texts: I use Mac OS 10.5.8 and I want to install Gnuplot. I have found some advice on the net but it is not useful for me. Can anyone give me some clear steps of what is needed? What programs do I need and where can I find them exactly? A step-by-step solution invoking terminal commands would be appreciated.


texts: Mac dictation custom commands not working

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I use the Mac Yosemite (10.10.3) built in dictation extensively, and I find it does a really good job of understanding my speech, at least when I'm speaking in complete sentences.

I also use the dictation commands that you find under accessibility in system preferences, Like scroll down and scroll up. (It even does a really good job of telling the difference between when I say "scroll down" as a command and when I say it as part of a sentence.)

BUT I can't for the life of me get any custom commands to work. For example, I have tried to bind "Close this" to cmd-w, and "tooth paste" to "success" (as an experiment).

I can't get dictation to recognize these commands, ever. I seem to be following the steps shown on every tutorial. It just doesn't seem to work.

(FWIW, I can't get many other commands to work either. For instance, "select previous word" will happily write that text, without dictation realizing that it has just recognized a command! About half the time that I select something and say "delete", it performs a delete, and the other half of the time, it writes the word delete.)


texts: How can one set Electrum as default bitcoin uri handler?

texts:
Bitcoin links are formatted beginning with bitcoin: followed by a bitcoin address and optionally more information.

On my Mac, the Bitcoin-QT program is the default one to open when I click such links. I wish to change it to the Electrum client.

My question is - where in MacOS are the uri handlers defined? How can I change this to open my program of choice?


texts: How to prevent Google Drive File Stream from updating itself without permission?

texts:
My wife tutors for a company that uses Microsoft Teams and Google Drive File Stream to communicate to their students and assign lessons.
A few days ago (2/1/2021), GDFS began "disappearing" without permission, prompt or warning.  It gets replaced by a version of "Google Drive" that will not run on El Capitan!  No warning, no explanation, nothing.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that Google had stand-alone versions of both Google Drive and Google Drive File Stream, the latter being the only one that would work for her company.
The computer she has is a 15" Macbook Pro Late 2011.  I have good reasons for not upgrading the OS.
Can anyone come up with a way to stop this app from upgrading itself without permission? I have tried everything I can think of. Much appreciated!


texts: How does Font Book.app determine the "Design style" for a Smart Collection?

texts:
In Font Book.app one of the criteria for creating a Smart Collection is "Design style".

How does Font Book.app determine whether or not a given font falls into one of the available categories?


texts: Will a Keynote with a video in it export to PowerPoint properly?

texts: If I put a video in a Keynote presentation, and save it as a .ppt file, will the video work in PowerPoint?


texts: Unsubscribe from calendar in iOS calendar app

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I accidentally subscribed to a calendar I don't want on my iPhone and I can't figure out how to get rid of it. I can easily hide it in the Calendar app, but I can't find how to unsubscribe from it.

I searched online for how to unsubscribe, and it said that if I click on the "i" button on the right of the calendar, there would be a "delete calendar" button, but there isn't. I can find the "delete calendar" button for the "personal" and "work" calendars that are there by default, but not on the calendar I want to delete. All I can do when I click on the "i" button is rename the calendar, change its color and choose if I want to get notifications from it.

("Prenumererad" means "subscribed")

I also tried to delete the calendar online from http://icloud.com, but it didn't show up on iCloud. Since I use a Google account, I also tried to delete it online from Google calendar, but it wasn't there either.

I also tried deleting and reinstalling both the Calendar app and the app that installed the unwanted calendar, but it was still there after I reinstalled the app. The app which installed the calendar only has a "subscribe to calendar feed" button (which was the one I accidentally clicked on) and no "unsubscribe from calendar feed" button.

How do I unsubscribe from this calendar?


texts: How do I repair a hard drive that was being written to while my MacBook Air crashed? (Drive will not mount)

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My external backup drive will not mount. I have tried to mount it in Disk Utility via the app and the command prompt but the attempt times out. Any suggestions?

I backed up my HD the day before dropping off my Mac for repair, and then tried again just before going to my appointment. During this last and final backup my Macbook Air crashed. I have since discovered that the drive will no longer mount, likely due to the crash that occurred during the last attempted backup. I am unsure if the drive can be repaired.

My logic board was short circuiting some where that controls the headphone jack. Initially this prevented me from using the jack but eventually caused my mac to crash several times before I brought it in for repair. I believe that it is the this crashing that is responsible for my back up not being accessible but that my data may still be intact.

Thanks for any help you may have!


texts: Is OS X Server an Operating system or a service suite?

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I have Yosemite.  I am considering installing OS X server 4.0.  According to developer.apple.com:

  You can, however, install OS X Server and enable Xcode Server on your
  development Mac.

What exactly is OS X Server 4.0?  Does installing require me to have a freshly formatted machine?  In other words, does it overwrite Yosemite with a totally new OS (similar to Windows Server 2012 vs Windows 8)?  Or, does it simply extend my Mac with new capabilities like a powerful program suite?


texts: IOStorageFamily / IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily kext errors on Mavericks

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Occasionally when I start up my Mid-2012 Macbook Pro, I see the following error messages a few moments after logging in:

This happens about every second or third login. After seeing these error messages, I sometimes have trouble using external USB storage - the power lights on the storage devices will come on, but my laptop doesn't seem to recognize and mount the volumes. I'm savvy enough to know what kernel extensions are and what their purpose in the OS is, and I can tell from the kext names that these relate to external mass storage, so that makes sense.
What I don't know, however, is what can be done to fix this error. Has anybody else encountered this problem?
I'd rather not reinstall the OS if I can get away with it, but I will if there's no other solution - maybe something involving kextutil?
Edit: I may have just solved my own problem: Running a "Repair Permissions" task in Disk Utility results in the following:

As you can see, Disk Utility repaired a number of bad permissions in IOStorageFamily and IOSCSIArchitectureModel - we'll see if the error messages stop occurring as a result.


texts: How do I maintain photo filters (e.g. Noir) when transferring from iPhone to iPhoto on MacBook?

texts: I love using my 5c photo filters but when I go to download photos into iPhoto on my MacBook Pro from my iPhone, the filters disappear. All my photos end up in color. How do I maintain the filters?


texts: I installed Xcode but I still don't have gcc in my terminal

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I just got a Mac and I'm a complete newbie, so this may be kind of a really easy question, but I wasn't able to solve it with Google or F1.

I was trying to run a C program from the Terminal that comes with mac, but when I used gcc test.c, it said -bash:  gcc:  command not found.  I looked up the error on Google and discovered that I needed to download Xcode.  I did that and installed it (I think, after all it runs), but I still don't have gcc in my Terminal.  What can I do?


texts:
I am asking the same question from before by other people. My Macbook Air cannot connect to LAN internet. At the network preferences tab, it showed that my USB LAN has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the internet. The network status showed 'CONNECTED' but below, it mentioned about the self-assigned IP address. What is it about?

I tried to look for a solution via google but I check my system preferences that my Macbook Air does not have this folder called 'library' where I could delete some of the un-used file or un-wanted file from my Mac. How can I solve this because I really need to use the internet when I have to pay the internet bill every month for my student residence. I have asked my friend from the residence but they also don't know how to deal with it.

Is my Mac is not the original Macbook that does not have such a folder?

I am just worried. I am sorry that I am not a tech-savvy person.


texts:
I have a power mac, which I recently updated to Lion. I've never used a password before and yet after an unusual abortive boot (unusual boot-sequence which hanged, which I had to hard-reset) I now get a login screen, which since I've never had a login in the first place, I can't get past (tried apple-ID for instance, to no avail).

I did the usual disk scans from recovery mode (which showed no problems), so I eventually ended up having to bring it in to the local apple-reseller (no 'official' apple-stores here). He says I've enabled file-vault and that he can't get to it without the username and password.

Now I can't for the life of me figure out how this could be, and file-vault isn't exactly the kind of thing you can enable accidentally. There was a progress indicator on the unusual boot, which might kind of support this idea (of an encryption process), but otherwise I'm worried that it might not necessarily be the problem.

I've had a search around, and I can't find any similar problems, so I'm just wondering if anybody on here might know if either:

File Vault can somehow become automatically enabled or ...
... some other automatic activity that could somehow bring this situation about

I want to satisfy myself that this is indeed the problem, and if so how could it have come about, so for instance I don't end up doing it again!


texts: Photo check to which album/s a photo belongs to

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I am trying to create smart albums backwards. I deleted all my albums and created a new folder with a new smart album.

I want the photos to match this criteria

the date capture between a range (is working)
that the photo is not in another album (this condition is failing)

I don't have the photo in other album, but the photo get hidden. I am not totally sure, but it seems it is related with the fact that the photos were not taken with an iphone. How can I check and remove the other album/s the photo belongs to?


texts: Installing macOS Sierra on iMac 2008 new hard drive

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I've just installed a new hard drive in my 2008 iMac. As my old one died I put a copy of macOS Sierra on a USB stick, but when I try to boot from it all I get is the no entry sign.

Any ideas what I’m doing wrong? Do I possibly need an older version macOS?


texts:
I am writing an Applescript for Spotify that is supposed to do two things:

Log every new song played.
Every N seconds check what sound device is used.

I do (1) by a simple loop that check how much of the track remains and then use that value in a delay statement in the loop (unnecessary to run the loop at full speed). However, N usually is much lower than the remaining time of the current track. Hence, I would like task (2) to run in a separate loop with N-0.5 as delay value. Basically I want to loops to run simultaneously from the same script. Is this possible?

(Of course I could use two separate scripts but I need to distribute this solution when it is done, therefore less visual complexity - i.e., two scripts running simultaneously taking up space in Dock, needing to be launched etc - is better.)


texts: Is there a command on Mac can show the disk IO input and output stats?

