not Available.
  >> registered with local VPN subsystem.
VPN>

What's the most Mac-tastic way of always monitoring whether the VPN is connected and reconnecting it if it's not?  Don't be bashful.


texts: Terminal text size different when connected to external monitor

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I have a Macbook Pro 15" running OS X 10.6.8. When not connected to an external monitor, launching Terminal looks like this. Note the width of the text (almost looks bold).

When connected to my 24" Dell 2408WFP monitor (via Mini DisplayPort to DVI connector), launching Terminal looks like this. Note the skinny non-bold appearance of the text.

Even more odd is Terminal decides on the text style depending on when the app was first launched. If Terminal was initially launched with no external monitor connected, it uses the bold style. If I keep Terminal open and hot connect to my Dell monitor, all subsequent new Terminal windows will use the bold style. If I exit Terminal and relaunch, it uses the skinny non-bold text.

This behavior is really annoying as I prefer the non-external monitor bold appearance.

Oddly, at work I have an iMac connected to a 24" Apple Cinema Display and all Terminal instances uses the bold style text. I suspect Terminal on startup is detecting the monitor(s) and doing something to the text style.

Is there anyway to disable this behavior?

Follow-Up: I'm seeing this behavior in other applications such as iTerm and Firefox. I suspect it's a operation system issue.


texts: Coming out of screen-lock, sometimes my machine will sleep/lock 30 seconds after

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I haven't pinpointed any potential triggers yet, but sometimes when I come out of sleep or from having a locked screen, after typing my password in and re-entering the OS, about 20 or 30 seconds later, the screen just shuts off and goes to sleep.

I almost always use an external monitor, but can't remember if this ever happens w/out it connected.

One thing that does happen every time is that the password box is missing its blue highlight. My keyboard focus is still inside of it though.  When I see this, 100% of the time, this re-lock/sleep happens.

I'm running 10.8.2 mountain lion.

Any ideas on what is causing this, or anyone else experience this?


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I want to give different sound for each sender in whatsapp ( not group )
Example: i have 10 contacts in whatsapp so i want each person when send massage i give it different sound means 10 different sound for 10 different contacts. Thank you


texts: When I run a .command by double click, can I pass it its directory?

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I have a bash script that I want to run when I double click it, so I've renamed my script.sh file to script.command. The script now gets executed when I double click it, but its working directory is my user's home, so I have to ad a cd to my script's path before I can get things working.
Since I want to commit this script to my git repo and share it with my team, I'm looking for a way to automate this "cd to the .command file's directory before doing anything else".
Is there a way to achieve this? For now each person on the team has to edit the script and add their path at the top of the script.


texts: How can I get rid of the high pitched creak and squeak noises in the unibody Macbook Pro?

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The unibody Macbook Pro makes disturbing creak noises when I move it around on my lap - or when I apply pressure to either the top or bottom of the case.
How else can I eliminate the click noise? What is causing them?
I've applied insulating tape at places of the RAM slot which I had manually upgraded. However, the place where these noises originate from are spread out over the whole left side where the logic board and battery are located.


texts: My 2011 MacBookAir boot screen does not list MBR USB flash drives anymore – Why, and how to list them again?

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I have a MBR-formatted, bootable USB flash drive with GRUB. I have tested it successfully on other computers - one with BIOS and another one with UEFI.

I usually boot my 2011 4,1 MacBookAir with that flash drive. The last time I did that was 21 October.

Yesterday, I restarted, pressed Option after the gray screen as usual, but I only saw "Macintosh HD" and "Recovery" - I do not see the flash drive, which is typically labeled "Windows".

I zeroed the key and reinstalled the bootloader, but that did not fix the issue. However, when I connect a GPT-formatted disk, the boot screen shows it with the label "Windows", as it normally does.

It would be helpful to know whether other people can (or cannot) reproduce the issue on the same model.


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One of my friends, Alice, has an iPad 2nd gen with iOS9.3.5 installed on it.
My other friend, Bob, has an iPad 4th gen, recently iOS10.0.1 installed on it.

