texts: Does Google access my iCloud email through Gmail app

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If I use the Gmail iPhone and iPad apps for my iCloud email, can Google access my iCloud email that is shown in the Gmail app?
Do they and can they?


texts: How to disable Energy Saver mode when switching to battery to stop background windows hiding?

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So, Mojave appears to background all of your windows when you unplug. Then you re-plug and suddenly all your windows are out of order.

The energy saver options don't seem to have anything related to the windowing. I'm trying to turn this off so my windows stop vanishing, especially since I'm usually developing and debugging and suddenly-disappearing IDE doesn't help with the simulator.


texts: Trash and unread mail boxes show 700 non-visible emails

texts: Can't get the boxes to empty or the number to change or disappear. Don't know if there are any real emails stored somewhere or not


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My computer opens many folders through obscure codes.
Instead of closing them one by one, I tried to force quit Finder.

However, there's only relauch option.

After relaunching, those folders still exist.

How to resolve such a problem?


texts: I have a Macbook that was given to me by my friend while I save up money for a replacement keyboard on another laptop that run's linux. My question is where can I find a working URL for downloading either the GPG Suite or gpgtools for Apple's Leopard 10.5.8 OS X. The processor is Intel based and if you have another recommendation other than GnuPG projects be my guest, I really just need a PGP compliant program that can encrypt and decrypt files with PKI support.


texts: How to fix system.log filling up with servermgrd "Record of type dsRecTypeStandard:Config named 'ServicesInformation101004'?

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Record of type dsRecTypeStandard:Config ... already exists in /Local/Default
I passed by a Mac OS X Leopard server (10.5.8) that is no longer accessible via SSH neither ARD. CPU load is maxing out and the system log is filling with these messages:

xserve servermgrd[66]: Record of type dsRecTypeStandard:Config named
'ServicesInformation101006' already exists in /Local/Default. Trying
with new name: ServicesInformation101007
xserve servermgrd[66]: Record of type dsRecTypeStandard:Config named
'ServicesInformation101007' already exists in /Local/Default. Trying
with new name: ServicesInformation101008

How to fix this OS X server?


texts: Remap the editor keys so that words with underscores between them behave like dashes/spaces when using Alt + ←/→ keys to jump between them?

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Background:

When we encounter words like color-black (with a hyphen) or color_black (with an underscore), or even color black (with a space), we know we can navigate between words or hyphenated words by pressing Alt + ← or Alt + → keys to jump between words.

However, if the words are separated by an underscore, then we do not get the benefit of jumping between words, as the '_' is treated more like a letter instead of a separator?

Question:

Is it possible to modify the system so that when I use Alt + ←, it treats the _ as a space or a dash and then jumps between the words?

Reason Why:

The reason for this is that some developers prefer to use _ inside HTML class and id names because they can jump to the beginning of an entire id or class easier, while others prefer dashes because of the aesthetic appearance, ease of typing (no need to hit Shift), or just because they prefer the ability to jump between the hyphenated words.

If we can make one behave how the other behaves, it's easier to agree on a common standard naming convention.


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I am desperately looking for a Pdf viewer which can show the pdf without any margins, that would help me a lot in viewing two pdfs simultaneously.

Thanks.


texts: Is there any default tool in OSX by which to add text (such as subtitle) to a video?

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I would like to add a notification to a video at some particular time period that "Mistake  Lorem in this".

Does OSX have any default video tool (simple) to add any type of text (subtitle ok too) to the video?


texts: How do I get Xcode 4.1 running under Snow Leopard?

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I'm trying to upgrade to xcode 4.1, but I it's not working as I expect. I am a registered iOS developer, so I downloaded the (huge) installer. When I double click, it appears to launch, but then it stalls -- nothing happens. There's no installer window with buttons to click, etc. I'm sure there's a better way to do the installation from the terminal and see what's really happening. What do I try next?

Also, I'm wondering if anyone has made this work with OSX 10.6.8 yet, as there were some descriptions of the installer crashing on the dev forums. No answers there as of yesterday.

Update: tried so far--
 Note: This is the correct version of xcode 4.1 for 10.6 (snow leopard) Not the one from the mac store, which is only for 10.7.

I removed the previous version of xcode (was 3.2.5) using /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all.
Looking at the syslog, I see a couple of errors that might be causing trouble: Firstly, when I shut down last night it shows Macintosh DirectoryService[11]: BUG in libdispatch: 10K549 - 1960 - 0x10004004. Secondly, this is showing up repeatedly: Macintosh com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SystemStarter): Failed to count the number of files in "/System/Library/StartupItems": No such file or directory
When I tried the installer again, the syslog reported the above no such file or directory several times, then Macintosh com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[93] (com.apple.coreservices.uiagent[230]): Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault and a crash report.

Perhaps something is corrupted in my /System/Library files that is causing it to choke. Any other ideas on suggestions on how to repair this?

Update 2: I never managed to install xcode 4 on my macBook. The root of the problem seems to be that this was one of the earliest models of macBook to use the Intel processor. And XCode 4 doesn't seem to run well on this processor. Someone may have found a work-around by now, but I ended up with a newer computer: late 2009 MacBook Air running Snow Leopard. No problems with xcode 4 installation.

Crash Report stuff: (hopefully the useful bits...)

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000281e9000
Crashed Thread:  2

Thread 2 Crashed:
0   libSystem.B.dylib               0x96032401 sha1_block_asm_data_order + 29

Thread 2 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
  eax: 0xb02258a0  ebx: 0x93e07a69  ecx: 0x281e9000  edx: 0xb4148629
  edi: 0x85121bec  esi: 0xa1f8b822  ebp: 0xd7deffcd  esp: 0xb02257c0
   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010286  eip: 0x96032401   cs: 0x00000017
   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x0000001f   gs: 0x00000037
  cr2: 0x281e9000

Followed by a long list of addresses that all refer to various files in either /System/Library/Frameworks or /usr/lib/. Several of them have ???(???) in the line.

The last line is:
`0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib`


texts: Will my Apple MacBook Air run Counter-Strike: Global Offensive?

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The specs are:

OS X Yosemite (10.10)
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011)
Processor: 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 4 GB 133 MHz DDR3
Video Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB

I can't find any good websites, can anyone help me please?


texts: Can I choose the name of a folder in Launchpad?

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When I drag two items into a folder, the system seems to choose the folder name for me.

Am I missing any way to choose a name or am I presently stuck with what the system chooses for me?

I know I am supposed to click once on the folder to open the drawer, and then click on the name (developer in this case), but those clicks don't work and I can't seem to edit the names of any of the folders in Launchpad.


texts: How do I add a new google contact on an iPhone?

texts: I’m trying to add a new contact on an iPhone to a google account. I can go to contacts.google.com in safari and add it there, but is there a way to do that with the contacts app? I have google contacts synced in mail accounts settings. I’m not sure where my contacts are actually being saved, is it iCloud?


texts: 'script' command in terminal, looking for a flush open

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When I use 'script' on a unix terminal the -f option flushes the data straight to the file - from the man page "-f      Flush output after each write. This is nice for telecooperation: One person does mkfifo foo; script -f foo' and another can
             supervise real-time what is being done usingcat foo'."

This is a really handy option for me - but the version of the script command on my mac appears to be lacking this option. Are there any ways I can achieve the functionality?


texts: Windows 10 runs extremely slowly in Parallels 10

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I'm running Parallels 10 on a 2014 MacBook Pro with OS X El Capitan (10.11.6). I have five virtual machines set up for various versions of Windows (7, 8, and 10).

For some reason, my Windows 10 VM runs extremely slowly – it boots, but then everything grinds to a halt (the Mac overall, not just the VM). Often, the only way out is to force shutdown and reboot.

The VM itself is a completely clean copy straight from Microsoft (indeed, I can never get it to run fast enough to actually do anything with it). My four other VMs all run perfectly fine, obviously on the same hardware, and I have all five configured identically.

I know that Parallels 11 advertises that it's ready for Windows 10, implying that previous versions aren't – but my Parallels 10 installation does list Windows 10 as an option in the VM configuration. So it would seem it's supported.

Is there anything I can do to fix this, or is the solution just to upgrade to Parallels 11 (even though in theory my current setup should work)?


texts: Problems with Books sync between iPad and iMac

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Ever since macOS changed how it syncs with iPadOS I have found operations unsatisfactory and I wonder if there is any solution.

I have a number of books which I read in Books on the iMac 10.15.3, although I mainly use this to sync files to my iPad 13.5.
My sync is setup to sync selected books - I am reluctant to change this, because it threatens to delete all my books if I change the preference.

I regularly use AirDrop to upload files to the iPad (usually monthly reports and similar), which is certainly more convenient and faster than the process of old.

HOWEVER whenever I sync the iPad ALL the likes I have added by AirDrop disappear!

I have another issue - I put a number (60) of pdf into a Category on Books on the iMac, but when I upload to iPad there is  no corresponding Category.


texts: How can I mirror the display from an iOS device to an Apple TV?

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Is there a way to mirror the display of an iPod Touch or iPad to the Apple TV using AirPlay?

I know I can do it for Applications that support it, but for presentations it's often useful to just mirror the whole display, e.g. when wanting to show something in Safari.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Add characters to the press and hold character picker in OS X Lion

I’m slightly disappointed by Lion’s iOS inspired feature to show a selection of accented characters on key hold.

On a German keyboard, when pressing a, I am able to choose between ä,  â, à, á, æ, ã, å, ā. So far so nice.

However, I feel some characters are missing. There is no ç (although I could type this one using option+c), no ğ and no ł either. On the other hand the letter ń is shown (which like ł is more or less only used in Polish) but to which OS X does not show an upper case version. shift+n yields no results.

Is there some way to enhance and expand this set of letters with own additions?


texts: Will my A1549 iPhone work in Japan & Philippines?

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I have an unlocked "T-mobile" iPhone 6, model A1549. Next month I'm visiting Japan and the Philippines, and I'm trying to figure out if I'll be able to get away with pre-paid SIM cards or if I'm going to have to lug around rented Wi-Fi hotspots.

