texts: iPad/iOS full tutorial for seniors in Chinese?

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I cant seem to find any tutorials in Chinese which teach older Chinese elders how to use iOS or an iPad. My parents are not very good at English and I can only find English tutorials online. They barely know how to use iOS or iPad controls even after owning an iPhone for two years.
Even if I just change the language of the iPad itself to Chinese, it won’t help them learn how to use “advanced” technology, I’ve tried.
Does anybody know where I could find a full comprehensive tutorial starting from the very basics to more advanced stuff, all in Chinese? It’s extremely frustrating to not see any useful tutorials at all in other languages.
Any useful help would be much appreciated.


texts: External SATA drive not showing up when connected via USB adapter

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I've got a PATA/SATA adapter which connects via USB, and if I connect PATA drives to it they show up fine, but for some reason SATA drives aren't working. If I connect the same SATA drive to my Windows box it also shows up. Does anyone know what the cause of this is, and how to fix it?
This is on an older MacBook Pro (mid 2014), running High Sierra v10.13.6.


texts: How to charge iPhone from MacBook Pro overnight?

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I want the iPhone to be charged connected to the MacBook Pro while I am sleeping.

When I connect the iPhone, the computer charges the mobile battery. But when I wake up, the cellphone is not fully charged.

I think that maybe this happens because the computer puts on sleep mode.

Is there a way that the iPhone keeps charging, even if the computer puts on sleep mode? or which would be the best way to solve this?

My MacBook is connected to the charger and the lid is closed.

I have an iPhone 7 Plus and a 2017 MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave 10.14.4.


texts: Difference between unlocked iPhone and carrier iPhone

texts: I want to buy an iPhone 5S and I think it's not directly from apple but it's from a carrier. what I want to know is the difference between the official version and this version, besides the fact that carriers' phones may only use one carrier SIM... I'm asking about software "or" hardware differences


texts: How do I modify Word 2011 for Mac so I can see tracked changes inline and notes simultaneously?

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Background:

In Word 2011 for the Mac, it's possible to view tracked changes inline -- that is, see the changes made on the screen within the text itself, as opposed seeing them in a balloon off to the side. (Such a balloon would read "Text deleted - "on the screen".)

However, there's currently no way of doing this while simultaneously viewing comments.

You can view comments as well as changes simultaneously, but the only way to do this is in balloons off to the side, so you have balloons reading "This text is confusing because [reason]" and also ones saying "text deleted - [foo]". This is extremely confusing.

To clarify, here are some threads on the MS forums about this:

tracking changes and comments
Track Changes Office 2011

My question:

It's pretty clear there's no workaround that will allow authors and editors to view changes inline, while simultaneously seeing notes with their pointers to the text being referred to. (Seeing notes within the reviewing pane while in draft view doesn't work, since you can't easily tell which notes relate to what text.) Is it possible to use VBA to change this behavior in Word on the Mac? Or would this simply break in future revisions?

This is an important missing feature in Word for the Mac. (You can do this in Word for Windows.) Reading through the above threads, this has been the case for the last two major versions Word for the Mac.

I'll consider add-ons, scripting, pretty much anything that won't destabilize my system. (If the answer is that this is impossible, well, I won't be happy, but at least I'll know.)

(I'm running a MacBook Pro with OSX 10.6.7 if that helps. Currently running Word 2011, v.14.0.1.)


texts: OSX High Sierra won't save any passwords

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I have looked for any solutions for this problem, and it is a huge problem I'm having with the latest upgrade. I saw another user has had the same issue and posted it on the apple forum here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8111053?start=0&tstart=0

But there's no answer for it.

Since upgrading to High Sierra, every time I close an application it forgets all the passwords I have saved in that application. Coda, Chrome, whatever it may be.

All my FTP password details stored on Coda, get forgotten every single time it's closed, same for Chrome. My gmail accounts, toggl, any site which would keep you logged in, doesn't and forgets entirely.

I have tried checking my Keychain Access, it looks okay I think? If anyone else is having this problem or knows a solution I'd be very grateful!

Thank you


texts: OS X El Capitan installation error: AMD-Action:authenticate:SP

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When doing a clean re-installation of El Capitan (highest supported version) from a bootable USB on an older Mac (MBP, 15-inch, Late 2008), I get this error:

An unexpected error occured while signing in.
AMD-Action:authenticate:SP

The error shows up, while logging in with the Apple ID into the App Store in the installer.

I tried with different Apple IDs,

Also tried running these commands
in the Recovery Terminal and restarting:
csrutil clear
csrutil enable


texts: When I create a new radio station in Apple Music by selecting an existing song and then choosing "Create Station" from the right-click menu, it creates the station and gives it the name of the song I selected with the word "Radio" appended. How do I rename the station?


texts: Mount partitions/images with Linux filesystems

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I've created a local image of the drive of a hosted VPS by using dd over ssh (ssh user@123.45.67.89 "dd if=/dev/vda " | dd of=/Volumes/Backup/droplet.img).

mount shows that macOS supports afs, hfs, exfat, et cetera... but not any version of the Extended File System.

I'm running Sierra (10.12.6); what's the best way to mount this image and gain read/write access to its file system? Fuse-based solutions suggested in other posts appear deprecated and no longer suggested or maintained.


texts: is there a way to disable being able to move icons on an ipod touch

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my 3yr old son loves using it, but everyday he manages to reorder everything, and places all the objects in 1 folder

I have found how to disable the delete ablitlity, but is there a way to prevent the object icons from being moved
thanks


texts: Backing up to an internal drive of another machine

texts: I have a mac laptop that I want to back up to an internal drive on my Mac Pro. The drive I want to back up to is blank and not the OS drive. They are connected via ethernet, but I do not see the drive on my computer. How would I be able to recognize it?


texts: What does XProtect protect/secure on Mac OS X?

texts: My research so far has found XProtect appears at first glance to be a basic AV engine that scans DMG & apps through Safari, Chrome and Firefox. I'm looking to understand what does it actually do and what does it exactly monitor outside of DMG and apps? I've read it doesn't provide protection from BitTorrent and removable USB thumb drives. What else?


texts: What's the difference between device file and its raw version?

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It's convenient to use dd to write image file to USB sticks. But I find sometimes people write dd of=/dev/disk1 and there is alos dd of=/dev/rdisk1.

e.g.

The arch wiki

 dd if=image.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=8192

The Raspberry Pi instruction

sudo dd bs=1m if=~/Downloads/2012-10-28-wheezy-raspbian/2012-10-28-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/rdisk3

What is the difference?


texts: How can I change spell check to Turkish in Pages?

texts: I started to use Pages. I want to change spell check language. But I don't find Turkish in the language menu (inspector of Pages). How can I add Turkish into the language menu? Thanks.


texts: Home sharing library doesn't show up on iPhone 5 (9.3.2) no matter what I do

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I'm trying to make my iTunes (12.5.1.21) music library show up in Music on my iPhone 5 (9.3.2). Nothing seems to work, i.e. whatever I try nothing shows up under the My Music tab on my phone (empty view telling me to find some music).

Apple's instructions to use Home Sharing on iOS are:

  On the screen that appears, tap the category near the middle of the screen. Then tap Home Sharing and choose a shared Library to connect to.

Obviously, there is no such control in the empty view.

Steps taken, with no effect:

OSX firewall is not enabled.
Activated Home sharing using the same Apple ID on both iPhone and Mac.
Updated to latest iTunes (12.5.1.21). Support for iOS 9 was added in version 12.3.0.44.
Enabled sharing the whole library in iTunes settings (although I'm under the impression that that is a separate feature from home sharing).
Deauthorized and re-authorized the mac, and reactivated home sharing.
Restarted iTunes, killed the Music app.
Restarted mac and phone.
Logged out of home sharing on phone, waited 15 minutes, logged in again.
Disabled screen lock and let the phone sit with Music app open.
Enabled Apple Music in iOS, even though I have no interest in it.
Restarted router.
Checked that the required ports aren't blocked in the router, as per Apple troubleshooting instruction, although I fail to see how that would affect things since both my devices are inside the same LAN behind that firewall.
Confirmed that the itunes remote app for iOS could find itunes.

Are there any magical constraints to Home Sharing they're not telling me?


texts: How long (time/duration) should a complete restore on an iMac from Time Machine take?

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I was getting long boot times when I would log onto my account and even my kids' accounts on my iMac (2008 Intel Core 2 Duo).  Then I could not launch Disk Utility and other standard, pre-installed software (including Accounts under System Preferences).

I started the process with Snow Leopard to restore from a Time Machine backup, but it says it's going to take 56 hours! My HDD is 500GB but that seems like an excessive amount of time.

What would be the usual time range?

I started it last night, but it came back to the "Language option" as if it restarted the disk.

Ideas?


texts: Installing Windows On SDXC (not like source of ISO)

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I'm a  newbie on Macs and OS X.  I'm currently using "El Capitan" version 10.11.6

I have the Windows 10 Enterprise 64bits installer ISO.  I have doubts about Installing Windows on SDXC Card using Boot Camp.

Is it Possible to do this and if so, is there a step-by-step or HOWTO available?

EDIT 1

My Hard Disk is 128GB, I really need another partitions for CentOS and Windows 10 then Is very few space for three OS.

And now I know the speed is very slow for SDXC (I was thinking in Transcend).

If I found a Speedest Hard Disk the USB speed will be a limitation.
Some clue to solve this limitation Space and Speed?


texts: How do I import photos in OS X without using Photos.app?

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My girlfriend always used Picasa to import photos from the camera, but since upgrading to OS X 10.11 El Capitan that doesn't work anymore.

Using Photos.app, she is able to import the photos, but they're hidden away in a Photos Library file which Photoshop cannot open, meaning she cannot add photos as a new layer.

Any suggestions, please? In the open dialogue of Photoshop I've tried clicking 'Photos' hoping it'd show the entire photo library, but it doesn't bring up any photos.


texts: external monitor won't go full screen with MBP 13" 2020

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I searched but couldn't find anything relevant.
I have a 2020 Macbook pro 13" that's updated to the latest OS. I got a secondary external monitor AOC 24B1H 24" LCD Monitor (1920x1080 @60Hz). I connected it thru a vava usb-c Hub and found that the image on the external monitor would only expand to about 90% of the screen, leaving a black boarder that's not being used (but can be used). I tried connecting it thru a different Anker usb-c hub and still got the same issue, that the screen is only 90% full with there being a black boarder that's not supposed to be there. I even used a friend's monitor with both hubs and found that the same issue came up with that monitor as well. Both monitors work well with other laptops and connections, showing the image at full screen using 100%.
I'm thinking it's an issue with the 2020 MBP 13" but can't seem to resolve the issue. I even tried to use switch res x and didn't manage to resolve the issue. Does anybody have any ideas?
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texts: How do I get iCal push notifications working?