The Game Center app was removed when Bob upgraded to iOS10, and he can't friend Alice or accept her friend request. Alice can't receive the Game Invite Link from Bob because iOS9 thinks it's an iCloud document, opening it in Safari.

How can Alice and Bob play online multiplayer games (e.g. Super Stickman Golf 2) over the internet together?


texts: EFI and SMC firmware updates - how to determine if the downloadable version is more recent?

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I have a 15-inch MacBook Pro late 2011. System Information gives me the following firmware versions:

EFI Boot Rom Version: MBP81.0047.B2C

SMC Version (system):   1.69f3

Apple provides the following web site for downloading firmware upgrades: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201518

On this website the following downloads are available for my system:

EFI Boot ROM version: MBP81.0047.2AB (2015-001)

SMC version: 1.69f3 (SMC 1.5)

The SMC version is the same as the one installed on my system, so no need to update anything.

However, there is a discrepancy with regard to the EFI Boot ROM versions (installed MBP81.0047.B2C vs. MBP81.0047.2AB). How can I tell whether the ...2AB version is a newer version than the ...B2C version on my system? Will the upgrade programme check during the upgrade process?  I


texts: Is it really not possible to run an earlier version of OS X than what the machine shipped with?

texts: Just got a 2019 iMac, shipped with Mojave installed obviously. It never even occurred to me that it may not be able to run an earlier version of OS X, but after wasting tons of time trying to create a bootable USB installer of High Sierra only to find that the new iMac can't boot off of it, I got off of the phone with Apple Support who basically informed me that there's nothing that can be done to get this 2019 machine running an earlier version of OS X. Virtually none of the software I use for work is supported on Mojave yet. Is there ANY way that this machine can run High Sierra? Is it physically possible?


texts: App-switching confusion on a fresh OS X SnowLeopard 10.6 system

texts: I am a new Mac user with an early 2008 MacBook, and I have a fresh installation of SnowLeopard 10.6. When I use CMD + TAB I can switch between running applications. But when I switch / choose between another app with this command all that appears is the menu bar of the app, current window stays the same. e.g. I am in Firefox, switching to Finder the top menu bar changes to Finder but Firefox window stays in front. Thanks for the help!


texts: How can I keep file attachment windows (e.g. Gmail in Chrome) from going behind the Dock so I can't click OK or Cancel?

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When a file attachment window for Gmail in Chrome pops up, it goes behind the dock and it is really difficult to hit cancel - I can do it, but only the very top part of the button.

The window can't be moved because it is a pop-up. Is there a way to keep this from happening? My example is Gmail, but I think it has happened in other instances, too.

I am using OS X 10.9.2 on a 2012 MacBook Pro and Chrome Version 34.0.1847.131


texts: How to share a very large voice memo to Dropbox from iPod?

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I am a college student and have recorded an interview for a speech assignment on my iPod. It is too large to email (about 24min). I have Dropbox on my iPod but when I try to "share" the voice memo, Dropbox is not an option. I don't have a computer to sync my iPod either.

What can I do to get this turned in?


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I'm trying to find the free demo downloads for the following plugins:

IKmultimedia amplitude metal
IKmultimedia amplitude SVT
Waves SSL bundle
Steven Slate everything bundle

I'm running Logic 8 on OS 10.5.8 with a G5 Power PC.

Thanks!


texts: Using "Jar Launcher" on High Sierra how do I pass command line arguments to a java app (jar)

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Is it possible to use "Jar Launcher" on Mac to pass command line arguments to a java app?  For example:

open myApp.jar --args -hello

This ought to run myApp and pass it "-hello" but it doesn't.

I'm on High Sierra 10.13.6.   This comes with a "Jar Launcher". It's /System/Libary/CoreServices/Jar\ Launcher.app.

I can run the jar file with Jar Launcher, I did it from Finder and it works, but without command line arguments.   After that I can run a command line "open myApp.jar" and that works too, the open command uses Jar Launcher to open it. So far so good.