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I can use vmstat on ubuntu linux to show IO input and output stats. Whether there is a build-in command in MacOS do the same output?

procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ------cpu-----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st
 0  0      0 266800 1408168 25417796    0    0     3    76   35   46  1  1 98  0  0
 0  0      0 266708 1408168 25417796    0    0     0  1032 1693 4065  1  1 98  0  0
 0  0      0 267156 1408168 25417808    0    0     0     0 1819 4443  2  1 97  0  0
 0  0      0 266872 1408168 25417828    0    0     0    12 1298 3724  1  1 98  0  0

I can use iostat to check disk IO stats but it doesn't show input and output. It shows a total number of bytes on the disk.

I don't want to install 3rd party library to do that. Is there a command I can use on Mac?


texts: Permission error on postinstall from App Store

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I'm trying to install an application using the App Store on Mavericks.  The download succeeds, but the install hangs at the very end of the process.  I've been through the standard procedures (multiple restarts, cache clears, login / logout, etc).

I tailed the install.log, which revealed the following:

Apr  5 21:28:46 swift.local _atsserver[3347]: Running Install Scripts . . .
Apr  5 21:28:46 swift.local _atsserver[3349]: Begin script: Pages_PP
Apr  5 21:28:46 swift.local _atsserver[3353]: End script: Pages_PP
Apr  5 21:28:47 swift.local _atsserver[3354]: Begin script: updateHelpPost
Apr  5 21:28:47 swift.local installd[3164]: postinstall: shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
Apr  5 21:28:47 swift.local installd[3164]: postinstall: 2014-04-05 21:28:47.067 defaults[3358:d07]
Apr  5 21:28:47 swift.local installd[3164]: postinstall: Domain (com.apple.helpd) not found.
Apr  5 21:28:47 swift.local installd[3164]: postinstall: Defaults have not been changed.
Apr  5 21:28:47 swift.local installd[3164]: postinstall: find: .: Permission denied

It looks like something is wrong with the permissions on install.  I used the disk utility to fix all the permissions on the machine and still no luck.

Any insight would be awesome!


texts: iPhone dock connector seems to have bent pins, is this a hazard

texts: The dock connector on my iPhone 4S appears to have some bent pins (I think those crushed copper lines in the photo are pins). The phone charges, but it thinks that it is always connected to the dock. That is an annoyance, but the phone seems to work fine otherwise. However, I am worried that the bent pins may be a hazard of some type. Is there any risk of shock or fire?


texts:
In the system report accessed via the About This Mac menu option, there is an entry in the Hardware > SATA/SATA Express info panel which shows the bay name that each hard drive is installed in (e.g. upper bay / lower bay).

Is there an equivalent terminal command which shows the same information?


texts: How to sync images between iPhone and Mac in a local network

texts:
I am working on a design of an iPhone application. I create some screen, then save it as a PNG file and want to see how it looks on the actual iPhone screen. So I need to transfer PNG versions of my designs to my iPhone as easy as possible, may be even without a cable connected. Both Mac and iPhone are in a local network with a wireless router.

I need to do this routine constantly so I am looking for the most transparent and easy solution, like - Save a PNG to Mac -> Instantly and automatically send to the iPhone some way.

What are your suggestions?


texts: create `inteligent` apple mail reminders

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I am almost at 100% online Banking and Bill Pay.

Thus I get all my bills online in email.

Is there a way to extract the due date and the amount and place it in a reminder or calendar with reminder ect..

Or even more simple way....

Since I get bill mails almost exactly a Month in advance, can I just use the mail date and add 3 weeks to set the Reminder to that date.

Right now I just flag them, but then I have to frequently check that my self for due date.

However my Flagging them could it be used to trigger the action.

I tried Mail rules without success.

I am aware of drag and drop from Mail to Reminders, but it is a mindless operation.

I also tried Automator but stuck there with adding future date to reminders based on mail received date.

10.13.6


texts: How to sync iPhone X that has never been synced before with iTunes without losing any of the data?

texts:
How do I access iPhone backups on my iPhone when I connect it to iTunes, when the only options are:

continue from backup, which is a backup of an iPhone I am still using, or
start as new iPhone?

I am using two iPhones - the one in question hasn't been synced to iTunes, and now, whenever I connect it to my laptop I’m worried it will delete everything and start from new - iTunes gives me two options:

continue from backup from my primary iPhone (still in use) or
start as new iPhone.

How do I access my iCloud backups to ensure I can sync my new iPhone to my iTunes without having to start as a new iPhone?


texts: Is it possible to activate an iPhone with an inactive SIM? (T-Mobile sells SIM cards for $0.99; could I get one of those and use it to activate an iPhone?)


texts: Finder.app previews of aliases and symbolic links

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I have a folder with Finder aliases and symbolic links (i.e. created using ln -s original.pdf link.pdf).

How can I make sure Finder displays previews for these instead of the standard icon?

This related to folder/icon view (CMD+1), not any QuickLook view.


texts: Change default app for all files in a folder

texts: I know you can change the default app for single files on Mac simply by going in "Get Info". But, it's a bit inconvenient if I want to change the default application to open all files for only a single folder. Is there an application that can select a bunch of files and change the default apps to open them with the help of a single click?


texts: Set two-arrow key combinations to [PageUp|PageDn|Home|End]

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I have a new mac and am unable to recall how to enable the following key mappings:

Up-Right -> Page Up
Down-Right -> Page Dn
Up -Left -> Home
Down-Left -> End

Those combinations are working on my other macbook. I can not however recall where/how those are enabled. I have looked in the following and not found them:

Karabiner (aka KeyRemap4Mac)
System Preferences | Keyboard  (looked through all the panels
and clicked all the buttons)

My recollection is there were a single option selected that enabled all four of those mappings.  I did think it were in Karabiner (aka KeyRemap4Mac)  but can not find it .


texts: Is it possible to disable (or reduce the volume of) of the AirPods connection sound?

texts: When I put my AirPods in my ears, I can hear a ping sound, indicating a successful connection to my iPhone. My friend who also has AirPods is sensitive to moderately loud sounds, and this sound is too loud for them. Is there a way to reduce the volume of this sound, or disable it?


texts: How to get nfsd to serve NFSv4 on High Sierra?

texts:
I'm hoping to serve an NFS mount from my High Sierra (10.13.4) server to a linux client. The linux client can mount using NFSv3 protocol, but I use ACLs on the served files and directories, so I think we need NFSv4.

I'd like to use version 4 of the protocol. Is this possible? I see the nfsd(8) man page does not mention version 4. I found a manpage for FreeBSD exports(5) that uses the flag V4: at the start of a line in /etc/exports to declare the protocl version.

I tried this with my nfsd and it failed to parse correctly, using "nfsd checkexports".

If I check rpc:

$ sudo rpcinfo -p
program vers proto   port
...
100003     2   udp   2049  nfs
100003     3   udp   2049  nfs
100003     2   tcp   2049  nfs
100003     3   tcp   2049  nfs

This makes me think my nfsd supports version 2 and 3 of the protocol. perhaps I can upgrade this server?


texts: All Apple Internet Apps are SLOW in Yosemite

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A few days after upgrading to Yosemite, I started noticing that Safari was moving VERY SLOWLY. After a day or two of this it stopped loading webpages at all! So I switched to using Chrome, then my Mail app stopped receiving mail, it would send mail but again it is VERY slow. Then messages wouldn't sign into my AIM account, and I noticed that the App Store won't load any pages at all. I've searched around the web and found that some other people had the same issue, here's a link to one comment on an apple discussion thread that helped me several times, but now that doesn't even help anymore!

So the question: has anybody over here had this issue and found a solution to it?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Need help setting up a script to change date and time Mac OS Catalina

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hoping someone can help with this. I am trying to write an automator terminal script in Mac OS Catalina that will turn off WiFi, turn off automatic date and time settings, and set my mac to a specific system date and time. I have really no programming experience but what I have so far works to turn off wifi and change the system date and time...but the script will not exit in automator...it just keeps spinning. Not sure how to get the Sudo -S command to exit once it sets the system date and time. Here's what I have so far:

networksetup -setairportpower en0 off

echo "password" | sudo -S date 0101000120

So this will turn off wifi, and will pass my password (can also do it through a dialog but thats not my problem) and will set the system date...then the automator wheel just spins....

Any ideas how to get the terminal script to exit and move on to the next command...or should I just run it and then quit the script as its spinning which isn't ideal but also works
command to turn on and off auto updating of mac system date and time?

Thanks so much for reading and greatly appreciate any help.

EDIT: Currently re-wrote the automator task to run the terminal command, ask for a password then pass that on:

networksetup -setairportpower en0 off
pw="$(osascript -e 'Tell application "System Events" to display dialog "Password:" default answer "" with hidden answer' -e 'text returned of result' 2>/dev/null)" && / echo "$pw" | sudo -S date 0101000120

Still spins the wheel in an infinite loop at the end but I can click it and force stop. Anyone knows a way to just get it to stop appreciate it!


texts: set own video frame in the main screen on facetime

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is it possible, when using facetime, to increase the size of my own video frame? as in skype where I can set my own video frame in the main screen and my friend video as the little frame in the corner. I couldn't find an option for that, I can only move the little frame across the screen, but can't increase the size.
thanks


texts:
I recently purchased a maxed out iMac:

NVIDIAGeForceGTX780M 4GB GDDR5
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM-2X4GB (upgrading to 32GB myself)
256GB Flash Storage

...and I'm questioning the last point above (I still have time to change my order). I know the iMac is limited to a single SATA III and a PCIe slot for storage, but I'm trying to balance performance with capacity with future expandability. I fear that my choice of the 256GB SSD is limiting me, since I won't be able to add a hard drive in the future. My questions are:

Which is faster, the 128GB PCIe SSD that comes in a Fusion Drive
configuration, or the 256GB SSD I purchased?
Is the PCIe connector compatible with the typical PCIe SSDs sold for PC use, or is it something proprietary like in the Retina
MacBooks?
Is it worth sticking to the stock 1TB HDD and installing my own PCIe SSD to make a DIY  Fusion Drive (I.e. Are there compatible PCIe
SSDs for less than $180)?


texts: How can I keep my Macbook Pro cool and avoid fan noise?

texts:
I use my MacBook pro for audio recording. With the summer coming up, the fans tend to come on more often, which can be a problem. Recording audio is fairly processor-intensive (especially when using plug-ins for monitoring), making this problem worse. This was actually less of an issue with my iMac G5 than it is with the Macbook Pro that's replacing it.

