texts: Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Cs Music Player?

texts:
When iOS 10 was released, I quickly realized that I didn't like that Apple removed the ability to clear the "Up Next" playlist in the native Music app.  I also wasn't a fan of its new appearance.  At first, I wasn't too concerned, as I was able to find a suitable third-party app, Cs Music Player (formerly known as Cesium), that included the feature to fully customize the queue of upcoming songs.  It also has a design aesthetic more similar to the Music app in iOS 9 than that of iOS 10 and later.

I was mostly happy with this app up until a few months ago, as it included the ability to edit the queue as well as some other nice features like the ability to change the theme color.  However, in a recent update, the developer of Cs Music Player decided to remove the custom queue management feature because it had been causing performance issues.  I had certainly noticed the performance issues, but I was a little disappointed that the feature was removed as a result.

So, I'm wondering if anyone can suggest an alternative to the native music app that is similar to Cs Music Player while also including the queue functionality.  This can be either a free or paid app (though preferably nothing more than $2 or $3).

[EDIT: I should note that what I'm looking for is an app built around MusicKit.]


texts: Using apps to transfer files from Android to apple device like ipad is safe?

texts:
Question: I just transferred some pdf documents from my Android phone to my ipad using app jiostwich(there are other apps also available). Is safe to use? Can such app cause any problem to my ipad?
As i transferred my files offline (this apps can work offline too), so i think there is nothing bad/unsafe in it. Further, i like that there no requirement of lightning cable and fast transfer speed.


texts: iTunes keeps crashing - malloc_history possible for iTunes?

texts:
So I have a problem with iTunes crashing every time I try to activate iTunes Match.

After talking about 3 Hours with Apple they said I should just reinstall OSX.
Great. So I went looking into the problem on my own.

It seems that iTunes is trying to free an allocated object that couldn't been allocated before so iTunes crashed.

iTunes(2407,0x10e2f5000) malloc: * error for object 0x7fd20ab694c0: pointer being freed was not allocated

Is it possible to activate malloc logging for iTunes?

I want to use malloc_history to search for the problem..


texts: How to find which process has opened the port on macOS?

texts:
using netstat we can find LISTENing or open port etc.
I want to know how can we find out which process has opened which port we see in the result of

netstat -vanp tcp


texts: How do I hide the "open window icons" in the dock in OSX 10.10?

texts:
I recently got my very first MacBook Pro. It has OSX 10.10 Yosemite on it.

After some time, though, I noticed that there are many icons accumulating in my dock that just represent open windows. Note that I do not mean the application icons themselves (see screenshot for clarification).

How can I disable these "open window" icons so that only application icons show up?

Bothersome icons:


texts: How do I get out of split screen mode when I never entered it completely?

texts:
On occasion, when attempting to either go into fullscreen or maximize a window, I will accidentally trigger the split screen setup, where half of the desktop turns blue.  However, if the application doesn't support split screen, it gets stuck this way.  The top taskbar is gone, so there are no menus.  Cmd + Tab doesn't do anything.  Trying to drag any window into the blue area or the other side doesn't do anything, except maybe move the blue area from one side to the other.  The only fix I've found so far is to completely shut the machine off, as I can't log out (I just Googled and found a way to do so via CLI, but that's not intuitive for most).

Is there a way to either cancel split screen or successfully enter into split screen so that I can then exit?


texts: What happens if you have more than 1 apple id associated with 1 account...?

texts:
I have an iPhone with my own Apple ID and my daughter has an iPod Touch with her own Apple ID. Am I able to set iMessages syncing so I get my messages AND all of her messages sent to my iPhone, without having any of MY messages sent to her iPod Touch? (shes 8)

Would I just add her apple id and password on my phone? Will I then get messages for both accounts? And would she still only  receive her messages like normal, but would NOT receive any of my messages?

How would I set that up on my iPhone so all the texting done by me with my contacts are sent from my iPhone, but so that I am also able to view and monitor all her iPod Touch messages?  What will happen if I add her Apple ID to my iPhone?

Will that work?


texts: How to make script run on system start/user login via terminal

texts: I have Mac OS PC, let's name it PC1, and I have Linux PC (PC2), on Mac os PC I have python script(reverse shell), I need to make it run on system start or user login(no matter) threw terminal, I have sudo access to Mac OS terminal from my Linux, so how can I do it?


texts:
I can't understand the 3rd line in these instructions, found here

Install dependency Ghostscript. On MacOSX: brew install ghostscript
Create a symbolic link if you want to run it everywhere in bash ln -s pdf_creator.py pdfc
Add in PATH environment variable On MacOSX: echo export=/absolute/path/of/the/folder/script/:$PATH >> ~/.bash_profile

What path are they talking about?  The path where the ghostcript is?  I don't know where that would be.  When I ran echo export=/absolute/path/of/the/folder/script/:$PATH in terminal, nothing happened to the bash profile.

Update

Placed the folder pdfc_master which contains the file pdf_compressor.py in  /users/bobsmith/codes/pdfc_master/pdf_compressor.py

Run ln -s /users/bobsmith/codes/pdfc_master/pdf_compressor.py pdfc

Run echo export=/users/bobsmith/codes/pdfc_master/pdf_compressor.py/:$PATH >> ~/.bash_profile

I now have the following syntax on my bash_profile
export=/users/bobsmith/codes/pdfc_master/pdf_compressor.py/:/Users/bobsmith/codes/venv/bin:/usr/local/opt/tcl-tk/bin:/Users/bobsmith/Applications/miniconda3/condabin:/Users/bobsmith/.pyenv/shims:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin:/applications/google-cloud-sdk/bin:/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:~/PycharmProjects/book/superlists/chromedriver:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands

That looks wrong to me.
So I then ran in terminal:
pdfc /users/bobsmith/downloads/montale_eng3.pdf 0 /users/bobsmith/downloads/montale_eng2.pdf

And I got the error pdfc not found.  I would think that pdfc would have to be somewhere in my bash_profile but it is not.


texts: Applescript: Apply mask to an image in Pages

texts:
Is this possible? If yes, how?
What I want to do: I want to apply rounded corners to an image (pdf format) which I use in a pages document.
I am searching for a way to automate this process, wether this is within Pages using a mask or outside of Pages using a script.

Thanks for any input


texts: Seeing these strange fonts in Safari only

texts: What is this? copying and pasting this text into a text editor revealed perfect english. Why are they shown this way in Safari 9.0.2 on OS X 10.11.2


texts: copy text inside terminal.app without mouse

texts:
I'm inside a terminal.app with about 20 lines of commands and it's output

$ previous command
previous command output
$  git branch
    develop
    master
    * you/236-add-more-test
$ previous command
$ previous command output
$ git checkout <cursor is here now>

I started typing a command ("git checkout "),
Without resorting to the mouse, how can I copy an arbitrary piece of text (in this case I want to copy "you/236-add-more-test" and paste it at the cursor/prompt.

Why not use mouse you ask?  the mouse "breaks my flow"

Update: Thanks for the comment  klanomath. The fact that I want might want to copy some of its output is not known at the time of issuing the command. So your answer was not what I was looking for. I also don't want to reissue the command just for the purpose of extracting it's output.

Update2: What I tried
Searched google for terminal.app plugins
read https://www.iterm2.com/documentation-utilities.html
read https://github.com/w0lfschild/SIMBLPlugins


texts: 15 inch Macbook Pro with Retina Display-dual Gateway monitors

texts: I am currently running dual monitors from a Gateway desktop. I would love to upgrade to a MacBook Pro, but would like to keep my two monitors. Is there an (easy) way to dual monitor non-Apple monitors from a MacBook Pro?


texts: I connected a speaker with bluetooth, was not concentrating with installation, bluetooth is picking the speaker up as a keyboard.  How do I change the setting for the Speaker to a Music device and not a keyboard device.


texts: How to change mouse speed when acceleration is 0?

texts: It looks like in mouse preferences "tracking speed" changes acceleration of the mouse. How can I set acceleration to 0 and adjust speed of the mouse?


texts: Is it possible to access a list of wifi networks my iPhone has used?

texts:
I understand I may have to jailbreak my phone to access this, but is there a way to view a list of networks my iPhone has remembered and get info on the date they were last accessed?

I know there are some apps that allow you to view all the stored passwords for previously accessed networks but I'm also interested in seeing the date they were last accessed.

Thanks in advance of any help you can give.


texts: Is there a way to sort photos by file size in iPhoto?

texts: I have a bunch of photos and videos in iPhoto and I'd like to find the largest videos particularly to see if I can delete them to make some space. It seems strange that I can't find an option to do this in iPhoto - am I missing something?


texts: RStudio Server Initialization Error on Mac El Capitan

texts:
I have installed RStudio Server using Homebrew on a Mac Pro Server with El Capitan. Then I followed instructions in the INSTALL file. When I launch RStudio Server from the host computer (http://localhost:8787) or remotely, it accepts my username and password but then I get this error:

"RStudio Initialization Error: Unable to connect to service".
This seems to be common with Linux installs, but none of those posted solutions solve the problem on my Mac. I tried logging in as different users and administrators but I the same error message either way.


texts: Cannot log into my Google account with Smart Lock, username and password prompt keeps repeating

texts:
I have two-factor authentication enabled on my Google account, and in order to log into my account on my iPhone one has to use the Google Smart Lock application from the iOS app store.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/google-smart-lock/id1152066360?mt=8

After signing in, being prompted for my 2FA device which I press, I go through the prompts, and then I am presented again with the login form.


texts: Mac Pro GUI frequently hangs for two-to-ten minutes

texts:
I am experiencing repeated hangs on my Mac Pro.
Symptoms:

The entire GUI hangs with the exception of the mouse cursor
I can move the mouse cursor
I can't scroll
I can't select a different window
I can't alt-tab
The menus are unresponsive
The clock in the menu bar stops updating during the hang
If music or a video is playing when the hang occurs, the audio portion continues playing and the video portion stops. Note that the source of the A/V doesn't matter. It can be a local file or a stream
The beach ball cursor is not displayed unless it was already displayed prior to the hang
These hangs last anywhere from two to ten minutes, usually three to five
This appears to be completely random. Some days it doesn't happen at all while other days it happens constantly
Some number of GUI events do queue up and are processed when the hang ends (I haven't attempted to count how many)

Things I've Tried:

Running Activity Monitor; it stops updating during the hang so no help there.
Logging in from another machine via VNC and running Activity Monitor from there; same results as running it locally
Running htop; stops updating during the hang
Logging in from another machine via SSH and running htop: same results as running it locally
I've examined the logs and found nothing that appears to be related (note that I'm a professional software developer with 40+ years of experience and am pretty comfortable looking at log files)
Checked the S.M.A.R.T status of the disk drives with smartctl; no errors reported on three drives, a couple of errors (that I don't understand), on the forth drive but it reports as passed
Checked for RAM errors; no errors reported
Stopped various applications that are potentially resource-hungry (BackBlaze Backup, Time Machine, the Spotlight indexer, VMware Fusion, etc.)
Wrote a shell script to run top with output to a file; it doesn't run during the hang even if started as a daemon (i.e., no attached terminal)

Other Information:

I typically have 20-30 applications running at any given time although only the "front" application, Fusion, whatever JavaScript is happening in the background in the browsers, and possibly a music player are actually active at any given time. Oh. and Folding at Home once in a while.
This machine typically runs at more than 90% idle CPU even with multiple virtual machines running.
I have never seen the "Memory Pressure" anything but green.
All of the disks have plenty of free space.

