texts: Safari: Any way to initiate pinch-to-zoom without trackpad?

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Command + (Zoom in) and Command - (Zoom out) are different from pinch-to-zoom on a trackpad. The former changes the layout of the page, whereas the latter just enlarges the page as if a magnifier was used.

Is there any way to initiate pinch-to-zoom without a trackpad? Any methods such as a keyboard shortcut or an API.


texts: Mac Mini - New SSD - Randomly restarting

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I've had my 2011 Mac Mini for a while. About a year ago the internal HDD decided to give up. Oh well.

I just now finally got around to being able to replace the hard drive. I decided to go with an SSD (a Samsung 850 PRO, got it from Amazon here). Installed OS X 10.10.4 (have an application that is broken on 10.10.5+ unfortunately).

So after all of this I've been using it for about a day. Over that day it has seemingly restarted itself several times while it was idle and nobody was looking (meaning the monitor was off and nothing was connected over VNC, but apps, mainly chrome, were running - nothing uncommon and that I haven't used on other Macs with no issues).

The only clue I can see (not that I exactly know what I'm looking for) is in Console. I get an error message stating kernel[0]: Previous shutdown cause: -128.

I did have previous errors with this machine where it would randomly restart every once and a while, where I couldn't figure out a rhyme or reason, but these were way more infrequent and happened no more often or differently than other Macs I have. Certainly not 3 or 4 times in a day.


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I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue with recovering photos on an iPhone.  I'm an IT person (but mostly work in the Windows world), and am trying to help a friend.  This friend had an iPhone 7 (probably 128 GB) and recently upgraded to an iPhone X.  Unfortunately, it seems the person at the phone store screwed up helping them, and I'm thinking that they probably restored an older iCloud backup to the new phone.  The reason I think this is because there's about a year's worth of photos that are missing on the new iPhone X.  I happened to have a spare iPhone 8 64 GB temporarily laying around, so I did an iCloud restore of their most recent iPhone 7 backup to this phone and found all of their "missing" photos.  Unfortunately, the problem now is that as the iCloud backup attempted to restore everything to this temporary iPhone 8, it ran out of space.  I don't know enough about the workings of iCloud (restores, iCloud Photos, etc.) so am at a loss now as to the easiest way to transfer these "missing" photos to my friend's new iPhone X (especially in light of the fact that the temporary iPhone 8 is out of space and didn't finish downloading everything from the iCloud backup).

I was thinking maybe of trying to upload all the photos to Google Photos, or maybe letting it sync to a computer and then do something from there.  I'm not sure, but it seems there is some sort of iCloud Photos repository in iCloud that allows photos/videos to be uploaded and stored in iCloud (my friend has a few hundred GB that he pays for) and then synchronized with multiple devices (similar to Google Photos), but I can't figure out how to get these "missing" photos to that easily (I'm thinking maybe they haven't synchronized to that yet because the iCloud backup restore never finished...?).  Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks!


texts: No Flagged email folder on iCloud browser?

texts: Is it just me, or is there no Flagged folder on the browser version of the iCloud client?


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My MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012 worked perfectly, but last days it has many lags (screen freeze with or without artifacts/shaders). After force shutdown it beeps 3 times and after approximately 10 minutes it loads OS, but fan works very noisy and fast.

Where can be the problem?


texts: This is probably a really stupid question, but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. I want to use the pixel tool in Pixelmator, but I can't find it. Below is a picture of my toolbar. Is there something I'm missing?


texts: Is there a way to re-enable "old-style" quit in Chrome?

texts: I've just turned on my old Macbook for the first time in a couple years and found that now I have to hold command + Q in order to quit Chrome, whereas I used to be able to just tap it. I prefer the old way. Is there a way to re-enable that?


texts: "Self Destruct" script to remove certain directories and/or applications

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Let's say your work situation isn't going so well, and you suspect the end is near.

How would you prepare a script (or similar) to remove your personal files and applications from your work computer (OSX Lion) if you only had a few minutes to gather your things and leave the building? Of course, you want to leave the machine functional, and all your work files intact, because the situation is bad but you aren't a jerk.


texts: How to change Artist Name tag from uppercase to capitalized in iTunes?

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I have set the iTunes media folder location to an external hard drive (with around 10,000 ALAC files, all perfectly tagged, with most common tags), with the consolidating files option by iTunes turned off.

I have Artist Name tags written in uppercase but since I’ll be listening to music more often on mobile devices the uppercase names take more length on the screen and therefore I wish to change them to capitalized (manual custom correction).

When I do that outside of iTunes with the 3rd party tag editor (Tag.app) and open iTunes it still shows the artist name in uppercase.

I tried then to change that tag in iTunes itself in the info. tab (despite the fact that even there it showed the name capitalized), but then it split the album in two with the first song in the 1st and the rest in the 2nd album (which is the same album).

How can I change the artist name tag from uppercase to capitalized (without screwing the iTunes up) and should I do it only from the 3rd party app. or iTunes or both?


texts: Mavericks 10.9.5 / MBP 17 2011 - system intermittently hangs when a USB mouse is plugged in

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This has happened to me a number of times (6-10).  I am not sure of the specific circumstances because it is not easily replicated.

I usually only use the trackpad, because I am just typing.  But sometimes I will plug in a USB mouse for a while.

This is what happens.

The system continues working but does not respond in any way to the mouse, trackpad or keyboard.  So it is essentially frozen, except for whatever was started when it happened.

The only way I have found to get out of it is to hold down the power button to reboot.  This is asking for trouble, not least because I am usually running a Postgres server on my machine - worries about database corruption though it has never happened yet.

So right now, I was watching a YouTube video, plugging the mouse in and it happened again.  YouTube happily continued playing the video, so its not like the computer is frozen, but its peripherals are locked out.

It's hard to tell from looking at the Console app, because there is a lot of stuff going there and you get all the diagnostics from the booting up sequence.  But I usually spot a USB related messages like this one.

2015-08-15 2:48:43.000 PM   kernel[0]   USBF:    264266.931    AppleUSBHubPort: Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000 about to terminate a busy device (USB Device) after waiting 10 seconds

(btw how do I run the console app from the command line?  sudo dmesg? doesn't seem to print out the same things at all).

What could be causing this?  The same mouse will work on the same port after reboot.  I am not sure if it's one particular mouse, I don't think so.  This has happened over a number of Mavericks maintenance releases, so it seems to be a persistent "feature" of my machine, not tied to a glitchy Mavericks update.


texts: How do I swap Ctrl and Alt in just the Terminal?

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I have a USB keyboard where I swapped my Cmd and Ctrl keys, because I come from the world of Linux and that's just what I'm used to.

However, this causes a problem in the Terminal because all of a sudden the Ctrl key (used for escapes and whatnot [^C, ^D, and so on]) is in the wrong place. As a result, I keep accidentally pressing the wrong key.

Is there a way to swap my Cmd and Ctrl keys again only in Terminal (so that the keys are all in the right place)?


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I am trying to stream with ffmpeg a webcam. I am on a MBP mid-'09 running Lion. I know that you can not have direct access to the iSight (Although open-cv seems to be able to...) so I have an external camera.

I know that the camera works, since I use it on Linux and that OS X recognizes it since it pops up in Photo Booth.

I am looking for something to the effect of /dev/video0 but can't seem to find any.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Edit: That question is similar, however they are asking specifically for the iSight camera. If there is an answer to that one, I would not need to use my USB camera. So I am keeping an eye on that question as well.

Edit: In system information, it reports Venus USB 2.0 Camera.


texts: My mac's UI is randomly freezing for 5-10 seconds throughout the day. How can I figure out what's going wrong?

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I have a 2017 27" iMac running macOS 10.14.6. Throughout the day the entire screen will freeze for a period of 5-10 seconds. This happens sporadically and there's no consistent way to trigger it, but toggling Exposé and opening tabs in Safari seem to be the two biggest triggers.
While the screen is frozen, I can still move the cursor around, but I can't interact with anything on screen. All clicks and keystrokes will be delayed until the screen unfreezes, and then they'll all haphazardly fire at once. I'll still be able to hear audio from any application that's running, including music, videos, voice calls, or video calls.
I tried reinstalling macOS 10.14.6 to fix the issue, but sadly that didn't help. I read somewhere that one of the security updates released by Apple for 10.14.6 could introduce this issue, but I don't have any security updates installed currently and the issue is still there, so that's not it. I also have a 2019 MacBook Pro with 10.14.6 and much of the same software loaded on to it as my iMac, and it's not experiencing this issue.
Is there anything I can do to debug this, or some other solution I can try?


texts: macbook pro mid 2012 hard drive upgrade to SSD SATA recommendation

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I want to upgrade my MacBook pro mid 2012 Hard disk to 512 SSD, I opened my MacBook back and took photo see below.

and then I found this on website with the following spec,

the size of my hard drive is 2.5 inch and 9.5 mm which is currently inside my MacBook, the below picture is of the one I am thinking to buy its also SSD SATA and 2.5 inch 7mm.

I am not an hardware expert, please recommend 512 SSD SATA is also very expensive.
So I will order if it will fit in my MacBook and good one!


texts: Two iCloud accounts can't Facetime each other

texts: I set up an iCloud account for my son on an iPad in my family and I just set up an AppleID for my mother on a new iPad I bought her.  I, and everyone else I know, can Facetime each of them individually, they can Facetime us -- but they cannot call or Facetime each other.  In the contacts call and Facetime just don't show up.  What could be the reason for this?  The grandmother's email is on a Google Apps account for Enterprise.


texts: Make iTunes recognize MP3 audiobooks with ID3 tag

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Apple iTunes recognizes and categorizes MP4 audio files (preferably with an .m4b extension, not .m4a nor .mp4) correctly as audiobooks if the tag field stik MediaType is set to 2 for Audiobook. I shall assume that its successors, i. e. Music, Podcasts and TV, do so as well.

Classic MP3 files, however, use a different metadata tag format: ID3, which has no official, documented way to mark a file as an audiobook. (One can use any string for TCON content type, usually labeled genre, but that does not seem to matter to iTunes.) The kind of audio can manually be set in the iTunes GUI, but this will apparently not add or change the ID3 tag in any way, instead just update the database entry and possibly file location. This has been documented many times on the web, as has converting the MP3 into an AAC MP4.

Is there any way to tag an MP3 file in such a way that Apple audio players/managers will import it as an audiobook without manual correction?

As an alternative, Iʼm considering to put a remuxed MP3 audio stream (i.e. not reencoded with AAC) into an MP4 container (v2, i.e. MPEG-4 Part 14, .m4b file extension), but I donʼt know yet whether Apple supports them correctly.