The obvious solution is to record in an air-conditioned room with good ventilation. However, that's not always possible.

It would at least be nice if I had some warning so this doesn't happen without warning in the middle of a take. How would I monitor this situation? Do the fans come on when the temperature gets to a certain point? Is it strictly related to CPU and hard drive load? Is it possible for me to install something that will let me know how long I have until the fan noise starts?

I'm using a Macbook Pro 13" 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5, with conventional hard drives (i.e., not SSDs), 8MB RAM, OSX 10.6.7


texts: Is there a way to assign the WiFi on/off function to one of the function keys like F4 that I otherwise never use? I assume Applescript would be required. However I may want to use a BASH script instead.


texts: Can someone else see my messages on his device?

texts:
Something strange happened today. I got lots of messages via iMessage obviously not intended for me. Short story, what’s happened is when I got my iPhone on a new network I transferred my old number. Except I didn’t realise I had to do this manually on the phone itself which was happily using the number the handset came with for iMessage and FaceTime.

So it turns out the network must have reallocated my number and now I’m getting all of this person’s messages. I’ve now changed my number on my iPhone and checked that iMessage and FaceTime are linked to my actual number. My question is whether this other person can see my old messages via iMessage on his new phone (as they were sent to what is now his number)?


texts: I can't update from Lion 10.7.5 to El Capitan

texts: I just keep getting this appear when downloading from the Apple App Store


texts: How to set odd rows as x axis and even rows as y axis in numbers?

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I am trying to create a chart using some data. The odd rows represent the date and time and even rows represent the count. I want to make the odd(date-time) rows as x-axis and even(count) rows as y-axis. Is there any way to do this? I an giving the image of my structure below.

Please help me to get a solution for this.


texts: How do I use AppleScript to reveal a file in Finder from its POSIX path?

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I'm trying to create an AppleScript snippet that locates the current random wallpaper and reveals it in Finder. I have the following snippet which finds the current wallpaper's POSIX path as a string:

set plistFolderPath to path to preferences folder from user domain as string
set plistPath to plistFolderPath & "com.apple.desktop.plist"
tell application "System Events"
    tell property list file plistPath
        tell contents
            set thePath to value of property list item "NewChangePath" of property list item "default" of property list item "Background" & "/" & value of property list item "LastName" of property list item "default" of property list item "Background"
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

thePath is now a string in the form:

  /Volumes/Archive/Widescreen wallpaper/12345_Name_2560x1440.jpg

(Note spaces)

I try to reveal this path in FInder, but everything I've tried results in an error:

tell application "Finder"
    reveal POSIX file of quoted form of thePath (* Error: "Can't get POSIX file of (blah)" *)
end tell

How do I reveal a pathname in Finder in AppleScript when all I have is its POSIX path?


texts: iPhone 4 died and need to know how to retrieve data on flashed phone

texts: My iPhone 4 completely died. I got one of my fathers old iPhone 4's and had it flashed at Cleartalk. How can I retrieve all of my data that was backed up on the icloud?


texts: uTorrent remote asks to touch screen and move to login without success

texts:
When I browse from my iphone 4 it takes me remote.utorrent.com/srp
The it asks me to

Touch screen and Move
Touch the screen and move your finger to fill the progress bar below...

This worked both on my PC and MacBook, but now does not work on the iPhone.

Can anyone reproduce?
What could the problem be?
Is there any way around this?

I have iOS 5.0


texts: NetInstall fails when downloading kernelcache

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When trying to boot a NetInstall or NetRestore image over the network all works fine until the client tries to download the kernelcache file.

At block 3005, the client keeps sending ACKs for block 3004 (s. screenshot).

Edit:
  There seem to be some problems loading the image, so here's a rough transcription:

Server -> Client: Data Packet, Block 3004
Client -> Server: Acknowledgement, Block 3004
Server -> Client: Data Packet, Block 3005
Client -> Server: Acknowledgement, Block 3004
Server -> Client: Data Packet, Block 3005
Client -> Server: Acknowledgement, Block 3004
Server -> Client: Data Packet, Block 3005
Client -> Server: Acknowledgement, Block 3004

The kernelcache file is below the (old) magic threshold of 32M.

Server:

macOS 10.12.4
Server 5.3

Client:

macOS 10.12.3 (if that matters at all)
MacBookPro12,1 (so nothing outdated)


texts:
I'm embarrassed to admit I don't understand how iTunes works despite having a mac for 6 years. How can I clean out my music folder (iTunes media) and then get iTunes to update? I've made substantial changes, so I don't mind just reloading the library if that's what I should do.

Also, I have a "music" folder which is not organized at all and doesn't seem to be affected by me deleting files in the iTunes media folder. Are these just copies of the songs in the iTunes media folder? Can I delete them?

Thank you for your help, and I apologize if the answer to this question is glaringly obvious.


texts: How can a user detect that a iOS device has been Jailbroken?

texts:
To expand on the title question...

There are numerous in-code methods, with varying reliability, to detect if an iOS device has been jailbroken.  However, is there any method that a device user can detect this?

I am putting together a security information pack for users of our iOS applications. I would like to include guidance on detecting if their device is jailbroken.  Bear in mind that these users are not "power users", so imagine you are advising your grandma :)


texts: RTF files created using the 'touch' command will not open

texts:
I'm no expert on CLI or using the terminal or anything, but I like playing around with my computer.

When I create a .txt .html or .md file or whatever using the 'touch' command in terminal, they work fine. But .rtf file I create just give me the error

"The document “foo.rtf” could not be opened."

What am I doing wrong? Are you not able to create files in this manner?


texts: Fresh Lion install on a MacBook Air (Late 2010) without Recovery Key

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As the title says, I have an MacBook Air (Late 2010 - MC505LL/A*), with preinstalled OSX Lion. Also it shipped with an USB key called "Recovery Key", and afaik, I'm supposed to use this key if I restore/format my Mac

The problem is that I can't find the USB key, and I'd like to know if I can do a fresh install of Lion without it. I have an ISO image of Lion (to use with an external reader)... and I've read that there's an Internet process, where I can press CMD + R while booting, to perform a fresh install with a internet downloaded image, but it's not avalaible on all models.

Will this work ? I'll try it this weekend, but I'd like to know if anyone has experience in something like this.

Thank you all !


texts: How can I tell if all USB-C ports on a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro are the same speed, or if one or more will be faster than others?

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I'm doing some heavy copying of files, and wish to do it via the fastest USB-C connection possible.
I tried holding option and clicking on the apple logo on the very top left, then going to System Information. From here on I'm guessing. I looked under 'Hardware' and see two areas of interest: 'Thunderbolt/USB4', and 'USB'. Does this automatically imply that one or more USB-C ports are faster than others?
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How exactly can I tell if one (or more) USB-C ports on a MacBook Pro offers faster speeds, and how can I easily know which that is?


texts: Is it possible to run Nautilus instead of Finder on Mac OS X Snow Leopard? How?


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I have just (last 7 days) started receiving a standard message when launching a TM backup to my remote disk (which has been working fine for the last few years). The message is
"Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “WDMyCloud.local”. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you."
I always launch backup manually, at a time when I know I can leave the MacBook on and undisturbed. Now, I don't mind losing my backup history, but I do want to keep the latest version to restore from, for obvious reasons. Can I do that, before launching the lengthy process of a new backup? In other words, copy the latest backup set to another remote disk and retain the option of using it for a restore if that should be necessary?


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I am using OS X El Captain 10.11.6 (French edition).

For unknown reason, the function Start Dictation (Démarrer la dictée) et Emojis and Symbols (Emoji et Symboles) don't work anymore.

I followed the recommandation in this question:  Dictation just stopped working. But, nothing works.

I have just updated to 10.11.6. But, it's not better.

What can I do? How to reset the settings?

NOTE:

The microphone work (the bars are moving in de Preferences panel).
When I choose Start Dictation (or fn fn) nothing appends (no microphone picture).
When I choose Emojis and Symbols nothing appends too.


texts: How to force quit an AppleScript script launched from toolbar?

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I have an AppleScript script (to launch MySQL) that I run from the AppleScript toolbar menu. It does the job (launches MySQL), however the script doesn't seem to be quitting. And the gearwheel in the toolbar keeps rotating.

When clicking the gearwheel I can click the 'x' close button for that script, but it does nothing. There are no frozen processes in Activity Monitor.

How can I "force quit" that script?

P.S. Someone asked what's the script, here it is:

do shell script "sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start" with administrator privileges


texts: Applescript exits with error when run via launchd

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I have an applescript running beautifully in Script Editor as well as from an osascript command at the Terminal. The script talks to the Reminders.app in order to pass iCloud reminder entries to a few parsing scripts on my mac.

But when I try to launchd it, a few errors pop up in the system log:

Aug 11 16:43:07 machinename osascript[19678]: Performance: Please update this scripting addition to supply a value for ThreadSafe for each event handler: "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/FITS.osax"
Aug 11 16:43:07 machinename osascript[19678]: Performance: Please update this scripting addition to supply a value for ThreadSafe for each event handler: "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/SIMBL.osax"
Aug 11 16:43:07 machinename tccd[3421]: Unable to prompt for client without display name (osascript)
Aug 11 16:43:07 machinename Reminders[18838]: Error: Event Not Permitted for command Intrinsics.get
    Direct Parameter: <NSPropertySpecifier: scriptingReminders of scriptingLists named "Today" of scriptingAccounts named "iCloud">
    Receivers: <NSPropertySpecifier: scriptingReminders of scriptingLists named "Today" of scriptingAccounts named "iCloud">
    Arguments:     {
    }
Aug 11 16:43:07 machinename com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (local.reminders.taskpaper.sync[19678]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1

The SIMBL Performance error I believe to be harmless -- this is a known issue.

I am assuming likewise for the FITS error.

But I need some help resolving the tccd and Reminders errors.... It sounds to me like I simply need to somehow provide extra permissions if the script is going to be run via launchd.