Now I want to pass arguments, let's say "-hello"

I tried "open myApp.jar --args -hello".   That does not work, the application does not receive the hello argument.

I can't figure out how to do this.  Maybe the problem is with "Jar Launcher", maybe it won't pass arguments through to the java app?

I know this can be done by installing a full JDK and using the java command instead of the built-in Jar Launcher, or compiling my jar into a Mac executable.   I'm not a developer, I'd like to know if I can achieve this just using what's shipped on my Mac.

Earlier versions of MacOs shipped with a more complete Java environment, and a lot of the help I find out there refers to earlier versions.


texts: How do I determine which application launched automator service?

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Is there a way to determine which application launched a Automator Service?

The idea is to check the app that launched the service, with a shell/apple script and react differently depending which app it was.

EDIT:

So when I do something like this...

the service, created in Automator, can tell which application was that it was launched from.

EDIT2:

The solution suggested, to query for the front most app using Applescript, while a possible solution is far from ideal. It seems to me that if the system is busy or there are delays in the launching of the workflow, it could return the wrong app and confuse the workflow.


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I've learnt a bit about ditto and tried this:
mkdir testingdir

ditto myfile.css testingdir

which seemed to work.
How could I ditto one file , e.g. myfile.css to several folders within testingdir, e.g. dir1, dir2, dir3 using zsh on Catalina?
Learning about ditto and tried Google'ing but am not sure.


texts: Some Applications stay in Dock after closing

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After i cloes the Applications the Instances still be shown and can't be force closed.

Same with the Dock only if I kill my Dock in my Terminal it reduces the symbol to 1.

Also the processes don't show up in my activity monitor.

Would be great if anyone could help me!


texts: Question for applescript with dragon Dictate

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I want to make a program that will take the question I ask it, input it to WolframAlpha, take the answer, convert it to text and the say the text.

    set defaultAnswer to ""
set cancelButton to "Cancel"
set buttonResearch to “ReSearch”

display dialog "Query: " default answer defaultAnswer buttons {cancelButton, buttonResearch} default button buttonResearch cancel button cancelButton with icon 1
copy the result as list to {button_pressed, text_returned}

if (button_pressed is buttonResearch) and (text_returned is not "") then

    open location "http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=" & my encode_text(text_returned, true, false)

    set a to "http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i="
    set b to my encode_text(text_returned, true, false)
    set c to a & b

    set myFile to (POSIX path of (path to temporary items)) & "curl_file.xml"
    do shell script "curl -L " & c & " -o " & myFile

end if

-- encoding high-ASCII characters:
on encode_char(this_char)
    set the ASCII_num to (the ASCII number this_char)
    set the hex_list to {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
    set x to item ((ASCII_num div 16) + 1) of the hex_list
    set y to item ((ASCII_num mod 16) + 1) of the hex_list
    return ("%" & x & y) as string
end encode_char

-- TEXT ENCODING: encode spaces and high-level ASCII characters (those above 127)
-- encode_URL_A = encode most of the special characters reserved for use by URLs.
on encode_text(this_text, encode_URL_A, encode_URL_B)
    set the standard_characters to "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
    set the URL_A_chars to "$+!'/?;&@=#%><{}[]\"~`^\\|*"
    set the URL_B_chars to ".-_:"
    set the acceptable_characters to the standard_characters
    if encode_URL_A is false then set the acceptable_characters to the acceptable_characters & the URL_A_chars
    if encode_URL_B is false then set the acceptable_characters to the acceptable_characters & the URL_B_chars
    set the encoded_text to ""
    repeat with this_char in this_text
        if this_char is in the acceptable_characters then
            set the encoded_text to (the encoded_text & this_char)
        else
            set the encoded_text to (the encoded_text & encode_char(this_char)) as string
        end if
    end repeat
    return the encoded_text
end encode_text

How do i access the temporary file?


texts: IOs/phonegap - can't submit to itune - Invalid Segment Alignment

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I get the following error after submitting the app to itune:

Invalid Segment Alignment - The app binary at 'Envisearch.app/empty.o' does not have proper segment alignment. Try rebuilding the app with the latest Xcode version.