MP3s can also use different tag formats, e.g. APE from Monkey's Audio, but as far as I know none are recognized by iTunes.


texts: What is the best way to set up multiple iPod / iPhones on the same computer?

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I have an iPod sync and my wife just got an iPhone.  Before I set up her iPhone, I want to make sure I don't mess anything up.  I have a few questions:

Should I create a separate Apple ID for her, or have her use my id?
Is there anything else I need to worry about to make sure it recognizes her account and sync info and mine and doesn't get confused?

I see a few horror stories on the web and just want to make sure I do this right.


texts: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.MediaLibraryService gobbling up disk space

texts: I was low on disk space, and upon further inspection I discovered ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.MediaLibraryService taking up over 10GB of space. I was recently downloading syncing my iCloud photos into a photo library, and the files in this cache folder seem to be the files that are being downloaded, albeit with randomized filenames (which may be how they are stored inside the photo library). Is it safe to delete the contents of this folder? I see no reason that they should stay around in my hard drive even though they are being downloaded to a photo library in a different location.


texts: Why does telling an app to quit sometimes leave a zombie, and how can I kill it?

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I have two scripts that open and close an app; let's say it's the builtin Calculator.app. The "start" script uses /usr/bin/open to launch the app, then a one-line AppleScript to set the app's visibility to false.
This is the entirety of the "stop" script:

#!/bin/bash

osascript -e 'tell app "Calculator" to quit'

I am running these scripts from a LaunchDaemon that calls them at certain fixed times of the week.

The strange behavior I'm seeing is that sometimes, after the "stop" script runs, the app's Dock icon retains its little dot (suggesting it's still running). However:

right-clicking the Dock icon shows "Application not responding"
force-quitting via the Dock icon's menu does nothing
ps does not show any Calculator process running

And, most bafflingly, trying to launch Calculator again (via open, via Spotlight, or by double-clicking its icon) produces a modal dialog that says The application "Calculator" is not open anymore.

lsof shows these entries that might be related:

COMMAND     PID   USER   FD     TYPE             DEVICE   SIZE/OFF     NODE NAME
Spotlight   443 jteach   54r     DIR                1,4        102 28977573 /Applications/Calculator.app
Notificat   476 jteach  txt      REG                1,4      37933 29214948 /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework/PlugIns/com.apple.ncplugin.calculator.appex/Contents/Resources/Assets.car
Notificat   476 jteach    8r     REG                1,4      37933 29214948 /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework/PlugIns/com.apple.ncplugin.calculator.appex/Contents/Resources/Assets.car

My questions:

Why might my "stop" script be failing to make the app exit cleanly?
Short of rebooting, is there a way I can get the app out of this zombie state?
How can I alter my script to be sure that the app quits properly?


texts: Configure iPhone to send smaller pictures as e-mail attachment?

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A friend has an iPhone whose camera she uses with the default settings of 2592x1936 pixels, which is pretty big when attaching pictures in e-mails. The files are very big and I need to scroll down/right to view the whole picture.

I don't own an iPhone, and was wondering if it's possible to reconfigure it to:

Save local pictures as eg. 1024x768 (it's big enough when viewing pictures on a computer)
After saving a picture locally, making a smaller copy, eg. 640x480, and send that smaller copy as an e-mail attachment?

Can the iPhone do this, or is there an application that can do this?


texts: I recorded a midi file on my electric piano. When I import it into GarageBand, the tempo is changed and the instrument tracks sound different. The music sounds terrible after being converted into GarageBand. How do I get the same sound in GarageBand that I am hearing on my electric piano?


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I am on Leopard 10.5.8 (my MacBook is too old to upgrade to Snow Leopard) on itunes 10.5, and on iPhone 4 (iOS 5.0).

I have a MobileMe account.

My iPhone shows iCloud is available in the settings but I don't think I have signed up yet. Should I/can I move my MobileMe to iCloud and still be able to sync my phone to my mac? Or should I wait till I upgrade my mac to a newer version before next June.


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I set up iCloud keychain on a Mavericks laptop and two iPhones. Passwords for Wireless networks are now synchronized among all the devices. So far so good.

What is also synchronized is the option to automatically connect to a known network. If one of the devices sees an SSID and knows the credentials it automatically connects.

This was not the behavior with without iCloud sync: even if the password was known it was possible to tell a device not to connect automatically.

There are some networks where I would like my Mac to automatically connect but where I would like my iPhones not to.

Is this possible or do I have to switch off the whole Keychain sync?


texts: How to prevent the need to sign in to accounts on Mac

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My Mac is connected to my Google (Gmail) and Microsoft (Outlook) accounts.
Every few days (once or twice a week) I have notifications that tell me to re-sign-in to these accounts;

In most of the times, the System Preferences window pops up but no signing-in is actually needed, so I close it.
In The other times in which signing-in is needed when the window pops up, all services work fine even when I dismiss it, so signing in is not actually necessary.

I would like to fix this:

To not have redundant notifications (§1).
To not have to sign in again and again to an account I already signed-in to (both §1 & §2).
Automatically dismissing/hiding/preventing the notifications themselves is also okay, as services are working anyway (see §2).


texts: Priority of cellular data versus USB/Bluetooth sharing of Mac’s internet connection on iOS

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An iOS device such as iPhone or iPad can share the internet connection of a Mac by either connecting with a USB cable or connecting via Bluetooth, as discussed in this Question.

If I want to be sure that I am using the shared internet access of the Mac, I can shut off cellular data in Settings on the iOS device.

Instead, is there a way to prioritize the use of the shared internet access over that of the cellular data? Is that default behavior?

NOTE: The subject of this Question is not tethering where the Mac uses the iPhone’s internet connection. We are talking about the opposite: the iPhone is using the Mac’s internet connection.


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Emoji emoticons can be be an enhancing feature of a text-based conversation. Whilst having an android smartphone  it’s rather easy to add third-party emoji packs (due to the open source nature of android). iOS i believe is a more "closed" OS, things are not that easy (so i'm lead to believe).

However is there a hidden emoji feature within iOS 7 (without the need to jailbreak) that I can unleash on an iPhone 5/5S ?


texts: How to reset a MacBook Pro used by an employee who was terminated

texts: We have a small creative agency and one of our employees was terminated and refuses to provide the password or AppleID to access the laptop.  She had the superuser details.  How can we wipe and reset the computer to provide it to another employee to use?


texts: How to simulate "right click" in Apple MacBook Pro

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I have very recently started using Apple for the first time. I have MacBook Pro. I am used to using windows/dell laptop/ibm thinkpad laptop.

I am not being able to understand the mouse. It is one big rectangle with a slightly elevated small rectangle below it. What is the purpose of these 2 each? Right now, both serve as a left click. How do I simulate right click?

When I wanted to click a new link in new tab, earlier I would just right click and select open in new tab. In MacBook Pro, how do I achieve it? I can do it by clicking command+ left-click. but what if I just want to be able to achieve it by only right hand and not have to use both the hands to achieve something as basic as this.

Thanks,

Update

I just found out that tapping with 2 fingers will simulate right click and it is working. But is that the only solution, because I am finding it very cumbersome to switch between one finger and 2 fingers tapping.
How long new users usually take to get used to this concept?

Update

I am able to tweak time response of touchpad as you mentioned above. I also notice that while typing (say blogging etc), if I have to go a few words back, my keyboard response to <-- key is very slow. So either I use mouse to click at desired place or wait for <-- key to reach to the place. This key response is noticeably slower than what I am used to in ibm thinkpad/dell etc. My CPU is of decent configuration, so I don't think the system speed should be a hurdle here. Any way to configure keys response time too??


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I have an iMac running OS X Mavericks and OS X Server. The OS X Server services running are Time Machine and Xcode.

A couple of times per week, the iMac gets into a state where I cannot log in. I can select my user account on the login screen, and I can enter my password, but the password field just shakes as if I have entered the wrong password. This happens for each of the three user accounts on the machine.

After rebooting, we can log in for a while (a day or two), and then the can't-login state recurs.

I don't know whether this is related, but sometimes this same iMac gets into a state where everything is really slow. Activity Monitor shows that CPU usage is low, memory pressure is low, disk is not full, but everything seems to be running at 5% normal speed. It's fine after a reboot.

When the iMac is in one of those bad states, I can still ssh to it from another Mac, and I can "sudo shutdown -r now" to restart it.

Any ideas about what is going wrong, or how to diagnose the problem?

Update:

After uninstalling an old version of VirtualBox about a week ago, the problem hasn't recurred.  Maybe its kexts were causing problems?


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I have a Macbook Pro 2012, and I want to split the display in two. I don't want to set up a dual display though. I want a cloned desktop on the same screen, so that it's the same image on both sides. I've searched for how to do this, but keep coming up with links to dual displays.

I'm trying to do this, because I have a large mask that obscures my vision (think Deadmau5), and I want to feed the laptop into a small HDMI display inside the mask. I am already doing this with a Raspberry Pi with Camera, and splitting the camera signal in two. I have Google Goggles inside to focus the image so close to my face.

Is there a program that can accomplish this? It would be great if it could just split the screen on the small HDMI display, but not necessary.


texts: How to get a password hash through terminal in Recovery Mode?

texts: Is it possible to extract a user’s password hash through the terminal in Recovery Mode?


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Is there a way to recall an app to the current space?

This is possible by turning Spaces off, but that recalls all apps. I just want one.

Sometimes a Safari URL gets opened, and since there is a Safari window open on some desktops somewhere, there it goes. It takes a few minutes to find where the link opened. If I could just recall the browser to the current space, it would be nice.


texts: APFS Volume encryption failed to begin (-69596) -- Solved

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So I have a problem to encrypt an external Thunderbolt-HDD which was converted to APFS.  Catalina is installed on that iMac late 2012.  First I've tried to encrypt the volume in the Finder via context menu; an internal error (without number) was reported.  The I've tried the Terminal:

iForst:~ michaelhoppe$ diskutil apfsencryptVolume disk5s2 -user disk
Passphrase for the new "Disk" user (...):

  Repeat passphrase:

Starting background encryption with the new "Disk" crypto user on disk5s2

The new "Disk" user will be the only one who has initial access to  disk5s2

The new APFS crypto user UUID will be ...

Error starting encryption of APFS Volume: APFS Volume encryption failed to begin (-69596)

What's happening here?  Couldn't find something about the -69596 on the Internet.