More on the S.M.A.R.T. scan:
They are apparently transient. I have since run both "short" and "long" self-tests on the drive that showed errors and they completed with no errors.
System Configuration:

Mac Pro (mid 2010)
Two 3.46GHz 6-core Intel Xeon CPUs
64GB 1333MHz DDR3 ECC RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4GB with four monitors
System disk: 1TB internal Western Digital Caviar Black
Three 4TB internal Seagate drives for data
External 1TB USB drive for TimeMachine
macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (this has been happening for the past few updates, I think before 10.14)


texts: Can iTunes gift cards be used to make in-app purchases?

texts: Does Apple allow the use of iTunes gift cards (in this case a Japanese iTunes gift card with a Japanese Apple ID) to buy an in-app purchase (for in-game currency)?


texts: script copy sender(s) email address only to the clipboard

texts:
I am a blind voiceover user of mac.

The new Mail.app makes it difficult to copy the sender's email. I would like to have a script which copies the sender email only, of one or more selected messages.

Is it possibile ?


texts: Stop installing python for each package by brew

texts:
I have installed python on Mac by Anaconda. Here is the path :

/Users/USERNAME/anaconda3/bin/python
/usr/bin/python

But when I want to install any package that need python, it installs it separately. For instance, I wanted to install the gdb (GNU Debugger) via Homebrew, but it said that python is one of the requirements and then it installed it again.

How can I stop downloading and installing python for every package?


texts: Safari on iOS crashes whenever I try to type anything into the search field

texts:
I’m running iOS 8.3 (12F70) on an iPhone 5S. This is an off-the-shelf device that has only ever been used with public releases; there’s never been any mucking around with developer betas or similar. But I have a bug that was giving me real headaches.

If I launch Safari, and start typing into the search/URL field, the app crashes within about four characters, and dumps me back to the home screen.

I’ve tried many different things to try to cure this:

Kill Safari from the app switcher
Reboot my iPhone (both normal and a hard reset)
Change all my settings related to autofill, default search engine, etc. back to the defaults
Disable all the iCloud-related Safari features, and delete my iCloud data from the device
Look for crash logs on the device by hooking up to my Mac, and using Xcode. No joy.
Clear Safari’s website data.
Freeing space on the device (I was running quite low)

But whatever I do, Safari still crashes. This issue has been plaguing me for a week, and I can’t find anybody else on Google who’s having the same problem.

What should I do?


texts: Can I block my ID when making a FaceTime Call?

texts: Is there a way to initiate a FaceTime call but block my identity from the person I'm making the call to? Reason: my daughter has lost her privilege to use FaceTime, but I looked at her Apple account a few minutes ago and it said that her iPhone was using FaceTime at the moment. I want to find out if she is, in fact, breaking the rules. Thank you.


texts: How to prevent storing the WiFi password on the recovery partition?

texts:
I always wondered how my Mac could connect to the internet when the recovery partition is booted and my main system partition is locked (filevault2).

Some googling revealed today (e.g. here, here,
and also on askdifferent) that the WiFi password is apparently stored in NVRAM and that needs to be reset to remove the password. As a security conscious person this is unacceptable to me. When using Full Disk Encryption (i. e. Filevault2) I expect the system to be safe, also against my network.

So is there a way to prevent OS X from making the password available in the recovery partition? I am not sure how or when it gets into NVRAM in the first place.

UPDATE1:
The NVRAM contains the following keys: (nvram -p) :

BootCampHD
SystemAudioVolume
SystemAudioVolumeDB
aht-results
backlight-level
bluetoothActiveControllerInfo
bluetoothInternalControllerInfo
boot-gamma
efi-apple-recovery
efi-boot-device
efi-boot-device-data
fmm-computer-name
good-samaritan-message
gpu-policy
prev-lang:kbd

The keys efi-apple-recovery and efi-boot-device look like they could contain encrypted data.


texts: Run bash script at login stored in the home folder?

texts:
When I try to load a LaunchAgent plist from launchctl I can't find out how to run a script in the home directory.

My code is:

<?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>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>bash</string>
        <string>~/script.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.tyilo.test</string>
</dict>
</plist>

I have tried both with and without bash and also replacing ~ with $HOME.
I have also tried using bash -c without it working.

The error code is:

`com.tyilo.test: bash: ~/script.sh: No such file or directory`


texts: How do preference files become corrupted?

texts:
I've read a few different troubleshooting articles and Q&A's where the culprit is a corrupted preference file for an application or process. Typically the solution is to delete the bad preference file and allow a new, default preference file to be spawned upon restarting whatever software was misbehaving.

How does a preference file become corrupted? Is this simply a low-level read/write error, or is there a higher level error occurring in some cases? Is it just malformed or misspelled XML?

I believe plutil could tell you if there's a syntactical error with the file, but again, how was the error introduced? I'm unclear on the usual source for these corrupted files. Thanks.


texts: Find in time machine all versions of a file

texts:
I want to find in time machine a file on my mac that once existed. I know that this file has been created and deleted several times in the past but I don't remember when that happened. I need to be sure to find all the versions of this file.
So what would help me is a way to search the complete history in time machine.
Can this be done? How?


texts: Xcode from App Store Stalling at About 11 Minutes Remaining

texts:
I'm trying to install Xcode from the App Store onto a Mac mini (the vast majority of my experience with PCs involves Windows and Linux). I've tried three times, and each time it stalls out at around 11 minutes remaining.

What could be causing this problem? This is a refurbished Mac mini, with the latest version of Sierra installed, and very little else.

Is there another way to download and install the software?


texts:
When I open this link Erlang which has a video, the video won't play. I am a beginner to Mac and recently reinstalled my macOS. I dont know why this video won't play on my Mac, but the same video plays in Firefox on another Linux based machine.

How do I solve this problem?


texts: Fine-tuning "Open safe files after downloading"

texts:
Is it possible to fine-tune the "Open safe files after downloading" setting in Safari? For example, to make Safari open files like ".ical" et. al., but not Zip-files.

If macOS has no built-in support for this, could a solution be a UNIX script daemon that instantly detects new files in the Downloads directory and opens files with certain extensions?


texts: Why does my Mac slow down when the volume/brightness indicator fades out?

texts:
I frequently change the volume and brightness on my computer. Usually I modify them to more or less match my surrounding physical(!) environment. But there's this one annoying quirk with changing my volume and brightness.

When the brightness/volume indicator – I'm referring to this thing, by the way:

..fades out, my entire computer's frame rate just seems to drop. For example when I'm playing Minecraft and I'm changing my brightness or volume, the FPS drops down to about 10 from 110. YouTube videos also go from 60FPS to around a few frames per second.

Any idea what the cause of this is? It seems to be consistent across different Macs, too – I get the same issue on a new MacBook Pro.


texts:
Please see this image:

I don't know what's going on with that icon, but it has been persistent for the past week. It became like that when I forced the shutdown on my Mac because it hanged up. I've just upgraded to El Capitan when it happened.

I've tried the following:

Reboot
Relaunch Finder
Quit Finder and Dock on Activity Terminal
killall Dock

Nothing worked so far.

Update:

As per user24601's suggestion, I've tried the following:

Turned on magnification. It persists on zoom. Please see image:

Tried to change position. It still persists:


texts: Are there headset adapters usable for MacBook Pros?

texts:
I bought a headset, and it has a (obviously) male headphone input and microphone output. Problem is, MacBook Pros don't have a microphone input. Instead, they have an audio line in.

However, relatively recent MacBook Pros apparently combine the audio out with a microphone input, allowing, for instance, iPhone headsets to be plugged in the computer and work as expected.

So I was wondering if there were adapters that took the two jacks and merged them into a single, "iPhone-compatible" jack, that I could plug in the MacBook Pro.


texts: Teaching Mavericks' Text-To-Speech how to pronounce

texts:
I find the best way to proof read a piece of text (such as an email message) is by having my computer read back to me what I have written.  I highlight the piece of text, right click->Speech->Start speaking.

Sometimes, I find that it doesn't pronounce words correctly.  I found a built-in app (~\Applications\Utilities\VoiceOver Utility)
Under speech, and the tab Pronunciation, where ostensibly I can tell the text-to-speech engine how to phonetically pronounce a word.

For some reason, the text-to-speech simply doesn't update, and continues to mispronounce words I have already entered into the dictionary.  I've tried quitting my application, I've tried restarting my computer.. I just can't understand why it's not working.  Help please!


texts: I forgot my Encrypt Local Backup password. How can I start over?

texts: In iTunes (Windows 7) Encrypt local backup is checked, and I can't remember the password. I don't need to restore my iPad; I just want to be able to back it up. If I attempt to uncheck this, iTunes prompts for my password. How can I start clean (without losing any data from my iPad, which has not been upgraded to iOS 6)?


texts: Moving External Boot Drive into Mac mini (Mid 2007)

texts:
Some time ago the hard disk inside of my family's Mac mini (Mid 2007) failed. We purchased an external disk (Some iteration of the Western Digital 'My Passport'), installed OS X onto it, and have been using it as the boot volume through USB. The computer has been running fine, albeit very slowly, though the computer now needs to be used more intensively and the bottleneck of a USB boot drive has made it impossible to do so.