Our model is that we sell the same app as a white label to other companies.

I've being uploading the code with no such issue many times before.

What does it mean? how can I over come it?


texts: One contact from iPhone keeps disappearing

texts:
I have one contact saved from iPhone that keeps on disappearing after a few days. The first time I noticed, her name isn't saved even though I know I never deleted her, so I saved her number with her name. A few weeks ago, surprisingly I lost her name again, and finally just now after a few weeks I lost it again.

What is happening? I'm freaking out because I don't know if she's 'blocking' me?


texts: Whats the difference between backing up my photos on iPhone and storing them in iCloud?

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If I go to settings -> iCloud -> manage storage
There are 2 categories:

Backups (118 GB)
Photos (18.3 GB)

In my backups, there's photo library (109.25 GB)
I'm confused, what's the difference between storing my photos in iCloud and backing them up then storing them in iCloud.
What happens if I click on " turn off and delete" the backup for my photo library?


texts: Unable to receive USSD sessions while iPhone 5s screen is locked

texts:
While my iPhone's screen is locked, I am not able to receive any USSD session on it. There is no notification of it as well. If I keep my screen on I receive it fine.

Is this a phone restriction or some network problem?


texts: How can I swipe with three fingers to go back and forth in my history while browsing?

texts:
I just recently started using Mac OS X Lion.
Everything is working very well but I do miss the swipe of three fingers which made me go back and forward when I was browsing.

There is a new feature in Lion that uses the three finger swipe to jump between applications. I have tried to turn that of, but still no result.

Any Ideas of how to get the old three finger swipe back?


texts: What makes Thunderbolt 2 adapter more expensive than TB 3 or USB-C?

texts:
I have the 2015 MacBook Pro and I was searching online for a hub because I need an Ethernet port and more USB ports.

My first thought was "Oh, no problem. I'll just get one for 5 or 6 dollars".  So, I go online and check what it costs. The average was around 100$ up to 300$ or even more, at the same time, you can buy an identical hub for the Thunderbolt 3(USB-C) connector with price under 15 bucks.

How is this even possible? Are Thunderbolt 2 and 3 that different?

I will get a typical USB hub, it's not a problem, but I would like to know Why does this huge difference exist?


texts: Listing RealNames of all the users of an Open Directory group in MAC OS X

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I was looking an older post (https://superuser.com/questions/279891/list-all-members-of-a-group-mac-os-x/395738#395738) and I tried the code that the user Arne Stenström posted.

members () { dscl . -list /Users | while read user; do printf "$user "; dsmemberutil checkmembership -U "$user" -G "$*"; done | grep "is a member" | cut -d " " -f 1; };

It works perfectly but the output is a list of the users uid. I'm trying to get the RealNames too in order to have a list with the uid and the RealName at the output.

I tried infinite things and options but I'm not able to get it. I know that I can list the RealName of an user with this code:

dscl . -list /Users/username RealName

I can't find the way to join both ideas to reach the wanted result.

Could you please help me?

Thank you very much.


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I am trying to set the url of Chrome tab using Apple Script. I am using this code. It successfully sets url string, but in order to change url, enter needs to be pressed. This last step makes my code unfunctional, since it doesn't change the current website I am visiting. What workaround do you recommend? Chrome is already open.

tell application "Google Chrome"

    tell application "System Events"
        tell application process "Google Chrome"
            set value of text field 1 of toolbar 1 of window 1 to "http://www.url.com/"

        end tell
    end tell
end tell


texts: No master volume in the new iPod Touch 5?

texts:
I used to have an iPod Touch 3, then I upgraded to the latest iPod Touch 5 a few weeks ago. I noticed that there is no master volume. For instance, now, when I am just browsing Safari, and I change the volume, it changes the volume for "sound effects" (background noises from notification). But when I open a game or listen to music, and I change the volume, this is for "games/music". So the two volume sliders are different.