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If I update an event on my iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.3.3, it is updated correctly on the MobileMe calendar web site, but not on iCal – I have to refresh the latter manually. I took a look at my system log, and there are entries like this:

  Sep 23 10:40:59 Musa applepushserviced[147]: : Stream error occurred for : Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=2 UserInfo=0x10012d5e0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork error 2.)"

Could this be responsible? If so, what is the solution?


texts: iTunes remembers my friend's iPhone from when he plugged it in to recharge

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Every time my friend's iPhone is on the same WiFi network, iTunes asks me if I want to update his phone's OS and then later asks if I want to update his carrier profile or something like that. How can I keep this from happening?

I'm on Mavericks, and this previous question doesn't help and this Mavericks specific question seems to be asking for something different.

His device does not appear in iTunes > Preferences > Devices, but does show up in File > Devices (even when he isn't on the same WiFi network)

New Information:
It seems like his device appearing in File > Devices was just because that menu keeps the last device connected around. Now that my phone has connected it is the only device in that menu.


texts: How to get rid of a standard user in my accounts on Mac?

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I added another user to my Mac and then didn't know how to fill out all the technical questions. The problem is I cannot use my trackpad when the computer starts. I have to use a mouse.

I would like to get rid of this standard user, or somehow figure out the answers to my questions on filling out the standard user form in hopes the trackpad problem will go away. Or have I somehow lost my trackpad functionality in the opening screen of the computer forever?


texts: Rules for Spotlight search (on osx 10.8)

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I absolutely do not understand the rules that Spotlight (osx 10.8) uses to search my files. If I enter the query sbml and select filename from the dropdown menu, these are the results that come up:

BIOMD0000000051_SBML-L2V4.xml
runImmdeath_noSBML.py
runp53_noSBML.py
SBMLParser.py

but if I chose the query libsbml instead, this is the only result I get:

libsbml-5.6.0-libxml2-macosx-lion.dmg

Now, I wouldn't expect the first four answers to come up on the second search, but why does a search for sbml not turn up libsbml-5.6.0-libxml2-macosx-lion.dmg? Clearly, sbml doesn't have to be the first 4 letters in the filename, nor the last 4 before the extension. So what is the deal?


texts: how do i restore my wiped erased imac OS X

texts: My iMac was stolen,using the find my iphone app I erased, wiped it. 2 days later I got it back. I'm trying to get it workin again.Was told to take it to a apple dealer to be fixed.The closest one is 200km away. Any help would be great.


texts: How do I locate spouse's misplaced iPhone 6S?

texts: My husband and I have iPhone6 but his is a 6S.  He misplaced his iPhone and I want to help him locate it.  How do I do that?  With my iPad & iPhone I can go to find iPhone and see my devices.  How do I add his iPhone to my devices?


texts: "Name" folder appears in the top of every finder window

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I am running Mountain Lion and notice occasionally a weird thing happening in the finder. I will be navigating through folders and notice that at the top of each folder that there is a folder called "Name". I can't click into that folder and there really isn't a folder of that name that should exist.

I've particularly noticed it when using the column view (not sure what else to call it the view where you see each folder in a column as you navigate through them). It only happens intermittently. Has anyone ever seen this or have an idea of why this might be happening?


texts: How to "killall" Visual Studio Code in Terminal?

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I have a small shell script called "k" that i call everytime when i want to reset my complete Development Cycle:

killall node
killall Xcode
killall Terminal

How can i find out the final name of the "Visual Studio Code"-Prozess to kill it also this way?

I've tried:

killall "Visual Studio Code"

  No matching processes belonging to you were found

killall "Code"

  No matching processes belonging to you were found

Any ideas?
I am looking for a generic approach without any manually lookup of PIDs necessary.

This application looks like this in Activity Monitor:


texts: For Mac OS X, what is required for HDCP (video copy-protection) on an external monitor with HDMI?

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I have a (non-Retina) MacBook Pro (mid-2012) and I have just purchased an Asus VN248H-P external monitor with HDMI input, connected to the MacBook Pro with a Monoprice Mini-DisplayPort to HDMI cable. This is not a television set; it is a peripheral computer monitor.
For the first time, I tried to play a movie purchased and downloaded from iTunes on the external monitor, and I got an error message in iTunes saying that this is not supported because the Mac cannot verify HDCP support for my configuration. (This refers to the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection encryption scheme).

The selected movie won't play on one of your connected displays.
This movie can be played only on displays that support HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection).
Try moving the iTunes window to a different display. Make sure the entire window is on the supported display.

iTunes will only let me play the movie on the built-in screen on my (non-Retina) MacBook Pro, which is smaller and lower-resolution.
Is my Monoprice cable incompatible, and do I need to replace it with a different cable or adapter? Is there such a thing as a cable or adapter that works with HDCP and will enable this? Or is playing HDCP-encrypted content simply not possible on my configuration?
Please don't give me an answer that involves using software to break the HDCP encryption or to transcode to a different video format; I'd like to know if there is a hardware solution for full compatibility so that I don't lose any video resolution by transcoding.


texts: 2017 MBP has started to degrade in performance - dreaded kernel_task

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All -
My normally stable mbp 2017 has started slowing down with kernel_thread dominating the CPU in recent weeks. This condition persists across reboots. My primary concern is that the machine is overheating (please see troubleshooting to date).
Any ideas?  The wildest idea I have at the moment is that Firefox had some sort of deep JS hack; Zoom has rolled out crappier code in 5.X series (nothing to do with heat); and the thermal throttling is normal.
Are there any alternative troubleshooting steps I can take short of returning my mac for service? I don't have a backup and really can't be without a computer for 5+ days for work. I've also thought about buying a new machine but Apple pricing is just spectacular.
Things  I've tried:

Restarting the machine
Restarting / running diags (nothing found)
Re-installing key apps
Air-blowing out the exhaust ports

Symptoms:

Until I re-installed Firefox (user profiles preserved) - connecting MBP to the internet would result in immediate spike in kernel_threads
Zoom meetings also trigger the

Data I've been using:

iStats Menu for detailed graphs
pmset -g thermal

Observations:

No observable memory pressure
Temperatures on thunderbolt port, cpu etc seem nominal but pmset is showing thermal throttling

This has triggered a conversation about refreshing to a MBP 2016 or macmini,  but its an awfully expensive "fix" if there are other ways to root cause the behaviour.


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I seem to be doing a lot of long press -> Copy of Images, and I would like to save them directly into Photos, but I can't find a place to do a paste.

Instead, I have to paste into Notes, then use "Share" (Activity button) to tap "Save Image".

Is there some way to paste directly into (a new) Photo?


texts: Auto logout results in severe login screen bug

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With auto logout enabled, I experience severe display errors at the login screen. These errors do not occur at the login screen right after boot. They appear only when the auto logout is triggered.
I wonder if it's a hardware bug. A major flaw has been discussed at discussions.apple.com (166 pages!!). However, that bug is different and happened with Nvidia GPUs. I have a AMD Radeon HD 6490M (early 2011).
Question

What causes this bug? (hardware? software?)
What measures should I take?


texts: Will upgrading my iPod touch 3g erase any data or settings?

texts: My old iPod nano was completely erased, (losing some unrecoverable songs) when I last updated iPod firmware. Is there a way to upgrade my iPod touch 3g without losing all my data?


texts: I deleted all my music, only to have the 4 gb go to ‘other’. Why?

texts: So my phone was really full, I needed more storage. I decided to delete all music, seeing as I never listen to it anyway. So I just deleted the app, and reinstalled it. I had 4 gb of music before deleting it. When deleted, the ‘other’ storage gained 4 gb. This is unacceptable. Can anyone help?


texts: Can the 2009 MacBook Air be booted from USB?

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There seems to be a lot of confusion, conflicting information and assumptions about this matter, so I'd like to clarify that this question is specifically about the 2009 model of MacBook Air. I am aware that most Macs boot from USB just fine. Internet Recovery was introduced to the Air range in 2010, IIRC.

I used to have the 2009 MBA myself back in the day, and I have a vague memory that booting via USB did not work, and that it was the case with all pre-2010 MacBook Airs. However, these days it is no longer easy to find clear information about the matter, official or otherwise. One extant source is here:
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Apple/MacBookAir/2-1#Installation_medium

I also remember that the "official story" in case of failed hard drives was to boot from Apple's own external optical drive, the USB SuperDrive. The install DVD was even included in the package, despite the machine not having a drive to read it. I'm wondering how it would be that only that particular device worked; could the conditions it fulfills be faked somehow on a normal USB drive?

My situation is that I have been given the opportunity to acquire a cheap 2009 MBA with a failed hard drive, but I don't have physical access to the machine yet. What I am looking to do is replace the hard drive with an OWC SSD and installing a new system (in this case, Linux) on it. However, obviously I wouldn't want to order the new SSD for such an old machine unless I'm sure I can get it to work.


texts: How do I change the email address that iCal alerts are sent to?

texts: When I set up email alerts in iCal, a popup list allows me to choose one of my email addresses, but there is no way to enter a custom email address. How do I change the email address that iCal sends notifications to?


texts: How to redeem Apple tv+ 1 year subscription when you purchase a new Mac?

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I just bought new MacBook  Pro 2019, I already installed all updates but I cant get a promised 1-year subscription (tried both app and tv.apple.com).

What precise step by step process is used to redeem this benefit?


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I installed Linux on my MBP. I just told it to overwrite the whole hard drive so OS X is gone.

But now I want to go back to OS X so that I can upgrade to Lion.

I start up my MBP with the installation DVD. I see it startup with the white screen and the spinning wheel. Then after a while nothing happens.

I'm not sure if my DVD is bad. Maybe it's trying to read something and it can't do it.

I read that the installation DVD first copies part of itself onto the hard drive. Is it possible that it's expecting to find a certain partition to copy itself on to and since it's not finding it that's the reason it hangs?

Is it possible to copy the DVD onto one of my external USB drives and use refit to boot that drive like it's the DVD?

What can be done?


texts: Cannot see iTunes Radio on my device after updating to iOS7

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I just have a quick question regarding the iTunes radio function. My girlfriend and I updated our iPhone 5 at the same time. She got the iTunes Radio, and mine is nowhere to be found. I open iTunes and cannot seem to find it anywhere. Anyone else experienced this?