So I ask you this: Will I need to format the disk once it's in the mini and reinstall OS X? Or will I just be able to place the My Passport's drive into the mini, select the now-internal drive as the boot volume and be alright?


texts: My Ipad 2 does not want to charge: how should i fix it?

texts:
My Ipad is very old but still works well, the only thing it does not work is charging issue. The original charger was damaged, and I have replaced it with a accessory for it. Later on, when I want to charge, instead of charging it does the opposite of charging while having plugged in. And this is really weird, because before it did not happebed this.

So, how should I deal with charging mal function? I have tried to reboot, but it did not worked. I have tried to look for the answer but its unclear, because it is not the answer I was looking for..


texts: Reattaching remote servers: no such file or directory in terminal

texts:
I'm using the Connect to Server tool to mount a remote drive.  I'm able to access this via Terminal at /Volumes/REMOTE.  If I unmount and remount the same connection however, my existing terminal windows can't reconnect --- I have to open new terminal windows.  Is there any way around this behavior?

e.g.

$ cd /Volumes/REMOTE
$ ls
Desktop    envs    intel
<un-mount>
<re-mount>
$ pwd
/Volumes/REMOTE
$ ls
ls: .: No such file or directory

If I have an emacs session open with a remote file, and the connection is lost and reconnected (un-mounted, and re-mounted), the session still works fine.


texts: Quick Look not working for CSS and JavaScript files

texts:
I have installed the QLColorCode plugin from this site, so that I can Quick Look JavaScript and CSS files, but it's not working. Pressing the space bar on a code file just shows the icon.

Removing the plugin has no effect either.

Is there another way to Quick Look source code files in macOS?


texts: Latest OS X I can install on Mac Pro 3,1

texts:
After many years of having kernel panics with black screen shut downs I finally bought 32 GB of brand new 800mHz memory and all seems fine now.

I would now like to upgrade OS X. What is the latest OS X I can install? I presently have 10.6.8?

MacPro3,1 A1186, 32 GB 800mHz, 2.8GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275, 30″ Apple Cinema Display


texts: Mac OS X Lion Installation Issues With Bootcamped Windows 8 Installation

texts:
I'm trying to install Windows 8 on my Mac (10.7.5) but I'm running into some big issues. First I'll explain what I already did.

Created a partition with the Boot camp assistant (151 GB)
Installed an ISO on my external hard drive.
Rebooted my Mac holding the ⌥option key so I could choose a start drive disk
Selected EFI BOOT
Entered my serial number and continued.

And here does the trouble begins:

Now a see a list of drivers and my partition but I can't select my Drive 0 Partition 4: Bootcamp

These are the errors I get:

  "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an
  MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to
  GPT disks.

  Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. Windows must be
  installed to a partition formatted as NTFS.

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may
  not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is
  enabled in the computer's BIOS menu"

I already tried to run this command(s)

diskpart
select disk 0                      (assuming 0 is the disk where you created the bootcamp partition)
select partition 4                 (assuming 4 is your bootcamp partition)
format fs=NTFS label="Windows 8"   (I didn’t use QUICK)
exit
exit

specs: https://gist.github.com/Nathansakoetoe/a733fea6abdc20d47764

Note: Drive 1 is my external hard disk.


texts: Change Apple ID for a user when the e-mail cannot be confirmed

texts: Over time I've used different e-mail addresses for different things with Apple: Apple Store, Support, I-Tunes, Apple Developer and while I still have control of the addresses, I cannot confirm my Apple ID with any of them. I have now created a new ID with yet another e-mail address that I could confirm and for which I've activated 2FA. However, I don't seem to be able to associate this id with my local user account and I can't associate any of the other e-mail addresses with the new one, confirmed one. All Apple's documentation seems to assume that it's possible to login with the accounts and has no information about what to do when the confirmation doesn't work (I receive e-mails with the confirmation code, but Apple doesn't like them). Can I dissociate my local user from an Apple ID?


texts: What is the best way to migrate a .bash_profile to Mavericks

texts:
I have a pretty extensive .bash_profile set up on my older machine using Lion and I would like to include a lot of the same functionality. I noticed that Mavericks doesn't have a .bash_profile by default.

What is the best practice here?

.bashrc
.bash_profile
.profile

Should I just create the file, should it be picked up automatically or is there anything else to configure?

Note: This is just for a single user account, so it doesn't have to be set up globally.


texts: How could one make an automator script to restore all hidden windows quickly?

texts: The question is pretty self explanatory: How can one make an Automator script to restore all hidden windows at the same time?


texts: iMac SSD upgrade – Firmware password lock

texts:
My dad bought a used 21.5 iMac (2017) a few weeks back (previous owner bought it new but decided to sell after a week, so its basically new.) Given that it came with a 1TB fusion drive, we decided to switch it for the Samsung EVO he was using in his previous Macbook (He doesn’t need storage, only speed.)

All went according to plan in terms of opening and swapping the drives, but upon rebooting (attempting to ctrl+r to boot menu) it popped the apple logo and then swapped to a black screen with a lock and password field.
After a little reading on the subject it seems someone must have enabled the EFI Firmware password protection which doesn’t allow booting on other drives e.g. external or otherwise.

I’ve contacted the previous owner, but she's drawing a blank, claiming never setting up anything of the sort. I’m unsure if this can be enabled during first boot installation, but she didn’t strike me as the type who would know how to do so afterwards (let alone think about it.) My guess is that the shop might’ve had it returned from a prior owner, not reset it correctly and resold it as new (or perhaps discounted, hard to tell from the receipt.)

TL;DR

Knowing firmware is locked with an unobtainable password ...

Would I be able to remove the new SSD and insert the original HDD and have
the password prompt go away? Or is the system locked until correct
password is entered, no matter the drive (it booted prior to
switching drives).
Warranty void on opening and swapping diskdrive? Searching around it
seems everyone has a different story. Some say the rest of the
system is still under warranty, others do not. This isn’t Apples
issue of cause, but I would likely levy it against the reseller.
Even if the old HDD would work again, I’m assuming that not having
the FW password would be a roadblock if reinstalling OSX in the
future?


texts: if I restore from my cousins backup would it change my iOS?

texts:
Both my cousin and I have backups on my PC and we both have the iPhone 4. However, she has Sprint and iOS 5.1.1 and I have AT&T and 6.0.1.

Could I use her backup to downgrade my iPhone to iOS 5.1.1?


texts:
How can I rename all *.txt in a directory to *.csv files in the terminal (Mavericks). I tried following inside the directory:

mv *.txt *.csv


texts:
How can I invert the colors for only a given application on iOS? (and not for all applications)
Changing the accessibility settings via Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Invert Colors iOS 13) or Smart Invert (iOS <13) inverts the color in all applications.


texts: What do the numbers after an invitee's status in iCal mean?

texts:
After the text describing the status of an invitee in iCal (in the context menu for the invitee) there is a number. For example I nearly always see numbers like 1.1 or 1.2:

and occasionally I see "n/a":

More importantly, I've recently discovered that one of my invitees is consistently not getting my invitations, and his status (uniquely among all my contacts) shows a different number, 5.1:

What do these numbers mean and why does one of them seem to be associated with an inability to receive invitations from me?

I am using OS X 10.7.2, iCal 5.0.1, and iCloud. The invitations in question are all being sent to mac.com or me.com addresses.


texts: Can any iOS app remotely wake a sleeping MacBook Air when the lid is closed?

texts:
I want to be able to access my Macbook Air (Late-2011, Mountain Lion), when the lid is closed (in sleep mode), remotely from my iPhone 4GS.

I have tried using LogMeIn Ignition App but it does not allow you to wake the laptop from sleep.

Is there any other way/solution people are using currently?


texts: Using a MacBook Pro as an external monitor

texts: I would like to use my MacBook Pro (2010, with mini DisplayPort) as an external monitor for my Windows 7 PC. Before I buy an adapter, I want to know if it's even possible.


texts: 27" iMac w/ Thunderbolt in Target Display Mode

texts:
The new Thunderbolt Display offers multiple USB ports, a FireWire 800 port, and a gigabit Ethernet port to computers hooked up to it all through one Thunderbolt cable, enabling, for example, a MacBook Air to not be constrained by lack of ports while at a desk. My question is can a 27" iMac (with Thunderbolt), while in Target Display Mode, offer the same ports via thunderbolt cable?
Aka: if I get a new MacBook Air, do I get all the ports through my 27" iMac as I would through a Thunderbolt Display?


texts: Is it possible to bind mouse 4 btn to a specific key on the keyboard on MacOS?

texts:
I bought a cheap USB mouse with 2 additional buttons, the ones that you can click to go back and forward when surfing etc.

I'm wondering if it's possible to bind one of those mouse buttons to another key on the keyboard?

Scenario:
I press mouse 4, and it clicks on number 1 on the keyboard.

I'm on MacOS Sierra.


texts: Facebook not displaying birthdays in iPhone calendar

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.3 and I would like to have Facebook events in my calendar (again). I have enabled sync in Settings->Facebook by giving Facebook access to the calendar.

The calendar has been configured to show both Facebook-events (activiteiten) and Birthdays.

Unfortunately the calendar doesn't show any Facebook event nor Facebook birthday. Only when I manually accept an event, it will show it in my calendar. I would love to see both events, but I care mainly about seeing the birthdays of my Facebook contacts.


texts: Is it possible to bypass MacOS's lack of support for 32bit binaries with Docker?

texts:
Latest versions of MacOS don't run 32bit apps any more.  I'm on Big Sur with a Mac from 2015, so intel.  I have a specific fat 32bit binary from 1998 (last compiled and distributed in 2008) that I want to run.  When I run file on the binary it says:
ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, with debug_info, not stripped

I run docker (Docker version 20.10.2, build 2291f61) as follows to try and test this out:
docker run -it --mount src="$(pwd)",target=/test_container,type=bind i386/ubuntu
dpkg --add-architecture i386
dpkg -i --force-all libg2c0_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_i386.deb  # wgetted from elsewhere
dpkg -i --force-all gcc-3.4-base_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_i386.deb

This seems to work in that the binary runs and produces some output.  But I get the warning
WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/386) does not match the detected host platform (linux/amd64) and no specific platform was requested

when I do the original docker run -it... command.  I'm not really sure what this means.  I suspect it's because Docker for Mac isn't true containerisation, but actually it's running a Linux VM on top of Docker, hence the reference to linux/amd64.  But I don't know if this is a problem, if my laptop could run 32bit before upgrading to Big Sur then it can still run 32 bit software in principle (i.e. clearly it is totally unrelated to hardware).
So is it possible to run 32bit apps on MacOS with the use of Docker?  Is there a good recipe for this?  Seems like a useful thing if it's possible.


texts: Cannot backup Time Machine to Synology NAS due to "... problem with username or password."

texts:
I'm setting up a Synology NAS running DSM 6.1. I only have SMB enabled (up to SMB 3) and enabled Bonjour for Time Machine discovery. I've setup my shares, set quotes, granted appropriate user read/write access and when I configure the workstation to backup to the NAS, I see the backup targets.