This is new to me, but I'm sure that some of you have experienced this before. Perhaps it even existed in the iPod Touch 4 that I skipped? Anyway, is there a way to get back the master volume method that used to exist, where one slider would control the volume for everything?


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I am connecting my 2015 MacBook Air 13" to an external display via the Thunderbolt-to-VGA adapter.  There are black bars on each side of the external display screen.  How can I remove the bars?

Macbook Air 13" (Early 2015)
LG Flatron E2360
Dell Thunderbolt to VGA Adapter.


texts: Can't sync contact & calendar to iOS 4.1 device since Mavericks update

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I just installed Mavericks. I have an old iPhone 3GS and it is running iOS 4.1.

Since updating to Mavericks, iTunes syncs everything but Address Book and Calendar, however under OS X 10.8 everything was syncing fine.

Do I need to do something special to make it sync above things?
Am I the only one with the issue?

Additional information: It seems like there is no option in iTunes for contacts and calendar synchronization either. It is like it just disappeared.


texts:
I have just realized that a sync is not a backup. I synced my phone days ago, but backed it up months ago.

Is there anyway to get my synced text message history back?

There was some really important info on there.


texts: I bought the game Wargame: European Escalation a while back off Steam and went to uninstall it today. I deleted it, but now my storage is filled with  18GB of "Other". I am on El Capitan version 10.11.1. How do I remove this? Thanks.


texts: Why is the % saved only displayed for some refurbished products?

texts: I was browsing the listing for the refurbished iMacs and noticed that some of the items explicitly state how much is being saved while others do not.  While it is easy to calculate the savings yourself, I wondered if there was some underlying reason for this.


texts: why is the .HEIC suffix sometimes uppercase and sometimes lowercase

texts:
I just took five pictures on an iPhone 11 and then Airdropped them to my Mac Mini. I noticed that every other image has the file extension .HEIC in uppercase.
I am pretty sure that I have noticed this before, only just today thought to ask about it. Does anyone have any idea why this might be?


texts: Free viewer for Excel files other than OpenOffice

texts: Other than OpenOffice, can you suggest a light free viewer for Excel files?


texts: My external disk made a clicking noise. What should I do?

texts:
I have a USB2+Firewire external disk that made a clicking noise, and Mac OS X immediately unmounted it and put up a dialog box saying that a peripheral is misbehaving. The disk made a clicking noise several times in a short interval, and each time it did, the dialog box on screen would flash. So I unplugged it, waited for a few seconds, and plugged it in to another Mac, and this time it worked perfectly. I copied all 800 GB of data out of the drive over some 9 hours, and it worked perfectly and at its usual speed of 30 - 40 MB/second.

Now that all my data is out of the disk, I repaired the filesystem using Disk Utility. What else should I do? Should I run some kind of disk scan tool that checks the entire disk for bad blocks? Can you suggest a tool for the Mac? Since the disk has a HFS+ partition (and a FAT32 partition), I think I should run a disk repair tool on Mac rather than Linux. Is that correct?

I don't have SMART data since it's an external disk, and I don't want to break open the enclosure.

Thanks.


texts: Is the Macbook Pro limited to about 800Mbps of 802.11ac Wifi?

texts:
I have a 2014 Macbook Pro and have a 2020 Macbook Pro from work.  If I Option Click  on the Wifi icon on the taskbar, they both showed 802.11ac and Tx of 780Mbps or so most of the time. One time it showed 1170Mbps but it only appeared for a second.

And if I copy a file over to another computer on the wired LAN, it is about 70MB/s so it seems 780Mbps is about right.

Is it true that the Macbook Pro's 802.11ac Wifi is limited to about 800Mbps?

I guess 800Mbps is already quite close to the limit of Gigabit, so if at home we only have Gigabit Ethernet and switch, then 800Mbps is close to the highest speed already. It only would be if at home there is a 10Gbps Ethernet and switch that we only need to be concerned about higher speed.