EDIT: Finally found a solution: After a repartition of the HDD with a slightly different size I was able to encrypt the disk.


texts: Weird restriction keeping me from updating to Mavericks?

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I have tried to install Mavericks on my MacBook Pro 10.7.5 laptop. It has some software that was added by well-meaning enterprise IT people.

Here's what I see after downloading and attempting to install Mavericks:

I would like to force this update to happen, but I can't figure out how to make it happen. I should add that I do have root access. Any suggestions appreciated!

Edit

As pointed out in the comments, this error message is almost certainly not from Apple. I agree with this, as when I first encountered this error message upon trying to install the Mavericks upgrade I copied the text verbatim into Google and found nothing.

So the question, now, is can I, as a user with root access, force an installation of Mavericks? It seems in principle that it should be possible. However, I have no foggy idea how to make it happen.


texts: How do I clear the default email client?

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I do not want ANY email client as a default. Whenever I accidentally click on a link, Outlook comes up. I do not want ANYTHING to pop up.

Uninstalling is not an option. I want Outlook on the computer; I just do not want a default or anything to open if I accidentally click on a mail-link.

How can I clear the default?

I'm on OSX 10.9.2


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I have a MacBook Pro A1278 that recently had a bunch of screen flicker and then the laptop display went out completely. The system boots and I am able to connect an external monitor via a thunderbolt adapter.

Detect display doesn't show the presence of the laptop display just the external monitor.

Pretty new to Macs was wondering if there was anything to look at or test or if this seems like a clear screen replacement project.


texts: Using Mac in a virtual machine legality?

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There have been many different questions like this and all have seemed to come down to the same answer. It violates the EULA. The problem is they all bring up another question. How binding is the EULA. We all know Psystar was sued for making machines with OSX installed on them. The problem is they were selling them. Not using them.

Now what if you put it in a virtual machine and don't sell it. Is it still against the law? Apple has gotten sued before for taking their competitors apps off their market. Also Windows recently got in trouble for their secure boot which didn't allow people to install other OSs on hardware.

How legally binding is the EULA?

Is there a legal way to do it?


texts: Cropping tool for 4:3 or 16:9 images with Preview.app?

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Is there some trick to allow me to crop a screen shot in Apple's Preview.app to 4:3 or 16:9 dimensions?

I did notice holding down shift causes a 1:1 rectangular selection, but I need other common ratios.

I am willing to accept a solution from other lightweight tools.


texts: Is there a shortcut to "Switch User" from the Lock Screen in macOS Mojave?

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Let's say you lock your screen with Command + Control Q. Now, you want to log in as a different user, without using the mouse.

It seems that this is possible if you press Shift Tab twice, followed by Tab and then Space. (Essentially, it brings the focus to the "Switch User" button, and then pressing Space selects it.

I am wondering if there is some less cumbersome keyboard shortcut to do the same thing?

Alternatively, is there a keyboard shortcut to Fast User Switch when already logged in? (I have searched for this and only found older articles, suggesting the use of 3rd party software).


texts: Terminal loop command to change created date for all files in a large directory

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I have a directory with roughly 3000 video/subtitle files nested in slightly varying levels of sub directories that I would like to change the 'date created' on.

Almost every file has a year in the name and the year is always formatted as '[YYYY]' and I would like to use touch to change the date created for each file to the aforementioned year. Date, month, hour, and minute don't particularly matter so they could just be YYYY01010000 for all I care.

Where it gets tricky is that I would also like to do the same for the directory containing each file(s). (it is a directory of the exact same name as the file). There is at least one file with no [YYYY] and possibly more so there would have to be a "leave it alone" case but I know that more than 99% have the year included.

I am just not experienced enough with terminal to risk throwing everything  out of organization with a mistake.

the majority of files follow this directory structure (file types vary):

'Videos'/'Name [YYYY]'/'Name [YYYY]'.mp4

OR for related groups of videos

'Videos'/'Name [ALL]'/'Name1 [YYY1]'/'Name1 [YYY1]'.mp4
'Videos'/'Name [ALL]'/'Name2 [YYY2]'/'Name2 [YYY2]'.avi
'Videos'/'Name [ALL]'/'Name3 [YYY3]'/'Name3 [YYY3]'.mkv

As for the 'Name [ALL]' directories I think I can handle those as odds and ends as they should be easy to find if they have normal created dates as opposed to the standardized output of the touch loop.

EDIT ----

/Volumes/MediaDrive/Media/Video\ Media
├── Movies
│   ├── 12\ Angry\ Men\ [1957]
│   │   └── 12\ Angry\ Men\ [1957].avi
│   ├── 12\ Years\ a\ Slave\ [2013]
│   │   └── 12\ Years\ a\ Slave\ [2013].avi
│   ├── 13\ Sins\ [2014]
│   │   └── 13\ Sins\ [2014].mkv
│   ├── 2\ Guns\ [2013]
│   │   └── 2\ Guns\ [2013].mp4
│   ├── 2001\ A\ Space\ Odyssey\ [1968]
│   │   ├── 2001\ A\ Space\ Odyssey\ [1968].mp4
│   │   └── 2001\ A\ Space\ Odyssey\ [1968].srt
│   ├── 2012\ [2009]
│   │   └── 2012\ [2009].avi
│   ├── 21\ Jump\ Street\ [ALL]
│   │   ├── 21\ Jump\ Street\ [2012]
│   │   │   └── 21\ Jump\ Street\ [2012].mp4
│   │   └── 22\ Jump\ Street\ [2014]
│   │       └── 22\ Jump\ Street\ [2014].mp4
│   ├── 28\ Days\ Later\ [ALL]
│   │   ├── 28\ Days\ Later\ [2002]
│   │   │   └── 28\ Days\ Later\ [2002].mp4
│   │   └── 28\ Weeks\ Later\ [2007]
│   │       └── 28\ Weeks\ Later\ [2007].divx

This is to apply to only the movies directory so the others at the top of the tree will not be involved.

To my best knowledge all files will be either:
1 - alone in a directory sharing their name.
2 - with 1-5 subtitles files sharing their name + language on the end, inside a directory sharing their name.
3 - in a directory that could or could not be sharing their name followed by '[ALL]' which will contain either Case 1 or Case 2.
4 - Any version of the above 3 cases, but without a year appended (less than 1% so can be skipped).


texts: Can't empty trash, file says is in use, have tried everything

texts:
I'm trying to delete a Deleted Users folder but it won't let me, inside there's a Library folder with a VoiceTrigger folder, inside that there's a file called SAT when I try to directly delete that file I get this:

Doing sudo rm -R on the folder doesn't work either, it says I don't have permission. The file also looks like this when I do get info:


texts: iPad doesn't ask for home sharing password

texts:
I have set up homes sharing on both my iPad and macbook's iTunes. Originally I did not set a password and it worked. Now I have set a password in iTunes preferences and when accessing my shared library on the iPad the content from library is displayed without me having to enter the password.

I have tried removing my apple ID from the settings app and restarting iTunes as well as the iPod and video apps on my iPad. Still I can access my content without entering a password.

So why am I able to access my content without the password and how do I fix it, so that the password is required?


texts:
I recently purchased a Seagate Slim 2TB external HD.  I connected it to my 2010 iMac, formatted it as exFAT, and moved a bunch of files.  I don't remember exactly what process I went through with disconnecting it, but I have never been able to retrieve the files on a mac.
I connected it to my Windows 7 PC at work, and can access everything just fine.
I am currently on a 2014 MacBook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.2

The drive shows up in disk utility, but it wont verify or repair the drive.


texts: Any way to have CPU temperature in the menu bar?

texts: I tried SMC fan control and Temperature Monitor but it does not update the temperature and I do not wish to change the fan speed.


texts: icon for iTunes 10.7/music missing from System Preferences in Snow Leopard

texts:
My music/iTunes icon:

is present in the Dock
has gone from some panes of System Preferences.

This first screenshot is from the Spotlight pane, the icon is expected to the left of Music:

The second shot is from the CDs & DVDs pane, the icon is expected to the left of Open iTunes:

How do I get these icons back?

System:

MacBook Pro
Snow Leopard 10.6.8

What I tried:

reboot
login/logout
trash Finder and Dock preference files

Edit 1:

The output of the grep command suggested by Graham Perrin in the comments is as follows:

Laptop:~ myname$ system_profiler SPApplicationsDataType | grep iTunes.app
      Location: /Applications/iTunes.app

In the Language & Text pane, three languages are present in the following order:

British English
Dutch
Russian

Logging into a fresh user account does not solve the issue. The same icon is missing in the same places.

Edit 2: Output for command /usr/bin/mdimport -L

Laptop:~ myname$ /usr/bin/mdimport -L 2012-10-24 11:12:32.307
mdimport[34295:903] Paths: id(501) (
    "/Library/Spotlight/iWork.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Font.mdimporter",
    "/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter",
    "/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Audio.mdimporter",
    "/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/ParallelsMD.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter",
    "/Applications/SPSS/SPSSStatistics.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SPSSSpotlightImporter.mdimporter",
    "/Library/Spotlight/AppleWorks.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/RichText.mdimporter",
    "/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Application Loader.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/MZSpotlight.mdimporter",
    "/Applications/OmniGraffle Professional 5.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/OmniGraffle.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/CoreMedia.mdimporter",
    "/Applications/Sente 6.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Sente6MI.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Chat.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/iPhoto.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/PS.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Mail.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/vCard.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/PDF.mdimporter",
    "/Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/iPhoto8.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Bookmarks.mdimporter",
    "/Applications/TeX Live Utility.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/DVIImporter.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/SystemPrefs.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/iCal.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/MIDI.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/QuartzComposer.mdimporter",
    "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Google Earth for Plugin.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Google Earth.mdimporter",
    "/System/Library/Spotlight/Automator.mdimporter",
    "/Users/b8i/Library/Spotlight/EndNote.mdimporter",
    "/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/uuid.mdimporter"
)

Edit 3: Although the bounty has run out I still don't have a solution for this problem.

Edit 4:
I have been poking around and through the "Open Files and Ports" function of the Activity Monitor I think I found the location where the images are loaded from. The file is:

  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ArtFile.bin

Unfortunately I cannot open this file. Does anyone know how to open the file to see if that is the place where the images are loaded from?
When I rename Artfile.bin almost no application starts.

Edit 5:

The Garageband application does show the iTunes icon:


texts: Sometimes Mac doesn't recognise my external hard drive

texts:
I have a Western Digital My Passport Ultra 1 TB external hard drive that is formatted FAT32 and a 16 GB Silicon Power USB thumb drive and both of them uses USB3 but my MacBook Pro sometimes doesn't recognise them and I have to remove them or restart MacBook several times until they show up.