Here's the plist file, too, if it helps:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
            <string>local.reminders.taskpaper.sync</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
            <array>
                <string>osascript</string>
                <string>/Users/eck/Library/Scripts/reminders_to_taskpaper.scpt</string>
            </array>
        <key>StartInterval</key>
            <integer>600</integer>
    </dict>
</plist>


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This should be easy, but I cannot solve it by myself.

How can I insert accented letters in passwords?

When I go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Change Password... and in the password field for instance I hold the letter u, it won't show the list of possible accented letters, it just repeats the u.

If I use Alt+u to get the placeholder for ü (so that I can type u to get it with the umlaut), it won't show the "insert a letter now" yellow placeholder, instead I get a beep. The same goes for Alt+i, Alt+n, Alt+e, only beeps and no possibility to enter an accented letter.

Moreover, if I enable the "Show emoji and symbols" as in the picture below, I am able to insert symbols in the hint, but in the password it is completely prohibited.

The same goes with "Show keyboard viewer" and try to insert with Alt+e|u|i|n to be able to finally enter euin to get the symbols éüîñ, I get a beep. The only accent that sort of works is the backtick Alt+backtick, but it inserts the backtick itself without prompting for the letter to be accented.

Input source: US English
OS X version: El Capitan 10.11.3 (15D21)

Is there a way?

PS. By the way, when changing passwords, can I tell my Mac to stop asking this? "Would you like to change the password for “username”, or begin using your iCloud password to log in and unlock this Mac?"


texts: Set up FTP server on macOS High Sierra (ProFTPD)

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I want to set up an FTP server on macOS High Sierra. (FTP is removed from macOS High Sierra, unlike previous versions.)

Since I have to use the other application connecting to the FTP server (my Mac), I cannot replace FTP with other protocols.

I know a way to connect to the FTP server. However, I cannot find the way to run my Mac as an FTP server, not FTP client.

I follow this page to use ProFTPD, but I failed to run the FTP server.

How can I set up the FTP server on macOS High Sierra?


texts: How to turn off "Your SIM played a tone" message on iPhone 4?

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Each time when I get the message "Your SIM played a tone" if I don't respond instantly and close the option it gets stuck and my entire iOS 9.3.2
doesn't respond. I have had this issue some ten times. How do I disable this?


texts: trying to get data off of a late 2008 macbook onto a brand new macbook pro

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so I have an old macbook (late 2008 aluminum, running snow leopard). The display stopped working last week and since they told me they can't fix it, I've taken the opportunity to get a brand new macbook pro with retina display. It's running the most recent (so far as I know) Mavericks (10.9.4).

My problem is I'd like to get files off the old computer. I did back it up about a month ago, so I can get some stuff off of my external drive, but I'd feel better if I could just get in to the old computer and make sure I got all my photos and stuff.

The problem is that the two computers don't have anyway of connecting to each other. I thought I could get a firewire to thunderbolt and cable and just use the old one like drive (I did this before at some point with some other computers) and I went and got the cables without double checking an apparently my 2008 macbook doesn't have a firewire port, which is really confusing because now I don't know where I was doing that before.

I know I can connect the two with an ethernet cable (if I spend another 30 bucks for another thunderbolt adapter. ugh.) but I'm not sure if that will work because I definitely don't have sharing on on the old computer. I'm pretty sure I could use the old computer with an external screen, after buying -another- adapter, but I don't have access to an external screen either.

I absolutely do NOT want to have the apple store migrate the whole computer over to the new one. There is so much on it I don't need (I was engaged in a long sporadic process of cleaning it up when the screen broke).

do I have any other options? Is there some way I can turn on filesharing without being able to see the screen? Is there really no way to do it with USB? That's the only input the two machines have in common.

Otherwise I guess I'll just have to find someone with an external monitor.

Thanks for any advice!

Al


texts: How do I add my Applications folder to the dock?

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My apps folder, which was located in the bar on the bottom right of my Macbook Air running Catalina, suddenly disappeared.

How to get it back?


texts: Why do my iMessages (green bubble) don't appear on my iPad 2? but only on my iPhone

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I have what appears to be the same iMessages on my iPhone 6 and iPad, 2nd generation. Yet, when someone writes me a message, it only appears on my iPhone and not my iPad (although I have a whole list of names who I have already corresponded with on my iPad).

If I receive it on my iPhone, why do I not get it on my iPad? And why can't I compose a new message from my iPad (the send button it greyed out).

It's a lot easier for me to respond with my iPad because it has a keyboard and some people prefer to send me messages on my iMessage against my messenger.

I went to Settings and they correspond to each other.


texts: Iphone 8 App Store Not Working No Fixes Have Helped

texts: So I recently got off android and bought the Iphone 8 with IOS 11.0.2 running. Everything was good until about a day after I bought it. I noticed I couldn't download apps anymore. I would sign into my apple id then the app store would tell me its all good then it just gave me the spinning circle and never downloads. I have tried restoring twice and once with a new apple id and still same problem. I have tried going to the At&t store to get it fixed yet still nothing they even gave me a replacement phone. Even with that phone its the same issues. I can download apps for about a day then it just shuts off again. Anyone know anything that could fix this? Or am I just going to have to wait until IOS 11.0.4 comes out. FYI this issues is on both 11.0.2 and 11.0.3 I did try updating it. Any help at all would be very appreciated. Thanks


texts: Can you set Finder to show the file extension in the Kind column rather than a description?

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In Finder (Mojave if it's relevant), the 'Kind' column displays the file format in a 'friendly' human-readable format like "JPEG Image". Things like Photoshop and Illustrator files have descriptions like "Adobe Photoshop document". This is a problem - on a 13" screen, the Kind column is narrow enough that what you actually get is "Adobe...cument". This makes finding filetypes at a glance annoying.

Is there a way to have it simply use the file extension - PSD, AI, JPEG - instead of the full text description? Yes, I already have extensions displayed on the filenames themselves.


texts: Screen sharing between a MacBook Pro and an iMac

texts: I have an iMac 21.5" and a MacBook pro. How can I connect the macbook pro to use the iMac's screen?


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I had installed Xcode 4.1 on Lion and recently I saw the update for Xcode in the appstore. It was to update my current Xcode 4.1 to 4.2 with iOS5 SDK. It's around 1.8 GB of download and I did update it through app store. But at the end of the update, the update download restarted and I let it happen. But even after second download it restarted the download and started the updates downlad for third time.

I'm sure there is something wrong with something; either with OS or App Store or Xcode. Is anybody facing similar issue?


texts: Smart Playlist in iTunes for songs that contain lyrics

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I’m looking for a way to create a Smart Playlist in iTunes that contains only songs without lyrics.
Or to be more specific, I want to be able to create a Smart Playlist of songs that I haven’t put through Get Lyrical and then run it though the app so that it gets lyrics for the songs that I don’t already have lyrics for.
I’m using iTunes 10.6.3 (25) on a mid 2010 MacBook running Mountain Lion.


texts: How Do I Stop FileVault from Decrypting my MacBook Pro?

texts: Somehow I stupidly started to turn off my FileVault on my MacBook Pro.  Not exactly sure how I did this, brain fart.  Now my machine is trying to decrypt what I assume are all my files.  Right now I have the decryption paused, but it is waiting for me to hook up my power cable to complete the decryption.  I'm afraid when I run out of power and hook up my power cable to recharge my machine, the decryption will restart.  I want to stop this process and go back to the way my machine was before.  Is there some way for me to stop the decryption and restart the FileVault?


texts: Time stamp for pictures actually taken before being sent to recipient on iphone

texts: My boyfriend sent me a picture from his Iphone 6, I have an iphone 5.  I wanted to know if it was possible to find out when the picture was actually taken, not just sent to me or saved on my own iphone.  Is there any way to find this out?  I have used certain apps to find out with no luck.  They only show me when I saved the picture sent to my phone or when he sent the picture to me in a text.  Does anyone know?


texts: Is there any way to disable the iPhone 5's passcode functionality while connected to Xcode?

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It don't know if a solution exists or not but I couldn't find anything on Google or Ask Different, so here goes:

I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 6 and when developing and testing I always have to enter a passcode to test my applications. Is there any way to make sure I dont enter the passcode every time when it's connected to Xcode 4.5.

I know that I can disable it during development, etc... but that defeats the purpose of phone security if you need to rush out quickly for work, etc...

It would be great if anyone has the solution for this so it just works!


texts: How to reset the Master Password without current password on OS X?

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This is not the user or admin login password. Running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.

To set or change the Master Password first click on the gear (1) and a new dialog box will open (2)


texts: macOS sierra apple calendar doesn't update to current day

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The dock icon updates properly but the calendar itself doesn't change the red highlight badge to the current day.

In System Preferences > Date & Time > "Set Date and Time Automatically" is checked.

If I quit the app and relaunch, it does open with the correct day.


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When I rejoined domain after already joined domain successfully with dsconfigad, it's failed with

  dsconfigad: Node name wasn't found. (2000)


texts: Safe and Sure Way to Install Sierra / Ongoing Regressions in OS X

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I am looking to install Sierra from scratch in a straightforward, foolproof manner on an Air currently on Catalina.  I've written 'straightforward, foolproof' because it appears that experienced persons have run into trouble doing this and I do not do sysadminey stuff to begin with.

Installing whatever O.S. you wanted used to be so easy when Macs came with DVD-Rs.

Sierra is still available as an upgrade on the App Store but as a direct install and 'visible' only to O.S.'s up to and including Sierra, so you can't directly revert to an earlier O.S.  I downloaded it (on Sierra itself).  The Installer says "This copy . . . is damaged, and can't be used . . ."  This may be because the download was interrupted and restarted.  Inside the app wrapper is 'InstallESD.dmg.'

I could re-download and if it's not 'damaged,' I could copy it all over onto an external drive to install but that external drive would have to be a bootable drive as well -- more new things to learn and more pitfalls.  So is there no easier way?  An "Installing Sierra for Dummies" way?


texts: How to save a pdf file in a browser window without downloading it again?