According to Apple, it won't work in either places.

https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

But according to this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks#Asia

It seems that at least some bands are supported, like au does bands 1 and 18, Docomo does 1 and 19, and Softbank does 1 as well. In the Phillipines things look a little better with all three of Smart's bands (5,3,1) showing up as supported.

If that's the case then I'm confused why Apple only lists the A1586 as being compatible with the Philippines. Can anyone with more experience chime in?


texts: How do I change the color of the fonts on my desktop to black? HELP has been no help. Also, on Safari, lines are so thin and light grey I can't see them; that's not good in a roadmap. I would like to change the color of the file names on desktop to black (from white) without changing anything else. I tried reversing the color and that made everything icky and dark. I calibrated the display to recommended settings but that doesn't help much; adjusting the angle of my laptop screen is no help. In Safari, I click on the top of a menu bar to drag a window and find I'm in the web address box because I can't see the border, and that triggers a menu full of icons.  Google map road lines were barely visible. The font is so fine the numbers are hard to distinguish and read. On this page, the words under the Title AskDifferent are aqua and so small and light they are barely readable. I'm sure that some of this problem is developer-based but there was a time when I could change my desktop appearance and that feature is now gone. I'm just a person who wants it the way it was before the upgrade. The 'clean' look has gone too far.


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He thought he was installing it with Boot Camp, booting with option held down shows 2 HDs (Windows and EFI Boot) and clicking on either of them just launches XP. So, option doesn't work, R doesn't work, C from the OSX CD doesn't work. It doesn't read the OSX CD from within XP. Apparently he overwrote my Mac OSX HD with XP. (I would love if this is not actually the case, but since neither HD selection launches OSX, it doesn't look good.)

I want my Mac back!

I've got a quad core Mac Pro w/ 3 HDs installed, I think it was running 10.6. Onhand I've got install CDs for 10.1 and Snow Leopard (which I had installed and then restored back because of app compatibility issues.)

If possible, I'd like to get XP off and restore to OSX. Timeline should have my backup on HD #3 but I can't get the machine to recognize the OSX install CD, let alone run an OSX recovery program. It asks if I want to format the disk.

Does it seem like it's possible to somehow boot back into OSX that I'm missing?

Can I get OSX back without completing wiping the HD? (it probably already is wiped, I guess.)

How can I reinstall OSX if I can't get XP to read the OSX install disk? (It doesn't show it as an option to boot from the CD when restarted with Option key held down.)


texts: WhatsApp on iPhone: how to switch to a new phone number without losing anything?

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I have a long history of chats, several groups and multiple contacts (who have me in their address books) on Whatsapp for iPhone.

How can I preserve them all if I switch for a week to a new SIM card (which I buy for travel, from a different cell operator)? Is it possible to make the switch seamless for my friends, so they don't have even to add my new number (and of course, I'd like that their history of chats with me doesn't break on this switch)? After a week, I would like to switch back to my original SIM card -- and again don't want to loose anything. My iPhone device will remain the same all the time, and I'm not going to reset it during that period.

Whatsapp FAQ is quite unclear on this...


texts: How to solve stuttering after upgrade to Mountain Lion?

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After upgrading to Mountain Lion, audio playback in iTunes stutters, as well as video playback and other minor system hangs.

How can I solve this without a downgrade?

Is there confirmation of it being a ML bug?

There's a thread on this problem, still unsolved and the problem seems pervasive:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4149309?start=60

My specs: Early 2011 13" MacBook Pro i7 with 16GB of OWC RAM.

EDIT

CNET has made an article about the issue


texts: How to set the percentage at which my MacBook warns about low battery?

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Mine gives a warning at 5% and I'd be much happier if it could warn me at 10%. I assume there's either a way to do in the System Preferences or I have to set a value to some variable in Terminal.

I've been researching for it for a while, but I couldn't solve it myself. Please tell me how I can set it.

(Operating system: macOS Sierra Version 10.12.1)


texts: Mojave dark mode not reflected properly on search bar

texts: As you can see in the picture, there's black text in search bar. I saw some pictures online but all of them shows white text in search bar when using Dark Mode. Is it some kind of color profile issue? How can I fix this?


texts: MacOS Unable to use “(free space)” in BigSur

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I have used disk Utility to delete a volume and then used command line, diskutil to remove the container using,
diskutil removeContainer

Now when i type diskutil list all i see is (free space) which i cannot use anymore.
I've tried doing,
diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0

But it says, Error: -69743: The new size must be different than the existing size
Please help me on how to use that free space, i want to extend my disk0s2 to full size, thanks in advance.
The output of diskutil list is,
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme             *500.3 GB   disk0
1:      EFI EFI                            209.7 MB   disk0s1
        (free space)                       201.5 GB   -
2:      Apple_APFS Container disk1         298.6 GB  disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      APFS Container Scheme -              +298.6 GB   disk1

Physical Store disk0s2
1:        APFS Volume Vaats - Data            221.0 GB   disk1s1
2:        APFS Volume Preboot                 284.7 MB   disk1s2
3:        APFS Volume Recovery                652.6 MB   disk1s3
4:        APFS Volume VM                      1.1 MB     disk1s4
5:        APFS Volume Vaats                   14.9 GB    disk1s5
6:        APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 14.9 GB    disk1s5s1


texts: Does a "Hello" screen mean my iPhone was erased?

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I'm preparing to ship my old iPhone 6 to a new home. When I press and hold the lock button, a white screen saying "Hello" in various languages appears. Does that mean I erased all of my data? I haven't used the phone in months so I can't remember what I did to get the phone to that screen, but I want to be sure that my data is erased before getting rid of the device.

TL;DR Is it possible to get an iPhone to the white "Hello" set up screen without completely erasing the previous user's data?


texts: In Numbers, how to navigate on text inside a cell after pressing Control+Option+U?

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In Numbers we can use the ControlOptionU shortcut to edit text in a cell. Doing so the cursor goes to the end of the cell (the right side) here.
What if I want to edit in the middle of the text?
One approach might be to delete the text until the point I want to type something but I don't want to that for obvious reasons.
And if I press left/right keyboard arrows it goes to the other cell.
So how do I navigate the text in the current cell, the one I'm editing?
Perhaps I should mention I don't want to use mouse/touchpad.


texts: Assign specific display to specific USB-C port on Macbook Pro

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At work, I have a 2016 MacBook Pro running Mojave with two external Iiyama GB2888UHSU displays. The leftmost display is plugged into the rear left USB-C port, and the centre display is plugged into the front left USB-C port (and set as primary), with the internal display as the right display.

When unlocking the machine, it usually restores the displays correctly, but will randomly decide that the display in the rear left port is now the centre display, and the front left port now connects to the leftmost display. This makes mouse movement challenging to say the least, as well as moving the dock and the task switcher all the way off to the left.

Sometimes re-locking and unlocking will fix this. Other times I have to disconnect and reconnect one of the displays, and very occasionally the only thing that will convince the Mac to order the displays correctly is swapping the cables.

I don't want to have to drag things back and forth in the Displays>Arrangement pane every time this happens, and I don't really want to have to keep swapping cables back and forth.

Could the problem be caused by both displays being the exact same model, and not sending a unique identifier back to macOS? Do people have this same problem when using multiple external displays that are different models from each other? (My home Mac Pro with two displays never mixes them up — but the displays are not only different models, but one is connected with DisplayPort and one is connected with DVI, so it's easy for macOS to tell them apart.)

More to the point, is there something I can type at the command line, or some background program I can run, that forces a port to map to a particular position, so that the rear left port is always display 1, and the front left port is always display 2?


texts: How can I set the default browser depending on time of day?

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I have a MacBook Pro from work. To keep my browsing history separate, I use 2 different browsers. (Chrome = Work, Safari = Fun)

I want to make my default browswer Chrome while at work (9 am to 6pm), and Safari my default browser in the evenings. This will prevent me from accidentially opening a link in the wrong browser.

How could I switch my default browser at predefined times throughout the day?

Update

There does not appear to be a 'set default browser' workflow in automator. Perhaps it would be possible to edit this file?

/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2803775?tstart=0


texts: How to keep the same contact list on different accounts

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In my iPhone it shows contacts from iCloud, Yahoo and Google accounts.
If I add a new contact it added only to my default account which is google. If I made change to a contact which cames from the yahoo contact list, the change happens only to the contact on yahoo.

But the thing is I want to maintain the same contact list on every account.
It means if I add a new contact on my iPhone, It should be added to all my accounts(iCloud, Yahoo and Google).

Is there a way to do this?


texts: How can I force a Mac laptop to shutdown when the battery is below 25%?

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It is common wisdom that Lithium-Ion batteries should not be left with 0% charge.

However, some users might not be aware of this common wisdom, or simply refuse to concern themselves about proper battery care. For example, an end-user may drain the battery to 0%, then put the computer away without putting it back on the charge. This rapidly diminishes the life of the battery.

Is there any app or setting that will force the computer to turn off when the battery charge is around 25%, to ensure that a healthy reserve is available and damage to the battery is avoided?


texts: Can I use a PC3-10600 memory on a MacBook with PC3-8500 slots?

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I have a MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009) with the default 2GB of RAM, I want to update it to 8GBs, but I only found this model of memory to buy.

The question is since the memory is more "powerful" than the slot it will work? Will I have any issues? If not, what should I buy? only PC3-10600?


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I have a mysterious element appearing on my dock that looks like the indicator under a folder but isn't actually attached to anything - any ideas how to get rid of this?

If I turn on dock hiding it disappears when the dock is hidden but reappears when the dock is visible.

Hardware: Macbook Pro Retina 13 running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1


texts: Mac OS X Application to Float a Window in Front of Others

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It would be nice if it was a button you could press on the top right that 'tacked' the currently selected window in front of all other windows permanently (until the button is pressed again).

Does something like this exist?


texts: I have a 2011 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8 I have noticed a lot of rendering issues in Gmail, and Google instant. It seems related to JavaScript. Has anyone had this problem and is there a solution?


texts: Upgrade personal iPhone to iOS beta 5.0?