I currently live in Norway with a Norwegian account, if that matters :)


texts: Does iCloud Two-factor authentication send a code to the same device as a log in request?

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My Apple-ID (e.g., on https://appleid.apple.com/ ) is set up to require entry of a 6-digit code sent to my registered Apple products.

This code is being sent to the same device I'm currently requesting to log in. I feel this absolutely defeats the purpose of this 2-Factor Authentication: If a person knows my password, this person can receive the code on that device, and access my apple account without any problems.

Is this a bug or can I set up / change how this security step works?


texts: Why don't I have a camera on my iPod touch?

texts: Why do a couple of my friends have a camera on their iPod touch and I don't?


texts: There's missing space in my partitions on my Macbook 2016

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My Macbook is usually 250gb, and I'm looking to increase the main container disk1 to as close as that as possible. There's like 37GB of unaccounted space. Where is it? I can't tell if its being used or if its potentially something I can merge. Here's a screencap of my current disk list.

There's only 213.7GB of usable space. To give context this laptop is fairly new, but I may have messed up removing a partition or something. I don't have any data installed either.


texts: Mojave not recognizing my bootable USB stick, reverts back to Apple Partition after flashing

texts:
So first of all I have little experience on this field, but I'm trying to install linux on my personal MacBook Pro from 2017.

I followed a lot of tutorials for this but none of them worked. So I figured I'd ask here.

I have a 64gb SanDisk Ultra Media USB stick lying around. I got it here: https://www.mediamarkt.nl/nl/product/_sandisk-ultra-usb-3-0-flashdrive-64-gb-1262970.html

I grabbed a ubuntu copy from the official Ubuntu website, used Etcher to flash to ISO on the stick. Everything seemed fine, so I eject the stick, restart my macbook into startup manager, but the USB isn't there. Only my internal hard drive shows up. After reading a lot of forums I read that the USB stick should be erased first with GUID partition.

So, I did that, but after flashing I checked Disk Utility and saw that the partition was reverted back to the standard Apple-partition scheme.

What am I doing wrong? All these miracle fixes I see on the internet never work for me, and people say it's so easy to install Linux on your Mac. Well, I also have a MacBook from work, with Catalina, and have the same problem with that one too!

Any help would be appreciated


texts: How can I force the Photos app on my iPhone to recognize faces

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I have a several photos in my camera roll, received mostly through WhatsApp in my iPhone XS.

In the photos, the person is in front of the camera and the face is completely visible and straight, not tilted, and when I swipe up to tag the person in the photo, I see a "No related found" message, it's not like it's mis-tagging, it doesn't find a face at all.

Selfies taken with the camera and photos taken from other places (downloaded from Facebook, for example) seem to be fine, the face is recognized, but Photos doesn't seem able to recognize the face in these photos from WhatsApp.

I have some photos of this person tagged and going to Photos > People to confirm additional photos doesn't find any additional photos.

Is there a way to force Photos to perform face recognition across the whole camera roll?


texts: Include original picture's file on a iPhoto slideshow

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There is a simple way to include the original picture's file of a iPhoto slideshow?
I create a slideshow with iPhoto, select Share and iDvd. Now I have the slideshow on iDvd and I can burn or export in VIDEO_TS or .IMG. What is the best way to have the burned dvd video with the original picture's file inside too?


texts: What is the difference between a "sparse disk image" and a "sparse bundle disk image"?

texts: What are the differences between sparse and sparse bundle disk images?


texts: Can't use keyboard shortcuts to switch spaces unless I'm in mission control

texts: I have my Mac set up to switch spaces using Cmd + Num but sometimes, out of the blue, they will stop working unless I do the command when in mission control. Anybody have any idea why this happens?


texts: Is there an option to show the real url when you do search on Safari 6?

texts:
Safari 6 integrated an address bar and a search box together.  So when you want to search a keyword, you just type into the address box.  That's maybe good.

Before, when you type something in the old search box, you were seeing a url that contains all search term as query strings in the old address bar.  For example, if you type Safari 6 in the search box, you'll see something like https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=safari+6… in the address bar.

In Safari 6, repeating this experiment, type Safari 6 in the integrated address bar. You'll keep seeing Safari 6 there, not the real URL.  This happens even if I go to the search site first and type the keyword into their search.  It only happens for your choice of the search engine in the Safari preference.  So let's say, I pick "Yahoo" and go to "Google.com", then it shows the real URL.

Is it possible to bypass this annoyance and get Safari 6 to reveal the actual URL?


texts:
Can't find a way to reorder tasks in Reminders. Am I missing something or it really is not possible?

Update: Apple added this feature to iOS 6.


texts: git auto-complete branches with checkout alias

texts:
There's this neat script to autocomplete git branches.

It works fine with git checkout <tab>.

But, I want to take it further. I have a checkout alias: alias co='git co'.

How can I make branch autocompletion work using co <branch>


texts: Cannot Login iCloud from System Preferences

texts:
I could not login into my iCloud account from System Preferences on my iMac, when I insert the email and password, I get this error.

I've searched online, and the guides say to remove some file in the ~/Library/Application Support/iCloud/Accounts/ folder and then rebooting the iMac, but it doesn't fix my error, I've tried to remove the iMac from my Apple account on the appleid.apple.com page, I can login again, but then I get this error.

How can I solve?
Thanks


texts: Can print graphics, but no text to Canon printer

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This has stumped me. Printing was working normally before.
I wrote a document in Pages with text, and one horizontal divider line. I printed it, and only the line printed. After that point, I could only print graphics to the printer, not text.
Printer is a Canon imageCLASS MF8080Cw over a network. Printing the same PDF document from Windows works.
I tried:

Print to PDF, then print PDF. Only the line printed.
Save to RTF and open in Textedit, then print. Line was not exported to RTF, printed a blank page. Also printed from Libre Office, blank page.
In Pages, changed text colour and font. No change.
Printed a text chat. Emojis and bubbles printed, no text.
Did a screen capture and printed that from preview. Image printed fine.
Rebooted and tried again. Removed printer from settings, re-added, and tried again. No change.
Printed a printer test page from the Canon print queue. Graphics part printed fine, no text.
Tried to print text from Keynote, no text printed.

This baffles me. It as if a bug in Pages just made fonts disappear somewhere before the document gets sent out the network. It seems like there should be some way to reset that, but I don't know enough to know where or how. Any suggestions?


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Does anyone know what the "access_bpf" group is / does. I noticed it when I went into Preferences > Users & Groups.

I've searched around and found that it has something to do with Wireshark, however I have not installed the program on my Mac so I'm too sure how the group got added.


texts: How do I set the default RSS reader in Safari 6 on Mountain Lion

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With Mountain Lion and Safari 6, there is no built in RSS reader and Safari prompts you to find and install one from the Mac App Store if you don't have one.

So I installed a few different RSS readers. Now when I click on bookmarks to RSS feeds from Safari, it opens the last RSS reader I installed.

My question is, how do I change Safari's default RSS reader from being the last one I installed to the one I choose? I'd prefer a direct system setting than having to install another plug-in or utility (I don't use extensions in Safari).


texts: Git stored credentials work locally but don't have effect if logged into the machine via SSH

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I have a remote macOS machine with git and GitHub Desktop installed, as well as my SSH public key.

If I connect to the machine via Screen Sharing, open a shell window and try e.g. git pull in my repository it works fine and doesn't ask for the credentials.

However, if I connect to the same machine using SSH and try the same git command, it asks for credentials every time (and works if I give it the correct username and password).

I tried a few suggestions such as this one but everything I do doesn't seem to have any effect when connecting to the machine via SSH.

Is there some sort of a policy of not updating the KeyChain via SSH? Or is it something else?

P.S. I added this to my ~.ssh/config:

Host *
  AddKeysToAgent yes
  UseKeychain yes

Doesn't seem to help.

Also, my git URL is https://github.com/...


texts: Command line (or other way) to change proxy config in easy way

texts:
At the company I work at we use the proxies to connect to the Internet. This works fine until I have to do XCode simulator work(in UIWebView, not Safari browser), at which time I have to turn off all the proxies.

But if I do this, I can't connect to the Internet in my mac book. So, I have to change it frequently. It is so boring.

I have to frequently access this System Preference to change these settings:

So, there are any easy way to change it with a keyboard shortcut? Can I create a command line script and start it with a keyboard shortcut? Is there a way to make the XCode simulator work with a proxy? Any ideas?


texts: How can I find the bottleneck in my media server setup?

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On seemingly random occasions, streaming media from iTunes on a Mac mini to my Apple TV (3rd gen, latest software) will result in slow buffering of movies. The catch? There's no consistency to when it happens, and I don't know how to diagnose it when it does.

I've tried restarting the Mac, wireless box and Apple TV at that point, and it almost never makes any difference (as in, it stays pretty slow). When it's working fine, movies start playing inside of twenty seconds and don't pause to buffer at any point. Since I know the Apple TV is capable of streaming and playing back these sorts of files without issue, so I suspect a network issue, but I have no way to verify that.

My main suspicion, due to the seemingly random nature of the problem, would be slow wifi speeds. Here's where I get annoyed. Older versions of the airport utility had a panel where you could see the speed at which devices were talking to the base station. In 6.0 up, it's not there any more. In any case, I've tried playing with wireless channels, but it doesn't make any discernible difference. The settings screen of the Apple TV indicates 4-5 signal bars whenever I check, but I have no idea how reliable that is or what it actually means. Is there any way to see this info?

I'd happily get some powerline ethernet adaptors, but I don't want to waste my time if the wireless speeds I'm getting are fine and the problem is elsewhere! Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Extra (but possibly irrelevant) details:

The files in question are almost always 10GB+ 1080p files, all ripped and remuxed the same way. They're stored on a 4-drive RAID enclosure connected by FireWire 800.

The network is an 802.11ac AirPort Extreme that's in charge of everything — DHCP, etc etc. The Mac mini is connected to the Extreme via Ethernet directly (no switches), and the Apple TV is connected via wi-fi.


texts: Automated transcripts of conference calls

texts: What's the best way to get an automated transcript of a FaceTime/Skype or simple audio conference call?


texts:
Issue
After upgrading to macOS Big Sur's update on 11/19/20, the login screen freezes intermittently, after entering the YubiKey login pin, requiring the MacBook Pro to be shut down completely and turned on again.
The YubiKey issue has been documented from a few sources.