What could be the problem?

Specs: MacBookPro12,1 2015 with OS X 10.11.5


texts: Mac Mail App - Lot's of flagged emails: getting rid of it

texts:
I recently bought a MacBook and now I am trying to understand how to use the native email client. I use only an iCloud and a Gmail account to handle email, and most of my important emails are in Gmail.

After adding both accounts and waiting for the mail app to sync, I ended up with a "Flagged" folder full of messages (~450). There's a count badge on the right side of the folder name.

How do I get rid of the counter for the "Flagged" folder? Am I suppose to de-flag all messages or delete them? Am I using the Flagged folder in a wrong way?


texts:
On iOS, you can create custom vibrations for contacts whenever they call you.

Since I only recieve notifications through my Apple Watch, is it posible to change the haptic feedback patten depending on what notification you recieve or not?

I would like this so I know if the notification was from one of my social media apps, utilities or phone and SMS whithout raising my rist up to look at the notification.


texts: Can a RAM module not be compatible with Macs?

texts:
There are DDR3 RAM modules sold on Amazon (branded by KomputerBay) where it is specified that they are "PC only" and not for Mac. They cost around £41.99 ($68).

The same company has modules with the same exact technical specifications on Amazon, called "for Apple" RAM. They cost significantly more £53.99 ($87).

Apart from the $20 price jump, what could be different? Is this a scam to make Apple users pay more?

Here are the specifications of both the "PC only" and "MacMemory" RAM from KomputerBay:

PC3-12800 (1600MHz)
Gold leads
Supports Dual Channel
DDR3
204 Pin
Laptop memory upgrade
Non-ECC
Non-Parity
Unbuffered
Density: 16GB (2x 8GB SO-DIMM)
Timing: 10-10-10-27 (1600 MHz)
Speed: 1600MHz CL10
Pin Out: 204 Pin
1.5V
Lifetime Warranty


texts: Can I use the USB-C cable for my charger to transfer large files between different OS X laptops?

texts:
I have more than one Mac Book Pro, and need to transfer large files between them.

Can I repurpose the USBC cable for power to transfer between Mac Books?

Is there a better/faster cable, or way to transfer files between MacBooks?


texts: What is normal for startup chime till Apple logo shows?

texts:
My late 2015 iMac recently started taking a very long time to go from the startup chime till the Apple logo appears - about 2.5 minutes. Between the chime and the logo, the screen was black.

After resetting SMC and PRAM, I traced it to an external USB-C SSD, but in the course of narrowing things down I noticed that the "time to Apple logo" varied somewhat depending on what was plugged in, for example:

no USB devices plugged in: ~6 secs
only external hub plugged in (no additional devices): ~8 secs
only external USB3 HD plugged in: ~9 secs
only external USB3 SSD plugged in: ~20 secs
everything plugged in (except USB-C SSD): ~22 secs
only external USB-C SSD plugged in (with supplied USB-C to USB-A cable): ~150 secs

Is there any guidance on what is normal and expected for "time to Apple logo", and why the variation between different USB3 disks, let alone the exceedingly long time for the USB-C SSD?


texts: iPhone seems to have to "download" all my recent photos, but iCloud is turned off

texts:
I normally let my recently taken camera pictures sync with Dropbox. Since the sync wasn't happening, I started to investigate. It seems that my recent pictures aren't stored on my iPhone. When I try to open a picture, then do edit -> enhance. It says: "downloading picture", then it gets stuck at 25%. What happened? If the pictures are not on my phone itself, Dropbox can't sync them.

My iCloud photo library and My Photo stream has been turned off for ages.

I have a linux computer, and since Apple doesn't support linux, I need a way to copy my recently shot pictures to my pc. This has worked fine for years. Now I can't even edit my recent pictures on my phone. Strange...

I went to icloud.com and checked pictures, but it gives me instructions on how to activate icloud.

When I check my memory usage of the phone itself, it lists my music etc, but nothing for pictures. What happened?

I recently updated my iPhone to 9.3.1 (don't know if that's relevant)


texts: Need help to install software on a Mac Mini I have one Macbook

texts:
Recently I purchased a Mac Mini base model and need to access several CD to install software (for a Dell S2230MX monitor and the wireless router)

As is known by some, the Mac Mini does not come with CD / DVD. I searched the site search how to install software on the Mac Mini but came up blank. As I understand it, but with a Macbook can install programs on the Mac Mini from it's DVD drive.

I do not want to buy a super drive from Apple to fix this. How do I set things up?


texts:
Let's say I have a folder that is located in "/tmp".
Let's say it is called myfolder "/tmp/myfolder" and I would like to protect this folder or I would like to be notified if changes are made to this folder.
I heard it should be possible with "syslog", how it works I don't know


texts: I just restarted my Late 2011 Macbook Pro. 3.58Gb-3.71Gb / 4.00GB are being use right out the gate. It takes forever for anything to load. I'm very interested in purchasing new ram, but for the time being I'm hitting the ceiling and it's not necessary. Anyone have any recommendations as to why I'm maxing out, and what the hell is kernel_task doing? I'd love to just reinstall the OS from scratch.


texts: How to ignore particular USB device given a vid and pid?

texts:
I'm running Sierra v10.12.5. I'm trying to flash an stm32f100 chip using openocd. As per the documentation:

  For info the original ST-LINK enumerates using the mass storage usb class; however, its implementation is completely broken. The result is this causes issues under Linux. The simplest solution is to get Linux to ignore the ST-LINK using one of the following methods:

  modprobe -r usb-storage && modprobe usb-storage quirks=483:3744:i
  add "options usb-storage quirks=483:3744:i" to /etc/modprobe.conf

I tested this solution on an Ubuntu machine and it works. Now I'd like to replicate this on a Mac but I can't seem to find any information on how to do this.


texts: I bought an Apple TV but the remote didn’t come with it (used). I was told I could just use the Apple TV remote app on my phone. So I powered up Apple TV , connected it to router with Ethernet cable so it's on the same network as my iPhone. On the Apple TV remote app - it connects but wants a 4 digit code to be entered on the Apple TV. I can't do that with no remote and the Apple remote app gives no other options!!! How do I enter that code without the actual remote?


texts: How can I abort a stalled in-progress app update?

texts:
Long story short; I was updating a couple of iPad apps via iTunes last night, but had to shut down. Now they're all listed as "installing..." on my iPad but they're neither being downloaded nor installed, and I can't access them until they're finished (but they're not progressing, so they won't finish).

Is there any way to abort an in-progress update so I can at least use the apps I've currently got?


texts: Fastest way to convert .avi files for itunes?

texts:
I've experimented with Handbrake and VLC and I'd like to know the fastest possible method to convert .avi file into a a file that is readable by itunes so I can stream it to my TV via my Apple TV 2.

The mentioned solutions require a couple of hours and I'd like to improve this. I'm working on a macbook air.

Thanks.


texts: Numeric keypad keys in vi insert letters instead of numbers

texts:
I'm new to vi. Actually I'm using it just to modify small text files. I've a serious and unusual, I think, problem with the numeric keypad, as follow:
I write vi IN and press enter. This make me access to the file named IN. Then I use arrow keys (or hjkl) to move the cursor through the file. Then I press i to activate the insert mode and write. Here comes the problem: numeric keypad doesn't work properly, since I get pqrstuvwxyl when I press 0123456789+ (,.-*/= still work).


texts: Can my MacBook 1,1 be upgraded to anything higher than Snow Leopard? and can the machine be updated in its specs?

texts:
Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook 1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB11.0061.B03


texts: Sign in to ** to update application for that account

texts:
So I somehow grabbed my parents USB thumb drive to install Mountain Lion. Now when I want to upgrade to Mavericks, its asking me to sign into my parents icloud account.

So I rebooted, did an Internet Recovery, and it installed a clean version of Mountain Lion. It's prompting me again still.

How can I re-associate my Mac Mini to my icloud account?


texts: Are photos in 'Photo' on MacBook the same resolution as original photos on iCloud?

texts: I store all my photos on iCloud.  I want to make a backup of all my photos (60 000-odd) on a removable storage unit.  This is easy if I select all photos in 'Photo' on my MacBook and drag these to my portable storage unit.  My question is, will the resolution of these dragged photos be the same as the originals stored on the iCloud?


texts: How do I figure out if my OS is Mac OS X 32 bit or 64 bit?

texts: I am using a Mac for the first time and need to install Eclipse. How do I know if I am on a 32 bit or 64 bit computer? I am on a MacBook Pro.


texts: looked everywhere, but I couldn't find a way to make a shortcut for my silent switch to automatically put on do not disturb when on. Any ideas or tricks ? I'm new to the app, but just want a quick solution.


texts: Doing a clean install of Mavericks and installing iWorks 09 and the new iWorks for OS 10.9x

texts:
I already have iWork 09 apps on my Mac's Mountain Lion installation.  I want to do a clean install of Mac OS 10.9x Mavericks on my machine.  This will wipe out the old iWork 09 apps and when I go to install iWork from the App Store it will be the new iWorks 2013.  But I also want to have iWork 09 on my clean installed Mavericks Mac.  Any suggestions for how to do this?  My license for iWork 09 is through the App Store.

Everyone keeps writing how the old iWork will be kept and the new iWork suite won't write over it.  However, this only applies if you're not doing a clean install, obviously.  However, I need to do a clean install and have both versions of iWork running on the new installation...


texts: What is the default effective resolution of the Macbook Air 2020

texts:
The Internet says that the Macbook Air's resolution is 2560x1600, and that its supported scaled resolutions are:

1680 by 1050
1440 by 900
1024 by 640

But which of those supported scaled resolutions is the effective resolution of the Macbook by default? Or maybe it's not even listed. If you use the non-default scaled resolutions, they don't look quite right to my eyes, and so I want to know how small or large everything is. Most software doesn't factor in hardware pixels when choosing what size to display.

For example, the Macbook Pro 16-inch has a native 3072x1920 resolution, and its supported scaled resolutions are:

2048 x 1280
1792 x 1120
1344 x 840
1152 x 720

#2 is the effective resolution when running in default retina mode, giving the Macbook Pro a PPI of 132.08


texts: Mojave App Store is only showing Updates tab

texts: Installed Mojave yesterday - everything is fine except the App Store doesn't show Discover or any of the other tabs - it only shows Updates - see screen grab. The search function works so it's connected fine. I've tried deleting all caches, etc


texts: Is Mac OS X's Compress a "standard" zip?

texts:
When I submit my research papers to an online review system, I prefer to upload all files (manuscript, figures, etc) by a single zip file, so that the review system can unzip the file. Otherwise, I have to upload many files one by one; time-consuming.