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I currently have an iPhone 4 (GSM) and I'm signed up to the iOS development program, meaning I can install iOS 5.0 on it. The problem is that I use this same phone as a personal phone, I'm wondering if it's a good idea to install a beta OS on it or not. I'd really like to be able to take advantage of some of the newer features that iOS 5.0 introduces right now rather than having to wait until the fall.

The main things I'm concerned about are:

Major limitations (e.g. if an entire app or one of its major features doesn't work on the beta, I'd want to know about it).
Data loss
Being able to sync with Google Accounts (I currently use Google Sync to synchronize as much data as possible, ideally I want to keep using it in addition to Apple's new sync/backup service. Is there any way to do this or are they mutually exclusive?)
Any other issues you can think of which should cause me to be wary.


texts: Service which monitors when apps are updated?

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I have a couple of old applications which I adore, but really don't want to have on my iPhone at the moment, because they're terrible in iOS6 / iPhone 5 and haven't been updated  for over a year.  I'd like to get rid of it so it's not taking up space,  but would like to monitor its updates still.

Does such a service exist which 'monitors', or tracks the version of an application, and will let me know when it's updated?  This way, I could delete the app, wait for it to be updated, and re-install it again.

iTunes can kind of do this, in the sense that even if it's not installed on my iPhone it'll still let me know an update has been released.  I don't use iTunes, pretty much at all, so I don't want to use it that way.

Michael


texts: Transfer files from computer to iphone without using iTunes

texts: Is there any way I can transfer files(songs) from my computer to my iPhone without using iTunes?


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How do I paste a file path into a standard file open/save dialog?

I have googled this and found articles that say that the normal ⌘ CMD-V will work, however it does not work for me.

I'm running Mac OS 10.10.2 with minimal system customizations.


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Is there an app for iPhone iOS8 which will scrobble Google Music onto Last.fm?

I came across this question, but it only applies to Android.


texts: trying to retreive txt messages from old disconnected iphone 4s

texts: i have a iphone 4s which is not currently connected but i am wanting to get old text messages from in but for some reason the conversation only goes back so far and does not contain the entire conversation which could have partly included imessages as well


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I have several iBooks, purchased from the iBooks store that either never had cover images (typically because they are inexpensive "generics") or have "lost" them on iOS (for reasons that aren't clear; but some, at least, are no longer available in the store), though they have covers in iBooks on OS X. It was once possible to add covers in iTunes, but this is no longer comparable with syncing purchases through the cloud.

How do I add a cover image to an iBook that lacks one?


texts: I received a second hand I phone 4s as a gift it has not been reported stolen or lost. being the 3 party owner how can I delete the account attached to this phone to activate it


texts: Is there a way to find out when a USB flash drive has been last used (on any computer)?

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I have a USB flash drive and I believed someone else may have plugged it in their computer and copied some files.

Using my Mac, how do I know when was the last time my usb flash drive was plugged in?


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I have an iPhone 6 on iOS 8.4.

My problem is that the emails keep getting set back to 1970 and are blank. This happens every single day and I have to wait hours for it too fully sync again.

I have tried reloading the phone, removing and re-adding the email, soft reset, hard reset.

This issue has been happening to me for the last few months and I've run out of ideas.


texts: Why does updating Xcode make my computer so slow?

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I updated Xcode. Now some things take forever to run.

$ time make -n
make: Nothing to be done for `update'.

real    0m30.069s
user    0m0.011s
sys     0m0.025s

Likewise Python:

$ time ./foo.py
Terminated: 15

real    3m0.015s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.006s

foo.py looks like:

#!/usr/bin/python
print 'hello, world'

This happened the last time I updated Xcode. The problem went away by itself after a day or so, but I'd rather not be dead in the water for the next day or so.

I'm running 10.14.5 (18F203) on a 2018 Macbook Pro


texts: On the Mac, what if Disk Utility is used to mirror two hard drives, one is 1.5TB, and the other is 2TB?

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If I happen to have two external hard drives, one 1.5TB and then other 2TB, and use Disk Utility to mirror the two drives, will there be any problem?

Can it be mirroring just for the 1.5TB portion, while the remaining 500GB is for storing un-mirrored files?   (but will Mac OS X always try to mirror those files and try to copy into the 1.5TB drive?)

(will it be the same if the two drives are 2TB and 3TB, or if the drives are different brands, so the capacity might differ slightly?)


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I want to be able to launch the Yosemite Installer app from the Applications folder and install the upgrade with commands.

When I look inside the InstallESD.img there are many PKG files, I am unsure how to script al this.

I have a way to get the Installer app to the machine and way to launch it. Problem is navigating the options for choosing a volume to install on and the "Continue, restart and agreement" buttons that need clicking.

What automation or scripts exist to simplify this upgrade?


texts: Get the GPS coordinates of a photo in Mac Photos.app

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In Mac's Photos.app, how do I get the GPS coordinates of a photo? If I go to a photo and click on the "Get Info" button, then I can see a map with a pin indicating where the photo was taken, but I can't find out how to get the actual GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) from this.

Also, when exporting photos from Photos.app, the GPS information is removed, so I can't even use other apps or even just Preview.app to get this info.


texts: Parallels Desktop Minimum Hard Disk Space to allocate?

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My current hard disk drive 256GB is already not enough for me. Therefore, I wish to reduce the allocation of my Parallels Desktop.

I did the "Reclaim" to get 11GB back, but PD still occupies 63.6GB. My Windows is just like an "emergency Window environment", which does not necessarily take up so large space. Can I further reduce the space occupied by PD?

The reclaim button now is grey and unclickable, indicating that I cannot further claim more space back for Mac.


texts: My mac pro only has 13GB left, with more than 24GB are backups, how can I release these space?


texts:
I've got the jellyfish motion animation on the face of my Apple watch. This has multiple different jelly fish.

I've found I can jump to the next jelly fish by doing a 'corner swipe'. This is swiping along the top left hand corner of the watch.

I've never heard of a 'corner swipe' idiom. Does anybody have any information on it? I need to know the 'name' in order to find out more.

My question is: What is the name of the 'corner swipe' to change motion animations on the Apple Watch?


texts:
I have OSX Server 10.5.8 installed on a drive and I would like to combine 2 USB drives together to act as one drive.

Is that possible?


texts: Why I can't remove iTunes and how to remove it?

texts: Whenever I run sudo rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app, it is deleted, but after some time it's automatically restored. How can I get rid of iTunes forever without any chance of it coming back?


texts: Does apple associate apple ids with the device?

texts: I made 2 different accounts with my ipad, one for my son and one for my daughter. Does apple somehow associate those accounts with some sort of serial number unique to each device (my ipad in this case)?


texts: Apple Mail Client without “All Mail” folder

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For a long time I had Apple Mail connected to my gmail account without without the "All Mail" folder.

After adding a second account I noticed that mails sent to myself skip the inbox because I had an "All Mail" folder. So now the question rises:

Will I break something by disabling the "All Mail" IMAP folder (within Gmail settings)?

On my iOS devices I noticed that my mail had "Delete", but after an update it had "Archive", and after updating again "Delete". I though the pattern was that odd minor releases delete mail, and even minor releases archive mail... but now I am getting concerned and want to get my settings right.

Now more seriously. I thought that mail clients did not need to know how Gmail deletes mail since any IMAP delete request just deleted mail from one folder, but never from the server. So in theory, I expected to be OK without the "All Mail" folder.


texts: DNS settings different between Chrome and Firefox

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I have an odd issue that I hope someone can help on. I recently switched hosting providers for a subdomain on our website (the main domain is still at the old host). The DNS settings for this subdomain are set with a custom A record which points to the new server's IP address.
I have done a DNS lookup and the A record for this subdomain lists the correct IP.
In Firefox, the subdomain resolves correctly to the new host. However, in both Chrome (and Safari), the subdomain still goes to the old host.
I did a local OS level DNS flush (using sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder) but that seems to not have done anything. Clearing Chrome's cache does nothing. I even tried clearing Chrome's DNS cache. Again, no luck. I am on Mojave.


texts:
I want to be able to take a screenshot on my mac, then send that to an OCR engine and get back the text it has identified.

Are there any existing software tools that do this for OS X?  I have a Windows solution but not one for Mac.


texts: MacPro - Can the two network interfaces be assigned to?

texts: Is it possible to control which applications/processes use which network card? So, for example, I could assign different things to different interfaces? Also, is this possible for the different types of connections e.g. Bluetooth PAN, firewire networking and so on?


texts: Logitech MX Ergo Scroll wheel doesn't work

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Whether or not I have scroll direction "natural" checked or not, when I use my mouse wheel to scroll nothing happens. I can scroll with two fingers on the trackpack but turning of the mouse wheel of the MX Ergo that I linked via bluetooth gets ignored.

I have installed Logitech Options and can successfully map actions to mouse buttons with it.

Is there anyway to get mousewheel scrolling on my MacBook Pro 2018?


texts: How can I delete a partition (coreStorage logical volume?) from the Terminal?

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I finally understood why Disk Utility will not change the partitions on my HDD, even though I added the most recent one myself (maybe significant: to test Yosemite DP) with it. Now I see it says it won't change either partition, because it has encrypted data and CoreStorage objects. It tells me vaguely to use diskutil from the command line for this, but this makes me a bit uncomfortable. I found a very similar question here,  with a great but incomplete answer about how to resolve this. How can one drop the smaller partition, then?

Note that I don't even see my pain partition from diskutil corestorage list (output below), which is worrisome.

Also note (also in the older question) that the name of the disk is unstable, sometimes Disk Utility lists my original, old name for the disk (Toshiba…), sometimes the name of the new, smaller partition. Note that I made these partitions from within Mavericks, not Yosemite. Why would Yosemite mess with this?