Reddit - MacOS Big Sur SmartCard Authentication issues
Apple Discussions

Stuck at lock screen, macOS Big Sur
Big Sur and smart cards

MacBook Pro Configuration

Two-Factor authentication enabled with a YubiKey 5C
OS: macOS Big Sur, Version 11.0.1
Device: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
Processor: 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
Memory: 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4

Attempted Solutions

Restart the computer.
Shutdown and turn back on.
Reset NVRAM. See: Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac
Reset SMC. See: How to reset the SMC of your Mac
Run Disk Utility's First Aid: No issues found
Run Apple Diagnostics: No issues found
Scan computer with AVG Antivirus: No viruses found
Reinstall Big Sur from macOS Recovery
Remove apps from starting automatically at login. Specifically, there was a Zoom app that I removed from starting at login. See: Add or remove automatic items
Run in safe mode: The frozen login screen still persists intermittently in safe mode. See: How to use safe mode on your Mac


texts: After using fake charger with my Macbook Pro Retina 13, an original new one won't light up

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I bought by mistake a fake MagSafe 2 charger for my Macbook Pro 13 Retina. After using it for around a month I decided to pay more and buy the original one for the sake of my battery health. After opening the box and plugin it in, it just didn't light up, I've tried many times and nothing.

The new charger works on my girlfriends MacBook without any problems and the fake one still works on mine! Both chargers are 60W MagSafe 2 (the proper one).

I tried reseting SMC and PRAM, but no luck.

Did anyone have this problem, what could it be?


texts: Ram problem even if they pass the apple hardware test?

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After updating the ram 2 x 8 GB (CT2KIT102464BF160B) the mac mini late 2012 have started various kernel panic, doing the Apple Harware Test to verify the modules the ram is ok, everything is ok.

So the crashes should not depend on the ram, but by putting the original modules back, everything goes back to work without crashing.

In doubt, however, I started asking for the return of the ram but I wonder and I wonder is it still the ram to cause me problems even if the AHT tells me it's ok?


texts: Switch between windows (not applications) in both directions

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I can't switch between windows smoothly. On Windows I could use Ctrl+Tab to scroll through all open Windows and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to scroll in the other direction.

On the Mac, I use Cmd+Tab to scroll through applications and Cmd+` (key above tab) to scroll through open Windows, but this is not intuitive as my mental model is more interested in my task divided into windows than applications.

Is there anyway - I don't mind learning a new key combo and would like some visual representation of where I am (nice to have). Crucially, I want it to be something really simple like the Windows keys that just roll through a bunch of windows, regardless of application.

EDIT: Paying £14 for Witch in order to get this functionality is frankly ridiculous, is there an OSX way of doing it?


texts: I had my Mac stolen last week. I now have a new one and would like all the photos I had backed up on iCloud on my new Mac. How do I do this?


texts: I have an iPhone 6 running iOS 11.4.1. When I go to Settings/About, it tells me I have 32 Gigs available in my 64 Gig iPhone. When I use iExplorer, it lists on the screen that my 64 Gig iPhone has only 14.6 Gigs. Since these values are so different I'm asking if either one is correct. I'm tempted to believe what my iPhone says but why such a difference?


texts:
In the Windows I can use the pathping command to tail after the network path, but I can not find this command on macOS.

Is it has another name, such as ipconfig to ifconfig?


texts: My computer crashed and I made a copy of the entire hard disk by drag and drop on an external hard drive in target mode. Can I restore everything from this drive to the computer now that is 10.7 has been installed. Migration assistant does not see the drive. Help?


texts:
I am looking to uninstall Google Drive without fully loading the computer, such as through Single user mode.

I recently installed Drive and it is now crashing so my desktop will not load.

I tried loading safe mode, but I only get blue screen.

I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and also have the disc to load from.


texts: How does the "Copy" button work for iPad photos?

texts: When I click "Share" on an iPad photo not in Camera Roll, there's a "Copy" option. It seems to do nothing, how can I get it to work? Ideally I want to copy a photo to the Camera Roll so I can save it to my computer. It's annoying that I can't just save all the photos, Camera Roll or not, from the iPad to my computer.


texts: Why do messages I send display to receiver as an email address and not a phone number?

texts: My goal is when I message someone for first time it always displays my phone number.  How can I control this from my iphone5s?


texts: Recover corrupted Mac HFS+ drive (image) under Linux

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I'm trying to recover an apparently corrupted disk. It appears that through improper shutdown the drive has been somehow killed. It's the main partition of a Macbook Pro.

I've used dd to copy the drive to an external hard drive, and now I'm trying to mount it under linux (Ubuntu) to retrieve whatever I can. (I can also try from another Mac.)

Info on the disk image from file image.dmg

  image.dmg: Macintosh HFS Extended version 4 data (mounted) last mounted by: 'FSK!', created: Wed Nov 18 08:21:40 2144, last modified: Mon Mar  6 18:54:12 2147, block size: 4096, number of blocks: 121886744, free blocks: 69886793

Trying mount -t hfsplus -o loop image.dmg /mnt resulted in

  mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
        dmesg | tail  or so

from dmesg

  hfsplus: Filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, running fsck.hfsplus is recommended.  mounting read-only.
  hfsplus: invalid extent max_key_len 53348
  hfsplus: failed to load extents file

running fsck.hfsplus -dr image.dmg yields

  ** image.dmg (NO WRITE)
      Using cacheBlockSize=32K cacheTotalBlock=1024 cacheSize=32768K.
      CheckForClean - found bad journal signature
     Invalid Volume Header
  ** Checking HFS Plus volume.
     Invalid B-tree node size
  (3, 0)
  ** The volume   needs to be repaired.
      volume type is pure HFS+
      primary MDB is at block 0 0x00
      alternate MDB is at block 0 0x00
      primary VHB is at block 2 0x02
      alternate VHB is at block 975093950 0x3a1ec0be
      sector size = 512 0x200
      VolumeObject flags = 0x07
      total sectors for volume = 975093952 0x3a1ec0c0
      total sectors for embedded volume = 0 0x00

Something is wrong with the superblock or with the B-node tree. I've seen recommendations for DiskWarrior out there, but I it has a high price for no guarantee that it will work, so I thought I'd try my hand at it with free approaches first.

Any any any (useful) info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!


texts: My AppleCare is about to expire with my battery at 81%. Is there a good way to get it to 79% so I can get a new battery?

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AppleCare covers the replacement of a MacBook Pro battery if it drops below 80% capacity before 1000 cycles. I have until the end of the year and I'm at 81% and 300 cycles. It would be nice to get a new battery in exchange for the $379(?!!!) I spent for AppleCare. I'll get an extra year of warranty since I purchased it on my American Express, but I would like to get something out of what I paid for AppleCare+ rather than pay $200 for a new battery and harass my credit card company into reimbursing me.

Any thoughts on what to do? Will Apple give me a new battery if I tell them I'm 1% away?


texts: Error 3194 while restoring jailbroken iPod touch 4g

texts:
I'm trying to restore my Jailbroken iPod touch from ipsw file, but at the end of restoring process, when itunes going to verify.

 The error 3194 occurs.

I've also took these steps which apple support recommends on the following link:
Error 3194, Error 17, or "This device isn't eligible for the requested build"
In addition, I'm doing this on my personal network at home which I have internet indeed and I can load apple website. I've tested it through Normal, VPN and Proxy connections too. But still no success.

PC OS: Windows 8
iTunes version: 11.1.5.5
iPod model: iPod Touch 4G 32GB
Jailbroken iOS version installed on iPod currently: 6.1 (10B144)
iOS version that I want to restore the iPod to: 6.0.1 (10A523) or 6.1.3 (10B329) or  6.0.1 (10A523) or 6.1.6 (10B500) (I've tested all ispw files).


texts: How can I set the time before the screen dims?

texts:
I've got an iPad 3 on iOS 5.1. When reading occasionally my screen will dim before I interact with the screen; it doesn't turn off and lock but it dims.

How can I lengthen the timer for this? Is it the same option as the "Auto Lock" timeout in the Settings app?


texts: How to remove people from search in mail app?

texts:
How to remove people list when you search in mail app?

Take a look at the picture:

As you can see, there's People section under search box, how can i remove "Service Desk" from appearing here?


texts: Adding Bookmarks for multiple tabs in Safari with a keyboard shortcut

texts: In Safari, there is the Add Bookmarks for These N Tabs… function. Unfortunately, you cannot create a Keyboard shortcut for that because those need to match the name of the menu item.


texts: Deploying 10 identical iPads to 10 users with preloaded content that won't be wiped when connected to iTunes

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible to pre-install apps on an iPad?

I am looking into deploying 10 iPads with identical content to 10 different people.

Each iPad needs to be set up for an individual end user before hand, with content on it and then be able to sync to their own iTunes if/when they connect it to their PC or Mac.  Ideally I'd like to prevent the iPads from being wiped/reset when they connect to their iTunes - however I know this may be tricky.

Assuming each iPad will need it's own iTunes account - can it be set up with some content (video) and a few free apps, and then attached to an iTunes account when they connect it to their machine?  Or is it not possible to load ANY content onto the iPad without an iTunes account first?

Can I set up one iPad as the master and then 'clone' it to each individual iPad?  I assume I can do this through Backup/Restore, however they will then all be tied to the same iTunes account.  I know that I can log out of the store on the iPad and then sign in with a new iTunes account to download apps on their own accounts - however I assume iTunes will give an error when connected to a different Mac/PC and require it to be wiped?

I know lots of schools/businesses are deploying these and it seems unlikely that they're require so much manual work on the users part to get it working/syncing.

I've taken a quick look at Apple's documentation on this, but a lot of it deals with enterprise security issues, which is not my concern: http://www.apple.com/ipad/business/resources/


texts: Which distance sensor to lock screen if I leave my seat?

texts:
This is follow-up to this question: Automatically lock screen if I leave the MacBook

I want to get some signal from a sensor if I leave the seat.

Background: I change the job and in the new company you need to pay pizza for the whole team if you forget to lock your screen :-)

I want it to be automated: I walk away and the screen should lock. No additional action should be required. Keyboard shortcuts, special mouse movements or unplugging devices from USB are not valid answers.

I never worked with sensors before.

Which sensor could be used to detect that I left my seat?


texts:
Hey, all.  This is a question that seems painfully obvious and not worth asking all of you, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to run lua code on the mac.  I have a folder full of .lua files that should run to make a simple command-line compression program, and I made sure to install lua using homebrew, so I don't know what I am still missing.