However, if I create a zip file using the Mac OS X's native Compress functionality, the review system tells it may be a corrupt file. Every time I try, it does same.

Instead if I use zip command in Terminal to create a zip file, it is fine.

What kind of zip technology does Compress use? Anything non-standard? Do you see any potential reasons for the fails?


texts: My Shut Down menu is partially in English

texts:
After macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update 2, my Shut Down menu changed from Dutch to English, but only partially:

I tried adding and removing Dutch and English in the Language & Region System Preferences pane, but to no avail.


texts:
I have an app that give you points if you share your link and someone download it so I send the link to my sister to download it but I didn't get any point then I found out that my sister has downloaded it from a long time but she deleted it I tried to delete it from the storage in the settings and download it again  but still I cant get points , do you have any idea how to completely delete an app ?

sorry for my bad English ^___^


texts: Keeping both files when moving them to a different folder?

texts:
When I'm moving files to a folder with another set of files named the same, it doesn't give me the "keep both"-option. However when I move the files one by one, I get this option.
Any tips on how I can move large amounts of files and still get the "keep both"-option?


texts: Lost Windows after repartitioning with Disk Utility

texts:
I've just re-partitioned my hard-drive using Disk Utility. I shrank my Mac OS X partition and created a new one with the available space. However, after rebooting, the option to start under Windows is now gone. I only have the option to start Mac OS X.

Basically, my partitions were like this:

Mac
Windows
Data

After shrinking the Mac partition and creating a new one I get:

Mac
Fat32
Windows
Data

Does anybody know why the Windows partition was affected by this change? And how can I make it bootable again?


texts: Mac mini wakes 2 seconds after going to sleep

texts:
Sometimes (randomly as far as I can tell), my Mac mini refuses to go to sleep. I press the Sleep item in the Apple-logo menu on the menubar, display turns off, after several seconds computer goes silent, the power indicator starts flashing. It flashes for a few seconds (like 2 or 3 seconds), and then computers wakes back up.

pmset -g assertions output is the same right before pressing sleep and after it wakes up:

2015-05-05 09:31:13 +0300
Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   0
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0
   NetworkClientActive            0
Kernel Assertions: 0x4=USB
   id=501  level=255 0x4=USB mod=04/05/2015 13:13 description=EHC1 owner=AppleUSBEHCI

The timestamp is different, the rest is identical.

As far as I can tell, it shows nothing of interest, though I'm not sure about the last line. Any ideas what might be the cause of this behaviour and how to fix this? So far the only thing that helps me is rebooting, but the problem keeps coming up and around in a day or two and is really annoying.

I'm running 10.10.3 and Mid 2011 Mac mini.


texts: Execute a BASH script... by double-clicking on it?

texts:
Is it possible to execute a bash script by double-clicking on it? The shell script executes with $ ./script.sh without issues.  Double-clicking the script opens TextEdit. It would be nice to execute by clicking on it...

$ system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

System Software Overview:

  System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199)
  Kernel Version: Darwin 17.5.0
  Boot Volume: lily
  Boot Mode: Normal
  Computer Name: lily’s MacBook Air
  User Name: System Administrator (root)
  Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled


texts: Is there a way to force Google Photos to upload in the background?

texts:
I recently download the new Google Photos app for iOS, and I noticed that my photos are only uploaded when I have the app opened and in focus.

Background app refresh is on for the app.

Is there another setting I can tweak to make it upload even when I'm not using it? Otherwise I need to remember to open it from time to time to have my pictures safely backed up.

Is this a limitation in iOS that cannot be worked around? Is it something that should be programmed in the app itself and it's not?


texts: How share folder in QEMU with plan9/virtfs between MacOS host and Linux guest?

texts:
I am trying to run a Linux Debian with qemu with MacOS Big Sur host.
Unfortunately virtfs doesn't work on Mac and there is no easy alternative that I have found.
Is there a way to share folders with plan9?
Thanks!!


texts: How to compile mod_wsgi, mod_fastcgi, etc on Mountain Lion (Mavericks) by fixing `apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536`?

texts:
I've updated to OS X Mountain Lion.
Update has removed all of my python and apache modules including mod_wsgi.

Now I'm trying to recompile mod_wsgi (it compiled without problems on Lion).

I use source code from here: http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/DownloadTheSoftware?tm=2

./configure creates Makefile without problems:

$ ./configure
checking for apxs2... no
checking for apxs... /usr/sbin/apxs
checking Apache version... 2.2.22
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile

But make returns error:

$ make
/usr/sbin/apxs -c -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -DNDEBUG -DENABLE_DTRACE  -Wc,'-arch x86_64' mod_wsgi.c -Wl,-F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Python -u _PyMac_Error /System/Library/Frameworks/  -arch x86_64 -ldl  -framework CoreFoundation
/usr/share/apr-1/build-1/libtool --silent --mode=compile /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc    -DDARWIN -DSIGPROCMASK_SETS_THREAD_MASK -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/apache2  -I/usr/include/apr-1   -I/usr/include/apr-1  -arch x86_64 -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -DNDEBUG -DENABLE_DTRACE  -c -o mod_wsgi.lo mod_wsgi.c && touch mod_wsgi.slo
env: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc: No such file or directory
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
.
make: *** [mod_wsgi.la] Error 1


texts: How can I export .mobileconfig file from IOS10 to Mac?

texts: I want to find the .mobileconfig file in the IOS10 that contains all basic setting information of IOS10 like (Restrictions, Passcode, Wi-Fi, Mail, etc.) and export it to Mac. How can I do it?


texts: How can I report security vulnerabilities for open source OSX applications?

texts:
In the event of finding a security vulnerability in the Linux world, the procedure involved would be to report the vulnerability...

...to the developers or the maintainers of the package in a particular operating system.
...to the security team of that particular operating system.

Then patches are made and CVE's are released.

I'm curious about how does open source vulnerability reporting work in the OSX world? Do the developers release CVE's if a security issue is brought to their notice?


texts: (MacBook Pro) Wi-Fi becomes slow only when charger plugged in

texts:
I'm having weird issues with Wi-Fi in the basement of my girlfriends place. I originally thought it was the thick concrete walls blocking the Wi-Fi from the router upstairs so I bought a repeater which did increase the signal strength but did not fix the issue.

When my laptop is unplugged the internet is fast on both my phone and my laptop downstairs. When I plug the charger in page loads slow to a crawl on my phone and my laptop. I've tried different power sockets and removing all other devices from the extension cable but the problem remains.

I thought interference could be a problem so I enabled 5GHz on my router but unfortunately it doesn't reach down here, so I'm stuck using 2.4GHz.

It's a MacBook Pro Early 2011. When I'm at my own house, I have no issues with Wi-Fi when the laptop is charging.

I'm stumped. Maybe the power that comes from the wall is introducing interference? I'm using an Australian charger with an adapter on a German wall socket if that helps.

Added Speed-test results

Test 1 Without Charger
Download 21.00Mbps Upload 4.79Mbps

Test 2 With Charger
---- Download _6.72Mbps Upload 3.35Mbps

Test 3 Without Charger
Download 22.61Mbps Upload 4.70Mbps

Test 4 With Charger
---- Download 21.85Mbps Upload 4.59Mbps

Test 5 Without Charger
Download 22.69Mbps Upload 4.50Mbps

Test 6 With Charger
---- Download _2.89Mbps Upload Failed


texts: How to learn a wireless router's MAC address

texts: I am using Mac OS X Lion. How can I learn the MAC address of a wireless router that is listed in the wireless network list?


texts: How to remove automatically subscribed calendar for public holidays on my iPhone?

texts:
As you can see in the screenshot below, somehow my iPhone subscribed to a calendar which is called "Deutsche Feiertage" (German public holidays).

How can I find out where this is coming from and how can I remove it (not just hide or disable notification)?

I am not hundert percent sure, but I think it is there since I upgraded my Mac to macOS 10.12. It was also there in the calendar app. There it was really easy to delete it. But I cannot find I way to get rid of it on my iPhone (using iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 10.2).


texts: Is there a way for the iPad wireless keyboard to make typing sounds similar to what the on-screen keyboard makes?

texts:
Is there a way to have a wireless keyboard produce the soft tapping sound effects that the on-screen iPad keyboard makes?

The point is that I want to be able to type and not look at the screen at all for a long period of time. Can’t do that with the touch screen, I just want to be audibly certain that that what I am typing on the physical keyboard is actually going into the document.

I can’t think when I’m staring into the screen, and it hurts my eyes after a while. It’s purely for creative writing purposes. My Googling suggests that not many people are looking for this kind of thing and apps/software for the blind overshoot the point. I just want the tapping noises.


texts: Program notifications with the style of Volume and Brightness banner

texts:
Using Applescript it is very easy to send Notifications on Mac Clients. With other Libraries you even get more functionalities. But is there a way to program the notifications/alerts such that they look similar to the Volume up/down or Brightness up/down Alerts?

This is what I mean with the alerts.


texts: Removing old mails after switching mail client

texts:
I am very new to Mac. I was previously using Apple Mail. It downloaded all my mails to a local directory (> 1 GB). Now I have switched to Spark and added two of my major mail accounts in Spark. before doing this I removed (unchecked only Mail option) those two accounts from Apple Mail client. What I am worrying is as I am not using the previous mail client the previously downloaded mails should not eat up my storage. But I still see there are mails downloaded in my storage.

neel@air$ du -hs /Users/neel/Library/Mail/V4/*
 28K    /Users/neel/Library/Mail/V4/7E9DC725-1141-4372-9558-9387681B6536
133M    /Users/neel/Library/Mail/V4/9061FA6F-8C9A-46AE-A697-00E71973CE4E
120K    /Users/neel/Library/Mail/V4/BDE6ECBE-0F31-40ED-8E12-1783CEE41C93
1.0G    /Users/neel/Library/Mail/V4/C34B3F07-E470-4CAB-A741-A6BD1E3D4F19
 28M    /Users/neel/Library/Mail/V4/MailData

Now are they mails previously downloaded by Apple Mail client or they belongs to spark ? If they belong to the previous client how should I remove it ? is it safe to just delete them all ?


texts: How do I return a lost de-activated phone to the owner?

texts:
I found an iPhone 5s in the back of a taxi and kept it with the hope of returning it to the owner (this happened to me). By the time I woke up the next morning the owner had obviously deactivated the phone. Is there anyway of returning it to the person? Or if not is there anything I can do with iPhone - as otherwise it's just a useless piece of equipment / wasted phone.