My relevant Terminal output:

d2m66h2j:~ laszlosandor$ diskutil list; echo; diskutil cs list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            289.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:          Apple_CoreStorage                         29.3 GB    disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS OS X Test              *28.8 GB    disk1

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group B6308EC8-297D-44BD-9212-6BD867F6331B
    =========================================================
    Name:         OS X Test
    Status:       Online
    Size:         29349998592 B (29.3 GB)
    Free Space:   204955648 B (205.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 3325F333-C8E3-46EE-9357-5E0C21A600D1
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s4
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     29349998592 B (29.3 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family E8CB0EB7-A2B7-48AA-AA13-5DE30867901B
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 2F7B1893-07E8-4194-840B-F2552042E055
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          28809494528 B (28.8 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               OS X Test
            Volume Name:           OS X Test
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: Shortcut Keys for Moving Desktops in Mission Control in Mountain Lion 10.8.x?

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Are there shortcut keys for moving a Desktop in the array of Desktops in Mission Control?

I can now do this manually using the mouse by dragging and dropping, but I would like to do this with shortcut keys. Sometimes they even get re-arranged on their own (not sure how that even happens).


texts:
Why am I having to pay again to listen to songs I already paid for at the ITunes store?
I'm getting a msg saying something about paying again to download over cellular.


texts: Is there a way to prevent apps from disappearing after clicking on a different app?

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I have an issue with my MacOS where if I have two apps say chrome and notes, and I try to click on the chrome app the notes app would disappear and go into the background. Is there a way to prevent the notes app from going into the background?
I should note that the apps only disappear into the background when using it with the chrome app, so apps like notes and mail mail work in that they don't disappear into the background when one is click
I'm pretty sure this is a feature either with MacOS or chrome since it happens on my other macbook too.


texts: How do I reduce gif size when using Gif Brewry?

texts: I use gif brewry, and it seems to generate very large animated gif files; i'm looking to reduce their size - how do I do that?


texts: Finding which files the migration assistant failed to transfer

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I ran a transfer of about 4 TB of files from my failing Mac to my new Mac. After 62 hours of direct connection transfer time (which seems inexplicable), I was told at the very end of the process that not all files could be transferred without telling me which ones I may have still stuck on my old Mac.
Is there anyway I can get a list of the failed transfer files or do I have to start the entire process over and hope it doesn't fail a 2nd time over the 3 day span of time?


texts: Different Keyboards equals different backlights?

texts: i replaced my old keyboard (german layout) with an us keyboard. It works fine but the backlight seems to be misfit a litte. Is it possible that they using different kinds of backlights?


texts: I am sharing my iMac's ethernet connection as a WiFi hotspot. Who is connected?

texts: I would like to monitor who connects to my iMac's WiFi hotspot.  I have protected it with a password, but WEP is easy to crack. Is there a utility for OS 10.7.3/Lion to see who is connected?


texts: How to run Continuity Activation Tool from Recovery HD's command line?

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I use Continuity Activation Tool to enable Continuity on my early-2011 13" MBP with an upgraded AirPort card. However, El Capitan's Rootless feature has forced me to use a modded version of CAT that can disable Rootless, which worked almost perfectly in the early betas. However, later betas implemented a different method of disabling Rootless that can only be done from the Recovery HD Terminal. I've counted, and going back and forth between Recovery HD and my startup disk to use CAT requires a total of at least 5 reboots, which isn't fun on a 4-year-old HDD.

My question: Is it possible to use CAT in Recovery HD's command line? If my math is right, that should limit the number of reboots to a relatively tolerable 3.


texts: iCloud syncing seems to have stopped, can't delete folders

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I am using iCloud Drive on my Macbook Pro, and I noticed that even if the iCloud folder has my files, they're not really synced on the cloud. Many files still have the cloud icon next to them:

Probably it means that they are still getting uploaded, but the worst fact is that there's no feedback about it. I think iCloud just stopped syncing the files, because I see no progress. The iCloud free space stays always the same.

And there are even some extra folders that I don't see on my iCloud folder, which are visible on icloud.com and I can't delete them because I keep getting an error:

I'd like to know if there's a way to get a feedback (which folders are getting sync'd for example, and the speed), and to know if the folder are effectively being sync'd or if the whole process is stuck.


texts: Is it possible for an AppleScript .app file to retain its custom icon, even after edits have been made to the code?

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I've created an AppleScript .app file in Script Debugger.app.

I assigned a custom icon to this .app file by pasting a new icon over the default icon in the application's Get Info window in Finder. The custom icon is set immediately.

However, when I open the app in Script Debugger or Script Editor, to edit the code, and then resave the file, the custom icon disappears.

On save, the following icon immediately takes the place of the custom icon:

Of course, having to go through the process of setting the custom icon every time that I save (i.e., edit) the file is an inconvenience.

Is there a way for my custom application icon to remain in place, even after the .app file has been modified?

Here is a similar post:

App made in Applescript; Icon won't change

The answer to the above post gave me the idea to delete the default icon file located at /Contents/Resources/applet.icns (which I accessed by right-clicking the .app file in Finder and clicking the Show Package Contents context menu item). I then pasted my custom icon into this Resources folder, and renamed my icon applet.icns.

The effect of this was a custom icon in informational dialogs in my AppleScript application, but it did not actually change the actual application icon (i.e., the icon that is inserted into the Dock while the application is running). But, at least this custom dialog icon did remain in place upon re-saving/editing the AppleScript code.


texts: What is the read speed of the SSD in the Macbook Air A1466 model?

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I'm having trouble finding a figure or proper specs on Google, and I was wondering how fast it is.

Anyone know?


texts: Is there a way to change iPhone’s User Agent Info?

texts:
I’ve been.getting page errors on a variety of sites when using both safari and edge browsers.  This one came from my school account when I was trying to open a different page and was dumped out:

  •   Activity ID: 00000000-0000-0000-7e3f-0180000400db
      •   Error time: Tue, 29 May 2018 14:42:18 GMT
      •   Cookie: enabled
      •   User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 11_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/11.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1

I also got Disallowed Provider Error when trying to connect to my Azure account for school.

  The operation is not permitted for namespace 'Microsoft.Storage'. List of permitted provider namespaces is 'Microsoft.Authorization,Microsoft.Features,microsoft.insights,Microsoft.NotificationHubs,Microsoft.Resources,Microsoft.Sql,microsoft.support,microsoft.visualstudio,Microsoft.Web,SuccessBricks.ClearDB'.

Plus,

Which leads me to believe that their somehow related. I’m normally don't use Firefox. I no longer have a Mac. And I don’t recall installing any Webkits.

Is there away to fix this without access to Mac? I have already replaced the phone and just keeps happening.


texts: How do you specify Firefox 'open file' location?

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Firefox documentation specifies that when you click a link to download a file and select 'open', that it downloads it to a temp folder. While this is true on a Windows system, it is not in Yosemite. It automatically downloads to my Downloads folder, just the same as if I told it to download without opening.

the firefox documentation that says 'open with' saves to a tmp location is found at the following link:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-firefox-behavior-when-open-file

the idea is that when the dialog box pops up for a clicked link:

If I choose 'open with' and the selected application opens the file, it is saved to a temp location, whereas selecting 'save file' then automatically goes to downloads... or however else I choose to set it in the preferences of firefox.

the firefox documentations say that 'open with' goes to temp folder, but that is apparently only true on a windows operating system, not osx. If it's a big hackjob to fix this, i'll forget it, but if there's some 'about:config' line I can mod or something, that would be great. I've looked and found nothing quite obvious as of yet.


texts:
How do I clear my Bash history in Mac OS X?

I've entered a few "errors" and just want to clear them off. How do I do that?


texts: MacBook pro mid 2014 with High Sierra and APFS - Overallocation Detected on main device

texts: Can somebody explain what 'Overallocation' means in context of file system? I constantly see this message when trying to resize APFS partition, disk checks don't find any problems.


texts: I can never eject a flash drive on the first try. Why?

texts:
It may be that it is being indexed as a dot appears in spotlight. However, it doesn't matter how long the flash drive has been plugged in, nor the size of it, it will always fail to eject on the first try. You would think that after a while it would finish indexing it and cause no problem, so that may not be the issue here.

Any thoughts?


texts: "brew install python3" fails to compile pyexpat

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brew install python3 fails with a pyexpat error, which means the installed Python can't parse XML (breaking pip etc). Here's the relevant excerpt from ~/Library/Logs/Homebrew/python/02.make:

*** WARNING: renaming "pyexpat" since importing it failed: dlopen(build/lib.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/pyexpat.cpython-37m-darwin.so, 2): Symbol not found: _XML_ErrorString
  Referenced from: build/lib.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/pyexpat.cpython-37m-darwin.so
  Expected in: flat namespace
 in build/lib.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/pyexpat.cpython-37m-darwin.so

nm -gU /usr/lib/libexpat.1.dylib shows that this symbol is defined there, but according to otool -L the pyexpat .so file doesn't mention it; its only dependency is:

/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1252.50.4)

Again from 02.make, this is how the pyexpat .so was built (I've added line breaks to make it more readable):

clang \
-bundle \
-undefined dynamic_lookup \
-isysroot \
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk \
build/temp.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/private/tmp/python-20180929-40812-11ki5rr/Python-3.7.0/Modules/pyexpat.o \
build/temp.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/private/tmp/python-20180929-40812-11ki5rr/Python-3.7.0/Modules/expat/xmlparse.o \
build/temp.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/private/tmp/python-20180929-40812-11ki5rr/Python-3.7.0/Modules/expat/xmlrole.o \
build/temp.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/private/tmp/python-20180929-40812-11ki5rr/Python-3.7.0/Modules/expat/xmltok.o \
-L/usr/local/lib \
-o build/lib.macosx-10.13-x86_64-3.7/pyexpat.cpython-37m-darwin.so

I'm running XCode 9.4.1 on mac OS 10.13.6 (17G65). Other reports indicate that the problem might be that my Xcode version is newer than my macOS version, but due to work policy I can't upgrade to Mojave just yet.

Any ideas how I can get a working Python 3 install?


texts: Requirements to use 'open -b "bundle.id" ' for OS X

texts:
I have a post install script which opens and runs my application silently. The app was made using Automator and basically runs an Applescript which in turn runs a Bash script embedded from the app Resources folder.