I hope someone knows how to do this, as I can't find anything online to help me.


texts: A while back I partitioned my hard drive into two equal parts. I completely forgot about it and then realized that I only had half of my original drive space available. I startup disk utility and attempt to shrink the second partition to a much more reasonable 100GB. However, when I tried this I got an error message that read "partition failed error. couldn't modify partition map because file system verification failed." So I do a little research and try to boot in single user mode in order to fix the problem. But when I do i'm met with a screen that looks like this.


texts: OS X application shortcut folder in dock and icon updates after installation

texts:
Here is the setup: I have the Applications folder right in the dock, which is the default after installation afaik.

Now I have a custom build DMG with an application in there which I drag&drop into the Application folder. When I open the Application folder from the dock and look for the newly installed app, it does not have the application icon it should.

The App is custom build as well. It uses the info.plist to specify the icon file to be used - which is called cc.icns and located in the Contents/Resources folder

I think this might be a problem with the icon cache and can be resolved by logout/login - a solution that I'm not looking for. Afaik there are apps that do not have this problem. (Right? Wrong?)

Any suggestions on this?


texts:
I've had Mavericks installed for over a few months now, and the computer has slowly been degrading since then. Before I installed Mavericks, my computer ran fine; now it is always using up all 4 GB of RAM that I have, and using up hard drive memory to keep it running, which makes the computer slow to the point where I can't even use it sometimes.

When I look at Activity monitor, my active tasks don't even add up to 2 GB, let alone 4. What on EARTH is the problem and how can I fix it? At this point I just want to do a factory reset on the darn thing.


texts: Apple Music tracks that are added on iTunes aren't showing up on iOS devices

texts:
Currently I'm using the free trial period of Apple Music.

On iTunes, I'm adding the songs that I like to my music. Just adding not downloading.

When I'm checking my iPhone and iPad, those added songs aren't getting added to My Music section.

However on iPhone and iPad, I disabled automatic download for music. I don't want music to be downloaded (crappy 16GB iPhone).

I only want the songs that I added on iTunes to appear in music player on iPhone and iPad.


texts: Why does a .DS_Store file keep appearing on the desktop?

texts: Every time I delete it from the desktop, I get the same file ".DS_store" created after some time. Is there a reason why this happens ? And can I permanently stop it from being created ?


texts:
I am using 10.9.5. I started having this problem recently.

I can download a file into my Downloads folder using the browser, save a new file on the Desktop using a text editor, or create a new folder with a right-click. And I can delete them using the Terminal.

But I can not delete them with CMD+Backspace. I hear that deleting sound, but the file remains there. Also, when I right click the file, there is no Delete option.

Here is the ls output:

-rw-r--r--@ 1 mustafa  staff     9B Mar 31 23:24 testfile.txt


texts: How can I disable showing iTunes music purchases in iOS 9?

texts:
I just updated my iPhone 5S to iOS 9. Things work well, but one setting I remember seeing in iOS 8.4 and earlier was the ability to enable/disable showing music purchases in iTunes seems to be gone.

This is quite annoying since I am old fashioned, don’t do streaming and like to have my music offline and directly on my iPhone. So music purchased from iTunes ends up having duplicate track entries. One for the MP3 on my iPhone and another for the iTunes purchased item that's there to let me download it again; see pic below:

I checked all of the settings and even searched settings for the “Show iTunes Purchases” but all I can find is an option to enable/disable that for video content but not music; see pic below:

So what happened to this feature for music in iOS 9?

And FWIW, when I go to “Settings -> Music” the “Show Apple Music” option is deactivated. And I am not using “iTunes Match” so that option is simply shown as “Subscribe to iTunes Match” so there is no “iCloud Music Library” in place to activate/deactivate.


texts: Homepod says there is a problem with my iCloud settings. Then tells me to look at my iPhone for more information

texts:
My HomePod says my iCloud settings has a problem. But my iPhone shows no problem in the Home app, mail, etc.
Airplay from an iPad works just fine.
How do I get my HomePod working and responding to Siri requests?


texts: Can you solve these intermittent audio problems with Ford Sync and iPhone?

texts:
Most of the time my iPhone 3GS works well with the Ford SYNC system (based on Microsoft Auto/Windows CE) in my Mercury Milan Hybrid.  I connect the iPhone to the car's USB input (inside the center console) and select "USB" on the "Media" screen.  It will start automatically playing whatever was most recently playing on the iPhone (which is usually a podcast for me).

The iPhone also plays well through Bluetooth (using the A2DP profile, I presume).  I prefer USB though because the steering wheel controls for next/previous track (and fast-forward & rewind) don't work over Bluetooth (probably because iOS doesn't support AVRCP), and the volume is significantly lower over Bluetooth than when using USB.

It feels like increasingly often I can't get audio to play over USB.  I will sometimes see a message saying something like "Autoplay not supported", and it won't play if I select a track (or podcast) on the Ford Sync screen.  Disconnecting and reconnecting the iPhone doesn't help, and I usually continue to have the problem even after turning off the car and opening the door to turn off Ford Sync.  (Though usually it works again the next time I drive the car.)

When this happens Bluetooth still works, though the USB problem occurs sometimes when the Bluetooth connection drops.  I can manually reconnect the iPhone over Bluetooth, and then the USB doesn't work.

I believe I noticed these intermittent problems before I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 4.0.  But they may be more frequent since then.

Has anyone else run into these problems?  Have you learned anything I haven't?

Update: The last time this happened I turned off audio (by pressing the volume dial).  USB worked when I turned it back on.  I'll keep my fingers crossed that this works whenever USB stops working.

Update #2: Nope, turning off the audio and back off doesn't work.  If when I switch to USB I don't see the track name, then in a few seconds the audio will stop.  And I've never successfully got it to work again, without turning off the car and waiting several hours. (I don't know if it always displays "Autoplay not supported when this happens.)

I don't know whether this is related, but occasionally when playing audio over Bluetooth, the Bluetooth symbol will disappear from the screen and the audio will stop.  When I got to the phone settings, the phone I've paired with Sync isn't displayed.  If I wait a minute or two, the paired phone will be displayed and I can reconnect.

I guess I should look and see if there's an update to Sync available.

Update #3: I've noticed that sometimes when playing audio over USB the Bluetooth symbol will disappear from the my car's Sync screen (as described above).  The audio immediately stops, and won't start again until I reconnect to my iPhone over Bluetooth.  (This is somewhat annoying, since Bluetooth shouldn't have anything to do with USB.)

I like the Ford Sync system, but it appears my worries about Microsoft's tendencies towards inferior quality and lack of attention to detail were not entirely unfounded.

Update #4: I've discovered (accompanied with a face-palm) that I can crank the volume on my iPhone to max to come close to the same volume over the car speakers that I get over USB.  And I don't know if it was the iOS 4.2 upgrade (with AVRCP support—which works well except for fast-forward and rewind), but the problem I describe in update #3 has been rare lately.  So I use Bluetooth most of the time and don't subject myself to the USB problems described above.  Bluetooth has the additional advantage of starting automatically from where I left off when I start my car.


texts: Display interactive notifications (with buttons) via Terminal

texts:
I'd like to let my bash shell scripts to display gui notifications with two buttons that the user can click and then execute some commands depending on the button pressed.

What options exist?


texts: How can I change the color of tentative ("Maybe") events in Calendar?

texts:
I'd like to differentiate more between "Accepted" and "Maybe" events on my Calendar app.  Right now "Maybe" events are pinstriped with the same color scheme as "Accepted" events, and it's hard to differentiate them at a glance.  I'd rather they be different colors, though the pinstripes can remain.

How can I do this?

I'm on High Sierra, version 10.13.6.


texts: Download app bundles from App Store to run on iOS Emulator on Mac

texts:
I want to run an iOS app (eWeLink) using the Appetize service, which I believe is an emulator. My goal is to be able to control my light switches from my Mac using the eWeLink app. In order to do that, I have to get the app as a a .zip or .tar.gz file containing the compressed .app bundle. How do I get that .app bundle?

When I go to App Store, it just wants to download directly to my iPhone. The app is available, but I want the bundle.


texts: What is a neat way to delete a stale amavisd pid_file on first boot after panic or power failure?

texts:
Lion Mail Server component postfix/smtp 100% reproducible blocks inbound smtp mail delivery on first boot after a panic or power failure.

Error messages from mail.log are like:

postfix/smtp[45785]: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused
postfix/smtp[45785]: 2F7131F9A97: to=<user@host.tld>, relay=none, delay=76041, delays=76040/0.36/0.05/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused)
postfix/error[45790]: 550D61F9A99: to=<user@host.tld>, relay=none, delay=76040, delays=76040/0.39/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused)
postfix/postscreen[45872]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from [100.200.100.159]:65392: 450 4.3.2 Service currently unavailable; from=<user2@host2.tld>, to=<user@host.tld>, proto=ESMTP, helo=<host.domain.tld>
/usr/libexec/postfix/greylist.pl[45885]: Temporary message rejection to: <user@host.tld> from: <user2@host2.tld> sent from: [100.200.100.159] for: 60 seconds due to greylisting
postfix/smtpd[45879]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from host.domain.tld[100.200.100.159]: 450 4.7.1 <user@host.tld>: Recipient address rejected: Service is unavailable; from=<user2@domain2.tld> to=<user@domain.tld> proto=ESMTP helo=<host.domain.tld>

The issue seems to be related to the amavis content filter due to the connection to port number 10024 and amavisd being configured on that port. Amavis.log:

/usr/bin/amavisd[236]: (!)Net::Server: 2012/07/25-13:38:49 Pid_file already exists for running process (88)... aborting\n\n  at line 277 in file /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.12/Net/Server.pm
...
/usr/bin/amavisd[236]: Net::Server: 2012/07/25-13:38:49 Server closing!
...repeating roughly every 10 seconds...

The workaround is to reboot the machine, after the second boot the inbound smtp mail delivery is no longer stuck.

The issue seems to be related to https://serverfault.com/questions/138690/amavisd-net-server-pid-file-already-exists-after-system-crash-and-startup

How to permanently fix Apple Mail Server to accept smtp inbound messages on first boot, by removing the left over amavis pid_file from the previous unclean shutdown?


texts: Have bought Mac air 11 inch today. Cannot make @ key function. I Have pressed alt and the @ key together.  Nothing happens. It seems that other signs on the right side are not the same as what I see on the screen. For example, if I press ?, it gives me -.  Is something wrong/broken?


texts: Safari stops working when attached to a corporate network

texts:
My work MBP is in a corporate network which has heavy security. For the last few months Safari has been driving me crazy. It will work for a period of time, then just stop. No matter what web page I ask for (Public like Google or StackOverFlow, or the companies own confluence or other servers) the blue progress bar goes to around 10-15% then just stops. The web page never loads, never times out. Just nothing.