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I gave my iphone to be fixed as all of the sudden he was blocked on apple sign. They fix it but then I needed to restore the phone from iCloud. I did everything came except WhatsApp. On the iPhone storage in settings  I can see it downloading it but every time it’s about to finish is starts from the beginning. So I deleted the app and downloaded it again and now it recognise the backup but when I click restore it keeps telling me couldn’t restore chat history.
Please help
Thanks.


texts:
I just installed iTunes 9.2.5 (x64) on a new laptop, and iTunes is not automatically syncing when my iPhone is plugged in. The preference "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" is UNCHECKED. I didn't have this problem with my other laptop, so I'm not sure where the problem lays. Any help would be greatly appereciated.

Thank you.


texts: I Mac wireless keyboard return key not working

texts: My wireless keyboard return key isn't working, it randomly stopped with no damage to the keyboard and is not stuck down i.e still clicks, can you help please?


texts:
I am trying to add some files to iTunes: some .wma files which it will not import, and some .m4a files which it will import but not play because it does not know bitrate or duration.

I have tried the following:

converting with VLC: the files all play fine in VLC but I can only convert them one at a time, despite being able to give multiple files as input for transcoding, which implies batch conversion should be possible.
using ffmpeg to convert the files. This gives the error:

dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libx264.142.dylib
  Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/ffmpeg
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /opt/local/lib/libx264.148.dylib/libx264.142.dylib: stat() failed with errno=20`

when I try to reinstall ffmpeg in homebrew, building from source, as suggested in this question on github I get the error message Error: SHA256 mismatch.

There must be a simple way to batch convert files, either with vlc or command-line tools. How?


texts: How to control playback speed of iTunes U lectures in Mac OS?

texts: I try to learn swift and opened iTunes U lectures in iTunes on Mac. I wonder how can i change playback speed? It is easy on iPad, but i have no idea how to do this while playing videos in iTunes on Mac


texts: Why am I notified about some missed calls via a text from +8888?

texts:
Most of the time when there's a missed call, it shows up when I go to Phone app->Recents. Sometimes I get a text from Rogers (+8888) telling me the number and when they called. When that happens, it doesn't show up in the Phone app.

I've got an iPhone 4, iOS 7, although this has been happening for longer than I've had iOS 7.


texts: resolv.conf search domain not working on OS X

texts: I use network setup to modify my search domains which works fine so far, but it only does it per device. Once I VPN somewhere, it no longer uses those changes. Is there a way to set the search domains globally (ie. for every device: Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and VPN) on Mac OS X Lion?


texts: How to get Mavericks 10.9.1 to remember external keyboard modifier keys

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When I upgraded to Mavericks I discovered that my external keyboard modifier keys (for multiple wireless keyboards) were no longer mapped as they had been before. I was able to fix this by going in to System Preferences > Keyboards > Modifier Keys

However, every time I disconnect and reconnect the keyboard(s) I need to go back in and manually change the settings which always revert to the internal Apple Keyboard settings. Is there any way to save my preferences so that I won't need to do this every time?


texts: In non-native applications, in the Open File dialog, I can see hidden files but I can't select them

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I have a problem with some non-native mac software (Perforce Diff and Kdiff3).

When I use the Open File Dialog, I can see the hidden files, but I can not select them or interact with them at all.

In contrast, when using the native Mac TextEdit, when I use the Open File Dialog, I can see and open the hidden files.

This is a screenshot of the Kdiff3 Open File Dialog. I can see the hidden files, but I can not select them.

OS X version 10.10.3 Yosemite.

I did this to make Finder show hidden files

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

I did this to make the file open dialog show hidden files

defaults write -g AppleShowAllFiles -bool true


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When you setup your dvd drive for the first time it will ask you what reigen you want to set.

Each time you put a dvd from a different reigen into the drive it will ask you to change again.