The postinstall script:

#!/bin/bash

open -b "com.company.ApplicationName"

works on some machines and not others. I'm receiving an error

LSGetApplicationForInfo() failed with error -10814 while trying to determine the application with bundle identifier com.company.ApplicationName

I have not been able to determine why. I'm assuming I'm missing some kind of prerequisite software on the machines failing.

Anyone aware of the requirements to use open -b "bundleid"? Xcode, Xcode with Command Line Tools or something? I'd appreciate any insight.


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As the title gives away I spilled a glass of wine on my mac. I turned it head down right a way and dried it. Every thing seemed to work fine until half an hour later i put it in charge. It first kept disconnecting from charge and then it wouldn't charge anymore. So I opened it up and there seems to be some kind of stain near the thunderbolt ports on the logic board the rest of it seems to be fine and there also a blinking light.
This is the stain picture:
https://imgur.com/a/lk1pLHP
This is the LED that is still on:
https://imgur.com/gallery/gtu8Tpu
Will it be necessary to change the whole logic board? I am considering sending it to an apple certified repair shop. I am just looking to walk in prepared as to not get robbed as I am a student and can't really afford a $700 new logic board. Thanks!


texts: Ensuring consistency and minimal interference during benchmarking?

texts:
I am attempting to measure the performance of a common piece of software on the current line up of 13” and 16" for the purpose of comparison between models.
Analysing the specs “on paper” may not be ideal since CPUs and memory can perform differently depending on how the software utilizes them, and obvious metrics (clock speeds, cores, memory type and memory GB) don't always correlate with actual performance.
I am working on some simple, reproducible tests to benchmark performance on across MBPs and generate some real, empirical data. They will resemble real-life workflows, and be focussed on heavy compute and heavy memory use. All up they will take under 2 hours per machine, and they don't require Internet.
Question: how should each MBP be prepared before each test is run? There is a strong desire to ensure maximum consistency/accuracy across tests and therefore a fair comparison.
Some things I have considered so far:

WiFi and bluetooth off
Consistent room temperature and (sun) lighting conditions
Close as many unnecessary applications as possible, leaving open only what is necessary for the OS and for the testing software
I am not sure what else, or if there is any established 'best practice'. I am particularly concerned about any 'background' tasks which I may not be aware of which could run during the test and affect the results


texts: How do I capture video in real time from a Canon 5D Mark II to iMac in Final Cut Pro?

texts:
We really need your help.

We are shooting a movie and searching for a solution how to capture video from HDMI port of Canon 5D Mark II to an iMac 27 inch in real time. The iMac doesn't have an HDMI port. We have a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, but it's not bidirectional so we can't use Mini DisplayPort for input.

Is there any way to capture video in our case? Are there other adapters that are bidirectional or something else?


texts: Boot iMac G5 17 iSight from external USB optical drive?

texts: Is it possible to boot iMac from external USB CD-ROM?


texts: How do I create an image, containing a copy of the current screen display, on the iPad?


texts: Two-factor authentication: why was I asked for my iPhone passcode after I entered the verification code?

texts:
I signed into iCloud in my Mac and I was sent a verification code to my iPhone, which I entered in the Mac.  But then I was surprised to be asked for the iPhone passcode.

I then got this dialog box, what protected data would be unavailable?

This situation actually never happened again, but I keep asking myself: in what situation are you required to enter the iPhone passcode?


texts:
I can't mount an external hard drive. I have tried booting into Safe-Mode, mounting via Disk Utility and running First Aid, which won't proceed due to the following error:

  diskutil eject disk1 Volume timed out while waiting to eject

I have also gone through the steps oulined here and here, as well as using Clean My Mac.

Any suggestions?


texts: How to configure `ipfw` on Lion, Mountain Lion?

texts:
I'd like to configure and start ipfw on Macs running Lion, Mountain Lion.

I found that pfctl is configured and started with:

/etc/pf.conf
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.pfctl.plist

How is ipfw configured and launched?


texts:
I have an early-2015 MBP running 10.11.2 and have been having wifi problems on certain networks ever since buying it.

At home, my internet connection will drop every 10-15 minutes - according to the Network menu, I'm still connected to my router, but I get a timeout anytime I try to visit a page. This is not a problem that happens with any of my other devices. I've tried resetting my router and restarting my laptop, to no avail.

My router is a Cisco DPC3825.

Any ideas?

here's the exact error I get in Chrome:

This webpage is not available
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET

I should add - despite the error - this is not a DNS problem, I've tried various DNS server combinations and none have helped.

Furthermore,my laptop doesn't want to connect to any wifi that requires browser-based authentication - e.g., ShawOpen and Starbucks networks. Not sure if this is related to the other issue but it's still irritating.


texts: How can I show hidden files on 'choose a file' dialog in 3rd-party apps?

texts:
I want to choose a file under hidden directories on any application but Finder, but it seems to be not shown. For example, if I put a file called my.terminal under ~/Dropbox/.hidden/, and try to choose the file on Terminal (Preferences -> Profiles -> Import), I could not reach the file because it is, I think, put under a hidden directory. The file is not searchable on the search box.
In this case, I first have to copy the file to other directories that are non-visible, and then choose the file again. This is quite painstaking and I want to avoid it, but is this possible on macOS (Big Sur)?
I already set the Finder such that it shows hidden files, but this has no effect on other applications.


texts: Edit (colorized) terminal output before printing?

texts:
A very similar question has already been asked on SuperUser but none of the answers works satisfactorily for me.

I can actually get almost what I want by simply:

Running the Terminal for the whole session with the terminal width that I want to appear in the printed output, and
Using Command-P (⌘-P) to print the terminal scrollback history (including colors!) to PDFwriter.

However, I can't then edit the terminal scrollback history before printing.

If I save the Terminal Saved Output with ⌘-S, I can edit the text, but it is plaintext only—no colors.

I want to use this printing capability to create correctly colorized example output PDFs demonstrating the correct use of command line tools, so it is important that I be able to edit the scrollback history for clarity.  For instance, if I make a typo halfway through a long demonstration, I don't want the mistake to appear in the PDF to confuse students/readers, but I also don't want to restart the demonstration.

Really I would like to be able to add page breaks at specific points, and have page numbering.  But at the very least I must be able to edit the text before it is turned into a PDF.

How can I do this on Mac OS X?

(I'm running Lion, 10.7.4.)


texts: Why I'm getting this message: "Interface cannot be used (error 229)"

texts:
I've plugged an USB NFC/RFID reader, model ACR112U-A9 provided by ACS Ltd.

Although it is plugged I can't read anything and I keep getting this logs in console:

09/06/15 14:13:00,901 com.apple.SecurityServer[83]: reader ACS ACR122U PICC Interface: state changed 16 -> 34
09/06/15 14:13:00,902 com.apple.SecurityServer[83]: token in reader ACS ACR122U PICC Interface cannot be used (error 229)
09/06/15 14:13:01,249 com.apple.SecurityServer[83]: reader ACS ACR122U PICC Interface: state changed 32 -> 18

How can I solve this issue? Do you know what is the error 229 and why it's triggered?


texts: How do I stop FirefoxCP process preventing sleep?

texts:
If I open my activity monitor and show the 'preventing sleep' column I notice that I have five process called FirefoxCP Web Content and one of those has the preventing sleep set to true.
How can I make my computer sleep when I ask it to?
Things I've tried

disabled all add ons


texts: Purchased a used MacBook4, 1 and want to downgrade OS

texts:
I just purchased a used MacBook 4, 1.
Its running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5
I was hoping to run older software from 2004 that ran on my eMac on OS X.
Can I downgrade the OS somehow?
I get the error message "You can't open the application Install Traktor FS 2 because PowerPC applications are no longer supported"
Help!


texts: I upgraded my safari yesterday ever since I keep getting "Safari can't verify the website certificate" I have tried checking for any other software updates to no avail, I have done Keychain First Aid and this says there is no problems, can anyone help me please?


texts:
IOS 13.3.1 bricked my IPhone XR after reporting IPhone storage is full

So, as you might guess, here is the most obvious question: How can I free disk space on the device to get it back into communication?

I followed the disk full dialog - no effect
I try to sync - not possible
I try to backup - not possible
I try to delete stuff - it shows up no more, but frees no diskspace
I try a better mac - not possible, trust wont work
I try to move pictures to the cloud - not possible (Error occurs while doing this)


texts: How do I keep the iTunes Video Window from resizing

texts:
When watching videos or podcasts in a separate window in iTunes (10.4.1) OS X Snow Leopard, my preference is to place them at the bottom right of the screen. This is so I can keep browsing and working on other applications.
But when the next video starts, the window gets resized to the original size. How do I keep iTunes from doing this.
FYI: The older version of iTunes did not exhibit this behavior. The window would remain in the user set size


texts: Just upgraded 2012 mac mini to macOS Sierra 10.12.  Now when I try to print to a Canon MF-4500, I get an error message (filter failed).  I tried resetting the printing system and re-added the networked MF-4500 but I got same error message.


texts: Launch daemon does not run at boot, but will run when loaded by hand

texts:
I have a launchd daemon definition

/Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.docker-machine.plist

which contains:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
        <key>PATH</key>
        <string>/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin</string>
    </dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>homebrew.mxcl.docker-machine</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/local/opt/docker-machine/bin/docker-machine</string>
        <string>start</string>
        <string>default</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>sysbh</string>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/Users/sysbh</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

At boot time, this does not work. But when logged in, I can get it to run with sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.docker-machine.plist

Any tips what I can do to find out why the launchd plist doesn't get the program started during boot/startup, but does later?

And suppose (which is a distinct possibility) that this daemon depends on another launchd daemon having been run first (and to make it complicated: that daemon only runs once to install kexts), is there a way around that problem?


texts: WiFi hotspot without internet provider knowing?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with ethernet internet access on a corporate network. Due to corporate restrictions I cannot wire any other device to the network.

My solution was to create a wifi-hotspot from the mac to share the internet connection with my other devices.

I have some privacy concerns. Due to personal reasons I would not like anyone else knowing that I am accessing internet from a second device (please note that this is not illegal or any violation of corporate policy, it is only a matter of privacy). So I have some questions.