Chrome doesn't have the same problems. But I'd rather use Safari. I'm guessing this could be an issue with the corporate proxies, but I don't know how to debug it. Sometimes restarting Safari gets it working again for a while, sometimes I have to restart the machine to get it back. Am on Mojave.

Any advice? Corporate IT has no idea even though there's hundreds of Macbooks in here now.


texts: Can I get Command-H to hide an Emacs window?

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I'm using GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of 2012-01-29 on bob.porkrind.org on a MacBook Air.

Can I set Command-H to hide Emacs? I currently use M-x customize-group ns and set Command Modifier to no value. I already have a standard key binding to iconify-frame, but that is different from hiding; I'd rather use the native OS X hide capability so I can unhide by clicking on the Emacs icon in the dock.


texts: Is there a way to stop the MobileMe synchronization from Terminal?

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It happens to me that, sometimes, the MobileMe synchronization starts when it should not, when Mac OS X is busy doing something time-consuming. In such cases, I try to stop the synchronization using its menu extra, but for some reasons the synchronization doesn't stop.
Is there a way to stop it from Terminal?


texts: Pages: Cannot move some Alignment Guides around

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With Pages, I'd love to move some of the alignment guides, as shown in the screenshot below:

The first and the third one seem to be fixed and cannot be moved around. I can only move the second, which seems to tie to specific text lines or paragraphs.

I checked the Format pane and all its tabs but failed to find anything that relates to those.

But I found that the built-in templates all use those alignment guides at different locations along the ruler. That tells me that they could be customized.

But how? What am I missing here?


texts: How can I prevent an SSH session from hanging in OS X Terminal?

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When I close my MacBook with an active SSH session in Terminal and then wake it up,  the prompt goes unresponsive.

In about five minutes it says

  Write failed: Broken pipe

and terminates.

This also happens when I don't type anything in the Terminal in about fifteen minutes.

Can I force OS X to:

Keep SSH connection alive for longest time possible
Kill it immediately once it becomes unresponsive

?


texts: Should I worry about my iPhone 4's loose back panel?

texts:
A few weeks ago I got my iPhone 4 replaced by Apple because of a fault. The replacement now seems to have a loose back panel. If I try to slide it sideways it will move a bit. None of the other people I know with an iPhone 4 have encountered this and I'm not sure if I should be bothered taking it back to the store or just keeping it.

Should the loose panel be cause for concern, or is it nothing to worry about?


texts: Is it possible to install Swift Playgrounds in iOS Simulator?

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My iPad is not capable of running Swift Playgrounds. I am wondering if I installed Xcode on my Mac and used the iOS Simulator, would it be possible to access the iOS App Store and install Swift Playgrounds on that so I could take a look at the app?

I don't need to extensively use the app, I just want to have a look at it.


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Cmd+Opt+F should allow me to access the search box in many applications. It doesn't anymore though.

I have Karabiner running, but haven't specifically done anything with that combination. Just Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+Shift+F is assigned. When watching the keyboard events in the EventViewer, that comes with Karabiner, pressing the F doesn't register at all.

I remember that is has been working on and off before. Can't pin that down though. The global keyboard shortcut overview in the preferences doesn't show any action assigned to Cmd+Opt+F.

I am on El Capitan 10.11.6

What could be the issue? How can I further debug this?


texts: Can you still track an iPhone after it has been logged out of iCloud?

texts: If my iPod touch 5 gets stolen and logged out of the iCloud account, can I still track it without having Find My iPhone? If they restore it which would log me out I can still track it by Wi-Fi right?


texts: bash process stays 20% CPU usage after boot

texts:
I migrated from a 2011 MBP to a 2012 MBP via Migration Assistent and Time Machine.

Now, when I boot the bash process goes to ~20% and stays there forever, with it launchd for root and my user. I also notice, that the trackpad really gets unusual responsive. If I force quit the bash process, it restarts and does nothing and the system gets back to normal.

What can I do?

I already checked the permissions.


texts: On Pages, inserting a graph from Numbers gives a black line at the bottom

texts: Notice the black line at the bottom of the graph. When I add another graph after it (its inline), the line moves to the bottom of the next graph so that there is only ever 1 line.


texts: How can I rename the servers names found in Screen Sharing "Open Recent...." menu?

texts:
I connect to a handful of macs via Screen Sharing. After connecting for the first time, the name and port are remembered by the app and are displayed at the "Open Recent..." menu.
While this is helpful, the displayed names are out of my control and sometimes make no sense to me or they are basically the same.
I would like to rename them to something that has a meaning to me. How can I do this?


texts: iTunes is sometimes "Connecting to Store" again and again

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iTunes is showing this "Connecting to Store" alert. I know this is caused by the cover-search when I add new songs. But sometimes it happens when starting the app, it stucks and says "Connecting to Store" again and again. Most of the time I have to close the App.

Any solutions?


texts: internet restore without firmware support

texts:
my Mac is not supported for Internet recovery, is there any other way/option to do Internet Recovery (boot-able tool to launch Internet Recovery )?

edit: Macbookpro2,2 with blank hard-disk


texts: File-paths in iCloud: Tilde ( ~ ) within the paths. What's the meaning?

texts:
The tilde-character is a short-cut for the home-directory of the currently logged-in user (in UNIX-like operating systems).

In the paths of iCloud-directories it is included too.

For example:

com~apple~CloudDocs

or

com~apple~mail

What is it's meaning there?

And in general:
What's the reason for these weird file-paths?


texts: Caffeinate : prevent screensaver (Catalina)

texts:
I'm running this terminal command on Catalina hoping to keep the system awake and prevent the screensaver to start (without having to disable the screensaver in system preference).
caffeinate -d -i -u -s -t 39600

I might have added too much parameter and misunderstood them but it's don't seems to work?
Also, I assume the terminal window need to remain open?
Thanks in advance.


texts: How to create MacOS/*nix command explainer text like this using a tool?

texts:
┌── ln(1) link, ln -- make links
│   ┌── Create a symbolic link.
│   │                         ┌── the optional path to the intended symlink
│   │                         │   if omitted, symlink is in . named as destination
│   │                         │   can use . or ~ or other relative paths
│   │                   ┌─────┴────────┐
ln -s /path/to/original /path/to/symlink
      └───────┬───────┘
              └── the path to the original file/folder
                  can use . or ~ or other relative paths

Found this useful method to explain Linux Commands, but have no idea how @grg did it.
Manually is very time consuming. Is there a tool to do stuff like this?

Source: How can I create a symbolic link in Terminal?


texts: How to jailbreak 2nd gen iPod Touch without losing data?

texts:
I have an 8GB iPod Touch 2nd Generation that runs iOS 4.2.1, and currently it is not jailbroken.

I want to jailbreak it using redsn0w version 0.9.6b4. I have found these instructions, but I will lose data if I follow them. I have backed my data up using iTunes. How can I jailbreak it without losing my data? Or can I restore the backed up data without removing the jailbreak?


texts: How can I get Siri to shuffle all songs by Phish?

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Every time I ask Siri to "shuffle all songs by artist Phish" it shuffles all songs by "Real Big Fish" from my collection instead.

Siri seems unable to understand that "fish" and "phish" are phonetically-equivalent.

Putting aside my suspicions that Siri is secretly judging my tastes in music, how can I get Siri to play the correct artist in this specific case?


texts: I have a iPhone 5 with iOS 6.1.3, I usually sync it with iTunes running on OS X 10.8.3 however for the last few days there is no option of sync , only the summary tab is shown and nothing else, please refer the screenshot, how can this behavior be repaired to what it used to be.


texts: does MacBook Air7,2 early 2015 support PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe1.3


texts: Using iMac Bluetooth keyboard and mouse with MBP

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I got iMac and I got 2 MBP, usually I use my laptop. But for each I have to use its own keyboard and trackpad or magic mouse, is there is any way to make them use just one keyboard and mouse e.g use I can use my iMac keyboard and MagicMouse with my laptop. I tried to make the iMac keyboard and Mouse discoverable by my MBP but bluetooth shows empty.

Is there a way that is possible as sometimes I use my iMac as an extended screen of my laptop.


texts: Make the window title less chunky in big sur

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In Big Sur the window title bar looks too chunky in icon only mode. It looks like the bar was designed for "Icon + Text" but doesn't shrink when you remove the text.
Example:
Icon and Text:

Icon only:

Text only:

Is there a way to shrink the size of the title bar so that it doesn't look so chunky. So it looks more like this:


texts: How to see what files were changed in TimeMachine?

texts:
I tried TimeTracker, tms and timedog but none of them works with OS X 10.6

Any suggestions?


texts: My iphone 4 needs a software update but none show up?

texts: My Iphone 4 needs a software update when I try to download an app but when I go to settings it says there are none. How do I fix this?


texts:
I tried to take a screenshot using command shift 4.
The picture will appear on the desktop for a second and then disappear.
How do I fix this?
I've tried restart and it didn't work.
I'm running High Sierra 10.13.3


texts:
Charging my Iphone 6s with a cable has become a real headache for me, where the cables keep getting "broken" and not charging

Is there an alternative way to charge in a cable-free way?


texts: Connect an iPad Pro to both Ethernet and HDMI

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Is it possible to connect the iPad Pro to both RJ-45 wired ethernet (data i/o) and HDMI out?

Note: iPad Pro to ethernet is already possible - using the lightning to usb female camera adapter...

but is it possible to daisy chain in the hdmi out...

Example:

                               -> hdmi out |                   <- ac

iPad Pro -> lightning to HDMI -> lightning to usb-female -> usb to ethernet

or some other technique?


texts: How to open a .zip file which is embedded in .xlsx file?

texts:
I have a .zip file which has been embedded in a .xlsx file (excel ). But everytime I double click on the file it keeps giving this message:

Cannot start source application for this object. There may not be enough space in memory.

How can I open the .zip file? I have downloaded the unarchiver and also OpenXMLConvertor.But I dont know how to use them to extract the file.

I have Microsoft Excel 2011 (Version 14.0.0) and MAC OS X mountain lion, 64 bit , macbook air (2013). Kindly help


texts: Enabling AHCI for SSD under Win7 BootCamp on Macbook Pro 2011

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I've just installed a new Samsung 830 256GB SSD and have configured BootCamp with Lion and Windows 7.

Under Lion, I have installed Trim Enabler.