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Typically on my Macbook Pro, I click on URLs to pdf documents and they open in a browser window (say, Safari or Chrome), and later if I wish to keep a copy of the pdf file, I click the down arrow icon.

However, the down arrow icon actually attempts to fetch the pdf file from the server again, whereas I already have a local copy in a browser cache somewhere. So, it is an inefficient use of bandwidth. Furthermore, sometimes the original file may no longer be available at the server, or I may not be having Internet access, etc., and I want to save a copy of the file.

Do I need to go searching for the file in the browser cache somehow? Or is there a more convenient way?


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Looking for ideas on how to fix my iMac, it's a 5k 2014 that will no longer boot. It all started one morning when I'd put it to sleep the evening before, when trying to wake it, nothing happened, and the power button did nothing too.

Randomly managed to get it to boot later that day, would reboot fine, but when I turned it off it no longer would switch on again.

Took it to the apple "geniuses", were able to replicate the error in the store, and said they'd run some test, but suspected it would be the power supply unit. Had a call the next day, with them saying they could no longer replicate the issue, and all of the status lights inside were fine. So I picked it up, when I got home, no power, and same issue… tried a different kettle cable and different sockets, no joy… later that evening I again managed to get it to boot (pressed power button, then it booted about 10 seconds later, as I was walking away from the machine). I upgraded to High Sierra, just to make sure it wasn't software related, restarted a few times, all seemed fine, but again when I shut it down, it refused to boot up.

Took it back to Apple, again were able to replicate the issue in store (wouldn't boot), but once again they called the next day saying they couldn't replicate the issue, but would replace the PSU. I've just been to pick it up, and guess what… exactly the same issue, no power when pressing the power button! The shops now closed as it's Sunday, so will have to wait to let them know i'm still having issues, but wanted to check if anyone had any bright ideas on what else I could try? I've tried:

Taking power lead out for 15 seconds, putting back in, waiting for 5
seconds, then pressing power (doesn't work)
Removing all RAM from the system, won't boot
Tried 3 different sockets in the house
Tried 2 different power leads

Any other ideas?


texts: How do I move a contact on the iPhone from one group to another?

texts: I have about 20 contacts on my iPhone that is in the wrong group. How can I move them to another group?


texts: How to restrict specific web pages at a certain time on Catalina using Screen Time?

texts: How to allow and block specific web pages at a certain time? I can limit the time and build black and white lists, but can I combine it?


texts: Is there a simple way to task the IOS Safari browser to masquerade as an OS X Safari Browser?  I understand that Win-tel browser have this capability and thought that Safari might have similar capability for testing purposes


texts: My Macbook Pro won't let me open the mail application. How do I fix this?

texts: Every time I try to open my mailbox it comes up with the option only for me to quit or quit and rebuild mailboxes. Ive tried both options and neither will change anything.


texts: El Capitan bootable installer on Mac Mini - "A required download is missing"

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On a freshly created USB bootable disk for El Capitan (following these instructions which create a USB bootbale installer with sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app)

On a Mac Mini 2014 when trying to install El Capitan off the bootable USB

I am getting this message  "A required download is missing"

the machine is connected via ethernet to the upstream network

my hard drive is 500GB and reformatted Mac OS (Journaled)


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I recently replaced the internal hdd inside my macbook pro mid 2012 with a ssd. Now it seems that the system chime (the "boong" that goes off when i turn it on) only plays through the right speaker. Within the OS sound comes out of both speakers.

I have tried both a NVRAM reset and a smc reset.

What could be the issue?


texts: Can I automatically show keyboard viewer on certain layouts?

texts: I work with non-ASCII alphabets like Hebrew and Greek just a little bit, so I have the appropriate keyboard layouts available in the language and text menu in the top panel. However, I don't quite know all the characters yet, so I have to bring up the keyboard viewer when I want to type in those languages so that I can hunt for the characters I want. Is there a way to automatically bring up the keyboard viewer when certain keyboard layouts are selected and then make it go away when I switch back to normal?


texts: Most iPhone 4S photos import into iPhoto 11 as all black images

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Strange problem: when I import photos from my iPhone 4S (5.0.1) into iPhoto 11 (latest), MOST of the images show as all black.  Strangely, almost all landscape photos are imported/displayed ok, however every portrait shot shows as black.

If I reveal in finder, the modified files that iPhoto creates are 162kb black jpgs, however the original files are the correct photos.

I've rebuilt my iPhoto '11 library, to no avail.  After reimporting, portrait images are still black.  For some reason, iPhoto is changing/corrupting the 'modified' versions of the photos upon import.

Thinking this is a bug either in iPhoto or relating to the iPhone 4S (this never happened with the 4...)

FWIW It's being discussed in the Apple Support forums here.

I also tried importing the photos via Image Capture then into iPhoto, and same result.  So it's an issue with how iPhoto processes (modifies) the photos into it's library.

I believe this issue only seems to affect iOS5 users...


texts: After deleting my system python, how can I restore it?

texts: I stupidly deleted the system python on High Sierra, hoping to only use the Homebrew version. However, now I want it back. How can I restore it?


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In MacOS Mojave, I want to get the Mic volume icon to the menubar, just like the speaker volume icon. How can I do that?

Like this.


texts: How to render only first page in PDF as image and then resize?

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I've really stuck on how to do this, I thought it would be easy, but maybe not!

I want to create a small thumbnail image from the first page of a pdf in automator so I can batch convert a load of them at once. Is that possible? If so, what actions do I need to set up?


texts: I’m having an issue with my iPhone 7 and I believe it’s been compromised. One of the phone numbers in my phone was mysteriously blocked and one happens to be the one phone number that shouldn’t be blocked under any circumstances. I only realized the number was blocked when the person informed me that she wasn’t able to get through to me. I’ve had the phone with me the entire time. Does any one know how that phone number could have become blocked?


texts: Can i make my iPad stop autocapitalizing the word "i"?

texts: If you look at my profile, you can see that i ask people not to capitalize the word "i" in the middle of a sentence. Now, ignoring whether or not this is a good idea, can i make my iPad not autocorrect a lowercase i to a capital one?


texts: I was entering a new appointment on my Iphone6 and was interrupted by a phone call. After the call I went back to check my calendar and all of my existing appointments had disappeared. They first appeared then disappeared. What happened and how do I recover my appointments?


texts: OS X 10.8.5: Can I move icons around in the dock and not have them stay there when the apps are closed?

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Whenever I drag an open application's icon in the dock to another place in the dock, it thinks that means I want it to stay in the dock even if the app closes.

Is it possible for me to change this behavior? I like to arrange my icons in a certain way, but I don't like icons in the dock whose apps are not open.


texts: How to check if the screen replacement part for iPhone 5s is an original one?

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I'm about to repair a broken screen for iPhone 5S at a non-official repair shop (as official repairs don't provide screen replacement in my region, only replace the whole phone for a fee).

How can I check that the replacement part is a genuine one made by Apple (no matter new or extracted from a used phone) rather than a third-party replica?


texts: Why do I have a picture on my contact list of a iPhone number I wrote down?

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I wrote down someone's phone number on my iPhone. He also had an iPhone. However, we are not connected in any way. Example: no social media, he hasn't sent me a message, no email, etc. I know that the iPhone pulls pictures from many places but in this case, we don't have anything in common.
How would his picture appear on my phone under his contact name?


texts: How can I disable animation when switching desktops in El Capitan?

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I would like to disable the switching animation when switching the desktop in mac os El Capitain.
Do you know how to do that?

Thank!


texts: Can I buy American AppleCare+ and use it in Europe?

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I recently bought an Apple Watch Series 2 in Germany. I now want to buy AppleCare+. When I go to this site and get to the "Purchase" page, United States is chosen by default and the price is $50. If I switch to Deutschland, the price becomes 65€, which is considerably more expensive for some reason.

Will there be any issue if I go with the US AppleCare+?


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Some employees in my office get confused by tabs on the top of Safari. It is  measurably affecting productivity.

I need to get the tabs on the left side of the screen with a title next to each tab.
We currently use Safari because it has adblock ("Ka-Block!"). We cannot deploy any solution in this company if it results in my employees seeing ads.
Pinning tabs makes the favorite icon far too small for usability (we tried)
Our main use case is webmail with two accounts. When there is not a very large indication one account isn’t open - new tabs arrive complicating the work flow.
the requirement is to have large names and visual space to identify each open tab in Safari.

I will pay money for this solution.

What options are available?


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When I'm logging into my Apple ID (https://appleid.apple.com/account/home) in the tab "Password and Security" there are security questions, just like this article says: http://support.apple.com/ru-ru/HT201485

The thing is - I know answers to my security questions, I keep them in text file, just like my other accounts, so I have no chance to forget them. But nevertheless my answers are not right according to what the page says when I click "Continue".

Ok, I thought, then I'll try to reset my security questions. I read the article that I mentioned before (HT201485), but the thing is - there is no link to "Send reset security info email to [rescue email address]". And I do have 2 additional e-mail addresses.

I also checked the source code of the page. And guess what I've found:

"TODO add ability to reset CRs via rescue email"? That's above good and evil.

I know, that's very likely a duplicate, but I have some information that might help others with simular situation (in the my own answer below) and also I have a question:

How is it possible that my 100% correct answers suddenly became incorrect?


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I check my app downloads on AppAnnie.
Today I've seen that the number of updates is greater than the number of downloads ... how can it be possible ?

Let's say the first version of an app is downloaded 100 times.
If a new version is released and only 50 user updates to the new version than the two numbers become: 100 downloads and 50 updates.
Now, if 100 new user download the app (they can only download the new version) the numbers become: 200 download and 150 updates.

I cannot understand how the number of updates can become greater than number of downloads (probably I've not clear which is the exact meaning of the two numbers).


texts: Turn off the built-in monitor on MBP El Capitan with clamshell open

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I usually plug my MBP 15" late 2011 (El Capitan 10.11.2) with an external monitor, and I only use that. Also I need to use the trackpad.

So I need to turn off the built-in monitor with the clamshell open. Possibly using a terminal command. How can do it?