Can the corporate IT admins know that I am accessing at the internet from a different device than the Mac? That is, the HTTP requests that I make from the other device, go through the Mac and then reach the corporate network, are any different than HTTP requests originating from the Mac directly?


texts: Now that the jailbreak for iOS 9.2.1 has been released, can I downgrade my iPad Mini 1 to older versions? It is so slow with 9.2.1.


texts: How to stop macbook spotlight from showing internet website and dictionary?

texts: I just want to search files in my computer. If I want to search things in internet I will go to browser.


texts:
I've just been looking at updating my SDK install for Android with the Intel Atom images and the x86 emulator using these instructions:

I've gotten to step 3 but I have so far completely failed to locate this file and run the .dmg to install it.

Looking at the path where the SDK is installed it says the SDK is here:

/Users/<name>/Library/Developer/Xamarin/android-sdk-mac-x86

But Finder won't let me in to my own Library folder (assuming this is where the .dmg is.  How do I get in there?


texts:
Does anyone have any idea on how to keep text in sync with audio such that as the audio progresses, the lyrics that are being sung are what is being displayed onscreen?

What I actually want, is my audio file to be playing playing and at the same time the lyrics of that audio file will be highlighted. (Similar to a karaoke machine.)


texts: Programmatic access to connect to a wifi network

texts:
Very similar to this question, but as encouraged to do my @bmike I wanted to re-ask this question as it was not a duplicate of Create AirPort network from the command line.

I am looking for a programmatic way to connect to a wifi network. It can be saved (remembered) or unknown, preferably in Apple Script or via Automator.

I have done this on a Windows PC through the following command:

netsh wlan add profile wifi.xml user=current

(creating it, as the only available wifi network, would attempt to connect to it)

The real problem I am having is: I have a Mac Book, OSX 10.10, shared by two users. One user should be able to access (and preferably connect by default) to SSID "Wifi1" and the second user should be able to access SSID "Wifi2", but neither user should connect to the other user's wifi. The Windows netsh wlan with option user=current accomplishes this but I don't see this being supported on a Mac.

Disabling SSID remembering, and having the users type the password in each time, would of course accomplish this goal but I'm searching for a more automated solution.

I have not found a way to accomplish this via preferences, wifi priorities, remembering networks, or anything else.

Also to note, Fast User Switching is enabled (this appears to make scripting difficult in my research because there is no reliable trigger or event to listen to for the script to run).


texts: How I disable or remove shortcut global (Shift+Cmd+C)?

texts:
I use shift+cmd+x to delete line in editor vscode but sometimes I accidentally click shift+cmd+c to open a terminal.

How I disable or remove this shortcut shift+cmd+c global?


texts: Easiest way for two people to switch an iPhone 4 and 4s

texts: I have an iPhone 4 and my wife has a 4s.  We want to trade phones.  Once we get Verizon to reassign the phone numbers,  what's the easiest way to migrate the apps, settings and data between phones?  BTW, the 4 syncs with iTunes on windows 7 and the 4s is paired with a OSX Lion machine.


texts: Troubleshooting high CPU activity in the WindowServer process

texts: As far as I know WindowServer process is used by all apps to draw windows that we see. And a lot of people are reporting a problem when their WindowServer is using a lot of CPU. Is there any way to find out what process is interacting with WindowServer besides looking at the precesses at the ActivityMonitor, shutting them down and looking at the result?


texts: iMac beeps 3 times repeatedly when trying to boot up from a Mac OS X install DVD

texts: I have another issue with my iMac, the issue is that it beeps 3 times and they repeat when I start up from a Mac OS X install disc. Recently, I inserted a Mac OS X install disc into my computer, and used the Startup Manager to select the install disc and start/boot up from it. After a while at the grey Apple logo screen, the Mac played 3 tones, and then after 5 seconds, the tones played again/repeated, indicating a POSSIBLE hardware issue, and the startup procedure halted. Do you know what three tones, then a five second pause mean on a Mac? Might be an issue with the RAM. Do any of YOU know?


texts: I'm working on a typeface, and am looking at generating test-cases of how specific strings are rendered. What's the simplest way of automatically rasterising many different text-files into a bitmap?


texts: MacBookPro Migration - All File Corrupted and actually they are not

texts:
I switched from an older MacBook Pro to a newer unit. It runs macOS High Sierra V10.13. All files were migrated using the Migration Assistance app. Within one night all files and software were transferred. Now everything is fine, except for files - every file I double-click to open states "file-abc.zip" is corrupted and can not be opened. It's recommended to put this file into trash.

This happens on every single file there is. All kind of formats (zip, jpeg, xlsx,....). Every time I get the same error message.

However, I can just open the files if I open the software first (let's say MS Excel) and select "Open file" from context menu and select a file. Now it will open just as it should. If I  double-click the file in Finder will result in this error message.

Whats wrong here? It seems the files are all fine, just my MBP is a bit confused? How can I get this straight?

Bonus info: If I download files from web (Firefox/Chrome) the files are corrupted as well. If I create the file myself (with a software by saving it to disk) it can be opened with double click.

/update:

Some more strange behavior I found on this macbook. In settings "security" I can change the 'allow applications downloaded from' to "verified sources" ('anywhere' is not available at all) but when I jump back to main settings and again to this security it is changed back to "App Store". It doesn't saves my setting!


texts: rm all mdfind results, handling pathnames with spaces

texts:
I already solved this with sed, but there must be a better way to handle spaces. I have run into this with some my scripts as well.

mdfind '(kMDItemFSName=*.ipsw)'

returns

/Volumes/disk/november 2014/Users/someuser/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates/iPhone4,2_6.1_12B411_Restore.ipsw

when trying to pipe this, it breaks because of the spaces. i tried several methods including

rm $(mdfind '(kMDItemFSName=*.ipsw)')

mdfind '(kMDItemFSName=*.ipsw)' |xargs rm -vf

the only solution i found was

mdfind '(kMDItemFSName=*.ipsw)' |sed -e 's/ /\\ /g' |xargs rm -vf

but there must be a better way.

Thanks for your help!


texts: How does Time Machine handle an external drive shared between two Macs?

texts:
I have a new MacBook Air (13" with 128Gb SSD) and my wife has an old MacBook (120Gb HDD) and we're planning to both use the same 1Tb external HDD to store our iTunes and iPhoto libraries and the same 2Tb external HDD for Time Machine backups (obviously only one of us can use the external HDDs at the same time).

If each of us sets the the 1Tb (music and photos) drive to be backed up by Time Machine will Time Machine back it up independently for each user, even though the data is the same? If so (which I suspect is the case) then I guess it would make sense for only one of us to configure the 1Tb ext HDD to be backed up by Time Machine, with the risk that any changes the other person makes won't be backed up until the one doing the backups connects?


texts: Finder thinks item exists after it's already been deleted (Samba)

texts:
First, I copied foo.7z to my SMB share (zfs zpool, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Samba 4.7.6) through finder. Over SSH, I moved it elsewhere on the server. I tried copying a different foo.7z again to the same location as the old one, but finder says:

"The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “foo.7z” already exists."

This is not true, as the file isn't there anymore after I moved it.

Here's my smb.conf on the ubuntu server:

[global]
mangled names = no
dos charset = CP850
access based share enum = yes
unix extensions = no
fruit:aapl = yes
fruit:model = MacPro
unix charset = UTF-8
fruit:resource = xattr
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
dns proxy = no
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
server role = standalone server
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
unix password sync = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
pam password change = yes
map to guest = bad user
usershare allow guests = yes

[SMB Share]
 comment = SMB Share
 path = /tank
 browseable = yes
 read only = no
 guest ok = no
 ea support = yes
 vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr
 map archive = no
 spotlight = yes
 readdir_attr:aapl_rsize = yes
 readdir_attr:aapl_finder_info = yes
 readdir_attr:aapl_max_access = yes

Using High Sierra 10.13.6.


texts:
I am using OsiriX (5.8.5 32-bit) to generate a 3D MIP from a series of DICOM images. According to the official site and every other site I have looked at, exporting a Quicktime VR is one click away. The MIP looks great, however I cannot see the option to export to Quicktime VR anywhere. I have seen the option in the user guides as a button in the toolbar (it looks somewhat 5 years old), though I can't imagine they'd take away such a handy feature.

Anyone else manage to find it?


texts: Why do I get a HTML unescaped context menu in Chrome?

texts:
When I right click on any of the input enabled controls in Chrome on my macOS Sierra, I now-a-days get this first option, which I could get using Cmd + Ctrl + Space. Looks like something's broken?

See the second item here:

On textareas (in Ask Different too):


texts: How to connect my iphone to PC and edit my contacts and other things like I can do with my Nokia phone?

texts: How to connect my iPhone to PC and edit my contacts and other things like I can do with my Nokia phone?


texts:
I made a Carbon Copy Cloner clone of a hard disk to an external EVO 850. Then the EVO 850 was placed internally to MBP 2011 and all worked perfectly fine.

Because there was a problem with the MBP 2011, I removed the EVO 850 and placed back the hard disk. It was sent for repair but instead we got another MBP 2011.

The 'new' MBP is working fine with the hard disk so I replaced it with the EVO 850. MBP did not boot normally but seemed to boot from the recovery partition showing a "OS X Utilities" window with 4 options of which one was Disk Utility.

The EVO 850 showed up as "Untitled". First Aid ran fine and ended in Okay quickly.

I swapped the disks again with EVO 850 as external via USB. Shows up the same way in Disk Utilities and MBP is working fine with hard disk.

When running # diskutil list is shows up as

/dev/disk2 (external, physical)
0: GUID_partition_scheme                               500.1GB
1:                                 EFI EFI             209.7MB
2:                           Apple_HFS                 499.1GB
3:                          Apple_Boot Recovered HD    650.0MB

How do I get this disk to behave as a bootable disk again, or if that's not feasible, how can I access it and save some data?


texts: Write permissions on a new encrypted partition

texts:
The HD of my MacBook Pro (macOS Mojave) is encrypted with FileVault.

Yesterday, I created a new partition from the Macintosh HD (APFS) using the DiskUtility and called the new partition Data (Extended Journaled).