Thanks.


texts: Enter to open a file or a folder in Macintosh Explorer

texts: Is it possible to configure Macintosh Explorer so that pressing ENTER opens a file or a folder (as we can do in Finder)?


texts: Mac OS X Yosemite Java 1.6 Downgrade to 1.6u35

texts: I installed the latest version of Java 1.6 provided by Apple and didn't realize that the application I have to do development for must use 1.6 update 35. Is there anyway I can uninstall the latest version and downgrade to 1.6 update 35? I think what I need is Java for OS X 2013-005 instead of Java for OS X 2014-001. The 2013-005 version won't let me install it now since a more current version is already installed.


texts: Can't install Find My iPhone app on iPhone 4 as it requires iOS 8

texts: I reset my iPhone 4 as I gave it to a friend. I am unable to install Find My iPhone as prompt says I need iOS 8 to run this app. What can I do? I know iOS 8 is not available for iPhone 4, but apps should work for the last version of iOS released for the iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2. What can I do to get this app downloaded or this is a lost cause?


texts: Booting to OSX on Secondary Drive Disables User Input

texts:
I have two A1297 17" MBPs. The first is a 2010 and the second is a 2011.

Encountering graphics card issues with the 2011, but needed to use both computers until I take the time to sit down and switch to the onboard card.  To tide me over I put the 2011 SSD into the CD drive bay of the 2010, and believed I'd just take the advantage of dual booting to the drive I need to use at any given time.  Here's where the problem starts.

Power + Option shows both drives. Awesome:

a) If I choose the default 2010 SSD, we're all good. Everything works as normal. I can even access files on the 2011 SSD if and when required, through Finder.

b) If I choose the 2011 SSD, it boots up and after auth, takes me to the desktop.  But, I can't type anything, or click anything, even though the trackpad will allow me to move the cursor.

What gives?


texts: How to enable Pages Collaboration on Mac?

texts:
I am well connected with my iCloud Drive on my Mac but when I try to collaborate with a friend in a Shared document I receive the following error:

We have tried it both way:

me sharing a document and sending her permission
she sending me a document and sending me permission

When I log into www.icloud.com, I can collaborate there.
It also tells me that I am offline:

But thats not true because I can create Folder, add files to our Shared folder from my Mac and it gets uploaded and is visible.
I am currently using Pages version 10.0.
What am I missing here?


texts:
I need to put a desktop Mac OS X Lion in the domain of a corporate network - Linux LDAP.

The Mac is already picking up the IP and the DNS name released. But I can not log into the corporate network.

opendirectoryd.log.9

2012-08-06 14:26:07.780 BRT - opendirectoryd (build 172.10) launched...
2012-08-06 14:26:07.780 BRT - Logging level limit changed to 'error'
2012-08-06 14:26:07.788 BRT - Initialize trigger support
2012-08-06 14:26:07.789 BRT - Registered node with name '/Active Directory' as hidden
2012-08-06 14:26:07.790 BRT - Registered node with name '/Configure' as hidden
2012-08-06 14:26:07.790 BRT - Discovered configuration for node name '/Contacts' at path '/Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations//Contacts.plist'
2012-08-06 14:26:07.790 BRT - Registered node with name '/Contacts'
2012-08-06 14:26:07.791 BRT - Registered node with name '/LDAPv3' as hidden
2012-08-06 14:26:07.793 BRT - Registered node with name '/Local' as hidden
2012-08-06 14:26:07.794 BRT - Registered node with name '/NIS' as hidden
2012-08-06 14:26:07.794 BRT - Discovered configuration for node name '/Search' at path '/Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations//Search.plist'
2012-08-06 14:26:07.794 BRT - Registered node with name '/Search'
2012-08-06 14:26:08.485 BRT - Discovered configuration for node name '/LDAPv3/hpp.br' at path '/Library/Preferences/OpenDirectory/Configurations/LDAPv3/hpp.br.plist'
2012-08-06 14:26:08.485 BRT - Registered subnode with name '/LDAPv3/hpp.br'
2012-08-06 14:26:08.486 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/legacy.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:26:08.488 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/search.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:26:09.491 BRT - '/Search' has registered, loading additional services
2012-08-06 14:26:09.491 BRT - Initialize augmentation support
2012-08-06 14:26:09.494 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/SystemCache.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:26:09.498 BRT - Successfully registered for Kernel identity service requests
2012-08-06 14:26:09.503 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/PlistFile.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:26:09.504 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/FDESupport.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:26:09.525 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/ConfigurationProfiles.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:26:09.526 BRT - Registered subnode with name '/Local/Default'
2012-08-06 14:26:09.532 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/ldap.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:26:10.238 BRT - Loaded bundle at path '/System/Library/OpenDirectory/Modules/AppleODClient.bundle'
2012-08-06 14:30:40.625 BRT - Starting shutdown process...
2012-08-06 14:30:40.625 BRT - Deregistered with Kernel for identity service requests

system.log (final part)

see pastebin, too large to include here

Thank you!


texts: How is my $PATH variable built on macOS?

texts:
I've recently installed Homebrew on my Mac and it's complaining that /usr/bin occurs before /usr/local/bin in my $PATH variable, meaning that system-provided programs will be used instead of those installed with Homebrew.

My .bashrc is configured in a set of separate files, as per this screencast. This means that ~/.bash_profile looks like this:

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ];
then
  source ~/.bashrc
fi

~/.bashrc looks like this:

source ~/bin/dotfiles/bashrc

and ~/bin/dotfiles/bashrc looks like this:

. ~/bin/dotfiles/bash/env
. ~/bin/dotfiles/bash/config
. ~/bin/dotfiles/bash/aliases

~/bin/dotfiles/bash/env, which is where I set my $PATH variable, looks like this:

export EDITOR="kom"
export PATH=some/path/at/start:usr/local/bin:/Users/jim/pear/bin:~/bin:/Users/jim/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin:/Users/jim/bin/bashscripts:some/path/at/end:$PATH

I've added some/path/at/start and some/path/at/end for debugging purposes, since when I try echo $PATH I get this:

/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Users/jim/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:some/path/at/start:usr/local/bin:/Users/jim/pear/bin:/Users/jim/bin:/Users/jim/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin:/Users/jim/bin/bashscripts:some/path/at/end:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

That is, there's a load of other stuff being loaded into the $PATH variable that I can't control in the configuration I've outlined above. Any ideas as to where this stuff is loaded from, so that I can go about changing it and moving /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin?


texts: How can I automatically upload files to remote server when I make changes

texts:
I want to automatically upload files to a remote server when I make any changes in them using some editor. Is there some app which I can use for this purpose?

I know that this kind of thing is available in Panic Coda, but I want to continue using my favorite editor instead of switching to Coda.


texts: How can I edit a m4v movie file and retain subtitles?

texts:
I made a copy of a DVD and two sets of subtitles (Hebrew and English). Both subtitles are optional and only VLC can display them.

I am trying to edit out a scene of the movie. QuickTime can do this, but can also only save the file as a mov afterwards, which destroys the subtitles. When I edit and export to m4v, the subtitles are allegedly still there but even VLC cannot display them any more.

How can I edit an m4v file with optional subtitles without destroying the subtitles?


texts:
I'd love to make my own dynamic wallpaper.

Has anybody investigated their format, and if there is a way of making one?


texts: Will iMac G5 recognize external cd/dvd rom?

texts:
The SuperDrive on my G5 used to read disks without problems, but now it thinks all the disks I insert are empty. Now, I want to install different OS on it, and as I've read it can't be done with the USB. So I want to find an external CD/DVD-ROM and use it to install new OS.

My question is (I'm new to Apple stuff): will it recognize the external reader without issues, just plug and play?


texts: Move items from old keychain to new keychain

texts:
I've just done a clean Mountain Lion install, and one thing bothers me a lot:

How can I move passwords from my old keychain to the one created by the installer when it performed a clean install without a migration of data?

I copied my old keychain to ~/Library/Keychains and added it to the keychains list. It works except that I have to unlock it every time I log in. It's rather annoying and I'd much rather have all my passwords and certificates in one keychain.

I've tried to just Cmd+C/Cmd+V the passwords from old keychain to the new one, but it asks me about keychain's passwords for every item (and there are hundreds of them)

Any ideas?


texts: Can I add or change the author of a PDF file in iBooks?

texts:
I had several PDF files in iTunes that I had added authors to. Then I upgraded to Mavericks and launched iBooks. It moved my books and PDFs from iTunes, but many of my PDFs now show the author as "Unknown Author".

Is there a way to add an author to these files? I cannot "Get Info" on the file in iBooks like I used to be able to do in iTunes.

Note: This question was originally asked about OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Now that 10.10 Yosemite is available, there is a way to do this easily in iBooks.


texts: Create a new space using a keyboard shortcut in macOS Big Sur

texts:
I am aware you can do it from Mission Control by clicking and there is no shortcut available in 'Keyboard'.
Are there any ways to do this by using a 3rd party program or Shell/ Applescript?
The solution presented here only doesn't work in Big Sur anymore.


texts: Why does my Apple Watch keep entering Power Reserve mode?

texts: I updated to Watch OS3 last week, and now my Apple Watch keeps entering Power Reserve mode, even when I have plenty of power on it!  As it sits right now, I have 87% power, and it has already entered Power Reserve three or four times today!  I did not ask it to go there, and it has enough power.  Has anyone had this problem, and if so, how did you resolve it?


texts:
After upgrading to iOS 5, I have some issues with my iPhone 4.
I did not activate iCloud backups, preferring to keep them on my MacBook Pro, but when I sync the phone to iTunes the backup does not start, neither through wi-fi nor by connecting the phone to the mac with the USB cable. It syncs without any problem, but the backup is not happening.
Is there a way to manually trigger the backup?
The last backup listed in Itunes is the one made during the update to iOS 5, and not having regular backups makes me feel nervous.


texts: How to empty all emails data when account deleted?

texts:
My situation is quite simple and I searched the Internet without any solution to my problem. So I decided to give a try here!

I have removed all email accounts (Gmail and Outlook) from my iPhone 5S accounts.

I supposed that it will automatically delete all local emails data. But still, when I check the Mail usage (in Settings > General > Storage usage), it indicates 1GB used, so obviously data are still there and I found no way to erase it.