However, when the backup starts, I immediate get an error that reads:

  The network backup disk could not be accessed because there was a problem with the network username or password. You may need to re-select the backup disk and enter the correct username and password.

I've verified the username and password are correct and have read/write access to the share, so I'm not sure what's wrong.

Workstations are running High Sierra. Others have had this problem too, with no solution.

One thing I've noticed while trying to to connect from multiple Macs is I am never asked for a username or password and end up getting another error that the machine cannot be found (after it shows up via Bonjour). If I first connect via Finder, enter the username and password, then select the Time Machine backup target will I get the error above.

Since posting this question I tried turning off SMB and enabling AFP only on the Synology NAS. In addition I enabled the Bonjour services for AFP. I connected to the NAS from the Mac using Time Machine and and the backups working just fine. Therefore, the problem appears to be SMB related.

Any one know what the issue is?


texts: Can I put heavy keyboard on the macbook pro?

texts:
I recently bought Massdrop Alt High Profile keyboard. It's pretty heavy at 43oz or 1.3Kg (the weight equal two or three normal mechanical keyboards).

My question is, can I put it on the MacBook Pro so that I can use it with Magic Trackpad (not put on the screen)? Will it damage MacBook pro?


texts: How to "Undo" further steps in Final Cut Pro X

texts: I am using Final Cut Pro X version 10.4.8. I need to undo more than 10 steps or even 20 steps backward but the software does not allow me. How can I achieve this goal?


texts: How can I overwrite a file or prevent 'copy' from being appended?

texts:
When I copy/paste a file into a folder where a  file with the same name exists, instead of replacing, it changes the filename to 'file Copy'.
Is there a way to copy/replace similar to windows or ubuntu?

I am using OSX 10.8.5.


texts:
I have a desktop iMac with Snow Leopard installed on it. Every few minutes, I get freezing and

"kernel disk0s2: I/O Error"

in my console. I did some research, and found that my hard drive (a WD I had for only a year) may be failing. I've had failed hard drives before, and this doesn't seem like a failure because the hard drive is working quietly (there's no clicking noise at all even during the freezes) and I get a verified SMART status in Disk Utility. Are there any alternative theories to the kernel disk0s2: I/O Error in console or is it definitely an impending hard drive failure? Could it be due to overheating? WD drives get really hot. Any theories?


texts: Sleep or monitor power-off causes Kernel Panic on Mid '11 Mac Mini (OS X El Cap 10.11.6)

texts:
After days of troubleshooting I have finally found out exactly what is wrong with my Mac Mini: SLEEP and/or simply turning off the monitors causes a kernel panic that sends the Mac Mini into a boot loop. This can happen even when I'm booted to Recovery, Internet Recovery or even an OS X USB installer. As such, I think it must be a hardware issue, but I'm not sure which hardware. My questions are:

What piece of hardware controls sleep and/or monitor sync in a mid 2011 Mac Mini?
How can I troubleshoot this to find an exact cause of the error? I have tried booting to Verbose mode (Apple-V) when it boot loops, but it doesn't stay on the kernel panic screen.
Is there a way to get the Mac to stop on the error when booting? Something similar to Windows booting to F8 > "Disable automatic restart on system failure"

When I run the terminal command syslog | grep -i "previous shutdown cause" it shows the cause as "-128" but that is a vague error: overheating (not that) or "undefined". Thanks.


texts: How can I send an email to a google contact group on my iOS devices?

texts:
I have groups in my Google Contacts for sending emails to sets of people via the web interface on a browser.

I sync Google mail and contacts onto a couple iOS devices via Microsoft Exchange.

How can I send an email to a google group from iOS? Neither the built in mail/contact apps have any reference to my groups, and I cannot acces them via the web browser (mobile version), nor the official gmail app (which seems to be a resigned web interface).


texts: I already have a released build for iOS 9+ devices. Now I want to release a new version for only ARKit devices that requires arm64 too. But my build doesn't pass a verification in XCode for itunesconnect release. It shows an error that I can't change target devices range for already released bundleID. But if I change bundleID in XCode it will be another application. I want to provide an update only for ARKit enablers, how can I do it?


texts: iPad - Battery symbol on centre of screen

texts: My iPad has died, all I've got is in the centre of the screen, when I touch on button, of an empty battery with a red line along the top, any ideas or is it a dead battery?


texts: How can I wirelessly get videos off of a new iPad?

texts:
If one has a New iPad and uses it to shoot video, is there a way to wirelessly transfer videos off the iPad and onto my Mac?

We've established that PhotoStream is for still photos only, so that won't be the solution.


texts: How do I remove "nearby cocktail bars" on iOS 9?

texts: A friend of mine in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) asked me if I knew of a way to remove "nearby bars" from his iPhone. This appears when you swipe left and the built in Maps feature displays this.


texts: Skype way too quiet. How to get louder Skype audio output on my MacBook Pro?

texts:
My girlfriend and I are getting really irritated with how quiet Skype is on my new MacBook Pro.  Even with the volume turned up to the max, I can still barely hear her even with my air conditioning and fan off.

At first, I thought about buying a pair of speakers, but even the small USB ones would be irritating to have to have around all the time.  Then I thought of buying a new sound card, but then I realized that iTunes with the preamp in the equalizer set to 12 is actually more than loud enough.

Is there a way that I could connect to that and make Skype that loud?  Or is there any other way to make it louder?

On a smaller note, I've been having the same issue with movies played in Google Chrome.


texts: What will happen to my iPod Touch (4th Gen, iOS 6.1.6) if I upgrade to iCloud Drive?

texts:
I currently have 3 Apple devices tied to my iCloud account:

Macbook Air (2012) - just upgraded to Yosemite today
iPad with Retina Display (4th edition) - iOS 8.0.2
iPod Touch (4th Gen) - iOS 6.1.6

When I was asked in the Yosemite upgrade whether I would use iCloud Drive, the instructions warned that my iPod cannot be upgraded to a newer OS, and therefore would not be able to use iCloud Drive.

What does that mean? I currently use my iPod for little other than music, podcasts, and games.

Specifically, my question is, if I change to iCloud Drive, will my apps and games on my iPod no longer be able to save what files they save using legacy iCloud?


texts: Does Mail.app support Exchange "categories" on emails?

texts:
I've got a team who are all running Outlook on Windows to log into a shared inbox and use "Categories" to delegate incoming work.

A new team member wants to use her Mac, running Mail.app.  I had no problem getting the account set up, but the Category markings are not visible anywhere in Mail.app.  (Flags are, read/unread are, folder structure is, just not Categories.)

Is there a visibility setting somewhere that I'm missing?  Or will I need to get Office Business for Mac so she can do this work in Outlook?


texts: Hide specific calendars from Notification Center

texts: I currently have five Calendar events displaying in Notification Center at a time. However, I have one specific calendar that I'd like to hide from it, as it has too many events for the Calendar-in-Notification-Center setup to be useful. As far as I've been able to surmise from my tinkering in settings, there's no way to do this. Has anyone else been able to find one?


texts: Desktop wallpaper resets to default at every reboot in Sierra (10.12.1)

texts:
Upon update to Sierra I'm finding that my wallpaper is set back to the default Sierra wallpaper at every reboot.  The correct wallpapers are selected in System Preferences, but they are not shown.  I find that I have to go into the wallpapers, select a new one and then immediately pick the desired one again.

This is annoying when you have several monitors attached and have to do this for each one at every reboot.

Any idea on how to resolve this?


texts: How to select which disks are allowed to sleep?

texts:
There is an option "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" in Mac OS X's preferences:

Is it possible to configure which disks Mac OS X can put into a sleepy state? For example, I want to leave only the drives which are installed in my laptop, but not the drives that are connected via USB. How can I reach this?


texts: Screenshot paste only works in some apps, not in Google Chrome

texts:
I used to love shift+control+command+4 for pasting screen grabs. But now it doesn't work in Chrome.

In Stickies and Text Edit it doesn't work and gives the Apple error sound.

The pasting Works fine in Discord, Skype and Firefox.

I'm using macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, copy paste image doesn't work in Safari either.

This is a real productivity killer.


texts: How can I download the Lion installation file?

texts:
I just got my new Macbook Pro 15" - it had OS X Lion pre-installed.

Is there a way I can download the OS X Lion ISO (legitimately) so I will be able to have it in case I need to reinstall ?

If I look in the app store it doesn't appear that I purchased Lion (since it came pre-installed). I am aware of the internet recovery option but am looking for a way to download the file now so I can recover later without an internet connection.


texts: How do I share a Wi-Fi connection via a Wi-Fi hotspot?

texts: This question is an extension of this question. While my answer did answer the question, there was one part that wasn't answered: how do I share a Wi-Fi connection via a Wi-Fi hotspot?


texts: iPhone 5S suddenly turns off at 30-40% of battery life

texts:
I have iPhone 5S with 10.1.1 iOS. I have experienced few situations where my battery life was about 30-40% and iPhone immediately turned off. When I tried to turn on it indicated low battery and kept doing this for about 2 hours everytime I tried to turn on. And then suddenly turned on and was back at around 30% battery life and I did not use charger in the meantime (I did not have it).
Then this situation happened to me again when I had my charger with me, so plugged in and after while iPhone turned on charging but already had about 40% of battery charged.
This happened to me like 5x in last 3 months. The scenario is always very similar, battery life about 30-40%.. (never happens when the battery is more than 50%) and then few hours idle until comes back. Does anyone has any suggestions? Many thanks for help


texts: How to run Apple Hardware Test on older Mac

texts:
I have replaced original hard drive to samsung SSD and upgraded memory too.
I have now installed El Capitan and want to run Apple Hardware Test.
I have already tried 'D' , Option + 'D' both didn't do anything.
I have checked under "/System/Library/CoreServices" and no ".diagnostics" folder. I tried to copy this folder to CoreServices and not able to do that since error message says no permission.

sudo cp -R /Volumes/AppleHardwareTest/System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics /System/Library/CoreServices

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
cp: /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics: Operation not permitted
cp: /Volumes/AppleHardwareTest/System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics: unable to copy extended attributes to /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics: Operation not permitted
cp: /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics/diags.efi: No such file or directory
cp: /System/Library/CoreServices/.diagnostics/Mac-F42386C8: No such file or directory


texts: diskutil coreStorage in Lion fails to create a concatenated LVG, error -69886

texts:
I would like to create a logical volume group (LVG) with two physical disks.