The problem is that now I cannot copy any files to the new partition. It seems that I don't have write permissions to write anything on the new partition.

Why is that and how can I fix it?


texts: Is there any way to enable microsoft silverlight in IOS?

texts: Some websites need Microsoft silverlight for streaming. Is it possible  or is there any way to enable Microsoft Silverlight on IOS devices?


texts:
I have MBP (2013 Model), iPhone XS Max and iPad Pro 10.5 (2017) and all of them are running the latest operating systems versions. The iPad is a WiFi model (no 3G)

I got a phone call while I was reading on iPad. The phone call was only a number with no name. I searched my contacts on iPhone and it is from my clinic (the number and the name is saved but the iPad didn't show the name). I opened "Contacts" app on iPad and it missing a lot of contacts that I have shared between my devices.

I went to settings and toggled iCloud contacts syncing on and off but the same, some contacts are missing.

What could be the issue?


texts:
My personal phone is iPhone 5.

Boss bought me a new company phone, iPhone 7.  And it syncs with Microsoft Exchange server for email, etc.  Before I got this new phone, I used my old one for work, especially texting.

How can I get the old text messages (and only the text messages) from the 5 onto the new 7?  I do not want to backup/restore because I need to keep the configuration and current settings of the 7.


texts: How do I update the Icon of a program running from /usr/local/bin on the Dock?

texts: I often run mvim from iTerm, and it pops up on the Dock with the default vim icon. A friend gave me a nice icon for mvim, how do I go about updating the icon for mvim launched from a console?


texts: PriMus not working after updating Python

texts:
I installed a Python update, and now I'm having problems with opening a program called 'PriMus':

  CrossOver is unable to initialize a critical component. Failed to import cxutils module into Python. See console for errors. The program will now exit.

How can I fix this?


texts:
I have the iphone 6 and it will not update past the current OS 8.1.3

The process gets as far as the terms and conditions screen and will not go any further.

Have tried turning the phone off and on but still the same.
Have also done the two button reset but still no joy.


texts: Does Apple run a full EMV kernel on the iPhone?

texts: I was wondering whether Apple Pay uses an EMV kernel. If so is there more information available like the implementation and who supplies it?


texts:
I recently noticed that in iOS 7 my app icon stretches:

And here is how it is supposed to be:

This is only in iOS 7. What should I do? Should I contact Apple?


texts: Can I use iChat with MSN through its new XMPP/Jabber compatibility?

texts:
The Windows Team blog announced XMPP compatibility with their MSN/Live IM network recently.

Have anyone tried to get iChat to work with MSN yet?
(I'm not looking for Jabber transports)


texts: My MacBook Pro Retina display backlight doesn't work

texts:
The backlight on the display of my MacBook Pro 15 retina early 2013.

I have tried to make it brighter by pressing F2 but it didn't work, and when I bring a light from the back of the display exactly near the Apple logo I can see my login screen.


texts: AppleScript: trying to press "w" but getting "wa"

texts:
I'm trying to press just 'w' but 'a' is pressed along with it.

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to key down (key code 13)'

How can I get AppleScript to just send the 'w'?


texts:
When I open up a command line on my Mac the welcome message is usually

Last login date
Johns-MacBook-Pro$

This now reads...

Last login: Fri Dec 18 23:48:34 on ttys000
Johns-MBP-2:~ johnw$

What does the -2 mean and why did this change? In between noticing these changes I moved between two different wireless networks; one being a regular Fi-Fi network, and the other being a portable hotspot off of a cell phone. I also downloaded a zip file. Could this be a virus? This doesn't appear so as running users only returns my name and running ac -p returns

root         0.05
johnw     7452.99
total     7453.04

Can someone please explain me to me why this changed? I do see setting hostname change in the console.

network changed: v4(en1!:my ip address from phone) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
configd[24]: setting hostname to  "Johns-MBP-2"

Is this from changing internet connections or could this be from malicious software? Or is this because I changed Wi-Fi credentials and opened new terminal windows when I had previous ones open from when I was using the other Wi-Fi networks?


texts:
The Apple specs say the 13" MacBook Pro supports up to 8GB of RAM. I have a 2.26GHz 13" one, and would really want to use this.

Has anyone tried this before? What is the maximum memory recommended, to be "safe"?


texts: Recover data from main partition deleted with diskutil eraseVolume

texts:
I was trying to delete a Win 10 bootcamp partition to merge it back into the main one with Mac OS X, but I have messed up because instead of just using Bootcamp itself I have manually deleted the small UEFI partition and Bootcamp wouldn't work anymore and Disk Utility showed up to 7 partitions, all inaccessible and some very small.

So I messed around with diskutil via terminal and I used the solution posted here: How do I delete a BootCamp partition using Terminal's diskutil?

sudo diskutil eraseVolume JHFS+ deleteme /dev/disksXX

I used this command twice on two of the empty Windows/Bootcamp partitions and I swear I did NOT deleted the main Mac OS partition (400GB of 500 total). PC kept working fine, all my data were there. I reboot and everything is gone, like there is no OS anymore!

Via recovery I have now re-installed High Sierra on the "former" Windows partition (100GB of 500 total). Here is the current state of the harddisk.

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS deleteme                -134217728 B  disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS deleteme                399.8 GB   disk0s3
   4:          Apple_CoreStorage deleteme                98.0 GB    disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS deleteme               +97.7 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s4
                                 ADBBCC29-EF79-48EB-AC19-792DCF08B90F
                                 Unencrypted

Is there anything I can do to get my previous OS X installation back? At least recover my files, apps, downloads... I don't understand how they are all gone: I did not format the main partition (399.8 GB now called disk0s3) (how would it even be possible to do it with the OS currently running?)

Some details:

Mounted volumes:

:~$ mount
/dev/disk1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk0s2 on /Volumes/deleteme 1 (hfs, local, read-only)
/dev/disk0s3 on /Volumes/deleteme 2 (hfs, local, read-only)

Content of the first three blocks of disk0s2:

:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/disk0s2 bs=512 count=3 | hexdump
Password:
3+0 records in
3+0 records out
0000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1536 bytes transferred in 0.028495 secs (53905 bytes/sec)
*
0000400 48 2b 00 04 80 00 60 00 66 73 63 6b 00 00 0b a4
0000410 da bd 0e 2a da bc f3 0f 00 00 00 00 d7 a0 89 c1
0000420 00 00 00 3d 00 00 00 13 00 00 10 00 05 d1 3c 8d
0000430 05 cf 9c 04 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00
0000440 00 0e fb f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01
0000450 00 02 39 34 00 06 7a 1a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000460 00 00 00 00 00 02 39 34 64 53 0b f7 20 5b f1 32
0000470 00 00 00 00 00 ba 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b a3
0000480 00 00 00 01 00 00 0b a3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000490 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
*
00004c0 00 00 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 90 00 00 00 00 09 00
00004d0 00 00 2b a5 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00004e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
*
0000510 00 00 00 00 0a 90 00 00 0a 90 00 00 00 00 a9 00
0000520 00 08 8a a5 00 00 a9 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000530 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
*
0000560 00 00 00 00 0c 20 00 00 0c 20 00 00 00 00 c2 00
0000570 00 00 34 a5 00 00 c2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0000580 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
*
0000600


texts: Phone not showing in Finder (but available for Dropbox)

texts:
I use a 3-years old Nokia X2-01 phone and moved to the Mac recently. I'd like to copy some files to the phone but I do not see it in the Finder.

In Windows, I used to be able to plug the phone in via USB and be able to access the phone's internal memory.

The phone is recognized by the system to that extent:
- In System Report > USB: the phone is listed as X2-01.
- When I plugged the phone in the first time, Dropbox askd me if I wanted to import the pictures on the phone. Saying yes, the pictures were successfully copied from the phone to my Dropbox folder.

Using diskutil list, the phone is not listed among the drives there. Is this the place to look at for a USB drive?

I only care about copying files to the phone. It's not a big deal if I can't do it from the Finder, being able to do so from the command-line would be enough.


texts: Address Book won't restore contacts from .abbu

texts:
My Address Book won't restore contacts from my address book archive (.abbu).  I sync my address book with iCloud.

A couple weeks ago, Address Book told me there were some inconsistancies in my contacts.  It said that 12 of my contacts were outdated. The "updated" versions that it presented were actually versions that were older by several weeks or months.

I told Address Book repeatly to ignore the changes so it kept on asking me.
I exported my correct contacts as a .abbu file.
I also back up with Time Machine so I should have a good copy there.
I deleted a "bad" contact from my Address Book, and then tried to import the .abbu file, the contact I deleted appeared for a second and then disappeared.
I then deleted my entire Address Book.
I tried again to import the .abbu file.  All the contacts appeared for a  second and then disappeared.

This happen when iCloud was added in perferences and syncing and when it wasn't.  Deleting the file AddressBook folder in ~/ApplicationSupport/ also didn't help.


texts: Wrong parsing command from date manpage?

texts:
In the Apple's date manpage ($ man date) it's written:

Finally the command:

     `date -j -f "%a %b %d %T %Z %Y" "`date`" "+%s"

can be used to parse the output from date and express it in Epoch time.

But when I'm executing this command ($ date -j -f "%a %b %d %T %Z %Y" "`date`" "+%s") in a new Basic Shell from Terminal I get:

Failed conversion of ``Ven 12 mai 2017 08:22:03 CEST'' using format ``%a %b %d %T %Z %Y''
date: illegal time format
usage: date [-jnRu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t west] [-v[+|-]val[ymwdHMS]] ...
            [-f fmt date | [[[mm]dd]HH]MM[[cc]yy][.ss]] [+format]

Why? Does it same for you? How can I correct it?

NB: I'm on macOS Sierra 10.12.4 with French settings and Paris local time (UTC +02:00)


texts:
Creating InDesign "Paragraph / Character Style" shortcuts on a Mac wireless keyboard w/o number pad.

Does someone have a fix for this problem? …or still is not possible?


texts:
I've been looking for a program ,or a widget, that could search for lyrics, download them and add them to iTunes (or display the lyrics while I'm playing a song).

All those I could find were outdated and didn't work correctly.