So my question is simple, considering my situation, how can I free this email storage?


texts: Why in starting it opens suddenly without animation effect?

texts:
When i unlock my iphone by finger print or pass code it opens suddenly like in a second without any animation
I want to ask why this is happen?


texts: How to delete old SMS messages, but retain backups?

texts:
I have an extensive history of SMS messages going back to early 2013. However, it's taking up nearly half of my iPhone's storage space and counting. I understand that there's a feature that automatically deletes old messages after a specified period of time, but I'm somewhat put off by the implication that messages deleted in this way won't be recoverable even from iTunes backups. Frankly, I'm sentimental about this (not to mention that I occasionally need to dredge up years-old messages if discussing an old project).

My question is this: is there a way to permanently transfer my huge backlog of text messages onto my Mac, while keeping messages from the last (say) six months on my iPhone for portability's sake? This way, I'd be able to access old messages as needed, while minimizing the amount of iPhone storage space they take up.

I've tried a few third-party utilities (iExplorer, iMazing), but they don't seem to be able to do this kind of thing specifically. I'm working with an iPhone 5S, 14.91 GB, iOS 12.4.5, and an older MacBook Pro running Sierra. Thanks!


texts: Can I update Mail.app to fix persistent crashing?

texts:
I was using Mail.app v4.6 on my iMac and was happy with it until I upgraded to OS X 10.6.8. Now Mail.app crashes my computer whenever I open the application, which is often as it is the default mail application.

Can I install a newer version of Mail.app without losing all of my saved emails, contacts, etc.? If so, how?

Should I delete the whole thing and install a fresh version of Mail.app that I can run in OS X 10.6.8?

My iMac has a 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 3 GB of memory. Late 2006 model.


texts: Is there an iMessage client for Windows?

texts: My wife's iPhone has iOS 5 and hence iMessage installed.  I would like to be able to chat with her using my Windows computer.  What options are available for this?  Is there a Windows client or any web site that can provide a bridge?


texts: How to quickly launch a playlist from the home screen in ios?

texts:
I want to have a "shortcut" on the home screen that launches
the music app and starts playing a specific playlist.
Can this be done?

I did some research and it seems like Launch Center Pro could do the trick, except the music app is not supported.
I also found an old blog post that mentions the use of URL schemes for ecoute (music player) but it seems outdated as well.


texts: How can you run Apple Diagnostic through an external monitor?

texts:
My MacBook Pro A1708 is recovering from water damage.

From not working it has since been cleaned and have the LVDs Cable replaced.

Currently the display is showing black but I am able to connect to an external display.

If possible I would like to run Apple Diagnostics through an external monitor if anyone can help?


texts: Does nvram boot-args="debug=0x10" still speed up Parallels on newer versions with newer macOS releases?

texts:
As mentioned several years ago, sudo nvram boot-args="debug=0x10" used to speed up virtual machines significantly in both Parallels and VMware.

Has anyone tested to see if this as any empirically beneficial results today or is this entirely non-consequential now?


texts:
At staram this is my MacBook spec:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
CPU 2,6 6 core Intel Core i7
RAM 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB + Radeon Pro 560X 4GB
Now let's jump to eGPU spec:
GPU: Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB
Case: Razer Core X
The problem starting when I playing games. After some time, games like to freeze. Sometimes them unfreezing but sometimes not. When I stuck, hard disconnecting cable from eGPU solving issue. Somebody have similar issue and know how to fix it?


texts: Broadcast http on mDNS Bonjour in Catalina?

texts:
As of Catalina I've quit Apache and switched to Tornado. Apache was easy to configure http Zeroconf broadcast port 80 on the LAN. What I am looking for is an Avahi type solution where I can configure services independent of the originating process.
How would I do it when using another server software like Tornado?


texts: Is there a good app for uploading podcasts to my website?

texts:
I have an old iPhone 2 (and an old 3GS, if necessary), that I'm planning to use at church for capturing sermons and uploading them to our website. I'd like something so simple that even our senior pastor can't mess it up :)

Ideally, all the pastor would need to do is:

Hit record when he starts preaching
Hit stop when he's done.

I'd like the resulting recording to then be automatically uploaded to an FTP directory on my website, from which I could write a script or something to add it to the podcast.

I don't like Cinch.FM, because it doesn't appear to let you upload to your own website, and most of its competitors seem to be the same.

Any ideas on an app that could do this?


texts: Preview crashes (beachball) when searching pdfs? Wants to save changes to multiple docs?

texts:
Preview has recently started hanging when I search pdf documents, which is really hindering my work. I get the beachball for a minute before it says it's 'saving changes' to multiple documents - even though there is only one document open (see image). Any idea?

I followed the advice in this thread to no avail.


texts: How to prevent "Look Up" functionality from showing link previews?

texts:
As you know Apple just updated the look up function and added previews of the link you highlighted. As a non-native I often use look up to see the meaning of a word. When the word appears as a link, or within a link highlight shows the preview instead of dictionary.

I was wondering if there is a way to switch between them or disable preview options.


texts: Can I use multiple gmail-based accounts with the same username (but different domains) with Mail.app & IMAP?

texts:
A recent mail file corruption has led me to finally putting Eudora to bed.  Since my personal email has been backed by gmail for a few years, and my work email is a Google apps email account, I figured I'd take advantage of server-based storage to not worry about fixing Eudora mail files, but just use IMAP to sync up with the servers in Apple mail and be done with it.

Well, my personal account and my company account are both the same user name, i.e. username123@gmail.com, and username123@company.com.  (Not real.)  And it seems like this is causing a collision in Mail.app.  On editing the initial mail config setup, I get an error:  "Invalid Directory:  The account path /Users/.../Library/Mail/IMAP-username123@imap.gmail.com is already being used by the account Company Mail".

I was concerned by this, but it did seem to be busily downloading mail into the "All Mail" folder for the new account, so I let it run.  But, yeah, it seems broken.  What should be individual inbox folders for each account show all the same sets of messages.  That's no good.

A funny thing is that I've had these same two accounts on my iPhone, with IMAP, and it keeps them straight!

So, am I doomed to not being able to use Apple Mail in this scenario?

Update: Today, the two inboxes look separate, after a restart of Mail overnight.  However, I still get the same error when I try to change the personal account to send through an alternate server, so I think there is still a problem here.


texts: How to restore Mac Normal boot (Login before booting up to macOS)

texts:
After Reinstall macOS Due to Blinking Folder into question mark,
something changed
I boot it up and asks me to login first before booting up
I tried to Reset NVRAM/PRAM but it won't make changes
Is it kind of the exploited Version?


texts: How to repeat a key in mac while holding down?

texts:
I've tried searching for an app or tools that can do this in macOS but I couldn't find any.

There seems to be a key repeat setting in system prefs but it seems to have no effect. For example in notes, if I hold a key it would not repeat?

Ideally I can have the key repeat behaviour on and off as I only want it during the day for work activities


texts: Just recently noticed that "Cut the Rope" free versions on my iPad Mini with latest iOS is taking up to 500MB of space. Is it really necessary for them to take up so much space? Maybe someone know to fix it.


texts: Is there any way to change the mac dock's position with a keyboard shortcut?

texts:
I don't think there are default shortcuts for that. But I assume you could make one using AppleScript or other automation programs.

I found this post from 2012 asking the same question. I tried making the script provided in the comments but couldn't make it work.

I'm not sure if it isn't working because Apple Scripts are different now, or because the script per se doesn't work or because there are steps I'm skipping.

When I try to save the script it says

  “Expected “given”, “with”, “without”, other parameter name, etc. but found identifier.”

Any idea?


texts: Reply/to address for replies to emails that received no reply

texts:
Steps:

I send an email.
I wait some days, and I receive no response (the recipient never replies). I now wish to send a follow-up email.
I locate the first email I sent (either by searching or scrolling, in either my "sent" folder or "all mail", doesn't matter,
same outcome).
I click the reply button or hit cmdr (doesn't matter, same outcome).
I compose a second message.
I click send.

Expectation:

My second email should go to my recipient.

Unexpected outcome:

My second email is sent to myself instead.

I'm new to Apple macOS Mail app. I'm more familiar with Gmail, but I recently switched to free my email from my web browser. However, I don't understand why anyone would want this behavior, and I'm hoping there's a way to fix it that I've not found.

UPDATE:

In troubleshooting after the comments below, it seems this problem occurs only for ignored emails sent before I switched from Gmail web app to Apple Mail app. I guess that's good news (in that eventually the problem should become irrelevant the longer I use Mail app), but why should this even occur?

Software:

Mail app version 12.4
macOS version 10.14.4 (Mojave)


texts: How To Change the Color of My Browsers Background Safari

texts: I use Safari version 9.1.1.  I'm looking to make it easier to read my browser by changing the color of the background and text, however there is no option to do so that I can find in the settings panel.  Is this something I can change? Or would this require knowledge of coding?


texts: Apple Samsung 512 GB SSUBX SSD: Half as fast in MacBook Pro 15" 2015 than in MBPR 13" 2014?

texts:
I have an Apple Samsung 256 GB SSUBX SSD which when installed in a 13" MacBook Pro Retina 2014 delivers 1,300-1,450 MB/s Read-Write, whereas when installed in newer 15" MacBook Pro Retina 2015 only provides 650-750 MB/s (both measured with Black Magic Design Disk Speed Test).

Makes somehow no sense to me... Ideas?


texts:
I have a new 2TB Western Digital external hard drive (My Passport Ultra) that I want to use for backups. I have it formatted as Mac OS Extended, with 1 Apple Partition Map partition.

When I Get Info on it, it says "you can only read". Next to my username, it says that I have Read and Write. I am unable alter any of that when I unlock the lock. I also can't seem to do it from the command line with chmod/chown: the file system is read only. The laptop is a MacBook Pro (Mid 2014) with OS X Yosemite (Version 10.10.5). Finally, my friend with an Air with the same OS can use this drive without any issues.

Any suggestions on how I can figure out what's wrong and fix it?


texts: Utility to move windows as a group for Mac OS X?

texts: Is there a utility for Mac OS X that will group windows (2 separate apps)? Similar to how objects are grouped in PowerPoint or other design apps. I would like both windows to move together.


texts: How do I use AUNetSend in GarageBand '09

texts:
I found this thread, about how to use AUNetSend waaaaay back in 2005- http://www.macjams.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=6;showtopic=28700

  Double click on any instrument track in GarageBand to open up "Track Info" screen. Choose an additional effect from the area below "Compressor" (it should say "None") Go all the way down to your Audio Unit Effects and you should see "AUNetSend" and "AUNetReceive". Depending on who is doing wha,t if you are the sender, the other person has to pick the "AUNetReceive" option. Now since I don't have Tiger, this is were I get lost and don't know how this actually works from here, but if 2 people would like to experiment and fill in the blanks I'm sure a lot of people would really appreciate it!