Issue

The command:

diskutil coreStorage create LVGNAME /dev/disk1 /dev/disk2

returns:

Started CoreStorage operation
Error: -69886: Invalid request

More info

Tested with two USB drives, two SATA disks (one internal, one external FireWire 800).

I can format them with Disk Utility.

I can unmount without a problem.

MacBookPro8,2 with Mac OS X 10.7.4 (same with 10.7.5)

diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

With one disk alone I can create a non-composite LVG:

diskutil coreStorage create LVGNAME /dev/disk1
Started CoreStorage operation
Unmounting disk1
Repartitioning disk1
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Rediscovering disk1
Adding disk1s2 to Logical Volume Group
Creating Core Storage Logical Volume Group
Switching disk1s2 to Core Storage
Waiting for Logical Volume Group to appear
Discovered new Logical Volume Group "05F84BFF-DC4D-4DD2-94DB-116FC7F8C804"
Core Storage LVG UUID: 05F84BFF-DC4D-4DD2-94DB-116FC7F8C804
Finished CoreStorage operation


texts: macOS Sierra doesn't appear in my Purchased list within the Mac App Store

texts:
Typically, when users download and/or upgrade to a new version or macOS (previously Mac OS X), via the Mac App Store, that version of the installer appears in the Purchased tab of the App Store app.

Below is an example of how this appears (I've added arrows to highlight the macOS installations):

However, users are reporting that they do not see the macOS Sierra installer in their list of purchased items. Signing out and back into the App Store does not resolve this issue.

Questions

How do users get their previously downloaded macOS Sierra installation to appear in the list?
How can users ensure that macOS Sierra (or later versions of macOS) are available to them when newer versions of macOS are released?


texts: Internal hard disk requirements will not allow me to update to Maverick

texts:
I tried to update to Mavericks, downloaded the update through App Store but the installation stalled with an error message saying my internal hdd didn't meet requirements.   I'm using an iMac mid 2007 core 2 duo with the Western Digital 320Gb drive.

Confusion has arisen due to my prior installation/update of Mavericks over one of my backup clones connected via firewire 800 - which is a doggy old IDE drive in an ancient icecube enclosure, and it works really well!!

So thinking that I might just clone my working external Mavericks to my internal drive, kick it in the guts and see how things work out - and it didn't.  Sat on the initial grey startup screen for 15 minutes before I got bored with the spinner and rebooted back to my working system.   What is going on?  I haven't been able to find any reference to required hdd specifications in documentation.  If my only option is to upgrade my internal disk then I will do it.  I was just just struck by the oddness of the refusal to ran on a particular disk.

My question is: Can I do anything about this reluctance to upgrade on my WDC WD3200AAJS?


texts: How to set the default command, with options, to open a file on MacOS?

texts: I know how to a associate default application to open a particular file type. But I want to open a file with "command -option1 -option2" when I double-click in Finder or when I invoke "open" command on terminal. For example, I want to open all the text files using command "emacsclient -a emacs -c". How to do this on MacOS?


texts:
Is there any way I can unlock an iPhone 6 in Japan and use it in Kazakhstan?

I heard from reading other forums that it's got to be unlocked, but aside from that how can I be sure it will work back in Kazakhstan?

Also what are the cons of buying and using in different country?

Following some answers, to clarify

I know where to get an unlocked iPhone 6. I want to use the iPhone 6 in Kazakhstan. The cost of iPhone 6 is expensive in Kazakhstan. Want to buy it in Japan and bring it to Kazakhstan to use.

I want to make sure the unlocked iPhone 6 I buy in Japan can be used with networks in Kazakhstan, and if there's any disadvantages to this approach as opposed to buying the iphone 6 in Kazakhstan.

Thank you.

update 27/05/2015

found this link: http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ but it doesn't mention Kazakhstan, so not very assuring.


texts: launchd plist format for running a command at a specific time on a weekday

texts:
I'm trying to run a command at 10 minutes after 2am every weekday only.  In my launchd .plist file, how can I specify this?

I don't want it to run every 2 hours and 10 minutes, just once every weekday at the specified time.


texts: AppleScript: Open a new window in current space without switching to active window in another space

texts:
I want to have an application open a new window in the current space without switching to a space in which a window is already open, but I want to keep the

  When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows
  for the application

setting in System Preferences > Mission Control.

In other words, I want to tell an application to open a new window directly, without first telling it to activate.

How can I do this with AppleScript (if possible)?


texts: Buying used Macbook Pro, checking if it's linked to previous owner

texts:
If I buy a used Macbook Pro from 2015, how do I check if it is registered to the seller, i.e. linked to his AppleID? I checked through the "Check coverage" Apple support site (Check coverage), and the first point is a green check mark, the remaining two are yellow exclamation marks saying that it has expired. How is this to be understood?

Also, what other things do I need to check to make sure that I do not end up with a Macbook linked to someone else? I want to be able to link it to my own ID as if it were new. I've read that one of these things is that "Find my mac" is deactivated, how can this be verified?


texts: iPhoneX doesn't alert me when receiving text messages from a particular contact

texts: My iPhone X won't alert me when I receive a text from one particular contact. This is happening with only one contact. It vibrates, but there is no notification, and when I open the Messages app, the message that was sent to me appears as if it has already been read. I do not have do not disturb on, and have tried to set a special text tone for this one contact.


texts: Why Are My Cache Files & Other "Hidden" Files/Folders Visible? & How Do I Get Rid Of Them?

texts: I hid mach_kernel and private, but the cache.db, cache.db-shm, cache.db-wal of both the system and user folder are, also, visible. Yesterday, I had to restore from a Time Machine backup because something had suddenly eaten all the space on my startup drive. However, these files were visible prior to the restore. So, why are they there and how do I safely dispose of them or hide them to prevent their return to visibility? Thanks.


texts: macOS switches to Bluetooth headphones automatically

texts:
Presumably since the last update to macOS 10.2.2, the system started to switch to my Bluetooth headphones automatically every time they come in Bluetooth range. That means that my Macbook switches audio output every time I come home (I use them on my iPhone as well). Even if I explicitly set the audio output to "Internal Speakers" on the Macbook, it will still behave like this.

This is very annoying for several reasons, mostly because the Macbook does't seem to be very good at switching BT audio off when no audio is playing, which results in my headphone's battery being empty pretty much every day now.

Does anybody else have this problem? Any solutions?


texts: search for file extensions with ~ in finder

texts:
i ran a script to change a tiff image, now it created the new image but kept the original with the file extension ".tif~".  Is there any way to search for all of the files in Finder or in another way with the .tif~ extension to remove them all?

I tried searching for system files and including invisible files in the search.


texts: Almost 450 MB consumed on empty external hard drive

texts:
I have an old Macbook Pro with 500GB hard disk. The MBP stopped working. I am now using that hard disk as external storage. After erasing the data (using Disk Utility), I see that almost 450MB is used by 57 files and was not expecting any allocation yet.

In Terminal, going to /Volumes/disk name/ and using du -h on each directory gave me a total of 1 MB consumption.

Macintosh HD 1$ ls -la
total 0
drwxrwxr-x  7 esarupa  2110378014   306B Jan 27 10:25 ./
drwxrwxrwt@ 4 root     admin        136B Jan 27 11:39 ../
drwx------  5 esarupa  2110378014   170B Jan 27 10:25 .Spotlight-V100/
d-wx-wx-wt  2 esarupa  2110378014    68B Jan 27 10:25 .Trashes/
drwx------  5 esarupa  2110378014   170B Jan 27 10:34 .fseventsd/

I am currently on 10.9.1, Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5. What are these files and why are they taking up 450MB? Is it possible that some files did not get erased and are not showing up in Terminal?


texts: How Can I Create A Service To Alphabetize A Comma Separated Text String?

texts:
My understanding is that RegEx will not do this. What will?

My issue, specifically, is extremely messy iTunes genre tags. I would like to merge genre tags that have the same or similar comma separated values, and to merge those values in alphabetical order. I have found scripts that can do this with tab separated lists, but not comma separated strings. I have not been able to find any existing app (or script) that will allow me to merge, for instance:

'Rock, Indie, Soundtrack, Folk, Electronica, Experimental'

with

'Folktronica, Experimental, Soundtrack, Rock, Indie'

to result in

'Experimental, Folktronica, Indie, Rock, Soundtrack'

Another instance might be merging and alphabetizing the genre strings of tracks with classifications such as:

'Harmonica Blues, Electric Blues, Blues'

'Blues, Harmonica Blues, Electric, Harmonica'

'Harmonica, Blues, Electric Blues'

into

'Blues, Electric Blues, Harmonica Blues'

What's my best bet?


texts: Simplenote or Evernote or something else?

texts: What is the best way to keep my notes stored in the cloud? I want to access them fast and they should be editable on every device I use. (iPhone, iMac, Windows, etc.) What do you personally use? Simplenote or Evernote or is there another contender?


texts: Macbook Air ignores our strong cable signal and tries to connect to other sources

texts:
We have a Virgin Media cable provider and most of our neighbours are Sky or BT.  All available networks appear in the drop-down on the top menu and indicate if they are secure or not.  Ours is the strongest signal, yet repeatedly it is pushed to the bottom of this list and my Mac tries to join a BT one.

I want to just remove all these BT and Sky Wi-Fis so the Mac always defaults to our provider and never tries to connect to them, but solutions supplied elsewhere don't apply.

When I go to the Advanced menu on the WiFi preferences, these BT and Sky options aren't there.  How do I get them off the dropdown menu or just tell Mac to ignore them permanently?


texts:
For the longest time my Apple Music Playlists have been playing in reverse order.  Albums too.  What do I mean by that...

You can see that Meat Loaf "Original Sin" is the first song in the list.  But it is the last track in the "Up Next".  I can't find any setting to fix this.  I've even tried opening com.apple.iTunes.plist with no luck.  I can't find the setting.