Under Windows 7 I have installed the Samsung (Wizard) software that came with the SSD. In this software I've applied all of the recommended optimisations under 'OS Optimisations', however, the Samsung wizard software is informing me that AHCI is not enabled at present and for best performance, this should be enabled.

I'm not sure a) what implications there are if it's left disabled (will it affect the lifespan of the SSD or is it purely a speed thing?) and b) if there is a way under BootCamp for an Early 2011 MacBook Pro to have AHCI enabled?

I was also concerned that if AHCI is not enabled, perhaps TRIM won't be enabled either? However, I did run a tool which I found online that said that TRIM was enabled on this Windows 7 install (despite AHCI not being enabled).

This is my first SSD drive so am not very familiar with the technology, terminology and best practices etc.


texts: How to create solid blocks of colored background in Apple Pages?

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In Pages 5, some templates have blocks of background color, like in the For Rent Flyer where it has gray blocks of color at the top and the bottom.

I can delete the text in front, but I can't figure out what the color blocks are. Can someone please tell me what these are, and how I can create/modify them in my own documents?


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I'm on MacOS 11.2.1 . I have Automator-based AppleScript code for reading text from a file and then "typing" it into the application which is currently active. This works fine, but I need something faster. I have a 2 Meg file of text that I want to send into an app, and it takes a few hours using this Applescript code. Can anyone suggest a way to simulate typing faster than this?
on readFile(unixPath)
    set fhandle to (open for access (POSIX file unixPath))
    set txt to (read fhandle for (get eof fhandle) as «class utf8»)
    close access fhandle
    return txt
end readFile

set texttowrite to readFile("/path/to/file/containing/text")
tell application "[Target Application]" to activate
tell application "System Events"
    repeat with i from 1 to count characters of texttowrite
        keystroke (character i of texttowrite)
    end repeat
end tell

... where [Target Application] is the application into which the text will be "typed".
I need to do this instead of simply a "cp" command, because the target application is a gateway to a service on a different machine. That particular application offers no file transfer capabilities, which is why I need to do this via simulated typing.
Any suggestions about how to do this simulated typing faster?
Thank you in advance.
PS: This slowness has nothing to do with the fact that the target app manages a remote connection. If I use this code to send the data to an application on the same machine on which this AppleScript is running, the "typing" is just as slow.


texts: iBooks Author on iMac 10.13. Preview on iPad not available

texts: In iBooks Author, the preview on iPad option is not working. I have tried 2 different iPads on all ports and my iPhone, but it is still greyed out and not available. What could be wrong?


texts: Is my apple ID compromised after receiving notification of Facetime from unknown computer?

texts:
Hello I received this notification, I would like to know what to do next if I do not know the MacBook Pro the notification is referring to?  I have checked my icloud and do not see this device in the list.  I have since changed the password to the icloud and my email.  Any direction would be helpful.

Thank you


texts: SMB connections throws authentication error after upgrading Mac OS X to 10.13

texts: After upgrading Mac OS X to high sierra, SMB connections started returning authentication error. If I use it on other computer (using el capitan), it smb connection works fine with my username and password. Was wondering if anyone else has faced similar issue.


texts: I dropped my iPhone Xs into a hot dishwasher, will that damage the data on the iPhone?

texts: I dropped my iPhone Xs into a hot, steaming dishwasher, and it seems to be working fine. However, the photos on it are very grainy and pixelated. Could hot steam damage the data on an iPhone X?


texts: I got purple border on my Photos app window

texts:
I got a purple warning border of some sort on my OS X Photos app.

It was described in this Apple Support community thread and got a solution. The problem was caused by NSConstraintBasedLayoutVisualizeMutuallyExclusiveConstraints being set.

This is a screenshot from my own computer:

Would it be safe to remove the purple warning without addressing the problem causing it?
Why did I get a purple warning in the first place?


texts:
The screen shot shortcuts ⌘ Command ⇧ Shift4 or ⌘ Command ⇧ Shift4  do not write a file.

The latter shows the cross hair and let me define an area but that's it.

Copy to clipboard works for both screen and selection area. Grab can write a file too.

The issue occurs only with my user account but not with another (I created an new user to narrow down the failure area). My humble conclusion is that it must deal with my specific environment/configuration, but I have no clue how to narrow it down further or pin-point to the error prone configuration:

System preferences → Keyboard → Shortcut does not give any hint: No error no warning.

Both shortcuts are assigned to the two system functions "save picture of screen as a file respectively save picture of selected area as a file.

I did disable/enable the checkbox, too;  no effect. I changed the target directory forth and back and restarted the UI Server; no obvious effect.

Any idea how to figure out the root cause or better, how to fix the problem?


texts: How do I Install macOS Sierra from Terminal in Recovery?

texts:
I tried installing macOS High Sierra but it failed. Probably because I have  WD Black2 Dual Drive (120gb SSD + 1tb HDD).

I would like to reinstall macOS Sierra, and I have the installation file on another Volume on my system.

Is it possible to install it using the terminal from Recovery? If yes, please tell me the command(s) to start the installation.

(I have already formatted the target Volume - named "Macintosh HD" - back to HFS+ from APFS).

(Note: I tried installing using "Internet Recovery" but it said downloading and installation of Maverick will take 7+ hours! The other option it offers is it to install macOS High Sierra, which, as I said fails for me. So I am not interested in these options).


texts: What should I do with MacOS 10.12.6 update that the App Store forgot it downloaded?

texts:
I'm running MacOS 10.12.4 and I have a time machine backup that’s relatively current. I decided to download the 10.12.6 point update in the App Store. It downloaded the roughly 2 GB file. (I did not see when it finished because I left the Mac unattended near the end of the download.) When I returned to the Mac, the App Store showed 10.12.6 as something I could update, as if I never downloaded it in the first place.  I pushed update and it wanted to re-download the 2 GB update, which I did not wish to do since it takes so long to download. I rebooted and it was the same story.

In /Library/Updates it does show up in a folder titled 091-22861, and if I open macOSUpdCombo10.12.6Auto.pkg which is roughly 1.7 GB it appears to be something that would actually install the update.

I didn't want to run that though since I was afraid doing it that way could mess something up. But at the same time I don't want the wasted space on my hard drive. So my question is, should I run that pkg? Or should I delete the 091-22861 folder? (The folder also contains a couple other pkg files and other minor files.) Also, in /Library/Updates the index.plist references 091-22861 and I would want to make sure that removing 091-22861 wouldn't cause any problems stemming from index.plist either.

Edit: For extra information, I found a website that ostensibly allows you to download the update without the app store, and it indicates six pkg files that you'd need to run in order, and in my 091-22861 folder it only has three of those pkg files. I'm not inclined to install it from within 091-22861 so is there a safe way to erase that folder, and would I need to deal with index.plist in any way?


texts: Why does RAID 1 "Mirroring not provide performance improvements"?

texts:
I have always used Software RAIDs, either Apple-provided, or via SoftRAID, etc.  I am about to re-zhuzh my arrays and decided to do a little research beforehand… and On Apple's site, there is a statement, clear as day…
RAID 1 (mirroring) for disk redundancy

Mirroring improves reliability by writing the same data to two or more disks. If one hard drive mechanism should fail, the second disk still contains all the data. At least two hard drives are required for mirroring. Mirroring does not provide performance improvements. If the hard disks are not the same capacity, the smaller size will be the amount of disk space used on both drives. Disk Utility determines this automatically.

I was always under the impression that, as there are TWO platters for READ operations, that READ performance with a 2-Drive RAID1 mirror would be somewhat improved.  This contrasts with write speed, which remains the SAME, as the drives have to both write the same data at commit-time, so as to sustain  a mirrored copy of the data.  However, when reading I had thought that the array acted similarly to a RAID0, striping the reads accross both drives.
How is RAID1 is supposed to work?  If so, is Apple..

just saying there is no improvemnet to cover their asses, or
are they actually not implementing RAID 1 to its full extenent? (Does SoftRaid 4.3 claim to do this?)

According to Wikipedia…

In RAID 1 (mirroring without parity or striping), data is written identically to two drives, thereby producing a "mirrored set"; … The array continues to operate as long as at least one drive is functioning. With appropriate operating system support, there can be increased read performance, and only a minimal write performance reduction;…

So it is Possible, but Apple says there's does not see any speed benefit…  But in practice, is there any measurable increase in speed for reads with Software Raid 1 (via Disk Utility)?


texts: Can I extend Alfred with a command-line program to clean up the desktop?

texts:
I'd like to have something that I can run from Alfred or the command-line that can run "clean up desktop".

What is a command-line program or apple script that will cleanup the desktop?

Preferably there would be an option to do it by name or some other system (i.e., at least all the options that are available when right clicking the desktop).


texts: Automatically setting custom routes with the internal VPN (IPSec/L2TP) client

texts:
I have a IPSec/L2TP (PSK) VPN I'm connecting to with OSX's built in client through the System Preferences > Network (in Lion/10.7.2).  The VPN gives me an IP of 10.0.1/24, but I need to access servers within the whole 10/8 and 172.16/16 range.  By default the VPN will only route over 10.0.1/24, and if I want to access the other networks I need to select the "Send all traffic over VPN connection" checkbox.  Is there an easy/sane way to specify the exact network ranges to route via the VPN so I don't have to send all my other traffic over it, and end up with problems like their firewall blocking google?

I imagine I could probably attack this with some command line route directives, but that seems really clunky.  I also heard someone in passing suggest I try Tunnelblick, but I'm not explicitly connecting to an OpenVPN server, and the configuration file for Tunnelblick looked extremely OpenVPN specific.

Update: This question is covered with answers at https://superuser.com/questions/4904/how-to-selectively-route-network-traffic-through-vpn-on-mac-os-x-leopard


texts: How to change margin width of iBooks in macOS

texts: Is it possible to change the margin width in iBooks in macOS? I'm attaching a screenshot wherre I've marked the width with red arrow. My question is can  I shorten or widen the left/right margins?


texts: How do I change askForPasswordDelay from the command line? dwrite alone doesn't work

texts:
I normally run my Mac with a very long password delay on the screensaver. Sometimes, though, I want to reduce the delay to just 1-2 seconds.

This command is supposed to reduce the time for the delay to a second:

defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPasswordDelay -int 1

This command makes the laptop sleep again:

pmset sleepnow

And this command activates the screen saver:

open -a /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework//Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app

My problem: if I run any combination of these commands when the screen saver delay is 60 minutes, the computer does not immediately ask for a password when it wakes up or the screen saver stops. I need to open the system preferences after I run these commands in order for the defaults write to get registered. And if the Preferences pane is open, it never gets registered.