There are other program that can search for the lyrics but do not add them to iTunes, others that display lyrics already in iTunes but not both.

iTunes version : 12.3.0.44

OS X version : Yosemite (10.10.5)


texts:
Is it possible to execute a script/command right before OS X is shutting down or restarting?

I'd like to run sudo apachectl stop to stop apache from auto-starting.


texts:
I want to take the free space of 200 GB and add it equally to the MacOS partition and the Windows-Bootcamp Partition that is currently 34.3 GB.
Can someone please help me through this process? Thanks.


texts: Time Machine says disk is full, but it was fine before!

texts:
I have a 4TB external Time Machine disk. There are three internal volumes totaling 3.3TB that have been actively backed up to that external drive for a few weeks.

I was troubleshooting something and moving a bunch of files around, so I briefly turned off Time Machine. When I turned it back on, it started backing up... but then it stopped later, saying "there is only 707MB available on the drive, but 3.3GB is required."

It's almost as if it refuses to overwrite the old backups. It wants to start an entirely new backup or something. How can I make it pick up where it left off without having to delete that entire backup and start anew? I don't like deleting backups!


texts: So for whatever reason, I am having a difficult time SAVING the Windows Support Software.  I tried restarting the process, but it didn't seem to go anywhere.  My bootcamp appears to be stuck on this step, and I am not sure why. Any suggestions?


texts: What data does the Carrier IQ daemon log from iPhones?

texts:
There has been little written technically about the Carrier IQ software on iPhones despite it being present on iOS 3, 4, and now iOS 5.

From what I can tell, the daemons vary depending on the firmware version of the device (as well as where the default log files lie):

iOS 3: /usr/bin/IQAgent logs to /var/logs/IQAgent
iOS 4: /usr/bin/awd_ice2 or /usr/bin/awd_ice3 logs to /var/wireless/Library/Logs/IQAgent
iOS 5: /usr/bin/awd_ice2 or /usr/bin/awd_ice3 logs to /var/wireless/Library/Logs/awd

To avoid a huge effort to answer this - I've provided the iOS 3 and 4 information to illustrate the length these have been around but would be happy to get answers focused exclusively on the iPhone data collected under iOS 5. More general or detailed answers are always welcome, but I'll choose the best answer that covers iOS5 and:

Is personally identifiable or data associated with my unique device / serial number collected?
Does this collected data sync to my computer to iCloud?
Is some or all of the data transmitted over the air or WiFi directly to anyone other than Apple?

Since there are many variables, please try to provide the carrier you have, the phone model as well as whether you opted in to send this diagnostic data. All reports I have seen is this software only runs when you opt in and cleans up / stops reporting as soon as you opt out.


texts: Curve text in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011

texts: How can I make my text follow a curve or arch shape in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011?


texts: Create Local Network Directory User on OS X server via Terminal

texts:
I found this post:

How can I create an Open Directory network user with a command?

but it didn't have any answers on it. I know there's a way to create a local network directory user, but I cannot find a command to do this anywhere. I'd like to create a script that makes a user given a first and last name.

I also found this post:

Manage Users On macOS Server 5.2 On Sierra

It says there's a way to do it through terminal but I couldn't find any other articles explaining how. Unless they're talking about a local directory user and not a local network directory user.


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I have a 1st generation MacBook Air running Leopard 10.5.8. Recently it's not working very smoothly anymore. I've my Lion 10.7.4 retail DVD with me. When I boot up to the Lion CD, it shows that I can't update from the current OS.

So if I use Disk Utility to format the hard drive, then will the installation install a new, clean Lion to my hard drive?


texts: External display periodically enters power save mode when running on battery power

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Normally I have my MacBook Pro connected to power when it is on its external display, but at the moment I'm using it without the adapter, with an external mouse, keyboard, and display (a Dell U2515H through an HDMI cable).

Every couple of minutes or so the display enters power save mode and the keyboard becomes unresponsive; then after about another minute they switch on again.

Q: What is causing this behavior and how can I fix it?

I've already tried System Preferences > Energy Saver and increased the "Turn display off after" to 1 hour, but that seems not to help.

This question is similar to How to avoid external display going off after I unplug a MacBook from the AC Power?, which is so far unanswered.


texts: iMac's built-in microphone doesn't work on Windows 8

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I'm running an up-to-date copy of Windows 8 on my iMac via Boot Camp and apparently it doesn't like the built-in microphone. I tested it with Audacity and Teamspeak, both of them just record absolute silence.

My Mac is a late 2012 27" iMac and I have the latest version of Apple's Boot Camp drivers installed. Is there anything else I can do to make my microphone work with Windows?


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During my work day as a software developer, I frequently have multiple Terminal windows open, each dedicated to a specific purpose and directory. I switch between them on a regular basis.

I'd like to create entirely separate applications for each of them. This would give me several benefits over and above the normal windows I have now:

Separate icons in the Dock
Separate icons in the Command-Tab task switching
I could pin each window to separate spaces.

Is there some way to accomplish this?


texts: Can't enable Apple Two Step Authentication

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I see from all of the various blogs and news sites that Apple finally has two step authentication with their Apple ID. That's great -- especially with the latest security hole where you can now reset someone's Apple ID password with just the ID and the user's birthday.
However, I don't seem to be able to turn on two step authentication:
Here's what I do:

Go to https://appleid.apple.com/
Click on the Manage Your Apple ID button.
Sign in.
Click on Password and Security.
I'm now asked my security questions.
I answer my security questions.
And, now I can change my password, security questions, my rescue email, and my birthdate.

Why can't I turn on Two-step authentication? Am I not going to the correct place? I'm trying to follow the directions on Apple's website, but I don't get the two-step verification option.

Response:

When I first went to the Password and Security page. I answered the questions. And then got the normal setting page for Password and Security. But I could not see an option for the two-step. What I missed was its above all the settings. You may be doing the same. Thats an actual screen shot of the top of the Password and Security page and show the "Get started"

Nope. I don't see that...

I'm going to see if I can contact Apple tomorrow on this. Maybe take my Macbook to the Apple Store tomorrow.


texts: How to move contacts from one group to another?

texts: i have three emails addresses in my Iphone and need to delete one of them. i need to move the contacts that have been added to that account to another one. how can i do that?


texts: How can I make SwiftKey keyboard show up when replying to messages in lock screen?

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I have SwiftKey keyboard installed on my iPhone (5, iOS 11).

When I am in normal apps (e.g. Google Hangouts), it is possible to use it.

However, when I hit "Reply" to Hangouts messages on Lock Screen (which doesn't open full app), it only lets me use built in iOS keyboard, not Swift. I think the same happens when filling in password.

How can I have SwiftKey used as a keyboard 100% of time?


texts: Need help using AirDrop between iPhone 8 Plus and MacBook Air

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I have an iPhone 8 Plus and a MacBook Air early 2014. I've been trying to use airdrop, but my iPhone is not finding my computer.

Both devices Wi-Fi is on and connected, as is Bluetooth. On my MacBook I can see the AirDrop screen, but that's it. I need help figuring out what to do in order to airdrop from my phone to the computer.


texts: I just noticed that Grapher fails to evaluate a function at a constant.  In the image, the graph of y = c should of course be a horizontal line.  Is there a way to fix or work around it?  This seems like such a fundamental bug that I can't understand why I haven't run into it before.


texts: Macbook white A1181: Startup manager, just mouse pointer

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I'm dealing with my friend's Macbook White A1181. Original hard drive died a few weeks ago so we installed a brand new Samsung 840 EVO (256GB).

I've read several tutorials on how to reinstall OSX on a new fresh hard drive without luck. After the chime, I press alt/option key then the mouse pointer appears and that's all. I waited for ˜30 minutes and nothing happend.

Also tried with all those key combinations and nothing: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255. If I didn't hit any key, I got a flashing folder icon with a question sign.

Hope you can help me!


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I have a newly acquired Mac Mini 2018 that cannot get out of reboot loops.
I’ve already formatted the drive using target disk mode and trying to install a fresh copy of Mojave. There is nothing to restore or backup at point. I’ve tried:

resetting pram and nvram

doesn’t make any difference just reboot loops

making a bootable usb using the Apple Mojave install image and terminal instructions

the usb can be read, I boot holding down Apple key. The option will be given to install Mojave, once I hit enter, it doesn’t take me to MacOS utilities, it reboots and continues to loop

use internet recovery to install OS
i can successfully enter internet recovery mode, hardliners Ethernet. the progress bar goes to the end in about 5 minutes and instead of entering the installation program, it gets into a reboot loop and will restart in internet recovery mode and start the process all over again

hold down d during boot to get diagnostic mode

this doesn’t do anything. I don’t know if this is because the drive is clean. I can hold down Apple D and it will take me internet recovery and then restart loop.

hold down shift during boot to safe mode.

this doesn’t work because there is no OS on the internal ssd

install Mojave on an USB and hold down Apple to boot, I can get the drive to appear but hitting enter will just restart instead of trying to load the OS

any ideas? Is this computer a lemon?


texts: Change Apple ID on iPhone without causing 'damage' to apps/app store purchases and keeping app data

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I have an old iPhone 5. It has lots of apps installed on it; there's a long message history in WhatsApp and other apps that I don't want to be deleted.

I have created a new Apple ID and want to use it on this iPhone.

How do I accomplish this without causing any damage to apps/app data? Also, if I change the ID, would I be able to update my apps?


texts: Error when importing photos from iCloud to Photos on macOS: "The operation couldn't be completed. (PHAssetExportRequestErrorDomain error 2.)"

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When I try to download copies of photos and videos in Shared Albums to my own library on my Mac:

Open Photos, then select a Shared Album from the left-hand menu.
Select the photos or videos. (in my case, I selected 4.900 pictures)
Control-click > Import.

It takes a while, the progress bar (in form of a disk next to the zoom slider) progresses normally, but when it completes, an error message is displayed and no image is imported in my library:

  The operation couldn't be completed. (PHAssetExportRequestErrorDomain error 2.)

Version information:

Photos Version 5.0 (151.19.150)
macOS Catalina 10.15.5