This only happens on my desktop machine.  My laptop works fine.

Please help.


texts: VeraCrypt - Encryption of Host Protected Area on my Macbook Pro 13"

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I have a MacBook Pro 13" Model : MGX82xx/A with Windows installed only (no Mac OS X on a different partition, no Boot Camp used (manual driver installation after windows installed.) and a copy of VeraCrypt 1.0f1 installed.

Inside the VeraCrypt Volume Creation Wizard I have selected the options to Encrypt the whole drive.

I am being prompted with a yes/no Question - Encryption of Host Protected Area
Which states the following

At the end of many drives, there is an area that is normally hidden from the operating system (such areas are usually referred to as Host Protected Areas). However, some programs can read and write data from/to such areas.
WARNING: Some computer manufacturers may use such areas to store tools and data for RAID, system recover, system setup, diagnostic, or other purposes. If such tools or data must be accessible before booting, the hidden area should NOT be encrypted (choose 'No' above).

I would rather encrypt the Host Protected Area just to be sure, but do not want to damage my MacBook permanently if Apple reserve this space for whatever reason I do not know.

Can I encrypt this area?


texts: How to save list of open Safari Tabs in a text file?

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I open a lot of tabs which are important for me. Isn't there an easier way to install something that creates a TextEdit file on my desktop with all URLs open at the time?

In the past I used Eelee's SafariTabsListDs but this doesn't seem work anymore.

Can you help me with something that I can use to reopen the tabs I want after closing them?


texts: Swapping desktops (unintentionally) on Mavericks

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I am using OSX Mavericks 10.9.2 and I have 4 desktops that I use in my daily workflow. From time to time Desktop 2 and Desktop 3 switch places and I cannot figure why. Probably when moving from desktop to desktop (sometimes I use 3 finger swap and sometimes Control^#) I activate some shortcut.

Does anybody what is shortcut for swapping desktops or some other explanation for this? And how to disable it :)

Thanks


texts: What's the safest way to ship diskettes?

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I would like to have some original software shipped to me but I am afraid that it might become damaged in shipping.

The software are the original boot disks and disk tools that came with my first Mac SE and some miscellaneous original goodies. They are ~25 year old 400K low coercivity diskettes which is the reason for my concern. I don't know the strength of the remaining data and don't want it destroyed by security scans as it crosses national borders.

I am afraid of the possibility of magnetic fields further demagnetizing the already weak data on the disk. I have no idea how to recover the data if it is lost. I don't have 400k drives to recreate the disks.

I want to be able to use them on the elderly computer. They were matched for the first release of the model, became lost in a move long ago, and recently relocated.

How best to protect my treasures in transit. What precautions should I ask the borrower to take for returning my original diskettes to me?

Update: The disks are 3.25" (beige plastic hard shell case) 400K disks with no second notch (that indicate a high density, high coercivity diskette). The 400K drives do not recognize the 800K disks I have tried in the drive. It wants its boot disks to access the internal 10 MB disk. :(


texts: Run a command without opening the terminal

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Is it possible to start a terminal command without opening the terminal first?

I have some quick commands, and for those I open the terminal window, run the command, and close it again. I generally don’t like my terminal program to be active all the time, because it clutters my dock.

Then I vaguely remembered, that there is the Alt-F2 thing on some Linux-distributions, where you can start a single command without opening a shell window first. I think I never used this function regularly, but this seems to be the thing I’m looking for.

Is there something like this on mac os?


texts: New users can't see Apple applications from Utilities folder in Launchpad

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I felt like giving my mess of Launchpad icons a fresh start. So I did

defaults write com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool true && killall Dock

On checking Launchpad, it had appeared to have reset itself to default layout. Then to stop it resetting again on every reboot, I did

com.apple.dock ResetLaunchPad -bool false

It's always worked in the past but now I've discovered that no applications in /Applications/Utilities appear in Launchpad anymore. Terminal, Activity Monitor, AppleScript Editor and all the rest are missing:

The ones you see here actually reside in just /Applications. But Utilities are supposed to populate here amongst them.

The problem is persisting across users and also when I create new users.  I find that very odd in and of itself because I did not use sudo or otherwise elevate the commands I used to set the ResetLaunchpad flag.

Basically, I don't want to have to drag the apps in /Applications/Utilities to the Launchpad icon and then manually organise them back into Launchpad's "Other" folder every time I create a new user.

Any ideas how I might be able to get Launchpad to behave normally again? Thanks! I'm using OS X 10.9.5.


texts: Disable semitransparent hidden file icons

texts: I have enabled hidden file visibility on OS X El Capitan 10.11, and the files are semitransparent. Is there a way to make them solid like all other files?


texts: Truecrypt error: the OSXFUSE file system is not available (255)

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My truecrypt files were mounting fine until today when I tried to mount it and I got the error: the OSXFUSE file system is not available (255). The weird thing is I honestly don't know what I could have done on my computer since yesterday when there were no problems that would have caused this. I tried deleting macfuse and osxfuse and redownloading both but it still doesn't work. The weird thing is when I remove OSXfuse it says it is not available (-1) and when I have it says the same thing but with (255). Is there anything I can do to get my files back? I am on mavericks if that matters.

Thanks!


texts: Mavericks permission issues with Windows Server deduplicated shares

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We have a number of 10.9-10.9.3 - Mavericks - machines installed throughout our facility. Much of the user content is pulled from shares stored on our Windows Server 2012 fileservers with deduplication enabled. I have found that files newly written or unoptimized are able to be accessed without issue - read, written, modified, etc. Once the file gets optomized/deduplicated and Windows adds the P & L attributes - sparse and symlink - the Macs running Mavericks begin to have access issues.

Once the files get deduplicated, users begin receiving read access errors when copying files (see error1 below). This happens when copying to folders within the current folder tree or copying somewhere to the local system. If you 'stop' the copy operation and retry a few more times, it may eventually work for the specific instance but fail again later. I am however, able to copy these files without issue via the terminal.

Other systems running 10.7/10.8 do not experience the same issues and are able to access file server resources without issue. Many of the systems having issues are newer and thus not able to be downgraded to 10.8 or 10.7. I have also tried finder replacements such as Pathfinder but the results are the same.

I know this is at least similar to the issues many Mac users are already experiencing and posting about but I haven't seen it directly linked to deduplication and the attributes written by Windows server. Has anyone seen this issue? Have any solutions been found?

Error 1: When copying files after the PL attributes have been set by
deduplication.

"One or more items can't be copied to "Foler" because you don't have
permissions to read them.

Via the system.log with kloglevel=3
The reparse point tag listed below is "IO_REPARSE_TAG_DEDUP"

"smbfs_nget: filename.ext - unknown reparse point tag 0x80000013"


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Sometime this week I suddenly lost static playlists in my Music (née iTunes( Library. The last static playlist in my list is "MP3 Releases", but I previously had additional playlists such as "Music to Test Speakers With", and various other random names I've already forgotten, but nevertheless are alphabetically after MP*. It appears that all of them before that are present, but none after. This only appears to have affected Static Playlists, no Smart playlists nor Apple Music playlists, nor any other individual song entries that I have noticed yet.

I have multiple computers, all leveraging iCloud Music with an Apple Music subscription, iTunes Match and possibly something else I'm forgetting also mixes in there as well.

I noticed they had disappeared from my Desktop (Windows, iTunes whatever is latest from the Microsoft Store), I opened Music.app on my iPhone (iOS 13.3) and they were also gone. My laptop is my "source of truth" for my music library, I do all my tagging, converting, organizing, and principle storage here. Just prior to writing this I opened Music.app (Catalina, 10.15.3β) and they were initially there, but only for a few seconds until the sync caught up and deleted them, I didn't have the presence of mind to click, screenshot, click, screenshot, etc.

Is there a way to retrieve them via some means? Somehow revert the library at least temporarily?

In ~/Music/Music there is only "Music Library.musiclibrary", in ~/Music/iTunes I do have a "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder, but the most recent one is dated 2018, likely too old for a majority of those playlists, certainly the more recent ones I care about. Anything pre-Catalina GA is likely too old for some (though maybe not all).

I do use Time Machine, but I'm wary about resurrecting the Music Library.musiclibrary file and causing who knows what other organizational nightmare, but perhaps it would be worth it to do so and read some index file that has playlist metadata?

Is there any guide to doing this? Or saner means?


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I'm looking for a way to monitor the power being drawn from the USB ports on my Mac.

System Profiler doesn't appear to display this and I haven't been able to find any applications or tools to do the job either.

Can anyone suggest anything (preferably software based)?


texts: Enable Do Not Disturb in Notification Center when certain app is open

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Is there a way to get Do Not Disturb to automatically turn on when a certain app is running?

In the DND preference panel, you can tell it to engage whenever you're mirroring to a TV or projector, presumably for a presentation. When I give presentations it's using GoToMeeting, WebEx, etc., so I am trying to reproduce that behavior.


texts: MBP isn't loading Finder, so I need to copy user files from broken computer

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I studied several questions about this issue, but as I don't want to mess anything, I am setting my question as specific as possible,

I have a problematic MBP running macOS. I can boot it, but when the system starts, the screen only shows the cursor. This may be caused by a lack of disk space (I think only 40GB free out of 500).

I can however see my disk from another computer. It's easy to copy my own files, but there are other user accounts on the machine.

Is there a way I can copy (save) these user files as well?

Many thanks.)


texts: How to modify the display sleep and sleep together again?

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I'm using pmset to set battery-power sleep time independently of display sleep time on my 2014 15" MacBook retina. Before I did that, these values were in lock step when you changed the "turn off display after" setting in the Energy Saver control panel. If I change the control panel setting now, it only affects display sleep.

I'm curious what setting I can use to make the control panel setting affect both display sleep and sleep again?


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When deleting one character it often deletes two.

It is not the key repeat as I have set that really slow, which is painful when tabbing between apps and moving the curser now.

Any ideas?


texts: Web-based screensharing applications that works with MacOS 10.5 Leopard?

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Using MacOS 10.5 Leopard, I want to be able to share my screen with others during a meeting so the people I'm talking to can easily see my screen through a web browser. A free solution would be preferable.

I looked at Join.me, ReadyTalk, and AnyMeeting, but none of those work with MacOS 10.5. Skype's screensharing does work, but (a) recipients need Skype (vs. just a web browser), and (b) I don't think you can do one-to-many sharing for free.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


texts: How do I give PyCharm access to my /private/etc/hosts file?

texts: How do I give PyCharm access to this file?


texts: MacBook Air: audio jack left channel failing

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I have a MacBook Air 2012. I listen to audio by plugging EarPods into the audio jack.