I already tried this solution (for Yosemite) but doesn't work on El capitan: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/154600/90762

And I already tried DisableMonitor app but it reduces the brightness of the monitor to 0 and it remains on! So probably it consumes more. Is there a way to completely turn off?


texts: Why can I no longer type upper case 'i's on my Apple keyboard?

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For some reason I am suddenly unable to type upper case I's on my Apple keyboard. All the other keys work fine and the lower case I works fine too. if I engage capslock I can type capital I's but as soon as I press shift along with I nothing happens.

Specs: Mac OS X 10.7.5, Mac mini, MB110B/B Keyboard.


texts: What are the differences between journaling HFS+ and non-journaling HFS+?

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I'm about to format an external hard disk drive (HDD).

What are the key differences between journaling HFS+ and non-journaling HFS+? Apart from the fact that one has journaling and the other does not, how does it affect the drive's performance (with numbers)?

My gut-feeling is that in "normal" use journaling would be the way to go, but are there any situations where non-journaling HFS+ should be considered?  Linux compatibility is one, since it seems that the kernel's hfsplus module supports read & write on non-journaled HFS+, but only read on journaled HFS+.

Anything else worth mentioning?


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I'm looking for a way that my wife and I automatically have access to each others' photos and videos. My understanding is that iCloud can't do this, and you have to manually share or add to a shared album.
Right now we're using Google Photos as an alternative - just set Google Photos to use partner sharing, and turn on automatic backup. However, Google Photos is getting ready to end unlimited storage, and I'd rather not pay for their space since I'm already paying for iCloud. And I don't think I can just delete old stuff from Google since auto-backup will just pick it up again.
Has anyone come up with another alternate strategy?


texts: Stop Preview from opening every file in its own page

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Every single time I open a picture to view in preview or preview itself it opens every document in a individual page. Which must be forced quit to close?

I have already tried going to System Preferences → General to make sure "Close windows when quitting an app" is unchecked. Using command-option-Q and command-option-w do not work either.

This happens with every single photo folder or individual picture I attempt to look at. For example, clicking on a photo in a folder opens opens 247 documents with 247 different pages?

How do I stop this? Can I remove Preview and use any other picture viewing option?


texts: Is it possible to be notified when a prerelease album is available on Apple Music?

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I have downloaded an album on Apple Music several months ago when it became available on pre-release. At the time, only one song was available to listen to. I had forgotten all about it and it sat amongst my albums and the release date came and went.  Weeks later, I was scrolling through my albums and I saw it there.

Is it possible to get notified when a pre-release album is fully released? I'm using both iPad and iPhone on iOS11.


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How can I reconfigure my MBP to require me to type username & password only once, going all the way from shut down to functional?

I think industry-standard naming is confusing in this area: the term "login" is ambiguous, sometimes meaning "the username," sometimes meaning "the username and password," and sometimes meaning "the act of entering username and password into the system." I will try to use these terms consistently:

username means the string which identifies the user
password means the string which proves the human at the keyboard is the claimed user
credentials means the pair of strings (username, password)
login means the act of entering credentials

I have seen various similar MBPs exhibit different behavior in this regard: some do it as desired (one login); some require two logins; some require three. I have learned, through search and experiment, that the "3" case can be improved to "2" by ensuring that the account password matches that of the keychain item which is (also) named "login."  So far, so good.

I tried essentially the same trick to eliminate the second login: I made the FileVault 2 credentials match the account credentials. On one computer, this worked: I can now log in to this computer via a single typing of credentials. But on another computer, this did not work: all credentials are the same, yet it takes two logins to get in.

I believe OS X normally keeps all these credentials in sync, so the fact that they were out of sync to begin with may be significant. Unfortunately, in considering the computer that works as I want, it is impractical to recover the history of how it got there, due to limited expertise of the owner.


texts: What size should a background image be for Apple Configurator to place it on iOS devices?

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I'm looking to set up some custom backgrounds for iOS and using Apple Configurator to drag an image into the lock screen tab of the preferences and the tool crops the image for me.

So, considering that there are iPhone 4S and earlier screens, iPhone 5 screens as well as iPad screens - I'm a little confused as to how to prepare an image so I can understand what will be cropped for each screen, both horizontally and vertically.

I can only see the portrait layout and it's not clear if the tool is showing me an iPhone 5 or iPhone 4 S sized crop (or any horizontal layouts).

Is there a book, blog or help guide that explains what size image is best used for this lock screen customization so I can pre-plan the crop areas for each size screen? If not, has anyone done the work to know what areas are visible on the current iOS devices when you prepare them automatically with Apple Configurator?


texts: Euro sign with "US International - PC" keyboard layout on Mac OSX

texts: What it the shortcut to get an Euro sign with "US International - PC" keyboard layout?


texts: Does iPhone 4 work with Bluetooth Headphones/Headsets that have Back/Next/Answer?

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I am considering purchasing something like Sennheiser MM450 Bluetooth Headphones but I'd like to get some input on whether the Back/Next/Play/Pause/Answer buttons work as expected with iPhone 4?

I've seen some old reviews that said not, but nothing about iPhone 4 / iOS 4.x..


texts: Is it possible to change the "Quick Look" zoom modifier key?

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On a Mac, while using Quick Look to briefly view the contents of a file (by pressing the space bar while the file is selected in Finder), one can use the option ⌥ key to achieve two results, depending on the file type:

Convert the scroll gesture into a convenient zoom. The user custom sets the zoom amount.

For example, if the file is a PDF.

The option ⌥ key instantly triggers a fixed zoom. Scrolling only affects the coordinates of the displayed area, and does not affect the zoom amount.

For example, if the file is a JPEG.

Is it possible to change this key, from option ⌥ to, for example, control ⌃?

The hotkey for Quick Look zoom is mysteriously absent from the "Zoom" sub-category within the "Accessibility" menu in System Preferences:


texts: Query iPhone information (battery cycle, health, storage capacity, IMEI ect.)

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I'm trying to create an ingest application that I can use to help document iPhones, I'm wondering what information there is since all my research has revealed very basic information.
I want the process to more or less be

plug in the phone
hit trust (if applicable)
hit import

So I need to know how to query the phone for this information I cant find any documentation on it. applications like 3utools prove that this is possible but I haven't found a way to use that an intermediary as it doesn't save battery health information to a file


texts: Inexpensive microphone setup for iPhone video?

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I play piano and have a Yamaha C2 grand. I'd like to occasionally record using the video camera on my iPhone 4. I've done a couple of tests using the built-in mike, and also using the little mike on the included white earbuds; these are almost good enough for my purposes, but there's a little distortion, especially on louder passages. (See here for a couple of tests with the earbud mike.)

I'm just looking for something good enough to post on Facebook or YouTube, for the benefit (?) of friends and family who are willing to humor me and my amateurish playing. I'm not looking to become an hobbyist sound engineer. Unfortunately, all of the resources I've found online on recording piano (here, here, here, or here for example) are aimed at the high end and involve hundreds of dollars worth of bulky gear - multiple microphones, preamps and stands and cables and whatnot.

Some other options I've considered and/or tried:

There are a lot of good USB mikes out there; I use the Blue Snowflake for videoconferencing on my computer. Someone suggested that I could use the USB-to-dock-connector adapter that comes with the iPad Camera Connection Kit to connect a USB mike to my iPhone. I've tried this and it doesn't work (accessory not supported message, no signal from the microhone).
The Blue Mikey looks perfect, but alas doesn't work with the iPhone 4.
The AMT M40 also looks like a good solution, but I'm not sure I can justify to my wife spending $500 on this.

So here are my criteria:

I'm not looking for audiophile quality
I'd prefer not to spend over, say, $100
I'd prefer to stick with a single microphone
I'd really prefer something self-contained, e.g. with a built-in preamp
I'd like something that can live unobtrusively in my living room (for example, no floor mounts)
I'd like for everything to be done on my iPhone - i.e. I don't want to record the audio separately on another device or on a computer and then have to combine it with the video.

Any suggestions?


texts: macOS Catalina installer freezes just after choosing disk

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I'm trying to install macOS Catalina. Currently I have Mojave, macbook pro 13", mid 2012. System suggested this upgrade so I decided to install it right away :)

When Catalina installer started it asked about accepting license and then to choose disk. After that beachball of death appears i.e. the installer process is frozen (and is marked red in Activity Monitor).
After 30m I force killed this process and retried 3 times, so far.

How can I determine what is slowing or stopping my installation?


texts: WebP support on macOS — is it indended to actually work?

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macOS seems to recognize WebP images as such, and seems like it actually tries to display previews of them, but always fails.

They are also associated with Preview application, just like other image formats, but Preview also chokes on it (without any error messages, it just silently fails to open a window).

Does it mean that it's intended to actually work but it fails just on my system for some reason?

In my case, the WebP images are lossless and not animated.


texts: I have an Apple ID and I have purchased some songs. My sister likes the same songs and wants them for her iPod Touch. I was wondering if I logged in with my Apple ID on her iPod and downloaded the same songs - would I have to pay again? I know Apple doesn't encourage ID sharing but my sister does't have a credit card or iTunes giftcard.


texts: Will older Adobe Applications (CS5/CS6) work with Mojave?

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I have some Adobe applications that I use for occasional work (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Acrobat).  These are the versions prior to the CC version (Creative Cloud) and they work on El Capitan through High Sierra.

I don't do enough graphics work justify the cost of a monthly CC license and these older version have been more than enough for what I want to do.

Now, with the new Metal framework of Mojave, will the Adobe Apps continue to function?  Contacting Adobe results in a support call that (magically) turns into a sales call for CC.

Has anyone tested Adobe CS5 or 6 products on Mojave beta as of yet and if so, what were the results?


texts: Virtual Machine vs. Remote Desktop performance on 2012 MBPr

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MacBook specs:

i7 2.3ghz processor
256gb SSD
16gb RAM
Intel HD graphics 4000

I am trying to write, compile, and run c# windows form apps on my Mac, and I'm having little to no success. I've done mono and I get it to start and run, but the program doesn't completely load/render and it crashes every time I attempt to log in to my database. I've also tried Wine and I couldn't even get the app to start. I have visual studio installed on my MB and I've noticed that the Mac OS version of VS doesn't include the drag-and-drop form builder that is included in the Windows version, which I'm assuming is because you can't build a "windows" app on a Mac.