I think that the Preferences pane is doing something else --- that is, I think that the information about how long to sleep or be in screen saver before a password is required is being stored someplace other than this defaults entry and the Preference pane is copying from one to another.

How do I make the Mac immediately require a screensaver password without opening the preferences pane? How do I have the password not be required for 60 minutes? How do I get MacOS to respect the dwrite ? I suppose I could kill the Preferences program and then re-open it with AppleScript, but that seems silly (and slow)


texts: Want to Update OpenSSL with Ruby 2.0.0 Already Installed

texts:
I have Ruby 2.0.0-p451 installed via RVM. From what I have read online the newer versions of openssl need Ruby 2 installed.  I'm running RVM 1.25.25.

I currently host Ruby on Rails websites on my Mac Mini Server running Mavericks and OS X Server 3.1.1.  I'm not currently using openssl but would like to upgrade it in light of the Heartbleed security vulnerability reported over a month ago.  I am not using SSL in any of my websites.  When I get ready to I may use openssl or Common Crypto.  I would like both of them to be current when I make my decision.

I have searched online and noticed there were problems with people that updated openssl without running Ruby 2.0.0.  I have not found any issues with updating openssl after Ruby 2 was installed.

I want to know the best way to upgrade openssl.  I do not use Homebrew or Macports.  However I believe that when I upgraded Ruby on Rails to 4.0.0 it installed/updated Macports on my server.

I have found the steps below on how to install it in the Terminal if you do not want to use RVM or Homebrew.  This post was written in March 2013

cd Downloads/
cd openssl-1.0.1e/
./Configure darwin64-x86_64-cc
make
sudo make install

Since I'm using RVM I need to know how to upgrade it and not mess up Ruby.  I'm open to use Macports but I need to know the command.  I would also like to know which version I should install (MD5, SHA, PGP sign, normal).

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Is there a way to easily access the emoticons I use most in iMessage?

texts: I often use the same emoticons in Messages and would like to quickly access the same set both in my iPhone, iPad, MacBook and iMac. Is there a way to achieve this?


texts: iCloud notes not syncing from mac to iPhone

texts:
I have a mac just updated to macOS Sierra (10.12) today and an iPhone 5s just updated to 10.2 today. However, this problem occurred before the updates too. I use Notes on both devices with my iCloud account. When I create a note on the mac, it shows up on the phone. When I edit on the mac those edits show up on the phone. However, no new notes or edits from the phone show up on the mac.

This leads to silly effects such as: if I create note "aa" on the mac, I will have "aa" on the mac and "aa" on the phone. If I edit to "aabb" on the phone, the mac version stays as "aa." The, if I edit the mac version to "aacc" the phone version becomes "aabbcc" or "aaccbb."

I tried turning off iCloud notes on the mac. I tried turning off iCloud notes on the phone. I tried turning them both off at once, and then restarting both devices while the accounts were off on both. I'm running out of ideas.


texts: Setting Terminal tab names in OS X and using vim

texts:
I regularly ssh into a Linux cluster from an OS X (El Capitan) Terminal, sometimes with multiple Terminal tabs. I use bash and vim.

I'd like to do the following:

while ssh'd, set the Terminal tab title to the current working directory using PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]1;"`basename $PWD`"\a"'
while using vim, set the Terminal tab title to "vim — FILENAME"

Here are my problems:

If I do let &titlestring = "vim — " . expand("%:t") and set title in .vimrc, it changes the Terminal window title, not the tab title. If I do not separately set the tab title (parameter 1), the tab title mirrors the window title (parameter 2), but as soon as I set the tab title, it "decouples" from the window title.
If I run an external command in .vimrc with :!, I get a "Press ENTER" dialog that's annoying.
If I use :silent ! in .vimrc, my Terminal prompt ends up at the bottom of the screen after exiting vim. I really don't want to muck around with saving the prompt position and resetting it every time I want to use vim.
If I define in my .bashrc the following function:

function vim
{
    printf "\e]1;"`basename "$1"`"\a"
    vim "$1"
}

then my terminal crashes upon calling vim from the command line. Calling the function vvim instead works, but I don't want to type vvim forever. I want to alias vim.

So I seem stuck. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance!


texts: Unable to tap on Apple ID in app store iphone 5s

texts: I am using iPhone 5s. I checked on various site on how to sign out of apple id in app store, but I am unable to select the apple Id since it is coming in grey color (normally it is shown in blue). I also have my restriction off in general settings. Because of this error, I am also not able to download anything from app store in my iPhone. My apple Id account is already verified and I have checked it twice on net.


texts:
I need to edit some local text files on my iPhone but so far, all the apps I have downloaded do not navigate the OS3 file tree for me to open, edit and save them.

I need to do this on my iPhone as I can no longer access it via ssh or with the iPhone cable. One of the files I want to edit is an ssh config file which is what is not allowing ssh connections.

Any suggestions of applications or other simple methods that I could use?


texts: PL/SQL Mac compiler or Mac OS X compatible softwares

texts: How can I run PL/SQL in Mac OS X Lion. I couldn't find any compatible application for mac to run PL/SQL. Please give some suggestion.


texts: Programmatically Change Screen Saver "Start after" time

texts:
I would like to change the time before my screen saver starts based on WiFi network. I am running Yosemite (10.10.1). I will use Keyboard Maestro to trigger the action.

I need to find the correct setting or possibly Applescript Library / Dictionary and I can take it from there.This is related to, but not quite the same as askForPasswordDelay. That setting determines how long, after the screen saver starts, before a password is required to entered. I want to change the delay before the screen saver comes on.

I've done a lot of searching and found nothing yet, any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Outlook sporadically stops checking mail

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I use Outlook 2011 (14.4.3) to connect to my organization's exchange server from my Mac (OS 10.9). Normally I receive mail shortly after it was sent, but on occasion Outlook will refuse to check my mail for periods ranging from minutes to hours.

By "refuse to check my mail" I mean that:

When I click the "send/receive" button, the button responds with a click animation, but it does not check my mail.
If I open the "progress" window (cmd-7) I can confirm that no activity is shown.
No error messages appear in the "errors" window (cmd-8).

During these times:

I can log in to webmail and confirm that there are messages that haven't been downloaded.
My mac has full connectivity otherwise
Outlook is able to send emails, which are received by others right away (but my sent mail box isn't updated either).
The status message in the lower-right still says "connected to [account name]" and accurately displays the last time it connected to the server.

The problem sometimes resolves spontaneously, and I'll get a bunch of old mail at once.

Quitting and restarting usually fixes the problem. But that requires me to notice that it's happening, which sometimes doesn't happen for several hours, during which I can miss emails that required an immediate response.

Does anyone have any suggestions or diagnostic steps?


texts: There are many clipboard managers for Mac, but I'm looking for one that immediately makes my clippings (text, at least) available on iOS. Is there such an app?


texts: iOS: Calendar reminder night before for early meeting

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Is it possible to receive a reminder for a meeting that is early the next morning (ideally "early" would be user defined option).  Do any any 3rd party iOS apps support this?

I've had times where an early meeting was scheduled weeks ahead of time, but by the time that morning came, I'd forgotten about it and not adjusted my wake up time.


texts: Older Mac Pro spontaneously restarting, often with no panic log

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My Early 2008 Mac Pro has worked pretty consistently for a decade but is now spontaneously restarting. It is running OS X 10.10.5 and I see no core updates available. I have avoided updating the OS any further out of fear of system instability; as of recently the hardware became too old for the latest OS X.

I have not installed new software and I thought the spontaneous restarts were due to Firefox (mostly using this computer for online stuff these days) but then it happened when I was in Safari with Firefox not running. I did a disk check which found and repaired an error, but after that the system still restarted -- though now at least I got a panic log.

Does the log (below) indicate where the problem lies?  I have been working through a guide to reading panic logs but thus far I can't figure out the problem -- was it trying to read from a memory address that doesn't exist?  If so, why would this happen? Thank you very much for considering this.

[StackExchange says my question looks like spam and won't let me post, so I cut out most of the panic log I had pasted below.]

Anonymous UUID:       3D86AB0F-D83A-EC2C-9940-63A3721B44ED

Tue Aug  7 19:59:11 2018

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800d416f72): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800d4179c0, type 6=invalid opcode, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x000000007be25000, CR3: 0x000000000fe7d000, CR4: 0x0000000000002660
RAX: 0x000000007be25000, RBX: 0x0000000000000012, RCX: 0xffffff8025653c50, RDX: 0xffffff800d4346d0
RSP: 0xffffff817d46e078, RBP: 0xffffff8184d73d70, RSI: 0x0000000000000008, RDI: 0xffffff817d46e080
R8:  0x7ffffffffffffffe, R9:  0x0000010728abd22c, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x00000000e0000000
R12: 0xffffff817d46e080, R13: 0xffffff8024f98e40, R14: 0x0000000000000148, R15: 0xffffff817d46e080
RFL: 0x0000000000010082, RIP: 0xffffff800d4179c0, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x000000007be25000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff817d46dd20 : 0xffffff800d32ae01
0xffffff817d46dda0 : 0xffffff800d416f72
0xffffff817d46df60 : 0xffffff800d433e33
0xffffff817d46df80 : 0xffffff800d4179c0
0xffffff8184d73d70 : 0xffffff7f8ef1b1e9
0xffffff8184d73e60 : 0xffffff7f8ef1a5b4
0xffffff8184d73f20 : 0xffffff800d418b0e
0xffffff8184d73f40 : 0xffffff800d341f6b
0xffffff8184d73f90 : 0xffffff800d3424b0
0xffffff8184d73fb0 : 0xffffff800d411867
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(218.0)[B659F364-9486-3602-A55E-BD7D8E1815B2]@0xffffff7f8ef18000->0xffffff7f8ef42fff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task


texts: Photoshop CS issues on Mac Mini PowerPC G4 (1.2)

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I dont have enough free memory to run PhotoShop CS. I'm looking into external drives to free up space.  I would also like to upgrade OS so I can watch netflix, and maybe would help with streaming video in general. If I upgrade, not sure what to upgrade to as I want to still be able to use PS CS, office X.1, amd maybe dreamweaver MX (less important) since I already have have these and there would be no cost. Any suggestions are much, much appreciated. I don't know many tech terms beyond CPU, HD, Platform, etc. I am not very technical.I did upgrade the CPU myself thanks to youttube but not sure what the speed is now. All I know is I upgraded to the "maximum".

Thank You for any help! Hard to type with the delay on this page, forgive typos!