This morning I noticed that I no longer have sound coming out of the left headphone. Well, There is a little, but it is < 10% what it should be.  I tried a different set of headphones and got the same result.

Is there any option for repairing the headphone port?

I'm guessing it is soldered onto the motherboard, and there will be absolutely no chance of a repair, and I will have to use a USB soundcard.

π


texts: My Macbook Air 2014 is stuck in an infinite boot loop because the SSD is not registering

texts: I wiped my Macbook Air 2014 and reinstalled Catalina. I sold it to a guy on swappa who returned it saying it was in an infinite boot loop. I thought that I would be able to easily fix this. But when I got the MBA back, I immediately went into recovery mode and tried to reinstall macOS. A quick trip to the disk utility made me realise that the ssd is not registering. I would appreciate anyone's help with this.Could I potentially boot from a usb?


texts: The experience I see thus far for AirPlay with 3rd party apps, on both iPhone and iPad, is that only the audio is output to the AppleTV but not the video. This is great for Pandora but not so good for any video app. Is this a bug with AirPlay or do the developers need to update their apps to support it properly?


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A few days ago i noticed, that in new tab cursor doesn't set on address/search bar. Now I use ⌘+L combination to quickly switch, but it isn't comfortably for long time use.
Reflecting on the causes of such behavior , I found that the cursor stands on a search tab in the private tab.
What i tried to do to fix it:

Set in general preferences parameter Open new tabs/windows with  Empty page
Turn off all extensions

I have OSX 10.11.5 with Safari 9.1.1 (and also i have the same problem on Safari Technology Preview 9.1.1)

Example:
Open new window
Press combination cmd+T

But when I do same actions in private window cursor has already focused on address bar.


texts: What USB devices does my iPhone (iOS14) with the USB 3 Adapter support?

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I have an iPhone 8 upgraded to iOS 14 with an USB-port provided by the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter.
I have now tried to figure out which USB-devices I can use with this.  I understand that Files support harddisks, and that a USB-microphone is most likely supported as a sound input device, but I have not been able to find a more comprehensive list.  Like e.g. a midi-interface.
Is such a list available?  If not (and this is not a duplicate) could a good answer end up being the canonical list?


texts: Almost all Functions in Numbers on MacOS Give Me Syntax Errors

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Almost all functions I try to use in Numbers give me a syntax error with no explanation what is wrong (red triangle with exclamation mark, only says "The formula contains a syntax error." when clicked). I'm on MacOS, NOT in the iPad version and have version 10.3.5 on Big Sur.
I tried UPPER("foo") and it displays FOO. So this gives me confidence that I know how to invoke functions.

results in

However then I actually wanted to use the find function. I try FIND("e", "where on earth") which is literally copied and pasted from the function help. All it does is give me an error.

results in

As said, all it gives me for details is this:

For reference the function help says in the example section

Examples
=FIND("e", "where on earth") returns 3 (“e” is the third character in the string “where on earth”).

Surely it must be something very basic I'm missing. When I copy and paste the same function in, say, Google Sheets, it's working perfectly.


texts: Can't connect to network share from "Go>Network"

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When I try to connect to a shared volume on another Mac on my LAN, I get "Connection Failed."

If I try to connect with "Go > Connect to Server..." and use IP address, it works fine.

But if I try to mount through Finder window "Go > Network" I get "Connection Failed."

Both machines are on El Capitan, both are logged in to the same icloud account, both have the same user/password.

I can see the icon for the other machine, but when I double click I get "Connection Failed."

Clicking "Connect As..." just changes this to "Not connected."


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I don't have home contents cover. Anyone know of a good, reliable insurer for a MBP?

I've read up on AppleCare but it doesn't include theft cover (as far as I can tell?)... I'd need this sort of cover as it's my major concern aside dropping it.


texts: Unexpected limitations on "Updates" folder?

texts: Apple sent me 4GB of updates to go to macos 10.14.5 this morning. As I have several systems needing this update, I thought I would try to save the contents of the /Library/Updates folder to use rather than allow each system to DL the 4GB of data. I was able to copy the contents to my desktop, but when trying to delete the update from /Library/Updates so that I could replace them with my copies to test my theory, I found that the system would not allow be to do so. I couldn't delete, move, or chmod the parent directory, or any of its contents. Command line returns "Operation not permitted". Whoami returns "root", but apparently not. What's up with that, any ideas?


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Not sure what happened, but when I was setting up my new Mac, something wonky happened w/ the second partition. I ended up deleting it and naming the second partition on my laptop Machintosh HD 3.

It's working great, but every time I log in now, /Volumes/Machintosh HD 2 appears with a fresh Library directory. How do I get rid of it?


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Backgrounder, we have two (2) Apple Developer Accounts, one account is being used by development team and another is for production deployment and distribution. I know that this is not the best practice, but have to do it (for the meantime) as to comply to internal company policies.

My question is can I submit the same app using two (2) different Apple Developer accounts? The first submission objective is to resolve any issues that might arise prior to production distribution.


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I’d like my iPad to talk to my MacBook Pro directly (not via cloud or router) sometimes, such as:

in a location where the “free WiFi” blocks https
when I suspect eavesdropping even though https isn’t blocked.
when I am on a Greyhound bus that falsely advertises WiFi. or an airport that falsely advertises “free.”
out and about with no router at all.

I know it can be done with a cat-5 cable.  I think it can be done through the sync cable, though I don’t know how.  But it would be nice to do it WiFi or Bluetooth.  (Bluetooth may be too slow?).  Shell via ssh, web server, VNC/X11/other display mirror, MySQL, etc.

Tutorial somewhere on MacOS/IOS communication without router between?  Wireless preferred.  Preferably simple, but I’m retired from software engineering and haven’t yet forgotten everything (though the skill is definitely fading).


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I currently have my data and apps on a 2009 13" MacBook Pro and want to move to a 2012 13" MacBook Pro.  I want to move my SSD to the new computer as the new one has a standard SATA drive.  I am currently running Yosemite 10.10.5 and the new one is running Mojave.

Is the new computer going to start up with the change?


texts: Time machine backup is very slow (new TM drive and large amount of data)

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I have data (mostly photos) on an external WD 2Tb drive (about 930gb)
I have just installed a 3Tb Lacie drive and want to use it as the TM drive to back up the external WD drive and the Mac HD (very little data on this)
While I expected the first back-up to take some time it seems to be running at about 1.2mb sec which seems very slow especially using USB3 etc
At this rate the system estimated 8 days to build the new TM drive
Is this reasonable or is there something I can do to improve the process speed
All comments welcome


texts: How can I solve this BootCamp partition mess I've created?

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This is my diskutil list. I've gotten my new iMac today and everything was going great so I wanted to install windows via bootcamp. After it booted into Windows setup I had problems choosing and formatting the BootCamp partition that was created, so I deleted it and chose new. After this didn't work either I restarted and after several different tries I now have this mess of partitions that I can`t delete via BootCamp Assistant nor Disk Utility.

Does anyone have an idea how I can solve this so I can get to my original FusionDrive disk to try from the beginning?


texts: Permission of external disk under Mac OS

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I plug an external disk to the laptop whose system is Mac OS, but I can't create files/folders, or rename files in the disk... The Sharing & Permissions is You can only read.

Does anyone know how to modify this permission?


texts: Can iSight be used by more than 1 application at the same time?

texts: Just what the title says. Is it supported? If so - does this depend on application or on the system?


texts: Mac OS X Yosemite public beta not receiving updates

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I have a 2010 iMac and I installed Mac OS 10.10 public beta last summer, but I haven't received any updates since. My exact version right now is OS X 10.10 (14A379b).

Does anyone know what should i do to get the latest system updates?


texts: Is Quicktime always pre-installed on the Macintosh OS?

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Does the Mac come with Quicktime pre-installed?
If so, what OS version (minimum) could be expected to have come with it pre-installed?


texts: XQuartz El Capitan not setting $DISPLAY for a Vagrant built VM

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I've built multiple VMs with Vagrant (CentOS, ArchLinux, Debian), all exhibit the same problem:

When I ssh onto the VM,

0;vagrant@archlinux: ~vagrant@archlinux:~$ echo $DISPLAY

0;vagrant@archlinux: ~vagrant@archlinux:~$

I've tried troubleshooting as explained here: http://www.xquartz.org/Support.html, but that didn't help.

I'm running El Capitan 10.11.3, XQuartz 2.7.8.

All I'm trying to do is to run vagrant ssh -c 'xclock' and have a window show up on my host OS.


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"Preview" will not open on my MacBook Pro. I am using High Sierra 10.13.6.

When I go to open a PDF or a photo, nothing happens. When I right click the Preview app it says Application Not Responding, but also has a list of all the documents I have recently tried to open.

I have tried restarting my laptop and force quitting Preview.

Any other suggestions?


texts: High Temp at Startup after Upgrading to High Sierra

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After upgrading to High Sierra (I have clean installed it), my mac (Macbook Pro 2010) needs unreasonably longer time to login. As a result, I have noticed that the temperature increases to around 100 C during the startup time (I have checked this right after login through Istat Menus). Meanwhile the fans are at 2000 rps. Apparently , the reason why fans do not speed up is because the system as a whole is within the safe temp with the only exception of the CPU temperature as CPU is busy processing all those startup processes. So the fans assume everything is alright and do not speed up.

Now my question is if this causes any harm to CPU as I think I read somewhere that quick fluctuations within a short range in the temp of CPU can cause damage to the CPU. I just wanted to know your ideas on this.


texts: MacBook Pro won't boot of freshly installed copy of macOS

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Yesterday the SSD in my 13" mid-2012 MacBook Pro died. I replaced the old one with a new one.

First I tried to reinstall macOS with my Time Machine backup, but it failed. Then I tried to install a fresh copy from Internet Recovery Mode, that failed too. My last resort was to make a bootable USB on another Mac and install it that way. At first it seemed to work, but when it boots the drive does not show up as bootable.

I tried running Apple Hardware Check, but could not access it. It just showed a folder with a question mark.

Is there anything left to do?


texts: What's option-drag in Display Arrangement do?

texts: In macOS Mojave, when in the Displays control panel, on the Arrangement tab, holding down option and dragging a display turns the cursor white.  What does this mean?  Does it do something special?


texts: Effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?