I'm wondering if it would be a better decision to Remote Desktop to a windows pc or run a VM on my MBP? I feel like the VM would be more convenient but storage is an issue with only 256gb SSD. Also, with an older processor + gpu I'm not sure what kind of perforce I can expect from VM as opposed to remoting into a windows desktop. I'm curious to hear what you do if you have experience in this matter, or if you have any particular advice.

Additional questions:

If storage is an issue, would running a VM from a usb 3.0 flash drive be acceptable?
Oracle Virtualbox, Fusion, Parallel comparison?
Does anyone have experience with the Windows Remote Desktop client for Mac? Am I better off with this or a 3rd party app?


texts: I have an iphone 4 with ios7 and I don't have any camera filters or different camera options

texts: I updated my phone and It updated everything expect my camera. I'm not sure if my phone just isn't compatable with it because it's not an S it's just a 4. The only camera options I have is video, photo, an square. All my othe friends iphone have those and other photo optiin and they have three little colors at the bottom of the screen on the right side. Please help I need to know if my iphone just isn't able to have it like it's the wrong version or generation or if something just went wrong when updating it.


texts: PF Firewall : Every time I use `pfctl`, I get errors about ALTQ support

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I have a slightly elaborate firewall setup where my server usually has between 400 and 800 ip addresses firewalled. It switches back and forth between two different pf tables. Every day it rebuilds the firewall list in the new table and flushes the old one. It does this all via script and it works very well.

But the problem is this ALTQ error. Every time you use pfctl for anything, the first thing it does is output two error lines:

No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled

Problem is my script runs pfctl hundreds of times per day. The error log for my script is growing WAY too fast.

Is there any way to suppress these error messages? pfctl does have a -q flag but that's only for ignoring non-error output. Is there a way I can more fully disable ALTQ in the config file so it won't even try to use it?

Note that I don't know what ALTQ is, but I know I don't need it. My firewall works perfectly aside from the log flood.


texts: What is a quick way to duplicate a tab in Safari?

texts: Is there a quick way or shortcut to duplicate a tab in Safari?


texts: What data is accessible after resetting administrator password with FileVault enabled?

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I just broke into my boyfriend laptop and reset his password. I'm afraid that he do the same to my laptop.

Will he gain access to my notes and browser bookmarks if he resets my password and FileVault enabled?


texts: How to prevent laptop to auto-connect to bluetooth speaker?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro with Catalina. The laptop constantly connects with a  bluetooth speaker. How can I keep it disconnected by default without removing the pairing to that device or turning off bluetooth completely ?


texts: Getting admin privileges on a mac with almost no access

texts: I have a MacBook Air that has single use mode and terminal blocked off and I want to get admin access because with out it I can do absolutely nothing. I thought maybe I could get into it using another computer or something but I have no clue. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this? I am on the brink of giving up so if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears.


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There are several posts that are discussing relevant aspects of Anaconda installation on macOS here and here, and elsewhere. My question is more of a principled kind: what would be an appropriate place for installation?

Previously, the place was in /Library/Frameworks/. (BTW, this is where R still lives in R.framework.) More recently, this was moved to opt and now opt is moved to HOME. So, really, what should be the right place for developer frameworks such as python or R?

I do like to have a system-wide installation but then maintenance becomes painful with all the security issues.

Thanks!


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Is it possible to set by default to show hidden files and folders in Open and Save dialogs ?

I know it is possible to trigger to show hidden for dialog lifetime by press Command ⌘+Shift ⇧+..


texts: MacBook on takes long to establish WiFi connection

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After upgrading  my MacBook Pro 13" Early 2015 to Mojave, it takes about 20-30 seconds to establish a working connection to my home wifi. It connects quickly, gets its IP address via DHCP, and I can successfully ping devices in my home network. Unfortunately it takes 20-30 seconds before I can ping any IP on the internet. DNS can not be the problem since I am pinging IP addresses.

I watched "netstat -nr" while the connection is being established and I can see that different routes are created. Just before I can ping outside IP addresses the following route is being added (192.168.111.0/24 is my home network):

192.168.111.255     ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  UHLWbI          0       18     en0      !

Does anyone have an idea how I can solve this?


texts: Time Capsule first backup is slow (like a week to complete)

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I haven't seen "my" answer to this problem so I am posting both Q & A here.

I am doing initial WiFi backup of 265GB on a 16" MacBook Pro, running system 10.15.1, to a 2TB Time Capsule. I have done full backups many times before: they have been slow, but not like this. Today's backup includes long stretches of no network activity, punctuated by brief – but small — bursts.

The progress bar declines to offer a prediction, but my estimate is about a week.

I have rebooted, erased the Time Capsule (via AirPort Utility, not Disk Utility) twice and re-started. Apps like Music and Photos were closed anyway. Tried the throttle hack (https://www.imore.com/how-speed-your-time-machine-backups). Pored through dozens of outdated suggestions online.

What finally got it rolling? Answer to follow.


texts: I accidentally touched my rMBP screen with sweaty hands

texts: So I accidentally touched my rMBP screen , I have to admit that my hands were a bit sweaty when I touched it, I immediately took a microfiber cloth and cleaned  the screen, did I caused any damage to it?


texts: Change background colour for PDF when Viewing

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When a PDF is opened, its actual background color is often white. On Windows, several PDF viewers have the ability to set the background color to another one, which doesn't modify the PDF file itself. You can just think that it adds a virtual color when a file is opened by those software. But when you open the same file by other softwares, it still has white background.

I often need to read many articles (PDF format) a day, and white background make my eyes feel uncomfortable.

Does Preview have the same feature? Or any plugin to do this?


texts: El Capitan graphics don't wake from sleep / WindowServer process at 100%

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Running 10.11.4 on a MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch Late 2013.

Device is generally connected to an external display. When slept for a "long" period of time (more than an hour?) the graphics often don't "wake up". When I ssh into the box I see CPU for the WindowServer process at 100%. I have tried closing every running application (in /Applications) while the computer is in this state without resolving the issue. I have to restart the machine.

I have tried resetting the SMC and have disabled Automatic graphics switching. This problem began only within the past couple of weeks, but I can't trace to the installation of any given piece of software.

Thoughts on how to resolve this issue?


texts: Google Chat somehow causes my wifi connection to drop

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I work at home, and for the past week or so, the wifi connection on my MacBook has been extremely flaky. Over the course of the day, the wifi will repeatedly disconnect and then reconnect about 10 seconds later. This occurs as infrequently as once every few hours, or as frequently as every 10 minutes.

If I look at my router (or run Network Diagnostics) when this happens, I can confirm that the actual Internet connection isn't dropping; it's just the wifi. Furthermore, the wifi network remains listed as a nearby network when the connection drops, so to me this suggests that the network itself is okay, and it's just my computer disconnecting and reconnecting for some reason.

Now for the twist: this appears to only happen when I'm signed onto Google Chat through iChat. I have never seen it happen otherwise (I guess it could just be coincidence, but that seems pretty unlikely since I've been observing it for about a week now).

What can I do about this? Is Google Chat really the culprit, or something else?


texts: What are the valid users that need to exist on Mac OS X

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For example with CleanMyMac username option I can see users like "Kerberos FAST Account", com.apple.calendarserver and large number of others all with system privileges  with id 260 or below except for Message Bus which is 500 MacPorts also has a user with id 503. Anything below 500 has a "system" in name. All "real" users that I have created are above 500.

so what would be the list for valid users that I should see in the space below 500 in a standard Yosemite installation with OS X Server on it...


texts: Select all next non-empty cells in Numbers

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Is there a way to select all next non-empty cells? as in pressing Shift+Ctrl+Arrow Key in Excel app

For example, I'm now at A1 and A5 is empty. ▼

By what means I can select A1 to A4 by one key shortcut or running some scripts? ▼

What I've already known here is the AppleScript of jumping to the next non-empty cell thanks to a guy called SGIII here in this post thread →  How do I move/find the next non-empty cell - Apple Community_2019-09-25

The AppleScripts are as below:

--finds next next blank (or non-blank) cell in column
--select starting cell, and run
property searchFor : missing value
tell application "Numbers"
  set t to front document's active sheet's first table whose selection range's class is range
  tell t's selection range
  set currentRow to its first cell's row's address
  set searchCol to its first cell's column's address
  end tell
  tell t's column searchCol
  repeat with i from currentRow + 1 to count cells
  if cell i's value is searchFor then --add not if want to find non-blank
  set t's selection range to cell i
  return
  end if
  end repeat
  end tell
end tell


texts: iWork 08 no longer updating in Mavericks

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Apple talked a lot about updating iWork for free with the new Mavericks, I bought iWork '08 it was installed on my machine and updated with no issue.

A few months back I upgrade my MBP to a SSD, and did a clean install, I put iWork 08 on expecting it to be updated, but this hasn't happened.

Has this upgrade no longer available?


texts: How to prevent iPhone SE from always uploading burst photos?

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I have turned OFF the "Upload Burst Photos" option in both Camera and iCloud settings, but they are still always uploaded to my Photo Stream.  I absolutely do not want such photos to upload automatically, I want to always have to manually upload anything that was originally captured in burst mode.

Why is my phone always uploading burst photos regardless of having the setting disabled?  How can I stop this?


texts: How can I rename a Logical Volume Group?

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I have noticed that while I can safely change the name of the Logical Volume (LM Volume) in /Volumes (currently: Apple SSD), I cannot find a way to change the name of the Logical Volume Group (currently: Crucial M4 SSD).

The latter is a legacy from my previous Macbook Pro's hard drive. Can I change this name?


texts: Mac OSX hard disk gives invalid PEOF - how do I back up data?

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Yesterday my macbook pro (running 10.6.8) refused to reboot, and after booting it using the install disk and running disk utility I got Invalid catalog PEOF. The volume could not be verified completely. So, from the looks of it, I may have to reinstall the OS:

Is there anything else I can try?
If not, how can I access the disk and try and save some data before formatting (if at all)?