But you are only allowed to do this 4 times, once you've exhausted that is there any way to change it back ? Or are you now stuck - ie. not able to play dvd's from any other region ?


texts: Is there a complete list of all hidden keyboard shortcuts in OSX?

texts: I keep discovering keyboard shortcuts that are not listed anywhere under preferences. For example, I discovered here that ⌥ ALT⌘ CmdE will eject all partitions on a disk when a partition is selected. How the heck do people find these shortcuts, and where can I find more?


texts: What happens to iOS Apps when you turn OFF Family Sharing?

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I have Family Sharing turned on currently, but no longer wish all my family's purchases to come from the one credit card.

As some iOS apps have been bought for the benefit of the whole family, what happens to these apps if I were to turn off the Family Sharing feature?

I note that any In-App Purchases will not be shared (which is fine), but:

Will the apps continue to reside on all the other people's phones and be updatable etc?
Presuming 1. to be "Yes", what happens if in the future they remove it from their phone, but then want it back again?
Does it show as purchased on their accounts?
If the answer to 3 is "no", would turning Family Sharing back on temporarily solve this?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Spotify Premium account price on App Store

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As you may already know, Spotify started sending out emails to its customers to stop subscribing to the Premium account through iOS App Store's In-app Purchase mechanism (which costs $12.99) and subscribe using Spotify website (which costs $9.99).

The reason behind this difference is that Apple charges 30% of the purchase price as its noted here. The purchase price of Spotify Premium through App Store is $12.99. But this doesn't make sense to me. 30% of $12.99 is approximately $3.9 so Spotify will be making $9.1 instead of $9.9.

Is the 30% calculated after the developer states its intended price? i.e. Spotify says that it wants to earn $9.99 with each purchase. Apple says fine, I'll charge $12.99, have $3 (which is 30% of $9.99) for myself and you can have the remaining $9.9. (I don't believe this is the case.)

Or Spotify is actually selling its Premium account cheaper through App Store? What I mean is that in order to earn $9.99 per purchase, one should charge approximately $14.28.

Can someone please clarify the situation? Thanks.


texts: Can 2013 MacBook Air output to 2560x1080?

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I recently purchased a 21:9 LG monitor (model 29UM57) and I'm having difficulty getting my 2013 MBA to output to 2560x1080, which is the monitor's resolution. My max resolution is 1080p.

I purchased this MDP-HDMI adapter, Cable Matters® Gold Plated Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt™ Port Compatible) to HDMI Male to Female Adapter - 4K Resolution Ready, hoping that it would help my situation, but my max resolution has not changed.

I'm wondering whether ordering this HDMI cable, AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable - 6.5 Feet (2 Meters) Supports Ethernet, 3D, 4K and Audio Return, will fix my problem. I don't know what version or whatever my current HDMI cable is.

Please advise.


texts: High Sierra not recognizing username when entering credentials

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After a new hard drive replacement in my old iMac (late 2009) I have similar problem like the questioner who changed it to grant. My main question if I follow the direction given in the answer will it reset to old Operating system? Please help.

To be clear I will explain what happened.

I tried to change user name in preferences, clicked on the current user (advanced options), which was named 'user', which was also the administrator, and changed the name. This didn't end up changing the username. I then tried to create another administrator user.

I logged out. When I logged back in the only user available to log in with was 'user'. When I opened user preferences I see that 'user' is no longer an administrator.

I now have no way of accessing an administrator. When I try move files into the applications folder it asks for admin username and password. I've tried every combination of 'user' and 'new user name' and nothing works.


texts: iOS 12 Apple Watch app - how to delete "available apps"?

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I have deleted the parent app from my iPhone running iOS12, but still see it's Apple watch app in the list of "available apps".

How can I remove entries from the Apple Watch phone app under "available apps"?


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The environment i have setup consists of an OSX Server, running file sharing and VPN.

The file share is accessible from the local network on both windows or OSX machines, and OSX machines have no problem connecting to the server via VPN when on a remote network.

However, i can't seem be to able to set the VPN/File share up via a windows machine that is not on the local network, can anyone advise further as to how I would allow windows machines to connect to the osx servers file share/vpn from a remote network?

Thanks!