How do I do this today? Well... should I say how do I do this a month ago, since I haven't upgrade to iLife '11 yet.


texts: Disk Utility First Aid in recovery failed to restore volume to original state

texts:
I was trying to repair permissions today on my Mac so I ran the Disk Utility's First Aid on my drive and it said that there was an Invalid Index Key and that my disk was corrupt and I needed to run the first aid in Recovery mode.

So I opened in recovery mode and ran the first aid and it tried to fix the B-Tree of the catalog file, however there wasn't enough disk space to do this.

Then it tried to restore the disk to it's original state on mount but it couldn't do this either, I'm guessing because of lack of disk space.

(I had about 13GB of free space at this time)

Sorry I didn't get any screenshots or anything but that is basically what happened.

Now the disk is greyed out in disk utility and I can't reinstall mac os x because I would need to erase all of the data on the drive and I don't want to lose the files I have on it.

So what I thought I could try is delete my BOOTCAMP partition, which is about 100GB, and then merge the free space into the problem partition so that I can run fsck -fy in single user mode to try to repair the volume which now will have enough space to complete the operation.

However the option to delete the BOOTCAMP partition is disabled in Disk Utility.
So I did some research and found another post on AskDifferent that explained how to delete a partition from terminal (in recovery mode) by first unmounting the physical disk using diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk0 and then deleting the partition using gpt remove.

Now I tried to unmount the disk using that command and even with the force wildcard but it said:

Forced unmount of disk0 failed: at least one volume could not be unmounted
Unmount was dissented by PID 0

The volume with PID 0 from the list provided by diskutil list is called GUID_partition_scheme.

This is as far as I got through searching for solutions online. I need help deleting the BOOTCAMP partition and merging with the greyed out Mac HD partition so that I can run fsck to hopefully restore my mac os to working order. At the moment I can't boot into the OS and can only boot into recovery mode or single user mode. Hopefully I will atleast be able to retrieve files from the HD if all else fails.


texts: How to Download to Computer a Voice Memo Received via MMS on my iPhone?

texts:
A friend sent me a Voice Memo recorded on their iPhone, to mine through MMS. How might I go about getting this audio from my phone to my computer?

I've already tried syncing Voice Memos through iTunes, but apparently that's only used for memos recorded on the actual iPhone in question. Since this was recorded on another, it did nothing.

Thanks for your help!


texts: How do I remove contact photos from the messages app in iOS 10?

texts:
I just upgraded to iOS 10 on my iPhone 5. Besides slowing down my phone greatly, the messages app has gotten cluttered with useless features. One of these is that each contact's photo now shows up at the top of the screen when I am messaging them. Besides the fact that: 1. most of my contacts don't have photos (so I just see giant initials), and that 2. the photos are too small to distinguish anything for the contacts I have that DO have photos, I have a problem with how much space these photos take up on the screen. There's just not enough screen real estate to justify showing me 2 less lines of messages in order to show me giant bubble initials or a microscopic static image of someone.

So, how do I remove contact photos from messages in iOS 10?

Messages app in iOS10:

vs. iOS 9:


texts: Why doesn't my MacBook Pro Retina connect to 802.11n?

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I've bought a 15" MacBook Pro Retina Late 2013 and so far everything works perfectly. Luckily I'm not experiencing the "Lose Wifi after sleep" issue.

That said, I only rarely connect to high-bandwidth WiFis. I'm currently working with a colleague from his home office. He has a Netgear router capable of 802.11n and his MacBook Pro (also Retina, but not late 2013, so he doesn't have the ac card) connects using 802.11n and 2.4GHz on channel 1 without a problem. My MBP however connects on the same channel using only 802.11g which is pretty slow when we want to transfer files.

The WirelessDiagnostics report shows I connected to a 5GHz 802.11n yesterday when we were at the client's office.

What can I do to fix or at least diagnose the problem? Is it just Mavericks, or a driver issue with these new ac cards?


texts: iMac mid 2011 T2 secondary heatsink heating up

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My iMac mid 2011 started heating up about a year ago to the point that the hard drive broke and had to be replaced.
I managed to replace the hard drive and I also replaced the power supply module as I had suspected this was the problem. I then reinstalled the correct operating system with no problem however I noticed it started heating up again.
I then got an application which showed the heat sensors and the rpm of the fans and noticed that one of the fans, the CPU fan, was saying 0 rpm. I took my iMac apart and checked the the connections of the cpu fan with a multi meter and noticed that when one of the connections was in contact with the heat sink it started to work again.
I assume that this connection is ground and had become disconnected to the PCB and so because the heat sink is grounded this makes the fan work when in contact. I then soldered this connection and the fan works fine ever since.
After all this, fixing the fan has made the temperature cooler than what is was before but it is still hot. The Secondary T2 heat sink reaches 66 degrees after about half an hour of usage and the upper left side of the iMac gets very hot to touch. From looking at the stats application it looks as though it is the AC/DC power module which heats up because the 'T2 AC/DC Sec heat sink' and the power supply temperature sensors get to around 60 degrees which is not normal and all the other temperature sensors are normal temperatures.
I have no idea how to fix this so any help would be appreciated.


texts: Apple's wired keyboard (with adapter) doesn't work on MacBook Pro 2019

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I just switched from my old MacBook Pro (2011) to the newest one. Because I'm often working with a display I've been using Apple's wired keyboard from 2007 (A1243).

While it still works on my old MacBook, it somehow doesn't work on my new one. The keyboard does seem to be somewhat connected since it sometimes (rarely) reacts (although with a lot of lagging) when I press a key repeatedly on the keyboard, even though the light of the caps lock key isn't working either (when I press it).

But there was one time the keyboard worked perfectly fine. It stopped though when I disconnected and then reconnected it.

The adapter doesn't seem to be the cause of it since it doesn't show any problems with connecting to other USB cables (for my iPhone, iPad and an external hard drive or even my mouse).

Is this problem solvable or do I need a new keyboard?


texts: Add iPhone shutter count and serial number to EXIF data

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At present neither shutter count nor the iPhone serial number are embedded in iPhone picture metadata.

Is there an app for that?

Reason:  Pictures come into a database from multiple sources.  Using the date/time stamp already gives collisions due to camera burst mode, and multiple photographers.  I would like to assign each incoming asset an asset number composed of model+serial number+shutter count.  This generally works for mainstream cameras, but it doesn't work for iPhone.  Is there an app that would add this in automatically?


texts: Company Device Management on Separate User?

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I am doing an event with a company that wants to give me a corporate email. They want to set it up using a device management profile on my personal mac.
Is there a way to protect and keep my personal files/data/"personal email" separate without using a 2nd laptop?

Would creating a separate user account on my laptop silo the two enough that my personal files are not at risk of being read or wiped?


texts: Skype on MacOS keeps 600Mb caches, are these both deleteable?

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Skype (7.56.0.776) on MacOS (10.10.5) keeps 600Mb in the two caches below, are these both deleteable without any negative effects? Can I prevent Skype doing this with any (Skype or MacOS) config setting? or do I just have to write a crude wrapper which monitors/purges these regularly? EDIT 1: wrt effect on performance, Skype keeps large disk caches, and crashes regularly, which may well lead to fragmentation.

348M    ~/Library/Caches/com.skype.skype/<username>/SKAvatarCache
213M    ~/Library/Application\ Support/Skype/<username>/media_messaging/emo_cache_v2

Related to the second: How do I prevent the Skype emoticon cache emo_cache_v2 directory from being populated with automatically downloaded images?


texts: How to disable built-in keyboard and trackpad?

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after a recent drink spill on my MacBook, the keyboard is producing all sorts of random keystrokes and odd behavior such as holding spacebar, shift or arrow keys etc. Yes, I know this question has been asked before, but I can't comment or bump any old question due to the low reputation on the site so far.

I am looking for a cheap way to disable the keyboard. Could one remove the keyboard ribbon from the logic board to disable it? I use my laptop in a 100% external mouse and keyboard environment, so I don't need the built-in keyboard to work.

I know there is somewhere to disable the trackpad in System Preferences, but I could not find anything.

Also, I saw the old way of getting to disable the onboard keyboard was by unloading a KEXT file.


texts: Is there anyway or work around to enjoy the dark mode feature of macOS Mojave without updating to it?

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I have an old iMac running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 now it has many default extensions and services disabled to boost up the OS experience.

Every time I upgrade to a major OS release macOS changes everything to default and installs unnecessary things. These unnecessary things slows down my mac. But I love the new dark mode in macOS Mojave. I want the new dark colored dock with white outline and everything dark included in the latest update.

But, I don't want to fully upgrade to macOS Mojave. So, is there anyway or work around to enjoy the dark mode feature of macOS Mojave without updating to it?


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I recently bought a Mac Mini Late 2014 intermediate version of the three available.
I have the following issue.

Sometimes when I turn the Mac Mini on or from standby I get this chromatic aberration

After a reboot everything comes back to normal.
In the beginning I thought it was an hardware problem so I went back to the Apple Store and they changed my Mac Mini. However when I plugged in the new one it gave me the same problem! I also tried to test this effect on 3 different monitors and I got the same issues.

Maybe is it something related to the Thunderbolt -> VGA adapter or the VGA cable? Or is it something related to software?


texts: Can I have two Time Machine partitions on one hard disk drive?

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I know that someone can use a partition on a hard disk drive for Time Machine, but is it possible to specify more than one partition on a single drive for this purpose?

The scenario: My partner and I want to share one physical HDD to back up our Macs, but we want completely separate encryption passwords for our backups.

And if it is possible, is there a downside?


texts: Clear out Chrome history from command line?

texts: Is it possible to clear out Chrome's history from the command line? I know that this history is also cached online, ideally it would be good to do this from the command line as well.


texts: MacOS 'Big Sur' bad cpu type in executable error

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I'm trying to follow along with this simple tutorial (https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos) to install Flutter SDK on my new MacOS. I reach step 3 which is to run the program "Flutter Doctor" by typing "Flutter Doctor" in the terminal. I am then greeted with the following error:
/Users/Jake/documents/flutter/bin/flutter: line 183:
/Users/jake/documents/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk/bin/dart: Bad CPU type in executable

I've tried using different versions of flutter and still get the following error.
I'm running a MacBook Pro with M1 if it helps.
Edit: could apples new CPU be the issue?