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I copied a file named class-dump to my /usr/bin folder, then neither Terminal.app nor iTerm2 work properly on my MacBook. There is something wrong with the sudo command.

Here is what I did based on some online searching:

sudo
sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?
type sudo
sudo is hashed (/usr/bin/sudo)
ls -@@eil /usr/bin/sudo
1485457 -rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  168448  7  9  2016 /usr/bin/sudo
md5 /usr/bin/sudo
MD5 (/usr/bin/sudo) = 7d986f7707c0f11264989cd7105ea80d

Does anyone know how I can make sudo work again?


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Despite what I thought, there does not seem to be any concrete/modern answer on the net, so my question is: where does the last command get its information from? I have found the file before, but months ago, and I can not remember where it is. So what is the directory of the file where last keeps its log?

EDIT

This is technically the same as this question, except for one thing: "/private/var/log/com.apple.launchd" DOES NOT EXIST on my mac (perhaps it was pre-El Capitan-only) as proven by the fact that

ls /private/var/log | grep "com.apple.launchd"

returns nothing. com.apple.xpc.launchd does exist, but is empty. So please reopen the question, as something is different


texts: mountain lion server - web services wiki only work on host computer

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We have macmini with os x mountain lion server app installed. The web services and wiki only work on the host machine, not on any of the other computers on the network, using network users.
 When we set up the server app, the modem/router failed and we were unable to set the ip address of our server until we sorted our router out, which took a while. In the meantime in our excitement we tried to set up web services / wiki etc.. So I think that may have caused the issue.
Any ideas what we can do to fix this?
what direction to go?


texts: How to use automator services in Fluid-created apps in Mojave

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I was having an issue with Spotlight and an Apple support person had me "upgrade" to Mojave and now I'm pissed off.  None of my Automator services work in my Fluid Apps anymore!  I have about a half-dozen Fluid apps so I can either assign them to all desktops (and not affect other browser windows) or so I can have multiple sessions with some websites that only support 1 browser window open to their site (e.g. the galaxy web app).  I have over a dozen automator services that are extremely useful.  Most accept selected text "from any application" and do various things with that text (e.g. report stats on selected nucleotides).

Now, when I try to run a service on selected text in a Fluid-created app, I get an error that states 'The action “Run AppleScript” encountered an error: “Not authorized to send Apple events to System Events.”'.  If these services were apps, I could easily add them in system preferences to Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility, but they are workflows installed as services (located in ~/Library/Services/) and thus cannot be added.  I have added the Fluid-created apps, but that doesn't stop the error either.

I spoke with Apple Support and they indicated that the Fluid-created app won't work with services because of code-signing.  The app has to be from an apple-recognized developer in order to be allowed access!

I fully understand the security concern, but this is very frustrating.  Does anyone know how to allow services to work in Fluid-created apps?

UPDATE: I have tried adding the app (e.g. "Galaxy1.app") to both the Accessibility and Full Disk Access sections of the security and privacy system preference page and I still get the error:


texts: How can I tell if my Mac is keeping the clock updated properly?

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I would like to know what the default settings for OS X are in terms of keeping the clock adjusted when I enable automatic time sync in the Date & Time preference.

I do know that the venerable ntpd daemon on Mavericks (10.9) and Yosemite (10.10) is no longer responsible for adjusting the time and instead a new program pacemaker has been introduced — so how can I know things are working or need adjustment to keep time?


texts: Why does "(null)" want access to my Twitter accounts?

texts:
Have anyone seen this message before, when accessing the official twitter app?

"(null)" would like access to twitter accounts

I have an iPod Touch with iOS 5, not jail-broken.

Is it a virus?


texts: Screenshots from PDF without creating a new file

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I have a document given as a PDF and would like to copy parts from it into Powerpoint. For example, an equation.

I use Preview's "Take a screenshot" function but this always generates a new Preview file with the selection. On this new file, I do a Command + A, Command + C then Command + V, and I have the image on my slide. I then have to delete the screenshot file.

What is an efficient way to select a certain portion of my PDF and copy it without generating a new file?


texts: Configure macOS Notification Center Banner self-dismiss time

texts: How can I reduce the amount of time before a macOS / OS X Notification Center banner dismisses itself?


texts: Store infrequently used files on external HDD

texts: Is there a utility that enables storing infrequently accessed files from a Mac on an external hard drive to free up disk space similar to the feature that moves such files to iCloud? I would like something other than Time Machine and iCloud to automatically free up disk space to an external HDD.


texts: How do I change the owner name on my MacBook Pro?

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When I use Terminal my computer says

Last login: Thu Jun  7 22:00:00 on ttys000
John-Does-MacBook-Pro:~ John$

That was the default account name on the computer when I bought it. I have been using it for 2 weeks now and I am pretty much set with the OS and I really don't want to do a reinstall. I deleted the John Doe account but that did nothing.

How do I change my Terminal so it doesn't display that any more?


texts: I have Voicemails on my iPhone 6s from my mother who recently passed.  Please advise the best way for me to save these.


texts: Is it possible to use another video card into iMac 24" 2008?

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I have an iMac 2.8 from 2008, all works like a charm for now, but I'm lacking some GPU power from my ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro.

I checked on google and think it's a PCIe x16 card yet can't find anyone saying that upgrading this component is possible.

From the detailed info's, I can see that's plugged in by and PCIe x16, is it possible to upgrade this video card?


texts: X-Mailer header mapping to actual version of mail.app used to send message

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When email is sent using Mail.app a Apple Mail (x.xxx.x) X-Mailer header is added to the message. Is there a way to determine which actual version of the app was used to send the messages?  In Lion Version 5 the header is (2.1244.3).

Is there some sort of formula that determines what the numbers in the header are?  Is there any way to determine the version mappings from older versions?


texts: "Client Authentication" certificate for iPhone for school Wi-Fi

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My school Wi-Fi, which requires that I log in using my username and password, requires that I accept this certificate (which I think might be a trusted root certificate?) in order to connect:

What does this allow them to do? Does this certificate mean they can run man in the middle attacks and decrypt my HTTPS searches?

Help is very much appreciated, thanks!!


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I have an iPad with Settings->General->International->Language set to Hungarian. Still, my Skype is in Chinese and I have no idea how to change that.

I tried to change the iPad's language, to change the language in my Skype profile, to reinstall Skype, to delete Skype's backup in iCloud than to reinstall, but no use.

Any ideas?


texts: Can I make double-sided printing the default?

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In the "Print" sheet, there's a checkbox for double-sided printing, but it's off by default.  I often end up using twice as much paper as I want to because I forget to check this.

Is there a way to make this enabled by default?


texts: Mac Book Pro 2012 Terminal Pass Recovery

texts: Recently bought this computer and am not an administrator just trying to log previous owner out to log in via the use of the Terminal through accessing the physical written form of the password and using it to log prior owner out. Very basic understanding of coding and relatively new to the extensive study of it so details details details!


texts: Scaling external display text & UI components

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I have a late 2013 Retina Macbook Pro which drives a Dell P2815Q 28" 4K monitor (at 30Hz). What I would like is to have scaled UI components whilst retaining the resolution of the monitor, rather than having to either:

Use the full resolution with tiny fonts and UI components
Use 1920x1080 scaled HiDPI mode, which doesn't provide enough screen space (although the text is lovely and clear).

The options I currently have for the external monitor are:

What I'd like is to be able to scale the display as I can for the Retina MBP screen:

I've found plenty of posts explaining how to enable all resolutions under the 'Scaled' tab. This is not the solution I'm after because it doesn't make the font/UI components smaller whilst retaining a crisp resolution.


texts: Is there a shortcut to open a folder in a Open File dialog?

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In an Open File dialog, I can press Return or Cmd-Down to go into a folder. But is there a key sequence to actually select the folder as the item to open? It seems I can only just use the mouse to press the Open button while the folder is highlighted.

(BBEdit is an example of an application in which I often want to open a folder.)


texts: When I use Runtastic and track my run on my Apple Watch, do I double my distance in the Health app?

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When I use RunTastic to track my run on my iPhone and also use the Apple Watch health app to track my run (or not), is the resulting data which is sent to the Health app doubled?

For example, if I run 1 mile (and track it on Runtastic and my Apple Watch), would I see 2 miles in the Health app?


texts: Couldn't change the Country and Region on my iPhone

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I am unable to change the Country and Region on my iPhone. Upon attempting, the following message is displayed:

What could be the possible cause? How can I resolve it?


texts: How do I prevent search terms from being copied between applications?

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If I have a search field open in Xcode and Safari at the same time, switching between the apps will copy the search term from one app to the other.

To reproduce this:

Open a webpage in Safari, and press Cmd-F to search the page, but don't type anything
Go to the Find Navigator in Xcode, and type "xcodesearch"
Use the app switcher to go to Safari

"xcodesearch" ends up in Safari's Find search field. Is there a setting that controls this? I don't want this to happen.

OS X 10.8.4, MacBook Air


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Are there any third-party programs for Microsoft Skydrive (but for Mac)?

Skydrive offers 25GB of free cloud storage.

There is a third-party app for windows that can access Skydrive.


texts: How can I trim the first 3 characters in file name with AppleScript?

texts: Is there a way to trim off the first 3 character of multiple file names? (or last 3 characters)


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I have a file called tmp.0.sDQWBe located on my MacBook/Macintosh HD /private/var/folders/k1/(a ton of random text)/T/tmp.0.sDQWBe. The file is 13.2GB and I have no idea what it is.

I want to delete it so it can free up space on my computer. What is it, and can I delete it?


texts: How can I instantly move the cursor to the end of a long document in iOS?

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I edit Markdown documents on iPhone 7 sometimes. Some of the documents I want to work with are pretty long — 15,000 words or more.

When I open a document to work on it (for example in the Byword or Ulysses apps, or even just a really long email), usually I want to append new text to the end of the document.

Scrolling to the end of a 15k-word file by swiping repeatedly takes a really long time.

Is there some functional equivalent of an "end" button in iOS?

UPDATE

Hm. We seem to be getting hung up on the idea of an "end button." Maybe I shouldn't have used that analogy.

By "equivalent to" I mean any UI control, whether it's a gesture or a hidden control or anything at all that will take you directly to the end of a file. It doesn't have to be a button.

To be clear, what I'm asking is, is there some way, any way, to go instantly to the end of a file?