I'm not stranger to command line unix and all that if needs be. Any help will be great, thanks.


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After connecting MacBook Pro running 10.8 to video project, the system crashed and after restart it booted into recovery (OS X Utilities).

I tried to fix the problem with checking disks and disk permission, everything was fine. Selecting Macintosh Hard disk as the "Startup Disk" did not alter anything. Zapping PRAM did not fix. The system even could not restart to Safe Mode.

I finally used the 7-days-ago Time Machine backup to restore the whole Macintosh hard disk. It finished successfully, but after selecting the language it boot again to recovery, and now "Startup Disk" application shows no disk to be selected.

I am sure about the backup that was created in healthy condition. This situation is very rare on this Mac and I face this condition for the first time.

Does anybody have any suggestions?


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In PDFs in Preview I can select individual columns of tables by pressing the option key while dragging. This selects individual columns like this:

However, pressing the option key while dragging in a web page doesn't work and dragging just selects all cells of a table like:

Is there a way to select individual columns of tables on web pages?


texts: What screen capture tools can copy the image path to the clipboard after a snap?

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Can anyone recommend a screen capture tool that can:

save a capture as a file, and...
copy the path to that file to the clipboard?

The first part is easy, but I can't find a utility that does the second part.

I dont need another app if there's a way to configure this using the built-in screen capture tool.


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How do I fix my mail search feature on my Mac?
Somehow my mail indexing has gotten "frozen" on my Mac (OS Sierra 10.12.6), so that messages newer than last June do not appear in searches.

This happens for all my accounts (Exchange, IMAP and iCloud), using both Mail.app (Version 10.3 (3273)) and Outlook (Version 15.41 (171205)), and for all mailboxes (e.g. both Inbox and Sent).

When I start typing characters in the search bar of the mail client, the only emails that appear are those older than ~6 months ago.  More recent emails do not appear in search results.  Even if I am looking right at a recent email, and enter the name of the person who sent it, it won't appear in the results.

Things I've tried:

I've tried rebuilding the Inbox to no effect -- even after waiting around for 10 minutes for it to re-download and re-index thousands of messages, I see the same behavior.
I've tried moving "Envelope\ Index*" files in ~/Library/Mail/V4/MailData elsewhere to force re-indexing as per these instructions, but that simply resulted in an utterly blank list of emails and no searches were possible.
I have looked under System Preferences > Spotlight and Mail is checked.  Nothing is entered under the Privacy tab.

It is possible that this behavior is somehow a symptom of the iOS mail client on my iPhone; but an investigation of the phone's mail settings didn't reveal any help re. indexing.  The mail is still being left on the server, so it still appears in all my mail clients, it's just that search on my Mac is impossible for emails more recent than last summer.  Search on my iOS client works fine.

Any help?  Thanks.


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I have an early 2009 Mac Pro(4,1). Firmware upgraded to a '10(5,1), 24GB RAM, upgraded processors to two quad core 3.46 GHz Xeons', NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB. I'm looking at the next upgrade options and an SSD comes to mind. As you probably know, the '09 and '10 have SATA II, not III.
What I want to know is the performance gain from a HDD to a SSD running at SATA II, as opposed to III, worth the upgrade? Can SATA II SSDs be found at a lower price than SATA III drives, if they can be found at all?

I know I can either get a SATA III card or a PCI SSD and not have the performance hit, but that adds enough to the cost of the upgrade to not fit in the budget at this time.


texts: Is it possible to select multiple files iOS device files in Finder in macOS Catalina?

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In macOS Mojave, I could access my iOS/iPadOS device's files through iTunes by selecting my device in the sidebar and using the Files tab. I could select multiple files at the same time by selecting the first file, holding down shift, and selecting the last file.

In macOS Catalina, this functionality has moved to the Finder. I can select my device in the Finder sidebar, select the Files tab, and select a file. However, holding down shift to select multiple files doesn't seem to work anymore. I select my first file, hold down shift, then select my last file, but that just selects the last file.

Is it simply no longer possible to select multiple files? Is this a deliberate change or a Finder bug? The reason I want to do this is to be able to easily delete multiple files at the same time, ideally hundreds at a time. The iOS Files app allows me to select multiple files, but I still have to tap on each one individually, which is still more time consuming that I would like.


texts: getting filters to use reply-to rather than the originating email address

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I'm receiving emails that are send to me by one email address (a web server)- which I don't want -  and have a reply-to field set to a users email- that I do want.

I'd like to auto reply to these emails so the users' know I have received them, but the filter is sending the reply back to the originator (which is a no-reply address) and not using the reply-to field address, whee I'd like it to go.

Does anyone know how to force Mac Mail to use the reply-to field when replying to a message?


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I’m having this problem with the most recent iOS versions.  My iBooks, my Notability and my eBreviary apps all routinely loose their data, and have to be reloaded from the cloud/server.  Some process has to be erasing the local copy of the data. Nearly every time i open these apps, my local data has to be retrieved from the cloud somewhere.

This was not occurring with these apps prior to the recent (iOS 11?) release. I’ve looked into the Settings->General->iPad Storage->(App) Offload App possibility, but this is not set for any apps, and I do not have a more general ‘offload’ recommendation/setting to change.

Ideas welcome.


texts: How do you configure airport extreme with dynamic dns?

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I have a domain via Namecheap. They support dynamic dns updates. I'd like to use my airport extreme (firmware 7.6.1) to do the DNS updates, anyone know how to accomplish this?

Here's the info about namecheap's dynamic dns.
http://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/category.aspx/11/dynamic-dns

For what it's worth, I am willing to pay the $30 a year to use DynDNS instead, if I could get instructions for setting up the Airport Extreme.


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My mother in law is techphobic. She also lives 8000 miles and several time zones away. So I want to help set up her computer as solidly as possible without needed much long distance sketch support.

I'm updating her Mac to macOS Sierra. I cleaned off mackeeper. I have her use Google Chrome for anything Flash related (yeah I know, but she watches videos and the ones she likes need Flash). I was thinking of restricting apps to App Store apps, but wonder if I'll need to support that long term.

She's based in Taipei.  No current Apple stores. She hates asking for help. I'm pretty much the only one she'll ask. She has backups (not sure how current). And horrible password discipline (currently her account doesn't have one - I had to add one just so I could do sudo in a Terminal)

Any other tips?  Thanks.


texts: Privacy issues: is someone watching me on my laptop?

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Is there any way I can tell if anyone has set up my laptop to where they can see what I'm doing remotely whether it be the camera or surfing? Maybe there is a way I can just look at what programs have been installed recently or what programs are set to run on startup, so I can make sure they all look legit?

I don't have a password set on my laptop.

Some back-story: a (very close but somewhat scary as I get to know him) friend watched my apartment while I was gone and I just want to make sure nothing was tinkered with. I believe he's technically savvy, and familiar enough to try to hide his tracks. It sat out in the open but didn't show signs of having been disturbed. He said nothing to make me think he had done something, but better safe than sorry.

The computer is a MacBook, of a couple years vintage, running OS X 10.6.8, and I don't have backups!


texts: Where to install Kibana (and tools like it)

texts: I'm following the guide Install Kibana with .tar.gz, and not sure where I should put it on a Darwin/OS X system. I know I can probably put it where I want, but wondering if there is a designated/standard place on my system for such tools. On this tutorial, they use Yum which puts it into a Yum repo, but I'm not sure if that's what I want to use. My Elasticsearch is installed at /usr/local/elasticsearch-6.0.0 with a symbolic link to it at /usr/local/elasticsearch.


texts: Help. Question about run application on IOS 5.1

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I am using Xcode 4.2 with iOS 5 to develop an application. This application doesn't include any new features provided in iOS 5.1. So, if I submit this app to App Store, can the users download it and run it on their iOS device with iOS 5.1?

Any comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks a lot. :)


texts: Mavericks HDD swapped while in sleep mode is now unreadable

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Recently I was attempting to upgrade from mavericks to Yosemite and was having difficulty getting Yosemite to run.  I left the machine running rather than shutting down and it went into sleep mode.
Several hours later I took out the Yosemite disk and replaced it with the one on which Mavericks was installed and hit the start button only to have the computer come to life immediately and started writing to the Mavericks HDD.  Needless to say I now have a corrupted Mavericks installation with about 500 gigabytes of images and video recordings which I cannot access.

Is there any way to recover files off this disk or should I just wipe it cut my losses.


texts: Listing all applications that are actively listening through audio inputs

texts: I would like to know if there is any way to use terminal to list all active applications that are listening to audio devices (built in microphones, usb mics, etc) via terminal. I already know about external programs (OverSight), but I want to know specifically if there is any way for this do be done through the command line. I know that this is possible, because applications similar to OverSight are able to monitor and give real-time information regarding audio usage.


texts: Macbook display black on boot up with external monitor

texts: It's probably a minor thing but since I'm new to Apple I can't really figure this one out. I have an external monitor plugged into my 15' MBP Retina via Thunderbolt - VGA adapter and when I turn on the computer only the external monitor turns on. The notebook display stays black. I have to unplug the external monitor, turn on the computer and then plug it in for them both to work at the same time. Do you guys have any ideas how to set it up permanently?


texts: Decent sweat-resistant headphones with mic (ie, iPhone compatible)

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Similar to this question already posed: Decent headphones with a Mic for Android and iPhone, I'm looking for a pair of decent sweat resistant headphones that are good for working out.

Originally I used the default headphones that came with my iPhone, but as they got wet with sweat, one or the other earbud would stop functioning temporarily... eventually after many workouts, the 'phones just died (I'm assuming it's the sweat, since I have another set of the same headphones from a similar period that work fine)

I'm currently using these but the problem is they are exhibiting the same problem as my original earbuds and I'm questioning whether they'll eventually die.

So I'm looking for:

A stereo headset with microphone so I can answer calls and do voice commands
Ones that are made to be sweat resistant and durable
(Preferably) bluetooth so I can put my phone in my pannier or on the treadmill shelf.

Anyone with suggestions?